Sept 6, 2011

Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 allard beutel@nasa gov

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-185

NASA HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE ON SPACE STATION NATIONAL LAB AWARD

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- NASA will hold a news conference at 9:30 a m EDT on Friday, Sept 9, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the organization that will manage the portion of the International Space Station operated as a U S national laboratory

The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Inc (CASIS) will help ensure the station's unique capabilities are available to the broadest possible cross-section of the U S scientific, technological and industrial communities

The news conference participants are: - Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations - Waleed Abdalati, NASA chief scientist - Mark Uhran, NASA assistant associate administrator for the International Space Station - Jeanne Becker, CASIS executive director

Reporters may ask questions in-person from Kennedy or using a phone bridge managed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston To use the phone bridge, journalists must call the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 by 9:15 a m EDT

For NASA TV downlink, schedule and live streaming video information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

Follow the national lab on Twitter at:

http://www twitter com/ISS_NatLab

For additional information about the International Space Station National Laboratory, visit:

http://www nasa gov/mission_pages/station/research/nlab/index html

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