Sept 12, 2011

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

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

Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole cloutier-1@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-190

EXPEDITION 30/31 SPACE STATION CREW CONDUCTS BRIEFING, INTERVIEWS

HOUSTON -- Three International Space Station crew members will discuss their upcoming Expedition 30 and 31 missions in a news conference at 2 p m EDT Tuesday, Sept 20, from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston The briefing will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website Reporters may ask questions by phone or in person from participating NASA centers, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida

NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers are set to launch to the station aboard a Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft later this year They will round out the six-man crew aboard the orbiting laboratory

Following the news conference, round-robin interview opportunities are available in person, by phone or via satellite To reserve an interview opportunity, U S media representatives must contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 by 6 p m Friday, Sept 16 To participate in the news conference from a NASA center, U S journalists must call the center's public affairs office by 5 p m local time on Monday, Sept 19 Reporters participating in the briefing by phone must call the Johnson newsroom by 1:45 p m on Tuesday, Sept 20 Priority will be given to media participating in person and questions from reporters on the phone will be taken as time permits

International journalists wishing to attend in person at Johnson must contact the newsroom and submit the required paperwork for credentials by 6 p m Tuesday, Sept 13

Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers are three of six crew members who will comprise Expeditions 30 and 31 Aboard the station, they will join NASA astronaut Dan Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoli Ivanishin

The NASA Live Interview Media Outlet (LIMO) that will be used for satellite interviews following the news conference is a digital satellite C-band downlink by uplink provider Americom It is on satellite AMC 3, transponder 9C, located at 87 degrees west, downlink frequency 3865 5 MHz based on a standard C-band, horizontal downlink polarity, FEC is 3/4, data rate is 6 0 Mbps, symbol rate is 4 3404 Msps, transmission DVB-S, 4:2:0

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

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the International Space Station and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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