March 7, 2013

Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 tracy g young@nasa gov

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

Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 jay e bolden@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-043

NASA BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS EXPEDITION 36-37 SPACE STATION CREW

HOUSTON -- NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will host a crew news conference at 1 p m CDT (2 p m EDT) Tuesday, March 19, to preview the May launch of an American, an Italian and a Russian to the International Space Station

NASA Television and the agency's website will broadcast the briefings live

Karen Nyberg of NASA, Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency will discuss their Expedition 36-37 mission The trio is set to launch to the station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft May 28 and return to Earth in mid-November Social media followers, who will be at Johnson for a NASA Social focusing on scientific research aboard the space station, will participate in the briefing and ask questions of the crew

Nyberg, Parmitano and Yurchikhin are three of the six crew members comprising Expeditions 36 and 37 When they arrive at the station, they will join NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Alexsandr Misurkin

Following the news conference, interview opportunities are available in person, by phone or through the Internet To reserve an interview opportunity, news media representatives must contact Johnson's newsroom at 281-483-5111 by 5 p m , Friday, March 15

For those attending the briefing in Houston, the deadline for U S reporters to request credentials is March 15 The deadline for international journalists is Wednesday, March 13 Reporters who want to ask questions from other NASA centers should contact those centers' newsrooms for specific deadlines

To participate by telephone, reporters must contact Johnson's newsroom at least 15 minutes before the briefing Media will not be able to connect after the briefing has started Journalists participating in person will receive priority Questions by phone and social media will be taken as time permits

For more information on the NASA Social event registration, visit:

http://www nasa gov/connect/social/social_ISS_JSC_mar2013 html

To see training and mission posts from Parmitano on Twitter, follow:

@astro_luca

To join the conversation about the International Space Station on Twitter, follow the hashtag #ISS To learn more about all the ways to connect and collaborate with NASA, visit:

http://www nasa gov/connect

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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