Date: May 26th 2007

May 25, 2007

Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769

James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-59

NASA TV SETS INTERVIEWS FOR NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION FLIGHT DIRECTOR

HOUSTON - The lead flight director for NASA's first space shuttle mission this year, STS-117, will be available for satellite interviews from 6-8 a m CDT Friday, June 1

STS-117 Lead Space Station Flight Director Kelly Beck, raised in Cahokia, Ill , will oversee a flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis The flight continues construction of the International Space Station and brings a new crew member to orbit to begin a five-month stay and will return home a station resident who has been in orbit since December Atlantis is targeted for launch at 6:38 p m CDT June 8 on an 11-day mission

Beck will lead a team of flight directors, flight controllers, support personnel and engineering experts that will staff mission control in Houston, 24/7 during the mission The ground control teams and spaceflight crews have used past missions' experiences, both challenges and successes, as a guide for this next step in space station assembly At least three spacewalks will be conducted during Atlantis' flight

Beck's interviews will be conducted live via the NASA Television analog satellite To participate, media must contact Tim Hinson at NASA's Johnson Space Center newsroom, 281-483-5111, no later than 2 p m Thursday, May 31

The NASA TV analog satellite is AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude; transponder 5C, 3800 MHz, vertical polarization, with audio at 6 8 MHz For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about STS-117 and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

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