Date: October 16th 2007

Oct 15, 2007

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine trinidad@nasa gov

James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james a hartsfield@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-133

NASA SETS INTERVIEWS WITH FLIGHT DIRECTOR FOR NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION

HOUSTON - International Space Station Flight Director Derek Hassmann will be available for satellite interviews from 6 to 8 a m CDT Friday, Oct 19 Hassmann will lead NASA's Mission Control Center during the next space shuttle mission, which will involve the first expansion of the station's living and working space in more than six years

Hassmann is a native of San Antonio and a graduate of the University of Texas He is the lead flight director for space shuttle Discovery's STS-120 mission to the station Countdown for Discovery's mission is targeted to begin Saturday, Oct 20 The launch is targeted for 10:38 a m Tuesday, Oct 23

Discovery will deliver a new connecting module named Harmony to the station and continue assembly of the complex's solar power system Harmony will provide attachment points for new laboratories from Europe and Japan that will be launched to the station on upcoming missions

To participate in the interviews, media should contact producer Stephanie Stoll at 281-483-9071 or pager 713-508-0581 by 2 p m Thursday, Oct 18 B-roll of preparations for the mission will be broadcast starting at 5:30 a m , immediately prior to the interviews

The NASA Television low-latency channel will be used to conduct the interviews with the least audio delay The NASA TV low-latency channel is on satellite AMC 6, transponder 5C, located at 72 degrees west, downlink frequency 3785 5 Mhz, vertical polarity The interviews also will be broadcast live on NASA TV For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For STS-120 crew and mission information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

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