Date: October 20th 2007

Oct 19, 2007

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john yembrick-1@nasa gov

Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie s clem@nasa gov

RELEASE: 07-229

NASA ASSIGNS CREW FOR FINAL SOLAR ARRAY DELIVERY TO STATION

WASHINGTON -- NASA has assigned the space shuttle crew for Discovery's STS-119 mission, targeted for launch in the fall of 2008 The flight will deliver the final pair of power- generating solar array wings and truss element to the International Space Station

Air Force Col Lee J Archambault will command Discovery Navy Cmdr Dominic A Antonelli will serve as the pilot The mission specialists are Joseph Acaba, Richard R Arnold II, John L Phillips and Steven R Swanson Antonelli, Acaba and Arnold will be making their first spaceflight

STS-119 will be the second spaceflight for Archambault and Swanson, who flew together on STS-117 in June Phillips will be making his third spaceflight

Discovery will carry the S6 truss segment to complete the 361-foot-long backbone of the space station The truss includes the fourth pair of solar array wings and electronics that convert sunlight to power for the orbiting laboratory

Archambault considers Bellwood, Ill , his hometown He was the pilot for STS-117 He earned a bachelor's and a master's in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the University of Illinois-Urbana He was selected as an astronaut in 1998

Antonelli grew up in Indiana and North Carolina He earned a bachelor's and a master's in aeronautics and astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, and the University of Washington, Seattle, respectively He has been a CAPCOM, or capsule communicator, during launch and landing of space shuttle missions He was selected as an astronaut in 2000

Acaba was raised in Anaheim, Calif He earned a bachelor's and a master's in geology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of Arizona, Tucson, respectively He has middle school and high school math and science teaching experience He was selected as an astronaut in 2004

Arnold, raised in Bowie, Md , earned a bachelor's degree in science and completed the teacher certification program at Frostburg State University, Md He earned a master's in marine, estuarine and environmental science from the University of Maryland, College Park He has teaching experience at middle schools and high schools around the world He served as a mission specialist for the 13th NASA Extreme Environments Mission Operations, known as NEEMO, in August 2007 He was selected as an astronaut in 2004

Phillips considers Scottsdale, Ariz , his hometown He has logged more than 190 days in space, including STS-100 and Expedition 11 on the space station He earned a bachelor's in mathematics and Russian from the U S Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md , a master's in aeronautical systems from the University of West Florida, Pensacola, and a master's and a doctorate in geophysics and space physics from the University of California, Los Angeles He retired as a Navy reservist captain in 2002 He was selected as an astronaut in 1996

Swanson grew up in Steamboat Springs, Colo He earned a bachelor's in engineering physics from the University of Colorado, Boulder, a master's in applied science in computer systems from Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, and a doctorate in computer science from Texas A&M University, College Station He joined NASA as a systems engineer for the shuttle training aircraft in 1987 and was selected as an astronaut in 1998

Members of the STS-119 crew were originally announced in 2002, but as a result of changes in the flight manifest, new crew assignments were necessary

Video of the STS-119 crew members will air on NASA Television's Video File For downlink and scheduling information and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For complete astronaut biographical information, visit:

http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios

For more information about NASA's Space Shuttle Program, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

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