Sept 23, 2008

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

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-281-8171 katherine trinidad@nasa gov

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-178

NASA TO PREVIEW NEXT SPACE STATION EXPEDITION

HOUSTON -- The work of the next International Space Station residents will be previewed in a briefing broadcast on NASA Television at 2 p m EDT Thursday, Sept 25, from NASA's Johnson Space Center Reporters at participating NASA locations, including Kennedy Space Center, may ask questions

Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Lonchakov and U S spaceflight participant Richard Garriott are scheduled to launch in a Soyuz spacecraft Oct 12 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan They will arrive at the station Oct 14 Garriott will return home with the two Russian members of the Expedition 17 crew on Oct 24 Fincke and Lonchakov will join NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, who has been on board the orbiting complex since June

The briefers who will preview Expedition 18 are:

-- Michael Suffredini, International Space Station Program manager -- Susan Brand, Expedition 18 increment manager -- Ron Spencer, Expedition 18 lead flight director -- Julie Robinson, International Space Station Program scientist

For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

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

http://www nasa gov/station

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