Dec 12, 2008

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine trinidad@nasa gov

Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole cloutier-1@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-258

SPACE STATION CREW EXCHANGES SEASONS GREETINGS WITH EARTH

HOUSTON -- Soaring high above the Earth, the crew of the International Space Station has beamed down season's greetings that will air on NASA Television starting Friday, Dec 12 The public can return the extraterrestrial good will and send greetings to the crew by visiting:

http://www nasa gov/externalflash/postcard

The e-mailed greetings can be sent through Jan 5, 2009 Last year, thousands of messages were sent to the Expedition 16 crew from throughout the world

The current station crew, Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineers Sandra Magnus and Yury Lonchakov, will celebrate this holiday season 220 miles above Earth Fincke and Lonchakov have been on the station since Oct 14, and Magnus joined the crew Nov 16 The main focus of their mission is to prepare the station to house six crew members for long-duration missions beginning in May 2009

The station crew's greetings will air on NASA TV as part of the daily Video File, beginning at 11 a m CST, Friday, Dec 12 The video also will be broadcast in high definition on the NASA TV HD channel on Dec 15-17 at 10 a m , 12 p m and 3 p m

For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the space station and the Expedition 18 mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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