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1. SPACE STATION ASTRONAUT AVAILABLE FOR SATELLITE INTERVIEWS

Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:35:52 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: SPACE STATION ASTRONAUT AVAILABLE FOR SATELLITE INTERVIEWS

December 15, 2008

Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M08-261

SPACE STATION ASTRONAUT AVAILABLE FOR SATELLITE INTERVIEWS

HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, who recently completed a six-month stay in space, will be available for satellite interviews from 7:30 to 9:30 a m CST on Thursday, Dec 18

Chamitoff returned to Earth on Nov 30 with the STS-126 space shuttle crew He arrived at the International Space Station in June with the STS-124 crew and lived and worked on the station as a flight engineer and science officer with the Expedition 17 and 18 crews

During his stay, Chamitoff helped to activate the Kibo Laboratory, which was delivered during STS-124 He also initiated the first chess matches from space with the public and the kindergarten-through-third grade U S Chess Championship Team and its chess club teammates from Stevenson Elementary School in Bellevue, Wash

Chamitoff was born in Montreal and grew up in San Jose, Calif He holds bachelor's and master's of science degrees from California Polytechnic State University, a second master's of science degree from the University of Houston and a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

To participate in the interviews, reporters should contact Karen Svetaka at 281-483-8684 by 3 p m Wednesday, Dec 17 B-roll of Chamitoff's mission will be broadcast starting at 7 a m , immediately before the interviews

The NASA Live Interview Media Outlet channel will be used for the interviews The channel is a digital satellite C-band downlink by uplink provider Americom It is on satellite AMC 6, transponder 5C, located at 72 degrees west, downlink frequency 3785 5 Mhz based on a standard C-band 5150 Mhz L O , vertical polarity, FEO is 3/4, data rate is 6 00 Mhz, symbol rate is 4 3404 Mbaud, transmission DVB, minimum Eb/N0 is 6 0 dB

The interviews also will be broadcast live on NASA TV For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information on the International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

For more information about Chamitoff and his biography, visit:

http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios/htmlbios/chamitoff html

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