Aug 21, 2009

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

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 john yembrick-1@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-161

NASA SETS BRIEFING ON NEW SPACE STATION SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- NASA will hold a briefing at 1 p m EDT, Sunday, Aug 23, to discuss new science experiments using the International Space Station's unique research environment The briefing will originate from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and will be broadcast live on NASA Television

Media are invited to e-mail questions in advance or during the briefing to:

KSC-Connect2KSC@mail nasa gov

Briefing participants will attempt to answer as many of the submitted questions as possible

Space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission marks the start of the transition from assembling the space station to using it for continuous scientific research as a national and multinational laboratory Assembly and maintenance activities have dominated the astronaut work time But as completion of the orbiting laboratory nears, additional facilities and the crew to operate them will enable an increase in time devoted to research

The briefing participants include: - Mark Uhran, assistant associate administrator for space station, NASA Headquarters in Washington - Julie Robinson, International Space Station program scientist, NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston - Jeanne Becker, chief science officer, Astrogenetix in Austin, Texas - Martin Zell, head of the space station utilization department at the European Space Agency

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

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about space station science, visit:

http://www nasa gov/mission_pages/station/science/index html

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