Jan 19, 2010

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

Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 tracy g young@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-007

NASA OFFERS TRANQUILITY NODE SATELLITE INTERVIEWS FROM LAUNCH PAD

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- Bill Dowdell, NASA Kennedy Space Center's deputy director for International Space Station and spacecraft processing, is available for satellite interviews from 6 to 9 a m EST on Friday, Jan 22

Dowdell will conduct the interviews from Launch Pad 39A, just outside space shuttle Endeavour's payload bay Tranquility, the next pressurized element bound for the station, will be placed inside Endeavour on 39A for its targeted launch on Sunday, Feb 7

Dowdell has worked for NASA since 1989, beginning his career in the Space Shuttle Program as an agency and orbiter test director He is NASA's manager responsible for giving the "go" to launch the station payload and the readiness of the orbiting laboratory to receive and carry out its installation Dowdell holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Fairmont State College in Fairmont, W Va , and a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from West Virginia University in Morgantown

To schedule interviews, reporters should contact Tracy Young at 321-867-9284 or by e-mail to tracy g young@nasa gov by noon Thursday, Jan 21

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, FEC is 3/4, data rate is 6 00 Mhz, symbol rate is 4 3404 Mbaud, transmission DVB, minimum Eb/N0 is 6 0 dB

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

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the STS-130 mission and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

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