Feb 17, 2010

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

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@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-028

UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS

HOUSTON - The next set of International Space Station residents will be available to talk to journalists at 2 p m EST on Tuesday, March 2 The briefing from the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's Web site Questions also will be taken from participating NASA locations, including Kennedy Space Center, Fla

The briefing participants are: -Expedition 24 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Shannon Walker -Expedition 24 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Army Col Doug Wheelock -Expedition 24 Flight Engineer and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin

Following the briefing, the crew members will be available for individual round-robin interviews, in person or by phone There also will be a photo opportunity To participate in the interviews, reporters should contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111, by 5 p m on Wednesday, Feb 24 U S and foreign nationals planning to attend the news briefing must contact the Johnson newsroom by 5 p m , Wednesday, Feb 24, to arrange credentials

Walker, Wheelock and Yurchikhin are scheduled to launch to the station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft no earlier than June 14 They will dock to the space station two days later, joining Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov, Mikhail Kornienko and NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, who are scheduled to arrive at the station in April on another Soyuz spacecraft

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

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For the latest information about Expedition 24 and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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