June 02, 2011

Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael curie@nasa gov

Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie s clem@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-110

LAST FEMALE SHUTTLE ASTRONAUT AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS

HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus, who will fly on the last space shuttle mission next month, is available for live satellite interviews from 7 to 9 a m CDT on Monday, June 6 Shuttle Atlantis is targeted to launch July 8 with Magnus, Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialist Rex Walheim to deliver supplies and spare equipment to the International Space Station

After her first spaceflight in 2002, Magnus became the 34th out of 47 woman to fly aboard the shuttle, which launched the first American woman into space, Sally Ride, in 1983 With the upcoming STS-135 launch, Magnus will be the last female astronaut to fly on the storied vehicle

Magnus is a native of Belleville, Ill She earned a bachelor's and a master's from the University of Missouri-Rolla and a doctorate from the Georgia Institute of Technology She is a veteran of two shuttle flights and a 4 5-month stay aboard the station as a member of the Expedition 18 crew Her first spaceflight was aboard shuttle Atlantis on the STS-112 mission in October 2002 She later flew to the station aboard shuttle Endeavour on STS-126 in November 2008 and returned to Earth aboard shuttle Discovery on STS-119 in March 2009

To arrange an interview, news media representatives must contact Karen Svetaka at 281-483-8684, no later than 4 p m on Friday, June 3 Participating media must tune into NASA Television's Live Interview Media Outlet channel The channel is a digital satellite C-band downlink by uplink provider Americom

It is on satellite AMC 3, transponder 9C, located at 87 degrees west, downlink frequency 3865 5 MHz based on a standard C-band, horizontal downlink polarity FEC is 3/4, data rate is 6 0 Mbps, symbol rate is 4 3404 Msps, transmission DVB-S, 4:2:0 NASA TV will air the Magnus interviews live Video b-roll of STS-135 flight preparations will air June 6 at 6:30 a m For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For Magnus' complete biography, visit:

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

To follow Magnus on Twitter, visit:

http://www twitter com/astro_sandy

For more information about the STS-135 mission and crew, visit:

http://go nasa gov/STS-135

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