HSFNEWS Digest - 16 Sep 2011 to 17 Sep 2011 (#2011-110)

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Date: September 17th 2011

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Topics of the day:

SPACE STATION TRIO LANDS SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN
NASA TEAM HONORED FOR ASSISTING CHILEAN MINER RESCUE
NASA ASTRONAUT RON GARAN AVAILABLE FOR MEDIA INTERVIEWS

Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:57:00 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: SPACE STATION TRIO LANDS SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN

Sept 16, 2011

Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100

Report #H11-303

SPACE STATION TRIO LANDS SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN

HOUSTON -- Three International Space Station crew members safely returned to Earth Friday, Sept 16, wrapping up a six-month mission of research and exploration

NASA's Ron Garan, Expedition 28 commander Andrey Borisenko and flight engineer Alexander Samokutyaev, both of the Russian Federal Space Agency, landed their Soyuz spacecraft in Kazakhstan at midnight EDT (10 a m in Kazakhstan) The trio, which arrived at the station on April 6, had been scheduled to land on Sept 8, but that was postponed because of the Aug 24 loss of the Progress 44 cargo ship

Before leaving the station, Borisenko handed over command to NASA's Mike Fossum, who leads Expedition 29 He and Flight Engineers Satoshi Furukawa of Japan and Sergei Volkov of Russia are conducting research and maintenance aboard the station The launch date for the remaining Expedition 29 crew members, NASA's Dan Burbank, and Russia's Anatoly Ivanishin and Anton Shkaplerov, is under review

Fossum is blogging about his experiences aboard the space station at:

http://blogs nasa gov

For more information about Expedition 29 and the space station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:00:41 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA TEAM HONORED FOR ASSISTING CHILEAN MINER RESCUE

Sept 16, 2011

William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100

Report #H11-302

NASA TEAM HONORED FOR ASSISTING CHILEAN MINER RESCUE

WASHINGTON -- The NASA team, who provided medical, survival and engineering expertise to help the miners trapped underground in Chile last year, received the National Security and International Affairs Medal from the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service

The team -- led by Michael Duncan, former deputy chief medical officer at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston -- was recognized at the Samuel J Heyman Service to America Medals, or Sammies, gala in Washington on Thursday

"We are very proud of the NASA team for its contribution that earned this prestigious award," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said "The help provided to the Chilean government is a testament to the research and technology development we do at NASA This was a practical example of how science and engineering for the space program has direct benefits to people on Earth "

After the Chilean government requested technical advice in August 2010, the NASA team spent three days at the rescue site in Copiapo, Chile Duncan was joined by James Polk, also a medical doctor, Albert Holland, and Clinton Cragg Duncan works in the Office of International and Interagency Relations at NASA Headquarters in Washington Polk is the chief of the Space Medicine Division at Johnson Holland is a senior operational psychologist with the NASA Behavioral Health and Performance Group at Johnson Cragg is a principal engineer in the NASA Engineering and Safety Center located at the agency's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va

More than 400 nominations were submitted for the 2011 medals A committee of leaders in government, academia, the private sector, media and philanthropy selected the winners The gala was hosted by Bob Schieffer, CBS News chief Washington correspondent and moderator of "Face the Nation "

For more information about NASA's participation in the mine rescue, visit:

http://www nasa gov/news/chile_assistance html

For more information about Samuel J Heyman Service to America Medals, visit:

http://www servicetoamericamedals org

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Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:36:07 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUT RON GARAN AVAILABLE FOR MEDIA INTERVIEWS

Sept 16, 2011

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

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100

Report #M11-196

NASA ASTRONAUT RON GARAN AVAILABLE FOR MEDIA INTERVIEWS

HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Ron Garan will be available for live satellite interviews one week after returning to Earth from 6 to 7:30 a m CDT on Thursday, Sept 22

Garan completed 164 days in space as a member of the Expedition 27 and 28 crews aboard the International Space Station The mission included the last space shuttle visit to the station

To arrange an interview, news media representatives must contact Derek Sollosi at 281-792-7515 or by email at derek sollosi-1@nasa gov by 2 p m on Wednesday, Sept 21

Garan and his crewmates, Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko and Flight Engineer Alexander Samokutyaev, both of the Russian Federal Space Agency, landed in their Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft in Kazakhstan Thursday, Sept 15 at 11 p m

While aboard the station, they continued work on a variety of microgravity experiments and received provisions from two shuttle missions in order to ensure the orbiting outpost has enough supplies and spare parts until new commercial resupply spacecraft are ready to join a suite of international cargo delivery vehicles

Garan is a graduate of the State University of New York College at Oneonta, and he received a master's degree in aeronautical science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida He flew on one shuttle mission, STS-124 in 2008

Garan will appear on 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

The interviews and preceding b-roll from 5:30 to 6 a m also will air live on NASA TV For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

Garan provided updates throughout his mission through social media at:

http://blogs nasa gov

and

http://twitter com/astro_ron

For Garan's complete biography, visit:

http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios/htmlbios/garan-rj html

For more information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 16 Sep 2011 to 17 Sep 2011 (#2011-110)

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