Allard Beutel<br />Headquarters, Washington June 2, 2003<br />(Phone: 202/358-0951)<br /><br /><br />Rob Navias<br />Johnson Space Center, Houston<br />(Phone: 281/483-5111)<br /><br /><br />NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-053<br /><br /><br />PROGRESS DOCKING PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH <br />INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW<br /><br /><br /> More than a month into their six-month mission aboard <br />the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Ed Lu and <br />cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko are awaiting the arrival of an <br />unmanned Progress supply ship on June 11. Members of the <br />media are invited to interview the Expedition 7 crew in <br />conjunction with the event. <br /><br /><br />The media have regular opportunities to talk with the crew <br />via downlink television and audio capability from the Space <br />Station. Interviews are usually scheduled on weekdays <br />between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Eastern Time, as the crew's <br />schedule allows. Typically, there are two weekly <br />opportunities available. Each selected media client has up <br />to approximately 10 minutes of interview time. <br /><br /><br />Because of communications issues from the Station involving <br />TV and audio capability, live-to-tape interviews are <br />preferred for broadcast media. All interviews are carried <br />live on NASA Television. Interview windows are usually made <br />available to clients five to seven days before the event.<br /><br /><br />If you are interested in interviewing the International <br />Space Station crew in orbit, please contact Rob Navias, <br />Johnson Space Center, 281/483-5111.<br /><br /><br />NASA TV is broadcast on AMC-2, Transponder 9C at 85 degrees <br />west longitude, vertical polarization, with a frequency of <br />3880 MHz, and audio of 6.8 MHz.<br /><br /><br />For more information about NASA and human space flight on <br />the Internet, visit:<br /><br /><br />http://www.nasa.gov