Melissa Mathews<br />Headquarters, Washington January 16, 2004<br />(Phone: 202/358-1272)<br /><br /><br />Rob Navias<br />Johnson Space Center, Houston<br />(Phone: 281/483-5111)<br /><br /><br />NOTE TO EDITORS: N04-005<br /><br /><br />NASA HIGHLIGHTS WORK BY SPACE STATION CREW<br /><br /><br /> NASA astronaut Michael Foale and Russian cosmonaut <br />Alexander Kaleri are nearing the halfway mark of their six-<br />month mission to the International Space Station. NASA <br />officials will discuss the crew's activities during a media <br />briefing Thursday, Jan. 22 at 2 p.m. EST from NASA's Johnson <br />Space Center, Houston.<br /><br /><br />The panel will take questions from reporters at participating <br />NASA centers. The briefing will be broadcast live on NASA <br />Television.<br /><br /><br />Participants in Thursday's briefing:<br />? Bill Gerstenmaier, International Space Station Program <br />Manager<br />? Joel Montalbano, Expedition 8 Lead Flight Director<br />? Dr. Don Thomas, International Space Station Program <br />Scientist<br /><br /><br />Foale, the Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer, and <br />Kaleri, the Flight Engineer, launched on Oct. 18. They will <br />spend almost 200 days on the Station. They are scheduled to <br />return to Earth April 28.<br /><br /><br />For information about NASA and the Space Station on the <br />Internet, visit:<br /><br /><br />http://www.nasa.gov<br /><br /><br />NASA Television is available on AMC-9, transponder 9C, C-Band, <br />located at 85 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 <br />MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 <br />MHz. For information about NASA TV on the Internet, visit:<br /><br /><br />http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html