Robert Mirelson<br />Headquarters, Washington Feb. 7, 2003<br />(Phone: 202/358-1600)<br /><br />Eileen Hawley<br />Johnson Space Center, Houston<br />(Phone: 281/483-5111)<br /><br />NOTE TO EDITORS: 03-013<br /><br />NEWS CONFERENCE WITH INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW<br /><br /> Reporters will have a chance to discuss activities <br />aboard the International Space Station with the Expedition 6 <br />crew during a news conference on Tuesday, Feb. 11, starting <br />at 9:34 a.m. EST. The news conference is expected to last <br />about 35 minutes with available video and audio from the <br />Station.<br /><br />Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox, Flight Engineer <br />Nikolai Budarin and NASA Station Science Officer Don Pettit <br />are in the third month of their mission. Bowersox, Budarin <br />and Pettit are continuing their scientific research on board <br />the Space Station.<br /><br />The news conference, which will be broadcast on NASA <br />Television, will enable multi-center question and answer <br />capability for reporters at NASA centers. NASA TV is on GE-2, <br />Transponder 9C, vertical polarization at 85 degrees west <br />longitude, 3880 MHz, with audio at 6.8 MHz.