May 8, 2006

Joe Pally
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-7239

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-083

NEWLY RETURNED SPACE STATION CREW AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS

The recently returned 12th crew of the International Space Station,
U.S. Commander Bill McArthur and Russian Flight Engineer Valery
Tokarev, will be available for satellite interviews from 7 to 9 a.m.
EDT Friday, May 12.

To participate, media should contact the Johnson newsroom at (281)
483-5111 or Stephanie Stoll at (281) 483-9071 or via pager at (713)
508-0581 by 4 p.m. EDT Thursday.

After six months in orbit, McArthur and Tokarev landed in a Soyuz
spacecraft in Kazakhstan on April 8. They arrived in the United
States last week. During 189 days in space, they conducted two
spacewalks, contacted a record number of students via amateur radio
and became the first crew to dock a spacecraft to all three Russian
station docking ports. For International Space Station information,
visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station

McArthur, a North Carolina native, is a retired Army colonel who has
flown on three shuttle missions in addition to his stay on the space
station. He has logged more than 224 days in space. Also a veteran
space flier, Tokarev was born in Kap-Yar in Russia's Astrakhan
Region. His first flight was aboard the shuttle in 1998, a 10-day
mission that delivered four tons of supplies to the station to
prepare it for arrival of its first crew, Expedition 1. For more on
the Expedition 12 crew, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/st...n12/index.html

The interviews and b-roll of Expedition 12 crew training airs live on
the NASA TV analog satellite, AMC-6, Transponder 5C at 72 degrees
west longitude, vertical polarization. The frequency is 3800 MHz,
with audio at 6.8 MHz. The training b-roll airs from 6:30 to 7 a.m.
EDT on May 12. For digital downlink information and links to
streaming video, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv


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