Space Station Crew Talks Turkey

Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington November 25, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-4769)

James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-130

SPACE STATION CREW TALKS TURKEY

The International Space Station crew, Michael Foale and
Alexander Kaleri, will send holiday greetings to Earth and
discuss their plans for celebrating Thanksgiving Day at 12
noon EST, Wednesday on NASA TV.

Foale, Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Station Science
Officer, and Station Flight Engineer Kaleri have been on
board the orbiting research complex since Oct. 20. They will
be the fifth crew to observe Thanksgiving on board the
Station. Foale and Kaleri will spend six-and-a-half months on
the Station.

Their holiday message airs during the NASA TV Video File at
12 noon, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. EST. NASA Television is available
on AMC-9, transponder 9C, C-Band, located at 85 degrees west
longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is
vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz.

For information about NASA TV on the Internet, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

For information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov


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