NASA highlights work by ISS crew

Melissa Mathews
Headquarters, Washington January 16, 2004
(Phone: 202/358-1272)

Rob Navias
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N04-005

NASA HIGHLIGHTS WORK BY SPACE STATION CREW

NASA astronaut Michael Foale and Russian cosmonaut
Alexander Kaleri are nearing the halfway mark of their six-
month mission to the International Space Station. NASA
officials will discuss the crew's activities during a media
briefing Thursday, Jan. 22 at 2 p.m. EST from NASA's Johnson
Space Center, Houston.

The panel will take questions from reporters at participating
NASA centers. The briefing will be broadcast live on NASA
Television.

Participants in Thursday's briefing:
? Bill Gerstenmaier, International Space Station Program
Manager
? Joel Montalbano, Expedition 8 Lead Flight Director
? Dr. Don Thomas, International Space Station Program
Scientist

Foale, the Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer, and
Kaleri, the Flight Engineer, launched on Oct. 18. They will
spend almost 200 days on the Station. They are scheduled to
return to Earth April 28.

For information about NASA and the Space Station on the
Internet, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

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


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