Next International Space Station Crew Discusses Mission

Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-3749

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-002, Jan. 6, 2006

NEXT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW DISCUSSES MISSION

The next residents of the International Space Station will discuss
their mission during a news conference at 3 p.m. EST (2 p.m. CST),
Thursday, Jan. 12 at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston.

The event is live on NASA TV with questions taken from reporters at
agency centers. To participate at Johnson, media should contact the
newsroom at: (281) 483-5111 by noon EST, Wednesday. For information
about NASA TV and digital downlink information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

In March, Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov, NASA Flight
Engineer Jeff Williams and Brazilian astronaut Marcos Pontes will
launch aboard a Russian Soyuz (TMA-8) spacecraft. Vinogradov and
Williams will spend six-months on the station. Pontes will spend
eight days conducting research under a commercial agreement between
the Brazilian Space Agency and the Russian Federal Space Agency. He
will return to Earth April 1 with the Expedition 12 crew, Bill
McArthur and Valery Tokarev, who have been in orbit since October.

After the news conference, all three will be available for a photo
opportunity. Vinogradov and Williams will also do interviews with
reporters in person or via telephone.

The crew is at Johnson for U.S.-based training. They will return to
the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia prior to
launch. For information about the space station and crew biographical
information on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station


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