Space Station Crew Reacts To Successful China Launch

Al Feinberg
Headquarters, Washington October 15, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-4504)

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

NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-103

SPACE STATION CREW REACTS TO SUCCESSFUL CHINA LAUNCH

Audio and video from the International Space Station
regarding China's first human space flight will be available
today on NASA Television.

Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Space
Station Science Officer Ed Lu are in the final week of their
stay aboard the space outpost. They were notified about the
successful launch early this morning.

Initial audio comments from the Space Station crew will be
played on NASA TV at 11:15 a.m. EDT during today's mission
commentary.

Both audio and video from the Station concerning China's
launch will be available on today's Video File feeds
scheduled for Noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. EDT.

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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