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May 25, 2005

James Hartsfield
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Report #J05-022

PUBLIC INVITED TO SHARE STATION COMMANDER'S 192-DAY MISSION

Media and the public may relive the most recent International Space Station
mission with astronaut Leroy Chiao, who returned to Earth last month, during
a 7:30 p.m. June 1 presentation at Space Center Houston.

The free briefing in the Space Center Theater will include slides, a video
presentation and a question-and-answer session. Doors will open at 7 p.m.
Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Once
the 580-seat theater fills, guests will be seated in an adjacent area and
may watch the program on closed-circuit television.

Throughout the six-month mission, Expedition 10 Commander and Space Station
Science Officer Chiao kept busy in the Destiny Lab with various experiments
that took advantage of the Station's microgravity environment. Research
ranged from studying the effects of spaceflight on the human body and
working to develop diagnostic telemedicine techniques to learning how simple
soldering might be made a practical repair technique in zero-g.

In addition to scientific research, Expedition 10 Flight Engineer Salizhan
Sharipov and Chiao conducted two spacewalks, the first of which was
jam-packed with tasks. In only five-and-a-half hours, the two explorers
installed a universal work platform, set up a European commercial
experiment, relocated a Japanese materials exposure pallet, inspected vents
for the environmental systems in the Zvezda module and installed a Russian
experiment.

In late March the crewmembers made their second spacewalk, devoted largely
to installing additional navigational and communications equipment needed
for the upcoming first flight of the European Space Agency's Automated
Transfer Vehicle, which will expand the ability of the Space Station program
to keep the Station and its crews supplied on orbit.

During his time in space, Chiao also became the first astronaut to cast a
vote in a U.S. presidential election.




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