NASA SCHEDULES NEWS BRIEFING WITH SPACE STATION HEADS OF AGENCY

Feb. 22, 2006

Melissa Mathews/Debbie Rahn
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-1272/1638

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-032

NASA SCHEDULES NEWS BRIEFING WITH SPACE STATION HEADS OF AGENCY

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and his counterparts from the
International Space Station partnership will speak with reporters at
1 p.m. EST, Thursday, March 2 at the Kennedy Space Center press site,
Fla.

The news conference follows the International Space Station Heads of
Agency meeting. The meeting brings together the leaders of the
Canadian, European, Japanese, Russian, and U.S. space agencies. At
this meeting, agency leaders will discuss plans for launching the
remaining station components and operations during the assembly
process.

In addition to Griffin, news conference participants include:
Canadian Space Agency Acting President Virendra Jha
European Space Agency Director-General Jean-Jacques Dordain
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency President Keiji Tachikawa
Russian Federal Space Agency Head Anatolii Perminov

The news conference will air live on the NASA TV media and public
channels. Only reporters at Kennedy may ask questions. Kennedy press
contact: Tracy Young, (312) 867- 2468. Media not credentialed at
Kennedy should request accreditation by 4 p.m. EST, Monday. Follow
the online procedure at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov

For information about the International Space Station on the Web,
visit:

www.nasa.gov/station

NASA TV's Public, Education and Media channels are available on an
MPEG-2 digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72
degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical
polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, they're on AMC-7 at 137 degrees
west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal
polarization. For digital downlink information and access to the NASA
TV Public Channel on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv


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