NASA ANNOUNCES SPACE STATION MISSIONS' BRIEFINGS

March 15, 2006

Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-4769

Kylie Clem
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(281) 483-5111

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-046

NASA ANNOUNCES SPACE STATION MISSIONS' BRIEFINGS

NASA's International Space Station missions are the subject of news
conferences at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. EST, Wednesday, March 22. The
briefings air live on NASA TV with questions also from reporters at
participating agency locations.

Briefing participants:

Expedition 13 Preflight Briefing - 2 p.m. EST
Kirk Shireman, space station deputy program manager
Merri Sanchez, increment 13 manager
Cathy Koerner, Expedition 13 lead flight director

Expedition 12 Mission Status Briefing - 3 p.m. EST
Pete Hasbrook, increment 12 manager
Sally Davis, Expedition 12 lead flight director
Julie Robinson, station deputy program scientist
Dr. Ed Powers, Expedition 12 lead flight surgeon

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 on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Expedition 12 is nearing conclusion. Commander Bill McArthur and
Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev wrap up six months in space with a
return to Earth April 8. The next crew, Expedition 13 Commander Pavel
Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams, is preparing for launch
on March 29. Brazilian Space Agency astronaut Marcos Pontes joins
them on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Pontes will spend about a week on
the station before returning to Earth with McArthur and Tokarev.

The result of a 16-nation partnership led by the United States, the
station is the largest international space project in history. The
first station crew arrived on Nov. 2, 2000. Twelve crews have lived
on the station conducting assembly and research work. For information
about the station, its missions and crews, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station



For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/home


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