Jacques van Oene
October 8th 04, 10:54 PM
Melissa Mathews
Headquarters, Washington Oct. 8, 2004
(Phone: 202/358-1272)
Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)
NOTE TO EDITORS: N04-160
NASA'S NEW ASTRONAUTS MEET THE PRESS
Fresh from flight training and their first head-over-
heels sample of weightlessness, NASA's astronaut candidates
are available to meet with the news media Thursday in Houston
at 3 p.m. EDT.
To attend the event at Houston's Ellington Field or to
arrange telephone interviews, contact NASA's Johnson Space
Center (JSC) newsroom at: 281/483-5111 by 4 p.m. EDT
Wednesday. Video and still imagery of the new astronauts'
flight training, including their first experience aboard
NASA's "Weightless Wonder" aircraft, is also available.
NASA TV will air astronaut training video files beginning at
noon EDT Thursday. NASA TV is available in the continental
U.S. on AMC-6, Transponder 9C, C-Band, located at 72 degrees
west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is
vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. In Alaska and
Hawaii, NASA TV is available on AMC-7, Transponder 18C, C-
Band, located at 137 degrees west longitude. Frequency is
4060.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural
at 6.80 MHz.
The class includes three educator astronauts, three military
pilots, a Navy SEAL, an astrophysicist, two physicians, and
an engineer. Also training with the 11-member astronaut
candidate class are three Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
(JAXA) astronauts. The new astronauts are:
--Pilot Randy Bresnik, from Fort Knox, Ky.
--Pilot Jim Dutton, from Eugene, Ore.
--Mission Specialist Shane Kimbrough, from Atlanta
--Educator Mission Specialist Joe Acaba, from Dunnellon, Fla.
--Educator Mission Specialist Ricky Arnold, from Bowie, Md.
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--Mission Specialist Chris Cassidy, from York, Maine
--Mission Specialist Jose Hernandez, who grew up in Stockton,
Calif.
--Mission Specialist Tom Marshburn, from Atlanta.
--Educator Mission Specialist Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger,
from Vancouver, Wash.
--Mission Specialist Bobby Satcher, who grew up in Hampton,
Va.
--Mission Specialist Shannon Walker, a Houston native.
--JAXA Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, a medical doctor from
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
--JAXA Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, an engineer from Tokyo
--JAXA Astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, an engineer born in Chiba
Prefecture, Japan
Full biographies of the U.S. astronaut candidates are
available on the Web at:
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/preparingtravel/ascan2004.ht
ml
For information about the Japanese astronauts on the
Internet, visit:
http://iss.sfo.jaxa.jp/astro/profile_e.html
For still images of the flight training in Houston (available
Thursday) on the Internet, visit:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/behindthescenes/tr
aining/ascan2004/ndxpage1.html
For information about NASA and agency programs on the
Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Headquarters, Washington Oct. 8, 2004
(Phone: 202/358-1272)
Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)
NOTE TO EDITORS: N04-160
NASA'S NEW ASTRONAUTS MEET THE PRESS
Fresh from flight training and their first head-over-
heels sample of weightlessness, NASA's astronaut candidates
are available to meet with the news media Thursday in Houston
at 3 p.m. EDT.
To attend the event at Houston's Ellington Field or to
arrange telephone interviews, contact NASA's Johnson Space
Center (JSC) newsroom at: 281/483-5111 by 4 p.m. EDT
Wednesday. Video and still imagery of the new astronauts'
flight training, including their first experience aboard
NASA's "Weightless Wonder" aircraft, is also available.
NASA TV will air astronaut training video files beginning at
noon EDT Thursday. NASA TV is available in the continental
U.S. on AMC-6, Transponder 9C, C-Band, located at 72 degrees
west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is
vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. In Alaska and
Hawaii, NASA TV is available on AMC-7, Transponder 18C, C-
Band, located at 137 degrees west longitude. Frequency is
4060.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural
at 6.80 MHz.
The class includes three educator astronauts, three military
pilots, a Navy SEAL, an astrophysicist, two physicians, and
an engineer. Also training with the 11-member astronaut
candidate class are three Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
(JAXA) astronauts. The new astronauts are:
--Pilot Randy Bresnik, from Fort Knox, Ky.
--Pilot Jim Dutton, from Eugene, Ore.
--Mission Specialist Shane Kimbrough, from Atlanta
--Educator Mission Specialist Joe Acaba, from Dunnellon, Fla.
--Educator Mission Specialist Ricky Arnold, from Bowie, Md.
-more-
-2-
--Mission Specialist Chris Cassidy, from York, Maine
--Mission Specialist Jose Hernandez, who grew up in Stockton,
Calif.
--Mission Specialist Tom Marshburn, from Atlanta.
--Educator Mission Specialist Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger,
from Vancouver, Wash.
--Mission Specialist Bobby Satcher, who grew up in Hampton,
Va.
--Mission Specialist Shannon Walker, a Houston native.
--JAXA Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, a medical doctor from
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
--JAXA Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, an engineer from Tokyo
--JAXA Astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, an engineer born in Chiba
Prefecture, Japan
Full biographies of the U.S. astronaut candidates are
available on the Web at:
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/preparingtravel/ascan2004.ht
ml
For information about the Japanese astronauts on the
Internet, visit:
http://iss.sfo.jaxa.jp/astro/profile_e.html
For still images of the flight training in Houston (available
Thursday) on the Internet, visit:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/behindthescenes/tr
aining/ascan2004/ndxpage1.html
For information about NASA and agency programs on the
Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info