NASA Sets News Conference With Shuttle And Space Station Crews

[KSC News Center <ksc@mediaservices.nasa.gov>]

May 25, 2011

Candrea Thomas
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov 

Stephanie Schierholz
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov 

Kylie Clem
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-102

NASA SETS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION CREWS

HOUSTON -- The nine crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and 
the International Space Station will hold a news conference starting 
at 5:42 a.m. EDT on Thursday, May 26. Reporters may ask questions in 
person from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Kennedy Space 
Center in Florida and agency headquarters in Washington. 

To participate, U.S. journalists must call the public affairs office 
at one of the three venues by 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25. Reporters 
at Johnson, not already credentialed for the STS-134 mission, must 
request access badges by May 25. Reporters must be in place at least 
20 minutes before the news conference.

Participating crew members will be STS-134 Commander Scott Kelly, 
Pilot Greg Johnson, Mission Specialists Andrew Feustel, Mike Fincke 
and Greg Chamitoff and Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko and 
Flight Engineers Ron Garan and Alexander Samokutyaev.

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 40-minute news 
conference. Part of the conference will be for European Space Agency 
media outlets in native languages. An interpreted replay will air on 
NASA TV at 9 a.m.

For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit: 


http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

Endeavour's mission includes four spacewalks and delivery of the Alpha 
Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) and spare parts to the station.

For more information about the mission and crews, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle 

and

http://www.nasa.gov/station  

	
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