Briefings to Preview Next Shuttle Visit to the Space Station and First Station Crew Launch

Dwayne Brown / Kirsten Williams

Headquarters, Washington, DC

(Phone: 202/358-1726/358-0243)

Rob Navias / Kyle Herring

Johnson Space Center, Houston

(Phone: 281/483-5111)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N00-35

A series of briefings Aug. 1 and Aug. 2 at NASA’s
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, will preview the
September visit of the space shuttle Atlantis to the
International Space Station and the October launch of the
first crew to live aboard the station.

Space shuttle mission STS-106, currently targeted for
launch Sept. 8, will open the doors for the first time to
the newly launched Zvezda service modul. Zvezda will
serve as the living quarters for the first space station
resident crew, called Expedition One, which will launch
in late October. The Expedition One crew will be
launched aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to begin their
four-month stay. For much of the time prior to launch,
crew members will train in Russia, and the Aug. 2
briefing will be their only media availability in the
United States before their launch. The scheduled
briefings include:

* 8:30 a.m. — STS-106 Mission Overview

Jim Van Laak…………ISS Manager – Mission

Integration and Operations

Phil Engelauf………..STS-106 Lead Flight Director

Rick La Brode………..ISS Flight Director

Sharon Castle………..STS-106 Launch Package
Manager

* 10:30 a.m. — International Space Station Science
Payloads Briefing

Dr. John Uri. ……….ISS Mission Scientist

* 11:00 a.m. — NASA Television Video File

* 12:00 p.m. — STS-106 Extravehicular Activity

Briefing

Mike Hess……………Lead EVA Officer

* 1:00 p.m. — STS-106 Crew Press Conference

Terrence W. Wilcutt…..Commander

Scott D. Altman………Pilot

Edward T. Lu…………Mission Specialist

Richard A. Mastracchio..Mission Specialist

Daniel C. Burbank…….Mission Specialist

Yuri Malenchenko……..Mission Specialist

Boris Morukov………..Mission Specialist

* 9:00 a.m. — Expedition One Mission Overview

Jim Van Laak…………ISS Manager, Mission
Integration and Operations

Jeff Hanley………….Lead ISS Expedition One
Flight Director

* 1 p.m. — Expedition One Crew Press Conference

William M. Shepherd…..Expedition Commander

Yuri Gidzenko………..Soyuz Commander

Sergei Krikalev………Flight Engineer

Limited interview opportunities with members of both
flight crews will immediately follow each crew press
conference for reporters at the Johnson Space Center, or
media who make advance arrangements to participate by
telephone. Media wishing to participate in the crew
interviews should fax their requests to the JSC newsroom
at (281) 483-2000 no later than close of business,
Thursday, July 27.

All briefings will be broadcast live on NASA
Television, and questions will be taken from media at
participating NASA centers. NASA TV may be accessed on
the GE-2 satellite, transponder 9C, located at 85 degrees
W. longitude, vertical polarization, with a frequency of
3880 MHz and audio at 6.8 MHz.

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