TIME CHANGE: STS-121/Expedition 13 Crew News Conference / ESA TV News / 09-07-2006

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

09-Jul-06 15:45 – 16:30 GMT

STS-121/Expedition 13 Crew News Conference

ESA TV News

Background information on the transmission:

Please note that this event was shifted by some 50 minutes compared to a prior announcement

On 9 July, a Press Conference with all crew members of the STS-121 and Expediiton 13 crews will be held, 40 minutes in duration, occurrring in the Destiny Laboratory of the ISS. The event will start at 15:48 GMT and is split in time:

? 23 minutes for U.S. media gathering at NASA centers

? 15 mins for European media gathering at the European Astronaut Center EAC in Cologne, Germany

These are anticipated to be mostly German media asking questions in native language. Reiter will respond in the language of the questioner.

There will be 1-2 minute pause between the two segments.

ESA-TV provides a rebroadcast of the answers by the astronauts in the ISS. The images may be used by all broadcasters. The questions by the media will be in the audio.

Please note that the line-up time for this SCPC feed is 5 minutes.

More background information can be found on http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html.

Transmission details:Eutelsat Atlantic Bird at 12.5 degrees West

Transponder F5, channel 1 (SCPC) horizontal, F=12643 MHz, SR=6.1113 Ms/sec, FEC=3/4

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