Oct 19 2011

From The Space Library

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-214 NASA SETS MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSEA MISSION (UPDATE)

HOUSTON --Journalists will have the opportunity to cover the 15th NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations, or NEEMO, from up close or afar. The mission was originally scheduled to start Oct. 17, but tropical storm conditions in the area of the undersea laboratory required a delay. Journalists are invited to visit the Mobile Mission Control Center, which supports the underwater crew of the NEEMO mission aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Aquarius Undersea Laboratory. The laboratory is located in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in Key Largo. On Oct. 24, the NEEMO crew will be available for satellite interviews from 3 to 4 p.m. CDT. On Oct. 26, astronaut/aquanaut Shannon Walker will conduct interviews during an underwater simulated spacewalk from 1 to 1:30 p.m. Other interview slots are available on a limited basis with Walker, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takuya Onishi, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques and Steven Squyres of Cornell University.

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