Oct 14 2011

From The Space Library

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-211 NASA ANNOUNCES MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSEA MISSION

HOUSTON --News media representatives will have the opportunity to cover the 15th NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations, or NEEMO, from up close or afar. On Oct. 24, journalists are invited to participate in a media day at 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. Media representatives will be able to interview the NEEMO engineers and scientists and participate in a news conference with the NEEMO crew via video from the underwater habitat. On Oct. 21, 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 a simulated spacewalk under water 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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