Apr 23 2010

From The Space Library

MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-053

NASA SETS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION CREWS

HOUSTON -- The 13 crew members aboard space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 6:26 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, April 14. U.S. reporters may ask questions in person from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and NASA Headquarters in Washington. A portion of the news conference will be set aside for Russian and Japanese reporters. To participate in the news conference, U.S. journalists must call the public affairs office at one of the three participating NASA centers by 3 p.m. Tuesday. Reporters must be in place at least 20 minutes prior to the start of the news conference. NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 40-minute news conference. For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv During Discovery's STS-131 mission, astronauts are delivering science racks, new crew sleeping quarters, equipment and supplies to the station.

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