John Yembrick
Headquarters, Washington
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Kylie Clem
Johnson Space Center, Houston
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kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-100
NASA SETS BRIEFING TO PREVIEW SPACE STATION SPACEWALK
HOUSTON -- NASA officials will discuss an upcoming International Space
Station spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts during a news briefing at
2 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, July 21.
The briefing will take place at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston
and be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website.
Questions will be taken from journalists at participating NASA
locations.
The briefers are:
- Dan Hartman, Integration and Mission Operations manager,
International Space Station Program
- Chris Edelen, Expedition 24 spacewalk flight director
On Monday, July 26, Expedition 24 Flight Engineers Fyodor Yurchikhin
and Mikhail Kornienko will wear Russian spacesuits for a six-hour
spacewalk. They will prepare the recently delivered Russian Rassvet
Module for future automated dockings by Russian spacecraft. NASA TV
coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 10 p.m. Yurchikhin and
Kornienko are expected to exit the Pirs airlock to begin their work
at 10:45 p.m. It will be Yurchikhin's third spacewalk and the first
for Kornienko.
For NASA TV streaming video, schedules and downlink information,
visit:
For more information about the station and the Expedition 24 crew,
visit:
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