NASA Holds Briefings Jan. 17 to Preview Space Station Science and Activities

Jan. 08, 2013

Joshua Buck
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
jbuck@nasa.gov

Josh Byerly
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
josh.byerly@nasa.gov


MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-008

NASA HOLDS BRIEFINGS JAN. 17 TO PREVIEW SPACE STATION SCIENCE AND ACTIVITIES

HOUSTON -- NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will hold two news
conferences Thursday, Jan. 17, to preview the upcoming Expedition 35
and 36 missions aboard the International Space Station. NASA
Television and the agency's website will carry the briefings live.

At 11 a.m. CST (noon EST), the International Space Station Program and
Science Overview briefing will cover mission priorities and
objectives. These will include several visiting spacecraft, such as
multiple Russian Progress resupply ships, the fourth European
Automated Transfer Vehicle, the fourth Japanese H-II Transfer
Vehicle, the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft and the debut demonstration
and supply flights of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus spacecraft.

Four Russian spacewalks also are scheduled during the 5 1/2-month
mission with the possible addition of U.S.-based spacewalks.
The briefing participants are:

-- Mike Suffredini, International Space Station Program manager
-- Tony Ceccacci, NASA flight director
-- Julie Robinson, International Space Station Program scientist

At 1 p.m. (2 p.m. EST), Expedition 35/36 crew members Chris Cassidy of
NASA and Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin of the Russian
Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will discuss their mission. They are
set to launch to the orbiting laboratory aboard a Soyuz spacecraft
March 27 and return to Earth Sept. 11.

Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin are three of the six crew members
comprising Expeditions 35 and 36. When they arrive at the station,
they will join NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, Canadian Space Agency
astronaut Chris Hadfield and Roscosmos cosmonaut Roman Romanenko.

Following the news conference, interview opportunities with the crew
are available in- person, by phone or through Internet
videoconferencing. To reserve an interview opportunity, media
representatives must contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 by
5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11.

For those attending the briefing at Johnson, the deadline for U.S.
reporters to request credentials is Jan. 15. The deadline for
international residents is Jan. 9. Reporters wishing to attend at
other NASA centers should contact those centers' newsrooms for
specific deadlines.

To participate via telephone, reporters must contact the Johnson
newsroom at 281-483-5111 15 minutes before each briefing. Media will
not be able to connect after a briefing has started. Priority will be
given to journalists participating in-person. Questions by phone will
be taken as time permits.

For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:



http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For Cassidy's biographical information, visit:

http://go.nasa.gov/Chris_Cassidy

For Vinogradov's biographical information, visit:

http://go.nasa.gov/Vinogradov

For Misurkin's biographical information, visit:

http://go.nasa.gov/Misurkin

For more information about the International Space Station and its
crew, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

To join the conversation about the International Space Station on
Twitter, follow the hashtags #ISS, #Exp35 and #Exp36. To learn more
about all the ways to connect and collaborate with NASA, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/connect


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