NASA's Space Station Astronauts to "Swear In" Navy Sailors

Jan. 26, 2007

Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-4769

Nicole Cloutier
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-511

MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-013

NASA'S SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS TO "SWEAR IN" NAVY SAILORS

NASA astronauts on the International Space Station will link up
Monday, Jan. 29, with sailors on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower for a
special re-enlistment ceremony. The Eisenhower is the Navy's flagship
for the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group,

The special call is set for 4:20 a.m. CST. It can be seen on NASA
Television at 10:30 a.m. Aboard the space station, Expedition 14
Commander and Naval Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, assisted by his
Flight Engineer and fellow Naval Commander Suni Williams, will
conduct the long-distance re-enlistment of 16 sailors. At the time,
the station should be flying about 220 miles above the southern
Indian Ocean.

Lopez-Alegria has been in orbit since September 2006 and will return
to Earth in April. Williams has been aboard the orbiting laboratory
since December 2006 and will return to Earth in July. Both are
graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy and Navy pilots.

For NASA TV downlink, schedules and streaming video information, and
more information about the space station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

http://www.nasa.gov/station

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