Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-3749
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-56
NASA SETS BRIEFING TO PREVIEW SPACE STATION SPACEWALKS
HOUSTON - NASA will preview a pair of International Space Station
spacewalks during a briefing at 1 p.m. CDT Wednesday, May 23. The
briefing from Johnson Space Center, Houston, will air live on NASA
Television. Questions will be taken from media at participating NASA
sites. Reporters should call their preferred NASA center to confirm
its availability.
For the spacewalks on May 30 and June 6, Expedition 15 Commander
Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov will wear Russian
Orlan spacesuits. They will install orbital debris protection panels
on the Zvezda Service Module and replace experiments on the hull of
Zvezda. Flight Engineer Suni Williams remain inside and monitor
station systems.
Participants in the briefing are:
- Kirk Shireman, deputy International Space Station program manager
- Bob Dempsey, Expedition 15 lead flight director
- Heather Rarick, International Space Station spacewalk flight
director
- Daryl Schuck, Expedition 15 lead spacewalk officer
The May 30 spacewalk will begin at 1:20 p.m. NASA TV coverage will
begin at 12:30 p.m. The start time for the June 6 spacewalk has yet
to be determined. For NASA TV downlink, schedules and streaming video
information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For more information about the crew's activities and station sighting
opportunities, visit:
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