John Yembrick
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0602
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-54
NASA UNDERSEA CREW AVAILABLE FOR LIVE SATELLITE INTERVIEWS
HOUSTON - The crew members of the NASA Extreme Environment Mission
Operations (NEEMO) project will be available for satellite interviews
from inside the Aquarius underwater habitat from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.
CDT on Wednesday, May 16.
NASA sent a flight surgeon, two astronauts and a Cincinnati doctor
into the ocean depths off the Florida coast May 7 for a 12-day
undersea mission. The crew is testing space medicine concepts,
robotic telesurgery operations and moon-walking techniques.
Veteran space flyer Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper leads the undersea
mission aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) Aquarius underwater laboratory. NASA Flight Surgeon Josef
Schmid, NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez and Dr. Tim Broderick of the
University of Cincinnati complete the crew.
To participate in the interviews, contact producer Karen Svetaka at
281-483-8684, or the Johnson Space Center newsroom at 281-483-5111 by
2 p.m. Tuesday. The interviews will be carried live on the NASA
Television analog satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude;
transponder 5C, 3800 MHz, vertical polarization, with audio at 6.8
MHz.
Aquarius is the world's only permanent underwater habitat and
laboratory. Similar in size to the International Space Station's
living quarters, the 45-foot long, 13-foot diameter complex is three
miles off Key Largo in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary,
about 62 feet beneath the surface.
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington operates Aquarius on
behalf of NOAA as part of NOAA's Undersea Research Program. The NEEMO
missions are a cooperative project among NASA, NOAA and the
university. For information about the NEEMO 12 mission, including
crew journals and pictures, visit:
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