March 27, 2008 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Katherine.Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-066 NASA SETS BRIEFING FOR APRIL SPACE STATION CREW CHANGE HOUSTON -- NASA will hold a briefing at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 2, to preview the activities of the next residents of the International Space Station and to look back at the accomplishments of the current station crew. The briefing will originate from NASA's Johnson Space Center and will be broadcast live on NASA Television. Questions will be taken from reporters at participating NASA locations. Conducted on the eve of the docking of the Jules Verne European Automated Transfer Vehicle to the station, the briefing will focus on the upcoming Expedition 17 mission. Expedition 17 Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko, along with South Korean Spaceflight Participant So-yeon Yi, will launch April 8 on a Soyuz spacecraft from Kazakhstan. They will join NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, who has been aboard the station since March 12. The briefing also will review the six-month mission of Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko. Along with Yi, they will return to Earth April 19 in a Soyuz. Briefing participants are: Kirk Shireman, International Space Station Program deputy manager Heather Rarick, Expedition 17 lead flight director Holly Ridings, Expedition 16 lead flight director Julie Robinson, International Space Station program scientist Dr. Smith Johnston, Expedition 16 lead flight surgeon For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For more information on the station, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: ksc-subscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov To remove your address from the list, send a message to: ksc-unsubscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov
