Dec. 12, 2008 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Rob Navias Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 rob.navias-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-257 NASA TV TO AIR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BRIEFING AND SPACEWALK HOUSTON - NASA will hold a media briefing Dec. 18 to discuss an upcoming International Space Station spacewalk. NASA Television will provide live coverage of the Dec. 22 spacewalk of Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov. The briefing from NASA's Johnson Space Center will air live on NASA TV Dec. 18 at 2 p.m. EST. Questions will be taken from journalists at participating NASA locations, including Kennedy Space Center's News Center. The briefers are: - Kirk Shireman, International Space Station deputy program manager - David Korth, Expedition 18 spacewalk flight director During the spacewalk, Fincke and Lonchakov will deploy and retrieve several Russian experiments on the station's exterior. They also will install a device to measure electromagnetic forces imparted on station hardware as the complex moves through low Earth orbit. Russian specialists believe electromagnetic interference may have contributed to past problems on the Soyuz spacecraft's pyrotechnic bolts, which allow sections of the vehicle to separate properly during its return to Earth. NASA TV coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 22. The spacewalk will start at approximately 7:15 p.m. and last six hours. It will be the fifth spacewalk of Fincke's career and the first for Lonchakov. Expedition 18 Flight Engineer Sandy Magnus will monitor the spacewalk from inside the station. For NASA TV streaming video, schedules and downlink information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For more information about the space station and the Expedition 18 crew, 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
