April 12, 2010 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-53 NASA SETS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SHUTTLE AND STATION SPACE STATION CREWS HOUSTON -- The 13 crew members aboard space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 7:26 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 14. U.S. reporters may ask questions in person from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and NASA Headquarters in Washington. A portion of the news conference will be set aside for Russian and Japanese reporters. To participate in the news conference, U.S. journalists must call the public affairs office at one of the three participating NASA centers by 3 p.m. Tuesday. Reporters must be in place at least 20 minutes prior to the start of the news conference. NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 40-minute news conference. For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv During Discovery's STS-131 mission, astronauts are delivering science racks, new crew sleeping quarters, equipment and supplies to the station. For more information about the STS-131 mission and its crew, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle For more information about the space station and its 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
