May 25, 2011 Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie.s.clem@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-102 NASA SETS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION CREWS HOUSTON -- The nine crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will hold a news conference starting at 5:42 a.m. EDT on Thursday, May 26. Reporters may ask questions in person from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Kennedy Space Center in Florida and agency headquarters in Washington. To participate, U.S. journalists must call the public affairs office at one of the three venues by 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25. Reporters at Johnson, not already credentialed for the STS-134 mission, must request access badges by May 25. Reporters must be in place at least 20 minutes before the news conference. Participating crew members will be STS-134 Commander Scott Kelly, Pilot Greg Johnson, Mission Specialists Andrew Feustel, Mike Fincke and Greg Chamitoff and Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko and Flight Engineers Ron Garan and Alexander Samokutyaev. NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 40-minute news conference. Part of the conference will be for European Space Agency media outlets in native languages. An interpreted replay will air on NASA TV at 9 a.m. For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv Endeavour's mission includes four spacewalks and delivery of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) and spare parts to the station. For more information about the mission and crews, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle and 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
