| April 12, 2016 MEDIA ADVISORY 16-044M NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren to Visit NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center on April 14; Media Invited NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, who lived and worked nearly five months on the International Space Station as a flight engineer, will visit NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on April 14. He will share highlights from his 141-day mission in space -- from July 23 through Dec. 11, 2015 -- as part of the Expedition 44 and 45 crews. During his stay on the station, Lindgren performed numerous science experiments including research into human physiology, fluid and combustion physics, Earth and space science, and technology development. He worked on the "Veggie" investigation, which included the opportunity to eat lettuce grown in space. Lindgren conducted two spacewalks in late 2015 with NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, now retired. During the first, Lindgren installed a thermal cover on the Alpha-Magnetic Spectrometer, which looks for high-energy radiation emanating from deep space. The second focused on maintenance of the station's external thermal control systems. Lindgren's visit to Marshall coincides with the annual Student Launch competition. Student teams from around the country are challenged with designing and building their rockets during the school year, before bringing their vehicles to Marshall for final inspections and launches. Lindgren will visit with those teams, talk about his career as an astronaut and present highlights from his mission to the space station beginning at 9:15 a.m. in Building 4316. A brief media opportunity will follow. Media interested in covering Lindgren's visit should contact Tracy McMahan in the Marshall Public & Employee Communications Office at 256-544-0034 no later than 4 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, April 13. Media must report to the Redstone Arsenal Joint Visitor Control Center at Gate 9, Interstate 565 interchange at Research Park Boulevard by 8:45 a.m. April 14. Vehicles are subject to a security search at the gate. News media will need photo identification and proof of car insurance. Lindgren's biography is available at: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lindgren-kn.pdf Lindgren is also posting to social media: For more information on the space station, visit: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center news releases and other information are available automatically by sending an e-mail message with the subject line subscribe to msfc-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail message with the subject line unsubscribe to msfc-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
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