Sept. 8, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@xxxxxxxx Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@xxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-187 UPDATE: NASA PROVIDES MEDIA INTERVIEWS FOR SPACE STATION NATIONAL LAB AWARD CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has canceled the previously scheduled news conference on Friday, Sept. 9, about the award of the organization that will manage the portion of the International Space Station operated as a U.S. national laboratory. The briefing was canceled because the launch of the agency's GRAIL mission has been postponed until Friday morning. NASA will offer in-person media interview opportunities at 10 a.m. EDT on Friday at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Press Site in Florida. Reporters already on-site for the GRAIL launch will be able to interview: - Waleed Abdalati, NASA chief scientist - Mark Uhran, assistant associate administrator for the International Space Station - Jeanne Becker, CASIS executive director Follow the national lab on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/ISS_NatLab For additional information about the International Space Station National Laboratory, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/nlab/index.html -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To remove your address from the list, send a message to: hqnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
