JUNE 28 PRESS CONFERENCE WILL DESCRIBE NEXT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION COMPONENT -- ZVEZDA LIVING QUARTERS



June 23, 2000



Kirsten Williams
Headquarters, Washington, DC
(202/358-0243)



Eileen Hawley
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
(281/483-5111)

<h4>Release: N00-27</h4> <h4>NOTE TO EDITORS:</h4> <h3>June 28 Press 
Conference Will Describe Next International Space Station Component 
-- Zvezda Living Quarters</h3> 

A news conference will be held at 1 p.m. CDT Wednesday, June 28, at 
NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, to provide an overview of 
the next International Space Station (ISS) component, the Zvezda 
Service Module, scheduled to launch in July.



The briefing will be carried live on NASA Television, and reporters at 
other NASA centers may participate. The Russian-provided Zvezda will 
be the station's early crew quarters and provide key life support, 
propulsion, navigation, communications and other equipment. It is 
tentatively planned for launch aboard a Russian Proton rocket between 
July 10 and 12 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. A final 
launch date for Zvezda is expected to be announced following a 
General Designer's Review meeting of Russian and United States ISS 
managers to be held in Moscow on June 26.



The June 28 briefing will provide information about Zvezda's 
capabilities and the International Space Station's activities prior 
to and following the launch, including the rendezvous and docking 
with the new module. Briefing participants will include:



Jim Van Laak, ISS Manager of Mission Integration and Operations

Kirk Shireman, ISS Manager for Russian Elements

Mark Ferring, Lead ISS Flight Director

Yuri Malenchenko, Mission Specialist, Shuttle Mission STS-106</li 
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