Oct. 19, 2004

Melissa Mathews
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-1272)

James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/283-5111)

MEDIA ADVISORY: M04-166

SPACE STATION CREWS TAKE QUESTIONS FROM ORBIT

The incoming and outgoing residents of the International Space Station 
will speak to reporters during a space-to-ground news conference 
Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. EDT. The event will air live on NASA TV.

The crews will field questions from reporters at NASA's Johnson Space 
Center, Houston, Kennedy Space Center, Fla., and Headquarters, 
Washington, as well as from media at the Russian Mission Control 
Center in Korolev, near Moscow.

The Expedition 10 crew, Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer 
Salizhan Sharipov, arrived at the Station early Saturday. They will 
replace the outgoing Expedition 9 crew, Commander Gennady Padalka and 
Flight Engineer Mike Fincke, who are heading home after a six-month 
mission. Russian Space Forces Test Cosmonaut Yuri Shargin joined 
Chiao and Sharipov for their flight to the Station. He returns to 
Earth with Padalka and Fincke on Saturday.

NASA TV is available on AMC-6, Transponder 9, at 3880 MHz, vertical 
polarization, with audio at 6.8 MHz. In Alaska and Hawaii, NASA TV is 
on AMC-7, Transponder 17 at 4040 MHz, vertical polarization with 
audio at 6.8 MHz. For more information on NASA TV, visit:



http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For more information about NASA and the International Space Station on 
the Internet, visit:



http://www.nasa.gov

	
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