December 3, 2003

Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington 
(Phone: 202/358-4769)

Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-136

NASA UPDATES INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ACTIVITIES

NASA International Space Station officials will conduct a mission 
status briefing Friday at 3 p.m. EST. The briefing is at the Johnson 
Space Center, Houston. 

NASA will provide updates on work being done in orbit by Expedition 8 
Commander Mike Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri. The 
briefing will be carried live on NASA Television with 
question-and-answer capability at participating NASA centers. 

Briefing Participants:

- William Gerstenmaier, International Space Station Program Manager
- Joel Montalbano, Expedition 8 Lead Flight Director
- Janice Voss, Expedition 8 Lead Increment Scientist

NASA Television is available on AMC-9, transponder 9C, C-Band, located 
at 85 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. 
Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. Briefing 
audio is available on voice circuit by calling: 
321/867-1220/1240/1260.

For information about NASA TV on the Internet, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html  

Weekly Space Station status reports are available on the Internet at: 

http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/index.html  

	
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