November 25, 2003

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

James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111) 

NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-130

SPACE STATION CREW TALKS TURKEY

The International Space Station crew, Michael Foale and Alexander 
Kaleri, will send holiday greetings to Earth and discuss their plans 
for celebrating Thanksgiving Day at 12 noon EST, Wednesday on NASA 
TV. 

Foale, Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Station Science Officer, and 
Station Flight Engineer Kaleri have been on board the orbiting 
research complex since Oct. 20. They will be the fifth crew to 
observe Thanksgiving on board the Station. Foale and Kaleri will 
spend six-and-a-half months on the Station.

Their holiday message airs during the NASA TV Video File at 12 noon, 3 
p.m. and 6 p.m. EST. 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.

For information about NASA TV on the Internet, visit: 

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

For information about the International Space Station, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov 

	
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