October 17, 2003

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

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

NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-105

NEXT SPACE STATION CREW READY FOR SATURDAY LAUNCH

The next crew for the International Space Station is making 
last-minute preparations for launch to the orbiting laboratory. The 
launch is scheduled for Saturday at 1:38 a.m. EDT. 

Expedition 8 Commander Michael Foale, Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri 
of the Russian Aviation and Space Agency (Rosaviakosmos), and Spain's 
Pedro Duque of the European Space Agency (ESA) are scheduled to 
launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a Soyuz vehicle. 
Docking with the Station is Monday Oct. 20. Duque will return to 
Earth Oct. 27 with the Expedition 7 crew, Commander Yuri Malenchenko 
and NASA Station Science Officer Ed Lu.

Live NASA Television coverage begins Saturday Oct. 18 at 12:30 a.m. 
EDT. 

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 NASA and the International Space Station on the 
Internet, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov 

	
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