March 10, 2005

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

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

RELEASE: M05-034

NASA ANNOUNCES RETURN TO FLIGHT SHUTTLE CREW MEMBER INTERVIEWS

Veteran Astronaut Wendy Lawrence is available for live interviews via 
satellite from 7 to 9 a.m. EST Wednesday, March 16. She will fly on 
the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-114) mission, the first since the 
Columbia accident. 

Media interested in interviewing Lawrence must contact Karen Svetaka 
at the Johnson Space Center at: 281/483-8684 (office) or 713/708-1024 
(pager) by 3 p.m. EST March 15. 

The mission will test Shuttle safety improvements and deliver supplies 
and equipment to the International Space Station (ISS). Lawrence, a 
mission specialist, is part of the seven-member crew for the mission. 
This is her fourth Shuttle mission, and she is in charge of the 
transfer of supplies and equipment to the ISS. She and other crew 
members will operate the Shuttle and ISS robotic arms. They are used 
to assist spacewalks, install equipment and inspect the orbiter's 
thermal protective tiles.

Lawrence was born in Jacksonville, Fla. She graduated from the U.S. 
Naval Academy in 1981. She received a Master of Science degree in 
ocean engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and 
the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1988. She was selected as 
an astronaut in 1992 and served as the Director of Crew Training for 
U.S. astronauts in Russia. For biographical information, visit: 

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lawrence.html </p Video 
highlights of Lawrence and the STS-114 crew training airs on NASA TV 
beginning at 6:30 a.m. EST March 16.

NASA TV is available via satellite and on the Web in the continental 
U.S. on AMC-6, Transponder 9C, C-Band, at 72 degrees west longitude. 
The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is 
monaural at 6.80 MHz. In Alaska and Hawaii, NASA TV is available on 
AMC-7, Transponder 18C, C-Band, at 137 degrees west longitude. The 
frequency is 4060.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is 
monaural at 6.80 MHz.

NASA TV is available on the Internet at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

For information about the Space Shuttle Return to Flight mission or 
the STS-114 crew, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight 

For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov 

	
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