Feb. 22, 2006

Melissa Mathews/Debbie Rahn
Headquarters, Washington 
(202) 358-1272/1638 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-032

NASA SCHEDULES NEWS BRIEFING WITH SPACE STATION HEADS OF AGENCY

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and his counterparts from the 
International Space Station partnership will speak with reporters at 
1 p.m. EST, Thursday, March 2 at the Kennedy Space Center press site, 
Fla. 

The news conference follows the International Space Station Heads of 
Agency meeting. The meeting brings together the leaders of the 
Canadian, European, Japanese, Russian, and U.S. space agencies. At 
this meeting, agency leaders will discuss plans for launching the 
remaining station components and operations during the assembly 
process. 

In addition to Griffin, news conference participants include:
Canadian Space Agency Acting President Virendra Jha
European Space Agency Director-General Jean-Jacques Dordain
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency President Keiji Tachikawa
Russian Federal Space Agency Head Anatolii Perminov

The news conference will air live on the NASA TV media and public 
channels. Only reporters at Kennedy may ask questions. Kennedy press 
contact: Tracy Young, (321) 867- 2468. Media not credentialed at 
Kennedy should request accreditation by 4 p.m. EST, Monday. Follow 
the online procedure at: 

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov 

For information about the International Space Station on the Web, 
visit:

www.nasa.gov/station 

NASA TV's Public, Education and Media channels are available on an 
MPEG-2 digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 
degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical 
polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, they're on AMC-7 at 137 degrees 
west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal 
polarization. For digital downlink information and access to the NASA 
TV Public Channel on the Web, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

	
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