MIR 22 CREW NEWS CONFERENCE SET

Mon, 16 Dec 1996 12:42:00 -0500 (EST)
Source: NASANews@hq.nasa.gov

Debra Rahn
Headquarters, Washington, DC              December 16, 1996
(Phone:  202/358-1639)
Sender: owner-press-release
Precedence: bulk

Rob Navias
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
(Phone:  281/483-5111)

NOTE TO EDITORS:  N96-82

MIR 22 CREW NEWS CONFERENCE SET

     U.S. astronaut John Blaha and his Russian crewmates, 
Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, 
will hold a news conference from the Russian space station 
Mir on Thursday, December 19, at approximately 10:50 a.m. 
EST.  The news conference, which will last approximately 25 
minutes, will be broadcast on NASA Television with two-way 
question and answer capability for reporters at participating 
NASA Centers.  Translation will be provided.

     Blaha became a Mir crew member on September 19, three 
days after launching with the STS-79 astronauts on the 
Shuttle Atlantis.  Blaha is scheduled to remain on the Mir 
until mid-January, when he will be replaced by astronaut 
Jerry Linenger after Atlantis carries the STS-81 astronauts 
on the fifth Shuttle docking with Mir.  Blaha will return to 
Earth with the STS-81 crew.

     NASA Television is carried on Spacenet 2, Transponder 5, 
Channel 9 at 69 degrees West longitude, horizontal 
polarization, frequency 3880 Mhz, audio 6.8 Mhz.

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