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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