Space Station Crew Talks Turkey

Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington                  November 25, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-4769)

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

NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-130

SPACE STATION CREW TALKS TURKEY

     The International Space Station crew, Michael Foale and 
Alexander Kaleri, will send holiday greetings to Earth and 
discuss their plans for celebrating Thanksgiving Day at 12 
noon EST, Wednesday on NASA TV.

Foale, Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Station Science 
Officer, and Station Flight Engineer Kaleri have been on 
board the orbiting research complex since Oct. 20. They will 
be the fifth crew to observe Thanksgiving on board the 
Station. Foale and Kaleri will spend six-and-a-half months on 
the Station.

Their holiday message airs during the NASA TV Video File at 
12 noon, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. EST. 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 the International Space Station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov


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