Nov. 14, 2006


Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-4769


James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111


MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-178


BRIEFING, NASA TV COVERAGE SET FOR SPACE STATION SPACEWALK


Houston - NASA officials will hold a briefing at 1 p.m. CST Thursday,
Nov. 16, to discuss an upcoming spacewalk from the International
Space Station. The six-hour spacewalk is planned for the night before
Thanksgiving.


On Nov. 22, Expedition 14 Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight
Engineer Mikhail Tyurin will retrieve equipment and photograph the
station's Russian Zvezda Service Module's docking port. Tyurin also
will hit a golf ball from a specially designed tee mounted on the
Pirs airlock as part of a Russian commercial activity. Flight
Engineer Thomas Reiter will remain inside the station tending to
systems during the spacewalk.


Both the preview briefing and the spacewalk will be broadcast live on
NASA Television. During the briefing, questions will be taken from
media at participating NASA sites. Journalists must contact their
preferred NASA location by Nov. 15 for participation details.


Briefing particpants include:
-- Kirk Shireman, deputy International Space Station program manager
-- Holly Ridings, lead spacewalk flight director
-- Paul Boehm, Expedition 14 lead spacewalk officer
-- Julie Robinson, International Space Station acting program
scientist


The spacewalk coverage begins at 4 p.m. on NASA TV and the agency's
Internet homepage. The spacewalk begins at 5 p.m.


For NASA TV downlink, schedule and Internet streaming video
information, visit:


http://www.nasa.gov/ntv


For more information about the space station, visit:


http://www.nasa.gov/station