Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-3749
katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov
James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-133
NASA SETS INTERVIEWS WITH FLIGHT DIRECTOR FOR NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION
HOUSTON - International Space Station Flight Director Derek Hassmann
will be available for satellite interviews from 6 to 8 a.m. CDT
Friday, Oct. 19. Hassmann will lead NASA's Mission Control Center
during the next space shuttle mission, which will involve the first
expansion of the station's living and working space in more than six
years.
Hassmann is a native of San Antonio and a graduate of the University
of Texas. He is the lead flight director for space shuttle
Discovery's STS-120 mission to the station. Countdown for Discovery's
mission is targeted to begin Saturday, Oct. 20. The launch is
targeted for 10:38 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23.
Discovery will deliver a new connecting module named Harmony to the
station and continue assembly of the complex's solar power system.
Harmony will provide attachment points for new laboratories from
Europe and Japan that will be launched to the station on upcoming
missions.
To participate in the interviews, media should contact producer
Stephanie Stoll at 281-483-9071 or pager 713-508-0581 by 2 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 18. B-roll of preparations for the mission will be
broadcast starting at 5:30 a.m., immediately prior to the interviews.
The NASA Television low-latency channel will be used to conduct the
interviews with the least audio delay. The NASA TV low-latency
channel is on satellite AMC 6, transponder 5C, located at 72 degrees
west, downlink frequency 3785.5 Mhz, vertical polarity. The
interviews also will be broadcast live on NASA TV. For NASA TV
downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntvFor STS-120 crew and mission information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle
