Melissa Motichek<br />Headquarters, Washington April 3, 2003<br />(Phone: 202/358-1272, -1141)<br /><br /><br />Rob Navias<br />Johnson Space Center, Houston<br />(Phone: 281/483-8651)<br /><br /><br />NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-036<br /><br /><br />NASA ANNOUNCES SPACE STATION UPDATE & SPACEWALK PREVIEW<br /><br /><br /> The progress of the sixth expedition to the <br />International Space Station and the next spacewalk (EVA) <br />will be discussed during a Mission Status Briefing on <br />Monday, April 7 at the Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, <br />at 11:00 a.m. (CDT); noon EDT. <br /><br /><br />Officials will update the Expedition Six activities of <br />Commander Ken Bowersox, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin and <br />NASA Space Station Science Officer Don Pettit. The crew is <br />in the fifth month of their mission. They are due to return <br />to Earth in May on the Soyuz vehicle currently docked to the <br />Station.<br /><br /><br />The briefing will be broadcast on NASA Television with <br />question-and-answer capability for reporters at various NASA <br />centers. The briefing will also cover the planned April 8 <br />EVA by Bowersox and Pettit, who will continue the external <br />outfitting of the Station.<br /><br /><br />Participants for Monday's briefing:<br />* Bill Gerstenmaier, International Space Station Program <br />Manager<br />* Bob Cabana, Director of Flight Crew Operations, JSC<br />* Norm Knight, International Space Station Flight Director<br />* Scott Bleisath, Expedition Six Spacewalk Officer<br /><br /><br />Coverage of Tuesday's EVA will begin at 7 a.m. EDT on NASA <br />TV. The EVA is expected to run from approximately 8:30 a.m. <br />to 3:00 p.m. EDT. NASA TV is available on GE-2, Transponder <br />9C at 85 degrees West longitude, vertical polarization, with <br />a frequency of 3880 MHz, and audio of 6.8 MHz. The NASA TV <br />schedule is available on the Internet at:<br /><br /><br />http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Schedule.html