[amsat-bb] NASA Meet & Greet

[Clint Bradford]

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-018

NASA, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND INVITE PUBLIC TO ASTRONAUTS' DISCUSSION OF RECENT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION MISSIONS

WASHINGTON -- NASA and the University of Maryland's A. James Clark 
School of Engineering invite the public to a discussion with three 
astronauts from recent International Space Station expedition 
missions at 5:30 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the Hoff Theater 
inside the Adele H. Stamp Student Union. The crew members will give a 
video presentation about their mission and answer questions from the 
audience. 

Free tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. 
Tickets can be picked up from the Stamp Union ticket office daily 
between noon and 10 p.m., starting Monday, Feb. 6. Reporters 
interested in covering the event should contact Missy Corley at 
301-405-6501 or mcorley at umd.edu. 

Mike Fossum served as a flight engineer for Expedition 28 and as 
commander for Expedition 29. During his stay, the station celebrated 
11 years of continuous residence and work. Fossum returned to Earth 
on Nov. 21, 2011. He has logged more than 194 days in space, 
including more than 48 hours of extravehicular activity (EVA) in 
seven spacewalks. He is seventh on the all-time list of cumulative 
EVA time. 

Ron Garan served as a flight engineer for Expeditions 27 and 28. While 
aboard the station, Garan continued work on a variety of microgravity 
experiments and welcomed two shuttle visits, including the last to 
the station. Garan landed on Sept. 15, 2011. He has logged more than 
178 days in space, including 27 hours and 3 minutes outside the 
station during four spacewalks. 

Cady Coleman served as a flight engineer for Expeditions 26 and 27. 
She was the lead robotics and science officer. While aboard, the 
station hosted a record number of visiting spacecraft: five vehicles 
from four space agencies. She returned to Earth on May 24, 2011. 
Coleman has logged over 4,330 hours in space aboard the station and 
space shuttle Columbia. 

The trio also will give a presentation earlier in the day to NASA 
employees at 10:30 a.m. in NASA Headquarters' James E. Webb 
Auditorium, located at 300 E St. SW in Washington. The presentation 
will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website. The 
astronauts will be available for media interviews from 9 to 10 a.m. 
Journalists must call 202-358-1100 to attend the presentation or to 
schedule an interview. 

For more information about Fossum, visit: 

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/fossum.html 

http://www.twitter.com/astro_aggie 


For more information about Garan, visit: 

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/garan-rj.html 

http://www.twitter.com/Astro_Ron 


For more information about Coleman, visit: 

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/coleman.html 

http://www.twitter.com/astro_cady 


For more information about the A. James Clark School of Engineering, 
visit: 

http://www.eng.umd.edu/impact/space 

For a map of the University of Maryland campus and location of the 
Stamp Student Union (Building 163), visit: 

http://bit.ly/zku8ht 

For NASA TV schedule information and links to streaming video, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

	
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Clint Bradford
clintbradford at mac.com