Kirsten Larson
Headquarters, Washington                       Sept. 4, 2001
(Phone: 202/358-0243)

Eileen Hawley
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N01-48

MANAGERS TO DISCUSS INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WORK

     Well into their fourth week of work on board the 
International Space Station (ISS), the Expedition Three crew 
and its activities will be the subject of a mission status 
briefing Thursday, Sept. 6 at 2 p.m. EDT.

Expedition Three Commander Frank Culbertson, Pilot Vladimir 
Dezhurov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin took over 
operations of the station Aug. 13 following their launch 
aboard the Shuttle Discovery and their delivery to the 
orbital outpost. They will return to Earth in December.

Participants in Friday's briefing are Expedition Three 
Increment Manager Melissa Gard and Increment Scientist John 
Uri. They will discuss recent activities associated with the 
arrival of a Russian Progress resupply vehicle, expanded 
scientific work being conducted on board the ISS and the 
upcoming launch of the Russian Docking Compartment module 
named "Pirs", the Russian word for pier or port.

The briefing, originating from NASA's Johnson Space Center in 
Houston will be carried live on NASA Television and will 
feature multi-center question-and-answer capability from 
participating NASA centers. 

NASA TV is available on GE-2, Transponder 9C at 85 degrees 
West longitude, vertical polarization, with a frequency of 
3880 MHz and audio of 6.8 MHz.

Additional information about the International Space Station 
and Expedition Three is available on the Internet at: 
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp3/index.html

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