Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington               June 20, 2002
(Phone: 202/358-1726)

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

NOTE TO EDITORS: N02-46

EXPEDITION FIVE TOPIC OF TUESDAY BRIEFING

     A status briefing on the work being conducted aboard the 
International Space Station by the Expedition Five crew is 
scheduled for 3 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 25, at the NASA 
Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston.

Expedition Five Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers 
Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev are in their third week 
aboard the international outpost, beginning extensive 
scientific research and preparing for the arrival of a new 
Russian Progress supply spacecraft on June 29.

Panelists for the briefing include:
*  Rick La Brode, International Space Station Lead Stage 
Flight Director, JSC
*  Dianne Murphy, Expedition Five Increment Manager, JSC
*  Vic Cooley, Expedition Five Increment Scientist, JSC

The briefing, which will be broadcast on NASA Television, 
will be available for multi-center questions and answers from 
reporters at participating agency field centers.
	
NASA TV can be found on GE-2, Transponder 9C, vertical 
polarization at 85 degrees West longitude, 3880 MHz, with 
audio at 6.8 MHz.

More information about the International Space Station and 
Expedition Five is available on the Internet at:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov

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