Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington, DC                 June 18, 2001
(Phone: 202/358-1726)

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

NOTE TO EDITORS: N01-39

BRIEFING SET FOR THURSDAY TO DISCUSS SPACE STATION ACTIVITIES

     With the current International Space Station crew 
marking 100 days in space this past weekend, NASA managers 
are scheduled to discuss the crew's recent and upcoming 
activities during a briefing, Thursday, June 21 at 3 p.m. 
EDT.

The briefing will cover recent activities with the station's 
Canadarm2 robotic arm, the crew's preparation for upcoming 
visits by Space Shuttle crews, scientific research on the 
station and the homestretch of the crew's five-month flight. 

Station Commander Yury Usachev and Flight Engineers Jim Voss 
and Susan Helms are scheduled to return to Earth in mid-
August aboard a Space Shuttle, which also will bring a new 
crew to the station.

Participants in the briefing will be Flight Director John 
Curry and Increment Two Scientist John Uri.

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

NASA Television 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.

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