Shuttle Crew to Visit NASA Headquarters, Available for Interviews

WASHINGTON - The seven space shuttle Endeavour astronauts who returned to Earth last month will share mission highlights with NASA employees at the agency’s headquarters on Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 10 a.m. EDT. The crew’s presentation about the STS-118 mission to the International Space Station will air live on NASA Television.

Endeavour crew members will be available for news media interviews from 11 to 11:30 a.m. in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium, 300 E. Street, S.W., Washington. Interested media should contact Katherine Trinidad at 202-358-3749 by 5 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 1.

The Endeavour crew members are Commander Scott Kelly, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and mission specialists Tracy Caldwell, Rick Mastracchio, Barbara R. Morgan, Alvin Drew and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Dave Williams.

Drew, a D.C. native, graduated from the city’s Gonzaga College High School. His biography is available at:

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/drew-ba.html


For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and schedule information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv


For more information about NASA’s space shuttle program and the STS-118 mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle