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November 19, 2009

NASA MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-220

SPACE STATION, SPACE SHUTTLE JOINT CREW NEWS CONFERENCE TUESDAY

HOUSTON -- The 12 crew members aboard space shuttle Atlantis and the
International Space Station will hold a news conference at 7:13 a.m.
CST on Tuesday, Nov. 24.

Reporters can ask questions from NASA's Johnson Space Center in
Houston, Kennedy Space Center in Florida and headquarters in
Washington. Journalists from Canada, Europe and Russia also will
participate in the news conference. U.S. journalists must RSVP by
calling the public affairs office at a participating NASA location by
noon Nov. 23.

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 40-minute news
conference. For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video
information, visit:



http://www.nasa.gov/ntv


Atlantis' STS-129 mission includes three spacewalks and the
installation of two platforms to the station's truss, or backbone.
The platforms will store spare parts needed to sustain station
operations after the shuttle fleet is retired. Atlantis will return
with station resident Nicole Stott, marking the final time the
shuttle is expected to rotate station crew members.

For more information about STS-129 and its crew, visit:



http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

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