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July 28, 2010

NASA MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-103

NASA SETS BRIEFING TO PREVIEW SPACE STATION SPACEWALK

HOUSTON -- NASA managers will discuss an upcoming spacewalk at the
International Space Station during a news briefing at 1 p.m. CDT on
Tuesday, Aug. 3.

Expedition 24 Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson
are scheduled to perform a 6.5-hour spacewalk on Aug. 5. The two NASA
astronauts will outfit the Russian Zarya module for future robotics
work and prepare the station for the installation of a new U.S.
permanent multipurpose module.

The news briefing on the spacewalk will take place at NASA's Johnson
Space Center in Houston. It will air live on NASA Television and the
agency's website. Journalists may ask questions from participating
NASA locations.

The briefers are:
- Dan Hartman, Integration and Mission Operations manager,
International Space Station Program
- Courtenay McMillan, Expedition 24 spacewalk flight director

NASA TV coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 5 a.m. on Aug. 5.
Wheelock and Caldwell Dyson are expected to begin the spacewalk from
the Quest airlock at 5:55 a.m. It will be Wheelock's fourth spacewalk
and Caldwell Dyson's first.

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


http://www.nasa.gov/ntv


For more information about the station and the Expedition 24 crew,
visit:


http://www.nasa.gov/station

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