Nasa Officials Hold a News Conference with Members of the Next Crew for the International Space Station
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Nasa Officials Hold a News Conference with Members of the Next Crew for the International Space Station
NASA OFFICIALS HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE WITH MEMBERS OF THE NEXT CREW FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, HOUSTON, TEXAS
JULY 30, 2008SPEAKERS: NASA COMMANDER MIKE FINCKEJAPANESE ASTRONAUT DR. KOICHI WAKATADR. SANDRA HALL MAGNUSRICHARD GARRIOTT YURI VALENTINOVICH LONCHAKOV, COLONEL IN THE RUSSIAN AIR FORCE[*] MODERATOR: Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us for today's crew news conference with the Expedition-18 crew and the American space flight participant. We'll begin today's briefing by introducing the crew, and then we'll take questions here from media at the Johnson Space Center, and then followed by other participating NASA centers. We'll start with Expedition-18 commander, Mike Fincke. Mike joined NASA in April of 1996. In 2004 he served as the NASA science officer and flight engineer for the Expedition-9. He spent six months working aboard the ISS, including four space walks. He's spent more than 187 days in space and has logged a total of 15 hours and 45 minutes of EVA time. He and two crewmates are scheduled to launch on October 12th aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Once there, they'll conduct a change of command ceremony with Expedition-17 crew, and that will mark the start of Expedition-18. We'll now turn it over to Commander Mike Fincke. FINCKE: Good afternoon and thanks for coming, everyone. And it's my pleasure to introduce you to a -- a great crew, the Expe...See the full content of this document
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