Space Station Crew Exchanges Seasons Greetings with Earth

Dec. 12, 2008

Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
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Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
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MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-258

SPACE STATION CREW EXCHANGES SEASONS GREETINGS WITH EARTH

HOUSTON -- Soaring high above the Earth, the crew of the
International
Space Station has beamed down season's greetings that will air on
NASA Television starting Friday, Dec. 12. The public can return the
extraterrestrial good will and send greetings to the crew by
visiting:

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/postcard

The e-mailed greetings can be sent through Jan. 5, 2009. Last year,
thousands of messages were sent to the Expedition 16 crew from
throughout the world.

The current station crew, Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and
Flight Engineers Sandra Magnus and Yury Lonchakov, will celebrate
this holiday season 220 miles above Earth. Fincke and Lonchakov have
been on the station since Oct. 14, and Magnus joined the crew Nov.
16. The main focus of their mission is to prepare the station to
house six crew members for long-duration missions beginning in May
2009.

The station crew's greetings will air on NASA TV as part of the daily
Video File, beginning at 11 a.m. CST, Friday, Dec. 12. The video also
will be broadcast in high definition on the NASA TV HD channel on
Dec. 15-17 at 10 a.m., 12 p.m. and 3 p.m.

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

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For more information about the space station and the Expedition 18
mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

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