December 24, 2003

Melissa Mathews
Headquarters, Washington 
(Phone: 202/358-1272)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-141

SPACE STATION CREW: NAUGHTY OR NICE?

The hard-working crewmembers of the International Space Station are so 
confident they're in Santa's good graces; they're showing off their 
Christmas stockings to the world. 

NASA astronaut Michael Foale and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri 
offer a sneak peak at their presents and talk about their holiday 
plans during a message from the Space Station airing on NASA 
Television. The NASA TV Video File feeds at three-hour intervals 
daily beginning at noon EST.

NASA Television is available on AMC-2, transponder 9C, C-Band, located 
at 85 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. 
Polarization is vertical and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. 

Information about how Foale and Kaleri will spend their holiday is 
available at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2003/dec/HQ_03418_santa_station.html 

A historical look at holidays in space is available on the Internet 
at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/livinginspace/Christmas_in_space.html 


To see where the International Space Station will be visible during 
the holidays, visit: 

http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/index.cgi 

	
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