conférence / interview

SPACE STATION CREWS HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE FROM ORBIT

HOUSTON -- The two crews aboard the International Space Station will
answer questions about their upcoming change of command in a news
conference at 10:10 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, April 1.

Expedition 19 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Mike
Barratt will arrive at the station Saturday to join Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency Astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 18 Commander
Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov. Fincke and Lonchakov
have been living and working aboard the station since October. They
will return to Earth April 7 with Spaceflight Participant Charles
Simonyi.