After 167 days in space, crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission will hold a press conference at 2:15 p.m. EST, Wednesday, January 21, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss their scientific expedition aboard the International Space Station.
NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov will answer questions about their mission. The crew members returned to Earth on January 15, splashing down off the coast of San Diego, and arrived in Houston on Friday, where they will undergo standard post-flight reconditioning and evaluations.
NASA will provide live coverage on the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of additional online platforms, including social media.
Media are invited to attend in person or virtually. For in-person participation, contact the NASA Johnson newsroom no later than 5 p.m. CST, Tuesday, January 20, at jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov or 281-483-5111. Media participating by telephone must log into the press conference no later than 10 minutes before the start of the event to ask questions. Questions can also be submitted on social media using #AskNASA. A copy of NASA’s media accreditation policy is available on the agency’s website.
The crew spent more than five months in space, including 165 days aboard the orbiting laboratory, traveling nearly 71 million kilometers and completing more than 2,670 orbits around Earth. While living and working aboard the station, the crew performed hundreds of scientific experiments and technology demonstrations.
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NASA’s Commercial Crew Program achieved its goal of safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation to and from the International Space Station from the United States through a partnership with American private industry. This partnership opens access to low Earth orbit and the space station to more people, more science and more commercial opportunities. For more than 25 years, people have continuously lived and worked aboard the space station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies that allow us to prepare for human exploration of the Moon while preparing for Mars.
Learn more about NASA’s Commercial Crew Program at:
https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew
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