NASA's Space Station Astronauts to "Swear In" Navy Sailors
PRESS RELEASE
Date Released: Saturday, January 27, 2007
Source: NASA HQ
NASA astronauts on the International Space Station will link up
Monday, Jan. 29, with sailors on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower for a
special re-enlistment ceremony. The Eisenhower is the Navy's
flagship for the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group.
The special call is set for 4:20 a.m. CST. It can be seen on NASA
Television at 10:30 a.m. Aboard the space station, Expedition 14
Commander and Naval Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, assisted by
his Flight Engineer and fellow Naval Commander Suni Williams, will
conduct the long-distance re-enlistment of 16 sailors. At the time,
the station should be flying about 220 miles above the southern
Indian Ocean.
Lopez-Alegria has been in orbit since September 2006 and will
return to Earth in April. Williams has been aboard the orbiting
laboratory since December 2006 and will return to Earth in July.
Both are graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy and Navy pilots.
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