Longueuil, Quebec, July 21, 2009 - Media representatives are invited to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to participate in a press briefing with Mission Expedition 21 crew members including Guy Laliberté.
The press briefing will be live from the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston where crew members will spend a week to complete a part of their training for mission Expedition 21. Guy Laliberté, Canada's first private space explorer, Commander Maksim Surayev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (FSA) and Flight Engineer Jeffrey Williams of NASA will be taking questions from journalists via NASA TV.
ONLY JOURNALISTS ON SITE at the CSA will be able to ask questions.
WHEN: July 23, 2009
WHAT:
Expedition 21 crew press briefing
Question period at CSA
WHO:
Guy Laliberté (Cirque du Soleil), Maksim Surayev (FSA) and Jeffrey Williams (NASA)
WHERE: Canadian Space Agency
6767 Route de l'Aéroport
Longueuil, Quebec
For more details on the Poetic Social Mission of Guy Laliberté, visit the ONE DROP web site at: www.onedrop.org
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For more information:
Tania Orméjuste - Cirque du Soleil
514 723-7646, extension 8335 or
Tania.ormejuste@cirquedusoleil.com