Rice Space Institute director available to discuss ISS

Contact:
David Ruth
david@rice.edu

Rice Space Institute director available to discuss ISS

HOUSTON – (Dec. 21, 2013) – David Alexander, director of the Rice Space Institute and a Rice University professor of astronomy and physics, is available to comment on today’s spacewalk to repair the cooling system on the International Space Station (ISS). Two American astronauts are making the 6.5-hour walk. According to NASA and news reports, thing are going well and the astronauts are ahead of schedule.

NASA said a Christmas Day walk might not be needed if the walk continues to go well.

Alexander is available for interviews about the ISS today through Dec. 25.

Rice University has a VideoLink ReadyCam TV interview studio available 24/7 to news organizations throughout the world.

To interview Alexander, contact David Ruth, director of national media relations at Rice, at david@rice.edu.

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