What & Who: Astronaut Chris Cassidy, who lived and worked five months as an Expedition 36 flight engineer aboard the International Space Station, will visit NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., Jan. 22. Cassidy will share highlights from his 166-day mission in space -- from March 29, 2013, through Sept. 10, 2013 -- as part of the Expedition 35 and 36 crews. His launch was the first expedited trip in the 12-year history of the space station. The Soyuz spacecraft carrying him and his crew members docked to the orbiting laboratory in just six hours instead of the usual two days.

During his time aboard the station, Cassidy worked on hundreds of research experiments and science investigations that will have benefits for future human spaceflight and life on Earth. He also saw the arrival of the European Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 cargo spacecraft, the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle-4 cargo spacecraft and two Russian Progress resupply spacecraft.

When & Where: Wednesday, Jan. 22

10-10:30 a.m. CST -- Astronaut Chris Cassidy will be available for a brief question-and-answer session with news media in Building 4663, in the Payload Operations Integration Center viewing room.

10:30-11 a.m. -- Cassidy will hang his mission plaque in a ceremony in the Payload Operations Integration Center control room.

1-2 p.m. -- Cassidy to present mission highlights to the Marshall team in Building 4200, Morris Auditorium.

To attend: News media interested in covering the event should contact the Marshall Public & Employee Communications Office at 256-544-0034 no later than 4 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 21. Media must report to the Redstone Arsenal Joint Visitor Control Center at Gate 9, Interstate 565 interchange at Rideout Road/Research Park Boulevard. Vehicles are subject to a security search at the gate. News media will need two photo identifications and proof of car insurance.

Cassidy's biography is available at:

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/cassidy-cj.html

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Expedition 36 Space Station Astronaut Chris Cassidy to Visit NASA's Marshall Center on Jan. 22; Media Invited