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Commander, Pilot Round Out Station Assembly Crew

Jennifer McCarter
Headquarters, Washington, DC              February 3, 1998
(Phone:  202/358-1639)

Eileen Hawley/James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
(Phone:  281/483-5111)

RELEASE:  98-21

COMMANDER, PILOT ROUND OUT STATION ASSEMBLY CREW

Astronaut Brian Duffy (Col., USAF) will command the third 
U.S. assembly flight, designated Shuttle mission STS-92, to the 
International Space Station.

Joining Duffy on the flight deck will be Pilot Pamela Ann 
Melroy (Major, USAF).  Melroy, a member of the 1994 Astronaut 
Class, marks her first space flight with STS-92.

Mission Specialists Koichi Wakata (NASDA); Peter J. K. 
(Jeff) Wisoff, Ph.D.; Leroy Chiao, Ph.D.; William (Bill) 
McArthur, Jr., (Col., USA); and Michael Lopez-Alegria, (Cmdr., 
USN), were previously named to the flight in June 1997.  
Working in teams of two, Chiao, Wisoff, McArthur and Lopez-
Alegria will conduct four space walks over the course of the 
mission, while Wakata has primary responsibility for operating 
the Shuttle's Remote Manipulator System robot arm.

This fifth Station assembly flight will build on previous 
American and Russian assembly flights beginning with the launch 
of the Control Module (FGB) in the summer of 1998.  STS-92 will 
be the third Shuttle mission to the ISS.

 "I couldn't be more pleased with the selection of 
Colonel Duffy and the crew for STS-92.  I have complete 
confidence in him and his fellow crew members, and look forward 
to working with them as we prepare for the successful execution 
of this very important mission," said Randy Brinkley, Space 
Station Program Manager.

STS-92 marks the fourth space flight for Mission 
Commander Brian Duffy.  For complete biographical information 
on the STS-92 crew and other astronauts, see the NASA Internet 
astronaut biography home page at URL:    
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/ For information on the 
International Space Station, visit the Space Station home page 
at URL:    http://station.nasa.gov

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