Conversations between astronauts aboard the International Space Station and flight controllers on the ground now are available for the public to hear live, 24 hours a day, seven days a week on NASA’s Web site, http://www.nasa.gov/.

The streaming audio of space-to-ground communications includes NASA commentary during specific station mission events and regularly scheduled space station commentary on NASA Television Monday through Friday at 10 a.m. Central time. NASA already provides this space-to-ground communication with commentary during space shuttle missions.

The streaming station and shuttle mission audio is available on the following NASA sites:

– Under the NASA TV (Live) tab at:

http://www.nasa.gov/

– Under the left navigation at:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

and

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

– In the list of channels at:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv