Joshua Buck
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
jbuck@nasa.gov
Kelly Humphries
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-127
COVERAGE SET FOR NEXT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW LAUNCH
HOUSTON -- NASA Television will provide extensive coverage of
prelaunch, launch and docking activities of the next trio of crew
members who will fly to the International Space Station.
NASA TV coverage of the Soyuz TMA-05M launch begins at 8:30 p.m. CDT,
Saturday, July 14. NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, veteran
Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency
and Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency will launch to the station at 9:40 p.m. (8:40
a.m., July 15 Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan.
The trio will arrive at the station late Monday, July 16, joining NASA
Flight Engineer Joe Acaba and two Russian cosmonauts, Expedition 32
Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, who have
been aboard the orbiting laboratory since mid-May. Williams,
Malenchenko and Hoshide, who also will be part of the Expedition 33
crew starting in September, will return to Earth in mid-November.
The full schedule of the Soyuz prelaunch, launch and docking coverage
on NASA TV public and media channels includes (all times are
Central):
Tuesday, July 10
1 p.m. -- Video File of Expedition 32/33 crew activities in Baikonur,
Kazakhstan
Wednesday, July 11
1 p.m. -- Video File of Expedition 32/33 crew activities in Baikonur,
Kazakhstan and Soyuz TMA-05M mating operations
Thursday, July 12
1 p.m. -- Video File of Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M rollout to the
launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Friday, July 13
1 p.m. -- Video File of Expedition 32/33 Russian State Commission
meeting and final prelaunch crew news conference in Baikonur,
Kazakhstan
Saturday, July 14
8:30 p.m. -- Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M launch coverage begins
(launch at 9:40 p.m.); includes video B-roll of crew prelaunch
activities and launch replays from Baikonur, Kazakhstan
11:30 p.m. -- Video File of Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M pre-launch
and launch video B-roll and post-launch Interviews
Monday, July 16
11:15 p.m. -- Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M docking coverage begins
(docking at 11:50 p.m. followed by post-docking news conference from
Mission Control in Korolev, Russia)
Tuesday, July 17
2:15 a.m. -- Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M hatch opening and
welcoming ceremony coverage begins (ceremony scheduled at 2:25 a.m.)
4 a.m. -- Video File of Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M docking, hatch
opening and welcoming ceremony
For updated NASA TV coverage times, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntvnews For more information about the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
