Trent J. Perrotto
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov
Josh Byerly
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
josh.byerly@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-204
COVERAGE SET FOR NEXT SOYUZ CREW LAUNCH TO SPACE STATION
HOUSTON -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of next week's
launch and docking of the next trio of crew members who will fly to
the International Space Station.
Expedition 33/34 NASA Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, Soyuz Commander Oleg
Novitskiy and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin are scheduled to launch
in their Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft at 5:51 a.m. CDT (4:51 p.m.
Baikonur time) Tuesday, Oct. 23, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan. NASA TV launch coverage will begin at 4:30 a.m., and
include video of activities leading to the crew boarding its
spacecraft.
Two days later, at 7:35 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 25, the trio will dock
the Soyuz to the space-facing Poisk module of the orbiting
laboratory. NASA TV docking coverage begins at 7 a.m. Approximately
three hours later, hatches between the Soyuz and station will open
and Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin will be greeted by Expedition 33
Commander Sunita Williams of NASA and Flight Engineers Aki Hoshide of
the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Russia's Yuri Malenchenko.
Hatch opening coverage begins at 9:45 a.m.
Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin will remain aboard the station until
March 2013. Williams, Malenchenko and Hoshide, who arrived at the
complex in July, will return to Earth Nov. 19.
The full schedule of the Soyuz pre-launch, launch and docking includes
coverage (all times are Central):
Thursday, Oct. 18
1 p.m. -- Video File of Expedition 33/34 crew activities in Baikonur,
Kazakhstan
Saturday, Oct. 20
1 p.m. -- Video File of Expedition 33/34 crew activities and Soyuz
rocket mating in Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Sunday, Oct. 21
11 a.m. -- Video File of Expedition 33/34 Soyuz roll out to launch pad
in Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Monday, Oct. 22
11 a.m. -- Video File of Expedition 33/34 final prelaunch crew news
conference and Russian State Commission meeting in Baikonur,
Kazakhstan
Tuesday, Oct. 23
4:30 a.m. -- Expedition 33/34 Soyuz launch coverage (launch at 5:51
a.m.), includes video B-roll of crew pre-launch activities
9 a.m. -- Video File of Expedition 33/34 Soyuz prelaunch and launch
B-roll and post-launch interviews
Thursday, Oct. 25,
7 a.m. -- Expedition 33/34 Soyuz docking coverage (docking at 7:35
a.m., followed by post-docking news conference from Mission Control
in Korolev, Russia)
9:45 a.m. -- Expedition 33/34 Soyuz hatch opening and welcoming
ceremony (hatch opening at 10:15 a.m.)
Noon -- Video File of Expedition 33/34 Soyuz docking, hatch opening
and welcoming ceremony
For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For information about NASA and the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
