Nasa tv to show russian space station cargo ship arrival

[john roe]

NASA TV TO SHOW RUSSIAN SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL

 

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Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:39:30 -0600

 

From: [email protected]

 

Subject: NASA TV TO SHOW RUSSIAN SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL

 

Jan. 26, 2011

 

Kelly Humphries

 

Johnson Space Center, Houston

 

281-483-5111

 

Stephanie Schierholz

 

Headquarters, Washington

 

202-358-1100

 

Report #M11-018

 

NASA TV TO SHOW RUSSIAN SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL

 

HOUSTON -- The residents of the International Space Station will receive a second shipment of food, fuel and supplies this week. NASA Television will provide a live broadcast of the Russian cargo ship's arrival Saturday, Jan. 29.

 

Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineers Cady Coleman, P??olo N??spoli, Alexander Kaleri, Oleg Skripochka and Dmitry Kondratyev will be standing by as the 41st unpiloted Russian Progress resupply craft automatically berths to the Pirs docking compartment at 8:40 p.m. CST. NASA TV coverage of the new Progress' arrival at the station will begin at 8 p.m.

 

The cargo ship is carrying three tons of supplies for the six crew members. It is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:31 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 27 (7:31 a.m. Baikonur time on Jan. 28). NASA TV will not provide coverage of the launch.

 

The shipment is set to arrive on the heels of the Jan. 27 rendezvous and arrival of the Kounotori2 H-II Transfer Vehicle 2 developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle, Johannes Kepler, that is carrying additional supplies for the station is set to launch Feb. 15 on an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana.

 

For more information about these three upcoming cargo missions for the space station, visit:

 

http://www.nasa.gov/station

 

For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:

 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv