[amsat-bb] NASA to Carry ISS Cargo Ship Arrival

[Clint Bradford]

Aug. 22, 2011

Michael Curie 
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-1100 
michael.curie at nasa.gov 

Kelly Humphries 
Johnson Space Center, Houston 
281-483-5111 
kelly.o.humphries at nasa.gov   


MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-174

NASA TELEVISION TO AIR SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL

HOUSTON -- NASA Television will provide live coverage as a Russian 
Progress cargo spacecraft arrives at the International Space Station 
at 9:38 a.m. CDT on Friday, Aug. 26. 

NASA TV coverage will begin at 9 a.m., in lieu of the day's "ISS 
Update" program. The unpiloted Progress 44 spacecraft will 
automatically dock to the rear port of the station's Zvezda service 
module. 

The cargo ship will carry three tons of food, fuel and other supplies 
for the six crew members, Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko 
and Flight Engineers Ron Garan, Mike Fossum, Satoshi Furukawa, 
Alexander Samokutyaev and Sergei Volkov. 

It will be launched at 8 a.m. (7 p.m. Baikonur time) on Wednesday, 
Aug. 24, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA TV will not 
air the launch live, but will show replays during the regularly 
scheduled 10 a.m. "ISS Update" program. 

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



http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 


For information about the International Space Station, visit: 


http://www.nasa.gov/station   

	
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Clint Bradford
clintbradford at mac.com