Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
michael.curie@nasa.gov
Kelly Humphries
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-251
STATION CREW SET TO LAUNCH TO A NEW HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
HOUSTON -- Just in time for the holidays, the residents of the
International Space Station will welcome three new crew members.
NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg
Kononenko and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of
the Netherlands are set to launch in their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft
from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:16 a.m. CST on
Wednesday, Dec. 21 (7:16 p.m. local time).
NASA Television will air video of prelaunch activities at 5:45 a.m.
and provide live coverage of the launch beginning at 6:30 a.m.
On Friday, Dec. 23, the trio will dock to the Rassvet module of the
station at 9:22 a.m. The new crew will join station Commander Dan
Burbank of NASA and Russian Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and
Anatoly Ivanishin, who have been aboard the orbital laboratory since
mid-November. NASA TV will provide live coverage beginning at 8:45
a.m. Hatch opening and the holiday welcoming ceremony will occur
about three hours later.
Burbank has discussed what it will be like to spend the holidays in
his home away from home, 240 miles above the Earth. Video is
available online at:
Space station sighting opportunities are available across the United
States this week, mostly in the northern third of North America,
including Alaska. To find sighting details by city, visit:
NASA TV's scheduled coverage for launch includes (all times Central):
Wednesday, Dec. 21
5:45 a.m. -- Video file feed of the crew prelaunch launch day
activities in Baikonur
6:30 a.m. -- Launch coverage (launch at 7:16 a.m.), including launch
replays
9:30 a.m. -- Video file of prelaunch and launch video b-roll and
postlaunch interviews
Friday, Dec. 23
8:45 a.m. -- Docking coverage (docking at 9:22 a.m.) followed by the
post-docking news conference from Mission Control in Korolev, Russia
11:45 a.m. -- Hatch opening and welcoming ceremony (hatch opening
scheduled at 12:20 p.m.)
2 p.m. -- Video file of docking, hatch opening and welcoming ceremony
For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information,
visit:
For International Space Station information, visit:
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