NASA Television to Air Upcoming Cargo Ship Launch to Space Station

July 30, 2012

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: M12-137

NASA TELEVISION TO AIR UPCOMING CARGO SHIP LAUNCH TO SPACE STATION

WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will broadcast the launch and for the
first time, the same-day rendezvous and docking of a Progress cargo
spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). Coverage begins
at 3:15 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 1.

ISS Progress 48 is scheduled to launch at 3:35 p.m. from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It will dock later that day at 9:24 p.m. in
a test of an abbreviated launch-to-rendezvous schedule designed to
reduce the typical two-day flight between a launch and docking. The
goal would be to use this new approach for future Soyuz crew member
flights. Progress 48 will dock at the station's Pirs port and deliver
about 2 tons of supplies.

NASA TV coverage of the Progress' arrival at the station will begin at
8:45 p.m.

Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space
Agency and his five crewmates, including NASA astronauts Joe Acaba
and Sunita Williams, will monitor key events during Progress 48's
rendezvous and docking.

Russian flight controllers retain the option to revert to a normal
2-day rendezvous if developments require. If that occurs, the craft
will dock Friday, Aug. 3, and NASA TV will provide live coverage.

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


http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For more information about the International Space Station and its
crew, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station


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