Two Space Station Spacewalks to be Broadcast on NASA TV

Aug. 14, 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: M12-150

TWO SPACE STATION SPACEWALKS TO BE BROADCAST ON NASA TV

WASHINGTON -- Astronauts and cosmonauts will perform two spacewalks
outside the International Space Station this month. NASA Television
will broadcast both events live. Coverage of the first will begin at
10 a.m. EDT, Monday, Aug. 20. Coverage of the second will begin at 7
a.m., Thursday, Aug. 30.

The first spacewalk, scheduled to begin at 10:40 a.m., Aug. 20, will
feature Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer
Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency in Russian Orlan
spacesuits. They will float outside the Pirs docking compartment
airlock for a 6 1/2 hour spacewalk to relocate a cargo boom from Pirs
to the Zarya module, complete the installation of micrometeoroid
debris shields on the Zvezda service module and deploy a small
science satellite.

The second spacewalk, scheduled to begin at 8:15 a.m., Aug. 30, will
feature NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide. The duo will don
U.S. extravehicular mobility unit spacesuits for the first U.S.-based
spacewalk since July 2011. It will be a 6 1/2 hour excursion designed
to replace a faulty power relay unit on the station's truss, rig
power cables for the arrival late next year of a Russian laboratory
module, and install a thermal cover on a docking port.

The spacewalks will be the 163rd and 164th in support of space station
assembly and maintenance. Padalka has conducted eight previous
spacewalks and will wear a suit bearing red stripes. Malenchenko has
conducted four spacewalks and will wear blue stripes. For the U.S.
spacewalk, Williams will wear a suit with red stripes for the fifth
spacewalk in her career. Hoshide, wearing a suit with no stripes,
will be conducting his first spacewalk. He is the third Japanese
astronaut in history to conduct a spacewalk.

International news media planning to cover the U.S. spacewalk
in-person at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston must apply for
accreditation by contacting the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 by 6
p.m., Aug. 21. U.S. media also may begin their application process at
this time. International accreditation for the first spacewalk has
closed.

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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