NASA to Preview Upcoming Space Station Spacewalk to Repair Ammonia Leak

Oct. 19, 2012

Rachel Kraft
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov

Josh Byerly
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
josh.byerly@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-205

NASA TO PREVIEW UPCOMING SPACE STATION SPACEWALK TO REPAIR AMMONIA LEAK

HOUSTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. CDT (2 p.m. EDT)
Friday, Oct. 26, to preview an upcoming spacewalk involving U.S. and
Japanese astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The news
conference will be broadcast live on NASA Television from the
agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Media questions will be
taken by telephone and from other participating NASA locations.

Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA and Flight Engineer
Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will
venture outside the space station Nov. 1 to repair an ammonia leak on
one of the station's port-side radiators. Ammonia is circulated
through the station's external thermal control systems to keep the
electronics and other systems cool.

The Oct. 26 news conference briefers are:

-- Michael Suffredini, International Space Station program manager
-- Mike Lammers, NASA flight director, Johnson Space Center
-- Allison Bolinger, spacewalk officer, Johnson Space Center

To participate by phone, media representatives must call the Johnson
newsroom 15 minutes before the briefing at 281-483-5111. Priority
will be given to journalists participating in person; questions by
phone will be taken as time permits.

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the spacewalk beginning
at 6:15 a.m. CDT Nov. 1. The spacewalk is scheduled to start at 7:15
a.m. and last approximately 6 hours and 30 minutes. This will be the
seventh spacewalk for Williams and the third for Hoshide. It will be
the 166th spacewalk in support of space station assembly and
maintenance.

For NASA TV downlink information, up-to-date schedules and links to
streaming video, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For more information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station


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