NASA TV to Air Live Coverage of Dragon Space Station Departure Sunday

Oct. 26, 2012

Trent J. Perrotto
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-207

NASA TV TO AIR LIVE COVERAGE OF DRAGON SPACE STATION DEPARTURE SUNDAY

HOUSTON -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of the release
and departure of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft from the International
Space Station on Sunday, Oct. 28. Coverage will begin at 6 a.m. CDT
and conclude approximately three hours later after Dragon has left
the vicinity of the orbiting laboratory.

Space station Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams and Flight
Engineer Akihiko Hoshide will be at the controls of the space
station's robotic arm as they back Dragon away from the complex.
Dragon is scheduled to be released by the crew at 8:26 a.m. and will
conduct its first departure burn one minute later.

The Dragon capsule has been attached to the station's Harmony module
since Oct. 10. The spacecraft delivered 882 pounds of cargo,
including 260 pounds of crew supplies, 390 pounds of scientific
research, 225 pounds of hardware and several pounds of other
supplies. This included critical materials to support 166 scientific
investigations planned for the station's crew, including 63 new
investigations.

Dragon will return 1,673 pounds of cargo, including 163 pounds of crew
supplies, 866 pounds of scientific research, and 518 pounds of
vehicle hardware and other hardware. Not since the space shuttle has
NASA and its international partners been able to return considerable
amounts of research and samples for analysis.

There will be no live NASA TV coverage of Dragon's reentry and
splashdown, which are scheduled for Sunday afternoon. Mission updates
and images of splashdown will be provided when they become available
on the SpaceX and NASA websites. To join the conversation on Twitter,
follow the hashtags #CRS1 and #Dragon.

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


http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For SpaceX's Dragon coverage, visit:

http://www.spacex.com

For information about the International Space Station and Dragon
splashdown information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station


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