Space Station Cargo Ship Flights to Be Broadcast on NASA TV

Feb. 4, 2013

Josh Buck
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
jbuck@nasa.gov

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-026

SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP FLIGHTS TO BE BROADCAST ON NASA TV

WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of the
departure of one Russian cargo spacecraft at the International Space
Station and the launch and arrival of another.

The ISS Progress 48 resupply ship, which arrived at the station last
August, will depart the Pirs docking compartment, part of the Russian
segment, on Saturday, Feb. 9. The Progress will leave orbit three
hours later and burn up above the Pacific Ocean. NASA TV coverage of
the undocking will begin at 8 a.m. EST. The undocking is scheduled
for 8:15 a.m.

That move will clear Pirs for the arrival of the new ISS Progress 50
resupply spacecraft. It is scheduled to launch at 9:41 a.m. (8:41
p.m. Kazakhstan time) Monday, Feb. 11, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
in Kazakhstan. NASA TV coverage of the launch begins at 9:30 a.m. The
Progress is loaded with almost 3 tons of food, fuel, supplies and
experiment hardware for the six crew members aboard the orbital
laboratory.

Like its two predecessors, Progress 50 is scheduled to launch into an
accelerated, four-orbit rendezvous with the station, docking only six
hours after launch. NASA TV coverage will resume at 3 p.m. for the
rendezvous and docking activities, with docking scheduled for 3:40
p.m.

If any technical issues arise, the Russian flight control team can
default to a standard two-day rendezvous plan for the Progress that
would result in docking on Feb. 13.

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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