NASA TV Provides Coverage of Space Station Spacewalk

April 12, 2013

Joshua Buck
Headquarters, Washington
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Josh Byerly
Johnson Space Center, Houston
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josh.byerly@nasa.gov

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NASA TV PROVIDES COVERAGE OF SPACE STATION SPACEWALK

WASHINGTON -- Two members of the Expedition 35 crew will venture
outside the International Space Station April 19 for a six-hour
spacewalk to deploy and retrieve several science experiments and
install a new navigational aid.

NASA Television will broadcast the spacewalk live beginning at 9:30
a.m. EDT. Russian flight engineers Pavel Vinogradov and Roman
Romanenko will open the hatch to the Pirs airlock and docking
compartment to start the spacewalk at 10:06 a.m.

The spacewalkers' first task will be to install the Obstanovka
experiment on the station's Zvezda service module. Obstanovka will
study plasma waves and the effect of space weather on Earth's
ionosphere.

They will retrieve the Biorisk experiment, which studied the effect of
microbes on spacecraft structures. If time permits, they also will
retrieve one section of the Vinoslivost experiment, which exposed
materials samples to space.

While at the far end of Zvezda, Vinogradov and Romanenko will replace
a faulty retro-reflector device, one of a suite of navigational aids
that will provide assistance to the European Space Agency's Albert
Einstein Automated Transfer Vehicle 4 cargo ship during its final
approach for an automated docking to the space station in June.

This spacewalk will be the 167th in support of space station assembly
and maintenance, the seventh for Vinogradov and the first for
Romanenko. Both spacewalkers will wear spacesuits marked by blue
stripes. Romanenko's suit will be equipped with a helmet camera to
provide close up views of the spacewalk activity as it progresses.

This is the first of as many as six Russian spacewalks planned for
this year. Two U.S. spacewalks are scheduled in July.

For NASA TV schedule and video streaming information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For information on the International Space Station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station


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