NASA Sets Jan. 11 Briefing to Preview Upcoming Spacewalk, Soyuz Relocation and Other January Space Station Milestones

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HOUSTON -- NASA officials will discuss an upcoming spacewalk by two
Russian cosmonauts, the relocation of a Soyuz spacecraft to a new
docking port and other International Space Station activities during
a briefing at 1 p.m. CST on Monday, Jan. 11. The briefing will take
place at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and will be broadcast
live on NASA Television and the agency's Web site. Reporters at
participating NASA centers may ask questions.

The briefing participants are:
- Pete Hasbrook, Expedition 22 increment manager, Johnson Space Center

- David Korth, Expedition 22 lead flight director, Johnson Space
Center

On Thursday, Jan. 14, Expedition 22 cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Max
Suraev will don Russian spacesuits for a six-hour spacewalk. They
will prepare a new docking port and airlock named Poisk for use. NASA
TV coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 3:30 a.m. Kotov and Suraev
are expected to exit the Pirs airlock to begin their work at 4:10
a.m.

On Thursday, Jan. 21, Suraev and Expedition 22 Commander Jeff Williams
will move their Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft from the Zvezda Service
Module port to the new Poisk module port. NASA TV coverage of the
Soyuz undocking and redocking will begin at 3:45 a.m.

Briefers also will discuss the relocation of a spare parts platform on
the outside of the station and the move from the Unity node to the
Harmony node of the Pressurized Mating Adapter-3. The adapter is used
to interconnect spacecraft and modules with different docking
mechanisms. Hasbrook and Korth also will discuss the first use of the
Poisk module.

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

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For information about the station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

Source: NASA