NASA TV To Provide Coverage Of Next Soyuz Landing, Launch
HOUSTON -- The return to Earth of three International Space Station
crew members and the prelaunch activities, launch and docking of the
station's newest trio of residents will be broadcast on NASA
Television during the next several weeks.
After almost six months aboard the orbital laboratory, Expedition 24
Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov, NASA Flight Engineer Tracy
Caldwell Dyson and Russian Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko are
scheduled to land their Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft in southern
Kazakhstan on Sept. 23 (Sept. 24 in Kazakhstan).
Russian cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri, NASA Flight
Engineer Scott Kelly and Russian Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka will
launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-01M on Oct. 7 (Oct. 8 in Kazakhstan) from
the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. They will join NASA astronaut
and Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock, NASA Flight Engineer
Shannon Walker and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, who have been
aboard the station since June 18.
The coverage begins with a NASA TV Video File feed at 11 a.m. CDT
Sept. 17. The footage will include the prelaunch news conference with
Kelly, Kaleri and Skripochka at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
in Star City, Russia, and their ceremonial visit to lay flowers at
the Kremlin Wall in Red Square in Moscow.
A change of command ceremony in which Skvortsov will hand over command
of the station to Wheelock will be conducted at 4:05 p.m. Sept. 22.
It will be replayed during NASA TV's International Space Station
Update at 10 a.m. Sept. 23 and during landing coverage that evening.
The full schedule of the landing, launch and docking coverage that
will air on NASA TV's public and media channels is (all times are CDT):
Sept. 17, Friday
11 a.m. -- Video File feed of the Expedition 25 prelaunch news
conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City and
tour of Red Square in Moscow
Sept. 22, Wednesday
4:05 p.m. -- Expedition 24/25 change of command ceremony
Sept. 23, Thursday
4:45 p.m. -- Expedition 24 farewells and hatch closure (hatch closure
scheduled at 5:20 p.m.)
8:15 p.m. -- Expedition 24 undocking coverage (undocking scheduled at
8:34 p.m.)
10:30 p.m. -- Expedition 24 deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit
burn scheduled at 11:03 p.m., landing in Kazakhstan scheduled at
11:55 p.m.)
Sept. 24, Friday
1 p.m. -- Video File feed of Expedition 24 post-landing activities and
interview with Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson
Sept. 27, Monday
11 a.m. -- Video File feed of Expedition 25 farewell activities at the
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City (recorded Sept. 25)
Oct. 4, Monday
11 a.m. -- Video File feed of Expedition 25 prelaunch activities and
Soyuz TMA-01M rocket mating in Baikonur
Oct. 5, Tuesday
11 a.m. -- Video File feed of the Expedition 25 Soyuz TMA-01M rollout
to the launch pad in Baikonur
Oct. 6, Wednesday
4 p.m. -- Video File feed of the Expedition 25 final prelaunch news
conference and state commission meeting in Baikonur
Oct. 7, Thursday
4:30 p.m. -- Video feed of the Expedition 25 crew final prelaunch
activities in Baikonur
5:15 p.m. -- Expedition 25 launch coverage (launch scheduled at 6:10
p.m., followed by launch replays)
9 p.m. -- Video File feed of the Expedition 25 prelaunch activities,
launch and post-launch interviews
Oct. 9, Saturday
6:30 p.m. -- Expedition 25 docking coverage (docking scheduled at 7:01
p.m. followed by the post-docking news conference)
9:30 p.m. -- Expedition 25 hatch opening and welcoming ceremony (hatch
opening scheduled at 10:01 p.m., followed by the welcoming ceremony)
Oct. 10, Sunday
12 a.m. -- Video File feed of the Expedition 25 docking, hatch opening
and welcoming ceremony
For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For more information about the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
Source: NASA
