Sept 15, 2009

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100 john yembrick-1@nasa gov

Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly o humphries@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-176

NASA TV PROVIDES COVERAGE OF NEXT SOYUZ LAUNCH AND LANDING EVENTS

HOUSTON -- NASA Television will air the launch of the next two residents of the International Space Station, a spaceflight participant and the return of two members of the current station crew Coverage begins with a broadcast of prelaunch activities Sept 17 and continues through the landing on Oct 11

Soyuz Commander Max Suraev, NASA Flight Engineer Jeff Williams and spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte are scheduled to launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:14 a m CDT on Wednesday, Sept 30 Laliberte, a Canadian citizen and founder of Cirque du Soleil, will fly to the station under an agreement with the Russian Federal Space Agency

After a two-day trip, the Soyuz will dock to the station at 3:36 a m on Friday, Oct 2 Aboard the orbiting laboratory, Williams and Suraev will be greeted by Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA's Mike Barratt and Nicole Stott, the European Space Agency's Frank De Winne, Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and the Canadian Space Agency's Bob Thirsk After Padalka and Barratt depart the station, De Winne will become commander of the next station mission, designated Expedition 21

Padalka, Barratt and Laliberte will return to Earth at approximately 11:29 p m on Saturday, Oct 10, in the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft docked to the station Padalka and Barratt have been aboard the orbiting laboratory since March 2009

Upcoming NASA TV Soyuz launch and landing programming events (all times CDT):

Sept 17 11 a m - Expedition 21 and spaceflight participant video file of departure in Star City, Russia, for Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Sept 28 11 a m - Video file of crew activities in Baikonur, Soyuz rocket mating and rollout

Sept 29 11 a m - Prelaunch news conference, Russian State Commission video file feed from Baikonur

Sept 30 12:45 a m - Prelaunch activities and arrival at launch pad video file from Baikonur 1:30 a m - Launch coverage and replays from Baikonur (Launch scheduled at 2:14 a m ) 5 a m - Prelaunch activities, launch and post launch interviews from Baikonur

Oct 2 3 a m - Coverage of Soyuz docking to station (docking scheduled at 3:36 a m , post-docking news conference follows) 6:15 a m - Hatch opening, welcoming ceremony (hatch opening scheduled at 6:40 a m ) 9 a m - Video file of the docking to the station, hatch opening and welcoming ceremony

Oct 6 9:10 a m - Joint crew news conference of Expedition 20, 21 and spaceflight participant

Oct 10 4:30 p m - Expedition 21, 20, spaceflight participant farewells and Soyuz TMA-14 hatch closure (scheduled at 5 p m ) 7:45 p m - Coverage of Expedition 20 and spaceflight participant undocking from station (scheduled at 8:05 p m ) 10:15 p m - Deorbit burn (scheduled for 10:36 p m ) and landing coverage (scheduled for 11:29 p m ) in Kazakhstan

Oct 11 4 a m - Landing video file 12 p m - Barratt post-landing interview, return to Star City and Kazakhstan welcoming ceremony video file

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

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more about the space station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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