Nov 24, 2009

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

James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james a hartsfield@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-224

NASA TV TO BROADCAST SPACE STATION CREW SOYUZ LANDING EVENTS

HOUSTON -- NASA Television will air the events surrounding the landing of three International Space Station crew members who will return to Earth Dec 1 The space travelers have lived and worked aboard the space station for the past six months NASA TV coverage will include the broadcast of farewells aboard the orbiting laboratory, hatch closure and undocking on Nov 30, and the deorbit burn and landing on Dec 1

Frank De Winne of the European Space Agency, Russian cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko and Flight Engineer Bob Thirsk of the Canadian Space Agency will undock their Soyuz spacecraft from the station at 9:53 p m CST Nov 30 They will land in Kazakhstan at about 1:16 a m (1:16 p m Kazakhstan time) on Dec 1 The three men spent 188 days in space, including 186 days aboard the station, following their Soyuz launch on May 27 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan

NASA's Jeff Williams took over command of the station on Nov 24 from De Winne, who served as the first European Space Agency commander of the complex Williams also will lead the new Expedition 22 crew along with Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev Expedition 22 begins with the undocking of the Soyuz Monday evening It will be the first time the station has been tended by only two crew members since July 2006 Oleg Kotov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA's Timothy J Creamer and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Space Agency, are set to launch in another Soyuz vehicle from Kazakhstan on Dec 21 and join Expedition 22 on the station on Dec 23

Upcoming NASA TV Soyuz landing programming events (all times CST):

Monday, Nov 30: -- 6:30 p m Farewells and Hatch Closure (hatch closure scheduled at 6:53 p m ) -- 9:30 p m Undocking (undocking scheduled at 9:53 p m )

Tuesday, Dec 1: -- 12 a m Deorbit burn and landing (deorbit burn scheduled at 12:25 a m ; landing scheduled at 1:16 a m ) For NASA TV 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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