Nov 28, 2011

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa gov

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-241

COVERAGE SET FOR NEXT SOYUZ CREW LAUNCH AND DOCKING

HOUSTON -- Fresh off the arrival of three new crew members at the International Space Station, the next trio of residents is set to launch to the outpost Dec 21 NASA Television will cover prelaunch activities, launch and docking to the orbital laboratory during the next several weeks

Expedition 30 NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers are scheduled to launch at 7:16 a m CST on Dec 21 (7:16 p m local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft to begin a two-day trip to the station They are set to dock to the station's Rassvet module at approximately 9:20 a m on Dec 23

Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers will join Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank of NASA and Russian Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin, who have been on the station since Nov 16 Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers will remain on the station until May as members of the Expedition 31 crew

NASA TV's scheduled coverage includes (all times Central):

Thursday, Dec 1 2 p m -- Video file of Soyuz TMA-03M crew news conference in Star City, Russia, and visit to Red Square in Moscow Thursday, Dec 8 11 a m -- Video file from Star City of crew departure for Baikonur Friday, Dec 16 11 a m -- Video file of crew activities in Baikonur Monday, Dec 19 11 a m -- Video file of rocket rollout to the launch pad in Baikonur Tuesday, Dec 20 11 a m -- Video file of final prelaunch crew news conference and Russian State Commission meeting in Baikonur Wednesday, Dec 21 5:45 a m -- Video file feed of the crew prelaunch activities in Baikonur 6:30 a m -- Launch coverage begins (launch scheduled at 7:16 a m ) 9:30 a m -- Video file of prelaunch, launch and post-launch interviews Friday, Dec 23 8:45 a m -- Docking coverage begins (docking scheduled at 9:20 a m ), followed by the post-docking news conference from Mission Control in Korolev, Russia 11:45 a m -- Hatch opening and welcoming ceremony begins (hatch opening scheduled at 12:20 p m ) 2 p m -- Video file 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 and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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