HSFNEWS Digest - 14 Apr 2012 to 17 Apr 2012 (#2012-34)

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Date: April 17th 2012

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Topics of the day:

NASA TELEVISION TO AIR MOVEMENTS OF SPACE STATION CARGO SHIPS
NASA ANNOUNCES 16TH UNDERSEA EXPLORATION MISSION DATES AND CREW
NASA'S ORION SPACECRAFT TO APPEAR ALONGSIDE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY

Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:04:17 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA TELEVISION TO AIR MOVEMENTS OF SPACE STATION CARGO SHIPS

April 16, 2012

Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100

Report #M12-069

NASA TELEVISION TO AIR MOVEMENTS OF SPACE STATION CARGO SHIPS

HOUSTON -- NASA Television will broadcast the departure of one Russian Progress cargo ship from the International Space Station (ISS) and the arrival of another beginning on Thursday, April 19

ISS Progress 46, which arrived at the station in January and has been filled with trash for disposal, will undock from the Pirs docking compartment at 6:03 a m CDT April 19 Russian flight controllers will command the resupply ship to leave the station for several days of tests, then send it to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean NASA TV coverage of undocking will begin at 5:45 a m

At 7:50 a m on April 20, the ISS Progress 47 cargo craft will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, loaded with 2 5 tons of food, fuel and supplies for the six crew members aboard the orbiting laboratory NASA TV coverage of launch will begin at 7:30 a m

Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank of NASA and his five crewmates will monitor events as the Progress 47 automatically docks to the Pirs docking compartment at 9:40 a m Sunday, April 22 NASA TV coverage of the Progress's arrival at the station will begin at 9 a m

For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink 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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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:43:26 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA ANNOUNCES 16TH UNDERSEA EXPLORATION MISSION DATES AND CREW

April 16, 2012

Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979

Report #H12-116

NASA ANNOUNCES 16TH UNDERSEA EXPLORATION MISSION DATES AND CREW

WASHINGTON -- An international team of aquanauts will travel again to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to simulate a visit to an asteroid in the 16th expedition of NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO)

This year's NEEMO mission will begin June 11 It will build on lessons learned from 2011's NEEMO 15 mission and test innovative solutions to engineering challenges allowing astronauts to eventually explore asteroids

"We're trying to look out into the future and understand how we'd operate on an asteroid," said Mike Gernhardt, NASA astronaut and NEEMO principal investigator "You don't want to make a bunch of guesses about what you'll need and then get to the asteroid to find out it won't work the way you thought it would NEEMO helps give us the information we need to make informed decisions now "

This NEEMO expedition will focus on three areas: communication delays, restraint and translation techniques, and optimum crew size The crew of four will spend 12 days living 63 feet below the Atlantic Ocean's surface on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Aquarius Reef Base undersea research habitat off the coast of Key Largo, Fla

NASA astronaut and former space shuttle crew member Dottie M Metcalf-Lindenburger will lead the crew She will be joined by fellow astronauts Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Timothy Peake of the European Space Agency and Cornell University professor Steven Squyres, who was also a NEEMO 15 crew member

To request interviews with the NEEMO 16 crew during the mission, contact Brandi Dean of NASA at brandi k dean@nasa gov, Rosita Suenson of the European Space Agency at Rosita Suenson@esa int, Akiko Niizeki of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency at niizeki akiko@jaxa jp or Fred Gorell of NOAA at fred gorell@noaa gov

The NEEMO mission is sponsored by NASA's Advanced Exploration Systems Program For more information about NEEMO and the crew and links to follow the mission on Facebook and Twitter, visit:

http://www nasa gov/neemo

For more information about NASA analog field tests, visit:

http://www nasa gov/exploration/analogs

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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:46:26 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA'S ORION SPACECRAFT TO APPEAR ALONGSIDE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY

April 16, 2012

Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979

Report #H12-111

NASA'S ORION SPACECRAFT TO APPEAR ALONGSIDE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY

WASHINGTON -- A full-scale test version of the Orion spacecraft is one of several NASA-sponsored exhibits that will appear alongside space shuttle Discovery at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va

Discovery is scheduled to fly over the Washington area on Tuesday, April 17, and land at Dulles A transfer ceremony of the shuttle to the National Air & Space Museum will take place on Thursday, April 19

In addition to Orion, dozens of NASA-sponsored exhibits are on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center to celebrate the arrival of Discovery and highlight the agency's current and future exploration missions The exhibits will showcase include International Space Station, a solar telescope, a planetary spacesuit, an inflatable Mars Science Laboratory rover and many hands-on educational activities

The Orion spacecraft will be on free display at the Udvar-Hazy Center from April 19-22 as part of the events surrounding the arrival of shuttle Discovery Engineers, officials and NASA spokespeople will be on-site and available to speak with media and the public

The Orion test vehicle was used in the Pad Abort-1 Test in 2010, which saw the successful flight of Orion's launch abort system This escape capability will protect future crews in the event of an emergency during launch

NASA is constructing the first space-bound Orion capsule, which will launch on Exploration Flight Test-1, an uncrewed launch planned for 2014 This test will see Orion travel farther into space than any human spacecraft has gone in more than 40 years After its construction at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, the spacecraft will be shipped to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for final assembly

Following its display at the Udvar-Hazy Center, the Orion capsule will appear at the Walter E Washington Convention Center in Washington for the U S Science and Engineering Festival from April 27-29

For more information about the venues, visit:

http://www nasm si edu/udvarhazy

and

http://www usasciencefestival org

For more about Orion, visit:

http://www nasa gov/orion

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 14 Apr 2012 to 17 Apr 2012 (#2012-34)

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