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1. NASA Television Airs Launch, Docking of Space Station Cargo Ship
2. NASA Astronaut, Food Scientist Discuss Thanksgiving in Space

Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 11:28:29 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA Television Airs Launch, Docking of Space Station Cargo Ship

November 21, 2013

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

Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M13-184

NASA Television Airs Launch, Docking of Space Station Cargo Ship

NASA Television will broadcast the Monday, Nov 25, launch and the Friday, Nov 29, docking of an unpiloted Russian resupply spacecraft, loaded with almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the six Expedition 38 crew members aboard the International Space Station

The Progress 53 cargo ship is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3:53 p m EST Monday (2:53 a m Baikonur time Nov 26) Live coverage of the launch on NASA TV will begin at 3:30 p m

The Progress vehicle will pass within a mile of the station Nov 27 to test an upgraded automated rendezvous system, then return for docking Nov 29 Video of the flyby will be recorded and replayed as part of docking coverage

The Progress 53 craft is scheduled to complete its automated docking to the aft port of the space station's Zvezda service module at 5:28 p m EST Nov 29 NASA TV coverage will begin at 4:45 p m

For more information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

For the full schedule of space station activities, including NASA Television coverage, visit:

http://www nasa gov/stationnews

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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:46:51 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA Astronaut, Food Scientist Discuss Thanksgiving in Space

November 21, 2013

Bill Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M13-186

NASA Astronaut, Food Scientist Discuss Thanksgiving in Space

NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn and Vickie Kloeris, the agency's manager of the International Space Station food system, will discuss the space station's Thanksgiving menus in live satellite interviews from 7- 8:30 a m EST Wednesday, Nov 27

The interviews will be carried on NASA Television

Six crew members will enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner floating aboard the International Space Station in orbit 260 miles above Earth Their menu will include traditional holiday favorites with a space-food flair, such as irradiated smoked turkey, thermostabilized yams and freeze-dried green beans The crew's meal also will feature NASA's cornbread dressing, home-style potatoes, cranberries, cherry-blueberry cobbler and the best view from any Thanksgiving table

Marshburn is a veteran of two spaceflights He logged 146 days in space as part of space station expeditions 35 and 36 beginning in December 2012 Marshburn spent 16 days in space in July 2009 as part of space shuttle mission STS-127, a space station assembly mission He has conducted four spacewalks totaling more than 24 hours

NASA food scientist Vickie Kloeris has been involved in space food development and production since 1985 She has managed the space station food system since January 2000 and is responsible for every aspect of the station's food system including all U S flight food shipments and new food item development She also manages the food systems laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston NASA is researching and developing ways to extend the shelf-life of food needed for deep space missions, and how to minimize the volume of packaging The agency also is using the International Space Station as a laboratory to learn how to grow plants in space

To arrange an interview, news media representatives should contact Seth Marcantel at seth r marcantel@nasa gov or 281-792-7515 no later than 3 p m Monday, Nov 25

NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Rick Mastracchio will celebrate the American holiday with their Expedition 38 colleagues Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Oleg Kotov, Mikhail Tyurin and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency The six men are conducting about 200 research experiments and scientific investigations aboard the orbiting laboratory

New video of Hopkins and Mastracchio discussing the station crew's plans for celebrating Thanksgiving and space food is available For footage, visit:

http://www nasa gov/stationnews

For additional imagery and b-roll of space food and living aboard the space station, visit:

http://go nasa gov/1b8yd8a

For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/nasatv

For more information about the International Space Station and Expedition 38, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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