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1. NASA TV to Air Space Station Russian Spacewalk
2. Media Invited to View Orion Flight Test Prelaunch Progress with NASA Administrator

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:47:02 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA TV to Air Space Station Russian Spacewalk

June 12, 2014

Dan Huot Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #MEDIA ADVISORY M14-100

NASA TV to Air Space Station Russian Spacewalk

NASA Television will air live coverage of a six-and-a-half hour spacewalk by two Russian International Space Station crew members beginning at 9:15 a m EDT Thursday, June 19

Expedition 40 Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev of the Russian Federal Space Agency will don their Orlan spacesuits and exit the Pirs airlock at 9:50 a m to install new communications equipment on the Zvezda service module They also will reposition hardware

The spacewalk will be the 180th in support of space station assembly and maintenance and the first for both Skvortsov and Artemyev Another spacewalk for the pair is planned for late August

Skvortsov will be designated as extravehicular crew member 1 (EV1) and will wear a spacesuit bearing red stripes Artemyev will be designated as extravehicular crew member 2 (EV2) and will wear a suit with blue stripes

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

http://www nasa gov/nasatv

For more information about the International Space Station and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:39:55 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: Media Invited to View Orion Flight Test Prelaunch Progress with NASA Administrator

June 12, 2014

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

Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Amber Philman Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468

Report #MEDIA ADVISORY M14-101

Media Invited to View Orion Flight Test Prelaunch Progress with NASA Administrator

With just six months until its first trip to space, NASA�s Orion spacecraft is taking shape at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida

Media are invited to a status update on Orion and to see the spacecraft alongside NASA Administrator Charles Bolden at 11:30 a m EDT on Wednesday, June 18 The update will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website

Technicians began attaching the crew module on top of the completed service module on Monday This is the first step in moving the three primary Orion elements � the crew module, service module and launch abort system � into the correct configuration for launch

Participants in the briefing include: -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden -- Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana -- NASA Orion Program Manager Mark Geyer -- Lockheed Martin Orion Program Manager Cleon Lacefield

Media and the public also can ask questions during the briefing on Twitter using the hashtag #AskNASA

U S news media without Kennedy accreditation must apply by 4 p m Monday, June 16 Media should plan to arrive at Kennedy�s press site by 10:45 a m for transportation to the event International media accreditation for this event is closed

Two forms of government-issued identification are required to receive a badge, one with a photograph such as a driver�s license or passport Badges will be available for pick up at the Kennedy Badging Office, located on State Road 405 east of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Hours for the Kennedy Badging Office are 6 a m to 3 p m Journalists needing accreditation should apply online at:

https://media ksc nasa gov

To attend the event, news media representatives must be dressed in full-length pants, flat shoes that entirely cover the feet, and shirts with sleeves

Orion is being prepared for its first launch, set for December The uncrewed flight will go 3,600 miles above Earth, in a four-and-a-half-hour mission to test the systems that will be critical for survival in future human missions to deep space After two orbits, it will reenter Earth�s atmosphere at almost 20,000 miles per hour, for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean

NASA plans to use Orion to send astronauts on deep space missions to explore an asteroid and eventually Mars

For more information on Orion, visit:

http://www nasa gov/orion

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

http://www nasa gov/nasatv

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