Dec 20, 2007

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john yembrick-1@nasa gov

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-189

NASA TV COVERAGE SET FOR HOLIDAY DELIVERY TO SPACE STATION

HOUSTON - NASA Television will provide live coverage of the arrival of a new shipment of food, fuel, supplies and holiday gifts to the International Space Station on the morning after Christmas

Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson and flight engineers Yuri Malenchenko and Dan Tani will be standing by as the unpiloted ISS Progress 27 resupply craft automatically docks to the station's Pirs Docking Compartment on Wednesday, Dec 26, at about 2:25 a m CST NASA TV coverage of the new spacecraft's arrival at the station will begin at 2 a m

The cargo ship is carrying more than 2 tons of supplies for the three crew members It will be launched on Sunday, Dec 23, at 1:12 a m , from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan There will be no television coverage of the launch

NASA TV is carried on an MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization For those in Alaska or Hawaii, NASA Television will be seen on AMC-7, at 137 degrees west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal polarization In both instances, a Digital Video Broadcast (DVB)-compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder with modulation of QPSK/DBV, data rate of 36 86 and FEC 3/4 will be needed for reception The NASA Television schedule is available on the NASA Television website, at:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the space station and the Expedition 16 crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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