Jan 18, 2011

Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100 michael curie@nasa gov

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-009

NASA TV TO BROADCAST JAPANESE CARGO CRAFT FLIGHT TO SPACE STATION

HOUSTON -- NASA plans live television coverage of the launch, grapple and berthing of the second unpiloted Japanese cargo ship that will deliver more than four tons of food and supplies to the International Space Station

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is scheduled to launch an H-IIB rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan at 12:29 a m CST (3:29 p m Japan time) on Thursday, Jan 20 The launch vehicle will send the Kounotori2 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV2) into orbit on a week-long rendezvous with the station "Kounotori" is the Japanese word for white stork, emblematic of delivering happiness and joy

On Jan 27, Expedition 26 Flight Engineers Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli will command the station's robotic arm, Canadarm2, to reach out, grapple Kounotori2, and attach it to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module

In the following days, a pallet loaded with spare station parts will be extracted from a slot in the cargo ship and attached to an experiment platform outside the Japanese Kibo module Other cargo will be transferred internally to the station

The cargo vehicle will be filled with trash, detached from the station and sent to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere at the end of March

NASA Television's programming schedule for HTV2 events includes (all times CST):

Thursday, Jan 20:

12 a m -- Launch coverage, anchored from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, begins Launch is scheduled at 12:29 a m Thursday, Jan 27:

5 a m -- Grapple coverage, anchored from Johnson, begins The grapple of HTV2 is scheduled at 5:44 a m

8 a m -- Berthing coverage, anchored from Johnson, begins The attachment should be complete at approximately 10 a m

For more information about Kounotori2 and the H-IIB launch vehicle, visit:

http://www jaxa jp/countdown/h2bf2/index_e html

For more information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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

http://www nasa gov/ntv

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