Jan 19, 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: M11-008

NASA TELEVISION TO AIR SPACE STATION SPACEWALK

HOUSTON -- Two Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station will conduct a spacewalk Friday, Jan 21, to prepare the complex for future assembly and experiment work The spacewalk will air live on NASA Television beginning at 8 a m CST

Expedition 26 Flight Engineers Dmitry Kondratyev and Oleg Skripochka will perform the six-hour spacewalk They will install an experimental Russian radio transmission system, retrieve existing experiments and install a TV camera on the Rassvet mini-research module that will assist in future dockings of vehicles to that port

The Russian cosmonauts will exit the Pirs docking compartment airlock around 8:20 a m in their Russian Orlan spacesuits The spacewalk will be the first for Kondratyev, who will wear the spacesuit marked with red stripes, and the second for Skripochka, who will wear the suit with blue stripes Skripochka's first spacewalk was Nov 15, 2010, and lasted six hours and 27 minutes

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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