Date: January 21st 2011

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NASA UPDATES BROADCAST PLANS FOR JAPANESE CARGO FLIGHT TO STATION
NEXT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE

Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:07:18 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA UPDATES BROADCAST PLANS FOR JAPANESE CARGO FLIGHT TO STATION

Jan 20, 2011

Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100

Report #M11-011

NASA UPDATES BROADCAST PLANS FOR JAPANESE CARGO FLIGHT TO STATION

HOUSTON -- The launch of the H-II Transfer Vehicle "Kounotori2" (HTV2) planned for Thursday, Jan 20, was rescheduled due to a forecast for weather conditions that would exceed launch restrictions The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency reset the launch for 11:37 p m CST on Friday, Jan 21

NASA still plans live television coverage of the launch from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan With an adjusted rendezvous plan, the grapple and attachment of the cargo ship to the International Space Station remain planned for Thursday, Jan 27, and also will be covered live on NASA Television

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

Friday, Jan 21: 11 p m -- Launch coverage, anchored from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, begins Launch is scheduled at 11:37 p 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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Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:09:21 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NEXT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE

Jan 20, 2011

Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Joshua Buck
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100

Report #M11-012

NEXT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE

HOUSTON -- The next three crew members to live and work aboard the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 1 p m CST on Wednesday, Jan 26 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston The news conference will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website Questions will be taken from participating NASA centers

NASA astronaut Ron Garan and crewmates, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev and Andrey Borisenko, will participate in individual round-robin interviews, in person or by phone, following the news conference The crew also will participate in a photo opportunity for reporters at Johnson

U S and foreign media representatives planning to attend the briefing or participate in the round-robin interviews must contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 by 4 p m on Monday, Jan 24

Garan, Samokutyaev and Borisenko are three of the six crew members for Expedition 27 and 28 The trio is scheduled to launch to the station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 29 (March 30 Kazakhstan time) They will join Expedition 27 NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli and Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev who will stay aboard the station until mid-May

On June 1, NASA's Mike Fossum, Japan's Satoshi Furukawa and Russia's Sergei Volkov will join Garan, Samokutyaev and Borisenko to complete the Expedition 28 crew

For the astronaut and cosmonaut biographical information, visit:

http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios/

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

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the crew members and their mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition27

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