HSFNEWS Digest - 15 Sep 2011 to 16 Sep 2011 (#2011-109)

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Date: September 16th 2011

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Topics of the day:

NASA OFFERS EVENTS AND INTERVIEWS IN DENVER AND BOULDER
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PARTNERS SET TENTATIVE LAUNCH SCHEDULE
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER DIRECTOR MICHAEL L COATS AVAILABLE SEPT 19 TO DISCUSS CENTER'S 50th BIRTHDAY AND FUTURE EXPLORATION PLANS

Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:21:30 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA OFFERS EVENTS AND INTERVIEWS IN DENVER AND BOULDER

Sept 15, 2011

Kylie Clem/Tammie Letroise-Brown/Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111

Report #JO11-020

NASA OFFERS EVENTS AND INTERVIEWS IN DENVER AND BOULDER

HOUSTON ï¿½ Media opportunities are available in Denver and Boulder, including a live appearance from orbit by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, as NASA shares the accomplishments, promise and opportunities for research on the station in Colorado during the month of September

The agency will display its newest exhibit, ï¿½Destination: Station,ï¿½ at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver The multimedia exhibit, free with regular admission to the museum, will be open to the public from Sept 17 through Oct 28

Children gathered at the Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado in Boulder will engage in a live interactive question and answer session with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station at 10:25 a m MDT Tuesday, Sept 20

Students in fourth through eighth grade at University Hill Elementary and Casey Middle School will ask Expedition 29 commander Mike Fossum questions about life, work and research in space The event will include a video link with Fossum and will be broadcast live on NASA Television To attend the event, reporters should contact Erin Frazier, University Communications, at 303-815-2883

Astronaut Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, a Colorado native, will be available for interviews at the Wings Museum on Tuesday, Sept 20, from 6 ï¿½ 8:30 a m and 1:30 ï¿½ 3 p m To participate, contact Kylie Clem at 281-483-5111 or kylie s clem@nasa gov

Astronaut Mike Good and International Space Station Program Scientist Julie Robinson will be available to media from 1- 5 p m Friday, Sept 23, during an all-day Destination Station Science and Research Expo at the Wings Museum For an interview with Good or Robinson, contact Kelly Humphries at 281-483-5111 or kelly o humphries@nasa gov

For more about the International Space Station and a complete schedule of events in Colorado, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For biographies of the astronauts, visit:

http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios/

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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:06:36 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PARTNERS SET TENTATIVE LAUNCH SCHEDULE

Sept 15, 2011

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

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #H11-306

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PARTNERS SET TENTATIVE LAUNCH SCHEDULE

HOUSTON -- NASA and its international partners have agreed to a tentative launch schedule with crew flights to the International Space Station resuming on Nov 14

The Space Station Control Board, with representation from all partner agencies, set the schedule after hearing the Russian Federal Space Agencyï¿½s findings on the Aug 24 loss of the Progress 44 cargo craft The dates may be adjusted to reflect minor changes in vehicle processing timelines

"Our top priority is the safety of our crew members The plan approved today, coupled with the conditions on orbit, allow the partnership to support this priority while ensuring astronauts will continue to live and work on the station uninterrupted," said International Space Station Program Manager Michael Suffredini "Our Russian colleagues have completed an amazing amount of work in a very short time to determine root cause and develop a recovery plan that allows for a safe return to flight We'll have a longer period of three-person operations and a shorter than usual handover between the next two crews, but we are confident that the crews will be able to continue valuable research and execute a smooth crew transition "

The updated space station traffic plan includes Thursday's undocking and landing of three Expedition 28 crew members: NASA's Ron Garan and Russia's Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum of NASA, Satoshi Furukawa of Japan and Sergei Volkov of Russia will remain aboard the station to continue research and maintenance for 61 days until the remainder of the Expedition 29 crew arrives

According to the current plan, the Soyuz 28 spacecraft, carrying NASA's Dan Burbank and Russia's Anatoly Ivanishin and Anton Shkaplerov, will launch Nov 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and arrive at the station on Nov 16

On Nov 22, Fossum, Furukawa and Volkov will undock their Soyuz 26 spacecraft and land in the northern Kazakhstan landing zone Expedition 30 Commander Burbank, Ivanishin and Shkaplerov will work as a three-person crew for 36 days The remainder of the Expedition 30 crew -- NASA's Don Pettit, Russia's Oleg Kononenko and Europe's Andre Kuipers -- will launch to the station aboard the Soyuz 29 spacecraft on or about Dec 26 and dock to the station two days later The exact launch date is under review

The control board also received a report on the status of supplies and spare parts aboard the station The report shows there is sufficient logistical supplies to support crews through the summer of 2012 without deliveries from the scheduled cargo flights

For the new tentative Soyuz and Progress launch dates in 2011, visit:

http://www nasa gov/stationflights

For more information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:09:42 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: JOHNSON SPACE CENTER DIRECTOR MICHAEL L COATS AVAILABLE SEPT 19 TO DISCUSS CENTER'S 50th BIRTHDAY AND FUTURE EXPLORATION PLANS

Sept 15, 2011

James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Report #J11-020

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER DIRECTOR MICHAEL L COATS AVAILABLE SEPT 19 TO DISCUSS CENTER'S 50th BIRTHDAY AND FUTURE EXPLORATION PLANS

HOUSTON ï¿½ NASA Johnson Space Center Director Michael L Coats will mark Johnson Space Centerï¿½s 50th anniversary on Monday, Sept 19, discussing JSCï¿½s rich heritage and the centerï¿½s plans for future space exploration

Media are invited to photograph a cake-cutting ceremony that will be held in observance of the center's anniversary at 11 a m CDT in the JSC cafeteria Following the ceremony, Coats will be available to media at 11:30 a m in the public affairs press briefing room The brief opportunity will accommodate only media that attend the availability in person

To attend, reporters must contact the JSC newsroom at 281-483-5111 no later than 9 a m Monday

For more information about the Johnson Space Center, visit:

http://www nasa gov/johnson

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 15 Sep 2011 to 16 Sep 2011 (#2011-109)

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