HSFNEWS Digest - 23 Nov 2011 to 29 Nov 2011 (#2011-137)

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Date: November 29th 2011

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EXPEDITION 29 COMMANDER MIKE FOSSUM AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS
COVERAGE SET FOR NEXT SOYUZ CREW LAUNCH AND DOCKING
NASA AWARDS FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SERVICES CONTRACT

Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:12:36 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: EXPEDITION 29 COMMANDER MIKE FOSSUM AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS

Nov 28, 2011

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

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M11-240

EXPEDITION 29 COMMANDER MIKE FOSSUM AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS

HOUSTON -- Just back from his command of the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum will be available for live satellite interviews from 6 a m to 7:30 a m CST on Thursday, Dec 1

Fossum completed 167 days in space as a member of the Expedition 28 and 29 crews during his third space flight Altogether, Fossum has spent 194 days in space and performed seven spacewalks He ranks seventh on the all-time list for cumulative spacewalking time Fossum and his crewmates, Expedition 29 Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov of the Russian Space Agency and Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, returned to Earth in their Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft at 8:26 p m on Nov 21 The three were aboard the station during the final space shuttle mission, STS-135, which delivered supplies and equipment to the outpost The crew members spent the majority of their time aboard the complex performing science experiments and routine maintenance

Fossum is a native of McAllen, Texas, and a graduate of Texas A&M University in College Station He received master's degrees from the Air Force Institute of Technology in Ohio and the University of Houston-Clear Lake

To arrange an interview, news media representatives must contact Karen Svetaka at 281-483-8684 or Karen A Svetaka@nasa gov by 2 p m on Wednesday, Nov 30

The interviews will be preceded by a feed of video b-roll material of Fossum and his mission at 5:30 a m

Fossum and the b-roll feed will appear on NASA's Live Interview Media Outlet channel, which is located on satellite SES-2, transponder 9C, located at 87 degrees west, downlink frequency 3865 5 MHz based on a standard C-band, horizontal downlink polarity FED is ??, data rate is 6 0 Mbps, symbol rate is 4 3404 Msps, transmission DVB-S, 4:2:0

For NASA Television streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

Fossum provided updates throughout his mission through social media at:

http://go nasa gov/oZgHtl

and

http://twitter com/astro_aggie

For Fossum's complete biography, visit:

http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios/htmlbios/fossum html

For more information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:16:43 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: COVERAGE SET FOR NEXT SOYUZ CREW LAUNCH AND DOCKING

Nov 28, 2011

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

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M11-241

COVERAGE SET FOR NEXT SOYUZ CREW LAUNCH AND DOCKING

HOUSTON -- Fresh off the arrival of three new crew members at the International Space Station, the next trio of residents is set to launch to the outpost Dec 21 NASA Television will cover prelaunch activities, launch and docking to the orbital laboratory during the next several weeks

Expedition 30 NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers are scheduled to launch at 7:16 a m CST on Dec 21 (7:16 p m local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft to begin a two-day trip to the station They are set to dock to the station's Rassvet module at approximately 9:20 a m on Dec 23

Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers will join Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank of NASA and Russian Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin, who have been on the station since Nov 16 Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers will remain on the station until May as members of the Expedition 31 crew

NASA TV's scheduled coverage includes (all times Central):

Thursday, Dec 1 2 p m -- Video file of Soyuz TMA-03M crew news conference in Star City, Russia, and visit to Red Square in Moscow Thursday, Dec 8 11 a m -- Video file from Star City of crew departure for Baikonur Friday, Dec 16 11 a m -- Video file of crew activities in Baikonur Monday, Dec 19 11 a m -- Video file of rocket rollout to the launch pad in Baikonur Tuesday, Dec 20 11 a m -- Video file of final prelaunch crew news conference and Russian State Commission meeting in Baikonur Wednesday, Dec 21 5:45 a m -- Video file feed of the crew prelaunch activities in Baikonur 6:30 a m -- Launch coverage begins (launch scheduled at 7:16 a m ) 9:30 a m -- Video file of prelaunch, launch and post-launch interviews Friday, Dec 23 8:45 a m -- Docking coverage begins (docking scheduled at 9:20 a m ), followed by the post-docking news conference from Mission Control in Korolev, Russia 11:45 a m -- Hatch opening and welcoming ceremony begins (hatch opening scheduled at 12:20 p m ) 2 p m -- Video file docking, hatch opening and welcoming ceremony

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

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the International Space Station and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:29:53 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA AWARDS FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SERVICES CONTRACT

Nov 28, 2011

William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761

Report #C11-048

NASA AWARDS FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SERVICES CONTRACT

HOUSTON -- NASA has selected Wichita Tribal Enterprises, LLC, of Houston to provide financial and business management services for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer and other entities at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston

The new contract calls for a three-year base period and two one-year options The maximum potential value of the contract is $45 million

Under the contract, Wichita Tribal Enterprises will provide program and resources management and process improvement services The work will be performed at Johnson and other locations, as required

The three-year base period of performance for the contract is scheduled to begin Jan 1, 2012, and continue through Dec 31, 2014, with two one-year options available The contract is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price task orders

Significant subcontractors on the contract are Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies of Greenbelt, Md , and Barrios Technologies of Houston

For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 23 Nov 2011 to 29 Nov 2011 (#2011-137)

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