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1. NASA TV TO BROADCAST SPACE STATION SPACEWALK FEB 16
2. STATION ASTRONAUTS CAPTURE STUNNING VIEWS OF U S , CANADA, NORTHERN LIGHTS

Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:13:53 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA TV TO BROADCAST SPACE STATION SPACEWALK FEB 16

Feb 10, 2012

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

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100

Report #M12-024

NASA TV TO BROADCAST SPACE STATION SPACEWALK FEB 16

HOUSTON -- Two cosmonauts will conduct a six-hour spacewalk Thursday, Feb 16, to continue outfitting the International Space Station NASA Television will broadcast the spacewalk beginning at 7:45 a m CST

Expedition 30 Russian Flight Engineers Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov will move one of the two Strela cranes from the Pirs docking compartment to begin preparing for its replacement next year with a new laboratory and docking module The 46-foot crane will be relocated to the Poisk module for future assembly and maintenance work The duo also will install five debris shields on the Zvezda service module and, if time permits, a small experiment on the forward section of the module, an experiment sample pack on Poisk and support struts on the Pirs ladder

Both spacewalkers will wear Russian Orlan suits bearing blue stripes and equipped with NASA helmet cameras They will emerge from the Pirs airlock at about 8:15 a m

This spacewalk will be the 162nd in support of space station assembly and maintenance The last spacewalk occurred Aug 3, 2011 For Kononenko, it will be his third spacewalk following two in July 2008 during Expedition 17 His two previous spacewalks lasted a total of 12 hours and 12 minutes It will be Shkaplerov's first spacewalk and the only one scheduled during Expedition 30

Because of the location of the activities, Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank of NASA and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin will be isolated in their Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft, which is attached to the Poisk module, for the duration of the spacewalk NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers will be free to move about the U S segment of the complex Their Soyuz TMA-03M is attached to the Rassvet module

For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink 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: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:58:16 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STATION ASTRONAUTS CAPTURE STUNNING VIEWS OF U S , CANADA, NORTHERN LIGHTS

Feb 10, 2012

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

Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M12-027

STATION ASTRONAUTS CAPTURE STUNNING VIEWS OF U S , CANADA, NORTHERN LIGHTS

HOUSTON -- Astronauts aboard the International Space Station recently filmed what is among the most spectacular night imagery ever taken from space of the United States The video, comprised of hundreds of sequential still images, will air on NASA Television's video file beginning today

The imagery also is available on the internet at NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth:

http://eol jsc nasa gov

Taken between Jan 29-Feb 3, the images show a continent ablaze with light, from the electric glow of hundreds of cities to a spectacular aurora borealis flickering on the northern horizon The video includes flights above Mexico showing the entire Gulf Coast and continuing the length of the East Coast Other video capture scenes from Brownsville, Texas, to the Great Lakes and above the St Lawrence Seaway Still another sequence begins in the western U S and continues across the Great Plains

New imagery also shows the aurora during flights above Canada The imagery was taken using a still camera aboard the station, orbiting 240 miles above Earth For more about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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

http://www nasa gov/ntv

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