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1. NASA TV Coverage Set Cygnus and ATV Departures, Soyuz Launch Preparations

Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:25:48 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA TV Coverage Set Cygnus and ATV Departures, Soyuz Launch Preparations

October 18, 2013

Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Trent J Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M13-158

NASA TV Coverage Set Cygnus and ATV Departures, Soyuz Launch Preparations

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the departure of the newest U S commercial cargo spacecraft to deliver supplies to the International Space Station and undocking of the fourth European Space Agency cargo vehicle Coverage for departure of the Cygnus spacecraft begins at 7 a m EDT Tuesday, Oct 22 The spacecraft has been attached to the space station since Sept 29 on a demonstration cargo resupply mission by Orbital Sciences Corp of Dulles, Va Coverage for departure of the fourth European Space Agency (ESA) Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-4) cargo spacecraft begins at 4:45 a m Monday, Oct 28 Cygnus delivered about 1,300 pounds (589 kilograms) of cargo, including food, clothing and student experiments to the Expedition 37 crew aboard the space station Future flights of Cygnus will significantly increase NASA's ability to deliver new science investigations to the only laboratory in microgravity Astronauts will load Cygnus with items no longer needed and detach the spacecraft from the station's Harmony module using the orbiting complex's robotic arm The crew will release Cygnus at 7:30 a m Orbital engineers then will conduct a series of planned burns and maneuvers to move Cygnus toward a destructive re-entry in Earth's atmosphere Wednesday, Oct 23 Cygnus was launched on the company's Antares rocket on Sept 18 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at NASA�s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Orbital is the second of NASA�s two partners taking part in the agency's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program The goal of COTS is to develop safe, reliable and cost effective cargo transportation systems Following a successful demonstration mission, the company is poised to begin regular resupply missions The ATV-4 spacecraft, named Albert Einstein by ESA in honor of the 20th century theoretical physicist and icon of modern science, launched atop an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana June 5 The spacecraft docked to the aft port of the Russian Zvezda Service Module June 15, delivering more than 7 tons of supplies ATV-4 also will be loaded with items no longer needed aboard the space station The spacecraft will back away from the station to a safe distance for an engine firing that will enable it to make a planned destructive return through Earth's atmosphere Sunday, Nov 2 Preparations also are under way for launch of a new expedition crew to the space station Launch is scheduled for 11:14 p m EDT Wednesday, Nov 6, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan New video of launch preparations will begin airing on NASA Television Oct 22 For the full schedule of video files and live events on NASA TV, visit: http://www nasa gov/ntvnews For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit: http://www nasa gov/nasatv For information on the International Space Station, visit: http://www nasa gov/station -end-

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