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1. NASA Television Coverage Set for Cygnus Launch to International Space Station

Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:54:08 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA Television Coverage Set for Cygnus Launch to International Space Station

December 11, 2013

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

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M13-193

NASA Television Coverage Set for Cygnus Launch to International Space Station

NASA Television will provide coverage of the upcoming Orbital Sciences� Cygnus cargo spacecraft mission to resupply the International Space Station this month

On the heels of a successful demonstration flight to the space station in September, Orbital Sciences is scheduled to launch a Cygnus capsule on an Antares rocket at 9:42 p m EST Wednesday, Dec 18, from Launch Pad 0A at Wallops Flight Facility, Va

Launch coverage on NASA TV will begin at 9:15 p m NASA TV will air a comprehensive video feed of launch preparations and other footage related to the mission beginning at 6:45 p m

On Tuesday, Dec 17, briefings previewing the mission's science and a prelaunch status from Wallops will be broadcast on NASA TV at 1 p m and 3 p m , respectively The briefings will be replayed at Dec 18 at 7 p m , leading up to live coverage of the launch

The cargo craft will be filled with 2,780 pounds of supplies for the station, including vital science experiments to expand the research capability of the Expedition 38 crew members aboard the orbiting laboratory, crew provisions, spare parts and experiment hardware Also aboard the flight are 23 student experiments that will involve more than 10,000 students on the ground These experiments will involve life sciences topics ranging from amoeba reproduction to calcium in the bones to salamanders

This and future Cygnus flights will ensure a robust national capability to deliver critical science research to orbit, significantly increasing NASA's ability to conduct new science investigations to the only laboratory in microgravity

If Cygnus launches Dec 18, the spacecraft will arrive at the space station on Saturday, Dec 21 Astronauts Michael Hopkins of NASA and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will be standing by to capture the capsule with the station�s robotic arm and install it on the Earth-facing port of the station's Harmony module

NASA TV coverage of capture and installation will begin at 3:45 a m Dec 21 Grapple is scheduled at 4:38 a m Coverage of the installation of Cygnus onto Harmony will begin at 5:45 a m

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

http://www nasa gov/nasatv

For video b-roll and media resources on the International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/stationnews

For more information about International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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