Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
michael.curie@nasa.gov
Brandi Dean
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-100
NASA SETS PREVIEW BRIEFING, TV SCHEDULE FOR STATION SPACEWALKS
HOUSTON -- Two residents of the International Space Station will
conduct a pair of spacewalks in the coming weeks to prepare the
Russian segment of the station for future assembly work. The
activities will be broadcast live on NASA Television and previewed in
a briefing originating from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on
Thursday, June 4, at 8:30 a.m. CDT.
The briefing participants are:
- Courtenay McMillan, Expedition 20 lead flight director, Johnson
Space Center
- David Korth, Expedition 20 EVA flight director, Johnson Space Center
Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Mike
Barratt will don Russian spacesuits June 5 for a spacewalk out of the
Pirs docking compartment's airlock. NASA TV coverage of the spacewalk
will begin at 1:15 a.m. Barratt and Padalka are expected to exit the
airlock to begin their exterior work at 1:45 a.m. The spacewalk will
prepare Pirs for the arrival of a new Russian module called the
Mini-Research Module 2, or MRM2, which will be launched later this
year on a Russian booster. The MRM2 will serve as an additional
docking port for Russian vehicles. The spacewalk is planned to last
five and a half hours.
On June 10, Padalka and Barratt will again don Russian suits and
depressurize the transfer compartment between the Zvezda service
module and the Zarya module. They will perform a one-hour interior
spacewalk that will set the stage for the MRM2's launch and automated
linkup. Television of the internal spacewalk is not expected, but
NASA TV will broadcast live commentary beginning about 1:15 a.m. The
internal depressurization of the station's Russian transfer
compartment for Padalka and Barratt is expected to begin about 1:45
a.m.
For NASA Television downlink information, schedule information and
streaming video, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For information about the station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
