Melissa Motichek<br />Headquarters, Washington June 5, 2003<br />(Phone: 202/358-1272)<br /><br /><br />Rob Navias<br />Johnson Space Center, Houston<br />(Phone: 281/483-5111)<br /><br /><br />NOTE TO EDITORS: 03-054<br /><br /><br />NASA PROVIDES COVERAGE OF SPACE STATION DOCKING<br /><br /><br /> NASA Television will provide live coverage of the <br />docking of an unmanned Russian Progress resupply ship to the <br />International Space Station on Wednesday, June 11. Coverage <br />begins at 6:30 a.m. EDT; docking is at approximately 7:17 <br />a.m. EDT.<br /><br /><br />The Progress is scheduled to launch June 8 from the Baikonur <br />Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It will carry approximately 5,300 <br />pounds of food, fuel, water and other supplies for the <br />Expedition 7 crew. Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko <br />and Flight Engineer/NASA International Space Station Science <br />Officer Ed Lu arrived on Station April 28 for a six-month <br />mission. This will be the 11th Progress flight to the Space <br />Station.<br /><br /><br />NASA TV will provide any available downlink TV from the <br />Progress and the Station during final approach for the <br />craft's linkup to the Pirs docking compartment. There will be <br />no NASA TV coverage of the Progress launch, but a written <br />status report will be issued after the craft reaches orbit.<br /><br /><br />NASA TV is broadcast on AMC-2, Transponder 9C at 85 degrees <br />West longitude, vertical polarization, with a frequency of <br />3880 MHz, and audio of 6.8 MHz.<br /><br /><br />Information about NASA, the International Space Station, <br />spacecraft, and human space flight is available on the <br />Internet at:<br /><br /><br />http://www.nasa.gov