NASA TV To Air The Next Space Station Cargo Ship Arrival
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John Yembrick
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James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
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NASA TV TO AIR THE NEXT SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL
HOUSTON -- The residents of the International Space Station will
receive a new shipment of food, fuel and supplies next week. NASA
Television will broadcast its arrival live.
Expedition 17 Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineers Oleg
Kononenko and Greg Chamitoff are awaiting the arrival of the
unpiloted ISS Progress 30 resupply craft, which will automatically
dock to the aft port of the Zvezda service module at 4:01 p.m. CDT,
Friday, Sept. 12. NASA TV coverage of the Progress' arrival will
begin at 3:30 p.m., with commentary and any downlink television that
is available.
The cargo ship is carrying more than 2 tons of supplies for the
station's three crew members. The Progress is scheduled to be
launched at 2:50 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 10, from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA TV will not broadcast the launch.
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