[FPSPACE] FW: Space Station Spacewalks, Briefing On Tap For NASA TV

[LARRY KLAES]

>From: KSC News Center <ksc at newsletters.nasa.gov>
>To: KSC News Center <ksc at newsletters.nasa.gov>
>Subject: Space Station Spacewalks, Briefing On Tap For NASA TV
>Date: Wed Jul  2 10:30:02 EDT 2008
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>July 2, 2008
>
>Allard Beutel
>Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
>321-867-2468
>allard.beutel at nasa.gov
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>Michael Curie
>Headquarters, Washington
>202-358-4715
>michael.curie at nasa.gov
>
>Kyle Herring
>Johnson Space Center, Houston
>281-483-5111
>kyle.j.herring at nasa.gov
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>MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-130
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>SPACE STATION SPACEWALKS, BRIEFING ON TAP FOR NASA TV
>
>HOUSTON -- Two International Space Station residents will conduct a
>pair of spacewalks outside the Russian segment of the complex July 10
>and 15, with coverage of both planned for NASA Television.
>
>Expedition 17 Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg
>Kononenko will conduct the first spacewalk July 10 out of the Pirs
>Docking Compartment's airlock. As part of the inquiry into ballistic
>landings by the last two Soyuz return spacecraft, Volkov and
>Kononenko will inspect their Soyuz vehicle and remove one of the
>pyrotechnic bolts used to connect two of the spacecraft's sections.
>They also will install a docking target for a new Russian module
>scheduled for launch late next summer.
>
>NASA TV coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 12:30 p.m. CDT. The
>6-hour excursion will start around 1:18 p.m. During the second
>spacewalk on July 15, Volkov and Kononenko will attach additional
>docking equipment and experiments to the hull of the Zvezda service
>module. NASA TV coverage of the July 15 spacewalk will begin at 11:30
>a.m., with the spacewalk due to start at 12:08 p.m. Briefings are not
>planned after either spacewalk.
>
>A mission status briefing to preview both spacewalks will be broadcast
>on NASA TV beginning at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, from NASA's Johnson
>Space Center in Houston, with a multi-center question-and-answer
>opportunity for reporters at other NASA centers, including Kennedy
>Space Center. Briefers will include:
>- Mike Suffredini, International Space Station program manager
>- Heather Rarick, Expedition 17 lead flight director
>- Bob Dempsey, International Space Station spacewalk flight director
>- Kieth Johnson, Expedition 17 spacewalk officer
>
>For NASA TV streaming video, schedules, and downlink information,
>visit:
>
>http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
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