The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko, and Flight Engineers Ron Garan, and Alexander Samokutyaev in a remote area outside of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. NASA Astronaut Garan, Russian Cosmonauts Borisenko and Samokutyaev are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 27 and 28 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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Friday, September 16, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
NASA Television To Air Space Station Cargo Ship Arrival
Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
Kelly Humphries
Johnson Space Center, Houston
HOUSTON -- NASA Television will provide live coverage as a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft arrives at the International Space Station at 9:38 a.m. CDT on Friday, Aug. 26.
NASA TV coverage will begin at 9 a.m., in lieu of the day's "ISS Update" program. The unpiloted Progress 44 spacecraft will automatically dock to the rear port of the station's Zvezda service module.
The cargo ship will carry three tons of food, fuel and other supplies for the six crew members, Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko and Flight Engineers Ron Garan, Mike Fossum, Satoshi Furukawa, Alexander Samokutyaev and Sergei Volkov.
It will be launched at 8 a.m. (7 p.m. Baikonur time) on Wednesday, Aug. 24, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA TV will not air the launch live, but will show replays during the regularly scheduled 10 a.m. "ISS Update" program.
For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.
For information about the International Space Station, visit http://www.nasa.gov/station.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Docking Day Arrives for STS-135 Crew
The crew of space shuttle Atlantis awoke at 3:29 a.m. EDT to “Mr. Blue Sky” by the Electric Light Orchestra, played for Commander Chris Ferguson.
Today is docking day in space. The terminal initiation burn at 8:29 a.m. will put the shuttle on the final course to link up with the International Space Station at about 11:07 a.m.
Ferguson will fly Atlantis through an intricate approach for docking. After a series of jet firings to fine-tune the shuttle’s path, Atlantis will arrive at a point about 600 feet directly below the station at about 10:06 a.m. Ferguson then will perform the rendezvous pitch maneuver, a one-degree-per-second rotational “backflip” to enable Expedition 28 crew members to snap hundreds of high resolution photographs of the shuttle’s heat shield and other areas of potential interest. Imagery analysts will pore over the photos to determine the health of the shuttle’s thermal protection system.
Once the rotation is completed, Ferguson will fly Atlantis upward and in front of the station before slowly backing in for docking. At 1:19 p.m., hatches will be opened between the two spacecraft. Along with Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, shuttle Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim will join the Expedition 28 crew: Commander Andrey Borisenko and Flight Engineers Alexander Samokutyaev and Sergei Volkov of Russian, Satoshi Furukawa from Japan, and NASA’s Ron Garan and Mike Fossum.
The combined crew of 10 will begin more than a week of docked operations, transferring supplies and equipment to the station from Atlantis’ middeck and the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module, which will be transferred from the cargo bay and installed on the station’s Harmony node early Monday. Once 8,000 pounds of cargo are unloaded from Raffaello, it will be packed with waste items from the station and placed back in the cargo bay for return to Earth.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
New Space Station Crew Members Launch from Kazakhstan
Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
Kelly Humphries
Johnson Space Center, Houston
HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa launched to the International Space Station at 3:12 p.m. CDT Tuesday (2:12 a.m. local time, Wednesday) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Fossum, Furukawa and Volkov - the Soyuz commander- are scheduled to dock their spacecraft with their new home at 4:22 p.m. Thursday, June 9. They will join Expedition 28 commander Andrey Borisenko and flight engineer Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian space agency and Ron Garan of NASA. The trio has been aboard the station since April 6.
On Thursday, coverage of the Soyuz docking will begin on NASA Television at 3:30 p.m. NASA TV coverage of the hatches opening and the welcoming ceremony aboard the orbiting laboratory will begin at 8:30 p.m.
The six-person crew will continue the uninterrupted presence of humans on the station since Nov. 2, 2000, conducting expanded scientific research and station maintenance activities. The station residents also will welcome the crew of the last space shuttle flight, Atlantis' STS-135 mission, targeted to launch July 8. The shuttle will deliver critical supplies in the Italian-built Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module and support spacewalks by Fossum and Garan to retrieve a failed cooling system pump module, which Atlantis will return to Earth for analysis.
Garan, Borisenko and Samokutyaev, who launched to the station April 4, will return to Earth in September. Before departing, Borisenko will hand over command of the station to Fossum for Expedition 29, which begins when the Soyuz TMA-21 undocks.
NASA astronaut Dan Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin will join Fossum, Volkov and Furukawa to complete the Expedition 29 crew in September.
Fossum will blog about his experiences while aboard the space station. His first blog entry will be posted later today at http://blogs.nasa.gov.
For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.
For more information about Expedition 29 and the space station, visit http://www.nasa.gov/station.
To follow Twitter updates from Expedition 28-29 crew member Garan, visit http://twitter.com/Astro_Ron.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Hatches Between Shuttle and Station Open
Hatches between space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station were opened about an hour ahead of schedule at 7:38 a.m. EDT. The crew of 12 will be together until May 23, when space station crew members Dmitry Kondratyev, Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli undock and return home to Earth. Before departing, Kondratyev will hand over command of the station to Andrey Borisenko. After the shuttle crew’s departure, Borisenko will remain on the station with Alexander Samokutyaev and Ron Garan as a trio until the remainder of the Expedition 28 crew arrives June 9.
Endeavour Docks with International Space Station
At 6:14 a.m. EDT, Commander Mark Kelly backed space shuttle Endeavour into pressurized mating adapter 2 on the International Space Station’s Harmony node. The two spacecraft were flying about 220 miles up above and east of Chile at the time they docked.
The shuttle and station crews will open hatches and hold the traditional welcome ceremony at about 8:36 a.m. Endeavour’s crew will be working with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Russian Flight Engineers Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev, Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency, and NASA's Cady Coleman and Ron Garan.
The first robotic activity will be about 45 minutes after hatches are open, when the spare parts carrier, Express Logistics Carrier 3, will be transferred from the shuttle's robotic arm to the station’s robotic arm then installed on the port side of the station's truss structure. Among items on it are a spare ammonia tank, a high-pressure oxygen tank, two S-band antennas and 10 circuit breakers.
Mission Specialists Mike Fincke and Drew Feustel will transfer the spacesuits and spacewalk equipment over to the station’s Quest airlock and begin setting up for the first spacewalk, scheduled for Friday.
Today’s Mission Status Briefing is set for 9 a.m. and will air live on NASA TV and www.nasa.gov/ntv.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Space Station Crew Hosts News Conference To Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Human Spaceflight And 30th Of Space Shuttle
Stephanie L. Schierholz
Headquarters, Washington
James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
WASHINGTON -- The International Space Station partner agencies will commemorate the golden anniversary of human spaceflight and 30 years of space shuttle flights on Tuesday, April 12, with a news conference featuring the six crew members in orbit 220 miles above Earth. The 30-minute news conference will begin at 11:45 a.m. EDT and will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website.
Accredited media representatives may participate from NASA Headquarters in Washington, the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Kennedy Space Center in Florida and international partner locations. To attend U.S. journalists must contact their respective NASA newsroom by 4 p.m. on Monday, April 11.
Expedition 27, the 27th crew to live and work aboard the station, consists of Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, his cosmonaut colleagues Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA astronauts Cady Coleman and Ron Garan, and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli.
The crew is conducting scientific research, performing station maintenance and preparing for the arrival of space shuttle Endeavour and its six astronauts, scheduled to launch at 3:47 p.m. on April 29 from Kennedy. During the STS-134 mission, the crew will install the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a new science instrument that will search for dark matter and the origins of our universe. The astronauts also will deliver supplies and spare parts and complete four spacewalks to service and outfit the orbiting outpost.
For more information about the station and its crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/station.
For more information about the upcoming STS-134 mission, visit http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle.
For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011
NASA To Broadcast Soyuz Events And Launch In High Definition
Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
James Hartsfield
NASA astronaut and Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev and Andrey Borisenko will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 4 at ( Baikonur time on April 5).
The HD video from Baikonur will air on NASA TV's HD channel and standard definition channels. The schedule includes (all times Central):
Friday, April 1
- Video File of the Soyuz TMA-21 rocket mating and crew activities in Baikonur
Saturday, April 2
- Video File of the rocket rollout to the launch pad in Baikonur
Sunday, April 3
- Video File of the Russian State Commission meeting and final pre-launch crew news conference in Baikonur
Monday, April 4
- Video File of the crew pre-launch activities in Baikonur
- Launch coverage (launch scheduled at ) from Baikonur
- Video File of pre-launch, launch and post-launch interviews
In continental North America, Alaska and Hawaii, NASA TV's high definition and standard definition channels are MPEG-2 digital C-band signals carried by QPSK/DVB-S modulation on satellite AMC-3, transponder 15C, at 87 degrees west longitude. Downlink frequency is 4000 MHz, horizontal polarization, with a data rate of 38.86 Mhz, symbol rate of 28.1115 Ms/s, and 3/4 FEC. A Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) is needed for reception.
For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.
For more information about the International Space Station and the Expedition 27 crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/station.
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NASA Retargets Space Shuttle Endeavour's Launch For April 29
Stephanie L. Schierholz
Headquarters, Washington
Kyle Herring/Kelly Humphries
Johnson Space Center, Houston
WASHINGTON -- Following discussions among the International Space Station partners on Sunday, NASA has targeted the launch of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission for 3:47 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 29. The delay removes a scheduling conflict with a Russian Progress supply vehicle scheduled to launch April 27 and arrive at the station April 29.
NASA managers will hold a Flight Readiness Review on Tuesday, April 19, to assess the team's readiness to support launch. An official launch date will be selected at the conclusion of the meeting.
The Progress 42 spacecraft will be delivering supplies to the station. Three more members of the Expedition 27 crew are scheduled to launch at 6:18 pm EDT on Monday, April 4, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Their arrival will return the station crew's size to six members. Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev and NASA astronaut Ron Garan are scheduled to arrive at the station at 7:18 p.m., Wednesday, April 6, to join cosmonaut Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli and NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, who have been aboard the station since mid-December.
For more information about Endeavour's mission, visit http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle.
For more information about the station and its crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/station.
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Liftoff!
The Soyuz TMA-21 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 , carrying Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko to the International Space Station. The Soyuz, which has been dubbed "Gagarin", is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space.
Image Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Expedition 27 Waves Farewell
Expedition 27 crew members from top, Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, and Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev wave farewell from the bottom of the Soyuz rocket prior to their launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur , Kazakhstan , on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 .
The Soyuz, which has been dubbed "Gagarin," is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 , to become the first human to fly in space.
Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Space Station Crew Launches from Birthplace of Human Spaceflight
Stephanie Schierholz
Headquarters, Washington
Kelly Humphries
The Soyuz rocket that lifted Garan, Borisenko and Samokutyaev into orbit was decorated with Yuri Gagarin's name. The mission lifted off from the same launch pad used April 12, 1961 , when Gagarin became the first human to journey into space.
The crew is scheduled to dock its Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft to the station's Poisk port at on Wednesday, April 6. The crew members will join Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Cady Coleman of NASA and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency, who have been aboard the orbiting laboratory since December 2010.
On Wednesday, NASA Television will broadcast live coverage of the docking beginning at Coverage of the hatch opening and a welcoming ceremony aboard the station will begin at For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.
During Expedition 27, the six-person crew will continue scientific research, perform station maintenance and welcome two visiting vehicles. In addition to space shuttle Endeavour's planned visit during the STS-134 mission, the Expedition 27 crew is expecting the arrival of the 42nd Russian Progress cargo ship near the end of April.
Kondratyev, Coleman and Nespoli are scheduled to depart the station May 16.
NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa are scheduled to join Garan, Borisenko and Samokutyaev aboard the station to complete the Expedition 28 crew. Their launch is set for May 30.
For updates about the space station and Expedition 27/28 crew members, visit http://www.nasa.gov/station.
To view the new official International Space Station page on Facebook and follow crew member posts from space, visit http://www.facebook.com/ISS.
To follow Twitter updates from Expedition 27/28 crew member Garan, visit http://twitter.com/Astro_Ron.
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Monday, April 4, 2011
Expedition 27 Prepares to Launch
The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft is seen on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan , Saturday, April 2, 2011 . The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 27 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko is scheduled for Tuesday, April 5, 2011 . The Soyuz, which has been dubbed 'Gagarin,' is launching one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin from the same launch pad in Baikonur on April 12, 1961 to become the first human to fly in space. The first stage of the Soyuz booster is emblazoned with the name Gagarin and the cosmonaut's likeness.
Image Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Saturday, April 2, 2011
NASA To Broadcast Soyuz Events And Launch In High Definition
Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
James Hartsfield
NASA astronaut and Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev and Andrey Borisenko will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 4 at ( Baikonur time on April 5).
The HD video from Baikonur will air on NASA TV's HD channel and standard definition channels. The schedule includes (all times Central):
Friday, April 1
- Video File of the Soyuz TMA-21 rocket mating and crew activities in Baikonur
Saturday, April 2
- Video File of the rocket rollout to the launch pad in Baikonur
Sunday, April 3
- Video File of the Russian State Commission meeting and final pre-launch crew news conference in Baikonur
Monday, April 4
- Video File of the crew pre-launch activities in Baikonur
- Launch coverage (launch scheduled at ) from Baikonur
- Video File of pre-launch, launch and post-launch interviews
In continental North America, Alaska and Hawaii, NASA TV's high definition and standard definition channels are MPEG-2 digital C-band signals carried by QPSK/DVB-S modulation on satellite AMC-3, transponder 15C, at 87 degrees west longitude. Downlink frequency is 4000 MHz, horizontal polarization, with a data rate of 38.86 Mhz, symbol rate of 28.1115 Ms/s, and 3/4 FEC. A Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) is needed for reception.
For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.
For more information about the International Space Station and the Expedition 27 crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/station.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Expedition 27 Launch Date And NASA Television Coverage Updated
Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
Kylie Clem
The new date enables engineers in Baikonur to complete their checkouts of the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft. The launch date was set after a thorough review of Soyuz systems by Russian space officials and engineers.
Russian cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at on April 4 ( Baikonur time on April 5).
The launch will occur less than a week before the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic flight from the same Baikonur launch pad to become the first human to fly in space.
Samokutyaev, Garan and Borisenko are scheduled to dock their Soyuz, dubbed "Gagarin," to the Poisk module on the space-facing side of the Russian segment of the station at on April 6.
They will join the other three Expedition 27 crew members, Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, NASA astronaut Cady Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, who have been aboard the station since mid-December.
The full schedule of the pre-launch, launch and docking coverage includes (all times Central):
March 31, Thursday
Video File of the ISS Expedition 27 Crew Activities in Baikonur , Kazakhstan
April 1, Friday
Video File of the ISS Expedition 27/Soyuz TMA-21 Rocket Mating and Crew Activities in Baikonur , Kazakhstan
April 2, Saturday
Video File of the ISS Expedition 27/Soyuz TMA-21 Rocket Rollout to the Launch Pad in Baikonur , Kazakhstan
April 3, Sunday
Video File of the ISS Expedition 27 Final Pre-Launch Crew News Conference and Russian State Commission Meeting in Baikonur , Kazakhstan
April 4, Monday
Video Feed of the ISS Expedition 27 Crew Pre-Launch Activities in Baikonur , Kazakhstan
ISS Expedition 27/Soyuz TMA-21 Launch Coverage (Launch scheduled at )
Video File of ISS Expedition 27/Soyuz TMA-21 Pre-Launch, Launch and Post-Launch Interviews
April 6, Wednesday
ISS Expedition 27/Soyuz TMA-21 Docking Coverage (Docking scheduled at followed by the post-docking news conference from Mission Control in Korolev , Russia )
ISS Expedition 27/Soyuz TMA-21 Hatch Opening and Welcoming Ceremony (Hatch Opening and Welcoming Ceremony scheduled at approximately )
April 7, Thursday
Video File of ISS Expedition 27/Soyuz TMA-21 Docking, Hatch Opening and Welcoming Ceremony
For NASA Television streaming video, downlink and schedule information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Expedition 27 Launch Date And NASA Television Coverage Updated
Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
Kylie Clem
The new date enables engineers in Baikonur to complete their checkouts of the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft. The launch date was set after a thorough review of Soyuz systems by Russian space officials and engineers.
Russian cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at on April 4 ( Baikonur time on April 5).
The launch will occur less than a week before the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic flight from the same Baikonur launch pad to become the first human to fly in space.
Samokutyaev, Garan and Borisenko are scheduled to dock their Soyuz, dubbed "Gagarin," to the Poisk module on the space-facing side of the Russian segment of the station at on April 6.
They will join the other three Expedition 27 crew members, Commander Dmitry Kondratyev, NASA astronaut Cady Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, who have been aboard the station since mid-December.
The full schedule of the pre-launch, launch and docking coverage includes (all times Central):
March 31, Thursday
Video File of the ISS Expedition 27 Crew Activities in Baikonur , Kazakhstan
April 1, Friday
Video File of the ISS Expedition 27/Soyuz TMA-21 Rocket Mating and Crew Activities in Baikonur , Kazakhstan
April 2, Saturday
Video File of the ISS Expedition 27/Soyuz TMA-21 Rocket Rollout to the Launch Pad in Baikonur , Kazakhstan
April 3, Sunday
Video File of the ISS Expedition 27 Final Pre-Launch Crew News Conference and Russian State Commission Meeting in Baikonur , Kazakhstan
April 4, Monday
Video Feed of the ISS Expedition 27 Crew Pre-Launch Activities in Baikonur , Kazakhstan
ISS Expedition 27/Soyuz TMA-21 Launch Coverage (Launch scheduled at )
Video File of ISS Expedition 27/Soyuz TMA-21 Pre-Launch, Launch and Post-Launch Interviews
April 6, Wednesday
ISS Expedition 27/Soyuz TMA-21 Docking Coverage (Docking scheduled at followed by the post-docking news conference from Mission Control in Korolev , Russia )
ISS Expedition 27/Soyuz TMA-21 Hatch Opening and Welcoming Ceremony (Hatch Opening and Welcoming Ceremony scheduled at approximately )
April 7, Thursday
Video File of ISS Expedition 27/Soyuz TMA-21 Docking, Hatch Opening and Welcoming Ceremony
For NASA Television streaming video, downlink and schedule information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
NASA TV To Cover Soyuz Landing And Launch Events
Joshua Buck
Headquarters, Washington
Kelly Humphries
NASA's Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly, Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and Russian Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka are scheduled to land the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan at ( Kazakhstan time) on March 16. Before departing, Kelly will hand over command of the station to Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev during a ceremony at on March 14.
On March 29, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, Russian cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at ( Baikonur time March 30) in a Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft.
They will join the Expedition 27 commander Kondratyev; NASA astronaut Cady Coleman; and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli. The trio has been aboard the station since mid-December 2010.
NASA TV's scheduled coverage includes (all times Central):
Friday, March 11
2 p.m. -- Video File of the Soyuz TMA-21 crew news conference at Star City, Russia, and visit to Red Square in Moscow
Monday, March 14
-- Expedition 26 change of command ceremony
Tuesday, March 15
-- Soyuz TMA-01M crew farewells and hatch closure (hatch closure at )
-- Undocking coverage (undocking at )
Wednesday, March 16
-- Deorbit burn and landing in Kazakhstan (deorbit burn at , landing at )
-- Video File of the undocking and landing
4 p.m. -- Video File of the landing and post-landing activities; including post-landing interview with Kelly and the cosmonauts' return to Chkalovsky Airfield, Star City, Russia
Thursday, March 17
-- Video File of the Soyuz TMA-21 crew departure for Baikonur ceremony at Star City , Russia
Friday, March 25
-- Video File of the crew activities in Baikonur
Sunday, March 27
-- Video File of the rocket mating and rollout to the launch pad in Baikonur
Monday, March 28
-- Video File of the final pre-launch crew news conference and Russian State Commission meeting in Baikonur
Tuesday, March 29
-- Video File of the crew pre-launch activities in Baikonur
-- Launch coverage (launch at )
-- Video File of pre-launch, launch and post-launch interviews
Thursday, March 31
-- Docking coverage (docking at followed by the post-docking news conference from Mission Control, Moscow )
-- Hatch opening and welcoming ceremony (hatch opening and welcoming ceremony at April 1)
Friday, April 1
-- Video File of docking, hatch opening and welcoming ceremony
For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.
For more information about the International Space Station, visit http://www.nasa.gov/station.
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