NASA Television to Air Space Station Cargo Ship Moves and Test

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July 19, 2012

Joshua Buck 
Headquarters, Washington  
202-358-1100 
jbuck@xxxxxxxx 

Kelly Humphries 
Johnson Space Center, Houston 
281-483-5111 
kelly.o.humphries@xxxxxxxx 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-135

NASA TELEVISION TO AIR SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP MOVES AND TEST

WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will broadcast the move of a Russian 
cargo spacecraft at the International Space Station and the 
demonstration of a new docking system beginning Sunday, July 22. 

NASA TV coverage of ISS Progress 47's initial undocking starts at 4 
p.m. EDT, July 22. Progress 47 will undock at 4:27 p.m. 

Russian flight controllers will command the resupply ship to undock 
from the space station's Pirs compartment in a test of an updated 
docking system that will be used for both Progress and Soyuz human 
spacecraft in the future. The new automated rendezvous system, known 
as Kurs-NA, will use a single antenna, which will allow four others 
to be removed. The Kurs-NA-enabled Progress and Soyuz spacecraft will 
have only three antennas, half as many as the current versions. 
Kurs-NA also will use less power, improve safety and possess updated 
electronics. 

Progress 47 arrived at the station in April. After it was emptied of 
its cargo, the space station crew filled it with trash for disposal. 

NASA TV coverage of the Progress' re-rendezvous and docking will begin 
at 9:15 p.m. Monday, July 23. The ship will re-dock to the station at 
9:57 p.m. 

Coverage of Progress 47's final departure from the station begins at 2 
p.m. Monday, July 30, with undocking set for 2:11 p.m. It then will 
be commanded to re-enter the atmosphere and burn up. 

The next Russian cargo spacecraft, ISS Progress 48, is scheduled to 
launch Wednesday, Aug. 1, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 


Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space 
Agency and his five crewmates, including NASA astronauts Suni 
Williams and Joe Acaba, will monitor events as the Progress 47 tests 
unfold. 

For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit: 


http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

For more information about the International Space Station and its 
crew, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/station 

	
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