Space Station Cargo Ship Docking Attempt To Air On NASA TV

[NASA News <hqnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

July 27, 2012

Joshua Buck 
Headquarters, Washington      
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Rob Navias 
Johnson Space Center, Houston 
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MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-138

SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP DOCKING ATTEMPT TO AIR ON NASA TV

WASHINGTON -- As part of NASA's ongoing live coverage of mission 
operations aboard the International Space Station, NASA Television 
will broadcast the attempted redocking of an unpiloted Russian cargo 
spacecraft to the space station for engineering data collection 
beginning at 5 p.m. EDT Saturday, July 28. Docking is scheduled for 9 
p.m. 

The ISS Progress 47 resupply ship arrived at the station in April and 
undocked from the Pirs docking compartment July 22. It made its first 
attempt to re-dock the following day. A technical problem prevented 
the spacecraft from reaching the space station, and its computers 
placed it a safe distance from the orbiting laboratory. Russian 
engineers are testing a new automated rendezvous system, called 
Kurs-NA, for possible use on future Russian spacecraft arriving at 
the station. 

To view the NASA Television schedule, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

For more information on the International Space Station, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/station 

	
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