{"id":4579,"date":"2010-01-08T09:34:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T09:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/nasa-sets-jan-11-briefing-to-preview-upcoming-spacewalk-soyuz-relocation-and-other-january-space-station-milestones\/"},"modified":"2010-01-08T09:34:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-08T09:34:00","slug":"nasa-sets-jan-11-briefing-to-preview-upcoming-spacewalk-soyuz-relocation-and-other-january-space-station-milestones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/space-station\/nasa-sets-jan-11-briefing-to-preview-upcoming-spacewalk-soyuz-relocation-and-other-january-space-station-milestones.php","title":{"rendered":"NASA Sets Jan. 11 Briefing to Preview Upcoming Spacewalk, Soyuz Relocation and Other January Space Station Milestones"},"content":{"rendered":"
NASA <\/span>officials will discuss an upcoming spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts<\/span>, the relocation of a Soyuz spacecraft<\/span> to a new docking port and other International Space Station activities during a briefing at 1 p.m. CST on Monday, Jan. 11. The briefing will take place at NASA's Johnson Space Center<\/span> in Houston and will be broadcast live on NASA Television<\/span><\/a> and the agency's Web site. Reporters at participating NASA centers <\/span>may ask questions.

The briefing participants are:
- Pete Hasbrook, Expedition 22 increment manager, Johnson Space Center
- David Korth, Expedition 22 lead flight director, Johnson Space Center<\/p>

On Thursday, Jan. 14, Expedition 22 cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Max Suraev will don Russian spacesuits for a six-hour spacewalk. They will prepare a new docking port and airlock named Poisk for use. NASA TV coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 3:30 a.m. Kotov and Suraev are expected to exit the Pirs airlock to begin their work at 4:10 a.m.<\/p>

On Thursday, Jan. 21, Suraev and Expedition 22 Commander Jeff Williams will move their Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft from the Zvezda Service Module port to the new Poisk module port. NASA TV<\/span> coverage of the Soyuz undocking and redocking will begin at 3:45 a.m.<\/p>

Briefers also will discuss the relocation of a spare parts platform on the outside of the station and the move from the Unity node to the Harmony node of the Pressurized Mating Adapter-3. The adapter is used to interconnect spacecraft and modules with different docking mechanisms. Hasbrook and Korth also will discuss the first use of the Poisk module.<\/p>

For NASA TV<\/span> downlink information, schedule information and streaming video, visit:
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http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ntv<\/a>
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For information about the station, visit:
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http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station<\/a><\/span> <\/p>

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