Three New Crewmembers Launch to ISS, 10:40 pm EDT, Kazakhstan

14-Jul-2012 through 14-Jul-2012

Three new crew members for the International Space Station (ISS) will be launched on July 14, 2012 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9:40 pm Central Daylight Time (CDT) or 10:40 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft.   The three crew are NASA's Suni Williams, Russia's Yuri Malenchenko, and Japan's Aki Hoshide.   NASA TV coverage is detailed in this press release, which is excerpted below.   Note that times in the press release are expressed in CDT. 

The full schedule of the Soyuz prelaunch, launch and docking coverage
on NASA TV public and media channels includes (all times are
Central):

Tuesday, July 10
1 p.m. -- Video File of Expedition 32/33 crew activities in Baikonur,
Kazakhstan

Wednesday, July 11
1 p.m. -- Video File of Expedition 32/33 crew activities in Baikonur,
Kazakhstan and Soyuz TMA-05M mating operations

Thursday, July 12
1 p.m. -- Video File of Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M rollout to the
launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Friday, July 13
1 p.m. -- Video File of Expedition 32/33 Russian State Commission
meeting and final prelaunch crew news conference in Baikonur,
Kazakhstan

Saturday, July 14
8:30 p.m. -- Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M launch coverage begins
(launch at 9:40 p.m.); includes video B-roll of crew prelaunch
activities and launch replays from Baikonur, Kazakhstan
11:30 p.m. -- Video File of Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M pre-launch
and launch video B-roll and post-launch Interviews

Monday, July 16
11:15 p.m. -- Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M docking coverage begins
(docking at 11:52 p.m. followed by post-docking news conference from
Mission Control in Korolev, Russia)

Tuesday, July 17
2 a.m. -- Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M hatch opening and welcoming
ceremony coverage begins (ceremony scheduled at 2:25 a.m.)
4 a.m. -- Video File of Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M docking, hatch
opening and welcoming ceremony

For updated NASA TV coverage times, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntvnews

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