{"id":55201,"date":"2019-09-20T21:05:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T01:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-452152"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:27:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:27:23","slug":"nasa-television-to-broadcast-next-space-station-crew-launch-docking","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-television-to-broadcast-next-space-station-crew-launch-docking\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Television to Broadcast Next Space Station Crew Launch, Docking"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/koch_meir.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1045\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/koch_meir.jpg?w=1045\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"ASA astronaut Jessica Meir runs through procedures Sept. 11, 2019, aboard the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/koch_meir.jpg 1045w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/koch_meir.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/koch_meir.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/koch_meir.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/koch_meir.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/koch_meir.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/koch_meir.jpg?resize=900,506 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1045px) 100vw, 1045px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA astronaut Jessica Meir runs through procedures Sept. 11, 2019, aboard the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft during an initial Soyuz vehicle fit check in the Integration Building at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Meir, spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates and Expedition 61 crewmember Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos will launch Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a mission on the International Space Station. <strong>Credits: NASA\/Victor Zelentsov<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>A multinational crew, including NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/meir-u-jessica\">Jessica Meir<\/a> and the first space traveler from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is scheduled to launch to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/index.html\">International Space Station<\/a> Wednesday, Sept. 25. NASA Television and the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\">website<\/a> will provide live coverage of the crew\u2019s launch and arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meir, Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and Hazzaa Ali Almansoori from the UAE are set to launch at 9:57 a.m. EDT (6:57 p.m. Kazakhstan time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The four-orbit, six-hour journey will be the third spaceflight for Skripochka and the first for Meir and Almansoori. Almansoori is flying on an eight-day mission as a spaceflight participant under a contract between the UAE and Roscosmos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new crew members will dock to the station\u2019s Zvezda service module at 3:45 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About two hours after docking, hatches between the Soyuz and the station will open and the new residents will be greeted by station commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, NASA astronauts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/christina-h-koch\">Christina Koch<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/tyler-nick-hague\/biography\/\">Nick Hague<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/andrew-r-morgan\/biography\">Andrew Morgan<\/a>, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their arrival will increase the orbiting laboratory\u2019s population to nine people until Oct. 3, when Hague and Ovchinin, who are completing a mission of more than 200 days, will return to Earth with Almansoori on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft. Meir and Skripochka will spend more than six months on the station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coverage of launch and docking activities is as follows (all times EDT):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>9 a.m. \u2013 Soyuz MS-15 launch coverage<\/li><li>3 p.m. \u2013 Docking coverage<\/li><li>5 p.m. \u2013 Hatch opening and welcome coverage<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The crew will continue work on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ISS_Research\" rel=\"noopener\">hundreds of experiments<\/a> in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science aboard humanity\u2019s only permanently occupied microgravity laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the full NASA TV schedule, and video streaming information, at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasatv\"><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasatv<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get breaking news, images and features from the station on <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/iss\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Space_Station\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iss\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Stephanie Schierholz<br \/>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br \/>\n202-358-1100<br \/>\nstephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov<br \/>\nCourtney Beasley<br \/>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br \/>\n281-483-5111<br \/>\ncourtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A multinational crew, including NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and the first space traveler from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station Wednesday, Sept. 25. NASA Television and the agency\u2019s website will provide live coverage of the crew\u2019s launch and arrival. Meir, Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":53703,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"M19-099","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"MEDIA ADVISORY","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[]},"categories":[8366,2656,2735,2861,2867],"news-tags":[10561],"internal-terms":[10560],"coauthors":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"NASA Television to Broadcast Next Space Station Crew Launch, Docking","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-television-to-broadcast-next-space-station-crew-launch-docking\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-television-to-broadcast-next-space-station-crew-launch-docking\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/koch_meir.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/koch_meir.jpg"},"articleSection":"Missions","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NASA"}],"creator":["NASA"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["NASA Centers & Facilities","NASA Headquarters","Expedition 60","Humans in Space","International Space Station (ISS)","Johnson Space Center"],"dateCreated":"2019-09-21T01:05:00Z","datePublished":"2019-09-21T01:05:00Z","dateModified":"2023-07-26T19:27:23Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"NASA Television to Broadcast Next Space Station Crew Launch, Docking\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-television-to-broadcast-next-space-station-crew-launch-docking\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/koch_meir.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2019-09-21T01:05:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Missions\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"NASA Centers & Facilities,NASA Headquarters,Expedition 60,Humans in Space,International Space Station (ISS),Johnson Space Center\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"NASA\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":3,"featured_image":{"id":53703,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/koch_meir.jpg","title":"koch_meir","alt":"NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir","caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/55201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/55201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186483,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/55201\/revisions\/186483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55201"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=55201"},{"taxonomy":"internal-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-terms?post=55201"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=55201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}