{"id":509635,"date":"2023-09-12T11:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=migration&p=509635"},"modified":"2023-10-31T09:00:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T13:00:41","slug":"nasa-sets-coverage-for-launch-docking-of-new-space-station-crew","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-sets-coverage-for-launch-docking-of-new-space-station-crew\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Sets Coverage for Launch, Docking of New Space Station Crew"},"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\/2023\/09\/30016892407_445818ed60_o.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/30016892407_445818ed60_o.jpg?w=985\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA astronaut candidate Loral OHara answers a question in the Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington.\" 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\/2023\/09\/30016892407_445818ed60_o.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/30016892407_445818ed60_o.jpg?resize=300,192 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/30016892407_445818ed60_o.jpg?resize=768,493 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/30016892407_445818ed60_o.jpg?resize=400,257 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/30016892407_445818ed60_o.jpg?resize=600,385 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/30016892407_445818ed60_o.jpg?resize=900,577 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA astronaut candidate Loral O\u2019Hara answers a question in the Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington. <strong>Credits: NASA\/Joel Kowsky<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>A NASA astronaut and two Roscosmos cosmonauts are set to launch to the International Space Station on Friday, Sept. 15. The U.S. space agency will provide full coverage of launch and crew\u2019s arrival at the microgravity laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/loral-o-hara-nasa-astronaut\" rel=\"noopener\">Loral O\u2019Hara<\/a> and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub are scheduled to lift off on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:44 a.m. EDT (8:44 p.m. Baikonur time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coverage will begin at 10:45 a.m. on NASA Television, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/connect\/apps.html\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA app<\/a>, and the agency\u2019s website. Watch online at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O\u2019Hara, who will begin a six-month mission aboard the station, and Kononenko and Chub, who will both spend a year on the orbital outpost, will fly on a quick two-orbit, three-hour trajectory that will result in a docking to the station\u2019s Rassvet module at 2:56 p.m. A short time later, hatches between the station and the Soyuz will open and the crew will be welcomed aboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trio will join the space station\u2019s Expedition 69 crew of NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Frank Rubio, Roscosmos cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin, Konstantin Borisov, and Sergey Prokopyev, as well ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will be the first spaceflight for O\u2019Hara and Chub, and the fifth flight for Kononenko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mission coverage is as follows (all times Eastern):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10:45 a.m. \u2013 Launch coverage begins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 p.m. \u2013 Rendezvous and docking coverage begins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4:45 p.m. \u2013 Hatch opening and welcome remarks coverage begins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep up with the International Space Station, its research, and crew at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lora Bleacher \/ Julian Coltre<br>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br>\n202-358-1100<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:lora.v.bleacher@nasa.gov\">lora.v.bleacher@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ <a href=\"mailto:julian.n.coltre@nasa.gov\">julian.n.coltre@nasa.gov<\/a><br>\nSandra Jones<br>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br>\n281-483-5111<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov\">sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A NASA astronaut and two Roscosmos cosmonauts are set to launch to the International Space Station on Friday, Sept. 15. 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