[meteorite-list] Progress 48 Will Burn Up in Earth's Atmosphere on Feb 9

[Ron Baalke]

Feb. 4, 2013

Josh Buck 
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-1100 
jbuck at nasa.gov 

Josh Byerly 
Johnson Space Center, Houston 
281-483-5111 
josh.byerly at nasa.gov 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-026

SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP FLIGHTS TO BE BROADCAST ON NASA TV

WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 
departure of one Russian cargo spacecraft at the International Space 
Station and the launch and arrival of another. 

The ISS Progress 48 resupply ship, which arrived at the station last 
August, will depart the Pirs docking compartment, part of the Russian 
segment, on Saturday, Feb. 9. The Progress will leave orbit three 
hours later and burn up above the Pacific Ocean. NASA TV coverage of 
the undocking will begin at 8 a.m. EST. The undocking is scheduled 
for 8:15 a.m. 

That move will clear Pirs for the arrival of the new ISS Progress 50 
resupply spacecraft. It is scheduled to launch at 9:41 a.m. (8:41 
p.m. Kazakhstan time) Monday, Feb. 11, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome 
in Kazakhstan. NASA TV coverage of the launch begins at 9:30 a.m. The 
Progress is loaded with almost 3 tons of food, fuel, supplies and 
experiment hardware for the six crew members aboard the orbital 
laboratory. 

Like its two predecessors, Progress 50 is scheduled to launch into an 
accelerated, four-orbit rendezvous with the station, docking only six 
hours after launch. NASA TV coverage will resume at 3 p.m. for the 
rendezvous and docking activities, with docking scheduled for 3:40 
p.m. 

If any technical issues arise, the Russian flight control team can 
default to a standard two-day rendezvous plan for the Progress that 
would result in docking on Feb. 13. 

For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

For more information about the International Space Station and its 
crew, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/station 

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