The activities of the new residents aboard the
\nInternational Space Station and a preview of extravehicular
\noperations will be discussed during a Mission Status
\nBriefing at 2 p.m. EST on Dec. 10 at the Johnson SpaceCenter.<\/p>\n
\nStation managers and flight controllers will answer
\nquestions during the multi-center briefing. Participants:
\n* Melissa Gard, Expedition Six Increment Manager
\n* Norm Knight, ISS Flight Director
\n* Darryl Schuck, Expedition Six EVA Officer<\/p>\n
Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox, Flight Engineer
\nNikolai Budarin and NASA Space Station Science Officer Don
\nPettit arrived on the Station aboard the space Shuttle
\nEndeavour Nov. 25 for their four-month mission.<\/p>\n
Bowersox and Budarin will conduct a 6 1\/2-hour spacewalk on
\nDec. 12. They will exit out of the Quest Airlock to install
\nthe newly delivered Port One (P1) Truss segment and to
\nconduct other work to prepare components for future assembly
\nflights. It will be the first time a Russian cosmonaut wears
\na U.S. spacesuit out of Quest.<\/p>\n
The spacewalk will begin at approximately 9:30 a.m. EST on
\nDec. 12, and it will be covered on NASA TV with commentary
\nand available downlink television. Coverage begins at 7 a.m.
\nEST.<\/p>\n
NASA TV is on GE-2, Transponder 9C, vertical polarization at
\n85 degrees West longitude, 3880 MHz, with audio at 6.8 MHz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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