The International Space Station (ISS) crew will take a
short ride around the block next week, as they fly their
Soyuz spacecraft from one docking port to another. NASA TV
will carry the maneuver live starting at 4 a.m. EST, Monday
Nov. 29.
At 4:29 a.m. EST, ISS Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, the
Soyuz Commander, will undock the spacecraft from the
Station’s Pirs Docking Compartment. Sharipov and ISS
Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Station Science Officer
Leroy Chiao will fly the Soyuz to a nearby docking port on
the Station’s Zarya module, arriving at about 5 a.m. EST.
The repositioning of the Soyuz will clear Pirs, which also
serves as an airlock for spacewalks, for a pair of spacewalks
planned by Chiao and Sharipov early next year.
NASA TV is available on the Web and via satellite in the
continental U.S. on AMC-6, Transponder 9C, C-Band, at 72
degrees west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz.
Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz.
In Alaska and Hawaii, NASA TV is available on AMC-7,
Transponder 18C, C-Band, at 137 degrees west longitude. The
frequency is 4060.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio
is monaural at 6.80 MHz.
The Soyuz repositioning will be available live on the
Internet at:
