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Melissa Motichek
Headquarters, Washington         June 5, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1272)

Rob Navias
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)

NOTE TO EDITORS: 03-054

NASA PROVIDES COVERAGE OF SPACE STATION DOCKING

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the docking of an
unmanned Russian Progress resupply ship to the International Space
Station on Wednesday, June 11. Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. EDT;
docking is at approximately 7:17 a.m. EDT.

The Progress is scheduled to launch June 8 from the Baikonur 
Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It will carry approximately 5,300 
pounds of food, fuel, water and other supplies for the 
Expedition 7 crew. Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko 
and Flight Engineer/NASA International Space Station Science 
Officer Ed Lu arrived on Station April 28 for a six-month 
mission. This will be the 11th Progress flight to the Space 
Station.

NASA TV will provide any available downlink TV from the 
Progress and the Station during final approach for the 
craft's linkup to the Pirs docking compartment. There will be 
no NASA TV coverage of the Progress launch, but a written 
status report will be issued after the craft reaches orbit.

NASA TV is broadcast on AMC-2, Transponder 9C at 85 degrees 
West longitude, vertical polarization, with a frequency of 
3880 MHz, and audio of 6.8 MHz.

Information about NASA, the International Space Station, 
spacecraft, and human space flight is available on the 
Internet at:

http://www.nasa.gov

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