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[b]NASA Television Will Air Next Soyuz Launch[/b] NASA Television will air the preparation, launch and docking of the newest trio of station residents. On Dec. 15, Soyuz commander Dmitry Kondratyev, NASA flight engineer Cady Coleman and European Space Agency flight engineer Paolo Nespoli will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft (Dec. 16 Baikonur time). They will join NASA Expedition 26 commander Scott Kelly and Russian flight engineers Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka, who have been aboard the station since early October. NASA TV will air a video file on Nov. 26 that will include a prelaunch news conference by Kondratyev, Coleman and Nespoli at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, and their tour of Red Square in Moscow. The scheduled launch and docking coverage and events include (all times CST): [list]Friday, November 26 [*]Noon -- Video file of Soyuz TMA-20 crew news conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City, Russia, and tour of Red Square in Moscow, Russia Friday, December 3 [*]11 a.m. -- Video file of the Soyuz TMA-20 crew departure ceremonies at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City, Russia Friday, December 10 [*]11 a.m. -- Video file of the Soyuz TMA-20 crew activities in Baikonur, Kazakhstan Monday, December 13 [*]11 a.m. -- Video file of the Soyuz TMA-20 crew activities in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, and Soyuz TMA-20 vehicle mating and rollout to the launch pad Tuesday, December 14 [*]4 p.m. -- Video file of the Soyuz TMA-20 State Commission and final pre-launch news conference in Baikonur, Kazakhstan Wednesday, December 15 [*]11:30 a.m. -- Soyuz TMA-20 crew pre-launch activities in Baikonur, Kazakhstan [*]12:15 p.m. -- Soyuz TMA-20 launch (launch at 1:09 p.m.) [*]3 p.m. - Video file of Soyuz TMA-20 pre-launch activities and launch from Baikonur, Kazakhstan Friday, December 17 [*]1:30 p.m. -- Soyuz TMA-20 docking to ISS (docking at 2:09 p.m., followed by post-docking news conference) [*]4:30 p.m. -- Soyuz TMA-20 hatch opening and welcoming ceremony (hatch opening at approximately 5 p.m.) [*]6:30 p.m. -- Video file of Soyuz TMA-20 docking, hatch opening and welcoming ceremony[/list]
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