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JSC Special: View the Next ISS Launch Today in the Teague Auditorium NASA TV will broadcast prelaunch activities for the next three crew members flying to the International Space Station, followed by extensive live coverage of their launch and docking to the orbital laboratory today, May 28. Astronaut Shannon Walker will welcome those on-site to the Teague Auditorium to watch the live coverage as it unfolds. Expedition 39 and 40 posters will be given out (as supplies last).   Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency will launch to the space station in a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:57 p.m. CDT (1:57 a.m. May 29, Baikonur time).   NASA TV coverage begins at 2 p.m. and will include video of the prelaunch activities leading up to and including the crew members boarding their spacecraft. Doors to the Teague Auditorium will open at that time for the launch event.   The crew is scheduled to dock to the station's Rassvet module less than six hours later, at 8:48 p.m. NASA TV coverage of docking begins at 8 p.m.   Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos will greet the new crew when the hatches open at about 10:25 p.m. NASA TV hatch opening coverage begins at 10 p.m.   JSC, Ellington Field, Sonny Carter Training Facility and White Sands Test Facility employees who cannot make it to the Teague Auditorium but have hard-wired computer network connections can view the events using the JSC EZTV IP Network TV System on channel 404 (standard definition) or channel 4541 (HD). Please note: EZTV currently requires using Internet Explorer on a Windows PC or Safari on a Mac. Mobile devices, Wi-Fi, VPN or connections from other centers are currently not supported by EZTV.   First-time users will need to install the EZTV Monitor and Player client applications:   For those WITH admin rights (Elevated Privileges), you'll be prompted to download and install the clients when you first visit the IPTV website For those WITHOUT admin rights (Elevated Privileges), you can download the EZTV client applications from the ACES Software Refresh Portal (SRP)   If you are having problems viewing the video using these systems, contact the Information Resources Directorate Customer Support Center at x46367 or visit the FAQ site.   Wiseman, Suraev and Gerst will remain aboard the station until mid-November. Swanson, Skvortsov and Artemyev will return to Earth in mid-September, leaving Suraev as Expedition 41 Commander.   Event Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2014   Event Start Time:2:00 PM   Event End Time:3:30 PM Event Location: Teague Auditorium, NASA TV Add to Calendar Brought to you by JSC External Relations, Office of Communications and Public Affairs, x35111.

 

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