| July 15, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M019-10 NASA to Broadcast Next Space Station Resupply Launch, Prelaunch Activities
NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting 7:25 p.m. EDT Sunday, July 21, for the launch of its next resupply mission to the International Space Station. This is the 18th SpaceX mission under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract. The Dragon spacecraft will deliver supplies including critical materials to support dozens of the more than 250 science and research investigations that will occur during Expeditions 59 and 60. The spacecraft’s unpressurized trunk will transport NASA’s International Docking Adapter-3 (IDA-3). The spacecraft will take two days to reach the space station before installation on Tuesday, July 23. When it arrives to the space station, NASA astronauts Nick Hague will grapple Dragon with Christina Koch acting as a backup. NASA’s Andrew Morgan will assist the duo by monitoring telemetry during Dragon’s approach. The station crew will monitor Dragon vehicle functions during rendezvous. After Dragon capture, ground commands will be sent from mission control in Houston for the station’s arm to rotate and install it on the bottom of the station’s Harmony module. Full mission coverage is as follows (all times Eastern): Sunday, July 21 Press Site Hours of Operation: 8 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Foreign National Pickup Times: 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. News Media Schedule
Media who would like to call in for the prelaunch news conference or the NASA Social What’s on Board Briefing should phone the NASA News Center at 321-867-2468. Launch Viewing Media may view the CRS-18 launch from the Kennedy Press Site, NASA Causeway or the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) roof (space is limited). Media who wish to view the launch from the NASA Causeway or the VAB roof should meet at the Kennedy Press Site at 4:30 p.m. to be escorted. Media must RSVP with their preference for the NASA Causeway or the VAB roof by noon on Wednesday, July 17, to ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov. Only one representative per organization may sign up for the VAB roof. NASA TV Launch Coverage NASA TV live coverage will begin at 7 p.m. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit http://www.nasa.gov/ntv. Audio only of the news conferences and launch coverage will be carried on the NASA “V” circuits, which may be accessed by dialing 321-867-1220, -1240, -1260 or -7135. On launch day, "mission audio," the launch conductor’s countdown activities without NASA TV launch commentary, will be carried on 321-867-7135. Launch also will be available on local amateur VHF radio frequency 146.940 MHz heard within Brevard County on the Space Coast. NASA Web Prelaunch and Launch Coverage Prelaunch and launch coverage of the SpaceX CRS-18 flight will be available on the NASA website. Coverage will include live streaming and blog updates beginning at 7 p.m. as the countdown milestones occur. On-demand streaming video and photos of the launch will be available shortly after liftoff. For questions about countdown coverage, contact the newsroom at 321-867-2468. You can follow countdown coverage on our launch blog at http://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex. Learn more about the SpaceX CRS-18 mission by going to the mission home page at: -end- | ||
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