NASA Television to Air International Space Station Cargo Ship Launch, Docking

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July 12, 2016  MEDIA ADVISORY M16-083 NASA Television to Air International Space Station Cargo Ship Launch, Docking   The unpiloted ISS Progress 62 Russian cargo ship is seen docked to the Pirs docking compartment of the International Space Station on May 24, 2016. Credits: NASA NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft delivering three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station beginning at 5:30 p.m. EDT Saturday, July 16. Launch of the unpiloted Russian Progress 64 is scheduled for 5:41 p.m. Saturday (3:41 a.m. Baikonur time July 17) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft is set to dock to the Pirs docking compartment of the space station at 8:22 p.m. Monday, July 18. NASA TV coverage of rendezvous and docking will begin at 7:45 p.m. The Progress 64 will spend more than six months docked at the station before departing in mid-January for its deorbit into the Earth’s atmosphere. Check out the full NASA TV schedule and video streaming information at: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv Keep up with the International Space Station, and its research and crews, at: http://www.nasa.gov/station Get breaking news, images and features from the station on Instagram and Twitter: http://instagram.com/iss http://www.twitter.com/Space_Station  -end- NASA news releases and other information are available automatically by sending an e-mail message with the subject line subscribe to hqnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. To unsubscribe from the list, send an e-mail message with the subject line unsubscribe to hqnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.