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Valentine special features launch of cargo craft to International Space Station

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By Kelly Taylor
WKTV Program Manager

The Progress 80 cargo craft will head to the International Space Station on Feb. 14. (NASA)

On Monday, Feb. 14, WKTV will be featuring live coverage of the launch of the Progress 80 cargo craft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the International Space Station. Coverage starts at 11 p.m. with the launch scheduled for 11:25 p.m.

NASA TV can be seen on the WKTV 26 Government Channel on Comcast and AT&T U-verse 99 Government Channel 99.

Progress is an unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft which has been used since 1978 to deliver supplies, originally to the Soviet Space stations, and now to the International Space Station.

Live coverage will continue on Thursday, Feb. 19. at 1:30 a.m. for the rendezvous and docking of the cargo craft to the ISS. The docking is scheduled to take place at 2:08 a.m.

For more information on NASA TV or the International Space Station, log on to www.nasa.gov.