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Spacewalk to be featured on WKTV

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By Kelly Taylor
WKTV Program Manager


On Tuesday, Nov. 15, WKTV will be featuring live coverage of the U.S. Spacewalk to install an IROSA (ISS Rollout Solar Array) modification kit on the starboard truss on the International Space Station.

The Artemis 1 mission will be televised Nov. 15 by NASA. It will air on WKTV 26 Governement Channel on Comcast and AT&T U-verse 99 Government Channel 99. (Courtesy, NASA)

Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. with the actual spacewalk scheduled to start at 8 a.m.

Following the spacewalk at 4 p.m., there will be live coverage of the cryogenic fueling of the Space Launch System for launch on the Artemis 1 mission.

 

Artemis 1 is the first integrated flight test of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, an un-crewed Orion spacecraft, and the ground systems at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida that will pave the way for a crewed test flight and future human lunar exploration.

The live coverage continues at 11 p.m. with the launch of the Space Launch System and the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis 1 mission. The actual launch is scheduled 1:04 a.m. with the post launch news conference tentatively scheduled for 4 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16.

Stay tuned for the Artemis/Orion outbound trajectory correction burn scheduled at 7:51 a.m., with the first imagery coverage starting at 10 a.m.

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

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

International Space Station spacewalk featured on WKTV

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NASA astronauts will install the international docking adapter during a spacewalk on Aug. 19. (NASA)

By Kelly Taylor
kelly@wktv.org


On Monday, Aug. 19, WKTV will be featuring live coverage of the International Space Station Expedition 60 International Docking Adapter Installation Spacewalk.

NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Andrew “Drew” Morgan will venture outside the space station Monday morning for their latest spacewalk.

The international docking adaptor. (NASA)

Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m., with the spacewalk scheduled to begin at approximately 8 a.m. There will be live footage of the astronauts as they install the international docking adapter to the International Space Station.

On Wednesday, Aug. 21, WKTV will feature the launch of the un-piloted Soyuz MS-14 Spacecraft on a 2.1a Soyuz Booster from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Coverage of the launch starts at 11:15 p.m. with the launch scheduled for 11:38 p.m.

Live coverage continues on Saturday, Aug. 24 at 12:45 a.m. for the docking of the un-piloted Soyuz MS-15 to the International Space Station. The actual docking is expected to take place at 1:31a.m.

 

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

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

NASA programming features Russian spacewalk on May 29

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By Kelly Taylor

WKTV

On Wednesday, May 29, WKTV Government 26 will be featuring live coverage of the International Space Station Russian Spacewalk. 

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, who is currently serving as commander of the station, and Alexey Ovchinin will venture outside the space station Wednesday morning for a six-and-half-hour spacewalk. The spacewalk is part of Expedition 59.

This is Kononenko’s fourth time to the International Space Station. This will be his third spacewalk.  This is Ovchinin’s third trip to the International Space Station and his first spacewalk.

Coverage begins at 11:15 a.m., with the spacewalk scheduled to start at 11:44 a.m. The cosmonauts will continue with the upgrades to the International Space Station.

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

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

WKTV to air spacewalk from International Space Station

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Spacewalks at the International Space Station have been scheduled for May 16 and June 14.

By WKTV Staff

joanne@wktv.org

 

Wednesday, May 16, two NASA astronauts are scheduled to venture outside the International Space Station for a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk, all of which area residents will be able to watch on WKTV Government channel 26. The spacewalk begins at 8:10 a.m.

 

Expedition 55 Flight Engineers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold will be conducting maintenance needs and upgrades for the International Space Station. The two will move a component called a Pump Flow Control subassembly (PFCS) from a spare parts platform on the station’s truss “backbone” to the Special Purpose Dexerous Manipulator (Dexter) robotic arm. The PFCS drives controls the flow of ammonia through the exterior portions of the station’s cooling system. Robotics controllers on Earth will use Canadarm2 and Dextre to perform final installation on the port-side truss for checkout. The spacewalkers will remove a failed PFCS and return it to the spare parts depot. They’ll also replace a camera system on the Destiny Laboratory and a communications receiver. 

 

A second spacewalk has been planned for June 14 in acceptation of the May 24 arrival of the Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo resupply spacecraft. The ninth Cygnus cargo mission is scheduled to launch May 20 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The launch will be aired on WKTV Government channel 26. Coverage begins at 4:30 a.m. with the launch scheduled at 5:04 a.m.

 

Stay tune for the development of the Solar Arrays on the Pribital/ATK Cygnus Cargo Craft at 6:15 a.m. followed by a Post-Launch News Conference at around 7:30 a.m. 

 

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

 

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

The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, launches May 20. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Rescheduled spacewalk featured this month on WKTV Government 26

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WTV Government 26 will be broadcasting two special live events next week, the launch of ISS Progress 69 Cargo Ship and a spacewalk from the International Space Station.

 

On Sunday, Feb. 11, NASA will cover the launch of the Russian ISS Progress 69 Cargo Ship. The unmanned Progress 69 cargo craft will launch to the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Coverage will be begin at about 3:30 a.m. with the launch scheduled at 3:58 p.m.

 

Coverage will continue with the docking of the ISS Progress 69 Cargo Ship at 6:30 a.m. with the docking scheduled for 7:24 a.m. The cargo ship will be delivering food, fuel, and supplies.

 

On Thursday, Feb. 15, NASA will be showcasing the ISS Expedition 54 U.S. Spacewalk #48. This was the spacewalk that was scheduled to take place in January. Astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Norishige Kanai will stow and reposition a pair of Latching End Effectors (LEEs). The LEEs are robotic hands attached to the tip of the Canadarm2 that grab and release cargo ships and external station hardware.

 

According to NASA, during the 6.5-hour excursion, the spacewalkers will first move an older LEE from a bracket on the Mobile Base System on the truss to the Quest airlock. It was removed from Camadarm 2 during a spacewalk last October. Next, a degraded LEE detached from Canadarm2 during the lat U.S. spacewalk on Jan. 23 will be moved from an external stowage platform to the Mobile Base System.

 

Coverage will being at 5:30 a.m. and the spacewalk will start at approximately 7:10am.

 

For more information on NASA TV or the International Space Station, log on to www.nasa.gov. NASA TV can be seen on the WKTV 26 Government Channel on Comcast and on AT&T U-verse 99 Government Channel 99.

WKTV Government 26 to feature spacewalk on Thursday

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The six-member Expedition 53 crew poses for an official crew portrait at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Seated in the front (from left) are Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA. Standing in the back (from left) are NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei, Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency. (NASA photo)

Be sure to tune in to WKTV Government 26 for our upcoming Special Programming Event from NASA TV.
On Thursday, Oct. 5, the WKTV Government 26 channel will be featuring the ISS Expedition 53 U.S. Spacewalk. Coverage begins at  approximately 6:30 a.m. with the Spacewalk scheduled to start at 8:05 a.m. The Spacewalk is expected to last six and half hours.
For more information on the spacewalk, log on to www.nasa.gov. NASA TV can be seen on the WKTV 26 Government Channel and on AT&T U-verse Government Channel 99.