Oct 10 2017

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MEDIA ADVISORY M17-122 NASA to Televise International Space Station Cargo Ship Launch, Docking

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft delivering almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station beginning at 5:15 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 12.

Launch of the unpiloted Russian Progress 68 is scheduled for 5:32 a.m. (3:32 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The spacecraft is set to dock to the Pirs Docking Compartment on the Russian segment at 8:56 a.m. Docking comes just three and a half hours, or two orbits of Earth, after launch to demonstrate an expedited capability for potential use on future Russian cargo and crew launches. NASA TV coverage of rendezvous and docking will begin at 8:15 a.m. Progress 68 will remain docked at the station for more than five months before departing in March for its deorbit into Earth’s atmosphere.

MEDIA ADVISORY M17-121 NASA TV to Broadcast Hispanic Heritage Event

NASA will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at the James Webb Auditorium in the agency’s headquarters in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 12, with a discussion of the contributions of Hispanics to NASA’s mission and the importance of Hispanic representation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and careers.

¡Latinos STEM Up! is open to the public and will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website at 10 a.m. EDT.

Opening remarks will be delivered via video from Dr. Ellen Ochoa, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and the first Hispanic woman in space. The event features a panel moderated by Elvis Cordova, former acting under secretary for the U.S Department of Agriculture, which will discuss increasing Hispanic participation in the STEM fields. The panelists are:

• Dr. Marla Perez Davis, deputy center director, NASA’s Glenn Research Center, Cleveland
• Sandra Cauffman, Earth Science Division deputy director, NASA Headquarters
• Dr. Yaireska M. Collado-Vega, physical scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
• Marilé Colón Robles, education outreach coordinator, NASA’s Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.
• Dr. Carolina Aguirre, director, Reaching Rural STEM Students, University of New Mexico
• Jose Antonio Tijerino, president and CEO, Hispanic Heritage Foundation

Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot will deliver closing remarks via recorded video.

¡Latinos STEM Up! is being hosted by NASA’s Hispanic Outreach and Leadership Alliance (HOLA) and the Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management Division (EODM).