Kirsten Larson
Headquarters, Washington, DC        February 26, 2001
(Phone: 202/358-0243)

Rob Navias
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
(Phone: 281/483-5111)

RELEASE: 01-29

SPECIAL DELIVERY: CARGO SHIP TO ARRIVE AT
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION; LIVE TV COVERAGE PLANNED

     The Expedition One crew will receive a special delivery 
this week -- a Russian cargo ship that will dock to the 
orbiting outpost Feb. 28. The cargo ship will be carrying 
supplies for the next Expedition crew, Commander Yury Usachev 
and flight engineers Jim Voss and Susan Helms, who will 
replace the Expedition One crew next month. 

On Wednesday, Feb. 28, NASA Television plans live coverage of 
the Russian Progress supply ship's arrival at the space 
station. Coverage and commentary will originate from the 
Space Station Control Room at NASA's Johnson Space Center, 
Houston, TX, beginning at 4 a.m. EST. The automated Progress 
docking is planned for around 4:48 a.m. EST. 

Expedition One Soyuz Pilot Yuri Gidzenko will be stationed in 
the Zvezda Service Module to take over manual control of the 
docking operation, if necessary, as he did back in November 
during another Progress arrival. Commander Bill Shepherd and 
Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev will also be standing by in 
the Service Module.

The Expedition One crew is scheduled to return to Earth in 
late March aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, having lived 
aboard the space station for more than four months.

NASA Television can be found on GE-2, Transponder 9C, 85 
degrees West longitude, vertical polarization, 3880 MHz, with 
audio at 6.8 MHz.

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