Thomas Reiter – an ESA Astronaut Getting Ready for his Mission / ESA TV Exchanges / 23-05-2006
The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:
23-May-06 09:15 – 09:30 GMT
Thomas Reiter – an ESA Astronaut Getting Ready for his Mission
ESA TV Exchanges
Background information on the transmission:
Replay 1: 23 May 2006 – 15:00-15:15 GMT
Replay 2: 27 May 2006 – 10:30-10:45 GMT
In July, German ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter will lift aboard Shuttle mission STS-121 to the International Space Station, to begin a six-month stay on the ISS.
Shuttle mission STS-121 will return to Earth after 12 days, leaving Reiter on the ISS where he will together with an American and a Russian astronaut, take part in all operations, including a space walk. In addition, he will perform a programme of European experiments.
Today’s Exchange is a portrait of Reiter preparing for his mission, with recent soundbites on how he sees his role and the challenges of his mission, and background footage on his training.
The script is online as a PDF file under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS46318.pdf
A very detailed 71-page press kit (7 MB) on the mission is online under http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/m4w/Astrolab%20infokit%20Complete%20%5bv8%5d.pdf (please take into account that the document will only open when the download is complete).
A WMV preview file is online under http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mphi/reiterlf-17052006.wmv
This ESA TV Exchanges feed is transmitted by the European Commission’s “Europe by Satellite” (EbS) service. You can find the complete transmission schedule and download scripts and shot lists, also for ESA TV items, from the EbS Web site at http://europa.eu.int/comm/ebs/schedule.cfm
More background information can be found on http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAYBVZUMOC_astronauts_0.html.
Transmission details:EUTELSAT HOT BIRD at 13° East (DVB/MPEG-2)
Horizontal, F=12,476 MHz (MCPC, Europe by Satellite)
SR=27,500 MS/sec, FEC=3/4
For further information, visit our website at http://television.esa.int. For other enquires, contact Claus Habfast, Tel +31 71 565 3838, Fax +31 71 565 6340, e-mail claus.habfast@esa.int.
