WASHINGTON - The launch of the next crew of the International Space Station, Expedition 16, and the landing of the current crew, Expedition 15, are among events to be broadcast on NASA Television from Sept. 27 to Oct. 21.

NASA's Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Soyuz Commander and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor are set to launch Oct. 10 at 9:21 a.m. EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Their Soyuz TMA-11 craft is planned to dock to the station on Oct. 12. Shukor will fly to the station under an agreement with the Russian Federal Space Agency.

An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Art and Pat Goforth Elementary, League City, Texas USA on 26 Sep. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:52 UTC.

The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and WH6PN. The contact should be audible in Hawaii. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. In addition, the audio should be available via IRLP and EchoLink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.

Goforth Elementary, one of 24 elementary schools in Clear Creek ISD, is a K-5th grade campus of approximately 915 students. We are an Exemplary rated campus. Our beautiful elementary school is named for longtime Clear Creek ISD educators Art and Pat Goforth. Mrs. Goforth was the first female high school assistant principal in Clear Creek ISD. Mr. Goforth was the first assistant principal in the district and served as Clear Creek High principal for 10 years.