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1. STS-126 MCC Status Report #10
2. ENDEAVOUR, SPACE STATION NEWS CONFERENCE SET FOR FRIDAY
3. STS-126 MCC Status Report #11

Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:59:01 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-126 MCC Status Report #10

STS-126 Report #10 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 9:00 a m CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

Moving of supplies and equipment between Endeavour and the International Space Station and installation in the station of equipment are on today’s agenda for the 10 members of the spacecraft’s crews

They also will begin preparations for the second of four mission spacewalks, this one to start at 12:45 p m CST Thursday The preparations include a spacewalk procedure review for shuttle astronauts and station Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Sandra Magnus Subsequently spacewalkers Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Shane Kimbrough will begin the standard pre-spacewalk campout in the station’s Quest airlock

Endeavour crew members, Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Eric Boe and mission specialists Don Pettit, Steve Bowen, Piper, Kimbrough and Greg Chamitoff, were awakened at 7:55 a m CST The song was “Fanfare for the Common Man” by Aaron Copeland It was played for Boe

The Waste and Hygiene Rack, which includes a new toilet, was moved into the station Tuesday and installed in the U S laboratory Destiny To be moved to the station today and installed in the Harmony node are the port and starboard crew quarters That job will be handled by Chamitoff and Magnus

The Multi-purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Leonardo will be on the receiving end for some of the equipment moved A resupply stowage rack is scheduled to be moved from the Harmony node to the MPLM by Chamitoff and Magnus after the crew quarters installation

The campout by spacewalkers Piper and Kimbrough is to begin at 10:20 p m , immediately after the procedure review They will be in Quest overnight, with its pressure at 10 2 psi compared to the station’s 14 7 psi, to reduce their systems’ nitrogen content That is to avoid the possibility of decompression sickness

Piper and Bowen will talk with reporters from Associated Press, KSMP-TV in Minneapolis and WCVB-TV in Boston That 20-minute chat is to begin at 2:50 p m

Endeavour’s crew is scheduled to go to bed at 11:55 p m today and be awakened at 7:55 a m Thursday The next shuttle status report will be issued at the end of the crew day, or earlier if events warrant

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Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:58:30 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: ENDEAVOUR, SPACE STATION NEWS CONFERENCE SET FOR FRIDAY

November 19, 2008

James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M08-235

ENDEAVOUR, SPACE STATION NEWS CONFERENCE SET FOR FRIDAY

HOUSTON -- The 10 crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 2:05 p m CST on Friday, Nov 21

Reporters may ask questions in person only from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and NASA Headquarters in Washington

To participate in the news conference, U S journalists must call the public affairs office at their preferred NASA center by 1 p m Friday Media will need to be in place at participating locations at least 20 minutes prior to the start of the news conference

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 40-minute news conference For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

During Endeavour's STS-126 mission, astronauts are preparing the station to house six crew members for long-duration missions and conducting four spacewalks to service the station's two Solar Alpha Rotary Joints

For more information about the STS-126 mission and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

For more information about the space station and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:57:38 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-126 MCC Status Report #11

STS-126 Report #11 5 p m CST Wednesday, Nov 19, 2008 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – Home improvements continued aboard the International Space Station with installation of two new bedrooms and preparations to activate a water recycling facility

Station flight engineer Sandra Magnus and her predecessor Greg Chamitoff moved the port and starboard crew quarters to the station and installed them in the Harmony node They also installed a rack with equipment for return to Earth inside the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module

Other crew members also continued moving equipment and supplies between the two spacecraft Transfer of all of the phone-booth-sized racks planned for this mission has been completed Transfer work overall is about twenty five percent complete

Former Expedition 6 station resident, Endeavour mission specialist Don Pettit and Expedition 18 station commander Mike Fincke spent a bulk of the day configuring hardware on the new Water Recovery System The facility will treat wastewater and provide recycled water clean enough to drink The system will be activated for initial checkouts tonight It will take about two days of initial operations before the first sample of water processed from urine is available for testing

Later today, the crew members will prepare for the second of four spacewalks by gathering tools and reviewing procedures Subsequently, spacewalkers Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Shane Kimbrough will begin the standard pre-spacewalk campout in the station’s Quest airlock

The campout will begin at 10:20 p m Piper and Kimbrough will be in Quest overnight, with its pressure at 10 2 psi compared to the station’s 14 7 psi, to reduce their systems’ nitrogen content That is to avoid the possibility of decompression sickness

Endeavour’s crew is scheduled to go to bed at 11:55 p m today and be awakened at 7:55 a m Thursday The spacewalk is set to start at 12:45 p m Thursday

The next shuttle status report will be issued after crew wake, or earlier if events warrant

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 19 Nov 2008 to 20 Nov 2008 (#2008-123)

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