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1. STS-126 MCC Status Report #26
2. STS-126 MCC Status Report #27

Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:33:53 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-126 MCC Status Report #26

STS-126 Report #26 Thursday, November 27, 2008 - 8:00 a m CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – After Thanksgiving dinner with their hosts on the International Space Station, the seven members of the space shuttle Endeavour crew will board their spacecraft, close its hatches and make final preparations for Friday’s undocking

Endeavour crew members, Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Eric Boe and Mission Specialists Don Pettit, Steve Bowen, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Shane Kimbrough and Greg Chamitoff, were awakened at 6 a m CST The song was “Hold On Tight” by the Electric Light Orchestra It was for Piper

The crews will have most of their morning off After the free time shuttle crew members will talk with representatives of Space com, KYW-TV in Philadelphia and KOIN-TV in Portland, Ore

Then they’ll share the Thanksgiving meal with Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineers Yury Lonchakov and Sandra Magnus On the menu are smoked turkey, cornbread dressing, green beans and mushrooms, candied yams and cranapple dessert

The Multipurpose Logistics Module Leonardo has been loaded with items for return to Earth and is in the shuttle cargo bay After the last few items are transferred from the station to Endeavour’s middeck, Ferguson and Pettit will check out rendezvous tools A little before 5 p m , the station and shuttle crew members will say farewell to one another and close hatches between the two vehicles

Shuttle crewmembers will install the centerline camera that gave them a view of their docking port as they approached the station It will provide a similar view as they depart

After leak checks, the shuttle astronauts will begin their scheduled eight-hour sleep period at 8:55 p m Their Friday wakeup call at 4:55 a m will begin a day that will see undocking from the station at 8:47 a m , a flyaround of the station beginning about half an hour later, and the shuttle’s departure from the area of the station about 11:15 a m

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: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:35:45 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-126 MCC Status Report #27

STS-126 Report #27 7 p m CST Thursday, Nov 27, 2008 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON –The crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station bid one another farewell on Thanksgiving Day, closing the hatches between the two spacecraft at 6:31 p m CST The two crews conducted joint operations for 11 days, 15 minutes

Endeavour crew members Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Eric Boe and Mission Specialists Don Pettit, Steve Bowen, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Shane Kimbrough and Greg Chamitoff shared a Thanksgiving meal with the Expedition 18 crew, Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineers Yury Lonchakov and Sandy Magnus, in the Russian Zvezda Service Module before saying goodbye

After closing the hatches, the shuttle crew began preparations for Sunday’s return to Earth by checking out their rendezvous tools, installing a centerline camera in the shuttle’s docking system to provide visual acuity to the crew after undocking, and finished packing for their return trip home

The crew plans to go to sleep about 9 p m tonight and will be awakened at 4:55 Friday morning

Endeavour is set to undock from the International Space Station at 8:47 a m Friday as the two craft pass just to the east of Taiwan With Boe at the controls of Endeavour, he will conduct a fly-around of the station to enable the crew to capture photos and video of the station The final separation burn is set for 11:14 a m

The next status report will be issued after crew wakeup Friday, or earlier if events warrant

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 27 Nov 2008 to 28 Nov 2008 (#2008-131)

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