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1. STS-125 MCC Status Report #02
2. STS-125 MCC Status Report #03

Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 04:07:49 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-125 MCC Status Report #02

STS-125 Report #02 Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 4:00 a m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

A busy day is ahead for the crew of space shuttle Atlantis as they continue to close in on the Hubble Space Telescope Today’s wake-up music was “Kryptonite” performed by Three Doors Down It was played for pilot Greg Johnson

The STS-125 crew – Commander Scott Altman, Johnson and mission specialists Michael Good, Megan McArthur, John Grunsfeld, Mike Massimino and Andrew Feustel – will unberth the Orbiter Boom Sensor System with the shuttle’s robotic arm and use it to scan Atlantis’ thermal protection system and the leading edges of the wings The photos captured by the OBSS will be downlinked to the ground team in Houston for analysis

Altman and Grunsfeld also will prepare the Flight Support System (FSS) for berthing the telescope on Wednesday The FSS is a maintenance platform in the aft part of the shuttle’s payload bay that can rotate and tilt the telescope to make access during the mission’s spacewalks easier

Grunsfeld, Massimino, Good and Feustel will check out the Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMU), which are the spacesuits each of them will use during the mission’s five spacewalks They will also take a look at the tools they will be using

The STS-125 crew will begin its sleep period at 8:01 p m and awaken at 4:01 a m Wednesday The next shuttle status report will be issued at the end of the crew’s day, or earlier if events warrant

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Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 17:09:36 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-125 MCC Status Report #03

STS-125 Report #03 Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 5 p m CDT
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

Atlantis continued to move steadily closer to the Hubble Space Telescope today, and its crew made good use of the time to perform a thorough inspection of the shuttle’s heat shield

Over the course of the day, five members of the seven-person crew took part in that survey, which lasted more than seven hours Commander Scott Altman, Pilot Gregory C Johnson, and Mission Specialists Michael Good, Megan McArthur and Mike Massimino all used the shuttle’s 50-foot orbiter boom sensor system, attached to the shuttle’s 49-foot robotic arm, at one point or another to get an up close look at the surface of the shuttle’s belly and its wing-leading edges and nose cap The data was sent to the ground, where it will be carefully analyzed to make sure that the shuttle didn’t sustain any serious damage during Monday’s launch

During that inspection, mission managers noted one area of damage on the forward part of the spacecraft where the wing blends into the fuselage Initially it appears to be very minor and of no concern for the mission, however the standard expert analysis is underway

Meanwhile, Mission Specialists John Grunsfeld and Andrew Feustel, with help from Massimino, checked out the four spacesuits that they and Good will wear for the mission’s five spacewalks

Before the crew begins their sleep period for the night, Good and Feustel will be checking out the tools they’ll use tomorrow as they rendezvous with the Hubble, and Altman and Johnson will fire the shuttle’s engines to perfect its course to the telescope

Rendezvous operations will begin at 6:41 a m Central on Wednesday, with the actual grapple of the telescope using the shuttle’s robotic arm scheduled for 11:54 a m

The STS-125 crew will begin its sleep period at 8:01 p m and awaken at 4:01 a m Wednesday The next shuttle status report will be issued after that wake up call or earlier if events warrant

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