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1. STS-127 MCC Status Report #12
2. STS-127 MCC Status Report #13

Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:40:49 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-127 MCC Status Report #12

STS-127 Report #12 Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 6:30 a m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

With two of five spacewalks and some of the most challenging robotics operations of the mission complete, the pace will let up briefly today for the international crews of STS-127 and Expedition 20

Robotic operations and spacesuit preparations will pave the way for the third spacewalk of the mission on Wednesday, but the International Space Station crew will enjoy an afternoon off

The crew was awakened at 5:03 a m CDT to the sounds of “Life Is a Highway,” performed by Rascal Flatts The tune was played for Tom Marshburn, who completed his first spacewalk Monday

The main objective Tuesday is the transfer of the Japanese Experiment Logistics Module-Exposed Section from Endeavour’s cargo bay to the station’s new “front porch ” Endeavour Commander Mark Polansky and Mission Specialist Julie Payette will use the shuttle’s robotic arm to remove the experiment carrier from Endeavour’s payload bay and hand it off to the station’s robotic arm, operated by Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata They’ll position the structure and its experiments near the Japanese Exposed Facility, where they’ll be ready for transfer to the station on flight day 9

Polansky, Hurley, Payette and lead spacewalker Dave Wolf will answer questions posed by visitors on YouTube and Twitter Polansky is providing regular updates on the mission’s progress from space via Twitter

The station’s Waste Hygiene Compartment toilet continues to work well following maintenance work by Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Frank De Winne

The combined crew will have several off-duty hours, then prepare for the mission’s third spacewalk by checking out spacesuits and tools, and reviewing procedures for a challenging set of solar array battery replacements on the Port 6 truss structure Wednesday

The crew sleep period begins about 9 p m with wake-up set for 5:03 a m Wednesday The next mission status report will be issued at the end of the day, or earlier if events warrant

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Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:24:54 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-127 MCC Status Report #13

STS-127 Report #13 4:30 p m CDT Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – The combined efforts of the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Endeavour crews were successful in installing the Japanese Logistics Module-Exposed Section using two robotic arms

Commander Mark Polansky and mission specialist Julie Payette operated the robotic arm aboard the space shuttle to pass the platform from Endeavour to Canadarm2 on the space station Canadarm2 was operated by mission specialist Koichi Wakata and shuttle pilot Doug Hurley

The Japanese Exposed Section was installed at about 9:30 a m The Japanese robotic arm on the station will be used Thursday to take experiments from that Exposed Section and install them on the new porch of the Kibo laboratory

Astronauts Dave Wolf and Chris Cassidy began preparations for their spacewalk Wednesday, which is scheduled to begin at 9:58 a m Wolf and Cassidy changed out a series of spacesuit batteries to prepare for their spacewalk

Tonight they will sleep in the airlock where they will adjust to a lower pressure, going from 14 7 psi to 10 psi, to adapt for the conditions in their spacesuit This spacewalk will be the third spacewalk of the mission and will focus on the installation of four of the six Port 6 (P6) Truss batteries

Polansky, Hurley, Payette and Wolf took time to answer questions posed by visitors on YouTube and Twitter Polansky is providing regular updates on the mission’s progress from space via Twitter at http://twitter com/Astro_127

Tim Kopra continued with his familiarization of the space station, having recently replaced Wakata as an Expedition 20 Flight Engineer

Both crews enjoyed off-duty time throughout their afternoon in space

The space station crew goes to sleep about 9:30 p m , followed 30 minutes later by the shuttle crew The next mission status report will be issued following crew wake up, or earlier if events warrant

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 21 Jul 2009 to 22 Jul 2009 (#2009-76)

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