Date: July 23rd 2009

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STS-127 MCC Status Report #14
NASA ANNOUNCES NEWS CONFERENCE WITH NEXT SPACE STATION CREW
NASA SETS BRIEFINGS ON NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION
SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION NEWS CONFERENCE SET FOR SUNDAY
STS-127 MCC Status Report #15

Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:46:09 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-127 MCC Status Report #14

STS-127 Report #14 Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 6:30 a m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

The third spacewalk of the STS-127 mission is scheduled to start at 9:58 a m CDT today and focus on the first set of battery replacements for the oldest solar array assembly on the International Space Station

The crew was awakened at 5:03 a m to the song Ã‚Â“Santa Monica,Ã‚Â” performed by Everclear, for EndeavourÃ‚Â’s pilot, Doug Hurley

Mission Specialists Dave Wolf and Chris Cassidy camped out in the Quest airlock module overnight, and will resume preparations for the excursion at 5:43 a m Mission Specialist Tom Marshburn will help coordinate their activities from inside the complex

Before the spacewalkers step outside, Hurley and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette will use the stationÃ‚Â’s Canadarm2 to maneuver the Integrated Cargo Carrier containing the new batteries into close proximity to the Port 6 truss, which was delivered to the station in November 2000

The cargo carrier was kept at a distance overnight to avoid interfering with solar array rotation to track the sun Over the past several days, flight controllers have discharged the old batteries to ensure thereÃ‚Â’s no danger of electrical shock for the spacewalkers The batteries store electricity generated by the solar arrays for use when the station is in the shadow of the Earth and the arrays are not able to generate power

Wolf and Cassidy also will remove multilayer insulation from the Kibo module and prepare the Japanese Exposed Section payloads for transfer from the Japanese cargo carrier to the scientific front porch

Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka and the rest of his multinational crew will continue maintaining station systems and performing experiments Flight Engineer Bob Thirsk is scheduled to work with the Bodies in Space Experiment, which looks at how the human body perceives up and down in microgravity

Station Flight Engineer Tim Kopra, the newest member of the Expedition 20 crew, will continue handover activities with off-going Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata

The space station crew goes to sleep a little earlier tonight, about 8 p m , followed 30 minutes later by the shuttle crew The next mission status report will be issued following the spacewalk, or earlier if events warrant

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Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:31:27 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA ANNOUNCES NEWS CONFERENCE WITH NEXT SPACE STATION CREW

July 16, 2009

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Report #M09-134

NASA ANNOUNCES NEWS CONFERENCE WITH NEXT SPACE STATION CREW

HOUSTON -- A NASA astronaut, Russian cosmonaut and the founder of Cirque du Soleil will hold a news conference at 8 a m CDT, Thursday, July 23 to discuss their upcoming flight to the International Space Station

Jeff Williams, Maxim Suraev and spaceflight participant Guy Lalibert? of Canada are scheduled to launch on a Soyuz spacecraft Sept 30 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan They will arrive two days later and join the Expedition 20 crew Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA astronaut Mike Barratt, European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Bob Thirsk and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko

The news conference from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will be broadcast live on NASA Television The briefing will include questions from reporters located at participating NASA centers and international partner location

Reporters interested in individual interviews with Williams and Suraev should contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 no later than noon July 22 A photo opportunity with Williams, Suraev and Lalibert? will be held following the news conference

On Oct 11, Padalka and Barratt will return to Earth with Lalibert?, who will spend nine days on the station under a commercial agreement with the Russian Federal Space Agency

For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the International Space Station, visit

http://www nasa gov/station

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Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:29:54 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA SETS BRIEFINGS ON NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION

July 22, 2009

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

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

Report #M09-136

NASA SETS BRIEFINGS ON NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION

HOUSTON -- NASA will hold a series of media briefings on Monday, Aug 10, to preview the next space shuttle mission to the International Space Station NASA Television and the agency's Web site will provide live coverage of the briefings from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston Questions also will be taken from other participating NASA locations

Shuttle Discovery's 13-day flight, called STS-128, is targeted to launch Aug 18 The flight will deliver 33,000 pounds of supplies and equipment to the station and a new crew member The equipment includes new science hardware and experiments, additional sleep quarters for the expanded station crew and an air purification system The mission also will deliver the COLBERT treadmill

Astronaut Rick Sturckow will command Discovery He will be joined by Pilot Kevin Ford and Mission Specialists Pat Forrester, Jose Hernandez, Danny Olivas and European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang NASA astronaut Nicole Stott will fly to the complex aboard Discovery to begin a three-month mission as a station resident She replaces NASA's Tim Kopra, who will return home on Discovery

U S reporters planning to attend the briefings in Houston must contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 by 5 p m CDT on Aug 6 for credentials Journalists representing foreign media, regardless of citizenship, must contact the Johnson newsroom by 5 p m on July 30

Schedule of activities (all times CDT): 7 a m -- STS-128 Video B-Roll 8 a m -- Program Overview Briefing 9 a m -- STS-128 Mission Overview Briefing 11 a m -- NASA TV Video File from NASA Headquarters 11:30 a m -- STS-128 Spacewalk Briefing 1 p m -- STS-128 Crew News Conference

Also on Aug 10, Discovery's seven astronauts will be available for round-robin interviews at Johnson Reporters must contact Gayle Frere at 281-483-8645 by Aug 6 to reserve an interview opportunity

STS-128 Mission Specialist Hernandez, providing insights about his training on Twitter in both English and Spanish His Twitter account is astro_jose, and he can be followed at:

http://www twitter com/astro_jose

For NASA TV streaming video, schedules and downlink information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For the latest information about the STS-128 mission and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

For the latest information on the International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:38:22 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION NEWS CONFERENCE SET FOR SUNDAY

July 22, 2009

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

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

Report #M09-137

SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION NEWS CONFERENCE SET FOR SUNDAY

HOUSTON -- The 13 crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 1:28 p m CDT on Sunday, July 26

Reporters may ask questions in person from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and NASA Headquarters in Washington Media also may participate from the Canadian Space Agency Headquarters in St Hubert, Quebec

Journalists 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-127 mission, the shuttle and station crews are working to complete construction of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory

Shuttle Commander Mark Polansky is sending updates about the mission to his Twitter account, Astro_127 He can be followed at:

http://www twitter com/Astro_127

For more information about the STS-127 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

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:46:40 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-127 MCC Status Report #15

STS-127 Report #15 Wednesday, July 22, 8 p m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON Ã‚Â– The third spacewalk outside the International Space Station ended after five hours, 59 minutes when a potential problem occurred with the carbon dioxide scrubbing device on one of the spacewalkerÃ‚Â’s suits concerned flight controllers in Mission Control

Mission specialists Dave Wolf and Chris Cassidy began the STS-127 missionÃ‚Â’s third spacewalk at 9:32 a m and ended it at 3:31 p m when CassidyÃ‚Â’s CO2 levels increased more than expected as the two were in the midst of installing six new batteries used to absorb solar energy for electricity production when the station is not in sunlight They completed two battery installations before ending the spacewalk The remainder will be installed during the fourth spacewalk Friday

To prepare for the P6 Truss battery swap out, mission specialists Doug Hurley and Julie Payette used the stationÃ‚Â’s robot arm to move the Integrated Cargo Carrier securing the batteries to the worksite

The spacewalkers removed insulation covers from the Kibo module and readied the Japanese Exposed Section payloads for their transfer to the Exposed Facility on Thursday

While there was no immediate danger to Cassidy, rules called for termination of the spacewalk This was the third of five spacewalks planned while Endeavour is docked to the station and the 128th in support of station assembly and maintenance, totaling 798 hours, 30 minutes It was the 100th spacewalk out of space station airlocks and the 216th American spacewalk in history It was WolfÃ‚Â’s seventh spacewalk, totaling 41 hours, 57 minutes and placing him 14th on the all-time list It was CassidyÃ‚Â’s first excursion

Much of tomorrowÃ‚Â’s planned activity will focus on the Japanese robotic arm, which will be used to transfer systems and experiments to the newly installed Japanese Exposed Facility on Kibo Astronauts Koichi Wakata and Tim Kopra will become the first to use the arm operationally as opposed to the testing that has been done up to this point

The space station crew goes to sleep a little earlier tonight, about 8 p m , followed 30 minutes later by the shuttle crew Wake up Thursday is scheduled for 4:33 a m The next mission status report will be issued following the spacewalk, or earlier if events warrant

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 22 Jul 2009 to 23 Jul 2009 (#2009-77)

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