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1. STS-127 MCC Status Report #26
2. STS-127 MCC Status Report #27

Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:32:43 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-127 MCC Status Report #26

STS-127 Report #26 2:30 a m CDT Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – The crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station will part company today, with all of the docked mission’s objectives complete

The shuttle crew was awakened at 2:03 a m CDT to the strains of “Proud to Be an American” performed by Lee Greenwood The song was selected for spacewalker Chris Cassidy, a former Navy SEAL, who now has 18 hours, five minutes of extravehicular activity to his credit over three spacewalks

Commander Mark Polansky and his team will begin checking out the laser rangefinders and other equipment that will be used to provide precise readings on the distance between the two spacecraft at 6:03 a m

The joint crew – the largest ever assembled on one space vehicle – will transfer the last frozen science samples from the station to the shuttle at 9:08 a m Then, farewells will commence at 9:23 a m , and hatches will close at 9:38 a m

The Expedition 20 crew on the station will be losing one crewmember and gaining another Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Astronaut Koichi Wakata will be returning home on Endeavour after four months as a member of the Expedition 18, 19 and 20 crews He will do so after providing a thorough handover to the station’s new NASA flight engineer, Tim Kopra, who arrived aboard Endeavour

The station will be reoriented for undocking by 11:38 a m , and docking latches will open at 12:26 p m allowing Endeavour to drift free Pilot Doug Hurley will guide Endeavour on a fly-around of the station at a distance of 400 feet, with final separation from the orbiting outpost at 1:41 p m

The station’s Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly is once again working in automatic mode following a software update that was uplinked by Mission Control on Monday Commander Gennady Padalka and his crew will now turn its attention to preparations for the arrival of the Progress 34 cargo craft at 6:16 a m Wednesday

The newly separated crews will begin their sleep periods about 6 p m

The next status report will be issued at the end of the crew day or earlier if warranted

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Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:55:24 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-127 MCC Status Report #27

STS-127 Report #27 5 p m CDT Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – The record-size space crew of thirteen split up as Endeavour and the International Space Station undocked from each other at 12:26 p m

Commander Mark Polansky and the shuttle crew, Pilot Doug Hurley and mission specialists Chris Cassidy, Julie Payette, Tom Marshburn, Dave Wolf and Koichi Wakata boarded Endeavour to begin their trip home Wakata spent 133 days onboard the space station

After undocking, Hurley flew Endeavour around the station at a distance of 400 feet and completed a separation maneuver from the orbiting outpost at 2:09 p m

The shuttle crew will complete an inspection of Endeavour’s heat shield and test out its entry systems over the next two days, aiming for landing Friday morning at Kennedy Space Center

The six-person Expedition 20 crew, including new member Tim Kopra, will turn its attention to another visiting spacecraft The ISS Progress 34 supply vehicle is due to dock at the station Wednesday at 6:16 a m The crew also will continue on with research in the orbiting laboratory

As the station and shuttle orbit the Earth separately this evening, people in many U S cities may be able to see them, weather permitting The Progress vehicle may be visible trailing behind them as well

To check for local sighting opportunities, visit:

http://spaceflight nasa gov/realdata/sightings/index html

The newly separated crews will begin their sleep periods about 6 p m The shuttle crew is due to wake up about 2 a m Wednesday

The next status report will be issued after the shuttle crew wakes, or earlier if warranted

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 28 Jul 2009 to 29 Jul 2009 (#2009-83)

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