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1. STS-128 MCC Status Report #02
2. STS-128 MCC Status Report #03

Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:45:37 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-128 MCC Status Report #02

STS-128 Report #02 Saturday, August 29, 2009 - 2 p m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON –The crew of space shuttle Discovery woke at 1:30 p m to start work on the first full day of their 13-day mission The seven-person crew will focus on heat shield inspections and preparations docking to the International Space Station Sunday

Overnight, the Flight Control Team reported the failure of one of two small steering jets that flank the orbiter nose due to a leak This will have no impact to docking, other mission activities or entry, but the crew will close a manifold to isolate both jets and disable them from use for the remainder of the mission

The song “Back in the Saddle Again” by Gene Autry, was played as the wake-up music for shuttle commander Rick Sturckow Sturckow will be joined by Pilot Kevin Ford for their first task of the day – a firing of the Orbital Maneuvering System engines to refine Discovery’s path toward the station A second burn is planned later in the crew day

Ford will then join Mission Specialists Pat Forrester and Jose Hernandez to perform the survey of the shuttle’s heat shield Using the shuttle robotic arm and specialized cameras, they’ll commence with a well-established choreography to capture detailed video of the orbiter’s wing-leading edges and nose cap The imagery will be reviewed by specialists to ensure there was no damage from liftoff

Their crewmates Danny Olivas, Christer Fuglesang and Nicole Stott will perform a check out of the space suits they will wear on the mission’s three spacewalks and prepare the suits for transfer to the station

Later in the day, the crew will set up the centerline camera, extend the Orbiter Docking System ring and check out other equipment that will be used for tomorrow’s approach and docking to the space station

Aboard the station, Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka and flight engineers Michael Barratt, Tim Kopra, Roman Romanenko, Robert Thirsk of the Canadian Space Agency and Frank De Winne of the European Space Agency, will prepare for the arrival of the Discovery crew by reviewing photography procedures for documenting the condition of the shuttle’s heat protection tiles as it completes a rendezvous pitch maneuver during its approach to the station

Discovery’s crew will go to bed just before 4:30 p m

The next shuttle status report will be issued at the end of the crew’s workday, or earlier if events warrant

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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:49:42 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-128 MCC Status Report #03

STS-128 Report #03 Saturday, August 29, 2009 - 11:30 p m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

During their first full day in space, astronauts aboard Discovery conducted a daylong inspection of the space shuttle’s thermal protection system, checked out spacesuits and prepared to dock with the International Space Station

With Commander Rick Sturckow at the controls, Discovery is scheduled to link up with the space station at 8:03 p m CDT Sunday

Pilot Kevin Ford and mission specialists Patrick Forrester and Jose Hernandez took turns using the 50-foot-long Orbiter Boom Sensor System, attached to the shuttle’s robotic arm, to inspect the shuttle’s right wing, nose cap and left wing Specialists on the ground will analyze the imagery to ensure the shuttle’s heat shield sustained no damage during the climb to orbit

Working in Discovery’s middeck, mission specialists Danny Olivas, Christer Fuglesang and Nicole Stott completed a two-hour checkout of the spacesuits that will be used during three spacewalks planned for the docked phase of the mission They conducted leak checks on the suits and prepared them for transfer to the station

Docking preparations occupied the remainder of the crew’s workday The crew tested equipment that will be used for rendezvous operations Forrester and Fuglesang installed an Orbiter Docking System centerline camera and extended the outer ring atop the docking system

Awaiting Discovery’s arrival at the station are Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka and flight engineers Michael Barratt, Tim Kopra, Roman Romanenko, Robert Thirsk of the Canadian Space Agency and Frank De Winne of the European Space Agency The station crew members spent the day preparing for the seven new visitors by reviewing photography procedures they will use to capture images of Discovery’s underside as Sturckow pilots a back flip during the approach to the station Padalka and Barratt will use digital cameras with 400 and 800 millimeter lenses to snap detailed photos of the shuttle’s heat shield tiles

The shuttle crew is scheduled to begin its eight-hour sleep period at 4:29 a m Sunday

The next status report will be issued after wake-up at 12:29 p m Sunday, or earlier if events warrant

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 29 Aug 2009 to 30 Aug 2009 (#2009-92)

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