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1. NASA TO BRIEF MEDIA ABOUT COMPLETION OF ORION VEHICLE DESIGN REVIEW
2. STS-128 MCC Status Report #08

Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 11:54:43 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA TO BRIEF MEDIA ABOUT COMPLETION OF ORION VEHICLE DESIGN REVIEW

September 1, 2009

Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center 281-483-5111

Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668

Report #M09-165

NASA TO BRIEF MEDIA ABOUT COMPLETION OF ORION VEHICLE DESIGN REVIEW

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a teleconference Tuesday, Sept 1, at 3 p m EDT to discuss the conclusion of the preliminary design review for the Orion crew exploration vehicle

The preliminary design review is one of a series of reviews that occurs before hardware manufacturing may begin As the review process progresses, detailed parts of the vehicle design are assessed to ensure the overall system can meet all NASA requirements for safe and reliable flight The Orion Project's review process culminates in a board meeting held at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston beginning Aug 31

The briefing participants are: -Geoff Yoder, director, Constellation Systems Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington -Jeff Hanley, manager, Constellation Program, NASA's Johnson Space Center -Mark Geyer, manager, Orion Project, NASA's Johnson Space Center

Reporters should contact Grey Hautaluoma at 202-358-0668, or Ashley Edwards at 202-358-1756, by noon Sept 1 for dial-in information

To listen to live streaming audio of the call, visit:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

For more information about the Orion crew exploration vehicle, visit:

http://www nasa gov/orion

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Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 13:08:49 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-128 MCC Status Report #08

STS-128 Report #08 1 p m CDT Tuesday, Sept 1, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – The International Space Station and space shuttle Discovery crews shift their focus to spacewalking today, as they prepare for the first excursion of the mission Transfer work continues as well, including moving a new treadmill to its home in space

Their day started at noon with “Indiana, Our Indiana,” performed by the Indiana University Band, for Pilot Kevin Ford, born in Indiana and on his first spaceflight

Mission Specialist Danny Olivas and Expedition 20 Flight Engineer Nicole Stott will venture out the station door at 4:49 p m CDT to remove an Ammonia Tank Assembly from the station’s truss They will stow the tank, which has neared the end of its usefulness, on the station robotic arm It will remain there until the spacewalk Thursday when a new tank is installed and the old one is stored in the shuttle’s payload bay

Next, Stott will ride the robotic arm to meet Olivas on the Columbus laboratory to remove two exposure experiments They will remove the European Technology Exposure Facility (EuTEF), a European Space Agency experiment suite Once detached from the station, Olivas will hand EuTEF to Stott, who will carry it to the payload bay

Stott will step off the arm and meet Olivas back on Columbus where they will proceed to their final task - removal of the Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE) Olivas will detach two containers, passing the first to Stott, and they will install the cases in the payload bay for return to Earth

During the spacewalk, shuttle commander Rick Sturckow and Mission Specialist Pat Forrester will guide the spacewalkers through the procedures Ford and Flight Engineer Bob Thirsk will operate the station’s robotic arm

Meanwhile, mission specialists Jose Hernandez, Tim Kopra and Christer Fuglesang and Flight Engineer Mike Barratt will continue unloading the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module The crew got a head-start on unpacking yesterday, and plans to transfer an air revitalization system, a new crew quarters compartment and a new treadmill

The treadmill, dubbed the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT), was named after comedian Stephen Colbert, of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report,” took an interest in a recent NASA naming poll and urged his followers to post the name “Colbert ” The treadmill will be the second on the station

The next shuttle status report will be issued at the end of the crew’s workday, or earlier if events warrant The crew is due to go to sleep about 3:29 a m Wednesday

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