Date: September 5th 2009

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STS-128 MCC Status Report #13
STS-128 MCC Status Report #14
TWIN NASA COMMANDERS TWITTER ABOUT POSSIBLE SPACE MEETING
STS-128 MCC Status Report #15

Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 01:56:41 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-128 MCC Status Report #13

STS-128 Report #13 2 a m CDT Friday, Sept 4, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON Ã‚Â– The International Space Station has about 600 pounds of fresh ammonia circulating through its port cooling system, thanks to the work today of spacewalkers Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang

Olivas and Fuglesang spent 6 hours and 39 minutes outside the station during the second spacewalk of DiscoveryÃ‚Â’s mission, primarily working to install a new ammonia tank assembly, which pushes ammonia through loops on the space stationÃ‚Â’s truss to get rid of excess heat generated by the stationÃ‚Â’s systems The spacewalk began at 5:12 p m CDT Thursday, and ended at 11:51 p m

In addition, the spacewalkers prepared the empty ammonia tank assembly that theyÃ‚Â’d removed on Tuesday for return to Earth by bolting it down inside the shuttleÃ‚Â’s cargo bay By that point in the spacewalk, Olivas and Fuglesang were ahead of their timeline, and so were able to move into get-ahead work

They installed protective lens covers on the cameras of the stationÃ‚Â’s robotic arm, which will shield them from contamination when the arm is used to dock the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle to the station later this month And they installed a portable foot restraint on the stationÃ‚Â’s truss system for use during upcoming missions

Meanwhile, inside the space station, Mission Specialist Jose Hernandez and station Flight Engineers Michael Barratt, Frank De Winne and Robert Thrisk continued the work of unloading the Leonardo multi-purpose logistics module of the 8 tons of cargo it carried into space and filling it back up with items to be returned home The crew has finished about half the transfer work to be done, and has until Monday to do the rest

DiscoveryÃ‚Â’s crew is scheduled to go to sleep around 3 a m and wake up at 10:59 a m The next shuttle status report will be issued after the crew gets its wakeup call or earlier if events warrant

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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 12:11:44 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-128 MCC Status Report #14

STS-128 Report #14 Noon CDT Friday, Sept 4, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON Ã‚Â– Mid-mission, the activities in space slow down a bit while the shuttle crew members have the morning off They will join their International Space Station counterparts for work in the afternoon, continuing with supply transfers and preparing for the third spacewalk

For the second time, the crew was awakened by the sound of Louis Armstrong singing Ã‚Â“What a Wonderful World,Ã‚Â” this time played for Mission Specialist Danny Olivas The crew was awakened at 11 a m CDT

Shuttle Commander Rick Sturckow, Pilot Kevin Ford and Mission Specialists Pat Forrester, Jose Hernandez, Christer Fuglesang, Tim Kopra and Olivas all have the morning off

Station Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineers Mike Barratt, Roman Romanenko, Robert Thirsk, Frank De Winne and Nicole Stott have some off-duty time scheduled and will continue station maintenance work Stott, Thirsk and De Winne also have about two hours scheduled to study H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) procedures JapanÃ‚Â’s HTV is set to launch to the station Sept 10 and arrive a week later

All 13 crew members will gather for a midday meal, crew photo and news conference At 7:54 p m , they will convene in the station to take questions from media in the United States, Canada and Sweden

The crew resumes transfer work for the rest of the day Flight controllers report the planned transfer of supplies is more than 60 percent complete The crew also will prepare the spacesuits and airlock for the third and final excursion of the mission slated for Saturday The shuttle crew, station commander and Stott will all convene to review the spacewalk procedures before Olivas and Fuglesang prepare to spend their night in the Quest airlock

The next shuttle status report will be issued near the end of the crewÃ‚Â’s workday, or earlier if events warrant The station crew is due to go to sleep about 2:30 a m Saturday and the shuttle crew follows thirty minutes later

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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 13:54:26 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: TWIN NASA COMMANDERS TWITTER ABOUT POSSIBLE SPACE MEETING

September 4, 2009

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

Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100

Report #H09-204

TWIN NASA COMMANDERS TWITTER ABOUT POSSIBLE SPACE MEETING

HOUSTON -- Two NASA astronaut commanders have perspectives like no others on Twitter -- the views of twin brothers preparing on opposite sides of the world to command both the space shuttle and the International Space Station

The tweeting twins are astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly Mark is the commander of space shuttle mission STS-134, set to launch in late 2010 Scott is the commander of station Expedition 26, also set to fly in late 2010 If schedules hold, the two may meet in space during their respective commands

To follow the Kelly twins as they give insights to the world, and to each other, visit their respective Twitter accounts

For Mark: http://twitter com/shuttlecdrkelly

For Scott: http://twitter com/stationcdrkelly

The brothers are natives of West Orange, N J , and both are Navy captains NASA selected them as astronauts in 1996 Mark is a veteran of three space shuttle flights He served as the pilot on missions STS-108 in 2001 and STS-121 in 2006 and commanded STS-124 in 2008 He has logged 38 days in space on his three flights

Scott is a veteran of two space shuttle flights He served as the pilot on mission STS-103 in 1999 and commanded STS-118 in 2007 He has logged almost 21 days in space and is currently preparing for a six-month stay aboard the station

To follow all NASA astronauts currently on Twitter, visit:

http://twitter com/NASA_astronauts

To find out more about the shuttle, station and all of NASA's programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 20:57:32 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-128 MCC Status Report #15

STS-128 Report #15 Friday, Sept 4, 2009 - 9 p m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON Ã‚Â– After a mid-mission rest, DiscoveryÃ‚Â’s crew is now ready to go for SaturdayÃ‚Â’s third and final spacewalk of the mission

With two spacewalks and more than half of their scheduled transfer work complete, the first half of the STS-128 missionÃ‚Â’s eighth day in space was set aside for off-duty time for its crew

The crew members wrapped up their relaxation with a 40-minute news conference, where they and their International Space Station counterparts answered questions from American, Canadian and European journalists

After that, it was back to work with more cargo transfer Ã‚Â– primarily packing up the emptied Leonardo multi-purpose logistics module with items to be sent home Ã‚Â– and preparation for the missionÃ‚Â’s third spacewalk

SaturdayÃ‚Â’s spacewalk, to be conducted by Mission Specialists Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang, is scheduled to begin just before 4 p m The plan for the excursion has changed slightly from the pre-mission agenda In ThursdayÃ‚Â’s spacewalk, Olivas and Fuglesang found that heater cables on the outside of pressurized mating adapter 3 appeared to be in an incorrect configuration to reach properly for relocation That task has, therefore, been deferred

The rest of the plan will stay essentially the same The spacewalkers will be deploying a payload attachment system on the stationÃ‚Â’s truss that will be needed during the next shuttle mission to the station, and replace a rate gyro assembly, a power control module and two GPS antennas

DiscoveryÃ‚Â’s crew is scheduled to go to sleep around 3 a m Saturday and wake up at 10:59 a m The next shuttle status report will be issued after the crew gets its wakeup call or earlier if events warrant

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 4 Sep 2009 to 5 Sep 2009 (#2009-98)

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