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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:45:08 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-128 MCC Status Report #26
STS-128 Report #26 10:30 a m CDT Thursday, Sept 10, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
HOUSTON – The astronauts on space shuttle Discovery are ready to wrap up a nearly 13-day flight with a landing this evening at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida
This morning’s wakeup song, “Good Day Sunshine” by The Beatles, was played for Pilot Kevin Ford
The first task for Ford and Commander Rick Sturckow is to make ready for an orbital adjustment engine firing to move Discovery out of the path of a piece of orbital debris That burn of Discovery’s orbital maneuvering system engines is scheduled for 11:02 a m CDT The maneuver will not alter the scheduled landing opportunities today
Mission specialists Pat Forrester, Jose Hernandez, Danny Olivas, Christer Fuglesang and Tim Kopra join Sturckow and Ford to begin deorbit preparations about 1 p m as they get themselves and their ship ready for the ride home
The deorbit burn for today’s first landing opportunity today, on orbit 202, is at 4:59 p m Discovery would cross above southern Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico, skirt west of Cuba and cross the Florida coast above Sarasota, with landing at Kennedy’s runway 15 at 6:05 p m
A second landing opportunity at Kennedy today would put the shuttle and crew on the ground at 7:42 p m The weather forecast for both opportunities today calls for a chance of thunderstorms within 30 nautical miles of the Shuttle Landing Facility
If needed, there are two landing opportunities at Kennedy on Friday There are two opportunities available at the Edwards Air Force Base in California should the entry flight control team choose to also target the backup landing site Friday
The next shuttle status report will be issued after landing, at the end of the crew day, or earlier if events warrant
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:12:09 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-128 MCC Status Report #27
STS-128 Report #27 7 p m CDT Thursday, Sept 10, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
HOUSTON – After monitoring weather right down to the wire, Mission Control reluctantly told Discovery’s astronauts that unstable conditions would not permit a landing Thursday at Kennedy Space Center in Florida
The STS-128 crew and ground teams will now turn their attention to four Friday landing opportunities, two in Florida and two in California
Commander Rick Sturckow and Pilot Kevin Ford prepared Discovery for landing with help from Mission Specialists Pat Forrester, Jose Hernandez, Danny Olivas, Christer Fuglesang and Tim Kopra, closing the shuttle’s payload bay doors and drinking fluids to prepare their bodies for the return to Earth’s gravity
Both landing opportunities in Florida were called off when unpredictable thunderstorms refused to dissipate as the evening progressed
Entry Flight Director Richard Jones decided to activate landing field support crews at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif , on Friday because of continued instability in weather conditions in Florida
The first Friday opportunity in Florida would begin with a deorbit burn at 3:45 p m CDT, and result in a landing at 4:48 p m The second Florida landing window begins with a deorbit burn at 5:21 p m , and ends with a landing at 6:23 p m
The first landing opportunity in California would begin with a deorbit burn at 6:50 p m CDT, and conclude with a landing at 7:53 p m The second opportunity would start with a deorbit burn at 8:26 p m , and end with a landing at 9:28 p m
Discovery’s astronauts will remove their launch and entry suits and reconfigure Discovery for space operations before beginning their sleep shift at 12:29 a m Friday The crew will awaken at 8:29 a m and repeat landing preparations
The next shuttle status report will be issued after the crew awakens
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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 10 Sep 2009 to 11 Sep 2009 (#2009-104)
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