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1. STS-129 MCC Status Report #06
2. SPACE STATION, SPACE SHUTTLE JOINT CREW NEWS CONFERENCE TUESDAY
3. STS-129 MCC Status Report #07

Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:37:27 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-129 MCC Status Report #06

STS-129 Report #06 Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 - 3:30 a m CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – After a night spent camping out in the Quest airlock, Mission Specialists Mike Foreman and Robert Satcher are awake and into the final preparations for the first spacewalk of the STS-129 mission

Foreman, Satcher and the rest of Atlantis’ crew were awakened at 3:28 a m , to the sound of The Newsboys’ song “In Wonder ” It was played for Mission Specialist Randy Bresnik, who will be choreographing today’s spacewalk from inside the station

The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 8:18 a m and last six-and-a-half hours During that time, Foreman and Satcher will be installing a spare S-band antenna structural assembly brought up in Atlantis’ cargo bay The equipment will be stored on the Z1 segment of the station’s truss system, and to get it there Satcher will be riding the station’s robotic arm, driven by Mission Specialist Leland Melvin, Commander Charles Hobaugh and Pilot Barry Wilmore

Other tasks on the spacewalkers’ agenda include the installation of a set of cables for a future space-to-ground antenna on the Destiny laboratory and the replacement of a handrail on the Unity node with a bracket that will be used to route an ammonia cable required for the Tranquility node when it is delivered next year Foreman and Satcher will also reposition a cable connector on the Unity node, troubleshoot a cable connection and lubricate two latching end effectors – one on the Japanese robotic arm and one on the mobile base that allows the station’s main robotic arm to travel to different worksites

Meanwhile, inside the station, further work will be going on to prepare the station for the arrival of the Tranquility node While Satcher and Foreman are making adjustments on the exterior of the station, station Commander Frank De Winne and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams will be working at the port hatch of the Harmony node to rewire data, power and cooling lines and air flow connections that will be connected to Tranquility Their task is also scheduled to take about six-and-a-half hours today, however that won’t be the end of it; De Winne and Williams will continue working on the project over several days during the STS-129 mission

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: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:34:45 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: SPACE STATION, SPACE SHUTTLE JOINT CREW NEWS CONFERENCE TUESDAY

November 19, 2009

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

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100

Report #M09-220

SPACE STATION, SPACE SHUTTLE JOINT CREW NEWS CONFERENCE TUESDAY

HOUSTON -- The 12 crew members aboard space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 7:13 a m CST on Tuesday, Nov 24

Reporters can ask questions from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Kennedy Space Center in Florida and headquarters in Washington Journalists from Canada, Europe and Russia also will participate in the news conference U S journalists must RSVP by calling the public affairs office at a participating NASA location by noon Nov 23

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 40-minute news conference For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

Atlantis' STS-129 mission includes three spacewalks and the installation of two platforms to the station's truss, or backbone The platforms will store spare parts needed to sustain station operations after the shuttle fleet is retired Atlantis will return with station resident Nicole Stott, marking the final time the shuttle is expected to rotate station crew members

For more information about STS-129 and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:42:02 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-129 MCC Status Report #07

STS-129 Report #07 3:30 p m CST Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – Spacewalking Atlantis astronauts completed their planned work ahead of schedule Thursday and did a major additional task

Mission Specialists Mike Foreman and Robert Satcher wound up the six hour, 37-minute spacewalk at 3:01 p m CST It was the first of three spacewalks scheduled for Atlantis’ mission to the International Space Station, a flight devoted largely to bringing sizeable spare parts to the station to be attached to its exterior

The focus of other Atlantis crew members, Commander Charles Hobaugh, Pilot Barry Wilmore and Mission Specialists Leland Melvin and Randy Bresnik, was mostly on supporting the spacewalk or related activities

Bresnik served as the intravehicular officer for the spacewalk, choreographing activities of his crewmates outside, while Melvin and Wilmore operated the station’s robotic arm Hobaugh helped provide photo and television coverage of the spacewalk

The spacewalk officially began at 8:24 a m when Foreman and Satcher switched their suits to internal power Their first task was to install a spare S-band antenna structural assembly on the station’s Z1 truss That was completed about an hour ahead of schedule

The spacewalkers then separated Foreman installed cables for a space-to-ground antenna on the Destiny laboratory and replaced a handrail on the Unity node with one having a bracket to route an ammonia cable for the Tranquility Node to be delivered next year He also successfully connected a cable on the Unity Node, which in September had defied efforts by STS-128 astronauts

Satcher lubricated the latching end effector on the Japanese robotic arm and a similar attachment device on the station’s mobile base system They were almost two hours ahead when the last scheduled task was completed

The get-ahead task, completed after spacewalkers visited the airlock to pick up required tools and recharge Foreman’s oxygen, involved installation of a Payload Attach System (PAS) It was one of three such jobs planned for the second spacewalk Installation of this PAS, on the Earth-facing side of the Starboard 3 truss, had been scheduled as a 1 5-hour job on the Saturday spacewalk

Foreman and Bresnik are scheduled for that second spacewalk on Saturday while Satcher is to do the third spacewalk on Monday with Bresnik

Inside the station, Commander Frank De Winne and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams started work in the Harmony Node on data, power and cooling lines and air flow connections for Tranquility That work is expected to continue for several days

The next shuttle status report will be issued after crew wake-up, or earlier if events warrant

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 19 Nov 2009 to 20 Nov 2009 (#2009-127)

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