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Topics of the day:

1. STS-129 MCC Status Report #14
2. STS-129 MCC Status Report #15
3. NASA UPDATES TIME OF TUESDAY NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SPACE STATION

Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:25:26 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-129 MCC Status Report #14

STS-129 Report #14 2 a m CST Monday, Nov 23, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – The combined 12-member crew of Atlantis and the International Space Station will move the last of this mission’s spare hardware during the third and final spacewalk today

Mission Specialists Randy Bresnik and Robert Satcher Jr are scheduled to begin their six hour spacewalk at 6:18 a m Final preparations for the spacewalk will begin at 3:13 a m

The crew’s wakeup call came today at 1:28 a m The wakeup song, “Space Rise” by Larry Whitehair, was played for Mission Specialist Mike Foreman

Bresnik and Satcher will transfer an oxygen filled High Pressure Gas Tank (HPGT) from the EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 2, or ELC2, located on the starboard truss, to a spot on the outside of the Quest Airlock The tank will be used to replenish atmosphere lost when spacewalkers enter and exit the station

While Satcher is relocating the HPGT, Bresnik will install the seventh Materials International Space Station Experiment, or MISSE 7 This is the most advanced of the MISSE payloads to date, and will be the first to receive power directly from the station and use the station’s communication system to send commands and downlink real-time data

Mission Specialist Mike Foreman will be the intravehicular officer Mission Specialist Leland Melvin and Pilot Barry Wilmore will drive the robotic arm

This spacewalk has been re-planned to include several tasks that were scheduled for future missions, including removing some debris shields from the Quest airlock

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 just before 5 p m

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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:06:57 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-129 MCC Status Report #15

STS-129 Report #15 3 p m CST Monday, Nov 23, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – Astronauts Randy Bresnik and Robert Satcher Jr completed all the tasks of their spacewalk almost on its original schedule despite a late start

The spacewalk was the third and final spacewalk scheduled during Atlantis’ mission to the International Space Station It ended at 1:06 p m CST, lasting five hours and 42 minutes

Intravehicular officer, coaching the spacewalkers from inside the station, was Mission Specialist Mike Foreman, who participated in the Thursday and Saturday spacewalks Astronauts Leland Melvin and Barry Wilmore operated the station’s robotic Canadarm2

It played a major role in the spacewalk’s first and most lengthy task, the installation of a 6 2-foot-long, 1,240-pound high-pressure oxygen tank The arm lifted the tank from Express Logistics Carrier 2 (ELC2) and took it to the airlock, where it was attached It joined four similar doghouse-shaped tanks, two oxygen and two nitrogen, on the airlock’s rim

While Satcher worked on early steps of the tank move, Bresnik got a materials experiment from Atlantis’ cargo bay and installed it on ELC2 That Materials ISS Experiment 7 exposes a variety of materials in two containers, much like open suitcases, to the harsh conditions of space for several months Some of those materials could find application on future spacecraft and on Earth

The two also removed some debris shields from outside the airlock and strapped them to an external stowage platform Bresnik relocated a foot restraint

Satcher released a bolt on an ammonia tank in preparation for a spacewalk during the STS-131 mission next year to replace the tank It is part of the station’s cooling system He approached the task equipped with a cheater bar to provide additional leverage It was not needed He stowed the bar on the outside of the station for possible future use

Satcher installed insulated covers on cameras on the mobile servicing system and on Canadarm2’s end effector, the latching hand

Meanwhile Bresnik installed a fluid jumper at the interface of the Port 1 and Port 3 truss segments, then did a similar task at Starboard 1/Starboard 3

The spacewalk initially had been scheduled for 6 5 hours, including 45 minutes of contingency time It began more than an hour later than planned because a drinking-water valve in Satcher’s suit became dislodged The helmet had to be opened to reattach the valve, disrupting the spacewalk preparation process

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

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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:17:36 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA UPDATES TIME OF TUESDAY NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SPACE STATION

November 23, 2009

Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100

Report #M09-225

NASA UPDATES TIME OF TUESDAY NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SPACE STATION

HOUSTON -- The 12 crew members aboard space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station will hold a news conference Tuesday at 7 a m CST, 13 minutes earlier than previously announced

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 the 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 will be used to rotate station crew members

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

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

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