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1. STS-129 MCC Status Report #01
2. STS-129 MCC Status Report #17

Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:14:32 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-129 MCC Status Report #01

STS-129 Report #01 Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 1:30 a m CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – The 12 crew members onboard the International Space Station and space shuttle Atlantis will prepare to part today They will pack up their final items and close the hatches that divide the two spacecraft in preparation for undocking tomorrow

The crew woke at 12:58 a m to the “Marine Corps Hymn,” performed by the U S Marine Corps Band and played for STS-129 Commander Charlie Hobaugh

With six days of docked operations behind them, the astronauts and cosmonauts prepare to say their goodbyes and close the hatches about 11:28 a m Once the hatches are closed, the shuttle crew will set up and check out tools and a camera needed for undocking tomorrow

Before the two crews part, they will join together for a news conference with reporters at NASA centers, Mission Control in Russia and Canada, and TF1 evening news in France The interactive event will air live at 7 a m

Hobaugh, Pilot Barry Wilmore and Mission Specialists Leland Melvin, Mike Foreman, Randy Bresnik, Robert Satcher Jr and Nicole Stott also will join ISS Commander Frank De Winne and his crew when he hands over his command to NASA astronaut Jeff Williams Williams will command Expedition 22

De Winne, who is the first European Space Agency commander of the station, became commander on Oct 9 He will have served 46 days, the shortest tenure thus far for a station commander He and Flight Engineers Roman Romanenko and Robert Thirsk are set to depart the station on a Soyuz on Nov 30 leaving Williams and Flight Engineer Max Suraev to await the next crew

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 at 4:28 p m

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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:03:22 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-129 MCC Status Report #17

STS-129 Report #17 3:00 p m CST Tuesday, Nov 24, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – Atlantis and International Space Station crew members closed the hatches linking their two spacecraft at 12:12 p m CST in preparation for the shuttle’s undocking and return home

The two have been docked since 10:51 a m last Wednesday and hatches opened at 12:28 p m that day The crews were linked through open hatches for 5 days, 23 hours and 44 minutes

Atlantis brought to the station more than 14 tons of cargo, including two large carriers with heavy spare parts and installed them The shuttle also carried about a ton of cargo in its crew cabin It is bringing home about the same weight of cabin cargo from the orbiting laboratory Atlantis astronauts did three spacewalks at the station

Commander Charles Hobaugh, Pilot Barry Wilmore and Mission Specialists Leland Melvin, Randy Bresnik, Mike Foreman, Robert Satcher Jr and Nicole Stott used their first hour separated from the station crew to get ready for undocking They checked out rendezvous tools and set up a centerline camera Undocking is scheduled for 3:53 a m Wednesday

Stott is returning to Earth after more than 90 days in space, including 87 days on the station, 80 of them as a member of the Expedition 20 and 21 crews

On the station side, Expedition 21 Commander Jeffrey Williams and Flight Engineers, Maxim Suraev, Roman Romanenko, Robert Thirsk and Frank De Winne remain

Before separating the two crews took questions from reporters at NASA facilities, Mission Control Moscow, and from Canadian and French reporters

At 9 a m , shortly after a joint crew photo, De Winne handed over command of the station to Williams De Winne, Romanenko and Thirsk are scheduled to leave the station for return to Earth in a Soyuz capsule on Nov 30

Just after the change of command ceremony, Atlantis crew members began a two-hour, off-duty period The hatch closure was preceded by a farewell ceremony of the two crews Atlantis’ first landing opportunity is at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:44 a m Friday The next shuttle status report will be issued after crew wakeup or earlier if events warrant

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 24 Nov 2009 to 25 Nov 2009 (#2009-132)

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