Date: February 10th 2010

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  1. STS-130 MCC Status Report #03
  2. STS-130 MCC Status Report #04

Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 06:13:05 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-130 MCC Status Report #03

STS-130 Report #03 6 a m CST Tuesday, Feb 9, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – Endeavour astronauts inspected the space shuttle’s thermal protection system, checked out spacesuits and prepared to dock with the International Space Station during their first full work day in space

Much of the day for Commander George Zamka, Pilot Terry Virts and Mission Specialists Kay Hire, Stephen Robinson, Nicholas Patrick and Robert Behnken was devoted to inspection of the shuttle’s heat-resistant tiles and reinforced carbon-carbon surfaces on the wing leading edges and the nose

Zamka, Hire and Patrick used the shuttle’s arm and its Orbital Boom Sensor System extension to survey Atlantis’ right wing Subsequently Virts and Robinson joined the commander for the nose cap survey Hire replaced Zamka for the port wing survey

While the port wing survey continued, Patrick and Behnken checked out the spacesuits they will use on three during three spacewalks at the station Next they prepared spacewalk equipment and supplies for transfer to the station

Among the last activities of the crew day was a checkout of rendezvous tools by Hire and Robinson and installation of a centerline camera by Patrick and Behnken, who then extending the shuttle’s docking ring The camera looks out through the center of the ring to help Zamka and other crew members guide Endeavour to the station’s pressurized mating Adaptor 2 docking port The ring is the first part of the shuttle to contact the station and helps to firmly attach them to one another

Endeavour is scheduled to dock with the station a little after 11 p m CST today The shuttle crew is scheduled to begin its sleep period at 8:14 a m and be awakened at 4:14 p m for docking day

Station Expedition 22 crew members, Commander Jeff Williams, cosmonaut flight engineers Max Suraev and Oleg Kotov, Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi and NASA astronaut T J Creamer, were getting ready to welcome Endeavour They will photograph the shuttle’s heat shield during its back flip on its approach

The next shuttle status report will be issued after Endeavour crew members are awakened, or earlier if events warrant

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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 18:17:21 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-130 MCC Status Report #04

STS-130 Report #04 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 6 pm CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – The astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station are just hours from a meeting in space as they work toward tonight’s docking of the shuttle to the orbiting outpost

The shuttle crew’s wakeup song at 4:14 p m , “Katmandu” by Bob Seger, was played for Commander George Zamka, who will have his hands on the stick tonight as Endeavour docks to the station’s Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 at 11:06 p m

Starting early this evening Zamka and Pilot Terry Virts will fire shuttle jets to refine the orbiter’s approach to the station, with Mission Specialists Kay Hire, Steve Robinson, Nicholas Patrick and Bob Behnken supporting them on the shuttle flight deck At 10:05 p m , after Endeavour arrives at a point 600 feet directly below the station, Zamka will command the shuttle to slowly rotate so that its underside is facing the station, and Expedition 22 Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov will photo-document the shuttle’s heat shield tiles That imagery will be sent to the ground for study by specialists looking for any damaged tiles

After the rendezvous pitch maneuver Zamka will move his ship directly in front of the station before slowly backing in to a docking Once leak checks are completed, the hatches between the vehicles are scheduled to open at 1:04 a m Wednesday to begin the joint operations

Among the first items to be transferred to the station are the spacesuits that Behnken and Patrick will wear during their three spacewalks and hardware for the replacement and checkout of the new Distillation Assembly that Williams will install in the station’s Water Recovery System Wednesday evening

The next shuttle status report will be issued at the end of the crew work day, or earlier if events warrant

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 9 Feb 2010 to 10 Feb 2010 (#2010-11)




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