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1. STS-130 MCC Status Report #21
2. STS-130 MCC Status Report #22

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:21:46 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-130 MCC Status Report #21

STS-130 Report #21 5 a m CST Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – After a chat with the president an hour after their wakeup call, it was back to the nuts-and-bolts work of spaceflight for the crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station

President Barack Obama was accompanied by middle school students when he spoke from the White House with the crew members Several of the students, in the capital for an engineering competition, asked the crew questions

Crew members transferred and installed racks in the station’s new Tranquility node, reboosted the station using Endeavour’s thrusters, reconfigured spacesuits and passed the 75-percent mark of supply and equipment transfers between the two spacecraft Their work, during a bonus day added for the rack transfers, generally went smoothly

In shorts or slacks, and stocking feet, crew members floated purposefully about the station on their various tasks They moved and connected four racks into Tranquility – the Oxygen Generation System, the Water Recovery System, the Urine Processing Assembly and the Waste and Hygiene Compartment They also continued outfitting Tranquility’s cupola, installing a panel and transferring Robotics Work Station components for installation after Endeavour departs

A little after 1:30 a m CST, Endeavour Commander George Zamka and Pilot Terry Virts began a 33-minute reboost of the station, using the shuttle’s attitude control jets When it was completed, the station’s altitude had been raised by about 1 3 statute miles to an orbit of 219 by 208 miles

In the Quest airlock, Mission Specialists Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick reconfigured spacesuits they had used on their three spacewalks, preparing some parts for return to Earth They also stowed spacewalking tools

The shuttle crew’s bedtime is 6:44 a m The next status report will be issued after the crew’s scheduled 2:44 p m wakeup call, or earlier if events warrant

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:00:27 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-130 MCC Status Report #22

STS-130 Report #22 Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 5 p m CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – The last transfers are first on the agenda for the remaining hours before hatches are closed between the International Space Station and space shuttle Endeavour scheduled for approximately 1:30 a m Friday

Today’s wakeup call for the shuttle astronauts was “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” by Steven Curtis Chapman, played for Pilot Terry Virts, who will spend time this evening briefing station Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi on work in the cupola module where hardware interference has delayed plans to relocate one of the station’s robotic arm work stations

Commander George Zamka and Mission Specialists Kathryn Hire and Stephen Robinson are scheduled to carry out the last transfers of supplies between Endeavour and the space station this evening, including the move of medical experiment samples onto the shuttle for return to Earth

Later in the day Mission Specialists Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick will finish up work in the station airlock stowing tools they used during their three spacewalks to complete connections between the station and its newest components, the Tranquility module and the cupola

At 8:39 p m Expedition 22 Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineers Max Suraev, Oleg Kotov, T J Creamer and Noguchi will join the shuttle crew in their traditional in-flight news conference with reporters at NASA Centers and in Tokyo

After the 11 crew members share a final meal together, they will ceremonially commemorate the installation of the last components of the U S segment of the station at about 10:40 p m

Before closing the hatches between their spacecraft, the two crews plan a farewell ceremony in the Harmony module Undocking of Endeavour from the station is scheduled for 6:54 p m Friday

Bedtime for the astronauts and cosmonauts is set for about 6 a m Friday with the musical wakeup call at 2:14 p m The next status report will be issued after the crew’s work day, or earlier if events warrant

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 18 Feb 2010 to 19 Feb 2010 (#2010-20)

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