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1. STS-131 MCC Status Report #28
2. STS-131 MCC Status Report #29

Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:19:05 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #28

STS-131 Report #28 11:15 a m CDT Sunday, April 18, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

Space shuttle Discovery crew members spent much of their day getting ready to come home after their successful mission to the International Space Station

Commander Alan G Poindexter, Pilot James P Dutton Jr and Mission Specialists Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Rick Mastracchio, Stephanie Wilson, Clayton Anderson and Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki are scheduled to land their spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center Monday, if weather cooperates

Forecasts for Kennedy were not promising, calling for high overcast and two layers of scattered clouds, as well as a chance of showers in the area If needed, there are landing opportunities at Kennedy and the backup runway at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif Tuesday

This morning, Poindexter, Dutton and Metcalf-Lindenburger powered up Discovery�s flight control system and tested the flaps and rudder that will control the shuttle�s flight once it enters the Earth�s atmosphere Next they test-fired the reaction control system jets that will control the shuttle�s orientation before it reaches the atmosphere All seven crew members stowed items in Discovery�s cabin in preparation for re-entry and landing

The first Kennedy landing opportunity on the mission�s 222nd orbit would see a deorbit burn at 6:43 a m CDT for the 7:48 a m landing For the second opportunity on orbit 223 the deorbit burn would be at 8:17 a m for a landing at 9:23 a m

At about 6:35 a m the crew took time out from landing preparations to talk with reporters Mary Blake of WBZ-AM in Boston, Marcia Dunn of the Associated Press and Brandi Smith of KEZI-TV in Portland, Ore

The next status report will be issued after crew wakeup call at 11:21 a m Monday, or earlier if events warrant

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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:29:22 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #29

STS-131 Report #29 11:30 p m CDT Sunday, April 18, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � The astronauts onboard space shuttle Discovery are getting ready to conclude their successful mission to the International Space Station, weather permitting, with a planned landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Monday at 7:48 a m CDT

The crew�s wakeup call at 11:21 p m was �The Star Spangled Banner,� played for Commander Alan G Poindexter, who is wrapping up his second spaceflight A U S Navy captain, Poindexter served as a pilot on STS-122 in February 2008

When Discovery re-enters the Earth's atmosphere Monday morning, it will be flying over the northern Pacific Ocean on a course that will take it over much of North America before landing at KSC

The first Kennedy landing opportunity on the mission�s 222nd orbit would see a deorbit burn at 6:43 a m CDT for the 7:48 a m landing For the second opportunity on orbit 223 the deorbit burn would be at 8:17 a m for a landing at 9:23 a m

Forecasts for Kennedy are not promising, calling for high overcast and two layers of scattered clouds, as well as a chance of showers in the area If needed, there are landing opportunities at Kennedy and the backup runway at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif Tuesday

The next status report will be issued after landing, or earlier if events warrant

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 18 Apr 2010 to 19 Apr 2010 (#2010-48)

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