Date: May 22nd 2010

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STS-132 MCC Status Report #14
NASA SETS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION CREWS
STS-132 MCC Status Report #15
NASA'S HIGH-FLYING SPACE SHUTTLE CREW TO ANSWER STUDENT QUESTIONS

Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 04:38:01 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-132 MCC Status Report #14

STS-132 Report #14 Friday, May 21, 2010 - 4:30 a m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

Today, the shuttle and station crews will focus on the third spacewalk of the mission Astronauts will install a jumper, swap out batteries and retrieve a grapple fixture during the excursion

The crew woke at 12:50 a m CDT to ÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½Traveling LightÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½ performed by JJ Cale The song was played for Mission Specialist Piers Sellers

The shuttle crew of Commander Ken Ham, Pilot Tony Antonelli, and Mission Specialists Michael Good, Garrett Reisman, Steve Bowen and Sellers will focus on the spacewalk Reisman and Good will perform the extravehicular activity that will finish the last of the battery exchanges and a few additional tasks

The two are expected to egress from the Quest airlock at 5:45 a m Their first task will be the installation of a nitrogen jumper on the port 4 and 5 truss Next, they will finish the last of the battery replacement work, swapping the remaining two batteries and installing a battery that was left in a temporary stow position from the last spacewalk

The final planned task is the retrieval of a Power and Data Grapple Fixture (PDGF) from the orbiterÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½s payload bay to bring inside the station at the end of the spacewalk The PDGF will be installed to the Zarya moduleÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½s exterior on a spacewalk later this summer

Antonelli and Bowen will assist from inside the complex throughout the spacewalk Sellers and Expedition 23 Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson will provide robotics support Ham will oversee the activities and assist with orbiter activities and transfer work

On the International Space Station, Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov, Mikhail Kornienko, Soichi Noguchi and T J Creamer will continue station science work and departure preparations for the upcoming Soyuz TMA-17 undocking

The next status report will be issued at the end of the crew workday, or earlier if warranted

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Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 13:38:03 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA SETS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION CREWS

May 21, 2010

James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M10-079

NASA SETS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION CREWS

HOUSTON -- The 12 crew members aboard space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 5:25 a m CDT on Sunday, May 23

U S reporters may ask questions in person from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and the agency's headquarters in Washington A portion of the news conference will be set aside for Japanese reporters

To participate in the news conference, U S journalists must call the public affairs office at one of the three participating NASA venues by 5 p m Friday Reporters not already credentialed for the STS-132 mission also must request access badges by 5 p m Friday Reporters must be in place at least 20 minutes prior to the start of the news conference

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-132 mission includes three spacewalks, the delivery of equipment, supplies and a new Russian module to the station For more information about the mission and its crew, visit:
http://www nasa gov/shuttle

For more information about the space station and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 14:10:16 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-132 MCC Status Report #15

STS-132 Report #15 2:30 p m CDT Friday, May 21, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON ÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½ Atlantis astronauts completed the second of two high-priority tasks today, installing the final two 375-pound batteries of the six the shuttle brought to the International Space Station Their 6-hour, 46-minute spacewalk wrapped up at 12:13 p m CDT

Spacewalkers Mike Good and Garrett Reisman also installed an ammonia jumper and brought a power and data grapple fixture from AtlantisÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½ cargo bay into the station Those tasks were added to the spacewalk after Good and Mission Specialist Steve Bowen were able to replace four batteries, one more than planned, during their Wednesday spacewalk

The other high-priority task, installation of the Russian Mini-Research Module 1 named Rassvet was accomplished Tuesday Hatches between it and the Zarya module were opened on Thursday Today, after fans and filters were used overnight, station crew members reported a significant decrease in the amount of the metal shavings they had seen Thursday

The first spacewalk task was installation of a backup ammonia coolant jumper between the Port 4 and Port 5 truss segments It provides a readily available path for an ammonia recharge should one become necessary

The spacewalkers moved farther out the port truss to turn their attention to the batteries They removed and replaced the fifth and sixth old batteries and returned each to the nearby cargo carrier at the end of the station arm Finally they took the last battery removed Wednesday from its temporary stowage position on the truss and moved it to the cargo carrier

The station arm moved the cargo carrier with the old batteries to a temporary stowage position, to await its return to AtlantisÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½ cargo bay on Saturday The batteries, on the Port 6 truss, store power from the stationÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½s solar arrays for use during the 16 nights the station experiences each 24 hours

Good and Reisman moved to the cargo bay where they removed the grapple fixture Once it was free, both spacewalkers moved with it back to the airlock where it was stowed It will provide a base for the stationÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½s Canadarm2 on the Zarya module, where it is to be installed during a spacewalk scheduled for July

From there the two moved into a get-ahead task, stowing and retrieving tools at Z1 truss tool boxes ÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½ basically a cleanup task after previous spacewalks That was the final job before they moved back to the airlock to end the spacewalk

As during the first two spacewalks, Atlantis Pilot Tony Antonelli was the intravehicular officer, choreographing activities Mission Specialist Piers Sellers and station Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson operated Canadarm2 Bowen, who participated in the Monday and Wednesday spacewalks, worked on photo and TV coverage

TodayÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½s spacewalk, the fourth for Good and the third for Reisman, was the 146th for station assembly and maintenance Those spacewalks total 914 hours, 53 minutes

The next status report will be issued after crew wakeup or earlier if warranted

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Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 15:42:32 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA'S HIGH-FLYING SPACE SHUTTLE CREW TO ANSWER STUDENT QUESTIONS

May 21, 2010

Jenna Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601

Report #M10-080

NASA'S HIGH-FLYING SPACE SHUTTLE CREW TO ANSWER STUDENT QUESTIONS

WASHINGTON -- NASA's space shuttle astronauts will answer elementary and middle school students' questions Saturday while orbiting approximately 220 miles above Earth on the International Space Station The event is scheduled from 7:40 to 8 a m EDT, Saturday, May 22

Students from 12 NASA Explorer Schools submitted their questions earlier by video Space shuttle Commander Ken Ham, Pilot Tony Antonelli, Mission Specialists Garret Reisman, Michael Good, Steve Bowen, Piers Sellers, and Expedition 23 Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson will give answers live on NASA Television

Viewers should consult the NASA TV schedule to confirm the timing, as the session could shift by several minutes For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit: http://www nasa gov/ntv

The NASA Explorer Schools that submitted video questions are:

-John B Cary Elementary in Richmond, Va

-Cumberland Middle School in Cumberland, Wisc

-Rodriguez Elementary in Harlingen, Texas

-Hobgood Elementary in Murfreesboro, Tenn

-Lebanon Middle School in Lebanon, Ky

-Ellen Ochoa Learning Center in Cudahy, Calif

-Orleans Elementary in Orleans, Vt

-Wendover High School in Wendover, Utah

-Harding Middle School in Des Moines, Iowa

-Conyers Middle School in Conyers, Ga

-Forest Lake Elementary School in Columbia, S C

-Arapahoe School in Arapahoe, Wyo

The NASA Explorer Schools project establishes a three-year partnership between the agency and schools in diverse communities to address local challenges in science, technology and mathematics education The goal is to bring educators, administrators, students and families together in sustained involvement with NASA's education programs For information about the programs, visit:

http://explorerschools nasa gov

For information about NASA's education programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov/education

Atlantis' STS-132 mission includes three spacewalks, and the delivery of equipment, supplies and a new Russian module to the station

For more information about the mission, crew and shuttle, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 21 May 2010 to 22 May 2010 (#2010-67)

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