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1. STS-133 MCC Status Report #06
2. STS-133 MCC Status Report #07

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 07:16:02 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-133 MCC Status Report #06

STS-133 Report #06 Sunday, Feb 27, 2011 - 7:00 a m CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � With more than 2,000 pounds of supplies and hardware to deliver to the International Space Station, space shuttle Discovery�s crew has a busy day of transfer work ahead of them

The crew�s wakeup call to begin their fourth day in space came at 6:23 a m , giving them 30 minutes of extra sleep to make up for a later than expected bedtime on Saturday The wakeup song for the day, �Java Jive� as performed by The Manhattan Transfer quartet, was played for Commander Steve Lindsey STS-133 is Lindsey�s fifth shuttle mission and third visit to the space station

In all, Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Steve Bowen, Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott have a combined total of 9 hours of transfer work on their schedule for the day, moving cargo brought up on the shuttle�s middeck over to the space station Over the course of the mission, the 2,000 pounds of cargo brought up on the shuttle will be replaced by 2,600 pounds of cargo from the space station that Discovery will be returning to Earth

When they�re not ferrying cargo across the hatches, Lindsey, Boe, Barratt and Stott will work together to move the shuttle�s orbiter boom sensor system from its perch on the edge of the shuttle�s cargo bay and into the grasp of the shuttle�s robotic arm, where it will be ready if needed for a focused inspection of Discovery�s heat shield Due to the position of the shuttle, while docked at the station, the shuttle robotic arm isn�t able to pick the boom up on its own, and requires it to be handed off by the station�s robotic arm The station�s robotic arm was moved into place for this activity overnight by robotics officers on the ground

At 1:43 p m , Discovery's crew, along with station Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Cady Coleman, will take time out of their activities to talk with reporters with The Weather Channel, WBZ Radio of Boston, WBS-TV of Atlanta, and WTVT-TV of Tampa, Fla

Near the end of their day, the crews will get together to go over the plan for Monday�s spacewalk, the first of the mission Afterward, spacewalkers Bowen and Drew will move into the station�s Quest airlock, where they�ll be spending the night at a lower air pressure than the rest of the station

The next shuttle status report will be issued at the end of the crew�s day or earlier if warranted The crew is scheduled to begin their sleep period at 9:23 p m

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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:09:05 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-133 MCC Status Report #07

STS-133 Report #07 4 p m CST Sunday, Feb 27, 2011 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � Moving equipment and supplies between Discovery and the International Space Station, robotics activities and preparation for Monday�s 6 5-hour spacewalk kept shuttle astronauts busy much of Sunday

Transfer activities began during the crews� morning About 2,000 pounds of cargo was brought to the station on Discovery�s mid-deck, and about 2,600 pounds is to be returned to Earth by the shuttle

One early activity for the shuttle crew, Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Steve Bowen, Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott, involved robotics The station�s Canadarm2 arm, operated by Barratt and Stott, grasped the orbiter boom sensor system from the left sill of Discovery�s cargo bay

It handed the boom off to the shuttle�s arm, which could not reach it with the spacecraft docked at the station The shuttle�s arm held it to await a decision on whether a focused inspection of its thermal protection system would be necessary

It wasn�t Experts completed their analysis of 302 photos (155 using an 800 mm lens, 147 with a 400 mm lens) of the heat shield taken by station Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman during Discovery�s backflip before docking to check for damage The Mission Management Team met Sunday afternoon and decided that no focused inspection of the heat shield would be necessary

Spacewalkers Drew and Bowen configured tools for their Monday spacewalk All shuttle crew members along with station Commander Scott Kelly and Nespoli were scheduled for an hour-long procedures review A little before 8 p m CST the spacewalkers will begin the standard campout in the low pressure of the station�s Quest airlock

The shuttle crew with Kelly and Coleman also talked with media representatives during the afternoon Asking the questions were reporters from The Weather Channel, Boston�s WBZ Radio, WSB-TV of Atlanta and WTVT-TV of Tampa, Fla

The next shuttle status report will be issued after crew wakeup or earlier if warranted The crew is scheduled to be awakened 5:23 a m

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 27 Feb 2011 to 28 Feb 2011 (#2011-22)

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