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1. STS-133 MCC Status Report #12
2. NASA SETS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION CREWS
3. STS-133 MCC Status Report #13

Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 06:04:52 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-133 MCC Status Report #12

STS-133 Report #12 5:30 a m Wednesdsay, March 2, 2011 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � After a campout in the International Space Station�s Quest airlock, Mission Specialists Steve Bowen and Alvin Drew will suit up for the second spacewalk of the STS-133 mission The spacewalk is scheduled to start at 9:18 a m CST

With a call from Mission Control Houston, space shuttle Discovery�s crew was awakened at 4:23 a m by the song, �The Speed of Sound� by Coldplay It was played for Pilot Eric Boe

Mission Specialist Nicole Stott will choreograph the spacewalk as the intravechicular officer while Mission Specialist Mike Barratt and station Commander Scott Kelly operate the Canadarm2 from the robotic workstation in the station�s cupola

The spacewalkers will perform several tasks during their excursion, including venting ammonia from the failed pump module they moved to a storage location on Monday�s spacewalk They�ll also remove a lightweight adapter plate previously used to attach experiments to the exterior of the Columbus laboratory and remove insulation from the Tranquility node and the newly installed Express Logistics Carrier 4

The spacewalkers also will install a light on one of the crew equipment and translation aid � or CETA � carts, install a light, pan and tilt assembly on Dextre, the space station�s Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, and troubleshoot a loose radiator grapple fixture stowage beam, which would be used if a radiator ever needed to be replaced

The spacewalk is expected to last 6 hours and 30 minutes

Meanwhile crew members inside the complex will continue transferring more cargo from Discovery and loading trash into the Japanese Kounotouri2 H-II Transfer Vehicle for eventual disposal

The next status report will be issued at the end of the crew�s day or earlier if necessary The crew�s sleep period is scheduled to begin just before 8 p m

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Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 16:09:27 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA SETS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION CREWS

March 2, 2011

Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M11-044

NASA SETS NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION CREWS

HOUSTON -- The 12 crew members aboard space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station will hold a news conference starting at 9:48 a m CST on Friday, March 4 Reporters may ask questions in person from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Kennedy Space Center in Florida and agency headquarters in Washington

To participate, U S journalists must call the public affairs office at one of the three venues by 4 p m on Thursday, March 3 Reporters at Johnson, not already credentialed for the STS-133 mission, must request access badges by March 3 Reporters must be in place at least 20 minutes before the news conference

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 40-minute news conference Part of the conference will be for European Space Agency media outlets in native languages An interpreted replay will air on NASA TV at 11 a m For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit: http://www nasa gov/ntv

Discovery's mission includes two spacewalks, delivery of equipment, supplies and the final U S module for the station For more information about the mission and crews, visit: http://www nasa gov/shuttle

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http://www nasa gov/station

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Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 19:19:03 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-133 MCC Status Report #13

STS-133 Report #13 7 p m CST Wednesday, March 2, 2011 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � Discovery astronauts wrapped up a six-hour, 14-minute spacewalk Wednesday, draining ammonia from an 800-pound pump module, working with the Canadian robotic device Dextre and completing a variety of other tasks

The spacewalkers, Mission Specialists Steve Bowen and Alvin Drew, spent most of their time outside working separately The start of the spacewalk, which began when the crew members switched their spacesuits to battery power at 9:42 a m CST, had been delayed 24 minutes to replace an O-ring on the lithium hydroxide canister of Bowen�s suit to fix a minor leak

Bowen began by setting up the station�s Canadarm2, operated by Mission Specialist Michael Barratt and station Commander Scott Kelly He moved on to retrieve a lightweight adapter plate assembly, an experiment holder, from the outer end of the Columbus module and installed it in Discovery�s cargo bay for return to Earth

Drew started with the relocated pump module for the station�s external ammonia cooling system, using a device he had installed on Monday�s spacewalk to vent the remaining coolant from the pump He subsequently removed the device for return to the airlock

Coaching the spacewalkers was Mission Specialist Nicole Stott inside the station Astronaut Tim Kopra, who had been scheduled to be one of the spacewalkers but was hurt in a bicycle accident weeks before launch, also helped advise the crew from the station flight control room

Bowen spent about an hour working on Dextre, the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, installing a camera light pan and tilt assembly and removing some insulation Meanwhile, Drew removed and jettisoned insulation and repositioned a slipped sunshade on a nearby camera He then installed a light on one of the small handcars, a crew and equipment translation aid The astronauts use the carts, mounted on the station�s truss rails, to move objects

After doing some cleanup, Bowen installed a camera lens cover on the arm�s elbow and relocated a foot restraint and a Russian cargo arm adapter Drew moved on to the port truss to repair insulation on a radiator beam valve module He also secured a grapple fixture stowage beam

Near the end of the spacewalk, Drew�s helmet light set came loose from his suit Attempts by Bowen to reinstall it were unsuccessful so they attached a tether to take it back to the airlock

This was the final STS-133 spacewalk, the 244th by U S astronauts It was the seventh for Bowen totaling 47 hours, 18 minutes, and places him sixth on the all-time list of most time spent by U S spacewalking astronauts It was the second spacewalk for Drew, who now has a total of 12 hours, 48 minutes It was the 155th spacewalk in support of International Space Station assembly and maintenance, totaling 973 hours, 53 minutes, which is the equivalent of 40 full days of spacewalking

The next status report will be issued after the scheduled 3:53 a m Thursday crew wakeup, or earlier if warranted

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