HSFNEWS Digest - 9 Mar 2011 to 10 Mar 2011 (#2011-32)

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Date: March 10th 2011

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Topics of the day:

STS-133 MCC Status Report #26
STS-133 MCC Status Report #27
NASA TV TO COVER SOYUZ LANDING AND LAUNCH EVENTS
NASA ANNOUNCES TWEETUP FOR SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR'S FINAL LIFT OFF

Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 02:47:36 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-133 MCC Status Report #26

STS-133 Report #26 Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 2:45 a m CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON ï¿½ If the weather cooperates in Florida, Discovery will roll to its final wheel stop on Kennedy Space Centerï¿½s Runway 15 this morning

The STS-133 crew members woke for what is scheduled to be their last day in space at 2:23 a m Their wake up song, chosen by the International Space Station flight control teams that supported them, was ï¿½Coming Homeï¿½ by Gwyneth Paltrow

The crew is scheduled to begin their deorbit preparations at 5:53 a m and close the doors of the shuttleï¿½s cargo bay at 7:12 a m The crew will be getting into their orange launch and entry suits at 8:29 a m and climbing into their seats at 8:52 a m

At 9:42 a m , the Entry Flight Director Tony Ceccacci is scheduled to conduct his flight control team for a ï¿½goï¿½ or ï¿½no-goï¿½ for Discoveryï¿½s deorbit burn Assuming he gets a ï¿½go,ï¿½ Discoveryï¿½s engines will fire for its deorbit burn at 9:52 a m

That will drop the space shuttle back into Earthï¿½s atmosphere, setting Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Steve Bowen, Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott up for a 10:57 a m landing

At that point, space shuttle Discovery will have spent a total of 365 days in space, over the course of 39 missions It will have orbited the Earth 5,830 times and traveled more than 148 million miles

If needed, there is a second landing opportunity at Kennedy Space Center today at 12:34 p m It would require a deorbit burn at 11:29 a m

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

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Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 12:47:16 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-133 MCC Status Report #27

STS-133 Report #27 12:45 p m CST Wednesday, March 9, 2011 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON ï¿½ Discovery made its last landing this morning at Kennedy Space Center in Florida wrapping up a successful flight to the International Space Station and a 39-mission history covering 148 2 million miles during 365 days in space

ï¿½Discovery for the final time, wheels stop,ï¿½ said Commander Steve Lindsey

ï¿½A great job by you and your crew,ï¿½ said capcom and fellow astronaut Charlie Hobaugh ï¿½That was an awesome docked mission you all had ï¿½

Lindsey thanked flight controller teams, the station crew and the team at Kennedy for giving them ï¿½a perfect vehicle from start to finish ï¿½

The landing, like the rest of the mission, was virtually flawless Discoveryï¿½s wheels touched down on the concrete runway at 10:57 a m CST , after a flight of 12 days, 19 hours and four minutes and 5,304,140 miles in 202 orbits

Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Steve Bowen, Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott delivered a new module and an external stowage platform to the station as well as equipment and supplies During Discoveryï¿½s almost nine days at the station, Bowen and Drew did two spacewalks for maintenance work and installation of new components

Discoveryï¿½s visit to the station was extended by two days so its crew could help outfit the Permanent Multipurpose Module Leonardo that it delivered Leonardo had visited the station seven times before as a cargo carrier before being refurbished to serve as a permanent 2,472-cubic-foot addition to the orbiting laboratory Among the 6,000 pounds of Leonardo cargo was Robonaut 2, a human upper torso-like robot that could be a precursor of devices to help during spacewalks About 2,000 pounds of additional cargo for the station was carried on the shuttleï¿½s middeck

The unofficial mission elapsed time was 12 days, 19 hours, four minutes and 50 seconds The flight gave Discovery a total of 148,221,675 miles traveled in 5,830 orbits

The crew is scheduled to return to Houston for a welcome at Ellington Fieldï¿½s Hangar 276 about 4 p m Thursday Gates will open at 3:30 for the public to attend

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Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 13:12:20 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA TV TO COVER SOYUZ LANDING AND LAUNCH EVENTS

March 09, 2011

Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100

Report #M11-050

NASA TV TO COVER SOYUZ LANDING AND LAUNCH EVENTS

HOUSTON -- NASA Television will cover the March 16th return of three crew members who have called the International Space Station home for more than five months The March 29th launch of three new residents to the station also will be televised and streamed on the agency's website

NASA's Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly, Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri and Russian Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka are scheduled to land the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan at 2:48 a m CDT (1:48 p m Kazakhstan time) on March 16 Before departing, Kelly will hand over command of the station to Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev during a ceremony at 3:45 p m on March 14

On March 29, NASA Flight Engineer Ron Garan, Russian cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Russian Flight Engineer Andrey Borisenko will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:41 p m (6:41 a m Baikonur time March 30) in a Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft

They will join the Expedition 27 commander Kondratyev; NASA astronaut Cady Coleman; and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli The trio has been aboard the station since mid-December 2010

NASA TV's scheduled coverage includes (all times Central):

Friday, March 11 2 p m -- Video File of the Soyuz TMA-21 crew news conference at Star City, Russia, and visit to Red Square in Moscow Monday, March 14 3:45 p m -- Expedition 26 change of command ceremony Tuesday, March 15 7:30 p m -- Soyuz TMA-01M crew farewells and hatch closure (hatch closure at 8 p m ) 11 p m -- Undocking coverage (undocking at 11:24 p m ) Wednesday, March 16 1:30 a m -- Deorbit burn and landing in Kazakhstan (deorbit burn at 1:57 a m , landing at 2:48 a m ) 11 a m -- Video File of the undocking and landing 4 p m -- Video File of the landing and post-landing activities; including post-landing interview with Kelly and the cosmonauts' return to Chkalovsky Airfield, Star City, Russia Thursday, March 17 11 a m -- Video File of the Soyuz TMA-21 crew departure for Baikonur ceremony at Star City, Russia Friday, March 25 11 a m -- Video File of the crew activities in Baikonur Sunday, March 27 11 a m -- Video File of the rocket mating and rollout to the launch pad in Baikonur Monday, March 28 4 p m -- Video File of the final pre-launch crew news conference and Russian State Commission meeting in Baikonur Tuesday, March 29 6 p m -- Video File of the crew pre-launch activities in Baikonur 6:45 p m -- Launch coverage (launch at 7:41 p m ) 10 p m -- Video File of pre-launch, launch and post-launch interviews

Thursday, March 31 8:30 p m -- Docking coverage (docking at 9:10 p m followed by the post-docking news conference from Mission Control, Moscow) 11:30 p m -- Hatch opening and welcoming ceremony (hatch opening and welcoming ceremony at 12:10 a m April 1) Friday, April 1 1:30 a m -- Video File of docking, hatch opening and welcoming ceremony

For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 13:55:33 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA ANNOUNCES TWEETUP FOR SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR'S FINAL LIFT OFF

March 09, 2011

Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #H11-069

NASA ANNOUNCES TWEETUP FOR SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR'S FINAL LIFT OFF

WASHINGTON -- NASA will give 150 of its Twitter followers an insider's look at the nation's space program and the opportunity to view a space shuttle launch in person The fourth shuttle launch Tweetup, scheduled April 18-19, will be held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida

Attendees will tour the center, view the shuttle launch and speak with NASA managers, astronauts, shuttle technicians and engineers NASA randomly will select the participants from online registrations Shuttle Endeavour is targeted to lift off from Kennedy on its mission to the International Space Station at 7:48 p m EDT on April 19 It will be Endeavour's final mission and the penultimate mission before the shuttles are retired

"As the Space Shuttle Program draws to a close, it is important to NASA that people have the opportunity to experience a launch and share it with their friends, family, and followers," said Stephanie Schierholz, social media manager at NASA Headquarters in Washington "This is our fourth and very well could be our final shuttle launch Tweetup, so we're excited about making it a special experience "

Registration opens at noon on Monday, March 14, and closes at noon on Tuesday, March 15 For more information about the Tweetup and to sign up, visit:

http://www nasa gov/tweetup

NASA will broadcast a portion of the April 18th event at:

http://www ustream tv/channel/nasa-hd-tv

Find all the ways to connect and collaborate with NASA at:

http://www nasa gov/connect

For more information about shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts134

To learn about other ways to view a shuttle launch, visit:

http://www nasa gov/centers/kennedy/about/view

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