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1. STS-134 MCC Status Report #02
2. STS-134 MCC Status Report #03
3. STS-134 MCC Status Report #04

Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 03:11:34 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-134 MCC Status Report #02

STS-134 Report #02 12:30 a m CDT Tuesday, May 17, 2011 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � Endeavour�s six crew members are awake and ready for their mission�s first full day in space The crew�s activities will focus on the standard inspection of the orbiter and preparations for docking with the International Space Station

The crew was awakened at 10:56 p m CDT Monday to �Beautiful Day� performed by U2 The song was played for Commander Mark Kelly

The six-hour inspection of critical parts of the shuttle�s thermal protection system will look at the reinforced carbon-carbon leading edges of Endeavour�s wings and nose cap The Orbiter Boom Sensor System, the 50-foot extension of the shuttle�s robotic arm, was to be unberthed for the inspection by Mission Specialists Mike Fincke and Roberto Vittori

Fincke, Pilot Greg Johnson and Mission Specialist Andrew Feustel were to begin their look at the starboard wing at about 2:40 a m The nose cap survey with Fincke, Feustel and Mission Specialist Greg Chamitoff at the arm controls comes next, and the process will wind up with a look at the port wing with Johnson, Vittori and Chamitoff The arm extension is scheduled to be berthed a little before 8 a m

Endeavour is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station at about 5:15 a m on Wednesday Today�s activities included preparations for the rendezvous and docking, including installation of the centerline camera in the orbiter docking system, extension of the orbiter docking system ring and a checkout of rendezvous tools

The crew is scheduled to begin its sleep period just before 2 p m The next shuttle status report will be issued at the end of the crew�s day or earlier if warranted

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Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 14:46:45 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-134 MCC Status Report #03

STS-134 Report #03 1 p m CDT Tuesday, May 17, 2011 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � Endeavour�s astronauts performed an inspection of the orbiter�s thermal protection system They also checked out spacesuits and rendezvous tools in preparation for Wednesday�s docking with the International Space Station, scheduled for 5:16 a m CDT

The shuttle and its crew of six, Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Greg H Johnson and Mission Specialists Mike Fincke, Roberto Vittori, Andrew Feustel and Greg Chamitoff are delivering the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2, other experiments and critical spare parts to the station

The crew members took turns monitoring and using the shuttle�s robotic arm and its orbiter boom sensor system to look at the reinforced carbon-carbon on the spacecraft�s nose and wing leading edges, and some of its heat-resistant tiles

Vittori and Johnson then latched the shuttle robotic arm onto the Express Logistics Carrier 3 to prepare for its installation shortly after arrival at the station

Fincke and Feustel spent several hours preparing spacesuits for transfer to the station�s Quest airlock, where the mission�s four spacewalks will originate The spacewalks are aimed at getting the International Space Station in the best possible shape for the retirement of the space shuttle fleet, through a variety of different tasks

Feustel completed a checkout of the Sensor Test for Orion Rel-nav Risk Mitigation, or STORRM, equipment The system is flying aboard Endeavour to examine sensor technologies that could make it easier for future space vehicles to dock to the International Space Station It will gather data during the initial rendezvous and docking to the station, during the nominal undocking, and again during a dedicated re-rendezvous

The next shuttle status report will be issued after crew wake up, or earlier if warranted The crew is scheduled to be awakened at 9:56 p m

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Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 22:44:56 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-134 MCC Status Report #04

STS-134 Report #04 10:30 p m CDT Tuesday, May 17, 2011 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � STS-134 Commander Mark Kelly will guide Endeavour through its final rendezvous to a docking with the International Space Station today, and after being welcomed by their space station colleagues the combined crew will install a spare parts platform on the station�s backbone

Endeavour�s crew was awakened at 9:56 p m CDT to the sounds of �Drops of Jupiter,� a song by the band Train played for Pilot Greg Johnson, who will assist Kelly with the rendezvous and docking

The Endeavour crew � which includes Mission Specialists Greg Chamitoff, Drew Feustel, Mike Fincke and Roberto Vittori � spent the previous day checking out instruments they�ll use for the rendezvous, installing a centerline camera that will be used by Kelly for final targeting of the Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 docking port, and extending the shuttle�s shock-absorbing Orbiter Docking System The crew also conducted two maneuvering system burns to refine Endeavour�s approach to the station

Rendezvous operations will resume at 11:36 p m today, with the start of the final phase of the rendezvous beginning at 2:37 a m Wednesday when the terminal initiation burn is performed

Kelly will guide Endeavour through a slow back-flip at a distance of 600 feet from the station before making his final approach, and Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman will snap about 500 photos of the shuttle�s thermal protection tiles before it flies ahead of the station and backs into the docking port

Docking is scheduled for 5:16 a m , and after a solid linkage is established and pressures are equalized, the two crews will open hatches at 7:36 a m and join forces for the extensive robotic activities and four spacewalks of the mission

The first robotic activity will be a handoff of Express Logistics Carrier 3, which was grappled by the shuttle�s robotic arm on Tuesday, to the station�s robotic arm ELC3 then will be installed on the port side of the station�s truss structure On the following day, the astronauts will install the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the opposite side of the station�s truss structure

Mission Specialists Fincke and Feustel will transfer space suits that will be used for the spacewalks to the station�s Quest airlock The first spacewalk is scheduled for Friday

Expedition 27�s Ron Garan is adjusting his sleep shift to match that of the shuttle crew, as Kondratyev, Coleman and Nespoli share time supporting the shuttle mission activities and getting ready to undock and return home to Earth on May 23 Before departing, Kondratyev will hand over command of the station to Andrey Borisenko, who will remain on the station with Alexander Samokutyaev and Garan as a trio until the remainder of the Expedition 28 crew arrives June 9

The next shuttle status report will be issued before the shuttle crew goes to sleep at 1:56 p m , or earlier if warranted

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 17 May 2011 to 18 May 2011 (#2011-54)

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