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1. STS-135 MCC Status Report #17
2. STS-135 MCC Status Report #18

Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:00:34 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-135 MCC Status Report #17

STS-135 Report #17 12 p m CDT Saturday, July 16, 2011 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � All four Atlantis crew members worked Saturday to move equipment and supplies between the International Space Station and the multi-purpose logistics module Raffaello

Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim, with help from their station colleagues, were nearing the home stretch in transfer activities Most of the 9,400 pounds of equipment brought up in Raffaello is aboard the station, and the loading of 5,700 pounds of return items is well under way Raffaello is scheduled to be unberthed from the station�s Harmony node and returned to the shuttle�s cargo bay early Monday

Early Saturday Ferguson and Hurley fixed a latch on a door in the floor of Atlantis� middeck The air revitalization system compartment beneath the door houses lithium hydroxide canisters, used to scrub carbon dioxide from the shuttle�s cabin atmosphere

The system will be needed once hatches between Atlantis and the station are closed about 8:30 a m CDT Monday Atlantis is scheduled to undock from the station about 1:30 a m Tuesday, and land at Kennedy Space Center just before 5 a m on Thursday

Magnus spent about an hour and a half Saturday morning taking microbial air samples in the station They will be returned in Atlantis for study and analysis

Walheim continued his work with spacewalking tools and equipment Some will be left on the station, and be available for use in upcoming Russian spacewalks from the Pirs docking compartment It will be about a year before the next scheduled U S spacewalk from the station�s Quest airlock takes place

The astronauts also provided a recorded message as a tribute to Atlantis, the entire Space Shuttle Program and team In the message, Ferguson spoke about the U S flag displayed behind them that was flown on the first space shuttle mission, STS-1 It was flown on this mission to be presented to the space station crew and it will remain displayed onboard the station until the next crew launched from the U S retrieves it for return to Earth It will fly from Earth again, with the next crew that launches from the U S on a journey of exploration beyond Earth orbit

The tribute video is available online at:

http://www nasa gov/multimedia/videogallery/index html?media_id=101615961

The next status report will be issued after the crew�s 9:59 p m Saturday wakeup or earlier if warranted

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Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:04:38 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-135 MCC Status Report #18

STS-135 Report #18 Saturday, July 16, 2011 - 10 p m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � After several days of wakeup calls from celebrities, the STS-135 crew kicked off their 10th day in space with a message from some of the stars of the Space Shuttle Program

�Good morning Atlantis, from your friends at Stennis Space Center,� Stennis employees said in a message recorded before launch �It�s time to fire up your engines � laissez les bons temps rouler!�

�Laissez les bons temps rouler,� is a Cajun French phrase that translates �Let the good times roll � Stennis Space Center, located in southern Mississippi, 50 miles from New Orleans, is home to the test stands that verified each of the main engines that helped propel space shuttles into low Earth orbit � including the three used in the STS-135 launch � was in good working order before it was installed

The message was fittingly preceded by the wakeup song, �Celebration� by Kool and the Gang, which was played for Mission Specialist Sandy Magnus The wakeup call came at 9:59 p m

Flight day 10 will see the wrap up of transfer work inside the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module, before the crew closes its hatch and returns it to the shuttle�s cargo bay on Monday They started the day with 96 percent of the work inside Raffaello done

In addition, Commander Chris Ferguson and Pilot Doug Hurley are scheduled at 5:09 a m to answer videotaped questions from students at NASA Explorer Schools across the country, in the last interactive educational event with a space shuttle crew

Following that, the crew will have two hours of off duty time

The next status report will be issued at the end of the crew�s day or earlier if warranted The crew is scheduled to go to sleep just before 1:30 p m

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