STS-114 Report #20 Thursday, Aug 4, 2005 – 11:45 p m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

Now in their eleventh day of the mission and with three successful spacewalks behind them, the STS-114 crew of Space Shuttle Discovery is slated to begin preparations for undocking and the final day with their International Space Station counterparts Their activities for the day include final equipment transfers, stowage and return of the robotic arm, boom and cargo container to the Shuttle payload bay

“Anchors Aweigh” was the Shuttle crew wake-up song for the day, played at 9:15 p m CDT The song was dedicated to Mission Specialist Wendy Lawrence at the request of Commander Eileen Collins Space Station Expedition 11 crewmates John Phillips and Sergei Krikalev woke 30 minutes later

The first tasks of the day center on preparation of the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) for its berthing back into DiscoveryÂ’s cargo bay That module was removed from Discovery on Flight Day 4, mated to the Station and unloaded Discovery and the MPLM are now loaded with 7,055 lbs of unneeded equipment and trash for return to Earth

Pilot Jim Kelly and Lawrence will operate the Station robotic arm later in the day to move Raffaello from the Station and gently place it back into DiscoveryÂ’s cargo bay at 6:34 a m CDT Then, joined by Mission Specialists Charlie Camarda and Andy Thomas, the four will use the Shuttle arm to return the Orbiter Boom Sensor System to its secured position on the sill of the payload bay for the ride back to Earth

Throughout the day, the on-orbit team will continue with stowing equipment on DiscoveryÂ’s middeck and configurations for undocking, including Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi, Steve Robinson and Thomas making final configurations and stowage of the spacesuits

Both crews are scheduled for sleep at 1:09 p m CDT Friday with hatch closing and undocking scheduled early Saturday morning

The next STS-114 mission status report will be issued Friday, or earlier, if events warrant