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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:35:47 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-126 MCC Status Report #06
STS-126 Report #06 9 a m CST Monday, Nov 17, 2008 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
HOUSTON – With a new crew member aboard each spacecraft, the space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station have begun their first full day of docked operations
Endeavour docked with the station a little after 4 p m CST Sunday Less than five hours later, at 8:50 p m , Sandra Magnus’ custom seat liner was installed in the Soyuz spacecraft docked to the station At that time Greg Chamitoff officially became a member of Endeavour’s crew He will return to Earth on the shuttle after about six months in space, most of it as a station flight engineer
Endeavour crew members, Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Eric Boe and mission specialists Don Pettit, Steve Bowen, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Shane Kimbrough and Chamitoff, were awakened at 8:35 a m CST for a day that will see the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo attached to the Earth-facing port of the space station’s Harmony node The wakeup music was “London Calling,” performed by The Clash It was played for Bowen
Leonardo and its seven-ton-plus cargo will be grappled by the station’s Canadarm2 at about 10:25 a m to begin the installation process Leonardo’s cargo will help prepare the station for a six-member crew Scheduled next year, that will enable more science to be performed aboard the orbiting laboratory
Also on today’s schedule is transfer of material between Endeavour and the station and preparation for the first of the mission’s four spacewalks Piper and Bowen will camp out in the Quest airlock under reduced pressure beginning at the end of the crew day to prepare for the spacewalk scheduled to begin at 12:45 p m Tuesday
There was good news sent up to the crews late Sunday After examining results of Endeavour’s thermal protection system survey, engineers decided that no focused inspection of the shuttle right wing would be required today
The crew is scheduled to go to bed at 11:55 p m Monday and be awakened at 7:55 a m Tuesday The next shuttle status report will be issued at the end of the crew day, or earlier if events warrant
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:41:57 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD MARK 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
November 17, 2008
Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749
Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111
Report #H08-296
NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD MARK 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
HOUSTON -- Nations around the world will join together to mark a milestone in space exploration this week, celebrating the 10th birthday of a unique research laboratory, the International Space Station
Now the largest spacecraft ever built, the orbital assembly of the space station began with the launch from Kazakhstan of its first bus-sized component, Zarya, on Nov 20, 1998 The launch began an international construction project of unprecedented complexity and sophistication
The station is a venture of international cooperation among NASA, the Russian Federal Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, and 11 members of the European Space Agency, or ESA: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom More than 100,000 people in space agencies and contractor facilities in 37 U S states and throughout the world are involved in this endeavor
"The station's capability and sheer size today are truly amazing," said International Space Station Program Manager Mike Suffredini "The tremendous technological achievement in orbit is matched only by the cooperation and perseverance of its partners on the ground We have overcome differences in language, geography and engineering philosophies to succeed "
Only a few weeks after the U S -funded, Russian-built, Zarya module was launched from Kazakhstan, the space shuttle carried aloft the Unity connector module in December 1998 Constructed on opposite sides of Earth, Unity and Zarya met for the first time in space and were joined to begin the orbital station's assembly and a decade of peaceful cooperation
Ten years later, the station's mass has expanded to more than 627,000 pounds, and its interior volume is more than 25,000 cubic feet, comparable to the size of a five-bedroom house Since Zarya's launch as the early command, control and power module, there have been 29 additional construction flights to the station: 27 aboard the space shuttle and two additional Russian launches
One hundred sixty seven individuals representing 15 countries have visited the complex Crews have eaten some 19,000 meals aboard the station since the first crew took up residence in 2000 Through the course of 114 spacewalks and unmatched robotic construction in space, the station's truss structure has grown to 291 feet long so far Its solar arrays now span to 28,800 square feet, large enough to cover six basketball courts
The International Space Station hosts 19 research facilities, including nine sponsored by NASA, eight by ESA and two by JAXA Cooperation among international teams of humans and robots is expected to become a mainstay of space exploration throughout our solar system The 2005 NASA Authorization Act recognized the U S orbital segment as the first national laboratory beyond Earth, opening it for additional research by other government agencies, academia and the private sector
"With the International Space Station, we have learned so many things -- and we're going to take that knowledge and apply it to flying to the moon and Mars," said Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke, now aboard the station "Everything we're learning so close to home, only 240 miles away from the planet, we can apply to the moon 240,000 miles away "
To take a virtual tour of the International Space Station and learn more about the current mission, visit:
http://www nasa gov/station
To find out how to see the station from your own backyard, visit:
http://www spaceflight nasa gov/realdata/sightings
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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:56:23 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-126 MCC Status Report #07
STS-126 Report #07 Monday, November 17, 2008 - 6 p m CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
HOUSTON – The joint Space Shuttle Endeavour and International Space Station crews today took the first step toward updating the complex’s interior by installing a packed logistics module on a docking port
The Leonardo Multipurpose Logistics Module (MPLM) – stuffed with additional sleeping stations, new exercise equipment, a water regeneration system, experiments and hardware – was carefully moved from Endeavour’s payload bay to the station in preparation for unloading for the next several days
Following Sunday’s arrival and orientation, the crews got down to business with swapping Sandra Magnus for Greg Chamitoff who spent 167 days on the station as an Expedition crewmember Magnus replaces Chamitoff as a Flight Engineer until her return trip home arrives in February 2009
While Magnus and Chamitoff conducted specific handover activities, the remaining crewmembers focused on moving Leonardo to its temporary location on the station where more than 14,000 pounds of hardware and supplies will be unloaded into the station making room for stowage to be returned to Earth The hatch was opened to begin that transfer work at 5:43 p m Monday
While the crew worked, imagery experts on the ground poured over images taken by the crew of Endeavour’s thermal protection system Late Monday, the crew was informed that there was no need for additional inspection Wednesday allowing planners to fill that time with transfer and new equipment activation
Late Monday night, Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steve Bowen prepared for the first of four spacewalks planned during the mission They are following a proven protocol known as the “campout” to spend the night in the Quest airlock to lessen the preparatory time before beginning the spacewalk scheduled for 12:45 p m
The crew is scheduled to go to bed at 11:55 p m Monday and be awakened at 7:55 a m Tuesday The next shuttle status report will be issued at the end of the crew day, or earlier if events warrant
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