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1. STS-126 MCC Status Report #14
2. NASA TO BROADCAST SHUTTLE MISSION HIGHLIGHTS IN HIGH DEFINITION
3. STS-126 MCC Status Report #15

Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:57:11 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-126 MCC Status Report #14

STS-126 Report #14 Friday, November 21, 2008 - 9:00 a m CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

After completing a spacewalk Thursday Endeavour and International Space Station crew members will work today on getting ready for another spacewalk Saturday, transferring material between the station and the shuttle and other tasks

Endeavour crew members, Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Eric Boe and mission specialists Don Pettit, Steve Bowen, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Shane Kimbrough and Greg Chamitoff, and the station crew, Commander Mike Fincke and flight engineers Yury Lonchakov and Sandra Magnus, were awakened at 8:05 a m CST

The music was for Piper The song was in the Ukrainian language, which she learned as a child It was “Unharness Your Horses, Boys,” a traditional song about Cossacks performed by The Ukrainians

In addition to moving equipment and supplies, today’s schedule includes a reboost of the station by Endeavour, a news conference with shuttle and station crew members, some off-duty time for all crew members and preparations for Saturday’s spacewalk

The reboost is scheduled for 11:10 a m Plans call for Endeavour to add about three feet per second to the station’s velocity

At 2:05 p m all 10 crew members will gather in the Harmony node of the station for the 40-minute joint news conference They will field questions from journalists at participating NASA centers

Crew members will have an hour for the mid-day meal Just afterward they will have an hour of free time, beginning at 4:05 p m

Today’s spacewalk preparations will include tool assembly, a spacewalk procedures review and the beginning of the campout in the Quest airlock for the spacewalkers Spacewalkers Piper and Bowen are scheduled to leave the station’s Quest airlock at 12:45 p m Saturday on the mission’s third spacewalk They will clean and lubricate the starboard Solar Alpha Rotary Joint and replace some of its bearing assemblies

Endeavour’s crew is scheduled to go to bed at 11:55 p m today and be awakened at 7:55 a m Saturday 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: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:31:07 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA TO BROADCAST SHUTTLE MISSION HIGHLIGHTS IN HIGH DEFINITION

November 21, 2008

James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M08-237

NASA TO BROADCAST SHUTTLE MISSION HIGHLIGHTS IN HIGH DEFINITION

WASHINGTON -- NASA Television is broadcasting highlights from the ongoing STS-126 space shuttle mission in high definition (HDTV)

The NASA HDTV highlights will be broadcast on Saturday, Nov 22, and Sunday, Nov 23, at 8:30 a m and 9:30 a m EST on NASA TV HD Channel 105 On Nov 24-26 and Nov 28, the highlights will air at 8:30 a m , 11 a m and 3 p m On Nov 27 (Thanksgiving), the footage will air at 8:30 and 9:30 a m

For technical information on how to receive the special broadcast in high definition, and for NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the STS-126 mission and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:34:48 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-126 MCC Status Report #15

STS-126 Report #15 4:30 p m CST Friday, Nov 21, 2008 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – The space shuttle and International Space Station crews were hard at work transferring, assembling and testing hardware at the station today

Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Sandra Magnus tested latches on the Exposed Facility Berthing Mechanism for the Japanese Kibo laboratory The mechanism will be used to install an exterior science platform from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency during a shuttle flight next year

Magnus continued on with installation of a component for the regenerative life support system The Total Organic Carbon Analyzer will be used to test samples that come from the new Water Recovery System

Engineers are continuing to assess indications from sensors within the Water Recovery System that caused the Urine Processor Assembly to shut down during initial test operations Thursday and again Friday morning The system uses a rotating distillation process to separate out water from urine for further treatment Sensors associated with the motor of the centrifuge within the processor showed the speed of the motor slowing and that the power the motor was using changed

Space shuttle Commander Chris Ferguson and Pilot Eric Boe used Endeavour’s reaction control system jets to boost the station’s altitude by about one nautical mile The new position sets up for docking of the next Progress cargo craft at the end of November

Crew members also got ready for another spacewalk by assembling tools, reviewing procedures and beginning the campout in the Quest airlock for the spacewalkers

Saturday’s spacewalkers Heidemarie Stephanyshyn-Piper and Steve Bowen are scheduled to leave the station’s Quest airlock at 12:45 p m on the mission’s third spacewalk They will clean and lubricate the starboard Solar Alpha Rotary Joint and replace some of its bearing assemblies

Yesterday’s spacewalkers Piper and Shane Kimbrough assembled a camera that will be installed on the outside of the station during the fourth spacewalk by Kimbrough and Bowen It will be placed on the station’s port one truss segment to assist with views during the future docking of a Japanese H-IIA Transfer Vehicle

Today the crews also continued transferring material between the station and the shuttle, participated in a news conference and had some off-duty time

Endeavour’s crew is scheduled to go to bed at 11:55 p m today and be awakened at 7:55 a m Saturday The next shuttle status report will be issued after the crew is awakened, or earlier if events warrant

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 21 Nov 2008 to 22 Nov 2008 (#2008-125)

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