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1. STS-119 MCC Status Report #18
2. STS-119 MCC Status Report #19

Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:38:46 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-119 MCC Status Report #18

STS-119 Report #18 Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 7:30 a m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

The crew members on board space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station get a breather from a busy timeline today as they near the end of their joint docked operations and prepare their vehicles for undocking Wednesday

The crew’s wake-up song this morning, played for Mission Specialist John Phillips, was “Andrew’s Song” by Treestump, a band in which Phillips’ daughter plays

The shuttle and station crew members will spend the first half of their day on supplies and equipment transfers between the two vehicles ahead of hatch closing and the scheduled undocking of Discovery at 2:53 p m CDT tomorrow Shuttle Commander Lee Archambault and most of his shuttle crewmates have scheduled off-duty time this afternoon Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke, Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata and Mission Specialist Sandra Magnus are scheduled for daily exercise this afternoon

Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov has time set aside today to set up a work area in the Russian section of the station for a forthcoming visitor, Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi He is due to arrive at the station Saturday in the company of Expedition 19 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Mike Barratt They’re due to launch at 6:49 a m Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and dock to the station at 8:14 a m Saturday

The shuttle and station crew members are slated to get together to discuss the progress of the flight in a 35-minute joint news conference starting at 12:05 p m The astronauts and cosmonaut will respond to questions from reporters at several NASA centers around the country, including a contingent of Japanese reporters at the Johnson Space Center in Houston The news conference will be replayed with interpretation of the Japanese portion at 1 p m

The next status report will be issued this evening or earlier if events warrant

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Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:51:59 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-119 MCC Status Report #19

STS-119 Report #19 Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 8 p m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – The crews of space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station took a break today in and around transfer work ahead of Wednesday’s farewell and undocking of the shuttle The ten spacefarers also talked with President Barack Obama joined by school children at the White House and later with reporters covering their mission

The stage is set for Discovery to undock from the station at 2:53 p m Wednesday after the crew bids farewell to its temporary home and the Expedition 18 crew, leaving behind Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and bringing home Sandy Magnus after four months aboard the station

Early in the day, the crews gathered for a long distance phone call from President Obama flanked by school children and congressional members to quiz the ten crew members on their mission and life in space

Later, the crew turned its attention to transfer checklists as the time nears to say goodbye leaving the station larger and more powerful than it was before Discovery arrived

The formal farewell and hatch closing is scheduled just before noon Wednesday followed by leak checks ahead of departure

The staggered sleep shift shows the station crew heading to bed about 8:45 p m and Discovery’s crew 30 minutes later at about 9:15 p m Wake up comes at 5:13 a m Wednesday to start the final hours of the joint mission

The next status report will be issued after crew wake up, or earlier if events warrant

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 24 Mar 2009 to 25 Mar 2009 (#2009-28)

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