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1. STS-119 MCC Status Report #26 (2)
2. STS-119 MCC Status Report #27

Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:27:43 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-119 MCC Status Report #26

STS-119 Report #26 8:30 a m CDT Saturday, March 28, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – Discovery’s crew of seven is preparing for a 12:39 p m CDT landing today at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida

Commander Lee Archambault, Pilot Tony Antonelli and Mission Specialists Joseph Acaba, John Phillips, Steve Swanson, Richard Arnold and returning Expedition 18 crew member Sandra Magnus were awakened this morning at 4:13 a m to the song “Old Days“ by Chicago The song was played for Archambault

As Discovery’s crew prepared for landing, the Soyuz spacecraft carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi docked with the International Space Station at 8:05 a m

Flight controllers reported to the space shuttle crew that weather conditions are forecast to be acceptable for their return home and that they could begin deorbit preparations at 7:33 a m Discovery will fire its engines at 11:33 a m to begin the descent to Florida on a northeasterly track that will cross over Central America and Cuba

A second landing opportunity is available if needed for Discovery to land at Kennedy on Saturday, beginning with a deorbit burn engine firing at 1:08 p m leading to a 2:14 p m touchdown That track would take Discovery over Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico

Kennedy is the only landing site being considered for Discovery on Saturday

The next status report will be issued following Discovery's landing, or earlier if events warrant

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Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:59:19 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-119 MCC Status Report #26

STS-119 Report #26 9:00 a m CDT Saturday, March 28, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – Discovery’s crew of seven is preparing for a 12:39 p m CDT landing today at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida

Commander Lee Archambault, Pilot Tony Antonelli and Mission Specialists Joseph Acaba, John Phillips, Steve Swanson, Richard Arnold and returning Expedition 18 crew member Sandra Magnus were awakened this morning at 4:13 a m to the song “I Have a Dream“ by ABBA The song was played for Magnus

As Discovery’s crew prepared for landing, the Soyuz spacecraft carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael Barratt and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi docked with the International Space Station at 8:05 a m

Flight controllers reported to the space shuttle crew that weather conditions are forecast to be acceptable for their return home and that they could begin deorbit preparations at 7:33 a m Discovery will fire its engines at 11:33 a m to begin the descent to Florida on a northeasterly track that will cross over Central America and Cuba

A second landing opportunity is available if needed for Discovery to land at Kennedy on Saturday, beginning with a deorbit burn engine firing at 1:08 p m leading to a 2:14 p m touchdown That track would take Discovery over Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico

Kennedy is the only landing site being considered for Discovery on Saturday

The next status report will be issued following Discovery's landing, or earlier if events warrant

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Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:36:28 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-119 MCC Status Report #27

STS-119 Report #27 2:30 p m CST Saturday, March 28, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – After boosting the International Space Station to full power, the seven member crew of Discovery returned to Earth today, threading the weather needle for a landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Mission managers waved off the first landing opportunity due to gusty winds and clouds at the Shuttle Landing Facility, but took advantage of improved conditions to land on the second opportunity at 2:14 p m CDT Saturday

Discovery’s main landing gear touched down at 2:13:17 p m , followed by the nose gear at 2:13:40 p m The shuttle’s wheels stopped at 2:14:45 p m , bringing the mission’s elapsed time to 12 days, 19 hours, 29 minutes, 33 seconds Discovery traveled 5,304,140 miles during its journey

Discovery Commander Lee Archambault, Pilot Tony Antonelli and Mission Specialists Joe Acaba, Richard Arnold, John Phillips, Steve Swanson, and Sandra Magnus spent the morning preparing for today’s deorbit burn and landing Magnus is returning after serving aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for the past four months Magnus spent 134 days in space, 129 of them on the station Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency Astronaut Koichi Wakata launched aboard Discovery, and remains on the station as a member of the Expedition 18 and 19 crews

Discovery’s mission delivered and installed the final set of solar arrays to the space station, which is working well as it continues through its checkout period In addition, the shuttle crew delivered and helped install a replacement Distillation Assembly centrifuge for the station’s water recycling system, which so far is functioning well Discovery is carrying several liters of samples processed from urine by the Water Recovery System for purity analysis on the ground Both the solar arrays and the recycling system are key elements that will support the doubling of the station's crew size to six this summer

Over the course of three spacewalks, Discovery's astronauts also activated a Global Positioning System antenna that will allow Japan’s HII Transfer Vehicle to rendezvous with the station later this year, and set the stage for future assembly tasks by station and shuttle crews

Discovey’s crew is scheduled to return home to its Houston base on Sunday, arriving at Ellington Field’s Hangar 990 about 4 p m CDT The public is invited to the ceremony

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 28 Mar 2009 to 29 Mar 2009 (#2009-32)

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