Date: May 22nd 2009

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STS-125 MCC Status Report #20
STS-125 MCC Status Report #21

Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 02:09:21 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-125 MCC Status Report #20

STS-125 Report #20 Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 2:30 a m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

The crew of Atlantis will spend the day preparing the shuttle for tomorrowÃ‚Â’s return home The crew woke up this morning at 2:04 a m CDT to Ã‚Â“Cantina Band,Ã‚Â” one of composer John WilliamsÃ‚Â’ songs from the soundtrack to Ã‚Â“Star Wars Ã‚Â” The song was played for the entire crew

Commander Scott Altman, Pilot Greg Johnson and Mission Specialist Megan McArthur will check out the flight control surfaces of Atlantis, including the rudder and the wing flaps at 5:11 a m Those surfaces will guide the shuttleÃ‚Â’s unpowered flight through the atmosphere to a landing Immediately afterward, at 6:21 a m , the astronauts will test fire AtlantisÃ‚Â’ reaction control system thrusters The thrusters will control the shuttleÃ‚Â’s orientation as it descends and begins its re-entry through the atmosphere

Mission Specialists Mike Good, John Grunsfeld, Mike Massimino and Drew Feustel will begin stowing away everything inside Atlantis and preparing the shuttle for the return trip Landing is targeted for 9:01 a m tomorrow at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida

After lunch, the crew will talk with Senator Barbara Mikulski and other members of the U S Senate at 11:31 a m At 1:41 p m , the crew will talk with reporters from ABC, FOX, CBS, NBC and CNN

The crew is due to go to sleep at 5:01 p m and will wake at 1:01 a m to begin the procedures for landing The next status report will be issued at the end of the crewÃ‚Â’s day or earlier if events warrant

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Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 16:48:19 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-125 MCC Status Report #21

STS-125 Report #21 4 p m CDT Thursday, May 21, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

As AtlantisÃ‚Â’ crew prepares for landing Friday, mission managers are closely monitoring a low pressure system that has brought 16 inches of rain in three days to the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida

Forecasters report the system is slowly moving away but it could still bring more rain, possible thunderstorms and winds that could violate the shuttleÃ‚Â’s flight rules into the Florida spaceport area The two Friday landing opportunities are at 9:00 and 10:39 a m CDT

Should mission managers wave off landing the next four opportunities will be Saturday with two at Kennedy and two at Edwards Air Force Base in California The opportunities at Kennedy are at 8:16 and 9:54 a m With a favorable California forecast, the opportunities there are at 9:46 and 11:24 a m

In another first for spaceflight, the STS-125 crew testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, chaired by Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland She, and former astronaut Sen Bill Nelson of Florida, talked with the crew

The STS-125 crew is the first to testify live from space in a Senate hearing Astronaut John Phillips gave the first congressional testimony live from space on June 14, 2005, during Expedition 11, when he testified before the House Science Committee, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics

The crew also talked with reporters from ABC, FOX, CBS, NBC and CNN

In preparation for landing, AtlantisÃ‚Â’ crew tested the shipÃ‚Â’s flight control surfaces and reaction control system thrusters Both systems functioned well and are ready to support entry activities

Tomorrow, the crew should begin deorbit preparations at 3:50 a m and close the payload bay doors at 5:10 a m Here are predicted times for tomorrow and SaturdayÃ‚Â’s landing opportunities (all CDT):

    ORBIT      SITE     D/O BURN        LANDING

FRIDAY
165 KSC 7:49:16 a m 9:00:31 a m

    166        KSC      9:33:41 a
m
    10:39:18 a
m

SATURDAY
180 KSC 7:02 a m 8:16 a m

    181        EDW      8:29 a
m
       9:46 a
m

               KSC      8:46 a
m
       9:54 a
m


    182        EDW      10:12 a
m
      11:24 a
m

The crew is due to go to sleep at 5:01 p m and will wake at 1:01 a m to begin the procedures for landing The next status report will be issued at the beginning of the crewÃ‚Â’s day or earlier if events warrant

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 21 May 2009 to 22 May 2009 (#2009-54)

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