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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 tomorrow’s return home The crew woke up this morning at 2:04 a m CDT to “Cantina Band,” one of composer John Williams’ songs from the soundtrack to “Star Wars ” 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 shuttle’s unpowered flight through the atmosphere to a landing Immediately afterward, at 6:21 a m , the astronauts will test fire Atlantis’ reaction control system thrusters The thrusters will control the shuttle’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 crew’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 Atlantis’ 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 shuttle’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, Atlantis’ crew tested the ship’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 Saturday’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 crew’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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