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1. STS-127 MCC Status Report #10
2. STS-127 MCC Status Report #11

Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:35:54 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-127 MCC Status Report #10

STS-127 Report #10 6 a m CDT Monday, July 20, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – A day of spacewalking and plumbing repair are in store for the Endeavour and Expedition 20 crews aboard the International Space Station

The 13 spacefarers were awakened at 5:33 a m CDT to the theme from the 1960s television series “Thunderbirds,” by composer Barry Gray, for Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette

Preparations for the second of five spacewalks will resume at 6:13 a m in the Quest airlock module Spacewalkers Dave Wolf and Tom Marshburn are scheduled to start their six and a half hour excursion at 10:28 a m

While the spacewalk team is getting ready, Expedition 20 commander Genady Padalka and Flight Engineer Frank De Winne will begin replacing components of the Waste Hygiene Compartment toilet in the Destiny Laboratory The system’s dose pump failed after running for about 15 minutes Sunday The pump introduces the correct amount of chemicals into the system to help separate liquids from solid waste

Since then the station crew has been using the toilet in the Zvezda service module and the shuttle crew has been using the shuttle commode, but the temporary shutdown has no significant impact on joint docked operations

Flight controllers powered up the station’s robotic arm at 5 a m today Mission Specialist Julie Payette will use Canadarm2 like a space-aged “cherry picker,” moving Wolf between an Integrated Cargo Carrier and one of the station’s External Stowage Platforms so he can stage for key station replacement parts The pair also will install a television camera on the newly delivered Japanese Exposed Facility

Today’s spacewalk will take place on the anniversary of the first moon walk by Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969

Tim Kopra, the newest member of the Expedition 20 crew, will spend several hours adapting to his new home on orbit with help from off-going Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata, who will be returning to Earth with Endeavour’s crew after four months on the station as a member of the Expedition 18, 19 and 20 crews

The next shuttle status report will be issued following the spacewalk, or earlier if events warrant

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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:52:20 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-127 MCC Status Report #11

STS-127 Report #11 Monday, July 20, 2009 - 9 p m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – The crews aboard the International Space Station and space shuttle Endeavour honored the legacy of Apollo 11 by conducting a spacewalk on the same day that 40 years ago captured the world’s attention when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon for the first time

The fifth day of the shuttle mission focused on the second of five planned spacewalks of the mission – this one performed by Dave Wolf and Tom Marshburn

Mission Specialists Dave Wolf and Tom Marshburn performed the six hour, 53 minute extravehicular excursion to complete a number of station hardware installation tasks

Exiting from the Quest Airlock at 10:27 a m , Wolf removed three hardware spares – a Ku-Band Space-to-Ground Antenna, a Pump Module and a Linear Drive Unit, from an Integrated Cargo Carrier With each spare in hand, Wolf rode the space station robotic arm to the P3 Truss where a stowage platform awaited There he and Marshburn attached them for long-term storage

Julie Payette and Doug Hurley operated the robotic arm Marshburn mounted a grapple bar onto an ammonia tank assembly so that the next space shuttle crew of STS-128 can move the tank by robotic arm Marshburn also attached two insulation sleeves for external power connectors to the Station to Shuttle Power Transfer System Wolf and Marshburn completed most of the planned tasks, but deferred a video camera installation

The spacewalk concluded at 5:20 p m CDT It was Wolf’s sixth spacewalk and the first for Marshburn

Expedition 20 commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Frank De Winne replaced components of the Waste Hygiene Compartment toilet in the Destiny laboratory The system’s dose pump failed Sunday After Padalka and De Winne replaced the separator pump, control panel and the COT, a container that holds liquid, the system was activated and performed normally

Meanwhile, Tim Kopra continued with his familiarization of the space station, having recently replaced Koichi Wakata as an Expedition 20 Flight Engineer

The crew sleep period begins about 9 p m with wake up set for 5:03 a m Tuesday The next mission status report will be issued following crew wake up, or earlier if events warrant

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 20 Jul 2009 to 21 Jul 2009 (#2009-75)

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