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1. STS-127 MCC Status Report #20
2. STS-127 MCC Status Report #21

Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:37:52 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-127 MCC Status Report #20

STS-127 Report #20 Saturday, July 25, 2009 - 5:00 a m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – The combined crew of space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will enjoy a day off to rest up after a challenging first half of the STS-127 assembly mission

The song “In Your Eyes,” by Peter Gabriel, was played as a wake-up call for the crew at 4:46 a m CDT It was selected for Tom Marshburn, who completed his second spacewalk on Friday with Chris Cassidy

The spacewalkers completed the final four battery swaps for the Port 6 Truss structure, and those batteries are now being charged Later in the day, the new batteries are expected to be integrated into the station’s power grid

Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Chris Cassidy, Julie Payette, Tom Marshburn and Dave Wolf will answer reporters’ questions in an interview set for 7:03 a m CDT

Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineers Mike Barratt, Tim Kopra, Roman Romanenko, Bob Thirsk and Frank De Winne will have a standard weekend schedule that includes time off and routine station housekeeping

The crew is scheduled to begin its sleep period about 7 p m

The next mission status report will be issued at the end of the crew’s day or earlier if warranted

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Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:55:56 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-127 MCC Status Report #21

STS-127 Report #21 Saturday, July 25, 2009 - 1:00 p m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

The crews of space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station had a day off to rest in preparation of robotics operations to berth the Japanese experiment carrier in the shuttle’s payload bay Sunday and the fifth and final planned spacewalk of the mission on Monday

Endeavour Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Chris Cassidy, Julie Payette, Tom Marshburn and Dave Wolf took some time out of their time off, however, to answer reporters’ questions from WISH-TV in Indianapolis, CBS News and WREG-TV in Memphis, Tenn

Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineers Mike Barratt, Tim Kopra, Roman Romanenko, Bob Thirsk and Frank De Winne have a standard weekend schedule that includes exercise, routine station housekeeping and time off

The 13-member combined crew of space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will downlink a “crew choice” presentation at 4:03 p m CDT titled “The Partnership of the International Space Station ” NASA Television will air it live

Spacewalkers Cassidy and Marshburn completed the final four battery swaps for the station’s Port 6 truss segment Friday, and those batteries are holding power Later in the day, the new batteries will be integrated into the station’s power grid

The station crew is scheduled to begin its sleep period at 6:33 p m , followed 30 minutes later by the shuttle crew The shuttle and station crews are scheduled to be awakened at 3:03 a m Sunday

The next mission status report will be issued after crew wake or earlier if warranted

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 25 Jul 2009 to 26 Jul 2009 (#2009-80)

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