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1. STS-128 MCC Status Report #20
2. STS-128 MCC Status Report #21

Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 10:53:40 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-128 MCC Status Report #20

STS-128 Report #20 Monday, Sept 9, 2009 - 11 a m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – The 13 crewmembers onboard the International Space Station and space shuttle Discovery will prepare to part today They will pack up their final items and close the hatches dividing the two spacecraft in preparation for undocking tomorrow

The crew woke at 10:30 a m to “Only One,” performed by Jeremy Kay and played for Mission Specialist Danny Olivas

About two and a half hours after wake up, mission specialist Jose Hernandez and Flight Engineer Nicole Stott will join to take questions from reporters at Telemundo, WTSP-TV in Florida, and Univision The interactive event will air live at 1:09 p m

The crew will close up the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module today Once configured, pilot Kevin Ford will join Hernandez to use the station’s robotic arm to remove Leonardo from its location on the station, and position it in the shuttle’s payload bay for the ride back to Earth

With Leonardo in place, the crew members, including shuttle commander Rick Sturckow, Ford, mission specialists Pat Forrester, Hernandez, Olivas, Christer Fuglesang, Tim Kopra and station commander Gennady Padalka, flight engineers Mike Barratt, Stott, Roman Romanenko, Robert Thirsk and Frank De Winne will gather one last time for farewells before the hatch closure Tim Kopra will bid his Expedition 20 crewmates farewell as he prepares to wrap up his first spaceflight mission and return with the space shuttle crew, who will in turn be wishing well to Stott who will remain on station, taking Kopra’s place as an expeditionary crewmember

Hatch closure is expected at 9:30 p m Next, the shuttle crew will set up and check out tools and a camera needed for undocking tomorrow

The next shuttle status report will be issued near the end of the crew’s workday, or earlier if events warrant The shuttle crew is due to go to sleep about 2 a m Tuesday

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Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 22:47:25 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-128 MCC Status Report #21

STS-128 Report #21 Monday, September 7, 2009 - 11:00 p m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – The astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station and space shuttle Discovery have wrapped up their work in space together The crews of the two spacecraft bid each other farewell and closed the hatches between them at 10:41 p m CDT

With eight days of joint operations between the spacecraft complete, Discovery is scheduled to undock from the station at 2:26 p m Tuesday

Today the crews completed the last major activity before undocking They exited the Leonardo Multi-purpose Logistics Module, deactivated it and returned it to Discovery’s cargo bay using the station’s robotic arm Pilot Kevin Ford and Mission Specialist Jose Hernandez operated the arm

Leonardo is carrying about 2,400 pounds of equipment back to Earth Discovery’s middeck is transporting about 860 pounds of return items

Also returning to Earth aboard Discovery, Mission Specialist Tim Kopra bid his Expedition 20 crew mates farewell Flight Engineer Nicole Stott has taken his place as a long-duration crew member aboard the station

The shuttle crew is scheduled to go to sleep about 2 a m and wake up at 9:59 a m Tuesday

The next shuttle status report will be issued after the crew awakens, or earlier if events warrant

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