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1. STS-129 MCC Status Report #20
2. STS-129 MCC Status Report #21

Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:55:31 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-129 MCC Status Report #20

STS-129 Report #20 1 a m CST Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – The seven-member crew of Atlantis are packing the orbiter and preparing to return home, wrapping up the 31st shuttle flight to the International Space Station

Commander Charlie Hobaugh, Pilot Barry Wilmore and Mission Specialists Randy Bresnik, Mike Foreman, Leland Melvin, Robert Satcher Jr and Nicole Stott were awakened at 12:28 a m with the song “Fly Me to the Moon” by Frank Sinatra It was played for Stott

Cabin stowage will start at 3:48 a m

Hobaugh and Wilmore, with help from Bresnik, will check out the flight control surfaces, including the rudder and the wing flaps at 4:48 a m Those surfaces will guide Atlantis’ unpowered flight through the atmosphere to a landing Immediately afterwards, at 5:58 a m , the astronauts will test fire reaction control system thrusters The thrusters will control the shuttle’s orientation as it descends and begins its re-entry through the atmosphere

All seven crew members will take a break at 8:13 a m to talk with news media representatives During the 20 minute chat they’ll take questions from ABC Radio, WTVT-TV in Tampa and KCBS in Los Angeles

After setup on the mid-deck of a recumbent seat for Nicole Stott, returning after 90 days in space, 80 as a station crewmember, and stowage of the shuttle’s Ku-band antenna, the crew is scheduled to go to bed at 4:28 p m They’ll be awakened at 12:28 a m Friday for their scheduled Kennedy Space Center landing The first opportunity would have Atlantis touching down at 8:44 a m Friday

The next shuttle status report will be issued at the end of the crew day, or earlier if events warrant

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Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:59:09 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-129 MCC Status Report #21

STS-129 Report #21 Noon CST Thursday, Nov 26 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – Atlantis crew members spent part of Thanksgiving Day preparing for their scheduled Friday landing

The shuttle and its seven-astronaut crew, Commander Charles Hobaugh, Pilot Barry Wilmore and Mission Specialists Leland Melvin, Randy Bresnik, Mike Foreman, Robert Satcher Jr and Nicole Stott also had a Thanksgiving meal and talked with media representatives

Hobaugh, Wilmore and Melvin tested Atlantis’ flight control system, the flaps and rudders that will guide it through the atmosphere, and test fired the thruster jets that control its orientation in space and during early re-entry

All crew members spent time stowing items in the shuttle’s cabin in preparation for the return to Earth Landing is scheduled for 8:44 a m CST at Kennedy Space Center in Florida

They all gathered for a deorbit briefing a little after 6 a m , just before their midday meal

The Thanksgiving dinner aboard Atlantis was more traditional than expected The International Space Station Expedition 21 crew members, Commander Jeffrey Williams, and Flight Engineers Maxim Suraev, Roman Romanenko, Robert Thirsk and Frank De Winne, had smoked turkey, green beans, mushrooms, cornbread dressing and candied yams available for their Thanksgiving Apparently some of that fare found its way to the shuttle before the Wednesday undocking

At about 8:15 a m Atlantis crew members talked with media representatives from ABC Radio, WTVT-TV in Tampa and KCBS-TV in Los Angeles

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

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 26 Nov 2009 to 27 Nov 2009 (#2009-134)

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