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1. STS-130 MCC Status Report #05
2. NASA AND TEXAS INSTRUMENTS USE HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT TO BRING MATH AND SCIENCE TOPICS INTO HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMS
3. STS-130 MCC Status Report #06

Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:45:57 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-130 MCC Status Report #05

STS-130 Report #05 5 a m CST Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – The space shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station at 11:06 p m CST Tuesday, delivering the Tranquility module and its new room with a view, the cupola

Endeavour Commander George Zamka guided the orbiter to a docking with Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 as the two spacecraft were flying 215 miles above Earth off the western coast of Portugal

When the shuttle arrived within 600 feet of the station, Endeavour performed the nine-minute Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver, or “back flip ” Zamka rotated the orbiter backwards, enabling space station Commander Jeffrey Williams and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov to take high-resolution pictures of the shuttle The images will be analyzed by experts on the ground to assess the health of Endeavour’s heat shield

The shuttle and station crews opened hatches at 1:16 a m Wednesday as Endeavour and the outpost flew off the northwest coast of Australia With the arrival of Endeavour’s six astronauts, the station’s population grows to 11 and its mass tops 1 million pounds

Following a safety briefing by the host station crew, shuttle Mission Specialist Nicholas Patrick and station Flight Engineer T J Creamer operated the station robotic arm to remove the Orbiter Boom Sensor System from Endeavour’s payload bay Shuttle Pilot Terry Virts and Mission Specialist Kay Hire used the shuttle arm to accept the handoff

Zamka transferred replacement parts for the station’s water recycling system so that Williams can replace them and reactivate the equipment that processes urine into drinking water for station crews Mission Specialists Bob Behnken and Patrick moved the spacesuits they will wear during their three spacewalks into the station’s Quest airlock

Endeavour’s crew will begin its sleep period at 7:14 a m CST and awaken at 3:14 p m Wednesday’s work will focus on supply transfers, spacewalk preparations and Water Recovery System repairs Thursday’s work will focus on installation of the new Tranquility module onto the Unity module and the mission’s first spacewalk

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

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Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:02:11 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA AND TEXAS INSTRUMENTS USE HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT TO BRING MATH AND SCIENCE TOPICS INTO HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMS

February 10, 2010

Jenna Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Lynn Windle Texas Instruments 972-917-2668

Report #H10-039

NASA AND TEXAS INSTRUMENTS USE HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT TO BRING MATH AND SCIENCE TOPICS INTO HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMS

HOUSTON -- NASA and Texas Instruments are using the theme of human space exploration to develop digital libraries of math and science problems for high school students The goal is to bring real-world topics in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, into classrooms to spark students' excitement and interest in these critical career fields

The collaboration will produce two digital libraries One, called Exploring Space Through Math: Applications in High School Mathematics, will provide problems based on NASA data that are set in the context of space exploration The project material will cover almost the entire high school math curriculum, with applications in Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, and Pre-Calculus

The other digital library, named Science at Work: Exploring Space with NASA-AP, will contain questions for Advanced Placement classes This program seeks to develop and test problems in calculus, statistics, physics, chemistry and biology

"As students solve real problems NASA faces in space exploration, they will practice during high school and college the skills necessary to pursue a career in a STEM field," said Charles Lloyd, NASA's lead for the effort and program manager for Human Research Program Education and Outreach at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston "NASA and Texas Instruments are passionate about motivating the next generation's interest in science and math subjects and equipping these students to take us farther into space and improve our lives here on Earth "

The libraries of questions will use NASA applications and data while incorporating Texas Instruments' math learning technology Each problem includes student and teacher editions to help the teacher link content to higher concepts

"Our goal is to make STEM subjects more fun and interactive," said Werner Garciano, director of Professional Development for Texas Instruments' Education Technology "Working with NASA is a great opportunity to bring exciting, real-world math experiences into the classroom Our collaboration will expand the digital content and professional development that Texas Instruments provides teachers, and will help engage students more deeply in math Together, we believe these activities will break through to students who have never considered a STEM career path "

Both projects will be available in the fall of 2010 on NASA's Web site With this program, NASA continues its investment in engaging and retaining students in STEM disciplines critical to the agency's future engineering, scientific, and technical missions For more information about NASA's education programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov/education

For more information about NASA's Human Research Program Education and Outreach, visit:

http://humanresearch jsc nasa gov/education asp

The digital libraries also will be available through Texas Instruments' Teachers Teaching with Technology workshops and online at the Texas Instruments' Activities Exchange at:

http://education ti com/educationportal/activityexchange/activity_list do?cid=us

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Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:29:06 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-130 MCC Status Report #06

STS-130 Report #06 Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 6 p m CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – Spacewalk preparations and water recovery system maintenance highlight the work schedule for the first full day of joint docked operations by the astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station

The shuttle crew’s wake up song, at 3:19 p m CST, was “Also sprach Zarathustra” by Richard Strauss, played for Mission Specialist Nicholas Patrick The song is most widely known as the theme from the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey ”

First up for Patrick and Mission Specialist Bob Behnken will be time to configure tools they’ll take outside on the first spacewalk of the mission Thursday evening Shuttle Commander George Zamka and station Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi will resize a spare spacesuit for Behnken after a power harness on his original suit failed The harness provides power to the wireless video system and glove heaters

Station Commander Jeff Williams began his day by beginning the installation of a new Distillation Assembly and Flow Control Pump Assembly in the station’s Water Recovery System as part of the plan to reactivate the equipment that processes urine into drinking water for station crews Flight Engineers Max Suraev and Oleg Kotov will continue to pack items in a Progress supply ship and T J Creamer is scheduled to be monitoring several scientific payloads Shuttle Pilot Terry Virts and Mission Specialists Kay Hire and Steve Robinson will continue moving new equipment and supplies from Endeavour onto the station

At 10:49 p m – after both crews break for lunch – Williams and Creamer will join the six shuttle crew members to discuss the mission in interviews with KXTV-TV in Sacramento, Calif (Robinson’s home town), WKRG-TV in Mobile, Ala (Hire’s home town), and KMOX Radio in St Louis, Mo (Behnken’s home town)

All 11 crew members are scheduled for some off duty time in the latter portion of their day before a spacewalk procedures review at 3:09 a m Thursday Behnken and Patrick will end their day preparing for Thursday night’s spacewalk by camping overnight in the Quest airlock at a reduced atmospheric pressure That will facilitate the purge of nitrogen from their bloodstreams as a measure against suffering from decompression sickness during the spacewalk, which is scheduled to begin at 8:09 p m Thursday

The next shuttle status report will be issued after the crew’s work day, or earlier if warranted

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