Date: February 13th 2010

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STS-130 MCC Status Report #09
WHITE SANDS TEST FACILITY GETS VALVE REPAIR NATIONAL CERTIFICATION
NASAS STS-130 TWEETUP WILL OFFER PARTICIPANTS AN OUT OF THIS WORLD EXPERIENCE
STS-130 MCC Status Report #10

Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:42:06 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-130 MCC Status Report #09

STS-130 Report #09 3:30 a m CST Friday, Feb 12, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON Ã‚Â– Astronauts installed a 2,600-cubic-foot addition to the International Space Station early Friday, combining the talents of robotic arm operators and spacewalkers to connect the Italian-built Tranquility module

Tranquility was installed at 12:20 a m CST Friday over the Indian Ocean west of Singapore Mission Specialist Kay Hire and Pilot Terry Virts used the stationÃ‚Â’s Canadarm2 to pull Tranquility out of the space shuttle EndeavourÃ‚Â’s payload bay and position it on the port side of the stationÃ‚Â’s 10-year-old Unity module Tranquility was locked in place with 16 remotely controlled bolts

Spacewalkers Bob Behnken and Nick Patrick stepped outside the Quest airlock module at 8:17 p m Thursday and immediately began preparing the new module for its trip from the cargo bay to the station Mission Specialist Steve Robinson helped coordinate the 6-hour, 32-minute spacewalk, which ended at 2:49 a m Friday As Behnken and Patrick waited for the robotic arm operators to carefully maneuver Tranquility into position, they relocated a temporary platform from the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, or Dextre, to the stationÃ‚Â’s truss structure and installed two handles on the robot

Once Tranquility was structurally mated to Unity, the spacewalkers connected heater and data cables that will integrate the new module with the rest of the stationÃ‚Â’s systems They also pre-positioned insulation blankets and ammonia hoses that will be used to connect Tranquility to the stationÃ‚Â’s cooling radiators during the missionÃ‚Â’s second spacewalk that begins Saturday night The stationÃ‚Â’s new room with a view, the cupola, will be moved from TranquilityÃ‚Â’s end to its Earth-facing port on Sunday

As the spacewalk ended, Mission Control reported that all data and heater connections were working well, and that the vestibule separating Tranquility and Unity had passed its initial leak check

Inside the station, a new Distillation Assembly and Fluids Control Pump Assembly began recycling their first batch of urine after Commander Jeff WilliamsÃ‚Â’ installation of the new parts on Wednesday Flight controllers are monitoring the operation of the stationÃ‚Â’s Water Recovery System and preparing to return samples of both urine and drinking water for return to Earth as troubleshooting on the first-of-its-kind system continues The recycling system will be moved from the Destiny Laboratory to Tranquility once experts are satisfied with its performance

The astronauts are scheduled to begin their sleep period at 7:14 a m , and awaken at 3:14 p m The next shuttle status report will be issued after the crew awakens, or earlier if warranted

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:45:34 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: WHITE SANDS TEST FACILITY GETS VALVE REPAIR NATIONAL CERTIFICATION

Feb 12, 2010

Lynnette Madison Houston, Johnson Space Center 281-483-5111

Cheerie R Patneaude White Sands Test Facility, Las Cruces (575) 524-5628

Robert M Cort White Sands Test Facility, Las Cruces (575) 524-5521

Report #J10-002

WHITE SANDS TEST FACILITY GETS VALVE REPAIR NATIONAL CERTIFICATION

WASHINGTON -- NASAÃ‚Â’s White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) in Las Cruces, New Mexico has added a National Board Inspection Code (NBIC)-certified Valve Repair Facility to its array of spacecraft, component and propulsion system test and evaluation capabilities

The test facilityÃ‚Â’s new Component Services Section (CSS) Valve Repair Facility has received the National BoardÃ‚Â’s certification to repair and refurbish code-stamped pressure relief valves Only facilities certified by the NBIC can perform this type of refurbishment of relief valves and retain the valveÃ‚Â’s code stamp

Pressure relief valves can prevent catastrophic failure of a vessel or system by venting pressure buildup caused by a chemical reaction, failed pressure regulator, or human error Relief valves being used in aerospace fluid applications require specialized cleaning and handling due to the nature of the fluids and their reactivity

The NBIC certification allows the facility to test pressure relief valves Ã‚Â“as-receivedÃ‚Â” and then disassemble and replace interior components such as soft goods, orifices, or springs if necessary, and clean the valves at the part level The cleaned components can then be reassembled and functional tests performed to ensure that the valve is operating properly

The ability to repair relief valves used in aerospace fluid application makes the White Sands new capability critical to NASA operations

The purpose valve repair facility will ensure relief valves and other components are operating within manufacturerÃ‚Â’s specifications and ensure compliance with the requirements of American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/NB 23, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code, Section VIII, Div 1, and the NBIC

Ã‚Â“This important certification proves WSTF is committed to maintaining the integrity of the pressure-relieving devices used by NASA,Ã‚Â” said Clifford Madrid, Technical Services Manager, NASA Hardware Processing Office Ã‚Â“This capability gives us a truly unique facility because we are the only facility where relief valves can be refurbished and then certified afterwards in a clean environment, providing a better product Ã‚Â”

Read more about the new valve repair facility at

http://www nasa gov/centers/wstf/home/index html

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov/

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:17:10 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASAS STS-130 TWEETUP WILL OFFER PARTICIPANTS AN OUT OF THIS WORLD EXPERIENCE

Feb 12, 2010

Amiko Kauderer Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Roger Bornstein Space Center Houston 281-244-2135

Report #J10-003

NASAÃ‚Â’S STS-130 TWEETUP WILL OFFER PARTICIPANTS AN OUT OF THIS WORLD EXPERIENCE

HOUSTON Ã‚Â– For the first time, NASA Twitter followers can personally go inside the heart of a space shuttle mission at the agencyÃ‚Â’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston NASA is hosting a unique Tweetup on Wednesday, Feb 17 during EndeavourÃ‚Â’s STS-130 mission to the International Space Station Endeavour launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Feb 8 at 3:14 a m CST

Ã‚Â“WeÃ‚Â’re excited to be hosting NASAÃ‚Â’s seventh Tweetup,Ã‚Â” said NASA astronaut Mike Massamino, who also is known as @astro_Mike Ã‚Â“This is the home of all the astronauts and the historic Mission Control Center ItÃ‚Â’s an outstanding location to provide our Twitter community with an insiderÃ‚Â’s view of human spaceflight IÃ‚Â’ll be on one of the two mission control teams working at that time to keep Endeavour and space station operating safely Hopefully a few of my Twitter followers can participate in this exciting event Ã‚Â”

NASA randomly selected 100 individuals on Twitter from a pool of registrants who signed up on the Web The event will start at Space Center Houston (SCH) where participants will have the opportunity to meet astronaut Bobby Satcher (@Astro_Bones & @ZeroG_MD) and tweet about NASA hardware

Media is invited to attend the Tweetup at SCH from 8:30 a m to 12 p m If you plan on attending, please contact Lindsay Bromley at 281-483-2924 for more details

After lunch, Twitter followers will take a tour of JSC; view mission control and astronautsÃ‚Â’ training facilities; and speak with flight directors, trainers, astronauts and managers

For more information about the Tweetup, visit:

http://www nasa gov/tweetup

To follow NASA programs and astronauts on Twitter, visit:

http://www nasa gov/collaborate

For more information about space shuttle EndeavourÃ‚Â’s STS-130 mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:59:00 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-130 MCC Status Report #10

STS-130 Report #10 Friday, February 12, 2010 - 5 p m CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON Ã‚Â– The doors leading to the final U S components of the International Space Station are due to open tonight when the crews of space shuttle Endeavour and the station begin internal outfitting of the Tranquility module and the cupola

EndeavourÃ‚Â’s 3:14 p m wakeup call, played for Mission Specialist Bob Behnken, was the Ã‚Â“FireflyÃ‚Â” theme song, Ã‚Â“The Ballad of SerenityÃ‚Â” by Sonny Rhodes

While Pilot Terry Virts and Mission Specialist Kay Hire take the controls of the space stationÃ‚Â’s robotic arm at 6:24 p m for a walkoff from its base on the Harmony module to the Destiny laboratory, Mission Specialist Steve Robinson and station Commander Jeff Williams begin work outfitting the vestibule between Tranquility and the Unity node

At the same time spacewalkers Bob Behnken and Nicholas Patrick will prepare a new spacesuit for Patrick to use during EVA 2; it was discovered that his suit had a temporary slight decrease in the speed in its cooling fan during EVA 1 They will resize BehnkenÃ‚Â’s original suit for Patrick and then complete maintenance on the EMU power harness on that unit, which wasnÃ‚Â’t delivering power to the helmet camera and glove heaters when it was checked out before the first spacewalk

Williams should be opening the hatch for the first entry into Tranquility at 8:14 p m , and then the hatch into the cupola at 9:44 p m While internal outfitting proceeds Virts and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi will move components of the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device and the Air Revitalization System rack into the new node

Behnken and Patrick will take a break at 1:29 a m Saturday to answer questions about the mission that have been gathered by astronaut and spacecraft communicator Mike Massimino on his Twitter account At 4:24 a m Virts and Mission Specialist Kay Hire will conduct interviews with the Associated Press, CBS News, and Reuters

All 11 crew members will gather at 3:09 a m to review procedures for the second spacewalk of the mission, scheduled to start at 8:09 p m Saturday

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

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 12 Feb 2010 to 13 Feb 2010 (#2010-14)

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