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1. STS-130 MCC Status Report #11
2. STS-130 MCC Status Report #12

Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:41:44 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-130 MCC Status Report #11

STS-130 Report #11 6 a m CST Saturday, Feb 13, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – Crewmembers on Endeavour and the International Space Station got a first look inside the orbiting outpost’s newest module and room with a view Friday evening, but the shutters were still closed so the view will have to wait a while

Astronauts who went into the module initially wore goggles and masks to protect against floating debris Shuttle Commander George Zamka and Mission Specialists Steve Robinson and Kay Hire worked with station Commander Jeff Williams to outfit the vestibule between Unity and Tranquility after an 8:17 p m CST hatch opening

As that work continued, Endeavour Pilot Terry Virts and station Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi transferred parts of the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device and an Air Revitalization System rack into Tranquility

The hatch between Tranquility and its cupola was opened at 10:32 p m Its windows were blocked by their covers and by insulation blanketing

Mission Specialists Bob Behnken and Nicholas Patrick will hook up exterior fluid lines and do other work on Tranquility during their second spacewalk of the flight, scheduled to begin about 8:10 p m Early in their day, they configured spacewalk tools and worked on another spacesuit for Patrick, to resolve a power supply issue The crew began an hour-long review of spacewalk procedures about 3:10 a m The spacewalkers started their overnight campout in the Quest airlock about 5:40 a m

After the spacewalk, Hire and Virts will grapple the cupola with the station’s Canadarm2 in preparation for its Sunday evening move to Tranquility’s Earth-facing port The insulation blanket is to be removed during the flight’s third spacewalk beginning about 8:10 p m Tuesday That will allow shutters to be opened for the first astronaut views

About 1:30 a m , Behnken and Patrick fielded questions from Twitter fans, radioed up from Mission Control by spacecraft communicator Mike Massimino In the first-of-its-kind event, questions were submitted by dozens of Massimino’s million-plus following of “tweeps ” About three hours later, Virts and Hire fielded questions from Associated Press, CBS News and Reuters reporters

The next shuttle status report will be issued after crew wakeup, or earlier if warranted The JSC Newsroom will close at 6 a m , and reopen at 5 p m

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:02:43 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-130 MCC Status Report #12

STS-130 Report #12 6:00 p m CST Saturday, Feb 13, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – All plans are go for the second spacewalk of shuttle mission STS-130 at 8:09 p m CST, resuming the integration of the International Space Station’s new Tranquility module The crew members from the station and shuttle Endeavour also have learned they’ll have an extra day on orbit together

The crew members on board space shuttle Endeavour were awakened at 3:15 p m with “Too Much Stuff” by Delbert McClinton, played for Mission Specialist Stephen Robinson, who will be the intravehicular crew member for today’s spacewalk

Spacewalkers Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick spend the first part of the spacewalk connecting two ammonia loops, with two lines in each loop, from the Destiny module to Tranquility, hooking the new module to the station’s cooling system, and open one of those loops to initiate cooling of the module Then they’ll install thermal covers on Tranquility’s keel pin and trunnions, to prevent condensation inside the module, outfit the nadir docking port of Tranquility for the relocation of the cupola module, and install handrails The spacewalk is scheduled to conclude at 2:39 a m Sunday

Station Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineers Soichi Noguchi and T J Creamer, Pilot Terry Virts and Mission Specialist Kathryn Hire will continue outfitting Tranquility’s interior, including setting up the ventilation system and configuring racks

Early Saturday morning the crew members outfitting Tranquility were unable to install a center disk cover on the module’s outboard docking port due to interference with the cover’s attach mechanism from hardware inside the cupola; that cover protects the docking interface from debris and temperature extremes when there’s no module attached to it The planned depressurization and grappling of the cupola at the end of the crew work day has been deferred to permit troubleshooting of that situation

Mission managers today approved adding an extra day to the flight That day, which will be a new Flight Day 11 beginning Wednesday afternoon, will be used to relocate two Water Recovery System racks, the Waste Hygiene Compartment and the Oxygen Generation System into Tranquility Those relocations were on hold pending the repairs conducted earlier in the flight, and enough run time on the system to generate needed samples for return to Earth for analysis

Endeavour’s landing now will occur Sunday night, Feb 21 The next shuttle status report will be issued at the end of the crew's workday, or earlier if warranted -end-

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 13 Feb 2010 to 14 Feb 2010 (#2010-15)

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