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1. STS-130 MCC Status Report #13
2. STS-130 MCC Status Report #14

Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:56:54 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-130 MCC Status Report #13

STS-130 Report #13 5 a m CST Sunday, Feb 14, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON –Endeavour astronauts Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick finished all tasks planned for the mission’s second spacewalk, integrating the new Tranquility node into the International Space Station despite a slightly shortened spacewalk

The spacewalkers connected two ammonia coolant loops, installed thermal covers around the ammonia hoses, outfitted the Earth-facing port on Tranquility for the relocation of its cupola, and installed handrails and a vent valve on the new module

The spacewalk ended after 5 hours, 54 minutes to give Behnken and Patrick additional time in the airlock as part of a cleanup process for possible contamination While hooking up a quick-disconnect valve, a small amount of ammonia eked out of a connector Procedures called for a “bake-out” while Patrick worked during the sunlit portion of the orbit, and a contamination test in the airlock

While the spacewalk was still under way, Mission Control activated one of the ammonia loops and reported that ammonia was flowing through Tranquility, cooling the module The second cooling loop will be activated during Tuesday’s spacewalk

With choreography from astronaut Steve Robinson, the intravehicular officer, Behnken placed insulation covers on Tranquility’s keel pin and trunnions He also prepared Tranquility for the cupola relocation, opening a centerline camera flap and deploying berthing mechanism petals that initially will secure the cupola Patrick installed a non-propulsive vent valve on Tranquility and then attached eight handrails to its exterior

ISS Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineers Soichi Noguchi and T J Creamer, along with Endeavour Pilot Terry Virts and Mission Specialist Kay Hire, worked to outfit Tranquility’s interior Activities included setting up the ventilation system, connecting electrical and computer cables, and configuring racks The crew confirmed that the lights were on inside Tranquility and that computer systems are working

Endeavour now is scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center at 9:16 p m CST next Sunday, Feb 21, after undocking from the station at 6:54 p m Friday A new flight day 11, beginning Wednesday afternoon, will support moving two Water Recovery System racks, the Waste Hygiene Compartment and the Oxygen Generation System into Tranquility That work had been on hold for repairs and test runs

The shuttle crew’s bedtime is scheduled for 7:14 a m , with a wakeup call at 3:14 p m The next shuttle status report will be issued after the crew has been awakened, or earlier if warranted The JSC Newsroom will close at 6 a m , and reopen at 5 p m

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Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:53:59 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-130 MCC Status Report #14

STS-130 Report #14 Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 6 p m CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

Astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour are preparing to relocate one of the new modules they just delivered to the International Space Station, and pressing ahead with activation and checkout of the new Tranquility node

The Endeavour crew’s wake-up song at 3:14 p m CST was “Forty Years On,” the Harrow School song, for Harrow alumnus Mission Specialist Nicholas Patrick, who will spend the first three hours of his day working with fellow spacewalker Robert Behnken on tools and preparations of the station’s airlock for the last planned spacewalk on Tuesday

Pilot Terry Virts and Mission Specialist Kathryn Hire kick off the day monitoring the depressurization of the cupola module This evening, while they operate Canadarm2, station Commander Jeff Williams will operate the common berthing mechanisms for the relocation of cupola from Tranquility’s outboard hatch to the Earth-facing side of the module Cupola will then be repressurized and monitored for an airtight seal by flight controllers in Houston At the same time shuttle Commander George Zamka, Mission Specialist Stephen Robinson, and station Flight Engineers Max Suraev and T J Creamer will resume outfitting and activation of Tranquility

At 9:24 p m Virts and Hire will take time to answer questions about their mission prepared by students at NASA Explorer Schools At 5:04 a m Monday Virts and Behnken will talk about the flight in interviews with WOR Radio New York’s John Gambling and television stations KTVI-TV in St Louis and WREG-TV in Memphis

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

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