Date: February 17th 2010

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Topics of the day:

  1. STS-130 MCC Status Report #17
  2. NASA SETS OUT OF THIS WORLD NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR AND SPACE STATION CREWS
  3. NASA EXTENDS JOHNSON AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE CONTRACT
  4. STS-130 MCC Status Report #18

Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:42:11 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-130 MCC Status Report #17

STS-130 Report #17 5 a m CST Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – With a port swap of the International Space Station’s new cupola and Pressurized Mating Adapter 3 completed today, astronauts continued outfitting the new Tranquility module and its observation deck, and prepared for a third spacewalk

The pressurized mating adapter was moved early in the crew’s day from its temporary position atop the Harmony node to the outboard end of Tranquility, where the cupola had been launched Mission Specialists Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick operated the station’s Canadarm2 for the move, while station commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi dealt with latches and bolts, connecting the port to its new home at 8:28 p m CST

Patrick and Behnken will hook up heater and data cables between the relocated adapter and Tranquility during the spacewalk that begins Tuesday evening Today, the spacewalkers reviewed plans for the final planned spacewalk with Mission Specialist Steve Robinson, the intravehicular officer, along with Endeavour Commander George Zamka, Pilot Terry Virts and station Flight Engineer T J Creamer

Behnken and Patrick will begin their campout in the Quest airlock about 5:40 a m The procedure, with the airlock pressure reduced to 10 2 psi, aims to at lower their blood’s nitrogen content and minimize the possibility of decompression sickness

The 6 5-hour spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 8:09 p m The spacewalkers will open the second of two ammonia loops to allow its coolant to flow through Tranquility and disconnect temporary power cables They’ll remove insulation from the cupola’s seven windows and then release bolts that held the covers in place during launch, enabling astronauts to open the shutters from inside

The newly installed Advanced Resistive Exercise Device got an early test run by Williams, and all seemed to go well Experts on the ground continued to analyze results

After several hours of off-duty time, Endeavour’s astronauts are scheduled to go to bed at 7:14 a m The next shuttle status report will be issued after the crew’s 3:14 p m wakeup call, or earlier if events warrant

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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:11:06 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA SETS OUT OF THIS WORLD NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR AND SPACE STATION CREWS

February 16, 2010

James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M10-026

NASA SETS OUT OF THIS WORLD NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR AND SPACE STATION CREWS

HOUSTON -- The 11 crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 8:39 p m CST on Thursday, Feb 18

U S reporters may ask questions in person from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and NASA Headquarters in Washington A portion of the news conference will be set aside for Japanese reporters

To participate in the news conference, U S journalists must call the public affairs office at their preferred NASA center by 5 p m Wednesday Media must be in place at participating locations at least 20 minutes prior to the start of the news conference

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 40-minute news conference For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

During Endeavour's STS-130 mission, astronauts installed the Tranquility node, a module that provides additional room for crew members and many of the space station's life support and environmental control systems Attached to Tranquility is a cupola with seven windows that provide a panoramic view of Earth, celestial objects and visiting spacecraft Tranquility and its cupola are the final major U S portions of the station The orbiting laboratory now is approximately 90 percent complete in terms of mass

For more information about the STS-130 mission and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

For more information about the space station and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:27:29 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA EXTENDS JOHNSON AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE CONTRACT

February 16, 2010

James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #C10-003

NASA EXTENDS JOHNSON AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE CONTRACT

HOUSTON -- NASA will exercise a one-year extension option for a contract with Computer Science Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas, to provide aircraft maintenance and modification support The extension is valued at $58 million

The Aircraft Maintenance and Modification Program contract provides for the continuity of services for flight line; intermediate and depot level maintenance; repairs; and modifications and engineering support on aircraft

The aircraft supported are operated at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston; NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif ; and NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va The aircraft are used for astronaut crew training and NASA flight research Work under the contract is performed at Johnson, Dryden and Langley, as well as NASA facilities in El Paso, Texas

The option exercised on the cost-plus-award-fee contract begins March 1, 2010, and will continue to Feb 28, 2011 Qualified Technical Services, Inc of Houston is a significant subcontractor for the work

For information about NASA and other agency programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:47:49 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-130 MCC Status Report #18

STS-130 Report #18 Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 5 p m CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – The third of three planned spacewalks for the astronauts of space shuttle Endeavour is on tap for tonight to complete installation of the International Space Station’s Tranquility module and unlock the shutters on the station’s new observation deck

The wakeup call for Endeavour’s astronauts at 3:14 p m was “Window on the World” by Jimmy Buffett, played for Mission Specialist Kay Hire

Spacewalkers Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick are slated to begin their 6½-hour spacewalk at 8:09 p m Behnken will open the second of two ammonia loops to allow coolant to flow through Tranquility and disconnect temporary power cables while Patrick installs heater and data cables from the new node to Pressurized Mating Adapter 3, now located on Tranquility’s outboard docking port

Next the two spacewalkers remove the insulation from the cupola’s seven windows, and Patrick releases launch locks from the windows so Pilot Terry Virts can open the window shutters from inside the module for the first time at approximately 11:30 p m

Other tasks for the spacewalk include installation of handrails and other EVA support equipment on Tranquility, routing video signal converter cables from the S0 Truss to the Zarya module to support future Canadarm2 operations from a base on the Russian segment of the station, and removal of clamps and a flex hose rotary coupler on the P1 Truss

During the spacewalk station Commander Jeff Williams and other crew members will continue outfitting the Tranquility and cupola modules and perform closeout operations on components of the regenerative environmental control system before the last four racks of that system are relocated into Node 3 on Flight Day 11 Early tomorrow morning Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov will replace a failed vacuum valve in the Russian carbon dioxide removal unit

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

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 16 Feb 2010 to 17 Feb 2010 (#2010-18)




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