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1. STS-130 MCC Status Report #23
2. NASA TO PREVIEW APRIL FLIGHT OF SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY
3. STS-130 MCC Status Report #24

Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:39:40 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-130 MCC Status Report #23

STS-130 Report #23 5 a m CST Friday, Feb 19, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – Hatches between Endeavour and the International Space Station were closed at 2:08 a m CST During 9 days, 52 minutes of joint operations, the station got a new module and a viewport offering a valuable, enjoyable vantage

Hatch closure came after a farewell ceremony by the two crews Endeavour Commander George Zamka, Pilot Terry Virts and Mission Specialists Kathryn Hire, Stephen Robinson, Nicholas Patrick and Robert Behnken said their goodbyes in the Harmony module to Station Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineers Maxim Suraev, Oleg Kotov, Soichi Noguchi and T J Creamer

As shuttle astronauts filed out of the forward end of Harmony, Williams formally rang the station bell marking their departure Endeavour is scheduled to undock from the station at 6:54 p m today and land at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center at 9:16 p m Sunday

During Endeavour’s visit, Behnken and Patrick completed three spacewalks, largely focused on installing the new Tranquility module and attaching and unwrapping its seven-windowed cupola The entire crew pitched in to outfit the new module with exercise and regenerative life support systems

Zamka and Williams collaborated on a cupola ribbon-cutting ceremony, dedicating it to Astronaut Charles Lacy Veach, who was instrumental in early development of the cupola He flew on two shuttle flights, STS-39 in 1991 and STS-52 in 1992, and died of cancer in 1995

They also placed in the cupola a moon rock returned by Apollo 11 and later carried to the summit of Mount Everest by Astronaut Scott Parazynski, along with chips from Everest Zamka said that in continuing their journey for additional millions of miles, they will serve “as a reminder of man’s reach and man’s grit” as humans continue to explore

The crews held their joint news conference about 8:40 p m Thursday They fielded questions from reporters gathered at NASA centers and in Japan

Final items of equipment and supplies between the two spacecraft were moved, resulting in a net transfer to the station of 1,313 pounds The final transfers back to Endeavour included scientific specimens requiring refrigeration being moved to the shuttle

Scheduled bedtime for Endeavour astronauts is 6:14 a m Their wakeup call for undocking day is set for 2:14 p m The next status report will be issued after the crew is awakened, or earlier if events warrant

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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:28:16 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA TO PREVIEW APRIL FLIGHT OF SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY

February 19, 2010

Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M10-033

NASA TO PREVIEW APRIL FLIGHT OF SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY

HOUSTON -- NASA will preview the next space shuttle mission during a series of news briefings on Tuesday, March 9, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston NASA Television and the agency's Web site will broadcast the briefings live Reporters will be able to ask questions from participating NASA locations

The STS-131 mission, targeted for launch April 5, will be shuttle Discovery's next-to-last flight and deliver critical spare parts and cargo to the International Space Station A multipurpose logistics module will be carried inside the shuttle's payload bay and temporarily attached to the station during the mission The cargo carrier will be brought back with the shuttle Following STS-131, only three more shuttle flights are scheduled

Alan Poindexter will serve as the mission commander and James Dutton as the pilot They will be joined by Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Clayton Anderson, Stephanie Wilson and Naoko Yamazaki of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Dutton, Metcalf-Lindenburger and Yamazaki will be making their first trips into space Metcalf-Lindenburger is a member of the cadre of former educators trained as mission specialists and the last of that group scheduled to fly on the shuttle

The schedule of briefings includes (all times CST): 8:00 a m -- Program Overview 9:30 a m -- STS-131 Mission Overview 12:30 p m -- STS-131 Spacewalk Overview 1:00 p m -- STS-131 Crew News Conference

The crew will be available for interviews at Johnson after the briefings Reporters must contact Gayle Frere at 281-483-8645 by March 5 to reserve an interview opportunity Reporters planning to attend the briefings in Houston must contact the Johnson newsroom at281-483-5111 by 5 p m CST on March 3 for credentials

For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For the latest information about the STS-131 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: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:42:12 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-130 MCC Status Report #24

STS-130 Report #24 Friday, February 19, 2010 - 4 p m CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON – The joint docked mission between the crews of the International Space Station and space shuttle Endeavour comes to an end this evening when the shuttle undocks from the station at 6:54 p m to begin the voyage back to Earth and a Sunday night landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida

The 2:14 p m wakeup call for Endeavour’s astronauts was “In Wonder” by Newsboys, played for Pilot Terry Virts, who will be at the controls for this evening’s undocking and flyaround

At undocking the shuttle’s Orbiter Docking System will release its grip on the station’s Pressurized Mating Adapter 2, and springs will push the two vehicles gently apart Virts will manually fly the shuttle to 450 feet directly in front of the station, and then fly a circle around the station while the shuttle crew members, and the cameras in Endeavour’s payload bay, focus on documenting the state of the station and its new Tranquility and cupola modules

After the flyaround Virts will fire Endeavour’s jets to move the orbiter out behind the station for the late inspection of its thermal protection system using the Orbiter Boom Sensor System

Starting at 11:19 p m , Commander George Zamka, Mission Specialists Kathryn Hire, Stephen Robinson, and Nicholas Patrick and Virts will work in shifts to examine the reinforced Carbon-Carbon panels and heat shield tiles on the starboard wing, nose cap and port wing This inspection for damage from orbital debris is a routine post-undocking protocol on all space shuttle missions

Sleep comes a bit earlier for the crew tomorrow at about 6 a m as it adjusts for entry day Sunday Mission Control will wake the astronauts at 2:14 p m Saturday for day-before-entry systems checkouts and cabin stow activities

The next status report will be issued after the crew work day is complete, or earlier if events warrant

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