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1. STS-131 MCC Status Report #24
2. STS-131 MCC Status Report #25

Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:53:39 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #24

STS-131 Report #24 2 p m CDT Friday, April 16, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � Space shuttle Discovery astronauts secured the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo in the cargo bay this morning, wrapping up its delayed move from the International Space Station

Leonardo had spent the crew�s night at the end of the station�s Canadarm2 just above Discovery�s payload bay after balky bolts delayed its departure from the orbiting laboratory�s Harmony module Mission Specialists Stephanie Wilson and Naoko Yamazaki used the arm to cover the final feet of the first stage of Leonardo�s trip home

Mission Specialist Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger activated latches to secure Leonardo in the cargo bay at 2:15 a m CDT

Next Wilson, Metcalf-Lindenburger and Discovery Pilot James P Dutton Jr teamed up to begin the late inspection of the shuttle�s thermal protection system Working in shifts with some help from Commander Alan G Poindexter and Yamazaki, they used Discovery�s robotic arm and the orbiter boom sensor system to look at reinforced carbon-carbon of the wing leading edges and the nose cone, as well as and the heat-resistant tiles

The inspection, scheduled for about seven hours, was finished almost three hours ahead of schedule It was done while the shuttle was still docked so the images could be sent down by the station�s high-data-rate system Discovery�s high-data-rate Ku band antenna is not working

Discovery is scheduled to undock from the station a little before 8 a m on Saturday The first landing opportunity at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida is at 7:48 a m on Monday

The next status report will be issued after crew wakeup at 11:21 p m , or earlier if events warrant

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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:33:57 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #25

STS-131 Report #25 11:30 p m CDT Friday, April 16, 2010 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � The crews of Discovery and the International Space Station will part company Saturday morning wrapping up a mission that brought 7 6 tons of supplies and equipment to the station, including a new crew sleeping quarters, a new ammonia tank, a new gyroscope and four experiment racks

The shuttle crew was awakened at 11:21 p m CDT to the strains of �Joy� performed by the Newsboys The song was selected for Pilot James P Dutton Jr , who will fly Discovery around the station so crew members can document the station�s exterior condition A test pilot for the U S Air Force who has flown more than 30 aircraft, this was Dutton�s first spaceflight

The crews will bid one another farewell and close the hatches at 4:56 a m The docking latches will open at 7:52 a m allowing Discovery to drift free Dutton will then guide Discovery on a fly-around of the station at a distance of 400 feet, with final separation from the orbiting outpost at 9:35 a m

The first landing opportunity at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida is at 7:48 a m on Monday

Discovery�s crew is scheduled for sleep at 3:21 p m The next shuttle status report will be issued after the crew�s work day ends, or earlier if events warrant

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