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1. STS-133 MCC Status Report #16
2. NASA ASTRONAUT GARRETT REISMAN LEAVES AGENCY
3. STS-133 MCC Status Report #17

Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 05:54:15 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-133 MCC Status Report #16

STS-133 Report #16 6 a m CST Friday, March 4, 2011 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � Space shuttle Discovery�s crew will be getting in some extra work inside the new Leonardo module Friday in the first of two days that have been added to the STS-133 mission

The day started at 3:23 a m , when the day�s wake-up song, �The Ritual/Ancient Battle/2nd Kroykah,� from volume two of �Star Trek: The Original Television Soundtrack� � better known as the Star Trek fight song � was played for the crew The song was chosen by the crew�s training team

The additional days are to allow Discovery�s crew more time to help the International Space Station crew members get the Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module unpacked and set up for permanent life in orbit and to help with equipment repair

That work begins today just after 6:30 a m Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe, Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Steve Bowen, Nicole Stott and Michael Barratt, and station Flight Engineers Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli will spend much of their day working on various Leonardo-related tasks They�ll be installing fixtures inside the module, unpacking items sent up inside and removing the Express Rack 8 for installation in the Destiny laboratory

They will, however, find some time amidst all that work to talk with students and reporters on the ground

At 6:08 a m , the NASA Educational Technology services team and student interns at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala , will be posing to the crew questions selected by students through the NASA education Taking Up Space blog The entire shuttle crew, along with Coleman and station Commander Scott Kelly, will be participating in that event

That blog can be found at: http://www nasa gov/education/takingupspace

Then, at 9:48 a m , all 12 members of the two crews will come together to answer questions from reporters during the Joint Crew News Conference

The next status report will be issued at the end of the crew�s day or earlier if warranted The crew�s sleep period will begin at 6:23 p m -end-

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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 13:03:50 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUT GARRETT REISMAN LEAVES AGENCY

March 04, 2011

Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #H11-062

NASA ASTRONAUT GARRETT REISMAN LEAVES AGENCY

HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman has left the agency to return to private industry Reisman is a veteran of two spaceflight missions, including a long-duration mission on the International Space Station

"I had the pleasure of working with Garrett in space during Expedition 16," said Peggy Whitson, chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston "He is an incredibly accomplished professional and well-known for his great sense of humor We wish him the best in this new phase of his career, but we will miss him greatly "

Reisman, who holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering, joined NASA in 1998 Before flying in space, he served in multiple technical roles including work supporting robotics and the advanced vehicles branch of the Astronaut Office

Reisman's first spaceflight mission was as flight engineer during Expeditions 16 and 17 on the station in 2008 During his three months aboard, he performed a seven-hour spacewalk, conducted numerous robotics activities and participated in the installation of the Japanese Kibo laboratory and its logistics module

Reisman visited the station again during his second spaceflight, STS-132 in May 2010 He conducted two additional spacewalks during the mission, logging 14 more hours outside

For Reisman's biography, visit: http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios/htmlbios/reisman html

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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 17:43:14 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-133 MCC Status Report #17

STS-133 Report #17 6 p m CST Friday, March 4, 2011 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � Today was moving day for Discovery�s crew members On the first of two days added to the shuttle�s stay at the International Space Station they unloaded more from the Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module they brought into space

The crew members began their day�s activities with the NASA Educational Technology services team and student interns at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala Joined by station Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Cady Coleman for the event just after 6 a m CST, they answered students� questions submitted through the NASA education Taking Up Space blog

Most of the shuttle crew went right to work on Leonardo activities, moving supplies and equipment from the new module into the station and outfitting the interior of the module

Discovery Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe, Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Steve Bowen, Nicole Stott and Michael Barratt and their station colleagues, Expedition 26 Commander Kelly, and Flight Engineers Oleg Skripochka, Alexander Kaleri, Dmitry Kondratyev, Paolo Nespoli and Coleman all gathered for the joint news conference They took questions from reporters at Johnson Space Center, Kennedy Space Center and in Italy

During their afternoon, Bowen and Drew stowed tools they used outside on spacewalks, while colleagues continued with the Leonardo-related work Kelly said the extra days with shuttle astronauts gave the station crew an important leg up on that work

The Discovery crew�s sleep period begins at 6:23 p m The next status report will be issued after the crew�s 2:23 a m wakeup Saturday, or earlier if warranted

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