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1. STS-133 MCC Status Report #20
2. STS-133 MCC Status Report #21

Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 02:44:37 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-133 MCC Status Report #20

STS-133 Report #20 Sunday, March 6, 2011 - 2:30 a m CST Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � With all the work that they�ve accomplished over their past several days in space, the space shuttle Discovery crew members have just a few more tasks left to complete before they say goodbye to their International Space Station colleagues

The crews� last day together started at 2:23 a m , with the wakeup song, �Spaceship Superstar� by Prism It was chosen for all Discovery crew members by the team of flight controllers who have been supporting them overnight throughout the mission

The space shuttle and space station crews are scheduled to say their goodbyes and close hatches on their respective vehicles at 2:33 p m To prepare for that, Mission Specialists Alvin Drew and Steve Bowen will move the suits and tools they used during the mission�s two spacewalks back over to Discovery

Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe and Mission Specialists Nicole Stott and Michael Barratt will finish up the last of the transfer work for the mission, bringing the few remaining items on the transfer list over to Discovery for return to Earth Bowen and Barratt will also perform a checkout of some of the systems and tools that will be used during Discovery�s undocking from the station on Monday

Meanwhile, station Commander Scott Kelly will wrap up the repair work he started yesterday on the station�s Oxygen Generation System, and Flight Engineer Cady Coleman will work on an experiment that measures how astronauts� heights change during visits to space

Most of that will take place in the crew�s morning, leaving them several hours of off-duty time in their afternoon to enjoy before they say their farewells

The next status report will be issued at the end of the crew�s day or early if warranted Discovery�s crew is scheduled to begin its sleep period at 6:23 p m

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Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 15:38:48 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-133 MCC Status Report #21

STS-133 Report #21 3:30 p m CST Sunday, March 6, 2011 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � Discovery astronauts wound up a successful and productive seven days, 23 hours and 55 minutes of joint activities with the International Space Station crew at 3:11 p m CST when hatches between the two vehicles were closed

In a brief farewell ceremony, Discovery Commander Steve Lindsey talked about the mission�s accomplishments and thanked the station crew members for their hospitality

�We had a great time on board with you,� replied station Commander Scott Kelly �We�ll miss you, but most of all we�ll miss Discovery We wish her fair winds and following seas,� he said of the orbiter flying its 39th and final mission

Both thanked teams on the ground for their support

During their stay Discovery crew members delivered and helped install the Permanent Multipurpose Module Leonardo with its 6,500 pounds of cargo for the station, the Express Logistics Rack 4 now installed on the station�s exterior, and delivered an additional 2,000 pounds of cargo on the middeck During two spacewalks they completed a number of maintenance and installation tasks

�The mission is going extremely well,� shuttle lead Flight Director Bryan Lunney said at an afternoon briefing �We couldn�t be more pleased Discovery and her systems continue to perform flawlessly �

Discovery crew members, Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe, Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Steve Bowen, Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott, with some help from their station counterparts, spent much of their morning wrapping up the transfers of equipment and supplies between their two spacecraft

After an hour for a midday meal they had some free time during their afternoon Later Bowen and Barratt checked out rendezvous tools Discovery will use as it moves away from the station

After last-minute transfer of some medical experiments to Discovery for return to Earth, a farewell ceremony was held beginning a little after 2:30 p m

After the crews separated and hatches were closed, Drew and Stott installed a centerline camera to help Boe as he pilots the shuttle away from the station after the scheduled 6 a m Monday undocking

Discovery�s first landing opportunity is at Kennedy Space Center Wednesday at 10:58 a m Weather is predicted to be good, although conditions on subsequent days are more questionable

The shuttle crew is to begin its sleep period at 6:23 p m

The �Theme from Star Trek� performed by Alexander Courage will serve as the wake up music to Discovery�s crew at 2:23 a m Monday It received the second most public votes from a Top 40 list in a Space Shuttle Program-sponsored song contest The top two songs with the most votes from that list earned the right to be played as wake up music for Discovery�s crew during its final mission

The next status report will be issued after crew wakeup or early if warranted

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