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1. STS-134 MCC Status Report #27
2. STS-134 MCC Status Report #28

Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 06:45:39 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-134 MCC Status Report #27

STS-134 Report #27 6:30 a m CDT Sunday, May 29, 2011 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � Farewells and the closure of hatches between Endeavour and the International Space Station wound up 11 days of joint operations between crews of the two spacecraft

Much of the day was devoted to preparations for Endeavour�s departure They included a joint crew photo, goodbyes and the closing of the hatches at 6:23 a m CDT Sunday

Endeavour Commander Mark Kelly said it was a successful mission Station Flight Engineer Ron Garan said he was �in awe� of what a finely honed machine STS-134 had been He thanked the Endeavour crew for �leaving station ready for continued utilization �

During its visit to the station, Endeavour and its crew delivered the 15,000-pound, $2-billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and a spare parts carrier Endeavour crew members did four successful spacewalks, accomplishing a number of maintenance and installation tasks

Final transfers of equipment and supplies between the shuttle and station, stowage of spacewalk tools and completion of a major maintenance task were the focus of the day in space

Mission Specialist Mike Fincke wrapped up a difficult replacement of the carbon dioxide removal assembly�s desiccant/sorbent bed he and Mission Specialist Greg Chamitoff had begun the day before Fincke finished the installation of the CDRA in its Tranquility node slot during his morning

Chamitoff and Mission Specialist Andrew Feustel completed the stowage of spacewalk tools Feustel and other crew members worked to finish final movement of equipment, experiments and supplies, most now moving from the station to Endeavour

Early in their day Pilot Greg Johnson and Feustel talked with representatives of WJRT-TV in Flint, Mich , WJBK-TV in Detroit, WKYC-TV in Cleveland and WXMI-TV in Grand Rapids, Mich

Early Sunday, just after midnight, Endeavour used its small vernier jets to reboost the station, raising its altitude by about 3,150 feet

After hatch closure, crew members will prepare for their departure from the station Mission Specialist Roberto Vittori and Chamitoff checked out rendezvous tools Feustel did some preparatory work with the tests of the automated rendezvous device called STORRM (for Sensor Test for Orion Relative Navigation Risk Mitigation) The test, begun during Endeavour�s rendezvous, will continue during and after undocking with a re-rendezvous after the fly-around of the station

Endeavour�s undocking is scheduled for about 10:55 p m Sunday The first landing opportunity would see the shuttle touch down at Kennedy Space Center at 1:35 a m Wednesday

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

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Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 18:37:09 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-134 MCC Status Report #28

STS-134 Report #28 Sunday, May 29, 2011 - 7:00 p m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � Space Shuttle Endeavour�s final undocking from the International Space Station is the focus of attention today for the crewmembers on both vehicles after more than 11 days of joint docked operations

Undocking of Endeavour from Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 is scheduled for 10:55 p m , with Pilot Greg Johnson at the controls on the shuttle�s aft flight deck He�ll maneuver the shuttle out in front of the station and then guide the vehicle to fly around the station so Mission Specialists Mike Fincke, Roberto Vittori, Drew Feustel and Greg Chamitoff can use cameras to gather updated information on its condition, before Johnson fires the jets to move Endeavour off behind the station

From there Commander Mark Kelly will take over the controls to fly a re-approach to the station for a Detailed Test Objective known as STORRM (Sensor Test for Orion Relative Navigation Risk Mitigation) Feustel will monitor the sensors while Kelly flies the shuttle back to the vicinity of the station to test an automated docking system that uses a vision navigation sensor flash lidar and high definition docking camera; the system is being developed for use on future spacecraft After STORRM is complete Kelly will fire the shuttle jets in a final separation maneuver

Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko and Flight Engineers Alexander Samokutyaev and Ron Garan are lightly scheduled so they can monitor the shuttle activities and conduct their daily exercise sessions before enjoying an extended sleep period to get themselves back on their regular schedule by Tuesday morning

Today�s wakeup song at 6:27 p m , �Slowness,� by the Tucson, Arizona-based band Calexico, was played for Kelly

The next status report will be issued Monday afternoon or earlier if warranted

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