HSFNEWS Digest - 30 Jun 2011 to 9 Jul 2011 (#2011-81)

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Date: July 9th 2011

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NASA'S FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION BEGINS WITH ATLANTIS' LAUNCH
NASA DEBUTS INSPIRATIONAL SPACE STATION MUSIC VIDEO
STS-135 MCC Status Report #01

Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 12:05:21 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA'S FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION BEGINS WITH ATLANTIS' LAUNCH

July 8, 2011

Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100

Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468

Report #H11-216

NASA'S FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION BEGINS WITH ATLANTIS' LAUNCH

Space shuttle Commander Chris Ferguson and his three crewmates are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 11:29 a m EDT Friday STS-135 is the final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle Program

"With today's final launch of the space shuttle we turn the page on a remarkable period in America's history in space, while beginning the next chapter in our nation's extraordinary story of exploration," Administrator Charles Bolden said "Tomorrow's destinations will inspire new generations of explorers, and the shuttle pioneers have made the next chapter of human spaceflight possible "

The STS-135 crew consists of Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim They will deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module filled with more than 8,000 pounds of supplies and spare parts to sustain space station operations after the shuttles are retired

"The shuttle's always going to be a reflection to what a great nation can do when it dares to be bold and commits to follow through," Ferguson said shortly before liftoff "We're not ending the journey today???we're completing a chapter of a journey that will never end "

The mission includes flying the Robotic Refueling Mission, an experiment designed to demonstrate and test the tools, technologies and techniques needed for robotic refueling of satellites in space, even satellites not designed for servicing The crew also will return with an ammonia pump that recently failed on the station Engineers want to understand why the pump failed and improve designs for future spacecraft

Atlantis is on a 12-day mission and scheduled to dock to the station at 11:06 a m on Sunday

STS-135 is the 135th shuttle flight, the 33rd flight for Atlantis and the 37th shuttle mission dedicated to station assembly and maintenance NASA's Web coverage of STS-135 includes mission information, a press kit, interactive features, news conference images, graphics and videos

Mission coverage, including the latest NASA Television schedule, is available on the main space shuttle website at:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

NASA is providing continuous television and Internet coverage of the mission NASA TV features live mission events, daily status news conferences and 24-hour commentary For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and schedule information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will host daily news conferences with STS-135 mission managers To participate, reporters must have valid media credentials issued by a NASA center or issued specifically for the STS-135 mission

Journalists not on site must contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 no later than 15 minutes prior to the start of a briefing to participate Newsroom personnel will verify credentials and transfer reporters to the phone bridge Phone bridge capacity is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis

Live updates to the NASA News Twitter feed will be added throughout the mission and landing To access the feed, go to the NASA gov homepage or visit:

http://www twitter com/nasa

All four of Atlantis' crew members are posting updates to Twitter You can follow them at:

http://www twitter com/Astro_Ferg

http://www twitter com/Astro_Doug

http://www twitter com/Astro_Sandy

http://www twitter com/Astro_Rex

To connect with NASA on Twitter and other social networking sites, visit:

http://www nasa gov/connect

For more information about space shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

For more information about the space station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 12:16:48 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA DEBUTS INSPIRATIONAL SPACE STATION MUSIC VIDEO

July 8, 2011

Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center 281-483-5111

Report #J11-017

NASA DEBUTS INSPIRATIONAL SPACE STATION MUSIC VIDEO

HOUSTON ï¿½ NASA today debuts an inspirational video featuring the International Space Station and its crews set to the song ï¿½Worldï¿½ by recording artists Five for Fighting

The video features imagery of both the space station and the space shuttles that have served as the workhorses of space station construction and resupply It uses selections from orbit as well as Earth-bound training and launch activities to communicate the importance of space exploration and its benefits for future generations Intermixed are selections of video that show the beauty of planet Earth as seen from the space station and scenes of children inspired by space exploration The lyrics emphasize that ï¿½history starts nowï¿½ and invite listeners to ask the question, ï¿½What kind of world do you want?ï¿½

The video ends with a reminder that although STS-135 is the final space shuttle mission, the International Space Station will continue an uninterrupted human presence in space The video will air on NASA Television at 7:15 p m CDT For NASA TV schedules, downlink information and streaming video, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

To watch the video online, visit:

http://www nasa gov/multimedia/videogallery/index html?media_id=100242111

NASA also has released a new 26-minute video about the history, research and promise of the International Space Station During the past decade, 15 nations have come together, setting aside boundaries and differences, to create the largest and longest inhabited object to ever orbit the Earth To view that video, visit:

http://www nasa gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/first10next10 html

For more information about the space shuttle and the space station, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 16:12:50 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-135 MCC Status Report #01

STS-135 Report #01 4 p m CDT Friday, July 8, 2011 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON ï¿½ With a cargo carrier packed with supplies and equipment, Atlantis launched Friday morning to the International Space Station on the final space shuttle mission

The shuttle with its crew of four lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center on its 12-day flight at 10:29 a m CDT Aboard are the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module and the Robotic Refueling Mission experiment, which could help develop ways to refuel satellites in orbit

Nearly a million people came to the Kennedy area to see Atlantis lift off on a mission marking the end of the space shuttle era The missionï¿½s focus was to leave the station as well supplied as possible to begin its post-shuttle existence Atlantis also is scheduled to return a failed ammonia pump to Earth for examination ï¿½ a task no other spacecraft can do

Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim, are scheduled to rendezvous and dock with the station on Sunday

Raffaello is making its fourth trip to the station On flight day 4 it will be lifted from the cargo bay and attached to the Harmony node It will be unloaded there and subsequently loaded with station discards before it is returned to the cargo bay on flight day 10 for return to Earth

The Robotic Refueling Mission experiment will be installed during the only spacewalk, by station crew members, while Atlantis is docked there The experiment will test concepts, techniques and tools for robotically refueling satellites in orbit The test will use the stationï¿½s robotic capabilities, the first test in space of ways to refuel satellites, including those not designed for such servicing

Aboard the station waiting to welcome Atlantis and its crew are Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko and Flight Engineers Alexander Samokutyaev, Ron Garan, Sergei Volkov, Mike Fossum and Satoshi Furukawa

STS-135 is the 135th shuttle flight, the 33rd flight for Atlantis and the 37th shuttle mission dedicated to station assembly and maintenance

The next shuttle status report will be issued after crew wakeup or earlier if warranted The crew is scheduled to awaken just before 3 a m Saturday

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 30 Jun 2011 to 9 Jul 2011 (#2011-81)

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