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1. STS-135 MCC Status Report #10
2. STS-135 MCC Status Report #11
3. STS-135 MCC Status Report #12

Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:38:18 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-135 MCC Status Report #10

STS-135 Report #10 Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 1:30 a m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � The space shuttle Atlantis crew received a special wakeup call today to kick off flight day 6 of the STS-135 mission

�Good morning, Atlantis, this is Elton John,� the British singer said in a pre-recorded message �We wish you much success on your mission A huge thank you to all the men and women at NASA who worked on the shuttle for the last three decades �

The message followed the day�s wakeup song, John�s �Rocket Man,� which was played at 1:29 a m It was not the first time the song has been played in space � �Rocket Man� has awakened four shuttle crew�s in the shuttle program�s 30-year history, and it was one of NASA�s top 40 wakeup call songs listed for voter selection during a contest to commemorate space shuttles Discovery and Endeavour�s last missions In that contest, it earned nearly 5,000 votes from the public

With the mission�s one spacewalk successfully behind them, Atlantis� crew will return its focus today to unpacking the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module The crew started the day 26 percent through the combined 15,069 pounds of cargo to transfer in or out of Raffaello � 9,403 pounds that launched on Atlantis and 5,666 pounds that it will bring home when it lands

In addition, the crew will be taking some time out of its work at 11:54 a m to talk with reporters from WBNG-TV and WICZ-TV in Binghamton, New York, and KGO-TV of San Francisco

The next status report will be issued at the end of the crew�s day or earlier if warranted The crew is scheduled to go to bed just before 4:30 p m

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Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:49:29 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-135 MCC Status Report #11

STS-135 Report #11 6 p m CDT Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � Atlantis crew members spent much of Wednesday moving equipment and supplies from the multipurpose logistics module Raffaello to the International Space Station

They had some help from station Commander Andrey Borisenko and Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa in the transfer operations The bottom line was that the more than 9,400 pounds of material in Raffaello was considerably reduced

Station lead flight director Chris Edelen said at an afternoon briefing that about half of the cargo had been moved from Raffaello and the shuttle�s middeck to the space station Almost 5,700 pounds of unneeded equipment and supplies from the station will be packed aboard the module for return to Earth

The transfer activity can be strenuous While the cargo bags are weightless, they do have mass They require effort to be put in motion, effort to change their direction and effort to stop their motion

Crew members opened Pressurized Mating Adaptor 3, attached to the Tranquility node, and stored some of the material from Raffaello there On Tuesday spacewalkers had put an insulating cover on the outside of PMA-3 to protect it from temperature extremes

A little before noon CDT, all four shuttle crew members talked with representatives of WBNG-TV and WICZ-TV in Binghamton, N Y , near Pilot Doug Hurley�s home town of Apalachin, and KGO-TV of San Francisco Mission Specialist Rex Walheim is from nearby San Carlos

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

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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:32:37 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-135 MCC Status Report #12

STS-135 Report #12 Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 12:30 a m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � Flight day 7 of the STS-135 mission started out with a serenade for the crew of space shuttle Atlantis

In a special message recorded before launch from Venice, Italy, Michael Stipe, lead singer of R E M , sang an A capella version of the band�s song �Man on the Moon,� then followed it with a greeting to the astronauts

�Good morning, Atlantis,� he said �This is Michael Stipe from R E M We wish you much success on your mission, and thank all the women and men at NASA who have worked on shuttle for three decades From Earth, a very good morning to you �

More unpacking of the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module is on tap today for Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim But they�ll also take some time out for a few special events

At 5:59 a m , Ferguson and Magnus will be speaking with reporters from Fox News Radio and KTVI-TV and KSDK-TV in St Louis Then, at 8:19 a m , the entire crew will be interviewed by WBBM-TV in Chicago, KTVU-TV in Oakland, Calif , and WTXF-TV in Philadelphia

In addition, both the shuttle and station crews will have the opportunity to enjoy an �All-American Meal� of barbecue brisket or grilled chicken and baked beans, southwestern corn and apple pie, and the public is invited to share in it, virtually Visit go nasa gov/AllAmericanMeal for recipes, or �formulations� as they�re called by NASA food scientists, as well as more information, video and imagery

The shuttle and station crews� midday meals are scheduled to begin at 7:19 a m

The next status report will be issued at the end of the crew�s day or earlier if warranted The crew is scheduled to go to sleep just before 3:30 p m

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