STS-125/HST SM-4 Status Report No. 02 (Forwarded)

STS-125 MCC Status Report #02
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 4 a.m. CDT

A busy day is ahead for the crew of space shuttle Atlantis as they continue
to close in on the Hubble Space Telescope. Today's wake-up music was
"Kryptonite" performed by 3 Doors Down. It was played for pilot Greg
Johnson.

The STS-125 crew -- Commander Scott Altman, Johnson and mission specialists
Michael Good, Megan McArthur, John Grunsfeld, Mike Massimino and Andrew
Feustel -- will unberth the Orbiter Boom Sensor System with the shuttle's
robotic arm and use it to scan Atlantis' thermal protection system and the
leading edges of the wings. The photos captured by the OBSS will be
downlinked to the ground team in Houston for analysis.

Altman and Grunsfeld also will prepare the Flight Support System (FSS) for
berthing the telescope on Wednesday. The FSS is a maintenance platform in
the aft part of the shuttle's payload bay that can rotate and tilt the
telescope to make access during the mission's spacewalks easier.

Grunsfeld, Massimino, Good and Feustel will check out the Extravehicular
Mobility Units (EMU), which are the spacesuits each of them will use during
the mission's five spacewalks. They will also take a look at the tools they
will be using.

The STS-125 crew will begin its sleep period at 8:01 p.m. and awaken at 4:01
a.m. Wednesday. The next shuttle status report will be issued at the end of
the crew's day, or earlier if events warrant.