Jacques van Oene
July 29th 05, 03:06 PM
STS-114 MCC Status Report #06
Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 11 p.m. CDT
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
The first full day of joint Space Shuttle and International Space Station
operations will be highlighted by installation of a cargo transportation
module, additional orbiter heat shield inspections and spacewalk
preparations.
Discovery's crew was awakened at 10:39 p.m. CDT by the song "Vertigo" by U2
played for Pilot Jim Kelly. Capcom Shannon Lucid noted during the wakeup
call that Kelly, whose nickname is "Vegas," was promoted to Colonel in the
U.S. Air Force recently. The Station crew was awakened at 11:09 p.m. CDT by
a tone onboard.
In this upcoming flight day, Mission Specialist Wendy Lawrence and Kelly
will guide the Station's robot arm, Canadarm2, to pluck the Multi Purpose
Logistics Module from Discovery's cargo bay and install it on the Station.
The MPLM, called Raffaello, will be attached to the Station's Unity module.
While the crew was asleep, the Station flight control team verified Unity's
attach mechanism is ready for the addition.
Kelly and Station Flight Engineer John Phillips will walk Canadarm2 off of
the Destiny lab beginning at 4:39 a.m. CDT., onto the Mobile Base System for
situational awareness views from its cameras for the survey. Mission
Specialist Charlie Camarda and Kelly will begin additional focused
inspections of Discovery's heat shield using the Shuttle arm and Orbiter
Boom Sensor System shortly after 6 a.m. Central time.
Once the MPLM is in place, Mission Specialist Wendy Lawrence and Station
Commander Sergei Krikalev will begin activation of the module about 7:49
a.m. CDT and will enter about two hours later, at 9:49 a.m. CDT.
Commander Eileen Collins and Mission Specialist Andy Thomas will participate
in interviews with the Associated Press Radio Network, National Public Radio
and the CBS Radio Network at 5:19 a.m. CDT.
Additional preparations for Saturday's first spacewalk of the mission by
Soichi Noguchi and Steve Robinson will continue during the day with a review
of EVA procedures and a checkout of a small rescue device known as SAFER,
for Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue, designed to allow an astronaut outside a
spacecraft to return safety if they become untethered and separated from the
spacecraft. Hatches between Discovery and Station will be closed as the
Shuttle's cabin pressure is reduced to 10.2 psi for the pre-breathe period,
during which spacewalkers will become gradually acclimated to the lower
pressures of spacesuits.
The crews of Discovery and the Station are scheduled to go to sleep about
2:39 p.m. CDT.
The next STS-114 mission status report will be issued Friday afternoon, or
earlier, if events warrant.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 11 p.m. CDT
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
The first full day of joint Space Shuttle and International Space Station
operations will be highlighted by installation of a cargo transportation
module, additional orbiter heat shield inspections and spacewalk
preparations.
Discovery's crew was awakened at 10:39 p.m. CDT by the song "Vertigo" by U2
played for Pilot Jim Kelly. Capcom Shannon Lucid noted during the wakeup
call that Kelly, whose nickname is "Vegas," was promoted to Colonel in the
U.S. Air Force recently. The Station crew was awakened at 11:09 p.m. CDT by
a tone onboard.
In this upcoming flight day, Mission Specialist Wendy Lawrence and Kelly
will guide the Station's robot arm, Canadarm2, to pluck the Multi Purpose
Logistics Module from Discovery's cargo bay and install it on the Station.
The MPLM, called Raffaello, will be attached to the Station's Unity module.
While the crew was asleep, the Station flight control team verified Unity's
attach mechanism is ready for the addition.
Kelly and Station Flight Engineer John Phillips will walk Canadarm2 off of
the Destiny lab beginning at 4:39 a.m. CDT., onto the Mobile Base System for
situational awareness views from its cameras for the survey. Mission
Specialist Charlie Camarda and Kelly will begin additional focused
inspections of Discovery's heat shield using the Shuttle arm and Orbiter
Boom Sensor System shortly after 6 a.m. Central time.
Once the MPLM is in place, Mission Specialist Wendy Lawrence and Station
Commander Sergei Krikalev will begin activation of the module about 7:49
a.m. CDT and will enter about two hours later, at 9:49 a.m. CDT.
Commander Eileen Collins and Mission Specialist Andy Thomas will participate
in interviews with the Associated Press Radio Network, National Public Radio
and the CBS Radio Network at 5:19 a.m. CDT.
Additional preparations for Saturday's first spacewalk of the mission by
Soichi Noguchi and Steve Robinson will continue during the day with a review
of EVA procedures and a checkout of a small rescue device known as SAFER,
for Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue, designed to allow an astronaut outside a
spacecraft to return safety if they become untethered and separated from the
spacecraft. Hatches between Discovery and Station will be closed as the
Shuttle's cabin pressure is reduced to 10.2 psi for the pre-breathe period,
during which spacewalkers will become gradually acclimated to the lower
pressures of spacesuits.
The crews of Discovery and the Station are scheduled to go to sleep about
2:39 p.m. CDT.
The next STS-114 mission status report will be issued Friday afternoon, or
earlier, if events warrant.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info