Jacques van Oene
July 31st 05, 07:52 AM
STS-114 MCC Status Report #10
Saturday, July 30, 2005 - 11:45 p.m. CDT
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
Transfers of additional water and supplies to the International Space
Station will continue Sunday as the crew aboard Discovery begins Flight Day
6. The STS-114 mission was formally extended by one day as mission managers
Saturday decided to spend one more day docked to the ISS.
Two additional collapsible water containers holding more than 10 gallons
each are expected to be added to the cargo transfer list before the Shuttle
leaves, bringing to 17 the number that will be left behind, a substantial
increase in the amount of available water.
ISS Program Manager Bill Gerstenmaier said in a Saturday news conference
that the program was very happy to have the additional supplies and that the
station's consumables status had improved considerably with Discovery's
visit.
Mission Manager Wayne Hale said Saturday that the added mission day will be
added to the crew's schedule after the third spacewalk day.
Hale also noted Saturday that Discovery's protective tiles and thermal
blankets passed review and are cleared for entry. Analysis continues on the
reinforced carbon carbon areas and two protruding gap fillers.
Also Sunday, astronauts will make preparations for the second spacewalk of
the mission scheduled for Monday. Discovery's cabin pressure will be reduced
to 10.2 psi to prepare Mission Specialists Stephen Robinson and Soichi
Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency for their work outside the
spacecraft.
Space Shuttle and Space Station crewmembers will participate in two separate
in-flight interviews. Shuttle Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jim Kelly and
Mission Specialist Charlie Camarda will talk to reporters with ABC News, Fox
News and NBC's "Meet the Press" at 5:49 a.m. CDT. Collins,
Robinson, Noguchi and NASA ISS Science Officer John Phillips will speak with
CBS News, CNN and Discovery Channel reporters at 7:39 a.m.
Discovery's crew was awakened at 11:11 p.m. CDT by the song "I'm Goin' Up,"
by Claire Lynch for Mission Specialist Wendy Lawrence. The Space Station
crew was awakened about the same time by a tone onboard.
The crews of Discovery and the Space Station are scheduled to go to sleep
about 2:09 p.m. CDT.
The next STS-114 mission status report will be issued Sunday afternoon, or
earlier, if events warrant.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Saturday, July 30, 2005 - 11:45 p.m. CDT
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
Transfers of additional water and supplies to the International Space
Station will continue Sunday as the crew aboard Discovery begins Flight Day
6. The STS-114 mission was formally extended by one day as mission managers
Saturday decided to spend one more day docked to the ISS.
Two additional collapsible water containers holding more than 10 gallons
each are expected to be added to the cargo transfer list before the Shuttle
leaves, bringing to 17 the number that will be left behind, a substantial
increase in the amount of available water.
ISS Program Manager Bill Gerstenmaier said in a Saturday news conference
that the program was very happy to have the additional supplies and that the
station's consumables status had improved considerably with Discovery's
visit.
Mission Manager Wayne Hale said Saturday that the added mission day will be
added to the crew's schedule after the third spacewalk day.
Hale also noted Saturday that Discovery's protective tiles and thermal
blankets passed review and are cleared for entry. Analysis continues on the
reinforced carbon carbon areas and two protruding gap fillers.
Also Sunday, astronauts will make preparations for the second spacewalk of
the mission scheduled for Monday. Discovery's cabin pressure will be reduced
to 10.2 psi to prepare Mission Specialists Stephen Robinson and Soichi
Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency for their work outside the
spacecraft.
Space Shuttle and Space Station crewmembers will participate in two separate
in-flight interviews. Shuttle Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jim Kelly and
Mission Specialist Charlie Camarda will talk to reporters with ABC News, Fox
News and NBC's "Meet the Press" at 5:49 a.m. CDT. Collins,
Robinson, Noguchi and NASA ISS Science Officer John Phillips will speak with
CBS News, CNN and Discovery Channel reporters at 7:39 a.m.
Discovery's crew was awakened at 11:11 p.m. CDT by the song "I'm Goin' Up,"
by Claire Lynch for Mission Specialist Wendy Lawrence. The Space Station
crew was awakened about the same time by a tone onboard.
The crews of Discovery and the Space Station are scheduled to go to sleep
about 2:09 p.m. CDT.
The next STS-114 mission status report will be issued Sunday afternoon, or
earlier, if events warrant.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info