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Thu, June 12, 2008 08:40:28 AMFrom:
CBS Space News
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830a 6/12 Update: Crew enjoys day off; MMT briefing on tap
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CBS NEWS STS-124 STATUS REPORT: 56
Posted: 8:30 AM, 6/12/08
By William Harwood
CBS News Space Analyst
Changes and additions:
SR-54 (06/11/08): Fly around complete; Discovery moves away from station
SR-55 (06/11/08): NASA managers consider cleaning, SARJ bearing replacement on next station assembly flight
SR-56 (06/12/08): Astronauts enjoy day off
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8:30 AM, 6/12/08, Update: Astronauts enjoy time off
The Discovery astronauts took the day off today, enjoying the view from 210 miles up and chatting with family members in private teleconferences. The only mission-related activity on the schedule is a rocket firing around 4:20 p.m. to adjust the shuttle's orbit slightly to improve landing opportunities at the Kennedy Space Center. LeRoy Cain, chairman of NASA's Mission Management Team, will brief reporters today at 3:30 p.m. on the health of Discovery's heat shield and its overall readiness for landing Saturday to wrap up a successful space station assembly mission.
Commander Mark Kelly, pilot Kenneth Ham and flight engineer Ronald Garan plan to test the shuttle's re-entry systems Friday while their crewmates - Karen Nyberg, Michael Fossum, Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and returning space station flight engineer Garrett Reisman - pack up and ready the ship for landing.
Here is an updated timeline of today's activity (in EDT and mission elapsed time; includes revision P of the NASA television schedule; best viewed with fixed-width font):
EDT........DD...HH...MM...EVENT
06/12/08
03:32 AM...11...10...30...Crew wakeup
06:02 AM...11...13...00...Crew off duty
10:32 AM...11...17...30...Crew meal
11:32 AM...11...18...30...Crew off duty
01:32 PM...11...20...30...Crew interviews (ESPN/ABC News)
02:02 PM...11...21...00...Heat shield boom (OBSS) berthing
03:02 PM...11...22...00...Shuttle robot arm (SRMS) powerdown
03:30 PM...11...22...28...Mission Management Team briefing on NTV
04:20 PM...11...23...18...Orbit adjustment rocket firing
07:02 PM...12...02...00...Crew sleep begins
08:00 PM...12...02...58...Daily highlights reel on NTV
For readers interested in a look ahead, here is an updated list of deorbit burn and landing times for Saturday, Sunday and Monday (in EDT throughout; best viewed with fixed-width font):
ORBIT...DEORBIT.......LANDING.......SITE
06/14/08
217.....10:10:17 AM...11:15:18 AM...Kennedy Space Center, FL (KSC)
218.....11:46:32 AM...12:50:44 PM...KSC
06/15/08
232.....09:01:00 AM...10:03:00 AM...KSC
233.....10:36:00 AM...11:38:00 AM...KSC
234.....12:06:00 PM...01:09:00 PM...Edwards Air Force Base, CA (EDW)
235.....01:42:00 PM...02:44:00 PM...EDW
06/16/08
248.....09:24:00 AM...10:27:00 AM...KSC
249.....10:56:00 AM...11:59:00 AM...Northrup Strip, NM (NOR)
........11:00:00 AM...12:02:00 PM...KSC
250.....12:30:00 PM...01:32:00 PM...EDW
........12:32:00 PM...01:34:00 PM...NOR
251.....02:06:00 PM...03:07:00 PM...EDW
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CBS News STS-124 Status Reports:
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/current.html
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http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/currentglance.html
NASA ISS Expeditions Page:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/index.html
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Spaceflight Now: http://spaceflightnow.com/index.html
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