STS-121 MCC Status Report #20

2 a.m. CDT, Friday, July 14
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

07.14.06
STATUS REPORT: STS-121-20


STS-121 MCC Status Report #20

It's back to work for the Space Shuttle Discovery crew. After a day off, the
crew will spend much of today getting ready for their undocking from the
International Space Station.

The crew woke at 12:19 a.m. CDT with the Aggie War Hymn performed by the
Fighting Texas Aggie Band. It was for Mission Specialist Mike Fossum, a
graduate of Texas A&M University.

The first activity of the day will be media interviews for most of the
crew -- shuttle Pilot Mark Kelly, Mission Specialists Fossum, Lisa Nowak,
Stephanie Wilson and Piers Sellers, and station Expedition 13 Commander
Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams. Beginning at 3:03 a.m.
they will talk with journalists from CNN, ABC News, NBC's Today Show, and
CBS News.

Meanwhile, shuttle Commander Steve Lindsey and station Flight Engineer
Thomas Reiter will deactivate the multipurpose logistics module Leonardo and
begin preparing for its move back to Discovery's payload bay. Nowak and
Wilson will use the station robotic arm to maneuver Leonardo, which has been
packed with more than 4,000 pounds of experiment results, unneeded supplies
and equipment from the station, to its place in the cargo bay.

The two, joined by Lindsey, will also use the arm with the boom extension to
conduct a scheduled final inspection of the shuttle's port wing to ensure it
has not been damaged by orbital debris during the docked operations.

Throughout the day, the remainder of the crew will continue with final
transfer of supplies and equipment from the shuttle's middeck, organize the
spacewalk tools and do other tasks to get ready for Discovery's undocking
from the station on Saturday.

The next STS-121 mission status report will be issued Friday evening, or
earlier if events warrant.

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Jacques :-)

www.spacepatches.nl


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