11/22/09: STS-129: Satcher and Bresnik prepare spacesuits for third STS-129 spacewalk.
Mission Control Center Status Report #12
3 a.m. CST Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009 , Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

Mission: STS-129

Orbiter: Atlantis

Launch Pad: 39A

Launch Date: NET Nov 16, 2009, 14:28:09 EST (19:28:09 UT)

Landing: Nov 27, 2009

Main gear touchdown: 09:44:23 EST

Nose gear touchdown: 09:44:36 EST

Wheels stop: 09:45:05 EST

Orbital Altitude: 122 nautical miles (140 miles)

Orbital Insertion: 191 nautical miles (220 miles)

Orbital Inclination: 51.6 degrees

Distance traveled: ~4.5 million miles

Crew:- Commander: Charles O. Hobaugh; Pilot: Barry E. Wilmore; Mission Specialists:- MS1 Leland D Melvin, MS2 Randolph Bresnik, MS3 Michael Foreman, MS4 Robert Satcher, MS5 (landing) Nicole Stott.
Primary Payload: ExPRESS (Expedite the Processing of Experiments to the Space Station) Logistics Carriers ELC1 and ELC2:-

ExPRESS Logistics Carrier-1 manifest:- Ammonia Tank Assembly; Battery Charge Discharge Unit; Space Station Remote Manipulator System Latching End Effector; Control Moment Gyro; Nitrogen Tank Assembly; Pump Module; Plasma Contactor Unit; two empty Passive Flight Releasable Attachment Mechanisms.

ExPRESS Logistics Carrier-2 manifest:- High Pressure Gas Tank; Cargo Transport Container 1 (CTC-1) mounted to a Small Adapter Plate Assembly; Mobile Transporter/Trailing Umbilical System; Control Moment Gyro; Nitrogen Tank Assembly; Pump Module; Utility Transfer Assembly (UTA) Flight Support Equipment (FSE); one empty Payload Passive Flight Releasable Attachment Mechanism.

The six-member crew of Atlantis will have a half day to relax before getting ready for Monday’s third and final spacewalk.

The crew was awakened this morning with the song “Butterfly Kisses,” by Bob Carlisle at 1:58 a.m. CST. It was selected for Mission Specialist Randy Bresnik.

Later in the morning, Pilot Barry Wilmore and Mission Specialists Leland Melvin, Robert Satcher Jr. and Nicole Stott will answer reporters’ questions in interviews with WTTG-TV in Washington, D.C., Bay News 9 in Tampa, Fla. and WBBM Radio in Chicago, Ill.

Also planned is an opportunity for some Tennessee students to interact with Wilmore, Melvin and Stott. The educational question and answer session is being held at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville. Wilmore is an alumnus of Tennessee Tech.

In the early afternoon, Satcher and Bresnik will prepare spacesuits and tools and review the updated procedures for that third spacewalk. The spacewalk was replanned overnight after Bresnik and Foreman were able to get ahead on tasks during Saturday's spacewalk, including deploying a third payload attach system.

Tonight Satcher and Bresnik will spend the night in the Quest airlock to prepare for Monday’s spacewalk. The crew is scheduled to begin its sleep period about 5:30 p.m.

The next mission status report will be issued at the end of the crew’s day or earlier if warranted.


Nov 21: Russia's Progress 35P is docked to the PIRS Docking Compartment, photographed during the middle of three scheduled sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) shared by the Atlantis STS-129 crew and the five crewmembers of Expedition 21. Credit: NASA


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