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Astronauts ready to say goodbye in space
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: May 29, 2011


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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL--The Endeavour astronauts wrapped up last-minute experiment transfers early Sunday and prepared to close hatches between the shuttle and the International Space Station to set the stage for undocking Sunday night.

Commander Mark Kelly and his five crewmates plan to bid the station's three-man crew farewell during a brief departure ceremony at 6:56 a.m. EDT (GMT-4). The shuttle crew then will move back aboard Endeavour and hatches between the two spacecraft will be closed around 7:11 a.m.

The astronauts will go to bed a few minutes before 11 a.m. and get back up at 7:26 p.m. Undocking is targeted for 11:55 p.m.

Here is an updated timeline of the crew's planned activities for flight days 14 and 15 (in EDT and mission elapsed time; includes revision K of the NASA television schedule; best viewed with fixed-width font):


DATE/EDT...DD...HH...MM...SS...EVENT

05/29
12:06 AM...12...15...10...00...Middeck transfers
02:11 AM...12...17...15...00...Joint crew meal
03:11 AM...12...18...15...00...Joint crew photo
03:31 AM...12...18...35...00...Stowage ops
03:31 AM...12...18...35...00...Middeck transfers
03:51 AM...12...18...55...00...Crew message for "Face in Space" contest
04:26 AM...12...19...30...00...DCB ULF-6 pack
05:00 AM...12...20...04...00...Mission status briefing on NASA TV
06:56 AM...12...22...00...00...Farewell ceremony
07:11 AM...12...22...15...00...Egress/hatch closure
07:16 AM...12...22...20...00...Rendezvous tools checkout
07:51 AM...12...22...55...00...Hatch leak check
08:21 AM...12...23...25...00...Centerline camera install
08:46 AM...12...23...50...00...ISS daily planning conference
10:56 AM...13...02...00...00...ISS crew sleep begins
11:26 AM...13...02...30...00...STS crew sleep begins
01:00 PM...13...04...04...00...Daily video highlights reel on NASA TV
07:26 PM...13...10...30...00...STS/ISS crew wakeup
08:56 PM...13...12...00...00...ISS daily planning conference
10:11 PM...13...13...15...00...Group B computer powerup
10:46 PM...13...13...50...00...ISS maneuver to undocking attitude
11:11 PM...13...14...15...00...Undocking timeline begins
11:37 PM...13...14...41...02...Sunset

11:55 PM...13...14...59...00...UNDOCKING

11:55 PM...13...14...59...05...Maintain corridor
11:56 PM...13...15...00...00...Initial Separation
11:56 PM...13...15...00...40...ISS holds attitude

05/30
12:00 AM...13...15...04...00...50 ft: reselect -X jets
12:02 AM...13...15...06...00...75 ft: LOWZ
12:13 AM...13...15...17...09...Sunrise
12:22 AM...13...15...26...00...Start flyaround at 400 ft
12:31 AM...13...15...35...30...Range = 600 feet
12:33 AM...13...15...37...00...ISS maneuvers to TEA attitude
12:33 AM...13...15...37...30...Shuttle directly above ISS
12:40 AM...13...15...44...48...Noon
12:45 AM...13...15...49...00...Shuttle directly behind ISS
12:56 AM...13...16...00...30...Shuttle directly below ISS
01:08 AM...13...16...12...00...Shuttle directly in front of ISS
01:08 AM...13...16...12...00...Separation burn No. 1
01:08 AM...13...16...12...26...Sunset
01:16 AM...13...16...20...00...STORRM* timeline begins
01:36 AM...13...16...40...00...Separation burn No. 2
01:44 AM...13...16...48...43...Sunrise
02:12 AM...13...17...16...17...Noon
02:24 AM...13...17...28...30...Range greater than 19,000 feet
02:36 AM...13...17...40...39...NH2 STORRM rocket firing
02:39 AM...13...17...43...51...Sunset
02:50 AM...13...17...54...40...Iss maneuvers to DTO attitude
02:58 AM...13...18...02...40...MC5 STORRM rocket firing
03:15 AM...13...18...19...58...Sunrise
03:23 AM...13...18...27...40...NSR STORRM rocket firing
03:28 AM...13...18...32...40...Range less than 20,000 feet (closest approach)
03:37 AM...13...18...41...40...MC6 STORRM rocket firing
03:57 AM...13...19...01...40...TPI STORRM rocket firing
04:11 AM...13...19...15...14...Sunset
04:38 AM...13...19...42...40...Separation burn No. 3
04:47 AM...13...19...51...20...Sunrise
04:56 AM...13...20...00...00...Crew meals begin
05:05 AM...13...20...09...40...Range greater than 20,000 feet
05:56 AM...13...21...00...00...EVA unpack and stow
06:30 AM...13...21...34...00...Mission status briefing on NASA TV
07:16 AM...13...22...20...00...Maui DTO
07:26 AM...13...22...30...00...Post EVA entry preps
07:56 AM...13...23...00...00...Undocking video playback
08:01 AM...13...23...05...00...Group B computer powerdown
08:11 AM...13...23...15...00...ISS daily planning conference
10:56 AM...14...02...00...00...STS crew sleep begins
01:00 PM...14...04...04...00...MMT briefing on NASA TV
06:56 PM...14...10...00...00...STS crew wakeup
09:06 PM...14...12...10...00...Network crew interviews
10:01 PM...14...13...05...00...Flight control system checkout
11:11 PM...14...14...15...00...Reaction control system hotfire

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