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Status Report: STS-133-17.

STS-133 MCC Status Report # 17

6 pm CST Friday, March 4, 2011

Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

Today, Friday, was a day of travel for members of the crew of Discovery. In the first of two days added to the shuttle's stay on the ISS, who downloaded a large amount of goods between what they themselves have brought into space aboard the Permanent Multipurpose Module Leonardo.

Cady Coleman side of the package that contains two
Robonaut, astronaut artificial.
During the call, Obama asked if
Robonaut was a good traveling companion.
The commander replied that
have not yet unpacked, but after months ended
in the box, when they pass nearby
feel "scrape" the inside! [NASA]

crew members began their day with the activities of the interns NASA Educational Technology Services Team and students at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, gathered by the master Station flight and engineer Scott Kelly Cady Coleman for the event occurred just after 1200 UTC, where they answered questions that the students were sent through the education Taking Up Space Blog NASA.

Most of the crew of the shuttle went straight to work on the activities of Leonardo, moving supplies and equipment from the new module to the station and preparing the interior of the module.

Discovery Commander Steve Lindsey, pilot Eric Boe, Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Steve Bowen, Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott, you are then assembled with their colleagues on the Expedition 26, and flight engineers Oleg Kelly Skripochka, Alexander Kaleri, Dmitry Kondratyev, Paolo Nespoli and Coleman for the joint press conference. Responded to questions from reporters at Johnson Space Center, Kennedy Space Center in Italy.

During their afternoon, Drew Bowen and have placed the tools used outdoors during their spacewalks, and colleagues have continued the work on Leonardo. Kelly said the extra day spent with the astronauts of the Shuttle crew of the station allowed to take a big step forward with its work.

[Status Report originale NASA/JSC]