Cargo Transfers and Maintenance for Shuttle and Station Crews Today

NASA - STS-133 Mission patch.

Sat, 05 Mar 2011

The crews of space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station awoke at 3:24 a.m. EST to the song “(Ohio) Come Back to Texas” by Bowling for Soup for the entire crew from their families.

STS-133 & Expedition 26 crew posing

Today, the crew will spend much of its time offloading the Permanent Multipurpose Module and filling the H-II Transfer Vehicle with items no longer needed aboard the station. They also will perform maintenance on the Oxygen Generation Assembly and the Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly.

 STS-133 Mission Specialist Michael Barratt works aboard the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA TV

During space shuttle Discovery's final spaceflight, the STS-133 crew members will take important spare parts to the International Space Station along with the Express Logistics Carrier-4.

STS-133 Daily Mission Recap - Flight Day 9

 

Steve Bowen replaced Tim Kopra as Mission Specialist 2 following a bicycle injury on Jan. 15 that prohibited Kopra from supporting the launch window. Bowen last flew on Atlantis in May 2010 as part of the STS-132 crew. Flying on the STS-133 mission will make Bowen the first astronaut ever to fly on consecutive missions.

- STS-133 Crew: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts133/index.html

Images, Video, Text, Credits: NASA / NASA TV / MCC.

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