[sarex] STS-121 MCC Status Report #18

[Arthur Rowe <azrowe80@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468

2 a.m. CDT, Thursday, July 13, 2006
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

    07.13.06
STATUS REPORT: STS-121-18

STS-121 MCC Status Report #18

After eight days in space, three spacewalks and six days of cargo 
transfer, the Space Shuttle Discovery crew today gets a much deserved 
day off.

The crew woke at 12:08 a.m. CDT to "Charlie's Angels Theme Song." It was 
for the entire crew, from their training team.

Moments later, Texas A&M University yell leaders performed briefly for 
Mission Specialist Mike Fossum from Mission Control. Fossum is the first 
A&M undergraduate alumni to fly in space.

Fossum is scheduled to receive a call from Texas Gov. Rick Perry, also 
an A&M graduate and former member of the Corps of Cadets, at 11:58 a.m. 
It will air on NASA Television.

Later in the day, Fossum and Mission Specialist Lisa Nowak will talk 
with representatives of MSNBC and FOX News Live. That interview, at 
12:23 p.m., also will be seen on NASA-TV.

Fossum, Nowak and shuttle Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Mark Kelly and 
Mission Specialists Stephanie Wilson and Piers Sellers then have off 
duty time with only a few isolated tasks and exercise planned.

International Space Station Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov, 
and Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Thomas Reiter will talk at 3:13 
a.m. with European Space Agency Astronaut Pedro Duque, a journalist, 
students and the operations manager at the Columbus Control Centre, in 
Cologne, Germany. At 8:09 a.m. the crew will talk with Russian 
journalists at Mission Control Moscow. Those events will air on NASA-TV 
and be replayed with interpretation at 9 a.m.

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

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