Mission Summary

Christer Fuglesang will also be undertaking an experiment programme for the European Space Agency as part of the Celsius Mission though this is not currently fixed to a specific day in the mission timeline.

Flight Day 1 - Launch

• Launch from Kennedy Space Center
• Shuttle to On-orbit configuration
• Activation of Spacehab
• Activation of Shuttle robotic arm

Flight Day 2

• Test the Space Shuttle’s robotic arm
• Checking the Space Shuttle heat shields using robotic arm
• EVA preparation including testing EVA suits
• Preparations for docking with the ISS

Flight Day 3 - Docking

• Rendezvous and dock with the ISS including Shuttle backflip manoeuvre to check heat shields
• Hatches opened
• P5 truss moved out of Shuttle cargo bay to overnight parked position using Shuttle and ISS robotic arms
• Transfer equipment from Shuttle to airlock
• Checks on EVA suits. EVA tools prepared
• Fuglesang and Curbeam sealed in airlock for the night to help flush nitrogen out of the blood pre-EVA

Flight Day 4 – EVA 1 (Fuglesang/Curbeam)

• EVA prep
• P5 truss moved to installation location with Station robotic arm
• Solar arrays fixed in position
• EVA: Attach P5 truss to P4 truss, relocate grapple fixture on P5, and remove and replace camera on S1 truss

Flight Day 5

• Transfer cargo between Shuttle and ISS
• Switch over power responsibilities from 4B solar array on P6 truss to 4A solar array on P4 truss
• Retract 4B solar array
• Activate Solar Alpha Rotary Joint for rotating solar arrays on P4 truss section
• Fill and activate port-side cooling loop
• Fuglesang and Curbeam sealed in airlock for the night to help flush nitrogen out of the blood pre-EVA

Flight Day 6 - EVA 2 (Fuglesang/Curbeam)

• Switch ISS systems to power channels 1 and 4
• Shut down power channels 2 and 3
• EVA: Reconfigure power on power channels 2 and 3 around S0 and Z1 truss sections. Activate port-side thermal control system, Activate power channels 2 and 3. Relocate Crew and Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) carts from starboard to port-side of Mobile Transporter.

Flight Day 7

• Transfer cargo between Shuttle and ISS
• Fill and activate starboard cooling loop
• Curbeam and Williams sealed in airlock for the night to help flush nitrogen out of the blood pre-EVA

Flight Day 8 EVA 3 (Curbeam/Williams)

• Switch ISS systems to power channels 2 and 3
• Shut down power channels 1 and 4
• EVA: Reconfigure power on power channels 1 and 4 around S0 and Z1 truss sections. Activate starboard thermal control system, Activate power channels 1 and 4. Stow debris protection panels on mating adapter outside of ISS Node 1. Install grapple bar on thermal box

Flight Day 9

• Configure port and starboard thermal control power supply
• Transfer of equipment and supplies
• EVA preparations, including reconfiguring EVA suit to fit Fuglesang
• Fuglesang and Curbeam sealed in airlock for the night to help flush nitrogen out of the blood pre-EVA

Flight Day 10 - EVA 4 (Fuglesang/Curbeam)

• EVA: Aid retraction P6 solar array

Flight Day 11 - Undocking

• Clean-up after EVA
• Final transfer of equipment and supplies
• Hatch Closure
• Undock
• Station flyover
• Thruster burn

Flight Day 11

• Late inspection of Shuttle heat shields

Flight Day 12

• Landing preparations
• Shuttle to landing configuration

Flight Day 13 - Landing

• Landing preparations
• Deorbit burn
• Reentry
• Landing at Kennedy Space Center