Saturday, February 09, 2008

Live in orbit: Mission status briefing at 3 p.m. EST













Moving the OBSS so the Columbus module can be moved Sunday.

Click for video.

Stay tuned to The Flame Trench for a report from a mission status briefing from Houston at 3 p.m. EST.

The crews of Atlantis and the International Space Station cheered as they met after the hatch between the spacecraft opened about 11:40 p.m. EST.

This afternoon astronauts have a variety of tasks, including moving spacesuits to the Quest airlock for Sunday's spacewalk and moving the orbital boom sensor system out of the shuttle payload bay, so the Columbus module can be moved on Sunday.

The 27,000-pound Columbus module will be moved from the shuttle payload bay and attached to the starboard side of the Harmony mondule.

Click for STS-122 fact sheet.

Click for NASA-TV schedule, which gives a mission timeline.

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