STS-121 Mission Continues

NASA Headquarters – July 9, 2006 – Continued supply transfers occupied most of the Space Shuttle Discovery and International Space Station’s crew today. Some preparations for the second spacewalk, on Monday, were also completed. Every member of the two crews was involved in the cargo activities throughout the day. Mission specialist Stephanie Wilson led the transfer effort, which will ultimately relocate more than 7,400 lbs of equipment and supplies that were brought up in the cargo module named “Leonardo” and 1,800 lbs from the shuttle’s middeck. Flight controllers reported that 14 percent of equipment and supplies from the shuttle had already been transferred, including the Minus Eighty Lab Freezer and the 1,400 lb Oxygen Generation System that will expand the station’s ability to support up to six crewmembers. Six percent of equipment from the shuttle’s middeck has been relocated thus far. Throughout the day, Mission Specialists Mike Fossum and Piers Sellers worked on post- and pre-extravehicular (spacewalk) activities. The two completed the first spacewalk of the mission on Saturday and are preparing for the second, scheduled for Monday. They prepared the Quest Airlock and the tools needed for this second trip into the vacuum of space. The rest of the Discovery's crew, Commander Steve Lindsey, Kelly, Wilson, and Mission Specialist Lisa Nowak will all participate in an EVA procedures review.

Mission Specialists Piers Sellers and Mike Fossum during yesterday’s spacewalk. Photo credit: NASA TV Astronaut Mike. Fossum works on a section of the International Space Station during the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA). Photo Credit: NASA For More Information STS-121 Home Page Expedition 13 Home Page

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