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| Image above: The Expedition 13 crew (front row) and
the STS-115 crew conduct a joint news conference. Photo Credit: NASA
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Atlantis and STS-115 crew to leave station Sunday
The STS-115 astronauts enjoyed some off duty time and transferred cargo
Saturday, their last full day at the International Space Station.
Space Shuttle Atlantis and the STS-115 crew are slated to undock at 8:50
a.m. EDT Sunday.
The crew members received free time Saturday morning.
This came on the heels of a four-day stretch in which they performed three
spacewalks in a four-day period.
The spacewalks featured tasks to prepare the station’s newly installed
P3/P4 integrated truss for operation. The crew attached the truss to the
station Sept. 12 prior to the start of the first spacewalk.
The transfer activities included loading Atlantis with station items
that are returning to Earth, including science experiment results.
The STS-115 and Expedition 13 crews also held the traditional joint crew
news conference earlier today. STS-115 Commander Brent Jett said this
mission is a good start to the series of upcoming construction flights.
“All of the rest of the assembly missions are going to be challenging.”
Jett said. “We have similar payloads flying in the future. We are
off to a good start on assembly. I think we can pass along a lot of the
lessons to the future crews.”
Atlantis is scheduled to land at 5:57 a.m. on Wednesday at the Space
Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
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