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FEATURE
Timeline of Significant Mission Events

08.01.05

The table below lists dates and times for significant STS-114 events, including crew activities, televised briefings and video packages to be broadcast on NASA TV. All times are based on a July 26 launch date and are subject to change.

All times are EASTERN.

Tuesday, July 26 (Flight Day 1):

12:00 a.m.

Begin tanking and launch coverage at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) (Launch minus 10 hours and 30 minutes)

10:39 a.m.

Launch

11:45 a.m.

Post-Launch News Conference

12:06 p.m.

Payload bay door opening

1:44 p.m.

Remote manipulator system (RMS) checkout

2 p.m.

Ascent flight control team video replay

2:34 p.m.

RMS imagery of Ku-band antenna/ orbiter boom sensor system (OBSS) post-insertion clearance

4 p.m.

Launch engineering replays

4:39 p.m.

Crew sleep begins

5 p.m.

Mission status briefing

6 p.m.

Flight day highlights

7 p.m.

Video file

Wednesday, July 27 (Flight Day 2):

12:39 a.m.

Crew wakeup

3 a.m.

WB-57 Launch Video Replay

3:09 a.m.

RMS checkout / centerline camera installation

3:30 a.m.

Flight director update

3:54 a.m.

RMS grapple of OBSS and unberth

4:09 a.m.

Ku-band antenna deploy

4:39 a.m.

Orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pod photography

5:24 a.m.

RMS / OBSS wing leading edge and nose cap survey begins

7:29 a.m.

Airlock preparations

8:39 a.m.

Extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) checkout

8:54 a.m.

Docking ring extension

11 a.m.

Mission status briefing (flight control team video replay follows)

11:34 a.m.

RMS survey of orbiter upper surfaces

3 p.m.

Video File

3:39 p.m.

Crew sleep begins

4 p.m.

Flight day highlights

6 p.m.

Post-mission management team (MMT) briefing

10 p.m.

Post-mission management team (MMT) briefing replay

11:39 p.m.

Crew wakeup

Thursday, July 28 (Flight Day 3):

1:39 a.m.

Rendezvous operations begin

1:54 a.m.

Playback of Ku antenna / OBSS clearance video from RMS

2:09 a.m.

External tank handheld video downlink playback

2:30 a.m.

Flight director update

4:40 a.m.

Terminal initiation burn

6:08 a.m.

Rendezvous pitch maneuver

7:18 a.m.

Docking with International Space Station (ISS)

9:19 a.m.

Hatch opening

9:54 a.m.

OBSS grapple by Space Station remote manipulator system (SSRMS)

10:30 a.m.

Mission status briefing (flight control team video replay follows)

11:44 a.m.

SSRMS handoff of OBSS to Space Shuttle remote manipulator system (RMS)

2 p.m.

Video File

3:39 p.m.

Crew sleep begins

4 p.m.

Flight day highlights

6 p.m.

Post-MMT briefing

10 p.m.

MMT briefing replay

11:39 p.m.

Crew wakeup

Friday, July 29 (Flight Day 4):

12:09 a.m.

ISS crew wakeup

1:44 a.m.

Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) grapple by Space Station remote manipulator system (SSRMS)

2 a.m.

Flight director update

2:14 a.m.

Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) unberth

3:09 a.m.

MPLM installation on Unity begins

5:39 a.m.

SSRMS walkoff from Destiny to mobile base system (MBS)

6:19 a.m.

U.S. audio-only Public Affairs Office (PAO) event

7:09 a.m.

OBSS thermal protection system survey (if required)

10 a.m.

Mission status briefing (flight control team video replay follows)

10:49 a.m.

MPLM ingress

12:44 p.m.

Shuttle / ISS hatches closed

1 p.m.

Video File

3:39 p.m.

Crew sleep begins

4 p.m.

Flight day highlights

6 p.m.

Post-MMT briefing

10 p.m.

MMT briefing replay

11:39 p.m.

Crew wakeup

Saturday, July 30 (Flight Day 5):

12:09 a.m.

ISS crew wakeup

1:39 a.m.

First spacewalk preparations begin

2 a.m.

Flight director update

2:29 a.m.

SSRMS grapple of Destiny

3:29a.m.

SSRMS walkoff from MBS to Destiny

4:44 a.m.

Spacewalk begins

5:19 a.m.

Shuttle / ISS hatches open

5:49 a.m.

Thermal protection system (TPS) detailed test objective (DTO)

8:59 a.m.

Control moment gyroscope (CMG) 2 patch panel reconfiguration

9:09 a.m.

OBSS survey of TPS experiment box in payload bay

9:45 a.m.

CMG 2 startup

10:24 a.m.

Shuttle / ISS hatches closed

11:14 a.m.

Spacewalk ends

11:24 a.m.

Shuttle / ISS hatches open

12 p.m.

Mission status briefing (flight control team video replay follows)

3:39 p.m.

Crew sleep begins

4 p.m.

Post-MMT briefing (may be combined with earlier mission status briefing)

10 p.m.

MMT briefing replay

11:39 p.m.

Crew wakeup

Sunday, July 31 (Flight Day 6):

12:09 a.m.

ISS crew wakeup

2 a.m.

Flight director update

6:49 a.m.

U.S. PAO event

8:39 a.m.

U.S. PAO event

10 a.m.

Mission status briefing (flight control team video replay follows)

10:09 a.m.

Andy Thomas crew choice downlink

12:09 p.m.

Shuttle / ISS hatches closed

3:09 p.m.

Crew sleep begins

4 p.m.

Flight day highlights

6 p.m.

Post-MMT briefing

10 p.m.

MMT briefing replay

11:09 p.m.

Crew wakeup

11:39 p.m.

ISS crew wakeup

Monday, August 1 (Flight Day 7):

1:09 a.m.

Second spacewalk preparations begin

1:30 a.m.

Flight director update

4:14 a.m.

Spacewalk begins

4:39 a.m.

Shuttle / ISS hatches open

5:20 a.m.

CMG 1 power is turned off

9:15 a.m.

New CMG 1 checkout

9:30 a.m.

New CMG 1 startup

9:54 a.m.

Shuttle / ISS hatches closed

10:44 a.m.

Spacewalk ends

10:54 a.m.

Shuttle / ISS hatches open

11:30 a.m.

Mission status briefing (flight control team video replay follows)

1 p.m.

Video File

3:09 p.m.

Crew sleep begins

4 p.m.

Flight day highlights

6 p.m.

Post-MMT briefing

10 p.m.

MMT briefing replay

11:09 p.m.

Crew wakeup

11:39 p.m.

ISS crew wakeup

Tuesday, August 2 (Flight Day 8):

1:30 a.m.

Flight director update

5:59a.m.

Joint crew news conference (translated sections to be broadcast after the event)

6:45 a.m.

Russian PAO event (translated version to be broadcast after the event)

7:15 a.m.

Replay of Russian PAO event with translated sections

8:30 a.m.

Replay of joint crew news conference with translated sections

11:30 a.m.

Mission status briefing (flight control team video replay follows)

12:09 p.m.

Shuttle / ISS hatches closed

1 p.m.

Video File

3:09 p.m.

Crew sleep begins

4 p.m.

Flight day highlights

6 p.m.

Post-MMT briefing

10 p.m.

MMT briefing replay

11:09 p.m.

Crew wakeup

11:39 a.m.

ISS crew wakeup

Wednesday, August 3 (Flight Day 9):

1:09 a.m.

Third spacewalk preparations begin

1:30 a.m.

Flight director update

4:14 a.m.

Spacewalk begins

4:39 a.m.

Shuttle / ISS hatches open

8:04 a.m.

Tile Gap Filler Removal

9:09 a.m.

Shuttle / ISS hatches closed

10:14 a.m.

Spacewalk ends

10:24 a.m.

Shuttle / ISS hatches open

11 a.m.

Mission status briefing (flight control team video replay follows)

1 p.m.

Video File

3:09 p.m.

Crew sleep begins

4 p.m.

Flight day highlights

6 p.m.

Post-MMT briefing

10 p.m.

MMT briefing replay

11:09 p.m.

Crew wakeup

11:39 p.m.

ISS crew wakeup

Thursday, August 4 (Flight Day 10):

1:30 a.m.

Flight director update

2:09 a.m.

MPLM egress and deactivation

3:29 a.m.

AP/NBC "Today"

5:19 a.m.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) PAO event

6:00 a.m.

Replay of JAXA PAO Event with translation

8:04 a.m.

Columbia Commemoration downlink

12 p.m.

Video File

2 p.m.

Expedition 12 /Spaceflight Participant crew news conference

2:09 p.m.

Crew sleep begins

3 p.m.

Flight day highlights

6 p.m.

Post-MMT briefing

9 p.m.

MMT briefing replay

10:09 p.m.

Discovery Crew wakeup

10:39 p.m.

ISS crew wakeup

Friday, August 5 (Flight Day 11):

6:24 a.m.

MPLM uninstall from Unity module

7:34 a.m.

MPLM berthed in Discovery payload bay

8:30 a.m.

Mission Status Briefing

12 p.m.

Video File

2 p.m.

Flight day highlights

2:09 p.m.

Crew sleep begins

6 p.m.

Post-MMT briefing

9 p.m.

MMT briefing replay

10:09 p.m.

Crew wakeup

Saturday, August 6 (Flight Day 12):

12:24 a.m.

Discovery/ISS crew farewell and hatch closure

3:22 a.m.

Discovery/ISS undocking

3:52 a.m.

Discovery flyaround of ISS

5:05 a.m.

Final separation from ISS

9:30 a.m.

Mission status briefing (flight control team video replay follows)

12:39 p.m.

Crew sleep begins

1 p.m.

Flight day highlights

7 p.m.

Post-MMT briefing

8 p.m.

MMT briefing replay

8:39 p.m.

Crew wakeup

Sunday, August 7 (Flight Day 13):

4:14 a.m.

U.S. Network Interviews

7:30 a.m.

Mission Status Briefing

9:19 a.m.

Ku-band antenna stowage

12:39 p.m.

Discovery Crew Sleep Begins

1 p.m.

Flight Day Highlights

6 p.m.

Post MMT Briefing

7 p.m.

Post MMT Briefing Replay

8:39 p.m.

Discovery Crew wake up

11:34 p.m.

Deorbit preparations begin

Monday, August 8 (Flight Day 14):

2:03 a.m.

Payload bay door closing

3:43 a.m.

Deorbit burn

4:46 a.m.

KSC Landing

NET 5 a.m.

Post-Landing News Conference, KSC

NET L + 2 hrs

Entry Flight Director Post-Landing News Conference, JSC

NET L + 3 hrs

Entry Flight Control Team Video Replay

NET L + 6 hrs

Crew Post-Landing News Conference, KSC (Commander and available crewmembers)



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