array wing toward On flight day 12, the shuttle crew will complete transfers

the end of the station before saying farewell to the station crew and preparing
where Discovery is for hatch closure between the two spacecraft. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
docked. When nearly
half of the array’s Undocking and Landing
length is unfolded,
the crew will take a Discovery is scheduled to undock from the station on
short break to let the flight day 13. Antonelli will conduct a flyaround of the
array warm up before complex so the crew can capture detailed imagery of
finishing the deploy- the station’s new configuration with the last of its power-
ment. Next, they’ll
move to the second
producing solar arrays unfurled. After a little more than a
lap around the station, Antonelli will fire the shuttle’s jets STS-119: A Final Station Power Up

array, deploying it to send it home. At that time, Antonelli, Acaba and Phillips The STS-119 mission, which is also known as systems operations and flight operations,

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toward the Russian will take turns with the shuttle’s robotic arm and the OBSS International Space Station Assembly Flight including landing. In addition, Archambault
segment of the to conduct a “late” inspection of the shuttle’s heat shield, 15A, is the 28th mission to the station with will fly the shuttle in a slow back flip called the
complex and allowing which is a final opportunity to confirm Discovery’s readi- a primary objective to deliver the final set of rendezvous pitch maneuver while Discovery
for another halfway ness to return to Earth. solar array wings and truss element that are is 600 feet below the station to enable the
point warm-up before needed to complete the station’s electricity- station crew to photograph the shuttle’s heat
full extension. This On flight day 14, as Archambault, Antonelli and Swanson generating system. Discovery and its crew shield. He will then dock Discovery to the
phased approach will focus on landing Discovery, the rest of the crew will also will deliver the newest crew member to station.
Astronaut Richard Arnold uses virtual-
give the crew and stow equipment and supplies that were used during the the space station and return another back
reality hardware at NASA’s Johnson
Space Center to rehearse some of his
the ground engineers mission, store the sensor boom in the payload bay and home to Earth. Navy Cmdr. Tony Antonelli will serve as the
duties on the upcoming mission to the time to monitor the shut down the shuttle’s robotic arm systems. A special pilot for the STS-119. Selected in 2000, this
International Space Station. deployment and “recumbent” seat will be set up in the middeck of the The Crew will be his first spaceflight. During the mis­
ensure that the arrays orbiter to assist Magnus as she readapts to Earth’s gravity sion, Antonelli will be responsible for orbiter
are unfolding properly. If inspection of the heat shield is following three months of weightlessness. Also, the entire Air Force Col. Lee Archambault will lead the systems operations and shuttle robotic arm
not required on flight day six, the solar array deployment crew will conduct a review of landing procedures. crew of STS-119. Archambault served as the operations, and will help Archambault in the
will be moved up 48 hours. pilot of STS-117 in 2007 and has logged more rendezvous and docking with the station.
Discovery is scheduled to return to Earth with a landing at than 14 days in space. He has overall respon­ Antonelli will undock Discovery from the sta­
On flight day nine, Acaba and Arnold will venture out for NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, in the pre-dawn sibility for the execution of the mission, orbiter tion at the end of the joint mission.
the third spacewalk, the second for each of them. On this hours, bringing to an end its 36th mission, the 28th shuttle
spacewalk, the two crew members are scheduled to com- flight to the International Space Station and the 125th
plete a list of additional maintenance tasks that is focused flight in shuttle program history.
on the truss structure. They’ll also conduct maintenance
on the station’s robotic arm, Canadarm2, and the Special
Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, also called Dextre.

Some off-duty time is scheduled for the crew on flight day

10 before they’re back to work transferring supplies and
equipment between the shuttle and the station. They’ll
also conduct a joint crew news conference and review
procedures for the next day’s spacewalk.

Swanson and Arnold will conduct the final spacewalk on

flight day 11. Swanson is scheduled to install an antenna
on the Japanese logistics module and work on the Z1
truss patch panel connection while Arnold is taking
photos of the S1 and P1 radiators. They’ll wrap up this
spacewalk by working together to install a new wire-
less video system and deploy two payload attachment
systems.

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Houston, Texas 77058
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The mission specialists for the flight are Joseph Acaba, to install the S6 truss segment. Phillips, at the space
Steve Swanson, Richard Arnold, John Phillips, and Japan station’s robotic work station, will work in tandem with the
Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata. two spacewalkers to maneuver the truss segment into its
final position on the station where the spacewalkers can
Selected as an astronaut candidate in 2004, this will be then work on the detailed installation tasks. After bolting
Joseph Acaba’s first spaceflight mission. After completing the S6 to the station, they’ll prepare it for deploying its
his initial training, Acaba was assigned to the Hardware solar arrays and photovoltaic radiator later in the mission.
Integration Team in the Space Station Branch working
technical issues with the European Space Agency. During If deemed necessary, on flight day six Archambault,
the mission, Acaba will perform two spacewalks, helping Acaba and Antonelli will use the OBSS to once again in-
with the installation and outfitting of the space station. spect Discovery’s heat shield. The crew also will continue
with the exchange of supplies and equipment between the
This will be the second trip to space for Steve Swanson, shuttle and the station.
who flew as a mission specialist on STS-117. Swanson
conducted two spacewalks on that mission, acquiring On flight day seven, Swanson will be joined by Acaba for
more than 13 hours of extravehicular activity time. He Astronauts Lee Archambault (right) and Tony Antonelli, STS-119 Astronaut and STS-119 commander Lee Archambault (far right), the second spacewalk of the mission, the first ever for
will use that experience during this mission as the lead commander and pilot, use virtual-reality training hardware and leads his crew during training at the Space Shuttle Mock-up Acaba. They’re scheduled to complete a series of mainte-
software to practice for some of their duties aboard the space Training Facility.
spacewalker. He will perform the first, second and fourth nance tasks at several locations across the station’s truss
shuttle and space station.
spacewalks as new components are installed on the or OBSS, uses laser devices and cameras to map the structure. Before heading back inside the station, they’ll
station. when he flew as part of the STS-72. His second flight was shuttle’s heat shield. The crew also will check out space- relocate a tool stanchion from the Z1 truss segment to
STS-92, a mission to the space station that will now be suits and prepare for the next day’s rendezvous and the exterior of the Destiny laboratory and pick up a foot
A classmate of Acaba’s, Richard Arnold was also selected his new home in space. Once he arrives on the station docking with the station. restraint for stowage inside the airlock.
in 2004 and is making his first spaceflight. He also worked this time, he’ll be joining the onboard crew and become a
in the Hardware Integration Team, but working technical flight engineer on Expedition 18. He will remain onboard On flight day three after Discovery has closed within The station should look even brighter after flight day eight
issues with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. He, and return with STS-127, scheduled for May 2009. 600 feet of the station, Archambault will take control of when deployment of the solar array wings is completed.
too participated in a NASA Extreme Environment Mission the orbiter and prepare it for docking with the station. The crew will preside first over the deployment of the first
(NEEMO) where he lived and worked in an undersea labo­ Astronaut Sandra Magnus will be concluding her long- First, Archambault will execute a slow rotational back
ratory for 10 days. He will conduct three spacewalks on duration mission aboard the space station and returning flip maneuver that will allow station residents Fincke and
this mission and co-lead the transfer activities with Phillips to Earth as a mission specialist on STS-119. She arrived Magnus to see the belly of the orbiter. They’ll use digital
throughout the mission. on the station with the STS-126 crew in November and cameras to acquire high-resolution photos of Discovery’s
has since served as a flight engineer on Expedition 18. heat shield before it docks with the station.
John Phillips will be returning to space with more prior This long-duration mission was her second flight to space.
spaceflight experience than the rest of his crewmates She had previously flown as a mission specialist aboard About two hours after docking, hatches will be opened
combined. Phillips STS-112. between the two spacecraft to allow the 10 crew mem-
flew on shuttle bers to greet one another for the start of joint operations.
mission STS-100, Starboard 6 (S6) Truss Segment with Solar Array Wings Magnus and Wakata will exchange custom-made Russian
acquiring more than Soyuz spacecraft seat liners. With that exchange, Wakata
12 days of space­ With its two solar array wings (SAWs) for converting solar will become a member of the Expedition 18 space station
flight experience. energy into electrical power and a radiator for rejecting crew and Magnus will become part of Discovery’s crew.
He went on to serve heat away from electrical components, the S6 is the final
as a flight engineer truss element and completes the station’s 11-segment Mission Timeline and Spacewalks
on Expedition 11, a integrated truss structure (ITS). Also called a photovoltaic
long-duration mission module (PVM) because of its ability to generate, store and On flight day four, Magnus will join Phillips at the robot-
where he performed distribute electrical power to the station, the S6 segment ics workstation in the station’s Destiny laboratory to use
a spacewalk and will ensure that the outpost is powered to its intended the station’s robotic arm, Canadarm2, to gently lift the
acquired nearly 180 maximum potential. S6 truss from the orbiter’s cargo bay and hand it to the
days in space. On the shuttle robotic arm, which will be controlled by Antonelli
STS-119 mission, he Launch and Docking and Acaba from inside Discovery. While the shuttle arm
will perform robotic holds the truss segment, the station arm will be reposi-
arm operations and After launching from the Kennedy Space Center, the tioned to the installation worksite. Once in position, the
co-lead the transfer Discovery crew will begin a two-day journey to the shuttle arm will hand the truss back over to the station
activities with Arnold. International Space Station. robotic arm where it will remain in an overnight parked
position. The rest of the day will focus on preparation for
Astronaut Joseph M. Acaba is about Koichi Wakata will On flight day two, inspection of Discovery’s heat shield the first spacewalk of the mission.
to be submerged in the waters of the be making his third will be performed. Phillips, Antonelli and Acaba will use
Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory to prac­ trip to space. He was the shuttle’s robotic arm with a 50-foot extension boom On the fifth day of the flight, Swanson and Arnold will
tice the extravehicular activities that the first Japanese to obtain detailed imagery of the orbiter’s wings and begin the first spacewalk by working with the crew inside The S6 truss segment at Kennedy Space Center.
he will conduct on the International mission specialist other critical surfaces. The Orbiter Boom Sensor System,
Space Station.
The mission specialists for the flight are Joseph Acaba, to install the S6 truss segment. Phillips, at the space
Steve Swanson, Richard Arnold, John Phillips, and Japan station’s robotic work station, will work in tandem with the
Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata. two spacewalkers to maneuver the truss segment into its
final position on the station where the spacewalkers can
Selected as an astronaut candidate in 2004, this will be then work on the detailed installation tasks. After bolting
Joseph Acaba’s first spaceflight mission. After completing the S6 to the station, they’ll prepare it for deploying its
his initial training, Acaba was assigned to the Hardware solar arrays and photovoltaic radiator later in the mission.
Integration Team in the Space Station Branch working
technical issues with the European Space Agency. During If deemed necessary, on flight day six Archambault,
the mission, Acaba will perform two spacewalks, helping Acaba and Antonelli will use the OBSS to once again in­
with the installation and outfitting of the space station. spect Discovery’s heat shield. The crew also will continue
with the exchange of supplies and equipment between the
This will be the second trip to space for Steve Swanson, shuttle and the station.
who flew as a mission specialist on STS-117. Swanson
conducted two spacewalks on that mission, acquiring On flight day seven, Swanson will be joined by Acaba for
more than 13 hours of extravehicular activity time. He Astronauts Lee Archambault (right) and Tony Antonelli, STS-119 Astronaut and STS-119 commander Lee Archambault (far right), the second spacewalk of the mission, the first ever for
will use that experience during this mission as the lead commander and pilot, use virtual-reality training hardware and leads his crew during training at the Space Shuttle Mock-up Acaba. They’re scheduled to complete a series of mainte­
software to practice for some of their duties aboard the space Training Facility.
spacewalker. He will perform the first, second and fourth nance tasks at several locations across the station’s truss
shuttle and space station.
spacewalks as new components are installed on the or OBSS, uses laser devices and cameras to map the structure. Before heading back inside the station, they’ll
station. when he flew as part of the STS-72. His second flight was shuttle’s heat shield. The crew also will check out space­ relocate a tool stanchion from the Z1 truss segment to
STS-92, a mission to the space station that will now be suits and prepare for the next day’s rendezvous and the exterior of the Destiny laboratory and pick up a foot
A classmate of Acaba’s, Richard Arnold was also selected his new home in space. Once he arrives on the station docking with the station. restraint for stowage inside the airlock.
in 2004 and is making his first spaceflight. He also worked this time, he’ll be joining the onboard crew and become a
in the Hardware Integration Team, but working technical flight engineer on Expedition 18. He will remain onboard On flight day three after Discovery has closed within The station should look even brighter after flight day eight
issues with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. He, and return with STS-127, scheduled for May 2009. 600 feet of the station, Archambault will take control of when deployment of the solar array wings is completed.
too participated in a NASA Extreme Environment Mission the orbiter and prepare it for docking with the station. The crew will preside first over the deployment of the first
(NEEMO) where he lived and worked in an undersea labo- Astronaut Sandra Magnus will be concluding her long- First, Archambault will execute a slow rotational back
ratory for 10 days. He will conduct three spacewalks on duration mission aboard the space station and returning flip maneuver that will allow station residents Fincke and
this mission and co-lead the transfer activities with Phillips to Earth as a mission specialist on STS-119. She arrived Magnus to see the belly of the orbiter. They’ll use digital
throughout the mission. on the station with the STS-126 crew in November and cameras to acquire high-resolution photos of Discovery’s
has since served as a flight engineer on Expedition 18. heat shield before it docks with the station.
John Phillips will be returning to space with more prior This long-duration mission was her second flight to space.
spaceflight experience than the rest of his crewmates She had previously flown as a mission specialist aboard About two hours after docking, hatches will be opened
combined. Phillips STS-112. between the two spacecraft to allow the 10 crew mem­
flew on shuttle bers to greet one another for the start of joint operations.
mission STS-100, Starboard 6 (S6) Truss Segment with Solar Array Wings Magnus and Wakata will exchange custom-made Russian
acquiring more than Soyuz spacecraft seat liners. With that exchange, Wakata
12 days of space- With its two solar array wings (SAWs) for converting solar will become a member of the Expedition 18 space station
flight experience. energy into electrical power and a radiator for rejecting crew and Magnus will become part of Discovery’s crew.
He went on to serve heat away from electrical components, the S6 is the final
as a flight engineer truss element and completes the station’s 11-segment Mission Timeline and Spacewalks
on Expedition 11, a integrated truss structure (ITS). Also called a photovoltaic
long-duration mission module (PVM) because of its ability to generate, store and On flight day four, Magnus will join Phillips at the robot­
where he performed distribute electrical power to the station, the S6 segment ics workstation in the station’s Destiny laboratory to use
a spacewalk and will ensure that the outpost is powered to its intended the station’s robotic arm, Canadarm2, to gently lift the
acquired nearly 180 maximum potential. S6 truss from the orbiter’s cargo bay and hand it to the
days in space. On the shuttle robotic arm, which will be controlled by Antonelli
STS-119 mission, he Launch and Docking and Acaba from inside Discovery. While the shuttle arm
will perform robotic holds the truss segment, the station arm will be reposi­
arm operations and After launching from the Kennedy Space Center, the tioned to the installation worksite. Once in position, the
co-lead the transfer Discovery crew will begin a two-day journey to the shuttle arm will hand the truss back over to the station
activities with Arnold. International Space Station. robotic arm where it will remain in an overnight parked
position. The rest of the day will focus on preparation for
Astronaut Joseph M. Acaba is about Koichi Wakata will On flight day two, inspection of Discovery’s heat shield the first spacewalk of the mission.
to be submerged in the waters of the be making his third will be performed. Phillips, Antonelli and Acaba will use
Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory to prac- trip to space. He was the shuttle’s robotic arm with a 50-foot extension boom On the fifth day of the flight, Swanson and Arnold will
tice the extravehicular activities that the first Japanese to obtain detailed imagery of the orbiter’s wings and begin the first spacewalk by working with the crew inside The S6 truss segment at Kennedy Space Center.
he will conduct on the International mission specialist other critical surfaces. The Orbiter Boom Sensor System,
Space Station.
 array wing toward On flight day 12, the shuttle crew will complete transfers
the end of the station before saying farewell to the station crew and preparing
where Discovery is for hatch closure between the two spacecraft. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
docked. When nearly
half of the array’s Undocking and Landing
length is unfolded,
the crew will take a Discovery is scheduled to undock from the station on
short break to let the flight day 13. Antonelli will conduct a flyaround of the
array warm up before complex so the crew can capture detailed imagery of
finishing the deploy­ the station’s new configuration with the last of its power-
ment. Next, they’ll
move to the second
producing solar arrays unfurled. After a little more than a
lap around the station, Antonelli will fire the shuttle’s jets STS-119: A Final Station Power Up
array, deploying it to send it home. At that time, Antonelli, Acaba and Phillips The STS-119 mission, which is also known as systems operations and flight operations,

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toward the Russian will take turns with the shuttle’s robotic arm and the OBSS International Space Station Assembly Flight including landing. In addition, Archambault
segment of the to conduct a “late” inspection of the shuttle’s heat shield, 15A, is the 28th mission to the station with will fly the shuttle in a slow back flip called the
complex and allowing which is a final opportunity to confirm Discovery’s readi­ a primary objective to deliver the final set of rendezvous pitch maneuver while Discovery
for another halfway ness to return to Earth. solar array wings and truss element that are is 600 feet below the station to enable the
point warm-up before needed to complete the station’s electricity- station crew to photograph the shuttle’s heat
full extension. This On flight day 14, as Archambault, Antonelli and Swanson generating system. Discovery and its crew shield. He will then dock Discovery to the
phased approach will focus on landing Discovery, the rest of the crew will also will deliver the newest crew member to station.
Astronaut Richard Arnold uses virtual-
give the crew and stow equipment and supplies that were used during the the space station and return another back
reality hardware at NASA’s Johnson
Space Center to rehearse some of his
the ground engineers mission, store the sensor boom in the payload bay and home to Earth. Navy Cmdr. Tony Antonelli will serve as the
duties on the upcoming mission to the time to monitor the shut down the shuttle’s robotic arm systems. A special pilot for the STS-119. Selected in 2000, this
International Space Station. deployment and “recumbent” seat will be set up in the middeck of the The Crew will be his first spaceflight. During the mis-
ensure that the arrays orbiter to assist Magnus as she readapts to Earth’s gravity sion, Antonelli will be responsible for orbiter
are unfolding properly. If inspection of the heat shield is following three months of weightlessness. Also, the entire Air Force Col. Lee Archambault will lead the systems operations and shuttle robotic arm
not required on flight day six, the solar array deployment crew will conduct a review of landing procedures. crew of STS-119. Archambault served as the operations, and will help Archambault in the
will be moved up 48 hours. pilot of STS-117 in 2007 and has logged more rendezvous and docking with the station.
Discovery is scheduled to return to Earth with a landing at than 14 days in space. He has overall respon- Antonelli will undock Discovery from the sta-
On flight day nine, Acaba and Arnold will venture out for NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, in the pre-dawn sibility for the execution of the mission, orbiter tion at the end of the joint mission.
the third spacewalk, the second for each of them. On this hours, bringing to an end its 36th mission, the 28th shuttle
spacewalk, the two crew members are scheduled to com­ flight to the International Space Station and the 125th
plete a list of additional maintenance tasks that is focused flight in shuttle program history.
on the truss structure. They’ll also conduct maintenance
on the station’s robotic arm, Canadarm2, and the Special
Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, also called Dextre.

Some off-duty time is scheduled for the crew on flight day

10 before they’re back to work transferring supplies and
equipment between the shuttle and the station. They’ll
also conduct a joint crew news conference and review
procedures for the next day’s spacewalk.

Swanson and Arnold will conduct the final spacewalk on

flight day 11. Swanson is scheduled to install an antenna
on the Japanese logistics module and work on the Z1
truss patch panel connection while Arnold is taking
photos of the S1 and P1 radiators. They’ll wrap up this
spacewalk by working together to install a new wire­
less video system and deploy two payload attachment
systems.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas 77058
www.nasa.gov
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