Flight Day 1
Launch
Payload Bay Door Opening
Ku-band Antenna Deployment
Shuttle Robotic Arm Activation and payload
bay survey
Umbilical Well and Handheld External Tank
Photo and TV Downlink
Flight Day 2
Atlantis’ Thermal Protection System Survey
with Shuttle Robotic Arm/Orbiter Boom
Sensor System (OBSS)
Extravehicular Mobility Unit Checkout
Centerline Camera Installation
Orbiter Docking System Ring Extension
Orbital Maneuvering System Pod Survey
Rendezvous tools checkout
Flight Day 3
Rendezvous with the International Space
Station
Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver Photography
of Atlantis’ Thermal Protection System by
Expedition 23 crew members Creamer and
Kotov
Docking to Harmony/Pressurized Mating
Adapter-2
Hatch Opening and Welcoming
Canadarm2 grapple of Integrated Cargo
Carrier, unberthing from Atlantis’ payload
bay and temporary park on the Mobile Base
System’s payload attachment device
Spacewalk 1 preparations by Reisman
and Bowen
Spacewalk 1 procedure review
Spacewalk 1 campout by Reisman and
Bowen in the Quest airlock
Flight Day 4
Spacewalk 1 by Reisman and Bowen
(Installation of the backup Space-to-Ground
Antenna on the Z1 truss and installation of a
new tool platform on the Dextre robot)
Flight Day 5
Unberth of the Russian Rassvet module from
Atlantis’ payload bay and installation on the
Earth-facing port of the Zarya module
Canadarm unberth of the Orbiter Boom
Sensor System and handoff to the shuttle’s
robotic arm
Focused inspection of Atlantis’ thermal
protection heat shield, if required
Spacewalk 2 preparations by Bowen and
Good
Spacewalk 2 procedure review
Spacewalk 2 campout by Bowen and Good
in the Quest airlock
Flight Day 6
Canadarm 2 removal of the Integrated Cargo
Carrier from the Mobile Base System
attachment device and relocation at the
Spacewalk 2 worksite
Spacewalk 2 by Bowen and Good (remove
and replace three of the six batteries in the
P6 truss)
Flight Day 7
Middeck cargo transfer from Atlantis to
the space station
Rassvet/Zarya leak checks and Rassvet hatch
opening for air duct installation (complete
outfitting of Rassvet will be delayed until
after Atlantis departs)
Crew off duty period
Spacewalk 3 preparations by Reisman
and Good
Spacewalk 3 procedure review
Spacewalk 3 campout by Reisman and
Good in the Quest airlock
Flight Day 8
Spacewalk 3 by Reisman and Good (remove
and replace the last three batteries on the P6
truss and, if time permits, retrieve a spare
Power and Data Grapple Fixture from the
sidewall of Atlantis’ payload bay to be
brought inside the station)
Canadarm 2 returns the Integrated Cargo
Carrier to the Mobile Base System
attachment device
Flight Day 9
Canadarm 2 berths the Integrated Cargo
Carrier in Atlantis’ cargo bay
Middeck cargo transfer from Atlantis to
the station
Crew off duty time
Flight Day 10
Final middeck cargo transfer from Atlantis
to the station
Rendezvous Tool Checkout
Joint Crew News Conference
Farewells and Hatch Closure
Centerline Camera installation
Atlantis undocking from station and
flyaround
Final separation from the station
Flight Day 11
OBSS late inspection of Atlantis’ thermal
heat shield
OBSS berth
Flight Day 12
Cabin stowage
Flight Control System checkout
Reaction Control System hot-fire test
Deorbit Preparation Briefing
Ku-band antenna stowage
MAY 2010 TIMELINE OVERVIEW 15
Flight Day 13
Deorbit preparations
Payload Bay Door closing
Deorbit burn
KSC Landing
