Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2004 Vol. 9, No. 62

First seats ready in Expedition 9 crew talks about Discovery cockpit Station activities in Friday NASA TV conference

V Shuttle Update: The participants in the briefing contest is open to ALL employees of On Discovery, both will be Mark Geyer, ISS manager for KSC. Submit entries in a Word Freon coolant loops Integration and Operations; Matt document attached to an e-mail to No. 1 and 2 are Abbott, Expedition 9 lead flight [email protected] ready for flight, director; and Paul Boehm, Expedition a.gov. following servicing 9 lead EVA officer. For more information about and successful leak checks. The Employees who would like to prizes and contest rules, go to the Star Space Shuttle commander and pilot submit questions in advance may e- Alignment Team Web site at seats are mounted for the mission, mail them to http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/nasa- and technicians are currently [email protected]. only/SAT/index.htm and select the installing the seat harnesses. Essay Contest link, or contact Michael Bell at 867-3312. Atlantis is in a four-month Now in the fifth month of their power-down period, and the critical six-month mission, Expedition 9 Q Education Opportunity — path wiring inspections and Return to Commander Gennady Padalka and Registration is open now through Flight electrical modifications Flight Engineer and NASA ISS Sept. 3 for the University of Florida’s continue on schedule. Preparations Science Officer Mike Fincke will FEEDS (Florida Engineering for Rudder Speed Brake actuator and venture outside the outpost for their Education Delivery System) On-Line panel installations continue. fourth and final time on Sept. 3. (http://oeep.eng.ufl.edu). Earn an Reinforced Carbon-Carbon panel Hatch opening is planned to take engineering master’s degree online at installation continues with 14 right- place at 12:50 p.m. work or at home, while pursuing your hand panels and 21 spar fittings The crew will continue outfitting career. All courses are available for installed. Technicians continue to the Space Station with navigation online delivery via streaming video install Thermal Protection System aids for next year’s maiden arrival of technology through the Internet. blankets in the nose cap, with the European Automated Transfer Q Did You Know? Women’s installation of the nose cap scheduled Vehicle cargo spacecraft. for early this week. Equality Day is Aug. 26, marking Q Reminder — The “Living the the anniversary of women’s suffrage. V ISS News Conference: The NASA Values” Essay Contest It has been 84 years since women final spacewalk scheduled for the deadline is Aug. 29. Win prizes and won the right to vote with the passage current International Space Station have your essay published in the of the 19th Amendment. In com- crew and an update on their activities Spaceport News! Just write a short memoration of this event, the Federal are the focus of a news conference at essay of 300 words or less about one Women’s Program Working Group 2 p.m. Friday, which will be of the NASA Values: Safety, The has voter registration links to all broadcast live on NASA Television. NASA Family, Excellence or neighboring counties around KSC. You can also view the presentation Integrity, describing what the value Visit http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/nasa- from the internal home page at: means to you and providing an only/eo/fwpwg.html and register to http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/nasa- example of how that value has been vote in your home county. only/internal.html. demonstrated here at KSC. This

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