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The orbiter will cared for by Dryden engineers for around five days, as Endeavour is moved to the mate\/demate facility, where she will be fitted with an aft cone over her SSMEs (Space Shuttle Main Engines) to reduce aerodynamic drag during her ferry flight.<\/p>\n
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NASA\u2019s SCA 747 will be tasked with carrying Endeavour home, which will be via several stops enroute. The whole process will result in Endeavour arriving back into her Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) in around a week\u2019s time.<\/p>\n
There she will be put through further deservicing processing, ahead of the pre-flight flow for her next mission \u2013 STS-127, which is awaiting a firm launch slot, due to continued refinements to the downstream shuttle launch manifest.<\/p>\n
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STS-127 will complete assembly of the Kibo Laboratory complex, via a complex array of payloads that will require a 15 day mission with five baselined EVAs. Aside from installing the Japanese Experiment Module \u2013 Exposed Facility (JEM-EF), Endeavour\u2019s crew will be tasked with replacing six batteries on the P6 truss.<\/p>\nTaking center stage in Endeavour\u2019s crowded Payload Bay will be the JEM-EF and the Japanese Experiment Logistics Module \u2013 Exposed Section (ELM-ES). Once at the Station, crewmembers will conduct an EVA to install the JEM-EF to the JEM-PM.<\/p>\n
A subsequent EVA will see astronauts install the ELM-ES to the JEM-EF and transfer three payloads to their on-orbit home on the JEM-EF.<\/p>\n
\u2018Deliver ELM-ES to JEM-EF and transfer ICS-EF (Inter-Orbit Communication System \u2013 Exposed Facility), SEDA-AP (Space Environment Data Acquisition equipment \u2013 Attached Payload), and MAXI (Monitor of All Sky X-ray Image) to JEM-EF,\u2019 noted the 35 page PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board) STS-127 baselined presentation available on L2.<\/p>\n
Following the transfer of these three payloads, the ELM-ES will be transferred back to Endeavour\u2019s Payload Bay for return to Earth.<\/p>\n
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In addition to the JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) payloads, the remaining bays of Endeavour\u2019s Payload Bay will be filled with a variety of payloads for not only the Station, but also the Department of Defense and the Johnson Space Center Engineering Division.<\/p>\nAfter the Kibo activities are complete, the crew will turn their attention to replacing six batteries on the P6 truss. These batteries will ride up-hill on the Integrated Cargo Carrier-Vertical Light Deployable (ICC-VLD).<\/p>\n
After maneuvering the ICC-VLD to the Station\u2019s truss, astronauts will remove and replace six batteries on the P6 truss. Once removed, the old batteries will be stowed on the ICC-VLD.<\/p>\n
Also hitching a ride on the ICC-VLD are the LDU (Linear Drive Unit), PM-2 (Pump Module-2), and the SGANT (Space to Ground Antennae) \u2013 all of which will be transferred to ESP-3 (External Stowage Platform-3) during an EVA.<\/p>\n
As with the ELM-ES, the ICC-VLD will be returned to Endeavour\u2019s Payload Bay for return to Earth at the end of the mission.<\/p>\n
In addition to these ISS-bond payloads, Endeavour will also carry two sidewall mounted secondary payloads which will be deployed in the post-undock timeframe.<\/p>\n
One of these payloads is the Canister for All Payload Ejection\/Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment-2 \u2013 also known as CAPE\/ANDE-2 \u2013 for the US Department of Defense. CAPE\/ANDE-1 was deployed by the STS-116 crew in December 2006.<\/p>\n
The second sidewall payload will be SSPL\/DRAGONSAT (Space Shuttle Picosat Launcher\/Dual RF Autonomous GPS On-Orbit Navigator Satellite) for the Johnson Space Center Engineering Division, notes the PRCB document. The payload bay will also include two \u2018payloads of opportunity\u2019 for the Department of Defense.<\/p>\n
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