STS-125 BRIEFING AND EVENTS SCHEDULE
May 1, 2009 (All times are Eastern)
All briefings are held inside the Kennedy News Center auditorium and will be carried live on NASA Television unless otherwise noted.
L-3 Days - Friday, May 8
10 a.m. - Countdown Status Briefing
- Jeremy Graeber, NASA test director
- Debbie Hahn, STS-125 payload manager
- Kathy Winters, shuttle weather officer
4 p.m. - Launch countdown officially begins (not on NASA TV)
5 p.m. – STS-125 Crew Arrival
L-2 Days - Saturday, May 9
11 a.m. – Countdown Status Briefing
- Jeff Spaulding, NASA test director
- Kathy Winters, shuttle weather officer
1 p.m. – LRO/LCROSS demonstration (not on NASA TV)
2 p.m. – Constellation media tour (not on NASA TV)
3 p.m. – IMAX media availability, Toni Myers, Producer/Director Hubble 3D (not on NASA TV)
6:30 p.m. (no earlier than) - Prelaunch News Conference
- Mike Moses, chair, Mission Management Team
- Preston Burch, Hubble project manager
- Mike Leinbach, shuttle launch director
- Lt. Col. Patrick Barrett, 45th Weather Squadron
L-1 Day – Sunday, May 10
10 a.m. – Countdown Status Briefing
- Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, NASA test director
- Debbie Hahn, STS-125 payload manager
- Kathy Winters, shuttle weather officer
1 p.m. – Hubble Program Briefing
- Jon Morse, Astrophysics Division Director
- David Leckrone, Hubble project scientist
- Preston Burch, Hubble project manager
- Mike Kienlen, Hubble deputy project manager
2 p.m. – Hubble Science Briefing
- Ed Weiler, Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate
- David Leckrone, Hubble Project Scientist
- John Trauger, WFPC2 Principle Investigator
- Matt Mountain, Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Director
5 p.m. - Rotating Service Structure moves to launch position
Launch Day - Monday, May 11
8:30 a.m. - Live launch commentary begins
Crew Activities: (times may vary slightly)
5:30 a.m. -- Crew wakes up (not on NASA TV)
9:39 a.m. -- Weather briefing (commander, pilot and mission specialist 2) (not on NASA TV)
9:49 a.m. -- Astronauts don flight suits
10:16 a.m. -- Depart for launch pad
10:46 a.m. -- Arrive at White Room and begin ingress
11:51 a.m. -- Close crew hatch
2:01 p.m. – Preferred launch time
Launch + 1 hour - Post-launch News Conference
- Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations
- Ed Weiler, associate administrator for Science Mission Directorate
- Mike Moses, chair, Mission Management Team
- Mike Leinbach, shuttle launch director
STS-125 Preflight Briefing Materials:
Mission Overview Briefing Graphics (04.23.2009)
> Goddard Briefing
> KSC Briefing, Tony Ceccacci, STS-125 Lead Space Shuttle Flight Director
> KSC Briefing, Tomas Gonzales-Torres, STS-125 Lead Spacewalk Officer
> Overview Briefing Materials from September 2008
> Animations from September 2008
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