Tuesday, the crew focused on the count of the Russian Mini-Research Module-1 (MRM-1) to the International Space Station. The unit, named Rassvet, Russian for “dawn,” docked to the Earth-facing port on the Zarya module at 8:20 a.m. EDT.
Shuttle Commander Ken Ham and Pilot Tony Antonelli maneuvered the shuttle robotic arm to unberth the module from Atlantis’ payload bay and located it for handoff to the station robotic arm. Mission Specialists Garrett Reisman and Piers Sellers were at the station arm joystick to maneuver MRM-1 to its new position on the Russian segment. Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov monitored the actions from the Russian segment as the MRM-1 engaged into its automated docking sequence for the final attachment to the station.
Mission Specialists Michael Good and Steve Bowen are preparing for the mission’s after that spacewalk. They are "camping out" in the Quest airlock overnight and prepared the suits and gathered tools needed for their extravehicular pleasure trip on Wednesday.
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