The crew of Space Shuttle Discovery awoke at 6:54 a.m. EST to the song “Through Heaven’s Eyes” by Brian Stokes Mitchell from the Prince of Egypt soundtrack, played for Mike Barratt at the request of his family.
Discovery will spend two days heading toward its rendezvous with the International Space Station.
Today, the crew will perform the standard scan of the shuttle’s thermal protection system using the orbiter boom sensor system attached to the end of Discovery’s robotic arm.
While the inspection is underway, Bowen, Drew and Stott will work on preparing the spacesuits onboard the shuttle that will be transferred to the station after docking and will be used during the mission’s two spacewalks.
Today’s STS-133 Mission Timeline
06:53 AM – Crew wakeup
08:58 AM – Minicam downlink
09:49 AM – NC-2 rendezvous rocket firing
09:53 AM – Shuttle arm (SRMS) unberths inspection boom (OBSS)
10:33 AM – AEM video
11:08 AM – OBSS starboard wing survey
11:08 AM – Ergometer setup
11:38 AM – Middeck transfer preps
01:03 PM – OBSS nose cap survey
01:48 PM – Crew meals begin
02:48 PM – OMS pod survey
02:53 PM – Spacesuit checkout preps
03:18 PM – OBSS port wing survey
03:23 PM – Spacesuit checkout
04:30 PM – Mission status/MMT briefing
04:53 PM – SRMS berths OBSS
05:08 PM – EVA equipment prep for transfer
05:58 PM – Centerline camera setup
06:28 PM – Orbiter docking system ring extension
06:48 PM – Rendezvous tools checkout
08:03 PM – NC-3 rendezvous rocket firing
07:28 PM – LDRI downlink
10:53 PM – Crew sleep begins
