NOVEMBER 2010 CONTENTS i
CONTENTS
Section PageMISSION OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................... 1
TIMELINE OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................. 9
MISSION PROFILE ................................................................................................................... 11
MISSION OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................ 13
MISSION PERSONNEL ............................................................................................................. 15
DISCOVERY CREW .................................................................................................................. 17
PAYLOAD OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................. 25
PERMANENT MULTIPURPOSE MODULE
................................................................................................ 25
EXPRESS LOGISTICS CARRIER 4 ......................................................................................................... 31
ROBONAUT 2 ....................................................................................................................................... 34
RENDEZVOUS & DOCKING ....................................................................................................... 37
UNDOCKING, SEPARATION AND DEPARTURE ....................................................................................... 38
SPACEWALKS ......................................................................................................................... 39
EXPERIMENTS ......................................................................................................................... 45
SHORT-DURATION EXPERIMENTS TO BE PERFORMED ON STS-133 ..................................................... 45
RESEARCH SAMPLES/HARDWARE TO BE DELIVERED TO STATION ON DISCOVERY .............................. 47
RESEARCH SAMPLES/HARDWARE TO BE RETURNED ON DISCOVERY .................................................. 51
SPACE SHUTTLE DETAILED TEST OBJECTIVES (DTO) AND DETAILED SUPPLEMENTARY OBJECTIVES (DSO) .............................................................................................................................. 53
HISTORY OF SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY ............................................................................. 57
SHUTTLE REFERENCE DATA .................................................................................................... 61