Atlantis’ crew woke at 1:59 a.m. EDT to the song “Welcome to the Working Week” by Elvis Costello, played for Mission Specialist Steve Bowen. Bowen was the lead spacewalker yesterday. He thanked his family for “picking such a great song.”
The seventh day of the mission features the initial hatch opening of the Mini Research Module-1, named Rassvet (“dawn” in Russian). Crew members will participate in interviews with the Associated Press, Fox News Radio and CBS, then they will have the remainder of the day off until Mission Specialists Michael Good and Garrett Reisman begin preparations for the mission’s final spacewalk on Friday.