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Flight Day 1 - July 15
- Launch
- Payload Bay Door Opening
- Ku-Band Antenna Deployment
- Shuttle Robotic Arm Activation
- Umbilical Well and Handheld External Tank Photo and TV Downlink
Flight Day 2 - July 16
- Endeavour Thermal Protection System Survey with Shuttle Robotic Arm/Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS)
- Extravehicular Mobility Unit Checkout
- Centerline Camera Installation
- Orbiter Docking System Ring Extension
- Orbital Maneuvering System Pod Survey
- Rendezvous Tools Checkout
Flight Day 3 - July 17
- Rendezvous with the International Space Station
- Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver Photography of Endeavour's Thermal Protection System by the Expedition 20 Crew
- Docking to Harmony/Pressurized Mating Adapter-2
- Hatch Opening and Welcoming
- Kopra and Wakata exchange Soyuz seatliners; Kopra joins Expedition 20, Wakata joins the STS-127 crew
- U.S. spacesuit transfer from Endeavour to space station
- Canadarm2 and Kibo robotic arm positioning for Spacewalk 1
- Spacewalk 1 Procedure Review
- Spacewalk 1 Campout by Wolf and Kopra
Flight Day 4 - July 18
- Shuttle Robotic Arm Grapple and Unberth of Japanese Exposed Facility
- Shuttle Robotic Arm Handoff of Japanese Exposed Facility to Canadarm2
- Canadarm2 installation of Japanese Exposed Facility to Kibo
- Spacewalk 1 by Wolf and Kopra (Japanese Exposed Facility Berthing, Port 3 Nadir Unpressurized Cargo Carrier Attach System (UCCASS) Deploy, Starboard 3 Zenith Outboard Payload Attachment System (PAS) Deploy)
Flight Day 5 - July 19
- Focused Inspection of Endeavour's Thermal Protection System, if required
- Shuttle Robotic Arm grapple of the Integrated Cargo Carrier-Vertical Light Deploy (ICC-VLD) and handoff to Canadarm2 for installation on the Payload Orbital Replacement Unit Accommodation (POA)
- Spacewalk 2 Procedure Review
- Spacewalk 2 Campout by Wolf and Marshburn
Flight Day 6 - July 20
- Spacewalk 2 by Wolf and Marshburn (Transfer of critical station spare components from ICC-VLD to External Stowage Platform-3, installation of Japanese Experiment Facility forward camera)
Flight Day 7 - July 21
- Shuttle Robotic Arm grapple, unberth and handoff of Japanese Logistics Module-Exposed Section to Canadarm2
- Canadarm2 installation of Japanese Exposed Section on Japanese Exposed Facility
- Canadarm2 removal of ICC-VLD from POA and Mobile Transporter move to different worksite
- Spacewalk 3 Procedure Review
- Spacewalk 3 Campout by Wolf and Cassidy
Flight Day 8 - July 22
- Spacewalk 3 by Wolf and Cassidy (Replacement of four out of six batteries in the Port 6 truss integrated electronics assembly)
Flight Day 9 - July 23
- Kibo robotic arm transfer of three Japanese science payloads (Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI), Space Environment Data Acquisition equipment - Attached Payload, or SEDA-AP and Interorbit Communication System - Exposed Facility, or ICS-EF) from the Japanese Exposed Section to the Japanese Exposed Facility
- Spacewalk 4 Procedure Review
- Spacewalk 4 Campout by Cassidy and Marshburn
Flight Day 10 - July 24
- Spacewalk 4 by Cassidy and Marshburn (Replacement of the final pair of batteries in the Port 6 truss integrated electronics assembly, installation of the Japanese Experiment Facility aft camera)
- Canadarm2 grapple and handoff of the ICC-VLD to the Shuttle robotic arm for berthing in Endeavour's payload bay
Flight Day 11 - July 25
Flight Day 12 - July 26
- Canadarm2 grapple and handoff of Japanese Exposed Section to Shuttle robotic arm for berthing in Endeavour's payload bay
- Transfer of equipment and payloads from Endeavour to space station
- Joint Crew News Conference at 2:28 p.m. EDT
- Spacewalk 5 Procedure Review
- Spacewalk 5 Campout by Cassidy and Marshburn
Flight Day 13 - July 27
- Spacewalk 5 by Cassidy and Marshburn (Zenith 1 Patch Panel reconfiguration, Starboard 3 nadir outboard and inboard PAS deployment, Starboard 3 wireless camera equipment installation, Dextre manipulator insulation removal)
Flight Day 14 - July 28
- Final farewells and hatch closure at 10:23 a.m. EDT
- Endeavour undocking from ISS at 1:26 p.m. EDT
- Flyaround of ISS and final separation as of 1:51 p.m. EDT
Flight Day 15 - July 29
- Canadarm2 unberth of OBSS and handoff to Shuttle robotic arm
- Late inspection of Endeavour's thermal protection system with the OBSS
Flight Day 16 - July 30
- Flight Control System checkout
- Reaction Control System hot-fire test
- DRAGONSAT and ANDE-2 payload deployments
- Crew deorbit briefing
- Ku-band antenna stowage
- Recumbent seat setup for Wakata
Flight Day 17 - July 31
- Deorbit preparations
- Payload bay door closing
- Deorbit burn
- KSC landing at 10:48 a.m. EDT
- NASA post-landing news conference at L+2 hours