aff a ello ▁M PL M . ▁The ▁crew ▁started ▁the ▁day ▁ 2 6 ▁percent ▁through ▁the ▁combined ▁ 1 5 , 0 6 9 ▁pounds ▁of ▁cargo ▁to ▁transfer ▁in ▁or ▁out ▁of ▁R aff a ello . ▁The ▁M PL M ▁was ▁launched ▁with ▁ 9 , 4 0 3 ▁pounds ▁of ▁cargo ▁and ▁was ▁expected ▁to ▁return ▁ 5 , 6 6 6 ▁pounds ▁when ▁Atl ant is ▁land ed . ▁The ▁supplies ▁and ▁equipment ▁that ▁Atl ant is ▁astr onaut s ▁delivered ▁to ▁the ▁orbit ing ▁out post ▁is ▁expected ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁station ▁well ▁supplied ▁through ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁ ▁The ▁crew ▁had ▁some ▁help ▁from ▁the ▁station ▁crew ▁of ▁And rey ▁Bor isen ko , ▁Serge i ▁Vol kov ▁and ▁S atos hi ▁Fur uka wa ▁in ▁the ▁transfer ▁operations . ▁C rew ▁members ▁also ▁opened ▁the ▁Press ur ized ▁M ating ▁Ad apter ▁( P MA - 3 ), ▁attached ▁to ▁the ▁T ran qu ility ▁node , ▁and ▁stored ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁material ▁from ▁R aff a ello ▁there . ▁Station ▁lead ▁flight ▁director ▁Chris ▁Ed elen ▁said ▁at ▁an ▁afternoon ▁brief ing ▁that ▁about ▁ 5 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁cargo ▁had ▁been ▁moved ▁from ▁R aff a ello ▁and ▁the ▁sh utt le ' s ▁mid deck ▁to ▁the ▁space ▁station . ▁ ▁All ▁four ▁sh utt le ▁crew ▁members ▁took ▁some ▁time ▁out ▁of ▁their ▁work ▁at ▁ 1 6 : 5 4 ▁UTC ▁to ▁talk ▁with ▁rep