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Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Don Pettit (right) and Commander Dan Burbank

Living and Working

The International Space Station’s Expedition 30 crew geared up for Thursday’s spacewalk and performed science experiments.

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Space Communications & Navigation Testbed

Research and Technology

New and improved ways for future space travelers to communicate will be tested on the station after a launch later this year from Japan.

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Station Captures Views of U.S., Canada, Northern Lights

Imagery taken by astronauts on station includes flights over nighttime U.S. and views of the aurora borealis over Canada and the Pacific.

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Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk uses Neurospat hardware to perform the Bodies in the Space Environment experiment

Astronaut Vision Changes Offer Opportunity for Research

Astronauts on the station are not allowing vision issues to keep them from completing their important tasks on the orbiting laboratory.

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ISS030-E-051104: NASA astronaut Don Pettit

A Lab for Science, and for Thinking

In Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Don Pettit's latest blog entry, he discusses how we can best use the station now that its construction is complete.

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International Space Station Calendar

Here is the International Space Station's 2012 calendar. This calendar contains photographs of the space station and the work being done on board, and highlights historic NASA milestones. (Please Note: To print this large calendar on 8.5 by 11 paper, printer may need to be set on a “to shrink to fit” option.)

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International Space Station Features

Astronaut Pettit Shares Passion for Science from Space

NASA astronaut Don Pettit will use everyday objects from Earth to demonstrate physics through "Science off the Sphere."
Destination: Station

Destination Station promotes research opportunities, educates communities and communicates the impacts of the station on our everyday lives.
Photographing the International Space Station from Your Own Backyard

Photographing the International Space Station seems like something that could be done only from space, but taking a picture from your own backyard actually is easier than you might think.
Space Station Team Undertakes 'EPIC' Event

Working in chorus with the International Space Station team in Mission Control, the Expedition 30 crew is upgrading the primary computers onboard.
Station Commander Captures Unprecedented View of Comet

International Space Station Commander Dan Burbank captured spectacular imagery of Comet Lovejoy.

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Expedition 31

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Expedition 29

› Satoshi Furukawa

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› Sergei Volkov

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