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Expedition 36 Update: June 18, 2013

The station's Expedition 36 crew opened the hatch to the "Albert Einstein" Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 at 4:40 a.m. EDT Tuesday.

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The ocular ultrasound being performed aboard the International Space Station is an innovation similar to ones that can result from awards granted via the Small Business Innovation Research Program at NASA. (NASA)

Small Businesses Explore New Technologies for NASA

NASA selects several technology companies via the Small Business Innovation Research Program for space station contract award negotiations.

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2nd Annual International Space Station Conference

Learn about benefits of and scientific results from the International Space Station at the 2nd Annual ISS Research and Development Conference.

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Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-C1 setup in the Japanese Experiment Module Pressurized Module. (NASA)

Weekly Recap From the Expedition Lead Scientist

Expedition 36 is hard at work 200-plus miles above us! Catch this week's research highlights here.

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ATV-4 approaches station

“Albert Einstein” Delivers Gear to Expedition 36 Crew

Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 (ATV-4) automatically docked Saturday at 10:07 a.m. EDT to the aft-end port of the Zvezda service module.

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View of European Space Agency (ESA) Andre Kuipers, Expedition 30 flight engineer, working with the Kubik facility in the Columbus Module of the International Space Station. (NASA)

Station Immunology Insights For Earth and Space

Space station T cell studies may hold the key to unlocking the secrets of the human immune system for improved treatments on Earth and in space.

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Eugene Cernan and daughter Tracy

Father’s Day Special in Space, But Astronauts Not the ...

10 children will celebrate Father’s Day on Earth while their fathers orbit overhead as members of the Expedition 36 crew aboard the International ...

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External image of the International Space Station showing SCAN Testbed installed on the nadir side. (NASA)

Weekly Recap From the Expedition Lead Scientist

Expedition 36 is hard at work 200-plus miles above us! Catch this week's research highlights here.

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International Space Station Features

Space Station News Releases

  • Kansas Students to Speak Live With Space Station NASA Astronauts

    06.18.13 - Expedition 36 crew members and NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Karen Nyberg, currently orbiting aboard the International Space Station, will speak with students gathered at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center at 9:40 a.m. CDT (10:40 a.m. EDT), Wednesday, June 19.

  • Massachusetts Students Speak With Space Station Astronauts

    06.06.13 - Expedition 36 crew members Chris Cassidy, Luca Parmitano, and Karen Nyberg will speak from the International Space Station to students at Douglas Public Schools in Massachusetts at 11:35 a.m. EDT, Monday, June 10.

  • Another American High Frontier First: 3-D Manufacturing in Space

    05.31.13 - In preparation for a future where parts and tools can be printed on demand in space, NASA and Made in Space Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., have joined to launch equipment for the first 3-D microgravity printing experiment to the International Space Station.

  • New Space Station Residents on Fast Track to Orbital Laboratory

    05.28.13 - Three new Expedition 36 crew members lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:31 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 28, (2:31 a.m. Kazakh time, Wednesday, May 29) on a six-hour flight to the International Space Station.

 

Next Space Station Launch

    Launch Vehicle: ISS Progress 52
    Date: July 24
    Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
    Description: Progress 52 will carry supplies, hardware, fuel and water to the International Space Station.
    › NASA full launch schedule

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