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    Expedition 55 at Full Staff After New Trio Boards Station

    Expedition 55 Crew Greeting Creremony

    Three new Expedition 55 crew members were welcomed aboard the International Space Station today. The hatches between the two spacecraft opened at 5:48 p.m. EDT, marking the arrival of Expedition 55 Flight Engineers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold of NASA and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos. The trio joined Scott Tingle of NASA, Commander Anton …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/23/2018

    54S Rendezvous and Docking: 54S, carrying Ricky Arnold, Drew Feustel, and Oleg Artimyev to the International Space Station, docked to the Mini-Research Module (MRM) 2 today at 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 GMT).  All Soyuz systems performed nominally.  After hatch opening at approximately 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 GMT), all crewmembers participated in an ISS Safety Briefing.  …

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    Three New Expedition 55 Crew Members Dock to the Station

    Soyuz spacecraft approaching space station

    The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft docked to Poisk module of the International Space Station at 3:40 p.m. EDT while both spacecraft were flying over Serbia. Following their two-day trip, NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos docked to the International Space Station. Their arrival restores the station’s crew complement to …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/22/2018

    54S Rendezvous: 54S, carrying Ricky Arnold, Drew Feustel, and Oleg Artimyev to the International Space Station, is currently conducting a 34-orbit rendezvous profile with a planned docking Friday, March 23 at 19:43 GMT (14:43 CDT).  All Soyuz systems are performing nominally. Veg-03:  The crew watered the Veg-03 plants and continued with the photo-documentation of plant …

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    New Crew Midway to Station Before Spacewalk and Cargo Ops

    Soyuz MS-08 Launch

    Three new Expedition 55 crew members are set to begin their mission aboard the International Space Station when they dock to the Poisk module Friday at 3:41 p.m. EDT. Flight Engineers Ricky Arnold, Drew Feustel and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev are midway through their flight inside the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft that launched Wednesday at 1:44 …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/21/2018

    54S Launch: 54S, carrying Ricky Arnold, Drew Feustel, and Oleg Artimyev to the International Space Station, launched today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 17:44:23.396 GMT (12:44:23 CDT).  54S is scheduled for a 34-orbit rendezvous with ISS and docking is planned for Friday, March 23 at 19:43 GMT (14:43 CDT). Lab Mass Constituent Analyzer …

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    Last of the Big Swing Arm Umbilicals Installed on Mobile Launcher

    The ICPSU is installed on the mobile launcher tower at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

    Nearly the last of several large connection lines, called umbilicals, was installed on the mobile launcher at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The umbilical was lifted by crane and attached high on the tower of the mobile launcher at about the 240-foot level, bringing the steel structure one step closer to supporting processing and …

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    New Crew Blasts Off to Join Station on Friday

    The Soyuz Rocket Launches

    The Soyuz MS-08 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 1:44 p.m. EDT (11:44 p.m. Kazakhstan time). NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos are safely in orbit on their way to the International Space Station. The trio will orbit Earth for approximately …

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    Countdown Under Way as Crew Preps for Launch Today

    The Expedition 55-56 crew

    Two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut are making final preparations for their journey to the International Space Station. At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos are set to launch in the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft at 1:44 p.m. EDT (11:44 p.m. Kazakhstan time). …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/20/2018

    Mouse Stress Defense:  Today the crew continued preparations for the Mouse Stress Defense investigation which will start after the arrival of mice on the SpaceX-14 Dragon vehicle. The crew reconfigured laptop cables and connected the Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF) to a backup power source.  Space flight brings an extreme environment with unique stressors. Microgravity …

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