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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/23/15

    62 Progress (62P) Docking:  62P completed its 34 orbit rendezvous with ISS and successfully docked to Docking Compartment (DC)-1 at 4:27 AM CST.  After docking, Volkov successfully performed leak checks and subsequently opened the hatches.   Biochemical Profile and Cardio Ox:  Peake has performed his Flight Day 15 session blood and urine collections for the …

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    Fourth Russian Cargo Ship This Year Docks to Station

    The Progress 62 Spacecraft Docks

    Traveling about 253 miles over western Mongolia, the unpiloted ISS Progress 62 Russian cargo ship docked automatically with the Pirs docking compartment of the International Space Station at 5:27 a.m. EST today. Progress is delivering 2.8 tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the crew aboard the station. The spacecraft launched Monday from the Baikonur …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/22/15

    Ocular Health:  One year crewmembers Kelly and Kornienko completed vision and tonometry tests and took blood pressure measurements as part of their Flight Day 270 Ocular Health testing.  The Ocular Health protocol calls for a systematic gathering of physiological data to characterize the risks of microgravity-induced visual impairment and increased intracranial pressure in ISS crewmembers. …

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    Crew Waits for Christmas Delivery After Monday Spacewalk

    NASA Astronaut Tim Kopra

    A pair of spacewalkers are cleaning up and reporting back to ground controllers after a short spacewalk Monday morning. A Christmas delivery is also due at the International Space Station Wednesday at 5:31 a.m. EST/10:31 a.m. UTC. Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Tim Kopra quickly prepared over the weekend for the spacewalk to release …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/21/15

    Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #34:  Kelly and Kopra performed an EVA to troubleshoot the starboard Crew Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) cart and Mobile Transporter (MT).  The starboard CETA cart is linked to the side of the Mobile Transporter (MT), and its brake was engaged preventing MT movement.  Kelly released the brake and the MT was successfully …

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    Astronauts Make Quick Work of Short Spacewalk

    Spacewalkers Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra

    NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra ended their spacewalk at 11:01 a.m. EST with the repressurization of the U.S. Quest airlock after accomplishing all objectives. They released brake handles on crew equipment carts on either side of the space station’s mobile transporter rail car so it could be latched in place ahead of Wednesday’s …

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    Astronauts Embark on 191st Station Spacewalk

    Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra

    NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra switched their spacesuits to battery power at 7:45 a.m. EST, signifying the start of today’s spacewalk, planned for about three hours. Kelly is wearing a spacesuit with red stripes and is designated EV1. His helmet camera displays the number 18. Kopra is wearing a spacesuit with no stripes …

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    Supply Ship Launches on Two-Day Trip to Station

    Progress 62 Launches

    Carrying more than 2.8 tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the International Space Station crew, the unpiloted ISS Progress 62 cargo craft launched at 3:44 a.m. EST (2:44 p.m. local time in Baikonur) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Less than 10 minutes after launch, the resupply ship reached preliminary orbit and deployed its …

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    Rocket Ready to Launch for Final Christmas Delivery

    Progress 62 Rocket at Launch Pad

    Beginning Monday, Dec. 21 at 3:30 a.m. EST, NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch of a Russian Progress spacecraft carrying more than three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 46 crew aboard the International Space Station. Launch of ISS Progress 62 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is planned …

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    Station Managers “GO” For Monday Morning Spacewalk

    NASA Astronauts Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra

    The International Space Station Mission Management Team met Sunday and gave its approval to proceed with a spacewalk Monday out of the Quest airlock by Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA to assist in moving the Mobile Transporter rail car a few inches to a worksite on the station’s …

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