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    Himalayan Heights

    On March 1, 2016, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth after spending 340 days living continuously in space. That’s a record. No other American astronaut has completed a longer mission or spent more cumulative days in space. A prolific and talented photographer, Kelly posted hundreds and hundreds of photographs of the Earth below to social media during […]

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    ABoVE: Safety first!

    Field season is an exciting time for scientists – we leave behind the comforts of labs and offices to collect data in remote locations. Preparing for the field season is no easy task and requires an enormous amount of planning. Considerations such as “how many data loggers can I fit in my checked bag?” and […]

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    Station Lifts Orbit Before New Crew Launches

    Expedition 47-48 Crew Members

    The Expedition 47 crew onboard the International Space Station is getting ready to welcome three new crew members when they launch in two weeks. The station will raise its orbit tonight to the correct altitude to receive the new crew that will launch inside the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft. NASA astronaut Jeff Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/3/16

    MAGVECTOR: Peake configured switches on portable power supply 1 and inserted the Universal Serial Bus (USB) in preparation for the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) MAGVECTOR experiment run.  MAGVECTOR qualitatively investigates the interaction between a moving magnetic field and an electrical conductor. The expected changes in the magnetic field structure on the ram and wake side …

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    U.S., Russian and British Crew Continuing Station Operations

    British Astronaut Tim Peake

    NASA astronaut Scott Kelly has returned to Houston and his Expedition 46 crewmates Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov have returned to Russia. Their historic mission is over but there are three crew members who are still orbiting Earth on the International Space Station. The new station commander of Expedition 47, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, worked …

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    Scott Kelly Returns to Houston After Year In Space

    Scott Kelly Returns to Houston

    Just before 2:30 a.m. EST Thursday, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly landed at Houston’s Ellington Field, marking his return to the U.S. following an agency record-setting year in space aboard the International Space Station. Those on hand to greet him in Houston included Second Lady of the United States Dr. Jill Biden, Assistant to the President …

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    Historic Crew Finishes Mission as Orbiting Trio Relaxes

    Astronaut Scott Kelly

    With three crew members back on Earth after a historic mission, another trio is still orbiting Earth on the International Space Station until their mission ends in June. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly floated to a landing in Kazakhstan last night alongside his crewmates Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov inside the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft. Kelly and …

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    ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/1/16

    44 Soyuz (44S) Undock and Landing:  The 44S Crew (Kelly, Volkov, and Kornienko) undocked from the ISS Mini-Research Module (MRM)-2 docking port at 7:02pm CST. The Soyuz deorbit burn occurred at 9:32pm CST resulting in a nominal landing in the Kazakhstan southern zone at 10:26pm CST. The ISS will be in 3-crew operations until 46S …

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    Veteran Station Crew Returns to Earth after Historic Mission

    NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko

    Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA, and Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos landed their Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft in Kazakhstan at 11:26 p.m. EST. Russian recovery teams will help the crew exit the Soyuz vehicle and adjust to gravity after their stay in space. Kelly and Kornienko launched to the space station on March …

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    Expedition 46 Trio Leaves Station for Ride to Earth

    Soyuz TMA-18M Undocks

    Astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov undocked from the station at 8:02 p.m. EST to begin their voyage home. Volkov, the Soyuz commander, is at the controls of the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft. They will perform a separation burn to increase the distance from the station before executing a 4-minute, 49-second deorbit …

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