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    Human Research Inside and Small Satellites Released Outside

    A Cubesat is ejected from a deployer mechanism on the outside of Japan’s Kibo laboratory module.

    Human research studies continued on the orbital laboratory today, aiming to help scientists understand the long-term effects of living and working in space as NASA prepares for the Journey to Mars. Also, more small satellites were deployed outside the Kibo laboratory module. The One-Year Crew members Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko continued the Fluid Shifts study with eye checks Thursday. …

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    Scientists Study One-Year Crew to Prepare For Journey to Mars

    Space Automated Bioproduct Laboratory (SABL) facility

    View the best pics taken by the One-Year-Crew One-Year Crew members Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko just completed the half-way point of their 342-day mission. The duo, who are scheduled to come home March 3, 2016, are participating in numerous life science experiments. Scientists from around the world want to learn how the human body …

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    One-Year Crew Reaches Midway Point Aboard Station

    People in clean suits work on the spacecraft inside a large chamber

    View more pics from the One-Year Crew NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko clocked in for their 171st day aboard the International Space Station since arriving on March 27. The pair, set to come home March 3, 2016, are spending 342 days in space to help researchers better understand how the human …

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    Three Soyuz Crew Members Wrap Up Mission on Space Station

    Soyuz TMA-16M crew

    Three crew members from the International Space Station returned to Earth on Friday. The landing in Kazakhstan wrapped up a 168-day mission for one cosmonaut and a brief 10-day visit for two, as well as returned a cache of samples from several NASA human research experiments aboard the station. Expedition 44 commander Gennady Padalka of …

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    Watch Live Coverage Now of Soyuz Spacecraft Landing

    Soyuz spacecraft

    NASA Television is providing live coverage of tonight’s return to Earth of International Space Station Expedition 44 crew member Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos and visiting crew members Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) and Aidyn Aimbetov of the Kazakh Space Agency. The crew undocked from the station at 5:29 p.m. EDT, and they are …

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    Soyuz With Three Crew Undocks and Expedition 45 Begins

    International Space Station Configuration

    The Soyuz TMA-16M carrying Expedition 44 crew member Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos and visiting crew members Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) and Aidyn Aimbetov of the Kazakh Space Agency undocked from the station at 5:29 p.m. EDT. Padalka spent 168 days aboard the International Space Station during Expeditions 43 and 44 and will …

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    Soyuz and Station Hatches Closed

    Soyuz TMA-16M Landing Crew Members

    At 2:17 p.m. EDT, the Soyuz hatch closed between the International Space Station and the TMA-16M spacecraft. Expedition 44 crew member Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos and visiting crew members Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) and Aidyn Aimbetov of the Kazakh Space Agency are preparing to undock at 5:29 p.m. NASA Television will air …

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    Homecoming Day for Three Station Crew Members

    Nine-Member Station Crew

    Today is homecoming day for International Space Station Expedition 44 Commander Gennady Padalka of Roscosmos and visiting crew members Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) and Aidyn Aimbetov of the Kazakh Space Agency. They are preparing to return to Earth in the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft at 8:51 p.m. EDT, southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. At …

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    Cosmonaut Packing to Complete Record Setting Mission

    Milky Way and Lightning Strike

    Expedition 44 Commander Gennady Padalka is packing gear inside the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft for his return home Friday with two first time space visitors. Padalka will be completing his fifth mission for a record 879 cumulative days in space. Padalka will be flanked by visiting crew members Andreas Mogensen from Europe and cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov …

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    Ongoing Research for Crew as Trio Prepares for Friday Landing

    Hurricane Jimena

    The nine-member International Space Station crew participated in a wide variety of advanced microgravity science throughout the orbital laboratory. Three of those crew members are also getting ready to return to Earth at the end of the week. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who is now the station commander, worked in the Japanese Kibo laboratory to …

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