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    Watch First-Time Spacewalkers Venture Outside the Space Station Oct. 28

    NASA Astronaut Mike Hopkins

    U.S. astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren will venture outside the space station’s Quest airlock on Wednesday, Oct. 28 to perform a spacewalk in support of space station assembly and maintenance, 189th of the space station. The six-and-a-half hour walk will be streamed live beginning at 6:30 am E.T. You can watch the spacewalk live …

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    Astronauts Complete Preps for First of Two Upgrade Spacewalks

    NASA Astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren

    NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren will begin the first of two spacewalks Wednesday morning to service and upgrade the International Space Station. The duo have completed reviewing their procedures, preparing their U.S. spacesuits and organizing their tools inside the U.S. Quest airlock. NASA Television will cover the spacewalk live beginning at 6:30 a.m. …

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    Crew Gets Ready for Spacewalk on Wednesday

    Astronaut Kjell Lindgren

    Two astronauts are getting ready for a six-hour, 30-minute spacewalk Wednesday morning. They and the rest of the Expedition 45 crew also worked on international science and laboratory maintenance. Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren are preparing for two spacewalks on Oct. 28 and Nov. 6 to upgrade and service the International Space …

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    Astronauts Tailor Spacesuits as Crew Explores Human Research

    U.S. Spacesuit

    The crew started their day checking out Cubesat gear and researching a wide variety of science to benefit humanity on and off Earth. Later, two astronauts tried on their spacesuits to ensure a good fit before next week’s spacewalk. Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren were in the Kibo lab module Thursday morning …

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    Crew Readying Spacewalk Gear and Studying Life Science

    Kimiya Yui, Kjell Lindgren and Sergey Volkov

    The International Space Station crew is gearing up for a couple of spacewalks to service and upgrade the orbital laboratory. Meanwhile, the crew is also working long-term life science to improve life on Earth and in future space crews. The U.S. Quest airlock is getting busy as NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren get …

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    Crew Works Spacesuit and Tool Preps and Life Science Experiments

    NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonauts Sergey Volkov and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos

    The deployment of two Cubesats is on hold after they failed to eject a couple of weeks ago. Also, more spacesuit servicing and biomedical investigations took place today. The deployer mechanism that ejected 14 of 16 Cubesats is back inside the Kibo laboratory module’s airlock. Two of the Cubesats did not deploy due to a …

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    Biomedical Studies and Spacewalk Review Start the Crew Week

    NASA Astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren

    The crew continued more biomedical studies today so scientists can learn how long-term missions affect humans in space. The International Space Station residents also reviewed procedures for a pair of upcoming spacewalks and conducted an emergency training session. Commander Scott Kelly joined his fellow One-Year crew member Mikhail Kornienko and Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui for …

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    Commander Scott Kelly Breaks Time-in-Space Record

    Just before the 15th anniversary of continuous human presence on the International Space Station, NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, is breaking spaceflight records. Today, Kelly begins his 383rd day living in space, surpassing U.S. astronaut Mike Fincke’s record of 382 cumulative days. Read more... http://go.nasa.gov/1LxDrvd

    International Space Station Commander Scott Kelly set a new record today becoming the NASA astronaut with the most cumulative days in space, 383 days and counting. Mike Fincke, a two-time space station resident, was the previous record holder at 382 days. Kelly is scheduled to return to Earth on March 2, 2016, for a total …

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    Eye and Heart Checks as Spacewalkers Check Suits

    Kjell Lindgren and Sergey Volkov

    The Expedition 45 residents worked on biomedical experiments Thursday observing how humans adapt to long-term missions in space. A pair of NASA astronauts is also getting ready for two upcoming spacewalks outside the International Space Station. Commander Scott Kelly joined Flight Engineers Kjell Lindgren, Kimiya Yui and Oleg Kononenko for eye exams throughout the day …

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    Crew Prepares for Spacewalks and December Cygnus Mission

    NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly

    In two weeks, NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren will step outside the U.S. Quest airlock for the first of two maintenance spacewalks. The International Space Station is also being readied to host the next Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo mission set for early December. Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui has been servicing the two spacesuits …

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