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    New Crew Ready for Launch as Cygnus Races to Station

    Fyodor Yurchikhin and Jack Fischer

    Two Expedition 51 crew members are in quarantine today at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, getting ready for their liftoff Thursday morning. Meanwhile, new science gear and crew supplies are on orbit right now and headed for the International Space Station this weekend. Cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin is getting ready for his fifth mission to …

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    U.S., Russian Rockets Rollout for Cargo and Crew Deliveries

    Cygnus and Soyuz Spacecraft

    Two rockets on opposite sides of the world rolled out to their launch pads today ready to blast off to the International Space Station. An American rocket rolled out to its pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A Russian rocket was carted by train and raised to its vertical position at the Baikonur Cosmodrome …

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    NASA is Ready For Tuesday Cygnus Launch

    Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo craft

    United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Orbital ATK’s Launch Readiness Review for the Atlas V rocket with the Cygnus cargo resupply module was held April 15 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch managers from ULA, Orbital ATK and NASA determined all is ready for a targeted launch to the International Space Station on …

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    Computer Upgrades Ahead of Crew and Cargo Arrivals

    Night Image from the Space Station

    The three International Space Station residents upgraded computer hardware and software today. The crew is also heading into the weekend preparing for the arrival of a new crew and a new cargo shipment. Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet replaced outdated routers this morning with new ones providing expanded capabilities in the station’s …

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    Station Trio Works High-Flying Science and Maintenance

    oleg Novitskiy and Peggy Whitson

    Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineers Thomas Pesquet and Oleg Novitskiy juggled a wide variety of space science and human research Thursday. The Expedition 51 trio also switched roles from orbital scientists to high-flying technicians maintaining the systems of the International Space Station. Whitson started the day testing her fine motor skills to help researchers …

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    Expedition 51 Ramps Up for New Crew and Cargo

    Expedition 51 Crew Members Fyodor Yurchikhin and Jack Fischer

    The three Expedition 51 crew members aboard the International Space Station are waiting for a new cargo shipment and a new crew to arrive next week. The orbiting trio are also performing human research and working on U.S. spacesuits. A pair of spaceships are due next week at the space station. The Orbital ATK Cygnus …

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    Kimbrough Returns to Houston, Whitson Continues Stay in Space

    Astronaut Shane Kimbrough Arrives in Houston

    NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough is back in Houston just 24 hours after landing in Kazakhstan completing a 173-day mission in space. He arrived home aboard a NASA aircraft Tuesday morning while his two Expedition 50 crewmates, cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko, have returned to Moscow. Three crew members are staying behind on the International …

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    Expedition 50 Crew Members Back on Earth

    Soyuz MS-02 Spacecraft Lands

    Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA is among three crew members from the International Space Station (ISS) who returned to Earth Monday, after 173 days in space, landing in Kazakhstan at approximately 7:20 a.m. EDT (5:20 p.m. Kazakhstan time). Also returning were Flight Engineers Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of the Russian space agency …

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    Soyuz Undocks To Carry Trio Back to Earth

    Soyuz MS-02 Undocks

    Astronaut Shane Kimbrough of NASA and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos undocked from the International Space Station at 3:57 a.m. EDT to begin their journey home. Ryzhikov, the Soyuz commander, is at the controls of the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft. Borisenko is seated in the left seat of the Soyuz descent module and …

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    Expedition 50 Trio Says Farewell, Closes Soyuz Hatches

    Expedition 50 Trio

    At 12:45 a.m. EDT, hatches were closed between the International Space Station and the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft. Expedition 50 crew members Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos are preparing to undock at 3:57 a.m. NASA Television will provide coverage beginning at 3:30 a.m. The deorbit burn is targeted for …

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