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    Crew Explores Space Biology, Radiation Exposure Before Independence Day

    Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Christina Koch of NASA

    The Expedition 60 crew explored space biology and radiation exposure aboard the International Space Station today. The orbital residents also filmed a virtual reality experience and oversaw the deployment of a set microsatellites. NASA astronaut Christina Koch tended plants and stored microalgae samples for a pair of biology studies investigating ways to support long-term missions …

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    Life Support Work Aboard Lab as Next Crew Preps for Mission

    Earth's atmospheric glow, highlighted by the Moon and a starry orbital nighttime

    The three Expedition 60 crewmembers aboard the International Space Station focused primarily on keeping the orbiting lab in tip-top shape today. At the end of the workday, the trio split up for some space gardening and Earth photography. NASA Flight Engineers Christina Koch and Nick Hague teamed up on Tuesday replacing components in the station’s …

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    New Crew in Final Preps Before Historic July 20 Launch

    Expedition 60 crewmembers aboard a Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center aircraft

    The next crew to liftoff to the International Space Station arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch site on the U.S. Independence Day awaiting a historic July 20 liftoff. New Expedition 60 crewmates Andrew Morgan, Luca Parmitano and Alexander Skvortsov are in final mission preparations in Kazakhstan. The trio arrived July 4 counting down to a …

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    Station Trio Works CubeSats, Space Plumbing Ahead of Historic July 20 Launch

    Upcoming Expedition 60 crewmembers

    The Expedition 60 crew is configuring more CubeSats for deployment and working on space plumbing aboard the International Space Station today. Back on Earth, three crewmembers from the U.S., Italy and Russia are in training for their launch to the station on July 20. NASA astronaut Nick Hague installed hardware that will deploy seven CubeSats …

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