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    Crew Starts Week with Space Agriculture, Human Cells and Spacesuits

    Pictured from left, are the Soyuz MS-19 crew ship and the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module with the Prichal docking module attached.

    The Expedition 66 crew kicked off Monday promoting space agriculture and observing how the human cell adapts to weightlessness. Two cosmonauts are also gearing up for the first spacewalk of 2022 set to begin next week at the International Space Station. Growing plants in space is critical to keeping crews healthy as NASA and its …

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    Biology, Agriculture Studies as Astronaut Begins Record-Breaking Spree

    NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is scheduled to return to Earth on March 30 after 355 days in space.

    Biology and agriculture were the dominant research themes aboard the International Space Station on Thursday. Also, an Expedition 66 Flight Engineer is beginning a set of record-breaking milestones before returning to Earth at the end March. NASA astronauts Raja Chari and Kayla Barron started work Thursday morning inside the Kibo laboratory module examining mice for …

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    Space Biology, Science Hardware Work Keeping Station Crew Busy

    NASA astronaut Kayla Barron sets up the Plant Habitat-05 Growth experiment that is studying cotton genetics in microgravity.

    Space biology work and science hardware maintenance and were the main research goals for the Expedition 66 crew aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The orbital residents also checked out life support gear and worked on cargo transfers. Three NASA astronauts, Mark Vande Hei, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron, joined each other in the …

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    Dragon Checks, Biology and Spacewalk Preps Fill Crew Day

    The SpaceX Cargo Dragon approaches the space station

    Crew Dragon proficiency checks were on the schedule for a pair of NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. Eye checks, space biology research, and spacewalk preparations also kept the Expedition 66 crew busy throughout the day. The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour, which delivered four astronauts to the orbiting lab, has been docked …

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    Crew Kicks off 2022 with Biology, Botany and Spacewalk Preps

    Clockwise from bottom, astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Thomas Marshburn and Matthias Maurer are pictured during a playful portrait aboard the station.

    The five astronauts and two cosmonauts of Expedition 66 started the first work week of 2022 researching microgravity science, reviewing Crew Dragon emergency procedures and ramping up for a spacewalk. Biology and botany are critical research subjects on the orbiting lab as NASA and its international partners plan human missions to the Moon, Mars and …

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