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    Science and Tech Upgrades, Earth Observations and Trainings Kick off Busy Week

    The southeast Chinese port city of Xiamen, on the coast of the South China Sea with a population of over 5.1 million people, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above during an orbital night pass.

    A week of station upgrades and science has kicked off on the International Space Station. The Expedition 69 crew is keeping busy today with hardware updates, science tech installs, Earth observations and training. NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen began his morning preparing for an upcoming water refill and science install of Plant Habitat-03B, an investigation that …

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    Crew Ends Week Continuing Station Upgrades

    NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg poses for a portrait during maintenance activities aboard the International Space Station.

    The Expedition 69 crewmembers aboard the International Space Station are wrapping up their week with a continuation of science activities and station upgrades. NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio started his morning continuing to collect samples for the Food Physiology investigation. Later, he spent the afternoon completing upgrades to the Japanese Experiment Module Water Recovery System, …

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    Food Physiology Science, Station Upgrades Continue and CubeSats Deployed

    The seven-member Expedition 69 crew poses for a portrait during dinner time inside the International Space Station's Unity module. From left are, Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev; NASA astronauts Frank Rubio and Stephen Bowen; Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev; UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi; Roscosmos cosmonaut Dmitri Petelin; and NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg.

    Another busy day of Food Physiology science and station upgrades is underway today for the Expedition 69 crew on the International Space Station. NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio spent most of his day continuing work for the Food Physiology investigation, collecting various samples and stowing them for future space and ground-based analysis, as well as …

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    Station Reboost, Food Physiology, and Hearing Assessments for Crew Mid-Week

    Expedition 69 Flight Engineers (from left) Sultan Alneyadi of UAE (United Arab Emirates) and Woody Hoburg of NASA pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the Unity module and the Tranquility module during maintenance activities aboard the International Space Station.

    Three Expedition 69 crew members spent their day on the International Space Station performing work in the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, while other crew members completed a variety of Food Physiology experiments and hearing assessments. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi performed maintenance …

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    Crew Starts Week With Experiment Preps, Daily Exercise and System Maintenance

    NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio poses for a portrait while working inside the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module.

    After a weekend off-duty, the Expedition 69 crew is kicking off their week with a variety of experiment preparations and system maintenance on the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen started his day removing HICARI-2 samples from the Gradient Heating Furnace (GHF) in the Japanese Experiment Module, Kibo. Hicari is an experiment led by …

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