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    Crew Gears Up for Spacewalk, Scans Eyes and Practices Medical Emergency

    NASA astronaut Nick Hague

    The Expedition 60 crew is gearing up for an upcoming spacewalk to prepare the International Space Station for more commercial crew missions. Biomedical science also took up a portion of the astronauts’ day as they help researchers understand what happens to the human body in microgravity. NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan are reviewing …

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    U.S. Cygnus Space Freighter Departs Station

    Cygnus Departs the Station

    The Cygnus spacecraft successfully departed the International Space Station three months after arriving at the space station to deliver 7,600 pounds of supplies and scientific experiments to the orbiting laboratory. The Cygnus spacecraft will now remain in orbit until mid-December and coincide with a second Cygnus spacecraft scheduled for launch to the space station in …

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    US Cargo Ship Preps to Depart as Crew Studies Bioprinting and Time Perception

    Astronauts Luca Parmitano, Andrew Morgan and Nick Hague

    A U.S. resupply ship is packed and ready to depart the International Space Station on Tuesday. The Expedition 60 crew is also testing the viability of printing organ-like tissue and exploring the impact of microgravity on time perception today. NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch finished loading and closed the hatches to the Cygnus …

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    3-D Bioprinting, Grip Studies on Station May Benefit Earth and Space Systems

    Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Christina Koch of NASA

    The Expedition 60 crewmembers are busy conducting new and advanced science experiments today aboard the International Space Station. A U.S. space freighter will begin its secondary mission after it departs the station on Tuesday. 3-D bioprinting in space may become a viable platform in the future for fabricating human organs. NASA astronaut Christina Koch activated …

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    August Brings More Spaceship Traffic and a Spacewalk

    July 31, 2019: International Space Station Configuration

    The International Space Station is hosting five spaceships today as August ramps up for more orbital traffic activity. Six Expedition 60 crewmembers are also unloading U.S. and Russian cargo, activating new science experiments and stocking the station’s galley. Russia’s Progress 73 (73P) cargo craft completed a fast-track delivery mission early Wednesday docking to the Pirs …

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    Russian Progress Cargo Ship Reaches Station in Just Two Orbits

    Russia's Progress 73 resupply ship

    Traveling about 259 miles over northwest China, the unpiloted Russian Progress 73 cargo ship docked at 11:29 a.m. EDT to the Pirs docking compartment on the Russian segment of the complex. In addition to the arrival of Progress today, the six crewmembers aboard the space station welcomed SpaceX’s cargo Dragon spacecraft on July 27, two …

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    Russia’s Progress Cargo Craft Racing Toward Space Station

    Progress 73 cargo craft launch

    Carrying almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the International Space Station crew, the unpiloted Russian Progress 73 cargo spacecraft launched at 8:10 a.m. EDT (5:10 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The resupply ship reached preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas as planned. Following a …

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    Live Now on NASA TV: Launch Coverage of Russian Resupply Mission

    Progress 73 rocket at the launch pad

    NASA Television is live for the launch of a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft carrying almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 60 crew aboard the International Space Station. Watch live on NASA TV and the agency’s website now! The Progress 73 spacecraft is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in …

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    NASA TV Broadcasts Russian Rocket Launching To Resupply Station

    Support gantries rise toward the Progress 73 resupply ship

    NASA Television will provide live launch coverage of a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft carrying almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 60 crew aboard the International Space Station. Watch live on NASA TV and the agency’s website on Wednesday beginning at 7:45 a.m. EDT. The Progress 73 spacecraft is scheduled to launch …

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