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    Crew Packs Dragon With Science Before Tuesday Departure

    The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship approaches the International Space Station

    The SpaceX Dragon is due to leave the International Space Station on Tuesday and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean loaded with critical science and station hardware for analysis. The Expedition 61 crew worked over the weekend and into Monday finalizing cargo transfers. NASA Flight Engineers Jessica Meir, Christina Koch and Andrew Morgan are carefully packing …

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    Dragon Delays Departure While Crew Studies Space Biology and Botany

    Stars glitter in the night sky above an atmospheric glow

    The Expedition 61 crew aboard the International Space Station is preparing to bid farewell to a U.S. space freighter.  The astronauts are also exploring what microgravity does to biology and botany to improve life for astronauts and Earthlings. Station mission managers and SpaceX officials rescheduled the departure of the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship from the …

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    Life-Saving Science on Last Day of 2019; Crew Relaxes New Year’s Day

    The official Expedition 61 crew portrait

    Six humans from three countries will ring in the new year 16 times tonight from an average altitude of about 260 miles above the Earth’s surface. Before the Expedition 61 crew goes to bed tonight and relaxes on New Year’s Day, they are researching critical space science to benefit humans on and off Earth. Fire …

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    Crew Packing Dragon Cargo Craft and Researching Flames in Space

    The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship

    A U.S. cargo craft is getting ready to depart the International Space Station early next week loaded with research results and degraded hardware for analysis on Earth. Meanwhile, the Expedition 61 crew explored a variety of space phenomena including how flames spread in weightlessness. The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship is being configured for its departure …

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    Space Biology and Fire Research as Station Orbits Higher

    NASA astronaut Christina Koch

    The Expedition 61 crew is learning how to live and work in space and researching ways to adapt to long-term human spaceflight. Meanwhile, the International Space Station is orbiting higher today to support Russian spacecraft activities planned for 2020. Rodents are being studied aboard the orbiting lab today since their physiology is similar to humans …

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    BEAM and Dragon Work, DNA Studies Before Station Lifts Orbit

    Expedition 61 flight engineers practice emergency response skills

    It is back to work for the six-member Expedition 61 crew from the U.S., Russia and Italy after celebrating Christmas aboard the International Space Station. The space residents checked out BEAM and a commercial resupply ship and researched a variety of space phenomena. NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan opened up the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) …

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    Christmas Week Starts With Biology Research Aboard Orbiting Lab

    The SpaceX Dragon and Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ships

    The six Expedition 61 crewmembers aboard the International Space Station started Christmas week exploring how weightlessness affects biology. The orbital residents also focused on housekeeping and lab maintenance tasks. NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan tested a specialized anti-gravity suit today that reverses the upward flow of fluids in humans caused by microgravity. Cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov attached …

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    Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft Touches Down in New Mexico

    The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft lands

    Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft completed the first touchdown on land of a human-rated space capsule in U.S. history Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019, at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, wrapping up the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Starliner settled gently onto its air bags at 7:58 a.m. EST …

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    U.S. Starliner Spacecraft Fires Engines to Return to Earth

    Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft

    NASA TV and the agency’s website continue to provide live coverage of the landing of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. At 7:23 a.m. EST, the spacecraft began its deorbit burn that puts Starliner on the right path to land at White Sands, New Mexico at 7:57 a.m. The service module has successfully separated from the crew module …

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    NASA TV Broadcasting Live Landing Coverage of Starliner Today

    Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches

    NASA and Boeing will provide live coverage of the landing on Sunday, Dec. 22, of the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, on return from its Orbital Flight Test for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Starliner will execute a deorbit burn at 7:23 a.m. EST to begin its return to Earth, headed for a parachute-assisted landing at 7:57 a.m. …

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