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    Station Gears Up for Spacewalk During Advanced Science Work

    Expedition 56 Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold

    Two Expedition 56 cosmonauts packed a Russian resupply ship today before preparing for Wednesday’s spacewalk. The other four International Space Station crew members worked on a variety of space science experiments and lab maintenance duties. Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Sergey Prokopyev are loading a Progress 69 (69P) cargo craft with trash ahead of its departure …

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    Health, Physics Research During Preps for Spacewalk and Japan Cargo Mission

    Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Sergey Prokopyev

    The Expedition 56 crew members explored how human health and physical processes are affected off the Earth today. The orbital residents are also configuring the International Space Station for a Russian spacewalk next week and a Japanese cargo craft mission in September. A long-running human research study is helping doctors understand the impacts of microgravity …

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    Student Games, Navigation Research as Cancer Study Wraps Up

    Expedition 56 Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold

    The six-member Expedition 56 crew was busy Tuesday juggling science hardware maintenance and a variety of research work. The orbital residents are also helping students contribute to space research and testing an ancient navigation technique. A cancer study wrapped up last week and astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor stowed the life science gear today used during operations …

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    Dragon Ends Stay at Station, On Its Way Home

    SpaceX Dragon Released from Station

    Robotic flight controllers released the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station’s robotic arm at 12:38 p.m. EDT, and Expedition 56 Serena Auñon-Chancellor of NASA is monitoring its departure. Dragon’s thrusters will be fired to move the spacecraft a safe distance from the station before SpaceX flight controllers in Hawthorne, California, command its deorbit …

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    Dragon Ready for Return Ahead of Commercial Crew Announcement

    The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is pictured attached to the International Space Station's Harmony module

    The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is packed with science and hardware ready for return to Earth on Friday. NASA is also introducing a team of astronauts who will soon fly Boeing and SpaceX vehicles to the International Space Station. The Expedition 56 crew has finished loading Dragon with sensitive research results and station gear for …

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    Station Teams Are Go For Dragon’s Return To Earth Friday

    SpaceX Dragon Resupply Ship

    The International Space Station Partners and mission managers polled “go” for tomorrow’s release of the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft for its deorbit and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean to wrap up the CRS-15 mission. With favorable weather conditions forecast in the splashdown zone, Dragon’s hatch will be closed early Friday around 3 a.m. Central time. …

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    Dragon Packing, Eye Science and Spacewalk Preps Today

    Alexander Gerst and Sergey Prokopyev

    The Expedition 56 crew has nearly completed loading the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship with cargo for retrieval back on Earth this Friday. The orbital residents are also busy with an intense day of space research and Russian spacewalk preparations. Dragon is due to be released Friday at 12:37 p.m. EDT from the International Space Station …

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    Dragon Being Packed With Science as Research Wraps Up

    Astronauts Drew Feustel and Serena Auñón-Chancellor

    Numerous microgravity investigations are wrapping up this week onboard the International Space Station. The Expedition 56 crew is carefully packing the research results and science gear inside the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft for return to Earth on Friday. A host of life science studies being returned aboard Dragon looked at cancer therapies, gut microbes, and …

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