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    Station Managers “GO” For Monday Morning Spacewalk

    NASA Astronauts Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra

    The International Space Station Mission Management Team met Sunday and gave its approval to proceed with a spacewalk Monday out of the Quest airlock by Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA to assist in moving the Mobile Transporter rail car a few inches to a worksite on the station’s …

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    Russian Cargo Spaceship Departs Station

    Dec. 19. 2015 International Space Station Configuration

    A Russian resupply ship left the International Space Station today after 166 days attached to the Pirs docking compartment. The trash-filled Progress 60 (60P) undocked from Pirs at 2:35 a.m. EST/7:35 a.m. UTC and will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere a few hours later for a fiery destruction over the Pacific Ocean. Pirs will remain vacant until …

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    Unscheduled Spacewalk Likely on Monday

    STS-119 Spacewalk March 2009

    The International Space Station’s mission managers are preparing for a likely unplanned spacewalk by Astronauts Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra no earlier than Monday, Dec. 21. Late Wednesday, the Mobile Transporter rail car on the station’s truss was being moved by robotic flight controllers at Mission Control, Houston, to a different worksite near the center of the …

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    Expedition 46 Transferring Gear Before Supply Ship Undocks

    Progress 60 Resupply Ship

    The six-member Expedition 46 crew worked on human research activities and unloaded cargo today. The three newest crew members — Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko, Tim Kopra and Tim Peake — continued familiarizing themselves with International Space Station systems and operations. Commander Scott Kelly used an ultrasound during the morning to scan Flight Engineer Sergey Volkov’s …

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    New Crew Getting Up to Speed on the Station

    Dec. 15, 2015: International Space Station Configuration

    The new Expedition 46 trio aboard the International Space Station is settling in for a six-month mission and getting right to work. They arrived Tuesday morning, had a quick safety briefing and rested up before their first full day aboard the orbital laboratory. New Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko, Tim Kopra and Tim Peake worked throughout …

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    New Crew Enters Station and Joins Expedition 46

    The Six-Member Expedition 46 Crew

    Tim Kopra of NASA, Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency), and Yuri Malenchenko of Roscosmos joined their Expedition 46 crewmates aboard the orbiting laboratory when the hatches between the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft and the International Space Station officially opened at 2:58 p.m. EST. Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA and Flight Engineers Mikhail …

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    New Crew Arrives at Station for Six-Month Mission

    Soyuz Approaches Station

    Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko manually docked the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft at 12:33 p.m. EST to the International Space Station’s Rassvet module after an initial automated attempt was aborted. Malenchenko took control of the Soyuz, backed it away from the station to assess the Soyuz’ systems, then re-approached the complex for the manual docking. Flight Engineer …

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    New Crew in Soyuz Closing in for Station Docking

    Soyuz Spacecraft

    A Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft carrying Tim Kopra of NASA, Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency), and Yuri Malenchenko of Roscosmos, is scheduled to dock to the International Space Station at 12:24 p.m. EST. NASA Television coverage of the docking is live now at: https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv. NASA TV will resume at 2 p.m. EST to cover …

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    Crew On Quick Trip to Station After “Flawless” Launch

    Expedition 46 Launch

    The Soyuz TMA-19M launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 6:03 a.m. EST Tuesday (5:03 p.m. in Baikonur). At the time of launch, the space station was flying 252 miles above northeast Kazakhstan. Tim Kopra of NASA, Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency), and Yuri Malenchenko of Roscosmos …

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    Crew Aboard Soyuz Rocket Ready for Launch

    Expedition 46 Trio

    Astronauts Tim Kopra of NASA and Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko of Roscosmos have boarded the Russian Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft that will carry them to the International Space Station (ISS). All is on track for lift off at 6:03 a.m. EST. NASA Television coverage of the launch will begin …

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