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    Science Work, Spacewalk Preps as New Crew Readies for Launch

    Typhoon Soudelor

    The Expedition 44 crew members continued a wide variety of science experiments Friday as a pair of cosmonauts prepared for a spacewalk Monday morning. On the ground, a new Soyuz crew is preparing for their mission to swap a pair of station residents in September. One-Year crew member Scott Kelly set up free-floating microsatellites for …

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    Biomedical Studies and Russian Spacewalk Preps for International Crew

    Astronaut Kjell Lindgren

    The International Space Station crew worked a variety of biomedical experiments in the midst of preparations for Monday’s spacewalk. Meanwhile on the ground, a new Soyuz crew is getting ready for its launch next month to the orbital laboratory. The orbiting crew took part in studies observing how the human body adapts to weightlessness during …

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    Station Residents Get Ready for Russian Spacewalk and Japanese Cargo Mission

    Typhoon Souledor

    Two cosmonauts are getting ready for a six-hour spacewalk coming up Monday morning. Six days later Japan will launch its fifth resupply mission to the International Space Station. Both events will be covered live on NASA Television. Russian spacewalkers Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko looked over their timeline and procedures, installed gear on their spacesuits …

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    Station Crew Works Medical Science and Preps Russian Spacesuits

    Typhoon Soudelor

    Two Expedition 44 astronauts worked on important medical studies today while a pair of Russian spacewalkers checked out their spacesuit systems. Flight Engineers Kjell Lindgren of NASA and Japanese astronaut Kimiya performed vision tests and blood pressure measurements as part of ongoing Ocular health checkouts. Lindgren also reviewed procedures for the Cardio Ox study that looks for any cardiovascular health risks …

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    Station Crew Begins Week with Russian and U.S. Spacesuit Work

    NASA Astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Scott Kelly

    A pair of cosmonauts is getting ready for a spacewalk on the Russian side of the International Space Station. Meanwhile, a NASA astronaut checked out a U.S. spacesuit after last week’s maintenance work. Commander Gennady Padalka and One-Year crew member Mikhail Kornienko will exit the Pirs docking compartment next Monday for six hours of experiment …

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    Crew Getting Ready for Spacewalk and Japanese Cargo Mission

    Japan's first H-II Transfer Vehicle

    NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren are wrapping up U.S. spacesuit maintenance today. Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko are also moving along with their preparations for an Aug. 10 spacewalk. All three cosmonauts, including Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko, also worked on Russian biomedical experiments. The trio explored such things as stress caused by …

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    More Spacewalk Preps and Advanced Space Research for Crew

    Astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren

    A pair of cosmonauts are preparing for Russian spacewalk while a pair of NASA astronauts are working on a U.S. spacesuit. Meanwhile, another cosmonaut and a Japanese astronaut are working a variety of microgravity research and orbital maintenance. Commander Gennady Padalka and One-Year crew member Mikhail Kornienko are getting their tools and gear ready for …

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    Russian and U.S. Spacesuit Work Ahead of August Spacewalk

    Astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren

    Two cosmonauts are getting ready for the first spacewalk from the International Space Station since March. Two NASA astronauts are also working to bring a U.S. spacesuit back to service. The three newest Expedition 44 crew members joined Commander Gennady Padalka during their afternoon for a familiarization session with emergency equipment inside the orbital lab. …

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    Station Avoids Satellite Fragment, Spacewalk Preps Start

    The new Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft

    The International Space Station moved out of the way of a piece of satellite debris late Saturday night. There were no impacts to crew safety or operations. The maneuver may replace one of three reboosts planned for the orbital laboratory ahead of the Sept. 2 launch of the Expedition 45/Visiting Taxi Crew. Commander Gennady Padalka …

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    Six-Member Expedition 44 Crew Back to Work After Docking Activities

    NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren

    The International Space Station is at full strength now with six crew members from Japan, Russia and the United States. The newly-expanded orbital team got together today to review their roles and responsibilities in the event of an emergency in space. New station residents Oleg Kononenko, Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui will be familiarizing themselves …

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