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    Dragon Go For Undocking as Crew Finalizes Cargo Loading

    The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is pictured approaching the International Space Station on June 6 above a cloudy Sea of Japan in this photograph from the orbital outpost.

    Mission managers have given the go for the undocking of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station on Thursday. As Dragon nears its departure, the Expedition 69 crew also worked on advanced science hardware while conducting cardiac research and immunity studies. Flight Engineers Woody Hoburg, Stephen Bowen, and Sultan Alneyadi took turns …

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    Crew Packing Dragon for Undocking on Thursday

    The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft approaches the space station for an automated docking loaded with over 7,000 pounds of science experiments, station hardware, and crew supplies on June 9.

    A U.S. cargo craft is being packed and readied for its undocking from the International Space Station and its retrieval on Earth at the end of the week. The Expedition 69 crew members also focused their Tuesday research activities on space botany, robotics, and human research. The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is nearing the end …

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    Week Starts With Multitude of Space Science Activities

    Astronaut Woody Hoburg is pictured loading cargo inside the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft.

    Space botany, microbiology, and future piloting techniques were the main experiments aboard the International Space Station on Monday. The Expedition 69 crew members are also readying a cargo vehicle for its departure and continuing to clean up after last week’s spacewalk. Following a busy period of spacewalks at the orbital outpost, the station’s residents returned …

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    Cargo Work, Robotics Competition End Week Following Spacewalk

    Expedition 69 Flight Engineers (from left) Sultan Alneyadi, Dmitri Petelin, and Frank Rubio pose for a portrait after the arrival of the SpaceX Dragon cargo vehicle on June 6.

    The Expedition 69 crew is wrapping its work week loading a cargo vehicle for its upcoming return to Earth and cleaning up following Thursday’s spacewalk. Other activities scheduled for the International Space Station residents on Friday included a robotics competition and life support maintenance. The SpaceX Dragon cargo vehicle will end its stay at the …

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    Cosmonauts Finish Spacewalk After Replacing Station Hardware

    Cosmonaut Dmitri Petelin is pictured behind a solar array during a spacewalk to remove and replace science and communications hardware on the Roscosmos' segment of the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV

    Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin concluded their spacewalk June 22 at 4:48 p.m. EDT after 6 hours and 24 minutes. Prokopyev and Petelin completed their major objectives, which were to retrieve  several experiment packages from the Zvezda and Poisk modules and install communications equipment outside the International Space Station. This was the seventh …

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    Cosmonauts Begin Spacewalk to Replace Station Hardware

    Roscomos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin are seen at work during a spacewalk on Nov. 17, 2022. Prokopyev is in the suit with red stripes and Petelin is in blue.

    Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin began a spacewalk at 10:24 a.m. EDT to retrieve  several experiment packages from the Zvezda and Poisk modules and install communications equipment outside the International Space Station. Coverage of the spacewalk continues on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. Prokopyev is wearing an Orlan spacesuit with red stripes, while …

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    Cosmonauts Exiting Station for Spacewalk Live on NASA TV

    Expedition 69 Commander Sergey Prokopyev (left) and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin (right) are conducting their fifth spacewalk together today.

    NASA coverage is underway for today’s spacewalk with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin. The duo will retrieve  several experiment packages from the Zvezda and Poisk modules and install communications equipment. Coverage of the spacewalk is on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. Prokopyev and Petelin will exit out of the …

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    Cosmonauts Go for Spacewalk as Crew Works Cargo, Maintenance

    Roscosmos spacewalker Sergey Prokopyev works outside the space station during the installation of an experiment airlock on the Nauka science module on May 3.

    Preparations continue for Thursday’s spacewalk to replace hardware on the International Space Station. The Expedition 69 crew also stayed focused on ongoing cargo transfers while conducting a variety of lab maintenance on Wednesday. Two cosmonauts are completing their task reviews and spacesuit configurations ahead of a spacewalk set to begin about 10:20 a.m. EDT on …

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    Crew Packing Dragon, Prepping for Next Spacewalk

    Astronaut Woody Hoburg rides the Canadarm2 robotic arm and carrying a roll-out solar array to its installation point on the space station's starboard truss structure during a spacewalk on June 15, 2023.

    Cargo operations are under way aboard the International Space Station amidst a variety of physics and microbiology research activities. The Expedition 69 crew members are also preparing for another spacewalk later this week as they cleanup following last week’s spacewalk. The SpaceX Dragon cargo vehicle is due to undock from the orbital outpost and return …

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    Crew Ends Week Completing Spacewalk, Preparing for Another

    The International Space Station residents are going into the weekend following a busy week of spacewalk activities. The Expedition 69 crew members finished one spacewalk this week and are gearing up for another one next week. NASA astronauts Woody Hoburg and Stephen Bowen completed installing the orbital outpost’s sixth roll-out solar array during a spacewalk …

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