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Expedition 12 Status Reports

April 08, 2006 – International Space Station Status Report #06-17
After orbiting Earth more than 3,000 times during six months on the International Space Station, Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev returned to the planet Sunday morning in Kazakhstan. With them was Marcos Pontes, Brazil’s first astronaut.
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April 7, 2006 – International Space Station Status Report #06-16
Camaraderie and hard work highlighted this week’s joint operations on the International Space Station. Aboard the complex, one crew prepared for a return to Earth while another focused on taking the helm in orbit.
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April 1, 2006 – International Space Station Status Report #06-15
A new crew pulled into port at the International Space Station late Friday to start a six-month mission.
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March 29, 2006 – International Space Station Status Report #06-14
The 13th crew of the International Space Station roared away from Kazakhstan today and into orbit atop a Russian Soyuz rocket.
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March 24, 2006 – International Space Station Status Report #06-13
The Expedition 12 crew members have the International Space Station poised and ready for their replacements to arrive March 31.
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March 20, 2006 – International Space Station Status Report #06-12
Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev took a short ride away from the International Space Station today. They flew their Soyuz spacecraft from one docking port to another.
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March 17, 2006 – International Space Station Status Report #06-11
Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev plan to move their Soyuz capsule from the Earth-facing docking port of the station’s Zarya module to an aft port on the Zvezda module on Monday, March 20.
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March 10, 2006 – International Space Station Status Report #06-10
The International Space Station crew’s week included a robotic arm first and a docking communications test to prepare for a new European cargo ship set to launch next year.
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March 3, 2006 – International Space Station Status Report #06-9
Entering the homestretch of a half-year mission, International Space Station Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev monitored the departure of one of two Russian cargo ships today.
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Feb. 24, 2006 – International Space Station Status Report #06-8
Aboard the International Space Station this week, Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev have been preparing for upcoming spacecraft arrivals and departures.
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Feb. 17, 2006 – International Space Station Status Report #06-7
The International Space Station crew members completed a semiannual treadmill overhaul this week and began readying for a first-ever station “camp out” planned next week.
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Feb. 10, 2006 – International Space Station Status Report #06-6
After an almost six-hour spacewalk last week, the crew began the week with a little time off and then returned to science investigations, routine maintenance and equipment tests.
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Feb. 3, 2006 – International Space Station Status Report #06-5
Space station crew members released a spacesuit-turned-satellite during the second spacewalk of their mission last night.
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Jan. 27, 2006 – International Space Station Status Report #06-4
Preparations for a walk in space took center stage this week on the space station.
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Jan. 20, 2006 – International Space Station Status Report #06-3
Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur began his week Sunday by running a marathon in space.
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Jan. 13, 2006 – International Space Station Status Report #06-2
The International Space Station crew this week installed an upgrade that will conserve oxygen during spacewalks, moved the station robotic arm to prepare for their next spacewalk, and began an experiment that studies body movements.
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Jan. 6, 2006 – International Space Station Status Report #06-1
It was back to work this week for the Expedition 12 crewmembers after a long New Year’s weekend that marked the halfway point in their six-month stay aboard the space station.
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Dec. 30, 2005 – International Space Station Status Report #05-64
Midway through their six-month flight, the two men aboard the International Space Station celebrated a quiet Christmas this week and looked forward to a similar New Year’s Day.
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Dec. 23, 2005 – International Space Station Status Report #05-63
A holiday delivery arrived at the International Space Station today as an unpiloted Russian cargo ship linked up to the Pirs Docking Compartment filled with almost 3 tons of supplies and gifts for the Expedition 12 crew.
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Dec. 21, 2005 – International Space Station Status Report #05-62
A shipment of supplies and holiday presents is on its way to the International Space Station following the launch of the ISS Progress 20 cargo ship today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Dec. 16, 2005 – International Space Station Status Report #05-61
The International Space Station crew focused this week on preparations for the arrival of a Christmastime supply shipment of fuel, food, water, spare parts and holiday gifts from family.
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Dec. 9, 2005 – International Space Station Status Report #05-60
Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev focused on keeping the International Space Station in good working condition this week as managers reviewed plans for the changeout of cargo vehicles at the complex.
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Dec. 2, 2005 – International Space Station Status Report #05-59
In the third month of a six-month mission, the International Space Station Expedition 12 crew worked this week on science experiments, maintenance and the setup of hardware for future activities.
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Nov. 23, 2005 – International Space Station Status Report #05-58
International Space Station Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev will enjoy a day off Thursday to celebrate Thanksgiving.
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Nov. 18, 2005 – International Space Station Status Report #05-57
Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev took a short ride away from the International Space Station today, flying their Soyuz spacecraft from one docking port to another.
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Nov. 10, 2005 – International Space Station Status Report #05-56
With their first spacewalk behind them, the residents of the international space station pressed ahead this week to prepare for several upcoming milestones.
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Nov. 7, 2005 – International Space Station Status Report #05-55
The international space station crew completed the first spacewalk using U.S. space suits since April 2003, installing a new camera and discarding an inactive science probe.
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Nov. 4, 2005 – International Space Station Status Report #05-54
The Expedition 12 crew prepared for its first spacewalk and kept the international space station ship-shape this week as they passed a milestone of five years of human presence aboard the complex.
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Oct. 28, 2005 – International Space Station Status Report #05-53
Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev this week checked the clothes, tools and plans they will use for a five and half-hour spacewalk set for Nov. 7.
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Oct. 21, 2005 – International Space Station Status Report #05-52
Growing increasingly familiar with their microgravity home and laboratory in space, the 12th international space station crew turned its attention to experiment work, began preparations for the first space station-based spacewalk using U.S. suits since 2003 and captured spectacular images and video of the latest tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin, Hurricane Wilma.
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Oct. 14, 2005 – International Space Station Status Report #05-51
Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev are spending their first few days alone on the international space station following the safe return home of their predecessors Monday.
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Oct. 10, 2005 – International Space Station Status Report #05-50
After traveling 75 million miles during six months on the international space station, Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA ISS Science Officer John Phillips returned to Earth today.
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Oct. 7, 2005 – International Space Station Status Report #05-49
Following the docking of the Soyuz spacecraft early Monday morning, the space station is now home to a new crew.
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Oct. 3, 2005 – International Space Station Status Report #05-48
New residents arrived at the international space station this morning to begin a six-month mission that will carry them through the new year into next spring.
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Sept. 30, 2005 – International Space Station Status Report #05-47
The 12th crew of the international space station rocketed into space tonight, beginning a six-month mission.
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