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Jason Seagram‏ @ROBO_Seagram 1 ч. назад

.@ISS_CREAM Handoff Complete! #Canadarm2 and #JEMRMS are being operated by the Ground @NASA_Johnson and @JAXA_jp

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https://www.roscosmos.ru/23939/

РОСКОСМОС. КОСМОНАВТУ ФЕДОРУ ЮРЧИХИНУ УДАЛОСЬ ЗАСНЯТЬ СОЛНЕЧНОЕ ЗАТМЕНИЕ С МКС
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Космонавту РОСКОСМОСА Фёдору ЮРЧИХИНУ удалось заснять редкое явление – солнечное затмение, которое 21 августа 2017 могли видеть жители США. Космонавты и астронавты, находящиеся сейчас на орбите Земли, на борту Международной космической станции целых три раза смогли наблюдать это уникальное солнечное затмение. Однако с МКС оно было частным и с разными максимальными фазами.

Космонавт Фёдор ЮРЧИХИН сделал несколько фотографий этого редкого и, безусловно, красивого астрономического явления.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2017/08/21/iss-daily-summary-report-8212017/

ISS Daily Summary Report – 8/21/2017
Posted on August 21, 2017 at 4:00 pm by HQ.

Solar Eclipse Viewing:

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The crew removed scratch panes from Cupola windows #4 and #6 and cleaned the window #3 scratch pane. The crew then took both HD video and still images of the moon's umbra on Earth from the Cupola. They also obtained images of both the sun and the moon. In addition, the P1 Lower Outboard External High Definition Camera (EHDC) was used to capture HD video of the moon's umbra on Earth.

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Lung Tissue:

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On Saturday the crew set up hardware in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) for Lung Tissue operations. They also took samples and ins erted them in to a Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) and fixed media in Tissue Bags. The Lung Tissue investigation uses the microgravity environment of space to test strategies for growing new lung tissue. Using the latest bioengineering techniques, the Lung Tissue experiment cultures different types of lung cells in controlled conditions onboard the ISS. The cells are grown in a specialized framework that supplies them with critical growth factors so that scientists can observe how gravity affects growth and specialization as cells become new lung tissue.

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Kubik:

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On Saturday and Sunday the crew deinstalled Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Biomission experiment containers from the Kubik 5 facility in the Columbus module, completing Runs 2 and 3. Later today they will deinstall another experiment container, completing Run 4. Each of the containers is ins erted in to a Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) in order to preserve the scientific samples. Kubik 5 is supporting Biomission investigations by providing a small controlled-temperature incubator / cooler for the study of biological samples in a microgravity environment. Kubik is equipped with removable inserts designed for self-contained, automatic experiments using seeds, cells, and small animals.

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ADvanced Space Experiment Processor (ADSEP):

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On Saturday the crew removed Cell Culturing (CellCult) cassettes from ADSEP, ins erted cells in to each cassette and then reinserted them in to ADSEP. ADSEP is a thermally controlled facility that accommodates up to three cassette-based experiments that can be independently operated. Its companion hardware consists of a collection of several experiment cassettes, each doubly or triply contained, that accommodate experiments in cell technology, model organisms, multiphase fluids, solution chemistry, separation science, microencapsulation, and crystal growth. For CellCult investigations, each cassette contains a single 50 milliliter rotating filtered bioreactor, a reservoir for fresh media, two programmable peristaltic pumps, a waste reservoir, and up to six sample-collection or reagent containers connected by manifold to the reactor. Cultures can be operated in continuous perfusion, batch fed, static, or sampling mode. Both the removal of samples and the addition of additives to the reactor volume can be programmed or teleoperated. Aeration and humidity control are available.

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NanoRacks Module 9:

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On Saturday the crew activated mixture tubes for the NanoRacks Module 9 second operations session in support of the NanoRacks-National Center for Earth and Space Science-Casper (NanoRacks-NCESSE-Casper) investigation. NCESSE supports various schools and student-designed experiments that address challenges of living and working in space. The program is also a key initiative for U.S. science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) that strives to educate and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers to work on the space program.

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Lighting Effects:

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On Sunday a crewmember provided a sleep log entry for the Lighting Effects investigation. The light bulbs on the ISS are being replaced with a new system designed for improved crew health and wellness. Fluorescent bulbs are being replaced with solid-state light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that have adjustable intensity and color. Investigators will determine if the new lights improve crew circadian rhythms, sleep, and cognitive performance. Results from this investigation also have implications for people on Earth who use electric lights.

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Cardio Ox:

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A 50S crewmember collected blood and urine samples today to satisfy their Return minus 15 Day (R-15) Cardio Ox requirements. By collecting Cardio Ox ultrasound and ECG data, along with blood and urine samples, scientists are trying to determine whether biological markers of oxidative and inflammatory stress are elevated during and after space flight and whether this results in an increased, long-term risk of atherosclerosis in astronauts.

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Fine Motor Skills (FMS):

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Today a 51S crewmember completed their tenth FMS session. The FMS investigation studies how the fine motor skills are effected by long-term microgravity exposure, different phases of microgravity adaptation, and sensorimotor recovery after returning to Earth gravity. The goal of the investigation is to determine how fine motor performance in microgravity varies over the duration of six-month and year-long space missions; how fine motor performance on orbit compares with that of a closely matched participant on Earth; and how performance varies before and after gravitational transitions, including periods of early flight adaptation and very early/near immediate post-flight periods.

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Kam Bahrami‏ @Kam_Bahrami 2 ч. назад

Last night ROBO team @NASA_Johnson & KIBOTT team @JAXA_en "shook hands"! #Canadarm2 handed @ISS_CREAM to #JEMRMS @Space_Station @csa_asc

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zandr пишет: http://tass.ru/kosmos/4493763

Yomiuri: Токио хочет увеличить число запусков микроспутников с модуля "Кибо" на МКС
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Также не все малые спутники способны выдержать перегрузки и вибрации, которые неизбежны при запуске на ракете с Земли, что в итоге приводит к выходу их из строя и, как следствие, впустую потраченным средствам.

Что-то я пропустил, до МКС у же лифт ходит?

Доставили на МКС. Член экипажа проверил что возможно и после проверки запускают...

Хорошо, проверили и... оказалось, что "не выдержал"! И что же дальше с ним сделают? Допустим, предложат заказчику оплатить бережный возврат "на ручках", а в случае отказа, наверно, просто - выкинут    

JAXA не имеет способа возвращения спутников с МКС,  хотя технология возвращения отрабатываются при возвращении Аиста, это Маск на Драконах возвращает. Так же большинство спутников запускаемых с МКС кажется доставляется не JAXA на Аистах. JAXA только предоставляет способ запуска с борта МКС.
И кажется в скором времени у них будет конкурент в лице американской компании.
Допустим некоторые они могут починить на борту МКС, вспомним пресловутую кино кувалду на станции. Так же заказчик будет знать что отказало чтобы принять меры для следующих спутников, а не теряться в догадках.

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https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2017/08/22/cosmic-ray-study-prepped-for-installation-after-monday-eclipse/

Cosmic Ray Study Prepped for Installation After Monday Eclipse
Posted on August 22, 2017 at 12:28 pm by Mark Garcia.


The solar eclipse was photographed by Expedition 52 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin aboard the International Space Station on Monday Aug. 21.

Overnight, robotics controllers extracted a new astrophysics experiment from the trunk of the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft. The Canadarm2 will hand off the new astronomy gear to the Japanese robotic arm which will then install it outside the Kibo laboratory module.

Dubbed CREAM, short for Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass Investigation, it will observe a variety of cosmic rays and measure their charges. The experiment is an extension of what started as high-altitude, long-duration balloon flights over Antarctica. The orbital data is expected to be several orders of magnitude greater than that collected in Earth's atmosphere.

The six Expedition 52 crew members had a once-in-a-lifetime experience Monday as they witnessed the solar eclipse from space. The orbiting crewmates employed a multitude of cameras to photograph the eclipse. They captured stunning views of the moon's shadow against the Earth with a high definition camcorder as the eclipse darkened a coast-to-coast swath of the United States.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on August 22, 2017 by Mark Garcia.

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https://www.roscosmos.ru/23938/

ПЛАНОВАЯ КОРРЕКЦИЯ ОРБИТЫ МКС
25 августа 2017

   Программа МКС

В соответствии с программой полета МКС коррекция орбиты предварительно намечена на 25 августа 2017 года. Для выполнения маневра будут использоваться двигатели пристыкованного к МКС грузового корабля «Прогресс МС-06», запуск которых планируется в 9:35 мск. Цель проведения коррекции — формирование баллистических условий для обеспечения посадки спускаемого аппарата корабля «Союз МС-04» с экипажем в составе Федора ЮРЧИХИНА, астронавтов Джека ФИШЕРА и Пегги УИТСОН.

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Space Station Crew Discusses Life in Space with NASA's Newest Astronauts

NASA

Опубликовано: 22 авг. 2017 г.

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 52 Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson, Jack Fischer and Randy Bresnik of NASA conducted a question and answer session with the agency's newest class of astronauts during an in-flight "orientation" session Aug. 22 with the new selectees. Twelve new astronauts were announced by NASA on June 7 and will begin extensive training this year for future flight assignments.

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Jason Seagram‏ @ROBO_Seagram 5 ч. назад

More #Canadarm2 and #Dextre ops tonight and tomorrow. We will be replacing a failed power control module (RPCM)on @Space_Station. @csa_asc


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First up, #Dextre is taking a ride on the @Space_Station Mobile Transporter (MT) to get to the worksite we need to be at to access the RPCM

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Jason Seagram‏ @ROBO_Seagram 4 ч. назад

There it goes! Ground Controllers @NASA_Johnson are commanding this motion.

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Jason Seagram‏ @ROBO_Seagram 2 ч. назад

Mission controllers @NASA_Johnson have moved #SSRMS into position to 'walkoff' and join #Dextre on the Mobile Base System (MBS)

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http://nanoracks.com/over-30-payloads-to-iss/

NanoRacks Brings Over 30 Payloads to ISS, Including Landmark Kaber Satellite and First-Ever Boy Scouts of America Experiment
August 16, 2017 //

Houston, TX – August 16, 2017 – SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft successfully berthed to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday after their twelfth commercial resupply (CRS) mission launched from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The CRS-12 Dragon carried 32 of NanoRacks' customer payloads to the ISS.

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Notably on this mission was the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) and Adcole-Maryland Aerospace's Kestrel Eye IIM (KE2M) satellite. This satellite is a technology demonstration seeking to validate the concept of using microsatellites in low-Earth orbit to support critical operations. The overall goal is to demonstrate that small satellites are viable platforms for proving critical path support to operations and hosting advanced payloads.

KE2M is the second flagship satellite in NanoRacks' Kaber Deployment Program. NanoRacks Kaber Deployment Program allows for a larger EXPRESS class of satellites to be deployed from the International Space Station, up to 100 kilograms. NanoRacks deploys these Kaber-class satellites currently through the Japanese Experiment Module Airlock, and will shift deployments to the NanoRacks Airlock Module when the Company's commercial Airlock becomes operational (planned for 2019).

On this mission are also three satellites that were sel ected for flight by NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) as part of the twenty second installment of the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) missions, and sponsored by the NASA Launch Services Program (LSP). These include NASA Jet Propulsion Lab's (JPL) ASTERIA, Goddard Spaceflight Center's DELLINGR, and Pennsylvania State University's OSIRIS-3U. These CubeSats have a target deployment for mid-November.

Additionally, NanoRacks brought 28 DreamUp student experiments to the ISS, which includes the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program Mission 11 (21 MixStix), Israel's Ramon Foundation (5 MixStix), Cuberider-1, and the Boy Scouts of America (both NanoLab projects).

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) project, sponsored by the Center for Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), is the first-ever experiment in space by BSA. The scouts of Troop 209, a part of the Pathway to Adventure Council based in Chicago, are seeking to better understand how bacteria functions in space, and why virulence patterns in space differ fr om those on Earth.

With the completion of the CRS-12 launch, NanoRacks has now brought over 580 payloads to the International Space Station since 2009.

Download the full press release pdf and for continued updates, follow @NanoRacks on twitter.
For media inquiries, please email Abby Dickes at adickes@nanoracks.com
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Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 6 ч. назад

NICER commissioning is complete, now in science operations. It whirls around from its perch on ISS ELC2


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NICER covers 0.2 -12 keV energy range with 0.1 microsecond timing and 1900 sq cm effective area at 1 keV


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NICER has 56 little X-ray telescopes, miniature versions of the ASCA style optics flown since the 1990s


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Each telescope handmade, each one has different quality optics and sensitivity


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On-orbit calibration suggests about 10% more sensitive than expected. 52 of 56 detectors are working (4 died before launch)

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Jonathan McDowell‏Подлинная учетная запись @planet4589 5 ч. назад

NICER calibrated pointing offset relative to star tracker by looking at Sco X-1 and Ser X-1, pointing now good to 13 arcsec


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NICER has 1 degree/sec slew rate so can respond to targets of opportunity. Observing schedule allegedly online but I can't find it ...


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NICER team reporting light curves of first 6 Type I X-ray bursts seen from objects like 4U 1608-22, Aql X-1 etc


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For the most part though, seems to me that NICER's mostly looking at galactic objects.

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http://spaceflight101.com/new-high-energy-particle-detector-installed-on-international-space-station/

New High-Energy Particle Detector Installed on International Space Station
August 23, 2017

The International Space Station received a new flagship particle detector earlier this week when the CREAM instrument package was retrieved fr om the Dragon spacecraft's Trunk Section and transferred – via robotic arm handshake – to the Exposed Facility of the Station's Kibo module fr om where the instrument will keep track of incoming ultra-high-energy particles to help answer long-standing questions in astrophysics.

CREAM, the Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass Instrument, lifted off on August 14 as the sole external payload on SpaceX's 12th regular Dragon mission to the Space Station – the last in the original Commercial Resupply Services Contract and the last to use a newly-built Dragon vehicle. Dragon arrived at ISS two days after launch and robotics to extract the 1,258-Kilogram instrument picked up on Monday.

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CREAM after extraction from Dragon's Trunk – Photo: NASA TV

The Space Station's 18-meter Canadarm2 was in charge of extracting the CREAM package from Dragon's Trunk, followed by a maneuver to a handoff point wh ere the Japanese Remote Manipulator System could grasp the second grapple fixture of the payload to mark a rare robotic handoff.

Last night ROBO team @NASA_Johnson & KIBOTT team @JAXA_en "shook hands"! #Canadarm2 handed @ISS_CREAM to #JEMRMS @Space_Station @csa_asc pic.twitter.com/4gAgT3YHy7

— Kam Bahrami (@Kam_Bahrami) August 22, 2017

Robotic Handshake – Photo: @Kam_Bahrami / Twitter

With JRMS in control, CREAM was moved over to the Station's porch and carefully positioned on the EFU-2 slot to allow CREAM's Payload Interface Unit to be mated to the Exposed Facility – forming electrical and data connections as well as fluid connections for thermal control. Mission Control reported that CREAM had been successfully activated and was transitioned into checkout mode to verify all instrument systems before starting science measurements.

CREAM's tenure on ISS will last at least three years to vastly expand the data set collected by the balloon-borne CREAM system that flew six times between 2004 and 2010 and accumulated 161 days of measurements. Particles in the high energy range of interest are few and far in between, requiring either large detectors or very long integration times to capture statistically relevant data, driving the decision to re-package the balloon instrument and add new detector elements to create a system suitable for deployment to the International Space Station to capture a long-term data set.

>> Detailed Overview of CREAM and its Detector System


Photo: ISS-CREAM

The CREAM instrument joins a number of astrophysics observatories already active on ISS – first and foremost the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer 2, the Station's flagship dark matter hunter that this year measured its 100 billionth cosmic particle. CALET, the Calorimetric Electron Telescope also active on the Kibo Exposed facility, is focused on measuring high-energy electron and X-ray spectra. Recently added to the Station's astrophysics suite was NICER, hosing an array of 56 X-ray telescopes to study ultra-dense Neutron Stars and evaluate Pulsars as celestial navigation beacons.

CREAM hosts a stack of five different detectors that all work in unison to provide precise charge measurement, particle energies, particle direction and separation between protons and electrons. The instrument covers a broad energy range of 1010 to 1015 electron-volt and is hoped to reveal the mechanisms ongoing in the cosmos which can create such tremendous energies and how that affects the composition of the universe.


CREAM Detectors – Image: ISS-CREAM

CREAM can measure particles at higher energies than the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer 2 and is therefore hoped to reveal what causes a 'knee' or decline in the cosmic energy spectrum around a thousand trillion electron-volts wh ere particle theory would not predict such a decrease.

The instrument is hoped to answer a number of questions in addition to addressing the spectral knee, probing the origin of cosmic rays and identifying the contribution of supernovae to the cosmic ray spectrum, looking into the past to assess the history of the cosmic particle distribution in the Milky Way galaxy and looking at single or combinations of mechanisms that could be an explanation for the cosmic ray spectrum.


CREAM Location and Instrument Components – Image: ISS-CREAM

The overall goal of the CREAM experiment is stated as 'extending the energy reach of direct measurements of cosmic rays to the highest energy possible to investigate cosmic ray origins, acceleration and propagation.' Research into the high-energy mechanisms of the universe has made incredible progress over the past century, from high-altitude balloon missions with basic sensors to state-of-the-art particle detectors being deployed to space – including several on the International Space Station. However, even with ever increasing energy ranges, instruments used to date could not deliver the definitive answers that have so long been sought after by scientists across the globe.

With CREAM successfully powered on and ready for an exciting research mission, the Space Station's robots moved on to a more mundane but equally important task – replacing an external circuit breaker box that exhibited unexpected trips since August 8/9. The trip signature is indicative of a Field Effect Transistor (FET) Hybrid failure which is a common way for these Remote Power Control Modules to fail and usually requires replacement of the box.

The RPCM in question powers the S-Band transponder for String 2 and the replacement is expected to restore redundant S-Band communications to ensure a solid voice link at all times.

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ISS Cupola - August 2, 2017

Spaceflight101

Опубликовано: 22 авг. 2017 г.

More HD & 4K Video from Space: http://bit.ly/2rwoUKn

Imagery courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnyG2_IhGko&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnyG2_IhGko&feature=youtu.be (0:33)

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Human Spaceflight‏Подлинная учетная запись @esaspaceflight 5 ч. назад

On Friday @astro_paolo in space (left) will control @DLR_en's Justin robot in Germany (right) using "space internet" http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/International_Space_Station/Meteron ...

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Human Spaceflight‏Подлинная учетная запись @esaspaceflight 3 ч. назад

First aid refresher for Crew Medical Officer @astro_paolo on the @Space_Station today. #CPR in space requires bracing against the ceiling!

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Paolo prepares Kubik (timelapse)

European Space Agency, ESA

Опубликовано: 23 авг. 2017 г.

ESA's incubator-centrifuge, called Kubik, is used for biological
experiments in space. It has flown to the International Space Station since 2004 and combines a centrifuge with a heater element to keep samples at the right temperature.

ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli set up the incubator to host experiments that arrived on board the Dragon spacecraft on 16 August. Biological cells will grow in weightlessness and spun to create artificial gravity before being frozen for later analysis back on Earth.

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Intl. Space Station‏Подлинная учетная запись @Space_Station 13 мин. назад

LIVE NOW: Astronauts Showcase Space Art Created with Childhood Cancer Patients. Watch: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv