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Good day and Happy Friday.

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This is Mission Control Houston.

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You're joining us live inside
the International Space Station

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Flight Control Room where the
team has been monitoring the

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systems aboard the station and
supporting today's activities

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of the Expedition
31 crew members.

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Leading the Orbit 2 Team here

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in the station flight control
room today is Flight Director

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Courtenay McMillan
and next to her

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as NASA astronaut C.J.
Sturckow serving as CAPCOM.

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He's been relaying all ground
messages up to the crew.

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Aboard the orbiting complex
station Commander Oleg Kononenko

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and Flight Engineers European
Space Agency astronaut Andre

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Kuipers and NASA
astronaut Don Pettit,

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there on the right-hand side,

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are now completing
their 21st week in space

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and also now have the help

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of three new crew members Flight
Engineers Russian cosmonauts

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Gennady Padalka, Sergei Revin
and NASA astronaut Joe Acaba

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who joined them aboard the
International Space Station

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early yesterday morning.

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They are shown here
in the left hand side.

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And now for a look back
at this week in space.

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On Monday Expedition 31
Flight Engineers Don Pettit

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and Andre Kuipers worked

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to replace a failed global
positioning system unit

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and the International Space
Station's attitude control

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system on Monday.

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The GPS unit is needed
for the impending arrival

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of the SpaceX Dragon commercial
spacecraft that is slated

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to arrive at the orbital
laboratory later this month.

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Meanwhile, Pettit and
Kuipers documented their meals

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and took water and urine samples
for the Energy experiment

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that studies methods

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for maintaining crew
members' energy balance

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and for counteracting the
effects of long-term exposure

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to the microgravity
environment of space.

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Station Commander
Oleg Kononenko worked

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with the radiation payload suite
Matryoshka which is designed

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for sophisticated radiation
studies and is named

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after the traditional
Russian set of nested dolls.

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He also performed
routine servicing

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of this SOZH Environmental
Control and Life Support System

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in the Zvezda module, one of the
station's treadmills as well.

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And on late Monday night
at the Baikonur Cosmodrome

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in Kazakhstan the Soyuz rocket
with NASA astronaut Joe Acaba

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and cosmonauts Gennady Padalka
and Sergei Revin launched

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into orbit at 10:01 p.m. Central
time aboard their Soyuz TMA-04M

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spacecraft to the
International Space Station.

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And on Tuesday the
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of the International Space
Station focused Tuesday

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on preparations for the arrival
of those three new crewmates.

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Pettit and Kuipers both
began their morning

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with the Reaction self test
- a short reaction time task

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that allows the crew to
track the effects of fatigue

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on performance before moving
onto the day's activities.

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Kuipers then collected water
samples throughout the station

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testing some of the samples

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with the Total Organic
Carbon Analyzer to check

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for any contamination and
labeling others for return

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to Earth for additional study.

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Kuipers also unloaded
additional cargo

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from the European Space Agency's
Automated Transfer Vehicle-3

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which delivered 7.2 tons
of food, fuel and supplies

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when it docked to the aft end

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of the Zvezda service
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Also on Tuesday, Pettit had
participated in a session

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with the Sprint experiment as
he conducted an Ultrasound scan

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of his leg with that remote
guidance from the ground team.

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Sprint measures the
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low-volume exercise training
in minimizing the loss

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of muscle mass and bone density

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that occurs during long-term
exposure to weightlessness.

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Pettit performed
a thorough cleanup

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of the overhead crew quarters

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which are the closet-sized
compartments built

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as small staterooms to give
each crew member personal space

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to relax and sleep at night.

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Each crew quarters contain
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power, fans, ventilation and
a caution and warning system.

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And on the Russian side of
the house Kononenko worked

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with the Typology experiment

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which studies a crew member's
psychophysical state during

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long-duration spaceflight.

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He conducted an MPEG-2
video test

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with the station's KU-band
communication system

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to make sure the live views
of the Soyuz rendezvous

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and docking will be available

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to flight controllers
later this week.

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The commander also gathered
treadmill hardware for return

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to Earth aboard SpaceX's
Dragon cargo craft that is set

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to launch tomorrow and arrive
at the station next week.

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Again that launch is
scheduled to launch,

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take place at 3:55
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And on Wednesday the
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Expedition 31 crew had a shorter

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than normal workday Wednesday
going to bed early to prepare

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for the impending arrival of
the three new crew members

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to the orbital complex.

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Station Commander
Kononenko reviewed procedures

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for the opening of the
hatch between the complex

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and the Soyuz spacecraft.

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He also gathered exercise
tools for his new crewmates.

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On Wednesday, Pettit and
Kuipers documented their meals

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and took water and urine samples
for the Energy experiment

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that studies methods
for maintaining crews,

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crew members' energy balance and
for counteracting the effects

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of long-term exposure

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to the microgravity
environment of space.

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The pair transferred cargo

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from the European Space Agency's
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known as "Edoardo
Amaldi" and also spoke

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with European YouTube
Spacelab participants

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at the European Astronaut
Center in Cologne, Germany.

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Pettit and Kuipers spent some
time reviewing docking data

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and procedures for
the upcoming arrival

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of the SpaceX Dragon
commercial cargo craft.

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And late Wednesday night
NASA astronaut Joe Acaba

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and Russian cosmonauts
Gennady Padalka

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and Sergei Revin aboard their
Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft docked

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to the station's Poisk
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at 11:36 Central
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The trio joined the
current station residents

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to begin a four-month tour of
duty aboard the orbiting complex

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when the hatches opened
early Thursday morning

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at 3:10 a.m. Flight Engineers
Gennady Padalka, Joe Acaba

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and Sergei Revin were welcomed
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after the hatches opened.

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All six crew members
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in a greeting ceremony
and conference with family

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and mission officials
followed by a safety briefing.

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The station crew members
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of post-docking operations and
Soyuz transfers before returning

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to the regular science and
maintenance activities.

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Pettit had worked with
the SPHERES experiment

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troubleshooting the
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He also replaced
a manifold bottle

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in the Combustion
Integrated Rack experiment

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and observed some
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for the Environmental
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the microbial capture device.

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Kuipers worked on the water
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for water transfers and
perform flow measurements

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on the Temperature and Humidity
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System, also known as the
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Kononenko worked with the
Identification experiment

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which examines the station's
dynamic loads during events

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such as docking and reboost.

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He also spent some time
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of the station performing
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and monitoring its systems.

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Meanwhile, the newest
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up their crew quarters and
began familiarization tasks

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as they adjust to life aboard
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And today, on Friday
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up the sound meter equipment

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and gathered noise
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when the, within the complex.

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He performed a check out of
the, Kuipers performed a check

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out of the BioLab Glovebox.

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Flight Engineer Don Pettit
checked the power supply

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on the new image
processing unit and removed

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and replaced the
pre-treat tank in the Waist

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and Hygiene Compartment and
transferred an EXPRESS laptop

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from the EXPRESS rack five
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On his first full day on the
station Acaba took some time

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for ISS crew orientation.

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He assisted Pettit with
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and replacement and
powered on the Ham radio

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in the Columbus module.

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He and Don Pettit then
recorded video messages

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for later downlink.

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Acaba made his first
journal entry as part

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of the Journal study
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in his first private
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space station.

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Kuipers worked with the Energy
medical equipment experiment.

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He inspected the portable
emergency provisions.

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This is the portable
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the portable breathing apparatus
and extension hose tee kits.

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He checked the BioLab
Glovebox seals and gloves

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and performed more
troubleshooting

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on the SPHERES clock.

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And today the newly arrived crew
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to the microgravity environment
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with the exercise protocol
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Inside the station's gym
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a treadmill and a machine known

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as the Advanced Resistive
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that simulates weightlifting
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The Expedition 31 crew members
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before their evening
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They also will participate

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in their final daily planning
conference before bedtime.