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This is mission control Houston.

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A team of flight
controllers continually watch

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over the International
Space Station from here

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and other centers
around the world

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as the complex circles
the Earth every 92 min.

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at an average altitude
of 260 statute miles.

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These flight controllers
also assist the crew

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of six aboard the International
Space Station that make

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up the Expedition 32 crew.

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That crew includes
Commander Gennady Padalka

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and five flight engineers:
Sergei Revin,

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Joe Acaba Yuri Malenchenko,
Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide.

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It's been another busy week

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for the six crew members
aboard the station.

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Two of the crew members started
their Monday with a little walk,

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a spacewalk or extravehicular
activity that is,

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as Expedition Commander
Gennady Padalka

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and Flight Engineer Yuri
Malenchenko spent five hours,

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51 min.

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prepping the outside
of the Russian segment

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for a future scientific
laboratory

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and adding additional panels
on the Zvezda service module

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to better protect it
against potential impacts

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from micrometeoroids.

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It was the 163rd spacewalk in
support of station assembly,

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maintenance and scientific work
totaling 1027 hours and 38 min.

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Padalka has conducted nine
EVAs in his spaceflight career

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for combined duration
of 33 hours, 6 min.,

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and Malenchenko five EVAs
totaling 30 hours 5 min.

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US astronaut Suni Williams

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and Japanese astronaut Aki
Hoshide will continue the

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preparatory work for
the new Russian lab

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by routing some cables
necessary for thermal and power

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and swap a balky main
bus switching unit,

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one of several power
relay avionics boxes

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on the long truss
backbone of the station.

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They also will remove and
replace a failing camera

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on the mobile base system.

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Along with astronaut Joe Acaba,
they spent the week preparing

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for that EVAs scheduled for
Thursday, August 30 by checking

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out their spacesuits
and spacewalk systems

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in the US quest airlock.

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Additionally this week
Hoshide worked inside

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of the Japanese Kibo laboratory
preparing its unique airlock

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and robotic arm for
experiment operations

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as the systems interface
through a laptop computer.

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He also talked about his voyage

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with a television
program sponsored

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by TV Asahi showing
how host Ayaka Ogawa

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around Kibo while talking
about life in microgravity.

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Midweek the station's
altitude was boosted

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to a record average
height above the Earth

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when the European Space Agency's
Automated Transfer Vehicle

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Edoardo Amaldi fired
its thrusters

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on two strategically timed burns
to increase the ISS's apogee

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by 8.7 statute miles
and perigee by 3.6.

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The result placed the station

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in an average orbit
of 260 statute miles.

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This is the highest average
the station has ever been

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and sets the stage for the
departure of three crew members

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in mid-September and the arrival

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of the next Russian
Progress supply vehicle

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on Thursday, November 1.

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Experiment work has been
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schedule each day
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on the flame experiment
known as BASS for Burning

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And Suppression of Solids.

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The last in a series of samples
were tested by Suni Williams

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in the controlled environment

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of the Microgravity
Science Glovebox on behalf

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of the ground team
in Cleveland Ohio.

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Further experimentation
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of BASS will now
wait a few months

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until additional samples can
be launched to the station.

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The Binary Colloidal Alloy
Test or BCAT took center stage

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for part of Joe Acaba's week as
he provided the on orbit hands

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for the Canadian investigators

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in helping study nanoscale
particles dispersed in liquid.

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Here on the ground these
particles are commonly found

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in paint, electronic polishing
compounds and food products.

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This study continues to collect
data in hopes of development

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of new insights into this
important material process.

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Expedition 32's seventh crew
member Robonaut performed some

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intricate tasks on various task
boards in the Destiny laboratory

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to demonstrate its ability to
be commanded from the ground

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in exercises that could
assist crewmembers on orbit

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with hand intensive activities.

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These included manipulating
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similarly to how astronauts
would work with them.

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Testing included use

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of Robonaut's vision recognition
software to determine

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if the task were
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Further Robonaut activities
are planned for Monday --

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attempting to grab a handrail

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and using a wipe to
clean it as well.

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Be sure to follow
Robonaut in its activities

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out on the Twitter account
located at @AstroRobonaut.

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All crew members collected
human research samples,

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urine and blood,
for ongoing study

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of how the human body
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to the long-term
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These samples are returned
to Earth for evaluation

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and developing countermeasures

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to maintain a healthy
environment onboard.

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Friday, Commander
Gennady Padalka

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and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin

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and Joe Acaba enjoyed their
100th day on the space station

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and 102nd day in space, and over
the weekend all six crew members

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will get some time off to talk
to their friends and families.

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They'll also perform some
routine housekeeping chores

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as usual.

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Next week the focus will be
of course on the preparations