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Good morning, this is
Mission Control Houston.

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Welcome and thank you for
joining us for today's edition

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of ISS update this
Thursday, September 20.

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Now aboard the International
Space Station is commander

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of the complex NASA
astronaut Suni Williams

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with Flight Engineers Russian
cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko

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and Japanese astronaut
Aki Hoshide

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who will work aboard station
as a three-member crew

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until the arrival of the three
new crew members, crew members

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in mid-to-late October.

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Malenchenko, Williams
and Hoshide arrived

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at the International
Space Station

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after docking their
Soyuz spacecraft TMA-05M

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to the Rassvet module
on July 16.

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Today they complete
68 days in space.

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Today the crew continues
its preparations in advance

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of the second Dragon spacecraft
to arrive at the space station.

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Yesterday Commander Williams
installed the centerline

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berthing camera system
and other related avionics

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for Dragon mating in Node 2

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and performed a video
system check out.

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Today Commander Williams will
spend several hours throughout

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the day working to update the
COTS UHF communications unit

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and the Dragon crew
command panel software

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to support the pending arrival
of the Dragon spacecraft

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that is scheduled to arrive
at the station next month.

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The communications unit is
an avionics box that plugs

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into the station to
allow communication

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between the station through its
antennas and the SpaceX Dragon

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by converting and
relaying signals

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between the two spacecraft.

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The crew command panel then
allows the space station crew

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to interact with the
Dragon spacecraft.

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Meanwhile also today Williams

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and Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide
had conducted a robotics onboard

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training session to review the
Dragon monitoring procedures

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followed by a conference
with the ground

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to discuss today's training.

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Hoshide also is out
working on closing

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out the cargo stowage
of the ATV-3.

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This is the European cargo
craft known as Edoardo Amaldi

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that had arrived at the station
back in March and is scheduled

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to undock next week on September
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Hoshide also later today
has a ham radio pass

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with Sunset Hills elementary
in San Diego, California.

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Just moments ago the Expedition
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Hoshide and Malenchenko, had
also participated in a session

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of onboard emergency training.

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Crew members on station
periodically participate

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in onboard training to retain
a high level of proficiency

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in core skills in dealing with
emergency, servicing, medical

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and robotic operations.

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And each of the crew
members today will put

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in their daily two hours

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of exercise using the
onboard gym equipment

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that includes a station
bicycle, the treadmill

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and an Advanced Resistive
Exercise Device.

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This device that simulates
weightlifting here on Earth.

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The crew then will wrap the day

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with a final daily planning
conference with the ground