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Good morning from NASA's
Johnson space center.

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This is Mission Control Houston.

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You're looking

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at the International Space
Station flight control room

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as a team of flight
controllers watches

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over systems aboard the
International Space Station

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throughout the day.

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It's a very busy
day for the crew

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on board the International
Space Station

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as they are anticipating
the arrival

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of three new crew
members who launched

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from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome this morning.

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The team here in mission control
is led once again today Tuesday

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by flight director
Judd Frieling.

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He is joined on console by
veteran astronaut Anna Fisher.

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She's handling the
communications link

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between the flight
control team and the crew

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on board the International
Space Station.

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The team has been on console
since the early this morning

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and will remain on duty until
late afternoon about the time

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that the space station
crew heads to bed.

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That crew on board
right now is comprised

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of Commander Suni Williams.

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She's serving as
the Expedition 33.

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commander and she is joined
by two flight engineers;

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Yuri Malenchenko a
Russian cosmonaut

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and Aki Hoshide the Japan
Aerospace Exploration

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Agency astronaut.

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All three crew members
veterans of spaceflight and now

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on their 101st day in orbit 99
days aboard the International

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Space Station.

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They will be joined in
just a couple of days

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by three other crew
members who launched,

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the three launched
earlier Tuesday

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from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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Astronaut Kevin Ford and
cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy

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and Evgeny Tarelkin launched
aboard their Soyuz TMA 06

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spacecraft and rocket
this morning

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at 5:51:10 central
daylight time.

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They launched into a beautiful
blue sky and they're currently

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on their way to the
International Space Station

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after a safe ascent and some on
orbit early on orbit checkouts.

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They will arrive at the
International Space Station

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on Thursday morning US time.

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Their current docking

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to the International
Space Station is scheduled

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for 7:35 AM central 8:35
Eastern time on Thursday.

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In anticipation of
their arrival the crew

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on the station is continuing
with preps, preparations

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for the arrival and also
conducting some onboard science

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experiments, housekeeping
chores and other activities

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to maintain the station
complex and awaiting the arrival

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of the augmented crew members
to increase the crew size from 3

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to 6 for Expedition 33.

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They also are preparing
for the departure

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of the Dragon supply vehicle
that is currently docked

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at the International
Space Station.

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It is scheduled to
depart this coming Sunday,

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October 28 with unberthing
scheduled about seven o'clock

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in the morning central time
Sunday with splashdown scheduled

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for early afternoon at 2:20
in the afternoon central time

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for that Dragon spacecraft.

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It's scheduled to splash down
West of Baja, California.

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So another busy day onboard
the International Space Station

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for the three expedition
33 crew members

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with three additional
crew members on their way.