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This is mission control Houston.

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You are 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 all the systems aboard
the International Space Station

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along with the Expedition
34 crew aboard.

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The team throughout
the daytime hours here

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in mission control is managed by
Flight Director Royce Renfrew,

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he is on console throughout
the day, and of course a team

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of flight controllers supports
International Space Station

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activities around the
clock every day of the year

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to support the ongoing
activities aboard the complex.

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A Soyuz spacecraft
docked to the Poisk module

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of the International Space
Station supports the three crew

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members on board right now.

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Those three crew members are
made up of Commander Kevin Ford

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and Flight Engineers Oleg
Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin.

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Novitskiy and Tarelkin are on
their first voyages into space,

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and of course, long-duration
spaceflights.

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Kevin Ford is on his
second flight into space,

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his first flight as a
long-duration crew member.

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He previously flew to the
International Space Station

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on the STS-128 mission, a flight
of that occurred back in August

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and September of 2009.

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The crew members have
been aboard the station

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since October 25 and they
are awaiting the arrival

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of three more crew members
that are just about to head

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to the Baikonur Cosmodrome
in Kazakhstan.

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The three crew members heading
there are Dr. Tom Marshburn,

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you see on the left.

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In the center, Roman
Romanenko, who is the commander

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of the Soyuz spacecraft,
the TMA-07M,

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and Canadian astronaut
Chris Hadfield on the right.

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Those three crew members have
just been certified to continue

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with their training and
head toward the quarantine.

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They will be heading to
Baikonur on Thursday,

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December 6 for the
final two weeks or so

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of their training
activities out of their launch

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on Wednesday, December 19.

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Aboard the International
Space Station,

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the current crew members,
three crew members,

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spent a fairly quiet weekend.

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They checked on some
experiments onboard the station,

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conducted routine
housekeeping activities,

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conducted some Earth observation
and also visited long-distance

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with their families
out here on the ground.

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Monday, today, the crew
focused on experiment work

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and housekeeping as well.

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That work included activity
with the water processing

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and water recovery
systems on board.

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It is one of the components

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of the elaborate
environmental control

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and life support system aboard
the International Space Station.

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In addition, some
experiment work

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at the microgravity sciences
glovebox has been taking place

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throughout Monday by Kevin
Ford as he focused on work

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with the investigating
the structure

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of paramagnetic aggregates
from colloidal emulsions.

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It is a long the acronym that
essentially is an experiment

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that studies the
fundamental behavior

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of magnetic colloidal
fluids under the influence

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of various types
of magnetic fields.

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These fluids are classified as
smart materials which transition

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to solid like state by the
formation and cross-linking

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of different microstructures
in the presence

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of those magnetic
fields here on Earth.

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These materials are used for
vibration dampening systems

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that can be turned on and off.

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The hope is in the future,
this technology has promise

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to improve the ability to design
structures such as bridges

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and buildings to better
withstand earthquake forces.

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The Russian crew
members on board focused

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on Earth observation including
an ocean observation experiment

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that is designed to help
measure the shape, structures

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and characteristics and
color contrast of formations

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on the ocean that
can potentially help

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in what is known as bio
productive ocean areas

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for the sighting of sunlight
and sunglint on the ocean

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for the fishing industry.

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In and around timelined
activities,

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the crew members
exercise twice a day

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and perform their routine
cleaning activities of air,

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water filters on board as well.

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They also were given
a heads up today

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that the ground commanded
feeding

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of the Medaka fish experiment,
which is an aquatic facility

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in the Japanese experiment
module, is taking place.

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That is routine as well.

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And tomorrow, Tuesday, the crew
will take some water samples

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from that aquatic facility for
some water quality testing.

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The crew members will
end their day on Monday

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with a daily planning
conference, a long-distance talk

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with all of the flight
control teams

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around the world
supporting their mission,

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and then they will head to bed
at about 3:30 this afternoon,

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Monday afternoon, U.S.
CT, and they will wake