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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 Space Station Live
this Tuesday, June 11.

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Topping today's news for the
International Space Station

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and the Expedition 36 crew, a
Russian cargo vehicle safely

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and successfully undocked

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from the orbiting
complex this morning.

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Physical separation
was confirmed

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at 8:58 a.m. Central Time as the
two vehicles flew at an altitude

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of about 258 statute miles as
it passed over Southeast Russia.

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The Progress 51 spacecraft had
delivered roughly three tons

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of supplies, including food,
water, and oxygen for the crew,

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as well as equipment

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for conducting a scientific
research back in April.

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The cargo ship had launched
from the Baikonur Cosmodrome

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in Kazakhstan back on
April 24th and docked

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at the station two days later,

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on a standard two-day
rendezvous.

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Shortly after liftoff, however,
the cargo ship had failed

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to deploy an antenna that
it used for navigation.

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Despite deployment
of the antenna,

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Progress 51 achieved
a successful docking

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to the International Space
Station on the 26th of April.

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Cargo craft will now park
at a safe distance away

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from the space station for a
few days for engineering tests

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to calibrate Russian radar
systems on the ground.

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It will then deorbit
for destructive reentry

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over the Pacific
Ocean on June 19.

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Meanwhile, the Automated
Transfer Vehicle,

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the Albert Einstein
which launched last week,

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continues to phase towards the
station today with two burns

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of thrusters planned to mimic
collision avoidance maneuvers

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that would be conducted
in the unlikely event

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that the Albert Einstein
would have

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to abort the station during
its final approach for docking.

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The linkup of the Albert
Einstein to the outport

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of this Zvezda Service
Module, which was cleared

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with the undocking of the
Progress today as scheduled

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to take place on Saturday
at 8:46 a.m. Central Time.

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Before this morning's
successful undocking,

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the space station crew
members had began their day

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with some time this morning
for work prep, breakfast,

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morning hygiene, and a
daily station inspection.

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Flight engineers Misurkin

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and Parmitano spent some time
this morning in the second round

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of an onboard training for
the approach and docking

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of the ATV-4 cargo craft that
is to arrive on Saturday.

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They will be inside this
Zvezda on Saturday morning

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when the Albert Einstein's
systems and the rendezvous

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and navigational equipment
will be used during this ship's

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final approach.

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Flight engineers Misurkin

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and Yurchikhin had
their sights trained

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on their June 24th space
walk just outside the pier's

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docking compartment.

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They are continuing preparations
today that include the setup

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of equipment inside
the pier's airlock.

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Flight engineer Chris Cassidy
continued yesterday's work

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with the Fluids Integrated
Rack today.

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He and flight engineer,
Karen Nyberg, worked together

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to prepare samples
for a test run

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within the Fluids
Integrated Rack,

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which is a complimentary fluid
physics research facility.

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Cassidy also performed
some follow-up work

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with a SPHERES activity that was
conducted a couple of weeks ago.

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Cassidy also will work inside
the Microgravity Science

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Glovebox to gather and stow away
the BASS experiment hardware.

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BASS is known as the Boning
and Suppression of Solids,

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study the characteristics
of a wide variety

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of fuel samples in microgravity.

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Research results may aid in
the design of fire detection

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and suppression systems in
microgravity and on earth.

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Also today, Cassidy and
flight engineers, Karen Nyberg

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and Luca Parmitano,
will be participating

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in a periodic counter
measure fitness evaluation.

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This is conducted once a month
during their stay aboard their

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long-duration mission.

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They worked today with the
onboard SLAMMD equipment

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that enables each crew
member to take his

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or her own body mass
measurements.

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Nyberg also will participate

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in an On-Orbit Hearing
Assessment today.