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>> Good morning.

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This is Mission Control Houston.

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

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of Spacestation Live this
Wednesday, June 12th.

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Today is a crew off-duty day
aboard the International Space

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Station in recognition
of Russia Day holiday

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to honor the country's
declaration

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of state sovereignty in 1990.

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Despite the crew off-duty day
the crew will be participating

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in a few activities that require
basic maintenance and upkeep.

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Commander Pavel Vinogradov
is attending to a study known

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as a Plasma Crystal that looks
at a matter called Dusty Plasma,

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which contains particles
big enough to be seen

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and tracked with video cameras.

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The plasma structure is created,
some never seen before on Earth,

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will help scientists
to test their ideas

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about conventional [Inaudible]
Those atoms are too small

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to watch.

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Flight engineers Chris
Cassidy, Luca Parmitano

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and Karen Nyberg will be
collecting biological samples

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for continuing human
body studies that help

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to understand how living in
space affects the human body

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and also learn new
countermeasures

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like diet and exercise.

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These biological samples
are collected and stored

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in the onboard freezer
known as the MELFI

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or the minus 80 degree
laboratory freezer.

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These samples will give
research insight into anomalies

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like bone loss in space, which
in turn can also be applied

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to finding solutions for
battling osteoporosis on Earth.

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The trio Cassidy, Parmitano

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and Nyberg also will be
conducting a periodic health

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assessment, taking turns
as subject and assistant,

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like a regular check-up at the
doctor's office here on Earth

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to help identify risk
factors for prevention

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of serious medical issues and
to maintain their good health.

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Meanwhile flight
engineers Yurchikhin

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and Parmitano also tend to a
few house maintenance tasks.

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Yurchikhin will perform
regular maintenance

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to the [Inaudible] the Russian
life support system while

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Parmitano will conduct
a water sample analysis

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of the onboard water recovery
system, a regenerative system

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that converts urine,
sweat and condensation

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into drinkable water
for the crew.

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The crew will have time to
prepare for getting back

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to work tomorrow for a busy day
of science research, maintenance

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and preparation of the
upcoming vehicle docking

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of the automated
transfer vehicle four

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that is nicknamed Albert
Einstein this Saturday

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and also a Russian spacewalk
outside the piers docking

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compartment in a
couple of weeks.

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Meanwhile, two [Inaudible]
burns are being conducted today

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by the Albert Einstein, the
automated transfer vehicle four

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that continues to phase
towards the space station