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>> 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.

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It's been a busy week
of scientific research,

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maintenance, and preparation
for the goings and comings

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of visiting cargo ships.

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As well as an upcoming
space walk

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at the International
Space Station

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for the Expedition
36 crew members.

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Flight Engineers Karen
Nyberg and Chris Cassidy

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and Luca Parmitano
got together to talk

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to public school students
from Douglas, Massachusetts.

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And all 6 Expedition 36 crew
members have performed an

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emergency drill on Monday.

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The on board training allows the
crew to practice communication

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and coordination skills during
a simulated emergency scenario.

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Chris Cassidy had worked

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on a science hardware insides
the fluids integrated rack.

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He then configured hardware

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for the advanced
colloids experiment.

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While Nyberg had removed
a depressurization hose

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in the tranquility nodes
urine processing assembly.

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And Parmitano replaced
a urine receptacle

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and filter inside
tranquility's waste and hygiene.

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Then on Tuesday, a trash-filled
progress 51 resupply craft,

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undocked from the aft in port

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of this Vesda service
module [phonetic].

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A Progress 51 had delivered
3.1 tons of food, fuel,

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and equipment for the
station crew on April 26.

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It had launched 2 days earlier

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from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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However, reaching --
after reaching orbit,

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one of its antennas for the
crews automated rendezvous

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system did not deploy.

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As the Progress cargo
craft had departed,

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these ships external
cameras were focused

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on navigational sensors on
this Vesda docking port.

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Imagery was gathered to confirm

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that the sensors
were not damaged

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when the Progress arrived
at the station with one

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of its navigational antennas
folded against its side.

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These sensors are required
for a new cargo ship --

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the automated transfer
vehicle -- to dock properly.

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Also on Tuesday,
flight engineers Nyberg

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and Cassidy had set up samples

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for the advanced
colloid experiment,

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which observes microscopic
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that are suspended in a liquid.

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Results from that research
could benefit the manufacturing

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of smart materials
for space craft

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and improved household
products on earth.

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Then Nyberg had performed a
periodic fitness evaluation

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measuring her bone and heart
health on an exercise bicycle.

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Cassidy had also worked

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with tiny bowling
ball size satellites,

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also known as spheres,
which allow students

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to test their programming
skills.

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The 6 member Expedition 36 crew
then took a break on Wednesday,

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with an off-duty day in
observance of Russia Day,

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when the country declared
its sovereignty in 1990.

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Europe's fourth automated
transfer vehicle,

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the Albert Einstein,
had continued its trek

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to the International
Space Station

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for a June 15 docking
-- that's this Saturday.

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Two rendezvous burns were
scheduled on Wednesday

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to the station, where it will
dock Vesda service module's aft

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docking port.

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Flight engineer Parmitano
had assisted Cassidy,

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who hopped on an exercise bike

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and had his blood
pressure monitored

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for fitness evaluation.

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And Nyberg had monitored
her blood pressure as part

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of a periodic medical exam,
and collected her saliva sample

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for storage in a
science freezer.

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Meanwhile on Wednesday,

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Commander Pavel Vinogradov
had worked

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with the ongoing
Russian experiment known

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as Plasma Crystal.

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The study records plasma
crystal forming processes

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and parameters, such
as gas pressure,

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high frequency radiated power,
and the size of dust particles.

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Flight engineers
Alexander Misurkin

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and Luca Parmitano had spent
Thursday morning practicing the

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rendezvous procedures
and abort scenarios

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for the ATV IV cargo craft.

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Ground controllers had
reviewed the imagery

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of this Vesda docking port
for that possible damage

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to reflectors that could
prevent Saturdays docking

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of the Albert Einstein.

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Meanwhile Flight Engineer
Karen Nyberg had worked

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with the ongoing fluids
physics experiment known

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as "Capillary Flow Experiment".

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Also on Thursday Cassidy took
photographs of samples collected

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for the "Binary Colloidal Alloy
Test Experiment" known as BCAT.

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BCAT studies the effects
of microscopic solids

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that are suspended in a liquid

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that could benefit materials
fabrications processes here

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on earth.

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And on the Russian side
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Commander Pavel Vinogradov and
Misurkin had a partner together

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for more work with the
plasma crystal experiment.

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Vinogradov had also checked
the Russian laptop computers

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and reconfigured
communications gear.

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And Misurkin, along with
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the two space walkers worked
together to gather more tools

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and equipment in preparation
for the June 24th space walk.

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Friday is an off duty day
for the US crewmembers

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of Expedition 36, since the
trio flight engineers, Cassidy,

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Parmitano, and Nyberg will
be working over the weekend

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to support the docking

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of the automated transfer
vehicle for resupply ship.

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Flight engineers Yurchikhin

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and Misurkin are preparing
their Orlan spacesuits and tools

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for their 6 hour space walk

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that will occur just outside
the pairs docking compartment

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on June 24th.

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During their 6 hour excursion,

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the two space walkers will
replace a fluid flow valve

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on Xaria [phonetic].

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Deploy and retrieve experiments

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from the Russian
segments modules,

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as well as string power
cables along Xaria

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for the eventual arrival

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of the new multi-purpose
laboratory module

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that is scheduled to launch
at the end of the year

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on a Russian proton rocket.

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Crew is scheduled to go to
bed at 4:30 pm Central time.