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>> This is Mission
Control Houston, Wednesday,

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September 4th and the
International Space Station Crew

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has completed the removal
of a Japanese cargo ship

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from the station; sent it on
its way to a destructive entry,

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back into earth's atmosphere.

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The Japanese Aerospace
Exploration Agency sent its H2

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transfer vehicle number 4
to orbit on August the 3rd.

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It arrived at the
station, then was installed

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on a Harmony module
on August 9th.

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Since then, the Expedition 36
crewmembers unloaded 3.6 tons

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of supplies that it carried;

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some of it inside the
pressurized container

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and some unpressurized
on a pallet inserted

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into the side of the vehicle.

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They reloaded it with trash and
items that were no longer needed

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on board the station; the hatch

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to the HTV4 was closed
on Tuesday.

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On Wednesday morning, the
crew commanded the opening

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of the restraints
holding the HTV to Harmony

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and ground controllers
commanded [inaudible] two

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to remove the vehicle
from its docking port

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and placed it into
proper position.

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At 11:20 a.m. Central Time,

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Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg
sent the commands for the arm

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to release the white stork.

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The cargo ship was allowed to
drift away from the station

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for several minutes before
Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano

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sent the command for the
first of four engine firings

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to make HTV away from
the station's orbit.

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Its flight is being monitored

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by the Japanese flight
control team,

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the HTV flight control
team and it is that team

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that will command the
final entry of the vehicle

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into the atmosphere coming up
on Saturday, September the 7th,

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when it and its cargo
will be safely destroyed.

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Station Command Pavel Vinagrodov

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and his crew now
turn their attention

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to another dynamic
event next week when he

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and Flight Engineers
Chris Cassidy

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and Alexander Mazurkin get in
their Soyuz vehicle and undock

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for the station for
the trip back to earth.

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A good bit of their time this
coming week will be devoted

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to packing up and preparing
to come home after some five

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and a half months in space.

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They're due to depart the
station on September the 10th

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at 6:37 p.m. Houston
time and land

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in Kazakhstan just before
10 o'clock Houston time

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of that same night.

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Their undocking from the station
next week will mark the start

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of Expedition 37 and Fyodor
Yurchikhin's second tour of duty