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>> Greetings from Mission
Control, Houston and welcome

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to the Space Station live.

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It's Thursday September 12,

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2013 and you're joining
us here inside

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of the International Space
Station flight control room

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located at the Johnson Space
Center in Houston, Texas.

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Inside the room right
now the Orbit 2 team

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on console monitoring the
systems and the astronauts

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on board the International
Space Station.

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They're being led today

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by flight director Mike Lammers
there on the right in the blue

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and then speaking to him right
now is today's cam com David

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Saint-Jacques serving as the
communication link between all

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of our teams down
here the ground

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and the astronauts up in space.

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Those astronauts
right now the crew

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of Expedition 37 the very early
stages of their expedition

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since three previously crew
members just departed earlier

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this week on board NASA
astronaut Karen Nyberg.

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Also Expedition 37 commander
and Russian [inaudible]

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and then finally European space
agency astronaut Luca Parmitano.

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The three have been on board
the International Space Station

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since May 28th since
launching from the [inaudible]

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in Kazakhstan and previously
part of Expedition 36 now

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in the second full day

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of Expedition 37 the crew
enjoyed an off duty day

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yesterday, but are back at
various maintenance tasks

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and experiment work
across the station complex.

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Starting off with current
Expedition 37 commander Fyodor

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Yurchikhin was spending
all of this time

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over in the Russian
segment today on the task

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for him was some maintenance
on the Russian electron system

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which is one of two systems
on for the station responsible

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for generating breathable
oxygen for the astronauts

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and cosmonauts on board.

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He'll also be doing
some work with a number

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of experiments doing some
start up work on a few one

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of them being the Russian
[inaudible] experiment named

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after the famous set of Russian
nested dolls it's a radiation

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experiment study that uses a
serious of sliced [inaudible]

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in a mannequin sized body to
measure the radiation loads

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that these astronauts
are exposed

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to while orbiting the earth from
270 miles above the surface.

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Moving on European Space Station
astronaut Luca Parmitano is

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getting his hands on some
science today inside the micro

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gravity science club box.

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He's working on the in space
three experiment which looks

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to obtain data on fluids that
contain particles that are able

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to change the physical
properties of those fluids

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when responding to
varying magnetic fields.

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On earth such materials

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that respond this way
are typically used

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for vibration dampening systems
that can be turned on and off,

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this type of technology has
a lot of promise down here

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on earth to improve the ability,

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to design structures
mainly things like bridges

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and buildings to better
withstand earthquake forces.

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So while taking place
on a very small scale

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on board the International Space
Station has the implication

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for some very far reaching
effects down here on earth.

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Aside from that experiment
today Luca will be joining

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with Karen Nyberg to gather
some items up in the disposal

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of the upcoming [inaudible]
flight

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to the International
Space Station.

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That [inaudible] vehicle
is scheduled to launch

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under a week away from today
on September 17th and dock

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with the station
on September 22nd,

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it will be the first
demonstration flight

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of the Orbital sciences vehicle
resupplying the International

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Space Station.

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You see a photo of that vehicle
here throughout the week we've

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been hearing from a
number of the teams here

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in Mission Control as
they continue to prepare

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for that flight we'll be hearing
from one later this morning.

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And then meanwhile on board
the Space Station the third

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and final crew member NASA
astronaut Karen Nyberg has been

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tasked with some routine
maintenance necessary

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for these crews on board the
International Space Station.

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She's been working inside the
crew quarters doing a little bit

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of housecleaning taking the
intake and exhaust ducts out

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and cleaning those out and also
the fan and air flow censors.

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May seem kind of
mundane but those devices

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on the board the station
very critical for the health

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and safety of these astronauts

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to maintain a breathable
atmosphere moving expelled gas

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like carbon dioxide away from
the astronauts inside the cabin

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as that micro gravity
environment presents a very

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unique challenge to maintaining
a breathable atmosphere aside

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from that work Nyberg
also gathering some items

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up for eventual disposal
on board [inaudible]

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and relocating a few hardware
items across the U.S. segment

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but again just the second
full day of Expedition 37

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as the crew continues to throw
themselves back into a lot

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of science work and
maintenance work