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>> Good day from NASA's
Johnson Space Center.

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This is Mission Control Houston.

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You're looking

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at the International Space
Station Flight Control Room

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on this Tuesday, September
17th, 2013 as a team

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of flight controllers
watches over all

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of the systems aboard the
International Space Station

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orbiting 260 miles
above the Earth.

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On duty here in the
flight control room

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and overseeing the
team throughout much

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of the daytime hours is Flight
Director Tomas Gonzalez-Torres.

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He is watching over this
team until late afternoon.

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He is joined by Howe
Goetzleman [phonetic],

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a veteran spacecraft
communicator

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for the International Space
Station team providing the voice

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that you hear most of the time.

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The interface between the
team here in Mission Control

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and the crew on board the
International Space Station.

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The crew is made up of three
crew members right now,

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of course, as the
Expedition 37 crew.

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Karen Nyberg is serving as
one of the flight engineers,

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along with Luca Parmitano.

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Those two are supporting science
activities in the US segment

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of the International
Space Station,

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which includes three
laboratories,

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the Destiny Laboratory,
the Columbus Laboratory,

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and the Kibo Module, which is
the Japanese compliment addition

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to the International
Space Station as well.

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Overseeing the Expedition
37 crew is Commander

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Fyodor Yurchikihn.

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He is on his fourth
flight into space,

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his third long-duration mission.

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He served on a shuttle mission,
STS 112, and then he served

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on two expeditions, Expedition
15, and Expedition 24, 25.

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It's Luca Parmitano's
first flight into space,

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as he is the 209th individual
aboard the International

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Space Station.

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Karen Nyberg support her
first long-duration flight.

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But she did fly previously on
a shuttle mission, STS 124,

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the flight that delivered
that Japanese laboratory Kibo,

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the Japanese word for hope,

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to the International Space
Station back in March of 2008.

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The crew members on board
are supporting a number

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of tasks throughout the day.

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It's quite a busy
day for the crew.

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One of those tasks
is to continue

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with some onboard training
associated with the arrival,

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grapple and birthing of the
upcoming Cygnus cargo vehicle

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that will be delivered to the
International Space Station

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at the end of the week following
hopefully a safe launch

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on Wednesday.

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Parmitano and Nyberg
have been training

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with the Station's robotic arm
to test some offset grapples

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that they could encounter
to see how that can handle

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that through the robotic work
station on the Station as well.

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They're using the Leonardo
permanent multi-purpose modules

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grapple fixture as a target
throughout that training.

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Additionally, the crew members,
particular Karen Nyberg,

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has been working in the fluids
integrated rack on the station

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in the microgravity
science glove box to set

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up for some experiment
work associated

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with the Advanced
Colloids Experiment.

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The rack that she had to
work in has to be rotated

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and repositioned
so that she can set

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up for the payload
activity, which is upcoming.

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An additionally, the crew
members have spent a good deal

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of time in the first part

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of their day supporting some
periodic ocular health training.

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Taking the, basically
the pressure,

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measuring the pressure
periodically in their eyes,

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as well as taking turns
working with the training

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with the ocular tonometry
instrument.

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Which essentially is a procedure
that's used to determine

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that inter-ocular
pressure of the eyes.

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So a good deal of time
working with that as well

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for the crew members on board.

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In addition to that, obviously,

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on board routine maintenance
activities aboard the station.

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But the crew members are
greatly anticipating the launch

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of the newest cargo module

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to the International Space
Station scheduled for Wednesday.

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They'll end their day as usual
with a discussion with all

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of the teams on the
ground associated

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with what's been going
on throughout the day,

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and then head to bed about
4:30 in the afternoon.

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They'll wake up about
1:00 Wednesday morning

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to follow along with
ground on all

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of the countdown
activities associated

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with the Orbital Sciences
Corporations Antares rocket