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>> Brandi Dean: Good morning and
welcome Mission Control Houston

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and Space Station Live.

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The three members of the
Expedition 37 crew currently

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on orbit are enjoying
the few hours

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of down time before the
crew expands later today

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with the arrival three new
crew members [inaudible].

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Watching over the systems
from here on the ground,

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we have a space station
flight control room.

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We have the Space Station
Flight Control team here

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in the Space Station Flight
Control Room lead today

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by Flight Director Tony Ceccacci

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with Hal Getzelman
assisting as cap com.

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Members are already at the space
station or the crew members

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who are already at the space
station began their day a bit

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later than normal at 2:30 AM

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to give them some extra
rest before an exceptionally

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long day.

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Currently orbiting 259 miles
above the Pacific Coast

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over Washington and Oregon.

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They are Russian
Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin,

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US Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg

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and European Space Agency
Flight Engineer Luca Parmitano.

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They arrived at the
station on May 28th

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and have now spent a hundred
and nineteen days in space.

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They've been alone with the
station since the other half

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of what was then the expedition
36 crew left on September 10th

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but of course that's going
to change later today

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with the launch of
the Soyuz TMA-10M

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which will deliver flight
engineers Mike Hopkins,

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Oleg Kotov and Sergey
Ryazanskiy.

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That flight's scheduled
to lift off

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from the Baikonour
Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan

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at 3:58 PM central
time and arrive

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at the station six
hours later at 9:48 PM.

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The crew in Baikonour has
already begun their day

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and have departed
their crew quarters.

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Later this hour they'll be
undergoing their final medical

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checkups and meanwhile their
vehicle is also being prepared

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for launch.

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Batteries are going to be
installed in the boosters

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in the next few minutes
and the fueling

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of the rocket will begin
before the hour is over.

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Although the crew in space
is currently resting they've

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already done half a day of work
chalked full of maintenance

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and science experiments.

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Karen Nyberg has
completed two runs of the

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in space 3 experiment
and will squeeze

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in one more before
docking tonight.

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That experiment examines
colloidal fluids classified

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as smart materials which
transition to a solid like state

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in the presence of
a magnetic field.

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The hope is that new
manufacturing models based

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on the idea of having
these nato particles act

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as self-assembling building
blocks, it could be used

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to improve or develop
active mechanical systems

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such as new brakes systems
and airplane landing gear.

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Nyberg also spent some time on
the ice crystal two experiment

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which looks at the
growth rates and stability

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of ice crystals in
super cold water.

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The results of the
experiment could open

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up a new research field
related to the fundamentals

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of ice crystal growth
mechanisms controlled

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by biological macromolecules.

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Nyberg and Luca Parmitano
both took a few minutes

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when they woke up to take part

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in the reaction self-test
experiment.

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That's aimed at trying
out a way for astronauts

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to objectively assess whether
fatigue might affect their

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performance in space,
for instance on long days

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such as today, when they'll be

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up very late awaiting
the arrival of the Soyuz.

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On his own Parmitano worked

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at the materials science
laboratory today changing

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out experiments being
run from the ground.

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The materials science
laboratory can be used

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for basic materials research
on metals, alloys, polymers,

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semi-conductors, ceramics,
crystals and glasses.

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They can help scientists
discover new applications

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for existing materials,
or help lead to new

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and improved materials.

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And on the Russian side

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of the station Commander Fyodor
Yurchikhin was preparing crew

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quarters for his soon to
arrive crew mates and working

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with the cascade experiment,
which looks at soil cultivation

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in microgravity and the
[inaudible] experiment,

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which is a small satellite
control technology development

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and demonstration experiment.

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That's what's going
on in space today