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>> It's Monday, October 21st.

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The International Space Station
crewmembers have focused their

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attention today on preparation
for departure on Tuesday

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of the Cygnus cargo vehicle,
as well as preparation

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for a planned spacewalk
next month

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that will be the longest leg in
the next Olympic torch relay.

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Station commander Fyodor
Yurchikhin kicked off the week

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with station maintenance,
working first

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on the laptop computers and then
on the Russian segment toilet.

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Afterwards, he joined fellow
Soyuz commander Oleg Kotov,

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as the two of them conducted
a test of communications

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between those two vehicles.

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They then joined up with flight
engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy

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to record messages for
Russian public affairs use

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and finished their day wrapping

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up with their daily
exercise sessions.

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Kotov and Ryazanskiy spent
their morning gathering tools

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that will be used during
an upcoming spacewalk.

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Next month during the
direct handover period,

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while there will
be nine crewmembers

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on board the space station,

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Kotov and Ryazanskiy will go
outside to replace some antenna

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and configure communications
cables as part

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of the ongoing preparations
for the arrival

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of a new Russian
multipurpose laboratory module

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to the station.

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But they will also carry an
Olympic torch outside as part

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of the torch relay, leading
up to the winter Olympic Games

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in Sochi Russia,
beginning in February.

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That torch is going
to be delivered

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to the station onboard a Soyuz
vehicle early next month,

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and then returned to the
ground with Yurchikhin

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and his departing Soyuz
crew on November the 10th.

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The U.S. segment
crewmembers spent most

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of their day preparing the
Cygnus vehicle for departure.

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To wrap up its successful
demonstration flight

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when it leaves the
station on Tuesday,

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flight engineers Karen Nyberg

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and Luca Parmitano did the
last work inside the ship

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that arrived on September
the 29th, and closed it

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out for departure by removing
the ventilation ducting

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and some handrails.

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They then closed the
cargo ship's hatch

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at 5:42 this morning.

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Later in the day, Parmitano

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and Mike Hopkins
disconnected the power jumpers

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in the vestibule between
Cygnus and the Harmony module,

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and reinstalled the power
controller assemblies

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that operate the common
birthing mechanism.

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That is the mechanism

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which holds the cargo ship
tightly to the station.

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That was all done
so that Parmitano

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and Nyberg could then close the
Harmony hatch on that vestibule

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to begin deep pressurization
of that area

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between the two vehicles.

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Hopkins, Parmitano
and Nyberg will wrap

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up their day reviewing Cygnus
departure procedures before the

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Tuesday morning unbirthing.

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At that time, Parmitano
will be at the command

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of the station's Kenned
Dorm 2 [assumed spelling]

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to remove Cygnus from
its docking port,

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and move it out away from
the station structure,

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and release it into free flight.

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All of that activity will
start just a little bit

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after four o'clock
central time on Tuesday.

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The unbirthing starts
about five o'clock,

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and release of Cygnus
happens at 6:30 Central time.