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Houston station on space to ground the

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International Space Station gained a new

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module last weekend with a successful

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installation of the first-ever

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human-rated expandable module welcome to

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space to ground i'm amiko counter last

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saturday the space station crew

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installed the Bigelow expandable

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Activity module that will help NASA test

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new concepts for habitats that can keep

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astronauts safe and healthy during space

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exploration beam is the first test of

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such a module attached to the station

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that once deployed in space can provide

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additional room for astronauts to live

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and work inside beam will be attached to

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the station for two years to test how it

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protects against solar radiation space

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debris and the temperature extremes of

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space the newly installed module is set

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to be filled with air and expanded to

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its full size in May astronauts have

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long experienced bone and muscle loss

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and impaired immunity in space the wet

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lab RN a smart cycler is the latest tool

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now helping the researchers combat these

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conditions by enabling genomic studies

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to be conducted aboard ISS the station

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facility is helping scientists study a

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wide variety of gene expression research

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in space that may help develop

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countermeasures for protecting human

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health during long-duration space

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missions results from gene studies in

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space may also aid in treating diseases

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here on earth this week on Twitter Josh

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wants to know if data will be collected

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from being remotely upon its reentry

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well Josh re-entry breakup data is not

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one of the primary mission objectives so

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it is not instrumented once the

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expandable module is deployed it will be

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tested for the two-year duration of its

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stay at the international space station

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and will provide the data NASA seeks on

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expandable habitats as a viable

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permanent feature in space beam will

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have succeeded its mission upon reentry

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be sure to tune in next week and keep

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sending us your questions using the

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hashtag space-to-ground we'll see you