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houston station on space to ground

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and liftoff of kate rubins anatoly

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ivanishin and takuya omnishi to the

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international space station

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welcome to space to ground i'm gary

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jordan the international space station

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is about to be home to three more crew

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members

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kate rubins anatoly ivanishin and tokuya

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onishi launched from baikonur kazakhstan

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and are now on a two-day trip to the

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station this is a bit longer than the

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usual six hour trip that more recent

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soyuz travelers have been taking but the

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extra time is needed to test a variety

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of systems that have been upgraded in

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the modified soyuz spacecraft like

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thrusters debris shielding power and

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digital video the three additional crew

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members bring the space station's

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population back up to six

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two crew members are pilots by trade

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ivanishin who has flown to the space

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station once before on expedition 2930

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and onishi who is now on his first space

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flight reubens will be the scientists

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for expedition 48 holding a bachelor's

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degree in molecular biology and a phd in

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cancer biology

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right after our nation's independence

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day jeff williams set up an experiment

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on the international space station to

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study nature's fireworks

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the meteor experiment will be studying

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the physical and chemical composition of

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the celestial rocks using visible

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spectroscopy equipment meteor spectra

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are commonly observed from instruments

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on the ground or on aircraft but the

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measurements are limited to short

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durations and the ozone masks emission

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of carbon-based compounds the building

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blocks of life meteor is able to provide

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continuous monitoring of meteor

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interaction and will be able to analyze

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carbon without ozone absorption this

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experiment will make the first

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space-based observations of meteors and

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provide high-resolution photo and video

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of the atmosphere the more we know about

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meteor composition the more we

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understand how planets develop

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keep sending us your questions and