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"HOUSTON, STATION
ON SPACE TO GROUND."

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SPRING TIME MEANS LAUNCH TIME.

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WELCOME TO SPACE TO
GROUND, I'M DAN HUOT.

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IT'S WAS A BUSY WEEK FOR SPACE,

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STARTING WITH ANOTHER
COMMERCIAL CARGO LAUNCH.

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ORBITAL ATK'S SEVENTH CYGNUS
CARGO CRAFT LIFTED OFF

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ON TUESDAY FROM CAPE
CANAVERAL IN FLORIDA.

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THE ATLAS V ROCKET BOOSTED
IT TO A NEAR PERFECT ORBIT

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TO BEGIN MAKING ITS WAY TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

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THE VEHICLE IS PACKED WITH MORE
THAN 7,600 POUNDS OF SUPPLIES

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AND HARDWARE, INCLUDING
THE STUFF FOR DOZENS

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OF DIFFERENT SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS.

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IT'S SET TO ARRIVE ON SATURDAY,

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APRIL 22 WHERE EXPEDITION 51
CREW MEMBERS THOMAS PESQUET

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AND PEGGY WHITSON WILL
BE READY TO CAPTURE IT

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WITH THE STATION'S ROBOTIC ARM.

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AND THE SECOND LAUNCH THIS
WEEK SENT NEW CREWMEMBERS

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TO THE STATION.

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NASA'S JACK FISCHER

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AND COSMONAUT FYODOR YURCHIKHIN
LAUNCHED ATOP A SOYUZ ROCKET

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FROM THE BAIKONUR
COSMODROME IN KAZAKHSTAN.

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ROCKETING ACROSS AN
EARLY AFTERNOON SKY,

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THEY MADE THE NINE MINUTE CLIMB

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TO SPACE BEFORE THEIR SOYUZ
MS-04 SPACECRAFT DETACHED

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AND STARTED ITS SPRINT
TOWARDS THE STATION.

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THE PAIR ARRIVED AFTER JUST
FOUR ORBITS OF THE EARTH,

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OR ABOUT SIX HOURS, AND DOCKED
TO THE STATION'S POISK MODULE

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ON THE RUSSIAN SEGMENT.

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AFTER COMPLETING LEAK CHECKS
AND GETTING OUT OF THEIR SUITS,

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THE HATCHES WERE OPENED
AND THEY JOINED THE CREW

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OF EXPEDITION 51.

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THEY EVEN GOT TO SAY HI TO
THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY BACK

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DOWN ON THE GROUND, WITH JACK
FISCHER GIVING A MASTERFUL

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DESCRIPTION OF THE RIDE: IT'S A
BURRITO OF AWESOMENESS SMOTHERED

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IN AWSOME SAUCE BABY,
IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL!

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THEY'RE SLATED TO STAY
ONBOARD UNTIL SEPTEMBER,

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SO BE SURE TO FOLLOW JACK
ON HIS FIRST SPACE MISSION

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ON TWITTER @ASTRO2FISH.

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HE'S WICKED EXCITED AND READY
TO SHARE IT WITH ALL OF YOU.

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