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"HOUSTON, STATION
ON SPACE TO GROUND."

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"AND LIFTOFF.

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MARK VANDE HEI, ALEXANDER
MISURKIN

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AND JOE ACABA ARE LIFTING
OFFAND NOW ON THEIR WAY

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TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION."

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WELCOME TO SPACE TO
GROUND, I'M GARY JORDAN.

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JUST OVER A WEEK AFTER THE
EXPEDITION 52 CREW RETURNED

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TO EARTH, 3 NEW CREWMEMBERS
ARE ALREADY

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ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.

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JOE ACABA, ALEXANDER MISURKIN
AND MARK VANDE HEI LAUNCHED

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FROM BAIKONUR ON SEPTEMBER
12TH FOR THEIR SIX HOUR JOURNEY

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TO THE ORBITING COMPLEX.

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A FORMER EDUCATOR AND NO
STRANGER TO SPACEFLIGHT,

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THIS WILL BE ACABA'S 2ND
LONG-DURATION STAY ON STATION

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AND 3RD FLIGHT, FIRST LAUNCHING

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ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE
FOR STS-119.

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THIS WILL ALSO BE MISURKIN'S 2ND
LONG-DURATION STAY, FIRST FLYING

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TO THE STATION BACK IN
2013 FOR EXPEDITION 35/36.

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FOR VANDE HEI, THIS WILL
BE HIS FIRST SPACEFLIGHT

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AFTER BEING SELECTED AS
AN ASTRONAUT IN 2009.

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BUT IT'S BEEN RIGHT TO
WORK FOR THE 53 CREW,

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AND AFTER A QUICK HELLO
TO THE NEW CREWMEMBERS,

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THEY'RE NOW GETTING READY TO SAY
GOODBYE TO THE SPACEX DRAGON.

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THE 53 CREW STORED
EXPERIMENTS, EQUIPMENT AND TRASH

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IN THE CARGO VEHICLE PREPARING
FOR ITS RETURN TO EARTH

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ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH.

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THE VEHICLE HAS CALLED THE
SPACE STATION ITS HOME FOR JUST

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UNDER A MONTH AFTER
SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERING A SWATH

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OF EXPERIMENTS, INCLUDING
AN INSTRUMENT

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TO MEASURE COSMIC RAYS,
MICROBIOLOGY EXPERIMENTS

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TO GROW PROTEIN CRYSTALS
AND LUNG TISSUE,

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EVEN A MICROSATELLITE
TO BE DEPLOYED

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FROM THE JAPANESE
SEGMENT OF THE STATION.

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BEFORE THE 3 NEW
CREMEMBERS ARRIVED,

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STATION CREWMEMBER RANDY

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"KOMRADE" BRESNIK SPENT
TIME LOOKING OUT THE WINDOWS

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OF THE CUPOLA AND SHARING
HIS PERSPECTIVE OF THE EARTH.

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ALONG WITH PHOTOS OF VARIOUS
DESTINATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE,

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BRESNIK HONED IN ON
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

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TO MONITOR HURRICANES
IRMA AND JOSE.

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IMAGES OF THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS

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AND BEFORE-AND-AFTER
PHOTOS OF THE TURKS

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AND CAICOS ISLANDS
SHOWS THE DEVASTATION OF IRMA

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IN THE CARIBBEAN AND OTHERS SHOW
THE MORE HOPEFUL REDIRECTION

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OF HURRICANE JOSE.

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BRESNIK ALSO SHARED A
VIEW OF NEW YORK CITY

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TO COMMEMORATE SEPTEMBER 11TH.

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