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"HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND."

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WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I AM KAYLA LAFRANCE.

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A NEW CARGO VEHICLE HAS ARRIVED AT THE STATION,

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BRINGING WITH IT A VARIETY OF NEW SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS

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TO BE CONDUCTED ONBOARD.

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AFTER ITS LAUNCH ON MARCH 6TH, U.S. TIME,

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THE SPACEX CRS-20 DRAGON CAPSULE RENDEZVOUSED

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WITH THE ORBITING LABORATORY, BRINGING WITH IT

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MORE THAN TWO TONS OF CARGO.

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ON MONDAY, NASA ASTRONAUTS JESSICA MEIR

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AND ANDREW MORGAN USED THE CANADIAN ROBOTIC ARM

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ON THE SPACE STATION TO CAPTURE THE DRAGON
CARGO VEHICLE

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AND BERTH IT TO THE NODE 2 NADIR PORT.

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STOWED AWAY ON CRS-20

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WAS MANY NEW SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS

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FOR THE CREW TO PERFORM,

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INCLUDING BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS

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STUDYING MICROGRAVITY’S IMPACT ON STEM CELLS,

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INTESTINAL DISEASES AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS.

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DRAGON BROUGHT THE FIRST

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EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL RESEARCH PLATFORM TO BE

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INSTALLED ON THE STATION CALLED BARTOLOMEO,

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NAMED FOR THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF

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EXPLORER CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.

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THIS EXTERNAL PAYLOAD PLATFORM WAS DEVELOPED

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BY GERMANY’S AIRBUS DEFENSE AND SPACE,

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AND WILL BE OPERATED BY THE EUROPEAN SPACE
AGENCY.

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BARTOLOMEO WILL PROVIDE POWER AND DATA TRANSMISSION

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FOR UP TO 12 PAYLOADS THAT ARE MOUNTED

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OUTSIDE THE ORBITING LABORATORY.

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ALSO ARRIVING ON DRAGON ARE SEVERAL NEW

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MISSE SAMPLE CARRIERS OR MSC'S.

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DREW MORGAN TOOK TIME THIS WEEK TO INSTALL

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THE NEW MSC’S ON TO THE TRANSFER TRAY

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THAT IS USED TO TRANSPORT THE SAMPLE CARRIERS

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THROUGH THE JEM AIRLOCK OUTSIDE INTO SPACE.

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FROM THERE THE MSC’S ARE ATTACHED ROBOTICALLY

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TO THE MISSE PLATFORM.

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MISSE IS AN EXTERNAL PLATFORM THAT PROVIDES

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THE ABILITY TO TEST MATERIALS, COATINGS,

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AND TECHNOLOGIES OR OTHER LARGER EXPERIMENTS

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IN THE HARSH ENVIRONMENT OF SPACE,

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WHICH IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO

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COLLECTIVELY ON EARTH.

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TESTING IN LOW-EARTH ORBIT

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ALLOWS RESEARCHERS TO SEE HOW TECHNOLOGIES

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REACT TO EXPOSURE TO THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT,

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INCLUDING ULTRAVIOLET AND IONIZING RADIATION,

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CHARGED PARTICLES, AND MICRO-METEOROIDS.