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WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I’M SANDRA JONES.

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WHILE THE WORLD CONTINUES TO GRAPPLE

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WITH THE EFFECTS OF THE CORONOVIRUS PANDEMIC,

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WE ARE DOING OUR PART TO FLATTEN THE CURVE

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BY SHOOTING THIS WEEK’s EPISODE FROM HOME.

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MEANWHILE, 250 MILES ABOVE US

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ONBOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,

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CREWMEMBERS WERE BUSY PACKING A CARGO SHIP

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FOR ITS UPCOMING DEPARTURE.

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IN PREPARATION FOR THE SPACE X

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CRS-20 DRAGON CARGO VEHCLE DEPARTURE,

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NASA ASTRONAUTS JESSICA MEIR

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AND ANDREW MORGAN HAVE BEEN LOADING

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THE VEHICLE WITH EXPERIMENTS AND STATION GEAR

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SUCH AS SPACESUIT COMPONENTS TO BE ANALYZIED

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BY SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS UPON

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THE VEHICLE’S RETURN TO EARTH.

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CRS-20 IS SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED

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FROM THE SPACE STATION ON MONDAY APRIL 6.

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THE VEHICLE WILL SPLASH DOWN IN THE

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PACIFIC OCEAN JUST A FEW HOURS

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AFTER ITS DEPARTURE FROM THE SPACE STATION.

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IN PREPARATION FOR THE RELEASE OF CRS-20,

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THE FIRST EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL RESEARCH PLATFORM,
CALLED BARTOLOMEO,

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WAS REMOVED FROM DRAGON’S TRUNK.

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THIS WEEK,

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IT WAS ROBOTICALLY INSTALLED ONTO THE COLUMBUS
LABORATORY MODULE

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OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

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BARTOLOMEO WILL PROVIDE POWER AND DATA TRANSMISSION

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FOR UP TO 12 PAYLOADS MOUNTED OUTSIDE THE
ORBITING LABORATORY.

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THREE MORE HUMANS WILL SOON ARRIVE TO STATION.

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NASA ASTRONAUT CHRIS CASSIDY AND ROSCOSMOS
COSMONAUTS

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ANATOLY IVANISHIN AND IVAN VAGNER ARE SCHEDULED
TO LAUNCH APRIL 9

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ABOARD THE SOYUZ MS-16 SPACECRAFT FROM LAUNCH SITE 31

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AT RUSSIA’S BAIKONUR COSMODOROME IN KAZAKHSTAN.

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THE EXPEDITION 63 CREWMEMBERS HAVE BEEN COMPLETING FINAL TRAINING

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AND PREPARATIONS AHEAD OF THEIR UPCOMING LAUNCH.