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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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THIS WEEK WAS A BUSY ONE ONBOARD THE ORBITING
LABORATORY

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AS THE CREW PREPARED THE STATION FOR NEW AND
CONTINUED SCIENCE.

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NASA ASTRONAUT CHRIS CASSIDY SPENT PART OF
HIS WEEK

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SETTING UP THE ADVANCED PLANT HABITAT FACILITY

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FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF GROWTH OPERATIONS.

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THAT FACILITY PROVIDES AN ENCLOSED ENVIROMENT

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TO SUPPORT PLANT AND BIOSCIENCE RESEARCH.

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LOGISTICS IS A LARGE PART OF KEEPING

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SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS RUNNING ONBOARD THE SPACE STATION.

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AN EXPERIMENT SUCH AS THE ADVANCED PLANT HABITAT

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REQUIRE USE OF CONSUMABLE STATION RESOURCES

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SUCH AS WATER AND POWER IN ORDER TO OPERATE
SUCCESSFULLY.

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THIS WEEK, THREE OF THE LARGE PAYLOAD RACKS

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KNOWN AS EXPRESS RACKS WERE MOVED TO NEW LOCATIONS

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THAT BETTER ACCOMMODATED THEIR SIZE AND RESOURCE NEEDS.

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WE JUST ASSIGNED ANOTHER NASA ASTRONAUT

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TO AN UPCOMING COMMERCIAL CREW MISSION

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WITH MORE FLIGHTS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

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NASA’S JEANNETTE EPPS WAS ASSIGNED

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TO THE STARLINER-1 MISSION,

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THE FIRST OPERATIONAL FLIGHT OF

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BOEING’S CST-100 STARLINER.

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SHE’LL JOIN VETERAN NASA ASTRONAUT

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SUNI WILLIAMS AND FELLOW FIRST TIME FLIER
JOSH CASSADA

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ON A SIX-MONTH EXPEDITION,

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SCHEDULED FOR THE LATTER PART OF 2021.

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PRIOR TO THAT, BOEING IS GEARING UP

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FOR ITS UNCREWED ORBITAL FLIGHT TEST-2

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NO EARLIER THAN THIS DECEMBER

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FOLLOWED BY THE FIRST CREWED FLIGHT ON STARLINER,

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TARGETED FOR NEXT JUNE.

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QUESTION: HAVE YOU BEEN FOLLOWING ASTRONAUT
CHRIS CASSIDY ON TWITTER?

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YOU REALLY SHOULD!

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THE ISS COMMANDER HAS BEEN BUSY

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ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT @ASTRO_SEAL,

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SENDING DOWN BREATHTAKING IMAGES AND HEARTFELT MESSAGES

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OF VARIOUS EVENTS HAPPENING ON OUR PLANET

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FROM HIS VANTAGE POINT IN ORBIT.

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THE POWER OF HURRICANES LAURA AND GENEVIEVE,

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THE DEVASTATION OF FIRES IN CALIFORNIA AND
THE AMAZON,

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AND THE TRAGIC EXPLOSION IN BEIRUT ARE SOME

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OF HIS RECENT POSTINGS ON TWITTER.

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CHRIS ALSO CAPTURES EARTH’S AWE AND BEAUTY
WITH

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AMAZING VIEWS OF OUR PLANET.

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YOU CAN FOLLOW HIS JOURNEY ON BOTH TWITTER
AND INSTAGRAM.