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"HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND."

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WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I’M ISIDRO REYNA.

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THIS WEEK, THE SCIENCE CONTINUES

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ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

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THE EXPEDITION 63 CREW

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TENDED TO A VARIETY OF SCIENCE HARDWARE,

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SERVICING THE GEAR AND UPDATING SOFTWARE

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THAT OPERATES THE ADVANCED RESEARCH DEVICES.

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A TRIO OF SCIENCE FACILITIES

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SUPPORTING PHYSICS AND BIOLOGY INVESTIGATIONS

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RECEIVED HANDS-ON ATTENTION.

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COMMANDER CHRIS CASSIDY

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CONNECTED A LAPTOP COMPUTER

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TO THE ELECTROSTATIC LEVITATION FURNACE

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AND UPDATED THE SOFTWARE THAT RUNS

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THE EXTREME TEMPERATURE RESEARCH DEVICE.

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THE VETERAN NASA ASTRONAUT ALSO

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SET UP THE CONFOCAL SPACE MICROSCOPE,

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WHICH OBSERVES CELLULAR AND TISSUE FUNCTIONS

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USING FLUORESCENCE AND SPATIAL FILTERING TECHNIQUES.

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CASSIDY ALSO REPLACED FILTERS

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INSIDE THE LIFE SCIENCE GLOVEBOX

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WHICH ENABLES TWO CREW MEMBERS

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TO CONDUCT BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY

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RESEARCH AT THE SAME TIME.

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WE’RE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY

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FROM LAUNCHING THE NEXT NORTHROP GRUMMAN

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CYGNUS SPACECRAFT TO THE STATION.

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THE SPACECRAFT IS NAMED

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THE S.S. KALPANA CHAWLA IN HONOR

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OF THE FIRST WOMAN OF INDIAN DESCENT

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TO GO TO SPACE.

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IN NOVEMBER 1996,

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KALPANA WAS ASSIGNED

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AS MISSION SPECIALIST AND

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PRIME ROBOTIC ARM OPERATOR

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ON STS-87.

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KALPANA FLEW ON STS-87 IN 1997

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AND STS-107 IN 2003,

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LOGGING A TOTAL 30 DAYS, 14 HOURS

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AND 54 MINUTES IN SPACE.

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THE STS-107 MISSION ENDED TRAGICALLY

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ON FEBRUARY. 1, 2003,

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WHEN SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA

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AND HER CREW PERISHED DURING REENTRY.

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THE S.S. KALPANA CHAWLA,

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NAMED FOR THE LATE ASTRONAUT,

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WILL LAUNCH FROM NASA’S WALLOPS

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FLIGHT FACILITY IN VIRGINIA

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IN THE EVENING OF TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29.

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FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS,

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ASTRONAUTS HAVE LIVED AND WORKED

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ONBOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,

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TESTING TECHNOLOGIES, PERFORMING SCIENCE,

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AND DEVELOPING THE SKILLS NEEDED TO EXPLORE

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FARTHER FROM EARTH, AS NASA PREPARES TO

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SEND THE FIRST WOMAN

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AND THE NEXT MAN ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON
BY 2024.

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EACH MONTH DURING THE 2020

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THROUGH 2021 SCHOOL YEAR,

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NASA’S OFFICE OF STEM ENGAGEMENT

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IS PROVIDING EDUCATORS WITH

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READILY AVAILABLE LESSON PLANS,

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ACTIVITIES, AND INFORMATION

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ON SPACE STATION SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS,

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AND OTHER RESOURCES TO EXCITE

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THE ARTEMIS GENERATION OF EXPLORERS.

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ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS ACCESSIBLE AT

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NASA.GOV/STEM/ISS20.

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