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"HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND."

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WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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I’M LEAH CHESHIER.

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THIS WEEK, A CARGO SPACECRAFT DEPARTED THE
ORBITING LABORATORY

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WHILE ANOTHER PREPARES TO DO THE SAME.

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ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6,

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NORTHROP GRUMMAN’S CYGNUS RESUPPLY SPACECRAFT

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DEPARTED AFTER MORE THAN 3 MONTHS ONBOARD.

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THIS 14TH RESUPPLY MISSION FROM THE COMPANY

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LAUNCHED ON OCT. 2, 2020,

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ARRIVING AT THE STATION OCTOBER 5th

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AND DELIVERING NEARLY 8,000 POUNDS OF CREW
SUPPLIES,

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HARDWARE, RESEARCH EXPERIMENTS AND MORE.

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AFTER UNLOADING THE PRECIOUS CARGO,

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ASTRONAUTS FILLED CYGNUS WITH TRASH

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TO BURN UP WITH THE VEHICLE

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UPON ITS FIREY REENTRY INTO EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE

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AFTER COMPLETING ITS SECONDARY MISSION

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IN ORBIT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS.

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SPACEX’S CARGO DRAGON WILL BE

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THE NEXT DEPARTURE FROM THE SPACE STATION,

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SCHEDULED TO UNDOCK FOR A SPLASHDOWN

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IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN ON JANUARY 11th.

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YOU CAN WATCH UNDOCKING ON THE AGENCY’S
WEBSITE.

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WHILE I PERSONALLY CAN’T KEEP A CACTUS ALIVE,

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CREW MEMBERS ARE PROVING YET AGAIN THAT

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THEY CAN GROW PLANTS IN SPACE.

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FUTURE LONG DURATION MISSIONS

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TO THE MOON OR MARS WILL REQUIRE ASTRONAUTS

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TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD,

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A CAPABILITY BEING TESTED ABOARD

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THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WITH

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THE VEGGIE EXPERIMENT.

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THIS WEEK, ASTRONAUTS INSTALLED

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THE ROOT MAT AND SMALL PLANT PILLOWS NEEDED

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TO BEGIN GROWING EXTRA DWARF PAK CHOI,

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AMARA MUSTARD, AND RED ROMAINE LETTUCE

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AS PART OF THE VEG-03 INVESTIGATION.

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AS THE PLANTS GROW, CREW MEMBERS WILL

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TAKE PHOTOS FOR GROUND ANALYSIS

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ON PLANT GROWTH RATES AND HEALTH.

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THESE PLANTS WILL BE HARVESTED ON-ORBIT

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AND SAMPLES WILL BE RETURNED TO EARTH FOR
TESTING.

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RESULTS FROM THIS EXPERIMENT

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COULD ALSO BENEFIT AGRICULTURAL

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AND BIOMASS PRODUCTION EFFORTS ON EARTH

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BY CONTRIBUTING TO BASIC RESEARCH

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ON PLANT CULTIVATION.

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THAT’LL DO IT FOR US THIS WEEK ON SPACE
TO GROUND.