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Observatory school laboratory home this

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is Space Station freedom where

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international teams of astronauts will

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live and work permanently in space eight

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crew members can live comfortably aboard

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freedom

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the astronauts private quarters are

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equipped with computers VCRs and

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telecommunications board each SB moves

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on the freedom for three to six months

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at a time the habitation maintenance

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centers appear

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there is no grammar scientists in u.s.

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laboratory module can perform

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experiments not possible on earth the

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microgravity of space allows astronauts

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to grow perfect crystals and produce

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chemicals with an unprecedented level of

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purity they experiment with robotic

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electronics

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ceramic planters and himself researching

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that advanced technology an important

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mission aboard freedom is Earth

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the luminous billed horizon is our

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atmosphere it seems so fragile yet it

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shields all living things from freedom's

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orbit 250 miles above the earth our own

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planet is perceived as a delicate living

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organism that needs to be protected

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freedom's external payloads are attached

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to a trust under 500 feet long

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instruments are trained on the sky as

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well as their information gathered

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enhances research in astronomy

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oceanography geology and meteorology

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changing the way we understand the Space

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Shuttle is a welcome sign aboard freedom

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to keep the stationing running the space

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28 1990s when the station is operational

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a new era begins now that we can live

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and work in space it's easy to imagine

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life on the moon