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well good morning everybody a series of

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briefings by managers at the johnson

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space center houston march 9 outlined in

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detail the progress of the agency's next

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and future space shuttle missions to the

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international space station we're

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looking

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very forward to uh to getting dex and

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his crew up to the uh to the iss and

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we'll continue the

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the final close out of the space shuttle

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program and get iss in a really good

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configuration to to last at least

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another 10 years we're just about done

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with the assembly uh we're looking

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forward to utilization and fully

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utilizing the iss and that's our focus

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this year as well as extending the iss

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to 2020.

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the lead flight directors for station

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and sts-131 laid out their comprehensive

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mission agenda for discovery's upcoming

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flight to the orbiting complex we've got

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a lot of resupply items we're taking up

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a lot of

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of

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iss racks that we're going to be

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installing on the international space

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station

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sts-131 will feature three spacewalks

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mission managers outlined that veteran

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astronauts rick mastracchio and clay

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anderson hope to achieve during their

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six and a half hour long sessions

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outside the iss rick mastracchio will be

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our ev1 wearing the red stripe this is

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actually his third space flight he's

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done three va's before on sts-118

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ev2 wearing the white stripes will be

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clay anderson he's also done three evas

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he was an expedition 15 crew member so

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this will be his second flight and he

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actually did two of those evas with the

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sts-118 crew so rick and clay are very

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experienced crew members and actually

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experienced in doing evas together

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as with previous flights numerous

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educational activities are connected to

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the mission many involving sts-131

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astronaut and former teacher dottie

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metcalf lindenberger during the mission

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dottie and her crewmates will film an

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education video that will highlight both

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the robotic operations that take place

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on board the shuttle and the space

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nasa's diverse robotics missions and

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we'll explore some career fields related

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to robotics following a week of launch

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dress rehearsal activities at the

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kennedy space center sts-131 commander

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alan poindexter and his six-member crew

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told the media they're ready for their

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mission the crew has been very busy

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training and we finished our

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our terminal countdown demonstration

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test last week at the kennedy space

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center we have a few more weeks of

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training to finish up and we'll be ready

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for launch

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joining poindexter and metcalf

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lindenberger on the mission is pilot jim

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dutton and mission specialist rick

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mastracchio stephanie wilson japanese

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aerospace exploration agency astronaut

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nico yamazaki and clay anderson

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discovery is targeted to launch from