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New crew arrives safely at the space station
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Valuable microgravity research returns to
Earth …

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And an update on our Commercial Crew Program
… a few of the stories to tell you about

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– This Week at NASA!

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On April 9, our Chris Cassidy and his Expedition
63 crew mates – Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan

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Vagner, both of Roscosmos – launched to
the International Space Station from the Baikonur

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Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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Six hours later, the trio was greeted by the
crew already onboard the station, including

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our Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan.

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A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft safely returned
to Earth from the space station on April 7,

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bringing with it more than 4,000 pounds of
valuable scientific experiments and other

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cargo.

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This included research that looks at printing
human organs and tissues in microgravity,

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and a study that examines how human heart
tissue functions in space.

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These and other microgravity experiments conducted
on the station could lead to new technologies,

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medical treatments, and other products to
improve life on Earth, and also help us learn

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how to keep astronauts healthy during long-duration
space travel to the Moon and Mars.

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Our partner Boeing has decided to fly a second
uncrewed flight test to the International

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Space Station with its CST-100 Starliner,
as a part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

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No new launch date has been set.

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Although many, but not all of the objectives
of Boeing’s first uncrewed flight test in

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December 2019 were accomplished, the company
decided another flight would be the best approach

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to meeting NASA’s requirements.

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Data from both flight tests will be used to
certify Boeing’s crew transportation system

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for carrying astronauts to and from the space
station.

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We are continuing preparations with our other
Commercial Crew partner, SpaceX for the company’s

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second demonstration flight test, Demo-2 – the
first SpaceX flight to carry astronauts to

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the International Space Station.

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An emergency egress exercise was conducted
on April 3 at Launch Complex 39A at our Kennedy

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Space Center in Florida.

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The end-to-end demonstration is the latest
in a series of exercises to ensure the crew

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and support teams can quickly evacuate from
the launch pad in the unlikely event of an

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emergency prior to liftoff.

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Demo-2 is targeted for launch in mid to late
May.

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NASA is commemorating the 50th anniversary
of the Apollo 13 mission by sharing a variety

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of resources, recognizing the triumph of the
mission control team and the astronauts, and

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looking at how lessons learned from the mission
can be applied to our lunar Artemis program.

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Apollo 13 has become known as “a successful
failure” following the safe return of its

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crew in spite of a catastrophic explosion.

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Find out more at nasa.gov/apollo13.

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That’s what’s up this week @NASA …