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a milestone for a nasa astronaut a plan

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for the future of the space station and

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moving a step closer to an historic

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mission to the station a few of the

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stories to tell you about this week at

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february 3rd was nasa astronaut mark

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vandehei's 300th consecutive day living

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and working aboard the international

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space station in september 2021 about

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five months into his stay aboard the

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space station vanda high's mission was

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extended to march 2022

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that puts him on track to hold the new

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american record for the longest single

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spaceflight by an astronaut by the time

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he returns to earth in late march

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in response to congressional direction

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nasa has provided an updated

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international space station transition

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report that details the goals for

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station operations over the next decade

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that will lead to a smooth transition to

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commercial services the steps being

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taken to develop both the supply and

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demand side of a commercial economy in

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low earth orbit and the technical steps

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and budget required for the transition

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the biden-harris administration recently

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made a commitment to extend space

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station operations until 2030. we and

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our international partners have approved

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the crew members for the first private

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astronaut mission to the space station

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axiom space's axiom mission 1 or ax1 is

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targeted for launch to the station march

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30th from our kennedy space center on

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spacex's crew dragon endeavor spacecraft

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former nasa astronaut michael lopez

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alegria will serve as the commander of

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the four person multinational crew which

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is scheduled to spend eight days aboard

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the orbiting outpost conducting science

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education and commercial activities

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before returning to earth nasa has

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updated the schedule to move the

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combined space launch system rocket and

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orion spacecraft out of the vehicle

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assembly building or vab to the launch

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pad at our kennedy space center for

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testing to no earlier than march 2022

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the agency has added additional time to

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complete closeout activities inside the

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vab before rolling the integrated rocket

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and spacecraft out for the first time

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teams are not working any major issues

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but are taking operations a step at a

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time to ensure the integrated system is

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ready to safely launch on the artemis 1

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nasa is reviewing potential launch

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opportunities in april and may we

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successfully completed the final

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inflation test with the bernard cutter

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low earth orbit flight test of an

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inflatable decelerator or lofted the

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nasa technology which could one day help

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land humans on mars is scheduled to

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launch with a polar orbiting satellite

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no earlier than fall 2022

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once in low earth orbit lofted will

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separate from the satellite and descend

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back to earth to demonstrate that the

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inflatable aeroshell or heat shield can

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slow down and survive re-entry the

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demonstration will conclude with a

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splash landing in the pacific ocean

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that's what's up this week at nasa for