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Expedition 34 Update: Feb. 15, 2013

The station's Expedition 34 crew wrapped up the workweek Friday with robotics and preparations for a commercial cargo craft set to arrive in March.

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield holds two Material Science Laboratory Solidification and Quench Furnace (MSL SQF) Sample Cartridge Mechanical Protection Containers (MPCs) during the cartridge exchange in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. (NASA)

ISS Research Update For The Week of Feb. 4, 2013

Expedition 34 is hard at work 200 plus miles above us! Catch this week's research highlights here.

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Next SpaceX Launch Date Set

NASA is targeting March 1 as the launch date for the next cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station by SpaceX.

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Astronaut Frank DeWinne works with the Selectable Optical Diagnostics Instrument Influence of Vibration on Diffusion in Liquids (SODI-IVIDIL) hardware in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) aboard the International Space Station. (Credit NASA)

Fluids in Space, Shaken Not Stirred

Furthering fluid physics fundamentals in microgravity with results from the International Space Station SODI-IVIDIL investigation.

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ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter, Expedition 13 Flight Engineer, during a 5-hour, 54-minute spacewalk, which he shared with NASA astronaut Jeff Williams. For part of the spacewalk, the pair worked in tandem, and then worked separately, getting ahead of their timeline, allowing them to work on extra tasks. (NASA)

Finding the Key to Immunity

Living in space weakens astronauts' immune systems, researchers discovered. The findings are providing clues on how to tackle diseases on Earth.

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Russian Cargo Craft Docks to Station

The ISS Progress 50 cargo craft docked with the International Space Station at 3:35 p.m. EST Monday.

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield installs Ultrasonic Background Noise Tests (UBNT) sensors behind a rack in Destiny, using the space station as Testbed for Analog Research (ISTAR) procedures. These sensors detect high-frequency noise levels generated by station hardware and equipment operating within Destiny. (NASA)

ISS Research Update For The Week of Jan. 28, 2013

ISS team breaks record in crew time research at 71 hours.

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typical gas core for two-phase injection to help increase understanding of how to separate gases and liquids in microgravity as visualized by this image extracted from high speed video as part of the Two Phase Flow Separator Experiment (NASA)

Low-Gravity Flights Are Precursors To Experiments

Wouldn't it be fun to do experiments while floating free inside an airplane? Scientists from Glenn Research Center get to do just that.

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International Space Station Features

Veteran Crew to Make Year-Long Station Flight

NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency have named veteran spacefarers Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko for a one-year mission aboard the station in 2015.
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Take a Tour of the ISS with Suni Williams

In her final days as commander of the International Space Station, Suni Williams recorded an extensive tour of the orbital laboratory. The tour includes scenes of each of the station's modules and research facilities.
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A Day in the Life Aboard the Station

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live and work in space? Follow astronauts on the International Space Station in a series of videos as they explain their daily routines.
A Lab Aloft: The Space Station Research Blog →

Take a look behind-the-scenes with the scientists and researchers who are conducting experiments on board the International Space Station.
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Destination Station promotes research opportunities, educates communities and communicates the impacts of the station on our everyday lives.

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Reporters Invited to International Space Station Social Media Event

02.15.13 - Journalists are invited to participate in a NASA Social from 9:30 a.m. to noon EST Wednesday, Feb. 20, in the James Webb Auditorium of NASA Headquarters at 300 E St. SW in Washington.
NASA Targets March 1 Launch for Next SpaceX Station Resupply Mission; Media Accreditation Open

02.14.13 - NASA and its international partners are targeting Friday, March 1, as the launch date for the next cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX).
NASA'S Refueling Demonstration Proves Viability Of Satellite-Servicing Technologies

02.08.13 - NASA has demonstrated robotic fluid transfer in space, an objective that will help inform the development of robotic technology to refuel satellites.
NASA Awards Engineering, Technology and Science Contract

02.08.13 - NASA has selected Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tenn., for an engineering, technology and science contract at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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Next Space Station Launch

Mission: SpaceX CRS-2
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
Date: March 1, 2013
Time: 10:10 a.m. EST
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