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    Astronauts Conducting Third Spacewalk to Upgrade Station Power Systems

    NASA astronaut Anne McClain

    NASA astronauts Anne McClain and David Saint-Jacques have begun the third spacewalk in under a month on the exterior of the International Space Station. Today’s spacewalk will work to establish a redundant path of power to the Canadian-built robotic arm, known as Canadarm2, and install cables to provide for more expansive wireless communications coverage outside the orbital …

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    Monday’s Spacewalk Will Be Broadcast Live on NASA TV

    Expedition 59 Flight Engineers Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency are scheduled to conduct another spacewalk Monday, April 8, to establish a redundant path of power to the Canadian-built robotic arm, known as Canadarm2, and install cables to provide for more expansive wireless communications coverage outside the orbital complex, as well as …

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    Spacewalk This Monday Ahead of Two U.S. Cargo Missions This Month

    Astronaut David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency

    The Expedition 59 crew is going into the weekend preparing for another spacewalk on Monday. The International Space Station residents also continue microgravity research as they wait for two U.S. cargo ships to arrive before the end of the month. Astronauts Anne McClain and David Saint-Jacques are getting their tools ready for another power upgrades …

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    Express Delivery from Russia Brings 3.7 Tons of Station Supplies

    Russia's Progress 72 resupply ship

    Traveling about 254 miles over central China, the unpiloted Russian Progress 72 cargo ship docked at 10:22 a.m. EDT to the Pirs docking compartment on the Russian segment of the complex. In addition to the arrival of Progress today, the crewmembers aboard the space station are scheduled to greet two other cargo resupply missions this …

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    NASA TV Broadcasts Launch and Docking of Express Delivery to Station

    The Progress 72 resupply ship stands at its launch pad

    NASA Television will broadcast live the launch of a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft carrying more than three-and-a-half tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 59 crew aboard the International Space Station. Watch live on NASA TV and the agency’s website at 6:45 a.m. EDT. The Progress 72 spacecraft is scheduled to launch from …

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    Live on Thursday NASA TV Broadcasts Express Cargo Mission to Station

    The Progress 72 resupply ship stands at its launch pad

    NASA Television will provide live launch coverage of a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft carrying more than three-and-a-half tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 59 crew aboard the International Space Station. Watch live on NASA TV and the agency’s website beginning at 6:45 a.m. EDT. The Progress 72 spacecraft is scheduled to launch …

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    Crew Waits for Express Delivery, Works Human Research and Next Spacewalk

    Greece, the boot of Italy and the island of Sicily

    Human research and spacewalk preparations are underway aboard the International Space Station today. A Russian cargo rocket is also preparing to blast off Thursday morning and resupply the Expedition 59 crew. Astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch took turns this morning testing their vision. They tested their visual acuity and contrast sensitivity using an eye …

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    Russian Cargo Ship Reaches Space and Races to Station

    Russia's Progress 72 resupply ship blasts off on time

    Carrying more than three-and-a-half tons of food, fuel and supplies for the International Space Station crew, the unpiloted Russian Progress 72 cargo spacecraft launched at 7:01 a.m. EDT (4:01 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The resupply ship reached preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas as planned. Following …

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    April Brings Three New Spaceships and a Third Spacewalk at the Station

    NASA astronaut Christina Koch participates in her first spacewalk

    April is shaping up to be a busy month bringing three new spaceships and another spacewalk to the International Space Station. The Expedition 59 crew has already wrapped up two spacewalks this year and welcomed the first SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and the latest Soyuz MS-12 crew ship in March. Roscosmos, SpaceX and Northrop Grumman …

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