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    Expedition 69 Trio Preps for Soyuz Ride Around Station

    (From left) NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin are pictured. The three have undocked from the space station and are headed back to Earth.

    Three Expedition 69 crew members had a short day on Wednesday and went to sleep early ahead of the relocation of their Soyuz crew ship on Thursday morning. The rest of the International Space Station crew had its hands full throughout the day conducting biology research and packing a cargo craft. Two Roscosmos cosmonauts and …

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    Crew Health Checks, Space Physics Top Tuesday Research Schedule

    Astronaut Sultan Alneyadi receives a haircut from astronaut Frank Rubio aboard the space station with a hair trimmer containing a suction device collecting loose hair.

    Human research activities dominated the Expedition 69 crew’s schedule aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday with ultrasound scans, vision checks, and hearing exams. Space physics also rounded out the science schedule while the orbital residents also continued ongoing cargo and maintenance operations. Living long-term in weightlessness is suspected of increasing cardiovascular health risks such …

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    Crew Trains for Port Move During Busy Science Day

    NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg shows off a fresh orange, recently delivered aboard the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship, flying in microgravity aboard the station.

    Three Expedition 69 crew members are training to take a short ride around the International Space Station and move their Soyuz crew ship to another docking port later this week. The rest of the orbital residents focused on pharmaceutical studies, space physics, and biology research at the beginning of the week. NASA Flight Engineer Frank …

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