Station Crew Prepares for Visiting Spacecraft, Conducts Research

The Expedition 27 crew members aboard the International Space Station made preparations for the arrivals of a new Russian cargo craft and space shuttle Endeavour and took part in a variety of scientific research Thursday.

The ISS Progress 42 cargo craft launched at 9:05 a.m. EDT Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and is scheduled to dock to the Pirs docking compartment at 10:29 a.m. Friday.

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the Progress docking beginning at  [...]

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