Station Crew Conducts Emergency Training; Prepares for Arrivals

(NASA) - The Expedition 23 crew members aboard the International Space Station were busy Thursday with an emergency Soyuz descent training drill and preparations for the arrival of space shuttle Discovery and the STS-131 crew.

Commander Oleg Kotov, with Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi, conducted an emergency Soyuz descent training drill and discussed procedures with ground controllers on Earth. These periodic drills prepare the crew members for an escape in the docked Soyuz  [...]

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