Station Crew Prepares for Soyuz Move, Conducts Science

The Expedition 24 crew members aboard the International Space Station were busy with a variety of maintenance and science activities Wednesday as they orbited the Earth.

Commander Alexander Skvortsov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko tested the station?s manual TORU docking system for Monday?s relocation of the newly arrived Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft. The Soyuz will be moved to the Rassvet module, the newest component of the station, clearing the way for the arrival of the ISS Progress [...]

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