Science, Spacewalk Preps and Station Orientation for Station Crew

After a day of Russian and U.S. human spaceflight anniversary activities, the Expedition 27 crew is back at work aboard the International Space Station. On April 12, 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. Space shuttle Columbia launched on April 12, 1981, beginning STS-1, the first shuttle mission.

Inside the Columbus laboratory Flight Engineer Cady Coleman removed a microscope and spectrophotometer from the Biolab rack. Both items were not working and will be returned [...]

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