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In May 2010, STS-132 delivered the Mini Research Module 1 (MRM-1), named Rassvet, in order to expand the Russian segment of the station. It had a docking port on its end to preserve the station’s capacity to accommodate the two Soyuz ‘crew taxis’ and two Progress freighters required to sustain a crew of six. Soyuz TMA-19 launched in June with three flight engineers for the Expedition 24 crew. It was the first spacecraft to dock with the Rassvet module. They became the Expedition 25 crew when their colleagues returned to Earth in September.
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At the time of writing in September 2018 the ISS orbit is 402 x 409 km ( www.heavens-above.com ).
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Parts of Cosmos 375 would threaten ESA’s Swarm-B satellite on 25 January 2017. Once again, there was no impact.
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Although the Soyuz capsule returns ISS crewmembers to Earth, it does not have sufficient capacity for cargo beyond personal belongings. The Progress, ATV, and HTV vehicles all burn up on re-entry. The ISS would have await the first flight of the SpaceX Dragon capsule in May 2012 to regain the means of returning cargo to Earth.
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Phase 2 equipment was launched on HTV-4. On completion, the equipment was loaded into the unpressurised trunk of the SpaceX Dragon CRS-10 which was jettisoned to burn up on re-entry in March 2017.
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MISSE-8 was returned to Earth in the SpaceX Dragon CRS-3 capsule in May 2014.
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As a favorite of NASA, the astronauts and the public, Rocket Man had been used as a wake-up call on four previous occasions. STS-51A in November 1984, STS-51D in April 1985, STS-112 in October 2002, and STS-120 in October 2007. The crew also received recorded messages of goodwill and congratulations from Paul McCartney, Michael Stipe and Beyonce.
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At the time of writing (September 2018) it is planned that the next NASA crew to launch from American soil to the ISS will be Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley on a SpaceX Dragon 2 in April 2019.
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The four remaining Space Shuttle Orbiters are in museums. The unflown Enterprise (OV-101) is at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City, New York. Discovery (OV-103) is at the Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia. Atlantis (OV-104) is at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida. Endeavour (OV-105) is at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, California.
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For safety reasons the unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine (UDMH) fuel and nitrogen tetroxide (N2O4 or NTO) oxidiser were transferred separately.
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The MWA Containment System was used because LEGO bricks can only be exposed to the open cabin air for a maximum of 2 hours owing to restrictions on the use of flammable materials.
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O’Sullivan, J. (2019). Soyuz TMA-02M, Expeditions 28 and 29. In: Japanese Missions to the International Space Station. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04534-0_10
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