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Chris Hadfield, Roman Romanenko and Tom Marshburn

Expedition 34 Update, Dec. 7, 2012

The Expedition 34 trio on the ground checked their suits and Soyuz. The orbiting crew worked with medical operations, science and maintenance.

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Tom Marshburn, Roman Romanenko and Chris Hadfield

Expedition 34 Update, Dec. 6, 2012

A new Expedition 34 trio arrived Thursday in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, to begin final pre-launch training.

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The International Space Station taken from Space Shuttle Discovery as the Sun rises from behind Earth. The STS-119 and Expedition 18 crew took this picture after leaving the Space Station in March 2009. (NASA/ESA)

International Space Station Salutes the Sun

This weekend the International Space Station will turn itself to position the European Space Agency's SOLAR instrument for a better view of the sun.

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Astronaut Suni Williams with the YouTube SpaceLab payload Spider Habitat where Nefertiti the spidernaut lived while she was on orbit. (NASA)

Saying "Godspeed" to a Spidernaut

Nefertiti didn't spin a web like Charlotte; her kind never could. But the red-back jumping spider earned a classy nickname, Spidernaut.

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Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko

Expedition 34 Update, Dec. 5, 2012

New year-long station residents Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko were introduced to the public Wednesday and congratulated by Expedition 34.

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International Space Station Features

  • Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko

    Veteran Crew to Make Year-Long Station Flight

    NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency have named veteran spacefarers Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko for a one-year mission aboard the station in 2015.
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  • International Space Station Live!

    International Space Station Live!  →

    Check out how the International Space Station, the most complex structure ever built in space, works on a daily basis.

  • A Day in the Life Aboard the Station

    A Day in the Life Aboard the Station

    Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live and work in space? Follow astronauts on the International Space Station in a series of videos as they explain their daily routines.

  • International Space Station: the First 10 Years, the Next 10 Years

    First Ten Years, Next Ten Years

    Did you know that people have been living and working in space around the clock, every single day, for more than ten years? During the past decade, 15 nations have come together, setting aside boundaries and differences, to design, assemble, occupy, and conduct research inside and outside of the largest and longest inhabited object to ever orbit the Earth - the International Space Station.

  • Destination Station: Sharing the Wonders of Your International Space Station

    Destination: Station

    Destination Station promotes research opportunities, educates communities and communicates the impacts of the station on our everyday lives.

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