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NASA Johnson Style
"NASA Johnson Style" Lyrics: NASA Johnson Style Johnson Style Welcome to NASA #39;s Johnson Space Center We are coming in hot so don #39;t burn up as we enter We do science everyday that affects your daily life Throw them up for manned space flight Science everywhere As we engineer the marvels That fly though the air And take us way beyond earth #39;s levels Science everywhere Because we engineer the marvels That fly though the air Flys us through the air Control the mission out of Johnson This is ground, hey! And this is space, hey! Tell me Houston what #39;s the problem It #39;s okay! It #39;s okay! Because there #39;s flight controllers on the job today NASA Johnson STYLE! Johnson STYLE! NA, NA, NA, NA NASA Johnson STYLE! Johnson STYLE! NA, NA, NA, NA NASA Johnson STYLE! EYYYYYY science daily! NA, NA, NA, NA, NASA STYLE! EYYYYYY it #39;s amazing! NA, NA, NA, NA ey ey ey ey ey ey!! Orbiting earth, international space station Where we work and live in space with a crew from several nations Got Japanese, and Russians, that European charm Throw them up, like the Canada Arm Kicking out research 29k cubic feet, revolves around the earth Science microgravity, revolves around the earth Columbus, JEM, and Destiny Kicking out research Kicking out research Train the astronauts at Johnson To go to space, hey! To go to space, hey! Cause the missions of tomorrow Start today, hey! Start today, hey! As we engineer the future day by day NASA Johnson STYLE! Johnson STYLE! NA, NA, NA, NA NASA Johnson STYLE! Johnson ...From:mazenkadiViews:0 0ratingsTime:03:48More inScience Technology

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"Soyuz Docking" RUSSIAN ROCKET docks at SPACE STATION with FRESH Crew (VIDEO)
"Soyuz Docking" (VIDEO) RUSSIAN Soyuz TMA-07 Spacecraft docks at SPACE STATION with FRESH Crew Location: ISS, Earth orbit Date Shot: December 21, 2012 -Video from RIA Novosti ( #1042; #1080; #1076; #1077; #1086; #1089; #1056; #1086; #1089; #1089; #1080; #1081; #1089; #1082; #1086; #1077; #1072; #1075; #1077; #1085; #1090; #1089; #1090; #1074; #1086; #1084; #1077; #1078; #1076; #1091; #1085; #1072; #1088; #1086; #1076; #1085; #1099; #1093; #1085; #1086; #1074; #1086; #1089; #1090; #1077; #1081;) A Russian Soyuz spacecraft has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) after a two-day flight. The Soyuz was carrying Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn and Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who are due to spend six months in orbit. This is the second mission at the ISS for each of the crew members. Romanenko, Marshburn and Hadfield have joined three other spacemen who have been manning the station since October. During their mission, the spacemen plan to carry out scientific tests, receive and reload other spacecrafts and carry out spacewalks. 1. Various of Soyuz docking with ISS 00:00 - 01:52 .`..`..`..`..`..`..`..`..`..`. CLICK HERE to view all the Videos/photos we #39;ve uploaded: http://www.youtube.com .`..`..`..`..`..`..`..`..`..`.From:WestEndNewsViews:5 0ratingsTime:01:53More inNews Politics

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This story was updated Dec. 21 at 12:05 p.m. EST.

The three newest residents of the International Space Station arrived at the high-flying laboratory Friday morning (Dec. 21) aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, just in time to celebrate an orbital Christmas.

At 9:09 a.m. EST (1409 GMT) the capsule delivered Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield who will become the station's first Canadian commander as well as Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn. The spaceflyers' journey started Wednesday (Dec. 19) when they launched from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome at 7:12 a.m. EST (1212 GMT).

After docking, the astronauts performed leak checks on the seal between their Soyuz TMA-07M capsule and the space station's docking port on the Rassvet module before opening the hatches between the two vehicles at 11:37 a.m. EST (1637 GMT). Shortly thereafter, the new arrivals floated inside the station that is to become their home for the next five months. [Expedition 34 Launch in Pictures]

"All of Canada tuned in to watch that absolutely picture-perfect launch," Paul Engel, director of communications for the Canadian Space Agency, told the astronauts from Mission Control in Moscow after the three new crewmembers arrived. "Absolutely extraordinary. Good luck with the mission."

The spaceflyers each got to speak to members of their families gathered at Mission Control.

"Your face looks a bit puffed up. Have you been smilling a lot?" Hadfield's son Evan asked his father, whom he watched via a live video stream from the space station.

"Yeah, we've been smiling a lot," Hadfield replied. "It was just a heck of a ride for the three of us. It's like being on a crazy dragster."

Then Marshburn's daughter asked him to demonstrate a somersault in microgravity, and the astronaut happily obliged.

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Three Spaceflyers Arrive at International Space Station in Time for Christmas

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying a multinational crew of three arrived at the International Space Station on Friday, setting the stage for a Canadian for the first time to take command of the orbital research base.

The spacecraft carrying Chris Hadfield from the Canadian Space Agency, NASA's Tom Marshburn and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko blasted off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome on Wednesday and parked at the station's Rassvet docking module at 9:09 a.m. EST as the ships sailed 255 miles above northern Kazakhstan.

"The Soyuz sleigh has pulled into port at the International Space Station with a holiday gift of three new crewmembers," said NASA mission commentator Rob Navias.

The trio joined station commander Kevin Ford and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeni Tarelkin, who are two months into a planned six-month mission.

Ford is due to turn over command of the $100 billion research complex, a project of 15 nations, in mid-March to Hadfield, who will become the first Canadian to lead a space expedition.

"This is a big event for me personally," Hadfield said in a preflight interview. "It takes a lot of work, a lot of focus. It's something that I can look back on as an accomplishment and a threshold of my life."

Command of the station, which has been continuously occupied since November 2000, typically rotates between an American and a Russian crewmember.

In 2009, Belgian astronaut Frank De Winne broke that cycle to become the first European Space Agency commander. Japan's Koichi Wakata is training to lead the Expedition 39 crew in March 2014.

All three of the station's new residents have made previous spaceflights. Hadfield, 53, is a veteran of two space shuttle missions. Marshburn, 52, has one previous shuttle mission and Roman Romanenko, 41, a second-generation cosmonaut, served as a flight engineer aboard the space station in 2009.

The station crew will have some time off to celebrate several winter holidays in orbit - Christmas, the New Year and then Orthodox Christmas - before tackling a list of about 150 science experiments and station maintenance, including two spacewalks.

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