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Soyuz crew welcomed aboard space station

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HPARC ARISS Contact
The Hazel Park Amateur Radio Club connects students at Macomb Mathematics Science Technology Center to the International Space Station via Ham Radio.

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ISS Expedition 39/40 Soyuz TMA-12M Update Space Station Live
ISS Expedition 39/40 Soyuz TMA-12M Update Space Station Live.

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UFO-ORB March 20-2014 3.58pm Melbourne Australia
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Space Station #39;Potty #39; Swap - Astronaut Demonstrates | Video
NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins swaps out the International Space Station #39;s Solid Waste Container SWC/KTO. Credit: NASA.

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Space Station Live: Multi-Gas Monitor Device
Space Station Live commentator Dan Huot interviews Dr. Paul Mudgett, the principal investigator of the Multi-Gas Monitor device that is aboard the Internatio...

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NASA New Horizons FULL HD
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation #39;s civilian space pr...

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Dead Space 3 Last Boss / Final Chapter
This is Final battle of Isaac Clarke (Difficulity: Impossible) Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq8TodRtxCpnt-TR6c6sgbw Dead Space 3 is an action-...

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NASA said Wednesday that it's suspending most of its contacts with Russian officials due to U.S.-Russian frictions over Ukraine and Crimea.

The suspension does not affect operations on the International Space Station, in which the United States and Russia are the main partners. It does, however, affect travel to Russia as well as communication and meetings with Russian space officials.

The decision to suspend most contacts was the subject of discussion throughout the day, and confirmed in a NASA statement issued late Wednesday:

"Given Russia's ongoing violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, NASA is suspending the majority of its ongoing engagements with the Russian Federation. NASA and Roscosmos will, however, continue to work together to maintain safe and continuous operation of the International Space Station.

"NASA is laser focused on a plan to return human spaceflight launches to American soil, and end our reliance on Russia to get into space. This has been a top priority of the Obama administration's for the past five years, and had our plan been fully funded, we would have returned American human spaceflight launches and the jobs they support back to the United States next year. With the reduced level of funding approved by Congress, we're now looking at launching from U.S. soil in 2017.

"The choice here is between fully funding the plan to bring space launches back to America or continuing to send millions of dollars to the Russians. It's that simple. The Obama administration chooses to invest in America and we are hopeful that Congress will do the same."

Relations between Washington and Moscow have worsened in the wake of Crimea's secession from Ukraine and its annexation by Russia. However, U.S.-Russian cooperation is essential on the space station, which has been supported by 15 nations throughout its 13 years of operation.

The station is currently commanded by Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, with three Russians and two Americans filling out the crew.

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Due to the 2011 retirement of NASA's space shuttle fleet, Russian spaceships provide the only means to transport astronauts to and from the station. However, the station also relies on a U.S.-controlled set of solar arrays for electrical power, as well as U.S. and Russian communication links.

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The International Space Station is pictured in its current configuration, in a 2011 photo.

WASHINGTON The International Space Stationhad to dodge space junk again the second time in less than three weeks.

NASA said the station fired its thrusters Thursday afternoon, moving up about half a mile, to avoid some parts from an old Ariane 5 rocket. The European Space Agency launches Ariane rockets out of South America.

The junk would have come within 1,040 feet of the outpost. NASA said the six man crew was never in danger.

NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries said the space agency has had to consider sidestepping space junk dozens of times since the outpost was launched in 1998, sometimes cancelling the orbital dodge at the last moment.

The station moved on March 16 to avoid an old Russian weather satellite part.

The Canadian Press, 2014

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