New Crew to Station on This Week @ NASA

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Channel: NASA · 2012 · Science & Technology

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The Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Expedition 32/33 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Suni Williams and Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency heads to the International Space Station following its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Malenchenko, Williams and Hoshide are joining up with Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA astronaut Joe Acaba and Cosmonaut Sergei Revin; who have been on the orbiting outpost since May. Also, when the Curiosity rover sets off from its landing site near Gale Crater to explore the Martian surface, it might encounter some sand dunes. Project engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have prepared for that possibility by putting a test rover through the paces here on Earth, the Cassini spacecraft has spotted signs that a change of seasons may be coming on Saturn's largest moon Titan, Deputy Administrator Lori Garver participates in a workshop focused on Innovation in Manufacturing, Celebrating Telstar I, Inspiring Inquisitive Minds and more!

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