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<\/a>NASA and SpaceX managers continue to plan for the departure of four commercial crew astronauts aboard the International Space Station<\/a> this week. A change of command is also on tap as the 11 orbital residents transition to a seven-member crew before the end of the week.<\/p>\n NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn<\/a>, Raja Chari<\/a>, and Kayla Barron<\/a>, with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer<\/a> are nearing the end of their space research mission that began in November<\/a>. The quartet will first see Marshburn hand over station command to Roscosmos Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev<\/a> who will lead Expedition 67<\/a> until late summer. The following day, the four astronauts will enter the SpaceX Dragon Endurance, undock from the Harmony module<\/a>\u2019s forward port, then splashdown off the coast of Florida about 24 hours later.<\/p>\n The four departing astronauts have been handing over their responsibilities to the station\u2019s newest quartet that arrived on April 27<\/a> aboard the Dragon Freedom. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren<\/a>, Bob Hines<\/a>, and Jessica Watkins<\/a> with Samantha Cristoforetti<\/a> from ESA are in the first week of a four-and-a-half-month research mission on the orbiting lab.<\/p>\n Flight Engineers Hines and Watkins partnered once again inside the Columbus laboratory module<\/a> exploring how microgravity affects their dexterous manipulation<\/a>. Lindgren worked on cargo operations inside the Cygnus space freighter<\/a> then took a robotics test that measures behavioral conditions<\/a> during spaceflight. Cristoforetti worked on exercise machine components<\/a> and spent time on station familiarization activities.<\/p>\n Over in the Russian segment of the station, Artemyev took turns with Flight Engineer Sergey Korsakov<\/a> working out for a study exploring ways to maximize the effectiveness of exercise in weightlessness. Flight Engineer Denis Matveev<\/a> worked on resupply activities inside the ISS Progress 80<\/a> cargo craft before cleaning ventilation systems.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the\u00a0space station blog<\/a>,\u00a0@space_station<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@ISS_Research<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, as well as the\u00a0ISS Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ISS Instagram<\/a>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n Get weekly video highlights at:\u00a0http:\/\/jscfeatures.jsc.nasa.gov\/videoupdate\/<\/a><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here:\u00a0www.nasa.gov\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NASA and SpaceX managers continue to plan for the departure of four commercial crew astronauts aboard the International Space Station this week. A change of command is also on tap as the 11 orbital residents transition to a seven-member crew before the end of the week. NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron, \u2026 Continue reading
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