Science and Exploration

This Week at NASA: Expedition 42 Launch, 3-D Printing and More

By Marc Boucher
Status Report
November 29, 2014
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This Week at NASA: Expedition 42 Launch, 3-D Printing and More
This Week at NASA: Expedition 42 Launch, 3-D Printing and More.
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NASA’s Terry Virts and Expedition 42/43 crewmates, Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian Federal Space Agency and the European Space Agency’s Samantha Cristoforetti, launched Nov. 23 at 4:01 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
Almost six hours later, their Soyuz spacecraft docked to the International Space Station – where they joined Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore of NASA, and Flight Engineers Alexander Samokutyaev and Elena Serova of Roscosmos – returning the station crew to its full complement of six people. Also, First 3-D printed object in space, Orion flight test update, New airborne Earth Science missions and Happy Thanksgiving from space.

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