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NASA Briefing Thursday Will Preview Upcoming US Spacewalks

Posted: 16 Jan 2018 01:54 PM PST http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-briefing-thursday-will-preview-upcoming-us-spacewalks

American and Japanese astronauts aboard the International Space Station
will embark on a pair of spacewalks Jan. 23 and 29 to service the station’s robotic arm. Experts from NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will
preview this work in a briefing at 2 p.m. EST Thursday, Jan. 18, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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Massachusetts Students to Speak with Astronauts on Space Station

Posted: 16 Jan 2018 12:00 PM PST http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/massachusetts-students-to-speak-with-astronauts-on-space-station

Students at Framingham State University (FSU) in Massachusetts will speak
with astronauts living, working, and doing research aboard the
International Space Station at 12:15 p.m. EST Friday, Jan. 19. The
20-minute, Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website.
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