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1. SPACE STATION TRIO LANDS SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN
2. TOUCH THE MOON IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:07:20 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: SPACE STATION TRIO LANDS SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN

April 27, 2012

Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #H12-140

SPACE STATION TRIO LANDS SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN

HOUSTON -- Three members of the Expedition 30 crew undocked from the International Space Station and safely returned to Earth on Friday, wrapping up a five-and-a-half-month mission in space

Commander Dan Burbank of NASA and Russian Flight Engineers Anatoly Ivanishin and Anton Shkaplerov landed their Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft in Kazakhstan at 6:45 a m CDT after undocking from the space station's Poisk module at 3:18 a m The trio, which arrived at the station on Nov 16, 2011, spent a total of 165 days in space, 163 of them conducting research on the station

Before leaving the station, Burbank handed over command of Expedition 31 to the Russian Federal Space Agency's Oleg Kononenko, who remains aboard the station with NASA astronaut Don Pettit and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers They will be joined by NASA astronaut Joseph Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin Acaba, Padalka and Revin are scheduled to launch May 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and dock with the station on May 16

To follow Twitter updates from NASA's Expedition 30 and 31 astronauts, visit:

http://twitter com/AstroCoastie

https://twitter com/astro_Pettit

https://twitter com/AstroAcaba

For more information about Expedition 31 and the space station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:33:52 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: TOUCH THE MOON IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

April 27, 2012

Ciandra Jackson Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-2924

Report #JO12-006

TOUCH THE MOON IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

HOUSTON � Californians will have the rare chance to touch a nearly 4-billion-year-old piece of moon rock at NASA�s Driven to Explore traveling exhibit, a multimedia experience that immerses visitors in the story of NASA

The exhibit will be at the following locations (all times Pacific):

Chino � Planes of Fame Air Show from 10 a m to 7 p m Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6

Simi Valley � Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum from 10 a m to 5 p m Tuesday, May 8 and Wednesday, May 9

San Diego �San Diego Air & Space Museum from 10 a m to 4:30 p m Monday, May 14 to Wednesday, May 16

Santa Ana � Discovery Science Center from 10 a m to 5 p m Saturday, May 19 to Tuesday, May 22

The centerpiece of Driven to Explore is the opportunity to touch a lunar rock sample brought to Earth by the astronauts of Apollo 17 in 1972, America's last human mission to the moon The rock is one of only eight lunar samples made available for the public to touch

Driven to Explore allows visitors to learn why we explore, discover the challenges of human space exploration and how NASA provides critical technological advances to improve life on Earth The exhibit also details the accomplishments of the space shuttle and the International Space Station

NASA is investing in the building blocks of a more capable approach to space exploration, including research and development to increase space travel capabilities In support of these efforts, NASA is performing field tests, designing surface systems and conducting advanced human research to ensure that future missions are safe, sustainable and affordable

For more information about NASA exploration, visit:

http://www nasa gov/exploration

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 27 Apr 2012 to 28 Apr 2012 (#2012-41)

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