Culbertson, Dezhurov and Tyurin officially became residents of Alpha at 3:15 p.m.

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It's expected to arrive at space station Alpha at 9:08 p.m.

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M-theory to calculate whether alpha should be going up or down, or by how much.

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I'm in 1-64 Bravo Company, 1st Platoon, Alpha Section of the Humvee elements.

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Indeed, I'm told that today is the first time in 39 years that many from Alpha Troop have pulled out their medals and joined their old troop.

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Discovery, meanwhile, is scheduled to undock from Alpha on August 20 and land at Kennedy Space Center on August 22 at 12:48 p.m.

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