The duo will "focus on their peak-time commitments" with the station and will leave before the end of the year.

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Usachev could have an easier time recovering, having spent two long-duration missions on the retired Russian space station Mir.

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To be able to follow such creatures in real time using the International Space Station could engender a whole new generation of applications on personal hand-held devices.

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Kyrgyzstan had invited Russia to station attack aircraft at an airbase on its territory - the first time Russia had opened a foreign military base since the end of the Soviet Union.

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Kirk conducted an interview in real-time with fellow Canadian and astronaut Chris Hadfield, who is currently on board the International Space Station.

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Also, if you are buying a Caltrain 8-ride ticket, the place to discover that it needs to be time-stamp validated is before you get on the train, not after it pulls away from the station.

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Somewhere on the property or at a distant station, a bell rang--plenty of time for you still to grab some goodies, raid the fridge, use the bathroom and be on your way before the rent-a-cops arrived.

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