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*Crew Conducts Training, Station Safety Report Released*
ISS014-E-13980 : Astronaut Sunita L. Williams Image above: Flight Engineer Sunita Williams works the Canadarm2 controls in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA
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Aboard the International Space Station, the Expedition 14 crew members continue their work with scientific experiments, station maintenance and additional clean up following the Feb. 22 spacewalk.
Flight Engineer Suni Williams participated in robotics proficiency training with a computer-based simulation Wednesday. This training program maintains the crew's skill level in using Canadarm2 without actually moving the robotic arm.
Also on Wednesday, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin spent some time relocating hardware as part of his post-spacewalk clean-up tasks.
On Tuesday, the International Space Station Independent Safety Task Force issued its final report. It was released simultaneously to Congress, NASA and the public.
The Congressionally-mandated task force was chartered last year under Section 1281 of the NASA Authorization Act of 2005. The task force was charged with reviewing the International Space Station program to assess potential vulnerabilities that could threaten the station or its crew or lead to it being prematurely abandoned.
+ View Report (3.7 Mb PDF) http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/170368main_IISTF_Final_Report_508.pdf