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ISS014-E-14467 : Mikhail Tyurin Image above: Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, wearing a Russian Orlan spacesuit, participates in spacewalk. Image credit: NASA

TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html *Station Safety Report Released*

The International Space Station Independent Safety Task Force has issued its final report. It was released Tuesday 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.

"I wish to thank the members of the International Space Station Independent Safety Task Force for their hard work," said NASA Administrator Michael Griffin. "At NASA no activity is more important than safely conducting our space missions, including our expeditionary missions on board the International Space Station. I look forward to reading the task force’s report."

+ View Report (1.2 Mb PDF) http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/170368main_IIST_%20Final%20Report.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + Spacewalkers Retract Antenna http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/exp14_eva17.html

+ Expedition 14 Mission Status Briefing Materials, Jan. 26, 2007 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/exp14_msb_012607.html + Read more about Expedition 14 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/index.html + Read more about Expedition 15 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.html + View Crew's Daily Timelines http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html