Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko began Wednesday running. He participated in a Russian fitness session, which included a blood test and using the International Space Station's treadmill. NASA ISS Science Officer Ed Lu, who serves as the crew's medical officer, assisted Malenchenko during the session.

Space agency leaders from the United States, Europe, Canada, Japan and Russia met Wednesday in Monterey, Calif., to review the status of cooperation on the International Space Station Program.
The meeting participants noted the significant milestone of the 1,000th day of permanent human presence aboard the Space Station.....

25 July 2003 - Starting in the autumn ESA will distribute the new International Space Station Education Kit for pupils aged 12-15. Teachers, you can sign up now for a free copy and be in with the chance of hosting a launch event for the kit at your school!

Expedition 7 NASA ISS Science Officer Ed Lu narrates a tour of the International Space Station. In the fourth video, he demonstrates some of the Soyuz spacecraft's controls and shows the view out the Soyuz window.

A milestone will be marked in space Tuesday, the 1,000th consecutive day of people living and working aboard the International Space Station. Seven crews have lived on the Space Station, as it has dramatically grown in size and capabilities.....

The nation's top teachers from each state including representatives from American Samoa, Department of Defense Education Activity, District of Columbia, Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. Virgin Islands are journeying on a weeklong space "mission" this summer, courtesy of NASA.....

US firm Space Adventures is potentially interested in buying a Russian Soyuz space craft to make tourist flights to the International Space Station (ISS), ITAR-TASS Saturday quoted the company's chief as saying. Eric Anderson, chief executive officer, told the news agency in Los Angeles that Space Adventures was keen to send the two space tourists on board one spaceship accompanied by a professional astronaut

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Veteran NASA astronaut Michael Foale and seasoned Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri are set to be the eighth crew to live aboard the International Space Station. They're scheduled to begin their mission in October, when they launch into space aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

Last Monday the crew focused on medical experiments and an inventory by Malenchenko of 44 Russian medical, food supplement and ointment kits, about a two-hour task. Tuesday saw additional medical tests and Mission Control Moscow continued testing a new satellite navigation system antenna.

ISS Expedition 7 crew:
Ed Lu KC5WKJ
Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP

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