Fragile Oasis

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Why This Blog Sep 22, 2010 02:01:48 PM | Ron Garan
 
I began this blog simply to help others share in the wonderful experience of living and working in space.
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June 2010 Star City Training Trip Winding Down Sep 22, 2010 01:56:19 PM | Ron Garan
 
Well my training trip to Star City is coming to an end and the last week has been very eventful. Starting with last Friday night, I attended a docking party hosted by Expedition 24 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin’s, wife Larisa. It was fun celebrating a successful launch and docking with all the cosmonauts, astronauts, families, managers, and trainers here at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) (I even slugged through a toast in Russian).
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Japan in July Sep 22, 2010 01:55:39 PM | Ron Garan
 
Another successful training trip is over. Just returned from a quick week trip to Japan. Scott Kelly and I spent a week with the Japanese Space Agency in Tsukuba Japan (about 2 hours NE of Tokyo).
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That's One Small Step for Fragile Oasis... Sep 22, 2010 01:55:19 PM | Ron Garan
 
On July 20th 1969, at the age of 7, I attended my great-grandparents’ 50th wedding anniversary celebration in a banquet hall in Yonkers, NY. My great-grandparents emigrated from Russia to America many years earlier. Late in the evening (late for a 7-year old boy), all the guests gathered around a black and white TV and watched as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made the 1st footprints on the Moon.
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InSpace-3 Sep 22, 2010 01:54:58 PM | Ron Garan
 
One of the main objectives of this blog is to highlight the scientific research being conducted on board the International Space Station. Specifically, I like to highlight how the research can improve life on Earth. This past week, I had quite a bit of training on some of the experiments I will be participating in while I’m on board the ISS. I will try to explain all of them in a series of blog posts (One even involves burning water – Did you know you could burn water?)
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Improving the Planet's Ability to feed all Inhabitants Sep 22, 2010 01:54:38 PM | Ron Garan
 
Part II of how scientific research being conducted on board the International Space Station can improve life on Earth.
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The 200 Best Songs in the World Sep 22, 2010 01:54:13 PM | Ron Garan
 
I am presently building an iTunes playlist to take with me for my 6-month tour on board the International Space Station. I’m calling the playlist “The Best 200 Songs in the World”. Presently I have 68 (listed below in alphabetical order). I would really appreciate your suggestions and I'm open to suggestions from any genre. Please just add your suggestions in the comment section of this post
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Star City: June 2010 Let the Sims Begin! Sep 22, 2010 01:48:35 PM | Ron Garan
 
I started training this week with my Expedition 25/26 backup crewmembers Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko (2 Russian Cosmonauts that I spent time with on the ISS during STS-124 - Together we are the back-up crew for the Soyuz that will launch this October).
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