Fragile Oasis
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Training & Tribute: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City, Russia
Sep 22, 2010 01:53:00 PM | Ron Garan
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- Well, the second week of training in Star City has ended and it has been a busy week. The prime and backup crews of Expedition 25 have completed all the required pre-launch training in both the Soyuz spacecraft and the Russian Segment of the International Space Station.
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Forecasting Volcanoes & Earthquakes and Making Better Mayonnaise
Sep 22, 2010 01:37:27 PM | Ron Garan
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- This is the 4th in a series of posts to highlight the scientific research being conducted on board the International Space Station. I spent the last week at the European Astronaut Center just outside the beautiful city of Cologne Germany. I have one more week here before I head to Star City Russia for more training with the Russian Space Agency. This past week, I received training on the International Space Station’s European Laboratory known as, “Columbus”.
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The 3rd Rock from the Sun is a Fragile Oasis
Sep 22, 2010 01:53:53 PM | Ron Garan
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- I want to devote this post to explaining the part of Fragile Oasis called “3rd Rock.”
The focus of the “3rd Rock” will not be on the problems of the world, but on how the problems of the world are being solved by amazing people. The 3rd Rock page will be dedicated to improving life on our planet, and highlighting those people and organizations making a difference.
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Did You Know You Could Burn Water?
Sep 22, 2010 01:38:40 PM | Ron Garan
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- One of the main objectives of this blog is to highlight the scientific research being conducted on board the International Space Station (ISS). 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. This is the 3rd in a series of blog posts to explain the ISS experiments.
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The 200 Best Songs in the World
Sep 22, 2010 01:54:13 PM | Ron Garan
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- 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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InSpace-3
Sep 22, 2010 01:54:58 PM | Ron Garan
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- 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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That's One Small Step for Fragile Oasis...
Sep 22, 2010 01:55:19 PM | Ron Garan
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- 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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Japan in July
Sep 22, 2010 01:55:39 PM | Ron Garan
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- 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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June 2010 Star City Training Trip Winding Down
Sep 22, 2010 01:56:19 PM | Ron Garan
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- 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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Star City: June 2010 Let the Sims Begin!
Sep 22, 2010 01:48:35 PM | Ron Garan
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- 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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Why This Blog
Sep 22, 2010 02:01:48 PM | Ron Garan
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- I began this blog simply to help others share in the wonderful experience of living and working in space.
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