(14 Nov 2000) Voice and effects
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VOICED BY LOUISE BATES
Barely two weeks have passed since the first permanent crew of the International Space Station (I-S-S) first checked into their new quarters and already there is news of a second crew.
Scheduled to fly to the I-S-S in February 2001, another three-person crew will replace Bill Shepherd, Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko aboard the space station.
At Russia's Star City space training facility, the crew of the I-S-S-Two, as it's known in NASA, undergo rigorous training.
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In these giant mock-ups of the Russian-built Zvevda module, one Russian and two Americans train for the mission of a lifetime.
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Due to fly in February, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Usachev and two Americans - Susan J. Helms and James S. Voss - will replace the current crew on board the International Space Station.
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Susan Helms will become the first woman aboard I-S-S-2.
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A veteran of three space flights, American James S. Voss has logged over 600 hours in space
and served as the back-up crew member for two missions to Space Station Mir.
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Usachev, one of the most experienced cosmonauts in Russia, has been appointed the commander of I-S-S-Two.
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"Early next year we'll get another U-S module that'll enhance the functionality of the space station and allow us to do a lot more science and experimentation which is what the space station was basically designed to do. So for the meantime this is their home and everybody's pretty much excited about it."
SUPER CAPTION: Roland Martinez, NASA instructor
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After 5 months in space, the I-S-S-Two crew will return to Earth.
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