NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra ’13BUS will return to the International Space Station in November for the first time since 2009. The commander plans to stay for six months to test the effects of zero gravity on humans and explore fluid mechanics and combustion. Kopra will also help repair the space station, which was first launched in 1998.
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