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André Kuipers explains his research activities on the International Space Station in a recorded greeting for participants of the ISS Symposium 2012 in Berlin 2-4 May.
The ISS Symposium presents the key accomplishments in research made to date, looks at case-studies in fundamental and applied research and the actual or potential spin-offs for the benefit of humankind, as well the future path and priorities for research on ISS.