AND LIFTOFF.
GODSPEED ENDEAVOUR AND CREW-2.
THE CREW IS GO FOR INGRESS AND YOU CAN
SEE AKI IS THE FIRST TO INGRESS ONTO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.
WE'RE READY TO GET TO WORK.
THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT SCIENCE AND
WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO LEARN AND GET STARTED.
THE EXPERIMENT THAT'S TAKING UP MOST OF MY
TIME RIGHT NOW IS CALLED CELESTIAL IMMUNITY
AND IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING EXPERIMENT
THAT INVOLVES LOOKING AT IMMUNE PATHWAYS AND
I HAVE AN EXPERT THAT'S LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER
VIA CAMERA AND SHE CAN TALK WITH ME KIND OF
STEP-BY-STEP AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
THAT LOOKS GOOD MEGAN.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M SURE I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU AGAIN TOMORROW.
RECENTLY I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A
REALLY INTERESTING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENT
CALLED THE BLOB.
IT'S THAT CRAZY MONOCELULAR BEING
THAT HAS NO BRAIN, BUT CAN LEARN, UH, AND
CAN ACTUALLY SEARCH FOOD AND SOLVE MAZES.
IT'S PRETTY CONTAINED ON THE SPACE STATION,
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
IT'S VERY TINY, BUT SO WE'RE WORKING ON ALL
KINDS OF ENDEAVORS LIKE THIS, AND EVERY DAY,
YOU KNOW, BRINGS IT'S A, IT'S A LOT OF DISCOVERIES
ON THE SPACE STATION.
THAT'S VERY EXCITING.
WE'RE TRACKING A FULL AND GOOD DEPLOY OF
THAT SOLAR ARRAY.
SO WELL DONE BOTH OF YOU.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
WE'RE IN A SEASON NOW ACTUALLY OF
DOING CARGO OPS.
WE HAVE TWO SPACECRAFT THAT ARE ATTACHED TO US
THAT BROUGHT US CARGO, AND NOW WE'RE PACKING
THEM BACK UP TO GET THEM READY FOR DEPARTURE.
WELL ONBOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION WE DO HELP OUT SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT
OF A MEDICINE.
WITHOUT GRAVITY YOU GET LARGER CHUNKS OF
PURE PROTEIN CRYSTALS.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TODAY ARE
NEEDLE-LIKE STRUCTURES.
PERFECT.
THERE THEY ARE.
WELL, IT IS A FANTASTIC VIEW THAT WE HAVE,
WE SEE THE THIN LAYER OF ATMOSPHERE, THAT'S
PROTECTING ALL OF YOU DOWN ON EARTH.
SO JUST TAKING CARE OF OUR PLANET HAS KIND OF
BEEN A CHANGE, MAYBE MENTALLY FROM SEEING IT
FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE.
WE ARE GROWING SOME CHILI PEPPERS IN
THE PLANT HABITAT HERE IN THE JAPANESE
EXPERIMENT MODULE.
IT'S ONE OF THE MORE COMPLICATED THINGS THAT
HAVE BEEN GROWN IN SPACE.
AND SO THEY DO TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO
COME TO FRUITION.
SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT WE GET TO TRY
SOME PEPPERS BEFORE THE END OF OUR MISSION.
OVER THE YEARS, THE CAPABILITIES OF THE
LABORATORY HAVE EXPANDED AND GROWN ALONG WITH
THE INTEREST IN DOING THIS KIND OF RESEARCH
IN LOW-EARTH ORBIT, WHICH I THINK IS
REALLY REMARKABLE.
SO WE ARE REALLY KIND OF AT THE PEAK
OF THAT, I THINK.
AND SO WE'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF
EVERYTHING, RIGHT?
WE'VE DONE, UM, HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEM RESEARCH.
SO LOTS OF RESEARCH INTO MEDICATION FORMATION,
FLUIDS RESEARCH, COMBUSTION RESEARCH,
EVEN ROBOTICS RESEARCH.
THIS HUGE RANGE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT
WE'VE GOTTEN TO TOUCH DURING OUR MISSION.
AND THE WAY SCIENCE WORKS, AS YOU KNOW, IS
THIS IS THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR STUFF TO COME.
AND SO THE RESULTS FROM THESE EXPERIMENTS WILL
COME OUT IN THE YEARS TO COME, BUT THEY WILL
ALSO BE THE FOUNDATION OF EXPERIMENTS THAT ARE
DESIGNED IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS AND SO ALL OF THE
RESEARCH, THAT'S GOING TO BE STUFF THAT WE
GET TO SAY, OH, WE HAD A LITTLE PART OF THAT.
WE GOT, WE GOT OUR HANDS ON A LITTLE BIT
OF THAT, WHICH IS A PRETTY NEAT FEELING.