1 00:00:01,167 --> 00:00:02,402 >> HI, I'M TERRY VIRTS 2 00:00:02,402 --> 00:00:03,636 AND I WANNA TALK ABOUT 3 00:00:03,636 --> 00:00:05,071 FLOATING IN SPACE. 4 00:00:05,071 --> 00:00:06,239 ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS 5 00:00:06,239 --> 00:00:07,107 YOU NEED TO REALIZE 6 00:00:07,107 --> 00:00:08,174 WHEN YOU GET INTO SPACE 7 00:00:08,174 --> 00:00:09,442 IS THAT EVEN THOUGH 8 00:00:09,442 --> 00:00:11,111 YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE FALLING, 9 00:00:11,111 --> 00:00:12,178 YOU'RE NOT. 10 00:00:12,178 --> 00:00:13,580 YOU CAN LET GO 11 00:00:13,580 --> 00:00:14,647 AND YOU FLOAT. 12 00:00:14,647 --> 00:00:15,548 THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. 13 00:00:15,548 --> 00:00:16,383 IT'S SOMETHING YOU REALLY 14 00:00:16,383 --> 00:00:17,484 HAVE TO TRAIN YOUR BRAIN 15 00:00:17,484 --> 00:00:18,618 TO THINK ABOUT. 16 00:00:18,618 --> 00:00:19,486 ANOTHER THING THAT YOU 17 00:00:19,486 --> 00:00:20,653 NEED TO LEARN WHEN YOU 18 00:00:20,653 --> 00:00:21,788 FIRST GET INTO SPACE 19 00:00:21,788 --> 00:00:23,556 IS HOW LITTLE FORCE 20 00:00:23,556 --> 00:00:24,657 IS REQUIRED TO MOVE YOU. 21 00:00:24,657 --> 00:00:26,593 AND ANOTHER COOL THING IS 22 00:00:26,593 --> 00:00:28,027 YOU COULD BE ON THE CEILING. 23 00:00:28,027 --> 00:00:29,362 IT MAKES IT VERY EASY 24 00:00:29,362 --> 00:00:30,330 WHEN YOU'RE WORKING, 25 00:00:30,330 --> 00:00:31,097 YOU HAVE TO GET-- 26 00:00:31,097 --> 00:00:32,031 DO SOME WORK DONE UP HERE, 27 00:00:32,031 --> 00:00:32,799 YOU JUST GO UP ON THE CEILING 28 00:00:32,799 --> 00:00:33,833 AND GET YOUR WORK DONE. 29 00:00:41,841 --> 00:00:42,876 >> OUR TEAM OF SCIENTISTS IS 30 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:44,043 BUSY GETTING THEIR EXPERIMENT 31 00:00:44,043 --> 00:00:45,378 READY FOR LAUNCH. 32 00:00:45,378 --> 00:00:46,246 AT THE SAME TIME, 33 00:00:46,246 --> 00:00:47,113 NASA IS PREPARING 34 00:00:47,113 --> 00:00:48,715 THE SPACE SCIENTISTS WHO WILL 35 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:50,183 OPERATE THE EXPERIMENT ABOARD 36 00:00:50,183 --> 00:00:52,118 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 37 00:00:52,118 --> 00:00:53,052 >> SO AS ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD 38 00:00:53,052 --> 00:00:53,887 THE SPACE STATION, 39 00:00:53,887 --> 00:00:55,121 WE ARE THE HANDS AND EYES 40 00:00:55,121 --> 00:00:56,389 OF RESEARCHING. 41 00:00:56,389 --> 00:00:57,357 THEY ARE TELLING US 42 00:00:57,357 --> 00:00:58,525 HOW BEST TO DO THE SCIENCE, 43 00:00:58,525 --> 00:00:59,926 BUT IT'S UP TO US TO MAKE SURE 44 00:00:59,926 --> 00:01:01,795 THAT SCIENCE RUNS CORRECTLY. 45 00:01:01,795 --> 00:01:02,862 >> ASTRONAUTS TRAIN 46 00:01:02,862 --> 00:01:04,130 ALL OVER THE WORLD, 47 00:01:04,130 --> 00:01:05,064 INCLUDING AT NASA'S 48 00:01:05,064 --> 00:01:06,099 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER 49 00:01:06,099 --> 00:01:07,834 IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. 50 00:01:07,834 --> 00:01:09,102 HERE THEY LEARN NOT JUST 51 00:01:09,102 --> 00:01:10,470 HOW TO LIVE IN SPACE, 52 00:01:10,470 --> 00:01:11,504 BUT ALSO HOW TO CONDUCT 53 00:01:11,504 --> 00:01:13,573 SCIENCE IN MICROGRAVITY. 54 00:01:13,573 --> 00:01:14,574 >> SO MANY FOLKS ASK, 55 00:01:14,574 --> 00:01:15,475 "HOW MUCH TRAINING DID YOU DO 56 00:01:15,475 --> 00:01:16,242 BEFORE LAUNCHING 57 00:01:16,242 --> 00:01:17,277 TO THE SPACE STATION?" 58 00:01:17,277 --> 00:01:18,144 AND THE ANSWER IS 59 00:01:18,144 --> 00:01:19,279 MANY YEARS! 60 00:01:19,279 --> 00:01:20,046 SO WE TRAIN IN 61 00:01:20,046 --> 00:01:21,147 A LOT OF BIG AREAS. 62 00:01:21,147 --> 00:01:22,248 NUMBER ONE IS SYSTEMS 63 00:01:22,248 --> 00:01:23,383 ONBOARD THE ISS, 64 00:01:23,383 --> 00:01:24,751 ROBOTICS, 65 00:01:24,751 --> 00:01:25,952 HOW TO DO SPACEWALKS, 66 00:01:25,952 --> 00:01:28,054 AND ACTUALLY SCIENCE ITSELF. 67 00:01:28,054 --> 00:01:28,955 NOW WE DON'T LEARN ABOUT 68 00:01:28,955 --> 00:01:29,789 A LOT OF THE SCIENCE 69 00:01:29,789 --> 00:01:30,623 EXPERIMENTS WE'RE DOING 70 00:01:30,623 --> 00:01:32,091 UNTIL WE GET UP THERE. 71 00:01:32,091 --> 00:01:32,992 BUT WHAT THEY ARE TEACHING US 72 00:01:32,992 --> 00:01:35,395 IS SCIENTIFIC TECHNIQUES. 73 00:01:35,395 --> 00:01:36,663 THE TECHNIQUES ASTRONAUTS LEARN 74 00:01:36,663 --> 00:01:38,264 RANGE FROM USING TOOLS 75 00:01:38,264 --> 00:01:40,099 LIKE PIPETTES AND MICROSCOPES 76 00:01:40,099 --> 00:01:41,501 IN MICROGRAVITY TO 77 00:01:41,501 --> 00:01:43,069 OPERATING SCIENTIFIC HARDWARE 78 00:01:43,069 --> 00:01:44,571 ABOARD THE SPACE STATION. 79 00:01:44,571 --> 00:01:46,172 FOR EXAMPLE, WE STUDY 80 00:01:46,172 --> 00:01:47,674 COMBUSTION ABOARD THE STATION 81 00:01:47,674 --> 00:01:48,808 BECAUSE IT BEHAVES DIFFERENTLY 82 00:01:48,808 --> 00:01:50,109 IN MICROGRAVITY. 83 00:01:50,109 --> 00:01:51,277 YOU WOULDN'T WANT FIRE 84 00:01:51,277 --> 00:01:52,645 TO GET FREE INSIDE YOUR HOME 85 00:01:52,645 --> 00:01:53,847 IN SPACE, THOUGH. 86 00:01:53,847 --> 00:01:54,714 SO WE'VE CREATED SPECIAL 87 00:01:54,714 --> 00:01:56,683 FACILITIES TO CONTAIN IT. 88 00:01:56,683 --> 00:01:58,551 IF IT LOOKS COMPLICATED, 89 00:01:58,551 --> 00:02:00,186 IT'S BECAUSE IT IS. 90 00:02:00,186 --> 00:02:00,987 AND IT'S JUST ONE OF 91 00:02:00,987 --> 00:02:02,121 THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT 92 00:02:02,121 --> 00:02:03,490 ASTRONAUTS MUST MASTER BEFORE 93 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:06,759 THEY GO TO THE SPACE STATION. 94 00:02:06,759 --> 00:02:07,660 >> HI, I'M TRACEY NEFF 95 00:02:07,660 --> 00:02:09,128 AND THIS IS SHARON REINKE 96 00:02:09,128 --> 00:02:10,864 AND WE'RE IN PDL2 RIGHT NOW. 97 00:02:10,864 --> 00:02:14,133 AND WE'RE DOWN HERE AT JSC TO DO 98 00:02:14,133 --> 00:02:16,035 THE FLUIDS AND COMBUSTION 99 00:02:16,035 --> 00:02:17,170 FACILITY TRAINING FOR 100 00:02:17,170 --> 00:02:18,505 THE COMBUSTION INTEGRATED RACK 101 00:02:18,505 --> 00:02:20,707 AND THE FLUIDS INTEGRATED RACK. 102 00:02:20,707 --> 00:02:21,808 >> SO BASICALLY, PDL2 103 00:02:21,808 --> 00:02:24,210 IS A MOCKUP OF THE US LAB. 104 00:02:24,210 --> 00:02:25,712 SINCE 2008 WE'VE BEEN 105 00:02:25,712 --> 00:02:27,480 COMING DOWN AND TRAINING 106 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:28,481 ALL THE CREW MEMBERS 107 00:02:28,481 --> 00:02:30,617 WHO WILL DO PAYLOADS 108 00:02:30,617 --> 00:02:32,986 ON THE SPACE STATION. 109 00:02:32,986 --> 00:02:33,553 WE'VE BEEN TRAINING 110 00:02:33,553 --> 00:02:35,255 COSMONAUTS AS WELL. 111 00:02:35,255 --> 00:02:36,055 >> HOW MANY CREW DO YOU THINK 112 00:02:36,055 --> 00:02:37,056 YOU TRAINED AT THIS POINT? 113 00:02:37,056 --> 00:02:38,525 >> PROBABLY... 114 00:02:38,525 --> 00:02:39,993 50? 115 00:02:39,993 --> 00:02:40,827 PROBABLY OVER 50 116 00:02:40,827 --> 00:02:42,729 CREW MEMBERS WE'VE TRAINED. 117 00:02:42,729 --> 00:02:43,763 >> TODAY, TRACEY AND SHARON 118 00:02:43,763 --> 00:02:44,531 ARE BACK AT WORK 119 00:02:44,531 --> 00:02:45,832 WITH A FORMER STUDENT. 120 00:02:45,832 --> 00:02:48,234 NASA ASTRONAUT, MIKE FINCKE. 121 00:02:48,234 --> 00:02:49,202 THIS ISN'T MIKE'S FIRST RODEO 122 00:02:49,202 --> 00:02:50,236 WITH THE STATION, 123 00:02:50,236 --> 00:02:51,137 OR THIS EQUIPMENT 124 00:02:51,137 --> 00:02:52,805 FOR THAT MATTER. 125 00:02:52,805 --> 00:02:55,875 >> SO BACK IN 2008 AND 2009, 126 00:02:55,875 --> 00:02:56,576 WE WERE ABOARD 127 00:02:56,576 --> 00:02:58,044 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 128 00:02:58,044 --> 00:02:59,078 WHEN A SPACE SHUTTLE, 129 00:02:59,078 --> 00:03:01,514 STS-126 CHRIS FERGUSON AND CREW, 130 00:03:01,514 --> 00:03:02,982 DROPPED OFF A WHOLE BIG 131 00:03:02,982 --> 00:03:04,183 BUNCH OF PACKAGES. 132 00:03:04,183 --> 00:03:05,184 AND WE CAREFULLY AND SLOWLY 133 00:03:05,184 --> 00:03:06,619 PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. 134 00:03:06,619 --> 00:03:07,387 AND WHEN IT WAS ALL DONE, 135 00:03:07,387 --> 00:03:08,721 WE HAD A BRAND NEW, 136 00:03:08,721 --> 00:03:10,790 READY, FRESH-OUT-OF-THE-BOX 137 00:03:10,790 --> 00:03:12,425 COMBUSTION INTEGRATION RACK. 138 00:03:12,425 --> 00:03:13,593 AND SINCE THEN, OUR FRIENDS 139 00:03:13,593 --> 00:03:14,727 AT GLENN RESEARCH CENTER 140 00:03:14,727 --> 00:03:15,728 HERE AT NASA 141 00:03:15,728 --> 00:03:16,696 HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET SOME 142 00:03:16,696 --> 00:03:18,164 FANTASTIC SCIENCE ABOUT 143 00:03:18,164 --> 00:03:20,500 HOW THINGS BURN IN SPACE 144 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:21,401 WITHOUT GRAVITY, 145 00:03:21,401 --> 00:03:22,602 WITHOUT CONVECTION, 146 00:03:22,602 --> 00:03:23,536 THINGS BURN. 147 00:03:23,536 --> 00:03:24,737 AND BY UNDERSTANDING THAT BETTER 148 00:03:24,737 --> 00:03:25,838 WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE MORE 149 00:03:25,838 --> 00:03:27,340 FUEL-EFFICIENT ENGINES 150 00:03:27,340 --> 00:03:29,709 AND THINGS HERE ON PLANET EARTH 151 00:03:29,709 --> 00:03:31,578 HELPING SAVE OUR ENERGY. 152 00:03:31,578 --> 00:03:32,912 SO YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE VIDEO. 153 00:03:32,912 --> 00:03:34,681 ALL THE HOSES, UH, 154 00:03:34,681 --> 00:03:35,848 ARE WITHIN THE RING. 155 00:03:35,848 --> 00:03:37,417 AND, UH, SO THEY ALL FIT IN 156 00:03:37,417 --> 00:03:38,418 NICELY SO THEY SHOULDN'T 157 00:03:38,418 --> 00:03:39,786 INTERFERE WITH US. 158 00:03:41,754 --> 00:03:43,523 >> SOUNDS GREAT AND LOOKS GREAT, 159 00:03:43,523 --> 00:03:45,425 THANK YOU. 160 00:03:45,425 --> 00:03:47,060 >> WELL A LOT HAD CHANGED IN 161 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:48,995 11 YEARS SINCE HE WAS UP THERE. 162 00:03:48,995 --> 00:03:50,163 SO HE DID GET MOST OF 163 00:03:50,163 --> 00:03:52,131 THE INFORMATION AGAIN. 164 00:03:52,131 --> 00:03:54,300 AND IT WAS A NEW EXPERIMENT, 165 00:03:54,300 --> 00:03:56,502 SO HE HADN'T SEEN THAT EITHER. 166 00:03:58,938 --> 00:03:59,939 HE DID GREAT! 167 00:03:59,939 --> 00:04:01,374 HE'S A QUICK LEARNER. 168 00:04:01,374 --> 00:04:02,241 HE'S GREAT TO WORK WITH, 169 00:04:02,241 --> 00:04:03,710 VERY METHODICAL. 170 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:04,544 AND GOOD HUMOR, 171 00:04:04,544 --> 00:04:05,712 WHICH IS ALWAYS-- WE LIKE TO 172 00:04:05,712 --> 00:04:07,347 HAVE FUN WHEN WE'RE TRAINING. 173 00:04:07,347 --> 00:04:09,182 >> THEN THE-- THE LAB CAMERA 174 00:04:09,182 --> 00:04:10,383 WILL BE SHOWING--? 175 00:04:10,383 --> 00:04:11,951 >> YES, WE HAVE THE CAMERA ON. 176 00:04:11,951 --> 00:04:13,186 >> AND I WILL BE LIKE, LOOKING 177 00:04:13,186 --> 00:04:14,354 AND I'M GONNA GO SLOWLY 178 00:04:14,354 --> 00:04:15,455 AND THAT WOULD BE YOUR CHANCE 179 00:04:15,455 --> 00:04:16,856 TO SAY, "NO!" 180 00:04:16,856 --> 00:04:18,257 >> YES. 181 00:04:18,257 --> 00:04:19,926 WE ARE WATCHING YOU, YES. 182 00:04:19,926 --> 00:04:20,994 AND... 183 00:04:20,994 --> 00:04:23,329 HELP YOU WHENEVER WE CAN. 184 00:04:23,329 --> 00:04:24,230 >> THIS ISN'T THE LAST TIME 185 00:04:24,230 --> 00:04:25,131 TRACEY AND SHARON WILL 186 00:04:25,131 --> 00:04:26,366 WORK WITH MIKE. 187 00:04:26,366 --> 00:04:27,600 WHEN HE LAUNCHES TO THE STATION 188 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:28,568 AND WORKS ON COMBUSTION 189 00:04:28,568 --> 00:04:30,036 PROJECTS IN SPACE, 190 00:04:30,036 --> 00:04:31,371 THEY'LL WATCH OVER HIS SHOULDER 191 00:04:31,371 --> 00:04:32,805 THROUGH A CAMERA BROADCASTING 192 00:04:32,805 --> 00:04:33,940 TO GLENN RESEARCH CENTER 193 00:04:33,940 --> 00:04:36,175 IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. 194 00:04:36,175 --> 00:04:37,944 >> CHRISTINA, THIS IS SHARON 195 00:04:37,944 --> 00:04:39,612 WITH AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, 196 00:04:39,612 --> 00:04:41,114 SO THEY DO WANT YOU TO GO AHEAD 197 00:04:41,114 --> 00:04:43,182 AND INSTALL THE CABLE TIE. 198 00:04:43,182 --> 00:04:43,916 >> THAT'LL BE ALL. 199 00:04:43,916 --> 00:04:44,550 THANKS FOR HUNTING 200 00:04:44,550 --> 00:04:46,285 THAT DOWN FOR ME. 201 00:04:46,285 --> 00:04:47,887 >> ANYTIME! 202 00:04:53,059 --> 00:04:53,926 >> BEING ABLE TO OPERATE 203 00:04:53,926 --> 00:04:55,461 AND MAINTAIN THE SPACE STATION 204 00:04:55,461 --> 00:04:56,129 WHILE CONDUCTING 205 00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:57,330 CRUCIAL RESEARCH 206 00:04:57,330 --> 00:04:58,765 COULD GET OVERWHELMING. 207 00:04:58,765 --> 00:05:00,400 LUCKILY, ASTRONAUTS HAVE STRONG 208 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:01,934 SUPPORT TEAMS ON THE GROUND 209 00:05:01,934 --> 00:05:02,635 AND OFTEN DEVELOP 210 00:05:02,635 --> 00:05:03,469 PERSONAL CONNECTIONS 211 00:05:03,469 --> 00:05:05,204 TO THE RESEARCH. 212 00:05:05,204 --> 00:05:06,005 >> I WAS SO IMPRESSED 213 00:05:06,005 --> 00:05:06,806 AT THE DIFFERENT THINGS 214 00:05:06,806 --> 00:05:08,041 WE'D BE WORKING ON-- 215 00:05:08,041 --> 00:05:09,676 CANCER OR PARKINSON'S 216 00:05:09,676 --> 00:05:11,277 OR EVEN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. 217 00:05:11,277 --> 00:05:12,111 SO AS A PHYSICIAN, 218 00:05:12,111 --> 00:05:13,146 THESE MEANT A LOT TO ME. 219 00:05:13,146 --> 00:05:14,247 THESE PERSONALLY WERE VERY 220 00:05:14,247 --> 00:05:15,782 IMPORTANT EXPERIMENTS 221 00:05:15,782 --> 00:05:16,749 THAT WE NEEDED TO DO. 222 00:05:16,749 --> 00:05:17,984 BUT IN ALL HONESTY, 223 00:05:17,984 --> 00:05:19,452 THE ENTIRE CREW, NOT JUST 224 00:05:19,452 --> 00:05:21,087 MYSELF AS THE PHYSICIAN, 225 00:05:21,087 --> 00:05:22,055 WERE EXCITED ABOUT 226 00:05:22,055 --> 00:05:24,390 WORKING ON THESE EXPERIMENTS. 227 00:05:24,390 --> 00:05:25,058 YOU GET A LITTLE NERVOUS 228 00:05:25,058 --> 00:05:26,859 AT FIRST AS YOU BEGIN TO PIPETTE 229 00:05:26,859 --> 00:05:28,928 OR EVEN UTILIZE A MICROSCOPE, 230 00:05:28,928 --> 00:05:31,130 WHICH I HADN'T USED IN YEARS. 231 00:05:31,130 --> 00:05:32,231 BUT YOU QUICKLY LEARN BECAUSE 232 00:05:32,231 --> 00:05:33,399 YOU REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS 233 00:05:33,399 --> 00:05:34,167 TO THE SCIENCE 234 00:05:34,167 --> 00:05:35,935 AND THE INVESTIGATORS 235 00:05:35,935 --> 00:05:37,403 AND SCIENTISTS RUNNING YOU 236 00:05:37,403 --> 00:05:38,404 THROUGH ALL THESE EXPERIMENTS 237 00:05:38,404 --> 00:05:39,405 WERE FANTASTIC AND JUST 238 00:05:39,405 --> 00:05:40,239 WALKED US THROUGH IT 239 00:05:40,239 --> 00:05:41,607 EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. 240 00:05:41,607 --> 00:05:42,909 YEAH JUST KEEP US POSTED BUT-- 241 00:05:42,909 --> 00:05:44,644 DREW AND I ARE READY TO 242 00:05:44,644 --> 00:05:46,045 CONTINUE OPS! 243 00:05:46,045 --> 00:05:47,513 GOOD WORKING WITH YOU GUYS TODAY 244 00:05:47,513 --> 00:05:48,848 AND I'LL SEE YOU SOON! 245 00:05:52,518 --> 00:05:54,120 >> WE GOT HERE ON A THURSDAY 246 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,289 AND IT'S CURRENTLY SUNDAY. 247 00:05:56,289 --> 00:05:57,390 WE'VE HAD A BIG DAY YESTERDAY 248 00:05:57,390 --> 00:05:58,591 FILLING UP THESE WELLS 249 00:05:58,591 --> 00:05:59,559 WITH GEL SOLUTION 250 00:05:59,559 --> 00:06:01,661 AND GETTING READY FOR HANDOVER 251 00:06:01,661 --> 00:06:04,464 AT 7:30 AM ON MONDAY. 252 00:06:04,464 --> 00:06:05,498 AHEAD OF LAUNCH ON 253 00:06:05,498 --> 00:06:07,934 TUESDAY AFTERNOON.