I don't think people realize that this is a national laboratory.
If you look around, you know, on the walls and every one of these bays
there's another experiment essentially, or a systems rack
that actually keeps the space station operating.
This place is incredible.
We've had astronauts living and working on the space station
for over 22 years of continuous presence at this point.
And it's really an honor to get to continue that tradition.
Thank you very much for all your help this morning.
Thank you for all your help today and I’m excited to
learn more about what we’re printing here and see how it goes.
For the last two months,
I've been working on a lot of experiments, and I recall working on heart tissues.
I saw some heart tissues beating in space, and it was incredible.
These tissues are receiving medication onboard the station, and this can help us
develop some medication for heart diseases on on Earth.
Sultan we see that top one beating.
Yeah, looks like happy heart cells.
Every day is truly unique and different.
We could be doing anything from spending all day in a glovebox
working on science experiments to doing science on ourselves.
And this is not a fashion statement.
This is actually part of the science we do up here.
I actually have a whole suit with a suite of tools
that are measuring part of my biometrics.
So we are our own experiments as well.
This is actually a cylindrical shaped airlock that we have the capability
to put small payloads inside of and send them out to space.
So this is our launcher that deploys these small satellites.
There's a spring in the back and that provides the force
to launch the satellites.
I think humanity has an innate desire to explore.
This is one big part of our constant exploration as humanity.