1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,470 >> MISSION SEQUENCE STARTS. 2 00:00:03,470 --> 00:00:08,641 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:08,641 --> 00:00:09,943 >> GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO 4 00:00:09,943 --> 00:00:11,778 MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON AND THE 5 00:00:11,778 --> 00:00:12,679 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 6 00:00:12,679 --> 00:00:14,314 FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM. 7 00:00:14,314 --> 00:00:15,749 THIS IS WHERE THERE IS ALWAYS A 8 00:00:15,749 --> 00:00:19,586 TEAM OF SPECIALISTS ON DUTY 24/7 9 00:00:19,586 --> 00:00:21,121 WHEN THE STATION IS IN 10 00:00:21,121 --> 00:00:22,422 COMMUNICATIONS RANGE TO MANAGE 11 00:00:22,422 --> 00:00:23,356 THE MISSION OF THE STATION AND 12 00:00:23,356 --> 00:00:25,291 THE HUMAN CREW WHO NOW NUMBER 13 00:00:25,291 --> 00:00:25,792 SIX. 14 00:00:25,792 --> 00:00:28,828 ONCE AGAIN, EXPEDITION 59 BEGAN 15 00:00:28,828 --> 00:00:30,864 YESTERDAY WHEN THREE NEW CREW 16 00:00:30,864 --> 00:00:32,499 MEMBERS ARRIVED TO JOIN THE 17 00:00:32,499 --> 00:00:35,735 COMMANDER AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS 18 00:00:35,735 --> 00:00:37,570 TO DO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND 19 00:00:37,570 --> 00:00:39,572 SPACE WALKS AND MORE DURING THE 20 00:00:39,572 --> 00:00:47,013 NEXT THREE MONTHS. 21 00:00:47,013 --> 00:00:49,449 >> WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND. 22 00:00:49,449 --> 00:00:51,151 THIS WEEK, THREE NEW CREW 23 00:00:51,151 --> 00:00:55,422 MEMBERS LAUNCHED TO THE 24 00:00:55,422 --> 00:00:56,256 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 25 00:00:56,256 --> 00:00:59,125 THE NEW CREWS ADJUSTING TO LIFE 26 00:00:59,125 --> 00:01:01,461 ON THE STATION AFTER A SUCCESS 27 00:01:01,461 --> 00:01:06,332 DOCKING OF THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT 28 00:01:06,332 --> 00:01:08,968 CARRYING TWO ASTRONAUTS THAT 29 00:01:08,968 --> 00:01:14,874 LAUNCHED ON THURSDAY, MARCH 14. 30 00:01:14,874 --> 00:01:16,609 THEY ARRIVED AT THE SPACE 31 00:01:16,609 --> 00:01:18,211 STATION MODULE AFTER A 32 00:01:18,211 --> 00:01:21,581 FOUR-ORBIT, SIX-HOUR JOURNEY AND 33 00:01:21,581 --> 00:01:25,118 OPENED THE HATCH A FEW HOURS 34 00:01:25,118 --> 00:01:25,618 LATER. 35 00:01:25,618 --> 00:01:28,788 THEY HAVE JOINED ANN McCLAIN 36 00:01:28,788 --> 00:01:31,324 OF NASA, AN INDIVIDUAL FROM THE 37 00:01:31,324 --> 00:01:33,626 SPACE AGENCY AND THE COMMANDER. 38 00:01:33,626 --> 00:01:35,161 THE CREW MEMBERS WILL SPEND MORE 39 00:01:35,161 --> 00:01:38,531 THAN SIX MONTHS, CONDUCTING 250 40 00:01:38,531 --> 00:01:40,633 SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS IN FIELDS 41 00:01:40,633 --> 00:01:42,168 SUCH AS BIOLOGY, EARTH SCIENCE, 42 00:01:42,168 --> 00:01:44,003 HUMAN RESEARCH, TECHNICAL 43 00:01:44,003 --> 00:01:46,239 SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY 44 00:01:46,239 --> 00:01:46,739 DEVELOPMENT. 45 00:01:46,739 --> 00:01:48,741 THIS WEEK'S QUESTION COMES FROM 46 00:01:48,741 --> 00:01:53,546 HENNY WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHY THE 47 00:01:53,546 --> 00:01:57,550 SPACE SUITS HAVE SUCH LOW 48 00:01:57,550 --> 00:01:58,251 PRESSURE. 49 00:01:58,251 --> 00:02:00,687 THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION, HENNY. 50 00:02:00,687 --> 00:02:04,757 THE SPACE SUITS HAVE A PRESSURE 51 00:02:04,757 --> 00:02:07,193 PRETTY MUCH SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU 52 00:02:07,193 --> 00:02:10,029 HAVE ON EARTH WITH A MIX OF 53 00:02:10,029 --> 00:02:17,170 OBJECTION OXYGEN AND NITROGEN. 54 00:02:17,170 --> 00:02:19,105 ASTRONAUTS HAVE TO SPEND TIME 55 00:02:19,105 --> 00:02:21,407 PREBREATHING TO RELEASE THE 56 00:02:21,407 --> 00:02:23,443 NITROGEN FROM THEIR BLOODSTREAM 57 00:02:23,443 --> 00:02:25,578 BUT THE LOW PRESSURE SUITS ALLOW 58 00:02:25,578 --> 00:02:27,413 THEM TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE WHICH 59 00:02:27,413 --> 00:02:29,148 IS NEEDED WHEN YOU HAVE TO SPEND 60 00:02:29,148 --> 00:02:31,484 SIX AND A HALF HOURS TO DO WORK 61 00:02:31,484 --> 00:02:32,585 ON THE SPACE STATION. 62 00:02:32,585 --> 00:02:34,120 KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS 63 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,856 USING THE HASHTAG AND WE'LL SEE 64 00:02:36,856 --> 00:02:45,698 YOU NEXT WEEK. 65 00:02:45,698 --> 00:02:48,434 ♪ ♪ 66 00:02:48,434 --> 00:02:50,336 >> LET ME ASK YOU, DO YOU THINK 67 00:02:50,336 --> 00:02:53,006 IT HAS BEEN A REALLY BUSY LAST 68 00:02:53,006 --> 00:02:55,141 FIVE MONTHS FOR YOU? 69 00:02:55,141 --> 00:02:57,076 WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK 70 00:02:57,076 --> 00:02:58,411 ABOUT WHAT THAT TIME HAS BEEN 71 00:02:58,411 --> 00:03:02,482 FOR THE NEW SPACE STATION FLIGHT 72 00:03:02,482 --> 00:03:03,583 ENGINEER. 73 00:03:03,583 --> 00:03:05,218 HE HAD EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN 74 00:03:05,218 --> 00:03:10,490 OCTOBER BUT THE SOYUZ SENT THEM 75 00:03:10,490 --> 00:03:12,125 AND ANOTHER ASTRONAUT ON A NEW 76 00:03:12,125 --> 00:03:13,526 COURSE TO GET TO THE SPACE 77 00:03:13,526 --> 00:03:13,826 STATION. 78 00:03:13,826 --> 00:03:17,096 ON OCTOBER 11, 2018 AFTER MORE 79 00:03:17,096 --> 00:03:18,798 THAN TWO YEARS OF PREPARATION, 80 00:03:18,798 --> 00:03:23,970 NASA'S NICK HAGUE AND AN 81 00:03:23,970 --> 00:03:28,641 ASTRONAUT FROM RUSSIA LIFTED UP 82 00:03:28,641 --> 00:03:30,376 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 83 00:03:30,376 --> 00:03:31,511 STATION. 84 00:03:31,511 --> 00:03:33,112 THE CLIMB TO ORBIT WENT 85 00:03:33,112 --> 00:03:34,847 PERFECTLY FOR THE FIRST TWO 86 00:03:34,847 --> 00:03:37,884 MINUTES UNTIL ONE OF THE SOYUZ 87 00:03:37,884 --> 00:03:40,620 ROCKETS STRAPPED ON BOOSTERS 88 00:03:40,620 --> 00:03:41,754 FAILED TO SEPARATE FROM THE 89 00:03:41,754 --> 00:03:43,690 ROCKET'S FIRST STAGE TRIGGERING 90 00:03:43,690 --> 00:03:44,791 A LAUNCH ABORT. 91 00:03:44,791 --> 00:03:50,697 THE SPACECRAFT CARRYING HAGUE 92 00:03:50,697 --> 00:03:57,337 AND THE ASTRONAUT BROKE FREE AND 93 00:03:57,337 --> 00:03:59,272 THEY PARACHUTED TO A SAFE 94 00:03:59,272 --> 00:03:59,872 LANDING. 95 00:03:59,872 --> 00:04:01,307 A SHORT TIME LATER, THEY WERE 96 00:04:01,307 --> 00:04:03,343 PICKED UP BY RUSSIAN SEARCH AND 97 00:04:03,343 --> 00:04:05,345 RECOVERY TEAMS, THEN FLOWN BACK 98 00:04:05,345 --> 00:04:07,180 FOR A REUNION WITH THEIR 99 00:04:07,180 --> 00:04:08,715 FAMILIES AND GREETINGS FROM THE 100 00:04:08,715 --> 00:04:11,250 NASA ADMINISTRATOR JIM 101 00:04:11,250 --> 00:04:18,358 BRIDENSTINE AND THE HEAD OF THE 102 00:04:18,358 --> 00:04:25,498 COSMOS WHO PROMISED THEY WOULD 103 00:04:25,498 --> 00:04:26,799 FLY IN ANOTHER FLIGHT TO THE 104 00:04:26,799 --> 00:04:27,400 SPACE STATION. 105 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,035 THIS TIME, THEY BECAME A PART OF 106 00:04:29,035 --> 00:04:35,341 THE 59TH AND 0TH TO MAKE IT TO 107 00:04:35,341 --> 00:04:36,142 THE SPACE STATION. 108 00:04:36,142 --> 00:04:38,077 THEY WRAPPED UP THEIR TRAINING 109 00:04:38,077 --> 00:04:42,348 IN RUSSIA AND PASSED THEIR FINAL 110 00:04:42,348 --> 00:04:43,650 EXAMS. 111 00:04:43,650 --> 00:04:45,184 THEN PREPARED FOR THE SIX AND A 112 00:04:45,184 --> 00:04:49,022 HALF MONTH MISSION FOR A LAUNCH 113 00:04:49,022 --> 00:04:50,556 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 114 00:04:50,556 --> 00:04:51,157 STATION. 115 00:04:51,157 --> 00:04:52,992 NOW, YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT THIS 116 00:04:52,992 --> 00:04:56,796 IS NICK HAGUE'S SECOND SPACE 117 00:04:56,796 --> 00:04:57,196 FLIGHT. 118 00:04:57,196 --> 00:05:00,233 YOU MIGHT ALSO KNOW HE IS A 119 00:05:00,233 --> 00:05:05,104 MEMBER OF THE AIR FORCE AND AN 120 00:05:05,104 --> 00:05:07,874 AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER BUT HERE 121 00:05:07,874 --> 00:05:11,611 IS ANOTHER STORY ABOUT HIS 122 00:05:11,611 --> 00:05:14,047 TRAINING AND FOOD THAT GOT HIM 123 00:05:14,047 --> 00:05:17,083 TO SQUEEZE INTO A SOYUZ 124 00:05:17,083 --> 00:05:17,617 SPACECRAFT 125 00:05:17,617 --> 00:05:19,552 >> SO WE'RE AN AIR FORCE FAMILY, 126 00:05:19,552 --> 00:05:21,054 SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT 127 00:05:21,054 --> 00:05:21,454 US. 128 00:05:21,454 --> 00:05:23,089 I MET MY WIFE AT THE AIR FORCE 129 00:05:23,089 --> 00:05:25,525 ACADEMY BACK IN 1996 WHEN WE 130 00:05:25,525 --> 00:05:27,860 WERE IN THE SAME SQUADRON. 131 00:05:27,860 --> 00:05:29,562 I WAS FROM KANSAS, SHE WAS FROM 132 00:05:29,562 --> 00:05:31,097 NEW YORK CITY. 133 00:05:31,097 --> 00:05:33,132 WE NEVER WOULD WILL HAVE CROSSED 134 00:05:33,132 --> 00:05:40,440 PATHS HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE 135 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:42,075 AIR FORCE ACADEMY. 136 00:05:42,075 --> 00:05:42,375 >> TWO. 137 00:05:42,375 --> 00:05:44,210 >> SO THE QUESTION I GET IS ARE 138 00:05:44,210 --> 00:05:48,147 YOU A STAR WARS FAN OR STAR TREK 139 00:05:48,147 --> 00:05:51,918 FAN BUT RARELY DOES ANYBODY ASK 140 00:05:51,918 --> 00:05:53,953 ME IF I AM A FAN OF DOCTOR WHO. 141 00:05:53,953 --> 00:05:56,389 I GREW UP WATCHING IT AND IT GOT 142 00:05:56,389 --> 00:06:00,460 ME HOOKED ON SCI-FI, A STAPLE 143 00:06:00,460 --> 00:06:02,395 WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. 144 00:06:02,395 --> 00:06:02,795 >> THREE. 145 00:06:02,795 --> 00:06:05,431 >> THE THING MY WIFE INTRODUCED 146 00:06:05,431 --> 00:06:08,701 ME TO WAS YOGA SO WE'RE REGULAR 147 00:06:08,701 --> 00:06:12,538 PRACTITIONERS OF YOGA AND I HAVE 148 00:06:12,538 --> 00:06:14,073 TO TELL YOU I AM EXTREMELY 149 00:06:14,073 --> 00:06:16,075 THANKFUL SHE GOT ME HOOKED 150 00:06:16,075 --> 00:06:19,645 BECAUSE BEING CRAMMED UP INSIDE 151 00:06:19,645 --> 00:06:23,783 THE SOYUZ CAPSULE WITH YOUR 152 00:06:23,783 --> 00:06:26,853 KNEES AT YOUR CHEST FOR HOURS ON 153 00:06:26,853 --> 00:06:29,589 END IS A LOT EASIER AFTER 154 00:06:29,589 --> 00:06:31,124 PUTTING YOURSELF THROUGH A FEW 155 00:06:31,124 --> 00:06:34,594 HOURS OF TORTURE IN YOGA. 156 00:06:34,594 --> 00:06:37,530 I DON'T KNOW IF TORTURE WAS THE 157 00:06:37,530 --> 00:06:39,132 RIGHT WORD BUT... 158 00:06:39,132 --> 00:06:40,099 >> FOUR. 159 00:06:40,099 --> 00:06:41,768 >> GROWING UP IN SCHOOL I GOT TO 160 00:06:41,768 --> 00:06:43,402 TRY EVERY SPORT BUT THE THING 161 00:06:43,402 --> 00:06:45,938 THAT GOT ME HOOKED AND WAS MY 162 00:06:45,938 --> 00:06:46,839 PASSION WAS BASEBALL. 163 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:48,040 I WAS A PITCHER. 164 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:48,674 SO ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WHEN 165 00:06:48,674 --> 00:06:50,276 I GOT TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY 166 00:06:50,276 --> 00:06:52,512 WAS LOCK ON TO THE BASEBALL TEAM 167 00:06:52,512 --> 00:06:54,147 AND I PLAYED FOR A COUPLE OF 168 00:06:54,147 --> 00:06:55,348 YEARS THERE ON THE JUNIOR 169 00:06:55,348 --> 00:06:57,216 VARSITY TEAM AND THEN GOT A 170 00:06:57,216 --> 00:07:00,653 CHANCE TO THROW AN INNING IN THE 171 00:07:00,653 --> 00:07:02,288 VARSITY LEVEL AND THEN AFTER 172 00:07:02,288 --> 00:07:04,724 THAT, THEY DECIDED MY HOBBY WAS 173 00:07:04,724 --> 00:07:06,659 NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE AND I 174 00:07:06,659 --> 00:07:07,260 GOT CUT. 175 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:08,895 SO EVERYBODY HAS THEIR 176 00:07:08,895 --> 00:07:10,696 INDIVIDUAL TASTE. 177 00:07:10,696 --> 00:07:14,267 WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD, IT IS 178 00:07:14,267 --> 00:07:15,968 PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE FOR 179 00:07:15,968 --> 00:07:16,602 ME. 180 00:07:16,602 --> 00:07:18,437 THAT IS AN ADDICTION I HAVE. 181 00:07:18,437 --> 00:07:20,673 WHO DOESN'T LOVE A BOWL OF 182 00:07:20,673 --> 00:07:22,475 PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE ICE 183 00:07:22,475 --> 00:07:22,775 CREAM? 184 00:07:22,775 --> 00:07:25,011 THE OTHER THING I REALLY ENJOY 185 00:07:25,011 --> 00:07:27,146 IS CRUSHED RED PEPPERS AND 186 00:07:27,146 --> 00:07:27,980 GARLIC. 187 00:07:27,980 --> 00:07:30,283 YOU PUT GARLIC ON ANYTHING, IT 188 00:07:30,283 --> 00:07:31,918 MAKES IT TASTE BETTER SO THOSE 189 00:07:31,918 --> 00:07:33,452 ARE THE THINGS I CRAVE WHEN IT 190 00:07:33,452 --> 00:07:36,689 COMES TO FOOD. 191 00:07:36,689 --> 00:07:44,096 ♪ ♪ 192 00:07:44,096 --> 00:07:46,232 >> NOW, HAGUE ENDED UP MAKING IT 193 00:07:46,232 --> 00:07:47,633 TO THE SPACE STATION IN THE SAME 194 00:07:47,633 --> 00:07:49,168 SPACE SHIFT WITH ONE OF HIS 195 00:07:49,168 --> 00:07:51,804 ASTRONAUT CLASSMATES, CHRISTINA 196 00:07:51,804 --> 00:07:52,405 COOK. 197 00:07:52,405 --> 00:07:53,840 ONE OF HER FAVORITE PAST TIMES 198 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:55,441 IS MOUNTAIN CLIMBING AND COOK 199 00:07:55,441 --> 00:07:56,509 SAYS THE CONCENTRATION AND 200 00:07:56,509 --> 00:07:57,810 CONTROL THAT SHE LEARNED IN 201 00:07:57,810 --> 00:07:59,846 CLIMBING HELPED HER PREPARE TO 202 00:07:59,846 --> 00:08:01,480 BE AN ASTRONAUT AND TO MAKE THE 203 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:03,082 CLIMB TO SPACE FOR HER FIRST 204 00:08:03,082 --> 00:08:04,217 MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL 205 00:08:04,217 --> 00:08:14,861 SPACE STATION. 206 00:08:14,861 --> 00:08:17,196 ♪ ♪ 207 00:08:17,196 --> 00:08:18,798 >> I FIRST GOT INVOLVED IN ROCK 208 00:08:18,798 --> 00:08:20,733 CLIMBING ACTUALLY IN COLLEGE. 209 00:08:20,733 --> 00:08:24,503 MY COLLEGE OFFERED ROCK CLIMBING 210 00:08:24,503 --> 00:08:27,740 AS A PE CLASS SO IT SOUNDED FUN, 211 00:08:27,740 --> 00:08:30,076 A WAY TO GET OUTSIDE AND HAVE A 212 00:08:30,076 --> 00:08:31,077 LITTLE ADVENTURE. 213 00:08:31,077 --> 00:08:33,512 IF I FIRST GOT INTO IT, I LIKED 214 00:08:33,512 --> 00:08:35,147 MORE OF THE PHYSICAL CHALLENGE. 215 00:08:35,147 --> 00:08:36,749 THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT. 216 00:08:36,749 --> 00:08:39,418 AND THEN AS I GOT ADVANCED IN 217 00:08:39,418 --> 00:08:41,854 THE HOBBY AND MORE TECHNICAL, I 218 00:08:41,854 --> 00:08:44,490 FOUND I REALLY LIKED THE OTHER 219 00:08:44,490 --> 00:08:47,760 ASPECTS OF IT, LIKE THE SYSTEM, 220 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:51,797 THE GEAR, THE TECHNICAL PART OF 221 00:08:51,797 --> 00:08:55,067 IT AND ALSO AS YOU GET IN HIGHER 222 00:08:55,067 --> 00:08:57,737 TYPES OF TECHNICAL CLIMBING, YOU 223 00:08:57,737 --> 00:09:00,473 RELY ON YOUR PARTNER SO THE TEAM 224 00:09:00,473 --> 00:09:01,607 PART OF IT. 225 00:09:01,607 --> 00:09:08,214 WE SPACE WALK IN A GIANT POOL 226 00:09:08,214 --> 00:09:12,985 THAT IS LARGE ENOUGH THAT IT HAS 227 00:09:12,985 --> 00:09:15,321 A FULL SCALE MOCKUP OF THE 228 00:09:15,321 --> 00:09:16,722 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SO 229 00:09:16,722 --> 00:09:18,457 IN THAT, WE SIMULATE EVERYTHING 230 00:09:18,457 --> 00:09:22,528 LIKE WE WOULD IN THE AVA 231 00:09:22,528 --> 00:09:25,965 INCLUDING YOUR TETHERS, VERY 232 00:09:25,965 --> 00:09:28,200 SIMILAR TO THE CONCEPT OF ROCK 233 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:30,636 CLIMBING. 234 00:09:30,636 --> 00:09:32,371 SO DURING MY ASTRONAUT 235 00:09:32,371 --> 00:09:33,973 INTERVIEW, THE MOST MEMORABLE 236 00:09:33,973 --> 00:09:35,007 QUESTION I HAD FROM THE 237 00:09:35,007 --> 00:09:36,742 INTERVIEW COMMITTEE CAME FROM 238 00:09:36,742 --> 00:09:39,879 PEGGY WHITSON WHO, AS YOU KNOW, 239 00:09:39,879 --> 00:09:42,815 IS A FAMOUS ASTRONAUT FOR THE 240 00:09:42,815 --> 00:09:44,850 LONGEST TIME IN SPACE, DONE 241 00:09:44,850 --> 00:09:47,086 MANY, MANY SPACE WALKS, A HERO 242 00:09:47,086 --> 00:09:49,388 OF MINE AND SHE LOOKED AT ME AND 243 00:09:49,388 --> 00:09:51,324 SAID WHEN YOU ROCK CLIMB, HAVE 244 00:09:51,324 --> 00:09:53,059 YOU EVER BEEN SCARED AND I FELT 245 00:09:53,059 --> 00:09:54,060 LIKE SHE WAS SEEING RIGHT 246 00:09:54,060 --> 00:09:55,895 THROUGH MY SOUL WHEN SHE ASKED 247 00:09:55,895 --> 00:09:57,630 THAT QUESTION AND I FEEL LIKE 248 00:09:57,630 --> 00:09:58,931 THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS 249 00:09:58,931 --> 00:10:00,266 ABSOLUTELY, I HAVE BEEN SCARED 250 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:01,701 AND THAT IS WHEN I FOUND THE 251 00:10:01,701 --> 00:10:03,202 FACT THAT TURNING THAT FEAR YOU 252 00:10:03,202 --> 00:10:05,538 MIGHT BE HAVING INTO FOCUS IS SO 253 00:10:05,538 --> 00:10:06,739 IMPORTANT AND I THINK THAT IS 254 00:10:06,739 --> 00:10:08,574 WHAT SHE WAS DRAWING ON WHEN SHE 255 00:10:08,574 --> 00:10:09,375 ASKED THAT QUESTION. 256 00:10:09,375 --> 00:10:11,110 SO THAT WAS A PRETTY PROFOUND 257 00:10:11,110 --> 00:10:13,846 MOMENT IN MY SELECTION PROCESS. 258 00:10:13,846 --> 00:10:16,382 >> I AM CHRISTINA COOK AND I AM 259 00:10:16,382 --> 00:10:22,288 A ASTRONAUT. 260 00:10:22,288 --> 00:10:34,467 ♪ ♪ 261 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:41,073 >> COOK, HAGUE AND ACHINEN AND 262 00:10:41,073 --> 00:10:43,809 THEIR CREWMATES ARE IN A SLEEP 263 00:10:43,809 --> 00:10:44,910 PERIOD TODAY FOR EVERYBODY TO 264 00:10:44,910 --> 00:10:46,846 GET CYCLED TO THE RIGHT 265 00:10:46,846 --> 00:10:48,381 WAKE-SLEEP CYCLE. 266 00:10:48,381 --> 00:10:49,382 TOMORROW THEY WILL START 267 00:10:49,382 --> 00:10:51,617 PREPARING FOR THE FIRST WEEK'S 268 00:10:51,617 --> 00:10:53,352 SPACE WALK AND THEN AFTER THAT, 269 00:10:53,352 --> 00:10:55,254 A LONG AGENDA OF LABORATORY 270 00:10:55,254 --> 00:10:56,522 EXPERIMENTS, TOO. 271 00:10:56,522 --> 00:10:57,857 OVER TIME, THEY WILL GET A 272 00:10:57,857 --> 00:11:00,393 CHANCE TO TALK TO PEOPLE ON THE 273 00:11:00,393 --> 00:11:01,394 GROUND TO SHARE THEIR 274 00:11:01,394 --> 00:11:01,894 EXPERIENCE. 275 00:11:01,894 --> 00:11:03,729 SOME PREVIOUS CREW MEMBERS HAVE 276 00:11:03,729 --> 00:11:06,365 MADE A WAY FOR THAT THROUGH FUN 277 00:11:06,365 --> 00:11:09,301 INSTRUCTIONAL FILMS FOR 278 00:11:09,301 --> 00:11:10,002 STUDENTS. 279 00:11:10,002 --> 00:11:12,571 SCOTT TALKS ABOUT THE ORBIT OF 280 00:11:12,571 --> 00:11:14,006 THE SPACECRAFT AND OFFERS 281 00:11:14,006 --> 00:11:27,319 VIEWERS A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE. 282 00:11:27,319 --> 00:11:29,355 ♪ ♪ 283 00:11:29,355 --> 00:11:30,956 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS SCOTT AND I 284 00:11:30,956 --> 00:11:33,092 AM LIVING AND WORKING ABOARD THE 285 00:11:33,092 --> 00:11:34,427 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 286 00:11:34,427 --> 00:11:38,764 YOU KNOW, I LOVE HEARING THE 287 00:11:38,764 --> 00:11:39,198 NEWS. 288 00:11:39,198 --> 00:11:42,535 OUR ORBITING ALTITUDE OF 289 00:11:42,535 --> 00:11:44,670 450 KILOMETERS 250 MILES ABOVE 290 00:11:44,670 --> 00:11:47,406 THE EARTH SURFACE GIVES US A 291 00:11:47,406 --> 00:11:52,878 UNIQUE PERCENT -- PERSPECTIVE. 292 00:11:52,878 --> 00:11:56,582 LET'S EXPLORE. 293 00:11:56,582 --> 00:12:00,119 PLANETS AND MOONS HAVE ELIPTICAL 294 00:12:00,119 --> 00:12:00,653 ORBITS. 295 00:12:00,653 --> 00:12:03,689 SPACECRAFT ORBITING EARTH ARE 296 00:12:03,689 --> 00:12:06,725 PLACED IN A NEARLY CIRCULAR 297 00:12:06,725 --> 00:12:08,360 ORBIT TO KEEP A CONSISTENT 298 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:09,695 ALTITUDE AS THEY TRAVEL AROUND 299 00:12:09,695 --> 00:12:10,596 THE PLANET. 300 00:12:10,596 --> 00:12:13,432 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE EARTH. 301 00:12:13,432 --> 00:12:15,568 IT HAS A RADIUS OF 302 00:12:15,568 --> 00:12:18,304 3667 KILOMETERS AND THE SPACE 303 00:12:18,304 --> 00:12:20,439 STATION IS ABOUT 400 KILOMETERS 304 00:12:20,439 --> 00:12:21,941 AND 8 KILOMETERS PER SECOND. 305 00:12:21,941 --> 00:12:25,111 THAT IS 17,500 MILES PER HOUR. 306 00:12:25,111 --> 00:12:27,012 SEE IF YOU CAN USE THESE VALUES 307 00:12:27,012 --> 00:12:28,747 TO CALCULATE HOW FAR, HOW LONG 308 00:12:28,747 --> 00:12:30,583 WE TRAVEL IN ONE ORBIT AROUND 309 00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:31,917 THE EARTH. 310 00:12:31,917 --> 00:12:33,519 ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AND MORE 311 00:12:33,519 --> 00:12:35,354 ACTIVITIES RELATED TO ORBITS ARE 312 00:12:35,354 --> 00:12:36,889 AVAILABLE AT 313 00:12:36,889 --> 00:12:45,498 NASA.GOV/STEMONSTATION. 314 00:12:45,498 --> 00:12:48,834 >> FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE. 315 00:12:48,834 --> 00:12:50,769 >> THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS, 316 00:12:50,769 --> 00:12:52,204 BY THE WAY, ARE APPROXIMATELY 317 00:12:52,204 --> 00:12:55,741 42,600 KILOMETERS IN 90 MINUTES 318 00:12:55,741 --> 00:12:57,510 AND OUR ALTITUDE ON ORBIT, WE 319 00:12:57,510 --> 00:12:59,145 HAVE A VERY UNIQUE AND AWESOME 320 00:12:59,145 --> 00:13:00,746 VIEW OF THE EARTH. 321 00:13:00,746 --> 00:13:02,281 THANKS FOR SCORING WITH ME 322 00:13:02,281 --> 00:13:02,681 TODAY. 323 00:13:02,681 --> 00:13:04,817 I AM GOING TO SEND YOU BACK TO 324 00:13:04,817 --> 00:13:07,153 EARTH NOW TO START THE CHALLENGE 325 00:13:07,153 --> 00:13:08,187 ON ORBIT. 326 00:13:08,187 --> 00:13:10,789 SEE YOU AGAIN SOON. 327 00:13:10,789 --> 00:13:32,978 ♪ ♪ 328 00:13:32,978 --> 00:13:34,513 >> ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS 329 00:13:34,513 --> 00:13:36,749 ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED FOR THE 330 00:13:36,749 --> 00:13:37,950 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HAS 331 00:13:37,950 --> 00:13:39,385 FOUND A WAY TO HELP HUMANS HERE 332 00:13:39,385 --> 00:13:41,220 ON EARTH IN THE OPERATING ROOM. 333 00:13:41,220 --> 00:13:42,721 THE COMPANY THAT DEVELOPED AND 334 00:13:42,721 --> 00:13:45,257 BUILT THE SPACE STATION'S 335 00:13:45,257 --> 00:13:47,293 ROBOTIC ARM HAS WORKED WITH A 336 00:13:47,293 --> 00:13:49,328 MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURER TO 337 00:13:49,328 --> 00:13:51,764 CREATE AN AUTOMATED ROBOTIC ARM 338 00:13:51,764 --> 00:13:53,699 THAT TRACKS THE MOVEMENT OF THE 339 00:13:53,699 --> 00:13:55,634 SURGEON'S TOOLS AND HELPS 340 00:13:55,634 --> 00:13:59,104 EXPEDITE BRAIN AND SPINAL 341 00:13:59,104 --> 00:14:00,005 SURGERY. 342 00:14:00,005 --> 00:14:02,975 >> THE SPACE STATION IS PROBABLY 343 00:14:02,975 --> 00:14:04,476 THE MOST FANTASTIC VEHICLE EVER 344 00:14:04,476 --> 00:14:05,077 BUILT. 345 00:14:05,077 --> 00:14:06,512 >> IT IS A ONE OF A KIND 346 00:14:06,512 --> 00:14:08,547 LABORATORY ORBITING 250 MILES 347 00:14:08,547 --> 00:14:09,315 ABOVE THE EARTH. 348 00:14:09,315 --> 00:14:11,383 >> AND WE PERFORM EXPERIMENTS ON 349 00:14:11,383 --> 00:14:13,152 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 350 00:14:13,152 --> 00:14:14,820 >> WE CAN DO SCIENCE, DO 351 00:14:14,820 --> 00:14:17,456 EXPERIMENTS, LEARN HOW TO DO 352 00:14:17,456 --> 00:14:20,326 THINGS OUT OF THIS WORLD AND THE 353 00:14:20,326 --> 00:14:22,228 RESULTS WILL HELP BENEFIT PEOPLE 354 00:14:22,228 --> 00:14:23,095 ON THE GROUND. 355 00:14:23,095 --> 00:14:24,763 >> NOT ONLY THAT, WE ALSO ARE 356 00:14:24,763 --> 00:14:26,699 SEEING THE BENEFITS OF HOW WE 357 00:14:26,699 --> 00:14:28,934 ASSEMBLED THE SPACE STATION. 358 00:14:28,934 --> 00:14:30,469 IN ITS DESIGN, IT WAS 359 00:14:30,469 --> 00:14:32,805 ESSENTIALLY DESIGNED LIKE A LEGO 360 00:14:32,805 --> 00:14:33,105 TOY. 361 00:14:33,105 --> 00:14:35,608 LOTS OF BIG PIECES PUT TOGETHER, 362 00:14:35,608 --> 00:14:37,243 SOME OF THEM ABOUT THE SIZE OF A 363 00:14:37,243 --> 00:14:38,143 CITY BUS. 364 00:14:38,143 --> 00:14:39,578 >> WE NEEDED A WAY OF 365 00:14:39,578 --> 00:14:41,814 MANIPULATING AND MOVING THESE 366 00:14:41,814 --> 00:14:46,485 BIG PIECES AND YET PRECISELY 367 00:14:46,485 --> 00:14:47,720 FITTING THEM TOGETHER. 368 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:49,421 >> THE COMPANY CAME UP WITH THE 369 00:14:49,421 --> 00:14:50,856 DESIGN THAT WAS GOING TO MEET 370 00:14:50,856 --> 00:14:52,191 THE NEEDS OF THE SPACE STATION. 371 00:14:52,191 --> 00:14:53,392 >> THE SOLUTION TO THAT WAS 372 00:14:53,392 --> 00:14:55,527 USING A FAIRLY LARGE ROBOTIC ARM 373 00:14:55,527 --> 00:14:58,197 AND THAT SYSTEM ENDED UP BEING 374 00:14:58,197 --> 00:15:00,032 ARM 2 THAT CAN MOVE AROUND THE 375 00:15:00,032 --> 00:15:02,268 SPACE STATION, GRAB PAYLOADS, 376 00:15:02,268 --> 00:15:04,503 MOVE THEM TO WHERE THEY NEEDED 377 00:15:04,503 --> 00:15:06,305 TO BE SO THE SPACE STATION COULD 378 00:15:06,305 --> 00:15:07,339 BE ASSEMBLED. 379 00:15:07,339 --> 00:15:08,974 YOU COULDN'T HAVE BUILT IT 380 00:15:08,974 --> 00:15:11,076 WITHOUT A ROBOTIC SYSTEM LIKE 381 00:15:11,076 --> 00:15:14,647 THIS. 382 00:15:14,647 --> 00:15:18,384 ♪ ♪ 383 00:15:18,384 --> 00:15:19,618 >> AND THAT WAS WHEN WE STARTED 384 00:15:19,618 --> 00:15:22,054 TALKING TO NASA MEDICAL. 385 00:15:22,054 --> 00:15:24,890 KNOWING THAT THEY HAD DONE THIS 386 00:15:24,890 --> 00:15:26,392 FOR SPACE, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD 387 00:15:26,392 --> 00:15:28,027 BE VERY EASY FOR THEM TO BRING 388 00:15:28,027 --> 00:15:29,328 THAT EXPERIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 389 00:15:29,328 --> 00:15:32,698 INTO THE NEUROSURGICAL AREA AND 390 00:15:32,698 --> 00:15:34,433 HELP US WITH OUR ROBOTICS. 391 00:15:34,433 --> 00:15:36,769 WE WORK WITH THEM TO CREATE 392 00:15:36,769 --> 00:15:37,369 DRIVE. 393 00:15:37,369 --> 00:15:39,004 DRIVE IS A ROBOT THAT HOLDS A 394 00:15:39,004 --> 00:15:40,906 SURGICAL CAMERA THAT CAN BE 395 00:15:40,906 --> 00:15:43,142 POSITIONED TO ANY SURGICAL 396 00:15:43,142 --> 00:15:44,476 INSTRUMENT TRACKED BY OUR 397 00:15:44,476 --> 00:15:45,577 SYSTEM. 398 00:15:45,577 --> 00:15:48,113 >> WHAT THIS DOES THEN IS SPEED 399 00:15:48,113 --> 00:15:49,448 UP THE PROFICIENCY. 400 00:15:49,448 --> 00:15:51,050 >> USING THE DRIVE SYSTEM ALLOWS 401 00:15:51,050 --> 00:15:53,519 THE SURGEON TO HAVE SHORTER 402 00:15:53,519 --> 00:15:56,121 SURGICAL TIME AND ALSO IS BETTER 403 00:15:56,121 --> 00:15:56,789 FOR THE HOSPITAL AND THE 404 00:15:56,789 --> 00:15:57,656 PATIENT. 405 00:15:57,656 --> 00:15:59,325 >> SO WHAT THE ROBOT DOES FOR US 406 00:15:59,325 --> 00:16:02,961 IS IT ALLOWS YOU TO DO IT SAFER, 407 00:16:02,961 --> 00:16:05,197 DO IT BETTER AND WITH MORE 408 00:16:05,197 --> 00:16:05,898 PERFECTION. 409 00:16:05,898 --> 00:16:07,433 >> THE SOFTWARE THAT RUNS ON THE 410 00:16:07,433 --> 00:16:10,769 DRIVE SYSTEM IS DIRECTLY DERIVED 411 00:16:10,769 --> 00:16:13,539 FROM THE SOFTWARE THAT RUNS THE 412 00:16:13,539 --> 00:16:16,175 ROBOTIC ARM ON THE INTERNATIONAL 413 00:16:16,175 --> 00:16:16,942 SPACE STATION. 414 00:16:16,942 --> 00:16:22,348 >> THOSE ROBOTICS WORK ALONGSIDE 415 00:16:22,348 --> 00:16:24,283 SIDE WITH THE ASTRONAUTS TO DO 416 00:16:24,283 --> 00:16:25,718 WHAT THEY DO. 417 00:16:25,718 --> 00:16:27,119 >> RIGHT NOW PROBABLY THE MOST 418 00:16:27,119 --> 00:16:28,754 USED SYSTEM THAT WE CAN SAY IS 419 00:16:28,754 --> 00:16:30,789 DERIVED FROM THE SPACE STATION 420 00:16:30,789 --> 00:16:33,625 AND WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF THAT. 421 00:16:33,625 --> 00:16:35,561 >> I HAVE SEEN THE ARM BEFORE ON 422 00:16:35,561 --> 00:16:36,695 THE SPACE STATION BUT NEVER PUT 423 00:16:36,695 --> 00:16:38,397 THE TWO TOGETHER THAT WE HAVE 424 00:16:38,397 --> 00:16:40,232 THE SAME ARM IN THE OPERATING 425 00:16:40,232 --> 00:16:40,733 ROOM. 426 00:16:40,733 --> 00:16:41,967 >> I THINK EVERYBODY HAS THIS 427 00:16:41,967 --> 00:16:43,702 DREAM OF HOW ROBOTICS ARE GOING 428 00:16:43,702 --> 00:16:46,305 TO BECOME MORE A PART OF 429 00:16:46,305 --> 00:16:47,840 EVERYDAY LIFE BUT THE THINGS WE 430 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:49,375 DO WITH ROBOTICS ON THE SPACE 431 00:16:49,375 --> 00:16:51,210 STATION ARE BASICALLY PUSHING 432 00:16:51,210 --> 00:16:53,112 THOSE DREAMS FORWARD. 433 00:16:53,112 --> 00:16:55,347 WE EVOLVE THE SYSTEM, GAIN THE 434 00:16:55,347 --> 00:16:57,416 KNOWLEDGE, THE EXPERTISE, SO 435 00:16:57,416 --> 00:16:59,551 THIS IS KIND OF THE UNEXPECTED 436 00:16:59,551 --> 00:17:01,587 BENEFIT YOU GET OUT OF DOING THE 437 00:17:01,587 --> 00:17:02,688 PROGRAM AT THE INTERNATIONAL 438 00:17:02,688 --> 00:17:12,731 SPACE STATION. 439 00:17:12,731 --> 00:17:13,866 >> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 440 00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:16,001 STATION HAS GIVEN US 20 YEARS OF 441 00:17:16,001 --> 00:17:18,337 SCIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE AND A 442 00:17:18,337 --> 00:17:20,272 PLATFORM TO TEST AND PERFECT A 443 00:17:20,272 --> 00:17:23,409 WHOLE NEW FLEET OF VEHICLES. 444 00:17:23,409 --> 00:17:25,043 THE KNOWLEDGE WE CONTINUE TO 445 00:17:25,043 --> 00:17:28,180 GAIN FROM THIS ONBOARD 446 00:17:28,180 --> 00:17:31,116 LABORATORY IS VITAL TO OUR 447 00:17:31,116 --> 00:17:31,917 FUTURE IN SPACE. 448 00:17:31,917 --> 00:17:32,951 >> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 449 00:17:32,951 --> 00:17:34,887 STATION, FOOTBALL SIZED MILLION 450 00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:36,889 POUND LABORATORY FLYING AROUND 451 00:17:36,889 --> 00:17:39,958 PLANET EARTH AT 17,500 MILES PER 452 00:17:39,958 --> 00:17:40,259 HOUR. 453 00:17:40,259 --> 00:17:43,295 IT IS OTHER HOME DURING OTHER 454 00:17:43,295 --> 00:17:44,997 ORBIT AND THE BRIDGE TO 455 00:17:44,997 --> 00:17:46,932 EXPLORING THE FAR REACHES OF OUR 456 00:17:46,932 --> 00:17:47,766 SOLAR SYSTEM. 457 00:17:47,766 --> 00:17:49,668 A PLACE IT LEARN WHAT IT TAKES, 458 00:17:49,668 --> 00:17:52,304 TO LIVE, TO WORK, TO THRIVE IN 459 00:17:52,304 --> 00:17:52,838 SPACE. 460 00:17:52,838 --> 00:17:54,440 THANKS TO SPACE AGENCIES 461 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:55,674 REPRESENTING MORE THAN A DOZEN 462 00:17:55,674 --> 00:17:57,242 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, IT 463 00:17:57,242 --> 00:17:58,844 WENT FROM THE DRAWING BOARD TO 464 00:17:58,844 --> 00:18:00,879 LIFTOFF WHEN THE FIRST PIECE 465 00:18:00,879 --> 00:18:03,315 FLEW INTO SPACE IN 1998. 466 00:18:03,315 --> 00:18:06,051 THAT KICKED OFF OVER A DECADE OF 467 00:18:06,051 --> 00:18:11,457 CONSTRUCTION HAULING THE STATION 468 00:18:11,457 --> 00:18:14,493 TO ORBIT PIECE BY PIECE ON NASA 469 00:18:14,493 --> 00:18:15,994 AND RUSSIAN ROCKETS. 470 00:18:15,994 --> 00:18:17,129 AND WHEN THE CREW ARRIVED IN 471 00:18:17,129 --> 00:18:19,765 2000, WE STARTED AN UNBROKEN 472 00:18:19,765 --> 00:18:21,066 STREAK OF HUMANS LIVING AND 473 00:18:21,066 --> 00:18:23,302 WORKING IN SPACE. 474 00:18:23,302 --> 00:18:25,637 BUILDING ON THE LEGACY OF 475 00:18:25,637 --> 00:18:28,373 OUTPOSTS LIKE SKY LAB AND MIR, 476 00:18:28,373 --> 00:18:29,708 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 477 00:18:29,708 --> 00:18:31,243 BECAME THE TRAINING GROUND FOR 478 00:18:31,243 --> 00:18:33,378 HUMANITY'S NEXT GREAT JOURNEY. 479 00:18:33,378 --> 00:18:34,880 LEARNING HOW TO LIVE IN SPACE 480 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,115 FOR EXTREME PERIODS OF TIME, 481 00:18:37,115 --> 00:18:38,550 BUILDING AND PERFECTING 482 00:18:38,550 --> 00:18:40,052 TECHNOLOGY NECESSARY TO TRAVEL 483 00:18:40,052 --> 00:18:41,687 TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE SOLAR 484 00:18:41,687 --> 00:18:41,987 SYSTEM. 485 00:18:41,987 --> 00:18:43,989 IT GAVE US A PLACE RIGHT ON OUR 486 00:18:43,989 --> 00:18:45,824 DOORSTEP TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT 487 00:18:45,824 --> 00:18:47,960 GIANT LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN AND 488 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:49,795 THANKS TO THE STATION, A NEW ERA 489 00:18:49,795 --> 00:18:54,766 IN OUTER SPACE IS UNFOLDING. 490 00:18:54,766 --> 00:18:56,935 WHAT WAS ONCE ONLY NAMED BY 491 00:18:56,935 --> 00:18:58,237 NATIONS AND GOVERNMENT IS NOW 492 00:18:58,237 --> 00:19:03,442 POPULATED BY A GROWING ARRAY OF 493 00:19:03,442 --> 00:19:05,344 INDUSTRIES. 494 00:19:05,344 --> 00:19:11,850 CARGO HABITATS AT THAT TIME, NEW 495 00:19:11,850 --> 00:19:14,386 PIECES FOR SPACE MISSIONS AND 496 00:19:14,386 --> 00:19:16,221 EVEN STUDENTS AROUND THE WORLD 497 00:19:16,221 --> 00:19:17,856 DO RESEARCH IN SPACE THAT NEVER 498 00:19:17,856 --> 00:19:20,158 HAD THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE. 499 00:19:20,158 --> 00:19:21,994 LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR A 500 00:19:21,994 --> 00:19:23,929 ROBUST ECONOMY IN SPACE. 501 00:19:23,929 --> 00:19:25,430 THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF 502 00:19:25,430 --> 00:19:27,766 EXPERIMENTS, HUNDREDS OF SPACE 503 00:19:27,766 --> 00:19:30,502 WALKS, ENDLESS HOURS OF 504 00:19:30,502 --> 00:19:32,337 CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES, ALL 505 00:19:32,337 --> 00:19:34,773 DONE BY HUMANS HAILING FROM 506 00:19:34,773 --> 00:19:36,508 COUNTRIES AROUND THE GLOBE. 507 00:19:36,508 --> 00:19:38,210 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 508 00:19:38,210 --> 00:19:39,845 IS WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE AS A 509 00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:41,580 PLANET WHEN WE COME TOGETHER TO 510 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:43,382 DO THE THINGS THAT ARE HARD AND 511 00:19:43,382 --> 00:19:45,717 THE WORK ISN'T SLOWING DOWN 512 00:19:45,717 --> 00:19:48,654 BECAUSE WE'RE READY FOR THE NEXT 513 00:19:48,654 --> 00:19:50,088 GIANT LEAP BECAUSE WE'RE READY 514 00:19:50,088 --> 00:19:52,424 TO GO FARTHER. 515 00:19:52,424 --> 00:19:55,160 BECAUSE WHAT WE DO AND LEARN 516 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,195 ALONG THE WAY IS FOR THE BENEFIT 517 00:19:57,195 --> 00:20:02,267 OF ALL HUMANKIND. 518 00:20:02,267 --> 00:20:04,269 ♪ ♪ 519 00:20:04,269 --> 00:20:05,304 >> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 520 00:20:05,304 --> 00:20:07,739 STATION SERVES AS A TEST BED FOR 521 00:20:07,739 --> 00:20:09,341 TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL BE NEEDED 522 00:20:09,341 --> 00:20:10,776 TO SUPPORT FUTURE FLIGHTS OF 523 00:20:10,776 --> 00:20:12,711 DISCOVERY BEYOND EARTH ORBIT AND 524 00:20:12,711 --> 00:20:14,012 THAT INCLUDES THE SYSTEMS THAT 525 00:20:14,012 --> 00:20:15,747 WILL BE NEEDED TO COMPLETE 526 00:20:15,747 --> 00:20:17,983 TECHNICAL TASKS AND THE SYSTEMS 527 00:20:17,983 --> 00:20:19,318 THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE 528 00:20:19,318 --> 00:20:21,954 THAT THE HUMAN EXPLORERS CAN 529 00:20:21,954 --> 00:20:23,655 SURVIVE IN THE HARSH CONDITIONS 530 00:20:23,655 --> 00:20:29,561 OF DEEP SPACE. 531 00:20:29,561 --> 00:20:31,396 >> THE SWEET SMELL OF LIFE 532 00:20:31,396 --> 00:20:40,839 SUPPORT PRESENTED BY NASA. 533 00:20:40,839 --> 00:20:43,175 WHEN THE NASA ASTRONAUT BLASTED 534 00:20:43,175 --> 00:20:52,818 OFF FROM KHAZYGSTAN ATO BOARD 535 00:20:52,818 --> 00:20:54,453 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 536 00:20:54,453 --> 00:20:55,354 HE WAS EAGER. 537 00:20:55,354 --> 00:20:57,122 >> I WAS EAGER TO SEE SPACE AND 538 00:20:57,122 --> 00:20:59,658 COULDN'T WAIT TO FLOAT. 539 00:20:59,658 --> 00:21:00,993 >> AND HE CONFESSED -- 540 00:21:00,993 --> 00:21:02,194 >> I KIND OF EXPECTED THE 541 00:21:02,194 --> 00:21:03,295 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TO 542 00:21:03,295 --> 00:21:04,997 SMELL LIKE A LOCKER. 543 00:21:04,997 --> 00:21:06,565 >> AFTER ALL, WHAT YOU WOULD 544 00:21:06,565 --> 00:21:07,366 EXPECT? 545 00:21:07,366 --> 00:21:10,302 IT IS AN AIR-TIGHT SPACESHIP 546 00:21:10,302 --> 00:21:14,272 CONTINUOUSLY OCCUPIED 24/7, 365 547 00:21:14,272 --> 00:21:17,109 DAYS A YEAR BY SOME HARD WORKING 548 00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:19,444 AND EXERCISING ASTRONAUTS. 549 00:21:19,444 --> 00:21:20,746 BUT HE WAS IN FOR A SURPRISE 550 00:21:20,746 --> 00:21:21,246 HOWEVER. 551 00:21:21,246 --> 00:21:23,081 >> THE AIR IN THE SPACE STATION 552 00:21:23,081 --> 00:21:24,116 SMELLED GREAT. 553 00:21:24,116 --> 00:21:25,617 THE FILTERS AND LIFE SUPPORT 554 00:21:25,617 --> 00:21:27,452 SYSTEM DO A GREAT JOB CLEANING 555 00:21:27,452 --> 00:21:28,353 THE AIR. 556 00:21:28,353 --> 00:21:30,088 THERE WERE NO ISSUES AT ALL. 557 00:21:30,088 --> 00:21:31,189 >> FIRST CONTACT WITH THE SPACE 558 00:21:31,189 --> 00:21:33,725 STATION WITH CLEAN AIR REMINDED 559 00:21:33,725 --> 00:21:35,360 THE FLIGHT SURGEON OF THE 560 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:37,396 IMPRESSIVE TECHNOLOGY UNDERLYING 561 00:21:37,396 --> 00:21:38,930 THE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM. 562 00:21:38,930 --> 00:21:39,931 >> ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 563 00:21:39,931 --> 00:21:41,533 STATION, WE'RE TESTING 564 00:21:41,533 --> 00:21:42,968 TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL ALLOW US 565 00:21:42,968 --> 00:21:45,303 TO LIVE COMFORTABLY DURING LARGE 566 00:21:45,303 --> 00:21:48,340 JOURNEYS INTO THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 567 00:21:48,340 --> 00:21:49,574 THEY PROVIDE A PROPERLY 568 00:21:49,574 --> 00:21:52,110 PRESSURIZED ATMOSPHERE WITH THE 569 00:21:52,110 --> 00:21:53,945 RIGHT AMOUNT OF OXYGEN, SCRUBS 570 00:21:53,945 --> 00:21:56,048 CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE AIR, 571 00:21:56,048 --> 00:21:56,815 KEEPS THE TEMPERATURE IN A 572 00:21:56,815 --> 00:21:58,817 COMFORTABLE RANGE AND PROVIDES 573 00:21:58,817 --> 00:22:00,352 FRESH WATER AND LIFE AND 574 00:22:00,352 --> 00:22:01,787 EVERYTHING WE NEED FOR GOOD 575 00:22:01,787 --> 00:22:02,754 HYGIENE. 576 00:22:02,754 --> 00:22:04,222 >> AND THE SWEET SMELL OF THE 577 00:22:04,222 --> 00:22:05,223 AIR. 578 00:22:05,223 --> 00:22:05,924 >> WHILE I WAS ON THE 579 00:22:05,924 --> 00:22:07,859 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, I 580 00:22:07,859 --> 00:22:09,494 FELT A LOT LIKE A BRIDGE 581 00:22:09,494 --> 00:22:11,296 BUILDER, HELPING TO PAVE 582 00:22:11,296 --> 00:22:13,131 HUMANITY'S PATH TO MARS. 583 00:22:13,131 --> 00:22:16,201 >> AS MISSIONS LOOK TOWARDS THE 584 00:22:16,201 --> 00:22:17,803 RED PLANET, WE'RE DEFINITELY 585 00:22:17,803 --> 00:22:19,838 EVOLVING FROM LESSONS LEARNED ON 586 00:22:19,838 --> 00:22:24,109 ISF SAYS MOLLY, A PRINCIPLE 587 00:22:24,109 --> 00:22:27,946 TECHNOLOGIST AT NASA. 588 00:22:27,946 --> 00:22:29,581 >> WE WANT TO RECYCLE BEYOND 589 00:22:29,581 --> 00:22:31,116 WHAT WE DO NOW. 590 00:22:31,116 --> 00:22:37,589 OUR ISS SYSTEM CAN RECYCLE USED 591 00:22:37,589 --> 00:22:39,624 WATER TO CLEAN WATER AND WE'RE 592 00:22:39,624 --> 00:22:41,359 USING TECHNOLOGY SOON THAT WILL 593 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:43,061 RECOVER MOST OF THE WATER, TOO. 594 00:22:43,061 --> 00:22:45,097 ON THE STATION IF ALL THE 595 00:22:45,097 --> 00:22:47,833 SYSTEMS ARE WORKING, THEY CAN 596 00:22:47,833 --> 00:22:49,367 RECYCLE A LITTLE LESS THAN 597 00:22:49,367 --> 00:22:51,803 50 PERCENT OF THE CARBON DIOXIDE 598 00:22:51,803 --> 00:22:53,438 BACK INTO OXYGEN. 599 00:22:53,438 --> 00:22:55,140 WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT NUMBER 600 00:22:55,140 --> 00:22:57,309 HIGHER TO 75 OR EVEN NEAR 601 00:22:57,309 --> 00:22:58,110 100 PERCENT. 602 00:22:58,110 --> 00:23:00,145 WHILE THE SPACE STATION IS STILL 603 00:23:00,145 --> 00:23:04,316 RELYING ON CARGO VESSELS FOR 604 00:23:04,316 --> 00:23:08,286 FRESH EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, WE 605 00:23:08,286 --> 00:23:09,988 ARE FOCUSING ON LEAVING MORE 606 00:23:09,988 --> 00:23:12,557 ROOM FOR SCIENCE. 607 00:23:12,557 --> 00:23:14,659 PLUS EARTH WON'T BE BE ABLE TO 608 00:23:14,659 --> 00:23:16,294 HELP ON MISSIONS THAT LEAVE 609 00:23:16,294 --> 00:23:17,362 EARTH ORBIT. 610 00:23:17,362 --> 00:23:18,730 >> HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MILES 611 00:23:18,730 --> 00:23:20,432 FROM EARTH NO ONE WILL BE ABLE 612 00:23:20,432 --> 00:23:22,067 TO BRING US FRESH WATER OR 613 00:23:22,067 --> 00:23:25,303 REPLACE MALFUNCTIONING SYSTEMS. 614 00:23:25,303 --> 00:23:27,239 WE WILL BE ON OUR OWN, JUST US 615 00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:28,974 AND THE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM. 616 00:23:28,974 --> 00:23:31,710 >> THAT IS WHY IT IS CRUCIAL FOR 617 00:23:31,710 --> 00:23:34,846 LIFE SUPPORT TO PROCEED ABOARD 618 00:23:34,846 --> 00:23:37,616 THE STATION. 619 00:23:37,616 --> 00:23:38,817 FOR MORE, GO TO 620 00:23:38,817 --> 00:23:42,988 WWW.NASA.GOV/STATION. 621 00:23:42,988 --> 00:23:44,890 FOR MORE NEWS ON THE SWEET SMELL 622 00:23:44,890 --> 00:23:46,224 OF THE STATION AND THE SYSTEM 623 00:23:46,224 --> 00:23:47,526 THAT SUPPORTS THEM, STAY TUNED 624 00:23:47,526 --> 00:23:51,196 TO SCIENCE.NASA.GOV. 625 00:23:51,196 --> 00:23:52,597 >> A BIG PART OF THE MISSION AT 626 00:23:52,597 --> 00:23:54,533 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 627 00:23:54,533 --> 00:23:56,368 IS TO GET PEOPLE READY TO GO 628 00:23:56,368 --> 00:23:58,103 BEYOND EARTH ORBIT IN THE YEARS 629 00:23:58,103 --> 00:23:58,737 TO COME. 630 00:23:58,737 --> 00:24:00,539 AROUND THE WORLD IN LATE 2018 631 00:24:00,539 --> 00:24:03,175 AND SO FAR THIS YEAR, NASA'S 632 00:24:03,175 --> 00:24:06,545 ORION, SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM AND 633 00:24:06,545 --> 00:24:07,846 GROUND SYSTEMS PROGRAMS HAVE 634 00:24:07,846 --> 00:24:10,182 MADE HUGE STRIDES IN DEVELOPING, 635 00:24:10,182 --> 00:24:14,252 BUILDING THE SPACECRAFT AND THE 636 00:24:14,252 --> 00:24:15,987 ROCKET AND INFRASTRUCTURE 637 00:24:15,987 --> 00:24:17,589 NECESSARY TO SEND HUMANS TO DEEP 638 00:24:17,589 --> 00:24:20,325 SPACE DESTINATIONS INCLUDING THE 639 00:24:20,325 --> 00:24:21,359 MOON AND BEYOND. 640 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,995 HAVE A LOOK. 641 00:24:23,995 --> 00:26:05,030 ♪ ♪ 642 00:26:05,030 --> 00:27:41,259 ♪ ♪ 643 00:27:41,259 --> 00:27:42,594 >> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET A 644 00:27:42,594 --> 00:27:43,795 LOOK AT ANY OF THE STORIES THAT 645 00:27:43,795 --> 00:27:45,430 WE FEATURED TODAY, YOU CAN DO 646 00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:45,930 IT. 647 00:27:45,930 --> 00:27:48,366 GO TO YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK. 648 00:27:48,366 --> 00:27:49,367 THERE ARE THE ADDRESSES AND 649 00:27:49,367 --> 00:27:50,902 WHILE YOU ARE THERE, YOU SHOULD 650 00:27:50,902 --> 00:27:52,937 BE NOODLING AROUND AND LOOKING 651 00:27:52,937 --> 00:27:54,672 FOR OTHER COOL STUFF BECAUSE 652 00:27:54,672 --> 00:27:56,541 THERE IS LOTS OF IT THAT YOU CAN 653 00:27:56,541 --> 00:27:58,943 FIND ABOUT NASA AND AMERICA'S 654 00:27:58,943 --> 00:28:01,079 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT PROGRAM. 655 00:28:01,079 --> 00:28:02,714 WHILE YOU ARE ON THE INTERNET, 656 00:28:02,714 --> 00:28:05,050 CHECK OUT HOUSTON, WE HAVE A 657 00:28:05,050 --> 00:28:07,085 PODCAST, FOLKS HERE TALKING 658 00:28:07,085 --> 00:28:08,787 ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR WORK. 659 00:28:08,787 --> 00:28:11,756 OUR NEW EPISODE POSTS ON FRIDAY. 660 00:28:11,756 --> 00:28:13,558 TODAY ONE WEEK AHEAD OF THE 661 00:28:13,558 --> 00:28:14,893 FIRST SPACE STATION WALK OF 662 00:28:14,893 --> 00:28:18,029 EXPEDITION 59, NO, THAT IS NOT A 663 00:28:18,029 --> 00:28:20,065 COINCIDENCE, GARY JORDAN TALKS 664 00:28:20,065 --> 00:28:22,600 ABOUT HOW NASA PREPARES FOR A 665 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,836 SPACE WALK TALKING WITH THE 666 00:28:24,836 --> 00:28:26,271 OFFICER AND MANAGER OF PLANNING 667 00:28:26,271 --> 00:28:28,173 FOR THE UPCOMING EVA. 668 00:28:28,173 --> 00:28:35,180 GO TO NASA.GOV/PODCASTS AND YOU 669 00:28:35,180 --> 00:28:38,450 CAN FIND THEM ALL IN ONE PLACE. 670 00:28:38,450 --> 00:28:40,485 YOU CAN ALSO LISTEN TO THEM ALL 671 00:28:40,485 --> 00:28:43,521 ON APPLE, GOOGLE AND SOUND CLOUD 672 00:28:43,521 --> 00:28:45,256 PODCASTS. 673 00:28:45,256 --> 00:28:46,257 THIS IS MISSION CONTROL, 674 00:28:46,257 --> 00:28:51,029 HOUSTON. 675 00:28:51,029 --> 00:29:00,972 [ BEEP ]