>> MISSION SEQUENCE STARTS.
♪ ♪
>> GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON AND THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM.
THIS IS WHERE THERE IS ALWAYS A
TEAM OF SPECIALISTS ON DUTY 24/7
WHEN THE STATION IS IN
COMMUNICATIONS RANGE TO MANAGE
THE MISSION OF THE STATION AND
THE HUMAN CREW WHO NOW NUMBER
SIX.
ONCE AGAIN, EXPEDITION 59 BEGAN
YESTERDAY WHEN THREE NEW CREW
MEMBERS ARRIVED TO JOIN THE
COMMANDER AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS
TO DO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND
SPACE WALKS AND MORE DURING THE
NEXT THREE MONTHS.
>> WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND.
THIS WEEK, THREE NEW CREW
MEMBERS LAUNCHED TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE NEW CREWS ADJUSTING TO LIFE
ON THE STATION AFTER A SUCCESS
DOCKING OF THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT
CARRYING TWO ASTRONAUTS THAT
LAUNCHED ON THURSDAY, MARCH 14.
THEY ARRIVED AT THE SPACE
STATION MODULE AFTER A
FOUR-ORBIT, SIX-HOUR JOURNEY AND
OPENED THE HATCH A FEW HOURS
LATER.
THEY HAVE JOINED ANN McCLAIN
OF NASA, AN INDIVIDUAL FROM THE
SPACE AGENCY AND THE COMMANDER.
THE CREW MEMBERS WILL SPEND MORE
THAN SIX MONTHS, CONDUCTING 250
SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS IN FIELDS
SUCH AS BIOLOGY, EARTH SCIENCE,
HUMAN RESEARCH, TECHNICAL
SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT.
THIS WEEK'S QUESTION COMES FROM
HENNY WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHY THE
SPACE SUITS HAVE SUCH LOW
PRESSURE.
THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION, HENNY.
THE SPACE SUITS HAVE A PRESSURE
PRETTY MUCH SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU
HAVE ON EARTH WITH A MIX OF
OBJECTION OXYGEN AND NITROGEN.
ASTRONAUTS HAVE TO SPEND TIME
PREBREATHING TO RELEASE THE
NITROGEN FROM THEIR BLOODSTREAM
BUT THE LOW PRESSURE SUITS ALLOW
THEM TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE WHICH
IS NEEDED WHEN YOU HAVE TO SPEND
SIX AND A HALF HOURS TO DO WORK
ON THE SPACE STATION.
KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS
USING THE HASHTAG AND WE'LL SEE
YOU NEXT WEEK.
♪ ♪
>> LET ME ASK YOU, DO YOU THINK
IT HAS BEEN A REALLY BUSY LAST
FIVE MONTHS FOR YOU?
WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK
ABOUT WHAT THAT TIME HAS BEEN
FOR THE NEW SPACE STATION FLIGHT
ENGINEER.
HE HAD EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN
OCTOBER BUT THE SOYUZ SENT THEM
AND ANOTHER ASTRONAUT ON A NEW
COURSE TO GET TO THE SPACE
STATION.
ON OCTOBER 11, 2018 AFTER MORE
THAN TWO YEARS OF PREPARATION,
NASA'S NICK HAGUE AND AN
ASTRONAUT FROM RUSSIA LIFTED UP
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
THE CLIMB TO ORBIT WENT
PERFECTLY FOR THE FIRST TWO
MINUTES UNTIL ONE OF THE SOYUZ
ROCKETS STRAPPED ON BOOSTERS
FAILED TO SEPARATE FROM THE
ROCKET'S FIRST STAGE TRIGGERING
A LAUNCH ABORT.
THE SPACECRAFT CARRYING HAGUE
AND THE ASTRONAUT BROKE FREE AND
THEY PARACHUTED TO A SAFE
LANDING.
A SHORT TIME LATER, THEY WERE
PICKED UP BY RUSSIAN SEARCH AND
RECOVERY TEAMS, THEN FLOWN BACK
FOR A REUNION WITH THEIR
FAMILIES AND GREETINGS FROM THE
NASA ADMINISTRATOR JIM
BRIDENSTINE AND THE HEAD OF THE
COSMOS WHO PROMISED THEY WOULD
FLY IN ANOTHER FLIGHT TO THE
SPACE STATION.
THIS TIME, THEY BECAME A PART OF
THE 59TH AND 0TH TO MAKE IT TO
THE SPACE STATION.
THEY WRAPPED UP THEIR TRAINING
IN RUSSIA AND PASSED THEIR FINAL
EXAMS.
THEN PREPARED FOR THE SIX AND A
HALF MONTH MISSION FOR A LAUNCH
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
NOW, YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT THIS
IS NICK HAGUE'S SECOND SPACE
FLIGHT.
YOU MIGHT ALSO KNOW HE IS A
MEMBER OF THE AIR FORCE AND AN
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER BUT HERE
IS ANOTHER STORY ABOUT HIS
TRAINING AND FOOD THAT GOT HIM
TO SQUEEZE INTO A SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT
>> SO WE'RE AN AIR FORCE FAMILY,
SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT
US.
I MET MY WIFE AT THE AIR FORCE
ACADEMY BACK IN 1996 WHEN WE
WERE IN THE SAME SQUADRON.
I WAS FROM KANSAS, SHE WAS FROM
NEW YORK CITY.
WE NEVER WOULD WILL HAVE CROSSED
PATHS HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE
AIR FORCE ACADEMY.
>> TWO.
>> SO THE QUESTION I GET IS ARE
YOU A STAR WARS FAN OR STAR TREK
FAN BUT RARELY DOES ANYBODY ASK
ME IF I AM A FAN OF DOCTOR WHO.
I GREW UP WATCHING IT AND IT GOT
ME HOOKED ON SCI-FI, A STAPLE
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.
>> THREE.
>> THE THING MY WIFE INTRODUCED
ME TO WAS YOGA SO WE'RE REGULAR
PRACTITIONERS OF YOGA AND I HAVE
TO TELL YOU I AM EXTREMELY
THANKFUL SHE GOT ME HOOKED
BECAUSE BEING CRAMMED UP INSIDE
THE SOYUZ CAPSULE WITH YOUR
KNEES AT YOUR CHEST FOR HOURS ON
END IS A LOT EASIER AFTER
PUTTING YOURSELF THROUGH A FEW
HOURS OF TORTURE IN YOGA.
I DON'T KNOW IF TORTURE WAS THE
RIGHT WORD BUT...
>> FOUR.
>> GROWING UP IN SCHOOL I GOT TO
TRY EVERY SPORT BUT THE THING
THAT GOT ME HOOKED AND WAS MY
PASSION WAS BASEBALL.
I WAS A PITCHER.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WHEN
I GOT TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY
WAS LOCK ON TO THE BASEBALL TEAM
AND I PLAYED FOR A COUPLE OF
YEARS THERE ON THE JUNIOR
VARSITY TEAM AND THEN GOT A
CHANCE TO THROW AN INNING IN THE
VARSITY LEVEL AND THEN AFTER
THAT, THEY DECIDED MY HOBBY WAS
NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE AND I
GOT CUT.
SO EVERYBODY HAS THEIR
INDIVIDUAL TASTE.
WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD, IT IS
PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE FOR
ME.
THAT IS AN ADDICTION I HAVE.
WHO DOESN'T LOVE A BOWL OF
PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE ICE
CREAM?
THE OTHER THING I REALLY ENJOY
IS CRUSHED RED PEPPERS AND
GARLIC.
YOU PUT GARLIC ON ANYTHING, IT
MAKES IT TASTE BETTER SO THOSE
ARE THE THINGS I CRAVE WHEN IT
COMES TO FOOD.
♪ ♪
>> NOW, HAGUE ENDED UP MAKING IT
TO THE SPACE STATION IN THE SAME
SPACE SHIFT WITH ONE OF HIS
ASTRONAUT CLASSMATES, CHRISTINA
COOK.
ONE OF HER FAVORITE PAST TIMES
IS MOUNTAIN CLIMBING AND COOK
SAYS THE CONCENTRATION AND
CONTROL THAT SHE LEARNED IN
CLIMBING HELPED HER PREPARE TO
BE AN ASTRONAUT AND TO MAKE THE
CLIMB TO SPACE FOR HER FIRST
MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
♪ ♪
>> I FIRST GOT INVOLVED IN ROCK
CLIMBING ACTUALLY IN COLLEGE.
MY COLLEGE OFFERED ROCK CLIMBING
AS A PE CLASS SO IT SOUNDED FUN,
A WAY TO GET OUTSIDE AND HAVE A
LITTLE ADVENTURE.
IF I FIRST GOT INTO IT, I LIKED
MORE OF THE PHYSICAL CHALLENGE.
THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.
AND THEN AS I GOT ADVANCED IN
THE HOBBY AND MORE TECHNICAL, I
FOUND I REALLY LIKED THE OTHER
ASPECTS OF IT, LIKE THE SYSTEM,
THE GEAR, THE TECHNICAL PART OF
IT AND ALSO AS YOU GET IN HIGHER
TYPES OF TECHNICAL CLIMBING, YOU
RELY ON YOUR PARTNER SO THE TEAM
PART OF IT.
WE SPACE WALK IN A GIANT POOL
THAT IS LARGE ENOUGH THAT IT HAS
A FULL SCALE MOCKUP OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SO
IN THAT, WE SIMULATE EVERYTHING
LIKE WE WOULD IN THE AVA
INCLUDING YOUR TETHERS, VERY
SIMILAR TO THE CONCEPT OF ROCK
CLIMBING.
SO DURING MY ASTRONAUT
INTERVIEW, THE MOST MEMORABLE
QUESTION I HAD FROM THE
INTERVIEW COMMITTEE CAME FROM
PEGGY WHITSON WHO, AS YOU KNOW,
IS A FAMOUS ASTRONAUT FOR THE
LONGEST TIME IN SPACE, DONE
MANY, MANY SPACE WALKS, A HERO
OF MINE AND SHE LOOKED AT ME AND
SAID WHEN YOU ROCK CLIMB, HAVE
YOU EVER BEEN SCARED AND I FELT
LIKE SHE WAS SEEING RIGHT
THROUGH MY SOUL WHEN SHE ASKED
THAT QUESTION AND I FEEL LIKE
THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS
ABSOLUTELY, I HAVE BEEN SCARED
AND THAT IS WHEN I FOUND THE
FACT THAT TURNING THAT FEAR YOU
MIGHT BE HAVING INTO FOCUS IS SO
IMPORTANT AND I THINK THAT IS
WHAT SHE WAS DRAWING ON WHEN SHE
ASKED THAT QUESTION.
SO THAT WAS A PRETTY PROFOUND
MOMENT IN MY SELECTION PROCESS.
>> I AM CHRISTINA COOK AND I AM
A ASTRONAUT.
♪ ♪
>> COOK, HAGUE AND ACHINEN AND
THEIR CREWMATES ARE IN A SLEEP
PERIOD TODAY FOR EVERYBODY TO
GET CYCLED TO THE RIGHT
WAKE-SLEEP CYCLE.
TOMORROW THEY WILL START
PREPARING FOR THE FIRST WEEK'S
SPACE WALK AND THEN AFTER THAT,
A LONG AGENDA OF LABORATORY
EXPERIMENTS, TOO.
OVER TIME, THEY WILL GET A
CHANCE TO TALK TO PEOPLE ON THE
GROUND TO SHARE THEIR
EXPERIENCE.
SOME PREVIOUS CREW MEMBERS HAVE
MADE A WAY FOR THAT THROUGH FUN
INSTRUCTIONAL FILMS FOR
STUDENTS.
SCOTT TALKS ABOUT THE ORBIT OF
THE SPACECRAFT AND OFFERS
VIEWERS A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE.
♪ ♪
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS SCOTT AND I
AM LIVING AND WORKING ABOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
YOU KNOW, I LOVE HEARING THE
NEWS.
OUR ORBITING ALTITUDE OF
450 KILOMETERS 250 MILES ABOVE
THE EARTH SURFACE GIVES US A
UNIQUE PERCENT -- PERSPECTIVE.
LET'S EXPLORE.
PLANETS AND MOONS HAVE ELIPTICAL
ORBITS.
SPACECRAFT ORBITING EARTH ARE
PLACED IN A NEARLY CIRCULAR
ORBIT TO KEEP A CONSISTENT
ALTITUDE AS THEY TRAVEL AROUND
THE PLANET.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE EARTH.
IT HAS A RADIUS OF
3667 KILOMETERS AND THE SPACE
STATION IS ABOUT 400 KILOMETERS
AND 8 KILOMETERS PER SECOND.
THAT IS 17,500 MILES PER HOUR.
SEE IF YOU CAN USE THESE VALUES
TO CALCULATE HOW FAR, HOW LONG
WE TRAVEL IN ONE ORBIT AROUND
THE EARTH.
ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AND MORE
ACTIVITIES RELATED TO ORBITS ARE
AVAILABLE AT
NASA.GOV/STEMONSTATION.
>> FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE.
>> THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS,
BY THE WAY, ARE APPROXIMATELY
42,600 KILOMETERS IN 90 MINUTES
AND OUR ALTITUDE ON ORBIT, WE
HAVE A VERY UNIQUE AND AWESOME
VIEW OF THE EARTH.
THANKS FOR SCORING WITH ME
TODAY.
I AM GOING TO SEND YOU BACK TO
EARTH NOW TO START THE CHALLENGE
ON ORBIT.
SEE YOU AGAIN SOON.
♪ ♪
>> ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS
ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HAS
FOUND A WAY TO HELP HUMANS HERE
ON EARTH IN THE OPERATING ROOM.
THE COMPANY THAT DEVELOPED AND
BUILT THE SPACE STATION'S
ROBOTIC ARM HAS WORKED WITH A
MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURER TO
CREATE AN AUTOMATED ROBOTIC ARM
THAT TRACKS THE MOVEMENT OF THE
SURGEON'S TOOLS AND HELPS
EXPEDITE BRAIN AND SPINAL
SURGERY.
>> THE SPACE STATION IS PROBABLY
THE MOST FANTASTIC VEHICLE EVER
BUILT.
>> IT IS A ONE OF A KIND
LABORATORY ORBITING 250 MILES
ABOVE THE EARTH.
>> AND WE PERFORM EXPERIMENTS ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> WE CAN DO SCIENCE, DO
EXPERIMENTS, LEARN HOW TO DO
THINGS OUT OF THIS WORLD AND THE
RESULTS WILL HELP BENEFIT PEOPLE
ON THE GROUND.
>> NOT ONLY THAT, WE ALSO ARE
SEEING THE BENEFITS OF HOW WE
ASSEMBLED THE SPACE STATION.
IN ITS DESIGN, IT WAS
ESSENTIALLY DESIGNED LIKE A LEGO
TOY.
LOTS OF BIG PIECES PUT TOGETHER,
SOME OF THEM ABOUT THE SIZE OF A
CITY BUS.
>> WE NEEDED A WAY OF
MANIPULATING AND MOVING THESE
BIG PIECES AND YET PRECISELY
FITTING THEM TOGETHER.
>> THE COMPANY CAME UP WITH THE
DESIGN THAT WAS GOING TO MEET
THE NEEDS OF THE SPACE STATION.
>> THE SOLUTION TO THAT WAS
USING A FAIRLY LARGE ROBOTIC ARM
AND THAT SYSTEM ENDED UP BEING
ARM 2 THAT CAN MOVE AROUND THE
SPACE STATION, GRAB PAYLOADS,
MOVE THEM TO WHERE THEY NEEDED
TO BE SO THE SPACE STATION COULD
BE ASSEMBLED.
YOU COULDN'T HAVE BUILT IT
WITHOUT A ROBOTIC SYSTEM LIKE
THIS.
♪ ♪
>> AND THAT WAS WHEN WE STARTED
TALKING TO NASA MEDICAL.
KNOWING THAT THEY HAD DONE THIS
FOR SPACE, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD
BE VERY EASY FOR THEM TO BRING
THAT EXPERIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
INTO THE NEUROSURGICAL AREA AND
HELP US WITH OUR ROBOTICS.
WE WORK WITH THEM TO CREATE
DRIVE.
DRIVE IS A ROBOT THAT HOLDS A
SURGICAL CAMERA THAT CAN BE
POSITIONED TO ANY SURGICAL
INSTRUMENT TRACKED BY OUR
SYSTEM.
>> WHAT THIS DOES THEN IS SPEED
UP THE PROFICIENCY.
>> USING THE DRIVE SYSTEM ALLOWS
THE SURGEON TO HAVE SHORTER
SURGICAL TIME AND ALSO IS BETTER
FOR THE HOSPITAL AND THE
PATIENT.
>> SO WHAT THE ROBOT DOES FOR US
IS IT ALLOWS YOU TO DO IT SAFER,
DO IT BETTER AND WITH MORE
PERFECTION.
>> THE SOFTWARE THAT RUNS ON THE
DRIVE SYSTEM IS DIRECTLY DERIVED
FROM THE SOFTWARE THAT RUNS THE
ROBOTIC ARM ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
>> THOSE ROBOTICS WORK ALONGSIDE
SIDE WITH THE ASTRONAUTS TO DO
WHAT THEY DO.
>> RIGHT NOW PROBABLY THE MOST
USED SYSTEM THAT WE CAN SAY IS
DERIVED FROM THE SPACE STATION
AND WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF THAT.
>> I HAVE SEEN THE ARM BEFORE ON
THE SPACE STATION BUT NEVER PUT
THE TWO TOGETHER THAT WE HAVE
THE SAME ARM IN THE OPERATING
ROOM.
>> I THINK EVERYBODY HAS THIS
DREAM OF HOW ROBOTICS ARE GOING
TO BECOME MORE A PART OF
EVERYDAY LIFE BUT THE THINGS WE
DO WITH ROBOTICS ON THE SPACE
STATION ARE BASICALLY PUSHING
THOSE DREAMS FORWARD.
WE EVOLVE THE SYSTEM, GAIN THE
KNOWLEDGE, THE EXPERTISE, SO
THIS IS KIND OF THE UNEXPECTED
BENEFIT YOU GET OUT OF DOING THE
PROGRAM AT THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION HAS GIVEN US 20 YEARS OF
SCIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE AND A
PLATFORM TO TEST AND PERFECT A
WHOLE NEW FLEET OF VEHICLES.
THE KNOWLEDGE WE CONTINUE TO
GAIN FROM THIS ONBOARD
LABORATORY IS VITAL TO OUR
FUTURE IN SPACE.
>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, FOOTBALL SIZED MILLION
POUND LABORATORY FLYING AROUND
PLANET EARTH AT 17,500 MILES PER
HOUR.
IT IS OTHER HOME DURING OTHER
ORBIT AND THE BRIDGE TO
EXPLORING THE FAR REACHES OF OUR
SOLAR SYSTEM.
A PLACE IT LEARN WHAT IT TAKES,
TO LIVE, TO WORK, TO THRIVE IN
SPACE.
THANKS TO SPACE AGENCIES
REPRESENTING MORE THAN A DOZEN
COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, IT
WENT FROM THE DRAWING BOARD TO
LIFTOFF WHEN THE FIRST PIECE
FLEW INTO SPACE IN 1998.
THAT KICKED OFF OVER A DECADE OF
CONSTRUCTION HAULING THE STATION
TO ORBIT PIECE BY PIECE ON NASA
AND RUSSIAN ROCKETS.
AND WHEN THE CREW ARRIVED IN
2000, WE STARTED AN UNBROKEN
STREAK OF HUMANS LIVING AND
WORKING IN SPACE.
BUILDING ON THE LEGACY OF
OUTPOSTS LIKE SKY LAB AND MIR,
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
BECAME THE TRAINING GROUND FOR
HUMANITY'S NEXT GREAT JOURNEY.
LEARNING HOW TO LIVE IN SPACE
FOR EXTREME PERIODS OF TIME,
BUILDING AND PERFECTING
TECHNOLOGY NECESSARY TO TRAVEL
TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE SOLAR
SYSTEM.
IT GAVE US A PLACE RIGHT ON OUR
DOORSTEP TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT
GIANT LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN AND
THANKS TO THE STATION, A NEW ERA
IN OUTER SPACE IS UNFOLDING.
WHAT WAS ONCE ONLY NAMED BY
NATIONS AND GOVERNMENT IS NOW
POPULATED BY A GROWING ARRAY OF
INDUSTRIES.
CARGO HABITATS AT THAT TIME, NEW
PIECES FOR SPACE MISSIONS AND
EVEN STUDENTS AROUND THE WORLD
DO RESEARCH IN SPACE THAT NEVER
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE.
LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR A
ROBUST ECONOMY IN SPACE.
THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF
EXPERIMENTS, HUNDREDS OF SPACE
WALKS, ENDLESS HOURS OF
CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES, ALL
DONE BY HUMANS HAILING FROM
COUNTRIES AROUND THE GLOBE.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
IS WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE AS A
PLANET WHEN WE COME TOGETHER TO
DO THE THINGS THAT ARE HARD AND
THE WORK ISN'T SLOWING DOWN
BECAUSE WE'RE READY FOR THE NEXT
GIANT LEAP BECAUSE WE'RE READY
TO GO FARTHER.
BECAUSE WHAT WE DO AND LEARN
ALONG THE WAY IS FOR THE BENEFIT
OF ALL HUMANKIND.
♪ ♪
>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION SERVES AS A TEST BED FOR
TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL BE NEEDED
TO SUPPORT FUTURE FLIGHTS OF
DISCOVERY BEYOND EARTH ORBIT AND
THAT INCLUDES THE SYSTEMS THAT
WILL BE NEEDED TO COMPLETE
TECHNICAL TASKS AND THE SYSTEMS
THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE HUMAN EXPLORERS CAN
SURVIVE IN THE HARSH CONDITIONS
OF DEEP SPACE.
>> THE SWEET SMELL OF LIFE
SUPPORT PRESENTED BY NASA.
WHEN THE NASA ASTRONAUT BLASTED
OFF FROM KHAZYGSTAN ATO BOARD
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
HE WAS EAGER.
>> I WAS EAGER TO SEE SPACE AND
COULDN'T WAIT TO FLOAT.
>> AND HE CONFESSED --
>> I KIND OF EXPECTED THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TO
SMELL LIKE A LOCKER.
>> AFTER ALL, WHAT YOU WOULD
EXPECT?
IT IS AN AIR-TIGHT SPACESHIP
CONTINUOUSLY OCCUPIED 24/7, 365
DAYS A YEAR BY SOME HARD WORKING
AND EXERCISING ASTRONAUTS.
BUT HE WAS IN FOR A SURPRISE
HOWEVER.
>> THE AIR IN THE SPACE STATION
SMELLED GREAT.
THE FILTERS AND LIFE SUPPORT
SYSTEM DO A GREAT JOB CLEANING
THE AIR.
THERE WERE NO ISSUES AT ALL.
>> FIRST CONTACT WITH THE SPACE
STATION WITH CLEAN AIR REMINDED
THE FLIGHT SURGEON OF THE
IMPRESSIVE TECHNOLOGY UNDERLYING
THE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM.
>> ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, WE'RE TESTING
TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL ALLOW US
TO LIVE COMFORTABLY DURING LARGE
JOURNEYS INTO THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
THEY PROVIDE A PROPERLY
PRESSURIZED ATMOSPHERE WITH THE
RIGHT AMOUNT OF OXYGEN, SCRUBS
CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE AIR,
KEEPS THE TEMPERATURE IN A
COMFORTABLE RANGE AND PROVIDES
FRESH WATER AND LIFE AND
EVERYTHING WE NEED FOR GOOD
HYGIENE.
>> AND THE SWEET SMELL OF THE
AIR.
>> WHILE I WAS ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, I
FELT A LOT LIKE A BRIDGE
BUILDER, HELPING TO PAVE
HUMANITY'S PATH TO MARS.
>> AS MISSIONS LOOK TOWARDS THE
RED PLANET, WE'RE DEFINITELY
EVOLVING FROM LESSONS LEARNED ON
ISF SAYS MOLLY, A PRINCIPLE
TECHNOLOGIST AT NASA.
>> WE WANT TO RECYCLE BEYOND
WHAT WE DO NOW.
OUR ISS SYSTEM CAN RECYCLE USED
WATER TO CLEAN WATER AND WE'RE
USING TECHNOLOGY SOON THAT WILL
RECOVER MOST OF THE WATER, TOO.
ON THE STATION IF ALL THE
SYSTEMS ARE WORKING, THEY CAN
RECYCLE A LITTLE LESS THAN
50 PERCENT OF THE CARBON DIOXIDE
BACK INTO OXYGEN.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT NUMBER
HIGHER TO 75 OR EVEN NEAR
100 PERCENT.
WHILE THE SPACE STATION IS STILL
RELYING ON CARGO VESSELS FOR
FRESH EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, WE
ARE FOCUSING ON LEAVING MORE
ROOM FOR SCIENCE.
PLUS EARTH WON'T BE BE ABLE TO
HELP ON MISSIONS THAT LEAVE
EARTH ORBIT.
>> HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MILES
FROM EARTH NO ONE WILL BE ABLE
TO BRING US FRESH WATER OR
REPLACE MALFUNCTIONING SYSTEMS.
WE WILL BE ON OUR OWN, JUST US
AND THE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM.
>> THAT IS WHY IT IS CRUCIAL FOR
LIFE SUPPORT TO PROCEED ABOARD
THE STATION.
FOR MORE, GO TO
WWW.NASA.GOV/STATION.
FOR MORE NEWS ON THE SWEET SMELL
OF THE STATION AND THE SYSTEM
THAT SUPPORTS THEM, STAY TUNED
TO SCIENCE.NASA.GOV.
>> A BIG PART OF THE MISSION AT
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
IS TO GET PEOPLE READY TO GO
BEYOND EARTH ORBIT IN THE YEARS
TO COME.
AROUND THE WORLD IN LATE 2018
AND SO FAR THIS YEAR, NASA'S
ORION, SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM AND
GROUND SYSTEMS PROGRAMS HAVE
MADE HUGE STRIDES IN DEVELOPING,
BUILDING THE SPACECRAFT AND THE
ROCKET AND INFRASTRUCTURE
NECESSARY TO SEND HUMANS TO DEEP
SPACE DESTINATIONS INCLUDING THE
MOON AND BEYOND.
HAVE A LOOK.
♪ ♪
>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET A
LOOK AT ANY OF THE STORIES THAT
WE FEATURED TODAY, YOU CAN DO
IT.
GO TO YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK.
THERE ARE THE ADDRESSES AND
WHILE YOU ARE THERE, YOU SHOULD
BE NOODLING AROUND AND LOOKING
FOR OTHER COOL STUFF BECAUSE
THERE IS LOTS OF IT THAT YOU CAN
FIND ABOUT NASA AND AMERICA'S
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT PROGRAM.
WHILE YOU ARE ON THE INTERNET,
CHECK OUT HOUSTON, WE HAVE A
PODCAST, FOLKS HERE TALKING
ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR WORK.
OUR NEW EPISODE POSTS ON FRIDAY.
TODAY ONE WEEK AHEAD OF THE
FIRST SPACE STATION WALK OF
EXPEDITION 59, NO, THAT IS NOT A
COINCIDENCE, GARY JORDAN TALKS
ABOUT HOW NASA PREPARES FOR A
SPACE WALK TALKING WITH THE
OFFICER AND MANAGER OF PLANNING
FOR THE UPCOMING EVA.
GO TO NASA.GOV/PODCASTS AND YOU
CAN FIND THEM ALL IN ONE PLACE.
YOU CAN ALSO LISTEN TO THEM ALL
ON APPLE, GOOGLE AND SOUND CLOUD
PODCASTS.
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL,
HOUSTON.
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