>>> IGNITION SEQUENCE START.
♪
>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON AND THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM.
THERE IS WHERE THERE IS ALWAYS
A TEAM OF SPECIALISTS ON DUTY TO
MONITOR THE SYSTEMS OF THE
STATION AND WORK WITH THE
EXPIDITION 60 CREW MEMBERS AS
THEY TAKE CARE OF THEIR HOME ON
ORBIT AND ASSIST RESEARCHERS
WITH THEIR SIINENCE SPACE.
THEY ASSIST WITH THE COMINGS AND
GOINGS OF VISITING VEHICLES LIKE
THE DRAYING DRAGO CARGO SHIP AND
THE PROGRESS SUPPLY FREIGHT
THEY'RE DOCKED TO THE RUSSIAN
SEGMENT THIS PAST WEDNESDAY.
>> WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND.
MORE CARGO MADE ITS WAY IN THE
FAST LANE TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
THE RUSSIAN PROGRESS VEHICLE
LAUNCHED ON WEDNESDAY.
IT TOOK ONLY TWO ORBIT AROUND
THE EARTH TO MEET UP WITH THE
ORBITING LIBERTY TO MEET --
LABORATORY THREE MINUTES AND
THROW TONS OF CARGO WITH FOOD,
WATER AND SPARE PARTS.
THE CREW WASTED NO TIME GETTING
RIGHT TO THE SCIENCE ON BOARD.
SPACE STATION RESIDENTS
CONFIGURE THE BIOFABRICATION
FACILITY FOR A TEST THIS WEEK.
THE FACILITY WILL TEST
TECHNIQUES FOR PRINTING 3-D
BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURES AND
MANUFACTURING USABLE HUMAN
ORGANS IN SPACE.
SMALL, COMPLEX PARTS LIKE
CAPILLARY STRUCTURES MAY BE MORE
SUCCESSFUL IN MANUFACTURE IN
MICRO GRAVITY.
THE CREW TOOK TIME TO SHARE
THEIR PERSPECTIVE FROM 250-MILE
APWOFT EARTH.
-- APWOUFT EITHER.
NICK AND LUCA SPOKE.
>> WE ARE INVOLVED IN ALL KINDS
OF EVENTS WHERE WE CAN TRY TO
HELP WITH OUR POSITIONING AND
OUR QUICK DOWNLOADING OF THE
PICTURES.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN THERE
WAS A TERRIBLE FIRE IN
CALIFORNIA, WE WERE ABLE TO
DOCUMENT IN REAL TIME THE FIRE
LINE AND WHERE IT WAS MOVING AND
THE PICTURES WERE DO YOU THINK
LOADED AS FAST AS POSSIBLE TO
DOWN LOAD TO THE FIREFIGHTERS TO
REACT MORE QUICKLY.
>> LOOKING ON THE THE WINDOW
THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I GOT TO
SEE WEATHER AT A GLOBAL SCALE.
MOST STRIKING THING THAT HIT ME
THE FIRST TIME WAS WATCHING
A THUNDERSTORM AT NIGHT COMING
UP OVER THE WEST COAST OF THE
UNITED STATES AND SEEING THE
LIGHTNING FLASHES JUST BLANKET
THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES AS FAR
AS YOU CAN SEE.
IT SEEMS THEY WERE ALWAYS GOING
OFF SOMEWHERE.
THE SCALE OF THAT WAS MIND
BLOWING.
>> KEEP SENDING US YOUR
QUESTIONS USING THE #ASKNASA.
SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
>> GARY MENTIONEDLET
BIOFABRICATION TECHNOLOGY.
THIS IS A CUTTING EDGE
TECHNOLOGY BEING WORKED ON.
THEY ARE USING IT TO CREATE
BIOLOGY MATERIALS IN MICRO
GRAVITY AND COULD GET AROUND THE
PROBLEM WITHI MEAN SYSTEM REJECT
OF DONOR TISSUE IF A PATIENT'S
OWN CELLS ARE USED TO GROW THE
NEW ORGAN.
>> CUTTING EDGE BIOMARVING APART
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
PRESENTED BY SCIENCE AT NASA.
MOST LIKELY YOU'RE AWARE OF 3D
PRINTING, WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO
DESIGN AND PRODUCE ONE OF A KIND
PIECES FOR A VARIETY OF
PURPOSES.
BUT WHAT IF YOU COULD USE THAT
SAME TECHNOLOGY TO MANUFACTURE
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS LIKE NEW
TISSUE OR BLOOD VESSELS?
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF 3D
BIOMANUFACTURING.
A CUTTING EDGE PRACTICE ON EARTH
BEING TESTED ABARBITURATE THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION OR
ISS.
DR. MIKE ROBERT, DEPUTY CHIEF
SCIENTIST AT THE NATIONAL
LABORATORY EXPLAINS WHY IT IS
CRITICAL TO BIOMANUFACTURING'S
FUTURE.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GROW CELLS
IN A LAB FOR WELL OVER
A CENTURY, BUT GRAVITY LIMITS
THAT GROWTH TO TWO DIMENSIONS.
CELLS CAN GROW OUT WARD YOU
ABOUT NOT UP AND DOWN LIKE IN
THE HUMAN BODY.
LAB CELLS ARE OFTEN IN CONTACT
WITH THE GLASS OR PLASTIC THAT
CONTAINS THEM.
ABOARD THE SPACE STATION IT WILL
BE CONDUCTED IN MICRO GRAVITY
WITHOUT BEING CONFINED TO THE
BOTTOM OF A DISH OR UNABLE TO
GROW IN CONTACT OF LOTS OF OTHER
CELLS.
BIOMANUFACTURING IMAGINES THE
ABILITY TO SOME DAY GROW
A VIABLE HUMAN ORGANFUL ORGAN,
CREATED OF TISSUE INTERSECTED BY
VESSELS AND THEY SAA RETCH,
COMPLEX NETWORK OF VESSELS THAT
PROVIDE NUTRIENTS AND REMOVE
WASTE.
WE LACK THE ABILITY AND THE
TOOLS TO ENGINEERS THE HIGHLY
BRANCHED LIVING NETWORKS OF
VESSELS IN LAYERS OF TISSUES ON
EARTH.
ANOTHER MEDICAL ADVANTAGE TO
MANUFACTURING BIOLOGICAL PARTS
IN SPACE IS THE POTENTIAL TO
BYPASS THE BODY'S IMMUNE SYSTEM.
TODAY, ORGAN TRANSPLANTS FROM
DONORS'RE PROPB -- DONORS PRONE
TO REJECT BECAUSE THE BODY
RECEIVES THE ORGAN AS A FOREIGN
OBJECT AND THE IMMUNE IS TRIES
TO ATTACK IT.
WITH THE ABILITY TO GROW TISSUE
IN SPACE, THE PERSON COULD
CONCEIVABLY HAVE THEIR OWN CELLS
USED TO MAKE THE NEW ORGAN THAT
COULD AVOID THE BODY'S
REJECTION.
THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
FACILITIES WILL BE TESTED ABOARD
THE SPACE STATION.
TWO SIMILAR TO A STANDARD 3D
PRINTER.
EXTRUDE CELLS IN LAYERS TO BUILD
TISSUELET THE THIRD USES
POWERFUL MAGNETS TO POSITION THE
CELLS IN PLACE.
EACH WILL BE AVAILABLE TO
MEDICAL RESEARCHERS SEEKING TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TO
ENGINEERING TISSUES AND ORGFANS
ARE REPAIRING INJURY AND CURING
DISEASE ON EARTH.
AS DR. ROBERTS NOTE, THE 3D
BIOPRINTERS REPRESENT CUTTING
EDGE TECHNOLOGIES THAT COULD
BENEFIT HEALTH UTCOMES ON EARTH.
I THINK THE BENEFIT TO
MANUFACTURE A FULLY FUNCTIONING
ORGAN WILL TAKE A DECADE OR
MORE, BUTT KNOWLEDGE WILL CREATE
INTER RIM BENEFITS AS WE LEARN
MORE ABOUT CELL REGENERATION IN
SPACE AND THE APPLICATION TO
HUMANS ON EARTH.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT
NASA.GOV/ISS-SCIENCE.
FOR MORE GO TO SCIENCE.NASA.GOV.
>> INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
SCIENCE RESEARCH COVERS A RANGE
OF DISCIPLINES.
ONE THE PRIORITY SYSTEM TO LEARN
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ABOUT HOW
THE HUMAN BODY IS AFFECTED BY
LIVING IN SPACE.
SHORTLY BEFORE HE CAME IN HOME
JUNE, ANNE MCCLAIN AND HIS CREW
MATES WRAPPED UP DATA GATHERING
EXAMINING AN ASTRONAUT'S EXHALED
BREATH FOR SIGNS OF
INFLAMMATION.
>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION IS A NATIONAL ORBITING
LABORATORY.
EVERY DAY WE ARE ANSWERING BIG
QUESTIONS ABOUT EARTH, SPACE,
WHERE WE CAME FROM AND WHEN WE
ARE GOING.
ONE CATEGORY IS HUMAN RESEARCH
ON OUR HUMAN BODY, HOW WE REACT
IN MICRO GRAVITY.
I WAS PART OF AIR WAY
MONITORING, LOOKING AT AIRWAY
INFLAMMATION UP IN SPACE.
WHEN WE ARE BREATHING THE AIR
THE SMALL PARTICLES DON'T FALL
TO THE GROUND LIKE DUST.
WE TEND TO INHALE MORE FINE
PARTICLES THAN WE WOULD ON
EARTH.
LOOKING AT THE -- OUR RESPONSE,
THE BODY'S RESPONSE, BY
MEASURING NITRICOXIDE AND
UNDERSTANDING HOW CLEAN DOES OUR
AIR NEED TO BE AND OUR BODY TO
THE AIR.
WHEN TALKING ABOUT GOING BACK TO
THE MOON, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
AWARE MOON DUST IS A FINE
PARTICLE, ALMOST LIKE POWDERED
SUGAR FINE PARTICLE.
IF THAT IS IN THE AIR AND WE ARE
BREATHING THAT FOR MONTHS ON END
AND DOING EXTENDED STAYS ON THE
LUNAR SURFACE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED
TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT AFFECTS
THE HUMAN BODY.
>> THE MICRO GRAVITY IN EARTH
ORBIT MAKES THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION A ONE OF A KIND
SPOT FOR SCIENTISTS WHO WANT TO
FIND OUT HOW NATURAL FORCES
FUNCTION WITHOUT THE INFLUENCE
OF GRAVITY.
IN THIS SPEEDY TIME SEGMENT,
JACK FISHER USES A FEW SIMPLE
TOOLS TO DEMONSTRATE HOW WATER
BEHAVES WHEN THERE IS NO PULL OF
GRAVITY.
>> TODAY WE WILL LOOK AT ONE OF
THE COOLEST PARTS OF HAVING
EXPERIMENTS ON THE SPACE
STATION.
IT'S BECAUSE WE CAN SEPARATE ONE
OF THE MOST DOMINANT FORCES,
GRAVITY, ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT
MODELS.
A GREAT EXAMPLE IS WATER.
WATER IS PRETTY MUCH DOMINATED
BY GRAVITY ON EARTH BUT OTHER
FORCES AT WORK IF WE UNDERSTAND
WE CAN HAVE A BETTER MODEL AND
MAKE GREATER DISCOVERS LIKE
SURFACE TENSION AND CAPILLARY.
I WILL USE IN BOTTLE AND BLOW
INTO IT AND DISPLATE THE FLUID
IT WILL GO UP THE STRAW AND
COVER MY FACE.
♪
>> SCIENCE IN THE LABORATORY
JUST A PART OF THE MISSION OF
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STKPAEUGZ INN COURAGES THE
COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE
FLIGHT AND RESEARCH AND HELPS
PREPARE US FOR THE NEXT STEPS IN
SPACE EXPLORATION INCLUDES THE
ARTEMIS PROGRAM AND A RETURN TO
THE MOON BY 2024.
TEAMS ACROSS AMERICA AND EUROPE
PART OF NASA'S ORION SPACE
LAUNCH SYSTEM AND EXPLORATION
GROUND SYSTEMS PROGRAMS ARE
DEVELOPING THE SPACECRAFT,
ROCKET AND GROUND SYSTEMS NEEDED
TO SEND HUMAN BEINGS TO THE NEXT
DESTINATION BEYOND EARTH ORBIT.
♪
>> YOU HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT A LOT
OF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS TO
GRADUATE FROM WEST POINT.
AND THEN TO BECOME A DOCTOR AND
THEN TO BECOME AN ASTRONAUT.
WHEN YOU HAVE TO KNOW SOME OF IT
IN RUSSIAN WILL CAN YOU THINK
FAST ON YOUR FEET?
NASA ASTRONAUT DREW MORGAN HAD
FUN WITH A RAPID FIRE Q SKW A ON
NON-TECHNICAL TOPICS FINISHING
PREPARATIONS TO LAUNCH TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE.
>> BAND BROTHERS.
>> FOOD?
>> ANYTHING SPACE GEE COLOR?
>> OVILL DAB.
>> MORNING OR NIGHT PERSON.
>> MORNING.
>> FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
>> MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP.
>> ONE THING VUIN YOUR FRIGE ALL
THE TIME?
>> MILK.
>> WHAT ACCOMPLISHMENT ARE YOU
MOST PROUD OF IN JO MY KIDS.
>> WHO MAKES YOU LAUGH THE MOST?
>> MY WIFE.
>> WHO IS YOUR MOST PROUD
MOMENT.
>> BEING PROMOTED TO RANGER.
>>> SUPER POWER?
>> TIME TRAVEL.
>> FAVORITE PIZZA TOPPING.
>> CHEESE.
>> AN MALSKWRAORBGS ARMADILLO.
>> DANCE MOVE.
>> AIR GUITAR.
>> WHO INSPIRES.
>> YOU DAD.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE
REMEMBERED FOR.
>> BEING A GOOD HUSBAND AND
FATHER.
>> WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO
YOURSELF.
>> BE A GOOD TEAM PLAYER.
>> THEME SONG FOR YOUR LIFE.
>> LIVE IT WELL.
>> ONE WAY ON MARS WHAT -- ONE
DAY ON MARS WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
>> TAKE PICTURES.
>> WHAT IS A LIFE GOAL YOU PLAN
TO ACHOOEV THIS YEAR?
>> COME HOME SAFELY FROM SPACE.
>> FLIGHT ENGINEER CHRISTINA
COOK IS ALMOST FIVE MONTHS INTO
HER MISSION WHICH IS SCHEDULE
FOD STRETCH INTO FEBRUARY OF
NEXT -- INTO FEBRUARY OF NEXT
YEAR.
MOUNTAIN CLIMBING HELPED HER
PREPARE TO BE AN ASTRONAUT AND
MAKE THE CLIMB TO SPACE ON FER
FIRST MISSION TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> I FIRST GOT INVOLVED IN ROCK
CLIMBING IN COLLEGE.
MY UNIVERSITY OFFERED ROCK
CLIMBING AS A PE CLASS.
IT SOUNDED EXCITING AND A WAY TO
GET OUTSIDE AND HAVE AN
ADVENTURE.
I LIKESSED THE PHYSICAL
CHALLENGE.
AS I ADVANCED IN THE HOBBY AND
GOT MORE TECHNICAL, I FOUND I
REALLY LIKED, ASPECTS OF IT
LIKES THE EQUIPMENT, THE GEAR,
THE PHYSICSES OF THE SYSTEM YOU
HAVE TO USE AND THE PARTNERSHIP
ASPECT OF IT.
IT'S LIKE A TEAM.
WHEN YOU GET INTO SOME OF THE
HIGHER LEVELS OF CLIMBING AND
DIFFERENT TYPES OF TECHNICAL
CLIMBING, YOU RELY ON YOUR
CLIMBING PARTNER.
WE TRAIN FOR SPACE WALKS IN
A GIANT POOL THAT IS THE NBL,
THE NEUTRAL BUOYANCY LAB.
IT FITS A FULL-SCALE MOCKUP OF
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
IN THAT WE SIMULATE EVERYTHING
LIKE WE WOULD HAVE A REAL EVA
AND YOUR SAFETY TETHERS AND
TETHERS ON THE JOB.
ALL THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE
CONCEPT OF ROCK CLIMBING.
SO DURING THE ASTRONAUT
INTERVIEW THE MOST MEMORABLE
QUESTION I HAD FROM THE
INTERVIEW COMMITTEE CAME FROM
PEGGY WHITSON WHO HAS DIABETIC
MANY SPACE WALKS -- DONE MANY
SPACE WALKS AND IS A HERO OF
MINE.
SHE SAID WHEN YOU ROCK CLIMB,
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN SCARED?
>> I FELT LIKE SHE WAS SEEING
RIGHT THROUGH ME WHEN SHE ASKED
THAT QUESTION.
I FEEL THE ANSWER TO THAT
QUESTION IS ABSOLUTELY I HAVE
BEEN SCARED.
THAT'S WHEN I FOUND THE FACT
TURNING THAT FEAR YOU MIGHT BE
HAVING INTO FOCUS IS SO
IMPORTANT.
THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS DRAWING ON I
THINK WHEN SHE ASKED THAT
QUESTION.
THAT WAS A PROFOUND MOMENT IN MY
SELECTION PROCESS.
I'M CHRISTINA KOCH AND I'M AN
ASTRONAUT.
♪
>> THE ASTRONAUTS AND
COSMONOUGHTS SPEND THEIR TIME
HELPING WITH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
AND MAINTAINING THE STATION TO
BE THEIR HOME AND OFFICE ON
ORBIT.
SOMETIMES THEY DO SPACE WALKS
AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE ABLE TO
SHOW US A LITTLE BEST BEHIND THE
SCENES -- BEHIND THE SCENES OF
THE SPACE WALK.
THE ASTRONAUT STARTS WITH THE
TRAINING ASTRONAUTS GET ON THE
GROUND TO BE READY TO WALK IN
SPACE.
♪
>> I'M RICKY ARNOLD.
TODAY WE WILL TALK ABOUT ONE OF
MY FAVORITE TOPIC, EXTRA
VEHICULAR ACTIVITY OR EVA.
GOING ON A SPACE WALK IS ONE OF
THE MOST AMAZING EXPERIENCES OF
MY LIFE AND ONE OF THE MOST
COMPLICATED AND DANGEROUS THINGS
WE DO DURING HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT.
A LOT OF EQUIPMENT TO PREPARE
AND MAINTAIN AND DO MONTHS OF
TRAINING TO MAKE EACH EVA
A SUCCESS.
FUTHINK IT -- IF YOU CONTINUING
SOUNDS COMPLICATED, WAIT UNTIL
YOU SEE IT IN ACTION.
LET'S START WITH HOW WE TRAIN.
>> SPACE IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENT
PRESENTS MANY HAZARDS.
WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED.
EVAS ARE DESIGNED WITH SAFETY
AS THE UTMOST PRIORITY.
WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE
CLASSROOM JUST LIKE YOU ARE NOW,
LEARNING ABOUT THE HARDWARE
WE'LL BE USING AND THE SPECIFIC
PARTS OF THE SPACE STATION WE'LL
BE WORKING ON.
WE GET TO GO SPEND A LOT OF TIME
TRAINING IN NASA'S GIANT POOL
CALLED THE NEUTRAL BUOYANCY LAB.
SINCE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO
SIMULATE MICRO GRAVITY ON EARTH
THE NEXT BEST OPTION IS WATER,
6.2 MILLION-GALLONS OF IT.
IT IS 202 FEET IN LENGTH AND
102 FEET IN LENGTH, A FULL SCALE
WORKING MODEL OF THE ISS WHICH
WE NEED FOR ASSIGNED TASKS.
WE GET SUITED UP AND WEIGHTED SO
WE ARE NEWT REALLIY BUOYANT AND
DON'T SINK TO THE BOTTOM AND
DON'T FLOAT TO THE SURFACE.
IT'S A GREAT WAY TO SIMULATE THE
MICROGRAVITY WE WILL BE
EXPERIENCING.
Y WOO DO SEVERAL DRESS -- WE DO
SEVERAL DRESS REHEARSALS TO
PREPARE FOR ANY ANOMALIES THAT
MAY OCCUR.
WE SPEND FIVE HOURS PRACTICING
FOR EVERY ONE HOUR PLANNED FOR
THE SPACE WALK.
WE ARE WELL PREPARED TO EXECUTE
THE EVAS IN ORBIT.
THE EVA PREP FLATION ORBIT
CONTINUES --
WE HAVE A PRE-BRIEF WROTEICAL,
DISPLACE THE NITROGEN IN OUR
TISSUES AND PREVENT
DECOMPRESSION SYMPTOMS.
WE BREATHE PURE OXYGEN AND
EXERCISES TO PURGE THE NITRO
GREN FROM OUR BODIES.
WE WILL DONE THE EMU, A FANCY
NAME FOR A SPACE SUIT.
IT IS ITS OWN SPACECRAFT SHAPED
LIKE A HUMAN.
THERE IS A RED STRIPE ON THE LEG
OF ONE ASTRONAUT BUT NOT THE
OTHER SO THE GROUND CAN TELL WHO
IS WHO.
WE ARE ALWAYS AWARE OF OUR
SAFETY TETHERS AND WHERE WE ARE
IN RELATION TO OUR SPACE WALKING
BUDDY.
>> HEY BUDDY.
>> A FELLOW CREW MEMBER ALL THE
IV, THE INTTRA VEHICULAR CREW
WATCHING AND TALKING WITH US AS
IT PROGRESSES.
WE PREPARE FOR SEVERAL CONTINGE
ESPIES SHOULD THEY OCCUR.
WE HAVE A JET PACK TOA TPHAOUFR
IN AN EMERGENCY RESCUE.
THE VIEW DURING EVA IS
MAGNIFICENT.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE.
IT IS ALSO EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
OUR MONTHS OF PREPARATION AND
THE DEDICATED PEOPLE WORKING ON
THE GROUND, AROUND-THE-CLOCK
ENSURE WE ARE SAFE AS POSSIBLE
WHEN WE WORK OUTSIDE THE ISS.
EVAS HAVE A LOT TO BUILD AND
MAINTAIN AND INVESTIGATE
MALFUNCTIONS, INSTALL NEW
HARDWARE AND THE VIEW?
UNBELIEVABLE.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
♪
>> THE DEMONSTRATIONS ARE PART
OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION'S EDUCATIONAL MISSION
THAT INUD KHRAOS OPPORTUNITIES
FOR STUDENTSES ON EARTH FROM
ELEMENTARY THROUGH POST GRADS TO
TALK TO THE CREW MEMBERS WHILE
IN SPACE.
THE STATION HAS A LIVE
TELEVISION CAPABILITY AND
AMATEUR RADIO SET UP FOR THOSE
EVENTS.
IN 2017, THE FLIGHT ENGINEER
MADE A HISTORIC CONTACT WITH THE
EDUCATIONAL UNIT IN VENEZUELA,
THE FIRST EVER EDUCATIONAL HAMM
RADIO CONTACT IN THE COUNTRY'S
HISTORY.
HERE IS A LOOKS AT THE
EXCITEMENT ON THE GROUND AS MORE
THAN A DOZEN ELEMENTARY AND
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS GOT THEIR
CHANCE TO TALK TO A MAN IN
SPACE.
♪
[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]
♪
[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]
♪
>> WE DON'T ALL GET A CHANCE TO
TALK TO THE ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD
THE SPAEUGZ SPAEUGZ.
BUT MOST OF THE WORD DOES GET
A CHANCE TO WATCH THEM FLY
OVERHEAD.
FLIGHT ENGINEER NICK HAGUE
EXPLAINS HOW TO USE
SPOTTHESTATION.NASA.GOV TO FIND
WHEN AND WHERE THE SPACE STATION
WILL BE VISIBLE STANDING IN YOUR
BACKYARD.
>> DID YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE
TRAVELING AT 5 MILES A SECOND?
WE ARE GOING AROUND THE EARTH SO
FAST THAT WE ORBIT IT EVERY 90
MINUTES.
THAT MEANS ON THE SPACE STATION
WE SEE 16 SUNRISES AND SUNSETS
EACH DAY.
EVERY ONE IS MAGICAL TO WATCH.
MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE VIEW, WE
DEPEND ON THE SUN'S LIGHT TO
POWER OUR SPACE STATION AND USE
MASSIVE SOLAR ARRAYS TO SOAK IT
UP.
THEY ARE SO LARGE WHEN THE SUN
LIGHT GLINTS OFF THEM IT IS
POSSIBLE TO SEE US FROM THE
GROUND.
THAT MEANS YOU CAN LOOK UP IN
THE SKY AT DAWN OR DUSK AND SEE
OUR SPACE SHIP FLYING OVERHEAD.
TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO SPOT THE
SPACE STKPAEUGZ WAVE HELLO TO US
AND REMEMBER WHAT WE REPRESENT,
PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE
COMMITED TO WORKING TOGETHER TO
IMPROVE LIFE FOR EVERYONE ON
EARTH.
>> SPOTTHESTATION.NASA.GOV.
YOU CAN FIND US ON FACE BACK AND
WHILE OUT THERE TAKE A LOOK
AROUND.
THERE IS COOL STUFF YOU WILL
FIND ABOUT NASA AND THE HUMAN
SPACE FLIGHT PROGRAM.
ON THE INTERNET, CHECK OUT
HOUSTON WE HAVE A PODCAST,
PEOPLE AT NASA TALKING ABOUT
THEIR WORK IN ALL AREAS OF SPACE
EXPLORATION.
WE POST EVERY FRIDAY.
TODAY WE SPEAK WITH THE
COMMERCIAL SPACE UTILIZATION
MANAGER MIKE REED ABOUT THE
CURST EFFORT TO OPEN UP MORE
COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO THE
STATION, INCLUDING
OPPORTUNITIESES FOR SPACE
TOURISM AND PRIVATE ASTRONAUTS.
GO TO NASA.GOV/PODCAST FOR ALL
THE EPISODES.
THE WHOLE LIBRARY IS THERE.
ALL OF WHICH YOU CAN ALSO LISTEN
TO ON APPLE PODCAST, GOOGLE
PODCAST AND SOUND CLOUD.
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL,
HOUSTON.
♪