♪ ♪
>>> IGNITION SEQUENCE STARTS.
♪♪
>>> GOOD MORNING.
WELCOME TO MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON AND THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FLIGHT CONTROL
ROOM.
THIS IS WHERE A TEAM OF
SPECIALISTS IS KEEPING AN EYE ON
THE STATION'S SYSTEMS AND
WORKING WITH THE EXPEDITION 61
CREW MEMBERS WHO ARE GETTING
READY TO GO TO BED IN JUST A FEW
HOURS.
COMMANDER LUCA PARMITANO AND HIS
CREWMATES HAVE A SECOND
SPACEWALK OF THE WEEK FOR
TOMORROW.
THIS IS THE SAME WEEK THAT SAW
THE SUCCESSFUL TEST OF A
COMMERCIAL FACE VEHICLE THAT'S
AIMING TO DELIVER CREW MEMBERS
TO THE STATION LATER THIS YEAR.
>> HOUSTON STATION.
>> WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND.
I'M SANDRA JONES.
THIS WEEK'S SPACE STATION CREW
MEMBERS COMPLETED A SPACEWALK
AND PREPARED FOR ONE MORE.
WE'RE ONE STEP CLOSER TO
LAUNCHING ASTRONAUTS FROM
FLORIDA ONCE AGAIN.
ON SUNDAY SpaceX COMPLETED A
SUCCESSFUL TEST DEMONSTRATING
THE CAPABILITY OF THE CREW
DRAGON VEHICLE TO CARRY
ASTRONAUTS TO SAFETY IN THE
UNLIKELY EVENT THAT EMERGENCY
DURING ASCENT T. SPACECRAFT
SPLASHED DOWN OFF THE COAST OF
CAPE CANAVERAL AND TEAMS
CONDUCTED RECOVERY SPACES
SIMULATIONS IN PROGRAMS FOR A
CREW FLIGHT TEST LATER THIS
YEAR.
ON MONDAY NASA ASTRONAUTS
CONDUCTED A SPACEWALK TO REPLACE
NICKEL-HYDROGEN BATTERIES.
THIS ROUNDS OUT THE SERIES OF
FOUR TO REPLACE AGING BATTERIES.
THE SPACEWALK LASTED NEARLY
SEVEN HOURS, AND WAS THE THIRD
SPACEWALK FOR MIR AND THE SIXTH
FOR KOCH WHO CONTINUES TO MAKE
HISTORY WITH EACH PASSING DAY AS
THE RECORD HOLDER FOR LONGEST
SPACE FLIGHT BY A WOMAN.
WHEN SHE RETURNS TO EARTH ON
FEBRUARY 6th, SHE WILL HAVE
SPENT A TOTAL OF 328 DAYS ABOARD
THE ORBITING LABORATORY.
ON BOARD STATION ASTRONAUTS WERE
BUSY CONDUCTING THE COLD ATOM
LABORATORY EXPERIMENT.
THIS INVESTIGATION PRODUCES
CLOUDS OF ATOMS THAT ARE CHILLED
TO ABOUT 110 BILLIONTH OF A
DEGREE ABOVE ABSOLUTE ZERO, EVEN
COLDER THAN THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF DEEP SPACE.
AT THESE TEMPERATURES ATOMS HAVE
ALMOST NO MOTION, ALLOWING
SCIENTISTS TO STUDY FUNDAMENTAL
BEHAVIORS AND QUANTUM
CHARACTERISTICS FOR LONGER
PERIODS OF TIMES.
CHRISTINE TO KNOW-- IT SURE
HAS, CHRISTINE.
ON SATURDAY NASA ASTRONAUT
ANDREW MORGAN AND EUROPEAN SPACE
AGENCY ASTRONAUT LUCA PARMITANO
ARE SLATED TO COMPLETE THE FINAL
SPACEWALK TO REPAIR THE ALPHA
MAGNETIC SPECTROMETER, ENSURING
THE INSTRUMENT CAN CONTINUE TO
HUNT FOR PARTICLES AND GIVE US
BETTER INSIGHT INTO THE ORIGINS
OF THE UNIVERSE FOR YEARS TO
COME.
KEEP SENDING THIS YOUR QUESTIONS
USING THE #ASK NASA.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
>>> OUR COVERAGE OF THE FINAL
AMS SPACEWALK WILL BEGIN
TOMORROW MORNING, SATURDAY,
JANUARY 25th, AT 4:30 HOUSTON
TIME ON NASA TV AND NASA.GOV.
AS SANDRA MENTIONED, FLIGHT
ENGINEER DREW MORGAN WILL BE ON
THE SPACEWALK.
HE HAD TO KNOW A LOT ABOUT A LOT
OF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS TO
GRADUATE FROM WESTPOINT AND
THEN TO BECOME A DOCTOR AND THEN
BECOME AN ASTRONAUT WHEN HE HAD
TO KNOW SOME OF IT IN RUSSIAN.
WE FOUND OUT THAT HE CAN ALSO
THINK FAST ON HIS FEET WHEN HE
HAD A FUN WITH A RAPID FIRE
Q&A AS HE FINISHED UP HIS
PREPARATIONS TO LAUNCH TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE?
>> BAND OF BROTHERS.
>> FAVORITE FOOD?
>> ANYTHING SPICY.
>> FAVORITE COLOR?
>> OLIVE DRAB.
>> MORNING OR NIGHT PERSON?
>> DEFINITELY A MORNING PERSON.
I'M NOT DEMONSTRATING THAT WELL
BUT, YEAH.
>> FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
>> MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP.
>> WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR
FRIDGE ALL THE TIME?
>> MILK.
>> WHAT'S YOUR MOST CAREER
MOMENT?
>> PROMOTED TO COMMANDER.
>> IF YOU HAD ONE SUPERPOWER?
>> TIME TRAVEL.
>> PIZZA TOPIC?
>> LOTS AND LOTS OF CHEESE.
>> YOUR FAVORITE ANIMAL?
>> ARMADILLO.
>> FAVORITE DANCE MOVE?
>> GUITAR.
>> WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU BE TO
YOUR YOUNGER SELF?
>> BE A GOOD TEAM PLAYER.
>> IF YOU COULD SPEND ONE DAY ON
MARS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO THERE
FOR FUN?
>> TAKE PICTURES.
>> WHAT IS A LIFE GOAL YOU PLAN
TO ACHIEVE THIS YEAR?
>> COME HOME SAFELY FROM SPACE.
>>> STILL ON THE SUBJECT OF
SPACEWALKS, ASTRONAUTS WHO GO
OUTSIDE THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION DO SO WEARING WHAT
AMOUNTS TO A HUMAN-SHAPED
SPACESHIP THAT IS SPECIALLY
DESIGNED FOR THAT TASK.
IN THIS DEMONSTRATION VIDEO,
ASTRONAUT RICKIE ARNOLD GIVES US
A TOUR OF THE CRITICAL PARTS OF
THE SPACE SUIT THAT KEEP
ASTRONAUTS SAFE AS THEY WORK IN
THE HARSH ENVIRONMENT
SURROUNDING THE SPACE STATION.
♪
>> SO WE'RE STANDING IN THE
QUEST AIRLOCK, WHICH IS DIVIDED
INTO TWO PARTS.
WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT LOCK AND
WE HAVE THE CREW LOCK.
THIS EQUIPMENT LOCK HAS A HATCH
RATE HERE THAT CLOSES.
AND THE CREW LOCK HAS ANOTHER
HATCH.
THE EVMU, OR THE EXTRA VEHICULAR
MOBILITY UNIT, IS OUR SPACE
SUIT.
AND IT'S DIVIDED ROUGHLY INTO
TWO PARTS.
WE HAVE THE HARD UPPER TORSO,
WHICH IS ALMOST LIKE A TURTLE
SHELL.
IT'S A HARD FIBERGLASS SHELL AND
THE LOWER TORSO ASSEMBLY.
THESE SPACE SUITS ARE OUR OWN
LITTLE SPACECRAFT AND THEY HAVE
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KEY YOU
ALIVE OUT IN SPACE FOR SEVEN TO
EIGHT HOURS.
MAYBE EVEN LONGER DEPENDING YOU
ON HARD YOU'RE WORKING.
THE ONLY THING THEY DO NOT HAVE,
RADIOS, OXYGEN, CARBON DIOXIDE
SCRUBBING, TEMPERATURE
EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING YOU NEED
EXCEPT FOR ONE THING.
A RESTROOM.
SO WHEN WE GET READY FOR OUR
EVA, THE FIRST THING WE PUT ON
IS A DIAPER.
AND THAT'S OUR FIRST LAYER.
THEN OVER THE DIAPER WITH WE PUT
ON A PAIR OF LONG JOHNS TO KEEP
OUR ARMS AND LEGS FROM GETTING
SCRAPED UP, AND IT PROVIDES
WICKING IN CASE YOU'RE GETTING
HOT AND SWEATY.
THE NEXT LAYER IS OUR LIQUID
COOLING GARMENT.
AND IT HAS.
TUBES RUNNING THROUGH IT
WHICH-- LITTLE TUBES RUNNING
THROUGH IT WHICH ALLOW WATER TO
CIRCULATE TO PROVIDE COOLING
WHEN WE'RE OUTSIDE WORKING
REALLY HARD.
SO WE'VE GOT THE DIAPER, WE GOT
LONG JOHNS, WE GOT THE LTBG AND
THEN A SPACE SUIT.
SEVEN LAYERS FROM THE BLADDER ON
THE INSIDE WHICH MAINTAINS
PRESSURE AND THAT'S A RUBBERIZED
BLADDER, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE
WHITE LAYER ON THE OUTSIDE.
THE CREW MEMBER INSIDE THIS
SPACE SUIT IS WEARING A SNOOPY
CAP.
IT'S A COMMUNICATIONS CAP.
WE HAVE A RADIO SO WE CAN TALK
TO NOT ONLY THE HOUSTON BUT WE
CAN TALK TO PEOPLE ON THE SPACE
STATION AND TO EACH OTHER.
SO WE WEAR THIS COMMUNICATION
CAP INSIDE THE HELMET.
ALSO, ANOTHER COMPONENT, KEY OF
THE EMU OR OUR SPACE SUIT IS THE
HELMET.
YOU CAN SEE THE HELMET HAS A
GOLD VISOR, WHICH PROTECTS US
FROM THE RAYS OF THE SUN.
WE CAN BRING DOWN.
IT'S PRETTY BRIGHT OUT THERE.
AND THIS GOLD VISOR HELPS
REFLECT THE RAYS OF THE SUN SO
WE CAN SEE AND OPERATE IN
DAYLIGHT.
AT NIGHTTIME WE CAN RAISE THIS
VISOR UP, GIVES US A CLEAR VIEW.
AND WE HAVE HELMET LIGHTS BUILT
INTO THE HELMET.
ON TOP OF THE HELMET WE ALSO
HAVE TELEVISION CAMERA.
SO THE GROUND IS ABLE TO WATCH
US WHILE WE WORK THROUGH THESE
TV CAMERAS.
THE WORK IS REALLY ALL DONE WITH
HANDS.
AND SO OUR GLOVES ARE REALLY OUR
MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF
EQUIPMENT IN ORDER FOR US TO
WORK OUTSIDE.
AND ONE OF THE REAL CHALLENGES
OF THE SPACEWALK IS YOU HAVE
THIS HEAVY GLOVED HAND WHICH IS
INFLATED.
SO IT WANTS TO STAY LIKE IT'S
BLOWN UP LIKE A BALLOON.
BUT WE WALK BY GRABBING ON TO
HANDRAILS AND MAKING OUR WAY
ALONG THE ISS.
SO EVERY TIME YOU MOVE YOUR
HAND, YOU'RE FIGHTING AGAINST A
BALLOON THAT WANTS TO INFLATE.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, ALL OF
OUR EQUIPMENT IS BASED ON USING
YOUR HANDS, TOO.
SO AFTER SIX AND A HALF, SEVEN
HOURS, FIGHTING AGAINST THIS
GLOVE, IT'S A LONG DAY AND YOUR
HANDS THE MOST EXHAUSTED AFTER
SEVEN HOURS ON AN EVA.
WE'RE GOING OUT TO WORK.
YOU PROBABLY SAW ME MOVE IN MINI
WORK STATION.
THE WAY WE GET OUR TOOLS IS
CARRIED ON THE FRONT.
EVERY SINGLE TOOL WE USE IS
TETHERED TO US.
WE DO NOT WANT TO ACCIDENTALLY
CREATE SATELLITES.
OUR PRIMARY WAY OF REMAINING
ATTACHED TO THE ISS IF WE'RE NOT
USING OUR HANDS ARE THESE WEIGHT
TETHERS.
AND THEY HAVE A BIG HOOK.
THEY GO AROUND A RAIL OR
ANYTHING ELSE ON THE ISS.
AND LATCH ON AND ACTUALLY HAS A
LOCKING MECHANISM AS WELL TO
HOLD US THINK IT AND TIGHT.
SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE ONE OF
THESE ATTACHED IF WE'RE NOT
HOLDING ON TO WITH OUR HANDS AS
WELL.
THE BACK OF THE EVMU HAS OUR
LIGHT SUPPORT SYSTEM.
THE LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM CONTAINS
ALL THE EQUIPMENT WE NEED FROM A
UHF RADIO DOWN TO THE OXYGEN
TANKS.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES INSIDE
THIS SEALED ENVIRONMENT IT'S
VERY EASY TO CARRY OUR OWN
OXYGEN WITH US, BUT WE PRODUCE A
LOT OF CARBON DIOXIDE.
SO TO DEAL WITH THAT WE HAVE
THESE CANISTERS CALLED MED OX
CANISTERS.
THEY'RE CARRIED IN THE BACKPACK
ALONG WITH THE VERY LARGE
BATTERY WHICH PROVIDES ALL THE
ELECTRICITY FOR US.
I DON'T HAVE A BATTERY HERE TO
SHOW YOU TODAY BECAUSE WE'RE IN
THE PROCESS OF CHARGING THEM.
WE'RE ABOUT A MONTH OUT FROM
DOING A SPACEWALK AND WE'VE
ALREADY STARTED GETTING READY
FOR THAT.
SO THIS CANISTER IS ABLE TO
REMOVE ABOUT SEVEN TO EIGHT
HOURS OF CARBON DIOXIDE INSIDE
THE SPACE SUIT.
EVAs HAVE ALLOWED US TO
MAINTAIN, REPAIR, INSTALL NEW
HARDWARE.
AND THE VIEW, UNBELIEVABLE.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
♪ ♪
>>> THE LONGEST EVER SINGLE
SPACE FLIGHT BY A FEMALE
ASTRONAUT HAS NOW REACHED A
MISSION LAPS TIME OF 315 DAY,S
15 HOURS, 39 MINUTES, AND STILL
COUNTING.
DURING THAT TIME NASA ASTRONAUT
CHRISTINA KOCH HAS COMPLETED SIX
SPACEWALKS.
OF ALL THE MEMORABLE MOMENTS
SHE'S EXPERIENCED ON THIS
MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, KOCH HAS A SOFT
SPOT FOR A FEW OF THEM FROM HER
TIME SPENT OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE.
♪ ♪
>> YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THOSE
MEMORIES OF DAY ONE, THERE ARE A
COUPLE FLASHES THAT I'LL JUST
NEVER, EVER FORGET.
FOR EXAMPLE, MY VERY FIRST
SPACEWALK WITH NICK WAS
OBVIOUSLY INCREDIBLY MEMORABLE
BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I
EVER HAD EXPERIENCED THAT.
AND THERE WAS ONE MOMENT WHERE
DESPITE HOW FOCUSED I WAS ON
DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT, AND
HAVING IT BE MY FIRST TIME OUT,
I LOOKED ACROSS AND I SAW NICK
WORKING AND BEHIND HIM I SAW THE
EARTH GLIDING BY.
AND IT WAS CLEARER THAN I'D EVER
SEEN IT OUT OF ANY WINDOW ON
STATION.
I'D ONLY BEEN ON BOARD FOR ABOUT
TWO WEEKS.
AND AT THAT MOMENT, I JUST FELT
LIKE EVERYTHING I HAD EVER
WORKED FOR, EVERYTHING I HAD
EVER LOVED, EVERYTHING I HAD
EVER WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY
ENTIRE LIFE WAS JUST CULMINATING
IN THAT MOMENT AND RECOGNIZING
THAT IT WAS REAL.
THERE WAS MY FRIEND WHO I'VE
BEEN TRAINING WITH FOR SIX YEARS
RIGHT THERE WITH ME.
THAT WAS A MOMENT I'LL
DEFINITELY NEVER FORGET.
GOING OUT THE DOOR WITH DREW
MORGAN TWICE WAS AWESOME.
THAT PARTICULAR SPACEWALK SERIES
THAT WE DID HAD SOME UNKNOWNS
THAT COULDN'T BE SIMULATED IN
OUR TRAINING FACILITY.
AND SO WE WERE REALLY
DISCOVERING AS WENT HOW THE
SERIES WAS GOING TO UNFOLD.
AND IF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE
HAD PLANNED WERE REALLY GOING TO
WORK.
SO THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING,
TOO.
AND THEN SPACEWALK WITH JESSICA
WAS JUST AN UNBELIEVABLE HONOR.
AND THERE WERE TIMES WHEN WE
LOOKED AT EACH OTHER, FOR
EXAMPLE, RIGHT WHEN WE CAME OUT
THE HATCH, CAUGHT EACH OTHERS'
EYE AND WE KNEW THAT WE REALLY
WERE HONORED WITH THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO INSPIRE SO MANY
AND JUST HEARING OUR VOICES TALK
TO MISSION CONTROL AND KNOWING
THAT TWO FEMALE VOICES HAD NEVER
BEEN ON THE LOOP SOLVING THOSE
PROBLEMS TOGETHER OUTSIDE WAS A
REALLY SPECIAL FEELING.
PEOPLE BEEP.
[BEEPING NOISE]
>> COOK'S DUE TO RETURN TO EARTH
ON FEBRUARY 6th, ALONG WITH
THE SOYUZ COMMANDER.
LAST MONTH ACTORS KELLY MARIE
TRAN AND NAOMI ACKIE, THERE THE
FILM "STAR WARS:THE RISE OF
SKYWALKER," SPEND A DAY AT
NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
LEARNING ABOUT NASA'S PLANS TO
RETURN ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON.
TAKE A LOOK AS THEY WORK WITH
NASA ASTRONAUTS ON A FEW OF THE
COOL PIECES OF TRAINING
EQUIPMENT THAT GET OUR
ASTRONAUTS READY FOR THEIR
MISSIONS OFF THE EARTH.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> MY NAME IS NAOMI.
>> AND I'M KELLY.
AND WE'RE AT NASA JOHNSON SPACE
CENTER.
>> AND WE'RE TRAINING TO BE
ASTRONAUTS.
NO BIG DEAL.
>> IT'S KIND OF COOL.
WE GOT THIS.
>> COME ON, LET'S DO IT!
>> LET'S GO!
HA!
♪ ♪
["STAR WARS" THEME SONG PLAYING]
>> AAH!
>> HI--
>> HI.
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING
TO SHOW YOU THIS MORNING IS
WHAT'S CALLED A GRAVITY HOT
LOAD.
SO PEOPLE OFTEN THINK WE HAVE A
ROOM, WE CAN WE GO IN AND
SUDDENLY-- THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
>> WANT TO SEE HOW IT WORKS WHEN
YOU'RE ONE-- WE USE ARGOS TO DO
THAT.
AND THEN WE USE IT TO WORK ON
THE COOLS.
GEOLOGY, SAMPLING PROCEDURES.
>> SO FROM WHERE WHAT WE DO, UP
OFF THE GROUND.
>> MY GOSH.
>> AND WE'LL PUT YOU INTO--
[LAUGHTER]
>> WHOA!
[LAUGHTER]
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO THIS RIGHT HERE IS ZERO
GRAVITY.
SO--
>> WHOA.
>> SO IF YOU'RE ON THE SPACE
STATION AND I WERE TO PUSH YOU
AND SAY, SEE YA, YOU'RE GOING
TO--
>> WHOA!
[LAUGHTER]
>> AAH.
THAT'S SO COOL!
>> I REALIZE NOW WHY ASTRONAUTS
WALK LIKE THIS.
>> YEAH!
>> EVERYONE JUST LIKE TRYING--
>> DO YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT--
>> YES!
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT FITNESS TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE SOME SUITS
OVER HERE REAL QUICK AND WE'LL
TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE
AND WE'LL LET YOU GUYS CHANGE
AND ACTUALLY TRY THEM OUT.
>> SO YOU GO OUT THERE AND YOU
BLOW AIR.
SO THERE'S THE PRESSURE PUSHING
IN ON YOUR BODY.
>> YOUR BODY WANTS TO EXPAND
OUT, THAT'S WHY WE WEAR A SUIT
TO CREATE AN ARTIFICIAL
ATMOSPHERE.
>> DO YOU HAVE TRAINING AS TO
HOW QUICKLY YOU CAN GET IN AND
OUT OF THESE?
>> NO, YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOUR
SPACE SUIT REALLY WELL BUT WE
DON'T DO DRILLS GETTING IN THEM
QUICKLY.
YOU'RE TYPICALLY HELPING EACH
OTHER WHEN YOU'RE IN SPACE.
>> YEAH.
[INAUDIBLE]
>> ONCE YOU GET INSIDE.
>> YEAH, LIKE CHEWY.
>> WHAT ABOUT CHEWBACCA.
>> OH!
[LAUGHTER]
>> WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU GUYS
OUT OF THE SUIT NOW.
BUT THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU
OVER AND SHOW YOU THE VEHICLE
THAT YOU WOULD BE IN THE SUITS
IN.
>> OKAY.
>> THIS IS THE SPACE LAUNCH
SYSTEM.
THIS IS GOING TO PUSH THE
CAPSULE.
THIS IS THE ARTEMIS ONE.
THIS IS GOING TO GO GO TO THE
MOON ABOUT ONE YEAR FROM NOW.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
>> OH!
>> NINER NINER.
>> THIS IS THE DOCKING HATCH UP
HERE.
WHEN WE GET TO THE GATEWAY, WE
WILL DOCK AT THAT PORT.
AND THERE WILL BE A HATCH UP
THERE THAT WE OPEN--
>> WHICH YOU HAVE TO LIGHT
TARGET, RIGHT, SO YOU HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DRIVE THE
ROCKET SO THAT THE HOLES MATCH
UP.
>> BINGO.
DO YOU KNOW HOW PRECISE IT IS.
RELATIVE TO EARTH, WE'RE GOING
OVER 20,000 MILES AN HOUR AND
WHEN WE DOCK, WE MEET UP WITH
THIS PLUS OR MINUS ONE INCH,
PLUS OR MINUS ONE DEGREE.
>> THAT'S REALLY DIFFICULT.
>> WE ACTUALLY MAKE THE
SWITCHES-- MULTI-STEP SO YOU
DON'T ACCIDENTALLY HIT A SWITCH.
>> WE'RE GOING TO CHECK OUT THE
MOCKUP FOR THE SPACE STATION
WHICH WILL SEEM LARGE.
>> YOU CAN PUT YOUR PERSONAL
THINGS UP THERE.
YOU DO-- YOU HAVE A SLEEPING
BAG AND YOU CAN PIN THAT TO THE
WALL.
AND YOU CAN FLOAT KIND OF INSIDE
YOUR SLEEPING BAG.
YOU CAN TIGHTEN IT DOWN IF YOU'D
LIKE TO FEEL MORE STABLE.
♪ ♪
[INAUDIBLE]
>> THAT'S WHY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> THERE IS SPACE RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS MAD!
>> WHAT'S THE DAY-TO-DAY LIKE IN
THIS ROOM?
>> SO IN THIS ROOM WE HAVE THREE
SHIFTS A DAY.
MY FAVORITE SHIFT IS THE NIGHT
SHIFT BECAUSE IT'S WHEN NOBODY
IS IN THIS BUILDING AND WE GET
TO HANG OUT WITH THE CREW.
>> YOU-- DO YOU WANT TO TRY ON
SPACE SUITS?
>> YES.
>> WHERE DO YOU GET SUGGESTIONS
TO WORK ON NEXT?
>> WE GET A LOT FROM THE CREW
OFFICES.
THE CREW OFFICE SAYS, CAN WE
MOVE AWAY FROM RED MEAT AND
POTATOES AND GET BRUSSEL SPOUTS,
BUTTERNUT SQUASH, AND THIS COMES
FROM CREW COMMENTS AS WELL AS
INPUT FROM THE NUTRITION LINE
HERE AT JFC THAT SAYS, YOU GUYS
SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE MORE SALT.
SO THE STATION ASTRONAUTS ARE
MUCH MORE ADVANCED.
WE HAVE THE POSITIVE WATER
SYSTEMS.
THE ASTRONAUTS CAN HELP YOU WITH
PICK-- HOW TO UNLOCK THIS.
>> OH.
>> THAT WAY WHEN YOU CUT IT
DOWN.
IT'S NOT GOING TO COME UP.
>> SHE KNOWS THE TRICK.
>> WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE?
>> I WOULD SAY THE BUTTERNUT
SQUASH IS MY FAVORITE.
BUT I LIKE THINGS THAT ARE
SWEET.
>> I LIKE THE BRUSSEL SPROUTS, I
THINK.
THEY'RE SO GOOD.
>> YOU GUYS HAVE HAD YOUR
AFTERNOON SNACK.
NOW YOU READY TO DRIVE A LUNAR
ROVER?
>> UH-HUH.
>> I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO
DRIVE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> OH.
>> ARE YOU KIDDING?
>> OH!
>> THERE'S AIR-CONDITIONING?
>> YES.
>> AAH!
>> OH!
>> THIS IS SO COOL.
>> ON THE LUNAR SURFACE,
BASICALLY YOU'RE IN THE ROVER
LIKE MEGAN AND JESSICA WILL BE
IN THE ROVER FOR UP TO 14 DAYS
LIVING TOGETHER.
>> WOW.
>> AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER
ROVER, THEY'LL GO OUT FOR 14
DAYS.
AND EVEN MORE.
AND IF ONE BREAKS DOWN, ALL FOUR
OF YOU WILL GET IN ONE VEHICLE.
>> I THINK WE'RE THERE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> YES!
>> WHAT AN AMAZING DAY!
>> IT'S MORE THAN I EXPECTED.
>> YEAH.
>> I JUST-- SO MUCH RESPECT FOR
NASA.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US HERE.
>> THANK YOU, NASA!
♪ ♪
>>> ONE OF THE TOPICS WE HAVE TO
MASTER TO RESUME EXPLORATION OF
THE MOON BY ASTRONAUTS IS TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND THE FINE DUST
PARTICLES THAT ARE ON THE LUNAR
SURFACE.
SCIENTISTS ARE USING EQUIPMENT
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF REGOLITH.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT ASTEROIDS OR
THE MOON, YOU'LL SEE THIS LAYER
OF REGOLITH, FINE DUST THAT
COVERS THE ENTIRE SURFACE.
THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS VERY
DYNAMIC.
WE HAVE THEM IMPACTED BY
DIFFERENT BODIES.
SO YOU HAVE THIS FINE SURFACE.
THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN ONE
DAY SENDING ASTRONAUTS TO
ASTEROIDS AND WE HAVE ALREADY
SENT A LOT OF ROBOTIC MISSIONS
TO ASTEROIDS AND PLAN TO SEND
MORE.
SO WE LEARN MORE AND MORE AND
THERE'S VERY DIVERSE BODIES.
EVERY ASTEROID SEEMS TO BE
DIFFERENT.
AND SO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW
TO INTERACT WITH THE ASTEROIDS'
SURFACE.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO ANCHOR TO
THE SURFACE OF THE ASTEROID, YOU
NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO
INTERACT WITH THE REGOLITHS.
SO ASTEROIDS ARE SMALL BODIES SO
THEY HAVE MICROLEVELS OF
GRAVITY.
SO THIS IS WHAT YOU FIND FIND ON
THE SPACE STATION AS WELL.
IT'S A CLEAR TUBE ABOUT THE SIZE
OF A PRINGLES CAN.
SO WE HAVE THE ASTEROIDS
SIMULANTS.
THE MAIN PIECE OF DATA IS THE
MOVEMENT OF THESE PARTICLES.
WE'LL GET THIS BASICALLY TIME
LAPSE IMAGERY OF THE PARTICLES
MOVING SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE
LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF
MICROGRAVITY AND WHAT'S
HAPPENING WITH THE PARTICLES.
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ON
ASTEROIDS IS VACUUM.
SO WE WANT TO EXPOSE OUR
EXPERIMENTS TO THE VACUUM OF
SPACE.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR FACILITY
HOOKED UP TO A PORT TO SPACE.
SO WE DID CASSETTE ONE BUT THE
IDEA IS HERMES WILL BE OPEN TO
OTHER INVESTIGATOR.
CASSETTE TWO, THREE, SEVEN.
THIS WILL BE OTHER ASTRONAUTS
THAT WILL CONDUCT
INVESTIGATIONS.
WE THINK THAT ISS IS A WONDERFUL
PLACE TO STUDY, REGO LITHS IN
GENERAL.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT HERMES WILL
BRING TO RESEARCHERS IN THE
FUTURE.
>>> EARLIER WE HEARD FLIGHT
ENGINEER CHRISTINA KOCH TALK
ABOUT THE MEMORABLE MOMENT OF
HER FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE EARTH
WHILE OUTSIDE THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
SHE'S AMONG MANY ASTRONAUTS WHO
REPORT FEELS OF AWE AND WONDER
WHEN THEY GET THEIR FIRST LOOK
AT THE ENTIRE PLANET EARTH.
HERE MIKE FOSSUM TALKS ABOUT
WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO DEVOTE SOME
TIME TO EARTH OBSERVATION FROM A
PERCH 250 MILES UP.
♪ ♪
>>> I'VE TAUGHT ASTRONOMY TO BOY
SCOUTS FOR MOST OF MY ADULT
LIFE.
I KNOW SUMMER STARS LIKE THE
BACK OF MY HAND.
I'VE LIVED IN THE MOJAVE DESERT
FOR EIGHT YEARS AND I WOULD GO
AWAY FROM THE LIGHTS THERE EVEN
AS MEAGER AS THEY MIGHT BE TO
LAY ON TOP OF A CAR AND JUST--
JUST SWIM, YOU KNOW, IN THE
UNIVERSE.
I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THE NIGHT SKY
AND THE STARS.
BOTH OF MY SHUTTLE FLIGHTS, WE
TOOK SOME TIME.
I CONVINCED MY CREW TO TURN OFF
ALL THE LIGHTS IN THE COCKPIT.
LET OUR EYES DARK-ADAPT.
AND JUST SIT THERE PERCHED IN
THE WINDOWS, ALL OF US WERE IN
DIFFERENT WINDOWS.
AND YOU COULD SEE, THE MILKY WAY
IS JUST STUNNING.
OF COURSE, THE LIGHTS DON'T
FLICKER.
THEY'RE STEADY BECAUSE THEY'RE
NOT COMING THROUGH THE DUST AND
COMING THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE.
AS YOU REALLY ADJUST, YOU START
TO SENSE THE VERY SUBTLE COLORS
THAT ARE IN THE STARS.
A BIT OF REDDISH, A LITTLE BIT
OF BLUISH, BLUE/WHITE.
AND THAT WAS-- YOU KNOW, REALLY
NEAT FOR ME TO SEE.
THE SPACE SHUTTLE WAS INCREDIBLY
BUSY.
YOU DON'T GET MUCH TIME TO LOOK
OUT THE WINDOWS.
IT WAS HAVING THE DOWNTIME.
SO YOU WORK REALLY HARD.
THE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WAS A
BLUR.
WORKING LATE, YOU'RE LIVING AT
WORK.
THERE'S ALWAYS MORE TO DO.
AND THEN WEEKENDS IT SLOWS DOWN
SOME.
THERE'S SOME WORK.
YOU WORK OUT.
HAVE A VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH
FAMILY.
BUT YOU DO HAVE SOME TIME FOR
SOME PROJECTS FOR LOOKING OUT
THE WINDOWS.
AND I REALLY GOT INTO LOW-LIGHT
PHOTOGRAPHY IN PARTICULAR.
WE HAD SOME FAIRLY NEW CAMERAS,
THE D3 WAS GOOD AT CAPTURING
LOW-LIGHT IMAGERY.
I WAS UP THERE DURING THE LAST
SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION.
ATLANTIS WAS DOCKED AND I ASKED
SANDY, SHE WAS ON THE CREW AND
SHE HAD LIVED ON THE SPACE
STATION A FEW YEARS BEFORE BUT
THE CUPOLA WAS NEW SINCE HE WAS
THERE.
ALL THEY HAD WAS SINGLE WINDOWS
TO LOOK STRAIGHT DOWN AND YOU'RE
WATCHING THE EARTH GO BY AT FIVE
MILES A SECOND.
COME ON, COME WITH ME.
I'VE GOT SO MUCH TO DO.
NO, SANDY, YOU HAVE GOT TO SEE
THIS.
SEW WE WENT THIS-- SO WE WENT
IN THERE, CRANKED THE SHUTTERS
EVEN, AND WE WERE FLYING INTO
THIS ASTONISHING AURORA.
AURORA AUSTRALIS, THE SOUTHERN
LIGHTS.
THIS RIPPLING PULSING RIVER OF
GREEN THAT'S DOWN BELOW US, THE
RED STRETCHING UP TO OUR
ALTITUDE.
IT'S LIKE-- OH.
JUST BREATHTAKING.
AND I HAD NOT PRACTICED ANY
LOW-LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY UP TO THAT
POINT, BUT BUT I KNEW YOU HAD TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO CAPTURE THIS.
I CALLED A PHOTOGRAPHER EXPERTS
ON THE GROUND AND SAID, OKAY,
WHAT IS THE SETTINGS I NEED TO
GET STARTING WITH THIS.
PART OF IT WAS EXPERIMENTAL.
I GOT SOME PICTURES OF ATLANTIS
DOCKED TO THE SPACE STATION IN
THE NIGHT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF
THE GREEN AURORA OFF TO THE
SIDE.
AND THEN I GOT A PICTURE OF
ATLANTIS' PLASMA TRAIL AS IT
CAME IN OVER THE YUCATAN HEADED
TOWARD FLORIDA.
AND IT'S JUST FASCINATING.
THE MORE YOU LOOK, THE MORE YOU
START TO SEE, SEE THE STARS LIKE
YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE.
I'D GIVE A LOT TO SEE THAT VIEW
AGAIN.
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