1 00:00:00,100 --> 00:00:01,267 GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO 2 00:00:01,267 --> 00:00:02,969 MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON AT 3 00:00:02,969 --> 00:00:05,071 NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. 4 00:00:05,071 --> 00:00:06,606 YOU GOT A VIEW INTO THE 5 00:00:06,606 --> 00:00:07,640 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 6 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:09,042 FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM WHERE A TEEM 7 00:00:09,042 --> 00:00:11,311 OF SPECIALIST IS MONITORING 8 00:00:11,311 --> 00:00:14,314 SYSTEMS AND WORK WITH WITH A NEW 9 00:00:14,314 --> 00:00:16,349 EXPEDITION CREW. 10 00:00:16,349 --> 00:00:19,052 THE CREWMATES DREW MORGAN AND 11 00:00:19,052 --> 00:00:20,086 JESSICA MEIR ARE IN THE FIRST 12 00:00:20,086 --> 00:00:22,722 FULL DAY TOGETHER AS EXPEDITION 13 00:00:22,722 --> 00:00:24,424 62 FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY'S 14 00:00:24,424 --> 00:00:26,092 DEPARTURE OF 3 CREWMATES AND 15 00:00:26,092 --> 00:00:27,093 COMPLETION OF A RECORD SETTING 16 00:00:27,093 --> 00:00:32,332 MISSION. 17 00:00:32,332 --> 00:00:34,200 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND. 18 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:35,935 ON TOP OF THE NORMAL HUSTLE AND 19 00:00:35,935 --> 00:00:37,470 BUSTLE OF SCIENCE RESEARCH AND 20 00:00:37,470 --> 00:00:40,206 LIFE ABOARD THE SPACE STATION 21 00:00:40,206 --> 00:00:42,242 STATION THEY PREPARED FOR A 22 00:00:42,242 --> 00:00:43,410 SPECIAL HOMECOMING. 23 00:00:43,410 --> 00:00:47,380 RUSSIAN COSMONAUT ALONG WITH 24 00:00:47,380 --> 00:00:51,651 LUCA PARMITANO AND CHRISTINA 25 00:00:51,651 --> 00:00:52,819 KOCH RETURNED HOME ON THURSDAY 26 00:00:52,819 --> 00:00:54,354 AFTER COMPLETING THEIR 27 00:00:54,354 --> 00:00:55,989 EXPEDITION 61 MISSION. 28 00:00:55,989 --> 00:00:57,390 BEFORE THEIR STAY ON BOARD 29 00:00:57,390 --> 00:01:00,527 ENDED, PARMITANO HANDED OVER 30 00:01:00,527 --> 00:01:04,497 COMMAND TO CREWMATE OLEG AND 31 00:01:04,497 --> 00:01:10,703 THEN THE TWO CREWS SAID THEIR 32 00:01:10,703 --> 00:01:12,505 FAREWELL AND THE RETURNING CREW 33 00:01:12,505 --> 00:01:13,940 UNDOCKED FROM THE STATION'S 34 00:01:13,940 --> 00:01:14,274 MODULE. 35 00:01:14,274 --> 00:01:16,176 AFTER THE NEARLY 4 HOUR JOURNEY 36 00:01:16,176 --> 00:01:18,244 THE CREW LANDED SAFELY IN 37 00:01:18,244 --> 00:01:19,612 KAZAKHSTAN AND GREETED BY A 38 00:01:19,612 --> 00:01:20,980 RECOVERY TEAM WHO TRANSPORTED 39 00:01:20,980 --> 00:01:23,516 THEM BEFORE THEY PARTED WAYS TO 40 00:01:23,516 --> 00:01:28,888 HEAD OFF TO THEIR HOME NATION. 41 00:01:28,888 --> 00:01:31,624 THEY SPENT 201 DAYS IN SPACE 42 00:01:31,624 --> 00:01:34,861 HAVING LAUNCHED IN ANDREW MORGAN 43 00:01:34,861 --> 00:01:36,296 LAST JULY. 44 00:01:36,296 --> 00:01:38,198 MORGAN WILL STAY ON THE MISSION 45 00:01:38,198 --> 00:01:40,033 UNTIL THE RETURN TO EARTH IN 46 00:01:40,033 --> 00:01:44,237 APRIL. 47 00:01:44,237 --> 00:01:45,805 CHRISTINA KOCH SET THE RECORD 48 00:01:45,805 --> 00:01:48,475 AFTER COMPLETING HIS 328 LONG 49 00:01:48,475 --> 00:01:51,244 STAY ABOARD THE SPACE STATION 50 00:01:51,244 --> 00:01:52,679 SURPASSING THE RECORD OF 288 51 00:01:52,679 --> 00:01:57,517 DAYS FOLLOWED BY NASA ASTRONAUT 52 00:01:57,517 --> 00:01:59,085 PEGGY WHITSON. 53 00:01:59,085 --> 00:02:00,653 SHE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE 54 00:02:00,653 --> 00:02:02,822 FIRST ALL WOMEN EVA WITH HER 55 00:02:02,822 --> 00:02:04,724 FRIEND AND CREWMATE JESSICA MEIR 56 00:02:04,724 --> 00:02:06,893 BACK IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. 57 00:02:06,893 --> 00:02:08,695 TWO OF THEM WOULD GO ON TO 58 00:02:08,695 --> 00:02:12,565 PERFORM TWO MORE EVA'S TOGETHER. 59 00:02:12,565 --> 00:02:14,767 THIS WEEK SHE REFLECTED ON HER 60 00:02:14,767 --> 00:02:17,203 MULTIRECORD BREAKING MISSION. 61 00:02:17,203 --> 00:02:19,439 >> FOR ME IT'S THE HONOR THAT I 62 00:02:19,439 --> 00:02:21,074 FEEL TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS 63 00:02:21,074 --> 00:02:22,709 OF MY HEROS AND HOPEFULLY I CAN 64 00:02:22,709 --> 00:02:26,145 MAKE IT PAYING HOMAGE TO THEM. 65 00:02:26,145 --> 00:02:27,180 THEY'RE THE ONES THAT PAVED THE 66 00:02:27,180 --> 00:02:27,614 WAY. 67 00:02:27,614 --> 00:02:29,482 AND I LOOK AT IT AS AN 68 00:02:29,482 --> 00:02:30,850 OPPORTUNITY TO INSPIRE THE NEXT 69 00:02:30,850 --> 00:02:32,785 GENERATION OF FUTURE EXPLORERS. 70 00:02:32,785 --> 00:02:34,220 FOR ME IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SEE 71 00:02:34,220 --> 00:02:35,788 PEOPLE THAT I SAW A REFLECTION 72 00:02:35,788 --> 00:02:37,524 OF MYSELF IN GROWING UP WHEN I 73 00:02:37,524 --> 00:02:39,459 WAS ENVISIONING WHAT I COULD DO 74 00:02:39,459 --> 00:02:41,127 WITH MY LIFE AND WHAT MY DREAMS 75 00:02:41,127 --> 00:02:41,594 MIGHT BE. 76 00:02:41,594 --> 00:02:43,096 SO THE IDEA TO MAYBE BE THAT 77 00:02:43,096 --> 00:02:44,163 SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR 78 00:02:44,163 --> 00:02:45,932 SOMEONE ELSE IS JUST SUCH AN 79 00:02:45,932 --> 00:02:47,066 HONOR AND I HOPE TO CARRY THAT 80 00:02:47,066 --> 00:02:48,935 FORWARD EVEN WHEN I'M BACK ON 81 00:02:48,935 --> 00:02:50,103 EARTH. 82 00:02:50,103 --> 00:02:52,305 >> HER TIME IN SPACE WILL 83 00:02:52,305 --> 00:02:54,774 PROVIDE RESEARCHERS THE 84 00:02:54,774 --> 00:02:57,610 OPPORTUNITY OF EFFECTS OF LONG 85 00:02:57,610 --> 00:03:02,015 DURATION SPACEFLIGHT ON A WOMAN 86 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:04,617 AND AS THEY PREPARE FOR HUMAN 87 00:03:04,617 --> 00:03:05,318 EXPLORATION AT MARS. 88 00:03:05,318 --> 00:03:06,786 DURING THIS RECORD SETTING 89 00:03:06,786 --> 00:03:08,988 MISSION, SHE SPENT OF HER HOURS 90 00:03:08,988 --> 00:03:10,623 ON SCIENCE ACTIVITIES AND WORE 91 00:03:10,623 --> 00:03:11,791 MANY HATS. 92 00:03:11,791 --> 00:03:13,793 FARMER, BIOLOGIST, PHYSICIST, I 93 00:03:13,793 --> 00:03:16,296 JEER, TEST SUBJECT AND MANY 94 00:03:16,296 --> 00:03:17,397 MORE. 95 00:03:17,397 --> 00:03:18,731 KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS 96 00:03:18,731 --> 00:03:20,400 USING THE #ASKNASA. 97 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:31,811 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 98 00:03:31,811 --> 00:03:33,613 LONGEST EVER SINGLE SPACEFLIGHT 99 00:03:33,613 --> 00:03:37,183 BY A FEMALE ASTRONAUT LASTED FOR 100 00:03:37,183 --> 00:03:40,687 328 DAYS AND 13 HOURS AND 58 101 00:03:40,687 --> 00:03:42,722 MINUTES OF THE SHE'S IN 7TH 102 00:03:42,722 --> 00:03:45,525 PLACE OF MOST TIME SPENT IN 103 00:03:45,525 --> 00:03:47,594 SPACE AMONG ALL ASTRONAUTS. 104 00:03:47,594 --> 00:03:49,262 SHE RECALLED THE BIGGEST 105 00:03:49,262 --> 00:03:49,963 SURPRISE OF THE MISSION AND THE 106 00:03:49,963 --> 00:03:51,631 MOST MEMORABLE ITEMS SHE 107 00:03:51,631 --> 00:04:03,409 RECEIVED ON A CARGO FLIGHT. 108 00:04:03,409 --> 00:04:04,844 >> IN THE BEGINNING, THE 109 00:04:04,844 --> 00:04:06,112 SURPRISE WAS JUST THIS PLACE 110 00:04:06,112 --> 00:04:07,080 ACTUALLY EXISTED. 111 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,182 BUT MORE RECENTLY THE SURPRISE 112 00:04:09,182 --> 00:04:11,651 THAT I UNCOVERED IS THE HUMAN 113 00:04:11,651 --> 00:04:14,187 BODY AND MIND'S ABILITY TO ADAPT 114 00:04:14,187 --> 00:04:15,488 TO ANY SITUATION. 115 00:04:15,488 --> 00:04:16,856 FOR EXAMPLE, I SOMETIMES JOKE 116 00:04:16,856 --> 00:04:19,792 THAT BEFORE JESSICA GOT HERE AND 117 00:04:19,792 --> 00:04:22,929 BEFORE I HEARD HER ALL THE TIME 118 00:04:22,929 --> 00:04:23,930 EXPLAINING ABOUT HOW EXCITING 119 00:04:23,930 --> 00:04:25,398 AND FUN IT WAS TO FLOAT, I THINK 120 00:04:25,398 --> 00:04:26,899 I HAD ACTUALLY FOR GOTTEN THAT I 121 00:04:26,899 --> 00:04:28,067 WAS FLOATING. 122 00:04:28,067 --> 00:04:31,104 THE HUMAN MIND HAS AN ABILITY TO 123 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:33,006 ACCOMMODATE ANY SITUATION AND 124 00:04:33,006 --> 00:04:34,207 TURN IT INTO NORMAL. 125 00:04:34,207 --> 00:04:37,577 FOR EXAMPLE, THE FACT THAT WE 126 00:04:37,577 --> 00:04:39,145 CAN WORK RIGHT ON THE CEILING 127 00:04:39,145 --> 00:04:40,480 LIKE THIS AND NOT KNOW THE 128 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:41,681 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO HAS 129 00:04:41,681 --> 00:04:43,082 BEEN AN EXCITING AND HUGE 130 00:04:43,082 --> 00:04:45,752 SURPRISE TO SEE LIFE UP HERE CAN 131 00:04:45,752 --> 00:04:47,220 ACTUALLY BECOME NORMAL BECAUSE 132 00:04:47,220 --> 00:04:51,924 OF WHAT OUR BODIES CAN ADAPT TO. 133 00:04:51,924 --> 00:04:53,893 I THINK THE MOST MEMORABLE ITEM 134 00:04:53,893 --> 00:04:56,396 I EVER RECEIVED WOULD BE 135 00:04:56,396 --> 00:04:57,930 HANDWRITTEN LETTERS FROM MY 136 00:04:57,930 --> 00:04:58,464 HUSBAND. 137 00:04:58,464 --> 00:05:06,339 NO MATTER WHAT, PEOPLE SEND UP 138 00:05:06,339 --> 00:05:08,574 TO ME AND I'VE GOTTEN TWO 139 00:05:08,574 --> 00:05:10,810 HANDWRITTEN LETTERS AND THEY'RE 140 00:05:10,810 --> 00:05:12,211 ALWAYS MONTHS BEFORE. 141 00:05:12,211 --> 00:05:13,680 I GOT ONE IN OCTOBER THAT HE 142 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:15,381 WROTE IN JULY BECAUSE OF OUR DUE 143 00:05:15,381 --> 00:05:16,315 DATES OF OUR ITEMS. 144 00:05:16,315 --> 00:05:17,750 THE LETTERS AREN'T NECESSARILY 145 00:05:17,750 --> 00:05:19,619 RELEVANT TO THE MOMENT, BUT THE 146 00:05:19,619 --> 00:05:21,654 FACT THAT THEY CAN EXPRESS 147 00:05:21,654 --> 00:05:22,889 THINGS AND THAT IT'S A'S 148 00:05:22,889 --> 00:05:24,190 SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE YOU LOVE 149 00:05:24,190 --> 00:05:26,526 ON EARTH WAS HOLDING IN THEIR 150 00:05:26,526 --> 00:05:36,469 HAND IS REALLY SPECIAL. 151 00:05:36,469 --> 00:05:37,870 >> DURING HER RECORD-SETTING 152 00:05:37,870 --> 00:05:40,373 FLIGHT, CHRISTINA KOCH SPENT A 153 00:05:40,373 --> 00:05:41,774 LARGE PORTION OF HER TIME ON 154 00:05:41,774 --> 00:05:42,742 SCIENCE ACTIVITIES. 155 00:05:42,742 --> 00:05:44,277 HERE'S LOOK AT SOME OF HER 156 00:05:44,277 --> 00:05:45,978 RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS AS SHE TALKS 157 00:05:45,978 --> 00:05:49,115 ABOUT THE ROLES AND 158 00:05:49,115 --> 00:05:51,884 RESPONSIBILITIES SHE HAD DURING 159 00:05:51,884 --> 00:05:54,887 47 FULL WEEKS OFF THE PLANET. 160 00:05:54,887 --> 00:05:56,756 >> FIRST AND FOREMOST OUR 161 00:05:56,756 --> 00:05:58,057 RESPONSIBILITY IS TO OUR CREW UP 162 00:05:58,057 --> 00:06:00,126 HERE TO KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE. 163 00:06:00,126 --> 00:06:02,161 SECONDLY, I WOULD SAY OUR 164 00:06:02,161 --> 00:06:03,396 RESPONSIBILITIES ARE THE WORK, 165 00:06:03,396 --> 00:06:05,431 THE AMAZING WORK THAT WE DO AS 166 00:06:05,431 --> 00:06:06,666 PART OF THIS ORBITING 167 00:06:06,666 --> 00:06:07,133 LABORATORY. 168 00:06:07,133 --> 00:06:09,736 AS A MICROGRAVITY LABORATORY WE 169 00:06:09,736 --> 00:06:11,237 DO SCIENCE IN ALL KINDS OF 170 00:06:11,237 --> 00:06:13,139 DIFFERENT ARENAS FROM PHYSICAL 171 00:06:13,139 --> 00:06:15,341 TO BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE AND HUMAN 172 00:06:15,341 --> 00:06:16,809 RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY 173 00:06:16,809 --> 00:06:18,311 DEMONSTRATIONS AND MANY MORE. 174 00:06:18,311 --> 00:06:20,947 SO, DOING THAT WORK AND CARING 175 00:06:20,947 --> 00:06:22,982 OUT THE WORK THAT IS THE PURPOSE 176 00:06:22,982 --> 00:06:23,750 OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 177 00:06:23,750 --> 00:06:25,551 STATION IS DEFINITELY ONE OF OUR 178 00:06:25,551 --> 00:06:26,018 RESPONSIBILITIES. 179 00:06:26,018 --> 00:06:27,420 AND I ALSO THINK THAT WE HAVE A 180 00:06:27,420 --> 00:06:28,688 RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PEOPLE 181 00:06:28,688 --> 00:06:30,923 THAT WE REPRESENT UP HERE. TO 182 00:06:30,923 --> 00:06:35,495 CARRY PEOPLE'S DREAMS INTO SPACE 183 00:06:35,495 --> 00:06:42,602 WITH US. 184 00:06:42,602 --> 00:06:44,904 >> YES, WE ARE ALL DOING THIS AS 185 00:06:44,904 --> 00:06:48,574 A ROUTINE SO YOU ALL WILL BE 186 00:06:48,574 --> 00:06:51,277 THERE AS WELL. 187 00:06:51,277 --> 00:06:53,112 >> WE HAVE A SERIES OF TASKS 188 00:06:53,112 --> 00:06:54,280 WE'RE ASKED TO DO AND WE KNOW 189 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:56,783 THAT IT'S GOING TOWARDS A GOOD 190 00:06:56,783 --> 00:06:57,917 CAUSE AND BENEFITING THE EARTH 191 00:06:57,917 --> 00:07:02,121 AND THAT IT'S ADVANCING THE 192 00:07:02,121 --> 00:07:03,823 CAUSE FOR ALL HUMANITY. 193 00:07:03,823 --> 00:07:05,525 BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE EVERY 194 00:07:05,525 --> 00:07:06,726 SINGLE DAY IS SUCH AN HONOR AND 195 00:07:06,726 --> 00:07:07,660 I'LL DEFINITELY MISS THAT. 196 00:07:07,660 --> 00:07:09,562 THE MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT IS 197 00:07:09,562 --> 00:07:11,364 A LOT OF FUN AND BRINGS ABOUT A 198 00:07:11,364 --> 00:07:12,832 LOT OF INTERESTING CHANGES IN 199 00:07:12,832 --> 00:07:14,500 THE HUMAN BODY AND OBVIOUSLY 200 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:17,403 ENABLES THE AMAZING SCIENCE WE 201 00:07:17,403 --> 00:07:18,538 DO HERE. WHEN I THINK BACK 202 00:07:18,538 --> 00:07:20,072 ABOUT THE LEGACY OF THIS MISSION 203 00:07:20,072 --> 00:07:21,874 I THINK THE THING THAT I'LL BE 204 00:07:21,874 --> 00:07:23,209 MOST PROUD OF IS JUST BRINGING 205 00:07:23,209 --> 00:07:25,011 MY BEST EVERY DAY AND 206 00:07:25,011 --> 00:07:26,646 CONTRIBUTING AND GIVING BACK TO 207 00:07:26,646 --> 00:07:29,081 THIS PROGRAM THAT HAS ALLOWED ME 208 00:07:29,081 --> 00:07:30,216 TO BE HERE AND ALLOWED ME TO 209 00:07:30,216 --> 00:07:33,252 WORK FOR A MISSION I BELIEVE IN 210 00:07:33,252 --> 00:07:34,854 FOR MY WHOLE LIFE AND MY 211 00:07:34,854 --> 00:07:35,988 TRAINING TEAM AND THE TEAMS ON 212 00:07:35,988 --> 00:07:37,356 THE GROUND AND ENGINEERS AND 213 00:07:37,356 --> 00:07:39,025 PLANNER AND THE FLIGHT 214 00:07:39,025 --> 00:07:40,593 CONTROLLERS THAT MAKE EVERYTHING 215 00:07:40,593 --> 00:07:42,428 POSSIBLE. 216 00:07:42,428 --> 00:07:45,231 LIKE I SAID, JUST REMAINING 217 00:07:45,231 --> 00:07:47,767 VIGILANT IN MEETING THE 218 00:07:47,767 --> 00:07:48,935 CHALLENGES EVERY DAY UP HERE AND 219 00:07:48,935 --> 00:07:50,336 JUST REMEMBERING THAT IT'S ALL 220 00:07:50,336 --> 00:07:52,071 ABOUT GIVING BACK AND 221 00:07:52,071 --> 00:07:59,979 CONTRIBUTING. 222 00:07:59,979 --> 00:08:02,748 >> CHRISTINA KOCH'S LONG, LONG 223 00:08:02,748 --> 00:08:07,119 WRAP UP JUST A FEW HOURS AGO. 224 00:08:07,119 --> 00:08:08,955 THE ONLY AMERICAN WHO HAS LONGER 225 00:08:08,955 --> 00:08:10,656 SPACEFLIGHT THAN CHRISTINA KOCH 226 00:08:10,656 --> 00:08:12,592 IS SCOTT KELLY. 227 00:08:12,592 --> 00:08:15,328 WHEN HE WAS HERE LAST WEEK WE 228 00:08:15,328 --> 00:08:16,495 ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ANY ADVICE 229 00:08:16,495 --> 00:08:19,465 FOR CHRISTINA ABOUT HOW TO GET 230 00:08:19,465 --> 00:08:21,334 USED TO BEING BACK ON EARTH 231 00:08:21,334 --> 00:08:23,002 AFTER SUCH A LONG FLIGHT. 232 00:08:23,002 --> 00:08:24,670 HE DID. 233 00:08:24,670 --> 00:08:27,006 >> I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU 234 00:08:27,006 --> 00:08:28,875 ON A SUCCESSFUL MISSION AND GET 235 00:08:28,875 --> 00:08:30,910 FORWARD YOU GETTING BACK ON 236 00:08:30,910 --> 00:08:31,410 EARTH. 237 00:08:31,410 --> 00:08:34,981 AN INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE TO COME 238 00:08:34,981 --> 00:08:42,121 BACK FROM SPACE. 239 00:08:42,121 --> 00:08:43,022 STRICTLY UP TO YOU. 240 00:08:43,022 --> 00:08:44,090 WHATEVER YOU'RE CRAVING. 241 00:08:44,090 --> 00:08:47,593 IN MY CASE I CRAVED FRESH 242 00:08:47,593 --> 00:08:48,728 VEGETABLES PAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE 243 00:08:48,728 --> 00:08:50,596 A WHOLE LOT OF THAT ON BOARD AS 244 00:08:50,596 --> 00:08:51,464 YOU KNOW. 245 00:08:51,464 --> 00:08:57,136 I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PUT 246 00:08:57,136 --> 00:08:58,304 EVERYTHING IN THE RIGHT 247 00:08:58,304 --> 00:08:59,205 PERSPECTIVE AND UNDERSTAND HOW 248 00:08:59,205 --> 00:09:00,373 IMPORTANT IT IS TO GET THE RIGHT 249 00:09:00,373 --> 00:09:02,775 AMOUNT OF REST AND BALANCE ALL 250 00:09:02,775 --> 00:09:04,644 THOSE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO 251 00:09:04,644 --> 00:09:05,945 BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO 252 00:09:05,945 --> 00:09:07,947 THEM IN SO LONG. 253 00:09:07,947 --> 00:09:09,615 ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF COMING 254 00:09:09,615 --> 00:09:12,318 BACK TO EARTH AFTER BEING IN 255 00:09:12,318 --> 00:09:15,655 SPACE SO LONG YOU HAVE THIS 256 00:09:15,655 --> 00:09:17,490 TIGHTLY CONTROLLED SCHEDULE AND 257 00:09:17,490 --> 00:09:19,125 ONE OF THE THINGS I ALWAYS FOUND 258 00:09:19,125 --> 00:09:20,860 HARD TO ADJUST TO IS WHEN I COME 259 00:09:20,860 --> 00:09:23,362 BACK NOT HAVING THAT PLAN 260 00:09:23,362 --> 00:09:23,729 ANYMORE. 261 00:09:23,729 --> 00:09:24,931 THE ADVICE I WOULD GIVE YOU, 262 00:09:24,931 --> 00:09:26,666 TELL YOUR OWN STORY, LET PEOPLE 263 00:09:26,666 --> 00:09:29,168 KNOW HOW YOU REALLY FELT, WHAT 264 00:09:29,168 --> 00:09:30,636 YOU THOUGHT, WHAT YOUR FEELINGS 265 00:09:30,636 --> 00:09:32,471 WERE WHILE YOU WERE ON THIS 266 00:09:32,471 --> 00:09:34,573 MISSION. 267 00:09:34,573 --> 00:09:37,276 TRY TO INSPIRE, ENTERTAIN, 268 00:09:37,276 --> 00:09:37,576 INFORM. 269 00:09:37,576 --> 00:09:39,145 BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS 270 00:09:39,145 --> 00:09:40,346 YOU GOT TO BE GENUINE. 271 00:09:40,346 --> 00:09:43,983 WHEN YOU COME BACK IT'S SOMEWHAT 272 00:09:43,983 --> 00:09:45,751 LIKE A SENSORY OVERLOAD A LITTLE 273 00:09:45,751 --> 00:09:47,687 BIT, EXPERIENCING WEATHER FOR 274 00:09:47,687 --> 00:09:49,522 THE FIRST TIME, RAIN, SUN ON 275 00:09:49,522 --> 00:09:54,427 YOUR FACE, WIND, IT'S 276 00:09:54,427 --> 00:09:54,827 EXHILARATING. 277 00:09:54,827 --> 00:09:55,728 I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I SAW 278 00:09:55,728 --> 00:09:57,530 A DOG UP CLOSE AFTER I GOT BACK 279 00:09:57,530 --> 00:09:59,065 IT WAS ALMOST LIKE SEEING AN 280 00:09:59,065 --> 00:10:00,566 ALIEN BEING. 281 00:10:00,566 --> 00:10:01,834 IT'S HOW I FELT ABOUT IT. 282 00:10:01,834 --> 00:10:02,902 IT WAS REALLY COOL. 283 00:10:02,902 --> 00:10:04,603 SEEK OUT A DOG IF YOU DON'T HAVE 284 00:10:04,603 --> 00:10:12,678 ONE. 285 00:10:12,678 --> 00:10:15,781 >> AND NOW, EXPEDITION 62 WHICH 286 00:10:15,781 --> 00:10:19,151 WILL FEATURE ALEX AND DREW 287 00:10:19,151 --> 00:10:21,287 MORGAN AND JESSICA MEIR ON BOARD 288 00:10:21,287 --> 00:10:23,622 UNTIL THE NEXT SOYUZ VEHICLE 289 00:10:23,622 --> 00:10:26,392 ARRIVES. 290 00:10:26,392 --> 00:10:27,994 SHE'S ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH 291 00:10:27,994 --> 00:10:29,428 PUTTING INTO PRACTICAL USE SOME 292 00:10:29,428 --> 00:10:30,930 OF THE EDUCATION SHE ACQUIRED IN 293 00:10:30,930 --> 00:10:32,932 YEARS OF SPACE STATION MISSION 294 00:10:32,932 --> 00:10:33,666 TRAINING AND THAT OF COURSE WAS 295 00:10:33,666 --> 00:10:37,370 ON TOP OF WHAT SHE LEARNED 296 00:10:37,370 --> 00:10:39,438 EARNING A BACHELOR'S IN BIOLOGY 297 00:10:39,438 --> 00:10:42,241 AND MASTERS IN SPACE SCIENCE AND 298 00:10:42,241 --> 00:10:44,510 DOCTORATE IN MARINE BIOLOGY. 299 00:10:44,510 --> 00:10:45,678 LITTLE OF THAT MUCH MATTERED 300 00:10:45,678 --> 00:10:49,148 WHEN SHE SIT DOWN WITH US FOR 301 00:10:49,148 --> 00:10:50,349 NON TECHNICAL QUESTIONS. 302 00:10:50,349 --> 00:10:59,959 TAKE A LOOK. 303 00:10:59,959 --> 00:11:00,760 WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE? 304 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,261 >> GREEN. 305 00:11:02,261 --> 00:11:06,032 >> BOOK SOME FAVORITE SONG. 306 00:11:06,032 --> 00:11:07,533 >> ANYTHING BY THE NATIONAL. 307 00:11:07,533 --> 00:11:08,701 >> ARE YOU A MORNING PERSON OR A 308 00:11:08,701 --> 00:11:09,902 NIGHT PERSON. 309 00:11:09,902 --> 00:11:11,670 >> DEFINITELY NOT A MORNING 310 00:11:11,670 --> 00:11:11,971 PERSON. 311 00:11:11,971 --> 00:11:14,306 >> WHAT'S ONE THING YOU'RE 312 00:11:14,306 --> 00:11:15,107 AFRAID OF. 313 00:11:15,107 --> 00:11:16,308 >> PLANTS DYING. 314 00:11:16,308 --> 00:11:18,444 >> WHO MAKES YOU LAUGH 315 00:11:18,444 --> 00:11:19,745 >> MY BEST FRIEND FROM COLLEGE. 316 00:11:19,745 --> 00:11:23,416 >> WHAT'S THE THING YOU DO 317 00:11:23,416 --> 00:11:24,050 OUTDOORS 318 00:11:24,050 --> 00:11:25,151 >> SPEND OUTDOORS 319 00:11:25,151 --> 00:11:26,886 >> FAVORITE ANIMAL? 320 00:11:26,886 --> 00:11:27,953 >> SEA BIRD. 321 00:11:27,953 --> 00:11:29,355 >> IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPER 322 00:11:29,355 --> 00:11:31,690 POWER WHAT WOULD IT SHALL 323 00:11:31,690 --> 00:11:32,358 >> DEFINITELY TO FLY. 324 00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:34,026 >> THE VALUABLE HIGH SCHOOL OR 325 00:11:34,026 --> 00:11:36,062 COLLEGE CLASS YOU EVER TO. 326 00:11:36,062 --> 00:11:38,731 >> MY INDUSTRY CLASS AT BROWN. 327 00:11:38,731 --> 00:11:39,732 >> MOST IMPORTANT ADVICE YOU 328 00:11:39,732 --> 00:11:41,333 WOULD GIVE YOURSELF 329 00:11:41,333 --> 00:11:42,368 >> APPRECIATE THE MOMENT. 330 00:11:42,368 --> 00:11:43,669 >> INSPIRES YOU? 331 00:11:43,669 --> 00:11:45,271 >> MY MENTOR FROM GRAD SCHOOL. 332 00:11:45,271 --> 00:11:47,573 >> WHAT'S A GOAL YOU PLAN ON 333 00:11:47,573 --> 00:11:48,074 ACHIEVING? 334 00:11:48,074 --> 00:11:49,875 >> TO FULFILL MY FUTURE PLANS 335 00:11:49,875 --> 00:11:52,812 FOR MY HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK TO 336 00:11:52,812 --> 00:11:54,146 GO FOR SPACEWALK. 337 00:11:54,146 --> 00:11:56,515 >> WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON MARS FOR 338 00:11:56,515 --> 00:11:56,816 FUN? 339 00:11:56,816 --> 00:11:58,384 >> EXPLORE. 340 00:11:58,384 --> 00:12:00,419 MAYBE SOME KIND OF SAN DUNE 341 00:12:00,419 --> 00:12:09,862 SURFING. 342 00:12:09,862 --> 00:12:12,064 >> JESSICA MEIR AND CREW MAKE 343 00:12:12,064 --> 00:12:13,399 DREW MORGAN LIKE TO SAY THEY'RE 344 00:12:13,399 --> 00:12:15,034 JUST THE TIP OF THE SPHERE A 345 00:12:15,034 --> 00:12:17,303 SMALL PART OF A LARGE EFFORT TO 346 00:12:17,303 --> 00:12:18,237 EXPLORE SPACE. 347 00:12:18,237 --> 00:12:19,638 IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE DOING 348 00:12:19,638 --> 00:12:21,107 THEIR PART ON BOARD THE 349 00:12:21,107 --> 00:12:22,508 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 350 00:12:22,508 --> 00:12:25,244 WHICH IS A LABORATORY OFFERING A 351 00:12:25,244 --> 00:12:27,113 1-OF-A-KIND ENVIRONMENT FOR 352 00:12:27,113 --> 00:12:28,013 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. 353 00:12:28,013 --> 00:12:29,381 TODAY WE KICK OFF A SPECIAL 354 00:12:29,381 --> 00:12:30,649 SERIES LOOKING AT SOME OF THE 355 00:12:30,649 --> 00:12:31,917 OTHER PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE 356 00:12:31,917 --> 00:12:32,952 PROGRAM WORK. 357 00:12:32,952 --> 00:12:35,020 THE SCIENTISTS BEHIND THOSE 358 00:12:35,020 --> 00:12:36,322 EXPERIMENTS. 359 00:12:36,322 --> 00:12:41,760 MAESTRO, CUE THE OVERTURE. 360 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,996 >> FEELING WEIGHED DOWN AND 361 00:12:43,996 --> 00:12:45,264 CONSTANT PULL TO THE EARTH? 362 00:12:45,264 --> 00:12:46,499 WE ALL ARE. 363 00:12:46,499 --> 00:12:47,666 IT'S GRAVITY AND A PART OF EVERY 364 00:12:47,666 --> 00:12:49,935 SINGLE THING WE DO, INCLUDING 365 00:12:49,935 --> 00:12:50,769 OUR SCIENCE. 366 00:12:50,769 --> 00:12:52,872 WHAT IF WE'RE 250 MILES ABOVE 367 00:12:52,872 --> 00:12:54,640 EARTH, ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL 368 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:55,674 SPACE STATION? 369 00:12:55,674 --> 00:12:57,610 A LABORATORY LIKE NO OTHER THAT 370 00:12:57,610 --> 00:12:59,078 OFFERS SOMETHING WE CAN'T GET ON 371 00:12:59,078 --> 00:13:33,913 OUR HOME PLANET. 372 00:13:33,913 --> 00:13:36,582 MY NAME IS DR. SERENA NASA 373 00:13:36,582 --> 00:13:37,316 ASTRONAUT. 374 00:13:37,316 --> 00:13:38,918 I RECENTLY FLEW TO THE 375 00:13:38,918 --> 00:13:39,785 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 376 00:13:39,785 --> 00:13:43,322 ABOARD EXPEDITION 56 AND 57. 377 00:13:43,322 --> 00:13:44,924 MY RELATIONSHIP WITH 378 00:13:44,924 --> 00:13:46,825 MICROGRAVITY I GOT TO LIVE IN 379 00:13:46,825 --> 00:13:49,328 MICROGRAVITY FOR 197 DAYS WHEN I 380 00:13:49,328 --> 00:13:51,230 WAS ON ORBIT. 381 00:13:51,230 --> 00:13:56,202 MANY PEOPLE ASK WHAT IS MIKE 382 00:13:56,202 --> 00:13:56,902 CROW GRAVITY. 383 00:13:56,902 --> 00:13:59,605 IT ACTS UPON ALL OBJECTS. 384 00:13:59,605 --> 00:14:01,774 WE'RE NEVER TRULY ON ZERO 385 00:14:01,774 --> 00:14:02,074 GRAVITY. 386 00:14:02,074 --> 00:14:03,709 BECAUSE OF THE SPACE STATION IS 387 00:14:03,709 --> 00:14:05,044 TRAVELING SO FAST AROUND THE 388 00:14:05,044 --> 00:14:06,078 SURFACE OF THE EARTH WE'RE 389 00:14:06,078 --> 00:14:07,479 ACTUALLY IN A CONSTANT FREE FALL 390 00:14:07,479 --> 00:14:09,248 AND THAT'S WHY EVERYTHING AND 391 00:14:09,248 --> 00:14:11,050 EVERYBODY APPEARS TO FLOAT ON 392 00:14:11,050 --> 00:14:13,118 BOARD THE SPACE STATION. 393 00:14:13,118 --> 00:14:15,087 WE ARE EXPERIENCING THE EARTH'S 394 00:14:15,087 --> 00:14:15,387 GRAVITY. 395 00:14:15,387 --> 00:14:16,989 IN FACT WE'RE ACTUALLY 396 00:14:16,989 --> 00:14:19,058 EXPERIENCING ABOUT 90% OF WHAT 397 00:14:19,058 --> 00:14:20,426 YOU ALL EXPERIENCE ON THE 398 00:14:20,426 --> 00:14:21,894 SURFACE OF THE EARTH, THE 399 00:14:21,894 --> 00:14:23,162 DIFFERENCE IS WE'RE JUST MOVING 400 00:14:23,162 --> 00:14:25,497 SO FAST THAT AS WE FALL, WE 401 00:14:25,497 --> 00:14:27,066 ACTUALLY FALL AROUND THE EARTH 402 00:14:27,066 --> 00:14:28,500 AND THAT DEFINES ORBIT. 403 00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:33,672 SO MICROGRAVITY MEANS IT'S NOT 404 00:14:33,672 --> 00:14:35,541 THE ABSENCE OF MASS BUT ALL THEM 405 00:14:35,541 --> 00:14:38,210 TOGETHER ARE IN THE 406 00:14:38,210 --> 00:14:39,712 GRAVITATIONAL FIELD AND FALLING 407 00:14:39,712 --> 00:14:40,145 TOGETHER. 408 00:14:40,145 --> 00:14:41,914 SO, YES, IT IS A LOT OF FUN. 409 00:14:41,914 --> 00:14:42,915 FLOATING AROUND OF COURSE IS ONE 410 00:14:42,915 --> 00:14:44,683 OF THE EXCITING PARTS OF BEING 411 00:14:44,683 --> 00:14:46,518 UP HERE ON BOARD AND BEING AN 412 00:14:46,518 --> 00:14:47,886 ASTRONAUT, BUT EVEN MORE 413 00:14:47,886 --> 00:14:49,455 IMPORTANTLY IT LENDS ITSELF TO 414 00:14:49,455 --> 00:14:53,993 ALL THE AMAZING EXPERIMENTS TO 415 00:14:53,993 --> 00:14:55,394 DO THINGS THAT WE CAN'T DO ON 416 00:14:55,394 --> 00:14:57,796 EARTH THAT CAN BENEFIT LIFE BACK 417 00:14:57,796 --> 00:14:58,497 ON EARTH. 418 00:14:58,497 --> 00:15:00,332 >> THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT 419 00:15:00,332 --> 00:15:01,734 IT'S SO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE 420 00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:02,968 HAVE ON THE GROUND WHERE 421 00:15:02,968 --> 00:15:03,869 EVERYTHING IS PULLED BY THE 422 00:15:03,869 --> 00:15:06,405 EARTH AT WHAT WE CALL ONE FORCE 423 00:15:06,405 --> 00:15:07,139 OF GRAVITY. 424 00:15:07,139 --> 00:15:09,074 WHAT THAT DOES IS IT ALLOWS YOU 425 00:15:09,074 --> 00:15:11,377 TO SEE THE SMALL FORCES, THE 426 00:15:11,377 --> 00:15:13,145 SMALL PROCESSES, THE SMALL 427 00:15:13,145 --> 00:15:16,081 EFFECTS OF WHAT GOES ON IN LIFE 428 00:15:16,081 --> 00:15:18,217 CELL DEVELOPMENT OR TECHNICAL 429 00:15:18,217 --> 00:15:22,588 PROCESSIONS LIKE COMBUSTION OR 430 00:15:22,588 --> 00:15:23,188 FLUID FLOW. 431 00:15:23,188 --> 00:15:25,624 IT HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU 432 00:15:25,624 --> 00:15:27,226 FULLY MAY NOT HAVE UNDERSTOOD ON 433 00:15:27,226 --> 00:15:28,727 EARTH WHERE YOU SEE SOMETHING 434 00:15:28,727 --> 00:15:31,830 HAPPENING OR DISASSEMBLING OR 435 00:15:31,830 --> 00:15:36,902 SHAPE OF SOMETHING GOING INTO 3 436 00:15:36,902 --> 00:15:38,537 DIMENSIONS AND YOU LEARN THAT'S 437 00:15:38,537 --> 00:15:40,739 WHAT YOU DRIVING THIS THING ON 438 00:15:40,739 --> 00:15:41,907 EARTH THAT WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. 439 00:15:41,907 --> 00:15:43,609 >> ON EARTH GRAVITY IS EFFECTING 440 00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:45,244 ALL RESEARCH WE DO AND SOMETIMES 441 00:15:45,244 --> 00:15:46,979 THAT CAN GET IN THE WAY. 442 00:15:46,979 --> 00:15:48,180 STUDYING THINGS IN DIFFERENT 443 00:15:48,180 --> 00:15:49,381 ENVIRONMENTS CAN GET A BETTER 444 00:15:49,381 --> 00:15:51,450 PICTURE HOW THEY WORK FROM 445 00:15:51,450 --> 00:15:52,351 DISEASES TO FIRES AND THINGS 446 00:15:52,351 --> 00:15:55,020 THAT MAKE UP PRODUCTS LIKE MILK 447 00:15:55,020 --> 00:15:56,889 OR SHAMPOO 448 00:15:56,889 --> 00:15:59,625 >> THE MAIN THINGS WE PERFORM IS 449 00:15:59,625 --> 00:16:00,125 SCIENCE. 450 00:16:00,125 --> 00:16:02,695 70-80% OF THE DAY IS PERFORMING 451 00:16:02,695 --> 00:16:03,495 SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS 452 00:16:03,495 --> 00:16:04,563 >> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 453 00:16:04,563 --> 00:16:07,266 STATION IS A GREAT PLACE TO DO 454 00:16:07,266 --> 00:16:09,068 RESEARCH. 455 00:16:09,068 --> 00:16:11,136 IT'S A BIG HUGE SATELLITE 456 00:16:11,136 --> 00:16:12,237 ORBITING THE EARTH. 457 00:16:12,237 --> 00:16:13,839 IF YOU WANT AN INSTRUMENT THAT 458 00:16:13,839 --> 00:16:15,040 WANTS TO LOOK AT THE EARTH WE 459 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:16,775 PROVIDE THE POWER AND THE DATA 460 00:16:16,775 --> 00:16:18,277 AND PLATFORM FOR IT. 461 00:16:18,277 --> 00:16:20,546 YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO YOUR OWN 462 00:16:20,546 --> 00:16:21,680 NEW SATELLITE. 463 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:24,883 OUTSIDE OF THE ISS IS AN EXTREME 464 00:16:24,883 --> 00:16:26,985 ENVIRONMENT AND YOU LEARN THINGS 465 00:16:26,985 --> 00:16:31,323 BY EXPOSING YOUR HARDWARE OR 466 00:16:31,323 --> 00:16:33,192 POLYMERS TO A DIFFERENT 467 00:16:33,192 --> 00:16:33,892 ENVIRONMENT. 468 00:16:33,892 --> 00:16:36,595 BUT PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST 469 00:16:36,595 --> 00:16:38,297 PERVASIVE USES OF THE ISS IS 470 00:16:38,297 --> 00:16:41,734 JUST THE MICROGRAVITY 471 00:16:41,734 --> 00:16:42,167 ENVIRONMENT. 472 00:16:42,167 --> 00:16:44,002 THINGS WE DO INSIDE TO BE ABLE 473 00:16:44,002 --> 00:16:46,705 TO DO YOUR EXPERIMENT IN SPACE 474 00:16:46,705 --> 00:16:50,275 WITHOUT GRAVITY WHICH WE LIVE 475 00:16:50,275 --> 00:16:52,311 WITH EVERY DAY AND WE DON'T 476 00:16:52,311 --> 00:16:54,046 REALIZE HOW IT GOVERNS SO MANY 477 00:16:54,046 --> 00:16:54,580 THINGS. 478 00:16:54,580 --> 00:16:56,482 IF YOU TAKE IT AWAY, NOW SOME OF 479 00:16:56,482 --> 00:16:58,250 THE SMALL PHENOMENA, SOME OF THE 480 00:16:58,250 --> 00:17:02,087 SMALL PROCESSES AND FORCES START 481 00:17:02,087 --> 00:17:03,389 TO COME OUT AND YOU CAN SEE THEM 482 00:17:03,389 --> 00:17:04,656 AND THE BEHAVIORS OF YOUR 483 00:17:04,656 --> 00:17:06,024 EXPERIMENT HAPPENING DIFFERENTLY 484 00:17:06,024 --> 00:17:09,361 IN SPACE AND MICROGRAVITY THAN 485 00:17:09,361 --> 00:17:10,162 ON THE GROUND. 486 00:17:10,162 --> 00:17:11,263 >> TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO MAKE 487 00:17:11,263 --> 00:17:13,832 ALL OF THAT MICROGRAVITY SCIENCE 488 00:17:13,832 --> 00:17:14,366 HAPPEN. 489 00:17:14,366 --> 00:17:16,568 4,000 SCIENTISTS, COMPANIES AND 490 00:17:16,568 --> 00:17:18,470 STUDENTS FROM OVER 100 COUNTRIES 491 00:17:18,470 --> 00:17:22,274 HAVE SENT MORE THAN 2700 492 00:17:22,274 --> 00:17:23,275 EXPERIMENTS TO THE ORBITING 493 00:17:23,275 --> 00:17:23,642 LABORATORY. 494 00:17:23,642 --> 00:17:25,577 OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, THESE 495 00:17:25,577 --> 00:17:27,579 STUDIES HAVE UNLOCKED NEW 496 00:17:27,579 --> 00:17:29,148 DISCOVERIES AND EVEN KICKED OFF 497 00:17:29,148 --> 00:17:33,285 HUNDREDS OF NEW MICROGRAVITY 498 00:17:33,285 --> 00:17:33,852 EXPERIMENTS. 499 00:17:33,852 --> 00:17:35,387 >> WE'RE STUDYING THE PHYSIOLOGY 500 00:17:35,387 --> 00:17:38,991 OF HOW BLOOD FLOW AND OUR -- THE 501 00:17:38,991 --> 00:17:41,427 FLUIDS IN OUR BODY SHIFT. 502 00:17:41,427 --> 00:17:44,129 >> YESTERDAY I SPENT SOME TIME 503 00:17:44,129 --> 00:17:47,866 SETTING UP A VEGGIE EXPERIMENT. 504 00:17:47,866 --> 00:17:49,768 >> WE HAVE BEEN HELPING START A 505 00:17:49,768 --> 00:17:52,137 NEW EXPERIMENT CALLED THE COLD 506 00:17:52,137 --> 00:17:55,040 AT TOM LAB WHICH WILL CREATE ONE 507 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,177 OF THE COLDEST PLACES ALMOST AT 508 00:17:58,177 --> 00:17:59,344 ABSOLUTE ZERO. 509 00:17:59,344 --> 00:18:00,913 >> WHO ARE THEY AND HOW DO THEY 510 00:18:00,913 --> 00:18:02,648 GET THEIR RESEARCH TO THE SPACE 511 00:18:02,648 --> 00:18:02,948 STATION. 512 00:18:02,948 --> 00:18:04,149 WE'LL TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES 513 00:18:04,149 --> 00:18:06,885 OF THE YEARS OF PREPARING AN 514 00:18:06,885 --> 00:18:07,553 EXPERIMENT FOR SPACE. 515 00:18:07,553 --> 00:18:12,257 YOU'LL SEE A LAUNCH OFF THE PLAN 516 00:18:12,257 --> 00:18:15,027 PLANET AND BACK DOWN TO THE 517 00:18:15,027 --> 00:18:16,295 OCEAN. 518 00:18:16,295 --> 00:18:22,034 AND HEAR WHAT IT'S LIKE FROM THE 519 00:18:22,034 --> 00:18:23,569 SCIENTISTS ABOARD THE 520 00:18:23,569 --> 00:18:31,743 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 521 00:18:31,743 --> 00:18:35,314 THIS IS OUR FIRST PROJECT 522 00:18:35,314 --> 00:18:36,682 WORKING WITH ANYONE INVOLVED IN 523 00:18:36,682 --> 00:18:38,283 THE SPACE PROGRAM SO IT'S A VERY 524 00:18:38,283 --> 00:18:40,552 EXCITING TIME FOR US. 525 00:18:40,552 --> 00:18:41,753 IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE 526 00:18:41,753 --> 00:18:43,589 HOW ALL OUR PLANNING IS PLAYED 527 00:18:43,589 --> 00:18:45,290 OUT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE HAS THE 528 00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:54,933 EXPERIMENT IN THEIR HANDS. 529 00:18:54,933 --> 00:18:55,634 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW 530 00:18:55,634 --> 00:18:58,303 MEMBERS ARE THE TEST SUBJECTS IN 531 00:18:58,303 --> 00:18:59,705 SOME OF THE EXPERIMENTS ON BOARD 532 00:18:59,705 --> 00:19:02,741 AS SCIENTISTS WORK TO FIGURE OUT 533 00:19:02,741 --> 00:19:05,110 HOW BEING IN SPACE IMPACTS HUMAN 534 00:19:05,110 --> 00:19:06,945 HEALTH AND THAT INCLUDES HOW THE 535 00:19:06,945 --> 00:19:08,647 CREW MEMBERS ESTABLISH A ROUTINE 536 00:19:08,647 --> 00:19:10,182 FOR SLEEP WHICH IS KEY TO THEIR 537 00:19:10,182 --> 00:19:11,683 FUNCTIONING TO THE BEST OF THEIR 538 00:19:11,683 --> 00:19:11,984 ABILITY. 539 00:19:11,984 --> 00:19:13,952 IN THIS DEMONSTRATION VIDEO 540 00:19:13,952 --> 00:19:16,321 ASTRONAUT RICKY ARNOLD TALKS 541 00:19:16,321 --> 00:19:17,556 ABOUT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH 542 00:19:17,556 --> 00:19:19,091 SLEEP IN SPACE AND SHOWS US HOW 543 00:19:19,091 --> 00:19:37,409 THE ASTRONAUTS OVERCOME THEM. 544 00:19:37,409 --> 00:19:39,912 HI, MY NAME IS RICKY ARNOLD ON 545 00:19:39,912 --> 00:19:40,612 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 546 00:19:40,612 --> 00:19:43,815 WE GET ASKED A LOT HOW DO WE 547 00:19:43,815 --> 00:19:45,384 SLEEP IN SPACE AND IT'S A GREAT 548 00:19:45,384 --> 00:19:48,587 QUESTION AND WE KNOW HOW 549 00:19:48,587 --> 00:19:50,188 IMPORTANT A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP 550 00:19:50,188 --> 00:19:51,056 IS. 551 00:19:51,056 --> 00:19:54,126 IF YOU DON'T GET ONE, POORER 552 00:19:54,126 --> 00:19:56,428 REACTION TIMES AND MAYBE BEING 553 00:19:56,428 --> 00:19:58,130 LITTLE GRUMPY AND UP HERE IN 554 00:19:58,130 --> 00:19:59,898 SPACE THOSE ARE THINGS WE WANT 555 00:19:59,898 --> 00:20:00,599 TO AVOID. 556 00:20:00,599 --> 00:20:02,434 SO WE GO AROUND THE EARTH ABOUT 557 00:20:02,434 --> 00:20:03,802 EVERY 90 MINUTES WHICH MEANS WE 558 00:20:03,802 --> 00:20:06,171 GET 16 SUNRISES AND SUNSETS A 559 00:20:06,171 --> 00:20:06,972 DAY. 560 00:20:06,972 --> 00:20:09,007 SO HOW WE SLEEP IS A GOOD 561 00:20:09,007 --> 00:20:09,541 QUESTION. 562 00:20:09,541 --> 00:20:13,312 BECAUSE THE SUN'S ALWAYS GETTING 563 00:20:13,312 --> 00:20:14,746 READY TO COME UP OR SET. 564 00:20:14,746 --> 00:20:16,682 AND WE USE THOSE TO LET YOU KNOW 565 00:20:16,682 --> 00:20:19,384 WHEN IT'S TIME TO BEGIN AND END 566 00:20:19,384 --> 00:20:20,152 OUR DAY. 567 00:20:20,152 --> 00:20:22,154 >> RICKY IS TALKING ABOUT 568 00:20:22,154 --> 00:20:23,522 CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. 569 00:20:23,522 --> 00:20:25,524 IT'S THE NATURAL REGULATOR BASED 570 00:20:25,524 --> 00:20:26,992 ON A 24 SCHEDULE. 571 00:20:26,992 --> 00:20:29,528 THOSE 16 SUNRISES AND SUNSETS 572 00:20:29,528 --> 00:20:32,264 CAN CAUSE MISS ALIGNMENT AND 573 00:20:32,264 --> 00:20:35,033 SLEEP DEFICIENCIES. 574 00:20:35,033 --> 00:20:37,135 HOW DOES A LOSS OF SLEEP RANGE 575 00:20:37,135 --> 00:20:38,437 FROM POOR ATTENTION AT SCHOOL TO 576 00:20:38,437 --> 00:20:41,039 ON THE JOB ERRORS TO LONG TIME 577 00:20:41,039 --> 00:20:43,742 SLEEP LOSS AND EVEN CHRONIC 578 00:20:43,742 --> 00:20:44,209 DISEASE. 579 00:20:44,209 --> 00:20:45,477 HEY, RICKY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING 580 00:20:45,477 --> 00:20:46,845 ON THE SPACE STATION TO GET SOME 581 00:20:46,845 --> 00:20:50,115 SLEEP? 582 00:20:50,115 --> 00:20:51,817 >> HERE IN SPACE WE HAVE TO DO 583 00:20:51,817 --> 00:20:55,053 IT ARTIFICIALLY. 584 00:20:55,053 --> 00:20:56,622 IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF A 585 00:20:56,622 --> 00:20:58,023 REFRIGERATOR AND VERY QUIET. 586 00:20:58,023 --> 00:20:59,858 THE SPACE STATION CAN BE NOISY 587 00:20:59,858 --> 00:21:01,994 BUT IT'S QUIET IN HERE AND WE 588 00:21:01,994 --> 00:21:03,528 CAN CONTROL LIGHT WITH A LIGHT 589 00:21:03,528 --> 00:21:04,162 SWITCH. 590 00:21:04,162 --> 00:21:07,299 IF WE ARE JUST MIDDLE OF THE DAY 591 00:21:07,299 --> 00:21:08,634 WE HAVE A LIGHT LIKE YOU'RE 592 00:21:08,634 --> 00:21:10,002 SEEING RIGHT NOW STANDARD 593 00:21:10,002 --> 00:21:12,237 LIGHTING. 594 00:21:12,237 --> 00:21:13,572 GETTING CLOSE TO THE END OF THE 595 00:21:13,572 --> 00:21:14,506 EVENING YOU WANT TO DIM THE 596 00:21:14,506 --> 00:21:17,509 LIGHT A LITTLE BIT, FOR THE END 597 00:21:17,509 --> 00:21:19,011 OF THE EVENING OR IF YOU'RE UP 598 00:21:19,011 --> 00:21:21,013 LATE AND YOU NEED TO KEEP AWAKE 599 00:21:21,013 --> 00:21:22,848 WE HAVE A BRIGHT LIGHT SETTING. 600 00:21:22,848 --> 00:21:26,418 THE OTHER THING WE HAVE IS OFF. 601 00:21:26,418 --> 00:21:28,987 YOU SEE HOW DARK IT GOT. 602 00:21:28,987 --> 00:21:31,089 ANOTHER CHALLENGE SLEEP ON THE 603 00:21:31,089 --> 00:21:31,757 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 604 00:21:31,757 --> 00:21:34,626 SLEEPING IN MICROGRAVITY IS NICE 605 00:21:34,626 --> 00:21:35,661 BECAUSE YOU CAN FLOAT AND 606 00:21:35,661 --> 00:21:36,928 STRETCH OUT AND IT'S REALLY 607 00:21:36,928 --> 00:21:37,362 COMFORTABLE. 608 00:21:37,362 --> 00:21:39,231 THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE AIR 609 00:21:39,231 --> 00:21:40,132 CURRENTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL 610 00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:41,166 SPACE STATION, YOU CAN VERY WELL 611 00:21:41,166 --> 00:21:43,135 FLOAT INTO A PIECE OF HARDWARE, 612 00:21:43,135 --> 00:21:44,836 HIT YOUR HEAD OR WORSE YET EVEN 613 00:21:44,836 --> 00:21:45,470 BREAK SOMETHING. 614 00:21:45,470 --> 00:21:47,539 SO, WE GOT OUR SLEEPING BACK 615 00:21:47,539 --> 00:21:49,174 HERE JUST ALMOST LIKE A SLEEPING 616 00:21:49,174 --> 00:21:51,276 BAG ON EARTH. 617 00:21:51,276 --> 00:21:53,812 BUT WE HAVE BUNGEE CORDS TO HOLD 618 00:21:53,812 --> 00:21:56,048 US UP AGAINST THE WALL SO I 619 00:21:56,048 --> 00:21:57,315 ALMOST SLEEP STANDING UP AND I 620 00:21:57,315 --> 00:21:59,818 HAVE A PILLOW WHICH IS BAG FULL 621 00:21:59,818 --> 00:22:00,786 OF CLOTHES. 622 00:22:00,786 --> 00:22:02,688 I KEEP IT ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD 623 00:22:02,688 --> 00:22:03,855 BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE TALL AND 624 00:22:03,855 --> 00:22:06,324 THE CREW QUARTERS I TEND TO HIT 625 00:22:06,324 --> 00:22:08,460 MY HEAD ON THE CEILING WHEN I'M 626 00:22:08,460 --> 00:22:08,794 SLEEPING. 627 00:22:08,794 --> 00:22:09,995 I GO THE MY SLEEPING BAG HERE 628 00:22:09,995 --> 00:22:13,065 AND BUNGEE CORDS AND WHEN IT'S 629 00:22:13,065 --> 00:22:18,470 TIME TO GO TO BED UNZIP THE 630 00:22:18,470 --> 00:22:20,672 SLEEPING BAG AND CLIMB UNDER AND 631 00:22:20,672 --> 00:22:23,608 CLIMB INTO THE SLEEPING BAG AND 632 00:22:23,608 --> 00:22:24,710 MAKE SURE YOU'RE NICE AND 633 00:22:24,710 --> 00:22:28,914 SECURE. 634 00:22:28,914 --> 00:22:32,284 ZIP YOURSELF UP AND PLAN ON 635 00:22:32,284 --> 00:22:34,886 GETTING AN IN GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP 636 00:22:34,886 --> 00:22:36,922 SO I HAVE GOOD REACTION TIME AND 637 00:22:36,922 --> 00:22:38,924 THAT I'M NOT GRUMPY IN THE 638 00:22:38,924 --> 00:22:39,257 MORNING. 639 00:22:39,257 --> 00:22:42,728 WITH THAT I'M ALL SET. 640 00:22:42,728 --> 00:23:12,357 GOOD NIGHT FROM THE ISS. 641 00:23:12,357 --> 00:23:14,226 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND 6 OR SO 642 00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:16,828 MONTHS ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE 643 00:23:16,828 --> 00:23:18,196 STATION AS MEN AND WOMEN FROM 644 00:23:18,196 --> 00:23:19,131 AROUND THE WORLD ARE DOING 645 00:23:19,131 --> 00:23:21,266 WITHOUT INTERRUPTION FOR MORE 646 00:23:21,266 --> 00:23:23,568 THAN 19 YEARS NOW THAT'S LEAD TO 647 00:23:23,568 --> 00:23:25,270 THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW 648 00:23:25,270 --> 00:23:27,072 TECHNOLOGIES FOR SPACE 649 00:23:27,072 --> 00:23:29,074 EXPLORATION AND GROUND BREAKING 650 00:23:29,074 --> 00:23:31,143 DISCOVERIES AND EXPERIENCE AMONG 651 00:23:31,143 --> 00:23:33,211 COOPERATION AMONG NATIONS WHILE 652 00:23:33,211 --> 00:23:35,280 FOSTERING COMMERCIALIZATION OF 653 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:35,647 SPACEFLIGHT. 654 00:23:35,647 --> 00:23:36,915 MORE THAN THAT IT'S CAUSED MANY 655 00:23:36,915 --> 00:23:38,250 OF THE ASTRONAUTS TO EXPERIENCE 656 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:40,552 A SHIFT IN THEIR WORLD VIEW. 657 00:23:40,552 --> 00:23:44,623 NASA'S KARIN NYBERG IS ONE OF 658 00:23:44,623 --> 00:24:02,741 THEM. 659 00:24:02,741 --> 00:24:04,276 >> MY FIRST FLIGHT WAS TWO WEEKS 660 00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:06,144 AND A LOT HAD TO DO GET DONE. 661 00:24:06,144 --> 00:24:12,150 I REMEMBER THE POINT WHEN I 662 00:24:12,150 --> 00:24:13,919 THOUGHT, I DID IT AND NOW I'M 663 00:24:13,919 --> 00:24:15,120 HERE AND I REMEMBER SEEING THE 664 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:16,254 BEAUTY OF EARTH BUT I DON'T 665 00:24:16,254 --> 00:24:17,789 REMEMBER ANY PROFOUND THOUGHTS 666 00:24:17,789 --> 00:24:18,790 ABOUT THAT AT THAT POINT OF THE 667 00:24:18,790 --> 00:24:21,726 I THINK WHEN I SPENT A LITTLE 668 00:24:21,726 --> 00:24:23,695 MORE TIME THAT I STARTED TO TAKE 669 00:24:23,695 --> 00:24:33,772 IT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE. 670 00:24:33,772 --> 00:24:36,007 THE ENTIRE EXPERIENCE IS 671 00:24:36,007 --> 00:24:37,175 ACTUALLY VERY SURREAL. 672 00:24:37,175 --> 00:24:42,214 FIRST YOU'RE LAUNCHED AT THE 673 00:24:42,214 --> 00:24:43,515 ROCKET AND LOOKING IT AT THE 674 00:24:43,515 --> 00:24:44,983 EARTH FOR THE FIRST TIME AND 675 00:24:44,983 --> 00:24:45,617 FLOATING AND EVERYTHING IS 676 00:24:45,617 --> 00:24:47,252 DIFFERENT AND IT JUST IS ALL 677 00:24:47,252 --> 00:24:49,254 JUST SUCH A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE 678 00:24:49,254 --> 00:24:52,824 THAT IT ALMOST DOESN'T SEEM 679 00:24:52,824 --> 00:24:53,091 REAL. 680 00:24:53,091 --> 00:24:54,526 WHEN I DID MY SPACE SHUTTLE 681 00:24:54,526 --> 00:24:56,895 FLIGHT FOR TWO WEEKS IN 2008, 682 00:24:56,895 --> 00:24:58,763 WHEN I GOT BACK, YOU COULD HAVE 683 00:24:58,763 --> 00:25:00,265 CONVINCED ME I NEVER WENT 684 00:25:00,265 --> 00:25:02,167 PROBABLY IF THERE WEREN'T 685 00:25:02,167 --> 00:25:02,534 PICTURES. 686 00:25:02,534 --> 00:25:05,070 THE EXPERIENCE IS SO UNUSUAL AND 687 00:25:05,070 --> 00:25:06,037 SO DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING 688 00:25:06,037 --> 00:25:08,106 YOU'VE EVER DONE IT'S HARD TO 689 00:25:08,106 --> 00:25:09,307 GRASP IT ALL. 690 00:25:09,307 --> 00:25:12,577 I WAS VERY EXCITED BECAUSE I 691 00:25:12,577 --> 00:25:13,778 THOUGHT IT'S GOING TO URN ABOUT 692 00:25:13,778 --> 00:25:15,247 IN MY MEMORY AND IT WAS THE SAME 693 00:25:15,247 --> 00:25:15,614 THING. 694 00:25:15,614 --> 00:25:17,749 I CAME BACK AND MY MEMORIES WERE 695 00:25:17,749 --> 00:25:19,784 THERE BUT IT ALMOST DIDN'T SEEM 696 00:25:19,784 --> 00:25:34,366 REAL. 697 00:25:34,366 --> 00:25:35,100 LOOKING IT AT THE EARTH FOR THE 698 00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:38,870 FIRST TIME YOU NOTICE THE 699 00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:39,471 VIBRANCY. 700 00:25:39,471 --> 00:25:43,341 MENT IT'S EQUIVALENT TO ME OF 701 00:25:43,341 --> 00:25:44,309 BACKPACKING IN THE MOUNTAINS. 702 00:25:44,309 --> 00:25:46,578 WHERE YOU'RE TREKKING ALONG AND 703 00:25:46,578 --> 00:25:47,946 YOU COME TO A CLEARING AND 704 00:25:47,946 --> 00:25:49,281 YOU'RE OVER LOOKING A VALLEY AND 705 00:25:49,281 --> 00:25:50,715 THE SUN IS SETTING AND YOU'RE 706 00:25:50,715 --> 00:25:53,218 LIKE, HOW CAN THIS GET ANY 707 00:25:53,218 --> 00:25:54,219 PRETTIER AND YOU TAKE A PICTURE 708 00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:56,021 AND THEN YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT 709 00:25:56,021 --> 00:25:56,955 THE PICTURES AND YOU NEVER HAD 710 00:25:56,955 --> 00:25:57,956 THAT FEELING AGAIN. 711 00:25:57,956 --> 00:26:00,091 IT NEVER BRINGS ABOUT THE 712 00:26:00,091 --> 00:26:01,927 FEELING AND SAME WITH WATCHING A 713 00:26:01,927 --> 00:26:03,228 BEAUTIFUL SUNSET OR SUNRISE. 714 00:26:03,228 --> 00:26:05,463 I HAVE NOT SEEN A PICTURE THAT 715 00:26:05,463 --> 00:26:07,332 GIVES ME THE FEELING THAT I FELT 716 00:26:07,332 --> 00:26:19,577 WHEN I LOOKED WITH MY OWN EYES. 717 00:26:19,577 --> 00:26:20,779 WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE OCEAN 718 00:26:20,779 --> 00:26:22,113 OVER HERE CAN EFFECT WHAT IS 719 00:26:22,113 --> 00:26:23,315 HAPPENING ON LAND OVER HERE. 720 00:26:23,315 --> 00:26:29,020 IT'S JUST ALL ONE BEING AND ALL 721 00:26:29,020 --> 00:26:29,454 INTERCONNECT. 722 00:26:29,454 --> 00:26:31,256 WE TEND TO LIVE IN OUR BUBBLES 723 00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:34,592 OF OUR WORLD THAT'S HERE AND 724 00:26:34,592 --> 00:26:37,429 IT'S HARD TO THINK ABOUT OTHER 725 00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:38,863 PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 726 00:26:38,863 --> 00:26:42,734 WORLD AND BE EMPATHETIC TOWARD 727 00:26:42,734 --> 00:26:43,868 THEM BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW AND 728 00:26:43,868 --> 00:26:44,502 THEIR SITUATION. 729 00:26:44,502 --> 00:26:47,305 I FOUND SEEING THE EARTH REALLY 730 00:26:47,305 --> 00:26:48,473 CHANGING THAT PERSPECTIVE FOR 731 00:26:48,473 --> 00:26:49,007 ME. 732 00:26:49,007 --> 00:26:51,943 AND THEN LISTENING TO A NEWS 733 00:26:51,943 --> 00:26:53,011 STORY IN THE MORNING AND FLYING 734 00:26:53,011 --> 00:26:54,279 OVER THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE 735 00:26:54,279 --> 00:26:58,416 WORLD IN THE AFTERNOON REALLY 736 00:26:58,416 --> 00:27:02,287 AFFECTED ME. 737 00:27:02,287 --> 00:27:05,790 AND JUST REALIZING THAT'S HOME. 738 00:27:05,790 --> 00:27:07,092 OFTEN WE THINK HOME AND RIGHT 739 00:27:07,092 --> 00:27:09,327 NOW HOME IS HOUSTON, TEXAS. 740 00:27:09,327 --> 00:27:11,463 AND CHILDHOOD HOME IS MINNESOTA. 741 00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:23,241 BUT HOME IS EARTH. 742 00:27:23,241 --> 00:27:24,042 >> IF YOU WANT TO GET ANOTHER 743 00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:25,577 LOOK AT ANY OF THE STORIES WE 744 00:27:25,577 --> 00:27:27,412 FEATURE TODAY, CHECK US OUT ON 745 00:27:27,412 --> 00:27:29,080 YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK AND THERE 746 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:30,281 ARE THE PARTICULARS ABOUT WHERE 747 00:27:30,281 --> 00:27:31,449 TO FIND IT. 748 00:27:31,449 --> 00:27:32,650 WHILE YOU'RE THERE, LOOK AROUND 749 00:27:32,650 --> 00:27:34,753 BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER 750 00:27:34,753 --> 00:27:36,087 COOL STUFF YOU CAN FIND ABOUT 751 00:27:36,087 --> 00:27:38,289 NASA AND AMERICA'S HUMAN 752 00:27:38,289 --> 00:27:39,124 SPACEFLIGHT PROGRAM. 753 00:27:39,124 --> 00:27:41,459 IF YOU'RE OUT ON THE INTERNET 754 00:27:41,459 --> 00:27:43,395 ANYWAY, CHECK OUT HOUSTON WE 755 00:27:43,395 --> 00:27:44,729 HAVE A PODCAST. 756 00:27:44,729 --> 00:27:50,268 WE TALK TO FOLKS IN ALL ASPECTS. 757 00:27:50,268 --> 00:27:52,170 TODAY GARY JORDAN TALKS WITH 758 00:27:52,170 --> 00:27:54,272 NASA ARTIST AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER 759 00:27:54,272 --> 00:27:56,107 SHAWN COLLINS ABOUT RICH HISTORY 760 00:27:56,107 --> 00:27:58,309 OF EMBLEMS AND INSIGNIA THAT 761 00:27:58,309 --> 00:28:03,248 DATES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 762 00:28:03,248 --> 00:28:05,450 MERCURY PROGRAM. 763 00:28:05,450 --> 00:28:07,052 YOU'LL FIND ALL THE PREVIOUS 764 00:28:07,052 --> 00:28:09,054 EPISODES AND THE FULL LIBRARY 765 00:28:09,054 --> 00:28:10,755 ALL THE NASA POD KATES. 766 00:28:10,755 --> 00:28:14,626 ALL OF WHICH YOU CAN LISTEN TO 767 00:28:14,626 --> 00:28:16,895 ON APPLE PODCAST AND GOOGLE 768 00:28:16,895 --> 00:28:17,896 PODCAST AND SOUND CLOUD.