GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON AT
NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
YOU GOT A VIEW INTO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM WHERE A TEEM
OF SPECIALIST IS MONITORING
SYSTEMS AND WORK WITH WITH A NEW
EXPEDITION CREW.
THE CREWMATES DREW MORGAN AND
JESSICA MEIR ARE IN THE FIRST
FULL DAY TOGETHER AS EXPEDITION
62 FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY'S
DEPARTURE OF 3 CREWMATES AND
COMPLETION OF A RECORD SETTING
MISSION.
WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND.
ON TOP OF THE NORMAL HUSTLE AND
BUSTLE OF SCIENCE RESEARCH AND
LIFE ABOARD THE SPACE STATION
STATION THEY PREPARED FOR A
SPECIAL HOMECOMING.
RUSSIAN COSMONAUT ALONG WITH
LUCA PARMITANO AND CHRISTINA
KOCH RETURNED HOME ON THURSDAY
AFTER COMPLETING THEIR
EXPEDITION 61 MISSION.
BEFORE THEIR STAY ON BOARD
ENDED, PARMITANO HANDED OVER
COMMAND TO CREWMATE OLEG AND
THEN THE TWO CREWS SAID THEIR
FAREWELL AND THE RETURNING CREW
UNDOCKED FROM THE STATION'S
MODULE.
AFTER THE NEARLY 4 HOUR JOURNEY
THE CREW LANDED SAFELY IN
KAZAKHSTAN AND GREETED BY A
RECOVERY TEAM WHO TRANSPORTED
THEM BEFORE THEY PARTED WAYS TO
HEAD OFF TO THEIR HOME NATION.
THEY SPENT 201 DAYS IN SPACE
HAVING LAUNCHED IN ANDREW MORGAN
LAST JULY.
MORGAN WILL STAY ON THE MISSION
UNTIL THE RETURN TO EARTH IN
APRIL.
CHRISTINA KOCH SET THE RECORD
AFTER COMPLETING HIS 328 LONG
STAY ABOARD THE SPACE STATION
SURPASSING THE RECORD OF 288
DAYS FOLLOWED BY NASA ASTRONAUT
PEGGY WHITSON.
SHE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE
FIRST ALL WOMEN EVA WITH HER
FRIEND AND CREWMATE JESSICA MEIR
BACK IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.
TWO OF THEM WOULD GO ON TO
PERFORM TWO MORE EVA'S TOGETHER.
THIS WEEK SHE REFLECTED ON HER
MULTIRECORD BREAKING MISSION.
>> FOR ME IT'S THE HONOR THAT I
FEEL TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS
OF MY HEROS AND HOPEFULLY I CAN
MAKE IT PAYING HOMAGE TO THEM.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT PAVED THE
WAY.
AND I LOOK AT IT AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO INSPIRE THE NEXT
GENERATION OF FUTURE EXPLORERS.
FOR ME IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SEE
PEOPLE THAT I SAW A REFLECTION
OF MYSELF IN GROWING UP WHEN I
WAS ENVISIONING WHAT I COULD DO
WITH MY LIFE AND WHAT MY DREAMS
MIGHT BE.
SO THE IDEA TO MAYBE BE THAT
SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR
SOMEONE ELSE IS JUST SUCH AN
HONOR AND I HOPE TO CARRY THAT
FORWARD EVEN WHEN I'M BACK ON
EARTH.
>> HER TIME IN SPACE WILL
PROVIDE RESEARCHERS THE
OPPORTUNITY OF EFFECTS OF LONG
DURATION SPACEFLIGHT ON A WOMAN
AND AS THEY PREPARE FOR HUMAN
EXPLORATION AT MARS.
DURING THIS RECORD SETTING
MISSION, SHE SPENT OF HER HOURS
ON SCIENCE ACTIVITIES AND WORE
MANY HATS.
FARMER, BIOLOGIST, PHYSICIST, I
JEER, TEST SUBJECT AND MANY
MORE.
KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS
USING THE #ASKNASA.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
LONGEST EVER SINGLE SPACEFLIGHT
BY A FEMALE ASTRONAUT LASTED FOR
328 DAYS AND 13 HOURS AND 58
MINUTES OF THE SHE'S IN 7TH
PLACE OF MOST TIME SPENT IN
SPACE AMONG ALL ASTRONAUTS.
SHE RECALLED THE BIGGEST
SURPRISE OF THE MISSION AND THE
MOST MEMORABLE ITEMS SHE
RECEIVED ON A CARGO FLIGHT.
>> IN THE BEGINNING, THE
SURPRISE WAS JUST THIS PLACE
ACTUALLY EXISTED.
BUT MORE RECENTLY THE SURPRISE
THAT I UNCOVERED IS THE HUMAN
BODY AND MIND'S ABILITY TO ADAPT
TO ANY SITUATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, I SOMETIMES JOKE
THAT BEFORE JESSICA GOT HERE AND
BEFORE I HEARD HER ALL THE TIME
EXPLAINING ABOUT HOW EXCITING
AND FUN IT WAS TO FLOAT, I THINK
I HAD ACTUALLY FOR GOTTEN THAT I
WAS FLOATING.
THE HUMAN MIND HAS AN ABILITY TO
ACCOMMODATE ANY SITUATION AND
TURN IT INTO NORMAL.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE FACT THAT WE
CAN WORK RIGHT ON THE CEILING
LIKE THIS AND NOT KNOW THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO HAS
BEEN AN EXCITING AND HUGE
SURPRISE TO SEE LIFE UP HERE CAN
ACTUALLY BECOME NORMAL BECAUSE
OF WHAT OUR BODIES CAN ADAPT TO.
I THINK THE MOST MEMORABLE ITEM
I EVER RECEIVED WOULD BE
HANDWRITTEN LETTERS FROM MY
HUSBAND.
NO MATTER WHAT, PEOPLE SEND UP
TO ME AND I'VE GOTTEN TWO
HANDWRITTEN LETTERS AND THEY'RE
ALWAYS MONTHS BEFORE.
I GOT ONE IN OCTOBER THAT HE
WROTE IN JULY BECAUSE OF OUR DUE
DATES OF OUR ITEMS.
THE LETTERS AREN'T NECESSARILY
RELEVANT TO THE MOMENT, BUT THE
FACT THAT THEY CAN EXPRESS
THINGS AND THAT IT'S A'S
SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE YOU LOVE
ON EARTH WAS HOLDING IN THEIR
HAND IS REALLY SPECIAL.
>> DURING HER RECORD-SETTING
FLIGHT, CHRISTINA KOCH SPENT A
LARGE PORTION OF HER TIME ON
SCIENCE ACTIVITIES.
HERE'S LOOK AT SOME OF HER
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS AS SHE TALKS
ABOUT THE ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES SHE HAD DURING
47 FULL WEEKS OFF THE PLANET.
>> FIRST AND FOREMOST OUR
RESPONSIBILITY IS TO OUR CREW UP
HERE TO KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE.
SECONDLY, I WOULD SAY OUR
RESPONSIBILITIES ARE THE WORK,
THE AMAZING WORK THAT WE DO AS
PART OF THIS ORBITING
LABORATORY.
AS A MICROGRAVITY LABORATORY WE
DO SCIENCE IN ALL KINDS OF
DIFFERENT ARENAS FROM PHYSICAL
TO BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE AND HUMAN
RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY
DEMONSTRATIONS AND MANY MORE.
SO, DOING THAT WORK AND CARING
OUT THE WORK THAT IS THE PURPOSE
OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION IS DEFINITELY ONE OF OUR
RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND I ALSO THINK THAT WE HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PEOPLE
THAT WE REPRESENT UP HERE. TO
CARRY PEOPLE'S DREAMS INTO SPACE
WITH US.
>> YES, WE ARE ALL DOING THIS AS
A ROUTINE SO YOU ALL WILL BE
THERE AS WELL.
>> WE HAVE A SERIES OF TASKS
WE'RE ASKED TO DO AND WE KNOW
THAT IT'S GOING TOWARDS A GOOD
CAUSE AND BENEFITING THE EARTH
AND THAT IT'S ADVANCING THE
CAUSE FOR ALL HUMANITY.
BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE EVERY
SINGLE DAY IS SUCH AN HONOR AND
I'LL DEFINITELY MISS THAT.
THE MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT IS
A LOT OF FUN AND BRINGS ABOUT A
LOT OF INTERESTING CHANGES IN
THE HUMAN BODY AND OBVIOUSLY
ENABLES THE AMAZING SCIENCE WE
DO HERE. WHEN I THINK BACK
ABOUT THE LEGACY OF THIS MISSION
I THINK THE THING THAT I'LL BE
MOST PROUD OF IS JUST BRINGING
MY BEST EVERY DAY AND
CONTRIBUTING AND GIVING BACK TO
THIS PROGRAM THAT HAS ALLOWED ME
TO BE HERE AND ALLOWED ME TO
WORK FOR A MISSION I BELIEVE IN
FOR MY WHOLE LIFE AND MY
TRAINING TEAM AND THE TEAMS ON
THE GROUND AND ENGINEERS AND
PLANNER AND THE FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS THAT MAKE EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE.
LIKE I SAID, JUST REMAINING
VIGILANT IN MEETING THE
CHALLENGES EVERY DAY UP HERE AND
JUST REMEMBERING THAT IT'S ALL
ABOUT GIVING BACK AND
CONTRIBUTING.
>> CHRISTINA KOCH'S LONG, LONG
WRAP UP JUST A FEW HOURS AGO.
THE ONLY AMERICAN WHO HAS LONGER
SPACEFLIGHT THAN CHRISTINA KOCH
IS SCOTT KELLY.
WHEN HE WAS HERE LAST WEEK WE
ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ANY ADVICE
FOR CHRISTINA ABOUT HOW TO GET
USED TO BEING BACK ON EARTH
AFTER SUCH A LONG FLIGHT.
HE DID.
>> I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU
ON A SUCCESSFUL MISSION AND GET
FORWARD YOU GETTING BACK ON
EARTH.
AN INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE TO COME
BACK FROM SPACE.
STRICTLY UP TO YOU.
WHATEVER YOU'RE CRAVING.
IN MY CASE I CRAVED FRESH
VEGETABLES PAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE
A WHOLE LOT OF THAT ON BOARD AS
YOU KNOW.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PUT
EVERYTHING IN THE RIGHT
PERSPECTIVE AND UNDERSTAND HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO GET THE RIGHT
AMOUNT OF REST AND BALANCE ALL
THOSE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO
BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO
THEM IN SO LONG.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF COMING
BACK TO EARTH AFTER BEING IN
SPACE SO LONG YOU HAVE THIS
TIGHTLY CONTROLLED SCHEDULE AND
ONE OF THE THINGS I ALWAYS FOUND
HARD TO ADJUST TO IS WHEN I COME
BACK NOT HAVING THAT PLAN
ANYMORE.
THE ADVICE I WOULD GIVE YOU,
TELL YOUR OWN STORY, LET PEOPLE
KNOW HOW YOU REALLY FELT, WHAT
YOU THOUGHT, WHAT YOUR FEELINGS
WERE WHILE YOU WERE ON THIS
MISSION.
TRY TO INSPIRE, ENTERTAIN,
INFORM.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
YOU GOT TO BE GENUINE.
WHEN YOU COME BACK IT'S SOMEWHAT
LIKE A SENSORY OVERLOAD A LITTLE
BIT, EXPERIENCING WEATHER FOR
THE FIRST TIME, RAIN, SUN ON
YOUR FACE, WIND, IT'S
EXHILARATING.
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I SAW
A DOG UP CLOSE AFTER I GOT BACK
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE SEEING AN
ALIEN BEING.
IT'S HOW I FELT ABOUT IT.
IT WAS REALLY COOL.
SEEK OUT A DOG IF YOU DON'T HAVE
ONE.
>> AND NOW, EXPEDITION 62 WHICH
WILL FEATURE ALEX AND DREW
MORGAN AND JESSICA MEIR ON BOARD
UNTIL THE NEXT SOYUZ VEHICLE
ARRIVES.
SHE'S ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH
PUTTING INTO PRACTICAL USE SOME
OF THE EDUCATION SHE ACQUIRED IN
YEARS OF SPACE STATION MISSION
TRAINING AND THAT OF COURSE WAS
ON TOP OF WHAT SHE LEARNED
EARNING A BACHELOR'S IN BIOLOGY
AND MASTERS IN SPACE SCIENCE AND
DOCTORATE IN MARINE BIOLOGY.
LITTLE OF THAT MUCH MATTERED
WHEN SHE SIT DOWN WITH US FOR
NON TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.
TAKE A LOOK.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE?
>> GREEN.
>> BOOK SOME FAVORITE SONG.
>> ANYTHING BY THE NATIONAL.
>> ARE YOU A MORNING PERSON OR A
NIGHT PERSON.
>> DEFINITELY NOT A MORNING
PERSON.
>> WHAT'S ONE THING YOU'RE
AFRAID OF.
>> PLANTS DYING.
>> WHO MAKES YOU LAUGH
>> MY BEST FRIEND FROM COLLEGE.
>> WHAT'S THE THING YOU DO
OUTDOORS
>> SPEND OUTDOORS
>> FAVORITE ANIMAL?
>> SEA BIRD.
>> IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPER
POWER WHAT WOULD IT SHALL
>> DEFINITELY TO FLY.
>> THE VALUABLE HIGH SCHOOL OR
COLLEGE CLASS YOU EVER TO.
>> MY INDUSTRY CLASS AT BROWN.
>> MOST IMPORTANT ADVICE YOU
WOULD GIVE YOURSELF
>> APPRECIATE THE MOMENT.
>> INSPIRES YOU?
>> MY MENTOR FROM GRAD SCHOOL.
>> WHAT'S A GOAL YOU PLAN ON
ACHIEVING?
>> TO FULFILL MY FUTURE PLANS
FOR MY HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK TO
GO FOR SPACEWALK.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON MARS FOR
FUN?
>> EXPLORE.
MAYBE SOME KIND OF SAN DUNE
SURFING.
>> JESSICA MEIR AND CREW MAKE
DREW MORGAN LIKE TO SAY THEY'RE
JUST THE TIP OF THE SPHERE A
SMALL PART OF A LARGE EFFORT TO
EXPLORE SPACE.
IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE DOING
THEIR PART ON BOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
WHICH IS A LABORATORY OFFERING A
1-OF-A-KIND ENVIRONMENT FOR
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
TODAY WE KICK OFF A SPECIAL
SERIES LOOKING AT SOME OF THE
OTHER PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE
PROGRAM WORK.
THE SCIENTISTS BEHIND THOSE
EXPERIMENTS.
MAESTRO, CUE THE OVERTURE.
>> FEELING WEIGHED DOWN AND
CONSTANT PULL TO THE EARTH?
WE ALL ARE.
IT'S GRAVITY AND A PART OF EVERY
SINGLE THING WE DO, INCLUDING
OUR SCIENCE.
WHAT IF WE'RE 250 MILES ABOVE
EARTH, ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION?
A LABORATORY LIKE NO OTHER THAT
OFFERS SOMETHING WE CAN'T GET ON
OUR HOME PLANET.
MY NAME IS DR. SERENA NASA
ASTRONAUT.
I RECENTLY FLEW TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
ABOARD EXPEDITION 56 AND 57.
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH
MICROGRAVITY I GOT TO LIVE IN
MICROGRAVITY FOR 197 DAYS WHEN I
WAS ON ORBIT.
MANY PEOPLE ASK WHAT IS MIKE
CROW GRAVITY.
IT ACTS UPON ALL OBJECTS.
WE'RE NEVER TRULY ON ZERO
GRAVITY.
BECAUSE OF THE SPACE STATION IS
TRAVELING SO FAST AROUND THE
SURFACE OF THE EARTH WE'RE
ACTUALLY IN A CONSTANT FREE FALL
AND THAT'S WHY EVERYTHING AND
EVERYBODY APPEARS TO FLOAT ON
BOARD THE SPACE STATION.
WE ARE EXPERIENCING THE EARTH'S
GRAVITY.
IN FACT WE'RE ACTUALLY
EXPERIENCING ABOUT 90% OF WHAT
YOU ALL EXPERIENCE ON THE
SURFACE OF THE EARTH, THE
DIFFERENCE IS WE'RE JUST MOVING
SO FAST THAT AS WE FALL, WE
ACTUALLY FALL AROUND THE EARTH
AND THAT DEFINES ORBIT.
SO MICROGRAVITY MEANS IT'S NOT
THE ABSENCE OF MASS BUT ALL THEM
TOGETHER ARE IN THE
GRAVITATIONAL FIELD AND FALLING
TOGETHER.
SO, YES, IT IS A LOT OF FUN.
FLOATING AROUND OF COURSE IS ONE
OF THE EXCITING PARTS OF BEING
UP HERE ON BOARD AND BEING AN
ASTRONAUT, BUT EVEN MORE
IMPORTANTLY IT LENDS ITSELF TO
ALL THE AMAZING EXPERIMENTS TO
DO THINGS THAT WE CAN'T DO ON
EARTH THAT CAN BENEFIT LIFE BACK
ON EARTH.
>> THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT
IT'S SO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE
HAVE ON THE GROUND WHERE
EVERYTHING IS PULLED BY THE
EARTH AT WHAT WE CALL ONE FORCE
OF GRAVITY.
WHAT THAT DOES IS IT ALLOWS YOU
TO SEE THE SMALL FORCES, THE
SMALL PROCESSES, THE SMALL
EFFECTS OF WHAT GOES ON IN LIFE
CELL DEVELOPMENT OR TECHNICAL
PROCESSIONS LIKE COMBUSTION OR
FLUID FLOW.
IT HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU
FULLY MAY NOT HAVE UNDERSTOOD ON
EARTH WHERE YOU SEE SOMETHING
HAPPENING OR DISASSEMBLING OR
SHAPE OF SOMETHING GOING INTO 3
DIMENSIONS AND YOU LEARN THAT'S
WHAT YOU DRIVING THIS THING ON
EARTH THAT WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
>> ON EARTH GRAVITY IS EFFECTING
ALL RESEARCH WE DO AND SOMETIMES
THAT CAN GET IN THE WAY.
STUDYING THINGS IN DIFFERENT
ENVIRONMENTS CAN GET A BETTER
PICTURE HOW THEY WORK FROM
DISEASES TO FIRES AND THINGS
THAT MAKE UP PRODUCTS LIKE MILK
OR SHAMPOO
>> THE MAIN THINGS WE PERFORM IS
SCIENCE.
70-80% OF THE DAY IS PERFORMING
SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION IS A GREAT PLACE TO DO
RESEARCH.
IT'S A BIG HUGE SATELLITE
ORBITING THE EARTH.
IF YOU WANT AN INSTRUMENT THAT
WANTS TO LOOK AT THE EARTH WE
PROVIDE THE POWER AND THE DATA
AND PLATFORM FOR IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO YOUR OWN
NEW SATELLITE.
OUTSIDE OF THE ISS IS AN EXTREME
ENVIRONMENT AND YOU LEARN THINGS
BY EXPOSING YOUR HARDWARE OR
POLYMERS TO A DIFFERENT
ENVIRONMENT.
BUT PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
PERVASIVE USES OF THE ISS IS
JUST THE MICROGRAVITY
ENVIRONMENT.
THINGS WE DO INSIDE TO BE ABLE
TO DO YOUR EXPERIMENT IN SPACE
WITHOUT GRAVITY WHICH WE LIVE
WITH EVERY DAY AND WE DON'T
REALIZE HOW IT GOVERNS SO MANY
THINGS.
IF YOU TAKE IT AWAY, NOW SOME OF
THE SMALL PHENOMENA, SOME OF THE
SMALL PROCESSES AND FORCES START
TO COME OUT AND YOU CAN SEE THEM
AND THE BEHAVIORS OF YOUR
EXPERIMENT HAPPENING DIFFERENTLY
IN SPACE AND MICROGRAVITY THAN
ON THE GROUND.
>> TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO MAKE
ALL OF THAT MICROGRAVITY SCIENCE
HAPPEN.
4,000 SCIENTISTS, COMPANIES AND
STUDENTS FROM OVER 100 COUNTRIES
HAVE SENT MORE THAN 2700
EXPERIMENTS TO THE ORBITING
LABORATORY.
OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, THESE
STUDIES HAVE UNLOCKED NEW
DISCOVERIES AND EVEN KICKED OFF
HUNDREDS OF NEW MICROGRAVITY
EXPERIMENTS.
>> WE'RE STUDYING THE PHYSIOLOGY
OF HOW BLOOD FLOW AND OUR -- THE
FLUIDS IN OUR BODY SHIFT.
>> YESTERDAY I SPENT SOME TIME
SETTING UP A VEGGIE EXPERIMENT.
>> WE HAVE BEEN HELPING START A
NEW EXPERIMENT CALLED THE COLD
AT TOM LAB WHICH WILL CREATE ONE
OF THE COLDEST PLACES ALMOST AT
ABSOLUTE ZERO.
>> WHO ARE THEY AND HOW DO THEY
GET THEIR RESEARCH TO THE SPACE
STATION.
WE'LL TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES
OF THE YEARS OF PREPARING AN
EXPERIMENT FOR SPACE.
YOU'LL SEE A LAUNCH OFF THE PLAN
PLANET AND BACK DOWN TO THE
OCEAN.
AND HEAR WHAT IT'S LIKE FROM THE
SCIENTISTS ABOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THIS IS OUR FIRST PROJECT
WORKING WITH ANYONE INVOLVED IN
THE SPACE PROGRAM SO IT'S A VERY
EXCITING TIME FOR US.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
HOW ALL OUR PLANNING IS PLAYED
OUT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE HAS THE
EXPERIMENT IN THEIR HANDS.
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW
MEMBERS ARE THE TEST SUBJECTS IN
SOME OF THE EXPERIMENTS ON BOARD
AS SCIENTISTS WORK TO FIGURE OUT
HOW BEING IN SPACE IMPACTS HUMAN
HEALTH AND THAT INCLUDES HOW THE
CREW MEMBERS ESTABLISH A ROUTINE
FOR SLEEP WHICH IS KEY TO THEIR
FUNCTIONING TO THE BEST OF THEIR
ABILITY.
IN THIS DEMONSTRATION VIDEO
ASTRONAUT RICKY ARNOLD TALKS
ABOUT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH
SLEEP IN SPACE AND SHOWS US HOW
THE ASTRONAUTS OVERCOME THEM.
HI, MY NAME IS RICKY ARNOLD ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE GET ASKED A LOT HOW DO WE
SLEEP IN SPACE AND IT'S A GREAT
QUESTION AND WE KNOW HOW
IMPORTANT A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP
IS.
IF YOU DON'T GET ONE, POORER
REACTION TIMES AND MAYBE BEING
LITTLE GRUMPY AND UP HERE IN
SPACE THOSE ARE THINGS WE WANT
TO AVOID.
SO WE GO AROUND THE EARTH ABOUT
EVERY 90 MINUTES WHICH MEANS WE
GET 16 SUNRISES AND SUNSETS A
DAY.
SO HOW WE SLEEP IS A GOOD
QUESTION.
BECAUSE THE SUN'S ALWAYS GETTING
READY TO COME UP OR SET.
AND WE USE THOSE TO LET YOU KNOW
WHEN IT'S TIME TO BEGIN AND END
OUR DAY.
>> RICKY IS TALKING ABOUT
CIRCADIAN RHYTHM.
IT'S THE NATURAL REGULATOR BASED
ON A 24 SCHEDULE.
THOSE 16 SUNRISES AND SUNSETS
CAN CAUSE MISS ALIGNMENT AND
SLEEP DEFICIENCIES.
HOW DOES A LOSS OF SLEEP RANGE
FROM POOR ATTENTION AT SCHOOL TO
ON THE JOB ERRORS TO LONG TIME
SLEEP LOSS AND EVEN CHRONIC
DISEASE.
HEY, RICKY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING
ON THE SPACE STATION TO GET SOME
SLEEP?
>> HERE IN SPACE WE HAVE TO DO
IT ARTIFICIALLY.
IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF A
REFRIGERATOR AND VERY QUIET.
THE SPACE STATION CAN BE NOISY
BUT IT'S QUIET IN HERE AND WE
CAN CONTROL LIGHT WITH A LIGHT
SWITCH.
IF WE ARE JUST MIDDLE OF THE DAY
WE HAVE A LIGHT LIKE YOU'RE
SEEING RIGHT NOW STANDARD
LIGHTING.
GETTING CLOSE TO THE END OF THE
EVENING YOU WANT TO DIM THE
LIGHT A LITTLE BIT, FOR THE END
OF THE EVENING OR IF YOU'RE UP
LATE AND YOU NEED TO KEEP AWAKE
WE HAVE A BRIGHT LIGHT SETTING.
THE OTHER THING WE HAVE IS OFF.
YOU SEE HOW DARK IT GOT.
ANOTHER CHALLENGE SLEEP ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
SLEEPING IN MICROGRAVITY IS NICE
BECAUSE YOU CAN FLOAT AND
STRETCH OUT AND IT'S REALLY
COMFORTABLE.
THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE AIR
CURRENTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, YOU CAN VERY WELL
FLOAT INTO A PIECE OF HARDWARE,
HIT YOUR HEAD OR WORSE YET EVEN
BREAK SOMETHING.
SO, WE GOT OUR SLEEPING BACK
HERE JUST ALMOST LIKE A SLEEPING
BAG ON EARTH.
BUT WE HAVE BUNGEE CORDS TO HOLD
US UP AGAINST THE WALL SO I
ALMOST SLEEP STANDING UP AND I
HAVE A PILLOW WHICH IS BAG FULL
OF CLOTHES.
I KEEP IT ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD
BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE TALL AND
THE CREW QUARTERS I TEND TO HIT
MY HEAD ON THE CEILING WHEN I'M
SLEEPING.
I GO THE MY SLEEPING BAG HERE
AND BUNGEE CORDS AND WHEN IT'S
TIME TO GO TO BED UNZIP THE
SLEEPING BAG AND CLIMB UNDER AND
CLIMB INTO THE SLEEPING BAG AND
MAKE SURE YOU'RE NICE AND
SECURE.
ZIP YOURSELF UP AND PLAN ON
GETTING AN IN GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP
SO I HAVE GOOD REACTION TIME AND
THAT I'M NOT GRUMPY IN THE
MORNING.
WITH THAT I'M ALL SET.
GOOD NIGHT FROM THE ISS.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND 6 OR SO
MONTHS ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AS MEN AND WOMEN FROM
AROUND THE WORLD ARE DOING
WITHOUT INTERRUPTION FOR MORE
THAN 19 YEARS NOW THAT'S LEAD TO
THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW
TECHNOLOGIES FOR SPACE
EXPLORATION AND GROUND BREAKING
DISCOVERIES AND EXPERIENCE AMONG
COOPERATION AMONG NATIONS WHILE
FOSTERING COMMERCIALIZATION OF
SPACEFLIGHT.
MORE THAN THAT IT'S CAUSED MANY
OF THE ASTRONAUTS TO EXPERIENCE
A SHIFT IN THEIR WORLD VIEW.
NASA'S KARIN NYBERG IS ONE OF
THEM.
>> MY FIRST FLIGHT WAS TWO WEEKS
AND A LOT HAD TO DO GET DONE.
I REMEMBER THE POINT WHEN I
THOUGHT, I DID IT AND NOW I'M
HERE AND I REMEMBER SEEING THE
BEAUTY OF EARTH BUT I DON'T
REMEMBER ANY PROFOUND THOUGHTS
ABOUT THAT AT THAT POINT OF THE
I THINK WHEN I SPENT A LITTLE
MORE TIME THAT I STARTED TO TAKE
IT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THE ENTIRE EXPERIENCE IS
ACTUALLY VERY SURREAL.
FIRST YOU'RE LAUNCHED AT THE
ROCKET AND LOOKING IT AT THE
EARTH FOR THE FIRST TIME AND
FLOATING AND EVERYTHING IS
DIFFERENT AND IT JUST IS ALL
JUST SUCH A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE
THAT IT ALMOST DOESN'T SEEM
REAL.
WHEN I DID MY SPACE SHUTTLE
FLIGHT FOR TWO WEEKS IN 2008,
WHEN I GOT BACK, YOU COULD HAVE
CONVINCED ME I NEVER WENT
PROBABLY IF THERE WEREN'T
PICTURES.
THE EXPERIENCE IS SO UNUSUAL AND
SO DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING
YOU'VE EVER DONE IT'S HARD TO
GRASP IT ALL.
I WAS VERY EXCITED BECAUSE I
THOUGHT IT'S GOING TO URN ABOUT
IN MY MEMORY AND IT WAS THE SAME
THING.
I CAME BACK AND MY MEMORIES WERE
THERE BUT IT ALMOST DIDN'T SEEM
REAL.
LOOKING IT AT THE EARTH FOR THE
FIRST TIME YOU NOTICE THE
VIBRANCY.
MENT IT'S EQUIVALENT TO ME OF
BACKPACKING IN THE MOUNTAINS.
WHERE YOU'RE TREKKING ALONG AND
YOU COME TO A CLEARING AND
YOU'RE OVER LOOKING A VALLEY AND
THE SUN IS SETTING AND YOU'RE
LIKE, HOW CAN THIS GET ANY
PRETTIER AND YOU TAKE A PICTURE
AND THEN YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT
THE PICTURES AND YOU NEVER HAD
THAT FEELING AGAIN.
IT NEVER BRINGS ABOUT THE
FEELING AND SAME WITH WATCHING A
BEAUTIFUL SUNSET OR SUNRISE.
I HAVE NOT SEEN A PICTURE THAT
GIVES ME THE FEELING THAT I FELT
WHEN I LOOKED WITH MY OWN EYES.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE OCEAN
OVER HERE CAN EFFECT WHAT IS
HAPPENING ON LAND OVER HERE.
IT'S JUST ALL ONE BEING AND ALL
INTERCONNECT.
WE TEND TO LIVE IN OUR BUBBLES
OF OUR WORLD THAT'S HERE AND
IT'S HARD TO THINK ABOUT OTHER
PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
WORLD AND BE EMPATHETIC TOWARD
THEM BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW AND
THEIR SITUATION.
I FOUND SEEING THE EARTH REALLY
CHANGING THAT PERSPECTIVE FOR
ME.
AND THEN LISTENING TO A NEWS
STORY IN THE MORNING AND FLYING
OVER THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE
WORLD IN THE AFTERNOON REALLY
AFFECTED ME.
AND JUST REALIZING THAT'S HOME.
OFTEN WE THINK HOME AND RIGHT
NOW HOME IS HOUSTON, TEXAS.
AND CHILDHOOD HOME IS MINNESOTA.
BUT HOME IS EARTH.
>> IF YOU WANT TO GET ANOTHER
LOOK AT ANY OF THE STORIES WE
FEATURE TODAY, CHECK US OUT ON
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ARE THE PARTICULARS ABOUT WHERE
TO FIND IT.
WHILE YOU'RE THERE, LOOK AROUND
BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER
COOL STUFF YOU CAN FIND ABOUT
NASA AND AMERICA'S HUMAN
SPACEFLIGHT PROGRAM.
IF YOU'RE OUT ON THE INTERNET
ANYWAY, CHECK OUT HOUSTON WE
HAVE A PODCAST.
WE TALK TO FOLKS IN ALL ASPECTS.
TODAY GARY JORDAN TALKS WITH
NASA ARTIST AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER
SHAWN COLLINS ABOUT RICH HISTORY
OF EMBLEMS AND INSIGNIA THAT
DATES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE
MERCURY PROGRAM.
YOU'LL FIND ALL THE PREVIOUS
EPISODES AND THE FULL LIBRARY
ALL THE NASA POD KATES.
ALL OF WHICH YOU CAN LISTEN TO
ON APPLE PODCAST AND GOOGLE
PODCAST AND SOUND CLOUD.