>>> GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS SPACE STATION SYSTEMS
WHILE HELPING THEM WITH TASKS
THEY HAVE LEFT TO COMPLETE THIS
WEEK.
WHILE CREWS IN EUROPE HAVE
REPORTED THAT THE COSMIC
PARTICLE DETECTOR ON THE OUTSIDE
OF THE STATION.
>> WELCOME TO FACE THE GROUND.
THIS WEEK SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
ABROAD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
LIKE LEANING IN SIGHT AND BOHN
LOSE RESEARCHERS WILL HAVE AER
UNDERSTANDING.
THIS WILL ENABLE COUNTER
MEASURES.
FOLLOWING A SERIES OF SUCCESSFUL
SPACEWALKS ON THE SPECKTOMETER
THE DEVICE IS BACK-UP AND
RUNNING BETTER THAN AREA.
LAST NIGHT ANDREW MORGAN AND
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY COMPLETED
THE FINAL SPACE LAUNCH ON THE
SPECKTOMETER.
THE OPERATION CONTROL CENTER
SAID THE AMS HAS BEEN POWERED
ON.
>> THIS VEHICLE BLAST OFF FROM
40 AND THEY CONTAINED A VARIETY
OF EQUIPMENT ERECERTIFY
HIGHLIGHTS FOCUS ON FOAM
MANUFACTURING, WATER DROPLET
FORMATION AND OTHER
INVESTIGATIONS.
THIS WEEKS QUESTION COMES FROM
RAY, HE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT
THE MINIMUM AGE TO BE A
ASTRONAUT IS.
THERE IS NO MINIMUM AGE.
THE BASIC REQUIREMENT IS U.S.
CITIZENSHIP.
A MASTERS IN A STEM FIELD.
AND THE ABLE THE TO PASS A NASA
PHYSICAL.
WE WILL BEGIN EXCEPTING
APPLICATIONS ON MONDAY, MARCH 2.
NASA.GOV.
KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS
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>>> IT'S ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO
THAT THEY ARE IN SPACE RIGHT NOW
THEY WILL GET MEMBERS IN THE
21st CLASS.
WHEN THEY RETURN TO WORK IN
APRIL THEY WILL HAVE 200 DAYS IN
SPACE.
JESSICA SPENT MORE TIME DURING
HER TIME AS A SCIENTIST.
BEFORE BEING A TEST SUBJECT IN
SPACE THE P.H.D. MARINE
BIOLOGIST SATISFIED HER CRAVING
WITH MONTHS OF FIELD RESEARCH ON
ANTARCTICA.
SHE ALSO BROUGHT BACK PHOTOS AND
VIDEO.
BIOLOGY WAS MY FAVORITE SUBJECT
GROWING UP.
IT WAS THE CONNECTION AND
INTEREST IN NATURE.
MAYBE THAT CAME FROM MY MOM AND
WHERE I GREW UP.
I ALWAYS LOVE BIOLOGY CLASS.
I WENT FIVE TIMES.
FOUR TIMES WAS FOR MY RESEARCH.
THIS IS PART OF U.C. SAN DEAGO.
WE WERE LOOKING AT THE DIVING
PHYSIOLOGY OF DIVING WINDS.
HOW THEY COULD SUPPORT THE EXTRA
ORDINARY BEHAVIOR.
DIVING DEEPER THAN 500 METERS.
WE PUT THE DATA RECORDERS ON THE
ANIMALS.
I WAS ABLE TO DIVE WHERE WE WERE
DOING RESEARCH ON PENGUINS.
IT WAS JUST COMPLETELY EYE
OPENING.
WE DID MEASURE HEART RATES ALLOW
AS THREE BEATS PER MINUTE FOR A
WHOLE FIVE MINUTE PERIOD.
THAT'S REALLY EXTRAORDINARY WHEN
YOU CAM PAIR THAT TO AN
EXERCISING HUMAN OR ANY ANIMAL
EXERCISING ON THE EARTH.
YOU HAVE AN EXERCISE RESPONSE
ABDOMEN HEART FLOW TO ALL OF THE
ISSUES AND MUST APPRAISALS.
THESE ANIMALS ARE DOWN THERE AND
ALSO EXERCISING.
THEY ARE CATCHING FISH AND
FORGING.
THEY ARE DOING THAT WHILE
LOWERING THEIR HEART RATE.
I WENT TO A DIFFERENT EXTREME.
I BECAME INTERESTED IN THE BAR
HEADED GOOSE.
THIS IS OVER THE HIMALAYA.
THEY THINK ABOUT CLIMBING MT.
EVEREST.
THESE BIRDS ARE DOING THAT FROM
7 TO 8 HOURS.
THEY NEED MORE OXYGEN TO SUPPORT
THEMSELVES.
THEY DO IT IN AN ENVIRONMENT IN
OXYGEN LIMITATION.
WE DECIDED TO TRAIN THEM TO FLY
IN A WINDTUNNEL.
TO MAKE SURE THEY WOULD BE
COMFORTABLE WE IMPRINTED THE
ANIMALS.
THE FIRST THING A DUCK OR GOOSE
SEES THEY LOOK AT AS THEIR
PARENTAL FIGURE.
I GOT LEGS AND I HAD THEM
IMPRINT ON ME.
THEY WOULD HATCH IN MY HAND
COMING OUT-OF-THE EGG.
I WAS THE FIRST THING THEY SAW.
THEY THOUGHT I WAS A MOM.
THEY THOUGHT I WAS A MODERN DAY
MOTHER GOOSE.
THEY FOLLOWED ME EVERYWHERE I
WENT.
YOU CUDDLE WITH THEM AND IT WAS
REALLY EXTRA ORDINARY.
THEY GROW QUIET QUICKLY.
WITHIN A FEW MONTHS THEY HAD
FULLY GROWN WINGS.
WE BROUGHT THEM BACK AND STARTED
TRAINING THEM TO FLY IN THE
WINDTUNNEL.
WE OUTFITTED THEM WITH BACKPACK
RECORDERS TO MEASURE HEART RATE
AND OXYGEN LEVELS.
WE ALSO FITTED THEM WITH A MASK
AND THAT ALLOWED THEM TO
COLLECT.
THROUGH THE MASK WE COULD ALSO
CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF OXYGEN THEY
WERE BREATHING IN.
BASICALLY DECREASE THE OVERALL
OXYGEN LEVEL TO SIMULATE
ALTITUDE.
WE HAD A THIRD OF THE AMOUNT OF
OXYGEN EQUIVALENT TO THE SUMMIT
OF MT. EVEREST.
AS PREDICTED THEY COULD STILL
FLY AND IT'S NOT JUST ONE
ADAPTATION.
IT'S A HOST THROUGH THE OXYGEN
CASCADE.
EVERYTHING FROM GETTING THE
OXYGEN IN THE AIR INTO THEIR
BLOOD AND INTO THE CELLS AND TO
THE POWERHOUSES OF THE CELL.
THEY HAVE ADAPTATIONS AT EVERY
STEP OF THE WAY.
BEFORE I WAS AN ASTRONAUT AND
WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL I WENT
TO THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER FOR
THREE YEARS.
OUR GROUP, WE WERE COORDINATING
ALL OF THE LIFE SIGN EXPERIMENTS
CONDUCTED ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE
AND STATION.
I FIND THAT A REALLY INTERESTING
CONNECTION NOW.
FIRST I WAS COORDINATING THAT
KIND OF SCIENCE ON OTHER
ASTRONAUTS.
SECONDLY, I WAS DOING ALL THESE
EXPERIMENTS ON ALL OF THESE
DIFFERENT ANIMALS AND I WAS THE
EXPERIMENTER.
FINALLY IT HAS COME FULL CIRCLE.
THESE TYPES OF EXPERIMENTS.
THESE PHYSIOLOGICAL ARE
IMPORTANT FOR US IN TERMS OF
UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF
MICROGRAVITY AND SPACEFLIGHT ON
THE HUMAN BODY.
THESE ARE MORE IMPORTANT AS WE
UNDERTAKE LONGER MISSIONS.
WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE MOON AND
GO TO MARS.
WE ARE PLANNING THOSE MISSIONS
NOW AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE
SURE WE DELIVER ASTRONAUTS
EFFECTIVELY AND THEY ARE ABLE TO
FUNCTION AT THEIR DESTINATION
AND GET THEM HOME SAFELY AS
WELL.
BY UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESSES
WITH THE DECADES OF RESEARCH WE
HAVE NOW WE CAN CONCUR AND APPLY
THAT TOWARDS FUTURE FLIGHTS.
I'M JESSICA MERE.
I'M A SCIENTIST AND NASA
ASTRONAUT.
EXPERIMENTS BEING DONE ON THE
SPACE STATION COVER MANY
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES INCLUDING
MEDICAL SCIENCE THAT COULD
BENEFIT THE MORE THAN 5 MILLION
PEOPLE EFFECTED BY PARKINSON'S
DISEASE.
ALEXANDRA WORKED ON A PARTICULAR
PROTEIN CRYSTAL THAT MIGHT HAVE
IMPORTANT INSIGHTS.
HIS CREW MATE WILL WALK US
THROUGH WHAT THAT WAS LIKE.
>> WELCOME TO EXPEDITION 54.
TODAY WE ARE DOING COOLER
SCIENCE.
THIS IS ALEX OVER HERE WITH ME
AND WE ARE WORKING ON
PARKINSON'S DISEASE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT A SPECIAL
PROTEIN CRYSTAL STRUCTURE.
THEY SENT IT UP HERE BECAUSE THE
PROTEIN CRYSTALS GROW LARGER AND
HAVE MUCH BETTER QUALITY.
PARKINSON'S DISEASE EFFECTS 5
MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE.
WHAT WE DISCOVERED HERE IN THE
MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT THE
CRYSTALS LIKE TO GROW.
THEY CAN CLARIFY THE STRUCTURE
AND THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO
DEVELOP AN INHIBITER DRUG.
NOT ONLY AN INHIBITER DRUG WITH
FEW SIDE EFFECTS.
ALEX IS WORKING ON THE WALL WHAT
IT SEEMS LIKE IN MICROGRAVITY.
HE HAS A MICROSCOPE AND PLATE
THAT HE FILLED WITH THE CRYSTAL
STRUCTURE A FEW DAYS AGO.
HE GAVE TIME FOR THE STRUCTURES
TO CRYSTALLIZE AND NOW HE'S
EXAMINING THEM.
HE'S WORKING WITH THEM REALTIME
TO LOOK AT THE CRYSTAL
STRUCTURE, TO HELP IMPROVE THE
LIGHTNING AND CLEARTY AND TAKE
PHOTOS THAT WILL BE SENT BACK
DOWN TO THE GROUND.
WE ARE VERY PROUD TO TAKE PART
IN THE EXPERIMENTS.
IN THE PAST FEW YEARS SCIENTIST
HAVE REALIZED THE MICROGRAVITY
ENVIRONMENT IS SUCH AN UNIQUE
ENVIRONMENT AND PROVIDES A NEW
WAY TO HELP US LOOK AT DISEASES
IN A BETTER WAY.
DEVELOP NEW MEDICATIONS AND WE
ARE HAPPY TO TAKE PART IN THE
SCIENCE UP HERE.
>> ALL OF THE EXPERIMENTS ARE
THE BRAINCHILD REN OF SCIENTIST
ON THE GROUND.
THEY COME UP AND TEST, DESIGN
WITH THE EXPERIMENTS.
IN THIS SEASON OF NASA EXPLORERS
WE WATCH AS THEY WORK THROUGH
THE LAST STRATEGIES OF GETTING
THEIR EXPERIMENTS LOADED ON THE
SPACEX CARGO SHIPMENT.
>> WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT
KIND OF DATA WE COLLECT.
ANY DATA WILL BE BRAND-NEW
INFORMATION FOR US AND FOR --
[LAUGHTER]
♪
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>> 3, 2, 1, 0 AND LIFTOFF OF THE
FALCON NINE ROCKET AND DRAGON
SPACECRAFT.
>> WE WERE SCHEDULED TO BE ON
SPACE X 14.
A WEEK BEFORE THE LAUNCH OUR
MISSION GOT CANCELED.
>> SCIENCE IN SPACE CAN BE
COMPLEX.
NO MATTER HOW THINGS ARE PLANNED
SOMETIMES COMPLEXITIES GET IN
THE WAY OF LAUNCHING ON TIME.
WHEN SOMETHING DIDN'T LOOK
PERFECT THERE WAS NO CHOSE BUT
TO PUSH IT TO A LATER SLIGHT TO
ENSURE MISSION SUCCESS.
>> I WASN'T DEVASTATED BUT SAD
WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO LAUNCH.
IT HAD TAKEN US TWO YEARS TO GET
THERE.
WE REEVALUATE THE CONTROL SYSTEM
AND DO MORE GROUNDWORK TO
PREPARE FOR THE LAUNCH IN
DECEMBER OF 2018.
AFTER THE SETBACK OF ABOUTING
MOVED OUR TEAM HAS DAYS LEFT
BEFORE THE EXPERIMENTS WILL BE
LOADED INTO A DRAGON CAPSULE
THAT WILL CARRY IT TO THE SPACE
STATION.
THE COFOUNDER ARE READYING THEIR
RESEARCH.
>> THIS IS ALSO OUR FIRST TIME
WORKING AT THE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER.
IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING MOMENT TO
NOT JUST BE AT THE VISITOR
CENTER BUT ALSO GET PAST THE
SECURITY GATE AND INTO THE
LABORATORY.
>> WHILE SOME EXPERIMENTS ARE
LOADED INTO DRAGON IN THE WEEKS
LEADING UP TO LAUNCH OTHERS HAVE
MORE TIME SENSITIVE COMPONENTS.
LABORATORIES AT THE SPACE CENTER
PART OF THE PROCESSING FACILITY
OR SSPF BECOME A HOME A WAY FROM
HOME.
THEY CAN CARRY OUT THE CRITICAL
LAST STEPS OF PREPARING THEIR
EXPERIMENTS FOR DELIVERY TO THE
SPACE STATION.
>> WE GOT HERE ON A THURSDAY AND
IT'S CURRENTLY SUNDAY.
WE SPENT DAYS FILLING UP THE
WELLS WITH JELL SOLUTION.
I AHEAD OF LAUNCH ON TUESDAY.
>> ONCE YOU DO THAT YOU GET IN
THE TIME BASKETBALL.
EVERYTHING IS L BASED AND L
BEING LAUNCH; WILL MINUS 72, L
MINUS 42.
>> THEY ARE PREPPING THEIR
MICROPLATES FOR MICROGRAVITY.
MICROPLATES ARE USED ON EARTH AS
WELL.
THESE ARE SPECIALLY DESIGNED.
>> GENERALLY FLUID EXPERIMENTS
HAVE TO BE DONE IN GLOVE BOX AND
IT'S TIME LIMITED AND CREW
INTENSIVE.
WE CONTAINED THIS MICROPLATE
THAT CAN BE OPERATED OUTSIDE THE
GLOVE BOX AND THE FLUIDS WILL
STAY INSIDE.
>> WE HAVE FILLED THESE WITH
GELS.
WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE EFFECTS
OF MICROGRAVITY AND HOW THE
RELEASE OF THE DRUG IS EFFECTED
WHEN WE SEND THEM TO THE SPACE
STATION.
THE CONCERN WE HAVE IS THAT IF
WE HAVE BUBBLES THAT ARE IN THE
WELLS IT MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR
THE PLATE READER TO BE ABLE TO
READ THE AMOUNT CORRECTLY.
WE ARE BEING VERY CAREFUL WITH
HOW WE ARE LOUDING -- LOADING
THE WATER.
>> ONCE THEY FINISH FILLING THE
MICROPLATE I WILL TAKE-OVER AND
FILL THEM UP COMPLETELY.
ONCE THAT IS DONE WE WILL LAB
THE PLATES AND PUT THEM IN A
SELF-CONTAINED BOX THAT'S IT
WILL TRAVEL TO THE SPACE STATION
ON.
>> THREE YEARS IN THE MAKING TO
GET HERE.
>> ONCE WE DO THAT WE WILL TURN
IT OVER AND THE NEXT TIME WE
WILL SEE IT WILL BE ON ORBIT AND
THE CREWS ARE OPENING THEM UP.
>> COLD STO IS THE TEAM THAT
MAKES SURE THE RESEARCH STAYS AT
THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE FROM THE
LAB ON EARTH TO THE LAB IN
SPACE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST STEPS.
THE COLD STORAGE TEAM WILL PUT
THEM IN BOXES AND MAKE SURE THEY
ARE LOCKED.
>> DOES IT FEEL LIKE RELIEF?
>> WHEN WE SEE IT TAKEOFF THEN
I'LL BE RELAXED.
>> IT WILL BE OFFICIALLY OUT OF
OUR HANDS WHEN IT LEAVES THE
EARTH'S SURFACE.
THAT'S THE MOMENT THEN WHEN WE
ARE FINALLY DONE UNTIL WE GET
DATA AND WE GET TO PROCESS IT.
>> JUST THE BEGINNING.
[LAUGHTER]
>> WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW, NOW
THAT WE HANDED THEM OVER TO NASA
THEY WILL DELIVER THEM TO DRAGON
TO BE LOADED.
HOPEFULLY IT WILL HAPPEN
TOMORROW AT 18:38.
I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED SINCE THE
BEGINNING APPROXIMATELY 3 YEARS
AGO.
IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND WORTH IT.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HELP GET DATA
FOR THE PROJECT.
>> OVERALL, WE WILL GET A LOT OF
DATA FROM THIS ONE PROJECT AND
THE TWO EXPERIMENTS ARE
IMPORTANT FOR US.
[LAUGHTER]
>> IT'S A LITTLE WINDY OUT
TODAY.
THE WIND HAS ME CONCERNED.
MY LAUNCH INTUITION IS TINGLING
A BIT.
IT'S AN AMAZING THING TO SEE.
>> THE LABORATORIES ARE NOT THE
ONLY PLACE WHERE RESEARCH TAKES
PLACE.
THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE IS
HOME TO A NUMBER OF EXPERIMENTS
INCLUDING THE SENSOR THAT'S
CONTINUING NASA'S WORK OF
GATHERING DATA FOR RESEARCHERS
LOOKING INTO CHANGES FOR EARTH'S
CLIMATE.
>> FOLLOW THE SUN.
THIS IS PRESENTED BY SCIENCE AT
NASA.
THE SUN WARMS US AND GROWS OUR
FOOD.
LIFE ON LAND AND IN THE OCEANS
AND DAILY WEATHER AND LONG TIME
CLIMATE PATTERNS BECAUSE OF
ENERGY.
THIS COULD EFFECT THE WORKING
FOR THE PLANETS ATMOSPHERE.
THEY USE THE INSTRUMENTS TO
FOLLOW THE SUN AND MONITOR SOLAR
ENERGY COMING TO US.
THE LATEST ONE TO DO SO MAKES
MEASUREMENTS WITH UNPRECEDENTED
ACCURACY.
PIECES GATHERS INFORMATION FROM
ABROAD THE ISS.
FLYING ON THE PLATFORM THAT THE
ORBITING LABORATORY PROVIDES HAS
ALLOWED US TO CONTINUE TO TRACK
THE SUN'S RADIANT ENERGY.
THIS IS ONE OF THE LONGEST DATA
RECORDS FROM SPACE.
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES
EARTH'S ICE MASS HAS DIMINISHED
AND SEA LEVELS HAVE DIMINISHED
AND GROWING SEASONS HAVE
SHIFTED.
TO UNDERSTAND THE CAUSES
INCLUDING HUMAN INFLUENCES OF
THE CHANGES AND DEFINE THE MODEL
RESEARCHERS MUST KNOW THE AMOUNT
OF INCOMING SOLAR ENERGY.
PETE WILL EXPLAIN.
WHEN THERE IS A BALANCE BETWEEN
INCOMING ENERGY FROM THE SUN AND
THE RADIATION EARTH EMITS
CLIMATE REMAINS STEADY.
AN EMBALANCE MEANS ENERGY IS
BEING STORED OR LOST CAUSING
TEMPERATURE DECREASES.
ENERGY FROM THE SUN MAKES UP
HALF OF THE BALANCED EQUATION.
THE SUN'S SOLAR ENERGY OUTPUT
HASN'T HAD A MAJOR INFLUENCE THE
OUTPUT NEEDS TO BE MONITORED
CONTINUOUSLY.
IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT VARIABLE
WE NEED TO KNOW.
TRYING TO MEASURE CLIMATE IS
LIKE BALANCING YOUR CHECKBOOK.
CLIMATE IS MEASURED OVERTIME
SPANS AND LONGER UNLIKE WEATHER
THAT CHANGES OVER TIME SCALES.
CONTINUITY AND ACCURACY ARE KEY.
IT HAS TWO SENSORS.
THE TOTAL RAIDOUS MONITOR
MEASURES ALL OF THE RADIATION
FROM THE SUN AND THEN IT'S
LOOKING AT HOW IT'S DISTRIBUTED.
THE LATER HELPS SCIENCE
UNDERSTAND WHERE SOLAR ENERGY IS
BEING AGO ABSORBED.
THE READINGS ARE CRITICAL TO
UNDERSTANDING THE OSON LAYER.
OSON ABSORBS ULTRAVIOLENT LIGHT.
THIS HEATS THE ATMOSPHERE AND
CAN PROPAGATE DOWN TO THE LOWER
ATMOSPHERE AND IMPACT CLIENT.
SO MANY FACTORS INCLUANCE
EARTH'S CLIMATE.
WE NEED TO LEARN HOW THEY ALL
INTERACT.
THIS IS HELPING US UNDERSTAND
THE SUN'S BEHAVIOR AND HOW THE
ATMOSPHERE RESPONDS TO THE SUN.
FOR MORE INFORMATION HEAD TO
NASA.GOV/ISS-SCIENCE.
TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW OUR
CLOSEST STAR HEAD TO OUR
WEBSITE.
>>> ALONG WITH BEING A PLATFORM
FOR SCIENTIFIC INIS IT MENTS THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS A
PLACE FOR HUMAN BEINGS TO GET A
VIEW OF THE PLANET UNLIKE ANY
OTHER.
THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN
THERE SAY THE PICTURES THEY
SHARE ARE STILL LACKING.
IT SEEMS THAT SEEING THE SUPER
WIDE ANGLE VIEW OF THE HOME
PLANET WITH YOUR OWN EYES
CHANGES YOUR OUTLOOK ON THE
WORLD.
IT DID FOR FORMER ASTRONAUT MIKE
FORMAN.
>>> YOU ARE STRAPPED IN THE
SPACE STATION ON THE LAUNCHPAD
AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE IN A
CAR WRECK.
THE SOLID BOOSTERS GIVE YOU A
KICK IN THE BACKSIDE.
THEY LAUNCH YOU INTO STAYS AND
8.5 MINUTES YOU ARE THERE AND
YOU START TAKING IN THE VIEWS.
I CAN'T DESCRIBE THEM.
I WISH I WAS BETTER AT THEM.
DESCRIBING THE EXPERIENCE OF
BEING WEIGHT LESSOR THE VIEWS OF
THE EARTH, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW,
SO INCREDIBLE.
I WAS THERE FOR TWO SPACE
SHUTTLE MISSIONS.
EVERY TIME I HAD A SPARE MINUTE
I WOULD GO TO THE WINDOW AND
TAKE A LOOKOUT.
SPACEWALKS ALWAYS SEEM TO BE
BUSY AND TASK FORCE CUSSED --
FOCUSED EVENTS.
I HAVE TO DO THIS OR GO OVER AND
DO THIS.
YOU NEVER GET TO TAKE A MINUTE
AND ENJOY THE VIEW.
DID THERE WERE THOSE MINUTES
WHERE THE VIEW FROM OUTSIDE OF
THE SPACECRAFT WITH THE FULL
PANORAMIC VISION THROUGH YOUR
VISOR WAS INCREDIBLE.
I ALWAYS KID WITH ASTRONAUTS
DON'T DO THE SPACEWALK.
FROM INSIDE HERE FROM THE WINDOW
IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
THE VIEW FROM OUTSIDE IS PRETTY
AMAZING.
THE COLORS OF BLUE YOU HAVE
NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
THE SHADES AND HUE.
IT'S ALMOST OVERWHELMING WHEN
YOU FIRST SEE IT.
I THINK IF YOU ARE NOT A
CONSERVATIONIST YOU ARE PARTLY A
CONSERVATIONIST WHEN YOU COME
BACK.
WHEN YOU SEE HOW THIN THE
ATMOSPHERE WAS IT ALLOWS US TO
WALK AROUND WITHOUT A SPACE SUIT
ON DOWN HERE AND BREATHE HERE.
WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS
BECAUSE IT'S SO FRAGILE LOOKING
FROM SPACE.
IF WE COULD GET ALL 6 BILLION
PEOPLE OR HOWEVER MANY WE HAVE
ON THE PLANET FOR JUST A FEW
MINUTES THE WHOLE PLANET WOULD
CHANGE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET ANOTHER
LOOK OF THE FUTURE OR ANY OTHERS
CHECK THEM OUT ON YOUTUBE AND
FACEBOOK.
IF YOU ARE OUT ON THE INTERNET
ANYWAY CHECK OUT HOUSTON, WE
HAVE A PODCAST.
WE TALK TO FOLKS ABOUT THEIR
WORK IN ALL ASPECTS OF SPACE
EXPLORATION.
TODAY GARY WILL PICK UP THE
CONVERSATION EXPLORES THE
HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FROM PLANNING TO
ASSEMBLY.
GO TO NASA.GOV/PODCASTS FOR
TODAY'S EPISODE.
ALSO FIND THE FULL LIBRARY OF
NASA PODCASTS.
YOU CAN HEAR THEM ALSO ON APPLE
PODCAST, GOOGLE PODCAST, AND
SOUND CLOUD.
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.