1 00:00:00,133 --> 00:00:02,569 >>> GOOD MORNING. 2 00:00:02,569 --> 00:00:04,771 THIS IS SPACE STATION SYSTEMS 3 00:00:04,771 --> 00:00:07,307 WHILE HELPING THEM WITH TASKS 4 00:00:07,307 --> 00:00:09,142 THEY HAVE LEFT TO COMPLETE THIS 5 00:00:09,142 --> 00:00:18,952 WEEK. 6 00:00:18,952 --> 00:00:20,353 WHILE CREWS IN EUROPE HAVE 7 00:00:20,353 --> 00:00:22,088 REPORTED THAT THE COSMIC 8 00:00:22,088 --> 00:00:24,324 PARTICLE DETECTOR ON THE OUTSIDE 9 00:00:24,324 --> 00:00:34,534 OF THE STATION. 10 00:00:34,534 --> 00:00:36,369 >> WELCOME TO FACE THE GROUND. 11 00:00:36,369 --> 00:00:38,238 THIS WEEK SCIENCE AND RESEARCH 12 00:00:38,238 --> 00:00:40,573 ABROAD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 13 00:00:40,573 --> 00:00:58,958 STATION. 14 00:00:58,958 --> 00:01:02,095 LIKE LEANING IN SIGHT AND BOHN 15 00:01:02,095 --> 00:01:06,366 LOSE RESEARCHERS WILL HAVE AER 16 00:01:06,366 --> 00:01:08,301 UNDERSTANDING. 17 00:01:08,301 --> 00:01:10,503 THIS WILL ENABLE COUNTER 18 00:01:10,503 --> 00:01:11,738 MEASURES. 19 00:01:11,738 --> 00:01:13,873 FOLLOWING A SERIES OF SUCCESSFUL 20 00:01:13,873 --> 00:01:16,409 SPACEWALKS ON THE SPECKTOMETER 21 00:01:16,409 --> 00:01:18,144 THE DEVICE IS BACK-UP AND 22 00:01:18,144 --> 00:01:21,080 RUNNING BETTER THAN AREA. 23 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,216 LAST NIGHT ANDREW MORGAN AND 24 00:01:23,216 --> 00:01:27,053 EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY COMPLETED 25 00:01:27,053 --> 00:01:29,088 THE FINAL SPACE LAUNCH ON THE 26 00:01:29,088 --> 00:01:31,724 SPECKTOMETER. 27 00:01:31,724 --> 00:01:33,726 THE OPERATION CONTROL CENTER 28 00:01:33,726 --> 00:01:36,496 SAID THE AMS HAS BEEN POWERED 29 00:01:36,496 --> 00:01:46,840 ON. 30 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:51,578 >> THIS VEHICLE BLAST OFF FROM 31 00:01:51,578 --> 00:01:55,348 40 AND THEY CONTAINED A VARIETY 32 00:01:55,348 --> 00:01:57,383 OF EQUIPMENT ERECERTIFY 33 00:01:57,383 --> 00:01:59,619 HIGHLIGHTS FOCUS ON FOAM 34 00:01:59,619 --> 00:02:02,055 MANUFACTURING, WATER DROPLET 35 00:02:02,055 --> 00:02:03,256 FORMATION AND OTHER 36 00:02:03,256 --> 00:02:04,390 INVESTIGATIONS. 37 00:02:04,390 --> 00:02:05,792 THIS WEEKS QUESTION COMES FROM 38 00:02:05,792 --> 00:02:07,527 RAY, HE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT 39 00:02:07,527 --> 00:02:09,863 THE MINIMUM AGE TO BE A 40 00:02:09,863 --> 00:02:11,898 ASTRONAUT IS. 41 00:02:11,898 --> 00:02:14,100 THERE IS NO MINIMUM AGE. 42 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:16,836 THE BASIC REQUIREMENT IS U.S. 43 00:02:16,836 --> 00:02:19,172 CITIZENSHIP. 44 00:02:19,172 --> 00:02:22,509 A MASTERS IN A STEM FIELD. 45 00:02:22,509 --> 00:02:24,544 AND THE ABLE THE TO PASS A NASA 46 00:02:24,544 --> 00:02:25,345 PHYSICAL. 47 00:02:25,345 --> 00:02:27,680 WE WILL BEGIN EXCEPTING 48 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:32,352 APPLICATIONS ON MONDAY, MARCH 2. 49 00:02:32,352 --> 00:02:35,288 NASA.GOV. 50 00:02:35,288 --> 00:02:43,129 KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS 51 00:02:43,129 --> 00:02:47,567 TO OUR WEBSITE. 52 00:02:47,567 --> 00:02:49,702 >>> IT'S ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO 53 00:02:49,702 --> 00:02:51,538 THAT THEY ARE IN SPACE RIGHT NOW 54 00:02:51,538 --> 00:02:53,973 THEY WILL GET MEMBERS IN THE 55 00:02:53,973 --> 00:02:55,508 21st CLASS. 56 00:02:55,508 --> 00:02:57,010 WHEN THEY RETURN TO WORK IN 57 00:02:57,010 --> 00:03:00,179 APRIL THEY WILL HAVE 200 DAYS IN 58 00:03:00,179 --> 00:03:03,516 SPACE. 59 00:03:03,516 --> 00:03:05,952 JESSICA SPENT MORE TIME DURING 60 00:03:05,952 --> 00:03:08,087 HER TIME AS A SCIENTIST. 61 00:03:08,087 --> 00:03:10,223 BEFORE BEING A TEST SUBJECT IN 62 00:03:10,223 --> 00:03:12,959 SPACE THE P.H.D. MARINE 63 00:03:12,959 --> 00:03:17,397 BIOLOGIST SATISFIED HER CRAVING 64 00:03:17,397 --> 00:03:20,967 WITH MONTHS OF FIELD RESEARCH ON 65 00:03:20,967 --> 00:03:22,802 ANTARCTICA. 66 00:03:22,802 --> 00:03:24,704 SHE ALSO BROUGHT BACK PHOTOS AND 67 00:03:24,704 --> 00:03:34,614 VIDEO. 68 00:03:34,614 --> 00:03:38,818 BIOLOGY WAS MY FAVORITE SUBJECT 69 00:03:38,818 --> 00:03:39,953 GROWING UP. 70 00:03:39,953 --> 00:03:41,154 IT WAS THE CONNECTION AND 71 00:03:41,154 --> 00:03:42,989 INTEREST IN NATURE. 72 00:03:42,989 --> 00:03:45,124 MAYBE THAT CAME FROM MY MOM AND 73 00:03:45,124 --> 00:03:46,225 WHERE I GREW UP. 74 00:03:46,225 --> 00:03:49,796 I ALWAYS LOVE BIOLOGY CLASS. 75 00:03:49,796 --> 00:03:52,632 I WENT FIVE TIMES. 76 00:03:52,632 --> 00:03:55,368 FOUR TIMES WAS FOR MY RESEARCH. 77 00:03:55,368 --> 00:04:03,076 THIS IS PART OF U.C. SAN DEAGO. 78 00:04:03,076 --> 00:04:04,777 WE WERE LOOKING AT THE DIVING 79 00:04:04,777 --> 00:04:16,823 PHYSIOLOGY OF DIVING WINDS. 80 00:04:16,823 --> 00:04:18,958 HOW THEY COULD SUPPORT THE EXTRA 81 00:04:18,958 --> 00:04:20,560 ORDINARY BEHAVIOR. 82 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:24,297 DIVING DEEPER THAN 500 METERS. 83 00:04:24,297 --> 00:04:28,768 WE PUT THE DATA RECORDERS ON THE 84 00:04:28,768 --> 00:04:29,702 ANIMALS. 85 00:04:29,702 --> 00:04:33,239 I WAS ABLE TO DIVE WHERE WE WERE 86 00:04:33,239 --> 00:04:36,075 DOING RESEARCH ON PENGUINS. 87 00:04:36,075 --> 00:04:37,744 IT WAS JUST COMPLETELY EYE 88 00:04:37,744 --> 00:04:39,145 OPENING. 89 00:04:39,145 --> 00:04:41,781 WE DID MEASURE HEART RATES ALLOW 90 00:04:41,781 --> 00:04:44,751 AS THREE BEATS PER MINUTE FOR A 91 00:04:44,751 --> 00:04:46,753 WHOLE FIVE MINUTE PERIOD. 92 00:04:46,753 --> 00:04:49,389 THAT'S REALLY EXTRAORDINARY WHEN 93 00:04:49,389 --> 00:04:51,424 YOU CAM PAIR THAT TO AN 94 00:04:51,424 --> 00:04:54,160 EXERCISING HUMAN OR ANY ANIMAL 95 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,195 EXERCISING ON THE EARTH. 96 00:04:56,195 --> 00:04:58,631 YOU HAVE AN EXERCISE RESPONSE 97 00:04:58,631 --> 00:05:01,267 ABDOMEN HEART FLOW TO ALL OF THE 98 00:05:01,267 --> 00:05:03,403 ISSUES AND MUST APPRAISALS. 99 00:05:03,403 --> 00:05:05,038 THESE ANIMALS ARE DOWN THERE AND 100 00:05:05,038 --> 00:05:06,539 ALSO EXERCISING. 101 00:05:06,539 --> 00:05:09,676 THEY ARE CATCHING FISH AND 102 00:05:09,676 --> 00:05:10,510 FORGING. 103 00:05:10,510 --> 00:05:11,911 THEY ARE DOING THAT WHILE 104 00:05:11,911 --> 00:05:18,718 LOWERING THEIR HEART RATE. 105 00:05:18,718 --> 00:05:20,853 I WENT TO A DIFFERENT EXTREME. 106 00:05:20,853 --> 00:05:22,989 I BECAME INTERESTED IN THE BAR 107 00:05:22,989 --> 00:05:28,761 HEADED GOOSE. 108 00:05:28,761 --> 00:05:31,397 THIS IS OVER THE HIMALAYA. 109 00:05:31,397 --> 00:05:37,503 THEY THINK ABOUT CLIMBING MT. 110 00:05:37,503 --> 00:05:39,839 EVEREST. 111 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:43,676 THESE BIRDS ARE DOING THAT FROM 112 00:05:43,676 --> 00:05:45,311 7 TO 8 HOURS. 113 00:05:45,311 --> 00:05:47,113 THEY NEED MORE OXYGEN TO SUPPORT 114 00:05:47,113 --> 00:05:51,284 THEMSELVES. 115 00:05:51,284 --> 00:05:53,519 THEY DO IT IN AN ENVIRONMENT IN 116 00:05:53,519 --> 00:05:59,058 OXYGEN LIMITATION. 117 00:05:59,058 --> 00:06:01,894 WE DECIDED TO TRAIN THEM TO FLY 118 00:06:01,894 --> 00:06:04,363 IN A WINDTUNNEL. 119 00:06:04,363 --> 00:06:05,965 TO MAKE SURE THEY WOULD BE 120 00:06:05,965 --> 00:06:09,402 COMFORTABLE WE IMPRINTED THE 121 00:06:09,402 --> 00:06:11,237 ANIMALS. 122 00:06:11,237 --> 00:06:14,974 THE FIRST THING A DUCK OR GOOSE 123 00:06:14,974 --> 00:06:18,044 SEES THEY LOOK AT AS THEIR 124 00:06:18,044 --> 00:06:19,445 PARENTAL FIGURE. 125 00:06:19,445 --> 00:06:22,582 I GOT LEGS AND I HAD THEM 126 00:06:22,582 --> 00:06:24,717 IMPRINT ON ME. 127 00:06:24,717 --> 00:06:26,052 THEY WOULD HATCH IN MY HAND 128 00:06:26,052 --> 00:06:27,653 COMING OUT-OF-THE EGG. 129 00:06:27,653 --> 00:06:30,490 I WAS THE FIRST THING THEY SAW. 130 00:06:30,490 --> 00:06:32,024 THEY THOUGHT I WAS A MOM. 131 00:06:32,024 --> 00:06:35,795 THEY THOUGHT I WAS A MODERN DAY 132 00:06:35,795 --> 00:06:38,331 MOTHER GOOSE. 133 00:06:38,331 --> 00:06:40,166 THEY FOLLOWED ME EVERYWHERE I 134 00:06:40,166 --> 00:06:40,900 WENT. 135 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:44,237 YOU CUDDLE WITH THEM AND IT WAS 136 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:46,973 REALLY EXTRA ORDINARY. 137 00:06:46,973 --> 00:06:49,408 THEY GROW QUIET QUICKLY. 138 00:06:49,408 --> 00:06:51,110 WITHIN A FEW MONTHS THEY HAD 139 00:06:51,110 --> 00:06:53,045 FULLY GROWN WINGS. 140 00:06:53,045 --> 00:06:54,580 WE BROUGHT THEM BACK AND STARTED 141 00:06:54,580 --> 00:06:56,282 TRAINING THEM TO FLY IN THE 142 00:06:56,282 --> 00:06:58,518 WINDTUNNEL. 143 00:06:58,518 --> 00:07:00,253 WE OUTFITTED THEM WITH BACKPACK 144 00:07:00,253 --> 00:07:02,989 RECORDERS TO MEASURE HEART RATE 145 00:07:02,989 --> 00:07:06,959 AND OXYGEN LEVELS. 146 00:07:06,959 --> 00:07:08,861 WE ALSO FITTED THEM WITH A MASK 147 00:07:08,861 --> 00:07:11,597 AND THAT ALLOWED THEM TO 148 00:07:11,597 --> 00:07:12,331 COLLECT. 149 00:07:12,331 --> 00:07:14,233 THROUGH THE MASK WE COULD ALSO 150 00:07:14,233 --> 00:07:16,869 CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF OXYGEN THEY 151 00:07:16,869 --> 00:07:19,305 WERE BREATHING IN. 152 00:07:19,305 --> 00:07:21,440 BASICALLY DECREASE THE OVERALL 153 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:26,412 OXYGEN LEVEL TO SIMULATE 154 00:07:26,412 --> 00:07:28,514 ALTITUDE. 155 00:07:28,514 --> 00:07:31,184 WE HAD A THIRD OF THE AMOUNT OF 156 00:07:31,184 --> 00:07:35,421 OXYGEN EQUIVALENT TO THE SUMMIT 157 00:07:35,421 --> 00:07:37,990 OF MT. EVEREST. 158 00:07:37,990 --> 00:07:39,625 AS PREDICTED THEY COULD STILL 159 00:07:39,625 --> 00:07:42,161 FLY AND IT'S NOT JUST ONE 160 00:07:42,161 --> 00:07:43,996 ADAPTATION. 161 00:07:43,996 --> 00:07:49,068 IT'S A HOST THROUGH THE OXYGEN 162 00:07:49,068 --> 00:07:50,169 CASCADE. 163 00:07:50,169 --> 00:07:51,204 EVERYTHING FROM GETTING THE 164 00:07:51,204 --> 00:07:53,339 OXYGEN IN THE AIR INTO THEIR 165 00:07:53,339 --> 00:07:56,242 BLOOD AND INTO THE CELLS AND TO 166 00:07:56,242 --> 00:07:58,778 THE POWERHOUSES OF THE CELL. 167 00:07:58,778 --> 00:08:01,514 THEY HAVE ADAPTATIONS AT EVERY 168 00:08:01,514 --> 00:08:13,259 STEP OF THE WAY. 169 00:08:13,259 --> 00:08:15,795 BEFORE I WAS AN ASTRONAUT AND 170 00:08:15,795 --> 00:08:17,630 WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL I WENT 171 00:08:17,630 --> 00:08:19,866 TO THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER FOR 172 00:08:19,866 --> 00:08:21,067 THREE YEARS. 173 00:08:21,067 --> 00:08:22,802 OUR GROUP, WE WERE COORDINATING 174 00:08:22,802 --> 00:08:25,538 ALL OF THE LIFE SIGN EXPERIMENTS 175 00:08:25,538 --> 00:08:27,773 CONDUCTED ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE 176 00:08:27,773 --> 00:08:28,674 AND STATION. 177 00:08:28,674 --> 00:08:31,310 I FIND THAT A REALLY INTERESTING 178 00:08:31,310 --> 00:08:32,612 CONNECTION NOW. 179 00:08:32,612 --> 00:08:34,046 FIRST I WAS COORDINATING THAT 180 00:08:34,046 --> 00:08:35,481 KIND OF SCIENCE ON OTHER 181 00:08:35,481 --> 00:08:37,016 ASTRONAUTS. 182 00:08:37,016 --> 00:08:39,051 SECONDLY, I WAS DOING ALL THESE 183 00:08:39,051 --> 00:08:40,987 EXPERIMENTS ON ALL OF THESE 184 00:08:40,987 --> 00:08:43,522 DIFFERENT ANIMALS AND I WAS THE 185 00:08:43,522 --> 00:08:50,196 EXPERIMENTER. 186 00:08:50,196 --> 00:08:53,633 FINALLY IT HAS COME FULL CIRCLE. 187 00:08:53,633 --> 00:08:57,803 THESE TYPES OF EXPERIMENTS. 188 00:08:57,803 --> 00:08:59,105 THESE PHYSIOLOGICAL ARE 189 00:08:59,105 --> 00:09:01,340 IMPORTANT FOR US IN TERMS OF 190 00:09:01,340 --> 00:09:03,476 UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF 191 00:09:03,476 --> 00:09:06,712 MICROGRAVITY AND SPACEFLIGHT ON 192 00:09:06,712 --> 00:09:08,447 THE HUMAN BODY. 193 00:09:08,447 --> 00:09:10,249 THESE ARE MORE IMPORTANT AS WE 194 00:09:10,249 --> 00:09:12,385 UNDERTAKE LONGER MISSIONS. 195 00:09:12,385 --> 00:09:15,454 WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE MOON AND 196 00:09:15,454 --> 00:09:16,856 GO TO MARS. 197 00:09:16,856 --> 00:09:18,391 WE ARE PLANNING THOSE MISSIONS 198 00:09:18,391 --> 00:09:20,826 NOW AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE 199 00:09:20,826 --> 00:09:23,062 SURE WE DELIVER ASTRONAUTS 200 00:09:23,062 --> 00:09:25,398 EFFECTIVELY AND THEY ARE ABLE TO 201 00:09:25,398 --> 00:09:26,832 FUNCTION AT THEIR DESTINATION 202 00:09:26,832 --> 00:09:28,534 AND GET THEM HOME SAFELY AS 203 00:09:28,534 --> 00:09:29,568 WELL. 204 00:09:29,568 --> 00:09:31,470 BY UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESSES 205 00:09:31,470 --> 00:09:33,839 WITH THE DECADES OF RESEARCH WE 206 00:09:33,839 --> 00:09:37,376 HAVE NOW WE CAN CONCUR AND APPLY 207 00:09:37,376 --> 00:09:46,185 THAT TOWARDS FUTURE FLIGHTS. 208 00:09:46,185 --> 00:09:48,487 I'M JESSICA MERE. 209 00:09:48,487 --> 00:09:51,057 I'M A SCIENTIST AND NASA 210 00:09:51,057 --> 00:09:51,324 ASTRONAUT. 211 00:09:51,324 --> 00:10:17,116 EXPERIMENTS BEING DONE ON THE 212 00:10:17,116 --> 00:10:18,651 SPACE STATION COVER MANY 213 00:10:18,651 --> 00:10:21,287 SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES INCLUDING 214 00:10:21,287 --> 00:10:22,521 MEDICAL SCIENCE THAT COULD 215 00:10:22,521 --> 00:10:24,857 BENEFIT THE MORE THAN 5 MILLION 216 00:10:24,857 --> 00:10:27,994 PEOPLE EFFECTED BY PARKINSON'S 217 00:10:27,994 --> 00:10:29,395 DISEASE. 218 00:10:29,395 --> 00:10:32,932 ALEXANDRA WORKED ON A PARTICULAR 219 00:10:32,932 --> 00:10:34,867 PROTEIN CRYSTAL THAT MIGHT HAVE 220 00:10:34,867 --> 00:10:37,103 IMPORTANT INSIGHTS. 221 00:10:37,103 --> 00:10:38,471 HIS CREW MATE WILL WALK US 222 00:10:38,471 --> 00:10:42,408 THROUGH WHAT THAT WAS LIKE. 223 00:10:42,408 --> 00:10:45,544 >> WELCOME TO EXPEDITION 54. 224 00:10:45,544 --> 00:10:47,179 TODAY WE ARE DOING COOLER 225 00:10:47,179 --> 00:10:47,880 SCIENCE. 226 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:49,915 THIS IS ALEX OVER HERE WITH ME 227 00:10:49,915 --> 00:10:52,752 AND WE ARE WORKING ON 228 00:10:52,752 --> 00:10:53,986 PARKINSON'S DISEASE. 229 00:10:53,986 --> 00:10:55,388 WE ARE LOOKING AT A SPECIAL 230 00:10:55,388 --> 00:10:59,658 PROTEIN CRYSTAL STRUCTURE. 231 00:10:59,658 --> 00:11:01,193 THEY SENT IT UP HERE BECAUSE THE 232 00:11:01,193 --> 00:11:03,796 PROTEIN CRYSTALS GROW LARGER AND 233 00:11:03,796 --> 00:11:07,066 HAVE MUCH BETTER QUALITY. 234 00:11:07,066 --> 00:11:07,767 PARKINSON'S DISEASE EFFECTS 5 235 00:11:07,767 --> 00:11:10,503 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE. 236 00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:12,338 WHAT WE DISCOVERED HERE IN THE 237 00:11:12,338 --> 00:11:14,273 MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT THE 238 00:11:14,273 --> 00:11:16,308 CRYSTALS LIKE TO GROW. 239 00:11:16,308 --> 00:11:17,810 THEY CAN CLARIFY THE STRUCTURE 240 00:11:17,810 --> 00:11:19,845 AND THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO 241 00:11:19,845 --> 00:11:23,282 DEVELOP AN INHIBITER DRUG. 242 00:11:23,282 --> 00:11:27,119 NOT ONLY AN INHIBITER DRUG WITH 243 00:11:27,119 --> 00:11:28,754 FEW SIDE EFFECTS. 244 00:11:28,754 --> 00:11:32,825 ALEX IS WORKING ON THE WALL WHAT 245 00:11:32,825 --> 00:11:35,561 IT SEEMS LIKE IN MICROGRAVITY. 246 00:11:35,561 --> 00:11:37,596 HE HAS A MICROSCOPE AND PLATE 247 00:11:37,596 --> 00:11:39,632 THAT HE FILLED WITH THE CRYSTAL 248 00:11:39,632 --> 00:11:41,967 STRUCTURE A FEW DAYS AGO. 249 00:11:41,967 --> 00:11:43,602 HE GAVE TIME FOR THE STRUCTURES 250 00:11:43,602 --> 00:11:46,939 TO CRYSTALLIZE AND NOW HE'S 251 00:11:46,939 --> 00:11:48,474 EXAMINING THEM. 252 00:11:48,474 --> 00:11:50,176 HE'S WORKING WITH THEM REALTIME 253 00:11:50,176 --> 00:11:51,610 TO LOOK AT THE CRYSTAL 254 00:11:51,610 --> 00:11:54,547 STRUCTURE, TO HELP IMPROVE THE 255 00:11:54,547 --> 00:11:56,882 LIGHTNING AND CLEARTY AND TAKE 256 00:11:56,882 --> 00:11:58,617 PHOTOS THAT WILL BE SENT BACK 257 00:11:58,617 --> 00:12:00,653 DOWN TO THE GROUND. 258 00:12:00,653 --> 00:12:02,388 WE ARE VERY PROUD TO TAKE PART 259 00:12:02,388 --> 00:12:03,889 IN THE EXPERIMENTS. 260 00:12:03,889 --> 00:12:05,825 IN THE PAST FEW YEARS SCIENTIST 261 00:12:05,825 --> 00:12:08,260 HAVE REALIZED THE MICROGRAVITY 262 00:12:08,260 --> 00:12:11,597 ENVIRONMENT IS SUCH AN UNIQUE 263 00:12:11,597 --> 00:12:14,133 ENVIRONMENT AND PROVIDES A NEW 264 00:12:14,133 --> 00:12:16,068 WAY TO HELP US LOOK AT DISEASES 265 00:12:16,068 --> 00:12:17,803 IN A BETTER WAY. 266 00:12:17,803 --> 00:12:20,739 DEVELOP NEW MEDICATIONS AND WE 267 00:12:20,739 --> 00:12:22,241 ARE HAPPY TO TAKE PART IN THE 268 00:12:22,241 --> 00:12:39,391 SCIENCE UP HERE. 269 00:12:39,391 --> 00:12:41,527 >> ALL OF THE EXPERIMENTS ARE 270 00:12:41,527 --> 00:12:46,265 THE BRAINCHILD REN OF SCIENTIST 271 00:12:46,265 --> 00:12:47,399 ON THE GROUND. 272 00:12:47,399 --> 00:12:50,536 THEY COME UP AND TEST, DESIGN 273 00:12:50,536 --> 00:12:52,338 WITH THE EXPERIMENTS. 274 00:12:52,338 --> 00:12:55,274 IN THIS SEASON OF NASA EXPLORERS 275 00:12:55,274 --> 00:12:56,909 WE WATCH AS THEY WORK THROUGH 276 00:12:56,909 --> 00:12:58,744 THE LAST STRATEGIES OF GETTING 277 00:12:58,744 --> 00:13:00,579 THEIR EXPERIMENTS LOADED ON THE 278 00:13:00,579 --> 00:13:03,616 SPACEX CARGO SHIPMENT. 279 00:13:03,616 --> 00:13:05,951 >> WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT 280 00:13:05,951 --> 00:13:08,487 KIND OF DATA WE COLLECT. 281 00:13:08,487 --> 00:13:10,089 ANY DATA WILL BE BRAND-NEW 282 00:13:10,089 --> 00:13:13,125 INFORMATION FOR US AND FOR -- 283 00:13:13,125 --> 00:13:17,096 [LAUGHTER] 284 00:13:17,096 --> 00:13:25,571 ♪ 285 00:13:25,571 --> 00:13:29,308 ♪ . 286 00:13:29,308 --> 00:13:34,914 >> 3, 2, 1, 0 AND LIFTOFF OF THE 287 00:13:34,914 --> 00:13:40,219 FALCON NINE ROCKET AND DRAGON 288 00:13:40,219 --> 00:13:45,858 SPACECRAFT. 289 00:13:45,858 --> 00:13:47,793 >> WE WERE SCHEDULED TO BE ON 290 00:13:47,793 --> 00:13:49,929 SPACE X 14. 291 00:13:49,929 --> 00:13:54,266 A WEEK BEFORE THE LAUNCH OUR 292 00:13:54,266 --> 00:13:56,101 MISSION GOT CANCELED. 293 00:13:56,101 --> 00:13:57,636 >> SCIENCE IN SPACE CAN BE 294 00:13:57,636 --> 00:13:58,637 COMPLEX. 295 00:13:58,637 --> 00:14:01,674 NO MATTER HOW THINGS ARE PLANNED 296 00:14:01,674 --> 00:14:04,210 SOMETIMES COMPLEXITIES GET IN 297 00:14:04,210 --> 00:14:07,479 THE WAY OF LAUNCHING ON TIME. 298 00:14:07,479 --> 00:14:08,581 WHEN SOMETHING DIDN'T LOOK 299 00:14:08,581 --> 00:14:10,216 PERFECT THERE WAS NO CHOSE BUT 300 00:14:10,216 --> 00:14:12,451 TO PUSH IT TO A LATER SLIGHT TO 301 00:14:12,451 --> 00:14:16,088 ENSURE MISSION SUCCESS. 302 00:14:16,088 --> 00:14:20,359 >> I WASN'T DEVASTATED BUT SAD 303 00:14:20,359 --> 00:14:22,995 WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO LAUNCH. 304 00:14:22,995 --> 00:14:26,966 IT HAD TAKEN US TWO YEARS TO GET 305 00:14:26,966 --> 00:14:27,666 THERE. 306 00:14:27,666 --> 00:14:29,902 WE REEVALUATE THE CONTROL SYSTEM 307 00:14:29,902 --> 00:14:31,303 AND DO MORE GROUNDWORK TO 308 00:14:31,303 --> 00:14:32,938 PREPARE FOR THE LAUNCH IN 309 00:14:32,938 --> 00:14:35,674 DECEMBER OF 2018. 310 00:14:35,674 --> 00:14:38,744 AFTER THE SETBACK OF ABOUTING 311 00:14:38,744 --> 00:14:41,380 MOVED OUR TEAM HAS DAYS LEFT 312 00:14:41,380 --> 00:14:43,115 BEFORE THE EXPERIMENTS WILL BE 313 00:14:43,115 --> 00:14:46,652 LOADED INTO A DRAGON CAPSULE 314 00:14:46,652 --> 00:14:48,787 THAT WILL CARRY IT TO THE SPACE 315 00:14:48,787 --> 00:14:54,460 STATION. 316 00:14:54,460 --> 00:14:57,696 THE COFOUNDER ARE READYING THEIR 317 00:14:57,696 --> 00:14:59,298 RESEARCH. 318 00:14:59,298 --> 00:15:00,833 >> THIS IS ALSO OUR FIRST TIME 319 00:15:00,833 --> 00:15:02,568 WORKING AT THE KENNEDY SPACE 320 00:15:02,568 --> 00:15:03,469 CENTER. 321 00:15:03,469 --> 00:15:05,604 IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING MOMENT TO 322 00:15:05,604 --> 00:15:07,640 NOT JUST BE AT THE VISITOR 323 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,676 CENTER BUT ALSO GET PAST THE 324 00:15:10,676 --> 00:15:12,511 SECURITY GATE AND INTO THE 325 00:15:12,511 --> 00:15:14,013 LABORATORY. 326 00:15:14,013 --> 00:15:15,748 >> WHILE SOME EXPERIMENTS ARE 327 00:15:15,748 --> 00:15:17,983 LOADED INTO DRAGON IN THE WEEKS 328 00:15:17,983 --> 00:15:20,419 LEADING UP TO LAUNCH OTHERS HAVE 329 00:15:20,419 --> 00:15:28,527 MORE TIME SENSITIVE COMPONENTS. 330 00:15:28,527 --> 00:15:30,462 LABORATORIES AT THE SPACE CENTER 331 00:15:30,462 --> 00:15:32,498 PART OF THE PROCESSING FACILITY 332 00:15:32,498 --> 00:15:36,769 OR SSPF BECOME A HOME A WAY FROM 333 00:15:36,769 --> 00:15:37,403 HOME. 334 00:15:37,403 --> 00:15:39,038 THEY CAN CARRY OUT THE CRITICAL 335 00:15:39,038 --> 00:15:40,939 LAST STEPS OF PREPARING THEIR 336 00:15:40,939 --> 00:15:43,876 EXPERIMENTS FOR DELIVERY TO THE 337 00:15:43,876 --> 00:15:44,810 SPACE STATION. 338 00:15:44,810 --> 00:15:46,545 >> WE GOT HERE ON A THURSDAY AND 339 00:15:46,545 --> 00:15:49,682 IT'S CURRENTLY SUNDAY. 340 00:15:49,682 --> 00:15:51,583 WE SPENT DAYS FILLING UP THE 341 00:15:51,583 --> 00:15:53,719 WELLS WITH JELL SOLUTION. 342 00:15:53,719 --> 00:15:59,124 I AHEAD OF LAUNCH ON TUESDAY. 343 00:15:59,124 --> 00:16:01,126 >> ONCE YOU DO THAT YOU GET IN 344 00:16:01,126 --> 00:16:03,362 THE TIME BASKETBALL. 345 00:16:03,362 --> 00:16:06,198 EVERYTHING IS L BASED AND L 346 00:16:06,198 --> 00:16:12,671 BEING LAUNCH; WILL MINUS 72, L 347 00:16:12,671 --> 00:16:15,207 MINUS 42. 348 00:16:15,207 --> 00:16:16,442 >> THEY ARE PREPPING THEIR 349 00:16:16,442 --> 00:16:19,778 MICROPLATES FOR MICROGRAVITY. 350 00:16:19,778 --> 00:16:28,287 MICROPLATES ARE USED ON EARTH AS 351 00:16:28,287 --> 00:16:29,321 WELL. 352 00:16:29,321 --> 00:16:31,256 THESE ARE SPECIALLY DESIGNED. 353 00:16:31,256 --> 00:16:33,492 >> GENERALLY FLUID EXPERIMENTS 354 00:16:33,492 --> 00:16:36,295 HAVE TO BE DONE IN GLOVE BOX AND 355 00:16:36,295 --> 00:16:38,364 IT'S TIME LIMITED AND CREW 356 00:16:38,364 --> 00:16:39,598 INTENSIVE. 357 00:16:39,598 --> 00:16:42,134 WE CONTAINED THIS MICROPLATE 358 00:16:42,134 --> 00:16:44,870 THAT CAN BE OPERATED OUTSIDE THE 359 00:16:44,870 --> 00:16:47,106 GLOVE BOX AND THE FLUIDS WILL 360 00:16:47,106 --> 00:16:49,041 STAY INSIDE. 361 00:16:49,041 --> 00:16:51,977 >> WE HAVE FILLED THESE WITH 362 00:16:51,977 --> 00:16:52,978 GELS. 363 00:16:52,978 --> 00:16:55,114 WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE EFFECTS 364 00:16:55,114 --> 00:16:57,149 OF MICROGRAVITY AND HOW THE 365 00:16:57,149 --> 00:16:59,284 RELEASE OF THE DRUG IS EFFECTED 366 00:16:59,284 --> 00:17:01,019 WHEN WE SEND THEM TO THE SPACE 367 00:17:01,019 --> 00:17:01,820 STATION. 368 00:17:01,820 --> 00:17:04,556 THE CONCERN WE HAVE IS THAT IF 369 00:17:04,556 --> 00:17:06,392 WE HAVE BUBBLES THAT ARE IN THE 370 00:17:06,392 --> 00:17:08,927 WELLS IT MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR 371 00:17:08,927 --> 00:17:11,463 THE PLATE READER TO BE ABLE TO 372 00:17:11,463 --> 00:17:13,499 READ THE AMOUNT CORRECTLY. 373 00:17:13,499 --> 00:17:15,300 WE ARE BEING VERY CAREFUL WITH 374 00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:18,871 HOW WE ARE LOUDING -- LOADING 375 00:17:18,871 --> 00:17:20,606 THE WATER. 376 00:17:20,606 --> 00:17:23,142 >> ONCE THEY FINISH FILLING THE 377 00:17:23,142 --> 00:17:25,277 MICROPLATE I WILL TAKE-OVER AND 378 00:17:25,277 --> 00:17:27,279 FILL THEM UP COMPLETELY. 379 00:17:27,279 --> 00:17:29,815 ONCE THAT IS DONE WE WILL LAB 380 00:17:29,815 --> 00:17:32,050 THE PLATES AND PUT THEM IN A 381 00:17:32,050 --> 00:17:36,221 SELF-CONTAINED BOX THAT'S IT 382 00:17:36,221 --> 00:17:37,656 WILL TRAVEL TO THE SPACE STATION 383 00:17:37,656 --> 00:17:41,126 ON. 384 00:17:41,126 --> 00:17:42,928 >> THREE YEARS IN THE MAKING TO 385 00:17:42,928 --> 00:17:45,664 GET HERE. 386 00:17:45,664 --> 00:17:48,700 >> ONCE WE DO THAT WE WILL TURN 387 00:17:48,700 --> 00:17:50,436 IT OVER AND THE NEXT TIME WE 388 00:17:50,436 --> 00:17:52,571 WILL SEE IT WILL BE ON ORBIT AND 389 00:17:52,571 --> 00:17:56,008 THE CREWS ARE OPENING THEM UP. 390 00:17:56,008 --> 00:17:59,545 >> COLD STO IS THE TEAM THAT 391 00:17:59,545 --> 00:18:02,614 MAKES SURE THE RESEARCH STAYS AT 392 00:18:02,614 --> 00:18:04,750 THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE FROM THE 393 00:18:04,750 --> 00:18:06,452 LAB ON EARTH TO THE LAB IN 394 00:18:06,452 --> 00:18:07,052 SPACE. 395 00:18:07,052 --> 00:18:09,588 THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST STEPS. 396 00:18:09,588 --> 00:18:16,995 THE COLD STORAGE TEAM WILL PUT 397 00:18:16,995 --> 00:18:19,832 THEM IN BOXES AND MAKE SURE THEY 398 00:18:19,832 --> 00:18:21,066 ARE LOCKED. 399 00:18:21,066 --> 00:18:23,769 >> DOES IT FEEL LIKE RELIEF? 400 00:18:23,769 --> 00:18:28,674 >> WHEN WE SEE IT TAKEOFF THEN 401 00:18:28,674 --> 00:18:30,576 I'LL BE RELAXED. 402 00:18:30,576 --> 00:18:32,311 >> IT WILL BE OFFICIALLY OUT OF 403 00:18:32,311 --> 00:18:34,446 OUR HANDS WHEN IT LEAVES THE 404 00:18:34,446 --> 00:18:36,081 EARTH'S SURFACE. 405 00:18:36,081 --> 00:18:39,551 THAT'S THE MOMENT THEN WHEN WE 406 00:18:39,551 --> 00:18:41,787 ARE FINALLY DONE UNTIL WE GET 407 00:18:41,787 --> 00:18:45,524 DATA AND WE GET TO PROCESS IT. 408 00:18:45,524 --> 00:18:48,560 >> JUST THE BEGINNING. 409 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:49,495 [LAUGHTER] 410 00:18:49,495 --> 00:18:51,797 >> WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW, NOW 411 00:18:51,797 --> 00:18:53,932 THAT WE HANDED THEM OVER TO NASA 412 00:18:53,932 --> 00:18:56,268 THEY WILL DELIVER THEM TO DRAGON 413 00:18:56,268 --> 00:18:57,903 TO BE LOADED. 414 00:18:57,903 --> 00:18:59,238 HOPEFULLY IT WILL HAPPEN 415 00:18:59,238 --> 00:19:01,540 TOMORROW AT 18:38. 416 00:19:01,540 --> 00:19:03,475 I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED SINCE THE 417 00:19:03,475 --> 00:19:06,211 BEGINNING APPROXIMATELY 3 YEARS 418 00:19:06,211 --> 00:19:07,246 AGO. 419 00:19:07,246 --> 00:19:09,781 IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND WORTH IT. 420 00:19:09,781 --> 00:19:12,518 WE ARE EXCITED TO HELP GET DATA 421 00:19:12,518 --> 00:19:14,052 FOR THE PROJECT. 422 00:19:14,052 --> 00:19:16,255 >> OVERALL, WE WILL GET A LOT OF 423 00:19:16,255 --> 00:19:18,090 DATA FROM THIS ONE PROJECT AND 424 00:19:18,090 --> 00:19:20,626 THE TWO EXPERIMENTS ARE 425 00:19:20,626 --> 00:19:22,261 IMPORTANT FOR US. 426 00:19:22,261 --> 00:19:30,168 [LAUGHTER] 427 00:19:30,168 --> 00:19:32,471 >> IT'S A LITTLE WINDY OUT 428 00:19:32,471 --> 00:19:33,805 TODAY. 429 00:19:33,805 --> 00:19:36,041 THE WIND HAS ME CONCERNED. 430 00:19:36,041 --> 00:19:41,513 MY LAUNCH INTUITION IS TINGLING 431 00:19:41,513 --> 00:19:42,814 A BIT. 432 00:19:42,814 --> 00:19:51,723 IT'S AN AMAZING THING TO SEE. 433 00:19:51,723 --> 00:19:53,559 >> THE LABORATORIES ARE NOT THE 434 00:19:53,559 --> 00:19:56,295 ONLY PLACE WHERE RESEARCH TAKES 435 00:19:56,295 --> 00:19:56,995 PLACE. 436 00:19:56,995 --> 00:19:58,230 THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE IS 437 00:19:58,230 --> 00:20:01,066 HOME TO A NUMBER OF EXPERIMENTS 438 00:20:01,066 --> 00:20:03,902 INCLUDING THE SENSOR THAT'S 439 00:20:03,902 --> 00:20:05,804 CONTINUING NASA'S WORK OF 440 00:20:05,804 --> 00:20:08,574 GATHERING DATA FOR RESEARCHERS 441 00:20:08,574 --> 00:20:10,809 LOOKING INTO CHANGES FOR EARTH'S 442 00:20:10,809 --> 00:20:14,546 CLIMATE. 443 00:20:14,546 --> 00:20:21,920 >> FOLLOW THE SUN. 444 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,056 THIS IS PRESENTED BY SCIENCE AT 445 00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:27,793 NASA. 446 00:20:27,793 --> 00:20:29,828 THE SUN WARMS US AND GROWS OUR 447 00:20:29,828 --> 00:20:30,629 FOOD. 448 00:20:30,629 --> 00:20:32,264 LIFE ON LAND AND IN THE OCEANS 449 00:20:32,264 --> 00:20:35,200 AND DAILY WEATHER AND LONG TIME 450 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:40,939 CLIMATE PATTERNS BECAUSE OF 451 00:20:40,939 --> 00:20:41,840 ENERGY. 452 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:43,575 THIS COULD EFFECT THE WORKING 453 00:20:43,575 --> 00:20:46,011 FOR THE PLANETS ATMOSPHERE. 454 00:20:46,011 --> 00:20:47,646 THEY USE THE INSTRUMENTS TO 455 00:20:47,646 --> 00:20:50,182 FOLLOW THE SUN AND MONITOR SOLAR 456 00:20:50,182 --> 00:20:53,719 ENERGY COMING TO US. 457 00:20:53,719 --> 00:20:57,556 THE LATEST ONE TO DO SO MAKES 458 00:20:57,556 --> 00:21:00,292 MEASUREMENTS WITH UNPRECEDENTED 459 00:21:00,292 --> 00:21:01,426 ACCURACY. 460 00:21:01,426 --> 00:21:03,962 PIECES GATHERS INFORMATION FROM 461 00:21:03,962 --> 00:21:05,998 ABROAD THE ISS. 462 00:21:05,998 --> 00:21:07,499 FLYING ON THE PLATFORM THAT THE 463 00:21:07,499 --> 00:21:10,335 ORBITING LABORATORY PROVIDES HAS 464 00:21:10,335 --> 00:21:13,405 ALLOWED US TO CONTINUE TO TRACK 465 00:21:13,405 --> 00:21:16,041 THE SUN'S RADIANT ENERGY. 466 00:21:16,041 --> 00:21:18,076 THIS IS ONE OF THE LONGEST DATA 467 00:21:18,076 --> 00:21:19,911 RECORDS FROM SPACE. 468 00:21:19,911 --> 00:21:21,613 OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES 469 00:21:21,613 --> 00:21:25,384 EARTH'S ICE MASS HAS DIMINISHED 470 00:21:25,384 --> 00:21:27,719 AND SEA LEVELS HAVE DIMINISHED 471 00:21:27,719 --> 00:21:29,221 AND GROWING SEASONS HAVE 472 00:21:29,221 --> 00:21:30,355 SHIFTED. 473 00:21:30,355 --> 00:21:32,391 TO UNDERSTAND THE CAUSES 474 00:21:32,391 --> 00:21:35,627 INCLUDING HUMAN INFLUENCES OF 475 00:21:35,627 --> 00:21:37,796 THE CHANGES AND DEFINE THE MODEL 476 00:21:37,796 --> 00:21:40,832 RESEARCHERS MUST KNOW THE AMOUNT 477 00:21:40,832 --> 00:21:44,369 OF INCOMING SOLAR ENERGY. 478 00:21:44,369 --> 00:21:45,904 PETE WILL EXPLAIN. 479 00:21:45,904 --> 00:21:48,440 WHEN THERE IS A BALANCE BETWEEN 480 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,575 INCOMING ENERGY FROM THE SUN AND 481 00:21:50,575 --> 00:21:52,911 THE RADIATION EARTH EMITS 482 00:21:52,911 --> 00:21:56,048 CLIMATE REMAINS STEADY. 483 00:21:56,048 --> 00:21:59,317 AN EMBALANCE MEANS ENERGY IS 484 00:21:59,317 --> 00:22:01,953 BEING STORED OR LOST CAUSING 485 00:22:01,953 --> 00:22:03,455 TEMPERATURE DECREASES. 486 00:22:03,455 --> 00:22:05,991 ENERGY FROM THE SUN MAKES UP 487 00:22:05,991 --> 00:22:08,527 HALF OF THE BALANCED EQUATION. 488 00:22:08,527 --> 00:22:10,862 THE SUN'S SOLAR ENERGY OUTPUT 489 00:22:10,862 --> 00:22:13,999 HASN'T HAD A MAJOR INFLUENCE THE 490 00:22:13,999 --> 00:22:16,635 OUTPUT NEEDS TO BE MONITORED 491 00:22:16,635 --> 00:22:17,869 CONTINUOUSLY. 492 00:22:17,869 --> 00:22:19,905 IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT VARIABLE 493 00:22:19,905 --> 00:22:24,576 WE NEED TO KNOW. 494 00:22:24,576 --> 00:22:27,112 TRYING TO MEASURE CLIMATE IS 495 00:22:27,112 --> 00:22:29,548 LIKE BALANCING YOUR CHECKBOOK. 496 00:22:29,548 --> 00:22:31,349 CLIMATE IS MEASURED OVERTIME 497 00:22:31,349 --> 00:22:34,319 SPANS AND LONGER UNLIKE WEATHER 498 00:22:34,319 --> 00:22:40,025 THAT CHANGES OVER TIME SCALES. 499 00:22:40,025 --> 00:22:43,061 CONTINUITY AND ACCURACY ARE KEY. 500 00:22:43,061 --> 00:22:47,432 IT HAS TWO SENSORS. 501 00:22:47,432 --> 00:22:51,069 THE TOTAL RAIDOUS MONITOR 502 00:22:51,069 --> 00:22:53,405 MEASURES ALL OF THE RADIATION 503 00:22:53,405 --> 00:22:57,142 FROM THE SUN AND THEN IT'S 504 00:22:57,142 --> 00:23:00,178 LOOKING AT HOW IT'S DISTRIBUTED. 505 00:23:00,178 --> 00:23:01,613 THE LATER HELPS SCIENCE 506 00:23:01,613 --> 00:23:04,049 UNDERSTAND WHERE SOLAR ENERGY IS 507 00:23:04,049 --> 00:23:09,421 BEING AGO ABSORBED. 508 00:23:09,421 --> 00:23:11,022 THE READINGS ARE CRITICAL TO 509 00:23:11,022 --> 00:23:13,959 UNDERSTANDING THE OSON LAYER. 510 00:23:13,959 --> 00:23:18,029 OSON ABSORBS ULTRAVIOLENT LIGHT. 511 00:23:18,029 --> 00:23:19,865 THIS HEATS THE ATMOSPHERE AND 512 00:23:19,865 --> 00:23:22,000 CAN PROPAGATE DOWN TO THE LOWER 513 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,536 ATMOSPHERE AND IMPACT CLIENT. 514 00:23:24,536 --> 00:23:27,072 SO MANY FACTORS INCLUANCE 515 00:23:27,072 --> 00:23:28,874 EARTH'S CLIMATE. 516 00:23:28,874 --> 00:23:30,308 WE NEED TO LEARN HOW THEY ALL 517 00:23:30,308 --> 00:23:32,110 INTERACT. 518 00:23:32,110 --> 00:23:33,645 THIS IS HELPING US UNDERSTAND 519 00:23:33,645 --> 00:23:35,781 THE SUN'S BEHAVIOR AND HOW THE 520 00:23:35,781 --> 00:23:39,885 ATMOSPHERE RESPONDS TO THE SUN. 521 00:23:39,885 --> 00:23:42,187 FOR MORE INFORMATION HEAD TO 522 00:23:42,187 --> 00:23:48,160 NASA.GOV/ISS-SCIENCE. 523 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:49,895 TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW OUR 524 00:23:49,895 --> 00:23:52,964 CLOSEST STAR HEAD TO OUR 525 00:23:52,964 --> 00:23:55,700 WEBSITE. 526 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:57,602 >>> ALONG WITH BEING A PLATFORM 527 00:23:57,602 --> 00:24:00,272 FOR SCIENTIFIC INIS IT MENTS THE 528 00:24:00,272 --> 00:24:01,973 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS A 529 00:24:01,973 --> 00:24:04,309 PLACE FOR HUMAN BEINGS TO GET A 530 00:24:04,309 --> 00:24:06,244 VIEW OF THE PLANET UNLIKE ANY 531 00:24:06,244 --> 00:24:06,945 OTHER. 532 00:24:06,945 --> 00:24:09,281 THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN 533 00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:11,016 THERE SAY THE PICTURES THEY 534 00:24:11,016 --> 00:24:12,751 SHARE ARE STILL LACKING. 535 00:24:12,751 --> 00:24:14,553 IT SEEMS THAT SEEING THE SUPER 536 00:24:14,553 --> 00:24:16,388 WIDE ANGLE VIEW OF THE HOME 537 00:24:16,388 --> 00:24:18,123 PLANET WITH YOUR OWN EYES 538 00:24:18,123 --> 00:24:19,758 CHANGES YOUR OUTLOOK ON THE 539 00:24:19,758 --> 00:24:20,559 WORLD. 540 00:24:20,559 --> 00:24:22,694 IT DID FOR FORMER ASTRONAUT MIKE 541 00:24:22,694 --> 00:24:44,349 FORMAN. 542 00:24:44,349 --> 00:24:46,585 >>> YOU ARE STRAPPED IN THE 543 00:24:46,585 --> 00:24:48,386 SPACE STATION ON THE LAUNCHPAD 544 00:24:48,386 --> 00:24:50,222 AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE IN A 545 00:24:50,222 --> 00:24:52,757 CAR WRECK. 546 00:24:52,757 --> 00:24:57,329 THE SOLID BOOSTERS GIVE YOU A 547 00:24:57,329 --> 00:24:58,964 KICK IN THE BACKSIDE. 548 00:24:58,964 --> 00:25:00,866 THEY LAUNCH YOU INTO STAYS AND 549 00:25:00,866 --> 00:25:03,802 8.5 MINUTES YOU ARE THERE AND 550 00:25:03,802 --> 00:25:06,538 YOU START TAKING IN THE VIEWS. 551 00:25:06,538 --> 00:25:08,573 I CAN'T DESCRIBE THEM. 552 00:25:08,573 --> 00:25:11,009 I WISH I WAS BETTER AT THEM. 553 00:25:11,009 --> 00:25:12,644 DESCRIBING THE EXPERIENCE OF 554 00:25:12,644 --> 00:25:14,779 BEING WEIGHT LESSOR THE VIEWS OF 555 00:25:14,779 --> 00:25:17,215 THE EARTH, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, 556 00:25:17,215 --> 00:25:24,689 SO INCREDIBLE. 557 00:25:24,689 --> 00:25:27,125 I WAS THERE FOR TWO SPACE 558 00:25:27,125 --> 00:25:28,760 SHUTTLE MISSIONS. 559 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:30,495 EVERY TIME I HAD A SPARE MINUTE 560 00:25:30,495 --> 00:25:32,397 I WOULD GO TO THE WINDOW AND 561 00:25:32,397 --> 00:25:33,732 TAKE A LOOKOUT. 562 00:25:33,732 --> 00:25:44,376 SPACEWALKS ALWAYS SEEM TO BE 563 00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:49,047 BUSY AND TASK FORCE CUSSED -- 564 00:25:49,047 --> 00:25:50,582 FOCUSED EVENTS. 565 00:25:50,582 --> 00:25:52,717 I HAVE TO DO THIS OR GO OVER AND 566 00:25:52,717 --> 00:25:53,818 DO THIS. 567 00:25:53,818 --> 00:25:55,453 YOU NEVER GET TO TAKE A MINUTE 568 00:25:55,453 --> 00:25:57,589 AND ENJOY THE VIEW. 569 00:25:57,589 --> 00:25:58,490 DID THERE WERE THOSE MINUTES 570 00:25:58,490 --> 00:26:00,225 WHERE THE VIEW FROM OUTSIDE OF 571 00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:02,027 THE SPACECRAFT WITH THE FULL 572 00:26:02,027 --> 00:26:04,262 PANORAMIC VISION THROUGH YOUR 573 00:26:04,262 --> 00:26:06,197 VISOR WAS INCREDIBLE. 574 00:26:06,197 --> 00:26:08,333 I ALWAYS KID WITH ASTRONAUTS 575 00:26:08,333 --> 00:26:10,669 DON'T DO THE SPACEWALK. 576 00:26:10,669 --> 00:26:12,871 FROM INSIDE HERE FROM THE WINDOW 577 00:26:12,871 --> 00:26:14,706 IT'S PRETTY GOOD. 578 00:26:14,706 --> 00:26:16,942 THE VIEW FROM OUTSIDE IS PRETTY 579 00:26:16,942 --> 00:26:22,914 AMAZING. 580 00:26:22,914 --> 00:26:25,550 THE COLORS OF BLUE YOU HAVE 581 00:26:25,550 --> 00:26:27,886 NEVER SEEN BEFORE. 582 00:26:27,886 --> 00:26:33,358 THE SHADES AND HUE. 583 00:26:33,358 --> 00:26:35,193 IT'S ALMOST OVERWHELMING WHEN 584 00:26:35,193 --> 00:26:41,399 YOU FIRST SEE IT. 585 00:26:41,399 --> 00:26:43,835 I THINK IF YOU ARE NOT A 586 00:26:43,835 --> 00:26:46,071 CONSERVATIONIST YOU ARE PARTLY A 587 00:26:46,071 --> 00:26:47,772 CONSERVATIONIST WHEN YOU COME 588 00:26:47,772 --> 00:26:50,208 BACK. 589 00:26:50,208 --> 00:26:51,543 WHEN YOU SEE HOW THIN THE 590 00:26:51,543 --> 00:26:54,279 ATMOSPHERE WAS IT ALLOWS US TO 591 00:26:54,279 --> 00:26:56,114 WALK AROUND WITHOUT A SPACE SUIT 592 00:26:56,114 --> 00:27:02,087 ON DOWN HERE AND BREATHE HERE. 593 00:27:02,087 --> 00:27:03,421 WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS 594 00:27:03,421 --> 00:27:07,659 BECAUSE IT'S SO FRAGILE LOOKING 595 00:27:07,659 --> 00:27:08,893 FROM SPACE. 596 00:27:08,893 --> 00:27:11,329 IF WE COULD GET ALL 6 BILLION 597 00:27:11,329 --> 00:27:17,002 PEOPLE OR HOWEVER MANY WE HAVE 598 00:27:17,002 --> 00:27:19,437 ON THE PLANET FOR JUST A FEW 599 00:27:19,437 --> 00:27:21,473 MINUTES THE WHOLE PLANET WOULD 600 00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:34,386 CHANGE. 601 00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:36,221 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET ANOTHER 602 00:27:36,221 --> 00:27:38,890 LOOK OF THE FUTURE OR ANY OTHERS 603 00:27:38,890 --> 00:27:41,426 CHECK THEM OUT ON YOUTUBE AND 604 00:27:41,426 --> 00:27:42,427 FACEBOOK. 605 00:27:42,427 --> 00:27:43,962 IF YOU ARE OUT ON THE INTERNET 606 00:27:43,962 --> 00:27:45,897 ANYWAY CHECK OUT HOUSTON, WE 607 00:27:45,897 --> 00:27:47,332 HAVE A PODCAST. 608 00:27:47,332 --> 00:27:48,733 WE TALK TO FOLKS ABOUT THEIR 609 00:27:48,733 --> 00:27:50,769 WORK IN ALL ASPECTS OF SPACE 610 00:27:50,769 --> 00:27:54,105 EXPLORATION. 611 00:27:54,105 --> 00:27:55,940 TODAY GARY WILL PICK UP THE 612 00:27:55,940 --> 00:27:57,642 CONVERSATION EXPLORES THE 613 00:27:57,642 --> 00:28:00,311 HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL 614 00:28:00,311 --> 00:28:02,647 SPACE STATION FROM PLANNING TO 615 00:28:02,647 --> 00:28:03,948 ASSEMBLY. 616 00:28:03,948 --> 00:28:08,920 GO TO NASA.GOV/PODCASTS FOR 617 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:12,157 TODAY'S EPISODE. 618 00:28:12,157 --> 00:28:14,492 ALSO FIND THE FULL LIBRARY OF 619 00:28:14,492 --> 00:28:16,528 NASA PODCASTS. 620 00:28:16,528 --> 00:28:19,364 YOU CAN HEAR THEM ALSO ON APPLE 621 00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:22,834 PODCAST, GOOGLE PODCAST, AND 622 00:28:22,834 --> 00:28:24,436 SOUND CLOUD. 623 00:28:24,436 --> 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