>> IGNITION SEQUENCE START.
♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪
>> GOOD MORNING.
YOU'VE GOT A VIEW OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM AT NASA'S
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS IN THIS
ROOM ARE KEEPING TRACK OF THE
SYSTEMS ON THE SPACE STATION AND
HELPING OUT THE EXPEDITION 62
CREW MEMBERS, AS THEY WORK
THROUGH THEIR AGENDA OF SCIENCE
AND MAINTENANCE TASKS.
NOW, WE HAVE MADE A FEW CHANGES
AROUND HERE ABOUT THE WAY WE ARE
DOING THINGS ON THE GROUND
DURING THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS.
BUT THAT HASN'T KEPT THE CREW ON
ORBIT FROM DOING THEIR WORK.
PREPARING FOR THE UPCOMING
DEPARTURE OF A CARGO SHIP AND
THE ARRIVAL OF NEW CREWMATES.
>> WELCOME SPACE TO GROUND, I AM
SANDRA JONES, WHILE THE WORLD
CONTINUE TO GRAPPLE WITH THE
EFFECTS OF THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC WE ARE DOING OUR PART
TO HELP FLATTEN THE CURVE BY
SHOOTING THIS WEEK'S EPISODE
FROM HOME.
MEANWHILE, 250 MILES ABOVE US
ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION CREW MEMBERS WERE BUSY
PREPARING A VEHICLE FOR ITS
UPCOMING DEPARTURE
NASA ASTRONAUTS JESSICA MEIR AND
ANDREW MORGAN HAVE BEEN LETTING
THE VEHICLE WITH EXPERIMENTS AND
STATION GEAR SUCH AS SPACECRAFT
COMPONENTS TO BE ANALYZED BY
SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS UPON
THE VEHICLE'S RETURN TO EARTH.
CRS20 IS SCHEDULED TO BE
RELEASED FROM THE SPACE STATION
ON MONDAY APRIL 6TH.
THE VEHICLE WILL SPLASH DOWN IN
THE PACIFIC ON OR ABOUT EARN
JUST A FEW HOURS AFTER ITS
DEPARTURE FROM THE SPACE
STATION.
IN PREPARATION FOR THE RELEASE
OF CRS20.
THE FIRST COMMERCIAL RESEARCH
PLATFORM WAS REMOVED FROM
DRAGON.
THIS WEEK IT WAS ROBOTICALLY
INSTALLED ONCE THE COLUMBUS
LABORATORY MODULE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
IT WILL PROVIDE POWER AND DATA
TRANSMISSION FOR UP 212 PAYLOADS
OUTSIDE THE ORBITING LABORATORY.
THREE MORE HUMANS WILL SOON
ARRIVE TO STATION.
NOOSE A ASTRONAUT CHRIS CASSIDY
AND ANATOLE I AND IVÁN, ARE
SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH APRIL 9TH
ABOARD THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT AT
RUSSIA'S BAIKONUR CASINO DREAM
IN KAZAKHSTAN.
THE EXPEDITION 63 CREW MEMBERS
HAVE COMPLETED FINAL TRAINING IN
PREPARATIONS AHEAD OF THEIR
UPCOMING LAUNCH.
KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS
USING THE #ASKNASA.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
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>> AS MOST AMERICA GETS
ACQUAINTED WITH WORKING FROM
HOME, SOMETIMES IN CRAMPED
QUARTERS, A NUMBER OF
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW
MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SHARING THEIR
EXPERIENCE OF DOING THAT SAME
THING FROM SPACE.
RECENTLY, ASTRO THOUGHT ANN
MCLEAN PULLED OUT HER SMART
PHONE TO TALK ABOUT THE FIVE
EXPEDITIONARY CREW SKILLS THAT
SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS TRY TO
EMPLOY TO MAKE THEIR TEAM ON
ORBIT A SUCCESS.
THESE SKILLS MAY WORK FOR YOU ON
EARTH, TOO.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> HEY, EVERYONE, ANN MCCLAIN
HERE, I AM A NASA ASTRONAUT AND
I LIVED ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FOR 6 1/2 MONTHS
LAST YEAR.
I KNOW PEOPLE ARE IN CONFINE
THINK OR LIVING IN QUARANTINE
UNDER CONDITIONS THAT MAYBE ARE
NOT THE MOST FAVORABLE.
SO WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE
SITUATION RIGHT NOW IN THE WORLD
IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE
HAVE UP IN SITUATION, I DO THINK
THAT THERE ARE PARALLELS, SOME
LESSONS THAT WE LEARNED OVER THE
LAST 20 YEARS LIVING ON SPACE
STATION THAT MAYBE CAN APPLY TO
YOUR SCENARIO.
THE BIG THING THAT I REALIZED
THAT IT'S A BIG MENTAL
ADJUSTMENT WHEN WE ARE LIVING
AND WORKING IN SPACE.
PEOPLE THINK OF SPACE
EXPLORATION AS SOLELY A
TECHNICAL FEAT, BUT REALLY THERE
IS A HUGE NONTECHNICAL ASPECT
THAT IS CRITICAL IN OUR
SUCCESSFUL THAT'S SIMPLY HOW
WELL WE GET ALONG WITH OTHERS.
IF YOU HAVE A CREW IN SPACE A
MONTH IN TO IT ARE NOT SPEAKING
TO EACH OTHER.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN
EFFECTIVE TEAM.
ONE OF THE ASTRONAUTS THAT FLEW
A FEW YEARS BEFORE ME, PEGGY LIP
SON, WORKED WITH A PSYCHOLOGIST
AT NASA AND THEY DEVELOPED WHAT
WE CALL EXPEDITIONARY CREW
SKILLS AND THESE ARE BASICALLY
FIVE MAIN SKILLS THAT THEY
IDENTIFIED WERE IMPORTANT AND
CRITICAL TO BE SUCCESSFUL TEAMS.
AND THOSE FIVE SKILLS ARE
COMMUNICATION, LEADERSHIP AND
FOLLOWERSHIP, SELF CARE, TEAM
CARE, AND GROUP LIVING.
SO THE FIRST ONE, COMMUNICATION,
IT'S BASICALLY HOW TO EXPRESS
ONE'S SELF SO THAT YOU ARE
CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD.
IT'S ALSO HOW TO BE AN ACTIVE
LIFTER EN, AND ASK QUESTIONS SO
YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING
SAID TO YOU.
IT'S ACTUALLY AMAZING HOW MANY
PROBLEMS ARE GENERATED JUST
BECAUSE OF MISCOMMUNICATION.
AND SO WE TALK ABOUT THESE --
THIS ASPECT.
AND SOME OF THE BEHAVIORS THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO GOOD
COMMUNICATION, SO THINGS LIKE
ACTIVE LISTENING, ASKING
QUESTIONS LIKE I JUST SAID,
USING CONCISE TERMINOLOGY.
MAYBE WAITING TO SPEAKING UNTIL
YOUR EMOTIONS HAVE SUBSIDED AND
YOU CAN SPEAKING MORE FACTUALLY
INSTEAD OF EMOTIONALLY.
THE NEXT SKILL IS LEADERSHIP AND
FOLLOWERSHIP.
THAT'S BASICALLY HOW THE TEAM
HIERARCHY ADAPTS TO CHANGING
SITUATIONS.
AND FOR ME, I KIND OF TALK ABOUT
LEADERSHIP AND SUBORDINATE
LEADERSHIP.
BECAUSE, REALLY, EVERYBODY IS A
LEADER NO MATTER WHAT LEVEL THAT
YOU ARE AT.
EVEN YOUR KIDS CAN BE LEADERS
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE LEADER IS
THE ONE THAT OFFICIALLY SETS THE
GOALS OF THE TEAM AND PERHAPS
LEADS BY EXAMPLE.
STRENGTHENS RELATIONSHIPS AND
KIND OF HAS THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
AND THE FOLLOWER, OR THE
SUBORDINATE LEADER, SETS THEIR
OWN GOALS AND THEIR BEHAVIORS IN
ORDER TO SUPPORT THE VISION OF
THE LEADER.
AND SO YOU CAN APPLY THOSE ROLES
KIND OF IN WHATEVER GROUP THAT
YOU ARE IN.
MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE AN
APPOINTED LEAD HE GO BUT
SOMEBODY MORE OF A NATURAL
LEADER.
AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE
SKILLS, SOME OF THE BEHAVIORS,
FOR THIS LEADERSHIP/FOLLOWERSHIP
IS THAT YOU CAN EFFECTIVELY OKAY
BY BOTH FEEDER AND FOLLOWER
ROLES.
SOMEONE IS A LEADER IN ONE
ASPECT IN ONE TASK THAT YOU ARE
DOING AND LATER ON IN THAT DAY
SOMEBODY ELSE TAKES A LEADERSHIP
ROLE.
SO THE ABILITY TO SUPPRESS THAT
EGO AND SAY, OKAY, I AM LEADING
FROM THE FRONT ON THIS ONE AND
ON THIS ONE I WILL DEFER TO
SOMEBODY THAT MAY BE THE EXPERT
IN THIS.
THE NEXT SKILL THAT'S IMPORTANT
FOR EXPEDITIONARY CREW SKILLS IS
SELF-CARE.
THIS IS SO FRONTER, IF YOU DON'T
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, IF YOU
ARE NOT HEALTHY YOU CAN'T
PERFORM FOR THE TEAM.
YOU CAN'T BE A GOOD TEAM MEMBER.
AND FURTHER, YOU MAY HAVE TO
PULL SKILLS FROM THE REST OF THE
TEAM OR RESOURCES FROM THE REST
OF THE TEAM FOR THEM TO TAKE
CARE OF YOU.
KNOWING WHEN YOU NEED TO STOP
AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF IS
VERY IMPORTANT.
THIS IS HOW HEALTHY YOU ARE ON A
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL
LEVEL.
AND YOU REALLY HAVE TO PAY
ATTENTION TO THAT.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN WE GET
IN THESE AWKWARD SITUATIONS OUR
PHYSICIAN INSTINCTS AREN'T THE
RIGHT INS STINKS, WHEN WE HAVE
STRESS IN OUR NORMAL LIVES,
MAYBE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SKIP THE
GYM ONE DAY OR MAYBE WE GO OUT
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST DECIDE TO
WATCH TV FOR A BIT.
WE ARE ALL IN THIS SITUATION IN
CONFINEMENT TOO LONG TO SIT AND
WATCH TV OR CONSUME SOCIAL
MEDIA.
WE HAVE TO BE ACTIVE ABOUT HOW
WE SELF-CARE.
AND SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, TRYING
TO MANAGE YOUR OWN EMOTIONS.
SOME OF THE BEHAVIORS THAT CAN
HELP YOU WITH THIS, IS TRYING TO
BE CALM IN THE FACE OF STRESS.
RECOGNIZE THAT STRESS IS WHEN
EXPECTATIONS DON'T MEET REALITY.
AND WE CAN'T CHANGE THE CURRENT
REALITY.
AND SO IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA
THAT WE TRY TO MANAGE SOME OF
OUR EXPECTATIONS.
YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN YOUR SOCIAL
RELATIONSHIPS.
DON'T CUT YOURSELF OFF.
YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU START TO
GET IN TO A NEGATIVE THOUGHT
PATTERN, THEN YOU KNOW,
RECOGNIZE THAT AND TRY TO GET
OUT OF THAT.
AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST TAKING
CARE OF YOURSELF PHYSICALLY.
YOU KNOW, TAKE THE TIME TO GO TO
THE GYM.
EAT RIGHT, TAKE TIME AWAY FROM
THE GROUP FOR SOME SOLITUDE IF
YOU NEED TO.
READ A BOOK.
AND THE NEXT ASPECT IS TEAM
CARE.
THAT'S HOW HEALTHY THE TEAM IS
ON A PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL
LEVEL.
AND THIS CAN BE INFLUENCED A LOT
BY EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL
STRESSORS.
SO SOME OF THE GOOD BEHAVIORS TO
HELP WITH TEAM CARE IS TO
DEMONSTRATE PATIENCE WITH
OTHERS, WE ARE ALL GOING THROUGH
THIS, WE ALL HAVE EMOTIONS,
WHETHER WE ARE ON THE SPACE
STATION OR ON THE EARTH, WE HAVE
GOOD DAYS, BAD DAYS, AND WE FEEL
STRESS, WE FEEL FRUSTRATION,
SOMETIMES WE FEEL ANGER.
AND RECOGNIZING THAT, YOU KNOW,
WE WANT TO BE -- WE WANT TO BE
ABLE TO FORGIVE OURSELF, BUT WE
ALSO WANTS TO FORGIVE THOSE
AROUND US SO JUST GIVE A LITTLE
BIT OF GRACE.
YOU WANT TO MONITOR YOUR TEAM
FOR SIGNS OF FATIGUE AND STRESS
AND CATCH IT EARLY.
MAYBE TAKE SOME OF THEIR TASKS
OR -- AND HELP THEM OUT WITH IT.
SAY, HEY, I AM DOING THIS, WHY
DON'T YOU READ A BOOK, GO ON A
RUN, GO DO SOMETHING.
AND VOLUNTEERING FOR THE
UNPLEASANT TASKS.
THERE ARE CERTAIN TASKS WHEN YOU
ARE GROUP LIVING THAT NOBODY
WANTS TO DO.
AND SOMETIMES IT REALLY JUST
HELPS THE WHOLE GROUP IF YOU CAN
VOLUNTEER FOR THOSE.
AND THE NEXT ONE IS GROUP
LIVING.
A LOT US FIND OURSELVES IN A
GROUP LIVING SCENARIO.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY HOW WELL WE
COULDN'T WITH EACH OTHER IN
ORDER TO INTEGRATE IN TO THE
TEAM IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A
SHARED GOAL.
AND HOPEFULLY, BASED ON WHAT WE
TALKED ABOUT A MINUTE AGO, WE
HAVE SET GOALS EVEN FOR THE
QUARANTINE PERIOD, WE CAN SET
GOALS THAT THE TEAM IS STRIVING
FOR, THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL IS
STRIVING FOR AND WE CAN HELP
EACH OTHER REACH THOSE GOALS,
SOME OTHER BEHAVIORS THAT CAN
HELP WITH GROUP LIVING, IS TO
ACT COOPERATIVELY INSTEAD OF
COMPETITIVELY.
MAKE USE OF AVAILABLE TEAM
RESOURCES, RESPECT OTHER TEAM
MEMBERS' ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHAT THEY
ARE FACED WITH.
WHAT ARE THEIR STRESSORS
ACTIVELY WORK TO INSURE A
POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
IF YOU ARE THINKING NEGATIVELY,
BE LIBERAL WHAT COMES OUT OF
YOUR MOUTH IS POSITIVE AND THAT
CAN PULL OURSELVES OUT OF THE
NEGATIVITY.
>> IN A FEW MINUTES, MORE FROM
ANN MCCLAIN.
SHARING SOME INSIGHTS FROM HER
EXPERIENCE THAT MAY HELP YOU BE
SUCCESSFUL AS YOUR TEAM FIGURES
OUT HOW TO WORK TOGETHER FROM
LESS THAN IDEAL LOCATIONS.
DREW MORGAN AND JESSICA MERE,
TWO OF THE EXPEDITION 62 CREW
MEMBERS WHO ARE NOW TWO WEEKS
AWAY FROM RETURNING TO EARTH,
ARE ASTRONAUT CLASSMATES OF ANN
MCCLAIN'S.
EACH ALSO FINISHING THEIR FIRST
SPACE FLIGHT.
MEIR SPENT YEARS BEING TRAIN
TODAY THIS EXPEDITION, SED A
BACHELORS DEGREE IN BIOLOGY, A
MASTEDDER IN SPACE SCIENCE AND A
DOCTORATE IN MARINE BIOLOGY,
LITTLE OF ALL THAT FORMAL
EDUCATION MUCH MATTERED WHEN SHE
AGREED TO SIT DOWN WITH US
BEFORE SHE LEFT HOUSTON FOR A
BARRAGE, WELL, NONTECHNICAL
QUESTIONS.
TAKE A LOOK.
BROADCAST STARTED.
>> ROGER.
>> WHAT HE IS YOUR FAVORITE
COLOR?
>> GREEN.
>> GAVE IT'S BOOK.
>> AN ANNA CA I DIDN'T KNOW A OR
GOES.
>> FAVORITE SONG.
>> ANYTHING BY THE NATIONAL.
>> MORE THAN OR NIGHT PERSON?
>> DEFINITELY NOT A MORE THAN
PERSON.
>> ONE THING YOU ARE AFRAID OF.
>> MY NINETIES SKYING WHILE I AM
ON THE SPACE STATION.
>> WHO MAKES A LAUGH THE MOST.
>> MY BEND FRIEND COLLEGE,
JACQUELINE.
>> WHAT DO YOU DO HAVE.
>> UNSPEND TIME IN THE OUTDOORS,
HIKING SKIING.
>> FAMILY ANIMAL.
OK.
A SEA BIRD.
>> IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPER
POWER WHAT WOULD IT BE.
>> DEFINITELY TO FLY.
>> MOST VALUABLE HIGH SCHOOL OR
COLLEGE CLASS YOU TOOK.
>> INTRODUCTION ARE YOU BIOLOGY
CLASS AT BROWN.
>> MOST IMPORTANT ADVICE YOU
GIVE TO YOUR YOUNGER SELF?
>> APPRECIATE AND ENJOY THE
MOMENT.
>> WHO INSPIRES YOU.
>> MY MENTOR FROM GRAD SCHOOL
JERRY.
>> WHAT SAY GOAL YOU PLAN ON
ACHIEVING THIS YEAR?
>> TO FULFILL ME FUTURE PLANS
FROM MY SCHOOL YEARBOOK TO GO
FOR A SPACEWALK.
>> IF YOU COULD SPEND ONE DAY ON
MARS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO THERE
FOR FUN.
>> EXPLORE.
MAYBE SOME KIND OF SAND DUNE
SURFING.
>> THE ASTRO NEWS AND COSMONAUTS
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION SERVE AS LABORATORY
ASSISTANCE FOR SCIENTISTS
STUDYING A WIDE RANGE OF
SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS AND THAT
INCLUDES SOME CONCEPTS THAT
WE'LL HAVE TO MASTER IN ORDER TO
RETURN AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS TO
THE MOON BY 2024.
AS PART OF THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM.
FOR EXAMPLE, IT WILL BE CRITICAL
TO LEARN HOW TO INTERACT WITH
THE FINE DUST PARDON MES THAT
COVER THE MOON SURFACE AND WE
ARE USING THE HERMES FACILITY TO
STUDY HOW THESE PARTICLES MOVE
IN MICROGRAVITY OVER A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT ASTEROIDS OR
THE MOON YOU SEE THIS LAYER OF
FINE DUST COVERING THE SURFACE,
FINE CARL, FINE DUST THAT COVERS
THE ENTIRE SURFACE, WHAT HAPPEN
IS HIS THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS VERY
DYNAMIC ASTEROIDS AND METEORS
ARE MOVING AROUND IMPACTING SO
THE SURFACE IS BOMBARDED SO YOU
HAVE THIS FINE DUST.
WHY WOULD WE WANT TO STUD AT
THIS AND ON THE SPACE STATION?
>> A LOT OF INTEREST IN SENDING
ASTRONAUTS TO ASTRO OIDS AND WE
HAVE SENT ROBOTIC MISSIONS TO
THEM AND MORE.
SO EVERY TIME WE VISIT ASTEROIDS
WE LEARN MORE AND MORE, AND
THERE ARE VERY DIVERSE BODIES OF
THEM AND THEY ARE EACH
DIFFERENT.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO
INTERACT WITH THE ASTEROIDS ON
THE SURFACE.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO THE SURFACE,
FRINGES, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND
HOW TO INTERACT WITH THE
REGOLITH.
ASTEROIDS ARE SMALL BODIES AND
THEY HAVE ACTUALLY MICROGRAVITY
LEVELS OF GRAVITY.
AND SO THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT YOU
FIND ON THE SPACE STATION AS
WELL.
FOUR EXPERIENCE AND EACH IS A
TUBE.
IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF A
PRINGLES CAN INSIDE THIS TUBE WE
HAVE THE ASTEROID SIM YOU LAND,
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE STUDYING THE
MOVEMENT OF THE PARTICLES SO WE
HAVE A CAMERA OVER THE COURSE
AIR YEAR WE'LL GET A TIME LAPSE
IMAGERY OF THE PARTICLES MOVING
AND LOOKING AT THE LONG-TERM
EFFECTS OF MICROGRAVITY AND WHAT
HAPPENS TO THE PARTICLES.
ALSO, SOMETHING WE HAVE ON
ASTEROIDS IS VAC COUPE.
WE HAVE TO EXPOSE OUR
EXPERIMENTS TO THE VACUUM OF
SPACE WE HAVE OUR FACILITY
HOOKED UP TO A PORT TO SPACE.
WE DID CASSETTE ONE BUT THE IDEA
IS THAT HERMES WILL BE OPEN TO
OTHER INVESTIGATORS CASSETTE
TWO, CA SEAT THREE, CASSETTE
SEVEN.
OTHER RESEARCHERS THAT APPLY TO
HERMES TO DO RESEARCH ON
REGOLITH AND GRANULAR
INVESTIGATES.
ISS IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO
STUDY REGOLITH IN GENERAL SO WE
ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT HERMES BRINGS
FOR RESEARCHERS IN THE FUTURE.
>> A FEW MINUTES AGO ANDRA
MENTIONED BARTOLOMEO THE FIRST
EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL RESEARCH
PLATFORM ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION JUST INSTALLED ON
THE OUTSIDE OF THE COLUMBUS
MODULE.
THE EXTERIOR OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS A
GREAT PLACE FOR SCIENCE.
OVER ON THE LABORATORY'S EXPOSED
FACILITY, THERE IS A PACKAGE
POINTING A LASER LIGHT DOWN TO
TREE CANOPIES ON THE PLANET, TO
STUDY EARTH'S ECOSYSTEM, AS
SCIENTISTS WANT TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT HOW IT'S CHANGING.
SHINING LASER LIGHT ON EARTH'S
FORESTS.
PRESENTED BY SCIENCE AT NASA.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
IS SPORTING A NEW LIGHT FIXTURE,
JEDI BEAMS DOWN LASER FROM THE
ORBITING LABORATORY TO REVEAL
MORE ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND
HOW IT IS CHANGING.
NASA'S JEDI SENDS LASER PULSES
IN TO TREE CANOPIES AND
PRECISELY MEASURES THE LIGHT
REFLECTED BACK OF COURSE THE
TIMING AND INTENSITY OF LIGHT
THAT BOUNCES BACK TO JEDI'S
TELESCOPE REVEALS THE HEIGHT AND
DENSITY OF TREES AND INDIVIDUAL
DAYS AND THE VERTICAL
ARRANGEMENT OF THE LEAFS AND
BRANCHES WITHIN OVERALL CANOPY.
>> DR. RALPH JED A PRINCIPLE
INVESTIGATOR AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF MARYLAND SAYS THIS INSTRUMENT
WILL MAP FORESTS AND HIGH
RESOLUTION AND THREE DIMENSIONS.
REVOLUTIONIZING THE WAY
RESEARCHERS MONITOR THEM.
FOREST ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF
OUR PLANET.
THEY PROVIDE A HABITAT FOR MEAN
PIECES AND RAW MATERIALS FOR
HUMAN USE, SUCH AS PAPER AND
LUMBER, THEY PLAY A KEY ROLE IN
THE EARTH'S CARBON CYCLE.
DEFORESTATION AND FOREST
DEGRADATION IN ADDITION TO OTHER
TYPES OF FOREST DISTURBANCES,
SUCH AS FIRES AND INSECT
OUTBREAKS, LEAD TO INCREASES IN
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIE OBJECTION
ALL EIGHT.
FOREST REGROWTH SUCKS THE CARBON
BACK DOWN IN TO TREES AND SOILS,
KNOWING HOW FOR ES GROW AND
CHANGE OVERTIME CAN ALLOW US TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND THE
CONTRIBUTIONS THAT FORESTS MAKE
TO EARTH'S CARBON CYCLE AND HELP
PEOPLE BETTER MANAGE THIS
IMPORTANT RESOURCE, JEDI IS THE
FIRST SPACE-BORN INSTRUMENT
DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO
PERFORMED SUSTAIN MAPPING OF THE
STABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THE
CARBON CONTENT OF FOREST.
THE BIO NOTES.
THE NET BALANCE BETWEEN FOREST
DISTURBANCE AND REGROWTH.
JEDI WILL AT THE POINT
SCIENTISTS FILL IN THIS MISSING
PIECE BY REVEALING THE VERTICAL
STRUCTURE OF THE FOREST.
INFORMS WE CAN'T GET WITH
SUFFICIENT ACCURACY ANY OTHER
WAY.
JEDI WILL PROVIDE SCIENTISTS
WITH INSIGHTS IN TO THE AMOUNT
OF CARBON STORE ED IN FORESTS.
WHEN COMBINED WITH CURRENT AND
HISTORICAL RECORDS CAPTURED BY
EARTH-BORE BITTING SAN LIGHTS
SUCH ASLAN SAT THIS INFORMATION
WILL ENHANCE RESEARCHERS ABILITY
TO IDENTIFY CHANGES HAPPENING
ACROSS OR PLANET.
RESEARCHERS ALSO WILL
INCORPORATE JEDI'S OBSERVATIONS
ALONG WITH THOSE OF THE ECO
STRESS INSTRUMENT ON THE
STATION, WITH DATA FROM OTHER
CURRENT AND FUTURE EARTH
OBSERVING CENSORS.
THESE DATA WILL ADDRESS
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FOREST
STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, COMPOSITION
AND CHANGES IN CARBON CONTENT.
COMBINING ALL OF THESE DATA,
WILL ALLOW RESEARCHERS TO GAIN
AN UNPRECEDENTED UNDERSTANDING
OF ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS AND THE
ROLE PLANTS AND TREES PLAY IN
EARTH'S GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE.
THESE NEW INSIGHTS, COULD BE
USED IN TURN TO IMPROVE MODELS
FOR FORECASTING FUTURE ECOSYSTEM
CHANGES.
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE
CONCENTRATIONS AND CLIMATE.
JEDI WAS LAUNCHED TO THE STATION
ABOARD SPACE XCRS16 ON
DECEMBER 5TH, 2018.
FOR MORE ABOUT AS NOW A USES THE
POWER OF LIGHT TO UNDERSTAND OUR
WORLD, AND BEYOND, VISIT
SCIENCE.NASA.GOV.
>> THE ASTRONAUTS ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
SPEND A GOOD CHUNG OF THEIR TIME
AS LAB ASSISTANT ON EXPERTS IN A
WHOLE RANGE OF SCIENTIFIC
DISCIPLINES, BUT THEY ALSO
DEVOTE TIME TO SHARING THE
EXPERIENCE OF SPACE FLIGHT WITH
PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.
PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY TALK WITH
STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS
ABOUT SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY,
ENGINEERING AND MATH.
IN THIS INSTALLMENT OF THE
DEMONSTRATIONS VIDEO SERIES,
ASTRONAUT AND FORMER CLASSROOM
TEACH TEACHER JOE GETS IN TO THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KINETIC
ENERGY AND POTENTIAL ENERGY AND
DEMONSTRATES HOW ONE CAN BECOME
THE OTHER.
♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪
>> WELCOME TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
I AM ASTRO KNOW JOE ACABA.
TODAY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
POTENTIAL AND KINETIC ENERGY.
LET'S GET STARTED.
KINETIC ENERGY IS THE ENERGY AN
OBJECT HAS BECAUSE OF ITS
MOTION.
AN OBJECT CAN SCORE ENERGY BASED
ON ITS POSITION, THIS IS CALLED
POTENTIAL ENERGY.
ON EARTH, IMAGINE DROPPING AN
OBJECT FROM A RAISED POSITION,
AN OBJECT'S ALTITUDE ABOVE THE
EARTH'S SURFACE IT'S
GRAVITATIONAL ENERGY ALSO
INCREASES.
POTENTIAL ENERGY SCORED IN THIS
POSITION, NOW BEING CONVERTED TO
KINETIC ENERGY.
WE ALSO OBSERVE THIS WITH
ELASTIC POTENTIAL ENERGY.
>> OKAY, NEW TERM.
ELASTIC POTENTIAL ENERGY OCCURS
WHEN OBJECTS ARE COMPRESSED AND
STRETCHED OR GENERALLY DEFORMED
IN ANY MANNER.
CREATING POTENTIAL ENERGY.
THINK OF THIS BUNGEE OR A
SPRING.
OKAY, JOE, WHAT IS NEXT?
>> PULL BACK ON THE BAND AND
CREATE POTENTIAL ENERGY.
RELEASE THE POTENTIAL ENERGY IS
CONVERTED TO KINETIC ENERGY.
HERE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, WE ARE STILL UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF GRAVITY PRIMARILY
DUE TO OUR POSITION WITH THE
EARTH.
SO WHEN I HAVE THIS BALL ON THIS
RAMP, NORMALLY BACK ON EARTH I
RELEASE THE BALL, AND IT ROLLS
DOWN A RAMP.
DUE TO A CHANGE IN ITS POTENTIAL
ENERGY THAT'S BEING TRANSFERRED
TO KINETIC ENERGY, BUT AS YOU
CAN SEE, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE.
SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T
HAVE POTENTIAL ENERGY.
IT MUST MEANS WE ARE NOT
CONVERTING IT AT THIS TIME TO
KINETIC HE ENERGY.
AND MYSELF THAT?
GRAVITY IS PULLING US DOWN.
BUT WE ARE MOVING SUPER FAST SO
WHAT IT IS IS WE ARE BENDING
AROUND THE EARTH IN THIS
PERPETUAL FALLING MOTION.
THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON BOARD
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE ARE SENDING IT BACK TO EARTH
SO YOU CAN TRY YOUR OWN
EXPERIMENT.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪
>> EARLIER TODAY, WE SPENT A FEW
MINUTES WITH ASTRONAUT ANN
MCCLAIN TALKING ABOUT THE
SKILLS ASTRONAUTS HAVE DEVELOPED
TO WORK WELL TOGETHER AS A TEAM
DURING A MINUTE TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE SPACE STATION VETERAN SAYS
IT TAKES A MENTAL ADJUSTMENT TO
WORK SUCCESSFULLY IN A NEW
LOCATION ORBITING THE EARTH.
JUST AS IT MAY IF YOU ARE
WORKING FROM A ROOM IN YOUR OWN
HOUSE DURING OUR CURRENT PERIOD
OF SOCIAL DISTANCING.
>> I THINK REALLY WHAT I WANTED
TO EMPHASIZE TO EVERYBODY, IS
THAT IT'S MENTAL ADJUSTMENT I
WANT A MENTAL ADJUSTMENT WHEN WE
LIVE IN SPACE AND IT'S A MENTAL
ADJUSTMENT TO BE LIVING IN
WHATEVER LEVEL OF QUARANTINE OR
SELF-ISOLATION OR SOCIAL
DISTANCING THAT WE ARE LIVING IN
RIGHT NOW.
AND THE BIG THING IS IT'S OKAY
TO NOT BE OKAY.
BUT IT'S WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO
ABOUT THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE
NOT TAKING YOUR STRESS AND
PUTTING IT ON EVERYBODY ELSE BY
LASHING OUT OR SHARING WHAT IS
STRESSING YOU.
MAYBE JUST GIVE YOURSELF A
LITTLE GRACE AND RECOGNIZE THAT
YOU ARE SUPPRESSED AND THEN
REALLY DELIBERATELY TRY TO ACT
FOR THE BETTER OF THE GROUP AND
THAT'S YOUR GROUP THAT YOU HAVE
TO MAYBE BE LIVING WITH AND
THAT'S ALSO OUR GREATER
COMMUNITY.
ALL OF US RIGHT NOW ARE TRYING
TO BEHAVE IN A WAY TO HELP OUR
GREATER COMMUNITY AND I THINK
MORE THAN ANY TIME, RIGHT NOW ON
EARTH AND WHAT WE DEFINITELY SAW
FROM SPACE IS THAT WE ARE ALL IN
THIS TOGETHER.
AND WE NEED TO BE INTENTIONAL.
WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN
CONFINEMENT IF WE ARE
INTENTIONAL ABOUT OUR ACTIONS.
IF WE TAKE CARE OF OUR TEAMS AND
WE CAN DO PRACTICAL THINGS TO
HELP OUR TEAMS.
ONE OF THE PRACTICAL THINGS THAT
WE CAN DO IS TO SET GOALS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT SOUND
WEIRD TO SET GOALS AS A SMALL
GROUP, BUT EACH OF US
INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A GROUP, WE
WORK BETTER WHEN WE ARE GOING TO
OUR GOALS, SO IF WE JUST MEANT
LOCAL ADJUST TO THE NEW NORMAL
AND SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, IN
THE NEXT THREE WEEKS I DIDN'T
ANTICIPATE TO WANT TO DO THIS
BUT THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO.
AND WE SHARE THAT WITH A GROUP,
AND THEN AS A GROUP WE SET OUR
GOALS AND THEN WE CAN HOLD EACH
OTHER ACCOUNTABLE DURING THIS
TIME.
ANOTHER WAY IS TO BRING THE
OUTSIDE IN.
SPACE STATION HOLIDAYS WERE ONE
OF MY FAVORITE THINGS.
CERTAINLY HOLIDAYS WERE NOT THE
SAME AS WHAT WE HAD ON THE
GROUND, BUT WE MADE IT WORK, WE
FOUND DECORATIONS, WE SET MUSIC,
WE TOOK TIME TO BRING THE
OUTSIDE WORLD IN TO OUR SPACE
STATION AND SO MAYBE BE REALLY
CREATIVE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN BRING
THE OUTSIDE IN.
MAYBE SOMEBODY IN YOUR GROUP HAS
A FAVORITE GAME OR A FAVORITE
ACTIVITY THEY JUST CAN'T DO.
HOW CAN YOU RECREATE THAT FOR
THEM IN A CONFINED ENVIRONMENT?
I WANT EVERYBODY TO REALLY
CONSIDER YOUR EFFECT ON THE
GROUP.
WHEN YOU ARE ABLE TO LIKE I SAID
BRING THE OUTSIDE IN FOR
SOMEBODY ELSE YOU ARE HELPING
THE GROUP.
MAKING IT SO MUCH BETTER FOR
EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND LIKEWISE IF WE GET STRESSED,
AND WE DON'T THINK ABOUT IT, WE
DON'T GIVE OURSELVES CREDIT AND
WE LASH OUT WE CAN AFFECT THE
GROUP MORALE.
I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH
SOMETHING THAT CHRISTINA COOK
SAID RECENTLY.
CHRISTINA COOK FOR THOSE THAT
DON'T KNOW JUST CAME BACK FROM
SPENDING 328 DAYS ON THE SPACE
STATION AND IS ALSO LUCKY TO
HAVE HER AS A FRIEND OF MINE.
AND SOMETHING SHE SAID REALLY
STUCK WITH ME.
SHE SAID TO GET HER THROUGH THE
DAYS UP ON SPACE STATION, SHE
WOULD THINK ABOUT THE THINGS
THAT SOME DAY SHE WOULD MISS,
YES, SHE MISSED EARTH WHEN HE
WAS UP IN SPACE BUT KNEW AT SOME
POINT SHE WOULD BE LOOKING BACK
AT THAT TIME AND WISHING THAT
SHE COULD HAVE CERTAIN THINGS
BACK SO SHE TRIED TO IDENTIFY
WHAT THOSE ARE AND REALLY ENJOY
THOSE, WE ARE OFTEN SO BUSY IN
OUR LIVES AND WHETHER WE CHOSE
IT OR NOT, WE HAVE ALL HAD TO
PAUSE A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW AND
BUT MAYBE THERE ARE ASPECTS OF
THIS THAT WE ARE GOING TO MISS
WHEN IT'S OVER, YOU KNOW, JUST
FROM A FAMILY STANDPOINT MAYBE
IT'S SPENDING EXTRA TIME WITH
OUR KIDS OR GET TO GO
PARTICIPATE IN OUR KIDS'
EDUCATION OR SPENDING MORE TIME
WITH LOVED ONES OR FINALLY
CLEANING OUT OF THE GARAGE OR
WHATEVER THAT IS.
I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY CAN STAY
AHEAD OF THE MENTAL GAME, BE
VERY INTENTIONAL ON WHAT YOU
THINK ABOUT, SET YOUR GOALS AND
JUST LIKE WE DO UP ON THE SPACE
STATION, WE CAN ALL BE
SUCCESSFUL DURING THIS PERIOD OF
TIME.
GOOD LUCK.
>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET
ANOTHER LOOK AT ANY OF THE
STORIES WE FEATURED TODAY, AND
WHO COULD BLAME YOU, CHECK US
OUT ON YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK,
THE ADDRESSES ARE APPEARING
THERE ON THE BLUE BOX IN YOUR
NASA TV SCREEN.
WHILE YOU ARE THERE, BE SURE TO
LOOK AROUND BECAUSE THERE IS
LOTS OF OTHER COOL STUFF YOU CAN
FIND ABOUT NASA AND AMERICA'S
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT PROGRAM.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE ON THE
INTERNET ANY WE YOU SHOULD CHECK
OUT HOUSTON WE HAVE A PODCAST,
THAT'S WHERE WE TALK TO FOLKS
ABOUT THEIR WORK IN ALL ASPECTS
OF SPACE EXPLORATION, WE POST
NEW EPISODES EVERY FRIDAY AND
TODAY GARY JORDAN TALKS WITH
NASA ASTRONAUT CHRIS CASSIDY WHO
IS ON TARGET TO LAUNCH TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION NEXT
WEEK ON HIS SECOND LONG DURATION
FLIGHT.
GO TO NASA.GOV/PODCASTS FOR
TODAY'S EPISODE.
IT'S WHERE YOU'LL ALSO FIND ALL
OF OUR PREVIOUS EPISODES AND THE
FULL LIBRARY OF ALL THE
DIFFERENT NASA PODCASTS, ALL OF
WHICH YOU CAN ALSO LISTEN TO ON
APPLE PODCASTS, GOOGLE PODCASTS,
AND SOUND CLOUD.
♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪
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