1 00:00:00,133 --> 00:00:12,479 >> IGNITION SEQUENCE START. 2 00:00:12,479 --> 00:00:13,580 >> GOOD MORNING. 3 00:00:13,580 --> 00:00:14,781 YOU'RE LOOKING AT MISSION 4 00:00:14,781 --> 00:00:16,349 CONTROL HOUSTON, WHERE MEMBERS 5 00:00:16,349 --> 00:00:20,053 OF THE ORBIT 2 FLIGHT CONTROL 6 00:00:20,053 --> 00:00:21,554 TEAM ARE AT WORK ON THE 7 00:00:21,554 --> 00:00:22,322 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 8 00:00:22,322 --> 00:00:23,189 FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM. 9 00:00:23,189 --> 00:00:24,724 THE SPECIALISTS ARE MONITORING 10 00:00:24,724 --> 00:00:26,092 THE SYSTEMS ON THE STATION AND 11 00:00:26,092 --> 00:00:27,360 FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THE 12 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,295 EXPEDITION 63 CREW MEMBERS AS 13 00:00:29,295 --> 00:00:30,597 THEY MOVE THROUGH THE LAST 14 00:00:30,597 --> 00:00:32,065 SCHEDULED TASKS OF THEIR WORK 15 00:00:32,065 --> 00:00:32,766 WEEK. 16 00:00:32,766 --> 00:00:35,235 COMMANDER CHRIS CASSIDY AND 17 00:00:35,235 --> 00:00:39,139 FLIGHT ENGINEERS ANATOLY 18 00:00:39,139 --> 00:00:43,176 IVANISHIN AND IVAN VAGNER WILL 19 00:00:43,176 --> 00:00:44,778 CLEAN HOUSE AND VISIT WITH 20 00:00:44,778 --> 00:00:46,279 FAMILY AS WELL AS GETTING THE 21 00:00:46,279 --> 00:00:47,847 CYGNUS CARGO SHIP READY TO 22 00:00:47,847 --> 00:00:50,483 DEPART NEXT WEEK. 23 00:00:50,483 --> 00:00:51,785 >> WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND. 24 00:00:51,785 --> 00:00:52,886 I'M SANDRA JONES. 25 00:00:52,886 --> 00:00:54,821 THIS WEEK, A CARGO VEHICLE IS 26 00:00:54,821 --> 00:00:57,957 PREPARED FOR DEPARTURE, FLYING 27 00:00:57,957 --> 00:01:00,593 WITH ITS SPACE DEBUT AND HONOR 28 00:01:00,593 --> 00:01:02,562 OUR EDUCATORS IN CELEBRATION OF 29 00:01:02,562 --> 00:01:04,397 TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK. 30 00:01:04,397 --> 00:01:06,866 NASA ASTRONAUT CHRIS CASSIDY 31 00:01:06,866 --> 00:01:09,469 HAS BEEN PREPARING THE NORTHROP 32 00:01:09,469 --> 00:01:11,037 GRUMMAN CYGNUS CARGO VEHICLE 33 00:01:11,037 --> 00:01:13,139 FOR UPCOMING DEPARTURE FROM THE 34 00:01:13,139 --> 00:01:14,507 STATION. 35 00:01:14,507 --> 00:01:16,042 IT IS SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED 36 00:01:16,042 --> 00:01:18,244 ON MONDAY MAY 11. 37 00:01:18,244 --> 00:01:19,779 CYGNUS WILL CARRY THOUSANDS OF 38 00:01:19,779 --> 00:01:21,581 POUNDS OF TRASH AWAY FROM 39 00:01:21,581 --> 00:01:23,149 STATION TO BURN UP ON THE 40 00:01:23,149 --> 00:01:25,084 EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE UPON 41 00:01:25,084 --> 00:01:26,352 RE-ENTRY AFTER COMPLETING A 42 00:01:26,352 --> 00:01:27,954 SECOND FLYING MISSION. 43 00:01:27,954 --> 00:01:29,889 LIVE COVERAGE ON NASA TV AND 44 00:01:29,889 --> 00:01:31,658 THE AGENCY'S WEBSITE. 45 00:01:31,658 --> 00:01:34,527 NICKELODEON'S FAMOUS NEON GREEN 46 00:01:34,527 --> 00:01:36,529 FLY MADE AN APPEARANCE AS PART 47 00:01:36,529 --> 00:01:40,834 OF THE NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS 48 00:01:40,834 --> 00:01:43,570 ORGANIZED WITH THE ISS U.S. 49 00:01:43,570 --> 00:01:44,537 NATIONAL LABORATORY. 50 00:01:44,537 --> 00:01:46,272 DURING THEIR STAY ON STATION, 51 00:01:46,272 --> 00:01:48,241 NASA ASTRONAUT CHRISTINA KOCH 52 00:01:48,241 --> 00:01:51,511 AND EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY 53 00:01:51,511 --> 00:01:54,147 ASTRONAUT LUCA PARMITANO 54 00:01:54,147 --> 00:01:57,717 DEMONSTRATED ZERO GRAVITY 55 00:01:57,717 --> 00:01:58,151 ENVIRONMENT. 56 00:01:58,151 --> 00:01:59,752 ON WEDNESDAY, EDUCATORS FROM 57 00:01:59,752 --> 00:02:01,621 ACROSS THE NATION HAD THE 58 00:02:01,621 --> 00:02:03,656 OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS TO 59 00:02:03,656 --> 00:02:05,058 NASA ASTRONAUT AND CURRENT 60 00:02:05,058 --> 00:02:07,126 SPACE COMMANDER CHRIS CASSIDY 61 00:02:07,126 --> 00:02:08,728 IN CELEBRATION OF TEACHER 62 00:02:08,728 --> 00:02:09,462 APPRECIATION WEEK. 63 00:02:09,462 --> 00:02:10,730 THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE 64 00:02:10,730 --> 00:02:12,298 EDUCATORS WORLDWIDE FOR HARD 65 00:02:12,298 --> 00:02:13,733 WORK, DEDICATION AND EVERYTHING 66 00:02:13,733 --> 00:02:15,134 YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS. 67 00:02:15,134 --> 00:02:16,035 WE APPRECIATE YOU. 68 00:02:16,035 --> 00:02:17,537 THE KEEP SENDING IN YOUR 69 00:02:17,537 --> 00:02:20,540 QUESTIONS USING THE #ASK NASA. 70 00:02:20,540 --> 00:02:40,560 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 71 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,662 >> HERE ON EARTH LATELY, WE'VE 72 00:02:42,662 --> 00:02:44,397 ALL LEARNED A LOT MORE ABOUT 73 00:02:44,397 --> 00:02:46,666 TRACKING THE TRANSMISSION OF 74 00:02:46,666 --> 00:02:47,467 DISEASE. 75 00:02:47,467 --> 00:02:48,701 MICROBES LIVE EVERYWHERE, 76 00:02:48,701 --> 00:02:51,237 THAT'S WHY SCIENTISTS AT NASA'S 77 00:02:51,237 --> 00:02:53,640 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER CONSTANTLY 78 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:56,643 MONITOR THE BACTERIA AND FUNGI 79 00:02:56,643 --> 00:02:58,077 ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 80 00:02:58,077 --> 00:02:59,679 STATION, THEY'RE USING DNA 81 00:02:59,679 --> 00:03:00,780 SEQUENCING TO IDENTIFY THE 82 00:03:00,780 --> 00:03:01,814 MICROBES IN ORBIT WITHOUT 83 00:03:01,814 --> 00:03:03,416 HAVING TO RETURN SAMPLES TO 84 00:03:03,416 --> 00:03:05,218 EARTH FOR TESTING, AN IMPORTANT 85 00:03:05,218 --> 00:03:07,086 STEP TO KEEP CREWS AND THE 86 00:03:07,086 --> 00:03:08,388 PLACES THEY VISIT SAFE ON 87 00:03:08,388 --> 00:03:45,725 FUTURE DEEP SPACE MISSIONS. 88 00:03:45,725 --> 00:05:13,680 ♪ 89 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:15,014 >> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 90 00:05:15,014 --> 00:05:16,949 STATION'S LABORATORY MODULES 91 00:05:16,949 --> 00:05:18,217 SUPPORT SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS 92 00:05:18,217 --> 00:05:19,986 IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 93 00:05:19,986 --> 00:05:20,953 DISCIPLINES. 94 00:05:20,953 --> 00:05:23,122 FOR EXAMPLE, THE FLAME DESIGN 95 00:05:23,122 --> 00:05:24,891 EXPERIMENT IS LOOKING INTO THE 96 00:05:24,891 --> 00:05:27,260 QUANTITY OF SOOT PRODUCED UNDER 97 00:05:27,260 --> 00:05:28,628 DIFFERENT BURNING CONDITIONS. 98 00:05:28,628 --> 00:05:30,496 THAT COULD GENERATE DATA THAT 99 00:05:30,496 --> 00:05:32,398 LEADS TO THE CREATION OF NEW 100 00:05:32,398 --> 00:05:34,000 BURNERS THAT ARE MORE EFFICIENT 101 00:05:34,000 --> 00:06:40,700 AND LESS POLLUTING. 102 00:06:40,700 --> 00:06:42,201 >> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 103 00:06:42,201 --> 00:06:44,637 STATION'S LABORATORIES HOUSE 104 00:06:44,637 --> 00:06:45,972 ONE OF A KIND SCIENTIFIC 105 00:06:45,972 --> 00:06:47,306 RESEARCH WHICH TAKES ADVANTAGE 106 00:06:47,306 --> 00:06:48,908 OF THE LACK OF GRAVITY IN SPACE 107 00:06:48,908 --> 00:06:52,245 TO TEST HYPOTHESES IN WAYS THAT 108 00:06:52,245 --> 00:06:53,412 CAN'T BE DONE ON WORK. 109 00:06:53,412 --> 00:06:55,181 IN THE DESTINY LABORATORY, CREW 110 00:06:55,181 --> 00:06:56,816 MEMBERS USE A SPECIAL PIECE OF 111 00:06:56,816 --> 00:06:58,217 EQUIPMENT FOR EXPERIMENTS WHICH 112 00:06:58,217 --> 00:07:00,153 INVOLVE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS 113 00:07:00,153 --> 00:07:00,653 MATERIALS. 114 00:07:00,653 --> 00:07:04,023 AND IN THE KIBO MODULE, THE 115 00:07:04,023 --> 00:07:05,291 ASTRONAUTS ARE USING A NEWER 116 00:07:05,291 --> 00:07:07,226 AND BIGGER VERSION OF THE GLOVE 117 00:07:07,226 --> 00:07:08,961 BOX TO SUPPORT LIFE SCIENCES 118 00:07:08,961 --> 00:07:14,200 RESEARCH. 119 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:20,373 >> THINKING INSIDE THE BOX. 120 00:07:20,373 --> 00:08:03,683 PRESENTED BY SCIENCE AT NASA. 121 00:08:03,683 --> 00:08:05,852 AND MATERIAL SCIENCE. 122 00:08:05,852 --> 00:08:07,353 MANY OF THESE EXPERIMENTS CAN 123 00:08:07,353 --> 00:08:10,056 INVOLVE FLUIDS, FLAMES, 124 00:08:10,056 --> 00:08:12,225 PARTICLES AND FUMES THAT YOU 125 00:08:12,225 --> 00:08:14,827 WOULDN'T WANT TO ESCAPE INTO 126 00:08:14,827 --> 00:08:16,362 THE SPACE STATION'S ENCLOSED 127 00:08:16,362 --> 00:08:17,597 SPACE, WHERE THEY MIGHT MAKE 128 00:08:17,597 --> 00:08:19,165 THE ASTRONAUTS SICK OR DAMAGE 129 00:08:19,165 --> 00:08:21,434 THE SENSITIVE COMPUTERS AND 130 00:08:21,434 --> 00:08:22,768 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. 131 00:08:22,768 --> 00:08:24,737 INSTEAD, CREW MEMBERS INSTALL 132 00:08:24,737 --> 00:08:25,972 INVESTIGATION HARDWARE INTO THE 133 00:08:25,972 --> 00:08:27,974 BOX AND SEAL IT SHUT. 134 00:08:27,974 --> 00:08:29,842 NEXT, THEY INSERT THEIR HANDS 135 00:08:29,842 --> 00:08:32,345 INTO A GLOVE RING ASSEMBLY TO 136 00:08:32,345 --> 00:08:34,614 SAFELY MANIPULATE THEIR 137 00:08:34,614 --> 00:08:36,048 EXPERIMENTS AND SAMPLES. 138 00:08:36,048 --> 00:08:38,551 GLOVE RING ASSEMBLIES ARE 139 00:08:38,551 --> 00:08:40,686 AVAILABLE IN A VARIETY OF 140 00:08:40,686 --> 00:08:42,188 CONFIGURATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE 141 00:08:42,188 --> 00:08:46,192 HAND SIZES AND RESPONSES IN 142 00:08:46,192 --> 00:08:47,493 TEXTILE RESPONSE. 143 00:08:47,493 --> 00:08:50,229 THE INVESTIGATOR VIEWS IT 144 00:08:50,229 --> 00:08:52,098 THROUGH AN ACRYLIC WINDOW, 145 00:08:52,098 --> 00:08:53,532 THERE IS THE CAPABILITY TO 146 00:08:53,532 --> 00:08:55,935 INSTALL A SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM 147 00:08:55,935 --> 00:08:58,237 TO ALLOW INVESTIGATORS ON EARTH 148 00:08:58,237 --> 00:09:00,106 TO WATCH EXPERIMENTS BEING 149 00:09:00,106 --> 00:09:00,973 PERFORMED. 150 00:09:00,973 --> 00:09:03,109 IT HAS PROVEN SO POPULAR OVER 151 00:09:03,109 --> 00:09:05,111 THE PAST 16 YEARS THAT A SECOND 152 00:09:05,111 --> 00:09:07,079 GLOVE BOX IS ADDED TO THE 153 00:09:07,079 --> 00:09:07,413 STATION. 154 00:09:07,413 --> 00:09:10,483 THE NEW MODEL WILL FOCUS 155 00:09:10,483 --> 00:09:12,752 EXCLUSIVELY ON LIFE SCIENCES 156 00:09:12,752 --> 00:09:13,786 INVESTIGATIONS AND KNOWN AS THE 157 00:09:13,786 --> 00:09:17,023 LIFE SCIENCES GLOVE BOX OR LSG, 158 00:09:17,023 --> 00:09:19,091 THIS FULLY ENCLOSED FACILITY 159 00:09:19,091 --> 00:09:20,860 WILL ALLOW CREW MEMBERS TO 160 00:09:20,860 --> 00:09:23,162 PERFORM DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 161 00:09:23,162 --> 00:09:25,431 EXPERIMENTS ON CELLS, INSECTS, 162 00:09:25,431 --> 00:09:27,066 AQUATICS, PLANTS AND ANIMALS. 163 00:09:27,066 --> 00:09:29,302 LSG IS ALMOST TWICE THE SIZE OF 164 00:09:29,302 --> 00:09:32,772 THE ORIGINAL MSG AND CAN 165 00:09:32,772 --> 00:09:34,840 ACCOMMODATE TWO ASTRONAUT CREW 166 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:36,375 MEMBERS, SOMETIMES GUIDED IN 167 00:09:36,375 --> 00:09:37,944 REALTIME BY SCIENTISTS ON EARTH 168 00:09:37,944 --> 00:09:39,779 TO CONDUCT ONE OR MORE 169 00:09:39,779 --> 00:09:41,280 EXPERIMENTS SIMULTANEOUSLY. 170 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,283 SAFETY WAS A PARAMOUNT 171 00:09:44,283 --> 00:09:45,518 CONSIDERATION IN ITS DESIGN. 172 00:09:45,518 --> 00:09:47,687 AS AIR CIRCULATES THROUGH THE 173 00:09:47,687 --> 00:09:50,122 WORK SPACE, ACTIVATED CHARCOAL 174 00:09:50,122 --> 00:09:51,657 FILTERS CONTINUOUSLY CLEAN IT 175 00:09:51,657 --> 00:09:53,659 BY ABSORBING CHEMICALS THAT ARE 176 00:09:53,659 --> 00:09:54,060 PRESENT. 177 00:09:54,060 --> 00:09:56,195 IN ADDITION, A HIGH-EFFICIENCY 178 00:09:56,195 --> 00:09:58,731 AIR FILTER REMOVES PARTICLES 179 00:09:58,731 --> 00:10:00,566 AND AEROSOLS, THIS ALLOWS THE 180 00:10:00,566 --> 00:10:02,335 FACILITY TO PROVIDE TWO LEVELS 181 00:10:02,335 --> 00:10:04,770 OF CONTAINMENT FOR HANDLING 182 00:10:04,770 --> 00:10:07,206 BIOHAZARD LEVEL 2 AND LOWER 183 00:10:07,206 --> 00:10:08,240 BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS. 184 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:09,842 WHY IS IT NECESSARY TO HAVE A 185 00:10:09,842 --> 00:10:12,411 GLOVE BOX ON STATION DEVOTED TO 186 00:10:12,411 --> 00:11:03,496 LIFE SCIENCES? 187 00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:05,064 FOR MORE INSIDE INFORMATION 188 00:11:05,064 --> 00:11:06,198 ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE 189 00:11:06,198 --> 00:11:07,900 THE ISS VISIT 190 00:11:07,900 --> 00:11:12,905 WWW.NASA.GOV/ISS/SCIENCE. 191 00:11:12,905 --> 00:11:14,540 FOR MORE ON SCIENCE HAPPENING 192 00:11:14,540 --> 00:11:16,375 ON, AROUND AND BEYOND OUR 193 00:11:16,375 --> 00:11:21,947 PLANET, GO TO SCIENCE.NASA.GOV. 194 00:11:21,947 --> 00:11:23,883 >>> ALONG WITH ASSISTING WITH 195 00:11:23,883 --> 00:11:25,151 EXPERIMENTS IN MICROGRAVITY, 196 00:11:25,151 --> 00:11:28,120 AND THE OCCASIONAL ROBOTIC ARM 197 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,656 OPS OR WALKING IN SPACE AND THE 198 00:11:30,656 --> 00:11:32,458 UBIQUITOUS OTHER DUTIES AS 199 00:11:32,458 --> 00:11:33,759 ASSIGNED, ASTRONAUTS ON THE 200 00:11:33,759 --> 00:11:34,894 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 201 00:11:34,894 --> 00:11:36,262 DEVOTE SOME OF THEIR TIME TO 202 00:11:36,262 --> 00:11:37,463 HELPING STUDENTS WHO ARE 203 00:11:37,463 --> 00:11:39,365 STUDYING SCIENCE AND 204 00:11:39,365 --> 00:11:41,434 TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND 205 00:11:41,434 --> 00:11:41,700 MATH. 206 00:11:41,700 --> 00:11:43,836 IN THIS DEMONSTRATION VIDEO, 207 00:11:43,836 --> 00:11:46,305 ASTRONAUT RICKY ARNOLD SHOWS 208 00:11:46,305 --> 00:11:48,074 HOW THE MOLECULES THAT MAKE UP 209 00:11:48,074 --> 00:12:36,188 WATER BEHAVE UP IN SPACE? 210 00:12:36,188 --> 00:12:36,455 . 211 00:12:36,455 --> 00:12:38,457 >> WHAT IS SURFACE TENSION? 212 00:12:38,457 --> 00:12:41,193 LET'S HAVE A LOOK. 213 00:12:41,193 --> 00:12:43,295 SURFACE TENSION IS A PROPERTY 214 00:12:43,295 --> 00:12:45,264 OF LIQUIDS WHICH MOLECULES OF 215 00:12:45,264 --> 00:12:47,099 ONE SUBSTANCE ARE MORE 216 00:12:47,099 --> 00:12:48,467 ATTRACTED TO EACH OTHER THAN 217 00:12:48,467 --> 00:12:50,169 MOLECULES OF ANOTHER SUBSTANCE. 218 00:12:50,169 --> 00:12:52,571 WATER IS UNIQUE THAT IT HAS A 219 00:12:52,571 --> 00:12:53,906 HIGH SURFACE TENSION COMPARED 220 00:12:53,906 --> 00:12:55,207 TO OTHER LIQUIDS. 221 00:12:55,207 --> 00:12:56,909 THIS IS DUE TO POLAR PROPERTY. 222 00:12:56,909 --> 00:12:58,544 THE POSITIVE HYDROGEN ENDS AND 223 00:12:58,544 --> 00:13:00,846 THE NEGATIVE OXYGEN ENDS CREATE 224 00:13:00,846 --> 00:13:03,582 A STRONG BOND, AS THEY SAY, 225 00:13:03,582 --> 00:13:04,750 OPPOSITES ATTRACT. 226 00:13:04,750 --> 00:13:06,986 SO THE HYDROGEN END OF THE 227 00:13:06,986 --> 00:13:08,954 WATER TENDS TO STICK TO THE 228 00:13:08,954 --> 00:13:11,357 OXYGEN END IN A NEARBY WATER 229 00:13:11,357 --> 00:13:11,690 MOLECULE. 230 00:13:11,690 --> 00:13:13,559 THE WATER'S SURFACE, MOLECULES 231 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:16,095 ARE ONLY ATTRACTED TO THE WATER 232 00:13:16,095 --> 00:13:18,564 MOLECULES BELOW AND TO THE 233 00:13:18,564 --> 00:13:20,399 SIDES OF THEM AS THERE IS ONLY 234 00:13:20,399 --> 00:13:21,867 AIR TO THE MOLECULES, SO THE 235 00:13:21,867 --> 00:13:23,402 SURFACE MOLECULES OF A BODY OF 236 00:13:23,402 --> 00:13:25,137 WATER ARE PULLED DOWN CREATING 237 00:13:25,137 --> 00:13:27,106 A STRONGER ENVIRONMENT, THAT IS 238 00:13:27,106 --> 00:13:29,275 WHY CERTAIN ANIMALS CAN WALK ON 239 00:13:29,275 --> 00:13:32,011 THE SURFACE OF WATER. 240 00:13:32,011 --> 00:13:33,179 HERE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 241 00:13:33,179 --> 00:13:35,514 STATION, THE MICROGRAVITY 242 00:13:35,514 --> 00:13:36,882 ENVIRONMENT MAKES IT EASY TO 243 00:13:36,882 --> 00:13:38,517 SHOW HOW WELL WATER USES 244 00:13:38,517 --> 00:13:39,618 SURFACE TENSION TO STICK 245 00:13:39,618 --> 00:13:41,187 TOGETHER. 246 00:13:41,187 --> 00:13:43,389 WE EVEN RELY ON SURFACE TENSION 247 00:13:43,389 --> 00:13:45,157 TO HELP US WASH OUR HAIR. 248 00:13:45,157 --> 00:13:45,824 THOSE OF US THAT HAVE A LOT. 249 00:13:45,824 --> 00:13:47,993 [LAUGHTER] 250 00:13:47,993 --> 00:13:49,195 >> THANKS FOR COMING ALONG 251 00:13:49,195 --> 00:13:50,896 TODAY AND LEARNING A LITTLE BIT 252 00:13:50,896 --> 00:13:52,231 ABOUT SURFACE TENSION. 253 00:13:52,231 --> 00:13:54,433 WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 254 00:13:54,433 --> 00:13:55,701 UNIQUE PROPERTIES OF WATER AND 255 00:13:55,701 --> 00:13:57,336 DO YOUR OWN EXPERIMENTS? 256 00:13:57,336 --> 00:13:58,871 TRY OUT THE ACTIVITY RELATED TO 257 00:13:58,871 --> 00:14:01,640 THIS VIDEO AT THE 258 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:03,842 S.T.E.M.-ONSTRATIONS WEBSITE, 259 00:14:03,842 --> 00:14:24,396 SEE YOU NEXT TIME! 260 00:14:24,396 --> 00:14:25,764 >> THE CREW MEMBERS OF THE 261 00:14:25,764 --> 00:14:27,366 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 262 00:14:27,366 --> 00:14:28,667 LIKE TO SAY THEY'RE JUST THE 263 00:14:28,667 --> 00:14:30,869 TIP OF THE SPEAR, A SMALL PART 264 00:14:30,869 --> 00:14:33,005 OF A LARGE EFFORT TO EXPLORE 265 00:14:33,005 --> 00:14:34,873 SPACE, AND IN THEIR CASE, THEY 266 00:14:34,873 --> 00:14:36,542 SPEND A LOT OF THEIR TIME 267 00:14:36,542 --> 00:14:37,576 SUPPORTING SCIENTIFIC 268 00:14:37,576 --> 00:14:38,777 EXPERIMENTS THEY DID NOT DREAM 269 00:14:38,777 --> 00:14:39,345 UP. 270 00:14:39,345 --> 00:14:40,713 HERE'S THE FIRST PART OF THE 271 00:14:40,713 --> 00:14:42,815 SPECIAL SERIES THAT LOOKS AT 272 00:14:42,815 --> 00:14:44,116 SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO 273 00:14:44,116 --> 00:14:45,584 MAKE THIS PROGRAM WORK. 274 00:14:45,584 --> 00:14:47,119 THE SCIENTISTS BEHIND THE 275 00:14:47,119 --> 00:14:51,790 EXPERIMENTS. 276 00:14:51,790 --> 00:14:55,327 MAESTRO, QUEUE THE OVERTURE. 277 00:14:55,327 --> 00:14:56,862 >>> FEELING PULLED DOWN, THE 278 00:14:56,862 --> 00:14:58,063 CONSTANT PULL TO THE EARTH? 279 00:14:58,063 --> 00:15:00,165 WE ALL ARE, IT'S GRAVITY AND A 280 00:15:00,165 --> 00:15:01,867 PART OF EVERY SINGLE THING WE 281 00:15:01,867 --> 00:15:02,968 DO, INCLUDING SCIENCE. 282 00:15:02,968 --> 00:15:05,170 WHAT IF WE'RE 250 MILES ABOVE 283 00:15:05,170 --> 00:15:06,572 EARTH ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL 284 00:15:06,572 --> 00:15:07,473 SPACE STATION? 285 00:15:07,473 --> 00:15:09,608 A LABORATORY LIKE NO OTHER THAT 286 00:15:09,608 --> 00:15:10,776 OFFERS SOMETHING WE CAN'T GET 287 00:15:10,776 --> 00:15:45,944 ON OUR HOME PLANET. 288 00:15:45,944 --> 00:15:49,548 >> MY NAME IS DR. SERENA, A 289 00:15:49,548 --> 00:15:51,216 NASA ASTRONAUT, I RECENTLY FLEW 290 00:15:51,216 --> 00:15:52,851 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 291 00:15:52,851 --> 00:15:54,086 STATION ABOARD EXPEDITION 56 292 00:15:54,086 --> 00:15:55,254 AND 57. 293 00:15:55,254 --> 00:15:56,555 MY RELATIONSHIP WITH 294 00:15:56,555 --> 00:15:58,324 MICROGRAVITY IS I GOT TO LIVE 295 00:15:58,324 --> 00:16:00,959 IN MICROGRAVITY FOR 197 DAYS 296 00:16:00,959 --> 00:16:02,795 WHEN I WAS ON ORBIT. 297 00:16:02,795 --> 00:16:04,663 SO MANY PEOPLE ASK WHAT IS 298 00:16:04,663 --> 00:16:05,831 MICROGRAVITY? 299 00:16:05,831 --> 00:16:07,466 WHY DO YOU FLOAT ON BOARD THE 300 00:16:07,466 --> 00:16:08,567 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION? 301 00:16:08,567 --> 00:16:11,070 GRAVITY ACTS UPON ALL OBJECTS. 302 00:16:11,070 --> 00:16:13,772 WE'RE NEVER TRULY IN ZERO 303 00:16:13,772 --> 00:16:14,907 GRAVITY ABOARD THE SPACE 304 00:16:14,907 --> 00:16:16,375 STATION, BUT BECAUSE THE SPACE 305 00:16:16,375 --> 00:16:17,476 STATION IS TRAVELING SO FAST 306 00:16:17,476 --> 00:16:19,645 AROUND THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH 307 00:16:19,645 --> 00:16:22,214 WE ARE IN A CONSTANT FREE FALL 308 00:16:22,214 --> 00:16:23,816 AND EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY 309 00:16:23,816 --> 00:16:25,918 APPEARS TO FLOAT ON BOARD THE 310 00:16:25,918 --> 00:16:26,318 SPACE STATION. 311 00:16:26,318 --> 00:16:27,986 WE ARE EXPERIENCING THE EARTH'S 312 00:16:27,986 --> 00:16:29,254 GRAVITY, WE'RE EXPERIENCING 313 00:16:29,254 --> 00:16:31,757 ABOUT 90% OF WHAT YOU ALL 314 00:16:31,757 --> 00:16:32,491 EXPERIENCE ON THE SURFACE OF 315 00:16:32,491 --> 00:16:34,259 THE EARTH. 316 00:16:34,259 --> 00:16:36,028 THE DIFFERENCE IS WE'RE MOVING 317 00:16:36,028 --> 00:16:38,297 SO FAST THAT AS WE FALL, WE 318 00:16:38,297 --> 00:16:40,132 FALL AROUND THE EARTH AND THAT 319 00:16:40,132 --> 00:16:41,166 DEFINES ORBIT. 320 00:16:41,166 --> 00:16:43,902 MICROGRAVITY MEANS WE'RE NOT -- 321 00:16:43,902 --> 00:16:45,871 IT'S NOT THE ABSENCE OF MASS 322 00:16:45,871 --> 00:16:47,873 WHICH, OF COURSE, CREATES 323 00:16:47,873 --> 00:16:49,308 GRAVITY BUT ALL THE OBJECTS ARE 324 00:16:49,308 --> 00:16:51,009 IN THE SAME GRAVITATIONAL FIELD 325 00:16:51,009 --> 00:16:52,044 AND FALLING TOGETHER. 326 00:16:52,044 --> 00:16:53,979 SO YES, IT IS A LOT OF FUN, 327 00:16:53,979 --> 00:16:55,748 FLOATING AROUND, OF COURSE, IS 328 00:16:55,748 --> 00:16:57,916 ONE OF THE EXCITING PARTS OF 329 00:16:57,916 --> 00:16:59,985 BEING ONBOARD AND BEING AN 330 00:16:59,985 --> 00:17:01,653 ASTRONAUT BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, 331 00:17:01,653 --> 00:17:03,389 LENDS ITSELF TO THE AMAZING 332 00:17:03,389 --> 00:17:05,124 EXPERIMENTS WE DO ON BOARD THAT 333 00:17:05,124 --> 00:17:06,058 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 334 00:17:06,058 --> 00:17:07,960 MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT TO DO 335 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:09,361 THINGS WE CAN'T DO ON EARTH 336 00:17:09,361 --> 00:17:11,330 THAT CAN BENEFIT LIFE BACK ON 337 00:17:11,330 --> 00:17:11,597 EARTH. 338 00:17:11,597 --> 00:17:12,865 >> THE IMPORTANT THING IS IT'S 339 00:17:12,865 --> 00:17:14,299 SO DIFFERENT THAN THE GROUND 340 00:17:14,299 --> 00:17:15,401 WHERE EVERYTHING IS PULLED BY 341 00:17:15,401 --> 00:17:18,404 THE EARTH AT WHAT WE CALL ONE 342 00:17:18,404 --> 00:17:22,274 FORCE OF GRAVITY. 343 00:17:22,274 --> 00:17:24,076 WHAT THAT DOES IS ALLOWS YOU TO 344 00:17:24,076 --> 00:17:25,944 SEE THE SMALL FORCES, THE SMALL 345 00:17:25,944 --> 00:17:27,112 PROCESSES, THE SMALL EFFECTS 346 00:17:27,112 --> 00:17:30,249 WHAT GOES ON IN LIFE CELL 347 00:17:30,249 --> 00:17:31,784 DEVELOPMENT OR TECHNICAL 348 00:17:31,784 --> 00:17:34,052 PROCESSES LIKE COMBUSTION OR 349 00:17:34,052 --> 00:17:35,587 FLUID FLOW AND HELPS YOU 350 00:17:35,587 --> 00:17:37,489 UNDERSTAND THINGS YOU MAY NOT 351 00:17:37,489 --> 00:17:38,957 HAVE FULLY UNDERSTOOD ON EARTH, 352 00:17:38,957 --> 00:17:39,925 WHERE YOU SEE SOMETHING 353 00:17:39,925 --> 00:17:41,693 HAPPENING, SOMETHING ASSEMBLING 354 00:17:41,693 --> 00:17:44,329 OR DISASSEMBLING OR THE SHAPE 355 00:17:44,329 --> 00:17:46,298 GOING INTO THREE DIMENSIONS AND 356 00:17:46,298 --> 00:17:49,134 YOU LEARN, AH, THAT'S WHAT WAS 357 00:17:49,134 --> 00:17:50,269 DRIVING THIS THING ON EARTH 358 00:17:50,269 --> 00:17:51,503 THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T 359 00:17:51,503 --> 00:17:51,970 UNDERSTAND. 360 00:17:51,970 --> 00:17:53,739 >> ON EARTH, GRAVITY IS 361 00:17:53,739 --> 00:17:55,040 AFFECTING ALL RESEARCH WE DO, 362 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:56,975 AND SOMETIMES THAT CAN GET IN 363 00:17:56,975 --> 00:17:57,443 THE WAY. 364 00:17:57,443 --> 00:17:58,811 STUDYING THINGS IN DIFFERENT 365 00:17:58,811 --> 00:17:59,978 ENVIRONMENTS CAN GIVE A BETTER 366 00:17:59,978 --> 00:18:01,647 PICTURE HOW THEY WORK. 367 00:18:01,647 --> 00:18:03,582 FROM DISEASES TO FIRES AND EVEN 368 00:18:03,582 --> 00:18:04,716 THINGS THAT MAKE UP PRODUCTS 369 00:18:04,716 --> 00:18:07,052 LIKE MILK OR SHAMPOO. 370 00:18:07,052 --> 00:18:08,654 >> ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WE 371 00:18:08,654 --> 00:18:10,556 PERFORM ON THE ISS IS SCIENCE, 372 00:18:10,556 --> 00:18:13,959 70-80% OF OUR DAY IS PERFORMING 373 00:18:13,959 --> 00:18:15,060 SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS. 374 00:18:15,060 --> 00:18:16,462 >> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 375 00:18:16,462 --> 00:18:17,996 STATION IS A GREAT PLACE TO DO 376 00:18:17,996 --> 00:18:19,765 RESEARCH FOR SEVERAL 377 00:18:19,765 --> 00:18:20,199 PERSPECTIVES. 378 00:18:20,199 --> 00:18:22,634 ONE OF THOSE IS A GREAT HUGE 379 00:18:22,634 --> 00:18:24,403 SATELLITE ORBITING THE EARTH, 380 00:18:24,403 --> 00:18:26,305 IF YOU HAVE AN INSTRUMENT THAT 381 00:18:26,305 --> 00:18:27,873 WANTS TO LOOK AT THE EARTH AND 382 00:18:27,873 --> 00:18:30,375 THE SPACE, WE PROVIDE THE DATA, 383 00:18:30,375 --> 00:18:32,110 THE PLATFORM SO YOU DON'T HAVE 384 00:18:32,110 --> 00:18:34,179 TO DO THE NEW SATELLITE. 385 00:18:34,179 --> 00:18:36,648 OUTSIDE OF THE ISS IS A VERY 386 00:18:36,648 --> 00:18:37,616 EXTREME ENVIRONMENT, AND 387 00:18:37,616 --> 00:18:38,984 SOMETIMES YOU LEARN THINGS BY 388 00:18:38,984 --> 00:18:40,986 EXPOSING YOUR HARDWARE, YOUR 389 00:18:40,986 --> 00:18:43,088 POLYMERS TO A DIFFERENT 390 00:18:43,088 --> 00:18:43,622 ENVIRONMENT. 391 00:18:43,622 --> 00:18:48,126 YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN 392 00:18:48,126 --> 00:18:49,795 DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS ON THE 393 00:18:49,795 --> 00:18:50,128 EARTH. 394 00:18:50,128 --> 00:18:51,930 ONE OF THE MOST PERVASIVE USES 395 00:18:51,930 --> 00:18:56,034 OF THE ISS IS THE MICROGRAVITY 396 00:18:56,034 --> 00:18:57,202 ENVIRONMENT, TO BE ABLE TO DO 397 00:18:57,202 --> 00:18:58,871 THE EXPERIMENT WITHOUT GRAVITY 398 00:18:58,871 --> 00:19:00,372 WHICH WE ALL LIVED WITH FOREVER 399 00:19:00,372 --> 00:19:01,673 ON THE GROUND, WHICH WE LIVE 400 00:19:01,673 --> 00:19:03,342 WITH EVERY DAY AND DON'T 401 00:19:03,342 --> 00:19:05,644 REALIZE HOW IT GOVERNS SO MANY 402 00:19:05,644 --> 00:19:06,712 THINGS THAT HAPPEN AROUND US, 403 00:19:06,712 --> 00:19:08,614 IF YOU TAKE GRAVITY AWAY, SOME 404 00:19:08,614 --> 00:19:10,949 OF THE SMALL PHENOMENA, THE 405 00:19:10,949 --> 00:19:12,317 SMALL PROCESSES AND FORCES 406 00:19:12,317 --> 00:19:13,552 START TO COME OUT AND YOU CAN 407 00:19:13,552 --> 00:19:15,120 SEE THEM AND YOU CAN SEE THE 408 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:17,022 BEHAVIORS OF YOUR EXPERIMENT 409 00:19:17,022 --> 00:19:18,357 HAPPENING DIFFERENTLY IN SPACE 410 00:19:18,357 --> 00:19:21,059 AND IN MICROGRAVITY THAN ON THE 411 00:19:21,059 --> 00:19:21,460 GROUND. 412 00:19:21,460 --> 00:19:22,761 >> IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO 413 00:19:22,761 --> 00:19:24,897 MAKE ALL OF THAT MICROGRAVITY 414 00:19:24,897 --> 00:19:25,831 SCIENCE HAPPEN. 415 00:19:25,831 --> 00:19:28,267 4,000 SCIENTISTS, COMPANIES AND 416 00:19:28,267 --> 00:19:29,801 STUDENTS FROM OVER 100 417 00:19:29,801 --> 00:19:31,570 COUNTRIES HAVE SENT MORE THAN 418 00:19:31,570 --> 00:19:34,206 2,700 EXPERIMENTS TO THE 419 00:19:34,206 --> 00:19:35,474 ORBITING LABORATORY. 420 00:19:35,474 --> 00:19:37,676 OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, THESE 421 00:19:37,676 --> 00:19:39,978 STUDIES HAVE UNLOCKED NEW 422 00:19:39,978 --> 00:19:41,146 DISCOVERIES AND KICKED OFF 423 00:19:41,146 --> 00:19:43,448 HUNDREDS OF NEW MICROGRAVITY 424 00:19:43,448 --> 00:19:45,384 EXPERIMENTS. 425 00:19:45,384 --> 00:19:46,885 >> WE'RE STUDYING THE 426 00:19:46,885 --> 00:19:49,855 PHYSIOLOGY OF HOW BLOOD FLOW 427 00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:51,657 AND THE FLUIDS IN OUR BODY 428 00:19:51,657 --> 00:19:52,624 SHIFT AS A RESULT OF 429 00:19:52,624 --> 00:19:53,592 MICROGRAVITY. 430 00:19:53,592 --> 00:19:54,960 >> YESTERDAY I SPENT TIME 431 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,462 SETTING UP A VEGGIE EXPERIMENT, 432 00:19:57,462 --> 00:20:01,366 WE'LL BE GROWING MIZUNA LETTUCE 433 00:20:01,366 --> 00:20:03,135 UP HERE. 434 00:20:03,135 --> 00:20:04,736 >> STARTING A NEW EXPERIMENT 435 00:20:04,736 --> 00:20:09,141 CALLED THE COLD LAB, IT WILL 436 00:20:09,141 --> 00:20:12,844 CREATE IT AT ABSOLUTE ZERO. 437 00:20:12,844 --> 00:20:14,446 >> WHO ARE THE SCIENTISTS? 438 00:20:14,446 --> 00:20:15,781 THIS SEASON, WE'LL TAKE YOU 439 00:20:15,781 --> 00:20:17,015 BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE YEARS 440 00:20:17,015 --> 00:20:19,117 OF PREPARING AN EXPERIMENT FOR 441 00:20:19,117 --> 00:20:19,418 SPACE. 442 00:20:19,418 --> 00:20:21,386 YOU'LL SEE THEM LAUNCH OFF THE 443 00:20:21,386 --> 00:20:23,322 PLANET AND SPLASH BACK DOWN IN 444 00:20:23,322 --> 00:20:24,456 THE OCEAN AND HEAR WHAT IT'S 445 00:20:24,456 --> 00:20:26,224 LIKE TO HAND OFF YOUR RESEARCH 446 00:20:26,224 --> 00:20:27,993 TO THE ASTRONAUTS WHO SERVE AS 447 00:20:27,993 --> 00:20:29,695 THE EYES AND HANDS OF THE 448 00:20:29,695 --> 00:20:30,596 SCIENTISTS ABOARD THE 449 00:20:30,596 --> 00:20:42,908 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 450 00:20:42,908 --> 00:20:43,108 . 451 00:20:43,108 --> 00:20:44,509 >> THIS IS OUR FIRST PROJECT 452 00:20:44,509 --> 00:20:45,844 THAT'S GOING UP TO THE STATION, 453 00:20:45,844 --> 00:20:47,179 AND OUR FIRST PROJECT WORKING 454 00:20:47,179 --> 00:20:49,581 WITH ANYONE INVOLVED IN THE 455 00:20:49,581 --> 00:20:54,286 SPACE, SO IT'S A VERY EXCITING 456 00:20:54,286 --> 00:20:55,320 TIME FOR US. 457 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:56,488 INTERESTING TO SEE HOW ALL THE 458 00:20:56,488 --> 00:20:58,423 PLANNING IS PLAYED OUT WHEN 459 00:20:58,423 --> 00:20:59,925 SOMEONE ELSE HAS THE EXPERIMENT 460 00:20:59,925 --> 00:21:06,064 IN THEIR HANDS. 461 00:21:06,064 --> 00:21:08,667 >> NASA'S ARTEMIS PROGRAM WILL 462 00:21:08,667 --> 00:21:10,335 RETURN AMERICANS TO THE MOON BY 463 00:21:10,335 --> 00:21:12,671 2024, AND HELP GET US READY TO 464 00:21:12,671 --> 00:21:14,206 GO TO MARS, AND KNOWLEDGE OF 465 00:21:14,206 --> 00:21:16,408 THE GEOLOGY OF BOTH LOCATIONS 466 00:21:16,408 --> 00:21:17,643 WILL BE IMPORTANT. 467 00:21:17,643 --> 00:21:20,012 LAST YEAR, THE NEXT TO LAST MAN 468 00:21:20,012 --> 00:21:23,715 ON THE MOON, APOLLO ASTRONAUT 469 00:21:23,715 --> 00:21:24,983 HARRISON SCHMIDT AND 470 00:21:24,983 --> 00:21:27,586 THEN-ASTRONAUT JESSICA WATKINS 471 00:21:27,586 --> 00:21:29,655 MET UP AT THE JOHNSON SPACE 472 00:21:29,655 --> 00:21:31,723 CENTER'S MOON ROCK LAB SO THE 473 00:21:31,723 --> 00:21:33,592 TWO GEOLOGISTS COULD DISCUSS 474 00:21:33,592 --> 00:21:35,594 HOW WHAT WE LEARNED FROM APOLLO 475 00:21:35,594 --> 00:21:37,329 WILL INFORM OUR EFFORTS IN 476 00:21:37,329 --> 00:21:38,363 ARTEMIS. 477 00:21:38,363 --> 00:21:40,832 >> SAMPLE OF BOTH SIDES, I 478 00:21:40,832 --> 00:21:43,168 WOULDN'T BET ON IT. 479 00:21:43,168 --> 00:21:59,985 I JUST GOT TO JUGGLE THAT SIDE. 480 00:21:59,985 --> 00:22:02,087 >> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT KIND OF 481 00:22:02,087 --> 00:22:05,223 WHAT THE -- WHAT WENT INTO YOUR 482 00:22:05,223 --> 00:22:06,558 SAMPLING STRATEGY AND HOW YOU 483 00:22:06,558 --> 00:22:08,460 CHOSE WHICH SAMPLES TO PRESENT? 484 00:22:08,460 --> 00:22:10,095 >> THE IDEA WAS TO GET AS BROAD 485 00:22:10,095 --> 00:22:12,597 A SPECTRUM OF NEW SAMPLES AS WE 486 00:22:12,597 --> 00:22:14,199 POSSIBLY COULD, AND THAT TURNED 487 00:22:14,199 --> 00:22:16,601 OUT PRETTY WELL. 488 00:22:16,601 --> 00:22:18,503 AND, IN FACT, WE SAMPLED AT 489 00:22:18,503 --> 00:22:21,406 LEAST EJECTA MELT, WHAT WE CALL 490 00:22:21,406 --> 00:22:23,942 MELT EJECTA FROM THREE MAJOR 491 00:22:23,942 --> 00:22:25,977 BASINS, MAYBE FOUR. 492 00:22:25,977 --> 00:22:27,979 WE SAMPLED FRAGMENTS THAT 493 00:22:27,979 --> 00:22:29,548 ALMOST CERTAINLY CAME FROM THE 494 00:22:29,548 --> 00:22:31,116 DEEP MANTLE OF THE MOON. 495 00:22:31,116 --> 00:22:33,618 WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT AT THE 496 00:22:33,618 --> 00:22:36,054 TIME, THAT'S ONLY RECENTLY WE 497 00:22:36,054 --> 00:22:38,223 FIGURED THAT OUT, AND WE ALSO 498 00:22:38,223 --> 00:22:40,358 ADDED TO OUR BROAD KNOWLEDGE 499 00:22:40,358 --> 00:22:42,961 AND HISTORY OF THE VOLCANIC 500 00:22:42,961 --> 00:22:44,129 ERUPTIONS THAT OCCURRED ON THE 501 00:22:44,129 --> 00:22:45,197 MOON AT THE TIME. 502 00:22:45,197 --> 00:22:47,566 NOW WHEN YOU GO TO THE MOON ON 503 00:22:47,566 --> 00:22:51,970 THE WAY TO MARS, THAT 504 00:22:51,970 --> 00:22:53,038 EDUCATION, I THINK, YOU'RE 505 00:22:53,038 --> 00:22:54,506 GOING TO GET ON THE MOON WILL 506 00:22:54,506 --> 00:22:56,675 BE VERY RELEVANT TO MARS, BUT 507 00:22:56,675 --> 00:22:59,177 MARS, OF COURSE, DOES NOT HAVE 508 00:22:59,177 --> 00:23:02,581 THAT MICROMETEORITE ENVIRONMENT 509 00:23:02,581 --> 00:23:03,949 THAT WE HAVE ON THE MOON. 510 00:23:03,949 --> 00:23:08,153 IT HAS A SMALL ATMOSPHERE, A 511 00:23:08,153 --> 00:23:09,488 HUNDREDTHS OF THAT OF THE EARTH 512 00:23:09,488 --> 00:23:11,389 AND THAT FILTERS OUT ON THE 513 00:23:11,389 --> 00:23:11,690 IMPACT. 514 00:23:11,690 --> 00:23:13,058 THE MAIN WEATHER PROCESSING IS 515 00:23:13,058 --> 00:23:16,328 THE METEORITE IMPACTS OF THE 516 00:23:16,328 --> 00:23:18,463 SURFACE, SOLAR WINDS MADE UP OF 517 00:23:18,463 --> 00:23:20,332 HIGH-ENERGY PARTICLES SO THEY 518 00:23:20,332 --> 00:23:22,367 ACTUALLY ERODE THE SURFACES OF 519 00:23:22,367 --> 00:23:24,803 ROCKS, AS WELL AS CHANGE THE 520 00:23:24,803 --> 00:23:27,773 CHARACTER OF THE DEBRIS LAYER 521 00:23:27,773 --> 00:23:28,640 ON THE MOON. 522 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,476 ON MARS, THE DOMINANT EROSION 523 00:23:31,476 --> 00:23:36,414 FORCES, IF YOU ARE USED TO 524 00:23:36,414 --> 00:23:38,350 STUDYING GEOMORPHOLOGY ON 525 00:23:38,350 --> 00:23:39,918 EARTH, YOU CAN LEARN A LOT 526 00:23:39,918 --> 00:23:41,086 ABOUT WHAT'S YOU'RE GOING TO 527 00:23:41,086 --> 00:23:41,887 SEE ON MARS. 528 00:23:41,887 --> 00:23:43,622 BUT ALL THAT COMES FROM 529 00:23:43,622 --> 00:23:44,723 STUDYING THE MOON. 530 00:23:44,723 --> 00:23:45,323 >> RIGHT. 531 00:23:45,323 --> 00:23:48,860 >> IF WE HADN'T HAVE THE MOON, 532 00:23:48,860 --> 00:23:50,762 WE WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND THE 533 00:23:50,762 --> 00:23:52,264 EARTH OR SPECULATE WHAT IT 534 00:23:52,264 --> 00:24:02,908 MIGHT BE. 535 00:24:02,908 --> 00:24:05,010 >> AMERICA'S ASTRONAUTS COME TO 536 00:24:05,010 --> 00:24:07,379 THIS JOB FROM A WIDE RANGE OF 537 00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:09,181 BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES. 538 00:24:09,181 --> 00:24:11,883 TEST PILOT, DOCTOR, ENGINEER, 539 00:24:11,883 --> 00:24:13,385 TEACHER, BUT ONE THING THEY ALL 540 00:24:13,385 --> 00:24:15,120 HAVE IN COMMON IS THEY HAVE 541 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:16,888 NEVER BEEN TO SPACE. 542 00:24:16,888 --> 00:24:18,290 LEAST NOT WHEN THEY START. 543 00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:20,525 LIKE YOU AND ME, THEY EACH 544 00:24:20,525 --> 00:24:22,761 IMAGINED SEEING THE EARTH FROM 545 00:24:22,761 --> 00:24:23,428 SPACE. 546 00:24:23,428 --> 00:24:25,397 TURNS OUT THAT QUITE OFTEN, THE 547 00:24:25,397 --> 00:24:27,799 REALITY OF THAT SIGHT IS JUST 548 00:24:27,799 --> 00:24:49,621 NOT WHAT THEY EXPECTED. 549 00:24:49,621 --> 00:25:31,296 >> I HAD LOOKED AT 550 00:25:31,296 --> 00:25:31,496 . 551 00:25:31,496 --> 00:25:34,399 >> I HAD A FEELING I WAS WAY UP 552 00:25:34,399 --> 00:25:36,234 HIGH, AND THE BLUES THAT I SAW, 553 00:25:36,234 --> 00:25:37,736 IT WAS RIDICULOUS. 554 00:25:37,736 --> 00:25:39,404 I NEVER IMAGINED GETTING TO SEE 555 00:25:39,404 --> 00:25:40,138 SOMETHING THAT BEAUTIFUL. 556 00:25:40,138 --> 00:25:42,841 IT WAS SO FOREIGN TO THE HUMAN 557 00:25:42,841 --> 00:25:45,043 MIND TO SEE THE TOTAL BLACK OF 558 00:25:45,043 --> 00:25:46,645 SPACE, TO SEE THE EARTH 559 00:25:46,645 --> 00:25:47,579 HIGHLIGHTED THAT WAY, AND I GOT 560 00:25:47,579 --> 00:25:48,947 TO SEE A SUNSET. 561 00:25:48,947 --> 00:25:50,548 I HAD ONE PIECE OF PAPER THAT 562 00:25:50,548 --> 00:25:53,351 HAD A PICTURE OF MY KIDS AND A 563 00:25:53,351 --> 00:25:54,920 DATA FILE BURN TIMES ON IT, I 564 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:57,555 TOOK A PENCIL AND DREW 15 565 00:25:57,555 --> 00:25:59,958 CURVELINES AND WROTE LIGHT 566 00:25:59,958 --> 00:26:02,227 BLUE, DARKER BLUE, PINK, 567 00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:05,530 PURPLE, DARK PURPLE, DARK, DARK 568 00:26:05,530 --> 00:26:06,564 PURPLE ALL THE WAY TO THE 569 00:26:06,564 --> 00:26:10,936 SURFACE OF THE EARTH AT SUNSET. 570 00:26:10,936 --> 00:26:13,605 THE SCALE OF REFRACTING BLEW ME 571 00:26:13,605 --> 00:26:17,242 AWAY, NO DYNAMIC OF A PHOTO 572 00:26:17,242 --> 00:26:18,677 THAT CAN CAPTURE WHAT THE HUMAN 573 00:26:18,677 --> 00:26:19,244 CAN SEE. 574 00:26:19,244 --> 00:26:20,245 THE PHIFER LOOK OUTSIDE 575 00:26:20,245 --> 00:26:22,814 COMPLETELY SIDELINED ME, I HAD 576 00:26:22,814 --> 00:26:25,684 A GoPRO, NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT 577 00:26:25,684 --> 00:26:28,053 COSTS, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS. 578 00:26:28,053 --> 00:26:29,788 YOU HAVE TO DO THIS, IT'S 579 00:26:29,788 --> 00:27:18,703 AMAZING. 580 00:27:18,703 --> 00:27:21,172 >> DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE A 581 00:27:21,172 --> 00:27:22,574 PHYSICIST, SCHOOLTEACHER OR 582 00:27:22,574 --> 00:27:23,975 STAY-AT-HOME PARENT OR BACKPACK 583 00:27:23,975 --> 00:27:26,077 FOR YOUR WHOLE LIFE, IF YOU 584 00:27:26,077 --> 00:27:27,345 LOOK OUT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 585 00:27:27,345 --> 00:27:29,381 A MAGICAL EXPERIENCE IN YOUR 586 00:27:29,381 --> 00:27:39,224 OWN WAY, FOR CERTAIN. 587 00:27:39,224 --> 00:27:41,326 >> IF YOU'D LIKE ANOTHER LOOK 588 00:27:41,326 --> 00:27:42,894 AT THE STORIES WE FEATURED 589 00:27:42,894 --> 00:27:45,096 TODAY, CHECK US OUT ON YouTube 590 00:27:45,096 --> 00:27:46,631 AND FACEBOOK, THERE ARE THE 591 00:27:46,631 --> 00:27:48,199 ADDRESSES RIGHT THERE, AND LOOK 592 00:27:48,199 --> 00:27:49,367 AROUND BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF 593 00:27:49,367 --> 00:27:50,802 OTHER COOL STUFF YOU CAN FIND 594 00:27:50,802 --> 00:27:52,871 ABOUT NASA AND AMERICA'S HUMAN 595 00:27:52,871 --> 00:27:53,805 SPACEFLIGHT PROGRAM. 596 00:27:53,805 --> 00:27:55,807 WHEN YOU'RE OUT ON THE INTERNET 597 00:27:55,807 --> 00:27:57,409 ANYWAY, CHECK OUT HOUSTON, WE 598 00:27:57,409 --> 00:27:59,944 HAVE A PODCAST, WHERE WE TALK 599 00:27:59,944 --> 00:28:02,247 TO FOLKS ABOUT WORK IN ALL 600 00:28:02,247 --> 00:28:04,516 ASPECTS OF SPACE EXPLORATION. 601 00:28:04,516 --> 00:28:07,819 WE POST NEW EPISODES EVERY 602 00:28:07,819 --> 00:28:10,055 FRIDAY, GARY JORDAN TALKS TO 603 00:28:10,055 --> 00:28:10,955 FOLKS FROM A PRIVATE INSTITUTE 604 00:28:10,955 --> 00:28:14,292 IN HOUSTON TO SOLVE THE 605 00:28:14,292 --> 00:28:14,993 CHALLENGES TO PROTECT THE 606 00:28:14,993 --> 00:28:16,494 HEALTH OF ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE 607 00:28:16,494 --> 00:28:19,064 AND MAKING FUTURE DEEP-SPACE 608 00:28:19,064 --> 00:28:19,798 EXPLORATION A SUCCESS. 609 00:28:19,798 --> 00:28:25,570 GO TO NASA.GOV/PODCASTS WHERE 610 00:28:25,570 --> 00:28:27,639 YOU WILL FIND PREVIOUS EPISODES 611 00:28:27,639 --> 00:28:28,940 AND THE FULL LIBRARY OF THE 612 00:28:28,940 --> 00:28:31,109 NASA PODCASTS ALL OF WHICH YOU 613 00:28:31,109 --> 00:28:32,110 CAN LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS,