1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,433 >> GOOD MORNING. 2 00:00:00,433 --> 00:00:01,534 YOU'RE LOOKING AT MISSION 3 00:00:01,534 --> 00:00:03,103 CONTROL HOUSTON, WHERE THE 4 00:00:03,103 --> 00:00:04,104 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 5 00:00:04,104 --> 00:00:06,005 FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM MEMBERS ARE 6 00:00:06,005 --> 00:00:07,707 WORKING WITH A LARGER 7 00:00:07,707 --> 00:00:10,076 EXPEDITION 63 CREW THAN THEY 8 00:00:10,076 --> 00:00:13,046 HAD LAST WEEK, THANKS TO THE 9 00:00:13,046 --> 00:00:15,081 HISTORIC ARRIVAL OF A BRAND-NEW 10 00:00:15,081 --> 00:00:16,683 VEHICLE TO THE DOCKING PART ON 11 00:00:16,683 --> 00:00:18,818 THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HARMONY 12 00:00:18,818 --> 00:00:19,352 MODULE. 13 00:00:19,352 --> 00:00:21,388 COMMANDER CASSIDY AND RUSSIAN 14 00:00:21,388 --> 00:00:23,022 CREWMATES WELCOME TWO MORE NASA 15 00:00:23,022 --> 00:00:24,391 COLLEAGUES TO THEIR MERRY BAND 16 00:00:24,391 --> 00:00:26,993 THIS WEEK, AFTER THEY RODE THE 17 00:00:26,993 --> 00:00:28,795 SpaceX CREW DRAGON FROM A 18 00:00:28,795 --> 00:00:30,230 FLORIDA LAUNCH PAD TO A 19 00:00:30,230 --> 00:00:32,031 SUCCESSFUL DOCKING AND OPENED A 20 00:00:32,031 --> 00:00:34,934 NEW ERA IN HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. 21 00:00:34,934 --> 00:00:41,941 >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. 22 00:00:41,941 --> 00:00:45,078 IGNITION, LIFTOFF AS THE FALCON 23 00:00:45,078 --> 00:00:48,148 9 AND CREW DRAGON, GO NASA, GO 24 00:00:48,148 --> 00:00:50,683 SpaceX, GODSPEED! 25 00:00:50,683 --> 00:00:54,154 >> AMERICA HAS LAUNCHED THE 26 00:00:54,154 --> 00:00:56,389 RISE OF THE NEW ERA OF AMERICAN 27 00:00:56,389 --> 00:00:58,124 SPACEFLIGHTS, AND WITH IT, THE 28 00:00:58,124 --> 00:00:59,793 AMBITION OF A NEW GENERATION 29 00:00:59,793 --> 00:01:02,328 CONTINUING THE DREAM. 30 00:01:02,328 --> 00:01:04,864 >> WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, 31 00:01:04,864 --> 00:01:06,065 IT'S BEEN A HISTORIC WEEK IN 32 00:01:06,065 --> 00:01:07,434 HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. 33 00:01:07,434 --> 00:01:09,969 NASA AND SpaceX HAVE LAUNCHED 34 00:01:09,969 --> 00:01:10,804 HUMANS TO THE INTERNATIONAL 35 00:01:10,804 --> 00:01:12,038 SPACE STATION IN AN AMERICAN 36 00:01:12,038 --> 00:01:14,707 VEHICLE FROM THE FLORIDA COAST. 37 00:01:14,707 --> 00:01:16,342 AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF 38 00:01:16,342 --> 00:01:17,510 COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT, 39 00:01:17,510 --> 00:01:18,678 TRAINING AND OTHER PREPARATION, 40 00:01:18,678 --> 00:01:20,713 THE SpaceX CREW DRAGON LIFTED 41 00:01:20,713 --> 00:01:21,414 OFF FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE 42 00:01:21,414 --> 00:01:24,918 CENTER'S LAUNCH COMPLEX 39-A ON 43 00:01:24,918 --> 00:01:27,921 SATURDAY MAY 30th, CARING NASA 44 00:01:27,921 --> 00:01:31,124 ASTRONAUTS DOUG HURLEY AND BOB 45 00:01:31,124 --> 00:01:31,524 BEHNKEN. 46 00:01:31,524 --> 00:01:33,860 IT OFFICIALLY COULD DO TO THE 47 00:01:33,860 --> 00:01:35,261 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 48 00:01:35,261 --> 00:01:35,862 SUNDAY MORNING. 49 00:01:35,862 --> 00:01:37,497 WHEN THE HATCHES FINALLY 50 00:01:37,497 --> 00:01:38,932 OPENED, THEY WERE GREETED BY 51 00:01:38,932 --> 00:01:42,902 FRIEND AND CREWMATE CHRIS 52 00:01:42,902 --> 00:01:46,673 CASSIDY AND ANATOLY AND IVAN. 53 00:01:46,673 --> 00:01:47,974 >> STATION, THIS IS THE NASA 54 00:01:47,974 --> 00:01:49,075 ADMINISTRATOR. 55 00:01:49,075 --> 00:01:50,977 I WILL TELL YOU THE WHOLE WORLD 56 00:01:50,977 --> 00:01:52,212 SAW THIS MISSION, AND WE ARE 57 00:01:52,212 --> 00:01:54,481 SO, SO PROUD OF EVERYTHING HAVE 58 00:01:54,481 --> 00:01:56,449 YOU DONE FOR OUR COUNTRY AND, 59 00:01:56,449 --> 00:01:59,018 IN FACT, TO INSPIRE THE WORLD. 60 00:01:59,018 --> 00:02:00,220 >> WE SURE APPRECIATE THAT, 61 00:02:00,220 --> 00:02:00,854 SIR. 62 00:02:00,854 --> 00:02:02,522 IT'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN OUR HONOR 63 00:02:02,522 --> 00:02:03,923 TO BE JUST A SMALL PART OF 64 00:02:03,923 --> 00:02:04,190 THIS. 65 00:02:04,190 --> 00:02:05,892 WE HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO 66 00:02:05,892 --> 00:02:08,328 SpaceX, THE COMMERCIAL CREW 67 00:02:08,328 --> 00:02:10,029 PROGRAM, AND, OF COURSE, NASA. 68 00:02:10,029 --> 00:02:12,131 IT'S GREAT TO GET THE UNITED 69 00:02:12,131 --> 00:02:14,901 STATES BACK IN THE CREWED 70 00:02:14,901 --> 00:02:16,069 LAUNCH BUSINESS AND WE'RE 71 00:02:16,069 --> 00:02:18,538 REALLY GLAD TO BE ON BOARD THIS 72 00:02:18,538 --> 00:02:20,240 MAGNIFICENT COMPLEX. 73 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,141 >> WHAT DO YOU GUYS HOPE TO 74 00:02:22,141 --> 00:02:23,343 ACCOMPLISH IN YOUR TIME ON 75 00:02:23,343 --> 00:02:25,612 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION? 76 00:02:25,612 --> 00:02:27,080 >> WELL, WHILE WE'RE ON BOARD 77 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:28,114 THE SPACE STATION, OF COURSE, 78 00:02:28,114 --> 00:02:30,350 WITH THE NEW SPACECRAFT, WE DO 79 00:02:30,350 --> 00:02:32,452 HOPE TO PUT HER THROUGH OUR 80 00:02:32,452 --> 00:02:34,654 PACES AND SO, THE GOOD SHIP 81 00:02:34,654 --> 00:02:36,055 ENDEAVOR IS GOING TO GET A LOT 82 00:02:36,055 --> 00:02:37,924 OF CHECKOUT OVER THE NEXT WEEK 83 00:02:37,924 --> 00:02:40,360 OR TWO HERE, AND HOPEFULLY 84 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,762 WE'LL BE ABLE TO DECLARE HER 85 00:02:42,762 --> 00:02:44,264 OPERATIONAL, AND DOUG AND I 86 00:02:44,264 --> 00:02:45,899 WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE SOME 87 00:02:45,899 --> 00:02:48,201 BURDEN OFF OF CHRIS AND HIS 88 00:02:48,201 --> 00:02:48,968 CREWMATES. 89 00:02:48,968 --> 00:02:52,705 IVAN AND ANATOLY, SO WE CAN 90 00:02:52,705 --> 00:02:53,673 KEEP THE SPACE STATION 91 00:02:53,673 --> 00:02:55,074 OPERATING AT PEAK 92 00:02:55,074 --> 00:02:55,742 POSSIBILITIES. 93 00:02:55,742 --> 00:02:56,976 WE'RE JUST PROUD TO BE A PART 94 00:02:56,976 --> 00:02:59,646 OF THE TEAM THAT GOT TO BRING A 95 00:02:59,646 --> 00:03:00,813 SPACEFLIGHT BACK TO THE FLORIDA 96 00:03:00,813 --> 00:03:01,080 COAST. 97 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:02,916 IT WAS NICE TO SEE A VEHICLE 98 00:03:02,916 --> 00:03:04,484 COME TO THE FORWARD PORTION OF 99 00:03:04,484 --> 00:03:05,985 THE SPACE STATION, BUT I'LL 100 00:03:05,985 --> 00:03:07,420 TELL YOU WHAT, THAT'S THE ONLY 101 00:03:07,420 --> 00:03:09,656 WAY DOUG AND I KNOW HOW TO DO 102 00:03:09,656 --> 00:03:10,623 IT. 103 00:03:10,623 --> 00:03:11,925 >> CURRENTLY, HURLEY AND 104 00:03:11,925 --> 00:03:13,159 BEHNKEN ARE SCHEDULED TO STAY 105 00:03:13,159 --> 00:03:14,093 ON THE SPACE STATION FOR UP TO 106 00:03:14,093 --> 00:03:16,062 90 DAYS. 107 00:03:16,062 --> 00:03:17,864 YOU CAN FOLLOW ALL THE NEWS ON 108 00:03:17,864 --> 00:03:21,000 NASA TV, NASA.GOV AND ALL OF 109 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,069 OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. 110 00:03:23,069 --> 00:03:24,571 KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS 111 00:03:24,571 --> 00:03:27,273 USING THE #ASK NASA. 112 00:03:27,273 --> 00:04:37,877 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 113 00:04:37,877 --> 00:04:38,077 . 114 00:04:38,077 --> 00:04:41,447 >> I HAVE MY NOTES STORED IN A 115 00:04:41,447 --> 00:04:44,417 BAG, BECAUSE THE FLAMMABILITY 116 00:04:44,417 --> 00:04:47,120 HAZARD OF PAPER, WE TAKE 117 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:48,721 CAUTION TO MAKE SURE ME AND THE 118 00:04:48,721 --> 00:04:50,456 CREW ARE SAFE FROM FIRE HAZARD. 119 00:04:50,456 --> 00:04:52,759 MY NOTES ARE STORED INSIDE THIS 120 00:04:52,759 --> 00:04:53,893 CARGO TRANSFER BAG, WITH 121 00:04:53,893 --> 00:04:55,328 SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS THAT HAVE 122 00:04:55,328 --> 00:04:58,164 NO RELEVANCE TO MY NOTES. 123 00:04:58,164 --> 00:05:01,334 ♪ 124 00:05:01,334 --> 00:05:03,036 >> ONTO THE NEWS. 125 00:05:03,036 --> 00:05:46,546 >> AND WE HAVE LIFTOFF. 126 00:05:46,546 --> 00:05:48,848 DOUG HURLEY WAS ON THAT LAST 127 00:05:48,848 --> 00:05:50,516 SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT IN 2011. 128 00:05:50,516 --> 00:05:53,119 HE WAS ALSO MY CREWMATE IN 2009 129 00:05:53,119 --> 00:05:56,456 ON SDS127. 130 00:05:56,456 --> 00:05:58,124 WE HAVE A DEEP HISTORY OF 131 00:05:58,124 --> 00:05:59,459 SPACEFLIGHT TOGETHER AND LOOK 132 00:05:59,459 --> 00:06:00,860 FORWARD TO HAVING BOTH OF THEM 133 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:03,496 ON BOARD OF EXPEDITION 63. 134 00:06:03,496 --> 00:06:05,031 BY THE WAY, EVERYBODY IS PAYING 135 00:06:05,031 --> 00:06:06,899 ATTENTION TO THE TECHNICAL 136 00:06:06,899 --> 00:06:08,768 STUFF RELATED TO THAT LAUNCH, 137 00:06:08,768 --> 00:06:11,104 BUT ON BOARD HERE, WE'RE MAKING 138 00:06:11,104 --> 00:06:13,506 SURE THEY HAVE THEIR FOOD'S 139 00:06:13,506 --> 00:06:16,743 ORGANIZED, SLEEPING QUARTER IS 140 00:06:16,743 --> 00:06:19,512 SQUARED AWAY, CLOTHING IS IN 141 00:06:19,512 --> 00:06:21,247 ORDER AND TOOTHBRUSH IS HANGING 142 00:06:21,247 --> 00:06:22,115 IN THE BATHROOM. 143 00:06:22,115 --> 00:06:24,250 I GOT YOU, BOB AND DOUG. 144 00:06:24,250 --> 00:06:26,085 ON THAT NOTE, I'LL SIGN OFF AND 145 00:06:26,085 --> 00:06:28,054 SAY GOOD NIGHT TO THE HOLE 146 00:06:28,054 --> 00:06:29,388 WORLD, IT'S A PLEASURE GOING 147 00:06:29,388 --> 00:06:31,057 AROUND YOU 16 TIMES A DAY. 148 00:06:31,057 --> 00:06:33,626 WE LOOK DOWN WITH ENVY, LOOK 149 00:06:33,626 --> 00:06:35,128 DOWN WITH PRIDE AND LOOK DOWN 150 00:06:35,128 --> 00:06:37,630 WITH FASCINATION AS OUR PLANET 151 00:06:37,630 --> 00:06:40,767 IS THERE, A SPACESHIP FOR ALL 152 00:06:40,767 --> 00:06:43,102 OF US, HOME TO EVERY ONE OF US. 153 00:06:43,102 --> 00:06:45,171 THANK YOU FOR WATCHING SOME 154 00:06:45,171 --> 00:06:56,783 SPACE NEWS. 155 00:06:56,783 --> 00:06:58,751 >> FOR MORE THAN 19 1/2 YEARS 156 00:06:58,751 --> 00:07:00,386 NOW, THERE HAVE BEEN ASTRONAUTS 157 00:07:00,386 --> 00:07:02,155 AND COSMONAUTS WORKING ON BOARD 158 00:07:02,155 --> 00:07:04,090 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 159 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:05,925 TO ADVANCE ITS MISSION OF 160 00:07:05,925 --> 00:07:08,294 PREPARING FOR FUTURE SPACE 161 00:07:08,294 --> 00:07:10,329 EXPLORATION, PROVIDING BENEFITS 162 00:07:10,329 --> 00:07:13,666 TO PEOPLE ON EARTH, FOSTERING 163 00:07:13,666 --> 00:07:14,934 COMMERCIALIZATION OF 164 00:07:14,934 --> 00:07:16,335 SPACEFLIGHT, SPACE RESEARCH AND 165 00:07:16,335 --> 00:07:18,404 EXPANDING SCIENTIFIC FRONTIERS. 166 00:07:18,404 --> 00:07:21,107 THE ASTRONAUTS, WHO LIKE DOUG 167 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:22,909 HURLEY AND BOB BEHNKEN WILL 168 00:07:22,909 --> 00:07:24,911 COME TO THE STATION ON THE NEW 169 00:07:24,911 --> 00:07:26,045 COMMERCIAL SPACE VEHICLES WILL 170 00:07:26,045 --> 00:07:28,414 CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT 171 00:07:28,414 --> 00:07:42,128 LEGACY. 172 00:07:42,128 --> 00:08:57,570 ♪ 173 00:08:57,570 --> 00:09:14,186 ♪ 174 00:09:14,186 --> 00:09:15,488 ♪. 175 00:09:15,488 --> 00:09:17,390 >> ITS POSITION 250 MILES ABOVE 176 00:09:17,390 --> 00:09:18,457 EARTH MAKES THE INTERNATIONAL 177 00:09:18,457 --> 00:09:19,692 SPACE STATION GREAT ELECTION TO 178 00:09:19,692 --> 00:09:20,559 GATHER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 179 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:21,560 ABOUT THIS PLANET. 180 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:22,895 THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. 181 00:09:22,895 --> 00:09:24,397 THERE'S AN INSTRUMENT ON BOARD 182 00:09:24,397 --> 00:09:26,098 THAT GATHERS INFORMATION ABOUT 183 00:09:26,098 --> 00:09:28,067 HOW PLANTS ON EARTH SWEAT, 184 00:09:28,067 --> 00:09:29,669 WHICH PROVIDES DATA TO 185 00:09:29,669 --> 00:09:30,736 SCIENTISTS WHO ARE MONITORING 186 00:09:30,736 --> 00:09:33,739 THE HEALTH OF EARTH'S 187 00:09:33,739 --> 00:09:37,543 VEGETATION. 188 00:09:37,543 --> 00:09:43,482 >> SWEATING CAN BE COOL. 189 00:09:43,482 --> 00:09:47,620 PRESENTED BY SCIENCE AT NASA. 190 00:09:47,620 --> 00:09:49,221 DID YOU EVER NOTICE HOW THE AIR 191 00:09:49,221 --> 00:09:50,823 CAN SEEM COOLER WHEN YOU ENTER 192 00:09:50,823 --> 00:09:52,058 A FOREST? 193 00:09:52,058 --> 00:09:54,093 HUMANS AREN'T THE ONLY LIVING 194 00:09:54,093 --> 00:09:55,528 THINGS THAT SWEAT TO COOL OFF. 195 00:09:55,528 --> 00:09:57,163 WHEN TREES AND PLANTS SWEAT, 196 00:09:57,163 --> 00:09:58,931 THEY COOL THEMSELVES AND CAN 197 00:09:58,931 --> 00:10:01,067 COOL THE SURROUNDING AIR. 198 00:10:01,067 --> 00:10:03,769 THROUGH A PROCESS CALLED 199 00:10:03,769 --> 00:10:06,305 TRANSPIRATION, WATER AND 200 00:10:06,305 --> 00:10:07,440 NUTRIENTS ARE DELIVERED TO THE 201 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,242 STEM AND LEAVES AS PART OF 202 00:10:10,242 --> 00:10:10,876 PHOTOSYNTHESIS. 203 00:10:10,876 --> 00:10:12,111 SOME OF THE WATER DRAWN UP 204 00:10:12,111 --> 00:10:13,713 THROUGH THE ROOTS EXIT THE 205 00:10:13,713 --> 00:10:15,915 PLANTS THROUGH PORES OR STOMATA 206 00:10:15,915 --> 00:10:21,020 IN LEAVES, HINT THE SWED -- 207 00:10:21,020 --> 00:10:21,520 SWEATING. 208 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:22,955 HEAT IS REMOVED FROM THE AIR 209 00:10:22,955 --> 00:10:24,357 PROVIDING A COOLING EFFECT. 210 00:10:24,357 --> 00:10:26,525 HOWEVER, IF THERE ISN'T ENOUGH 211 00:10:26,525 --> 00:10:28,427 WATER AVAILABLE OR RELATIVE 212 00:10:28,427 --> 00:10:30,529 HUMIDITY GETS TOO HIGH, THE 213 00:10:30,529 --> 00:10:33,065 STOMATA CLOSE, THE PLANT HEATS 214 00:10:33,065 --> 00:10:35,234 UP, CEASES TO GROW AND CAN 215 00:10:35,234 --> 00:10:36,736 EVENTUALLY DIE. 216 00:10:36,736 --> 00:10:38,738 HEALTHY PLANTS PROVIDE A NUMBER 217 00:10:38,738 --> 00:10:43,976 OF ECOSYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. 218 00:10:43,976 --> 00:10:47,046 PLANTS IMPACT WITH PLANT 219 00:10:47,046 --> 00:10:49,248 TRANSPIRATION ACCOUNTING FOR 220 00:10:49,248 --> 00:10:50,649 10% OF THE MOISTURE IN OUR 221 00:10:50,649 --> 00:10:51,017 ATMOSPHERE. 222 00:10:51,017 --> 00:10:52,952 A NEW NASA MISSION CALLED 223 00:10:52,952 --> 00:10:59,692 ECOSTRESS SHORT FOR ECOSYSTEM 224 00:10:59,692 --> 00:11:02,128 WAS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED ON 225 00:11:02,128 --> 00:11:02,828 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 226 00:11:02,828 --> 00:11:05,431 ON JUNE 29, 2018. 227 00:11:05,431 --> 00:11:07,833 ECOSTRESS WILL LITERALLY STUDY 228 00:11:07,833 --> 00:11:10,336 HOW PLANTS SWEAT, PROVIDING THE 229 00:11:10,336 --> 00:11:13,172 MOST DETAILED MEASUREMENTS OF 230 00:11:13,172 --> 00:11:14,907 PLANT TEMPERATURES AND HELP US 231 00:11:14,907 --> 00:11:17,376 RESEARCH THE HEALTH VEGETATION. 232 00:11:17,376 --> 00:11:18,444 YOUR TEMPERATURE IS ONE OF THE 233 00:11:18,444 --> 00:11:19,745 FIRST THINGS A DOCTOR WANTS TO 234 00:11:19,745 --> 00:11:21,747 KNOW WHEN YOU GO FOR A CHECKUP. 235 00:11:21,747 --> 00:11:25,418 SAYS SIMON HOOK, ECOSTRESS 236 00:11:25,418 --> 00:11:26,385 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FROM 237 00:11:26,385 --> 00:11:28,354 NASA'S JET PROPULSION 238 00:11:28,354 --> 00:11:28,721 LABORATORY. 239 00:11:28,721 --> 00:11:30,823 IT TELLS THE DOCTOR A LOT ABOUT 240 00:11:30,823 --> 00:11:31,590 YOUR CONDITION. 241 00:11:31,590 --> 00:11:33,025 TEMPERATURE IS AN EXTREMELY 242 00:11:33,025 --> 00:11:33,692 USEFUL INDICATOR FOR PLANTS, 243 00:11:33,692 --> 00:11:34,994 TOO. 244 00:11:34,994 --> 00:11:37,863 TEMPERATURE DATA CAN INDICATE 245 00:11:37,863 --> 00:11:39,065 IF THE PLANT IS STRESSED AND 246 00:11:39,065 --> 00:11:40,699 NEEDS WATER BEFORE THE PLANT 247 00:11:40,699 --> 00:11:42,802 COLLAPSES, PROVIDING EARLY 248 00:11:42,802 --> 00:11:45,071 WARNING OF A POSSIBLE DROUGHT. 249 00:11:45,071 --> 00:11:47,039 ECOSTRESS WILL MEASURE PLANT 250 00:11:47,039 --> 00:11:48,274 TEMPERATURES AND THEREFORE 251 00:11:48,274 --> 00:11:49,742 PLANT HEALTH OVER AREAS AS 252 00:11:49,742 --> 00:11:52,144 SMALL AS AN INDIVIDUAL FIELD OF 253 00:11:52,144 --> 00:11:52,478 CROPS. 254 00:11:52,478 --> 00:11:53,846 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 255 00:11:53,846 --> 00:11:55,614 IS WELL SUITED FOR THE 256 00:11:55,614 --> 00:11:56,816 ECOSTRESS MISSION. 257 00:11:56,816 --> 00:11:59,151 HOOK SAYS MOST EARTH-OBSERVING 258 00:11:59,151 --> 00:12:01,420 SATELLITES FOR A SUN 259 00:12:01,420 --> 00:12:05,357 SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT, THEY PASS 260 00:12:05,357 --> 00:12:07,426 OVER THETIME SAME TIME EACH 261 00:12:07,426 --> 00:12:07,793 DAY. 262 00:12:07,793 --> 00:12:08,861 BECAUSE OF THE SPACE STATION'S 263 00:12:08,861 --> 00:12:12,131 ORBIT, ECOSTRESS SEES THE SAME 264 00:12:12,131 --> 00:12:13,966 SPOT ON EARTH AT DIFFERENT 265 00:12:13,966 --> 00:12:16,669 TIMES OF DAY SO IT CAN TRACK 266 00:12:16,669 --> 00:12:18,571 CHANGES THROUGHOUT A TYPICAL 267 00:12:18,571 --> 00:12:18,838 DAY. 268 00:12:18,838 --> 00:12:22,074 IF DURING A HOT, DRY AFTERNOON, 269 00:12:22,074 --> 00:12:24,343 PLANTS STOP RECEIVING WATER TO 270 00:12:24,343 --> 00:12:26,512 RECEIVE SUPPLIES, IT WILL 271 00:12:26,512 --> 00:12:27,379 CHANGE TEMPERATURE COMPARED 272 00:12:27,379 --> 00:12:29,014 WITH PREVIOUS MEASUREMENTS OF 273 00:12:29,014 --> 00:12:30,149 THE SAME AREA. 274 00:12:30,149 --> 00:12:32,952 IT WILL DETECT THE RESPONSES IN 275 00:12:32,952 --> 00:12:34,153 FIELDS AND ECOSYSTEMS. 276 00:12:34,153 --> 00:12:36,388 DATA ACQUIRED FROM ECOSTRESS 277 00:12:36,388 --> 00:12:39,592 MAY IN TIME HELP FARMERS 278 00:12:39,592 --> 00:12:43,028 ACQUIRE CROP WATERING PROTOCOLS 279 00:12:43,028 --> 00:12:44,830 AND ASSIST WATER RESOURCE 280 00:12:44,830 --> 00:12:46,599 MANAGERS IN PLANNING EFFECTIVE 281 00:12:46,599 --> 00:12:49,969 WATER USE. 282 00:12:49,969 --> 00:12:51,437 DATA COULD REVEAL THE EFFECTS 283 00:12:51,437 --> 00:12:53,506 OF DROUGHTS ON NATURAL 284 00:12:53,506 --> 00:12:54,640 VEGETATION TO IDENTIFY 285 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:56,408 VULNERABLE TYPES OF TREES. 286 00:12:56,408 --> 00:12:57,710 FOREST MANAGERS AND ECOLOGISTS 287 00:12:57,710 --> 00:12:59,044 WILL BE ABLE TO USE THIS 288 00:12:59,044 --> 00:13:00,713 INFORMATION TO MAKE BETTER 289 00:13:00,713 --> 00:13:01,914 INFORMED DECISIONS. 290 00:13:01,914 --> 00:13:04,016 BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. 291 00:13:04,016 --> 00:13:05,684 ECOSTRESS TEMPERATURE DATA WILL 292 00:13:05,684 --> 00:13:07,820 BE USEFUL IN A WHOLE HOST OF 293 00:13:07,820 --> 00:13:09,288 WAYS, SAYS HOOK. 294 00:13:09,288 --> 00:13:11,790 WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THE SAME 295 00:13:11,790 --> 00:13:13,926 TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED TO EXTRACT 296 00:13:13,926 --> 00:13:14,894 PLANT TEMPERATURE TO LOOK AT 297 00:13:14,894 --> 00:13:17,229 OTHER PHENOMENA SUCH AS THE 298 00:13:17,229 --> 00:13:18,931 TEMPERATURE OF VOLCANOES, URBAN 299 00:13:18,931 --> 00:13:21,967 HEAT WAVE, WILDFIRES, COASTAL 300 00:13:21,967 --> 00:13:23,102 CURRENTS, LAKES AND MORE. 301 00:13:23,102 --> 00:13:25,638 THAT'S A WHOLE STORY IN ITSELF. 302 00:13:25,638 --> 00:13:27,139 WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS 303 00:13:27,139 --> 00:13:28,541 COOL MISSION? 304 00:13:28,541 --> 00:13:29,441 NO SWEAT. 305 00:13:29,441 --> 00:13:34,513 JUST VISIT SCIENCE.NASA.GOV. 306 00:13:34,513 --> 00:13:37,883 >> THAT HTV CARGO SHIP THAT 307 00:13:37,883 --> 00:13:39,919 ARRIVED LAST WEEK WAS LOADED 308 00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:40,853 WITH SUPPLIES FOR THE CREW 309 00:13:40,853 --> 00:13:43,155 MEMBERS PLUS THE MATERIALS TO 310 00:13:43,155 --> 00:13:44,590 SUPPORT DOZENS OF EXPERIMENTS 311 00:13:44,590 --> 00:13:46,458 DONE DURING EXPEDITION 63 AND 312 00:13:46,458 --> 00:13:47,560 BEYOND. 313 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:48,360 CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST BE 314 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:50,529 LIKE FOR THE SCIENTISTS WHO 315 00:13:50,529 --> 00:13:52,531 SPENT YEARS OF THEIR LIVES 316 00:13:52,531 --> 00:13:53,899 DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING AN 317 00:13:53,899 --> 00:13:56,001 EXPERIMENT TO FINALLY WATCH IT 318 00:13:56,001 --> 00:13:57,536 BLASTED OFF OF THE PLANET? 319 00:13:57,536 --> 00:13:59,004 WELL, IN THIS EPISODE OF THE 320 00:13:59,004 --> 00:14:01,507 NEW NASA EXPLORER SERIES, YOU 321 00:14:01,507 --> 00:14:03,442 CAN WATCH AS A PAIR OF 322 00:14:03,442 --> 00:14:04,210 RESEARCHERS EXPERIENCE THE 323 00:14:04,210 --> 00:14:06,011 COUNTDOWN AND THE LAUNCH THEIR 324 00:14:06,011 --> 00:14:08,881 FIRST EXPERIMENT GOING INTO 325 00:14:08,881 --> 00:14:11,884 SPACE. 326 00:14:11,884 --> 00:14:17,690 ♪ 327 00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:19,858 >> IT'S THE LAUNCH DAY. 328 00:14:19,858 --> 00:14:21,293 A LITTLE WINDY TODAY. 329 00:14:21,293 --> 00:14:21,961 BEAUTIFUL DAY. 330 00:14:21,961 --> 00:14:24,196 A LITTLE WINDY HAS GOT ME 331 00:14:24,196 --> 00:14:24,563 CONCERNED. 332 00:14:24,563 --> 00:14:27,199 MY LAUNCH INTUITION IS TINGLING 333 00:14:27,199 --> 00:14:27,833 A BIT. 334 00:14:27,833 --> 00:14:29,635 I GREW UP IN FLORIDA. 335 00:14:29,635 --> 00:14:32,204 I CAME TO THIS VERY SPOT AS A 336 00:14:32,204 --> 00:14:32,871 KID. 337 00:14:32,871 --> 00:14:35,107 MY DAD WOULD TAKE US TO 338 00:14:35,107 --> 00:14:36,875 LAUNCHES AS A KID ALL THE TIME. 339 00:14:36,875 --> 00:14:39,178 PERSONALLY, THE KID IN ME COMES 340 00:14:39,178 --> 00:14:40,546 OUT WHEN I COME HERE. 341 00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:41,213 REALLY COOL. 342 00:14:41,213 --> 00:14:42,915 I'VE BEEN ON BOTH SIDES OF IT, 343 00:14:42,915 --> 00:14:44,483 BEEN A RESEARCHER AND NOW 344 00:14:44,483 --> 00:14:46,218 HELPING RESEARCHERS AND GOT TO 345 00:14:46,218 --> 00:14:49,054 SAY, IT'S NERVOUS ON BOTH 346 00:14:49,054 --> 00:14:49,421 SIDES. 347 00:14:49,421 --> 00:14:51,557 YOU HAVE A LOT OF WORRY AS A 348 00:14:51,557 --> 00:14:53,125 SCIENTIST, A LOT OF WORK 349 00:14:53,125 --> 00:14:55,060 INVOLVED, AS A PAYLOAD 350 00:14:55,060 --> 00:14:56,428 PROVIDER, YOU HOPE YOU HAVE 351 00:14:56,428 --> 00:14:58,230 CHECKED ALL THE BOXES AND DONE 352 00:14:58,230 --> 00:15:01,166 EVERYTHING CAN DO FOR THE 353 00:15:01,166 --> 00:15:03,135 RESEARCHERS TO GET GOOD DATA. 354 00:15:03,135 --> 00:15:05,704 NOT SIMPLE TO PUT THE PAYLOADS 355 00:15:05,704 --> 00:15:07,072 ON THE SPACE STATION BUT WORTH 356 00:15:07,072 --> 00:15:08,007 IT. 357 00:15:08,007 --> 00:15:09,008 WORTH ALL THE WORK. 358 00:15:09,008 --> 00:15:10,576 SOME OF THE BIGGEST DISCOVERIES 359 00:15:10,576 --> 00:15:11,844 WE'VE MADE AND ARE GOING TO 360 00:15:11,844 --> 00:15:13,279 FIND ARE UP IN THE SPACE 361 00:15:13,279 --> 00:15:14,179 STATION. 362 00:15:14,179 --> 00:15:15,481 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. 363 00:15:15,481 --> 00:15:17,283 >> WE'VE BEEN REALLY NERVOUS UP 364 00:15:17,283 --> 00:15:19,918 UNTIL RIGHT THIS MOMENT. 365 00:15:19,918 --> 00:15:22,154 NERVOUS THAT OUR DREAMS AREN'T 366 00:15:22,154 --> 00:15:22,755 ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN. 367 00:15:22,755 --> 00:15:24,823 [LAUGHTER] 368 00:15:24,823 --> 00:15:26,025 >> BUT NOW THAT THE LARGER 369 00:15:26,025 --> 00:15:28,994 COUNTDOWN IS HAPPENING AND THE 370 00:15:28,994 --> 00:15:30,529 ROCKET'S ALL FUELED UP AND 371 00:15:30,529 --> 00:15:31,764 EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE IT'S 372 00:15:31,764 --> 00:15:34,566 GOING TO HAPPEN ON TIME, IT'S 373 00:15:34,566 --> 00:15:35,401 GETTING EXCITING. 374 00:15:35,401 --> 00:15:36,969 THE LAST 15-MINUTE WINDOW 375 00:15:36,969 --> 00:15:38,470 BEFORE IT TAKES OFF. 376 00:15:38,470 --> 00:15:41,740 THANKS TO SpaceX FOR FUNDING 377 00:15:41,740 --> 00:15:45,344 THIS AND COORDINATING THE DATA 378 00:15:45,344 --> 00:15:46,278 COLLECTION, TOO. 379 00:15:46,278 --> 00:15:47,413 THANK YOU FOR THE ASTRONAUTS 380 00:15:47,413 --> 00:15:49,381 WORKING ON THIS PROJECT ON THE 381 00:15:49,381 --> 00:15:50,683 STATION. 382 00:15:50,683 --> 00:15:52,051 A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKED ON THIS. 383 00:15:52,051 --> 00:15:54,520 NOT JUST THE FEW OF US, IT'S A 384 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:55,587 LOT OF PEOPLE. 385 00:15:55,587 --> 00:15:57,056 WE APPRECIATE ALL THEIR 386 00:15:57,056 --> 00:15:59,825 SUPPORT. 387 00:15:59,825 --> 00:16:05,464 >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, AND 388 00:16:05,464 --> 00:16:09,134 LIFTOFF OF FALCON 9 AND CARGO 389 00:16:09,134 --> 00:16:10,869 DRAGON TAKES FLIGHT, BOUND FOR 390 00:16:10,869 --> 00:16:12,104 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 391 00:16:12,104 --> 00:16:15,941 WITH FRESH SUPPLIES AND 392 00:16:15,941 --> 00:16:17,209 RESEARCH AS THE MISSION 393 00:16:17,209 --> 00:16:18,711 CELEBRATES ITS 20th 394 00:16:18,711 --> 00:16:32,257 ANNIVERSARY. 395 00:16:32,257 --> 00:16:32,858 . 396 00:16:32,858 --> 00:16:34,526 >> ISN'T IT INCREDIBLE JUST TO 397 00:16:34,526 --> 00:16:36,528 WATCH IT NO MATTER WHAT? 398 00:16:36,528 --> 00:16:38,931 KNOWING WE HAVE A PERSONAL 399 00:16:38,931 --> 00:16:40,599 INVESTMENT IN IT MAKES A BIG 400 00:16:40,599 --> 00:16:40,999 DIFFERENCE. 401 00:16:40,999 --> 00:16:43,268 >> YEAH, JUST KNOWING THAT 402 00:16:43,268 --> 00:16:44,436 SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN 403 00:16:44,436 --> 00:16:47,373 WORKING ON IS ON IT AND THEN 404 00:16:47,373 --> 00:16:49,074 WATCHING THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE 405 00:16:49,074 --> 00:16:52,911 MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE. 406 00:16:52,911 --> 00:16:55,080 IT REALLY -- I CAN'T FIND THE 407 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:58,384 RIGHT WORDS TO EXPLAIN IT. 408 00:16:58,384 --> 00:17:00,586 >> EVERYTHING DEFINITELY FEELS 409 00:17:00,586 --> 00:17:03,122 LIKE THE WORK LEADING UP TO IT 410 00:17:03,122 --> 00:17:05,691 IS WORTHWHILE. 411 00:17:05,691 --> 00:17:07,259 >> LIKE YOUR BEST FRIEND. 412 00:17:07,259 --> 00:17:08,560 >> SOMEONE YOU'VE BEEN WORKING 413 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:11,563 WITH FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, 414 00:17:11,563 --> 00:17:14,199 YEAH, I THINK IT COULDN'T GET 415 00:17:14,199 --> 00:17:14,666 BETTER. 416 00:17:14,666 --> 00:17:16,668 THAT'S WHAT I CAN SAY. 417 00:17:16,668 --> 00:17:17,669 >> YES. 418 00:17:17,669 --> 00:17:20,706 >> YEAH, YEAH. 419 00:17:20,706 --> 00:17:22,107 >> I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT WITH 420 00:17:22,107 --> 00:17:22,808 ANYONE ELSE. 421 00:17:22,808 --> 00:17:24,176 >> THAT IS THE EXACT SAME 422 00:17:24,176 --> 00:17:25,444 SENTIMENT I HAVE, TOO. 423 00:17:25,444 --> 00:17:28,247 IT WAS SPECIAL WE COULD BOTH BE 424 00:17:28,247 --> 00:17:29,948 HERE TO WATCH IT TOGETHER. 425 00:17:29,948 --> 00:17:46,131 >> YEAH. 426 00:17:46,131 --> 00:17:46,632 . 427 00:17:46,632 --> 00:17:48,233 >> OUR SCIENTISTS' EXPERIMENT 428 00:17:48,233 --> 00:17:50,169 IS OFFICIALLY ON ITS WAY TO THE 429 00:17:50,169 --> 00:17:50,803 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 430 00:17:50,803 --> 00:17:53,172 THE SpaceX DRAGON CAPSULE THAT 431 00:17:53,172 --> 00:17:55,474 GIVES THE RESEARCH RIDE TO 432 00:17:55,474 --> 00:17:57,176 LOW-EARTH ORBIT MUST MAKE THE 433 00:17:57,176 --> 00:17:58,844 LAST LEG OF THE JOURNEY TO THE 434 00:17:58,844 --> 00:18:00,212 HANDS OF THE ASTRONAUTS IN 435 00:18:00,212 --> 00:18:01,947 MICROGRAVITY? 436 00:18:01,947 --> 00:18:03,515 WHAT'S NEAT FOR US WE HAVE 437 00:18:03,515 --> 00:18:04,783 CARGO VEHICLES COMING AND GOING 438 00:18:04,783 --> 00:18:06,485 TO THE ISS ALL THE TIME. 439 00:18:06,485 --> 00:18:09,388 IT IS A BUSY PARKING LOT. 440 00:18:09,388 --> 00:18:10,923 VEHICLES COME IN, STAY FOR A 441 00:18:10,923 --> 00:18:12,558 FEW MONTHS, DO SCIENCE AND 442 00:18:12,558 --> 00:18:13,225 LEAVE AGAIN. 443 00:18:13,225 --> 00:18:14,393 BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THE NEXT 444 00:18:14,393 --> 00:18:15,561 ONE IS COMING UP. 445 00:18:15,561 --> 00:18:16,929 WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IS 446 00:18:16,929 --> 00:18:18,363 THE VEHICLES CAN NOT DOCK 447 00:18:18,363 --> 00:18:19,832 THEMSELVES TO THE SPACE 448 00:18:19,832 --> 00:18:20,132 STATION. 449 00:18:20,132 --> 00:18:21,767 WE HAVE TO BRING THEM INTO THE 450 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:23,235 SPACE STATION UTILIZING 451 00:18:23,235 --> 00:18:23,602 ROBOTICS. 452 00:18:23,602 --> 00:18:25,304 WHAT I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE IS 453 00:18:25,304 --> 00:18:27,105 PERFORMING ROBOTICS, GOING OUT 454 00:18:27,105 --> 00:18:28,874 AND CAPTURING THE VEHICLE IS A 455 00:18:28,874 --> 00:18:30,342 REALLY DIFFICULT VIDEO GAME, 456 00:18:30,342 --> 00:18:31,577 AND SO WE PRACTICE OVER AND 457 00:18:31,577 --> 00:18:33,111 OVER AND OVER AGAIN USING 458 00:18:33,111 --> 00:18:35,113 COMPUTER SIMULATIONS ON HOW TO 459 00:18:35,113 --> 00:18:36,915 ACTUALLY CAPTURE THAT CARGO 460 00:18:36,915 --> 00:18:38,917 VEHICLE TO BRING IT TO THE 461 00:18:38,917 --> 00:18:39,251 STATION. 462 00:18:39,251 --> 00:18:41,320 ONCE THE CARGO VEHICLE DOCKS TO 463 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:42,955 STATION, WE DO A SERIES OF 464 00:18:42,955 --> 00:18:44,323 PRESSURE CHECKS AND EQUALIZE 465 00:18:44,323 --> 00:18:45,357 THE PRESSURE WITH THE 466 00:18:45,357 --> 00:18:46,391 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND 467 00:18:46,391 --> 00:18:48,360 FINALLY OPEN THE HATCH. 468 00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:50,496 VERY QUICKLY, THE CREW STARTS 469 00:18:50,496 --> 00:18:53,298 TO MOVE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME 470 00:18:53,298 --> 00:18:54,366 EXPERIMENTS THAT ARE KEPT AT 471 00:18:54,366 --> 00:18:55,534 CERTAIN TEMPERATURES AND HAVE 472 00:18:55,534 --> 00:18:57,469 TO TRANSFER THEM QUICKLY OUT TO 473 00:18:57,469 --> 00:18:58,904 KEEP THEM AT THE SAME 474 00:18:58,904 --> 00:19:00,205 TEMPERATURE THERE ON BOARD THE 475 00:19:00,205 --> 00:19:02,007 SPACE STATION. 476 00:19:02,007 --> 00:19:03,475 >> RESEARCH IS ONE OF THE 477 00:19:03,475 --> 00:19:05,010 EXPERIMENTS THAT REQUIRES QUICK 478 00:19:05,010 --> 00:19:05,711 UNLOADING. 479 00:19:05,711 --> 00:19:06,979 STORED AT A CONSTANT 480 00:19:06,979 --> 00:19:09,848 TEMPERATURE TO ENSURE THE HYDRO 481 00:19:09,848 --> 00:19:11,950 GELS STAY INTACT, ONE OF THE 482 00:19:11,950 --> 00:19:13,785 FIRST ITEMS ASTRONAUTS MUST 483 00:19:13,785 --> 00:19:15,254 REMOVE FROM DRAGON. 484 00:19:15,254 --> 00:19:16,655 WITH THE EXPERIMENT FINALLY 485 00:19:16,655 --> 00:19:17,656 ABOARD THE SPACE STATION, IT'S 486 00:19:17,656 --> 00:19:21,293 TIME TO CONDUCT SCIENCE IN 487 00:19:21,293 --> 00:19:22,361 MICROGRAVITY. 488 00:19:22,361 --> 00:19:23,996 >> THIS WAS FANTASTIC FOR ME, 489 00:19:23,996 --> 00:19:24,963 THIS IS WHAT I DO. 490 00:19:24,963 --> 00:19:27,199 THIS MEANS A LOT TO ME AS A 491 00:19:27,199 --> 00:19:27,599 CLINICIAN. 492 00:19:27,599 --> 00:19:29,167 SO IT WAS REALLY NEED TO BE 493 00:19:29,167 --> 00:19:31,303 ABLE TO PERFORM THAT SCIENCE ON 494 00:19:31,303 --> 00:19:32,304 THE STATION. 495 00:19:32,304 --> 00:19:42,180 >> 1002 IS LOADED. 496 00:19:42,180 --> 00:19:42,381 . 497 00:19:42,381 --> 00:19:43,248 >>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 498 00:19:43,248 --> 00:19:44,349 STATION IS A WORKING LABORATORY 499 00:19:44,349 --> 00:19:46,518 IN SPACE, AND SOLAR ENERGY IS A 500 00:19:46,518 --> 00:19:47,853 KEY ELEMENT IN KEEPING IT 501 00:19:47,853 --> 00:19:49,121 RUNNING. 502 00:19:49,121 --> 00:19:52,324 ASTRONAUTS RELY ON THIS 503 00:19:52,324 --> 00:19:53,659 RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE TO 504 00:19:53,659 --> 00:19:54,760 POWER THE MACHINES THEY NEED 505 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:56,328 FOR SCIENCE WORK AND POWER THE 506 00:19:56,328 --> 00:19:58,196 ONES THEY NEED FOR THEIR 507 00:19:58,196 --> 00:19:58,530 SURVIVAL. 508 00:19:58,530 --> 00:20:00,265 IN THIS DEMONSTRATION VIDEO, 509 00:20:00,265 --> 00:20:01,967 ASTRONAUT RICKY ARNOLD EXPLAINS 510 00:20:01,967 --> 00:20:03,669 THE PROCESS OF GENERATING POWER 511 00:20:03,669 --> 00:20:05,804 FROM THE STATION'S SOLAR ARRAYS 512 00:20:05,804 --> 00:20:08,273 TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY FOR THE 513 00:20:08,273 --> 00:20:09,942 ASTRONAUTS AS THEY ORBIT 250 514 00:20:09,942 --> 00:20:11,677 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH'S 515 00:20:11,677 --> 00:20:29,027 SURFACE. 516 00:20:29,027 --> 00:20:29,294 . 517 00:20:29,294 --> 00:20:30,629 >> HI, WELCOME ABOARD THE 518 00:20:30,629 --> 00:20:31,863 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 519 00:20:31,863 --> 00:20:33,532 I'M ASTRONAUT RICKY ARNOLD AT 520 00:20:33,532 --> 00:20:35,500 ONE OF OUR HUMAN RESEARCH 521 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:36,768 FACILITIES ON ISS WHERE THEY 522 00:20:36,768 --> 00:20:39,171 CAN SEE CENTRIFUGES, LAPTOPS 523 00:20:39,171 --> 00:20:40,806 AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT. 524 00:20:40,806 --> 00:20:42,007 ACROSS FROM ME IS ANOTHER ONE 525 00:20:42,007 --> 00:20:43,575 OF THESE EXPERIMENT RACKS WHERE 526 00:20:43,575 --> 00:20:45,911 YOU CAN SEE ULTRASOUND IMAGING, 527 00:20:45,911 --> 00:20:48,347 MORE LAPTOPS, CAMERAS, OTHER 528 00:20:48,347 --> 00:20:49,881 EQUIPMENT, ALL STUFF THAT 529 00:20:49,881 --> 00:20:51,783 REQUIRES ELECTRICAL POWER. 530 00:20:51,783 --> 00:20:52,818 IN FACT, WE HAVE SO MUCH 531 00:20:52,818 --> 00:20:54,052 EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND LIFE 532 00:20:54,052 --> 00:20:55,454 SUPPORT THAT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 533 00:20:55,454 --> 00:20:58,223 HAS ABOUT 8 MILES OR 13 534 00:20:58,223 --> 00:20:59,458 KILOMETERS OF WIRING TO MAKE IT 535 00:20:59,458 --> 00:21:00,058 ALL WORK. 536 00:21:00,058 --> 00:21:01,593 SO WHERE DOES THE ENERGY COME 537 00:21:01,593 --> 00:21:02,127 FROM? 538 00:21:02,127 --> 00:21:04,563 LET'S HAVE A LOOK. 539 00:21:04,563 --> 00:21:12,037 FROM HERE IN THE COUPALA, YOU 540 00:21:12,037 --> 00:21:13,972 CAN SEE THE FOUR SOLAR ARRAYS 541 00:21:13,972 --> 00:21:16,141 ARE MADE OF SOLAR CELLS, 542 00:21:16,141 --> 00:21:18,543 PURIFIED JUNK OF THE ELEMENTS 543 00:21:18,543 --> 00:21:23,615 SILICON, THEY CONTAIN 262,000 544 00:21:23,615 --> 00:21:26,518 SOLAR CELLS AND COVER MORE THAN 545 00:21:26,518 --> 00:21:28,153 HALF THE AREA OF A FOOTBALL 546 00:21:28,153 --> 00:21:28,420 FIELD. 547 00:21:28,420 --> 00:21:29,154 THAT'S HUGE. 548 00:21:29,154 --> 00:21:30,589 WHEN THE STATION IS IN 549 00:21:30,589 --> 00:21:32,357 SUNLIGHT, THE SOLAR ARRAYS 550 00:21:32,357 --> 00:21:34,693 PRODUCE 60% MORE POWER THAN WE 551 00:21:34,693 --> 00:21:36,561 ACTUALLY NEED DURING THE 552 00:21:36,561 --> 00:21:36,862 DAYTIME. 553 00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:38,764 THAT EXTRA POWER GOES TO 554 00:21:38,764 --> 00:21:40,866 CHARGING THE LITHIUM-ION 555 00:21:40,866 --> 00:21:41,233 BATTERIES. 556 00:21:41,233 --> 00:21:42,401 THE BATTERIES ARE ESSENTIAL 557 00:21:42,401 --> 00:21:43,635 BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE THE POWER 558 00:21:43,635 --> 00:21:45,971 WE NEED DURING THE 16 559 00:21:45,971 --> 00:21:47,639 NIGHTTIMES WE HAVE PER DAY HERE 560 00:21:47,639 --> 00:21:49,074 ON THE SPACE STATION. 561 00:21:49,074 --> 00:21:51,209 THE ENERGY OUR SOLAR ARRAYS CAN 562 00:21:51,209 --> 00:21:53,045 PRODUCE IS ENOUGH TO POWER 40 563 00:21:53,045 --> 00:21:54,680 HOMES AND CAN MAXIMIZE THE 564 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:57,816 POWER WE GENERATE BY ROTATING 565 00:21:57,816 --> 00:22:00,352 ARRAYS IN TWO AXES, ONE LIKE A 566 00:22:00,352 --> 00:22:01,687 WINDMILL TO ROTATE THROUGH THE 567 00:22:01,687 --> 00:22:04,356 COURSE OF THE DAY, THE OTHER TO 568 00:22:04,356 --> 00:22:08,193 ATTRACT THE SUN'S ANGLE IN THE 569 00:22:08,193 --> 00:22:09,127 SKY. 570 00:22:09,127 --> 00:22:10,729 USES DIRECT CURRENT TO PROVIDE 571 00:22:10,729 --> 00:22:12,998 ENERGY FOR LAPTOP, WATER 572 00:22:12,998 --> 00:22:14,833 RECOVERY SYSTEM AND SCIENCE 573 00:22:14,833 --> 00:22:15,567 EXPERIMENTS. 574 00:22:15,567 --> 00:22:17,636 THANKS FOR COMING ABOARD TODAY. 575 00:22:17,636 --> 00:22:43,762 NOW BACK TO EARTH. 576 00:22:43,762 --> 00:22:46,231 >> THE FACT THAT MOST OF THE 577 00:22:46,231 --> 00:22:52,037 MEMBERS OF THE EXPEDITION 63 578 00:22:52,037 --> 00:22:53,572 CREW HAVE BEEN TO THE SPACE 579 00:22:53,572 --> 00:22:54,539 STATION BEFORE DOESN'T MEAN 580 00:22:54,539 --> 00:22:56,374 THEY DON'T GET A THRILL ON THE 581 00:22:56,374 --> 00:22:58,643 PANORAMIC VIEW OF EARTH. 582 00:22:58,643 --> 00:23:01,613 T.J. CREAMER, A SPACE STATION 583 00:23:01,613 --> 00:23:03,648 FLIGHT DIRECTOR HAS A FEW 584 00:23:03,648 --> 00:23:05,417 THOUGHTS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF 585 00:23:05,417 --> 00:23:06,818 THE NATURAL WONDERS OF EARTH 586 00:23:06,818 --> 00:23:14,726 FROM 250 MILES UP. 587 00:23:14,726 --> 00:23:16,328 >> LIFTOFF. 588 00:23:16,328 --> 00:23:19,297 >> 10 SECONDS. 589 00:23:19,297 --> 00:23:22,367 >> I THINK WHAT YOU GET A SENSE 590 00:23:22,367 --> 00:23:26,605 OF IS JUST HOW AWESOME THE 591 00:23:26,605 --> 00:23:28,607 UNIVERSE IS, AND HOW TINY EACH 592 00:23:28,607 --> 00:23:31,143 OF US ARE IN THE GRAND SCHEME 593 00:23:31,143 --> 00:23:32,844 OF THE WONDER THAT EXISTS OUT 594 00:23:32,844 --> 00:23:33,812 THERE. 595 00:23:33,812 --> 00:23:36,615 REALIZING THAT, AND REALIZING 596 00:23:36,615 --> 00:23:40,185 JUST HOW OVERWHELMINGLY HUGE 597 00:23:40,185 --> 00:23:41,920 THERE, IS HOW OVERWHELMINGLY 598 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:44,856 THE PHYSICS DOMINATES WHAT 599 00:23:44,856 --> 00:23:45,791 WE'RE DOING AND WE'RE LIVING IN 600 00:23:45,791 --> 00:23:48,827 THIS SOLAR SYSTEM, GALAXY, 601 00:23:48,827 --> 00:23:50,662 UNIVERSE, LET'S YOU KNOW THAT 602 00:23:50,662 --> 00:23:52,030 THIS IS SOMEPLACE KIND OF 603 00:23:52,030 --> 00:23:58,503 SPECIAL. 604 00:23:58,503 --> 00:24:00,639 TO BE A PART OF THE MISSION 605 00:24:00,639 --> 00:24:02,707 THAT SERVES ON THE STATION, TO 606 00:24:02,707 --> 00:24:04,276 BE PART OF THE MISSION THAT 607 00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:06,678 GOES EXPLORING SPACE INTO THIS 608 00:24:06,678 --> 00:24:11,049 VASTNESS IS SIMPLY, ONE, AN 609 00:24:11,049 --> 00:24:11,516 HONOR. 610 00:24:11,516 --> 00:24:13,552 TWO, ALMOST MIND CHANGING. 611 00:24:13,552 --> 00:24:15,153 MIND CHANGING BECAUSE WE HAVE 612 00:24:15,153 --> 00:24:16,655 BUSINESSES, WE HAVE MISSIONS 613 00:24:16,655 --> 00:24:19,024 HERE, WE'RE FOCUSED ON 614 00:24:19,024 --> 00:24:21,159 ACCOMPLISHING THE NEAR-TERM 615 00:24:21,159 --> 00:24:21,493 GOAL. 616 00:24:21,493 --> 00:24:23,161 YOU GET UP THERE AND SEE THE 617 00:24:23,161 --> 00:24:24,262 OVERWHELMING PORTION OF THE 618 00:24:24,262 --> 00:24:26,631 EARTH, THE VASTNESSES YOU ARE 619 00:24:26,631 --> 00:24:27,966 EXPLORING INTO, AND WOW, THERE 620 00:24:27,966 --> 00:24:29,768 ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS, SO MUCH 621 00:24:29,768 --> 00:24:31,770 WORK TO DO, SO MUCH FOR US TO 622 00:24:31,770 --> 00:24:33,038 BE ABLE TO HELP OUR BROTHERS 623 00:24:33,038 --> 00:24:48,220 AND SISTERS. 624 00:24:48,220 --> 00:24:49,921 >> WE HAD A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY 625 00:24:49,921 --> 00:24:50,722 ON THE SPACE STATION BECAUSE OF 626 00:24:50,722 --> 00:24:52,324 THE WINDOW ARRANGEMENTS TO BE 627 00:24:52,324 --> 00:24:54,192 ABLE TO SERIOUSLY GET IMMERSED 628 00:24:54,192 --> 00:24:56,094 IN THE IMAGERY. 629 00:24:56,094 --> 00:24:58,830 GOING TO THE WINDOWS TO WATCH 630 00:24:58,830 --> 00:25:00,699 AREAS THAT WERE OF GREAT 631 00:25:00,699 --> 00:25:02,234 INTEREST, PATAGONIA, FOR 632 00:25:02,234 --> 00:25:04,069 INSTANCE, IS A BEAUTIFUL, RICH 633 00:25:04,069 --> 00:25:06,204 ENVIRONMENT OF EARTH TONES AS 634 00:25:06,204 --> 00:25:08,940 WELL AS THE GLACIERS, THE 635 00:25:08,940 --> 00:25:09,207 WATER. 636 00:25:09,207 --> 00:25:11,409 IT IS PICTURESQUE TO THE POINT 637 00:25:11,409 --> 00:25:13,411 WHERE YOU GO I NEED TO VISIT 638 00:25:13,411 --> 00:25:14,112 THAT PLACE. 639 00:25:14,112 --> 00:25:15,847 YOU WANT TO FIND THINGS ON THE 640 00:25:15,847 --> 00:25:19,317 EARTH BECAUSE IT IS MEMORABLE 641 00:25:19,317 --> 00:25:22,554 BUT ALSO INSIGHTFUL. 642 00:25:22,554 --> 00:25:25,323 FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'RE GOING OVER 643 00:25:25,323 --> 00:25:28,293 AND SAY I BET I'M CLOSE TO THE 644 00:25:28,293 --> 00:25:29,861 PYRAMIDS, YOU GO TO THE WINDOW 645 00:25:29,861 --> 00:25:31,830 AND SEE IF YOU ARE CLOSE TO THE 646 00:25:31,830 --> 00:25:33,531 PYRAMIDS AND GET SHOTS YOU CAN 647 00:25:33,531 --> 00:25:34,366 TAKE HOME. 648 00:25:34,366 --> 00:25:36,234 AREAS OF THE WORLD THAT HAVE 649 00:25:36,234 --> 00:25:37,335 VOLCANOES AND YOU HAPPEN TO 650 00:25:37,335 --> 00:25:39,804 CATCH IN ONE PHOTOGRAPH TWO OR 651 00:25:39,804 --> 00:25:41,306 THREE ACTIVE VOLCANOES. 652 00:25:41,306 --> 00:25:42,807 IT'S A NICE EXPERIENCE TO LOOK 653 00:25:42,807 --> 00:25:44,643 OUT THE WINDOW AND GO WOW, WE 654 00:25:44,643 --> 00:25:46,177 REALLY ARE SEEING THE LIVING 655 00:25:46,177 --> 00:25:49,247 EARTH LIVING, AND BEING ABLE TO 656 00:25:49,247 --> 00:25:51,850 BE A PART OF IT FROM SUCH A 657 00:25:51,850 --> 00:26:01,126 VANTAGE POINT. 658 00:26:01,126 --> 00:26:03,595 WE SAW TROUBLES, THE GULF OIL 659 00:26:03,595 --> 00:26:06,031 SPILL FROM THE HORIZON, A 660 00:26:06,031 --> 00:26:09,234 NUMBER OF HURRICANES OR 661 00:26:09,234 --> 00:26:10,902 TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRED 662 00:26:10,902 --> 00:26:12,137 WHILE WE WERE UP THERE. 663 00:26:12,137 --> 00:26:13,838 YOU KNOW THERE'S A TON OF 664 00:26:13,838 --> 00:26:17,108 ENERGY IN THERE HEADING TOWARDS 665 00:26:17,108 --> 00:26:18,977 POPULATED AREAS, IT'S NOT 666 00:26:18,977 --> 00:26:20,412 BEAUTIFUL AT THAT POINT. 667 00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:23,581 IT'S UTTER RESPECT IS WHAT I 668 00:26:23,581 --> 00:26:30,322 WOULD CATEGORIZE IT. 669 00:26:30,322 --> 00:26:32,624 I GOT VISITED BY THREE SPACE 670 00:26:32,624 --> 00:26:32,991 SHUTTLES. 671 00:26:32,991 --> 00:26:34,426 SEVERAL OF THE CREW MEMBERS 672 00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:36,161 NEVER LOOKED OUTSIDE BEFORE. 673 00:26:36,161 --> 00:26:39,097 I WOULD BRING THEM ONE AT A 674 00:26:39,097 --> 00:26:40,932 TIME, TELL THEM TO CLOSE THEIR 675 00:26:40,932 --> 00:26:43,535 EYES, OPEN THE WINDOWS, 676 00:26:43,535 --> 00:26:44,736 SHUTTERS IN THE WINDOWS AND 677 00:26:44,736 --> 00:26:46,738 TELL THEM TO OPEN THEIR EYES. 678 00:26:46,738 --> 00:26:49,207 AND THE INSTANT WHEN YOU ARE 679 00:26:49,207 --> 00:26:50,909 OVERWHELMED WITH THE INSTANT, 680 00:26:50,909 --> 00:26:54,212 WHEN YOUR EYES SEE NOTHING BUT 681 00:26:54,212 --> 00:26:56,348 THE BEAUTY, EVERY SINGLE CREW 682 00:26:56,348 --> 00:26:57,949 MEMBER I BROUGHT IN FOR THE 683 00:26:57,949 --> 00:26:58,850 EXPOSURE CRIED. 684 00:26:58,850 --> 00:27:04,756 IT IS HEART STOPPING, IT IS 685 00:27:04,756 --> 00:27:14,032 BREATHTAKING. 686 00:27:14,032 --> 00:27:15,600 >> IF YOU'D LIKE ANOTHER LOOK 687 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:19,404 AT ANY OF THESE STORIES WE 688 00:27:19,404 --> 00:27:20,071 FEATURED TODAY. 689 00:27:20,071 --> 00:27:22,507 CHECK US OUT ON YouTube OR 690 00:27:22,507 --> 00:27:24,376 FACEBOOK AND BE SURE TO BROWSE 691 00:27:24,376 --> 00:27:27,512 BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER 692 00:27:27,512 --> 00:27:30,215 COOL STUFF. 693 00:27:30,215 --> 00:27:31,182 IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUT ON 694 00:27:31,182 --> 00:27:32,550 THE INTERNET ANYWAY. 695 00:27:32,550 --> 00:27:34,419 CHECK OUT HOUSTON, WE HAVE A 696 00:27:34,419 --> 00:27:34,819 PODCAST. 697 00:27:34,819 --> 00:27:36,721 THAT'S WHERE WE TALK TO FOLKS 698 00:27:36,721 --> 00:27:39,324 ABOUT THEIR WORK IN ALL ASPECTS 699 00:27:39,324 --> 00:27:40,392 OF SPACE EXPLORATION. 700 00:27:40,392 --> 00:27:43,194 WE POST NEW EPISODES EVERY 701 00:27:43,194 --> 00:27:45,230 FRIDAY AND GARY JORDAN PICKS UP 702 00:27:45,230 --> 00:27:47,899 OUR MARS MONTHLY SERIES WITH 703 00:27:47,899 --> 00:27:49,167 CONCEPTS OF SCIENCE FICTION CAN 704 00:27:49,167 --> 00:27:51,336 BE APPLIED IN AN ACTUAL MISSION 705 00:27:51,336 --> 00:27:52,871 SENDING ASTRONAUTS TO MARS. 706 00:27:52,871 --> 00:27:56,274 GO NASA.GOV/PODCASTS FOR THIS 707 00:27:56,274 --> 00:27:58,243 WEEK'S EPISODE. 708 00:27:58,243 --> 00:28:00,111 YOU'LL FIND OUR PREVIOUS 709 00:28:00,111 --> 00:28:01,413 EPISODES IN THE SAME PLACE. 710 00:28:01,413 --> 00:28:03,948 ALSO ALL OF THE NASA PODCASTS, 711 00:28:03,948 --> 00:28:05,350 ALL OF WHICH YOU CAN LISTEN TO 712 00:28:05,350 --> 00:28:08,553 ON APPLE PODCASTS, GOOGLE 713 00:28:08,553 --> 00:28:15,093 PODCASTS AND SOUNDCLOUD. 714 00:28:15,093 --> 00:28:25,103 ♪