>> GOOD MORNING.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON, WHERE THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM MEMBERS ARE
WORKING WITH A LARGER
EXPEDITION 63 CREW THAN THEY
HAD LAST WEEK, THANKS TO THE
HISTORIC ARRIVAL OF A BRAND-NEW
VEHICLE TO THE DOCKING PART ON
THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HARMONY
MODULE.
COMMANDER CASSIDY AND RUSSIAN
CREWMATES WELCOME TWO MORE NASA
COLLEAGUES TO THEIR MERRY BAND
THIS WEEK, AFTER THEY RODE THE
SpaceX CREW DRAGON FROM A
FLORIDA LAUNCH PAD TO A
SUCCESSFUL DOCKING AND OPENED A
NEW ERA IN HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT.
>> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.
IGNITION, LIFTOFF AS THE FALCON
9 AND CREW DRAGON, GO NASA, GO
SpaceX, GODSPEED!
>> AMERICA HAS LAUNCHED THE
RISE OF THE NEW ERA OF AMERICAN
SPACEFLIGHTS, AND WITH IT, THE
AMBITION OF A NEW GENERATION
CONTINUING THE DREAM.
>> WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND,
IT'S BEEN A HISTORIC WEEK IN
HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT.
NASA AND SpaceX HAVE LAUNCHED
HUMANS TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION IN AN AMERICAN
VEHICLE FROM THE FLORIDA COAST.
AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF
COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT,
TRAINING AND OTHER PREPARATION,
THE SpaceX CREW DRAGON LIFTED
OFF FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER'S LAUNCH COMPLEX 39-A ON
SATURDAY MAY 30th, CARING NASA
ASTRONAUTS DOUG HURLEY AND BOB
BEHNKEN.
IT OFFICIALLY COULD DO TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
SUNDAY MORNING.
WHEN THE HATCHES FINALLY
OPENED, THEY WERE GREETED BY
FRIEND AND CREWMATE CHRIS
CASSIDY AND ANATOLY AND IVAN.
>> STATION, THIS IS THE NASA
ADMINISTRATOR.
I WILL TELL YOU THE WHOLE WORLD
SAW THIS MISSION, AND WE ARE
SO, SO PROUD OF EVERYTHING HAVE
YOU DONE FOR OUR COUNTRY AND,
IN FACT, TO INSPIRE THE WORLD.
>> WE SURE APPRECIATE THAT,
SIR.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN OUR HONOR
TO BE JUST A SMALL PART OF
THIS.
WE HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO
SpaceX, THE COMMERCIAL CREW
PROGRAM, AND, OF COURSE, NASA.
IT'S GREAT TO GET THE UNITED
STATES BACK IN THE CREWED
LAUNCH BUSINESS AND WE'RE
REALLY GLAD TO BE ON BOARD THIS
MAGNIFICENT COMPLEX.
>> WHAT DO YOU GUYS HOPE TO
ACCOMPLISH IN YOUR TIME ON
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION?
>> WELL, WHILE WE'RE ON BOARD
THE SPACE STATION, OF COURSE,
WITH THE NEW SPACECRAFT, WE DO
HOPE TO PUT HER THROUGH OUR
PACES AND SO, THE GOOD SHIP
ENDEAVOR IS GOING TO GET A LOT
OF CHECKOUT OVER THE NEXT WEEK
OR TWO HERE, AND HOPEFULLY
WE'LL BE ABLE TO DECLARE HER
OPERATIONAL, AND DOUG AND I
WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE SOME
BURDEN OFF OF CHRIS AND HIS
CREWMATES.
IVAN AND ANATOLY, SO WE CAN
KEEP THE SPACE STATION
OPERATING AT PEAK
POSSIBILITIES.
WE'RE JUST PROUD TO BE A PART
OF THE TEAM THAT GOT TO BRING A
SPACEFLIGHT BACK TO THE FLORIDA
COAST.
IT WAS NICE TO SEE A VEHICLE
COME TO THE FORWARD PORTION OF
THE SPACE STATION, BUT I'LL
TELL YOU WHAT, THAT'S THE ONLY
WAY DOUG AND I KNOW HOW TO DO
IT.
>> CURRENTLY, HURLEY AND
BEHNKEN ARE SCHEDULED TO STAY
ON THE SPACE STATION FOR UP TO
90 DAYS.
YOU CAN FOLLOW ALL THE NEWS ON
NASA TV, NASA.GOV AND ALL OF
OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.
KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS
USING THE #ASK NASA.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
.
>> I HAVE MY NOTES STORED IN A
BAG, BECAUSE THE FLAMMABILITY
HAZARD OF PAPER, WE TAKE
CAUTION TO MAKE SURE ME AND THE
CREW ARE SAFE FROM FIRE HAZARD.
MY NOTES ARE STORED INSIDE THIS
CARGO TRANSFER BAG, WITH
SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS THAT HAVE
NO RELEVANCE TO MY NOTES.
♪
>> ONTO THE NEWS.
>> AND WE HAVE LIFTOFF.
DOUG HURLEY WAS ON THAT LAST
SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT IN 2011.
HE WAS ALSO MY CREWMATE IN 2009
ON SDS127.
WE HAVE A DEEP HISTORY OF
SPACEFLIGHT TOGETHER AND LOOK
FORWARD TO HAVING BOTH OF THEM
ON BOARD OF EXPEDITION 63.
BY THE WAY, EVERYBODY IS PAYING
ATTENTION TO THE TECHNICAL
STUFF RELATED TO THAT LAUNCH,
BUT ON BOARD HERE, WE'RE MAKING
SURE THEY HAVE THEIR FOOD'S
ORGANIZED, SLEEPING QUARTER IS
SQUARED AWAY, CLOTHING IS IN
ORDER AND TOOTHBRUSH IS HANGING
IN THE BATHROOM.
I GOT YOU, BOB AND DOUG.
ON THAT NOTE, I'LL SIGN OFF AND
SAY GOOD NIGHT TO THE HOLE
WORLD, IT'S A PLEASURE GOING
AROUND YOU 16 TIMES A DAY.
WE LOOK DOWN WITH ENVY, LOOK
DOWN WITH PRIDE AND LOOK DOWN
WITH FASCINATION AS OUR PLANET
IS THERE, A SPACESHIP FOR ALL
OF US, HOME TO EVERY ONE OF US.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING SOME
SPACE NEWS.
>> FOR MORE THAN 19 1/2 YEARS
NOW, THERE HAVE BEEN ASTRONAUTS
AND COSMONAUTS WORKING ON BOARD
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
TO ADVANCE ITS MISSION OF
PREPARING FOR FUTURE SPACE
EXPLORATION, PROVIDING BENEFITS
TO PEOPLE ON EARTH, FOSTERING
COMMERCIALIZATION OF
SPACEFLIGHT, SPACE RESEARCH AND
EXPANDING SCIENTIFIC FRONTIERS.
THE ASTRONAUTS, WHO LIKE DOUG
HURLEY AND BOB BEHNKEN WILL
COME TO THE STATION ON THE NEW
COMMERCIAL SPACE VEHICLES WILL
CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT
LEGACY.
♪
♪.
>> ITS POSITION 250 MILES ABOVE
EARTH MAKES THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION GREAT ELECTION TO
GATHER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
ABOUT THIS PLANET.
THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S AN INSTRUMENT ON BOARD
THAT GATHERS INFORMATION ABOUT
HOW PLANTS ON EARTH SWEAT,
WHICH PROVIDES DATA TO
SCIENTISTS WHO ARE MONITORING
THE HEALTH OF EARTH'S
VEGETATION.
>> SWEATING CAN BE COOL.
PRESENTED BY SCIENCE AT NASA.
DID YOU EVER NOTICE HOW THE AIR
CAN SEEM COOLER WHEN YOU ENTER
A FOREST?
HUMANS AREN'T THE ONLY LIVING
THINGS THAT SWEAT TO COOL OFF.
WHEN TREES AND PLANTS SWEAT,
THEY COOL THEMSELVES AND CAN
COOL THE SURROUNDING AIR.
THROUGH A PROCESS CALLED
TRANSPIRATION, WATER AND
NUTRIENTS ARE DELIVERED TO THE
STEM AND LEAVES AS PART OF
PHOTOSYNTHESIS.
SOME OF THE WATER DRAWN UP
THROUGH THE ROOTS EXIT THE
PLANTS THROUGH PORES OR STOMATA
IN LEAVES, HINT THE SWED --
SWEATING.
HEAT IS REMOVED FROM THE AIR
PROVIDING A COOLING EFFECT.
HOWEVER, IF THERE ISN'T ENOUGH
WATER AVAILABLE OR RELATIVE
HUMIDITY GETS TOO HIGH, THE
STOMATA CLOSE, THE PLANT HEATS
UP, CEASES TO GROW AND CAN
EVENTUALLY DIE.
HEALTHY PLANTS PROVIDE A NUMBER
OF ECOSYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.
PLANTS IMPACT WITH PLANT
TRANSPIRATION ACCOUNTING FOR
10% OF THE MOISTURE IN OUR
ATMOSPHERE.
A NEW NASA MISSION CALLED
ECOSTRESS SHORT FOR ECOSYSTEM
WAS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
ON JUNE 29, 2018.
ECOSTRESS WILL LITERALLY STUDY
HOW PLANTS SWEAT, PROVIDING THE
MOST DETAILED MEASUREMENTS OF
PLANT TEMPERATURES AND HELP US
RESEARCH THE HEALTH VEGETATION.
YOUR TEMPERATURE IS ONE OF THE
FIRST THINGS A DOCTOR WANTS TO
KNOW WHEN YOU GO FOR A CHECKUP.
SAYS SIMON HOOK, ECOSTRESS
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FROM
NASA'S JET PROPULSION
LABORATORY.
IT TELLS THE DOCTOR A LOT ABOUT
YOUR CONDITION.
TEMPERATURE IS AN EXTREMELY
USEFUL INDICATOR FOR PLANTS,
TOO.
TEMPERATURE DATA CAN INDICATE
IF THE PLANT IS STRESSED AND
NEEDS WATER BEFORE THE PLANT
COLLAPSES, PROVIDING EARLY
WARNING OF A POSSIBLE DROUGHT.
ECOSTRESS WILL MEASURE PLANT
TEMPERATURES AND THEREFORE
PLANT HEALTH OVER AREAS AS
SMALL AS AN INDIVIDUAL FIELD OF
CROPS.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
IS WELL SUITED FOR THE
ECOSTRESS MISSION.
HOOK SAYS MOST EARTH-OBSERVING
SATELLITES FOR A SUN
SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT, THEY PASS
OVER THETIME SAME TIME EACH
DAY.
BECAUSE OF THE SPACE STATION'S
ORBIT, ECOSTRESS SEES THE SAME
SPOT ON EARTH AT DIFFERENT
TIMES OF DAY SO IT CAN TRACK
CHANGES THROUGHOUT A TYPICAL
DAY.
IF DURING A HOT, DRY AFTERNOON,
PLANTS STOP RECEIVING WATER TO
RECEIVE SUPPLIES, IT WILL
CHANGE TEMPERATURE COMPARED
WITH PREVIOUS MEASUREMENTS OF
THE SAME AREA.
IT WILL DETECT THE RESPONSES IN
FIELDS AND ECOSYSTEMS.
DATA ACQUIRED FROM ECOSTRESS
MAY IN TIME HELP FARMERS
ACQUIRE CROP WATERING PROTOCOLS
AND ASSIST WATER RESOURCE
MANAGERS IN PLANNING EFFECTIVE
WATER USE.
DATA COULD REVEAL THE EFFECTS
OF DROUGHTS ON NATURAL
VEGETATION TO IDENTIFY
VULNERABLE TYPES OF TREES.
FOREST MANAGERS AND ECOLOGISTS
WILL BE ABLE TO USE THIS
INFORMATION TO MAKE BETTER
INFORMED DECISIONS.
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL.
ECOSTRESS TEMPERATURE DATA WILL
BE USEFUL IN A WHOLE HOST OF
WAYS, SAYS HOOK.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THE SAME
TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED TO EXTRACT
PLANT TEMPERATURE TO LOOK AT
OTHER PHENOMENA SUCH AS THE
TEMPERATURE OF VOLCANOES, URBAN
HEAT WAVE, WILDFIRES, COASTAL
CURRENTS, LAKES AND MORE.
THAT'S A WHOLE STORY IN ITSELF.
WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS
COOL MISSION?
NO SWEAT.
JUST VISIT SCIENCE.NASA.GOV.
>> THAT HTV CARGO SHIP THAT
ARRIVED LAST WEEK WAS LOADED
WITH SUPPLIES FOR THE CREW
MEMBERS PLUS THE MATERIALS TO
SUPPORT DOZENS OF EXPERIMENTS
DONE DURING EXPEDITION 63 AND
BEYOND.
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST BE
LIKE FOR THE SCIENTISTS WHO
SPENT YEARS OF THEIR LIVES
DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING AN
EXPERIMENT TO FINALLY WATCH IT
BLASTED OFF OF THE PLANET?
WELL, IN THIS EPISODE OF THE
NEW NASA EXPLORER SERIES, YOU
CAN WATCH AS A PAIR OF
RESEARCHERS EXPERIENCE THE
COUNTDOWN AND THE LAUNCH THEIR
FIRST EXPERIMENT GOING INTO
SPACE.
♪
>> IT'S THE LAUNCH DAY.
A LITTLE WINDY TODAY.
BEAUTIFUL DAY.
A LITTLE WINDY HAS GOT ME
CONCERNED.
MY LAUNCH INTUITION IS TINGLING
A BIT.
I GREW UP IN FLORIDA.
I CAME TO THIS VERY SPOT AS A
KID.
MY DAD WOULD TAKE US TO
LAUNCHES AS A KID ALL THE TIME.
PERSONALLY, THE KID IN ME COMES
OUT WHEN I COME HERE.
REALLY COOL.
I'VE BEEN ON BOTH SIDES OF IT,
BEEN A RESEARCHER AND NOW
HELPING RESEARCHERS AND GOT TO
SAY, IT'S NERVOUS ON BOTH
SIDES.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF WORRY AS A
SCIENTIST, A LOT OF WORK
INVOLVED, AS A PAYLOAD
PROVIDER, YOU HOPE YOU HAVE
CHECKED ALL THE BOXES AND DONE
EVERYTHING CAN DO FOR THE
RESEARCHERS TO GET GOOD DATA.
NOT SIMPLE TO PUT THE PAYLOADS
ON THE SPACE STATION BUT WORTH
IT.
WORTH ALL THE WORK.
SOME OF THE BIGGEST DISCOVERIES
WE'VE MADE AND ARE GOING TO
FIND ARE UP IN THE SPACE
STATION.
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
>> WE'VE BEEN REALLY NERVOUS UP
UNTIL RIGHT THIS MOMENT.
NERVOUS THAT OUR DREAMS AREN'T
ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN.
[LAUGHTER]
>> BUT NOW THAT THE LARGER
COUNTDOWN IS HAPPENING AND THE
ROCKET'S ALL FUELED UP AND
EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE IT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN ON TIME, IT'S
GETTING EXCITING.
THE LAST 15-MINUTE WINDOW
BEFORE IT TAKES OFF.
THANKS TO SpaceX FOR FUNDING
THIS AND COORDINATING THE DATA
COLLECTION, TOO.
THANK YOU FOR THE ASTRONAUTS
WORKING ON THIS PROJECT ON THE
STATION.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKED ON THIS.
NOT JUST THE FEW OF US, IT'S A
LOT OF PEOPLE.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THEIR
SUPPORT.
>> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, AND
LIFTOFF OF FALCON 9 AND CARGO
DRAGON TAKES FLIGHT, BOUND FOR
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
WITH FRESH SUPPLIES AND
RESEARCH AS THE MISSION
CELEBRATES ITS 20th
ANNIVERSARY.
.
>> ISN'T IT INCREDIBLE JUST TO
WATCH IT NO MATTER WHAT?
KNOWING WE HAVE A PERSONAL
INVESTMENT IN IT MAKES A BIG
DIFFERENCE.
>> YEAH, JUST KNOWING THAT
SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN
WORKING ON IS ON IT AND THEN
WATCHING THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE
MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE.
IT REALLY -- I CAN'T FIND THE
RIGHT WORDS TO EXPLAIN IT.
>> EVERYTHING DEFINITELY FEELS
LIKE THE WORK LEADING UP TO IT
IS WORTHWHILE.
>> LIKE YOUR BEST FRIEND.
>> SOMEONE YOU'VE BEEN WORKING
WITH FOR SUCH A LONG TIME,
YEAH, I THINK IT COULDN'T GET
BETTER.
THAT'S WHAT I CAN SAY.
>> YES.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT WITH
ANYONE ELSE.
>> THAT IS THE EXACT SAME
SENTIMENT I HAVE, TOO.
IT WAS SPECIAL WE COULD BOTH BE
HERE TO WATCH IT TOGETHER.
>> YEAH.
.
>> OUR SCIENTISTS' EXPERIMENT
IS OFFICIALLY ON ITS WAY TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE SpaceX DRAGON CAPSULE THAT
GIVES THE RESEARCH RIDE TO
LOW-EARTH ORBIT MUST MAKE THE
LAST LEG OF THE JOURNEY TO THE
HANDS OF THE ASTRONAUTS IN
MICROGRAVITY?
WHAT'S NEAT FOR US WE HAVE
CARGO VEHICLES COMING AND GOING
TO THE ISS ALL THE TIME.
IT IS A BUSY PARKING LOT.
VEHICLES COME IN, STAY FOR A
FEW MONTHS, DO SCIENCE AND
LEAVE AGAIN.
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THE NEXT
ONE IS COMING UP.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IS
THE VEHICLES CAN NOT DOCK
THEMSELVES TO THE SPACE
STATION.
WE HAVE TO BRING THEM INTO THE
SPACE STATION UTILIZING
ROBOTICS.
WHAT I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE IS
PERFORMING ROBOTICS, GOING OUT
AND CAPTURING THE VEHICLE IS A
REALLY DIFFICULT VIDEO GAME,
AND SO WE PRACTICE OVER AND
OVER AND OVER AGAIN USING
COMPUTER SIMULATIONS ON HOW TO
ACTUALLY CAPTURE THAT CARGO
VEHICLE TO BRING IT TO THE
STATION.
ONCE THE CARGO VEHICLE DOCKS TO
STATION, WE DO A SERIES OF
PRESSURE CHECKS AND EQUALIZE
THE PRESSURE WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
FINALLY OPEN THE HATCH.
VERY QUICKLY, THE CREW STARTS
TO MOVE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME
EXPERIMENTS THAT ARE KEPT AT
CERTAIN TEMPERATURES AND HAVE
TO TRANSFER THEM QUICKLY OUT TO
KEEP THEM AT THE SAME
TEMPERATURE THERE ON BOARD THE
SPACE STATION.
>> RESEARCH IS ONE OF THE
EXPERIMENTS THAT REQUIRES QUICK
UNLOADING.
STORED AT A CONSTANT
TEMPERATURE TO ENSURE THE HYDRO
GELS STAY INTACT, ONE OF THE
FIRST ITEMS ASTRONAUTS MUST
REMOVE FROM DRAGON.
WITH THE EXPERIMENT FINALLY
ABOARD THE SPACE STATION, IT'S
TIME TO CONDUCT SCIENCE IN
MICROGRAVITY.
>> THIS WAS FANTASTIC FOR ME,
THIS IS WHAT I DO.
THIS MEANS A LOT TO ME AS A
CLINICIAN.
SO IT WAS REALLY NEED TO BE
ABLE TO PERFORM THAT SCIENCE ON
THE STATION.
>> 1002 IS LOADED.
.
>>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION IS A WORKING LABORATORY
IN SPACE, AND SOLAR ENERGY IS A
KEY ELEMENT IN KEEPING IT
RUNNING.
ASTRONAUTS RELY ON THIS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE TO
POWER THE MACHINES THEY NEED
FOR SCIENCE WORK AND POWER THE
ONES THEY NEED FOR THEIR
SURVIVAL.
IN THIS DEMONSTRATION VIDEO,
ASTRONAUT RICKY ARNOLD EXPLAINS
THE PROCESS OF GENERATING POWER
FROM THE STATION'S SOLAR ARRAYS
TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY FOR THE
ASTRONAUTS AS THEY ORBIT 250
MILES ABOVE THE EARTH'S
SURFACE.
.
>> HI, WELCOME ABOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
I'M ASTRONAUT RICKY ARNOLD AT
ONE OF OUR HUMAN RESEARCH
FACILITIES ON ISS WHERE THEY
CAN SEE CENTRIFUGES, LAPTOPS
AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT.
ACROSS FROM ME IS ANOTHER ONE
OF THESE EXPERIMENT RACKS WHERE
YOU CAN SEE ULTRASOUND IMAGING,
MORE LAPTOPS, CAMERAS, OTHER
EQUIPMENT, ALL STUFF THAT
REQUIRES ELECTRICAL POWER.
IN FACT, WE HAVE SO MUCH
EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND LIFE
SUPPORT THAT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
HAS ABOUT 8 MILES OR 13
KILOMETERS OF WIRING TO MAKE IT
ALL WORK.
SO WHERE DOES THE ENERGY COME
FROM?
LET'S HAVE A LOOK.
FROM HERE IN THE COUPALA, YOU
CAN SEE THE FOUR SOLAR ARRAYS
ARE MADE OF SOLAR CELLS,
PURIFIED JUNK OF THE ELEMENTS
SILICON, THEY CONTAIN 262,000
SOLAR CELLS AND COVER MORE THAN
HALF THE AREA OF A FOOTBALL
FIELD.
THAT'S HUGE.
WHEN THE STATION IS IN
SUNLIGHT, THE SOLAR ARRAYS
PRODUCE 60% MORE POWER THAN WE
ACTUALLY NEED DURING THE
DAYTIME.
THAT EXTRA POWER GOES TO
CHARGING THE LITHIUM-ION
BATTERIES.
THE BATTERIES ARE ESSENTIAL
BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE THE POWER
WE NEED DURING THE 16
NIGHTTIMES WE HAVE PER DAY HERE
ON THE SPACE STATION.
THE ENERGY OUR SOLAR ARRAYS CAN
PRODUCE IS ENOUGH TO POWER 40
HOMES AND CAN MAXIMIZE THE
POWER WE GENERATE BY ROTATING
ARRAYS IN TWO AXES, ONE LIKE A
WINDMILL TO ROTATE THROUGH THE
COURSE OF THE DAY, THE OTHER TO
ATTRACT THE SUN'S ANGLE IN THE
SKY.
USES DIRECT CURRENT TO PROVIDE
ENERGY FOR LAPTOP, WATER
RECOVERY SYSTEM AND SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS.
THANKS FOR COMING ABOARD TODAY.
NOW BACK TO EARTH.
>> THE FACT THAT MOST OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE EXPEDITION 63
CREW HAVE BEEN TO THE SPACE
STATION BEFORE DOESN'T MEAN
THEY DON'T GET A THRILL ON THE
PANORAMIC VIEW OF EARTH.
T.J. CREAMER, A SPACE STATION
FLIGHT DIRECTOR HAS A FEW
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF
THE NATURAL WONDERS OF EARTH
FROM 250 MILES UP.
>> LIFTOFF.
>> 10 SECONDS.
>> I THINK WHAT YOU GET A SENSE
OF IS JUST HOW AWESOME THE
UNIVERSE IS, AND HOW TINY EACH
OF US ARE IN THE GRAND SCHEME
OF THE WONDER THAT EXISTS OUT
THERE.
REALIZING THAT, AND REALIZING
JUST HOW OVERWHELMINGLY HUGE
THERE, IS HOW OVERWHELMINGLY
THE PHYSICS DOMINATES WHAT
WE'RE DOING AND WE'RE LIVING IN
THIS SOLAR SYSTEM, GALAXY,
UNIVERSE, LET'S YOU KNOW THAT
THIS IS SOMEPLACE KIND OF
SPECIAL.
TO BE A PART OF THE MISSION
THAT SERVES ON THE STATION, TO
BE PART OF THE MISSION THAT
GOES EXPLORING SPACE INTO THIS
VASTNESS IS SIMPLY, ONE, AN
HONOR.
TWO, ALMOST MIND CHANGING.
MIND CHANGING BECAUSE WE HAVE
BUSINESSES, WE HAVE MISSIONS
HERE, WE'RE FOCUSED ON
ACCOMPLISHING THE NEAR-TERM
GOAL.
YOU GET UP THERE AND SEE THE
OVERWHELMING PORTION OF THE
EARTH, THE VASTNESSES YOU ARE
EXPLORING INTO, AND WOW, THERE
ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS, SO MUCH
WORK TO DO, SO MUCH FOR US TO
BE ABLE TO HELP OUR BROTHERS
AND SISTERS.
>> WE HAD A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY
ON THE SPACE STATION BECAUSE OF
THE WINDOW ARRANGEMENTS TO BE
ABLE TO SERIOUSLY GET IMMERSED
IN THE IMAGERY.
GOING TO THE WINDOWS TO WATCH
AREAS THAT WERE OF GREAT
INTEREST, PATAGONIA, FOR
INSTANCE, IS A BEAUTIFUL, RICH
ENVIRONMENT OF EARTH TONES AS
WELL AS THE GLACIERS, THE
WATER.
IT IS PICTURESQUE TO THE POINT
WHERE YOU GO I NEED TO VISIT
THAT PLACE.
YOU WANT TO FIND THINGS ON THE
EARTH BECAUSE IT IS MEMORABLE
BUT ALSO INSIGHTFUL.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'RE GOING OVER
AND SAY I BET I'M CLOSE TO THE
PYRAMIDS, YOU GO TO THE WINDOW
AND SEE IF YOU ARE CLOSE TO THE
PYRAMIDS AND GET SHOTS YOU CAN
TAKE HOME.
AREAS OF THE WORLD THAT HAVE
VOLCANOES AND YOU HAPPEN TO
CATCH IN ONE PHOTOGRAPH TWO OR
THREE ACTIVE VOLCANOES.
IT'S A NICE EXPERIENCE TO LOOK
OUT THE WINDOW AND GO WOW, WE
REALLY ARE SEEING THE LIVING
EARTH LIVING, AND BEING ABLE TO
BE A PART OF IT FROM SUCH A
VANTAGE POINT.
WE SAW TROUBLES, THE GULF OIL
SPILL FROM THE HORIZON, A
NUMBER OF HURRICANES OR
TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRED
WHILE WE WERE UP THERE.
YOU KNOW THERE'S A TON OF
ENERGY IN THERE HEADING TOWARDS
POPULATED AREAS, IT'S NOT
BEAUTIFUL AT THAT POINT.
IT'S UTTER RESPECT IS WHAT I
WOULD CATEGORIZE IT.
I GOT VISITED BY THREE SPACE
SHUTTLES.
SEVERAL OF THE CREW MEMBERS
NEVER LOOKED OUTSIDE BEFORE.
I WOULD BRING THEM ONE AT A
TIME, TELL THEM TO CLOSE THEIR
EYES, OPEN THE WINDOWS,
SHUTTERS IN THE WINDOWS AND
TELL THEM TO OPEN THEIR EYES.
AND THE INSTANT WHEN YOU ARE
OVERWHELMED WITH THE INSTANT,
WHEN YOUR EYES SEE NOTHING BUT
THE BEAUTY, EVERY SINGLE CREW
MEMBER I BROUGHT IN FOR THE
EXPOSURE CRIED.
IT IS HEART STOPPING, IT IS
BREATHTAKING.
>> IF YOU'D LIKE ANOTHER LOOK
AT ANY OF THESE STORIES WE
FEATURED TODAY.
CHECK US OUT ON YouTube OR
FACEBOOK AND BE SURE TO BROWSE
BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER
COOL STUFF.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUT ON
THE INTERNET ANYWAY.
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 GARY JORDAN PICKS UP
OUR MARS MONTHLY SERIES WITH
CONCEPTS OF SCIENCE FICTION CAN
BE APPLIED IN AN ACTUAL MISSION
SENDING ASTRONAUTS TO MARS.
GO NASA.GOV/PODCASTS FOR THIS
WEEK'S EPISODE.
YOU'LL FIND OUR PREVIOUS
EPISODES IN THE SAME PLACE.
ALSO ALL OF THE NASA PODCASTS,
ALL OF WHICH YOU CAN LISTEN TO
ON APPLE PODCASTS, GOOGLE
PODCASTS AND SOUNDCLOUD.
♪