>>> IGNITION SEQUENCE START.
>>> GOOD MORNING, YOU ARE
LOOKING AT MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON AND THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FLIGHT CONTROL
TEAM.
THE SPECIALIST MONITORING THE
STATE OF SYSTEMS AND WORKING
WITH THE EXPEDDITION CREW
MEMBERS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH
THEIR DAILY WORK.
THIS WEEK CHRIS CASSIDY AND HIS
CREW MATES HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH STUDENT DESIGN HARDWARE.
THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING READY FOR
A NEW SET OF SPACEWALKS STARTING
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY.
>> WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROWN.
AT KATHERINE CLAYTON.
WE WILL HIGHLIGHT STUDENTS FROM
ACROSS THE NATION AND UPCOMING
SPACEWALKS.
SENDING SUPPLIES REQUIRES A
DIFFERENT PACKING METHOD.
SPECIAL FLIGHT LOCKERS ARE USED
TO TRANSPORT SUPPLIES FROM EARTH
TO THE SPACE STATION.
FOUR OF THEM LAUNCHED OFTEN THE
FLIGHT TO THE STATION.
THE LOCKERS ARE BUILD BY
STUDENTS THROUGH A PROGRAM
CALLED NASA HEDGE.
THESE ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
THAT CREATE HARDWARE.
THEY CAN PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN
THE SPACE PROGRAM.
STUDENTS IN 277 SCHOOLS AND 44
STATES CAN PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF
SIX FOCUS AREAS TO PRODUCE ITEMS
FOR FLIGHT OR TRAINING.
ONE LOCKER WILL RETURN TO EARTH.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM AT
NASA.COM.
>>> THEY ARE PREPARING FOR
SPACEWALKS.
ON JUNE 26th AND JULY 1
ASTRONAUTS WILL BEGIN THE
REPLACEMENT OF BATTERIES.
THEY WILL REPLACE AGING NICKEL
HYDROGEN BATTERIES ON ONE OF THE
CHANNELS ON THE FAR STARBOARD
TRUST ON LITHIUM BATTERIES.
YOU CAN CATCH ALL OF THE ACTION.
>>> THIS WEEKS QUESTION COMES
FROM BEN AT RJO INTERMEDIATUATE.
HE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THE
ISS WAS LAUNCHED INTO SPACE.
IT STARTED WITH ZARA.
WAS LAUNCHED ON A ROCKET FROM
RUSSIA ON NOVEMBER 20, 1,998th
DOCKET DIDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL THE
LAUNCH OF SOYUZ.
>> WE REQUEST ALPHA.
>> THIS NOVEMBER WE'LL CELEBRATE
20 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS HUMAN
CONTACT.
WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
>> WE ARE COUNTING DOWN TO 20
CONTINUOUS YEARS OF HUMANS ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
FOLLOW ALONG AT NASA.GOV.
>> AS KATHERINE MENTIONED WE
HAVE A SPACEWALK BRIEFING COMING
UP ON WEDNESDAY AT 1:00 P.M.
HOUSTON TIME TO FILL YOU IN.
COVERAGE BEGINS NEXT FRIDAY,
JUNE 26 AT 5:00 A.M. CENTRAL ON
NASA TV AND NASA.GOV.
>>> THEY SPENT TIME ON SPACEWALK
PREP BUT PREPARATION FOR A
SPACEWALK BEGAN BEFORE THE CREW
MEMBERS LAUNCHED.
IN THIS DEMONSTRATION VIDEO
ASTRONAUT RICKY ARNOLD SHARED
THE TRAINING ASTRONAUTS GET ON
THE GROUND TO WALK IN SPACE.
♪ .
>> WELCOME TO THE QUEST AIRLOCK.
I'M RICKY ARNOLD EXPEDITION 56.
TODAY WE'LL TALK ABOUT ONE OF MY
FAVORITE TOPICS EXTRA VEHICULAR
ACTIVITY.
GOING OUT ON EVA OR SPACEWALK
HAS BEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST
EXPERIENCES.
THIS IS ALSO ONE OF THE
COMPLICATED THING WE DO.
THERE IS A LOT OF TRAINING AND
PREPARATION.
IF YOU THINK IT SOUNDS
COMPLICATED YOU SHOULD SEE IT IN
ACTION.
LET'S START WITH TRAINING AND
HOW WE GET READY FOR A
SPACEWALK.
SPACE IS AN EXTREME ENVIRONMENT
WITH MANY HAZARDS.
IF WE GO OUTSIDE IT SAFETY OF
THE ISS WE HAVE TO BEPRY PAIRED.
EVA'S ARE DESIGNED WITH SAFETY.
WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE
CLASSROOM LIKE YOU ARE NOW
LEARNING ABOUT THE HARDWARE
WE'LL USE AND THE SPECIFIC PARTS
WE'LL WORK ON.
WE GET TO GO SPEND A LOT OF TIME
TRAINING IN NASA'S GIANT POOL.
IT'S CALLED MDL.
SINCE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO
SEMILATE MICROGRAVITY ON EARTH
THE NEXT BEST THING IS WATER.
62 GALLONS OF IT.
IT'S 102 FEET IN WIDTH.
WE HAVE A FULL SCALE WORKING
MODEL OF THE ISS WE NEED THAT TO
PRACTICE ASSIGNED TASKS.
WE GET SUITED UP AND WAITED SO
WE ARE BOYIENT IN THE WATER.
WE DON'T SINK TO THE BOTTOM NOR
DO WITH YOU FLOAT TO THE
SURFACE.
WE DO SEVERAL DRESS REHEARSE
SALS BEFORE WE LAUNCH.
WE CAN PREPARE FOR ANY
ANOMALIES.
WE SPEND 5 HOURS PRACTICING.
WE ARE VERY WELL PREPARED TO
EXECUTE THE EVAs ONCE IN
ORBIT.
THE EVA PREPARATION CONTINUES.
FIRST, WE MUST PREFORM A
PREBRIEF PROBRIEF.
WE DO LIGHT EXERCISE TO PURGE
THE NITROGEN FROM OUR BODIES.
DURING THAT TIME WE ALSO DAWN
OUR EXTRA VEHICULAR MOBILITY
UNIT.
THIS IS A FANCY NAME FOR A SPACE
INSTITUTE.
IT'S IT'S YOU KNOW SPACECRAFT
SHAPED LIKE A HUMAN.
THERE IS A RED STRIPE ON THE LEG
OF ONE ASTRONAUT SO THE GROUND
CAN TELL WHO IS WHO.
WE ARE ALWAYS AWARE OF OUR
TETHERS AND WE ALWAYS KNOW WHERE
OUR BUDDY IS.
THIS IS THE INTERVEHICULAR CREW.
THEY COMMUNICATE WITH US AS IT
EVA PROGRESSES.
WE ALSO PREPARE FOR SEVERAL
CONTINUECIES.
WE ARE TRAINED ON THE USE OF A
JET BACK.
IT'S CALLED A SEMIFIED AID FOR
EVU RESCUE.
THE VIEW DURING AN EVA IS
BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S ALSO EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
MONTHS OF PREPARATION AND
DEDICATED PEOPLE ON THE
GROUNDWORKING AROUND THE CLOCK
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE AS SAFE AS
POSSIBLE.
EVAsS ALLOW US TO BUILD AND
MAINTAIN THE ISS.
INVESTIGATE MALFUNCTIONS AND THE
VIEW IS UNBELIEVABLE.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
>>> IN A FEW MINUTES WE WILL
SEE RICKY ARNOLD WITH A DETAILED
REVIEW OF THE SPACE SUITS THE
ASTRONAUTS WEAR.
THE SCIENTIST THAT IMAGE AND
CREATE THE EXPERIMENTS DEVOTE
YEARS TO DEVELOPING THE
RESEARCH.
THE CREW MEMBERS EXECUTE THE
PROTOCOLS.
IN THE FINAL SEGMENT OF THE NEW
NASA EXPLORES SERIES WATCH AS
THEY TAKE THEIR EXPERIMENTS
ACROSS THE LINE.
>> THIS IS EMEAL.
HE'S ALMOST 8 MONTHS OLD.
HE WAS PRESENT FOR THE LAUNCH.
OVER THE COURSE OF OUR FIRST ISS
PROJECTS WE MADE AN ENTIRE NEW
HUMAN ALONG WITH ALL OF THE
OTHER TESTING WE DID.
THIS FLIGHT SUIT WAS FROM HIS
AUNT.
WE THOUGHT WHEN WE WERE DOWN IN
FLORIDA FOR THE LAUNCH IN
DECEMBER.
THAT'S MY FAVORITE THING RIGHT
NOW.
WE WERE RUNNING CONCURRENT
EXPERIMENTS ON EARTH AND
STATION.
THEY HAD GEL AT THEIR FACILITY
AND GETTING THE DATA FROM THE
EXPERIMENTS.
WE LOOK AT HOW THE GELS FORM AND
HOW THE DRUG RELEASE CHANGED.
THEY BROUGHT THEM BACKHAND WE
ALL MADE SURE THEY WERE HERE AND
THE THEY OPENED THE PLATES
ALTOGETHER.
WE HAD THE SAME TYPE OF
EXCITEMENT WE HAD AT KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER.
>> IT WAS SEX SITING BECAUSE
THEY NEVER LEAVE THEIR COOL.
THIS IS WHAT THE ASTRONAUTS HAVE
TOUCHED.
THEY HAVE BEEN TO SPACE AND
BACK.
>> WE COULD LOOK AT THEM AND SEE
HOW THE INTEGRITY IS DIFFERENT
AND IF THE STRUCTURAL CHANGES
WAS SOMETHING.
>> WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE DATA WE
GOT FROM THE EQUIPMENT ON
STATION WE CAN SEE THEIR ARE
DIFFERENCES IN THE DRUG RELEASE
FROM THE JELLS.
>> WE ACTUALLY OBSERVED SOME
INTERESTING CHANGES THAT WE HOPE
WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO STRUCTURAL
TESTS AND DO MORE IN-DEPTH
STUDIES.
IT SEEMS LIKE THEIR MIGHT BE
SOME CHANGES.
>> THE THRILL OF THE ROCKET
LAUNCH MIGHT BE OVER.
THE CREW STILL HAS ONE OF THE
MOST EXCITING PARTS OF THE
JOURNEY AHEAD.
PUBLISHING THEIR RESULTS.
THIS COULD HEM INFORM FUTURE
RESEARCH ON EARTH AND SPACE.
>> SO WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON NOW
IS COMPILING THE DATA AND IT'S
SOMETHING WE COULD OF COURSE
PUBLIC AND GIVE BACK TO THE
PUBLIC.
WE HAVE INTERESTING DATA.
THEY ARE SUPER SIMPLE BUT THE
STORY IT MIGHT TELL US COULD
FORM MATERIAL SCIENCE BE AS A
WHOLE.
>>> YOU FEEL A HUGE
RESPONSIBILITY PREFORMING THIS
RESEARCH FOR OTHERS.
WE KNOW HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS ON THE GROUND.
I STAY IN TOUCH WITH A LOT OF
THE SCIENTIST AND THEY GIVE US A
LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK AND CHOSE
SURE TOO TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT
THE SCIENCE WE WERE DOING UP
THERE WAS.
>> I THINK THEY HAVE SOMETHING
FOR YOU GUYS.
>> OH, THIS IS FOR YOU.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
HI, OH, MY GOD.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> THEY WOULD LIKE A FACE TIME
CALL OR SOMETHING.
I WAS LIKE, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS GREAT.
>> IT'S A FANTASTIC SURPRISE.
>> WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED?
>> WE ARE IN THE LAB IN
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
OUR OTHER EMPLOYEES ARE ALSO
WOMEN.
IT JUST TURNED OUT TO BE THAT
WAY.
>> IT'S GREAT.
>> THIS IS WHO YOU HANDLED IN
SPACE.
>> OH, THAT'S SO COOL.
>> WE GET TO SEE THE SCIENCE
BACK DOWN IN YOUR HANDS.
SOMETIMES IT GOES NOT SO WELL UP
THERE.
GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING YOU DO
SCIENTIFICALLY AND
PROFESSIONALLY IN THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> BYE.
>> YEAH, IT'S HARD TO READ THIS.
>> I DON'T THINK, I'M TRYING TO
THINK OF ANYTHING BETTER THAN
LAUNCHING MY OWN LAUNCH OF
RESEARCH TO THE SPACE STATION.
I HAVE MY BACKGROUND OF MY CELL
PHONE IS THE PICTURE OF US
SENDING THE PRODUCTS TO THE
SPACE STATION.
MANY ARE SURPRISED WE ARE ALL
FEMALES AND THEN WE HAVE THIS
TYPE OF EXPERIENCES AND HAVE
CONTRIBUTED THIS MUCH.
I STILL LOOK AT THE SKY AND I
THINK EVERYTHING IS SO FAR AWAY.
YOU LOOK AT THIS AND EVERYTHING
LOOKS LIKE NOTHING IS
ACHIEVABLE.
JUST BEING APART OF THIS WHOLE
EXPERIENCE IS JUST A DREAM COME
TRUE.
>> THEY NOW JOIN THE THOUSANDS
OF SCIENTIST THAT PERFORMED
RESEARCH ONBOARD THE SPACE
STATION MAKING THE MOST OF WHAT
MICROGRAVITY HAS TO TEACH US.
THEY ARE BRINGING THIS BACK TO
EARTH AND ADVANCE EXPLORATION.
>> WHAT THE SPACE STATION GIVES
US IS A DIFFERENT SORT OF
LABORATORY.
WHAT'S MEANINGFUL IS COMING BACK
DOWN AND TALKING WITH PATIENTS
AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE
DISCOVERIES WE MADE.
THIS MEANS A LOT TO ME AS A
CLINICIAN.
>> YOU GET HYPED UP ABOUT IT
BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE IS
EXCITED ABOUT IT.
THE TIMELINES ARE LONG AND
EVERYBODY IS POSITIVE THEY ARE
DOING A GOOD THING.
THAT'S WHAT DRIVES PEOPLE TO
KEEP DOING THIS SORT OF
RESEARCH.
>> MICRO GRAVITY STILL HAS MORE
INSIGHTS TO REVEAL.
THIS LABORATORY LIKE NO OTHER
WILL CONTINUE TO UNCOVER THEM
ONE EXPERIMENTS AT A TIME.
>>> THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE
SCIENCE ARE ONE EXAMPLE OF THE
KINDS OF HEROES THAT WORK AT
NASA.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
HARD AT WORK SOLVING THE
CHALLENGES POSED BY THE SPACE
MISSION OF TODAY AND TOMORROW.
>> SO YOU WANT TO GO TO MARS.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A NASA
HERO?
MEET THE HEROES BEHIND THE
SCENES THAT MAKE DEEP SPACE
EXPLORATION POSSIBLE.
PEOPLE THINK OF ASTRONAUTS AS
HEROES AND THEY ARE.
THEY WILL TELL YOU MANY OTHER
PEOPLE MAKING SPACE MISSIONS
SUCCESSFUL.
THERE IS GROUND SUPPORT THOSE
RESPONSIBLE FOR LAUNCHING AND
LANDING.
HEROES WORK IN MISSION CONTROL
AND KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON THE
ASTRONAUTS AND SPACECRAFT 24/7.
HEROES DESIGN, TEST, AND FLY THE
ROCKETS AND SPACECRAFTS OFF OUR
PLANET.
THEY MAKE SPACE SUITS, HABITAT,
AND EQUIPMENT FOR THOSE TO LIVE
AND WORK ON MARS.
HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT IS POSSIBLE
BECAUSE OF THE HEROES ON THE
GRANDAD BUILD THE TECHNOLOGY AND
SYSTEMS TO SEND THEM TO THE
SOLAR SYSTEM.
WILL YOU ABOUT A NASA HERO.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS
WEBSITE.
>> WHEN ASTRONAUTS GO OUTSIDE
THE SPACE STATION AS CHRIS
CASSIDY AND BOB WILL DO NEXT
FRIDAY THEY ARE WEARING WHAT IS
AMOUNTED TO BE A HUMAN
SPACESHIP.
IN THIS VIDEO RICKY ARNOLD WILL
GIVE US A TOUR OF THE CRITICAL
PARTS OF THE SPACE SUIT THAT
KEEP ASTRONAUTS SAFE AS THEY
WORK IN THE HASH ENVIRONMENTS OF
SPACE.
>> SO, WE ARE STANDING IN THE
QUEST AIRLOCK DIVIDED INTO TWO
PARTS.
WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT LOCK AND
CREW LOCK.
THIS EQUIPMENT LOCK HAS A HATCH
RIGHT HERE THAT CLOSES AND THE
CREW LOCK HAS ANOTHER HATCH.
THE EMU OR EXTRA VEHICULAR
MOBILITY UNIT IS OUR SPACE SUIT
DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS.
WE HAVE THE UP ARE TORSO WHICH
IS LIKE A TURTLE SHELL.
WE HAVE THE LOWER TORSO
ASSEMBLY.
THESE ARE OUR OWN SPACECRAFT.
THEY HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO
KEEP YOU ALIVE OUT IN SPACE FOR
SEVEN TO EIGHT HOURS MAYBE
LONGER.
THE ONLY THING THEY DO NOT HAVE,
THEY HAVE RADIOS, OXYGEN, CARBON
DIOXIDE SCRUBBING, TEMPERATURE
CONTROL.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED EXCEPT FOR
ONE THING, A RESTROOM.
WHEN WE GET READY THE FIRST
THING WE PUT-ON IS A DIAPER.
THAT'S OUR FIRST LAYER. OVER
THE DIAPER WE PUT-ON A PAIR OF
LONG JOHNS TO KEEP OUR ARMS AND
LEGS FROM GETTING SCRAPED AND
ALSO WICKING.
THE NEXT LAYER IS OUR LIQUID
COOLING GARMENT.
THE LCVG HAS TUBES RUNNING
THROUGH IT THAT ALLOWS WATER TO
CIRCULATE TO PROVIDE COOLING
WHEN WE ARE OUTSIDE WORKING
REALLY HARD.
WE HAVE DIAPER, LONG JOHNS, WE
HAVE THE LCVG AND THEN WE'LL
WARE OUR SPACE SUIT.
SEVEN LAYERS FROM THE BLADDAR.
THEY ALSO HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS
CAP AND WE CAN TALK TO THE
RADIOAND PEOPLE ON THE SPACE
STATION.
WE WEAR THIS COMMUNICATION CAP
INSIDE THE HELMET.
ALSO ANOTHER COMPONENT IS THE
EMU OR SPACE SUIT IS THE HELMET.
IT HAS A GOLD VISOR THAT
PROTECTS US FROM THE RAYS OF THE
SUN.
IT'S PRETTY BRIGHT OUT THERE.
THIS HELPS REFLECT THE RAYS OF
THE SUN.
WE CAN SEE AND OPERATE IN
DAYLIGHT.
AT NIGHT, WE RAISE IT UP AND
GIVES US A CLEARER VIEW.
IN ADDITIONNALLY WE HAVE HELMET
LIGHTS.
ON TOP, WE HAVE A TELEVISION
CAMERA.
GROUND IS ABLE TO WATCH US WHILE
WILLIAMS WORK THROUGH THE TV
CAMERAS.
THE WORK IS DONE WITH HANDS.
SO, OUR GLOVES ARE OUR MOST
IMPORTANT PEACE OF EQUIPMENT.
ONE OF THE REALLY CHALLENGES OF
THE SPACEWALK IS THE GLOVES.
WE WALK BY GRABBING ONTO
HANDRAILS AND MAKING OUR WAY
ALONG ISS.
EVERY TIME YOU MOVE YOUR HAND
YOU ARE FIGHTING AGAINST A
BALLOON THAT WOULD LIKE TO
INFLATE.
ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT IS BASED ON
USING YOUR HAND TOO.
AFTER SIX OR SEVEN HOURS IT'S A
LONG DAY AND YOUR HANDS ARE THE
MOST EXHAUSTED AFTER SEVEN HOURS
OUT ON AN EVA.
WE ARE GOING OUT TO WORK.
YOU SAW ME MOVE THE MINI
WORKSTATION.
THE WAY WE CARRY THE TOOLS ON
THE MINI WORKSTATION.
EVERY SINGLE TOOL WE USE IS
TETHERED TO US.
WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE
SATELLITES ACCIDENTLY.
OUR PRIMARY WAY TO REMAIN
ATTACHED IS THE WASTE TETHERS.
THEY HAVE A BIG LOOK OR GO
AROUND THE RAIL AND LATCH ON.
THEY HAVE A LOCKING MECHANISM AS
WELL.
WE ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE ONE OF
THESE ATTACHED.
THE BACK OF THE EMU HAS OUR
LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM.
THAT CONTAINS ALL OF THE
EQUIPMENT WE NEED FROM A UHS
RADIODOWN TO THE OXYGEN TANKS.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES INSIDE THE
ENVIRONMENT IT'S EASY TO CARRY
OUR OXYGEN WITH US.
TO DEAL WITH THAT WE HAVE
CANISTERS CALLED SILVER OXIDE.
THEY ARE CARRIED IN THE BACK
BACK ALONG WITH A LARGE BATTERY
PROVIDING ALL OF THE ELECTRICITY
FOR US.
I DON'T HAVE ONE TO SHOW YOU
BECAUSE WE ARE CHARGING THEM.
WE ARE ABOUT A MONTH OUT FROM
OUR NEXT SPACEWALK AND WE ARE
PREPARING.
EVA'S ALLOWED US TO MAINTAIN AND
REBUILD ON THE ISS.
WE CAN INSTALL NEW HARDWARE AND
THE VIEW IS UNBELIEVABLE.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
>> 240 DIFFERENT HUMANS HAVE HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK DOWN ON
THE EARTH.
SOME OF THEM LIKE NASA'S TRACY
HAS HAD MORE THAN ONE VISIT.
SHE'S ONE THAT SAYS THAT
EXPERIENCE HAS CHANGED THEIR
PROSPECTIVE.
♪ .
>> MY FIRST LOOK AT THE EARTH
FROM THAT VANTAGE POINT WAS
LOOKING AT THE WINDOW BEHIND ME
KNOWING I WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT
HAD TO GET OUT OF THEIR SEAT AND
FILM SOMETHING THAT WAS FALLING
AWAY.
MY VIEW WAS VERY FLEETING AND
TECHNICAL.
IT WAS BACKGROUND TO THE TASK AT
HAND.
THAT WAS POINTING THE CAMERA AT
AN EXTERNAL TANK.
WHEN WE GOT INTO ORBIT WE HAD A
VERY FAST PACE MISSION.
MY COMMANDER SCOTT KELLY CARVED
OUT 90 MINUTES ON FLIGHT
SOMEDAY TENEMENT HE SAID I WOULD
LIKE YOU ALL IN THE WINDOW.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO MOVE.
HE PRECOORDINATED IT.
HE HAD THE LIGHTS TURNED OFF SO
WE COULD SEE EVERYTHING.
THAT WAS THE FIRST MOMENT I HAD
TO SOAK IT IN.
I DISCOVERED A LOT OF THINGS
ABOUT MY REACTION TO THAT IN
THAT RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME.
OF COURSE THERE WAS MY SPACE
STATION FLIGHT WHERE I LIVED
THERE FOR SIX MONTHS.
EVERY NIGHT I COULD I WAS
PLANTED IN THE WINDOW.
I WOULD GAZE OUT.
THERE WASN'T A SINGLE REGRET.
IT GRIEVED ME TO THINK ABOUT HOW
IN THE WORLD AM I GOING TO
DESCRIBE THIS.
THERE IS NO WORDS.
THERE ARE NO PICTURE I COULD
TAKE TO DO IT JUSTICE.
THERE ARE NO WATERCOLORS THAT I
COULD PUT-ON PAPER TO COME CLOSE
TO THE VIVIDNESS OF THE EVER
CHANGING PICTURE I SEE.
EVERYTHING FROM THE COLORS TO
WHAT CHANGES THE ATMOSPHERE
DEPENDING ON THE ANGLE AND IF
THE MOON IS IN THE VIEW OR NOT
TO JUST HOW FAST WE ARE GOING
OVER THE SURFACE OF IT.
YOU CAN SEE THE SAME LAND MASS
OVER A PERIOD OF TWO WEEKS AND
IT WILL LOOK COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT.
YOU LOOK AT THE STARS AND THE
BLACKNESS.
A BLACK THAT NOTHING ON EARTH
COULD EVER REPLICATE.
THEN, YOU LOOK AT THE SPACE
STATION AROUND YOU AND YOU ARE
LIKE THIS IS AMAZING.
ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE APART
OF THE STRUCTURE THAT I KNOW
EITHER AT THEIR DESKS CREATING
THE NEXT GREAT MARVEL OR SITTING
AT MISSION CONTROL.
THAT'S WHERE YOU DO IT.
YOU ARE A SMALL FRACTION OF THE
HUMAN RACE THAT WILL EVER GET TO
SEE THIS THE WAY IT IS RIGHT
NOW.
>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE ANOTHER
LOOK AT ANY OF THE STORIES WE
SHOWED YOU TODAY CHECK US OUT AT
YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK.
THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF TO LEARN
ABOUT.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GOOD
CONVERSATION CHECK OUT HOUSTON,
WE HAVE A PODCAST.
WE TALK TO FOLKS ABOUT THEIR
WORK IN ALL ASPECTS OF SPACE
EXPLORATION.
NEW EPISODES AIR EVERY FRIDAY.
WE'LL TALK TO THREE
PHOTOGRAPHERS ON STAFF AT JFC
ABOUT THEIR JOBS CAPTURING THE
IMAGES AND DOCUMENTS THE HUMAN
SPACE PROGRAM IN AMERICA.
GO TO NASA.GOV/PODCAST FOR
TODAY'S EPISODE.
YOU WILL FIND THE PREVIOUS
EPISODES TOO.
THE FULL LIBRARY IS RIGHT THERE.
THEY ARE ALL ALSO AVAILABLE ON
APPLE PODCAST, GOOGLE PODCAST,
AND SOUND CLOUD.
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