>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO
THIS VIEW INSIDE THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM WHERE A TEAM
OF SPECIALISTS IS MONITORING THE
SYSTEMS ON THE STATION AND
STANDING BY TO ASSIST THE
EXPEDITION 63 CREW MEMBERS
THROUGH THE LAST TASKS OF THEIR
WORKWEEK.
COMMANDER CHRIS CASSIDY AND
AMERICAN AND RUSSIAN CREWMATES
COMPLETED ANOTHER SPACEWALK THIS
WEEK.
THEY GREETED THE ARRIVAL OF A
CARGO SHIP AND DID SCIENTIST
EXPERIMENTS AND TWO OF THEM
STARTED TO GET READY TO COME
HOME.
WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND.
THE ACTION NEVER STOPS ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THIS WEEK THERE WAS A NASA CARGO
RESUPPLY DELIVERY AND PLENTY TO
KEEP THE CREW BUSY.
ON TUESDAY THEY PERFORMED A
SPACEWALK TO CONDUCT SEVERAL
TASKS AND PREPARE FOR FUTURE
UPGRADES.
FIRST TASK WAS INSTALL A
PROTECTIVE UNIT USED TO STORE
TOOLS SUCH AS ROBOTIC EXTERNAL
LOCATOR FOR THE CANADIAN SPACE
AGENCY.
IT WAS INSTALLED TO THE MOBILE
BASE SYSTEM WHERE IT CAN
TRAVERSE ALONGSIDE A ROBOT.
IN ADDITION TO INSTALLING THE
ASTRONAUTS MOVE TWO LIFTING
FIXTURES AT THE BASE OF THE
STATION'S SOLAR ARRAY.
COMPLETED TASK TO REPAIR FOR THE
ARRIVAL OF THE COMMERCIAL ALOCK
AND ETHERNET CABLES AND REMOVED
THE LENS FILTER COVER FROM AN
EXTERNAL CAMERA.
IN ADDITION TO THE EVA THEY
WELCOME THE CARGO REPLY
DELIVERY.
THEY WENT BACK TO THE SEGMENT ON
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
PROVINCE 76 DELIVERED ALMOST 3
TONS OF FOOD, FUEL AND SUPPLIES.
IT WILL REMAIN DOCKED FOR MORE
THAN 4 MONTHS BEFORE DEORBITING
INTO THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
THERE'S ALWAYS TIME FOR SCIENCE
AND RESEARCH ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
NASA ASTRONAUT DOUG HURLEY
CONDUCTED THE 9 OF 10 TOTAL
SPACE WALKS FOR THE MICROFLUID
AND SPACE INVESTIGATIONS.
THIS INVESTIGATION EXAMINES
MICROFLUID SYSTEMS WITH AN AIM
TO IMPROVE FLUID CONTROL IN
VARIOUS DEVICES.
DIAGNOSTIC DEVICES REQUIRE THE
SEPARATION OF BLOOD CELLS AND
PLASMA IN ORDER TO ANALYZE
WITHOUT INTERFERENCE CAUSE.
THE INVESTIGATION MAY OBTAIN
BETTER PARTICLE SEPARATION AND
IMPROVED FLUID CONTROL IN FUTURE
MEDICAL DEVICES THAT CAN BE USED
IN ANY ENVIRONMENT AND
ORIENTATION.
KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS
USING THE #ASKNASA AND WE'LL SEE
YOU NEXT WEEK.
>> THE D IN DM TUBE STANDS FOR
DEMONSTRATION.
SO THE CREW OF THE SPACEX CREW
DRAGON IS DEMONSTRATING THAT THE
SYSTEMS ON THIS NEW COMMERCIAL
SPACESHIP ALL WORK AS DESIGNED
WHILE DOCKED TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
TAKE LOOK INSIDE WHILE THE
EXPEDITION 63 CREW MEMBERS
VERIFY THAT THE ASTRONAUTS AND
COSMONAUTS CAN LIVE, WORK AND
SLEEP AS PLANNED WHEN THE
VEHICLE IS EXECUTING ITS MISSION
IN SPACE.
WHEN FLIGHT ENGINEER DOUG HURLEY
SQUEEZED A BAG OF FRUIT PUNCH
LAST MONTH ABOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HE
DID NOT DO IT TO GET A
REFRESHING DRINK.
THE RED FLUID THAT SQUIRTED OUT
OF THE BAG SOAKED INTO A BLOCK
OF WHITE FOAM.
THIS MAY NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH, BUT
THE SIMPLE EXPERIMENT IS
PROVIDING RESEARCHERS WITH
BETTER INFORMATION ABOUT
MANAGING LIQUIDS IN
MICROGRAVITY.
>> STATION ON 3.
THIS IS DOUG.
>> DOUG, I GOT YOU.
>> WE STARTED MAYBE 15 YEARS AGO
IN THIS LONG LINE OF EXPERIMENTS
ABOUT MOVING THINGS IN SPACE
WITHOUT ANY ELECTRICITY JUST
FLUID.
NOW WE CAN APPLY RESEARCHERS
RESULTS THAT WE LEARNED FROM
DOING EXPERIMENTS IN SPACE TO
ACTUAL SPACE SYSTEMS THAT
REQUIRE GRAVITY TO BE GONE FOR
THEM TO WORK.
THAT'S DIFFERENT.
THAT'S A NEW HORIZON I WOULD
SAY.
>> OKAY, MARK, STEP FORWARD.
>> THIS IS AN ENGINEERING
DEMONSTRATION OF A WASTE WATER
PURIFICATION SYSTEM.
INSIDE THAT FOAM ARE ALL THESE
WEIRD CHANNELS AND DIFFERENT
FOAMS IN THERE SUCH AS CAPILLARY
FORCES OPEN THE CHANNELS UP SO
IT'S A CAPILLARY SOLUTION TO AN
ENGINEERING PROGRAM MANAGING
BRINE AND CONTAMINATED WATER
STREAMS
>> SOUNDS REALLY INTERESTING AND
FRANKLY REALLY COOL.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE.
>> YOU'LL OPEN THAT LITTLE VALVE
OUT OF THE DRINK BAG AND PRIME
THE TUBE.
THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SQUEEZE
THAT BAG, THE DRINK BAG, AND
THEN KIND OF IN ABOUT 15
SECONDS, FILL THE ENTIRE FOAM
WITH THE CONTENTS OF THE BAG.
>>THE INTERIOR PIECE MUCH THAT
FOAM IS HIGHLY WETTING SO IT
WANTS TO SUCK UP THAT WATER.
BUT THEN THERE ARE PIECES ON THE
OUTSIDE THAT ARE HYDROPHOBIC SO
IT DOESN'T WANT THE WATER TO
PENETRATE THROUGH.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
ULTIMATELY THIS PIECE MUCH
TECHNOLOGIES EVEN THOUGH IT'S SO
SIMPLY AS A PIECE OF FOAM, IT
CAN DO SO MANY THINGS.
>> YOU'LL THINK IT'S DULL AND
WHAT DOES IT DO?
YOU'LL SAY THAT.
IT'S A LIQUID AND RED FRUIT
PUNCH WHICH IS A SIMULANT FOR
URINE.
>> DO YOU LIKE THE BACK LIGHT
VIEW?
>> YEAH, WE'RE GEEKING OUT OVER
THAT.
IT GIVES YOU THE WHOLE VIEW.
IT'S PRETTY NICE.
>> YEAH, IT'S PRETTY COOL.
>> IT'S TO SEE HOW WELL THE FOAM
HOLDS THE LIQUID IN
MICROGRAVITY.
AND IF WE AGITATE IT AND PUT
THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THROUGH
THE RINGER, HOW WELL DOES IT
BOUNCE BACK.
HONESTLY THE MOST SURPRISING
THING THAT'S COME OUT OF IT IS
SIMPLE WE CAN MAKE THE
TECHNOLOGY.
MAYBE THE FOAM PROJECT IS GOING
TO ENABLE A BACK-UP SYSTEM FOR
THE TOILETS OR MAYBE IT'S GOING
TO BE A NEW WASTE WATER
PROCESSING SYSTEM ALL TOGETHER
AND THAT'S JUST THE FUTURE.
IT'S JUST -- I MEAN, IT FEELS
LIKE ANYTHING IS REALLY
POSSIBLE.
>> WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT OUR
WORK, WHICH STARTED OUT IN
FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH AND TURNED
MORE AND MORE APPLIED, CAN GET
TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S
DELIVERING ON EQUIPMENT,
EQUIPMENT THAT FUNCTIONS OUT
MOVING PARTS OR MINIMUM.
WITHOUT POWER.
WITHOUT NOISE.
WE LOVE IT TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT
JUST WORKS PASSIVELY BY ITS
SHAPE AND WHETHER IT'S ON THE
MOON OR IN ORBIT AROUND THE MOON
OR IN MARS WE'D LOVE TO
CONTRIBUTE IN THAT WAY AND IN
WAYS THAT MAKES OTHERS DO THAT
TOO.
BY THE EXPERIMENT EXPERIENCE
WE'D LOVE TO DO THAT TOO.
>> I THINK IT'S COOL.
IT'S SO SIMPLE AND IT'S SO COOL.
SCIENTISTS ARE USING THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TO
DEVELOP ROBOTS THAT COULD HELP
WITH SIMPLE TASKS SO ASTRONAUTS
WOULD HAVE MORE TIME TO DO
THINGS ONLY ASTRONAUTS CAN DO.
STATION COMMANDER CHRIS CASSIDY
GIVES US A LOOK AT HIS WORK WITH
THREE FLYING ROBOTS BEING
DEVELOPED BY NASA'S AMES
RESEARCH CENTER.
THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR ONE AND THE RIGHT
DOCKING STATION IT GOES IN
UPSIDE DOWN.
I WENT ASK GO THE SOME SNACKS,
SOME NUTS AND SOME HOT
CHOCOLATE.
SO, THE SCIENTIFIC TEAM IS IN
CALIFORNIA AT THE PAYLOAD
CONTROL CENTER IN HUNTSVILLE AND
OF COURSE I'M HERE. WE ARE AT 3
LOCATIONS WHERE WE'RE ALL
WORKING TOGETHER.
>>BY VIRTUE OF BEING 250 MILES
ABOVE THE EARTH AND ORBITING
OVER DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
PLANET EACH DAY THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
PROVIDES A HANDY SPOT FROM WHICH
TO GATHER DATA FROM A NUMBER OF
EXPERIMENTS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO
LEARN ABOUT THE HOME PLANET OF
THEIR CREATORS.
HERE'S LOOK AT A NUMBER
INCLUDING THE ONES THAT INVOLVE
ASTRONAUT WITH CAMERAS IN THEIR
HANDS.
>> EARTH'S CLIMATE IS THE
PRODUCT OF MANY RICH AND COMPLEX
SYSTEMS.
IT'S AFFECTED BY WATER IN ITS
MANY FORMS.
ON LAND, IN THE AIR, IN THE ON
THE GROUNDS AND AS ICE.
IT FIELDS INFLUENCES FROM
VEGETATION AND SOIL CONDITIONS,
FROM THE CARBON CYCLE, FROM
HUMAN IMPACTS.
WE STUDY AND OBSERVE OUR
PLANET'S OTHER CHANGING
POSITIONS IN MANY WAYS IN MANY
LOCATIONS.
ONE LOCATION IN PARTICULAR
PROVIDES A UNIQUE AND POWERFUL
VANTAGE POINT ALLOWING TO SEE
OUR PLANET IN HIGH DETAIL AND ON
A BROAD SCALE, SPACE.
>>THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION IS HOME TO MANY
INSTRUMENTS THAT HELP WITH THE
STUDY OF OUR PLANET IN A VARIETY
OF WAYS.
EACH IS AN AMAZING RESOURCE FOR
SCIENTISTS AND RESEARCHERS BUT
TOGETHER THEY PAINT A PICTURE OF
EARTH RICHER AND MORE DETAILED
THAN ANY ONE INSTRUMENT COULD
PROVIDE.
FROM THE VANTAGE POINT OF THE
ORBITING LABORATORY JEDI
PRODUCES 3-D VIEWS OF FOREST
HEIGHT AND STRUCTURE AND SURFACE
TOPOGRAPHY BENEATH.
FORESTS AND OTHER PLANT LIFE
RESPOND TO A VARIETY OF
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS AND IS
THE ECO STRESS INSTRUMENT ALLOWS
RESEARCHERS TO PROVIDE INSIGHTS
INTO HOW LIFE ON EARTH RESPONDS
TO CHANGES IN WATER
AVAILABILITY.
IT MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC CO2 WITH
HIGH ACCURACY HELPING
RESEARCHERS TO UNDERSTAND THE
IMPACTS OF THE CHANGES.
AND THROUGH THE USE OF TWO
CUTTING EDGE SPEC THROW IMAGES
ON THE STATION RESEARCHERS HAVE
ACCESS TO HIGHLY DETAILED
INFORMATION ON MATERIALS ACROSS
EARTH'S SURFACE, FROM
IDENTIFYING MINERALS AND ROCK
TYPES TO DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN
PLANT SPECIES.
THERE'S ANOTHER AND OFTEN
OVERLOOKED OBSERVE SHALL CREW
MEMBERS WITH DIGITAL CAMERAS.
OVER 3 MILLION IMAGES HAVE BEEN
COLLECTED FROM ASTRONAUTS FROM
THE STATION AND THEY CAN BE PUT
THROUGH A VARIETY OF USES.
BRANCH CHIEF OF THE SCIENCE
DOCTORATE AT JOHNSON SPACE
CENTER.
HE SAYS HAND HELD CAMERAS USED
BY THE CREW ACT AS COMPLIMENT
FOR THE DATA COLLECTED.
WHILE IT COMES DOWN TO THE
ABILITY TO TAKE PICTURES THAT
ARE PANORAMIC AND OBLIQUE VERSUS
A STRAIGHT DOWN LOOK.
THAT PANORAMIC VIEW CAN BE QUITE
USEFUL WHEN OBSERVING NATURAL
DISASTERS AS THEY OCCUR SUCH AS
WILD FIRES OR VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS.
HE EXPLAINS A CAMERA IS AN
EXCELLENT OTHER TOOL TO EXAMINE
THE PLUMES CREATED BYE WILD
FIRES BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU A 3
DIMENSIONAL PICTURE OF WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT ITS
STRUCTURE IS AND HOW FAR IT'S
EXTENDING.
THE OBSERVATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
PROVIDE SCIENCE CAPE ACTS THAT
ARE MORE THAN A SUM OF THEIR
PARTS.
THESE INSTRUMENTS ALONG WITH
PHOTOGRAPHER FROM CREW MEMBERS
SERVE TO KEEP MULTIFUNCTIONAL
EYE ON CONDITION OF OUR HOME
PLANET.
FOR MORE SCIENCE FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION GO
TO WWW.NASA.GOV/ISS/SCIENCE.
FOR MORE EYE OPENING INFORMATION
ABOUT SPACE EXPLORATION VISIT
SCIENCE.NASA.GOV.
>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION DOES PROVIDE THAT SPOT
TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE CHANGES
OCCURRING HERE ON THE PLANET.
BUT TURNS OUT IT DOES MORE THAN
THAT.
COSMONAUT SERGEY KRIKALEV AND
LATER COMMANDER OF EXPEDITION 11
AND 1 SAYS THE MORE THAN 800
DAYS SPENT IN SPACE OVER HIS
CAREER HELPED HIM DEVELOP HIS
PERSPECTIVE ON THE POWER OF
HUMAN BEINGS FROM ALL OVER THE
PLANET WORKING TOGETHER IN
SPACE.
>> I THINK GOOD SCIENCE
PHYSICIAN ASK AND BECAUSE OF
THAT I THOUGHT THAT'S PROBABLY
INTERESTING THING TO SPEND MY
LIFE ON.
FIRST ON ORBIT YOU START TO FEEL
WEIGHTLESSNESS AND I REMEMBER
FIRST TIME LOOKING OUTSIDE I WAS
AMAZED TO SEE THE HORIZON
BECAUSE BEFORE THAT, ALTHOUGH WE
KNEW THAT WE ARE ON THE GLOBE,
BUT FROM ORBIT TO SEE THE EARTH
AND THAT WAS THE FIRST SURPRISE.
AGAIN, I KNEW BUT TO SEE WITH
YOUR OWN EYES YOU HAVE A THIN
LAYER OF ATMOSPHERE AND THAT'S
AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE.
WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN YOU HAVE SOME
BLUE FILTER AND THIS BLUE FILTER
MAKES ALL COLORS NOT SO
DISTINCT.
SO REALLY GREEN IS NOT SO GREEN,
IT'S MORE LIKE BLUISH-GREEN.
BLUE IS MORE BLUE BECAUSE WE
HAVE MORE BLUE FROM THE
ATMOSPHERE.
WHERE WE HAVE REALLY BRIGHT
COLORS IS ON THE HORIZON
ESPECIALLY DURING SUNRISE AND
SUNSET.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF
BRIGHTNESS AND A LOT OF COLORS.
WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN, I REALIZE
LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND
THINGS ON THE SURFACE THAN WHEN
YOU DO IT ON THE MAP.
BECAUSE ON THE MAPS YOU HAVE
BORDERS.
BUT IN SPACE YOU HAVE NO BORDERS
AND YOU HAVE ONLY NATURAL
RIVERS, MOUNTAINS, BEACHES,
WATER AND FOREST.
SO YOU START TO UNDERSTAND THAT
IN MANY CASES OUR SEPARATION ON
THE EARTH IS MORE ARTIFICIAL.
WE'RE LIVING ON THE SAME SURFACE
SO YOU START TO FEEL LIKE WE'RE
MORE UNITED.
UNDERGROUND WE LIVE IN A
DIFFERENT COUNTRY WITH DIFFERENT
VIEWS.
BUT BEING IN SPACE WE ARE ALL
EXPOSED IN THE HARSH
ENVIRONMENT.
WE HAVE THE SAME MOTIVATION TO
GO UP AND MAJORITY WOULD SAY --
I WOULD SAY ALL OF US WHO ARE IN
SPACE START TO CARE ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENT AND ABOUT EARTH AND
ABOUT PEOPLE ON EARTH.
YOU START TO FEEL KIND OF A
BROTHERHOOD.
WE LIVE ON THE SAME EARTH.
WE'RE THE SAME.
BIGGER THAN THE STATION BUT
STILL WE'RE FLYING THROUGH SPACE
AND WE HAVE JOINED PROBLEMS
TOGETHER, ENVIRONMENTAL,
TECHNICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL
SOMETIMES, BUT WE NEED TO SOLVE
THESE PROBLEMS TOGETHER AND
THAT'S THE BEST WAY HOW TO DO
THAT.
I THINK WHAT WE DO IN SPACE AND
WHAT WE DO IN SPACE TOGETHER IS
A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW PEOPLE
NEED TO LIVE ON THE GROUND.
I KNOW THAT PEOPLE SOMETIMES TO
ARGUE AND NO GOOD REASON FOR
THAT.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE IN A
HARSH ENVIRONMENT YOU RELY ON
EACH OTHER AND TRY TO HELP
OTHER.
THAT'S HOW WE LIVE IN SPACE AND
THAT'S PROBABLY CAN BE A GOOD
EXAMPLE FOR PEOPLE ON THE
GROUND.
I'M HAPPY THAT ALL THIS
POLITICAL TURBULENCE DOESN'T
EFFECT US TOO MUCH.
WE TRY TO KEEP THIS PROTECTED
AND KEEP THIS GOOD EXAMPLE TO
SHOW MAYBE POLITICIANS AND MAYBE
OTHER PEOPLE IN MY COUNTRY, YOUR
COUNTRY, SHOWING THAT THAT'S
REALLY HOW WE NEED TO LIVE.
>>INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
CREW MEMBERS EACH SPEND YEARS IN
TRAINING TO PREPARE FOR THEIR
MISSION.
IT'S THE SORT OF TRAINING THAT
AWAITS THOSE MUCH THEIR
COLLEAGUES WHO WILL TAKE PART OF
THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM MISSIONS
WHICH WILL RETURN ASTRONAUTS TO
THE MOON BY 2024.
ACTORS FROM THE FILM "STAR WARS:
THE RISE OF SKYWALKER" SPENT A
DAY AT NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE
CENTER AND WORKED WITH
ASTRONAUTS ON A FEW OF THE
PIECES OF COOL TRAINING
EQUIPMENT THAT GET OUR
ASTRONAUTS READY FOR THEIR
MISSIONS OFF OF THE EARTH.
>> WE'RE AT NASA JOHNSON SPACE
CENTER AND WE'RE TRAINING TO BE
ASTRONAUTS.
NO BIG DEAL.
COME ON.
LET'S DO IT!
>> LET'S GO!
>> FIRST THING WE'LL SHOW YOU
WHAT IS'S CALLED A GRAVITY --
PEOPLE OFTEN THINK WE FLIP A
SWITCH AND SUDDENLY YOU'RE
FLOATING.
>> I WANT TO SEE HOW IT WORKS
WHEN YOU'RE 1/6 OF YOUR WEIGHT.
WE USE THAT TO DO THAT AND WE
WORK ON TOOLS AND SAMPLING
PROCEDURES.
FROM HERE WHAT WE DO IS JUMP OFF
THE GROUND AND WE'LL PUT YOU
INTO GRAVITY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO, THIS RIGHT HERE IS ZERO
GRAVITY.
IF I WERE TO PUSH YOU AND SAY,
SEE YA --
>> WHOA!
I REALIZE NOW WHY I WALK LIKE
THIS.
DO YOU WANT TO GO AND CHECK IT
OUT.
>> YES!
>> WE'LL TALK TO YOU A LITTLE
BIT AND MOVE SOME SEATS OVER
HERE I THINK REAL QUICK AND
WE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT
THEY ARE AND LET YOU CHANGE AND
COME OUT.
>> SO THEN, THERE'S PRESSURE
PUSHING IN ON YOUR BODY.
>> YOUR BODY WANTS TO EXPAND OUT
AND THAT'S WHY WE WEAR A SUIT
AROUND US THAT CREATES AN
ARTIFICIAL ATMOSPHERE.
>> YOU HAVE TRAINING IN TERMS OF
HOW QUICKLY YOU CAN GET IN AND
OUT OF THESE THINGS?
>> NO.
YOU HAVE TO KNOW IT REALLY WELL.
BUT WE DON'T DO DRILLS.
TYPICALLY YOU'RE HELPING EACH
OTHER GETTING IN AND OUT OF THEM
WHEN YOU'RE IN SPACE.
>> STAND UP.
>> WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU OUT OF
THE SUIT NOW BUT THEN TAKE YOU
OVER AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE
YOU'LL BE IN THE SUITS IN.
>> THIS IS THE ARTEMIS 1.
THIS IS THE GOING TO GO TO THE
MOON ABOUT 1 YEAR FROM NOW.
>> YES.
>> OH MY GOSH.
>> THIS IS THE DOCKING HATCH UP
HERE. WHEN WE GET TO THE
GATEWAY WE WILL DOCK AT THAT
PORT.
THERE WILL BE A HATCH UP THERE
THAT WE OPEN.
>> YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY
TO DRIVE THE ROCKET SO THAT THE
HOLES MATCH UP.
>> BINGO.
YOU KNOW HOW PRECISE IT IS.
FIRST MUCH ALL, RELATIVE TO THE
EARTH WE'RE GOING OVER 20,000
MILES AN HOUR AND WHEN WE DOCK,
WE MEET UP PLUS OR MINUS ONE
INCH AND ONE DEGREE.
>> THAT'S REALLY DIFFICULT.
>> WE DON'T ACCIDENTALLY HIT A
SWITCH.
>> WE'LL CHECK OUT THE MOCK-UP
FOR THE SPACE STATION WHICH WILL
SEEM LUXURIOUSLY LARGE.
>> YOU CAN PIN THAT TO THE WALL
AND YOU CAN FLOAT INSIDE OF YOUR
SLEEPING BAG AND TIGHTEN IT DOWN
IF YOU LIKE TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT
MORE STABLE.
>> OH MY GOSH.
THIS IS MAD.
>> WHAT'S THE DAY-TO-DAY LIKE IN
THIS ROOM?
>> IN THIS ROOM WE HAVE THREE
SHIFTS A DAY.
MY FAVORITE IS THE NIGHT SHIFT
AND YOU GET TO HANG OUT WITH THE
CREW.
>> ARE YOU READY?
>> NEXT ON THE LIST.
>> WHERE DO YOU GET THE
SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT TO WORK ON
NEXT?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WE GET A LOT FROM THE CREW
OFFICE OR THE CREW OFFICE SAYS
CAN WE MOVE AWAY FROM RED MEAT
AND POTATOES AND GET BRUSSEL
SPROUTS, BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND
THAT COMES FROM A LOT OF CREW
COMMENTS AS WELL AS INPUT FROM
THE NUTRITION LINE HERE AT JSC
THAT SAYS YOU SHOULD PROBABLY
GIVE MORE SALT.
SO ASTRONAUTS CAN HELP YOU.
>> WHICH ONE IS YOUR FAVORITE?
>> I WOULD SAY THE BUTTER SQUASH
IS MY FAVORITE.
>> I LIKE THE BRUSSEL SPROUTS I
THINK.
THEY'RE SO GOOD.
>> YOU HAD YOUR AFTERNOON SNACK.
ARE YOU READY TO DRIVE THE LUNAR
ROVER?
>> YES.
THE LUNAR SURFACE WILL BASICALLY
BE YOUR IN THE ROVER LIKE MEGAN
AND JESSICA WILL BE IN THE ROVER
FOR UP TO 14 DAYS TOGETHER AND
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ROVER.
THEY'LL GO OUT 14 DAYS AND ALL 4
OF YOU WILL GET IN ONE VEHICLE.
>> I THINK WE'RE THERE.
>> WHAT AN AMAZING DAY.
>> IT'S BEEN AMAZING.
MORE THAN I EXPECTED.
I JUST HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR
NASA.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US HERE.
>> WANT ANOTHER LOOK AT ANY OF
THOSE STORIES WE JUST FEATURED?
JUST GO TO YOUTUBE OR FACEBOOK.
THEY'RE THE PARTICULAR LETTERS.
AND WHEN YOU DO, BE SURE TO TAKE
A PEEK AT THE OTHER COOL YOU'LL
FIND THERE ABOUT NASA AND
AMERICA'S HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT
PROGRAM.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GOOD
CONVERSATION ABOUT HUMAN
SPACEFLIGHT AND SPACE
EXPLORATION, CHECK OUT HOUSTON
WE HAVE A PODCAST.
WHERE WE TALK TO PEOPLE AND
THEIR WORK IN ALL ASPECTS.
NEW EPISODES POST EVERY FRIDAY.
TODAY GARY JORDAN TALKS WITH THE
MAN WHO DESIGNED THE NASA LOGO
WHICH WAS BROUGHT OUT OF
RETIREMENT FOR OCCASIONAL USES
INCLUDING THE SPACEX DM2 VISION
THAT'S UNDERWAY.
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