>> IGNITION SEQUENCE STARTS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HERE'S A LOOK INSIDE THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM AT NASA
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON
AND MONITORING OPERATION
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
SYSTEMS AND WORKING WITH THE
EXPEDITION CREW MEMBERS AS THEY
FINISH UP A WORKWEEK AS A CREW
OF THREE.
COMMANDER CHRIS CASSIDY AND
YVONNE, CLOSED THE HATCH ON TWO
NASA CREW MATES LAST WEEKEND.
SPACEX CREW DRAGON UNDOCKED AND
CREATED SPECIAL SPACE VEHICLE
DELIVERING ASTRONAUTS TO AND
FROM LOWER EARTH ORBIT.
>> THIS WEEK'S SPLASHDOWN IN THE
GULF OF MEXICO.
SPACEX CREW DRAGON CARRYING
BEHNKEN AND DOUGLAS HURLEY OFF
THE PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.
AFTER RETURNING, THE ASTRONAUT
RETURNED TO HOUSTON WHERE THEY
WERE WELCOMED HOME BY FAMILY,
COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS.
THIS WAS THE FIRST SPLASHDOWN OF
AMERICAN CREW SPACECRAFT IN 25
YEARS.
IT COMPLETES THE FINANCIAL TEST
FLIGHT OF THE CREW DRAGON AND
MARKED THE NEW ERA IN HUMAN
SPACE FLIGHT.
BOB AND DOUG PARTICIPATED IN A
NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
SPACEWALKS DURING THEIR STACY
BOARD THE STATION.
THE ASTRONAUT DUO SPENT 64 DAYS
IN ORBIT, COMPLETED 1024 ORBITS
AROUND THE EARTH AND TRAVELLY --
THE ASTRONAUTS CONTRIBUTED MORE
THAN 100 HOURS OF TIME TO
SUPPORT IN THE ORBITING
LABORATORIES INVESTIGATIONS.
>> I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE'RE MOST PROUD OF IS
BRINGING LAUNCH CAPABILITY BACK
TO AMERICA AND LANDING SAFELY AT
THE END OF ALL OF THAT.
>> WE'RE ALMOST KIND OF
SPEECHLESS AS FAR AS HOW WELL
THE VEHICLE DID AND HOW WELL THE
MISSION WENT.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE HOW EXCITED
EVERYBODY WAS FOR OUR MISSION
AND FOLLOW ALONG AND WE HOPE IT
BRINGS BRIGHTNESS TO A TOUGH
2020.
>> THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONING COMES
-- HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT BOB AND
DOUG ROLE WILL BE.
SPACEX IS PREPARE FOR THE
OPERATIONAL FLIGHT OF CREW
DRAGON SPACECRAFT AFTER
CERTIFICATION.
THE MISSION WILL BE THE SECOND
TIME SPACEX'S CREW DRAGON WILL
CARRY ASTRONAUTS TO THE SPACE
STATION BUT THE FIRST IN SERIES
OF REGULAR, ROTATIONAL MISSION.
KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS
USING #ASK NASA.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
>> WE'RE COUNTING TOWN TO 20
CONTINUOUS YEARS OHUMANS ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
FOLLOW ALONG AT NASA.GOV.
>> THE FLIGHT OF DOUG HURLEY AND
BOB BEHNKEN CAPTURED THE IMAGE
NATION OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE
WORLD.
>> SPLASHDOWN.
>> WELCOME BACK TO PLANET EARTH.
THANKS FOR FLYING SPACEX.
♪
>> LIVE FROM INDIA.
♪
>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION'S MISSION IS TO
ENCOURAGE COMMERCIALIZATION OF
SPACE FLIGHT AND SPACE RESEARCH
AND SERVE AS A SCIENCE
LABORATORY TO SUPPORT FUTURE
EXPLORATION IN DEEP SPACE AND
PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION.
ALL OF THOSE GOALS COME TOGETHER
WHEN THE STATION IS USED AS A
LAUNCH PAD FOR A SERIES OF SMALL
SATELLITES KNOWN AS CUBE SATES.
>> SMALL SATELLITES BIG
DISCOVERY.
PRESENTED BY SCIENCE AT NASA.
>> REMEMBER THE OLD ADDAGE, BIG
THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES?
NASA HAS UPDATED IT.
IN THE FORM OF CUBE SAT.
IMAGINE REALLY WORKING SATELLITE
THAT'S SO SMALL YOU CAN HOLD IT
IN YOUR HAND.
JUST 4 INCHES THESE CUBES CAN BE
EXPANDED INCREMENTALLY.
ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED IN 1999 BY
CAL POLY ABIS PO AND STANFORD
UNIVERSITY, NASA HAS SINCE USED
THEM FOR NEW SCIENCE MISSIONS
AND TO TEST NEW ELECTRONICS,
SENSORS AND SOFTWARE THAT MIGHT
BE INCLUDED ON LARGER MISSIONS.
THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST SAID THE
ABILITY TO TEST NEW TECHNOLOGY
OF A LARGER SATELLITE MAKES THEM
INVALUABLE.
IT REALLY OPENS YOUR EYES TO
MANY POSSIBILITIES.
JUST AS EYE OPENING IS THE WAY
CUBE SATES ARE QUICK TO
UNLOCKING DATA.
WHILE CONVENTIONAL SATELLITE
HAVE LONG OBSERVED CLOUD AND
HAVE PROVIDED ESTIMATES OF THE
LIQUID PRESCRIPTION THEY HOLD,
THEY NEVER OBSERVE SMALLER ICE
PARTICLES.
THE CUBE SAT, KNOWN AS ICE CUBE
CONTAIN SUBMILLIMETER
RAIDOMETER.
AFTER BEING DEPLOYED IN
MAY 2017, ICE CUBE CREATED ICE
CLOUDS AROUND THE PLANET.
SOME DAY THIS TECHNIQUE MAY HELP
IMPROVE LONG RANGE WEATHER
MODELS IN FORECAST.
LONG WAIT FROM EARTH.
THEY TRAVELED TO MARS AND ONLY
CUBESATS TO LEAVE OTHER ORBIT.
MARCO A AND MARCO B CUBE SAT
BEGAN JOURNEY TO MAR.
ONE OF MARCO'S ROLE WAS TO HELP
RELAY COMMUNICATIONS DURING
INSIDE LANDING PROCESS.
LANDING DATA WAS TRANSMITTED TO
THE MARS ARE RECOGNIZANT ORBITER
WHERE ITS RADIO STORED
INFRAREDDED RESULT -- FORWARDED
RESULTS TO EARTH.
MARCO B WAS A ALLOWS
COMMUNICATION FROM MARTOS EARTH
TO HAPPEN IN ALMOST REALTIME.
ACCORDING TO CHARLES NORTON,
SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR SMALL
SPACECRAFT MISSION, ANOTHER
ADVANTAGE OF THE COMPACT CUBES
THEY ALLOW FOR FOCUSED
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRIES TO TAKE
PLACE.
IT'S A STUDENT PROJECT USING A
COMMERCIAL LABORATORY DETECTOR
IN SPACE.
MINKS MEASURES THE GAP IN ENERGY
COVERAGE.
BETWEEN TWO OTHER IMAGES.
THIS GAP REGION IN THE SOLAR
SPECTRUM IS IMPORTANT IN THE
OTHER'S IONOSPHERE AND ACTIVE
REGIONS.
OR CONSIDER A DISCOVERY AS
MONUMENTAL AS THE ORIGIN OF THE
UNIVERSE ITSELF.
ONE LONG STANDING MYSTERY FOR
ASTROPHYSICS, MIGHT BE FOUND
TODAY.
SCIENTISTS SUSPECT IT LIES IN
THE VERY HOT HALOS OF GAS THAT
SURROUND GALAXIES.
IT WILL EXAMINE X-RAYS FROM
OXYGEN ATOMS SURROUNDING OUR
MILKYWAY TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH
MISSING ATOM MY RESIDE.
WHILE SMALL IN SIZE, -- FOR IN
BEFORE OTHER SCIENCE MISSIONS
BOTH BIG AND SMALL, VISIT
SCIENCE.NASA--SCIENCE.NASA..GOV.
>> THEY WORK ON SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS THEY THEMSELVES DID
NOT DREAM UP.
HERE'S FIRST PART OF THE SPECIAL
SERIES THAT LOOKS AT SOME OF THE
OTHER PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE
PROGRAM WORK.
THE SCIENTISTS BEHIND THE
EXPERIMENTS.
>> FEELING WEIGHED DOWN.
FEELING THE CONSTANT PULL TO THE
EARTH?
WE ALL ARE.
IT'S GRAVITY.
IT'S A PART OF EVERY SINGLE
THING WE DO.
250 MILES ABOVE EARTH,
LABORATORY LIKE NO OTHER THAT
YOU'RES SOMETHING WE CAN'T GET
ON OUR HOME PLANET.
>> I'M A NASA ASTRONAUT, I FLEW
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION ABOARD EXPEDITION 56 AND
57.
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH
MICROGRAVITY I I GOT TO LIVE IN
MICROGRAVITY 197 DAYS.
WHAT IS MICROGRAVITY, GRAVITY
ACTS UPON ALL OBJECTS.
WE'RE NEVER TRULY IN ZERO
GRAVITY.
PAUSE THE SPACE STATION IS
TRAVELING SO FAST AROUND THE
SURFACE OF THE EARTH, WE'RE
ACTUALLY IN A CONSTANT FREE FALL
AND THAT'S WHY EVERYTHING AND
EVERYBODY APPEARS TO FLOAT ON
BOARD THE SPACE STATION.
>> WE ARE EXPERIENCING THE
EARTH'S GRAVITY.
WE'RE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCING
ABOUT 90% OF WHAT YOU ALL
EXPERIENCE ON THE SURFACE OF THE
EARTH.
THE DIFFERENCE IS, WE'RE JUST
MOVING SO FAST THAT AS WE FALL,
WE ACTUALLY FALL AROUND THE
EARTH.
THAT DEFINES ORBIT.
-- MICROGRAVITY MEANS ALL THE
OBJECTS ARE ALL TOGETHER AND
FALLING TOGETHER.
IT IS LOT OF FUN, FLOATING
AROUND IS ONE OF THE EXCITING
PARTS OF BEING UP HERE ON BOARD
AND BEING ASTRONAUT.
LEND ITSELF TO ALL THE AMAZING
EXPERIMENTS WE CAN DO ON BOARD
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT
MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT.
>> THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT
IT'S SO DIFFERENT WHAT WE HAVE
HERE ON THE GROUND, WHERE
EVERYTHING IS PULLED BY THE
EARTH WHAT WE CALL ONE FORCE OF
GRAVITY.
WHAT THAT DOES IT ALLOWS YOU TO
SEE THE SMALL FORCES, THE SMALL
PROCESSES, THE SMALL EFFECT WHAT
IS GOES ON IN LIFE, CELL
DEVELOPMENT OR TECHNICAL
PROCESSES LIKE COMBUSTION OR
FLUID FLOW.
IT HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND THINGS
THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE FULLY
UNDERSTOOD ON EARTH WHERE YOU
SEE SOMETHING HAPPENING,
SOMETHING ASSEMBLY OR THE SHAPE
OF SOMETHING NOW GOING INTO
THREE DIMENSIONS.
YOU LEARN, THAT'S REALLY WHAT
WAS DRIVING THIS THING ON EARTH
THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY
UNDERSTAND.
>> ON EARTH, GRAVITY IS
AFFECTING ALL RESEARCH WE DO.
SOMETIMES THAT CAN GET IN THE
WAY.
STUDYING THINGS IN DIFFERENT
ENVIRONMENTS CAN GIVE A BETTER
PICTURE OF HOW THEY WORK.
FROM DISEASES TO FIRES AND EVEN
THINGS THAT MAKE UP PRODUCTS
LIKE MILK OR SHAMPOO.
ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WE
PERFORM ONLY THE ISS IS SCIENCE.
PROBABLY 70% TO 80% OF OUR DAY
IS PERFORMING SCIENTIFIC
EXPERIMENTS.
>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION IS A GREAT PLACE TO DO
RESEARCH FOR SEVERAL
PERSPECTIVES.
ONE OF THOSE IS IT'S A BIG HUGE
SATELLITE ORBITING THE EARTH.
IF YOU WANT AN INSTRUMENT THAT
WANTS TO LOOK AT THE EARTH, WE
PROVIDE THE POWER, DATA AND
PLATFORM.
THE OUTSIDE OF THE ISS IS ALSO A
VERY EXTREME ENVIRONMENT AND
SOMETIMES YOU LEARN THINGS BY
EXPOSING YOUR HARDWARE, YOUR
POLYMERS TO DIFFERENT
ENVIRONMENT.
PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
PERVASIVE USES OF THE ISS IS THE
MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT.
THE THINGS WE DO INSIDE THE ISS.
TO BE ABLE TO DO YOUR EXPERIMENT
IN SPACE WITHOUT GRAVITY, WHICH
WE'VE ALL LIVED WITH FOREVER
HERE ON THE GROUND, WHICH WE
LIVE WITH EVERYDAY.
WE DON'T REALIZE HOW IT GOVERNS
SO MANY THINGS HAPPEN AROUND US.
IF YOU TAKE GRAVITY AWAY, SOME
OF THE SMALL PROCESSES AND
FORCES, START TO COME OUT AND
YOU CAN SEE THEM AND YOU CAN SEE
THE BEHAVIORS OF YOUR EXPERIMENT
HAPPENING DIFFERENTLY IN SPACE
AND IN MICROGRAVITY THAN YOU
WOULD ON THE GROUND.
>> IT TAKES LOT OF PEOPLE TO
MAKE ALL OF THAT MICROGRAVITY
SCIENCE HAPPEN.
4000 SCIENTISTS, COMPANIES AND
STUDENTS FROM OVER 100 COUNTRIES
HAVE SENT MORE THAN 2700
EXPERIMENTS TO THE ORBITING
LABORATORY.
OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, THESE
STUDIES HAVE UNLOCKED NEW
DISCOVERIES AND EVEN KICKED OFF
HUNDREDS OF NEW MICROGRAVITY
EXPERIMENTS.
>> WE'RE STUDYING THE PHYSIOLOGY
OF HOW BLOOD FLOW AND FLUID IN
OUR SHIFT AS A RESULT OF
MICROGRAVITY.
>> I SET UP A VEGGIE EXPERIMENT,
WILL BE GROWING LETTUCE UP HERE.
>> WE'VE BEEN HELPING START A
NEW EXPERIMENT CALLED THE COLD
ATOM LAB.
ALMOST DID ZERO.
>> WHO ARE THESE SCIENTISTS?
HOW DO THEY GET THEIR RESEARCH
ON THE SPACE STATION?
THIS SEASON WE'LL TAKE YOU
BEHIND THE SCENES YEARS OF
PREPARED EXPERIMENT ON SPACE.
YOU'LL SEE A LAUNCH OFF THE
PLANET.
HEAR WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAND OFF
OUR RESEARCH TO THE ASTRONAUT
WHO SERVE AS THE EYES AND HANDS
OF SCIENTISTS I BOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> THIS IS OUR FIRST PROJECT
THAT IS GOING UP TO THE STATION.
OUR FIRST PROJECT WORKING WITH
ANYONE INVOLVE IN THE SPACE
PROGRAM.
IT'S VERY EXCITING TIME FOR US.
>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
HOW ALL OF OUR PLANNING IS
PLAYED OUT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE HAS
THE EXPERIMENT IN THEIR HAND.
>> THE RANGE OF SCIENCE RESEARCH
DONE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION TODAY IS REMARKABLE.
THE STATION PROGRAM SCIENCE
OFFICE HOPES YOU CAN HELP EXPAND
IT.
IF YOU GOT A HYPOTHESIS TO TEST
THAT REQUIRES ELIMINATING
GRAVITY AS A VARIABLE, WE GOT A
RESEARCH PLATFORM FOR YOU.
>> HI, I'M NASA ASTRONAUT MEGHAN
McARTHUR.
DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS A
RESEARCH LABORATORY IN SPACE.
IT'S THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
IT'S A SCIENTIFIC STEPPINGSTONE
THAT ENABLE TO EXPLORE FARTHER
IN SPACE.
THE SPACE STATION PROVIDES
UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT OF
MICROGRAVITY, EXTREME CONDITIONS
AND AN OBSERVATION PLATFORM THAT
ENABLE RESEARCHES FROM ALL OVER
THE WORLD TO TEST THEORIES AND
TECHNOLOGIES OFF THE EARTH AND
IN AN EXTREME ENVIRONMENT UNLIKE
ANY OTHER.
WE WELCOME YOU TO JOIN US ON
STATION.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A ROCKET
SCIENTIST OR PART OF NASA TO
GAIN ACCESS TO THIS UNIQUE
LABORATORY.
DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT SPACE
FLIGHT?
THAT'S OKAY.
WE'RE HERE TO HELP PEOPLE JUST
LIKE YOU EVERYDAY.
YOU MIGHT BE CURIOUS ABOUT
FUNDING, CAPABILITIES OR ACCESS.
GIVE US A CALL OR E-MAIL.
WE'LL ASK YOU SOME BASIC
QUESTION ABOUT YOUR OBJECTIVES,
WHICH WILL HELP US POINT YOU TO
THE RIGHT PEOPLE WHO COULD MAKE
YOUR EXPERIMENT OR TEST YOUR
TECHNOLOGY POSSIBLE IN SPACE.
VISIT NASA.GOV/STATION
OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE DETAILED
IDEAS, ANSWERS AND CONTACT
INFORMATION OR FIND US AT THE
STATION RESEARCH CLIENT HELP
LINE.
WELCOME TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
YOU'LL SOON BE PART OF A
WORLDWIDE GROUP OF RESEARCHERS
MAKING DISCOVERIES ON THIS
AMAZING ORBITING VEHICLE.
ALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR
PLANET AND FUTURE EXPLORATION
BEYOND.
>> AN EXPEDITION ON BOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
DOESN'T JUST LEAD TO ADVANCES IN
SCIENCE.
IN SOME CASES, IT CAN CAUSE
CHANGES TO THE SCIENTISTS WHO
WORK THERE.
NASA ASTRONAUT JESSICA MEIR CAME
HOME THIS PAST SPRING.
SHE SAYS BEING IN SPACE WAS EVEN
BETTER THAN THE DREAM SHE HAD
ABOUT BEING AN ASTRONAUT WHEN HE
WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
THAT THE FEELING OF LOOKING DOWN
ON THE WHOLE WORLD OF HER
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE TOOK TIME TO
PROCESS.
>> IN FIRST GRADE WHEN WE WERE
ASKED TO DRAW A PICTURE WHAT WE
WANTED TO BE WHEN WE GREW UP.
I REMEMBER DRAWING A PICTURE OF
AN ASTRONAUT STANDING ON THE
SURFACE OF THE MOON, ICONIC
APOLLO IMAGE IN A SPACESUIT NEXT
TO THE FLAG ON THE MOON.
THAT'S WHAT I DREW THEN I WANTED
TO BE AN ASTRONAUT.
I SAID IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH
SINCE THAT TIME.
I KNEW THAT I WAS GOING TO BE
ECSTATIC BEING IN SPACE.
IT'S MY LIFELONG DREAM.
I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO MAKE ME
HAPPY.
I EVEN I DIDN'T EXPECT HOW
INCREDIBLE IT FELT.
I SAID THAT A LOT TO PEOPLE THAT
IT'S EVEN MORE INCREDIBLE THAN I
IMAGINED.
I THOUGHT SO MUCH ABOUT IT, I
KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE THE MOST
EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE OF MY
LIFE.
INWASN'T PREPARED -- I WASN'T
PREPARED FOR HOW I FELT FOR THE
LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT AND PURE JOY
THAT I FELT ALL THE TIME IN THAT
ENVIRONMENT.
I REALLY FELT LIKE I WAS HOME.
I FELT LIKE THAT WAS WHERE I
SHOULD BE.
I DON'T THINK I STOPPED SMILING
FOR PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE SEVEN
MONTHS.
I WOULD FIND MYSELF THINKING,
HOW CAN THIS BE REAL THAT I'M
FLOATING ABOVE THE PLANET AND
LOOKING DOWN ON IT.
EVEN AFTER SEVEN MONTHS, KNOWING
WHAT WE HAD DONE TO GET THERE
THAT I REALLY WORKED IF THERE.
IT'S HARD TO CONVINCE YOURSELF
THAT IT'S REALLY HAPPENING.
WHICH MADES FUNNY.
IT FELT THAT WAY LOOKING DOWN ON
THE EARTH.
WOW, THIS IS REAL.
I'M UP HERE FLOATING ABOVE THE
EARTH.
WHEN YOU'RE IN THE SPACE
STATION, THERE ARE STARS ALL
AROUND YOU.
YOU CAN REALLY FEEL IT THAT WAY.
THAT WAS A GOOD WAY TO DESCRIBE
IT.
YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S MORE THREE
DIMENSIONAL.
YOU GAVE UP INTO IT AND IT'S
REALLY JUST EXTRAORDINARY TO
THINK ABOUT THAT, TO THINK ABOUT
THAT SCALE AND LOOK BACK AT THE
EARTH.
THIS WAS REALLY WHAT HAD DRIVEN
ME SINCE I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD,
WHAT IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE TO
HAVE THAT FEELING AND LOOK BACK
ON THE PLANET AND YOU'RE NOT
THERE.
THAT'S THE PLACE, THE ONE PLACE
WHERE EVERYTHING HAS HAPPENED IN
YOUR LIFE, EVERYTHING HAPPENED
THROUGH THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF
THE HUMAN SPECIES.
EVERYTHING YOU DONE, ALL THE
PLACES YOU'VE BEEN.
EVERYTHING IS DOWN THERE IN ITS
ENTIRETY.
YOU'RE SEPARATE FROM THAT.
IT ACTUALLY DOES FEEL DIFFERENT
LOOKING AT EARTH THROUGH YOUR
ADVISOR, THROUGH YOUR HELMET
VERSUS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW.
THE COLORS ARE EVEN MORE VIBRANT
AND I THINK ALSO JUST MENTALLY,
PSYCHOLOGICALLY REALIZING THAT
THERE'S NOTHING BETWEEN THE
VACUUM OF SPACE EXCEPT FOR THIS
SPACESUIT AND YOUR VISOR.
THERE'S NOTHING BETWEEN YOU AND
IT.
YOU'RE REALLY OUT THERE YOUR OWN
LITTLE MINI-SPACECRAFT.
IT HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO BE
KEPT ALIVE.
IT'S JUST YOU.
YOU HAVE THE SINCE OF BEING BY
YOURSELF IN THIS ENVIRONMENT
WITH YOUR OWN LITTLE LIFE
SUPPORT SYSTEM.
I LOVE THAT FEELING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS EXACTLY
ABOUT THAT.
I FEEL REALLY PEACEFUL AND
RELAXED.
IN THE SPACESUIT YOU'RE LOOKING
DOWN AND SEEING THE EARTH FROM
THE OUTSIDE WITH YOUR OWN HUMAN
EYES.
IT CHANGES YOU AS A PERSON.
WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AND YOU'RE IN
THIS BLACKNESS, BLACKNESSFUL
SPACE.
SUDDENLY THERE'S THIS BRILLIANT
BLUE MARBLE.
IT'S SO EASY TO SEE FROM UP
THERE, WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER.
YOU DON'T SEE THOSE TWO
POLITICAL BOUNDARIES.
ALL THE MAN MADE BOUNDARIES.
YOU DON'T SEE THAT FROM SPACE.
YOU JUST FEEL THE SENSE OF
COMMONALITY MORE AND SOMETHING
THAT UNITES US ALL AND THAT
WE'RE ALL HUMAN.
>> EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT HERE
ON THE PLANET US WITH,
ASTRONAUTS ON COZ -- THEY ARE
AWARE OF DIFFICULTIES GOING ON.
THIS WEEK, WE GOT AN ENCOURAGING
MESSAGE FROM THE STATION
COMMANDER.
HAVE A LOOK.
♪
>> WANT ANOTHER LOOK AT ANY OF
THOSE STORIES WE FEATURED TODAY?
JUST GO TO YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK.
BE SURE TO LOOK AROUND.
THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER COOL STUFF
YOU CAN FIND ABOUT NASA AND
AMERICA'S HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT
PROGRAM.
WHEN YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GOOD
CONVERSATION ABOUT HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT AND SPACEX EXPLORATION.
THE PLACE TO GO IS HOUSTON WE
HAVE A PODCAST.
IT'S WHERE WE TALK TO FOLKS
ABOUT THEIR WORK IN ALL ASPECTS
OF SPACE EXPLORATION.
WE POST NEW EPISODES EVERY
FRIDAY.
TODAY THE MARS MONTHLY SERIES
RESUMES AS GARRY JORDAN TALKS
WITH A MARS INTEGRATION GROUP
ABOUT ALL THAT MUST BE
CONSIDERED AS THEY DESIGN THE
PLACE WHERE ASTRONAUTS WILL LIVE
DURING A MISSION TO MARS.
GO TO NASA.GOV/PODCAST FOR THIS
WEEK'S EPISODE AND ALL THE
PREVIOUS EPISODES ANDLY FULL
LIBRARY OF ALL THE NASA
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