1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,509 >> IGNITION SEQUENCE STARTS. 2 00:00:09,509 --> 00:00:10,477 >> GOOD MORNING. 3 00:00:10,477 --> 00:00:12,412 HERE'S A LOOK INSIDE THE 4 00:00:12,412 --> 00:00:13,213 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 5 00:00:13,213 --> 00:00:16,116 FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM AT NASA 6 00:00:16,116 --> 00:00:18,318 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON 7 00:00:18,318 --> 00:00:20,553 AND MONITORING OPERATION 8 00:00:20,553 --> 00:00:21,121 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 9 00:00:21,121 --> 00:00:24,357 SYSTEMS AND WORKING WITH THE 10 00:00:24,357 --> 00:00:26,092 EXPEDITION CREW MEMBERS AS THEY 11 00:00:26,092 --> 00:00:28,595 FINISH UP A WORKWEEK AS A CREW 12 00:00:28,595 --> 00:00:30,697 OF THREE. 13 00:00:30,697 --> 00:00:32,766 COMMANDER CHRIS CASSIDY AND 14 00:00:32,766 --> 00:00:36,569 YVONNE, CLOSED THE HATCH ON TWO 15 00:00:36,569 --> 00:00:39,272 NASA CREW MATES LAST WEEKEND. 16 00:00:39,272 --> 00:00:44,677 SPACEX CREW DRAGON UNDOCKED AND 17 00:00:44,677 --> 00:00:46,513 CREATED SPECIAL SPACE VEHICLE 18 00:00:46,513 --> 00:00:48,348 DELIVERING ASTRONAUTS TO AND 19 00:00:48,348 --> 00:00:57,023 FROM LOWER EARTH ORBIT. 20 00:00:57,023 --> 00:01:01,060 >> THIS WEEK'S SPLASHDOWN IN THE 21 00:01:01,060 --> 00:01:03,196 GULF OF MEXICO. 22 00:01:03,196 --> 00:01:05,198 SPACEX CREW DRAGON CARRYING 23 00:01:05,198 --> 00:01:08,868 BEHNKEN AND DOUGLAS HURLEY OFF 24 00:01:08,868 --> 00:01:12,038 THE PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. 25 00:01:12,038 --> 00:01:13,039 AFTER RETURNING, THE ASTRONAUT 26 00:01:13,039 --> 00:01:14,340 RETURNED TO HOUSTON WHERE THEY 27 00:01:14,340 --> 00:01:15,909 WERE WELCOMED HOME BY FAMILY, 28 00:01:15,909 --> 00:01:18,211 COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS. 29 00:01:18,211 --> 00:01:20,146 THIS WAS THE FIRST SPLASHDOWN OF 30 00:01:20,146 --> 00:01:24,384 AMERICAN CREW SPACECRAFT IN 25 31 00:01:24,384 --> 00:01:25,084 YEARS. 32 00:01:25,084 --> 00:01:26,252 IT COMPLETES THE FINANCIAL TEST 33 00:01:26,252 --> 00:01:27,387 FLIGHT OF THE CREW DRAGON AND 34 00:01:27,387 --> 00:01:29,022 MARKED THE NEW ERA IN HUMAN 35 00:01:29,022 --> 00:01:31,758 SPACE FLIGHT. 36 00:01:31,758 --> 00:01:32,425 BOB AND DOUG PARTICIPATED IN A 37 00:01:32,425 --> 00:01:35,795 NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS 38 00:01:35,795 --> 00:01:38,097 SPACEWALKS DURING THEIR STACY 39 00:01:38,097 --> 00:01:40,066 BOARD THE STATION. 40 00:01:40,066 --> 00:01:41,968 THE ASTRONAUT DUO SPENT 64 DAYS 41 00:01:41,968 --> 00:01:45,672 IN ORBIT, COMPLETED 1024 ORBITS 42 00:01:45,672 --> 00:01:51,010 AROUND THE EARTH AND TRAVELLY -- 43 00:01:51,010 --> 00:01:52,145 THE ASTRONAUTS CONTRIBUTED MORE 44 00:01:52,145 --> 00:01:53,880 THAN 100 HOURS OF TIME TO 45 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:55,448 SUPPORT IN THE ORBITING 46 00:01:55,448 --> 00:01:57,050 LABORATORIES INVESTIGATIONS. 47 00:01:57,050 --> 00:01:58,318 >> I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS 48 00:01:58,318 --> 00:02:02,188 THAT WE'RE MOST PROUD OF IS 49 00:02:02,188 --> 00:02:03,823 BRINGING LAUNCH CAPABILITY BACK 50 00:02:03,823 --> 00:02:06,326 TO AMERICA AND LANDING SAFELY AT 51 00:02:06,326 --> 00:02:08,361 THE END OF ALL OF THAT. 52 00:02:08,361 --> 00:02:09,262 >> WE'RE ALMOST KIND OF 53 00:02:09,262 --> 00:02:11,631 SPEECHLESS AS FAR AS HOW WELL 54 00:02:11,631 --> 00:02:13,800 THE VEHICLE DID AND HOW WELL THE 55 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,168 MISSION WENT. 56 00:02:15,168 --> 00:02:17,070 IT'S GREAT TO SEE HOW EXCITED 57 00:02:17,070 --> 00:02:19,873 EVERYBODY WAS FOR OUR MISSION 58 00:02:19,873 --> 00:02:23,576 AND FOLLOW ALONG AND WE HOPE IT 59 00:02:23,576 --> 00:02:25,411 BRINGS BRIGHTNESS TO A TOUGH 60 00:02:25,411 --> 00:02:26,145 2020. 61 00:02:26,145 --> 00:02:28,314 >> THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONING COMES 62 00:02:28,314 --> 00:02:32,719 -- HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT BOB AND 63 00:02:32,719 --> 00:02:35,221 DOUG ROLE WILL BE. 64 00:02:35,221 --> 00:02:35,822 SPACEX IS PREPARE FOR THE 65 00:02:35,822 --> 00:02:37,824 OPERATIONAL FLIGHT OF CREW 66 00:02:37,824 --> 00:02:39,125 DRAGON SPACECRAFT AFTER 67 00:02:39,125 --> 00:02:39,759 CERTIFICATION. 68 00:02:39,759 --> 00:02:51,604 THE MISSION WILL BE THE SECOND 69 00:02:51,604 --> 00:02:54,774 TIME SPACEX'S CREW DRAGON WILL 70 00:02:54,774 --> 00:02:55,975 CARRY ASTRONAUTS TO THE SPACE 71 00:02:55,975 --> 00:02:57,410 STATION BUT THE FIRST IN SERIES 72 00:02:57,410 --> 00:03:00,880 OF REGULAR, ROTATIONAL MISSION. 73 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:01,981 KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS 74 00:03:01,981 --> 00:03:10,089 USING #ASK NASA. 75 00:03:10,089 --> 00:03:11,157 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 76 00:03:11,157 --> 00:03:12,792 >> WE'RE COUNTING TOWN TO 20 77 00:03:12,792 --> 00:03:15,695 CONTINUOUS YEARS OHUMANS ON THE 78 00:03:15,695 --> 00:03:16,963 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 79 00:03:16,963 --> 00:03:31,344 FOLLOW ALONG AT NASA.GOV. 80 00:03:31,344 --> 00:03:33,379 >> THE FLIGHT OF DOUG HURLEY AND 81 00:03:33,379 --> 00:03:45,291 BOB BEHNKEN CAPTURED THE IMAGE 82 00:03:45,291 --> 00:03:46,526 NATION OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE 83 00:03:46,526 --> 00:03:47,660 WORLD. 84 00:03:47,660 --> 00:03:49,329 >> SPLASHDOWN. 85 00:03:49,329 --> 00:03:51,230 >> WELCOME BACK TO PLANET EARTH. 86 00:03:51,230 --> 00:03:59,639 THANKS FOR FLYING SPACEX. 87 00:03:59,639 --> 00:04:09,382 ♪ 88 00:04:09,382 --> 00:04:16,856 >> LIVE FROM INDIA. 89 00:04:16,856 --> 00:04:33,706 ♪ 90 00:04:33,706 --> 00:04:34,474 >> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 91 00:04:34,474 --> 00:04:36,542 STATION'S MISSION IS TO 92 00:04:36,542 --> 00:04:38,645 ENCOURAGE COMMERCIALIZATION OF 93 00:04:38,645 --> 00:04:40,380 SPACE FLIGHT AND SPACE RESEARCH 94 00:04:40,380 --> 00:04:43,082 AND SERVE AS A SCIENCE 95 00:04:43,082 --> 00:04:45,218 LABORATORY TO SUPPORT FUTURE 96 00:04:45,218 --> 00:04:46,953 EXPLORATION IN DEEP SPACE AND 97 00:04:46,953 --> 00:04:47,820 PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL 98 00:04:47,820 --> 00:04:48,421 COOPERATION. 99 00:04:48,421 --> 00:04:50,657 ALL OF THOSE GOALS COME TOGETHER 100 00:04:50,657 --> 00:04:53,426 WHEN THE STATION IS USED AS A 101 00:04:53,426 --> 00:04:54,894 LAUNCH PAD FOR A SERIES OF SMALL 102 00:04:54,894 --> 00:05:02,635 SATELLITES KNOWN AS CUBE SATES. 103 00:05:02,635 --> 00:05:04,103 >> SMALL SATELLITES BIG 104 00:05:04,103 --> 00:05:04,671 DISCOVERY. 105 00:05:04,671 --> 00:05:11,844 PRESENTED BY SCIENCE AT NASA. 106 00:05:11,844 --> 00:05:13,780 >> REMEMBER THE OLD ADDAGE, BIG 107 00:05:13,780 --> 00:05:16,115 THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES? 108 00:05:16,115 --> 00:05:17,850 NASA HAS UPDATED IT. 109 00:05:17,850 --> 00:05:23,823 IN THE FORM OF CUBE SAT. 110 00:05:23,823 --> 00:05:25,591 IMAGINE REALLY WORKING SATELLITE 111 00:05:25,591 --> 00:05:26,826 THAT'S SO SMALL YOU CAN HOLD IT 112 00:05:26,826 --> 00:05:30,363 IN YOUR HAND. 113 00:05:30,363 --> 00:05:32,031 JUST 4 INCHES THESE CUBES CAN BE 114 00:05:32,031 --> 00:05:35,201 EXPANDED INCREMENTALLY. 115 00:05:35,201 --> 00:05:38,004 ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED IN 1999 BY 116 00:05:38,004 --> 00:05:42,542 CAL POLY ABIS PO AND STANFORD 117 00:05:42,542 --> 00:05:44,310 UNIVERSITY, NASA HAS SINCE USED 118 00:05:44,310 --> 00:05:45,878 THEM FOR NEW SCIENCE MISSIONS 119 00:05:45,878 --> 00:05:48,081 AND TO TEST NEW ELECTRONICS, 120 00:05:48,081 --> 00:05:49,982 SENSORS AND SOFTWARE THAT MIGHT 121 00:05:49,982 --> 00:05:54,187 BE INCLUDED ON LARGER MISSIONS. 122 00:05:54,187 --> 00:05:58,925 THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST SAID THE 123 00:05:58,925 --> 00:06:00,893 ABILITY TO TEST NEW TECHNOLOGY 124 00:06:00,893 --> 00:06:03,696 OF A LARGER SATELLITE MAKES THEM 125 00:06:03,696 --> 00:06:04,564 INVALUABLE. 126 00:06:04,564 --> 00:06:05,698 IT REALLY OPENS YOUR EYES TO 127 00:06:05,698 --> 00:06:07,633 MANY POSSIBILITIES. 128 00:06:07,633 --> 00:06:10,803 JUST AS EYE OPENING IS THE WAY 129 00:06:10,803 --> 00:06:12,939 CUBE SATES ARE QUICK TO 130 00:06:12,939 --> 00:06:15,341 UNLOCKING DATA. 131 00:06:15,341 --> 00:06:16,209 WHILE CONVENTIONAL SATELLITE 132 00:06:16,209 --> 00:06:17,944 HAVE LONG OBSERVED CLOUD AND 133 00:06:17,944 --> 00:06:20,179 HAVE PROVIDED ESTIMATES OF THE 134 00:06:20,179 --> 00:06:22,882 LIQUID PRESCRIPTION THEY HOLD, 135 00:06:22,882 --> 00:06:25,985 THEY NEVER OBSERVE SMALLER ICE 136 00:06:25,985 --> 00:06:27,153 PARTICLES. 137 00:06:27,153 --> 00:06:30,323 THE CUBE SAT, KNOWN AS ICE CUBE 138 00:06:30,323 --> 00:06:39,899 CONTAIN SUBMILLIMETER 139 00:06:39,899 --> 00:06:41,934 RAIDOMETER. 140 00:06:41,934 --> 00:06:43,503 AFTER BEING DEPLOYED IN 141 00:06:43,503 --> 00:06:47,473 MAY 2017, ICE CUBE CREATED ICE 142 00:06:47,473 --> 00:06:49,375 CLOUDS AROUND THE PLANET. 143 00:06:49,375 --> 00:06:51,577 SOME DAY THIS TECHNIQUE MAY HELP 144 00:06:51,577 --> 00:06:53,146 IMPROVE LONG RANGE WEATHER 145 00:06:53,146 --> 00:06:55,481 MODELS IN FORECAST. 146 00:06:55,481 --> 00:06:58,284 LONG WAIT FROM EARTH. 147 00:06:58,284 --> 00:07:00,153 THEY TRAVELED TO MARS AND ONLY 148 00:07:00,153 --> 00:07:06,325 CUBESATS TO LEAVE OTHER ORBIT. 149 00:07:06,325 --> 00:07:13,599 MARCO A AND MARCO B CUBE SAT 150 00:07:13,599 --> 00:07:15,034 BEGAN JOURNEY TO MAR. 151 00:07:15,034 --> 00:07:17,036 ONE OF MARCO'S ROLE WAS TO HELP 152 00:07:17,036 --> 00:07:19,372 RELAY COMMUNICATIONS DURING 153 00:07:19,372 --> 00:07:21,040 INSIDE LANDING PROCESS. 154 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:22,074 LANDING DATA WAS TRANSMITTED TO 155 00:07:22,074 --> 00:07:25,278 THE MARS ARE RECOGNIZANT ORBITER 156 00:07:25,278 --> 00:07:27,013 WHERE ITS RADIO STORED 157 00:07:27,013 --> 00:07:30,183 INFRAREDDED RESULT -- FORWARDED 158 00:07:30,183 --> 00:07:31,918 RESULTS TO EARTH. 159 00:07:31,918 --> 00:07:35,988 MARCO B WAS A ALLOWS 160 00:07:35,988 --> 00:07:36,956 COMMUNICATION FROM MARTOS EARTH 161 00:07:36,956 --> 00:07:40,293 TO HAPPEN IN ALMOST REALTIME. 162 00:07:40,293 --> 00:07:41,861 ACCORDING TO CHARLES NORTON, 163 00:07:41,861 --> 00:07:45,965 SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR SMALL 164 00:07:45,965 --> 00:07:48,134 SPACECRAFT MISSION, ANOTHER 165 00:07:48,134 --> 00:07:50,970 ADVANTAGE OF THE COMPACT CUBES 166 00:07:50,970 --> 00:07:52,705 THEY ALLOW FOR FOCUSED 167 00:07:52,705 --> 00:07:54,974 SCIENTIFIC INQUIRIES TO TAKE 168 00:07:54,974 --> 00:07:55,942 PLACE. 169 00:07:55,942 --> 00:08:01,113 IT'S A STUDENT PROJECT USING A 170 00:08:01,113 --> 00:08:02,548 COMMERCIAL LABORATORY DETECTOR 171 00:08:02,548 --> 00:08:06,319 IN SPACE. 172 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:09,689 MINKS MEASURES THE GAP IN ENERGY 173 00:08:09,689 --> 00:08:10,556 COVERAGE. 174 00:08:10,556 --> 00:08:12,592 BETWEEN TWO OTHER IMAGES. 175 00:08:12,592 --> 00:08:15,628 THIS GAP REGION IN THE SOLAR 176 00:08:15,628 --> 00:08:18,431 SPECTRUM IS IMPORTANT IN THE 177 00:08:18,431 --> 00:08:22,735 OTHER'S IONOSPHERE AND ACTIVE 178 00:08:22,735 --> 00:08:24,770 REGIONS. 179 00:08:24,770 --> 00:08:25,771 OR CONSIDER A DISCOVERY AS 180 00:08:25,771 --> 00:08:28,174 MONUMENTAL AS THE ORIGIN OF THE 181 00:08:28,174 --> 00:08:29,642 UNIVERSE ITSELF. 182 00:08:29,642 --> 00:08:36,182 ONE LONG STANDING MYSTERY FOR 183 00:08:36,182 --> 00:08:39,952 ASTROPHYSICS, MIGHT BE FOUND 184 00:08:39,952 --> 00:08:41,654 TODAY. 185 00:08:41,654 --> 00:08:42,955 SCIENTISTS SUSPECT IT LIES IN 186 00:08:42,955 --> 00:08:46,125 THE VERY HOT HALOS OF GAS THAT 187 00:08:46,125 --> 00:08:49,896 SURROUND GALAXIES. 188 00:08:49,896 --> 00:08:51,731 IT WILL EXAMINE X-RAYS FROM 189 00:08:51,731 --> 00:08:54,667 OXYGEN ATOMS SURROUNDING OUR 190 00:08:54,667 --> 00:08:57,637 MILKYWAY TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH 191 00:08:57,637 --> 00:09:00,373 MISSING ATOM MY RESIDE. 192 00:09:00,373 --> 00:09:14,387 WHILE SMALL IN SIZE, -- FOR IN 193 00:09:14,387 --> 00:09:16,122 BEFORE OTHER SCIENCE MISSIONS 194 00:09:16,122 --> 00:09:19,125 BOTH BIG AND SMALL, VISIT 195 00:09:19,125 --> 00:09:33,139 SCIENCE.NASA--SCIENCE.NASA..GOV. 196 00:09:33,139 --> 00:09:34,407 >> THEY WORK ON SCIENCE 197 00:09:34,407 --> 00:09:35,741 EXPERIMENTS THEY THEMSELVES DID 198 00:09:35,741 --> 00:09:37,543 NOT DREAM UP. 199 00:09:37,543 --> 00:09:38,878 HERE'S FIRST PART OF THE SPECIAL 200 00:09:38,878 --> 00:09:40,346 SERIES THAT LOOKS AT SOME OF THE 201 00:09:40,346 --> 00:09:41,747 OTHER PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE 202 00:09:41,747 --> 00:09:43,416 PROGRAM WORK. 203 00:09:43,416 --> 00:09:44,650 THE SCIENTISTS BEHIND THE 204 00:09:44,650 --> 00:09:48,421 EXPERIMENTS. 205 00:09:48,421 --> 00:09:49,889 >> FEELING WEIGHED DOWN. 206 00:09:49,889 --> 00:09:51,357 FEELING THE CONSTANT PULL TO THE 207 00:09:51,357 --> 00:09:52,124 EARTH? 208 00:09:52,124 --> 00:09:53,926 WE ALL ARE. 209 00:09:53,926 --> 00:09:54,260 IT'S GRAVITY. 210 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:59,098 IT'S A PART OF EVERY SINGLE 211 00:09:59,098 --> 00:10:02,068 THING WE DO. 212 00:10:02,068 --> 00:10:04,470 250 MILES ABOVE EARTH, 213 00:10:04,470 --> 00:10:06,839 LABORATORY LIKE NO OTHER THAT 214 00:10:06,839 --> 00:10:08,441 YOU'RES SOMETHING WE CAN'T GET 215 00:10:08,441 --> 00:10:43,909 ON OUR HOME PLANET. 216 00:10:43,909 --> 00:10:46,746 >> I'M A NASA ASTRONAUT, I FLEW 217 00:10:46,746 --> 00:10:47,279 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 218 00:10:47,279 --> 00:10:50,983 STATION ABOARD EXPEDITION 56 AND 219 00:10:50,983 --> 00:10:51,751 57. 220 00:10:51,751 --> 00:10:52,518 MY RELATIONSHIP WITH 221 00:10:52,518 --> 00:10:58,491 MICROGRAVITY I I GOT TO LIVE IN 222 00:10:58,491 --> 00:11:02,228 MICROGRAVITY 197 DAYS. 223 00:11:02,228 --> 00:11:04,864 WHAT IS MICROGRAVITY, GRAVITY 224 00:11:04,864 --> 00:11:07,867 ACTS UPON ALL OBJECTS. 225 00:11:07,867 --> 00:11:09,869 WE'RE NEVER TRULY IN ZERO 226 00:11:09,869 --> 00:11:10,369 GRAVITY. 227 00:11:10,369 --> 00:11:11,203 PAUSE THE SPACE STATION IS 228 00:11:11,203 --> 00:11:12,538 TRAVELING SO FAST AROUND THE 229 00:11:12,538 --> 00:11:13,906 SURFACE OF THE EARTH, WE'RE 230 00:11:13,906 --> 00:11:15,474 ACTUALLY IN A CONSTANT FREE FALL 231 00:11:15,474 --> 00:11:17,009 AND THAT'S WHY EVERYTHING AND 232 00:11:17,009 --> 00:11:19,045 EVERYBODY APPEARS TO FLOAT ON 233 00:11:19,045 --> 00:11:21,080 BOARD THE SPACE STATION. 234 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:22,214 >> WE ARE EXPERIENCING THE 235 00:11:22,214 --> 00:11:24,050 EARTH'S GRAVITY. 236 00:11:24,050 --> 00:11:25,217 WE'RE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCING 237 00:11:25,217 --> 00:11:28,054 ABOUT 90% OF WHAT YOU ALL 238 00:11:28,054 --> 00:11:29,155 EXPERIENCE ON THE SURFACE OF THE 239 00:11:29,155 --> 00:11:29,755 EARTH. 240 00:11:29,755 --> 00:11:30,890 THE DIFFERENCE IS, WE'RE JUST 241 00:11:30,890 --> 00:11:33,059 MOVING SO FAST THAT AS WE FALL, 242 00:11:33,059 --> 00:11:34,493 WE ACTUALLY FALL AROUND THE 243 00:11:34,493 --> 00:11:35,394 EARTH. 244 00:11:35,394 --> 00:11:38,230 THAT DEFINES ORBIT. 245 00:11:38,230 --> 00:11:45,871 -- MICROGRAVITY MEANS ALL THE 246 00:11:45,871 --> 00:11:47,640 OBJECTS ARE ALL TOGETHER AND 247 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:48,674 FALLING TOGETHER. 248 00:11:48,674 --> 00:11:50,009 IT IS LOT OF FUN, FLOATING 249 00:11:50,009 --> 00:11:51,911 AROUND IS ONE OF THE EXCITING 250 00:11:51,911 --> 00:11:53,546 PARTS OF BEING UP HERE ON BOARD 251 00:11:53,546 --> 00:11:56,816 AND BEING ASTRONAUT. 252 00:11:56,816 --> 00:11:58,451 LEND ITSELF TO ALL THE AMAZING 253 00:11:58,451 --> 00:11:59,752 EXPERIMENTS WE CAN DO ON BOARD 254 00:11:59,752 --> 00:12:03,255 TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT 255 00:12:03,255 --> 00:12:06,158 MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT. 256 00:12:06,158 --> 00:12:07,493 >> THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT 257 00:12:07,493 --> 00:12:08,761 IT'S SO DIFFERENT WHAT WE HAVE 258 00:12:08,761 --> 00:12:10,563 HERE ON THE GROUND, WHERE 259 00:12:10,563 --> 00:12:11,564 EVERYTHING IS PULLED BY THE 260 00:12:11,564 --> 00:12:14,033 EARTH WHAT WE CALL ONE FORCE OF 261 00:12:14,033 --> 00:12:14,533 GRAVITY. 262 00:12:14,533 --> 00:12:18,671 WHAT THAT DOES IT ALLOWS YOU TO 263 00:12:18,671 --> 00:12:20,406 SEE THE SMALL FORCES, THE SMALL 264 00:12:20,406 --> 00:12:22,174 PROCESSES, THE SMALL EFFECT WHAT 265 00:12:22,174 --> 00:12:24,376 IS GOES ON IN LIFE, CELL 266 00:12:24,376 --> 00:12:25,911 DEVELOPMENT OR TECHNICAL 267 00:12:25,911 --> 00:12:28,047 PROCESSES LIKE COMBUSTION OR 268 00:12:28,047 --> 00:12:29,115 FLUID FLOW. 269 00:12:29,115 --> 00:12:30,583 IT HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND THINGS 270 00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:32,485 THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE FULLY 271 00:12:32,485 --> 00:12:34,053 UNDERSTOOD ON EARTH WHERE YOU 272 00:12:34,053 --> 00:12:35,588 SEE SOMETHING HAPPENING, 273 00:12:35,588 --> 00:12:37,923 SOMETHING ASSEMBLY OR THE SHAPE 274 00:12:37,923 --> 00:12:39,625 OF SOMETHING NOW GOING INTO 275 00:12:39,625 --> 00:12:41,160 THREE DIMENSIONS. 276 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:42,795 YOU LEARN, THAT'S REALLY WHAT 277 00:12:42,795 --> 00:12:44,263 WAS DRIVING THIS THING ON EARTH 278 00:12:44,263 --> 00:12:45,164 THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY 279 00:12:45,164 --> 00:12:47,199 UNDERSTAND. 280 00:12:47,199 --> 00:12:48,934 >> ON EARTH, GRAVITY IS 281 00:12:48,934 --> 00:12:51,003 AFFECTING ALL RESEARCH WE DO. 282 00:12:51,003 --> 00:12:52,271 SOMETIMES THAT CAN GET IN THE 283 00:12:52,271 --> 00:12:53,472 WAY. 284 00:12:53,472 --> 00:12:54,406 STUDYING THINGS IN DIFFERENT 285 00:12:54,406 --> 00:12:56,142 ENVIRONMENTS CAN GIVE A BETTER 286 00:12:56,142 --> 00:12:57,877 PICTURE OF HOW THEY WORK. 287 00:12:57,877 --> 00:12:59,345 FROM DISEASES TO FIRES AND EVEN 288 00:12:59,345 --> 00:13:00,513 THINGS THAT MAKE UP PRODUCTS 289 00:13:00,513 --> 00:13:02,481 LIKE MILK OR SHAMPOO. 290 00:13:02,481 --> 00:13:04,750 ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WE 291 00:13:04,750 --> 00:13:06,685 PERFORM ONLY THE ISS IS SCIENCE. 292 00:13:06,685 --> 00:13:08,554 PROBABLY 70% TO 80% OF OUR DAY 293 00:13:08,554 --> 00:13:10,256 IS PERFORMING SCIENTIFIC 294 00:13:10,256 --> 00:13:10,856 EXPERIMENTS. 295 00:13:10,856 --> 00:13:11,624 >> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 296 00:13:11,624 --> 00:13:13,659 STATION IS A GREAT PLACE TO DO 297 00:13:13,659 --> 00:13:15,127 RESEARCH FOR SEVERAL 298 00:13:15,127 --> 00:13:15,761 PERSPECTIVES. 299 00:13:15,761 --> 00:13:18,797 ONE OF THOSE IS IT'S A BIG HUGE 300 00:13:18,797 --> 00:13:20,432 SATELLITE ORBITING THE EARTH. 301 00:13:20,432 --> 00:13:21,567 IF YOU WANT AN INSTRUMENT THAT 302 00:13:21,567 --> 00:13:23,402 WANTS TO LOOK AT THE EARTH, WE 303 00:13:23,402 --> 00:13:25,137 PROVIDE THE POWER, DATA AND 304 00:13:25,137 --> 00:13:25,838 PLATFORM. 305 00:13:25,838 --> 00:13:30,309 THE OUTSIDE OF THE ISS IS ALSO A 306 00:13:30,309 --> 00:13:31,944 VERY EXTREME ENVIRONMENT AND 307 00:13:31,944 --> 00:13:33,679 SOMETIMES YOU LEARN THINGS BY 308 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:36,949 EXPOSING YOUR HARDWARE, YOUR 309 00:13:36,949 --> 00:13:39,985 POLYMERS TO DIFFERENT 310 00:13:39,985 --> 00:13:40,286 ENVIRONMENT. 311 00:13:40,286 --> 00:13:44,023 PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST 312 00:13:44,023 --> 00:13:47,226 PERVASIVE USES OF THE ISS IS THE 313 00:13:47,226 --> 00:13:48,194 MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT. 314 00:13:48,194 --> 00:13:50,663 THE THINGS WE DO INSIDE THE ISS. 315 00:13:50,663 --> 00:13:51,931 TO BE ABLE TO DO YOUR EXPERIMENT 316 00:13:51,931 --> 00:13:54,066 IN SPACE WITHOUT GRAVITY, WHICH 317 00:13:54,066 --> 00:13:55,968 WE'VE ALL LIVED WITH FOREVER 318 00:13:55,968 --> 00:13:57,736 HERE ON THE GROUND, WHICH WE 319 00:13:57,736 --> 00:13:58,571 LIVE WITH EVERYDAY. 320 00:13:58,571 --> 00:14:01,240 WE DON'T REALIZE HOW IT GOVERNS 321 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,542 SO MANY THINGS HAPPEN AROUND US. 322 00:14:03,542 --> 00:14:05,411 IF YOU TAKE GRAVITY AWAY, SOME 323 00:14:05,411 --> 00:14:07,046 OF THE SMALL PROCESSES AND 324 00:14:07,046 --> 00:14:08,981 FORCES, START TO COME OUT AND 325 00:14:08,981 --> 00:14:10,516 YOU CAN SEE THEM AND YOU CAN SEE 326 00:14:10,516 --> 00:14:12,818 THE BEHAVIORS OF YOUR EXPERIMENT 327 00:14:12,818 --> 00:14:14,253 HAPPENING DIFFERENTLY IN SPACE 328 00:14:14,253 --> 00:14:15,654 AND IN MICROGRAVITY THAN YOU 329 00:14:15,654 --> 00:14:17,156 WOULD ON THE GROUND. 330 00:14:17,156 --> 00:14:18,324 >> IT TAKES LOT OF PEOPLE TO 331 00:14:18,324 --> 00:14:20,159 MAKE ALL OF THAT MICROGRAVITY 332 00:14:20,159 --> 00:14:21,727 SCIENCE HAPPEN. 333 00:14:21,727 --> 00:14:23,862 4000 SCIENTISTS, COMPANIES AND 334 00:14:23,862 --> 00:14:26,232 STUDENTS FROM OVER 100 COUNTRIES 335 00:14:26,232 --> 00:14:29,268 HAVE SENT MORE THAN 2700 336 00:14:29,268 --> 00:14:30,636 EXPERIMENTS TO THE ORBITING 337 00:14:30,636 --> 00:14:31,303 LABORATORY. 338 00:14:31,303 --> 00:14:33,505 OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, THESE 339 00:14:33,505 --> 00:14:34,773 STUDIES HAVE UNLOCKED NEW 340 00:14:34,773 --> 00:14:36,775 DISCOVERIES AND EVEN KICKED OFF 341 00:14:36,775 --> 00:14:38,744 HUNDREDS OF NEW MICROGRAVITY 342 00:14:38,744 --> 00:14:42,781 EXPERIMENTS. 343 00:14:42,781 --> 00:14:45,184 >> WE'RE STUDYING THE PHYSIOLOGY 344 00:14:45,184 --> 00:14:49,154 OF HOW BLOOD FLOW AND FLUID IN 345 00:14:49,154 --> 00:14:50,990 OUR SHIFT AS A RESULT OF 346 00:14:50,990 --> 00:14:51,657 MICROGRAVITY. 347 00:14:51,657 --> 00:14:54,593 >> I SET UP A VEGGIE EXPERIMENT, 348 00:14:54,593 --> 00:14:56,428 WILL BE GROWING LETTUCE UP HERE. 349 00:14:56,428 --> 00:14:57,563 >> WE'VE BEEN HELPING START A 350 00:14:57,563 --> 00:15:01,467 NEW EXPERIMENT CALLED THE COLD 351 00:15:01,467 --> 00:15:03,569 ATOM LAB. 352 00:15:03,569 --> 00:15:04,937 ALMOST DID ZERO. 353 00:15:04,937 --> 00:15:06,772 >> WHO ARE THESE SCIENTISTS? 354 00:15:06,772 --> 00:15:08,307 HOW DO THEY GET THEIR RESEARCH 355 00:15:08,307 --> 00:15:10,709 ON THE SPACE STATION? 356 00:15:10,709 --> 00:15:12,778 THIS SEASON WE'LL TAKE YOU 357 00:15:12,778 --> 00:15:15,047 BEHIND THE SCENES YEARS OF 358 00:15:15,047 --> 00:15:17,650 PREPARED EXPERIMENT ON SPACE. 359 00:15:17,650 --> 00:15:18,917 YOU'LL SEE A LAUNCH OFF THE 360 00:15:18,917 --> 00:15:19,718 PLANET. 361 00:15:19,718 --> 00:15:21,120 HEAR WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAND OFF 362 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:22,721 OUR RESEARCH TO THE ASTRONAUT 363 00:15:22,721 --> 00:15:25,224 WHO SERVE AS THE EYES AND HANDS 364 00:15:25,224 --> 00:15:26,725 OF SCIENTISTS I BOARD THE 365 00:15:26,725 --> 00:15:39,338 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 366 00:15:39,338 --> 00:15:40,439 >> THIS IS OUR FIRST PROJECT 367 00:15:40,439 --> 00:15:42,374 THAT IS GOING UP TO THE STATION. 368 00:15:42,374 --> 00:15:43,609 OUR FIRST PROJECT WORKING WITH 369 00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:44,777 ANYONE INVOLVE IN THE SPACE 370 00:15:44,777 --> 00:15:45,477 PROGRAM. 371 00:15:45,477 --> 00:15:47,880 IT'S VERY EXCITING TIME FOR US. 372 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:49,048 >> IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE 373 00:15:49,048 --> 00:15:51,150 HOW ALL OF OUR PLANNING IS 374 00:15:51,150 --> 00:15:53,085 PLAYED OUT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE HAS 375 00:15:53,085 --> 00:16:03,262 THE EXPERIMENT IN THEIR HAND. 376 00:16:03,262 --> 00:16:04,763 >> THE RANGE OF SCIENCE RESEARCH 377 00:16:04,763 --> 00:16:05,397 DONE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 378 00:16:05,397 --> 00:16:08,000 STATION TODAY IS REMARKABLE. 379 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,935 THE STATION PROGRAM SCIENCE 380 00:16:09,935 --> 00:16:11,670 OFFICE HOPES YOU CAN HELP EXPAND 381 00:16:11,670 --> 00:16:12,971 IT. 382 00:16:12,971 --> 00:16:15,174 IF YOU GOT A HYPOTHESIS TO TEST 383 00:16:15,174 --> 00:16:16,842 THAT REQUIRES ELIMINATING 384 00:16:16,842 --> 00:16:18,944 GRAVITY AS A VARIABLE, WE GOT A 385 00:16:18,944 --> 00:16:27,086 RESEARCH PLATFORM FOR YOU. 386 00:16:27,086 --> 00:16:29,788 >> HI, I'M NASA ASTRONAUT MEGHAN 387 00:16:29,788 --> 00:16:31,223 McARTHUR. 388 00:16:31,223 --> 00:16:31,957 DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS A 389 00:16:31,957 --> 00:16:33,258 RESEARCH LABORATORY IN SPACE. 390 00:16:33,258 --> 00:16:33,826 IT'S THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 391 00:16:33,826 --> 00:16:35,527 STATION. 392 00:16:35,527 --> 00:16:40,632 IT'S A SCIENTIFIC STEPPINGSTONE 393 00:16:40,632 --> 00:16:43,369 THAT ENABLE TO EXPLORE FARTHER 394 00:16:43,369 --> 00:16:44,136 IN SPACE. 395 00:16:44,136 --> 00:16:45,170 THE SPACE STATION PROVIDES 396 00:16:45,170 --> 00:16:46,438 UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT OF 397 00:16:46,438 --> 00:16:48,941 MICROGRAVITY, EXTREME CONDITIONS 398 00:16:48,941 --> 00:16:51,677 AND AN OBSERVATION PLATFORM THAT 399 00:16:51,677 --> 00:16:53,145 ENABLE RESEARCHES FROM ALL OVER 400 00:16:53,145 --> 00:16:55,848 THE WORLD TO TEST THEORIES AND 401 00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:56,982 TECHNOLOGIES OFF THE EARTH AND 402 00:16:56,982 --> 00:16:59,151 IN AN EXTREME ENVIRONMENT UNLIKE 403 00:16:59,151 --> 00:17:00,652 ANY OTHER. 404 00:17:00,652 --> 00:17:02,020 WE WELCOME YOU TO JOIN US ON 405 00:17:02,020 --> 00:17:03,856 STATION. 406 00:17:03,856 --> 00:17:04,923 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A ROCKET 407 00:17:04,923 --> 00:17:06,158 SCIENTIST OR PART OF NASA TO 408 00:17:06,158 --> 00:17:08,594 GAIN ACCESS TO THIS UNIQUE 409 00:17:08,594 --> 00:17:09,361 LABORATORY. 410 00:17:09,361 --> 00:17:10,496 DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT SPACE 411 00:17:10,496 --> 00:17:11,363 FLIGHT? 412 00:17:11,363 --> 00:17:12,431 THAT'S OKAY. 413 00:17:12,431 --> 00:17:13,432 WE'RE HERE TO HELP PEOPLE JUST 414 00:17:13,432 --> 00:17:14,733 LIKE YOU EVERYDAY. 415 00:17:14,733 --> 00:17:15,434 YOU MIGHT BE CURIOUS ABOUT 416 00:17:15,434 --> 00:17:20,706 FUNDING, CAPABILITIES OR ACCESS. 417 00:17:20,706 --> 00:17:22,274 GIVE US A CALL OR E-MAIL. 418 00:17:22,274 --> 00:17:23,342 WE'LL ASK YOU SOME BASIC 419 00:17:23,342 --> 00:17:24,977 QUESTION ABOUT YOUR OBJECTIVES, 420 00:17:24,977 --> 00:17:26,512 WHICH WILL HELP US POINT YOU TO 421 00:17:26,512 --> 00:17:28,447 THE RIGHT PEOPLE WHO COULD MAKE 422 00:17:28,447 --> 00:17:30,115 YOUR EXPERIMENT OR TEST YOUR 423 00:17:30,115 --> 00:17:33,385 TECHNOLOGY POSSIBLE IN SPACE. 424 00:17:33,385 --> 00:17:35,854 VISIT NASA.GOV/STATION 425 00:17:35,854 --> 00:17:37,189 OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE DETAILED 426 00:17:37,189 --> 00:17:39,658 IDEAS, ANSWERS AND CONTACT 427 00:17:39,658 --> 00:17:41,460 INFORMATION OR FIND US AT THE 428 00:17:41,460 --> 00:17:43,362 STATION RESEARCH CLIENT HELP 429 00:17:43,362 --> 00:17:45,497 LINE. 430 00:17:45,497 --> 00:17:46,064 WELCOME TO THE INTERNATIONAL 431 00:17:46,064 --> 00:17:47,800 SPACE STATION. 432 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:49,468 YOU'LL SOON BE PART OF A 433 00:17:49,468 --> 00:17:51,103 WORLDWIDE GROUP OF RESEARCHERS 434 00:17:51,103 --> 00:17:54,173 MAKING DISCOVERIES ON THIS 435 00:17:54,173 --> 00:17:55,707 AMAZING ORBITING VEHICLE. 436 00:17:55,707 --> 00:17:56,508 ALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR 437 00:17:56,508 --> 00:17:58,477 PLANET AND FUTURE EXPLORATION 438 00:17:58,477 --> 00:18:07,319 BEYOND. 439 00:18:07,319 --> 00:18:09,087 >> AN EXPEDITION ON BOARD THE 440 00:18:09,087 --> 00:18:10,289 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 441 00:18:10,289 --> 00:18:12,124 DOESN'T JUST LEAD TO ADVANCES IN 442 00:18:12,124 --> 00:18:13,125 SCIENCE. 443 00:18:13,125 --> 00:18:14,760 IN SOME CASES, IT CAN CAUSE 444 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:16,628 CHANGES TO THE SCIENTISTS WHO 445 00:18:16,628 --> 00:18:18,230 WORK THERE. 446 00:18:18,230 --> 00:18:21,900 NASA ASTRONAUT JESSICA MEIR CAME 447 00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:23,435 HOME THIS PAST SPRING. 448 00:18:23,435 --> 00:18:25,437 SHE SAYS BEING IN SPACE WAS EVEN 449 00:18:25,437 --> 00:18:26,738 BETTER THAN THE DREAM SHE HAD 450 00:18:26,738 --> 00:18:28,273 ABOUT BEING AN ASTRONAUT WHEN HE 451 00:18:28,273 --> 00:18:30,209 WAS A LITTLE GIRL. 452 00:18:30,209 --> 00:18:31,643 THAT THE FEELING OF LOOKING DOWN 453 00:18:31,643 --> 00:18:33,679 ON THE WHOLE WORLD OF HER 454 00:18:33,679 --> 00:18:35,914 PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE TOOK TIME TO 455 00:18:35,914 --> 00:18:39,318 PROCESS. 456 00:18:39,318 --> 00:18:40,786 >> IN FIRST GRADE WHEN WE WERE 457 00:18:40,786 --> 00:18:41,987 ASKED TO DRAW A PICTURE WHAT WE 458 00:18:41,987 --> 00:18:43,922 WANTED TO BE WHEN WE GREW UP. 459 00:18:43,922 --> 00:18:46,091 I REMEMBER DRAWING A PICTURE OF 460 00:18:46,091 --> 00:18:48,393 AN ASTRONAUT STANDING ON THE 461 00:18:48,393 --> 00:18:50,229 SURFACE OF THE MOON, ICONIC 462 00:18:50,229 --> 00:18:53,599 APOLLO IMAGE IN A SPACESUIT NEXT 463 00:18:53,599 --> 00:18:55,434 TO THE FLAG ON THE MOON. 464 00:18:55,434 --> 00:18:56,869 THAT'S WHAT I DREW THEN I WANTED 465 00:18:56,869 --> 00:18:58,837 TO BE AN ASTRONAUT. 466 00:18:58,837 --> 00:19:00,706 I SAID IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH 467 00:19:00,706 --> 00:19:01,406 SINCE THAT TIME. 468 00:19:01,406 --> 00:19:11,216 I KNEW THAT I WAS GOING TO BE 469 00:19:11,216 --> 00:19:13,552 ECSTATIC BEING IN SPACE. 470 00:19:13,552 --> 00:19:14,920 IT'S MY LIFELONG DREAM. 471 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:16,188 I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO MAKE ME 472 00:19:16,188 --> 00:19:17,055 HAPPY. 473 00:19:17,055 --> 00:19:21,126 I EVEN I DIDN'T EXPECT HOW 474 00:19:21,126 --> 00:19:22,060 INCREDIBLE IT FELT. 475 00:19:22,060 --> 00:19:23,262 I SAID THAT A LOT TO PEOPLE THAT 476 00:19:23,262 --> 00:19:26,698 IT'S EVEN MORE INCREDIBLE THAN I 477 00:19:26,698 --> 00:19:27,299 IMAGINED. 478 00:19:27,299 --> 00:19:28,433 I THOUGHT SO MUCH ABOUT IT, I 479 00:19:28,433 --> 00:19:30,469 KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE THE MOST 480 00:19:30,469 --> 00:19:32,037 EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE OF MY 481 00:19:32,037 --> 00:19:32,771 LIFE. 482 00:19:32,771 --> 00:19:35,974 INWASN'T PREPARED -- I WASN'T 483 00:19:35,974 --> 00:19:37,509 PREPARED FOR HOW I FELT FOR THE 484 00:19:37,509 --> 00:19:39,845 LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT AND PURE JOY 485 00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:41,647 THAT I FELT ALL THE TIME IN THAT 486 00:19:41,647 --> 00:19:42,147 ENVIRONMENT. 487 00:19:42,147 --> 00:19:43,882 I REALLY FELT LIKE I WAS HOME. 488 00:19:43,882 --> 00:19:45,417 I FELT LIKE THAT WAS WHERE I 489 00:19:45,417 --> 00:19:46,652 SHOULD BE. 490 00:19:46,652 --> 00:19:48,053 I DON'T THINK I STOPPED SMILING 491 00:19:48,053 --> 00:19:49,454 FOR PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE SEVEN 492 00:19:49,454 --> 00:19:49,855 MONTHS. 493 00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:57,996 I WOULD FIND MYSELF THINKING, 494 00:19:57,996 --> 00:20:00,432 HOW CAN THIS BE REAL THAT I'M 495 00:20:00,432 --> 00:20:01,867 FLOATING ABOVE THE PLANET AND 496 00:20:01,867 --> 00:20:03,602 LOOKING DOWN ON IT. 497 00:20:03,602 --> 00:20:05,437 EVEN AFTER SEVEN MONTHS, KNOWING 498 00:20:05,437 --> 00:20:07,573 WHAT WE HAD DONE TO GET THERE 499 00:20:07,573 --> 00:20:09,942 THAT I REALLY WORKED IF THERE. 500 00:20:09,942 --> 00:20:11,710 IT'S HARD TO CONVINCE YOURSELF 501 00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:13,478 THAT IT'S REALLY HAPPENING. 502 00:20:13,478 --> 00:20:15,881 WHICH MADES FUNNY. 503 00:20:15,881 --> 00:20:17,282 IT FELT THAT WAY LOOKING DOWN ON 504 00:20:17,282 --> 00:20:17,916 THE EARTH. 505 00:20:17,916 --> 00:20:19,985 WOW, THIS IS REAL. 506 00:20:19,985 --> 00:20:21,653 I'M UP HERE FLOATING ABOVE THE 507 00:20:21,653 --> 00:20:22,621 EARTH. 508 00:20:22,621 --> 00:20:23,622 WHEN YOU'RE IN THE SPACE 509 00:20:23,622 --> 00:20:26,024 STATION, THERE ARE STARS ALL 510 00:20:26,024 --> 00:20:26,992 AROUND YOU. 511 00:20:26,992 --> 00:20:29,394 YOU CAN REALLY FEEL IT THAT WAY. 512 00:20:29,394 --> 00:20:30,362 THAT WAS A GOOD WAY TO DESCRIBE 513 00:20:30,362 --> 00:20:30,996 IT. 514 00:20:30,996 --> 00:20:32,965 YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S MORE THREE 515 00:20:32,965 --> 00:20:36,435 DIMENSIONAL. 516 00:20:36,435 --> 00:20:38,203 YOU GAVE UP INTO IT AND IT'S 517 00:20:38,203 --> 00:20:39,371 REALLY JUST EXTRAORDINARY TO 518 00:20:39,371 --> 00:20:40,806 THINK ABOUT THAT, TO THINK ABOUT 519 00:20:40,806 --> 00:20:44,843 THAT SCALE AND LOOK BACK AT THE 520 00:20:44,843 --> 00:20:45,844 EARTH. 521 00:20:45,844 --> 00:20:47,679 THIS WAS REALLY WHAT HAD DRIVEN 522 00:20:47,679 --> 00:20:51,183 ME SINCE I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD, 523 00:20:51,183 --> 00:20:53,752 WHAT IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE TO 524 00:20:53,752 --> 00:20:54,920 HAVE THAT FEELING AND LOOK BACK 525 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:56,154 ON THE PLANET AND YOU'RE NOT 526 00:20:56,154 --> 00:20:58,223 THERE. 527 00:20:58,223 --> 00:20:59,558 THAT'S THE PLACE, THE ONE PLACE 528 00:20:59,558 --> 00:21:00,859 WHERE EVERYTHING HAS HAPPENED IN 529 00:21:00,859 --> 00:21:02,461 YOUR LIFE, EVERYTHING HAPPENED 530 00:21:02,461 --> 00:21:03,862 THROUGH THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF 531 00:21:03,862 --> 00:21:05,263 THE HUMAN SPECIES. 532 00:21:05,263 --> 00:21:06,131 EVERYTHING YOU DONE, ALL THE 533 00:21:06,131 --> 00:21:08,100 PLACES YOU'VE BEEN. 534 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:10,035 EVERYTHING IS DOWN THERE IN ITS 535 00:21:10,035 --> 00:21:10,969 ENTIRETY. 536 00:21:10,969 --> 00:21:11,570 YOU'RE SEPARATE FROM THAT. 537 00:21:11,570 --> 00:21:23,382 IT ACTUALLY DOES FEEL DIFFERENT 538 00:21:23,382 --> 00:21:24,816 LOOKING AT EARTH THROUGH YOUR 539 00:21:24,816 --> 00:21:27,052 ADVISOR, THROUGH YOUR HELMET 540 00:21:27,052 --> 00:21:28,987 VERSUS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW. 541 00:21:28,987 --> 00:21:31,390 THE COLORS ARE EVEN MORE VIBRANT 542 00:21:31,390 --> 00:21:33,825 AND I THINK ALSO JUST MENTALLY, 543 00:21:33,825 --> 00:21:35,727 PSYCHOLOGICALLY REALIZING THAT 544 00:21:35,727 --> 00:21:38,497 THERE'S NOTHING BETWEEN THE 545 00:21:38,497 --> 00:21:40,399 VACUUM OF SPACE EXCEPT FOR THIS 546 00:21:40,399 --> 00:21:43,101 SPACESUIT AND YOUR VISOR. 547 00:21:43,101 --> 00:21:43,902 THERE'S NOTHING BETWEEN YOU AND 548 00:21:43,902 --> 00:21:44,636 IT. 549 00:21:44,636 --> 00:21:47,305 YOU'RE REALLY OUT THERE YOUR OWN 550 00:21:47,305 --> 00:21:50,175 LITTLE MINI-SPACECRAFT. 551 00:21:50,175 --> 00:21:51,910 IT HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO BE 552 00:21:51,910 --> 00:21:52,911 KEPT ALIVE. 553 00:21:52,911 --> 00:21:55,514 IT'S JUST YOU. 554 00:21:55,514 --> 00:21:57,516 YOU HAVE THE SINCE OF BEING BY 555 00:21:57,516 --> 00:21:58,817 YOURSELF IN THIS ENVIRONMENT 556 00:21:58,817 --> 00:22:00,686 WITH YOUR OWN LITTLE LIFE 557 00:22:00,686 --> 00:22:01,520 SUPPORT SYSTEM. 558 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,155 I LOVE THAT FEELING. 559 00:22:03,155 --> 00:22:04,456 I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS EXACTLY 560 00:22:04,456 --> 00:22:05,190 ABOUT THAT. 561 00:22:05,190 --> 00:22:06,425 I FEEL REALLY PEACEFUL AND 562 00:22:06,425 --> 00:22:09,928 RELAXED. 563 00:22:09,928 --> 00:22:10,929 IN THE SPACESUIT YOU'RE LOOKING 564 00:22:10,929 --> 00:22:13,131 DOWN AND SEEING THE EARTH FROM 565 00:22:13,131 --> 00:22:14,499 THE OUTSIDE WITH YOUR OWN HUMAN 566 00:22:14,499 --> 00:22:15,434 EYES. 567 00:22:15,434 --> 00:22:16,735 IT CHANGES YOU AS A PERSON. 568 00:22:16,735 --> 00:22:26,311 WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AND YOU'RE IN 569 00:22:26,311 --> 00:22:30,182 THIS BLACKNESS, BLACKNESSFUL 570 00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:30,782 SPACE. 571 00:22:30,782 --> 00:22:33,785 SUDDENLY THERE'S THIS BRILLIANT 572 00:22:33,785 --> 00:22:34,986 BLUE MARBLE. 573 00:22:34,986 --> 00:22:36,488 IT'S SO EASY TO SEE FROM UP 574 00:22:36,488 --> 00:22:38,190 THERE, WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER. 575 00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:39,858 YOU DON'T SEE THOSE TWO 576 00:22:39,858 --> 00:22:41,093 POLITICAL BOUNDARIES. 577 00:22:41,093 --> 00:22:44,496 ALL THE MAN MADE BOUNDARIES. 578 00:22:44,496 --> 00:22:46,031 YOU DON'T SEE THAT FROM SPACE. 579 00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:47,399 YOU JUST FEEL THE SENSE OF 580 00:22:47,399 --> 00:22:49,334 COMMONALITY MORE AND SOMETHING 581 00:22:49,334 --> 00:22:51,536 THAT UNITES US ALL AND THAT 582 00:22:51,536 --> 00:23:04,916 WE'RE ALL HUMAN. 583 00:23:04,916 --> 00:23:06,151 >> EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT HERE 584 00:23:06,151 --> 00:23:10,021 ON THE PLANET US WITH, 585 00:23:10,021 --> 00:23:20,699 ASTRONAUTS ON COZ -- THEY ARE 586 00:23:20,699 --> 00:23:23,468 AWARE OF DIFFICULTIES GOING ON. 587 00:23:23,468 --> 00:23:25,337 THIS WEEK, WE GOT AN ENCOURAGING 588 00:23:25,337 --> 00:23:26,471 MESSAGE FROM THE STATION 589 00:23:26,471 --> 00:23:27,639 COMMANDER. 590 00:23:27,639 --> 00:23:34,813 HAVE A LOOK. 591 00:23:34,813 --> 00:26:02,727 ♪ 592 00:26:02,727 --> 00:27:37,589 ♪ 593 00:27:37,589 --> 00:27:38,890 >> WANT ANOTHER LOOK AT ANY OF 594 00:27:38,890 --> 00:27:40,658 THOSE STORIES WE FEATURED TODAY? 595 00:27:40,658 --> 00:27:42,160 JUST GO TO YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK. 596 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:47,399 BE SURE TO LOOK AROUND. 597 00:27:47,399 --> 00:27:48,733 THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER COOL STUFF 598 00:27:48,733 --> 00:27:50,001 YOU CAN FIND ABOUT NASA AND 599 00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:51,436 AMERICA'S HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT 600 00:27:51,436 --> 00:27:52,303 PROGRAM. 601 00:27:52,303 --> 00:27:54,072 WHEN YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GOOD 602 00:27:54,072 --> 00:27:55,306 CONVERSATION ABOUT HUMAN SPACE 603 00:27:55,306 --> 00:27:57,342 FLIGHT AND SPACEX EXPLORATION. 604 00:27:57,342 --> 00:27:59,110 THE PLACE TO GO IS HOUSTON WE 605 00:27:59,110 --> 00:28:00,512 HAVE A PODCAST. 606 00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:01,679 IT'S WHERE WE TALK TO FOLKS 607 00:28:01,679 --> 00:28:03,515 ABOUT THEIR WORK IN ALL ASPECTS 608 00:28:03,515 --> 00:28:05,583 OF SPACE EXPLORATION. 609 00:28:05,583 --> 00:28:07,118 WE POST NEW EPISODES EVERY 610 00:28:07,118 --> 00:28:07,619 FRIDAY. 611 00:28:07,619 --> 00:28:09,421 TODAY THE MARS MONTHLY SERIES 612 00:28:09,421 --> 00:28:11,823 RESUMES AS GARRY JORDAN TALKS 613 00:28:11,823 --> 00:28:15,093 WITH A MARS INTEGRATION GROUP 614 00:28:15,093 --> 00:28:16,194 ABOUT ALL THAT MUST BE 615 00:28:16,194 --> 00:28:17,362 CONSIDERED AS THEY DESIGN THE 616 00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:19,297 PLACE WHERE ASTRONAUTS WILL LIVE 617 00:28:19,297 --> 00:28:21,533 DURING A MISSION TO MARS. 618 00:28:21,533 --> 00:28:25,770 GO TO NASA.GOV/PODCAST FOR THIS 619 00:28:25,770 --> 00:28:27,205 WEEK'S EPISODE AND ALL THE 620 00:28:27,205 --> 00:28:28,940 PREVIOUS EPISODES ANDLY FULL 621 00:28:28,940 --> 00:28:30,375 LIBRARY OF ALL THE NASA 622 00:28:30,375 --> 00:28:32,310 PODCASTS. 623 00:28:32,310 --> 00:28:34,446 YOU CAN FIND THEM ALL ON APPLE 624 00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:37,348 PODCAST, GOOGLE PODCAST AND 625 00:28:37,348 --> 00:28:47,358 SOUND CLOUD TOO.