1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,438 ♪ 2 00:00:05,438 --> 00:00:07,173 >> GOOD MORNING, YOU ARE GETTING 3 00:00:07,173 --> 00:00:08,375 A VIEW OF THE INTERNATIONAL 4 00:00:08,375 --> 00:00:10,176 SPACE STATION FLIGHT CONTROL 5 00:00:10,176 --> 00:00:12,011 ROOM WHERE A TEAM OF SPECIALISTS 6 00:00:12,011 --> 00:00:14,514 IS ALWAYS ON DUTY KEEPING AN EYE 7 00:00:14,514 --> 00:00:16,616 ON STATION SYSTEMS AND ASSISTING 8 00:00:16,616 --> 00:00:18,151 THE CREW MEMBERS THROUGH THEIR 9 00:00:18,151 --> 00:00:20,653 DAILY TASKS OF SCIENCE SUPPORT 10 00:00:20,653 --> 00:00:23,390 AND STATION MAINTENANCE. 11 00:00:23,390 --> 00:00:25,191 THIS WEEK THAT INCLUDED WORKING 12 00:00:25,191 --> 00:00:29,028 WITH CHRIS CASSIDY ON THE 13 00:00:29,028 --> 00:00:31,531 ARRIVAL OF A NEW CARGO SHIP. 14 00:00:31,531 --> 00:00:33,366 PREPARATIONS TO GREET A NEW SET 15 00:00:33,366 --> 00:00:36,870 OF CREWMATES NEXT WEEK AND THEIR 16 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:38,405 DEPARTURE FROM THE STATION AND 17 00:00:38,405 --> 00:00:41,641 THE END OF EXPEDITION 63 BEFORE 18 00:00:41,641 --> 00:00:45,445 THE END OF THE MONTH. 19 00:00:45,445 --> 00:00:47,981 >> WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND. 20 00:00:47,981 --> 00:00:48,681 I'M KELA. 21 00:00:48,681 --> 00:00:49,883 THIS WEEK THE ORBITING 22 00:00:49,883 --> 00:00:52,118 LABORATORY WELCOMES A NEW 23 00:00:52,118 --> 00:00:53,520 VISITOR WITH LOTS OF NEW 24 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:54,120 SUPPLIES. 25 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,189 >> LIFT-OFF. 26 00:00:56,189 --> 00:01:00,693 >> ON SATURDAY THE CRF-14 27 00:01:00,693 --> 00:01:04,531 SPACECRAFT LAUNCHED FROM NASA'S 28 00:01:04,531 --> 00:01:07,667 FACILITY IN VIRGINIA. 29 00:01:07,667 --> 00:01:11,070 CARRYING NEITHER 8,000 POUNDS OF 30 00:01:11,070 --> 00:01:14,707 HARDWARE AND SUPPLIES, THIS 31 00:01:14,707 --> 00:01:17,510 MARKS THE 14th FLIGHT OF THE 32 00:01:17,510 --> 00:01:20,547 COMMERCIAL PROVIDER. 33 00:01:20,547 --> 00:01:22,982 THEY REACHED THE LABORATORY AND 34 00:01:22,982 --> 00:01:25,885 CHRIS CASSIDY USED THE STATION 35 00:01:25,885 --> 00:01:28,121 CANADA ARM 2 TO REACH OUT AND 36 00:01:28,121 --> 00:01:30,323 GRAB THE VEHICLE ALLOWING GROUND 37 00:01:30,323 --> 00:01:35,061 TEAMS TO MANEUVER IT. 38 00:01:35,061 --> 00:01:39,299 THE CARGO CRAFT WAS NAMED IN 39 00:01:39,299 --> 00:01:41,401 HONOR OF THE FIRST WOMAN OF 40 00:01:41,401 --> 00:01:46,039 INDIAN DECENT TO GO IN SPACE 41 00:01:46,039 --> 00:01:48,741 WILL STAY ATTACHED TO THE 42 00:01:48,741 --> 00:01:52,378 STATION UNTIL MID DECEMBER. 43 00:01:52,378 --> 00:01:57,150 MEANWHILE, AT BAIKONUR, THEY ARE 44 00:01:57,150 --> 00:02:01,688 UNDERGOING PRE-LAUNCH ACTIVITIES 45 00:02:01,688 --> 00:02:04,791 FOR A SIX MONTH MISSION ABOARD 46 00:02:04,791 --> 00:02:06,626 THE ORBITING LAB. 47 00:02:06,626 --> 00:02:08,127 THIS FLIGHT SCHEDULED FOR 48 00:02:08,127 --> 00:02:10,530 LIFTOFF ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE 49 00:02:10,530 --> 00:02:11,364 QUICK. 50 00:02:11,364 --> 00:02:12,866 THE TIME FROM LAUNCH TO DOCKING 51 00:02:12,866 --> 00:02:16,202 WILL BE JUST OVER THREE HOURS, 52 00:02:16,202 --> 00:02:18,505 ABOUT THE SAME TIME FOR A 53 00:02:18,505 --> 00:02:23,142 COMMERCIAL AIRLINER TO FLY FROM 54 00:02:23,142 --> 00:02:27,180 SEATTLE TO MINNEAPOLIS. 55 00:02:27,180 --> 00:02:28,882 ALSO, WE INSIGHT YOU TO CHECK 56 00:02:28,882 --> 00:02:30,917 OUT THE LATEST EDITION OF 57 00:02:30,917 --> 00:02:33,419 HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PODCAST. 58 00:02:33,419 --> 00:02:35,855 BEFORE HER UPCOMING MISSION, 59 00:02:35,855 --> 00:02:41,194 KATE RUBINS SAT DOWN TO TALK 60 00:02:41,194 --> 00:02:44,831 ABOUT AN ARRAY OF SUBJECT. 61 00:02:44,831 --> 00:02:46,232 INCLUDING THE FIRST PERSON TO 62 00:02:46,232 --> 00:02:48,635 SEQUENCE DNA IN SPACE. 63 00:02:48,635 --> 00:02:51,170 KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS. 64 00:02:51,170 --> 00:02:53,473 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 65 00:02:53,473 --> 00:03:07,287 >> ALL OF THE EXPEDITION CREW 66 00:03:07,287 --> 00:03:09,222 MEMBERS SPEND SOME OF THEIR TIME 67 00:03:09,222 --> 00:03:11,124 WORKING ON SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS 68 00:03:11,124 --> 00:03:12,458 THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 69 00:03:12,458 --> 00:03:14,160 ABSENCE OF GRAVITY. 70 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,997 SUCH AS WHEN EXPEDITION 63'S 71 00:03:17,997 --> 00:03:26,139 DOUG HURLEY SQUEEZED OUT FRUIT 72 00:03:26,139 --> 00:03:26,839 PUNCH. 73 00:03:26,839 --> 00:03:29,375 IT PROVIDERS RESEARCHERS WITH 74 00:03:29,375 --> 00:03:31,377 BETTER INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO 75 00:03:31,377 --> 00:03:35,615 MANAGE LIQUIDS IN MICROGRAVITY. 76 00:03:35,615 --> 00:03:37,850 >> THIS IS DOUG. 77 00:03:37,850 --> 00:03:40,753 >> I GOT YOU. 78 00:03:40,753 --> 00:03:41,354 FIVE BY FIVE. 79 00:03:41,354 --> 00:03:43,690 >> WE STARTED 15 YEARS AGO IN 80 00:03:43,690 --> 00:03:46,092 THIS LONG LINE OF EXPERIMENTS 81 00:03:46,092 --> 00:03:50,229 THAT GOING TO SPACE ON SMALL 82 00:03:50,229 --> 00:03:55,068 SCALE SPACE EXPERIMENT ABOUT 83 00:03:55,068 --> 00:04:11,217 MOVING FLUIDS. 84 00:04:11,217 --> 00:04:14,354 NOW WE CAN APPLY RESEARCH 85 00:04:14,354 --> 00:04:16,656 RESULTS WE HAVE LEARNED FROM 86 00:04:16,656 --> 00:04:21,294 DOING EXPERIMENTS IN SPACE THAT 87 00:04:21,294 --> 00:04:23,096 REQUIRE GRAVITY FOR THEM TO 88 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:23,796 WORK. 89 00:04:23,796 --> 00:04:24,931 BUT THAT'S A NEW HORIZON, I 90 00:04:24,931 --> 00:04:27,333 WOULD SAY. 91 00:04:27,333 --> 00:04:29,335 >> OKAY, MARK, STEP FORWARD. 92 00:04:29,335 --> 00:04:31,571 >> THIS IS AN ENGINEERING 93 00:04:31,571 --> 00:04:33,673 DEMONSTRATION OF A WASTEWATER 94 00:04:33,673 --> 00:04:35,608 PURIFICATION SYSTEM. 95 00:04:35,608 --> 00:04:38,711 SO INSIDE THAT FOAM, ALL THESE 96 00:04:38,711 --> 00:04:41,648 WEIRD CHANNELS AND DIFFERENT 97 00:04:41,648 --> 00:04:45,885 FOAMS SUCH AS FORCES WICK THE 98 00:04:45,885 --> 00:04:52,125 LIQUIDS OUT, SO IT'S AN ANSWER 99 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:55,662 TO MANAGING CONTAMINATED WATER. 100 00:04:55,662 --> 00:04:57,797 >> IT SOUNDS INTERESTING AND 101 00:04:57,797 --> 00:04:58,898 REALLY COOL. 102 00:04:58,898 --> 00:05:00,933 >> WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO, YOU 103 00:05:00,933 --> 00:05:03,036 ARE GOING TO OPEN THAT VALVE OUT 104 00:05:03,036 --> 00:05:05,972 OF THE DRINK BAG, PRIME THE 105 00:05:05,972 --> 00:05:08,474 TUBE, THEN SQUEEZE THE DRINK BAG 106 00:05:08,474 --> 00:05:11,611 AND IN ABOUT 15 SECONDS FILL THE 107 00:05:11,611 --> 00:05:14,013 ENTIRE FOAM WITH THE CONTENTS OF 108 00:05:14,013 --> 00:05:14,914 THE BAG. 109 00:05:14,914 --> 00:05:17,350 >> THE INTERIOR PIECE OF THAT 110 00:05:17,350 --> 00:05:19,652 FOAM IS HIGHLY WETTING. 111 00:05:19,652 --> 00:05:22,588 IT WANTS TO SUCK UP THAT WATER. 112 00:05:22,588 --> 00:05:24,090 THERE ARE PIECES THAT ARE 113 00:05:24,090 --> 00:05:28,127 HYDROPHOBIC, IT DOESN'T WANT THE 114 00:05:28,127 --> 00:05:31,364 WATER TO GET THROUGH. 115 00:05:31,364 --> 00:05:32,765 THIS PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY, EVEN 116 00:05:32,765 --> 00:05:34,367 THOUGH IT'S SO SIMPLE AS A PIECE 117 00:05:34,367 --> 00:05:37,503 OF FOAM, IT CAN POTENTIALLY DO 118 00:05:37,503 --> 00:05:38,905 SO MANY THINGS. 119 00:05:38,905 --> 00:05:41,507 >> IF YOU WATCH THE VIDEO, YOU 120 00:05:41,507 --> 00:05:44,143 ARE GOING TO THINK IT'S DULL. 121 00:05:44,143 --> 00:05:46,379 WHAT IT IS, IT'S A DYED LIQUID, 122 00:05:46,379 --> 00:05:52,218 RED FRUIT PUNCH WE USE WHICH IS 123 00:05:52,218 --> 00:05:53,619 SIMILAR TO URINE. 124 00:05:53,619 --> 00:05:55,655 >> DO YOU LIKE THE PACK LIGHT 125 00:05:55,655 --> 00:05:56,255 VIEW? 126 00:05:56,255 --> 00:05:59,092 >> IT GIVES US A COMPLETE VIEW 127 00:05:59,092 --> 00:06:00,993 OF THIS WHOLE THING. 128 00:06:00,993 --> 00:06:03,129 IT'S COOL. 129 00:06:03,129 --> 00:06:05,031 >> THE PURPOSE OF THIS 130 00:06:05,031 --> 00:06:07,266 EXPERIMENT IS TO SEE HOW WELL 131 00:06:07,266 --> 00:06:12,071 THIS FOAM HOLDS THE LIQUID IN 132 00:06:12,071 --> 00:06:13,806 MICROGRAVITY. 133 00:06:13,806 --> 00:06:15,508 IF WE AGITATE IT AND PUT THE 134 00:06:15,508 --> 00:06:16,909 PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THROUGH THE 135 00:06:16,909 --> 00:06:19,145 RINGER, HOW WELL DOES IT BOUNCE 136 00:06:19,145 --> 00:06:20,646 BACK. 137 00:06:20,646 --> 00:06:21,981 I WOULD SAY THE MOST SURPRISING 138 00:06:21,981 --> 00:06:23,783 THING THAT'S COME OUT OF IT IS 139 00:06:23,783 --> 00:06:25,485 HOW SIMPLE WE CAN MAKE THIS 140 00:06:25,485 --> 00:06:26,986 TECHNOLOGY. 141 00:06:26,986 --> 00:06:29,021 MAYBE THE FOAM PROJECT IS GOING 142 00:06:29,021 --> 00:06:32,658 TO ENABLE A BACKUP SYSTEM FOR 143 00:06:32,658 --> 00:06:35,661 THE TOILETS OR MAYBE A NEW 144 00:06:35,661 --> 00:06:37,797 WASTEWATER PROCESSING SYSTEM ALL 145 00:06:37,797 --> 00:06:41,100 TOGETHER. 146 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:42,301 IT FEELS LIKE ANYTHING IS 147 00:06:42,301 --> 00:06:43,136 POSSIBLE. 148 00:06:43,136 --> 00:06:45,037 >> WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT OUR 149 00:06:45,037 --> 00:06:47,073 WORK, WHICH WE STARTED OUT IN 150 00:06:47,073 --> 00:06:52,411 FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH CAN GET TO 151 00:06:52,411 --> 00:06:54,213 THE POINT WHERE IT'S DELIVERING 152 00:06:54,213 --> 00:06:58,284 ON EQUIPMENT THAT FUNCTIONS 153 00:06:58,284 --> 00:07:00,286 WITHOUT MOVING PARTS, WITHOUT 154 00:07:00,286 --> 00:07:01,921 POWER, WITHOUT NOISE. 155 00:07:01,921 --> 00:07:03,422 WE LOVE IT TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT 156 00:07:03,422 --> 00:07:06,359 JUST WORKS PASSIVELY BY ITS 157 00:07:06,359 --> 00:07:07,660 SHAPE AND WHETHER IT'S ON THE 158 00:07:07,660 --> 00:07:10,062 MOON OR IN ORBIT AROUND THE MOON 159 00:07:10,062 --> 00:07:13,299 OR WEIGHT ON MARS, WE WOULD LOVE 160 00:07:13,299 --> 00:07:15,735 TO CONTRIBUTE IN THAT WAY. 161 00:07:15,735 --> 00:07:17,737 SO BY PUBLISHING THE DESIGN LAWS 162 00:07:17,737 --> 00:07:19,438 BY THE DESIGN EXPERIENCE, BY THE 163 00:07:19,438 --> 00:07:23,176 EXPERIMENT EXPERIENCE, WE WOULD 164 00:07:23,176 --> 00:07:24,777 LOVE TO DO THAT, TOO. 165 00:07:24,777 --> 00:07:31,651 >> IT'S SO SIMPLE AND SO COOL. 166 00:07:31,651 --> 00:07:35,555 >> THE SCIENTISTS WHO IMAGINE 167 00:07:35,555 --> 00:07:37,590 AND DEVELOP THE EXPERIMENTS DONE 168 00:07:37,590 --> 00:07:38,491 ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 169 00:07:38,491 --> 00:07:40,293 STATION DEVOTE YEARS TO THEIR 170 00:07:40,293 --> 00:07:41,227 RESEARCH. 171 00:07:41,227 --> 00:07:42,528 AND THEN THE STATION CREW 172 00:07:42,528 --> 00:07:45,765 MEMBERS EXECUTE THE PROTOCOLS. 173 00:07:45,765 --> 00:07:46,365 WHAT HAPPENS THEN WHEN THE 174 00:07:46,365 --> 00:07:52,905 RESULTS ARE RETURNED TO EARTH. 175 00:07:52,905 --> 00:07:54,707 WATCH THE SCIENTISTS TAKE THEIR 176 00:07:54,707 --> 00:07:58,077 RESEARCH ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. 177 00:07:58,077 --> 00:07:59,378 ♪ 178 00:07:59,378 --> 00:08:04,750 >> SO THIS IS AMEAL. 179 00:08:04,750 --> 00:08:06,752 HE'S ALMOST EIGHT MONTHS NOW. 180 00:08:06,752 --> 00:08:08,454 HE WAS PRESENT FOR A LOT OF THE 181 00:08:08,454 --> 00:08:10,189 TESTING THAT WE DID. 182 00:08:10,189 --> 00:08:12,391 HE WAS ALSO PRESENT FOR THE 183 00:08:12,391 --> 00:08:21,467 LAUNCH IN-UTERO, SO OVER THE 184 00:08:21,467 --> 00:08:26,372 COURSE HE WAS HERE. 185 00:08:26,372 --> 00:08:31,410 THIS FLIGHT SUIT HE WAS WEARING, 186 00:08:31,410 --> 00:08:39,185 WE BROUGHT IT TO CAPE CANAVERAL. 187 00:08:39,185 --> 00:08:54,500 [LAUGHTER] 188 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:56,335 SO WE WERE RUNNING CONCURRENT 189 00:08:56,335 --> 00:08:58,471 EXPERIMENTS ON EARTH AND ON 190 00:08:58,471 --> 00:09:00,773 STATION. 191 00:09:00,773 --> 00:09:02,475 SO THEY HAD THE GELS AND THEY 192 00:09:02,475 --> 00:09:05,111 WERE GETTING THE DATA FROM THE 193 00:09:05,111 --> 00:09:07,847 EXPERIMENTS RUNNING OFF STATION. 194 00:09:07,847 --> 00:09:09,348 WE WERE LOOKING AT HOW THEY 195 00:09:09,348 --> 00:09:11,450 FORMED AND HOW IT WAS CHANGING, 196 00:09:11,450 --> 00:09:12,952 GIVEN THOSE TWO DIFFERENT 197 00:09:12,952 --> 00:09:15,488 ENVIRONMENTS. 198 00:09:15,488 --> 00:09:17,690 >> WE ALL MADE SURE WE ARE HERE 199 00:09:17,690 --> 00:09:21,227 AND OPENED THE PLACE ALL 200 00:09:21,227 --> 00:09:23,062 TOGETHER AND WE HAD THE SAME 201 00:09:23,062 --> 00:09:24,964 TYPE OF ASSIGNMENT THAT WE HAD 202 00:09:24,964 --> 00:09:27,166 AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 203 00:09:27,166 --> 00:09:31,304 >> SPACE STATION NEVER LOSES ITS 204 00:09:31,304 --> 00:09:32,004 COOL. 205 00:09:32,004 --> 00:09:33,839 THESE ARE WHAT THE RESTAURANTS 206 00:09:33,839 --> 00:09:34,540 TOUCH. 207 00:09:34,540 --> 00:09:36,242 WE HAVE BEEN TO SPACE AND BACK, 208 00:09:36,242 --> 00:09:37,843 NOW THEY ARE IN OUR LAB. 209 00:09:37,843 --> 00:09:40,680 >> WE COULD LOOK AT THEM AND SEE 210 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:43,382 HOW THE STRUCTURAL CHANGES ARE 211 00:09:43,382 --> 00:09:44,917 SOMETHING YOU CAN OBSERVE BY 212 00:09:44,917 --> 00:09:46,319 LOOKING AT THE GEL. 213 00:09:46,319 --> 00:09:48,154 WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE DATA WE 214 00:09:48,154 --> 00:09:49,655 GOT FROM THE EQUIPMENT ON 215 00:09:49,655 --> 00:09:52,391 STATION AND EQUIPMENT FROM 216 00:09:52,391 --> 00:09:58,531 NANORAC, WE COULD SEE THE 217 00:09:58,531 --> 00:09:59,131 DIFFERENCES. 218 00:09:59,131 --> 00:10:01,934 >> WE OBSERVED INTERESTING 219 00:10:01,934 --> 00:10:04,470 CHANGES THAT WE HOPE WE WILL BE 220 00:10:04,470 --> 00:10:08,107 ABLE TO DO STRUCTURAL TESTS AND 221 00:10:08,107 --> 00:10:10,910 MORE IN-DEPTH STUDIES. 222 00:10:10,910 --> 00:10:12,745 IT SEEMED LIKE THERE MIGHT BE 223 00:10:12,745 --> 00:10:13,746 SOME CHANGES. 224 00:10:13,746 --> 00:10:15,247 >> WHILE THE THRILL OF THE 225 00:10:15,247 --> 00:10:17,383 ROCKET LAUNCH MAY BE OVER, THEY 226 00:10:17,383 --> 00:10:18,584 STILL HAVE ONE OF THE MOST 227 00:10:18,584 --> 00:10:22,221 EXCITING PARTS OF THEIR JOURNEY 228 00:10:22,221 --> 00:10:24,523 AHEAD, PUBLISHING RESULTS. 229 00:10:24,523 --> 00:10:26,625 THIS COULD HELP FORM FUTURE 230 00:10:26,625 --> 00:10:28,661 RESEARCH ON EARTH AND IN SPACE. 231 00:10:28,661 --> 00:10:30,763 >> WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON NOW IS 232 00:10:30,763 --> 00:10:34,200 COMPILING THAT DATA AND TELLING 233 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,302 A GOOD STORY AROUND IT SO IT'S 234 00:10:36,302 --> 00:10:38,637 SOMETHING WE COULD PUBLISH AND 235 00:10:38,637 --> 00:10:40,139 GET BACK TO THE PUBLIC. 236 00:10:40,139 --> 00:10:41,841 WE GOT INTERESTING DATA FROM 237 00:10:41,841 --> 00:10:44,577 THESE EXPERIMENTS THAT WERE 238 00:10:44,577 --> 00:10:46,078 SUPER SIMPLE. 239 00:10:46,078 --> 00:10:49,215 BUT THE STORY COULD CHANGE 240 00:10:49,215 --> 00:10:51,517 THINGS AS A WHOLE. 241 00:10:51,517 --> 00:10:53,953 >> YOU FEEL A HUGE 242 00:10:53,953 --> 00:10:56,288 RESPONSIBILITY PERFORMING THIS 243 00:10:56,288 --> 00:10:58,090 RESEARCH FOR OTHERS, BECAUSE YOU 244 00:10:58,090 --> 00:10:59,325 KNOW HOW MANY YEARS THEY HAVE 245 00:10:59,325 --> 00:11:01,327 BEEN WORKING ON THE GROUND. 246 00:11:01,327 --> 00:11:02,862 WE LIKE TO KNOW THE RESULTS. 247 00:11:02,862 --> 00:11:04,363 I STAYED IN TOUCH WITH A LOT OF 248 00:11:04,363 --> 00:11:06,265 THE SCIENTISTS AND THAT GIVES US 249 00:11:06,265 --> 00:11:08,200 A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK. 250 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,503 IT GIVES US CLOSURE TO KNOW HOW 251 00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:11,604 IMPORTANT THE SCIENCE WE WERE 252 00:11:11,604 --> 00:11:14,340 DOING UP THERE REALLY WAS. 253 00:11:14,340 --> 00:11:15,841 >> HERE'S SOMETHING FOR YOU 254 00:11:15,841 --> 00:11:19,378 GUYS. 255 00:11:19,378 --> 00:11:22,281 >> OH, MY GOD! 256 00:11:22,281 --> 00:11:24,417 [LAUGHTER] 257 00:11:24,417 --> 00:11:27,420 >> OH, MY GOSH, WHAT ARE YOU 258 00:11:27,420 --> 00:11:28,654 DOING. 259 00:11:28,654 --> 00:11:32,058 >> NOBODY WAS DOING THIS. 260 00:11:32,058 --> 00:11:34,994 AT LEAST A FACETIME CALL OR 261 00:11:34,994 --> 00:11:36,495 SOMETHING, ABSOLUTELY, THIS IS 262 00:11:36,495 --> 00:11:36,929 GREAT. 263 00:11:36,929 --> 00:11:41,233 >> FANTASTIC SURPRISE. 264 00:11:41,233 --> 00:11:43,369 >> WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED? 265 00:11:43,369 --> 00:11:46,072 >> WE ARE IN OUR LABORATORY IN 266 00:11:46,072 --> 00:11:52,044 RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. 267 00:11:52,044 --> 00:11:58,317 WE ARE ALL WOMEN ENGINEERS. 268 00:11:58,317 --> 00:12:00,519 >> THAT'S GREAT. 269 00:12:00,519 --> 00:12:02,755 >> DID THEY EXPLAIN THAT YOU 270 00:12:02,755 --> 00:12:07,193 HANDLED THIS GREAT. 271 00:12:07,193 --> 00:12:09,695 >> THAT'S SO COOL. 272 00:12:09,695 --> 00:12:12,932 >> WE GET THE SCIENCE BACK DOWN 273 00:12:12,932 --> 00:12:15,034 INTO YOUR HANDS. 274 00:12:15,034 --> 00:12:17,169 SOMETIMES IT DOES GO IN A BLACK 275 00:12:17,169 --> 00:12:18,671 BOX WHEN WE ARE UP THERE. 276 00:12:18,671 --> 00:12:23,109 THANKS FOR LETTING ME ENGAGE IN 277 00:12:23,109 --> 00:12:24,410 YOUR SPACE. 278 00:12:24,410 --> 00:12:30,449 GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING YOU 279 00:12:30,449 --> 00:12:32,785 DO. 280 00:12:32,785 --> 00:12:33,486 BOTH PERSONALLY AND 281 00:12:33,486 --> 00:12:34,687 PROFESSIONALLY. 282 00:12:34,687 --> 00:12:36,222 >> THANK YOU. 283 00:12:36,222 --> 00:12:39,625 >> YEAH, IT'S HARD TO BEAT THIS. 284 00:12:39,625 --> 00:12:41,560 >> I TRY TO THINK OF ANYTHING 285 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:42,862 THAT WOULD BE BETTER THAN 286 00:12:42,862 --> 00:12:44,663 WATCHING MY OWN LAUNCH OF A 287 00:12:44,663 --> 00:12:48,300 RESEARCH TO A SPACE STATION. 288 00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:50,536 I HAVE THE BACK OF MY CELLPHONE 289 00:12:50,536 --> 00:12:55,441 IS THE PICTURE OF US STANDING 290 00:12:55,441 --> 00:12:58,010 WITH THE SPACE STATION. 291 00:12:58,010 --> 00:13:00,646 PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED, FEMALES, 292 00:13:00,646 --> 00:13:02,748 THIS TYPE OF EXPERIENCES AND 293 00:13:02,748 --> 00:13:04,984 HAVE CONTRIBUTED THIS MANY. 294 00:13:04,984 --> 00:13:06,785 I STILL LOOK AT THE SKY AND I 295 00:13:06,785 --> 00:13:08,787 REALLY THINK EVERYTHING IS SO 296 00:13:08,787 --> 00:13:11,323 FAR AWAY AND LOOK AT THE STARS 297 00:13:11,323 --> 00:13:12,925 AND EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE 298 00:13:12,925 --> 00:13:15,361 NOTHING IS ACHIEVABLE. 299 00:13:15,361 --> 00:13:16,962 BUT THEN JUST BEING A PART OF 300 00:13:16,962 --> 00:13:19,198 THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE IS A DREAM 301 00:13:19,198 --> 00:13:21,100 COME TRUE. 302 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:24,937 >> THEY NOW JOIN THE THOUSANDS 303 00:13:24,937 --> 00:13:26,939 OF SCIENTISTS WHO HAVE PERFORMED 304 00:13:26,939 --> 00:13:28,440 RESEARCH ABOARD THE 305 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:29,275 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 306 00:13:29,275 --> 00:13:30,576 MAKING THE MOST OF WHAT 307 00:13:30,576 --> 00:13:33,512 MICROGRAVITY HAS TO TEACH US. 308 00:13:33,512 --> 00:13:35,114 THIS DEDICATED GROUP IS BRINGING 309 00:13:35,114 --> 00:13:37,116 WHAT THEY LEARN BACK TO EARTH, 310 00:13:37,116 --> 00:13:39,018 HELPING IMPROVE LIVES AND 311 00:13:39,018 --> 00:13:41,554 ADVANCE EXPLORATION. 312 00:13:41,554 --> 00:13:44,990 >> WHAT SPACE STATION GIVES US 313 00:13:44,990 --> 00:13:48,827 IS A DIFFERENT LABORATORY. 314 00:13:48,827 --> 00:13:50,930 WHAT'S MEANINGFUL IS TO TALK TO 315 00:13:50,930 --> 00:13:53,832 MY PATIENTS AND KNOW ABOUT THE 316 00:13:53,832 --> 00:13:55,668 DISCOVERIES WE MADE. 317 00:13:55,668 --> 00:13:59,939 THIS MEANS A LOT AS A CLINICIAN. 318 00:13:59,939 --> 00:14:02,541 >> THE ENERGY THAT EVERYONE HAS 319 00:14:02,541 --> 00:14:04,076 WHO IS INVOLVED IN SPACE 320 00:14:04,076 --> 00:14:06,879 RESEARCH IS CONTAGIOUS. 321 00:14:06,879 --> 00:14:08,280 EVERYONE ELSE IS SO EXCITED 322 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:10,316 ABOUT IT. 323 00:14:10,316 --> 00:14:12,518 THE TIMELINES ARE LONG. 324 00:14:12,518 --> 00:14:14,153 BUT EVERYONE IS POSITIVE THAT 325 00:14:14,153 --> 00:14:15,854 THEY ARE DOING A GOOD THING AND 326 00:14:15,854 --> 00:14:18,390 THE MONEY IS WELL SPENT. 327 00:14:18,390 --> 00:14:19,892 AND THAT'S WHAT DRIVES PEOPLE TO 328 00:14:19,892 --> 00:14:20,993 KEEP DOING THIS SORT OF 329 00:14:20,993 --> 00:14:24,530 RESEARCH. 330 00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:27,733 >> MICROGRAVITY STILL HAS MORE 331 00:14:27,733 --> 00:14:29,568 INSIGHTS TO REVEAL. 332 00:14:29,568 --> 00:14:31,570 THIS LABORATORY LIKE NO OTHER 333 00:14:31,570 --> 00:14:33,405 WILL CONTINUE TO UNCOVER THEM, 334 00:14:33,405 --> 00:14:44,149 ONE EXPERIMENT AT A TIME. 335 00:14:44,149 --> 00:14:51,523 ♪ 336 00:14:51,523 --> 00:15:09,775 ♪ 337 00:15:09,775 --> 00:15:20,552 ♪ 338 00:15:20,552 --> 00:15:22,588 >> WHEN YOU LOOK UP AT THE NIGHT 339 00:15:22,588 --> 00:15:24,290 SKY, YOU NOTICE THAT THE MOON 340 00:15:24,290 --> 00:15:26,292 APPEARS TO CHANGE SHAPE FROM 341 00:15:26,292 --> 00:15:27,626 NIGHT TO NIGHT. 342 00:15:27,626 --> 00:15:28,927 THESE DIFFERENT SHAPES THAT WE 343 00:15:28,927 --> 00:15:30,929 SEE AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE 344 00:15:30,929 --> 00:15:33,465 MONTH ARE KNOWN AS THE MOON'S 345 00:15:33,465 --> 00:15:36,802 PHASES. 346 00:15:36,802 --> 00:15:38,704 NASA ASTRONAUT ANNE McCLAIN 347 00:15:38,704 --> 00:15:40,606 AND A FRIEND WITH AN 348 00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:43,442 EARTH-SHAPED HEAD EXPLAINS WHY 349 00:15:43,442 --> 00:15:46,645 THE PHASES OF THE MOON APPEAR AS 350 00:15:46,645 --> 00:15:51,884 THEY DO. 351 00:15:51,884 --> 00:15:54,219 ♪ 352 00:15:54,219 --> 00:16:09,868 >> HI THERE. 353 00:16:09,868 --> 00:16:11,170 I'M ANNE McCLAIN. 354 00:16:11,170 --> 00:16:13,272 I'M AN ASTRONAUT WHO HAS LIVED 355 00:16:13,272 --> 00:16:16,408 AND WORKED 250 MILES ABOVE THE 356 00:16:16,408 --> 00:16:18,410 EARTH'S YOU ARE FAST. 357 00:16:18,410 --> 00:16:20,245 WE ARE GOING TO TURN TOWARD THE 358 00:16:20,245 --> 00:16:22,448 MOON AND LEARN MORE WHAT CAUSES 359 00:16:22,448 --> 00:16:24,483 THE MOON'S PHASES. 360 00:16:24,483 --> 00:16:26,685 LET'S LOOK AT WHERE THE SPACE 361 00:16:26,685 --> 00:16:29,722 STATION IS COMPARED TO THE 362 00:16:29,722 --> 00:16:31,724 EARTH, MOON AND SUN. 363 00:16:31,724 --> 00:16:34,560 ON EARTH YOU ARE ONLY 250 MILES 364 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:36,061 BELOW THE STATION. 365 00:16:36,061 --> 00:16:40,199 THE MOON IS 238,855 MILES ON 366 00:16:40,199 --> 00:16:41,300 AVERAGE FROM EARTH. 367 00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:43,836 YOU COULD FIT 30 EARTHS IN THAT 368 00:16:43,836 --> 00:16:44,436 DISTANCE. 369 00:16:44,436 --> 00:16:46,038 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW FAR 370 00:16:46,038 --> 00:16:48,073 AWAY WE ARE FROM YOU ON THE 371 00:16:48,073 --> 00:16:51,477 STATION VERSUS HOW FAR AWAY THE 372 00:16:51,477 --> 00:16:54,913 MOON IS, THE MOON IS ONLY A TINY 373 00:16:54,913 --> 00:16:58,050 BIT CLOSER. 374 00:16:58,050 --> 00:17:00,085 SO THE STATION IS 250 MILES 375 00:17:00,085 --> 00:17:03,922 AWAY, THE MOON IS 238,855 MILES 376 00:17:03,922 --> 00:17:05,924 AWAY AND THE SUN IS 377 00:17:05,924 --> 00:17:11,163 APPROXIMATELY 92,900,000 MILES 378 00:17:11,163 --> 00:17:12,064 AWAY. 379 00:17:12,064 --> 00:17:14,099 THAT'S QUITE THE DISTANCE. 380 00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:15,901 NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE 381 00:17:15,901 --> 00:17:17,336 RELATIVE TO THE STATION, MOON 382 00:17:17,336 --> 00:17:19,037 AND SUN, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 383 00:17:19,037 --> 00:17:20,339 MOON PHASES. 384 00:17:20,339 --> 00:17:21,473 WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE MOON 385 00:17:21,473 --> 00:17:22,875 FROM THE EARTH, YOU NOTICE IT 386 00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:25,177 LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM DAY TO DAY. 387 00:17:25,177 --> 00:17:27,279 WE CALL THEM THE PHASES OF THE 388 00:17:27,279 --> 00:17:27,913 MOON. 389 00:17:27,913 --> 00:17:29,415 THEY CYCLE THROUGH EVERY 30 390 00:17:29,415 --> 00:17:30,315 DAYS. 391 00:17:30,315 --> 00:17:33,352 LET'S CHECK OUT A DEMONSTRATION. 392 00:17:33,352 --> 00:17:35,254 WE ARE GOING TO PRETEND HIS HEAD 393 00:17:35,254 --> 00:17:37,589 IS EARTH LETTING HIM VIEW THE 394 00:17:37,589 --> 00:17:39,792 MOON AS YOU WOULD FROM YOUR 395 00:17:39,792 --> 00:17:40,592 HOME. 396 00:17:40,592 --> 00:17:46,331 THE BALL IN HIS HAND IS THE MOON 397 00:17:46,331 --> 00:17:48,367 AND LIGHT SOURCE. 398 00:17:48,367 --> 00:17:50,569 EARTH IS ALSO ROTATING ON ITS 399 00:17:50,569 --> 00:17:53,405 ACCESS AND SLOWLY ORBITING THE 400 00:17:53,405 --> 00:17:54,206 SUN. 401 00:17:54,206 --> 00:17:56,341 WE CAN SEE THE MOON IS STILL 402 00:17:56,341 --> 00:18:03,615 WHOLE THE WHOLE TIME. 403 00:18:03,615 --> 00:18:08,654 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT KIA IS 404 00:18:08,654 --> 00:18:09,455 SEEING. 405 00:18:09,455 --> 00:18:12,257 THE REFLECTION OF SUNLIGHT LOOKS 406 00:18:12,257 --> 00:18:14,493 DIFFERENT FROM THIS ANGLE SINCE 407 00:18:14,493 --> 00:18:16,395 WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO SEE PARTS OF 408 00:18:16,395 --> 00:18:21,633 THE REFLECTED SUNLIGHT. 409 00:18:21,633 --> 00:18:23,669 THE MOON ORBITS AROUND EARTH 410 00:18:23,669 --> 00:18:25,471 EVERY 30 DAYS. 411 00:18:25,471 --> 00:18:26,872 THERE ARE NAMES FOR EACH OF THE 412 00:18:26,872 --> 00:18:27,973 PHASE IT IS. 413 00:18:27,973 --> 00:18:30,008 WHEN THE MOON LOOKS COMPLETELY 414 00:18:30,008 --> 00:18:31,410 DARK, WE ARE EXPERIENCING A NEW 415 00:18:31,410 --> 00:18:32,311 MOON. 416 00:18:32,311 --> 00:18:40,486 THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW 417 00:18:40,486 --> 00:18:43,388 PHASE. 418 00:18:43,388 --> 00:18:45,023 YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THIS 419 00:18:45,023 --> 00:18:45,824 BEFORE. 420 00:18:45,824 --> 00:18:47,426 THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A FULL 421 00:18:47,426 --> 00:18:48,961 MOON. 422 00:18:48,961 --> 00:18:51,864 AFTER THIS PHASE, IT WILL GO 423 00:18:51,864 --> 00:18:54,399 INTO A THIRD QUARTER MOON. 424 00:18:54,399 --> 00:18:56,235 AFTER THE THIRD QUARTER MOON IT 425 00:18:56,235 --> 00:19:00,772 WILL BECOME A WANING CRESCENT 426 00:19:00,772 --> 00:19:03,075 UNTIL IT RETURNS TO A NEW MOON. 427 00:19:03,075 --> 00:19:08,013 ON THE STATION WE SEE THE SAME 428 00:19:08,013 --> 00:19:10,649 PHASES. 429 00:19:10,649 --> 00:19:11,750 ASTRONAUTS ON THE STATION HAVE 430 00:19:11,750 --> 00:19:14,953 THE SAME PERSPECTIVE YOU HAVE, 431 00:19:14,953 --> 00:19:17,489 BUT DON'T HAVE THE EARTH'S 432 00:19:17,489 --> 00:19:19,491 ATMOSPHERE IN THE WAY FOR 433 00:19:19,491 --> 00:19:20,526 PHOTOGRAPHS. 434 00:19:20,526 --> 00:19:24,963 WE COLLECT RESEARCH TO HELP NASA 435 00:19:24,963 --> 00:19:28,667 WITH THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM. 436 00:19:28,667 --> 00:19:31,603 THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE OUTSIDE, 437 00:19:31,603 --> 00:19:36,542 TAKE A GLANCE AT THE MOON. 438 00:19:36,542 --> 00:19:38,544 ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SEEING THE 439 00:19:38,544 --> 00:19:40,345 STATION, TOO? 440 00:19:40,345 --> 00:19:44,283 ASK AN ADULT TO HELP YOU GO TO 441 00:19:44,283 --> 00:19:47,319 STATION.GOV. 442 00:19:47,319 --> 00:19:48,921 THANKS FOR LEARNING WITH ME 443 00:19:48,921 --> 00:19:53,158 TODAY. 444 00:19:53,158 --> 00:20:05,337 ♪ 445 00:20:05,337 --> 00:20:07,472 >> AT NASA WE ARE WORKING TO 446 00:20:07,472 --> 00:20:08,974 RETURN ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON IN 447 00:20:08,974 --> 00:20:11,009 JUST A FEW YEARS. 448 00:20:11,009 --> 00:20:12,611 TO EXPLORE IT AND LEARN TO LIVE 449 00:20:12,611 --> 00:20:14,212 THERE LONG TERM. 450 00:20:14,212 --> 00:20:15,414 IT'S PART OF THE PLAN TO GET 451 00:20:15,414 --> 00:20:17,349 HUMANS READY TO EXPLORE OUT INTO 452 00:20:17,349 --> 00:20:19,151 THE SOLAR SYSTEM IN THE YEARS 453 00:20:19,151 --> 00:20:20,085 AFTER THAT. 454 00:20:20,085 --> 00:20:22,888 IT'S CALLED THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM. 455 00:20:22,888 --> 00:20:24,189 THIS SUMMER TEAMS HERE IN 456 00:20:24,189 --> 00:20:26,525 HOUSTON WENT INTO THE GIANT 457 00:20:26,525 --> 00:20:29,528 SWIMMING POOL TO WORK ON 458 00:20:29,528 --> 00:20:31,263 DEVELOPING TOOLS AND TRAINING 459 00:20:31,263 --> 00:20:33,265 PLANS FOR THE ASTRONAUTS WHO 460 00:20:33,265 --> 00:20:35,300 WILL CONDUCT THE MOON WALKS OF 461 00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:36,401 THE FUTURE. 462 00:20:36,401 --> 00:20:37,002 TAKE A LOOK. 463 00:20:37,002 --> 00:20:45,744 ♪ 464 00:20:45,744 --> 00:20:55,220 ♪ 465 00:20:55,220 --> 00:21:33,325 ♪ 466 00:21:33,325 --> 00:21:37,262 >> EVERYONE IN MY GENERATION WAS 467 00:21:37,262 --> 00:21:40,265 ALIVE THE FIRST TIME WE WENT TO 468 00:21:40,265 --> 00:21:41,466 THE MOON. 469 00:21:41,466 --> 00:21:43,502 WE WANT TO DO IT AGAIN AND DO IT 470 00:21:43,502 --> 00:21:44,202 BETTER. 471 00:21:44,202 --> 00:21:50,342 THE SPACE SUIT IS LIKE A MINI 472 00:21:50,342 --> 00:21:51,843 SPACECRAFT. 473 00:21:51,843 --> 00:21:53,378 IT HAS ALMOST EVERY SYSTEM 474 00:21:53,378 --> 00:21:54,379 REPRESENTED. 475 00:21:54,379 --> 00:21:55,814 IT'S A LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM. 476 00:21:55,814 --> 00:21:56,915 THIS IS GOING TO KEEP SOMEONE 477 00:21:56,915 --> 00:21:58,950 ALIVE IN A VERY DANGEROUS, 478 00:21:58,950 --> 00:22:00,952 CRITICAL ENVIRONMENT. 479 00:22:00,952 --> 00:22:02,287 I LOVE WHAT WE DO. 480 00:22:02,287 --> 00:22:03,689 WE WANT TO SEE THE SYSTEM FLY 481 00:22:03,689 --> 00:22:05,991 AND BE USEFUL AND HELP A PERSON 482 00:22:05,991 --> 00:22:07,526 EXPLORE THE MOON IN A MORE 483 00:22:07,526 --> 00:22:09,327 CAPABLE MANNER THAN THEY WERE 484 00:22:09,327 --> 00:22:13,165 ABLE TO DO DURING APOLLO. 485 00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:15,067 IT'S A GREAT JOB. 486 00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:23,041 >> THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM 487 00:22:23,041 --> 00:22:25,343 WHICH DEVELOPED THE SPACESHIP 488 00:22:25,343 --> 00:22:27,379 THAT DELIVERED DOUG HURLEY TO 489 00:22:27,379 --> 00:22:29,481 THE STATION EARLIER THIS YEAR IS 490 00:22:29,481 --> 00:22:32,217 ONE PART OF THE GROWING 491 00:22:32,217 --> 00:22:34,219 COMMERCIAL SPACE ECONOMY WHICH 492 00:22:34,219 --> 00:22:35,020 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 493 00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:36,655 STATIONER HAS BEEN ENCOURAGING 494 00:22:36,655 --> 00:22:38,857 FOR 20 YEARS NOW. 495 00:22:38,857 --> 00:22:40,258 THE EXPANSION OF THE COMMERCIAL 496 00:22:40,258 --> 00:22:42,294 USE OF SPACE FOSTERS GROWTH FOR 497 00:22:42,294 --> 00:22:44,396 THESE COMPANIES, IT'S AIDING 498 00:22:44,396 --> 00:22:46,832 NASA AS IT CONTINUES TO EXPLORE 499 00:22:46,832 --> 00:22:48,433 AND DISCOVER WHAT'S OUT THERE 500 00:22:48,433 --> 00:22:51,870 BEYOND LOWER EARTH ORBIT. 501 00:22:51,870 --> 00:22:56,241 >> THOSE STRIVING TO DEVELOP 502 00:22:56,241 --> 00:22:57,943 THEIR PRODUCTS AND CONDUCT 503 00:22:57,943 --> 00:23:00,378 RESEARCH BEYOND EARTH'S 504 00:23:00,378 --> 00:23:01,880 ATMOSPHERE ARE SEEING VISIONS 505 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,282 COME TO LIFE THROUGH THE 506 00:23:04,282 --> 00:23:05,183 INTERNATIONAL LAB AND 507 00:23:05,183 --> 00:23:07,619 PARTNERSHIPS WITH NASA. 508 00:23:07,619 --> 00:23:09,755 NASA, IN TURN, IS GAINING NEW 509 00:23:09,755 --> 00:23:11,656 RESOURCES TO AID IN ITS MISSION 510 00:23:11,656 --> 00:23:14,092 OF EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY. 511 00:23:14,092 --> 00:23:15,494 THANKS TO THESE PARTNERSHIPS, 512 00:23:15,494 --> 00:23:17,295 THE WORLD IS BENEFITING FROM THE 513 00:23:17,295 --> 00:23:21,233 INGENUITY OF THOSE TAKING THOSE 514 00:23:21,233 --> 00:23:23,835 IDEAS TO GRAVITY'S EDGE. 515 00:23:23,835 --> 00:23:30,108 FROM TRANSPORTATION TO SATELLITE 516 00:23:30,108 --> 00:23:34,412 DEPLOYMENT TO IN-SPACE RESEARCH, 517 00:23:34,412 --> 00:23:37,349 AN ECONOMY HAS BEEN DEVELOPING. 518 00:23:37,349 --> 00:23:41,887 ITS VALUE EXCEEDS $345 BILLION. 519 00:23:41,887 --> 00:23:45,924 MIKE REED IS THE MANAGER OF THE 520 00:23:45,924 --> 00:23:47,726 ISS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AT 521 00:23:47,726 --> 00:23:49,127 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. 522 00:23:49,127 --> 00:23:51,163 HE EXPLAINS SOME OF THE BENEFITS 523 00:23:51,163 --> 00:23:53,265 OF NASA INVESTING IN THE 524 00:23:53,265 --> 00:23:55,700 COMMERCIAL ECONOMY IN SPACE. 525 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:57,035 COMMERCIALIZATION OF LOWER EARTH 526 00:23:57,035 --> 00:24:00,272 ORBIT FREES UP RESOURCES NASA 527 00:24:00,272 --> 00:24:01,573 NEEDS. 528 00:24:01,573 --> 00:24:04,075 EVEN AS NASA PREPARES TO RETURN 529 00:24:04,075 --> 00:24:06,111 TO THE MOON, GO TO MARS AND 530 00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:08,013 ENGAGES WITH OTHER SPACE 531 00:24:08,013 --> 00:24:09,815 MISSIONS, WE'LL ALWAYS NEED A 532 00:24:09,815 --> 00:24:12,651 PLATFORM IN LOWER EARTH ORBIT. 533 00:24:12,651 --> 00:24:15,987 THAT PLATFORM ENABLES CREW 534 00:24:15,987 --> 00:24:18,089 TRAINING, ADVANCE SYSTEMS 535 00:24:18,089 --> 00:24:19,891 DEVELOPMENT, AND FUNDAMENTAL AND 536 00:24:19,891 --> 00:24:22,227 APPLIED RESEARCH. 537 00:24:22,227 --> 00:24:24,329 BUT EXPANDING THE SPACE STATION 538 00:24:24,329 --> 00:24:26,565 TO COMMERCIAL COMPANIES ENABLES 539 00:24:26,565 --> 00:24:28,266 A NEW MARKET. 540 00:24:28,266 --> 00:24:29,267 WE CAN CONTINUE OUR SPACE 541 00:24:29,267 --> 00:24:31,303 EXPLORATION WHILE PROVIDING 542 00:24:31,303 --> 00:24:34,005 ACCESS TO A PLATFORM THAT HELPS 543 00:24:34,005 --> 00:24:36,541 CREATE JOBS, BUILD REVENUES AND 544 00:24:36,541 --> 00:24:38,243 CREATES MANY NEW PRODUCTS THAT 545 00:24:38,243 --> 00:24:40,178 ARE BENEFICIAL TO PEOPLE ON 546 00:24:40,178 --> 00:24:41,379 EARTH. 547 00:24:41,379 --> 00:24:43,081 IN TERMS OF RESEARCH, MANY 548 00:24:43,081 --> 00:24:45,717 COMPANIES ARE MAKING USE OF THE 549 00:24:45,717 --> 00:24:50,121 ISS U.S. NATIONAL LABORATORY TO 550 00:24:50,121 --> 00:24:52,357 RUN THEIR INVESTIGATIONS IN 551 00:24:52,357 --> 00:24:58,230 MICROGRAVITY. 552 00:24:58,230 --> 00:25:06,705 THEY INCLUDE PROCTER & GAMBLE. 553 00:25:06,705 --> 00:25:07,906 MERCK, THE PHARMACEUTICAL 554 00:25:07,906 --> 00:25:09,841 COMPANY, USES THE NATIONAL LAB 555 00:25:09,841 --> 00:25:11,443 TO STUDY THE GROWTH PROPERTIES 556 00:25:11,443 --> 00:25:14,179 OF THREE DIMENSIONAL PROTEIN 557 00:25:14,179 --> 00:25:15,480 CRYSTALS. 558 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,283 IT COULD LEAD TO MORE EFFECTIVE 559 00:25:18,283 --> 00:25:21,019 DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR CANCER 560 00:25:21,019 --> 00:25:22,220 TREATMENTS. 561 00:25:22,220 --> 00:25:24,155 EVEN COMPANIES NOT KNOWN RIGHT 562 00:25:24,155 --> 00:25:29,094 NOW ARE SEEING BIG RETURNS. 563 00:25:29,094 --> 00:25:31,396 ONE IS ADVANCING THE DEVELOPMENT 564 00:25:31,396 --> 00:25:38,036 FOR TREATING THE EFFECTS OF 565 00:25:38,036 --> 00:25:42,073 RETINAL DEGENERATION. 566 00:25:42,073 --> 00:25:43,808 THE SPACE STATION CONTRIBUTES TO 567 00:25:43,808 --> 00:25:45,710 EXPANDING THE SPACE ECONOMY IN 568 00:25:45,710 --> 00:25:47,112 OTHER WAYS. 569 00:25:47,112 --> 00:25:48,813 THE CAPABILITIES OF LAUNCH 570 00:25:48,813 --> 00:25:55,186 PROVIDERS SUCH AS SpaceX AND 571 00:25:55,186 --> 00:26:00,258 NORTHROP GRUMMAN HAS EXPANDED. 572 00:26:00,258 --> 00:26:02,560 IT OPENS UP THE MARKETPLACE TO 573 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:04,896 NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES WHO 574 00:26:04,896 --> 00:26:06,798 COULD NOT AFFORD THE COST OF 575 00:26:06,798 --> 00:26:08,934 RESEARCH SPACE BEFORE. 576 00:26:08,934 --> 00:26:11,336 NOW THEY HAVE BROUGHT IT FROM 577 00:26:11,336 --> 00:26:14,072 AMERICAN SOIL FOR THE FIRST TIME 578 00:26:14,072 --> 00:26:16,875 SINCE 2011 AND FIRST TIME ON A 579 00:26:16,875 --> 00:26:21,613 PRIVATE LAUNCH SYSTEM. 580 00:26:21,613 --> 00:26:24,349 IT PROVIDES LONG-TERM BENEFITS 581 00:26:24,349 --> 00:26:27,585 FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES AND NASA. 582 00:26:27,585 --> 00:26:28,787 TODAY, COMMERCIAL AND OTHER 583 00:26:28,787 --> 00:26:30,588 NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES ARE 584 00:26:30,588 --> 00:26:32,390 ENTERING THE SPACE ECONOMY IN 585 00:26:32,390 --> 00:26:34,125 SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS. 586 00:26:34,125 --> 00:26:35,927 WHAT THESE NEW PARTNERSHIPS CAN 587 00:26:35,927 --> 00:26:37,262 ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER WILL DRIVE 588 00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:40,265 THE IN-SPACE MARKETPLACE AND 589 00:26:40,265 --> 00:26:43,101 NASA'S GRANDEST MISSIONS TO NEW 590 00:26:43,101 --> 00:26:45,003 HEIGHTS AS WELL AS IMPROVING 591 00:26:45,003 --> 00:26:48,740 QUALITY OF LIFE ON EARTH. 592 00:26:48,740 --> 00:26:50,141 FOR MORE SCIENCE AND RESEARCH 593 00:26:50,141 --> 00:26:51,242 FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 594 00:26:51,242 --> 00:26:52,477 STATION, GO TO 595 00:26:52,477 --> 00:27:00,652 WWW.NASA.GOV/ISS/SCIENCE. 596 00:27:00,652 --> 00:27:03,989 TO DISCOVER MORE, VISIT 597 00:27:03,989 --> 00:27:08,226 SCIENCE.NASA.GOV. 598 00:27:08,226 --> 00:27:18,503 >> IF YOU WANT ANOTHER LOOK AT 599 00:27:18,503 --> 00:27:20,705 ANY OF THE STORIES WE FEATURED 600 00:27:20,705 --> 00:27:22,841 TODAY, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND THEM 601 00:27:22,841 --> 00:27:25,677 BY HEADING TO YouTube AND 602 00:27:25,677 --> 00:27:26,778 Facebook. 603 00:27:26,778 --> 00:27:28,079 WHILE YOU ARE THERE, FEEL FREE 604 00:27:28,079 --> 00:27:29,781 TO CHECK OUT THE OTHER SCHOOL 605 00:27:29,781 --> 00:27:31,316 STUFF THAT'S AVAILABLE ABOUT 606 00:27:31,316 --> 00:27:34,319 NASA AND AMERICA'S HUMAN SPACE 607 00:27:34,319 --> 00:27:35,420 FLIGHT PROGRAM. 608 00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:37,355 WHEN YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GOOD 609 00:27:37,355 --> 00:27:40,358 CONVERSATION, THE PLACE TO GO IS 610 00:27:40,358 --> 00:27:44,796 HOUSTON WE HAVE A POT CAST. 611 00:27:44,796 --> 00:27:46,698 WE TALK TO FOLKS ABOUT THEIR 612 00:27:46,698 --> 00:27:48,933 WORK IN ALL ASPECTS IN SPACE 613 00:27:48,933 --> 00:27:50,135 EXPLORATION. 614 00:27:50,135 --> 00:27:53,872 AND TODAY, GARY JORDAN TALKS 615 00:27:53,872 --> 00:27:58,443 WITH KATE RUBINS, THE NEXT 616 00:27:58,443 --> 00:28:02,680 AMERICAN ASTRONAUT GOING TO THE 617 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:06,084 SPACE STATION FROM THE 618 00:28:06,084 --> 00:28:18,196 COSMODROME. 619 00:28:18,196 --> 00:28:28,206 THAT'S NEXT WEEK.