♪
>> GOOD MORNING, YOU ARE GETTING
A VIEW OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FLIGHT CONTROL
ROOM WHERE A TEAM OF SPECIALISTS
IS ALWAYS ON DUTY KEEPING AN EYE
ON STATION SYSTEMS AND ASSISTING
THE CREW MEMBERS THROUGH THEIR
DAILY TASKS OF SCIENCE SUPPORT
AND STATION MAINTENANCE.
THIS WEEK THAT INCLUDED WORKING
WITH CHRIS CASSIDY ON THE
ARRIVAL OF A NEW CARGO SHIP.
PREPARATIONS TO GREET A NEW SET
OF CREWMATES NEXT WEEK AND THEIR
DEPARTURE FROM THE STATION AND
THE END OF EXPEDITION 63 BEFORE
THE END OF THE MONTH.
>> WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND.
I'M KELA.
THIS WEEK THE ORBITING
LABORATORY WELCOMES A NEW
VISITOR WITH LOTS OF NEW
SUPPLIES.
>> LIFT-OFF.
>> ON SATURDAY THE CRF-14
SPACECRAFT LAUNCHED FROM NASA'S
FACILITY IN VIRGINIA.
CARRYING NEITHER 8,000 POUNDS OF
HARDWARE AND SUPPLIES, THIS
MARKS THE 14th FLIGHT OF THE
COMMERCIAL PROVIDER.
THEY REACHED THE LABORATORY AND
CHRIS CASSIDY USED THE STATION
CANADA ARM 2 TO REACH OUT AND
GRAB THE VEHICLE ALLOWING GROUND
TEAMS TO MANEUVER IT.
THE CARGO CRAFT WAS NAMED IN
HONOR OF THE FIRST WOMAN OF
INDIAN DECENT TO GO IN SPACE
WILL STAY ATTACHED TO THE
STATION UNTIL MID DECEMBER.
MEANWHILE, AT BAIKONUR, THEY ARE
UNDERGOING PRE-LAUNCH ACTIVITIES
FOR A SIX MONTH MISSION ABOARD
THE ORBITING LAB.
THIS FLIGHT SCHEDULED FOR
LIFTOFF ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE
QUICK.
THE TIME FROM LAUNCH TO DOCKING
WILL BE JUST OVER THREE HOURS,
ABOUT THE SAME TIME FOR A
COMMERCIAL AIRLINER TO FLY FROM
SEATTLE TO MINNEAPOLIS.
ALSO, WE INSIGHT YOU TO CHECK
OUT THE LATEST EDITION OF
HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PODCAST.
BEFORE HER UPCOMING MISSION,
KATE RUBINS SAT DOWN TO TALK
ABOUT AN ARRAY OF SUBJECT.
INCLUDING THE FIRST PERSON TO
SEQUENCE DNA IN SPACE.
KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
>> ALL OF THE EXPEDITION CREW
MEMBERS SPEND SOME OF THEIR TIME
WORKING ON SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS
THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
ABSENCE OF GRAVITY.
SUCH AS WHEN EXPEDITION 63'S
DOUG HURLEY SQUEEZED OUT FRUIT
PUNCH.
IT PROVIDERS RESEARCHERS WITH
BETTER INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO
MANAGE LIQUIDS IN MICROGRAVITY.
>> THIS IS DOUG.
>> I GOT YOU.
FIVE BY FIVE.
>> WE STARTED 15 YEARS AGO IN
THIS LONG LINE OF EXPERIMENTS
THAT GOING TO SPACE ON SMALL
SCALE SPACE EXPERIMENT ABOUT
MOVING FLUIDS.
NOW WE CAN APPLY RESEARCH
RESULTS WE HAVE LEARNED FROM
DOING EXPERIMENTS IN SPACE THAT
REQUIRE GRAVITY FOR THEM TO
WORK.
BUT THAT'S A NEW HORIZON, I
WOULD SAY.
>> OKAY, MARK, STEP FORWARD.
>> THIS IS AN ENGINEERING
DEMONSTRATION OF A WASTEWATER
PURIFICATION SYSTEM.
SO INSIDE THAT FOAM, ALL THESE
WEIRD CHANNELS AND DIFFERENT
FOAMS SUCH AS FORCES WICK THE
LIQUIDS OUT, SO IT'S AN ANSWER
TO MANAGING CONTAMINATED WATER.
>> IT SOUNDS INTERESTING AND
REALLY COOL.
>> WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO, YOU
ARE GOING TO OPEN THAT VALVE OUT
OF THE DRINK BAG, PRIME THE
TUBE, THEN SQUEEZE THE DRINK BAG
AND IN ABOUT 15 SECONDS FILL THE
ENTIRE FOAM WITH THE CONTENTS OF
THE BAG.
>> THE INTERIOR PIECE OF THAT
FOAM IS HIGHLY WETTING.
IT WANTS TO SUCK UP THAT WATER.
THERE ARE PIECES THAT ARE
HYDROPHOBIC, IT DOESN'T WANT THE
WATER TO GET THROUGH.
THIS PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY, EVEN
THOUGH IT'S SO SIMPLE AS A PIECE
OF FOAM, IT CAN POTENTIALLY DO
SO MANY THINGS.
>> IF YOU WATCH THE VIDEO, YOU
ARE GOING TO THINK IT'S DULL.
WHAT IT IS, IT'S A DYED LIQUID,
RED FRUIT PUNCH WE USE WHICH IS
SIMILAR TO URINE.
>> DO YOU LIKE THE PACK LIGHT
VIEW?
>> IT GIVES US A COMPLETE VIEW
OF THIS WHOLE THING.
IT'S COOL.
>> THE PURPOSE OF THIS
EXPERIMENT IS TO SEE HOW WELL
THIS FOAM HOLDS THE LIQUID IN
MICROGRAVITY.
IF WE AGITATE IT AND PUT THE
PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THROUGH THE
RINGER, HOW WELL DOES IT BOUNCE
BACK.
I WOULD SAY THE MOST SURPRISING
THING THAT'S COME OUT OF IT IS
HOW SIMPLE WE CAN MAKE THIS
TECHNOLOGY.
MAYBE THE FOAM PROJECT IS GOING
TO ENABLE A BACKUP SYSTEM FOR
THE TOILETS OR MAYBE A NEW
WASTEWATER PROCESSING SYSTEM ALL
TOGETHER.
IT FEELS LIKE ANYTHING IS
POSSIBLE.
>> WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT OUR
WORK, WHICH WE STARTED OUT IN
FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH CAN GET TO
THE POINT WHERE IT'S DELIVERING
ON EQUIPMENT THAT FUNCTIONS
WITHOUT MOVING PARTS, 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 WEIGHT ON MARS, WE WOULD LOVE
TO CONTRIBUTE IN THAT WAY.
SO BY PUBLISHING THE DESIGN LAWS
BY THE DESIGN EXPERIENCE, BY THE
EXPERIMENT EXPERIENCE, WE WOULD
LOVE TO DO THAT, TOO.
>> IT'S SO SIMPLE AND SO COOL.
>> THE SCIENTISTS WHO IMAGINE
AND DEVELOP THE EXPERIMENTS DONE
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION DEVOTE YEARS TO THEIR
RESEARCH.
AND THEN THE STATION CREW
MEMBERS EXECUTE THE PROTOCOLS.
WHAT HAPPENS THEN WHEN THE
RESULTS ARE RETURNED TO EARTH.
WATCH THE SCIENTISTS TAKE THEIR
RESEARCH ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
♪
>> SO THIS IS AMEAL.
HE'S ALMOST EIGHT MONTHS NOW.
HE WAS PRESENT FOR A LOT OF THE
TESTING THAT WE DID.
HE WAS ALSO PRESENT FOR THE
LAUNCH IN-UTERO, SO OVER THE
COURSE HE WAS HERE.
THIS FLIGHT SUIT HE WAS WEARING,
WE BROUGHT IT TO CAPE CANAVERAL.
[LAUGHTER]
SO WE WERE RUNNING CONCURRENT
EXPERIMENTS ON EARTH AND ON
STATION.
SO THEY HAD THE GELS AND THEY
WERE GETTING THE DATA FROM THE
EXPERIMENTS RUNNING OFF STATION.
WE WERE LOOKING AT HOW THEY
FORMED AND HOW IT WAS CHANGING,
GIVEN THOSE TWO DIFFERENT
ENVIRONMENTS.
>> WE ALL MADE SURE WE ARE HERE
AND OPENED THE PLACE ALL
TOGETHER AND WE HAD THE SAME
TYPE OF ASSIGNMENT THAT WE HAD
AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
>> SPACE STATION NEVER LOSES ITS
COOL.
THESE ARE WHAT THE RESTAURANTS
TOUCH.
WE HAVE BEEN TO SPACE AND BACK,
NOW THEY ARE IN OUR LAB.
>> WE COULD LOOK AT THEM AND SEE
HOW THE STRUCTURAL CHANGES ARE
SOMETHING YOU CAN OBSERVE BY
LOOKING AT THE GEL.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE DATA WE
GOT FROM THE EQUIPMENT ON
STATION AND EQUIPMENT FROM
NANORAC, WE COULD SEE THE
DIFFERENCES.
>> WE OBSERVED INTERESTING
CHANGES THAT WE HOPE WE WILL BE
ABLE TO DO STRUCTURAL TESTS AND
MORE IN-DEPTH STUDIES.
IT SEEMED LIKE THERE MIGHT BE
SOME CHANGES.
>> WHILE THE THRILL OF THE
ROCKET LAUNCH MAY BE OVER, THEY
STILL HAVE ONE OF THE MOST
EXCITING PARTS OF THEIR JOURNEY
AHEAD, PUBLISHING RESULTS.
THIS COULD HELP FORM FUTURE
RESEARCH ON EARTH AND IN SPACE.
>> WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON NOW IS
COMPILING THAT DATA AND TELLING
A GOOD STORY AROUND IT SO IT'S
SOMETHING WE COULD PUBLISH AND
GET BACK TO THE PUBLIC.
WE GOT INTERESTING DATA FROM
THESE EXPERIMENTS THAT WERE
SUPER SIMPLE.
BUT THE STORY COULD CHANGE
THINGS AS A WHOLE.
>> YOU FEEL A HUGE
RESPONSIBILITY PERFORMING THIS
RESEARCH FOR OTHERS, BECAUSE YOU
KNOW HOW MANY YEARS THEY HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON THE GROUND.
WE LIKE TO KNOW THE RESULTS.
I STAYED IN TOUCH WITH A LOT OF
THE SCIENTISTS AND THAT GIVES US
A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK.
IT GIVES US CLOSURE TO KNOW HOW
IMPORTANT THE SCIENCE WE WERE
DOING UP THERE REALLY WAS.
>> HERE'S SOMETHING FOR YOU
GUYS.
>> OH, MY GOD!
[LAUGHTER]
>> OH, MY GOSH, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING.
>> NOBODY WAS DOING THIS.
AT LEAST A FACETIME CALL OR
SOMETHING, ABSOLUTELY, THIS IS
GREAT.
>> FANTASTIC SURPRISE.
>> WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED?
>> WE ARE IN OUR LABORATORY IN
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
WE ARE ALL WOMEN ENGINEERS.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> DID THEY EXPLAIN THAT YOU
HANDLED THIS GREAT.
>> THAT'S SO COOL.
>> WE GET THE SCIENCE BACK DOWN
INTO YOUR HANDS.
SOMETIMES IT DOES GO IN A BLACK
BOX WHEN WE ARE UP THERE.
THANKS FOR LETTING ME ENGAGE IN
YOUR SPACE.
GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING YOU
DO.
BOTH PERSONALLY AND
PROFESSIONALLY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEAH, IT'S HARD TO BEAT THIS.
>> I TRY TO THINK OF ANYTHING
THAT WOULD BE BETTER THAN
WATCHING MY OWN LAUNCH OF A
RESEARCH TO A SPACE STATION.
I HAVE THE BACK OF MY CELLPHONE
IS THE PICTURE OF US STANDING
WITH THE SPACE STATION.
PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED, FEMALES,
THIS TYPE OF EXPERIENCES AND
HAVE CONTRIBUTED THIS MANY.
I STILL LOOK AT THE SKY AND I
REALLY THINK EVERYTHING IS SO
FAR AWAY AND LOOK AT THE STARS
AND EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE
NOTHING IS ACHIEVABLE.
BUT THEN JUST BEING A PART OF
THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE IS A DREAM
COME TRUE.
>> THEY NOW JOIN THE THOUSANDS
OF SCIENTISTS WHO HAVE PERFORMED
RESEARCH ABOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
MAKING THE MOST OF WHAT
MICROGRAVITY HAS TO TEACH US.
THIS DEDICATED GROUP IS BRINGING
WHAT THEY LEARN BACK TO EARTH,
HELPING IMPROVE LIVES AND
ADVANCE EXPLORATION.
>> WHAT SPACE STATION GIVES US
IS A DIFFERENT LABORATORY.
WHAT'S MEANINGFUL IS TO TALK TO
MY PATIENTS AND KNOW ABOUT THE
DISCOVERIES WE MADE.
THIS MEANS A LOT AS A CLINICIAN.
>> THE ENERGY THAT EVERYONE HAS
WHO IS INVOLVED IN SPACE
RESEARCH IS CONTAGIOUS.
EVERYONE ELSE IS SO EXCITED
ABOUT IT.
THE TIMELINES ARE LONG.
BUT EVERYONE IS POSITIVE THAT
THEY ARE DOING A GOOD THING AND
THE MONEY IS WELL SPENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT DRIVES PEOPLE TO
KEEP DOING THIS SORT OF
RESEARCH.
>> MICROGRAVITY STILL HAS MORE
INSIGHTS TO REVEAL.
THIS LABORATORY LIKE NO OTHER
WILL CONTINUE TO UNCOVER THEM,
ONE EXPERIMENT AT A TIME.
♪
>> WHEN YOU LOOK UP AT THE NIGHT
SKY, YOU NOTICE THAT THE MOON
APPEARS TO CHANGE SHAPE FROM
NIGHT TO NIGHT.
THESE DIFFERENT SHAPES THAT WE
SEE AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE
MONTH ARE KNOWN AS THE MOON'S
PHASES.
NASA ASTRONAUT ANNE McCLAIN
AND A FRIEND WITH AN
EARTH-SHAPED HEAD EXPLAINS WHY
THE PHASES OF THE MOON APPEAR AS
THEY DO.
♪
>> HI THERE.
I'M ANNE McCLAIN.
I'M AN ASTRONAUT WHO HAS LIVED
AND WORKED 250 MILES ABOVE THE
EARTH'S YOU ARE FAST.
WE ARE GOING TO TURN TOWARD THE
MOON AND LEARN MORE WHAT CAUSES
THE MOON'S PHASES.
LET'S LOOK AT WHERE THE SPACE
STATION IS COMPARED TO THE
EARTH, MOON AND SUN.
ON EARTH YOU ARE ONLY 250 MILES
BELOW THE STATION.
THE MOON IS 238,855 MILES ON
AVERAGE FROM EARTH.
YOU COULD FIT 30 EARTHS IN THAT
DISTANCE.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW FAR
AWAY WE ARE FROM YOU ON THE
STATION VERSUS HOW FAR AWAY THE
MOON IS, THE MOON IS ONLY A TINY
BIT CLOSER.
SO THE STATION IS 250 MILES
AWAY, THE MOON IS 238,855 MILES
AWAY AND THE SUN IS
APPROXIMATELY 92,900,000 MILES
AWAY.
THAT'S QUITE THE DISTANCE.
NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE
RELATIVE TO THE STATION, MOON
AND SUN, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
MOON PHASES.
WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE MOON
FROM THE EARTH, YOU NOTICE IT
LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM DAY TO DAY.
WE CALL THEM THE PHASES OF THE
MOON.
THEY CYCLE THROUGH EVERY 30
DAYS.
LET'S CHECK OUT A DEMONSTRATION.
WE ARE GOING TO PRETEND HIS HEAD
IS EARTH LETTING HIM VIEW THE
MOON AS YOU WOULD FROM YOUR
HOME.
THE BALL IN HIS HAND IS THE MOON
AND LIGHT SOURCE.
EARTH IS ALSO ROTATING ON ITS
ACCESS AND SLOWLY ORBITING THE
SUN.
WE CAN SEE THE MOON IS STILL
WHOLE THE WHOLE TIME.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT KIA IS
SEEING.
THE REFLECTION OF SUNLIGHT LOOKS
DIFFERENT FROM THIS ANGLE SINCE
WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO SEE PARTS OF
THE REFLECTED SUNLIGHT.
THE MOON ORBITS AROUND EARTH
EVERY 30 DAYS.
THERE ARE NAMES FOR EACH OF THE
PHASE IT IS.
WHEN THE MOON LOOKS COMPLETELY
DARK, WE ARE EXPERIENCING A NEW
MOON.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW
PHASE.
YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THIS
BEFORE.
THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A FULL
MOON.
AFTER THIS PHASE, IT WILL GO
INTO A THIRD QUARTER MOON.
AFTER THE THIRD QUARTER MOON IT
WILL BECOME A WANING CRESCENT
UNTIL IT RETURNS TO A NEW MOON.
ON THE STATION WE SEE THE SAME
PHASES.
ASTRONAUTS ON THE STATION HAVE
THE SAME PERSPECTIVE YOU HAVE,
BUT DON'T HAVE THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE IN THE WAY FOR
PHOTOGRAPHS.
WE COLLECT RESEARCH TO HELP NASA
WITH THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM.
THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE OUTSIDE,
TAKE A GLANCE AT THE MOON.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SEEING THE
STATION, TOO?
ASK AN ADULT TO HELP YOU GO TO
STATION.GOV.
THANKS FOR LEARNING WITH ME
TODAY.
♪
>> AT NASA WE ARE WORKING TO
RETURN ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON IN
JUST A FEW YEARS.
TO EXPLORE IT AND LEARN TO LIVE
THERE LONG TERM.
IT'S PART OF THE PLAN TO GET
HUMANS READY TO EXPLORE OUT INTO
THE SOLAR SYSTEM IN THE YEARS
AFTER THAT.
IT'S CALLED THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM.
THIS SUMMER TEAMS HERE IN
HOUSTON WENT INTO THE GIANT
SWIMMING POOL TO WORK ON
DEVELOPING TOOLS AND TRAINING
PLANS FOR THE ASTRONAUTS WHO
WILL CONDUCT THE MOON WALKS OF
THE FUTURE.
TAKE A LOOK.
♪
>> EVERYONE IN MY GENERATION WAS
ALIVE THE FIRST TIME WE WENT TO
THE MOON.
WE WANT TO DO IT AGAIN AND DO IT
BETTER.
THE SPACE SUIT IS LIKE A MINI
SPACECRAFT.
IT HAS ALMOST EVERY SYSTEM
REPRESENTED.
IT'S A LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM.
THIS IS GOING TO KEEP SOMEONE
ALIVE IN A VERY DANGEROUS,
CRITICAL ENVIRONMENT.
I LOVE WHAT WE DO.
WE WANT TO SEE THE SYSTEM FLY
AND BE USEFUL AND HELP A PERSON
EXPLORE THE MOON IN A MORE
CAPABLE MANNER THAN THEY WERE
ABLE TO DO DURING APOLLO.
IT'S A GREAT JOB.
>> THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM
WHICH DEVELOPED THE SPACESHIP
THAT DELIVERED DOUG HURLEY TO
THE STATION EARLIER THIS YEAR IS
ONE PART OF THE GROWING
COMMERCIAL SPACE ECONOMY WHICH
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATIONER HAS BEEN ENCOURAGING
FOR 20 YEARS NOW.
THE EXPANSION OF THE COMMERCIAL
USE OF SPACE FOSTERS GROWTH FOR
THESE COMPANIES, IT'S AIDING
NASA AS IT CONTINUES TO EXPLORE
AND DISCOVER WHAT'S OUT THERE
BEYOND LOWER EARTH ORBIT.
>> THOSE STRIVING TO DEVELOP
THEIR PRODUCTS AND CONDUCT
RESEARCH BEYOND EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE ARE SEEING VISIONS
COME TO LIFE THROUGH THE
INTERNATIONAL LAB AND
PARTNERSHIPS WITH NASA.
NASA, IN TURN, IS GAINING NEW
RESOURCES TO AID IN ITS MISSION
OF EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY.
THANKS TO THESE PARTNERSHIPS,
THE WORLD IS BENEFITING FROM THE
INGENUITY OF THOSE TAKING THOSE
IDEAS TO GRAVITY'S EDGE.
FROM TRANSPORTATION TO SATELLITE
DEPLOYMENT TO IN-SPACE RESEARCH,
AN ECONOMY HAS BEEN DEVELOPING.
ITS VALUE EXCEEDS $345 BILLION.
MIKE REED IS THE MANAGER OF THE
ISS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AT
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
HE EXPLAINS SOME OF THE BENEFITS
OF NASA INVESTING IN THE
COMMERCIAL ECONOMY IN SPACE.
COMMERCIALIZATION OF LOWER EARTH
ORBIT FREES UP RESOURCES NASA
NEEDS.
EVEN AS NASA PREPARES TO RETURN
TO THE MOON, GO TO MARS AND
ENGAGES WITH OTHER SPACE
MISSIONS, WE'LL ALWAYS NEED A
PLATFORM IN LOWER EARTH ORBIT.
THAT PLATFORM ENABLES CREW
TRAINING, ADVANCE SYSTEMS
DEVELOPMENT, AND FUNDAMENTAL AND
APPLIED RESEARCH.
BUT EXPANDING THE SPACE STATION
TO COMMERCIAL COMPANIES ENABLES
A NEW MARKET.
WE CAN CONTINUE OUR SPACE
EXPLORATION WHILE PROVIDING
ACCESS TO A PLATFORM THAT HELPS
CREATE JOBS, BUILD REVENUES AND
CREATES MANY NEW PRODUCTS THAT
ARE BENEFICIAL TO PEOPLE ON
EARTH.
IN TERMS OF RESEARCH, MANY
COMPANIES ARE MAKING USE OF THE
ISS U.S. NATIONAL LABORATORY TO
RUN THEIR INVESTIGATIONS IN
MICROGRAVITY.
THEY INCLUDE PROCTER & GAMBLE.
MERCK, THE PHARMACEUTICAL
COMPANY, USES THE NATIONAL LAB
TO STUDY THE GROWTH PROPERTIES
OF THREE DIMENSIONAL PROTEIN
CRYSTALS.
IT COULD LEAD TO MORE EFFECTIVE
DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR CANCER
TREATMENTS.
EVEN COMPANIES NOT KNOWN RIGHT
NOW ARE SEEING BIG RETURNS.
ONE IS ADVANCING THE DEVELOPMENT
FOR TREATING THE EFFECTS OF
RETINAL DEGENERATION.
THE SPACE STATION CONTRIBUTES TO
EXPANDING THE SPACE ECONOMY IN
OTHER WAYS.
THE CAPABILITIES OF LAUNCH
PROVIDERS SUCH AS SpaceX AND
NORTHROP GRUMMAN HAS EXPANDED.
IT OPENS UP THE MARKETPLACE TO
NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES WHO
COULD NOT AFFORD THE COST OF
RESEARCH SPACE BEFORE.
NOW THEY HAVE BROUGHT IT FROM
AMERICAN SOIL FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE 2011 AND FIRST TIME ON A
PRIVATE LAUNCH SYSTEM.
IT PROVIDES LONG-TERM BENEFITS
FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES AND NASA.
TODAY, COMMERCIAL AND OTHER
NONGOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES ARE
ENTERING THE SPACE ECONOMY IN
SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS.
WHAT THESE NEW PARTNERSHIPS CAN
ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER WILL DRIVE
THE IN-SPACE MARKETPLACE AND
NASA'S GRANDEST MISSIONS TO NEW
HEIGHTS AS WELL AS IMPROVING
QUALITY OF LIFE ON EARTH.
FOR MORE SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, GO TO
WWW.NASA.GOV/ISS/SCIENCE.
TO DISCOVER MORE, VISIT
SCIENCE.NASA.GOV.
>> IF YOU WANT ANOTHER LOOK AT
ANY OF THE STORIES WE FEATURED
TODAY, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND THEM
BY HEADING TO YouTube AND
Facebook.
WHILE YOU ARE THERE, FEEL FREE
TO CHECK OUT THE OTHER SCHOOL
STUFF THAT'S AVAILABLE ABOUT
NASA AND AMERICA'S HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT PROGRAM.
WHEN YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GOOD
CONVERSATION, THE PLACE TO GO IS
HOUSTON WE HAVE A POT CAST.
WE TALK TO FOLKS ABOUT THEIR
WORK IN ALL ASPECTS IN SPACE
EXPLORATION.
AND TODAY, GARY JORDAN TALKS
WITH KATE RUBINS, THE NEXT
AMERICAN ASTRONAUT GOING TO THE
SPACE STATION FROM THE
COSMODROME.
THAT'S NEXT WEEK.