1 00:00:00,100 --> 00:00:11,211 IGNITION SEQUENCE STARTS. 2 00:00:11,211 --> 00:00:11,845 >> GOOD MORNING. 3 00:00:11,845 --> 00:00:13,279 THIS IS THE VIEW OF MISSION 4 00:00:13,279 --> 00:00:16,716 CONTROL HOUSTON AT NAS IS A'S 5 00:00:16,716 --> 00:00:18,084 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER WHERE A 6 00:00:18,084 --> 00:00:19,819 TEAM OF SPECIALISTS ON DUTY 7 00:00:19,819 --> 00:00:21,054 AROUND THE CLOCK FOR MORE THAN 8 00:00:21,054 --> 00:00:24,424 20 YEARS STRAIGHT NOW WORKING 9 00:00:24,424 --> 00:00:28,027 WITH ASTRONAUTS AND COSMONAUTS 10 00:00:28,027 --> 00:00:29,229 TO ADVANCE A WORLDWIDE MISSION 11 00:00:29,229 --> 00:00:31,531 OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND 12 00:00:31,531 --> 00:00:32,866 SPACE EXPLORATION. 13 00:00:32,866 --> 00:00:35,602 EXPANDER SERGEY RYZHIKOV AND HIS 14 00:00:35,602 --> 00:00:39,072 AMERICAN, RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE 15 00:00:39,072 --> 00:00:40,173 CREWMATES ARE BACK AT WORK. 16 00:00:40,173 --> 00:00:41,941 THEY'RE CONDUCTING SCIENTIFIC 17 00:00:41,941 --> 00:00:43,143 EXPERIMENTS, TAKING CARE OF 18 00:00:43,143 --> 00:00:45,345 THEIR HOME ON ORBIT AND 19 00:00:45,345 --> 00:00:46,846 SUPPORTING THE DEPARTURE OF A 20 00:00:46,846 --> 00:00:52,051 COUPLE OF CARGO VEHICLES. 21 00:00:52,051 --> 00:00:52,919 >> SPACE TO GROUND. 22 00:00:52,919 --> 00:00:54,120 >> WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND 23 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,524 AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. 24 00:00:57,524 --> 00:01:00,593 THIS WEEK A SPACE CRAFT DEPARTED 25 00:01:00,593 --> 00:01:01,961 WHILE ANOTHER PREPARED TO DO THE 26 00:01:01,961 --> 00:01:05,665 SAME. 27 00:01:05,665 --> 00:01:08,034 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE CRAFT 28 00:01:08,034 --> 00:01:09,903 DEPARTED AFTER 3 MONTHS ON 29 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:10,170 BOARD. 30 00:01:10,170 --> 00:01:12,639 THIS RESUPPLY MISSION LAUNCHED 31 00:01:12,639 --> 00:01:16,709 IN OCTOBER 2ND, 2020 ARRIVING AT 32 00:01:16,709 --> 00:01:18,178 THE STATION OCTOBER 5TH AND 33 00:01:18,178 --> 00:01:20,947 DELIVERY NEARLY 8,000 POUNDS OF 34 00:01:20,947 --> 00:01:22,215 HARDWARE RESEARCH EXPERIMENTS 35 00:01:22,215 --> 00:01:23,116 AND MORE. 36 00:01:23,116 --> 00:01:25,919 AFTER UNLOADING PRECIOUS CARGO, 37 00:01:25,919 --> 00:01:27,587 ASTRONAUTS FILLED IT WITH TRASH 38 00:01:27,587 --> 00:01:29,389 TO BURN UP WITH THE VEHICLE UPON 39 00:01:29,389 --> 00:01:31,891 ITS FIERY RE-ENTRY INTO EARTH'S 40 00:01:31,891 --> 00:01:35,895 REATMOSPHERE. 41 00:01:35,895 --> 00:01:37,931 SPACEX'S CARGO DRAGON WILL BE 42 00:01:37,931 --> 00:01:39,833 THE NEXT DEPARTURE FROM THE 43 00:01:39,833 --> 00:01:42,602 SPACE STATION SCHEDULED IN THE 44 00:01:42,602 --> 00:01:45,138 ATLANTIC OCEAN ON JANUARY 11TH. 45 00:01:45,138 --> 00:01:46,739 YOU CAN WATCH UNDOCKING ON THE 46 00:01:46,739 --> 00:01:48,208 AGENCY'S WEBSITE. 47 00:01:48,208 --> 00:01:54,214 WHILE THEY'RE PROVING YET AGAIN 48 00:01:54,214 --> 00:01:56,449 THAT THEY CAN GROW PLANTS IN 49 00:01:56,449 --> 00:01:57,650 SPACE. 50 00:01:57,650 --> 00:01:59,552 IT WILL REQUIRE ASTRONAUTS TO 51 00:01:59,552 --> 00:02:01,187 GROW THEIR OWN FOOD AND 52 00:02:01,187 --> 00:02:03,022 CAPABILITY BEING TESTED ABOARD 53 00:02:03,022 --> 00:02:03,857 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 54 00:02:03,857 --> 00:02:05,458 WITH A VEGGIE EXPERIMENT. 55 00:02:05,458 --> 00:02:07,193 THIS WEEK ASTRONAUTS INSTALLED 56 00:02:07,193 --> 00:02:10,830 THE ROOT MAP AND SMALL PILLOWS 57 00:02:10,830 --> 00:02:13,500 NEEDED TO BEGIN TO GROW BOK CHOY 58 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:23,643 AND MUSTARD AND ROMAINE LETTUCE. 59 00:02:23,643 --> 00:02:25,512 THESE PLANTS WILL BE HARVESTED 60 00:02:25,512 --> 00:02:27,981 AND STAPLES WILL BE RETURNED TO 61 00:02:27,981 --> 00:02:29,048 EARTH FOR TESTING. 62 00:02:29,048 --> 00:02:30,383 RESULTS COULD BENEFIT 63 00:02:30,383 --> 00:02:32,118 AGRICULTURAL AND PRODUCTION 64 00:02:32,118 --> 00:02:33,586 EFFORTS ON EARTH BY CONTRIBUTING 65 00:02:33,586 --> 00:02:35,488 TO BASIC RESEARCH ON PLANT 66 00:02:35,488 --> 00:02:38,591 CULTIVATION. 67 00:02:38,591 --> 00:02:39,959 THAT WILL DO IT FOR US THIS WEEK 68 00:02:39,959 --> 00:02:40,827 ON SPACE TO GROUND. 69 00:02:40,827 --> 00:02:55,542 WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT WEEK. 70 00:02:55,542 --> 00:02:57,844 IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF 71 00:02:57,844 --> 00:02:59,445 CONTINUOUS HUMAN PRESENCE ON THE 72 00:02:59,445 --> 00:03:00,713 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 73 00:03:00,713 --> 00:03:03,216 MORE THAN 3,000 SCIENTIFIC 74 00:03:03,216 --> 00:03:04,951 EXPERIMENTS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED. 75 00:03:04,951 --> 00:03:06,986 JUST IN 2020, THAT INCLUDED 76 00:03:06,986 --> 00:03:11,658 EVERYTHING FROM GROWING RADISHES 77 00:03:11,658 --> 00:03:14,761 TO CAPTURING 360 DEGREE FOOTAGE 78 00:03:14,761 --> 00:03:16,629 OF LIFE ABOARD THE STATION TO 79 00:03:16,629 --> 00:03:17,997 MONITORING THE PLANET. 80 00:03:17,997 --> 00:03:19,632 HAVE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE 81 00:03:19,632 --> 00:03:21,267 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PAST YEAR OF 82 00:03:21,267 --> 00:03:22,135 RESEARCH THAT IS BENEFITING 83 00:03:22,135 --> 00:03:23,703 PEOPLE ON EARTH WHILE HELPING 84 00:03:23,703 --> 00:03:26,773 PREPARE US TO EXPLORE FURTHER 85 00:03:26,773 --> 00:05:46,279 INTO SPACE. 86 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:47,513 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 87 00:05:47,513 --> 00:05:49,615 IS WELL-KNOWN AS AN ORBITING 88 00:05:49,615 --> 00:05:52,318 LABORATORY, BUT ITS MISSION ALSO 89 00:05:52,318 --> 00:05:54,353 INCLUDES PREPARING US FOR FUTURE 90 00:05:54,353 --> 00:05:55,855 EXPLORATION, IMPROVING LIFE ON 91 00:05:55,855 --> 00:05:57,890 EARTH AND ENCOURAGING 92 00:05:57,890 --> 00:05:59,625 COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE. 93 00:05:59,625 --> 00:06:01,928 IN THAT AREA, ONE OF ITS GREAT 94 00:06:01,928 --> 00:06:04,864 SUCCESSES IS A PRODUCT CALLED 95 00:06:04,864 --> 00:06:11,571 CUBESATS. 96 00:06:11,571 --> 00:06:12,939 THINK OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 97 00:06:12,939 --> 00:06:14,307 STATION AND MOST LIKELY YOU 98 00:06:14,307 --> 00:06:16,843 IMAGINE AN ORBITING LABORATORY 99 00:06:16,843 --> 00:06:18,978 WHERE SCIENTISTS OBSERVE HOW 100 00:06:18,978 --> 00:06:20,747 PLANTS, MATERIALS AND HUMANS 101 00:06:20,747 --> 00:06:23,015 REACT TO MICROGRAVITY 102 00:06:23,015 --> 00:06:23,750 CONDITIONS. 103 00:06:23,750 --> 00:06:25,651 BUT DURING THE PAST DECADE, THE 104 00:06:25,651 --> 00:06:27,553 STATION HAS ALSO SERVED A VERY 105 00:06:27,553 --> 00:06:29,922 DIFFERENT ROLE, THAT OF BEING A 106 00:06:29,922 --> 00:06:35,061 BUSINESS INCUBATOR AND THIS IS 107 00:06:35,061 --> 00:06:37,230 ONE OF ITS PRODUCTS, THE 108 00:06:37,230 --> 00:06:42,368 CUBESAT. 109 00:06:42,368 --> 00:06:45,571 THE CUBESAT IS ONE OF MANY 110 00:06:45,571 --> 00:06:47,673 SATELLITES NOW FOUND IN SPACE 111 00:06:47,673 --> 00:06:49,809 AND ONE OF THE SMALLEST, ONE 112 00:06:49,809 --> 00:06:53,980 UNIT IS A COMPACT 10X10X10 113 00:06:53,980 --> 00:06:55,448 CENTIMETER CUBE AND REFERRED TO 114 00:06:55,448 --> 00:06:59,719 AS 1-U AND BE DEPLOYED FOR A 115 00:06:59,719 --> 00:07:01,721 FRACTION OF WHAT ITS LARGER 116 00:07:01,721 --> 00:07:02,555 COUSINS COST. 117 00:07:02,555 --> 00:07:04,023 EARLY SMALL SATELLITES LAUNCHED 118 00:07:04,023 --> 00:07:06,559 FROM THE STATION WERE LITERALLY 119 00:07:06,559 --> 00:07:09,095 PUT INTO SPACE BY RUSSIAN 120 00:07:09,095 --> 00:07:09,462 COSMONAUTS. 121 00:07:09,462 --> 00:07:13,966 IN 2012 THEY BEGAN UTILIZING THE 122 00:07:13,966 --> 00:07:18,905 AIRLOCK TO DEPLOY UP TO 6 AND 123 00:07:18,905 --> 00:07:21,474 NOT LONG AFTER THE AMERICAN 124 00:07:21,474 --> 00:07:22,909 COMPANY BUILT AND BEGAN 125 00:07:22,909 --> 00:07:26,212 OPERATING AN EVEN MORE ROBUST 126 00:07:26,212 --> 00:07:27,980 DEPLOYER ON THE STATION CAPABLE 127 00:07:27,980 --> 00:07:30,516 OF LAUNCHING UP TO 48 U PER 128 00:07:30,516 --> 00:07:30,783 CYCLE. 129 00:07:30,783 --> 00:07:34,487 THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING. 130 00:07:34,487 --> 00:07:36,355 MIKE REED IS THE MANAGER OF 131 00:07:36,355 --> 00:07:38,357 SPACE AGE BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC 132 00:07:38,357 --> 00:07:41,627 DEVELOPMENT AT JOHNSON SPACE 133 00:07:41,627 --> 00:07:41,928 CENTER. 134 00:07:41,928 --> 00:07:44,297 HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST 135 00:07:44,297 --> 00:07:46,966 CUSTOMERS AND LEVERAGED THE NEW 136 00:07:46,966 --> 00:07:48,100 LAUNCH CAPABILITIES. 137 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:50,069 PLANET WANTED TO TAKE HIGH 138 00:07:50,069 --> 00:07:51,604 RESOLUTION PHOTOS OF EARTH. 139 00:07:51,604 --> 00:07:52,805 WHILE YOU CAN TAKE PICTURES FROM 140 00:07:52,805 --> 00:07:55,141 THE SPACE STATION YOUR COVERAGE 141 00:07:55,141 --> 00:07:57,109 IS LIMITED BY THE STATION'S 142 00:07:57,109 --> 00:07:57,410 ORBIT. 143 00:07:57,410 --> 00:07:59,579 WITH MULTIPLE CUBESATS, HOWEVER, 144 00:07:59,579 --> 00:08:01,113 YOU CAN POSITION THEM TO COVER 145 00:08:01,113 --> 00:08:03,716 ALMOST ANY POINT ON EARTH. 146 00:08:03,716 --> 00:08:06,519 IN A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME, PLAN 147 00:08:06,519 --> 00:08:07,820 ELICIT DEPLOYED SEVERAL 148 00:08:07,820 --> 00:08:09,121 GENERATIONS OF CUBESATS FROM THE 149 00:08:09,121 --> 00:08:11,524 SPACE STATION, PROVING THE 150 00:08:11,524 --> 00:08:12,959 VIABILITY OF TECHNOLOGY APPROACH 151 00:08:12,959 --> 00:08:15,728 AND THEIR BUSINESS MODEL. 152 00:08:15,728 --> 00:08:19,565 WITH THESE SUCCESSES EXPANDING 153 00:08:19,565 --> 00:08:21,534 TO AN OPERATIONAL FLEET OF OVER 154 00:08:21,534 --> 00:08:23,870 150 SATELLITES DEPLOYED USING 155 00:08:23,870 --> 00:08:25,137 COMMERCIAL LAUNCH PROVIDERS. 156 00:08:25,137 --> 00:08:26,639 THIS FLEET GIVES THEM THE 157 00:08:26,639 --> 00:08:27,974 ABILITY TO IMAGE THE ENTIRE 158 00:08:27,974 --> 00:08:31,010 EARTH'S LAND MASS EVERY DAY. 159 00:08:31,010 --> 00:08:34,480 PLAN ELICITS IMAGERY IS IN HIGH 160 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:35,815 DEMAND BY COMPANIES AND 161 00:08:35,815 --> 00:08:37,583 GOVERNMENTS WHO USE THIS FIELDS 162 00:08:37,583 --> 00:08:39,685 OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY AND 163 00:08:39,685 --> 00:08:42,455 LAND USE AND MAPPING AND 164 00:08:42,455 --> 00:08:44,624 DISASTER RESPONSE. 165 00:08:44,624 --> 00:08:46,225 WITHIN DECADE IT'S GROWN FROM A 166 00:08:46,225 --> 00:08:49,195 TRUE START-UP TO EMPLOYING 167 00:08:49,195 --> 00:08:50,463 NEARLY 500 PEOPLE. 168 00:08:50,463 --> 00:08:51,564 MULTIPLE COMPANIES ARE NOW 169 00:08:51,564 --> 00:08:54,700 BUILDING SMALL LAUNCH VEHICLES 170 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:57,036 SPECIFICALLY TO DEPLOY COUPE 171 00:08:57,036 --> 00:08:58,471 SATURDAYS AND OTHER SMALL 172 00:08:58,471 --> 00:09:00,139 SATELLITES INTO LOW EARTH ORBIT 173 00:09:00,139 --> 00:09:01,908 TO USE IN A VARIETY OF WAYS 174 00:09:01,908 --> 00:09:02,875 COMPANIES AS WELL AS STUDENTS 175 00:09:02,875 --> 00:09:09,482 AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. 176 00:09:09,482 --> 00:09:10,950 CUBESATS ARE BEING USED FOR 177 00:09:10,950 --> 00:09:12,685 INTERNET SERVICES WITH HELPING 178 00:09:12,685 --> 00:09:15,454 BUILD BETTER WEATHER AND CLIMATE 179 00:09:15,454 --> 00:09:17,456 MODELS TO IMPROVE FORECASTING. 180 00:09:17,456 --> 00:09:19,792 THEY'RE ENABLING TEXT MESSAGING 181 00:09:19,792 --> 00:09:22,128 FOR YOUR PHONE AND AROUND THE 182 00:09:22,128 --> 00:09:23,930 GLOBE AND WITHOUT A CELL SIGNAL. 183 00:09:23,930 --> 00:09:26,332 THEY'RE ALSO LEAVING THE PLANET. 184 00:09:26,332 --> 00:09:29,201 THE FIRST AND SECOND 185 00:09:29,201 --> 00:09:31,037 INTERPLANETARY CUBESATS 186 00:09:31,037 --> 00:09:33,205 ACCOMPANIED INSIGHT LANDER ON 187 00:09:33,205 --> 00:09:36,175 RECENT MISSION TO MARS RELATING 188 00:09:36,175 --> 00:09:38,444 DATA AS IT ENTERED THE PLANET'S 189 00:09:38,444 --> 00:09:38,878 ATMOSPHERE. 190 00:09:38,878 --> 00:09:40,780 SOME MISSIONS WILL SERVE AS PATH 191 00:09:40,780 --> 00:09:42,248 FINDERS TO HELP MAP THE WAY FOR 192 00:09:42,248 --> 00:09:44,583 THE ARTEMIS MISSIONS TO THE MOON 193 00:09:44,583 --> 00:09:47,153 AND 13 CUBESATS WILL LAUNCH ON 194 00:09:47,153 --> 00:09:50,923 THE FIRST MISSION ARTEMIS 1. 195 00:09:50,923 --> 00:09:52,291 IT CONCLUDES WITH THIS 196 00:09:52,291 --> 00:09:55,494 OBSERVATION, TODAY MORE AND MORE 197 00:09:55,494 --> 00:09:57,596 OF SINGLE LARGE AND EXPENSIVE 198 00:09:57,596 --> 00:10:00,132 SATELLITE IS BEING REPLACED BY 199 00:10:00,132 --> 00:10:03,436 ONE OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE 200 00:10:03,436 --> 00:10:03,903 PORTFOLIO. 201 00:10:03,903 --> 00:10:05,504 A BLOCK OF SMALL AND LESS 202 00:10:05,504 --> 00:10:11,577 EXPENSIVE VERY POWERFUL CUBESATS 203 00:10:11,577 --> 00:10:13,612 AND BROADENED IT IN A WAY THAT 204 00:10:13,612 --> 00:10:14,947 FRANKLY WAS NEVER ENVISIONED. 205 00:10:14,947 --> 00:10:18,184 HOWEVER THAT ACCESS HAS ENABLED 206 00:10:18,184 --> 00:10:20,086 CUBESATS TO BECOME A SUSTAINED 207 00:10:20,086 --> 00:10:22,521 COMMERCIAL SUCCESS CONTRIBUTING 208 00:10:22,521 --> 00:10:23,622 SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE GROWING 209 00:10:23,622 --> 00:10:24,857 SPACE MARKETPLACE. 210 00:10:24,857 --> 00:10:26,425 FOR MORE SCIENCE AND RESEARCH 211 00:10:26,425 --> 00:10:27,927 FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 212 00:10:27,927 --> 00:10:29,362 STATION, GO TO 213 00:10:29,362 --> 00:10:38,504 WWW.NASA.GOV/SCIENCE TO DISCOVER 214 00:10:38,504 --> 00:10:40,406 MORE ABOUT THE SPACE BEYOND OUR 215 00:10:40,406 --> 00:10:50,483 PLANET VISIT SCIENCE.NASA.GOV. 216 00:10:50,483 --> 00:10:52,151 >> THE JOB OF AN ASTRONAUT ON 217 00:10:52,151 --> 00:10:53,953 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 218 00:10:53,953 --> 00:10:55,888 INVOLVES WORKING AS A LABORATORY 219 00:10:55,888 --> 00:10:57,056 ASSISTANT FOR RESEARCHERS WHO 220 00:10:57,056 --> 00:10:59,759 ARE DOING SCIENCE IN SPACE AS 221 00:10:59,759 --> 00:11:00,826 WELL AS DOING MAINTENANCE TO 222 00:11:00,826 --> 00:11:02,795 KEEP THE STATION OPERATING 223 00:11:02,795 --> 00:11:03,996 SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY. 224 00:11:03,996 --> 00:11:05,297 BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO KEEP 225 00:11:05,297 --> 00:11:06,966 THEMSELVES IN GOOD SHAPE SO THEY 226 00:11:06,966 --> 00:11:09,068 CAN DO ALL THAT OTHER WORK. 227 00:11:09,068 --> 00:11:11,404 IN THIS DEMONSTRATION VIDEO, 228 00:11:11,404 --> 00:11:14,240 ASTRONAUT JOE ACABA TALKS ABOUT 229 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:33,059 THE VALUE OF EXERCISE IN ORBIT. 230 00:11:33,059 --> 00:11:33,626 >> HEY, THERE. 231 00:11:33,626 --> 00:11:37,029 MY NAME IS JOE ACABA AND I'M 232 00:11:37,029 --> 00:11:38,030 LIVING AND WORKING ON THE FEW 233 00:11:38,030 --> 00:11:41,033 ENTER AS PART OF EXPEDITION 53. 234 00:11:41,033 --> 00:11:43,436 ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF LIVING 235 00:11:43,436 --> 00:11:44,837 ON THE SPACE STATION IS BEING 236 00:11:44,837 --> 00:11:47,206 ABLE TO FLOAT, JUST LIKE YOU ARE 237 00:11:47,206 --> 00:11:48,707 FROM PLACE TO PLACE THROUGHOUT 238 00:11:48,707 --> 00:11:52,311 YOUR DAY, WE FLOAT FROM PLACE TO 239 00:11:52,311 --> 00:11:53,045 PLACE. 240 00:11:53,045 --> 00:11:54,080 HOWEVER WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE 241 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,283 SAME THING THAT ALLOWS US TO 242 00:11:57,283 --> 00:11:58,551 FLOAT MICROGRAVITY IS HARD ON 243 00:11:58,551 --> 00:12:00,019 OUR BODIES OVER TIME. 244 00:12:00,019 --> 00:12:01,353 OUR MUSCLES AND BONES ARE MADE 245 00:12:01,353 --> 00:12:04,023 OF MILLIONS OF TINY UNITS CALLED 246 00:12:04,023 --> 00:12:05,191 CELLS AND THEY CAN HAVE PROBLEMS 247 00:12:05,191 --> 00:12:06,425 IN MICROGRAVITY. 248 00:12:06,425 --> 00:12:07,793 UP HERE ON THE STATION, BONES 249 00:12:07,793 --> 00:12:09,295 AND MUSCLES NO LONGER HAVE THE 250 00:12:09,295 --> 00:12:12,198 SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE BODIES 251 00:12:12,198 --> 00:12:13,666 SO THEY GET WEAKER AND THEY 252 00:12:13,666 --> 00:12:15,334 COULD DEVELOP SOMETHING CALLED 253 00:12:15,334 --> 00:12:17,369 MUSCLE ATROPHY WHERE THEY BECOME 254 00:12:17,369 --> 00:12:18,471 WEAK FROM LACK OF USE. 255 00:12:18,471 --> 00:12:20,806 EACH BONE IN YOU ARE WHY BODY IS 256 00:12:20,806 --> 00:12:22,508 MADE OF CELLS AND HEALTHY BONE 257 00:12:22,508 --> 00:12:24,477 HAS MORE DENSITY THAN A NON 258 00:12:24,477 --> 00:12:25,878 HEALTHY BONE. 259 00:12:25,878 --> 00:12:27,480 WEAKENED BONES CAN LEAD TO 260 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,149 OSTEOPOROSIS. 261 00:12:30,149 --> 00:12:32,251 FORTUNATELY OUR SCIENTISTS HAVE 262 00:12:32,251 --> 00:12:34,720 FIGURED OUT ONE WAY TO KEEP 263 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:36,255 ASTRONAUTS HEALTHY AND STRONG, 264 00:12:36,255 --> 00:12:39,325 IT'S CALLED EXERCISE LET'S LOOK 265 00:12:39,325 --> 00:12:41,560 AT HOW ASTRONAUTS EXERCISE IN 266 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:41,827 SPACE. 267 00:12:41,827 --> 00:12:45,231 THIS MACHINE HERE IS THE ADVANCE 268 00:12:45,231 --> 00:12:48,601 RESISTANCE EXERCISE DEVICE. 269 00:12:48,601 --> 00:12:51,470 IT SIMULATES FREE WEIGHT 270 00:12:51,470 --> 00:12:52,938 EXERCISES TO WORK ALL THE MUSCLE 271 00:12:52,938 --> 00:12:54,507 GROUPS AND MAINTAIN OUR MUSCLE 272 00:12:54,507 --> 00:12:56,342 STRENGTH AND MASS SO THAT WE 273 00:12:56,342 --> 00:13:01,380 HAVE A LESS HARD PERIOD WHEN WE 274 00:13:01,380 --> 00:13:02,515 LAND ON EARTH. 275 00:13:02,515 --> 00:13:03,916 WHAT ABOUT A LITTLE CARDIO? 276 00:13:03,916 --> 00:13:05,551 WE HAVE THE TREADMILL FOR THAT. 277 00:13:05,551 --> 00:13:12,291 LET'S CHECK IT OUT. 278 00:13:12,291 --> 00:13:13,392 STAYING PHYSICALLY ACT 279 00:13:13,392 --> 00:13:14,860 INFRASTRUCTURE HELPS ASTRONAUTS 280 00:13:14,860 --> 00:13:16,662 IN SPACE AND HUMANS TO STAY 281 00:13:16,662 --> 00:13:20,633 HEALTHY AND TO PREVENT MUSCLE 282 00:13:20,633 --> 00:13:24,637 ATROPHY AND OSTEOPETROSIS. 283 00:13:24,637 --> 00:13:26,038 YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT MUSCLE 284 00:13:26,038 --> 00:13:27,540 AND BONE CELLS. 285 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:30,843 I'M JOE ACABA, AND I HOPE YOU 286 00:13:30,843 --> 00:13:32,111 ENJOYED LEARNING ABOUT EXERCISE 287 00:13:32,111 --> 00:13:33,078 ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 288 00:13:33,078 --> 00:13:33,379 STATION. 289 00:13:33,379 --> 00:13:52,298 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 290 00:13:52,298 --> 00:13:54,133 >> 4 OF THESE EXPEDITION 64 291 00:13:54,133 --> 00:13:55,634 CREW MEMBERS ARRIVED AT THE 292 00:13:55,634 --> 00:13:57,736 STATION IN NOVEMBER ON THE 293 00:13:57,736 --> 00:13:59,872 SPACEX CREW DRAGON RESILIENCE ON 294 00:13:59,872 --> 00:14:01,407 WHAT IS THE FIRST OPERATIONAL 295 00:14:01,407 --> 00:14:02,675 MISSION OF THAT COMMERCIAL 296 00:14:02,675 --> 00:14:03,676 VEHICLE. 297 00:14:03,676 --> 00:14:05,844 SO, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 298 00:14:05,844 --> 00:14:07,513 WHAT ARE THESE ASTRONAUTS DOING 299 00:14:07,513 --> 00:14:08,981 IN SPACE AND HOW LONG WILL THEY 300 00:14:08,981 --> 00:14:10,549 BE THERE? 301 00:14:10,549 --> 00:14:11,717 A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 302 00:14:11,717 --> 00:14:13,586 WHO BETTER THAN THE CREW MEMBERS 303 00:14:13,586 --> 00:14:14,687 THEMSELVES TO ANSWER THOSE 304 00:14:14,687 --> 00:14:18,390 QUESTIONS AND MORE. 305 00:14:18,390 --> 00:14:20,593 >> I'M VICTOR GLOVER, NAVY 306 00:14:20,593 --> 00:14:21,026 COMMANDER. 307 00:14:21,026 --> 00:14:23,896 >> I'M DR. SHANNON WALKER, A 308 00:14:23,896 --> 00:14:25,097 NASA ASTRONAUT. 309 00:14:25,097 --> 00:14:27,299 >> HI I'M COLONEL MIKE HOPKINS 310 00:14:27,299 --> 00:14:28,767 UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND NASA 311 00:14:28,767 --> 00:14:29,568 ASTRONAUT. 312 00:14:29,568 --> 00:14:31,103 I'LL BE THE COMMANDER ON CREW 313 00:14:31,103 --> 00:14:32,338 ONE MISSION ON THE INTERNATIONAL 314 00:14:32,338 --> 00:14:46,919 SPACE STATION. 315 00:14:46,919 --> 00:14:48,721 >> CREW ONE IS THE DESIGNATOR 316 00:14:48,721 --> 00:14:50,089 FOR THE FIRST OPERATIONAL 317 00:14:50,089 --> 00:14:52,958 MISSION OF THE SPACEX CREW 318 00:14:52,958 --> 00:14:54,126 DRAGON SO IT'S NEW. 319 00:14:54,126 --> 00:14:55,060 >> WE ARE STARTING THE PHASE 320 00:14:55,060 --> 00:14:58,430 WHERE WE ARE FLYING ASTRONAUTS 321 00:14:58,430 --> 00:14:59,999 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 322 00:14:59,999 --> 00:15:01,567 STATION ON COMMERCIAL CREW 323 00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:01,934 VEHICLES. 324 00:15:01,934 --> 00:15:02,935 >> WE'LL GO UP AND WE'LL STAY 325 00:15:02,935 --> 00:15:05,404 FOR THE FULL LONG DURATION FROM 326 00:15:05,404 --> 00:15:07,106 6-7 MONTHS LONG. 327 00:15:07,106 --> 00:15:08,540 >> ONE THING THAT'S VERY 328 00:15:08,540 --> 00:15:10,109 DIFFERENT ABOUT OUR FLIGHT 329 00:15:10,109 --> 00:15:11,744 VERSUS DOUG AND BOB'S WE'LL HAVE 330 00:15:11,744 --> 00:15:12,578 4 PEOPLE. 331 00:15:12,578 --> 00:15:14,146 HOW DO 4 PEOPLE LIVE AND OPERATE 332 00:15:14,146 --> 00:15:15,114 ON SUCH A VEHICLE. 333 00:15:15,114 --> 00:15:17,182 >> WE WANT TO GET OUR CREW 334 00:15:17,182 --> 00:15:18,751 DRAGON TO THE SPACE STATION AND 335 00:15:18,751 --> 00:15:19,685 HOME SAFELY. 336 00:15:19,685 --> 00:15:21,920 FLYING THE SPACESHIP IS ONE 337 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:22,988 PIECE AND THERE'S THE VERY 338 00:15:22,988 --> 00:15:23,989 IMPORTANT MISSION OF BEING ON 339 00:15:23,989 --> 00:15:26,325 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 340 00:15:26,325 --> 00:15:27,793 >> OF COURSE ONCE WE ARRIVE ON 341 00:15:27,793 --> 00:15:30,095 THE SPACE STATION I'LL BE DOING 342 00:15:30,095 --> 00:15:31,563 A LOT OF SCIENCE AND MAINTENANCE 343 00:15:31,563 --> 00:15:33,766 AND SPACEWALKS. 344 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:35,267 WE'LL DO ALL KINDS OF WORK. 345 00:15:35,267 --> 00:15:38,637 >> THEY END OUR STAY ON ISS, 346 00:15:38,637 --> 00:15:39,872 I'LL COMMAND THE VEHICLE AND 347 00:15:39,872 --> 00:15:41,940 BRING US BACK HOME AND LAND AND 348 00:15:41,940 --> 00:15:43,709 THEN AT THAT POINT IT'S ALL 349 00:15:43,709 --> 00:15:44,410 DONE. 350 00:15:44,410 --> 00:15:46,078 ACTUALLY IT'S NOT ALL DONE. 351 00:15:46,078 --> 00:15:47,613 ONCE YOU GET BACK FROM THE 352 00:15:47,613 --> 00:15:49,214 MISSION, YOU HAVE A LONG POST 353 00:15:49,214 --> 00:15:53,619 FLIGHT PERIOD. 354 00:15:53,619 --> 00:15:56,055 >> YOU KNOW, YOU GO THROUGH THE 355 00:15:56,055 --> 00:15:56,622 DAY-TO-DAY TRAINING AND 356 00:15:56,622 --> 00:15:58,657 OPERATIONS TO GET READY FOR IT. 357 00:15:58,657 --> 00:16:01,660 THERE'S THE BASIC COMPETENCIES, 358 00:16:01,660 --> 00:16:05,364 I GUESS THE HIGH PERFORMANCE JET 359 00:16:05,364 --> 00:16:08,200 FLYING AND SPACESUIT TO TRAIN 360 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:09,935 FOR SPACEWALKS AND ROBOTICS 361 00:16:09,935 --> 00:16:11,103 TRAINING AND STILL TAKING 362 00:16:11,103 --> 00:16:12,838 RUSSIAN CLASSES. 363 00:16:12,838 --> 00:16:14,373 >> SCIENCE AND PAYLOAD AND 364 00:16:14,373 --> 00:16:17,076 MAINTENANCE AND ALSO SOME OF THE 365 00:16:17,076 --> 00:16:18,577 ASSEMBLY TASK REMAIN OF THE. 366 00:16:18,577 --> 00:16:20,145 >> HOW TO HANDLE EMERGENCIES ON 367 00:16:20,145 --> 00:16:21,480 THE SPACE STATION TO HOW YOU FLY 368 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,515 THE CREW DRAGON. 369 00:16:23,515 --> 00:16:25,184 >> WE'VE BEEN GOING OUT TO 370 00:16:25,184 --> 00:16:27,086 SPACEX AND WORKING WITH THEM 371 00:16:27,086 --> 00:16:29,188 FROM A TRAINING STANDPOINT AS 372 00:16:29,188 --> 00:16:30,289 WELL AS FROM A DEVELOPMENT AND 373 00:16:30,289 --> 00:16:31,290 VERIFICATION AND TESTING 374 00:16:31,290 --> 00:16:31,724 STANDPOINT. 375 00:16:31,724 --> 00:16:33,325 >> ALSO IN MANY WAYS HAVING 376 00:16:33,325 --> 00:16:36,395 TRAINED IN SPACE CRAFT OR SPACE 377 00:16:36,395 --> 00:16:38,430 FLIGHT ALL OVER THE WORLD IS 378 00:16:38,430 --> 00:16:40,966 IT'S ALL ABOUT STARTING OFF WITH 379 00:16:40,966 --> 00:16:41,900 THEORETICAL WORK AND MOVE INTO 380 00:16:41,900 --> 00:16:43,969 THE PRACTICAL AND HYPER SPACE 381 00:16:43,969 --> 00:16:49,141 CRAFT. 382 00:16:49,141 --> 00:16:52,845 >> IT IS A GREAT HONOR FIRST AND 383 00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:53,846 FOREMOST AND LOOKING AT ALL 384 00:16:53,846 --> 00:16:56,248 THEIR EXPERIENCE IT MAKES ME 385 00:16:56,248 --> 00:16:57,282 COMFORTABLE THERE IS SO MUCH 386 00:16:57,282 --> 00:16:58,684 EXPERIENCE AND SO MANY WAYS THAT 387 00:16:58,684 --> 00:16:59,918 I CAN LEARN FROM THEM. 388 00:16:59,918 --> 00:17:01,754 BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WANT TO 389 00:17:01,754 --> 00:17:04,656 BE READY AND ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE. 390 00:17:04,656 --> 00:17:06,492 >> MY KIDS AND MY WIFE SAID, YOU 391 00:17:06,492 --> 00:17:07,993 DON'T GO TO WORK ANYMORE, DO 392 00:17:07,993 --> 00:17:08,360 YOU? 393 00:17:08,360 --> 00:17:10,262 IT'S LIKE YOU GO AND JUST PLAY 394 00:17:10,262 --> 00:17:12,664 ALL DAY AND THAT'S WHAT IT FEELS 395 00:17:12,664 --> 00:17:17,569 LIKE WHEN YOU COME HERE AT JCS 396 00:17:17,569 --> 00:17:18,971 AND YOU COME TO TRAIN. 397 00:17:18,971 --> 00:17:20,539 IT'S MUCH MORE SERIOUS AND HAS 398 00:17:20,539 --> 00:17:22,474 REAL CONSEQUENCES BUT AT THE 399 00:17:22,474 --> 00:17:26,678 SAME TIME, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. 400 00:17:26,678 --> 00:17:28,614 >> TO BE ABLE TO FLY TO OUR HOME 401 00:17:28,614 --> 00:17:30,449 IS AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT. 402 00:17:30,449 --> 00:17:33,018 >> AMERICANS SHOULD BE PROUD OF 403 00:17:33,018 --> 00:17:33,485 THIS ACHIEVEMENT. 404 00:17:33,485 --> 00:17:36,188 BUT FOR THE REST OF THE 405 00:17:36,188 --> 00:17:37,589 7.4 BILLION PEOPLE, I WILL OPEN 406 00:17:37,589 --> 00:17:38,757 THE DOOR FOR YOU. 407 00:17:38,757 --> 00:17:42,127 THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL 408 00:17:42,127 --> 00:17:46,432 CORPORATION. 409 00:17:46,432 --> 00:17:47,766 THIS IS A NEW ERA. 410 00:17:47,766 --> 00:17:49,435 >> I THINK IT IS JUST 411 00:17:49,435 --> 00:17:50,903 TREMENDOUSLY EXCITING AND 412 00:17:50,903 --> 00:17:52,871 FASCINATING TO KNOW THAT KIDS 413 00:17:52,871 --> 00:17:55,941 ARE GROWING UP TODAY THAT ALWAYS 414 00:17:55,941 --> 00:17:59,111 HAD PEOPLE LIVING IN SPACE AND 415 00:17:59,111 --> 00:18:01,246 HAD THE COUNTRY WORKING TOGETHER 416 00:18:01,246 --> 00:18:02,881 FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 417 00:18:02,881 --> 00:18:03,916 OBJECTIVES. 418 00:18:03,916 --> 00:18:06,051 >> ALL FOR ONE AND CREW 1 FOR 419 00:18:06,051 --> 00:18:13,125 ALL. 420 00:18:13,125 --> 00:18:15,160 >> THE MEN AND WOMAN WHO LIVE 421 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:17,596 AND WORK ON THE INTERNATIONAL 422 00:18:17,596 --> 00:18:19,198 SPACE STATION TAKE THOUSANDS OF 423 00:18:19,198 --> 00:18:20,566 PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEIR HOME PLANET 424 00:18:20,566 --> 00:18:22,167 EVERY YEAR. 425 00:18:22,167 --> 00:18:24,169 LAST MONTH, WE HAD THE FOLKS AT 426 00:18:24,169 --> 00:18:25,838 THE EARTH SCIENCE AND REMOTE 427 00:18:25,838 --> 00:18:29,475 SENSING UNIT AT NASA'S JOHNSON 428 00:18:29,475 --> 00:18:31,477 SPACE CENTER FOR A FEW OF THEIR 429 00:18:31,477 --> 00:18:33,612 FAVORITE PICTURES FROM 2020. 430 00:18:33,612 --> 00:18:34,713 BEHOLD. 431 00:18:34,713 --> 00:21:34,860 HERE ARE THE TOP 20 FROM '20. 432 00:21:34,860 --> 00:21:37,029 >> WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE STILL 433 00:21:37,029 --> 00:21:38,764 PHOTOGRAPHS YOU AND I HAVE TO 434 00:21:38,764 --> 00:21:40,298 PROVIDE OUR OWN NARRATION. 435 00:21:40,298 --> 00:21:41,967 BUT THE ASTRONAUTS WHO HAVE BEEN 436 00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:43,635 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 437 00:21:43,635 --> 00:21:45,037 STATION DO A BETTER JOB WHEN 438 00:21:45,037 --> 00:21:46,905 THEY FILL IN THE FEELINGS THEY 439 00:21:46,905 --> 00:21:48,240 HAD WHEN THEY TOOK THOSE 440 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,509 PICTURES OR THE FIRST TIME THEY 441 00:21:50,509 --> 00:21:52,444 LOOKED OUT A WINDOW DOWN TO 442 00:21:52,444 --> 00:21:53,445 PLANET EARTH. 443 00:21:53,445 --> 00:21:55,747 FOR FORMER ASTRONAUT ALVIN DREW 444 00:21:55,747 --> 00:21:57,382 IT WAS REMINDER THAT WE NEED TO 445 00:21:57,382 --> 00:21:59,317 KEEP PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF 446 00:21:59,317 --> 00:22:03,822 EXPLORATION. 447 00:22:03,822 --> 00:22:05,524 >> IT'S BEAUTIFUL, MIKE, IT 448 00:22:05,524 --> 00:22:05,991 REALLY IS. 449 00:22:05,991 --> 00:22:07,259 >> I'M IN FIRST GRADE AND I'M 450 00:22:07,259 --> 00:22:10,062 WATCHING NEIL ARMSTRONG AND 451 00:22:10,062 --> 00:22:11,963 BUZZES ALDRIN DANCING AROUND 452 00:22:11,963 --> 00:22:13,131 LIKE EVERY OTHER KID. 453 00:22:13,131 --> 00:22:14,366 THEY WANTED TO DO THIS AND THIS 454 00:22:14,366 --> 00:22:15,467 IS THE COOLEST THING EVER AND I 455 00:22:15,467 --> 00:22:18,236 REMEMBER ASKING MY DAD WHAT KIND 456 00:22:18,236 --> 00:22:20,472 OF JOB DO I NEED THAT I CAN GO 457 00:22:20,472 --> 00:22:21,239 FLY TO THE MOON? 458 00:22:21,239 --> 00:22:22,574 HE GOES WELL THERE'S JOB OUT 459 00:22:22,574 --> 00:22:24,409 THERE CALLED THE ASTRONAUT AND 460 00:22:24,409 --> 00:22:25,844 IF YOU ARE THAT THEY WILL PAY 461 00:22:25,844 --> 00:22:27,079 YOU TO GO TO THE MOON. 462 00:22:27,079 --> 00:22:28,714 THEY'RE GONNA PAY ME TO GO TO 463 00:22:28,714 --> 00:22:29,648 THE MOON. 464 00:22:29,648 --> 00:22:31,616 YEAH, THAT'S IT. 465 00:22:31,616 --> 00:22:34,453 I MADE MY CAREER DECISION AND 466 00:22:34,453 --> 00:22:38,657 I'M GOING TO GO BE AN ASTRONAUT. 467 00:22:38,657 --> 00:22:40,225 I DID NOT THINK THE EXPERIENCE 468 00:22:40,225 --> 00:22:40,792 WOULD CHANGE ME. 469 00:22:40,792 --> 00:22:42,994 I HEAR ABOUT THESE PEOPLE HAVE 470 00:22:42,994 --> 00:22:44,096 THIS EFFECT AND THEY COME BACK 471 00:22:44,096 --> 00:22:46,164 AND WHAT AM I GOING TO 472 00:22:46,164 --> 00:22:47,632 EXPERIENCE OUT THIS THAT WILL 473 00:22:47,632 --> 00:22:49,735 CHANGE WHO I AM? 474 00:22:49,735 --> 00:22:52,771 BUT IT MADE ME THINK A LOT OF 475 00:22:52,771 --> 00:22:53,105 THINGS. 476 00:22:53,105 --> 00:22:54,506 FOR THE FIRST PART WE HAD THAT 477 00:22:54,506 --> 00:22:55,540 PART WHERE YOU'RE SEEING THE 478 00:22:55,540 --> 00:22:56,641 EARTH AND YOU SEE YOURSELF NEXT 479 00:22:56,641 --> 00:22:57,909 TO THE EARTH AND YOU FEEL VERY 480 00:22:57,909 --> 00:22:59,377 TINY NEXT TO THE EARTH. 481 00:22:59,377 --> 00:23:00,312 THEN YOU TURN THE OTHER WAY THE 482 00:23:00,312 --> 00:23:02,481 AND EARTH SEEMS TINY COMPARED TO 483 00:23:02,481 --> 00:23:03,815 THE COSMOS OUT THERE. 484 00:23:03,815 --> 00:23:08,954 SO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE TWO 485 00:23:08,954 --> 00:23:09,488 ORDERS DOWN. 486 00:23:09,488 --> 00:23:10,589 ALL THE HISTORY OF LIFE AND ALL 487 00:23:10,589 --> 00:23:11,790 YOUR LIFE AND EVERYBODY YOU KNOW 488 00:23:11,790 --> 00:23:15,427 IS IN THIS LITTLE TINY MEMBRANE 489 00:23:15,427 --> 00:23:17,696 OF AIR THAT SITS ON TOP OF THIS 490 00:23:17,696 --> 00:23:19,498 PLANET AND BEYOND THAT MEMBRANE 491 00:23:19,498 --> 00:23:23,602 OF AIR IS THIS ABYSS OF SPACE. 492 00:23:23,602 --> 00:23:25,403 IT'S JUST NOTHING LIFE GIVING 493 00:23:25,403 --> 00:23:26,571 ABOUT IT. 494 00:23:26,571 --> 00:23:27,939 THAT'S ALL THAT SEPARATES AND 495 00:23:27,939 --> 00:23:30,075 MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A 496 00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:35,647 VERY TINY SPOT OUT HERE. IT 497 00:23:35,647 --> 00:23:39,918 SEEMS VERY FINITE. 498 00:23:39,918 --> 00:23:41,052 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOT ME, 499 00:23:41,052 --> 00:23:42,954 WE HAD SOME TIME OFF AND I 500 00:23:42,954 --> 00:23:44,322 WANTED TO GET SOME PICTURES OF 501 00:23:44,322 --> 00:23:46,992 ITEMS THAT FLOWN UP FOR OTHER 502 00:23:46,992 --> 00:23:47,626 PEOPLE OUT THERE. 503 00:23:47,626 --> 00:23:49,261 I GET OUT THERE AND I CRANK OPEN 504 00:23:49,261 --> 00:23:51,730 ALL THE DIFFERENT PANELS ON THE 505 00:23:51,730 --> 00:23:54,132 CUPOLA WINDOW AND BY DUMB LUCK 506 00:23:54,132 --> 00:23:57,135 WE WERE FLYING DOWN THE SPINE OF 507 00:23:57,135 --> 00:23:57,536 NEW ZEALAND. 508 00:23:57,536 --> 00:24:00,772 SO YOU HAVE THIS EMERALD GREEN 509 00:24:00,772 --> 00:24:02,674 ISLAND WITH MOUNTAINS AND OCEAN 510 00:24:02,674 --> 00:24:05,210 AS THE BACKDROP. 511 00:24:05,210 --> 00:24:06,878 I FORGOT TO TAKE THE PICTURES 512 00:24:06,878 --> 00:24:10,282 BECAUSE I WAS TOO BUSY GAWKING 513 00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:12,484 AT NEW ZEALAND AS WE WENT OVER 514 00:24:12,484 --> 00:24:17,355 IT IN THE CUPOLA. 515 00:24:17,355 --> 00:24:22,160 I LOOK DOWN AND THAT WAS MY 516 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:23,595 FIRST MISTAKE AND IT'S THE 517 00:24:23,595 --> 00:24:24,462 AMAZON. 518 00:24:24,462 --> 00:24:25,263 IT'S FEBRUARY AND I COULD SEE 519 00:24:25,263 --> 00:24:27,199 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE RIVER 520 00:24:27,199 --> 00:24:29,334 ITSELF AND ALL THE DARK GREEN 521 00:24:29,334 --> 00:24:32,504 LUSH JUNGLES AND BROWN RIVER AND 522 00:24:32,504 --> 00:24:36,708 ALL THE ESTUARIES AND THIS MUDDY 523 00:24:36,708 --> 00:24:39,377 DELTA AND GRAY AND SNOWCAPPED 524 00:24:39,377 --> 00:24:45,951 PEAKS OF THE AND DES OUT TO THE 525 00:24:45,951 --> 00:24:46,418 WEST. 526 00:24:46,418 --> 00:24:49,221 I'M SITTING THERE GOBSMACKED 527 00:24:49,221 --> 00:24:50,388 LOOKING AT THIS AND TRYING HARD 528 00:24:50,388 --> 00:24:54,092 TO TEAR MYSELF AWAY. 529 00:24:54,092 --> 00:24:56,328 MY LEAD, SAID TAKE THE TIME AND 530 00:24:56,328 --> 00:24:57,662 YOU WILL NEVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE 531 00:24:57,662 --> 00:24:58,964 THIS AGAIN EVER SO YOU MIGHT AS 532 00:24:58,964 --> 00:25:13,078 WELL GET THE EXPERIENCE NOW. 533 00:25:13,078 --> 00:25:15,547 MY ADVICE FOR HUMANITY IS, THIS 534 00:25:15,547 --> 00:25:17,382 IS A GREAT PLACE TO START BUT 535 00:25:17,382 --> 00:25:18,984 DON'T STICK AROUND HERE VERY 536 00:25:18,984 --> 00:25:19,751 LONG. 537 00:25:19,751 --> 00:25:21,453 WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE. 538 00:25:21,453 --> 00:25:24,489 I FORGET WHO SAID, IF HUMAN KIND 539 00:25:24,489 --> 00:25:26,858 WAS MEANT TO EXPLORE THE 540 00:25:26,858 --> 00:25:28,660 UNIVERSE GOD WOULD HAVE GIVEN US 541 00:25:28,660 --> 00:25:31,363 A MOON AND WE NEED TO USE THAT 542 00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:33,265 AS A LEAPING PAD TO GET OFF TO 543 00:25:33,265 --> 00:25:36,601 OTHER PLACES. 544 00:25:36,601 --> 00:25:38,103 SOME DAY WE WILL BE IN SPACE AND 545 00:25:38,103 --> 00:25:49,281 NOT SIMPLY GOING OUT TO IT. 546 00:25:49,281 --> 00:25:51,049 >> IF YOU LIKE TO SEE MUCH MORE 547 00:25:51,049 --> 00:25:53,418 OF THAT, WE HAVE A HALF HOUR 548 00:25:53,418 --> 00:25:55,253 SPECIAL PROGRAM AVAILABLE ON 549 00:25:55,253 --> 00:25:57,889 YOUTUBE NOW THAT SHOWCASES OUR 550 00:25:57,889 --> 00:26:00,091 ASTRONAUTS JOURNEY TO THE 551 00:26:00,091 --> 00:26:00,725 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AS 552 00:26:00,725 --> 00:26:02,794 THEY EXPLORE THE LIFE CHANGING 553 00:26:02,794 --> 00:26:07,699 EXPERIENCE OF AN ORBITABLE AL 554 00:26:07,699 --> 00:26:08,800 PERSPECTIVE. 555 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:10,335 SEARCH DOWN TO EARTH THE 556 00:26:10,335 --> 00:26:11,770 ASTRONAUT'S PERSPECTIVE. 557 00:26:11,770 --> 00:26:14,940 TIME FOR ONE MORE QUICK ONE. 558 00:26:14,940 --> 00:26:18,743 THANKS TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS IT 559 00:26:18,743 --> 00:26:19,678 WAS DIFFERENT FOR MOST PEOPLE 560 00:26:19,678 --> 00:26:20,679 AND THAT INCLUDES MOST OF THE 561 00:26:20,679 --> 00:26:22,347 MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL 562 00:26:22,347 --> 00:26:23,548 SPACE STATION'S EXPEDITION 64 563 00:26:23,548 --> 00:26:24,983 CREW WHO CREATED THEIR OWN 564 00:26:24,983 --> 00:26:26,918 VERSION OF A NEW YEAR'S EVE 565 00:26:26,918 --> 00:26:29,888 TRADITION. 566 00:26:29,888 --> 00:26:30,889 >> HELLO, PLANET EARTH. 567 00:26:30,889 --> 00:26:33,425 I'M KATE RUBINS ALONG WITH MY 568 00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:35,160 EXPEDITION 64 CREWMATES ABOARD 569 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:36,328 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 570 00:26:36,328 --> 00:26:37,662 WE WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO 571 00:26:37,662 --> 00:26:39,297 WISH ALL OF YOU A VERY HAPPY NEW 572 00:26:39,297 --> 00:26:42,267 YEAR. 573 00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:43,501 ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS NEW 574 00:26:43,501 --> 00:26:45,837 YEAR'S EVE TRADITIONS IS 575 00:26:45,837 --> 00:26:47,505 WATCHING THE BALL DROP IN TIME 576 00:26:47,505 --> 00:26:49,107 SQUARE IN NEW YORK CITY. 577 00:26:49,107 --> 00:26:50,875 AS MANY OF US CELEBRATE THE NEW 578 00:26:50,875 --> 00:26:52,110 YEAR FROM HOME THIS YEAR WE 579 00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:55,113 BROUGHT THIS FAMOUS TRADITION TO 580 00:26:55,113 --> 00:26:58,416 SPACE TO SHARE WITH YOU. 581 00:26:58,416 --> 00:27:01,052 >> SINCE WE'RE IN ZERO GRAVITY 582 00:27:01,052 --> 00:27:02,988 WE HAVE A SPECIAL TOOL. 583 00:27:02,988 --> 00:27:04,756 >> WE HOPE THIS INSPIRES YOU 584 00:27:04,756 --> 00:27:05,824 CELEBRATE IN YOUR OWN WAY. 585 00:27:05,824 --> 00:27:33,084 3, 2, 1... HAPPY NEW YEAR! 586 00:27:33,084 --> 00:27:34,386 >> IF YOU WANT ANOTHER LOOK AT 587 00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:35,987 ANY OF THESE STORIES WE FEATURED 588 00:27:35,987 --> 00:27:37,255 TODAY YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND THEM 589 00:27:37,255 --> 00:27:40,091 AT YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK AT THOSE 590 00:27:40,091 --> 00:27:41,359 PARTICULAR ADDRESSES RIGHT THERE 591 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:42,694 ON THE SCREEN. 592 00:27:42,694 --> 00:27:44,195 IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR GOOD 593 00:27:44,195 --> 00:27:45,764 CONVERSATION ABOUT HUMAN SPACE 594 00:27:45,764 --> 00:27:48,700 FLIGHT, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT 595 00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:51,169 HOUSTON WE HAVE A PODCAST OUR 596 00:27:51,169 --> 00:27:53,004 WEEKLY SHOWING TALKING TO ALL 597 00:27:53,004 --> 00:27:54,272 FOLKS INVOLVED IN ALL AREAS OF 598 00:27:54,272 --> 00:27:55,273 SPACE EXPLORATION. 599 00:27:55,273 --> 00:27:57,442 TODAY GARY JORDAN CONTINUES OUR 600 00:27:57,442 --> 00:27:59,911 SERIES IN A TALK WITH PLANETARY 601 00:27:59,911 --> 00:28:02,380 GEOLOGIST PAUL NILES TO DIG INTO 602 00:28:02,380 --> 00:28:05,717 THE DETAILS ON WHAT MAKES MARS A 603 00:28:05,717 --> 00:28:07,118 DESIRABLE DESTINATION FOR 604 00:28:07,118 --> 00:28:08,953 EXPLORATION AND WHAT WE CAN DO 605 00:28:08,953 --> 00:28:10,955 AND WHAT WE HOPE TO LEARN. 606 00:28:10,955 --> 00:28:14,959 GO TO NASA.GOV/PODCAST FOR THIS 607 00:28:14,959 --> 00:28:18,363 WEEK'S EPISODE AND ALL PREVIOUS. 608 00:28:18,363 --> 00:28:21,699 THE FULL LIBRARY OF ALL THE 609 00:28:21,699 --> 00:28:23,068 PODCASTS ARE THERE AND ALSO ON 610 00:28:23,068 --> 00:28:26,471 APPLE PODCAST AND GOOGLE PODCAST 611 00:28:26,471 --> 00:28:36,481 AND SOUND CLOUD.