IGNITION SEQUENCE STARTS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS THE VIEW OF MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON AT NAS IS A'S
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER WHERE A
TEAM OF SPECIALISTS ON DUTY
AROUND THE CLOCK FOR MORE THAN
20 YEARS STRAIGHT NOW WORKING
WITH ASTRONAUTS AND COSMONAUTS
TO ADVANCE A WORLDWIDE MISSION
OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND
SPACE EXPLORATION.
EXPANDER SERGEY RYZHIKOV AND HIS
AMERICAN, RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE
CREWMATES ARE BACK AT WORK.
THEY'RE CONDUCTING SCIENTIFIC
EXPERIMENTS, TAKING CARE OF
THEIR HOME ON ORBIT AND
SUPPORTING THE DEPARTURE OF A
COUPLE OF CARGO VEHICLES.
>> SPACE TO GROUND.
>> WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND
AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
THIS WEEK A SPACE CRAFT DEPARTED
WHILE ANOTHER PREPARED TO DO THE
SAME.
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE CRAFT
DEPARTED AFTER 3 MONTHS ON
BOARD.
THIS RESUPPLY MISSION LAUNCHED
IN OCTOBER 2ND, 2020 ARRIVING AT
THE STATION OCTOBER 5TH AND
DELIVERY NEARLY 8,000 POUNDS OF
HARDWARE RESEARCH EXPERIMENTS
AND MORE.
AFTER UNLOADING PRECIOUS CARGO,
ASTRONAUTS FILLED IT WITH TRASH
TO BURN UP WITH THE VEHICLE UPON
ITS FIERY RE-ENTRY INTO EARTH'S
REATMOSPHERE.
SPACEX'S CARGO DRAGON WILL BE
THE NEXT DEPARTURE FROM THE
SPACE STATION SCHEDULED IN THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN ON JANUARY 11TH.
YOU CAN WATCH UNDOCKING ON THE
AGENCY'S WEBSITE.
WHILE THEY'RE PROVING YET AGAIN
THAT THEY CAN GROW PLANTS IN
SPACE.
IT WILL REQUIRE ASTRONAUTS TO
GROW THEIR OWN FOOD AND
CAPABILITY BEING TESTED ABOARD
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
WITH A VEGGIE EXPERIMENT.
THIS WEEK ASTRONAUTS INSTALLED
THE ROOT MAP AND SMALL PILLOWS
NEEDED TO BEGIN TO GROW BOK CHOY
AND MUSTARD AND ROMAINE LETTUCE.
THESE PLANTS WILL BE HARVESTED
AND STAPLES WILL BE RETURNED TO
EARTH FOR TESTING.
RESULTS COULD BENEFIT
AGRICULTURAL AND PRODUCTION
EFFORTS ON EARTH BY CONTRIBUTING
TO BASIC RESEARCH ON PLANT
CULTIVATION.
THAT WILL DO IT FOR US THIS WEEK
ON SPACE TO GROUND.
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS HUMAN PRESENCE ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
MORE THAN 3,000 SCIENTIFIC
EXPERIMENTS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED.
JUST IN 2020, THAT INCLUDED
EVERYTHING FROM GROWING RADISHES
TO CAPTURING 360 DEGREE FOOTAGE
OF LIFE ABOARD THE STATION TO
MONITORING THE PLANET.
HAVE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PAST YEAR OF
RESEARCH THAT IS BENEFITING
PEOPLE ON EARTH WHILE HELPING
PREPARE US TO EXPLORE FURTHER
INTO SPACE.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
IS WELL-KNOWN AS AN ORBITING
LABORATORY, BUT ITS MISSION ALSO
INCLUDES PREPARING US FOR FUTURE
EXPLORATION, IMPROVING LIFE ON
EARTH AND ENCOURAGING
COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE.
IN THAT AREA, ONE OF ITS GREAT
SUCCESSES IS A PRODUCT CALLED
CUBESATS.
THINK OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AND MOST LIKELY YOU
IMAGINE AN ORBITING LABORATORY
WHERE SCIENTISTS OBSERVE HOW
PLANTS, MATERIALS AND HUMANS
REACT TO MICROGRAVITY
CONDITIONS.
BUT DURING THE PAST DECADE, THE
STATION HAS ALSO SERVED A VERY
DIFFERENT ROLE, THAT OF BEING A
BUSINESS INCUBATOR AND THIS IS
ONE OF ITS PRODUCTS, THE
CUBESAT.
THE CUBESAT IS ONE OF MANY
SATELLITES NOW FOUND IN SPACE
AND ONE OF THE SMALLEST, ONE
UNIT IS A COMPACT 10X10X10
CENTIMETER CUBE AND REFERRED TO
AS 1-U AND BE DEPLOYED FOR A
FRACTION OF WHAT ITS LARGER
COUSINS COST.
EARLY SMALL SATELLITES LAUNCHED
FROM THE STATION WERE LITERALLY
PUT INTO SPACE BY RUSSIAN
COSMONAUTS.
IN 2012 THEY BEGAN UTILIZING THE
AIRLOCK TO DEPLOY UP TO 6 AND
NOT LONG AFTER THE AMERICAN
COMPANY BUILT AND BEGAN
OPERATING AN EVEN MORE ROBUST
DEPLOYER ON THE STATION CAPABLE
OF LAUNCHING UP TO 48 U PER
CYCLE.
THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING.
MIKE REED IS THE MANAGER OF
SPACE AGE BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AT JOHNSON SPACE
CENTER.
HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
CUSTOMERS AND LEVERAGED THE NEW
LAUNCH CAPABILITIES.
PLANET WANTED TO TAKE HIGH
RESOLUTION PHOTOS OF EARTH.
WHILE YOU CAN TAKE PICTURES FROM
THE SPACE STATION YOUR COVERAGE
IS LIMITED BY THE STATION'S
ORBIT.
WITH MULTIPLE CUBESATS, HOWEVER,
YOU CAN POSITION THEM TO COVER
ALMOST ANY POINT ON EARTH.
IN A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME, PLAN
ELICIT DEPLOYED SEVERAL
GENERATIONS OF CUBESATS FROM THE
SPACE STATION, PROVING THE
VIABILITY OF TECHNOLOGY APPROACH
AND THEIR BUSINESS MODEL.
WITH THESE SUCCESSES EXPANDING
TO AN OPERATIONAL FLEET OF OVER
150 SATELLITES DEPLOYED USING
COMMERCIAL LAUNCH PROVIDERS.
THIS FLEET GIVES THEM THE
ABILITY TO IMAGE THE ENTIRE
EARTH'S LAND MASS EVERY DAY.
PLAN ELICITS IMAGERY IS IN HIGH
DEMAND BY COMPANIES AND
GOVERNMENTS WHO USE THIS FIELDS
OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY AND
LAND USE AND MAPPING AND
DISASTER RESPONSE.
WITHIN DECADE IT'S GROWN FROM A
TRUE START-UP TO EMPLOYING
NEARLY 500 PEOPLE.
MULTIPLE COMPANIES ARE NOW
BUILDING SMALL LAUNCH VEHICLES
SPECIFICALLY TO DEPLOY COUPE
SATURDAYS AND OTHER SMALL
SATELLITES INTO LOW EARTH ORBIT
TO USE IN A VARIETY OF WAYS
COMPANIES AS WELL AS STUDENTS
AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
CUBESATS ARE BEING USED FOR
INTERNET SERVICES WITH HELPING
BUILD BETTER WEATHER AND CLIMATE
MODELS TO IMPROVE FORECASTING.
THEY'RE ENABLING TEXT MESSAGING
FOR YOUR PHONE AND AROUND THE
GLOBE AND WITHOUT A CELL SIGNAL.
THEY'RE ALSO LEAVING THE PLANET.
THE FIRST AND SECOND
INTERPLANETARY CUBESATS
ACCOMPANIED INSIGHT LANDER ON
RECENT MISSION TO MARS RELATING
DATA AS IT ENTERED THE PLANET'S
ATMOSPHERE.
SOME MISSIONS WILL SERVE AS PATH
FINDERS TO HELP MAP THE WAY FOR
THE ARTEMIS MISSIONS TO THE MOON
AND 13 CUBESATS WILL LAUNCH ON
THE FIRST MISSION ARTEMIS 1.
IT CONCLUDES WITH THIS
OBSERVATION, TODAY MORE AND MORE
OF SINGLE LARGE AND EXPENSIVE
SATELLITE IS BEING REPLACED BY
ONE OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE
PORTFOLIO.
A BLOCK OF SMALL AND LESS
EXPENSIVE VERY POWERFUL CUBESATS
AND BROADENED IT IN A WAY THAT
FRANKLY WAS NEVER ENVISIONED.
HOWEVER THAT ACCESS HAS ENABLED
CUBESATS TO BECOME A SUSTAINED
COMMERCIAL SUCCESS CONTRIBUTING
SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE GROWING
SPACE MARKETPLACE.
FOR MORE SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, GO TO
WWW.NASA.GOV/SCIENCE TO DISCOVER
MORE ABOUT THE SPACE BEYOND OUR
PLANET VISIT SCIENCE.NASA.GOV.
>> THE JOB OF AN ASTRONAUT ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
INVOLVES WORKING AS A LABORATORY
ASSISTANT FOR RESEARCHERS WHO
ARE DOING SCIENCE IN SPACE AS
WELL AS DOING MAINTENANCE TO
KEEP THE STATION OPERATING
SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY.
BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO KEEP
THEMSELVES IN GOOD SHAPE SO THEY
CAN DO ALL THAT OTHER WORK.
IN THIS DEMONSTRATION VIDEO,
ASTRONAUT JOE ACABA TALKS ABOUT
THE VALUE OF EXERCISE IN ORBIT.
>> HEY, THERE.
MY NAME IS JOE ACABA AND I'M
LIVING AND WORKING ON THE FEW
ENTER AS PART OF EXPEDITION 53.
ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF LIVING
ON THE SPACE STATION IS BEING
ABLE TO FLOAT, JUST LIKE YOU ARE
FROM PLACE TO PLACE THROUGHOUT
YOUR DAY, WE FLOAT FROM PLACE TO
PLACE.
HOWEVER WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE
SAME THING THAT ALLOWS US TO
FLOAT MICROGRAVITY IS HARD ON
OUR BODIES OVER TIME.
OUR MUSCLES AND BONES ARE MADE
OF MILLIONS OF TINY UNITS CALLED
CELLS AND THEY CAN HAVE PROBLEMS
IN MICROGRAVITY.
UP HERE ON THE STATION, BONES
AND MUSCLES NO LONGER HAVE THE
SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE BODIES
SO THEY GET WEAKER AND THEY
COULD DEVELOP SOMETHING CALLED
MUSCLE ATROPHY WHERE THEY BECOME
WEAK FROM LACK OF USE.
EACH BONE IN YOU ARE WHY BODY IS
MADE OF CELLS AND HEALTHY BONE
HAS MORE DENSITY THAN A NON
HEALTHY BONE.
WEAKENED BONES CAN LEAD TO
OSTEOPOROSIS.
FORTUNATELY OUR SCIENTISTS HAVE
FIGURED OUT ONE WAY TO KEEP
ASTRONAUTS HEALTHY AND STRONG,
IT'S CALLED EXERCISE LET'S LOOK
AT HOW ASTRONAUTS EXERCISE IN
SPACE.
THIS MACHINE HERE IS THE ADVANCE
RESISTANCE EXERCISE DEVICE.
IT SIMULATES FREE WEIGHT
EXERCISES TO WORK ALL THE MUSCLE
GROUPS AND MAINTAIN OUR MUSCLE
STRENGTH AND MASS SO THAT WE
HAVE A LESS HARD PERIOD WHEN WE
LAND ON EARTH.
WHAT ABOUT A LITTLE CARDIO?
WE HAVE THE TREADMILL FOR THAT.
LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
STAYING PHYSICALLY ACT
INFRASTRUCTURE HELPS ASTRONAUTS
IN SPACE AND HUMANS TO STAY
HEALTHY AND TO PREVENT MUSCLE
ATROPHY AND OSTEOPETROSIS.
YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT MUSCLE
AND BONE CELLS.
I'M JOE ACABA, AND I HOPE YOU
ENJOYED LEARNING ABOUT EXERCISE
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
>> 4 OF THESE EXPEDITION 64
CREW MEMBERS ARRIVED AT THE
STATION IN NOVEMBER ON THE
SPACEX CREW DRAGON RESILIENCE ON
WHAT IS THE FIRST OPERATIONAL
MISSION OF THAT COMMERCIAL
VEHICLE.
SO, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WHAT ARE THESE ASTRONAUTS DOING
IN SPACE AND HOW LONG WILL THEY
BE THERE?
A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
WHO BETTER THAN THE CREW MEMBERS
THEMSELVES TO ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS AND MORE.
>> I'M VICTOR GLOVER, NAVY
COMMANDER.
>> I'M DR. SHANNON WALKER, A
NASA ASTRONAUT.
>> HI I'M COLONEL MIKE HOPKINS
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND NASA
ASTRONAUT.
I'LL BE THE COMMANDER ON CREW
ONE MISSION ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
>> CREW ONE IS THE DESIGNATOR
FOR THE FIRST OPERATIONAL
MISSION OF THE SPACEX CREW
DRAGON SO IT'S NEW.
>> WE ARE STARTING THE PHASE
WHERE WE ARE FLYING ASTRONAUTS
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION ON COMMERCIAL CREW
VEHICLES.
>> WE'LL GO UP AND WE'LL STAY
FOR THE FULL LONG DURATION FROM
6-7 MONTHS LONG.
>> ONE THING THAT'S VERY
DIFFERENT ABOUT OUR FLIGHT
VERSUS DOUG AND BOB'S WE'LL HAVE
4 PEOPLE.
HOW DO 4 PEOPLE LIVE AND OPERATE
ON SUCH A VEHICLE.
>> WE WANT TO GET OUR CREW
DRAGON TO THE SPACE STATION AND
HOME SAFELY.
FLYING THE SPACESHIP IS ONE
PIECE AND THERE'S THE VERY
IMPORTANT MISSION OF BEING ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> OF COURSE ONCE WE ARRIVE ON
THE SPACE STATION I'LL BE DOING
A LOT OF SCIENCE AND MAINTENANCE
AND SPACEWALKS.
WE'LL DO ALL KINDS OF WORK.
>> THEY END OUR STAY ON ISS,
I'LL COMMAND THE VEHICLE AND
BRING US BACK HOME AND LAND AND
THEN AT THAT POINT IT'S ALL
DONE.
ACTUALLY IT'S NOT ALL DONE.
ONCE YOU GET BACK FROM THE
MISSION, YOU HAVE A LONG POST
FLIGHT PERIOD.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU GO THROUGH THE
DAY-TO-DAY TRAINING AND
OPERATIONS TO GET READY FOR IT.
THERE'S THE BASIC COMPETENCIES,
I GUESS THE HIGH PERFORMANCE JET
FLYING AND SPACESUIT TO TRAIN
FOR SPACEWALKS AND ROBOTICS
TRAINING AND STILL TAKING
RUSSIAN CLASSES.
>> SCIENCE AND PAYLOAD AND
MAINTENANCE AND ALSO SOME OF THE
ASSEMBLY TASK REMAIN OF THE.
>> HOW TO HANDLE EMERGENCIES ON
THE SPACE STATION TO HOW YOU FLY
THE CREW DRAGON.
>> WE'VE BEEN GOING OUT TO
SPACEX AND WORKING WITH THEM
FROM A TRAINING STANDPOINT AS
WELL AS FROM A DEVELOPMENT AND
VERIFICATION AND TESTING
STANDPOINT.
>> ALSO IN MANY WAYS HAVING
TRAINED IN SPACE CRAFT OR SPACE
FLIGHT ALL OVER THE WORLD IS
IT'S ALL ABOUT STARTING OFF WITH
THEORETICAL WORK AND MOVE INTO
THE PRACTICAL AND HYPER SPACE
CRAFT.
>> IT IS A GREAT HONOR FIRST AND
FOREMOST AND LOOKING AT ALL
THEIR EXPERIENCE IT MAKES ME
COMFORTABLE THERE IS SO MUCH
EXPERIENCE AND SO MANY WAYS THAT
I CAN LEARN FROM THEM.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WANT TO
BE READY AND ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE.
>> MY KIDS AND MY WIFE SAID, YOU
DON'T GO TO WORK ANYMORE, DO
YOU?
IT'S LIKE YOU GO AND JUST PLAY
ALL DAY AND THAT'S WHAT IT FEELS
LIKE WHEN YOU COME HERE AT JCS
AND YOU COME TO TRAIN.
IT'S MUCH MORE SERIOUS AND HAS
REAL CONSEQUENCES BUT AT THE
SAME TIME, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.
>> TO BE ABLE TO FLY TO OUR HOME
IS AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT.
>> AMERICANS SHOULD BE PROUD OF
THIS ACHIEVEMENT.
BUT FOR THE REST OF THE
7.4 BILLION PEOPLE, I WILL OPEN
THE DOOR FOR YOU.
THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION.
THIS IS A NEW ERA.
>> I THINK IT IS JUST
TREMENDOUSLY EXCITING AND
FASCINATING TO KNOW THAT KIDS
ARE GROWING UP TODAY THAT ALWAYS
HAD PEOPLE LIVING IN SPACE AND
HAD THE COUNTRY WORKING TOGETHER
FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
OBJECTIVES.
>> ALL FOR ONE AND CREW 1 FOR
ALL.
>> THE MEN AND WOMAN WHO LIVE
AND WORK ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION TAKE THOUSANDS OF
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEIR HOME PLANET
EVERY YEAR.
LAST MONTH, WE HAD THE FOLKS AT
THE EARTH SCIENCE AND REMOTE
SENSING UNIT AT NASA'S JOHNSON
SPACE CENTER FOR A FEW OF THEIR
FAVORITE PICTURES FROM 2020.
BEHOLD.
HERE ARE THE TOP 20 FROM '20.
>> WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE STILL
PHOTOGRAPHS YOU AND I HAVE TO
PROVIDE OUR OWN NARRATION.
BUT THE ASTRONAUTS WHO HAVE BEEN
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION DO A BETTER JOB WHEN
THEY FILL IN THE FEELINGS THEY
HAD WHEN THEY TOOK THOSE
PICTURES OR THE FIRST TIME THEY
LOOKED OUT A WINDOW DOWN TO
PLANET EARTH.
FOR FORMER ASTRONAUT ALVIN DREW
IT WAS REMINDER THAT WE NEED TO
KEEP PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF
EXPLORATION.
>> IT'S BEAUTIFUL, MIKE, IT
REALLY IS.
>> I'M IN FIRST GRADE AND I'M
WATCHING NEIL ARMSTRONG AND
BUZZES ALDRIN DANCING AROUND
LIKE EVERY OTHER KID.
THEY WANTED TO DO THIS AND THIS
IS THE COOLEST THING EVER AND I
REMEMBER ASKING MY DAD WHAT KIND
OF JOB DO I NEED THAT I CAN GO
FLY TO THE MOON?
HE GOES WELL THERE'S JOB OUT
THERE CALLED THE ASTRONAUT AND
IF YOU ARE THAT THEY WILL PAY
YOU TO GO TO THE MOON.
THEY'RE GONNA PAY ME TO GO TO
THE MOON.
YEAH, THAT'S IT.
I MADE MY CAREER DECISION AND
I'M GOING TO GO BE AN ASTRONAUT.
I DID NOT THINK THE EXPERIENCE
WOULD CHANGE ME.
I HEAR ABOUT THESE PEOPLE HAVE
THIS EFFECT AND THEY COME BACK
AND WHAT AM I GOING TO
EXPERIENCE OUT THIS THAT WILL
CHANGE WHO I AM?
BUT IT MADE ME THINK A LOT OF
THINGS.
FOR THE FIRST PART WE HAD THAT
PART WHERE YOU'RE SEEING THE
EARTH AND YOU SEE YOURSELF NEXT
TO THE EARTH AND YOU FEEL VERY
TINY NEXT TO THE EARTH.
THEN YOU TURN THE OTHER WAY THE
AND EARTH SEEMS TINY COMPARED TO
THE COSMOS OUT THERE.
SO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE TWO
ORDERS DOWN.
ALL THE HISTORY OF LIFE AND ALL
YOUR LIFE AND EVERYBODY YOU KNOW
IS IN THIS LITTLE TINY MEMBRANE
OF AIR THAT SITS ON TOP OF THIS
PLANET AND BEYOND THAT MEMBRANE
OF AIR IS THIS ABYSS OF SPACE.
IT'S JUST NOTHING LIFE GIVING
ABOUT IT.
THAT'S ALL THAT SEPARATES AND
MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A
VERY TINY SPOT OUT HERE. IT
SEEMS VERY FINITE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOT ME,
WE HAD SOME TIME OFF AND I
WANTED TO GET SOME PICTURES OF
ITEMS THAT FLOWN UP FOR OTHER
PEOPLE OUT THERE.
I GET OUT THERE AND I CRANK OPEN
ALL THE DIFFERENT PANELS ON THE
CUPOLA WINDOW AND BY DUMB LUCK
WE WERE FLYING DOWN THE SPINE OF
NEW ZEALAND.
SO YOU HAVE THIS EMERALD GREEN
ISLAND WITH MOUNTAINS AND OCEAN
AS THE BACKDROP.
I FORGOT TO TAKE THE PICTURES
BECAUSE I WAS TOO BUSY GAWKING
AT NEW ZEALAND AS WE WENT OVER
IT IN THE CUPOLA.
I LOOK DOWN AND THAT WAS MY
FIRST MISTAKE AND IT'S THE
AMAZON.
IT'S FEBRUARY AND I COULD SEE
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE RIVER
ITSELF AND ALL THE DARK GREEN
LUSH JUNGLES AND BROWN RIVER AND
ALL THE ESTUARIES AND THIS MUDDY
DELTA AND GRAY AND SNOWCAPPED
PEAKS OF THE AND DES OUT TO THE
WEST.
I'M SITTING THERE GOBSMACKED
LOOKING AT THIS AND TRYING HARD
TO TEAR MYSELF AWAY.
MY LEAD, SAID TAKE THE TIME AND
YOU WILL NEVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE
THIS AGAIN EVER SO YOU MIGHT AS
WELL GET THE EXPERIENCE NOW.
MY ADVICE FOR HUMANITY IS, THIS
IS A GREAT PLACE TO START BUT
DON'T STICK AROUND HERE VERY
LONG.
WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE.
I FORGET WHO SAID, IF HUMAN KIND
WAS MEANT TO EXPLORE THE
UNIVERSE GOD WOULD HAVE GIVEN US
A MOON AND WE NEED TO USE THAT
AS A LEAPING PAD TO GET OFF TO
OTHER PLACES.
SOME DAY WE WILL BE IN SPACE AND
NOT SIMPLY GOING OUT TO IT.
>> IF YOU LIKE TO SEE MUCH MORE
OF THAT, WE HAVE A HALF HOUR
SPECIAL PROGRAM AVAILABLE ON
YOUTUBE NOW THAT SHOWCASES OUR
ASTRONAUTS JOURNEY TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AS
THEY EXPLORE THE LIFE CHANGING
EXPERIENCE OF AN ORBITABLE AL
PERSPECTIVE.
SEARCH DOWN TO EARTH THE
ASTRONAUT'S PERSPECTIVE.
TIME FOR ONE MORE QUICK ONE.
THANKS TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS IT
WAS DIFFERENT FOR MOST PEOPLE
AND THAT INCLUDES MOST OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION'S EXPEDITION 64
CREW WHO CREATED THEIR OWN
VERSION OF A NEW YEAR'S EVE
TRADITION.
>> HELLO, PLANET EARTH.
I'M KATE RUBINS ALONG WITH MY
EXPEDITION 64 CREWMATES ABOARD
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
WISH ALL OF YOU A VERY HAPPY NEW
YEAR.
ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS NEW
YEAR'S EVE TRADITIONS IS
WATCHING THE BALL DROP IN TIME
SQUARE IN NEW YORK CITY.
AS MANY OF US CELEBRATE THE NEW
YEAR FROM HOME THIS YEAR WE
BROUGHT THIS FAMOUS TRADITION TO
SPACE TO SHARE WITH YOU.
>> SINCE WE'RE IN ZERO GRAVITY
WE HAVE A SPECIAL TOOL.
>> WE HOPE THIS INSPIRES YOU
CELEBRATE IN YOUR OWN WAY.
3, 2, 1... HAPPY NEW YEAR!
>> IF YOU WANT ANOTHER LOOK AT
ANY OF THESE STORIES WE FEATURED
TODAY YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND THEM
AT YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK AT THOSE
PARTICULAR ADDRESSES RIGHT THERE
ON THE SCREEN.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR GOOD
CONVERSATION ABOUT HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT
HOUSTON WE HAVE A PODCAST OUR
WEEKLY SHOWING TALKING TO ALL
FOLKS INVOLVED IN ALL AREAS OF
SPACE EXPLORATION.
TODAY GARY JORDAN CONTINUES OUR
SERIES IN A TALK WITH PLANETARY
GEOLOGIST PAUL NILES TO DIG INTO
THE DETAILS ON WHAT MAKES MARS A
DESIRABLE DESTINATION FOR
EXPLORATION AND WHAT WE CAN DO
AND WHAT WE HOPE TO LEARN.
GO TO NASA.GOV/PODCAST FOR THIS
WEEK'S EPISODE AND ALL PREVIOUS.
THE FULL LIBRARY OF ALL THE
PODCASTS ARE THERE AND ALSO ON
APPLE PODCAST AND GOOGLE PODCAST
AND SOUND CLOUD.