>> IGNITION SEQUENCE STARTS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HERE'S A PEEK INSIDE THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM AT THE ORBIT
TWO TEAM FLIGHT CONTROLLERS.
AS THEY MONITOR THE STATION'S
SYSTEMS AND KEEP TABS ON THE
EXPEDITION 64 CREW MEMBERS.
COMMANDER SERGEY SVERCHKOV AND
HIS 6 CREWMATES FOCUS THIS WEEK
ON SCIENCE SUPPORT AND STATION
MAINTENANCE BUT WITH THE TENSION
PAID TO THE PREPARATIONS FOR
FLORIDA FOR THE NEW CARGO SHIP
CARRYING SUPPLIES AND NEW
AIRLOCK MODULE.
>> WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND.
I'M SANDRA JONES.
THIS WEEK SPACEX CARGO REPLY
MISSION.
SPACEX IS SET TO LAUNCH IT'S
21ST RESUPPLY SERVICES MISSION
FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX AT KENTUCKY
SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA.
IT WILL MARK A COUPLE OF FIRSTS.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF
UPGRADED VERSION OF THE CARGO
DRAGON DESIGNED TO CARRY MORE
SCIENCE AND ALSO THIS WILL BE
THE FIRST TIME THAT TWO DRAGON
SPACE CRAFT WILL BE DOCKED TO
THE STATION AT THE SAME TIME.
CRS-21 WILL DELIVER MORE THAN
6,400 POUNDS OF SCIENCE
INVESTIGATIONS TO FLY AND
PAYLOADS TO THE SPACE STATION.
ONE STUDY BEING DELIVERED
LOOKING INTO HOW THE HEART
CHANGES IN THE MICROGRAVITY
ENVIRONMENT OF SPACE WHICH COULD
LEAD TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
OF HEART PROBLEMS ON EARTH, NEW
TREATMENTS AND SUPPORT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SCREENING
MEASURES PRIOR TO SPACE FLIGHT.
CRS-21 WILL DELIVER A PAYLOAD
WHICH PROVIDES QUICK AND
ACCURATE ACCOUNTS OF TOTAL AND
DIFFERENTIATED WHITE BLOOD CELLS
IN MICROGRAVITY.
DOCTORS ON THE GROUND COMMONLY
USE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF WHITE
BLOOD CELLS TO DIAGNOSIS ILLNESS
ON EARTH.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP IN
MEETING THE HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF
CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD STATION.
LAUNCHING IN THE TRUNK OF THE
CAPSULE IS A NEW AND IMPROVED
TPWEURB SHOP AIRLOCK AND IS 5
TIMES LARGER THAN THE AIRLOCK ON
THE JAPANESE EXPERIMENT MODULE
AND WILL ALLOW ROBOTIC MOVEMENT
OF PACKAGES INSIDE TO THE
EXTERIOR OF THE SPACE STATION
EXCLUDING HARDWARE THAT SUPPORT
SPACE LOCKS AND PROVIDE
CAPABILITY SUCH AS POWER AND
ETHERNET REQUIRED FOR EXTERNAL
PAYLOADS AND WILL ALSO HAVE THE
ABILITY TO DEPLOY FLYING
PAYLOADS AND JETTISON TRASH.
CHECK OUT NASA.COM FOR THE
LATEST ON THE LAUNCH.
KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS
USING THE #ASKNASA.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
>>IN THEIR FIRST WEEKS ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, THE
CREW MEMBERS WHO ARRIVED ON THE
CREW 1 VEHICLE HAVE BEEN GETTING
ACCUSTOMED THIS THEIR NEW HOME
ON ORBIT AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING
TO KNOW THEM BETTER LITTLE BY
LITTLE.
NOW LET'S GO BEHIND THE OFFICIAL
BIOGRAPHY AND LET THESE
ASTRONAUTS REVEAL A FEW INNER
TRUTHS ABOUT FAVORITE FOODS, THE
HARDEST PART OF TRAINING AND
WHAT IS STILL ON THEIR SPACE
CAREER BUCKET LIST.
>> STEAK.
>> ANYTHING WITH LOTS OF DIP.
>> FISH.
>> PRINCESS BRIDE.
>> I LIKE QUIRKY MOVIES.
I'LL GO WITH OH BROTHER WHERE
ART THOU.
>> MOON WALK.
>> I LIKE SALSA DANCING.
>> SPRING.
>> I LIKE PLACES WHERE YOU
DON'T HAVE SEASONS BUT I GUESS
LIVING IN CALIFORNIA LIKE GOING
TO COLLEGE IN SAN LUIS OBISPO
AND FELT LIKE SPRING ALL THE
TIME.
>> YOGURT.
>> GREEK YOGURT.
>> RANCH DRESSING.
>> CHEESE.
>> COFFEE.
>> WASTEFULNESS.
>> PET PEEVES.
PEOPLE WHO DON'T USE TURN
SIGNALS.
SPEND THE DAY ON MARS.
I PROBABLY RUN AROUND AND TAKE
LOTS OF PICTURES.
>> DRIVING.
>> YOU'RE ON MARS, THAT'S GOOD
ENOUGH.
>> DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY.
>> I BELIEVE I CAN FLY.
JUST COMES TO MIND.
>> OOH, THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
>> PHYSICALLY IT'S SPACE WALK
TRAINING AND MENTALLY IT'S --
>> OUTDOOR.
>> I DON'T KNOW ACTUALLY.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
>> DARK CHOCOLATE.
>> ANYTHING DURING -- I GET TO
DO SO MANY AMAZING THINGS IN MY
LIFE.
WHEN I HAVE THE TIME IF CAN
AFFORD TO DO NOTHING, I REALLY
LIKE TO DO NOTHING.
>> PARENT BY FAR.
>> BEING A PARENT HANDS DOWN.
>> I KNOW EVERYTHING.
JUST A REMINDER TO NEVER PASS UP
A GOOD OPPORTUNITY AND KEEP YOUR
MOUTH SHUT.
>> WALKING ON THE MOON.
>> TO WORK ON THE SURFACE OF
THE MOON THAT'S A DREAM
ABSOLUTELY.
>> I WANT TO SPEND A SPEND DAY
WITHOUT ANY CALENDAR EVENTS.
>> AN OFFICER IN THE
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.
>> THERAPIST.
I'M GOOD TO LISTEN TO OTHER
PERSONS.
>> I'D STILL BE FLYING BUT THE
OTHER THING I LOVE DOING WAS
WORKING WITH STUDENTS.
BEING IN A CLASSROOM IS ONE OF
THE MOST MEANINGFUL THINGS I'VE
EVER SEEN EVEN TO THIS DAY.
>> ARE ANYTHING WITH MY FAMILY.
>> IF I COULD FLY MORE I WOULD
FLY MORE.
>> COMMANDER OF A TIME MACHINE.
>> SO, THE TELEKINESIS BUT
FLYING.
>> TO FLY.
I THINK WE HAVE A TREND HERE. I
GOT A SWEET TOOTH.
>> PROBABLY MEXICAN FOOD OR
INDIAN FOOD OR MAYBE THAI FOOD.
>> I WOULD SAY MOROCCAN INDIAN.
>> WOW.
FAVORITE DECADE?
RIGHT NOW.
>> 80'S.
BECAUSE THE 80'S.
>> 1980'S.
BECAUSE I WAS YOUNG AND STUPID
AND IN THAT ORDER.
>>FOR FUTURE MISSIONS LIKE WHEN
WE GO BACK TO THE MOON AND THEN
OUT INTO THE SOLAR SYSTEM,
BIOMINING COULD OFFER A WAY FOR
CREWS TO OBTAIN NEEDED MATERIALS
ON OTHER PLANETARY BODIES.
BUT MICROBES AND ROCKS INTERACT
DIFFERENTLY OUTSIDE OF GRAVITY
THAN THEY HERE AND THAT MIGHT
EFFECT THE OUTPUT FROM
EXTRATERRESTRIAL BIOMINING.
THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
STUDYING HOW MICROBES GROW AND
HOW THEY ALTER ROCKS BOTH IN
GRAVITY AND SIMULATED MARTIAN
GRAVITY.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
WILL HOST SOME OF THE SMALLEST
MINERS IN THE UNIVERSE,
MICROBES.
THEY CAN EXTRACT USEFUL MINERALS
AND METALS.
THIS IS A PROCESS CALLED
BIOMINING.
AS WE EXPLORE SPACE, WE ARE
SEEKING TO USE BIOMINING TO TURN
ROCK INTO SOIL FOR GROWING
PLANTS AND FOOD.
BUT BEFORE WE CAN USE THIS
TECHNIQUE IN PLANETARY
SETTLEMENTS WE NEED TO TEST IT
IN SPACE.
ON THE SPACE STATION,
BIOREACTORS WILL BE PLACED IN
SIDE OF A CENTRIFUGE WHERE
MICROBES WILL GROW ON ROCKS IN
MICROGRAVITY AND SIMULATED
MARTIAN GRAVITY.
INVESTIGATORS WILL EXAMINE HOW 3
TYPES OF MICROBES BEHAVE WITHIN
PIECES OF THE SALT AND EVALUATE
HOW WELL THE DIFFERENT MICROBES
EXTRACT ELEMENTS FROM THE ROCKS.
THE FINDINGS WILL BE COMPARE TO
DO GROUND BASED RESULTS.
WE HOPE TO GAIN INSIGHTS WITH
HOW THEY INTERACT WITH MICROBES
AND MICROGRAVITY AND HOW WE USE
THEM IN OUR EXPLORATION OF DEEP
SPACE.
>>WHEN YOU LOOK UP AT THE NIGHT
SKY, YOU NOTICE THAT THE MOON
APPEARS TO CHANGE SHAPE FROM
NIGHT TONIGHT.
THOSE DIFFERENT SHAPES THAT WE
SEE AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE
MONTH ARE KNOWN AS THE MOON'S
PHASES.
IN THIS DEMONSTRATION VIDEO NASA
ASTRONAUT ANNE MCCLAIN AND
FRIEND WITH AN EARTH-SHAPED HEAD
EXPLAIN WHY THE MOON'S PHASES
OCCUR AS THEY DO.
>>HI THERE.
MY NAME IS ANNE MCCLAIN AND I'M
AN ASTRONAUT WHO HAS LIVED AND
WORKED 250 MILES ABOVE THE
EARTH'S SURFACE ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE TURNING
OUR EYES TOWARD THE MOON AND
LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT CAUSES
THE MOON PHASES.
BUT BEFORE WE CHECK OUT THE MOON
PHASES LET'S LOOK AT WHERE THE
SPACE STATION IS COMPARED WHERE
WE ARE ON EARTH AND WHERE THE
MOON AND SUN ARE.
ON EARTH YOU'RE 250 MILES ABOVE
THE STATION.
THE MOON IS 238,855 MILES ON
AVERAGE ON EARTH.
YOU COULD FIT 30 EARTHS IN THAT
DISTANCE.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW FAR
AWAY WE ARE VERSUS THE MOON THE
STATION IS TINY BIT CLOSER TO
THE MOON THAN WE ARE ON EARTH
AND THAT'S ONLY WHEN THE STATION
IS IN ORBIT ON THE SAME SIDE OF
EARTH AS THE MOON.
THE STATION IS 250 MILES AWAY
AND THE MOON IS 238,855 MILES
AWAY.
AND THE SUN IS APPROXIMATELY
92,900,000 MILES AWAY.
THAT IS QUITE THE DISTANCE.
NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE
RELATIVE TO THE STATION, MOON
AND THE SUN, LET'S TALK ABOUT
THE MOON PHASES.
NOW WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING UP AT
THE MOON FROM THE EARTH YOU
NOTICE IT LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM
DAY TO DAY.
WE CALL THESE DIFFERENCES THE
PHASES OF THE MOON AND THEY
CYCLE THROUGH EVERY 30 DAYS.
LET'S CHECK OUT A DEMONSTRATION
OF THE MOON PHASES HERE ON THE
GROUND.
WE'RE GOING TO PRETEND HIS HEAD
IS EARTH, LETTING HIM VIEW THE
MOON AS YOU WOULD FROM THE HOME.
BALL IN THE HAND WILL REPRESENT
THE MOON AND THE LIGHT SOURCE
WILL BE OUR SUN.
KEEP IN MIND THAT WHILE THE MOON
IS ORBITING EARTH, EARTH IS ALSO
ROTATING ON ITS AXIS AND
ORBITING THE SUN.
WE CAN SEE THE MOON IS STILL
WHOLE THE ENTIRE TIME IT'S
ORBITING AROUND EARTH WITH A
SIDE FACING THE SUN ALSO
ILLUMINATED AND REFLECTING
SUNLIGHT.
LET'S LOOK AT WHAT HE IS SEEING.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM EARTH'S VIEW
REFLECTION OF SUNLIGHT LOOKS
DIFFERENT FROM THIS ANGLE SINCE
WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO SEE PARTS OF
THE REFLECTED SUNLIGHT AS MOON
MOVES AROUND EARTH.
THIS IS WHAT CAUSES THE MOON
PHASES AS THE MOON ORBITS AROUND
EVERY 30 DAYS.
THERE ARE NAMES FOR EACH OF THE
PHASES OF THE MOON'S 30 DAY
CYCLE WHEN IT LOOKS COMPLETELY
DARK WE'RE EXPERIENCING A NEW
MOON.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE 30
DAY CYCLE.
IT WILL MOVE THROUGH A WAXING
CRESCENT PHASE UNTIL IT'S THE
FIRST QUARTER MOON.
FROM HERE WE'LL SEE A WAXING
DIVOTS UNTIL THE MOON APPEARS
FULLY ILLUMINATED.
WE CALL IT A FULL MOON.
THE MOON WILL GO FROM A WANING
GIBBOUS PHASE TO A THIRD QUARTER
MOON.
AFTER THE THIRD QUARTER IT WILL
BECOME A WANING CRESCENT UNTIL
IT RETURNS TO A NEW MOON.
ON THE SPACE STATION WE SEE THE
SAME MOON PHASES A WE DO ON THE
MOON'S SURFACE.
SINCE IT'S 250 MILES CLOSER TO
THE MOON THAN WE ARE, ASTRONAUTS
ON THE STATION HAVE THE SAME
PERSPECTIVE YOU HAVE BUT DON'T
HAVE THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
ASTRONAUTS ON THE SPACE STATION
USES THE PHASE TO COLLECT
RESEARCH THAT HELP NASA WITH THE
ARTEMIS PROGRAM AS WE MOVE
FORWARD TO THE MOON WITH OUR
ASTRONAUTS IN 2024.
LOOK AT THE MOON AND CHECK OUT
WHAT PHASE IT'S IN.
ARE YOU INTERESTING IN SEEING
THE SPACE STATION FLY BY AS
WELL?
ASK FOR AN ADULT AT NASA.GOV.
THANKS FOR LEARNING WITH ME
TODAY.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
>>MOST OF THE ASTRONAUTS WHO
SPEND TIME ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION OR THOSE WHO HAVE
SEEN THE EARTH FROM HUNDREDS OF
MILES UP, EVEN FOR ONLY A SHORT
TIME, SAY THAT THE EXPERIENCE OF
LOOKING DOWN ON THEIR HOME
PLANET HAS CHANGED THEIR
PERSPECTIVE ON A LOT OF THINGS.
FOR FORMER ASTRONAUT NICOLE
STOTT, ART IS THE MEDIUM SHE'S
USING TO TRY TO SHARE THE
EXPERIENCE WITH THE REST OF US
EARTHLINGS.
>>THE FIRST TIME I SAW EARTH
FROM SPACE WAS ON A SPACE
SHUTTLE.
MY FIRST FLIGHT I FLEW TO THE
STATION ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE
DISCOVERY AND I DO NOT REMEMBER
IF WE WERE OVER LAND OR WATER OR
NIGHT OR DAY.
I JUST REMEMBER BEING IMPACTED
BY THE VIEW.
LIKEN BELIEVING -- FIRST OF ALL
NOT BELIEVING I'M FLOATING IN
THIS SPACE THAT I WAS IN.
THAT AMAZING ENOUGH ON ITS OWN
AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO PUT MY
FACE IN THAT WINDOW AND SEE HOME
BELOW WAS AWESOME.
>>IT'S LIKE A WORK OF ART OUT
THE WINDOW THERE, AND IT
SURPRISES YOU EVERY TIME YOU
LOOK AT IT.
YOU GET THESE BEAUTIFUL TWINKLY
CITY LIGHTS SEE WHERE ALL THE
PEOPLE ARE AND AREN'T.
AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE
THINGS IS WATCHING
THUNDERSTORMS, STORM ACTIVITY
MOVING AROUND THE PLANET.
IT'S LIKE WATCHING NEURONS
FIRING IN A BRAIN OF THE THESE
TENTACLES OF LIGHT THAT ARE
CONNECTING AND TRAVELING.
MIGHT BE STARTING OVER FLORIDA
BUT MOVING ACROSS THE OCEAN TO
AFRICA AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE.
I MEAN, I REMEMBER FLOATING
THERE JUST THINKING ABOUT, OH MY
GOSH.
EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED.
IF YOU GET DARK IN THE STATION
ALL THE COLORS IN THE LIGHT COME
OUT IN THAT DEPTH OF SPACE AS
WELL.
AND IT'S KIND OF THAT -- I DON'T
KNOW WHAT INFINITY IS, BUT MAYBE
THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
AND JUST LIKE THE CLARITY OF
LOOKING AT THE EARTH AND THE
COLORS GLOWING THERE, YOU GET
THAT SAME CLARITY IN THIS
BLACKEST BLACK I'VE EVER SEEN
AND FEELS LIKE YOU CAN REACH IN
AND THE STARS HAVE DISTANCE
BETWEEN THEM.
WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT PLACE, 250
MILES IS REALLY NOT THAT FAR.
IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS
BUT IT SEEMS FAR WHEN YOU'RE ON
THE SPACE STATION OR ON THE
SPACE SHUTTLE.
I THINK THE PERSPECTIVE IS ONE
OF LIKE A REALITY CHECK OF
SEEING THIS THING YOU THOUGHT
YOU KNEW FROM BEING RIGHT DOWN
IN IT AND ON IT IN A WHOLE NEW
WAY AND REALIZING OH MY GOSH
THAT IS A PLANET AND I'M FARTHER
AWAY FROM IT THAN I EVER LIKELY
WILL BE AND I FEEL LIKE MORE
APART OF EVERYONE, EVERYTHING
THAT'S DOWN THERE THAT I HAD
WHEN I WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
OF IT.
WE ALL FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO
SHARE THE EXPERIENCE IN ONE WAY
OR ANOTHER.
FOR ME THAT'S AN ART I TRIED
TO -- FROM THE PAINTINGS I
CREATED ON MY OWN AND WORK I DO
WITH OTHER PEOPLE ARTISTICALLY
TO SHARE IN THAT MESSAGE.
IF I THINK ABOUT MY OWN ARTWORK,
WHETHER PEOPLE LIKE MY ART OR
NOT, IS NOT ALL THAT IMPORTANT
TO ME.
BUT I WANT TO REACH AUDIENCES
THAT MIGHT EVEN KNOW WE HAVE A
SPACE STATION.
MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT FOR ALMOST
20 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN LIVING
PEACEFULLY, SUCCESSFULLY IN
SPACE ON THIS MECHANICALLY
CREATED LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH
PEOPLE FROM 15 DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES, DOING WORK THAT IS
ALL ABOUT IMPROVING LIFE ON
EARTH.
>> LAST WEEK WHILE MOST OF US
WERE OFF FOR THANKSGIVING, A
BUNCH OF OUR ASTRONAUTS CAME
INTO THE OFFICE TO CHECK OUT THE
SNAIL MAIL INBOX HERE AT JSC AND
IT WAS FULL.
SO JOIN ME AS WE WATCH SOME
ASTRONAUTS GET A LOOK AT SOME OF
THE MESSAGES SOME OF YOU ARE
SPENDING THEM LATELY.
>> HI EVERYBODY.
SINCE I HAVE BEEN BACK I
ACCUMULATED A LOT OF FAN MAIL.
>> WHAT A CRAZY YEAR 2020 HAS
BEEN BUT THE FAN MAIL KEEPS
COMING IN.
>> FAN MAIL HAS BEEN IMPORTANT
TO ME.
I ALWAYS MAKE IT A POINT TO
ANSWER.
>> I COLLECTED SOME OF MY
FAVORITES IN A PHOTO ALBUM.
>> LIKE MANY OF YOU, I DON'T
COME INTO WORK PHYSICALLY VERY
OFTEN.
IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF REMOTE
WORKING.
I STOPPED BY MY OFFICE TODAY
BECAUSE I WANTED TO GET SOME
THINGS DONE AND I HADN'T CHECKED
MY MAILBOX IN 8 MONTHS.
SO I JUST WALKED IN TO A GIANT
STACK OF MAIL BECAUSE CLEARLY
ALL OF YOU GUYS HAVE STILL BEEN
WRITING YOUR LETTERS.
SO I HAVE DECIDED I'M PUTTING
OFF MY WORK FOR TODAY BECAUSE
HEARING FROM YOU IS WAY MORE
INTERESTING.
I THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN
ME IN READING THE MAIL.
LET'S GET STARTED.
LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT.
HOW DOES LAUNDRY WORK IN SPACE?
YOU HAVE A GENERAL WASHER AND
DRYER ON EARTH OR IS IT
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT?
>> WE DON'T HAVE ANY WASHING
MACHINES OR DISHWASHERS OR
LAUNDRY, NONE OF THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO
THAT ON THE SPACE STATION.
PERHAPS OTHER FUTURE SPACE CRAFT
MIGHT HAVE THAT CAPABILITY.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T.
WE WEAR OUR CLOTHES FOR A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME AND WHEN
THEY'RE DO DIRTY TO WEAR ANYMORE
THEN WE TAKE NEW ONES.
>> MY FIRST PIECE OF MAIL COMES
FROM NORTH BEND, WASHINGTON, AND
IT SAYS ATTENTION ALIENS.
DO NOT FEAR.
DO NOT ATTACK.
I DO COME IN PEACE.
THANK YOU.
>> THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
FROM ALANA.
IT SAYS, HOLE LOW.
I'M 8 YEARS OLD AND I GO TO A
SCHOOL NAMED MATH AND SCIENCE
ACADEMY AND IN THIRD GRADE AND
I'M CUBAN AND PUERTO RICAN AND
CUBAN AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE A
DOCTOR WHEN I'M OLDER AND I WANT
TO BE A FAMOUS PERSON.
>> DEAR ASTRONAUT KEN.
MY NAME IS BEN.
SPACE INTERESTS ME WITH ROCKET
SHIPS AND SCIENCE.
HOW BIG CAN ASTEROIDS GET?
WE ACTUALLY HAD A RECENT MISSION
CALLED OSIRIS WHERE LANDED A
SPACE CRAFT ON A NEAR EARTH
ASTEROID BALD BENNU.
IT'S NOT THE BIGGEST ASTEROID.
THEY CAN BE REALLY LARGE OR ON
THE SMALLER SIDE.
>> WHAT MADE YOU BECOME AN
ASTRONAUT AND HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
AN ALIEN?
IS WHEN YOU FLUSH THE TOILET
WHERE DOES IT LEAD IS IT
>> HERE'S A FUTURE NOVELIST
ARTIST WHO HAS WRITTEN A POEM.
JUMP OF MY BED AND BUMP INTO
SPACE.
THERE'S THE MOON AND THE SUN AND
SPACE IS SO MUCH FUN.
GRAVITY PULLS ME BACK TO THE
STATION I WISH THIS WASN'T MY
IMAGINATION.
IT IS GOOD THAT GRAVITY PULLS US
BACK TO SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY
THE SPACE STATION.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GO FLOATING
OFF INTO SPACE ANYWHERE.
WE HAVE A SAFETY TETHER FOR THAT
ACTUALLY.
>> OH MY GOOD HE IS IN.
HE HAVE AN ASTRONAUT
APPLICATION.
I WANT TO SEE WHAT EARTH LOOKS
LIKE ON THE OUTSIDE.
THAT'S A GREAT GOAL.
WHY WILL YOU BE A GOOD
ASTRONAUT?
BECAUSE I LIKE SPACE.
WELL, I THINK YOU MEET THE BASIC
REQUIREMENTS.
I'LL PASS IT ON TO OUR CHIEF
ASTRONAUT.
>> FIRST QUESTION IS FROM DEVIN
AND HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT MY
FAVORITE SPACE SUIT.
>> EACH IS NEEDED FOR ITS
PARTICULAR JOB JUST IN CASE THE
CAPSULE WE'RE IN HAS A LEAK
WE'RE PROTECTED AND THAT'S A
GOOD THING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
THEY DO.
THEY PROTECT US.
WHEN WE GO UP AND DOWN EITHER ON
THE SPACE SHUTTLING OR THE SOYUZ
OR THE NEW SPACESHIPS WE HAVE TO
WEAR A LAUNCH AND ENTRY SUIT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS AND IT'S
ORANGE AND WE HAVE A BIG HELMET
AND IT'S PRETTY BIG.
THE RUSSIAN ON THE SOYUZ, THE
SPACE SUIT IS A LOT LIGHTER
WEIGHT AND FITS IN THE COMPACT
AREA THAT WE GET INSIDE THE
RUSSIAN SOYUZ SPACE CRAFT.
IF WE GO OUTSIDE WE HAVE TO USE
A SPACE WALKING SPACE SUIT AND
WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES.
ONE IS THE EMU, YOU SEE IT RIGHT
HERE. IT'S WHITE.
WE WEAR DIFFERENT COLOR STRIPES
DEPENDING ON THE EV-1 OR EV-2 SO
WE CAN TELL EACH OTHER PART AND
THEN THE RUSSIANS HAVE ONE.
I HAD A CHANCE TO GO IN A
RUSSIAN SPACE SUIT AND A LOT
LIKE THE AMERICAN EMU.
THERE ARE 4 DIFFERENT SPACE
SUITS PLUS THE FLIGHT SUIT.
>> THIS ONE IS FAVORITE.
I THINK THIS ASTRONAUT IS ON
ASTEROID OR MAYBE THE MOON.
EITHER WAY.
ANYONE WHO WROTE THESE FAN MAIL
LETTERS THEY COULD BE THE ONE
WALKING ON THE MOON OR ASTEROID
SOME DAY.
>> HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GO
BACK HOME AND HOW LONG DOES THE
FOOD LAST AND WHAT DOES IT FEEL
LIKE WHEN FLOATING.
BYE.
>> DOES THIS POSTAGE OR DID THE
POST OFFICE JUST BRING IT.
>> IF COULD YOU SHARE YOUR
ADVICE AS AN ASTRONAUT AND
SUCCESSFUL WOMAN OF SCIENCE TO A
YOUNG GIRL WHO CANNOT STOP
TALKING ABOUT ALL THE EXPERIMENT
SHE WANT TO CONDUCT ONCE SHE
LANDS ON MARS WE WOULD BE
GRATEFUL.
>> I WOULD SAY KEEP UP THAT
EXCITEMENT AND THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IS TO KEEP
ASKING QUESTIONS.
KEEP THAT CURIOSITY ALIVE TO
EXPLORE, STUDY, TO LEARN ABOUT
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND
ENGINEERING AND MATH AND FOLLOW
WHAT IT IS YOU'RE PASSIONATE
ABOUT AND YOUR DREAMS CAN COME
TRUE.
>> I'M A HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS
AND ASTRONOMY TEACHER AT RIDGE
WOLVERINES HIGH SCHOOL.
I WOULD LIKE TO START A WALL OF
ASTRONAUT PHOTOGRAPHS ADJACENT
TO THE DISPLAY OF MY SPACE PATCH
COLLECTION.
SHE HAS A PHOTO OF ALL THE
PATCHES SHE HAS ON THE WALL.
EMMA, AS A SUPER TEACHER YOU'RE
CONTINUING TO INSPIRE THE
YOUNGER GENERATION.
I LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WORK AND HARD TASK YOU HAVE.
TO TEACHERS, WOO WOO!
>> DR. ASTRONAUT.
MY NAME IS GRACIE.
I'M IN THE THIRD GRADE I THOUGHT
IT WAS FUNNY HOW YOU GOT CALLED
IN THE GROCERY.
IF I GOT CALLED THERE I WOULD GO
CRAZY.
I WAS IN THE GROCERY STORE WITH
MY WIFE WHEN I GOT THE CALL FROM
THE SELECTION COMMITTEE I WAS
SELECTED AS AN ASTRONAUT AND IT
WAS A VERY MEMORABLE TIME.
>> HI, MY NAME IS CAROLYN AND I
GO TO CHARLOTTE PREPARATORY
SCHOOL.
DID YOU KNOW THAT MY MIDDLE NAME
IS MCCLAIN.
STOP!
STOP THE FILM.
TRACK THIS GIRL DOWN.
YOUR MIDDLE NAME IS MCCLAIN AND
SPELLED THE SAME WAY.
YOU GO TO CHARLOTTE PREPARATORY
SCHOOL AND CHARLOTTE IS MY
MIDDLE NAME.
HOLY COW.
>> WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CARD.
IT'S A UNICORN.
YOU'RE MORE AMAZING THAN A DOG A
CORN.
>> LOOK AT THIS ONE.
THIS IS SO COLORFUL AND PRETTY.
THIS ONE IS EVEN ON BOTH SIDES,
LOOK IT HAS ALL THE PLANETS.
AH, YEAH.
AFTER MY OWN HEART.
WE HAVE SOME REAL ARTISTS OUT
THERE.
THIS IS LUCAS.
THIRD GRADE.
DID A GREAT JOB OF DEPICTING OUR
ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM.
>> I LOVE IT BECAUSE PLUTO IS
STILL THERE.
>> PLUTO A PLANET OR DID PLUTO
EXPLODE?
AS FAR AS I KNOW PLUTO HAS NOT
EXPLODED.
I THINK THAT'S IT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
FAN MAIL AND MEANS A LOT TO US.
>> THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR
LETTERS.
>> I'M SO THANKFUL THAT
EVERYBODY TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE
ME AND WILL TAKE ME FOREVER TO
GET THROUGH ALL THESE.
>> THANKS FOR THE LETTERS AND
QUESTIONS AND KEEP THEM COMING.
WE LOVE IT.
>>IT IS SO NICE TO SEE ALL THE
FAN MAIL AND TO KNOW EVERYBODY
IS THINKING ABOUT US HERE AT
NASA ESPECIALLY DURING THE
HOLIDAYS
>> FROM THE ENTIRE ASTRONAUT
CORPS HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
>> HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY AND
HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
>> HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, EVERYBODY!
>> BY THE WAY, WE JUST GOT TO A
MILLION, 1 MILLION FOLLOWERS ON
TWITTER.
COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
TWEET US YOUR FAN MAIL
QUESTIONS.
#ASK NASA.
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>>IF YOU WANT ANOTHER LOOK AT
ANY OF THE STORIES WE FEATURED
YOU CAN FIND THEM BY HEADING TO
YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK.
WHILE THERE, FEEL FREE TO CHECK
OUT ALL THE OTHER COOL STUFF
THAT'S AVAILABLE.
WHEN YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GOOD
CONVERSATION ABOUT HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT AND SPACE EXPLORATION,
THE PLACE TO GO IS HOUSTON WE
HAVE A PODCAST.
OUR WEEKLY SHOW WHERE WE TALK TO
FOLKS ABOUT THEIR WORK IN ALL
ASPECTS OF SPACE EXPLORATION.
NEW EPISODES GO UP EVERY FRIDAY
AND TODAY WE CONTINUE OUR MARS
MONTHLY SERIES TALKING WITH TWO
OF THE FOLKS LEADING THE EFFORT
TO FIGURE OUT JUST HOW WE LAND A
SPACESHIP FULL OF ASTRONAUTS ON
THE SURFACE OF MARS.
GO TO NASA.GOV/PODCAST.
IT'S WHERE YOU'LL FIND THE FULL
LIBRARY OF ALL THE PODCASTS
WHICH ALL ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON
APPLE PODCAST AND GOOGLE PODCAST
AND SOUND CLOUD.