1 00:00:00,133 --> 00:00:01,301 >> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON. 2 00:00:01,301 --> 00:00:05,739 ARE YOU READY FOR THE EVENT? 3 00:00:05,739 --> 00:00:06,506 >> HOUSTON, I AM READY 4 00:00:06,506 --> 00:00:10,210 FOR THE EVENT. 5 00:00:10,210 --> 00:00:11,277 >> "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE, THIS IS 6 00:00:11,277 --> 00:00:12,479 MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON. 7 00:00:12,479 --> 00:00:13,380 PLEASE CALL STATION FOR A VOICE 8 00:00:13,380 --> 00:00:15,849 CHECK. 9 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:17,684 >> STATION, THIS IS TOM. 10 00:00:17,684 --> 00:00:21,354 HOW DO YOU HERE ME? 11 00:00:21,354 --> 00:00:22,389 >> HELLO, TOM. 12 00:00:22,389 --> 00:00:25,925 I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. 13 00:00:25,925 --> 00:00:28,228 >> HI, MEGAN. 14 00:00:28,228 --> 00:00:31,398 GOOD TO TALK WITH YOU AGAIN. 15 00:00:31,398 --> 00:00:33,466 >> YES, GOOD TO TALK WITH YOU 16 00:00:33,466 --> 00:00:34,768 AGAIN, TOM. 17 00:00:34,768 --> 00:00:38,271 >> THIS IS A FIRST FOR ME. 18 00:00:38,271 --> 00:00:40,340 BUT THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. 19 00:00:40,340 --> 00:00:41,875 WHERE ARE YOU NOW EXACTLY IN THE 20 00:00:41,875 --> 00:00:44,077 ISS? 21 00:00:44,077 --> 00:00:47,247 >> SO RIGHT NOW I AM IN THE 22 00:00:47,247 --> 00:00:49,516 COLUMBUS MODULE WHICH IS THE 23 00:00:49,516 --> 00:00:51,151 EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY'S 24 00:00:51,151 --> 00:00:53,453 LABORATORY MODULE AS PART OF THE 25 00:00:53,453 --> 00:00:55,121 U.S. OPERATING SYSTEM ON THE 26 00:00:55,121 --> 00:00:56,756 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 27 00:00:56,756 --> 00:00:58,591 >> AND WHAT COUNTRY ARE YOU 28 00:00:58,591 --> 00:00:59,826 OVER? 29 00:00:59,826 --> 00:01:02,796 >> WELL, WHEN I JUST CHECKED OUR 30 00:01:02,796 --> 00:01:04,864 MAP, WE ARE OVER AUSTRALIA RIGHT 31 00:01:04,864 --> 00:01:05,865 NOW. 32 00:01:05,865 --> 00:01:07,834 WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME OVER THE 33 00:01:07,834 --> 00:01:10,437 OCEAN, BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE OVER 34 00:01:10,437 --> 00:01:12,739 AUSTRALIA AND IT'S DARK RIGHT 35 00:01:12,739 --> 00:01:13,306 NOW. 36 00:01:13,306 --> 00:01:16,009 >> IT'S NIGHTTIME. 37 00:01:16,009 --> 00:01:17,777 I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN UP THERE 38 00:01:17,777 --> 00:01:19,512 ABOUT A MONTH. 39 00:01:19,512 --> 00:01:21,381 HOW'S IT GOING? 40 00:01:21,381 --> 00:01:23,016 >> WELL, IT'S GOING REALLY 41 00:01:23,016 --> 00:01:24,517 GREAT, ACTUALLY. 42 00:01:24,517 --> 00:01:26,286 IT'S AN AMAZING THING TO GET TO 43 00:01:26,286 --> 00:01:27,921 SPEND THIS MUCH TIME IN SPACE 44 00:01:27,921 --> 00:01:30,089 AND GET USED TO IT, START TO 45 00:01:30,089 --> 00:01:31,958 ADOPT TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND GET 46 00:01:31,958 --> 00:01:34,694 EFFICIENT MOVING AROUND AND 47 00:01:34,694 --> 00:01:36,529 LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE. 48 00:01:36,529 --> 00:01:37,764 IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE. 49 00:01:37,764 --> 00:01:39,265 >> I BET. 50 00:01:39,265 --> 00:01:40,934 ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE, 51 00:01:40,934 --> 00:01:42,669 OBVIOUSLY. 52 00:01:42,669 --> 00:01:45,071 I KNOW THE ISS HAS BEEN ON THE 53 00:01:45,071 --> 00:01:47,474 NEWS THIS MORNING WITH REGARDS 54 00:01:47,474 --> 00:01:50,310 TO THE SPACE DEBRIS THAT PUT A 55 00:01:50,310 --> 00:01:53,480 HOLE THROUGH THE ROBOTIC ARM. 56 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:54,347 CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT A 57 00:01:54,347 --> 00:01:55,315 LITTLE? 58 00:01:55,315 --> 00:01:57,851 >> SO WE LEARNED RECENTLY THAT 59 00:01:57,851 --> 00:01:59,486 THERE WAS A STRIKE ON THE 60 00:01:59,486 --> 00:02:02,021 ROBOTIC ARM. 61 00:02:02,021 --> 00:02:03,890 IT OCCUR IN FEBRUARY OF THIS 62 00:02:03,890 --> 00:02:04,657 YEAR. 63 00:02:04,657 --> 00:02:06,292 JUST A RECENT SURVEY BROUGHT 64 00:02:06,292 --> 00:02:07,694 THAT TO LIGHT WITH SOME 65 00:02:07,694 --> 00:02:08,461 PHOTOGRAPHS. 66 00:02:08,461 --> 00:02:09,762 THE TEAM ON THE GROUND HAS 67 00:02:09,762 --> 00:02:11,731 WORKED VERY HARD TO ABSOLVE 68 00:02:11,731 --> 00:02:14,234 THAT, TO LOOK IN DETAIL AT WHAT 69 00:02:14,234 --> 00:02:15,902 THAT ACTUALLY IS. 70 00:02:15,902 --> 00:02:17,303 YOU HAVE MORE DETAIL IN THE NEWS 71 00:02:17,303 --> 00:02:18,071 RIGHT NOW. 72 00:02:18,071 --> 00:02:19,372 BUT WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IS THAT 73 00:02:19,372 --> 00:02:21,441 THE ARM IS OPERATING COMPLETELY 74 00:02:21,441 --> 00:02:22,442 NORMALLY. 75 00:02:22,442 --> 00:02:24,944 IT HAS DONE SOME SIGNIFICANT 76 00:02:24,944 --> 00:02:30,183 TASKS SINCE IT GOT THAT HIT AND 77 00:02:30,183 --> 00:02:31,818 IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETELY 78 00:02:31,818 --> 00:02:32,719 OPERATIONAL. 79 00:02:32,719 --> 00:02:37,390 >> YOU HAVE TO DODGE SPACE 80 00:02:37,390 --> 00:02:41,661 DEBRIS ON THE WAY IN THE SPACE 81 00:02:41,661 --> 00:02:43,396 DRAGON. 82 00:02:43,396 --> 00:02:45,698 >> WE WERE ALERTED THERE WAS 83 00:02:45,698 --> 00:02:48,101 DEBRIS NEAR OUR VEHICLE, IT WAS 84 00:02:48,101 --> 00:02:51,271 A LATE NOTIFICATION, OUR TEAM 85 00:02:51,271 --> 00:02:52,906 FOUND OUT ABOUT IT LATE. 86 00:02:52,906 --> 00:02:56,075 WE GOT INTO OUR SPACE SUITS AND 87 00:02:56,075 --> 00:02:57,277 ZIPPED UP. 88 00:02:57,277 --> 00:03:01,047 IT WAS NOT ANY DEBRIS, IT WAS A 89 00:03:01,047 --> 00:03:02,348 FALSE ALARM. 90 00:03:02,348 --> 00:03:03,783 BUT WE PROVED THAT WE CAN GET 91 00:03:03,783 --> 00:03:05,518 INTO OUR SPACE SUITS REALLY 92 00:03:05,518 --> 00:03:06,819 QUICK. 93 00:03:06,819 --> 00:03:09,122 >> SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO 94 00:03:09,122 --> 00:03:12,058 ANY -- MAKE ANY MANEUVERS IN 95 00:03:12,058 --> 00:03:14,160 ORDERER TO AVOID. 96 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:15,128 >> CORRECT. 97 00:03:15,128 --> 00:03:16,663 WE JUST CONTINUED ON OUR REGULAR 98 00:03:16,663 --> 00:03:17,764 PATH. 99 00:03:17,764 --> 00:03:19,832 >> TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 100 00:03:19,832 --> 00:03:21,034 THIS PAST MONTH. 101 00:03:21,034 --> 00:03:22,135 WHAT'S THE COOLEST THING YOU 102 00:03:22,135 --> 00:03:23,436 HAVE SEEN SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN UP 103 00:03:23,436 --> 00:03:24,637 THERE? 104 00:03:24,637 --> 00:03:27,273 >> WELL, TOM, ONE OF THE THINGS 105 00:03:27,273 --> 00:03:29,008 I LOVE TO DO WHEN I HAVE THE 106 00:03:29,008 --> 00:03:31,511 TIME IS TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW. 107 00:03:31,511 --> 00:03:32,178 WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT 108 00:03:32,178 --> 00:03:33,913 WINDOWS ON THE INTERNATIONAL 109 00:03:33,913 --> 00:03:35,248 SPACE STATION. 110 00:03:35,248 --> 00:03:36,649 WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME OVER THE 111 00:03:36,649 --> 00:03:37,850 OCEAN. 112 00:03:37,850 --> 00:03:39,052 SOMETIMES YOU CAN SEE THESE VERY 113 00:03:39,052 --> 00:03:41,588 LARGE THUNDERSTORMS OUT OVER THE 114 00:03:41,588 --> 00:03:42,455 OCEAN. 115 00:03:42,455 --> 00:03:43,756 I SAW SOMETHING RECENTLY I HAVE 116 00:03:43,756 --> 00:03:45,525 NEVER SEEN BEFORE, WHICH I THINK 117 00:03:45,525 --> 00:03:48,127 IS SORT OF LIGHTNING RELATED BUT 118 00:03:48,127 --> 00:03:49,896 IT WAS LIGHTNING THAT CAME UP 119 00:03:49,896 --> 00:03:51,297 AWAY FROM THE SURFACE OF THE 120 00:03:51,297 --> 00:03:52,065 EARTH. 121 00:03:52,065 --> 00:03:54,567 IT MAY HAVE BEEN WHAT SCIENTISTS 122 00:03:54,567 --> 00:03:56,436 CALL A BLUE JET. 123 00:03:56,436 --> 00:03:58,705 I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE 124 00:03:58,705 --> 00:04:00,540 PHENOMENON. 125 00:04:00,540 --> 00:04:07,413 I TOLD MY CREW MATES YOU NEVER 126 00:04:07,413 --> 00:04:09,682 GUESS WHAT I JUST SAW. 127 00:04:09,682 --> 00:04:11,117 THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE BLUE 128 00:04:11,117 --> 00:04:12,318 JET. 129 00:04:12,318 --> 00:04:13,553 AND COOL TO SEE THAT. 130 00:04:13,553 --> 00:04:15,822 >> THAT IS VERY COOL. 131 00:04:15,822 --> 00:04:16,923 WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE 132 00:04:16,923 --> 00:04:18,124 HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR MISSION SO 133 00:04:18,124 --> 00:04:20,326 FAR? 134 00:04:20,326 --> 00:04:23,496 >> WELL, CERTAINLY LAUNCH AND 135 00:04:23,496 --> 00:04:25,231 DOCKING WAS A BIG HIGHLIGHT FOR 136 00:04:25,231 --> 00:04:25,898 US. 137 00:04:25,898 --> 00:04:26,766 ONCE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 138 00:04:26,766 --> 00:04:28,401 STATION, I WOULD SAY THAT FROM A 139 00:04:28,401 --> 00:04:30,169 SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE, GETTING TO 140 00:04:30,169 --> 00:04:35,842 OPERATE WITH THE CELESTIAL 141 00:04:35,842 --> 00:04:38,811 IMMUNITY PROJECT, CONTRIBUTING 142 00:04:38,811 --> 00:04:42,315 TO DEVELOPING VACCINES FOR BACK 143 00:04:42,315 --> 00:04:44,717 ON EARTH. 144 00:04:44,717 --> 00:04:47,654 I'M NOT A BIOLOGIST, BUT HAD A 145 00:04:47,654 --> 00:04:50,523 CAMERA WITH SOMEONE TALKING ME 146 00:04:50,523 --> 00:04:53,226 THROUGH IT. 147 00:04:53,226 --> 00:04:54,894 THAT WAS HANDS ON. 148 00:04:54,894 --> 00:04:57,730 WE HAVE A LAUNCH OF THE SpaceX 149 00:04:57,730 --> 00:05:03,369 CARGO BRINGING 7,000 POUNDS OF 150 00:05:03,369 --> 00:05:04,337 MORE SCIENCE. 151 00:05:04,337 --> 00:05:05,972 THAT WILL INCLUDE A COUPLE OF 152 00:05:05,972 --> 00:05:07,173 SPACEWALKS. 153 00:05:07,173 --> 00:05:08,274 WE ARE PREPARING FOR THAT AS 154 00:05:08,274 --> 00:05:09,142 WELL. 155 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:10,677 I KNOW THOSE ARE GOING TO BE A 156 00:05:10,677 --> 00:05:12,445 HIGHLIGHT, TOO. 157 00:05:12,445 --> 00:05:13,513 >> WOW. 158 00:05:13,513 --> 00:05:14,514 ARE YOU EXPECTING ANY TREATS 159 00:05:14,514 --> 00:05:18,651 FROM BOB, DID HE SEND ANYTHING 160 00:05:18,651 --> 00:05:19,519 UP TO YOU? 161 00:05:19,519 --> 00:05:21,821 >> I THINK WE CAN EXPECT A CARE 162 00:05:21,821 --> 00:05:22,588 PACKAGE. 163 00:05:22,588 --> 00:05:24,424 I KNOW THE TEAM BACK HOME WILL 164 00:05:24,424 --> 00:05:27,927 FOCUS ON SENDING US FRESH FOOD, 165 00:05:27,927 --> 00:05:29,896 MAYBE SOME CITRUS. 166 00:05:29,896 --> 00:05:31,764 I KNOW THERE WILL BE SOME 167 00:05:31,764 --> 00:05:37,437 SPECIAL CARE PACKAGE FROM BOB 168 00:05:37,437 --> 00:05:39,272 AND THEO AS WELL. 169 00:05:39,272 --> 00:05:42,909 >> DO YOU HAVE A PACKET OF FOOD 170 00:05:42,909 --> 00:05:43,643 WITH YOU NOW? 171 00:05:43,643 --> 00:05:45,645 >> I DO HAVE FOOD I CAN SHOW 172 00:05:45,645 --> 00:05:46,412 YOU. 173 00:05:46,412 --> 00:05:47,380 WE HAVE DIFFERENT KIND OF FOOD 174 00:05:47,380 --> 00:05:50,883 UP HERE, SOME IS DEHYDRATED THAT 175 00:05:50,883 --> 00:05:52,418 WE HAVE TO REHYDRATE. 176 00:05:52,418 --> 00:05:54,487 SOME HAS BEEN HEATED TO BE 177 00:05:54,487 --> 00:05:55,922 PRESERVED. 178 00:05:55,922 --> 00:05:58,191 SO WE JUST HAVE TO REHEAT IT. 179 00:05:58,191 --> 00:05:59,392 I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT THAT 180 00:05:59,392 --> 00:06:01,427 PACKAGING IS LIKE. 181 00:06:01,427 --> 00:06:02,962 THIS IS FOOD THAT IS ALREADY 182 00:06:02,962 --> 00:06:04,464 HYDRATED. 183 00:06:04,464 --> 00:06:08,968 WE JUST HAVE TO HEAT IT. 184 00:06:08,968 --> 00:06:10,369 THIS IS BROWN RICE IN THIS 185 00:06:10,369 --> 00:06:11,571 PACKET RIGHT HERE. 186 00:06:11,571 --> 00:06:17,677 AND I HAVE SOME DEHYDRATED FOOD 187 00:06:17,677 --> 00:06:19,212 IN THIS PACKET. 188 00:06:19,212 --> 00:06:20,747 THIS OUTER PACKET IS A 189 00:06:20,747 --> 00:06:23,816 PROTECTIVE PACKET TO HELP KEEP 190 00:06:23,816 --> 00:06:26,753 THE FOOD STAY SHELF STABLE FOR 191 00:06:26,753 --> 00:06:27,520 LONGER. 192 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:29,722 YOU HAVE TO OPEN THIS OUTER 193 00:06:29,722 --> 00:06:31,891 PACKET TO GET INSIDE. 194 00:06:31,891 --> 00:06:33,659 SO I WILL TAKE A QUICK SECOND TO 195 00:06:33,659 --> 00:06:34,427 DO THAT. 196 00:06:34,427 --> 00:06:35,194 >> SURE. 197 00:06:35,194 --> 00:06:41,000 >> THIS IS CASHEW CHICKEN CURRY. 198 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,302 IT'S DEHYDRATED, I HAVE TO ADD 199 00:06:43,302 --> 00:06:44,804 WATER IN THROUGH THIS OPENING 200 00:06:44,804 --> 00:06:46,339 HERE AND I WILL PUT IT IN THE 201 00:06:46,339 --> 00:06:52,245 WARMING OVEN FOR HALF AN HOUR. 202 00:06:52,245 --> 00:06:53,579 WE HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT 203 00:06:53,579 --> 00:06:54,547 DRINKS. 204 00:06:54,547 --> 00:06:56,749 THE FOOD LAB PACKED ME MY 205 00:06:56,749 --> 00:06:58,584 FAVORITE TEA I TURN INTO ICE 206 00:06:58,584 --> 00:06:59,252 TEA. 207 00:06:59,252 --> 00:07:02,155 WE HAVE A TINY REFRIGERATOR THAT 208 00:07:02,155 --> 00:07:05,424 WE CAN COOL OFF DRINKS OR SMALL 209 00:07:05,424 --> 00:07:07,160 FOOD PACKETS. 210 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:10,129 THEY TRY TO GIVE US A VARIETY IN 211 00:07:10,129 --> 00:07:13,399 FLAVORS, TEXTURES AND 212 00:07:13,399 --> 00:07:14,500 TEMPERATURES AS WELL. 213 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:16,669 >> YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY CRUMBS 214 00:07:16,669 --> 00:07:18,304 WHEN YOU ARE EATING, IS THAT 215 00:07:18,304 --> 00:07:19,405 RIGHT? 216 00:07:19,405 --> 00:07:23,009 >> WELL, WE DO TRY TO MINIMIZE 217 00:07:23,009 --> 00:07:23,976 CRUMBS. 218 00:07:23,976 --> 00:07:25,845 WE HAVE SOME CRACKERS AND 219 00:07:25,845 --> 00:07:29,882 COOKIES THAT WILL MAKE CRUMBS. 220 00:07:29,882 --> 00:07:32,051 THE LIQUID, YOU CAN SPRAY 221 00:07:32,051 --> 00:07:36,322 DROPLETS OF LIQUID EVERYWHERE. 222 00:07:36,322 --> 00:07:38,758 AND YOU DON'T WEAR YOUR NICE 223 00:07:38,758 --> 00:07:39,826 SHIRT TO DINNER. 224 00:07:39,826 --> 00:07:41,160 >> WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR 225 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:42,461 BREAKFAST THIS MORNING? 226 00:07:42,461 --> 00:07:44,096 >> THIS MORNING I HAD, LET'S 227 00:07:44,096 --> 00:07:46,399 SEE, I HAD GRITS WITH BUTTER AND 228 00:07:46,399 --> 00:07:51,304 SOME SAUSAGE. 229 00:07:51,304 --> 00:07:54,273 >> THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD. 230 00:07:54,273 --> 00:07:56,442 TELL ME, WHAT IS IT LIKE VIEWING 231 00:07:56,442 --> 00:07:59,078 THE STARS FROM UP THERE? 232 00:07:59,078 --> 00:08:00,980 I IMAGINE IT'S INCREDIBLE WITH 233 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:04,050 NO LIGHT POLLUTION, THE STARS 234 00:08:04,050 --> 00:08:07,653 MUST LOOK PHENOMENAL. 235 00:08:07,653 --> 00:08:10,590 >> THEY DO LOOK PHENOMENAL. 236 00:08:10,590 --> 00:08:11,691 VERY SIMILAR. 237 00:08:11,691 --> 00:08:13,860 THE PATTERNS ARE THE SAME. 238 00:08:13,860 --> 00:08:15,962 WE ARE STILL JUST AS FAR AWAY AS 239 00:08:15,962 --> 00:08:18,464 YOU ARE WHEN YOU ARE ON EARTH. 240 00:08:18,464 --> 00:08:19,665 BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE 241 00:08:19,665 --> 00:08:21,200 ATMOSPHERE BETWEEN YOU AND THE 242 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:22,835 EARTH, THERE ISN'T THAT 243 00:08:22,835 --> 00:08:25,571 TWINKLING AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT 244 00:08:25,571 --> 00:08:28,074 COLOR THEY ARE. 245 00:08:28,074 --> 00:08:30,176 WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT EARTH, WE 246 00:08:30,176 --> 00:08:32,011 ARE LOOKING AT CITY LIGHTS AND 247 00:08:32,011 --> 00:08:33,212 LOOKING AT HOME. 248 00:08:33,212 --> 00:08:34,780 >> A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING TO 249 00:08:34,780 --> 00:08:37,817 YOU. 250 00:08:37,817 --> 00:08:39,151 >> YEAH. 251 00:08:39,151 --> 00:08:40,453 IT'S NICE TO THINK ABOUT THE 252 00:08:40,453 --> 00:08:41,787 DIFFERENT CITIES AROUND THE 253 00:08:41,787 --> 00:08:43,522 WORLD AND WHAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE 254 00:08:43,522 --> 00:08:45,057 DOING AND THINK ABOUT WHAT 255 00:08:45,057 --> 00:08:47,894 PLACES MIGHT I WANT TO VISIT NOW 256 00:08:47,894 --> 00:08:49,528 THAT I HAVE SEEN THEM GOING 257 00:08:49,528 --> 00:08:50,730 OVERHEAD. 258 00:08:50,730 --> 00:08:53,466 >> HOW OFTEN DO YOU GET TO CHAT 259 00:08:53,466 --> 00:08:55,768 WITH BOB AND THEO? 260 00:08:55,768 --> 00:08:57,837 >> I TRY TO SPEAK TO THEM EVERY 261 00:08:57,837 --> 00:08:59,906 DAY, EVEN IF IT'S JUST FOR A 262 00:08:59,906 --> 00:09:01,807 COUPLE OF MINUTES TO SAY HELLO. 263 00:09:01,807 --> 00:09:03,676 ONCE A WEEK WE HAVE A NICE VIDEO 264 00:09:03,676 --> 00:09:07,947 CHAT WHERE WE GET TO CHAT FOR 265 00:09:07,947 --> 00:09:10,116 ABOUT 20 MINUTES WHICH IS NICE. 266 00:09:10,116 --> 00:09:12,952 >> IS THEO DOING OKAY? 267 00:09:12,952 --> 00:09:16,989 IS HE HANDLING YOUR BEING IN 268 00:09:16,989 --> 00:09:17,757 SPACE OKAY? 269 00:09:17,757 --> 00:09:19,091 >> HE'S DOING GREAT. 270 00:09:19,091 --> 00:09:21,027 HE AND HIS DAD ARE HAVING A TON 271 00:09:21,027 --> 00:09:23,229 OF FUN. 272 00:09:23,229 --> 00:09:25,431 HE'S GLAD SCHOOL IS OUT. 273 00:09:25,431 --> 00:09:27,500 HE'S LOVING SPENDING TIME AT THE 274 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:29,568 SWIMMING POOL. 275 00:09:29,568 --> 00:09:30,236 HE'S DOING WELL. 276 00:09:30,236 --> 00:09:32,104 >> HOW DOES IT FEEL TO LOOK AT 277 00:09:32,104 --> 00:09:33,973 EARTH FROM SPACE? 278 00:09:33,973 --> 00:09:36,042 >> WELL, I WILL TELL YOU WHAT, 279 00:09:36,042 --> 00:09:38,010 TOM, WE HAVE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL 280 00:09:38,010 --> 00:09:40,079 PLANET, THE MOST OVERWHELMING 281 00:09:40,079 --> 00:09:42,048 FEELING IS ONE OF WONDER. 282 00:09:42,048 --> 00:09:43,049 EVEN WHEN YOU ARE GOING OVER THE 283 00:09:43,049 --> 00:09:45,117 OCEAN AND YOU JUST SEE CLOUDS, 284 00:09:45,117 --> 00:09:46,519 ALL OF THE DIFFERENT VARIED 285 00:09:46,519 --> 00:09:47,954 PATTERNS OF CLOUDS, THEY ARE 286 00:09:47,954 --> 00:09:49,155 JUST BEAUTIFUL. 287 00:09:49,155 --> 00:09:51,123 YOU END UP FEELING PROTECTIVE 288 00:09:51,123 --> 00:09:53,192 TOWARDS THE EARTH. 289 00:09:53,192 --> 00:09:55,494 EVERY TIME WE GET A SUN RISE OR 290 00:09:55,494 --> 00:09:58,464 SUN SET, YOU SEE THAT LENS OF 291 00:09:58,464 --> 00:10:01,734 THE ATMOSPHERE ILLUMINATED, YOU 292 00:10:01,734 --> 00:10:04,370 SEE HOW SMALL THAT IS COMPARED 293 00:10:04,370 --> 00:10:09,408 TO THE VAST BLACKNESS OF SPACE. 294 00:10:09,408 --> 00:10:13,012 YOU FEEL VERY PROTECTIVE, VERY 295 00:10:13,012 --> 00:10:15,281 PROPRIETARY ABOUT THIS PLANET WE 296 00:10:15,281 --> 00:10:15,614 HAVE. 297 00:10:15,614 --> 00:10:17,483 >> GIVES YOU A WHOLE NEW 298 00:10:17,483 --> 00:10:20,219 PERSPECTIVE, I'M SURE. 299 00:10:20,219 --> 00:10:22,088 LITERALLY. 300 00:10:22,088 --> 00:10:23,823 WHAT DO YOU SPEND MOST OF YOUR 301 00:10:23,823 --> 00:10:25,791 TIME ON? 302 00:10:25,791 --> 00:10:28,427 >> WELL, ONE OF THE REALLY COOL 303 00:10:28,427 --> 00:10:30,496 THINGS ABOUT THIS JOB, EVERY DAY 304 00:10:30,496 --> 00:10:31,731 IS DIFFERENT. 305 00:10:31,731 --> 00:10:33,466 WE SPEND TIME ON THINGS EVERY 306 00:10:33,466 --> 00:10:34,333 DAY. 307 00:10:34,333 --> 00:10:36,736 TOO BIG CATEGORIES, WE SPEND 308 00:10:36,736 --> 00:10:38,604 TIME DOING MAINTENANCE, KEEPING 309 00:10:38,604 --> 00:10:40,806 THE SPACE STATION RUNNING AND WE 310 00:10:40,806 --> 00:10:42,308 SPEND TIME DOING THE ACTUAL 311 00:10:42,308 --> 00:10:43,209 SCIENCE. 312 00:10:43,209 --> 00:10:44,510 THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG 313 00:10:44,510 --> 00:10:45,811 CATEGORIES. 314 00:10:45,811 --> 00:10:46,912 EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT. 315 00:10:46,912 --> 00:10:47,913 THAT'S WHAT MAY BEINGS IT 316 00:10:47,913 --> 00:10:48,781 INTERESTING. 317 00:10:48,781 --> 00:10:50,082 WE ALSO HAVE TO SPEND TIME 318 00:10:50,082 --> 00:10:51,751 MOVING THINGS AROUND BECAUSE WE 319 00:10:51,751 --> 00:10:53,619 DO KEEP A LOT OF EQUIPMENT ON 320 00:10:53,619 --> 00:10:55,254 BOARD THE SPACE STATION. 321 00:10:55,254 --> 00:10:55,921 FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE WE ARE 322 00:10:55,921 --> 00:10:58,124 GETTING READY TO DO SPACEWALKS, 323 00:10:58,124 --> 00:10:59,892 WE HAD TO CLEAR A LOT OF 324 00:10:59,892 --> 00:11:02,328 EQUIPMENT OUT OF OUR AIR LOCKS 325 00:11:02,328 --> 00:11:04,430 WHICH IS WHERE THEY WILL EXIT 326 00:11:04,430 --> 00:11:06,732 AND REENTER THE SPACE STATION. 327 00:11:06,732 --> 00:11:10,136 I HAVE A SPARE SPACE SUIT THAT 328 00:11:10,136 --> 00:11:12,204 WE ARE NOT GOING TO USE IN THE 329 00:11:12,204 --> 00:11:14,073 NEXT SPACEWALK. 330 00:11:14,073 --> 00:11:15,608 WE DO SPEND TIME MOVING THINGS 331 00:11:15,608 --> 00:11:17,176 AROUND AND LOOKING FOR THE 332 00:11:17,176 --> 00:11:19,145 THINGS THAT WE NEED. 333 00:11:19,145 --> 00:11:27,553 >> WHAT ABOUT MICROGRAVITY, HAVE 334 00:11:27,553 --> 00:11:29,755 YOU GOTTEN USED TO THAT YET? 335 00:11:29,755 --> 00:11:32,925 >> I TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S GREAT. 336 00:11:32,925 --> 00:11:34,260 IT'S A TON OF FUN. 337 00:11:34,260 --> 00:11:35,895 I FEEL LIKE I GET A LITTLE 338 00:11:35,895 --> 00:11:38,230 BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENT EVERY 339 00:11:38,230 --> 00:11:39,198 DAY. 340 00:11:39,198 --> 00:11:41,300 I'M TRYING DIFFERENT MANEUVERS 341 00:11:41,300 --> 00:11:44,370 AS I TAKE THE CORNER AT HIGH 342 00:11:44,370 --> 00:11:46,906 SPEED OR CHANGE SPEED. 343 00:11:46,906 --> 00:11:48,674 YOU DON'T WANT TO RUN INTO 344 00:11:48,674 --> 00:11:50,109 ANYBODY ELSE OR RUN INTO THE 345 00:11:50,109 --> 00:11:51,077 STUFF WE HAVE. 346 00:11:51,077 --> 00:11:52,945 IT'S FUN EVERY DAY, FUN ALL THE 347 00:11:52,945 --> 00:11:58,184 TIME WORKING IN MICROGRAVITY. 348 00:11:58,184 --> 00:12:00,553 IT MAKES SOME SIMPLE, YOU CAN 349 00:12:00,553 --> 00:12:02,521 MOVE A SPACE SUIT THAT'S 350 00:12:02,521 --> 00:12:04,390 HUNDREDS OF POUNDS, I CAN MOVE 351 00:12:04,390 --> 00:12:05,791 IT EASILY. 352 00:12:05,791 --> 00:12:10,296 IT ALSO MAKES THINGS DIFFICULT. 353 00:12:10,296 --> 00:12:12,731 YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO MOVE 354 00:12:12,731 --> 00:12:16,602 YOUR BODY SO IF YOU DO NEED TO 355 00:12:16,602 --> 00:12:18,237 MOVE SOMETHING. 356 00:12:18,237 --> 00:12:21,107 >> WHAT ABOUT SLEEPING IN 357 00:12:21,107 --> 00:12:23,509 MICROGRAVITY, YOU HAVE A LOCKER 358 00:12:23,509 --> 00:12:26,712 LIKE THE SIZE OF A PHONE BOOTH, 359 00:12:26,712 --> 00:12:27,246 IS THAT CORRECT? 360 00:12:27,246 --> 00:12:29,115 >> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 361 00:12:29,115 --> 00:12:31,750 IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF A PHONE 362 00:12:31,750 --> 00:12:33,085 BOOTH FOR THOSE WHO REMEMBER 363 00:12:33,085 --> 00:12:34,920 WHAT IT IS. 364 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:36,255 IT'S QUIET. 365 00:12:36,255 --> 00:12:37,890 YOU HAVE YOUR LAPTOP AND 366 00:12:37,890 --> 00:12:40,626 SLEEPING BAG IS TACKED TO THE 367 00:12:40,626 --> 00:12:41,260 WALL. 368 00:12:41,260 --> 00:12:43,462 SLEEPING, PLUSES AND MINUSES, 369 00:12:43,462 --> 00:12:46,966 IT'S COMFORTABLE IN THE SENSE 370 00:12:46,966 --> 00:12:49,702 THAT YOU ARE FLOATING, BUT ALSO 371 00:12:49,702 --> 00:12:52,872 YOUR BRAIN IS WIRED TO FEEL THAT 372 00:12:52,872 --> 00:12:54,840 SENSATION OF LYING DOWN, IT'S 373 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:56,709 WHAT RELAXES YOU. 374 00:12:56,709 --> 00:12:59,078 I DO FIND IT HARDER TO FALL 375 00:12:59,078 --> 00:13:00,980 ASLEEP BECAUSE MY BRAIN IS NOT 376 00:13:00,980 --> 00:13:03,616 QUITE PROGRAMMED TO FALL ASLEEP 377 00:13:03,616 --> 00:13:06,152 IN MICROGRAVITY. 378 00:13:06,152 --> 00:13:07,887 SO IT DOES TAKE A LITTLE EXTRA 379 00:13:07,887 --> 00:13:08,420 TIME. 380 00:13:08,420 --> 00:13:11,056 >> FASCINATING TO HEAR. 381 00:13:11,056 --> 00:13:12,291 GOING BACK TO FOOD FOR ONE 382 00:13:12,291 --> 00:13:12,925 SECOND. 383 00:13:12,925 --> 00:13:16,762 I KNOW I READ THAT YOUR TASTE 384 00:13:16,762 --> 00:13:20,032 BUDS ARE A BIT MUTED UP IN 385 00:13:20,032 --> 00:13:22,468 SPACE, IS THAT CORRECT? 386 00:13:22,468 --> 00:13:24,770 SO ASTRONAUTS ENJOY SPICIER 387 00:13:24,770 --> 00:13:26,305 FOODS FOR THAT REASON? 388 00:13:26,305 --> 00:13:28,707 >> I HAVE HEARD THAT PEOPLE'S 389 00:13:28,707 --> 00:13:30,910 TASTES WILL CHANGE IN SPACE. 390 00:13:30,910 --> 00:13:32,311 I DON'T KNOW THAT MY TASTES HAVE 391 00:13:32,311 --> 00:13:33,512 CHANGED. 392 00:13:33,512 --> 00:13:36,148 THE FOOD WE GET IS VERY HEALTHY. 393 00:13:36,148 --> 00:13:38,651 VERY LEAN AND LOW SODIUM. 394 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:40,619 ONE SOLUTION IS TO ADD HOT SAUCE 395 00:13:40,619 --> 00:13:43,455 WHICH IS ONE OF THE CONDIMENTS 396 00:13:43,455 --> 00:13:44,890 WE HAVE. 397 00:13:44,890 --> 00:13:53,299 WE GET SALT AND PEPPER, KETCHUP, 398 00:13:53,299 --> 00:13:55,601 MUSTARD. 399 00:13:55,601 --> 00:13:57,336 PEPPER HAS TO COME IN LIQUID 400 00:13:57,336 --> 00:14:00,239 FORM, OTHERWISE IT WOULD MAKE A 401 00:14:00,239 --> 00:14:00,973 HUGE MESS. 402 00:14:00,973 --> 00:14:04,276 THIS IS A BOTTLE OF LIQUID 403 00:14:04,276 --> 00:14:07,446 PEPPER. 404 00:14:07,446 --> 00:14:08,847 YOU CAN SQUIRT THIS INTO YOUR 405 00:14:08,847 --> 00:14:14,553 FOOD PACT INSTEAD OF SPRINKLING 406 00:14:14,553 --> 00:14:16,822 ON YOUR FOOD. 407 00:14:16,822 --> 00:14:17,923 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT 408 00:14:17,923 --> 00:14:19,358 DEMONSTRATION. 409 00:14:19,358 --> 00:14:21,427 HOW DO YOU DECOMPRESS AFTER A 410 00:14:21,427 --> 00:14:22,861 LONG DAY? 411 00:14:22,861 --> 00:14:27,466 >> WELL, EVERYBODY IS DONE 412 00:14:27,466 --> 00:14:29,868 AROUND THE SAME TIME, WE'LL OVEN 413 00:14:29,868 --> 00:14:31,704 GATHER AROUND THE DINNER TABLE 414 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:34,440 IN THE GALLEY AND EAT DINNER 415 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:36,308 TOGETHER AND TELL STORIES LIKE 416 00:14:36,308 --> 00:14:37,943 YOU WOULD BACK ON EARTH. 417 00:14:37,943 --> 00:14:42,314 IF I'M ON MY OWN, I WILL HOLD UP 418 00:14:42,314 --> 00:14:45,050 IN MY CREW QUARTERS, I WILL READ 419 00:14:45,050 --> 00:14:46,585 A BOOK. 420 00:14:46,585 --> 00:14:50,089 IF I TRY TO GET READY FOR BED, I 421 00:14:50,089 --> 00:14:52,725 DON'T WANT TO LOOK OUTSIDE AT 422 00:14:52,725 --> 00:14:54,126 THE SUN. 423 00:14:54,126 --> 00:14:57,429 WE HAVE OPTIONS, MOVIES, PHONE 424 00:14:57,429 --> 00:14:59,832 CALLS. 425 00:14:59,832 --> 00:15:01,834 A LOT OF WAYS TO WIND DOWN. 426 00:15:01,834 --> 00:15:03,168 >> YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH ONE 427 00:15:03,168 --> 00:15:04,570 MONTH, YOU HAVE FIVE MONTHS UP 428 00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:06,205 THERE, IS THAT RIGHT? 429 00:15:06,205 --> 00:15:07,740 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 430 00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:09,074 IT'S ONE MONTH DOWN AND FIVE 431 00:15:09,074 --> 00:15:10,376 MONTHS TO GO. 432 00:15:10,376 --> 00:15:12,444 WE GOT A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF 433 00:15:12,444 --> 00:15:14,179 US, SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO 434 00:15:14,179 --> 00:15:14,647 IT. 435 00:15:14,647 --> 00:15:16,715 >> WHAT IN PARTICULAR WILL YOU 436 00:15:16,715 --> 00:15:18,684 BE FOCUSING ON FOR THE REST OF 437 00:15:18,684 --> 00:15:20,753 YOUR JOURNEY? 438 00:15:20,753 --> 00:15:23,922 >> WELL, LIKE I SAID, EVERY DAY, 439 00:15:23,922 --> 00:15:25,257 EVERY MONTH IS GOING TO BE 440 00:15:25,257 --> 00:15:25,891 DIFFERENT. 441 00:15:25,891 --> 00:15:27,426 THIS NEXT MONTH IS GOING TO BE 442 00:15:27,426 --> 00:15:29,862 EXTRAORDINARILY BUSY FOR US WHEN 443 00:15:29,862 --> 00:15:32,031 WE GET THE NEW CARGO VEHICLE. 444 00:15:32,031 --> 00:15:33,799 LOTS OF NEW SCIENCE PROJECTS AS 445 00:15:33,799 --> 00:15:35,534 WELL AS THE SPACEWALKS WHICH 446 00:15:35,534 --> 00:15:37,836 INVOLVES SOME ROBOTICS. 447 00:15:37,836 --> 00:15:39,471 THAT'S THE HORIZON I'M LOOKING 448 00:15:39,471 --> 00:15:40,239 AT. 449 00:15:40,239 --> 00:15:41,974 THAT ONE MONTH AHEAD OF US. 450 00:15:41,974 --> 00:15:43,075 EVERY MONTH IS GOING TO HAVE 451 00:15:43,075 --> 00:15:44,510 SOME BIG EVENT THAT'S HAPPENING 452 00:15:44,510 --> 00:15:46,578 FOR US TO FOCUS ON, WHICH IS A 453 00:15:46,578 --> 00:15:48,681 GREAT WAY TO GET THROUGH A LONG 454 00:15:48,681 --> 00:15:50,416 PERIOD OF TIME LIKE THAT. 455 00:15:50,416 --> 00:15:52,618 >> RIGHT. 456 00:15:52,618 --> 00:15:54,253 AND YOU HAVE TO EXERCISE ABOUT 457 00:15:54,253 --> 00:15:57,623 TWO HOURS A DAY, IS THAT RIGHT? 458 00:15:57,623 --> 00:15:58,724 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 459 00:15:58,724 --> 00:16:00,626 WE GET EXERCISE EVERY DAY WHICH 460 00:16:00,626 --> 00:16:01,727 IS GREAT. 461 00:16:01,727 --> 00:16:03,262 WE HAVE A TREADMILL AND WE ALSO 462 00:16:03,262 --> 00:16:05,664 HAVE A STATIONARY BIKE. 463 00:16:05,664 --> 00:16:08,267 WE HAVE AN EXERCISE MACHINE THAT 464 00:16:08,267 --> 00:16:11,003 KEEPS OUR MUSCLES AND BONES 465 00:16:11,003 --> 00:16:13,872 LOADED SO WE DON'T LOSE MUSCLE 466 00:16:13,872 --> 00:16:16,141 MASS OR BONE MASS UP HERE AS 467 00:16:16,141 --> 00:16:17,009 WELL. 468 00:16:17,009 --> 00:16:19,978 >> THAT'S FASCINATING TO HEAR 469 00:16:19,978 --> 00:16:21,613 HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN UP THERE IN 470 00:16:21,613 --> 00:16:22,715 SPACE. 471 00:16:22,715 --> 00:16:24,149 OBVIOUSLY, THE IMPORTANCE OF 472 00:16:24,149 --> 00:16:27,986 THAT IS FOR MISSIONS TO MARS AND 473 00:16:27,986 --> 00:16:29,488 LONGER SPACE MISSIONS, WE HAVE 474 00:16:29,488 --> 00:16:31,357 TO KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THE 475 00:16:31,357 --> 00:16:34,760 HUMAN BODY ON THOSE LONG TRIPS 476 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:35,627 COMING UP. 477 00:16:35,627 --> 00:16:36,495 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 478 00:16:36,495 --> 00:16:38,163 ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE DO 479 00:16:38,163 --> 00:16:40,666 UP HERE, A BIG AREA OF RESEARCH 480 00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:42,735 IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL COUNTER 481 00:16:42,735 --> 00:16:43,836 MEASURES. 482 00:16:43,836 --> 00:16:46,572 FOR THE EFFECTS OF MICRO-G ON 483 00:16:46,572 --> 00:16:47,973 THE BODY. 484 00:16:47,973 --> 00:16:50,609 IF YOU ARE GOING AS FAR AS MARS 485 00:16:50,609 --> 00:16:53,545 AND YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE AN 486 00:16:53,545 --> 00:16:58,384 EARTH G OR MARS G, YOU HAVE TO 487 00:16:58,384 --> 00:17:00,819 KNOW HOW TO STAY HEALTHY SO YOU 488 00:17:00,819 --> 00:17:04,323 CAN GET OUT AND WALK AROUND ON 489 00:17:04,323 --> 00:17:06,058 MARS. 490 00:17:06,058 --> 00:17:07,259 THAT'S WHAT WE DO UP HERE AS 491 00:17:07,259 --> 00:17:07,926 WELL. 492 00:17:07,926 --> 00:17:09,661 >> THANK YOU FOR CHATTING WITH 493 00:17:09,661 --> 00:17:11,430 ME TODAY, MEGAN. 494 00:17:11,430 --> 00:17:12,631 IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD 495 00:17:12,631 --> 00:17:16,034 LIKE TO ADD BEFORE I LET YOU GO? 496 00:17:16,034 --> 00:17:18,103 >> JUST THANKS FOR JOINING US, 497 00:17:18,103 --> 00:17:19,638 THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST IN 498 00:17:19,638 --> 00:17:22,474 WHAT'S GOING ON THE 499 00:17:22,474 --> 00:17:23,475 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 500 00:17:23,475 --> 00:17:25,544 I ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO LOOK US UP, 501 00:17:25,544 --> 00:17:28,147 GET OUTSIDE AND WAVE AS WE GO 502 00:17:28,147 --> 00:17:29,148 OVERHEAD. 503 00:17:29,148 --> 00:17:31,984 >> I ACTUALLY HAVE, YOU CAN LOG 504 00:17:31,984 --> 00:17:40,726 ON TO SPOT THE STATION DOT-ORG 505 00:17:40,726 --> 00:17:46,732 OR DOT-COM. 506 00:17:46,732 --> 00:17:54,706 IT'S BEEN CLOUDY, BUT I'M 507 00:17:54,706 --> 00:17:59,511 LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU UP 508 00:17:59,511 --> 00:18:00,546 THERE. 509 00:18:00,546 --> 00:18:04,049 >> DON'T FORGET TO WAVE. 510 00:18:04,049 --> 00:18:05,150 >> I WILL. 511 00:18:05,150 --> 00:18:05,684 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 512 00:18:05,684 --> 00:18:08,654 >> THAT CONCLUDES THE EVENT. 513 00:18:08,654 --> 00:18:09,555 THANK YOU. 514 00:18:09,555 --> 00:18:12,357 >> THAT YOU TO ALL PARTICIPANTS 515 00:18:12,357 --> 00:18:14,560 FROM "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE. 516 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:19,598 WE ARE NOW RESUMING NORMAL RADIO 517 00:18:19,598 --> 00:18:29,608 COMMUNICATIONS.