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Ignition, sequence.
Good morning, you got a good
view inside of the international
space station control room at
Johnson Space Center where a
team of specialists is always
keeping an eye on space its
systems and working with the
expedition 66 crew members as
they conduct science research on
orbit and take care of their
home in place.
Commander and his American
Russian and German crewmates
have been busy this week getting
the newest members settled in on
orbit and down to the business
of an experiment operations
while packing up a cargo stick
that will be departing this
weekend.
>> Welcome.
The space station has seven
inhabitants hard at work once
against on November 11th, they
arrived at the international
space station.
They launched on the tenth which
is two days after the
counterparts returned home and
leaving to the landing and the
match they will live and work
aboard the laboratory six months
and to keep up with their
mission follow them on Twitter,
Instagram and Facebook.
And now it is time to get down
to business, one of the major
areas on the space station is on
the guide which is one of the
first experiment to the
environment.
They look at the effects on the
muscle system and how astronauts
ability to interpret motion and
distance is affected by the
environment.
They help us to better
understand and mitigate issues
and also provide insight on how
to improve similar situations
for those on earth.
Now, they are scheduled to
depart on November 20th.
They will arrive with a thousand
supplies of hardware and other
cargo over three months ago,
they named this after Allison
which is the first
Asian-American astronaut the
command this inside and have a
reentry into the Earth's
atmosphere after release, the
experiment which will show
detection of reentry.
Lyme coverage of the departure
is at 10:45 Eastern time.
That is all today, we will see
you next week.
>> A new set of astronauts has
kicked off the six month mission
on the space station and they
describe their plans for science
research and advancements in the
commercial use of space while
the preparation for humans to
explore the moon in a few years.
>> I am a missions specialist.
>> I am a mission specialist.
>> My name is Tom and I am the
pilot.
>> I am the commander to the
international space station.
The crew three mission has one
the commercial to the space
station we are working on the
international space station
around six months do lots of
experiments and science and this
is one of our newest ways to get
there.
There has been the space shuttle
for the space station and now
the crew Dragon is taking human
beings there so we've partnered
with them in the program which
design and build and operate a
vehicle that takes us and
transports us so that we could
contribute to what we are doing
out there.
>> It is exciting to be on a new
space station and what I am
looking forward to is flying
with three people who have not
flown in space before it is a
unique crew it is operational
sounding already so when I try
to do is, if there aren't any
gaps in their knowledge of how
they feel or operate or zero
gravity what it will be like and
how that may challenge our
expectations for what we could
get done, you really feel like
you have become a resident of
space a resident of this.
And you start to feel like you
are getting into the idea of how
this works and every day is
problem-solving you have to
figure out where to put your
pencil and drink if you have it.
Because 10,000 times a day you
are resolving problems and then
you feel like you could really
be efficient and, get a lot of
work done there is a lot of work
to get done on this right now.
>> We spend a lot of time
training this is a dynamic phase
but it is such a tiny fraction
of the whole.is to go there and
to do some incredible work up
there, so our time is spent
keeping the space station
healthy and we have another 20
years, a lot of systems need
maintenance and upgrades and
operators keep them working well
but we also do some incredible.
>> Science it is National
Laboratory around the earth and
it is a unique environment.
>> Once we arrived, we have
another experiment.
My focus will be lots of
experiment in this domain and
also life science is very
important.
There is all kinds of research
going on the leads to these
fundamental changes in how we
understand how our world works
that is the experiments which
lead us to the science and
discoveries that push our
species further beyond and
understand and operate even
better.
>> One of the great legacies of
the space station is going to be
science.
Very importantly the
cooperation.
Certainly today the most
prominent cooperation for
exploration for survival, it is
not for competition in the
marketplace, it is just
exploration.
>> Now I think we are about to
enter a new era of spaceflight,
now, it is a commercial
experiment.
And they come to run their own
science program, which is what
they enjoy, and to convey this
message the international space
station's mission is to
encourage commercialization of
spaceflight and space research
into serve as a science
laboratory to support deep space
and to promote international
cooperation.
All of these Google's come
together when the station is
used as a launchpad for a series
of small satellites known as the
sack.
Small satellites and discoveries
presented by science of NASA.
Remember the old adage things
come in small packages, NASA has
updated it in the form of cube.
Imagine a working satellite that
is so small you could hold it in
your hands just 4 inches or
10 centimeters across they could
be expanded incrementally disc
pending on their objectives.
Originally developed in 1999 by
Cal poly and Stanford University
for educational purposes, NASA
has since used them for new
science missions and to test new
electronics, sensors and
software which may be included
on larger missions.
The Chief technologist for the
mission director says the
ability to test new technology
at a fraction of the cost of a
larger satellite makes them
invaluable and it really opens
your eyes to many possibilities.
Just as eye-opening as the way
they are quickly unlocking new
scientific data.
For example, while conventional
satellites have long absorbed
clouds in and provided estimates
of the liquid precipitation they
hold they have never observed
the smaller ice particles that
create enormous rain clouds.
It is known as an ice cube
contains a new sub- millimeter
radiometer they could make these
measurements of the small frozen
crystals that make up ice
clouds.
After being deployed from the
international space Center in
May of 2017, they created a
global map around the planet.
Someday this technique may
improve long range weather
models and forecasts.
A long way from Earth, Marco
traveled to Mars and they are
the only cubes so far to leave
Earth's orbit with the mission
was launched in 2018, they also
began their seven month journey
to Mars.
And that now they have
successfully landed on the red
planet.
.
It was transmitted to the
orbiter after this delay, they
acted as a signal relay during
this stage to allow
communication according to
Charles Norton the special
advisor in another advantage of
compact cubes is they allow for
very focused scientific
inquiries to take place.
The miniature x-ray is a project
using commercial laboratory
detector in space it is a soft
spectrum in the gap of energy
coverage between two other
missions.
This cap region is important
with the Earth's atmosphere and
particular interest for
observations of solar flares and
active regions.
A considerate discovery with the
origin of the universe itself,
along mystery is where one third
of the baryon acorn ordinary
matter that existed during the
early formation of the universe
might be found today.
Scientists suspect it lies in
the very hot halos of gas that
surround galaxies halos are ace
that they will examine x-rays
from oxygen atoms surrounding
our Milky Way to determine how
much missing matter may lie in
the halo of our galaxy.
While small in size, they have
potential to make a big
scientific impacts on earth in
our solar system and deep into
the universe.
For more about other missions,
big and small visit our website.
One thing we already learned
about supporting human beings in
space on long missions is that
they have to exercise to fight
off negative effects of the
weightless environment in the
international space station has
been the proving ground for a
number of systems to accomplish
that goal.
In this, the astronaut gives us
a rapidfire display of exercises
which could be done in just-with
just one piece of equipment.
>> Today we are going to talk
about exercising in space we
have three different devices
right here and I will talk about
one of them.
We cannot lift weights is a we
have exercise and this protects
the experiments which are
sensitive to vibrations so this
is very cool as you move it
isolates any vibrations away
from the structure and protects
the science so we work out two
hours every day to maintain our
muscle and bone mass.
So here are my squats.
The raises.
The lift.
Bench.
Military press.
Tricep extensions.
Curls.
Form extensions.
Do you know what the best part
of exercises in space is, the
view.
the structure of the
international space station
relies on these which withstands
horses that they could counter
in orbit, in this demonstration
video, they explained the
significance of these resilient
structures in the different
forces they are up against in
zero gravity.
Welcome aboard the space
station, today we will talk
about the space station.
This is about 100 meters from
side to side.
This is part of the whole
integrated structure.
They are used to support the
array panel which provides
energy for us and radiators
which get rid of heat that
builds up inside of the space
senator, this involves triangles
and beams which could be seen on
earth in structures like
bridges.
Why triangle?
Because this is the unique
properties triangles are more
rigid because they have fewer
joints.
A larger number of shapes the
more prone it is to be impacted
by shear forces.
I would like to talk a little
bit about the forces which
connect these.
The first that I want to talk
about is compression force, this
is just like it sounds, two
things coming together, so this
compression, what do you think
is going to happen?
Let me go right here.
You can see, right here, what
you think the opposite force of
compression is #yes this is
extension force.
This is what will help ritualize
the segment and it also could
potentially pull it apart.
I will not pull apart this tape
measure because we probably need
it later for some work that we
are going to do.
If you work look carefully this
is basically like a twisted
force called torsion and when I
let go of this tape measure, you
see what starts to happen, you
start to see because the center
is actually right here, where
most of this tape measure is
located, and when I let it go
the tape measure its self starts
to twist just a little bit.
Now this could occur at a single
point where to closing forces
work on a single point.
Just like on the Earth's
surface, think about
earthquakes, you could have a
quake on a fault line which is
when side moves up being forced
off while the other side is
moving downward, that for his is
called the sheer force, and we
could have that happen on our
segment, something like this.
One thing to think about is
where these courses come from?
When force even though we are
right here in the atmosphere, we
have this atmosphere which is in
the part of force on the trust
segment in another I hinted at
is we are up your exercising and
moving heavy pieces of
equipment.
So we have an amazing
engineering team on the ground
and we have specific discipline
in the job is to monitor all the
forces on the international
space station, they keep track
of all of those forces I talked
about and where they are coming
from, and even things that the
crew is doing at the space then
station, and to make sure that
they are significant enough to
cause any damage to this living
space which we have up here.
Thank you so much for joining me
today, we will see you next
time.
So long.
One key to a successful long
space journey is the ability to
provide fuel for your engine and
oxygen for your humans in the
international space station has
been home to many demonstrations
of technologies designed to
provide those critical supplies,
previously, the exploration and
in space services projects
division at the goddard center
showed as the first two versions
of that refueling mission and in
this, they focus on our RM
three.
Fourth generation now the red
planet is within reach but how
do we get there?
At the key is in the details and
in the technology.
First and foremost, you need
fuel this is not only true for
getting to Mars before any form
of exploration.
Being able to replenish fuel in
a journey means these amounts
are not needed up front prenup
space for other important
things, enters the missions.
This demonstration at the
international space station in
2018 has helped us to develop
tools and techniques to
replenish this in space.
This has never been done before
in space.
These fluids can be used as
life-support systems.
Being able to replenish these
fluids that run out otherwise
known as consumable is an
important part of the
exploration map.
This will land the first woman
in the next man the moon.
This has never been done before.
First, we sent that have three
main tools to the base center.
.
I took a small part in the
refueling mission, and my job
was to unload the components of
the actual unit from our
visiting vehicles and we took it
into our Japanese module where
we have an airlock and rape side
that airlock we unpacked all of
the boxes much like you would a
piece of furniture so we
unpacked all of that and we did
that check out and we got
everything assembled and we
placed it into the airlock and
then we put it outside of the
international station so our
involvement was the physical
final assembly of the actual
components.
>> This was lifted to the space
station on the company's 16th
commercial submission and
installed on the outside of the
station.
Dexter picked up the tools and
put them on the payload.
The ground operations team is
now ready to begin operating the
three tools to test how they
work in space.
For the first set of operations
conducted in August of 2019,
Dexter used one of the tools to
prepare the modules interface to
transfer the fuel.
The second set of operations was
then conducted in 2020 for
these, they use the remaining
tools to insert a hose and or
open port in a nether inspection
camel simultaneously to verify
the position in the inside of
the tubing.
This marked the first time that
they had tools in both arms
working the same tasks
simultaneously, these
demonstrations at him from-added
information on the storage in
transferring project in space.
It is currently still on station
where it will conduct a final
set of operation in mid- 2022.
But getting to the mous moon and
beyond fluids will be used as
propellants to maintain
life-support for astronauts.
The atmosphere is made up of
carbon dioxide which could be
converted to liquid oxygen a
type of fluid that could be used
both as propellants propellent
in breathing.
Astronauts may be able to
replenish their oxygen supply
using compounds found in the
atmosphere.
A tool on the rover called Mars
oxygen utilization experiment is
sent to demonstrate the first
ever conversion of the carbon
dioxide into oxygen which is
another important piece of the
puzzle.
In order to make a day stained
presents a reality, humans and
robots have to work together
using technology like those
developed.
>> A lot of people ask about job
is it to explore human-to ask
for outer space is a humans or
robots in I think it is teamwork
between the two and our
exploration is not complete or
possible without both.
So, robots go further in a less
expensive and they can go longer
times they do not require
maintenance you do not have to
feed and care for them like you
do if you send me back to space,
so, the space telescope, humans
do not have the capability to do
this.
There's something very important
about humans wanting to know
what it is like to be there.
It is not enough for humans to
take a picture of Mount Everest
and said that is what it looks
like the human condition is we
want to explore we are born to
say what if and what is beyond
what we know.
And what is it like to be there
and so, the human side of space
exploration first of all it is
closer to earth, we have not
sent humans as far as we have
sent robotic probes.
But they both have different.
The cities.
12 they are calling women
explorers and it is a step
towards helping NASA to enter
that call.
Although it sounds complex the
idea is simple, having that I
built ability to refuel will
allow them to embark on further
journeys to explore the depths
of our solar system.
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