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>> Welcome to today's edition
of "Space Station Live".

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All six crew members have
a fairly busy day today.

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A lot of science
activity is going on.

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It's being overseen primarily

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from NASA's Marshall
Space Flight Center

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in Huntsville, Alabama.

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Once the crew members finish
their early morning chores

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after wake up, they divide
and conquer and head off

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in different directions.

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Wakata spent a good deal of
the first half of his day

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in the Japanese science
laboratory [inaudible],

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the Japanese word for hope,
conducting some experiments,

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checking on others, and
joining his colleagues

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for an early morning long
doesn't teleconference

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with the ground to
set the stage for all

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of the activities on board.

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In the US lab, much of the
time spent today is on breaking

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down some experiments that have
already been underway including

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some work on the
in-space experiment,

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a colloidal fluids experiment.

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Also working with the
facet experiment known

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as the investigation
of mechanism,

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faceted cellular array growth,
investigating the phenomena

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of solid liquid interfaces
for crystallization.

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The crew members also working
on a crystal growth mechanism,

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crystal growth experiment
known as ice crystal,

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which is essentially, studies
the stability of ice crystals

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in super cooled water
including anti-freeze.

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This designed to help understand
how these different types

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of solutions are required to
be modified for use on Earth

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and what we can learn in
the microgravity and space

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to more purify such crystals.

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So those are just a
few of the experiments

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that the crew members
are interfacing

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with throughout their day today.

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They also, of course, have some
other activities scheduled.

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A lot of human research
experiments.

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Periodically, the crew
members test each other

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for their eye acuity, if you
will, and today marks one

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of those days where the periodic
checking of their ocular health

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through blood pressure
and tonometry,

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which is essentially an
intraocular pressure test that's

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conducted on the crew members'
eyes to understand changes

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in their eyes and their visual
acuity throughout the duration

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of their stay aboard
the station.

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So a busy day for crew
members in and around that.

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They, of course, perform
their routine exercise.

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The newest crew members
are allotted some time

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for continuing to
adapt to the station

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and learn their new
environment, which is their home