1 00:00:06,539 --> 00:00:04,650 the International Space Station has been 2 00:00:09,209 --> 00:00:06,549 a working science laboratory and 3 00:00:11,700 --> 00:00:09,219 exploration outpost for more than 15 4 00:00:14,579 --> 00:00:11,710 years and fostered advances in science 5 00:00:16,470 --> 00:00:14,589 and technology in that time but it's the 6 00:00:18,900 --> 00:00:16,480 possibilities for future discoveries 7 00:00:21,390 --> 00:00:18,910 that have the crew members excited about 8 00:00:24,839 --> 00:00:21,400 this mission potential has huge of 9 00:00:27,060 --> 00:00:24,849 course for Space Station the idea on it 10 00:00:28,470 --> 00:00:27,070 is we're about discovery I don't really 11 00:00:29,759 --> 00:00:28,480 know what we're going to learn but we 12 00:00:31,290 --> 00:00:29,769 know they're the potential to learn many 13 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:31,300 many different things and it's almost 14 00:00:35,580 --> 00:00:33,610 with basic science but mmm a real 15 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:35,590 opportunity to do something useful 16 00:00:41,730 --> 00:00:38,650 something helpful for humankind so that 17 00:00:45,390 --> 00:00:41,740 humankind in the future would live 18 00:00:48,660 --> 00:00:45,400 better longer had hair that they develop 19 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:48,670 it a bit more comfortable and not just 20 00:00:53,490 --> 00:00:50,890 here on earth deep space exploration 21 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:53,500 missions at the future will take years 22 00:00:58,440 --> 00:00:56,050 to complete but the human body starts 23 00:01:01,170 --> 00:00:58,450 reacting to the space environment in far 24 00:01:04,109 --> 00:01:01,180 less time and it's not just the loss of 25 00:01:07,050 --> 00:01:04,119 bone strength and muscle mass which it 26 00:01:12,090 --> 00:01:07,060 is there are changes detected in the 27 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:12,100 internal organs preschool skin reacts 28 00:01:17,460 --> 00:01:15,490 differently blood reacts differently so 29 00:01:20,430 --> 00:01:17,470 this crew will take part in a number of 30 00:01:22,950 --> 00:01:20,440 experiments as test subjects gathering 31 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:22,960 data to quantify those physical changes 32 00:01:28,170 --> 00:01:25,690 while searching their causes they will 33 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:28,180 also each have daily exercise that is 34 00:01:32,310 --> 00:01:30,250 proven to keep crew members strong and 35 00:01:35,460 --> 00:01:32,320 fit while countering some of the 36 00:01:37,050 --> 00:01:35,470 negative effects of zero-g it gives us a 37 00:01:40,950 --> 00:01:37,060 unique possibility of actually doing 38 00:01:44,850 --> 00:01:40,960 research on how how this this condition 39 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:44,860 in the bone develops and how we can like 40 00:01:48,690 --> 00:01:46,690 think of countermeasures how we can 41 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:48,700 treat it what medication works and what 42 00:01:53,490 --> 00:01:51,010 does not work another study I signed up 43 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:53,500 for is called the sprint physical 44 00:01:58,740 --> 00:01:55,330 training and what that's trying to do is 45 00:02:01,200 --> 00:01:58,750 determine is it the amount of exercise 46 00:02:04,110 --> 00:02:01,210 that you do or is it the intensity of 47 00:02:06,210 --> 00:02:04,120 the exercise and so for sprint every one 48 00:02:08,339 --> 00:02:06,220 of my workouts will go to max intensity 49 00:02:11,070 --> 00:02:08,349 to see if one or the other is more 50 00:02:12,690 --> 00:02:11,080 valuable some research focuses on the 51 00:02:14,309 --> 00:02:12,700 psychological effects of long-term 52 00:02:17,699 --> 00:02:14,319 isolation on 53 00:02:20,550 --> 00:02:17,709 individual as well as on the group the 54 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:20,560 better they work together better as a 55 00:02:25,319 --> 00:02:23,530 team they are the more results and the 56 00:02:30,119 --> 00:02:25,329 more adventures we gain from that flight 57 00:02:34,170 --> 00:02:30,129 it is a psychological environment in the 58 00:02:37,530 --> 00:02:34,180 crew is a very important component of a 59 00:02:40,289 --> 00:02:37,540 successful flight the effects of being 60 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:40,299 in space aren't just felt by the human 61 00:02:45,059 --> 00:02:42,730 bodies that are their station science is 62 00:02:47,149 --> 00:02:45,069 investigating other impacts that must be 63 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:47,159 dealt with to support future exploration 64 00:02:52,589 --> 00:02:49,810 not only to the body change itself the 65 00:02:55,589 --> 00:02:52,599 actual cell itself of an organism will 66 00:02:57,449 --> 00:02:55,599 change when it senses zero gravity or 67 00:02:59,339 --> 00:02:57,459 microgravity but they don't know why 68 00:03:01,229 --> 00:02:59,349 it's changing or really kind of how it's 69 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:01,239 all working so we're doing experiments 70 00:03:06,569 --> 00:03:04,090 using these plant cells and structures 71 00:03:09,270 --> 00:03:06,579 and finding out how they change and why 72 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:09,280 they change on this mission the station 73 00:03:14,309 --> 00:03:11,650 also hosts dozens of experiments in 74 00:03:16,530 --> 00:03:14,319 physical sciences learning how fluids 75 00:03:18,839 --> 00:03:16,540 and materials and equipment cope with 76 00:03:20,939 --> 00:03:18,849 higher radiation and lower gravity than 77 00:03:23,159 --> 00:03:20,949 they encounter on earth and there are 78 00:03:24,990 --> 00:03:23,169 investigations into new technologies 79 00:03:27,929 --> 00:03:25,000 that will improve the chances of 80 00:03:30,059 --> 00:03:27,939 successful flights in the future if we 81 00:03:31,740 --> 00:03:30,069 are going to send humans to Mars you'll 82 00:03:33,599 --> 00:03:31,750 never know what will break and if we 83 00:03:35,580 --> 00:03:33,609 have a 3d printer where we could just 84 00:03:38,009 --> 00:03:35,590 boom print out apart throw it in the 85 00:03:41,129 --> 00:03:38,019 machine fix whatever's broken this 86 00:03:44,429 --> 00:03:41,139 really opens up a whole new dimension of 87 00:03:47,339 --> 00:03:44,439 long range space travel so we will have 88 00:03:50,309 --> 00:03:47,349 the first capability for 3d printing on 89 00:03:52,409 --> 00:03:50,319 our expedition a scientist that I 90 00:03:56,189 --> 00:03:52,419 recently met actually told me that they 91 00:03:58,170 --> 00:03:56,199 just recently implanted at raheja to a 92 00:04:00,830 --> 00:03:58,180 person that they generated from stem 93 00:04:03,030 --> 00:04:00,840 cells that came out of space research so 94 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:03,040 some of these benefits you might not 95 00:04:07,439 --> 00:04:05,530 even actually hear about ever if you 96 00:04:10,229 --> 00:04:07,449 don't have one of these illnesses but if 97 00:04:13,110 --> 00:04:10,239 you do then and you're in the position 98 00:04:16,020 --> 00:04:13,120 to get a much better treatment than you 99 00:04:18,420 --> 00:04:16,030 would have without space research 100 00:04:21,300 --> 00:04:18,430 there's a lot of space walking in the 101 00:04:23,490 --> 00:04:21,310 plan from the Russian segment EV A's are 102 00:04:25,890 --> 00:04:23,500 being prepared for june august and 103 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:25,900 october to refresh external science 104 00:04:30,210 --> 00:04:28,450 experiments and there are three u.s. 105 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:30,220 space walks in the plan for the summer 106 00:04:35,159 --> 00:04:32,530 to begin configuring the station for its 107 00:04:37,170 --> 00:04:35,169 extended mission on orbit you'll see an 108 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:37,180 expedition 40 and 41 we're just going to 109 00:04:41,670 --> 00:04:39,090 start to lay the groundwork for 110 00:04:43,379 --> 00:04:41,680 extension of the space station so we'll 111 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:43,389 be doing a little bit of management both 112 00:04:48,630 --> 00:04:45,490 inside and outside getting things moved 113 00:04:52,860 --> 00:04:48,640 around and prepared for this this 114 00:04:55,050 --> 00:04:52,870 further exploration into the 2020s over 115 00:04:56,970 --> 00:04:55,060 the next six months most of the cargo 116 00:04:59,520 --> 00:04:56,980 ships that supply the station with food 117 00:05:01,830 --> 00:04:59,530 fuel clothing and scientific supplies 118 00:05:04,170 --> 00:05:01,840 will make a call the russian progress 119 00:05:06,990 --> 00:05:04,180 freighter American commercial ships 120 00:05:08,940 --> 00:05:07,000 dragon and sickness and in August the 121 00:05:11,340 --> 00:05:08,950 fifth of the european space agency's 122 00:05:14,879 --> 00:05:11,350 automated transfer vehicles which will 123 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:14,889 be the final atv to fly a TV has been a 124 00:05:20,070 --> 00:05:17,410 big success and not just for the tons of 125 00:05:22,230 --> 00:05:20,080 supplies it is delivered to orbit atv 126 00:05:24,870 --> 00:05:22,240 gave the european space industry a 127 00:05:27,150 --> 00:05:24,880 chance to develop new technologies that 128 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:27,160 are already being applied to the future 129 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:30,250 the technologies that we use for atv are 130 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:31,690 actually being used for the future 131 00:05:38,250 --> 00:05:34,690 vehicles so the service module of the 132 00:05:40,500 --> 00:05:38,260 MPCV orion module that nasa bills will 133 00:05:44,909 --> 00:05:40,510 be actually an ISA development that is 134 00:05:47,010 --> 00:05:44,919 based on the ATV technology expedition 135 00:05:48,870 --> 00:05:47,020 40 ends when Swanson and his Russian 136 00:05:51,540 --> 00:05:48,880 crewmates head for home in early 137 00:05:54,270 --> 00:05:51,550 September Soraya becomes commander for 138 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:54,280 expedition 41 which will greet three new 139 00:05:59,010 --> 00:05:55,810 crew members near the end of the month 140 00:06:01,380 --> 00:05:59,020 NASA astronaut butch Wilmore veteran 141 00:06:04,230 --> 00:06:01,390 cosmonaut alexander samokutyaev and 142 00:06:06,390 --> 00:06:04,240 first-time flyer elena serova who will 143 00:06:08,159 --> 00:06:06,400 be the first female cosmonaut to serve 144 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:08,169 as an international space station crew 145 00:06:12,570 --> 00:06:10,450 member that group will press ahead with 146 00:06:15,390 --> 00:06:12,580 the ongoing mission of the international 147 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:15,400 partners really just looking at getting 148 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:17,289 the space station into its best possible 149 00:06:22,380 --> 00:06:20,289 configuration for extension into 2024 150 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:22,390 and really starting to lay some of the 151 00:06:25,830 --> 00:06:24,130 groundwork for bringing up Commercial 152 00:06:28,590 --> 00:06:25,840 Crew vehicles to the Americans 153 00:06:31,140 --> 00:06:28,600 here in in the next few years to help