1 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:02,340 Houston station on space to ground 2 00:00:05,860 --> 00:00:04,490 welcome to space to ground your weekly 3 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:05,870 look at what's happening on board the 4 00:00:10,869 --> 00:00:07,730 International Space Station i'm nicole 5 00:00:12,940 --> 00:00:10,879 Cloutier lemasters right now seven tons 6 00:00:14,770 --> 00:00:12,950 of food fuel and supplies are bound for 7 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:14,780 the space station the european space 8 00:00:18,429 --> 00:00:16,730 agency's fifth and final automated 9 00:00:21,429 --> 00:00:18,439 Transfer Vehicle launched Tuesday night 10 00:00:23,109 --> 00:00:21,439 from French Guiana ATV by named for the 11 00:00:23,679 --> 00:00:23,119 father of the Big Bang Theory Jorge 12 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:23,689 lameta 13 00:00:27,790 --> 00:00:25,910 is currently on a 14-day Trek to the 14 00:00:30,579 --> 00:00:27,800 station was docking scheduled for August 15 00:00:32,319 --> 00:00:30,589 12th NASA astronaut Steve Swanson and 16 00:00:34,540 --> 00:00:32,329 reid wiseman were back at work with more 17 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:34,550 spacesuit maintenance the duo performed 18 00:00:38,350 --> 00:00:36,530 water leak inspections and a scrubbing 19 00:00:40,299 --> 00:00:38,360 of the soup cooling loops they also 20 00:00:42,069 --> 00:00:40,309 measured conductivity of water samples 21 00:00:44,799 --> 00:00:42,079 taken from the loops to ensure they meet 22 00:00:46,569 --> 00:00:44,809 operational specifications Swanson then 23 00:00:48,849 --> 00:00:46,579 collected tools in preparation for the 24 00:00:50,319 --> 00:00:48,859 upcoming Russian and u.s. spacewalks to 25 00:00:52,779 --> 00:00:50,329 u.s. spacewalks are planned for the end 26 00:00:55,569 --> 00:00:52,789 of August for relocation replacement and 27 00:00:57,099 --> 00:00:55,579 reconfiguration tests last week the crew 28 00:00:58,720 --> 00:00:57,109 set a record for how much time they 29 00:01:01,419 --> 00:00:58,730 dedicated to science investigations 30 00:01:03,849 --> 00:01:01,429 typically ISS crews are scheduled for 31 00:01:05,259 --> 00:01:03,859 around 40 hours of research per week but 32 00:01:07,330 --> 00:01:05,269 they doubled that last week when the 33 00:01:09,940 --> 00:01:07,340 crew spent more than 83 hours on various 34 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:09,950 experiments from skin B which studies 35 00:01:14,230 --> 00:01:12,170 the aging of skin to the for shoes 36 00:01:16,330 --> 00:01:14,240 experiment which helps optimize exercise 37 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:16,340 sessions in microgravity to learn more 38 00:01:21,460 --> 00:01:18,530 about how ISS research benefits life on 39 00:01:24,130 --> 00:01:21,470 Earth visit nasa.gov slash station 40 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:24,140 benefits and we have a great question 41 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:26,210 from a YouTube viewer this week how long 42 00:01:30,310 --> 00:01:28,090 can an astronaut be outside the station 43 00:01:32,050 --> 00:01:30,320 typically an astronaut can remain in a 44 00:01:34,420 --> 00:01:32,060 u.s. spacesuit outside the station for 45 00:01:36,039 --> 00:01:34,430 about seven hours but if required a 46 00:01:38,109 --> 00:01:36,049 spacewalking astronaut could remain 47 00:01:40,630 --> 00:01:38,119 outside much longer if a task or 48 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:40,640 contingency required them to the longest 49 00:01:45,700 --> 00:01:43,250 us a VA was 8 hours and 56 minutes 50 00:01:48,910 --> 00:01:45,710 performed outside the ISS by Susan Helms 51 00:01:51,219 --> 00:01:48,920 and James Voss on March 11th 2001 during 52 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:51,229 a space shuttle assembly mission make 53 00:01:53,319 --> 00:01:52,610 sure to keep sending your questions and