1 00:00:06,050 --> 00:00:04,760 welcome to space to earth 2 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:06,060 celebrating hispanic heritage month i 3 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:07,770 invite you aboard the 4 00:00:12,379 --> 00:00:10,650 space station i am juan carlos lopez two 5 00:00:13,310 --> 00:00:12,389 crew members completed half their 6 00:00:14,990 --> 00:00:13,320 year in space 7 00:00:18,109 --> 00:00:15,000 scott kelly and mikhail kornienko 8 00:00:20,450 --> 00:00:18,119 completed their first 171 days in 9 00:00:22,370 --> 00:00:20,460 space on 15 As they 10 00:00:24,470 --> 00:00:22,380 enter the second half of their stay, 11 00:00:27,349 --> 00:00:24,480 several important dates will be presented 12 00:00:29,929 --> 00:00:27,359 on October 16, Kelly will surpass the 13 00:00:32,269 --> 00:00:29,939 mark of a total of 382 days in 14 00:00:35,180 --> 00:00:32,279 space established by 15 00:00:37,060 --> 00:00:35,190 NASA astronaut Mike Take, thus becoming 16 00:00:39,890 --> 00:00:37,070 the new holder of the American record 17 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:39,900 then in less than two weeks he and 18 00:00:44,900 --> 00:00:41,730 Kornienko will break the 19 00:00:46,490 --> 00:00:44,910 expedition record 14 of 215 20 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:46,500 consecutive days aboard the 21 00:00:51,590 --> 00:00:49,410 space station and when they return home on 22 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:51,600 March 3 of the following year they will have 23 00:00:54,710 --> 00:00:53,130 further raised the record by having I've been 24 00:00:57,319 --> 00:00:54,720 three hundred and forty-two 25 00:00:59,360 --> 00:00:57,329 consecutive days on the station and of 26 00:01:01,160 --> 00:00:59,370 course it's all about science and the 27 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:01,170 next six months of the 28 00:01:05,539 --> 00:01:03,810 year-long mission are heading into the unknown that le 29 00:01:07,310 --> 00:01:05,549 kornienko are the subjects of 30 00:01:10,010 --> 00:01:07,320 scientific studies focused on seven 31 00:01:11,570 --> 00:01:10,020 key human research one of the 32 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:11,580 most complex studies being 33 00:01:15,860 --> 00:01:13,530 carried out is called 34 00:01:17,540 --> 00:01:15,870 fluid displacement, whose objective is to solve what 35 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:17,550 causes the changes in the vision of 36 00:01:21,740 --> 00:01:19,530 astronauts who are in 37 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:21,750 microgravity the human research 38 00:01:25,940 --> 00:01:23,490 carried out during this 39 00:01:27,910 --> 00:01:25,950 one-year mission is designed to prepare us 40 00:01:30,410 --> 00:01:27,920 to explore beyond our 41 00:01:32,690 --> 00:01:30,420 united planet scott kelly's study of twins 42 00:01:34,340 --> 00:01:32,700 the next six 43 00:01:36,950 --> 00:01:34,350 months will be very intense for the two 44 00:01:38,719 --> 00:01:36,960 crew be sure to follow scott 45 00:01:40,999 --> 00:01:38,729 kelly to see how 46 00:01:42,969 --> 00:01:41,009 the second half of his mission unfolds you can 47 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:42,979 follow him on twitter and instagram at 48 00:01:46,910 --> 00:01:44,130 station 49 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:46,920 de rl there he has shared hundreds of 50 00:01:50,870 --> 00:01:48,690 images and videos from his time in 51 00:01:52,580 --> 00:01:50,880 space and we partnered with the 52 00:01:54,620 --> 00:01:52,590 white house so you can send him and 53 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:54,630 kornienko your best wishes as they 54 00:02:00,800 --> 00:01:56,690 continue their historic mission 55 00:02:02,630 --> 00:02:00,810 finally visit www .nasa.gov diagonal 56 00:02:04,730 --> 00:02:02,640 one year to get the latest 57 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:04,740 news keep sending us your 58 00:02:08,389 --> 00:02:06,330 questions and comments using the