1 00:00:04,789 --> 00:00:03,030 houston station on space to ground 2 00:00:06,389 --> 00:00:04,799 welcome to space to ground your weekly 3 00:00:08,230 --> 00:00:06,399 look at what's happening on board the 4 00:00:10,230 --> 00:00:08,240 international space station i'm dan 5 00:00:12,549 --> 00:00:10,240 hewitt a brand new way to launch 6 00:00:14,870 --> 00:00:12,559 satellites is ready to go with two texas 7 00:00:15,829 --> 00:00:14,880 schools set to shoot two satellites into 8 00:00:18,070 --> 00:00:15,839 orbit 9 00:00:20,230 --> 00:00:18,080 the crew set up the cyclops satellite 10 00:00:21,670 --> 00:00:20,240 deployer which will enable larger 11 00:00:23,590 --> 00:00:21,680 satellites to be launched from the 12 00:00:25,589 --> 00:00:23,600 station than ever before 13 00:00:28,790 --> 00:00:25,599 and it will send out lone star which 14 00:00:30,870 --> 00:00:28,800 consists of aggie sat4 built by texas a 15 00:00:32,549 --> 00:00:30,880 m students and vivo ii from the 16 00:00:33,990 --> 00:00:32,559 university of texas 17 00:00:35,990 --> 00:00:34,000 lone star will demonstrate 18 00:00:38,150 --> 00:00:36,000 communications and maneuvers that could 19 00:00:40,389 --> 00:00:38,160 be vital to future nasa missions to 20 00:00:43,190 --> 00:00:40,399 destinations like asteroids that will 21 00:00:45,190 --> 00:00:43,200 require two spacecraft to interact 22 00:00:47,990 --> 00:00:45,200 and astronaut tim coper got ready to 23 00:00:49,990 --> 00:00:48,000 light a few fires for station science 24 00:00:51,750 --> 00:00:50,000 copra was hands-on this week with the 25 00:00:55,029 --> 00:00:51,760 burning and suppression of solids 26 00:00:57,430 --> 00:00:55,039 milliken or bass m experiment it's 27 00:00:59,510 --> 00:00:57,440 burning flame retardant cotton fabrics 28 00:01:01,990 --> 00:00:59,520 to see how they resist getting scorched 29 00:01:03,990 --> 00:01:02,000 in microgravity this will help future 30 00:01:06,230 --> 00:01:04,000 mission planners choose safe materials 31 00:01:08,950 --> 00:01:06,240 for use in space and could influence 32 00:01:11,590 --> 00:01:08,960 textile manufacturing here on earth 33 00:01:13,830 --> 00:01:11,600 about 100 million americans had to deal 34 00:01:15,830 --> 00:01:13,840 with a major blizzard this week and the 35 00:01:17,270 --> 00:01:15,840 station crew got a good look at just how 36 00:01:19,270 --> 00:01:17,280 massive it was 37 00:01:21,190 --> 00:01:19,280 scott kelly shared a few of the images 38 00:01:22,630 --> 00:01:21,200 he took of what some have dubbed winter 39 00:01:24,469 --> 00:01:22,640 storm jonas 40 00:01:26,469 --> 00:01:24,479 responsible for dumping more than two 41 00:01:28,870 --> 00:01:26,479 feet of snow across much of the eastern 42 00:01:30,950 --> 00:01:28,880 half of the u.s the gargantuan weather 43 00:01:33,109 --> 00:01:30,960 system provided some striking white out 44 00:01:34,950 --> 00:01:33,119 views for the international crew stay 45 00:01:36,870 --> 00:01:34,960 warm everyone 46 00:01:39,270 --> 00:01:36,880 keep sending us your questions using the