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houston station on space to ground

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the station's front porch got a new

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addition this week

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welcome to space to ground i'm dan

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hewitt nasa's jeff williams assisted

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with the installation of a new adapter

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on the japanese experiment modules

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exposed facility

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the device will hold up to two payloads

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that can be mounted by crew members

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access through the japanese module's

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airlock the exposed facility allows

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science experiments to be continually

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exposed to the open space environment

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current payloads include a device

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searching for signs of dark matter and

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another studying cloud and aerosol

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coverage on earth

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spacex 8 is ready to fly

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the unmanned cargo craft is all set to

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launch from cape canaveral air force

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station with almost 7 000 pounds of

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cargo it'll carry equipment for dozens

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of experiments and beam the expandable

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module set to be attached to the station

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for testing

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to prepare for its arrival jeff williams

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conducted additional robotics training

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on the station as he'll be backing up

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esa astronaut tim peake for the capture

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operations check out nasa.gov

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ntv for the latest times tune in live

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this week colton asked if we could turn

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on the station's ham radio well if you

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have a ham radio of your own there's a

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chance astronauts passing overhead could

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respond to your call

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the station is equipped with a ham radio

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just like many amateur operators have

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here on planet earth some crew members

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have made random unscheduled voice

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contacts with their earthbound

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counterparts typically during a break in

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their day

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the system has also been used to reach

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countless students around the world

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through the heiress program which

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celebrated its 1000th contact last month

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check out eris.org to learn more keep

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sending us your questions using the