1 00:00:08,150 --> 00:00:03,669 houston station on space to ground 2 00:00:10,070 --> 00:00:08,160 three million photos and counting 3 00:00:12,549 --> 00:00:10,080 welcome to space to ground i'm dan 4 00:00:15,270 --> 00:00:12,559 hewitt photography on the space station 5 00:00:18,150 --> 00:00:15,280 crossed an unbelievable milestone this 6 00:00:20,950 --> 00:00:18,160 week since the first expedition arrived 7 00:00:23,990 --> 00:00:20,960 more than 15 years ago crew members have 8 00:00:26,230 --> 00:00:24,000 now taken over three million images on 9 00:00:28,950 --> 00:00:26,240 board the international space station 10 00:00:31,029 --> 00:00:28,960 these include shots of science thousands 11 00:00:33,830 --> 00:00:31,039 of maintenance photos for engineers on 12 00:00:36,310 --> 00:00:33,840 the ground views of life on board and 13 00:00:38,950 --> 00:00:36,320 tons of our beautiful planet the 14 00:00:41,270 --> 00:00:38,960 expedition 47 crew marked the occasion 15 00:00:43,190 --> 00:00:41,280 with this group shot inside the russian 16 00:00:45,350 --> 00:00:43,200 service module 17 00:00:48,150 --> 00:00:45,360 a lot of science is set to return on 18 00:00:50,549 --> 00:00:48,160 spacex's dragon next week and one small 19 00:00:52,150 --> 00:00:50,559 module shows just how diverse the fields 20 00:00:55,110 --> 00:00:52,160 of study can be 21 00:00:57,350 --> 00:00:55,120 the nanoracks 51 module was prepared for 22 00:01:00,310 --> 00:00:57,360 return this week and it contains four 23 00:01:02,869 --> 00:01:00,320 very unique projects housed inside is an 24 00:01:05,750 --> 00:01:02,879 investigation studying antibiotic use to 25 00:01:08,469 --> 00:01:05,760 inhibit staphylococcus aureus bacteria a 26 00:01:10,550 --> 00:01:08,479 common cause of skin infections another 27 00:01:13,590 --> 00:01:10,560 study looking at the rate at which yeast 28 00:01:14,830 --> 00:01:13,600 decomposes organic matter a plant growth 29 00:01:17,030 --> 00:01:14,840 study looking at whether 30 00:01:19,910 --> 00:01:17,040 steroid-enhanced plants grow better in 31 00:01:22,630 --> 00:01:19,920 space and even whether an enzyme derived 32 00:01:24,630 --> 00:01:22,640 from fireflies can cause bioluminescence 33 00:01:26,550 --> 00:01:24,640 in microgravity 34 00:01:29,190 --> 00:01:26,560 this week stanley wants to know what the 35 00:01:30,870 --> 00:01:29,200 schedule is like on board iss how much 36 00:01:33,510 --> 00:01:30,880 time per day is spent conducting 37 00:01:36,149 --> 00:01:33,520 experiments well one of the aspects of 38 00:01:38,950 --> 00:01:36,159 life in space astronauts like most is 39 00:01:41,350 --> 00:01:38,960 that every day is always different 40 00:01:43,910 --> 00:01:41,360 the crew schedule is roughly split into 41 00:01:46,389 --> 00:01:43,920 three categories science maintenance and 42 00:01:48,389 --> 00:01:46,399 daily life so a normal day is about four 43 00:01:50,550 --> 00:01:48,399 hours of research four hours of 44 00:01:53,350 --> 00:01:50,560 operational duties and four hours of 45 00:01:55,109 --> 00:01:53,360 eating exercising and more that balance 46 00:01:57,030 --> 00:01:55,119 is always shifting though as some 47 00:01:59,109 --> 00:01:57,040 science experiments can consume a crew 48 00:02:01,109 --> 00:01:59,119 member's entire day or if something 49 00:02:03,590 --> 00:02:01,119 critical breaks the astronauts go into 50 00:02:05,350 --> 00:02:03,600 serious repair mode and as we saw last 51 00:02:07,510 --> 00:02:05,360 week the crew was buried under an 52 00:02:09,430 --> 00:02:07,520 avalanche of cargo as they packed dragon 53 00:02:11,589 --> 00:02:09,440 to get it ready to leave 54 00:02:14,070 --> 00:02:11,599 keep sending us your questions using the