1 00:00:06,470 --> 00:00:03,830 houston station on space to ground 2 00:00:08,790 --> 00:00:06,480 textbook arrival for the brand new soyuz 3 00:00:11,589 --> 00:00:08,800 ms01 spacecraft docking confirmed at 4 00:00:13,589 --> 00:00:11,599 1106 pm central time 5 00:00:15,829 --> 00:00:13,599 welcome to space to ground i'm dan 6 00:00:18,870 --> 00:00:15,839 hewitt after a two-day trip through 7 00:00:20,790 --> 00:00:18,880 space a new soyuz spacecraft and crew is 8 00:00:23,750 --> 00:00:20,800 at the station 9 00:00:25,750 --> 00:00:23,760 kate rubins takuya onishi and anatoly 10 00:00:27,589 --> 00:00:25,760 ivanishin arrived at their new home for 11 00:00:31,269 --> 00:00:27,599 the next several months and joined the 12 00:00:33,670 --> 00:00:31,279 crew of expedition 48. rubens and onishi 13 00:00:35,910 --> 00:00:33,680 both rookie astronauts got their first 14 00:00:38,069 --> 00:00:35,920 look at the inside of the station while 15 00:00:39,030 --> 00:00:38,079 ivanishin is returning for the second 16 00:00:41,270 --> 00:00:39,040 time 17 00:00:44,150 --> 00:00:41,280 after a few minutes to say hi to friends 18 00:00:46,229 --> 00:00:44,160 and family it was straight to work and 19 00:00:49,350 --> 00:00:46,239 astronauts hit the ground running with a 20 00:00:51,430 --> 00:00:49,360 lot to do in their first week on board 21 00:00:53,910 --> 00:00:51,440 each of the new crew members has to take 22 00:00:55,670 --> 00:00:53,920 several blood saliva and other types of 23 00:00:57,670 --> 00:00:55,680 samples for the many human research 24 00:01:00,229 --> 00:00:57,680 projects they'll take part in 25 00:01:03,349 --> 00:01:00,239 there are also several hours dedicated 26 00:01:05,429 --> 00:01:03,359 to what is essentially space station 101 27 00:01:07,429 --> 00:01:05,439 reviewing emergency procedures 28 00:01:09,830 --> 00:01:07,439 familiarizing themselves with where 29 00:01:12,390 --> 00:01:09,840 everything is located even just learning 30 00:01:14,789 --> 00:01:12,400 how to navigate in microgravity 31 00:01:16,789 --> 00:01:14,799 and with the spacex dragon arriving next 32 00:01:18,870 --> 00:01:16,799 week kate rubins jumped right into 33 00:01:20,230 --> 00:01:18,880 robotics training along with jeff 34 00:01:21,990 --> 00:01:20,240 williams 35 00:01:23,670 --> 00:01:22,000 this week's twitter question comes from 36 00:01:25,749 --> 00:01:23,680 elsie who wanted to know if the 37 00:01:28,070 --> 00:01:25,759 astronauts can get up and move around 38 00:01:30,310 --> 00:01:28,080 once the soyuz is an orbit they 39 00:01:32,550 --> 00:01:30,320 absolutely can 40 00:01:34,390 --> 00:01:32,560 once things quiet down after launch the 41 00:01:36,550 --> 00:01:34,400 astronauts can get out of their seats 42 00:01:39,749 --> 00:01:36,560 and move up to the orbital module in the 43 00:01:41,830 --> 00:01:39,759 soyuz while still not spacious it does 44 00:01:44,469 --> 00:01:41,840 offer some room for the crew to stretch 45 00:01:45,590 --> 00:01:44,479 out and provides food water and a 46 00:01:47,749 --> 00:01:45,600 bathroom 47 00:01:49,910 --> 00:01:47,759 and for two day trips like last week's 48 00:01:51,109 --> 00:01:49,920 it also provides some space for the crew 49 00:01:53,190 --> 00:01:51,119 to sleep 50 00:01:55,749 --> 00:01:53,200 keep sending us your questions using the