1 00:00:00,046 --> 00:00:04,366 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND" PREPARE FOR LANDING. 2 00:00:05,246 --> 00:00:07,726 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M ISIDRO REYNA. 3 00:00:08,016 --> 00:00:11,286 THIS WEEK, THREE CREWMEMBERS ON BOARD STATION ARE GETTING READY 4 00:00:11,286 --> 00:00:12,406 FOR A TRIP BACK TO EARTH. 5 00:00:12,996 --> 00:00:16,826 SHANE KIMBROUGH, SERGEY RYZHIKOV AND ANDREY BORISENKO ARE SLATED 6 00:00:16,826 --> 00:00:18,466 TO TRAVEL BACK TO EARTH ON MONDAY 7 00:00:18,506 --> 00:00:19,996 FOR A LANDING IN KAZAKHSTAN. 8 00:00:20,406 --> 00:00:22,506 KIMBROUGH WILL RELINQUISH COMMAND OF THE STATION 9 00:00:22,506 --> 00:00:26,076 TO PEGGY WHITSON ON APRIL 9, WHICH WILL MARK HER SECOND TIME 10 00:00:26,296 --> 00:00:28,246 AS COMMANDER OF THE ORBITING LABORATORY. 11 00:00:28,806 --> 00:00:31,806 POISED TO BREAK THE RECORD FOR CUMULATIVE TIME SPENT IN SPACE 12 00:00:31,886 --> 00:00:35,146 BY A U.S. ASTRONAUT, WHITSON IS SET TO EXTEND HER MISSION 13 00:00:35,406 --> 00:00:38,056 WITH AN ADDITIONAL THREE MONTHS INTO EXPEDITION 52. 14 00:00:38,626 --> 00:00:41,526 BE SURE TO WATCH THE ENTIRE EVENT ON NASA TV. 15 00:00:42,556 --> 00:00:44,286 WITH ANOTHER SPACEWALK IN THE BOOKS, 16 00:00:44,606 --> 00:00:47,586 MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON REFLECTS ON FINDING ANSWERS 17 00:00:47,586 --> 00:00:51,026 TO A PROBLEM 250 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. 18 00:00:51,916 --> 00:00:53,956 TRAVELING 12 TIMES THE SPEED OF A BULLET, 19 00:00:54,276 --> 00:00:57,336 A CLOTH BLANKET GOT AWAY DURING THE MARCH 30TH SPACEWALK 20 00:00:57,646 --> 00:00:59,736 AND IMMEDIATELY DRIFTED OUT OF REACH INTO SPACE - 21 00:01:00,066 --> 00:01:02,026 AWAY FROM THE STATION -FOREVER. 22 00:01:02,516 --> 00:01:05,246 WHILE IT POSED NO DANGER TO THE CREW AS IT FLOATED AWAY, 23 00:01:05,546 --> 00:01:07,336 THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE PROBLEM. 24 00:01:07,336 --> 00:01:09,926 AN IMPORTANT STATION DOCKING PORT NEEDED THE BLANKET 25 00:01:09,976 --> 00:01:11,976 FOR PROTECTION FROM THE EXTREMES OF SPACE. 26 00:01:12,616 --> 00:01:15,616 MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON WENT TO WORK TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION 27 00:01:15,826 --> 00:01:16,906 FOR PROTECTING THE PORT 28 00:01:16,906 --> 00:01:19,836 WITH A DIFFERENT COVER REMOVED EARLIER IN THE SPACEWALK. 29 00:01:20,266 --> 00:01:22,146 A TEAM OF DESIGNERS, ANALYSTS 30 00:01:22,146 --> 00:01:23,946 AND ENGINEERS WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES 31 00:01:23,946 --> 00:01:26,496 WITH OPERATIONS ENGINEERS, FLIGHT CONTROLLERS, 32 00:01:26,666 --> 00:01:29,946 AND CREW MEMBERS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND LEAVE PLENTY OF TIME 33 00:01:29,946 --> 00:01:32,086 TO ACCOMPLISH EVERY TASK ON THE SPACEWALK. 34 00:01:32,846 --> 00:01:34,826 THIS WEEK'S QUESTION COMES FROM STUDENTS 35 00:01:34,826 --> 00:01:36,556 AT BETSY ROSS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 36 00:01:37,006 --> 00:01:39,786 THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW ASTRONAUTS CONSUME NUTRIENTS IN SPACE. 37 00:01:40,556 --> 00:01:42,746 LET'S CHECK IN WITH THE CREW ON BOARD THE STATION. 38 00:01:42,746 --> 00:01:44,356 COMMANDER SHANE KIMBROUGH: GREAT QUESTION, 39 00:01:44,356 --> 00:01:45,806 FOOD IS ALWAYS AN IMPORTANT PART 40 00:01:45,806 --> 00:01:48,496 OF EVERYBODY'S WORLD I GUESS, SAME WITH US. 41 00:01:48,526 --> 00:01:50,836 PEGGY IS SHOWING A FEW OF OUR CHOICES HERE. 42 00:01:51,186 --> 00:01:54,716 WITH A DRIONK BAG, A POUCH OF FOOD AS WELL AS DEHYDRATED FOOD, 43 00:01:55,206 --> 00:01:57,756 WE DO HAVE 150 OR SO, I THINK. 44 00:01:57,756 --> 00:02:00,416 THAT'S VERY GOOD, IT DOES GIVE US A LOT OF VARTIETY, 45 00:02:00,416 --> 00:02:02,906 SO WE DON'T GET BORED WITH THE SAME FOOD OVER AND OVER. 46 00:02:03,416 --> 00:02:05,686 AND WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE RUSSIAN CREWMATES 47 00:02:05,686 --> 00:02:07,906 AND FRENCH ASTRONAUTS ON THIS MISSION, 48 00:02:08,276 --> 00:02:10,466 SO WE GET TO ENJOY RUSSIAN FOOD AS WELL 49 00:02:10,466 --> 00:02:11,856 AS FRENCH FOOD SOMETIMES. 50 00:02:11,856 --> 00:02:15,276 IT KEEPS THE VARIETY NICE AND DOESN'T LET US GET BORED 51 00:02:15,276 --> 00:02:16,046 WITH WHAT WE ARE HAVING. 52 00:02:16,456 --> 00:02:18,406 BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO EAT ENOUGH 53 00:02:18,406 --> 00:02:20,346 AND GET THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE THAT YOU MENTIONED, 54 00:02:20,346 --> 00:02:23,296 SO THAT OUR BONES AND MUSCLE DON'T DECAY WHILE THEY'RE 55 00:02:23,296 --> 00:02:24,096 UP HERE IN SPACE. 56 00:02:24,896 --> 00:02:27,156 KEEP SENDING YOUR QUESTIONS USING THE HASHTAG