1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:02,880 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:03,986 --> 00:00:05,840 AAAAND THEY STUCK THE LANDING! 3 00:00:07,846 --> 00:00:09,696 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M GARY JORDAN. 4 00:00:10,226 --> 00:00:11,036 THIS WEEK, HALF 5 00:00:11,036 --> 00:00:13,596 OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION'S INHABITANTS DEPARTED 6 00:00:13,596 --> 00:00:16,356 THE ORBITING COMPLEX AND LANDED SAFELY IN KAZAHKSTAN. 7 00:00:17,786 --> 00:00:20,926 SHANE KIMBROUGH, SERGEY RYZHIKOV AND ANDREY BORISENKO TOUCHED 8 00:00:20,926 --> 00:00:22,526 DOWN IN THE ASIAN COUNTRY ON MONDAY, 9 00:00:22,956 --> 00:00:26,176 COMPLETING THEIR 173-DAY STAY ABOARD THE STATION. 10 00:00:26,896 --> 00:00:29,836 THE TRIO CONDUCTED HUNDREDS OF EXPERIMENTS IN BIOLOGY, 11 00:00:29,936 --> 00:00:32,336 BIOTECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCE DURING THEIR 12 00:00:32,336 --> 00:00:33,556 NEAR-SIX-MONTH STAY. 13 00:00:34,156 --> 00:00:36,436 SHANE KIMBROUGH COMPLETED FOUR SPACEWALKS DURING HIS STAY, 14 00:00:36,436 --> 00:00:37,786 IN PART TO HELP SET THE STATION 15 00:00:37,786 --> 00:00:39,666 UP FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL CREW VEHICLES. 16 00:00:40,016 --> 00:00:41,066 WELCOME HOME, GENTLEMEN. 17 00:00:41,986 --> 00:00:44,116 WITH THE THREE CREWMEBERS NOW BACK ON PLANET EARTH, 18 00:00:44,186 --> 00:00:45,916 THERE'S A NEW COMMANDER ABOARD THE STATION, 19 00:00:46,326 --> 00:00:47,716 AND SHE'S STAYING BUSY WITH SCIENCE. 20 00:00:48,516 --> 00:00:50,816 COMMANDER PEGGY WHITSON ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE STATION 21 00:00:50,816 --> 00:00:52,316 FROM SHANE KIMBROUGH ON SUNDAY. 22 00:00:52,906 --> 00:00:55,286 THIS MARKS THE SECOND TIME SHE HAS COMMANDED THE INTERNATIONAL 23 00:00:55,286 --> 00:00:57,506 SPACE STATION, A FIRST FOR FEMALE ASTRONAUTS. 24 00:00:58,456 --> 00:01:00,826 BUT AFTER THE FINAL GOODBYES TO HER FELLOW CREWMATES, 25 00:01:00,826 --> 00:01:01,936 IT WAS RIGHT BACK TO WORK. 26 00:01:02,536 --> 00:01:05,406 WHITSON TOOK AN EXAM FOR THE LIGHTING EFFECTS EXPERIMENT THIS 27 00:01:05,406 --> 00:01:08,176 WEEK, WHICH LOOKS AT HOW THE LIGHTS INSIDE THE STATION COULD 28 00:01:08,176 --> 00:01:10,356 AFFECT SLEEP AND COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE, 29 00:01:10,486 --> 00:01:12,926 SPECIFICALLY HOW LED'S WITH ADJUSTABLE BRIGHTNESS 30 00:01:12,926 --> 00:01:14,916 AND COLOR COULD IMPROVE THESE FACTORS. 31 00:01:15,506 --> 00:01:17,936 FINDINGS FROM THIS STUDY COULD BE APPLIED RIGHT HERE ON EARTH, 32 00:01:18,266 --> 00:01:20,366 ADJUSTING THE LIGHTING ENVIRONMENT AT THE WORKPLACE 33 00:01:20,416 --> 00:01:23,306 AND AT HOME TO PROMOTE ALERTNESS DURING WAKING HOURS 34 00:01:23,386 --> 00:01:25,316 AND SLEEP DURING EVENING, RESPECTIVELY. 35 00:01:26,696 --> 00:01:29,036 THIS WEEK'S QUESTION COMES FROM TERESA WHO WANTS 36 00:01:29,036 --> 00:01:31,426 TO KNOW HOW MANY SPACWALKING SUITS ARE ON THE STATION 37 00:01:31,426 --> 00:01:32,556 AND IF THERE ARE SPARE PARTS. 38 00:01:32,966 --> 00:01:34,856 WELL LET'S JUST SAY THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED 39 00:01:35,136 --> 00:01:36,696 AND A LITTLE BIT MORE, JUST IN CASE. 40 00:01:36,806 --> 00:01:40,936 THERE ARE 6 SPACEWALKING OR EVA SUITS ON BOARD THE STATION. 41 00:01:41,446 --> 00:01:43,856 TWO ARE THE RUSSIAN ORLAN SUITS AND FOUR ARE WHAT WE 42 00:01:43,856 --> 00:01:47,046 LIKE TO CALL EMUS, OR EXTRAVEHICULAR MOBILITY UNITS. 43 00:01:47,796 --> 00:01:50,326 THERE IS A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE REDUNDANCY HARDWARE, 44 00:01:50,366 --> 00:01:51,656 OR SPARE PARTS, ABOARD... 45 00:01:52,076 --> 00:01:52,916 AND THERE IS A LOT OF IT. 46 00:01:53,506 --> 00:01:57,066 FOR THE EMUS, THEY HAVE SPARE GLOVES, BOOTS, HELMETS, LIGHTS, 47 00:01:57,216 --> 00:01:59,156 CAMERAS, TUBES AND MUCH MORE. 48 00:02:00,346 --> 00:02:02,316 KEEP SENDING YOUR QUESTIONS USING THE HASHTAG