1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:02,520 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,460 THE NEW U.S. HIGH-TIME SPACE NINJA! 3 00:00:07,980 --> 00:00:10,600 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M DAN HUOT. 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,906 PEGGY WHITSON IS NOW THE RECORD HOLDER FOR MOST TIME 5 00:00:13,906 --> 00:00:15,656 IN SPACE FOR AN AMERICAN. 6 00:00:16,416 --> 00:00:18,746 SHE SURPASSED JEFF WILLIAMS' MARK 7 00:00:18,746 --> 00:00:22,266 OF 534 DAYS EARLY ON MONDAY MORNING. 8 00:00:22,756 --> 00:00:27,946 WHEN SHE LAUNCHED LAST NOVEMBER, PEGGY ALREADY HAD 377 DAYS 9 00:00:27,946 --> 00:00:31,266 IN SPACE FROM TWO PREVIOUS LONG DURATION MISSIONS. 10 00:00:32,256 --> 00:00:35,176 ALONG WITH BEING THE FIRST WOMAN TO COMMAND THE STATION, 11 00:00:35,420 --> 00:00:37,400 NOT TO MENTION THE FIRST TO DO IT TWICE, 12 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,540 AND BEING THE CURRENT RECORD HOLDER FOR MOST SPACEWALKS 13 00:00:40,566 --> 00:00:43,356 BY A FEMALE ASTRONAUT, PEGGY IS ONE 14 00:00:43,356 --> 00:00:46,496 OF THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED ASTRONAUTS IN NASA'S HISTORY. 15 00:00:47,106 --> 00:00:50,016 AND ON MONDAY, SHE GOT A VERY SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS: 16 00:00:50,566 --> 00:00:54,446 "TODAY COMMANDER WHITSON, YOU HAVE BROKEN THE RECOND 17 00:00:54,546 --> 00:00:58,656 FOR THE MOST TOTAL TIME SPENT IN SPACE BY AN AMERICAN ASTRONAUT, 18 00:00:59,076 --> 00:01:04,186 534 DAYS AND COUNTING.THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE RECORD TO BREAK, 19 00:01:04,786 --> 00:01:09,426 AND ON BEHALF OF OUR NATION AND FRANKLY ON BEHALF OF THE WORLD, 20 00:01:09,996 --> 00:01:11,586 I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU." 21 00:01:12,306 --> 00:01:15,556 THERE ARE SO MANY INCREDIBLE THINGS TO SEE IN SPACE, 22 00:01:15,686 --> 00:01:18,436 AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, WE SAW THEM LIVE 23 00:01:18,436 --> 00:01:20,266 IN ULTRA-HIGH DEFINITION. 24 00:01:21,036 --> 00:01:23,756 TALKING TO A PANEL AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 25 00:01:23,756 --> 00:01:27,516 OF BRAODCASTERS CONVENTION IN LAS VEGAS AND GOING OUT LIVE 26 00:01:27,576 --> 00:01:30,276 TO VIEWERS AROUND THE WORLD, PEGGY WHITSON 27 00:01:30,276 --> 00:01:32,956 AND JACK FISCHER DID THE FIRST EVER DEMONSTRATION 28 00:01:33,176 --> 00:01:36,186 OF LIVE ULTRA-HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO FROM SPACE. 29 00:01:37,296 --> 00:01:40,716 WITH FOUR TIMES THE RESOLUTION OF REGULAR HD, 30 00:01:40,946 --> 00:01:43,716 WE'RE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THE STUNNING MARVELS 31 00:01:43,716 --> 00:01:45,946 OF SPACE WITH UNREAL CLARITY. 32 00:01:46,566 --> 00:01:48,846 "PROBABLY THE BIGGEST IMPACT 33 00:01:49,236 --> 00:01:54,416 THAT THESE TECHNOLOGIES WILL HAVE IS BRINGING EVERYONE ELSE 34 00:01:54,416 --> 00:01:57,646 ON THE PLANET TO SEE THESE AMAZING SITES THAT WE GET 35 00:01:57,646 --> 00:02:00,020 TO SEE EVERYDAY, AND INSPIRE THEM 36 00:02:00,020 --> 00:02:02,900 TO PUSH BEYOND JUST LIVING ON EARTH." 37 00:02:03,620 --> 00:02:07,280 BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR MORE 4K CONTENT 38 00:02:07,476 --> 00:02:09,956 TO EXPERIENCE SPACE LIKE NEVER BEFORE. 39 00:02:10,936 --> 00:02:14,346 THIS WEEK'S TWITTER QUESTION COMES FROM STEM CLASS MMS 8 40 00:02:14,346 --> 00:02:17,700 AND THEY WANTED TO KNOW IF THE ISS HAS A RESCUE VEHICLE 41 00:02:17,700 --> 00:02:20,680 THAT CAN RETRIEVE OBJECTS THAT FLOAT AWAY FROM STATION. 42 00:02:21,026 --> 00:02:23,556 THEY DON'T, WHICH IS WHY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 43 00:02:23,556 --> 00:02:26,466 TO KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING. 44 00:02:26,466 --> 00:02:29,006 AS YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN DURING A RECENT SPACEWALK, 45 00:02:29,006 --> 00:02:31,716 OBJECTS DO OCCASIONALLY GET AWAY FROM ASTRONAUTS 46 00:02:31,776 --> 00:02:33,076 AND FLOAT OFF INTO SPACE. 47 00:02:33,746 --> 00:02:34,706 IF THEY'RE LARGE ENOUGH, 48 00:02:34,776 --> 00:02:38,456 PEOPLE ON THE GROUND CAN TRACK THEM EVEN AS THEY FLY FAR AWAY 49 00:02:38,516 --> 00:02:41,296 FROM THE STATION TO MAKE SURE THEY AREN'T GOING TO COME BACK 50 00:02:41,296 --> 00:02:42,436 AROUND AND HIT ANYTHING. 51 00:02:43,026 --> 00:02:44,796 AS FOR THE ASTRONAUTS THEMSELVES, 52 00:02:44,846 --> 00:02:47,566 THEY HAVE SMALL JET PACKS ATTACHED TO THEIR SPACESUITS 53 00:02:47,866 --> 00:02:49,646 IN CASE THEY FLOAT AWAY FROM STATION, 54 00:02:50,006 --> 00:02:51,836 SO NO RESCUE VEHICLE REQUIRED. 55 00:02:52,796 --> 00:02:54,686 KEEP SENDING YOUR QUESTIONS USING THE