1 00:00:00,980 --> 00:00:03,340 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND" 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:08,180 JACK FISCHER MIGHT SET THE RECORD FOR MOST"AWESOMES" IN A SPACEFLIGHT. 3 00:00:08,806 --> 00:00:10,176 JACK:"Oh my gosh, this is beautiful!" 4 00:00:10,180 --> 00:00:11,140 PEGGY:"Isn't it?" 5 00:00:12,540 --> 00:00:14,880 JACK:"The biggest slice of awesome pie I've ever seen," 6 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:17,100 PEGGY: "No awesome sauce?'" 7 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:21,316 JACK:"How about a...fondue pot?" 8 00:00:21,316 --> 00:00:23,376 "An enormous fondue pot bubbling 9 00:00:23,376 --> 00:00:25,566 over with piping hot awesome sauce!" 10 00:00:26,806 --> 00:00:29,126 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M DAN HUOT. 11 00:00:29,126 --> 00:00:33,146 ANOTHER SPACEWALK IS IN THE BOOKS FOR 2017. 12 00:00:33,956 --> 00:00:37,736 NASA'S PEGGY WHITSON AND JACK FISCHER SPENT SEVERAL HOURS 13 00:00:37,836 --> 00:00:41,386 WORKING IN THE VACUUM OF SPACE, CRAWLING AROUND THE STATION 14 00:00:41,386 --> 00:00:44,186 IN THEIR BIG WHITE SPACESUITS TO INSTALL AND SWAP 15 00:00:44,186 --> 00:00:46,116 OUT A NUMBER OF HARDWARE ITEMS. 16 00:00:46,596 --> 00:00:49,216 THEY COMPLETED THEIR PRIMARY TASK TO SWAP 17 00:00:49,216 --> 00:00:52,926 OUT SOMETHING CALLED EXPECA, WHICH PROVIDES POWER AND DATA 18 00:00:53,086 --> 00:00:55,686 TO EXPERIMENTS HOUSED OUTSIDE THE STATION. 19 00:00:56,426 --> 00:00:58,626 THEY ALSO INSTALLED SOME TEST EQUIPMENT 20 00:00:58,626 --> 00:01:00,526 ON THE ALPHA MAGNETIC SPECTROMETER. 21 00:01:00,836 --> 00:01:04,586 THIS WAS THE NINTH SPACEWALK FOR PEGGY AND THE FIRST FOR JACK. 22 00:01:05,696 --> 00:01:09,056 SOME PRETTY INCREDIBLE ROBOTICS TOOK PLACE LAST WEEKEND 23 00:01:09,056 --> 00:01:11,116 IN THE LATEST ADVENTURES OF DEXTRE. 24 00:01:12,156 --> 00:01:14,256 JUST ONE WEEK BEFORE THE SPACEWALK, 25 00:01:14,256 --> 00:01:17,476 ROBOTICS CONTROLLERS USED THE SPECIAL PURPOSE DEXTEROUS 26 00:01:17,476 --> 00:01:20,106 MANIPULATOR, OR DEXTRE, TO SWAP 27 00:01:20,106 --> 00:01:22,346 OUT A MAJOR POWER RELAY COMPONENT. 28 00:01:22,886 --> 00:01:24,736 CALLED A MAIN BUS SWITCHING UNIT, 29 00:01:24,986 --> 00:01:27,546 THE POWER BOX WAS STILL ROUTING ELECTRICITY 30 00:01:27,836 --> 00:01:30,016 BUT LOST ITS COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES, 31 00:01:30,346 --> 00:01:32,036 MEANING IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. 32 00:01:32,866 --> 00:01:36,426 USING DEXTRE AND CANADARM2, THE TEAMS INSTALLED 33 00:01:36,426 --> 00:01:38,516 IN A REPLACEMENT BOX IN AN OPERATION 34 00:01:38,736 --> 00:01:40,646 THAT HAD NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. 35 00:01:40,946 --> 00:01:43,896 IN FACT, UNTIL NOW, THESE COULD ONLY BE REPLACED 36 00:01:43,926 --> 00:01:45,456 BY SPACEWALKING ASTRONAUTS. 37 00:01:45,946 --> 00:01:47,646 SCORE ONE FOR THE GROUND TEAMS. 38 00:01:49,026 --> 00:01:52,096 THIS WEEK'S TWITTER QUESTION COMES FROM TARIN DAKOTA 39 00:01:52,356 --> 00:01:53,176 WHO WANTS TO KNOW 40 00:01:53,176 --> 00:01:55,456 IF THE ASTRONAUTS CAN EAT WHATEVER THEY WANT 41 00:01:55,746 --> 00:01:58,146 OR ARE THE MEALS ARRANGED BY A NUTRITIONIST. 42 00:01:58,806 --> 00:02:01,186 IT'S A BIT OF BOTH, WITH THE ASTRONAUTS PICKING FOOD 43 00:02:01,186 --> 00:02:04,646 PREFLIGHT WITH GUIDANCE ON NUTRITION. 44 00:02:04,646 --> 00:02:08,066 EACH ASTRONAUT TESTS OUT THEIR PROSPECTIVE FOODS BEFORE FLIGHT 45 00:02:08,136 --> 00:02:09,576 FROM OUR FOOD LAB'S MENU, 46 00:02:09,896 --> 00:02:12,776 WITH OUR EXPERTS MAKING SURE THEY'LL GET THE RIGHT BALANCE 47 00:02:12,776 --> 00:02:15,406 OF NUTRITION TO STAY HEALTHY WHILE IN ORBIT. 48 00:02:16,016 --> 00:02:19,166 ONCE ONBOARD THOUGH, WHAT THEY EAT AND WHEN IS UP TO THEM. 49 00:02:19,826 --> 00:02:21,576 JACK FISCHER HAS BEEN SHOWING OFF SOME 50 00:02:21,576 --> 00:02:23,886 OF HIS NEW FAVORITE FOODS ON ORBIT LATELY, 51 00:02:24,116 --> 00:02:26,656 ALONG WITH A PRETTY DELICIOUS LOOKING CREATION. 52 00:02:27,866 --> 00:02:30,426 KEEP SENDING YOUR QUESTIONS USING THE HASHTAG