1 00:00:00,380 --> 00:00:01,756 HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND 2 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:05,920 CARGO INBOUND AND CREW OUTBOUND! 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,400 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M DAN HUOT. 4 00:00:09,796 --> 00:00:12,846 SPACEX'S ELEVENTH DRAGON WILL SOON BE HEADED 5 00:00:12,846 --> 00:00:14,466 TO THE SPACE STATION. 6 00:00:15,186 --> 00:00:17,526 THE CARGO CAPSULE'S FLIGHT WAS DELAYED A BIT 7 00:00:17,526 --> 00:00:19,906 BUT SOON IT'LL LAUNCH ATOP A FALCON 9 8 00:00:19,906 --> 00:00:22,056 FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA. 9 00:00:22,766 --> 00:00:26,346 IT'S PACKED WITH NEARLY 6,000 POUNDS OF SCIENCE AND SUPPLIES 10 00:00:26,346 --> 00:00:29,326 FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, INCLUDING MATERIALS 11 00:00:29,326 --> 00:00:31,056 FOR DOZENS OF NEW EXPERIMENTS. 12 00:00:31,986 --> 00:00:34,696 DRAGON WILL ARRIVE AT STATION A FEW DAYS AFTER LAUNCH 13 00:00:34,696 --> 00:00:37,676 AND NASA'S JACK FISCHER AND PEGGY WHITSON WILL BE READY 14 00:00:37,676 --> 00:00:40,976 WITH THE CANDARM2 ROBOTIC ARM TO REACH OUT AND CAPTURE IT. 15 00:00:41,706 --> 00:00:42,996 WE'LL BE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME 16 00:00:42,996 --> 00:00:45,916 OF THE EXCITING SCIENCE BEING DELIVERED IN THE WEEKS TO COME, 17 00:00:46,186 --> 00:00:49,216 STUDYING EVERYTHING FROM HUMAN HEALTH TO NEUTRON STARS. 18 00:00:49,666 --> 00:00:52,346 AND AFTER 196 DAYS IN SPACE, 19 00:00:52,486 --> 00:00:56,086 TWO EXPEDITION 51 CREWMEMBERS RETURNED HOME ON FRIDAY. 20 00:00:56,086 --> 00:00:59,146 ESA ASTRONAUT THOMAS PESQUET 21 00:00:59,146 --> 00:01:01,826 AND RUSSIAN COSMONAUT OLEG NOVITSKIY TOUCHED 22 00:01:01,826 --> 00:01:04,596 DOWN IN KAZAKHSTAN TO WRAP UP THEIR STAY IN SPACE. 23 00:01:04,816 --> 00:01:08,096 THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT FOR PESQUET AND THE SECOND 24 00:01:08,096 --> 00:01:11,846 FOR NOVITSKIY, WHO NOW HAS 340 DAYS IN SPACE. 25 00:01:12,086 --> 00:01:15,276 THEY LAUNCHED BACK IN NOVEMBER ALONG WITH PEGGY WHITSON 26 00:01:15,276 --> 00:01:18,176 WHO HAD HER STAY EXTENDED, REMAINING ONBOARD 27 00:01:18,176 --> 00:01:21,746 UNTIL SEPTEMBER WHEN SHE'LL TAKE THE EMPTY SEAT IN THE SOYUZ 28 00:01:21,746 --> 00:01:23,716 WITH JACK FISCHER AND FYODOR YURCHIKHIN. 29 00:01:24,436 --> 00:01:27,136 THIS WEEK'S TWITTER QUESTION COMES FROM NICK WHO WANTED 30 00:01:27,136 --> 00:01:30,126 TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE USUALLY UP IN SPACE AT A TIME. 31 00:01:30,626 --> 00:01:33,226 WELL IT JUST CHANGED WITH THIS LANDING BUT WE'LL BE BACK 32 00:01:33,226 --> 00:01:34,536 AT FULL STRENGTH THIS SUMMER. 33 00:01:35,476 --> 00:01:38,856 RIGHT NOW THERE ARE ONLY THREE PEOPLE IN SPACE: PEGGY WHITSON, 34 00:01:38,856 --> 00:01:40,736 JACK FISCHER AND FYODOR YURCHIKHIN. 35 00:01:41,026 --> 00:01:44,086 THEN THREE NEW CREWMEMBERS WILL LAUNCH AT THE END OF JULY 36 00:01:44,086 --> 00:01:47,146 AND GET US BACK UP TO OUR USUAL POPULATION OF 6. 37 00:01:47,976 --> 00:01:49,586 IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE THOUGH, 38 00:01:49,586 --> 00:01:52,406 U.S. COMMERCIAL CREW VEHICLES WILL ENABLE US 39 00:01:52,446 --> 00:01:53,906 TO ADD ANOTHER CREWMEMBER, 40 00:01:54,156 --> 00:01:56,346 BUMPING THE STATION CREW UP TO 7. 41 00:01:57,116 --> 00:01:59,256 AN IMPORTANT FACTOID TO REMEMBER THOUGH, 42 00:01:59,256 --> 00:02:00,966 WE'VE HAD AT LEAST TWO HUMANS 43 00:02:00,966 --> 00:02:04,356 IN SPACE EVERY SINGLE DAY SINCE NOVEMBER 2000. 44 00:02:05,156 --> 00:02:07,566 KEEP SENDING YOUR QUESTIONS USING THE HASHTAG