1 00:00:00,606 --> 00:00:02,536 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:03,106 --> 00:00:05,316 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M ISIDRO REYNA. 3 00:00:05,586 --> 00:00:07,906 WE'RE CONTINUING OUR SUMMER ROAD TRIP, SHOWING OFF SOME 4 00:00:07,906 --> 00:00:09,886 OF THE SIGHTS AT NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. 5 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,180 TODAY WE'RE IN MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON. 6 00:00:13,700 --> 00:00:16,900 SINCE 1965, MISSION CONTROL HAS BEEN THE HELM 7 00:00:16,906 --> 00:00:18,316 OF AMERICA'S HUMAN SPACEFLIGHTS. 8 00:00:18,876 --> 00:00:21,516 WITH A PERMANENT HUMAN PRESENCE ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 9 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,520 STATION, FLIGHT CONTROL TEAMS OF EXPERIENCED ENGINEERS, 10 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:28,140 MEDICAL OFFICERS AND TECHNICIANS ARE ON DUTY 7 DAYS A WEEK, 11 00:00:28,140 --> 00:00:31,240 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR. 12 00:00:31,746 --> 00:00:33,716 WORKING WITH COUNTERPARTS OVERSEAS, 13 00:00:33,716 --> 00:00:35,606 FLIGHT CONTROLLERS KEEP A CONSTANT WATCH 14 00:00:35,606 --> 00:00:38,280 ON THE CREW'S ACTIVITIES AND MONITOR SPACE SYSTEMS, 15 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:39,600 CREW HEALTH AND SAFETY. 16 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:42,680 THREE NEW CREW MEMBERS ARE SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH 17 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,820 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON FRIDAY, JULY 28. 18 00:00:46,540 --> 00:00:50,440 NASA ASTRONAUT RANDY BRESNIK, SERGEY RYAZANSKIY OF ROSCOSMOS 19 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:51,700 AND PAOLO NESPOLI 20 00:00:51,706 --> 00:00:53,676 OF THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY WILL LAUNCH 21 00:00:53,676 --> 00:00:55,726 FROM THE BAIKONUR COSMODROME IN KAZAKHSTAN. 22 00:00:56,076 --> 00:00:58,846 THE EXPEDITION 52/53 CREW WILL SPEND MORE 23 00:00:58,846 --> 00:01:01,726 THAN FOUR MONTHS TOGETHER ABOARD THE ORBITAL COMPLEX BEFORE 24 00:01:01,726 --> 00:01:03,000 RETURNING TO EARTH IN DECEMBER. 25 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:05,396 THE ARRIVING CREW WILL BE WELCOMED ONBOARD 26 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:09,080 BY EXPEDITION 52 COMMANDER FYODOR YURCHIKHIN OF ROSCOSMOS 27 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:10,980 AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS PEGGY WHITSON 28 00:01:10,986 --> 00:01:12,256 AND JACK FISCHER OF NASA. 29 00:01:12,746 --> 00:01:14,086 THE SOON-TO-BE SIX CREW MEMBERS 30 00:01:14,086 --> 00:01:17,536 OF EXPEDITION 52 WILL CONTINUE WORK ON HUNDREDS OF EXPERIMENTS 31 00:01:17,536 --> 00:01:20,376 IN BIOLOGY, BIOTECHNOLOGY, PHYSICAL SCIENCE 32 00:01:20,376 --> 00:01:22,676 AND EARTH SCIENCE ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 33 00:01:23,386 --> 00:01:25,416 THIS WEEK ON STATION, THE CREW WORKED 34 00:01:25,420 --> 00:01:27,340 ON THE CAPILLARY STRUCTURES EXPERIMENT, 35 00:01:27,340 --> 00:01:28,980 WHICH INVESTIGATES WATER RECYCLING 36 00:01:28,980 --> 00:01:30,700 AND CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL. 37 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:32,686 CURRENT LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEMS 38 00:01:32,686 --> 00:01:35,066 ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION REQUIRE SPECIAL 39 00:01:35,066 --> 00:01:38,506 EQUIPMENT TO SEPARATE LIQUIDS AND GASES, INCLUDING ROTATING 40 00:01:38,506 --> 00:01:40,880 OR MOVING DEVICES THAT COULD CAUSE CONTAMINATION 41 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:42,220 IF THEY BREAK OR FAIL. 42 00:01:42,620 --> 00:01:45,156 THE CAPILLARY STRUCTURES INVESTIGATION STUDIES A NEW 43 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,820 METHOD USING STRUCTURES OF SPECIFIC SHAPES 44 00:01:47,820 --> 00:01:49,920 TO MANAGE FLUID AND GAS MIXTURES. 45 00:01:50,176 --> 00:01:52,506 THE INVESTIGATION STUDIES WATER RECYCLING 46 00:01:52,506 --> 00:01:55,560 AND CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL, BENEFITING FUTURE EFFORTS 47 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,696 TO DESIGN LIGHTWEIGHT, MORE RELIABLE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS 48 00:01:58,700 --> 00:01:59,940 FOR FUTURE SPACE MISSIONS. 49 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:02,760 THIS WEEK'S QUESTION COMES FROM RHOJ. 50 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,720 HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT SOME ASTRONAUT PASTIMES ARE ABOARD 51 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:06,300 THE STATION. 52 00:02:06,926 --> 00:02:09,396 WELL, LIVING IN SPACE IS NOT JUST ALL WORK. 53 00:02:09,816 --> 00:02:12,686 CREW MEMBERS DO GET A BREAK FROM THEIR BUSY SCHEDULES. 54 00:02:12,686 --> 00:02:14,856 DAYS OR EVEN MONTHS OF STRAIGHT WORK ARE CERTAIN 55 00:02:14,856 --> 00:02:15,796 TO CAUSE STRESS. 56 00:02:16,166 --> 00:02:18,916 THAT'S WHY FLIGHT PLANNERS ON EARTH SCHEDULE TIME FOR THE CREW 57 00:02:18,916 --> 00:02:21,756 TO RELAX, EXERCISE AND HAVE FUN. 58 00:02:22,100 --> 00:02:23,700 LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON EARTH, 59 00:02:23,700 --> 00:02:26,280 ASTRONAUTS USUALLY GET WEEKENDS OFF WHILE ON THE STATION. 60 00:02:26,700 --> 00:02:30,540 ON ANY GIVEN DAY, CREW MEMBERS CAN WATCH MOVIES, PLAY MUSIC, 61 00:02:30,540 --> 00:02:33,976 READ BOOKS, PLAY CARDS AND TALK TO THEIR FAMILIES. 62 00:02:33,976 --> 00:02:36,956 THEY HAVE AN EXERCISE BIKE, A TREADMILL AND OTHER EQUIPMENT 63 00:02:36,956 --> 00:02:38,346 TO HELP KEEP THEIR BODIES IN SHAPE. 64 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,260 SOME CREW MEMBERS USE THEIR FREE TIME TO PHOTOGRAPH EARTH, 65 00:02:42,260 --> 00:02:44,720 TAKING STUNNING IMAGES ABOVE EARTH'S 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