1 00:00:00,606 --> 00:00:02,536 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:03,036 --> 00:00:05,396 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M ISIDRO REYNA. 3 00:00:05,706 --> 00:00:08,746 THIS WEEK ON STATION, THE CREW SPOTTED THE SOLAR ECLIPSE - 4 00:00:09,136 --> 00:00:10,086 THREE TIMES! 5 00:00:10,566 --> 00:00:14,066 ON MONDAY, AUGUST 21st, MILLIONS IN NORTH AMERICA WERE TREATED 6 00:00:14,066 --> 00:00:16,336 TO ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR EVENTS IN NATURE: 7 00:00:16,660 --> 00:00:18,240 A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. 8 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,880 FOR THE SIX EXPEDITION 52 CREW MEMBERS ABOARD THE INTERATIONAL 9 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,336 SPACE STATION, THEY HAD AN ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME VIEW 10 00:00:24,336 --> 00:00:27,436 OF THE ECLIPSE FROM 252 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. 11 00:00:28,020 --> 00:00:30,740 THE ORBITING CREWMATES EMPLOYED A MULTITUDE OF CAMERAS 12 00:00:30,740 --> 00:00:33,536 TO PHOTOGRAPH THE EVENT, CAPTURING STUNNING VIEWS 13 00:00:33,536 --> 00:00:35,116 OF THE MOON'S SHADOW AGAINST THE EARTH. 14 00:00:36,046 --> 00:00:38,846 "THIS IS MUCH DARKER THAN I GAVE IT CREDIT FOR BEING. 15 00:00:38,946 --> 00:00:43,376 UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS KIND OF NEAR THE LIMB, NEAR THE EDGE 16 00:00:43,376 --> 00:00:44,556 OF THE EARTH FROM OUR VIEW. 17 00:00:44,776 --> 00:00:48,046 BUT IT STILL WAS IMPRESSIVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE 18 00:00:48,046 --> 00:00:50,196 THAT DARK SPOT AS WE PASSED BY." 19 00:00:50,976 --> 00:00:54,276 SKILLED NASA PHOTOGRAPHERS ALSO CAPTURED SPECTACULAR VIEWS 20 00:00:54,276 --> 00:00:56,486 OF THE STATION AS IT TRAVERSED THE SUN 21 00:00:56,486 --> 00:00:58,086 IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE ECLIPSE. 22 00:00:59,176 --> 00:01:02,646 THIS WEEK, ROBOTICS CONTROLLERS EXTRACTED A NEW ASTROPHYSICS 23 00:01:02,646 --> 00:01:06,176 EXPERIMENT FROM THE TRUNK OF THE SPACEX DRAGON CARGO CRAFT. 24 00:01:07,006 --> 00:01:09,766 THE CANADARM2 WILL HAND OFF THE NEW ASTRONOMY GEAR 25 00:01:09,986 --> 00:01:11,706 TO THE JAPANESE ROBOTIC ARM 26 00:01:11,866 --> 00:01:14,026 WHICH WILL THEN INSTALL IT OUTSIDE THE KIBO 27 00:01:14,026 --> 00:01:15,056 LABORATORY MODULE. 28 00:01:15,536 --> 00:01:18,496 DUBBED CREAM, SHORT FOR COSMIC RAY ENERGETICS 29 00:01:18,500 --> 00:01:20,380 AND MASS INVESTIGATION, IT WILL LOOK 30 00:01:20,380 --> 00:01:22,700 TO SOLVE A CENTURY OLD MYSTERY IN ASTROPHYSICS; 31 00:01:23,116 --> 00:01:24,676 THE ORIGIN OF COSMIC RAYS. 32 00:01:25,686 --> 00:01:28,056 NASA'S NEWEST ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES REPORTED 33 00:01:28,056 --> 00:01:30,376 FOR DUTY THIS WEEK AT THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. 34 00:01:31,116 --> 00:01:33,886 THE CANDIDATES BEGIN TWO-YEARS OF TRAINING THAT WILL FOCUS 35 00:01:33,886 --> 00:01:37,080 ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SYSTEMS, SPACEWALKING, 36 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,480 ROBOTIC OPERATIONS, T-38 JET OPERATIONS, 37 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:41,840 AND THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE. 38 00:01:42,126 --> 00:01:44,426 ON TUESDAY, THE CLASS OF 12 ALONG 39 00:01:44,426 --> 00:01:47,616 WITH TWO CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES HAD AN 40 00:01:47,616 --> 00:01:49,346 OPPORTUNITY TO GET A LITTLE ADVICE 41 00:01:49,346 --> 00:01:50,986 FROM THE CURRENT CREW ABOARD THE STATION. 42 00:01:51,466 --> 00:01:54,436 "ONCE YOU HAVE A FEEL, AFTER YOU'VE GONE THROUGH FOR A YEAR 43 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:57,060 OR TWO,AND YOU HAVE FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING 44 00:01:57,060 --> 00:02:00,820 AND WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU'LL BE SEEING THINGS THAT YOU THINK 45 00:02:00,826 --> 00:02:03,286 "WELL WHY DON'T WE FIX THIS OR WHY DON'T WE FIX THAT." 46 00:02:03,746 --> 00:02:06,706 WELL TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY AND HELP PEOPLE FIX IT. 47 00:02:06,976 --> 00:02:08,366 COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS, 48 00:02:08,766 --> 00:02:11,066 AND DON'T BE THE PERSON THAT'S JUST ALWAYS ASKING 49 00:02:11,066 --> 00:02:11,886 "WHY DON'T WE." 50 00:02:12,246 --> 00:02:15,976 BE THE PERSON THAT HELPS FINDS ANWSERS, HELPS FINDS SOLUTIONS, 51 00:02:15,976 --> 00:02:18,486 HELPS FIND THE BETTER WAY TO GET THINGS DONE." 52 00:02:19,266 --> 00:02:21,886 AS ALWAYS, WE INVITE YOU TO SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS USING THE