1 00:00:00,606 --> 00:00:02,536 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:03,046 --> 00:00:05,376 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M ISIDRO REYNA. 3 00:00:05,626 --> 00:00:09,416 THIS WEEK, THE CREW WELCOMED THE ORBITAL ATK CYGNUS CARGO SHIP 4 00:00:09,416 --> 00:00:10,126 TO THE STATION. 5 00:00:10,776 --> 00:00:13,636 DUBBED THE S.S. GENE CERNAN AFTER THE LAST PERSON 6 00:00:13,636 --> 00:00:16,356 TO HAVE WALKED ON THE MOON, CYGNUS LAUNCHED INTO ORBIT 7 00:00:16,406 --> 00:00:19,176 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON AN ANTARES ROCKET 8 00:00:19,216 --> 00:00:22,286 ON NOVEMBER 12th, CARRYING NEARLY 7,400 POUNDS 9 00:00:22,286 --> 00:00:25,236 OF CREW SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 10 00:00:25,426 --> 00:00:28,636 TO SUPPORT EXPEDITION 53 AND 54 CREWMEMBERS. 11 00:00:29,186 --> 00:00:31,166 CYGNUS WAS CAPTURED AND BOLTED INTO PLACE 12 00:00:31,166 --> 00:00:32,926 ON THE STATION'S EARTH-FACING PORT 13 00:00:32,926 --> 00:00:35,166 OF THE UNITY MODULE ON NOVEMBER 14TH. 14 00:00:35,376 --> 00:00:37,866 THE SPACECRAFT WILL SPEND NEARLY THREE WEEKS ATTACHED 15 00:00:37,906 --> 00:00:40,386 TO THE STATION BEFORE DEPARTING IN EARLY DECEMBER. 16 00:00:41,416 --> 00:00:42,566 ONE EXPERIMENT DELIVERED 17 00:00:42,566 --> 00:00:45,786 ON CYGNUS IS THE E. COLI ANTI-MICROBIAL SATELLITE, 18 00:00:45,916 --> 00:00:49,036 WHICH COULD HELP US DETERMINE APPROPRIATE ANTIBIOTIC DOSAGES 19 00:00:49,236 --> 00:00:51,956 TO PROTECT ASTRONAUT HEALTH DURING LONG-DURATION MISSIONS. 20 00:00:52,786 --> 00:00:55,496 ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE COULD POSE A DANGER TO ASTRONAUTS, 21 00:00:55,496 --> 00:00:57,976 ESPECIALLY SINCE MICROGRAVITY HAS BEEN SHOWN 22 00:00:57,976 --> 00:00:59,506 TO WEAKEN HUMAN IMMUNE RESPONSE. 23 00:00:59,876 --> 00:01:02,306 THE EXPERIMENT WILL EXPOSE TWO STRAINS OF E. COLI 24 00:01:02,306 --> 00:01:04,406 TO THREE DIFFERENT DOSES OF ANTIBIOTICS; 25 00:01:04,726 --> 00:01:06,336 ONE OF THESE STRAINS IS DEFICIENT 26 00:01:06,336 --> 00:01:09,566 IN THE GENE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCREASED ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE 27 00:01:09,646 --> 00:01:10,636 IN MICROGRAVITY. 28 00:01:11,456 --> 00:01:14,156 THIS WEEK'S TWITTER QUESTION COMES FROM TERESA BOYD. 29 00:01:14,376 --> 00:01:17,736 SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHO ASTRONAUTS CONTACT IF THEY HAVE A QUESTION 30 00:01:17,736 --> 00:01:19,556 ABOUT AN EXPERIMENT WHILE ON THE STATION. 31 00:01:19,956 --> 00:01:23,676 GREAT QUESTION, ASTRONAUTS CAN CALL DOWN TO EARTH AND CONNECT 32 00:01:23,676 --> 00:01:26,226 WITH NASA'S PAYLOAD OPERATIONS INTEGRATION CENTER 33 00:01:26,406 --> 00:01:27,596 IN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA. 34 00:01:28,306 --> 00:01:30,606 THE PAYLOAD OPERATIONS INTEGRATION CENTER IS THE 35 00:01:30,606 --> 00:01:32,996 HEARTBEAT FOR STATION RESEARCH OPERATIONS. 36 00:01:33,326 --> 00:01:36,606 AS NASA'S PRIMARY SPACE STATION SCIENCE COMMAND POST, 37 00:01:36,786 --> 00:01:39,516 THE PAYLOAD OPERATIONS TEAM COORDINATES ALL AMERICAN, 38 00:01:39,686 --> 00:01:42,666 EUROPEAN, JAPANESE, AND CANADIAN SCIENTIFIC 39 00:01:42,666 --> 00:01:44,536 AND COMMERCIAL EXPERIMENTS ON THE STATION, 40 00:01:44,856 --> 00:01:47,776 SYNCHRONIZES PAYLOAD ACTIVITIES OF INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, 41 00:01:47,936 --> 00:01:50,676 AND DIRECTS COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN STATION CREWMEMBERS 42 00:01:50,776 --> 00:01:53,816 AND RESEARCHERS AROUND THE WORLD WITH ONBOARD EXPERIMENTS. 43 00:01:54,396 --> 00:01:56,076 KEEP SENDING US YOUR QUESTIONS USING THE 44 00:01:56,076 --> 00:01:57,496 HASHTAG SPACE-TO-GROUND. 45 00:01:57,896 --> 00:01:59,476 AND FOR THOSE EDUCATORS OUT THERE, 46 00:01:59,706 --> 00:02:03,536 VISIT NASA.GOV/STEMONSTATION TO FIND WAYS 47 00:02:03,536 --> 00:02:07,036 TO GET INVOLVED DURING NASA'S YEAR OF EDUCATION, A CELEBRATION 48 00:02:07,216 --> 00:02:09,396 OF AN ALMOST 12-MONTH PRESENCE OF A TEACHER