1 00:00:00,606 --> 00:00:02,536 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:02,806 --> 00:00:05,046 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M ISIDRO REYNA. 3 00:00:05,346 --> 00:00:08,536 THIS WEEK, EXPEDITION 53 CREW MEMBERS RETURNED TO EARTH, 4 00:00:08,826 --> 00:00:10,826 WHILE THE SPACE X DRAGON HEADS TO ORBIT. 5 00:00:11,536 --> 00:00:14,026 EXPEDITION 53 COMMANDER RANDY BRESNIK 6 00:00:14,176 --> 00:00:15,866 WITH FLIGHT ENGINEERS PAOLO NESPOLI 7 00:00:15,866 --> 00:00:17,846 AND SERGEY RYAZANSKIY LANDED BACK 8 00:00:17,846 --> 00:00:20,060 ON EARTH IN KAZAKHSTAN ON DEC.14 . 9 00:00:20,060 --> 00:00:23,300 AFTER A THREE-AND-A-HALF HOUR RIDE ABOARD A SOYUZ SPACECRAFT. 10 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,440 THEIR RETURN CONCLUDES 139 DAYS IN SPACE. 11 00:00:27,146 --> 00:00:31,646 UP NEXT, EXPEDITION 54-55 CREW MEMBERS WILL BLAST OFF DEC.17 12 00:00:31,646 --> 00:00:35,046 ABOARD THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT AND TAKE A TWO-DAY TRIP 13 00:00:35,106 --> 00:00:36,276 TO ITS NEW HOME IN SPACE. 14 00:00:36,876 --> 00:00:39,946 ANTON SHKAPLEROV, A VETERAN COSMONAUT FROM ROSCOSMOS, 15 00:00:39,946 --> 00:00:42,126 WILL LEAD THE FLIGHT TO THE STATION FLANKED 16 00:00:42,126 --> 00:00:44,546 BY FIRST-TIME ASTRONAUTS SCOTT TINGLE OF NASA 17 00:00:44,756 --> 00:00:48,346 AND NORISHIGE KANAI OF THE JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY. 18 00:00:49,236 --> 00:00:51,796 THE NEXT SPACEX DRAGON CARGO CRAFT HAS LAUNCHED 19 00:00:51,796 --> 00:00:53,286 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 20 00:00:54,146 --> 00:00:57,676 THE FALCON 9 ROCKET LAUNCHED ON FRIDAY MORNING, SENDING DRAGON 21 00:00:57,676 --> 00:00:59,236 ON A TWO-DAY TRIP TO THE STATION. 22 00:00:59,516 --> 00:01:01,756 DRAGON WILL DELIVER ABOUT 4,800 POUNDS 23 00:01:01,756 --> 00:01:03,756 OF CREW SUPPLIES AND SCIENCE GEAR. 24 00:01:04,076 --> 00:01:07,066 ASTRONAUTS MARK VANDE HEI AND JOE ACABA WILL CAPTURE 25 00:01:07,066 --> 00:01:09,296 AND INSTALL DRAGON TO THE STATIONS HARMONY MODULE, 26 00:01:09,296 --> 00:01:11,376 WHERE IT WILL STAY UNTIL JAN.6. 27 00:01:11,496 --> 00:01:14,526 THIS WEEK, STUDENTS FROM NINE SCHOOL DISTRICTS 28 00:01:14,526 --> 00:01:17,426 IN PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK 29 00:01:17,426 --> 00:01:19,686 WITH MARK VANDE HEI, WHO IS CURRENTLY WORKING 30 00:01:19,866 --> 00:01:22,406 AND DOING RESEARCH ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 31 00:01:22,996 --> 00:01:26,386 "How did your body, mentally and physically, 32 00:01:26,496 --> 00:01:29,756 first react when you flew and arrived into space?" 33 00:01:30,486 --> 00:01:32,926 "It felt kind of like being at the top of a roller coaster, 34 00:01:32,926 --> 00:01:34,556 a fast moving roller coaster to get to the top 35 00:01:34,556 --> 00:01:36,786 and it starts going back down where you can arise 36 00:01:36,786 --> 00:01:39,246 out of your seat, except what I've experienced 37 00:01:39,246 --> 00:01:40,976 that on the ground on a roller coaster, 38 00:01:41,366 --> 00:01:43,246 that was a very momentary feeling. 39 00:01:43,926 --> 00:01:47,236 And psychologically, I was very excited. 40 00:01:47,666 --> 00:01:50,566 I was amazed at how big the space station was. 41 00:01:50,876 --> 00:01:55,246 It was, also a little stressful as you can imagine because I had 42 00:01:55,246 --> 00:01:57,806 to get to work and there's a lot of visibility 43 00:01:57,806 --> 00:01:58,686 in the work we do up here." 44 00:01:59,256 --> 00:02:00,996 KEEP SENDING US YOUR QUESTIONS USING THE