1 00:00:22,470 --> 00:00:19,109 so 2 00:00:25,029 --> 00:00:22,480 experiment which is actually trying to 3 00:00:26,790 --> 00:00:25,039 get a sample that originated on the iss 4 00:00:29,349 --> 00:00:26,800 and the goal was really to show that you 5 00:00:32,389 --> 00:00:29,359 could go all the way from a sample to an 6 00:00:41,270 --> 00:00:32,399 answer all on board i am going to do 7 00:00:45,750 --> 00:00:43,910 last week we took some surface samples 8 00:00:47,990 --> 00:00:45,760 microbial surface samples there'll be 9 00:00:50,069 --> 00:00:48,000 enough dna after we magnify it to 10 00:00:52,150 --> 00:00:50,079 sequence it and then from that sequence 11 00:00:53,590 --> 00:00:52,160 then we can determine what type of 12 00:00:55,830 --> 00:00:53,600 bacteria it is so it's going to be 13 00:00:57,510 --> 00:00:55,840 really exciting for us i think to try 14 00:01:11,820 --> 00:00:57,520 and do this for the first time all on 15 00:01:19,670 --> 00:01:18,149 [Music] 16 00:01:21,270 --> 00:01:19,680 in that moment she's in the this 17 00:01:23,670 --> 00:01:21,280 microgravity science club box as she's 18 00:01:25,429 --> 00:01:23,680 collecting those cells my heart was just 19 00:01:29,429 --> 00:01:25,439 pounding because what she did had never 20 00:01:32,230 --> 00:01:29,439 been done our dna cake is in the pcr 21 00:01:34,310 --> 00:01:32,240 oven we'll look forward to getting lots 22 00:01:53,270 --> 00:01:34,320 and lots of dna from each of those three 23 00:01:56,469 --> 00:01:55,270 they're like we can just patch your cell 24 00:01:58,789 --> 00:01:56,479 phone in 25 00:02:00,630 --> 00:01:58,799 to the space to ground loops and you can 26 00:02:02,789 --> 00:02:00,640 just talk to peggy on your cell phone to 27 00:02:04,789 --> 00:02:02,799 do this there's hurricane raging 28 00:02:05,990 --> 00:02:04,799 literally outside but the folks in 29 00:02:07,910 --> 00:02:06,000 marshall they're on it they're going to 30 00:02:10,309 --> 00:02:07,920 make this happen science on station is 31 00:02:13,190 --> 00:02:10,319 not stopping because of hurricane harvey 32 00:02:15,350 --> 00:02:13,200 and right away we saw one microorganism 33 00:02:18,070 --> 00:02:15,360 pop up and then a second one i thought 34 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:18,080 oh my gosh i am watching the first 35 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:22,850 sequences ever of an unknown from space 36 00:02:34,949 --> 00:02:32,949 i checked several times like i ran like 37 00:02:36,790 --> 00:02:34,959 a biochemical test and then i ran two 38 00:02:39,110 --> 00:02:36,800 different sequencing tests we are a 39 00:02:40,470 --> 00:02:39,120 hundred percent sure that our samples 40 00:02:41,990 --> 00:02:40,480 that we got back on the ground are 41 00:02:43,830 --> 00:02:42,000 exactly the same 42 00:02:48,070 --> 00:02:43,840 that we got on orbit we did it 43 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:57,990 [Music] 44 00:03:02,550 --> 00:03:00,229 as a microbiologist my goal is really to 45 00:03:04,229 --> 00:03:02,560 that when we go and we move beyond iss 46 00:03:06,309 --> 00:03:04,239 and we're headed towards mars or the 47 00:03:08,790 --> 00:03:06,319 moon or wherever we're headed to we have 48 00:03:10,790 --> 00:03:08,800 a process that the crew can have that 49 00:03:14,110 --> 00:03:10,800 great understanding of the environment 50 00:03:20,550 --> 00:03:14,120 based on molecular technology