1 00:00:10,777 --> 00:00:11,478 >> IN THE FUTURE, 2 00:00:11,478 --> 00:00:13,079 WHEN ASTRONAUTS LAND ON MARS, 3 00:00:13,079 --> 00:00:13,747 IT WILL BE THANKS TO 4 00:00:13,747 --> 00:00:15,081 SOME IMPORTANT LESSONS THAT 5 00:00:15,081 --> 00:00:16,483 WE LEARNED ON THE INTERNATIONAL 6 00:00:16,483 --> 00:00:18,084 SPACE STATION. 7 00:00:18,084 --> 00:00:20,387 REWIND. 8 00:00:23,957 --> 00:00:25,859 240 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH, 9 00:00:25,859 --> 00:00:27,026 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 10 00:00:27,026 --> 00:00:27,794 IS WHERE WE CURRENTLY 11 00:00:27,794 --> 00:00:29,929 LIVE AND WORK IN SPACE. 12 00:00:29,929 --> 00:00:30,630 HERE'S WHAT WE'VE LEARNED 13 00:00:30,630 --> 00:00:31,898 SO FAR. 14 00:00:31,898 --> 00:00:33,867 FIRST, THERE'S TAKING CARE OF 15 00:00:33,867 --> 00:00:35,435 OUR ASTRONAUTS. 16 00:00:35,435 --> 00:00:36,469 PROLONGED WEIGHTLESSNESS CAN 17 00:00:36,469 --> 00:00:38,238 LEAD TO MUSCLE AND BONE LOSS, 18 00:00:38,238 --> 00:00:39,806 VISION CHANGES, BALANCE 19 00:00:39,806 --> 00:00:41,808 AND COORDINATION LOSS. 20 00:00:41,808 --> 00:00:43,076 THANKS TO THE SPACE STATION, 21 00:00:43,076 --> 00:00:44,344 COUNTERMEASURES ARE BEING 22 00:00:44,344 --> 00:00:45,278 DEVELOPED TO KEEP 23 00:00:45,278 --> 00:00:46,446 ASTRONAUTS HEALTHY FOR 24 00:00:46,446 --> 00:00:49,416 LONG DURATION MISSIONS. 25 00:00:49,416 --> 00:00:51,017 THEN THERE'S THE EQUIPMENT-- 26 00:00:51,017 --> 00:00:52,685 SPACECRAFT COMMUNICATION, 27 00:00:52,685 --> 00:00:53,787 WATER RECYCLING, 28 00:00:53,787 --> 00:00:55,121 AIR AND POWER PRODUCTION 29 00:00:55,121 --> 00:00:56,623 ARE ALL BEING TEST DRIVEN ON 30 00:00:56,623 --> 00:00:58,625 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 31 00:00:58,625 --> 00:00:59,492 WHAT WE LEARN ABOUT 32 00:00:59,492 --> 00:01:00,794 OPERATING AND MAINTAINING 33 00:01:00,794 --> 00:01:01,961 OUR GEAR IN THE HARSHNESS 34 00:01:01,961 --> 00:01:03,830 OF SPACE WILL PAVE THE WAY 35 00:01:03,830 --> 00:01:05,064 FOR FUTURE MISSIONS 36 00:01:05,064 --> 00:01:07,300 INTO OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. 37 00:01:07,300 --> 00:01:08,635 AND THAT'S HOW THE SPACE 38 00:01:08,635 --> 00:01:10,136 STATION IS HELPING US EXTEND 39 00:01:10,136 --> 00:01:12,806 HUMAN PRESENCE INTO DEEP SPACE.