1 00:00:02,696 --> 00:00:04,656 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:05,296 --> 00:00:07,476 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M HAYLEY FICK. 3 00:00:07,556 --> 00:00:10,626 THIS WEEK WILL OFFICIALLY BRING ONE EXPEDITION TO A CLOSE 4 00:00:10,676 --> 00:00:12,286 AND WELCOME THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER. 5 00:00:13,076 --> 00:00:15,366 EXPEDITION 55 WILL COME TO A CLOSE 6 00:00:15,366 --> 00:00:18,666 WHEN RUSSIAN COSMONAUT ANTON SHKAPLEROV HANDS CONTROL 7 00:00:18,666 --> 00:00:21,006 OF THE SPACE STATION OVER TO NASA ASTRONAUT 8 00:00:21,126 --> 00:00:23,706 AND EXPEDITION 56 COMMANDER DREW FEUSTEL. 9 00:00:24,246 --> 00:00:27,596 YOU CAN WATCH THE CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY LIVE ON NASA TV 10 00:00:27,596 --> 00:00:29,836 AT 2:25 P.M. EASTERN TIME. 11 00:00:30,696 --> 00:00:33,806 SHKAPLEROV WILL RETURN HOME WITH NASA'S SCOTT TINGLE 12 00:00:33,806 --> 00:00:36,876 AND JAPANESE ASTRONAUT NORISHIGE KANAI ON JUNE 3. 13 00:00:37,446 --> 00:00:40,026 A NEW THREE-PERSON COMPLEMENT, SERGEY PROKOPYEV, 14 00:00:40,116 --> 00:00:43,076 SERENA AUNON-CHANCELLOR AND ALEXANDER GERST WILL LAUNCH 15 00:00:43,076 --> 00:00:44,906 FROM BAIKONUR ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6TH 16 00:00:45,126 --> 00:00:49,166 AND JOIN FEUSTEL'S CREW ABOARD THE STATION ON JUNE 8. 17 00:00:49,476 --> 00:00:51,986 WITH THE CYGNUS CARGO CRAFT DOCKED TO THE SPACE STATION, 18 00:00:51,986 --> 00:00:54,236 THERE IS PLENTY OF RESEARCH TO KEEP THE CREW BUSY. 19 00:00:55,076 --> 00:00:57,876 THE BARRIOS PROTEIN CRYSTAL GROWTH EXPERIMENT TESTS THE 20 00:00:57,926 --> 00:00:59,846 FEASIBILITY OF OFF-THE-SHELF EQUIPMENT 21 00:00:59,846 --> 00:01:02,456 FOR GROWING DIFFERENT PROTEIN SOLUTIONS AT THE SAME TIME, 22 00:01:02,846 --> 00:01:04,706 WHICH MAY ALLOW FOR THE SPEEDY DEVELOPMENT 23 00:01:04,706 --> 00:01:06,336 OF BETTER PHARMACEUTICALS ON EARTH. 24 00:01:07,066 --> 00:01:10,536 SOLIDIFICATION USING A BAFFLE IN SEALED AMPOULES, OR SUBSA, 25 00:01:10,536 --> 00:01:12,876 COULD CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY ON THE GROUND 26 00:01:12,876 --> 00:01:14,316 THROUGH ITS EXPERIMENTAL METHODS 27 00:01:14,406 --> 00:01:16,446 FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTALS. 28 00:01:16,446 --> 00:01:19,956 THE CREW ALSO SPENT SOME TIME INSTALLING THE COLD ATOM LAB 29 00:01:19,956 --> 00:01:21,286 THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT LAST WEEK. 30 00:01:21,616 --> 00:01:24,496 IT STUDIES ATOMS IN EXTREMELY COLD SITUATIONS 31 00:01:24,496 --> 00:01:27,766 WHICH CAN HELP SCIENTISTS ANSWER QUESTIONS IN FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS 32 00:01:27,886 --> 00:01:30,306 AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATOMIC CLOCKS 33 00:01:30,486 --> 00:01:31,686 AND SPACECRAFT SENSORS. 34 00:01:32,496 --> 00:01:35,676 THIS WEEK DREW FEUSTEL AND RICKY ARNOLD ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS 35 00:01:35,676 --> 00:01:38,956 ABOUT LIFE IN SPACE IN A SPECIAL TUMBLR VIDEO ANSWER TIME. 36 00:01:39,686 --> 00:01:41,926 HEAR STRAIGHT FROM CURRENT SPACE STATION RESIDENTS 37 00:01:41,926 --> 00:01:43,796 ABOUT WHAT EXPERIENCING WEIGHTLESSNESS 38 00:01:43,856 --> 00:01:46,766 FOR THE FIRST TIME FEELS LIKE, THE EXPERIMENTS THEY PERFORM, 39 00:01:46,816 --> 00:01:48,806 AND THE BEAUTIFUL SIGHTS THEY SEE FROM UP THERE. 40 00:01:49,286 --> 00:01:53,216 CHECK IT OUT AT NASA.TUMBLR.COM/ANSWERTIME. 41 00:01:53,776 --> 00:01:56,736 KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS USING THE HASHTAG SPACETOGROUND, 42 00:01:56,940 --> 00:01:59,940 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.