1 00:00:02,366 --> 00:00:04,326 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:05,006 --> 00:00:07,546 "DREW FEUSTEL HAS NOW MOVED INTO THIRD 3 00:00:07,596 --> 00:00:09,576 FOR ALL TIME SPENT SPACEWALKING. 4 00:00:09,776 --> 00:00:11,906 FEUSTEL, NOW ON HIS NINTH SPACEWALK, 5 00:00:11,976 --> 00:00:15,956 HAS SPENT 60 HOURS 22 MINUTES AND COUNTING OUTSIDE 6 00:00:16,036 --> 00:00:17,646 IN THE VACUUM OF SPACE." 7 00:00:17,876 --> 00:00:21,276 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M KATHRYN MCLAURIN. 8 00:00:21,656 --> 00:00:23,826 THIS WEEK, THE CREW KEPT BUSY INSIDE 9 00:00:23,826 --> 00:00:25,966 AND OUTSIDE THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 10 00:00:26,836 --> 00:00:29,276 EXPEDITION 56 COMMANDER DREW FEUSTEL 11 00:00:29,366 --> 00:00:32,226 AND FLIGHT ENGINEER RICKY ARNOLD COMPLETED A SPACEWALK 12 00:00:32,226 --> 00:00:32,996 ON THURSDAY. 13 00:00:32,996 --> 00:00:36,346 THE ASTRONAUTS INSTALLED NEW HIGH DEFINITION CAMERAS NEAR AN 14 00:00:36,346 --> 00:00:39,296 INTERNATIONAL DOCKING ADAPTER ATTACHED TO THE FRONT END 15 00:00:39,296 --> 00:00:40,816 OF STATION'S HARMONY MODULE. 16 00:00:40,816 --> 00:00:43,346 THE NEW CAMERAS WILL PROVIDE ENHANCED VIEWS 17 00:00:43,346 --> 00:00:45,356 OF THE FINAL PHASE OF APPROACH AND DOCKING 18 00:00:45,356 --> 00:00:48,606 OF THE SPACEX CREW DRAGON AND THE BOEING STARLINER. 19 00:00:48,606 --> 00:00:51,676 DRAGON AND STARLINER ARE BOTH COMMERCIAL CREW SPACECRAFT 20 00:00:51,676 --> 00:00:53,666 THAT WILL LAUNCH SOON FROM AMERICAN SOIL. 21 00:00:53,666 --> 00:00:57,026 THE ASTRONAUTS ALSO HAD TIME TO SWAP OUT A CAMERA ASSEMBLY 22 00:00:57,026 --> 00:00:58,846 ON THE STARBOARD TRUSS OF THE STATION 23 00:00:59,096 --> 00:01:00,376 AND CLOSE AN APERTURE DOOR 24 00:01:00,376 --> 00:01:03,156 ON AN EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMAGING EXPERIMENT OUTSIDE 25 00:01:03,156 --> 00:01:04,656 OF THE JAPANESE KIBO MODULE. 26 00:01:04,656 --> 00:01:08,226 FIVE HOURS AND 23 MINUTES INTO THE SPACEWALK FEUSTEL MOVED 27 00:01:08,226 --> 00:01:11,206 INTO THIRD PLACE FOR CUMULATIVE TIME SPENT DURING SPACEWALKS 28 00:01:11,436 --> 00:01:14,016 SURPASSING PEGGY WHITSON WHO PREVIOUSLY HELD THAT POST. 29 00:01:14,716 --> 00:01:17,406 DID YOU KNOW THAT THE NASA PERISCOPE CHANNEL OFFERS MORE 30 00:01:17,506 --> 00:01:19,296 CHANCES TO INTERACT WITH NASA ASTRONAUTS, 31 00:01:19,396 --> 00:01:20,736 SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS? 32 00:01:20,736 --> 00:01:24,456 THIS WEEK THE NASA PERISCOPE CHANNEL HOSTED A SPECIAL EVENT 33 00:01:24,456 --> 00:01:26,616 WHERE JOE ACABA AND MARK VANDE HEI TALKED 34 00:01:26,676 --> 00:01:29,086 ABOUT THE NATIONAL WEEK OF MAKING, STEMONSTRATIONS 35 00:01:29,086 --> 00:01:31,636 AND THE YEAR OF EDUCATION ON STATION. 36 00:01:31,636 --> 00:01:33,396 PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO TWEET THEIR QUESTIONS 37 00:01:33,486 --> 00:01:37,506 TO @NASAEDU USING THE HASHTAG ASK NASA BEFORE THE EVENT 38 00:01:37,506 --> 00:01:38,956 FOR JOE AND MARK TO ANSWER LIVE. 39 00:01:39,216 --> 00:01:41,716 FOR YOUR CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN FUTURE EVENTS BE SURE 40 00:01:41,716 --> 00:01:43,966 TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE NASA PERISCOPE CHANNEL. 41 00:01:44,436 --> 00:01:46,286 THIS WEEK'S QUESTION COMES FROM CLAIRE 42 00:01:46,586 --> 00:01:49,366 FROM STURGEON BAY WISCONSIN WHO WANTS TO KNOW IF BEING 43 00:01:49,366 --> 00:01:51,376 IN SPACE IS JUST LIKE BEING UNDER WATER. 44 00:01:51,656 --> 00:01:53,196 WELL, IT'S PRETTY CLOSE. 45 00:01:53,936 --> 00:01:56,826 ASTRONAUTS TRAIN FOR SPACEWALKS AT THE NEUTRAL BOUYANCY LAB 46 00:01:56,826 --> 00:01:57,936 AT THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. 47 00:01:58,456 --> 00:02:01,396 THE LAB IS ESSENTIALLY A BIG POOL WITH A FULL SIZE MOCK-UP 48 00:02:01,396 --> 00:02:03,036 OF THE SPACE STATION IN IT. 49 00:02:03,036 --> 00:02:05,636 ASTRONAUTS TRAIN UNDER WATER TO PRACTICE FOR FUTURE SPACEWALKS. 50 00:02:06,236 --> 00:02:08,246 BEING UNDERWATER IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO PREPARE 51 00:02:08,246 --> 00:02:09,916 FOR THE MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT OF SPACE 52 00:02:10,166 --> 00:02:12,666 BECAUSE YOU CAN BE WEIGHED SO THAT YOU ARE NUETRALLY BOUYANT, 53 00:02:12,876 --> 00:02:14,086 WHICH JUST MEANS YOU WONT SINK 54 00:02:14,146 --> 00:02:15,666 TO THE BOTTOM OR RISE TO THE TOP. 55 00:02:16,356 --> 00:02:17,606 THIS IS CRITICAL FOR LEARNING HOW 56 00:02:17,706 --> 00:02:20,276 TO SUCCESFULLY ACCOMPLISH TASKS DURING THE REAL SPACEWALKS. 57 00:02:21,196 --> 00:02:24,166 KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS USING THE HASHTAG SPACETOGROUND, 58 00:02:24,166 --> 00:02:25,080 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.