1 00:00:02,166 --> 00:00:04,126 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:04,586 --> 00:00:06,836 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M ISIDRO REYNA. 3 00:00:06,916 --> 00:00:09,286 THIS WEEK, DRAGON WAS PACKED FULL OF SCIENCE 4 00:00:09,366 --> 00:00:10,596 AND RELEASED FROM STATION. 5 00:00:11,216 --> 00:00:14,906 AFTER DELIVERING MORE THAN 5,900 POUNDS OF SCIENCE AND SUPPLIES, 6 00:00:15,186 --> 00:00:17,686 THE CARGO CRAFT DEPARTED THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 7 00:00:17,686 --> 00:00:18,586 ON FRIDAY, AUG. 3rd. 8 00:00:18,666 --> 00:00:21,056 AND SPLASHED DOWN IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 9 00:00:21,356 --> 00:00:23,926 THE SPACEX RECOVERY TEAM RETRIEVED DRAGON AND MORE 10 00:00:23,926 --> 00:00:25,636 THAN 3,800 POUNDS OF CARGO. 11 00:00:25,976 --> 00:00:28,176 THE CARGO INCLUDED SCIENCE SAMPLES FROM HUMAN 12 00:00:28,176 --> 00:00:31,386 AND ANIMAL RESEARCH, BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY STUDIES, 13 00:00:31,386 --> 00:00:34,636 PHYSICAL SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES. 14 00:00:34,956 --> 00:00:37,096 FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE RETURNING CARGO ON THE WEB 15 00:00:37,096 --> 00:00:40,136 AT WWW.NASA.GOV/SPACEX. 16 00:00:40,136 --> 00:00:41,546 AND MAJOR NEWS THIS WEEK, 17 00:00:41,736 --> 00:00:44,596 NASA JUST ASSIGNED THE FIRST ASTRONAUTS WHO WILL FLY 18 00:00:44,596 --> 00:00:46,546 ON AMERICAN-MADE, COMMERCIAL SPACECRAFT TO 19 00:00:46,546 --> 00:00:48,276 AND FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 20 00:00:48,936 --> 00:00:52,986 "WE ARE ON THE BRINK, OF LAUNCHING AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS, 21 00:00:53,420 --> 00:00:56,120 ON AMERICAN ROCKETS, FROM AMERICAN SOIL." 22 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,800 NASA ASSIGNED NINE ASTRONAUTS TO THE FIRST TEST FLIGHTS 23 00:01:01,126 --> 00:01:04,056 AND POST-CERTIFICATION MISSIONS FOR BOEING'S STARLINER 24 00:01:04,056 --> 00:01:07,276 AND SPACEX'S CREW DRAGON UNDER THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM. 25 00:01:07,636 --> 00:01:10,756 THE MIX OF VETERAN AND ROOKIE SPACEFLIERS WILL HELP USHER 26 00:01:10,756 --> 00:01:12,416 IN A NEW ERA OF HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT 27 00:01:12,416 --> 00:01:15,086 AND WILL RETURN ASTRONAUT LAUNCHES TO U.S. SOIL 28 00:01:15,176 --> 00:01:17,366 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE SPACE SHUTTLE'S RETIREMENT 29 00:01:17,496 --> 00:01:18,566 IN 2011. 30 00:01:19,146 --> 00:01:21,936 NASA HAS WORKED HAND-IN-HAND WITH BOEING AND SPACEX 31 00:01:22,146 --> 00:01:25,526 FOR NEARLY A DECADE TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, AND TEST THEIR SYSTEMS 32 00:01:25,626 --> 00:01:28,286 TO ENSURE SAFE AND RELIABLE COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION 33 00:01:28,526 --> 00:01:30,156 FOR ASTRONAUTS TO LOW EARTH ORBIT. 34 00:01:30,666 --> 00:01:32,646 THIS WILL BE AN UNPRECEDENTED ACHIEVEMENT 35 00:01:32,736 --> 00:01:35,176 FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY, AND WILL ALLOW NASA 36 00:01:35,176 --> 00:01:36,956 TO FOCUS ON DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION. 37 00:01:37,556 --> 00:01:40,116 GO MEET THE CREW AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR UPCOMING MISSIONS 38 00:01:40,116 --> 00:01:42,346 AT NASA.GOV/COMMERCIALCREW. 39 00:01:43,336 --> 00:01:46,176 KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS USING THE HASHTAG SPACETOGROUND. 40 00:01:46,406 --> 00:01:47,336 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.