1 00:00:02,696 --> 00:00:04,656 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:05,326 --> 00:00:07,126 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M GARY JORDAN. 3 00:00:07,676 --> 00:00:10,686 WITH A CAREFUL EYE ON WEATHER CONDITIONS, OVER 10,000 POUNDS 4 00:00:10,686 --> 00:00:12,686 OF SCIENCE AND SUPPLIES AWAITS LAUNCH 5 00:00:12,716 --> 00:00:14,206 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 6 00:00:15,176 --> 00:00:17,656 THE UNPILOTED HTV-7 CARGO VEHICLE 7 00:00:17,656 --> 00:00:20,836 OF THE JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY, OR JAXA, 8 00:00:21,116 --> 00:00:23,496 IS SET TO LIFT OFF FROM THE TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER 9 00:00:23,496 --> 00:00:26,106 IN SOUTHERN JAPAN ON FRIDAY EVENING, U.S. TIME, 10 00:00:26,446 --> 00:00:29,006 AFTER DELAYS DUE TO TYPHOON MANGKHUT IN THE PACIFIC. 11 00:00:29,666 --> 00:00:33,436 INSIDE -- OVER FIVE TONS OF SUPPLIES, WATER, SPARE PARTS 12 00:00:33,436 --> 00:00:36,906 AND EXPERIMENTS, INCLUDING SIX NEW LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES 13 00:00:36,906 --> 00:00:38,856 THAT WILL BE SWAPPED OUT OVER A PAIR OF SPACEWALKS. 14 00:00:39,466 --> 00:00:42,326 THE CARGO VEHICLE IS SET TO ARRIVE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 15 00:00:42,556 --> 00:00:43,906 EARLY MORNING U.S. TIME. 16 00:00:43,906 --> 00:00:46,506 BECAUSE OF THIS, THE TWO SPACEWALKS FOLLOWING THE CARGO 17 00:00:46,506 --> 00:00:49,246 VEHICLE'S ARRIVAL HAVE BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR THE NEAR FUTURE. 18 00:00:49,786 --> 00:00:52,346 CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND TO TUNE 19 00:00:52,346 --> 00:00:53,286 IN TO OUR LIVE COVERAGE. 20 00:00:54,316 --> 00:00:55,846 THOUGH MUCH OF THIS WEEK WAS SPENT PREPARING 21 00:00:55,846 --> 00:00:57,836 FOR THESE UPCOMING ACTIVITIES, THE CREW WAS ABLE 22 00:00:57,876 --> 00:00:59,896 TO GET A GLIMPSE OF SOME SEVERE WEATHER ON EARTH. 23 00:01:01,026 --> 00:01:04,416 FROM 250 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH, SPACE STATION CAMERAS WERE ABLE 24 00:01:04,516 --> 00:01:05,836 TO VIEW HURRICANE FLORENCE 25 00:01:05,916 --> 00:01:08,606 FROM DIRECTLY OVERHEAD EARLIER THIS WEEK WHILE THE STORM WAS 26 00:01:08,686 --> 00:01:10,566 BUILDING OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. 27 00:01:10,596 --> 00:01:12,636 THE ASTRONAUTS ABOARD ALSO SNAPPED SOME PICTURES 28 00:01:12,666 --> 00:01:13,786 WITH THEIR HANDHELD CAMERAS. 29 00:01:14,216 --> 00:01:16,766 NASA ASTRONAUT DREW FUESTEL COMMENTED DURING AN INTERVIEW 30 00:01:16,766 --> 00:01:19,286 THIS WEEK ABOUT HIS VIEW FROM THE STATION WINDOWS. 31 00:01:19,636 --> 00:01:22,486 "WHAT WE SEE FROM UP HERE IT'S A LITTLE BIT SCARY 32 00:01:23,016 --> 00:01:25,466 BECAUSE THE STORMS ARE SO MASSIVE. 33 00:01:25,686 --> 00:01:28,296 RIGHT NOW FLORENCE IS HEADING FOR THE EAST COAST OF THE US 34 00:01:28,686 --> 00:01:31,366 AND ALTHOUGH IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING AND ONE 35 00:01:31,366 --> 00:01:32,156 OF THE GREAT WONDERS 36 00:01:32,156 --> 00:01:34,026 OF OUR PLANET WATCHING THE WEATHER CHANGE, 37 00:01:34,316 --> 00:01:37,696 IT IS A LITTLE UNNERVING TO KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE SOME FOLKS 38 00:01:37,696 --> 00:01:40,486 IN THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION AND WE WISH THEM THE BEST AND HOPE 39 00:01:40,486 --> 00:01:42,866 THAT AT LEAST SOME OF THE IMAGERY WE DO OR SOME 40 00:01:42,866 --> 00:01:46,196 OF THE WORK THAT NASA DOES PROVIDES SOME FAIR WARNING 41 00:01:46,526 --> 00:01:47,886 AND ANALYSIS OF WHAT'S GOING 42 00:01:47,886 --> 00:01:50,186 ON TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THESE THINGS OCCUR 43 00:01:50,186 --> 00:01:51,906 AND THE BEST WAY TO RESPOND TO THEM." 44 00:01:52,856 --> 00:01:55,436 WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE FIRST LAUNCHES OF ASTRONAUTS 45 00:01:55,436 --> 00:01:57,556 ON SPACECRAFT FROM BOEING AND SPACEX, 46 00:01:58,046 --> 00:01:59,826 WHICH MEANS THE TRAINING HAS HIT HIGH GEAR! 47 00:02:00,626 --> 00:02:03,156 MIKE HOPKINS RECENTLY SHOWED OFF SOME SPACEWALK TRAINING 48 00:02:03,226 --> 00:02:05,876 THAT WILL BE VITAL WHILE HE'S SPENDING SIX MONTHS ON STATION 49 00:02:06,016 --> 00:02:08,856 AFTER ARRIVING ON THE SPACEX CREW DRAGON'S SECOND FLIGHT. 50 00:02:09,376 --> 00:02:12,066 BE SURE TO FOLLOW HIM AND HIS CREWMATE VICTOR GLOVER AND HEAD 51 00:02:12,066 --> 00:02:15,336 OVER TO NASA.GOV/COMMERCIALCREW FOR ALL THE LATEST. 52 00:02:16,266 --> 00:02:18,566 KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS USING THE HASHTAG SPACE