1 00:00:02,706 --> 00:00:04,656 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:05,336 --> 00:00:07,576 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M LEAH CHESHIER. 3 00:00:07,866 --> 00:00:08,856 ASTRONAUT NICK HAGUE 4 00:00:08,856 --> 00:00:11,286 AND COSMONAUT ALEXEY OVCHININ ARE RESTING AT HOME 5 00:00:11,286 --> 00:00:13,866 WITH THEIR FAMILIES FOLLOWING AN ABORT DURING THE ASCENT 6 00:00:13,866 --> 00:00:15,026 OF THEIR SOYUZ SPACECRAFT. 7 00:00:16,436 --> 00:00:19,006 FOLLOWING AN ANOMALY WITH THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT SHORTLY 8 00:00:19,096 --> 00:00:21,696 AFTER LIFTOFF, HAGUE AND OVCHININ RETURNED TO EARTH 9 00:00:21,696 --> 00:00:23,606 IN A BALLISTIC DESCENT AND LANDED SOUTH 10 00:00:23,606 --> 00:00:25,246 OF ZHEZKAZGAN, KAZAKHSTAN. 11 00:00:25,906 --> 00:00:27,776 SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS RECOVERED THE CREW, 12 00:00:27,776 --> 00:00:30,436 WHO WERE THEN FLOWN TO BAIKONUR AND GREETED BY THEIR FAMILIES. 13 00:00:31,096 --> 00:00:33,356 BOTH HAGUE AND OVCHININ ARE IN GOOD CONDITION AND HAVE 14 00:00:33,486 --> 00:00:34,586 SINCE RETURNED TO THEIR HOMES. 15 00:00:35,076 --> 00:00:38,016 MEANWHILE, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CONTINUES ON BOARD THE STATION 16 00:00:38,016 --> 00:00:40,896 WITH EXPEDITION 57 CREW MEMBERS ALEXANDER GERST, 17 00:00:41,336 --> 00:00:43,986 SERGEY PROKOPYEV, AND SERENA AUÑÓN-CHANCELLOR. 18 00:00:45,136 --> 00:00:47,496 WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE FIRST LAUNCHES OF ASTRONAUTS 19 00:00:47,496 --> 00:00:49,306 ON SPACECRAFT FROM BOEING AND SPACEX, 20 00:00:49,436 --> 00:00:51,386 WHICH MEANS ASTRONAUTS ARE GETTING HANDS 21 00:00:51,386 --> 00:00:52,326 ON WITH THE HARDWARE! 22 00:00:53,276 --> 00:00:56,276 NASA'S BOB BEHNKEN AND DOUG HURLEY WILL FLY THE FIRST CREWED 23 00:00:56,276 --> 00:00:59,186 MISSION ON SPACEX'S CREW DRAGON AND WERE RECENTLY 24 00:00:59,256 --> 00:01:01,896 AT THEIR FACILITIES IN HAWHTORNE CALIFORNIA GETTING SUITED 25 00:01:01,896 --> 00:01:04,896 UP TO SIMULATE PRE-LAUNCH AND LAUNCH ACTIVITIES. 26 00:01:05,116 --> 00:01:07,776 BE SURE TO FOLLOW BOTH BOB AND DOUG ON SOCIAL MEDIA 27 00:01:07,776 --> 00:01:11,346 AND AS ALWAYS, HEAD OVER TO NASA.GOV/COMMERCIALCREW 28 00:01:11,466 --> 00:01:12,596 FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES. 29 00:01:13,456 --> 00:01:15,336 THIS WEEK'S QUESTION COMES FROM ZACHARY, 30 00:01:15,606 --> 00:01:17,696 WHO WANTS TO KNOW HOW ASTRONAUTS ADJUST TO EARTH 31 00:01:17,746 --> 00:01:19,546 AFTER SIX MONTHS IN MICROGRAVITY. 32 00:01:20,426 --> 00:01:23,366 ONCE BACK ON EARTH, ASTRONAUTS DO TAKE PART IN RECONDITIONING, 33 00:01:23,446 --> 00:01:25,436 INCLUDING DAILY WORKOUTS AND EXERCISES, 34 00:01:25,586 --> 00:01:26,656 TO READJUST TO GRAVITY. 35 00:01:27,106 --> 00:01:29,686 HOWEVER, THANKS TO DAILY EXERCISE WHILE IN SPACE, 36 00:01:30,046 --> 00:01:32,216 ASTRONAUTS RETURN TO EARTH AS STRONG AS WHEN THEY LEFT - 37 00:01:32,496 --> 00:01:33,666 AND SOMETIMES EVEN STRONGER. 38 00:01:34,236 --> 00:01:36,186 THIS STRICT WORKOUT SCHEDULE KEEPS THEIR BONES 39 00:01:36,186 --> 00:01:37,386 AND MUSCLES ACTIVE AND READY 40 00:01:37,456 --> 00:01:39,826 FOR REGULAR USE UPON RETURN TO EARTH'S GRAVITY.