1 00:00:02,706 --> 00:00:04,656 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:05,336 --> 00:00:07,606 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I AM KAYLA LAFRANCE. 3 00:00:07,966 --> 00:00:11,356 THIS WEEK, THE CREW ONBOARD WAS HANDS ON SCIENCE. 4 00:00:11,736 --> 00:00:14,326 MICROGRAVITY PROVIDES A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT 5 00:00:14,356 --> 00:00:18,236 TO STUDY DEXTEROUS MANIPULATION, IN AN EXPERIMENT CALLED GRIPS, 6 00:00:18,886 --> 00:00:22,456 EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY ASTRONAUT ALEX GERST SPENT TIME 7 00:00:22,456 --> 00:00:25,826 INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF LONG-DURATION SPACEFLIGHT 8 00:00:25,916 --> 00:00:29,116 ON HUMAN'S ABILITY TO GRIP AND MANIPULATE OBJECTS. 9 00:00:29,776 --> 00:00:33,396 NOT ONLY WILL THE GRIPS STUDY HELP RESEARCHERS UNDERSTAND THE 10 00:00:33,396 --> 00:00:35,826 LONG-TERM ADAPTATION OF GRIP FORCE 11 00:00:35,826 --> 00:00:38,386 AND LOAD FORCE COORDINATION THAT ASTRONAUTS FACE, 12 00:00:38,666 --> 00:00:41,936 IT ALSO COULD HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE DESIGN AND CONTROL 13 00:00:41,936 --> 00:00:44,636 OF INTELLIGENT HAPTIC INTERFACES TO BE USED 14 00:00:44,686 --> 00:00:48,236 IN CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS SUCH AS DEEP SPACE, AS NASA AIMS 15 00:00:48,236 --> 00:00:50,806 TO RETURN TO THE MOON, MARS AND BEYOND. 16 00:00:51,756 --> 00:00:53,766 AS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CLOSES 17 00:00:53,766 --> 00:00:57,396 IN ON THE 18TH ANNIVERSARY OF HUMANS LIVING CONTINUOUSLY 18 00:00:57,466 --> 00:01:00,626 ON BOARD, OUR VIEWS INSIDE HAVE NEVER BEEN BETTER! 19 00:01:01,526 --> 00:01:04,866 WHILE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DIGITAL CINEMAS TYPICALLY PROJECT FILM 20 00:01:05,026 --> 00:01:07,066 IN 2K TO 4K RESOLUTIONS. 21 00:01:07,576 --> 00:01:11,006 THIS WEEK NASA DELIVERED, THE FIRST EVER 8K FOOTAGE 22 00:01:11,076 --> 00:01:12,776 OF ASTRONAUTS LIVING, WORKING, 23 00:01:12,946 --> 00:01:15,676 AND CONDUCTING RESEARCH ONBOARD THE ORBITING LABORATORY. 24 00:01:15,716 --> 00:01:19,086 THANKS TO THE HELIUM 8K CAMERA BY RED, 25 00:01:19,186 --> 00:01:21,856 A DIGITAL CINEMA COMPANY, FANS OF SCIENCE 26 00:01:21,906 --> 00:01:24,506 IN SPACE WILL NOW BE ABLE TO FOLLOW ALONG 27 00:01:24,506 --> 00:01:27,486 IN FAST-MOVING FOOTAGE IN EVEN HIGHER DEFINITION. 28 00:01:28,286 --> 00:01:33,316 VETERAN NASA ASTRONAUT MIKE HOPKINS WILL BE RIDING SPACEX'S 29 00:01:33,316 --> 00:01:36,446 CREW DRAGON TO HIS NEXT LONG-TERM STAY ON STATION 30 00:01:36,806 --> 00:01:39,226 AND IS TRAINING FOR HIS ROLES ONCE ONBOARD. 31 00:01:39,776 --> 00:01:43,916 HE RECENTLY SPENT TIME IN NASA'S ACTIVE RESPONSE GRAVITY OFFLOAD 32 00:01:44,056 --> 00:01:47,116 SYSTEM, OR ARGOS, TO PRACTICE SPACEWALKING 33 00:01:47,116 --> 00:01:48,556 IN MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS. 34 00:01:49,156 --> 00:01:51,996 TO SEE THE LATEST AS WE GET CLOSER TO THESE FIRST FLIGHTS 35 00:01:52,206 --> 00:01:57,096 FROM SPACEX AND BOEING, VISIT NASA.GOV/COMMERICALCREW.