1 00:00:03,046 --> 00:00:05,506 "MAIN ENGINES START, SIX ENGINES UP AND RUNNING." 2 00:00:06,156 --> 00:00:08,776 "AND LIFTOFF, LIFTOFF OF THE PROTON ROCKET 3 00:00:08,776 --> 00:00:10,096 AND THE ZAYRA CONTROL MODULE, 4 00:00:10,096 --> 00:00:13,126 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS UNDERWAY." 5 00:00:13,256 --> 00:00:15,366 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M ISIDRO REYNA. 6 00:00:15,776 --> 00:00:18,656 HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION! 7 00:00:19,506 --> 00:00:21,676 THIS WEEK MARKS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEGINNING 8 00:00:21,676 --> 00:00:23,546 OF THE WORLD'S ORBITING LABORATORY. 9 00:00:23,846 --> 00:00:24,616 IT WAS ON NOV. 10 00:00:24,706 --> 00:00:28,956 20, 1998, THAT A RUSSIAN PROTON ROCKET LIFTED THE FIRST MODULE, 11 00:00:29,246 --> 00:00:32,476 ZARYA, INTO SPACE FOLLOWED TWO WEEKS LATER BY UNITY, 12 00:00:32,476 --> 00:00:33,966 THE FIRST U.S. SEGMENT CARRIED 13 00:00:33,966 --> 00:00:36,696 BY SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR ON STS-88. 14 00:00:37,216 --> 00:00:40,336 SINCE THEN, MORE THAN 200 ASTRONAUTS AND COSMONAUTS 15 00:00:40,516 --> 00:00:43,696 FROM 18 COUNTRIES HAVE VISITED THE STATION AND CONTRIBUTED 16 00:00:43,696 --> 00:00:45,806 TO MORE THAN 2,500 INVESTIGATIONS. 17 00:00:46,346 --> 00:00:48,066 GREAT RESEARCH, INNOVATION, 18 00:00:48,286 --> 00:00:50,026 FUNDAMENTAL SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, 19 00:00:50,276 --> 00:00:52,166 AND TESTING OF EXPLORATION CONCEPTS 20 00:00:52,166 --> 00:00:54,666 AND TECHNOLOGY WILL CONTINUE ABOARD THE STATION 21 00:00:54,886 --> 00:00:55,826 AS IT PAVES THE WAY 22 00:00:55,826 --> 00:00:58,596 FOR COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY IN LOW-EARTH ORBIT. 23 00:00:58,596 --> 00:01:02,146 THE STATION CREW HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT THIS HISTORIC MILESTONE. 24 00:01:02,176 --> 00:01:07,776 "ISS IS A SHIP THAT TEACHES US HOW TO FLY BEYOND THE HORIZON. 25 00:01:08,556 --> 00:01:11,466 WE ARE LITERALLY THE FIRST GENERATION OF FISH 26 00:01:11,816 --> 00:01:13,586 THAT LEFT EARTH'S HOMELY OCEAN. 27 00:01:14,296 --> 00:01:17,136 THE NEXT GENERATION WILL SET THEIR FOOT ON MARS, 28 00:01:17,436 --> 00:01:19,886 USING THE KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPED 29 00:01:19,996 --> 00:01:21,516 ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION." 30 00:01:22,556 --> 00:01:25,496 THIS WEEK THE CREW ENJOYED A TRADITIONAL THANKSGIVING FEAST, 31 00:01:25,956 --> 00:01:27,016 IN MICROGRAVITY. 32 00:01:27,716 --> 00:01:31,556 "WE GOT EVERYTHING FROM TURKEY TO CANDIED YAMS TO STUFFING 33 00:01:31,606 --> 00:01:34,316 TO SPECIAL SPICY POUND CAKE, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED." 34 00:01:35,186 --> 00:01:37,656 WHILE THE SPACE STATION MAY BE A LOT LIKE HOME, 35 00:01:37,656 --> 00:01:40,526 IN THE GALLEY KITCHEN, YOU'LL SEE QUITE A FEW DIFFERENCES. 36 00:01:40,526 --> 00:01:43,726 THERE ARE NO REFRIGERATOR OR STOVES, SO MEALS HAVE 37 00:01:43,726 --> 00:01:47,106 TO BE SHELF STABLE AND EASILY REHEATED IN SMALL WARMERS. 38 00:01:47,356 --> 00:01:49,956 ALSO, THE GALLEY IS MISSING A FEW OTHER ITEMS, 39 00:01:50,206 --> 00:01:51,416 KNIVES AND CHAIRS! 40 00:01:51,756 --> 00:01:53,346 MOST MEALS ARE EATEN WITH A SPOON, 41 00:01:53,346 --> 00:01:54,696 AND BECAUSE OF MICROGRAVITY, 42 00:01:54,916 --> 00:01:56,356 CREW MEMBERS FLOAT AROUND THE TABLE. 43 00:01:57,436 --> 00:02:00,406 TWO CARGO VEHICLES ARRIVED TO THE STATION WITH TONS 44 00:02:00,406 --> 00:02:02,266 OF SUPPLIES FOR THE CREW. 45 00:02:02,266 --> 00:02:06,106 THE PROGRESS 71 CARGO CRAFT BLASTED OFF ON NOVEMBER 16TH 46 00:02:06,106 --> 00:02:09,146 FROM THE BAIKONUR COSMODROME LAUNCH PAD IN KAZAKHSTAN. 47 00:02:09,146 --> 00:02:11,426 THE VEHICLE WAS LOADED WITH ALMOST THREE TONS 48 00:02:11,426 --> 00:02:12,956 OF FOOD, FUEL AND SUPPLIES. 49 00:02:13,606 --> 00:02:15,686 THE SPACECRAFT DOCKED NOVEMBER 18TH. 50 00:02:16,476 --> 00:02:17,696 THE CYGNUS SPACE FREIGHTER 51 00:02:17,736 --> 00:02:19,966 FROM NORTHROP GRUMMAN LAUNCHED NOVEMBER 17TH 52 00:02:20,086 --> 00:02:23,176 AT THE WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY ON VIRGINIA'S ATLANTIC COAST. 53 00:02:23,956 --> 00:02:27,376 THE U.S. RESUPPLY SHIP DELIVERED APPROXIMATELY 7,400 POUNDS 54 00:02:27,376 --> 00:02:29,806 OF FOOD, FUEL AND SUPPLIES TO THE STATION. 55 00:02:30,456 --> 00:02:32,756 THE SPACECRAFT WAS CAPTURED NOVEMBER 19TH 56 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:34,820 BY THE CANADARM2 ROBOTIC ARM.