1 00:00:02,706 --> 00:00:04,656 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:05,336 --> 00:00:07,466 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M GARY JORDAN. 3 00:00:07,786 --> 00:00:09,806 THIS WEEK, A CARGO SPACECRAFT IS SET 4 00:00:09,856 --> 00:00:13,386 TO BEGIN ITS SECONDARY MISSION BEFORE DUMPING 5,500 POUNDS 5 00:00:13,426 --> 00:00:14,006 OF TRASH. 6 00:00:15,196 --> 00:00:17,636 NORTHROP GRUMMAN'S CYGNUS VEHICLE DEPARTED THE STATION 7 00:00:17,636 --> 00:00:18,216 ON FRIDAY. 8 00:00:19,136 --> 00:00:21,256 BEFORE ITS FIERY DEMISE IN THE ATMOSPHERE 9 00:00:21,256 --> 00:00:24,896 OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN, CYGNUS WILL ALTER ITS ORBIT A FEW TIMES 10 00:00:24,986 --> 00:00:26,946 TO DEPLOY SEVERAL TYPES OF SATELLITES 11 00:00:27,076 --> 00:00:28,316 FROM DIFFERENT DEPLOYERS. 12 00:00:28,956 --> 00:00:31,286 THE SLINGSHOT DEPLOYER WILL RELEASE SOME STUDENT 13 00:00:31,286 --> 00:00:32,416 AND COMMERCIAL SATELLITES, 14 00:00:32,506 --> 00:00:35,526 WHILE THE NANORACKS DEPLOYER WILL RELEASE THE KICKSAT-2, 15 00:00:35,526 --> 00:00:38,646 WHICH WILL DEPLOY 100 MUCH SMALLER SATELLITES CALLED 16 00:00:38,796 --> 00:00:40,956 FEMTOSATELLITES WEIGHING LESS THAN THREE 17 00:00:40,956 --> 00:00:42,016 AND A HALF OUNCES EACH. 18 00:00:42,736 --> 00:00:45,036 CYGNUS IS SCHEDULED TO RE-ENTER THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE 19 00:00:45,036 --> 00:00:48,516 IN LATE FEBRUARY TO CONCLUDE ITS MISSION IN SPACE. 20 00:00:48,696 --> 00:00:51,816 CANADIAN SPACE AGENGY ASTRONAUT DAVID SAINT-JACQUES TOOK A SPIN 21 00:00:51,866 --> 00:00:54,176 AT AN EXPERIMENT THAT LOOKS AT FLUID BEHAVIOR. 22 00:00:55,306 --> 00:00:57,186 THE FLUIDICS EXPERIMENT IS DESIGNED TO LOOK 23 00:00:57,186 --> 00:00:59,946 AT A FEW ASPECTS ON HOW LIQUIDS MOVE IN MICROGRAVITY. 24 00:01:00,506 --> 00:01:02,926 THE HARDWARE CONSISTS OF SOME TRANSPARENT SPHERES 25 00:01:03,026 --> 00:01:05,166 AND A CENTRIFUGE SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO LOOK 26 00:01:05,166 --> 00:01:07,226 AT WAVE TURBULANCE AND LIQUID SLOSHING. 27 00:01:07,856 --> 00:01:09,776 UNDERSTANDING HOW THESE PHENOMENA ARE DIFFERENT 28 00:01:09,826 --> 00:01:11,646 IN A MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT COULD LEAD 29 00:01:11,746 --> 00:01:14,416 TO BETTER FUEL SYSTEMS FOR SATELLITES AND EVEN AID 30 00:01:14,416 --> 00:01:17,506 IN IMPROVING CLIMATE PREDITIONS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY ON EARTH. 31 00:01:19,756 --> 00:01:22,416 NASA AND ITS COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM PROVIDERS BOEING 32 00:01:22,416 --> 00:01:24,756 AND SPACEX SET NEW TARGET LAUNCH DATES 33 00:01:25,056 --> 00:01:27,306 FOR THEIR UPCOMING UNCREWED TEST FLIGHTS. 34 00:01:27,676 --> 00:01:29,966 WE'RE NOW TARGETING MARCH 2 FOR THE FIRST LAUNCH 35 00:01:29,966 --> 00:01:33,516 OF SPACEX'S CREW DRAGON ON ITS UNCREWED DEMO-1 TEST FLIGHT. 36 00:01:34,256 --> 00:01:36,916 BOEING'S UNCREWED ORBITAL FLIGHT TEST IS BEING TARGETED 37 00:01:36,986 --> 00:01:38,506 FOR LAUNCH NO EARLIER THAN APRIL. 38 00:01:39,266 --> 00:01:41,306 YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE AND KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THE PROGRESS 39 00:01:41,366 --> 00:01:43,496 OVER AT NASA.GOV/COMMERCIALCREW. 40 00:01:44,776 --> 00:01:46,326 THIS WEEK'S QUESTION COMES FROM NICOLE 41 00:01:46,386 --> 00:01:47,916 AT RJO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. 42 00:01:48,626 --> 00:01:51,046 SHE ASKS: HOW DO ASTRONAUTS BREATHE IN A SPACE SHIP? 43 00:01:51,456 --> 00:01:52,176 GREAT QUESTION, NICOLE. 44 00:01:52,596 --> 00:01:55,426 NASA ASTRONAUT ANNE MCCLAIN WAS ASKED THE SAME THING THIS WEEK 45 00:01:55,486 --> 00:01:57,696 BY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN EL DORODO HILLS, 46 00:01:57,696 --> 00:01:59,886 CALIFORNIA DURING A LIVE EVENT WITH THE SPACE STATION. 47 00:01:59,966 --> 00:02:03,126 WE'LL LET HER TAKE THIS ONE: "THE ENGINEERS 48 00:02:03,126 --> 00:02:05,176 ON THE GROUND HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB 49 00:02:05,176 --> 00:02:08,946 OF CREATING THE SPACE THAT FEELS A LOT LIKE EARTH SO OTHER 50 00:02:08,946 --> 00:02:13,076 THAN FLOATING, OUR TEMPERATURES AND OUR AIR IS ALMOST EXACTLY 51 00:02:13,076 --> 00:02:15,986 LIKE WE HAVE ON EARTH, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY BECAUSE IN ORDER 52 00:02:15,986 --> 00:02:18,886 TO LIVE, WE NEED CERTAIN THINGS IN OUR AIR LIKE OXYGEN."