1 00:00:02,166 --> 00:00:04,126 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:04,706 --> 00:00:07,196 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I AM KAYLA LAFRANCE. 3 00:00:07,196 --> 00:00:10,656 THIS WEEK, ASTRONAUTS ONBOARD HAVE BEEN BUSY WITH NEW CARGO 4 00:00:10,656 --> 00:00:13,636 AND SCIENCE BROUGHT TO THE STATION BY ITS NEWEST VISITOR. 5 00:00:14,926 --> 00:00:17,536 AFTER LAST WEEK'S SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH AND DOCKING 6 00:00:17,536 --> 00:00:19,846 OF THE CYGNUS NG-11 CARGO VEHICLE, 7 00:00:20,216 --> 00:00:23,866 THE CREW ONBOARD WASTED NO TIME DIVING INTO THE ROUGHLY THREE 8 00:00:23,866 --> 00:00:25,716 AND A HALF TONS PACKED INSIDE. 9 00:00:26,586 --> 00:00:28,876 NASA ASTRONAUTS NICK HAUGE, CHRISTINA KOCH, 10 00:00:28,876 --> 00:00:32,796 AND ANNE MCCLAIN, ALONGSIDE CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY ASTRONAUT 11 00:00:32,796 --> 00:00:35,226 DAVID ST. JACQUES, HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING 12 00:00:35,226 --> 00:00:37,156 TO UNLOAD ALL OF THIS NEW CARGO. 13 00:00:37,776 --> 00:00:40,506 ONE OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS THAT ARRIVED 14 00:00:40,506 --> 00:00:42,906 TO THE STATION WILL BE TESTED FOR ITS USE 15 00:00:42,956 --> 00:00:46,186 ON FUTURE CREWED MISSIONS TO THE MOON, MARS AND BEYOND. 16 00:00:47,726 --> 00:00:49,816 THE THERMAL AMINE SCRUBBER IS A NEW SYSTEM 17 00:00:49,876 --> 00:00:52,266 TO REMOVE CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE ATMOSPHERE 18 00:00:52,466 --> 00:00:54,056 AS IT'S BREATHED OUT BY THE CREW. 19 00:00:54,646 --> 00:00:57,796 THIS NEW AIR SCRUBBER SYSTEM WILL UTILIZE ACTIVELY HEATED 20 00:00:57,866 --> 00:01:01,856 AND COOLED AMINE BEDS, WHICH USE A NITROGEN-CONTAINING ORGANIC 21 00:01:02,096 --> 00:01:04,426 COMPOUND THAT IS DERIVED FROM AMMONIA. 22 00:01:05,216 --> 00:01:08,376 IT CAUSES A REACTION THAT REMOVES CO2 FROM THE ATMOSPHERE 23 00:01:08,556 --> 00:01:10,476 AND CREATES WATER AS A BYPRODUCT, 24 00:01:10,786 --> 00:01:11,876 WHICH CAN THEN BE USED 25 00:01:11,956 --> 00:01:15,376 TO RESUPPLY THE OXYGEN REGENERATION PROCESS USED 26 00:01:15,376 --> 00:01:16,206 ON THE STATION. 27 00:01:16,726 --> 00:01:18,116 TESTING NEW SYSTEMS LIKE THIS 28 00:01:18,146 --> 00:01:20,316 ON THE STATION RIGHT NOW WILL HELP PAVE THE WAY 29 00:01:20,316 --> 00:01:23,256 AS NASA LOOKS TOWARDS FUTURE MISSIONS BEYOND EARTH ORBIT 30 00:01:23,466 --> 00:01:25,106 WITH THE ORION AND GATEWAY PROGRAMS. 31 00:01:26,336 --> 00:01:27,766 SOME NEW MATERIALS ARE 32 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,736 ABOUT TO GET SOME SERIOUS EXPOSURE ABOARD THE STATION. 33 00:01:33,100 --> 00:01:35,500 ASTRONAUT ANNE MCCLAIN PREPARED THREE NEW SAMPLE CONTAINERS 34 00:01:35,536 --> 00:01:37,786 FOR THEIR TRIP THROUGH THE JAPANESE AIRLOCK 35 00:01:37,786 --> 00:01:38,936 AND OUT INTO SPACE. 36 00:01:39,666 --> 00:01:40,376 THEY'LL BE HOUSED 37 00:01:40,376 --> 00:01:43,776 ON THE MATERIALS ISS EXPERIMENT FLIGHT FACILITY, 38 00:01:44,146 --> 00:01:47,386 OR MISSE-FF FOR SHORT, WHERE THEY'LL BE EXPOSED 39 00:01:47,476 --> 00:01:50,856 TO THE HARSH REALITY OF OUTER SPACE, FACING ULTRAVIOLET, 40 00:01:51,136 --> 00:01:55,206 ELECTROMAGNETIC AND IONIZING RADIATION, ATOMIC OXYGEN, 41 00:01:55,656 --> 00:01:57,436 VACUUM, CHARGED PARTICLES, 42 00:01:57,726 --> 00:02:00,346 EXTREME TEMPERATURES AND MICRO-METEOROIDS. 43 00:02:01,016 --> 00:02:03,166 INDUSTRIES LIKE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, 44 00:02:03,646 --> 00:02:07,066 SPACECRAFT DESIGN, AERONAUTICS, ENERGY PRODUCTION 45 00:02:07,386 --> 00:02:10,036 AND EVEN AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTION CAN USE MISSE 46 00:02:10,086 --> 00:02:11,286 TO DEVELOP STRONGER, 47 00:02:11,286 --> 00:02:14,096 MORE RESILIENT MATERIALS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.