1 00:00:03,016 --> 00:00:04,966 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M GARY JORDAN. 2 00:00:05,266 --> 00:00:07,716 THIS WEEK, TWO COSMONAUTS VENTURED OUTSIDE THE SPACE 3 00:00:07,716 --> 00:00:08,936 STATION FOR A SPACEWALK. 4 00:00:10,726 --> 00:00:13,476 EXPEDITION 59 COMMANDER OLEG KONENENKO 5 00:00:13,476 --> 00:00:16,246 AND FLIGHT ENGINEER ALEXEY OVCHININ CONDUCTED THE FOURTH 6 00:00:16,326 --> 00:00:18,166 SPACEWALK OF 2019. 7 00:00:18,166 --> 00:00:19,546 AFTER HEADING OUT THE HATCH 8 00:00:19,546 --> 00:00:21,286 OF THE PIRS DOCKING COMPARTMENT AIRLOCK, 9 00:00:21,626 --> 00:00:24,456 THE DUO SET OUT TO INSTALL HANDRAILS ON THE RUSSIAN SEGMENT 10 00:00:24,456 --> 00:00:26,976 OF THE COMPLEX, RETRIEVE SOME SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS, 11 00:00:27,196 --> 00:00:28,366 AND CONDUCT MAINTENANCE WORK. 12 00:00:28,536 --> 00:00:31,606 THE TWO COSMONAUTS PAYED TRIBUTE TO ALEXEY LEONOV 13 00:00:31,806 --> 00:00:34,306 FOR HIS 85TH BIRTHDAY WITH PLACARDS ADDED 14 00:00:34,306 --> 00:00:36,636 TO THEIR ORLAN SPACESUITS FOR THE EXCURSION. 15 00:00:36,876 --> 00:00:40,406 LEONOV WAS THE FIRST HUMAN TO CONDUCT A SPACEWALK ON MARCH 18, 16 00:00:40,406 --> 00:00:43,136 1965 DURING THE VOSKHOD 2 MISSION, 17 00:00:43,266 --> 00:00:46,426 WHEN HE EXITED THE SPACECRAFT FOR 12 MINUTES. 18 00:00:46,466 --> 00:00:47,886 IMPORTANT SCIENCE BEING CONDUCTED 19 00:00:47,886 --> 00:00:50,806 IN MICROGRAVITY IS GETTING READY TO COME BACK TO 1G. 20 00:00:52,536 --> 00:00:55,316 STATION ASTRONAUTS WILL HAVE MUCH OF THIS SUNDAY DEDICATED 21 00:00:55,316 --> 00:00:57,796 TO LOADING UP THE SPACEX DRAGON WITH SCIENCE 22 00:00:57,896 --> 00:00:59,396 FOR ITS RETURN HOME ON JUNE THIRD. 23 00:00:59,996 --> 00:01:03,156 AMONG THE MORE THAN 4,200 POUNDS OF CARGO RETURNING 24 00:01:03,156 --> 00:01:05,856 TO EARTH INCLUDES EXPERIMENTS IN PROTEIN CRYSTAL GROWTH, 25 00:01:06,136 --> 00:01:08,746 RODENT RESEARCH, MICROALGAE, AND DNA STUDIES. 26 00:01:09,626 --> 00:01:12,226 TUNE INTO LIVE COVERAGE OF DRAGON'S DEPARTURE FROM STATION 27 00:01:12,356 --> 00:01:14,676 ON NASA TV OR THE AGENCY'S WEBSITE. 28 00:01:14,816 --> 00:01:18,536 THERE'S A LOT OF SCIENCE TO CRAM INTO THE DRAGON FOR RETURN HOME, 29 00:01:18,926 --> 00:01:20,746 SOME OF WHICH REPLICATES THE STRUCTURE 30 00:01:20,746 --> 00:01:21,976 AND FUCTION OF HUMAN ORGANS. 31 00:01:22,026 --> 00:01:24,096 BUT WHEN THEY'RE THE SIZE OF A THUMB DRIVE, 32 00:01:24,186 --> 00:01:26,016 IT MAKES IT A BIT EASIER TO FIT. 33 00:01:28,186 --> 00:01:31,176 TISSUE CHIPS ARE TINY DEVICES THAT CONTAIN HUMAN CELLS 34 00:01:31,176 --> 00:01:34,506 IN A 3D MATRIX THAT HELP SCIENTISTS STUDY HOW THOSE CELLS 35 00:01:34,506 --> 00:01:37,096 RESPOND TO STRESSES, DRUGS, GENETIC CHANGES, 36 00:01:37,286 --> 00:01:38,546 AND NOW, MICROGRAVITY. 37 00:01:39,176 --> 00:01:42,026 CHIPS SPECIALIZED TO LOOK AT AREAS LIKE LUNG HOST DEFENSE, 38 00:01:42,306 --> 00:01:44,946 THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER, MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE 39 00:01:44,946 --> 00:01:47,576 AND KIDNEY FUNCTION CAN BE TESTED USING FACILITIES 40 00:01:47,576 --> 00:01:50,006 ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS 41 00:01:50,006 --> 00:01:52,436 TO THESE ORGANS IF YOU TAKE AWAY GRAVITY FROM THE EQUATION. 42 00:01:52,486 --> 00:01:55,816 TISSUE CHIPS WILL BE RETURNING ON THE SPACEX DRAGON TO EARTH 43 00:01:55,896 --> 00:01:58,806 SO SCIENTISTS CAN CONTINUE STUDYING THESE FUNCTIONS AND SEE 44 00:01:58,806 --> 00:02:00,996 IF THERE'S AN EFFECT WHEN SWITCHING BACK TO 1G 45 00:02:01,356 --> 00:02:02,766 AND WHETHER THE CHANGES ARE REVERSED 46 00:02:02,766 --> 00:02:04,360 FROM WHAT THEY'VE SEEN IN MICROGRAVITY.