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Welcome to Space to Ground and welcome
to 2020, I'm Leah Cheshier. This week a

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dragon descended from its perch on the
space station and an astronaut achieved

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another spaceflight milestone.
SpaceX's Dragon resupply spacecraft

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departed from the orbiting laboratory on
January 7th, splashing down in the

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Pacific Ocean about five hours later.
Launching on December 5th,

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this was SpaceX's 19th commercial
resupply mission to the space station

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and the reusable dragon capsules third
visit. The vehicle delivered about 5,700

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pounds of supplies equipment and
materials for science and research

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investigations. Dragon is the only
resupply spacecraft that can return

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research and cargo to earth bringing
back around 3,600 pounds.

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NASA astronaut Christina Koch continues to add days to her new record of longest single

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spaceflight by a female astronaut. On
January 9, Koch reached her 300th day in

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space nearing the end of her first
mission. Koch is scheduled to return to

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Earth on February 6th, 328 days after
launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome

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on March 14. During her time aboard the
orbiting laboratory, Koch has

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participated in hundreds of science
experiments inspired people worldwide

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and completed four spacewalks with more
on the horizon.

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As we look forward into the new decade, we continue work toward the Artemis program in landing the first

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woman and next man on the lunar surface.
Tim wants to know if international

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partners and private space industries
are contributing to our journey.

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Absolutely! In 2019 the governments of
Canada, Australia, and Japan committed to

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partnering with NASA on the Artemis
program and more may join. Research

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being conducted on the International
Space Station also helps us prepare for

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those future long-duration missions.
Additionally, private companies will help

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develop the Gateway in orbit around the
moon

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as well as the lunar lander. They will
also provide deliveries to the moon