1 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:05,779 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I’M ISIDRO REYNA. 2 00:00:05,779 --> 00:00:07,180 AS WE WORK TO SLOW THE SPREAD 3 00:00:07,180 --> 00:00:09,050 OF CORONAVIRUS HERE ON EARTH, 4 00:00:09,050 --> 00:00:10,809 THREE HUMANS CONTINUE CRITICAL WORK 5 00:00:10,809 --> 00:00:12,780 ONBOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,120 THE BARTOLOMEO PLATFORM WAS ROBOTICALLY 7 00:00:16,129 --> 00:00:17,129 REMOVED FROM THE TRUNK OF 8 00:00:17,129 --> 00:00:19,250 THE SPACEX DRAGON CARGO VEHICLE. 9 00:00:19,250 --> 00:00:20,430 NAMED FOR THE YOUNGER BROTHER 10 00:00:20,430 --> 00:00:21,830 OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, 11 00:00:21,830 --> 00:00:23,710 THE PLATFORM HAS THE CAPABILITY TO HOST 12 00:00:23,710 --> 00:00:26,250 EXTERNAL PAYLOADS IN LOW-EARTH ORBIT. 13 00:00:26,250 --> 00:00:28,000 BARTOLOMEO OFFERS THE STATION’S 14 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:29,340 ONLY UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW BOTH 15 00:00:29,340 --> 00:00:32,529 TOWARDS PLANET EARTH AND INTO OUTER SPACE. 16 00:00:32,529 --> 00:00:34,030 APPLICATION AREAS INCLUDE 17 00:00:34,030 --> 00:00:35,200 BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 18 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,020 EARTH OBSERVATION, ROBOTICS, 19 00:00:37,020 --> 00:00:40,050 MATERIAL SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS. 20 00:00:40,050 --> 00:00:42,070 THE EXPEDITION 63 CREW ARRIVED 21 00:00:42,070 --> 00:00:44,210 AT THE LAUNCH SITE IN KAZAKHSTAN THIS WEEK 22 00:00:44,210 --> 00:00:46,210 COUNTING DOWN TO AN APRIL 9 LIFTOFF 23 00:00:46,210 --> 00:00:47,579 TO THE STATION. 24 00:00:47,579 --> 00:00:49,190 NASA ASTRONAUT CHRIS CASSIDY SHARED 25 00:00:49,190 --> 00:00:50,579 HOW HE AND THE CREW ARE STAYING SAFE 26 00:00:50,579 --> 00:00:53,040 FROM CORONAVIRUS PRIOR TO LAUNCH. 27 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,170 “WELL, INTERESTING ENOUGH 28 00:00:55,170 --> 00:00:57,489 THE PREPARATION HAS BEEN NO DIFFERENT, 29 00:00:57,489 --> 00:01:01,059 AND THE QUARANTINE FOR US AS CREW MEMBERS 30 00:01:01,059 --> 00:01:02,649 HAS BEEN VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT 31 00:01:02,649 --> 00:01:04,250 I’M USED TO FOR QUARANTINE. 32 00:01:04,250 --> 00:01:07,240 THE REAL WEIRD PART IS EVERYBODY ELSE 33 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:09,750 BEING IN QUARANTINE ALSO AND SORT OF 34 00:01:09,750 --> 00:01:12,580 THE SOCIAL DISTANCE CONCEPT IS NOT PERTAINING 35 00:01:12,580 --> 00:01:13,630 TO THE THREE CREW MEMBERS, 36 00:01:13,630 --> 00:01:15,860 BUT IT’S EVERYBODY. 37 00:01:15,860 --> 00:01:17,600 AND THEN THE OTHER PART 38 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,290 THAT’S NOT SO OPERATIONAL BUT MORE ON THE 39 00:01:20,290 --> 00:01:22,560 SUPPORT SIDE IS TRYING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH 40 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:26,160 ALL THE UNCERTAINTY OF WHICH PEOPLE WILL 41 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,480 GET TO COME TO LAUNCH, FRIENDS, FAMILY, 42 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,150 NASA SUPPORT PERSONNEL, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF 43 00:01:32,150 --> 00:01:33,830 HAS BEEN QUITE DYNAMIC AS I’M SURE 44 00:01:33,830 --> 00:01:36,450 YOU’VE BEEN EXPERIENCING IN YOUR OWN LIFE 45 00:01:36,450 --> 00:01:38,710 OVER THE LAST SEVEN DAYS.” 46 00:01:38,710 --> 00:01:41,060 ONE THING ASTRONAUTS HAVE TO BE GOOD AT: 47 00:01:41,060 --> 00:01:43,520 LIVING IN CONFINED SPACES FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. 48 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,409 TWO VETERAN ASTRONAUTS RECENTLY SHARED TIPS TO SUCCEED 49 00:01:46,409 --> 00:01:51,460 IN SELF ISOLATION AS WE PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING WORLDWIDE. 50 00:01:51,460 --> 00:01:53,979 VETERAN NASA ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY, WHO COMPLETED 51 00:01:53,979 --> 00:01:58,229 A HISTORIC 340-DAY MISSION ABOARD THE SPACE STATION IN 2016, 52 00:01:58,229 --> 00:02:00,110 SHARED A FEW TIPS IN A RECENT OP-ED 53 00:02:00,110 --> 00:02:01,920 PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES. 54 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,560 KELLY RECOMMENDS YOU: FOLLOW A SCHEDULE, 55 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,200 PACE YOURSELF, GO OUTSIDE AND CONSIDER GETTING A HOBBY. 56 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,580 KELLY STATED: “YOU WILL FIND MAINTAINING A PLAN 57 00:02:10,580 --> 00:02:12,670 WILL HELP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ADJUST TO 58 00:02:12,670 --> 00:02:15,280 A DIFFERENT WORK AND HOME LIFE ENVIRONMENT. 59 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,340 VETERAN NASA ASTRONAUT PEGGY WHITSON, 60 00:02:17,340 --> 00:02:20,650 WHO SPENT A TOTAL 665 DAYS IN SPACE, 61 00:02:20,650 --> 00:02:23,540 ALSO SHARED HER OWN TIPS ON CBS THIS MORNING. 62 00:02:23,540 --> 00:02:26,260 FOR THOSE WORKING AND PARENTING FROM HOME, WHITSON NOTED 63 00:02:26,260 --> 00:02:29,250 "IT’S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE BIGGER PURPOSE TO GIVE YOU 64 00:02:29,250 --> 00:02:32,430 REASON AND RATIONALE FOR CONTINUING TO PUT UP WITH THE SITUATION." 65 00:02:32,430 --> 00:02:35,670 WHITSON RECOMMENDS WORKING ON COMMUNICATING WITH 66 00:02:35,670 --> 00:02:39,120 THE PEOPLE YOU'RE LIVING WITH TO MAXIMIZE YOUR TIME AT HOME.