1 00:00:03,030 --> 00:00:05,630 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I’M SANDRA JONES. 2 00:00:05,630 --> 00:00:08,500 THIS WEEK A SCIENCE INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY THAT COULD 3 00:00:08,500 --> 00:00:11,660 IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HURRICANE INTENSIFICATION, 4 00:00:11,660 --> 00:00:13,950 AND THE LATEST SPACE STATION CREW MEMBERS HAVE BEEN 5 00:00:13,950 --> 00:00:16,520 BUSY ADJUSTING TO LIFE BACK IN SPACE. 6 00:00:17,460 --> 00:00:20,680 NOT ALL SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 7 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:23,520 REQUIRE HEAVY CREW INVOLVMENT THANKS TO INCREASING 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:25,990 AUTOMATION AND COORDINATION WITH GROUND TEAMS. 9 00:00:25,990 --> 00:00:29,760 THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY’S ATMOSPHERE-SPACE INTERACTIONS MONITOR 10 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:31,620 IS ONE SUCH EXAMPLE. 11 00:00:31,620 --> 00:00:35,039 THIS EARTH OBSERVATION FACILITY STUDIES SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 12 00:00:35,039 --> 00:00:37,350 AND THEIR ROLE IN THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE 13 00:00:37,350 --> 00:00:39,640 USING UPPER-ATMOSPHERIC LIGHTNING. 14 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,899 THIS LIGHTNING, ALSO KNOWN AS TRANSIENT LUMINOUS EVENTS 15 00:00:42,899 --> 00:00:44,880 OR TERRESTRIAL GAMMA-RAY FLASHES, 16 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:48,399 OCCUR WELL ABOVE THE ALTITUDES OF NORMAL LIGHTNING AND STORM CLOUDS, 17 00:00:48,399 --> 00:00:53,160 AND INCLUDES PHENOMENA WITH NAMES LIKE RED SPRITES, BLUE JETS, AND ELVES. 18 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:56,520 THE SPACE STATION’S LOW-EARTH ORBIT PROVIDES AN IDEAL PLATFORM 19 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,249 FOR MEASURING UPPER-ATMOSPHERIC LIGHTNING. 20 00:00:59,249 --> 00:01:01,270 BY STUDYING UPPER-ATMOSPHERIC LIGHTNING, 21 00:01:01,270 --> 00:01:04,180 WE CAN IMPROVE OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE EFFECTS OF DUST STORMS, 22 00:01:04,180 --> 00:01:08,100 POLLUTANTS FROM CITIES, FOREST FIRES, VOLCANO ON CLOUD FORMATION 23 00:01:08,100 --> 00:01:12,570 AND ELECTRIFICATION AS WELL AS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HURRICANE INTENSIFICATION 24 00:01:12,570 --> 00:01:15,870 AND THE RELATION TO EYE-WALL LIGHTNING ACTIVITY. 25 00:01:15,870 --> 00:01:18,770 THIS INSIGHT COULD BE ESPECIALLY BENEFICIAL BACK ON EARTH 26 00:01:18,770 --> 00:01:22,350 AS JUNE 1ST MARKED THE OFFICIAL BEGINNING OF THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON 27 00:01:22,350 --> 00:01:25,509 AND TROPICAL ACTIVITY IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. 28 00:01:25,509 --> 00:01:30,289 NASA ASTRONAUTS BOB BEHNKEN AND DOUG HURLEY, THE LATEST SPACE STATION INHABITANTS, 29 00:01:30,289 --> 00:01:33,200 HAVE BEEN BUSY ADJUSTING BACK TO LIFE IN SPACE FOLLOWING THEIR 30 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:37,240 HISTORIC LAUNCH ON MAY 30 ABOARD THE SPACEX CREW DRAGON SPACECRAFT VEHICLE. 31 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:42,219 THEY TOOK A FEW MOMENTS TO REFLECT ON THEIR NEW NORMAL ON THE ORBITING OUTPOST. 32 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:44,619 "IT'S GOING PRETTY WELL. 33 00:01:44,619 --> 00:01:50,450 WE'VE JUST GOT OVER OUR FIRST WEEK IN SPACE THIS TRIP AND BEEN VERY BUSY. 34 00:01:50,450 --> 00:01:54,460 WE EVEN GOT TO WORK A LITTLE BIT ON SATURDAY FIXING OUR TREADMILL, 35 00:01:54,460 --> 00:01:56,289 SO ALL IN ALL IT'S BEEN GREAT. 36 00:01:56,289 --> 00:01:59,759 IT'S GREAT TO SPEND TIME WITH CHRIS, HE'S A GREAT CREWMATE. 37 00:01:59,759 --> 00:02:03,280 AND OF COURSE BOB AND I ARE JUST TRYING TO GET OUR SPACE LEGS 38 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,450 AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE SCIENCE, 39 00:02:06,450 --> 00:02:10,979 AND WE'RE DOING A LOT OF TRANSFER WITH THE HTV VEHICLE UP HERE, 40 00:02:10,979 --> 00:02:14,120 AND THEN WE'RE GETTING READY FOR SOME EVA'S AT THE END OF THE MONTH, 41 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,280 SO A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW." 42 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:18,800 THIS WEEK’S QUESTION COMES FROM MICHAEL WHO WANTS TO KNOW 43 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:23,280 IF YOU CAN SEE THE ISS WITHOUT THE USE OF A TELESCOPE. 44 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,599 WELL MICHAEL, THE SPACE STATION IS THE THIRD BRIGHTEST OBJECT IN THE SKY 45 00:02:26,599 --> 00:02:29,480 AND IS EASY TO SPOT IF YOU KNOW WHEN TO LOOK UP. 46 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,780 VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE, IT LOOKS LIKE A FAST-MOVING PLANE. 47 00:02:32,780 --> 00:02:35,250 YOU CAN CHECK TO SEE WHEN THE SPACE STATION IS FLYING OVER YOU 48 00:02:35,250 --> 00:02:38,760 NEXT BY HEADING TO THE SPOT THE STATION WEBSITE.