1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,290 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:05,290 --> 00:00:07,390 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I AM SANDRA JONES. 3 00:00:07,390 --> 00:00:10,640 THIS WEEK A CARGO CRAFT DEPARTED THE SPACE STATION, 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:12,340 NASA AND SPACEX TARGET OCTOBER 5 00:00:12,340 --> 00:00:14,140 FOR THE NEXT CREWED DRAGON LAUNCH, 6 00:00:14,140 --> 00:00:15,639 AND STUDENTS HEADING BACK TO CLASS 7 00:00:15,639 --> 00:00:19,700 CAN CELEBRATE STATION SCIENCE WITH A NEW WEBSITE. 8 00:00:19,700 --> 00:00:21,610 ON TUESDAY, THE JAPANESE AEROSPACE 9 00:00:21,610 --> 00:00:24,700 EXPLORATION AGENCY’S HTV-9 CARGO VEHICLE 10 00:00:24,700 --> 00:00:27,260 DEPARTED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 11 00:00:27,260 --> 00:00:29,680 NASA ASTRONAUT AND EXPEDITION 63 COMMANDER 12 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:33,840 CHRIS CASSIDY USED THE CANADARM2 TO RELEASE HTV-9, 13 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:35,720 ENDING ITS THREE-MONTH STAY IN SPACE 14 00:00:35,730 --> 00:00:37,760 AFTER DELIVERING FOUR TONS OF SUPPLIES 15 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:40,080 AND EXPERIMENTS TO THE ORBITING LABORATORY, 16 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,050 INCLUDING LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES USED 17 00:00:42,050 --> 00:00:45,560 TO RECENTLY UPGRADE THE STATION’S POWER SYSTEMS. 18 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,120 OCTOBER IS SHAPING UP TO BE A BUSY TRAVEL MONTH 19 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,860 ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 20 00:00:50,860 --> 00:00:53,010 ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 21 00:00:53,010 --> 00:00:55,370 SOYUZ MS-17 IS SCHEDULED TO BLAST OFF 22 00:00:55,370 --> 00:00:58,210 FROM BAIKONUR WITH NASA ASTRONAUT KATE RUBINS 23 00:00:58,210 --> 00:00:59,620 AND HER RUSSIAN CREWMATES TO BEGIN 24 00:00:59,620 --> 00:01:02,329 THEIR SIX-MONTH STAY ON STATION. 25 00:01:02,329 --> 00:01:03,660 ONE WEEK LATER, CHRIS CASSIDY, 26 00:01:03,660 --> 00:01:06,390 IVAN VAGNER, AND ANATOLY IVANISHIN WILL END 27 00:01:06,390 --> 00:01:09,430 THEIR 195 DAY STAY IN SPACE AND LAND 28 00:01:09,430 --> 00:01:11,280 ON THE STEPPE OF KAZAKHSTAN. 29 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:12,500 FOLLOWING THAT LANDING, 30 00:01:12,500 --> 00:01:15,920 AND NOW SCHEDULED FOR NO EARLIER THAN OCTOBER 23, 31 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:17,830 NASA ASTRONAUTS, MICHAEL HOPKINS, 32 00:01:17,830 --> 00:01:19,860 VICTOR GLOVER, AND SHANNON WALKER, 33 00:01:19,860 --> 00:01:21,990 AND JAXA ASTRONAUT SOICHI NOGUCHI 34 00:01:21,990 --> 00:01:23,640 WILL LAUNCH FROM FLORIDA ON THE FIRST 35 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:25,100 OF A REGULAR ROTATION OF MISSIONS 36 00:01:25,100 --> 00:01:26,860 TO THE SPACE STATION ABOARD 37 00:01:26,860 --> 00:01:30,659 THE SPACEX CREW DRAGON SPACECRAFT. 38 00:01:30,659 --> 00:01:32,930 WE ARE CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS 39 00:01:32,930 --> 00:01:35,570 HUMAN OCCUPANCY ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 40 00:01:35,570 --> 00:01:37,430 THIS YEAR AND HAVE RECENTLY LAUNCHED 41 00:01:37,430 --> 00:01:39,610 A NEW WEBSITE FULL OF THEM-BASED RESOURCES 42 00:01:39,610 --> 00:01:41,900 FOR STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS. 43 00:01:41,900 --> 00:01:43,570 THIS MONTH’S THEME IS BACK TO SCHOOL 44 00:01:43,570 --> 00:01:45,750 AND FEATURES OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES 45 00:01:45,750 --> 00:01:47,450 FOR CELEBRATING STATION SCIENCE 46 00:01:47,450 --> 00:01:49,850 AS THE START OF A NEW SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS. 47 00:01:49,850 --> 00:01:51,560 YOU CAN PARTICIPATE FROM ANYWHERE. 48 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:58,409 VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT NASA.GOV/STEM/ISS20 AND CHECK IT OUT! 49 00:01:58,409 --> 00:02:00,840 THIS WEEK’S QUESTION COMES FROM 9 YEAR OLD THOMAS 50 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:05,780 WHO WANTS TO KNOW IF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS FALLING OR ORBITING? 51 00:02:05,780 --> 00:02:07,979 WELL THOMAS, THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 52 00:02:07,980 --> 00:02:09,820 IS ACTUALLY DOING BOTH! 53 00:02:09,820 --> 00:02:11,540 EARTH'S GRAVITY IS CONSTANTLY PULLING 54 00:02:11,540 --> 00:02:13,459 OBJECTS DOWNWARD TOWARD THE SURFACE, 55 00:02:13,460 --> 00:02:15,000 INCLUDING THE SPACE STATION. 56 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,620 AS A RESULT, THE SPACE STATION IS CONSTANTLY FALLING 57 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:19,130 TOWARD EARTH'S SURFACE. 58 00:02:19,130 --> 00:02:22,160 HOWEVER, IT ALSO IS MOVING AT A VERY FAST SPEED, 59 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,120 ABOUT 17,500 MILES PER HOUR. 60 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,250 THE SPACE STATION MOVES AT A SPEED THAT MATCHES 61 00:02:27,250 --> 00:02:28,739 THE WAY EARTH'S SURFACE CURVES. 62 00:02:28,739 --> 00:02:29,879 BECAUSE OF THIS, 63 00:02:29,879 --> 00:02:31,980 THE SPACECRAFT KEEPS FALLING TOWARD THE GROUND 64 00:02:31,980 --> 00:02:33,049 BUT NEVER HITS IT. 65 00:02:33,049 --> 00:02:34,150 AS A RESULT, 66 00:02:34,150 --> 00:02:35,980 IT FALLS IN ORBIT AROUND THE PLANET. 67 00:02:35,980 --> 00:02:40,000 THE MOON STAYS IN ORBIT AROUND EARTH FOR THIS SAME REASON!