1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,180 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:05,494 --> 00:00:07,475 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I AM KATHRYN CLAYTON. 3 00:00:07,812 --> 00:00:10,082 THE CREW OF EXPEDITION 64 ARE 4 00:00:10,082 --> 00:00:10,840 IN THE FINAL STAGES OF 5 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:12,210 PREPARATIONS PRIOR TO THEIR 6 00:00:12,210 --> 00:00:14,299 LAUNCH FROM BAIKONUR. 7 00:00:14,299 --> 00:00:15,500 EARLIER THIS WEEK, 8 00:00:15,500 --> 00:00:17,170 NASA ASTRONAUT KATE RUBINS 9 00:00:17,170 --> 00:00:18,360 AND RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS 10 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:21,450 SERGEY RYZHIKOV AND SERGEY KUD-SVERCHKOV 11 00:00:21,450 --> 00:00:22,630 PARTICIPATED IN THE TRADITIONAL 12 00:00:22,630 --> 00:00:24,090 PRELAUNCH CEREMONIES AT THE 13 00:00:24,090 --> 00:00:25,680 GAGARIN COSMONAUT TRAINING CENTER 14 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:27,250 IN STAR CITY, RUSSIA. 15 00:00:27,250 --> 00:00:28,250 AFTER THE CEREMONY 16 00:00:28,250 --> 00:00:29,840 THE EXPEDITION 64 CREW 17 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:31,610 DEPARTED FOR THE BAIKONUR COSMODROME 18 00:00:31,610 --> 00:00:33,140 IN KAZAKSTAN TO COMPLETE 19 00:00:33,140 --> 00:00:34,390 THEIR TRAINING FOR THEIR UPCOMING 20 00:00:34,390 --> 00:00:36,830 SOYUZ LAUNCH TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 21 00:00:36,830 --> 00:00:38,860 CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR LATE OCTOBER. 22 00:00:38,860 --> 00:00:40,180 WITH FOUR ADDITIONAL CREW MEMBERS 23 00:00:40,180 --> 00:00:43,200 ARRIVING SHORTLY AFTER ON SPACEX CREW-1, 24 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,390 EXPEDITION 64 WILL MARK THE BEGINNING 25 00:00:45,390 --> 00:00:47,627 OF SEVEN CREW OPERATIONS ON THE ISS. 26 00:00:48,780 --> 00:00:49,820 THE NORTHRUP GUMMANS 27 00:00:49,820 --> 00:00:51,560 CYGNUS CARGO SPACECRAFT IS 28 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:52,860 ON THE LAUNCH PAD, 29 00:00:52,860 --> 00:00:53,860 READY FOR TAKE-OFF 30 00:00:53,860 --> 00:00:55,940 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 31 00:00:55,940 --> 00:00:56,940 THE SPACECRAFT, 32 00:00:56,940 --> 00:00:59,280 DUBBED THE S.S. KALPANA CHAWLA, 33 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:01,140 IS CARRYING ALMOST 8,000 POUNDS 34 00:01:01,140 --> 00:01:03,140 OF CARGO TO THE STATION, 35 00:01:03,140 --> 00:01:04,210 INCLUDING CREW SUPPLIES, 36 00:01:04,210 --> 00:01:06,079 SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS 37 00:01:06,079 --> 00:01:08,390 AND A NEW UNIVERSAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 38 00:01:08,390 --> 00:01:10,310 TUNE TO NASA-TV, OR 39 00:01:10,310 --> 00:01:13,210 THE AGENCY’S WEBSITE TO FOLLOW THE FLIGHT. 40 00:01:13,210 --> 00:01:15,100 THIS WEEK WE ALSO WANT TO CELEBRATE 41 00:01:15,100 --> 00:01:19,320 NASA ASTRONAUTS CHRISTINA KOCH AND JESSICA MEIR. 42 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:20,320 LATE LAST YEAR, 43 00:01:20,320 --> 00:01:21,690 CHRISTINA AND JESSICA COMPLETED 44 00:01:21,690 --> 00:01:23,630 THE FIRST ALL FEMALE SPACEWALK. 45 00:01:23,630 --> 00:01:25,890 THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN SELECTED 46 00:01:25,890 --> 00:01:28,170 BY TIME MAGAZINE TO BE INCLUDED IN 47 00:01:28,170 --> 00:01:29,890 THE LIST OF 100 OF THE MOST 48 00:01:29,890 --> 00:01:32,060 INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2020. 49 00:01:32,060 --> 00:01:34,880 NOMINATED BY FORMER ASTRONAUT MAE JEMISON, 50 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:36,650 BOTH ASTRONAUTS WERE APPLAUDED FOR 51 00:01:36,650 --> 00:01:39,030 THE SUCCESSFUL SEVEN HOUR SPACEWALK. 52 00:01:39,030 --> 00:01:40,780 THEIR SUCCESS PUSHES US ALL CLOSER 53 00:01:40,780 --> 00:01:44,600 TO ACHIEVING ANY FEAT WE ARE DETERMINED TO ACCOMPLISH. 54 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:45,960 KEEP SENDING YOUR QUESTIONS