1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,256 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:05,256 --> 00:00:07,729 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I’M ISIDRO REYNA. 3 00:00:07,729 --> 00:00:09,969 THIS WEEK, INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW MEMBERS 4 00:00:09,969 --> 00:00:13,048 CONDUCTED A VARIETY OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS. 5 00:00:13,679 --> 00:00:15,110 THE ADDITION OF FOUR NEW CREW MEMBERS 6 00:00:15,110 --> 00:00:17,280 TO THE ORBITING LABORATORY INCREASES 7 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,735 THE CREW TIME AVAILABLE FOR SCIENCE. 8 00:00:19,735 --> 00:00:22,688 ASTRONAUTS WORKED ON THE PLANT HABITAT-02 FACILITY. 9 00:00:22,688 --> 00:00:24,460 THIS INVESTIGATION STUDIES THE EFFECTS 10 00:00:24,460 --> 00:00:26,780 OF SPACE FLIGHT AND CULTURE CONDITIONS ON GROWTH, 11 00:00:26,780 --> 00:00:30,020 PERFORMANCE, AND METABOLISM IN RADISH PLANTS. 12 00:00:30,020 --> 00:00:31,780 THIS MODEL PLANT IS NUTRITIOUS, 13 00:00:31,780 --> 00:00:34,030 AND HAS A SHORT CULTIVATION TIME. 14 00:00:34,030 --> 00:00:35,130 THE CREW ALSO CONDUCTED 15 00:00:35,130 --> 00:00:37,290 THE DROP VIBRATION INVESTIGATION, 16 00:00:37,290 --> 00:00:38,460 WHICH EXAMINES THE BEHAVIOR OF 17 00:00:38,460 --> 00:00:39,840 BIG LIQUID DROPS WHEN THEIR 18 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:41,780 CONTACT LINES MOVE RAPIDLY AS 19 00:00:41,780 --> 00:00:43,640 DROPS CHANGE SHAPE THROUGH MERGING 20 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:45,260 OR DUE TO VIBRATION. 21 00:00:45,260 --> 00:00:47,510 THESE MOTIONS ARE FAST AND SMALL ON EARTH 22 00:00:47,510 --> 00:00:49,886 BUT BECOME SLOWER AND LARGER IN MICROGRAVITY, 23 00:00:49,886 --> 00:00:51,080 MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO 24 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,110 OBSERVE THEM MORE CLOSELY. 25 00:00:53,110 --> 00:00:54,110 ALSO THIS WEEK, 26 00:00:54,110 --> 00:00:55,640 THE STANDARD MEASURES INVESTIGATION 27 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:57,470 COLLECTED A SET OF CONSISTENT MEASUREMENTS 28 00:00:57,470 --> 00:00:59,079 FROM U.S. CREW MEMBERS TO HELP 29 00:00:59,079 --> 00:01:00,290 CHARACTERIZE THE EFFECTS OF 30 00:01:00,290 --> 00:01:03,176 LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE ON THE HUMAN BODY. 31 00:01:04,030 --> 00:01:06,140 THE EXPEDITION 64 CREW CELEBRATED 32 00:01:06,140 --> 00:01:07,670 THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WITH 33 00:01:07,670 --> 00:01:09,970 A TRADITIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FEAST, 34 00:01:09,970 --> 00:01:12,200 WHILE IN MICROGRAVITY. 35 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:13,560 THE SEVEN MEMBER CREW FLOATED 36 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:15,610 AROUND THE THANKSGIVING TABLE THIS YEAR 37 00:01:15,610 --> 00:01:17,970 WITH A MEAL TO MAKE YOUR MOUTH WATER. 38 00:01:17,970 --> 00:01:19,970 SMOKED TURKEY, MASHED POTATOES, 39 00:01:19,970 --> 00:01:21,530 GREEN BEANS AND CORNBREAD DRESSING 40 00:01:21,530 --> 00:01:22,710 WERE ON THE MENU, 41 00:01:22,710 --> 00:01:24,330 IN ADDITION TO CURRY RICE, 42 00:01:24,330 --> 00:01:25,330 RED BEANS AND RICE 43 00:01:25,330 --> 00:01:26,619 AND A SEAFOOD DISH PREPARED BY 44 00:01:26,619 --> 00:01:28,795 JAPANESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. 45 00:01:28,795 --> 00:01:31,660 "THE YEAR 2020 IS A TOUGH ONE, 46 00:01:31,660 --> 00:01:34,049 THE YEAR OF PRESEVERANCE, 47 00:01:34,049 --> 00:01:36,330 AND A YEAR OF RESILIENCE. 48 00:01:36,330 --> 00:01:39,233 AND I REALLY HOPE EVERY ONE OF YOU 49 00:01:39,233 --> 00:01:41,650 ENJOY AND CHERISH EVERY MOMENT 50 00:01:41,650 --> 00:01:43,717 WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, 51 00:01:43,717 --> 00:01:45,443 AS WE DO ON ORBIT." 52 00:01:46,110 --> 00:01:48,869 "HELLO, WELCOME TO STORY TIME. 53 00:01:48,869 --> 00:01:49,869 TODAY WE'RE GOING TO READ 54 00:01:49,869 --> 00:01:54,380 "THE RHINO WHO SWALLOWED A STORM", BY LEVAR BURTON." 55 00:01:54,380 --> 00:01:56,400 NASA ASTRONAUT KATE RUBINS WELCOMED 56 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,630 STUDENTS TO THE ORBITING LABORATORY, OR LIBRARY, 57 00:01:59,630 --> 00:02:03,479 FOR A READING OF “THE RHINO WHO SWALLOWED A STORM.” 58 00:02:03,479 --> 00:02:04,950 STORY TIME FROM SPACE AIMS TO 59 00:02:04,950 --> 00:02:07,840 INSPIRE STUDENTS, EDUCATORS AND FAMILIES 60 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:09,819 TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN SCIENCE, 61 00:02:09,819 --> 00:02:12,480 TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS, 62 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:14,430 THROUGH THE EXCITEMENT OF SPACE EXPLORATION 63 00:02:14,430 --> 00:02:15,510 AND LITERACY. 64 00:02:15,510 --> 00:02:17,180 THE PROGRAM ARMS EDUCATORS WITH 65 00:02:17,180 --> 00:02:19,230 THE NECESSARY MATERIALS AND KNOWLEDGE 66 00:02:19,230 --> 00:02:21,603 TO TEACH FUN, ACCURATE STEM LESSONS. 67 00:02:22,650 --> 00:02:24,220 KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS USING