1 00:00:02,963 --> 00:00:05,275 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:05,275 --> 00:00:08,110 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I’M KATHRYN CLAYTON. 3 00:00:08,110 --> 00:00:12,660 THIS WEEK, WE HAD A SPACEWALK AND SETTLED IN FOR STORYTIME. 4 00:00:12,660 --> 00:00:15,559 NASA ASTRONAUTS MICHAEL HOPKINS AND VICTOR GLOVER 5 00:00:15,559 --> 00:00:19,190 COMPLETED THE FIRST SPACEWALK OF 2021 ON WEDNESDAY. 6 00:00:19,190 --> 00:00:21,530 THE DUO WORKED ON INSTALLING POWER CONECTIONS 7 00:00:21,530 --> 00:00:23,640 TO THE BARTOLOMEO SCIENCE PLATFORM 8 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,910 WHICH HOSTS PAYLOADS FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. 9 00:00:25,910 --> 00:00:28,070 TWO OF THREE BUNDLES OF CABLES 10 00:00:28,070 --> 00:00:29,720 FOR BARTOLOMEO WERE CONNECTED, 11 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:31,850 BUT TIME RAN OUT BEFORE A THIRD BUNDLE 12 00:00:31,850 --> 00:00:33,050 COULD BE HOOKED UP. 13 00:00:33,050 --> 00:00:35,990 IT WILL BE ATTENDED TO ON A LATER SPACEWALK. 14 00:00:35,990 --> 00:00:37,480 THE ASTRONAUTS ALSO INSTALLED 15 00:00:37,480 --> 00:00:39,500 A KA-BAND TERMINAL TO ENABLE 16 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:42,110 INDEPENDENT HIGH-BANDWIDTH COMMUNCATION LINKS 17 00:00:42,110 --> 00:00:43,410 TO EUROPEAN GROUND STATIONS 18 00:00:43,410 --> 00:00:45,364 FROM THE BARTOLOMEO PLATFORM. 19 00:00:45,364 --> 00:00:47,690 THIS WAS THE FIRST SPACEWALK FOR GLOVER, 20 00:00:47,690 --> 00:00:49,390 AND THE THIRD FOR HOPKINS. 21 00:00:49,390 --> 00:00:51,590 STAY TUNED, BECAUSE MIKE AND VICTOR WILL CONDUCT 22 00:00:51,590 --> 00:00:54,399 A SECOND SPACEWALK TOGETHER ON FEBRUARY 1st 23 00:00:54,399 --> 00:00:57,642 TO COMPLETE LONG-TERM BATTERY UPGRAGE WORK. 24 00:00:57,950 --> 00:00:59,649 NASA AND BOEING RECENTLY ANNOUNCED 25 00:00:59,649 --> 00:01:02,969 A NEW DATE FOR THE NEXT STARLINER FLIGHT TEST. 26 00:01:02,969 --> 00:01:05,710 NASA AND BOEING ARE TARGETING MARCH 25TH 27 00:01:05,710 --> 00:01:09,048 FOR THE BOEING STARLINERS SECOND UNCREWED FLIGHT TEST. 28 00:01:09,048 --> 00:01:12,240 THE ORBITAL FLIGHT TEST 2 OR OFT2, 29 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:13,500 IS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD 30 00:01:13,500 --> 00:01:15,738 IN NASA’S COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM. 31 00:01:15,738 --> 00:01:18,520 THE OFT-2 MISSION WILL LAUNCH THE STARLINER 32 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,060 ON A UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE ATLAS V ROCKET 33 00:01:21,060 --> 00:01:24,140 FROM THE CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION IN FLORIDA. 34 00:01:24,140 --> 00:01:26,330 IT WILL THEN DOCK TO THE SPACE STATION 35 00:01:26,330 --> 00:01:28,525 AND RETURN ABOUT A WEEK LATER. 36 00:01:28,525 --> 00:01:30,750 THIS TEST FLIGHT IS A CRITICAL MILESTONE 37 00:01:30,750 --> 00:01:32,799 IN ORDER FOR BOEING’S STARLINER TO FLY 38 00:01:32,799 --> 00:01:35,600 CREWED MISSIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 39 00:01:36,430 --> 00:01:40,452 “WHAT BRINGS YOU OUT HERE, MISTER KRILL WHISPER QUIETLY. 40 00:01:40,452 --> 00:01:44,489 WE’RE LOOKING FOR A SUPER HERO, WILLOW STATED, QUITE MIGHTILY!” 41 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:46,950 ON TUESDAY, NASA ASTRONAUT SHANNON WALKER 42 00:01:46,950 --> 00:01:49,189 READ "WILLOW THE WATER BEAR" BY HOUSTON KIDD, 43 00:01:49,189 --> 00:01:51,340 LIVE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 44 00:01:51,340 --> 00:01:53,630 AS A PART OF STORY TIME FROM SPACE, 45 00:01:53,630 --> 00:01:56,270 A PROGRAM THAT COMBINES LITERATURE WITH SCIENCE. 46 00:01:56,270 --> 00:01:58,299 KIDS AND FAMILIES CAN ENJOY A GREAT BOOK 47 00:01:58,299 --> 00:02:00,340 READ BY AN ASTRONAUT ON THE STATION 48 00:02:00,340 --> 00:02:02,780 AS WELL AS SCIENCE DEMONSTRATIONS THAT COMPLEMENT 49 00:02:02,780 --> 00:02:04,869 THE SCIENCE CONCEPTS IN THE BOOK. 50 00:02:04,869 --> 00:02:06,040 THE PROGRAM IS SPONSORED BY 51 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,420 THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE IN SPACE 52 00:02:08,420 --> 00:02:10,869 AND THE VIDEOS OF THE STORIES AND DEMOSTRATIONS, 53 00:02:10,869 --> 00:02:12,260 AS WELL AS THE CURRICULUM 54 00:02:12,260 --> 00:02:14,260 ARE ALL AVAILABLE FOR FREE ON 55 00:02:14,260 --> 00:02:16,000 THE STORY TIME FROM SPACE WEBSITE. 56 00:02:16,721 --> 00:02:18,750 THAT’S SPACE TO GROUND FOR THIS WEEK.