1 00:00:03,110 --> 00:00:05,117 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:05,117 --> 00:00:07,693 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I’M KATHRYN CLAYTON. 3 00:00:07,693 --> 00:00:11,045 IT WAS ANOTHER BUSY WEEK ON THE ISS, WITH TWO SPACEWALKS, 4 00:00:11,045 --> 00:00:12,360 GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE, 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,255 AND PREPERATIONS FOR THE NEXT COMMERCIAL CREW FLIGHT. 6 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:17,560 ON FEBRUARY 28th, 7 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:20,340 NASA ASTRONAUTS KATE RUBINS AND VICTOR GLOVER 8 00:00:20,340 --> 00:00:22,300 COMPLETED THE THIRD SPACEWALK OF THE YEAR 9 00:00:22,300 --> 00:00:25,000 AFTER SEVEN HOURS INSTALLING A MODIFICATION KIT 10 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,870 REQUIRED FOR UPCOMING SOLAR ARRAY UPGRADES. 11 00:00:27,870 --> 00:00:29,540 THE DUO WORKED TO ASSEMBLE BRACKETS 12 00:00:29,540 --> 00:00:31,900 ON ONE OF THE STATION’S POWER CHANNELS. 13 00:00:31,900 --> 00:00:34,210 THE UPGRADE WORK CONTINUED ON MARCH 5th 14 00:00:34,210 --> 00:00:36,320 WHEN RUBINS, ALONG WITH JAXA ASTRONAUT 15 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:38,860 SOICHI NOGUCHI CONTINUED THE MODIFICATION KIT 16 00:00:38,860 --> 00:00:41,500 INSTALLATION ON THE 4B SOLAR ARRAYS. 17 00:00:41,500 --> 00:00:43,330 THE POWER SYSTEM UPGRADES ARE NEEDED 18 00:00:43,330 --> 00:00:45,330 TO ENSURE A SUFFICIENT POWER SUPPLY 19 00:00:45,330 --> 00:00:47,189 FOR CONTINUED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 20 00:00:47,189 --> 00:00:49,700 AND FOR NASA’S EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS 21 00:00:49,700 --> 00:00:51,292 FOR ARTEMIS AND BEYOND, 22 00:00:51,292 --> 00:00:53,726 AS WELL AS FOR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES ON THE STATION. 23 00:00:54,663 --> 00:00:56,408 "WE COULD NEVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE THIS ON EARTH, 24 00:00:56,408 --> 00:00:58,759 SO WE ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME!" 25 00:00:59,161 --> 00:01:00,748 "AND THIS IS PRETTY COOL!" 26 00:01:01,119 --> 00:01:03,379 THE PLANT WATER MANAGEMENT INVESTIGATION 27 00:01:03,379 --> 00:01:08,211 IS TRULY A GROUNDBREAKING EXPERIMENT FOR FUTURE SPACE EXPLORATION. 28 00:01:08,363 --> 00:01:10,701 FOOD IS A CRITICAL ELEMENT FOR SURVIVAL 29 00:01:10,701 --> 00:01:13,381 AND FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR GROWING AND STORING FOOD 30 00:01:13,381 --> 00:01:16,231 DURING LONG DURATION MISSIONS CAN BE A CHALLENGE. 31 00:01:16,231 --> 00:01:18,981 THE PLANT WATER MANAGEMENT INVESTIGATION DEMONSTRATES 32 00:01:18,981 --> 00:01:22,271 A HYDROPONIC METHOD USING LOW GRAVITY CAPILLARY FLUIDICS 33 00:01:22,271 --> 00:01:24,771 TO DELIVER WATER TO PLANT CHAMBERS TO HYDRATE 34 00:01:24,771 --> 00:01:27,971 AND SUSTAIN THE PLANTS FROM GERMINATION THROUGH HARVEST. 35 00:01:27,971 --> 00:01:30,361 GROWING PLANTS IN MICROGRAVITY, NOT ONLY WILL HELP 36 00:01:30,361 --> 00:01:31,981 THE LOGISTICAL CHALLENGE OF STORING 37 00:01:31,981 --> 00:01:33,612 THE AMOUNT OF FOOD NEEDED FOR A CREW 38 00:01:33,612 --> 00:01:35,411 DURING A LONG DURATION MISSION, 39 00:01:35,411 --> 00:01:37,131 IT WILL ALSO HELP DELIVER NUTRIENTS 40 00:01:37,131 --> 00:01:40,129 TO THE CREW THAT WOULD DIMINISH OVER TIME IN STORED FOOD. 41 00:01:40,650 --> 00:01:42,680 THIS WEEK NASA FEATURED THE SECOND 42 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:44,548 COMMERCIAL CREW ROTATION THAT WILL FLY 43 00:01:44,548 --> 00:01:47,587 TO THE ISS ON THE SPACEX CREW DRAGON. 44 00:01:48,164 --> 00:01:51,045 NASA’S SPACEX CREW-2 MISSION IS SCHEDULED 45 00:01:51,045 --> 00:01:54,000 TO CARRY ASTRONAUTS SHANE KIMBROUGH, MEGAN MCARTHUR, 46 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:58,390 JAXA ASTRONAUT AKIHIKO HOSHIDE AND ESA ASTRONAUT THOMAS PESQUET 47 00:01:58,390 --> 00:02:00,257 TO THE ISS IN LATE APRIL. 48 00:02:00,472 --> 00:02:02,052 THE CREW TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK 49 00:02:02,052 --> 00:02:05,172 ABOUT THEIR UPCOMING MISSION DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE IN HOUSTON. 50 00:02:05,559 --> 00:02:07,162 "ONE OF THE THINGS YOU KNOW WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 51 00:02:07,162 --> 00:02:08,802 AT THIS POINT OBVIOUSLY IS GETTING STARTED. 52 00:02:08,802 --> 00:02:10,502 WE'VE BEEN REALLY INTENSIVELY TRAINING 53 00:02:10,502 --> 00:02:13,630 FOR ABOUT A YEAR TOGETHER AND INDIVIDUALLY, 54 00:02:13,630 --> 00:02:15,650 AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT MOMENT WHERE 55 00:02:15,650 --> 00:02:18,259 THE MISSION ACTUALLY BEGINS, AND WE GET TO TRY OUT 56 00:02:18,259 --> 00:02:20,187 ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR 57 00:02:20,187 --> 00:02:21,575 FOR THE LAST YEAR." 58 00:02:22,178 --> 00:02:24,178 THIS IS THE THIRD CREW OF ASTRONAUTS TO FLY 59 00:02:24,178 --> 00:02:28,115 THE COMMERCIAL SPACECRAFT AS A PART OF NASA’S COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM. 60 00:02:29,155 --> 00:02:31,040 WELL THAT’S SPACE TO GROUND FOR THIS WEEK.