1 00:00:02,970 --> 00:00:05,230 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:05,230 --> 00:00:07,812 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I’M LEAH CHESHIER. 3 00:00:07,812 --> 00:00:09,660 SPACE STATION MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADES 4 00:00:09,660 --> 00:00:12,738 CONTINUE WITH ANOTHER SPACEWALK ON THE SCHEDULE. 5 00:00:13,308 --> 00:00:15,910 NASA ASTRONAUTS VICTOR GLOVER AND MICHAEL HOPKINS 6 00:00:15,910 --> 00:00:18,600 WILL FLOAT OUTSIDE THE AIRLOCK ON MARCH 13 7 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,624 FOR A SCHEDULED 6 AND A HALF HOUR SPACEWALK. 8 00:00:21,624 --> 00:00:22,970 THE PAIR WILL CONTINUE TASKS 9 00:00:22,970 --> 00:00:24,900 SCHEDULED FOR PREVIOUS SPACEWALKS, 10 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:27,339 LIKE VENTING THE EARLY AMMONIA SYSTEM, 11 00:00:27,339 --> 00:00:30,369 INSTALLING A STIFFENER ON THE QUEST AIRLOCK’S THERMAL COVER, 12 00:00:30,369 --> 00:00:31,670 AND CONNECTING CABLES FOR 13 00:00:31,670 --> 00:00:33,890 THE NEW BARTOLOMEO SCIENCE PLATFORM 14 00:00:33,890 --> 00:00:35,990 OUTSIDE THE COLUMBUS MODULE. 15 00:00:35,990 --> 00:00:37,300 LIVE COVERAGE OF THE SPACEWALK 16 00:00:37,300 --> 00:00:39,550 WILL BEGIN AT 6:00 AM EASTERN TIME, 17 00:00:39,550 --> 00:00:40,930 WITH THE ASTRONAUTS SCHEDULED 18 00:00:40,930 --> 00:00:43,860 TO EXIT THE STATION AT 7:30 AM. 19 00:00:43,860 --> 00:00:45,375 YOU CAN WATCH THE ACTION UNFOLD 20 00:00:45,375 --> 00:00:49,199 ON THE AGENCY’S WEBSITE AT NASA.GOV/LIVE. 21 00:00:49,762 --> 00:00:51,100 LIVING IN SPACE CREATES 22 00:00:51,100 --> 00:00:52,830 UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT REQUIRE 23 00:00:52,830 --> 00:00:54,290 INNOVATIVE THINKING. 24 00:00:54,290 --> 00:00:56,390 WHEN DISPENSING TAPE PRESENTED A PROBLEM, 25 00:00:56,390 --> 00:00:58,440 STUDENTS GOT INVOLVED. 26 00:00:58,440 --> 00:00:59,840 THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS UNITED 27 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,045 WITH NASA TO CREATE HARDWARE PROGRAM, 28 00:01:02,045 --> 00:01:03,340 ALSO KNOWN AS HUNCH, 29 00:01:03,340 --> 00:01:06,353 DESIGN AND CREATE PRODUCTS USED BY NASA. 30 00:01:06,353 --> 00:01:09,100 IN SPACE, CREW MEMBERS OFTEN NEED TO STABILIZE 31 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:11,290 THEMSELVES WITH ONE HAND WHILE WORKING, 32 00:01:11,290 --> 00:01:12,640 MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO PERFORM 33 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,070 TWO-HANDED TASKS, LIKE TEARING TAPE. 34 00:01:15,070 --> 00:01:17,470 SO HUNCH STUDENTS DESIGNED A TAPE DISPENSER 35 00:01:17,470 --> 00:01:19,914 THAT’S NOW BEING USED ON STATION. 36 00:01:20,085 --> 00:01:21,610 “THE KEY THINGS I LIKE ABOUT IT IS 37 00:01:21,610 --> 00:01:24,360 YOU CAN BASICALLY OPERATE IT WITH ONE HAND, 38 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:26,030 AND UP HERE YOU’RE OFTEN TIMES 39 00:01:26,030 --> 00:01:28,409 USING YOUR OTHER HAND TO STABILIZE YOURSELF, 40 00:01:28,409 --> 00:01:32,840 SO, VERY EASILY GOES ON THE GUIDE RAILS, 41 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:34,990 YOU COULD SEE IT’S ALREADY LOCKED IN PLACE. 42 00:01:34,990 --> 00:01:38,291 AND SLIDE THE ROLL OF TAPE ON, 43 00:01:38,291 --> 00:01:40,170 AND THEN YOU CAN PULL IT OFF, 44 00:01:40,170 --> 00:01:43,264 AGAIN ONE HANDED. 45 00:01:43,264 --> 00:01:48,769 AND I GOT MY VERY CLEAN-CUT PIECE OF TAPE.” 46 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:51,340 ON APRIL 9th, THREE NEW RESIDENTS 47 00:01:51,340 --> 00:01:53,729 WILL LAUNCH TO THE SPACE STATION, 48 00:01:53,729 --> 00:01:57,670 ONE OF THEM BEING NASA ASTRONAUT MARK VANDE HEI. 49 00:01:57,670 --> 00:01:59,400 NEXT MONTH, THE STATION CREW WILL GROW 50 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,460 TO TEN PEOPLE UPON ARRIVAL OF 51 00:02:01,460 --> 00:02:03,780 THE SOYUZ MS-18 SPACECRAFT ABOARD 52 00:02:03,780 --> 00:02:05,773 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 53 00:02:05,773 --> 00:02:07,909 VANDE HEI WILL SERVE AS A FLIGHT ENGINEER 54 00:02:07,909 --> 00:02:10,729 FOR EXPEDITIONS 64 AND 65 ALONGSIDE 55 00:02:10,729 --> 00:02:14,819 ROSCOSMOS COSMONAUTS OLEG NOVITSKIY AND PYOTR DUBROV. 56 00:02:14,819 --> 00:02:17,036 THE STATION CREW WILL SHRINK TO 7 MEMBERS AGAIN 57 00:02:17,036 --> 00:02:19,181 ABOUT ONE WEEK LATER WHEN KATE RUBINS, 58 00:02:19,181 --> 00:02:22,631 SERGEY RYZHIKOV, AND SERGEY KUD-SVERCHKOV RETURN TO EARTH.