1 00:00:02,981 --> 00:00:05,148 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:05,148 --> 00:00:08,450 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I AM KAYLA LAFRANCE. 3 00:00:08,450 --> 00:00:11,179 AFTER A WEEKEND OF SPACE WALKING AROUND, 4 00:00:11,179 --> 00:00:13,669 THE CREW ONBOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 5 00:00:13,669 --> 00:00:18,107 WAS BACK IN ACTION, PERFORMING SCIENCE AND STATION MAINTENANCE. 6 00:00:19,255 --> 00:00:23,150 THE SPACEWALK ON MARCH 13th, MARKED THE 5TH EVA OF THE YEAR 7 00:00:23,150 --> 00:00:28,130 AND THE 237TH SPACEWALK IN SUPPORT OF THE SPACE STATION. 8 00:00:28,130 --> 00:00:31,170 NASA ASTRONAUTS VICTOR GLOVER AND MICHAEL HOPKINS 9 00:00:31,170 --> 00:00:33,910 TOOK A STROLL OUTSIDE THE ORBITING LABORATORY 10 00:00:33,910 --> 00:00:38,050 TO SERVICE THE STATION’S COOLING SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS GEAR. 11 00:00:38,050 --> 00:00:41,870 CONCLUDING THEIR SPACEWALK AFTER 6 HOURS AND 47 MINUTES. 12 00:00:41,870 --> 00:00:45,090 THE DUO MANAGED TO COMPLETE THEIR TASKED THAT INCLUDED, 13 00:00:45,090 --> 00:00:49,016 VENTING THE EARLY AMMONIA SYSTEM TO RELOCATE A JUMPER LINE, 14 00:00:49,016 --> 00:00:52,422 SERVICING THE COLUMBUS BARTOLOMEO PAYLOAD PLATFORM, 15 00:00:52,422 --> 00:00:56,484 AND CONFIGURING A CABLE FOR AN AMATEUR RADIO SYSTEM. 16 00:00:57,068 --> 00:01:01,980 BACK INSIDE, JAXA ASTRONAUT SOICHI NOGUCHI WAS COMPLETING 17 00:01:01,980 --> 00:01:05,375 THE ASIAN HERB IN SPACE INVESTIGATION. 18 00:01:05,375 --> 00:01:07,200 WITH AN AIM OF IMPROVING EFFORTS 19 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,890 TO CULTIVATE FAST-GROWING PLANTS IN SPACE, 20 00:01:09,890 --> 00:01:13,990 AND ENHANCING THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW PLANTS GROW EFFICIENTLY 21 00:01:13,990 --> 00:01:17,677 AND DEVELOP AROMA RICH LEAVES THROUGH HYDROPONIC CULTURE, 22 00:01:17,677 --> 00:01:20,240 ASIAN HERB IN SPACE IS A PROJECT OF 23 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:23,248 THE SPACE SEEDS FOR ASIAN FUTURE PROGRAM. 24 00:01:23,248 --> 00:01:26,119 A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTS 25 00:01:26,119 --> 00:01:29,650 IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION TO GROW PLANTS IN SPACE 26 00:01:29,650 --> 00:01:31,800 ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 27 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,940 AND THEN COMPARE THE PLANTS WITH THOSE GROWN ON EARTH. 28 00:01:35,536 --> 00:01:39,510 ”AND OBIVIOUSLY NOTED FOR PLANTS TO GROW WE NEED THREE THINGS. 29 00:01:39,510 --> 00:01:44,890 FIRST, SOME NUTRITION, SECOND WATER, AND THE LIGHT. 30 00:01:44,890 --> 00:01:49,180 AND THE NUTRITION AND THE WATER IS THERE ALREADY INSIDE, 31 00:01:49,180 --> 00:01:50,690 AND WE NEED THE LIGHTS. 32 00:01:50,690 --> 00:01:54,477 AND WE USE THIS SPACE STATION’S GENERAL LIGHTING ASSEMBLY 33 00:01:54,477 --> 00:01:57,168 AT WHICH IS JUST A REGULAR LIGHT. 34 00:01:57,168 --> 00:02:00,049 AND THE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH LIGHT 35 00:02:00,049 --> 00:02:02,870 INTO THAT THE CHAMBER, WHICH MEANS THE PLANT, 36 00:02:02,870 --> 00:02:06,998 WE HAVE A PHOTO SENSING FILM ATTACH ON TOP OF IT 37 00:02:06,998 --> 00:02:10,907 TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH LIGHTING INTO THE CHAMBER.” 38 00:02:11,385 --> 00:02:14,330 THE SPACE FLOWN SEEDS WILL SOON BE DISTRIBUTED 39 00:02:14,330 --> 00:02:16,370 TO SCHOOLS TO LEARN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE 40 00:02:16,370 --> 00:02:19,034 OF SPACE BIOLOGY RESEARCH. 41 00:02:19,414 --> 00:02:21,420 DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE PHOTO OF EARTH, 42 00:02:21,420 --> 00:02:23,950 TAKEN BY AN ASTRONAUT ABOARD THE SPACE STATION? 43 00:02:23,950 --> 00:02:28,930 THEN WE NEED YOUR VOTES FOR TOURNAMENT EARTH 2021! 44 00:02:28,930 --> 00:02:31,670 FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, ASTRONAUTS HAVE BEEN 45 00:02:31,670 --> 00:02:33,270 SHOOTING PHOTOGRAPHS OF EARTH 46 00:02:33,270 --> 00:02:35,415 FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 47 00:02:35,415 --> 00:02:37,230 THEIR UNIQUE VIEWS OF OUR PLANET 48 00:02:37,230 --> 00:02:40,323 IN ALL OF ITS WONDER HAVE INSPIRED US. 49 00:02:40,323 --> 00:02:42,340 SO WHICH ARE THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHS OF EARTH 50 00:02:42,340 --> 00:02:44,264 TAKEN FROM THE SPACE STATION? 51 00:02:44,264 --> 00:02:47,129 OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, YOU CAN DECIDE. 52 00:02:47,129 --> 00:02:49,730 FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW TO SEE THE PHOTOS 53 00:02:49,730 --> 00:02:51,260 COMPETING IN EACH BRACKETS, 54 00:02:51,260 --> 00:02:55,113 TO DOWNLOAD A TOURNAMENT BRACKET, AND TO LEARN MORE. 55 00:02:55,113 --> 00:02:57,810 IMAGES COMPETING FOR THE TITLE SPOT 56 00:02:57,810 --> 00:02:59,870 HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY ASTRONAUTS, 57 00:02:59,870 --> 00:03:02,390 THE EARTH SCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING TEAM, 58 00:03:02,390 --> 00:03:05,156 AND SPACE ENTHUSIASTS LIKE YOU. 59 00:03:05,156 --> 00:03:06,920 VOTING IN ROUND 2 WILL END 60 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:11,024 ON MARCH 22 AT NOON EASTERN, SO GET YOUR VOTES IN! 61 00:03:11,548 --> 00:03:13,749 THAT’S SPACE TO GROUND FOR THIS WEEK.