1 00:00:07,190 --> 00:00:05,110 houston station on space to ground 2 00:00:09,350 --> 00:00:07,200 welcome to space to ground i'm kayla 3 00:00:11,350 --> 00:00:09,360 lafrance the crew on board the space 4 00:00:14,230 --> 00:00:11,360 station put a lot of miles on their 5 00:00:17,189 --> 00:00:14,240 space walking shoes this week 6 00:00:20,230 --> 00:00:17,199 on sunday june 20th nasa astronaut shane 7 00:00:21,990 --> 00:00:20,240 kimbrough and esa astronaut thomas 8 00:00:24,550 --> 00:00:22,000 set out on the second of three 9 00:00:28,310 --> 00:00:24,560 spacewalks tasked with installing two 10 00:00:31,349 --> 00:00:28,320 new irosa or iss rollout solar arrays 11 00:00:33,750 --> 00:00:31,359 onto the p6 truss to augment power 12 00:00:36,069 --> 00:00:33,760 capability for the orbiting laboratory 13 00:00:38,069 --> 00:00:36,079 at the end of their 6 hour and 28 14 00:00:40,310 --> 00:00:38,079 minutes spacewalk the duo had 15 00:00:42,150 --> 00:00:40,320 successfully completed the solar array 16 00:00:45,350 --> 00:00:42,160 installation and deployment for the 17 00:00:48,310 --> 00:00:45,360 first irosa the array measures 60 feet 18 00:00:51,350 --> 00:00:48,320 long and 15 feet wide and will generate 19 00:00:52,470 --> 00:00:51,360 20 kilowatts of power on the 2b power 20 00:00:54,549 --> 00:00:52,480 channel 21 00:00:57,990 --> 00:00:54,559 five days later brought kimbrough and 22 00:01:00,389 --> 00:00:58,000 pasquet back out to the far reaching p-6 23 00:01:03,510 --> 00:01:00,399 truss to work on the installation of the 24 00:01:05,590 --> 00:01:03,520 second new solar array these two new 25 00:01:09,429 --> 00:01:05,600 solar arrays arrived recently on 26 00:01:12,390 --> 00:01:09,439 spacex's 22nd cargo vehicle and are the 27 00:01:14,469 --> 00:01:12,400 first of six planned arrays when the six 28 00:01:17,910 --> 00:01:14,479 new solar arrays are installed they will 29 00:01:20,070 --> 00:01:17,920 provide up to 120 kilowatts of augmented 30 00:01:22,070 --> 00:01:20,080 power during orbital daytime to the 31 00:01:24,710 --> 00:01:22,080 space station ensuring continued 32 00:01:27,030 --> 00:01:24,720 habitability and science utilization for 33 00:01:28,950 --> 00:01:27,040 many more years to come 34 00:01:31,270 --> 00:01:28,960 science was still in focus this week 35 00:01:32,950 --> 00:01:31,280 despite the crew's busy spacewalking 36 00:01:35,910 --> 00:01:32,960 schedule 37 00:01:38,230 --> 00:01:35,920 jaxa astronaut aki hoshide removed a 38 00:01:40,789 --> 00:01:38,240 sample tray from the sample chamber of 39 00:01:43,190 --> 00:01:40,799 the lyophilization ii experiment 40 00:01:44,510 --> 00:01:43,200 currently in the microgravity science 41 00:01:47,270 --> 00:01:44,520 glovebox 42 00:01:49,109 --> 00:01:47,280 lyophilization or freeze drying is a 43 00:01:51,030 --> 00:01:49,119 common method for formulating 44 00:01:53,469 --> 00:01:51,040 pharmaceuticals to improve their 45 00:01:56,310 --> 00:01:53,479 stability and shelf life the 46 00:01:59,350 --> 00:01:56,320 lyophilization ii experiment is designed 47 00:02:01,510 --> 00:01:59,360 to examine if and how microgravity 48 00:02:03,830 --> 00:02:01,520 affects freeze-dried materials 49 00:02:05,910 --> 00:02:03,840 differently and to understand the 50 00:02:06,870 --> 00:02:05,920 influence of gravity on their physical 51 00:02:09,109 --> 00:02:06,880 state 52 00:02:11,990 --> 00:02:09,119 the phrase drying process has potential 53 00:02:13,990 --> 00:02:12,000 use for long-term storage of medications 54 00:02:15,990 --> 00:02:14,000 and other resources on future 55 00:02:16,949 --> 00:02:16,000 exploration missions to the moon and 56 00:02:19,030 --> 00:02:16,959 mars 57 00:02:21,510 --> 00:02:19,040 improvements in this process could 58 00:02:23,270 --> 00:02:21,520 support efforts to use it to deliver 59 00:02:25,750 --> 00:02:23,280 products with similar physical 60 00:02:28,630 --> 00:02:25,760 properties here on earth as well 61 00:02:31,670 --> 00:02:28,640 the station crew also began to prepare 62 00:02:33,990 --> 00:02:31,680 for a busy week of cargo traffic 63 00:02:36,869 --> 00:02:34,000 make sure to join us on tuesday june 64 00:02:40,309 --> 00:02:36,879 29th to watch the departure of northrup 65 00:02:42,790 --> 00:02:40,319 grumman cygnus on the crs-15 mission 66 00:02:45,190 --> 00:02:42,800 from the international space station and 67 00:02:47,990 --> 00:02:45,200 later from the baikonur cosmodrome the 68 00:02:49,430 --> 00:02:48,000 progress 78 cargo ship will launch to 69 00:02:51,509 --> 00:02:49,440 the space station 70 00:02:55,110 --> 00:02:51,519 you can follow coverage of both events 71 00:02:56,710 --> 00:02:55,120 on nasa tv the agency's website and the 72 00:02:58,630 --> 00:02:56,720 nasa app 73 00:03:00,550 --> 00:02:58,640 and that's space to ground for this week 74 00:03:19,110 --> 00:03:00,560 thanks for watching we'll see you next