1 00:00:06,550 --> 00:00:04,950 houston station on space to ground 2 00:00:08,710 --> 00:00:06,560 welcome to space to ground i'm leah 3 00:00:10,709 --> 00:00:08,720 cheshire northrup grumman's cygnus 4 00:00:12,549 --> 00:00:10,719 resupply spacecraft is coming up on the 5 00:00:13,990 --> 00:00:12,559 launch pad with a destination of the 6 00:00:15,350 --> 00:00:14,000 space station 7 00:00:17,189 --> 00:00:15,360 cygnus is ready to launch on the 8 00:00:19,109 --> 00:00:17,199 company's 16th commercial resupply 9 00:00:21,269 --> 00:00:19,119 mission to the space station on tuesday 10 00:00:24,150 --> 00:00:21,279 august 10th the spacecraft is packed 11 00:00:26,150 --> 00:00:24,160 with more than 8 200 pounds of supplies 12 00:00:27,830 --> 00:00:26,160 hardware experiments and more for the 13 00:00:29,990 --> 00:00:27,840 seven crew members living and working 14 00:00:32,069 --> 00:00:30,000 aboard the orbiting laboratory upon 15 00:00:33,990 --> 00:00:32,079 arrival nasa's megan macarthur will use 16 00:00:36,150 --> 00:00:34,000 the canada arm 2 to reach out and 17 00:00:37,750 --> 00:00:36,160 capture the spacecraft prior to ground 18 00:00:39,590 --> 00:00:37,760 teams installing it to the station's 19 00:00:41,430 --> 00:00:39,600 unity module where it will remain for 20 00:00:44,150 --> 00:00:41,440 about 3 months 21 00:00:45,910 --> 00:00:44,160 more than 2 300 pounds of the cargo 22 00:00:48,310 --> 00:00:45,920 launching on cygnus is dedicated to 23 00:00:50,150 --> 00:00:48,320 science and research at any time there 24 00:00:53,110 --> 00:00:50,160 are hundreds of experiments happening on 25 00:00:55,110 --> 00:00:53,120 the station here's what's coming up next 26 00:00:56,950 --> 00:00:55,120 the cardinal muscle investigation tests 27 00:00:58,709 --> 00:00:56,960 whether microgravity can be used as a 28 00:01:00,950 --> 00:00:58,719 research tool for understanding and 29 00:01:02,709 --> 00:01:00,960 treating muscle loss on earth looking 30 00:01:04,869 --> 00:01:02,719 forward we have our site set on the moon 31 00:01:07,109 --> 00:01:04,879 and mars and the redwire regolith print 32 00:01:09,429 --> 00:01:07,119 study demonstrates how we might 3d print 33 00:01:11,270 --> 00:01:09,439 future tools using resources like loose 34 00:01:13,990 --> 00:01:11,280 rock and soil found on our planetary 35 00:01:16,550 --> 00:01:14,000 neighbors and on every trip safety is 36 00:01:18,710 --> 00:01:16,560 critical the four bed co2 scrubber 37 00:01:21,190 --> 00:01:18,720 demonstrates technology to remove excess 38 00:01:22,870 --> 00:01:21,200 carbon dioxide from a spacecraft on 39 00:01:24,630 --> 00:01:22,880 earth this could benefit workers and 40 00:01:26,390 --> 00:01:24,640 equipment that require carbon dioxide 41 00:01:27,590 --> 00:01:26,400 removal in closed environments for their 42 00:01:29,109 --> 00:01:27,600 protection 43 00:01:31,030 --> 00:01:29,119 to learn more about the science and 44 00:01:33,190 --> 00:01:31,040 research happening on the space station 45 00:01:34,469 --> 00:01:33,200 follow iss underscore research on 46 00:01:36,469 --> 00:01:34,479 twitter 47 00:01:38,230 --> 00:01:36,479 that's all for today on space to ground 48 00:01:40,310 --> 00:01:38,240 for all the latest updates head over to 49 00:01:44,060 --> 00:01:40,320 nasa.gov thanks for watching and we'll