1 00:00:06,630 --> 00:00:05,110 houston station on space to ground 2 00:00:09,030 --> 00:00:06,640 welcome to space to ground i'm leah 3 00:00:11,030 --> 00:00:09,040 cheshire mustachio three russian space 4 00:00:12,709 --> 00:00:11,040 explorers are preparing for their return 5 00:00:15,270 --> 00:00:12,719 to earth 6 00:00:16,870 --> 00:00:15,280 on october 16th russian cosmonaut oleg 7 00:00:18,710 --> 00:00:16,880 novitskiy will command the soyuz 8 00:00:20,790 --> 00:00:18,720 spacecraft carrying russian actress 9 00:00:22,790 --> 00:00:20,800 yulia piercely and producer klim 10 00:00:25,189 --> 00:00:22,800 shipinko as it undocks from the space 11 00:00:28,150 --> 00:00:25,199 station nowitzki's mission will conclude 12 00:00:30,870 --> 00:00:28,160 after 191 days bringing him to a career 13 00:00:31,830 --> 00:00:30,880 total of 531 days in space over three 14 00:00:33,670 --> 00:00:31,840 flights 15 00:00:35,670 --> 00:00:33,680 space flight participants paracelled and 16 00:00:37,270 --> 00:00:35,680 chapinko returned to earth with 12 days 17 00:00:39,030 --> 00:00:37,280 in space during which they filmed 18 00:00:41,110 --> 00:00:39,040 portions of an upcoming movie titled 19 00:00:42,790 --> 00:00:41,120 challenge the trio will parachute to a 20 00:00:45,430 --> 00:00:42,800 landing on the step of kazakhstan at 21 00:00:47,830 --> 00:00:45,440 approximately 12 36 a.m eastern time on 22 00:00:50,229 --> 00:00:47,840 october 17th you can watch farewells 23 00:00:53,110 --> 00:00:50,239 undocking and landing live on nasa tv 24 00:00:54,869 --> 00:00:53,120 the agency's website and the nasa app 25 00:00:56,869 --> 00:00:54,879 the space station crew is preparing for 26 00:00:58,869 --> 00:00:56,879 one russian cargo ship to relocate and 27 00:01:01,590 --> 00:00:58,879 for another to arrive 28 00:01:03,510 --> 00:01:01,600 on october 20th the progress 78 resupply 29 00:01:05,910 --> 00:01:03,520 ship will undock from the poisk module 30 00:01:08,149 --> 00:01:05,920 but its mission isn't over yet just over 31 00:01:10,630 --> 00:01:08,159 24 hours later it will re-dock to the 32 00:01:13,030 --> 00:01:10,640 nyuka module a few days later the 33 00:01:15,109 --> 00:01:13,040 progress 79 resupply craft will dock to 34 00:01:17,990 --> 00:01:15,119 the zvezda module after it launches on 35 00:01:20,070 --> 00:01:18,000 october 27th nasa tv will provide live 36 00:01:22,469 --> 00:01:20,080 coverage of the progress 78 redocking 37 00:01:24,230 --> 00:01:22,479 and progress 79 launch 38 00:01:26,950 --> 00:01:24,240 three cubesats developed by students 39 00:01:28,550 --> 00:01:26,960 were shot into space this week 40 00:01:31,030 --> 00:01:28,560 students from the universidad enter 41 00:01:33,270 --> 00:01:31,040 americana de puerto rico university of 42 00:01:35,030 --> 00:01:33,280 illinois urbana-champaign and university 43 00:01:36,390 --> 00:01:35,040 of michigan developed three separate 44 00:01:38,230 --> 00:01:36,400 cubesats to be launched from the 45 00:01:40,149 --> 00:01:38,240 international space station these 46 00:01:42,310 --> 00:01:40,159 breadbox size payloads were deployed 47 00:01:43,429 --> 00:01:42,320 using the nanoracks cubesat deployer and 48 00:01:45,270 --> 00:01:43,439 will conduct research before 49 00:01:46,870 --> 00:01:45,280 disintegrating upon re-entry into the 50 00:01:48,469 --> 00:01:46,880 earth's atmosphere through these 51 00:01:50,230 --> 00:01:48,479 cubesats students will study the 52 00:01:52,550 --> 00:01:50,240 practicality of communicating at high 53 00:01:53,990 --> 00:01:52,560 data rates how particles stick rebound 54 00:01:55,910 --> 00:01:54,000 or fragment based on their mass and 55 00:01:58,389 --> 00:01:55,920 composition how to improve thermal 56 00:02:01,350 --> 00:01:58,399 control on future cubesats and potential 57 00:02:03,270 --> 00:02:01,360 radiation mitigation techniques 58 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:03,280 that's all for today on space to ground 59 00:02:07,370 --> 00:02:14,309 [Music] 60 00:02:23,110 --> 00:02:16,880 subscribe for more space