1 00:00:06,950 --> 00:00:04,950 houston station on space to ground 2 00:00:09,350 --> 00:00:06,960 welcome to space to ground i'm nilla for 3 00:00:11,110 --> 00:00:09,360 ramji a return to earth and something 4 00:00:14,789 --> 00:00:11,120 spicy here's what happened this week 5 00:00:16,710 --> 00:00:14,799 aboard the international space station 6 00:00:18,470 --> 00:00:16,720 touchdown confirmed 7 00:00:21,029 --> 00:00:18,480 during the early morning hours on 8 00:00:23,189 --> 00:00:21,039 october 17th russian cosmonaut oleg 9 00:00:25,269 --> 00:00:23,199 novitskiy along with russian actress 10 00:00:27,189 --> 00:00:25,279 yulia parisild and producer klim 11 00:00:29,910 --> 00:00:27,199 shipenko returned to earth on their 12 00:00:31,669 --> 00:00:29,920 soyuz ms-18 spacecraft this was 13 00:00:33,990 --> 00:00:31,679 novitskiy's third mission that spanned 14 00:00:35,990 --> 00:00:34,000 over 3 000 orbits of earth covering over 15 00:00:38,069 --> 00:00:36,000 80 million miles 16 00:00:40,310 --> 00:00:38,079 spacecraft participants paracelled and 17 00:00:42,150 --> 00:00:40,320 shipanko returned to earth with 12 days 18 00:00:44,630 --> 00:00:42,160 in space during which they filmed 19 00:00:46,150 --> 00:00:44,640 portions of an upcoming movie titled 20 00:00:48,229 --> 00:00:46,160 challenge 21 00:00:50,950 --> 00:00:48,239 research into growing plants in space 22 00:00:53,350 --> 00:00:50,960 continues with a spicy twist 23 00:00:55,189 --> 00:00:53,360 as we prepare for long duration missions 24 00:00:57,510 --> 00:00:55,199 further from earth it will be important 25 00:00:59,270 --> 00:00:57,520 for astronauts to grow their own food 26 00:01:00,869 --> 00:00:59,280 currently aboard the international space 27 00:01:03,110 --> 00:01:00,879 station crew members are seeing the 28 00:01:05,509 --> 00:01:03,120 fruits of their laborers in the advanced 29 00:01:06,710 --> 00:01:05,519 plant habitat where chili peppers are 30 00:01:08,870 --> 00:01:06,720 emerging 31 00:01:10,630 --> 00:01:08,880 peppers are a good source of vitamin c 32 00:01:12,230 --> 00:01:10,640 which will be an important dietary 33 00:01:14,710 --> 00:01:12,240 supplement for the long duration 34 00:01:16,789 --> 00:01:14,720 missions in the future nasa astronaut 35 00:01:18,230 --> 00:01:16,799 megan macarthur tweeted that the crew 36 00:01:20,149 --> 00:01:18,240 was just a few weeks away from 37 00:01:22,789 --> 00:01:20,159 harvesting and eating the first peppers 38 00:01:24,710 --> 00:01:22,799 in space so stay tuned 39 00:01:28,149 --> 00:01:24,720 the space station crew is preparing for 40 00:01:30,630 --> 00:01:28,159 the arrival of a russian cargo ship 41 00:01:32,870 --> 00:01:30,640 the progress 79 resupply craft is 42 00:01:35,590 --> 00:01:32,880 scheduled to launch on october 27th from 43 00:01:37,590 --> 00:01:35,600 the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan 44 00:01:39,830 --> 00:01:37,600 the launch of this progress follows the 45 00:01:41,590 --> 00:01:39,840 relocation of the progress 78 cargo 46 00:01:43,990 --> 00:01:41,600 craft currently on station from the 47 00:01:46,069 --> 00:01:44,000 poisk module to the noka module 48 00:01:48,550 --> 00:01:46,079 nasa tv will provide live coverage of 49 00:01:51,109 --> 00:01:48,560 the launch on nasa tv the agency's 50 00:01:52,950 --> 00:01:51,119 website and the nasa app space to ground 51 00:01:54,950 --> 00:01:52,960 last week we reported that three 52 00:01:56,069 --> 00:01:54,960 cubesats developed by students were shot 53 00:01:57,910 --> 00:01:56,079 into space 54 00:02:00,069 --> 00:01:57,920 we wanted to make a correction that it 55 00:02:02,069 --> 00:02:00,079 was the university of massachusetts and 56 00:02:03,830 --> 00:02:02,079 not the university of michigan that 57 00:02:06,069 --> 00:02:03,840 developed one of the cubesats that was 58 00:02:08,550 --> 00:02:06,079 deployed from the space station our 59 00:02:10,229 --> 00:02:08,560 apologies for the error 60 00:02:11,830 --> 00:02:10,239 that's spacetogram for this week thanks 61 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:11,840 so much for watching we'll see you next 62 00:02:23,589 --> 00:02:13,170 week