1 00:00:06,470 --> 00:00:05,030 houston station on space to ground 2 00:00:08,950 --> 00:00:06,480 welcome to space to ground i'm leah 3 00:00:10,870 --> 00:00:08,960 cheshire mustachio on the station two 4 00:00:12,470 --> 00:00:10,880 russian cosmonauts are gearing up for a 5 00:00:15,190 --> 00:00:12,480 spacewalk 6 00:00:16,870 --> 00:00:15,200 on january 19th expedition 66 commander 7 00:00:19,349 --> 00:00:16,880 anton shkaplerov and flight engineer 8 00:00:21,590 --> 00:00:19,359 piotr dubrov of roscosmos will exit the 9 00:00:23,830 --> 00:00:21,600 poisk module around 7am eastern time for 10 00:00:25,910 --> 00:00:23,840 a seven hour spacewalk the duo will 11 00:00:28,070 --> 00:00:25,920 install handrails rendezvous antennas a 12 00:00:29,589 --> 00:00:28,080 television camera and docking targets on 13 00:00:31,669 --> 00:00:29,599 the pre-shawl node which docked to the 14 00:00:33,910 --> 00:00:31,679 nokia multi-purpose laboratory module in 15 00:00:36,310 --> 00:00:33,920 november you can watch the spacewalk 16 00:00:38,389 --> 00:00:36,320 live on nasa tv the agency's website and 17 00:00:40,069 --> 00:00:38,399 the nasa app 18 00:00:41,990 --> 00:00:40,079 new science on the station will study 19 00:00:44,869 --> 00:00:42,000 certain bacteria and fungi and their 20 00:00:47,029 --> 00:00:44,879 resistance to antibiotics researchers in 21 00:00:48,709 --> 00:00:47,039 the microbial tracking 3 experiment use 22 00:00:50,389 --> 00:00:48,719 environmental surface samples collected 23 00:00:52,709 --> 00:00:50,399 by astronauts aboard the space station 24 00:00:54,470 --> 00:00:52,719 to identify analyze and characterize 25 00:00:56,229 --> 00:00:54,480 pathogen dynamics and antibiotic 26 00:00:57,750 --> 00:00:56,239 resistance to predict which may pose a 27 00:00:59,189 --> 00:00:57,760 threat to crew health 28 00:01:00,950 --> 00:00:59,199 analyzing the potential risks to 29 00:01:03,029 --> 00:01:00,960 astronauts on long-duration missions 30 00:01:04,630 --> 00:01:03,039 also benefits life on earth as some of 31 00:01:06,390 --> 00:01:04,640 the same bacteria and fungi that have 32 00:01:07,990 --> 00:01:06,400 adapted to the space flight environment 33 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:08,000 are the same as other environments like 34 00:01:10,950 --> 00:01:09,730 hospitals offices and homes 35 00:01:12,870 --> 00:01:10,960 [Music] 36 00:01:14,630 --> 00:01:12,880 this week nasa's newest astronauts 37 00:01:16,149 --> 00:01:14,640 reported for training while one veteran 38 00:01:17,749 --> 00:01:16,159 astronaut in space reached more 39 00:01:19,910 --> 00:01:17,759 milestones 40 00:01:21,590 --> 00:01:19,920 on earth nasa's 10 astronaut candidates 41 00:01:23,990 --> 00:01:21,600 began training at johnson space center 42 00:01:25,270 --> 00:01:24,000 in houston texas over the next two years 43 00:01:27,190 --> 00:01:25,280 the candidates will learn the russian 44 00:01:28,789 --> 00:01:27,200 language space station systems 45 00:01:31,510 --> 00:01:28,799 spacewalking techniques in the neutral 46 00:01:32,870 --> 00:01:31,520 buoyancy lab and more upon graduation 47 00:01:34,469 --> 00:01:32,880 they will be eligible for missions to 48 00:01:36,230 --> 00:01:34,479 the space station or the moon with the 49 00:01:38,390 --> 00:01:36,240 artemis program 50 00:01:39,910 --> 00:01:38,400 in orbit mark vanda high is adding days 51 00:01:42,069 --> 00:01:39,920 to his long duration record-setting 52 00:01:44,710 --> 00:01:42,079 space flight vandahy's mission to the 53 00:01:46,389 --> 00:01:44,720 station is scheduled to last 355 days 54 00:01:48,310 --> 00:01:46,399 the longest single space flight for an 55 00:01:50,590 --> 00:01:48,320 american astronaut he has already 56 00:01:53,270 --> 00:01:50,600 surpassed nasa astronaut andrew morgan's 57 00:01:55,910 --> 00:01:53,280 272-day record and will eclipse former 58 00:01:57,990 --> 00:01:55,920 nasa astronaut peggy whitson's 289 day 59 00:01:59,350 --> 00:01:58,000 record on january 23rd 60 00:02:00,870 --> 00:01:59,360 follow vanda high's mission and the 61 00:02:03,030 --> 00:02:00,880 latest astronaut announcements on 62 00:02:04,389 --> 00:02:03,040 facebook twitter and instagram at nasa 63 00:02:06,149 --> 00:02:04,399 astronauts 64 00:02:28,550 --> 00:02:06,159 that's all for today on space to ground 65 00:02:37,350 --> 00:02:31,180 subscribe for more space