1 00:00:06,869 --> 00:00:05,030 houston station on space to ground 2 00:00:09,030 --> 00:00:06,879 welcome to space to ground i'm shaniqua 3 00:00:11,830 --> 00:00:09,040 vereen the seven members of expedition 4 00:00:13,749 --> 00:00:11,840 66 kept a busy pace of science all 5 00:00:15,829 --> 00:00:13,759 through january and february is looking 6 00:00:18,150 --> 00:00:15,839 to be just as packed 7 00:00:20,390 --> 00:00:18,160 european space agency astronaut matthias 8 00:00:23,029 --> 00:00:20,400 maurer recently printed samples from a 9 00:00:25,349 --> 00:00:23,039 handheld bioprinter bioprinting is a 10 00:00:27,670 --> 00:00:25,359 subcategory of 3d printing which uses 11 00:00:30,230 --> 00:00:27,680 viable cells and biological molecules to 12 00:00:32,310 --> 00:00:30,240 print tissue structures bioprint first 13 00:00:34,310 --> 00:00:32,320 aid demonstrates a portable handheld 14 00:00:36,229 --> 00:00:34,320 bioprinter that uses a patient's own 15 00:00:38,150 --> 00:00:36,239 skin cells to create a tissue forming 16 00:00:40,470 --> 00:00:38,160 patch to cover a wound and accelerate 17 00:00:42,709 --> 00:00:40,480 the healing process on future missions 18 00:00:44,630 --> 00:00:42,719 to the moon and mars bioprinting such 19 00:00:46,630 --> 00:00:44,640 customized patches could help address 20 00:00:47,670 --> 00:00:46,640 changes in wound healing that can occur 21 00:00:49,830 --> 00:00:47,680 in space 22 00:00:51,510 --> 00:00:49,840 extracting an individual cells before a 23 00:00:53,670 --> 00:00:51,520 mission may enable more immediate 24 00:00:55,270 --> 00:00:53,680 response to injury 25 00:00:57,510 --> 00:00:55,280 and what else is a buzz aboard the 26 00:01:00,389 --> 00:00:57,520 station the science continues with the 27 00:01:02,549 --> 00:01:00,399 bee astro b that is 28 00:01:04,630 --> 00:01:02,559 nasa flight engineer mark vande high 29 00:01:05,990 --> 00:01:04,640 performed a series of tests for the rome 30 00:01:08,149 --> 00:01:06,000 investigation 31 00:01:10,310 --> 00:01:08,159 rome uses the space station's astro b 32 00:01:12,789 --> 00:01:10,320 robots to observe and understand how 33 00:01:15,270 --> 00:01:12,799 targets tumble and uses this information 34 00:01:17,429 --> 00:01:15,280 to plan ways to safely reach them 35 00:01:19,670 --> 00:01:17,439 astro-b nasa's free-flying robotic 36 00:01:21,990 --> 00:01:19,680 system is designed to help astronauts 37 00:01:23,749 --> 00:01:22,000 reduce time they spend on routine duties 38 00:01:26,950 --> 00:01:23,759 leaving them to focus more on the things 39 00:01:29,510 --> 00:01:26,960 that only humans can do 40 00:01:31,990 --> 00:01:29,520 to hear more about astrobee catch this 41 00:01:34,069 --> 00:01:32,000 week's houston we have a podcast eric 42 00:01:36,310 --> 00:01:34,079 caterhagen the spheres and astrobee 43 00:01:38,390 --> 00:01:36,320 operations lead at nasa's ames research 44 00:01:41,749 --> 00:01:38,400 center will talk about what's abuzz with 45 00:01:44,230 --> 00:01:41,759 these flying robots in space 46 00:01:46,310 --> 00:01:44,240 and finally outside the station more 47 00:01:47,990 --> 00:01:46,320 science was deployed 48 00:01:49,910 --> 00:01:48,000 a pair of small satellites called 49 00:01:52,469 --> 00:01:49,920 cubesats were deployed outside the 50 00:01:54,950 --> 00:01:52,479 japanese kibo laboratory module this 51 00:01:57,109 --> 00:01:54,960 release included the lite1 cubesat which 52 00:01:58,789 --> 00:01:57,119 focuses on the detection of terrestrial 53 00:02:00,709 --> 00:01:58,799 gamma-ray flashes coming from the 54 00:02:02,709 --> 00:02:00,719 earth's atmosphere 55 00:02:05,030 --> 00:02:02,719 another cubesat developed by the georgia 56 00:02:07,749 --> 00:02:05,040 institute of technology has experimental 57 00:02:11,029 --> 00:02:07,759 deployable solar panels and a deployable 58 00:02:13,030 --> 00:02:11,039 uhf radio antenna the modest size cost 59 00:02:15,430 --> 00:02:13,040 and weight of cubesats like these are 60 00:02:17,990 --> 00:02:15,440 increasing access to space and expanding 61 00:02:20,229 --> 00:02:18,000 low earth orbit research to follow these 62 00:02:22,710 --> 00:02:20,239 experiments and for the latest updates 63 00:02:24,710 --> 00:02:22,720 follow along with us on twitter at iss 64 00:02:26,309 --> 00:02:24,720 underscore research 65 00:02:36,110 --> 00:02:26,319 that's face to ground thank you for