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houston station on space to ground

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welcome to space to ground i'm sandra

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jones it was another busy week for the

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crew on board the international space

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station as they prepared to welcome four

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new humans to the orbital outpost

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go falcon go dragon god speed axiom

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on friday april 8 the first private

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astronaut mission to the international

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space station launched from nasa's

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kennedy space center in florida the crew

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of axiom mission one which includes

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michael lopez alegria larry connor mark

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pathy and eton stibby will conduct a

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variety of in-orbit activities during

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their mission before returning to earth

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back on the ground another quartet of

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astronauts are gearing up for their

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space launch

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nasa astronauts chell lingard bob hines

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and jessica watkins as well as european

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space agency astronaut samantha

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christopher reddy are scheduled to

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launch to the space station later this

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month during the spacex crew 4 mission

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the astronauts will conduct experiments

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on the aging of the immune system how a

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concrete alternative behaves in

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microgravity and they will test a new

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plant growth system that allows video

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and still imagery of root growth

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you can hear chell bob jessica and

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samantha talk about their upcoming

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mission to the space station on this

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week's edition of houston we have a

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podcast you can find this and other nasa

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podcasts by going to nasa.gov podcasts

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apple podcasts google podcasts and

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soundcloud

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the international space station ham

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radio continues to provide opportunities

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for several audiences to communicate

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with astronauts using amateur radio

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units

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before a scheduled call students learn

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about the station and how the amateur

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radio works among other topics students

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are also tasked to prepare questions on

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topics they have researched speaking

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directly with an astronaut in space is

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an experience to say the least and

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sparks interest in science technology

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engineering and mathematics to help

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inspire the next generation of explorers

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and that's space to ground for this week

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thanks so much for watching we'll see

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you next