1 00:00:05,590 --> 00:00:02,790 foreign 2 00:00:08,750 --> 00:00:05,600 [Music] 3 00:00:11,030 --> 00:00:08,760 I'm Sandra Jones this week the space 4 00:00:13,549 --> 00:00:11,040 station has a new Commander a trio 5 00:00:15,709 --> 00:00:13,559 Departed the orbital Outpost and a crew 6 00:00:16,730 --> 00:00:15,719 quartet is preparing for their upcoming 7 00:00:19,490 --> 00:00:16,740 flight 8 00:00:21,290 --> 00:00:19,500 on Wednesday Esa astronaut Samantha 9 00:00:23,929 --> 00:00:21,300 Christopher ready became the first 10 00:00:25,429 --> 00:00:23,939 female from the European Space Agency to 11 00:00:29,689 --> 00:00:25,439 assume command of the International 12 00:00:32,810 --> 00:00:29,699 Space Station we are just one tiny part 13 00:00:36,049 --> 00:00:32,820 of a gigantic team on the ground so 14 00:00:39,049 --> 00:00:36,059 thank you so much to all the teams in in 15 00:00:43,369 --> 00:00:39,059 Houston in Hansville in Munich in in 16 00:00:45,650 --> 00:00:43,379 sukuba in Moscow for supporting and and 17 00:00:48,410 --> 00:00:45,660 making sure that the International Space 18 00:00:51,950 --> 00:00:48,420 Station remains an amazing laboratory in 19 00:00:54,410 --> 00:00:51,960 space and a human Outpost in in low 20 00:00:56,930 --> 00:00:54,420 earth orbit a change of command ceremony 21 00:00:58,850 --> 00:00:56,940 took place in which Oleg artemiev of 22 00:01:00,889 --> 00:00:58,860 Rose Cosmos handed over command to 23 00:01:02,689 --> 00:01:00,899 Christopher ready as artemia prepared to 24 00:01:05,690 --> 00:01:02,699 return back to Earth following his 25 00:01:08,630 --> 00:01:05,700 six-month mission on Thursday Rose 26 00:01:11,210 --> 00:01:08,640 Cosmos cosmonauts artemiev Denise matve 27 00:01:14,210 --> 00:01:11,220 and Sergey korsakov climbed inside their 28 00:01:16,130 --> 00:01:14,220 soyuz ms-21 vehicle and undocked from 29 00:01:18,469 --> 00:01:16,140 the Space Station's pre-shaw module 30 00:01:20,690 --> 00:01:18,479 follow following undocking the crew 31 00:01:23,090 --> 00:01:20,700 landed in the steps of Kazakhstan later 32 00:01:25,670 --> 00:01:23,100 that day the three cosmonauts launched 33 00:01:28,789 --> 00:01:25,680 to the station on March 18th and spent a 34 00:01:30,490 --> 00:01:28,799 total of 185 days in space during which 35 00:01:34,130 --> 00:01:30,500 time they completed 36 00:01:36,469 --> 00:01:34,140 2960 orbits of the earth and traveled 77 37 00:01:39,109 --> 00:01:36,479 million cumulative miles 38 00:01:41,990 --> 00:01:39,119 the next crew of space Flyers is gearing 39 00:01:44,749 --> 00:01:42,000 up for their upcoming science mission 40 00:01:47,090 --> 00:01:44,759 NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh 41 00:01:49,149 --> 00:01:47,100 cassida as well as Japan Aerospace 42 00:01:51,770 --> 00:01:49,159 Exploration Agency astronaut 43 00:01:53,810 --> 00:01:51,780 koichiwakata and Rose Cosmos Cosmonaut 44 00:01:55,249 --> 00:01:53,820 and akikina are preparing for their 45 00:01:57,469 --> 00:01:55,259 upcoming launch to the orbital 46 00:01:59,569 --> 00:01:57,479 laboratory once on board the crew will 47 00:02:01,550 --> 00:01:59,579 conduct experiments related to blood 48 00:02:03,530 --> 00:02:01,560 pressure heart disease bioprinting 49 00:02:06,230 --> 00:02:03,540 continued observation of liquids in 50 00:02:08,330 --> 00:02:06,240 microgravity and much more to learn more 51 00:02:10,070 --> 00:02:08,340 about the research crew 5 will be 52 00:02:13,369 --> 00:02:10,080 involved with check out the science 53 00:02:15,290 --> 00:02:13,379 highlights web feature on nasa.gov and 54 00:02:17,510 --> 00:02:15,300 to hear from the crew themselves about 55 00:02:19,729 --> 00:02:17,520 their upcoming Mission be sure to listen 56 00:02:22,010 --> 00:02:19,739 to this week's episode of Houston we 57 00:02:24,170 --> 00:02:22,020 have a podcast which features crew 5 58 00:02:26,809 --> 00:02:24,180 discussing their upcoming space flight 59 00:02:29,930 --> 00:02:26,819 you can find this conversation by going 60 00:02:32,390 --> 00:02:29,940 to nasa.gov podcasts 61 00:02:34,729 --> 00:02:32,400 Houston we have a podcast along with the 62 00:02:36,949 --> 00:02:34,739 full library of NASA podcasts are also 63 00:02:40,070 --> 00:02:36,959 available on Apple podcasts Google 64 00:02:42,110 --> 00:02:40,080 podcasts and SoundCloud and that's space 65 00:02:44,020 --> 00:02:42,120 to ground for this week thanks so much 66 00:03:04,850 --> 00:02:44,030 for watching we'll see you next week