1 00:00:05,650 --> 00:00:02,790 foreign 2 00:00:08,810 --> 00:00:05,660 [Music] 3 00:00:11,390 --> 00:00:08,820 I'm Dan Hewitt hard to believe but we're 4 00:00:13,669 --> 00:00:11,400 already at our fifth rotation flight on 5 00:00:16,070 --> 00:00:13,679 crew Dragon delivering four new crew 6 00:00:19,070 --> 00:00:16,080 members to the space station 7 00:00:21,529 --> 00:00:19,080 NASA's SpaceX crew 5 Mission lifted off 8 00:00:24,429 --> 00:00:21,539 on Wednesday with NASA astronauts Nicole 9 00:00:26,870 --> 00:00:24,439 Mann and Josh cassida jaxa astronaut 10 00:00:30,050 --> 00:00:26,880 koichiwakata and Rose Cosmos Cosmonaut 11 00:00:32,210 --> 00:00:30,060 anakikina on board carried to space on a 12 00:00:34,729 --> 00:00:32,220 Falcon 9 rocket they had a Flawless ride 13 00:00:37,490 --> 00:00:34,739 uphill before settling in for the long 14 00:00:39,650 --> 00:00:37,500 flight to station we even got a look at 15 00:00:40,610 --> 00:00:39,660 a special stowaway making the trip up 16 00:00:43,430 --> 00:00:40,620 with them 17 00:00:45,290 --> 00:00:43,440 a couple years after we come up with his 18 00:00:47,690 --> 00:00:45,300 groundbreaking theory of special 19 00:00:49,670 --> 00:00:47,700 relativity Albert Einstein in his mind 20 00:00:52,190 --> 00:00:49,680 still had a couple loose ends to tie up 21 00:00:54,650 --> 00:00:52,200 while he was sitting in the patent 22 00:00:57,529 --> 00:00:54,660 office he had his happiest thought of 23 00:01:00,650 --> 00:00:57,539 his entire life I thought was person in 24 00:01:02,389 --> 00:01:00,660 free fall and feel their own weight that 25 00:01:04,969 --> 00:01:02,399 thought along with some others that he 26 00:01:07,070 --> 00:01:04,979 built upon led to general relativity and 27 00:01:09,170 --> 00:01:07,080 our understanding of gravitation and 28 00:01:11,929 --> 00:01:09,180 curvature of space time 29 00:01:13,969 --> 00:01:11,939 for experiencing Einstein's happiest 30 00:01:15,410 --> 00:01:13,979 thought continuously like the 31 00:01:18,469 --> 00:01:15,420 International Space Station has been 32 00:01:20,810 --> 00:01:18,479 doing for over 20 years and it was a 33 00:01:23,810 --> 00:01:20,820 long ride but after a safe arrival the 34 00:01:26,450 --> 00:01:23,820 station is positively packed 35 00:01:28,550 --> 00:01:26,460 crew Dragon endurance executed its 36 00:01:31,130 --> 00:01:28,560 automated Rendezvous and docking linking 37 00:01:33,410 --> 00:01:31,140 up to the forward-facing port on node 2. 38 00:01:35,090 --> 00:01:33,420 with crew 4 and dragon Freedom still 39 00:01:37,490 --> 00:01:35,100 docked we were treated to yet another 40 00:01:39,590 --> 00:01:37,500 instance of Double Dragon 41 00:01:42,230 --> 00:01:39,600 once on board the crew is welcomed by 42 00:01:44,630 --> 00:01:42,240 fellow Expedition 68 astronauts and 43 00:01:48,649 --> 00:01:44,640 cosmonauts marking the start of more 44 00:01:50,929 --> 00:01:48,659 than 150 days in space for Nicole Josh 45 00:01:53,090 --> 00:01:50,939 and Anna this is space flight number one 46 00:01:55,910 --> 00:01:53,100 but for koichi this is space flight 47 00:01:58,190 --> 00:01:55,920 number five adding another long duration 48 00:02:00,590 --> 00:01:58,200 stay to the resume of one of the most 49 00:02:03,109 --> 00:02:00,600 experienced space flyers in the game 50 00:02:05,330 --> 00:02:03,119 today we'll spend five to seven days 51 00:02:07,670 --> 00:02:05,340 with 11 people living on board the 52 00:02:10,070 --> 00:02:07,680 station before it's time for crew 4 to 53 00:02:12,290 --> 00:02:10,080 undock and return four astronauts home 54 00:02:13,250 --> 00:02:12,300 with the Splashdown off the coast of 55 00:02:15,710 --> 00:02:13,260 Florida 56 00:02:17,630 --> 00:02:15,720 meanwhile the station has instruments 57 00:02:19,610 --> 00:02:17,640 trained on planet Earth with one 58 00:02:22,369 --> 00:02:19,620 offering a deeper look at the global 59 00:02:24,470 --> 00:02:22,379 impact of a volcanic eruption 60 00:02:26,930 --> 00:02:24,480 the sage 3 which stands for 61 00:02:29,330 --> 00:02:26,940 stratospheric aerosol and gas experiment 62 00:02:31,910 --> 00:02:29,340 observed dramatically increased layers 63 00:02:34,250 --> 00:02:31,920 of stratospheric aerosol particles and 64 00:02:37,550 --> 00:02:34,260 water vapor following the eruption of 65 00:02:39,770 --> 00:02:37,560 The hungatanga Hunger haapai volcano and 66 00:02:41,630 --> 00:02:39,780 for several months after it continued to 67 00:02:44,150 --> 00:02:41,640 see these increased levels around the 68 00:02:46,190 --> 00:02:44,160 volcano and the entire Globe getting 69 00:02:48,229 --> 00:02:46,200 this data becomes critical to those of 70 00:02:50,509 --> 00:02:48,239 us on Earth because it informs us how 71 00:02:52,630 --> 00:02:50,519 these natural disasters can impact the 72 00:02:55,369 --> 00:02:52,640 earth's climate on a global scale 73 00:02:57,530 --> 00:02:55,379 aerosols a lot of people understand they 74 00:02:59,690 --> 00:02:57,540 can scatter light coming in from the Sun 75 00:03:02,150 --> 00:02:59,700 so why are we looking at water vapor 76 00:03:04,369 --> 00:03:02,160 well not only can increase water vapor 77 00:03:07,369 --> 00:03:04,379 lead to the destruction of stratospheric 78 00:03:09,770 --> 00:03:07,379 ozone centrally Earth's sunscreen it 79 00:03:11,809 --> 00:03:09,780 also warms the atmosphere the water 80 00:03:14,330 --> 00:03:11,819 vapor ratings from the Tonga eruptions 81 00:03:16,970 --> 00:03:14,340 seen by the sage III experiment are 82 00:03:19,190 --> 00:03:16,980 three to four times those ever recorded 83 00:03:21,649 --> 00:03:19,200 bias age instrument dating all the way 84 00:03:23,570 --> 00:03:21,659 back to 1985. 85 00:03:25,850 --> 00:03:23,580 that space to ground for this week 86 00:03:28,190 --> 00:03:25,860 thanks for watching be sure to follow 87 00:03:30,229 --> 00:03:28,200 all of the newest station residents on 88 00:03:32,530 --> 00:03:30,239 social media to keep track of their time 89 00:03:35,089 --> 00:03:32,540 and space head over to nasa.gov 90 00:03:36,949 --> 00:03:35,099 astronauts to learn more we'll see you 91 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:36,959 next week and I'll see you around the 92 00:03:46,130 --> 00:03:39,010 holidays