1 00:00:05,410 --> 00:00:02,790 foreign 2 00:00:08,450 --> 00:00:05,420 [Music] 3 00:00:10,129 --> 00:00:08,460 I'm Chelsea vallarte this week on the 4 00:00:12,290 --> 00:00:10,139 International Space Station power was 5 00:00:14,509 --> 00:00:12,300 the name of the game NASA astronauts 6 00:00:16,609 --> 00:00:14,519 Josh cassida and Frank Rubio completed a 7 00:00:18,769 --> 00:00:16,619 spacewalk to deploy one solar array and 8 00:00:20,929 --> 00:00:18,779 disconnect part of another meanwhile 9 00:00:22,730 --> 00:00:20,939 Japanese astronaut koichiwakata showed 10 00:00:24,950 --> 00:00:22,740 the power of international teamwork by 11 00:00:26,929 --> 00:00:24,960 deploying Uganda in Zimbabwe's first 12 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:26,939 ever satellites 13 00:00:31,550 --> 00:00:29,039 Casita and Rubio completed their second 14 00:00:33,350 --> 00:00:31,560 spacewalk last week this time spending a 15 00:00:35,690 --> 00:00:33,360 total of seven hours five minutes 16 00:00:37,670 --> 00:00:35,700 outside the space station they worked 17 00:00:39,709 --> 00:00:37,680 together to install and unravel a solar 18 00:00:41,990 --> 00:00:39,719 array that rolls out like a rug they 19 00:00:43,670 --> 00:00:42,000 also created a workaround on a damaged 20 00:00:45,830 --> 00:00:43,680 portion of one of the Space Station's 21 00:00:48,290 --> 00:00:45,840 original solar arrays with the goal of 22 00:00:50,450 --> 00:00:48,300 restoring it to 75 of the array's 23 00:00:52,430 --> 00:00:50,460 functionality the duo will be added 24 00:00:54,170 --> 00:00:52,440 again December 19th to install another 25 00:00:56,750 --> 00:00:54,180 rollout solar array 26 00:00:58,670 --> 00:00:56,760 astronaut koichiwakata deployed cubesats 27 00:01:02,389 --> 00:00:58,680 from all over the world this includes 28 00:01:04,910 --> 00:01:02,399 Pearl Africa sat 1 from Uganda Zim Sat 29 00:01:07,310 --> 00:01:04,920 one from Zimbabwe and the taka satellite 30 00:01:08,870 --> 00:01:07,320 from koichi's home country of Japan 31 00:01:11,090 --> 00:01:08,880 these satellites launched aboard a 32 00:01:12,410 --> 00:01:11,100 Northrop grumman's cygnus spacecraft and 33 00:01:14,450 --> 00:01:12,420 now that they're deployed they'll fly 34 00:01:16,850 --> 00:01:14,460 together as a constellation to take 35 00:01:18,590 --> 00:01:16,860 observations of the Earth the data could 36 00:01:21,289 --> 00:01:18,600 help researchers understand the quality 37 00:01:23,149 --> 00:01:21,299 of agricultural growth on the ground 38 00:01:24,649 --> 00:01:23,159 speaking of cargo spacecraft the 39 00:01:26,990 --> 00:01:24,659 astronauts spent much of last week 40 00:01:29,330 --> 00:01:27,000 unpacking goodies from the newly arrived 41 00:01:31,390 --> 00:01:29,340 SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft they 42 00:01:33,710 --> 00:01:31,400 activated some time critical experiments 43 00:01:36,109 --> 00:01:33,720 unloaded scientific investigations to 44 00:01:36,950 --> 00:01:36,119 work on later and even unpacked some ice 45 00:01:38,690 --> 00:01:36,960 cream 46 00:01:40,370 --> 00:01:38,700 while plenty of the research conducted 47 00:01:42,230 --> 00:01:40,380 on the space station is to benefit life 48 00:01:44,810 --> 00:01:42,240 on Earth many studies help us understand 49 00:01:46,249 --> 00:01:44,820 the human body in space so NASA can plan 50 00:01:48,469 --> 00:01:46,259 long duration missions to the Moon 51 00:01:50,270 --> 00:01:48,479 through the Artemis program in fact the 52 00:01:52,069 --> 00:01:50,280 rollout design of the solar arrays 53 00:01:53,690 --> 00:01:52,079 deployed during last week's spacewalk 54 00:01:56,109 --> 00:01:53,700 will be used on the Gateway lunar 55 00:02:00,950 --> 00:01:58,730 NASA's Artemis 1 Mission returns from 56 00:02:02,929 --> 00:02:00,960 the Moon Sunday December 11th and you 57 00:02:05,929 --> 00:02:02,939 can watch live coverage of the historic 58 00:02:07,730 --> 00:02:05,939 Splashdown starting at 11 A.M Eastern 59 00:02:09,830 --> 00:02:07,740 until then check out the latest episode 60 00:02:11,510 --> 00:02:09,840 of Artemis all access to see what the 61 00:02:13,070 --> 00:02:11,520 Orion spacecraft's return to Earth has 62 00:02:14,890 --> 00:02:13,080 been like so far 63 00:02:17,750 --> 00:02:14,900 foreign 64 00:02:19,790 --> 00:02:17,760 for this week thanks for watching and by 65 00:02:21,290 --> 00:02:19,800 the way you can get a daily on-orbit 66 00:02:24,290 --> 00:02:21,300 status report by visiting our space 67 00:02:24,970 --> 00:02:24,300 station blog at blogs.nasa.gov we'll see