1 00:00:06,970 --> 00:00:02,790 foreign 2 00:00:09,589 --> 00:00:06,980 [Music] 3 00:00:11,030 --> 00:00:09,599 and this week we take a look ahead at 4 00:00:12,830 --> 00:00:11,040 the next mission flying to the 5 00:00:15,589 --> 00:00:12,840 International Space Station 6 00:00:17,570 --> 00:00:15,599 on Wednesday January 25th a pair of news 7 00:00:19,490 --> 00:00:17,580 conferences at NASA's Johnson Space 8 00:00:21,650 --> 00:00:19,500 Center in Houston highlighted the agency 9 00:00:23,450 --> 00:00:21,660 SpaceX crew 6 mission to the 10 00:00:25,970 --> 00:00:23,460 International Space Station in February 11 00:00:27,710 --> 00:00:25,980 the mission is NASA's six crew rotation 12 00:00:30,109 --> 00:00:27,720 flight involving a U.S commercial 13 00:00:32,030 --> 00:00:30,119 spacecraft carrying crew for a science 14 00:00:34,190 --> 00:00:32,040 Expedition aboard the microgravity 15 00:00:36,290 --> 00:00:34,200 laboratory the purpose of the space 16 00:00:38,270 --> 00:00:36,300 station it's a national lab and it's for 17 00:00:41,150 --> 00:00:38,280 scientific research so we have this 18 00:00:43,069 --> 00:00:41,160 incredible unique weightless environment 19 00:00:44,990 --> 00:00:43,079 where we can conduct amazing scientific 20 00:00:47,270 --> 00:00:45,000 research and that's why we go to the ISS 21 00:00:49,790 --> 00:00:47,280 we will be subjects to a lot of 22 00:00:51,770 --> 00:00:49,800 scientific observation that is done 23 00:00:53,830 --> 00:00:51,780 before the flight during the flight and 24 00:00:56,450 --> 00:00:53,840 bus flight to see the impact of 25 00:00:59,450 --> 00:00:56,460 weightlessness on our on our bodies and 26 00:01:02,029 --> 00:00:59,460 our body mass so it's all for the sake 27 00:01:04,189 --> 00:01:02,039 of Science and it's all for the sake of 28 00:01:05,929 --> 00:01:04,199 the push towards the boundaries of 29 00:01:08,270 --> 00:01:05,939 exploration towards space 30 00:01:10,429 --> 00:01:08,280 the crew 6 Mission will carry NASA 31 00:01:12,289 --> 00:01:10,439 astronauts Steve Bowen and Warren hoberg 32 00:01:14,990 --> 00:01:12,299 as well as United Arab Emirates 33 00:01:18,050 --> 00:01:15,000 astronaut Sultan anayade and Ross Cosmos 34 00:01:19,609 --> 00:01:18,060 Cosmonaut Andre fed yayef the Falcon 9 35 00:01:21,530 --> 00:01:19,619 rocket and the dragon Endeavor 36 00:01:23,929 --> 00:01:21,540 spacecraft is scheduled to launch no 37 00:01:26,630 --> 00:01:23,939 earlier than February 26th from launch 38 00:01:28,190 --> 00:01:26,640 complex 39a at NASA's Kennedy Space 39 00:01:29,929 --> 00:01:28,200 Center in Florida 40 00:01:31,850 --> 00:01:29,939 during their mission aboard the orbiting 41 00:01:34,490 --> 00:01:31,860 laboratory the crew 6 astronauts will 42 00:01:37,130 --> 00:01:34,500 conduct Cutting Edge research 43 00:01:39,230 --> 00:01:37,140 studies of material flammability tests 44 00:01:41,090 --> 00:01:39,240 of treatments for cardiac disease and 45 00:01:42,950 --> 00:01:41,100 demonstration of a new tool that could 46 00:01:45,230 --> 00:01:42,960 monitor changes to the immune system 47 00:01:47,210 --> 00:01:45,240 during deep space exploration missions 48 00:01:49,010 --> 00:01:47,220 are just some of the more than 200 49 00:01:50,149 --> 00:01:49,020 experiments that will occur during the 50 00:01:51,410 --> 00:01:50,159 mission 51 00:01:53,330 --> 00:01:51,420 what we learned from the International 52 00:01:55,789 --> 00:01:53,340 Space Station will help us to explore 53 00:01:58,030 --> 00:01:55,799 Mars especially for our Transit habitat 54 00:02:00,410 --> 00:01:58,040 needed to get to and from the red planet 55 00:02:02,810 --> 00:02:00,420 this week on Houston we have a podcast 56 00:02:05,209 --> 00:02:02,820 Paul Kessler aerospace engineer from 57 00:02:07,069 --> 00:02:05,219 NASA's Langley Research Center discusses 58 00:02:08,870 --> 00:02:07,079 what a spacecraft that would take future 59 00:02:11,270 --> 00:02:08,880 Mars explorers to and from the red 60 00:02:12,770 --> 00:02:11,280 planet would look like as always you can 61 00:02:16,010 --> 00:02:12,780 catch the interview on Apple podcast 62 00:02:18,050 --> 00:02:16,020 Google podcasts and SoundCloud 63 00:02:20,910 --> 00:02:18,060 best space to ground for this week thank 64 00:03:12,490 --> 00:02:23,809 [Music] 65 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:16,350 thank you 66 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:36,170 [Music]