1 00:00:06,490 --> 00:00:02,790 foreign 2 00:00:08,990 --> 00:00:06,500 [Music] 3 00:00:10,610 --> 00:00:09,000 ji there's a full house aboard the space 4 00:00:12,530 --> 00:00:10,620 station the crew welcomed four new 5 00:00:14,030 --> 00:00:12,540 members for an eight-day stay and a few 6 00:00:17,450 --> 00:00:14,040 days later welcomed another delivery 7 00:00:19,430 --> 00:00:17,460 this time it was food Fuel and supplies 8 00:00:21,109 --> 00:00:19,440 Axia mission 2 the company's second 9 00:00:23,570 --> 00:00:21,119 private astronaut mission to the space 10 00:00:25,490 --> 00:00:23,580 station launched on Sunday May 21st with 11 00:00:27,470 --> 00:00:25,500 Commander Peggy Woodson pilot John 12 00:00:29,630 --> 00:00:27,480 schoffner admission specialist Ali 13 00:00:31,550 --> 00:00:29,640 al-karni and Brianna Bernoulli from the 14 00:00:33,530 --> 00:00:31,560 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia crew Dragon 15 00:00:35,389 --> 00:00:33,540 Freedom arrived at the station the next 16 00:00:38,150 --> 00:00:35,399 day bringing in the total crew count up 17 00:00:39,889 --> 00:00:38,160 to 11. the Axiom space astronauts are 18 00:00:42,110 --> 00:00:39,899 expected to depart the station on Friday 19 00:00:44,270 --> 00:00:42,120 May 30th for a return to Earth and a 20 00:00:46,610 --> 00:00:44,280 Splashdown off the coast of Florida 21 00:00:48,650 --> 00:00:46,620 another launch took place this week when 22 00:00:49,850 --> 00:00:48,660 a progress cargo spacecraft made its way 23 00:00:53,750 --> 00:00:49,860 to the space station packed with 24 00:00:55,670 --> 00:00:53,760 supplies and liftoff liftoff of the 84th 25 00:00:57,830 --> 00:00:55,680 progress resupply ship to the 26 00:01:00,110 --> 00:00:57,840 International Space Station on Wednesday 27 00:01:02,990 --> 00:01:00,120 May 24th progress 84 launched from the 28 00:01:04,969 --> 00:01:03,000 beitner cosmetrome in Kazakhstan a few 29 00:01:06,890 --> 00:01:04,979 hours later the spacecraft arrived to 30 00:01:08,510 --> 00:01:06,900 the orbiting Outpost and docked to the 31 00:01:10,789 --> 00:01:08,520 poisk module on the Russian segment 32 00:01:11,750 --> 00:01:10,799 bringing with it vital supplies for the 33 00:01:13,789 --> 00:01:11,760 crew 34 00:01:15,710 --> 00:01:13,799 long duration space flight is on the 35 00:01:17,810 --> 00:01:15,720 horizon but what effects will such space 36 00:01:19,250 --> 00:01:17,820 travel have on the human body in order 37 00:01:20,749 --> 00:01:19,260 for us to be prepared and keep 38 00:01:22,910 --> 00:01:20,759 astronauts safe we need to understand 39 00:01:25,550 --> 00:01:22,920 what happens to humans in low earth 40 00:01:28,190 --> 00:01:25,560 orbit over long stretches of time before 41 00:01:30,830 --> 00:01:28,200 making say A Journey to Mars that can 42 00:01:32,810 --> 00:01:30,840 last up to two years or more 43 00:01:34,969 --> 00:01:32,820 astronauts today typically spend about 44 00:01:37,069 --> 00:01:34,979 six months on the station while some 45 00:01:39,289 --> 00:01:37,079 NASA astronauts have spent closer to a 46 00:01:42,050 --> 00:01:39,299 year in orbit together these space 47 00:01:43,910 --> 00:01:42,060 Journeys have made scientists curious as 48 00:01:46,370 --> 00:01:43,920 missions become longer what will happen 49 00:01:48,530 --> 00:01:46,380 to the human body how will Vision Bones 50 00:01:51,289 --> 00:01:48,540 the brain and even Behavior be impacted 51 00:01:52,969 --> 00:01:51,299 an integrated protocol called Cipher is 52 00:01:54,830 --> 00:01:52,979 bringing together a huge number of 53 00:01:56,630 --> 00:01:54,840 disciplines and researchers to learn 54 00:01:58,789 --> 00:01:56,640 more together they'll pull information 55 00:02:00,289 --> 00:01:58,799 collected from astronauts aboard the 56 00:02:02,510 --> 00:02:00,299 International Space Station to unlock 57 00:02:05,630 --> 00:02:02,520 how humans can thrive on long duration 58 00:02:07,429 --> 00:02:05,640 missions to the Moon Mars and Beyond you 59 00:02:09,350 --> 00:02:07,439 can hear more about it from our experts 60 00:02:11,630 --> 00:02:09,360 on the latest episode of Houston we have 61 00:02:14,270 --> 00:02:11,640 a podcast you can find it on our website 62 00:02:16,070 --> 00:02:14,280 or wherever you download your podcasts 63 00:02:18,229 --> 00:02:16,080 and that's space to ground for now 64 00:02:19,790 --> 00:02:18,239 thanks so much for watching if you're in 65 00:02:21,949 --> 00:02:19,800 the United States we hope that you have 66 00:02:23,809 --> 00:02:21,959 a safe Memorial Day weekend we'll see 67 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:23,819 you next week