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over the last two decades 16 countries

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from around the world led by the united

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states have combined their design and

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transportation resources to create the

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international space station its primary

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mission to conduct valuable scientific

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experiments and improve the quality of

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life for all humankind

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as astronauts conduct these experiments

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called payloads onboard the

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international space station orbiting 210

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miles above the planet they're also

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working in partnership with hundreds of

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scientists from around the world and all

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scientific data and communications are

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funneled through this room

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welcome to the payload operations center

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here at nasa's marshall space flight

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center

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while the astronauts are hard at work in

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space the team here in the payload

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operations center becomes the focal

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point for u.s science activities on

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board the space station mike fink space

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station astronaut during his stay on the

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station the ground teams here work 24

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hours a day seven days a week to manage

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the use of space station payload

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resources as well as send remote

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commands and data transmissions to the

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orbiting research center

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they are essentially another crew member

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and they are also our friends with whom

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we communicate daily coordinating

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research on the space station is a

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complex process

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and it all begins with a payload

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operations director my job as the leader

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of the payload operations center flight

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control team is to guide the execution

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of the nasa payload activities aboard

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the international space station i

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interface and coordinate all payload

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activities with mission control in

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houston the crew aboard the space

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station and the scientists and payload

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developers as well as the international

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partners across the globe

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the day-to-day space station assignments

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are guided by the operations controller

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we're responsible for the real-time

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execution and planning of all

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us-controlled payloads aboard the iss

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we ensure that these activities are

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accomplished on time and safely and help

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the crew resolve any issues that they

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might have on board

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the voice of the operations center as

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far as the astronauts are concerned is

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the payload communications manager also

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known as the pacom we talk to the

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astronauts on a daily basis relaying

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payload-related communications between

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the payload operations center and the

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it's really neat that we get to know the

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crew pretty well during their six-month

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shift on station

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right behind the window at the console

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nearest you is the data management

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coordinator helping with all

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communications efforts we configured the

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onboard video and data systems to make

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sure that scientists around the world

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receive their downlink science results

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and experimental imagery we also handle

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video and television operations shipping

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scientists and astronauts

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needs to discuss something on a project

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that they're working on

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most experiments on the space station

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are installed in different sections

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called racks where the astronauts can

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work with them and store them in an

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efficient manner here in the payload

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operations center the payload rack

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officer is linked by computer to more

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than 50 experiments on the space station

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as a payload rack officer we monitor and

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control the

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payload support system things like the

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vacuum and nitrogen

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electrical thermal support systems that

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payloads will need on a day-to-day basis

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working on two-week rotations from the

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johnson space center in houston the lead

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increments scientist representative

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liaisons between the station's lead

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scientist in houston the payload

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operations center in huntsville and the

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scientists all around the world who have

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experiments in space

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i hope to determine which experiments

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are giving priority when the issue

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arrives and work with payload

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operational directors to ensure all

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science research on bush station is

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complete each week and the scientists

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back on earth are satisfied with the

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operations and results of their

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experiment

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the crew of the international space

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station performs cutting edge science

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experiments around the clock in the

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unique environment of space thanks to

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the many contributions from the payload

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operations center

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thanks for visiting nasa's payload

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operations center and enjoy the rest of