1 00:00:11,009 --> 00:00:09,520 why did you want to be an astronaut my 2 00:00:14,070 --> 00:00:11,019 first day 3 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:14,080 just was toward toward flying and being 4 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:15,250 a being a pilot 5 00:00:18,420 --> 00:00:17,410 I had older brothers who were interested 6 00:00:21,300 --> 00:00:18,430 in aviation 7 00:00:23,190 --> 00:00:21,310 my oldest brother David gave me a ride 8 00:00:25,909 --> 00:00:23,200 when I was about 14 years old for the 9 00:00:28,410 --> 00:00:25,919 very first time in a small plane and 10 00:00:31,740 --> 00:00:28,420 about the same time I stumbled onto a 11 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:31,750 book called carrying the fire written by 12 00:00:36,540 --> 00:00:34,330 Michael Collins and it was the first 13 00:00:37,860 --> 00:00:36,550 book I ever read and I turned right back 14 00:00:39,689 --> 00:00:37,870 to the first page and just started 15 00:00:42,270 --> 00:00:39,699 reading it again because I just enjoyed 16 00:00:45,750 --> 00:00:42,280 it so much and I was fascinated by the 17 00:00:49,740 --> 00:00:45,760 things he talked about and at that point 18 00:00:51,630 --> 00:00:49,750 as a boy and you know small-town Indiana 19 00:00:57,170 --> 00:00:51,640 I just thought boy I just would really 20 00:00:59,520 --> 00:00:57,180 love to be a pilot as a career so I 21 00:01:02,910 --> 00:00:59,530 started working in a grocery store I 22 00:01:04,979 --> 00:01:02,920 happened to to have a grocery in my town 23 00:01:07,530 --> 00:01:04,989 who had his own airplane and so he was 24 00:01:09,090 --> 00:01:07,540 really willing to give me a job give me 25 00:01:11,100 --> 00:01:09,100 all the hours I needed to pay for flying 26 00:01:13,670 --> 00:01:11,110 lessons and so that worked out well for 27 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:13,680 me and and I got my license early and 28 00:01:19,139 --> 00:01:16,570 went on to you know to study aerospace 29 00:01:21,539 --> 00:01:19,149 engineering and to become an Air Force 30 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:21,549 pilot some you know some of it's just 31 00:01:24,630 --> 00:01:23,170 lucky kind of the way it works out but I 32 00:01:26,130 --> 00:01:24,640 was able to fulfill that dream of being 33 00:01:29,459 --> 00:01:26,140 an Air Force pilot and a fighter pilot 34 00:01:32,069 --> 00:01:29,469 and then after some years of that and I 35 00:01:33,630 --> 00:01:32,079 like test pilot test pilot is next so I 36 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:33,640 was able to combine you know the 37 00:01:37,499 --> 00:01:35,890 academics of the engineering with what 38 00:01:39,450 --> 00:01:37,509 the operational skills of flying going 39 00:01:41,819 --> 00:01:39,460 to test pilot school and just kind of 40 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:41,829 found myself in a position where NASA 41 00:01:45,330 --> 00:01:43,210 was actually willing to look at the 42 00:01:47,580 --> 00:01:45,340 application one day and they looked at 43 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:47,590 it a few times and put it away before 44 00:01:51,059 --> 00:01:49,450 they finally looked at at one time and 45 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:51,069 said well we've already hired all the 46 00:01:55,529 --> 00:01:52,210 guys that were better in him they're 47 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:55,539 already here already so I was lucky 48 00:01:59,969 --> 00:01:57,490 enough to get into the Corps at that 49 00:02:01,559 --> 00:01:59,979 point so it just it just started out 50 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:01,569 with the fascination with flying really 51 00:02:06,690 --> 00:02:04,090 and I was just lucky to get get into the 52 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:06,700 astronaut business you mentioned you 53 00:02:10,590 --> 00:02:09,130 grew up in small town in Indiana tell me 54 00:02:12,270 --> 00:02:10,600 about tell us about your hometown what 55 00:02:16,290 --> 00:02:12,280 it was like for you growing up there so 56 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:16,300 a small town of about 2,000 people just 57 00:02:21,990 --> 00:02:18,730 a typical small town it was mostly 58 00:02:24,180 --> 00:02:22,000 agricultural I lived on a farm literally 59 00:02:25,380 --> 00:02:24,190 until I was about five and then we moved 60 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:25,390 into the city 61 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:28,130 into the center of the small town and my 62 00:02:34,450 --> 00:02:29,330 dad worked in the automotive business 63 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:34,460 and informing both and so the friends 64 00:02:40,290 --> 00:02:37,610 there were all people who had you know 65 00:02:44,470 --> 00:02:40,300 kind of the same the same economic 66 00:02:48,010 --> 00:02:44,480 status and kind of kind of ideals and 67 00:02:50,290 --> 00:02:48,020 stuff as I did and it was just a nice 68 00:02:52,390 --> 00:02:50,300 little town I went to kindergarten with 69 00:02:55,660 --> 00:02:52,400 the same kids that I graduated from high 70 00:02:59,080 --> 00:02:55,670 school with you know those years later 71 00:03:03,040 --> 00:02:59,090 and so it was a very close close-knit 72 00:03:04,630 --> 00:03:03,050 community hard hardworking and kind of 73 00:03:07,210 --> 00:03:04,640 knew how to take take care of themselves 74 00:03:09,460 --> 00:03:07,220 I would say were you able to pick it out 75 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:09,470 as you flew over it on your first flight 76 00:03:16,030 --> 00:03:13,610 I was not and the reason is because we 77 00:03:19,390 --> 00:03:16,040 launched it about midnight from Florida 78 00:03:22,750 --> 00:03:19,400 and why don't one of the interesting 79 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:22,760 things about orbital dynamics is we we 80 00:03:27,190 --> 00:03:25,850 had an orbit that took us into the 81 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:27,200 darkness as we crossed the equator 82 00:03:31,930 --> 00:03:29,810 northbound and into the daylight as we 83 00:03:33,820 --> 00:03:31,940 crossed the equator southbound for the 84 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:33,830 whole two weeks so even though the 85 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:35,650 Earth's is rotating underneath you 86 00:03:40,210 --> 00:03:37,730 everything we saw in the northern 87 00:03:42,580 --> 00:03:40,220 hemisphere was dark and and lit in the 88 00:03:45,130 --> 00:03:42,590 southern so I'll be able to improve on 89 00:03:48,210 --> 00:03:45,140 that with a five month stay on the space 90 00:03:50,740 --> 00:03:48,220 station I could see for example 91 00:03:53,830 --> 00:03:50,750 Indianapolis and Fort Wayne and Lake 92 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:53,840 Michigan Chicago until roughly where it 93 00:03:57,820 --> 00:03:56,090 was but I wasn't able to pick out the 94 00:04:00,520 --> 00:03:57,830 town itself and I'm hoping to be able to 95 00:04:02,020 --> 00:04:00,530 do that on my long trip what is it about 96 00:04:04,780 --> 00:04:02,030 that place and the people that were 97 00:04:07,949 --> 00:04:04,790 there that you think helped you make you 98 00:04:10,300 --> 00:04:07,959 the person that you are well I think 99 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:10,310 they all they all thought you know you 100 00:04:14,949 --> 00:04:12,170 could you could carry your weight and 101 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:14,959 you were capable everybody you know gave 102 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:17,330 you the benefit of the doubt if you you 103 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:18,890 know if I wanted to work in the grocery 104 00:04:21,990 --> 00:04:20,330 store and go take flying lessons there 105 00:04:27,340 --> 00:04:22,000 was somebody wanted to give me a job 106 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:27,350 doing that everybody is pretty 107 00:04:32,170 --> 00:04:29,930 hard-working academically and everything 108 00:04:37,089 --> 00:04:32,180 the school the school was a good example 109 00:04:38,380 --> 00:04:37,099 for me academically and just kind of you 110 00:04:38,890 --> 00:04:38,390 know was willing to boost me out of the 111 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:38,900 nest 112 00:04:46,570 --> 00:04:41,090 the time comes to send me off to college 113 00:04:48,370 --> 00:04:46,580 and it was good to have role models I 114 00:04:51,249 --> 00:04:48,380 knew a lot of the other parents you know 115 00:04:54,790 --> 00:04:51,259 for my 8 mice because I was there with 116 00:04:55,990 --> 00:04:54,800 them you know oh my oh my adolescent 117 00:04:57,640 --> 00:04:56,000 life there I get to know a lot of the 118 00:05:00,700 --> 00:04:57,650 parents of the kids and brothers and 119 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:00,710 sisters and I think all those influences 120 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:02,810 and that stability was a was a good 121 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:05,690 thing was a good thing for me you 122 00:05:09,610 --> 00:05:07,370 touched on a couple of the high points 123 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:09,620 may ask you to fill in some of the the 124 00:05:14,529 --> 00:05:11,810 meat on the bones of your education and 125 00:05:17,020 --> 00:05:14,539 then your professional career as you as 126 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:17,030 you left small-town Indiana that led you 127 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:20,090 ultimately to become an astronaut so you 128 00:05:25,629 --> 00:05:23,330 want me to kind of head through yeah my 129 00:05:27,100 --> 00:05:25,639 college career after high school all the 130 00:05:31,689 --> 00:05:27,110 way back to there huh that was a few 131 00:05:33,370 --> 00:05:31,699 years back so I kind of I came to came 132 00:05:34,810 --> 00:05:33,380 out of there I had a pilot's license 133 00:05:37,089 --> 00:05:34,820 actually when I graduated from high 134 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:37,099 school just just because that was that 135 00:05:42,670 --> 00:05:38,570 was my thing that was kind of my little 136 00:05:45,969 --> 00:05:42,680 dream and I applied for ROTC 137 00:05:49,930 --> 00:05:45,979 scholarships and was able to was able to 138 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:49,940 get an or OTC agreement to go to go to 139 00:05:53,860 --> 00:05:52,370 the University and then write into an 140 00:05:54,909 --> 00:05:53,870 Air Force Commission after that so I 141 00:05:56,770 --> 00:05:54,919 went to Notre Dame 142 00:06:00,279 --> 00:05:56,780 I'm a journey row space engineering 143 00:06:01,750 --> 00:06:00,289 there so it's a lot of you know a lot of 144 00:06:03,790 --> 00:06:01,760 things to learn about flying in the 145 00:06:05,050 --> 00:06:03,800 engineering field too that were included 146 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:05,060 and just you know getting I'll see a 147 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:07,010 private pilot's license so I kind of 148 00:06:11,290 --> 00:06:09,650 just continued that track after that I 149 00:06:14,050 --> 00:06:11,300 went to Columbus Air Force Base in 150 00:06:15,939 --> 00:06:14,060 Mississippi and became became an Air 151 00:06:17,969 --> 00:06:15,949 Force pilot went through the t37 and 152 00:06:20,589 --> 00:06:17,979 t-38 curriculum it's about a year and 153 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:20,599 after the pilot training then I got 154 00:06:24,670 --> 00:06:23,210 assigned to an f15 in Germany between 155 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:24,680 the time you graduate and you actually 156 00:06:28,810 --> 00:06:27,289 get there there's there's more fighter 157 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:28,820 late in training and then there's some 158 00:06:33,370 --> 00:06:31,849 f15 what we call the place the specific 159 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:33,380 training just learning about the 160 00:06:37,719 --> 00:06:35,810 airplane in Arizona that I did and some 161 00:06:40,540 --> 00:06:37,729 survival training and some water and 162 00:06:42,100 --> 00:06:40,550 some you know POWs raining and stuff so 163 00:06:45,219 --> 00:06:42,110 about a year later then I finally got to 164 00:06:46,899 --> 00:06:45,229 Germany and flew f-15s in Germany for 165 00:06:50,409 --> 00:06:46,909 three years you know the height of the 166 00:06:52,090 --> 00:06:50,419 high it was 84 to 87 so kind of the 167 00:06:53,770 --> 00:06:52,100 height of the Cold War kind kind 168 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:53,780 time never solve myself in the future 169 00:06:56,650 --> 00:06:55,970 flying in a Soyuz that at that point 170 00:06:59,950 --> 00:06:56,660 I'll tell you that 171 00:07:02,140 --> 00:06:59,960 and after that went to Iceland and flew 172 00:07:05,050 --> 00:07:02,150 in the 57th fighter interceptor squadron 173 00:07:08,410 --> 00:07:05,060 in Iceland for a couple years several 174 00:07:11,590 --> 00:07:08,420 times joining up won the wings of Soviet 175 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:11,600 bears bear bombers as they crossed then 176 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:14,510 worked in the North Atlantic so that was 177 00:07:20,010 --> 00:07:16,610 that was interesting after that I went 178 00:07:22,390 --> 00:07:20,020 on to test pilot school then in 179 00:07:24,700 --> 00:07:22,400 California at Edwards Air Force Base and 180 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:24,710 after test pilot school that's a 181 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:27,530 one-year program in 1990 I went back to 182 00:07:31,750 --> 00:07:29,810 Eglin Air Force Base in Florida back out 183 00:07:33,700 --> 00:07:31,760 to the east and did weapons development 184 00:07:36,940 --> 00:07:33,710 testing there for about three and a half 185 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:36,950 years so the weapons weapons testing is 186 00:07:40,930 --> 00:07:38,930 never boring we had a lot of really 187 00:07:43,330 --> 00:07:40,940 early morning takeoffs out over the sea 188 00:07:45,580 --> 00:07:43,340 and doing doing a lot of tests so on the 189 00:07:48,550 --> 00:07:45,590 things that didn't work right about 190 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:48,560 maybe 25% of the time and that and that 191 00:07:52,510 --> 00:07:50,510 was our job to see if we could make them 192 00:07:55,660 --> 00:07:52,520 work right so so that was a very 193 00:07:59,920 --> 00:07:55,670 interesting job there they took it kind 194 00:08:01,570 --> 00:07:59,930 of a strange turn after that I was made 195 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:01,580 aware of a possibility of going to get a 196 00:08:07,180 --> 00:08:03,770 PhD in aerospace engineering at the Air 197 00:08:08,860 --> 00:08:07,190 Force Institute of Technology and I had 198 00:08:10,180 --> 00:08:08,870 that kind of make a tough little 199 00:08:12,250 --> 00:08:10,190 decision there about whether I wanted to 200 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:12,260 go do that or not and after giving it 201 00:08:15,190 --> 00:08:13,610 some thought I decided to go ahead and 202 00:08:16,930 --> 00:08:15,200 do that so I went to the Air Force 203 00:08:19,060 --> 00:08:16,940 Institute of Technology spent three 204 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:19,070 years there doing a PhD in astronautical 205 00:08:23,380 --> 00:08:21,770 engineering and then following that went 206 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:23,390 to the Air Force test pilot school as an 207 00:08:27,460 --> 00:08:25,250 instructor and I stayed there as an 208 00:08:29,140 --> 00:08:27,470 instructor was a it was a really great 209 00:08:31,750 --> 00:08:29,150 job there but I was coming up on the end 210 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:31,760 of it anyway when I came to NASA so the 211 00:08:36,670 --> 00:08:33,650 timing worked out well but at the time I 212 00:08:39,430 --> 00:08:36,680 was flying gliders with students up into 213 00:08:41,050 --> 00:08:39,440 hatchapee on usually one day a week and 214 00:08:43,810 --> 00:08:41,060 the other days I was flying an f15 and 215 00:08:45,430 --> 00:08:43,820 the f16 teaching students flight test 216 00:08:47,980 --> 00:08:45,440 techniques that Edwards Air Force Base 217 00:08:51,550 --> 00:08:47,990 so that was the last job I had just 218 00:08:53,590 --> 00:08:51,560 before coming to NASA to fly in space as 219 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:53,600 you're doing now is to take on a job 220 00:08:58,270 --> 00:08:55,850 that has risks associated with it that 221 00:09:00,579 --> 00:08:58,280 most people don't ever have to face some 222 00:09:03,430 --> 00:09:00,589 people would ask you why you do it I'm 223 00:09:05,590 --> 00:09:03,440 gonna be one of them tell me what is it 224 00:09:05,860 --> 00:09:05,600 that you think that we we all of us what 225 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:05,870 do we 226 00:09:11,260 --> 00:09:08,510 yet or learn as a result of flying 227 00:09:15,130 --> 00:09:11,270 people in space that you think makes it 228 00:09:18,070 --> 00:09:15,140 worth taking that risk well I think 229 00:09:21,750 --> 00:09:18,080 ultimately people want to go to space 230 00:09:24,340 --> 00:09:21,760 you know and so to get out there 231 00:09:27,310 --> 00:09:24,350 somebody's just got a head that way 232 00:09:29,530 --> 00:09:27,320 and and put it to the test at some point 233 00:09:31,660 --> 00:09:29,540 just just like when you know we expanded 234 00:09:33,940 --> 00:09:31,670 across the country and really went to 235 00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:33,950 all corners of the earth I think it's in 236 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:36,920 our human nature to want to do it you 237 00:09:41,710 --> 00:09:39,410 know yourself as a person no matter how 238 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:41,720 many times you go to somebody else's 239 00:09:46,630 --> 00:09:43,370 slide presentation about their trip to 240 00:09:49,030 --> 00:09:46,640 Paris it's not the same as getting your 241 00:09:52,269 --> 00:09:49,040 family making a big investment in 242 00:09:55,810 --> 00:09:52,279 airfare and time off and really going 243 00:09:57,820 --> 00:09:55,820 out there and experiencing that because 244 00:10:01,000 --> 00:09:57,830 we really are all about the human 245 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:01,010 experience so that's you know that's 246 00:10:05,110 --> 00:10:03,290 what takes us there I think an 247 00:10:07,630 --> 00:10:05,120 interesting little piece of information 248 00:10:10,329 --> 00:10:07,640 is that when if you if you ask somebody 249 00:10:13,300 --> 00:10:10,339 you know about the first time we went to 250 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:13,310 the moon few people think about the 251 00:10:17,949 --> 00:10:15,170 robotic missions to the moon that 252 00:10:20,110 --> 00:10:17,959 preceded Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin 253 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:20,120 and Mike Collins go into the moon they 254 00:10:25,329 --> 00:10:22,490 usually just jump right to the point 255 00:10:27,850 --> 00:10:25,339 where oh we finally got to the moon when 256 00:10:29,620 --> 00:10:27,860 in the in reality we had several 257 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:29,630 robotics missions of the US wasn't even 258 00:10:33,670 --> 00:10:31,850 the first one to the moon robotically so 259 00:10:35,620 --> 00:10:33,680 they don't really think about those now 260 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:35,630 those robotic missions are super 261 00:10:39,460 --> 00:10:37,250 important to us and they teach us how to 262 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:39,470 get there but I think that the human the 263 00:10:44,890 --> 00:10:42,130 emotional connection comes about because 264 00:10:46,900 --> 00:10:44,900 we we see ourselves out there we project 265 00:10:49,300 --> 00:10:46,910 ourselves out there and and we really 266 00:10:53,380 --> 00:10:49,310 want to go explore on our own have a 267 00:10:56,500 --> 00:10:55,120 you're getting ready to launch to the 268 00:10:59,860 --> 00:10:56,510 International Space Station for 269 00:11:01,810 --> 00:10:59,870 expeditions 33 and 34 Kevin what are the 270 00:11:04,900 --> 00:11:01,820 goals of your flight and what are your 271 00:11:06,670 --> 00:11:04,910 jobs going to be in space well of course 272 00:11:09,550 --> 00:11:06,680 the goal the goal of the flight is just 273 00:11:11,710 --> 00:11:09,560 to fly a safe and productive flight and 274 00:11:13,380 --> 00:11:11,720 carry out you know the plan that the 275 00:11:17,110 --> 00:11:13,390 increment managers put out there for us 276 00:11:18,670 --> 00:11:17,120 we have a lot of visiting vehicles that 277 00:11:20,769 --> 00:11:18,680 will come and go could be like up to 278 00:11:24,639 --> 00:11:20,779 including our arrival and departure may 279 00:11:28,329 --> 00:11:24,649 be like 13 traffic movements and 15 and 280 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:28,339 150 days so just like one one every 12 281 00:11:34,449 --> 00:11:29,810 days and that adds that adds a lot of 282 00:11:36,790 --> 00:11:34,459 overhead to the flight we have we have 283 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:36,800 the the robotics involved in some of the 284 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:38,570 tracking captures of the new vehicles to 285 00:11:41,769 --> 00:11:40,250 look forward to so that's kind of a 286 00:11:43,870 --> 00:11:41,779 that's kind of something we're 287 00:11:46,810 --> 00:11:43,880 anticipating and of course the progress 288 00:11:48,819 --> 00:11:46,820 is coming and going and taking taking 289 00:11:50,410 --> 00:11:48,829 care of the space station all the 290 00:11:52,810 --> 00:11:50,420 purpose of that is relate to get that 291 00:11:54,670 --> 00:11:52,820 they get the science going it's now 292 00:11:56,769 --> 00:11:54,680 we're in the utilization phase and 293 00:11:58,060 --> 00:11:56,779 getting the science rolling at full 294 00:12:00,460 --> 00:11:58,070 speed so we've done a lot of preparation 295 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:00,470 in anticipation of the science we're 296 00:12:06,250 --> 00:12:02,930 going to be doing I'll fly up on October 297 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:06,260 15th departing from Kazakhstan with Oleg 298 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:08,930 novitskiy and Evgeny tarelkin and we'll 299 00:12:13,060 --> 00:12:10,490 go up and join sunny Williams and Aki 300 00:12:14,740 --> 00:12:13,070 hosi today and yuri malenchenko who have 301 00:12:18,579 --> 00:12:14,750 been on board already as part of 302 00:12:21,550 --> 00:12:18,589 expedition 33 and then unfortunately the 303 00:12:23,829 --> 00:12:21,560 some delays and some previous flights 304 00:12:25,090 --> 00:12:23,839 have have made it so that the overlap 305 00:12:27,340 --> 00:12:25,100 with them is only about three and a half 306 00:12:29,949 --> 00:12:27,350 weeks so we'll have a pretty intense 307 00:12:31,750 --> 00:12:29,959 period of handover in there with 33 and 308 00:12:34,329 --> 00:12:31,760 then we'll be a three-man crew 309 00:12:36,850 --> 00:12:34,339 expedition 34 three-man crew for about 310 00:12:39,370 --> 00:12:36,860 three and a half weeks and then welcome 311 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:39,380 aboard Chris Hadfield Tom Marshburn and 312 00:12:44,470 --> 00:12:40,850 Roman Romanenko 313 00:12:46,990 --> 00:12:44,480 for the 34 expedition 34 six-man phase 314 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:47,000 which sometimes we call 34 6 nowadays 315 00:12:53,380 --> 00:12:48,890 the new new lingo and will stay until 316 00:12:55,509 --> 00:12:53,390 March so the goals we've got some space 317 00:12:58,210 --> 00:12:55,519 station maintenance activities plans 318 00:13:01,150 --> 00:12:58,220 some some kind of periodic maintenance 319 00:13:03,189 --> 00:13:01,160 that we've we've trained for but really 320 00:13:05,050 --> 00:13:03,199 the emphasis will be on getting getting 321 00:13:07,180 --> 00:13:05,060 the science rolling and getting as much 322 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:07,190 utilization out of the flight as we can 323 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:08,690 you've seen this Space Station before 324 00:13:12,730 --> 00:13:10,970 you were there on your first flight what 325 00:13:16,060 --> 00:13:12,740 are you looking forward to about the 326 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:16,070 space station this time around well when 327 00:13:20,590 --> 00:13:18,770 I was there before third let's see node 328 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:20,600 three was not there yet and of course 329 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:23,090 with that the cupola was not there so 330 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:25,010 I'm really looking forward to see in 331 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:27,410 that I think though that I'll also look 332 00:13:31,690 --> 00:13:28,850 at the space station in a whole new way 333 00:13:34,750 --> 00:13:31,700 this time I was a pilot on Discovery on 334 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:34,760 my first flight and as a has a space 335 00:13:38,680 --> 00:13:36,410 shuttle crew member you have a lot of 336 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:38,690 emphasis on the shuttle aspects of the 337 00:13:45,850 --> 00:13:42,890 flight and the very very high high tempo 338 00:13:48,070 --> 00:13:45,860 of the shuttle visit and you don't 339 00:13:50,620 --> 00:13:48,080 really get to appreciate all that the 340 00:13:52,090 --> 00:13:50,630 space station has to offer in fact while 341 00:13:54,220 --> 00:13:52,100 while you're visiting there they kind of 342 00:13:55,750 --> 00:13:54,230 bring things down to a level so that 343 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:55,760 they can accommodate you as a visiting 344 00:13:59,320 --> 00:13:57,050 crew and you don't really get to see 345 00:14:00,850 --> 00:13:59,330 what it's like to live there and work 346 00:14:02,710 --> 00:14:00,860 there day-to-day so I'm really looking 347 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:02,720 forward to that I'm looking forward to 348 00:14:07,390 --> 00:14:05,930 the extended stay there as well as a 349 00:14:09,250 --> 00:14:07,400 shuttle visitor you have very very 350 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:09,260 little spare time you can measure 351 00:14:13,300 --> 00:14:11,570 literally an hour's a small fraction of 352 00:14:15,340 --> 00:14:13,310 a of a whole day of free time while 353 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:15,350 you're docked so I'm looking forward to 354 00:14:20,470 --> 00:14:18,650 some some Sunday afternoons seeing the 355 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:20,480 whole planet and doing some things I 356 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:22,370 didn't get to do before and I should 357 00:14:27,310 --> 00:14:24,530 mention also that this flight will be in 358 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:27,320 a Soyuz which for me is a very exciting 359 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:31,010 thing I was a pilot and test pilot as a 360 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:34,250 profession before coming to NASA and it 361 00:14:37,390 --> 00:14:36,770 was fantastic to get to experience a 362 00:14:39,550 --> 00:14:37,400 space shuttle 363 00:14:41,590 --> 00:14:39,560 but I have to tell you too that I'm 364 00:14:43,930 --> 00:14:41,600 really looking forward to seeing the way 365 00:14:46,390 --> 00:14:43,940 a Soyuz operates it's a whole different 366 00:14:47,830 --> 00:14:46,400 way to skin the cat to get you to space 367 00:14:50,710 --> 00:14:47,840 station and get you home the rendezvous 368 00:14:52,180 --> 00:14:50,720 is very different the flight in route is 369 00:14:54,450 --> 00:14:52,190 very different and the trip home is very 370 00:14:57,730 --> 00:14:54,460 different as you can imagine so I've 371 00:14:59,410 --> 00:14:57,740 really really loved learning about the 372 00:15:01,420 --> 00:14:59,420 Soyuz and I'm looking forward to to that 373 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:01,430 aspect to the flight as well the flight 374 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:03,650 not just the Soyuz aspect but a lot of 375 00:15:08,230 --> 00:15:06,530 it is an excitement to be involved in a 376 00:15:10,090 --> 00:15:08,240 project that's making use of the 377 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:10,100 expertise and assets from people all 378 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:12,890 over the world yeah the the space 379 00:15:18,860 --> 00:15:15,050 station it's it's like this is a great 380 00:15:21,380 --> 00:15:18,870 point the space station is really a huge 381 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:21,390 very unique cooperative effort between 382 00:15:25,850 --> 00:15:24,330 all these countries we we do a lot in 383 00:15:27,890 --> 00:15:25,860 them we get the Olympics coming up for 384 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:27,900 example which is which is a an 385 00:15:31,010 --> 00:15:29,610 international thing but it's it's more 386 00:15:32,900 --> 00:15:31,020 you know it's a competitive event 387 00:15:36,260 --> 00:15:32,910 between nations and this this space 388 00:15:39,230 --> 00:15:36,270 station really represents to me the very 389 00:15:41,450 --> 00:15:39,240 first big cooperative effort between the 390 00:15:44,270 --> 00:15:41,460 most affluent nations on this planet 391 00:15:47,300 --> 00:15:44,280 coming together to do something all 392 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:47,310 toward one goal and the space station 393 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:51,570 because it's made up of components from 394 00:15:58,160 --> 00:15:54,330 ISA and from Jax and the canadian space 395 00:16:01,070 --> 00:15:58,170 agency Roscosmos and nasa everybody has 396 00:16:03,410 --> 00:16:01,080 a piece of this puzzle for example 397 00:16:05,210 --> 00:16:03,420 United States provides power almost all 398 00:16:08,990 --> 00:16:05,220 the power for the space station we 399 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:09,000 provide this very awesome s-band and 400 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:11,130 kayuu band comm assets which all the 401 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:13,410 partners use by the same token when we 402 00:16:17,540 --> 00:16:15,090 want to reboost the russian segment 403 00:16:19,700 --> 00:16:17,550 provides us with a reboost to space they 404 00:16:21,590 --> 00:16:19,710 provide progress and of course crew 405 00:16:24,290 --> 00:16:21,600 transportation at the moment to get us 406 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:24,300 there the Canadians have built the 407 00:16:28,820 --> 00:16:26,850 canadarm2 which allows us to accept 408 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:28,830 these visiting vehicles now this new 409 00:16:32,260 --> 00:16:30,570 generation of commercial visiting 410 00:16:35,900 --> 00:16:32,270 vehicles that we have coming aboard and 411 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:35,910 the science in the in the Japanese Kibo 412 00:16:41,810 --> 00:16:40,050 and Columbus is absolutely you know it's 413 00:16:43,220 --> 00:16:41,820 it's a world-class science if you can 414 00:16:46,730 --> 00:16:43,230 call that that since it's off the world 415 00:16:48,890 --> 00:16:46,740 but it's absolutely very classy very 416 00:16:50,780 --> 00:16:48,900 classy Space Station and really proud to 417 00:16:52,940 --> 00:16:50,790 be part of that with all these these 418 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:52,950 partners you mentioned a couple of the 419 00:16:58,130 --> 00:16:55,650 the pieces fill us in on the rest of 420 00:17:00,470 --> 00:16:58,140 what is there right now so the scene if 421 00:17:03,830 --> 00:17:00,480 you will arrive at now the scene right 422 00:17:06,020 --> 00:17:03,840 now is Space Station you know is it's 423 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:06,030 really all put together the Russians are 424 00:17:10,130 --> 00:17:07,050 getting ready to launch 425 00:17:11,900 --> 00:17:10,140 I think know maybe through it in a 426 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:11,910 year's time or so and we'll add one more 427 00:17:16,150 --> 00:17:13,650 research module but we've got 428 00:17:18,530 --> 00:17:16,160 essentially thirteen or fourteen 429 00:17:20,120 --> 00:17:18,540 components depending on you know exactly 430 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:20,130 which ones you count up there right now 431 00:17:25,820 --> 00:17:23,970 we have on the US side the major 432 00:17:27,470 --> 00:17:25,830 laboratories conducting the research we 433 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:27,480 have Destiny and we have Kibo on the 434 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:29,490 Japanese side and we have Columbus on 435 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:32,250 the European side and those are 436 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:34,530 the internal internal you know modules 437 00:17:37,610 --> 00:17:35,850 where we conduct experiments and the 438 00:17:40,190 --> 00:17:37,620 Russian side they do a lot of their 439 00:17:43,190 --> 00:17:40,200 research in the service modules as the 440 00:17:45,620 --> 00:17:43,200 and they also do some in in Rus Viet and 441 00:17:47,990 --> 00:17:45,630 poies as well so they have a few smaller 442 00:17:49,700 --> 00:17:48,000 research modules to sprinkle their their 443 00:17:51,170 --> 00:17:49,710 science around so that's where we're 444 00:17:53,420 --> 00:17:51,180 getting all the bulk of the research 445 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:53,430 done interior to the space station 446 00:17:59,450 --> 00:17:56,690 of course we have some habitation 447 00:18:01,070 --> 00:17:59,460 available to us now node node one is 448 00:18:03,860 --> 00:18:01,080 where we do a lot of the habitation 449 00:18:05,540 --> 00:18:03,870 functions we exercise now and we use the 450 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:05,550 restroom and that sort of thing and node 451 00:18:10,340 --> 00:18:07,650 node three that's where the region or 452 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:10,350 the equalists mostly is living nowadays 453 00:18:22,130 --> 00:18:15,210 - for for for our environment control 454 00:18:23,750 --> 00:18:22,140 and let's see what else we have on the 455 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:23,760 exterior of the space station now we 456 00:18:27,980 --> 00:18:25,650 have a lot of platforms that have 457 00:18:32,180 --> 00:18:27,990 science on them we have the gym exposed 458 00:18:34,220 --> 00:18:32,190 facility that that has some even NASA 459 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:34,230 payloads outside 460 00:18:40,070 --> 00:18:36,690 for example maxy and x-rays and I all 461 00:18:41,750 --> 00:18:40,080 sky x-ray detector on the outside we're 462 00:18:44,330 --> 00:18:41,760 getting ready to take up scan testbed on 463 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:44,340 HTV which will go on like an external 464 00:18:47,510 --> 00:18:46,050 with just logistics platform out there 465 00:18:49,490 --> 00:18:47,520 and of course how a magnetic 466 00:18:51,770 --> 00:18:49,500 spectrometer sitting out on the 467 00:18:56,690 --> 00:18:51,780 starboard side as well so the whole 468 00:18:58,340 --> 00:18:56,700 thing is as a as a big as a this big 469 00:18:59,720 --> 00:18:58,350 conglomeration of these plans that have 470 00:19:01,670 --> 00:18:59,730 come together for the last couple of 471 00:19:03,890 --> 00:19:01,680 decades now and all out they're really 472 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:03,900 really getting some good science done I 473 00:19:07,610 --> 00:19:05,850 guess we got that airlock sitting over 474 00:19:09,260 --> 00:19:07,620 there two quests just in case we need 475 00:19:11,630 --> 00:19:09,270 that that serves a special function for 476 00:19:13,220 --> 00:19:11,640 us we do do some maintenance and keep 477 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:13,230 the suits ready to go so that we can go 478 00:19:18,430 --> 00:19:15,570 outside if we want to and I think that 479 00:19:21,170 --> 00:19:18,440 kind of that kind is the big picture of 480 00:19:25,550 --> 00:19:21,180 the module set and and you point out the 481 00:19:28,850 --> 00:19:25,560 the pretty broad variety of apparatus 482 00:19:32,660 --> 00:19:28,860 that are there for science how do you 483 00:19:35,180 --> 00:19:32,670 explain to people the potential for what 484 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:35,190 new things might be able to be learned 485 00:19:43,010 --> 00:19:41,010 in all of those various places well just 486 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:43,020 being outside the atmosphere for example 487 00:19:46,070 --> 00:19:45,210 as is one step toward getting some 488 00:19:48,290 --> 00:19:46,080 science done with 489 00:19:50,330 --> 00:19:48,300 with the x-ray Observatory with Alpha 490 00:19:52,190 --> 00:19:50,340 Magnetic Spectrometer looking at the 491 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:52,200 space environment in terms of plasma 492 00:19:56,930 --> 00:19:54,330 we're learning a lot just being out 493 00:19:58,820 --> 00:19:56,940 there we're learning a lot just from the 494 00:20:00,740 --> 00:19:58,830 fact that we've built this thing it's 495 00:20:04,220 --> 00:20:00,750 it's an engineering testbed if you will 496 00:20:06,650 --> 00:20:04,230 for a vehicle that operates and exists 497 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:06,660 in space the types of materials we've 498 00:20:11,900 --> 00:20:08,970 used to build the space station are 499 00:20:14,180 --> 00:20:11,910 important to us for when we build a 500 00:20:16,670 --> 00:20:14,190 vehicle that actually departs you know 501 00:20:18,170 --> 00:20:16,680 earth and goes way far away because it's 502 00:20:20,690 --> 00:20:18,180 nice to be here just outside our 503 00:20:22,970 --> 00:20:20,700 atmosphere we can make changes if we 504 00:20:25,340 --> 00:20:22,980 want take things up bring them down we 505 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:25,350 can send we have Missi also as an 506 00:20:29,180 --> 00:20:27,330 experiment which is a materials for ISS 507 00:20:30,860 --> 00:20:29,190 experiment that sits outside and we can 508 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:30,870 put these things outside and look at how 509 00:20:35,180 --> 00:20:34,050 materials degrade or or how they huddle 510 00:20:36,710 --> 00:20:35,190 they whether if you will the space 511 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:36,720 environment so we can learn a lot about 512 00:20:42,020 --> 00:20:40,050 being out there the biggest you know the 513 00:20:45,050 --> 00:20:42,030 biggest component my mind still is the 514 00:20:46,790 --> 00:20:45,060 microgravity environment though the 515 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:46,800 microgravity is just so much different 516 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:49,410 than than what we experienced here on 517 00:20:52,730 --> 00:20:50,730 earth you know from the time you get up 518 00:20:54,350 --> 00:20:52,740 in the morning you can not even open 519 00:20:57,590 --> 00:20:54,360 your eyes and you know where the gravity 520 00:21:00,980 --> 00:20:57,600 vector is and the things you do in your 521 00:21:02,990 --> 00:21:00,990 daily life things like just the reason 522 00:21:05,690 --> 00:21:03,000 you shake orange juice is because it you 523 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:05,700 know it settles out into layers and that 524 00:21:08,780 --> 00:21:06,930 sort of thing and that that sort of 525 00:21:11,300 --> 00:21:08,790 thing doesn't happen in space it's just 526 00:21:13,070 --> 00:21:11,310 very many unique things the way 527 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:13,080 convection works and those sorts of 528 00:21:17,150 --> 00:21:15,690 things that allow us to be in an 529 00:21:19,190 --> 00:21:17,160 environment where sometimes we can see 530 00:21:23,210 --> 00:21:19,200 effects though that we don't otherwise 531 00:21:25,460 --> 00:21:23,220 see down here on the planet and they're 532 00:21:27,980 --> 00:21:25,470 they're really stumbling on to some 533 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:27,990 really interesting things out there 534 00:21:32,750 --> 00:21:31,410 sometimes even in experiments where they 535 00:21:34,370 --> 00:21:32,760 don't think they will they might see a 536 00:21:37,100 --> 00:21:34,380 phenomenon happen and go after and 537 00:21:39,860 --> 00:21:37,110 investigate it and learn a lot so it's 538 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:39,870 it's that that really unique environment 539 00:21:44,390 --> 00:21:41,970 that is just completely different than 540 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:44,400 down here on the planet now one of the 541 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:46,290 important areas of concentration in 542 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:48,210 science is figuring out how that 543 00:21:53,420 --> 00:21:50,810 environment affects the human body and 544 00:21:56,300 --> 00:21:53,430 finding out what the the bad effects are 545 00:21:58,940 --> 00:21:56,310 and how you respond to give me two or 546 00:21:59,840 --> 00:21:58,950 three examples of the the kinds of human 547 00:22:01,340 --> 00:21:59,850 life sciences 548 00:22:05,330 --> 00:22:01,350 research that you're gonna be doing on 549 00:22:06,950 --> 00:22:05,340 this trip yeah so in addition to being 550 00:22:08,659 --> 00:22:06,960 working crew members a lot of times we 551 00:22:10,190 --> 00:22:08,669 were asked to be subjects for 552 00:22:12,049 --> 00:22:10,200 experiments and they'll they'll take a 553 00:22:13,430 --> 00:22:12,059 really hard look at us before we go 554 00:22:16,039 --> 00:22:13,440 after we'd come home see how we've 555 00:22:19,279 --> 00:22:16,049 changed and then in some cases actually 556 00:22:22,909 --> 00:22:19,289 can look at us during the expedition as 557 00:22:25,730 --> 00:22:22,919 well I've had oh you know probably tens 558 00:22:28,460 --> 00:22:25,740 in tens of hours in an MRI machines and 559 00:22:33,649 --> 00:22:28,470 stuff too to characterize my muscular 560 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:33,659 skeletal system bone structure spacing 561 00:22:36,230 --> 00:22:35,130 between vertebrae and those sorts of 562 00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:36,240 things and then we'll look at those 563 00:22:40,250 --> 00:22:38,370 again when we come and come back you 564 00:22:42,350 --> 00:22:40,260 can't have an MRI machine in space but 565 00:22:44,029 --> 00:22:42,360 we do have ultrasound up there we have a 566 00:22:45,830 --> 00:22:44,039 spinal ultrasound experiment we're doing 567 00:22:47,390 --> 00:22:45,840 where we can look at those distances and 568 00:22:48,919 --> 00:22:47,400 send the data back to the ground so that 569 00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:48,929 they can see how things change 570 00:22:52,190 --> 00:22:50,880 does it change early in the flight does 571 00:22:55,940 --> 00:22:52,200 it change constantly throughout the 572 00:22:57,919 --> 00:22:55,950 flight and that sort of thing another 573 00:23:00,370 --> 00:22:57,929 interesting thing is that as humans were 574 00:23:02,779 --> 00:23:00,380 kind of programmed to the length of our 575 00:23:05,210 --> 00:23:02,789 solar day you know the Sun comes up the 576 00:23:07,580 --> 00:23:05,220 Sun Goes Down therefore your circadian 577 00:23:09,620 --> 00:23:07,590 rhythm is is forced to stay in tune with 578 00:23:11,899 --> 00:23:09,630 that and one things they can look at in 579 00:23:15,049 --> 00:23:11,909 space where we don't have that normal 580 00:23:17,990 --> 00:23:15,059 solar day in orbit then they can look at 581 00:23:20,060 --> 00:23:18,000 how our circadian rhythm would like to 582 00:23:23,899 --> 00:23:20,070 flow in some cases with sleep shifting 583 00:23:25,370 --> 00:23:23,909 if if we didn't have that so several 584 00:23:27,590 --> 00:23:25,380 times in flight they'll wear a holder 585 00:23:30,140 --> 00:23:27,600 monitor for a test to hold or monitor to 586 00:23:32,659 --> 00:23:30,150 just look at heart rhythms and also my 587 00:23:34,490 --> 00:23:32,669 my activity and act to watch to monitor 588 00:23:37,399 --> 00:23:34,500 my activity in space and then they can 589 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:37,409 look and see how my circadian rhythm was 590 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:39,330 was impacted by sleep shifting and get 591 00:23:44,360 --> 00:23:41,850 some really good data out of that one 592 00:23:47,450 --> 00:23:44,370 more I might mention is it's not on 593 00:23:49,460 --> 00:23:47,460 humans but it's it's for humans as an 594 00:23:52,610 --> 00:23:49,470 experiment I've been trained to do for 595 00:23:54,380 --> 00:23:52,620 the for the for JAXA which is 596 00:23:58,520 --> 00:23:54,390 looking at some medaka fish who happen 597 00:24:00,710 --> 00:23:58,530 to have a bone similar to mammals the 598 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:00,720 way their bone is created and lost and 599 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:02,010 we'll be looking at these fish in the 600 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:04,770 microgravity environment and it'll be 601 00:24:10,820 --> 00:24:07,530 really great information for 602 00:24:12,230 --> 00:24:10,830 osteoporosis research so that's it's 603 00:24:13,090 --> 00:24:12,240 kind of human science but it's going to 604 00:24:15,700 --> 00:24:13,100 be done on that 605 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:15,710 on the fish in this case not from the 606 00:24:19,810 --> 00:24:17,690 point of view of somebody who has spent 607 00:24:22,450 --> 00:24:19,820 time off of the planet one of the few 608 00:24:24,129 --> 00:24:22,460 hundred people who have done that give 609 00:24:27,070 --> 00:24:24,139 me a sense of what you think it is we 610 00:24:29,590 --> 00:24:27,080 need to learn about how people live in 611 00:24:31,210 --> 00:24:29,600 that environment to maximize our chances 612 00:24:33,879 --> 00:24:31,220 for being successful when we go out 613 00:24:35,620 --> 00:24:33,889 there when we go further away well 614 00:24:36,879 --> 00:24:35,630 certainly like I mentioned before we 615 00:24:39,060 --> 00:24:36,889 really need to understand the 616 00:24:44,529 --> 00:24:39,070 environment the radiation environment 617 00:24:46,090 --> 00:24:44,539 the justjust all the things about space 618 00:24:48,789 --> 00:24:46,100 weather and those kinds of things that 619 00:24:51,340 --> 00:24:48,799 we can learn I think a really big one 620 00:24:53,799 --> 00:24:51,350 too is is still the human human health 621 00:24:57,759 --> 00:24:53,809 if you're going to go to Mars and come 622 00:25:00,430 --> 00:24:57,769 home with the current you know thruster 623 00:25:02,139 --> 00:25:00,440 technology and kind of fuels we have 624 00:25:03,759 --> 00:25:02,149 it's going to take a long time to get 625 00:25:06,580 --> 00:25:03,769 there a long time to come back and I 626 00:25:08,499 --> 00:25:06,590 don't really think we're ready yet to go 627 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:08,509 to Mars land and get out there and you 628 00:25:11,830 --> 00:25:10,250 know really go to work yet there's 629 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:11,840 there's some recovery time involved 630 00:25:17,740 --> 00:25:14,570 we've made some huge huge steps forward 631 00:25:19,930 --> 00:25:17,750 we have an exercise machine on board now 632 00:25:21,639 --> 00:25:19,940 on Space Station that has made a huge 633 00:25:25,539 --> 00:25:21,649 difference in the health of astronauts 634 00:25:27,610 --> 00:25:25,549 coming home in terms of bone bone loss 635 00:25:29,350 --> 00:25:27,620 and and muscle density but we still have 636 00:25:32,490 --> 00:25:29,360 a lot of things to learn I think about 637 00:25:35,259 --> 00:25:32,500 the neurovestibular and just kind of 638 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:35,269 sensory functions how to how to handle 639 00:25:39,610 --> 00:25:37,970 those I'm doing an experiment too it's a 640 00:25:41,740 --> 00:25:39,620 it's an early one called manual control 641 00:25:43,570 --> 00:25:41,750 where I'll fly just before the flight 642 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:43,580 I'll have a chance in a motion based 643 00:25:49,539 --> 00:25:47,090 simulator to land aircraft to maneuver a 644 00:25:51,310 --> 00:25:49,549 rover on a planet and a low gravity 645 00:25:54,490 --> 00:25:51,320 planet do dockings on the planet and 646 00:25:56,700 --> 00:25:54,500 also driving a car and then I'll do that 647 00:25:59,799 --> 00:25:56,710 the day I come home and they'll compare 648 00:26:02,409 --> 00:25:59,809 performance and then recovery time get 649 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:02,419 some idea of kind of what what kind of 650 00:26:06,940 --> 00:26:04,610 hits were taking in terms of hey you've 651 00:26:08,590 --> 00:26:06,950 been in microgravity now for six six 652 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:08,600 months what kind of tasks can you 653 00:26:13,899 --> 00:26:11,330 actually accomplish safely so all these 654 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:13,909 things are taking us towards humans 655 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:16,129 being able to make this journey when you 656 00:26:21,009 --> 00:26:17,570 get to your destination and be very 657 00:26:22,419 --> 00:26:21,019 functional get a lot of work done be be 658 00:26:25,090 --> 00:26:22,429 happy enough to get back on a spacecraft 659 00:26:27,140 --> 00:26:25,100 and of course come back to earth at the 660 00:26:29,299 --> 00:26:27,150 end having completed the mission 661 00:26:32,780 --> 00:26:29,309 maybe maybe one more thing - you know 662 00:26:35,299 --> 00:26:32,790 we're looking right now at some space 663 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:35,309 refueling and fuel transfer capabilities 664 00:26:39,289 --> 00:26:37,530 on the space station those will be 665 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:39,299 important you know if from an 666 00:26:43,070 --> 00:26:41,370 engineering point of view to making 667 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:43,080 those kinds of big leaps out to the 668 00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:45,510 other places too so you know almost 669 00:26:48,740 --> 00:26:47,130 everything we do on the space station 670 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:48,750 you could point to it and say that is 671 00:26:54,770 --> 00:26:51,450 going to help us get to Mars if that's 672 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:54,780 the next step or or beyond someday you 673 00:26:59,630 --> 00:26:57,090 touch on the point that I wanted to get 674 00:27:01,240 --> 00:26:59,640 you - there are a lot of modules on the 675 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:01,250 space station that are packed with 676 00:27:05,930 --> 00:27:03,450 specialized gear that supports 677 00:27:09,020 --> 00:27:05,940 scientific research and disciplines 678 00:27:10,430 --> 00:27:09,030 other than human life sciences tell me 679 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:10,440 about a few of those kinds of 680 00:27:13,730 --> 00:27:11,970 experiments that you've been preparing 681 00:27:16,340 --> 00:27:13,740 to work on on this flight 682 00:27:19,220 --> 00:27:16,350 well we have you know it's it's really a 683 00:27:21,049 --> 00:27:19,230 broad spectrum I think from my point I 684 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:21,059 was an aerospace kind of a fluids 685 00:27:26,270 --> 00:27:22,890 engineer so we have a lot of really 686 00:27:28,610 --> 00:27:26,280 engineering fluids experiments one 687 00:27:30,590 --> 00:27:28,620 problem we might have now on earth is if 688 00:27:33,409 --> 00:27:30,600 you have a tank that's got fluid and an 689 00:27:36,049 --> 00:27:33,419 air mixed in it and you want to you want 690 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:36,059 to you're lucky in your car because your 691 00:27:39,620 --> 00:27:37,530 fuel is always on the bottom of the tank 692 00:27:41,900 --> 00:27:39,630 we're not that lucky in space we have to 693 00:27:43,669 --> 00:27:41,910 design a tank so that that fuel is 694 00:27:45,169 --> 00:27:43,679 always ready by the pump there to be 695 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:45,179 pulled down the line and sent to the 696 00:27:49,130 --> 00:27:47,490 engine or to to whatever kind of device 697 00:27:51,110 --> 00:27:49,140 that's going to drive so the fluids 698 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:51,120 research they're doing I think is very 699 00:27:56,210 --> 00:27:53,850 interesting so we have we have some 700 00:27:58,909 --> 00:27:56,220 experiments set up to do that combustion 701 00:28:00,470 --> 00:27:58,919 experiments we we all love we all love 702 00:28:02,330 --> 00:28:00,480 fire I think all humans love are 703 00:28:05,180 --> 00:28:02,340 fascinated by it and things burn 704 00:28:07,130 --> 00:28:05,190 differently in space than they do down 705 00:28:09,710 --> 00:28:07,140 here on the planet with with the lack of 706 00:28:12,380 --> 00:28:09,720 convection and the different mechanism 707 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:12,390 for feeding oxygen to the to the flame 708 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:17,490 so that that will can continue in in the 709 00:28:21,260 --> 00:28:19,890 Japanese rack also one of the things 710 00:28:24,049 --> 00:28:21,270 that will continue as a Marangoni 711 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:24,059 experiment which is they can build a 712 00:28:28,549 --> 00:28:26,490 column of fluid very close very similar 713 00:28:30,650 --> 00:28:28,559 to water between a couple plates that 714 00:28:32,690 --> 00:28:30,660 just makes a bridge in space something 715 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:32,700 you can't possibly do on earth you can 716 00:28:38,060 --> 00:28:34,890 you you've seen the bubbles that we 717 00:28:39,590 --> 00:28:38,070 float sometimes in the cabin just in a 718 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:39,600 glob and we like to take our pictures 719 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:40,410 with them and that 720 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:41,970 sort of thing but they actually do it in 721 00:28:45,260 --> 00:28:43,890 the rack and then by changing 722 00:28:48,620 --> 00:28:45,270 temperatures at the ends of the plates 723 00:28:52,310 --> 00:28:48,630 they get flow patterns inside this water 724 00:28:54,530 --> 00:28:52,320 bridge and there are theories about why 725 00:28:56,420 --> 00:28:54,540 it happens but but it's still being 726 00:28:58,990 --> 00:28:56,430 investigated and it can make a big 727 00:29:01,160 --> 00:28:59,000 difference if it can be applied to 728 00:29:02,630 --> 00:29:01,170 spacecraft of the future and stuff like 729 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:02,640 feeding pumps and that's where so things 730 00:29:03,830 --> 00:29:03,450 she just never know what you're gonna 731 00:29:07,130 --> 00:29:03,840 find 732 00:29:09,490 --> 00:29:07,140 it sounds like quite a variety there is 733 00:29:12,170 --> 00:29:09,500 a wide wide variety every rack is 734 00:29:14,030 --> 00:29:12,180 different and the scientists who've 735 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:14,040 developed these all these different 736 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:16,650 experiments they come from all over the 737 00:29:20,900 --> 00:29:19,050 world - what's it like for you to get to 738 00:29:24,290 --> 00:29:20,910 work with that kind of variety of 739 00:29:26,390 --> 00:29:24,300 researcher mm-hmm it's very very 740 00:29:30,380 --> 00:29:26,400 interesting I just had a briefing 741 00:29:32,510 --> 00:29:30,390 yesterday where the scientists taught me 742 00:29:35,060 --> 00:29:32,520 here in the US but flew over from 743 00:29:37,910 --> 00:29:35,070 Germany just for the expressed purposes 744 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:37,920 of teaching me about a certain rackets 745 00:29:42,350 --> 00:29:40,770 the material science lab and I'm going 746 00:29:43,940 --> 00:29:42,360 to be doing some cleaning functions in 747 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:43,950 there in that thing to get it ready for 748 00:29:48,050 --> 00:29:46,290 for a follow-on experiment so he came 749 00:29:49,820 --> 00:29:48,060 all the way over from Germany is a 750 00:29:52,700 --> 00:29:49,830 German national and came came to teach 751 00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:52,710 me and Japan when we're there the weeks 752 00:29:58,130 --> 00:29:55,470 that were training they will come from 753 00:29:59,990 --> 00:29:58,140 all corners of the country to present to 754 00:30:01,940 --> 00:30:00,000 us their their vision for their 755 00:30:04,490 --> 00:30:01,950 experiment and of course for many of 756 00:30:07,220 --> 00:30:04,500 them this is this is their life effort 757 00:30:08,810 --> 00:30:07,230 the particular research field the 758 00:30:11,900 --> 00:30:08,820 opportunity for them to get to see it 759 00:30:14,390 --> 00:30:11,910 happen on the space station of course 760 00:30:16,820 --> 00:30:14,400 really really excites them and we get to 761 00:30:18,590 --> 00:30:16,830 be their hands so you can see it in 762 00:30:20,540 --> 00:30:18,600 their in their eyes and their enthusiasm 763 00:30:22,460 --> 00:30:20,550 so it's a great thing to get to meet 764 00:30:24,710 --> 00:30:22,470 them to really understand what it is 765 00:30:25,910 --> 00:30:24,720 that they'd like to do and we know that 766 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:25,920 they would love to go do it themselves 767 00:30:32,270 --> 00:30:29,610 and you know maybe maybe someday down 768 00:30:34,460 --> 00:30:32,280 down the road we'll be able to get up 769 00:30:36,590 --> 00:30:34,470 there and back quickly and and more what 770 00:30:39,380 --> 00:30:36,600 more citizens and scientists can get up 771 00:30:41,540 --> 00:30:39,390 there and do their own projects station 772 00:30:44,060 --> 00:30:41,550 crewmembers have got other work to do 773 00:30:45,230 --> 00:30:44,070 apart from the science you're the people 774 00:30:47,860 --> 00:30:45,240 who are there and so you're responsible 775 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:47,870 to take care of the station itself 776 00:30:53,390 --> 00:30:51,930 what's a day like for a crew member what 777 00:30:54,550 --> 00:30:53,400 are the kind of things do you have to 778 00:30:59,720 --> 00:30:54,560 take care 779 00:31:02,030 --> 00:30:59,730 well a typical day we we go in a 780 00:31:03,290 --> 00:31:02,040 schedule if it's just a typical kind of 781 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:03,300 science day we don't have a vehicle 782 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:05,490 docking that's all driven by orbital 783 00:31:09,110 --> 00:31:07,050 dynamics when it's going to arrive and 784 00:31:10,940 --> 00:31:09,120 when it needs to depart so a lot of that 785 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:10,950 stuff takes you out of the normal day 786 00:31:16,940 --> 00:31:13,890 but if if everything is quieted down a 787 00:31:18,260 --> 00:31:16,950 bit and you're just on a normal normal 788 00:31:18,860 --> 00:31:18,270 work week we're going to get up at 6 789 00:31:22,070 --> 00:31:18,870 a.m. 790 00:31:24,380 --> 00:31:22,080 only in Greenwich Mean Time so somewhere 791 00:31:26,510 --> 00:31:24,390 around midnight or 1 a.m. Houston time 792 00:31:28,370 --> 00:31:26,520 and start start our day and we came to 793 00:31:31,460 --> 00:31:28,380 work a morning a long morning shift and 794 00:31:33,050 --> 00:31:31,470 then an afternoon shift we spend a good 795 00:31:35,090 --> 00:31:33,060 deal of time they give us a course some 796 00:31:36,650 --> 00:31:35,100 time for post leap activities and 797 00:31:38,210 --> 00:31:36,660 hygiene and that sort of thing just to 798 00:31:40,790 --> 00:31:38,220 get ready for the day chance to have a 799 00:31:41,930 --> 00:31:40,800 bite to eat and then you have a 800 00:31:44,090 --> 00:31:41,940 conference with the ground 801 00:31:46,010 --> 00:31:44,100 I haven't taken good look at the 802 00:31:47,990 --> 00:31:46,020 schedule for the day making sure that if 803 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:48,000 you have anything time critical perhaps 804 00:31:53,060 --> 00:31:50,850 a ham radio call with a school at an 805 00:31:55,010 --> 00:31:53,070 instant you fly over then you need you 806 00:31:56,900 --> 00:31:55,020 need to be there at that point in time 807 00:31:58,370 --> 00:31:56,910 where it's not going to happen so you 808 00:31:59,660 --> 00:31:58,380 want to look at time critical events 809 00:32:01,190 --> 00:31:59,670 things that are coordinated with the 810 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:01,200 ground make sure you fully understand 811 00:32:07,220 --> 00:32:05,730 the day and gather up tools it's kind of 812 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:07,230 say goodbye to your crew members because 813 00:32:11,420 --> 00:32:08,970 the space station is so big we can go to 814 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:11,430 all the corners now sometimes I've heard 815 00:32:14,660 --> 00:32:13,170 that you don't even see see other crew 816 00:32:17,750 --> 00:32:14,670 members the entire day until dinnertime 817 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:17,760 again so you you get out there and you 818 00:32:21,650 --> 00:32:19,170 start you start turning the wrench in 819 00:32:23,630 --> 00:32:21,660 whichever particular rack you have and 820 00:32:25,850 --> 00:32:23,640 keeping an eye on the day and on a 821 00:32:29,210 --> 00:32:25,860 typical day they'll they try to assign 822 00:32:31,130 --> 00:32:29,220 six and a half hours of real no kiddin 823 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:31,140 this is not preparation stuff this is 824 00:32:36,470 --> 00:32:32,970 actually you're at the rack getting the 825 00:32:39,770 --> 00:32:36,480 work done so it's somewhere in there a 826 00:32:43,100 --> 00:32:39,780 little break for lunch also usually 827 00:32:45,980 --> 00:32:43,110 morning or afternoon the crew members 828 00:32:48,290 --> 00:32:45,990 will have an exercise session which is 829 00:32:49,580 --> 00:32:48,300 two and a half hours of exercise now so 830 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:49,590 that's what we're up to in terms of 831 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:52,530 keeping our health and fitness so that's 832 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:55,290 that's worked into the day at the end of 833 00:32:58,640 --> 00:32:56,730 the day you have another planet another 834 00:33:00,560 --> 00:32:58,650 caught a daily planning conference in 835 00:33:03,950 --> 00:33:00,570 the evening with with mission controls 836 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:03,960 all across the world and talk about the 837 00:33:07,730 --> 00:33:05,370 way the day went maybe a little worried 838 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:07,740 about tomorrow and then some 839 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:09,450 quiet time to catch up maybe make some 840 00:33:13,010 --> 00:33:11,850 notes do a few of the things that you 841 00:33:16,669 --> 00:33:13,020 didn't get chance to do during the day 842 00:33:18,530 --> 00:33:16,679 and and then turn in at 9:30 and you're 843 00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:18,540 the one's eyes out person I know the 844 00:33:24,590 --> 00:33:21,510 ones who are responsible to to hop to 845 00:33:26,030 --> 00:33:24,600 anytime something breaks yes and it does 846 00:33:30,010 --> 00:33:26,040 happen yeah it does 847 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:30,020 it does happen thing things do break 848 00:33:34,370 --> 00:33:32,370 absolutely and impossible to anticipate 849 00:33:36,470 --> 00:33:34,380 that so I'm sure there will be a 850 00:33:40,100 --> 00:33:36,480 surprise or two and the in our 851 00:33:42,169 --> 00:33:40,110 expedition some things that have needed 852 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:42,179 some work in history and then if 853 00:33:45,260 --> 00:33:43,650 something breaks on board you might need 854 00:33:46,910 --> 00:33:45,270 to fly it up when a progress get a 855 00:33:48,500 --> 00:33:46,920 component up there so there are a few 856 00:33:51,110 --> 00:33:48,510 things up there that will meet me when I 857 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:51,120 get there that I've been trained trained 858 00:33:56,870 --> 00:33:54,570 to work on one of them is the high data 859 00:33:59,419 --> 00:33:56,880 rate high rate comm system a Newcomb 860 00:34:02,180 --> 00:33:59,429 system that will multiply by 10 the rate 861 00:34:03,860 --> 00:34:02,190 that we can push data to the ground so 862 00:34:06,110 --> 00:34:03,870 that's a big thing more video channels 863 00:34:08,119 --> 00:34:06,120 more audio channels and it allows some 864 00:34:10,909 --> 00:34:08,129 commanding through the kayuu band system 865 00:34:12,260 --> 00:34:10,919 from the ground up to so as you know the 866 00:34:13,940 --> 00:34:12,270 state of the art and electronics is 867 00:34:15,409 --> 00:34:13,950 changing rapidly so it's changed a lot 868 00:34:17,359 --> 00:34:15,419 since we first designed the space 869 00:34:19,609 --> 00:34:17,369 station and this will be this will be a 870 00:34:22,820 --> 00:34:19,619 really big upgrade to get that going 871 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:22,830 so I've had some training on changing 872 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:25,530 out heat exchangers and the airlock 873 00:34:29,780 --> 00:34:27,330 there's those or one of those is kind of 874 00:34:31,580 --> 00:34:29,790 like 6-7 years it needs to be done ever 875 00:34:34,550 --> 00:34:31,590 every once in a while and that's a 876 00:34:36,260 --> 00:34:34,560 couple days work so you go around and 877 00:34:37,730 --> 00:34:36,270 pick up those those kinds of cats and 878 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:37,740 dogs and make sure you keep the space 879 00:34:43,070 --> 00:34:40,530 station in working order you mentioned 880 00:34:45,619 --> 00:34:43,080 that the the time that you're up there 881 00:34:47,750 --> 00:34:45,629 part of it is called expedition 33 even 882 00:34:50,030 --> 00:34:47,760 the rest of its expedition 34 and when 883 00:34:52,909 --> 00:34:50,040 it becomes expedition 34 you become the 884 00:34:55,099 --> 00:34:52,919 station commander does that make your 885 00:34:58,370 --> 00:34:55,109 life different than when you were a 886 00:35:00,560 --> 00:34:58,380 flight engineer well I'm looking forward 887 00:35:02,180 --> 00:35:00,570 to that time when sunny is the commander 888 00:35:05,510 --> 00:35:02,190 and I'm a flight engineer learning from 889 00:35:09,650 --> 00:35:05,520 her and seeing how how everything is run 890 00:35:11,630 --> 00:35:09,660 and I know her very well and I'm hoping 891 00:35:13,460 --> 00:35:11,640 that just every everything she does up 892 00:35:15,349 --> 00:35:13,470 there I'm just so gonna be so happy to 893 00:35:16,609 --> 00:35:15,359 do it the same way and continue so I 894 00:35:19,490 --> 00:35:16,619 don't think will change station 895 00:35:21,170 --> 00:35:19,500 operations one little bit when sunny 896 00:35:24,049 --> 00:35:21,180 leaves as 897 00:35:26,660 --> 00:35:24,059 no my crewmates or all all could be 898 00:35:28,250 --> 00:35:26,670 commanders of course themselves they're 899 00:35:31,730 --> 00:35:28,260 all you know self-starters and very 900 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:31,740 motivated and excellent technically and 901 00:35:37,099 --> 00:35:35,010 very you know very friendly to each 902 00:35:39,349 --> 00:35:37,109 other and everything so I don't really 903 00:35:43,460 --> 00:35:39,359 have a big job to do and in terms of 904 00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:43,470 running the shop my idea or my primary 905 00:35:49,010 --> 00:35:47,130 you know my primary goal would just be 906 00:35:50,569 --> 00:35:49,020 to monitor the crew make sure 907 00:35:53,089 --> 00:35:50,579 everybody's happy with the tasks they 908 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:53,099 have things run smoothly with the ground 909 00:35:57,140 --> 00:35:54,930 make sure you know if grounds concerned 910 00:35:59,359 --> 00:35:57,150 about something try to try to help them 911 00:36:01,849 --> 00:35:59,369 come up with a plan to to kind of get 912 00:36:04,549 --> 00:36:01,859 things and in the normal again and and 913 00:36:07,819 --> 00:36:04,559 make things just run smoothly on board I 914 00:36:09,170 --> 00:36:07,829 am you know tasked with keeping an eye 915 00:36:11,540 --> 00:36:09,180 out for the safety of the crew of course 916 00:36:14,750 --> 00:36:11,550 and the safety of the vehicle first of 917 00:36:18,230 --> 00:36:14,760 all and making making sure we we have no 918 00:36:20,780 --> 00:36:18,240 compromises on board so we'll we'll do 919 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:20,790 that and if anybody has any issues with 920 00:36:24,109 --> 00:36:22,170 anything hopefully they'll bring them to 921 00:36:27,170 --> 00:36:24,119 me and and we'll find a good resolution 922 00:36:30,620 --> 00:36:27,180 and get back to having the fun that that 923 00:36:32,930 --> 00:36:30,630 we're really anticipating having so it 924 00:36:35,690 --> 00:36:32,940 turns out almost the exact middle of 925 00:36:37,010 --> 00:36:35,700 your time on orbit on this mission he's 926 00:36:38,870 --> 00:36:37,020 gonna come right around the Christmas 927 00:36:40,910 --> 00:36:38,880 and New Year's holidays what are your 928 00:36:43,789 --> 00:36:40,920 thoughts about being in space on those 929 00:36:46,819 --> 00:36:43,799 occasions you know it's not it's not too 930 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:46,829 too big a deal for me I've been in 931 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:48,450 Mission Control actually on Christmas 932 00:36:53,210 --> 00:36:50,970 Day and had a chance to talk with the 933 00:36:55,099 --> 00:36:53,220 crews on the holidays and and they love 934 00:36:57,470 --> 00:36:55,109 they love being up there probably the 935 00:36:59,839 --> 00:36:57,480 biggest thing is asking forgiveness from 936 00:37:02,299 --> 00:36:59,849 our families you know but they know how 937 00:37:04,309 --> 00:37:02,309 special it is how long we've waited to 938 00:37:06,950 --> 00:37:04,319 do this kind of thing and though they'll 939 00:37:09,289 --> 00:37:06,960 forgive us this one time around we hope 940 00:37:11,839 --> 00:37:09,299 to have you know a little bit of 941 00:37:13,910 --> 00:37:11,849 festivities on board tried to plan ahead 942 00:37:15,589 --> 00:37:13,920 a little bit to have some things up 943 00:37:18,260 --> 00:37:15,599 there to make it seem seem like the 944 00:37:20,359 --> 00:37:18,270 holidays and when New Year's rolls 945 00:37:22,609 --> 00:37:20,369 around I'm gonna I'm gonna do my best to 946 00:37:24,470 --> 00:37:22,619 be well-rested and try to see some 947 00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:24,480 fireworks as we pass through those 948 00:37:28,190 --> 00:37:26,250 midnight time zones around the planet 949 00:37:31,670 --> 00:37:28,200 and see if we can pick up any of that 950 00:37:33,079 --> 00:37:31,680 from space but yeah I think it'll I 951 00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:33,089 think it'll be fun it'll be a nice 952 00:37:38,420 --> 00:37:34,530 little break 953 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:38,430 the 32s crew my two cosmonaut buddies 954 00:37:42,530 --> 00:37:40,170 and I it'll be kind of about halfway 955 00:37:44,570 --> 00:37:42,540 between October you know an hour come 956 00:37:47,420 --> 00:37:44,580 home and March so it'll be a nice nice 957 00:37:50,300 --> 00:37:47,430 little gap in there and we'll enjoy it 958 00:37:53,050 --> 00:37:50,310 the plan for any station increment has 959 00:37:55,190 --> 00:37:53,060 to be flexible to accommodate unusual 960 00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:55,200 circumstances you've made a reference to 961 00:37:59,170 --> 00:37:57,090 that earlier that includes the need for 962 00:38:00,470 --> 00:37:59,180 crew members to have to go work outside 963 00:38:02,839 --> 00:38:00,480 tell me 964 00:38:04,910 --> 00:38:02,849 as of now what's the space spacewalk 965 00:38:07,220 --> 00:38:04,920 planned for your increment who would go 966 00:38:09,710 --> 00:38:07,230 outside and for what purpose 967 00:38:14,630 --> 00:38:09,720 great question still shaping up at this 968 00:38:18,140 --> 00:38:14,640 point we we are fortunate with with 969 00:38:21,770 --> 00:38:18,150 sunny and Aki right now during the 32 970 00:38:25,430 --> 00:38:21,780 timeframe are planning to go outside and 971 00:38:27,260 --> 00:38:25,440 do Evo 18 so they've been trained to do 972 00:38:29,690 --> 00:38:27,270 that Joe acaba will still be on board at 973 00:38:32,210 --> 00:38:29,700 that point and if if that all goes well 974 00:38:35,530 --> 00:38:32,220 and they've taken care of that then we 975 00:38:40,790 --> 00:38:35,540 and we don't have a schedule DVA in the 976 00:38:42,890 --> 00:38:40,800 33 34 a timeframe at this point Chris 977 00:38:47,599 --> 00:38:42,900 Hadfield and Tom Marshburn have been 978 00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:47,609 training to do Evo 18 tasks as well just 979 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:49,410 in case of visiting vehicles or some 980 00:38:52,940 --> 00:38:52,050 some other you know maybe sunny and 981 00:38:54,710 --> 00:38:52,950 knock you will have to go out and do 982 00:38:56,780 --> 00:38:54,720 some other Eevee a for something or Jan 983 00:38:58,220 --> 00:38:56,790 outside so if those tasks that they're 984 00:39:01,430 --> 00:38:58,230 planning to do haven't been done yet 985 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:01,440 then we'll do those in probably late 986 00:39:06,500 --> 00:39:04,650 January February timeframe with Chris 987 00:39:08,690 --> 00:39:06,510 Hadfield and Tom Marshburn and there are 988 00:39:11,810 --> 00:39:08,700 some robotics involved in that and so my 989 00:39:14,150 --> 00:39:11,820 duties would be the suit up IV and and 990 00:39:16,700 --> 00:39:14,160 work in the robotics for those two guys 991 00:39:18,980 --> 00:39:16,710 at one time we had an Eevee a 19 in 992 00:39:21,950 --> 00:39:18,990 there I'm hoping it comes back at this 993 00:39:24,140 --> 00:39:21,960 point it hasn't Chris Hadfield and I 994 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:24,150 trained for Eevee a 19 and then we've 995 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:26,130 been all the way through the CVA 996 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:27,690 assessment and we're ready to go do that 997 00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:32,010 it it's dependent on SpaceX to taking up 998 00:39:38,839 --> 00:39:35,330 a pair of like picnic size table 999 00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:38,849 radiator grapple bars that come up on 1000 00:39:43,150 --> 00:39:40,290 the outside of SpaceX 2 and they 1001 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:43,160 probably will arrive when were there but 1002 00:39:46,790 --> 00:39:45,570 they with with the numbers of visiting 1003 00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:46,800 vehicles they've decided to go ahead and 1004 00:39:49,910 --> 00:39:47,970 push that Eevee a night 1005 00:39:52,550 --> 00:39:49,920 Dean downstream to another expedition 1006 00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:52,560 further out it would be taking those 1007 00:39:56,240 --> 00:39:54,330 grapple bars off and stowing them on the 1008 00:39:59,120 --> 00:39:56,250 back of the trucks using robotics and 1009 00:40:01,580 --> 00:39:59,130 just putting those away so so that one 1010 00:40:05,060 --> 00:40:01,590 that one left out of our increment we 1011 00:40:08,750 --> 00:40:05,070 are all happy to go out we are doing NBL 1012 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:08,760 runs and and training in the virtual 1013 00:40:13,490 --> 00:40:11,490 reality lab for all contingencies and if 1014 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:13,500 the needs there will we'll all be happy 1015 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:17,130 to step outside and and have a day with 1016 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:19,410 a spacewalk I think everybody yeah 1017 00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:21,450 presents that opinion I'm ready to go 1018 00:40:25,730 --> 00:40:24,090 all you have to do is ask yes the space 1019 00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:25,740 station these days is getting supplies 1020 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:28,410 delivered by a small fleet of unmanned 1021 00:40:33,140 --> 00:40:31,170 cargo ships and as you made reference 1022 00:40:34,940 --> 00:40:33,150 there's maybe a half a dozen or so that 1023 00:40:36,740 --> 00:40:34,950 could be showing up during the time that 1024 00:40:40,099 --> 00:40:36,750 you're gonna be there tell me about 1025 00:40:41,810 --> 00:40:40,109 those different ships that supplied not 1026 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:41,820 only the ships that come from the 1027 00:40:45,830 --> 00:40:44,010 station partners themselves but from 1028 00:40:48,109 --> 00:40:45,840 commercial companies including a new one 1029 00:40:50,690 --> 00:40:48,119 the the Cygnus ship that might make its 1030 00:40:53,510 --> 00:40:50,700 first demonstration flight while you're 1031 00:40:55,370 --> 00:40:53,520 there okay yeah well we'll just start 1032 00:40:58,130 --> 00:40:55,380 out with the progress is the one that 1033 00:41:03,170 --> 00:40:58,140 comes and goes the most often when we 1034 00:41:05,349 --> 00:41:03,180 arrive 48p will be will be there and 49p 1035 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:05,359 will get there just just after we've 1036 00:41:10,609 --> 00:41:08,010 arrived and annan docked to the aft side 1037 00:41:12,740 --> 00:41:10,619 of the of the russian segment and and 1038 00:41:15,079 --> 00:41:12,750 during our increment 50p will come and 1039 00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:15,089 go in 51 p will arrive so several 1040 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:17,130 movements of progress is on the progress 1041 00:41:23,450 --> 00:41:19,170 docking points ports on the Russian 1042 00:41:26,450 --> 00:41:23,460 segment the ATV the European ATV is 1043 00:41:29,570 --> 00:41:26,460 scheduled to have departed before we get 1044 00:41:31,460 --> 00:41:29,580 there it's there at this point and HTV 1045 00:41:34,339 --> 00:41:31,470 will have come and gone as well the 1046 00:41:37,550 --> 00:41:34,349 Japanese vehicle that goes on the nadir 1047 00:41:40,820 --> 00:41:37,560 node to port on the Russian or on the US 1048 00:41:43,339 --> 00:41:40,830 segment node too so that'll be going so 1049 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:43,349 and then and at the back end of our 1050 00:41:49,250 --> 00:41:45,930 flight there will be another launch of 1051 00:41:51,140 --> 00:41:49,260 an at your pian ATV and it will be in 1052 00:41:52,780 --> 00:41:51,150 space when we depart to come home but it 1053 00:41:54,980 --> 00:41:52,790 won't have docked yet so it will be 1054 00:41:56,630 --> 00:41:54,990 loitering in just a few thousand 1055 00:41:57,800 --> 00:41:56,640 kilometers behind space station waiting 1056 00:41:59,870 --> 00:41:57,810 for us to get out of the way so I can 1057 00:42:01,700 --> 00:41:59,880 come in and dock so that's just luck of 1058 00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:01,710 the draw we won't CH TVs or 1059 00:42:05,510 --> 00:42:03,810 a TVs with the current point so of 1060 00:42:07,609 --> 00:42:05,520 course that that could always change and 1061 00:42:11,060 --> 00:42:07,619 we've had some pretty extensive training 1062 00:42:13,310 --> 00:42:11,070 on though it's just just in case so then 1063 00:42:14,810 --> 00:42:13,320 the other commercial vehicles that are 1064 00:42:17,180 --> 00:42:14,820 just getting up and running right now 1065 00:42:19,820 --> 00:42:17,190 are the dragon which has made one visit 1066 00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:19,830 already and there should be a dragon on 1067 00:42:24,980 --> 00:42:22,530 board space station when we dock with 1068 00:42:27,650 --> 00:42:24,990 our Soyuz and we should get the chance 1069 00:42:30,910 --> 00:42:27,660 to see that on board and be there when 1070 00:42:32,599 --> 00:42:30,920 it's released and it comes back to earth 1071 00:42:33,859 --> 00:42:32,609 further downstream 1072 00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:33,869 right now we're book keeping the 1073 00:42:39,220 --> 00:42:35,730 possibility for another dragon or 1074 00:42:41,780 --> 00:42:39,230 orbital to come at a later date 1075 00:42:43,540 --> 00:42:41,790 downstream so about that about the 1076 00:42:46,370 --> 00:42:43,550 December November December timeframe 1077 00:42:48,170 --> 00:42:46,380 possibility of seeing either one of 1078 00:42:51,410 --> 00:42:48,180 those vehicles again those are both 1079 00:42:54,079 --> 00:42:51,420 again grappled if they fly up underneath 1080 00:42:58,010 --> 00:42:54,089 the space station just within reach of 1081 00:43:02,030 --> 00:42:58,020 our canadarm2 robotic arm we'll fly over 1082 00:43:05,870 --> 00:43:02,040 top of a pan and grapple that that that 1083 00:43:08,089 --> 00:43:05,880 vehicle and berth it to the bottom port 1084 00:43:12,589 --> 00:43:08,099 on node two I'd enter the US segment and 1085 00:43:15,140 --> 00:43:12,599 have access to the cargo so we would 1086 00:43:16,910 --> 00:43:15,150 love to see any of those of course the 1087 00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:16,920 the dragon had a great flight last time 1088 00:43:20,510 --> 00:43:19,170 and one of these days the Cygnus will 1089 00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:20,520 get up there as well too and it'd be 1090 00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:22,170 great to be great to see both of those 1091 00:43:27,260 --> 00:43:24,330 vehicles during a flight and you've 1092 00:43:29,750 --> 00:43:27,270 trained for that to be the arm operator 1093 00:43:33,710 --> 00:43:29,760 for those arrivals right yes yeah so 1094 00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:33,720 we've all of us get a big big smattering 1095 00:43:38,089 --> 00:43:35,490 of training not only in the grapple 1096 00:43:39,530 --> 00:43:38,099 itself but the arrival procedures we we 1097 00:43:41,810 --> 00:43:39,540 do have a panel to command the vehicle 1098 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:41,820 from one board so we can send it away if 1099 00:43:46,070 --> 00:43:44,010 we want or make it hold and those sorts 1100 00:43:47,540 --> 00:43:46,080 of things so we get a lot of the 1101 00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:47,550 extensive training when it's rendezvous 1102 00:43:53,420 --> 00:43:51,450 and it's its grapple and berthing so but 1103 00:43:54,740 --> 00:43:53,430 if any luck we'll get the hands on the 1104 00:43:57,530 --> 00:43:54,750 controller's at some point and bring one 1105 00:43:59,450 --> 00:43:57,540 of those aboard the landscape of space 1106 00:44:01,160 --> 00:43:59,460 flight has changed an awful lot in just 1107 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:01,170 the last few years you got commercial 1108 00:44:06,500 --> 00:44:04,170 companies flying not just governments 1109 00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:06,510 and and you've got sovereign nations 1110 00:44:12,109 --> 00:44:09,330 working together in cooperation rather 1111 00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:12,119 than competing with one another is that 1112 00:44:17,870 --> 00:44:15,690 a kind of an arrangement a model that 1113 00:44:21,079 --> 00:44:17,880 you see continuing off into the future I 1114 00:44:24,140 --> 00:44:21,089 think absolutely I see no end to that I 1115 00:44:26,329 --> 00:44:24,150 think it's it's been really kind of an 1116 00:44:30,470 --> 00:44:26,339 evolution that that we won't go back on 1117 00:44:32,420 --> 00:44:30,480 so some some of those functions mmm like 1118 00:44:35,059 --> 00:44:32,430 taking taking cargo to and from 1119 00:44:36,950 --> 00:44:35,069 low-earth orbit NASA has really 1120 00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:36,960 developed well you know in the last few 1121 00:44:42,230 --> 00:44:40,050 decades and NASA is about sharing those 1122 00:44:44,809 --> 00:44:42,240 technologies and and making it so that 1123 00:44:47,059 --> 00:44:44,819 we can we can do it cheaper and we can 1124 00:44:49,490 --> 00:44:47,069 we can spread out spread out the tasking 1125 00:44:51,770 --> 00:44:49,500 a little bit and allow NASA to go on and 1126 00:44:53,690 --> 00:44:51,780 do a few few other things that are 1127 00:44:55,700 --> 00:44:53,700 really you know more cutting-edge 1128 00:44:57,800 --> 00:44:55,710 something a commercial company wouldn't 1129 00:44:59,720 --> 00:44:57,810 wouldn't dare to invest in at this point 1130 00:45:02,030 --> 00:44:59,730 we can do that with our our NASA 1131 00:45:05,089 --> 00:45:02,040 research and then the the joint the 1132 00:45:07,210 --> 00:45:05,099 international cooperation I don't see 1133 00:45:11,809 --> 00:45:07,220 that stopping either we've we've made 1134 00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:11,819 just so many so many advances in being 1135 00:45:16,220 --> 00:45:13,170 able to work it out this is something 1136 00:45:18,020 --> 00:45:16,230 you know just most people don't 1137 00:45:19,940 --> 00:45:18,030 appreciate how hard it is in different 1138 00:45:21,530 --> 00:45:19,950 languages and different cultures with 1139 00:45:23,270 --> 00:45:21,540 different budgets and different national 1140 00:45:26,599 --> 00:45:23,280 objectives and different national 1141 00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:26,609 perspectives even to bring countries 1142 00:45:31,579 --> 00:45:28,890 together to make to make one thing like 1143 00:45:33,980 --> 00:45:31,589 the Space Station happen but I think now 1144 00:45:36,500 --> 00:45:33,990 that we've seen it our other big goals 1145 00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:36,510 are other big steps out into the cosmos 1146 00:45:42,170 --> 00:45:39,930 will be as a planet and not not just as 1147 00:45:44,210 --> 00:45:42,180 a nation what is it that we're learning 1148 00:45:47,230 --> 00:45:44,220 on these missions to the International 1149 00:45:50,870 --> 00:45:47,240 Space Station that's going to prepare us 1150 00:45:51,710 --> 00:45:50,880 humans for the exploration of space well 1151 00:45:55,790 --> 00:45:51,720 beyond Earth 1152 00:45:57,410 --> 00:45:55,800 yeah just every single thing we we do up 1153 00:46:00,470 --> 00:45:57,420 there whether it's again the material 1154 00:46:04,339 --> 00:46:00,480 science for spacecraft development 1155 00:46:07,670 --> 00:46:04,349 whether it's communications systems we 1156 00:46:10,190 --> 00:46:07,680 have on the HTV we have a very large 1157 00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:10,200 payload going up called scan scan 1158 00:46:16,270 --> 00:46:12,930 testbed and it's going to look at a new 1159 00:46:20,270 --> 00:46:16,280 way to make radios work in space 1160 00:46:21,859 --> 00:46:20,280 software-defined radio technology so we 1161 00:46:23,240 --> 00:46:21,869 may be looking at kind of even a 1162 00:46:27,309 --> 00:46:23,250 different concept in how we operate 1163 00:46:29,540 --> 00:46:27,319 communications in the future again the 1164 00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:29,550 the ability of the humans 1165 00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:33,330 to do not only function in space but be 1166 00:46:36,380 --> 00:46:34,890 very functional when they arrive at 1167 00:46:38,410 --> 00:46:36,390 their destination those are the kinds of 1168 00:46:41,300 --> 00:46:38,420 things we're learning from the science 1169 00:46:44,660 --> 00:46:41,310 fuel technologies fuel transfer 1170 00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:44,670 technologies and all the things we can 1171 00:46:48,260 --> 00:46:46,170 learn about the space environment are