1
00:00:08,390 --> 00:00:04,070
station this is houston are you ready

2
00:00:14,709 --> 00:00:10,150
we are ready for the event how do you

3
00:00:18,550 --> 00:00:16,790
mary merrick elementary school this is

4
00:00:25,670 --> 00:00:18,560
mission control houston

5
00:00:29,269 --> 00:00:27,589
station this is principal jessica

6
00:00:33,990 --> 00:00:29,279
mcmullen at mary america elementary

7
00:00:38,470 --> 00:00:36,549
mr mcmullen we hear you loud and clear

8
00:00:42,790 --> 00:00:38,480
welcome on board the space station how

9
00:00:45,750 --> 00:00:44,549
we hear you loud and clear thank you

10
00:00:47,110 --> 00:00:45,760
we're going to turn it over to our

11
00:01:00,069 --> 00:00:47,120
students this morning to begin with

12
00:01:00,079 --> 00:01:06,230
hi daddy

13
00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:11,990
hello grace

14
00:01:19,590 --> 00:01:14,469
so why can't you bring your kindle up

15
00:01:24,469 --> 00:01:22,710
you know that's a good question because

16
00:01:26,950 --> 00:01:24,479
there are a lot of very smart people on

17
00:01:28,710 --> 00:01:26,960
the ground and engineers who know how

18
00:01:30,550 --> 00:01:28,720
the computers work and they want to make

19
00:01:33,670 --> 00:01:30,560
sure they know exactly anything that's

20
00:01:35,190 --> 00:01:33,680
even like anything like a computer

21
00:01:37,270 --> 00:01:35,200
they want to know exactly how it works

22
00:01:38,870 --> 00:01:37,280
and what's inside of it so they control

23
00:01:40,550 --> 00:01:38,880
what we bring up with us

24
00:01:42,630 --> 00:01:40,560
so i can't just say hey i'm going to

25
00:01:44,469 --> 00:01:42,640
bring something and and

26
00:01:46,789 --> 00:01:44,479
have them allow us to bring it up the

27
00:01:48,710 --> 00:01:46,799
other reason is because space has lots

28
00:01:51,190 --> 00:01:48,720
of radiation and it can affect

29
00:01:52,389 --> 00:01:51,200
electronic uh instruments so if i

30
00:01:54,069 --> 00:01:52,399
brought something up and it wasn't

31
00:01:56,709 --> 00:01:54,079
protected and already

32
00:01:58,389 --> 00:01:56,719
had some extra protection put on it then

33
00:02:00,069 --> 00:01:58,399
it might break just within a few days of

34
00:02:01,830 --> 00:02:00,079
bringing it up here so that's why we

35
00:02:03,429 --> 00:02:01,840
can't just bring up whatever we want

36
00:02:04,789 --> 00:02:03,439
only those things that the engineers

37
00:02:21,430 --> 00:02:04,799
have taken a look at and make sure it's

38
00:02:24,710 --> 00:02:22,550
how high

39
00:02:28,710 --> 00:02:24,720
how i can summon

40
00:02:32,390 --> 00:02:30,710
how high can we jump in space let's try

41
00:02:37,190 --> 00:02:32,400
that out tom let's see how high we can

42
00:02:41,670 --> 00:02:40,150
i think it was beyond infinity but if

43
00:03:06,229 --> 00:02:41,680
you really need a measurement maybe

44
00:03:12,550 --> 00:03:08,149
all right thank you very much thank you

45
00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:19,910
why do we have a space station

46
00:03:23,589 --> 00:03:22,309
that's a great question we have a space

47
00:03:26,149 --> 00:03:23,599
station

48
00:03:27,750 --> 00:03:26,159
um for several reasons the most

49
00:03:29,589 --> 00:03:27,760
important reason from a space

50
00:03:33,030 --> 00:03:29,599
exploration point of view is to really

51
00:03:34,789 --> 00:03:33,040
get a handle on how how it takes to

52
00:03:36,630 --> 00:03:34,799
engineer and make

53
00:03:39,110 --> 00:03:36,640
all the equipment that keeps people

54
00:03:40,869 --> 00:03:39,120
alive in space so that when we can we

55
00:03:42,470 --> 00:03:40,879
can take these lessons that we're

56
00:03:45,350 --> 00:03:42,480
learning on how to keep

57
00:03:47,190 --> 00:03:45,360
oxygen and toilet systems and food

58
00:03:48,869 --> 00:03:47,200
systems and electrical power all the

59
00:03:51,190 --> 00:03:48,879
things that we need to keep the space

60
00:03:53,429 --> 00:03:51,200
station running we get them running very

61
00:03:55,509 --> 00:03:53,439
very well so that we can take them to

62
00:03:57,270 --> 00:03:55,519
the moon or to mars when you guys are

63
00:03:58,630 --> 00:03:57,280
astronauts so we're laying the

64
00:04:01,030 --> 00:03:58,640
groundwork right now on the space

65
00:04:03,190 --> 00:04:01,040
station for you guys to go explore other

66
00:04:04,949 --> 00:04:03,200
planets the other reason that we have a

67
00:04:07,910 --> 00:04:04,959
space station is its international

68
00:04:11,110 --> 00:04:07,920
nature and all the 16 nations that work

69
00:04:13,509 --> 00:04:11,120
together to build it cooperate together

70
00:04:35,590 --> 00:04:13,519
in this magnificent program that we have

71
00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:41,990
how do i become an astronaut

72
00:04:45,749 --> 00:04:43,510
well i'll tell you what

73
00:04:47,909 --> 00:04:45,759
the way you become an astronaut is to

74
00:04:49,749 --> 00:04:47,919
start right now you can start today if

75
00:04:51,510 --> 00:04:49,759
you want to be an astronaut

76
00:04:53,430 --> 00:04:51,520
and one of the most important things the

77
00:04:55,350 --> 00:04:53,440
astronauts do is we bring our brains and

78
00:04:57,430 --> 00:04:55,360
our eyes and our hands up into space to

79
00:04:59,430 --> 00:04:57,440
do a lot of work to build space stations

80
00:05:01,590 --> 00:04:59,440
and do research and you need to start

81
00:05:03,749 --> 00:05:01,600
developing your brain right now

82
00:05:05,270 --> 00:05:03,759
so working hard in school right now

83
00:05:07,430 --> 00:05:05,280
doing the best that you can in all of

84
00:05:09,510 --> 00:05:07,440
your subjects so you can get good at

85
00:05:12,550 --> 00:05:09,520
learning stuff that's the most important

86
00:05:14,629 --> 00:05:12,560
thing to become an astronaut and

87
00:05:16,550 --> 00:05:14,639
staying healthy is very important taking

88
00:05:17,990 --> 00:05:16,560
care of yourself because you have to be

89
00:05:20,070 --> 00:05:18,000
strong and healthy because we're so far

90
00:05:21,590 --> 00:05:20,080
away from the earth we can't go to a

91
00:05:22,950 --> 00:05:21,600
doctor into a hospital if we have a

92
00:05:24,390 --> 00:05:22,960
problem so we have to be very healthy to

93
00:05:25,990 --> 00:05:24,400
come into space

94
00:05:51,029 --> 00:05:26,000
so you can start right now today

95
00:05:55,990 --> 00:05:53,270
i heard you were doing a project in

96
00:05:57,749 --> 00:05:56,000
space about plants and i would like to

97
00:06:03,430 --> 00:05:57,759
know what you're going to use to make

98
00:06:07,590 --> 00:06:05,590
yeah that's an interesting topic for us

99
00:06:10,070 --> 00:06:07,600
just like we talked about um when you

100
00:06:13,990 --> 00:06:10,080
guys get to go to other planets to mar

101
00:06:15,749 --> 00:06:14,000
the moon or to mars you'll need food and

102
00:06:17,350 --> 00:06:15,759
a way to get that food is to grow it

103
00:06:19,749 --> 00:06:17,360
yourself and just all you have to do is

104
00:06:21,590 --> 00:06:19,759
fly the seeds and what we're doing now

105
00:06:23,430 --> 00:06:21,600
on with various experiments on the space

106
00:06:26,550 --> 00:06:23,440
station is to figure out how to make

107
00:06:27,670 --> 00:06:26,560
those systems those plants grow and

108
00:06:30,230 --> 00:06:27,680
they're

109
00:06:32,309 --> 00:06:30,240
the the the researchers design the

110
00:06:34,070 --> 00:06:32,319
module that the plants grow in

111
00:06:35,670 --> 00:06:34,080
to give it everything that it needs

112
00:06:38,629 --> 00:06:35,680
there's the soil

113
00:06:42,150 --> 00:06:38,639
the watering system and a light source

114
00:06:43,430 --> 00:06:42,160
all of which provide the plant the uh

115
00:06:45,670 --> 00:06:43,440
the neces

116
00:06:47,029 --> 00:06:45,680
necessary things for it to grow and it's

117
00:06:49,029 --> 00:06:47,039
very interesting to watch how those

118
00:06:51,350 --> 00:06:49,039
plants grow in space

119
00:06:53,110 --> 00:06:51,360
right this second we don't have any

120
00:06:55,670 --> 00:06:53,120
of those particular experiments going on

121
00:06:58,390 --> 00:06:55,680
board the space station but they are

122
00:07:00,070 --> 00:06:58,400
very fun ones to watch and catalog with

123
00:07:01,670 --> 00:07:00,080
pictures over time so you can see the

124
00:07:03,830 --> 00:07:01,680
pictures grow just like maybe you've

125
00:07:05,670 --> 00:07:03,840
done in some of your science classes as

126
00:07:07,670 --> 00:07:05,680
you take a picture every day of

127
00:07:31,510 --> 00:07:07,680
an onion or a plant that you plant and

128
00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:38,710
how has space made your body different

129
00:07:42,390 --> 00:07:40,790
well you know space does make your body

130
00:07:44,070 --> 00:07:42,400
different and one of the main reasons is

131
00:07:45,589 --> 00:07:44,080
because we don't have gravity our

132
00:07:47,830 --> 00:07:45,599
muscles and our bones don't have to work

133
00:07:49,749 --> 00:07:47,840
very hard so our bodies actually start

134
00:07:51,510 --> 00:07:49,759
to absorb away our bones and our muscles

135
00:07:52,710 --> 00:07:51,520
get weak we kind of start to turn into

136
00:07:54,950 --> 00:07:52,720
jellyfish

137
00:07:56,550 --> 00:07:54,960
and it's important to

138
00:07:58,550 --> 00:07:56,560
not have that happen so when we come

139
00:08:00,150 --> 00:07:58,560
back to earth we'll be able to stand up

140
00:08:02,070 --> 00:08:00,160
and walk around we won't just be like

141
00:08:04,629 --> 00:08:02,080
mush on the ground so

142
00:08:07,029 --> 00:08:04,639
what we have to do is exercise every day

143
00:08:08,150 --> 00:08:07,039
and we have a weight machine even though

144
00:08:09,670 --> 00:08:08,160
there's no such thing as really is

145
00:08:12,230 --> 00:08:09,680
weight in space still it's a machine

146
00:08:13,909 --> 00:08:12,240
that is just like lifting weights and we

147
00:08:15,029 --> 00:08:13,919
work hard on treadmill with a bungee

148
00:08:15,990 --> 00:08:15,039
that's pulling us down into the

149
00:08:17,670 --> 00:08:16,000
treadmill

150
00:08:20,070 --> 00:08:17,680
and that helps keeps our bones and our

151
00:08:21,589 --> 00:08:20,080
muscles strong so we can be

152
00:08:43,190 --> 00:08:21,599
healthy and effective when we get back

153
00:08:52,070 --> 00:08:45,350
what types of things do you do for

154
00:08:55,990 --> 00:08:54,070
oh that's that's a fun question to

155
00:08:57,430 --> 00:08:56,000
answer um

156
00:08:59,750 --> 00:08:57,440
well one of the

157
00:09:03,190 --> 00:08:59,760
most basic things we do is enjoy each

158
00:09:05,829 --> 00:09:03,200
other's company uh there's a crew of six

159
00:09:08,150 --> 00:09:05,839
and uh and we all get along very well so

160
00:09:10,389 --> 00:09:08,160
in the evenings and during meal hours

161
00:09:12,470 --> 00:09:10,399
one of the most simple basic human needs

162
00:09:15,190 --> 00:09:12,480
is to interact with your friends and

163
00:09:17,509 --> 00:09:15,200
that's what we do every day

164
00:09:19,509 --> 00:09:17,519
sometimes we combine that with sitting

165
00:09:21,750 --> 00:09:19,519
around the windows and looking down at

166
00:09:24,710 --> 00:09:21,760
our magnificent planet below us we have

167
00:09:26,470 --> 00:09:24,720
this thing called a cupola which is a

168
00:09:28,710 --> 00:09:26,480
small module with windows all around

169
00:09:29,990 --> 00:09:28,720
that we can look directly down at earth

170
00:09:31,910 --> 00:09:30,000
and see

171
00:09:33,990 --> 00:09:31,920
the whole plan the whole view of what we

172
00:09:36,550 --> 00:09:34,000
can what we can see from that one window

173
00:09:38,630 --> 00:09:36,560
area and that's another favorite pastime

174
00:09:41,030 --> 00:09:38,640
of astronauts and then of course in the

175
00:09:43,030 --> 00:09:41,040
evenings and the quiet times we read and

176
00:09:44,870 --> 00:09:43,040
watch movies the mission control team is

177
00:09:46,790 --> 00:09:44,880
very nice they'll send us up movies or i

178
00:09:48,470 --> 00:09:46,800
like basketball so

179
00:09:50,310 --> 00:09:48,480
you might know that there's some

180
00:09:53,990 --> 00:09:50,320
big college basketball games going on

181
00:09:55,590 --> 00:09:54,000
this weekend and i think tonight so

182
00:09:57,910 --> 00:09:55,600
those are the types of things we do but

183
00:09:59,590 --> 00:09:57,920
the most basic thing is enjoy our

184
00:10:22,630 --> 00:09:59,600
friendship and our international

185
00:10:30,389 --> 00:10:24,790
did you bring anything personal with you

186
00:10:35,269 --> 00:10:32,389
you know we're allowed to bring just a

187
00:10:37,269 --> 00:10:35,279
few things uh personal things with us on

188
00:10:38,790 --> 00:10:37,279
the trip we got to bring a box about

189
00:10:40,790 --> 00:10:38,800
that big

190
00:10:41,990 --> 00:10:40,800
uh and no more just for ourselves

191
00:10:43,910 --> 00:10:42,000
because we need to have room for our

192
00:10:46,630 --> 00:10:43,920
food water and experiments but let me

193
00:10:48,470 --> 00:10:46,640
show you a couple things i brought

194
00:10:52,870 --> 00:10:48,480
on the trip

195
00:10:55,670 --> 00:10:52,880
this is a a little bear her name ishka

196
00:10:57,350 --> 00:10:55,680
and i brought her along keeping me

197
00:10:58,829 --> 00:10:57,360
company i don't know if you can see her

198
00:11:00,710 --> 00:10:58,839
there

199
00:11:02,710 --> 00:11:00,720
floater

200
00:11:04,550 --> 00:11:02,720
and also

201
00:11:07,190 --> 00:11:04,560
i like to play guitar so i brought some

202
00:11:09,190 --> 00:11:07,200
uh guitar music

203
00:11:11,590 --> 00:11:09,200
and

204
00:11:13,350 --> 00:11:11,600
we usually people bring some books along

205
00:11:16,470 --> 00:11:13,360
because we like to read books

206
00:11:18,310 --> 00:11:16,480
and we do have a guitar and a ukulele up

207
00:11:40,630 --> 00:11:18,320
here as well so those are the most

208
00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:47,590
how do you exercise in space

209
00:11:52,389 --> 00:11:49,350
well like tom said it's a very important

210
00:11:53,750 --> 00:11:52,399
part of our day we have a treadmill

211
00:11:56,550 --> 00:11:53,760
a bicycle

212
00:11:58,710 --> 00:11:56,560
and a weight machine and we rotate

213
00:12:01,350 --> 00:11:58,720
our activities on all three of those on

214
00:12:04,310 --> 00:12:01,360
on different days and and often

215
00:12:06,790 --> 00:12:04,320
well pretty much every day we do two of

216
00:12:09,670 --> 00:12:06,800
those three events and always we do

217
00:12:12,150 --> 00:12:09,680
weight exercises because just like tom

218
00:12:14,550 --> 00:12:12,160
said it's so very important for our bone

219
00:12:16,629 --> 00:12:14,560
health and our on our muscle must to

220
00:12:17,590 --> 00:12:16,639
maintain our muscle tone

221
00:12:19,910 --> 00:12:17,600
um

222
00:12:21,430 --> 00:12:19,920
and the bike and the treadmill provide

223
00:12:23,190 --> 00:12:21,440
the the

224
00:12:24,710 --> 00:12:23,200
aerobic fitness to keep our heart

225
00:12:25,990 --> 00:12:24,720
healthy

226
00:12:29,269 --> 00:12:26,000
the interesting thing about the

227
00:12:30,310 --> 00:12:29,279
treadmill though is the bungee cords are

228
00:12:31,910 --> 00:12:30,320
different

229
00:12:33,990 --> 00:12:31,920
depending on how much you weigh you need

230
00:12:35,269 --> 00:12:34,000
different amount of bungee cords to keep

231
00:12:39,509 --> 00:12:35,279
you down

232
00:12:41,430 --> 00:12:39,519
the same amount of weight to trick your

233
00:12:43,190 --> 00:12:41,440
legs to think that they're giving you

234
00:12:45,590 --> 00:12:43,200
the amount of resistance or weight

235
00:12:47,030 --> 00:12:45,600
lifting that you have on earth

236
00:13:02,629 --> 00:12:47,040
it's a very important part of our day

237
00:13:02,639 --> 00:13:08,470
it's a very important part

238
00:13:11,990 --> 00:13:10,470
what was your

239
00:13:12,790 --> 00:13:12,000
first emotion

240
00:13:25,110 --> 00:13:12,800
in

241
00:13:26,550 --> 00:13:25,120
christmas eve

242
00:13:27,750 --> 00:13:26,560
you know or waking up on christmas

243
00:13:28,870 --> 00:13:27,760
morning because you've been waiting for

244
00:13:29,910 --> 00:13:28,880
this when you're an astronaut you've

245
00:13:32,150 --> 00:13:29,920
been training for years you've been

246
00:13:34,870 --> 00:13:32,160
waiting for this most of your life

247
00:13:36,870 --> 00:13:34,880
and so you're very very excited you're

248
00:13:38,629 --> 00:13:36,880
also thinking really hard it's kind of

249
00:13:40,710 --> 00:13:38,639
like a mixture of that and

250
00:13:42,870 --> 00:13:40,720
before a big test

251
00:13:44,230 --> 00:13:42,880
because you've been training a lot and

252
00:13:45,910 --> 00:13:44,240
now you have to do what you've been

253
00:13:47,670 --> 00:13:45,920
training to do so you're really focused

254
00:13:49,590 --> 00:13:47,680
on what you have to do and you're really

255
00:13:52,470 --> 00:13:49,600
ready to work really hard also but it's

256
00:13:54,310 --> 00:13:52,480
very very exciting and the launch whole

257
00:13:55,670 --> 00:13:54,320
launch process is one of the most

258
00:13:57,829 --> 00:13:55,680
exciting things i've ever done with all

259
00:13:59,910 --> 00:13:57,839
the shaking and the roaring and you've

260
00:14:01,990 --> 00:13:59,920
just come through that so then you hit

261
00:14:03,910 --> 00:14:02,000
zero gravity and you're ready to have

262
00:14:28,150 --> 00:14:03,920
fun and experience zero gravity but also

263
00:14:38,629 --> 00:14:31,189
what does the atmosphere of herb look

264
00:14:42,949 --> 00:14:40,550
oh that's a really fun question to

265
00:14:46,310 --> 00:14:42,959
answer because it's so pretty

266
00:14:48,790 --> 00:14:46,320
we see the blue marble of of uh the

267
00:14:51,509 --> 00:14:48,800
earth below us with the really bright

268
00:14:53,350 --> 00:14:51,519
vibrant blues and whites of the clouds

269
00:14:54,470 --> 00:14:53,360
and the snow and the brown

270
00:14:56,949 --> 00:14:54,480
and green

271
00:14:59,990 --> 00:14:56,959
and then just above that there's a if

272
00:15:02,629 --> 00:15:00,000
you look off the horizon there's a small

273
00:15:04,310 --> 00:15:02,639
skinny layer of uh

274
00:15:06,550 --> 00:15:04,320
of

275
00:15:09,189 --> 00:15:06,560
atmosphere and it looks like this hazy

276
00:15:13,509 --> 00:15:10,710
misty

277
00:15:16,710 --> 00:15:13,519
thin surface a thin surface around our

278
00:15:19,269 --> 00:15:16,720
earth and uh if you if this is the globe

279
00:15:20,870 --> 00:15:19,279
it's just a little skinny part

280
00:15:22,790 --> 00:15:20,880
right off there as we look onto the

281
00:15:24,870 --> 00:15:22,800
horizon and see the atmosphere it gives

282
00:15:26,470 --> 00:15:24,880
a really really

283
00:15:28,550 --> 00:15:26,480
cool

284
00:15:53,509 --> 00:15:28,560
effect to the horizon as we look below

285
00:16:03,509 --> 00:15:56,550
how do you know what to do in case of an

286
00:16:07,670 --> 00:16:05,670
you know that's a great question we have

287
00:16:10,069 --> 00:16:07,680
to really think ahead quite a bit don't

288
00:16:11,749 --> 00:16:10,079
we because we're 240 miles away from the

289
00:16:13,749 --> 00:16:11,759
earth and we need a big rocket engine to

290
00:16:14,949 --> 00:16:13,759
get back to earth so if we have an

291
00:16:16,790 --> 00:16:14,959
emergency

292
00:16:18,949 --> 00:16:16,800
there's three big ones you know if

293
00:16:21,430 --> 00:16:18,959
something bad for us that got into the

294
00:16:23,350 --> 00:16:21,440
air if we lost our air or if there was a

295
00:16:25,509 --> 00:16:23,360
fire that broke out or if somebody had a

296
00:16:27,269 --> 00:16:25,519
medical problem that they needed to get

297
00:16:29,509 --> 00:16:27,279
to the hospital those are all things we

298
00:16:30,949 --> 00:16:29,519
have to take care of right away so

299
00:16:32,790 --> 00:16:30,959
we trained for two and a half years for

300
00:16:34,629 --> 00:16:32,800
this flight a lot of that time we we

301
00:16:36,629 --> 00:16:34,639
trained to take care of emergencies if

302
00:16:38,230 --> 00:16:36,639
they were to have if they happened so we

303
00:16:40,150 --> 00:16:38,240
wouldn't even have to think about it

304
00:16:41,829 --> 00:16:40,160
we'd just do it as soon as we came to

305
00:16:43,189 --> 00:16:41,839
the emergency we'd do it now if things

306
00:16:45,030 --> 00:16:43,199
got really bad

307
00:16:47,189 --> 00:16:45,040
uh we have our spaceship to get home

308
00:16:49,030 --> 00:16:47,199
with and in about a day we could save

309
00:16:51,509 --> 00:16:49,040
the space station turn everything off

310
00:16:53,030 --> 00:16:51,519
get into our spaceship and come home

311
00:16:54,310 --> 00:16:53,040
and that's only if things got so bad we

312
00:16:55,749 --> 00:16:54,320
couldn't handle it but we have a lot of

313
00:16:57,509 --> 00:16:55,759
smart people on the ground a lot of

314
00:17:21,990 --> 00:16:57,519
equipment so that we can take care of

315
00:17:25,669 --> 00:17:23,669
okay guys we just got word that the

316
00:17:27,750 --> 00:17:25,679
space station has to go we only had them

317
00:17:29,909 --> 00:17:27,760
for a full 20 minutes but if you guys

318
00:17:31,909 --> 00:17:29,919
will tell them thank you and wave bye to

319
00:17:38,310 --> 00:17:31,919
them they can see you and hear you thank

320
00:17:43,510 --> 00:17:40,390
goodbye everybody those were great

321
00:17:46,950 --> 00:17:43,520
questions great talking to you

322
00:17:48,789 --> 00:17:46,960
see you on earth in a little bit

323
00:17:52,230 --> 00:17:48,799
station this is houston acr that

324
00:17:55,750 --> 00:17:54,390
thank you mary merrick elementary school

325
00:17:58,070 --> 00:17:55,760
and students