1 00:00:04,410 --> 00:00:05,400 AND LIFTOFF. 2 00:00:05,500 --> 00:00:09,250 GODSPEED ENDEAVOUR AND CREW-2. 3 00:00:09,270 --> 00:00:11,970 THE CREW IS GO FOR INGRESS AND YOU CAN 4 00:00:11,970 --> 00:00:16,590 SEE AKI IS THE FIRST TO INGRESS ONTO 5 00:00:16,590 --> 00:00:18,270 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:20,040 WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE. 7 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:20,970 WE'RE READY TO GET TO WORK. 8 00:00:20,970 --> 00:00:23,290 THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT SCIENCE AND 9 00:00:23,290 --> 00:00:25,020 WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO LEARN AND GET STARTED. 10 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:33,240 THE EXPERIMENT THAT'S TAKING UP MOST OF MY 11 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,460 TIME RIGHT NOW IS CALLED CELESTIAL IMMUNITY 12 00:00:35,460 --> 00:00:37,380 AND IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING EXPERIMENT 13 00:00:37,710 --> 00:00:40,470 THAT INVOLVES LOOKING AT IMMUNE PATHWAYS AND 14 00:00:40,470 --> 00:00:42,660 I HAVE AN EXPERT THAT'S LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER 15 00:00:42,660 --> 00:00:44,880 VIA CAMERA AND SHE CAN TALK WITH ME KIND OF 16 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:46,830 STEP-BY-STEP AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. 17 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:48,810 THAT LOOKS GOOD MEGAN. 18 00:00:48,860 --> 00:00:49,120 ALL RIGHT. 19 00:00:49,140 --> 00:00:50,220 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 20 00:00:50,490 --> 00:00:52,080 I'M SURE I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. 21 00:00:54,635 --> 00:00:55,955 RECENTLY I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A 22 00:00:55,955 --> 00:00:58,205 REALLY INTERESTING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENT 23 00:00:58,205 --> 00:00:58,945 CALLED THE BLOB. 24 00:00:58,945 --> 00:01:02,165 IT'S THAT CRAZY MONOCELULAR BEING 25 00:01:02,165 --> 00:01:05,224 THAT HAS NO BRAIN, BUT CAN LEARN, UH, AND 26 00:01:05,224 --> 00:01:07,535 CAN ACTUALLY SEARCH FOOD AND SOLVE MAZES. 27 00:01:07,545 --> 00:01:09,435 IT'S PRETTY CONTAINED ON THE SPACE STATION, 28 00:01:09,435 --> 00:01:10,015 DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 29 00:01:10,015 --> 00:01:13,055 IT'S VERY TINY, BUT SO WE'RE WORKING ON ALL 30 00:01:13,055 --> 00:01:15,515 KINDS OF ENDEAVORS LIKE THIS, AND EVERY DAY, 31 00:01:15,725 --> 00:01:18,275 YOU KNOW, BRINGS IT'S A, IT'S A LOT OF DISCOVERIES 32 00:01:18,275 --> 00:01:18,965 ON THE SPACE STATION. 33 00:01:18,965 --> 00:01:19,635 THAT'S VERY EXCITING. 34 00:01:20,635 --> 00:01:23,215 WE'RE TRACKING A FULL AND GOOD DEPLOY OF 35 00:01:23,215 --> 00:01:24,205 THAT SOLAR ARRAY. 36 00:01:24,295 --> 00:01:25,725 SO WELL DONE BOTH OF YOU. 37 00:01:26,335 --> 00:01:27,055 IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 38 00:01:27,735 --> 00:01:29,605 WE'RE IN A SEASON NOW ACTUALLY OF 39 00:01:29,605 --> 00:01:30,645 DOING CARGO OPS. 40 00:01:30,675 --> 00:01:32,815 WE HAVE TWO SPACECRAFT THAT ARE ATTACHED TO US 41 00:01:33,145 --> 00:01:35,005 THAT BROUGHT US CARGO, AND NOW WE'RE PACKING 42 00:01:35,005 --> 00:01:36,895 THEM BACK UP TO GET THEM READY FOR DEPARTURE. 43 00:01:37,825 --> 00:01:39,145 WELL ONBOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 44 00:01:39,145 --> 00:01:42,355 STATION WE DO HELP OUT SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT 45 00:01:42,355 --> 00:01:43,465 OF A MEDICINE. 46 00:01:43,585 --> 00:01:47,395 WITHOUT GRAVITY YOU GET LARGER CHUNKS OF 47 00:01:47,445 --> 00:01:49,085 PURE PROTEIN CRYSTALS. 48 00:01:49,405 --> 00:01:51,390 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TODAY ARE 49 00:01:51,450 --> 00:01:52,870 NEEDLE-LIKE STRUCTURES. 50 00:01:52,890 --> 00:01:53,370 PERFECT. 51 00:01:53,429 --> 00:01:53,970 THERE THEY ARE. 52 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:58,980 WELL, IT IS A FANTASTIC VIEW THAT WE HAVE, 53 00:01:58,980 --> 00:02:00,399 WE SEE THE THIN LAYER OF ATMOSPHERE, THAT'S 54 00:02:00,420 --> 00:02:02,039 PROTECTING ALL OF YOU DOWN ON EARTH. 55 00:02:02,039 --> 00:02:04,200 SO JUST TAKING CARE OF OUR PLANET HAS KIND OF 56 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,330 BEEN A CHANGE, MAYBE MENTALLY FROM SEEING IT 57 00:02:06,330 --> 00:02:07,280 FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE. 58 00:02:08,820 --> 00:02:10,919 WE ARE GROWING SOME CHILI PEPPERS IN 59 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:12,930 THE PLANT HABITAT HERE IN THE JAPANESE 60 00:02:12,930 --> 00:02:13,950 EXPERIMENT MODULE. 61 00:02:14,430 --> 00:02:15,960 IT'S ONE OF THE MORE COMPLICATED THINGS THAT 62 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:17,250 HAVE BEEN GROWN IN SPACE. 63 00:02:17,250 --> 00:02:19,080 AND SO THEY DO TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO 64 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:20,100 COME TO FRUITION. 65 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:21,750 SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT WE GET TO TRY 66 00:02:21,750 --> 00:02:23,550 SOME PEPPERS BEFORE THE END OF OUR MISSION. 67 00:02:24,660 --> 00:02:26,820 OVER THE YEARS, THE CAPABILITIES OF THE 68 00:02:26,820 --> 00:02:29,430 LABORATORY HAVE EXPANDED AND GROWN ALONG WITH 69 00:02:29,430 --> 00:02:31,170 THE INTEREST IN DOING THIS KIND OF RESEARCH 70 00:02:31,170 --> 00:02:32,430 IN LOW-EARTH ORBIT, WHICH I THINK IS 71 00:02:32,430 --> 00:02:33,200 REALLY REMARKABLE. 72 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,250 SO WE ARE REALLY KIND OF AT THE PEAK 73 00:02:35,250 --> 00:02:35,850 OF THAT, I THINK. 74 00:02:35,910 --> 00:02:37,290 AND SO WE'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF 75 00:02:37,290 --> 00:02:37,950 EVERYTHING, RIGHT? 76 00:02:37,950 --> 00:02:40,710 WE'VE DONE, UM, HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEM RESEARCH. 77 00:02:40,710 --> 00:02:43,620 SO LOTS OF RESEARCH INTO MEDICATION FORMATION, 78 00:02:44,100 --> 00:02:46,200 FLUIDS RESEARCH, COMBUSTION RESEARCH, 79 00:02:46,230 --> 00:02:47,460 EVEN ROBOTICS RESEARCH. 80 00:02:47,490 --> 00:02:49,260 THIS HUGE RANGE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT 81 00:02:49,260 --> 00:02:51,090 WE'VE GOTTEN TO TOUCH DURING OUR MISSION. 82 00:02:51,210 --> 00:02:53,160 AND THE WAY SCIENCE WORKS, AS YOU KNOW, IS 83 00:02:53,340 --> 00:02:55,380 THIS IS THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR STUFF TO COME. 84 00:02:55,380 --> 00:02:57,720 AND SO THE RESULTS FROM THESE EXPERIMENTS WILL 85 00:02:57,720 --> 00:02:59,520 COME OUT IN THE YEARS TO COME, BUT THEY WILL 86 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,500 ALSO BE THE FOUNDATION OF EXPERIMENTS THAT ARE 87 00:03:01,500 --> 00:03:03,860 DESIGNED IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS AND SO ALL OF THE 88 00:03:03,860 --> 00:03:05,750 RESEARCH, THAT'S GOING TO BE STUFF THAT WE 89 00:03:05,750 --> 00:03:07,310 GET TO SAY, OH, WE HAD A LITTLE PART OF THAT. 90 00:03:07,310 --> 00:03:08,810 WE GOT, WE GOT OUR HANDS ON A LITTLE BIT