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Space To Ground - Episode 66 - March 20, 2015
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WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, YOUR WEEKLY LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENING ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. I’M DAN HUOT. MARCH 18 MARKED 50 YEARS OF ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING ASPECTS OF HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT: SPACEWALKING. IN 5 DECADES, WE’VE GONE FROM ALEXY LEONOV’S FIRST FORAY INTO THE VACUUM OF SPACE TO BUILDING THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLEX SPACE LABORATORY EVER IN EXISTENCE. CHECK OUT SOME OF THE UPCOMING ANNIVERSARIES AND LEARN EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT SPACEWALKING AT NASA.GOV/SUITUP. ONBOARD, THE CREW PREPARED TO FIND OUT JUST HOW STRONG THEY’RE STAYING ON ORBIT. TERRY VIRTS AND SAMANTHA CRISTOFORETTI SET UP THE MUSCLE ATROPHY RESEARCH AND EXERCISE SYSTEM, OR MARES, WHICH ENABLES THE STUDY OF THE HUMAN MUSCLE-SKELETAL SYSTEM. MICROGRAVITY CAN WREAK HAVOC ON BONES AND MUSCLES WITHOUT PROPER EXERCISE, AND MARES IS A GREAT TOOL TO BE SURE THE ASTRONAUTS ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. AND WE’RE JUST ONE WEEK AWAY FROM THE LAUNCH OF THE VERY FIRST ONE YEAR EXPEDITION. SCOTT KELLY, MIKHAIL KORNIENKO AND GENNADY PADALKA DEPARTED RUSSIA FOR BAIKONUR, KZ TO FINISH UP THE FINAL PREPARATIONS BEFORE THEIR LAUNCH ON MARCH 27. KELLY AND KORNIENKO WILL BE THE FIRST TO SPEND A WHOLE YEAR ABOARD…
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