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>> HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PODCAST.
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>> HELLO NASA TV,
FACEBOOK LIVE, USTREAM--
WHEREVER YOU ARE WATCHING.
WELCOME TO A VERY SPECIAL
EPISODE OF "HOUSTON,
"WE HAVE A PODCAST."
SO IF YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH
THE PODCAST, THIS IS WHERE
WE BRING IN NASA EXPERTS--
SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS,
ASTRONAUTS-- ALL TO TELL YOU
THE COOLEST STUFF ABOUT
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AT NASA.
SO TODAY WE HAVE
A VERY SPECIAL EPISODE.
OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE US
ON CAMERA, AND THIS IS
USUALLY AN AUDIO PODCAST.
BUT ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO BE
TALKING TO SPACE.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME
WE'VE DONE THAT.
WE'VE DONE IT ABOUT
TWO MONTHS AGO WITH JACK FISCHER
ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT
AGAIN WITH SOME ASTRONAUTS,
EXCEPT NOT WITH JUST ONE.
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT WITH
FOUR ASTRONAUTS:
RANDY "KOMRADE" BRESNIK,
MARK "SABOT" VANDE HEI,
JOE ACABA, AND PAOLO NESPOLI.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO DO THIS
ALONE, OF COURSE.
SAME AS ALWAYS, SAME AS BEFORE,
I HAVE A CO-HOST WITH ME--
NASA PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER
FOR THE ASTRONAUT OFFICE,
MEGAN SUMNER.
MEGAN, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANKS, HAPPY TO BE HERE.
EXCITED TO TALK TO THEM.
>> AWESOME.
SO, I MEAN, PUBLIC AFFAIRS
OFFICER FOR
THE ASTRONAUT OFFICE.
NOT THE ONLY ROLE YOU'VE HAD
HERE AT NASA, RIGHT?
>> MM-HMM, YEAH.
I'VE PREVIOUSLY ACTUALLY
MANAGED OUR SOCIAL MEDIA
ACCOUNTS HERE-- THE JOHNSON
SPACE CENTER ACCOUNTS, AND
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION ACCOUNTS, AND NOW
I AM WORKING SUPPORTING
THE ASTRONAUT OFFICE FOR
APPEARANCES THAT
THEY GO OUT AND DO, AND ALSO
THE MEDIA SUPPORT.
WE HAVE MEDIA COME AND
TALK TO THEM BEFORE
THEIR MISSIONS, AND DO
INTERVIEWS AND MEDIA VISITS
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> FANTASTIC.
AND SO, I THINK THAT'S
THE REASON YOU'RE THE PERFECT
PERSON TO HAVE AS A CO-HOST
WITH ME TODAY IS JUST
BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL,
YOU KNOW THE ASTRONAUTS THAT
WE'RE TALKING TO TODAY.
YOU'VE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH
SOME OF THEM IN THE PAST, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, SO JOE AND MARK,
WHO WE'LL BE TALKING TO
TODAY, WERE ACTUALLY
THE FIRST TWO ASTRONAUTS THAT
I GOT TO WORK WITH
IN THIS ROLE AS THE PUBLIC
AFFAIRS OFFICER FOR
THE ASTRONAUT OFFICE, SO
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO GET TO
ACTUALLY TALK TO THEM IN SPACE.
>> AWESOME.
BUT THEN ALSO, YOU RAN
THE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS HERE
AT THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
FOR A WHILE, SO THAT'S
ANOTHER PART OF THIS IS
WE ARE ON FACEBOOK LIVE.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEND UP
TO THE CREW, MEGAN IS GOING TO
BE MONITORING THOSE QUESTIONS
REAL TIME.
SHE'S GOT HER PHONE RIGHT
NEXT TO HER AND WE'LL BE
ASKING SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS
TO OUR FOUR ASTRONAUTS TODAY.
SO THE TOPIC OF TODAY'S
CONVERSATION IS ASTRONAUT
PHOTOGRAPHY.
SO WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT?
>> OH, MAN, THE ASTRONAUTS
TAKE THE MOST AMAZING
PICTURES FROM THE SPACE
STATION AND IT'S JUST
AN AMAZING VIEW THAT MOST OF US
WILL NEVER GET TO SEE
IN OUR LIFETIME.
AND THANKFULLY, THEY ARE
WILLING TO SHARE THAT VIEW
WITH US THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
EASILY THEY CAN SHARE IT OUT
TO THE WHOLE WORLD OF
WHAT THAT'S LIKE.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT
THEY'RE SHARING WITH US
WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN SPACE
AND A LITTLE GLIMPSE
INTO THEIR LIFE, THE SCIENCE
THEY'RE DOING, ALL THE WORK
THEY'RE DOING ON BOARD.
SO IT'S SO COOL TO BE ABLE
TO SEE THAT PERSPECTIVE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I'M VERY EXCITED FOR
THIS TOPIC BECAUSE IT IS
ONE OF THE MORE VISUAL THINGS
THAT WE GET TO SEE
OF WHAT THE ASTRONAUTS DO
ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE DOING
SCIENCE ALL THE TIME
AND WE HAVE CREW MEMBERS
THAT ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING
VARIOUS EXPERIMENTS.
AND JUST RECENTLY,
THEY'VE BEEN GOING OUT
AND DOING A FEW SPACEWALKS
SO THEY HAVE MAINTENANCE TASKS
THAT THEY REGULARLY DO.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ACTUALLY
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
ASTRONAUT PHOTOGRAPHY.
AND ACTUALLY RIGHT NEXT TO US
WE HAVE SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT
THAT THEY PRACTICE ON
TO ACTUALLY PRACTICE FOR
TAKING PHOTOS OF THE EARTH.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE OUR ASTRONAUTS
ARE ACTUALLY GETTING SET-UP
HERE, JUST LIKE THEY DO
FOR ANY PUBLIC AFFAIRS EVENT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING
WITH MISSION CONTROL SOON
AND GETTING THAT STARTED.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,
PLEASE FEEL FREE
TO ASK THEM BELOW.
>> YUP, YUP, WE'RE TAKING
YOUR QUESTIONS ON FACEBOOK LIVE.
I'LL BE WATCHING AND ASKING
THE CREW, SO GET YOUR QUESTION
IN THERE AND WATCH ALONG
SO YOU CAN HEAR IF THEY GET
A CHANCE TO ANSWER IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ALL RIGHT, LOOKS LIKE
OUR FOUR ASTRONAUTS ARE
GETTING SET UP RIGHT NOW.
LET'S THINK, I MEAN,
SO WE HAVE-- WE CAN TALK ABOUT
SOME OF THE EXTRAVEHICULAR
ACTIVITIES THAT THEY'VE BEEN
DOING, SOME OF THE SPACEWALKS
AS WELL, BUT A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT OUR CREW--
RANDY BRESNIK AND JOE ACABA
AND PAOLO NESPOLI
HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE.
FOR MARK VANDE HEI THIS IS
HIS FIRST SPACE FLIGHT, SO
WE'LL GET TO TALK TO HIM
ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE
BEING A NEWCOMER.
ACTUALLY, THREE OF
THE ASTRONAUTS WE'VE TALKED TO
ON THE PODCAST BEFORE--
RANDY BRESNIK, MARK VANDE HEI,
AND JOE ACABA--
ALL EACH INDIVIDUAL EPISODES
TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES
OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE ABOARD.
PAOLO NESPOLI, THIS'LL BE
THE FIRST TIME TALKING
WITH HIM, SO THAT'LL BE
A PLEASURE AS WELL.
AND HE SHARED SOME FANTASTIC
IMAGERY OF ITALY AND JUST
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE EARTH,
SO CAN'T WAIT TO SEE
WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE.
SO LET'S CONNECT WITH
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON AND
TALK TO OUR FOUR ASTRONAUTS.
AGAIN, SEND YOUR QUESTIONS
BELOW ON FACEBOOK LIVE.
>> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE EVENT?
>> HOUSTON, WE'RE READY
FOR THE EVENT.
>> JSC PAO, PLEASE CALL
STATION FOR A VOICE CHECK.
>> STATION, THIS IS
GARY JORDAN AND MEGAN SUMNER
IN THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE.
HOW DO YOU HEAR US?
>> GARY, WE GOT YOU
LOUD AND CLEAR.
MEGAN, GOOD AFTERNOON
TO YOU, TOO.
>> ALL RIGHT, WELL THIS IS
AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE
TO BE TALKING TO
ALL FOUR OF YOU TODAY.
I THOUGHT FOR SURE
I'D AT LEAST GET TO TALK TO
ONE ASTRONAUT, BUT THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR ALL FOUR OF YOU
TAKING THE TIME
TO TALK TO US TODAY.
SO FOR-- A LOT OF YOU HAVE
BEEN ON THE PODCAST ALREADY,
SO AGAIN, WELCOME BACK.
BUT TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE
DOING A LIVE EVENT SO
WE REALLY WANTED TO BRING IN
SOME QUESTIONS FROM SOCIAL
MEDIA AND HOPING YOU CAN
ANSWER THOSE REAL TIME.
BUT JUST TO START OFF,
BECAUSE THERE ARE FOUR OF YOU,
IF YOU CAN JUST SORT OF
GIVE A QUICK INTRODUCTION
TO ALL OF YOU SO OUR LISTENERS
KIND OF KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT
EXPEDITION 53 SPACE STATION
COMMANDER RANDY BRESNIK.
>> EXPEDITION 52, 53 FLIGHT
ENGINEER PAOLO NESPOLI FROM
THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY.
>> AND EXPEDITION 53 AND 54
FLIGHT ENGINEER JOE ACABA.
>> EXPEDITION 53 AND 54
FLIGHT ENGINEER MARK VANDE HEI.
>> THAT'S AWESOME.
WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
SO WE'LL START WITH
KOMRADE AND PAOLO.
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN
UP THERE THE LONGEST,
SO JUST HOW HAVE THE--
HOW'S THE MISSION
BEEN GOING SO FAR?
WHAT ARE SOME OF
THE HIGHLIGHTS?
>> I THINK CERTAINLY HIGHS
FOR US WERE GETTING TO WORK
WITH THE PREVIOUS CREW
AND THE SPACE NINJA,
PEGGY WHITSON, LEARNING
FROM THEM TO BE ABLE TO
TAKE OVER AND RUN SPACE STATION
WHEN WE HAD OUR NEW CREW
SHOW UP FOR EXPEDITION 53.
WE GOT TO HAVE A DRAGON
COME UP HERE AND BRING A WHOLE
BUNCH OF SCIENCE THAT
WE GOT TO WORK WITH
FOR A WHOLE MONTH.
CERTAINLY THE PAST WEEK
HAS BEEN REAL EXCITING
BECAUSE WE DID TWO EVAs THAT
REALLY TURN THE STATION
BACK TO GOOD CONFIGURATION
WITH A ROBOTIC ARM, AND
SOME CAMERA WORK, AND PREPARING
STUFF FOR ROBOTIC TASKS
IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF STUFF
GOING ON INSIDE AND GOING ON
OUTSIDE, AND SO IT'S BEEN
A REALLY EXCITING EXPEDITION
SO FAR AND WE STILL ARE
ONLY ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH.
>> WELL NOT MUCH TO ADD TO
WHAT KOMRADE HAS ALREADY SAID.
I MEAN, WE'RE DOING
A LOT OF ACTIVITIES HERE.
IT'S ALWAYS CRAZY.
LIKE, YOU CAN WAKE UP
IN THE MORNING, START WORKING
WITH SOMETHING, AND SPIN
AROUND, AND WORK WITH
SOME SCIENCE, AND THEN
SPIN AROUND AGAIN, AND WORK
WITH THE ROBOTIC ARM.
WE'VE BEEN DOING ALMOST
ALL OF IT RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE, WHAT, 200 MORE
ACTIVITIES, 250,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, AND WE ARE DOING
ALL OF THEM.
>> FANTASTIC.
SO TODAY, I MEAN, I'M SURE
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT
TOPICS THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT,
BUT REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS
ON ASTRONAUT PHOTOGRAPHY TODAY
BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE
SUCH A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE
OF THE EARTH AND YOU GET
SOME TIME SOMETIMES TO GO
AND TAKE PHOTOS OF THE EARTH
AND MAYBE JUST KIND OF
WATCH THE EARTH GO BY.
SO I GUESS SINCE, KOMRADE,
YOU'RE HOLDING THE MIC,
IF YOU WANT TO SHARE
SOME EXPERIENCES FROM JUST
LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW
AND JUST KIND OF
WHAT THAT FEELING IS LIKE?
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WATCH
THE EARTH GO BY?
>> I MEAN, IT'S REALLY HUMBLING
BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
THING AND THEY'RE SO--
SO FAR, BEEN SO FEW OF US
THAT HAVE HAD A CHANCE
TO SEE IT.
AND YOU DON'T LOOK AT
THE EARTH AND COME--
NOT BE CHANGED.
YOU CERTAINLY FEEL
A PART OF THE EARTH.
YOU REALIZE THAT EVERY
EXPERIENCES YOU'VE EVER HAD,
EVERY PERSON YOU'VE EVER KNOWN
IS DOWN ON THAT LITTLE
BLUE MARBLE.
AND WHEN YOU SEE THE CURVE,
YOUR MIND KNOWS HOW BIG
THE EARTH IS AND YOU REALIZE
WHEN YOU GO AROUND IT
IN 90 MINUTES YOU'RE BACK
TO ESSENTIALLY THE SAME SPOT.
AND THE FACT THAT WE CAN
DO THAT AND SEE THAT,
YOU JUST FEEL COMPELLED
TO SHARE IT.
I'LL HAND THE MIC OVER
TO SABOT OVER HERE BECAUSE
HE'S ONLY BEEN UP HERE
ABOUT A MONTH, BUT TO GET
HIS IMPRESSIONS ON
WHAT IT WENT FROM SEEING IT
FOR THE FIRST TIME TO NOW
TRANSLATING THAT INTO
PHOTOGRAPHY TO TRY AND
SHARE THAT WITH OTHERS.
>> THE THING THAT IMPRESSED
ME THE MOST WHEN I FIRST
LOOKED OUT THE CUPOLA TO SEE
THE EARTH WAS HOW CLOSE
THE RECOGNIZABLE FEATURES
OF THE EARTH SEEM TO SPACE.
FOR EXAMPLE, SEEING ITALY
AND IN THE SAME VIEW SEEING
THE BLACKNESS OF SPACE.
IT MAKES IT SEEM LIKE
EVERYBODY ON THE EARTH
IS REALLY, REALLY CLOSE
TO SPACE WITHOUT EVER
REALIZING IT.
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE,
THERE'S JUST A THIN LAYER
OF ATMOSPHERE THAT
ALL OF HUMANITY'S LIVING IN
AND OUTSIDE OF THAT IS SPACE.
SO IT'S IMPRESSIVE TO ME
HOW CLOSE WE REALLY ARE ALL
TO WHAT WE SEE AS OUTER SPACE.
FROM A PHOTOGRAPHY
PERSPECTIVE, I THINK
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE
FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE,
SO MY FAVORITE THING TO DO
IS TO TRY TO CAPTURE
THOSE PICTURES THAT SHOW
BOTH THE SPACE AND PLACES
THAT WE RECOGNIZE
AND CALL HOME ON THE PLANET.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND KOMRADE, I KNOW
YOU'VE SHARED SOME JUST
THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE EARTH
COMPARED TO SOME OTHER
IMAGES, YOU KNOW, BEING
ON THE EARTH, TOO.
AND THOSE ARE AN ABSOLUTE
PLEASURE TO SEE.
BUT I KNOW WE HAVE
SOME ACTUAL QUESTIONS COMING IN
FROM SOME OF OUR LISTENERS
RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH.
THAT'S AMAZING.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO ACTUALLY
SEE THAT VIEW IN PERSON,
BUT NEXT BEST THING OF COURSE
IS TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT
THROUGH PICTURES AND VIDEOS
THAT YOU GUYS ARE TAKING.
AND THE WHOLE WORLD
REALLY APPRECIATES THAT.
WE'VE GOT SOME AWESOME
QUESTIONS COMING IN.
LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE
INTERESTED IN PHOTOGRAPHY
IN SPACE AND YOU GUYS
ON THE SPACE STATION.
SO JACE ON FACEBOOK WANTS
TO KNOW, "THERE ARE SO MANY
"CAMERAS ON THE SPACE
"STATION-- HOW DO YOU DECIDE
"WHICH CAMERA TO USE?
"AND CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE
"BIT ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT
"YOU DO HAVE UP THERE?"
>> YES, SO WE DO HAVE--
FOR STILL PHOTOGRAPHY,
WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE
A NIKON CAMERA.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE SEVERAL D4.
EACH ONE OF US GETS HIS OWN,
PLUS WE HAVE A COUPLE
PLACED STRATEGICALLY.
SOME OF THEM ARE DEDICATED
FOR SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
LIKE MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY.
WE NEED TO DO
A LOT OF MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY
FOR EQUIPMENT HERE.
SOME WE JUST DEDICATED
TO TAKE-- THERE WAS A MICRO--
A MICRO SHOT, RIGHT?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> TRY ONE WITH
A TELE LENS HERE.
SOME, LIKE THIS ONE,
WE REALLY USE WHEN WE ARE
POINTING AT EARTH AND WE HAVE
SOME WINDOWS THAT HAVE
A SPECIAL CAPABILITY
OF LETTING US TAKE PICTURES
WITH THIS LENS.
AND THEN, WE HAVE-- WE ALSO
HAVE A RED DRAGON CAMERA
THAT WE USE FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY.
WE HAVE VIDEO CAMERAS THAT
ALLOW US TO TAKE HD PHOTOS.
I MEAN, I WOULD SAY THAT
FROM A POINT OF VIEW
OF CAMERAS, LENSES, SET-UP,
WE ARE ALL SET HERE.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING
THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE.
IT'S JUST WHAT IS MISSING
A LITTLE BIT IS THE TIME
BECAUSE IT TAKES TIME
TO BE THERE AT THE WINDOW.
IT'S NOT THAT YOU JUST
GO THERE AND YOU CAN TAKE
A PICTURE AND LEAVE.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING
THAT REALLY MAKES SENSE
YOU NEED TO HAVE TO BE THERE
AND STAY THERE AND
UNDERSTAND-- BECAUSE
IT'S A VERY QUICK CHANGING
ENVIRONMENT HERE.
YOU HAVE TO THINK THAT
WE ARE FLYING AROUND EARTH
AT ABOUT 4 MILES PER SECOND
AND THINGS CHANGE
REALLY DRAMATICALLY
AND REALLY QUICKLY.
AND NOT ONLY THAT,
YOU DON'T ALWAYS PASS OVER
THE SAME PLACE WITH THE SAME
CONDITIONS, ACTUALLY
ALMOST NEVER.
SO ALL THE CONDITIONS CHANGE
CONTINUOUSLY-- THE SUN,
THE CLOUD COVERAGE, THE SEASONS.
I MEAN, THE COLORS, THE MOON,
MAKES A LOT OF CHANGES
DURING THE NIGHT.
SO IT'S BEEN A QUITE
INTERESTING TIME HERE
IN TRYING TO TAKE ALL OF THIS
ARMADA OF EQUIPMENT THAT
WE HAVE AND TRY TO MAKE IT
DO WHAT WE WANT IT TO DO.
NOT ALWAYS HAPPENS, BUT
SOMEBODY WILL GET REALLY GREAT,
GREAT THINGS SOMETIMES.
>> YEAH, SOUNDS LIKE
THERE'S A PARTICULAR TECHNIQUE
TO TAKE THE ABSOLUTE BEST
PICTURES THAT YOU CAN.
AND FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING,
YOU HAVE TO BE THERE
FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND THIS IS JUST SOMETHING
THAT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN
INTERESTED IN ASKING,
BUT I'M SURE THE CUPOLA IS
JUST A HOT PLACE TO BE
ON THE SPACE STATION
TO GET THOSE PHOTOS.
SO HOW DO YOU SHARE
YOUR TIME?
AND WHO GETS TO-- TO SEE
WHO GETS TO GO IN THE CUPOLA?
>> WELL, PAOLO'S THE BIGGEST
SO HE ALWAYS GETS THE FIRST--
HE GETS THE FIRST GO.
THERE'S A LOT OF TIME
IN THE DAY, BUT WE'RE REALLY
BUSY AND SO IF SOMEBODY HAS
AN INTEREST, THEY KNOW
SOMETHING'S COMING UP
THEY WANT TO SEE, THEY LET US
ALL KNOW AND WE RESPECT THAT
AND LET THEM HAVE THAT SPACE.
BUT SOMETIMES, THINGS MIGHT
COME UP IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT, SO IT'S AT TIMES
WE'RE ALL IN THERE BECAUSE
SOMETHING IS SO COOL
AND WE ALL WANT TO SEE IT.
AND SOMETIMES, YOU'RE
IN THERE BY YOURSELF
JUST ENJOYING IT.
AND SOMETIMES, YOU DON'T
TAKE PICTURES.
I'M NOT THE GREATEST
PHOTOGRAPHER SO I JUST
ENJOY GOING AND LOOKING
OUT THE WINDOW.
BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN,
WE WRESTLE FOR IT AND--
BUT WE MAKE IT WORK.
>> ALL RIGHT, THIS ONE'S
FOR JOE TOO FOR YOU.
I HAVE TO ASK FROM FACEBOOK,
JESSICA SAYS, "MY FIRST GRADERS
"WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
"WHAT YOUR FAVORITE PART
"ABOUT SPACE IS?
"JOE WAS MY MIDDLE SCHOOL
"TEACHER AND NOW I'M A TEACHER."
THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
>> WOW!
THAT'S VERY COOL.
HELLO, JESSICA.
GLAD THAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING US.
THERE ARE SO MANY COOL THINGS
ABOUT BEING IN SPACE.
ONE OF THEM IS, OF COURSE,
FLOATING AROUND.
THESE GUYS ARE COOL
AND THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT
WE FORM ARE REALLY,
REALLY COOL.
SO I WOULD SAY BEING ABLE
TO DO THIS AND JUST KIND OF
HANG OUT IN ANY DIRECTION
YOU WANT, YOU KIND OF FEEL
LIKE A SUPERHERO,
SO THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
BUT AGAIN, LOOKING BACK
AT THE EARTH IS SIMPLY AMAZING.
SO JESSICA, I HOPE
YOUR FIRST GRADERS GET INSPIRED
TO KEEP STUDYING HARD,
STUDYING THE STEM FIELDS,
AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE
DOING MORE THAN WE'RE DOING
TODAY ON THE SPACE STATION
AND MAYBE THEY'LL BE
VISITING OTHER PLANETS.
SO THANKS A LOT.
>> THANKS, JOE.
AND I JUST HAVE TO MENTION
THAT SHE MENTIONED
IN THAT COMMENT THAT YOU WERE
A FORMER CLASSROOM TEACHER
AND YOU'RE UP THERE.
FOLLOWING YOU WE'LL HAVE
RICKY ARNOLD, WHO IS ALSO
A FORMER CLASSROOM TEACHER.
AND AS PART OF THAT,
WE'RE REALLY TALKING A LOT
ABOUT EDUCATION AND HOW
IT RELATES TO THE SPACE STATION.
SO YOU CAN GO LOOK UP
STEM ON STATION AND
THERE'S A WEBSITE OUT THERE,
AND EDUCATORS CAN FIND
A LOT OF COOL RESOURCES THERE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ALL RIGHT, I GOT ANOTHER
QUESTION ON FACEBOOK.
THIS IS FROM JACE: "WERE YOU
"ABLE TO OPERATE PROFESSIONAL
"CAMERAS BEFORE BECOMING
"ASTRONAUTS, OR DID YOU
"LEARN ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY
"DURING TRAINING?"
>> I NEVER TOUCHED
A PROFESSIONAL CAMERA UNTIL
I BECAME AN ASTRONAUT.
AND THAT'S BEEN ONE OF
THE REALLY NEAT OPPORTUNITIES
ABOUT BEING AN ASTRONAUT
IS THE-- LIKE THE VERY FANCY
CAMERAS LIKE THE RED CAMERA
THAT PAOLO MENTIONED.
IT'S A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE
ARRAY OF EQUIPMENT AND
THE GREAT TRAINERS TO HELP US
LEARN HOW TO USE THEM.
>> SO SABOT, I MEAN,
YOU'VE BEEN UP THERE-- THIS IS
YOUR FIRST SPACE FLIGHT
AND YOU HAVE A UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE BEING A FIRST TIME
FLYER, BUT ESPECIALLY
I WAS WATCHING YOU
ON YOUR SPACEWALK AND YOU GOT
A COUPLE MOMENTS TO-- DURING
THE SPACEWALK LOOK DOWN
AT THE EARTH.
SO CAN YOU SORT OF DESCRIBE
THAT EXPERIENCE?
>> IT'S HARD TO TAKE IT ALL IN.
IT'S SO MASSIVE.
IT'S EVERYWHERE.
THE THINGS THAT STUCK OUT
IN MY MIND WERE SEEING--
AT NIGHT, SEEING FLASHES
OF LIGHTNING THAT WENT ON
FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.
THE BRIGHT SUNLIGHT,
IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
IN FACT, I'LL NEVER FORGET
WHEN-- ON THE VERY FIRST
SPACEWALK WHEN RANDY OPENED
THE HATCH THE AIRLOCK JUST
LIT UP BECAUSE OF ALL
THE REFLECTED LIGHT COMING FROM
THE EARTH INTO THE AIRLOCK.
AND THE AIRLOCK'S
A VERY CONFINED PLACE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE-- IT'S WELL LIT,
BUT IT'S NOT LIT LIKE THE SUN,
AND SO IT CHANGED THE FEELING
OF THE AIRLOCK DRAMATICALLY
WHEN THAT HATCH OPENED UP
AND THEN IT REALLY FELT
REAL TO ME.
>> THAT'S AWESOME.
ALL RIGHT, ANOTHER QUESTION.
COLIN ON FACEBOOK WANTS
TO KNOW, "IF YOU GUYS TAKE
"SPACE SELFIES UP THERE?"
MAYBE YOU GOT TO TAKE ONE
ON YOUR SPACEWALK.
>> [ INDISTINCT ].
>> GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.
>> YEAH, I JUST POSTED
SOMETHING FROM OUR LAST
SPACEWALK ON TUESDAY WITH
THE SPACE SELFIE AND TRIED
TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE BECAUSE
YOU GOT THESE BIG INFLATED
GLOVES ON AND YOU'RE TRYING
TO TAKE THIS CAMERA.
AND IT'S LIKE IF YOU WENT
TO YOUR OVEN, AND GRABBED
YOUR OVEN MITTS, AND THEN
GRABBED YOUR CAMERA
AND TRIED TO TAKE THE SELFIE.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S KIND OF LIKE
IN SPACE TRYING TO DO THAT,
AND LINE IT UP, AND FEEL FOR
THE BUTTON, AND GET THE SHOT.
SO YOU END UP TRYING TO
SQUEEZE IT A FEW TIMES.
HOPEFULLY YOU SEE MAYBE
THE SHUTTER ACTUALLY
TOOK THE PICTURE.
AND THEN YOU COME BACK
INSIDE LATER ON AND GO,
"HEY, DID I GET ANYTHING?"
>> SO PAOLO, WE WERE KIND OF
LOOKING AT SOME OF YOUR PHOTOS
ON TWITTER, JUST THE ONES
THAT YOU'RE SHARING.
I SEE A LOT OF AMAZING
PICTURES OF ITALY, BUT
ONE THAT REALLY STUCK OUT
IN MY MIND WAS A PICTURE
OF MADAGASCAR AND
THE LOGGING GOING ON THERE.
JUST FROM THE PERSPECTIVE
THAT YOU SEE OF THE EARTH,
WHAT SORTS OF IDEAS OF HUMAN
INFLUENCE DO YOU SEE FROM
250 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH?
>> WELL, WHEN YOU COME UP HERE
AND YOU LOOK OUT OF THE WINDOW,
AND MOST OF THE TIME
YOU SEE OCEAN AND CLOUDS,
AND THEN SOMETIMES YOU EVEN
HAVE DIFFICULTIES ON SEEING
THE ACTUAL GROUND,
THE CONTINENTS.
AND THEN LITTLE BY LITTLE
YOU START ACQUIRING
THIS ACUITY, YOU LITERALLY
START SEEING DETAILS.
AND AT THE BEGINNING,
THE HUMAN PRESENCE IS NOT
SO EVIDENT, AND THEN IT BECOMES
MORE AND MORE AND MORE EVIDENT,
UP TO THE POINT THAT
WHEN YOU GO THERE AND
IT'S NIGHT YOU ESSENTIALLY
SEE THE PLANET LIT UP,
ALL THE CONTINENT'S LIT UP
LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE.
AND IN SOME OF THE PLACES
IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES
THE PRESENCE OF THE HUMAN
BEINGS, IT'S INCREDIBLE.
AND THEN, YOU START FOCUSING
ON OTHER THINGS, LIKE
YOU SEE RIVERS, YOU SEE
HOW THERE'S A SHAPE.
YOU SEE HOW THINGS HAVE
CHANGED, HOW HAS HUMAN BEINGS
HAVE TRYING TO MODEL NATURE
ACCORDING TO OUR NEEDS
AND NOT OURSELF ACCORDING TO
THE NEEDS OF NATURE.
AND THIS CHANGE BECOMES
REALLY APPARENT.
THERE IN THAT PICTURE THAT
YOU'RE REFERRING TO, YOU SEE
ESSENTIALLY ALL THE RED DIRT
THAT IS WASHING OVER
ON THE OCEAN.
NOT ANYMORE KEPT BY THE FOREST
BY THE PLANTS-- BY THE PLANTS
THERE IN MADAGASCAR.
AND THIS IS SO EVIDENT.
IT'S REALLY CLEAR FROM UP HERE
THAT WE ARE A MAJOR FORCE
INTO THIS PLANET AND WE ARE
CHANGING NATURE.
IS THAT GOOD, IS THAT BAD?
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT IT.
FOR SURE WE PROBABLY NEED TO
PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT WE ARE
DOING IF WE WANT TO KEEP
THE ENVIRONMENT AS IT IS
TODAY OR YESTERDAY.
>> SIMILAR TO THAT, NATALIE IS
ASKING, "IF YOU'VE OBSERVED
"A CHANGE IN COLOR OF
"THE SUNRISES AND SUNSETS
"DUE TO THE WILDFIRES
"ACROSS NORTH AMERICA?
"OR MAYBE IF YOU'VE BEEN ABLE
"TO SEE ANYTHING,
"ANY OF THE WILDFIRES?"
>> WE'VE SEEN THE WILDFIRES
WHEN WE WERE OVER IN OREGON
AND WASHINGTON LAST MONTH.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY
OUR DAY CYCLE WORKS, WE'RE NOT
GOING OVER CALIFORNIA
AT TIME WHERE WE'RE
TYPICALLY LOOKING OUTSIDE
DURING DAYLIGHT.
SO NONE OF US HAVE REALLY
SEEN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
WILDFIRES THAT MUCH YET.
YOU CAN SEE CERTAINLY
THE SMOKE OBSCURES
THE LOOK DOWN, BUT HAVEN'T SEEN
ANY CHANGES TO THE OVERALL
ATMOSPHERE OR THE COLOR
OF THE SUN BECAUSE
IT'S JUST NOT THAT MANY--
THAT MUCH PARTICULATE
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT
AT A GLOBAL SCALE.
>> SO KOMRADE, KIND OF
SIMILAR QUESTION.
RECENTLY, AGAIN, WE WERE
LOOKING AT A LOT OF THE PHOTOS
THAT YOU'RE SHARING
ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT RECENTLY
THERE'VE BEEN QUITE A FEW
HURRICANES THAT HAVE HIT
THE UNITED STATES,
PUERTO RICO, A LOT OF
THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS AND
YOU SHARED YOUR PERSPECTIVE
OF THAT VIEW.
CAN YOU-- I MEAN,
THE PICTURES CAN TELL
ONE STORY, BUT JUST
FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE,
WHAT WAS IT LIKE SEEING IT
FROM THE SPACE STATION?
>> CERTAINLY, THE FORMATION
OF WEATHER CAN BE A REAL
BEAUTIFUL THING AND
HURRICANES HAVE THEIR OWN
SHAPE AND DO AMAZING THINGS
WITH THE CLOUDS.
BUT IT'S WHEN YOU REALIZE
THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER
UNDERNEATH IT IT CEASES
BEING AS BEAUTIFUL.
AND CERTAINLY, THE FIRST ONE
FOR US WAS HURRICANE HARVEY
THAT WENT RIGHT OVER
OUR FAMILIES, AND OUR HOMES,
AND OUR FRIENDS,
AND MISSION CONTROL
DOWN THERE IN HOUSTON.
AND SO, THAT WAS-- YOU SAY,
"TOO CLOSE TO HOME."
WELL, THAT WAS AT HOME
SO THAT WAS TOO CLOSE
TO HOME FOR US.
SO THEN THE PARADE
OF HURRICANES AFTER THAT
WAS JUST DISHEARTENING
BECAUSE THERE WERE JUST
SO MANY, AND SO MANY PEOPLE
AFFECTED, AND SO MUCH
DEVASTATION THAT IT-- WE WERE
TAKING PICTURES TO HOPEFULLY
HELP THE RESEARCHERS THAT
ARE USING THOSE TO FIGURE OUT
HOW HURRICANES FORM,
HOW THEY CONTINUE TO MANIFEST
THEMSELVES, WHAT WE CAN DO
TO PROTECT OURSELVES.
AND THEN, IT WAS TAKING
PICTURES AFTERWARDS,
HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPHY,
MAPPING THE AREAS
TO SHOW WHERE THERE WAS
FLOODING OR DESTRUCTION THAT
WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT
AT THAT POINT BECAUSE
THERE STILL WASN'T
COMMUNICATION OR CAMERA CREWS
WERE ABLE TO GO OUT
AND PICTURE STUFF.
SO IT WAS AN UNFORTUNATE
PROJECT THAT WE ENDED UP
DOING, BUT HOPEFULLY
THE WORK WE DID UP HERE
TRANSLATES INTO SOME SCIENCE,
AND WE'RE ABLE TO TRANSLATE IT
INTO ACTUAL PRACTICAL STUFF
THAT'LL HELP PEOPLE
IN THE FUTURE.
>> I WOULD THINK IT DID.
IT'S SUCH A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SEEING THE HURRICANES AND
THE FLOODING AND ALL OF THAT
FROM SPACE IS JUST REALLY
AN OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE THAT
YOU JUST CAN'T SEE WHEN
YOU ARE RIGHT HERE NEXT TO IT.
SO IT'S VERY INTERESTING.
AND SIMILAR TO THAT, NATALIE
WANTS TO KNOW IF YOU COULD
TALK TO US ABOUT
THE WORF RACK, WHAT TYPES
OF PHOTOS DO YOU TAKE
FROM THERE, AND HOW DO YOU USE
PHOTOGRAPHY FOR SCIENCE.
>> YEAH, SO WE HAVE VARIOUS
PROJECTS THAT WE'LL DO,
AND ACTUALLY THE WORF RACK
IS RIGHT HERE BENEATH US.
IT'S ONE OF THE BEST
WINDOWS THAT WE HAVE
ON THE SPACE STATION.
IT'S VERY WELL PROTECTED,
SO VERY PRISTINE, AND WE CAN
GET SOME REALLY COOL PHOTOS.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR US,
IT'S USUALLY COVERED UP,
SO WE DON'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY
TO USE IT TOO OFTEN.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF SCIENCE
THAT GOES ON.
I KNOW WHEN I WAS HERE
LAST TIME, WE HAD THE EARTHCAM
PROJECT GOING ON WHERE
MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN
WERE TAKING PHOTOS AND
LEARNING ABOUT THOSE DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
WE WERE ALSO USING IT
FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES
TO MAP DIFFERENT THINGS,
SO IT'S A MULTIPURPOSE WINDOW,
AND IT IS JUST A VERY UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU CAN GET
FROM HERE.
AND THEN YOU CAN PUT
THE CAMERAS AT DIFFERENT
ANGLES, YOU CAN DO
THE DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR,
DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY.
SO IT HAS A LOT
OF FLEXIBILITY.
IT'S PRETTY COOL.
>> THERE'S ALSO-- I KNOW
WE'VE DONE-- THERE'S
AN EXPERIMENT THAT'S BEEN
GOING ON WITH ANALYZING
THE SPECTRUM OF METEORS THAT
ARE FALLING TOWARDS THE EARTH
AND USING DIFFRACTION
GRATINGS WITH THE LENS.
SO THERE'S SOME REALLY
INTERESTING SCIENCE THAT
CAN COME OUT OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
>> SO SABOT AND JOE,
BOTH OF YOU HAVE BEEN EDUCATORS
IN THE PAST, AND-- JOE JUST
BEING A MIDDLE SCHOOL
TEACHER, AND SABOT WITH--
AT WEST POINT.
BUT IS THERE SORT OF
AN EDUCATION PERSPECTIVE THAT
YOU CAN DO FROM SHARING
YOUR VIEW OF THE EARTH?
OR MAYBE SOME OTHER
EXPERIMENTS YOU'RE DOING
ONBOARD THE STATION THAT
YOU CAN USE TO SHARE
WITH OTHERS.
>> WELL, I THINK AS
AN EDUCATOR, ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT TOOLS THAT YOU CAN
HAVE IS SHARING EXPERIENCES
AND REAL LIFE EXPERIENCES.
SO AS MUCH AS WE CAN DO THAT
TO HELP TEACHERS THAT ARE
OUT THERE AND PROVIDE THEM
MORE TOOLS TO DO THEIR JOB.
SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE,
IT'S BEEN NON-STOP.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE
THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL
YEAR, WHERE YOU'RE KIND OF
GETTING ON YOUR FEET,
GETTING THE BALL ROLLING.
BUT THEN WE HAD DRAGON,
AND THEN WE HAD TWO SPACEWALKS
ALREADY, SO TO BE HONEST
WITH YOU, THAT'S THE KIND
OF EXPERIENCE THAT
WE WANT TO SHARE.
AND HOPEFULLY BY DOING THAT
AND BY RECORDING THAT,
WHETHER IT'S WITH PHOTOS,
VIDEO-- WE CAN SHARE
THAT EXPERIENCES WITH TEACHERS
WHO CAN THEN SHARE THAT
WITH THEIR STUDENTS.
>> THAT'S AWESOME.
IT'S SO INTERESTING
TO SO MANY OF US DOWN HERE,
SO WE APPRECIATE BEING ABLE
TO HEAR ABOUT THE AWESOME WORK
YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
I HAVE TO MENTION, KOMRADE,
I'M GETTING A LOT OF COMMENTS
ON FACEBOOK ABOUT YOUR SHIRT--
PEOPLE REALLY LOVE IT,
SO I HAD TO TELL YOU THAT.
JOSEPH WANTS TO KNOW,
"WHAT'S THE MOST AMAZING
"PHOTO YOU TOOK?"
SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE
A FAVORITE PICTURE YET SO FAR?
>> IT'S-- IT'S RELATIVELY EASY
UP HERE TO DO TIME LAPSES,
WHICH MEANS A LOT OF PHOTOS.
AND THEY CAN GO GOOD
OR TOTALLY BAD.
I MEAN, I'VE DONE THOUSAND
PICTURE COMPLETELY WASTED.
THANK GOD IT'S NOT FILM
ANYMORE AND ELECTRONS
DON'T COST TOO MUCH.
BUT I GOT A COUPLE OF
TIME LAPSES PRETTY GOOD.
THE ONE THAT I THINK WAS
PROBABLY THE BEST IS ONE OF
THE AURORA IN THE NORTH.
SO IT WAS AURORA BOREALIS.
AND I CAN-- I DON'T KNOW
THAT NIGHT WHAT HAPPENED,
BUT THE SPACE OF THE AURORA,
THE COLORS TOWARD THE GROUND,
AND THE SHADOWS WENT
ALL THE WAY DOWN UNDER US.
AND THIS WAS, TO ME,
INCREDIBLE, ALL THAT SEQUENCE
OF PICTURES.
>> AND I THINK PAOLO
MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT
THE EARTH IS EVER CHANGING.
FOR ME, TO PICK OUT ONE
AFTER JUST THE FEW MONTHS
WE'VE BEEN HERE IS IMPOSSIBLE.
IT'S EVERY DAY THERE'S
ONE OR TWO THAT I GO,
"WOW, THAT WAS JUST SO AMAZING.
"I'M SO FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE
"TO HAVE SEEN THAT."
AND THAT'S A LOT OF THE STUFF
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO POST
AND SHARE WITH YOU GUYS,
BECAUSE EVERY DAY IS
FULL OF AMAZING PICTURES.
AND MY FOLDER OF AMAZING
PICTURES FROM SPACE
JUST KEEPS GROWING DAILY.
>> I'D SAY MY FAVORITE PHOTO
SO FAR IS ONE OF, FRANKLY,
ITALY AND THE ALPS THAT
WE HAPPENED-- I THINK KOMRADE
DREW MY ATTENTION TO IT,
GOT ME TO LOOK DOWN DURING
THE SPACEWALK, AND I SNAPPED
A COUPLE PICTURES.
THE CAMERA DID A LOT OF
GREAT WORK FOR ME, BECAUSE
ALL I COULD REALLY DO
IN THAT SITUATION WAS
PRESS THE BUTTON.
AND THE PICTURES TURNED OUT
GREAT-- REALLY BRIGHTLY LIT
JAPANESE MODULE OF THE SPACE
STATION IN THE FOREGROUND,
AND ITALY AND THE ALPS
IN THE BACKGROUND.
>> YEAH, AND IF I COULD
JUST ADD, PROBABLY
ONE OF MY FAVORITES WAS TAKEN
JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.
AND KOMRADE AND I HAD
A CONFERENCE THAT WAS
SCHEDULED WITH SOME OF
OUR FLIGHT DIRECTORS LOOKING AT
THE UPCOMING SPACEWALK,
AND ASKED OF ME, "WHERE ARE WE
"RIGHT NOW?"
HE'S LIKE, "I THINK
"THAT'S SOUTH AMERICA."
AND I SAID, "WELL,
"IS PUERTO RICO GOING TO BE
"COMING UP?"
AND HE'S LIKE, "WOW,
"THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE."
SO WE GRABBED CAMERAS
RIGHT AWAY, AND IT WAS JUST
A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
I KNOW PEOPLE ARE STILL
RECOVERING OVER IN PUERTO RICO,
SO THEY CAN SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL
THEIR ISLAND LOOKS FROM UP HERE.
BUT IT WAS PRETTY COOL
TO TAKE THAT TODAY.
>> I KNOW THE PEOPLE
IN PUERTO RICO WILL BE REALLY,
REALLY ANXIOUS TO SEE THAT.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'VE GOT
A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE EXPOSURE TIMES
ON YOUR CAMERAS.
CAN YOU GUYS TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT?
>> TYPICALLY FOR DAYTIME
EARTH OBS, WE'RE SHOOTING,
A LOT OF TIMES, SHUTTER
PRIORITY AND WE'RE SHOOTING
FOR ONE OVER THE FOCAL LENGTH.
SO IF YOU'VE GOT A 400MM LENS
LIKE THIS BIG MONSTER,
YOU'RE SHOOTING 1/400
AND LETTING THE CAMERA
TAKE CARE OF THE APERTURE.
NIGHTTIME IS
CERTAINLY DIFFERENT.
DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT
WE'VE GOT MOON OR WE DON'T.
AT THAT POINT, WE'RE SETTING UP
THE CAMERAS ON ARMS
SO THAT WE'RE NOT JIGGLING
THEM, LIKE A TRIPOD
ON THE GROUND.
AND WE'RE SHOOTING
ANYWHERE FROM A SECOND,
TO TWO SECOND, UP TO EVEN--
PAOLO WAS SHOOTING THIS WEEK
A TENTH OF A SECOND BECAUSE
IT WAS SO BRIGHT WITH
THE MOON OVER THE GROUND.
SO YOU KIND OF ADJUST
FOR THE CONDITIONS TO BE ABLE
TO GET THE SHOTS
ON THE TIME OF DAY.
>> GREAT, THANKS.
ALL RIGHT, JESSICA IS
SAYING, "HI FROM CHICAGO.
"CAN YOU RECALL A TIME
"WHEN YOU SAW SOMETHING
"FROM UP THERE THAT WAS
"IMPOSSIBLE TO BE CAPTURED
"ON CAMERA, OR SOMETHING THAT
"JUST DOESN'T DO JUSTICE
"ON CAMERA THAT
"YOU WISH TO SHARE?"
>> IT'S REALLY INTERESTING,
BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET.
AND ACTUALLY, YOU NEVER KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE,
TO START WITH.
MORE OR LESS YOU CAN PREDICT,
BUT THE CONDITION CHANGES
SO DRASTICALLY THAT YOU CAN
WAIT FOR THE WHOLE DAY
FOR A PASS OVER ITALY,
FOR EXAMPLE, JUST TO DISCOVER
THAT IT'S COMPLETELY
COVERED BY CLOUDS.
YOU DON'T EVEN SEE
WHERE IT IS.
OR THE OPPOSITE.
OR YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING,
YOU'RE THERE DOING EXERCISE.
WE HAVE THE CUPOLA
RIGHT THERE WHERE
WE'RE DOING EXERCISE.
YOU'RE THERE DOING A SET
OF SOMETHING AND SUDDENLY,
AN ISLAND APPEARS
OUT OF THE BLUE AND IS
INCREDIBLE COLORS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
I JUST LOST THE QUESTION.
WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?
>> [ INDISTINCT ].
>> AH, YES.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
THAT CANNOT BE-- I MEAN,
THE CAMERA CANNOT TRANSLATE,
AND-- BECAUSE IT'S VERY
DIFFICULT TO SEE THE LIGHT.
FOR EXAMPLE, I FIND IT
VERY DIFFICULT TO TAKE PICTURES
WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN,
BECAUSE THERE IS
THIS HUGE BRIGHT SUN THERE
AND YOU'RE TRYING
TO CAPTURE SOMETHING ELSE
AND YOU CANNOT DO IT.
SO IN SPACE, THERE ARE
HUGE CONTRASTS BETWEEN
THE FULL DAY AND THE FULL NIGHT.
THERE IS NOTHING IN THE MIDDLE
THERE, AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT
TO TRANSITION.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE DO
A NIGHTTIME TIME LAPSES
AND WE SET UP THE CAMERA
FOR NIGHT, AS SOON AS WE GET
THE SUN, JUST A LITTLE BIT
OF SUN OUT IT'S TOTALLY
WASHED OUT.
AND I WOULD LOVE, FOR EXAMPLE,
TO SHOW THIS TRANSITION
AS WE SEE IT WITH THE EYE
THAT ADJUSTS CONTINUOUSLY.
THIS TRANSITION FROM NIGHT
TO DAY, THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT I STILL HAVEN'T
FIGURED OUT A WAY TO DO IT.
MAYBE WE'LL THINK ABOUT IT
AND WE'LL WORK ON IT.
>> WELL, KOMRADE, THAT
KIND OF MAKES ME THINK OF--
I KNOW VERY SOON-- I THINK
ON OCTOBER 23rd YOU WANT TO
DO A SORT OF AROUND THE WORLD
IN 90 MINUTES AND THEN
KIND OF SHARE YOUR PERSPECTIVE
OF A GREAT PASS OVER
A LOT OF POPULATED CITIES AND
VARIOUS FEATURES OF THE EARTH.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT
WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE FOR THAT,
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO
OVER THOSE 90 MINUTES?
>> WELL, IT'S NOT JUST ME.
IT'S GOING TO END UP BEING
A CREW PROJECT.
AND THE THOUGHT WAS
TO SHOW EVERYBODY ON THE GROUND
WHAT IT'S LIKE, AND
THE FEATURES THAT CAPTURE
OUR ATTENTION DURING EACH
MINUTE OF THOSE 90 MINUTES
IN ONE REVOLUTION OF THE EARTH,
WHETHER IT'S DAY OR NIGHT.
AND IDEALLY PEOPLE ARE
ENGAGED AND THEY CAN THEN
ADD TO THE PROJECT AND
THE CONVERSATION--
WHAT WAS GOING ON ON THE GROUND
AT THAT MOMENT THEMSELVES--
AND KIND OF CREATE THIS MOMENT
IN TIME WHERE WE CIRCLE
THE GLOBE, AND WHAT WAS
THE WORLD DOING AT THAT MOMENT?
AND SO WE'LL BE TRYING
TO TAKE THOSE PICTURES.
I THINK WE HAVEN'T QUITE
SETTLED ON A DATE YET,
BUT YES, IT'LL BE AFTER
WE FINISH OUR LAST EVAs,
AND SOMETHING THAT WE HOPE
IS A GLOBAL PROJECT THAT'LL
INCLUDE MOST OF THE WORLD'S
POPULATION THAT WE CAN GET
IN A SINGLE PASS, AND REALLY
SHOW OFF, SHOWCASE
ONE REVOLUTION OF OUR PLANET.
>> CAN'T WAIT TO SEE
WHAT YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR THAT.
WELL, GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME
TO COME ON THE PODCAST TODAY
AND SHARE YOUR PERSPECTIVE
OF EARTH.
IT'S JUST SO UNIQUE-- LITERALLY
NO ONE ELSE ON THIS PLANET
HAS THAT PERSPECTIVE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT.
AND I KNOW THIS IS THE END
OF THE DAY FOR YOU, TOO,
SO AGAIN, APPRECIATE
ALL FOUR OF YOU PARTICIPATING
IN THIS.
SO JUST WANT TO WISH YOU
THE BEST OF LUCK ON THE REST
OF YOUR MISSION, AND GODSPEED.
CAN'T WAIT TIL
YOU GUYS GET HOME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GARY.
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO
THE NEXT TIME WE GET TO TALK
TO YOU, AND READY-- BREAK.
>> STATION, THIS IS
HOUSTON ACR.
THAT CONCLUDES THE EVENT.
>> THANK YOU TO ALL
THE PARTICIPANTS FROM JSC PAO.
STATION, WE ARE NOW
RESUMING OPERATIONAL
AUDIO COMMUNICATION.
>> AW, FANTASTIC.
HOW 'BOUT THAT, MEGAN?
>> THAT WAS AMAZING!
>> FOUR ASTRONAUTS.
WE GOT TO SEE THEIR
PERSPECTIVE OF THE PLANET.
AND I KNOW WE WERE THROWN
SOME IMAGES-- THOSE WERE
ACTUAL IMAGES THAT THEY TOOK
WHILE THEY WERE ACTUALLY--
SOME OF THE STILL
PHOTOGRAPHY THAT THE CAMERA
THEY ACTUALLY SHOWED WHILE
THEY WERE UP THERE, BUT THEN
SOME OF THOSE TIME LAPSES
THAT PAOLO WAS TALKING
ABOUT, TOO.
ABSOLUTELY JUST SUCH
A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.
>> YEAH, IT'S SO COOL
TO TALK TO THEM AND TO HEAR
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THEIR EXPERIENCE.
AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE
ALL THOSE PICTURES ON
THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.
AND JUST AMAZING PICTURES
THEY'VE TAKEN.
>> YEAH, LET'S GO THROUGH THEM.
SO WHO CAN WE FOLLOW
ON THE STATION?
>> ALL RIGHT, SO ALL FOUR
OF THOSE GUYS WE JUST TALKED TO
ARE ALL ON TWITTER,
SO YOU CAN FOLLOW THEM ALL
ON TWITTER.
KOMRADE IS @ASTROKOMRADE.
JOE IS @ASTROACABA.
SABOT IS @ASTRO_SABOT.
PAOLO IS @ASTRO_PAOLO.
AND YOU CAN FOLLOW
ALL THE ASTRONAUTS AT
@NASA_ASTRONAUTS.
AND ALSO, KOMRADE AND PAOLO
ARE ALSO ON INSTAGRAM.
SO IF YOU LIKE INSTAGRAM,
YOU CAN LOOK THEM UP
ON INSTAGRAM AND SEE
ALL THEIR PICTURES.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH.
AND WE TRY TO KIND OF
CONSOLIDATE THAT INTO
THAT ASTRONAUTS ACCOUNT, TOO,
SO YOU CAN JUST SEE
EVERYONE'S PICTURES.
AND THEY ARE SOME
AMAZING PHOTOS.
AGAIN, THESE PHOTOS THAT
WE'RE SHARING WITH YOU,
A LOT OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY
SHARED ON THEIR TWITTER
ACCOUNT, SO YOU CAN FOLLOW
ALONG ON THAT JOURNEY.
AND I KNOW THAT EACH OF THEM
HAVE A COUPLE MONTHS LEFT,
SO THERE'S PLENTY OF IMAGES
TO SEE OVER THESE NEXT
COUPLE OF MONTHS.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
ASTRONAUT PHOTOGRAPHY
OR ANYTHING NASA RELATED,
JUST GO ON YOUR FAVORITE
SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK AND USE
THE HASHTAG #ASKNASA.
IF YOU WANT TO ASK US
SPECIFICALLY A QUESTION ON
"HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PODCAST"
JUST MENTION US
IN THAT #ASKNASA QUESTION.
#HWHAP I THINK IS THE ONE
WE LIKE TO USE FOR HWHAP
JUST SO YOU CAN LIMIT
ALL THOSE CHARACTERS,
ESPECIALLY FOR TWITTER.
BUT IF YOU'RE NOT FOLLOWING
"HOUSTON,WE HAVE A PODCAST"
ALREADY, SHAMELESS PLUG.
I'D SAY GO AND SUBSCRIBE
ON WHATEVER PODCAST AVENUE
YOU LISTEN TO.
I KNOW WE'RE ON iTUNES,
SOUNDCLOUD, AND NASA.GOV.
WE JUST RECENTLY GOT ON
GOOGLE PLAY, SO WHATEVER
MEDIUM YOU LIKE TO LISTEN
TO YOUR PODCASTS AT.
SO I THINK THAT'LL DO IT
FOR US HERE.
AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS, USE
THE HASHTAG #NASA, AND BE SURE
TO SUBSCRIBE TO "HOUSTON,
"WE HAVE A PODCAST."
AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME,
HOPEFULLY THE NEXT TIME
WE'RE ON CAMERA
TALKING TO SPACE.
>> YEAH.
>> I HOPE SO.
SO SUBSCRIBE TO "HOUSTON,
"WE HAVE A PODCAST."
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
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