1 00:01:43,269 --> 00:01:45,854 NARRATOR: What an incredible sight. 2 00:01:46,689 --> 00:01:49,191 A Hollywood special effect, you're thinking? 3 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,985 But, no, it's for real. 4 00:01:53,863 --> 00:01:56,574 It's the I nternational Space Station. 5 00:01:56,741 --> 00:02:01,078 Two hundred and fifty miles above us right now, it's being built... 6 00:02:01,245 --> 00:02:03,580 ...by just a few dozen astronauts. 7 00:02:05,708 --> 00:02:08,544 If you'll come along with me, we'll go behind the scenes... 8 00:02:08,711 --> 00:02:12,256 ...and find out how these extraordinary people do it. 9 00:02:12,423 --> 00:02:16,385 SCOTT: Okay, Chris, I'm just gonna head on back to the aft of the payload bay here. 10 00:02:16,552 --> 00:02:18,136 MAN : Roger, I see you. 11 00:02:19,889 --> 00:02:22,892 SCOTT: What a beautiful view out the port side there. 12 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,436 MAN : Yeah , it's spectacular. 13 00:02:37,740 --> 00:02:41,744 Working outside in the vacuum of space is a dangerous business. 14 00:02:43,371 --> 00:02:45,373 First, you calculate all the risks. 15 00:02:45,539 --> 00:02:47,165 [CLAN KS] 16 00:02:48,417 --> 00:02:51,086 Then, you learn how to deal with them. 17 00:02:53,547 --> 00:02:57,676 SCOTT: Chris, it looks like I've drifted off structure here a little bit. 18 00:02:58,010 --> 00:03:00,178 I'll try and pull myself back in. 19 00:03:00,346 --> 00:03:02,514 MAN : It looks like your tether is disconnected. 20 00:03:02,682 --> 00:03:04,767 I show it coiling away from you. 21 00:03:04,934 --> 00:03:08,354 And , Scott, you've headed out over the port nose of the vehicle. 22 00:03:08,521 --> 00:03:10,272 It looks you're out the port side. 23 00:03:10,439 --> 00:03:12,983 They should be able to see you out windows 1 , 2, or 3. 24 00:03:13,484 --> 00:03:16,528 SCOTT: Okay, I'm going for the SAFER. MAN : Okay, I agree. 25 00:03:16,696 --> 00:03:18,781 SCOTT: Deploying the hand controller. MAN : I see it. 26 00:03:18,948 --> 00:03:22,242 SCOTT: Okay, it swung out. Bring it up to the work envelope. 27 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,830 MAN : I got it in front of you. I see it. SCOTT: Power on. Got AH Light. 28 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,876 MAN : Looks like you're starting to correct now. 29 00:03:32,044 --> 00:03:33,545 SCOTT: Beginning to close. 30 00:03:33,796 --> 00:03:35,255 MAN : Looks nice. 31 00:04:03,159 --> 00:04:04,785 -I've got it. CH RIS: Your feet are clear. 32 00:04:04,952 --> 00:04:06,995 Back on structure. Let's get some tethers on. 33 00:04:07,163 --> 00:04:08,497 CH RIS: Looks good , I concur. 34 00:04:08,664 --> 00:04:11,583 I see you got a good solid , your feet are clear below. 35 00:04:11,751 --> 00:04:15,796 For you and me, the virtual reality lab at the Johnson Space Center... 36 00:04:15,963 --> 00:04:17,714 ...might be the ultimate video game. 37 00:04:17,882 --> 00:04:20,551 -Cheated death again. We're back on . -I concur. 38 00:04:21,302 --> 00:04:24,179 But if you're Scott Parazynski and Chris Hadfield... 39 00:04:24,346 --> 00:04:27,182 ...it's where you learn how to escape from your worst nightmare. 40 00:04:27,349 --> 00:04:29,434 MAN : N ice job. I like that. It was very smooth. 41 00:04:29,602 --> 00:04:30,853 WOMAN : You're absolutely right. 42 00:04:31,020 --> 00:04:33,063 They're a construction team. 43 00:04:33,230 --> 00:04:36,441 One of many that will fly a whole series of missions... 44 00:04:36,609 --> 00:04:39,028 ...to assemble the station in orbit. 45 00:04:41,572 --> 00:04:43,031 SCOTT: Another day at the office. 46 00:04:47,703 --> 00:04:50,956 It takes many parts to make a whole space station. 47 00:04:55,461 --> 00:04:57,796 Some modules are so big and heavy... 48 00:04:57,963 --> 00:05:01,925 ...there's just enough rocket power to launch them one at a time. 49 00:05:03,969 --> 00:05:06,763 They've been designed and built by thousands of people... 50 00:05:06,931 --> 00:05:09,016 ...in 10 different countries. 51 00:05:10,976 --> 00:05:14,729 Some pieces are tested here at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 52 00:05:14,897 --> 00:05:16,648 Others in Russia. 53 00:05:18,067 --> 00:05:22,237 But will they all fit together when they arrive in space ? 54 00:05:25,199 --> 00:05:29,077 The first station component was designed and built in Russia. 55 00:05:29,245 --> 00:05:33,745 It's called Zarya. It'll be boosted to orbit by the Proton rocket. 56 00:05:34,959 --> 00:05:38,629 With a thrust of 2. 5 million pounds... 57 00:05:38,796 --> 00:05:42,549 ...you don't want to be anywhere close by when they light that fuse. 58 00:06:19,420 --> 00:06:21,713 Proton is an expendable rocket. 59 00:06:21,881 --> 00:06:26,381 After delivering Zarya to orbit, it'll fall back to Earth into a safe zone. 60 00:06:29,638 --> 00:06:32,390 Other station parts will be hauled up by a fleet of ships... 61 00:06:32,558 --> 00:06:35,644 ...of a very different design: 62 00:06:35,811 --> 00:06:38,480 NASA's space shuttles. 63 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:43,986 They're more like hi-tech delivery trucks. 64 00:06:45,321 --> 00:06:47,323 One of these will close in on Zarya... 65 00:06:47,489 --> 00:06:50,116 ...then the crew will grab it with the shuttle's arm. 66 00:06:50,284 --> 00:06:53,829 MAN 1 : Houston , Endeavour, we have Zarya firmly attached to the orbiter. 67 00:06:53,996 --> 00:06:55,872 We're haltway home for the day. 68 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:57,833 MAN 2: N ice job. MAN 1 : All right. 69 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,127 It was a big moment for the crew... 70 00:07:00,294 --> 00:07:03,880 ...especially astronaut Nancy Currie, who operated the arm. 71 00:07:04,048 --> 00:07:05,716 She sure didn't want to miss. 72 00:07:05,883 --> 00:07:08,260 WOMAN : That was the longest 15 minutes of my entire life. 73 00:07:08,427 --> 00:07:09,469 [CREW LAUGH I NG] 74 00:07:09,637 --> 00:07:11,221 MAN 3: Okay, back to the procedures. 75 00:07:11,764 --> 00:07:14,975 MAN 4: All right. Wait, give me my rendezvous procedures. 76 00:07:15,142 --> 00:07:18,687 The American module Unity is mounted in the cargo bay. 77 00:07:19,063 --> 00:07:23,563 C.J., the pilot, fires the shuttle's thrusters to push Unity upward... 78 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,278 ...and mate it to Zarya. 79 00:07:28,155 --> 00:07:29,614 MAN 1 : Got capture. 80 00:07:30,282 --> 00:07:32,701 MAN 2: Houston , Endeavour, we have capture of Zarya. 81 00:07:32,868 --> 00:07:35,370 MAN 3: To the crew of the good ship Endeavour, that's terrific. 82 00:07:35,537 --> 00:07:38,373 The I nternational Space Station is born. 83 00:07:40,626 --> 00:07:42,919 The shuttle will leave it here and return to Earth. 84 00:07:43,087 --> 00:07:44,671 WOMAN : Okay, my heart's beating again. 85 00:07:44,838 --> 00:07:45,880 [WOMAN LAUG HS] 86 00:07:46,048 --> 00:07:49,676 The foundation is laid. Now it's up to the builders. 87 00:07:52,096 --> 00:07:55,808 Their job is an extreme high-wire act. 88 00:07:55,975 --> 00:08:00,229 Like building the great bridges and cathedrals in times past. 89 00:08:05,317 --> 00:08:07,736 The six million gallons of water in this tank... 90 00:08:07,903 --> 00:08:11,406 ...provide the closest thing there is to working weightless. 91 00:08:14,284 --> 00:08:18,079 You practice on life-size models of the station. 92 00:08:18,247 --> 00:08:22,747 Before it's finally finished, these crews will have made 100 space walks. 93 00:08:23,877 --> 00:08:28,377 That's two and a half times all the previous space walks ever done. 94 00:08:30,175 --> 00:08:34,637 Critics say that's too many. The risk is too high. 95 00:08:36,348 --> 00:08:38,850 All eyes are on the next flight. 96 00:08:39,018 --> 00:08:43,230 The shuttle Discovery will take the first assembly crew to station. 97 00:08:44,523 --> 00:08:48,109 The commander of the flight is Brian Duffy. 98 00:08:48,569 --> 00:08:51,613 Pamela Melroy is the pilot. 99 00:08:55,159 --> 00:08:58,537 We're in orbit, 250 miles up. 100 00:08:58,704 --> 00:09:00,288 MAN : Close enough to read the Iabels. 101 00:09:00,456 --> 00:09:02,624 The station is 45 feet away. 102 00:09:03,292 --> 00:09:06,420 That's Africa going by behind it. 103 00:09:06,587 --> 00:09:10,799 We're getting ready to dock with our house in space. 104 00:09:12,426 --> 00:09:16,926 Our crew's going to hook up the basics: wiring, plumbing, and phone. 105 00:09:19,308 --> 00:09:23,808 One of the key members of the team is mission specialist Koichi Wakata. 106 00:09:24,229 --> 00:09:28,729 KOICH I : When I was 5 years old and I saw the Apollo Iunar landing ... 107 00:09:28,901 --> 00:09:33,401 ...that was the start of my Ionging for space flight. 108 00:09:33,989 --> 00:09:37,492 But I thought that kind of thing was beyond my reach ... 109 00:09:37,743 --> 00:09:41,705 ...something that was, at that time, impossible to achieve or to do... 110 00:09:41,872 --> 00:09:43,915 ...as a Japanese. 111 00:09:45,709 --> 00:09:50,209 Koichi's installing the heart of the station's systems. 112 00:09:50,923 --> 00:09:53,675 It's called the Z 1 truss. 113 00:09:54,927 --> 00:09:57,846 KOICH I : I was moving the robot arm very slowly... 114 00:09:58,013 --> 00:10:02,183 ...since the Z 1 truss weighs about 18,000 pounds. 115 00:10:11,819 --> 00:10:13,153 And Koichi nails it. 116 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,113 MAN 1 : 4 RTLs. MAN 2: And we've got 4 RTLs. 117 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,407 Another piece perfectly in place. 118 00:10:17,574 --> 00:10:18,992 WOMAN : Koichi , you the man. 119 00:10:19,159 --> 00:10:20,201 [CREW APPLAU DI NG] 120 00:10:20,369 --> 00:10:22,704 KOICH I : Everybody was cheering me... 121 00:10:22,955 --> 00:10:25,082 ...and somebody was saying , "You are the man ." 122 00:10:25,249 --> 00:10:26,375 [KOICH I LAUGHS] 123 00:10:26,542 --> 00:10:28,293 That was a great moment. 124 00:10:28,710 --> 00:10:31,921 -You should have a 50mm camera. -I've got a camera with a 50mm socket. 125 00:10:32,089 --> 00:10:34,966 Leroy Chiao and Bill MacArthur, known as BillyMac... 126 00:10:35,134 --> 00:10:36,718 ...get ready for the first space walk. 127 00:10:36,885 --> 00:10:39,429 And a three-eighths ratchet drive with a 2-inch extension on it. 128 00:10:39,596 --> 00:10:42,265 In their suits, they can survive up to eight hours... 129 00:10:42,432 --> 00:10:46,686 ...in temperatures of plus to minus 250 degrees. 130 00:10:46,854 --> 00:10:49,398 POWERS [ON RECORD I NG] : Swinging '60s, here I come, baby! Yeah! 131 00:10:49,565 --> 00:10:53,277 In conditions like that, you gotta keep your sense of humor. 132 00:10:53,485 --> 00:10:57,447 These guys are h uge fans of Austin Powers. 133 00:11:00,409 --> 00:11:03,745 The commander gives Leroy and BillyMac their sendoff in the airlock... 134 00:11:03,912 --> 00:11:06,289 ...before they move outside. 135 00:11:08,292 --> 00:11:12,792 The second team, Jeff Wisoff and Mike Lopez-Alegria, known as L.A... 136 00:11:13,255 --> 00:11:17,008 ...seal off the inside hatch behind them. 137 00:11:25,767 --> 00:11:29,353 Their number one task is to deploy the next piece: 138 00:11:29,521 --> 00:11:31,856 The station's communications antenna. 139 00:11:32,024 --> 00:11:35,193 MAN : How cool is this? 140 00:11:35,944 --> 00:11:39,155 They push it manually into place. 141 00:11:44,703 --> 00:11:47,789 The all-important telephone is in. 142 00:11:50,751 --> 00:11:53,128 Now, the wiring. 143 00:11:53,712 --> 00:11:56,798 These cables are being laid out for another crew to connect... 144 00:11:56,965 --> 00:11:59,258 ...on a later flight. 145 00:11:59,426 --> 00:12:03,926 They'll provide power to the science lab when it arrives. 146 00:12:06,642 --> 00:12:08,852 MAN : You guys, the World Series, the Super Bowl ... 147 00:12:09,019 --> 00:12:12,188 Ha! They don't know what pressure is. 148 00:12:17,569 --> 00:12:20,196 KOICH I : Every day, I operated the robotic arm ... 149 00:12:20,364 --> 00:12:23,075 ...to help by putting one space walker... 150 00:12:23,242 --> 00:12:26,828 ...at the tip of the robot arm to move him to the location ... 151 00:12:26,995 --> 00:12:30,790 ...that he needs to do space walk activities. 152 00:12:31,833 --> 00:12:36,333 Leroy's going to install this toolbox for future crews to use. 153 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:39,340 Inside is an array of special tools... 154 00:12:39,508 --> 00:12:43,261 ...any Home I mprovement fan would envy. 155 00:12:45,681 --> 00:12:49,559 MAN 1 : M ike, there is no problem maintaining a death grip on the handrails. 156 00:12:49,726 --> 00:12:51,686 [MAN 2 LAUG HS] 157 00:12:54,523 --> 00:12:59,023 MAN 3: It's a strange feeling . My toes are curling right u p. 158 00:13:00,028 --> 00:13:02,989 [CREW LAUGH I NG] 159 00:13:03,991 --> 00:13:06,868 You always want to be sure you're securely anchored. 160 00:13:07,035 --> 00:13:11,039 But if you did come unhooked, here's a device that could save your life. 161 00:13:13,542 --> 00:13:16,378 It's a personaljetpack called SAFER. 162 00:13:16,628 --> 00:13:18,254 It's also very cool. 163 00:13:18,422 --> 00:13:21,925 It fits on your back and could power you back to safety. 164 00:13:22,092 --> 00:13:25,136 We saw it put to the test in the virtual reality lab. 165 00:13:25,304 --> 00:13:26,763 Go ahead and power... 166 00:13:26,930 --> 00:13:29,849 Now we 're going to try it out for real. 167 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,731 Jeff is riding on the arm, watching... 168 00:13:36,898 --> 00:13:38,983 ...in case anything goes wrong. 169 00:13:39,359 --> 00:13:43,404 L.A., flying on the right, is now powered by his jetpack. 170 00:13:50,829 --> 00:13:55,041 Just in case, he's attached by a thin wire. 171 00:14:01,089 --> 00:14:05,589 But he didn't need it after all. The test is a great success. 172 00:14:10,432 --> 00:14:14,932 Discovery pulls away, leaving the space station in orbit. 173 00:14:15,437 --> 00:14:19,732 So far, all the pieces have connected without a hitch. 174 00:14:21,777 --> 00:14:25,989 At the top is Zvezda. That's where the crews will live. 175 00:14:26,156 --> 00:14:30,656 Below it is Zarya, kind of a big float-through closet for storage. 176 00:14:30,911 --> 00:14:33,872 And at the bottom, the truss and the Unity node... 177 00:14:34,039 --> 00:14:36,791 ...where the next additions will be attached. 178 00:14:37,959 --> 00:14:41,128 The station's now ready for people. 179 00:14:43,673 --> 00:14:46,759 We're in Kazakhstan, at the Russian spaceport. 180 00:14:46,927 --> 00:14:51,264 Yuri Gagarin, the very first man in space, launched from here. 181 00:14:52,057 --> 00:14:56,557 Forty years later, this crew is getting ready to live on the space station. 182 00:14:56,978 --> 00:15:01,478 Two are Russian cosmonauts, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev. 183 00:15:02,734 --> 00:15:06,946 The crew's commander is an American, Bill Shepherd, known as Shep. 184 00:15:07,155 --> 00:15:10,241 His wife, Beth, is the astronaut fitness trainer. 185 00:15:10,409 --> 00:15:13,620 BETH : I was fortunate in that I was there in the capacity of... 186 00:15:13,787 --> 00:15:16,790 ...his strength and conditioning coach ... 187 00:15:16,957 --> 00:15:19,876 ...whereas the Russian families were not able to come at all. 188 00:15:20,043 --> 00:15:22,462 They stayed in Star City. 189 00:15:24,256 --> 00:15:26,299 In the glare of the world's press... 190 00:15:26,466 --> 00:15:30,928 ...it isn't easy to find a few last quiet moments alone together. 191 00:15:31,096 --> 00:15:34,599 SH EP: This is the walkway they began after the first cosmonaut flew. 192 00:15:34,766 --> 00:15:39,061 Everybody that flew has a tree here. Gagarin's tree would be 40 years old now. 193 00:15:39,229 --> 00:15:42,232 BETH : When Shep and I were walking down that row of trees... 194 00:15:42,399 --> 00:15:43,817 ...which is very historic... 195 00:15:43,984 --> 00:15:46,945 ...it was hard for me to believe that we were finally here... 196 00:15:47,112 --> 00:15:48,738 ...because he had worked so hard. 197 00:15:48,905 --> 00:15:51,657 We had worked so hard for him to be there. 198 00:15:51,825 --> 00:15:54,494 And for us to finally be there together... 199 00:15:54,661 --> 00:15:57,872 ...to think about the people that had come and gone... 200 00:15:58,039 --> 00:16:01,917 ...and to know that this person next to me, my husband ... 201 00:16:02,085 --> 00:16:05,004 ...was gonna be a part of that history... 202 00:16:05,172 --> 00:16:08,133 ...that was a very special time for us. 203 00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:12,053 Shep and his crew will be gone in space for over four months. 204 00:16:17,309 --> 00:16:21,521 BETH : The I nternational Space Station is a way for us to Iearn ... 205 00:16:21,688 --> 00:16:26,188 ...how we can go to other planets and explore other ways... 206 00:16:26,568 --> 00:16:29,195 ...to Iive outside Earth. 207 00:16:29,362 --> 00:16:33,282 I think that's really exciting . I wanted to go too. 208 00:16:33,450 --> 00:16:36,494 [HORN BLOWS] 209 00:16:50,091 --> 00:16:53,511 The crew will launch to station aboard a Soyuz rocket... 210 00:16:53,678 --> 00:16:57,098 ...the workhorse of the Russian space program. 211 00:17:00,268 --> 00:17:04,768 An unbelievable 400 launches have gone from this pad. 212 00:17:10,612 --> 00:17:14,032 SH EP: Very unexpected for me, being out on the Iaunch pad ... 213 00:17:14,199 --> 00:17:15,450 ...very foggy day... 214 00:17:15,617 --> 00:17:18,369 ...having several hundred people at the base of the rocket... 215 00:17:18,537 --> 00:17:23,037 ...which , for an American launch , would be very unusual and unheard of. 216 00:17:23,792 --> 00:17:28,004 Being able to have such close contact with friends and family who are right there... 217 00:17:28,171 --> 00:17:31,674 ...right in the middle of those final moments before you go fly... 218 00:17:31,841 --> 00:17:35,261 ...was really exciting , really special. 219 00:17:35,428 --> 00:17:37,805 BETH : After everything we went through ... 220 00:17:37,973 --> 00:17:40,266 ...seeing your face on lau nch day made it all worth it. 221 00:17:40,433 --> 00:17:41,559 Let's go do it! 222 00:17:41,726 --> 00:17:43,227 BETH : He was so happy. 223 00:17:45,063 --> 00:17:47,148 Get those shuttles ready. 224 00:17:55,824 --> 00:17:58,535 Imagine, three guys and their gear... 225 00:17:58,702 --> 00:18:02,664 ...inside a capsule the size of a Volkswagen Beetle... 226 00:18:02,914 --> 00:18:05,333 ...and it's a two-day trip. 227 00:18:06,543 --> 00:18:10,129 SH EP: The biggest risk is just getting out of the Earth's atmosphere... 228 00:18:10,297 --> 00:18:12,048 ...and to a safe orbit. 229 00:18:17,387 --> 00:18:20,431 Once you're at the end of the powered flight... 230 00:18:20,599 --> 00:18:23,768 ...and you're floating around in orbit, then you can sit back and say: 231 00:18:23,935 --> 00:18:28,314 "Boy, I'm glad that we have gotten that done successfully." 232 00:18:56,217 --> 00:19:00,554 Sitting in your couch with your knees bent u p almost to your chin ... 233 00:19:00,722 --> 00:19:03,307 ...for hours at a time, it's pretty uncomfortable. 234 00:19:03,475 --> 00:19:05,935 But the Soyuz is very reliable. 235 00:19:06,102 --> 00:19:09,271 It's got a lot of capability to get you up into space... 236 00:19:09,439 --> 00:19:11,315 ...and get you back on a bad day. 237 00:19:14,319 --> 00:19:16,863 The house will be dark when they arrive. 238 00:19:17,030 --> 00:19:19,699 They can't be sure what lies in wait for them. 239 00:19:28,583 --> 00:19:31,252 Their job is to open everything up for the first time... 240 00:19:31,419 --> 00:19:33,421 ...then get it all working. 241 00:19:33,588 --> 00:19:36,382 Be prepared for the unexpected. 242 00:19:37,926 --> 00:19:39,636 They're set to go. 243 00:19:39,803 --> 00:19:43,306 But after two days in a capsule with your knees in your chin... 244 00:19:43,473 --> 00:19:46,476 ...you've got a few other priorities. 245 00:19:53,441 --> 00:19:56,444 Put together an ace Soyuz pilot like Yuri... 246 00:19:56,611 --> 00:20:00,740 ...Sergei, a man who's already logged more than a year and a half in space... 247 00:20:00,907 --> 00:20:03,284 ...and a Navy SEAL for a commander... 248 00:20:03,535 --> 00:20:06,788 ...and you've got the right stuff for the job. 249 00:20:09,082 --> 00:20:12,835 After we got the node open , it started to seem like... 250 00:20:13,002 --> 00:20:17,131 ...a really expansive place, because we all have memories... 251 00:20:17,298 --> 00:20:21,798 ...of being in much more confined spaces like Soyuz and even the shuttle. 252 00:20:27,308 --> 00:20:30,144 YU RI : When I came to the Zvezda for the first time... 253 00:20:30,311 --> 00:20:32,646 ...it looked for me as home. 254 00:20:32,814 --> 00:20:37,235 And that was a place where we stay and Iive and sleep. 255 00:20:38,820 --> 00:20:40,321 I was thinking we were here... 256 00:20:40,488 --> 00:20:42,907 YU RI : It has life-support equipment... 257 00:20:43,074 --> 00:20:44,742 ...guidance and navigation ... 258 00:20:44,909 --> 00:20:47,912 ...jets to control the station , to move it arou nd in space. 259 00:20:48,079 --> 00:20:51,123 If we weren't here, we wouldn't be seeing what we're seeing ... 260 00:20:51,291 --> 00:20:53,960 YU RI : We have several windows looking down. 261 00:20:55,128 --> 00:20:58,005 We have to exercise every day to stay fit. 262 00:20:58,173 --> 00:21:00,717 And even after a relatively short flight... 263 00:21:00,884 --> 00:21:03,511 ...you feel the difference in your muscles. 264 00:21:04,179 --> 00:21:06,723 When we did this exercise near the window... 265 00:21:06,890 --> 00:21:10,518 ...every time you turn the pedal , you fly several kilometers. 266 00:21:10,685 --> 00:21:15,185 It's more impressive to say, "I ran the bike from Paris to China." 267 00:21:17,817 --> 00:21:21,904 Probably the nicest thing in sleep compartment is the window. 268 00:21:22,864 --> 00:21:25,366 From space, you don't see any borders. 269 00:21:25,533 --> 00:21:30,033 You really don't see where U nited States ends and Mexico starts. 270 00:21:31,206 --> 00:21:34,042 You feel yourself part of humankind ... 271 00:21:34,209 --> 00:21:38,213 ...not just man from one country or one city. 272 00:21:41,049 --> 00:21:45,261 Of course, on Earth, we take things like air and water for granted. 273 00:21:45,637 --> 00:21:47,972 But here, the supply is limited. 274 00:21:48,807 --> 00:21:53,061 You can't survive without it, so you have to recycle it continuously. 275 00:21:59,442 --> 00:22:03,942 You need a degree in plumbing to keep all your life-support systems running. 276 00:22:04,239 --> 00:22:06,282 And breakdowns do happen. 277 00:22:06,449 --> 00:22:07,575 In the future... 278 00:22:07,742 --> 00:22:12,242 ...crews traveling to other planets will have to rely on repair skills like this. 279 00:22:12,455 --> 00:22:16,955 There are no replacement parts available on Mars. 280 00:22:18,336 --> 00:22:21,505 KD5FAL, this is NA1 SS. Go ahead with your question. 281 00:22:21,673 --> 00:22:23,758 AB5A, this is Adam Gittleman. 282 00:22:23,925 --> 00:22:28,304 My question for you is: What did it take for you to become an astronaut? Over. 283 00:22:29,055 --> 00:22:31,265 What's the best way to become an astronaut? 284 00:22:31,432 --> 00:22:34,476 To stay in school and be the best student you can. 285 00:22:34,644 --> 00:22:37,104 That's because education is a Iifelong thing. 286 00:22:37,272 --> 00:22:40,525 It doesn't stop when you leave school and walk out the door. 287 00:22:40,692 --> 00:22:43,528 It's something that'Il go on for your whole life. 288 00:22:44,487 --> 00:22:46,447 That's what we'd recommend. 289 00:22:46,781 --> 00:22:48,616 H I , I'm Santosh Bawani. 290 00:22:48,783 --> 00:22:51,285 How do you take showers in space, and if you use water... 291 00:22:51,452 --> 00:22:52,536 ...how does the water flow? 292 00:22:52,704 --> 00:22:55,248 On ham radio, kids all over the world... 293 00:22:55,415 --> 00:22:58,459 ...can talk to the crews about their home in space. 294 00:22:59,794 --> 00:23:03,380 Soon there's to be a huge new addition to it. 295 00:23:08,553 --> 00:23:13,053 Back at Kennedy Space Center, Destiny, the station's science laboratory... 296 00:23:13,725 --> 00:23:16,310 ...perhaps its most important component... 297 00:23:16,477 --> 00:23:20,564 ...is loaded into the cargo bay of the orbiter Atlantis. 298 00:23:38,333 --> 00:23:42,128 Shep, Yuri, and Sergei are about to have company. 299 00:23:45,173 --> 00:23:47,258 SH EP: Welcome, Atlantis. 300 00:23:48,217 --> 00:23:49,509 Hey, guys, come on in. 301 00:23:49,677 --> 00:23:53,472 Atlantis is here, with the long-awaited laboratory. 302 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,767 Like kids in a candy store... 303 00:23:55,934 --> 00:24:00,434 ...the shuttle crew gleefully explores the station for the first time. 304 00:24:02,857 --> 00:24:04,400 Good to be here. 305 00:24:07,278 --> 00:24:10,823 In honor of the occasion, they wear very special socks. 306 00:24:13,534 --> 00:24:16,870 MAN 1 : Houston , Atlantis, broadcasting from Destiny. 307 00:24:17,038 --> 00:24:19,081 MAN 2: Copy, a great first moment here. 308 00:24:19,248 --> 00:24:23,043 MAN 1 : And the lab looks and feels and smells great... 309 00:24:23,419 --> 00:24:26,296 ...and it looks like all the hard work has really paid off. 310 00:24:26,464 --> 00:24:28,215 It's a beautiful piece of hardware. 311 00:24:28,383 --> 00:24:30,426 WOMAN : A lot of these flights are transfer flights. 312 00:24:30,593 --> 00:24:32,428 So we are transferring various supplies. 313 00:24:32,595 --> 00:24:37,095 We bring them clothing and water. That's a water bag. 314 00:24:37,892 --> 00:24:39,727 Every now and then , we bring them a woman. 315 00:24:39,894 --> 00:24:42,062 [CREW LAUGH I NG] 316 00:24:46,859 --> 00:24:50,237 It'll take a few more flights to get the lab up and running. 317 00:24:50,405 --> 00:24:52,323 But when it's ready, we can do experiments... 318 00:24:52,490 --> 00:24:55,701 ...and make discoveries here in zero gravity... 319 00:24:55,868 --> 00:24:58,203 ...that we just can't back on Earth. 320 00:24:58,413 --> 00:24:59,872 WOMAN : Well done. 321 00:25:33,573 --> 00:25:36,784 Atlantis pulls away, cargo bay empty. 322 00:25:44,917 --> 00:25:48,754 [B I NG CROSBY'S "WH ITE CH RISTMAS" PLAYI NG OVER SPEAKERS] 323 00:26:03,978 --> 00:26:06,981 SH EP: There are probably times, certainly over the holidays... 324 00:26:07,148 --> 00:26:10,568 ...when you were able to correspond by email ... 325 00:26:10,735 --> 00:26:13,946 ...talk over the radio to friends and family on the ground. 326 00:26:14,155 --> 00:26:17,491 You knew there were things going on that you'd like to be a part of... 327 00:26:17,658 --> 00:26:19,993 ...and you were missing. 328 00:26:28,211 --> 00:26:32,298 Shep's been busy dreaming up a Christmas surprise for Beth. 329 00:26:34,926 --> 00:26:36,802 His name is Captain. 330 00:26:37,637 --> 00:26:39,472 [BETH LAUGH I NG] 331 00:26:39,639 --> 00:26:41,015 [CAPTAI N SQU EALI NG] 332 00:26:41,182 --> 00:26:43,475 BETH : I picked up the little puppy... 333 00:26:43,643 --> 00:26:46,187 ...and that's when Shep told me, "Merry Christmas." 334 00:26:46,729 --> 00:26:50,816 Now Shep's dog, Jake, who's missed him a lot, has a brand-new pal. 335 00:26:50,983 --> 00:26:54,194 BETH : With Shep being gone a lot, Jake was my buddy. 336 00:26:54,362 --> 00:26:58,032 Captain is my special present from space. 337 00:27:05,289 --> 00:27:08,208 Shep, Sergei, and Yuri will soon be home. 338 00:27:08,376 --> 00:27:11,629 The second crew is getting ready to take their place. 339 00:27:11,796 --> 00:27:16,296 Just imagine what you might be feeling in the last hours before your launch. 340 00:27:17,844 --> 00:27:22,344 The beach near the launch pad provides a haven for astronaut Susan Helms. 341 00:27:22,557 --> 00:27:26,060 SUSAN : I just let my mind wander as I'm walking along the beach ... 342 00:27:26,227 --> 00:27:30,147 ...Iooking at the waves. I noticed dolphins out there. 343 00:27:30,982 --> 00:27:33,567 These are the types of things I'm not gonna get to see... 344 00:27:33,734 --> 00:27:35,485 ...up close and personal for several months. 345 00:27:35,653 --> 00:27:39,740 And I guess I realize now that I'm going to miss this. 346 00:27:41,951 --> 00:27:46,246 Right now, I'm starting to feel a little bit homesick about Earth ... 347 00:27:46,414 --> 00:27:48,916 ...even though I haven't left it yet. 348 00:27:51,711 --> 00:27:55,589 Before launch, the beach house retreat near the Kennedy Space Port... 349 00:27:55,756 --> 00:28:00,218 ...is a quiet escape for Susan's crewmates, Yury Usachev and Jim Voss. 350 00:28:00,386 --> 00:28:04,139 J I M : The beach is such a beautiful place. It does give you a good feeling ... 351 00:28:04,307 --> 00:28:07,643 ...for the wide expanses of the Earth that we won't have... 352 00:28:07,810 --> 00:28:09,561 ...while we're in the space station. 353 00:28:14,525 --> 00:28:18,070 Yury, the Expedition 2 Crew Commander, is Russian. 354 00:28:18,237 --> 00:28:22,241 Susan and Jim are American mission specialists. 355 00:28:22,408 --> 00:28:26,620 They'll launch to the station aboard the shuttle Discovery. 356 00:28:28,289 --> 00:28:29,623 J I M : This suit feels good. 357 00:28:29,790 --> 00:28:33,376 J I M : What I'll really miss are the normal things I like to do... 358 00:28:33,544 --> 00:28:36,463 ...like working in my garage, working on my airplane. 359 00:28:37,131 --> 00:28:40,968 Taking a little time to be alone and work quietly. 360 00:28:43,471 --> 00:28:45,222 SUSAN : I expect that when I get up there... 361 00:28:45,389 --> 00:28:49,476 ...every evening before I go to bed , I'm gonna wanna write notes to people... 362 00:28:49,644 --> 00:28:53,606 ...and hope that they get sent down while we're sleeping and they write back. 363 00:28:53,898 --> 00:28:57,234 The great thing about having trained together for three or four years... 364 00:28:57,401 --> 00:29:00,028 ...is that J im , Yury, and I have become a bit of a family. 365 00:29:00,196 --> 00:29:04,283 And we have come to sense each other's moods and feelings... 366 00:29:04,450 --> 00:29:08,370 ...to the point where, when one person ends up having difficulties of some kind ... 367 00:29:08,537 --> 00:29:11,998 ...and they need to get away, the rest of us understand. 368 00:29:13,584 --> 00:29:15,961 [CHATTERI NG] 369 00:29:22,301 --> 00:29:23,552 Bye-bye. 370 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:27,264 Bye! 371 00:29:29,892 --> 00:29:31,143 Goodbye. 372 00:29:31,352 --> 00:29:34,855 [MAN SPEAKI NG I N D ISTI NCTLY OVER SPEAKERS] 373 00:29:39,610 --> 00:29:43,697 MAN : T minus 12, all systems aboard Discovery are go. 374 00:29:44,323 --> 00:29:48,327 EIeven. This mission continuing a permanent human presence in space. 375 00:29:48,494 --> 00:29:50,120 Ten. 376 00:29:50,746 --> 00:29:52,748 N ine. 377 00:29:53,207 --> 00:29:55,209 Eight. 378 00:29:55,918 --> 00:29:57,878 Seven. 379 00:29:58,045 --> 00:30:00,047 Go for main engine start. 380 00:30:20,318 --> 00:30:24,238 [M EN SPEAKI NG I N D ISTI NCTLY OVER RAD IO] 381 00:30:39,879 --> 00:30:42,590 WOMAN : Houston is now controlling . The roll maneuver is complete... 382 00:30:42,757 --> 00:30:45,718 ...and Discovery is now in a heads down , wing-flipped position ... 383 00:30:45,885 --> 00:30:50,055 ...carrying the next resident crew to the I nternational Space Station. 384 00:31:02,818 --> 00:31:07,239 Two days later, Discovery has caught up with the station and closes for docking. 385 00:31:07,406 --> 00:31:09,449 MAN : Expedition 2 is ready to relieve Expedition 1. 386 00:31:09,617 --> 00:31:13,746 Shep and the crew get a spectacular view from Destiny's window. 387 00:31:14,872 --> 00:31:17,082 SH EP: That's all I gave you . Does that get you in there? 388 00:31:17,249 --> 00:31:20,210 SUSAN : The first time I came into station , of course... 389 00:31:20,378 --> 00:31:23,297 ...the first impression is, "My gosh , this is so big ." 390 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:27,676 And then I was surprised with how much work... 391 00:31:27,843 --> 00:31:31,471 ...Expedition I had accomplished , particularly with the Iaboratory. 392 00:31:34,475 --> 00:31:37,811 Jim, Yury, and Susan are already at work in the lab. 393 00:31:38,437 --> 00:31:42,937 They can grow large crystals here that we can't grow in Earth's gravity. 394 00:31:43,734 --> 00:31:46,194 By studying how they have formed... 395 00:31:46,362 --> 00:31:50,741 ...we can learn how to make more effective medicines to cure diseases. 396 00:31:51,867 --> 00:31:54,536 SUSAN : If we ever expect to go to Mars, we have to understand ... 397 00:31:54,703 --> 00:31:58,039 ...how the human body will react to a really long flight. 398 00:31:58,207 --> 00:32:01,501 The hu man research facility will be an excellent source... 399 00:32:01,669 --> 00:32:05,089 ...for performing human experiments to make sure we understand ... 400 00:32:05,256 --> 00:32:07,591 ...what happens to the human body in space. 401 00:32:07,758 --> 00:32:09,968 It has ultrasou nd technology. 402 00:32:10,136 --> 00:32:13,055 It's got storage for many other meters and sensors... 403 00:32:13,222 --> 00:32:15,515 ...that we can attach to the human body to wear... 404 00:32:15,683 --> 00:32:18,143 ...and then send the data to the scientists on the Earth ... 405 00:32:18,310 --> 00:32:20,645 ...so that they can analyze it. 406 00:32:23,023 --> 00:32:26,735 It's time for the departing commander to brief his successor. 407 00:32:26,902 --> 00:32:30,363 Shep and his crew have done their job brilliantly. 408 00:32:30,531 --> 00:32:34,451 They're handing over a station that's completely up and running... 409 00:32:34,618 --> 00:32:37,537 ...ready to realize its true potential. 410 00:32:40,249 --> 00:32:44,749 SH EP: An American and a Russian kind of exchanging this job... 411 00:32:45,754 --> 00:32:50,008 It was, to me, a historic chapter in space. 412 00:32:50,176 --> 00:32:54,388 A reflection of what humans can accomplish. 413 00:33:05,024 --> 00:33:09,524 With a last look at their dwelling in space, the crew heads home. 414 00:33:13,574 --> 00:33:17,578 The new tenants have already done some interior decorating. 415 00:33:19,205 --> 00:33:21,916 J I M : I brought about 40 snapshots. 416 00:33:22,249 --> 00:33:26,749 Of course, my wife, my daughter, and my friends, my dog Cody. 417 00:33:28,088 --> 00:33:30,048 The popcorn came up already popped. 418 00:33:30,216 --> 00:33:32,218 Once in a while, some pieces get away from us... 419 00:33:32,384 --> 00:33:35,595 ...but they float up to the filters, and we can just clean them out... 420 00:33:35,763 --> 00:33:37,681 ...when we do our weekly cleaning. 421 00:33:39,141 --> 00:33:43,641 Yury VIadimirovich Usachev is an extremely experienced cosmonaut. 422 00:33:44,855 --> 00:33:49,355 He Iikes working with his hands with tools and is just a really nice guy. 423 00:33:51,111 --> 00:33:54,739 SUSAN : They're so much alike, the two of them. It was really funny. 424 00:33:54,907 --> 00:33:58,535 Each of them would come up with ideas and get the other one sucked in ... 425 00:33:58,702 --> 00:34:00,954 ...to working on some sort of home project. 426 00:34:01,121 --> 00:34:04,749 They're a couple of hardware guys and I'm a software girl. 427 00:34:07,461 --> 00:34:09,796 It's great to Iive in Zero-G because... 428 00:34:09,964 --> 00:34:12,800 ...you basically can become the world's best sportsman. 429 00:34:12,967 --> 00:34:16,303 You can lift up things like these bags of water... 430 00:34:16,470 --> 00:34:18,472 ...which weigh probably over 100 pounds apiece... 431 00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:20,807 ...and just move them like they're feathers. 432 00:34:20,975 --> 00:34:24,019 And so it's really nice for someone like me... 433 00:34:24,186 --> 00:34:25,854 ...who's never been much of an athlete... 434 00:34:26,021 --> 00:34:29,065 ...to be able to do all these superhuman things in space... 435 00:34:29,233 --> 00:34:32,069 ...that I normally wouldn't get to do. 436 00:34:34,947 --> 00:34:37,324 The express rack Susan is installing... 437 00:34:37,491 --> 00:34:39,701 ...contains experiments that could show us the way... 438 00:34:39,868 --> 00:34:44,247 ...to more powerful computer chips or lighter metals. 439 00:34:46,959 --> 00:34:50,087 J I M : Yury just discovered one day that the onion had a small sprout... 440 00:34:50,254 --> 00:34:51,296 ...growing out the top. 441 00:34:51,463 --> 00:34:55,341 So we placed it in a plastic bag with a washcloth wrapped around it. 442 00:34:55,634 --> 00:34:57,594 It sprouted , roots are growing. 443 00:34:57,761 --> 00:35:00,472 It was nice to have it around , not so much to eat... 444 00:35:00,639 --> 00:35:03,850 ...but just to see a green growing plant. 445 00:35:04,602 --> 00:35:08,772 The MACE experiment is how Susan entertained herself on the weekends. 446 00:35:08,939 --> 00:35:11,232 SUSAN : I really Iiked working with this experiment. 447 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:15,900 It was like playing with a big toy. It had moving parts and a brain. 448 00:35:17,031 --> 00:35:19,074 When you Iaunch a satellite into space... 449 00:35:19,241 --> 00:35:22,160 ...the control system is the designer's best guess... 450 00:35:22,328 --> 00:35:26,540 ...of how it should control its own sensors and appendages. 451 00:35:26,707 --> 00:35:27,874 This experiment... 452 00:35:28,042 --> 00:35:31,003 ...was trying to understand how you could design a control system ... 453 00:35:31,170 --> 00:35:33,672 ...to teach itself to work better. 454 00:35:37,051 --> 00:35:40,345 Over Honshu island in Japan, the shuttle Endeavour... 455 00:35:40,512 --> 00:35:43,932 ...has arrived with a shipping container in its cargo bay. 456 00:35:44,475 --> 00:35:46,727 It's one of three high-tech moving vans... 457 00:35:46,894 --> 00:35:49,313 ...built by the Italian Space Agency. 458 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,274 This one's called Raffaello. 459 00:35:52,900 --> 00:35:56,904 Inside it, astronauts from three countries are at work. 460 00:35:57,363 --> 00:36:01,863 Chris Hadfield is Canadian, Yuri Lonchakov was born in Kazakhstan... 461 00:36:02,242 --> 00:36:04,869 ...and Umberto Guidoni is from Rome. 462 00:36:05,037 --> 00:36:09,041 U MBERTO: Working in space really makes people bond ... 463 00:36:09,208 --> 00:36:11,376 ...and I guess the fact that many countries... 464 00:36:11,543 --> 00:36:14,420 ...are working on building the space station ... 465 00:36:14,588 --> 00:36:19,088 ...is bringing the culture and history of each country in the space station. 466 00:36:19,593 --> 00:36:23,763 And somehow it changes, a little bit, each of us. 467 00:36:24,598 --> 00:36:27,726 HADFI ELD: It's not just an adventuresome place to Iive... 468 00:36:27,893 --> 00:36:31,855 ...but actually a pleasant and challenging and interesting place to live. 469 00:36:32,022 --> 00:36:35,608 I would really like the opportunity to spend a part of my life there. 470 00:36:37,277 --> 00:36:40,863 What struck me, though , was to watch the crew that's living there... 471 00:36:41,657 --> 00:36:46,157 ...to see them view Earth as a separate place. 472 00:36:47,413 --> 00:36:51,625 Earth is something completely separate from them. 473 00:36:55,629 --> 00:36:59,299 It's an interesting step, I think, for humans... 474 00:36:59,466 --> 00:37:02,677 ...to get to the point where you are now separated from your mother... 475 00:37:02,845 --> 00:37:07,345 ...and you are starting to view yourself as more of a single separate entity... 476 00:37:07,808 --> 00:37:11,269 ...heading off into the rest of the universe. 477 00:37:34,251 --> 00:37:38,255 J I M : If we were to have to leave the space station in the Soyuz vehicle... 478 00:37:38,422 --> 00:37:40,465 ...we'd put on the SOKOL suits. 479 00:37:40,632 --> 00:37:44,010 All the material that's in the front is where you get into the suit. 480 00:37:44,178 --> 00:37:48,599 So you gather it up and then wrap two rubber bands around it... 481 00:37:48,766 --> 00:37:52,019 ...to seal it so that it holds pressure. 482 00:37:54,188 --> 00:37:56,481 SUSAN : To get inside is a real challenge. 483 00:37:56,648 --> 00:37:59,359 It's one of these types of capsules where you've got... 484 00:37:59,526 --> 00:38:02,654 ...three humans Iaying side by side like sardines. 485 00:38:09,703 --> 00:38:13,331 The Russians, on occasion , do provide two Soyuz spacecraft... 486 00:38:13,499 --> 00:38:15,667 ...and there's usually just one prime parking spot. 487 00:38:15,834 --> 00:38:17,877 So we need to do a bit of choreography... 488 00:38:18,045 --> 00:38:21,298 ...in order to get the right Soyuz in the right place. 489 00:38:23,884 --> 00:38:28,054 All three crew members need to be in the Soyuz in the event there's a risk... 490 00:38:28,222 --> 00:38:31,225 ...of needing to make an emergency de-orbit. 491 00:38:31,391 --> 00:38:35,728 The trickiest part was the re-docking , where you go into a different port... 492 00:38:35,896 --> 00:38:40,233 ...and you've got a different point of view of the space station than you had before. 493 00:38:41,735 --> 00:38:45,196 All of us double-checked , triple-checked everything ... 494 00:38:45,364 --> 00:38:48,241 ...to make sure that when we got to the new docking port... 495 00:38:48,408 --> 00:38:51,828 ...that we were going to have the ability to get back inside. 496 00:38:51,995 --> 00:38:55,081 That, to me, was the most tense part. 497 00:38:58,752 --> 00:39:02,672 Things have been known to break on the outside of the space station. 498 00:39:03,340 --> 00:39:07,840 You have to have a way to get outside and repair the item. 499 00:39:12,182 --> 00:39:15,226 An airlock is required to be able to do that. 500 00:39:16,311 --> 00:39:19,105 The station robotic arm is what I used ... 501 00:39:19,273 --> 00:39:22,651 ...to Iift the airlock out of the shuttle's payload bay. 502 00:39:27,281 --> 00:39:31,781 J I M : The joint airlock is basically like a room that we can use to go outside. 503 00:39:32,494 --> 00:39:35,705 It's like a porch on your space station. 504 00:39:35,873 --> 00:39:39,251 And its whole function in life is to allow us to do space walks... 505 00:39:39,418 --> 00:39:42,796 ...from the space station while the shuttle is not there. 506 00:39:45,215 --> 00:39:47,717 SUSAN : At the control station where you're operating the arm ... 507 00:39:47,885 --> 00:39:52,385 ...there's no window where you can look and see the arm in motion. 508 00:39:54,266 --> 00:39:58,228 There is no automatic collision control on that robotic arm ... 509 00:39:58,395 --> 00:40:01,898 ...and all of your wits and talents are required ... 510 00:40:02,065 --> 00:40:06,319 ...in order to keep from ramming it into the side of the space station. 511 00:40:07,863 --> 00:40:12,363 Video cameras are our most trustworthy friends. 512 00:40:17,122 --> 00:40:21,000 J I M : It's remarkable to me that we've been able to build these things... 513 00:40:21,168 --> 00:40:23,587 ...thousands of miles apart in different countries... 514 00:40:23,754 --> 00:40:25,505 ...using different systems... 515 00:40:25,672 --> 00:40:29,300 ...and put them together in space, and for them to work. 516 00:40:36,558 --> 00:40:39,644 SUSAN : The robotic arm worked perfectly. 517 00:40:39,811 --> 00:40:44,148 You could not have asked for a more perfect piece of hardware. 518 00:40:51,615 --> 00:40:56,115 Inside, the crew moves the airlock's inner hatch into position. 519 00:40:57,537 --> 00:41:01,457 Now you can take a walk outside the station whenever you need to. 520 00:41:01,625 --> 00:41:04,711 But first, you have to get your body ready. 521 00:41:04,878 --> 00:41:09,048 If you don't, you get crippling pains called the bends. 522 00:41:10,509 --> 00:41:12,427 Now, I'm a diver. 523 00:41:12,594 --> 00:41:17,094 And every diver knows you don't ever wanna get the bends. 524 00:41:17,516 --> 00:41:20,560 Astronaut Mike Gernhardt is also a diver. 525 00:41:20,727 --> 00:41:24,981 Before going outside, he breathes pure oxygen while he's exercising. 526 00:41:25,148 --> 00:41:27,567 That will get the pain-causing nitrogen bubbles... 527 00:41:27,734 --> 00:41:30,653 ...out of his blood much faster. 528 00:41:38,537 --> 00:41:41,289 The front door to the station is now open. 529 00:41:41,456 --> 00:41:43,916 Its construction is ongoing. 530 00:41:44,084 --> 00:41:46,586 And soon, additions from Europe and Japan... 531 00:41:46,753 --> 00:41:51,253 ...will enhance this incredibly versatile and unique laboratory. 532 00:41:51,591 --> 00:41:56,091 Here, we can expand our knowledge of things that affect our daily lives... 533 00:41:57,264 --> 00:42:00,267 ...and learn how natural events and people... 534 00:42:00,434 --> 00:42:03,270 ...are affecting our fragile environment. 535 00:42:03,937 --> 00:42:06,439 That's worth all the risks... 536 00:42:06,606 --> 00:42:09,442 ...and something to celebrate. 537 00:42:09,609 --> 00:42:11,902 [CHATTERI NG AN D LAUGH I NG] 538 00:42:14,865 --> 00:42:18,827 WOMAN : Atlantis, Houston , somewhere in the world , it's still Janet's birthday. 539 00:42:19,453 --> 00:42:22,289 -Pass me that orange. -Who wants some MandM's? 540 00:42:22,456 --> 00:42:23,874 Come on , over here. 541 00:42:24,249 --> 00:42:26,334 -Yury? -Okay. 542 00:42:26,501 --> 00:42:28,294 -Yury got it that time. -Janet. 543 00:42:28,670 --> 00:42:30,213 Steve. 544 00:42:30,964 --> 00:42:33,424 [LAUGH I NG] 545 00:42:37,763 --> 00:42:38,972 Whoa. 546 00:43:32,442 --> 00:43:35,194 [M UTED D IALOGU E] 547 00:44:08,603 --> 00:44:11,272 Space is a very special place. 548 00:44:11,898 --> 00:44:15,443 Without gravity, you can see and feel... 549 00:44:15,610 --> 00:44:19,071 ...and try things you can't do anywhere else. 550 00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:22,867 In search of a better life on Earth, and away from Earth. 551 00:44:38,175 --> 00:44:42,012 One day, you too may visit the space station. 552 00:44:42,179 --> 00:44:46,679 You might be an engineer inventing a whole new technology. 553 00:44:51,855 --> 00:44:56,025 You could be a doctor or an ecologist studying the Earth. 554 00:44:57,444 --> 00:45:00,780 Or you could be planning a trip to another planet. 555 00:45:01,781 --> 00:45:04,533 This is your test bed. 556 00:45:07,454 --> 00:45:10,915 Only tomorrow knows what you'll discover. 557 00:47:06,906 --> 00:47:08,908 [ENGLISH SDH]