>> HELLO, EARTHLINGS AND HAPPY SPACE DAY.
CAPTAIN ED McGOVERN BROADCASTING LIVE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, TO 5,000 K THROUGH 8 SCIENCE CLASSROOMS
ACROSS THE U.S.A. I'M JOINED BY LIEUTENANT SUSSMAN
AND BECKER. >> HI.
>> HEY! >> THERE'S ALSO SOME RUSSIAN
COSMONAUTS ON BOARD. PARTY UP HERE.
LET'S GET BACK TO WORK. GET BACK TO WORK, BUMS.
>> OKAY. BYE-BYE.
>> I CAN'T WAIT TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT SPACE
AND SCIENCE. LET'S START WITH PAULSON MIDDLE
SKOO IN CONNECTICUT. >> HI, WHAT KIND OF EXPERIMENTS
ARE YOU DOING UP THERE? >> GREAT QUESTION.
WE ARE ACTUALLY STUDYING HOW ANIMALS ADAPT TO SPACE AND HAVE
FUNNY MONKEYS OUT HERE TO HELP US OUT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION, STAR STUDENT.
OH, NEXT -- OKAY, GOD, MOTHER OF -- OH, WHAT HAPPENED?
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> WHAT HAPPENED?
>> THERE WAS AN AIRLOCK BREACH IN THE BIOLAB.
GOT A LITTLE CHILLY IN THERE BUT EVERYTHING IS OKAY NOW.
>> ARE THE ANIMALS ALL RIGHT? >> WHAT'S UP?
>> ARE THE ANIMALS ALL RIGHT? >> I NEED YOU RIGHT NOW.
>> YEP. >> WELL, I APOLLO-GISE ABOUT
THAT. LET'S GET BACK TO QUESTIONS.
HOW ABOUT TILLMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL IN LARAMIE, WYOMING.
>> HI, THIS IS HALEY LIKE THE COMET AND LIKE EMINEM'S
DAUGHTER. UM, HOW BIG IS THE SPACE
STATION? >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
IT'S ABOUT 32,000 SQUARE FEET. NOW, DOWN THIS WAY THERE IS A
LONG CORRIDOR THAT WIEPDS INTO SEVERAL WORK AND LIVING
STATIONS. [ LAUGHTER ]
KIND OF LIKE A FLOATING HAMSTER HABITAT.
THANKS, HALEY, MAKE SURE YOU COMET TO YOUR STUDIES.
OKAY, LET'S GO TO ORCHARD MIDDLE SCHOOL IN OHIO.
>> HI, MY STUDENTS AND I WANTED TO ASK HOW YOU GUYS MAKE FOOD UP
THERE BUT WE'D LIKE TO CHANGE OUR QUESTION TO, IS THAT FROZEN
MONKEY OKAY? [ LAUGHTER ]
>> WHAT MONKEY? OH.
OH! THIS LITTLE GUY, IT'S CAPOOKA.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YIKES, HE IS COLD!
WAVE HELLO, TO EVERYBODY. HANG ON -- OH, MY GOD!
[ LAUGHTER ] OH, MY GOD!
OH, GOD! NO, NO, NO, NO.
OKAY, GOOD-BYE, CAPOOKA! TEACHERS OUT THERE, IF YOU CAN
MUTE YOUR CLASSROOM TV FOR JUST A SEC WHILE I ATTEND TO SOME
SPACE BUSINESS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO HIT MUTE NOW. SUSSMAN, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH
THE MONKEYS? >> THEY ALL FROZE.
>> THEY ALL FROZE? >> THEY ALL FROZE?
>> YEAH, KI CHI HIT A WALL AND SHATTERED.
>> OH, KI CHI AND THE CAT? >> THE CAT IS WEIRD, THE
PRESSURE CHANGE LIKE CAUSED ITS FACE TO SUCK INTO ITSELF.
IT'S REALLY WEIRD GOOD NEWS, HE'S ALIVE.
>> THAT'S NOT GOOD NEWS! THERE'S A CAT WITH NO FACE
FLOATING AROUND! HOW BAD IS IT DOWN THERE?
>> COME LOOK. [ LAUGHTER ]
>> CAT AIN'T HAVE NO DAMN FACE. [ LAUGHTER ]
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? >> JUST GO SEAL OFF NODE FOUR.
AND FIND SVETLANA. >> YES, SIR.
>> OH, GOD! PLEASE BE AWARE OF YOUR FEET.
SHOES TOUCHED MY MOUTH. OKAY.
WELCOME BACK. NOW, HERE'S A FUN FACT.
WE ARE 234 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH'S SURFACE.
AND THE VIEW ISN'T HALF BAD. COME CLOSER HERE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL BLUE MARBLE.
LOOK AT THAT. [ LAUGHTER ]
OH, MY GOD! OH, MY GOD!
SVETLANA! OH, KIDS, DON'T WORRY.
DON'T WORRY. THAT COSMONAUT IS FINE.
THE RUSSIANS ARE USED TO BEING COLD.
SUSSMAN, GET ON THE CRANE. [ LAUGHTER ]
>> OH, MY GOD. SHE'S SO FROZEN, SHE MIGHT
BREAK. >> DON'T SAY, THAT PLEASE!
NOW, KIDS, WHAT LIEUTENANT SUSSMAN IS TRYING TO
DO -- [ LAUGHTER ]
HE'S TRYING TO GIVE HER JUST A LITTLE NUDGE BACK TOWARDS THE
HATCH. >> OH, MAN!
SIR, IF I DO GET HER, IT'S GOING TO BE IN PIECES.
>> TRY HARDER, AND DON'T SAY THAT, PLEASE.
[ LAUGHTER ] >> I'M SORRY, KIDS, THIS IS A
BAD DAY FOR SPACE. >> OKAY.
OKAY. WHO WANTS TO HEAR A SPACE JOKE?
WHAT IS AN ASTRONAUT'S FAVORITE DRINK?
A ROOT BEER FLOAT! >> OH, MY GOD, SHE'S BREAKING
LIKE A SALTINE! >> WILL YOU CUT THE GOD DAMN
FEED!