>> WELCOME TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
>> HOW IS THE FOOD?
DO YOU CRAVE ANY PARTICULAR
FOOD?
>> THE FOOD IS REALLY,
REALLY GOOD.
THE FOOD IS LARGELY IN
PACKAGES, THERMAL STABILIZED
OR DEHYDRATED, SO THE FOODS
THAT I REALLY CRAVE ARE
FRESH FOODS.
I HAD AN APPLE DELIVERED ON
A CARGO SPACECRAFT UP HERE
AND ONE OF THE BEST APPLES I
EVER TASTED IN MY LIFE.
>> WHAT DO YOU DO ON DALLY
BASIS IN THE SPACE STATION?
>> YES.
DOING LOTS OF EXPERIMENTS
EVERY DAY.
IT IS INTERESTING.
>> COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT A
PLANT EXPERIMENT YOU ARE
STUDYING IN SPACE?
>> YEAH.
WE HAVE A PLANT EXPERIMENT
THAT WE ARE JUST WRAPPING UP
OW.
WE'RE GROWING SOME
SEEDLINGS, GROWING SPROUTS,
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PLANTS
GROWING UP RIGHT NOW.
I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE
NAMES OF THEM.
I LOOKED IT UP.
ITS WITH A NINE SYLLABLE
LATIN WORD THAT I COULD NOT
REMEMBER NOW.
>> WHAT GOT YOU INTERESTED
IN SPACE?
>> I WAS WORKING AND I GOT
INTERESTED IN THE
ENVIRONMENT.
HERE WE ARE IN SPACE.
IN THE EXTREME ENVIRONMENT.
>> WHAT IS ONE THING THAT
SURPRISED YOU THE MOST ABOUT
BEING IN SPACE THAT.
>> WHAT SURPRISED ME THE
MOST BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY
FEELS LIKE FLOATING.
FLOATING FELT LOOK I WAS
BEING PULLED UP AND AWAY THE
GROUND.
WHEN YOU FLOAT ALONG.
WHEN YOU TAP THE TOE ON THE
GROUND, IT WILL SEN YOU, IT
SURPRISED ME.
YEAH.
NOW I REALLY ENJOY IT.
HE IS VERY EASY TO MOVE
AROUND.
IT IS REALLY A LOT OF FUN.
>> THE WATER IS A LITTLE BIT
TRICKY IN SPACE, SO WE'RE
USING WET WIPES TO CLEAN THE
SPILLS.
>> HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT
NIGHT?
DO YOU HAVE A ROOM?
>> I THINK THE QUESTION WAS
HOW DO WE SEE AT NIGHT?
DO WE SEE THE NOON.
>> IF THAT WAS THE QUESTION,
I WOULD SAY MY FAVORITE TIME
TO LOOK AT THE EARTH IS AT
NIGHT WITH A FULL MOON
BECAUSE THE MOON FROM SPACE
AND ON THE EARTH OVER
DESERTS IS A ABC YOU ATLY
INCREDIBLE.
AND ALSO, BECAUSE OF THE
LIGHTS WHERE WOMEN LIB, THEY
STICK OUT EASILY WHERE THERE
IS LARGE AMOUNTS AT THE SAME
TIME.
YOU CAN SEE THE NATURAL
BEAUTY.
>> COULD YOU SEE THE RECENT
FOREST FIRES IN CALIFORNIA
FROM SPACE THAT.
>> I WAS ON THE FOREST
STATION WHEN THE FOREST
FIRES WERE IN PROGRESS.
I DID SEE THEM OUT THE
WINDOW.
THINK IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
YOU MAY BE SEEING A PICTURE
RIGHT NOW THAT ONE OF MY
CREW MATES TOOKING FROM THE
SPACE STATION OF THOSE
FIRES.
>> IS SPACE JUAN PROBLEM FOR
ISS AS IT ORBITS EARTH?
>> YES SOMETIMES THE SPACE
CHUNKS, THAT WE CALL DEBRIS,
IS DANGEROUS FOR SPACE
STATION.
IT CHANGES THE HEIGHT OF THE
SPACE STATION AND WE AVOID
THAT DEBRIS.
>> WHAT PLANTS ARE YOU
CURRENTLY GROWING ON THE
ISS?
>> I AM NOT SURE THE EXACT
NAME OF THEM.
AGAIN, SEEDS THAT WERE GROWN
OUT OF SEED LINGS.
I CAN TELL YOU THE PAST.
I AM SORRY, SEEDLINGS THAT
ARE GROWING OUT OF SEEDS.
I CAN TELL YOU THE PAST, WE
HAVE GROWN LETTUCE.
THERE IS A TYPE OF LETTUCE
THAT WE GOT TO EAT.
IT IS WAS ACTUALLY VERY
DELICIOUS.
>> WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO
BE ON THE SPACE STATION?
>> ACTUALLY, WE'RE ENJOYING
THIS ENVIRONMENT.
WE ARE FLOATING ALL DAY
LONG.
>> IT IS ALSO EVERY DAY WE
ARE DOING VERY INTERESTING
EXPERIMENTS SO IT IS REALLY
FUN.
>> WHAT TYPE OF TRAINING DID
YOU DO TO BE READY FOR SPACE
TRAVEL?
>> WE TO DID A WIDE VARIETY
OF TRAINING, OF MEDICAL
TRAINING, OF COURSE, A LOT
OF PHYSICAL TRAINING, WE HAD
TO TRAIN UNDER WATER TO
PREPARE FOR SPACEWALKS, WE
FLY IN JETS TO HELP US AS
WORKING MEMBERS OF THE CRU
AND HIGH PERFORMANCE
VEHICLES LIKE SPACECRAFT.
WE ALSO TRAIN ON SIMULATE
TARRORS FOR ROBOTICS AND WE
ACTUALLY USE SIMULATORS FOR
SPACEWALK TRAINING AS WELL,
AS WELL AS LOTS AND LOTS OF
TRAINING ABOUT HOW THE
SPACECRAFT ACTUALLY WORKS
AND WHAT TO DO IN AN
EMERGENCY?
>> ARE YOU ALOUD TO BRING
ANY SMALL PERSONAL ITEMS TO
SPACE THAT IF SO, A DID YOU
BRING?
WHAT DID YOU BRING?
>> WE ARE ALLOWED TO BRING
SMALL PERSONAL ITEMS.
I BROUGHT SOME SMALL ITEMS
FOR FRIENDS.
THE THING THAT IS MOST
IMPORTANT TO ME THAT I
BROUGHT WITH ME IS MY
WEDDING RING.
>> WHAT IS THE WORST PART
ABOUT BEING IN SPACE THAT.
>> THE WORST PART OF BEING
IN SPACE.
MAYBE I MISS MY FAMILY,
FRIENDS, COUNTRY.
THESE THINGS AND WALKING.
WE HAVE SIX ASTRONAUTS IN
THE SPACE STATION.
SO I MISS MY FAMILY.
>> WHAT IS THE MOST EXCITING
EXPERIMENT INVOLVING LIQUID
YOU HAVE PERFORMED ON THE
ISS?
>> WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF
EXCITING EXPERIMENTS.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS
TRY DO OUR OWN.
WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO SEE
HOW LARGE A BALL OF LIQUID
WE CAN MAKE WITH THIS
CHOCOLATE MILK, SO WATCH.
>> WERE YOU ABLE TO SEE THE
CHOCOLATE MILK BALL?
IT WAS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A
PING-PONG BALL.
WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO YOUNG
PEOPLE DREAMING ABOUT
BECOMING INVOLVED IN THE
NATIONAL SPACE PROGRAM?
>> I ADVICE YOUNG PEOPLE TO,
FIRST, FIND OUT WHAT THEY
LOVE TO DO, IDEALLY, FIND A
WAY TO DO IT FOR JOB.
IF YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED
IN THE NASA SPACE PROGRAM.
THEY HIRE PEOPLE FROM A WIDE
VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS AND
ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE TEND TO
REALLY ENJOY WHAT THEY ARE
DOING, AND THAT IS THE
REASON THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL
WHAT THEY WERE DOING BEFORE
THEY STARTED WORKING.
>> WHAT DO YOU DO IN THE
FREE TIME?
>> IN THE FREE TIME, I LIKE
TAKING PICTURES OF THE
EARTH.
IT IS VERY, VERY CHANGING
AND VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL.
>> WHAT PARTS OF THE BODY
ARE MOST AFFECTED WHILE IN
SPACE?
>> I THINK BONE AND THE
MUSCLE IS VERY, VERY
AFFECTED BY THE ZERO
GRAVITY, SO AS ASTRONAUTS,
WE HAVE TO DO PHYSICAL
TRAINING EVERY DAY THREE AND
A HALF HOURS DOING MACHINE
TRAINING AND RUNNING AND
BIKE.
OTHERWISE, WE'RE LOSING
MUSCLE AND BONE AND AFTER
COMING BACK WE CANNOT, WE
CANNOT MOVE AS WE DID BEFORE
THAT.
>> WHATS THE FAVORITE THING
YOU HAVE BEEN A PART OF
WHILE IN SPACE?
>> WOW, THERE ARE SO MANY.
MY FAVORITE ONCE, THINGS
LOOK THE EXPERIMENTS, WHERE
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE
RESULTS IMMEDIATELY.
BECAUSE I AM REALLY KIND OF
LIKE A LABORATORY TECHNICIAN
UP HERE.
I AM NOT SO MUCH A
SCIENTISTS WHERE I AM
GATHERING DATA, MAKING
OBSERVATION.
THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT
HAPPEN WITHOUT ASTRONAUTS
INTERACTING WITH THEM.
WE HAVE TO MACK THOUR THE
EQUIPMENT IS RUNNING
SMOOTHLY.
SOME EXPERIMENTS LIKE WHERE
WE WERE ABLE TO SEE SAT LIES
MANEUVER AROUND IN SIDE OF
THE SPACE STATION.
THAT WAS REALLY FUN FOR US.
>> I ATTEND SPACE CALM AM.
IF YOU KNOW OR ANYONE YOU
NOAH TEND SPACE CAMP?
>> I DID NOT ATTEND A SPACE
CAMP, BUY KNOW AT LEAST TWO
PEOPLE THAT DID ATTEND SPACE
CAMP.
BOTH OF THEM ARE ASTRONAUTS
NOW.
>> SINCE WE HAVE A LITTLE
BIT OF TIME.
I WANTED TO KNOW HAVE ETH
ARE OF YOU BEEN ON SPACEWALK
AND WHAT IS IT LIKE?
>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
WE ARE GETTING READY TO HAVE
TWO SPACEWALKS.
NORISHIGE AND I WILL BE
DOING A SPACEWALK.
WHAT IS IT LIKE?
WOW, IT IS HARD TO
DESCRIBE.
IT IS BOTH EXHILARATING AND
SCARY AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
IT IS EXHAUSTING AND
EXITING.
UM, THE ONE MOMENT THAT
REALLY STICKS IN MY MINE IS
WHEN WE WERE GETTING READY
TO LEAVE THE SPACE STATION,
UM, WE WERE IN A SMALL TUBE,
PEOPLE LAYING DOWN INSIDE OF
IT, THE MOMENT THAT WAS
REALLY SPECIAL TO ME WHEN
THE COMMANDER FOR THE
SPACEWALK, THE COMMANDER DID
THE SPACEWALK WITH ME,
OPENED THE AIR LOCK TO THE
OUTSIDE.
OPENED IT.
AND SUDDENLY, THAT SMALL
TUBE THAT WAS ONLY LIT BY
LIGHTS LOOK YOU SEE INSIDE
OF A LAB WAS LIT BY
REFLECTIONS OF THE SEASON
LIGHT OFF OF THE EARTH SO IT
GOT EXTREMELY BRIGHT.
IT IS FELT LIKE OPENING UP A
DOOR OF YOUR THOUSANDS GO
OUTSIDE ON A SUNNY DAY IN A
KNEW IT WAS GOING TO GET
REAL.
IT IS WAS REALLY AMAZING
MOMENT.
>> ANOTHER QUESTION, HOW DID
YOU GET TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AND HOW WILL
YOU GET HOME?
>> IT IS A THREE MAN UNIT.
>> ANOTHER QUESTION WE HAD
IS HOW DO YOU SLEEP ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION?
>> WE HAVE SLEEPING BAGS
THAT WE CAN MUP ON ANY
SURFACE.
EVERY SURFACE IS EQUAL IN
SPACE.
WE ARE NOT REALLY PHYSICALLY
DEFEND UP OR DOWN.
EVERY SERVICE REACTS THE
SAME, SO FOR NORISHIGE, THE
SLEEPING BAGS ON THE UP YARD
AS FAR AS.
FOR BOTH OF US, WE TEND TO
SLEEP LIKE THIS WITH OUR
ARMS STICKING OUT OF THE
SLEEPING BAG JUST FLOATING
IN FRONT OF US.
>> DO YOU HAVE TO LEARN
OTHER LANGUAGES TO BE IN
SPACE?
>> ACTUALLY, WE HAVE TO
STUDY RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE RUSSIAN
CREW MATES.
WE SPEAK RUSSIAN.
EVERYBODY CAN SPEAK A LITTLE
BIT OF JAPANESE WORDS.
>> ANYONE OF YOU BY CHANCE
WORK ON THE ELI LILLY
EXPERTS THAT WENT UP TO THE
SPACE STATION?
>> I AM NOT SURE.
THOSE COULD BE GOING ON
WITHOUT US EVEN KNOWING
ABOUT IT.
>> THAT IS OK.
WE HAVE A SCIENTISTS THAT
HAS AN EXPERIMENT UP THIS SO
THAT IS WHY WE ARE WERE
ASKING.
KIDS ASK HOW DO YOU BRUSH
YOUR TEETH OR TAKE A SHOWER
IN SPACE?
>> SO,ING THE TEETH, I WOULD
SAY THE ONLY DIFFERENCE FOR
ME, I CANNOT SPIT THE TOOTH
NOOSE A SINK.
I HAVE TO PUT IT IN A PIECE
OF TESH TU PAPER.
THAT WOULD ABSORB THE LIQUID
AND WE HAVE TO DO IT THAT
WAY.
TAKING A SHOWERS DIFFERENT.
WE CANNOT TAKE A SHOWER.
WE CAN WET A WASHCLOTH, I
WOULD BE OUR BODIES DOWN,
THEN DRY OFF WITH A TOWEL.
WE HAVE SPECIAL POUCHES THAT
HAVE SOAP IN THEM.
WE ADD HOT WATER IN THE MUCH
AND SPRAY THE WATT NEAR A
TOWEL AGAIN BECAUSE THE
WATER HELPS THE TOWER AND
HELPS US CONTROL THE LIQUID
AND STAYS ON THE TOWEL AS
LISTENING AS YOU DON'T MOVE
IT FAST AND ALLOWS US TO GET
BACK ON THE BODY.
THAT IS THE BEST WE DOON.
>> I ALSO KNOW, WE HAVE A
BUNCH KIDS.
THEY ALWAYS ASK ABOUT THE
BATHROOM.
DO YOU MIND TELLING BUS THE
BATHROOM ON THE SPACE
STATION?
>> OF COURSE, THE BATHROOM
RETURN WE USE WATER ON THE
EARTH, ON THE EARTH WE USE
WATER THROUGH.
UP HERE IN SPACE, WE CANNOT
USE WATER.
INSTEAD WE USE AIRFLOW
CAPTURE THE LIQUID AND THE
WASTE.
OTHER THAN, ITS THE SAME.
IT IS THE SAME.
>> I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR
ANOTHER QUESTION.
DO YOU USE ANY ROBOTS ON THE
SPACE STATION?
>> ACTUALLY, YES.
WE HAVE SPECIAL ROBOTS.
IT IS NOW ASTRONAUTS DO
THEIR EXPERIMENTS.
IT ALWAYS MONITORS WHAT WE
ARE DOING.
>> WELL, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
WE HAVE BEEN VERY EXCITED TO
TALK TO YOU AT THE
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF
INDIANAPOLIS.
>> WITH ITS A PLEASURE FOR
US TO BE ABLE TO SPEND SOME
TIME WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU ALL TO
PARTICIPANTS FROM THE
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF
INDIANAPOLIS.
STATION, WE'RE NOW RESUMING
OPERATIONS.