Born To Be In Space - Astronaut Don Pettit Highlights Amazing Space Station Science Mission - video Dailymotion

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NASA astronaut Don Pettit is scheduled to return to Earth from the International Space Station, completing his 4th mission to the orbital outpost. See some of the science he conducted and photography he captured.   Credit: NASA

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00:00I come alive when I'm in orbit.

00:05It's like my being should be in space.

00:10Some people are born to be cowboys and ride a horse.

00:14I'm born to ride a rocket and be in space.

00:18And there is NASA astronaut Don Pettit flying in to the International Space Station.

00:23Science of Opportunity happens on Earth. It happens anywhere.

00:30There are scientists, engineers, ubergeeks that are tasked with doing some programmatic work in a laboratory.

00:39And because you are there and you can, you get an idea.

00:44It's not on the script. It's not part of the program.

00:47But you get an idea.

00:49So the science of opportunity happens anywhere.

00:52There are people thinking about advancing our knowledge.

00:57And the same thing happens on space station.

01:01Wow.

01:03That's good.

01:05And then that rogue drone just came in from some place and then it went someplace.

01:10Whoa. Look at that.

01:15I have been working with ice.

01:18I'm freezing and thawing these crystals and looking at the front between the different crystals.

01:26The kind of research we do on space station is research where gravity has a major factor in the equation.

01:37Looking at Earth's horizon and our atmosphere on edge is truly a unique sight.

01:47You can also point your camera more zenith and you could look at Milky Way structures.

01:54Images from space help tell the story to people on Earth that don't have the opportunity to go into space.

02:07So the photographs help complete the story of what it means for human beings to expand into space and expand into this frontier.

02:19What is the great thing about this frontier?

02:24What is the superpower that looks at the future?

02:27What is the superpower that looks at the future?

Born To Be In Space - Astronaut Don Pettit Highlights Amazing Space Station Science Mission

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