00:00Laura Lohara, ingeniera aeroespacial y astronauta de la NASA, llegó por primera vez a la Estación Espacial Internacional en el 2023,
00:09donde realizó experimentos científicos y una caminata espacial de casi 7 horas.
00:14Hoy nos comparte de primera mano cómo se desarrolla la investigación y experimentos en la Estación Espacial,
00:21acercándonos al fascinante mundo de la ciencia y la tecnología en condiciones de microgravedad.
00:27From the time that I was really young, I was always really interested in exploration, and I dreamed of being an explorer.
00:38Two, one, bombs at flight speed, and liftoff.
00:43Lohara, Kononenko, and Chu begin a short-duration journey for a long-duration mission on the International Space Station.
00:50Every day we get to do all these different kinds of science experiments.
00:56Everything from 3D printing, human heart tissue, to manufacturing new materials on Space Station,
01:03to growing plants, to studying cell cultures to learn more about how to treat diseases in people and animals on planet Earth.
01:11Every day is different, and every day is very interesting.
01:15Thanks again for helping us out. That was the most challenging part of this activity.
01:20Thanks, Jim. It was good working with you, too. I enjoyed the connector fun.
01:25One of the things that I found most interesting on board is all the human research that we do.
01:29One is the CIFR experiment.
01:31That is a study comprised of 14 different experiments studying all aspects of human physiology and psychology in space
01:38and how the human body adapts to the space environment.
01:41The other thing that we've all been getting to work on since SpaceX 29 arrived
01:45is a couple different experiments in the life sciences glove box.
01:49Believe it or not, we all get older faster when we are on orbit,
01:52and so that essentially speeds up time for researchers,
01:56so they can study the phenomenon that happens in our cells at a faster rate than they could on Earth.
02:02The goal of that is helping improve the health of astronauts on longer-duration missions to the Moon and Mars,
02:09but also to help improve life on Earth for people in terms of tissue degradation and disease as humans age.
02:18It's just been a blast living and working in space.
02:20The work has been super interesting.
02:22The crew has been awesome.
02:24We get along really well, share a lot of laughs.
02:26This mission has been incredible.
02:27I had really high expectations for it, and I think it succeeded every single one of them.
