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Transcript/ScriptThe Week in Space (TV)
HEADLINE: Changing of the Guard Aboard International Space Station
TEASER: Outgoing Russian commander hands key to incoming NASA commander in microgravity ceremony
PUBLISHED AT: 3/31/2022 3:45PM
BYLINE: Arash Arabasadi
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DATELINE: Washington
VIDEOGRAPHER: AP/ REUTERS/ NASA/ NASA TV/ BRAIN.SPACE
SCRIPT EDITORS: Bowman
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VIDEO SOURCE (S): AP/ REUTERS/ NASA/ NASA TV/ BRAIN.SPACE
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[[INTRO: A microgravity ceremony ushers in a new commander of the International Space Station. An old space telescope finds something new in the cosmos. And a futuristic helmet to study astronauts’ brain waves. Arash Arabasadi brings us The Week in Space.]]
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We begin this week on board the International Space Station, where [Russian] cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov handed command of the ISS to [American] astronaut Thomas Marshburn. Shkaplerov acknowledged political tensions on Earth while praising unity in space. Marshburn returned pleasantries.
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[RADIO TRACK: He spoke by way of NASA broadcast.]
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((Thomas Marshburn, Commander of the International Space Station))
“Anton, it’s an honor and a privilege to accept command of the International Space Station and continuing the partnership and that legacy in space flight.”
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The ceremony signaled the change from Expedition 66 to Expedition 67, the newest mission of the ISS, which started upon this undocking of a Soyuz spacecraft. On board were Shkaplerov, fellow cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, and NASA’s Mark Vande Hei ((VAN-DEH HAY)), who spent a record 355-days on the ISS.
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The trio landed safely in Kazakhstan, despite strong winds blowing the capsule on its side. SpaceX is scheduled to deliver their replacements in about three weeks. The Expedition 66 crew returned to Earth amid heightened tensions between Western powers and Russia over Moscow’s ongoing war on Ukraine.
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In other news, astronomers spotted the farthest star yet courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope. They nicknamed it Earendel ((err-EN-dell)), which means “Morning Star” in Old English.
[RADIO TRACK: Astronomer Brian Welch, lead author of the study appearing in the journal, “Nature,” explains the discovery in a video call with AP.]
((Brian Welch, Johns Hopkins University))
“We have been working under the assumption that the light we’re seeing is just from one massive star. And with that assumption, it works out that it would have to be at least 50-times the mass of the Sun. So, it’s a really big, really massive star.”
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Astronomers made the discovery using a technique called gravitational lensing where galaxies closer to us work as a lens to magnify smaller objects in the background. Researchers say Earendel formed nearly 13-billion years ago ((12.8-12.9)), roughly 900-million years after the Big Bang that formed our universe. A star nicknamed Icarus previously held the record for the oldest one discovered, having formed nearly nine-and-a-half billion years ago ((9.4)).
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Finally, this week, a four-year-old Israeli startup named Brain.Space will send to space a helmet that measures brain activity.
[RADIO TRACK: CEO Yair Levy explains to Reuters.]
((Yair Levy, Co-Founder and CEO of Brain.Space))
“This system does not depend on any technician, does not require any preparation or any special process to wear it. Just click on a button, and it’s done. You can start measuring brain activity.”
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The company plans to compare data of brain activity on Earth with that in space. Brain.Space’s helmet is set to board a SpaceX and Axiom Space-flight next week on the first-ever all-private trip to the ISS, where three-of-the-four space travelers will wear it.
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Arash Arabasadi, VOA News.
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)Washington D. C.
Embargo DateMarch 31, 2022 17:49 EDT
Byline
Arash Arabasadi, VOA News.
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
