The Week in Space -- USAGM
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- The Week in Space -- USAGM
- April 7, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English The Week in Space (TV) HEADLINE: Peace in Space Despite War on Earth TEASER: NASA's boss says US/Russian space partnership still strong PUBLISHED AT: 3/24/2022 at 2:30pm BYLINE: Arash Arabasadi CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: AP/ NASA/ NASA TV/ ROSCOSMOS TV SCRIPT EDITORS: Bowman NOTE: VIDEO SOURCE (S): AP/ NASA/ NASA TV/ ROSCOSMOS TV PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO __ TRT: 2:25 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG UPDATE: )) [[INTRO: NASA says international space cooperation “hasn’t missed a beat” despite Russia’s war on Ukraine and punishing Western sanctions on Moscow. Meanwhile, Europe’s space agency cancels travel plans with Russia, while astronauts perform repairs on the International Space Station. Arash Arabasadi brings us The Week in Space.]] ((mandatory cg NASA)) ((NARRATOR)) We begin this week outside the International Space Station where NASA’s Raja Chari and the ESA’s Matthias Maurer spacewalked for station maintenance. The pair installed hoses on a valve plus a power and data cable while also replacing an external camera. Equally noteworthy is what took place inside the station. ((mandatory cg NASA)) ((NARRATOR)) Earlier this week, a rocket carrying a Soyuz capsule and three cosmonauts launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The voyage came amid Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russian officials and banks. [RADIO TRACK: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, in a video call with AP, says space remains at peace.] ((Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator)) “Despite all of that, up in space, we can have a cooperation with our Russian friends and our colleagues. The professional relationship between astronauts and cosmonauts, it hasn’t missed a beat.” ((mandatory cg NASA TV)) ((NARRATOR)) About three hours after launch, the Soyuz capsule docked with the ISS, where the entire crew greeted their new colleagues. The three cosmonauts became the first new arrivals since Russia invaded Ukraine last month. ((mandatory cg ROSCOSMOS TV)) ((NARRATOR)) They appeared wearing flight suits in yellow and blue colors, the same as Ukraine’s flag. It was unclear if they intended to send a message, but cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev said every crew chooses its own flight suits, and they had “a lot of yellow material so” they “needed to use it.” ((mandatory cg NASA TV)) ((NARRATOR)) In other news, the world’s most powerful rocket will soon get a dress rehearsal. NASA plans for the Space Launch System, or SLS rocket, to one day carry the Orion spacecraft in un-crewed orbit around the Moon as the first stage of its Artemis program. NASA will test all systems short of actually launching, and if all goes according to plan, Artemis 1 – the mission orbiting the moon – could come as early as June, according to space news dot com. The Artemis program aims to place the first woman and next man on the lunar surface. ((NARRATOR)) Finally this week, despite NASA’s continued cooperation with the Russian space program, the European Space Agency confirmed indefinite suspension of its collaboration with Russia to send a rover to Mars. The ESA said in a statement, “We deeply deplore the human casualties and tragic consequences of the aggression towards Ukraine.” Earth-Mars orbital alignment only allows a trip to the red planet every two years putting the next possible launch in 2024. The pandemic closed the previous window in 2020. Arash Arabasadi, VOA News.
- Transcript/Script The Week in Space (TV) HEADLINE: Peace in Space Despite War on Earth TEASER: NASA's boss says US/Russian space partnership still strong PUBLISHED AT: 3/24/2022 at 2:30pm BYLINE: Arash Arabasadi CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: AP/ NASA/ NASA TV/ ROSCOSMOS TV SCRIPT EDITORS: Bowman NOTE: VIDEO SOURCE (S): AP/ NASA/ NASA TV/ ROSCOSMOS TV PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO __ TRT: 2:25 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG UPDATE: )) [[INTRO: NASA says international space cooperation “hasn’t missed a beat” despite Russia’s war on Ukraine and punishing Western sanctions on Moscow. Meanwhile, Europe’s space agency cancels travel plans with Russia, while astronauts perform repairs on the International Space Station. Arash Arabasadi brings us The Week in Space.]] ((mandatory cg NASA)) ((NARRATOR)) We begin this week outside the International Space Station where NASA’s Raja Chari and the ESA’s Matthias Maurer spacewalked for station maintenance. The pair installed hoses on a valve plus a power and data cable while also replacing an external camera. Equally noteworthy is what took place inside the station. ((mandatory cg NASA)) ((NARRATOR)) Earlier this week, a rocket carrying a Soyuz capsule and three cosmonauts launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The voyage came amid Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russian officials and banks. [RADIO TRACK: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, in a video call with AP, says space remains at peace.] ((Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator)) “Despite all of that, up in space, we can have a cooperation with our Russian friends and our colleagues. The professional relationship between astronauts and cosmonauts, it hasn’t missed a beat.” ((mandatory cg NASA TV)) ((NARRATOR)) About three hours after launch, the Soyuz capsule docked with the ISS, where the entire crew greeted their new colleagues. The three cosmonauts became the first new arrivals since Russia invaded Ukraine last month. ((mandatory cg ROSCOSMOS TV)) ((NARRATOR)) They appeared wearing flight suits in yellow and blue colors, the same as Ukraine’s flag. It was unclear if they intended to send a message, but cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev said every crew chooses its own flight suits, and they had “a lot of yellow material so” they “needed to use it.” ((mandatory cg NASA TV)) ((NARRATOR)) In other news, the world’s most powerful rocket will soon get a dress rehearsal. NASA plans for the Space Launch System, or SLS rocket, to one day carry the Orion spacecraft in un-crewed orbit around the Moon as the first stage of its Artemis program. NASA will test all systems short of actually launching, and if all goes according to plan, Artemis 1 – the mission orbiting the moon – could come as early as June, according to space news dot com. The Artemis program aims to place the first woman and next man on the lunar surface. ((NARRATOR)) Finally this week, despite NASA’s continued cooperation with the Russian space program, the European Space Agency confirmed indefinite suspension of its collaboration with Russia to send a rover to Mars. The ESA said in a statement, “We deeply deplore the human casualties and tragic consequences of the aggression towards Ukraine.” Earth-Mars orbital alignment only allows a trip to the red planet every two years putting the next possible launch in 2024. The pandemic closed the previous window in 2020. Arash Arabasadi, VOA News.
- NewsML Media Topics Science and Technology
- Topic Tags Space
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date April 7, 2022 14:49 EDT
- Description English NASA says international space cooperation “hasn’t missed a beat” despite Russia’s war on Ukraine and punishing Western sanctions on Moscow. Meanwhile, Europe’s space agency cancels travel plans with Russia, while astronauts perform repairs on the International Space Station. Arash Arabasadi brings us The Week in Space.
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English