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Transcript/ScriptThe Week in Space (TV)
HEADLINE: International Space Station Under New Management
TEASER: Plus, a look back at a history-making American pilot
PUBLISHED AT: Thursday 05/05/2022 at 2:45pm
BYLINE: Arash Arabasadi
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DATELINE: Washington
VIDEOGRAPHER: AP/ REUTERS/ NASA TV/ NASA
SCRIPT EDITORS: MAS, BR
VIDEO SOURCE (S): AP/ REUTERS/ NASA TV/ NASA
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TRT: 2:26
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[[INTRO: The International Space Station is now under new management. Plus, a look back at a spaceflight pioneer, and a historical perspective on the future of lunar exploration. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi brings us The Week in Space.]]
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We begin this week aboard the International Space Station where NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn handed over command of the ISS to Russian cosmonaut, Oleg Artemyev.
“And I relinquish command of the space station to you.”
“I accept command.”
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The ceremonial changing of the guard came before the third long-duration astronaut team launched by SpaceX departed the ISS. The crew, dubbed “Endurance” after the SpaceX Dragon capsule on which they flew, involved three NASA astronauts and their European counterpart.
Marshburn, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, and Germany’s Matthias Maurer, had been aboard the ISS since November. Crew-3, as they’re officially known, carried nearly 250 kilograms ((249.48)) of cargo on the return trip. They’re expected to splashdown off the coast of Florida on Friday.
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In other news, it was 61 years ago this week that spaceflight pioneer Alan Shepard became the first American to complete a suborbital flight. On May fifth, 1961, Shepard blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, helping pave the way for modern spaceflight.
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“We have a launch commit, and we have a liftoff. The swing arm is moving back.”
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More than a decade later, on April 16, 1972, NASA successfully launched the Apollo 16 mission to the moon. Moonwalking astronaut, Charlie Duke, was on that flight, and at age 86, he’s looking to the future.
[RADIO TRACK: Duke spoke with the Associated Press.]
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“The more people we get into space and who can see the beauty of the Earth and the incredible emotion that you see when you see the Earth hung in the blackness of space, it’s going to affect a lot of people. And we are going to do a lot to develop a lot more capability in space through the commercial side of it.”
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Duke is one of four living moonwalkers from NASA’s Apollo program. He says he has high hopes for NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to put humans back on the moon after a 50-year hiatus.
And finally this week, more than four decades after its release and an unrelenting series of spinoffs, a “Star Wars” exhibit packs more than 600 collectibles into the heart of New York City. The exhibition’s executive producer, John Zaller, says some of the pieces took fans years to produce. He says the exhibit, called “The Fans Strike Back,” will be on display through the end of the summer.
((Arash Arabasadi, VOA News))
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)Washington D. C.
Embargo DateMay 5, 2022 15:48 EDT
Byline
((Arash Arabasadi, VOA News))
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