Cady Coleman: What it's like to live on the International Space Station
Cady Coleman: A quoi ressemble la vie dans la Station spatiale internationale ?
Cady Coleman draws from her time at NASA and her missions on the International Space Station to share insights about team building, leadership and innovation. Full bio
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Space Station for almost six months.
dans la Station spatiale internationale.
which is, "What's it like in space?"
« Comment c'est dans l'espace ? »
it's a place that is magic for all of us.
quoi c'est un lieu magique pour nous tous.
d'une capsule spatiale russe,
dangerous thing that we do,
le plus dangereux,
fury of those rocket engines
des moteurs de la fusée
de la surface terrestre.
et encore plus vite,
on purpose, those engines stop --
programmé huit minutes et demi après –
are circling the Earth
autour de la Terre
de la station spatiale.
at 17,500 miles an hour
the size of a Smart Car,
de la taille d'une Smart
the size of a football field.
de la taille d'un terrain de football.
with a gentle thunk.
en apesanteur maladroitement
une famille de circonstances.
the entire space station,
de la station spatiale,
tuck in with your toes.
vos doigts de pied.
was drifting silently
c'était d'être en apesanteur en silence
if it knew I was there,
si elle savait que j'étais là,
of that with the crew
avec l'équipage
starts with the perfect commute.
commence par un itinéraire parfait.
en apesanteur vers le labo,
morning view ever.
à la plus belle vue matinale.
only 30 seconds,
de seulement 30 secondes,
de regarder par cette fenêtre.
of looking out that window.
actually still very close to Earth.
sommes encore très proches de la Terre.
to use the Canadian robotic arm
à utiliser ce bras robotisé canadien
the size of a school bus
de la taille d'un bus scolaire
different experiments
d'expériences différentes
for the next four months.
pendant les quatre prochains mois.
every single one of those experiments
chacune de ces expériences
scientific question answered
à une question scientifique en plus
répondre ici sur Terre.
to questions like,
les réponses à des questions comme :
à l'envers, le côté droit vers le haut –
upside down, right side up --
in a little ball and floating freely.
et flottant librement.
into an empty supply ship
un vaisseau de ravitaillement vide
so I made a little video,
j'ai donc fait une petite vidéo,
helps everything go
permet que tout aille
we filter it and then we drink it.
on la filtre et puis on la boit.
but actually tastes pretty good.
mais elle a bon goût en fait.
the table that's important,
a crew together.
to the rest of the world.
de rester reliée avec le reste du monde.
entre la Terre et l'espace
of human spaceflight.
du premier vol spatial humain.
a été tellement important.
the whole time I was up there,
avec ma famille quand j'étais là-haut
as a way for us just to be together.
afin, tout simplement, d'être ensemble.
would go over Massachusetts,
survolait le Massachusetts,
sailing across the sky.
qui passait dans le ciel.
I couldn't see my house,
impossible de voir ma maison,
that the people I loved the most
que les gens que j'aime le plus au monde
quand moi je regardais vers le bas.
where mission and magic come together.
où la mission et la magie se rencontrent.
sont des étapes essentielles
sustainability here on Earth.
le développement durable ici sur Terre.
my family with me,
ma famille avec moi,
depuis la station m'a montré
l'équipage du Vaisseau Terre.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cady Coleman - AstronautCady Coleman draws from her time at NASA and her missions on the International Space Station to share insights about team building, leadership and innovation.
Why you should listen
Cady Coleman is a scientist, wife, mother, pilot, musician, retired NASA Astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions and a six-month trip aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Passionate about sharing her experiences aboard the ISS, Coleman delivered the introductory talk for TED2011 from space.
Coleman currently serves as University Explorer at Arizona State University and as a consultant for a wide range of space-related projects. Her first Space Shuttle mission set the stage for astronauts to conduct pioneering research aboard the ISS in materials science, biotechnology, combustion science and fluid physics. Launching the Chandra X-Ray Observatory was the focus of her second mission, making it possible for scientists everywhere to learn about black holes and dark matter. During her space station expedition, Coleman was the Lead Robotics and Lead Science officer, performing hundreds of science experiments and the second-ever robotic capture of a supply ship from the station. During her ISS mission, she and her crew coached actress Sandra Bullock in preparation for Bullock's role in the movie Gravity.
On the ground at NASA, Coleman served in a variety of roles within the Astronaut Office, including Chief of Robotics, lead for tile repair efforts after the Columbia accident, and, most notably, the lead astronaut for the integration of supply ships. She paved the way for commercial spaceflight collaborations that are now commonplace.
Before retiring from NASA, Coleman led open-innovation and public-private partnership efforts for the Office of the Chief Technologist at NASA Headquarters. As a volunteer test subject for the US Air Force centrifuge program, she set several human endurance/tolerance records while performing physiological and new equipment studies.
In addition to her role as University Explorer at ASU, Coleman is a research affiliate at the MIT Media Lab. She serves on several boards, including the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Earthrise Alliance, Dent the Future, Skycatch and Greenfield Community College.
Coleman earned a BS in chemistry from MIT in 1983 and a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts in 1991. She is married to glass artist Josh Simpson, has two sons, Josiah and Jamey, and calls Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts her home. In their spare time, Coleman and Josh share a love of flying, diving and the exploration of new worlds right here on earth.
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