Cady Coleman: What it's like to live on the International Space Station
Cady Coleman: Hur det är att bo på den internationella rymdstationen
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.
på den internationella rymdstationen
which is, "What's it like in space?"
"Hur är det att vara i rymden?"
it's a place that is magic for all of us.
varför den är magisk för oss alla.
på en rysk rymdkapsel
dangerous thing that we do,
det mest riskfyllda vi gör
fury of those rocket engines
kontrollerade raseri, in i minsta detalj,
on purpose, those engines stop --
tills motorerna avsiktligt stannar -
are circling the Earth
cirkulerar runt jorden
at 17,500 miles an hour
i 28 000 km/h
the size of a Smart Car,
som är lik en pytteliten bil,
the size of a football field.
som är stor som en fotbollsplan.
with a gentle thunk.
med en mjuk duns.
the entire space station,
hela rymdstationen
tuck in with your toes.
gosar man fast sig med tårna.
was drifting silently
att tyst sväva omkring
if it knew I was there,
om den visste att jag var där,
of that with the crew
med resten av besättningen
starts with the perfect commute.
börjar med den perfekta pendlingen.
morning view ever.
only 30 seconds,
går på bara 30 sekunder
of looking out that window.
actually still very close to Earth.
att vi fortfarande är väldigt nära jorden.
to use the Canadian robotic arm
att använda den kanadensiska robotarmen
the size of a school bus
stort som en skolbuss
different experiments
olika experiment,
for the next four months.
under de närmaste fyra månaderna.
every single one of those experiments
vartenda ett av de där experimenten
scientific question answered
genom en annan lins,
to questions like,
på frågor som till exempel.
upside down, right side up --
upp och ner, med huvudet upp.
in a little ball and floating freely.
svävande fritt som en liten boll.
into an empty supply ship
i en tom leveransfarkost
so I made a little video,
så spelade in en liten film,
helps everything go
får allt att ta sig dit det ska.
we filter it and then we drink it.
vi filtrerar och sedan dricker vi det.
but actually tastes pretty good.
men som faktiskt är god.
the table that's important,
runt bordet som är viktigt,
a crew together.
som för besättningen samman.
to the rest of the world.
att hålla kontakten med resten av världen.
of human spaceflight.
av människan i rymden.
med familjen var viktigt.
the whole time I was up there,
under hela tiden jag befann mig där uppe,
as a way for us just to be together.
som ett sätt för oss att vara tillsammans.
would go over Massachusetts,
passerade över Massachusetts
sailing across the sky.
som seglade över himlen.
I couldn't see my house,
förstås inte se mitt hus
that the people I loved the most
att de jag älskade mest
where mission and magic come together.
där uppdrag och magi förenas.
sustainability here on Earth.
att förstå hållbarhet här på jorden.
my family with me,
ta min familj med mig,
från stationen är
på rymdskeppet Jorden.
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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