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This is The Brief on the Progress 96 space station docking.
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Welcome to SciTech Brief, your snapshot of science, technology, and
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digital culture.
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Russia's uncrewed cargo ship just arrived at the International Space Station,
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delivering vital supplies to a crew stuck waiting for a
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delayed ride home. Imagine you're stranded at a remote wilderness
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outpost when your ride breaks down. Suddenly, the supply truck
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showing up becomes the biggest event of the month. First,
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getting this delivery up took some patience. After a rocket
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issue caused a one-week delay, Progress 96 launched from Kazakhstan
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on September 16th atop a Soyuz-21B rocket. It took a
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kind of uncommon three-day, 49-orbit journey, but docked flawlessly yesterday
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at the Poisk module, using the upgraded Kurs-NA radar to
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safely guide itself right in. Second, this delivery is a
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critical lifeline because of a crisis back on Earth. With
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SpaceX's Crew 13 grounded by a Dragon capsule oxidizer leak,
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the seven-member Expedition 75 crew has their return on hold.
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So Progress 96 brought up three tons of absolute essentials— fuel, water, oxygen,
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and food— buying our astronauts some much-needed time during this
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unscheduled stay. Finally, we've got to talk about the wild
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sci-fi payload on board. The coolest cargo is an exoskeleton
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workstation for the Teledroid experiment. Cosmonaut Anna Kakina is going
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to use it to remote control a humanoid robot during spacewalks.
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It's like a high-stakes virtual reality game where your avatar
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is a real robot floating in the deadly vacuum of space.
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But here's the crazy cliffhanger. The actual robot doesn't even
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arrive until November. Progress 96 is far more than a
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routine delivery. It's a vital bridge keeping the crew sustained
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and cutting-edge science alive, while Earthbound engineers fix their ride home.
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That's today's SciTech Brief. Short, smart, and straight to the point.
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If you want to listen to previous episodes, you'll find
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them on Spotify.
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This is The Brief on the Progress 96 space station docking.
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00:00:05.710 --> 00:00:09.359
Welcome to SciTech Brief, your snapshot of science, technology, and
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00:00:09.410 --> 00:00:10.130
digital culture.
4
00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:17.359
Russia's uncrewed cargo ship just arrived at the International Space Station,
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00:00:17.739 --> 00:00:20.399
delivering vital supplies to a crew stuck waiting for a
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00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:24.039
delayed ride home. Imagine you're stranded at a remote wilderness
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00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:27.280
outpost when your ride breaks down. Suddenly, the supply truck
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00:00:27.300 --> 00:00:30.570
showing up becomes the biggest event of the month. First,
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00:00:30.850 --> 00:00:34.009
getting this delivery up took some patience. After a rocket
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00:00:34.030 --> 00:00:37.869
issue caused a one-week delay, Progress 96 launched from Kazakhstan
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00:00:37.969 --> 00:00:42.090
on September 16th atop a Soyuz-21B rocket. It took a
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00:00:42.149 --> 00:00:46.670
kind of uncommon three-day, 49-orbit journey, but docked flawlessly yesterday
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00:00:46.689 --> 00:00:50.109
at the Poisk module, using the upgraded Kurs-NA radar to
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00:00:50.210 --> 00:00:54.049
safely guide itself right in. Second, this delivery is a
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00:00:54.130 --> 00:00:56.990
critical lifeline because of a crisis back on Earth. With
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00:00:57.049 --> 00:01:00.490
SpaceX's Crew 13 grounded by a Dragon capsule oxidizer leak,
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00:01:00.829 --> 00:01:03.950
the seven-member Expedition 75 crew has their return on hold.
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00:01:04.530 --> 00:01:09.719
So Progress 96 brought up three tons of absolute essentials— fuel, water, oxygen,
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00:01:09.739 --> 00:01:12.579
and food— buying our astronauts some much-needed time during this
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00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:16.319
unscheduled stay. Finally, we've got to talk about the wild
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00:01:16.379 --> 00:01:20.060
sci-fi payload on board. The coolest cargo is an exoskeleton
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00:01:20.099 --> 00:01:23.980
workstation for the Teledroid experiment. Cosmonaut Anna Kakina is going
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to use it to remote control a humanoid robot during spacewalks.
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It's like a high-stakes virtual reality game where your avatar
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00:01:30.290 --> 00:01:32.870
is a real robot floating in the deadly vacuum of space.
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00:01:33.430 --> 00:01:36.290
But here's the crazy cliffhanger. The actual robot doesn't even
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00:01:36.329 --> 00:01:39.609
arrive until November. Progress 96 is far more than a
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00:01:39.670 --> 00:01:42.719
routine delivery. It's a vital bridge keeping the crew sustained
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and cutting-edge science alive, while Earthbound engineers fix their ride home.
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00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:54.140
That's today's SciTech Brief. Short, smart, and straight to the point.
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00:01:56.319 --> 00:01:57.989
If you want to listen to previous episodes, you'll find
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00:01:58.010 --> 00:01:58.609
them on Spotify.
