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All first records is out of this world in twenty four team german astronaut alex spent six months in the international space station i.s.a.'s. in just a few weeks will begin his second mission. but this time he'll be taking along an assistant named simon our reporter had a chance to meet him. good morning simon who are in contact with ground station no but how about some music great words for your favorite what interaction with simon will be like on the international space station simon can see hear and react to his environment he's currently being tested at the cologne facility where the huma...

Ground station and others in the u.s. was classified until 2008 and we're the first reporters allowed inside. inside this ground station, the place the nro calls its brain. from this room, the nro watches over the agency satellites, checking their systems, receiving their data and troubleshooting any problems. >> it's a piece of hardware with electronics on it and just like anything can go wrong with your television or cell phone, that can go wrong. >> jeff crider has an important job to do. >> if we get a call in realtime where a crisis is happening, we have the capability to retest those sat...

Comes to monitoring global hot spots such as syria and iran. >> whether it's falling signals or tracing weapons, whether we're making sure that the treaties that the u.s. has signed are actually being enforced, we contribute to all of those missions. >> i imagine the iranian nuclear agreement falls into that category. >> we can contribute. >> to see where the data from the agency is collected, we came here. a place you've probably never heard of, a place you've certainly never seen. until now. >> we're approaching the mission ground station at white sands, new mexico, the very existence of thi...

>> today's satellites can detect the use of specific chemical or radioactive weapons. critical capabilities when it comes to monitoring global hot spots such as syria and iran. >> whether it's following signal or whether it's tracing weapons, whether we're making sure the treaties that the has signed are actually being enforced, we contribute to all of those missions. >> i imagine the iranian nuclear agreement falls into that category. >> we can contribute to that mission. yeah. >> to see where the data from sapp's agency is collected, we came here, a place you've probably never heard of, a pl...

Signal or whether it's tracing weapons, whether we're making sure the treaties that the u.s. has signed are actually being enforced, we contribute to all of those missions. >> i imagine the iranian nuclear agreement falls into that category. >> we can contribute to that mission. yeah. >> to see where the data from sapp's agency is collected, we came here, a place you've probablyever heard of, a place you've certainly never seen until now. >> we're approaching the mission ground station at white sands, new mexico. the very existence of this ground station and others in the u.s. was classified u...