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[00:00.44] Welcome to Story Time From Space to all of you, in school, at home or at your local library or whatever you may be.

[00:07.09] Astronaut Christina Koch is reading a book about space exploration and a future mission to Mars, a book carried aboard a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station.

[00:18.50] It's a musical storybook delighting children on the ground. Hey-ho, to Mars we'll go--the rocket's on the pad.

[00:25.94] The astronauts presentation thrilled the book's author. Christina did a fabulous job. She played with it. She sang the verses that needed to be sung.

[00:38.69] More than two dozen books have been used for the project presented in several languages including Arabic.

[00:52.51] By astronaut Hazza AI Mansouri from the United Arab Emirates. He read the story of Khalifa and Amal traveling through space.

[01:01.01] Many astronauts are used to reading to their own children at home.

[01:04.99] It's in a different location and it's a little harder because they're floating and it's a little harder to stay in the camera view and all that sort of stuff but no generally they have a really good time doing it.

[01:16.15] A companion series called Science Time From Space shows astronauts doing science experiments.

[01:22.80] Here they're demonstrating how forces work in a weightless environment.

[01:27.32] Author Lendroth says her book like others in the program excites the curiosity of its young audience.

[01:36.35] The idea of people pushing boundaries, of being curious about what is beyond their immediate perception. In this case on a musical journey to Mars.

[01:49.10] The Earth's the blue dot. The Earth's the blue dot. Hey-ho, to Mars we'll go--the Earth's a blue dot. Showing young people the thrill of exploration.