Video from inside a Russian Noyuz space capsule shows NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency. The two are on their way to the International Space Station, where they will attempt to become the first to spend a year in space.; Credit: Courtesy of NASA TV

On this segment of Lab Notes: The downside of finally getting rain, messages from the deep ocean, and what it’s like to live in space. As always KPCC’s one and only Sanden Totten joined A Martinez in studio for the latest science news.

After weeks of what basically felt like a second summer, forecasters are saying we are finally going to get some rain. But Sanden, you found a new study that might - shall we say - rain on our rain parade. 

Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sank a sturdy recording device 7 miles deep into the Pacific Ocean. So what did they hear?

Lastly, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly landed back on Earth this week after spending nearly a year living on the International Space Station. Scientists will be studying how he changed up there in micro-gravity. 

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