1
00:00:37,119 --> 00:00:24,600
[Music]

2
00:00:42,469 --> 00:00:40,879
happy st. Patrick's Day and welcome to

3
00:00:46,250 --> 00:00:42,479
the International Space Station

4
00:00:49,789 --> 00:00:46,260
I'm Katie Collman a NASA astronaut and I

5
00:00:52,610 --> 00:00:49,799
love Saint Patrick's Day in my family we

6
00:00:56,090 --> 00:00:52,620
are a quarter Irish on each side and

7
00:00:58,759 --> 00:00:56,100
somehow that adds up to much more than a

8
00:01:01,639 --> 00:00:58,769
half and I wanted to bring something up

9
00:01:02,779 --> 00:01:01,649
to space with me that would recognize my

10
00:01:05,170 --> 00:01:02,789
Irish heritage

11
00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:05,180
and since I'm also a flute player I

12
00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:06,930
thought why not

13
00:01:11,660 --> 00:01:09,570
Irish flutes and so I had gotten to know

14
00:01:13,970 --> 00:01:11,670
the renowned band The Chieftains and I

15
00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:13,980
asked them if they would mind if I

16
00:01:18,820 --> 00:01:15,930
borrowed some of their instruments and I

17
00:01:21,170 --> 00:01:18,830
brought them on a little business trip I

18
00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:21,180
might not have mentioned that the trip

19
00:01:25,670 --> 00:01:23,850
would be six months long and that the

20
00:01:28,250 --> 00:01:25,680
flutes would have travelled several

21
00:01:30,290 --> 00:01:28,260
million miles before they came home and

22
00:01:32,450 --> 00:01:30,300
I'd like to reassure them that their

23
00:01:35,060 --> 00:01:32,460
treasures are just fine they're actually

24
00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:35,070
never far from home because we fly over

25
00:01:40,820 --> 00:01:37,170
Ireland several times a day

26
00:01:42,650 --> 00:01:40,830
this lovely wooden flute belongs to mr.

27
00:01:46,010 --> 00:01:42,660
Matt Molloy of the Chieftains

28
00:01:49,460 --> 00:01:46,020
and I've really loved having it up here

29
00:01:54,290 --> 00:01:49,470
it's just a beautiful instrument and

30
00:01:58,520 --> 00:01:54,300
here in my pocket is a tin whistle from

31
00:02:00,710 --> 00:01:58,530
paddy Moloney now even though I'm not a

32
00:02:02,060 --> 00:02:00,720
professional clearly professional flute

33
00:02:04,130 --> 00:02:02,070
or whistle player I've really felt

34
00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:04,140
privileged to have these instruments up

35
00:02:08,869 --> 00:02:06,930
in space with me the penny whistle fits

36
00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:08,879
in my pocket and I can take it out

37
00:02:14,660 --> 00:02:12,690
whenever I you know have time to play

38
00:02:16,340 --> 00:02:14,670
and just looking at Matt's flute

39
00:02:18,020 --> 00:02:16,350
floating around in the space station

40
00:02:20,630 --> 00:02:18,030
it's a hundred years old

41
00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:20,640
and I think that the contrast of the old

42
00:02:24,980 --> 00:02:23,010
and the new you wouldn't think it but

43
00:02:26,540 --> 00:02:24,990
it's exactly the right thing to float

44
00:02:28,060 --> 00:02:26,550
around in the middle of an orbiting

45
00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:28,070
space station

46
00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:32,850
well Saint Patrick's Day is a day when

47
00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:36,810
people all over the earth recognize

48
00:02:43,730 --> 00:02:40,410
their Irish heritage and now we're doing

49
00:02:45,500 --> 00:02:43,740
that from space as well happy st.

50
00:02:52,390 --> 00:02:45,510
Patrick's Day from the International

51
00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:21,680
[Music]

52
00:03:28,370 --> 00:03:37,430
happy st. Patrick's Day

53
00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:53,480
[Music]