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hi i'm mark kelly commander of space

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my first of four space flights was his

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endeavors pilot on sts-108 in december

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2001.

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this is endeavour's last flight and

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certainly my last shuttle flight as well

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we left the station with new spare parts

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supplies and an advanced scientific

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instrument called the alpha magnetic

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spectrometer ams is already at work

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gathering information that could improve

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our understanding of the universe

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the two billion dollar instrument weighs

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fifteen thousand pounds and involved a

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collaboration with more than six hundred

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scientists and engineers from sixty

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institutions in sixteen countries

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this cooperation illustrates a legacy of

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endeavor the space shuttle and the space

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station the international collaboration

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that exploration and utilization of

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space has become

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endeavor is a proud name born by a

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number of ships few were less racy but

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more able than explorer james cook's

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endeavor the endeavor cooked used on his

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first voyage of exploration was built to

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haul coal like those on which cook had

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served as a merchant marine officer

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it was blunt bowed slow yet reliable

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strong and able to take a lot of

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punishment it would survive grounding on

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australia's great barrier reef that

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would have sunk most ships of its day in

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some ways it reminds us of our own

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our mission is returning from the

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international space station after

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endeavour's 12th visit to the orbiting

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laboratory

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there people from many nations have

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served continuously in successive crews

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since november of 2000 teaching and

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learning from one another about

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interactions and about how best to do

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things in this harsh environment

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endeavour flew the first space station

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assembly mission sts-88

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the first japanese component of the

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space station was taken by endeavor to

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the station in march 2008

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it also delivered node three tranquility

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and the cupola the robotic workstation

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with six windows to the iss in february

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of 2010.

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a spacecraft that was partly a

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collection of spare parts endeavour also

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features advanced new hardware that

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helped improve safety and performance of

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other orbiters when it was later

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incorporated into them

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endeavor ov-105 authorized by congress

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in august 1987 as a replacement for

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challenger was named through a national

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competition of elementary and secondary

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school students

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endeavour was delivered to the kennedy

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space center on may 7 1991 and launched

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first into space on may 7 1992.

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endeavors sts-118 launch on august 8

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2007 was its first in four years after a

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lengthy modernization following the loss

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of space shuttle columbia this flight

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was commanded by my brother scott kelly

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when we launched on sts-134 endeavour

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already had traveled almost

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116.4 million miles in space on 24

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previous flights it had spent 283 days

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we are adding significantly to that

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total it has taken 133 individuals into

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space some of them more than once

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astronauts are just the tip of a very

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large iceberg behind us are thousands of

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they're dedicated hard-working folks who

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believe deeply in what we do

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they train us to do our jobs they build

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repair and maintain our spacecraft and

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their equipment they manage our missions

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launch us and control our flights they

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support us in many many ways

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we believe deeply in them enough to

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trust them with our lives

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we've talked a lot about endeavor the

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now that we've looked back let's take a

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moment to look ahead

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the retirement of endeavor and the

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shuttle fleet will not end the human

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and always will be part of who we are

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the united states will build other

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spaceships better than those of today

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even if they are years in the future

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they will nevertheless increase our

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economy and inspire our children

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those new vehicles of exploration will

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be named endeavor and maybe it will take

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distant worlds circling other stars

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it could bear a no prouder or more

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here we had just departed from the

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international space station now we're

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sitting here in endeavour's airlock and

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we've got two of our spacesuits here

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that we used for the work that we did

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during our 16-day mission and we're

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happy to be part of endeavour's legacy

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and round out the final spacewalks of

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the space shuttle era

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endeavour started off with some

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spectacular spacewalks on its maiden

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all the space walks that we're going to

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it has been an honor for me to be a part

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of the of endeavor

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presence as european space agency and as

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we are coming back on board of endeavor

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to make final landing and that will be

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the last landing of this incredible

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i do not believe this is the end

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flights similar to the one that i have

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experienced i truly believe that

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the legacy with legacy will continue

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everything that we have learned from all

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the base of the transportation of future

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but what does endeavor mean to me what

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am i thinking about endeavor on the on

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um endeavor is very special ship to me

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and uh was dropped off by discovery

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and i never saw another vehicle uh of

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this size i saw a lot of traffic up

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the mission went really well and it was

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and i'll never forget the moment that

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that endeavor pulled into formation

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pictures of endeavor and this massive

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whole space station from the cupola late

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at night and i saw endeavour

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background it's just a beautiful

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spaceship and it really belongs here

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exciting but i think the legacy for

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of bringing up the very first piece of

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the international space station and then

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by installing the

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orbiter boom

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system on top for use for the station's

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arm to extend its robotic arm

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the endeavor brought up the last piece

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of the space station as well so

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i think endeavour his legacy would be

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that she was a very important part of

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the assembly of the space station from

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beginning to end

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and also

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to me personally because i had my first