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hi this is chris ferguson the commander

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of the space shuttle atlantis orbiting

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the earth at an altitude of 220 miles

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docked to the international space

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station and this is the pilot doug

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from this vantage point we have a

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spectacular view of many of the areas

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on our planet that naval aviation

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influences daily we're extremely proud

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to say that we are naval aviators doug

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flew hornets in the westpac and i flew

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f-14 tomcats off the forestall and the

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nimitz

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i would not be here today commanding a

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space shuttle flight if we're not for

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all that naval aviation has given me

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as an astronaut i'm honored and humbled

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to be a part of the incredible team

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called nasa and extremely proud of what

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nasa has accomplished over the past 50

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years

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as an aviator i'm equally honored to be

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part of the naval aviation family and to

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be able to say that i played a small

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part in the enormous impact naval

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aviation has made in our country and the

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rest of the world over the past 100

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naval aviators have had a significant

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impact on the manned space program since

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its inception first american to fly in

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space alan shepard first american to

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orbit the earth john glenn first

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american to walk on the moon neil

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armstrong

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last human to set foot on the moon gene

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cernan

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first americans to pilot the space

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shuttle john young and bob crippen

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and the commander and pilot of the final

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shuttle flight are naval aviators

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additionally

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naval aviators have had a dominant pres

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presence in leadership roles of nasa as

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well

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from the top nasa position the nasa

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administrator to center directors of

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so you can tell by just a few of those

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milestones what an incredible impact

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naval aviation has made on the nasa

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human space flight program on behalf of

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nasa thank you to naval aviation

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in closing i would like to congratulate

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naval aviation on its 100 years of

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achievement and thank all the men and

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women of the navy marine corps and coast

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guard and their families for their honor

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courage and commitment in serving our

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great nation congratulations again god