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hey Houston we've gathered everybody

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here at the the no 2 forward hatch we

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have we have a couple different things

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we'd like to do today the first of which

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is a is a special presentation you know

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when when great things are accomplished

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pivotal moments occur in history we we

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have monuments and statues we would have

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loved to brought a monument but we

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really couldn't bring a monument so what

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we did to celebrate this final shuttle

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flight docking to the International

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Space Station is we brought the best

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monument we could possibly find and

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that's a Space Shuttle model the Space

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Shuttle model was signed by the

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modern-day Titans of the space shuttle

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program including John Shannon Leroy

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Cain Mike Leinbach our lead flight

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director scott c oliver oh ho and chris

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Edelin what you don't see is the

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signatures of the tens of thousands who

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rode to orbit with us over the past

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thirty years at boolean spirit what we

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would like is for Doug to present this

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model to Mike Fossum of the expedition

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28 crew and Mike will hopefully display

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it in a position of respect right here

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by the shuttles regular old parking spot

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we all have lots of stories my story

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with the shuttle program began in 1982

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when I'm worked sts-3 in Mission Control

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hundreds of thousands of people have

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contributed to the shuttle program

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through the many years 30 years of

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flying service and another decade and a

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half of development before that the

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space shuttle program has inspired

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millions and millions more we're happy

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to have this model and one of the

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greatest Testaments to the shuttles

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incredible capability that 90% of the

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world's population can look out of their

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backyards at night and see us going

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it looks absolutely fantastic there Mike

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it's it's the next best thing to really

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being here we also have a another

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special presentation today and that

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presentation is a special flag that flag

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was handed to me personally just a few

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days before launch and the crew of

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sts-135 the final shuttle mission

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brought it to the International Space

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Station and since we've been here we've

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prominently displayed the flag on the

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floor flight deck we actually had it

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there a little bit earlier on for a

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public affairs event but the Doug and I

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Rex and Sandy we just really liked it it

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symbolized what we were all here for and

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we left it there permanently and I think

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it made us feel good well we have that

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flag and that flag is significant not

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only because we brought it up on this

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flight but because it also flew on sts-1

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this flag represents not just a symbol

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of our national pride and honor but in

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this particular case it represents a

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goal this flag also will be flown

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prominently here by the Lord hatch of no

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2 to be returned to earth once again by

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an astronaut that launches on a u.s.

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vehicle

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hopefully in just a few years Ron I'd

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like to turn this flag over to you for

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thanks for you know we were looking for

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a place to hang this play at blue on

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sts-1 and Estes 135 they done you know

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when we were thinking about it we we

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thought the harmonica would be the

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perfect place you know on our right

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we've got the Japanese laboratory on our

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left we have the European laboratory in

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front of us we've got the hatch that

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leads to the u.s. laboratory the Russian

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segment in the rest of the space station

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and above us and below us our hatches

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who are visiting spacecraft as it can

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bring cargo but behind us going through

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that hatch right there right now that's

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the hatch that leads to Atlantis and

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thirty five space shuttles have dr. to

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that meaning adaptor that's attached

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just beyond that that hatch right there

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and you know during the course of the

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International Space Station construction

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all those space shuttles that doctor

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left the legacy of this incredible

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orbiting research facility that not only

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is you know you're gonna be a stepping

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stone to the rest of the exploration of

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the rest of the solar system it's also

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really improving life on our planet and

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so we thought it was a very fitting

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place to put that and as we put this

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flag on the hatch that leads to Atlantis

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right now and when we close that hatch

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when these guys go by we're closing a

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chapter in the history of our nation but

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in the future when another spacecraft

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docks to that that hatch and with with

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crew members on board and we open that

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hatch we are going to be opening a new

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era and raising the flag on a new air

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exploration beyond low Earth orbit so

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it's a great honor to do that and it's a

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great place for us to put it in front

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and when this flag returns again someday

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to earth

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by astronauts that came up on a American

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spacecraft its journey will not end

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there its journey will continue it will

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also on the heavy lift vehicle that the

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United States is currently working on it

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will leave low-earth orbit once again

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perhaps to a lunar destination perhaps

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to Mars I think I certainly speak on

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behalf of the sts-135 crew and on behalf

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of expedition 28 that is our honor to

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have brought this flag here and to

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prominently display Atlantis and ISS

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thanks for those inspiring words thank

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you for honoring the thousands of people

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that have been a part of the space

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shuttle program over the years and we

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look forward as you do to the day when

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that flag will return to Earth with a

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u.s. crew and then move on beyond our

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low-earth orbit thanks very much

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hey great words Megan and now back to

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what we continue to be a more

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traditional farewell ceremony I'd like

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to thank the commander of the

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International Space Station andrey

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borisenko for your hospitality you've

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been absolutely fantastic to us you and

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your crew have demonstrated not only ISS

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hospitality but you've demonstrated

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fantastic Russian hospitality it's been

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wonderful to be here with you you have a

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wonderful home you're taking fantastic

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care of it and you are you're going to

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keep it looking good for generations of

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thankful our

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hey just a few words overall on the the

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mission itself you know this was a

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little bit of an unique mission for a

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couple different reasons first of all we

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had kind of an abbreviated crew we had

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or shuttle crew coming up joining six

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space station crew I think in this

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particular instance it forced us all to

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work as a very tight team from the very

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beginning we had a lot of hope from our

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station counterparts Sasha and Andrei

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Sergei the very first day that we were

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docked they showed up in the mplm put me

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to work they were absolutely wonderful

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they were great sports and took care of

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ashley stoking an awful lot of our cargo

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for us we we empty the mplm finally

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today and just a short while ago put it

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back in the shuttles payload Bay

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hopefully with everything that should be

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on there and if not what's remaining is

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going to go through this hatch in just a

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moment but to the expedition 28 crew

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again thank you very much for your

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hospitality on behalf of the 135 well

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thanks Bergy it's been an honor

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great having you guys on board it's

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great being a part of this really

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and historic commission and we want to

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just thank you guys so much for leaving

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the Space Station in a posture for a

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continued utilization continued use for

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the rest of the decade it's a really

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great and you know I think Doug for all

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your work on the transfer and robotics

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it was just amazing and where's Rex Rex

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thank you for all your leadership and

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your dedication hard work on the space

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walk you and mediate team on the ground

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really made that a big success and

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Fergie thank you for your leadership

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thank you for bringing the guys here but

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of all your many many accomplishments

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that you did on this mission for us from

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our perspective the most important thing

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you did is bring sandy sandy we cannot

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thank you enough for always keeping the

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big picture mind always keeping what

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life is gonna be like after you guys

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leave you were just absolutely amazing

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we just cannot thank you enough for

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everything and you know we don't even

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realize it yet but in a couple of weeks

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we're gonna be going wow I'm glad sandy

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was here and we tried to trade Mike

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there sandy but for he wouldn't take us

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up Brittany thank you and your crew so

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much like I said it's you really left

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position so I'll be happy the expedition

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28 crew the entire ISS program would

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like to thank

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you your crew and the entire sts-135

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team for leaving the station ready to go

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for the rest of the very got everything

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on the right side we got our cameras as

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the log we're gonna build a log out

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we're going to get it back to you and

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we're gonna just pass it to you when