1 00:00:00,191 --> 00:00:02,191 [ Silence ] 2 00:00:02,376 --> 00:00:02,586 >> Amiko Kauderer: Hi. 3 00:00:02,586 --> 00:00:04,386 Welcome to the International Space Station Flight 4 00:00:04,386 --> 00:00:05,036 Control Room. 5 00:00:05,036 --> 00:00:08,716 I have an exciting person here to visit us today, 6 00:00:08,716 --> 00:00:11,096 guest at NASA, Astronaut Cady Coleman. 7 00:00:11,096 --> 00:00:12,726 Cady, thank you so much for coming today. 8 00:00:13,266 --> 00:00:14,216 >> Cady Coleman: I'm happy to be here. 9 00:00:14,216 --> 00:00:15,316 >> Amiko Kauderer: So we're having all kinds 10 00:00:15,316 --> 00:00:17,686 of great stuff happening aboard the International Space Station. 11 00:00:17,686 --> 00:00:21,016 I'm so glad that you came here [Inaudible] Cady, is -- 12 00:00:21,016 --> 00:00:24,716 she was the Expedition 26-27 flight engineer aboard the 13 00:00:24,716 --> 00:00:25,636 International Space Station. 14 00:00:25,636 --> 00:00:27,356 She is a veteran of three space flights, 15 00:00:27,356 --> 00:00:32,146 so two of which were aboard the Space Shuttle STS-73 and STS-93. 16 00:00:32,626 --> 00:00:34,626 And -- but most recently, 17 00:00:34,626 --> 00:00:36,666 she was living aboard the International Space Station 18 00:00:36,666 --> 00:00:39,056 where she stayed for 159 days. 19 00:00:39,056 --> 00:00:40,686 That's a long time. 20 00:00:40,686 --> 00:00:44,346 So we were so very, very glad to have you here. 21 00:00:44,346 --> 00:00:46,686 And we just want to get into talking about all this stuff, 22 00:00:46,686 --> 00:00:48,646 actually another little tidbit. 23 00:00:49,436 --> 00:00:53,836 Cady, actually in a year, or it will have been a year, 24 00:00:53,836 --> 00:00:55,906 and in exactly one week from today 25 00:00:56,196 --> 00:00:58,546 when she actually returned to earth. 26 00:00:58,696 --> 00:01:00,686 I cannot believe it's been a year since you've been back. 27 00:01:01,566 --> 00:01:03,626 >> Cady Coleman: It's so fast. 28 00:01:03,866 --> 00:01:05,566 It goes so fast once you get back. 29 00:01:05,566 --> 00:01:07,086 It's amazing to me as well. 30 00:01:07,086 --> 00:01:10,496 And it's really just neat to see docking and to remember back to, 31 00:01:10,496 --> 00:01:13,526 you know, just a year and a half ago arriving at the Station. 32 00:01:13,716 --> 00:01:15,336 >> Amiko Kauderer: Well, and it's so exciting to see, 33 00:01:15,336 --> 00:01:17,626 just to be able to see the crew members 34 00:01:17,626 --> 00:01:19,936 who were aboard the Station and being able 35 00:01:19,936 --> 00:01:21,306 to see those visitors come on board. 36 00:01:21,306 --> 00:01:24,596 And now I know you actually docked and joined a crew 37 00:01:24,596 --> 00:01:25,746 that was there, but at the time 38 00:01:25,746 --> 00:01:28,346 that you were there you also received visitors 39 00:01:28,346 --> 00:01:31,246 on two shuttle, you know, visits that came up there. 40 00:01:31,246 --> 00:01:36,056 So tell me, first, what is that like to dock and join the crew 41 00:01:36,056 --> 00:01:37,556 but also to receive visitors? 42 00:01:37,556 --> 00:01:39,846 What is that like as a crew member aboard the Space Station? 43 00:01:40,056 --> 00:01:42,486 >> Cady Coleman: Well, I tell people that we go up in groups 44 00:01:42,486 --> 00:01:44,426 of three but we make a crew of six. 45 00:01:44,986 --> 00:01:48,136 And it's interesting, you'd think we'd spend a lot 46 00:01:48,136 --> 00:01:50,396 of time together, the six of us, but really the three of us 47 00:01:50,396 --> 00:01:53,486 that go up in the Soyuz spend a lot of time together, and we do, 48 00:01:53,516 --> 00:01:55,746 you know, the emergency practicing and all that kind 49 00:01:55,746 --> 00:01:56,846 of stuff with the other folks 50 00:01:56,906 --> 00:01:58,076 that we're going to join on board. 51 00:01:58,496 --> 00:02:00,606 But in some cases, especially with the Russian crew members, 52 00:02:00,606 --> 00:02:02,366 we don't know them really quite as well. 53 00:02:02,896 --> 00:02:06,086 And so the minute you get on board you're kind 54 00:02:06,086 --> 00:02:08,446 of saying hello to some people you don't really know 55 00:02:08,526 --> 00:02:10,056 incredibly well. 56 00:02:10,096 --> 00:02:11,266 But what is amazing is 57 00:02:11,266 --> 00:02:12,826 that you're all there for the same purpose. 58 00:02:13,006 --> 00:02:17,376 And these guys that we joined, we joined Sasha Kaleri, 59 00:02:17,376 --> 00:02:20,326 Oleg Skripochka and Scott Kelly, and they were just 60 00:02:20,396 --> 00:02:21,766 so happy to have us on board. 61 00:02:21,766 --> 00:02:25,416 I think because they loved being on board and they loved the work 62 00:02:25,416 --> 00:02:27,456 that they were doing and they just couldn't wait to, you know, 63 00:02:27,756 --> 00:02:29,236 drag three more people into it 64 00:02:29,486 --> 00:02:31,326 and have us all just produce a lot 65 00:02:31,326 --> 00:02:32,596 of good science for the Station. 66 00:02:32,696 --> 00:02:33,476 >> Amiko Kauderer: Help them work together 67 00:02:33,476 --> 00:02:35,456 and see some new faces, I'm sure, as well. 68 00:02:35,456 --> 00:02:37,486 It's probably nice to have 69 00:02:37,746 --> 00:02:40,206 on board the Space Station after so long. 70 00:02:40,416 --> 00:02:43,316 And I guess, you know, while you didn't know each other as well 71 00:02:43,316 --> 00:02:45,196 and throughout the training process and beforehand, 72 00:02:45,196 --> 00:02:46,456 but once you get there, I'm sure you get 73 00:02:46,456 --> 00:02:48,636 to know each other a little better, you know, 74 00:02:48,716 --> 00:02:50,476 living there aboard the Space Station together. 75 00:02:50,806 --> 00:02:51,836 >> Cady Coleman: You know, it's really true. 76 00:02:51,836 --> 00:02:54,416 And I think being on the Station at all is 77 00:02:54,476 --> 00:02:55,986 such an amazing experience. 78 00:02:55,986 --> 00:02:59,856 And in fact, after, you know, 159 days, you know, 79 00:02:59,856 --> 00:03:01,986 I really would have stayed another six months in a minute. 80 00:03:02,166 --> 00:03:03,726 I mean, I did want to come home eventually 81 00:03:03,726 --> 00:03:05,706 but it never gets old there. 82 00:03:05,706 --> 00:03:06,676 It's never boring. 83 00:03:07,156 --> 00:03:08,236 You're always busy. 84 00:03:08,236 --> 00:03:09,836 And it's an amazing place. 85 00:03:09,956 --> 00:03:13,686 And I'm always driven to share that, and I think all of us are. 86 00:03:14,016 --> 00:03:15,516 And when a new crew comes aboard, 87 00:03:15,706 --> 00:03:18,406 it's this great opportunity to say look at this and look 88 00:03:18,406 --> 00:03:20,206 at this and can you believe we get to do this. 89 00:03:20,386 --> 00:03:23,516 I mean, it's just -- it's really pretty neat. 90 00:03:23,606 --> 00:03:25,866 I remember the night that we actually docked. 91 00:03:26,426 --> 00:03:28,856 I mean, we have a lot of simulators here at NASA, 92 00:03:28,856 --> 00:03:31,706 and they all simulate the Space Station in certain ways 93 00:03:32,226 --> 00:03:34,766 but not exactly visually. 94 00:03:35,146 --> 00:03:38,506 You know, I was focusing, as we docked, on the camera, 95 00:03:38,506 --> 00:03:40,286 on the screens that give all the data 96 00:03:40,366 --> 00:03:41,766 about how the docking is going. 97 00:03:42,096 --> 00:03:43,726 And in the simulator, I never think to look 98 00:03:43,726 --> 00:03:45,156 out the window because, you know, what am I going to see, 99 00:03:45,156 --> 00:03:47,206 you know, some fake Space Station out there. 100 00:03:47,206 --> 00:03:51,326 So when I looked over and saw the actual Space Station, -- 101 00:03:51,326 --> 00:03:53,996 and it's just so clear and crisp because there's no atmosphere 102 00:03:53,996 --> 00:03:56,306 in between your window and the Space Station -- 103 00:03:56,836 --> 00:03:58,556 I was so excited. 104 00:03:58,556 --> 00:04:00,866 And we just could barely wait through all the lead checks 105 00:04:00,866 --> 00:04:03,256 to get the hatches open and then come inside. 106 00:04:03,676 --> 00:04:04,976 >> Amiko Kauderer: Well, that makes me think of something too. 107 00:04:04,976 --> 00:04:08,026 So you're talking about the end of that two-day journey, 108 00:04:08,026 --> 00:04:10,246 but there is a two-day journey from the time 109 00:04:10,296 --> 00:04:13,156 that you launched [Inaudible] and Acaba. 110 00:04:13,296 --> 00:04:16,316 They launched Monday night, late last night, Monday night, 111 00:04:16,316 --> 00:04:18,316 and then docked to the Station late last night. 112 00:04:18,356 --> 00:04:20,886 So tell me a little about that journey. 113 00:04:20,886 --> 00:04:21,636 What is that like? 114 00:04:21,666 --> 00:04:24,026 Because it's literally to -- what are you doing? 115 00:04:24,176 --> 00:04:26,896 You're in very close quarters aboard the Soyuz, 116 00:04:26,896 --> 00:04:29,856 and you're just orbiting until you get to the Space Station. 117 00:04:29,856 --> 00:04:32,566 So I can imagine getting there is pretty exciting for you guys. 118 00:04:32,606 --> 00:04:34,616 But what are you doing during that two-day's journey? 119 00:04:35,966 --> 00:04:37,086 >> Cady Coleman: Well, there's always more room 120 00:04:37,086 --> 00:04:38,026 than you would think. 121 00:04:38,026 --> 00:04:39,626 As soon as you hit zero gravity, which is eight 122 00:04:39,626 --> 00:04:40,836 and a half minutes after launch, 123 00:04:40,836 --> 00:04:42,866 then everything including you is floating around, 124 00:04:42,866 --> 00:04:45,296 if you're not strapped in, which we do start off that way. 125 00:04:45,616 --> 00:04:48,066 And we have a little compartment that has, you know, 126 00:04:48,066 --> 00:04:49,796 basically a lot of cargo strap to it. 127 00:04:49,836 --> 00:04:51,616 But it's -- you know, it's about as sort of big 128 00:04:51,616 --> 00:04:53,026 as this little area right around -- 129 00:04:53,156 --> 00:04:57,216 you know, sort of in a VW bug-sized area right around us. 130 00:04:57,266 --> 00:04:59,136 So there is some room there. 131 00:04:59,136 --> 00:05:01,426 So we don't really feel crowded. 132 00:05:01,426 --> 00:05:05,796 And it's more -- you know, we've waited so long to go to space 133 00:05:05,936 --> 00:05:09,046 and then there we are in this tiny little capsule, 134 00:05:09,476 --> 00:05:12,286 just the three of us, Dmitry, Paolo Nespoli and I, 135 00:05:12,956 --> 00:05:15,356 and it's really an incredible view. 136 00:05:15,406 --> 00:05:18,236 I mean, it's spinning a little bit; so it's sort of rotating 137 00:05:18,556 --> 00:05:20,266 and you're looking at the Earth and the earth is coming 138 00:05:20,266 --> 00:05:22,806 into view and going out, coming into view and going out. 139 00:05:22,806 --> 00:05:26,596 And I've found it to be actually amazingly intimate, really. 140 00:05:27,036 --> 00:05:29,996 I mean, in a Space Shuttle, it's just such a big vehicle. 141 00:05:30,196 --> 00:05:32,526 There's a lot between you and space. 142 00:05:32,526 --> 00:05:34,966 Whereas, in a Soyuz, when it's just the three of you, 143 00:05:35,426 --> 00:05:37,896 I really found that's a very special experience just 144 00:05:37,896 --> 00:05:41,746 to be able to kind of, as a human, to look out and realize 145 00:05:41,746 --> 00:05:44,476 that I was in a very special place, and I had some time 146 00:05:44,476 --> 00:05:46,436 to relax before it was time to get to work on the Station. 147 00:05:46,716 --> 00:05:46,896 >> Amiko Kauderer: Yeah. 148 00:05:47,146 --> 00:05:49,396 Well, that's very interesting, 149 00:05:49,396 --> 00:05:52,156 because I would just think I would go out of my mind being 150 00:05:52,276 --> 00:05:54,246 that close, but it's nice to know that at least you have 151 00:05:54,246 --> 00:05:56,696 that little bit of space, so it's not quite as cramped. 152 00:05:56,696 --> 00:05:58,696 It's not what we see, you know, at the -- 153 00:05:58,696 --> 00:06:00,696 on the launch video when we see you on the inside, 154 00:06:00,696 --> 00:06:02,016 everyone in their -- the right seat, 155 00:06:02,016 --> 00:06:03,046 the center seat and the left seat. 156 00:06:03,516 --> 00:06:05,266 You know, you're not like that the entire time. 157 00:06:05,266 --> 00:06:07,406 So it's good to know that you have a little bit of mobility. 158 00:06:07,876 --> 00:06:08,806 >> Cady Coleman: You know, we definitely do. 159 00:06:08,806 --> 00:06:10,876 And we have actually all the amenities as well. 160 00:06:10,876 --> 00:06:12,076 You know, we have a bathroom. 161 00:06:12,156 --> 00:06:13,056 You know, it works fine. 162 00:06:13,056 --> 00:06:15,516 And there's enough room that two people could go downstairs 163 00:06:15,516 --> 00:06:16,216 into the Soyuz. 164 00:06:16,256 --> 00:06:18,076 We're small, you know, if you need some privacy. 165 00:06:18,806 --> 00:06:19,536 We have food. 166 00:06:19,856 --> 00:06:20,636 We've got a window. 167 00:06:21,066 --> 00:06:23,846 And we've got just, I don't know, some -- 168 00:06:23,846 --> 00:06:26,106 we had some cameras to be able to take some pictures. 169 00:06:26,476 --> 00:06:28,586 And even just a little bit of, sort of studying, 170 00:06:28,586 --> 00:06:31,946 what is our cargo, where is it, how are we going to unpack it. 171 00:06:31,946 --> 00:06:33,516 And a little sleeping too. 172 00:06:33,516 --> 00:06:36,506 I think that time before launch is pretty long. 173 00:06:36,916 --> 00:06:37,166 >> Amiko Kauderer: Yeah. 174 00:06:37,226 --> 00:06:37,856 >> Cady Coleman: It's just tiring. 175 00:06:37,856 --> 00:06:39,606 And so we caught up in our sleep. 176 00:06:39,916 --> 00:06:42,336 Everybody on our crew felt actually just great. 177 00:06:42,926 --> 00:06:44,916 So we just had a nice time on those two days. 178 00:06:45,066 --> 00:06:45,246 >> Amiko Kauderer: Sure. 179 00:06:45,416 --> 00:06:47,616 I can imagine with the adrenaline rush of launch 180 00:06:47,616 --> 00:06:48,276 and that sort of thing. 181 00:06:48,276 --> 00:06:50,366 After a while, you just kind of settle down 182 00:06:50,366 --> 00:06:52,026 and get ready for sleep. 183 00:06:52,026 --> 00:06:53,306 So I can see that now. 184 00:06:53,756 --> 00:06:55,846 Once you do dock, can you -- you were talking about, I can't -- 185 00:06:55,846 --> 00:06:57,326 we just can't wait to get the hatches open. 186 00:06:57,326 --> 00:06:59,606 Can you just explain once you dock -- 187 00:06:59,696 --> 00:07:03,266 so for example, last night, the Soyuz 04M docked 188 00:07:03,266 --> 00:07:06,656 to the Space Station at 11:36 PM Central time last night 189 00:07:06,936 --> 00:07:09,516 but the hatches weren't open until three-ten in the morning. 190 00:07:09,516 --> 00:07:12,666 Can you explain what is -- what takes that time to -- 191 00:07:12,836 --> 00:07:14,526 before you -- I mean, it's not like, Honey, 192 00:07:14,526 --> 00:07:16,076 I'm home and open up the door. 193 00:07:16,076 --> 00:07:18,466 So explain why, you know -- that I know -- 194 00:07:18,466 --> 00:07:20,126 I understand there's some leak and pressure checks. 195 00:07:20,126 --> 00:07:22,776 So what is going on before the hatches are open? 196 00:07:23,916 --> 00:07:25,686 >> Cady Coleman: Well, the way our spacecraft connects 197 00:07:25,756 --> 00:07:26,756 to the Station, it's kind 198 00:07:26,756 --> 00:07:29,206 of like having a front hall of a house. 199 00:07:29,606 --> 00:07:31,816 You know, so let's say Scott and Sasha 200 00:07:32,206 --> 00:07:35,296 and Oleg are inside the house, not in the front hall. 201 00:07:35,296 --> 00:07:36,626 They're inside the house. 202 00:07:36,696 --> 00:07:38,726 And then we basically come to the front door 203 00:07:38,726 --> 00:07:40,086 of the house and attach there. 204 00:07:40,636 --> 00:07:44,096 But before we want to open our hatch, 205 00:07:44,146 --> 00:07:45,746 we want to make sure we have a really good seal. 206 00:07:46,306 --> 00:07:48,736 So we're actually going to check our seal between the Soyuz 207 00:07:48,736 --> 00:07:50,886 and the front door of the house, and then we're going 208 00:07:50,886 --> 00:07:51,926 to check this -- we're actually going 209 00:07:51,926 --> 00:07:53,646 to check the pressure inside the front hall. 210 00:07:53,816 --> 00:07:55,936 So everything has to be checked to make sure 211 00:07:55,936 --> 00:07:59,546 that when we do open that hatch, that we have a really good seal 212 00:07:59,546 --> 00:08:01,606 between us and the inside of the Station. 213 00:08:01,936 --> 00:08:03,586 I mean, we don't want the Station to loose any air. 214 00:08:03,916 --> 00:08:07,086 And we can actually, you know, back away and then come back 215 00:08:07,086 --> 00:08:09,066 in if we needed to, if, for some reason, 216 00:08:09,066 --> 00:08:10,066 we didn't have a good seal. 217 00:08:10,066 --> 00:08:13,326 But the way that Soyuz is designed, if you dock, I mean, 218 00:08:13,326 --> 00:08:15,326 there's sort of a probe that sort of draws you in 219 00:08:15,326 --> 00:08:17,446 and then there's hooks that pull you in. 220 00:08:17,846 --> 00:08:19,536 You're going to have a good seal. 221 00:08:19,536 --> 00:08:21,166 But we just make sure we check the pressure. 222 00:08:21,166 --> 00:08:23,156 We have pressure sensors out there, you know, 223 00:08:23,156 --> 00:08:26,286 in the front hall, pressure sensors inside our Soyuz, 224 00:08:26,326 --> 00:08:27,546 and we actually -- you know, 225 00:08:27,546 --> 00:08:30,076 just to see that the pressure holds before we open the doors 226 00:08:30,076 --> 00:08:31,936 and that you want to be really sure. 227 00:08:31,936 --> 00:08:33,966 So it just takes a couple hours to do. 228 00:08:33,966 --> 00:08:34,156 >> Amiko Kauderer: Wow. 229 00:08:34,516 --> 00:08:36,546 Okay. Well, thank you for explaining that, 230 00:08:36,546 --> 00:08:38,666 because I don't think a lot of people understood why, you know, 231 00:08:38,666 --> 00:08:41,426 why can't you just get there and open the door and be there. 232 00:08:41,426 --> 00:08:43,686 And I can imagine just the anticipation but, certainly, 233 00:08:43,686 --> 00:08:46,336 we can understand the reasons behind that. 234 00:08:46,336 --> 00:08:48,426 You know, there are some safety issues and that sort of thing. 235 00:08:48,426 --> 00:08:51,676 So speaking of safety, one of the first orders of business 236 00:08:51,676 --> 00:08:54,406 after you get aboard and you're excited and you see each other 237 00:08:54,406 --> 00:08:58,066 and there's a welcome ceremony, you're also able to conference 238 00:08:58,066 --> 00:09:00,176 with family on the ground who had been -- 239 00:09:00,176 --> 00:09:02,976 actually traveled to Russia to see you guys off. 240 00:09:03,246 --> 00:09:04,266 What is that like? 241 00:09:05,576 --> 00:09:09,026 >> Cady Coleman: You know, it's so marvelous to see your family 242 00:09:09,026 --> 00:09:10,666 and to be able to actually, you know, 243 00:09:10,666 --> 00:09:14,376 know that they can see you, and my husband and my son, who's 11, 244 00:09:14,686 --> 00:09:17,386 and my son, who's 28, had all traveled to the launch, 245 00:09:17,916 --> 00:09:22,196 and it was just neat to be able to wave to them 246 00:09:22,196 --> 00:09:26,326 and say hello and, you know, feel a little bit close. 247 00:09:26,326 --> 00:09:28,506 I mean, here I got to -- I finally got there. 248 00:09:28,796 --> 00:09:31,166 And it's hard to believe that a human being really does get 249 00:09:31,166 --> 00:09:33,236 to leave the planet and then go live on a Space Station 250 00:09:33,716 --> 00:09:36,196 and getting to say hi to your family. 251 00:09:36,576 --> 00:09:37,806 You know, I just was -- I -- 252 00:09:37,806 --> 00:09:39,996 some of my favorite pictures are actually pictures 253 00:09:39,996 --> 00:09:41,896 that they sent me, of my family 254 00:09:41,896 --> 00:09:43,716 in Mission Control, talking to me. 255 00:09:44,196 --> 00:09:46,816 And you know, for example, [Inaudible] said, you know, 256 00:09:46,816 --> 00:09:48,406 papa, will you bring a toy home for me. 257 00:09:48,856 --> 00:09:51,196 You know, so to them, it's just nice to connect as well. 258 00:09:51,196 --> 00:09:53,146 And I got to say hello to some friends. 259 00:09:53,146 --> 00:09:56,036 And you know, it's kind of that time of being a little connected 260 00:09:56,036 --> 00:09:57,406 to the earth before you're really just, 261 00:09:57,856 --> 00:09:58,996 you know, isolated up in space. 262 00:09:59,156 --> 00:09:59,396 >> Amiko Kauderer: Sure. 263 00:09:59,736 --> 00:10:01,426 And I know that you are able 264 00:10:01,426 --> 00:10:03,616 to stay connected throughout your mission as well. 265 00:10:03,616 --> 00:10:05,676 But it is -- I can imagine nights, especially after, 266 00:10:05,676 --> 00:10:06,446 you know, your family -- 267 00:10:06,896 --> 00:10:09,226 again, when you mentioned they were talking to you 268 00:10:09,226 --> 00:10:10,606 in Mission Control, it's Mission Control 269 00:10:10,606 --> 00:10:14,356 in Moscow, so at that Center. 270 00:10:14,356 --> 00:10:16,916 So they stay a few days afterward and wait 271 00:10:16,916 --> 00:10:20,576 for your journey, for you to arrive at that Space Station. 272 00:10:20,576 --> 00:10:24,606 So it's an amazing adventure, I'm sure, for both sides, 273 00:10:24,676 --> 00:10:27,436 you as well as the family, as well. 274 00:10:27,436 --> 00:10:30,266 Now also one of the first order of business. 275 00:10:30,826 --> 00:10:34,386 After the family conference, the welcome ceremony, is, 276 00:10:34,476 --> 00:10:36,216 first and foremost, the safety briefing. 277 00:10:36,426 --> 00:10:38,386 Can you walk through what exactly does that entail? 278 00:10:39,596 --> 00:10:41,756 >> Cady Coleman: This is similar to getting on an airplane 279 00:10:42,026 --> 00:10:44,016 and the flight attendant is always explaining, you know, 280 00:10:44,016 --> 00:10:46,486 where are the exits and how are you going to know how 281 00:10:46,486 --> 00:10:48,966 to find the exits and where are your flotation devices. 282 00:10:48,966 --> 00:10:50,016 Well, once you learn all 283 00:10:50,016 --> 00:10:52,566 that stuff before we leave home; so we know that. 284 00:10:53,006 --> 00:10:55,266 But it's somehow different to see it 285 00:10:55,266 --> 00:10:58,336 in the real Space Station, in a floating 286 00:10:58,336 --> 00:11:00,226 around kind of environment. 287 00:11:00,226 --> 00:11:02,946 And I say floating but, really, it's about flying around. 288 00:11:03,296 --> 00:11:04,976 And for example, when we do simulations, 289 00:11:04,976 --> 00:11:08,126 which we do really a lot of, emergency simulations, 290 00:11:08,196 --> 00:11:10,926 there are in the ceilings, so to speak, of the Japanese module, 291 00:11:10,926 --> 00:11:11,966 that's where some of the -- 292 00:11:11,966 --> 00:11:13,976 that's where one of the fire extinguishers is. 293 00:11:14,366 --> 00:11:16,696 Well, in a practical sense here on the ground, 294 00:11:16,996 --> 00:11:18,846 I'm not tall enough to reach up and get that 295 00:11:18,846 --> 00:11:20,376 and that fire extinguisher is going to be heavy. 296 00:11:20,376 --> 00:11:22,616 So in a simulation, it's just going to be, you know, 297 00:11:22,616 --> 00:11:26,466 on the floor or next to, you know, where the real place is. 298 00:11:26,466 --> 00:11:29,006 And when I say I'm going to go get that fire extinguisher, 299 00:11:29,006 --> 00:11:30,816 what I do is I go up and I tap that panel 300 00:11:30,816 --> 00:11:32,026 and then I get it from the real place. 301 00:11:32,026 --> 00:11:33,086 But it's still not the same 302 00:11:33,086 --> 00:11:35,446 as really seeing where everything is. 303 00:11:35,446 --> 00:11:39,286 And it's literally a tour of the fire extinguishers, 304 00:11:39,286 --> 00:11:44,186 of the extra oxygen masks, of where the computers really are. 305 00:11:44,496 --> 00:11:47,326 Even though we actually know it intellectually, it's important 306 00:11:47,326 --> 00:11:48,796 to really experience that. 307 00:11:48,796 --> 00:11:51,476 That's why, you know, we don't just say we're going 308 00:11:51,476 --> 00:11:52,976 to have a fire drill in an elementary school. 309 00:11:52,976 --> 00:11:55,266 We actually have fire drills so the kids can really practice. 310 00:11:55,266 --> 00:11:56,076 You can really do it. 311 00:11:56,446 --> 00:11:58,336 And we do those kinds of exercises on board 312 00:11:58,336 --> 00:12:02,016 as well while we're up there to make those kind of things real 313 00:12:02,016 --> 00:12:03,486 to us in case we need to do them. 314 00:12:03,686 --> 00:12:03,966 >> Amiko Kauderer: Sure. 315 00:12:04,476 --> 00:12:07,886 Now also, so today the -- 316 00:12:07,886 --> 00:12:11,526 Padalka, Revin and Acaba are going 317 00:12:11,526 --> 00:12:13,076 through some familiarization task. 318 00:12:13,356 --> 00:12:14,586 So can you explain exactly -- 319 00:12:14,586 --> 00:12:15,876 I mean, they're adjusting to gravity. 320 00:12:15,876 --> 00:12:19,306 What exactly are they doing to familiarize themselves? 321 00:12:20,186 --> 00:12:21,566 >> Cady Coleman: Well, my first, you know, 322 00:12:21,566 --> 00:12:24,626 recollection is actually -- Scott Kelly was our, you know, 323 00:12:24,676 --> 00:12:26,136 guy who was already on board 324 00:12:26,136 --> 00:12:29,466 and then together we became the three US-OS the United States 325 00:12:29,466 --> 00:12:32,316 Operating System, or segment crew members. 326 00:12:32,716 --> 00:12:36,056 And Scott was just so excited to show us everything. 327 00:12:36,416 --> 00:12:38,986 He'd go, okay, so when you're going to do water sampling, 328 00:12:39,256 --> 00:12:41,876 okay, it's going to have, you know, three pages of directions; 329 00:12:42,146 --> 00:12:43,976 but really the important things to notice are -- 330 00:12:44,026 --> 00:12:45,056 is this thing plugged in 331 00:12:45,396 --> 00:12:47,846 and make sure you see this before you turn it on. 332 00:12:48,356 --> 00:12:50,786 And you know, but, of course, I mean, we're going to start 333 00:12:50,826 --> 00:12:52,106 with the real players. 334 00:12:52,546 --> 00:12:55,076 We're going to start with the bathroom. 335 00:12:55,076 --> 00:12:56,336 So we had a bathroom tour. 336 00:12:56,596 --> 00:12:58,186 I mean, it all works pretty well. 337 00:12:58,186 --> 00:13:00,806 But again, you know, we've trained here on the ground. 338 00:13:00,806 --> 00:13:03,416 And this bathroom is an engineering system, right, 339 00:13:03,916 --> 00:13:05,676 but it just helps to have somebody show you 340 00:13:05,676 --> 00:13:08,266 in real life this is how it works. 341 00:13:08,536 --> 00:13:10,186 This is the noises it makes sometimes. 342 00:13:10,316 --> 00:13:11,396 Don't worry about that noise. 343 00:13:11,776 --> 00:13:12,926 Do worry about this noise. 344 00:13:13,596 --> 00:13:14,886 You know, we're up there together 345 00:13:14,886 --> 00:13:16,366 and these systems are really important. 346 00:13:16,456 --> 00:13:18,746 So you know, we're pretty candid about these things. 347 00:13:18,746 --> 00:13:21,266 And you know, Scott would say, listen, if you ever see, 348 00:13:21,446 --> 00:13:22,986 you know, this or this, you know, 349 00:13:23,236 --> 00:13:24,306 I don't care if I'm asleep. 350 00:13:24,306 --> 00:13:26,746 You wake me up and we'll solve that problem together. 351 00:13:26,936 --> 00:13:27,856 We'll talk to the ground. 352 00:13:28,176 --> 00:13:29,186 But don't be shy about it. 353 00:13:29,646 --> 00:13:32,006 So you know, we're establishing those kinds of relationships 354 00:13:32,006 --> 00:13:33,526 in real life and also just a tour. 355 00:13:33,526 --> 00:13:33,856 >> Amiko Kauderer: Sure. 356 00:13:34,216 --> 00:13:36,046 >> Cady Coleman: You know, we're seeing the exercise equipment. 357 00:13:36,046 --> 00:13:36,766 We're seeing the [Inaudible]. 358 00:13:36,806 --> 00:13:39,346 We're making sure we understand how to open 359 00:13:39,346 --> 00:13:41,426 and shut the windows, how they really feel, 360 00:13:41,426 --> 00:13:43,186 what's all the way closed, what's all the way open. 361 00:13:43,536 --> 00:13:45,076 A lot of very practical kinds of things. 362 00:13:45,076 --> 00:13:47,006 >> Amiko Kauderer: Well, I can imagine even, you know, 363 00:13:47,006 --> 00:13:48,116 the tour is going to be beneficial, 364 00:13:48,116 --> 00:13:50,596 especially for someone like you, because you weren't there. 365 00:13:50,596 --> 00:13:53,366 You had been there before and it looked very, very different 366 00:13:53,866 --> 00:13:55,966 when you came back, when you returned. 367 00:13:56,196 --> 00:13:58,816 And so there was some new things aboard the Space Station. 368 00:13:58,816 --> 00:14:02,266 Do you want to talk about what was new when you got there? 369 00:14:02,766 --> 00:14:05,136 >> Cady Coleman: Well, for me, it was actually all new, 370 00:14:05,136 --> 00:14:07,336 and that my particular missions that I had been on, 371 00:14:07,666 --> 00:14:08,676 I had never been to the -- 372 00:14:08,676 --> 00:14:09,016 >> Amiko Kauderer: That's right. 373 00:14:09,016 --> 00:14:09,083 >> Cady Coleman: -- 374 00:14:09,083 --> 00:14:10,026 Space Station [Speaking Simultaneously] laboratory 375 00:14:10,026 --> 00:14:12,546 mission which was literally a mockup of dueling experiments, 376 00:14:12,546 --> 00:14:15,066 and it was our proving ground for a lot of experiments 377 00:14:15,066 --> 00:14:16,236 and how to do experiments -- 378 00:14:16,236 --> 00:14:16,416 >> Amiko Kauderer: Right. 379 00:14:16,416 --> 00:14:16,656 >> Cady Coleman: -- up there. 380 00:14:16,656 --> 00:14:18,086 And then we watched the launch the Chandra. 381 00:14:18,086 --> 00:14:21,166 So I had never been to the Station before. 382 00:14:21,376 --> 00:14:22,656 So it was all kind of new. 383 00:14:22,656 --> 00:14:25,746 So to me, you know, just seeing it big and wonderful. 384 00:14:25,746 --> 00:14:27,136 And I tell kids it's like, you know, 385 00:14:27,216 --> 00:14:30,596 eight school buses all strung together in a line or, you know, 386 00:14:30,596 --> 00:14:33,376 one big train -- long train of about eight train cars. 387 00:14:33,406 --> 00:14:35,636 So it's actually pretty big. 388 00:14:36,026 --> 00:14:38,466 But -- so it's -- I never felt closed in there. 389 00:14:38,776 --> 00:14:42,006 And it was also just nice to have my own little place there. 390 00:14:42,006 --> 00:14:43,056 I had my own cabin. 391 00:14:43,486 --> 00:14:46,146 And Scott was just really nice. 392 00:14:46,146 --> 00:14:48,496 I mean, it was kind of like going to visit somebody 393 00:14:48,496 --> 00:14:50,366 and they haven't had company in a little while 394 00:14:50,366 --> 00:14:52,896 and he's just all excited about having guests and, you know, 395 00:14:52,896 --> 00:14:55,306 he made sure that our beds were ready and that every -- 396 00:14:55,306 --> 00:14:57,556 you know, all our stuff was lined up so we could find it. 397 00:14:57,556 --> 00:15:00,286 It was just really nice of him and pretty cute. 398 00:15:00,446 --> 00:15:01,516 >> Amiko Kauderer: So let's talk about this. 399 00:15:01,516 --> 00:15:02,336 You were talking about your -- 400 00:15:02,336 --> 00:15:04,606 you know, having your beds ready in your little area. 401 00:15:04,606 --> 00:15:08,316 So I know also today Acaba was setting up his crew quarters. 402 00:15:08,316 --> 00:15:09,416 Do you want to talk about the crew quarters, 403 00:15:09,416 --> 00:15:11,026 because you do have a private space? 404 00:15:11,466 --> 00:15:14,656 Describe for us, if you will, just a little bit about the size 405 00:15:14,656 --> 00:15:16,916 of that space, what is in that space, 406 00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:19,046 what you do in that space? 407 00:15:19,596 --> 00:15:21,646 >> Cady Coleman: Different folks are different. 408 00:15:21,646 --> 00:15:23,336 I think it depends how big they are. 409 00:15:23,476 --> 00:15:26,086 I can do everything and anything in my quarters 410 00:15:26,086 --> 00:15:29,036 and even actually turn upside down, if I'm curled 411 00:15:29,036 --> 00:15:29,746 up into a little ball. 412 00:15:29,836 --> 00:15:31,276 And there's times that I would actually -- 413 00:15:31,276 --> 00:15:32,386 I like to sleep that way. 414 00:15:32,386 --> 00:15:34,716 So we have a sleeping bag that's kind of hanging on the wall. 415 00:15:34,716 --> 00:15:37,006 It's actually kind of tacked down in a couple of places. 416 00:15:37,006 --> 00:15:39,626 And sometimes it's nice not to have it tacked down. 417 00:15:39,626 --> 00:15:43,006 And I would, you know, wake up and look and see sort of a view 418 00:15:43,006 --> 00:15:44,966 and realize oh, that's the bottom of the computer. 419 00:15:45,066 --> 00:15:46,276 I must be upside down. 420 00:15:46,746 --> 00:15:48,396 So in there, it's really our space. 421 00:15:48,396 --> 00:15:50,196 We, in general, have our own computer 422 00:15:50,196 --> 00:15:51,886 in there so we can do e-mail. 423 00:15:52,396 --> 00:15:54,786 We can actually -- we have an Internet protocol phone. 424 00:15:54,886 --> 00:15:56,896 I can call my family every day, which I did, 425 00:15:56,896 --> 00:15:58,476 I think except for about three days. 426 00:15:59,026 --> 00:16:02,096 And with the door shut, it's very soundproof. 427 00:16:02,326 --> 00:16:04,556 And for me, as a person, that was important. 428 00:16:04,836 --> 00:16:07,046 You know, and that you can have a conversation 429 00:16:07,376 --> 00:16:08,476 with somebody on the ground. 430 00:16:08,576 --> 00:16:11,586 You can do a little venting, which I think is pretty healthy, 431 00:16:11,586 --> 00:16:14,496 and just, you know, have a conversation that is private 432 00:16:14,586 --> 00:16:17,506 and personal, as private and personal as any cell phone call, 433 00:16:17,506 --> 00:16:18,446 even down here on the earth. 434 00:16:18,446 --> 00:16:18,536 >> Amiko Kauderer: Sure. 435 00:16:18,536 --> 00:16:21,206 And I can imagine that personal private space is very important 436 00:16:21,206 --> 00:16:23,476 to have, you know, while you're up there, just as it is 437 00:16:23,476 --> 00:16:24,856 for anyone here on earth. 438 00:16:24,856 --> 00:16:25,946 We all need our space. 439 00:16:25,946 --> 00:16:28,326 So it was very nice to know that you guys have that area, 440 00:16:28,776 --> 00:16:30,026 you know, aboard the Space Station. 441 00:16:30,216 --> 00:16:34,406 So you also, I understand, are able to set up a laptop computer 442 00:16:34,406 --> 00:16:36,566 and that sort of thing as well, you know, 443 00:16:36,566 --> 00:16:38,166 in that crew quarters so you can -- 444 00:16:38,306 --> 00:16:38,546 >> Cady Coleman: Right. 445 00:16:38,546 --> 00:16:41,126 And probably when Joe arrives, they'll arrive today, you know, 446 00:16:41,126 --> 00:16:43,826 probably his computer is actually already all set there 447 00:16:43,826 --> 00:16:46,156 and they already know it's going to be Joe's computer. 448 00:16:46,156 --> 00:16:49,356 And there will be a whole series of ways to attach stuff 449 00:16:49,826 --> 00:16:51,016 to the walls of the crew quarters, 450 00:16:51,016 --> 00:16:52,846 because that's the secret to being up there, 451 00:16:52,846 --> 00:16:55,076 is that everything is going to float around. 452 00:16:55,476 --> 00:16:58,306 And so we will maybe make like sort of a little latticework 453 00:16:58,306 --> 00:17:00,706 of bungee cords that you can tuck things under, 454 00:17:01,176 --> 00:17:02,166 which is a little dangerous, 455 00:17:02,166 --> 00:17:03,666 because when you pull something out, you know, 456 00:17:03,666 --> 00:17:04,996 the rest of the bungee cord moves 457 00:17:04,996 --> 00:17:06,166 and something else will float out. 458 00:17:06,736 --> 00:17:10,346 But then we also have Velcro, little Velcro patches, you know, 459 00:17:10,346 --> 00:17:12,856 on the sides of the walls, so we can attach little -- 460 00:17:12,856 --> 00:17:14,706 I have like a little bag that would have, you know, 461 00:17:14,706 --> 00:17:16,136 maybe my toiletries in there. 462 00:17:16,466 --> 00:17:19,056 You know, just little -- or, you know, notebooks. 463 00:17:19,056 --> 00:17:20,486 My notebook could stick to the wall. 464 00:17:20,776 --> 00:17:23,926 Try to put everything in the same place all the time 465 00:17:24,116 --> 00:17:25,666 so that you can always find it. 466 00:17:25,666 --> 00:17:27,716 And so Joe is making that place, you know, 467 00:17:27,716 --> 00:17:29,906 just good for his stuff and deciding, well, 468 00:17:29,906 --> 00:17:31,116 what things does he want to keep 469 00:17:31,116 --> 00:17:32,596 out towards the bathroom compartment 470 00:17:32,966 --> 00:17:35,246 and what things does he want to keep there in his cabin. 471 00:17:35,546 --> 00:17:36,956 I usually would keep, you know, a few -- 472 00:17:37,186 --> 00:17:38,946 like a change of clothes in my cabin, 473 00:17:39,366 --> 00:17:40,566 my gym clothes, things like that. 474 00:17:40,626 --> 00:17:42,816 But then you know, the majority of my clothes, 475 00:17:42,816 --> 00:17:45,296 which are not too many, would be out in another place 476 00:17:45,296 --> 00:17:46,866 in the Station just -- and then 477 00:17:46,866 --> 00:17:48,606 when I needed a new shirt, I go find one. 478 00:17:48,606 --> 00:17:50,346 But I didn't want to keep a lot of stuff in my cabin 479 00:17:50,346 --> 00:17:51,166 or else it's just a mess. 480 00:17:51,786 --> 00:17:51,976 >> Amiko Kauderer: Sure. 481 00:17:52,716 --> 00:17:54,666 And so you mentioned not too many. 482 00:17:54,666 --> 00:17:58,066 And so how often did you get to change your clothes? 483 00:17:58,066 --> 00:18:01,416 Or how long did you wear, say -- let's just say a shirt? 484 00:18:01,416 --> 00:18:02,596 How long would you wear a shirt? 485 00:18:04,096 --> 00:18:05,256 >> Cady Coleman: It depends. 486 00:18:05,656 --> 00:18:07,916 I mean, I like to wear different stuff different days. 487 00:18:07,986 --> 00:18:11,686 So we had, I think, 12 shirts for six months. 488 00:18:12,316 --> 00:18:14,846 And so I would actually get a few of them out 489 00:18:15,326 --> 00:18:16,576 and wear a couple of them. 490 00:18:16,576 --> 00:18:18,356 So basically, I'd have sort of like, you know, three shirts 491 00:18:18,356 --> 00:18:20,506 that were -- you could think of them as either clean or dirty 492 00:18:20,826 --> 00:18:22,776 and wear those until you basically spilled something 493 00:18:22,776 --> 00:18:24,576 on them, which isn't going to happen, like, this way. 494 00:18:24,576 --> 00:18:25,846 It's going to happen when something just -- 495 00:18:25,846 --> 00:18:29,026 from somebody, even yourself, just sort of squirts towards you 496 00:18:29,026 --> 00:18:30,506 and suddenly your shirt's got spots on it, 497 00:18:30,506 --> 00:18:31,896 and it's just not as nice. 498 00:18:32,056 --> 00:18:35,306 So we usually have about one pair of pants a month. 499 00:18:35,366 --> 00:18:38,676 It sounds terrible, like, it's not very much 500 00:18:38,676 --> 00:18:41,076 and that we would all be smelly but we weren't. 501 00:18:41,546 --> 00:18:44,376 I mean, it's just -- somehow you don't get dirty up there. 502 00:18:44,376 --> 00:18:46,196 Although, we do a lot of exercise 503 00:18:46,196 --> 00:18:49,006 and we have separate gym clothes and we do change those, 504 00:18:49,236 --> 00:18:50,016 you know, all the time. 505 00:18:50,016 --> 00:18:52,166 In fact, I was the exercise clothes police. 506 00:18:52,166 --> 00:18:54,776 I would go boys, its new gym clothes day. 507 00:18:55,016 --> 00:18:56,336 It's time [Laughter]. 508 00:18:56,956 --> 00:18:57,506 >> Amiko Kauderer: That's great. 509 00:18:57,896 --> 00:19:00,626 Well, so let's just real quick, you know -- 510 00:19:00,776 --> 00:19:03,446 you asked, and so I promised that I would ask questions. 511 00:19:03,446 --> 00:19:05,696 So we're going to go, and we had pulled Twitter 512 00:19:05,696 --> 00:19:06,566 for a few questions. 513 00:19:06,566 --> 00:19:08,216 And so I'm going to go ahead and ask one 514 00:19:08,216 --> 00:19:09,446 of those questions for them. 515 00:19:09,446 --> 00:19:13,286 First, the first question comes from Tyler Russell. 516 00:19:13,996 --> 00:19:15,856 What's your favorite space smell? 517 00:19:18,226 --> 00:19:19,996 >> Cady Coleman: I like just kind of comfort food. 518 00:19:19,996 --> 00:19:23,166 I like things, like beef stew and macaroni and cheese and, 519 00:19:23,876 --> 00:19:27,516 you know, broccoli, stuff like that. 520 00:19:27,516 --> 00:19:28,456 >> Amiko Kauderer: 521 00:19:28,456 --> 00:19:30,446 Now I understand there is a favorite dessert. 522 00:19:30,556 --> 00:19:31,946 Do you want to talk about that one? 523 00:19:32,316 --> 00:19:34,166 I hear it from many of the astronauts, 524 00:19:34,286 --> 00:19:35,726 the cherry blueberry cobbler. 525 00:19:36,796 --> 00:19:38,746 >> Cady Coleman: Ah, you know, I did actually 526 00:19:38,746 --> 00:19:40,456 like the cobblers quite a bit. 527 00:19:40,456 --> 00:19:43,666 Although, a lot of our stuff has sort of a preservative kind 528 00:19:43,666 --> 00:19:47,126 of taste in it; so it will last forever and ever and not be bad. 529 00:19:47,486 --> 00:19:49,136 And after a little while, I have to say 530 00:19:49,136 --> 00:19:51,496 that I got a little tired of that taste. 531 00:19:51,676 --> 00:19:53,496 >> Amiko Kauderer: I can imagine. 532 00:19:53,496 --> 00:19:55,576 So let's go with the second question. 533 00:19:55,766 --> 00:19:57,906 This one comes from Herbert Gardener. 534 00:19:58,606 --> 00:20:01,686 What is the best or the worst part 535 00:20:01,686 --> 00:20:05,136 of your week aboard the ISS? 536 00:20:06,786 --> 00:20:08,176 >> Cady Coleman: Well, the best is every single morning, 537 00:20:08,836 --> 00:20:10,126 you know, waking up. 538 00:20:10,516 --> 00:20:12,596 Our crew was kind of a late-night crew. 539 00:20:12,596 --> 00:20:16,826 So we'd stay up late and then -- stay up late and then get up, 540 00:20:16,936 --> 00:20:18,316 you know, right before the day started. 541 00:20:18,316 --> 00:20:19,436 So I would, you know, 542 00:20:19,566 --> 00:20:21,886 set my alarm just a few minutes before our first daily 543 00:20:21,886 --> 00:20:24,776 conference, and I [Inaudible] read all the messages and things 544 00:20:24,776 --> 00:20:26,836 like that the night before so I'd be ready. 545 00:20:26,836 --> 00:20:30,836 So I would just, like, wake up, fly down the lab, you know, 546 00:20:30,836 --> 00:20:33,416 go brush my teeth and everything and, you know, 547 00:20:33,416 --> 00:20:36,296 my commute was five minutes and, really, only 30 seconds. 548 00:20:36,296 --> 00:20:38,306 So I just loved waking up every morning, just going, 549 00:20:38,306 --> 00:20:41,686 I am going to work and I am flying through the lab. 550 00:20:41,736 --> 00:20:43,536 So I really liked that part. 551 00:20:44,136 --> 00:20:47,276 The worst part is just that there's so much good work to do 552 00:20:47,276 --> 00:20:50,386 and it takes a frustratingly long time to do that work, 553 00:20:50,386 --> 00:20:52,236 especially because everything is flying around 554 00:20:52,236 --> 00:20:53,626 and you can lose things. 555 00:20:53,626 --> 00:20:55,986 You have to be so careful not to lose things 556 00:20:56,516 --> 00:20:58,166 and not losing things is stressful. 557 00:20:58,286 --> 00:21:00,866 I find it stressful down here on the earth 558 00:21:00,866 --> 00:21:01,996 and especially so up there. 559 00:21:02,176 --> 00:21:04,756 And just even -- there's just so much good science work to do, 560 00:21:04,756 --> 00:21:06,016 that, if you could just do it faster, 561 00:21:06,416 --> 00:21:07,796 we'd be discovering more things. 562 00:21:07,796 --> 00:21:10,646 And so I just felt pressured to be working a lot. 563 00:21:11,146 --> 00:21:11,406 >> Amiko Kauderer: Sure. 564 00:21:11,996 --> 00:21:16,936 So we talked about work, and you guys do have that red line 565 00:21:16,936 --> 00:21:19,306 that goes across the timeline and you're constantly scheduled 566 00:21:19,306 --> 00:21:20,466 for every little thing, but let's talk 567 00:21:20,466 --> 00:21:22,236 about playtime or your spare time. 568 00:21:22,636 --> 00:21:26,066 And now I know one of the things that you are famous for -- 569 00:21:26,746 --> 00:21:27,896 you are famous for this -- 570 00:21:27,986 --> 00:21:29,936 was your flute playing there in space. 571 00:21:30,626 --> 00:21:33,096 And you actually -- and I'll go ahead and pick this up -- 572 00:21:33,096 --> 00:21:34,926 you actually brought one of your flutes with you. 573 00:21:35,366 --> 00:21:37,926 So talk to us a little about -- you know, I understand, 574 00:21:37,926 --> 00:21:39,786 I think you would spend time in the Cupola. 575 00:21:40,216 --> 00:21:43,936 And just explain where that is and what you would do, you know, 576 00:21:43,936 --> 00:21:45,016 during your spare time. 577 00:21:45,606 --> 00:21:48,046 >> Cady Coleman: Well, this is my actual flute that went 578 00:21:48,046 --> 00:21:50,366 to space, at least most of it. 579 00:21:50,366 --> 00:21:51,646 The top part is actually -- 580 00:21:51,646 --> 00:21:54,216 I took the top part, the mouthpiece. 581 00:21:54,216 --> 00:21:55,836 It's sort of generic for any flute. 582 00:21:56,276 --> 00:21:58,376 And I took one that belonged to the flute company. 583 00:21:58,806 --> 00:22:01,496 And they have it in a flute mobile where, basically, 584 00:22:01,546 --> 00:22:04,086 beginning flute students around the country get to put 585 00:22:04,156 --> 00:22:07,216 that mouthpiece, that flute, which has been, I think, 586 00:22:07,216 --> 00:22:11,076 I don't know, 50-60 million miles in there flute, 587 00:22:11,076 --> 00:22:13,356 and they get to play part of the flute that went to space. 588 00:22:13,496 --> 00:22:15,106 But the rest of it is mine. 589 00:22:15,656 --> 00:22:17,956 And I played in the Cupola, which is right in the middle 590 00:22:17,956 --> 00:22:20,556 of the Space Station, for a couple reasons. 591 00:22:20,596 --> 00:22:23,626 First of all, the windows, the view, getting to look 592 00:22:23,626 --> 00:22:26,346 out at the same time that I'm playing music. 593 00:22:26,346 --> 00:22:28,526 And I generally don't really play alone 594 00:22:28,526 --> 00:22:29,606 down here on the earth. 595 00:22:29,606 --> 00:22:30,716 I play with people. 596 00:22:31,196 --> 00:22:33,856 So I brought music, some of my favorite folks to play 597 00:22:33,856 --> 00:22:36,196 with down here, which actually include other astronauts, 598 00:22:36,196 --> 00:22:38,636 that just -- Dan Burbank just landed. 599 00:22:38,846 --> 00:22:41,816 Chris Hadfield is about to be up on the Station next December. 600 00:22:42,406 --> 00:22:43,696 Micki Pettit is our singer. 601 00:22:43,696 --> 00:22:46,146 And her husband, Don, is up on the Space Station right now. 602 00:22:46,146 --> 00:22:48,576 And Steve Robinson was on the mission 603 00:22:48,576 --> 00:22:49,886 that actually installed the Cupola. 604 00:22:49,886 --> 00:22:52,776 So when I'm up there playing and I'm listening 605 00:22:52,876 --> 00:22:56,226 to our band rehearse and playing along, you know, 606 00:22:56,226 --> 00:22:57,426 they're up there with me. 607 00:22:57,836 --> 00:23:00,536 There's also a place that was good to play because it was 608 00:23:00,536 --> 00:23:02,616 in the middle of the Station and everybody sleeps at either end 609 00:23:02,616 --> 00:23:05,586 of the station; so I knew I wouldn't wake anybody up. 610 00:23:05,976 --> 00:23:06,516 >> Amiko Kauderer: That's great. 611 00:23:06,516 --> 00:23:07,156 That must be nice. 612 00:23:07,156 --> 00:23:09,316 So tell me real quick just a few things. 613 00:23:09,436 --> 00:23:10,726 I mean, aside from flute playing, 614 00:23:10,726 --> 00:23:11,866 what other things did you do? 615 00:23:11,966 --> 00:23:13,596 I actually saw a question on Twitter. 616 00:23:13,596 --> 00:23:15,216 I didn't bring that one here. 617 00:23:15,216 --> 00:23:16,256 I'll just throw it out there. 618 00:23:16,256 --> 00:23:21,036 But the question was can you play tag on it? 619 00:23:21,036 --> 00:23:22,826 So I guess what they're asking -- the question is, 620 00:23:22,826 --> 00:23:26,016 is really about your free time and how you interact 621 00:23:26,016 --> 00:23:28,406 with the others, you know, as well. 622 00:23:28,726 --> 00:23:30,106 So explain some of that stuff. 623 00:23:30,106 --> 00:23:32,776 I mean, maybe watching television or, you know, 624 00:23:32,776 --> 00:23:34,056 dinnertime or anything like that. 625 00:23:35,246 --> 00:23:36,266 >> Cady Coleman: You know, 626 00:23:36,266 --> 00:23:37,546 different crews are going to be different. 627 00:23:37,546 --> 00:23:40,786 And I'm convinced that we will have new microgravity games, 628 00:23:41,316 --> 00:23:42,336 you know, that are just -- could be -- 629 00:23:42,336 --> 00:23:44,376 or invented, because we're up there. 630 00:23:44,766 --> 00:23:46,146 You know, we would do things like -- 631 00:23:46,146 --> 00:23:47,326 it's not about floating around. 632 00:23:47,326 --> 00:23:48,276 It's about flying. 633 00:23:48,276 --> 00:23:51,116 So we'd have little contests to see who could go the furthest 634 00:23:51,116 --> 00:23:53,266 through the Station without running into anything, 635 00:23:53,266 --> 00:23:55,046 in other words, have really good aim to be able 636 00:23:55,046 --> 00:23:58,076 to launch yourself, and that was pretty fun. 637 00:23:58,076 --> 00:24:00,996 You know, sitting around, we would actually do that, 638 00:24:00,996 --> 00:24:02,536 even though we sort of float around together. 639 00:24:02,536 --> 00:24:06,146 But it would get to be Friday evening and you're really tired 640 00:24:06,146 --> 00:24:07,836 and kind of done thinking 641 00:24:07,836 --> 00:24:10,256 and you've really been working really hard all week and, 642 00:24:10,256 --> 00:24:11,796 in general, we would kind of sit around 643 00:24:11,796 --> 00:24:13,956 and watch a movie together or something 644 00:24:13,956 --> 00:24:15,986 that our crew liked to do together. 645 00:24:16,236 --> 00:24:18,496 And then on Saturdays, we'd each kind of do our own thing, 646 00:24:18,556 --> 00:24:20,406 work our exercise in when we wanted to. 647 00:24:20,406 --> 00:24:23,676 A lot of corresponding with friends and family and trying 648 00:24:23,676 --> 00:24:25,286 to find ways to share. 649 00:24:25,926 --> 00:24:29,416 And I'd say that you can never, you know, do that quite enough. 650 00:24:29,506 --> 00:24:32,106 But it's never ever boring up there. 651 00:24:32,246 --> 00:24:32,396 >> Amiko Kauderer: No. 652 00:24:32,546 --> 00:24:35,376 You know, and honestly, I've followed your mission and, 653 00:24:36,156 --> 00:24:39,126 you know, you did a lot of things, those extra things 654 00:24:39,126 --> 00:24:40,536 and trying to share that story. 655 00:24:40,536 --> 00:24:45,086 Because I think that even with the stuff that you did and sent 656 00:24:45,086 --> 00:24:46,686 down to us and let us know, you know, 657 00:24:46,686 --> 00:24:50,006 this is what you guys are doing up there, and like you said, 658 00:24:50,006 --> 00:24:51,316 it's never -- it never gets boring. 659 00:24:51,316 --> 00:24:53,666 There's just never -- I mean, there's never too much 660 00:24:53,666 --> 00:24:54,926 that you can share with us because there are 661 00:24:54,926 --> 00:24:57,826 so many things that, even from my point view of being here, 662 00:24:58,236 --> 00:25:02,116 there is always something that I learn everyday about what it's 663 00:25:02,116 --> 00:25:03,456 like on the Space Station and. 664 00:25:03,756 --> 00:25:06,406 you know, what not working and living and that sort of thing. 665 00:25:06,596 --> 00:25:08,566 You know, I'm always surprised because I'm thinking, wow, 666 00:25:08,566 --> 00:25:11,016 there's -- you know, I just -- it just -- it doesn't get old, 667 00:25:11,216 --> 00:25:12,916 even from my standpoint. 668 00:25:12,916 --> 00:25:14,336 So I can't even imagine being up there 669 00:25:14,336 --> 00:25:15,566 that it would get old for you. 670 00:25:16,316 --> 00:25:20,476 I'm going to go ahead and ask another Twitter question. 671 00:25:20,476 --> 00:25:21,936 So this third Twitter question comes 672 00:25:21,936 --> 00:25:23,316 from Dart [Phonetic] Ganguar [Phonetic]. 673 00:25:23,746 --> 00:25:28,616 What one thing do you miss from Earth while living in space? 674 00:25:29,126 --> 00:25:31,466 >> Cady Coleman: I missed family. 675 00:25:31,806 --> 00:25:34,936 You know, we -- I got to talk to them every day. 676 00:25:34,936 --> 00:25:36,556 Every week we would have a video conference 677 00:25:36,616 --> 00:25:38,766 and we would even just do things, 678 00:25:38,806 --> 00:25:39,806 my son and I, like, read. 679 00:25:39,806 --> 00:25:40,996 You know, I would read. 680 00:25:40,996 --> 00:25:44,146 I had some books electronically, which was really, 681 00:25:44,146 --> 00:25:49,056 really nice up there, and I would actually read to him, 682 00:25:49,176 --> 00:25:50,696 not everyday but many days. 683 00:25:51,176 --> 00:25:53,086 In some ways, it kind of gave us this, 684 00:25:53,086 --> 00:25:55,946 sort of little emotional space to be together, because, 685 00:25:55,946 --> 00:25:57,586 you know, I don't know, you can only talk 686 00:25:57,586 --> 00:25:59,716 to your mom everyday for so many days. 687 00:25:59,716 --> 00:26:00,966 Like, hi, how was your day? 688 00:26:00,966 --> 00:26:01,986 Oh, my day was fine. 689 00:26:02,366 --> 00:26:04,336 You know, even though I'm doing cool things 690 00:26:04,336 --> 00:26:05,286 and he's doing cool things, 691 00:26:05,746 --> 00:26:08,206 it's just not what an 11-year-old wants to do. 692 00:26:08,306 --> 00:26:11,326 So by just reading together, we just kind of give ourself a way 693 00:26:11,326 --> 00:26:12,596 to sort of be together. 694 00:26:12,596 --> 00:26:13,776 So I would do some of that. 695 00:26:13,776 --> 00:26:14,626 >> Amiko Kauderer: well, that sounds great. 696 00:26:14,756 --> 00:26:19,636 So let's go ahead and ask the last question from Twitter, 697 00:26:19,636 --> 00:26:22,356 and then we're going to be close to wrap up time here on the -- 698 00:26:22,356 --> 00:26:23,786 today's ISS update hour. 699 00:26:24,186 --> 00:26:25,596 This question comes from Tara [Assumed Spelling]. 700 00:26:26,156 --> 00:26:30,836 Was it difficult to adjust to micro-G and back to 1G? 701 00:26:30,906 --> 00:26:31,586 Which was harder? 702 00:26:32,596 --> 00:26:34,446 >> Cady Coleman: Well, it's funny you should ask, 703 00:26:34,446 --> 00:26:37,846 because I have this image now that Joe and Gennady 704 00:26:37,846 --> 00:26:40,816 and Sergei are up there, that, at least for us, 705 00:26:40,816 --> 00:26:43,986 when we were new, okay, you get up there and you're so excited 706 00:26:43,986 --> 00:26:46,336 to be floating around but you're a little bit clumsy because, 707 00:26:46,336 --> 00:26:48,896 you know, every little movement sends you sailing. 708 00:26:49,356 --> 00:26:52,246 And I have this image in my mind of, you know -- 709 00:26:52,246 --> 00:26:55,466 Scott was the guy who was already aboard, and Paulo 710 00:26:55,466 --> 00:26:57,776 and I would, you know, want to come over and ask him something 711 00:26:57,776 --> 00:26:59,296 and so we would, you know, race over there. 712 00:26:59,296 --> 00:27:02,986 And it's kind of like having a new puppy, you know, that just, 713 00:27:02,986 --> 00:27:04,736 like, crashes through the entire house 714 00:27:04,736 --> 00:27:06,016 and things are falling off the walls 715 00:27:06,016 --> 00:27:08,036 and Scott is catching things and putting things back on the walls 716 00:27:08,036 --> 00:27:09,636 and then we land at his feet and look up at him, 717 00:27:09,636 --> 00:27:12,806 like, isn't this great. 718 00:27:12,806 --> 00:27:14,376 And he's thinking, yeah, great, 719 00:27:14,376 --> 00:27:15,676 except I'm picking up after you guys. 720 00:27:15,736 --> 00:27:16,636 >> Amiko Kauderer: Here comes Cady. 721 00:27:16,636 --> 00:27:17,376 >> Cady Coleman: You know, well, I know, 722 00:27:17,376 --> 00:27:18,726 but it happens to everybody. 723 00:27:18,726 --> 00:27:21,386 There's a certain amount of time it takes to get used 724 00:27:21,386 --> 00:27:22,286 to flying around up there. 725 00:27:22,646 --> 00:27:22,816 >> Amiko Kauderer: Sure. 726 00:27:22,816 --> 00:27:23,076 Yeah. 727 00:27:23,076 --> 00:27:24,226 >> Cady Coleman: And so Joe 728 00:27:24,226 --> 00:27:25,926 and his crew mates, probably not Gennady. 729 00:27:25,926 --> 00:27:28,166 Gennady will just remember how to just -- 730 00:27:28,166 --> 00:27:28,236 >> Amiko Kauderer: Yeah. 731 00:27:28,236 --> 00:27:28,556 >> Cady Coleman: -- sail through. 732 00:27:28,556 --> 00:27:30,126 >> Amiko Kauderer: This is his fourth time to be there. 733 00:27:30,196 --> 00:27:30,496 >> Cady Coleman: Yes. 734 00:27:30,496 --> 00:27:31,436 There is a certain memory. 735 00:27:31,436 --> 00:27:33,146 And that counts for coming home too. 736 00:27:33,146 --> 00:27:35,416 I'd say it's harder to get used to coming home 737 00:27:35,996 --> 00:27:38,246 because you're just used to really gentle movements 738 00:27:38,306 --> 00:27:40,516 up in space, and then even walking is a pretty 739 00:27:41,016 --> 00:27:42,066 provocative movement. 740 00:27:42,066 --> 00:27:43,316 A lot of us are sick. 741 00:27:43,316 --> 00:27:44,706 I'll tell you, I was sick when I got home. 742 00:27:44,986 --> 00:27:47,026 But there's medicine that can help with that. 743 00:27:47,026 --> 00:27:49,606 I mean, right away, you know, within a couple hours, 744 00:27:49,666 --> 00:27:50,816 you know, I felt just fine. 745 00:27:51,126 --> 00:27:53,406 But sure, it takes a while to walk a straight line. 746 00:27:53,406 --> 00:27:55,236 And as we're walking a straight line with your eyes closed, 747 00:27:55,296 --> 00:27:56,446 that takes quite a few days. 748 00:27:56,666 --> 00:27:56,856 >> Amiko Kauderer: Wow. 749 00:27:57,336 --> 00:27:57,766 Well great. 750 00:27:57,766 --> 00:27:58,616 Thank you so much for that. 751 00:27:58,616 --> 00:28:00,226 So we have time for one more question 752 00:28:00,226 --> 00:28:01,776 and then this is just my question. 753 00:28:01,776 --> 00:28:04,726 You were the robotics lead and science officer 754 00:28:04,726 --> 00:28:06,236 when you were aboard the Space Station. 755 00:28:06,546 --> 00:28:09,586 And I know you had many, many different vehicles. 756 00:28:09,586 --> 00:28:10,676 There were two space shuttles, 757 00:28:11,026 --> 00:28:15,926 the three Russian progress supply ships, the ATV-2, 758 00:28:15,926 --> 00:28:17,536 that's the automated transfer vehicle. 759 00:28:17,536 --> 00:28:19,046 Now it's automated; so you didn't have 760 00:28:19,046 --> 00:28:19,926 to worry about that docking. 761 00:28:19,926 --> 00:28:21,756 But then there was the Japanese Conatori [Phonetic] 762 00:28:22,346 --> 00:28:24,976 and you actually had to use the robotics -- 763 00:28:25,076 --> 00:28:27,596 the robotic arm to capture and pull that in. 764 00:28:27,596 --> 00:28:29,056 And the reason I want to ask about this is 765 00:28:29,056 --> 00:28:31,186 because there's some similarity with it 766 00:28:31,186 --> 00:28:33,856 and the upcoming SpaceX Dragon. 767 00:28:33,966 --> 00:28:38,296 That SpaceX Dragon is scheduled to launch on Saturday -- 768 00:28:38,776 --> 00:28:42,016 and morning, at 3:55 in the morning Central time. 769 00:28:42,016 --> 00:28:45,106 And so can you just tell me real quick what that experience was 770 00:28:45,106 --> 00:28:46,336 like using the robotic arm? 771 00:28:47,546 --> 00:28:49,186 >> Cady Coleman: That was one of the highlights 772 00:28:49,186 --> 00:28:50,556 of the entire mission. 773 00:28:50,556 --> 00:28:53,156 In fact, I've been, you know, coaching or sharing 774 00:28:53,156 --> 00:28:54,856 with the guys, who were on board right now, 775 00:28:54,856 --> 00:28:56,556 about what it was really like because there's things 776 00:28:56,556 --> 00:28:59,596 that just can't simulate, and just having 777 00:28:59,596 --> 00:29:01,906 that big supply ship -- I mean, it's the size of a school bus, 778 00:29:02,286 --> 00:29:04,716 and then Dragon is just a little bit smaller than that. 779 00:29:05,216 --> 00:29:06,246 But you know, it comes up, 780 00:29:06,246 --> 00:29:08,806 and you see it's just a little speck coming closer and closer 781 00:29:08,806 --> 00:29:10,326 and closer and then it gets really big -- 782 00:29:10,326 --> 00:29:13,286 and it's like having that big giant bus drive right next 783 00:29:13,286 --> 00:29:14,506 to you -- and then using the controls 784 00:29:14,506 --> 00:29:16,386 of the robotic arm, Paulo and I together. 785 00:29:16,696 --> 00:29:19,096 You know, he's calling distances and I'm controlling the arm 786 00:29:19,096 --> 00:29:23,056 and you reach out and grab that thing and, you know, 787 00:29:23,056 --> 00:29:25,126 my heart was just pounding afterwards. 788 00:29:25,186 --> 00:29:26,826 It was just so exciting. 789 00:29:26,826 --> 00:29:28,576 But you know, it's something we practiced and we practiced what 790 00:29:28,576 --> 00:29:29,866 if this happens, what if this happens. 791 00:29:30,336 --> 00:29:33,656 And Don and Joe and Andre have practiced 792 00:29:33,656 --> 00:29:35,726 that as well, and they'll be great. 793 00:29:35,816 --> 00:29:37,726 But it's just kind of nice to share a little bit 794 00:29:37,726 --> 00:29:40,386 about what it's like with them, even in terms of how we set 795 00:29:40,386 --> 00:29:43,636 up the cockpit, you know, how you can see bright outside 796 00:29:43,636 --> 00:29:46,316 and it's dark inside and where to put your procedures 797 00:29:46,316 --> 00:29:48,766 and how big it's really going to look. 798 00:29:48,766 --> 00:29:49,806 It's going to be so much fun. 799 00:29:49,806 --> 00:29:51,656 >> Amiko Kauderer: And where, from in the Station, 800 00:29:51,656 --> 00:29:54,136 are you working when you're doing the robotic arm? 801 00:29:54,656 --> 00:29:56,126 >> Cady Coleman: So we're in the best place of the Station. 802 00:29:56,126 --> 00:29:58,726 We're in the Cupola doing that. 803 00:29:58,966 --> 00:30:02,756 And Nicole Stott did the first one, HTV-1. 804 00:30:02,836 --> 00:30:03,836 I did the second one. 805 00:30:04,226 --> 00:30:07,736 And we think as long as Dragon is on time, that Don and Andre 806 00:30:07,736 --> 00:30:09,086 and Joe will do the third one. 807 00:30:09,116 --> 00:30:12,816 But if it's late, Sunita Williams will be up there. 808 00:30:13,456 --> 00:30:15,676 She'll do the grabbing and we'll -- 809 00:30:15,676 --> 00:30:18,476 there begins to be a trend; Nicole, Cady, Sunita. 810 00:30:18,776 --> 00:30:19,826 We might begin to suspect 811 00:30:19,996 --> 00:30:22,286 that only girls can grab supply ships -- 812 00:30:22,346 --> 00:30:22,726 >> Amiko Kauderer: Hey, there you go. 813 00:30:22,726 --> 00:30:23,386 >> Cady Coleman: -- with robotic arms. 814 00:30:23,386 --> 00:30:24,686 >> Amiko Kauderer: Hey, you heard it here. 815 00:30:24,686 --> 00:30:25,736 Thanks so much, again. 816 00:30:25,736 --> 00:30:28,246 That SpaceX Dragon launch is scheduled to take place 817 00:30:28,246 --> 00:30:30,886 on Saturday at 2:55 AM Central time 818 00:30:30,886 --> 00:30:32,426 from the Kennedy Space Center. 819 00:30:32,426 --> 00:30:34,166 We'll have live coverage for you here 820 00:30:34,166 --> 00:30:37,476 on NASA television beginning at 2:30 AM Central time. 821 00:30:37,476 --> 00:30:41,476 Cady, thank you so much for coming out to talk with us. 822 00:30:41,476 --> 00:30:42,786 We'll be back here tomorrow 823 00:30:42,786 --> 00:30:45,146 for ISS update during the regular time, 824 00:30:45,146 --> 00:30:46,366 10 AM Central time. 825 00:30:46,696 --> 00:30:50,786 Up next on NASA TV, our video file, at 11 AM Central time.