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michelle you're just about done with all

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of the preparations for this flight uh

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how do you feel about your readiness to

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finally get off of the planet

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well i think my crew and i are very

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excited about this upcoming mission and

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this upcoming launch

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we've been training for a little under

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two and a half years for this and of

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course we had the launch delay from may

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we've had some time to do some refresher

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training to get a couple more sims under

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our belt

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but we're ready to go

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well yes as you say you and ollie and

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kimy have had to wait out a launch delay

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because of a problem with a prior launch

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you guys feel like you're like you're

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well prepared now and eager to get going

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absolutely you know um we were very

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disappointed to see the the mishap with

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the progress vehicle

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and very excited to see the success of

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the the recent uh

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60p progress

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launch and docking

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we're very confident in the uh and the

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soyuz uh

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vehicle that we're going to be flying in

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we do have a couple of flight readiness

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reviews still to go next week but uh

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we're excited about the prospect of a

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launch on the 23rd of july well describe

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the day tell me what lies ahead for a

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soyuz crew on the launch day itself what

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what's in front of you guys from wake up

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to launch sure

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well i think it's kind of a surreal day

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and i i had the opportunity to see it as

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a backup member of the crew uh back in

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november when terry verts and samantha

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christopher eddy and anton schlapper

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launched so we get up at a kind of a

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normal time we have breakfast we do i

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think just some not a whole lot of uh

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heavy work just kind of mosey around a

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little bit and then take a nap in the

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early afternoon to try and sync us up

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with the launch schedule we

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do some final preparation some medical

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preparations

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and then have a light uh snack and then

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head out to the building 254 where we'll

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suit up um into our uh circle um

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spacesuits and out there we'll have the

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opportunity to uh see family from across

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through the glass and

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and have a last few moments before the

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launch we'll do a pressure check on our

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circle suits

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and then we'll head out to the launch

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well so as you look ahead now to this uh

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four or five months that you're going to

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spend in space

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is there something in particular that

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you're most looking forward to as an

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experiment or or a spacewalk or

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something else

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you know i i think that there are two

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things that i'm particularly looking

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forward to with this first flight um the

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first one is just the opportunity to

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look back at the earth i have several

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friends that have been that have flown

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and sent pictures back but every every

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time they say it just doesn't do

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reality justice and so to get to see the

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earth

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um constantly changing all the beautiful

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colors to look back at the earth with my

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own eyes

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that's very exciting for me and the

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second thing that just i feel so

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privileged to have this opportunity to

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do a long duration space flight to

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really learn how to live and work

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in space for a long period of time to

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really adapt to that environment

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only a few years ago someone in your

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position wouldn't have had the

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options available to share the mission

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that they're flying in space with those

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of us who are on the ground do you have

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plans to take advantage of social media

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and things like that to let us see what

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you're doing

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absolutely you know i'm i'm probably not

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the most active person on uh on twitter

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i've been keeping friends and family

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updated on facebook and i have an

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instagram account um but i absolutely

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plan to to share the experience with uh

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um with those who are interested using

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social media i think you're absolutely

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right that uh that we're really in a new

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era where we can almost real time

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share the things

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things that we're seeing things that

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we're doing

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share interesting things with

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with folks back here on earth

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and you'll be getting to do something

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that i think you've been waiting most of

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your life to get to do

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absolutely this has been a lifelong

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dream for me

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it's been kind of a windy path but i

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feel so

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it's such an honor to get to do this job

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and really what a privilege to be

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sitting here you know with the 14 days

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to go before launch

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you know it's gonna be six months or

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more before you get back to houston at

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the end of the mission how long you've

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been will have been gone from home

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tell me what it is you think that we're

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learning as from flying these missions

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that makes it worth that sacrifice for

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you

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sure well the space station is an

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incredible piece of engineering and it's

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a tremendous resource a national

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laboratory orbiting above the earth

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it gives us the opportunity to do

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research that will benefit our abilities

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to go deeper into space for longer

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periods of time to explore

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uh the ultimate goal to explore mars

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but it also benefits folks back here on

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the earth we're doing life science

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research materials research combustion

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research

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that is providing

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um real benefit to people back here

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well gel thanks for the for the few

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minutes

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have a safe trip and have a good time on

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orbit