1 00:00:00,606 --> 00:00:02,526 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:02,726 --> 00:00:07,946 THE ONLY THING MISSING FROM THIS THANKSGIVNG MEAL IS GRAVITY. 3 00:00:08,066 --> 00:00:10,426 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M HAYLEY FICK. 4 00:00:10,806 --> 00:00:13,696 SPACE STATION COMMANDER SHANE KIMBROUGH TOOK SOME TIME 5 00:00:13,696 --> 00:00:15,906 TO SHOW US WHAT THE CREW WILL BE EATING ON THE BIG DAY. 6 00:00:16,666 --> 00:00:18,886 "HERE'S OUR TURKEY RIGHT HERE, SO IT GOING TO BE IN A POUCH, 7 00:00:18,886 --> 00:00:21,136 WE'LL HEAT THIS UP AND IT'LL TASTE REALLY GOOD JUST 8 00:00:21,136 --> 00:00:22,726 LIKE YOU'RE HAVING IT AT HOME. 9 00:00:23,176 --> 00:00:24,796 THIS IS OUR CORNBREAD DRESSING 10 00:00:24,796 --> 00:00:27,166 THAT WE WILL OBVIOUSLY PUT SOME WATER IN AND HEAT IT UP. 11 00:00:27,566 --> 00:00:30,376 I'M FROM ATLANTA, SO I CAN'T HAVE THANKSGIVING DINNER 12 00:00:30,376 --> 00:00:32,096 WITHOUT HAVING SOME SWEET TEA. 13 00:00:32,096 --> 00:00:34,866 YOU GOT CHERRY BLUEBERRY COBBLER FOR DESSERT, 14 00:00:34,866 --> 00:00:36,086 SO THAT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME. 15 00:00:36,706 --> 00:00:37,936 WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE TALKING 16 00:00:37,936 --> 00:00:41,146 ABOUT WHAT THANKSGIVING MEANS TO US, WHAT WE'RE THANKFUL FOR, 17 00:00:41,416 --> 00:00:43,416 AND SHARING THE TRADITION WITH OUR FRENCH 18 00:00:43,416 --> 00:00:44,476 AND RUSSIAN COLLEAGUES." 19 00:00:44,966 --> 00:00:47,026 ABOARD THE SPACE STATION, THEY HAD TO MAKE ROOM 20 00:00:47,026 --> 00:00:48,876 FOR A FEW MORE AROUND THE TABLE. 21 00:00:49,696 --> 00:00:52,996 THE EXPEDITION 50 CREW DOUBLED IN SIZE WITH THE ARRIVAL 22 00:00:52,996 --> 00:00:55,156 OF PEGGY WHITSON, OLEG NOVITSKIY, 23 00:00:55,256 --> 00:00:56,886 AND THOMAS PESQUET ON SATURDAY. 24 00:00:57,466 --> 00:01:01,116 PESQUET, A ROOKIE FRENCH ASTRONAUT, GOT HIS FIRST LOOK 25 00:01:01,116 --> 00:01:03,906 AT THE INSIDE OF THE STATION WHILE NOVITSKIY RETURNED 26 00:01:03,906 --> 00:01:06,986 FOR HIS SECOND TRIP AND WHITSON BEGAN HER THIRD LONG 27 00:01:06,986 --> 00:01:07,856 DURATION MISSION. 28 00:01:08,006 --> 00:01:09,766 WHITSON WILL BE THE FIRST WOMAN 29 00:01:09,836 --> 00:01:12,816 TO COMMAND THE SPACE STATION TWICE AFTER SHE TAKES THE REIGNS 30 00:01:12,846 --> 00:01:14,806 FOR EXPEDITION 51 NEXT YEAR. 31 00:01:14,806 --> 00:01:17,866 AFTER THE HELLOS IT WAS TIME TO SAY GOODBYE 32 00:01:17,866 --> 00:01:19,176 TO THE CYGNUS CARGO CRAFT. 33 00:01:19,606 --> 00:01:22,666 GROUND CONTROLLERS DETACHED CYGNUS FROM THE STATION AND, 34 00:01:22,666 --> 00:01:24,506 ONCE IN POSITION, SHANE KIMBROUGH 35 00:01:24,576 --> 00:01:27,466 AND THOMAS PESQUET COMMANDED THE STATION'S ROBOTIC ARM 36 00:01:27,466 --> 00:01:28,176 TO RELEASE IT. 37 00:01:28,526 --> 00:01:30,036 THE VEHICLE'S MISSION CONTINUED 38 00:01:30,036 --> 00:01:32,516 AS CYGNUS CARRIED THE SECOND SAFFIRE EXPERIMENT, 39 00:01:32,776 --> 00:01:35,056 STUDYING FIRES INSIDE SPACECRAFT, 40 00:01:35,056 --> 00:01:37,396 AND IS SET TO DEPLOY FOUR LEMUR CUBESATS 41 00:01:37,456 --> 00:01:39,776 THAT WILL HELP TRACK SHIPS ON THE OPEN OCEAN. 42 00:01:40,236 --> 00:01:42,916 CYGNUS ARRIVED AS A CORNUCOPIA OF SUPPLIES AND SCIENCE 43 00:01:43,016 --> 00:01:46,616 ON OCTOBER 23 AND WILL MEET ITS FIERY END AS IT BURNS 44 00:01:46,616 --> 00:01:49,506 UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN ON SUNDAY. 45 00:01:50,456 --> 00:01:53,856 KEEP FOLLOWING @SPACE UNDERSCORE STATION ON TWITTER