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WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I’M DAN HUOT.

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2020 WAS…A YEAR.

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WHILE WE ALL FACED UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES
HERE ON EARTH,

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THIS YEAR WE REACHED NEW HEIGHTS AND CELEBRATED

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A HISTORIC MILESTONE IN THE LIFE

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OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

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FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE

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THE END OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM IN 2011,

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WE LAUNCHED AMERICAN ASTROANUTS,

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ON AMERICAN ROCKETS, FROM AMERICAN SOIL.

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NASA’S SPACEX DEMO-2 MISSION WAS A RESOUNDING
SUCCESS,

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WITH A SPACEX DRAGON DELIVERING

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NASA’S DOUG HURLEY AND BOB BEHNKEN FROM
THE FLORIDA COAST

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TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

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AND RETURNING THEM SAFELY TO WATERS BACK HOME.

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IT MARKED A NUMBER OF HISTORIC FIRSTS

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FOR NASA AND COMMERCIAL SPACE,

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AND SINCE IT WENT SO WELL,  WE RAN IT BACK
JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER.

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THE CREW-1 MISSION,

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OUR FIRST FULL-DURATION MISSION ON A COMMERCIAL
SPACECRAFT,

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LAUNCHED THIS NOVEMBER

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AND DELIVERED 4 ASTRONAUTS TO STATION,

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INCLUDING THE FIRST OF OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS

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TO CATCH A RIDE.

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MIKE, VICTOR, SHANNON AND SOICHI HIT THE GROUND
RUNNING

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AS WE CAN NOW PERMANENTLY INCREASE OUR

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LONG-DURATION CREW SIZE IN SPACE,

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EFFECTIVELY DOUBLING THE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH

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DONE ON THE ORBITING LAB.

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AND NOVEMBER HELD SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE

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AS WE MARKED 20 CONTINUOUS YEARS

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OF HUMANS LIVING AND WORKING ABOARD

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THE SPACE STATION.

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TO ANYBODY WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW, BORN AFTER
NOVEMBER 2, 2000,

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YOU HAVE NEVER KNOWN A WORLD WHERE

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EVERY HUMAN BEING WAS ON EARTH’S SURFACE
AT THE SAME TIME.

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COUNTLESS MEN AND WOMEN ACROSS THE GLOBE

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HAVE WORKED TO MAKE THE FIRST 20 YEARS OF
WORK ON STATION

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AN ERA OF DISCOVERY,

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WHICH WE BELIEVE HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN.

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AND THAT WAS JUST A TASTE OF ALL

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THE TRIUMPHS WE PACKED INTO 2020

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FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

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THROUGHOUT THE YEAR,

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WE SAW 4 CREWED LAUNCHES FLY TO THE STATION,

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SPLIT BETWEEN THE SPACEX DRAGON AND THE RUSSIAN
SOYUZ.

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10 NASA ASTRONAUTS, 6 RUSSIAN COSMONUATS,

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A EUROPEAN AND A JAPANESE ASTRONAUT

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CALLED THE STATION HOME THIS YEAR

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WHERE THEY PERFORMED 8 SPACEWALKS

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AND WELCOMED 7 CARGO VEHICLES FROM RUSSIA,

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JAPAN, NORTHROP GRUMMAN AND SPACEX,

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INCLUDING THE NEWEST VERSION OF CARGO DRAGON.

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AND EARLIER THIS SPRING, NASA’S CHRISTINA
KOCH

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RETURNED HOME AFTER SETTING A RECORD

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FOR THE LONGEST SINGLE SPACEFLIGHT BY A WOMAN.

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COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY MISSIONS

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ENABLED MORE THAN 100 NEW U.S. SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS

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AND TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS,

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CONTUINING TO IMPROVE ON OUR CAPABILITIES

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FOR THE ARTEMIS MISSIONS TO OUR MOON

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AND DIRECTLY BENEFITING LIFE BACK ON EARTH.

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WE EVEN MANANGED TO MAKE THE STATION

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A LITTLE BIT BIGGER,

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WITH THE NEW NANORACKS AIRLOCK ARRIVING

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AT THE END OF THE YEAR FOR INSTALLATION

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BEFORE 2020 COMES TO A CLOSE.

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WITH 2020 NOW IN THE REARVIEW,

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WE’RE ALREADY POISED FOR A 2021 EVERY BIT
AS PACKED.

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WE’LL HIT THE GROUND RUNNING IN JANUARY

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WITH SPACEWALKS TO UPGRADE A NUMBER OF STATION
SYSTEMS,

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ENABLING NEW SCIENCE PLATFORMS

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AND MAKING SURE THE STATION WILL BE

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FULLY CAPABLE FOR YEARS TO COME.

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OUR COMMERCIAL CREW PROVIDERS BOEING

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WILL MAKE A RUN TO STATION AGAIN

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IN THE REFLIGHT OF THEIR ORBITIAL FLIGHT TEST
MISSION,

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SETTING US UP FOR ANOTHER HISTORIC FIRST LATER
IN THE YEAR

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WHEN 3 NASA ASTRONAUTS PUT STARLINER THROUGH
THE PACES

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IN ITS FIRST CREWED LAUNCH.

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WE’LL HAVE PLENTY OF CARGO FLIGHTS,

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INCLUDING THE FIRST PLANNED FLIGHT OF

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SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION’S DREAM CHASER,

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THE NEWEST ENTRANT IN OUR CARGO FLEET.

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AND AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND

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THE CAPABILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR

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COMMERCIAL COMPANIES ON STATION AND IN LOW-EARTH
ORBIT,

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WE’LL BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR NEW MILESTONES
IN ADDING

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A COMMERCIAL MODULE AND ADDITIONAL FACILITIES,

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AND POTENTIALLY THE FIRST

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COMMERCIAL ASTRONAUT MISSION TO THE SPACE
STATION.

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WELL, THAT WILL DO IT FOR US IN 2020.

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WE HOPE YOU GET A CHANCE TO CATCH YOUR BREATH

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OVER THE HOLIDAYS AND WERE ABLE TO SHARE

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IN SOME OF THE EXCITEMENT HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT

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BROUGHT IN THIS PRETTY UNPRECEDENTED YEAR.

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AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING

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AND KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS