1 00:00:29,030 --> 00:00:26,150 we launched in the middle of the night 2 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:29,040 on a night when when we were kind of 3 00:00:32,570 --> 00:00:30,330 wondering whether we're gonna go fly or 4 00:00:34,460 --> 00:00:32,580 not we finally got to go ahead and suit 5 00:00:37,450 --> 00:00:34,470 up this is my favorite piece of gear to 6 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:37,460 put on very very comfortable 7 00:00:45,049 --> 00:00:43,050 here's Borneo putting it on his suit for 8 00:00:47,350 --> 00:00:45,059 his first flight you see John Grunsfeld 9 00:00:51,229 --> 00:00:47,360 on the right everybody is raring to go 10 00:00:52,850 --> 00:00:51,239 we had a sort of a marginal call from 11 00:00:55,790 --> 00:00:52,860 the weather guys for those of you that 12 00:00:57,139 --> 00:00:55,800 followed it Sam on the left and Ron on 13 00:00:58,880 --> 00:00:57,149 the right and we're all kind of thinking 14 00:01:00,319 --> 00:00:58,890 that this is sort of a dress rehearsal 15 00:01:03,260 --> 00:01:00,329 for the real launch day which would 16 00:01:07,490 --> 00:01:03,270 probably be the next day Tammy putting 17 00:01:10,790 --> 00:01:07,500 her suit on and Wendy sue texted just a 18 00:01:12,020 --> 00:01:10,800 marvelous job I think we may be one of 19 00:01:13,609 --> 00:01:12,030 the last flights that actually where's 20 00:01:17,810 --> 00:01:13,619 the L es as we get ready to go into the 21 00:01:20,060 --> 00:01:17,820 ASA suits but we were all fired up and 22 00:01:23,870 --> 00:01:20,070 ready to go and lo and behold we went to 23 00:01:26,749 --> 00:01:23,880 fly here we are starting the main engine 24 00:01:28,460 --> 00:01:26,759 seven seconds before a launch of course 25 00:01:30,620 --> 00:01:28,470 a little over a million pounds of thrust 26 00:01:32,390 --> 00:01:30,630 there to SRBs 27 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:32,400 you see the 20 maneuvers Steve in the 28 00:01:36,410 --> 00:01:34,130 left window to s Survey's lighting 29 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:36,420 basically four and a half million pounds 30 00:01:40,310 --> 00:01:37,650 of weight and eight million pounds of 31 00:01:42,530 --> 00:01:40,320 thrust pushing us upwards instant 32 00:01:44,690 --> 00:01:42,540 daylight obviously you can see how well 33 00:01:46,700 --> 00:01:44,700 we illuminated things John and Wendy 34 00:01:49,340 --> 00:01:46,710 were able to actually see the launch pad 35 00:01:52,580 --> 00:01:49,350 the smoke plume and the coast by looking 36 00:01:54,469 --> 00:01:52,590 back through a mirror and obviously a 37 00:01:59,320 --> 00:01:54,479 majestic sight for everyone as we 38 00:02:02,390 --> 00:01:59,330 quickly disappear from sight here and 39 00:02:04,700 --> 00:02:02,400 approximately two minutes we approached 40 00:02:06,950 --> 00:02:04,710 SRB Sep which of course gave us a 41 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:06,960 beautiful view of the forward rockets as 42 00:02:16,759 --> 00:02:09,810 they separate it inside and we're on our 43 00:02:18,530 --> 00:02:16,769 way to orbit here we are a little over 44 00:02:20,180 --> 00:02:18,540 an hour into the flight just a 45 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:20,190 witnessing this beautiful view of the 46 00:02:25,190 --> 00:02:22,650 earth but flight day one is extremely 47 00:02:28,430 --> 00:02:25,200 busy and so we needed to get to work we 48 00:02:31,670 --> 00:02:28,440 opened our payload bay doors a little 49 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:31,680 over an hour into the flight and then 50 00:02:37,580 --> 00:02:34,530 soon we'll be activating our space lab 51 00:02:39,619 --> 00:02:37,590 pallet and activating our instrument 52 00:02:43,070 --> 00:02:39,629 system all of which is done from the a 53 00:02:45,199 --> 00:02:43,080 flight deck once we attach our 54 00:02:48,199 --> 00:02:45,209 telescopes to the instrument pointing 55 00:02:52,059 --> 00:02:48,209 system we deploy that IPS and 56 00:02:54,619 --> 00:02:52,069 instruments to the upright position and 57 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:54,629 then a little bit later on we'll be 58 00:02:59,270 --> 00:02:56,610 doing a thorough check out of the IPS 59 00:03:02,030 --> 00:02:59,280 and also a check out of all our 60 00:03:04,460 --> 00:03:02,040 ultraviolet telescopes in preparation 61 00:03:18,869 --> 00:03:04,470 for the next 15 days of astronomical 62 00:03:24,330 --> 00:03:21,750 on from the left-hand side I worked the 63 00:03:26,789 --> 00:03:24,340 IPS side and Sam on the right-hand side 64 00:03:36,149 --> 00:03:26,799 is doing the in speed instrument 65 00:03:38,069 --> 00:03:36,159 checkout we were able to very quickly 66 00:03:39,899 --> 00:03:38,079 settle into the routine I was 67 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:39,909 responsible for making sure the orbiter 68 00:03:44,339 --> 00:03:41,970 was pointed at the right part of the sky 69 00:03:47,490 --> 00:03:44,349 Tammy was responsible for fine tuning 70 00:03:49,289 --> 00:03:47,500 with the instrument pointing system and 71 00:03:51,390 --> 00:03:49,299 then the telescope's would lock on to 72 00:03:52,530 --> 00:03:51,400 the target and he might be wondering why 73 00:03:54,539 --> 00:03:52,540 we're looking at the earth but we're 74 00:03:56,099 --> 00:03:54,549 currently rolling to the right attitude 75 00:03:58,679 --> 00:03:56,109 the idea was that we would pick up a 76 00:04:01,050 --> 00:03:58,689 star as it rose above the Earth's limb 77 00:04:02,699 --> 00:04:01,060 and then Sam would go to work making 78 00:04:05,369 --> 00:04:02,709 sure the experiments were ready to start 79 00:04:06,929 --> 00:04:05,379 the observation and quickly we have the 80 00:04:09,839 --> 00:04:06,939 Astro star tracker on the left 81 00:04:14,369 --> 00:04:09,849 uit Hut is right in the middle and 82 00:04:16,740 --> 00:04:14,379 whoopee is on the right hand side a very 83 00:04:20,610 --> 00:04:16,750 very capable package of telescopes and 84 00:04:22,580 --> 00:04:20,620 really did an outstanding job we had a 85 00:04:24,930 --> 00:04:22,590 number of tools onboard to help us 86 00:04:26,189 --> 00:04:24,940 evaluate how we were doing we 87 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:26,199 communicated to the telescope's 88 00:04:31,110 --> 00:04:28,810 primarily through the small laptop 89 00:04:32,580 --> 00:04:31,120 computers I'm issuing commands directly 90 00:04:34,469 --> 00:04:32,590 to the telescope and you saw Tammy 91 00:04:37,589 --> 00:04:34,479 issuing commands to the instrument 92 00:04:39,060 --> 00:04:37,599 pointing system this is what we would 93 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:39,070 see through the Hopkins ultraviolet 94 00:04:41,399 --> 00:04:40,570 telescope it had a TV camera that 95 00:04:43,980 --> 00:04:41,409 actually looked out through the 96 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:43,990 telescope and here you see an 97 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:46,330 acquisition of the planet Jupiter we're 98 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:48,250 actually looking at the space around 99 00:04:53,510 --> 00:04:50,770 Jupiter and displayed below that was a 100 00:04:56,010 --> 00:04:53,520 spectrum that we're actually acquiring 101 00:04:57,899 --> 00:04:56,020 here you see the Wisconsin ultraviolet 102 00:05:00,420 --> 00:04:57,909 photopolymer imager experiment in the 103 00:05:02,310 --> 00:05:00,430 foreground and this is the type of image 104 00:05:05,070 --> 00:05:02,320 we would get from the whoopi instrument 105 00:05:07,770 --> 00:05:05,080 this shows a star in the acquisition 106 00:05:10,170 --> 00:05:07,780 camera and in addition we had spectral 107 00:05:11,399 --> 00:05:10,180 data from whoopi also to evaluate the 108 00:05:12,870 --> 00:05:11,409 target to make sure that we're looking 109 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:12,880 at the right target and the data was 110 00:05:20,700 --> 00:05:16,090 good well what ended up being a very 111 00:05:22,499 --> 00:05:20,710 very short checkout period we got into 112 00:05:25,379 --> 00:05:22,509 the routine of observing target after 113 00:05:29,290 --> 00:05:25,389 target fir'd for the rest of the mission 114 00:05:33,010 --> 00:05:29,300 John and I were the redshift 115 00:05:35,619 --> 00:05:33,020 back into the bus operators with borneo 116 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:35,629 in the front and we would do a borneo 117 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:37,370 would do a maneuver of the orbiter john 118 00:05:42,999 --> 00:05:40,370 would maneuver the IPS to the correct 119 00:05:44,950 --> 00:05:43,009 attitude and turned the manual pointing 120 00:05:49,029 --> 00:05:44,960 controller over to me after the IPS 121 00:05:52,540 --> 00:05:49,039 maneuver was done and I would do the the 122 00:05:55,930 --> 00:05:52,550 target acquisition on the CCTV displays 123 00:05:59,200 --> 00:05:55,940 and the telescope's would be set off on 124 00:06:01,960 --> 00:05:59,210 their way observing the the object and 125 00:06:03,580 --> 00:06:01,970 here again you see the CCTV displays 126 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:03,590 that we had on board to make sure we had 127 00:06:09,969 --> 00:06:08,810 the right target all the scientists on 128 00:06:11,589 --> 00:06:09,979 the ground and there was a huge team 129 00:06:13,270 --> 00:06:11,599 working at Marshall as well as all the 130 00:06:15,460 --> 00:06:13,280 folks here in Mission Control working 131 00:06:17,379 --> 00:06:15,470 and here we see our alternate payload 132 00:06:19,390 --> 00:06:17,389 specialist Scott Hagen and we're in 133 00:06:21,159 --> 00:06:19,400 regular communication with the APS and 134 00:06:23,559 --> 00:06:21,169 the other folks at Marshall working the 135 00:06:28,180 --> 00:06:23,569 telescopes every day they'd send us up a 136 00:06:30,010 --> 00:06:28,190 few pages of new information new targets 137 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:30,020 and and target procedures and also all 138 00:06:34,540 --> 00:06:32,210 the orbiter procedures and information 139 00:06:36,129 --> 00:06:34,550 and so that was part of our duties on 140 00:06:38,260 --> 00:06:36,139 board to incorporate that into the 141 00:06:41,260 --> 00:06:38,270 rolodex and that can be helping me out 142 00:06:44,589 --> 00:06:41,270 there that was a part of our daily 143 00:06:46,180 --> 00:06:44,599 activities we also had as I mentioned 144 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:46,190 the mid-deck active control experiment 145 00:06:50,709 --> 00:06:49,370 and here you see it with the disturbance 146 00:06:52,180 --> 00:06:50,719 at the far end on the right there 147 00:06:53,409 --> 00:06:52,190 disturbing the whole structure and 148 00:06:54,610 --> 00:06:53,419 that's free-floating or near 149 00:06:55,899 --> 00:06:54,620 free-floating the mid-deck 150 00:06:57,820 --> 00:06:55,909 and in just a second you'll see the 151 00:06:59,740 --> 00:06:57,830 control take over and the left-hand 152 00:07:01,779 --> 00:06:59,750 gimble suddenly locks in even though the 153 00:07:02,980 --> 00:07:01,789 right hand is still disturbing and this 154 00:07:05,830 --> 00:07:02,990 was the way it worked most of the time 155 00:07:07,059 --> 00:07:05,840 quite well here's a case where the left 156 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:07,069 hand side is supposed to be pointing 157 00:07:13,209 --> 00:07:09,650 inertia lis in space but obviously this 158 00:07:14,709 --> 00:07:13,219 is a oscillatory divergent case where 159 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:14,719 the control wasn't quite enough and you 160 00:07:18,540 --> 00:07:16,130 wouldn't if this were a space station I 161 00:07:21,119 --> 00:07:18,550 don't think you'd want to be aboard 162 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:21,129 and these were fun to watch but by far 163 00:07:24,510 --> 00:07:22,690 the minority and this was just a great 164 00:07:26,879 --> 00:07:24,520 interactive experiment as you can see by 165 00:07:30,020 --> 00:07:26,889 the expression on our commander's face 166 00:07:31,740 --> 00:07:30,030 and corneal build to the left 167 00:07:33,779 --> 00:07:31,750 fortunately the other mid-deck 168 00:07:35,159 --> 00:07:33,789 experiments were rather benign we just 169 00:07:36,689 --> 00:07:35,169 spent most of our time cleaning the 170 00:07:38,999 --> 00:07:36,699 filters on the protein crystal growth 171 00:07:41,540 --> 00:07:39,009 experiments you can see John here 172 00:07:44,249 --> 00:07:41,550 participating in a medical DSO that was 173 00:07:46,740 --> 00:07:44,259 determining the function of the eyes and 174 00:07:48,839 --> 00:07:46,750 the head your gaze on orbit 175 00:07:52,050 --> 00:07:48,849 he's definitely wired for sound in this 176 00:07:55,230 --> 00:07:52,060 scene and again dr. SAR x also known as 177 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:55,240 ron talking to with with one of the many 178 00:07:59,670 --> 00:07:57,610 school contacts we spoke to schools 179 00:08:02,999 --> 00:07:59,680 literally around the world India South 180 00:08:04,980 --> 00:08:03,009 Africa as well as throughout the United 181 00:08:06,749 --> 00:08:04,990 States that was really again as John 182 00:08:08,969 --> 00:08:06,759 said one of the more enjoyable aspects 183 00:08:11,939 --> 00:08:08,979 and of course we'd had to include bill 184 00:08:13,379 --> 00:08:11,949 on the bike he had to arm wrestle the 185 00:08:15,029 --> 00:08:13,389 rest of us for time though he didn't 186 00:08:17,070 --> 00:08:15,039 live on the bike we actually made him 187 00:08:18,930 --> 00:08:17,080 work but as I said before it was a great 188 00:08:20,420 --> 00:08:18,940 way to get some exercise and relax while 189 00:08:23,370 --> 00:08:20,430 you're on orbit 190 00:08:25,050 --> 00:08:23,380 well that exercise is likely to make 191 00:08:27,510 --> 00:08:25,060 anybody hungry and some of us were 192 00:08:30,149 --> 00:08:27,520 hungrier than others so we see Borneo 193 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:30,159 here was first in line at the galley the 194 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:32,050 red shift usually had dinner together we 195 00:08:36,300 --> 00:08:34,450 usually had a cocktail hour first where 196 00:08:40,290 --> 00:08:36,310 we all had a shrimp cocktail or here you 197 00:08:41,579 --> 00:08:40,300 see a blue shift person coming in here 198 00:08:45,750 --> 00:08:41,589 probably didn't have enough breakfast 199 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:45,760 trying to get somebody's food away from 200 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:47,890 them and of course playing with food you 201 00:08:52,740 --> 00:08:50,890 know no matter how often your mom tell 202 00:08:55,340 --> 00:08:52,750 told you not to play with your food it's 203 00:09:00,840 --> 00:08:55,350 just impossible not to do that in space 204 00:09:03,690 --> 00:09:00,850 and you see Tammy here with fluid 205 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:03,700 physics experiment some tropical punch 206 00:09:10,500 --> 00:09:05,410 floating free in the mid-deck which he 207 00:09:12,630 --> 00:09:10,510 was able to vacuum up posthaste and of 208 00:09:16,019 --> 00:09:12,640 course we don't have a shower on board 209 00:09:17,670 --> 00:09:16,029 and that's the best you can do earth 210 00:09:19,470 --> 00:09:17,680 observations as we said was one of the 211 00:09:20,519 --> 00:09:19,480 more enjoyable things to do and also an 212 00:09:23,730 --> 00:09:20,529 important part of the shuttle program 213 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:23,740 and here's Wendy's famous barren island 214 00:09:29,189 --> 00:09:27,970 volcano in the Andaman Islands and that 215 00:09:29,929 --> 00:09:29,199 was neat to look for that kind of stuff 216 00:09:31,849 --> 00:09:29,939 that was 217 00:09:35,389 --> 00:09:31,859 a great discovery for us to be able to 218 00:09:38,059 --> 00:09:35,399 report that to the ground again shark 219 00:09:39,769 --> 00:09:38,069 Bay this is a larger view of it and from 220 00:09:41,599 --> 00:09:39,779 day to day we could see variations both 221 00:09:43,969 --> 00:09:41,609 due to tidal differences and also from 222 00:09:45,829 --> 00:09:43,979 the rain in Australia this is looking 223 00:09:48,799 --> 00:09:45,839 towards the south up at the very left 224 00:09:50,539 --> 00:09:48,809 end of the picture is Adelaide and some 225 00:09:53,089 --> 00:09:50,549 of the dry Lakes in the airlock 226 00:09:57,589 --> 00:09:53,099 Lake Region and some of these also had 227 00:09:59,960 --> 00:09:57,599 water in and we had both color visible 228 00:10:02,119 --> 00:09:59,970 film and infrared film and we took 229 00:10:04,819 --> 00:10:02,129 sometimes pairs of pictures of the same 230 00:10:06,379 --> 00:10:04,829 region we also had an opportunity on a 231 00:10:09,109 --> 00:10:06,389 number of passes to see the Hawaiian 232 00:10:12,079 --> 00:10:09,119 Islands Tammie showed you the Oahu view 233 00:10:14,059 --> 00:10:12,089 here's a the Big Island of Hawaii and on 234 00:10:15,499 --> 00:10:14,069 the top of the picture there on the 235 00:10:18,259 --> 00:10:15,509 volcano or a number of NASA 236 00:10:21,489 --> 00:10:18,269 observatories that also do astronomy and 237 00:10:24,019 --> 00:10:21,499 we really enjoyed taking the pictures 238 00:10:26,119 --> 00:10:24,029 this is another beautiful view of a 239 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:26,129 sunset on orbit it takes about 90 240 00:10:29,749 --> 00:10:27,689 minutes to orbit the Earth and so one 241 00:10:33,499 --> 00:10:29,759 gets to see a sunrise or sunset every 45 242 00:10:35,089 --> 00:10:33,509 minutes and this is one of the storms 243 00:10:38,179 --> 00:10:35,099 that we witnessed in the south-central 244 00:10:40,429 --> 00:10:38,189 United States you're looking North is at 245 00:10:42,889 --> 00:10:40,439 the top of the screen to the left you 246 00:10:44,569 --> 00:10:42,899 can see Louisiana all the way up to 247 00:10:46,819 --> 00:10:44,579 Atlanta actually and on the right hand 248 00:10:49,009 --> 00:10:46,829 side of course is Florida and it's a 249 00:10:56,629 --> 00:10:49,019 very graphic depiction of city lights 250 00:10:58,699 --> 00:10:56,639 and storm activity eventually we have to 251 00:11:01,489 --> 00:10:58,709 come back home this is a graphic 252 00:11:04,489 --> 00:11:01,499 visualization of the pilot dto you can 253 00:11:06,759 --> 00:11:04,499 see an actual approach here on the 254 00:11:08,929 --> 00:11:06,769 computer screen working with the 255 00:11:11,389 --> 00:11:08,939 controller which is mounted to the 256 00:11:13,879 --> 00:11:11,399 existing stick and the orbiter in 257 00:11:16,609 --> 00:11:13,889 addition to that prior to coming home we 258 00:11:18,979 --> 00:11:16,619 went ahead and did a check on the flight 259 00:11:21,589 --> 00:11:18,989 control systems and what we do is we do 260 00:11:23,239 --> 00:11:21,599 a check of all the Jets and also the 261 00:11:25,629 --> 00:11:23,249 flight control surfaces to make sure 262 00:11:29,269 --> 00:11:25,639 that the orbiter does perform as 263 00:11:31,429 --> 00:11:29,279 advertised and here the three orbiter 264 00:11:32,629 --> 00:11:31,439 folks Steve Wendy and myself are going 265 00:11:34,699 --> 00:11:32,639 through the flight control system 266 00:11:36,079 --> 00:11:34,709 checkout and you'll now see the Elavon 267 00:11:38,059 --> 00:11:36,089 moving in the background and you can 268 00:11:39,889 --> 00:11:38,069 really feel this just shake the vehicle 269 00:11:43,829 --> 00:11:39,899 as it slams back and forth against the 270 00:11:50,079 --> 00:11:47,290 and then the final step before we come 271 00:11:53,139 --> 00:11:50,089 home is to turn the orbiting observatory 272 00:11:54,369 --> 00:11:53,149 back into a flying machine and it gets 273 00:11:57,579 --> 00:11:54,379 kind of hectic there when we're trying 274 00:11:59,650 --> 00:11:57,589 to pack everything away and then put our 275 00:12:04,749 --> 00:11:59,660 launch and entry suits back on and get 276 00:12:08,429 --> 00:12:04,759 ready to re-enter here you see Ron and I 277 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:08,439 and our suits are us logo they're 278 00:12:23,890 --> 00:12:20,480 once that's done and just before we do 279 00:12:26,630 --> 00:12:23,900 orbit we close the payload bay doors and 280 00:12:41,980 --> 00:12:26,640 seal the payload Bay so that we can 281 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:43,449 as you're probably aware we were 282 00:12:50,019 --> 00:12:46,250 originally scheduled to land at Kennedy 283 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:50,029 Space Center on the 17th of March which 284 00:12:53,650 --> 00:12:51,410 would have been 15 and a half days on 285 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:53,660 orbit unfortunately the weather and in 286 00:12:58,990 --> 00:12:55,850 Florida didn't accommodate that landing 287 00:13:00,610 --> 00:12:59,000 so we put the telescope away I never did 288 00:13:02,230 --> 00:13:00,620 actually close the doors the Mission 289 00:13:04,180 --> 00:13:02,240 Control Center folks never put us in the 290 00:13:05,350 --> 00:13:04,190 suits because of weather was was so bad 291 00:13:08,500 --> 00:13:05,360 we didn't they didn't think that we had 292 00:13:11,710 --> 00:13:08,510 a chance at it the next day Saturday the 293 00:13:13,690 --> 00:13:11,720 18th we made one look at the Kennedy 294 00:13:16,210 --> 00:13:13,700 Space Center waved off on the first Rev 295 00:13:18,190 --> 00:13:16,220 and went ahead and burned to Edwards Air 296 00:13:20,620 --> 00:13:18,200 Force Base on the second deorbit 297 00:13:22,750 --> 00:13:20,630 opportunity on the 18th there you can 298 00:13:25,780 --> 00:13:22,760 see the hack we're on final now and to 299 00:13:28,420 --> 00:13:25,790 runway two two at Edwards and the winds 300 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:28,430 were a little bit gusty at Edwards you 301 00:13:32,290 --> 00:13:29,930 can see a little bit of the dust coming 302 00:13:33,699 --> 00:13:32,300 off the lake beds but but there wasn't 303 00:13:35,769 --> 00:13:33,709 an appreciable amount of turbulence we 304 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:35,779 could feel a little bit of turbulence on 305 00:13:40,810 --> 00:13:38,810 final and the right to left crosswind 306 00:13:42,610 --> 00:13:40,820 was definitely noticeable but nothing 307 00:13:45,310 --> 00:13:42,620 that wasn't well within the performance 308 00:13:46,990 --> 00:13:45,320 capabilities of the orbiter and for 309 00:13:49,660 --> 00:13:47,000 those of us that have flown before 310 00:13:52,180 --> 00:13:49,670 there wasn't a whole heck of a lot of 311 00:13:55,690 --> 00:13:52,190 difference between an eight day to ten 312 00:13:57,819 --> 00:13:55,700 day flight in a 17 day flight so if 313 00:13:59,319 --> 00:13:57,829 there is a limit on the amount of time 314 00:14:00,880 --> 00:13:59,329 that people can go to space and come 315 00:14:03,850 --> 00:14:00,890 back and land in orbiter we don't think 316 00:14:07,180 --> 00:14:03,860 it's at the 17 day point it was a 317 00:14:09,150 --> 00:14:07,190 wonderful flight we had an orbiter that 318 00:14:11,490 --> 00:14:09,160 gave us virtually no problems whatsoever 319 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:11,500 the folks down at Kennedy Space Center 320 00:14:16,420 --> 00:14:14,510 should be very very proud of the orbiter 321 00:14:18,430 --> 00:14:16,430 that they gave us we hope that we gave 322 00:14:19,420 --> 00:14:18,440 it back in pretty good shape to them so 323 00:14:22,090 --> 00:14:19,430 that they can turn it around for the 324 00:14:24,130 --> 00:14:22,100 next bunch of folks that go fly it it 325 00:14:27,850 --> 00:14:24,140 was a tremendous adventure for us we 326 00:14:30,010 --> 00:14:27,860 were very pleased with the results I had 327 00:14:32,530 --> 00:14:30,020 a tremendous group of people to go fly 328 00:14:35,199 --> 00:14:32,540 with exceptionally talented a group of 329 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:35,209 folks and so if we could if we just go 330 00:14:39,550 --> 00:14:37,850 ahead and start the slides now okay as 331 00:14:41,260 --> 00:14:39,560 is traditional the rookies are pretty 332 00:14:42,910 --> 00:14:41,270 much responsible for the crew patch and 333 00:14:44,710 --> 00:14:42,920 we think that they did just a great job 334 00:14:47,350 --> 00:14:44,720 pretty well tells the story of the 335 00:14:48,910 --> 00:14:47,360 mission has the telescope's which 336 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:48,920 operated of course in the ultraviolet 337 00:14:52,150 --> 00:14:50,810 part of the spectrum three different 338 00:14:53,690 --> 00:14:52,160 instruments from the payload Bay that 339 00:14:58,250 --> 00:14:53,700 the science guys will tell you about 340 00:15:00,290 --> 00:14:58,260 in more detail later but we we launched 341 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:00,300 on the 2nd of March we really didn't 342 00:15:04,550 --> 00:15:01,890 think we were going to do that with the 343 00:15:07,460 --> 00:15:04,560 weather as it was when we got down there 344 00:15:11,330 --> 00:15:07,470 I was a night launch primarily because 345 00:15:12,770 --> 00:15:11,340 we were attempting to maximize the 346 00:15:14,210 --> 00:15:12,780 amount of observing time and as it 347 00:15:16,730 --> 00:15:14,220 turned out launching in the middle of 348 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:16,740 the night minimized the amount of time 349 00:15:20,870 --> 00:15:18,210 that we were going to be in the South 350 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:20,880 Atlantic anomaly during the night time 351 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:24,570 passes so we went to the program the 352 00:15:29,330 --> 00:15:27,330 science guys did along with payload 353 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:29,340 commander Tammy Jernigan and made the 354 00:15:32,750 --> 00:15:30,690 case for launching in the middle of the 355 00:15:34,490 --> 00:15:32,760 night and we did that we launched a 137 356 00:15:37,190 --> 00:15:34,500 eastern time I guess we're a minute late 357 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:37,200 138 Eastern Time on the 17th and I can 358 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:39,690 tell you what or the second it's my 359 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:43,650 second night launch and day launches are 360 00:15:46,580 --> 00:15:45,210 impressive night launches are really 361 00:15:49,250 --> 00:15:46,590 something it gets to be no kid in broad 362 00:15:53,770 --> 00:15:49,260 daylight down there at Kennedy Space 363 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:53,780 Center for just a little while although 364 00:15:58,780 --> 00:15:56,970 Astro is sometimes talked about as an 365 00:16:01,520 --> 00:15:58,790 individual payload there are actually 366 00:16:04,220 --> 00:16:01,530 more than one instrument that come 367 00:16:06,790 --> 00:16:04,230 together to to make the observatory 368 00:16:11,380 --> 00:16:06,800 itself and in this picture we see 369 00:16:13,670 --> 00:16:11,390 starting from the left the long conical 370 00:16:15,790 --> 00:16:13,680 sunshade you see there is actually part 371 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:15,800 of a star tracker that we use for 372 00:16:23,330 --> 00:16:19,650 correcting image motion that are created 373 00:16:24,980 --> 00:16:23,340 by disturbances in the orbiter just to 374 00:16:26,660 --> 00:16:24,990 the right of that that you can see sort 375 00:16:30,470 --> 00:16:26,670 of in the back is the ultraviolet 376 00:16:33,110 --> 00:16:30,480 imaging telescope which actually takes 377 00:16:35,090 --> 00:16:33,120 images of ultraviolet objects and it's 378 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:35,100 it was built at Goddard Space Flight 379 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:38,250 Center and to the right of that the 380 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:41,610 larger tube is the Hopkins ultraviolet 381 00:16:48,950 --> 00:16:44,010 telescope from Johns Hopkins University 382 00:16:51,650 --> 00:16:48,960 and here's another view of the same 383 00:16:56,270 --> 00:16:51,660 telescopes the same telescope package 384 00:16:58,190 --> 00:16:56,280 the Astra Observatory the instrument you 385 00:16:59,930 --> 00:16:58,200 see in the foreground with the square 386 00:17:02,770 --> 00:16:59,940 aluminum baffle is a Wisconsin 387 00:17:05,850 --> 00:17:02,780 ultraviolet photo polarimeter experiment 388 00:17:10,199 --> 00:17:05,860 which we commonly just call whoopee 389 00:17:14,579 --> 00:17:10,209 and on the two it's right you see three 390 00:17:16,289 --> 00:17:14,589 small tubes those are the baffles for 391 00:17:18,569 --> 00:17:16,299 the optical sensor package which was 392 00:17:20,069 --> 00:17:18,579 three star trackers that were used in 393 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:20,079 conjunction with the instrument pointing 394 00:17:30,029 --> 00:17:24,250 system to help acquire stars and to 395 00:17:32,759 --> 00:17:30,039 guide on those guide stars during the 396 00:17:34,769 --> 00:17:32,769 observation this particular image if you 397 00:17:38,070 --> 00:17:34,779 look at the landmass below has special 398 00:17:41,340 --> 00:17:38,080 significance to astronomers this is in 399 00:17:42,870 --> 00:17:41,350 the southern hemisphere and I can't 400 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:42,880 forgot to make this laser pointer work 401 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:45,850 yeah okay right in here in this region 402 00:17:50,580 --> 00:17:48,970 are all of our almost all of the large 403 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:50,590 ground-based observatories in the 404 00:17:55,830 --> 00:17:52,570 southern hemisphere this is northern 405 00:17:58,500 --> 00:17:55,840 chile and right in this region and here 406 00:18:01,049 --> 00:17:58,510 is the Las Campanas Observatory the 407 00:18:02,070 --> 00:18:01,059 European Southern Observatory and just 408 00:18:05,940 --> 00:18:02,080 to the right over here is the 409 00:18:07,769 --> 00:18:05,950 inter-american Observatory and much of 410 00:18:10,759 --> 00:18:07,779 the astronomy and the southern 411 00:18:14,389 --> 00:18:10,769 hemisphere is conducted in this region 412 00:18:17,909 --> 00:18:14,399 or in Australia and so this picture has 413 00:18:20,730 --> 00:18:17,919 special significance to us and in fact 414 00:18:22,980 --> 00:18:20,740 the last time I flew an aster one as we 415 00:18:24,299 --> 00:18:22,990 were flying over like this some people I 416 00:18:30,509 --> 00:18:24,309 was working with were down here making 417 00:18:34,710 --> 00:18:30,519 observations in Chile okay this is where 418 00:18:35,490 --> 00:18:34,720 I this has got both of the orbital 419 00:18:37,259 --> 00:18:35,500 pilots here 420 00:18:40,889 --> 00:18:37,269 Wendy Lawrence on the left of course 421 00:18:42,330 --> 00:18:40,899 then bill Gregory on the right and those 422 00:18:44,340 --> 00:18:42,340 two folks were on different ships we're 423 00:18:46,259 --> 00:18:44,350 divided up and do into two shifts and 424 00:18:48,779 --> 00:18:46,269 ran 24-hour operations onboard the 425 00:18:53,100 --> 00:18:48,789 orbiter for all 17 days that we were 426 00:18:56,519 --> 00:18:53,110 flying and Wendy was the blue shift 427 00:18:59,070 --> 00:18:56,529 pilot she was ran basically all of the 428 00:19:02,879 --> 00:18:59,080 orbital maneuvers that we did we had 429 00:19:05,549 --> 00:19:02,889 over 377 maneuvers that supported the 430 00:19:07,220 --> 00:19:05,559 payload just a little over 400 maneuvers 431 00:19:09,899 --> 00:19:07,230 all told for the flight 432 00:19:12,090 --> 00:19:09,909 Wendy basically loaded every single one 433 00:19:13,470 --> 00:19:12,100 of those on the blue shift bill did all 434 00:19:15,970 --> 00:19:13,480 of them except for a few that I managed 435 00:19:19,660 --> 00:19:15,980 to screw up on the red shift and 436 00:19:21,940 --> 00:19:19,670 and and they did an awesome job not only 437 00:19:23,650 --> 00:19:21,950 of keeping track of the attitude 438 00:19:26,110 --> 00:19:23,660 timeline to make sure that the orbiter 439 00:19:27,670 --> 00:19:26,120 was maneuvered properly to support the 440 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:27,680 observation is that the science folks 441 00:19:31,620 --> 00:19:29,930 wanted to make with the telescopes but 442 00:19:34,540 --> 00:19:31,630 also just in keeping the orbiter clean 443 00:19:37,390 --> 00:19:34,550 doing all the things for the system's 444 00:19:39,220 --> 00:19:37,400 the flash evaporator systems the 445 00:19:41,350 --> 00:19:39,230 wastewater dumps all those kinds of 446 00:19:43,810 --> 00:19:41,360 things that you need to do in order to 447 00:19:45,490 --> 00:19:43,820 keep the orbiter up and running to 448 00:19:51,670 --> 00:19:45,500 support science operations these guys 449 00:19:54,490 --> 00:19:51,680 were doing one on each shift Tammy 450 00:19:55,570 --> 00:19:54,500 Jernigan was the payload commander for 451 00:19:56,950 --> 00:19:55,580 that matter still is the payload 452 00:20:01,990 --> 00:19:56,960 commander until we managed to get the 453 00:20:04,060 --> 00:20:02,000 flight report written and and she was 454 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:04,070 assigned to the flight both she and John 455 00:20:09,610 --> 00:20:06,010 were assigned before the orbiter crew 456 00:20:12,070 --> 00:20:09,620 was even mentioned in context with STS 457 00:20:14,740 --> 00:20:12,080 67 by about six months so Tammy was 458 00:20:16,750 --> 00:20:14,750 working all those issues with the 459 00:20:19,450 --> 00:20:16,760 payload community at Marshall Space 460 00:20:20,980 --> 00:20:19,460 Flight Center and a Goddard with all the 461 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:20,990 science teams the principal 462 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:23,810 investigators to try to get the 463 00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:25,490 operations in sync with her science 464 00:20:31,330 --> 00:20:28,070 early on and she did just an awesome job 465 00:20:34,180 --> 00:20:31,340 here you see her working with one of the 466 00:20:36,150 --> 00:20:34,190 many PG SES that we had these were 467 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:36,160 dedicated to the payload we had three 468 00:20:41,290 --> 00:20:38,810 computers that were dedicated to Astro 469 00:20:44,410 --> 00:20:41,300 and that was our primary interface with 470 00:20:47,050 --> 00:20:44,420 the Space Lab system the s-class the 471 00:20:50,140 --> 00:20:47,060 subsystem operating software and the 472 00:20:52,120 --> 00:20:50,150 e-class the experiment software to work 473 00:20:56,170 --> 00:20:52,130 with the payloads we had the the s-class 474 00:20:58,030 --> 00:20:56,180 running primarily on the starboard side 475 00:21:00,580 --> 00:20:58,040 left side as you're looking at which was 476 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:00,590 the MS station and then the experiment 477 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:03,050 side was primarily run by the folks on 478 00:21:12,070 --> 00:21:08,810 the right side that being the PS okay 479 00:21:14,410 --> 00:21:12,080 speaking of one of the PS Ron fries dr. 480 00:21:15,910 --> 00:21:14,420 Ron Perez and when we got back to 481 00:21:18,610 --> 00:21:15,920 Ellington I said that he had been 482 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:18,620 assigned to astro since the earth cooled 483 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:20,690 and that's not really completely 484 00:21:24,430 --> 00:21:21,770 accurate 485 00:21:25,900 --> 00:21:24,440 however he has been working astro since 486 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:25,910 he graduated from college which was 487 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:32,270 and basically the guy is an expert on 488 00:21:38,300 --> 00:21:34,530 Astro as you would suspect he flew on on 489 00:21:41,030 --> 00:21:38,310 Astro one Jacqueline Vance brass and 490 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:41,040 Vance bran and Guy Gardner and Sam 491 00:21:46,330 --> 00:21:43,410 Durant's all well executed the first 492 00:21:49,850 --> 00:21:46,340 mission here and so he was just a 493 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:49,860 tremendous source of knowledge not only 494 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:51,930 on UI key which is his particular area 495 00:21:57,170 --> 00:21:54,090 of expertise but on the other two 496 00:21:58,640 --> 00:21:57,180 payloads as well and besides that he was 497 00:22:00,950 --> 00:21:58,650 just a great guy to go fly with always 498 00:22:03,020 --> 00:22:00,960 willing to do anything that was required 499 00:22:05,060 --> 00:22:03,030 he and Sam both were the were the suit 500 00:22:07,250 --> 00:22:05,070 guys for a post insertion and the orbit 501 00:22:09,050 --> 00:22:07,260 prep Sam and Ron were the folks that 502 00:22:13,130 --> 00:22:09,060 that got all the rest of this dressed in 503 00:22:15,410 --> 00:22:13,140 the morning you see Sam on the right 504 00:22:17,180 --> 00:22:15,420 Sam dorrance and that John Grunsfeld on 505 00:22:20,150 --> 00:22:17,190 the left John was the first time flier 506 00:22:22,390 --> 00:22:20,160 as was both wendy and borneo bill 507 00:22:26,290 --> 00:22:22,400 Gregory affectionately known as Borneo 508 00:22:29,540 --> 00:22:26,300 John was the other MS he was the 509 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:29,550 blueshift guy that ran the instrument 510 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:30,410 pointing system 511 00:22:35,540 --> 00:22:33,330 starboard side a flight deck he's also 512 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:35,550 forgotten more about laptop computers 513 00:22:40,190 --> 00:22:37,170 than the whole rest of the crew combined 514 00:22:41,750 --> 00:22:40,200 ever knew and he was just a huge help in 515 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:41,760 that area since we were operating about 516 00:22:46,730 --> 00:22:43,530 six of those things simultaneously to 517 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:46,740 support the payload and the orbiter Sam 518 00:22:53,450 --> 00:22:49,890 of course also flew on Astro one with 519 00:22:56,360 --> 00:22:53,460 ron van sky and company and and as such 520 00:22:58,970 --> 00:22:56,370 was was another super expert his primary 521 00:23:01,370 --> 00:22:58,980 area of expertise being cut the hopkins 522 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:01,380 ultraviolet telescope which he works 523 00:23:09,830 --> 00:23:07,790 buck you see sam and i holding contains 524 00:23:11,270 --> 00:23:09,840 the target procedures we observed 525 00:23:13,070 --> 00:23:11,280 hundreds of targets and we had an 526 00:23:15,590 --> 00:23:13,080 individual procedure for each target 527 00:23:17,060 --> 00:23:15,600 that was observed and as you can see we 528 00:23:20,060 --> 00:23:17,070 affectionately named his book the 529 00:23:21,530 --> 00:23:20,070 rolodex since it became so full with all 530 00:23:23,090 --> 00:23:21,540 the new procedures that the ground 531 00:23:27,070 --> 00:23:23,100 uplink and we had a little fun with it 532 00:23:32,060 --> 00:23:29,870 wherever we go Steve gets the 533 00:23:33,830 --> 00:23:32,070 opportunity to introduce all of us and 534 00:23:35,870 --> 00:23:33,840 because he does that we don't get a 535 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:35,880 chance to brag about him so I'm gonna 536 00:23:40,580 --> 00:23:37,650 take a second here to point out that 537 00:23:43,070 --> 00:23:40,590 Steven flown twice previously this 538 00:23:45,140 --> 00:23:43,080 his first flight as a commander and he 539 00:23:46,850 --> 00:23:45,150 took on the ambitious chore of going 540 00:23:49,070 --> 00:23:46,860 uphill with an all rookie flight deck 541 00:23:51,710 --> 00:23:49,080 his first time in the left seat and 542 00:23:53,930 --> 00:23:51,720 three brand-new spanking astronaut 543 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:53,940 wannabes fulfilling the rest of the 544 00:23:59,510 --> 00:23:56,010 flight deck did an admirable job of 545 00:24:02,630 --> 00:23:59,520 getting us up hill what Steve did was 546 00:24:06,890 --> 00:24:02,640 basically turned the mission over to the 547 00:24:09,460 --> 00:24:06,900 red team the blue team leaders and what 548 00:24:12,260 --> 00:24:09,470 he did was he supervised us and kept 549 00:24:13,789 --> 00:24:12,270 basically the ground in tune with what 550 00:24:16,669 --> 00:24:13,799 we were doing and handling any of the 551 00:24:19,610 --> 00:24:16,679 problems and this is a picture of him at 552 00:24:21,549 --> 00:24:19,620 work doing what he did best and that was 553 00:24:24,110 --> 00:24:21,559 keeping the ground informed via 554 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:24,120 basically the same email that we use 555 00:24:28,460 --> 00:24:26,370 here on earth and you can see he's 556 00:24:32,029 --> 00:24:28,470 typing on a keyboard and when issues 557 00:24:34,549 --> 00:24:32,039 came up Steve would use magical keyboard 558 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:34,559 to talk to the ground and we got some 559 00:24:38,810 --> 00:24:36,210 awesome results at the Johnson Space 560 00:24:41,299 --> 00:24:38,820 Center and the folks in Huntsville 561 00:24:43,490 --> 00:24:41,309 Marshall did a wonderful job of helping 562 00:24:46,250 --> 00:24:43,500 us out when we were in a bind we also 563 00:24:48,230 --> 00:24:46,260 used this keyboard for communicating 564 00:24:53,690 --> 00:24:48,240 with other members of the astronaut 565 00:24:55,220 --> 00:24:53,700 office and our families and friends have 566 00:24:56,899 --> 00:24:55,230 an opportunity to introduce some of the 567 00:24:59,210 --> 00:24:56,909 mid-deck experiments that we carried 568 00:25:01,010 --> 00:24:59,220 these gave an opportunity for Bill and 569 00:25:04,460 --> 00:25:01,020 myself to participate in some of the 570 00:25:07,370 --> 00:25:04,470 science operations I'm presently in 571 00:25:09,950 --> 00:25:07,380 front of what's called PCG test protein 572 00:25:12,110 --> 00:25:09,960 crystal growth thermal enclosure system 573 00:25:13,399 --> 00:25:12,120 that was one of the protein crystal 574 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:13,409 growth experiments that we had 575 00:25:17,269 --> 00:25:14,850 unfortunately you can't see the other 576 00:25:19,850 --> 00:25:17,279 one which was PCGS test for single 577 00:25:22,610 --> 00:25:19,860 thermal enclosure system and this is 578 00:25:24,769 --> 00:25:22,620 another one another flight in the long 579 00:25:26,779 --> 00:25:24,779 we hope long series of flights that will 580 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:26,789 continue protein crystal growth on orbit 581 00:25:31,370 --> 00:25:29,970 it's had tremendous success as far as we 582 00:25:33,049 --> 00:25:31,380 know we had the same success in our 583 00:25:35,990 --> 00:25:33,059 flight they were certainly interested in 584 00:25:38,539 --> 00:25:36,000 having 16 days worth of protein crystal 585 00:25:40,909 --> 00:25:38,549 growth on orbit primarily we were 586 00:25:43,580 --> 00:25:40,919 growing crystals for drug research in 587 00:25:46,310 --> 00:25:43,590 this experiment and the locker that you 588 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:46,320 see on top the other silver metal box is 589 00:25:51,169 --> 00:25:48,570 cemex which stands for a commercial 590 00:25:53,270 --> 00:25:51,179 materials dispersion apparatus ita 591 00:25:54,019 --> 00:25:53,280 experiment the unique thing about this 592 00:25:56,299 --> 00:25:54,029 experiment as 593 00:25:57,859 --> 00:25:56,309 it's a commercially sponsored experiment 594 00:26:00,649 --> 00:25:57,869 in conjunction with the University of 595 00:26:02,749 --> 00:26:00,659 Huntsville Alabama at Huntsville and 596 00:26:07,789 --> 00:26:02,759 I'll let Bill continue to explain what 597 00:26:09,919 --> 00:26:07,799 we did with the CEMEX experiment we had 598 00:26:12,830 --> 00:26:09,929 a couple of portions of the C mix we had 599 00:26:15,139 --> 00:26:12,840 the box which you saw just above Wendy 600 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:15,149 which was the thermal enclosure and then 601 00:26:22,310 --> 00:26:18,690 we also had a pouch assembly that had a 602 00:26:25,159 --> 00:26:22,320 variety of syringes which contained 603 00:26:27,229 --> 00:26:25,169 different compounds into her life-forms 604 00:26:29,989 --> 00:26:27,239 and what we did was once we got up on 605 00:26:32,989 --> 00:26:29,999 orbit we would push these syringes to 606 00:26:34,339 --> 00:26:32,999 activate and we would have corresponding 607 00:26:36,379 --> 00:26:34,349 syringes on the ground that would be 608 00:26:37,940 --> 00:26:36,389 activated at the same time and then 609 00:26:41,269 --> 00:26:37,950 later on in the mission we would 610 00:26:43,489 --> 00:26:41,279 deactivate by sending a fixer in by 611 00:26:45,769 --> 00:26:43,499 pushing the syringe a second time and so 612 00:26:48,349 --> 00:26:45,779 we were able to model both the ground 613 00:26:50,749 --> 00:26:48,359 and up in orbit exactly what was going 614 00:26:52,639 --> 00:26:50,759 on and we filmed these so that they 615 00:26:55,940 --> 00:26:52,649 could provide further analysis once we 616 00:26:59,119 --> 00:26:55,950 landed another mid-deck experiment we 617 00:27:00,919 --> 00:26:59,129 had that was great and kept our 618 00:27:03,499 --> 00:27:00,929 commander busy almost the entire flight 619 00:27:07,219 --> 00:27:03,509 on the mid-deck was the mid-deck active 620 00:27:08,719 --> 00:27:07,229 control experiment and this is a very 621 00:27:10,999 --> 00:27:08,729 good payload that involved a lot of 622 00:27:12,829 --> 00:27:11,009 human interactivity built at the 623 00:27:15,499 --> 00:27:12,839 Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 624 00:27:18,019 --> 00:27:15,509 collaboration with Langley and it's a 625 00:27:20,180 --> 00:27:18,029 control structure technology experiment 626 00:27:23,269 --> 00:27:20,190 and basically it was a long beam that at 627 00:27:24,619 --> 00:27:23,279 one end had a little gimbal assembly 628 00:27:26,479 --> 00:27:24,629 that would try and disturb the whole 629 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:26,489 structure and at the other end the one 630 00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:29,369 that's closest to the left on the screen 631 00:27:33,829 --> 00:27:31,710 had a little pointing instrument in it 632 00:27:35,959 --> 00:27:33,839 and gimbals and the purpose was the 633 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:35,969 disturbing end would try and shake the 634 00:27:40,339 --> 00:27:38,369 pointy end and some computer algorithms 635 00:27:42,709 --> 00:27:40,349 and gyros and the gimbals would try and 636 00:27:44,749 --> 00:27:42,719 hold the pointy end very very stable and 637 00:27:47,180 --> 00:27:44,759 this is a model for all sorts of space 638 00:27:48,889 --> 00:27:47,190 structures this was relatively low cost 639 00:27:50,719 --> 00:27:48,899 experiment but from what they learned on 640 00:27:52,700 --> 00:27:50,729 our flight with all the runs that 641 00:27:54,079 --> 00:27:52,710 osborne EO and some of the other crew 642 00:27:56,989 --> 00:27:54,089 members did we'll be able to hopefully 643 00:27:58,909 --> 00:27:56,999 to leverage some great cost savings for 644 00:28:00,680 --> 00:27:58,919 building very large satellites such as 645 00:28:03,829 --> 00:28:00,690 some of the earth observation systems or 646 00:28:05,210 --> 00:28:03,839 space stations or spacecraft to head out 647 00:28:08,089 --> 00:28:05,220 and explore the planets 648 00:28:09,979 --> 00:28:08,099 we also had an experiment on board 649 00:28:13,849 --> 00:28:09,989 called Tsar X it's an amateur radio 650 00:28:16,580 --> 00:28:13,859 experiment and here you see wa4 s ir AKA 651 00:28:18,889 --> 00:28:16,590 ron freeze talking to one of the school 652 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:18,899 groups on the ground and we had a record 653 00:28:23,330 --> 00:28:21,090 number of contacts and everyone i 654 00:28:25,339 --> 00:28:23,340 thought was truly excellent the kids 655 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:25,349 asked and students has just wonderful 656 00:28:28,609 --> 00:28:27,570 questions and it was really need to be 657 00:28:31,989 --> 00:28:28,619 able to talk to them and give them 658 00:28:34,070 --> 00:28:31,999 real-time feedback we also had our 659 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:34,080 experiment looked up to computers so 660 00:28:37,969 --> 00:28:36,210 people could log on to the orbiter and 661 00:28:40,369 --> 00:28:37,979 receive a little bit of information I 662 00:28:42,219 --> 00:28:40,379 mean over 1,200 contacts for people were 663 00:28:44,779 --> 00:28:42,229 able to connect with the orbiter and 664 00:28:47,210 --> 00:28:44,789 lots more where we were just able to 665 00:28:52,009 --> 00:28:47,220 talk to folks from all over the world as 666 00:28:53,889 --> 00:28:52,019 we passed over on an amateur radio one 667 00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:53,899 of the other experiments that we flew 668 00:29:00,229 --> 00:28:56,970 was the pilot and what you're looking at 669 00:29:02,649 --> 00:29:00,239 here is a computer workstation and just 670 00:29:05,359 --> 00:29:02,659 out of view are my hands holding a 671 00:29:06,950 --> 00:29:05,369 second stick and what this allowed us to 672 00:29:10,460 --> 00:29:06,960 do is through the course of a mission 673 00:29:13,009 --> 00:29:10,470 fly numerous approaches and landings to 674 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:13,019 a simulated shuttle landing site and 675 00:29:18,219 --> 00:29:15,210 we're looking for a possible degradation 676 00:29:21,469 --> 00:29:18,229 over the period of the 16-day mission 677 00:29:24,769 --> 00:29:21,479 additionally this allowed us to practice 678 00:29:27,259 --> 00:29:24,779 prior to the actual landing and Steve 679 00:29:29,330 --> 00:29:27,269 myself and Wendy were able to practice 680 00:29:31,489 --> 00:29:29,340 our crew coordination and our calls and 681 00:29:35,169 --> 00:29:31,499 kind of get back into the saddle as far 682 00:29:37,190 --> 00:29:35,179 as being prepared for our actual landing 683 00:29:39,529 --> 00:29:37,200 unfortunately we were not scheduled to 684 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:39,539 work all the time all of us had an 685 00:29:44,299 --> 00:29:42,090 opportunity to relax on the bicycle 686 00:29:45,710 --> 00:29:44,309 ergometer John is actually the one doing 687 00:29:48,589 --> 00:29:45,720 work and I'm having a lot of fun playing 688 00:29:50,149 --> 00:29:48,599 alongside it was a great way to relieve 689 00:29:52,279 --> 00:29:50,159 stress like just like you would do down 690 00:29:54,409 --> 00:29:52,289 here on the ground we exercise 691 00:29:55,969 --> 00:29:54,419 throughout the day you were better folks 692 00:29:57,799 --> 00:29:55,979 tended to exercise during the middle of 693 00:30:00,169 --> 00:29:57,809 our shift and we left the pre and post a 694 00:30:02,450 --> 00:30:00,179 period available for the payload crew to 695 00:30:05,180 --> 00:30:02,460 hop on the bike and I think every one of 696 00:30:07,549 --> 00:30:05,190 us would feel that we we really felt 697 00:30:09,109 --> 00:30:07,559 great post landing because we had had an 698 00:30:12,109 --> 00:30:09,119 extensive opportunity to get on the 699 00:30:13,700 --> 00:30:12,119 bicycle and pedal three of us had an 700 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:13,710 opportunity to pedal around the world 701 00:30:17,700 --> 00:30:16,090 that took about 95 minutes to do 702 00:30:19,619 --> 00:30:17,710 and we thoroughly enjoyed that the only 703 00:30:21,570 --> 00:30:19,629 problem with the current configuration 704 00:30:24,570 --> 00:30:21,580 of the bicycle is unfortunately have to 705 00:30:26,099 --> 00:30:24,580 look at the sleep stations if we had 706 00:30:27,359 --> 00:30:26,109 been able to set it up the other way we 707 00:30:29,190 --> 00:30:27,369 could have peddled around the world and 708 00:30:31,139 --> 00:30:29,200 actually looked at at the same time but 709 00:30:35,659 --> 00:30:31,149 it really was a great way to get some 710 00:30:40,229 --> 00:30:38,430 and those of us on the blue ship had 711 00:30:43,259 --> 00:30:40,239 this wonderful opportunity every morning 712 00:30:45,089 --> 00:30:43,269 we got to see that old Borneo Bill wake 713 00:30:48,810 --> 00:30:45,099 up and climb up and climb out of his 714 00:30:50,579 --> 00:30:48,820 sleep station we had four sleep stations 715 00:30:53,579 --> 00:30:50,589 installed which was really a wonderful 716 00:30:55,649 --> 00:30:53,589 thing for a dual shift flight and keep 717 00:30:57,359 --> 00:30:55,659 in mind that why half of the crew is up 718 00:30:59,700 --> 00:30:57,369 and working the other half of the crew 719 00:31:02,879 --> 00:30:59,710 needs to be asleep so we can conduct our 720 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:02,889 24-hour operations and the sleep 721 00:31:06,359 --> 00:31:04,210 stations really provided you with a 722 00:31:06,899 --> 00:31:06,369 great way to get a good quiet night's 723 00:31:08,879 --> 00:31:06,909 sleep 724 00:31:11,969 --> 00:31:08,889 personally I never used earplugs and I 725 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:11,979 slept great on orbit it was really kind 726 00:31:15,869 --> 00:31:13,690 of neat to be even though you're inside 727 00:31:17,279 --> 00:31:15,879 of a sleeping bag kind of a cocoon like 728 00:31:18,659 --> 00:31:17,289 sleeping bag that's attached to the 729 00:31:20,009 --> 00:31:18,669 walls of the sleep station you can 730 00:31:22,109 --> 00:31:20,019 definitely tell that you are floating 731 00:31:26,639 --> 00:31:22,119 and I thought that was better than any 732 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:26,649 waterbed that I had been on well as I'm 733 00:31:30,209 --> 00:31:28,450 sure you hear from every crew one of the 734 00:31:33,209 --> 00:31:30,219 most exciting parts of any flight is 735 00:31:35,489 --> 00:31:33,219 looking out the window and the Earth 736 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:35,499 Observation program actually gives us a 737 00:31:40,889 --> 00:31:37,570 real requirement to do that so it's it's 738 00:31:45,239 --> 00:31:40,899 a great program and here you see John 739 00:31:48,149 --> 00:31:45,249 John and Wendy were our onboard film and 740 00:31:50,399 --> 00:31:48,159 camera folks they made sure we had 741 00:31:51,930 --> 00:31:50,409 plenty of film loaded that the cameras 742 00:31:55,709 --> 00:31:51,940 were working great lenses were clean 743 00:31:59,219 --> 00:31:55,719 windows were clean and as I was 744 00:32:00,869 --> 00:31:59,229 mentioned before we took over 7,000 70 745 00:32:07,649 --> 00:32:00,879 millimeter frames most of which was 746 00:32:10,499 --> 00:32:07,659 Earth Observation photography and one of 747 00:32:12,690 --> 00:32:10,509 the very pretty places that we flew over 748 00:32:14,539 --> 00:32:12,700 many many times in the daylight on this 749 00:32:17,249 --> 00:32:14,549 flight was Australia this is a view 750 00:32:20,489 --> 00:32:17,259 along the western coast of Australia of 751 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:20,499 an area called Shark Bay Shark Bay is 752 00:32:25,289 --> 00:32:22,690 just a beautiful area to look at from 753 00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:25,299 space there are a number of rivers this 754 00:32:30,479 --> 00:32:27,789 is a very arid desert region 755 00:32:32,869 --> 00:32:30,489 and there are some rivers that flow into 756 00:32:37,649 --> 00:32:32,879 the bay and you see a lot of sediment 757 00:32:39,479 --> 00:32:37,659 produced here this work there we go 758 00:32:41,099 --> 00:32:39,489 there's for example river coming out 759 00:32:43,859 --> 00:32:41,109 here you see the sediment plume coming 760 00:32:47,340 --> 00:32:43,869 out into the bay and all of this stuff 761 00:32:48,810 --> 00:32:47,350 here is lime and algae deposits that 762 00:32:51,359 --> 00:32:48,820 have built up in the bay but they have 763 00:32:58,349 --> 00:32:51,369 these tidal flows going through them 764 00:33:02,609 --> 00:32:58,359 that make very pretty patterns and this 765 00:33:04,409 --> 00:33:02,619 is further across Australia as our orbit 766 00:33:08,639 --> 00:33:04,419 carries us across Australia this is in 767 00:33:11,399 --> 00:33:08,649 the central region of Australia which is 768 00:33:15,509 --> 00:33:11,409 very area and dry and you see here the 769 00:33:18,629 --> 00:33:15,519 Copper Canyon region Copper Creek region 770 00:33:22,979 --> 00:33:18,639 and normally these lakes are these 771 00:33:25,139 --> 00:33:22,989 rivers and lakes are dry a few times 772 00:33:26,909 --> 00:33:25,149 every century they flood and create 773 00:33:31,190 --> 00:33:26,919 these very wide floodplains and you can 774 00:33:35,249 --> 00:33:31,200 see the creeks here the floodplain 775 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:35,259 covers this wide area here there have 776 00:33:38,430 --> 00:33:36,970 been a number of rains recently in 777 00:33:40,499 --> 00:33:38,440 Australia and you can see in the Sun 778 00:33:42,210 --> 00:33:40,509 glint that a lot of the rills in this 779 00:33:44,279 --> 00:33:42,220 floodplain are filled with water you can 780 00:33:46,289 --> 00:33:44,289 see the Sun glint off of the water and 781 00:33:48,509 --> 00:33:46,299 this lake down here is the late 782 00:33:52,099 --> 00:33:48,519 colleague Yama Yama and it is in fact 783 00:33:54,060 --> 00:33:52,109 you can see water filling the lake 784 00:33:55,769 --> 00:33:54,070 Australia actually did have quite a bit 785 00:34:00,469 --> 00:33:55,779 of water in it this time normally this 786 00:34:07,379 --> 00:34:03,029 another thing we see from orbit are 787 00:34:09,149 --> 00:34:07,389 weather patterns this is a a circulation 788 00:34:12,539 --> 00:34:09,159 around a low-pressure area in the 789 00:34:15,089 --> 00:34:12,549 southern hemisphere you can see the as 790 00:34:17,250 --> 00:34:15,099 the air mass moves in toward the low 791 00:34:21,119 --> 00:34:17,260 pressure area it takes on this cyclonic 792 00:34:22,829 --> 00:34:21,129 circulation and you see here are various 793 00:34:28,379 --> 00:34:22,839 lines of thunderstorms forming around 794 00:34:31,180 --> 00:34:28,389 the low-pressure area itself this is one 795 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:31,190 of my favorite places in the whole world 796 00:34:35,550 --> 00:34:32,810 spend a lot of time there back when I 797 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:35,560 was in the Navy in a previous life and 798 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:40,970 here we see Mount Pinatubo and basically 799 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:43,010 this this particular photo will be the 800 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:45,410 baseline for the coming raining season a 801 00:34:49,170 --> 00:34:47,210 season in the Philippines this is the 802 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:49,180 big island of Luzon here's Manila Bay 803 00:34:54,940 --> 00:34:52,010 manila's over here the Bataan Peninsula 804 00:34:57,130 --> 00:34:54,950 of world war to fame and of course Mount 805 00:34:59,470 --> 00:34:57,140 Pinatubo with crater lake at the top 806 00:35:01,960 --> 00:34:59,480 bright blue and you can see the mud 807 00:35:04,270 --> 00:35:01,970 flows that have come down Clark Air 808 00:35:06,550 --> 00:35:04,280 Force Base is located right here you can 809 00:35:08,650 --> 00:35:06,560 actually see the runways there and all 810 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:08,660 the mud flows that have that have 811 00:35:13,060 --> 00:35:11,050 followed the eruption of Mount Pinatubo 812 00:35:15,490 --> 00:35:13,070 the particular area that I was 813 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:15,500 interested in this is Subic Bay Cuba 814 00:35:19,030 --> 00:35:17,330 point Naval Air Station that both Clark 815 00:35:21,010 --> 00:35:19,040 and Subic Bay have been given back to 816 00:35:22,780 --> 00:35:21,020 the Philippine government now but we 817 00:35:24,700 --> 00:35:22,790 used to drop a lot of bombs onto targets 818 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:24,710 right out here and there's another 819 00:35:28,390 --> 00:35:26,930 target right up this away it wasn't 820 00:35:30,310 --> 00:35:28,400 supposed to be a target but one 821 00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:30,320 particular air wearing commander decided 822 00:35:34,090 --> 00:35:32,170 to make it a target one afternoon which 823 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:34,100 unfortunately it was a recreation area 824 00:35:37,810 --> 00:35:36,410 for the communication station and there 825 00:35:40,450 --> 00:35:37,820 were a number of families fortunately on 826 00:35:42,460 --> 00:35:40,460 the other end of the island but but 827 00:35:44,230 --> 00:35:42,470 obviously this is a place where a lot of 828 00:35:45,790 --> 00:35:44,240 folks currently in the astronaut office 829 00:35:49,950 --> 00:35:45,800 has been an awful lot of time and it's a 830 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:52,330 have the oceanography background on the 831 00:35:57,070 --> 00:35:54,530 flight so they voted for me to discuss 832 00:35:59,110 --> 00:35:57,080 this line we're actually looking at the 833 00:36:01,330 --> 00:35:59,120 Ritchie archipelago which is in the 834 00:36:03,220 --> 00:36:01,340 Andaman Sea that's actually between 835 00:36:07,270 --> 00:36:03,230 India and Burma and the Bay of Bengal 836 00:36:09,460 --> 00:36:07,280 and because of the reflection of the Sun 837 00:36:12,100 --> 00:36:09,470 off the surface of the water were able 838 00:36:14,260 --> 00:36:12,110 to detect many features of the ocean in 839 00:36:15,430 --> 00:36:14,270 this case circulation patterns you're 840 00:36:18,430 --> 00:36:15,440 going to take some of the current that's 841 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:18,440 running along the shore and as Sam 842 00:36:23,620 --> 00:36:21,290 talked about weather patterns in in the 843 00:36:25,150 --> 00:36:23,630 airmass the cyclonic circulation you can 844 00:36:27,370 --> 00:36:25,160 also have the same features that will 845 00:36:29,980 --> 00:36:27,380 develop in the ocean you'll have some 846 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:29,990 circular patterns on the ocean surface 847 00:36:33,940 --> 00:36:31,970 detected by the Sun glint which we call 848 00:36:36,190 --> 00:36:33,950 Eddie's other features that you can 849 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:36,200 detect in this photo this is a large 850 00:36:41,650 --> 00:36:38,930 area in which are which is experiencing 851 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:41,660 a wind gust and the wind blowing over 852 00:36:44,660 --> 00:36:43,610 the surface is actually forming some 853 00:36:45,980 --> 00:36:44,670 linear waves that you 854 00:36:47,690 --> 00:36:45,990 can actually make out and I was quite 855 00:36:50,930 --> 00:36:47,700 surprised that we would be able to 856 00:36:53,359 --> 00:36:50,940 detect that amount of detail from 190 857 00:36:54,770 --> 00:36:53,369 miles above the surface and down here in 858 00:36:56,240 --> 00:36:54,780 the bottom unfortunately I can't quite 859 00:36:58,730 --> 00:36:56,250 make it out in the slide but there is a 860 00:37:01,309 --> 00:36:58,740 ship that is traveling out to sea and 861 00:37:02,599 --> 00:37:01,319 that was another fun thing for me to 862 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:02,609 look out the window and try and look for 863 00:37:07,460 --> 00:37:05,970 ship wakes as I'm not in my former life 864 00:37:08,839 --> 00:37:07,470 I'm still in the Navy and I have a lot 865 00:37:10,010 --> 00:37:08,849 of friends who were out at sea right now 866 00:37:16,490 --> 00:37:10,020 so I was trying to track down their 867 00:37:18,890 --> 00:37:16,500 boats also as an orbiter pilot once 868 00:37:21,319 --> 00:37:18,900 you've got the maneuver kicked off you 869 00:37:23,599 --> 00:37:21,329 have a an opportunity to look out the 870 00:37:25,490 --> 00:37:23,609 window I did that as much as I could and 871 00:37:28,069 --> 00:37:25,500 this is my one claim to fame I was 872 00:37:29,690 --> 00:37:28,079 looking out the window and flight day 6 873 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:29,700 I think it was and we were passing over 874 00:37:34,220 --> 00:37:32,010 the Andaman Islands and lo and behold 875 00:37:37,150 --> 00:37:34,230 saw this plume of smoke and realized we 876 00:37:39,559 --> 00:37:37,160 were looking at volcanic activity and 877 00:37:42,530 --> 00:37:39,569 this is barren island just to the east 878 00:37:46,549 --> 00:37:42,540 of the the Andaman Island chain it had 879 00:37:50,630 --> 00:37:46,559 an eruption back in 1991 and it had a 880 00:37:52,069 --> 00:37:50,640 subsequent eruption in late 1994 and 881 00:37:53,990 --> 00:37:52,079 they had been tracking that and they 882 00:37:56,599 --> 00:37:54,000 were surprised to see that as is gaining 883 00:37:59,030 --> 00:37:56,609 in momentum at the rate that it is in 884 00:38:01,130 --> 00:37:59,040 the Smithsonian Institution was 885 00:38:03,410 --> 00:38:01,140 interested in our subsequent 886 00:38:05,420 --> 00:38:03,420 observations and so any opportunity we 887 00:38:08,059 --> 00:38:05,430 had we grabbed the camcorder their arrow 888 00:38:11,510 --> 00:38:08,069 flicks and the house of Bloods and took 889 00:38:14,150 --> 00:38:11,520 lots of photos this is a picture of the 890 00:38:17,450 --> 00:38:14,160 mighty Himalayas rooftop to the world 891 00:38:19,099 --> 00:38:17,460 and when I was a small boy I had two 892 00:38:22,010 --> 00:38:19,109 great dreams one of which was to fly in 893 00:38:25,430 --> 00:38:22,020 space and the others to go climbing the 894 00:38:27,079 --> 00:38:25,440 Himalayas on an expedition and I think 895 00:38:28,579 --> 00:38:27,089 this is certainly the more exciting of 896 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:28,589 the expeditions but maybe someday I'll 897 00:38:32,990 --> 00:38:30,690 get down there but it was amazing from a 898 00:38:34,430 --> 00:38:33,000 couple hundred miles up to look down on 899 00:38:37,579 --> 00:38:34,440 this particular part of the earth and 900 00:38:39,410 --> 00:38:37,589 have a feeling for the great relief in 901 00:38:40,789 --> 00:38:39,420 the surface of the earth there's you 902 00:38:42,410 --> 00:38:40,799 know tens of thousands of feet of 903 00:38:44,630 --> 00:38:42,420 difference between some of the low-lying 904 00:38:46,819 --> 00:38:44,640 areas in the picture and at the top of 905 00:38:49,190 --> 00:38:46,829 the mountain it's just a really neat 906 00:38:51,380 --> 00:38:49,200 place to see and we saw an amazing 907 00:38:54,260 --> 00:38:51,390 variety of terrain you know as Wendy was 908 00:38:56,450 --> 00:38:54,270 talking about the the ocean surface with 909 00:38:58,820 --> 00:38:56,460 waves being measured in 910 00:39:00,829 --> 00:38:58,830 tens of feet at the most hundreds of 911 00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:00,839 feet and here we have tens of thousands 912 00:39:07,849 --> 00:39:02,130 of feet it's really just a beautiful 913 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:07,859 planet we also saw waves on the surface 914 00:39:12,829 --> 00:39:11,010 of sand and this is in Saudi Arabia and 915 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:12,839 you can see really two prominent types 916 00:39:17,380 --> 00:39:15,450 of terrain here there the the dunes both 917 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:17,390 linear dunes and somewhat circular dunes 918 00:39:22,490 --> 00:39:19,770 separated by areas where you see many 919 00:39:24,260 --> 00:39:22,500 many small green spots and those green 920 00:39:27,470 --> 00:39:24,270 spots are not natural the way the dunes 921 00:39:29,180 --> 00:39:27,480 are that are actually farmers pumping 922 00:39:31,390 --> 00:39:29,190 water from under the ground up to the 923 00:39:34,099 --> 00:39:31,400 surface in center-pivot irrigation and 924 00:39:37,310 --> 00:39:34,109 creating very very tiny islands in the 925 00:39:42,050 --> 00:39:37,320 sand of Agriculture so it's really very 926 00:39:43,700 --> 00:39:42,060 striking more detailed photographs of 927 00:39:48,170 --> 00:39:43,710 Oahu at least that I've ever seen from 928 00:39:52,070 --> 00:39:48,180 space you can see the of course Pearl 929 00:39:54,230 --> 00:39:52,080 Harbor and the International Airport and 930 00:39:57,020 --> 00:39:54,240 you can also see waves breaking on the 931 00:39:58,490 --> 00:39:57,030 north shore on Oahu just a wonderful 932 00:40:00,980 --> 00:39:58,500 view and I'm hoping to get a little bit 933 00:40:06,829 --> 00:40:00,990 closer look up after we land excuse me a 934 00:40:10,190 --> 00:40:06,839 little bit later this year still up 935 00:40:12,890 --> 00:40:10,200 there in spirit this is one of the views 936 00:40:15,620 --> 00:40:12,900 we were treated to close to the end of 937 00:40:17,329 --> 00:40:15,630 our mission we have of course the 938 00:40:19,010 --> 00:40:17,339 instrument pointing system doing the 939 00:40:21,260 --> 00:40:19,020 fine job it did during the whole flight 940 00:40:23,540 --> 00:40:21,270 and of course the orbiter performed 941 00:40:25,820 --> 00:40:23,550 beautifully our instruments operated 942 00:40:28,790 --> 00:40:25,830 very well and you can see in this 943 00:40:31,460 --> 00:40:28,800 photograph if I can activate the pointer 944 00:40:32,990 --> 00:40:31,470 here here's the earth glow it's about 95 945 00:40:36,290 --> 00:40:33,000 kilometers above the surface of the 946 00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:36,300 earth oh this is a moonlit view with a 947 00:40:40,310 --> 00:40:38,970 wonderful stellar background we were 948 00:40:43,250 --> 00:40:40,320 just delighted to be part of this 949 00:40:45,980 --> 00:40:43,260 mission very pleased that the orbiter 950 00:40:51,020 --> 00:40:45,990 the instruments and the IPS performs so 951 00:40:54,500 --> 00:40:51,030 beautifully ok and every every flight 952 00:40:56,570 --> 00:40:54,510 needs to have their sunset photo and to 953 00:40:57,920 --> 00:40:56,580 be perfectly honest with you we don't 954 00:40:59,510 --> 00:40:57,930 really know if this is a sunrise or a 955 00:41:01,830 --> 00:40:59,520 sunset 956 00:41:05,700 --> 00:41:01,840 if they really kind of look alike and 957 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:05,710 you get 16 of them each every day and so 958 00:41:08,820 --> 00:41:07,210 there were a lot of them but they're 959 00:41:11,730 --> 00:41:08,830 pretty quick you gotta you gotta catch 960 00:41:14,070 --> 00:41:11,740 him in a hurry but it is just dazzling 961 00:41:16,620 --> 00:41:14,080 the amount of detail that she can get 962 00:41:19,740 --> 00:41:16,630 looking at the Earth's atmosphere with 963 00:41:21,030 --> 00:41:19,750 the Sun in the background and we were 964 00:41:22,350 --> 00:41:21,040 trying to count the layers of the 965 00:41:23,790 --> 00:41:22,360 atmosphere we finally figured out there 966 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:23,800 were at least 10 that you could detect 967 00:41:27,690 --> 00:41:26,290 with the naked eye and and I think you 968 00:41:29,430 --> 00:41:27,700 can probably see at least 10 of them 969 00:41:31,890 --> 00:41:29,440 here and it's always amazed me that 970 00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:31,900 these thunderstorms that usually are 971 00:41:36,060 --> 00:41:34,450 only 40 or 50 thousand feet high that 972 00:41:39,540 --> 00:41:36,070 you can actually see those so very 973 00:41:40,980 --> 00:41:39,550 clearly with the naked eye in the 974 00:41:41,370 --> 00:41:40,990 atmosphere with the Sun coming up or 975 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:41,380 going down 976 00:41:45,210 --> 00:41:43,810 it's just a beautiful beautiful way and 977 00:41:46,350 --> 00:41:45,220 it can actually distract you from what