1 00:00:15,049 --> 00:00:13,640 well thank you very much and I guess the 2 00:00:18,500 --> 00:00:15,059 first thing I want to say is for all the 3 00:00:19,849 --> 00:00:18,510 folks that that are here and for all the 4 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:19,859 folks that were part of our getting 5 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:22,050 ready for this flight is with our 6 00:00:26,660 --> 00:00:23,970 sincere thanks and appreciation 7 00:00:28,490 --> 00:00:26,670 I think this flight was was extremely 8 00:00:30,410 --> 00:00:28,500 complex as we all know especially those 9 00:00:32,959 --> 00:00:30,420 of us that are close to it and we were 10 00:00:35,270 --> 00:00:32,969 trained for anything that potentially 11 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:35,280 could have happened and kind of did 12 00:00:40,220 --> 00:00:37,410 happen but we were ready for whatever 13 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:40,230 the situation was and we felt ready for 14 00:00:47,270 --> 00:00:42,410 anything that could possibly even happen 15 00:00:50,150 --> 00:00:47,280 and I noticed that mr. Abbey published 16 00:00:54,799 --> 00:00:50,160 the note that I sent to him from from 17 00:00:56,029 --> 00:00:54,809 orbit and and it's the way we feel if 18 00:00:57,470 --> 00:00:56,039 there's a chance that we could take each 19 00:01:00,470 --> 00:00:57,480 and every person that would like to go 20 00:01:03,709 --> 00:01:00,480 with us we'd be more than happy to do 21 00:01:08,330 --> 00:01:03,719 that unfortunately the system just can't 22 00:01:10,130 --> 00:01:08,340 work that way but if it could we would 23 00:01:11,750 --> 00:01:10,140 certainly accommodate all those it 24 00:01:13,190 --> 00:01:11,760 wanted to go in so the best thing we can 25 00:01:15,499 --> 00:01:13,200 do is try to come back and share 26 00:01:18,499 --> 00:01:15,509 everything with you all at the same time 27 00:01:20,179 --> 00:01:18,509 realize that what got us there or the 28 00:01:22,310 --> 00:01:20,189 are the hearts and the souls and the 29 00:01:23,929 --> 00:01:22,320 efforts that the people have made down 30 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:23,939 here on the ground to get us there and 31 00:01:28,940 --> 00:01:26,970 we definitely do appreciate it and that 32 00:01:30,670 --> 00:01:28,950 we are just an extension of what you 33 00:01:33,020 --> 00:01:30,680 prepare us to do when we go a lot of it 34 00:01:35,870 --> 00:01:33,030 with that we're gonna go ahead and show 35 00:01:38,340 --> 00:01:35,880 some slides of course the hardest thing 36 00:01:40,750 --> 00:01:38,350 that the crew has to do is 37 00:01:45,370 --> 00:01:40,760 is to decide on what their patch is 38 00:01:47,020 --> 00:01:45,380 gonna look like to take seven very 39 00:01:48,820 --> 00:01:47,030 different people with seven different 40 00:01:51,039 --> 00:01:48,830 personalities strengths and weaknesses 41 00:01:56,350 --> 00:01:51,049 and I'll come up and put a patch 42 00:01:57,700 --> 00:01:56,360 together it takes some work we did come 43 00:02:00,219 --> 00:01:57,710 up with one and we're very happy with it 44 00:02:03,039 --> 00:02:00,229 we actually had the help of a friend and 45 00:02:05,350 --> 00:02:03,049 a co-worker here Mike Santee and and we 46 00:02:07,919 --> 00:02:05,360 he came up with a very nice idea for us 47 00:02:10,930 --> 00:02:07,929 and we were gonna had to put it together 48 00:02:12,190 --> 00:02:10,940 just a brief introduction we had lots of 49 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:12,200 flight data file that's me with some of 50 00:02:15,100 --> 00:02:13,970 the flight data file on board we're 51 00:02:16,479 --> 00:02:15,110 gonna go through the slides kind of 52 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:16,489 rapidly just so everyone gets an idea 53 00:02:23,199 --> 00:02:18,170 but what we look like without a coat and 54 00:02:24,460 --> 00:02:23,209 tie on which is our preferred mode and 55 00:02:27,550 --> 00:02:24,470 of course you can't fly the Space 56 00:02:30,630 --> 00:02:27,560 Shuttle without cool glasses so here's 57 00:02:33,130 --> 00:02:30,640 your pilot's cool glasses ready to go 58 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:33,140 and I guess I'm about as happy as I can 59 00:02:36,729 --> 00:02:34,730 be when I've got a camera with some nice 60 00:02:41,350 --> 00:02:36,739 lenses on and looking out the window so 61 00:02:43,870 --> 00:02:41,360 I was real happy I guess that I am 62 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:43,880 looking at the glove box which was a 63 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:45,890 very neat experiment we had in a mitten 64 00:02:52,539 --> 00:02:50,930 the midnight this was mission specialist 65 00:02:53,949 --> 00:02:52,549 number three European Space Agency 66 00:02:58,509 --> 00:02:53,959 astronaut and I'm here at my favorite 67 00:03:00,520 --> 00:02:58,519 spot near the galley holding on my left 68 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:00,530 hand I'm very happy to be on this flight 69 00:03:04,150 --> 00:03:01,970 I would like to take this opportunity to 70 00:03:11,340 --> 00:03:04,160 think to thank NASA for signing me to 71 00:03:23,590 --> 00:03:21,340 possibly go wrong and that was my job 72 00:03:29,349 --> 00:03:23,600 onboard I mean taking care of the 73 00:03:31,420 --> 00:03:29,359 computers TSS T V T and this was 74 00:03:36,610 --> 00:03:31,430 actually David before the deployment 75 00:03:42,050 --> 00:03:38,870 as was already mentioned there was an 76 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:42,060 important international aspects to this 77 00:03:47,450 --> 00:03:44,730 mission there were three space agencies 78 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:47,460 NASA and the Italian space agency which 79 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:48,690 were cooperating on the tethered 80 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:51,210 satellite project and you see whom 81 00:03:56,090 --> 00:03:53,970 better in the middle has a Europe the 82 00:03:59,180 --> 00:03:56,100 Italian space agency patch on his 83 00:04:00,740 --> 00:03:59,190 shoulder but of course NASA and the ISA 84 00:04:02,690 --> 00:04:00,750 were the other two agencies each eye 85 00:04:08,630 --> 00:04:02,700 contributed in the loan of two astronaut 86 00:04:11,300 --> 00:04:08,640 or circadian myself and this is a view 87 00:04:13,730 --> 00:04:11,310 of the mid-deck at the time of the 88 00:04:16,370 --> 00:04:13,740 launch you can see that in this flight 89 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:16,380 we had the me the glovebox that was just 90 00:04:24,710 --> 00:04:22,890 in front of Franklin and he was pretty 91 00:04:27,890 --> 00:04:24,720 good I mean he didn't feel anything 92 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:27,900 different with this big thing just on 93 00:04:35,150 --> 00:04:30,090 top of it because we are sitting on our 94 00:04:36,590 --> 00:04:35,160 on our back of course well here's a 95 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:36,600 here's a vantage point you don't get to 96 00:04:39,980 --> 00:04:38,370 see every day and you may be wondering 97 00:04:42,060 --> 00:04:39,990 who took the picture I'll just let you 98 00:04:44,580 --> 00:04:42,070 ponder that 99 00:04:47,100 --> 00:04:44,590 the orientation is you're up on the nose 100 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:47,110 of the shuttle looking down at us st and 101 00:04:52,230 --> 00:04:48,610 the flight deck on the pad pretty 102 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:52,240 interesting view that was a two-person 103 00:05:07,379 --> 00:05:03,540 actually we're gonna go and show the 104 00:05:08,340 --> 00:05:07,389 movie there's a Columbia she was all 105 00:05:10,350 --> 00:05:08,350 ready to go 106 00:05:12,930 --> 00:05:10,360 launch morning just waiting for the crew 107 00:05:14,189 --> 00:05:12,940 to show up and here comes the crew and 108 00:05:16,439 --> 00:05:14,199 of course for the thing that sent us in 109 00:05:19,710 --> 00:05:16,449 a cruise mine is what is some super have 110 00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:19,720 scripted for us that day and the best we 111 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:21,310 can hope for is an on-time lunch and 112 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:22,930 this is my third flight and my third 113 00:05:27,180 --> 00:05:24,490 on-time launch so I'm very grateful 114 00:05:28,830 --> 00:05:27,190 I was lucky pilot on board so my eyes a 115 00:05:30,659 --> 00:05:28,840 real big stare at those main engine 116 00:05:32,580 --> 00:05:30,669 gauges about this point of course the 117 00:05:34,350 --> 00:05:32,590 left engine said 40% so we were 118 00:05:36,180 --> 00:05:34,360 convinced that we're not going anywhere 119 00:05:37,950 --> 00:05:36,190 we're pad abort today so we were getting 120 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:37,960 ready for our pad abort and all of a 121 00:05:43,190 --> 00:05:41,370 sudden main engines sour easily 122 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:43,200 well it's exciting enough to ride the 123 00:05:47,870 --> 00:05:44,730 rocket but it's even more exciting right 124 00:05:49,430 --> 00:05:47,880 about now because we also have the fact 125 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:49,440 that the computers not talking to the 126 00:05:52,580 --> 00:05:51,210 the engine at least it says so but Annie 127 00:05:54,050 --> 00:05:52,590 calls the roll program tells them what 128 00:05:55,460 --> 00:05:54,060 we got and the ground comes back and 129 00:05:57,350 --> 00:05:55,470 says you got three good engines so we're 130 00:05:59,030 --> 00:05:57,360 off to space it's a heck of a ride 131 00:06:03,230 --> 00:05:59,040 especially for a rookie I mean it's just 132 00:06:06,140 --> 00:06:03,240 a tremendous amount of power it's it's 133 00:06:07,460 --> 00:06:06,150 smooth it shakes on the SRBs and once 134 00:06:09,230 --> 00:06:07,470 you come off the SRBs it's like an 135 00:06:11,270 --> 00:06:09,240 electric jet going as fast as you can 136 00:06:12,980 --> 00:06:11,280 imagine probably the most awesome sight 137 00:06:14,540 --> 00:06:12,990 during the ascent was leaving Earth's 138 00:06:18,230 --> 00:06:14,550 atmosphere behind and going into the 139 00:06:19,490 --> 00:06:18,240 darkness of space quite a ride as soon 140 00:06:21,230 --> 00:06:19,500 as we get into orbit we have to 141 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:21,240 configure the shuttle for orbit 142 00:06:24,950 --> 00:06:23,130 operations this is a nice picture of 143 00:06:27,380 --> 00:06:24,960 opening the payload bay door as you can 144 00:06:28,940 --> 00:06:27,390 see the shadow of the starboard side of 145 00:06:30,950 --> 00:06:28,950 the shuttle on the door and the earth in 146 00:06:33,050 --> 00:06:30,960 the background it's some spectacular 147 00:06:36,410 --> 00:06:33,060 visual effects soon after you get into 148 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:36,420 orbit we're in the post insertion period 149 00:06:40,700 --> 00:06:38,970 we're using primary thrusters and a lot 150 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:40,710 of the ice which is formed in the main 151 00:06:44,300 --> 00:06:42,090 engines because we're burning hydrogen 152 00:06:46,790 --> 00:06:44,310 and oxygen oxygen is coming out as 153 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:46,800 crystals you could see the RCS fire in 154 00:06:58,520 --> 00:06:53,970 there it's it's quite exciting and next 155 00:07:01,100 --> 00:06:58,530 is the view of the flight deck one hour 156 00:07:05,630 --> 00:07:01,110 into the post in center you see somebody 157 00:07:08,060 --> 00:07:05,640 still wearing the underwear we but we 158 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:08,070 were already hungry and you can see we 159 00:07:15,380 --> 00:07:11,210 had a big appetite at this point 160 00:07:17,690 --> 00:07:15,390 everybody felt great the and this is a 161 00:07:19,730 --> 00:07:17,700 view of the first sunrise on the on the 162 00:07:21,410 --> 00:07:19,740 cargo bay on the foreground you can see 163 00:07:26,390 --> 00:07:21,420 the Terra satellite on the background 164 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:26,400 there was a us and pea well a lot of 165 00:07:33,500 --> 00:07:29,610 stuff to do lots of equipment to set up 166 00:07:36,140 --> 00:07:33,510 computers cameras video stuff audio lots 167 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:36,150 of wires and all of it in preparation 168 00:07:42,950 --> 00:07:39,090 for the big moment which was deployment 169 00:07:44,870 --> 00:07:42,960 of the tether and here I'm setting up 170 00:07:46,250 --> 00:07:44,880 one of our major computers which are 171 00:07:48,980 --> 00:07:46,260 only helped us on the science but also 172 00:07:50,409 --> 00:07:48,990 to keep in touch with the ground and and 173 00:07:55,510 --> 00:07:50,419 also our family 174 00:07:59,230 --> 00:07:55,520 in our homes next there will be some 175 00:08:03,129 --> 00:07:59,240 shots about the boom deploy we are very 176 00:08:04,959 --> 00:08:03,139 much into pre TSS deploy activities the 177 00:08:07,029 --> 00:08:04,969 first thing of course is to deploy the 178 00:08:09,879 --> 00:08:07,039 boom the purpose of the boom was to 179 00:08:12,459 --> 00:08:09,889 basically take the satellite away from 180 00:08:14,020 --> 00:08:12,469 the orbiter structure this is an 181 00:08:17,110 --> 00:08:14,030 accelerated view which normally would 182 00:08:19,029 --> 00:08:17,120 take about 12 minutes the boom is an 183 00:08:21,189 --> 00:08:19,039 incredible piece of engineering you can 184 00:08:24,490 --> 00:08:21,199 see it in this in these shots you can 185 00:08:26,350 --> 00:08:24,500 see the tears actually actual tether in 186 00:08:29,589 --> 00:08:26,360 the middle and all the electrical wires 187 00:08:31,959 --> 00:08:29,599 the satellite was lodged on top of the 188 00:08:33,909 --> 00:08:31,969 boom and just underneath the satellite 189 00:08:35,949 --> 00:08:33,919 you could see what we call it a vernier 190 00:08:39,850 --> 00:08:35,959 motor which was basically an auxiliary 191 00:08:40,659 --> 00:08:39,860 motor which helped extract the wire we 192 00:08:42,399 --> 00:08:40,669 had an attitude 193 00:08:45,579 --> 00:08:42,409 this kind of attitude with flying 194 00:08:47,829 --> 00:08:45,589 basically backwards with nose pitch down 195 00:08:52,780 --> 00:08:47,839 about 40 degrees and that was due to the 196 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:52,790 particular dynamics of the this is the 197 00:08:57,910 --> 00:08:55,370 initial flyaway of the satellite it's 198 00:08:59,439 --> 00:08:57,920 pushed by two sets of two newton 199 00:09:01,630 --> 00:08:59,449 thrusters so very small thrusters 200 00:09:05,130 --> 00:09:01,640 pushing that half metric ton satellite 201 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:05,140 upwards the cold gas thrusters 202 00:09:08,620 --> 00:09:07,250 everything happens very slowly at the 203 00:09:10,449 --> 00:09:08,630 beginning this is accelerated three 204 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:10,459 times but the velocity initially was 205 00:09:13,420 --> 00:09:11,930 about one centimeter per second 206 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:13,430 everything went very well at this time 207 00:09:18,519 --> 00:09:16,250 of the deployment everything was 208 00:09:20,470 --> 00:09:18,529 controlled and you see here in later the 209 00:09:22,990 --> 00:09:20,480 tether is taut which is always something 210 00:09:24,220 --> 00:09:23,000 we desire to see because it's much more 211 00:09:25,900 --> 00:09:24,230 controllable in this way slight 212 00:09:27,639 --> 00:09:25,910 oscillations but we were predicting 213 00:09:29,319 --> 00:09:27,649 those and that was not a problem so very 214 00:09:31,980 --> 00:09:29,329 controlled initial phase of the 215 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:31,990 deployment of the tethered satellite 216 00:09:37,060 --> 00:09:34,970 we're going to see a few sequences here 217 00:09:39,939 --> 00:09:37,070 of the phases of deployment this is the 218 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:39,949 early phase and as you see it looked 219 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:42,050 pretty straight low tension and you can 220 00:09:45,819 --> 00:09:43,970 see a little bit of the Wiggles of the 221 00:09:48,639 --> 00:09:45,829 tether and the bottom but everything 222 00:09:51,420 --> 00:09:48,649 completely nominal the tether speeds up 223 00:09:55,689 --> 00:09:51,430 and it gets to a high speed of about 2.2 224 00:09:57,670 --> 00:09:55,699 m/s maximum and as it does that it 225 00:09:59,770 --> 00:09:57,680 begins to of course 226 00:10:02,320 --> 00:09:59,780 develop a little bit of a bowl and you 227 00:10:04,330 --> 00:10:02,330 can see the bow as it begins to grow as 228 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:04,340 the teller gets longer and longer of 229 00:10:07,750 --> 00:10:05,810 course as a teller it gets longer and 230 00:10:10,660 --> 00:10:07,760 longer also begins to generate more and 231 00:10:13,540 --> 00:10:10,670 more power we were generating quite high 232 00:10:18,430 --> 00:10:13,550 voltage and of course able to collect 233 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:18,440 lots current and all in all on the order 234 00:10:22,750 --> 00:10:20,570 of about a couple of kilowatts of power 235 00:10:24,610 --> 00:10:22,760 where you were being generated and you 236 00:10:28,060 --> 00:10:24,620 can see also the progression of the bow 237 00:10:43,390 --> 00:10:28,070 at this in this longshot picture near 238 00:10:49,180 --> 00:10:46,030 clearly the tether had gone slack either 239 00:10:52,270 --> 00:10:49,190 because of the jam or a tether break 240 00:10:54,750 --> 00:10:52,280 looking back we quickly saw that in fact 241 00:10:57,940 --> 00:10:54,760 the tether had broken this was a very 242 00:11:00,040 --> 00:10:57,950 it's a big shock it's a kind of an empty 243 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:00,050 feeling in the pit of your stomach when 244 00:11:03,430 --> 00:11:01,490 you look and you realize that there 245 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:03,440 there is the tether moving away from us 246 00:11:08,110 --> 00:11:06,290 at about 80 feet per second and you just 247 00:11:10,210 --> 00:11:08,120 wanted to reach out and grab it and pull 248 00:11:11,500 --> 00:11:10,220 it back of course there was nothing we 249 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:11,510 could do there you can see the end of 250 00:11:17,890 --> 00:11:13,130 the tether coming up in the lower part 251 00:11:20,170 --> 00:11:17,900 of the field of view and so at this 252 00:11:24,460 --> 00:11:20,180 point of course we have some procedures 253 00:11:25,780 --> 00:11:24,470 which were trained in basically here at 254 00:11:27,130 --> 00:11:25,790 this point in time there's four words 255 00:11:28,810 --> 00:11:27,140 that were awake the four veterans the 256 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:28,820 three rookies were sleeping and of 257 00:11:32,680 --> 00:11:30,290 course the very first concern we have is 258 00:11:34,990 --> 00:11:32,690 to make sure that none of this ball of 259 00:11:37,300 --> 00:11:35,000 tether starts coming back towards the 260 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:37,310 orbiter we were concerned pre-flight and 261 00:11:41,470 --> 00:11:39,530 we did it pretty sure good share of 262 00:11:42,910 --> 00:11:41,480 training pre-flight but if we had a ball 263 00:11:44,680 --> 00:11:42,920 of tether coming back at as we do the 264 00:11:46,630 --> 00:11:44,690 proper base and maneuvering to make sure 265 00:11:49,329 --> 00:11:46,640 we didn't have a big problem but it all 266 00:11:51,010 --> 00:11:49,339 stayed with the satellite the tether 267 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:51,020 actually broke inside the boom so there 268 00:11:55,180 --> 00:11:52,610 was nothing required on the orbiter side 269 00:11:57,760 --> 00:11:55,190 of the house other than to monitor the 270 00:12:00,130 --> 00:11:57,770 satellite and this is all that's left or 271 00:12:03,430 --> 00:12:00,140 that was left just a stub of tether and 272 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:03,440 in close view with a very powerful lens 273 00:12:05,879 --> 00:12:05,210 we had we could see that it was charred 274 00:12:10,769 --> 00:12:05,889 and 275 00:12:13,439 --> 00:12:10,779 later with the hardware of the cake 276 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:13,449 there was nothing much to do except to 277 00:12:18,269 --> 00:12:15,970 retract the bull and and really get 278 00:12:20,220 --> 00:12:18,279 ready for for the remainder of the 279 00:12:22,439 --> 00:12:20,230 flight which was concentrating on 280 00:12:24,569 --> 00:12:22,449 microgravity science it was a whole 281 00:12:26,249 --> 00:12:24,579 mission to do this spectacular views 282 00:12:29,970 --> 00:12:26,259 actually were taken from the ground by 283 00:12:32,609 --> 00:12:29,980 Paul Meili from mo D he was in Australia 284 00:12:34,889 --> 00:12:32,619 and he was able to capture a glimpse of 285 00:12:38,909 --> 00:12:34,899 the tether and you even see a meteorite 286 00:12:40,379 --> 00:12:38,919 go by just for a glimpse there so we are 287 00:12:42,749 --> 00:12:40,389 very appreciative too powerful you know 288 00:12:45,239 --> 00:12:42,759 what do that after the data was over we 289 00:12:47,429 --> 00:12:45,249 still used the top camera that was 290 00:12:50,609 --> 00:12:47,439 supposed to you to be used during the 291 00:12:52,499 --> 00:12:50,619 terror activity while we had the current 292 00:12:56,039 --> 00:12:52,509 flowing the Vader to observer glowing 293 00:13:00,900 --> 00:12:56,049 and we used to point to the earth glow 294 00:13:04,650 --> 00:13:00,910 and to the lightning that we had one 295 00:13:06,449 --> 00:13:04,660 during our night pass a lot of things 296 00:13:08,989 --> 00:13:06,459 behaved strange and wait with this 297 00:13:11,549 --> 00:13:08,999 you've seen pictures probably of 298 00:13:13,609 --> 00:13:11,559 astronauts doing strange things with 299 00:13:16,019 --> 00:13:13,619 water drops they they behave very 300 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:16,029 counter-intuitively but a little 301 00:13:25,229 --> 00:13:23,009 blow air bubbles inside the water 302 00:13:28,259 --> 00:13:25,239 bubbles but other things behave strange 303 00:13:30,119 --> 00:13:28,269 too such as flames combustion and we did 304 00:13:32,100 --> 00:13:30,129 these combustion experiments in orbit 305 00:13:34,889 --> 00:13:32,110 and here is the place where we did him 306 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:34,899 this glovebox facility which lived in 307 00:13:39,090 --> 00:13:36,730 the mid-deck and in it we actually 308 00:13:40,949 --> 00:13:39,100 burned different kinds of materials this 309 00:13:43,499 --> 00:13:40,959 is one of them is there just a birthday 310 00:13:45,419 --> 00:13:43,509 cake candle just like what you see on 311 00:13:47,909 --> 00:13:45,429 the ground but the the flame looks a lot 312 00:13:50,669 --> 00:13:47,919 different it's more round and it's more 313 00:13:53,100 --> 00:13:50,679 determined controlled by the amount of 314 00:13:56,669 --> 00:13:53,110 oxygen in it in its proximity and when 315 00:13:59,579 --> 00:13:56,679 the flame extinguishes itself the smoke 316 00:14:01,350 --> 00:13:59,589 just stagnates there inside the cavity 317 00:14:03,449 --> 00:14:01,360 just like what you see is not dominated 318 00:14:05,489 --> 00:14:03,459 by convection or anything like that the 319 00:14:07,829 --> 00:14:05,499 flow has stopped if we actually induce a 320 00:14:10,199 --> 00:14:07,839 flow you can see what happens is very 321 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:10,209 loving are very slow and we use this to 322 00:14:13,850 --> 00:14:11,730 test some of the new 323 00:14:14,900 --> 00:14:13,860 narration smoke detectors this is 324 00:14:17,210 --> 00:14:14,910 another one of the combustion 325 00:14:19,069 --> 00:14:17,220 experiments called thrifty you can see 326 00:14:20,810 --> 00:14:19,079 all the little numerical data is giving 327 00:14:22,879 --> 00:14:20,820 temperatures of the probes you can see 328 00:14:25,639 --> 00:14:22,889 in the flow it's a cylindrical paper 329 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:25,649 type sample and there's a very yellow 330 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:28,050 flow the little ball on the left side is 331 00:14:32,629 --> 00:14:29,730 showing you the flow in centimeters per 332 00:14:35,019 --> 00:14:32,639 second and this sort of look like a jet 333 00:14:38,300 --> 00:14:35,029 engine to me and here comes another 334 00:14:40,759 --> 00:14:38,310 combustion experiment to read see we are 335 00:14:44,420 --> 00:14:40,769 burning the paper samples in this case 336 00:14:47,660 --> 00:14:44,430 flash lamp is used to ignite the the 337 00:14:49,939 --> 00:14:47,670 sample and the setup was such that there 338 00:14:52,490 --> 00:14:49,949 was higher flow circulation from the 339 00:14:55,579 --> 00:14:52,500 right and in fact you see that the flame 340 00:14:57,829 --> 00:14:55,589 tend to go on to the right that is quite 341 00:15:00,590 --> 00:14:57,839 uncommon with respect to the experiment 342 00:15:03,170 --> 00:15:00,600 we do on earth while the flame is trying 343 00:15:10,250 --> 00:15:03,180 to go the other way and you see that in 344 00:15:12,079 --> 00:15:10,260 fact the flame is on the right and until 345 00:15:15,110 --> 00:15:12,089 the old all the paper is gone and then 346 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:15,120 it start to move on the left rate cig 347 00:15:19,550 --> 00:15:17,010 which stands for radiative ignition and 348 00:15:22,699 --> 00:15:19,560 transition to spread basically and use 349 00:15:26,569 --> 00:15:22,709 the same paper samples but two different 350 00:15:28,189 --> 00:15:26,579 types of investigations one was a 351 00:15:30,170 --> 00:15:28,199 flaming investigation which will you 352 00:15:31,790 --> 00:15:30,180 just saw and the next one we'll see was 353 00:15:33,290 --> 00:15:31,800 basically a smoldering investigation 354 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:33,300 they were carried out inside this 355 00:15:38,030 --> 00:15:35,970 enclosed compartment was what was called 356 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:38,040 glovebox which provided a safe 357 00:15:42,980 --> 00:15:39,930 environment for combustion experiments 358 00:15:47,269 --> 00:15:42,990 even this sample paper was ignited by 359 00:15:48,949 --> 00:15:47,279 radiative basically by radiation and the 360 00:15:52,750 --> 00:15:48,959 smouldering was really very interesting 361 00:15:55,430 --> 00:15:52,760 as you can see it assumed form such a 362 00:15:57,680 --> 00:15:55,440 quite strange somebody said don't let 363 00:16:00,620 --> 00:15:57,690 the animal out of the cage there 364 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:00,630 and and scientists are still working on 365 00:16:04,820 --> 00:16:02,490 the data we brought back back from space 366 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:04,830 to explain all this we're doing all that 367 00:16:08,690 --> 00:16:06,330 in the mid-deck out in the payload Bay 368 00:16:10,580 --> 00:16:08,700 we had a lot of microgravity experiments 369 00:16:12,050 --> 00:16:10,590 this is a picture of us some of those 370 00:16:14,060 --> 00:16:12,060 and one thing to be careful with it's 371 00:16:15,830 --> 00:16:14,070 like if you were doing exercise so here 372 00:16:17,180 --> 00:16:15,840 I'm on the ERG ometer and it's not 373 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:17,190 during a microgravity period obviously 374 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:18,690 because this actually could shake the 375 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:20,370 whole orbiter and we had to be careful 376 00:16:26,090 --> 00:16:23,730 that even simple activity like moving 377 00:16:27,530 --> 00:16:26,100 into the cabin has to be done carefully 378 00:16:29,660 --> 00:16:27,540 when you are in a microgravity 379 00:16:32,510 --> 00:16:29,670 environment we had the axillary meter 380 00:16:35,450 --> 00:16:32,520 onboard that allow us to see real-time 381 00:16:38,090 --> 00:16:35,460 our contribution to the micro G 382 00:16:40,940 --> 00:16:38,100 environment and that was very used 383 00:16:42,470 --> 00:16:40,950 useful to keep it very low of course 384 00:16:45,230 --> 00:16:42,480 there are lots of other things you can 385 00:16:48,020 --> 00:16:45,240 do while being by ascent for of course 386 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:48,030 eating and taking care of the cabin and 387 00:16:53,870 --> 00:16:50,370 of course we had to update all our 388 00:16:55,670 --> 00:16:53,880 documents the updates came up on sort of 389 00:16:59,420 --> 00:16:55,680 fax machine that we had on board and 390 00:17:01,280 --> 00:16:59,430 with Scott and Umberto I asked first 391 00:17:04,100 --> 00:17:01,290 time flies we try to spend as much time 392 00:17:06,950 --> 00:17:04,110 as possible free time of course looking 393 00:17:09,260 --> 00:17:06,960 out of the window here we are flying 394 00:17:11,780 --> 00:17:09,270 over Chad and unfortunately the movie 395 00:17:14,120 --> 00:17:11,790 doesn't really do justice to the real 396 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:14,130 colors that we will be able to see from 397 00:17:20,420 --> 00:17:18,210 space we are around the tip st region 398 00:17:22,340 --> 00:17:20,430 and the colors are really really bright 399 00:17:25,370 --> 00:17:22,350 and vivid and this is something really 400 00:17:28,900 --> 00:17:25,380 catches your imaginations imagination 401 00:17:31,730 --> 00:17:28,910 after this we'll move on to the nile 402 00:17:34,180 --> 00:17:31,740 valley which is of course one of the 403 00:17:36,980 --> 00:17:34,190 places it's very easy to detect from 404 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:36,990 from space because you can really see 405 00:17:43,460 --> 00:17:40,770 the difference between the green of the 406 00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:43,470 area around the nile and of course the 407 00:17:48,140 --> 00:17:46,710 desert around it we try to take shots of 408 00:17:51,230 --> 00:17:48,150 the pyramids several times unfortunately 409 00:17:54,410 --> 00:17:51,240 always overflew the pyramids around noon 410 00:17:56,750 --> 00:17:54,420 and so we couldn't use the shadow to 411 00:18:01,040 --> 00:17:56,760 detect them and strange enough there was 412 00:18:06,980 --> 00:18:01,050 always a a thin cloud layer overhanging 413 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:08,960 this is a zoom shot of the Mount Everest 414 00:18:12,350 --> 00:18:10,530 region you can see Mount Everest right 415 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:12,360 in the middle McAloon below it on the 416 00:18:17,780 --> 00:18:15,690 arm valley and then we zoom back and you 417 00:18:20,660 --> 00:18:17,790 see really the whole Himalayan Massif 418 00:18:22,940 --> 00:18:20,670 with the Indian subcontinent on the Left 419 00:18:26,290 --> 00:18:22,950 crashing into the Tibetan Plateau on the 420 00:18:29,060 --> 00:18:26,300 right and if you take a strong zoom lens 421 00:18:31,010 --> 00:18:29,070 you aim it at these mountains this is 422 00:18:32,990 --> 00:18:31,020 the easternmost part of the Himalayas 423 00:18:35,330 --> 00:18:33,000 that's the top of the world and we're 424 00:18:37,310 --> 00:18:35,340 over flying China now actually out over 425 00:18:40,430 --> 00:18:37,320 the Pacific Ocean and you can actually 426 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:40,440 see the Himalayas set behind the horizon 427 00:18:44,780 --> 00:18:42,330 it's a pretty spectacular view it really 428 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:44,790 puts you in orbit one of the very 429 00:18:48,530 --> 00:18:46,410 important things to us onboard obviously 430 00:18:51,350 --> 00:18:48,540 is our personal map from home this is 431 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:51,360 just a picture of coloring that my 432 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:53,730 daughter did this is what the water damp 433 00:18:56,660 --> 00:18:55,170 looks like in space the water 434 00:18:59,150 --> 00:18:56,670 immediately crystallizes through ice 435 00:19:02,410 --> 00:18:59,160 crystals and as we are crossing the 436 00:19:04,700 --> 00:19:02,420 Terminator it's really a beautiful sight 437 00:19:06,980 --> 00:19:04,710 we were doing this periodically to 438 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:06,990 maintain the water in the tanks all 439 00:19:09,919 --> 00:19:08,490 about the orbiter within predetermined 440 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:09,929 limit and this is Jeff and I looking out 441 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:12,450 the window at the sunrise and during the 442 00:19:16,910 --> 00:19:15,090 night we had a lot of light during the 443 00:19:19,030 --> 00:19:16,920 nights and you see these crystals of ice 444 00:19:22,190 --> 00:19:19,040 that are following us and are twinkling 445 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:22,200 in moonlit over the moonlit landscape 446 00:19:28,610 --> 00:19:23,850 really a beautiful view during the night 447 00:19:29,900 --> 00:19:28,620 oh it's been one heck of a journey we've 448 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:29,910 done a lot of experiments we've seen a 449 00:19:33,770 --> 00:19:32,610 lot of great sites and now you can see 450 00:19:35,180 --> 00:19:33,780 the folks on your flight deck you're 451 00:19:37,940 --> 00:19:35,190 probably this glasses again ready to go 452 00:19:41,060 --> 00:19:37,950 and we're already on the flight deck in 453 00:19:44,900 --> 00:19:41,070 our suits ready to come on home and the 454 00:19:47,419 --> 00:19:44,910 same situation seen from the mid deck we 455 00:19:48,620 --> 00:19:47,429 were very busy getting ready for reentry 456 00:19:51,500 --> 00:19:48,630 and you see a lot of stuff floating 457 00:19:55,580 --> 00:19:51,510 around included our parachutes that are 458 00:19:58,299 --> 00:19:55,590 still still up in the air you see and we 459 00:20:02,450 --> 00:19:58,309 have to do these flies because of the 460 00:20:06,649 --> 00:20:02,460 extra day this is the last pass over the 461 00:20:09,509 --> 00:20:06,659 Himalaya and you see the full moon 462 00:20:12,739 --> 00:20:09,519 it's always very impressive to see how 463 00:20:17,700 --> 00:20:12,749 fast the moon and the Sun rise and set 464 00:20:19,289 --> 00:20:17,710 this is a view of the moon sets with the 465 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:19,299 telephoto net sparf and telephoto lens 466 00:20:22,979 --> 00:20:21,369 about 40 millimeters and due to the 467 00:20:24,989 --> 00:20:22,989 differential refraction the atmosphere 468 00:20:27,989 --> 00:20:24,999 you have the whole world that is 469 00:20:30,060 --> 00:20:27,999 completely crushed to the penetrates the 470 00:20:35,369 --> 00:20:30,070 lower layers of the atmosphere very 471 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:35,379 beautiful sign and now we're re-entering 472 00:20:38,849 --> 00:20:37,090 if you look closely you can start seeing 473 00:20:40,619 --> 00:20:38,859 kind of a red glow out out the side 474 00:20:42,239 --> 00:20:40,629 window there as exciting as launch was 475 00:20:45,090 --> 00:20:42,249 the reentry was just as a fascinating 476 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:45,100 especially as you come into the in the 477 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:48,850 atmosphere going Mach 25 the sky turns a 478 00:20:52,889 --> 00:20:51,129 pink and then a deeper and deeper red 479 00:20:55,229 --> 00:20:52,899 and orange and then you break out and 480 00:20:58,499 --> 00:20:55,239 then you can see below going a mere Mach 481 00:20:59,820 --> 00:20:58,509 15 over Houston we went zipping by and 482 00:21:02,210 --> 00:20:59,830 Andy was nice enough to leave us in a 483 00:21:04,919 --> 00:21:02,220 right bank so I could look out my window 484 00:21:08,340 --> 00:21:04,929 those puffs of smoke or the RCS Jets 485 00:21:09,419 --> 00:21:08,350 that shut off just prior to Mach 1 as 486 00:21:12,389 --> 00:21:09,429 we're coming into the Kennedy Space 487 00:21:14,220 --> 00:21:12,399 Center we did have a wave off day but 488 00:21:15,749 --> 00:21:14,230 finally it was a pretty day there's east 489 00:21:17,700 --> 00:21:15,759 coast of Florida going by Scott's right 490 00:21:20,369 --> 00:21:17,710 window there and we're in a right-hand 491 00:21:22,529 --> 00:21:20,379 turn here to land on KSC runway 33 492 00:21:23,789 --> 00:21:22,539 heading towards the North atmospheric 493 00:21:25,859 --> 00:21:23,799 conditions were great that day for the 494 00:21:27,389 --> 00:21:25,869 folks on the ground to see us as well as 495 00:21:29,460 --> 00:21:27,399 when they heard us when they when we did 496 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:29,470 our double sonic boom so we made some 497 00:21:32,190 --> 00:21:30,850 nice contrails coming around the 498 00:21:33,690 --> 00:21:32,200 vertical Assembly Building down on 499 00:21:37,109 --> 00:21:33,700 Scott's right window again this is over 500 00:21:39,210 --> 00:21:37,119 his shoulder as we come on back in it's 501 00:21:42,210 --> 00:21:39,220 the standard world's worst glider at 502 00:21:44,519 --> 00:21:42,220 this point 390 I've 20 degrees down to 503 00:21:46,609 --> 00:21:44,529 the ground probably and Scott finally 504 00:21:48,780 --> 00:21:46,619 gets the gear out down there at about 505 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:48,790 350 feet 506 00:21:54,570 --> 00:21:50,970 but that was just like we had planned 507 00:21:56,670 --> 00:21:54,580 and at that point we continually 508 00:21:58,650 --> 00:21:56,680 continuously decelerate as we're coming 509 00:22:02,220 --> 00:21:58,660 across the runway the shuttle training 510 00:22:04,620 --> 00:22:02,230 error data previously is coming by our 511 00:22:06,030 --> 00:22:04,630 left hand side there tried to make the 512 00:22:07,830 --> 00:22:06,040 black marks there but landed just a 513 00:22:10,470 --> 00:22:07,840 little bit short some wind shears that 514 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:10,480 day and headwind to help me do that we 515 00:22:14,340 --> 00:22:12,010 put the drag chute out to continue the 516 00:22:15,810 --> 00:22:14,350 deceleration process it's a real hard 517 00:22:17,430 --> 00:22:15,820 thing to do to lift your legs up to get 518 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:17,440 on those brake pedals and you got to do 519 00:22:23,340 --> 00:22:18,490 it because you don't want to look bad on 520 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:23,350 CNN I get the legs up there get on the 521 00:22:27,300 --> 00:22:25,810 brakes but the decelerates from the drag 522 00:22:28,830 --> 00:22:27,310 she provides us quite a bit of 523 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:28,840 deceleration so it's not that hard of an 524 00:22:34,730 --> 00:22:31,090 effort we drop the drag chute off at 525 00:22:37,590 --> 00:22:34,740 about 60 knots or so just prior to 526 00:22:40,860 --> 00:22:37,600 coming to wheel stop and we were just 527 00:22:43,050 --> 00:22:40,870 real happy to be home few minutes into 528 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:43,060 post inception it's a very busy period 529 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:45,970 as you can see here and we are trying to 530 00:22:54,450 --> 00:22:48,970 get rid of our suits and make room for 531 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:54,460 all the stuff that we have to store well 532 00:22:58,230 --> 00:22:55,930 there were three rookies on the flight 533 00:23:00,030 --> 00:22:58,240 and this is just after getting to orbit 534 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:00,040 and as you can see everyone said you 535 00:23:03,300 --> 00:23:01,450 know be careful you may not feel good we 536 00:23:04,650 --> 00:23:03,310 all felt great so I decided just come on 537 00:23:06,360 --> 00:23:04,660 diving down the hatch into that mess 538 00:23:07,890 --> 00:23:06,370 downstairs to let these guys get me out 539 00:23:09,030 --> 00:23:07,900 of my suit and I'm probably smiling 540 00:23:15,150 --> 00:23:09,040 because I know I'm gonna get out of my 541 00:23:21,540 --> 00:23:15,160 suit here soon well I'm packing for 542 00:23:24,030 --> 00:23:21,550 seven and we have to make the airlock 543 00:23:26,900 --> 00:23:24,040 the place to put all the stuff and of 544 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:26,910 course it also had to be somebody's 545 00:23:32,370 --> 00:23:30,010 bedroom so we have to make provisions 546 00:23:36,810 --> 00:23:32,380 for somebody to actually sleep sleep 547 00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:36,820 right in there we are already into the 548 00:23:42,180 --> 00:23:39,370 payload operation activity you can see 549 00:23:44,430 --> 00:23:42,190 the satellite just left the top of the 550 00:23:47,820 --> 00:23:44,440 boom and on the satellite you can see 551 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:47,830 the the nitrogen small nitrogen jet that 552 00:23:50,950 --> 00:23:49,290 they used to provide some initial 553 00:23:55,930 --> 00:23:50,960 tension for the 554 00:23:58,240 --> 00:23:55,940 tella this is a view of the after flight 555 00:23:59,799 --> 00:23:58,250 deck during the initial flyaway of the 556 00:24:01,750 --> 00:23:59,809 satellite as you see there was a very 557 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:01,760 high density of bodies in the earth like 558 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:02,690 that 559 00:24:07,510 --> 00:24:05,450 frankly the Scot went forward flight 560 00:24:09,430 --> 00:24:07,520 tech can you see Andy on the left 561 00:24:11,889 --> 00:24:09,440 flying the orbiter jet is in the middle 562 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:11,899 of guiding us from the procedures and 563 00:24:21,519 --> 00:24:15,490 using the binoculars I was busy with 564 00:24:24,070 --> 00:24:21,529 operating the CCTV cameras and Mauricio 565 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:24,080 is using a laser rangefinder to 566 00:24:27,639 --> 00:24:25,850 determine the range and range rate of 567 00:24:29,019 --> 00:24:27,649 the satellite so it was very busy but 568 00:24:30,490 --> 00:24:29,029 everything went well this into 569 00:24:34,539 --> 00:24:30,500 deployment as I mentioned before but 570 00:24:36,820 --> 00:24:34,549 each of us had certain procedures he had 571 00:24:42,399 --> 00:24:36,830 to perform in case we were going to have 572 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:42,409 problems so it was a big team effort the 573 00:24:46,539 --> 00:24:44,570 satellite actually as it left did not go 574 00:24:48,180 --> 00:24:46,549 completely straight up the boom like 575 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:48,190 we'd liked it to 576 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:50,690 and on this is 46 the first flight a 577 00:24:54,970 --> 00:24:52,610 tensor I didn't do that either but it 578 00:24:56,620 --> 00:24:54,980 was such a easy thing for us to do 579 00:24:58,690 --> 00:24:56,630 because we had seen it in practice so 580 00:25:00,159 --> 00:24:58,700 much in our simulations that having a 581 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:00,169 satellite go out a little bit cockeyed 582 00:25:03,850 --> 00:25:01,970 was just a simple thing to do and all I 583 00:25:05,139 --> 00:25:03,860 needed to do is keep the orbiter I had 584 00:25:07,389 --> 00:25:05,149 to do something to keep the orbiter 585 00:25:09,010 --> 00:25:07,399 within a little bit of a cone to make 586 00:25:13,409 --> 00:25:09,020 sure that they get too far away from us 587 00:25:16,690 --> 00:25:13,419 and the TSS science work at the really 588 00:25:20,169 --> 00:25:16,700 flawless the during deployment we could 589 00:25:24,070 --> 00:25:20,179 verify the the power generated while the 590 00:25:26,830 --> 00:25:24,080 data was reeling out and actually was 591 00:25:32,500 --> 00:25:26,840 was completely nominal I mean we got 592 00:25:35,380 --> 00:25:32,510 very good data during this space well 593 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:35,390 that's the sad picture after the tether 594 00:25:42,490 --> 00:25:40,010 did break we said there wasn't very much 595 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:42,500 we could do with it except shed a few 596 00:25:47,399 --> 00:25:44,850 tears 597 00:25:54,580 --> 00:25:47,409 trying to cry when there's no weight to 598 00:25:59,590 --> 00:25:57,200 well we had a few opportunities to 599 00:26:02,450 --> 00:25:59,600 actually take a look at the feather 600 00:26:06,380 --> 00:26:02,460 flyover and this is one of the pictures 601 00:26:10,100 --> 00:26:06,390 taken with long lenses that we had and I 602 00:26:12,710 --> 00:26:10,110 should also say that serendipity plus 603 00:26:16,220 --> 00:26:12,720 the quick response of the ground 604 00:26:18,710 --> 00:26:16,230 controllers was able to define a new a 605 00:26:21,890 --> 00:26:18,720 new type of science I guess we call it 606 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:21,900 the detach science and they actually 607 00:26:25,820 --> 00:26:23,490 turned on the instruments in the 608 00:26:27,980 --> 00:26:25,830 satellite and were able to do a whole 609 00:26:35,540 --> 00:26:27,990 bunch of new observations that were not 610 00:26:38,180 --> 00:26:35,550 were not expected and also after tether 611 00:26:40,970 --> 00:26:38,190 was over why we needed to get ready for 612 00:26:43,010 --> 00:26:40,980 all the microgravity operations and that 613 00:26:46,460 --> 00:26:43,020 all came in instructions from the ground 614 00:26:49,130 --> 00:26:46,470 in miles and miles of teleprinter paper 615 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:49,140 which would then have to sort out and 616 00:26:56,030 --> 00:26:52,730 put in our flight plan and execute it 617 00:26:58,430 --> 00:26:56,040 here we are very much into the second 618 00:27:01,430 --> 00:26:58,440 part of the mission we start to start 619 00:27:04,310 --> 00:27:01,440 concentrating on mid-deck activities we 620 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:04,320 had basically three investigations that 621 00:27:11,270 --> 00:27:06,570 all had in common burning we all became 622 00:27:14,500 --> 00:27:11,280 a paramedics in one way and we use this 623 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:14,510 mid-deck glove box for to provide safety 624 00:27:22,010 --> 00:27:18,810 for the for the shuttle this is a 625 00:27:25,310 --> 00:27:22,020 montage of the sequence of burning 626 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:25,320 particulars experiment is ritzy as you 627 00:27:32,630 --> 00:27:29,610 can see the flame and we used normally 628 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:32,640 we used video cameras to catch the whole 629 00:27:37,850 --> 00:27:35,250 burning sequence on one video on 630 00:27:39,890 --> 00:27:37,860 videotape and on top of the mid-deck 631 00:27:42,050 --> 00:27:39,900 glovebox we had a 35-millimeter camera 632 00:27:43,910 --> 00:27:42,060 to take these shots what is really 633 00:27:46,430 --> 00:27:43,920 astonishing is that the flame is really 634 00:27:48,730 --> 00:27:46,440 has to be is fear occur and it's 635 00:27:52,580 --> 00:27:48,740 counterintuitive and it tries to move 636 00:27:54,470 --> 00:27:52,590 into the basically upstream instead of 637 00:27:58,350 --> 00:27:54,480 downstream the flow in that picture was 638 00:28:03,700 --> 00:28:01,690 we had an immense amount of photo TV 639 00:28:05,889 --> 00:28:03,710 requirements for all of our payload plus 640 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:05,899 we some of some of the events to do just 641 00:28:12,129 --> 00:28:08,330 with the public affairs I felt like we 642 00:28:14,019 --> 00:28:12,139 had about as much electrical outlets and 643 00:28:15,519 --> 00:28:14,029 cords on board as we did the tether that 644 00:28:18,549 --> 00:28:15,529 was floating up there somewhere in space 645 00:28:20,620 --> 00:28:18,559 so it was a it was quite a handful and 646 00:28:24,879 --> 00:28:20,630 very crew intensive getting ready for 647 00:28:27,639 --> 00:28:24,889 all the photo TV requirement a very 648 00:28:30,399 --> 00:28:27,649 modest experiment but nevertheless very 649 00:28:31,659 --> 00:28:30,409 important one was carried out in protein 650 00:28:34,419 --> 00:28:31,669 crystal growth and was the first 651 00:28:37,180 --> 00:28:34,429 experiment from a joint effort between 652 00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:37,190 the countries of Latin America among the 653 00:28:42,159 --> 00:28:39,110 countries and it was an effort to look 654 00:28:44,620 --> 00:28:42,169 for potential drugs to combat Chagas 655 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:44,630 disease and we'll be looking to see more 656 00:28:51,639 --> 00:28:49,850 of this in the in the years to come you 657 00:28:55,090 --> 00:28:51,649 can't see yes as well as we can see you 658 00:28:56,620 --> 00:28:55,100 down here sometimes but this is just the 659 00:28:59,379 --> 00:28:56,630 shot of the Houston area the 660 00:29:02,139 --> 00:28:59,389 Intercontinental up there on the upper 661 00:29:03,460 --> 00:29:02,149 Center and Johnson Space Center clear 662 00:29:08,350 --> 00:29:03,470 there's down there towards the bottom 663 00:29:11,470 --> 00:29:08,360 right going to space it was a really 664 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:11,480 surprised how easy it is for the human 665 00:29:17,169 --> 00:29:14,090 body to adapt to different environments 666 00:29:21,250 --> 00:29:17,179 and I think this picture shares 667 00:29:24,039 --> 00:29:21,260 basically the same flavor this was was 668 00:29:25,930 --> 00:29:24,049 taken on the side in the side you can 669 00:29:29,019 --> 00:29:25,940 see the dunes there an incredible view 670 00:29:33,850 --> 00:29:29,029 and on the bottom right corner there's a 671 00:29:37,629 --> 00:29:33,860 human settlement this is a good shot of 672 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:37,639 the Nile River on the upper left corner 673 00:29:43,149 --> 00:29:41,330 there is the luxor temple the big 674 00:29:45,250 --> 00:29:43,159 contrast between the green part and the 675 00:29:47,769 --> 00:29:45,260 surrounding desert to give you an idea 676 00:29:50,889 --> 00:29:47,779 how important is this piece of land for 677 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:50,899 for edge it almost 95% of the people 678 00:29:58,360 --> 00:29:53,090 lives in this area even though it's only 679 00:30:00,399 --> 00:29:58,370 5% of the entire land in Egypt although 680 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:00,409 later in the flight we got this 681 00:30:03,700 --> 00:30:02,210 wonderful picture you're looking at the 682 00:30:05,529 --> 00:30:03,710 southern tip of India and you can see 683 00:30:07,119 --> 00:30:05,539 the little land bridge going over to Sri 684 00:30:09,369 --> 00:30:07,129 Lanka and it's a fairly unusually a 685 00:30:14,259 --> 00:30:09,379 clear day in Sri Lanka it's just a 686 00:30:17,259 --> 00:30:14,269 gorgeous shot this is a view of East 687 00:30:19,750 --> 00:30:17,269 Himalaya and what I would call the big 688 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:19,760 band of Brahmaputra Brahmaputra is a 689 00:30:24,850 --> 00:30:22,610 very long river about 1,800 miles long 690 00:30:27,220 --> 00:30:24,860 and it starts in the high Tibetan 691 00:30:30,639 --> 00:30:27,230 Plateau close to the top of the picture 692 00:30:32,799 --> 00:30:30,649 then flows to the East's which is toward 693 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:32,809 the bottom of the picture north of the 694 00:30:37,509 --> 00:30:34,850 Himalaya then makes a band through these 695 00:30:39,730 --> 00:30:37,519 very narrow gorges that you see in the 696 00:30:42,549 --> 00:30:39,740 middle of the picture towards the left 697 00:30:44,169 --> 00:30:42,559 and then you see it takes a course to 698 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:44,179 the west on the left-hand side of the 699 00:30:47,649 --> 00:30:46,010 picture it was amazing to see the 700 00:30:49,269 --> 00:30:47,659 different climate that you have here you 701 00:30:51,129 --> 00:30:49,279 have the high Tibetan Plateau which are 702 00:30:53,950 --> 00:30:51,139 rather dry or the Himalaya with all 703 00:30:57,850 --> 00:30:53,960 these high mountains and ice and snow in 704 00:30:59,590 --> 00:30:57,860 a very wet area on the left hand side in 705 00:31:02,680 --> 00:30:59,600 northern India and Bangladesh that gets 706 00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:02,690 up to 400 inches of rain per year an 707 00:31:08,980 --> 00:31:06,110 amazing picture and here if we follow 708 00:31:10,930 --> 00:31:08,990 the course of the Brahmaputra from the 709 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:10,940 low end of the picture towards the 710 00:31:15,639 --> 00:31:13,730 center then he turns to the left and he 711 00:31:17,470 --> 00:31:15,649 joins with the Ganges that comes from 712 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:17,480 the upper right corner of the picture 713 00:31:21,460 --> 00:31:19,850 through Bangladesh and then he goes via 714 00:31:24,159 --> 00:31:21,470 the area of Dhaka the capital of 715 00:31:27,610 --> 00:31:24,169 Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal really a 716 00:31:32,259 --> 00:31:27,620 very very clear view of this part of 717 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:32,269 Indian Bangladesh very unusual of all 718 00:31:38,289 --> 00:31:35,090 the beauty of the Himalaya as euphoria 719 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:38,299 over China you see here the red base and 720 00:31:45,940 --> 00:31:41,690 where the increasing population and the 721 00:31:47,799 --> 00:31:45,950 use of coal burning fires has created a 722 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:47,809 pollution which has been measured now to 723 00:31:52,930 --> 00:31:50,570 be increasing over the last 50 years we 724 00:31:54,899 --> 00:31:52,940 have extensive records going back that 725 00:31:58,360 --> 00:31:54,909 long and so it's it's almost like a 726 00:32:03,610 --> 00:31:58,370 laboratory to study the effect of human 727 00:32:05,890 --> 00:32:03,620 beings on their environment well the 728 00:32:08,710 --> 00:32:05,900 extra day in space provided us with 729 00:32:11,050 --> 00:32:08,720 this unusually clear view of Costa Rica 730 00:32:13,780 --> 00:32:11,060 you can see almost 90% of the country 731 00:32:16,510 --> 00:32:13,790 both coasts and is basically looking 732 00:32:18,460 --> 00:32:16,520 from north to south you can see the 733 00:32:21,220 --> 00:32:18,470 under the clouds and the center there 734 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:21,230 the city of San Jose my hometown and you 735 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:23,210 can see my my home is right over there 736 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:28,370 to the left actually my mom told me that 737 00:32:33,730 --> 00:32:31,010 it took me a thousand hours to to take 738 00:32:37,470 --> 00:32:33,740 this picture and so I guess I must be 739 00:32:40,510 --> 00:32:37,480 getting better such an international 740 00:32:41,740 --> 00:32:40,520 crew onboard we all tried to have an 741 00:32:43,510 --> 00:32:41,750 opportunity to bring in some of our 742 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:43,520 ethnic food from our cultures and our 743 00:32:48,790 --> 00:32:45,650 backgrounds of course film a few soft 744 00:32:50,230 --> 00:32:48,800 pretzels as bad as ethnic as I get but 745 00:32:52,090 --> 00:32:50,240 we did manage to bring some on board it 746 00:32:53,830 --> 00:32:52,100 was a great food especially for the 747 00:32:57,340 --> 00:32:53,840 first and second days while we're up 748 00:32:58,990 --> 00:32:57,350 there and why they were still fresh we 749 00:33:01,120 --> 00:32:59,000 had a lot of food on board but the two 750 00:33:07,970 --> 00:33:01,130 Italians had to fight for the last piece 751 00:33:12,210 --> 00:33:10,470 and I think firstly that the use of 752 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:12,220 Swiss chocolate should be mandatory in 753 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:14,650 every spaceflight it has been on every 754 00:33:17,970 --> 00:33:16,450 front I was privileged to fly on and 755 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:17,980 this time the Swiss chocolate had the 756 00:33:20,700 --> 00:33:19,570 shape of an orbiter this is white 757 00:33:23,010 --> 00:33:20,710 chocolate is in the middle of the 758 00:33:24,690 --> 00:33:23,020 picture and in the bottom in one hand is 759 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:24,700 the tethered satellite in chocolate also 760 00:33:31,500 --> 00:33:27,730 so we we ate buy a lot of chocolate on 761 00:33:33,180 --> 00:33:31,510 this market is very good well towards 762 00:33:34,890 --> 00:33:33,190 the end of the flight when we're getting 763 00:33:36,630 --> 00:33:34,900 a little tired of space food Franklin 764 00:33:38,130 --> 00:33:36,640 whipped up some dynamite burritos he's 765 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:38,140 got all the ingredients here we thought 766 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:40,210 you'd like to see just how you make 767 00:33:54,150 --> 00:33:43,450 burritos in space you've got the refried 768 00:33:57,060 --> 00:33:54,160 beans which is which tortillas actually 769 00:34:00,810 --> 00:33:57,070 are great in space if you don't eat them 770 00:34:02,580 --> 00:34:00,820 you can make frisbees out of them put on 771 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:02,590 a little cheese which you have to 772 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:03,970 squeeze out of a tube but that's 773 00:34:08,610 --> 00:34:05,890 spaceflight and put on a little taco 774 00:34:13,290 --> 00:34:08,620 sauce Tabasco to taste put in a 775 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:13,300 toothpick in the oven wham-o and of 776 00:34:17,550 --> 00:34:15,370 course the best part is getting to eat 777 00:34:18,720 --> 00:34:17,560 the burritos and not having Mexican food 778 00:34:20,460 --> 00:34:18,730 for quite a while I was very 779 00:34:27,149 --> 00:34:20,470 appreciative of Franklin's handiwork it 780 00:34:33,580 --> 00:34:29,590 this is another meal this is the 781 00:34:36,129 --> 00:34:33,590 blueshift meal and we had a mentor for 782 00:34:37,990 --> 00:34:36,139 the the distinction of this meal jeff 783 00:34:40,270 --> 00:34:38,000 hoffman himself who doesn't take meals 784 00:34:42,190 --> 00:34:40,280 very lightly neither on the ground no in 785 00:34:45,340 --> 00:34:42,200 space and he suggested that we have a 786 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:45,350 formal meal the whole blue team and we 787 00:34:51,010 --> 00:34:48,290 went in our sleeping stations with trays 788 00:34:53,530 --> 00:34:51,020 and we had napkins and we had appetizer 789 00:34:55,300 --> 00:34:53,540 and entree and silverware and we were 790 00:35:02,260 --> 00:34:55,310 listening to classical music we were 791 00:35:04,860 --> 00:35:02,270 eating this meal this flight was very 792 00:35:07,990 --> 00:35:04,870 special for Franklin and me who 793 00:35:09,730 --> 00:35:08,000 completed 1,000 hours of space shuttle 794 00:35:12,190 --> 00:35:09,740 time so we were quite pleased with that 795 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:12,200 and we're looking forward to lots of 796 00:35:18,100 --> 00:35:13,850 other people joining the club but it's 797 00:35:20,290 --> 00:35:18,110 nice to be charter members well I think 798 00:35:21,820 --> 00:35:20,300 I made Andy nervous because every time 799 00:35:22,900 --> 00:35:21,830 he'd wake up he'd find me out there with 800 00:35:25,950 --> 00:35:22,910 the tools cuz I was looking for 801 00:35:28,690 --> 00:35:25,960 something to fix and good news bad news 802 00:35:30,550 --> 00:35:28,700 good news orbiter hard labor broke 803 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:30,560 there's hardly anything to fix bad news 804 00:35:33,190 --> 00:35:32,210 was I didn't have anything to fix most 805 00:35:35,010 --> 00:35:33,200 of the time so I just played with the 806 00:35:40,830 --> 00:35:35,020 tools 807 00:35:42,390 --> 00:35:40,840 I just never shot when we finally got 808 00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:42,400 together again there's a little gray 809 00:35:49,620 --> 00:35:44,050 blotch there on my head it wasn't there 810 00:35:53,940 --> 00:35:49,630 before the flight maybe it's a misprint 811 00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:53,950 in the color flying in space especially 812 00:35:58,680 --> 00:35:57,130 for the first time flyers also also 813 00:36:03,140 --> 00:35:58,690 means a lot of emotions are very 814 00:36:06,090 --> 00:36:03,150 difficult to to transmit or to catch 815 00:36:09,450 --> 00:36:06,100 basic describe it with words or pictures 816 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:09,460 and this is basically what what what 817 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:11,290 this picture is standing for I mean when 818 00:36:18,570 --> 00:36:12,970 there's a beautiful view of the earth 819 00:36:20,310 --> 00:36:18,580 and everything that represents space is 820 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:20,320 no less emotional for a third time 821 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:22,090 flying like myself or for people who 822 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:23,530 have flown thousands of hours in space 823 00:36:28,410 --> 00:36:26,050 like the two of us this is a view at 824 00:36:30,330 --> 00:36:28,420 night so surely before sunrise we had 825 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:30,340 the cargo bay illuminated by the moon 826 00:36:35,490 --> 00:36:32,530 and you see the earth underneath with 827 00:36:37,859 --> 00:36:35,500 the airglow and the Sun is starting to 828 00:36:39,540 --> 00:36:37,869 illuminate the tail of the orbiter and 829 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:39,550 you can still see stars in fact the 830 00:36:43,380 --> 00:36:41,530 Stars the two bright stars that are 831 00:36:45,420 --> 00:36:43,390 dressed right of the tail are alpha and 832 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:45,430 beta Centauri and even further to the 833 00:36:50,070 --> 00:36:47,770 right we had a Southern Cross and you 834 00:36:53,010 --> 00:36:50,080 see also in the atmosphere on the left 835 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:53,020 hand side the beginning of a dawn just 836 00:36:59,400 --> 00:36:54,970 before sunrise a very beautiful sight 837 00:37:00,930 --> 00:36:59,410 it's incredible we try to share with all 838 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:00,940 of you some of the beauties of 839 00:37:04,859 --> 00:37:03,010 spaceflight which which does make it so 840 00:37:08,190 --> 00:37:04,869 special for all of us who have been 841 00:37:09,990 --> 00:37:08,200 privileged to to be up there and are 842 00:37:13,140 --> 00:37:10,000 sixteen times everyday you see the 843 00:37:14,220 --> 00:37:13,150 sunrise and the sunset and the colors 844 00:37:16,140 --> 00:37:14,230 are a little different every time 845 00:37:17,849 --> 00:37:16,150 depending on the atmospheric condition 846 00:37:20,460 --> 00:37:17,859 but it's always beautiful and this is a 847 00:37:22,470 --> 00:37:20,470 kind of the slow-motion montage of what 848 00:37:24,930 --> 00:37:22,480 the payload Bay looks like as the Sun 849 00:37:30,330 --> 00:37:24,940 gradually sets on it that's kind of a 850 00:37:35,550 --> 00:37:33,600 Space Flight of course has all the 851 00:37:37,650 --> 00:37:35,560 thrills chills challenges and rewards 852 00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:37,660 that anyone for everyone it's an honor 853 00:37:43,830 --> 00:37:40,090 and a privilege to have the opportunity 854 00:37:45,740 --> 00:37:43,840 to go but as much as we do go in as much 855 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:45,750 as we enjoy it onboard it's it's also 856 00:37:51,570 --> 00:37:48,490 extra special and we certainly look 857 00:37:53,010 --> 00:37:51,580 forward to coming home Columbia there 858 00:37:54,720 --> 00:37:53,020 that started out as a rocket ship and 859 00:37:57,960 --> 00:37:54,730 turn into a spaceship and came back as 860 00:38:01,200 --> 00:37:57,970 an airplane albeit it's a different kind 861 00:38:03,630 --> 00:38:01,210 of airplane than most airplanes but that 862 00:38:04,950 --> 00:38:03,640 was our home for 16 days and and we're 863 00:38:06,990 --> 00:38:04,960 happy to be here and the crew was doing 864 00:38:09,720 --> 00:38:07,000 doing great and we did our walk around