1 00:01:22,660 --> 00:01:21,100 as la mentioned we had several launch 2 00:01:25,270 --> 00:01:22,670 attempts before we finally got off the 3 00:01:26,410 --> 00:01:25,280 pad we were so desperate that last day 4 00:01:28,990 --> 00:01:26,420 ago we decided to go ahead and turn her 5 00:01:31,390 --> 00:01:29,000 hat around hats around backwards our 6 00:01:38,740 --> 00:01:31,400 rally caps it must have worked because 7 00:01:43,110 --> 00:01:38,750 we managed to launch here we are in the 8 00:01:45,070 --> 00:01:43,120 launch pad the final few seconds and 9 00:01:47,260 --> 00:01:45,080 feeling like we're finally going to go 10 00:01:49,990 --> 00:01:47,270 we heard the main engines start at about 11 00:01:51,609 --> 00:01:50,000 6 seconds prior to launch we could feel 12 00:01:54,190 --> 00:01:51,619 the twang as they call it and then at 13 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:54,200 booster ignition off we went I'll tell 14 00:01:56,830 --> 00:01:55,610 you it was quite a ride I guess from the 15 00:01:58,780 --> 00:01:56,840 ground it looked pretty spectacular 16 00:02:03,520 --> 00:01:58,790 because the shuttle was hidden by the 17 00:02:04,980 --> 00:02:03,530 smoke and vapor right after liftoff as I 18 00:02:07,810 --> 00:02:04,990 mentioned before we were all pretty 19 00:02:09,310 --> 00:02:07,820 happy on SN having an opportunity to 20 00:02:10,900 --> 00:02:09,320 look out the window feeling comfortable 21 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:10,910 and and one name I didn't mention that I 22 00:02:14,590 --> 00:02:12,410 really ought to is Joy bar called she 23 00:02:16,750 --> 00:02:14,600 was a team lead of all the trainers and 24 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:16,760 she really pulled us and them together I 25 00:02:22,150 --> 00:02:20,570 think we were going uphill pretty 26 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:22,160 quickly at this point you'll start to 27 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:24,890 see some vapors as the shockwaves build 28 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:26,330 up on the nose of the orbiter and 29 00:02:30,750 --> 00:02:28,250 external tank as we pass through the 30 00:02:33,640 --> 00:02:30,760 region of maximum dynamic pressure here 31 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:33,650 the shuttle really vibrates a lot it's 32 00:02:37,930 --> 00:02:35,810 you know it's the Rottier life that's 33 00:02:41,020 --> 00:02:37,940 it's about all I can say this is a nice 34 00:02:42,850 --> 00:02:41,030 view of us as we punch through a cloud 35 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:42,860 deck there and the shadow gets cast on 36 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:46,090 the top of the clouds SRB separation was 37 00:02:50,590 --> 00:02:48,290 just like it is in the simulator I 38 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:50,600 thought a bright flash a little pop and 39 00:02:55,449 --> 00:02:52,250 all of a sudden the ride changes from 40 00:03:00,940 --> 00:02:55,459 being really abrupt to and vibration to 41 00:03:03,190 --> 00:03:00,950 very smooth opening doors and deploy the 42 00:03:05,979 --> 00:03:03,200 cube and that was my job in Mike's job 43 00:03:08,410 --> 00:03:05,989 and that of course is the source of all 44 00:03:11,590 --> 00:03:08,420 the TV and on this particular mission we 45 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:11,600 had digital digital data six channels of 46 00:03:15,819 --> 00:03:13,850 digital TV down for the experiments 47 00:03:17,410 --> 00:03:15,829 which was really just great in terms of 48 00:03:19,030 --> 00:03:17,420 data management and resource management 49 00:03:21,340 --> 00:03:19,040 for us onboard and the folks on the 50 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:21,350 ground but the first job that right 51 00:03:25,420 --> 00:03:23,810 after opening the doors what mike and 52 00:03:27,910 --> 00:03:25,430 Fred and I had to do as the blue shift 53 00:03:29,740 --> 00:03:27,920 or the night shift was go to bed this is 54 00:03:31,330 --> 00:03:29,750 probably the hardest thing that we had 55 00:03:33,610 --> 00:03:31,340 to do the whole mission because it 56 00:03:36,580 --> 00:03:33,620 just I just can't tell you how exciting 57 00:03:38,350 --> 00:03:36,590 acent was it as Mike said it's the ride 58 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:38,360 of your life and it's something I just 59 00:03:42,580 --> 00:03:40,370 still look back on and just grin and 60 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:42,590 going to bed well I'll just say at least 61 00:03:47,710 --> 00:03:46,010 we shut the doors in addition to wearing 62 00:03:49,420 --> 00:03:47,720 our caps backward I wore my lucky socks 63 00:03:50,830 --> 00:03:49,430 on the day they finally got launched 64 00:03:52,449 --> 00:03:50,840 that was the key to it to st. 65 00:03:54,089 --> 00:03:52,459 Christopher medals didn't get us off on 66 00:03:57,009 --> 00:03:54,099 the second attempt but the socks did it 67 00:03:58,210 --> 00:03:57,019 after 30 days of quarantine I knew I was 68 00:04:00,820 --> 00:03:58,220 ready to launch but I wasn't sure I 69 00:04:02,350 --> 00:04:00,830 could remember what the mission was but 70 00:04:03,910 --> 00:04:02,360 when it came time to do space lab 71 00:04:05,500 --> 00:04:03,920 activation it was just like in the 72 00:04:07,270 --> 00:04:05,510 simulator only nothing broke and 73 00:04:09,729 --> 00:04:07,280 everything powered up just like it was 74 00:04:11,259 --> 00:04:09,739 supposed to we didn't power off the lab 75 00:04:13,449 --> 00:04:11,269 and we didn't do didn't do any hot 76 00:04:14,949 --> 00:04:13,459 coupler swaps so he stayed in good 77 00:04:17,050 --> 00:04:14,959 graces there everything came up just 78 00:04:19,990 --> 00:04:17,060 like it was supposed to we were amazed 79 00:04:21,250 --> 00:04:20,000 and delighted we had a fairly light day 80 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:21,260 scheduled on the first day to 81 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:23,570 accommodate anybody who might not feel 82 00:04:27,129 --> 00:04:25,370 well or Spacelab systems it might not 83 00:04:28,659 --> 00:04:27,139 feel well and we didn't have any of 84 00:04:30,159 --> 00:04:28,669 those problems so what we ended up doing 85 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:30,169 on our first day has really set the 86 00:04:36,430 --> 00:04:33,650 laboratory of well for a two-week space 87 00:04:37,719 --> 00:04:36,440 station make it useful to do all the 88 00:04:40,330 --> 00:04:37,729 experiments we needed to do over that 89 00:04:42,070 --> 00:04:40,340 time well Cathy now we're setting up the 90 00:04:44,050 --> 00:04:42,080 lab Kent and I were doing a trim burn to 91 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:44,060 get us just in the right orbit and we 92 00:04:47,980 --> 00:04:46,370 rolled the payload bay door partially in 93 00:04:50,409 --> 00:04:47,990 on the portside and went into the 94 00:04:51,969 --> 00:04:50,419 gravity gradient attitude in the next 15 95 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:51,979 days were pretty much the same and they 96 00:04:56,260 --> 00:04:55,010 usually started like this yeah much like 97 00:04:58,029 --> 00:04:56,270 out here on earth you brush your teeth 98 00:04:59,529 --> 00:04:58,039 the what I wasn't prepared for was after 99 00:05:01,120 --> 00:04:59,539 I was done pushing my teeth 100 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:01,130 there's no sink up there to spit this 101 00:05:05,740 --> 00:05:02,930 stuff out in and so yeah I had to have 102 00:05:07,029 --> 00:05:05,750 an alternate plan and mine was to kind 103 00:05:09,940 --> 00:05:07,039 of swallow it and didn't work out that 104 00:05:11,350 --> 00:05:09,950 well for you sigh all shaven which is 105 00:05:12,879 --> 00:05:11,360 very much like here on earth and Mike 106 00:05:14,890 --> 00:05:12,889 now is riding the air gamma tur and that 107 00:05:17,469 --> 00:05:14,900 was our main means of exercise and we 108 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:17,479 exercised every day on orbit the along 109 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:19,130 with exercise though comes a the 110 00:05:23,409 --> 00:05:21,289 overhead of cleaning up and without a 111 00:05:25,719 --> 00:05:23,419 shower the sponge baths take a while and 112 00:05:27,129 --> 00:05:25,729 then also wash on our hair wet Arista 113 00:05:29,529 --> 00:05:27,139 shampoo that worked really well and 114 00:05:31,150 --> 00:05:29,539 Katie's demonstrating it for us here and 115 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:31,160 you'll see any minute she's managed to 116 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:34,490 get her hair dry if I keep my hair clean 117 00:05:37,810 --> 00:05:36,530 everybody can it worked out just great 118 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:37,820 actually I was a little worried about it 119 00:05:41,940 --> 00:05:39,770 before flight but keep it clean up there 120 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:41,950 was no problem 121 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:44,410 now this is I'm at the glove box doing 122 00:05:48,030 --> 00:05:46,090 that protein crystal growth there and 123 00:05:50,340 --> 00:05:48,040 I'm actually using a restraint system 124 00:05:52,170 --> 00:05:50,350 developed here at JSC called Albert we 125 00:05:54,450 --> 00:05:52,180 refer to this as Albert the thing as 126 00:05:56,490 --> 00:05:54,460 opposed to Albert the payload specialist 127 00:05:58,620 --> 00:05:56,500 I'm working on protein crystal growth 128 00:06:00,930 --> 00:05:58,630 and as you know these are these crystals 129 00:06:03,630 --> 00:06:00,940 are used to help design drugs for 130 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:03,640 diseases and is kind of a lock and key 131 00:06:08,340 --> 00:06:05,410 sort of effect where if we can grow more 132 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:08,350 perfect crystals we know what the lock 133 00:06:13,590 --> 00:06:11,250 looks like and the drug is then the key 134 00:06:15,390 --> 00:06:13,600 here I'm at the glove box again on 135 00:06:18,780 --> 00:06:15,400 Albert on Albert so to speak or else 136 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:18,790 quit and working in the glove box and 137 00:06:23,190 --> 00:06:21,250 I'm really looking at mixing profiles 138 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:23,200 it's very important as Eli community 139 00:06:25,950 --> 00:06:24,250 some of the see like community don't 140 00:06:28,260 --> 00:06:25,960 recognize that but it is when you bring 141 00:06:29,970 --> 00:06:28,270 two reacting liquids together and 142 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:29,980 on-orbit we have some special problems 143 00:06:33,210 --> 00:06:31,690 this is the bubble generation here we 144 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:33,220 talk about bubbles so sometimes we don't 145 00:06:37,050 --> 00:06:35,530 want those bubbles and so now that we 146 00:06:39,060 --> 00:06:37,060 have them what do we do and what we do 147 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:39,070 with them and this is the main 148 00:06:43,770 --> 00:06:40,450 experiment that I use that information 149 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:43,780 to to power up and to generate because 150 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:45,730 you'll see me rotate this this cylinder 151 00:06:49,590 --> 00:06:47,410 which has the solutions in them after we 152 00:06:51,540 --> 00:06:49,600 mix them and we rotate it not to take 153 00:06:53,490 --> 00:06:51,550 advantage of centrifugal force and throw 154 00:06:55,170 --> 00:06:53,500 the heavier fluid to the outside the 155 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:55,180 bubbles to the inside so to make one big 156 00:06:58,920 --> 00:06:57,130 bubble which doesn't have what we call a 157 00:07:00,990 --> 00:06:58,930 lot of nucleation sites and allow us to 158 00:07:02,280 --> 00:07:01,000 grow fewer but larger crystals with 159 00:07:03,690 --> 00:07:02,290 fewer defects so that's one of the 160 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:03,700 things that we had learned in u.s. mo1 161 00:07:09,810 --> 00:07:06,970 and confirmed again when space have this 162 00:07:11,550 --> 00:07:09,820 is called cgf would do an electronic 163 00:07:14,130 --> 00:07:11,560 crystal growth here and Kathy's in the 164 00:07:17,430 --> 00:07:14,140 glove box of closed area very difficult 165 00:07:18,810 --> 00:07:17,440 task to take in and out we called Sakas 166 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:18,820 and I helped her a little bit once in a 167 00:07:21,900 --> 00:07:20,410 while and the commanders documenting it 168 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:21,910 so if we make a mistake everybody knows 169 00:07:31,020 --> 00:07:24,130 we made a mistake but we didn't make any 170 00:07:33,510 --> 00:07:31,030 mistakes that will admit - Here I am 171 00:07:36,570 --> 00:07:33,520 taking a sack of very carefully down to 172 00:07:37,590 --> 00:07:36,580 stow because as all pis including myself 173 00:07:40,530 --> 00:07:37,600 they're a little bit paranoid about 174 00:07:42,060 --> 00:07:40,540 shaking and vibrating so it'd be a 175 00:07:43,860 --> 00:07:42,070 terrible thing for one of the PI's to 176 00:07:50,629 --> 00:07:43,870 ruin a crystal so I made sure we didn't 177 00:07:55,669 --> 00:07:53,549 in this shop I'm interacting with the 178 00:07:58,489 --> 00:07:55,679 geophysical fluid flow sail experiment 179 00:08:02,159 --> 00:07:58,499 this experiment again simulates 180 00:08:03,329 --> 00:08:02,169 conviction on planetary atmospheres in 181 00:08:05,309 --> 00:08:03,339 this view you can think of it as a 182 00:08:06,659 --> 00:08:05,319 weather satellite basically looking at 183 00:08:09,179 --> 00:08:06,669 the southern hemisphere of the planet 184 00:08:10,709 --> 00:08:09,189 the pole is at the bottom of the screen 185 00:08:12,269 --> 00:08:10,719 and the equator is at the top and you 186 00:08:15,359 --> 00:08:12,279 can see waves propagating around the 187 00:08:19,369 --> 00:08:15,369 equator and somewhat reminiscent of cold 188 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:22,350 another fluid experiment was the surface 189 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:24,490 tension driven convection experiment we 190 00:08:26,489 --> 00:08:26,050 all spent a lot of time on that one as 191 00:08:28,829 --> 00:08:26,499 well 192 00:08:31,829 --> 00:08:28,839 basically in that experiment you can 193 00:08:34,139 --> 00:08:31,839 heat the top surface of the liquid and 194 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:34,149 because there's a variation in surface 195 00:08:40,079 --> 00:08:36,490 temp in surface tension with temperature 196 00:08:41,999 --> 00:08:40,089 a fluid flow occurs at the surface and 197 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:42,009 also drags around the interior of the 198 00:08:47,249 --> 00:08:43,810 fluid this experiment has a lot of 199 00:08:50,249 --> 00:08:47,259 importance not only to the film a coding 200 00:08:52,829 --> 00:08:50,259 industry but also has impact on crystal 201 00:08:55,410 --> 00:08:52,839 growth in this fluid experiment we were 202 00:08:58,259 --> 00:08:55,420 looking at manipulating a drop using 203 00:09:00,569 --> 00:08:58,269 acoustic fields this experiment also had 204 00:09:02,879 --> 00:09:00,579 applications to drug delivery systems 205 00:09:04,740 --> 00:09:02,889 and there's a lot of interest in 206 00:09:11,660 --> 00:09:04,750 surfactants in this particular case 207 00:09:15,929 --> 00:09:14,100 to do get up in the morning you're 208 00:09:17,850 --> 00:09:15,939 always changed tempted to actually 209 00:09:19,439 --> 00:09:17,860 change the payload activity plan so that 210 00:09:21,990 --> 00:09:19,449 you'd be the one doing drop physics 211 00:09:24,749 --> 00:09:22,000 because as you can see each input that 212 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:24,759 you make to this acoustic chamber 213 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:27,130 actually changes very dramatically what 214 00:09:31,139 --> 00:09:29,290 the drop does and so we have a chamber 215 00:09:32,639 --> 00:09:31,149 with speakers on all sides and we're 216 00:09:35,879 --> 00:09:32,649 changing literally the speaker pressure 217 00:09:38,189 --> 00:09:35,889 to distort the drop and also to do to 218 00:09:41,249 --> 00:09:38,199 maybe spin it around like this what 219 00:09:43,170 --> 00:09:41,259 you're gonna see coming up is in just a 220 00:09:44,579 --> 00:09:43,180 minute is one particularly interesting 221 00:09:46,590 --> 00:09:44,589 experiment that we did where we actually 222 00:09:48,420 --> 00:09:46,600 brought two fluids together this isn't 223 00:09:50,220 --> 00:09:48,430 quite it yet but we use this experiment 224 00:09:52,110 --> 00:09:50,230 to learn what happens when we do have 225 00:09:55,290 --> 00:09:52,120 two fluids with what happens when we 226 00:09:56,579 --> 00:09:55,300 have a bubble inside a bubble but when 227 00:09:58,139 --> 00:09:56,589 we brought these two fluids together 228 00:10:00,269 --> 00:09:58,149 they actually had an interface in 229 00:10:01,750 --> 00:10:00,279 between them which we refer to as the 230 00:10:04,450 --> 00:10:01,760 beach ball and what this is 231 00:10:06,610 --> 00:10:04,460 to be used for it was a development 232 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:06,620 model for actually forming vesicles for 233 00:10:11,050 --> 00:10:09,050 drug delivery systems now we didn't 234 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:11,060 really develop a drug delivery system 235 00:10:16,950 --> 00:10:13,010 but we did look at the way to fluids 236 00:10:22,870 --> 00:10:19,120 you can see that's what happens when you 237 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:22,880 do the wrong thing with the knob we had 238 00:10:28,150 --> 00:10:25,730 Kady said six channels of video down and 239 00:10:30,340 --> 00:10:28,160 this may be the first space flight space 240 00:10:32,230 --> 00:10:30,350 lab flight ever where video downlink was 241 00:10:35,560 --> 00:10:32,240 not the limiting resource in planning 242 00:10:36,910 --> 00:10:35,570 and also most of the P is left Marshall 243 00:10:38,770 --> 00:10:36,920 at the end of the mission with all of 244 00:10:40,690 --> 00:10:38,780 their data whereas in u.s. ml one it 245 00:10:42,580 --> 00:10:40,700 took seven and a half months to get all 246 00:10:44,380 --> 00:10:42,590 their data out to them so this was the 247 00:10:45,610 --> 00:10:44,390 first demonstration of that it's 248 00:10:49,750 --> 00:10:45,620 something they will certainly need for 249 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:49,760 space station and that in the data 250 00:10:52,810 --> 00:10:51,650 uplink and downlink we had we're kind of 251 00:10:57,900 --> 00:10:52,820 the first demonstrations of tella 252 00:11:01,660 --> 00:11:00,010 another fluids experiment we had onboard 253 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:01,670 which was an awful lot of fun was the 254 00:11:06,970 --> 00:11:03,530 fibre supported droplet combustion 255 00:11:09,010 --> 00:11:06,980 experiment we put a small drop of fuel 256 00:11:10,270 --> 00:11:09,020 on a fiber and the only purpose of the 257 00:11:13,030 --> 00:11:10,280 fiber was to keep the drop core we 258 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:13,040 wanted it to be and ignite it in one 259 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:14,450 camera view this one you could just see 260 00:11:18,580 --> 00:11:16,250 the drop shrinking as it's being 261 00:11:20,650 --> 00:11:18,590 consumed and another camera view you can 262 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:20,660 you can't see much of the color of the 263 00:11:24,700 --> 00:11:22,610 flame front but all you but you can see 264 00:11:26,740 --> 00:11:24,710 that the fibre on either side of the of 265 00:11:31,690 --> 00:11:26,750 the drop is being heated and that's 266 00:11:33,190 --> 00:11:31,700 where the flame front is propagating we 267 00:11:35,110 --> 00:11:33,200 learned a lot from doing a drop physics 268 00:11:36,430 --> 00:11:35,120 module and how to deploy these drops and 269 00:11:37,150 --> 00:11:36,440 get these these guys burning there's a 270 00:11:38,980 --> 00:11:37,160 little bit of trouble with this 271 00:11:41,620 --> 00:11:38,990 experiment anybody worked the flight 272 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:41,630 here knows Mike was our IFM person on 273 00:11:47,170 --> 00:11:44,810 this and got it working we also had 274 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:47,180 another series of theoretical I'd call 275 00:11:51,250 --> 00:11:49,850 them experiments on crystal growth and 276 00:11:52,990 --> 00:11:51,260 what we were looking at is hard sphere 277 00:11:55,030 --> 00:11:53,000 models and how they would represent the 278 00:11:56,650 --> 00:11:55,040 formation of a crystal structure and the 279 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:56,660 interface between that crystal structure 280 00:12:00,580 --> 00:11:57,530 and the fluid from it 281 00:12:02,500 --> 00:12:00,590 which it formed and we also use lasers 282 00:12:04,990 --> 00:12:02,510 to look at diffraction patterns to find 283 00:12:06,970 --> 00:12:05,000 out exactly where that interface was and 284 00:12:08,350 --> 00:12:06,980 what kind of crystal formed and the 285 00:12:10,090 --> 00:12:08,360 crystal structures that were form were 286 00:12:11,870 --> 00:12:10,100 not those that were predicted they're 287 00:12:15,319 --> 00:12:11,880 still analyzing why that is 288 00:12:16,819 --> 00:12:15,329 so that was kind of a surprise yeah why 289 00:12:18,170 --> 00:12:16,829 the pelo crew the for them were in the 290 00:12:19,939 --> 00:12:18,180 lab the orbiter crew we had some 291 00:12:22,069 --> 00:12:19,949 experiments up in the mid-deck t that we 292 00:12:23,780 --> 00:12:22,079 were working on we activated and 293 00:12:26,540 --> 00:12:23,790 deactivated some protein crystal growth 294 00:12:28,009 --> 00:12:26,550 experiments we also an from potato 295 00:12:29,329 --> 00:12:28,019 company in Colorado was pretty proud of 296 00:12:32,660 --> 00:12:29,339 the fact we managed to grow five 297 00:12:36,710 --> 00:12:32,670 potatoes in space and well it might talk 298 00:12:40,180 --> 00:12:36,720 about that this is just an example of me 299 00:12:42,949 --> 00:12:40,190 giving some co2 to the plants inside and 300 00:12:45,410 --> 00:12:42,959 the real goal behind the experiment was 301 00:12:46,970 --> 00:12:45,420 to determine how to make a nutrient 302 00:12:49,670 --> 00:12:46,980 delivery system both water and other 303 00:12:51,170 --> 00:12:49,680 nutrients to the plants in case we you 304 00:12:53,420 --> 00:12:51,180 know for long-duration missions we need 305 00:12:56,059 --> 00:12:53,430 to know how to grow those foods so that 306 00:12:58,790 --> 00:12:56,069 we don't have to take them with us the 307 00:13:00,949 --> 00:12:58,800 we also did our part for medical science 308 00:13:02,900 --> 00:13:00,959 and here I'm doing a new vestibular DSO 309 00:13:05,629 --> 00:13:02,910 and it has to do with the Irate your 310 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:05,639 eyeball contract well this is how we got 311 00:13:10,430 --> 00:13:08,250 all those earth-observing of the 312 00:13:11,780 --> 00:13:10,440 presentation take one was a big 313 00:13:13,970 --> 00:13:11,790 Hasselblad cameras pointing out the 314 00:13:17,389 --> 00:13:13,980 window and this is the scene that the 315 00:13:19,850 --> 00:13:17,399 operator would see up in the top is the 316 00:13:21,379 --> 00:13:19,860 west coast of california and you can see 317 00:13:23,090 --> 00:13:21,389 the the greens or the trees and the 318 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:23,100 mountains and then the yellow stripe 319 00:13:28,699 --> 00:13:24,569 there in the middle is the northern San 320 00:13:31,550 --> 00:13:28,709 Joaquin Valley the next green stripe is 321 00:13:35,629 --> 00:13:31,560 the Sierra Nevada and then you'll see 322 00:13:37,579 --> 00:13:35,639 the Browns of the high desert Lake Tahoe 323 00:13:39,860 --> 00:13:37,589 and Pyramid Lake will just start to come 324 00:13:41,329 --> 00:13:39,870 into view you see it does it go by very 325 00:13:45,290 --> 00:13:41,339 fast most of you've seen this sort of 326 00:13:46,939 --> 00:13:45,300 view before but you really realize 327 00:13:48,949 --> 00:13:46,949 you're you're going fast when you think 328 00:13:53,900 --> 00:13:48,959 of it the distance involved and just 329 00:13:56,179 --> 00:13:53,910 this 30 or 40 second picture first week 330 00:13:59,840 --> 00:13:56,189 we had really clear views of almost the 331 00:14:01,639 --> 00:13:59,850 whole United States so we got to take a 332 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:01,649 lot of shots of a lot of different 333 00:14:16,850 --> 00:14:04,410 cities especially a potato country in 334 00:14:21,980 --> 00:14:18,890 this next sequence here is over the 335 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:21,990 we're currently over India now looking 336 00:14:25,430 --> 00:14:23,490 north and those are the Himalayas 337 00:14:28,940 --> 00:14:25,440 they're in the middle of the screen with 338 00:14:30,380 --> 00:14:28,950 the Brahmaputra River both on the south 339 00:14:32,210 --> 00:14:30,390 side of the Himalayas and also on the 340 00:14:34,870 --> 00:14:32,220 north side of the Himalayas and you can 341 00:14:38,030 --> 00:14:34,880 see the vast difference in both color 342 00:14:41,900 --> 00:14:38,040 which basically is vegetation and also 343 00:14:44,500 --> 00:14:41,910 elevation this was super typhoon Angela 344 00:14:48,020 --> 00:14:44,510 which was taken over the Philippine Sea 345 00:14:50,450 --> 00:14:48,030 which hit that set of islands with winds 346 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:50,460 over 200 miles an hour and you can just 347 00:14:55,070 --> 00:14:52,410 make out the circular formation in the 348 00:14:58,310 --> 00:14:55,080 clouds although on this particular shot 349 00:15:00,260 --> 00:14:58,320 you don't really get any sense of an eye 350 00:15:02,170 --> 00:15:00,270 in the middle of that hurricane but it 351 00:15:04,700 --> 00:15:02,180 was certainly strong nonetheless 352 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:04,710 this was an attempt at a night scene 353 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:07,530 we're over a sort of central United 354 00:15:14,060 --> 00:15:11,370 States here looking west and with that 355 00:15:15,590 --> 00:15:14,070 line on the left isn't to the horizon 356 00:15:17,060 --> 00:15:15,600 believe it or not it's the edge of the 357 00:15:19,130 --> 00:15:17,070 atmosphere and that'll become more clear 358 00:15:21,350 --> 00:15:19,140 in a second but if you watch this star 359 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:21,360 up here it'll actually go below it and 360 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:23,250 you'll see it what what will look like 361 00:15:25,820 --> 00:15:24,570 through the earth so that's clearly not 362 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:25,830 the edge of the earth so this is a 363 00:15:30,490 --> 00:15:27,930 thickness of the atmosphere and these 364 00:15:33,050 --> 00:15:30,500 are the lights of big cities there were 365 00:15:35,750 --> 00:15:33,060 Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and 366 00:15:38,090 --> 00:15:35,760 here comes the Big Apple and as the Sun 367 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:38,100 rises which is about to do it washes out 368 00:15:42,950 --> 00:15:40,250 the camera the sensitivity changes and 369 00:15:50,060 --> 00:15:42,960 sort of made our own fade to white I 370 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:53,490 the Bailey maintance was done in filter 371 00:15:56,730 --> 00:15:55,090 cleaning and being the palette I got to 372 00:15:58,260 --> 00:15:56,740 do that and the filter clean and I 373 00:16:01,800 --> 00:15:58,270 enjoyed a lot more than that keeping the 374 00:16:03,510 --> 00:16:01,810 WCS clean the like here on earth dust 375 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:03,520 there's no floor there's no dance what 376 00:16:06,990 --> 00:16:05,650 dust accumulates in the different places 377 00:16:08,220 --> 00:16:07,000 in the filters because it's always 378 00:16:10,500 --> 00:16:08,230 floating in the air so anywhere it's 379 00:16:13,650 --> 00:16:10,510 drawing you've got to make sure you get 380 00:16:15,660 --> 00:16:13,660 to it space did lend itself to some 381 00:16:18,540 --> 00:16:15,670 innovative cleaning styles that were a 382 00:16:21,180 --> 00:16:18,550 lot more fun up there than on earth we 383 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:21,190 carried out another computer on board to 384 00:16:26,010 --> 00:16:23,530 do the pilot simulation that was a 385 00:16:27,210 --> 00:16:26,020 really useful piece of gear I thought to 386 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:27,220 help me prepare for my first space 387 00:16:32,130 --> 00:16:28,690 shuttle landing and this would have 388 00:16:35,490 --> 00:16:32,140 looked like on the scene just like at 389 00:16:37,890 --> 00:16:35,500 the window of the real order this is the 390 00:16:39,690 --> 00:16:37,900 blue crew enjoying a lunch as you can 391 00:16:41,580 --> 00:16:39,700 see I'm finishing up my lunch back there 392 00:16:43,950 --> 00:16:41,590 fred is cleaning his silverware with a 393 00:16:46,020 --> 00:16:43,960 handy white and katie has probably read 394 00:16:48,390 --> 00:16:46,030 the news some humorous story but we did 395 00:16:50,670 --> 00:16:48,400 that we got an hour off in the middle of 396 00:16:53,010 --> 00:16:50,680 our 12-hour day and the mail would get 397 00:16:59,620 --> 00:16:53,020 up electronically on a keyboard sort of 398 00:17:04,360 --> 00:17:02,170 we got our mail up on the KCA link I'll 399 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:04,370 talk about anything yeah you may have 400 00:17:07,210 --> 00:17:05,810 seen us we got the chance to throw out 401 00:17:08,410 --> 00:17:07,220 the first pitch in Game five of the 402 00:17:13,150 --> 00:17:08,420 World Series which is really a lot of 403 00:17:14,890 --> 00:17:13,160 fun and more importantly we got a chance 404 00:17:16,449 --> 00:17:14,900 to watch it you see us in the lower 405 00:17:18,610 --> 00:17:16,459 right hand corner watching the monitor 406 00:17:22,060 --> 00:17:18,620 and we're seeing the image that you see 407 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:22,070 in the upper left hand corner and that 408 00:17:24,939 --> 00:17:23,690 at the end of the mission are close to 409 00:17:26,230 --> 00:17:24,949 the end of the mission we had put 410 00:17:27,610 --> 00:17:26,240 everything where we're getting a little 411 00:17:35,710 --> 00:17:27,620 bored so we decided that would do a 412 00:17:37,570 --> 00:17:35,720 little magic show and I've tried for 413 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:37,580 years to do that never been able to do 414 00:17:58,040 --> 00:17:42,660 how the trick was to get it down without 415 00:18:02,540 --> 00:18:01,220 I was a pretty good magician it's 416 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:02,550 important to take those breaks on-orbit 417 00:18:08,360 --> 00:18:05,010 they help you stay recharged and and do 418 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:08,370 good work while you're up there all good 419 00:18:11,060 --> 00:18:09,810 things have to come to an end and this 420 00:18:11,510 --> 00:18:11,070 is how we started getting ready to come 421 00:18:12,950 --> 00:18:11,520 home 422 00:18:15,860 --> 00:18:12,960 checking out the systems on the orbiter 423 00:18:16,550 --> 00:18:15,870 and it was time to close up the payload 424 00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:16,560 bay doors 425 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:17,840 say goodbye to the view out the window 426 00:18:24,500 --> 00:18:22,890 and get ready to come home the entry was 427 00:18:26,630 --> 00:18:24,510 spectacular being a first-timer sitting 428 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:26,640 up in the front the orange pink glow was 429 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:28,050 just fantastic looking through the 430 00:18:32,660 --> 00:18:29,850 windows this was a shot on entry taken 431 00:18:34,730 --> 00:18:32,670 from a game Danvers on top of his house 432 00:18:36,590 --> 00:18:34,740 with his just his handy cam and sent it 433 00:18:39,260 --> 00:18:36,600 to us anyway we came around the hack 434 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:39,270 shortly after sunrise coming down the 18 435 00:18:43,190 --> 00:18:41,250 of a glide slope of 300 knots socks just 436 00:18:45,950 --> 00:18:43,200 had the guidance Neill doing a beautiful 437 00:18:48,380 --> 00:18:45,960 job it's very dynamic it's like trying 438 00:18:50,330 --> 00:18:48,390 to land a bomb because this little 439 00:18:52,970 --> 00:18:50,340 bombing profile that you'd fly in the 440 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:52,980 Navy I got the gear out of 300 feet they 441 00:18:56,150 --> 00:18:54,570 came across the threshold right where we 442 00:18:58,160 --> 00:18:56,160 should have been touched in 2500 feet 443 00:18:59,660 --> 00:18:58,170 down the runway and the landing was so 444 00:19:02,750 --> 00:18:59,670 smooth I'd like to take this chance to 445 00:19:04,100 --> 00:19:02,760 brag about socks it's uncharacteristic 446 00:19:07,610 --> 00:19:04,110 of a Navy pilot but this line it was so 447 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:07,620 smooth I was like on an airline landing 448 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:09,570 when the landing is so smooth everybody 449 00:19:12,650 --> 00:19:11,250 in the cabin just claps and cheers and 450 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:12,660 in fact that's what happened on landing 451 00:19:17,540 --> 00:19:14,490 when we touched down they could barely 452 00:19:18,650 --> 00:19:17,550 tell it touched them Kant had to do the 453 00:19:19,850 --> 00:19:18,660 most important thing on the mission 454 00:19:23,270 --> 00:19:19,860 they'll get the gear down you can see he 455 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:23,280 did that successful Columbia was a 456 00:19:27,410 --> 00:19:26,010 beautiful vehicle it's a little slow 457 00:19:28,910 --> 00:19:27,420 getting off the pad but it was worth the 458 00:19:32,030 --> 00:19:28,920 wait because when we got out there there 459 00:19:33,950 --> 00:19:32,040 were very few problems and it really 460 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:33,960 proved itself to be a wonderful platform 461 00:19:38,660 --> 00:19:37,170 for science this is our KU patch and a 462 00:19:40,850 --> 00:19:38,670 couple things jump out at you right away 463 00:19:41,990 --> 00:19:40,860 and those are the colors the I was in 464 00:19:44,330 --> 00:19:42,000 charge of the patch and we wouldn't 465 00:19:45,530 --> 00:19:44,340 baptists very democratically I basically 466 00:19:47,330 --> 00:19:45,540 asked the crew what colors they liked 467 00:19:51,060 --> 00:19:47,340 the commander like purple and hence 468 00:19:55,330 --> 00:19:53,859 that's not exactly - there also there 469 00:19:57,039 --> 00:19:55,340 was a common thread in the orbiter crew 470 00:19:58,720 --> 00:19:57,049 which is represented by the background 471 00:20:03,279 --> 00:19:58,730 and although that may look black it is 472 00:20:05,139 --> 00:20:03,289 actually a navy blue the different 473 00:20:07,450 --> 00:20:05,149 polyhedrons you see only of the patch 474 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:07,460 they represent Chris Eyre the basic 475 00:20:12,220 --> 00:20:10,090 elements fire earth air and water and 476 00:20:14,109 --> 00:20:12,230 what we're trying to show here is the 477 00:20:15,879 --> 00:20:14,119 Space Shuttle encompassed by the shape 478 00:20:18,580 --> 00:20:15,889 of its patch itself which is thought to 479 00:20:21,190 --> 00:20:18,590 have represent the cosmos dodecahedron 480 00:20:24,310 --> 00:20:21,200 is the Space Shuttle doing science on 481 00:20:26,889 --> 00:20:24,320 the basic elements the one symbol looks 482 00:20:29,489 --> 00:20:26,899 like an infinity sign we refer to that 483 00:20:31,930 --> 00:20:29,499 as the Fred Leslie sign although the 484 00:20:33,789 --> 00:20:31,940 crystal like looking figures are 485 00:20:35,950 --> 00:20:33,799 actually polyhedrons which in turn 486 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:35,960 represent fluids we put this other 487 00:20:40,749 --> 00:20:38,450 symbol on to emphasise fluids for Fred 488 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:40,759 Leslie on the troca the next slide 489 00:20:51,399 --> 00:20:49,450 well this was a great moment here after 490 00:20:53,499 --> 00:20:51,409 seven attempts and three strappings we 491 00:20:56,619 --> 00:20:53,509 finally got to launch on October the 492 00:20:59,529 --> 00:20:56,629 20th I get a lot of questions about 493 00:21:02,710 --> 00:20:59,539 whether I was scared or not and and I 494 00:21:04,330 --> 00:21:02,720 really in honesty was not scared and I 495 00:21:05,980 --> 00:21:04,340 think there's two reasons for that one 496 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:05,990 was because it was our seventh attempt 497 00:21:12,279 --> 00:21:08,330 and the second was because of our 498 00:21:14,409 --> 00:21:12,289 training team we had a great group of 499 00:21:16,899 --> 00:21:14,419 folks that helped us out and in fact I'd 500 00:21:18,609 --> 00:21:16,909 like to recognize Tory Palmer who was 501 00:21:21,129 --> 00:21:18,619 our data processing system and nav 502 00:21:24,460 --> 00:21:21,139 instructor Francisco Hernandez our 503 00:21:28,299 --> 00:21:24,470 control prop @eq Tran was our common 504 00:21:30,909 --> 00:21:28,309 instrumentation and heckle and Jeckle 505 00:21:33,669 --> 00:21:30,919 tom evans I mean Tom Hanson and Craig 506 00:21:35,769 --> 00:21:33,679 will thing whereas orbiter systems and 507 00:21:38,049 --> 00:21:35,779 Tommy Tom Evans and Rodney Brown taught 508 00:21:39,789 --> 00:21:38,059 us or Space Lab systems and I think 509 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:39,799 largely due to their efforts we were 510 00:21:43,629 --> 00:21:41,570 really comfortable going uphill I mean 511 00:21:45,249 --> 00:21:43,639 as a first-time flyer this is quite an 512 00:21:47,980 --> 00:21:45,259 experience and it was nice to be able to 513 00:21:49,419 --> 00:21:47,990 really just enjoy the ride and feel that 514 00:21:51,070 --> 00:21:49,429 I was confident along with the rest of 515 00:21:56,830 --> 00:21:51,080 the crew to be able to handle any 516 00:21:59,019 --> 00:21:56,840 contingency that came up I also like to 517 00:22:01,840 --> 00:21:59,029 thank Don carico who is our photography 518 00:22:03,220 --> 00:22:01,850 instructor who without whose help we 519 00:22:03,970 --> 00:22:03,230 could have taken some great shots like 520 00:22:06,580 --> 00:22:03,980 these 521 00:22:08,530 --> 00:22:06,590 and this is a shot of the eastern 522 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:08,540 Mediterranean here and it's it's 523 00:22:13,120 --> 00:22:10,730 interesting for a couple of reasons one 524 00:22:14,350 --> 00:22:13,130 check out on top here this how black the 525 00:22:16,810 --> 00:22:14,360 space is that was something that really 526 00:22:19,750 --> 00:22:16,820 hit you during the daytime when you 527 00:22:21,820 --> 00:22:19,760 can't see the stars the blackness of 528 00:22:24,610 --> 00:22:21,830 space is just that it's the blackest 529 00:22:26,650 --> 00:22:24,620 black I've ever seen and then you can 530 00:22:28,270 --> 00:22:26,660 see quite a myriad of colors here this 531 00:22:30,850 --> 00:22:28,280 down here is the eastern Mediterranean 532 00:22:33,460 --> 00:22:30,860 this is the eastern end of the island of 533 00:22:35,049 --> 00:22:33,470 Cyprus this is Western Turkey and you 534 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:35,059 can see some coastal mountains here and 535 00:22:43,570 --> 00:22:37,850 a higher plateau this would be Syria and 536 00:22:44,890 --> 00:22:43,580 Lebanon down here yeah as we're flying 537 00:22:46,570 --> 00:22:44,900 along there were different regions and 538 00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:46,580 different colors that stood at and this 539 00:22:51,250 --> 00:22:48,710 was one area when you cross the the east 540 00:22:52,510 --> 00:22:51,260 coast of the US Florida the Bahamas and 541 00:22:54,909 --> 00:22:52,520 this is actually in the Gulf of Grand 542 00:22:57,250 --> 00:22:54,919 Cayman the coral reefs and the coral 543 00:22:59,169 --> 00:22:57,260 shells were just incredibly brilliant 544 00:23:02,169 --> 00:22:59,179 blue aqua that you can see in this 545 00:23:04,150 --> 00:23:02,179 region and so it's amazing but I bet all 546 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:04,160 the islands even the secure islands the 547 00:23:07,870 --> 00:23:06,290 Solomon Islands in the Pacific we wind 548 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:07,880 up getting a lot of shot at shots up 549 00:23:14,039 --> 00:23:10,730 because the contrast is just so great it 550 00:23:15,850 --> 00:23:14,049 captures you and they make lovely photos 551 00:23:20,820 --> 00:23:15,860 unfortunately the photos don't do it 552 00:23:25,450 --> 00:23:23,680 this is a shot of another shot of the 553 00:23:27,120 --> 00:23:25,460 eastern Mediterranean but this time on 554 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:27,130 the southern end this is the 555 00:23:31,090 --> 00:23:29,330 Mediterranean Sea here this is the 556 00:23:34,150 --> 00:23:31,100 coastline obviously and this right here 557 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:34,160 is a border between Egypt on this side 558 00:23:36,970 --> 00:23:35,330 and Israel on this side and what's 559 00:23:38,860 --> 00:23:36,980 interesting about this is you can really 560 00:23:40,570 --> 00:23:38,870 see the difference in the way the two 561 00:23:43,180 --> 00:23:40,580 countries use a land it's not often you 562 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:43,190 can see a political boundary visually 563 00:23:46,930 --> 00:23:44,690 from space and this is a nice 564 00:23:48,730 --> 00:23:46,940 opportunity to be able to do that this 565 00:23:54,610 --> 00:23:48,740 part up here is the Gaza Strip and this 566 00:23:59,139 --> 00:23:56,860 the here we're coming across San 567 00:24:00,730 --> 00:23:59,149 Francisco Bay area and it was amazing 568 00:24:02,710 --> 00:24:00,740 the detail you could see and we were 569 00:24:04,539 --> 00:24:02,720 fortunate that we had a lot of super 570 00:24:07,180 --> 00:24:04,549 clear days and we could look down and 571 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:07,190 just see incredible detail in this slide 572 00:24:10,749 --> 00:24:08,570 it's a little tougher but right here is 573 00:24:12,730 --> 00:24:10,759 the Golden Gate Bridge you can see with 574 00:24:14,470 --> 00:24:12,740 your naked eye buildings and depending 575 00:24:17,409 --> 00:24:14,480 on the lighting you could see shadows 576 00:24:19,659 --> 00:24:17,419 but you come on down and in this region 577 00:24:21,669 --> 00:24:19,669 of San Francisco International and down 578 00:24:23,529 --> 00:24:21,679 on toward down towards San Jose which is 579 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:23,539 actually under the tail Alameda Naval 580 00:24:27,460 --> 00:24:25,490 Air Station is over here off of this 581 00:24:29,950 --> 00:24:27,470 base yeah 582 00:24:31,180 --> 00:24:29,960 they a one-one comment we got back from 583 00:24:32,859 --> 00:24:31,190 all the folks that looked at our photos 584 00:24:33,940 --> 00:24:32,869 where they said boy you know we can we 585 00:24:35,049 --> 00:24:33,950 should know where their airports are 586 00:24:37,350 --> 00:24:35,059 because in the center of every one of 587 00:24:39,190 --> 00:24:37,360 our photos are having to be an airport I 588 00:24:40,690 --> 00:24:39,200 don't know if that anything to do with 589 00:24:42,999 --> 00:24:40,700 the three of us being pilots on the 590 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:43,009 flight deck or not but the runways 591 00:24:46,629 --> 00:24:44,570 because they're so long and straight 592 00:24:48,460 --> 00:24:46,639 they stand out and there's something 593 00:24:49,749 --> 00:24:48,470 that catches your naked eye or if you're 594 00:25:00,430 --> 00:24:49,759 looking through a telephoto camera lens 595 00:25:02,259 --> 00:25:00,440 they really stick out next time the this 596 00:25:04,629 --> 00:25:02,269 is just it kind of represent the 597 00:25:06,009 --> 00:25:04,639 different colors that you see when we 598 00:25:07,930 --> 00:25:06,019 get on a little but open the payload bay 599 00:25:10,029 --> 00:25:07,940 doors this looks like to me like the 600 00:25:12,489 --> 00:25:10,039 shot over Australia representing the red 601 00:25:13,989 --> 00:25:12,499 land of Australia the other thing it 602 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:13,999 shows you is the attitude that we flew 603 00:25:19,649 --> 00:25:16,610 in the because of orbital debris we had 604 00:25:21,609 --> 00:25:19,659 the one door rolled in part way in 605 00:25:22,989 --> 00:25:21,619 unfortunately it did cut down quite a 606 00:25:25,930 --> 00:25:22,999 bit on our opportunities for earth 607 00:25:27,519 --> 00:25:25,940 obstacles as far as lead time we would 608 00:25:29,710 --> 00:25:27,529 see him who would seem once they get to 609 00:25:32,619 --> 00:25:29,720 the tail and go on the left side of us 610 00:25:34,149 --> 00:25:32,629 basically Dan wind from us the up and 611 00:25:36,129 --> 00:25:34,159 coming targets were difficult to see 612 00:25:38,350 --> 00:25:36,139 what the door in this position the good 613 00:25:41,710 --> 00:25:38,360 news is our family didn't take a hit and 614 00:25:45,070 --> 00:25:41,720 they lasted the whole flight that's also 615 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:45,080 is a good reminder the awards that you 616 00:25:48,730 --> 00:25:46,970 saw before what the thermal teams this 617 00:25:50,019 --> 00:25:48,740 door being partially close like that 618 00:25:52,869 --> 00:25:50,029 really caused a lot of headaches on the 619 00:25:54,430 --> 00:25:52,879 ground and and thanks to them for us it 620 00:25:57,930 --> 00:25:54,440 was by and large transparent but they 621 00:26:00,999 --> 00:25:57,940 did a lot of work to work these problems 622 00:26:02,710 --> 00:26:01,009 the picture before last was a big area 623 00:26:04,299 --> 00:26:02,720 and in just about a minute and a half 624 00:26:06,070 --> 00:26:04,309 after the bay area this is what we're 625 00:26:07,590 --> 00:26:06,080 looking at and it was really interesting 626 00:26:09,090 --> 00:26:07,600 taking photos we'd be 627 00:26:10,950 --> 00:26:09,100 in trading on say the barrier taking 628 00:26:14,070 --> 00:26:10,960 shots or whatever coastal city we were 629 00:26:15,270 --> 00:26:14,080 over at California and you'd look up and 630 00:26:16,830 --> 00:26:15,280 the next thing under the tail there 631 00:26:18,779 --> 00:26:16,840 would be a view of this which is a large 632 00:26:20,580 --> 00:26:18,789 contrast to what you just seen and this 633 00:26:22,610 --> 00:26:20,590 is an Arizona in Utah Lake pal it's 634 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:22,620 about 180 miles along the Colorado River 635 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:24,730 which is dammed up and then eventually 636 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:27,010 goes on into the Grand Canyon but the 637 00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:29,410 contrasting colors are just gorgeous on 638 00:26:39,899 --> 00:26:38,440 this shot this is clearly Cape Cod we 639 00:26:43,289 --> 00:26:39,909 have a couple crewmembers who have roots 640 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:43,299 there Katie and al al obviously is from 641 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:44,890 Worcester which if I'm not mistaken is 642 00:26:49,590 --> 00:26:47,890 right around there and this is a real 643 00:26:51,539 --> 00:26:49,600 nice shot on 39 degree inclination 644 00:26:54,330 --> 00:26:51,549 flight we don't quite get up to be able 645 00:26:56,250 --> 00:26:54,340 to take this shot Nader but as you can 646 00:26:58,740 --> 00:26:56,260 see on a clear day you can really get a 647 00:27:01,380 --> 00:26:58,750 really nice synopsis here's the city of 648 00:27:08,250 --> 00:27:01,390 Boston here and in the bottom Nantucket 649 00:27:09,630 --> 00:27:08,260 and Martha's Vineyard the in addition to 650 00:27:12,419 --> 00:27:09,640 shoot in color feeling like you just saw 651 00:27:14,820 --> 00:27:12,429 we shoot some color IR photos this is a 652 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:14,830 shot of Maui and you can see the clouds 653 00:27:18,810 --> 00:27:17,530 the IR does a real nice job of cutting 654 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:18,820 through haze although there wasn't that 655 00:27:22,590 --> 00:27:21,010 much haze at Maui on this shot but 656 00:27:25,169 --> 00:27:22,600 certain times you go over cities like 657 00:27:27,360 --> 00:27:25,179 Mexico City a population of over 20 658 00:27:29,850 --> 00:27:27,370 million very hazy and smoggy to the 659 00:27:31,740 --> 00:27:29,860 naked eye and the Colorado film can help 660 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:31,750 cut through that significantly and you 661 00:27:35,070 --> 00:27:33,130 can just see it helps represent the 662 00:27:36,899 --> 00:27:35,080 different contrasts or fluid levels in 663 00:27:43,100 --> 00:27:36,909 plants and help you draw lines of 664 00:27:48,830 --> 00:27:47,510 this is a San Diego Bay here you'll 665 00:27:49,940 --> 00:27:48,840 notice the detail in this shot you'll 666 00:27:51,650 --> 00:27:49,950 notice the colors are a little bit 667 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:51,660 different what's kind of remarkable is 668 00:27:55,580 --> 00:27:53,490 this is an electronic still camera shot 669 00:27:57,799 --> 00:27:55,590 which means the image could be down on 670 00:28:00,470 --> 00:27:57,809 the ground within 50 minutes of when we 671 00:28:03,260 --> 00:28:00,480 took the picture and out on the internet 672 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:03,270 maybe an hour two hours later if all 673 00:28:06,860 --> 00:28:05,730 adjust except for it so it's nice to be 674 00:28:09,350 --> 00:28:06,870 able to send this kind of information 675 00:28:11,180 --> 00:28:09,360 from space down to the ground and with 676 00:28:15,460 --> 00:28:11,190 almost the the detail that we can get 677 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:18,530 and now we wanted to throw you in 678 00:28:21,980 --> 00:28:20,010 another shot here if you look real close 679 00:28:24,049 --> 00:28:21,990 you can see the Johnson Space Center in 680 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:24,059 the center of that picture and clear 681 00:28:27,260 --> 00:28:26,010 like we leave it up there second so you 682 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:27,270 can kind of soak it in 683 00:28:32,030 --> 00:28:29,250 Ellington fields on the left if you need 684 00:28:36,039 --> 00:28:32,040 to get your bearings hope we can 685 00:28:38,810 --> 00:28:36,049 continue to fly these Spacelab missions