1 00:00:30,700 --> 00:00:28,660 we'll start with crew patch again and a 2 00:00:32,530 --> 00:00:30,710 view from orbit the crew patch is still 3 00:00:34,950 --> 00:00:32,540 flying on orbit firmly affixed to the 4 00:00:38,260 --> 00:00:34,960 bulkhead of mere and the core module 5 00:00:40,210 --> 00:00:38,270 meanwhile before dawn the vehicle is 6 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:40,220 prepped on the pad we actually woke up 7 00:00:44,170 --> 00:00:42,650 before midnight launch morning for us 8 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:44,180 was actually launched afternoon as we 9 00:00:49,150 --> 00:00:46,250 were already operating on moscow time 10 00:00:50,890 --> 00:00:49,160 we'd had a significant sleep shift here 11 00:00:53,350 --> 00:00:50,900 are getting into the suits after the 12 00:00:55,420 --> 00:00:53,360 morning or afternoon for us a weather 13 00:00:57,430 --> 00:00:55,430 brief we had a chance to take a look at 14 00:00:59,979 --> 00:00:57,440 what the towel weather was what the 15 00:01:01,329 --> 00:00:59,989 forecast for the Cape was Chris had 16 00:01:03,119 --> 00:01:01,339 already been through his suit pressure 17 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:03,129 checks he was obviously ready to go 18 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:06,530 Jerry's always ready and we had just got 19 00:01:11,110 --> 00:01:09,110 back from weather weather briefs and 20 00:01:12,969 --> 00:01:11,120 checks bill also had already completed 21 00:01:15,219 --> 00:01:12,979 all that work and we had a little bit of 22 00:01:17,500 --> 00:01:15,229 a chance to relax in the chairs there 23 00:01:19,030 --> 00:01:17,510 before was time to come out well here we 24 00:01:20,710 --> 00:01:19,040 are coming out of the ONC and one of the 25 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:20,720 most pleasant surprises in addition to 26 00:01:23,620 --> 00:01:21,890 some of the media that was there to take 27 00:01:25,660 --> 00:01:23,630 our picture was to see some of the same 28 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:25,670 faces I see here today and join this 29 00:01:28,719 --> 00:01:26,930 briefing they were there to greet us and 30 00:01:30,039 --> 00:01:28,729 to give us a bomb by Yas on our way so 31 00:01:31,330 --> 00:01:30,049 thanks for the training same and the 32 00:01:32,830 --> 00:01:31,340 rest of the people who travel down there 33 00:01:34,899 --> 00:01:32,840 to say goodbye we saw a beautiful 34 00:01:36,999 --> 00:01:34,909 sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean and then 35 00:01:38,679 --> 00:01:37,009 we got to go from launch Mel C see Kim 36 00:01:40,599 --> 00:01:38,689 waved goodbye at two minutes prior to 37 00:01:42,819 --> 00:01:40,609 launch and it's six seconds prior the 38 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:42,829 main engines cranked up and exactly on 39 00:01:46,929 --> 00:01:44,570 time the solid rocket boosters ignited 40 00:01:48,700 --> 00:01:46,939 and the whole down boats let go and we 41 00:01:50,260 --> 00:01:48,710 were on our way and there's absolutely 42 00:01:52,510 --> 00:01:50,270 no doubt at this point in your mind that 43 00:01:55,359 --> 00:01:52,520 you know you're going somewhere the the 44 00:01:57,340 --> 00:01:55,369 first stage ride is is buckboard rough 45 00:01:59,139 --> 00:01:57,350 it's a lot of vibration a lot of noise 46 00:02:01,510 --> 00:01:59,149 it's an impressive thing to be a part of 47 00:02:03,099 --> 00:02:01,520 we punched through a low cloud deck 48 00:02:05,139 --> 00:02:03,109 right there and came out the other side 49 00:02:06,819 --> 00:02:05,149 and and the people who had assembled for 50 00:02:09,070 --> 00:02:06,829 our launch got one last view of us as we 51 00:02:11,830 --> 00:02:09,080 headed out over over the Atlantic Ocean 52 00:02:14,230 --> 00:02:11,840 a second stage ride is incredibly smooth 53 00:02:15,910 --> 00:02:14,240 just as rough as first stages second 54 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:15,920 stage is just incredibly smooth and 55 00:02:20,559 --> 00:02:18,770 quiet once we got on orbit and opened up 56 00:02:22,090 --> 00:02:20,569 the payload bay doors here's an example 57 00:02:23,890 --> 00:02:22,100 some of the beautiful views that we got 58 00:02:26,890 --> 00:02:23,900 these are the snow-covered Pyrenees 59 00:02:29,020 --> 00:02:26,900 Mountains France to the north Spain to 60 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:29,030 the south the islands of New York of 61 00:02:34,270 --> 00:02:32,810 menorca right here and this is actually 62 00:02:35,619 --> 00:02:34,280 better view than I often got from space 63 00:02:37,059 --> 00:02:35,629 because I'm not having to compete with 64 00:02:40,270 --> 00:02:37,069 the other four guys four 65 00:02:42,489 --> 00:02:40,280 a window room right here one of the 66 00:02:45,550 --> 00:02:42,499 first orders of business was to assemble 67 00:02:47,979 --> 00:02:45,560 the docking module in the bay and that 68 00:02:48,849 --> 00:02:47,989 involved up using the Canada arm and I 69 00:02:50,979 --> 00:02:48,859 had the honor of being the first 70 00:02:53,259 --> 00:02:50,989 Canadian to ever operate the Canada arm 71 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:53,269 up in space so it was a real thrill for 72 00:02:58,809 --> 00:02:55,370 me to use this big piece of equipment to 73 00:03:00,970 --> 00:02:58,819 install this large 55 ton Russian 74 00:03:02,349 --> 00:03:00,980 docking module onto the top of the 75 00:03:04,569 --> 00:03:02,359 orbiter docking station here in 76 00:03:07,170 --> 00:03:04,579 preparation for attaching it to mere I 77 00:03:09,399 --> 00:03:07,180 used a bunch of different visual cues 78 00:03:11,199 --> 00:03:09,409 space vision system was one of them 79 00:03:12,699 --> 00:03:11,209 which looked at the dots here compared 80 00:03:14,740 --> 00:03:12,709 them to the dots up here and gave me 81 00:03:16,809 --> 00:03:14,750 relative position inside the cockpit i 82 00:03:19,119 --> 00:03:16,819 also had this view here which is a 83 00:03:21,189 --> 00:03:19,129 centerline camera you can see there's an 84 00:03:23,530 --> 00:03:21,199 actual reflection in this mirror of the 85 00:03:25,119 --> 00:03:23,540 camera itself by the camera looking at 86 00:03:27,789 --> 00:03:25,129 its own reflection I could align things 87 00:03:30,099 --> 00:03:27,799 very carefully but we got it carefully 88 00:03:31,809 --> 00:03:30,109 in position within about fractions of an 89 00:03:35,470 --> 00:03:31,819 inch in fractions of the degree and then 90 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:35,480 Ken fired the thrusters and slam the two 91 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:37,010 mechanisms home and it worked exactly 92 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:38,930 like all of the people at JSC had told 93 00:03:44,429 --> 00:03:41,930 us and mechanism just worked perfectly 94 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:44,439 to lock them together after we had 95 00:03:48,610 --> 00:03:46,370 successfully installed a docking module 96 00:03:50,770 --> 00:03:48,620 now it came time for our next big task 97 00:03:53,979 --> 00:03:50,780 was to put the doc take the docking 98 00:03:55,749 --> 00:03:53,989 module to its home in space and it was 99 00:03:58,719 --> 00:03:55,759 we could see mirror from the long way 100 00:04:01,349 --> 00:03:58,729 out the initial burns were done up on 101 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:01,359 the Ford flight deck and then we moved 102 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:04,250 Ken moved back to the a flight deck so 103 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:06,290 we could continue with our operations 104 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:09,530 here you can see I'm working with the 105 00:04:14,020 --> 00:04:12,290 rendezvous computers Chris was taking 106 00:04:17,110 --> 00:04:14,030 shots out the overhead window with the 107 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:17,120 laser here he has taken the handheld 108 00:04:22,959 --> 00:04:19,130 laser marks we also had two laser 109 00:04:25,420 --> 00:04:22,969 systems in the payload Bay and it was 110 00:04:27,969 --> 00:04:25,430 great it was a beautiful sight as we got 111 00:04:30,730 --> 00:04:27,979 closer to mirror I think the activity on 112 00:04:32,890 --> 00:04:30,740 the flight deck increased Chris began to 113 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:32,900 really operate the cameras bill shifted 114 00:04:37,810 --> 00:04:34,849 over to lasers as the TCS dropped 115 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:37,820 offline jim was busy keeping track of 116 00:04:41,469 --> 00:04:39,770 the timing in a timeline and the orbiter 117 00:04:43,420 --> 00:04:41,479 and Jerry shot a lot of these pictures 118 00:04:45,490 --> 00:04:43,430 as well as operated the IMAX camera I 119 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:45,500 think this is where you see that all the 120 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:47,690 training and teamwork really come into 121 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:49,849 play because everybody was 122 00:04:53,559 --> 00:04:51,289 doing all the things we've been trained 123 00:04:54,879 --> 00:04:53,569 to do we're working very closely and we 124 00:04:57,969 --> 00:04:54,889 were able to bring these two pieces of 125 00:05:00,219 --> 00:04:57,979 Russian hardware together on orbit 215 126 00:05:02,499 --> 00:05:00,229 miles up exactly where the Russians 127 00:05:05,709 --> 00:05:02,509 wanted them and as you'll see from the 128 00:05:07,929 --> 00:05:05,719 outside view the whole operation 129 00:05:09,669 --> 00:05:07,939 proceeded very gradually there in the 130 00:05:11,499 --> 00:05:09,679 lower right you can see the view if you 131 00:05:13,899 --> 00:05:11,509 were sitting out on the left wing tip as 132 00:05:14,799 --> 00:05:13,909 these two parts come together you might 133 00:05:15,969 --> 00:05:14,809 have noticed that we had a little 134 00:05:19,419 --> 00:05:15,979 trouble with that target some of the 135 00:05:22,269 --> 00:05:19,429 paint had peeled back and that will be 136 00:05:24,159 --> 00:05:22,279 replaced in future here just about this 137 00:05:25,419 --> 00:05:24,169 point the orbiter jets fired and 138 00:05:28,149 --> 00:05:25,429 accelerated the two pieces of hardware 139 00:05:30,429 --> 00:05:28,159 together the latch is captured and we 140 00:05:32,109 --> 00:05:30,439 were docked a mirror at this point all 141 00:05:33,850 --> 00:05:32,119 the activity on the inside shifted to 142 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:33,860 operating the apts and drawing the two 143 00:05:37,629 --> 00:05:36,050 vehicles together well this is our first 144 00:05:39,969 --> 00:05:37,639 chance to relax just a little bit and 145 00:05:43,389 --> 00:05:39,979 give us a chance to really get a great 146 00:05:44,799 --> 00:05:43,399 view of the MIR Space Station as we were 147 00:05:46,449 --> 00:05:44,809 also going through a series of pressure 148 00:05:48,939 --> 00:05:46,459 checks at which would allow us to open 149 00:05:51,009 --> 00:05:48,949 up the hatches in between we also had a 150 00:05:52,659 --> 00:05:51,019 chance to capture on film the one of the 151 00:05:55,209 --> 00:05:52,669 solar rays right off the overhead window 152 00:05:57,819 --> 00:05:55,219 as it was rotating to track the Sun as 153 00:06:01,629 --> 00:05:57,829 we kept our Mary Gore go around around 154 00:06:03,489 --> 00:06:01,639 the world here's Ken topping up the 155 00:06:06,670 --> 00:06:03,499 hatch that goes from the docking module 156 00:06:08,739 --> 00:06:06,680 into the crystal module of mirror and as 157 00:06:10,420 --> 00:06:08,749 he opened up the hatch the mere crew is 158 00:06:11,949 --> 00:06:10,430 very excited to come in and see 159 00:06:13,329 --> 00:06:11,959 everybody they'd been on over for about 160 00:06:16,719 --> 00:06:13,339 two and a half months at this point this 161 00:06:22,269 --> 00:06:16,729 is the commander sergey a year sorry 162 00:06:27,609 --> 00:06:22,279 Yuri and here's Thomas the German ISA 163 00:06:29,469 --> 00:06:27,619 cosmonaut and Sergei FDA of the board 164 00:06:32,739 --> 00:06:29,479 engineer will be coming through in just 165 00:06:34,749 --> 00:06:32,749 a second here after this was completed 166 00:06:38,559 --> 00:06:34,759 we went back in the mirror and conducted 167 00:06:39,939 --> 00:06:38,569 a series of video cons down to the 168 00:06:42,549 --> 00:06:39,949 ground and then we went right back to 169 00:06:44,379 --> 00:06:42,559 work what we're going to show you here 170 00:06:46,149 --> 00:06:44,389 is a transfer of the protein crystal 171 00:06:48,759 --> 00:06:46,159 growth experiment from the shuttle over 172 00:06:51,459 --> 00:06:48,769 to the mirror of space station and then 173 00:06:54,399 --> 00:06:51,469 we returned a similar experiment that 174 00:06:57,249 --> 00:06:54,409 had been placed there by sts 71 and 175 00:06:58,389 --> 00:06:57,259 returned it back to the orbiter what 176 00:07:00,549 --> 00:06:58,399 we're trying to give you here is an 177 00:07:01,260 --> 00:07:00,559 impression as you saw in the slides for 178 00:07:07,380 --> 00:07:01,270 the 179 00:07:09,930 --> 00:07:07,390 clutter and stowage that has accumulated 180 00:07:12,260 --> 00:07:09,940 over the ten years of living in space 181 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:12,270 with various different mere crews as 182 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:15,610 Chris indicated earlier we did transfer 183 00:07:22,830 --> 00:07:18,250 over 2,000 pounds of hardware and 184 00:07:24,420 --> 00:07:22,840 supplies to the MIR station and in 185 00:07:26,450 --> 00:07:24,430 addition we return something in excess 186 00:07:29,310 --> 00:07:26,460 of 800 pounds of equipment and 187 00:07:31,820 --> 00:07:29,320 experimental results that scientists 188 00:07:33,900 --> 00:07:31,830 will be looking at for some time to come 189 00:07:36,330 --> 00:07:33,910 this is going right through the base 190 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:36,340 block of the mirror and into the cove on 191 00:07:43,590 --> 00:07:39,610 one module and you're seeing yuri and 192 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:43,600 sergey removed the old PCG experiment 193 00:07:47,550 --> 00:07:46,090 and i'm handing them a new one in 194 00:07:48,870 --> 00:07:47,560 addition to the science we head on board 195 00:07:50,730 --> 00:07:48,880 we also realize that we were these 196 00:07:53,070 --> 00:07:50,740 people's only visitors in a six-month 197 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:53,080 stay on orbit and we try to bring them 198 00:07:57,180 --> 00:07:54,610 things that would improve the quality of 199 00:08:00,750 --> 00:07:57,190 their life which here included ice cream 200 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:00,760 sandwiches and I have never seen three 201 00:08:06,090 --> 00:08:02,770 grown men eat ice cream as happily as 202 00:08:08,250 --> 00:08:06,100 those three guys didn't see eating up an 203 00:08:09,900 --> 00:08:08,260 ice cream sandwich and then Yuri floats 204 00:08:12,540 --> 00:08:09,910 the last of his little mini dove bar 205 00:08:14,490 --> 00:08:12,550 into his mouth there and they were very 206 00:08:20,490 --> 00:08:14,500 happy that we had thought of this and 207 00:08:22,140 --> 00:08:20,500 brought them those experiments though my 208 00:08:24,540 --> 00:08:22,150 lips were moving Fayette and brought 209 00:08:25,650 --> 00:08:24,550 them that but the gift that I think 210 00:08:28,590 --> 00:08:25,660 really meant the most was to bring 211 00:08:30,180 --> 00:08:28,600 Thomas this guitar they have this old 212 00:08:32,100 --> 00:08:30,190 guitar that actually went up in cell you 213 00:08:34,140 --> 00:08:32,110 at seven it's one of the oldest items in 214 00:08:35,580 --> 00:08:34,150 space it's been up there for 15 years we 215 00:08:37,140 --> 00:08:35,590 brought him a new classical practice 216 00:08:38,970 --> 00:08:37,150 guitar and had this opportunity to play 217 00:08:41,630 --> 00:08:38,980 together and sing in the mir core which 218 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:41,640 was just very memorable for both of us 219 00:08:45,690 --> 00:08:44,170 well we did I actually do quite a bit of 220 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:45,700 work while we were up there you could 221 00:08:50,850 --> 00:08:48,130 see the arm in position to gather data 222 00:08:53,940 --> 00:08:50,860 from mere jet firings part of a series 223 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:53,950 of experiments in which we were trying 224 00:08:57,990 --> 00:08:56,290 to get data that will help us understand 225 00:09:00,030 --> 00:08:58,000 how the shuttle will interact with the 226 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:00,040 International Space Station it was 227 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:01,810 really quite a thrill to be maneuvering 228 00:09:06,210 --> 00:09:03,970 the arm or in proximity to the solar 229 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:06,220 arrays and as it turned out it was quite 230 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:08,610 a thrill for Yuri to see that as well 231 00:09:13,140 --> 00:09:11,410 here you can see things are starting to 232 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:13,150 get ready to take a little bit sadder 233 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:15,250 note these are folks that we became 234 00:09:19,470 --> 00:09:17,290 close friends with on orbit correction 235 00:09:21,930 --> 00:09:19,480 on the ground and became just lifelong 236 00:09:23,970 --> 00:09:21,940 friends with on orbit and unfortunately 237 00:09:27,900 --> 00:09:23,980 at some point it was time to say goodbye 238 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:27,910 and here as it was quite appropriate Ken 239 00:09:33,750 --> 00:09:30,610 as the last one from the Atlantis crew 240 00:09:36,690 --> 00:09:33,760 to leave to leave mere and we close the 241 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:36,700 hatch and then the next day it was time 242 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:40,690 to actually undock do our fly round and 243 00:09:45,060 --> 00:09:43,330 then get ready to come home actually 244 00:09:46,530 --> 00:09:45,070 before we uh thought we did have one 245 00:09:48,090 --> 00:09:46,540 last opportunity to wave goodbye from 246 00:09:50,010 --> 00:09:48,100 our overhead windows we could see the 247 00:09:51,930 --> 00:09:50,020 one or several of the windows of mirror 248 00:09:54,450 --> 00:09:51,940 here we are waiving the a final goodbye 249 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:54,460 to our drug compatriots up there and 250 00:09:58,470 --> 00:09:56,770 then the it was time to actually do the 251 00:09:59,910 --> 00:09:58,480 undocking with Canada controls we 252 00:10:02,730 --> 00:09:59,920 released the hooks that were holding us 253 00:10:04,260 --> 00:10:02,740 in place and springs pushed us away can 254 00:10:07,050 --> 00:10:04,270 fire the jets right about here to get 255 00:10:08,750 --> 00:10:07,060 about a point to foot per second opening 256 00:10:12,470 --> 00:10:08,760 rate then from their orbital mechanics 257 00:10:15,900 --> 00:10:12,480 accelerator Dyer are our rate of 258 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:15,910 separation from near there is a good 259 00:10:19,110 --> 00:10:17,410 picture of the thing that we got some 260 00:10:21,180 --> 00:10:19,120 privilege to add to mirror the docking 261 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:21,190 module we had these pictures taken by 262 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:23,530 the mere crew as we continue to move 263 00:10:30,060 --> 00:10:25,510 away we moved out to a range of about 264 00:10:32,370 --> 00:10:30,070 500 525 feet from mere as we move to 265 00:10:34,530 --> 00:10:32,380 that distance mere rotated back to its 266 00:10:36,510 --> 00:10:34,540 solar inertial attitude that would put 267 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:36,520 its or solar panels in the most 268 00:10:41,070 --> 00:10:39,490 advantageous orientation to the Sun Kim 269 00:10:42,930 --> 00:10:41,080 was generous enough to relinquish the 270 00:10:44,850 --> 00:10:42,940 controls for a period of time during the 271 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:44,860 fly around let me get the opportunity to 272 00:10:48,510 --> 00:10:47,050 experience for the first time what it's 273 00:10:50,460 --> 00:10:48,520 like to fly the shuttle in space and I 274 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:50,470 really appreciated that we flew two 275 00:10:54,660 --> 00:10:52,810 loops around mirror to complete loops 276 00:10:57,210 --> 00:10:54,670 around near and then Ken from the 277 00:11:00,390 --> 00:10:57,220 forward compartment actually I did the 278 00:11:02,850 --> 00:11:00,400 separation burn that finally separated 279 00:11:04,620 --> 00:11:02,860 us away from here well the commander 280 00:11:07,110 --> 00:11:04,630 never let us forget that he was in fact 281 00:11:08,700 --> 00:11:07,120 a marine colonel and he was always up at 282 00:11:10,560 --> 00:11:08,710 the crack of dawn in fact before many 283 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:10,570 times and here he is shaving and he's 284 00:11:14,130 --> 00:11:12,730 already racked the rest of the crew out 285 00:11:16,290 --> 00:11:14,140 of their bunks and getting us ready to 286 00:11:20,450 --> 00:11:16,300 start on another busy day of activities 287 00:11:26,450 --> 00:11:24,950 you can see Chris and Jim shaving and 288 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:26,460 Jim was one of these guys did a lot of 289 00:11:32,750 --> 00:11:27,930 parallel ops he's also brushing the 290 00:11:35,510 --> 00:11:32,760 teeth at the same time Jim still 291 00:11:37,250 --> 00:11:35,520 brushing his teeth and now and now bill 292 00:11:38,420 --> 00:11:37,260 got into the act and you see Chris in 293 00:11:45,860 --> 00:11:38,430 the background there he's reading his 294 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:45,870 electronic mail well Ken as I said was a 295 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:48,090 always anxious to make sure that his 296 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:50,970 troop stayed in good shape kind of like 297 00:11:55,730 --> 00:11:52,410 a marine drill sergeant and here's Chris 298 00:11:58,250 --> 00:11:55,740 getting in some morning exercise and I 299 00:11:59,840 --> 00:11:58,260 was more into doing laps so here I am 300 00:12:05,950 --> 00:11:59,850 getting some laps in on the mid deck 301 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:11,570 and you think that's easy to do well we 302 00:12:14,660 --> 00:12:12,930 demonstrate a little bit of physics here 303 00:12:17,090 --> 00:12:14,670 the conservation of angular momentum as 304 00:12:19,370 --> 00:12:17,100 we spend christened the mid-deck it's 305 00:12:20,810 --> 00:12:19,380 rather tight but as he expands his legs 306 00:12:22,250 --> 00:12:20,820 and arms you can see that rotational 307 00:12:28,420 --> 00:12:22,260 rate slows down and then when he brings 308 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:30,530 Chris had told you during the slides 309 00:12:35,750 --> 00:12:32,970 that seeing sunrises and sunsets is one 310 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:35,760 of our favorite things on orbit and this 311 00:12:39,560 --> 00:12:37,290 video gives you a good feeling for how 312 00:12:42,530 --> 00:12:39,570 rapidly a Sun sets in this case occurs 313 00:12:44,090 --> 00:12:42,540 and will cut away to a neck which is a 314 00:12:46,340 --> 00:12:44,100 very nice sequence here of you seeing 315 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:46,350 from the elbow camera the sunset is 316 00:12:50,540 --> 00:12:49,170 occurs on the orbiter and you see that 317 00:12:51,890 --> 00:12:50,550 we have the lights on in the orbiter and 318 00:12:58,760 --> 00:12:51,900 continue to work through the dark 319 00:13:00,320 --> 00:12:58,770 periods of the orbit we still had some 320 00:13:02,270 --> 00:13:00,330 secondary payloads and science to 321 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:02,280 conduct prior to coming home you can see 322 00:13:05,570 --> 00:13:03,810 we have a yaw rate this is looking out 323 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:05,580 the F windows at a nighttime view of the 324 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:07,050 horizon you're going to see the Rockets 325 00:13:12,620 --> 00:13:10,890 the primary RCS Jets fire is Kim 326 00:13:15,860 --> 00:13:12,630 commands the orbiter Scott that y'all 327 00:13:18,170 --> 00:13:15,870 rate and the as impressive as it is here 328 00:13:19,820 --> 00:13:18,180 the oohs and ahhs coming from the MS is 329 00:13:21,770 --> 00:13:19,830 at the flight deck looking out the 330 00:13:24,530 --> 00:13:21,780 window at this they were impressive 331 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:24,540 impressed also shortly thereafter it's 332 00:13:27,860 --> 00:13:25,890 time to do the flight control system 333 00:13:30,950 --> 00:13:27,870 check in order to get ready to come home 334 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:30,960 here you see Ken and myself and Jerry 335 00:13:34,310 --> 00:13:33,330 also going through that fairly long 336 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:34,320 procedure to make sure 337 00:13:37,460 --> 00:13:35,970 all the AP use the flight control 338 00:13:39,260 --> 00:13:37,470 systems and the computers are ready to 339 00:13:41,420 --> 00:13:39,270 support entry here you'll see the 340 00:13:45,460 --> 00:13:41,430 hydraulically powered elephant's going 341 00:13:48,410 --> 00:13:45,470 through one of their test sequences and 342 00:13:50,510 --> 00:13:48,420 shortly thereafter actually the next day 343 00:13:51,890 --> 00:13:50,520 it was time to come home as the orbiter 344 00:13:53,330 --> 00:13:51,900 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere we 345 00:13:55,430 --> 00:13:53,340 experience temperatures on the outside 346 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:55,440 of up to about 2800 degrees and that 347 00:13:58,940 --> 00:13:57,090 ionizes the atmosphere and leaves a 348 00:14:00,800 --> 00:13:58,950 contrail behind us that any jet would be 349 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:00,810 proud to lay down there's a picture of 350 00:14:04,460 --> 00:14:02,970 that contrail going back behind us and 351 00:14:05,990 --> 00:14:04,470 if you I think you could really see it 352 00:14:08,090 --> 00:14:06,000 for about a thousand miles behind us you 353 00:14:09,530 --> 00:14:08,100 can see the globe behind can and here's 354 00:14:10,610 --> 00:14:09,540 Jerry demonstrating it yes we are 355 00:14:15,350 --> 00:14:10,620 starting to reenter the Earth's 356 00:14:17,180 --> 00:14:15,360 gravitational field out my window was 357 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:17,190 the most spectacular view we had to pull 358 00:14:20,510 --> 00:14:19,170 our flight track about 600 miles south 359 00:14:22,970 --> 00:14:20,520 so we were banked to the right and that 360 00:14:26,630 --> 00:14:22,980 gave me the prime window real estate and 361 00:14:28,700 --> 00:14:26,640 this is from about 235,000 feet about 50 362 00:14:30,620 --> 00:14:28,710 miles in altitude going over the 363 00:14:32,030 --> 00:14:30,630 Canadian Cascades and Rockies and that 364 00:14:34,100 --> 00:14:32,040 gives you a real feel for just the 365 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:34,110 sensation of speed that you get at this 366 00:14:37,580 --> 00:14:36,210 point in the entry well jim was doing a 367 00:14:39,590 --> 00:14:37,590 lot more than giving us a travel log 368 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:39,600 across that high-altitude scorching path 369 00:14:43,820 --> 00:14:41,730 down across the northern United States 370 00:14:45,290 --> 00:14:43,830 but here the whole crew on the flight 371 00:14:46,790 --> 00:14:45,300 deck and I know the training team often 372 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:46,800 wondered what we were doing up there in 373 00:14:51,670 --> 00:14:48,930 the motion base and this is how it 374 00:14:54,290 --> 00:14:51,680 looked we were busy monitor in the 375 00:14:56,450 --> 00:14:54,300 displays watching the orbiter keeping 376 00:14:59,540 --> 00:14:56,460 track of all the systems as we headed 377 00:15:01,550 --> 00:14:59,550 down getting set up for the intercept of 378 00:15:03,650 --> 00:15:01,560 the hack here up the right-hand window 379 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:03,660 you can see some familiar territory the 380 00:15:09,350 --> 00:15:06,090 vehicle assembly building as we lined up 381 00:15:11,540 --> 00:15:09,360 for the final approach on to runway 33 382 00:15:13,490 --> 00:15:11,550 it was cloudy that day in fact we logged 383 00:15:16,490 --> 00:15:13,500 an instrument approach on this one we 384 00:15:19,010 --> 00:15:16,500 penetrated an overcast and here as we 385 00:15:21,050 --> 00:15:19,020 come down about 2,000 feet the pre flare 386 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:21,060 was initiated and here the landing gear 387 00:15:27,350 --> 00:15:24,810 Jim Lord at 300 feet as we lined up on 388 00:15:28,700 --> 00:15:27,360 33 it was a good day for flying and 389 00:15:30,470 --> 00:15:28,710 soaring as you could see from that 390 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:30,480 little clip of the Eagle slight 391 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:32,850 crosswind but we had overall good 392 00:15:37,430 --> 00:15:34,770 conditions the lighting was just about 393 00:15:40,450 --> 00:15:37,440 perfect we touched down and then rolled 394 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:40,460 out on 33 here we're using the 395 00:15:44,390 --> 00:15:43,170 aerodynamic braking and then the drag 396 00:15:45,369 --> 00:15:44,400 chute which has been a recent addition 397 00:15:48,129 --> 00:15:45,379 but a real 398 00:15:50,909 --> 00:15:48,139 breaks a ver as we used very little 399 00:15:53,219 --> 00:15:50,919 breaking coming down the runway and 400 00:15:56,019 --> 00:15:53,229 decelerating on centerline this 401 00:15:57,819 --> 00:15:56,029 particular view on the next shot gives 402 00:16:00,519 --> 00:15:57,829 you a little bit of an idea how nice it 403 00:16:02,469 --> 00:16:00,529 was to bring Atlantis back home you can 404 00:16:04,359 --> 00:16:02,479 see as we rolled out bringing it to a 405 00:16:06,939 --> 00:16:04,369 stop towards the end of the runway that 406 00:16:08,710 --> 00:16:06,949 the launch pad behind us was sort of 407 00:16:12,069 --> 00:16:08,720 indicative of all of the phases of 408 00:16:14,559 --> 00:16:12,079 shuttle operations as we launch from the 409 00:16:17,169 --> 00:16:14,569 background on a morning about a week ago 410 00:16:18,999 --> 00:16:17,179 and bring the vehicle back ready to be 411 00:16:21,759 --> 00:16:19,009 towed off and processed for another one 412 00:16:23,679 --> 00:16:21,769 I think very close to Dan there you can 413 00:16:26,019 --> 00:16:23,689 see what I have to admit was a sigh of 414 00:16:28,210 --> 00:16:26,029 relief as the wheels were stopped and 415 00:16:30,749 --> 00:16:28,220 then a chance to thank and congratulate 416 00:16:33,879 --> 00:16:30,759 all the crew there on the flight deck 417 00:16:37,239 --> 00:16:33,889 here we are at the start of the mission 418 00:16:47,739 --> 00:16:37,249 and no special thanks for the last 419 00:16:49,449 --> 00:16:47,749 minute fix to the to the UHF 420 00:16:50,859 --> 00:16:49,459 communication system that did manage to 421 00:16:53,499 --> 00:16:50,869 get us off the ground and this 422 00:16:56,529 --> 00:16:53,509 particular slot slide shows that hole in 423 00:16:58,719 --> 00:16:56,539 the clouds that the weather coordinators 424 00:17:00,269 --> 00:16:58,729 were able to find and as things cleared 425 00:17:02,379 --> 00:17:00,279 on that morning we were able to finally 426 00:17:05,379 --> 00:17:02,389 start on our way to the space station 427 00:17:06,519 --> 00:17:05,389 Mir one of the aspects of the mission I 428 00:17:09,069 --> 00:17:06,529 wanted to include in a slide 429 00:17:11,499 --> 00:17:09,079 presentation was a little vignette of 430 00:17:12,970 --> 00:17:11,509 life on board mere and this is in the 431 00:17:16,449 --> 00:17:12,980 core module of the Russian space station 432 00:17:19,449 --> 00:17:16,459 and Chris and Bill who proved to be very 433 00:17:21,610 --> 00:17:19,459 enthusiastic with all aspects of the 434 00:17:23,889 --> 00:17:21,620 mission particularly enjoyed the amateur 435 00:17:26,409 --> 00:17:23,899 radio payload as we all did and here 436 00:17:28,810 --> 00:17:26,419 they took a few moments to try out the 437 00:17:30,340 --> 00:17:28,820 Russians radio and I think that part of 438 00:17:33,789 --> 00:17:30,350 the international aspect of the mission 439 00:17:36,519 --> 00:17:33,799 was highlighted when the mirror atlantis 440 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:36,529 complex was flying over canada and a 441 00:17:42,279 --> 00:17:38,570 canadian was on a russian radio talking 442 00:17:44,139 --> 00:17:42,289 to folks at home and a bill and chris 443 00:17:45,369 --> 00:17:44,149 took turns on that radio i think it was 444 00:17:47,499 --> 00:17:45,379 a little difficult to decide who is 445 00:17:49,539 --> 00:17:47,509 going to get to talk next but we all 446 00:17:51,610 --> 00:17:49,549 were very enthusiastic during that all 447 00:17:52,790 --> 00:17:51,620 whole period but this I thought showed a 448 00:17:56,870 --> 00:17:52,800 lot of what was 449 00:17:59,120 --> 00:17:56,880 this joint venture was all about one 450 00:18:01,490 --> 00:17:59,130 other aspect of the mission that is 451 00:18:03,650 --> 00:18:01,500 worth mentioning is also characterized 452 00:18:05,150 --> 00:18:03,660 by this particular photo we had another 453 00:18:06,980 --> 00:18:05,160 one that was difficult to get all of us 454 00:18:09,380 --> 00:18:06,990 in the photo since the photography was 455 00:18:12,740 --> 00:18:09,390 difficult but what you see here are 456 00:18:15,770 --> 00:18:12,750 representatives of Russia Germany or the 457 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:15,780 European Space Agency the NASA and the 458 00:18:21,530 --> 00:18:18,210 Canadian Space Agency all participants 459 00:18:24,260 --> 00:18:21,540 in a combined spaceflight behind us is 460 00:18:27,050 --> 00:18:24,270 the united nations flag with it is the 461 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:27,060 us-russian ISA and Canadian flag 462 00:18:33,470 --> 00:18:29,810 somewhat obscured and we're holding the 463 00:18:35,630 --> 00:18:33,480 copies of the United Nations Space 464 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:35,640 Treaty and also of great interest 465 00:18:42,110 --> 00:18:38,970 astronauts and cosmonauts is the part of 466 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:42,120 that treaty that deals with the aid and 467 00:18:49,190 --> 00:18:46,050 help to space travelers in the event of 468 00:18:53,540 --> 00:18:49,200 any landings unforeseen locations so we 469 00:18:55,190 --> 00:18:53,550 flew the UN flag and those Scrolls to 470 00:18:57,410 --> 00:18:55,200 commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 471 00:19:00,230 --> 00:18:57,420 United Nations the secretary-general of 472 00:19:03,230 --> 00:19:00,240 the UN mr. boutros boutros-ghali called 473 00:19:05,900 --> 00:19:03,240 at that time and spoke to us in fact the 474 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:05,910 flag was launched aboard soyuz was flown 475 00:19:10,850 --> 00:19:08,610 aboard mir atlantis complex and returned 476 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:10,860 earth on Atlantis and we're all looking 477 00:19:15,980 --> 00:19:13,170 forward to seeing our mirror crewmates 478 00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:15,990 again in April when we return to the 479 00:19:20,210 --> 00:19:18,300 United United Nations headquarters to 480 00:19:29,380 --> 00:19:20,220 return these articles to their rightful 481 00:19:33,530 --> 00:19:29,390 home the picture here is a crew photo 482 00:19:37,300 --> 00:19:33,540 and it's a rather unique one I think in 483 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:37,310 that it was taken with the help of our 484 00:19:44,270 --> 00:19:40,290 mere crewmates and in the overhead 485 00:19:47,150 --> 00:19:44,280 windows there you can see five smiling 486 00:19:48,980 --> 00:19:47,160 faces and that was all of us taking a 487 00:19:51,590 --> 00:19:48,990 look at our home and take with the 488 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:51,600 snapshot from the Russian space station 489 00:19:58,820 --> 00:19:55,970 and this was the kind of spirit that was 490 00:20:00,320 --> 00:19:58,830 present all the time in Atlantis we were 491 00:20:02,060 --> 00:20:00,330 all during the rendezvous during the 492 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:02,070 undocking everybody wanted to be up in 493 00:20:08,340 --> 00:20:06,610 those windows but we were all 494 00:20:10,590 --> 00:20:08,350 very excited to be there and I think 495 00:20:12,690 --> 00:20:10,600 awed by the size of the MIR space 496 00:20:20,130 --> 00:20:12,700 station and all of this mission 497 00:20:24,180 --> 00:20:20,140 represented it's difficult to see from 498 00:20:26,460 --> 00:20:24,190 the side of the slides in focus okay 499 00:20:30,450 --> 00:20:26,470 thank you while docked with me r we had 500 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:30,460 a pretty full plate of tasks to do a lot 501 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:32,170 of transfer we transferred about a ton 502 00:20:35,130 --> 00:20:33,850 of gear across two thousand pounds 503 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:35,140 including the water and all of the items 504 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:38,530 and one of the items that we are to the 505 00:20:43,350 --> 00:20:40,570 items way to transfer with these large 506 00:20:45,870 --> 00:20:43,360 blue boxes teff which thermoelectric 507 00:20:47,909 --> 00:20:45,880 freezers and that's Thomas right or the 508 00:20:50,430 --> 00:20:47,919 German cosmonaut holding them and he's 509 00:20:51,900 --> 00:20:50,440 inside Spectre which was launched 510 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:51,910 earlier this year so that's how it looks 511 00:20:56,669 --> 00:20:54,970 now up in orbit and not only a Spectre 512 00:20:58,650 --> 00:20:56,679 the laboratory that Thomas does most of 513 00:21:00,539 --> 00:20:58,660 his work in but it's also where he 514 00:21:02,820 --> 00:21:00,549 sleeps and lives he's got his a bedroll 515 00:21:04,500 --> 00:21:02,830 laid out on the floor of Spectre and he 516 00:21:06,210 --> 00:21:04,510 was pretty happy to see the docking 517 00:21:09,810 --> 00:21:06,220 module doc I think he was I on that is 518 00:21:11,909 --> 00:21:09,820 his potential birth from now on we 519 00:21:14,250 --> 00:21:11,919 brought these two flags up as a new 520 00:21:15,900 --> 00:21:14,260 design so a Jerry went through and 521 00:21:19,650 --> 00:21:15,910 change those out with Thomas's help on 522 00:21:21,299 --> 00:21:19,660 board all in all we were planning to 523 00:21:24,330 --> 00:21:21,309 transfer about a thousand pounds of 524 00:21:26,010 --> 00:21:24,340 water and there's a bit of an 525 00:21:27,900 --> 00:21:26,020 incompatibility between the two space 526 00:21:30,120 --> 00:21:27,910 vehicles on the shuttle of course we 527 00:21:33,180 --> 00:21:30,130 purify or keep our water clean with an 528 00:21:35,130 --> 00:21:33,190 iodine content and on mere they use 529 00:21:37,980 --> 00:21:35,140 silver by aside and the silver and the 530 00:21:40,049 --> 00:21:37,990 iodine aren't compatible so we needed to 531 00:21:42,150 --> 00:21:40,059 remove the iodine from our water and 532 00:21:43,380 --> 00:21:42,160 then inject silver biocyte into it so 533 00:21:46,470 --> 00:21:43,390 that they could store it and use it on 534 00:21:49,590 --> 00:21:46,480 board mirror I'm here in the mid deck 535 00:21:51,180 --> 00:21:49,600 and I was I did eight out of the ten 536 00:21:52,919 --> 00:21:51,190 bags that we did so I was largely the 537 00:21:55,500 --> 00:21:52,929 main Gunga Din on board creating and 538 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:55,510 transport in the water you can see in my 539 00:21:58,830 --> 00:21:57,010 left hand is the hose that comes from 540 00:22:00,240 --> 00:21:58,840 the galley that's pumping are I had 541 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:00,250 donated water then it goes through that 542 00:22:05,549 --> 00:22:03,730 long silver di di emanating filter and 543 00:22:07,220 --> 00:22:05,559 then if you look carefully right in the 544 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:07,230 middle of the bag there's actually a 545 00:22:13,380 --> 00:22:09,490 syringe where I could inject the silver 546 00:22:15,510 --> 00:22:13,390 biocide but apart from all the transfer 547 00:22:16,919 --> 00:22:15,520 this was a real opportunity for the mere 548 00:22:18,990 --> 00:22:16,929 crew who had been there since early 549 00:22:20,010 --> 00:22:19,000 September about two and a half months to 550 00:22:21,990 --> 00:22:20,020 come over to a new 551 00:22:23,820 --> 00:22:22,000 place they've been inside the same walls 552 00:22:25,170 --> 00:22:23,830 for two and a half months and they got 553 00:22:27,360 --> 00:22:25,180 took every opportunity they could to 554 00:22:29,970 --> 00:22:27,370 come over into the shuttle not only to 555 00:22:31,500 --> 00:22:29,980 see another spaceship or to see Earth 556 00:22:32,850 --> 00:22:31,510 from a new vantage point but they could 557 00:22:34,950 --> 00:22:32,860 look out the windows and see their own 558 00:22:36,660 --> 00:22:34,960 home in a really unique point of view 559 00:22:38,790 --> 00:22:36,670 and they spent a lot of time here on the 560 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:38,800 a flight deck of the shuttle looking out 561 00:22:44,460 --> 00:22:40,570 at the new docking module and looking up 562 00:22:46,050 --> 00:22:44,470 at their home in space this next slide 563 00:22:47,370 --> 00:22:46,060 has no people in there that's because 564 00:22:51,120 --> 00:22:47,380 we'd like to talk a couple of minutes 565 00:22:52,980 --> 00:22:51,130 about about mirror itself this is a 566 00:22:55,140 --> 00:22:52,990 representative sample of one of the 567 00:22:56,580 --> 00:22:55,150 modules you can see that the in any 568 00:22:58,260 --> 00:22:56,590 given point the walls are kind of close 569 00:23:00,630 --> 00:22:58,270 to you but the length and the total 570 00:23:02,370 --> 00:23:00,640 volume Amir is quite impressive when we 571 00:23:04,410 --> 00:23:02,380 first got on board mere we found that 572 00:23:06,210 --> 00:23:04,420 there were no orders to speak of this 573 00:23:07,890 --> 00:23:06,220 air smell fine telling us that their air 574 00:23:10,020 --> 00:23:07,900 revitalization system was working just 575 00:23:11,850 --> 00:23:10,030 great you'll notice that there's no 576 00:23:13,740 --> 00:23:11,860 particular matter floating around that 577 00:23:16,260 --> 00:23:13,750 means air filter system is working just 578 00:23:18,300 --> 00:23:16,270 fine the temperatures we found 579 00:23:19,890 --> 00:23:18,310 comfortable and the noise level we'd 580 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:19,900 christen a lot of tests of the noise 581 00:23:23,970 --> 00:23:21,970 level on board mirror and found that 582 00:23:25,980 --> 00:23:23,980 their noise level was roughly compatible 583 00:23:28,170 --> 00:23:25,990 with what we had to to deal with on the 584 00:23:30,030 --> 00:23:28,180 shuttle the one thing that all of us 585 00:23:31,590 --> 00:23:30,040 recognize right away and especially the 586 00:23:33,780 --> 00:23:31,600 people here from crew equipment and 587 00:23:35,190 --> 00:23:33,790 stowage is to all of us it looks like 588 00:23:37,890 --> 00:23:35,200 somebody just threw a hand grenade in 589 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:37,900 here but that represents the the 590 00:23:41,370 --> 00:23:39,730 different philosophies that the Russians 591 00:23:43,140 --> 00:23:41,380 use as opposed to the Americans and has 592 00:23:44,670 --> 00:23:43,150 to do with our short duration missions 593 00:23:46,830 --> 00:23:44,680 versus they're very long duration 594 00:23:48,570 --> 00:23:46,840 missions their storage plan consists of 595 00:23:50,730 --> 00:23:48,580 their people being up there for months 596 00:23:52,530 --> 00:23:50,740 at a time and they know exactly where 597 00:23:54,540 --> 00:23:52,540 everything is if you look closely at 598 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:54,550 this picture despite the apparent 599 00:23:58,080 --> 00:23:56,290 disarray you'll notice that nothing is 600 00:24:00,000 --> 00:23:58,090 floating around everything is either tie 601 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:00,010 it off or tethered off or bungee it off 602 00:24:06,630 --> 00:24:03,010 and at no time during the flight where 603 00:24:08,130 --> 00:24:06,640 we're Thomas or Sergey or Yuri unable to 604 00:24:10,050 --> 00:24:08,140 find something when we ask for it they 605 00:24:11,550 --> 00:24:10,060 knew exactly where everything was so 606 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:11,560 there really is a plan and a rhyme and 607 00:24:16,620 --> 00:24:13,930 reason here even though it's going to be 608 00:24:18,360 --> 00:24:16,630 a difficult challenge for us to merge 609 00:24:24,060 --> 00:24:18,370 our two different philosophies and this 610 00:24:29,070 --> 00:24:27,480 this is a very special picture for all 611 00:24:31,620 --> 00:24:29,080 of us we wanted to end the onboard 612 00:24:34,500 --> 00:24:31,630 section of our slides on Mir with this 613 00:24:36,210 --> 00:24:34,510 slide this is a picture of Sergei just a 614 00:24:37,710 --> 00:24:36,220 couple of hours prior to the final hatch 615 00:24:39,390 --> 00:24:37,720 closing when we would have to go to our 616 00:24:41,820 --> 00:24:39,400 vehicle and close the hatch and we would 617 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:41,830 undock the very next morning he's 618 00:24:45,360 --> 00:24:43,810 writing a letter to his wife and he's 619 00:24:47,460 --> 00:24:45,370 doing it in his little his little 620 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:47,470 enclave this is an area that he claimed 621 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:48,730 as his own and the other mayor of 622 00:24:53,220 --> 00:24:51,490 cosmonauts respected that claim he's got 623 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:53,230 some pictures of his family and some 624 00:24:56,970 --> 00:24:54,730 religious icons that were important to 625 00:24:58,320 --> 00:24:56,980 him on the walls there he's got his 626 00:25:01,620 --> 00:24:58,330 window and he sleeps in this particular 627 00:25:03,930 --> 00:25:01,630 area also in the evening he stole away 628 00:25:05,490 --> 00:25:03,940 for about an hour to write a letter to 629 00:25:07,410 --> 00:25:05,500 his wife and then just shortly after 630 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:07,420 this picture was taken he folded the 631 00:25:10,230 --> 00:25:08,890 letter up and stuck it in a packet of 632 00:25:12,150 --> 00:25:10,240 material that we were honored to bring 633 00:25:14,070 --> 00:25:12,160 down and I'm sure I speak for all the 634 00:25:15,870 --> 00:25:14,080 crew and probably offer of you and I say 635 00:25:18,060 --> 00:25:15,880 that has probably never been any more 636 00:25:19,830 --> 00:25:18,070 important airmail ever delivered by an 637 00:25:21,690 --> 00:25:19,840 aerospace vehicle than the letter that 638 00:25:22,890 --> 00:25:21,700 you see him writing here it's important 639 00:25:24,330 --> 00:25:22,900 for us to keep in mind that he and the 640 00:25:25,530 --> 00:25:24,340 rest of his crewmates are still up there 641 00:25:26,910 --> 00:25:25,540 and there will be for another three 642 00:25:29,130 --> 00:25:26,920 months and they're doing important and 643 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:29,140 sometimes difficult work and whatever 644 00:25:32,250 --> 00:25:30,610 degree we can help them out on that 645 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:32,260 that's what the joint program is all 646 00:25:37,530 --> 00:25:35,170 about we'd like to shift gears now and 647 00:25:39,090 --> 00:25:37,540 go to what we were able to see from 648 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:39,100 space some of the other our earth 649 00:25:43,260 --> 00:25:41,530 observation photos I'm sure many of you 650 00:25:44,820 --> 00:25:43,270 will recognize this photo right away as 651 00:25:49,020 --> 00:25:44,830 New Orleans it's a place that many of 652 00:25:50,670 --> 00:25:49,030 you have had a weekend trip to this is a 653 00:25:52,770 --> 00:25:50,680 picture of Atlanta another southern town 654 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:52,780 and what's most apparent in this picture 655 00:25:57,900 --> 00:25:54,930 is the Hartsfield Airport right here and 656 00:26:02,690 --> 00:25:57,910 you can see the downtown area of atlanta 657 00:26:04,860 --> 00:26:02,700 right here in this region I 20 the same 658 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:04,870 highway that goes across much of the 659 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:06,970 South you can say see goes right through 660 00:26:09,450 --> 00:26:08,170 the center of town it takes a little 661 00:26:13,740 --> 00:26:09,460 here and then continues on 662 00:26:16,020 --> 00:26:13,750 eastbound if you hadn't realized by now 663 00:26:19,170 --> 00:26:16,030 there was significant Canadian 664 00:26:20,700 --> 00:26:19,180 involvement in this mission and it was 665 00:26:25,350 --> 00:26:20,710 particularly nice was with our 666 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:25,360 inclination at 51.7 degrees we actually 667 00:26:30,120 --> 00:26:27,010 got to see a good bit of at least a 668 00:26:32,490 --> 00:26:30,130 southern part of Canada and needless to 669 00:26:34,890 --> 00:26:32,500 say most of Canada look like this it is 670 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:34,900 indeed winter up there and it's tad 671 00:26:39,990 --> 00:26:37,570 different than our winters this is a 672 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:40,000 this is james bay it's a southern end of 673 00:26:46,350 --> 00:26:43,570 the Hudson Bay here you have the Moose 674 00:26:48,660 --> 00:26:46,360 River kind of going into James Bay 675 00:26:50,310 --> 00:26:48,670 there's some interesting linear features 676 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:50,320 you'll notice that tend to sort of 677 00:26:57,330 --> 00:26:55,330 parallel the the coastline here as we're 678 00:27:00,600 --> 00:26:57,340 all aware this was a area that 679 00:27:05,250 --> 00:27:00,610 experience significant glaciation in the 680 00:27:07,470 --> 00:27:05,260 in the world's geological history and as 681 00:27:09,810 --> 00:27:07,480 the glaciers receded and the land 682 00:27:13,110 --> 00:27:09,820 essentially became lighter there was a 683 00:27:16,650 --> 00:27:13,120 lot of uplifting of the land and so in 684 00:27:19,620 --> 00:27:16,660 fact the shores of James Bay have 685 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:19,630 receded over the years or more 686 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:21,610 accurately we can say the old shores 687 00:27:26,940 --> 00:27:25,090 have risen resulting in you shores it's 688 00:27:30,300 --> 00:27:26,950 a little town here called Moose Factory 689 00:27:33,510 --> 00:27:30,310 and that was the one of the original 690 00:27:36,690 --> 00:27:33,520 sites of the Hudson Bay trading post in 691 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:36,700 the 18th century once again an 692 00:27:40,620 --> 00:27:38,650 organization that figures prominently in 693 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:40,630 the history of North America and the 694 00:27:45,510 --> 00:27:42,970 settlement of this continent and then 695 00:27:48,540 --> 00:27:45,520 just a little bit actually just across 696 00:27:51,060 --> 00:27:48,550 the river is moosonee and then we have 697 00:27:53,460 --> 00:27:51,070 Hannah Bay down here and Rupert bay 698 00:27:57,360 --> 00:27:53,470 here's Charleston island once again the 699 00:27:58,650 --> 00:27:57,370 our meteorologists are real interested 700 00:28:01,170 --> 00:27:58,660 in this because we see a lot of 701 00:28:03,750 --> 00:28:01,180 processes occurring around Charleston 702 00:28:06,510 --> 00:28:03,760 island ice forming out here then you can 703 00:28:08,250 --> 00:28:06,520 also see evidence of this dry southerly 704 00:28:09,780 --> 00:28:08,260 wind coming up over the water and 705 00:28:15,510 --> 00:28:09,790 starting to pick up moisture as 706 00:28:17,490 --> 00:28:15,520 evidenced by these clouds now I always 707 00:28:19,590 --> 00:28:17,500 like to ask kindergarteners is this 708 00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:19,600 picture upside down or right side up and 709 00:28:24,150 --> 00:28:21,910 of course it depends on your point of 710 00:28:26,580 --> 00:28:24,160 view and in space there is no right side 711 00:28:28,830 --> 00:28:26,590 up or upside down but here's a very 712 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:28,840 distinctive feature that I know ken is 713 00:28:35,190 --> 00:28:32,770 particularly fond of and so right here 714 00:28:38,820 --> 00:28:35,200 if we go if we go right off we can see 715 00:28:41,910 --> 00:28:38,830 we can see Boston and as we go back pass 716 00:28:45,990 --> 00:28:41,920 Cape Cod see Long Island down here New 717 00:28:48,420 --> 00:28:46,000 York City my apologies to mr. abbey West 718 00:28:49,350 --> 00:28:48,430 Point is located right behind the module 719 00:28:51,810 --> 00:28:49,360 here and 720 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:51,820 we sure enjoyed the game this weekend 721 00:28:58,140 --> 00:28:55,330 and as he mentioned up on the stage wait 722 00:29:00,900 --> 00:28:58,150 till next year and and I'm sure his alma 723 00:29:04,740 --> 00:29:00,910 mater is going to be ready to return the 724 00:29:06,690 --> 00:29:04,750 favor we go on down we get further down 725 00:29:09,900 --> 00:29:06,700 Delaware Bay and then the Chesapeake Bay 726 00:29:12,660 --> 00:29:09,910 and we had some just really fantastic 727 00:29:15,030 --> 00:29:12,670 panoramic views looking down North 728 00:29:18,210 --> 00:29:15,040 America we finally can see just a little 729 00:29:20,549 --> 00:29:18,220 bit of the outer banks here cape 730 00:29:22,140 --> 00:29:20,559 hatteras and in some of our pictures we 731 00:29:24,210 --> 00:29:22,150 could actually see all the way from New 732 00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:24,220 England down to the tip of Florida and 733 00:29:32,580 --> 00:29:28,510 Lake Okeechobee we were real fortunate 734 00:29:35,250 --> 00:29:32,590 in this flight that we passed out got 735 00:29:38,159 --> 00:29:35,260 some passes over Europe which were clear 736 00:29:39,390 --> 00:29:38,169 which is a pretty rare occurrence and 737 00:29:42,900 --> 00:29:39,400 here we are right over the English 738 00:29:46,130 --> 00:29:42,910 Channel this is the Isle of Wight this 739 00:29:49,740 --> 00:29:46,140 is Portsmouth here we have a London here 740 00:29:53,909 --> 00:29:49,750 the very famous white cliffs of Dover of 741 00:29:58,530 --> 00:29:53,919 Dover cherbourg france out on normandy 742 00:30:03,480 --> 00:29:58,540 out here and there also was a very 743 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:03,490 strong Scottish heritage in this crew of 744 00:30:07,770 --> 00:30:05,290 course three of us have names of 745 00:30:09,510 --> 00:30:07,780 Scottish heritage and as it turns out we 746 00:30:11,789 --> 00:30:09,520 find out that Hatfield and wholesale 747 00:30:13,409 --> 00:30:11,799 even let some Scots into their into 748 00:30:14,990 --> 00:30:13,419 their families sometime in the past and 749 00:30:21,690 --> 00:30:15,000 we could even see as far north as 750 00:30:23,460 --> 00:30:21,700 Scotland in some of these pictures well 751 00:30:27,390 --> 00:30:23,470 as bill said we had the opportunity to 752 00:30:32,220 --> 00:30:27,400 see a good share of Europe and this is a 753 00:30:33,419 --> 00:30:32,230 part of central Poland something that 754 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:33,429 none of us had ever seen from at least 755 00:30:39,510 --> 00:30:37,210 from this altitude the white stripes as 756 00:30:40,950 --> 00:30:39,520 you might guess our airliners going 757 00:30:42,780 --> 00:30:40,960 across the sky and laying out some 758 00:30:44,610 --> 00:30:42,790 contrails and it looks like the 759 00:30:46,830 --> 00:30:44,620 predominant wind was from this direction 760 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:46,840 which is the west or Northwest because 761 00:30:49,830 --> 00:30:48,490 you can see older and older contrails is 762 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:49,840 probably an error out through here and 763 00:30:53,909 --> 00:30:52,570 there's even a very new contrail being 764 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:53,919 laid down and here that's rather faint 765 00:30:59,869 --> 00:30:56,290 to see but the predominant feature I 766 00:31:03,019 --> 00:30:59,879 wanted to show you is a river that goes 767 00:31:05,259 --> 00:31:03,029 through here and up to the north and 768 00:31:07,939 --> 00:31:05,269 eventually goes out into the Baltic Sea 769 00:31:11,019 --> 00:31:07,949 where it goes out into the Baltic Sea is 770 00:31:14,269 --> 00:31:11,029 close to the Polish town of Gdansk and 771 00:31:19,849 --> 00:31:14,279 this river starts down way to the south 772 00:31:22,279 --> 00:31:19,859 in the cap in mountains off the screen 773 00:31:24,229 --> 00:31:22,289 to the lower right is the capital of 774 00:31:27,259 --> 00:31:24,239 Warsaw we did capture it at least 775 00:31:30,979 --> 00:31:27,269 partially on another picture in the 776 00:31:34,189 --> 00:31:30,989 sequence the town of Toren is right in 777 00:31:37,069 --> 00:31:34,199 this area and the town of bromberg and 778 00:31:40,669 --> 00:31:37,079 that's the English version of the name 779 00:31:43,009 --> 00:31:40,679 of that town is done in here the 780 00:31:44,930 --> 00:31:43,019 interesting thing to point out in this 781 00:31:48,349 --> 00:31:44,940 picture however is if you look very 782 00:31:51,069 --> 00:31:48,359 closely at the river you actually see 783 00:31:54,949 --> 00:31:51,079 little white specks just in a very 784 00:31:57,379 --> 00:31:54,959 evenly spaced pattern along the river 785 00:32:00,439 --> 00:31:57,389 and we believe those to be the barge 786 00:32:03,409 --> 00:32:00,449 traffic flying back up and forth up and 787 00:32:10,399 --> 00:32:03,419 down the river a very unique site for us 788 00:32:11,989 --> 00:32:10,409 to be able to see well a little bit 789 00:32:16,099 --> 00:32:11,999 further off the east now we're into 790 00:32:20,869 --> 00:32:16,109 Turkey and this is the mountainous lake 791 00:32:23,959 --> 00:32:20,879 lake van and right next to it is a 792 00:32:27,199 --> 00:32:23,969 numerate lake it gave me all these great 793 00:32:30,159 --> 00:32:27,209 names to try to pronounce this lake is 794 00:32:32,719 --> 00:32:30,169 actually in the the cone of a volcano 795 00:32:35,209 --> 00:32:32,729 and there's a whole series of volcanoes 796 00:32:37,819 --> 00:32:35,219 that go up to the east to Mount Ararat 797 00:32:41,389 --> 00:32:37,829 which is off of this view and sliced 798 00:32:43,249 --> 00:32:41,399 back down across to the southwest these 799 00:32:46,579 --> 00:32:43,259 volcanoes are caused by the Saudi 800 00:32:48,859 --> 00:32:46,589 Arabian subcontinent common continental 801 00:32:52,039 --> 00:32:48,869 plates slamming up into into the Europe 802 00:32:53,359 --> 00:32:52,049 continent there is a town in the scene 803 00:32:56,209 --> 00:32:53,369 believe it or not it's right down here 804 00:33:00,019 --> 00:32:56,219 in this little bay it's called a tete 805 00:33:01,999 --> 00:33:00,029 van and let me see I guess the other 806 00:33:05,029 --> 00:33:02,009 thing to point out is that this region 807 00:33:08,629 --> 00:33:05,039 kind of separates two regions in Turkey 808 00:33:15,650 --> 00:33:08,639 the Armenian region to the north and the 809 00:33:20,460 --> 00:33:19,200 another unique site that we saw with a 810 00:33:24,470 --> 00:33:20,470 naked eye which was kind of surprising 811 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:24,480 to us is this structure that goes across 812 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:28,210 the plains of Russia you know if you can 813 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:29,890 see it very well from out there but in 814 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:31,810 particular this part stands out very 815 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:34,410 well from my vantage point right here 816 00:33:40,050 --> 00:33:38,290 this is let me set the stage for you to 817 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:40,060 the left over here would be the Volga 818 00:33:44,340 --> 00:33:42,970 River about 60 miles away and up in this 819 00:33:46,740 --> 00:33:44,350 direction would be the southern portion 820 00:33:51,540 --> 00:33:46,750 of the Ural Mountains so that would be 821 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:51,550 putting a Kazakh Stein just to the lower 822 00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:53,530 right region of this view or maybe just 823 00:34:00,210 --> 00:33:57,730 off from it the interesting thing that 824 00:34:03,390 --> 00:34:00,220 I'm pointing out here however is a a 825 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:03,400 windbreak or a shelter of some sort that 826 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:06,130 has been established by the Russians we 827 00:34:11,310 --> 00:34:09,490 are assuming to cut down the soil 828 00:34:13,050 --> 00:34:11,320 erosion or things like that from the 829 00:34:19,350 --> 00:34:13,060 very strong winds that are predominant 830 00:34:22,290 --> 00:34:19,360 in this region we're always encouraged 831 00:34:25,050 --> 00:34:22,300 to try to keep in contact with natural 832 00:34:27,030 --> 00:34:25,060 as well as man-made causes of things 833 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:27,040 that are detrimental to the environment 834 00:34:32,159 --> 00:34:30,010 and we were very fortunate to capture a 835 00:34:36,690 --> 00:34:32,169 nice picture of Mount Pinatubo and the 836 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:36,700 Philippines this erupted back in 1991 837 00:34:42,990 --> 00:34:39,370 put out a tremendous amount of ash which 838 00:34:44,970 --> 00:34:43,000 caused the Americans to leave in a more 839 00:34:47,180 --> 00:34:44,980 expeditious fashion from Clark Air Force 840 00:34:49,110 --> 00:34:47,190 Base in Subic Bay and Philippines and 841 00:34:51,149 --> 00:34:49,120 let me see if I can figure out what 842 00:34:56,700 --> 00:34:51,159 Clark Air Force Base is it's going to be 843 00:35:00,040 --> 00:34:56,710 right down in this area and Subic Bay is 844 00:35:02,710 --> 00:35:00,050 where is it over here somewhere up here 845 00:35:05,109 --> 00:35:02,720 that it it's kind of hard to see from 846 00:35:08,079 --> 00:35:05,119 here but the main thing to point out is 847 00:35:10,710 --> 00:35:08,089 that there had been a very large typhoon 848 00:35:13,839 --> 00:35:10,720 in fact they call it a super typhoon 849 00:35:15,670 --> 00:35:13,849 Angela that had just gone across the 850 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:15,680 Philippines about a week or so before we 851 00:35:21,130 --> 00:35:18,170 flew over the top of them and what 852 00:35:22,900 --> 00:35:21,140 you're seeing is a very large washing of 853 00:35:25,150 --> 00:35:22,910 the Ashley had been deposited from the 854 00:35:27,370 --> 00:35:25,160 eruption further down the slopes of the 855 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:27,380 mountain and in fact this one right here 856 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:29,810 caused a thousand people to be displaced 857 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:31,970 from their temporary lodgings in this 858 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:35,210 area this is something that the future 859 00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:36,650 shuttle crews will continue to monitor 860 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:40,310 to see the impacts upon not only the 861 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:41,690 people but the wildlife and vegetation 862 00:35:46,660 --> 00:35:45,290 in this area just going to show you a 863 00:35:50,170 --> 00:35:46,670 couple more slides going to take a run 864 00:35:55,510 --> 00:35:50,180 down the Rockies starting up in the 865 00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:55,520 north it's a lot of people ask what you 866 00:35:59,079 --> 00:35:57,650 can see from space especially with the 867 00:36:01,240 --> 00:35:59,089 light dusting of snow like this across 868 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:01,250 the prairies it becomes very easy to see 869 00:36:06,099 --> 00:36:03,530 towns and the major roads that 870 00:36:10,180 --> 00:36:06,109 crisscross that part of the world this 871 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:10,190 is Calgary here this is the bow river 872 00:36:14,950 --> 00:36:12,170 coming up from the south down to the 873 00:36:18,030 --> 00:36:14,960 south is drumheller and all of the 874 00:36:21,099 --> 00:36:18,040 tremendous dinosaur finds that are being 875 00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:21,109 excavated right now dinosaur eggs and in 876 00:36:25,750 --> 00:36:23,210 fact infant nests of dinosaurs all to 877 00:36:27,250 --> 00:36:25,760 the south to Calgary this is the 878 00:36:28,990 --> 00:36:27,260 foothills of the Rockies the Rockies 879 00:36:30,490 --> 00:36:29,000 just start right here on the left with 880 00:36:32,740 --> 00:36:30,500 the road leading up to banff and jasper 881 00:36:35,650 --> 00:36:32,750 and some pretty fine skiing up to the 882 00:36:37,450 --> 00:36:35,660 left here the winter olympics were in 883 00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:37,460 calgary just a few years ago and there's 884 00:36:40,930 --> 00:36:39,170 a huge ski jump just at the edge of the 885 00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:40,940 foothills as well and some smaller ski 886 00:36:44,559 --> 00:36:42,530 hills right on the left-hand side of 887 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:44,569 calgary and have been able to ski in two 888 00:36:48,910 --> 00:36:46,010 years so i'm talking a lot about ski 889 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:48,920 hills you and this road here is the main 890 00:36:52,569 --> 00:36:50,810 highway that leads straight up to 891 00:36:54,099 --> 00:36:52,579 Edmonton it's about the same distance in 892 00:36:58,830 --> 00:36:54,109 the same sort of highway as a heavy 893 00:37:05,820 --> 00:37:02,550 a little further on down comes to Great 894 00:37:07,860 --> 00:37:05,830 Salt Lake and it shows some man-made 895 00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:07,870 features really clearly this train 896 00:37:11,670 --> 00:37:09,670 bridge that cuts across Great Salt Lake 897 00:37:13,710 --> 00:37:11,680 has divided the waters of Great Salt 898 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:13,720 Lake for several years and so they end 899 00:37:17,460 --> 00:37:15,130 up with an entirely different color it's 900 00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:17,470 very visible from space but apparently 901 00:37:20,550 --> 00:37:18,970 this train bridge is going to be 902 00:37:21,510 --> 00:37:20,560 dismantled in the near future so it's 903 00:37:23,490 --> 00:37:21,520 going to be interesting to watch the 904 00:37:26,490 --> 00:37:23,500 mixings of these two big sluggish bodies 905 00:37:27,780 --> 00:37:26,500 of water salt lake city is just down in 906 00:37:29,970 --> 00:37:27,790 the south here with the ring of 907 00:37:32,130 --> 00:37:29,980 mountains around it really dramatic 908 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:32,140 setting up here are the Bonneville Salt 909 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:33,970 Flats right there where all the land 910 00:37:38,010 --> 00:37:36,130 speed records have been set and if you 911 00:37:39,450 --> 00:37:38,020 look carefully you can see another man 912 00:37:41,670 --> 00:37:39,460 may feature cutting across the Great 913 00:37:49,410 --> 00:37:41,680 Salt desert here of i-80 the interstate 914 00:37:50,910 --> 00:37:49,420 80 cuttin right across and coming a 915 00:37:53,100 --> 00:37:50,920 little further down right on the border 916 00:37:57,750 --> 00:37:53,110 between the mountain and the plane is 917 00:37:59,670 --> 00:37:57,760 Colorado and right here is Denver if you 918 00:38:02,700 --> 00:37:59,680 look you can see the new airport just 919 00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:02,710 open recently outside of Denver to the 920 00:38:08,060 --> 00:38:05,530 north is a boulder colorado here again 921 00:38:12,300 --> 00:38:08,070 some great skin just over the left here 922 00:38:14,340 --> 00:38:12,310 and and down to the south colorado 923 00:38:15,870 --> 00:38:14,350 springs and down in the lower left 924 00:38:19,500 --> 00:38:15,880 corner with a little bit of snow on the 925 00:38:22,170 --> 00:38:19,510 top Pikes Peak and as a rookie on board 926 00:38:24,090 --> 00:38:22,180 it was absolutely amazing to be able to 927 00:38:27,060 --> 00:38:24,100 see the world every 92 minutes you know 928 00:38:28,710 --> 00:38:27,070 you hear about it but the world rolls by 929 00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:28,720 tremendously fast and it was just 930 00:38:32,340 --> 00:38:30,610 terrific to be able to see not only 931 00:38:34,110 --> 00:38:32,350 North America which I've seen most of 932 00:38:36,330 --> 00:38:34,120 flying airplanes around but to see all 933 00:38:37,650 --> 00:38:36,340 of Africa and to see Everest a dozen 934 00:38:39,930 --> 00:38:37,660 times it was just an incredible 935 00:38:41,940 --> 00:38:39,940 experience and another advantage of 936 00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:41,950 every 90 minutes is that you get to see 937 00:38:45,870 --> 00:38:43,510 the Sun Rise or set every 90 minutes 938 00:38:48,150 --> 00:38:45,880 another thing that amazed me from space 939 00:38:50,370 --> 00:38:48,160 was just how thin the atmosphere is I 940 00:38:52,890 --> 00:38:50,380 mean we were only a little over 200 941 00:38:54,810 --> 00:38:52,900 miles up and the atmosphere is way way 942 00:38:56,970 --> 00:38:54,820 below us it's just a finished of vales 943 00:38:59,310 --> 00:38:56,980 around the earth but looking through it 944 00:39:00,990 --> 00:38:59,320 what highlighted by a sunrise or a 945 00:39:03,300 --> 00:39:01,000 sunset you could see all the individual 946 00:39:05,460 --> 00:39:03,310 layers and some days it would just be 947 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:05,470 kind of a gradual fade of colors and 948 00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:06,850 then some days like this one you'd 949 00:39:10,830 --> 00:39:09,370 actually see distinct bands and since we 950 00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:10,840 were to our orbit was tipped quite an 951 00:39:13,240 --> 00:39:11,330 angle to the 952 00:39:14,890 --> 00:39:13,250 sun the sunrises and sunsets lasted 953 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:14,900 quite a while so it was just a beautiful 954 00:39:18,850 --> 00:39:17,090 thing to watch and everyone says that 955 00:39:20,530 --> 00:39:18,860 this picture doesn't do as justice it is 956 00:39:22,570 --> 00:39:20,540 just the most beautiful rainbow of