1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:22,710 I 2 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:24,509 good morning and welcome to the Johnson 3 00:00:27,870 --> 00:00:25,930 Space Center thank you for joining us 4 00:00:29,849 --> 00:00:27,880 here this morning for the joint 5 00:00:32,819 --> 00:00:29,859 post-fight press conference for the STS 6 00:00:34,350 --> 00:00:32,829 71 and mere 18 crew members now to start 7 00:00:35,910 --> 00:00:34,360 the conference and to introduce the rest 8 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:35,920 of the crew members is the commander of 9 00:00:42,299 --> 00:00:39,370 STS 71 Navy captain robert goot gibson 10 00:00:43,860 --> 00:00:42,309 hoot Thank You Arlene and welcome to the 11 00:00:46,530 --> 00:00:43,870 post-fight press conference for mere 18 12 00:00:48,329 --> 00:00:46,540 and sto 71 it was a bit of a complex 13 00:00:49,439 --> 00:00:48,339 mission and so I'm sure the debriefing 14 00:00:51,869 --> 00:00:49,449 will be done in a little bit of a 15 00:00:53,970 --> 00:00:51,879 complex way but first let me start off 16 00:00:56,399 --> 00:00:53,980 and introduce the the two crews that we 17 00:00:58,439 --> 00:00:56,409 have here in Houston today seated 18 00:01:02,549 --> 00:00:58,449 immediately to my right our mission 19 00:01:04,140 --> 00:01:02,559 pilot for SDS 71 Charlie Precourt next 20 00:01:06,149 --> 00:01:04,150 to Charlie our payload commander and 21 00:01:10,230 --> 00:01:06,159 mission specialists number one dr. Ellen 22 00:01:12,690 --> 00:01:10,240 Baker next to Ellen our flight engineer 23 00:01:16,649 --> 00:01:12,700 mission specialist number two dr. Greg 24 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:16,659 Harbaugh seated next to Greg our mission 25 00:01:23,670 --> 00:01:19,810 specialist number three and the mere 18 26 00:01:27,050 --> 00:01:23,680 backup crew member dr. Bonnie Dunbar and 27 00:01:30,450 --> 00:01:27,060 then we have the crew of mere 18 28 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:30,460 starting with the board engineer mr. 29 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:33,730 guna district olive the commander of 30 00:01:40,710 --> 00:01:38,530 mere 18 Vladimir does Europe and our 31 00:01:44,399 --> 00:01:40,720 very own cosmonaut researcher aboard 32 00:01:46,530 --> 00:01:44,409 Mary Jane dr. norm thagard and if we 33 00:01:51,270 --> 00:01:46,540 could start right in with the slides the 34 00:01:53,670 --> 00:01:51,280 SDS 71 slides we had a crew patch that 35 00:01:59,070 --> 00:01:53,680 was designed by famous aviation artist 36 00:02:01,590 --> 00:01:59,080 Bob McCall designed the the crew emblem 37 00:02:03,930 --> 00:02:01,600 for the apollo-soyuz docking which of 38 00:02:05,250 --> 00:02:03,940 course took place back in 1975 so it was 39 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:05,260 a real pleasure for us to have Bob 40 00:02:10,949 --> 00:02:07,810 involved once again with the design of 41 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:10,959 ours we lift it off three months and 42 00:02:16,020 --> 00:02:14,110 about two weeks after the launch of mere 43 00:02:18,509 --> 00:02:16,030 18 and we're finally on our way after a 44 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:18,519 lot of a lot of preparations we of 45 00:02:23,070 --> 00:02:19,810 course launched into a ground-up 46 00:02:24,570 --> 00:02:23,080 rendezvous aimed at intercepting and 47 00:02:26,190 --> 00:02:24,580 Rhonda booing with the mirror so we did 48 00:02:29,009 --> 00:02:26,200 a number of rendezvous burns with the 49 00:02:31,830 --> 00:02:29,019 OMB's engines to put us on the right 50 00:02:34,350 --> 00:02:31,840 flight path to to intercept and actually 51 00:02:36,930 --> 00:02:34,360 doc and this is one of those ohms burns 52 00:02:38,580 --> 00:02:36,940 performed in the dark and I think this 53 00:02:40,230 --> 00:02:38,590 was our major height adjust burn that we 54 00:02:44,490 --> 00:02:40,240 did on the first day to raise our orbit 55 00:02:47,550 --> 00:02:44,500 up very close to the mirror here's a 56 00:02:50,490 --> 00:02:47,560 photo of anatolian Nick and a total of 57 00:02:54,110 --> 00:02:50,500 the commander of course of mere 19 who's 58 00:02:56,910 --> 00:02:54,120 now on board and Nick Nikolai boo Darin 59 00:02:58,170 --> 00:02:56,920 the the four Russians actually all four 60 00:03:00,510 --> 00:02:58,180 of them I can't take a for finer 61 00:03:02,580 --> 00:03:00,520 gentleman to represent Russia as well as 62 00:03:04,350 --> 00:03:02,590 for finer friends that we've come to 63 00:03:05,610 --> 00:03:04,360 know them as will really be looking 64 00:03:07,710 --> 00:03:05,620 forward to getting back together with 65 00:03:10,620 --> 00:03:07,720 Anatolian Nick after their landing in 66 00:03:12,420 --> 00:03:10,630 kazakhstan and back in Russia when we 67 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:12,430 can visit them after their missions over 68 00:03:19,890 --> 00:03:17,170 the in the next month this is a shot of 69 00:03:22,050 --> 00:03:19,900 the activity during rendezvous from the 70 00:03:24,030 --> 00:03:22,060 flight deck you can see Greg working 71 00:03:26,010 --> 00:03:24,040 away with the handheld laser taking 72 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:26,020 range and range rate marks on the mirror 73 00:03:32,820 --> 00:03:29,410 and in the photo in the lower right-hand 74 00:03:36,210 --> 00:03:32,830 corner operating a hand or laptop 75 00:03:38,220 --> 00:03:36,220 computer to control the trajectory 76 00:03:40,410 --> 00:03:38,230 control system lasers that were also 77 00:03:45,259 --> 00:03:40,420 used from the payload Bay to get that 78 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:47,699 Greg and Charlie and hoot we're 79 00:03:52,710 --> 00:03:50,170 operating the a flight deck I was up in 80 00:03:55,140 --> 00:03:52,720 the front with the VHF radio and and my 81 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:55,150 job was to conduct communications with a 82 00:04:00,390 --> 00:03:57,610 mirror we were able to make contact on 83 00:04:03,330 --> 00:04:00,400 time and then to exchange various calls 84 00:04:05,430 --> 00:04:03,340 on distance range rate and one 85 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:05,440 particularly important call at 55 feet 86 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:07,450 when I called out our range at 55 feet 87 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:09,970 so that the mere could desaturate their 88 00:04:17,219 --> 00:04:12,370 gyre dines and then disable their 89 00:04:19,409 --> 00:04:17,229 attitude control we had a very 90 00:04:21,840 --> 00:04:19,419 spectacular view of the MIR space 91 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:21,850 station as we were closing in gradually 92 00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:24,810 decreasing the range on flight day three 93 00:04:29,219 --> 00:04:27,910 leading into the rendezvous that's an 94 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:29,229 early shot of it here's a little bit 95 00:04:32,550 --> 00:04:30,850 later shot after the mirror has 96 00:04:34,140 --> 00:04:32,560 maneuvered to attitude and feathered the 97 00:04:36,810 --> 00:04:34,150 solar arrays getting ready for us to 98 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:39,030 this kind of an interesting view and the 99 00:04:44,610 --> 00:04:41,650 lower viewport there is Volodya taking 100 00:04:46,830 --> 00:04:44,620 that video of us approaching and then 101 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:46,840 the smaller upper window is norm with 102 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:50,410 another camera I guess it was around 103 00:04:54,210 --> 00:04:52,210 this point where who was thinking about 104 00:04:58,380 --> 00:04:54,220 maybe negotiating a price for the final 105 00:05:01,080 --> 00:04:58,390 closure and then this is a view from the 106 00:05:02,670 --> 00:05:01,090 app flight deck showing the hard mate 107 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:02,680 what it looked like cut the window and 108 00:05:07,530 --> 00:05:04,810 this picture doesn't do it justice in 109 00:05:08,940 --> 00:05:07,540 the sense that that whole big space 110 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:08,950 station was just right outside that 111 00:05:15,780 --> 00:05:13,690 window it was real close by you may have 112 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:15,790 seen and we're about to show a video in 113 00:05:21,180 --> 00:05:17,050 just a minute that will show a lot of 114 00:05:23,580 --> 00:05:21,190 this we got to recreate an event that 115 00:05:26,700 --> 00:05:23,590 took place 20 years ago almost of the 116 00:05:29,670 --> 00:05:26,710 day the handshake between Tom Stafford 117 00:05:31,110 --> 00:05:29,680 and Alexei Leonov in the public soyuz 118 00:05:34,820 --> 00:05:31,120 docking and of course we were able to 119 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:34,830 recreate this on flight day 3 of STS 71 120 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:37,570 the earlier slide should be a view out 121 00:05:41,910 --> 00:05:39,490 the eft window this one gets a little 122 00:05:44,700 --> 00:05:41,920 bit of three out of the four windows the 123 00:05:46,590 --> 00:05:44,710 mirror of course is huge and just filled 124 00:05:53,580 --> 00:05:46,600 up their view as we looked at the flight 125 00:05:54,930 --> 00:05:53,590 deck so we took a couple different 126 00:05:56,580 --> 00:05:54,940 camera angles with a few different 127 00:05:59,370 --> 00:05:56,590 lenses but I'll tell you none of them 128 00:06:01,740 --> 00:05:59,380 really can convey what it did look like 129 00:06:06,840 --> 00:06:01,750 you could just catch little clips of it 130 00:06:09,180 --> 00:06:06,850 with the camera we also said about 131 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:09,190 trying to get some different views of 132 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:11,290 the orbiter than what you normally see 133 00:06:15,690 --> 00:06:13,210 you this is a picture that i took out of 134 00:06:18,300 --> 00:06:15,700 the k'vin to mod you lata that large 135 00:06:24,470 --> 00:06:18,310 viewport that veligit been taking the 136 00:06:28,590 --> 00:06:24,480 movies from earlier and this view is 137 00:06:32,370 --> 00:06:28,600 over the Crimea and the Dnieper River is 138 00:06:41,130 --> 00:06:37,200 and then here's a shot of hoot that we 139 00:06:42,810 --> 00:06:41,140 took also from the same window nice 140 00:06:47,850 --> 00:06:42,820 close-up he could see he's got a big 141 00:06:49,980 --> 00:06:47,860 smile on his face sir this is a view of 142 00:06:52,170 --> 00:06:49,990 the orbiter tale of course in the top of 143 00:06:54,060 --> 00:06:52,180 the pictures starburst view of the Sun 144 00:06:57,020 --> 00:06:54,070 gleaming through some of the equipment 145 00:07:00,300 --> 00:06:57,030 you see the dark docking targets they're 146 00:07:02,610 --> 00:07:00,310 located on the MIR structure and this is 147 00:07:05,430 --> 00:07:02,620 from a port in the crystal module as you 148 00:07:07,530 --> 00:07:05,440 transfer immediately leaving the ods or 149 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:07,540 the orbiter docking system headed into 150 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:09,370 the mirror as you float by there you 151 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:10,690 have this porthole that gives you this 152 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:12,850 view and every time you float by there 153 00:07:17,970 --> 00:07:14,410 you think yourself you just got to 154 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:17,980 capture this photo some Helen it the 155 00:07:21,030 --> 00:07:19,570 colors are so brilliant and the size of 156 00:07:23,220 --> 00:07:21,040 the vehicle is so impressive sitting 157 00:07:28,350 --> 00:07:23,230 there right next to you that it's a 158 00:07:30,630 --> 00:07:28,360 really inspiring view and on the inside 159 00:07:33,570 --> 00:07:30,640 coming from where I took the picture 160 00:07:35,460 --> 00:07:33,580 forward towards the module the base 161 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:35,470 block part of the module this is in the 162 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:37,810 crystal and it gives you a great 163 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:40,810 perspective on how Titus squeeze it was 164 00:07:44,700 --> 00:07:42,970 to get through from the orbiter into the 165 00:07:47,340 --> 00:07:44,710 crystal and a lot of the equipment 166 00:07:52,700 --> 00:07:47,350 that's located in the modules as we head 167 00:07:56,690 --> 00:07:52,710 towards the base block well immediately 168 00:07:58,860 --> 00:07:56,700 after opening the hatch we exchanged 169 00:08:01,110 --> 00:07:58,870 positions and various modules this 170 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:01,120 happens to be after one of the 171 00:08:05,340 --> 00:08:03,610 ceremonies in which we presented Anatoly 172 00:08:06,540 --> 00:08:05,350 with his houston's rockets shared it was 173 00:08:09,150 --> 00:08:06,550 a little hard for him to I think to 174 00:08:11,820 --> 00:08:09,160 remove it this is in the base block and 175 00:08:15,180 --> 00:08:11,830 it's in front of the table I had to 176 00:08:17,700 --> 00:08:15,190 mention that Anatoly became a fan in 177 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:17,710 Russia one Sunday there was a houston 178 00:08:22,470 --> 00:08:19,930 rockets game broadcast over to russia 179 00:08:23,970 --> 00:08:22,480 they won by one point we were in class 180 00:08:28,450 --> 00:08:23,980 the next day and all he could talk about 181 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:31,160 and of course that immediately after 182 00:08:35,659 --> 00:08:32,970 opening the hatch it was like coming to 183 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:35,669 the home of a bold friends because the 184 00:08:40,700 --> 00:08:37,770 mere 18 crew invited us into the base 185 00:08:43,130 --> 00:08:40,710 block and I got to say hi to the people 186 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:43,140 we'd watch launched in march and it was 187 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:45,330 a real nice experience to be greeted by 188 00:08:54,790 --> 00:08:51,690 a Gennady well we had a lot to do of 189 00:08:57,710 --> 00:08:54,800 course once the ships were connected and 190 00:09:00,410 --> 00:08:57,720 part of their main objective was to 191 00:09:03,410 --> 00:09:00,420 gather some physiologic data on norm and 192 00:09:05,270 --> 00:09:03,420 naughty and Volodya after their three 193 00:09:07,250 --> 00:09:05,280 months stay and so we got busy in the 194 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:07,260 lab right away in fact we got the lab up 195 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:10,050 and running prior to docking and the day 196 00:09:20,690 --> 00:09:12,330 after docking got busy with a lot of our 197 00:09:23,530 --> 00:09:20,700 activities in this photo i'm working 198 00:09:25,730 --> 00:09:23,540 with gennady on the barrel experiment 199 00:09:26,990 --> 00:09:25,740 will be a lot of discussion has been a 200 00:09:28,610 --> 00:09:27,000 lot of discussion about the various 201 00:09:30,830 --> 00:09:28,620 physiological experiments that we've 202 00:09:32,570 --> 00:09:30,840 conducted but the baroreceptors of the 203 00:09:34,310 --> 00:09:32,580 neck are partially responsible for 204 00:09:36,500 --> 00:09:34,320 making sure that you keep blood in your 205 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:36,510 head when you stand up very rapidly or 206 00:09:40,220 --> 00:09:38,250 for people who come back from long space 207 00:09:42,710 --> 00:09:40,230 flights are able to walk around it's 208 00:09:44,210 --> 00:09:42,720 involved in cardiovascular system it's 209 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:44,220 an experiment that's flown before on 210 00:09:48,470 --> 00:09:45,930 space and life science of space lab 211 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:48,480 flights and gennady what Gennady was not 212 00:09:52,070 --> 00:09:50,610 only a real trouper when it came to 213 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:52,080 taking the measurements he was really an 214 00:09:59,090 --> 00:09:53,730 active participant and making sure we 215 00:10:01,130 --> 00:09:59,100 got good data as well and there was a 216 00:10:03,740 --> 00:10:01,140 bit of transition for the mere 18 crew 217 00:10:06,380 --> 00:10:03,750 to transition to be STS 71 crew members 218 00:10:08,690 --> 00:10:06,390 so I had to go rope the loggia into 219 00:10:11,300 --> 00:10:08,700 getting into the lab occasionally he had 220 00:10:13,430 --> 00:10:11,310 a lot to do in the mirror to to get 221 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:13,440 ready for his departure and we of course 222 00:10:15,900 --> 00:10:15,210 had a lot going on in the spacelab 223 00:10:19,620 --> 00:10:15,910 getting 224 00:10:22,410 --> 00:10:19,630 for our return one of our big activities 225 00:10:24,630 --> 00:10:22,420 during the duckface for those of us who 226 00:10:28,230 --> 00:10:24,640 were not doctors or scientists was 227 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:28,240 transferring equipment and here I'm 228 00:10:34,110 --> 00:10:31,330 filling a water tank we actually 229 00:10:36,180 --> 00:10:34,120 transferred roughly two and a half times 230 00:10:39,690 --> 00:10:36,190 the amount of water that was originally 231 00:10:43,110 --> 00:10:39,700 targeted and we transferred from the 232 00:10:45,300 --> 00:10:43,120 orbiter to mirror I think 250 pieces of 233 00:10:49,260 --> 00:10:45,310 hardware and returned 200 pieces of 234 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:49,270 hardware with a success rate of about 235 00:10:53,910 --> 00:10:51,970 ninety nine percent there were just a 236 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:53,920 couple of things that evidently were not 237 00:10:57,390 --> 00:10:56,050 accounted for who actually came back 238 00:11:00,600 --> 00:10:57,400 with a couple things we didn't plan on 239 00:11:05,250 --> 00:11:00,610 coming back for silly we did better than 240 00:11:07,170 --> 00:11:05,260 one hundred percent all told this is a 241 00:11:09,530 --> 00:11:07,180 photo taken from inside the Soyuz 242 00:11:11,580 --> 00:11:09,540 descent module while we were doing a 243 00:11:13,590 --> 00:11:11,590 communications check out the day prior 244 00:11:14,910 --> 00:11:13,600 done docking I had the distinct 245 00:11:16,530 --> 00:11:14,920 privilege of being able to climb in 246 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:16,540 there with anatolian Nick well we did 247 00:11:21,060 --> 00:11:18,850 this check out and snapped this photo 248 00:11:22,860 --> 00:11:21,070 while we were talking through the real a 249 00:11:25,470 --> 00:11:22,870 communication system with Houston and 250 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:25,480 with Moscow was a real enchanted moment 251 00:11:30,660 --> 00:11:27,250 for me and here's Nick with his two 252 00:11:32,130 --> 00:11:30,670 buddies getting ready for the the next 253 00:11:34,740 --> 00:11:32,140 day's activities they were doing suit 254 00:11:38,310 --> 00:11:34,750 checkouts of course to prepare for the 255 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:38,320 Soyuz on Duncan one of the cornerstones 256 00:11:43,590 --> 00:11:41,130 of this program from the very start with 257 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:43,600 adaptability and flexibility both on the 258 00:11:48,150 --> 00:11:46,210 ground and in flight and this is the 259 00:11:54,060 --> 00:11:48,160 small update to the undock procedure we 260 00:12:02,760 --> 00:11:57,710 and here's a shot this was taken of 261 00:12:06,540 --> 00:12:02,770 Anatole and Nikolai just before closing 262 00:12:08,250 --> 00:12:06,550 the hatch prior to prior to undocking 263 00:12:10,620 --> 00:12:08,260 the night before undocking and this was 264 00:12:12,180 --> 00:12:10,630 our our last chance to shake their hands 265 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:12,190 and tell them farewell until we get to 266 00:12:19,950 --> 00:12:16,930 see them again when they come back this 267 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:19,960 is a shot of the Soyuz after and had 268 00:12:25,230 --> 00:12:22,450 undocked and prior to our undocking 269 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:25,240 actually during it Nikolai was up in a 270 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:27,010 window in the front called the blister 271 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:29,770 taking pictures of video of our 272 00:12:36,750 --> 00:12:33,250 undocking we could see the whole soy use 273 00:12:41,940 --> 00:12:36,760 out the commander's window on the port 274 00:12:44,490 --> 00:12:41,950 side of the shuttle was a busy time the 275 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:44,500 docking undocking and fly around time we 276 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:46,810 were lucky that we could get the camera 277 00:12:51,300 --> 00:12:49,810 out the window every now and then we 278 00:12:53,460 --> 00:12:51,310 intended to take a lot more pictures 279 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:53,470 than we did but it was just so busy on 280 00:12:57,180 --> 00:12:55,210 the flight deck doing the real work that 281 00:13:01,710 --> 00:12:57,190 we didn't have the opportunities that we 282 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:01,720 thought we would prior to flight and as 283 00:13:07,890 --> 00:13:04,930 we left the Soyuz you can see it in the 284 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:07,900 horizon eventually receded into darkness 285 00:13:14,940 --> 00:13:10,330 and became a star which we saw for 286 00:13:21,390 --> 00:13:19,680 and of course as Bonnie said we once the 287 00:13:23,730 --> 00:13:21,400 fly around was done in the separation 288 00:13:25,980 --> 00:13:23,740 was done it sort of disappeared into the 289 00:13:28,050 --> 00:13:25,990 distance and we could kick catch a 290 00:13:31,020 --> 00:13:28,060 glimpse of it on some of the night 291 00:13:33,150 --> 00:13:31,030 passes it was hard saying goodbye to our 292 00:13:37,050 --> 00:13:33,160 friends and we do look forward to seeing 293 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:37,060 them again we did get a few shots not 294 00:13:41,670 --> 00:13:39,970 many of for Earth Observation this shot 295 00:13:44,310 --> 00:13:41,680 actually it's the coast of California 296 00:13:46,530 --> 00:13:44,320 gives a look at the weather stopping at 297 00:13:49,580 --> 00:13:46,540 the coast and some of the topography and 298 00:13:52,110 --> 00:13:49,590 in some of the fault lines in that area 299 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:52,120 we shot a couple of interesting photos 300 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:53,530 like like Bonnie said we didn't get a 301 00:13:56,940 --> 00:13:54,970 lot of time to look at the earth but 302 00:13:59,910 --> 00:13:56,950 this was one of the shots and once in a 303 00:14:02,130 --> 00:13:59,920 while over cold water over the ocean 304 00:14:04,260 --> 00:14:02,140 you'll have cold water clouds above them 305 00:14:05,910 --> 00:14:04,270 and when a ship goes through underneath 306 00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:05,920 it will precipitate a change in the 307 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:07,390 clouds and you're able to see a ship 308 00:14:11,010 --> 00:14:09,370 wake reflected in the actual clouds up 309 00:14:14,910 --> 00:14:11,020 over the water and that's what we see in 310 00:14:17,580 --> 00:14:14,920 this picture here had some nice passes 311 00:14:20,540 --> 00:14:17,590 over South America this is a pass over 312 00:14:24,769 --> 00:14:23,329 my crewmates reluctantly reluctantly 313 00:14:27,170 --> 00:14:24,779 allowed me to put this photo in here 314 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:27,180 since i'm from this area it's one of the 315 00:14:31,100 --> 00:14:29,610 more recognizable features of land on 316 00:14:32,930 --> 00:14:31,110 the planet at least for those who are 317 00:14:35,180 --> 00:14:32,940 from there you can see clearly Boston 318 00:14:37,670 --> 00:14:35,190 Cape Cod at the bottom of the picture 319 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:37,680 Martha's Vineyard my hometown is up 320 00:14:41,780 --> 00:14:39,930 under the clouds that are in the upper 321 00:14:43,699 --> 00:14:41,790 left corner there Hudson Massachusetts 322 00:14:48,610 --> 00:14:43,709 thanks to my crewmates were let me share 323 00:14:51,170 --> 00:14:48,620 that with you it's always cloudy person 324 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:51,180 as you probably saw we came back and 325 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:53,370 landed at the end of a of a 10-day 326 00:15:00,050 --> 00:14:57,450 mission and for the first time in space 327 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:00,060 we had together a 10-person crew and so 328 00:15:05,389 --> 00:15:01,730 we were able to make one of the largest 329 00:15:07,790 --> 00:15:05,399 starburst pictures on orbit that anyone 330 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:07,800 has ever has ever been able to put 331 00:15:13,130 --> 00:15:10,290 together we had an 11th person taking 332 00:15:15,500 --> 00:15:13,140 the photo for us here with that why 333 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:15,510 don't we move right into the video we've 334 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:17,490 put together a film clip of the 335 00:15:26,139 --> 00:15:22,290 activities of SDS 71 and again the the 336 00:15:30,290 --> 00:15:26,149 crew emblem designed by by Bob McCall 337 00:15:32,329 --> 00:15:30,300 the breakfast in this case was a lunch 338 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:32,339 and of course the crew members again the 339 00:15:37,910 --> 00:15:34,410 pilot Charlie Precourt Nikolai butiran 340 00:15:41,810 --> 00:15:37,920 who's aboard the MIR still the mere 19 341 00:15:45,590 --> 00:15:41,820 commander anatoly solovyev boot gibson 342 00:15:47,700 --> 00:15:45,600 of course our payload commander Ellen 343 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:47,710 Baker 344 00:15:55,380 --> 00:15:51,690 and dr. Bonnie Dunbar and Greg Harbaugh 345 00:15:57,090 --> 00:15:55,390 we walked out at early afternoon this 346 00:15:58,910 --> 00:15:57,100 was a whole lot nicer day to be walking 347 00:16:01,620 --> 00:15:58,920 out to the orbiter than the previous 348 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:01,630 attempt had been when they had to 349 00:16:04,860 --> 00:16:03,250 actually put the crew van under the 350 00:16:08,010 --> 00:16:04,870 awning because the rain was coming down 351 00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:08,020 too hard and so we had to make a quick 352 00:16:12,810 --> 00:16:10,110 ingress into the end of the vehicle 353 00:16:15,420 --> 00:16:12,820 there's a good shot of hoot when we 354 00:16:17,610 --> 00:16:15,430 finally got to go for launch two minutes 355 00:16:20,820 --> 00:16:17,620 visors down pseudo to on and have a good 356 00:16:22,590 --> 00:16:20,830 flight we were off and running most 357 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:22,600 folks maybe don't realize that 358 00:16:27,420 --> 00:16:24,610 rendezvous started right here we had a 359 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:27,430 five minute launch window and we had to 360 00:16:31,980 --> 00:16:29,290 wait for the moment in time when Mears 361 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:31,990 orbit was right directly overhead of us 362 00:16:38,250 --> 00:16:34,090 and we could insert ourselves into the 363 00:16:40,590 --> 00:16:38,260 same plane that they were in and we hit 364 00:16:44,010 --> 00:16:40,600 that right on time on this particular 365 00:16:47,430 --> 00:16:44,020 day the weather cooperated and it was a 366 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:47,440 magnificent launch Anatoly and Nick were 367 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:51,370 very impressed with the vehicle and we 368 00:16:58,380 --> 00:16:52,810 were off and running with a great start 369 00:17:00,090 --> 00:16:58,390 here ok once we got on orbit we had an 370 00:17:02,220 --> 00:17:00,100 awful lot of work to do to get ready for 371 00:17:04,290 --> 00:17:02,230 the rendezvous we opened the payload bay 372 00:17:07,430 --> 00:17:04,300 doors you can see the docking mechanism 373 00:17:11,220 --> 00:17:07,440 sitting there with the six black dots on 374 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:11,230 the forward end of it we had just a 375 00:17:15,690 --> 00:17:13,810 tremendous amount of activity at the end 376 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:15,700 of flight day one and then all a flight 377 00:17:21,300 --> 00:17:18,330 day to getting our computers ready to go 378 00:17:24,660 --> 00:17:21,310 getting a rendezvous tools set up we had 379 00:17:27,210 --> 00:17:24,670 one or two unexpected events including 380 00:17:28,950 --> 00:17:27,220 the little work that had to be done on 381 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:28,960 the handheld laser but we got ready to 382 00:17:35,310 --> 00:17:32,170 go on time we flew an intercept on the 383 00:17:37,380 --> 00:17:35,320 mirror that had us pick up the radius 384 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:37,390 vector or essentially come in right 385 00:17:42,090 --> 00:17:39,490 underneath the mirror and fly up below 386 00:17:44,550 --> 00:17:42,100 them all the way into docking this was a 387 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:44,560 pretty intensive period as Bonnie and 388 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:46,410 Greg have alluded to on the flight deck 389 00:17:52,230 --> 00:17:50,290 with the the three of us flying and 390 00:17:54,420 --> 00:17:52,240 everyone else helping as we come in this 391 00:17:56,970 --> 00:17:54,430 is a shot that you saw earlier from the 392 00:17:59,490 --> 00:17:56,980 from the mirror of the orbiter over the 393 00:18:00,060 --> 00:17:59,500 Red Sea we had a very narrow corridor 394 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:00,070 that we had 395 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:02,890 intercept and fly up so as not to 396 00:18:07,380 --> 00:18:05,170 disturb any of the solar arrays on the 397 00:18:09,810 --> 00:18:07,390 mirror with our plumes and as we got 398 00:18:11,700 --> 00:18:09,820 into about 500 feet or so the mirror 399 00:18:15,120 --> 00:18:11,710 started its maneuver to the final 400 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:15,130 attitude for docking and as it did that 401 00:18:20,430 --> 00:18:17,290 we were able to start locking on with 402 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:20,440 the TCS laser system because on the end 403 00:18:23,370 --> 00:18:21,610 of the docking module where the 404 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:23,380 reflectors at that system could lock 405 00:18:27,420 --> 00:18:25,570 onto so I'm coordinating that activity 406 00:18:30,330 --> 00:18:27,430 here with the ground controllers and 407 00:18:32,010 --> 00:18:30,340 you'll see a shot here briefly of that 408 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:32,020 final maneuver you can see the docking 409 00:18:36,360 --> 00:18:33,970 node in the center they're starting to 410 00:18:38,070 --> 00:18:36,370 come more in alignment with our axis and 411 00:18:39,630 --> 00:18:38,080 you can also see them the relative 412 00:18:44,190 --> 00:18:39,640 motion of the solar arrays in this 413 00:18:45,930 --> 00:18:44,200 particular view and we were pretty much 414 00:18:47,310 --> 00:18:45,940 at the end of this event when the mirror 415 00:18:50,970 --> 00:18:47,320 was in attitude we were ready to go on 416 00:18:53,910 --> 00:18:50,980 with it been diluted it was a very busy 417 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:53,920 time we had to again several calls going 418 00:18:58,710 --> 00:18:55,930 back and forth between the mirin and the 419 00:19:02,160 --> 00:18:58,720 shuttle is docking occurred we brought a 420 00:19:04,650 --> 00:19:02,170 little bit of video from the american 421 00:19:07,050 --> 00:19:04,660 crew on that sequence as you may recall 422 00:19:08,820 --> 00:19:07,060 we moved into 30 feet and held for five 423 00:19:12,150 --> 00:19:08,830 minutes waiting for the timing to get 424 00:19:14,610 --> 00:19:12,160 exactly right it was our objective in 425 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:14,620 the course of the rendezvous not to have 426 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:16,810 to fire any breaking pulses towards the 427 00:19:21,780 --> 00:19:19,690 mirror and we were able to work the the 428 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:21,790 timeliness the closure rates and the 429 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:23,410 distance is such that that worked out 430 00:19:27,630 --> 00:19:25,330 just fine we're able to utilize natural 431 00:19:29,340 --> 00:19:27,640 orbital breaking to bring us all the way 432 00:19:31,770 --> 00:19:29,350 into docking and never did have to fire 433 00:19:33,420 --> 00:19:31,780 a breaking pulse all the way in this is 434 00:19:36,690 --> 00:19:33,430 the actual moment of docking as seen 435 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:36,700 from the aft flight deck from the one of 436 00:19:42,150 --> 00:19:38,530 the payload bay cameras looking out and 437 00:19:43,830 --> 00:19:42,160 this is a shot that came down to the 438 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:43,840 ground that showed both the centerline 439 00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:45,730 camera view as well as the view out the 440 00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:48,370 out the a flight deck as you probably 441 00:19:53,910 --> 00:19:50,110 recall we had a very tight window on the 442 00:19:55,890 --> 00:19:53,920 actual ducking well this was the hard 443 00:19:58,260 --> 00:19:55,900 part we had six people with cameras on 444 00:19:59,760 --> 00:19:58,270 one side of the hatch and two people 445 00:20:01,770 --> 00:19:59,770 with cameras on the other side of the 446 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:01,780 hatch and of course everybody wanted to 447 00:20:06,190 --> 00:20:03,890 get a good picture 448 00:20:10,170 --> 00:20:06,200 we had a variety of different cameras 449 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:10,180 stills videos imax you name it we had it 450 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:13,490 we didn't want to miss the hatch opening 451 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:14,930 in the handshake and you'll see we're 452 00:20:20,290 --> 00:20:16,970 flashing lights in each other's faces 453 00:20:21,550 --> 00:20:20,300 here but it was an awfully exciting time 454 00:20:25,090 --> 00:20:21,560 and we just couldn't wait to get that 455 00:20:27,460 --> 00:20:25,100 hatch open and and greet our Comment we 456 00:20:30,100 --> 00:20:27,470 had been training and preparing for this 457 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:30,110 moment for so long over the preceding 458 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:32,930 year working together with the mere 18 459 00:20:37,930 --> 00:20:36,170 in the mere 19 crews when the actual 460 00:20:39,820 --> 00:20:37,940 moment came we found ourselves looking 461 00:20:41,350 --> 00:20:39,830 around and saying are we really here and 462 00:20:56,390 --> 00:20:41,360 if we really have we really made this 463 00:21:01,430 --> 00:20:58,910 we had just a very brief greeting in a 464 00:21:03,950 --> 00:21:01,440 very brief ceremony if you will at the 465 00:21:06,470 --> 00:21:03,960 actual hatch and of course this was the 466 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:06,480 first time that we had seen norm and 467 00:21:11,510 --> 00:21:09,450 Volusia and gennady i guess in the 468 00:21:14,870 --> 00:21:11,520 previous what eight months i guess it 469 00:21:18,970 --> 00:21:14,880 had been since we had seen and the 470 00:21:22,130 --> 00:21:18,980 course going a little that a plan we had 471 00:21:23,750 --> 00:21:22,140 we had a plan prior to this and first 472 00:21:30,050 --> 00:21:23,760 thing we did was take that plan i'm toss 473 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:30,060 it and we all lined up and and went into 474 00:21:34,310 --> 00:21:32,610 the mirror at that time all all ten of 475 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:34,320 us i guess we're in there at that time 476 00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:38,370 and i kept the camera running as we went 477 00:21:42,460 --> 00:21:40,710 through the crystal module and arrived 478 00:21:51,170 --> 00:21:42,470 in the base block where we did our 479 00:21:55,970 --> 00:21:53,840 so there we were all accumulating 480 00:21:59,840 --> 00:21:55,980 ourselves in the base block or the core 481 00:22:03,950 --> 00:21:59,850 module obviously elated really happy to 482 00:22:07,340 --> 00:22:03,960 see Gennady and Volodya and norm and 483 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:07,350 they were I think happy to see us I 484 00:22:11,120 --> 00:22:08,970 think it's the first time there have 485 00:22:15,830 --> 00:22:11,130 been ten human beings in one spacecraft 486 00:22:18,770 --> 00:22:15,840 and to commemorate the occasion Bonnie 487 00:22:23,870 --> 00:22:18,780 put a STS 71 crew patch up in one of 488 00:22:26,210 --> 00:22:23,880 their come pieces of equipment the 489 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:26,220 following day then we congregated back 490 00:22:31,310 --> 00:22:29,010 in the space lab and we performed a gift 491 00:22:34,220 --> 00:22:31,320 exchange and we also made it a model of 492 00:22:43,950 --> 00:22:34,230 the MIR space station with the Space 493 00:22:49,090 --> 00:22:46,390 there's also a tour of the space shuttle 494 00:22:51,610 --> 00:22:49,100 that was conducted for Russian audiences 495 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:51,620 norm did this and in these sequences 496 00:22:56,020 --> 00:22:53,570 he's taking Gennady around the shuttle 497 00:22:58,120 --> 00:22:56,030 and he later narrate this for a Russian 498 00:23:00,370 --> 00:22:58,130 audience first in the commander's seat 499 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:00,380 and now back in the a flight deck where 500 00:23:07,450 --> 00:23:02,930 charlie is showing him the controls for 501 00:23:09,580 --> 00:23:07,460 the docking adaptor once we got all the 502 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:09,590 PA o events out of the way we could get 503 00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:11,210 to work on some of the science 504 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:14,510 objectives of the of the flight and the 505 00:23:19,150 --> 00:23:17,090 day after docking we did start on some 506 00:23:21,700 --> 00:23:19,160 of the experiments we had a small series 507 00:23:23,710 --> 00:23:21,710 of experiments to do on this flight that 508 00:23:28,570 --> 00:23:23,720 looked primarily at the cardiovascular 509 00:23:30,340 --> 00:23:28,580 system exercise fitness endurance those 510 00:23:33,310 --> 00:23:30,350 sorts of things and also some metabolic 511 00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:33,320 studies to look at biochemical hormonal 512 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:35,510 changes in the blood changes in the 513 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:38,530 blood chemistry things like that and 514 00:23:43,510 --> 00:23:41,290 Bonnie and I orchestrated most of this 515 00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:43,520 couldn't have done it obviously without 516 00:23:49,450 --> 00:23:46,370 our subjects participation in full 517 00:23:52,060 --> 00:23:49,460 cooperation and it was a pretty long day 518 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:52,070 as Ellen mentioned we had had rehearsed 519 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:54,170 this before and with our payload 520 00:23:58,120 --> 00:23:55,970 operations control center down here on 521 00:24:01,930 --> 00:23:58,130 the ground the POC I'd all went as 522 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:01,940 planned as was previously performed 523 00:24:05,710 --> 00:24:04,250 several barrel experiments on all three 524 00:24:08,610 --> 00:24:05,720 of the subjects that's an excellent 525 00:24:11,290 --> 00:24:08,620 quality data we're very happy with it 526 00:24:13,930 --> 00:24:11,300 Ellen also performed a number of 527 00:24:16,900 --> 00:24:13,940 metabolic experiments called em gas here 528 00:24:19,930 --> 00:24:16,910 she's connecting up re breathing bag to 529 00:24:25,460 --> 00:24:23,210 and we also flew the lower body negative 530 00:24:26,570 --> 00:24:25,470 pressure device as a joint experiment 531 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:26,580 between the Russians and the Americans 532 00:24:32,630 --> 00:24:29,610 we had principal investigators from both 533 00:24:33,980 --> 00:24:32,640 countries on all of our studies the 534 00:24:35,870 --> 00:24:33,990 Russians use lower body negative 535 00:24:37,759 --> 00:24:35,880 pressure as a countermeasure we use it 536 00:24:40,070 --> 00:24:37,769 as a research tool and we used it as a 537 00:24:42,049 --> 00:24:40,080 little of both on this plane Greg is 538 00:24:44,060 --> 00:24:42,059 wincing because he's having his blood 539 00:24:51,590 --> 00:24:44,070 taken there and he'd rather be jogging 540 00:24:53,690 --> 00:24:51,600 like I am here I think okay we as 541 00:24:57,940 --> 00:24:53,700 mentioned earlier we did an awful lot of 542 00:25:01,100 --> 00:24:57,950 transferring of equipment scientific and 543 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:01,110 material here who'd is transferring 544 00:25:09,590 --> 00:25:05,210 something called the PCG and it's just 545 00:25:12,110 --> 00:25:09,600 one example of the the tremendous amount 546 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:12,120 of effort we put into those five days 547 00:25:19,070 --> 00:25:14,250 and moving stuff back and forth between 548 00:25:20,629 --> 00:25:19,080 the two vehicles one unsung tremendous 549 00:25:23,210 --> 00:25:20,639 capability of the shuttle is its ability 550 00:25:29,029 --> 00:25:23,220 to return Hardware back to earth and we 551 00:25:32,850 --> 00:25:31,500 one of the more pleasant things we had 552 00:25:35,279 --> 00:25:32,860 the opportunity was talked to school 553 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:35,289 kids around the world we had sorry X 554 00:25:40,169 --> 00:25:37,690 context in California Texas New Jersey 555 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:40,179 Massachusetts and over in Russia we used 556 00:25:46,230 --> 00:25:42,250 dis Oryx radios on board both the 557 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:46,240 station Mir and the shuttle and as we 558 00:25:50,159 --> 00:25:47,770 showed in our slide where the big 559 00:25:52,230 --> 00:25:50,169 moments for us was to be able to show 560 00:25:56,159 --> 00:25:52,240 the new rockets inland and present the 561 00:25:58,200 --> 00:25:56,169 shirt to Anatoly who promptly put it on 562 00:26:00,360 --> 00:25:58,210 and decided to demonstrate his 563 00:26:01,980 --> 00:26:00,370 basketball style which I'm sure that 564 00:26:07,169 --> 00:26:01,990 it's the envy of anyone who's been in 565 00:26:12,889 --> 00:26:07,179 zero-g here we are closing the hatch and 566 00:26:16,110 --> 00:26:12,899 we've already set our last goodbye there 567 00:26:19,049 --> 00:26:16,120 and then there's Anatoly saying goodbye 568 00:26:25,169 --> 00:26:19,059 to us eating a tortilla through the one 569 00:26:27,379 --> 00:26:25,179 of the viewports on cloth crystal I 570 00:26:29,419 --> 00:26:27,389 guess 571 00:26:31,669 --> 00:26:29,429 Greg and Bonnie were talking there about 572 00:26:33,979 --> 00:26:31,679 getting pressure checks done as we 573 00:26:35,690 --> 00:26:33,989 prepared for this moment the Soyuz 574 00:26:38,239 --> 00:26:35,700 undocks from the mirror on the opposite 575 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:38,249 end of the station and begins its fly 576 00:26:45,319 --> 00:26:42,450 around we watched it with amazement at 577 00:26:47,629 --> 00:26:45,329 how well controlled it was and how 578 00:26:49,909 --> 00:26:47,639 stable and ellen's in the process of 579 00:26:51,229 --> 00:26:49,919 snapping it on the imax here which came 580 00:26:53,930 --> 00:26:51,239 out quite well we got to review that the 581 00:26:55,549 --> 00:26:53,940 other day but anatoly flew out of plane 582 00:26:59,199 --> 00:26:55,559 here as you see him moving between the 583 00:27:01,879 --> 00:26:59,209 panels to a position about 60 80 meters 584 00:27:04,909 --> 00:27:01,889 to the commander's side of the orbiter I 585 00:27:06,169 --> 00:27:04,919 guess the port side and station kept 586 00:27:10,129 --> 00:27:06,179 there while we prepared to do our 587 00:27:11,989 --> 00:27:10,139 undocking these scenes make the Soyuz 588 00:27:13,879 --> 00:27:11,999 look pretty small and look pretty far 589 00:27:16,129 --> 00:27:13,889 away let me tell you how close he loved 590 00:27:17,839 --> 00:27:16,139 when he was sitting out there is s he 591 00:27:19,159 --> 00:27:17,849 had a laser rangefinder you can see some 592 00:27:21,589 --> 00:27:19,169 of the jet firings here as he was 593 00:27:23,060 --> 00:27:21,599 holding attitude just right out the 594 00:27:25,430 --> 00:27:23,070 window we felt like we could reach out 595 00:27:27,979 --> 00:27:25,440 and touch him because he was that close 596 00:27:30,589 --> 00:27:27,989 to us his range i think was about 65 597 00:27:33,259 --> 00:27:30,599 meters but again he looked very very 598 00:27:38,140 --> 00:27:33,269 close at the as the actual time for 599 00:27:44,380 --> 00:27:41,350 at about three minutes prior to the 600 00:27:47,170 --> 00:27:44,390 actual separation i sent the command to 601 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:47,180 open the hooks and everything worked 602 00:27:51,910 --> 00:27:49,010 just like clockwork that mechanism 603 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:51,920 worked superbly and there was a set of 604 00:27:55,780 --> 00:27:53,810 push off springs that separated the two 605 00:27:58,360 --> 00:27:55,790 vehicles initially and then at about two 606 00:28:01,870 --> 00:27:58,370 feet who'd initiate a separation 607 00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:01,880 maneuver for pulses to complete the set 608 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:05,510 sequence this is a view I guess from the 609 00:28:15,570 --> 00:28:08,330 Soyuz looking at us as we do that 610 00:28:21,810 --> 00:28:18,750 of course when finally separated the 611 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:21,820 Emir 18 crew came up wave goodbye we had 612 00:28:27,390 --> 00:28:24,490 some exchanges on the VHF radio as well 613 00:28:29,730 --> 00:28:27,400 as we said sayonara you're also seeing 614 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:29,740 on the left there the Soyuz read aki it 615 00:28:37,020 --> 00:28:32,890 was a little departure from our plan to 616 00:28:38,820 --> 00:28:37,030 Dhaka an orbit later but you just see it 617 00:28:41,490 --> 00:28:38,830 start to close in there and it totally 618 00:28:43,590 --> 00:28:41,500 did an excellent job he I was in the 619 00:28:45,330 --> 00:28:43,600 commander's seat he flew from the port 620 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:45,340 side of the starboard pok aside the 621 00:28:55,110 --> 00:28:53,340 as we come completed that part of the 622 00:28:57,720 --> 00:28:55,120 fly around and got the photo there we 623 00:28:59,490 --> 00:28:57,730 started a complete revolution around the 624 00:29:03,780 --> 00:28:59,500 mirror and got these real pretty views 625 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:03,790 of the station and here you can see it 626 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:09,250 rotating the folks on the ground very 627 00:29:12,330 --> 00:29:10,930 interest to see views of the different 628 00:29:13,740 --> 00:29:12,340 sides of the mirror to see what kind of 629 00:29:18,510 --> 00:29:13,750 condition it's been in after a long 630 00:29:19,970 --> 00:29:18,520 exposure to space as Charlie mentioned 631 00:29:23,130 --> 00:29:19,980 we flew all the way around the mirror 632 00:29:26,370 --> 00:29:23,140 doing more than a 360 degree fly around 633 00:29:28,470 --> 00:29:26,380 and finally got to a point overhead the 634 00:29:30,090 --> 00:29:28,480 mirror on what we call the minus R Bar 635 00:29:32,820 --> 00:29:30,100 and in our final separation burns 636 00:29:40,549 --> 00:29:32,830 started translating away from the MIR 637 00:29:46,220 --> 00:29:43,580 well shortly after that we continued our 638 00:29:47,899 --> 00:29:46,230 work in the lab which one of the things 639 00:29:49,460 --> 00:29:47,909 that would be important for Norman and 640 00:29:52,039 --> 00:29:49,470 his crew members to do is to maintain 641 00:29:55,820 --> 00:29:52,049 their conditioning and anticipation of 642 00:29:57,499 --> 00:29:55,830 entry the intent was to exercise twice a 643 00:29:59,600 --> 00:29:57,509 day I think we missed that a few times 644 00:30:01,700 --> 00:29:59,610 for for those guys but they did manage 645 00:30:04,009 --> 00:30:01,710 to get some of their exercise in and 646 00:30:06,470 --> 00:30:04,019 another modification we did was to use 647 00:30:07,879 --> 00:30:06,480 the recumbent seats at the shuttle so 648 00:30:09,710 --> 00:30:07,889 that they would have the gravity vector 649 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:09,720 going through the chest rather than from 650 00:30:15,249 --> 00:30:11,490 the head to the toes and make the 651 00:30:17,889 --> 00:30:15,259 g-forces of reentry a lot easier on them 652 00:30:20,989 --> 00:30:17,899 this of course shows the shuttle as we 653 00:30:28,970 --> 00:30:20,999 re-entered flew around the heck and came 654 00:30:34,140 --> 00:30:32,340 the one little surprise we got on file 655 00:30:37,830 --> 00:30:34,150 was a master alarm which proved to be a 656 00:30:40,290 --> 00:30:37,840 false sensor indication but we just 657 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:40,300 pressed right on at 300 feet i lowered 658 00:30:44,850 --> 00:30:43,090 the gear here and who set up on the 659 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:44,860 outer glide path just nice and solid and 660 00:30:50,580 --> 00:30:48,730 brought it on in we were a relatively 661 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:50,590 lightweight orbiter about two hundred 662 00:30:55,500 --> 00:30:53,050 and nineteen thousand pounds coming in 663 00:30:57,750 --> 00:30:55,510 for landing so we were shooting at a 195 664 00:30:59,130 --> 00:30:57,760 not touched down as opposed to the 665 00:31:02,100 --> 00:30:59,140 heavyweight flights where we shoot at 666 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:02,110 205 knots and this is us touching down 667 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:04,810 on runaway 15 at the Kennedy Space 668 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:09,250 Center on july the seventh ending a very 669 00:31:23,380 --> 00:31:21,130 we of course use the drag chute we had a 670 00:31:24,970 --> 00:31:23,390 normal drag chute deploy for this 671 00:31:26,710 --> 00:31:24,980 landing we had a little bit of crosswind 672 00:31:30,250 --> 00:31:26,720 not enough to cause us any real 673 00:31:31,660 --> 00:31:30,260 difficulty and were able to fly a normal 674 00:31:33,850 --> 00:31:31,670 approach and landing all the way through