1 00:00:24,769 --> 00:00:19,630 I 2 00:00:27,409 --> 00:00:24,779 left lieutenant-colonel Eileen kid 3 00:00:28,909 --> 00:00:27,419 Collins United States Air Force and she 4 00:00:30,470 --> 00:00:28,919 was a real pleasure to work with over 5 00:00:32,259 --> 00:00:30,480 the past year and a half I hope to work 6 00:00:36,110 --> 00:00:32,269 with her and again in the near future 7 00:00:39,020 --> 00:00:36,120 and it was great flying with her it was 8 00:00:41,270 --> 00:00:39,030 her expertise that enabled us to hit the 9 00:00:42,860 --> 00:00:41,280 timing task to the exact second she was 10 00:00:44,740 --> 00:00:42,870 giving the guidance commands he was the 11 00:00:46,970 --> 00:00:44,750 policewoman during the running booze 12 00:00:49,430 --> 00:00:46,980 making sure that we were doing 13 00:00:51,049 --> 00:00:49,440 everything according to the schedule and 14 00:00:54,710 --> 00:00:51,059 she performed all of the burns on this 15 00:00:57,229 --> 00:00:54,720 on the Spartan retrieval she went to 16 00:00:59,090 --> 00:00:57,239 Syracuse University in 1978 graduated 17 00:01:01,490 --> 00:00:59,100 with the math and economics major as a 18 00:01:04,999 --> 00:01:01,500 master's degree from Stanford and 19 00:01:06,679 --> 00:01:05,009 Webster she flew c-141s in the Air Force 20 00:01:10,399 --> 00:01:06,689 and was a professor of math at the Air 21 00:01:12,260 --> 00:01:10,409 Force Academy the kid was not a rookie 22 00:01:14,270 --> 00:01:12,270 when the SRBs ignited she was right 23 00:01:15,710 --> 00:01:14,280 there with us as a as a veteran she's 24 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:15,720 the perfect choice for Americans first 25 00:01:21,590 --> 00:01:18,930 woman pilot in space on her left dr. 26 00:01:23,210 --> 00:01:21,600 bernard harris pulled together all of 27 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:23,220 the science for me on this flight he was 28 00:01:27,130 --> 00:01:25,530 my payload commander and was his 29 00:01:30,890 --> 00:01:27,140 expertise that enabled us to 30 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:30,900 reprioritize and replan and get all the 31 00:01:36,140 --> 00:01:32,490 extra experiments from space head for 32 00:01:38,270 --> 00:01:36,150 combined into space m3 and he went to 33 00:01:40,130 --> 00:01:38,280 the University of Houston 1978 graduate 34 00:01:42,110 --> 00:01:40,140 the biology degree has a doctorate and 35 00:01:44,510 --> 00:01:42,120 medicine from Texas Tech did his 36 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:44,520 residency work at the Mayo Clinic worked 37 00:01:50,180 --> 00:01:47,250 at NASA Ames he's on for faculty 38 00:01:52,850 --> 00:01:50,190 appointments he flew and STS 55 on 39 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:52,860 Columbia he has great bedside manner but 40 00:01:56,410 --> 00:01:53,970 I'm not going to let him take any more 41 00:01:58,969 --> 00:01:56,420 blood for me 42 00:02:00,740 --> 00:01:58,979 dr. C Michael fall Esquire from 43 00:02:02,660 --> 00:02:00,750 Cambridge England before the flight I 44 00:02:04,430 --> 00:02:02,670 said he had the unofficial title of 45 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:04,440 world's smartest man I saw a lot of the 46 00:02:07,999 --> 00:02:06,450 world and I'd like to upgrade that to 47 00:02:09,260 --> 00:02:08,009 the official title he is the world's 48 00:02:12,350 --> 00:02:09,270 smartest man at least of the world that 49 00:02:14,150 --> 00:02:12,360 I could see he's a computer whiz from 50 00:02:17,390 --> 00:02:14,160 the University of Cambridge has a PhD in 51 00:02:18,650 --> 00:02:17,400 astrophysics I worked at NASA's Mission 52 00:02:21,530 --> 00:02:18,660 Control Center before joining the 53 00:02:25,010 --> 00:02:21,540 astronaut office he flew on STS 45 and 54 00:02:26,930 --> 00:02:25,020 STS 56 Johann Kepler never guided 55 00:02:31,970 --> 00:02:26,940 100-ton vehicles together in space and 56 00:02:34,550 --> 00:02:31,980 he has dr. Janice Voss ms3 from Rockford 57 00:02:39,110 --> 00:02:34,560 Illinois did a superb job on the arm 58 00:02:41,990 --> 00:02:39,120 during the grapple of Spartan she went 59 00:02:45,020 --> 00:02:42,000 to Purdue University has a PhD in MIT 60 00:02:49,729 --> 00:02:45,030 from MIT in estero not accept here at 61 00:02:51,170 --> 00:02:49,739 JSC also and she flew and STS 57 she's 62 00:02:52,460 --> 00:02:51,180 the commander's dream she just went up 63 00:02:55,580 --> 00:02:52,470 there and did every job that she was 64 00:02:57,229 --> 00:02:55,590 given to expertly and was a pleasure to 65 00:02:59,350 --> 00:02:57,239 fly with and i hope the flyer her again 66 00:03:01,850 --> 00:02:59,360 i hope to play with all of them again 67 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:01,860 we're teen how to see through my very 68 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:04,290 good friend Colonel Vladimir yogi it's 69 00:03:10,250 --> 00:03:07,170 Tito of from Russia lat another CRO of 70 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:10,260 me he's a very cool if you've seen the 71 00:03:15,259 --> 00:03:12,810 his second launch attempt you'll know 72 00:03:16,789 --> 00:03:15,269 what I'm talking about you should have 73 00:03:18,380 --> 00:03:16,799 seen him on the arm during this flight I 74 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:18,390 said pre-flight that we were going to 75 00:03:23,780 --> 00:03:20,250 watch him we did and we did learn a lot 76 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:23,790 about space flight from Vladimir he was 77 00:03:28,009 --> 00:03:26,010 very cool on the arm he waved the folks 78 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:28,019 around on the on the end of the arm and 79 00:03:35,330 --> 00:03:32,730 did an outstanding job we would like to 80 00:03:39,140 --> 00:03:35,340 roll the movie and after the movie will 81 00:03:40,849 --> 00:03:39,150 show our slides of course the toughest 82 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:40,859 part about training is designing the 83 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:42,450 patch and once you do that then you're 84 00:03:48,740 --> 00:03:45,570 ready to go fly here we are on suit up 85 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:48,750 morning putting on the Asus suit four of 86 00:03:53,630 --> 00:03:50,730 us head the new suit it's a very good 87 00:03:56,500 --> 00:03:53,640 design worked very well if we ever need 88 00:04:00,050 --> 00:03:56,510 it for a depressurization system system 89 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:00,060 I'm sure it's going to work very well we 90 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:01,650 also had the liquid cooling garment was 91 00:04:05,770 --> 00:04:03,720 kept us very cool on a scent and during 92 00:04:08,270 --> 00:04:05,780 the entry that's also a new improvement 93 00:04:09,860 --> 00:04:08,280 many people helped us over the year 94 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:09,870 getting ready to go 95 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:11,970 launched into space and it was great 96 00:04:17,060 --> 00:04:14,970 when we walked out to see some of the 97 00:04:21,199 --> 00:04:17,070 smiling faces the folks that have helped 98 00:04:23,540 --> 00:04:21,209 us over the previous year and a half and 99 00:04:25,670 --> 00:04:23,550 it was nice to to wave at them and give 100 00:04:32,060 --> 00:04:25,680 them a smile as we departed for the 101 00:04:33,650 --> 00:04:32,070 launch pad of course is your approach 102 00:04:35,030 --> 00:04:33,660 it's the first time you've seen them the 103 00:04:37,460 --> 00:04:35,040 launch pad when there aren't very many 104 00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:37,470 people around this is a moment that 105 00:04:40,909 --> 00:04:38,850 takes me back to when I was about six 106 00:04:42,740 --> 00:04:40,919 years old and I first decided I wanted 107 00:04:45,290 --> 00:04:42,750 to be a national this is looking up at 108 00:04:47,540 --> 00:04:45,300 your rocket and this sent shivers down 109 00:04:48,860 --> 00:04:47,550 my spine every time I think about it and 110 00:04:53,629 --> 00:04:48,870 it was a special feeling as we went up 111 00:04:55,340 --> 00:04:53,639 the elevator the main engines ignite six 112 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:55,350 seconds prior to liftoff and then of 113 00:05:00,140 --> 00:04:57,330 course the SRBs ignite when you see the 114 00:05:01,969 --> 00:05:00,150 launch from a distance in person or on 115 00:05:04,850 --> 00:05:01,979 cameras it looks like the vehicle is 116 00:05:06,260 --> 00:05:04,860 climbing very slowly and stately we are 117 00:05:09,439 --> 00:05:06,270 here to assure you that there's nothing 118 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:09,449 slow about it it's a power and speed are 119 00:05:14,180 --> 00:05:11,850 the two words that come to mind when the 120 00:05:18,050 --> 00:05:14,190 SRBs ignite it's a pretty rough ride a 121 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:18,060 lot of vibrations shakin goin on of 122 00:05:21,730 --> 00:05:20,130 course 7 million pounds of thrust and 123 00:05:24,529 --> 00:05:21,740 you can feel every one of those pounds 124 00:05:26,420 --> 00:05:24,539 the first rendezvous maneuver is done 125 00:05:27,770 --> 00:05:26,430 right here on the wash pad we wait until 126 00:05:29,629 --> 00:05:27,780 the launch pad is in plane with the 127 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:29,639 mirror and then we quickly launch that 128 00:05:37,850 --> 00:05:32,250 occurred shortly after midnight and so 129 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:37,860 it was a night launch pretty exciting 130 00:05:44,180 --> 00:05:40,650 going uphill I especially like the the 131 00:05:45,950 --> 00:05:44,190 view that we see after we land it was 132 00:05:47,779 --> 00:05:45,960 great seeing the view in the cockpit but 133 00:05:50,420 --> 00:05:47,789 of course we're working the systems and 134 00:05:58,380 --> 00:05:50,430 making sure everything is working SRB 135 00:06:03,780 --> 00:06:01,770 once we get on orbit we have a nice 136 00:06:05,700 --> 00:06:03,790 external look of the space have which is 137 00:06:08,220 --> 00:06:05,710 the module has all the experiments in 138 00:06:11,940 --> 00:06:08,230 fact 23 different experiments here you 139 00:06:15,060 --> 00:06:11,950 see myself and veloce has a camera as we 140 00:06:17,010 --> 00:06:15,070 open the hatch to space hand the 141 00:06:18,810 --> 00:06:17,020 investigations included a variety of 142 00:06:24,210 --> 00:06:18,820 things from crystal growth the plant 143 00:06:28,740 --> 00:06:24,220 growth we even did the famous taste test 144 00:06:29,970 --> 00:06:28,750 that you heard about the experiments on 145 00:06:31,410 --> 00:06:29,980 board pretty mature and the entire 146 00:06:33,990 --> 00:06:31,420 complement of the kinds of experiments 147 00:06:35,910 --> 00:06:34,000 we do in space this is a protein crystal 148 00:06:38,010 --> 00:06:35,920 growth experiment that uses a vapor 149 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:38,020 diffusion apparatus these trays are full 150 00:06:42,030 --> 00:06:39,910 of little vials of protein crystals 151 00:06:43,110 --> 00:06:42,040 dissolved in a solution you pull the 152 00:06:44,550 --> 00:06:43,120 trades out you can see the little 153 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:44,560 chambers little round circles in the 154 00:06:48,540 --> 00:06:46,570 center of the screen each one has a 155 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:48,550 little droplet that contains the 156 00:06:52,910 --> 00:06:50,650 solution and during the flight these 157 00:06:54,990 --> 00:06:52,920 droplets the Halfmoon shapes you see 158 00:06:56,340 --> 00:06:55,000 evaporate leaving a protein crystal 159 00:06:59,040 --> 00:06:56,350 behind and hopefully they get very large 160 00:07:00,960 --> 00:06:59,050 crystals from this experiment we also 161 00:07:04,050 --> 00:07:00,970 had some other life sciences experiments 162 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:04,060 onboard back in the module this is vadim 163 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:06,010 erty Tov working on the Astra culture 164 00:07:10,350 --> 00:07:09,010 experiment growing plants in a sort of 165 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:10,360 equipment that hopefully we can use on 166 00:07:14,940 --> 00:07:12,010 Space Station in the future to grow 167 00:07:16,950 --> 00:07:14,950 things for astronauts to eat this is a 168 00:07:18,510 --> 00:07:16,960 robot we had on board called Charlotte 169 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:18,520 you can see at the bottom right corner 170 00:07:22,470 --> 00:07:20,650 of the screen a cable there are eight 171 00:07:24,420 --> 00:07:22,480 tables like that attached to the corners 172 00:07:26,700 --> 00:07:24,430 of Charlotte which allows it to fly 173 00:07:28,860 --> 00:07:26,710 around like Charlotte in Charlotte's Web 174 00:07:31,350 --> 00:07:28,870 it can turn switches as you see it 175 00:07:33,660 --> 00:07:31,360 during doing here it can punch buttons 176 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:33,670 it has a camera this view is from the 177 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:35,890 camera onboard Charlotte so it can send 178 00:07:38,970 --> 00:07:36,850 pictures to the ground of how the 179 00:07:40,980 --> 00:07:38,980 experiments are performing in space so 180 00:07:42,780 --> 00:07:40,990 it can be used to work experiments on a 181 00:07:43,980 --> 00:07:42,790 crew members not available what you're 182 00:07:46,530 --> 00:07:43,990 about to see here is the odor acts 183 00:07:48,810 --> 00:07:46,540 deploy three spheres and three dipoles 184 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:48,820 were launched there was one another 185 00:07:54,690 --> 00:07:52,450 sphere in the dipole the purpose of this 186 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:54,700 was to calibrate the ground radar so in 187 00:07:59,190 --> 00:07:56,890 the future they can better track orbital 188 00:08:01,410 --> 00:07:59,200 debris you all know about our jet 189 00:08:02,730 --> 00:08:01,420 problem we work this pretty hard the 190 00:08:05,420 --> 00:08:02,740 first couple days of the flight we 191 00:08:08,430 --> 00:08:05,430 thought we were going to go into 33 feet 192 00:08:10,940 --> 00:08:08,440 here you ok there's the oxidizer spewing 193 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:10,950 out and you can 194 00:08:14,780 --> 00:08:12,690 it's very well at the terminator passes 195 00:08:16,850 --> 00:08:14,790 but we thought were going to go into 33 196 00:08:18,020 --> 00:08:16,860 feet but with the leaking jet we knew 197 00:08:19,310 --> 00:08:18,030 that they'd be a possibility we'd be 198 00:08:22,610 --> 00:08:19,320 limited to four hundred feet or maybe 199 00:08:24,980 --> 00:08:22,620 even a thousand feet here's the first 200 00:08:31,010 --> 00:08:24,990 time you saw station approximately 50 201 00:08:33,050 --> 00:08:31,020 miles from us and the video Syria this 202 00:08:36,590 --> 00:08:33,060 time we receive message from station Mir 203 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:36,600 about we have decision about 30 feet 204 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:39,810 approach this is the first time we've 205 00:08:43,310 --> 00:08:41,490 been able to show you how dramatic the 206 00:08:44,870 --> 00:08:43,320 speed looks on orbit we're traveling in 207 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:44,880 over five miles a second it's the first 208 00:08:47,660 --> 00:08:46,170 time we've had other human beings in 209 00:08:49,700 --> 00:08:47,670 another spacecraft able to take our 210 00:08:51,500 --> 00:08:49,710 picture we fly underneath the mere 211 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:51,510 slightly faster and then climb up in 212 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:53,250 front of mere ko altitude where we 213 00:08:58,550 --> 00:08:57,210 eventually slow down and flacco speed we 214 00:09:00,320 --> 00:08:58,560 fly the first third of the rendezvous 215 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:00,330 from the front part of the cockpit just 216 00:09:04,900 --> 00:09:02,610 like they do in the enterprise you do 217 00:09:07,190 --> 00:09:04,910 air all the burns with the computers 218 00:09:09,110 --> 00:09:07,200 computer guided and automatically 219 00:09:11,060 --> 00:09:09,120 controlled and then we fly to the float 220 00:09:13,580 --> 00:09:11,070 to the back of the vehicle turn around 221 00:09:17,030 --> 00:09:13,590 look aft and fly the remaining portion 222 00:09:18,950 --> 00:09:17,040 of it manually this is valery polyakov 223 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:18,960 he's the cosmonaut who's been up there 224 00:09:24,410 --> 00:09:21,450 over a year now and will soon set a 225 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:24,420 record this is elena konnikova speaking 226 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:26,910 to us on the shuttle in fact all the 227 00:09:32,540 --> 00:09:29,130 astronauts got a chance to speak on our 228 00:09:35,870 --> 00:09:32,550 VHF radio to the cosmonauts on near it 229 00:09:38,330 --> 00:09:35,880 was very motivating as Jim climbed up 230 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:38,340 towards the v-bar that's basically the 231 00:09:42,950 --> 00:09:40,410 horizontal line tangent to the earth 232 00:09:44,870 --> 00:09:42,960 where we going to meet up with me I was 233 00:09:46,730 --> 00:09:44,880 ranging with the laser and meanwhile 234 00:09:47,990 --> 00:09:46,740 they were looking at us coming up and 235 00:09:49,910 --> 00:09:48,000 this is something we only saw when we 236 00:09:52,460 --> 00:09:49,920 came back and we appreciate how dramatic 237 00:09:55,310 --> 00:09:52,470 it is in fact what you're seeing here is 238 00:09:58,370 --> 00:09:55,320 sped up twice normal speed just so that 239 00:10:02,690 --> 00:09:58,380 we can show it quickly but I think even 240 00:10:05,090 --> 00:10:02,700 so you can feel how dramatic that is in 241 00:10:07,010 --> 00:10:05,100 the foreground that you see the dark 242 00:10:09,110 --> 00:10:07,020 metal ring that's a an adapter on the 243 00:10:10,700 --> 00:10:09,120 MIR for scientific instruments and then 244 00:10:22,999 --> 00:10:10,710 at the bottom right that's a scientific 245 00:10:28,369 --> 00:10:26,009 once we're at about 400 feet Jim 246 00:10:31,319 --> 00:10:28,379 arrested the approach to the mayor and 247 00:10:33,030 --> 00:10:31,329 we basically station kept there for a 248 00:10:37,379 --> 00:10:33,040 few minutes before we started our time 249 00:10:40,199 --> 00:10:37,389 to approach once that time we came up we 250 00:10:44,189 --> 00:10:40,209 basically had a window to make and 251 00:10:46,439 --> 00:10:44,199 Arlene kept us straight we were flying a 252 00:10:47,730 --> 00:10:46,449 range rate commands using another laser 253 00:10:51,059 --> 00:10:47,740 tracking system the trajectory control 254 00:10:52,319 --> 00:10:51,069 sensor in the middle of the bay ranging 255 00:10:53,819 --> 00:10:52,329 off the docking port here which is the 256 00:10:56,069 --> 00:10:53,829 white cross and Jim will tell you what 257 00:10:58,139 --> 00:10:56,079 he's doing there this is a view taken 258 00:11:01,049 --> 00:10:58,149 from one of the payload Bay cameras in 259 00:11:02,819 --> 00:11:01,059 it shows how stable the orbiter is as it 260 00:11:05,670 --> 00:11:02,829 approaches to the target and very few 261 00:11:07,259 --> 00:11:05,680 inputs were required we saw no motion 262 00:11:09,629 --> 00:11:07,269 from the solar rays you see the solar 263 00:11:12,769 --> 00:11:09,639 arrays slewing we were in the lowsee 264 00:11:14,939 --> 00:11:12,779 mode essentially not pluming the station 265 00:11:17,670 --> 00:11:14,949 we of course didn't want to damage 266 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:17,680 something this beautiful and again you 267 00:11:22,019 --> 00:11:20,050 can see how precise the orbiter is we 268 00:11:23,610 --> 00:11:22,029 didn't do very much it just stayed in 269 00:11:25,319 --> 00:11:23,620 the right place it's a little bit easier 270 00:11:29,670 --> 00:11:25,329 to fight in the simulators and that's 271 00:11:31,980 --> 00:11:29,680 good this is the view out of the window 272 00:11:34,319 --> 00:11:31,990 at about 37 feet and you can see 273 00:11:35,610 --> 00:11:34,329 Vladimir and I are both crashing into 274 00:11:43,319 --> 00:11:35,620 each other trying to get as good as 275 00:11:44,999 --> 00:11:43,329 short as the other this is a pan that 276 00:11:46,860 --> 00:11:45,009 Vladimir made and you can see the 277 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:46,870 windows there's of anaconda Koba with a 278 00:11:55,499 --> 00:11:49,689 knee yes Elena Konerko and me and you 279 00:11:58,619 --> 00:11:55,509 wave each other and for you of course I 280 00:12:01,319 --> 00:11:58,629 don't know who was it this is somebody 281 00:12:05,009 --> 00:12:01,329 know a new conversation this is valery 282 00:12:08,179 --> 00:12:05,019 polyakov and this is commander Alexandra 283 00:12:15,569 --> 00:12:08,189 Bianca all of the time with camera and 284 00:12:21,210 --> 00:12:15,579 shows the movie make movie it is his 285 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:21,220 picture from station near again it shows 286 00:12:26,850 --> 00:12:23,050 how well the vehicle has been designed 287 00:12:32,599 --> 00:12:26,860 after we remained in our closest point 288 00:12:36,749 --> 00:12:32,609 of approach for about 10 minutes with 289 00:12:38,249 --> 00:12:36,759 the my crew member is helping me to make 290 00:12:41,189 --> 00:12:38,259 sure that we didn't go one inch closer 291 00:12:44,849 --> 00:12:41,199 than the flavor limit of 10 meters you 292 00:12:47,150 --> 00:12:44,859 can see the solar array slewing again no 293 00:12:50,369 --> 00:12:47,160 motion at all from our jets we saw no 294 00:12:55,019 --> 00:12:50,379 interaction after 10 minutes we backed 295 00:12:57,719 --> 00:12:55,029 away and proceeded out to 450 feet and 296 00:12:59,759 --> 00:12:57,729 initiated a fly around as a photo survey 297 00:13:01,739 --> 00:12:59,769 in fact this is one of the heart of 298 00:13:04,169 --> 00:13:01,749 things for Jim and items will talk about 299 00:13:06,299 --> 00:13:04,179 in the cockpit as we back two way mirror 300 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:06,309 maneuvered so that we no longer had a 301 00:13:11,099 --> 00:13:08,410 center line towards the docking port and 302 00:13:14,099 --> 00:13:11,109 at 450 feet we started to climb up above 303 00:13:15,689 --> 00:13:14,109 it and behind it in our orbit plane so 304 00:13:17,969 --> 00:13:15,699 that we would do a full circle around it 305 00:13:20,340 --> 00:13:17,979 basically trying to stay at 450 feet 306 00:13:22,259 --> 00:13:20,350 during this time however using the laser 307 00:13:23,939 --> 00:13:22,269 which was the handheld laser which is 308 00:13:26,429 --> 00:13:23,949 the thing that a traffic cop would use 309 00:13:28,319 --> 00:13:26,439 to catch e for speeding we basically 310 00:13:31,889 --> 00:13:28,329 couldn't find many reflective items on 311 00:13:33,269 --> 00:13:31,899 the mirror to get a range off and so we 312 00:13:34,859 --> 00:13:33,279 basically had to move out a little bit 313 00:13:36,869 --> 00:13:34,869 further than we first planned because of 314 00:13:39,569 --> 00:13:36,879 that uncertainty but it was no problem i 315 00:13:41,759 --> 00:13:39,579 think the gym if anyone has any doubts 316 00:13:43,199 --> 00:13:41,769 about what we're doing in the future let 317 00:13:45,389 --> 00:13:43,209 us assure you that we were on the right 318 00:13:46,979 --> 00:13:45,399 track and you can't help but see a 319 00:13:50,129 --> 00:13:46,989 vehicle like this that's been up since 320 00:13:53,340 --> 00:13:50,139 1986 just stunning just breathtaking and 321 00:13:54,659 --> 00:13:53,350 ended it really tells us that we're 322 00:13:56,549 --> 00:13:54,669 doing the right thing we had met the 323 00:13:57,659 --> 00:13:56,559 Russian people before we launched and 324 00:14:00,119 --> 00:13:57,669 they're very proud of their space 325 00:14:01,499 --> 00:14:00,129 program they know a lot about our space 326 00:14:04,409 --> 00:14:01,509 program and we're of course are very 327 00:14:06,359 --> 00:14:04,419 proud of our space program and it's time 328 00:14:11,639 --> 00:14:06,369 to join our forces and make both of our 329 00:14:27,639 --> 00:14:11,649 programs better this is about 17,500 330 00:14:31,269 --> 00:14:29,710 we have payload bay lights on board the 331 00:14:33,639 --> 00:14:31,279 shuttle that help eliminate the mirror 332 00:14:35,230 --> 00:14:33,649 we could see it at 600 feet and you'll 333 00:14:37,389 --> 00:14:35,240 see in the next shop you watch the top 334 00:14:39,819 --> 00:14:37,399 upper right corner of the screen you'll 335 00:14:41,290 --> 00:14:39,829 see the jets on the mirror firing we can 336 00:14:43,389 --> 00:14:41,300 see there's all the structure and things 337 00:14:45,340 --> 00:14:43,399 very clearly at night without any help 338 00:14:48,519 --> 00:14:45,350 look up right up in there top right 339 00:14:50,679 --> 00:14:48,529 corner what's going on there is it's d 340 00:14:51,999 --> 00:14:50,689 state it's they have gyroscopes 341 00:14:53,829 --> 00:14:52,009 basically on the MIR to give it attitude 342 00:14:55,929 --> 00:14:53,839 control and at some point they become 343 00:15:03,519 --> 00:14:55,939 saturated in the fire jets to desaturate 344 00:15:05,109 --> 00:15:03,529 the gyros this is a parting shot and it 345 00:15:06,730 --> 00:15:05,119 was a pretty sad moment I think we had a 346 00:15:09,009 --> 00:15:06,740 long day was busy but one of the most 347 00:15:10,540 --> 00:15:09,019 exciting days in my life I must say the 348 00:15:12,790 --> 00:15:10,550 second major activity we had on this 349 00:15:15,129 --> 00:15:12,800 flight was the Spartan satellite it had 350 00:15:17,079 --> 00:15:15,139 an ultraviolet telescope that's on the 351 00:15:19,509 --> 00:15:17,089 right side of the box of the gold box 352 00:15:21,910 --> 00:15:19,519 you saw in that picture on flight day 353 00:15:24,189 --> 00:15:21,920 two we took it out of its station the 354 00:15:25,900 --> 00:15:24,199 payload Bay to look at the shuttle it's 355 00:15:28,389 --> 00:15:25,910 looking at the ultra violet glow on the 356 00:15:29,710 --> 00:15:28,399 surface of the tail of the shuttle by 357 00:15:31,389 --> 00:15:29,720 the murti top you can see at the 358 00:15:33,790 --> 00:15:31,399 controls on the robot arm here he's 359 00:15:35,019 --> 00:15:33,800 flying the Spartan up above the nose of 360 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:35,029 the shuttle so it can look back at the 361 00:15:41,019 --> 00:15:37,730 tail and it Jets on the tail to fire and 362 00:15:42,579 --> 00:15:41,029 watch their glow on fight day 5 we 363 00:15:45,369 --> 00:15:42,589 released Spartan so it could go look at 364 00:15:47,019 --> 00:15:45,379 some stellar objects again buddy mighty 365 00:15:48,669 --> 00:15:47,029 tough is flying the arm here we let the 366 00:15:50,049 --> 00:15:48,679 Spartan go and then we watch it to make 367 00:15:52,660 --> 00:15:50,059 sure its attitude control system is 368 00:15:54,999 --> 00:15:52,670 working properly when that's all been 369 00:15:57,460 --> 00:15:55,009 checked out Jim flies the shuttle way at 370 00:15:59,590 --> 00:15:57,470 about one foot per second which allows 371 00:16:01,449 --> 00:15:59,600 Spartan to drift about 40 miles in front 372 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:01,459 of the shuttle where it can perform its 373 00:16:06,699 --> 00:16:03,410 observations undisturbed by the shuttle 374 00:16:09,069 --> 00:16:06,709 environment the ultraviolet telescope 375 00:16:11,799 --> 00:16:09,079 will be looking at diffuse nebulae and 376 00:16:15,009 --> 00:16:11,809 other intergalactic objects which can be 377 00:16:17,860 --> 00:16:15,019 easily observed from the ground you can 378 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:17,870 see us doing ranging marks and looking 379 00:16:21,489 --> 00:16:19,610 at the Spartan to make sure all the 380 00:16:22,539 --> 00:16:21,499 deploy is going well you see it in the 381 00:16:27,249 --> 00:16:22,549 center of the screen that little black 382 00:16:29,949 --> 00:16:27,259 square is Spartan on its way this is 383 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:29,959 Mike and I preparing for our big event 384 00:16:35,289 --> 00:16:31,850 at least it was my favorite thing on the 385 00:16:38,049 --> 00:16:35,299 mission and I was e VA we have to pump 386 00:16:39,700 --> 00:16:38,059 the suits up without anybody's in it to 387 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:39,710 make sure it's not leaking and then 388 00:16:45,310 --> 00:16:43,130 get ready for prep here i'm attaching 389 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:45,320 electrodes to my chest both Bernardo my 390 00:16:48,910 --> 00:16:47,330 wore these during the EBA it said that 391 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:48,920 our flight surgeons can monitor our 392 00:16:53,050 --> 00:16:51,410 heartbeats during the spacewalk and here 393 00:16:55,660 --> 00:16:53,060 we are getting ready for our four-hour 394 00:16:58,830 --> 00:16:55,670 hang on the wall while we get to look at 395 00:17:01,540 --> 00:16:58,840 each other and tell each other stories 396 00:17:03,070 --> 00:17:01,550 after they waved goodbye to us we had to 397 00:17:05,230 --> 00:17:03,080 get right back on getting Spartan 398 00:17:06,850 --> 00:17:05,240 retrieved jim was flying the rendezvous 399 00:17:08,890 --> 00:17:06,860 here and you can see Spartan coming up 400 00:17:10,570 --> 00:17:08,900 the robot arm is in the bottom center of 401 00:17:13,360 --> 00:17:10,580 the screen I'm performing the retrieve 402 00:17:14,650 --> 00:17:13,370 at this point I'm using the camera on 403 00:17:17,079 --> 00:17:14,660 the robot arm which is the view that you 404 00:17:20,050 --> 00:17:17,089 see here to get a good eye on how 405 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:20,060 Spartan is coming close that's me at the 406 00:17:22,570 --> 00:17:21,290 robot arm you see the trajectory at the 407 00:17:24,850 --> 00:17:22,580 bottom right corner of the screen there 408 00:17:26,590 --> 00:17:24,860 that's the approach that we flew the 409 00:17:28,060 --> 00:17:26,600 part I'm trying to grab is actually the 410 00:17:29,500 --> 00:17:28,070 bottom center of the screen i'm using 411 00:17:32,140 --> 00:17:29,510 the target in the middle of the screen 412 00:17:33,820 --> 00:17:32,150 in order to aim and adjust my attitude 413 00:17:35,980 --> 00:17:33,830 properly so i can get ahold of Spartan 414 00:17:37,810 --> 00:17:35,990 that all went very smoothly job did it 415 00:17:41,170 --> 00:17:37,820 Tim did a superb job of setting me up 416 00:17:42,370 --> 00:17:41,180 for this grapple once we got a hold of 417 00:17:44,710 --> 00:17:42,380 Spartan we then put it back in the 418 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:44,720 payload bay there had been some concern 419 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:46,610 before the flight because earlier 420 00:17:50,470 --> 00:17:47,930 flights had had some problems with the 421 00:17:51,730 --> 00:17:50,480 latching mechanism they had changed the 422 00:17:53,050 --> 00:17:51,740 hardware before this flight and we were 423 00:17:55,090 --> 00:17:53,060 hoping it all went well and indeed it 424 00:17:56,740 --> 00:17:55,100 did it went right down into the guides 425 00:17:59,110 --> 00:17:56,750 and latched up on the first attempt 426 00:18:00,670 --> 00:17:59,120 which was good news for the EBA guys 427 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:00,680 champing at the bit to get in the 428 00:18:04,900 --> 00:18:03,770 payload bay and chomping we were but not 429 00:18:07,450 --> 00:18:04,910 and I kept on looking at each other as 430 00:18:08,770 --> 00:18:07,460 they are ms slowly did its thing but 431 00:18:10,990 --> 00:18:08,780 here we are we got outside we were very 432 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:11,000 happy we wave to the camera and started 433 00:18:15,340 --> 00:18:13,250 our thermal evaluation well I was the 434 00:18:17,050 --> 00:18:15,350 first guy on the arm I got in with no 435 00:18:19,900 --> 00:18:17,060 problem you see the arm is outfitted 436 00:18:21,700 --> 00:18:19,910 with a pad and once I got safely in I 437 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:21,710 grabbed a hold to Mike and by the way 438 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:24,770 we're we are tethered shortly after that 439 00:18:29,950 --> 00:18:27,650 balochi lifted us both up about 30 feet 440 00:18:32,230 --> 00:18:29,960 above the cargo bay for the cold soak 441 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:32,240 and during this time frame actually 442 00:18:37,060 --> 00:18:34,250 neither Bernardo myself thought 443 00:18:38,860 --> 00:18:37,070 particularly cold anywhere it was only 444 00:18:40,510 --> 00:18:38,870 when we started to unbirth the Spartan 445 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:40,520 and we moved into darkness at the same 446 00:18:44,410 --> 00:18:42,410 time here you see me on the end of the 447 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:44,420 RMS moving it a little bit closer to 448 00:18:48,070 --> 00:18:45,890 Bernard so he can grab ahold of it with 449 00:18:50,410 --> 00:18:48,080 a small handing tool and perform his 450 00:18:52,260 --> 00:18:50,420 mass handling evaluation during this 451 00:18:55,420 --> 00:18:52,270 time I had full control 452 00:18:57,670 --> 00:18:55,430 once my candidate off to me it was my 453 00:18:59,740 --> 00:18:57,680 job to take this almost 3,000 pound 454 00:19:02,130 --> 00:18:59,750 object satellite and wave it back and 455 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:02,140 forth in the air not only weigh about 456 00:19:08,590 --> 00:19:05,690 250 pounds and our 205 pounds i should 457 00:19:10,330 --> 00:19:08,600 say he's getting laughing all the time I 458 00:19:13,510 --> 00:19:10,340 don't weigh 250 pounds they wouldn't let 459 00:19:16,210 --> 00:19:13,520 me go in the shuttle so it was a as not 460 00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:16,220 as an easy test as you may think even 461 00:19:20,500 --> 00:19:17,510 though it doesn't weigh anything it does 462 00:19:23,050 --> 00:19:20,510 have a lot of mass and you can see here 463 00:19:26,290 --> 00:19:23,060 my initial starts and stops I did not 464 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:26,300 have the satellite very square and it 465 00:19:30,910 --> 00:19:28,250 was sort of a steep learning curve at 466 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:30,920 the very beginning after a while I got 467 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:34,010 the hang of it and then it became pretty 468 00:19:39,060 --> 00:19:36,890 pretty easy but the only way you can 469 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:39,070 move masses like this is very very 470 00:19:46,330 --> 00:19:44,450 slowly I must say Bernard did it 471 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:46,340 extremely well initially he said he had 472 00:19:49,570 --> 00:19:47,930 a lot of concern about doing it even 473 00:19:52,300 --> 00:19:49,580 slower than we had practiced on the air 474 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:52,310 bearing floor but as far as I could tell 475 00:19:55,900 --> 00:19:54,290 he moved it without cross-coupling 476 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:55,910 anything towards the end of his mouth 477 00:19:59,890 --> 00:19:57,770 handing evaluation I was steadily 478 00:20:02,770 --> 00:19:59,900 getting cold while watching him and so 479 00:20:04,660 --> 00:20:02,780 we ended up birthing the Spartan because 480 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:04,670 of specifically very cold hands on my 481 00:20:09,700 --> 00:20:06,730 part and I think when I had cold feet 482 00:20:11,290 --> 00:20:09,710 after we've been told to do the birth 483 00:20:16,060 --> 00:20:11,300 Bernard was able to practice his thermal 484 00:20:19,270 --> 00:20:16,070 emittance evaluation after I did that 485 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:19,280 then it was Mike's turn on the RMS yeah 486 00:20:25,570 --> 00:20:21,890 he had been up there freezing his toes 487 00:20:27,790 --> 00:20:25,580 and hands off at this point and he did 488 00:20:29,170 --> 00:20:27,800 actually did a close pass over IMAX 489 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:29,180 camera that we had in the payload Bay so 490 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:30,530 you'll see some nice footage to that 491 00:20:34,210 --> 00:20:32,570 later one of the things we do on every 492 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:34,220 flight is look out the windows and take 493 00:20:38,290 --> 00:20:36,050 pictures for earth observations folks 494 00:20:39,940 --> 00:20:38,300 one of our important jobs in the space 495 00:20:42,340 --> 00:20:39,950 program is to monitor the Earth's 496 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:42,350 environment you can see glaciers here in 497 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:45,050 the southern Andes Patagonia area it's 498 00:20:48,100 --> 00:20:46,730 an area that we don't see very often on 499 00:20:49,750 --> 00:20:48,110 shuttle flights because we don't go to 500 00:20:52,900 --> 00:20:49,760 the high inclination that we had we were 501 00:20:54,010 --> 00:20:52,910 at 51.6 degrees this kind of terrain is 502 00:20:55,330 --> 00:20:54,020 a very enters to the Russian 503 00:20:57,610 --> 00:20:55,340 co-investigators on this flight because 504 00:21:00,160 --> 00:20:57,620 of the glaciers and watching the water 505 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:00,170 runoff but we do eventually have to come 506 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:01,490 home ours was an eight-day flight 507 00:21:05,629 --> 00:21:03,410 morning a flight day nine we packed up 508 00:21:07,310 --> 00:21:05,639 to go home we had one last chance 509 00:21:08,989 --> 00:21:07,320 say goodbye to the MIR Space Station 510 00:21:11,329 --> 00:21:08,999 you'll see it in the center of this 511 00:21:13,549 --> 00:21:11,339 frame and then you'll see a meteorite go 512 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:13,559 by shell has unique experience of having 513 00:21:19,699 --> 00:21:17,369 meteorites go below it if you think a 514 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:19,709 scent is exciting or the mirror on eva 515 00:21:23,659 --> 00:21:21,690 is exciting you wouldn't believe entry 516 00:21:26,209 --> 00:21:23,669 the only way to take out the energy that 517 00:21:28,060 --> 00:21:26,219 we have put into the vehicle and liftoff 518 00:21:30,709 --> 00:21:28,070 is to come slamming into the atmosphere 519 00:21:32,659 --> 00:21:30,719 there are not many molecules up high but 520 00:21:34,819 --> 00:21:32,669 the ones that are there are screaming 521 00:21:36,739 --> 00:21:34,829 hot and when you hit them and you see 522 00:21:39,049 --> 00:21:36,749 the pink glow outside the windows the 523 00:21:42,169 --> 00:21:39,059 flash is caused by the attitude control 524 00:21:45,589 --> 00:21:42,179 Jets firing you'll see a scene looking 525 00:21:47,690 --> 00:21:45,599 back aft on this 25 mile trailing plume 526 00:21:49,909 --> 00:21:47,700 of fire as we come flying into the 527 00:21:54,019 --> 00:21:49,919 atmosphere now it was pretty dramatic 528 00:21:56,810 --> 00:21:54,029 for us because it was a night entry we 529 00:22:00,529 --> 00:21:56,820 saw the Sun as we approach the hack just 530 00:22:02,869 --> 00:22:00,539 briefly the large turning circle so most 531 00:22:04,489 --> 00:22:02,879 of the entry was at night the Sun peeked 532 00:22:07,249 --> 00:22:04,499 its little head above the horizon and 533 00:22:08,810 --> 00:22:07,259 then dipped below again as we descended 534 00:22:10,999 --> 00:22:08,820 in our hundred-ton glider with a lifted 535 00:22:14,449 --> 00:22:11,009 drag ratio of worse than four to one and 536 00:22:16,909 --> 00:22:14,459 reverse flight path control but the 537 00:22:19,969 --> 00:22:16,919 system is very very smooth you see the 538 00:22:22,690 --> 00:22:19,979 turbulence from inside the 20,000,000 539 00:22:24,769 --> 00:22:22,700 candlepower xenon lamps down the runway 540 00:22:27,459 --> 00:22:24,779 illuminating the runway of course from 541 00:22:31,519 --> 00:22:27,469 where we were it looked like daytime 542 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:31,529 early morning you'll see again flying 543 00:22:35,449 --> 00:22:33,450 over the threshold of the runway you see 544 00:22:37,279 --> 00:22:35,459 some of the turbulence but the vehicle 545 00:22:39,649 --> 00:22:37,289 handles it very well it takes out all of 546 00:22:41,479 --> 00:22:39,659 the gusts and turbulence you see some of 547 00:22:43,759 --> 00:22:41,489 the trailing edge vortices coming up in 548 00:22:47,899 --> 00:22:43,769 the wingtips in the next shot as we roll 549 00:22:50,329 --> 00:22:47,909 down the runway and lean will deploy the 550 00:22:53,299 --> 00:22:50,339 drag chute and the dis reefs just prior 551 00:22:55,190 --> 00:22:53,309 to nosewheel touchdown which helps to 552 00:23:00,799 --> 00:22:55,200 reduce the loading on the main wheels 553 00:23:05,449 --> 00:23:00,809 and the nose gear see the shuttle chase 554 00:23:07,190 --> 00:23:05,459 airplane flying by Mike said he could 555 00:23:08,509 --> 00:23:07,200 see some of the flashbulbs going off on 556 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:08,519 the side I wasn't looking in that 557 00:23:12,030 --> 00:23:10,210 direction 558 00:23:14,430 --> 00:23:12,040 Jim always told us not to look out the 559 00:23:15,750 --> 00:23:14,440 window but I blew it I might now that 560 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:15,760 you feel quite heavy after her coming 561 00:23:19,500 --> 00:23:17,650 back to earth Spang over a week in zero 562 00:23:23,660 --> 00:23:19,510 gravity when I took my helmet off it 563 00:23:26,910 --> 00:23:23,670 felt like it weighed almost 75 pounds 564 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:26,920 after Eileen get rid of the direct sheet 565 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:28,210 was the first time we had used the 566 00:23:35,370 --> 00:23:33,090 brakes the system is so good we will 567 00:23:36,750 --> 00:23:35,380 show our slides at this time and then 568 00:23:40,710 --> 00:23:36,760 we'd love to answer any questions that 569 00:23:44,790 --> 00:23:40,720 you may have again this is a spectacular 570 00:23:47,430 --> 00:23:44,800 night and launch with all that thrust in 571 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:47,440 power underneath the system worked very 572 00:23:52,170 --> 00:23:49,690 well we had no problems until after we 573 00:23:53,670 --> 00:23:52,180 got in orbit and that's a testament to 574 00:23:56,450 --> 00:23:53,680 all the folks who worked on the on the 575 00:24:02,520 --> 00:23:56,460 system's here at JSC and around the NASA 576 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:02,530 centers lunch plane in our high 577 00:24:05,790 --> 00:24:04,090 inclination dictate that we had only a 578 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:05,800 five minute launch window these are the 579 00:24:08,700 --> 00:24:07,090 kind of things that we'll be doing every 580 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:08,710 time we fly Tamir will have just a 581 00:24:18,750 --> 00:24:15,970 five-minute launch window again I'd like 582 00:24:22,350 --> 00:24:18,760 to thank my crew for helping me end this 583 00:24:23,940 --> 00:24:22,360 mission I simply did what they told me 584 00:24:26,370 --> 00:24:23,950 to do and the vehicle was so good that 585 00:24:32,300 --> 00:24:26,380 it was all pretty easy we should have no 586 00:24:37,140 --> 00:24:34,620 again setting up for the rendezvous we 587 00:24:38,910 --> 00:24:37,150 do the first portion of it up in the 588 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:38,920 front cockpit this is the commander seat 589 00:24:43,050 --> 00:24:40,810 on the left for the second rendezvous we 590 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:43,060 switched the roles and Eileen took over 591 00:24:46,350 --> 00:24:44,770 the commander seat and did the end I 592 00:24:48,570 --> 00:24:46,360 should add that during this time we were 593 00:24:50,730 --> 00:24:48,580 kept on trying to make Jim feel better 594 00:24:53,220 --> 00:24:50,740 about the Jet Li this is a topic of 595 00:24:55,290 --> 00:24:53,230 conversation almost every night day 596 00:24:57,180 --> 00:24:55,300 transition in our orbit we've been 597 00:25:00,030 --> 00:24:57,190 looking out the back when it and say is 598 00:25:02,250 --> 00:25:00,040 it still leaking we go yes Jim he'd try 599 00:25:03,950 --> 00:25:02,260 and smile and I guess he's running smart 600 00:25:07,770 --> 00:25:03,960 here too 601 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:07,780 of the 44 steering jets that we have on 602 00:25:12,570 --> 00:25:09,850 the orbiter we had problems with three 603 00:25:15,090 --> 00:25:12,580 of them one of them had failed off and 604 00:25:16,830 --> 00:25:15,100 two of them were leaking there was a 605 00:25:18,510 --> 00:25:16,840 forward jet that started leaking on 606 00:25:21,060 --> 00:25:18,520 flight day two and this is a procedure 607 00:25:23,610 --> 00:25:21,070 that I'm working here that one we were 608 00:25:25,110 --> 00:25:23,620 able to heal fortunately because it was 609 00:25:27,990 --> 00:25:25,120 a required jet to do the rendezvous 610 00:25:30,330 --> 00:25:28,000 inside of a thousand feet we cycled the 611 00:25:31,860 --> 00:25:30,340 manifold once and ran this procedure we 612 00:25:33,180 --> 00:25:31,870 hot fire the jet three times and we 613 00:25:34,710 --> 00:25:33,190 managed to heal that leak so you 614 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:34,720 probably didn't hear much about that on 615 00:25:39,150 --> 00:25:37,450 the ground um and also this would be a 616 00:25:40,620 --> 00:25:39,160 good point for me to to mention all the 617 00:25:43,049 --> 00:25:40,630 great support that we got from our 618 00:25:44,669 --> 00:25:43,059 flight controllers and our engineers 619 00:25:46,620 --> 00:25:44,679 here on the ground and also the managers 620 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:46,630 that worked very hard in very long hours 621 00:25:50,580 --> 00:25:49,210 working over in Russia with our Russian 622 00:25:52,890 --> 00:25:50,590 colleagues everybody wanted this 623 00:25:55,169 --> 00:25:52,900 approach to happen the Russians and the 624 00:25:58,470 --> 00:25:55,179 Americans alike and we did everything we 625 00:26:00,299 --> 00:25:58,480 could and and of course the crew worked 626 00:26:01,350 --> 00:26:00,309 hard but we have great thanks to pass on 627 00:26:03,510 --> 00:26:01,360 to the people here on the ground that 628 00:26:08,510 --> 00:26:03,520 allowed this mission to go all the way 629 00:26:14,370 --> 00:26:11,700 first radio contact we had with station 630 00:26:16,409 --> 00:26:14,380 we had on distance approximately five 631 00:26:20,370 --> 00:26:16,419 hundred fifty thousand feet from the 632 00:26:23,159 --> 00:26:20,380 shuttle the connection was table and the 633 00:26:25,980 --> 00:26:23,169 first time they saw the station then it 634 00:26:28,500 --> 00:26:25,990 was about 50 miles from us before the 635 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:28,510 sunset was so in a bright star in the 636 00:26:34,620 --> 00:26:31,690 direction of our West director and first 637 00:26:38,850 --> 00:26:34,630 we had a discussion on if it was the 638 00:26:43,650 --> 00:26:38,860 planet Jupiter station but in that 639 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:43,660 period of time we were not sure but 640 00:26:49,470 --> 00:26:46,690 after the sunset sister disappeared and 641 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:49,480 which mean what it was station and we 642 00:26:57,210 --> 00:26:54,250 were approaching it and I would be able 643 00:26:59,070 --> 00:26:57,220 to see my space home on this picture you 644 00:27:02,340 --> 00:26:59,080 can see the station which is located 645 00:27:05,130 --> 00:27:02,350 about 400 feet from the shadow shuttle 646 00:27:08,340 --> 00:27:05,140 before the sunset and the final approach 647 00:27:13,350 --> 00:27:08,350 of Tara heater started during the with 648 00:27:15,570 --> 00:27:13,360 orbital night and when we began at 649 00:27:16,899 --> 00:27:15,580 approach I must say personally it was 650 00:27:18,460 --> 00:27:16,909 hard to real 651 00:27:19,599 --> 00:27:18,470 what we were actually doing you know 652 00:27:21,789 --> 00:27:19,609 approaching the marriage such a 653 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:21,799 spectacular sight and yet we had a 654 00:27:25,810 --> 00:27:23,570 pretty technical job to do it this time 655 00:27:28,299 --> 00:27:25,820 so I would concentrate with the handheld 656 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:28,309 laser at pointing straight at the 657 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:29,690 docking port as you see it in the lower 658 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:32,090 part of the scene there and call out 659 00:27:37,149 --> 00:27:35,090 ranges and range rates to gym while he 660 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:37,159 very carefully maintained a corridor and 661 00:27:43,299 --> 00:27:41,690 fluid in this is the target you see the 662 00:27:45,849 --> 00:27:43,309 standoff cross in the center of the 663 00:27:48,669 --> 00:27:45,859 picture which we use for angular 664 00:27:51,129 --> 00:27:48,679 alignment and translational alignment we 665 00:27:53,739 --> 00:27:51,139 fly the approach with the attitude 666 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:53,749 control system and automatic pilot and 667 00:27:58,359 --> 00:27:56,090 we fly manually the translational 668 00:28:02,139 --> 00:27:58,369 control system again it was very stable 669 00:28:04,659 --> 00:28:02,149 and fairly easy easy to do even in the 670 00:28:11,049 --> 00:28:04,669 lowsee mode which reduces the plume on 671 00:28:14,139 --> 00:28:11,059 mirror this picture is made from the 672 00:28:16,419 --> 00:28:14,149 distance of approximately 35 feet in the 673 00:28:19,989 --> 00:28:16,429 window station you can see the face of 674 00:28:23,049 --> 00:28:19,999 dr. valery polyakov i had some 675 00:28:25,930 --> 00:28:23,059 experience working with him for four 676 00:28:29,289 --> 00:28:25,940 months during my year flight but now he 677 00:28:31,180 --> 00:28:29,299 got so brave that the heav'n beat the 678 00:28:34,239 --> 00:28:31,190 record of the launch of space flight 679 00:28:38,889 --> 00:28:34,249 with my flight engineer and i set it in 680 00:28:42,099 --> 00:28:38,899 1988 it has just been a little over 13 681 00:28:45,700 --> 00:28:42,109 months of him working in space and on 682 00:28:48,430 --> 00:28:45,710 stop this side of me represents the eyes 683 00:28:51,909 --> 00:28:48,440 of the station because this is the place 684 00:28:54,070 --> 00:28:51,919 where the main windows allocated this is 685 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:54,080 the place where video activity is 686 00:28:59,710 --> 00:28:56,690 located and where the crew can watched 687 00:29:04,960 --> 00:28:59,720 the earth on the top of the station and 688 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:04,970 middle it is some top one moment this 689 00:29:13,690 --> 00:29:11,090 one you can see a green color circle but 690 00:29:16,330 --> 00:29:13,700 like looks like a window but it is not 691 00:29:18,879 --> 00:29:16,340 like not window with this a hedge of the 692 00:29:20,889 --> 00:29:18,889 IRA log with a small iron log which the 693 00:29:25,479 --> 00:29:20,899 crew used for performing experience 694 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:25,489 outside the stating stating it is also 695 00:29:36,150 --> 00:29:30,050 used for stress geez disposal if it 696 00:29:39,700 --> 00:29:36,160 Syrian after we had spent some time 697 00:29:41,290 --> 00:29:39,710 close-up Tamir and we talked a lot on 698 00:29:43,540 --> 00:29:41,300 the radio and had taken many pictures 699 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:43,550 that we then had to start the second 700 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:45,050 part which was the fly around and Jim 701 00:29:53,590 --> 00:29:49,490 backed away to 450 feet and then started 702 00:29:56,140 --> 00:29:53,600 a slow climb around the the mere up and 703 00:30:04,930 --> 00:29:56,150 over during this time I think Janice was 704 00:30:07,270 --> 00:30:04,940 taking some IMAX film footage that IMAX 705 00:30:08,530 --> 00:30:07,280 film footage that Mike mentioned will be 706 00:30:11,650 --> 00:30:08,540 ready in a couple of weeks and it's 707 00:30:14,260 --> 00:30:11,660 going to be beautiful my job during this 708 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:14,270 whole rendezvous was to be in the 709 00:30:18,940 --> 00:30:16,610 Spacehab with cameras at both sides 710 00:30:21,220 --> 00:30:18,950 firing pictures as fast as I could we 711 00:30:23,050 --> 00:30:21,230 have a lot of beautiful photos and I 712 00:30:25,270 --> 00:30:23,060 have to tell you that the the photos 713 00:30:27,660 --> 00:30:25,280 don't do the beauty of this station 714 00:30:31,270 --> 00:30:27,670 justice at all it really is gorgeous 715 00:30:33,370 --> 00:30:31,280 this is the station as we're doing our 716 00:30:38,230 --> 00:30:33,380 separation burn and getting ready to 717 00:30:39,580 --> 00:30:38,240 leave mir space have as we mentioned in 718 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:39,590 the film was one of our other major 719 00:30:44,860 --> 00:30:41,530 activities on the flight this is the AFT 720 00:30:46,810 --> 00:30:44,870 port end of the space hab module you can 721 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:46,820 see the general setup with the lockers 722 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:49,250 that contain experiments and the wall to 723 00:30:53,590 --> 00:30:50,930 the right of the slide that has things 724 00:30:56,230 --> 00:30:53,600 like procedures in our trash areas this 725 00:30:59,670 --> 00:30:56,240 is a budding dirty Tov working on one of 726 00:31:01,480 --> 00:30:59,680 our life sciences experiments on board 727 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:01,490 there were a variety of different 728 00:31:04,990 --> 00:31:03,050 experiments both in the module on the 729 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:05,000 mid-deck this is an example of a class 730 00:31:08,890 --> 00:31:06,890 of experiments that we did a radiation 731 00:31:11,740 --> 00:31:08,900 monitoring experiment that Jim our chief 732 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:11,750 scientist on board was operating he 733 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:14,690 loved that title we made we made Jim and 734 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:19,610 honorary scientists on this flight there 735 00:31:23,290 --> 00:31:21,410 were also a large number of experiments 736 00:31:24,610 --> 00:31:23,300 on the mid-deck they even though they 737 00:31:26,110 --> 00:31:24,620 are spaced have experiments they're 738 00:31:28,990 --> 00:31:26,120 stowed on the mid-deck so they can have 739 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:29,000 easy access for change out of chemicals 740 00:31:31,750 --> 00:31:30,410 right before we launch it's much easier 741 00:31:33,940 --> 00:31:31,760 to get in the mid deck then all the way 742 00:31:36,010 --> 00:31:33,950 back into the space hab module and this 743 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:36,020 shows a variety of different experiments 744 00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:38,930 the silver boxes are refrigerators the 745 00:31:42,620 --> 00:31:41,510 top center one holds a protein crystal 746 00:31:44,780 --> 00:31:42,630 growth experiment 747 00:31:46,340 --> 00:31:44,790 the middle right one is the vapor 748 00:31:48,410 --> 00:31:46,350 diffusion apparatus that we saw earlier 749 00:31:50,870 --> 00:31:48,420 the gold boxes in the center of the 750 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:50,880 screen are accelerometers that we use to 751 00:31:54,890 --> 00:31:53,370 measure the environment of the spatial 752 00:31:56,510 --> 00:31:54,900 to help people better understand what 753 00:31:59,480 --> 00:31:56,520 kind of experiments can best be done on 754 00:32:02,150 --> 00:31:59,490 board the third major area we had on 755 00:32:05,180 --> 00:32:02,160 board was the Spartan satellite this was 756 00:32:06,890 --> 00:32:05,190 the attached tops on flight day to where 757 00:32:09,140 --> 00:32:06,900 we're using the telescope that you can 758 00:32:11,990 --> 00:32:09,150 see on the right-hand side of the box 759 00:32:13,670 --> 00:32:12,000 the gold box to monitor the shuttle 760 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:13,680 environment the glow on the tail and the 761 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:19,050 RCS Jets firing then on flight day 5 of 762 00:32:23,930 --> 00:32:22,290 ID muti Tov deployed Spartan as we saw 763 00:32:28,460 --> 00:32:23,940 in the film it drifted away for a couple 764 00:32:31,100 --> 00:32:28,470 of days and went back to pick it up this 765 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:31,110 is me on the retrieved a flight day 7 at 766 00:32:35,270 --> 00:32:33,570 the robot arm controls as I'm getting 767 00:32:37,550 --> 00:32:35,280 ready to grab a hold of Spartan and put 768 00:32:41,270 --> 00:32:37,560 it back in the bay for our anxiously 769 00:32:44,450 --> 00:32:41,280 awaiting EBA guys my nights and white 770 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:44,460 armor I mentioned in the movie that 771 00:32:47,540 --> 00:32:46,770 Bernard and I try to avoid looking each 772 00:32:48,950 --> 00:32:47,550 other in telling each other stories 773 00:32:51,620 --> 00:32:48,960 because we'd already heard a lot of our 774 00:32:52,910 --> 00:32:51,630 stories before then in fact for four 775 00:32:56,210 --> 00:32:52,920 hours we're having to do a pre breathe 776 00:32:58,430 --> 00:32:56,220 the cabin was kept at 14 point 7 pounds 777 00:32:59,840 --> 00:32:58,440 per square inch atmospheric pressure so 778 00:33:01,340 --> 00:32:59,850 it wouldn't disturb the experiments and 779 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:01,350 for that reason we had to get rid of the 780 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:03,330 nitrogen in our bloodstream by breathing 781 00:33:09,260 --> 00:33:06,930 pure o2 for four hours it was actually 782 00:33:11,930 --> 00:33:09,270 not as bad as I expected you're more 783 00:33:15,170 --> 00:33:11,940 comfortable in space speak for yourself 784 00:33:16,490 --> 00:33:15,180 I did those that were not try to sleep 785 00:33:19,820 --> 00:33:16,500 more than I did during this period of 786 00:33:22,910 --> 00:33:19,830 time on my left arm there I'm in the 787 00:33:24,260 --> 00:33:22,920 lower left on my left arm there's a boxy 788 00:33:26,270 --> 00:33:24,270 looking at contraption called the 789 00:33:28,070 --> 00:33:26,280 electronic cuff checklist and it's a 790 00:33:30,290 --> 00:33:28,080 device that basically let's just pull up 791 00:33:32,210 --> 00:33:30,300 with menus the activities we're going to 792 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:32,220 perform during the EBA and also some 793 00:33:36,740 --> 00:33:34,650 contingency procedures and I spent my 794 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:36,750 time bothering bernard going through all 795 00:33:42,350 --> 00:33:39,330 of our EV a flight plan by walking with 796 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:42,360 that checklist we also monitored their 797 00:33:47,150 --> 00:33:44,730 conversation on one of our loops this 798 00:33:49,310 --> 00:33:47,160 was during the Spartan retrieval in 799 00:33:54,220 --> 00:33:49,320 these guys just cracked me up 800 00:33:57,620 --> 00:33:54,230 I think I talked about this on the movie 801 00:33:59,659 --> 00:33:57,630 when we first came out we had a major 802 00:34:01,789 --> 00:33:59,669 task and that was the outfit the RMS 803 00:34:04,279 --> 00:34:01,799 with this pad what we call pad and 804 00:34:07,610 --> 00:34:04,289 contraption here and there's a special 805 00:34:10,190 --> 00:34:07,620 device which we hooked to the RMS and 806 00:34:12,500 --> 00:34:10,200 then we then put a portable foot 807 00:34:14,710 --> 00:34:12,510 restraint on and then we had a thermal 808 00:34:17,930 --> 00:34:14,720 cube that measured ambient temperature 809 00:34:19,010 --> 00:34:17,940 the objective of this this evaa we had 810 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:19,020 several objectives but the major 811 00:34:23,359 --> 00:34:20,970 objective was a thermal evaluation and 812 00:34:26,119 --> 00:34:23,369 that was we were told go outside guys 813 00:34:28,849 --> 00:34:26,129 turn your heat all the way up and stay 814 00:34:31,129 --> 00:34:28,859 out there and do you get cold and if you 815 00:34:34,669 --> 00:34:31,139 followed us we got cold fairly quickly 816 00:34:36,409 --> 00:34:34,679 and that's not hard to do when you're 817 00:34:38,540 --> 00:34:36,419 facing beeps space and we're talking 818 00:34:43,430 --> 00:34:38,550 about temperatures of an excess of 819 00:34:47,720 --> 00:34:43,440 people mike is holly meyer 2.7 kelvin i 820 00:34:50,649 --> 00:34:47,730 have no idea what that is it's very cold 821 00:34:53,839 --> 00:34:50,659 but it's very cold it's greater than 822 00:34:56,809 --> 00:34:53,849 about the 100 minus 130 degrees 823 00:35:00,559 --> 00:34:56,819 fahrenheit now that I do understand we 824 00:35:02,089 --> 00:35:00,569 have some preliminary temperatures from 825 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:02,099 the sensors that we had in our gloves 826 00:35:07,490 --> 00:35:04,890 and it shows that it was lower than 20 827 00:35:13,190 --> 00:35:07,500 degrees inside our gloves in the suit so 828 00:35:16,370 --> 00:35:13,200 pretty cold this is a picture I tried to 829 00:35:19,220 --> 00:35:16,380 take or took with the hasselblad while I 830 00:35:21,710 --> 00:35:19,230 was basically floating free Bernard had 831 00:35:23,390 --> 00:35:21,720 a hold of me with one hand and it was 832 00:35:26,059 --> 00:35:23,400 surprisingly stable much more stable 833 00:35:27,950 --> 00:35:26,069 than the water tank I was trying to take 834 00:35:30,980 --> 00:35:27,960 shots one-handed with the hasselblad and 835 00:35:35,270 --> 00:35:30,990 unfortunately I got his feet 836 00:35:39,350 --> 00:35:35,280 those are my feet right and they're big 837 00:35:41,210 --> 00:35:39,360 too but could there was a tremendous 838 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:41,220 view for me and Bernard while we were 839 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:43,530 doing this particularly with the earth 840 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:46,890 behind Bernard I will always remember 841 00:35:51,170 --> 00:35:48,810 this for the rest of my life just how 842 00:35:53,060 --> 00:35:51,180 breathtaking that was because we were 843 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:53,070 still in earth light we were not getting 844 00:35:58,580 --> 00:35:56,130 as cold as we had pumped ourselves up to 845 00:36:00,140 --> 00:35:58,590 think we would be and in fact I was 846 00:36:02,270 --> 00:36:00,150 starting to get overconfident about this 847 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:02,280 I guess when they thought about bringing 848 00:36:06,170 --> 00:36:03,930 us down at the end of this 15-minute 849 00:36:08,180 --> 00:36:06,180 evaluation we both gave ratings I think 850 00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:08,190 of the order of just slightly cool or 851 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:10,770 normal before we were brought down to 852 00:36:16,700 --> 00:36:14,450 the bay for the mass handing evaluation 853 00:36:20,090 --> 00:36:16,710 it was shortly after we were brought 854 00:36:22,340 --> 00:36:20,100 down in the bay I got off the RMS and 855 00:36:25,910 --> 00:36:22,350 then Mike got into the RMS and then you 856 00:36:29,090 --> 00:36:25,920 see me here to the right side of Spartan 857 00:36:30,950 --> 00:36:29,100 we had foot restraints on each side of 858 00:36:34,430 --> 00:36:30,960 these and those are always on the 859 00:36:36,830 --> 00:36:34,440 Spartan impasse just in case people like 860 00:36:38,930 --> 00:36:36,840 Janis ability have trouble birthing it 861 00:36:41,450 --> 00:36:38,940 then we can do an EBA and actually birth 862 00:36:44,300 --> 00:36:41,460 it shortly after that Mike was sort of 863 00:36:47,420 --> 00:36:44,310 hanging freely we went into a night pass 864 00:36:50,300 --> 00:36:47,430 and that's when it really got cold at 865 00:36:52,099 --> 00:36:50,310 that point I was I had the Spartan in 866 00:36:53,770 --> 00:36:52,109 hand and actually going through the mass 867 00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:53,780 handling that I described in the movie 868 00:36:59,390 --> 00:36:57,090 and I guess that whole sequence was 869 00:37:02,240 --> 00:36:59,400 around 10 or 15 minutes into the night 870 00:37:04,220 --> 00:37:02,250 pass when we both started noticing that 871 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:04,230 their fingers and feet we're getting 872 00:37:09,650 --> 00:37:07,290 colder and colder and it's about that 873 00:37:13,490 --> 00:37:09,660 time that we asked Eileen to move us to 874 00:37:16,310 --> 00:37:13,500 a colder a warmer attitude that is but 875 00:37:21,410 --> 00:37:16,320 in space at night there is no warmer 876 00:37:23,510 --> 00:37:21,420 attitude how do you see me basically 877 00:37:25,010 --> 00:37:23,520 doing one of the experiments I was 878 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:25,020 working on in the mid decks the solid 879 00:37:31,310 --> 00:37:27,090 surface combustion experiment it's 880 00:37:33,349 --> 00:37:31,320 basically to cinema basically moving 881 00:37:34,940 --> 00:37:33,359 machines that take pictures of a flame 882 00:37:36,830 --> 00:37:34,950 propagating a crop across the solid 883 00:37:38,570 --> 00:37:36,840 surface and this is a very simple 884 00:37:44,740 --> 00:37:38,580 experiment for me to do appropriate to 885 00:37:50,570 --> 00:37:48,890 this is an experiment I'm not going to 886 00:37:52,370 --> 00:37:50,580 go into telling you exactly what it is 887 00:37:55,670 --> 00:37:52,380 but look at all this contraption look at 888 00:37:58,420 --> 00:37:55,680 all this as a medical doctor I was glad 889 00:38:01,339 --> 00:37:58,430 that I wasn't the subject in this 890 00:38:02,900 --> 00:38:01,349 because it had so many wires and gadgets 891 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:02,910 that I had to connect to these guys who 892 00:38:06,980 --> 00:38:04,770 took a while to get him outfitted he did 893 00:38:08,690 --> 00:38:06,990 it to Vladimir too but the good news is 894 00:38:09,859 --> 00:38:08,700 while he's working madly trying to go 895 00:38:12,830 --> 00:38:09,869 those wires connect and I'm just 896 00:38:15,410 --> 00:38:12,840 floating there having a great time this 897 00:38:19,220 --> 00:38:15,420 actually this device in short basically 898 00:38:22,550 --> 00:38:19,230 was in electoral via gram which actually 899 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:22,560 place electrodes over the muscles to get 900 00:38:26,570 --> 00:38:24,330 an idea of how they respond to 901 00:38:27,950 --> 00:38:26,580 microgravity so you can actually remove 902 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:27,960 your arm you can actually look at the 903 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:30,450 waveform so it's a very sophisticated 904 00:38:34,970 --> 00:38:33,210 device very portable the thing that 905 00:38:36,859 --> 00:38:34,980 doesn't show up on here is Janice is 906 00:38:38,359 --> 00:38:36,869 also wearing some nice little ski boots 907 00:38:40,910 --> 00:38:38,369 at least that's what they look like and 908 00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:40,920 these were to apply some pressure to the 909 00:38:47,180 --> 00:38:43,890 bottom of her feet to simulate standing 910 00:38:53,150 --> 00:38:47,190 on the earth and we're still waiting on 911 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:53,160 the data to come back on that even in 912 00:38:57,980 --> 00:38:55,970 space you can't get away from paperwork 913 00:39:01,010 --> 00:38:57,990 actually the system worked out pretty 914 00:39:03,890 --> 00:39:01,020 good this is our fax machine and we call 915 00:39:06,050 --> 00:39:03,900 it tips and every morning Mission 916 00:39:08,210 --> 00:39:06,060 Control would send messages up to us 917 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:08,220 mainly changes to our flight plan 918 00:39:14,660 --> 00:39:11,490 updates to procedures we got messages to 919 00:39:16,700 --> 00:39:14,670 cheer us up and is one example of the 920 00:39:19,609 --> 00:39:16,710 other types of messages we get the Earth 921 00:39:22,940 --> 00:39:19,619 Observation people would send us 922 00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:22,950 information on that day and ground 923 00:39:26,210 --> 00:39:24,450 scenes that we'd be passing over that 924 00:39:28,460 --> 00:39:26,220 they'd like to see pictures of along 925 00:39:32,300 --> 00:39:28,470 with what camera and what f-stop we 926 00:39:34,430 --> 00:39:32,310 should use a lot of our flight was over 927 00:39:36,290 --> 00:39:34,440 water but we did get some nice shots of 928 00:39:37,849 --> 00:39:36,300 things over the land this is the blue 929 00:39:40,849 --> 00:39:37,859 and white nile is coming together the 930 00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:40,859 white nile is the wider river to the 931 00:39:45,050 --> 00:39:43,170 left of the screen and the area in the 932 00:39:46,730 --> 00:39:45,060 middle all the little dark trying 933 00:39:48,500 --> 00:39:46,740 rectangles that you see in the center 934 00:39:48,940 --> 00:39:48,510 bottom of the screen is cotton growing 935 00:39:51,370 --> 00:39:48,950 area 936 00:39:54,069 --> 00:39:51,380 this is the city of cartoon which spans 937 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:54,079 the Blue Nile on the right side of the 938 00:40:02,230 --> 00:39:56,570 screen and this is one of the largest 939 00:40:04,270 --> 00:40:02,240 cotton growing areas in the world these 940 00:40:06,730 --> 00:40:04,280 glaciers was so impressive to is that we 941 00:40:09,550 --> 00:40:06,740 decided we'd add another picture in our 942 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:09,560 slideshow while you can see one right 943 00:40:14,010 --> 00:40:11,210 here in the middle emptying into a lake 944 00:40:16,720 --> 00:40:14,020 and also down here in the bottom 945 00:40:19,569 --> 00:40:16,730 emptying into a lake and they actually 946 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:19,579 start from an altitude of over 10,000 947 00:40:26,410 --> 00:40:22,490 feet again this is in Chile and 948 00:40:28,180 --> 00:40:26,420 Argentina South America and if you look 949 00:40:30,329 --> 00:40:28,190 at the history of these areas if you go 950 00:40:32,290 --> 00:40:30,339 back thousands and thousands of years 951 00:40:35,140 --> 00:40:32,300 the scientists tell us that these 952 00:40:37,240 --> 00:40:35,150 glaciers actually flowed into where the 953 00:40:39,579 --> 00:40:37,250 lake is and the lakes were formed by the 954 00:40:40,870 --> 00:40:39,589 glaciers and you know flying on the 955 00:40:43,270 --> 00:40:40,880 shuttle and taking these pictures in 956 00:40:45,069 --> 00:40:43,280 both the visual and infrared range we 957 00:40:47,050 --> 00:40:45,079 can really get a lot of information to 958 00:40:55,210 --> 00:40:47,060 the scientists and learn about the 959 00:40:57,190 --> 00:40:55,220 history of earth it's this island called 960 00:41:00,790 --> 00:40:57,200 the heard island which is approximately 961 00:41:05,109 --> 00:41:00,800 51 52 degrees cells this is maybe a 962 00:41:08,170 --> 00:41:05,119 thousand island in the Indian Ocean all 963 00:41:12,180 --> 00:41:08,180 of the time this island and the 964 00:41:15,900 --> 00:41:12,190 Kerguelen island under the cloudy and 965 00:41:19,599 --> 00:41:15,910 this picture interesting you can see 966 00:41:23,319 --> 00:41:19,609 cloudy waves and gravity waves and the 967 00:41:26,410 --> 00:41:23,329 beginnings of von Karman vortex Cyril up 968 00:41:34,540 --> 00:41:26,420 here in the structure cloud deck and 969 00:41:38,380 --> 00:41:34,550 downwind of the snow caped Island and 970 00:41:43,030 --> 00:41:38,390 this is a picture of South African it 971 00:41:47,579 --> 00:41:43,040 looks like part of the ok now I can see 972 00:41:50,740 --> 00:41:47,589 this is actually Cape Town and this is 973 00:41:52,510 --> 00:41:50,750 Robben Island and that island happens to 974 00:41:55,900 --> 00:41:52,520 be the island at NASA Mandela was in 975 00:41:59,319 --> 00:41:55,910 prison for for all those years and it's 976 00:42:01,570 --> 00:41:59,329 really when I look at this it really is 977 00:42:09,490 --> 00:42:01,580 a beautiful scene 978 00:42:11,350 --> 00:42:09,500 but also a symbol of Independence again 979 00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:11,360 the system that we have is a very good 980 00:42:17,740 --> 00:42:15,530 one you may have heard that we left the 981 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:17,750 system in Auto we flew such a wide hack 982 00:42:24,460 --> 00:42:22,010 a large heading alignment cone left in 983 00:42:26,050 --> 00:42:24,470 an auto and it went a little bit low as 984 00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:26,060 expected we all knew it was going to 985 00:42:32,770 --> 00:42:29,210 happen and there's we think it's a great 986 00:42:36,190 --> 00:42:32,780 system on the final approach and landing 987 00:42:37,570 --> 00:42:36,200 I was happy to show Vladimir how we do 988 00:42:39,130 --> 00:42:37,580 it hopefully the landing was a little