1 00:00:33,170 --> 00:00:30,290 we were going to start out with a series 2 00:00:35,630 --> 00:00:33,180 of slides and follow that with a video 3 00:00:37,130 --> 00:00:35,640 of course the slides and also the video 4 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:37,140 we're silent we will provide the 5 00:00:42,140 --> 00:00:39,690 narration and we hope that what we can 6 00:00:44,570 --> 00:00:42,150 do although it's not totally adequate 7 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:44,580 but what we hope to do is show you a 8 00:00:50,180 --> 00:00:47,010 slice of what it's like to be on orbit 9 00:00:52,790 --> 00:00:50,190 and to conduct a mission a fantastic 10 00:00:57,130 --> 00:00:52,800 missions such as sts-80 so if we could 11 00:01:00,860 --> 00:00:59,390 well the one thing we know is that you 12 00:01:03,799 --> 00:01:00,870 can't have a mission until you have a 13 00:01:05,690 --> 00:01:03,809 patch and I was assigned as patched 14 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:05,700 chairman on this flight so low-key about 15 00:01:08,779 --> 00:01:07,710 my goal was to come up with the patch it 16 00:01:10,820 --> 00:01:08,789 told a little bit of story about the 17 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:10,830 mission before I get started I can't 18 00:01:15,469 --> 00:01:12,810 necessarily take credit for this design 19 00:01:17,060 --> 00:01:15,479 though real Mike sandy who was a an 20 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:17,070 artist for Lockheed Martin was moved 21 00:01:22,010 --> 00:01:18,690 back east now came up with this design 22 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:22,020 but what did I tell you and the center 23 00:01:28,580 --> 00:01:24,570 top portion of the patch is obvious Paz 24 00:01:31,330 --> 00:01:28,590 satellite the spectrograph astronomy 25 00:01:33,589 --> 00:01:31,340 satellite that we deployed on day one 26 00:01:35,660 --> 00:01:33,599 connected it at the bottom of the three 27 00:01:37,309 --> 00:01:35,670 red lines which are a portion of the 28 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:37,319 astronauts symbol and those are there to 29 00:01:41,210 --> 00:01:38,810 represent in fact the astronaut office 30 00:01:42,740 --> 00:01:41,220 involvement with these satellites the 31 00:01:44,990 --> 00:01:42,750 two satellites we took up with both free 32 00:01:46,910 --> 00:01:45,000 fliers and for a large portion did a lot 33 00:01:49,249 --> 00:01:46,920 of science on their own but we would 34 00:01:50,870 --> 00:01:49,259 like to emphasize our portion in getting 35 00:01:52,669 --> 00:01:50,880 in there and help conducting the science 36 00:01:55,190 --> 00:01:52,679 at the bottom portion that is the wake 37 00:01:57,139 --> 00:01:55,200 shield satellite that the story was and 38 00:01:59,779 --> 00:01:57,149 was deeply involved with the entire time 39 00:02:01,279 --> 00:01:59,789 it was deployed you'll notice in the 40 00:02:03,260 --> 00:02:01,289 dark blue background they're stars 41 00:02:06,139 --> 00:02:03,270 they're 16 white stars represent a day 42 00:02:08,779 --> 00:02:06,149 for each one star for each day of the 43 00:02:11,510 --> 00:02:08,789 flight there's also two larger blue 44 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:11,520 stars which were to represent the eve 45 00:02:15,650 --> 00:02:13,650 EAS and you've got to tell you now and I 46 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:15,660 put those on I was also hopeful that we 47 00:02:19,729 --> 00:02:17,610 would wind up with the record duration 48 00:02:21,170 --> 00:02:19,739 mission so if you count those two that's 49 00:02:23,230 --> 00:02:21,180 18 days and in fact that's what I 50 00:02:26,230 --> 00:02:23,240 mission turned out to be 51 00:02:27,780 --> 00:02:26,240 pretty clever I did that on my last 52 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:27,790 flight and we didn't get that actually 53 00:02:33,580 --> 00:02:31,010 yeah and then lastly around the 54 00:02:35,530 --> 00:02:33,590 perimeter the gray area where the names 55 00:02:36,790 --> 00:02:35,540 are encompassed if you look at that and 56 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:36,800 kind of remove the shuttle you'll see a 57 00:02:43,510 --> 00:02:40,490 sea and it's kind of appropriate that 58 00:02:48,410 --> 00:02:43,520 that C stands for Columbia other 59 00:02:51,110 --> 00:02:48,420 commander cockle also enjoyed that seat 60 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:51,120 but the and then obviously the center of 61 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:52,530 the patch to what we really want to tell 62 00:02:55,910 --> 00:02:54,450 also was the space shuttle mission and 63 00:02:57,589 --> 00:02:55,920 there's the on-orbit configuration of 64 00:03:02,720 --> 00:02:57,599 the space shuttle while we conducted the 65 00:03:04,460 --> 00:03:02,730 science we go on to the next line we 66 00:03:07,190 --> 00:03:04,470 took off on a beautiful day in the 67 00:03:08,630 --> 00:03:07,200 afternoon in Florida and this is 68 00:03:09,979 --> 00:03:08,640 probably about three seconds into the 69 00:03:12,650 --> 00:03:09,989 flight by the time we get to the top of 70 00:03:14,870 --> 00:03:12,660 the tower we're going to 120 miles per 71 00:03:16,759 --> 00:03:14,880 hour but the real excitement for the 72 00:03:19,540 --> 00:03:16,769 crew is during those last three or four 73 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:19,550 seconds prior to the Boosters lighten I 74 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:22,290 think NASA does a countdown so that it 75 00:03:27,229 --> 00:03:25,050 can make the crew more scared when it 76 00:03:29,030 --> 00:03:27,239 when it comes time for the Boosters to 77 00:03:34,220 --> 00:03:29,040 light but we were we were in the hoopin 78 00:03:35,900 --> 00:03:34,230 and Hollerin mode at this point well one 79 00:03:37,490 --> 00:03:35,910 of the first activities during the 80 00:03:40,460 --> 00:03:37,500 mission was the deployment of the 81 00:03:42,199 --> 00:03:40,470 Orpheus Paz spacecraft we grappled the 82 00:03:43,820 --> 00:03:42,209 spa's about three and a half hours into 83 00:03:45,740 --> 00:03:43,830 the flight and we were set up for a 84 00:03:47,690 --> 00:03:45,750 seven-hour deploy we ended up deploying 85 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:47,700 about eight and a half hours to to get 86 00:03:51,770 --> 00:03:49,850 some of the ground configuration 87 00:03:55,220 --> 00:03:51,780 corrected before we did the actual 88 00:03:56,750 --> 00:03:55,230 deploy but Orpheus Paz is a spacecraft 89 00:03:59,240 --> 00:03:56,760 that was born out of a joint agreement 90 00:04:01,789 --> 00:03:59,250 between NASA and the German Space Agency 91 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:01,799 and it consists of the spa's carrier and 92 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:04,290 the Orpheus suite of telescopes and 93 00:04:08,090 --> 00:04:06,090 instruments built by put in the United 94 00:04:11,210 --> 00:04:08,100 States and in Germany and they take 95 00:04:13,099 --> 00:04:11,220 ultraviolet spectrum or look at light of 96 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:13,109 higher energy than optical light of 97 00:04:18,590 --> 00:04:15,810 things like stars in our own galaxy 98 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:18,600 other galaxies and also look at the 99 00:04:21,740 --> 00:04:20,370 material between the stars to get a 100 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:21,750 better understanding of the star 101 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:26,610 formation process well along with the 102 00:04:31,010 --> 00:04:29,130 deploy came a fairly large photo TV 103 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:31,020 requirement overhead and that helped to 104 00:04:36,110 --> 00:04:33,930 make our day one not only busy but very 105 00:04:38,330 --> 00:04:36,120 busy and this is a photo of Tom in the 106 00:04:39,740 --> 00:04:38,340 middle of the that nest and as a matter 107 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:39,750 of fact along with that what a five 108 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:42,090 recorder set up he's a he's holding a 109 00:04:46,190 --> 00:04:43,890 checklist and I'd like to mention Martha 110 00:04:47,719 --> 00:04:46,200 may and the photo TV she designed this 111 00:04:52,170 --> 00:04:47,729 checklist and without her help would 112 00:04:58,210 --> 00:04:54,370 we'll skip ahead a bit here to flight 113 00:04:59,980 --> 00:04:58,220 day 4 and we were busy here deploying 114 00:05:01,990 --> 00:04:59,990 the wake shield facility our other prime 115 00:05:05,050 --> 00:05:02,000 payload on them on the flight and I'm 116 00:05:06,790 --> 00:05:05,060 operating the RMS controls at the aft 117 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:06,800 flight deck looking back into the 118 00:05:12,970 --> 00:05:09,770 payload Bay and we deployed the wake 119 00:05:14,710 --> 00:05:12,980 shield after a long period of orbiter 120 00:05:17,050 --> 00:05:14,720 free drift where we didn't fire the 121 00:05:18,850 --> 00:05:17,060 orbiters thrusters to keep contamination 122 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:18,860 of the wake shields experimental side to 123 00:05:23,620 --> 00:05:21,010 a minimum and it was a very nice ballet 124 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:23,630 designed by our friends and Mission 125 00:05:28,330 --> 00:05:26,510 Control to put together this same ballet 126 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:28,340 and choreograph the release of the wig 127 00:05:32,650 --> 00:05:30,650 shield while we maneuvered the satellite 128 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:32,660 to the various positions on the arm 129 00:05:39,790 --> 00:05:34,730 required to get it in deployed 130 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:39,800 configuration here you can see the wake 131 00:05:44,230 --> 00:05:41,810 shield being unbirth from the payload 132 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:44,240 bay and we removed it from the 133 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:45,890 protective cone in the back of the 134 00:05:51,220 --> 00:05:49,130 payload bay that kept the experimental 135 00:05:53,470 --> 00:05:51,230 surface the growth services free from 136 00:05:54,940 --> 00:05:53,480 contamination during the launch pad stay 137 00:05:56,950 --> 00:05:54,950 the ascent in the early part of orbit 138 00:05:59,230 --> 00:05:56,960 and as we lift it up here we go into a 139 00:06:01,360 --> 00:05:59,240 complicated sequence of maneuvers to 140 00:06:02,980 --> 00:06:01,370 clean off the experimental bottom of the 141 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:02,990 wake shield or the wake side of the 142 00:06:09,130 --> 00:06:04,850 satellite and story I'll tell us a bit 143 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:09,140 more about that science here's the 144 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:11,090 weight shield after a time is released 145 00:06:16,390 --> 00:06:14,330 it management awake shield program and 146 00:06:18,700 --> 00:06:16,400 the science is conducted on it is out of 147 00:06:20,530 --> 00:06:18,710 the University of Houston it's 148 00:06:22,750 --> 00:06:20,540 manufactured right across the water 149 00:06:25,300 --> 00:06:22,760 there in South Shore harbor by space 150 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:25,310 craft industries wake shield is a 151 00:06:31,300 --> 00:06:29,090 satellite to study the manufacture of 152 00:06:34,570 --> 00:06:31,310 semiconductor materials out there and a 153 00:06:36,969 --> 00:06:34,580 perfect vacuum 10 to the minus 14 it's a 154 00:06:39,550 --> 00:06:36,979 battery-operated has thermal passive 155 00:06:41,409 --> 00:06:39,560 system it has its own attitude a 156 00:06:44,020 --> 00:06:41,419 termination system that looks at earth 157 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:44,030 horizon and it controls its attitude 158 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:46,250 with torque errs the orange structures 159 00:06:51,820 --> 00:06:49,010 that you can see magnetic torque and a 160 00:06:59,140 --> 00:06:51,830 reaction control feel it performed 161 00:07:06,020 --> 00:07:02,480 operating wake shield we do that using 162 00:07:08,510 --> 00:07:06,030 portable computers I used a pilot seat 163 00:07:11,540 --> 00:07:08,520 here and I strapped to personal 164 00:07:13,220 --> 00:07:11,550 computers to the pilot seat and it looks 165 00:07:15,860 --> 00:07:13,230 something like a pipe organ where you 166 00:07:17,570 --> 00:07:15,870 had different kinds of keyboards one of 167 00:07:19,700 --> 00:07:17,580 those computers was used for monitoring 168 00:07:26,630 --> 00:07:19,710 the system and the other was for sending 169 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:26,640 commands to it of the scientists and 170 00:07:29,420 --> 00:07:27,930 mission specialists on the mission we're 171 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:29,430 real excited about the science on 172 00:07:33,230 --> 00:07:31,770 glenwood shield but the pilots we're 173 00:07:35,420 --> 00:07:33,240 pretty excited about the fact we get a 174 00:07:37,970 --> 00:07:35,430 rendezvous with it to pick it back up so 175 00:07:40,730 --> 00:07:37,980 here's taco the app station on Rhonda we 176 00:07:42,050 --> 00:07:40,740 did our fight day 7 the wake shield had 177 00:07:44,060 --> 00:07:42,060 accomplished all the science it 178 00:07:47,390 --> 00:07:44,070 attempted during this mission which was 179 00:07:48,860 --> 00:07:47,400 a pretty aggressive schedule and tacos 180 00:07:54,290 --> 00:07:48,870 at the app station flying that 181 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:54,300 rendezvous in flight day 7 it's not a 182 00:07:58,490 --> 00:07:55,890 one-person show getting right a good 183 00:08:00,860 --> 00:07:58,500 with a with an orbiting satellite of 184 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:00,870 course it's a team of scores of people 185 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:04,170 on the ground and in flight and each 186 00:08:08,570 --> 00:08:06,210 crew members got a job to do and in the 187 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:08,580 case of this flight we wanted to take 188 00:08:11,750 --> 00:08:09,930 some independent measures of the 189 00:08:13,730 --> 00:08:11,760 distance of the satellite and the rate 190 00:08:17,900 --> 00:08:13,740 that it was closing on us and we use a 191 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:17,910 police laser speed gun to do then that's 192 00:08:22,679 --> 00:08:20,130 exactly what that is it's something you 193 00:08:26,100 --> 00:08:22,689 may have seen face-to-face sit in 194 00:08:28,229 --> 00:08:26,110 and your everyday walk of life and it's 195 00:08:30,269 --> 00:08:28,239 a very accurate machine and we had Tammy 196 00:08:32,519 --> 00:08:30,279 stretched out across the carpet looking 197 00:08:34,350 --> 00:08:32,529 up at the two satellites on each of the 198 00:08:38,219 --> 00:08:34,360 rendezvous measuring their speed in the 199 00:08:40,379 --> 00:08:38,229 distance from us meanwhile somebody has 200 00:08:43,439 --> 00:08:40,389 to run the show well I'm back having fun 201 00:08:45,889 --> 00:08:43,449 doing the flying and up until the time 202 00:08:48,210 --> 00:08:45,899 that we take over the manual flying 203 00:08:50,610 --> 00:08:48,220 Rommel here in the in the commander's 204 00:08:52,590 --> 00:08:50,620 seat did the or the trajectory 205 00:08:53,910 --> 00:08:52,600 adjustment burns that are used to get us 206 00:08:56,730 --> 00:08:53,920 right on track to be ready to rendezvous 207 00:08:58,980 --> 00:08:56,740 with the whichever satellite we're going 208 00:09:01,559 --> 00:08:58,990 after and he also monitors all the 209 00:09:02,879 --> 00:09:01,569 systems on board Columbia which I might 210 00:09:09,030 --> 00:09:02,889 point out we're working perfectly and 211 00:09:11,150 --> 00:09:09,040 and gave us no trouble at home here's a 212 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:11,160 shot of the wake shielded just after a 213 00:09:15,749 --> 00:09:13,569 grapple and we're swinging it from the 214 00:09:18,269 --> 00:09:15,759 raffle position into the payload Bay 215 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:18,279 again to be berth on flight day 7 in the 216 00:09:21,660 --> 00:09:19,689 background there it's very pretty view 217 00:09:23,879 --> 00:09:21,670 of the Pacific Ocean the Gulf of 218 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:23,889 California on the right and the island 219 00:09:28,889 --> 00:09:25,930 off the coast of the Baja Peninsula is 220 00:09:31,470 --> 00:09:28,899 the island of the guardian angels in 221 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:31,480 Mexico and we had a spectacular view of 222 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:35,170 the the wake shield orbiter and the 223 00:09:39,389 --> 00:09:36,850 earth below throughout all of these 224 00:09:40,650 --> 00:09:39,399 phases of the flight and it just takes 225 00:09:42,540 --> 00:09:40,660 your breath away when you're trying to 226 00:09:44,069 --> 00:09:42,550 work in the payload Bay and something of 227 00:09:48,449 --> 00:09:44,079 skimming buying in the background the 228 00:09:51,329 --> 00:09:48,459 spectacular is this here we have our 229 00:09:53,910 --> 00:09:51,339 wake shield RMS operator Tom did all of 230 00:09:55,980 --> 00:09:53,920 the RMS operations on the wake shield 231 00:09:57,990 --> 00:09:55,990 and here he's performing some attached 232 00:10:00,059 --> 00:09:58,000 ops meaning the arms attached to wake 233 00:10:02,759 --> 00:10:00,069 shield the day after we did the 234 00:10:05,220 --> 00:10:02,769 retrieval and you can see the wake 235 00:10:07,290 --> 00:10:05,230 shield through the aft window and the 236 00:10:10,319 --> 00:10:07,300 tail and of course all of this is done 237 00:10:15,689 --> 00:10:10,329 against the backdrop of the earth as we 238 00:10:17,490 --> 00:10:15,699 orbit around it this slides in here to 239 00:10:18,749 --> 00:10:17,500 represent some of the mid-deck science 240 00:10:21,119 --> 00:10:18,759 experiments we had on board and 241 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:21,129 especially mid-flight about how seven 242 00:10:26,249 --> 00:10:24,370 eight nine or so the we had a pretty 243 00:10:28,379 --> 00:10:26,259 large host of mid dec experiments the 244 00:10:30,900 --> 00:10:28,389 one that tan is working here is called 245 00:10:33,540 --> 00:10:30,910 view Cpl that's a capillary pumped loop 246 00:10:35,669 --> 00:10:33,550 which the concept of is to try to prove 247 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:35,679 out that we can in fact hump a loop to 248 00:10:38,310 --> 00:10:36,490 remove heat from the 249 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:38,320 struments in space without using a 250 00:10:42,300 --> 00:10:40,450 mechanical pump but rather using the 251 00:10:46,860 --> 00:10:42,310 fluid mechanics properties as well as 252 00:10:49,110 --> 00:10:46,870 heat to drive it hard to doing a 253 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:49,120 spacewalk we do an extensive check out 254 00:10:54,139 --> 00:10:51,370 of the spacesuits and the life support 255 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:54,149 systems on the back several days before 256 00:10:59,610 --> 00:10:57,250 going to do the EV a we also configure 257 00:11:01,530 --> 00:10:59,620 an done stole all the tools and arrange 258 00:11:03,180 --> 00:11:01,540 them in the airlock so we've 259 00:11:07,139 --> 00:11:03,190 choreographed that tool flow before 260 00:11:10,620 --> 00:11:07,149 going out the door this is EV a day here 261 00:11:12,900 --> 00:11:10,630 and Tami's getting suited up and you can 262 00:11:14,790 --> 00:11:12,910 see I'll be in the picture to my hand 263 00:11:17,610 --> 00:11:14,800 down there to the left putting on 264 00:11:20,340 --> 00:11:17,620 Tammy's club getting suited up I'm 265 00:11:22,590 --> 00:11:20,350 called the IV person all the suits all 266 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:22,600 the tools everything we did on board I 267 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:24,850 performed absolutely flawlessly and they 268 00:11:31,949 --> 00:11:29,410 were ready to support a spacewalk well 269 00:11:33,930 --> 00:11:31,959 as everyone knows a screw and a 270 00:11:36,420 --> 00:11:33,940 mechanism in the hatch precluded us from 271 00:11:38,190 --> 00:11:36,430 performing the epa's and Tom and I had a 272 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:38,200 lot of creative ideas about how we might 273 00:11:44,220 --> 00:11:42,370 actually get that hatch open and we also 274 00:11:46,769 --> 00:11:44,230 had a number of tools on board not just 275 00:11:48,690 --> 00:11:46,779 the EBA tools but the ifm tools and so 276 00:11:51,090 --> 00:11:48,700 we went looking through the bag of 277 00:11:53,460 --> 00:11:51,100 tricks and and chose a hammer and a 278 00:11:56,639 --> 00:11:53,470 crowbar which also might be used as a 279 00:11:58,949 --> 00:11:56,649 chisel and took this photograph in jest 280 00:12:00,690 --> 00:11:58,959 as if we were going to go and take one 281 00:12:06,850 --> 00:12:00,700 more crack at the hatch before we called 282 00:12:12,370 --> 00:12:10,000 not dividing up the slides to see who 283 00:12:16,030 --> 00:12:12,380 will talk about them it's normally a 284 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:16,040 democratic process but the vote in this 285 00:12:20,580 --> 00:12:18,410 case was four to one that I would begin 286 00:12:23,050 --> 00:12:20,590 the one ended up talking about this 287 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:23,060 washing your hair on orbit turns out 288 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:25,010 there's not much different than than 289 00:12:33,070 --> 00:12:27,530 washing your hair down here especially 290 00:12:34,630 --> 00:12:33,080 for used to me especially for me but you 291 00:12:37,350 --> 00:12:34,640 don't want to put too much stuff on it 292 00:12:41,290 --> 00:12:37,360 cuz you haven't got that much water to 293 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:41,300 get it off but I'm just like it's 294 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:43,010 somewhat like you know watching a car 295 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:44,570 you get too much soap on it down here 296 00:12:53,180 --> 00:12:46,250 but some people wash their cars and 297 00:12:58,830 --> 00:12:56,400 and that Tami took the liberty of 298 00:13:00,840 --> 00:12:58,840 converting some of the orbiter air 299 00:13:05,340 --> 00:13:00,850 conditioner system to her own personal 300 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:05,350 hair dryer she was hands down the one 301 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:06,970 that needed a hair dryer the most on 302 00:13:13,380 --> 00:13:12,250 board what we'd like to do now is go 303 00:13:15,950 --> 00:13:13,390 ahead and show you some of the Earth 304 00:13:18,210 --> 00:13:15,960 Observation slides that we've got and 305 00:13:19,590 --> 00:13:18,220 this one just came out beautifully in 306 00:13:22,410 --> 00:13:19,600 all five of us claimed were the ones 307 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:22,420 that took it but the what this is as a 308 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:24,730 Sinai Peninsula the Red Sea on the left 309 00:13:29,250 --> 00:13:27,490 side and from the leg of the Sinai from 310 00:13:31,410 --> 00:13:29,260 the Red Sea the Suez Canal is on the 311 00:13:34,050 --> 00:13:31,420 right just above it is the Nile Delta 312 00:13:35,670 --> 00:13:34,060 Cairo is in there there are some 313 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:35,680 pyramids in there we actually shot the 314 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:38,530 pyramids from space and fortunately for 315 00:13:41,730 --> 00:13:40,330 me the pyramids are very close to what I 316 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:41,740 thought where I thought the pyramids 317 00:13:45,930 --> 00:13:43,450 were so they did come out my slides and 318 00:13:48,540 --> 00:13:45,940 then the Nile you can see the Nile above 319 00:13:51,510 --> 00:13:48,550 the Red Sea with with the large band in 320 00:13:53,370 --> 00:13:51,520 it also I just like to point out the 321 00:13:55,470 --> 00:13:53,380 curvature of the earth and something 322 00:13:58,620 --> 00:13:55,480 that's always stuck out to me is how 323 00:14:00,720 --> 00:13:58,630 black space is it is absolutely the 324 00:14:06,450 --> 00:14:00,730 starkest blackest black I've ever seen 325 00:14:09,270 --> 00:14:06,460 expression next to the earth we spend a 326 00:14:12,050 --> 00:14:09,280 lot of our time over water in an 327 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:12,060 equatorial or 28 degree inclined orbit 328 00:14:16,670 --> 00:14:14,890 and most of the time you just pay 329 00:14:19,860 --> 00:14:16,680 attention to the clouds only in passing 330 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:19,870 however late in the flight on a couple 331 00:14:22,980 --> 00:14:21,370 of our wave off days that got added to 332 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:22,990 the end of the flight we glanced down 333 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:24,370 and the Indian Ocean while we were 334 00:14:27,890 --> 00:14:25,690 strapped into our seats waiting for the 335 00:14:30,510 --> 00:14:27,900 deorbit burn that never came and saw 336 00:14:32,370 --> 00:14:30,520 cyclone Daniella here in the Indian 337 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:32,380 Ocean off the east coast of Madagascar 338 00:14:36,180 --> 00:14:34,810 and we watched this storm over a couple 339 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:36,190 of successive days and were able to get 340 00:14:40,830 --> 00:14:38,410 some pictures of this hurricane down in 341 00:14:42,390 --> 00:14:40,840 the southern hemisphere I is very well 342 00:14:44,670 --> 00:14:42,400 defined there and penetrates right down 343 00:14:46,380 --> 00:14:44,680 to the sea surface and the other detail 344 00:14:49,860 --> 00:14:46,390 that you might notice is that the spiral 345 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:49,870 bands of this storm are in a clockwise 346 00:14:53,790 --> 00:14:51,970 direction and that's just the opposite 347 00:14:55,470 --> 00:14:53,800 of hurricanes up here in the northern 348 00:14:57,420 --> 00:14:55,480 hemisphere so you can really see 349 00:14:59,580 --> 00:14:57,430 Coriolis forces at work in the different 350 00:15:01,410 --> 00:14:59,590 hemispheres and this was the only big 351 00:15:02,940 --> 00:15:01,420 hurricane we saw in 18 days so we 352 00:15:07,100 --> 00:15:02,950 managed to grab it at the end of the 353 00:15:12,990 --> 00:15:10,530 this is a view of one of the islands in 354 00:15:15,660 --> 00:15:13,000 the Bahamas the Great Exuma Island and 355 00:15:17,730 --> 00:15:15,670 to the right on the dark portion you can 356 00:15:20,639 --> 00:15:17,740 see the tongue of the ocean the depth of 357 00:15:22,380 --> 00:15:20,649 that water is about 3,000 feet whereas 358 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:22,390 the depth close to the island is about 359 00:15:27,420 --> 00:15:24,970 10 feet so there's a tremendous gradient 360 00:15:30,150 --> 00:15:27,430 in depth I'm over a very short distance 361 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:30,160 I must say that I'm always struck in 362 00:15:34,139 --> 00:15:32,170 particular by the coastlines when I view 363 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:34,149 the Earth from orbit the blues and 364 00:15:39,449 --> 00:15:37,690 greens around the the chain of islands 365 00:15:42,060 --> 00:15:39,459 in the Bahamas is extraordinarily 366 00:15:48,750 --> 00:15:42,070 beautiful and I wish that you could all 367 00:15:50,519 --> 00:15:48,760 enjoy such a view this is probably the 368 00:15:53,610 --> 00:15:50,529 winner of the most photographed spot 369 00:15:55,199 --> 00:15:53,620 award on sts-80 it's not Everest the 370 00:15:58,050 --> 00:15:55,209 highest peak on the planet just a bit 371 00:15:59,310 --> 00:15:58,060 over 29,000 feet and it's the large 372 00:16:01,949 --> 00:15:59,320 mountain right at the center of the 373 00:16:04,710 --> 00:16:01,959 picture with a very large shadow going 374 00:16:06,870 --> 00:16:04,720 off to the upper right so the right of 375 00:16:09,389 --> 00:16:06,880 this picture is the high plateau of 376 00:16:12,449 --> 00:16:09,399 Tibet average altitude about three miles 377 00:16:15,090 --> 00:16:12,459 above sea level and stretching towards 378 00:16:17,850 --> 00:16:15,100 Mount Everest is a very deep V shaped 379 00:16:19,860 --> 00:16:17,860 Valley that makes it easy for us as crew 380 00:16:21,420 --> 00:16:19,870 members to identify it from space when 381 00:16:22,829 --> 00:16:21,430 you pick up that Valley can walk right 382 00:16:23,940 --> 00:16:22,839 up it to the left there to Mount Everest 383 00:16:25,590 --> 00:16:23,950 in the center of the picture and 384 00:16:27,870 --> 00:16:25,600 surrounding the mountain or a number of 385 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:27,880 glaciers coated with boulders that you 386 00:16:32,370 --> 00:16:30,850 can see in the fine detail and some of 387 00:16:34,650 --> 00:16:32,380 our pictures off to the left would be 388 00:16:37,079 --> 00:16:34,660 the Indian side of the subcontinent here 389 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:37,089 and of course not Everest has shoved up 390 00:16:43,319 --> 00:16:38,890 to the heights it's reached because 391 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:43,329 India slide cramming into the Asiatic 392 00:16:47,790 --> 00:16:44,890 continent and thrusting news Mountain 393 00:16:49,079 --> 00:16:47,800 skyward one of the prettiest mountain 394 00:16:54,150 --> 00:16:49,089 chains that we saw anywhere on the 395 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:54,160 planet this is a view of Mount Pinatubo 396 00:16:59,370 --> 00:16:56,770 which is a volcano in the Philippines on 397 00:17:01,530 --> 00:16:59,380 the island of Luzon it erupted several 398 00:17:04,949 --> 00:17:01,540 years ago and we continue to photograph 399 00:17:06,809 --> 00:17:04,959 it and a note in this photograph down in 400 00:17:09,360 --> 00:17:06,819 the lower left corner is clark air base 401 00:17:11,100 --> 00:17:09,370 you can just see the runway running sort 402 00:17:14,730 --> 00:17:11,110 of up to the left and down to the right 403 00:17:16,799 --> 00:17:14,740 and the mud flows that are coming down 404 00:17:18,360 --> 00:17:16,809 from this mountain after after the 405 00:17:20,460 --> 00:17:18,370 eruption a lot of the vegetation 406 00:17:22,590 --> 00:17:20,470 was removed and so the mountain is 407 00:17:24,689 --> 00:17:22,600 eroding at a more rapid pace than would 408 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:24,699 be normal for a for an older mountain 409 00:17:29,250 --> 00:17:26,770 that has all of its vegetation in place 410 00:17:32,700 --> 00:17:29,260 the Earth Observation scientists here at 411 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:32,710 JSC track can successive photographs of 412 00:17:39,510 --> 00:17:35,410 places like this and can use that to 413 00:17:41,370 --> 00:17:39,520 determine how ecologically various areas 414 00:17:45,470 --> 00:17:41,380 the world's are being affected by the 415 00:17:49,380 --> 00:17:47,760 sometimes we go after very specific 416 00:17:51,330 --> 00:17:49,390 targets on the earth with our earth 417 00:17:53,630 --> 00:17:51,340 observation photos we have a list that 418 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:53,640 sent up each day from Mission Control 419 00:17:58,320 --> 00:17:56,170 with our targets for the day that the 420 00:18:00,000 --> 00:17:58,330 best opportunities for looking at change 421 00:18:02,730 --> 00:18:00,010 on the globe for example or weather 422 00:18:04,620 --> 00:18:02,740 phenomenon sometimes we just shoot the 423 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:04,630 pictures for aesthetics and here we are 424 00:18:08,970 --> 00:18:07,210 way out over the Pacific Ocean well west 425 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:08,980 of Christmas Island and well southwest 426 00:18:12,930 --> 00:18:11,170 of Hawaii over nowhere in particular but 427 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:12,940 the Sun was going down to the west and 428 00:18:17,820 --> 00:18:15,610 we caught the cloud layers and the Sun 429 00:18:18,990 --> 00:18:17,830 glint in a nice golden glow there and 430 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:19,000 it's just one of the prettiest sights 431 00:18:23,490 --> 00:18:20,650 the clouds here almost three-dimensional 432 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:23,500 as they float above the surface of the 433 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:25,330 pacific here and we all had a keen eye 434 00:18:29,460 --> 00:18:27,490 for these shots thanks to story I think 435 00:18:31,410 --> 00:18:29,470 he was more aesthetically inclined than 436 00:18:32,780 --> 00:18:31,420 the rest of us in his views out the 437 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:32,790 window and he always called attention to 438 00:18:39,690 --> 00:18:38,170 spectacular sights like these this is 439 00:18:43,020 --> 00:18:39,700 the island of the wahoo one of the 440 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:43,030 islands in the Hawaiian chain that is a 441 00:18:50,700 --> 00:18:47,890 well eroded extinct volcano we passed 442 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:50,710 over the Hawaiian chain every day we got 443 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:52,570 a lot of good photos of it because a lot 444 00:18:57,060 --> 00:18:54,610 of times it was clear and also we passed 445 00:18:59,520 --> 00:18:57,070 over the islands during a cruel wake 446 00:19:01,620 --> 00:18:59,530 period and when the earth was lit at 447 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:01,630 this point at the very bottom of the 448 00:19:06,150 --> 00:19:03,970 slide there you can see a straight 449 00:19:08,150 --> 00:19:06,160 structure on the bottom shoreline that 450 00:19:10,890 --> 00:19:08,160 is a Honolulu International Airport 451 00:19:13,140 --> 00:19:10,900 Hickam Air Force Base you can see the 452 00:19:16,950 --> 00:19:13,150 body of water on the bottom that is 453 00:19:19,230 --> 00:19:16,960 Pearl Harbor to the very right lower is 454 00:19:22,230 --> 00:19:19,240 a diamond head in the beach above from 455 00:19:24,510 --> 00:19:22,240 that is Waikiki Beach the very top of 456 00:19:25,590 --> 00:19:24,520 the slide is why I may obey the North 457 00:19:29,370 --> 00:19:25,600 Shore where they have 458 00:19:31,260 --> 00:19:29,380 very large surf some personal thoughts 459 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:31,270 on that slide is I do have a boy that 460 00:19:35,010 --> 00:19:32,530 lives down there in the bottom in 461 00:19:36,150 --> 00:19:35,020 Honolulu off to the right I can do ebay 462 00:19:39,270 --> 00:19:36,160 i was stationed in the Marine Corps 463 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:39,280 there 40 years ago now we did waive off 464 00:19:47,430 --> 00:19:41,530 two extra days and that brought us to a 465 00:19:51,539 --> 00:19:47,440 landing on a pro Harbor Day well here we 466 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:51,549 are on flight day 15 having rendezvous 467 00:19:56,850 --> 00:19:55,090 with the orpheus spas and preparing to 468 00:19:59,399 --> 00:19:56,860 retrieve it one thing you might notice 469 00:20:01,110 --> 00:19:59,409 about this space quot spacecraft is that 470 00:20:03,690 --> 00:20:01,120 its equipment equipped with some black 471 00:20:06,029 --> 00:20:03,700 and white dots and those dots were used 472 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:06,039 as part of the space vision system 473 00:20:12,060 --> 00:20:09,250 experiment which is basically a camera 474 00:20:13,890 --> 00:20:12,070 and some computer smarts that looks at 475 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:13,900 the position of these dots on an object 476 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:16,210 like a spacecraft can determines things 477 00:20:20,220 --> 00:20:18,010 like position and attitude very very 478 00:20:22,409 --> 00:20:20,230 accurately and we're hoping to use the 479 00:20:24,930 --> 00:20:22,419 space station the space vision system 480 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:24,940 when we construct the space station and 481 00:20:28,919 --> 00:20:26,530 so we wanted to perform some tests on 482 00:20:30,750 --> 00:20:28,929 that system and the orpheus spas folks 483 00:20:33,419 --> 00:20:30,760 were kind enough to let us use their 484 00:20:35,549 --> 00:20:33,429 spacecraft as a testbed but on flight 485 00:20:38,220 --> 00:20:35,559 day 15 we did rendezvous with Orpheus 486 00:20:40,470 --> 00:20:38,230 and retrieved it after 14 successful 487 00:20:47,130 --> 00:20:40,480 days of data acquisition on a variety of 488 00:20:49,500 --> 00:20:47,140 astronomical objects here we are on what 489 00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:49,510 we thought was landing day we got a 490 00:20:56,039 --> 00:20:51,460 tremendous amount of practice that 491 00:20:58,080 --> 00:20:56,049 deorbit preparation but story and I were 492 00:21:00,029 --> 00:20:58,090 responsible for suiting up our crew 493 00:21:02,399 --> 00:21:00,039 members and then of course ourselves and 494 00:21:06,539 --> 00:21:02,409 here you can see we have our commanders 495 00:21:08,370 --> 00:21:06,549 suited up in preparation for his landing 496 00:21:11,430 --> 00:21:08,380 of the shuttle actually a couple days 497 00:21:14,039 --> 00:21:11,440 later and we're all very proud of him 498 00:21:17,100 --> 00:21:14,049 and as you can see the smile on stories 499 00:21:22,330 --> 00:21:17,110 face he's very excited about the 500 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:24,890 all good things have to come to an end 501 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:26,970 we didn't have to land on flight to 18 502 00:21:33,790 --> 00:21:29,810 we actually had enough fuel on board 503 00:21:37,250 --> 00:21:33,800 Columbia to fly through four more days 504 00:21:39,110 --> 00:21:37,260 we were out of some of the undergarments 505 00:21:43,430 --> 00:21:39,120 that you might want to use for 506 00:21:45,260 --> 00:21:43,440 successful days and we were also running 507 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:45,270 a little bit of short on food we had 508 00:21:49,430 --> 00:21:47,970 lots of food that maybe you'll Givens 509 00:21:52,670 --> 00:21:49,440 would like but we were kind of short on 510 00:21:54,770 --> 00:21:52,680 the basics and entrees but we weren't 511 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:54,780 ready to land we were we were happy 512 00:22:00,290 --> 00:21:56,730 where we were we'd I think by around the 513 00:22:03,110 --> 00:22:00,300 10th or 11th day we were very a'kla 514 00:22:05,540 --> 00:22:03,120 mated to zero-g into living in this 515 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:05,550 little environment of the space shuttle 516 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:08,370 and enjoying it very much and having 517 00:22:12,980 --> 00:22:09,930 such a great time that we could have 518 00:22:15,290 --> 00:22:12,990 gone on for much longer the landing that 519 00:22:18,050 --> 00:22:15,300 we were given was about 15 minutes prior 520 00:22:21,470 --> 00:22:18,060 to sunrise it goes in the books 521 00:22:23,270 --> 00:22:21,480 efficiently as a day day landing but it 522 00:22:25,070 --> 00:22:23,280 looked dark enough to me to log it in my 523 00:22:29,210 --> 00:22:25,080 personal log book is a night landing and 524 00:22:30,590 --> 00:22:29,220 so it did give us a beautiful view and 525 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:30,600 here we are as we are approaching 526 00:22:35,570 --> 00:22:33,210 touchdown with the xenon lights 527 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:35,580 illuminating us from behind and you can 528 00:22:40,820 --> 00:22:37,170 see the humidity in the Florida air is 529 00:22:43,130 --> 00:22:40,830 has turned into some vapor before you 530 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:43,140 switch off the slide talker I just like 531 00:22:47,750 --> 00:22:45,090 to add that the as pilots talk and I 532 00:22:49,820 --> 00:22:47,760 train for months and months hundreds of 533 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:49,830 landings and practices to try to touch 534 00:22:55,940 --> 00:22:54,090 down hopefully within plus 10-15 knots 535 00:22:58,100 --> 00:22:55,950 of the speed that were supposed to touch 536 00:22:59,240 --> 00:22:58,110 down and the point we touch down can 537 00:23:01,370 --> 00:22:59,250 vary on this day we were supposed to 538 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:01,380 touch down around 30 100 feet though 539 00:23:04,850 --> 00:23:03,450 taco won't mention it that I'm what I'd 540 00:23:08,150 --> 00:23:04,860 like to tell you is he absolutely nailed 541 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:08,160 it we touch down at 30 100 feet we touch 542 00:23:12,740 --> 00:23:09,930 down inside the two knots of the 543 00:23:14,450 --> 00:23:12,750 touchdown speed I what along came with 544 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:14,460 that was a touchdown that was so smooth 545 00:23:19,580 --> 00:23:16,890 that the as i was calling off the speeds 546 00:23:22,490 --> 00:23:19,590 I really wasn't certain if we touched an 547 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:22,500 turn up but I knew because my HUD voted 548 00:23:26,390 --> 00:23:25,050 into the touchdown mode and I felt a 549 00:23:28,610 --> 00:23:26,400 little bit of vibration which were the 550 00:23:40,169 --> 00:23:28,620 wheels spinning up on the ax Rolla so I 551 00:23:49,810 --> 00:23:42,700 absolutely nailed that it's worth 100 552 00:23:51,609 --> 00:23:49,820 more points out of a twine thats it for 553 00:23:52,899 --> 00:23:51,619 our slide presentation and as soon as 554 00:24:02,919 --> 00:23:52,909 you can cue it up we're ready for the 555 00:24:05,590 --> 00:24:02,929 video there it is well columbia said on 556 00:24:07,169 --> 00:24:05,600 the launchpad the five of us were having 557 00:24:11,710 --> 00:24:07,179 breakfast and then getting suited up 558 00:24:13,629 --> 00:24:11,720 Here I am waving to the kids rommel is 559 00:24:16,269 --> 00:24:13,639 just about to go through the pressure 560 00:24:18,060 --> 00:24:16,279 check of his launch and entry suit and 561 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:18,070 that's what Tammy is doing here as well 562 00:24:21,460 --> 00:24:20,210 these suits are not totally 563 00:24:23,409 --> 00:24:21,470 uncomfortable but they're not the kind 564 00:24:26,019 --> 00:24:23,419 of thing that you'd like to wear here's 565 00:24:28,089 --> 00:24:26,029 Tom for any extended period of time and 566 00:24:29,710 --> 00:24:28,099 getting into and out of them is not real 567 00:24:32,889 --> 00:24:29,720 pleasant so it was nice that we launched 568 00:24:35,289 --> 00:24:32,899 on the first day it would have been well 569 00:24:36,639 --> 00:24:35,299 it was a is a reasonable trade to have 570 00:24:39,729 --> 00:24:36,649 to get in and out of the suit two or 571 00:24:42,879 --> 00:24:39,739 three times in order to get the extra 572 00:24:44,889 --> 00:24:42,889 couple days on orbit it lost it was 573 00:24:47,169 --> 00:24:44,899 absolutely a beautiful day something 574 00:24:48,489 --> 00:24:47,179 that new to me on the last flight time 575 00:24:50,259 --> 00:24:48,499 of the vehicle several times before we 576 00:24:52,330 --> 00:24:50,269 win anywhere here the engines are light 577 00:24:54,609 --> 00:24:52,340 and six seconds prior to liftoff that 578 00:24:56,950 --> 00:24:54,619 the vehicle stat goes through its twang 579 00:24:58,779 --> 00:24:56,960 but when the solid when the solids light 580 00:25:00,549 --> 00:24:58,789 like this there's no doubt in your mind 581 00:25:03,219 --> 00:25:00,559 you're going somewhere we had a cadence 582 00:25:04,869 --> 00:25:03,229 Tom started it he said 10 to 10 to the 583 00:25:07,060 --> 00:25:04,879 computers run mode one or two I said 584 00:25:09,399 --> 00:25:07,070 Otto Otto pitch and will yes we're in 585 00:25:11,109 --> 00:25:09,409 Auto and Nazi SS and taco was supposed 586 00:25:12,310 --> 00:25:11,119 to say go there goes the tower but by 587 00:25:15,969 --> 00:25:12,320 the time he could say there goes the 588 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:15,979 tower the tower already gone and we're 589 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:17,330 doing a more than hundred miles an hour 590 00:25:22,210 --> 00:25:19,369 to hear the solids what's interesting 591 00:25:24,099 --> 00:25:22,220 they've got 550 tons of propellant and 592 00:25:26,710 --> 00:25:24,109 they're burning that propellant at the 593 00:25:28,479 --> 00:25:26,720 rate of about five tons per second so 594 00:25:30,039 --> 00:25:28,489 that explains why they're giving us 595 00:25:34,149 --> 00:25:30,049 about six million pounds of thrust at 596 00:25:36,460 --> 00:25:34,159 this point about 150,000 feet they 597 00:25:39,879 --> 00:25:36,470 detach we're going about 3,000 miles an 598 00:25:43,389 --> 00:25:39,889 hour here and once they detach on the 599 00:25:45,249 --> 00:25:43,399 solids it's a pretty rough vibrant ride 600 00:25:45,950 --> 00:25:45,259 and then it becomes a very smooth ride 601 00:25:48,390 --> 00:25:45,960 from there 602 00:25:50,850 --> 00:25:48,400 first order of business after getting to 603 00:25:52,590 --> 00:25:50,860 orbit is to convert our rocket ship into 604 00:25:54,450 --> 00:25:52,600 a laboratory or a satellite deployment 605 00:25:56,670 --> 00:25:54,460 platform in this case and so we swing 606 00:25:59,100 --> 00:25:56,680 open the payload bay doors about an hour 607 00:26:00,920 --> 00:25:59,110 and a half after getting orbit taco is 608 00:26:03,210 --> 00:26:00,930 working with rommel to convert the 609 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:03,220 computers over to an orbit mode while 610 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:04,690 we're getting ready in the back to check 611 00:26:10,770 --> 00:26:06,130 out the arm and get the satellite out of 612 00:26:12,270 --> 00:26:10,780 the bay we are we grapple the spa 613 00:26:14,790 --> 00:26:12,280 satellite about three and a half hours 614 00:26:16,530 --> 00:26:14,800 into the flight and some checks were 615 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:16,540 performed both by the crew and the 616 00:26:21,510 --> 00:26:19,570 ground and here we are taking the 617 00:26:25,470 --> 00:26:21,520 satellite out of the payload bay and 618 00:26:27,570 --> 00:26:25,480 maneuvering to the release position Tom 619 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:27,580 of course is assisting me here with the 620 00:26:31,830 --> 00:26:29,530 arm there everyone in the crew was 621 00:26:35,610 --> 00:26:31,840 involved in the rendezvous in the RMS 622 00:26:39,330 --> 00:26:35,620 deploys but spas was a model satellite 623 00:26:40,980 --> 00:26:39,340 the spacecraft performed flawlessly the 624 00:26:43,860 --> 00:26:40,990 group of folks that we work with in 625 00:26:45,690 --> 00:26:43,870 Germany were just incredible to work 626 00:26:47,700 --> 00:26:45,700 with incredibly professional and 627 00:26:50,070 --> 00:26:47,710 enjoyable to work with so we were 628 00:26:53,340 --> 00:26:50,080 pleased to be part of the the spas that 629 00:26:55,290 --> 00:26:53,350 were phia spas mission here we are 630 00:26:59,760 --> 00:26:55,300 maneuvering again the spas to the 631 00:27:01,890 --> 00:26:59,770 release position once spas is in the 632 00:27:05,430 --> 00:27:01,900 release position in our window for 633 00:27:08,370 --> 00:27:05,440 release opens this is the in defector 634 00:27:10,410 --> 00:27:08,380 view we maneuvered the arm we release a 635 00:27:13,170 --> 00:27:10,420 spacecraft maneuver the arm away from 636 00:27:16,110 --> 00:27:13,180 the spas and then very shortly 637 00:27:18,180 --> 00:27:16,120 thereafter approximately one minute taco 638 00:27:20,550 --> 00:27:18,190 fire some jets on the orbiter so that we 639 00:27:23,010 --> 00:27:20,560 would induce a separation velocity 640 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:23,020 between the orbiter and spas and send 641 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:24,850 it's on its two-week mission of 642 00:27:36,710 --> 00:27:33,620 here we are on the mid deck and this is 643 00:27:39,169 --> 00:27:36,720 the same secondary I'd mentioned earlier 644 00:27:41,029 --> 00:27:39,179 running the capillary pumped loop 645 00:27:44,770 --> 00:27:41,039 experiment and here you can see it and 646 00:27:47,990 --> 00:27:44,780 this is about as exciting as it ever got 647 00:27:50,180 --> 00:27:48,000 but it was a tremendous experiment run 648 00:27:52,970 --> 00:27:50,190 by the University of Maryland at 649 00:27:55,850 --> 00:27:52,980 michaela bay we had the space experiment 650 00:27:57,770 --> 00:27:55,860 module gas can type experiment with ten 651 00:27:58,970 --> 00:27:57,780 experiments provided by students in high 652 00:28:02,000 --> 00:27:58,980 schools and colleges around the country 653 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:02,010 and they use microgravity to a great 654 00:28:07,340 --> 00:28:05,730 effect on our 18-day flight now here you 655 00:28:09,860 --> 00:28:07,350 see the sequence of bringing the wake 656 00:28:11,299 --> 00:28:09,870 shield out of the protective cone in the 657 00:28:13,669 --> 00:28:11,309 back of the payload Bay protecting the 658 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:13,679 source cells that spray material onto 659 00:28:18,770 --> 00:28:15,570 the wafer growth surfaces on the the 660 00:28:20,750 --> 00:28:18,780 wakes side of wake shield this is again 661 00:28:22,399 --> 00:28:20,760 flight day four and the first place we 662 00:28:24,590 --> 00:28:22,409 took the wig shield satellite was over 663 00:28:27,020 --> 00:28:24,600 the port side pointing into the RAM 664 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:27,030 direction so that the contamination on 665 00:28:33,070 --> 00:28:28,770 the bottom of the shield here would be 666 00:28:38,210 --> 00:28:35,899 after a couple of hours during free 667 00:28:40,310 --> 00:28:38,220 drift while we cleaned the wake side of 668 00:28:42,289 --> 00:28:40,320 the satellite we then swung it over to 669 00:28:43,549 --> 00:28:42,299 the other side of the payload bay and 670 00:28:45,980 --> 00:28:43,559 check out the attitude control system 671 00:28:48,470 --> 00:28:45,990 and so we were doing a constant series 672 00:28:50,870 --> 00:28:48,480 of RMS maneuvers with some pauses in 673 00:28:53,419 --> 00:28:50,880 between while the shuttle oscillated 674 00:28:55,460 --> 00:28:53,429 slowly in free drift getting ready for 675 00:28:56,710 --> 00:28:55,470 the deploy sequence here we go over to 676 00:28:58,730 --> 00:28:56,720 the other side of the payload Bay 677 00:29:01,039 --> 00:28:58,740 towards the attacks checkout or the 678 00:29:02,750 --> 00:29:01,049 attitude system check out to location 679 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:02,760 you can see the Sahara sweeping by in 680 00:29:09,380 --> 00:29:06,090 the background tom was saying here we 681 00:29:11,090 --> 00:29:09,390 maneuver the arm and study where the way 682 00:29:13,610 --> 00:29:11,100 she'll thinks it is in terms of its 683 00:29:17,630 --> 00:29:13,620 attitude determination system and we 684 00:29:21,470 --> 00:29:17,640 watch the responses of the satellite to 685 00:29:23,570 --> 00:29:21,480 the RMS after going to the attacks 686 00:29:26,539 --> 00:29:23,580 deploy and then we go to a deployed 687 00:29:28,909 --> 00:29:26,549 position tom has dropped it here we 688 00:29:31,190 --> 00:29:28,919 study the attitude determination and 689 00:29:34,909 --> 00:29:31,200 control system its performance for one 690 00:29:37,250 --> 00:29:34,919 minute we did get into a little higher 691 00:29:38,899 --> 00:29:37,260 reaction speed here than planned and as 692 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:38,909 well we had an eight degree roll 693 00:29:44,450 --> 00:29:42,210 excursion and so what the wakes your 694 00:29:47,300 --> 00:29:44,460 community wanted to study this respond 695 00:29:50,300 --> 00:29:47,310 for a few minutes longer we did observe 696 00:29:54,410 --> 00:29:50,310 to watch the clearance with the f TV 697 00:29:56,210 --> 00:29:54,420 cameras I'm waiting here too to start 698 00:29:59,000 --> 00:29:56,220 the thrusters their coal gas nitrogen 699 00:30:01,040 --> 00:29:59,010 thrusters and hira the wake shield is 700 00:30:05,870 --> 00:30:01,050 thrust and away from the orbiter it's a 701 00:30:08,030 --> 00:30:05,880 20 minute burn here the two satellites 702 00:30:11,090 --> 00:30:08,040 in formation with each other after wake 703 00:30:13,070 --> 00:30:11,100 shield has been deployed there about 15 704 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:13,080 or 18 miles apart at that point and 705 00:30:19,910 --> 00:30:14,970 we're going to fly between those two to 706 00:30:22,010 --> 00:30:19,920 rendezvous with wake shield as you can 707 00:30:24,290 --> 00:30:22,020 see we we do need to eat on board but 708 00:30:28,370 --> 00:30:24,300 you can define your own kitchen table 709 00:30:30,410 --> 00:30:28,380 upside down or or not and we do have to 710 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:30,420 keep things clean we Rommel here is 711 00:30:33,260 --> 00:30:31,890 vacuuming one of the filters that 712 00:30:35,780 --> 00:30:33,270 collects a little bit of dust on it we 713 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:35,790 just vacuumed the desk top of it one of 714 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:37,410 several filters and the payload in the 715 00:30:41,990 --> 00:30:40,050 end crew compartment you're on a flight 716 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:42,000 deck we have all of our TV recording 717 00:30:46,970 --> 00:30:45,090 studio set up for separate recorders to 718 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:46,980 record SD acid data that Tammy talked 719 00:30:51,220 --> 00:30:48,690 about earlier and all of this data was 720 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:51,230 shipped back to the ground after landing 721 00:30:55,550 --> 00:30:54,090 we had a number of orbit adjust burns to 722 00:30:56,900 --> 00:30:55,560 keep us in the proper position with 723 00:30:59,390 --> 00:30:56,910 these two satellites some of them were 724 00:31:02,360 --> 00:30:59,400 fairly long as you can see that from the 725 00:31:04,430 --> 00:31:02,370 exhaust over the nose there and we we 726 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:04,440 use the computers to tell us what to 727 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:05,810 burn but then we make the bearings 728 00:31:11,510 --> 00:31:09,690 manually and you can see how the firing 729 00:31:13,550 --> 00:31:11,520 of these little rockets shake the 730 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:13,560 vehicle you can see the computer on the 731 00:31:19,370 --> 00:31:17,330 glare shield sliding around a little bit 732 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:19,380 what we're looking through there is the 733 00:31:22,670 --> 00:31:21,090 little gun sight we got the reticle 734 00:31:24,530 --> 00:31:22,680 turned down fairly dim so that we can 735 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:24,540 see outside well and wake shield was 736 00:31:30,710 --> 00:31:27,210 showing up in the gun sight and we're 737 00:31:32,690 --> 00:31:30,720 flying up closer to it again we manually 738 00:31:35,210 --> 00:31:32,700 are flying and you can see Tammy in the 739 00:31:40,070 --> 00:31:35,220 window next to me taking sightings with 740 00:31:41,750 --> 00:31:40,080 the police laser when we get it down 741 00:31:44,540 --> 00:31:41,760 over the payload Bay it's time for Tom 742 00:31:46,610 --> 00:31:44,550 to go to work and grapple it it's 743 00:31:48,650 --> 00:31:46,620 remarkable how smoothly our pilots 744 00:31:50,300 --> 00:31:48,660 brought this spacecraft into the payload 745 00:31:51,890 --> 00:31:50,310 bay envelope I'd never seen another 746 00:31:53,990 --> 00:31:51,900 spacecraft in orbit before and this one 747 00:31:56,420 --> 00:31:54,000 was remarkable in its stability taco 748 00:31:57,860 --> 00:31:56,430 practice right underneath it and then we 749 00:31:59,990 --> 00:31:57,870 rotate the RMS end effector 750 00:32:01,490 --> 00:32:00,000 get it into the right orientation for 751 00:32:04,030 --> 00:32:01,500 grapple and then it's just a matter of 752 00:32:06,290 --> 00:32:04,040 going and closing the grapple pin and 753 00:32:08,740 --> 00:32:06,300 not bumping the satellite out of the way 754 00:32:10,670 --> 00:32:08,750 in the process so here we are closing 755 00:32:12,799 --> 00:32:10,680 over the grapple pin with the end 756 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:12,809 effector we trigger the snares and then 757 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:14,970 bring the wake shield back aboard after 758 00:32:21,770 --> 00:32:20,010 it's three days of material science one 759 00:32:23,630 --> 00:32:21,780 scrapple to the arm we can bring it back 760 00:32:24,890 --> 00:32:23,640 down into the payload bay and we even 761 00:32:30,740 --> 00:32:24,900 use it the next day for some space 762 00:32:32,419 --> 00:32:30,750 vision system experiments a flight deck 763 00:32:34,370 --> 00:32:32,429 teamwork is very important as we bring 764 00:32:36,169 --> 00:32:34,380 it down into the payload Bay we even had 765 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:36,179 space vision system here providing us 766 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:38,490 birthing cues in addition to the usual 767 00:32:44,690 --> 00:32:41,610 TV camera and RMS digital's that we use 768 00:32:47,140 --> 00:32:44,700 for standard payloads wake shield was 769 00:32:50,660 --> 00:32:47,150 really a joy to operate on the arm 770 00:32:54,590 --> 00:32:50,670 Tammy's here with one of our long lens 771 00:32:55,820 --> 00:32:54,600 telephotos hasselblad camera and we'll 772 00:33:03,140 --> 00:32:55,830 show you a few views of the earth in the 773 00:33:05,540 --> 00:33:03,150 movie here to notice IG IG is important 774 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:05,550 in space also so destroyer was getting a 775 00:33:14,180 --> 00:33:07,010 little bit shaggy so he's getting a 776 00:33:19,169 --> 00:33:16,860 also I think you can define our crews 777 00:33:21,330 --> 00:33:19,179 works well together when we had an 778 00:33:29,370 --> 00:33:21,340 oyster you spill everybody chipped in to 779 00:33:31,770 --> 00:33:29,380 help clean that spill up as many no 780 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:31,780 story was making his sixth flight on the 781 00:33:37,020 --> 00:33:34,690 US Space Shuttle and and while we were 782 00:33:39,990 --> 00:33:37,030 on orbit he passed over a thousand hours 783 00:33:41,789 --> 00:33:40,000 of time in this space shuttle so we came 784 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:41,799 up with this patch that says master of 785 00:33:48,870 --> 00:33:44,010 space and presented it to him in a 786 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:48,880 little ceremony on board here we are in 787 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:51,250 the mid dec the day before the flight 788 00:33:57,840 --> 00:33:54,610 day 10 schedule dva applying anna fog to 789 00:33:59,370 --> 00:33:57,850 our helmets and also getting our tools 790 00:34:01,320 --> 00:33:59,380 in the proper configuration and 791 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:01,330 anticipation on the EV for the EV a of 792 00:34:05,909 --> 00:34:03,970 the next day Tom here has the shuttle 793 00:34:08,430 --> 00:34:05,919 power tool and I'm holding the news 794 00:34:10,379 --> 00:34:08,440 station power tool that has some 795 00:34:12,030 --> 00:34:10,389 enhanced a capability but as you can see 796 00:34:14,369 --> 00:34:12,040 is quite a bit larger than the shuttle 797 00:34:15,810 --> 00:34:14,379 power tool we spent several hours 798 00:34:18,119 --> 00:34:15,820 getting our tools in the proper 799 00:34:20,669 --> 00:34:18,129 configuration and everything laid out to 800 00:34:23,310 --> 00:34:20,679 make EV a day go much more smoothly and 801 00:34:25,859 --> 00:34:23,320 efficiently tom is donning his lower 802 00:34:29,730 --> 00:34:25,869 torso assembly and it's always a bit of 803 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:29,740 a squeeze getting into those pants and 804 00:34:37,919 --> 00:34:32,050 shortly you'll see my head pop out of 805 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:37,929 the the upper torso and story of course 806 00:34:45,780 --> 00:34:40,090 was instrumental in getting a suited up 807 00:34:47,550 --> 00:34:45,790 and prepared to go out the door the crew 808 00:34:50,399 --> 00:34:47,560 got into the airlock we depressed the 809 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:50,409 airlock the RMS got in position to view 810 00:34:57,390 --> 00:34:54,090 crew egress we went to open the hatch 811 00:34:59,670 --> 00:34:57,400 the handle rotated about 35 degrees and 812 00:35:02,130 --> 00:34:59,680 came to a hard stopped this happened 813 00:35:04,530 --> 00:35:02,140 over and over again more times than I 814 00:35:06,780 --> 00:35:04,540 can count and unfortunately we were 815 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:06,790 never able to open the outer airlock 816 00:35:11,470 --> 00:35:09,130 hatch and the EVS were cancelled for the 817 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:14,570 well we wanted to I get off on time so 818 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:17,010 that we could get you all home for 819 00:35:21,020 --> 00:35:18,930 Thanksgiving but you can probably blame 820 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:21,030 me on that because this is my third 821 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:23,010 thanksgiving in space but here we are 822 00:35:28,550 --> 00:35:25,650 eating a traditional turkey i had flown 823 00:35:31,790 --> 00:35:28,560 during thanksgiving with john blaha back 824 00:35:33,230 --> 00:35:31,800 in 89 I wanted to fly in space again and 825 00:35:35,750 --> 00:35:33,240 I did get to fly with him but on 826 00:35:38,900 --> 00:35:35,760 different vehicles you're nice enough to 827 00:35:40,580 --> 00:35:38,910 our patch us in with him the moon from 828 00:35:42,740 --> 00:35:40,590 out there in space is very similar to 829 00:35:44,810 --> 00:35:42,750 the moon down here on earth it goes 830 00:35:53,850 --> 00:35:44,820 through the same phases and we watch 831 00:35:58,740 --> 00:35:56,910 this is a shot of flight day 15 and this 832 00:36:01,200 --> 00:35:58,750 is a day we rendezvous in with Orpheus 833 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:01,210 to bring it back the taco was kind 834 00:36:04,740 --> 00:36:02,890 enough we swapped roles during this 835 00:36:09,060 --> 00:36:04,750 rendezvous so I was at the app station 836 00:36:12,090 --> 00:36:09,070 and taco was in the Ford station until 837 00:36:14,100 --> 00:36:12,100 and now you notice tacos in there in the 838 00:36:15,690 --> 00:36:14,110 picture until we got within 100 feet and 839 00:36:19,350 --> 00:36:15,700 then he took it for their prox ops in 840 00:36:21,390 --> 00:36:19,360 the ground from Ramallah and taco did an 841 00:36:24,290 --> 00:36:21,400 outstanding job with the rendezvous they 842 00:36:26,910 --> 00:36:24,300 put this face craft very very steady 843 00:36:30,270 --> 00:36:26,920 into the in defector camera all that was 844 00:36:33,510 --> 00:36:30,280 left to do was a quick maneuver and a 845 00:36:36,570 --> 00:36:33,520 grapple of the Orpheus Paz a post 846 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:36,580 grapple we did do a number of maneuvers 847 00:36:41,930 --> 00:36:38,530 in support of some space station 848 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:41,940 experiments testing our SVS system and 849 00:36:46,020 --> 00:36:44,170 making sure that we could get very good 850 00:36:47,670 --> 00:36:46,030 position in attitude information out of 851 00:36:49,350 --> 00:36:47,680 the space vision system in order to 852 00:36:52,290 --> 00:36:49,360 facilitate some of the space station 853 00:37:00,260 --> 00:36:52,300 construction activities and this is our 854 00:37:03,860 --> 00:37:02,360 let's take you back outside we're going 855 00:37:06,110 --> 00:37:03,870 to give you some camera views of the 856 00:37:08,720 --> 00:37:06,120 earth always in the background is we 857 00:37:11,690 --> 00:37:08,730 maneuvered the spacecraft during our 858 00:37:13,610 --> 00:37:11,700 long flight looking down we can see some 859 00:37:16,310 --> 00:37:13,620 very delicate linear dunes in western 860 00:37:18,230 --> 00:37:16,320 Algeria in the great western sansi of 861 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:18,240 the Sahara this is a very early morning 862 00:37:23,750 --> 00:37:21,810 view you can see the delicate sculpting 863 00:37:25,790 --> 00:37:23,760 of the dunes by the wind a little bit 864 00:37:28,820 --> 00:37:25,800 farther to the east is a big outcropping 865 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:28,830 of black volcanic rock it's dark grey 866 00:37:32,630 --> 00:37:30,330 because of iron and manganese and the 867 00:37:33,890 --> 00:37:32,640 rocks and the Tiffany dunes that are 868 00:37:36,770 --> 00:37:33,900 there on the right side the thumb-shaped 869 00:37:39,020 --> 00:37:36,780 dune field is red because of the iron in 870 00:37:40,370 --> 00:37:39,030 the sand grains reflecting light in a 871 00:37:42,740 --> 00:37:40,380 different way and it's a very beautiful 872 00:37:47,630 --> 00:37:42,750 dune field bumping up against the Hard 873 00:37:49,460 --> 00:37:47,640 Rock of the mountains there over Central 874 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:49,470 Africa we saw a lot of burning going on 875 00:37:54,260 --> 00:37:51,050 you can see several smoke plumes 876 00:37:56,150 --> 00:37:54,270 emanating from the rain forest area in 877 00:37:58,310 --> 00:37:56,160 central Africa combined with the 878 00:38:00,170 --> 00:37:58,320 grasslands there and this is one of the 879 00:38:01,730 --> 00:38:00,180 hot topics we were looking for from 880 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:01,740 space we saw a lot of burning not only 881 00:38:06,380 --> 00:38:04,050 here but also in Australia because it's 882 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:06,390 the dry season they're beautiful 883 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:10,290 real-time sunset from Earth orbit and 884 00:38:13,850 --> 00:38:12,330 now it's time for entry we've got a 885 00:38:15,980 --> 00:38:13,860 small camera handheld in the cockpit 886 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:15,990 that allows us to pan around and show 887 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:17,970 you the orange pink aerodynamic heating 888 00:38:22,550 --> 00:38:19,890 outside the front cockpit windows as we 889 00:38:24,770 --> 00:38:22,560 go through Mach 15 out the back windows 890 00:38:27,890 --> 00:38:24,780 he could see the plasma tail trailing us 891 00:38:29,450 --> 00:38:27,900 behind as the hot plasma streams around 892 00:38:32,210 --> 00:38:29,460 the orbiter and goes back over the tail 893 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:32,220 it's a spectacular light show during 894 00:38:36,290 --> 00:38:33,930 that time where you saw the plasma trail 895 00:38:38,750 --> 00:38:36,300 behind us we were tilted up at an angle 896 00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:38,760 attack of about 40 degrees here we are 897 00:38:43,100 --> 00:38:40,290 looking out through a camera over the 898 00:38:44,540 --> 00:38:43,110 nose of the vehicle and and now the 899 00:38:47,060 --> 00:38:44,550 angle of attack is much lower and we're 900 00:38:49,130 --> 00:38:47,070 flying more like an airplane it is dark 901 00:38:50,900 --> 00:38:49,140 overhead so the only way to see us was 902 00:38:53,240 --> 00:38:50,910 with an infrared camera and that's what 903 00:38:56,900 --> 00:38:53,250 you see in the upper right inset in this 904 00:38:58,610 --> 00:38:56,910 view we continue to have the camera 905 00:38:59,800 --> 00:38:58,620 that's looking over the nose operate all 906 00:39:01,600 --> 00:38:59,810 the way to landing 907 00:39:03,910 --> 00:39:01,610 and you see some lights on the ground 908 00:39:06,490 --> 00:39:03,920 and you can see clearly why I called it 909 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:06,500 a night landing and just up towards the 910 00:39:12,820 --> 00:39:09,050 upper right and moving to Center you can 911 00:39:15,550 --> 00:39:12,830 see a dim outline of a long thin light 912 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:15,560 area which is the runway we are diving 913 00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:17,810 towards a set of lights about a mile and 914 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:19,370 a half short of the runway which are lit 915 00:39:24,580 --> 00:39:22,010 up by strobe lights and at about 2,000 916 00:39:27,130 --> 00:39:24,590 feet we start to pull out to shallow our 917 00:39:29,500 --> 00:39:27,140 steep dive angle which is 18 degrees up 918 00:39:33,130 --> 00:39:29,510 to that point to more of an airliner 919 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:33,140 type glide slope so we can land at about 920 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:35,450 300 feet Ron will put the landing gear 921 00:39:40,060 --> 00:39:37,010 down and this is our view as we were 922 00:39:43,510 --> 00:39:40,070 finishing that that pre flare on the 923 00:39:45,670 --> 00:39:43,520 left is a string of lights with a little 924 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:45,680 ball next to it which we're trying to 925 00:39:48,940 --> 00:39:47,570 line up and keep in the center so is to 926 00:39:54,100 --> 00:39:48,950 cross the runway at the right height at 927 00:39:56,860 --> 00:39:54,110 the threshold and with the xenon lights 928 00:39:59,830 --> 00:39:56,870 providing the the bright glow on each 929 00:40:01,660 --> 00:39:59,840 side of us here's the touchdown viewed 930 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:01,670 from the run the camera at the far end 931 00:40:06,850 --> 00:40:04,970 of the runway you can see the vapor 932 00:40:09,970 --> 00:40:06,860 trails being turned up in the humid 933 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:09,980 Florida air at about 200 knots on the 934 00:40:14,140 --> 00:40:11,810 ground rommel deployed the drag chute 935 00:40:17,950 --> 00:40:14,150 and at 185 knots we started the nose 936 00:40:19,300 --> 00:40:17,960 down to make a to get all three wheels 937 00:40:21,700 --> 00:40:19,310 on the runway and we'll start steering 938 00:40:23,350 --> 00:40:21,710 down trying to stay on the center line 939 00:40:25,150 --> 00:40:23,360 of the runway because it's nothing more 940 00:40:31,070 --> 00:40:25,160 embarrassing that have the final photos 941 00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:34,350 it's also helpful to stay out of the mud 942 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:38,530 in the weeds and at about 60 knots we 943 00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:40,210 release the drag chute so that it still 944 00:40:43,740 --> 00:40:41,890 has a good aerodynamic force on it pose 945 00:40:45,750 --> 00:40:43,750 it cleanly away from the vehicle so that 946 00:40:47,700 --> 00:40:45,760 it doesn't damage the engine bells this 947 00:40:49,470 --> 00:40:47,710 is after all a reusable spacecraft it 948 00:40:51,390 --> 00:40:49,480 was a twenty first flight of Columbia 949 00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:51,400 the 80th flight of the space shuttle