1 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:10,220 well thank you all for coming out this 2 00:00:14,089 --> 00:00:12,450 morning it is a great pleasure to share 3 00:00:16,730 --> 00:00:14,099 the experience of space flight with 4 00:00:18,620 --> 00:00:16,740 those folks that make it happen if it 5 00:00:21,230 --> 00:00:18,630 wasn't for all the efforts of people 6 00:00:22,970 --> 00:00:21,240 around the NASA centers and here at JSC 7 00:00:26,089 --> 00:00:22,980 that support our missions none of this 8 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:26,099 could occur and we're going to show you 9 00:00:30,500 --> 00:00:29,039 a film today followed by some slides but 10 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:30,510 before we do that like to introduce the 11 00:00:36,350 --> 00:00:33,570 crew members one more time and one crew 12 00:00:38,690 --> 00:00:36,360 member is not here today that's Pedro 13 00:00:40,549 --> 00:00:38,700 Dookie he was selected to become an 14 00:00:42,350 --> 00:00:40,559 astronaut candidate in the next NASA 15 00:00:44,450 --> 00:00:42,360 class later this summer and he is back 16 00:00:46,850 --> 00:00:44,460 in Spain preparing to move here 17 00:00:48,410 --> 00:00:46,860 permanently down here in the front row 18 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:48,420 we have our other all dat payload 19 00:01:00,860 --> 00:00:51,570 specialist dr. Luka rabbani from Italy 20 00:01:02,420 --> 00:01:00,870 Luca we trained as a crew of nine and 21 00:01:04,460 --> 00:01:02,430 for those not familiar with ultimate 22 00:01:06,530 --> 00:01:04,470 payload specialist roles they are 23 00:01:08,090 --> 00:01:06,540 prepared to step in and fill the shoes 24 00:01:09,679 --> 00:01:08,100 of one of the payload specialists up 25 00:01:11,420 --> 00:01:09,689 until the last minute so they went 26 00:01:13,820 --> 00:01:11,430 through all the training on all the 27 00:01:17,149 --> 00:01:13,830 medical baseline data collection and 28 00:01:19,789 --> 00:01:17,159 then once the mission lifted off took up 29 00:01:22,249 --> 00:01:19,799 role similar to a Capcom at the payload 30 00:01:25,580 --> 00:01:22,259 Operations Center in Marshall I'd like 31 00:01:27,890 --> 00:01:25,590 to begin introducing the crew at the far 32 00:01:31,429 --> 00:01:27,900 end of the table here is the pilot Kevin 33 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:31,439 Kregel was on his second mission next to 34 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:34,770 Kevin is dr. Chuck Brady a former navy 35 00:01:41,030 --> 00:01:38,130 flight surgeon on his first flight next 36 00:01:43,370 --> 00:01:41,040 to me on my left is dr. Bob thirst from 37 00:01:45,499 --> 00:01:43,380 the Canadian Space Agency flying his 38 00:01:48,469 --> 00:01:45,509 payload specialist number two on my 39 00:01:51,109 --> 00:01:48,479 right is Lieutenant Colonel Susan Helms 40 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:51,119 she was mission specialist number two 41 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:53,250 which is our flight engineer and also 42 00:01:59,090 --> 00:01:54,930 our payload commander a very challenging 43 00:02:02,359 --> 00:01:59,100 role next to Susan is our PhD in 44 00:02:04,819 --> 00:02:02,369 microgravity jean-jacques 5ea from 45 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:04,829 canasta Canadian I'm sorry the french 46 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:07,530 space agency and this was john jocks 47 00:02:12,180 --> 00:02:10,050 first flight his family has been living 48 00:02:14,250 --> 00:02:12,190 at Huntsville so he was very for me 49 00:02:15,900 --> 00:02:14,260 with Marshall Space Flight centers role 50 00:02:18,450 --> 00:02:15,910 in not only this mission but other 51 00:02:20,940 --> 00:02:18,460 microgravity science missions and at the 52 00:02:23,190 --> 00:02:20,950 end of the table is our first NASA 53 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:23,200 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine to fly in 54 00:02:27,750 --> 00:02:25,690 space and that's Ric Linehan also on his 55 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:27,760 first flight without any further ado 56 00:02:31,920 --> 00:02:29,890 we'd like to go ahead and begin the 57 00:02:35,070 --> 00:02:31,930 video if we could bring the lights down 58 00:02:37,590 --> 00:02:35,080 and roll the video and parts of the 59 00:02:40,410 --> 00:02:37,600 video we will narrate other portions 60 00:02:44,250 --> 00:02:40,420 include some of the intercom that was 61 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:44,260 recorded during ass'n here we are 62 00:02:49,020 --> 00:02:46,210 suiting up at the Kennedy Space Center 63 00:02:54,290 --> 00:02:49,030 for our launch on jun 20th again Kevin 64 00:03:01,170 --> 00:02:57,600 jean-jacques 5ea from France very eager 65 00:03:02,910 --> 00:03:01,180 to get into space Susan Helms all 66 00:03:06,660 --> 00:03:02,920 pressure checked and ready to begin her 67 00:03:10,380 --> 00:03:06,670 third space flight and the alien here is 68 00:03:13,260 --> 00:03:10,390 a dr. Rick lenihan our veterinarian and 69 00:03:16,110 --> 00:03:13,270 dr. Chuck Brady also eager to get into 70 00:03:22,380 --> 00:03:16,120 space for his first time and from Canada 71 00:03:24,330 --> 00:03:22,390 dr. Bob Thirsk the launch morning 72 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:24,340 schedule is quite quick paced no sooner 73 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:26,050 had we suited up when it was time to 74 00:03:30,990 --> 00:03:29,530 head out to launch pad and levant would 75 00:03:32,340 --> 00:03:31,000 take us out there during this walk out 76 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:32,350 we were thrilled to see some of our 77 00:03:35,729 --> 00:03:34,330 friends and colleagues who had gotten up 78 00:03:36,810 --> 00:03:35,739 early that morning to wish us all well 79 00:03:39,180 --> 00:03:36,820 as we were heading off on her mission 80 00:03:41,790 --> 00:03:39,190 and waiting for us at the launch pad was 81 00:03:42,900 --> 00:03:41,800 our beloved Columbia and at this point 82 00:03:45,180 --> 00:03:42,910 it seemed like it was a living creature 83 00:03:47,190 --> 00:03:45,190 as it's hissed and fumed and groaned and 84 00:03:50,070 --> 00:03:47,200 it seemed as eager as we were to get 85 00:03:52,140 --> 00:03:50,080 ready for the launch the crew was 86 00:03:54,420 --> 00:03:52,150 greeted at the launch pad done on the 87 00:03:55,890 --> 00:03:54,430 gantry by the closeout crew who helped 88 00:03:57,750 --> 00:03:55,900 us put on our harnesses and our 89 00:04:00,150 --> 00:03:57,760 parachutes and check out our equipment 90 00:04:03,150 --> 00:04:00,160 before we got inside Columbia the 91 00:04:06,570 --> 00:04:03,160 strapping in procedure is a quite a busy 92 00:04:08,490 --> 00:04:06,580 and highly choreographed affair and it's 93 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:08,500 also a bit of an emotional affairs as 94 00:04:13,860 --> 00:04:10,930 well and for first-time flyer such as 95 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:13,870 myself I found that my thoughts went to 96 00:04:18,020 --> 00:04:16,330 friends and family to the emergency 97 00:04:20,460 --> 00:04:18,030 procedures that I was going to have to 98 00:04:22,230 --> 00:04:20,470 perform in the event of an emergency and 99 00:04:24,150 --> 00:04:22,240 I bought this wonderful adventure I was 100 00:04:25,590 --> 00:04:24,160 heading off on it was really nice me to 101 00:04:25,860 --> 00:04:25,600 strap in the mid day at the same time 102 00:04:27,870 --> 00:04:25,870 that 103 00:04:29,730 --> 00:04:27,880 Hendrix a three-time flower was 104 00:04:31,110 --> 00:04:29,740 strapping in the flight deck if Tom 105 00:04:34,409 --> 00:04:31,120 thought this was a safe thing to do than 106 00:04:36,030 --> 00:04:34,419 i thought it was as well and these 107 00:05:03,020 --> 00:04:36,040 wonderful views you have the strapping 108 00:05:03,030 --> 00:05:17,320 view 109 00:05:17,330 --> 00:05:42,310 ok so I went down bit higher xq 110 00:06:03,800 --> 00:05:52,520 DC assamese agaric good riddance 313 hey 111 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:03,810 girl horn bets are coming down or nascar 112 00:06:19,330 --> 00:06:33,050 and you can raise your visors 113 00:06:53,790 --> 00:06:38,530 at Mach 25 engines hitting the clock 114 00:06:58,830 --> 00:06:56,460 it was just absolutely fantastic to see 115 00:07:00,390 --> 00:06:58,840 the BN space and see this great piece of 116 00:07:02,339 --> 00:07:00,400 American technology involved the 117 00:07:04,260 --> 00:07:02,349 external tank it was really difficult 118 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:04,270 for Rick and I to focus on getting 119 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:06,250 pictures of this because here we saw the 120 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:08,530 earth and landmasses and oceans floating 121 00:07:14,790 --> 00:07:11,650 beneath us but the external tank just 122 00:07:18,540 --> 00:07:14,800 did a super job and would perform 123 00:07:20,670 --> 00:07:18,550 greatly this is a mission that had dual 124 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:20,680 objectives it was a microgravity mission 125 00:07:24,390 --> 00:07:22,090 and a life science mission combined 126 00:07:26,369 --> 00:07:24,400 together but the the focus of the very 127 00:07:29,279 --> 00:07:26,379 first day right after we got into space 128 00:07:32,070 --> 00:07:29,289 was to capture the life science data for 129 00:07:34,110 --> 00:07:32,080 documenting the adoption process so 130 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:34,120 without any further ado as soon as we D 131 00:07:38,129 --> 00:07:35,530 suited people were working on 132 00:07:40,230 --> 00:07:38,139 experiments which is probably a first in 133 00:07:41,969 --> 00:07:40,240 the shuttle program as quickly as we did 134 00:07:44,129 --> 00:07:41,979 here you see Bob on one of our life 135 00:07:46,770 --> 00:07:44,139 science facilities it's a dynamometer 136 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:46,780 and what it's meant to do is help 137 00:07:49,980 --> 00:07:48,250 measure both the static and dynamic 138 00:07:53,399 --> 00:07:49,990 performance of the musculoskeletal 139 00:07:55,170 --> 00:07:53,409 system we had several p I investigative 140 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:55,180 teams that were part of this major 141 00:08:00,149 --> 00:07:57,610 experiment and here you see some of the 142 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:00,159 activities taking place yeah that's me 143 00:08:04,140 --> 00:08:01,810 strapping in the TVD now being 144 00:08:07,290 --> 00:08:04,150 electrically stimulated involuntarily by 145 00:08:09,300 --> 00:08:07,300 a device which measures muscle 146 00:08:12,089 --> 00:08:09,310 contraction here's Chuck on the arm 147 00:08:14,100 --> 00:08:12,099 lever and we're measuring torque output 148 00:08:16,170 --> 00:08:14,110 and muscle strength and degradation over 149 00:08:19,019 --> 00:08:16,180 the 17 days of the flight on the torque 150 00:08:20,999 --> 00:08:19,029 velocity dynamometer and Chuck here is 151 00:08:22,830 --> 00:08:21,009 going through the different protocols 152 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:22,840 you can see the IBM thinkpad up there on 153 00:08:26,939 --> 00:08:25,090 his right hand and he's following those 154 00:08:30,180 --> 00:08:26,949 and that interfaces with software in the 155 00:08:32,250 --> 00:08:30,190 TVD jean-jacques is holding a handgrip 156 00:08:34,769 --> 00:08:32,260 dynamometer and he is performing various 157 00:08:36,750 --> 00:08:34,779 protocols that t is reading on the 158 00:08:38,730 --> 00:08:36,760 thinkpad screen up there in front of him 159 00:08:41,339 --> 00:08:38,740 and they are anywhere from following 160 00:08:42,540 --> 00:08:41,349 curves to producing various contractions 161 00:08:46,230 --> 00:08:42,550 anywhere from ten to a hundred percent 162 00:08:47,939 --> 00:08:46,240 on the hand grip and all this will be 163 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:47,949 compared to ground base theater when we 164 00:08:51,420 --> 00:08:49,570 get back when we are back now actually 165 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:51,430 and look at changes in muscle physiology 166 00:08:55,949 --> 00:08:54,130 that's me again and I am on Alfie be a 167 00:08:58,319 --> 00:08:55,959 astronaut lung function experiment and 168 00:08:59,910 --> 00:08:58,329 I'm about to I get on there and start 169 00:09:01,769 --> 00:08:59,920 blowing into this tube and it's 170 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:01,779 measuring gaseous exchange in the lungs 171 00:09:05,750 --> 00:09:03,970 and we're comparing pulmonary physiology 172 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:05,760 on orbit 173 00:09:09,830 --> 00:09:07,770 based studies and right there I'm 174 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:09,840 interfacing with the keyboard unit and 175 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:11,970 reading the LEDs and following the flow 176 00:09:18,860 --> 00:09:14,130 the flow parameters up there on the 177 00:09:22,070 --> 00:09:18,870 screen and also we used Alfie with 178 00:09:24,020 --> 00:09:22,080 exercise we did a resting pfts here's a 179 00:09:27,230 --> 00:09:24,030 picture of jean-jacques with as many 180 00:09:28,850 --> 00:09:27,240 watches on and the magic masking has 181 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:28,860 just gotten off your gamma tur and he's 182 00:09:34,460 --> 00:09:31,530 going on to Alfie right now to determine 183 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:34,470 if there are any changes pre and post 184 00:09:40,790 --> 00:09:36,810 exercise here's Chuck with the Olympic 185 00:09:41,750 --> 00:09:40,800 torch and Chuck is hooked up to Alfie 186 00:09:43,700 --> 00:09:41,760 and the odometer right now 187 00:09:45,740 --> 00:09:43,710 simultaneously performing the exercises 188 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:45,750 and it's measuring his pulmonary output 189 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:47,850 and here's the rest of the crew offering 190 00:09:53,030 --> 00:09:50,010 to cheer Chuck on and share in the 191 00:09:54,620 --> 00:09:53,040 Olympic moment with the torch now that 192 00:09:56,030 --> 00:09:54,630 torch was later taken down by the 193 00:09:59,540 --> 00:09:56,040 orbiter crew and walked around the 194 00:10:01,910 --> 00:09:59,550 orbiter after we landed we had another 195 00:10:03,890 --> 00:10:01,920 study it was not relative to the lung 196 00:10:05,510 --> 00:10:03,900 function or the musculoskeletal studies 197 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:05,520 that we have already talked about but we 198 00:10:09,910 --> 00:10:07,530 also were looking at the vestibular 199 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:09,920 system the neuro vestibular system 200 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:12,450 specifically on this experiment the the 201 00:10:16,970 --> 00:10:14,010 goal here is to try to capture what 202 00:10:18,740 --> 00:10:16,980 happens to I and head movements and 203 00:10:20,630 --> 00:10:18,750 posture movements when the inner ear 204 00:10:22,490 --> 00:10:20,640 becomes confused about what's up and 205 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:22,500 what's down without the effect of 206 00:10:27,350 --> 00:10:24,090 gravity your inner ear doesn't really 207 00:10:29,330 --> 00:10:27,360 understand which way it's heading 208 00:10:31,730 --> 00:10:29,340 relative to the earth and so when you 209 00:10:34,310 --> 00:10:31,740 remove that effect the question is how 210 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:34,320 does the inner ear then translate to the 211 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:37,050 eyes and head how to move and so we had 212 00:10:40,430 --> 00:10:38,970 a number of experiments you can see some 213 00:10:41,780 --> 00:10:40,440 of them in progress here where we were 214 00:10:44,330 --> 00:10:41,790 doing very disciplined head and eye 215 00:10:47,090 --> 00:10:44,340 movements and likewise we did I've 216 00:10:48,110 --> 00:10:47,100 movements with and without knowledge of 217 00:10:50,180 --> 00:10:48,120 what was going on in the immediate 218 00:10:52,370 --> 00:10:50,190 environment and by comparing this 219 00:10:54,380 --> 00:10:52,380 relative to what was captured pre and 220 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:54,390 post flight we hope to better understand 221 00:11:00,920 --> 00:10:57,090 how that whole inner ear I postural 222 00:11:02,660 --> 00:11:00,930 integrated system works together and of 223 00:11:04,460 --> 00:11:02,670 course an application for this is among 224 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:04,470 other things the study of space motion 225 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:05,850 sickness because we know that that's got 226 00:11:11,330 --> 00:11:07,650 an influence on how people react in 227 00:11:14,150 --> 00:11:11,340 space to that effect the award for the 228 00:11:16,450 --> 00:11:14,160 oddest-looking lms experiment goes to 229 00:11:18,710 --> 00:11:16,460 the torso rotation experiment this 230 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:18,720 investigation also measure 231 00:11:22,730 --> 00:11:20,610 how the vestibular apparatus or inner 232 00:11:25,249 --> 00:11:22,740 ear adapts to the weightless environment 233 00:11:27,110 --> 00:11:25,259 we also hope to come up with a cause for 234 00:11:28,639 --> 00:11:27,120 this space motion sickness problem which 235 00:11:29,780 --> 00:11:28,649 afflicts about half of all astronauts 236 00:11:32,050 --> 00:11:29,790 during the first two or three days of 237 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:32,060 spaceflight here in the mid-deck 238 00:11:36,259 --> 00:11:34,410 jean-jacques and I have just dawned the 239 00:11:37,999 --> 00:11:36,269 equipment which includes accelerometer 240 00:11:39,319 --> 00:11:38,009 packages on the top of our head and also 241 00:11:41,629 --> 00:11:39,329 on our back and we're performing a 242 00:11:43,629 --> 00:11:41,639 strange-looking dance which is actually 243 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:43,639 important to calibrate the equipment 244 00:11:47,300 --> 00:11:46,050 since it's the only experiment on our 245 00:11:48,499 --> 00:11:47,310 flight that comes from Canada I thought 246 00:11:50,300 --> 00:11:48,509 it appropriate on one of the data 247 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:50,310 collection days to where my team canada 248 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:53,610 hockey jersey we hope also that the 249 00:11:56,540 --> 00:11:54,930 results of this experiment will help 250 00:11:58,069 --> 00:11:56,550 improve treatment programs for people 251 00:12:00,290 --> 00:11:58,079 that suffer from motion sickness and 252 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:00,300 settings on the ground well this is the 253 00:12:04,340 --> 00:12:02,610 lace and sleepwear here you're seeing 254 00:12:05,990 --> 00:12:04,350 four of us come out of our bunks in the 255 00:12:08,269 --> 00:12:06,000 morning this is a study looking at the 256 00:12:09,829 --> 00:12:08,279 circadian rhythms and sleep patterns and 257 00:12:11,449 --> 00:12:09,839 this is the first time that astronauts 258 00:12:13,759 --> 00:12:11,459 were actually had their brainwaves 259 00:12:16,309 --> 00:12:13,769 measured at night during six nights on 260 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:16,319 four subjects you see us coming out of 261 00:12:19,100 --> 00:12:17,610 there we're really a fashion statement 262 00:12:21,379 --> 00:12:19,110 here as you'll see in just a moment but 263 00:12:22,910 --> 00:12:21,389 Tom's giving us all up and we're going 264 00:12:24,530 --> 00:12:22,920 to line up here in just a second with 265 00:12:25,730 --> 00:12:24,540 all our sleep but equipment on we think 266 00:12:26,990 --> 00:12:25,740 we're going to get really great data 267 00:12:28,970 --> 00:12:27,000 from this we're looking at long-duration 268 00:12:31,009 --> 00:12:28,980 spaceflight and hopefully we'll be able 269 00:12:32,689 --> 00:12:31,019 to help people rest better and be more 270 00:12:36,710 --> 00:12:32,699 efficient both in space and here on the 271 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:36,720 ground of course it's also important to 272 00:12:40,730 --> 00:12:38,370 try and quantify the changes in 273 00:12:43,879 --> 00:12:40,740 performance and on this flight we flew a 274 00:12:46,850 --> 00:12:43,889 small laptop computer which we would 275 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:46,860 practice with a few times before flight 276 00:12:50,829 --> 00:12:48,930 during flight and then post flight and 277 00:12:52,999 --> 00:12:50,839 we could see the changes in our memory 278 00:12:55,730 --> 00:12:53,009 capabilities and in our hand eye 279 00:12:57,559 --> 00:12:55,740 coordination this mission was a life 280 00:13:01,309 --> 00:12:57,569 science mission but also a microgravity 281 00:13:03,290 --> 00:13:01,319 science mission and we had several field 282 00:13:07,509 --> 00:13:03,300 of investigations including a fluid 283 00:13:10,759 --> 00:13:07,519 physics and we see the fluid physics 284 00:13:15,350 --> 00:13:10,769 experiment called the bdp you for a 285 00:13:17,389 --> 00:13:15,360 bubble drop and particle unit h p i had 286 00:13:21,139 --> 00:13:17,399 the special container to be a head to 287 00:13:26,569 --> 00:13:21,149 load in this optical bench and we had to 288 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:26,579 make some critical optimization before 289 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:29,010 getting the end to 290 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:31,530 to the ground and to the p.i these 291 00:13:36,830 --> 00:13:34,410 experiments work very well except one 292 00:13:40,730 --> 00:13:36,840 day we had a little problem that Kevin 293 00:13:46,940 --> 00:13:40,740 and myself and Susan are trying to fix a 294 00:13:51,260 --> 00:13:46,950 shortcut in the in the connector but 295 00:13:54,910 --> 00:13:51,270 when we get that fixed we were able to 296 00:13:58,820 --> 00:13:54,920 get very nice views of boiling in this 297 00:14:02,870 --> 00:13:58,830 particular experiment or convection 298 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:02,880 driven by capillary forces like for this 299 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:05,730 bubble in another experiment and we try 300 00:14:12,830 --> 00:14:08,490 to get the best quiet conditions for 301 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:12,840 these critical phases another important 302 00:14:18,740 --> 00:14:14,730 experiment was the material science 303 00:14:22,660 --> 00:14:18,750 project a furnace in which we elaborated 304 00:14:25,370 --> 00:14:22,670 different kind of specimens alloyed 305 00:14:28,460 --> 00:14:25,380 aluminum alloy for instance as well as 306 00:14:31,700 --> 00:14:28,470 semiconductors so we try to get the best 307 00:14:33,650 --> 00:14:31,710 environment thermal environment to work 308 00:14:36,140 --> 00:14:33,660 study the kind of structure we can 309 00:14:39,410 --> 00:14:36,150 expect to get in space and as you can 310 00:14:43,700 --> 00:14:39,420 see here sometimes it's easier to work 311 00:14:47,830 --> 00:14:43,710 upside down to get accurate positioning 312 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:47,840 of the cartridge inside a furnace and 313 00:14:54,170 --> 00:14:50,610 systems looks very comfortable doing 314 00:14:55,580 --> 00:14:54,180 that you see that the Space Lab is very 315 00:14:58,030 --> 00:14:55,590 busy with activities and lot of 316 00:15:00,440 --> 00:14:58,040 experiments we also were doing some 317 00:15:02,630 --> 00:15:00,450 experiments on the flight deck this is 318 00:15:05,270 --> 00:15:02,640 the voice command system it's a voice 319 00:15:07,370 --> 00:15:05,280 activated system for the payload Bay 320 00:15:09,980 --> 00:15:07,380 cameras and Tom and myself were working 321 00:15:12,890 --> 00:15:09,990 on this experiment and just seeing how 322 00:15:16,130 --> 00:15:12,900 well it performed on orbit we also got 323 00:15:18,860 --> 00:15:16,140 great views of outside the earth we had 324 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:18,870 a full moon and it was a setting and as 325 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:20,130 it sets and goes through the atmosphere 326 00:15:25,250 --> 00:15:23,010 it actually turned blue so we had a blue 327 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:25,260 moon in on orbit we had a real blue moon 328 00:15:32,810 --> 00:15:29,370 which is second full moon in a month we 329 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:32,820 thought we'd be fairly clever and we 330 00:15:36,470 --> 00:15:34,650 videoed this down to Mission Control 331 00:15:38,030 --> 00:15:36,480 Center but they were on top of us and 332 00:15:38,540 --> 00:15:38,040 they had the song to play when we were 333 00:15:43,490 --> 00:15:38,550 video 334 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:43,500 down one of our best passes was early in 335 00:15:51,710 --> 00:15:47,370 the morning we had a nice pass above the 336 00:15:55,670 --> 00:15:51,720 medicon see Europe and Spain here we 337 00:15:59,960 --> 00:15:55,680 were able to see our hometowns this one 338 00:16:04,579 --> 00:15:59,970 was Spain and Madrid a hometown of pedo 339 00:16:07,579 --> 00:16:04,589 duka our alternate then we had some of 340 00:16:10,639 --> 00:16:07,589 these beautiful islands south of the 341 00:16:13,819 --> 00:16:10,649 coast of France that we also sometimes 342 00:16:19,100 --> 00:16:13,829 and it was not so cloudy and we 343 00:16:22,819 --> 00:16:19,110 continued above Italy and Greece and it 344 00:16:35,330 --> 00:16:22,829 was a very nice award in the morning to 345 00:16:40,540 --> 00:16:38,300 we also had some marvelous passes over 346 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:40,550 the United States you may recall that 347 00:16:45,230 --> 00:16:43,050 during the end of June it was absolutely 348 00:16:47,900 --> 00:16:45,240 clear over most of North America and 349 00:16:50,750 --> 00:16:47,910 this is one seen here of us saying 350 00:16:53,870 --> 00:16:50,760 goodbye to California currently over 351 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:53,880 Nevada New Mexico there's Lake Mead near 352 00:16:57,470 --> 00:16:55,410 Las Vegas nearly in the center of the 353 00:16:59,030 --> 00:16:57,480 picture and one of the current events 354 00:17:00,440 --> 00:16:59,040 that happened while we were on orbit 355 00:17:01,850 --> 00:17:00,450 were the wildfires in the Grand Canyon 356 00:17:03,230 --> 00:17:01,860 area and you can actually see those in 357 00:17:05,690 --> 00:17:03,240 the bottom left of the picture at this 358 00:17:08,540 --> 00:17:05,700 time coming into the field of you just 359 00:17:10,130 --> 00:17:08,550 before we head over into Mexico on this 360 00:17:12,260 --> 00:17:10,140 particular pass as you can see it was 361 00:17:14,330 --> 00:17:12,270 quite impressive from space just 362 00:17:16,700 --> 00:17:14,340 absolutely fantastic to travel from 39 363 00:17:18,380 --> 00:17:16,710 degrees north to 39 degrees south and 364 00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:18,390 this is a view of the Appalachian to 365 00:17:21,380 --> 00:17:19,710 Great Smoky Mountains from Tennessee to 366 00:17:22,940 --> 00:17:21,390 North Carolina now we're getting ready 367 00:17:24,830 --> 00:17:22,950 to come on I think anyone's wanted to 368 00:17:26,210 --> 00:17:24,840 come home but this is a view in size 369 00:17:28,190 --> 00:17:26,220 we're preparing for entry and as a 370 00:17:29,870 --> 00:17:28,200 rookie I can't begin to tell you just 371 00:17:31,010 --> 00:17:29,880 what a spectacular light show it was I 372 00:17:32,330 --> 00:17:31,020 was really glad there were three 373 00:17:33,740 --> 00:17:32,340 veterans on the flight deck with me 374 00:17:36,050 --> 00:17:33,750 because I felt like the whole front end 375 00:17:37,670 --> 00:17:36,060 the orbiter was coming on fire as you 376 00:17:40,340 --> 00:17:37,680 can see looking out the back that's just 377 00:17:42,050 --> 00:17:40,350 awesome a light show that's going on and 378 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:42,060 when just a second we'll see the lights 379 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:44,490 reflecting off of Tom and Kevin in front 380 00:17:48,740 --> 00:17:47,010 and illuminating fully in a darkened 381 00:17:51,260 --> 00:17:48,750 cabin Susan's face you're just an 382 00:17:55,370 --> 00:17:51,270 absolutely spectacular show as we reach 383 00:17:57,980 --> 00:17:55,380 the entry it's all videos on the launch 384 00:18:02,150 --> 00:17:57,990 we also had that small camera for videos 385 00:18:03,530 --> 00:18:02,160 out the front we're over the panhandle 386 00:18:05,300 --> 00:18:03,540 of Florida if you look in the middle of 387 00:18:06,740 --> 00:18:05,310 the picture it's kind of cloudy but you 388 00:18:09,230 --> 00:18:06,750 can actually see the coast of the fall 389 00:18:11,180 --> 00:18:09,240 Walton Beach Pensacola area as we come 390 00:18:14,150 --> 00:18:11,190 to land at the Kennedy Space Center it 391 00:18:16,430 --> 00:18:14,160 was an overcast day we had a clouds at 392 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:16,440 about 20,000 feet we're at the heading 393 00:18:22,910 --> 00:18:19,530 alignment cone Tom's in a right hand 394 00:18:26,090 --> 00:18:22,920 turn trying to line up on Kennedy Space 395 00:18:27,500 --> 00:18:26,100 Center runway 33 we go through the 396 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:27,510 clouds and this is looking out my window 397 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:30,810 this is what I saw on the entry day we 398 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:32,850 can see the rivers of the Kennedy Space 399 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:35,970 Center as we make the turn coming around 400 00:18:40,550 --> 00:18:37,410 that the Henning line macomb we're doing 401 00:18:42,260 --> 00:18:40,560 about 300 miles per hour and we roll out 402 00:18:45,110 --> 00:18:42,270 about six miles from the runway at 403 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:45,120 12,000 feet pointing 20 degrees nose low 404 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:47,850 fairly steep approach Tom's lined up 405 00:18:51,060 --> 00:18:48,970 right on the 406 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:51,070 numbers for our landing there on that 407 00:18:56,310 --> 00:18:53,770 morning several weeks ago of course the 408 00:18:59,190 --> 00:18:56,320 entry flight control team had gotten us 409 00:19:00,539 --> 00:18:59,200 to this point with a great effort by 410 00:19:02,990 --> 00:19:00,549 some of the folks here in the room with 411 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:03,000 us today here we are at 2,000 feet 412 00:19:09,029 --> 00:19:05,770 beginning the gentle pull out from that 413 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:09,039 steep dive to approach the runway using 414 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:10,570 the lights to the left of the runway to 415 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:13,210 achieve a one and a half degree approach 416 00:19:16,470 --> 00:19:15,010 Kevin puts the wheels down about ten 417 00:19:18,450 --> 00:19:16,480 seconds before touchdown and the 418 00:19:21,990 --> 00:19:18,460 airspeed is bleeding from about 300 419 00:19:25,289 --> 00:19:22,000 knots done to target of 205 a touchdown 420 00:19:27,180 --> 00:19:25,299 and we're intending to touchdown about 421 00:19:29,430 --> 00:19:27,190 here on the black marks as you can see 422 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:29,440 that's about where we touch down so the 423 00:19:34,169 --> 00:19:31,570 numbers worked out well the pre-planned 424 00:19:36,419 --> 00:19:34,179 numbers at 195 Kevin pushes two buttons 425 00:19:38,730 --> 00:19:36,429 which deploys the drag chute I lower the 426 00:19:40,860 --> 00:19:38,740 nose to the runway and then we can use a 427 00:19:43,860 --> 00:19:40,870 nose wheel steering system on the 428 00:19:46,289 --> 00:19:43,870 orbiter much like an airliner to track 429 00:19:48,299 --> 00:19:46,299 the center line to see here it also has 430 00:19:51,659 --> 00:19:48,309 brakes like an airliner so we're slowing 431 00:19:53,340 --> 00:19:51,669 it with the brakes at about 60 knots 432 00:19:55,110 --> 00:19:53,350 Kevin punches another button which 433 00:19:56,730 --> 00:19:55,120 releases a drag chute so it doesn't 434 00:19:59,340 --> 00:19:56,740 drape down over the engines after we 435 00:20:01,500 --> 00:19:59,350 stop and we continue breaking until we 436 00:20:03,419 --> 00:20:01,510 come to a complete stop and that's the 437 00:20:05,789 --> 00:20:03,429 end of the flight portion of the mission 438 00:20:07,620 --> 00:20:05,799 but some of the most crucial data still 439 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:07,630 had to be collected as these four 440 00:20:11,490 --> 00:20:09,850 payload crewmembers readapted to gravity 441 00:20:13,620 --> 00:20:11,500 so we very efficiently with the help of 442 00:20:15,750 --> 00:20:13,630 the folks here in Mission Control egress 443 00:20:17,430 --> 00:20:15,760 the vehicle they began their data takes 444 00:20:19,500 --> 00:20:17,440 and I think you can see from this that 445 00:20:24,779 --> 00:20:19,510 we were very pleased with the 17-day 446 00:20:31,740 --> 00:20:24,789 flight and we'll transition now to the 447 00:20:33,180 --> 00:20:31,750 slides the STS 78 mission links past 448 00:20:35,370 --> 00:20:33,190 with present through a crew patch 449 00:20:37,830 --> 00:20:35,380 influenced by Pacific Northwest Native 450 00:20:39,419 --> 00:20:37,840 American art central to the design is 451 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:39,429 the space shuttle Columbia who shape 452 00:20:43,409 --> 00:20:41,710 evokes the image of the eagle an icon of 453 00:20:45,570 --> 00:20:43,419 power and prestige in the national 454 00:20:47,460 --> 00:20:45,580 symbol of the United States the eagles 455 00:20:49,049 --> 00:20:47,470 feathers representing both peace and 456 00:20:52,049 --> 00:20:49,059 friendship symbolize the spirit of 457 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:52,059 international unity on STS 78 in orbit 458 00:20:55,890 --> 00:20:53,650 surrounding the mission number recalls a 459 00:20:57,870 --> 00:20:55,900 traditional NASA emblem the life 460 00:21:00,480 --> 00:20:57,880 sciences in microgravity space lab or 461 00:21:02,159 --> 00:21:00,490 LMS is housed in Colombia's payload Bay 462 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:02,169 and is depicted in a manner 463 00:21:06,690 --> 00:21:04,450 I'm innocent of totem art the pulsating 464 00:21:08,879 --> 00:21:06,700 Sun a symbol of life displays three 465 00:21:11,399 --> 00:21:08,889 crystals representing STS seventy-eights 466 00:21:13,889 --> 00:21:11,409 3 microgravity materials processing 467 00:21:16,049 --> 00:21:13,899 facilities the constellation delphinus 468 00:21:18,299 --> 00:21:16,059 recalls the dolphin friend of sea 469 00:21:19,769 --> 00:21:18,309 explorers each star representing one 470 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:19,779 member of STS seventy-eights 471 00:21:23,639 --> 00:21:21,730 international crew including our 472 00:21:26,249 --> 00:21:23,649 alternate payload specialist Pedro Duque 473 00:21:27,810 --> 00:21:26,259 and Luca Urbani the Olympic colored 474 00:21:29,489 --> 00:21:27,820 thrust rings at the base of Columbia 475 00:21:31,830 --> 00:21:29,499 signify the five continents of Earth 476 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:31,840 United in global cooperation the 477 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:35,070 advanced advancement of all humankind 478 00:21:41,159 --> 00:21:39,730 and this is a photo of the et after 479 00:21:43,769 --> 00:21:41,169 separation about a third of the way 480 00:21:46,049 --> 00:21:43,779 through the sequence and it's about to 481 00:21:48,330 --> 00:21:46,059 re-enter and it has started its tumble 482 00:21:50,580 --> 00:21:48,340 already and if you'll look up near the 483 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:50,590 top of the et you can see kind of a 484 00:21:55,019 --> 00:21:52,570 bull's-eye like Mars grey and black and 485 00:21:58,289 --> 00:21:55,029 that is the characteristic burn scar of 486 00:22:00,269 --> 00:21:58,299 the SRBs this was taken with a nikon f 4 487 00:22:02,399 --> 00:22:00,279 and a 300 millimeter lens with the 488 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:02,409 doubler on it kind of looked like a 489 00:22:06,210 --> 00:22:03,970 small bazooka actually when you get it 490 00:22:08,399 --> 00:22:06,220 out there so you can imagine a Chuck 491 00:22:10,049 --> 00:22:08,409 Chuck and I were both up there getting 492 00:22:11,820 --> 00:22:10,059 the cameras out with Susan's help and 493 00:22:14,220 --> 00:22:11,830 maneuvering ourselves into the back 494 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:14,230 winner to take this picture and I think 495 00:22:20,039 --> 00:22:18,129 we got some good ones this is the 496 00:22:22,470 --> 00:22:20,049 shuttle amateur radio experiment what a 497 00:22:24,149 --> 00:22:22,480 delight this was each crew member got a 498 00:22:26,099 --> 00:22:24,159 chance to talk with school kids all 499 00:22:28,139 --> 00:22:26,109 around the world and many school kids 500 00:22:30,509 --> 00:22:28,149 had worked for six months or up to a 501 00:22:31,769 --> 00:22:30,519 year even preparing working in science 502 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:31,779 and math studying the orbital 503 00:22:35,519 --> 00:22:33,730 trajectories of the shuttle getting 504 00:22:37,590 --> 00:22:35,529 ready with antennas and so forth to get 505 00:22:40,259 --> 00:22:37,600 a chance to talk with us on board the 506 00:22:42,599 --> 00:22:40,269 real credit goes to our X team here on 507 00:22:44,580 --> 00:22:42,609 site those guys and ladies that worked 508 00:22:46,019 --> 00:22:44,590 so hard on this program we got a chance 509 00:22:47,659 --> 00:22:46,029 to talk to many people around the world 510 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:47,669 and just the feel of someone being 511 00:22:51,810 --> 00:22:49,690 whether it's an internet question or 512 00:22:53,789 --> 00:22:51,820 kacar our shuttle amateur radio 513 00:22:55,139 --> 00:22:53,799 experiment gets a chance for people to 514 00:22:58,759 --> 00:22:55,149 feel like they're inside the shuttle and 515 00:23:02,729 --> 00:23:01,259 it was another experiment that we had on 516 00:23:04,799 --> 00:23:02,739 our flight that wasn't seen in the film 517 00:23:06,299 --> 00:23:04,809 and that's the plant growth facility 518 00:23:09,239 --> 00:23:06,309 another number of people here interested 519 00:23:11,009 --> 00:23:09,249 in how plants grow in space we continue 520 00:23:12,839 --> 00:23:11,019 to do research in that area and 521 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:12,849 jean-jacques and I were the two people 522 00:23:16,570 --> 00:23:14,330 that were designated to 523 00:23:18,370 --> 00:23:16,580 to monitor and harvest these plants 524 00:23:20,169 --> 00:23:18,380 after they had been growing in space for 525 00:23:22,419 --> 00:23:20,179 about a week and a half to two weeks 526 00:23:25,630 --> 00:23:22,429 what you see here is documentation of 527 00:23:27,460 --> 00:23:25,640 the chambers we had five chambers four 528 00:23:28,419 --> 00:23:27,470 of which were exposed to the cabin air 529 00:23:30,970 --> 00:23:28,429 and one of which was totally 530 00:23:34,360 --> 00:23:30,980 self-contained in the next slide you can 531 00:23:36,610 --> 00:23:34,370 see one of the chambers that was exposed 532 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:36,620 to the cabin air and the Neal's are 533 00:23:41,110 --> 00:23:38,690 quite sparse to the plants are bent over 534 00:23:43,630 --> 00:23:41,120 on purpose to see if they can grow 535 00:23:45,610 --> 00:23:43,640 reactive tissue at the bend while 536 00:23:47,980 --> 00:23:45,620 they're in microgravity versus the ones 537 00:23:49,389 --> 00:23:47,990 that aren't bent at the middle but when 538 00:23:51,370 --> 00:23:49,399 we took out the one that had not been 539 00:23:54,250 --> 00:23:51,380 exposed to the cabin air it was like a 540 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:54,260 lush tropical forest in there and when 541 00:23:57,009 --> 00:23:55,490 you thought about the fact that this is 542 00:23:58,629 --> 00:23:57,019 what it looks like when it's exposed to 543 00:24:01,620 --> 00:23:58,639 cabin air really made all of us pause 544 00:24:03,990 --> 00:24:01,630 for a minute wonder what was in our air 545 00:24:08,129 --> 00:24:04,000 I'm sure we're interested in hearing the 546 00:24:13,299 --> 00:24:11,649 and this is a picture of well we're 547 00:24:15,100 --> 00:24:13,309 taking blood from each other and believe 548 00:24:17,919 --> 00:24:15,110 it or not throughout the 17 day mission 549 00:24:21,220 --> 00:24:17,929 the payload crew all donated about 120 550 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:21,230 cc's of blood per person Chuck is there 551 00:24:25,419 --> 00:24:22,490 with a tourniquet on his arm and that's 552 00:24:28,360 --> 00:24:25,429 me about to a place butterfly catheter 553 00:24:31,509 --> 00:24:28,370 into his vein to get a morning fasting 554 00:24:33,070 --> 00:24:31,519 blood sample and in many in many 555 00:24:35,500 --> 00:24:33,080 instances we were actually taking blood 556 00:24:39,279 --> 00:24:35,510 samples pre and post TVD exercises you 557 00:24:41,710 --> 00:24:39,289 saw that earlier in the slides here and 558 00:24:44,139 --> 00:24:41,720 we were measuring hormone levels and 559 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:44,149 other physiologic functions with the 560 00:24:50,110 --> 00:24:47,330 blood and to my knowledge between the 561 00:24:51,850 --> 00:24:50,120 SLS series of flights this is one of the 562 00:24:54,580 --> 00:24:51,860 big successes here is that we managed to 563 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:54,590 get every blood sample and so far from 564 00:24:57,940 --> 00:24:56,210 what we've heard from the pis they've 565 00:25:02,440 --> 00:24:57,950 all been very good and though they're 566 00:25:05,940 --> 00:25:02,450 getting the data they need so we 567 00:25:08,350 --> 00:25:05,950 recognize folks with a call the KCA 568 00:25:13,060 --> 00:25:08,360 equipment and really all it is is a 569 00:25:16,210 --> 00:25:13,070 video teleconferencing system we use the 570 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:16,220 KO antenna on the orbiters capability to 571 00:25:21,639 --> 00:25:19,490 uplink video files and we had to a 572 00:25:23,649 --> 00:25:21,649 transmissions the age dick tracy is here 573 00:25:25,330 --> 00:25:23,659 with a little camera on the laptop 574 00:25:27,330 --> 00:25:25,340 computer we can see the people in 575 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:27,340 Mission Control Center they 576 00:25:31,290 --> 00:25:30,010 see that it turned out to really help us 577 00:25:33,300 --> 00:25:31,300 out and we did when the in-flight 578 00:25:40,500 --> 00:25:33,310 maintenance works on the bubble 579 00:25:45,390 --> 00:25:40,510 experiment having the opportunity to see 580 00:25:47,910 --> 00:25:45,400 from the from space his hometown is for 581 00:25:50,430 --> 00:25:47,920 each of us a very good sex satisfaction 582 00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:50,440 here you have the south part of France 583 00:25:57,590 --> 00:25:55,230 with on the left bottom part the 584 00:26:01,320 --> 00:25:57,600 beginning of the French Riviera 585 00:26:04,530 --> 00:26:01,330 Marseille and going to the Italian 586 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:04,540 border you can see also the Alps as it's 587 00:26:11,070 --> 00:26:07,930 a very nice mountains on the middle or 588 00:26:13,710 --> 00:26:11,080 right is some snow on top of the 589 00:26:16,050 --> 00:26:13,720 glaciers and just in the middle of the 590 00:26:20,370 --> 00:26:16,060 Grenoble Valley Kenobi's my home 591 00:26:25,310 --> 00:26:20,380 tone-tone and is also the capital of the 592 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:28,680 another good shot of an important city 593 00:26:35,750 --> 00:26:32,290 for for us this is Madrid in Spain just 594 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:35,760 in the middle of the Iberian Peninsula 595 00:26:43,740 --> 00:26:40,210 it's not very easy to see the city 596 00:26:48,630 --> 00:26:43,750 because of the colors which match 597 00:26:50,340 --> 00:26:48,640 actually the landscape around it but we 598 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:50,350 are sure that matter is is just in the 599 00:26:56,070 --> 00:26:53,650 middle of this picture here and this was 600 00:27:02,760 --> 00:26:56,080 an important shot for a pedo Duque our 601 00:27:05,390 --> 00:27:02,770 alternate everyone recognizes the this 602 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:05,400 is the boot of Italy and in particular 603 00:27:10,890 --> 00:27:08,650 along the spine of Italy near the east 604 00:27:12,750 --> 00:27:10,900 coast or the apennine mountains on the 605 00:27:15,150 --> 00:27:12,760 west coast about halfway down the boot 606 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:15,160 is the city of Rome a little bit further 607 00:27:19,380 --> 00:27:16,570 down from that is the famous Bay of 608 00:27:21,810 --> 00:27:19,390 Naples to the left is the island of 609 00:27:25,130 --> 00:27:21,820 Sicily which in this very rare occasion 610 00:27:28,620 --> 00:27:25,140 during our mission was cloud-covered 611 00:27:30,060 --> 00:27:28,630 Italy is very important country a 612 00:27:32,790 --> 00:27:30,070 contributor to the international space 613 00:27:35,550 --> 00:27:32,800 program I got up every morning to look 614 00:27:36,870 --> 00:27:35,560 at this view thinking about Italy being 615 00:27:39,510 --> 00:27:36,880 the cradle of Western civilization 616 00:27:43,020 --> 00:27:39,520 centuries ago and about today its 617 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:43,030 high-tech space program and also Italy 618 00:27:47,370 --> 00:27:45,490 is the home of Luca or Bonnie our 619 00:27:49,590 --> 00:27:47,380 alternate payload specialist who is a 620 00:27:51,780 --> 00:27:49,600 member of our crew we considered Luca 621 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:51,790 and Pedro as members of our crew because 622 00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:54,810 not only their training but also of the 623 00:27:58,500 --> 00:27:57,250 payload development of procedures 624 00:28:00,540 --> 00:27:58,510 development ly contributed to our flight 625 00:28:01,890 --> 00:28:00,550 and it's very likely that Luca will have 626 00:28:06,810 --> 00:28:01,900 his own shuttle flight in the coming 627 00:28:08,910 --> 00:28:06,820 years moving on to the United States and 628 00:28:11,100 --> 00:28:08,920 the rest of North America this is a 629 00:28:13,740 --> 00:28:11,110 picture of the Cascade Range with the 630 00:28:17,070 --> 00:28:13,750 Diamonds of the mountains rarely seen 631 00:28:19,050 --> 00:28:17,080 from space without cloud cover just to 632 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:19,060 orient you up to the very top of the 633 00:28:24,690 --> 00:28:21,730 picture you're basically looking at the 634 00:28:26,790 --> 00:28:24,700 South tip of British Columbia including 635 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:26,800 Vancouver Island which is where Bob is 636 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:29,650 from is from Victoria the mountain at 637 00:28:34,710 --> 00:28:31,930 the very top there is Mount Rainier and 638 00:28:35,990 --> 00:28:34,720 Chuck is from the Seattle area just 639 00:28:38,750 --> 00:28:36,000 nearby that area 640 00:28:40,010 --> 00:28:38,760 just to the south of Mount Rainier to 641 00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:40,020 the little bit to the right is Mount 642 00:28:44,500 --> 00:28:42,030 Adams and then a little bit further down 643 00:28:46,820 --> 00:28:44,510 there is a little white blotch with some 644 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:46,830 brownish grey just to the north that's 645 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:49,290 Mount Saint Helens and it looks like 646 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:51,690 it's been had its cap blown off and of 647 00:28:54,380 --> 00:28:53,010 course that's exactly what happened in 648 00:28:56,930 --> 00:28:54,390 nineteen eighty and then the residue 649 00:28:58,730 --> 00:28:56,940 from the volcanic eruption you can still 650 00:29:00,980 --> 00:28:58,740 see from space here if you look at the 651 00:29:02,510 --> 00:29:00,990 gray area just to the north of that the 652 00:29:05,030 --> 00:29:02,520 next mountain down is near my hometown 653 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:05,040 of Portland Oregon so we've crossed over 654 00:29:08,630 --> 00:29:06,330 the Columbia River into the state of 655 00:29:09,950 --> 00:29:08,640 Oregon and that's Mount Hood and then 656 00:29:12,710 --> 00:29:09,960 further down near the bottom of the 657 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:12,720 picture is Mount Jefferson and at the 658 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:14,490 very bottom are the three sisters which 659 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:18,930 is in Central Oregon we also had some 660 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:21,090 outstanding opportunities to take 661 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:22,530 pictures of Denver and Colorado Springs 662 00:29:26,990 --> 00:29:24,930 if you look at this picture the the 663 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:27,000 green is the rampart range south of 664 00:29:31,610 --> 00:29:29,730 Denver and the brown that's to the left 665 00:29:33,170 --> 00:29:31,620 of the picture near the bottom is Pikes 666 00:29:34,490 --> 00:29:33,180 Peak and of course I know you can see 667 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:34,500 very clearly in the center of the 668 00:29:39,460 --> 00:29:36,930 picture the Air Force Academy which is 669 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:39,470 the alma mater of myself Tom and Kevin 670 00:29:45,350 --> 00:29:43,290 like a second home so we were we were 671 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:45,360 surprised how clearly we could see 672 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:47,490 details of the Academy's got several 673 00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:49,410 unique landmarks and while we were up 674 00:29:54,290 --> 00:29:51,510 there we had the opportunity to to give 675 00:29:57,260 --> 00:29:54,300 a welcome to the incoming class of basic 676 00:29:59,180 --> 00:29:57,270 cadets that happened to be planned for 677 00:30:04,400 --> 00:29:59,190 graduation in the year 2000 so it was 678 00:30:07,610 --> 00:30:04,410 quite a landmark as Jean Jacques 679 00:30:10,010 --> 00:30:07,620 mentioned we all got to view our homes 680 00:30:15,050 --> 00:30:10,020 from space this is where my roots are 681 00:30:17,150 --> 00:30:15,060 it's Lake Erie is at the top right hand 682 00:30:20,420 --> 00:30:17,160 corner that's the western end of the 683 00:30:23,330 --> 00:30:20,430 lake and at that very corner of the lake 684 00:30:25,700 --> 00:30:23,340 is Toledo Ohio named after Toledo Spain 685 00:30:27,710 --> 00:30:25,710 I grew up in a small town called 686 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:27,720 woodville just outside there so this was 687 00:30:32,180 --> 00:30:29,250 the first out of four flights that I'd 688 00:30:33,710 --> 00:30:32,190 been far enough North to see Ohio what 689 00:30:36,500 --> 00:30:33,720 you see in the center part of the screen 690 00:30:39,220 --> 00:30:36,510 which Michigan up in the upper half we 691 00:30:41,570 --> 00:30:39,230 also have Detroit in the field of view 692 00:30:44,030 --> 00:30:41,580 near the upper right-hand corner and 693 00:30:48,070 --> 00:30:44,040 then the landmass just across the river 694 00:30:55,310 --> 00:30:51,020 could you tell from my exit this is my 695 00:30:56,630 --> 00:30:55,320 hometown this is the longest island in 696 00:30:59,090 --> 00:30:56,640 the United States the second one is 697 00:31:01,160 --> 00:30:59,100 would be island where Chuck is from very 698 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:01,170 cleverly we named it long island this is 699 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:04,170 where I grew up in the south side just 700 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:06,690 north of the beaches in the middle of 701 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:09,450 the picture is my hometown of a medieval 702 00:31:14,030 --> 00:31:12,450 Long Island and a medieval Long Island 703 00:31:18,549 --> 00:31:14,040 has about seven million of this 704 00:31:24,409 --> 00:31:21,859 this is a picture of the Washington DC 705 00:31:27,109 --> 00:31:24,419 area our nation's capital you can see 706 00:31:29,690 --> 00:31:27,119 the coastline on the right side of the 707 00:31:32,599 --> 00:31:29,700 view you can see the Potomac River is 708 00:31:35,539 --> 00:31:32,609 coming in on the left side the central 709 00:31:37,699 --> 00:31:35,549 part of the view and then winds down 710 00:31:39,619 --> 00:31:37,709 through Washington DC in the very center 711 00:31:42,259 --> 00:31:39,629 of the frame and then exits near the 712 00:31:44,149 --> 00:31:42,269 bottom left hand corner we had the 713 00:31:46,399 --> 00:31:44,159 opportunity of celebrating the 714 00:31:48,139 --> 00:31:46,409 independence of three nations of our 715 00:31:50,839 --> 00:31:48,149 crew members during or shortly after the 716 00:31:53,659 --> 00:31:50,849 flight we celebrated canada day on the 717 00:31:55,249 --> 00:31:53,669 first of july we obviously celebrated 718 00:31:58,099 --> 00:31:55,259 independence day on the fourth of july 719 00:32:00,589 --> 00:31:58,109 for the US and then just last weekend we 720 00:32:02,209 --> 00:32:00,599 had the pleasure of celebrating the 721 00:32:07,579 --> 00:32:02,219 french national holiday on the 722 00:32:09,940 --> 00:32:07,589 fourteenth of july this is an infrared 723 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:09,950 picture of the same area not directly 724 00:32:15,379 --> 00:32:12,690 from the same location this is looking 725 00:32:18,769 --> 00:32:15,389 straight down on Washington DC with 726 00:32:21,319 --> 00:32:18,779 infrared film the vegetation shows up 727 00:32:23,749 --> 00:32:21,329 green I'm sorry shows up bread as you 728 00:32:26,329 --> 00:32:23,759 can see the river shows up more blue or 729 00:32:28,909 --> 00:32:26,339 green as it winds through Washington DC 730 00:32:30,289 --> 00:32:28,919 in the city itself shows up very gray or 731 00:32:32,479 --> 00:32:30,299 white colored and some of the other 732 00:32:35,449 --> 00:32:32,489 white blotches you see are the tops of 733 00:32:37,909 --> 00:32:35,459 clouds and on the very left hand side of 734 00:32:40,690 --> 00:32:37,919 the slide you can see a Dulles Airport 735 00:32:43,759 --> 00:32:40,700 very distinctly so infrared photography 736 00:32:47,989 --> 00:32:43,769 can make man-made structures very 737 00:32:50,899 --> 00:32:47,999 distinct Atlanta Georgia home of the 738 00:32:52,399 --> 00:32:50,909 1996 summer olympics and just as the 739 00:32:53,839 --> 00:32:52,409 athletes are gathering this week from 740 00:32:55,579 --> 00:32:53,849 all around the world in a spirit of 741 00:32:57,649 --> 00:32:55,589 international goodwill and cooperation 742 00:32:59,029 --> 00:32:57,659 and our crew and our mission we're 743 00:33:01,190 --> 00:32:59,039 particularly blessed and having 744 00:33:03,949 --> 00:33:01,200 representatives from five nations and 745 00:33:05,419 --> 00:33:03,959 from four separate space agencies and we 746 00:33:06,919 --> 00:33:05,429 feel like that's a great forerunner of 747 00:33:09,199 --> 00:33:06,929 the International Space Station in a 748 00:33:15,469 --> 00:33:09,209 cooperation and goodwill that that four 749 00:33:19,509 --> 00:33:15,479 boats as you can tell from this scene we 750 00:33:22,579 --> 00:33:19,519 enjoyed our 17 days in space immensely 751 00:33:25,639 --> 00:33:22,589 we did not look forward to returning we 752 00:33:28,009 --> 00:33:25,649 were happy to stay on orbit a few more 753 00:33:28,790 --> 00:33:28,019 days gathering the data for the folks 754 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:28,800 here on the ground 755 00:33:32,030 --> 00:33:30,090 but again as I mentioned at the 756 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:32,040 introduction none of this would be 757 00:33:36,140 --> 00:33:34,410 possible without the tremendous efforts 758 00:33:38,390 --> 00:33:36,150 that people here at the Johnson Space 759 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:38,400 Center the Kennedy Space Center and in 760 00:33:42,860 --> 00:33:41,490 our case the dedicated folks at the 761 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:42,870 Marshall Space Flight Center that 762 00:33:47,780 --> 00:33:45,450 directed the science and data gathering 763 00:33:49,700 --> 00:33:47,790 during this mission so on behalf of the 764 00:33:51,350 --> 00:33:49,710 crew we would like to thank each of you