1 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:25,600 thank you all for coming and we're going 2 00:00:30,130 --> 00:00:28,130 to present you with the film that takes 3 00:00:31,870 --> 00:00:30,140 about 15 minutes and it recaps the 4 00:00:35,170 --> 00:00:31,880 highlights of the mission and then we'll 5 00:00:37,150 --> 00:00:35,180 go through about 20 of the slides that 6 00:00:38,500 --> 00:00:37,160 summarize some of our earth observations 7 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:38,510 and some of our living in space 8 00:00:42,369 --> 00:00:41,090 experiences and then as mentioned will 9 00:00:43,930 --> 00:00:42,379 open up for questions so without any 10 00:00:56,110 --> 00:00:43,940 further ado let's go ahead and roll the 11 00:01:00,160 --> 00:00:58,420 it starts off with our crew patch I 12 00:01:02,530 --> 00:01:00,170 helped with some charge of design nip 13 00:01:05,020 --> 00:01:02,540 the whole crew put in their efforts and 14 00:01:06,190 --> 00:01:05,030 you have the the earth and the space 15 00:01:09,010 --> 00:01:06,200 shuttle and we've got the little 16 00:01:12,399 --> 00:01:09,020 triangle there that represents the 17 00:01:14,889 --> 00:01:12,409 teachers satellite the shuttle and the 18 00:01:17,859 --> 00:01:14,899 MCC here on the ground and it has a red 19 00:01:19,990 --> 00:01:17,869 white and blue of our flag and also for 20 00:01:21,430 --> 00:01:20,000 people from Ohio you look around the 21 00:01:24,180 --> 00:01:21,440 edge of it it's in the shape of a no 22 00:01:26,380 --> 00:01:24,190 because this was the old Buckeye crew I 23 00:01:29,380 --> 00:01:26,390 think most you aware we were delayed 24 00:01:31,870 --> 00:01:29,390 from our first launch do this pesky 25 00:01:33,999 --> 00:01:31,880 rascal down at the Cape however our hats 26 00:01:37,710 --> 00:01:34,009 were off to the technicians there at the 27 00:01:39,850 --> 00:01:37,720 Cape who repaired the ET and 28 00:01:42,399 --> 00:01:39,860 successfully rolled back out for an 29 00:01:44,710 --> 00:01:42,409 on-time launch jun 22nd here we are 30 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:44,720 suiting up in the room that's Kevin 31 00:01:56,139 --> 00:01:51,770 kriegel the pilot dr. don thomas mission 32 00:01:58,960 --> 00:01:56,149 specialist one army major nancy curry 33 00:02:00,729 --> 00:01:58,970 mission specialist number two and dr. 34 00:02:06,100 --> 00:02:00,739 Mary Ellen Webber mission specialist 35 00:02:08,139 --> 00:02:06,110 number three of course it was a glorious 36 00:02:10,389 --> 00:02:08,149 morning as most mornings are to Kennedy 37 00:02:12,610 --> 00:02:10,399 Space Center as you know we wake up 38 00:02:15,580 --> 00:02:12,620 about six hours before launch have our 39 00:02:18,369 --> 00:02:15,590 breakfast put the suits on and then go 40 00:02:20,170 --> 00:02:18,379 out for a final chance to wave goodbye 41 00:02:22,540 --> 00:02:20,180 to all the folks who supported us up to 42 00:02:25,270 --> 00:02:22,550 this point as we walk out to the astro 43 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:25,280 van and that was the buckeye that fool 44 00:02:29,530 --> 00:02:27,410 along with us that i showed to the press 45 00:02:31,330 --> 00:02:29,540 at that point and we would like to thank 46 00:02:33,070 --> 00:02:31,340 all the support around the country and 47 00:02:36,460 --> 00:02:33,080 especially that from ohio which was 48 00:02:38,140 --> 00:02:36,470 outstanding getting ready to get to 49 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:38,150 launch on the pad this is also the first 50 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:40,250 flight of the block one engine the block 51 00:02:44,589 --> 00:02:42,050 one engine takes a number of wells are 52 00:02:47,740 --> 00:02:44,599 the oxidizer turbo pump from a little 53 00:02:49,479 --> 00:02:47,750 over 200 to about a dozen so it really 54 00:02:52,170 --> 00:02:49,489 helps with the reliability from inside 55 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:52,180 the cockpit and our engine parameters it 56 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:54,890 was absolutely no difference and it 57 00:02:59,410 --> 00:02:56,450 worked flawlessly we're getting ready 58 00:03:02,440 --> 00:02:59,420 for the fire suppression and the water 59 00:03:03,729 --> 00:03:02,450 suppression to light and off we go they 60 00:03:06,759 --> 00:03:03,739 always have the rookie say well it was 61 00:03:10,090 --> 00:03:06,769 like for your first launch and of course 62 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:10,100 once those solids light it's really 63 00:03:13,420 --> 00:03:11,690 is a kick in the pants and you know that 64 00:03:15,640 --> 00:03:13,430 you're going to go someplace and it's 65 00:03:17,140 --> 00:03:15,650 it's shaking a bunch but it really 66 00:03:19,300 --> 00:03:17,150 wasn't too bad and thanks to all the 67 00:03:22,510 --> 00:03:19,310 people around here is except for the 68 00:03:24,370 --> 00:03:22,520 g-forces it felt like I was back in the 69 00:03:26,130 --> 00:03:24,380 simulator and I was back in the 70 00:03:29,590 --> 00:03:26,140 simulator looking at all the switches 71 00:03:31,210 --> 00:03:29,600 except I you could feel the g-forces and 72 00:03:34,270 --> 00:03:31,220 as most of you know it goes up to around 73 00:03:36,430 --> 00:03:34,280 3 g's for the last two minutes of launch 74 00:03:38,140 --> 00:03:36,440 and that's really the the only 75 00:03:41,410 --> 00:03:38,150 difference you'll see as we go through 76 00:03:43,270 --> 00:03:41,420 the supersonic today on the day of 77 00:03:46,150 --> 00:03:43,280 launch we had the right atmospheric 78 00:03:48,190 --> 00:03:46,160 conditions to show the shock wave coming 79 00:03:50,590 --> 00:03:48,200 over the orbiter and it really made it 80 00:03:58,600 --> 00:03:50,600 for a spectacular launch just come right 81 00:04:00,130 --> 00:03:58,610 over the SRBs and across the shuttle and 82 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:00,140 of course after about eight and a half 83 00:04:04,990 --> 00:04:02,530 minutes everything worked just fine 84 00:04:07,330 --> 00:04:05,000 beautiful day and we're getting ready to 85 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:07,340 do it we're sent up there and that's to 86 00:04:26,570 --> 00:04:25,160 it's a busy first day for us on orbit as 87 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:26,580 soon as we get up to orbit after eight 88 00:04:29,570 --> 00:04:27,810 and a half minutes we start getting out 89 00:04:31,870 --> 00:04:29,580 of our suits taking our seats down and 90 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:31,880 getting ready for the satellite deploy 91 00:04:35,510 --> 00:04:34,050 about two hours into the mission is 92 00:04:37,910 --> 00:04:35,520 actually when we start checking out the 93 00:04:39,500 --> 00:04:37,920 teedra satellite here this is the sixth 94 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:39,510 and final tracking and data relay 95 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:40,890 satellite that'll be launched from the 96 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:43,410 shuttle the very first one was on sts 6 97 00:04:47,870 --> 00:04:45,930 and this is quite a tradition it shows 98 00:04:49,970 --> 00:04:47,880 all the crew members here at the eff 99 00:04:52,130 --> 00:04:49,980 panel we're looking up towards the back 100 00:04:53,750 --> 00:04:52,140 of the payload bay and watching the tea 101 00:04:57,170 --> 00:04:53,760 dresses it raises up and here we're 102 00:04:58,940 --> 00:04:57,180 about ready to punch it out it moves out 103 00:05:01,820 --> 00:04:58,950 very slowly here just a few feet a 104 00:05:04,250 --> 00:05:01,830 minute and it went so smoothly and 105 00:05:05,930 --> 00:05:04,260 nominally on orbit it was unlike any of 106 00:05:08,060 --> 00:05:05,940 our simulations where our training team 107 00:05:09,770 --> 00:05:08,070 throws all the malfunctions at us and it 108 00:05:11,930 --> 00:05:09,780 just went so perfectly like clockwork 109 00:05:14,690 --> 00:05:11,940 this is six hours into the mission as 110 00:05:16,220 --> 00:05:14,700 it's moving out the top half of the 111 00:05:18,140 --> 00:05:16,230 satellite that you see is the tracking 112 00:05:20,630 --> 00:05:18,150 and data relay satellite itself when the 113 00:05:22,790 --> 00:05:20,640 bottom half is the inertial upper stage 114 00:05:25,070 --> 00:05:22,800 which is a two-stage solid rocket motor 115 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:25,080 that will take the satellite from 160 116 00:05:31,610 --> 00:05:26,970 miles he route to geosynchronous orbit 117 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:31,620 about 22,000 miles out and as you can 118 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:32,970 imagine our noses we're pressed up 119 00:05:37,070 --> 00:05:35,370 against the windows pretty much looking 120 00:05:46,330 --> 00:05:37,080 at this except for Nancy trying to get a 121 00:05:49,570 --> 00:05:48,100 and that was just a great feeling to 122 00:05:52,750 --> 00:05:49,580 have it go out right on time nice and 123 00:05:54,790 --> 00:05:52,760 smooth it shows the satellite there in 124 00:05:56,379 --> 00:05:54,800 distances it's moving off and we started 125 00:05:58,390 --> 00:05:56,389 to back away from from it with the 126 00:06:00,490 --> 00:05:58,400 orbiter and it's currently out of 127 00:06:01,629 --> 00:06:00,500 geosynchronous orbit they're continuing 128 00:06:03,390 --> 00:06:01,639 the check out of satellite and 129 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:03,400 everything's going great with it so far 130 00:06:07,930 --> 00:06:06,110 this is a dedication of the plaque for 131 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:07,940 the new mission control center as you 132 00:06:11,439 --> 00:06:09,770 all probably know here that we were the 133 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:11,449 first flight that was controlled that is 134 00:06:16,810 --> 00:06:14,330 a new CCC or combined control center 135 00:06:19,150 --> 00:06:16,820 which will be used for combined shuttle 136 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:19,160 to mirror and shuttle station missions 137 00:06:24,460 --> 00:06:22,250 and from the cruise perspective it was 138 00:06:26,890 --> 00:06:24,470 totally transparent which which was just 139 00:06:28,870 --> 00:06:26,900 exceptional this is the morning a flight 140 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:28,880 day two we start picking up with the 141 00:06:33,159 --> 00:06:30,530 meat of our flight plan after the 142 00:06:35,110 --> 00:06:33,169 successful deployment of tea dress for 143 00:06:36,790 --> 00:06:35,120 all the principal investigators you can 144 00:06:38,590 --> 00:06:36,800 see that we diligently reviewed our 145 00:06:42,100 --> 00:06:38,600 messages in the morning coming off the 146 00:06:44,409 --> 00:06:42,110 tips and this kind of shows a little bit 147 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:44,419 about our daily routine this is Donna 148 00:06:48,909 --> 00:06:46,610 taking his equivalent of a shower in the 149 00:06:50,500 --> 00:06:48,919 morning you can't ever escape the 150 00:06:57,100 --> 00:06:50,510 watchful eye of other crew members or 151 00:07:01,120 --> 00:06:57,110 the camera and this is floating over to 152 00:07:03,730 --> 00:07:01,130 the galley you know all of us like to do 153 00:07:07,690 --> 00:07:03,740 stupid astronaut tricks and and so forth 154 00:07:09,490 --> 00:07:07,700 on orbit and you'll see our equivalent 155 00:07:11,230 --> 00:07:09,500 of that here shortly we really didn't 156 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:11,240 play too much Kevin's trying his hardest 157 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:14,510 to form a ball of juice here but he 158 00:07:21,300 --> 00:07:16,010 found out very quickly he better have a 159 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:21,310 towel handy when he's trying this and 160 00:07:27,129 --> 00:07:25,010 this displays come my unique eating 161 00:07:28,810 --> 00:07:27,139 habits this is a creamed spinach which I 162 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:28,820 eat for breakfast every morning so they 163 00:07:34,330 --> 00:07:30,050 felt like they needed to get that on 164 00:07:35,890 --> 00:07:34,340 film this is dawn in their gamma you can 165 00:07:40,029 --> 00:07:35,900 see kind of hamming it up a little bit 166 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:40,039 here although he was working pretty hard 167 00:07:43,060 --> 00:07:41,810 I can assure you and we all had the time 168 00:07:45,940 --> 00:07:43,070 to exercise we were all in really good 169 00:07:48,219 --> 00:07:45,950 shape at the end of the flight this is 170 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:48,229 the bioreactor experiment it's one of 171 00:07:53,379 --> 00:07:50,690 the I think most exciting experiments on 172 00:07:55,870 --> 00:07:53,389 our flight what they're trying to do is 173 00:07:58,330 --> 00:07:55,880 actually grow three-dimensional body 174 00:07:58,629 --> 00:07:58,340 like tissues outside the human body it's 175 00:08:00,999 --> 00:07:58,639 some 176 00:08:03,390 --> 00:08:01,009 it's very difficult to do here on the 177 00:08:06,010 --> 00:08:03,400 ground under the influence of gravity 178 00:08:10,119 --> 00:08:06,020 the experiment worked extremely well 179 00:08:12,159 --> 00:08:10,129 they got very large size tissues you can 180 00:08:14,170 --> 00:08:12,169 see inside the chamber right there and 181 00:08:17,050 --> 00:08:14,180 this was the first flight of this 182 00:08:18,999 --> 00:08:17,060 configuration and the hope here is that 183 00:08:22,390 --> 00:08:19,009 one day we might be growing replacement 184 00:08:25,450 --> 00:08:22,400 organs and really understand how tissues 185 00:08:27,279 --> 00:08:25,460 actually grow this is an experiment 186 00:08:30,309 --> 00:08:27,289 connected with the national institutes 187 00:08:32,980 --> 00:08:30,319 of health nih are we flow flew 10 188 00:08:35,620 --> 00:08:32,990 pregnant rodents and we were looking at 189 00:08:38,680 --> 00:08:35,630 muscular skeletal development changes in 190 00:08:40,659 --> 00:08:38,690 microgravity this is an amateur radio 191 00:08:42,279 --> 00:08:40,669 experiment called Surak that we flew on 192 00:08:44,290 --> 00:08:42,289 board we talked to a total of eight 193 00:08:46,540 --> 00:08:44,300 schools mostly in the United States but 194 00:08:48,100 --> 00:08:46,550 we did talk to one in Argentina and that 195 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:48,110 was a great thrill for these eight 196 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:49,730 minute passes to be able to talk and 197 00:08:58,120 --> 00:08:52,010 share the excitement of spaceflight with 198 00:09:00,310 --> 00:08:58,130 the many students around the world this 199 00:09:02,079 --> 00:09:00,320 is an experiment called the space tissue 200 00:09:04,900 --> 00:09:02,089 loss experiment looking at the 201 00:09:06,130 --> 00:09:04,910 development of medaka fish embryos again 202 00:09:08,710 --> 00:09:06,140 we're looking at embryonic development 203 00:09:10,540 --> 00:09:08,720 and microgravity this is an interior 204 00:09:12,340 --> 00:09:10,550 views near the end of the flight you can 205 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:12,350 actually see the blood flow through the 206 00:09:16,660 --> 00:09:15,290 embryo and actually they saw quite a 207 00:09:18,579 --> 00:09:16,670 significant difference between our 208 00:09:20,199 --> 00:09:18,589 downlink video of those developed in 209 00:09:24,069 --> 00:09:20,209 microgravity versus the ground 210 00:09:25,810 --> 00:09:24,079 controlled studies let's say one of the 211 00:09:28,500 --> 00:09:25,820 cameras that we flew it's a 212 00:09:31,389 --> 00:09:28,510 multispectral imaging camera it's a 213 00:09:33,490 --> 00:09:31,399 looking at thruster plumes and also 214 00:09:35,259 --> 00:09:33,500 water dumps this is an example looking 215 00:09:38,380 --> 00:09:35,269 out the side hatch but water dump with 216 00:09:41,710 --> 00:09:38,390 the windex camera and next you'll see a 217 00:09:43,750 --> 00:09:41,720 thruster firing that was filmed out the 218 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:43,760 app window we did a series of primary 219 00:09:48,130 --> 00:09:46,010 jet thruster firings and they're looking 220 00:09:49,810 --> 00:09:48,140 at the chemistry and physics of the 221 00:09:51,790 --> 00:09:49,820 emissions from the shuttle on not only 222 00:09:54,430 --> 00:09:51,800 the shuttle but also other orbiting 223 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:54,440 structures another experiment we flew 224 00:09:59,500 --> 00:09:57,410 was again using a multispectral camera 225 00:10:02,590 --> 00:09:59,510 this is called Hercules it's a pretty 226 00:10:04,210 --> 00:10:02,600 big beast it weighs around 70 80 pounds 227 00:10:07,660 --> 00:10:04,220 and here on earth we had actually rig up 228 00:10:09,550 --> 00:10:07,670 a tripod to practice using it at all we 229 00:10:11,350 --> 00:10:09,560 actually had two of us using it to aim 230 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:11,360 because it's like looking through a soda 231 00:10:14,769 --> 00:10:12,050 straw and we 232 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:14,779 and have targets on the ground and the 233 00:10:18,790 --> 00:10:17,360 the big bump on the top of the camera is 234 00:10:21,579 --> 00:10:18,800 an inertial measurement unit and the 235 00:10:23,380 --> 00:10:21,589 hope is that we can accurately look at 236 00:10:26,079 --> 00:10:23,390 places on the ground and also be able to 237 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:26,089 look at the latitude and longitude there 238 00:10:30,790 --> 00:10:28,610 you see a picture of autonomy Bay Cuba 239 00:10:32,530 --> 00:10:30,800 you can see pretty good resolution it's 240 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:32,540 jumping around there so real time it's a 241 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:34,010 little bit tough but it's going 30 242 00:10:38,710 --> 00:10:36,290 frames a second so post flight people on 243 00:10:40,660 --> 00:10:38,720 the ground can really look at it pretty 244 00:10:42,370 --> 00:10:40,670 well miss a picture of a city at night 245 00:10:44,980 --> 00:10:42,380 it's totally dark out for us in 246 00:10:48,250 --> 00:10:44,990 Australia so the Hercules has a lot of 247 00:10:49,449 --> 00:10:48,260 potential and had a lot of a couple of 248 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:49,459 problems in the beginning but through 249 00:10:54,340 --> 00:10:51,050 the hard work people here on the ground 250 00:10:56,019 --> 00:10:54,350 we got it to work and this is an 251 00:10:58,090 --> 00:10:56,029 experiment called the visual function 252 00:11:00,310 --> 00:10:58,100 tester as you know when you take away 253 00:11:02,019 --> 00:11:00,320 gravity some pretty dramatic changes 254 00:11:04,329 --> 00:11:02,029 happen in the human body and one of 255 00:11:06,940 --> 00:11:04,339 those changes is that the eyeball shape 256 00:11:09,730 --> 00:11:06,950 actually changes and the vision has 257 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:09,740 affected this is a picture of Hurricane 258 00:11:13,420 --> 00:11:11,450 chantalle which is forming in the 259 00:11:15,190 --> 00:11:13,430 Atlantic luckily it didn't hit land and 260 00:11:17,530 --> 00:11:15,200 turn north but we got a good view of 261 00:11:20,139 --> 00:11:17,540 this on flight date two and three passed 262 00:11:22,510 --> 00:11:20,149 almost directly over top of it this is 263 00:11:24,220 --> 00:11:22,520 passing over Egypt you can see the Nile 264 00:11:26,110 --> 00:11:24,230 River that there in the lower left and 265 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:26,120 coming up on the Red Sea this is a 266 00:11:30,430 --> 00:11:28,370 beautiful pass always because you have 267 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:30,440 the very light brown soil and the blue 268 00:11:35,710 --> 00:11:33,050 blue water there and one morning shortly 269 00:11:36,699 --> 00:11:35,720 after a wakeup music somebody peeked out 270 00:11:38,769 --> 00:11:36,709 and said hey we're going right over 271 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:38,779 Egypt and the Nile River and you should 272 00:11:41,769 --> 00:11:40,370 see us all scrambling getting up as as 273 00:11:43,990 --> 00:11:41,779 fast as possible and getting our noses 274 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:44,000 up to the window there but it's a 275 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:45,770 spectacular pass and this is one of our 276 00:11:51,370 --> 00:11:49,850 great entertainment mechanisms up on 277 00:11:54,100 --> 00:11:51,380 orbit is just to look out the window and 278 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:54,110 watch the world go around we were prior 279 00:11:59,920 --> 00:11:57,130 to this shot it was actually three 280 00:12:01,990 --> 00:11:59,930 planets in this view and of course you 281 00:12:04,780 --> 00:12:02,000 can see something similar this right 282 00:12:06,850 --> 00:12:04,790 before sunrise on earth this is Venus 283 00:12:09,069 --> 00:12:06,860 and Mars coming up just before sunrise 284 00:12:10,509 --> 00:12:09,079 the advantage we had being in the 285 00:12:12,819 --> 00:12:10,519 orbiter was that we could set the 286 00:12:15,930 --> 00:12:12,829 cameras up on one rev and an hour and a 287 00:12:18,970 --> 00:12:15,940 half later actually take the scene 288 00:12:20,590 --> 00:12:18,980 happened very quickly but again we 289 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:20,600 thought it was a spectacular shot and 290 00:12:27,410 --> 00:12:22,850 took the time to to capture it on 291 00:12:34,049 --> 00:12:29,489 you never get tired of looking out the 292 00:12:35,489 --> 00:12:34,059 window it's don's emphasize you can see 293 00:12:39,059 --> 00:12:35,499 the orbiter tail and omens pods in the 294 00:12:40,590 --> 00:12:39,069 upper right-hand corner this is again 295 00:12:43,139 --> 00:12:40,600 looking out the window even at night is 296 00:12:45,540 --> 00:12:43,149 spectacular this is over Asia in a 297 00:12:47,189 --> 00:12:45,550 Pacific and you can see the earth glow 298 00:12:49,439 --> 00:12:47,199 which I've never really noticed some 299 00:12:51,299 --> 00:12:49,449 pictures before and it's real evident on 300 00:12:52,980 --> 00:12:51,309 how tenuous our atmosphere is and 301 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:52,990 looking at the lightning storms 302 00:12:56,939 --> 00:12:54,850 literally for hundreds and a thousand 303 00:12:58,889 --> 00:12:56,949 miles you can see the lightning going 304 00:13:01,949 --> 00:12:58,899 off and you can see how it propagates 305 00:13:05,629 --> 00:13:01,959 all across the continent all across the 306 00:13:08,759 --> 00:13:05,639 ocean it's really a real pretty view and 307 00:13:10,949 --> 00:13:08,769 unfortunately the day before supposed to 308 00:13:13,170 --> 00:13:10,959 come back they tell us it's time quit 309 00:13:14,639 --> 00:13:13,180 having fun and so we do all the the 310 00:13:16,259 --> 00:13:14,649 checkouts were checking out the reaction 311 00:13:18,929 --> 00:13:16,269 control jets were checking out the 312 00:13:20,780 --> 00:13:18,939 auxiliary power unit getting ready to 313 00:13:23,069 --> 00:13:20,790 come back home and this flight was 314 00:13:25,259 --> 00:13:23,079 really was flawless they say flawless 315 00:13:26,809 --> 00:13:25,269 for all the missions but our biggest 316 00:13:29,850 --> 00:13:26,819 problem we had was a cut in a vacuum 317 00:13:32,129 --> 00:13:29,860 cleaner cord it was really a very clean 318 00:13:35,009 --> 00:13:32,139 orbiter and all the experiments were in 319 00:13:36,299 --> 00:13:35,019 really smooth we're closing the the 320 00:13:38,730 --> 00:13:36,309 payload bay getting ready to come back 321 00:13:40,169 --> 00:13:38,740 home it was kind of nice actually that 322 00:13:41,460 --> 00:13:40,179 we got to close the payload Bay twice 323 00:13:43,290 --> 00:13:41,470 because it meant we had a couple more 324 00:13:47,429 --> 00:13:43,300 hours on orbit when we got waived off 325 00:13:49,379 --> 00:13:47,439 the first day here we are an entry again 326 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:49,389 as Kevin mentioned we waved off the 327 00:13:54,749 --> 00:13:51,970 first day's attempt and here we are on 328 00:13:57,509 --> 00:13:54,759 July morning in july twenty second at 329 00:13:59,400 --> 00:13:57,519 the entry interface there we're going 330 00:14:02,189 --> 00:13:59,410 approximately Mach 25 and you saw the 331 00:14:05,309 --> 00:14:02,199 plasma jet at the overhead window we 332 00:14:07,110 --> 00:14:05,319 came across the southern Texas coast and 333 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:07,120 some folks have mentioned hearing us and 334 00:14:13,439 --> 00:14:09,970 seeing us go by that morning here we are 335 00:14:16,439 --> 00:14:13,449 making the heading alignment cone turn 336 00:14:18,809 --> 00:14:16,449 and rolling out on final again I think 337 00:14:21,059 --> 00:14:18,819 most of you where we're diving at 220 338 00:14:23,309 --> 00:14:21,069 degrees 300 knots we had light winds 339 00:14:25,499 --> 00:14:23,319 that day lots of moisture in the air so 340 00:14:28,499 --> 00:14:25,509 you see the condensation coming off the 341 00:14:31,699 --> 00:14:28,509 wingtip vortices there Kevin put the 342 00:14:34,379 --> 00:14:31,709 gear down at 300 feet again very 343 00:14:36,310 --> 00:14:34,389 responsive machine the shell training 344 00:14:38,500 --> 00:14:36,320 aircraft was an excellent train 345 00:14:40,570 --> 00:14:38,510 we followed our guidance and all our 346 00:14:42,490 --> 00:14:40,580 training procedures and ended up with 347 00:14:46,180 --> 00:14:42,500 some excellent touchdown numbers on this 348 00:14:48,730 --> 00:14:46,190 flight kevin deploys the drag chute just 349 00:14:50,710 --> 00:14:48,740 after main gear touchdown we d rotate 350 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:50,720 using what we call the beep trim method 351 00:14:55,150 --> 00:14:53,090 now and then the drag chute blossom is 352 00:14:58,600 --> 00:14:55,160 about nose gear touchdown we apply the 353 00:15:01,570 --> 00:14:58,610 brakes very smooth and positive breaking 354 00:15:03,430 --> 00:15:01,580 and come to a stop about 11,000 feet 355 00:15:07,030 --> 00:15:03,440 down the runway at the Kennedy Space 356 00:15:09,490 --> 00:15:07,040 Center and the story wasn't over at this 357 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:09,500 point we mentioned that we thought we 358 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:11,450 were exercising right we're eating right 359 00:15:16,990 --> 00:15:13,850 we also slept very well so we had an 360 00:15:18,550 --> 00:15:17,000 excellent crew status and we'll stop we 361 00:15:21,490 --> 00:15:18,560 step through our post flight activities 362 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:21,500 very quickly in the orbiter and set a 363 00:15:25,780 --> 00:15:23,810 record 30 some minutes for getting out 364 00:15:28,450 --> 00:15:25,790 of the vehicle and everyone was so 365 00:15:30,220 --> 00:15:28,460 healthy that they were willing to walk 366 00:15:31,810 --> 00:15:30,230 around the vehicle and we all felt great 367 00:15:33,370 --> 00:15:31,820 after the flight and that's a compliment 368 00:15:36,220 --> 00:15:33,380 to all the folks here that have worked 369 00:15:40,510 --> 00:15:36,230 so hard on all the countermeasures for 370 00:15:42,220 --> 00:15:40,520 reup tation to 1g that completes the 371 00:15:48,730 --> 00:15:42,230 film let's go ahead and go right into 372 00:15:51,820 --> 00:15:48,740 the slides of course everyone has to put 373 00:15:53,740 --> 00:15:51,830 up their fantastic launch picture and 374 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:53,750 again everyone is spectacular we thought 375 00:15:58,710 --> 00:15:56,530 this one was exceptional because of the 376 00:16:01,990 --> 00:15:58,720 condensation in the air which made the 377 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:02,000 transition to the Mach spectacular as 378 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:07,370 you saw in the movie and I launched on 379 00:16:12,460 --> 00:16:09,410 the mid-deck in one of my first duties 380 00:16:14,170 --> 00:16:12,470 once we have main engine cutoff was to 381 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:14,180 come up to the flight deck and take 382 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:16,730 photos of the external tank as it fell 383 00:16:22,150 --> 00:16:19,850 back to earth and that will always be 384 00:16:24,580 --> 00:16:22,160 burned in my mind as the most 385 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:24,590 spectacular view that I saw when I first 386 00:16:29,890 --> 00:16:26,810 looked out the windows and saw the earth 387 00:16:32,620 --> 00:16:29,900 against the blackness of space as we 388 00:16:35,050 --> 00:16:32,630 finally saw the external tank we began 389 00:16:37,180 --> 00:16:35,060 taking pictures and an interesting thing 390 00:16:40,330 --> 00:16:37,190 about this hopefully you can see it 391 00:16:43,060 --> 00:16:40,340 there are some light colored specs on 392 00:16:45,250 --> 00:16:43,070 the external tank and that those are the 393 00:16:47,740 --> 00:16:45,260 places that the woodpecker's made their 394 00:16:48,519 --> 00:16:47,750 try to make their nests and those are 395 00:16:53,050 --> 00:16:48,529 the repairs 396 00:16:58,389 --> 00:16:53,060 held up perfectly and that was an 397 00:17:02,110 --> 00:16:58,399 excellent job by KSC I mentioned that we 398 00:17:04,299 --> 00:17:02,120 had a healthy crew on entry this is just 399 00:17:07,510 --> 00:17:04,309 after a main engine cutoff we've 400 00:17:09,189 --> 00:17:07,520 completed the homes to burn and we're 401 00:17:11,169 --> 00:17:09,199 waiting for the go to open the payload 402 00:17:13,120 --> 00:17:11,179 bay doors so on the flight deck we 403 00:17:15,100 --> 00:17:13,130 remain in the launch and entry erases 404 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:15,110 suit whatever we choose to war but we 405 00:17:19,740 --> 00:17:16,730 included this slot because we want this 406 00:17:21,340 --> 00:17:19,750 slide because we wanted to emphasize the 407 00:17:24,189 --> 00:17:21,350 improvements that have been made in 408 00:17:28,059 --> 00:17:24,199 these systems the launch and entry suits 409 00:17:30,159 --> 00:17:28,069 are comfortable the cooling garments are 410 00:17:31,870 --> 00:17:30,169 allowing us to stay comfortable both 411 00:17:33,159 --> 00:17:31,880 during the asset in the entry phase and 412 00:17:36,100 --> 00:17:33,169 that's extremely important when you're 413 00:17:38,649 --> 00:17:36,110 at readapting to 1g to have a strong 414 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:38,659 cardiovascular system and again our hats 415 00:17:45,130 --> 00:17:40,490 are off to all the folks that work crew 416 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:45,140 systems and crew equipment this shows 417 00:17:50,169 --> 00:17:47,450 our teacher satellite raised up to 58 418 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:50,179 degrees right prior to deployment and as 419 00:17:54,580 --> 00:17:52,250 you saw in the movie it popped out nice 420 00:17:56,289 --> 00:17:54,590 and smooth right on time and was just a 421 00:18:02,919 --> 00:17:56,299 beautiful sight watching a goal with the 422 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:02,929 earth in the background this is a few 423 00:18:08,380 --> 00:18:07,130 seconds later we saw a little rim we 424 00:18:10,810 --> 00:18:08,390 weren't sure what it was it look like at 425 00:18:13,149 --> 00:18:10,820 first like a piece of metal but there 426 00:18:14,770 --> 00:18:13,159 was a little circular rim coming off and 427 00:18:16,419 --> 00:18:14,780 as we were watching it we saw it break 428 00:18:18,039 --> 00:18:16,429 up so we realized this is a little piece 429 00:18:20,380 --> 00:18:18,049 of ice there that you can see that was 430 00:18:24,340 --> 00:18:20,390 attached to the solid rocket motor 431 00:18:26,260 --> 00:18:24,350 somewhere on the EIU S&T dress and it 432 00:18:28,270 --> 00:18:26,270 broke off and broken a few pieces and we 433 00:18:30,039 --> 00:18:28,280 watch it float away and it was kind of 434 00:18:31,510 --> 00:18:30,049 sad we had spent so much of our life in 435 00:18:33,310 --> 00:18:31,520 the last year with our training team 436 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:33,320 getting ready to deploy the satellite 437 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:35,690 and moved off so quickly and soon it was 438 00:18:47,980 --> 00:18:45,029 and this is me with the bioreactor again 439 00:18:49,779 --> 00:18:47,990 as I said before it was one of the one 440 00:18:53,529 --> 00:18:49,789 of the very exciting experiments that we 441 00:18:55,750 --> 00:18:53,539 had on board and I just wanted to say a 442 00:18:57,629 --> 00:18:55,760 little bit more about what they were 443 00:19:00,989 --> 00:18:57,639 doing here we were growing some human 444 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:00,999 colon cancer cells and the objective 445 00:19:06,509 --> 00:19:04,690 here was to find out how complex the 446 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:06,519 tissues became and if they actually 447 00:19:12,509 --> 00:19:09,690 started releasing some chemicals that 448 00:19:14,879 --> 00:19:12,519 people scientists are theorizing are the 449 00:19:17,430 --> 00:19:14,889 main ingredient for having cancer moved 450 00:19:20,729 --> 00:19:17,440 throughout the body so not only will we 451 00:19:23,430 --> 00:19:20,739 be able to grow replacement tissues or 452 00:19:25,139 --> 00:19:23,440 replacement organs eventually but as I 453 00:19:27,629 --> 00:19:25,149 said we can actually find out some very 454 00:19:33,719 --> 00:19:27,639 detailed information about how tissues 455 00:19:36,810 --> 00:19:33,729 grow including cancer this again is the 456 00:19:38,669 --> 00:19:36,820 nihr rodent experiment this is the 457 00:19:42,989 --> 00:19:38,679 animal enclosure module there were five 458 00:19:44,819 --> 00:19:42,999 rodents in each of the two aemz and they 459 00:19:47,099 --> 00:19:44,829 were also looking at circadian rhythm 460 00:19:48,569 --> 00:19:47,109 they were looking at the mammalian 461 00:19:52,079 --> 00:19:48,579 development and muscular skeletal 462 00:19:55,379 --> 00:19:52,089 changes not only in the dams but also in 463 00:19:57,419 --> 00:19:55,389 the pups post-flight and doing a quite a 464 00:19:59,879 --> 00:19:57,429 lot of testing post-flight on the 465 00:20:02,690 --> 00:19:59,889 animals and so every day we took some 466 00:20:05,609 --> 00:20:02,700 camcorder footage took some still photos 467 00:20:07,709 --> 00:20:05,619 an interesting thing to me was when we 468 00:20:10,529 --> 00:20:07,719 refilled the water in the units the 469 00:20:12,959 --> 00:20:10,539 activity level creased about tenfold so 470 00:20:15,479 --> 00:20:12,969 and it was a very interesting to see the 471 00:20:17,519 --> 00:20:15,489 activity level within the animal 472 00:20:20,430 --> 00:20:17,529 enclosure modules on day one versus a 473 00:20:25,949 --> 00:20:20,440 day five or six and their adaptation to 474 00:20:28,190 --> 00:20:25,959 microgravity also this is Tom again 475 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:28,200 looking out the window with the Hercules 476 00:20:34,019 --> 00:20:31,570 experiment as I said it was a joint 477 00:20:37,349 --> 00:20:34,029 effort it's a DoD payload Department of 478 00:20:39,629 --> 00:20:37,359 Defense payload and we had several 479 00:20:41,549 --> 00:20:39,639 different problems with it you see we 480 00:20:43,019 --> 00:20:41,559 had a makeshift little site on the 481 00:20:45,659 --> 00:20:43,029 bottom with it some of the things with 482 00:20:49,349 --> 00:20:45,669 computer didn't actually work but 483 00:20:50,789 --> 00:20:49,359 through working on orbit and working 484 00:20:52,739 --> 00:20:50,799 with the people on the ground that's one 485 00:20:54,629 --> 00:20:52,749 of the biggest benefits of having humans 486 00:20:56,969 --> 00:20:54,639 and spaces you can put experiments up 487 00:20:59,190 --> 00:20:56,979 there that if they have a problem you 488 00:21:00,930 --> 00:20:59,200 can work a plan and get together some 489 00:21:06,570 --> 00:21:00,940 good data and through the work of all 490 00:21:11,770 --> 00:21:09,820 this is this rx experiment or amateur 491 00:21:13,810 --> 00:21:11,780 radio and I'm talking to a group of 492 00:21:17,020 --> 00:21:13,820 students in Argentina here and I 493 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:17,030 actually had their picture and a little 494 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:18,650 notebook with me there there are a group 495 00:21:22,660 --> 00:21:20,330 of fourth and fifth graders down in 496 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:22,670 Argentina and they were studying English 497 00:21:26,050 --> 00:21:24,290 as a Second Language and that was a 498 00:21:28,900 --> 00:21:26,060 great thrill for me and I know they had 499 00:21:30,940 --> 00:21:28,910 a fun time to asking questions we get 500 00:21:33,100 --> 00:21:30,950 about 8 minutes as we pass over each 501 00:21:34,090 --> 00:21:33,110 ground site to talk to the students 502 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:34,100 there and it's amazing how many 503 00:21:38,470 --> 00:21:36,050 questions of fire out at you in an eight 504 00:21:40,450 --> 00:21:38,480 minute span of time we talked to schools 505 00:21:41,830 --> 00:21:40,460 around the United States I mentioned we 506 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:41,840 talked to one in Cleveland Ohio where 507 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:44,090 Muriel and her mother teaches in euclid 508 00:21:48,340 --> 00:21:46,370 ohio we also talked to a school in Troy 509 00:21:50,710 --> 00:21:48,350 Ohio where Nancy's from one of the 510 00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:50,720 elementary schools there so we had a lot 511 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:52,130 of personal interaction with these 512 00:21:56,140 --> 00:21:53,690 schools both before the mission and 513 00:21:59,020 --> 00:21:56,150 afterwards and it is amazing to me how 514 00:22:01,030 --> 00:21:59,030 many people we impact on a single eight 515 00:22:03,430 --> 00:22:01,040 minute pass you know talking to mine 516 00:22:05,350 --> 00:22:03,440 amateur radio because they'll have you 517 00:22:07,180 --> 00:22:05,360 know hundreds of students they're asking 518 00:22:09,250 --> 00:22:07,190 questions and then have a few other 519 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:09,260 hundred watching the program and there's 520 00:22:12,790 --> 00:22:10,850 a lot of press that's involved they get 521 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:12,800 the community's really involved in the 522 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:14,450 program and the whole goal is to get 523 00:22:18,310 --> 00:22:16,090 them interested in science and math and 524 00:22:19,630 --> 00:22:18,320 hopefully we've stimulated interest and 525 00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:19,640 have some future engineers and 526 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:21,350 astronauts and scientists here they'll 527 00:22:27,070 --> 00:22:22,490 be working with the Johnson Space Center 528 00:22:29,050 --> 00:22:27,080 someday one of the things that we're 529 00:22:31,030 --> 00:22:29,060 taught is again to deal with 530 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:31,040 contingencies and as I said we had a 531 00:22:34,900 --> 00:22:32,810 vacuum cleaner than had to cut on it and 532 00:22:37,110 --> 00:22:34,910 it causes short and actually pop one of 533 00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:37,120 the circuit breakers Nancy and I are 534 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:40,130 fixing it as part of our training is to 535 00:22:45,370 --> 00:22:43,250 have in-flight maintenance to to go 536 00:22:47,020 --> 00:22:45,380 ahead and we and fix things that break 537 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:47,030 and it's been done in the past we did on 538 00:22:50,740 --> 00:22:48,770 this missionary and although we didn't 539 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:50,750 have to use the vacuum cleaner again it 540 00:22:56,890 --> 00:22:55,250 did test out and we got it to work and 541 00:22:58,960 --> 00:22:56,900 we also do in-flight maintenance on 542 00:23:02,410 --> 00:22:58,970 other folks we didn't have any medical 543 00:23:04,270 --> 00:23:02,420 doctors on crew so Mary Ellen and myself 544 00:23:06,550 --> 00:23:04,280 were trained as the medical doctors just 545 00:23:08,350 --> 00:23:06,560 do very simple type of seizures and I'm 546 00:23:13,810 --> 00:23:08,360 just checking out from arione for 547 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:13,820 possible dust in there I want to point 548 00:23:17,290 --> 00:23:15,170 out here you have to have a sleep in 549 00:23:18,820 --> 00:23:17,300 shop but i really want to point out with 550 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:18,830 this is this is the new bags if you're 551 00:23:22,660 --> 00:23:20,690 familiar with the old ones of the 552 00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:22,670 Lou bags and as Tom mentioned we're in 553 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:24,710 real good health coming down a lot of 554 00:23:29,740 --> 00:23:27,410 that is due to the rest were given this 555 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:29,750 Bank has straps right here that can keep 556 00:23:32,470 --> 00:23:31,250 you nice and snug a lot of people have 557 00:23:33,970 --> 00:23:32,480 complained in the past when you're 558 00:23:37,180 --> 00:23:33,980 you're floating in the natural body 559 00:23:39,820 --> 00:23:37,190 position in zero gravity can cause some 560 00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:39,830 muscle fatigue there's also a strap 561 00:23:44,380 --> 00:23:43,130 right here that most of the time I would 562 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:44,390 have in the beginning to sleep put that 563 00:23:49,150 --> 00:23:46,450 over my head to put your head against a 564 00:23:51,370 --> 00:23:49,160 pillow and gives you a little bit of 565 00:23:53,170 --> 00:23:51,380 pressure makes you feeling like 1g and 566 00:23:55,030 --> 00:23:53,180 behind what you can't say are some 567 00:23:56,650 --> 00:23:55,040 spring so that you can stretch it out 568 00:23:59,350 --> 00:23:56,660 and it's so it has a little bit of 569 00:24:01,030 --> 00:23:59,360 firmness and I think that development of 570 00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:01,040 that sleeping bag has really helped out 571 00:24:09,670 --> 00:24:03,110 with our sleep and contribute us he and 572 00:24:12,010 --> 00:24:09,680 so well after landing moving on to earth 573 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:12,020 observations this is the last car 574 00:24:17,020 --> 00:24:14,450 volcano on the Argentine Chilean border 575 00:24:20,350 --> 00:24:17,030 and we first saw this on my previous 576 00:24:22,510 --> 00:24:20,360 flight in 1993 on st s55 it had erupted 577 00:24:25,330 --> 00:24:22,520 about a week before that launched and 578 00:24:27,670 --> 00:24:25,340 it's been active ever since and I was 579 00:24:30,340 --> 00:24:27,680 very pleased to see last car was still 580 00:24:35,310 --> 00:24:30,350 providing some plume for us to observe 581 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:35,320 and you can also see the the line of 582 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:39,050 volcanoes that are formed as the ridges 583 00:24:43,570 --> 00:24:42,290 or a tectonic plate plates are pushed 584 00:24:50,940 --> 00:24:43,580 together and this is a very dramatic 585 00:24:58,180 --> 00:24:55,330 this is a shot of Buenos Aires and you 586 00:25:00,910 --> 00:24:58,190 can see the majority of the city is down 587 00:25:05,590 --> 00:25:00,920 near the bottom of the frame the 588 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:05,600 beautiful bay the Copacabana beach the 589 00:25:12,220 --> 00:25:08,810 Ipanema beach sugarloaf mountain and 590 00:25:14,940 --> 00:25:12,230 this is an infrared shot so the 591 00:25:18,010 --> 00:25:14,950 vegetation that you would see green on a 592 00:25:19,660 --> 00:25:18,020 visual scene shows up red here so you 593 00:25:22,630 --> 00:25:19,670 can see the vast amounts of green 594 00:25:25,090 --> 00:25:22,640 vegetation on north of the city again 595 00:25:30,730 --> 00:25:25,100 the population that is in that field of 596 00:25:38,420 --> 00:25:33,650 this is a dust storm that's over the Red 597 00:25:41,930 --> 00:25:38,430 Sea theres a river valley off to the sea 598 00:25:44,210 --> 00:25:41,940 the lower right here and it's bringing a 599 00:25:45,740 --> 00:25:44,220 lot of sand in from the desert area the 600 00:25:47,750 --> 00:25:45,750 winds are picking it up and you can see 601 00:25:50,540 --> 00:25:47,760 these plumes going off for 70 to 100 602 00:25:52,220 --> 00:25:50,550 miles we saw dust storms like this over 603 00:25:54,290 --> 00:25:52,230 the Red Sea we also saw a pretty large 604 00:25:55,910 --> 00:25:54,300 one not over the west coast of Africa 605 00:25:58,340 --> 00:25:55,920 heading out over the Atlantic Ocean and 606 00:26:00,260 --> 00:25:58,350 it's just amazing how much dust is 607 00:26:03,010 --> 00:26:00,270 picked up and put in the atmosphere and 608 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:03,020 actually transported over vast distances 609 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:06,450 some of the dust from the western Africa 610 00:26:10,100 --> 00:26:08,850 actually reaches over to Florida and you 611 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:10,110 know some of it makes it into my house 612 00:26:18,020 --> 00:26:15,450 in Texas I know this is a picture from 613 00:26:20,090 --> 00:26:18,030 the southern mozambique showing some of 614 00:26:22,580 --> 00:26:20,100 the fires that are burning there it's 615 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:22,590 wintertime in southern Africa and this 616 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:24,090 is their dry season so they're doing 617 00:26:28,130 --> 00:26:25,770 some agricultural clearing of the land 618 00:26:30,170 --> 00:26:28,140 here just burning down crops and 619 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:30,180 clearing the land for next feat next 620 00:26:33,890 --> 00:26:32,610 season's crops but it's such an 621 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:33,900 impressive sight going around the earth 622 00:26:37,730 --> 00:26:35,610 this is one of the most memorable 623 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:37,740 impressions for myself is just the fires 624 00:26:41,660 --> 00:26:39,330 that are burning around the planet and 625 00:26:43,340 --> 00:26:41,670 to pass over an area such as this at 626 00:26:45,980 --> 00:26:43,350 night is really spectacular where you'll 627 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:45,990 see just dots of bright orange lights 628 00:26:49,610 --> 00:26:47,970 you wonder who is shining this bright 629 00:26:51,110 --> 00:26:49,620 orange light up at me and then you 630 00:26:52,460 --> 00:26:51,120 realize all these little dots that 631 00:26:58,010 --> 00:26:52,470 you're looking at or fire is burning 632 00:27:01,060 --> 00:26:58,020 down on the planet this is a shot of the 633 00:27:04,490 --> 00:27:01,070 Tiffany dunes which are in Algeria and 634 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:04,500 not only is it a very striking visual 635 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:07,290 but there is also some very interesting 636 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:10,290 geological information in here this is 637 00:27:17,540 --> 00:27:14,490 in a desert zone in Africa however only 638 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:17,550 about 5,000 years ago which is really 639 00:27:23,060 --> 00:27:19,530 just a blink of the eye in geological 640 00:27:25,100 --> 00:27:23,070 terms this used to be very wet area and 641 00:27:29,540 --> 00:27:25,110 this rock that you see around here 642 00:27:32,090 --> 00:27:29,550 actually has channels that used to be 643 00:27:34,940 --> 00:27:32,100 rivers flowing into this so this region 644 00:27:37,670 --> 00:27:34,950 here at one time was a lake in these 645 00:27:40,190 --> 00:27:37,680 times it's actually filled with dust and 646 00:27:42,259 --> 00:27:40,200 sand which has blown over these ridges 647 00:27:44,180 --> 00:27:42,269 and filled up this area 648 00:27:46,699 --> 00:27:44,190 and all of the different patterns in 649 00:27:54,469 --> 00:27:46,709 here are made by various wind directions 650 00:27:57,199 --> 00:27:54,479 blowing through there this is the Betsy 651 00:27:59,649 --> 00:27:57,209 Boca River which is in Madagascar this 652 00:28:04,190 --> 00:27:59,659 is on the southern eastern side of 653 00:28:06,859 --> 00:28:04,200 Africa and this is an infrared shot so 654 00:28:08,599 --> 00:28:06,869 again vegetation shows up as red and 655 00:28:11,690 --> 00:28:08,609 you'll see there isn't there isn't a 656 00:28:13,339 --> 00:28:11,700 whole lot of red in this shot they've 657 00:28:16,729 --> 00:28:13,349 had a great deal of clearing in 658 00:28:19,789 --> 00:28:16,739 Madagascar and not only do you not see a 659 00:28:24,919 --> 00:28:19,799 lot of vegetation but also as the river 660 00:28:26,899 --> 00:28:24,929 flows into the ocean it has developed a 661 00:28:30,829 --> 00:28:26,909 great deal of sedimentation at the mouth 662 00:28:33,079 --> 00:28:30,839 of this river and in World War two times 663 00:28:34,789 --> 00:28:33,089 there were actually no islands in this 664 00:28:37,519 --> 00:28:34,799 region here and you can see there are a 665 00:28:43,209 --> 00:28:37,529 number of islands these days which is a 666 00:28:48,190 --> 00:28:46,099 this is a shot of the Bahamas this is 667 00:28:50,539 --> 00:28:48,200 the ackland islands in the Bahamas and 668 00:28:52,129 --> 00:28:50,549 although it is a great shot of one of 669 00:28:53,419 --> 00:28:52,139 the great scuba diving areas of the 670 00:28:55,009 --> 00:28:53,429 world which will give you a difference 671 00:28:56,719 --> 00:28:55,019 in why the crew member took the picture 672 00:29:00,109 --> 00:28:56,729 and what it's used for when we get back 673 00:29:01,999 --> 00:29:00,119 but also over here you can see just a 674 00:29:03,769 --> 00:29:02,009 little bit of some of the Whiting's 675 00:29:05,149 --> 00:29:03,779 around the Bahamas this one doesn't 676 00:29:07,129 --> 00:29:05,159 really do it justice some of our other 677 00:29:08,719 --> 00:29:07,139 shots show it a little bit better but 678 00:29:10,579 --> 00:29:08,729 the Whiting's are areas of the water it 679 00:29:12,499 --> 00:29:10,589 actually looks like white milky streaks 680 00:29:14,599 --> 00:29:12,509 where the calcium carbonate has gone to 681 00:29:16,849 --> 00:29:14,609 the surface and by looking at the areas 682 00:29:19,489 --> 00:29:16,859 of Whiting's they can tell the amount of 683 00:29:22,669 --> 00:29:19,499 Pico plankton in the water so 684 00:29:23,869 --> 00:29:22,679 oceanographers and biologists can can 685 00:29:29,959 --> 00:29:23,879 both get a lot of data out of those 686 00:29:33,139 --> 00:29:29,969 those types of shots this is a 687 00:29:35,899 --> 00:29:33,149 photograph using high-speed film taken 688 00:29:38,479 --> 00:29:35,909 during one of the windex data takes when 689 00:29:41,149 --> 00:29:38,489 we were firing the primary thrusters on 690 00:29:42,739 --> 00:29:41,159 the orbiter and what you see here is not 691 00:29:44,839 --> 00:29:42,749 only the thruster firing but you can 692 00:29:46,789 --> 00:29:44,849 very very clearly see the phenomenon 693 00:29:49,399 --> 00:29:46,799 known as shuttle glow around the tail of 694 00:29:52,430 --> 00:29:49,409 the orbiter caused by the chemical 695 00:29:54,169 --> 00:29:52,440 makeup of the thruster plume hitting the 696 00:29:55,340 --> 00:29:54,179 orbiter structure that's been a 697 00:29:56,990 --> 00:29:55,350 phenomena that's 698 00:29:59,029 --> 00:29:57,000 continually been investigated and will 699 00:30:04,120 --> 00:29:59,039 continue to do so and hopefully a Windex 700 00:30:10,850 --> 00:30:07,760 right here this is Windows 6 the right 701 00:30:12,860 --> 00:30:10,860 side our PLT side of the window during 702 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:12,870 the sleep period the starboard wing was 703 00:30:17,210 --> 00:30:15,330 into the velocity vector and we presume 704 00:30:19,789 --> 00:30:17,220 it was sometime during the night period 705 00:30:22,430 --> 00:30:19,799 during our sleeping period that we took 706 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:22,440 a hit on that window it's only about one 707 00:30:28,250 --> 00:30:26,250 sixteenth of an inch in the depth right 708 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:28,260 up in the corner of the window we 709 00:30:32,210 --> 00:30:30,210 downlink some of the video we also took 710 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:32,220 some still pictures to make sure that 711 00:30:37,940 --> 00:30:34,890 that area did not change at all during 712 00:30:40,310 --> 00:30:37,950 the entry profile and I guess it got 713 00:30:43,460 --> 00:30:40,320 quite a bit of press here on earth it 714 00:30:46,010 --> 00:30:43,470 was really not a significant impact to 715 00:30:47,659 --> 00:30:46,020 the flight and many many times during 716 00:30:52,909 --> 00:30:47,669 flights you do have a little bit of 717 00:30:55,820 --> 00:30:52,919 window damage that completes our slides 718 00:30:58,789 --> 00:30:55,830 we were the quote unquote all-ohio crew 719 00:31:00,620 --> 00:30:58,799 and that was just by coincidence that so 720 00:31:04,549 --> 00:31:00,630 many of us were from the great state of 721 00:31:08,270 --> 00:31:04,559 Ohio but Kevin was a good sport about 722 00:31:09,799 --> 00:31:08,280 the fact that the Ohio Governor made him 723 00:31:13,010 --> 00:31:09,809 an honorary Buckeye and we appreciated 724 00:31:15,020 --> 00:31:13,020 him going along with that but each and 725 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:15,030 every state in the Union is represented 726 00:31:19,669 --> 00:31:17,610 throughout the workforce in NASA and 727 00:31:21,590 --> 00:31:19,679 here at the Johnson Space Center we 728 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:21,600 appreciate all that help and if we could 729 00:31:24,710 --> 00:31:23,130 bring the lights up one more time 730 00:31:27,289 --> 00:31:24,720 there's one thing that I'd like to 731 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:27,299 include in this presentation and it's a 732 00:31:30,260 --> 00:31:28,650 bit of a surprise for to the crew 733 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:30,270 members because we normally do this in 734 00:31:34,789 --> 00:31:32,850 front of the astronaut office but we had 735 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:34,799 our party so soon after landing that we 736 00:31:38,779 --> 00:31:36,210 didn't have the items that we flew in 737 00:31:41,450 --> 00:31:38,789 space back yet one of the things that we 738 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:41,460 do after our first year of training is 739 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:43,650 completed as an astronaut candidate is 740 00:31:50,210 --> 00:31:47,610 award the new astronaut with a silver 741 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:50,220 pen and that indicates they are 742 00:31:54,770 --> 00:31:52,770 qualified to fly in space however they 743 00:31:56,779 --> 00:31:54,780 are not a real astronaut until they make 744 00:31:59,779 --> 00:31:56,789 that first flight and after that flight 745 00:32:02,870 --> 00:31:59,789 the commander traditionally awards him 746 00:32:06,250 --> 00:32:02,880 or her with a gold astronaut pin and 747 00:32:08,659 --> 00:32:06,260 that's what I'd like to do today Kevin 748 00:32:14,420 --> 00:32:08,669 congratulations and I hope we get to do 749 00:32:21,270 --> 00:32:19,080 very own congratulations again and I'll