1 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:16,999 joining us now from somewhere above the 2 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:19,290 earth our astronauts Janice Voss Mike 3 00:01:23,300 --> 00:01:21,450 bernhardt and Roger crotch welcome to 4 00:01:25,700 --> 00:01:23,310 the program nice to see you guys out 5 00:01:27,260 --> 00:01:25,710 there I know that this is the second 6 00:01:28,700 --> 00:01:27,270 go-around the first mission was cut 7 00:01:30,590 --> 00:01:28,710 short back in April because of a 8 00:01:32,420 --> 00:01:30,600 generator problem how does it feel to be 9 00:01:39,350 --> 00:01:32,430 back in space Danna's will begin with 10 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:39,360 you as you know this is the first chance 11 00:01:44,570 --> 00:01:41,610 to refi a payload and a crew all 12 00:01:46,130 --> 00:01:44,580 together the same groups so quickly and 13 00:01:47,690 --> 00:01:46,140 I think all of us are marveling at how 14 00:01:49,850 --> 00:01:47,700 much it feels like we just left here 15 00:01:51,139 --> 00:01:49,860 yesterday it's been much easier to get 16 00:01:52,490 --> 00:01:51,149 back in the swing of things all the 17 00:01:54,139 --> 00:01:52,500 experiments are going great and we all 18 00:01:55,399 --> 00:01:54,149 feel extremely comfortable and well 19 00:01:56,930 --> 00:01:55,409 prepared because we've done this so 20 00:01:59,029 --> 00:01:56,940 recently it's really been a great 21 00:02:00,770 --> 00:01:59,039 opportunity and I really have great 22 00:02:01,999 --> 00:02:00,780 kudos to the folks down to Cape and all 23 00:02:03,649 --> 00:02:02,009 the people in Mission Control in Houston 24 00:02:06,260 --> 00:02:03,659 center that works so hard to get 25 00:02:07,969 --> 00:02:06,270 everything turn around force soon as I 26 00:02:10,070 --> 00:02:07,979 understand that to all of you set up 27 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:10,080 your orbiting laboratory up today and 28 00:02:20,449 --> 00:02:13,410 that you actually lit a controlled fire 29 00:02:23,259 --> 00:02:20,459 inside the module we should have you got 30 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:23,269 our first experiment run on a next 31 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:25,530 combustion module experiment of looking 32 00:02:29,449 --> 00:02:27,690 at producing suit which as you know is a 33 00:02:31,699 --> 00:02:29,459 heavy pollutants and also a very 34 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:31,709 dangerous component of forest fires one 35 00:02:34,460 --> 00:02:32,850 of the great things about getting a 36 00:02:37,190 --> 00:02:34,470 chance to refi like this is this is why 37 00:02:39,319 --> 00:02:37,200 the experiments we ran two runs last 38 00:02:41,150 --> 00:02:39,329 time and after looking at the date of 39 00:02:43,490 --> 00:02:41,160 post flight and having a chance to think 40 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:43,500 about what all the different downlink 41 00:02:47,180 --> 00:02:45,810 data they got meant they redesigned 42 00:02:49,940 --> 00:02:47,190 experimental to change some of the 43 00:02:51,789 --> 00:02:49,950 parameters and this first run on 94 was 44 00:02:55,699 --> 00:02:51,799 much better than either the runs on 83 45 00:02:59,120 --> 00:02:55,709 now Roger I understand that today you 46 00:03:00,650 --> 00:02:59,130 had a chance to quickly see the MIR 47 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:00,660 space station that you had caught a 48 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:02,010 glimpse of it you're in different orbits 49 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:03,450 but he'd get a chance to talk to the 50 00:03:09,289 --> 00:03:07,530 crew at all all right fortunately that 51 00:03:10,699 --> 00:03:09,299 was another shift and I talked to those 52 00:03:12,830 --> 00:03:10,709 guys it's learn and they said it was 53 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:12,840 absolutely bringing out in the sky I 54 00:03:17,569 --> 00:03:14,850 believe they said they were within about 55 00:03:19,670 --> 00:03:17,579 50 miles of the orbit of mere they could 56 00:03:21,860 --> 00:03:19,680 see it it looks like a big penis or 57 00:03:24,140 --> 00:03:21,870 about the size of the star or the planet 58 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:24,150 Venus when you see that but there was no 59 00:03:28,610 --> 00:03:26,490 radio communication today later on 60 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:28,620 hoping the possibility of having a 61 00:03:32,210 --> 00:03:29,850 chance to talk to them but they're 62 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:32,220 pretty busy over there right now no they 63 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:33,930 certainly are busy Mike let me ask you 64 00:03:37,250 --> 00:03:35,130 for a moment there are a lot of people 65 00:03:39,710 --> 00:03:37,260 were concerned about the activities are 66 00:03:42,020 --> 00:03:39,720 going on mirror right at this time there 67 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:42,030 are concerns that maybe we should all to 68 00:03:45,110 --> 00:03:43,650 get a scrap the partnership with the 69 00:03:46,730 --> 00:03:45,120 Russians until they get the MIR space 70 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:46,740 station fixed what are your thoughts 71 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:48,450 about that do you think it's safe and 72 00:03:56,690 --> 00:03:50,730 what are your thoughts about that aspect 73 00:04:01,760 --> 00:03:56,700 of the program well I think that we are 74 00:04:03,740 --> 00:04:01,770 justified it being concerned however the 75 00:04:05,270 --> 00:04:03,750 situation is stable there and the thing 76 00:04:07,460 --> 00:04:05,280 that we have to remember is that they do 77 00:04:09,590 --> 00:04:07,470 have the Soyuz lifeboat so they can 78 00:04:12,590 --> 00:04:09,600 leave that station at any time and I 79 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:12,600 think that it's only partnership with 80 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:15,930 Russia has been a good thing for us I'm 81 00:04:19,550 --> 00:04:17,310 not saying that it's good that these 82 00:04:22,190 --> 00:04:19,560 contingencies have happen but we are 83 00:04:24,890 --> 00:04:22,200 learning from that it is making us a 84 00:04:27,290 --> 00:04:24,900 stronger team and bitterness for the 85 00:04:29,300 --> 00:04:27,300 International Space Station and I think 86 00:04:30,950 --> 00:04:29,310 don't we need to hang in there with them 87 00:04:34,430 --> 00:04:30,960 I think we've learned a lot working a 88 00:04:37,670 --> 00:04:34,440 lot more and we're working together well 89 00:04:41,150 --> 00:04:37,680 as a team and I can assure you that the 90 00:04:43,910 --> 00:04:41,160 management of NASA in Russia's is got 91 00:04:49,370 --> 00:04:43,920 safety for most in their mind and we'll 92 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:49,380 do everything the right way flame is 93 00:05:05,710 --> 00:04:51,930 very very steady truly study it looks 94 00:05:19,660 --> 00:05:10,330 I'm dumb tricks already but that might 95 00:05:24,460 --> 00:05:19,670 be too far up one it's pretty close down 96 00:05:26,230 --> 00:05:24,470 one that looks like it might still be 97 00:05:27,670 --> 00:05:26,240 open to me guys don't go down one more 98 00:05:38,770 --> 00:05:27,680 unless you stop me all rights definitely 99 00:05:41,140 --> 00:05:38,780 open another going down hi Susan saw the 100 00:05:43,630 --> 00:05:41,150 pilot this is our site day two for the 101 00:05:47,130 --> 00:05:43,640 road team you can see I busily working 102 00:05:50,380 --> 00:05:47,140 on a laptop computer we call the pgs see 103 00:05:52,540 --> 00:05:50,390 that's the computer we used to talk to 104 00:05:55,690 --> 00:05:52,550 the ground also talk to our family if we 105 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:55,700 need to panting around the cockpit here 106 00:05:59,080 --> 00:05:57,530 you can see it's pretty light outside so 107 00:06:02,010 --> 00:05:59,090 it's hard to see the commander's seat 108 00:06:05,380 --> 00:06:02,020 and becoming to add you see it better 109 00:06:07,510 --> 00:06:05,390 computer it's all started to spoil where 110 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:07,520 we are the world so we always there 111 00:06:11,620 --> 00:06:10,010 exactly where we are in the wall a lot 112 00:06:14,409 --> 00:06:11,630 of camera equipment that we use for 113 00:06:17,170 --> 00:06:14,419 Earth Observation program will be the 114 00:06:19,300 --> 00:06:17,180 first drink on the ass panel and the 115 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:19,310 overhead the ass windows you can see 116 00:06:26,740 --> 00:06:23,530 those now this is you are outside 117 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:26,750 station if we were to eat decide the 118 00:06:31,150 --> 00:06:29,210 shuttle for that that is quite wall rod 119 00:06:34,090 --> 00:06:31,160 or but of course we wish you jostle and 120 00:06:38,230 --> 00:06:34,100 be coming around the right side we have 121 00:06:41,170 --> 00:06:38,240 all recorder so we can freak your place 122 00:06:43,630 --> 00:06:41,180 and pictures for going to and coming 123 00:06:47,050 --> 00:06:43,640 back down for landing that takes us all 124 00:06:48,850 --> 00:06:47,060 around the cockpit this is entering the 125 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:48,860 space that module I'm working on the 126 00:06:53,500 --> 00:06:51,530 Express rack which is a rack that will 127 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:53,510 be flying on our future Space Station 128 00:06:56,620 --> 00:06:55,370 missions this will allow us to 129 00:06:58,450 --> 00:06:56,630 accommodate many of the mid-deck 130 00:07:01,120 --> 00:06:58,460 experiments that we currently fly back 131 00:07:03,430 --> 00:07:01,130 in the space station and this is the 132 00:07:06,250 --> 00:07:03,440 first flight of a track and we have a 133 00:07:08,260 --> 00:07:06,260 number of experiments two of them days 134 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:08,270 which is a physics of hard spheres and 135 00:07:12,610 --> 00:07:11,210 Astro p GPA which is a plant growth 136 00:07:20,530 --> 00:07:12,620 experiment like a little mini greenhouse 137 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:23,300 okay what i'm doing here is taking down 138 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:24,930 some readings are as an experiment it 139 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:26,010 measures the very low level 140 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:28,170 accelerations on board now I'm moving 141 00:07:31,610 --> 00:07:29,370 over to the droplet combustion 142 00:07:33,950 --> 00:07:31,620 experiment we use this experiment to 143 00:07:36,860 --> 00:07:33,960 study combustion how things burn in this 144 00:07:38,210 --> 00:07:36,870 case heptane fuel droplets because the 145 00:07:40,310 --> 00:07:38,220 combustion of liquid filled is very 146 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:40,320 important for our economy and for 147 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:45,450 pollution in this country important part 148 00:07:50,930 --> 00:07:47,450 of our daily routine up here is staying 149 00:07:52,850 --> 00:07:50,940 exercising we each of us get to ride for 150 00:07:55,790 --> 00:07:52,860 about maybe half an hour a day on the 151 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:55,800 bike and at 17,000 miles an hour that 152 00:08:00,200 --> 00:07:57,450 lets us go maybe eight thousand miles of 153 00:08:02,710 --> 00:08:00,210 cuddling on the bike Here I am done in 154 00:08:05,990 --> 00:08:02,720 the mid-deck working on a stroke p GBA 155 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:06,000 the we have a number of plaster bird 156 00:08:10,910 --> 00:08:08,970 species of plants growing inside a 157 00:08:12,740 --> 00:08:10,920 decotis GBA one of my duties every day 158 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:12,750 is to take video of these plants 159 00:08:16,490 --> 00:08:14,370 actually growing up from day to day we 160 00:08:18,350 --> 00:08:16,500 can actually tell how they are growing 161 00:08:20,530 --> 00:08:18,360 in space and how their growth different 162 00:08:23,690 --> 00:08:20,540 differs perhaps than what we see on her 163 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:23,700 what a mad dog mentioned about after a 164 00:08:29,990 --> 00:08:27,210 PCB oil here we are we're removing it 165 00:08:32,570 --> 00:08:30,000 stops a big deck which is part of the 166 00:08:34,940 --> 00:08:32,580 orbiter and we're going to take it back 167 00:08:37,580 --> 00:08:34,950 through the tunnel into the space lab 168 00:08:39,409 --> 00:08:37,590 and mount it on the Express rack here 169 00:08:42,020 --> 00:08:39,419 you see is coming through the tunnel 170 00:08:45,290 --> 00:08:42,030 we're now in the space lab and we're 171 00:08:47,300 --> 00:08:45,300 going to bound it into the express rat 172 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:47,310 which dunno I explained to you with the 173 00:08:51,500 --> 00:08:49,050 right that we're going to fly on Space 174 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:51,510 Station this is it one of the most 175 00:08:56,090 --> 00:08:53,490 important things we're doing on orbit 176 00:08:58,070 --> 00:08:56,100 because it's getting us ready for space 177 00:09:00,320 --> 00:08:58,080 station we're getting to try out this 178 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:00,330 hardware for the first time and if 179 00:09:11,690 --> 00:09:02,250 there's any problems with the hardware 180 00:09:16,890 --> 00:09:14,940 okay we got that get that quiz and we're 181 00:09:20,220 --> 00:09:16,900 just gathered up here on the on the 182 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:20,230 flight deck is accrued to a celebration 183 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:22,570 of our nation's birthday tomorrow will 184 00:09:26,790 --> 00:09:24,250 be July 4th and we know that everybody 185 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:26,800 around the country will largely be taken 186 00:09:30,930 --> 00:09:28,330 the day off it leads us somewhere at 187 00:09:32,790 --> 00:09:30,940 other recognizing the importance of this 188 00:09:34,710 --> 00:09:32,800 day and I in our country's history and 189 00:09:38,370 --> 00:09:34,720 and we recognize just how lucky we are 190 00:09:39,900 --> 00:09:38,380 due to be Americans maybe even more so 191 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:39,910 because we're not in the country right 192 00:09:44,220 --> 00:09:42,250 now we're orbiting 185 miles above the 193 00:09:45,810 --> 00:09:44,230 surface of the earth but you know we're 194 00:09:47,430 --> 00:09:45,820 not the only Americans through out of 195 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:47,440 the country on this fourth of July their 196 00:09:51,510 --> 00:09:49,450 military members foreign service members 197 00:09:53,220 --> 00:09:51,520 number of Americans throughout the world 198 00:09:56,100 --> 00:09:53,230 serving their country to country in a 199 00:09:58,230 --> 00:09:56,110 number of different ways we also want to 200 00:10:00,660 --> 00:09:58,240 mention that that's right Mike's in 201 00:10:02,250 --> 00:10:00,670 space Mike full orbiting in mirror and 202 00:10:03,750 --> 00:10:02,260 our hearts are with him our hearts and 203 00:10:04,830 --> 00:10:03,760 minds are with him and we know he's in a 204 00:10:08,340 --> 00:10:04,840 great adventure and he's certainly 205 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:08,350 serving his country also so to sum it up 206 00:10:20,130 --> 00:10:11,890 from the crew of MTX 94 and for all 207 00:10:21,450 --> 00:10:20,140 Americans around the world okay you said 208 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:21,460 that what you should be looking at now 209 00:10:26,870 --> 00:10:23,650 is on the mid-deck this is a procedure 210 00:10:30,630 --> 00:10:26,880 that we use to remove the locker tool 211 00:10:35,150 --> 00:10:30,640 what we did was tighten the tool first 212 00:10:41,820 --> 00:10:35,160 and then apply the first to pry bar and 213 00:10:48,660 --> 00:10:41,830 it actually broke off and you can you 214 00:10:49,980 --> 00:10:48,670 can see this piece here Susan's going to 215 00:10:53,310 --> 00:10:49,990 go in and show you the back of the 216 00:10:56,910 --> 00:10:53,320 locker we think that's mechanism still 217 00:10:59,400 --> 00:10:56,920 works spying and that the locker screw 218 00:11:02,640 --> 00:10:59,410 will work and it's the house and it's 219 00:11:07,620 --> 00:11:02,650 broken on we're not sure when the 220 00:11:12,690 --> 00:11:07,630 housing broke off practice earlier 221 00:11:15,470 --> 00:11:12,700 before we did this procedure or in 222 00:11:17,910 --> 00:11:15,480 between Greg extra got in there with a 223 00:11:23,909 --> 00:11:17,920 vice grip and we think maybe that was 224 00:11:28,599 --> 00:11:26,109 okay we're getting a real clear view as 225 00:11:31,419 --> 00:11:28,609 we understand it the screw is properly 226 00:11:33,759 --> 00:11:31,429 in place the housing that was on to 227 00:11:36,969 --> 00:11:33,769 retain it has come loose but otherwise 228 00:11:46,179 --> 00:11:36,979 everything is working all right yeah 229 00:11:48,969 --> 00:11:46,189 that's how we read it and the image is 230 00:11:51,039 --> 00:11:48,979 there's a robot like it has a lot of 231 00:11:53,919 --> 00:11:51,049 birds on it like it's definitely worn