1 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:15,530 good morning and happy new year welcome 2 00:00:19,790 --> 00:00:17,730 to NASA headquarters and our post flight 3 00:00:23,029 --> 00:00:19,800 briefing with a space shuttle crew of 4 00:00:24,830 --> 00:00:23,039 sts-1 29 the 31st flight of the space 5 00:00:27,170 --> 00:00:24,840 shuttle to the International Space 6 00:00:28,970 --> 00:00:27,180 Station i'm alan ladd booth from the 7 00:00:31,550 --> 00:00:28,980 office of communication I'm your host 8 00:00:33,979 --> 00:00:31,560 today in addition to the employees from 9 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:33,989 NASA headquarters we welcome some very 10 00:00:37,670 --> 00:00:35,489 special guests who are here in the 11 00:00:39,530 --> 00:00:37,680 audience this morning the teachers and 12 00:00:42,110 --> 00:00:39,540 students from the Congressional schools 13 00:00:46,580 --> 00:00:42,120 of Virginia the Edmund Burke school of 14 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:46,590 Washington DC and the firt the first 15 00:00:58,400 --> 00:00:48,450 District community outreach youth group 16 00:01:00,529 --> 00:00:58,410 of Washington DC since President Obama 17 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:00,539 announced the administration's educate 18 00:01:05,660 --> 00:01:02,850 to innovate campaign last week it's 19 00:01:07,429 --> 00:01:05,670 especially appropriate that we have so 20 00:01:10,190 --> 00:01:07,439 many teachers and students here with us 21 00:01:12,350 --> 00:01:10,200 today the educate to innovate initiative 22 00:01:15,020 --> 00:01:12,360 is designed to improve the participation 23 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:15,030 and performance of America's students in 24 00:01:21,230 --> 00:01:18,330 science technology engineering and math 25 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:21,240 this campaign will include efforts not 26 00:01:25,609 --> 00:01:22,890 only from the federal government and 27 00:01:28,190 --> 00:01:25,619 agencies such as NASA but also from 28 00:01:30,710 --> 00:01:28,200 leading companies foundations nonprofit 29 00:01:33,350 --> 00:01:30,720 organizations and we're going to work to 30 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:33,360 help students become more adept at 31 00:01:38,149 --> 00:01:36,210 science and math with only one u.s. 32 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:38,159 module left to install at the 33 00:01:43,819 --> 00:01:41,490 International Space Station the STS 129 34 00:01:46,399 --> 00:01:43,829 mission was devoted to the delivery of 35 00:01:49,100 --> 00:01:46,409 equipment and materials that will enable 36 00:01:52,100 --> 00:01:49,110 increase and efficient utilization of 37 00:01:54,770 --> 00:01:52,110 the station capabilities once assembly 38 00:01:58,249 --> 00:01:54,780 is complete later this year commander 39 00:02:00,770 --> 00:01:58,259 Charlie hoba led the STS 129 mission 40 00:02:02,749 --> 00:02:00,780 aboard the space shuttle Atlantis for 41 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:02,759 you students in the audience looking for 42 00:02:07,399 --> 00:02:05,130 role models you have to go no further 43 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:07,409 than to listen to Charlie and his fellow 44 00:02:12,250 --> 00:02:09,810 crew members they are concrete evidence 45 00:02:13,850 --> 00:02:12,260 of the value of dedicated training 46 00:02:15,590 --> 00:02:13,860 teamwork 47 00:02:18,350 --> 00:02:15,600 and a demonstration of what can happen 48 00:02:21,290 --> 00:02:18,360 when one follows their dreams so please 49 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:21,300 join me in extending a warm and rousing 50 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:23,130 headquarters welcome to commander 51 00:02:36,210 --> 00:02:25,050 Charlie hoba who will introduce the 52 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:38,260 thanks Alan and good morning and say 53 00:02:41,949 --> 00:02:39,890 it's a pleasure to be standing in front 54 00:02:44,199 --> 00:02:41,959 of you to be able to relay some of the 55 00:02:46,870 --> 00:02:44,209 joys thrills excitement that we had 56 00:02:51,580 --> 00:02:46,880 during our mission and the things we do 57 00:02:53,710 --> 00:02:51,590 is a it's really hard to call a job with 58 00:02:58,110 --> 00:02:53,720 that I'd like to introduce my pilot 59 00:03:00,990 --> 00:02:58,120 first captain Barry Wilmore we 60 00:03:04,199 --> 00:03:01,000 affectionately refer to him as butch 61 00:03:06,370 --> 00:03:04,209 former a seven f-18 pilot test pilot 62 00:03:08,020 --> 00:03:06,380 back butch and i were at Pax River 63 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:08,030 together so I've known butch for quite a 64 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:19,690 Leland has the distinction of not only 65 00:03:25,449 --> 00:03:22,730 being a superb mission specialist but of 66 00:03:27,729 --> 00:03:25,459 course having a background in pro 67 00:03:30,430 --> 00:03:27,739 football and of course high school 68 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:30,440 football both these guys had football 69 00:03:34,930 --> 00:03:33,170 backgrounds in college and and squared 70 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:34,940 off against one another a couple times 71 00:03:39,039 --> 00:03:36,410 on orbit hopefully we will see a little 72 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:39,049 bit of that next lieutenant colonel 73 00:03:48,310 --> 00:03:46,370 Randy bresnick called him comrade f-18 74 00:03:53,289 --> 00:03:48,320 pilot in the Marine Corps fellow marine 75 00:03:56,289 --> 00:03:53,299 friend of mine also a test pilot 76 00:04:00,370 --> 00:03:56,299 background that that's if you're keeping 77 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:00,380 track that's three so far next captain 78 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:09,010 went to one of the finest institutions 79 00:04:15,070 --> 00:04:11,090 of higher learning known to man the u.s. 80 00:04:18,970 --> 00:04:15,080 Naval Academy a few years before me he's 81 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:18,980 that the most seasoned member of our 82 00:04:32,250 --> 00:04:22,690 crew in years only I think so and 83 00:04:37,540 --> 00:04:35,860 Bobby Bobby was a medical doctor and 84 00:04:41,290 --> 00:04:37,550 thought he'd be another kind of doctor 85 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:41,300 also got a PhD so from from right to 86 00:04:44,470 --> 00:04:42,650 left or left or right depending on your 87 00:04:46,420 --> 00:04:44,480 vantage point we go from the least 88 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:46,430 educated to the most educated which is 89 00:05:07,270 --> 00:04:49,730 Bobby so with that well sit down we will 90 00:05:10,500 --> 00:05:07,280 show you our video start off we had the 91 00:05:14,350 --> 00:05:10,510 space shuttle Atlantis it was a 92 00:05:20,230 --> 00:05:14,360 beautiful day in November suit-up room 93 00:05:28,570 --> 00:05:20,240 is a myself butch might get in his suit 94 00:05:30,340 --> 00:05:28,580 ready to go Bobby Conrad and lastly 95 00:05:32,740 --> 00:05:30,350 Leland everybody's cool cool calm 96 00:05:34,780 --> 00:05:32,750 collected ready to go walk out through 97 00:05:37,060 --> 00:05:34,790 the hallway getting prepped for the 98 00:05:42,490 --> 00:05:37,070 downstairs portion which is the Isle of 99 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:42,500 Leland Melvin fan club yeah you can you 100 00:05:47,470 --> 00:05:45,170 can hear the fans in the background we 101 00:05:48,670 --> 00:05:47,480 have right out out to the pad display 102 00:05:50,620 --> 00:05:48,680 the first time we've ever been out the 103 00:05:53,230 --> 00:05:50,630 space shuttle where there's nobody there 104 00:05:56,050 --> 00:05:53,240 but ourselves and there's a suit up guys 105 00:05:58,720 --> 00:05:56,060 that they get us inside the vehicle it's 106 00:06:01,360 --> 00:05:58,730 pretty that's almost lonely pretty 107 00:06:03,370 --> 00:06:01,370 serene we get in the white room which is 108 00:06:07,270 --> 00:06:03,380 where we put our final items of clothing 109 00:06:10,450 --> 00:06:07,280 on you can see the kind of escalates in 110 00:06:15,100 --> 00:06:10,460 a little bit more fun and ends up with a 111 00:06:18,980 --> 00:06:17,420 okay whose wife was having a baby I'm 112 00:06:21,890 --> 00:06:18,990 stood up in the mid deck now that's 113 00:06:24,409 --> 00:06:21,900 whining get flight deck and mid dec 114 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:24,419 calls all strapped in together we get in 115 00:06:28,670 --> 00:06:27,210 there about to naff 23 hours prior so 116 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:28,680 we're laying on a jockstrap quite a 117 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:33,810 while whatever the candy father they're 118 00:06:40,790 --> 00:06:36,930 walking which is good luck on TV backers 119 00:06:44,029 --> 00:06:40,800 and enter thanking word writer take a 120 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:44,039 couple here override yep another crop of 121 00:06:55,129 --> 00:06:49,770 you know it thanks very much every 122 00:06:57,620 --> 00:06:55,139 country it pretty paid worry and even 123 00:07:03,529 --> 00:06:57,630 that you're clear lon lam got me clear 124 00:07:06,379 --> 00:07:03,539 up wearing chain is armed sound 125 00:07:18,589 --> 00:07:06,389 suppression water system activated t 126 00:07:21,540 --> 00:07:18,599 minus 10 nine eight seven six liftoff of 127 00:07:24,450 --> 00:07:21,550 space shuttle atlantis fish 128 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:24,460 resupply and to do research the 129 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:33,820 pretty exciting first couple of minutes 130 00:07:38,770 --> 00:07:37,130 sit there everybody's really kind of 131 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:38,780 rested and peaceful and then towards the 132 00:07:42,580 --> 00:07:40,610 very end you start cranking getting 133 00:07:45,330 --> 00:07:42,590 things going and you can you can tell 134 00:07:47,470 --> 00:07:45,340 you're going as soon as those SRBs light 135 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:47,480 you know you're going somewhere in 136 00:07:56,260 --> 00:07:53,330 already speaking solids you get up to 137 00:07:58,360 --> 00:07:56,270 about 250 thousand feet solids are 138 00:07:59,530 --> 00:07:58,370 propellants completely gone so you want 139 00:08:01,390 --> 00:07:59,540 to get rid of that extra weight in those 140 00:08:03,790 --> 00:08:01,400 canisters so they can just come off like 141 00:08:05,650 --> 00:08:03,800 I said about 150 and you continue on 142 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:05,660 uphill for another couple of minutes 143 00:08:11,050 --> 00:08:09,290 about Mach 13 about 300 plus thousand 144 00:08:12,670 --> 00:08:11,060 feet you finally get to the point where 145 00:08:14,230 --> 00:08:12,680 you do a roll two heads up where you 146 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:14,240 start bouncing communication signals 147 00:08:16,900 --> 00:08:15,650 instead of back off the ground you 148 00:08:18,730 --> 00:08:16,910 bounce them off of satellites and this 149 00:08:20,530 --> 00:08:18,740 is what's taking place right here as we 150 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:20,540 roll the heads up and then eight and a 151 00:08:24,850 --> 00:08:23,090 half minutes after it starts the engines 152 00:08:27,130 --> 00:08:24,860 cut off and then you separate from the 153 00:08:28,540 --> 00:08:27,140 external tank and you're there you go 154 00:08:30,790 --> 00:08:28,550 from a light blue at launch and 155 00:08:31,990 --> 00:08:30,800 eventually just sorta fades to black and 156 00:08:33,550 --> 00:08:32,000 it gets darker and it's just a 157 00:08:35,140 --> 00:08:33,560 miraculous thing to watch as you get up 158 00:08:36,610 --> 00:08:35,150 and start looking you know looking out 159 00:08:38,589 --> 00:08:36,620 the window at the blackness of space 160 00:08:39,820 --> 00:08:38,599 then right after we got brought out we 161 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:39,830 pulled out a camera just to show each 162 00:08:43,839 --> 00:08:42,410 other in our own suits then shall we 163 00:08:52,890 --> 00:08:43,849 open those payload bay doors so we can 164 00:08:56,740 --> 00:08:55,330 and we have to do a couple of burns to 165 00:08:59,530 --> 00:08:56,750 circularize our orbit and you can see a 166 00:09:00,940 --> 00:08:59,540 fire off these burns and you'll see 167 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:00,950 those owns into orbital maneuvering 168 00:09:04,570 --> 00:09:03,410 system engines in the back just glowing 169 00:09:10,810 --> 00:09:04,580 brightly just a beautiful beautiful 170 00:09:12,610 --> 00:09:10,820 sight kind of chaos down here getting 171 00:09:14,350 --> 00:09:12,620 out of our orange suits and putting 172 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:14,360 everything away see we just have bags 173 00:09:18,370 --> 00:09:16,730 everywhere for a while until we get 174 00:09:20,590 --> 00:09:18,380 everything stowed back where it needs to 175 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:20,600 go I'm kind of lost down here underneath 176 00:09:25,210 --> 00:09:22,970 this piece of equipment bottoms playing 177 00:09:27,460 --> 00:09:25,220 with a drink bag they're getting out 178 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:27,470 some checklist this is played a tune out 179 00:09:30,970 --> 00:09:29,210 we're actually getting ready to inspect 180 00:09:34,780 --> 00:09:30,980 the vehicles tiles make sure we didn't 181 00:09:38,110 --> 00:09:34,790 have any damage during our launch good 182 00:09:40,870 --> 00:09:38,120 looking Butch there so these guys are 183 00:09:41,980 --> 00:09:40,880 pulling out the robotic arm and I don't 184 00:09:43,300 --> 00:09:41,990 know why I talked about this because I 185 00:09:45,070 --> 00:09:43,310 didn't I'm the only guy on the crew that 186 00:09:47,380 --> 00:09:45,080 wasn't allowed to talk touch the robotic 187 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:47,390 arm I was down shaving and here's butch 188 00:09:55,030 --> 00:09:49,850 he's got the electric version and rainy 189 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:55,040 was exercising and then we have these 190 00:09:59,260 --> 00:09:57,050 big spacewalk suits that we're going to 191 00:10:01,000 --> 00:09:59,270 use eventually we take those out of the 192 00:10:03,100 --> 00:10:01,010 airlock snow them and of course there's 193 00:10:10,660 --> 00:10:03,110 always time for stupid astronaut food 194 00:10:15,070 --> 00:10:10,670 tricks which needs something to do so we 195 00:10:17,380 --> 00:10:15,080 totally blow up this football yeah third 196 00:10:19,510 --> 00:10:17,390 day we're on orbit is is dedicated to 197 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:19,520 this fine in station getting there and 198 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:22,130 getting prepped for our spacewalk which 199 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:24,250 is the next day so it's a very busy day 200 00:10:28,930 --> 00:10:26,930 when we launch the space station is 201 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:28,940 almost three-quarters of the way around 202 00:10:33,130 --> 00:10:31,370 the Earth away from us so we go into 203 00:10:37,780 --> 00:10:33,140 lower orbit and catch up to them with a 204 00:10:39,820 --> 00:10:37,790 with our lower orbit being faster Space 205 00:10:42,730 --> 00:10:39,830 Station just gets bigger and bigger for 206 00:10:45,820 --> 00:10:42,740 those full three days to where we 207 00:10:48,220 --> 00:10:45,830 rendezvous from up underneath it do this 208 00:10:50,290 --> 00:10:48,230 pitch maneuver which is really to just 209 00:10:52,630 --> 00:10:50,300 expose the underside of our vehicle to 210 00:10:54,910 --> 00:10:52,640 see if we had any type of potential 211 00:10:57,670 --> 00:10:54,920 thermal protection system damage and 212 00:11:00,400 --> 00:10:57,680 usually it's pretty clean but it's one 213 00:11:02,290 --> 00:11:00,410 last check and this is what it looks 214 00:11:03,970 --> 00:11:02,300 like coming out the back end of it when 215 00:11:05,830 --> 00:11:03,980 we see the station again we're basically 216 00:11:09,550 --> 00:11:05,840 blind on intercourse is where 217 00:11:11,500 --> 00:11:09,560 underneath it with the tile exposed but 218 00:11:15,340 --> 00:11:11,510 this is the eventual end of that 219 00:11:18,310 --> 00:11:15,350 maneuver still underneath we get to 220 00:11:20,530 --> 00:11:18,320 within about five hundred feet before we 221 00:11:22,810 --> 00:11:20,540 transition to directly out in front of 222 00:11:25,990 --> 00:11:22,820 it and this is an inset that actually 223 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:26,000 shows the space station and and our 224 00:11:29,500 --> 00:11:27,650 mating interface coming together and 225 00:11:31,810 --> 00:11:29,510 then we'll show you a little cocktail 226 00:11:36,610 --> 00:11:31,820 bar the very terminal phase here 227 00:11:46,650 --> 00:11:36,620 probably ready with the camera ready got 228 00:11:53,090 --> 00:11:49,790 9 inches 229 00:11:55,730 --> 00:11:53,100 ready to mention fire the initial times 230 00:11:58,280 --> 00:11:55,740 I've got captured everything we do is a 231 00:12:00,320 --> 00:11:58,290 team effort it's all individuals working 232 00:12:02,269 --> 00:12:00,330 together it's never just one person so 233 00:12:04,460 --> 00:12:02,279 that's really the the fun part of is 234 00:12:06,350 --> 00:12:04,470 just working together as a crew what we 235 00:12:08,210 --> 00:12:06,360 were as a crew of six now once we get to 236 00:12:10,519 --> 00:12:08,220 station get the hatches up we're now a 237 00:12:12,590 --> 00:12:10,529 crew at 12 and most of these guys we 238 00:12:14,269 --> 00:12:12,600 haven't really had a chance to work with 239 00:12:15,980 --> 00:12:14,279 and training we trained very well 240 00:12:18,680 --> 00:12:15,990 together as a group of six they trained 241 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:18,690 as a group of six and now we're 12 to do 242 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:21,450 this next so after talking to the 243 00:12:26,060 --> 00:12:23,010 station we had to I get to work with 244 00:12:27,650 --> 00:12:26,070 robotics here's butch moving the we call 245 00:12:29,690 --> 00:12:27,660 it the waffle one and waffle to their 246 00:12:31,850 --> 00:12:29,700 like waffle cones but they have a lot of 247 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:31,860 about 30,000 pounds of spare parts that 248 00:12:35,540 --> 00:12:33,050 we're putting on to the space station 249 00:12:37,519 --> 00:12:35,550 express logistics carrier one which 250 00:12:39,980 --> 00:12:37,529 attached it to the station to the truss 251 00:12:41,630 --> 00:12:39,990 and robotics is kind of like playing a 252 00:12:43,550 --> 00:12:41,640 big video game sometimes you don't have 253 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:43,560 any window views to look out of 254 00:12:46,340 --> 00:12:44,970 especially on the space station side so 255 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:46,350 you have to do everything with with 256 00:12:50,389 --> 00:12:47,970 camera views how many video game players 257 00:12:53,540 --> 00:12:50,399 are in here okay got quite a few so 258 00:12:55,790 --> 00:12:53,550 you'd be great robotic arm operators but 259 00:12:58,550 --> 00:12:55,800 we had to use the arm also to the 260 00:13:00,230 --> 00:12:58,560 shallow arm to grapple the LC 1 and 2 261 00:13:02,030 --> 00:13:00,240 and then we take it out of the payload 262 00:13:04,010 --> 00:13:02,040 bay you see it there lots of spare parts 263 00:13:06,710 --> 00:13:04,020 on it and then we have to hand this off 264 00:13:10,579 --> 00:13:06,720 to the station arm the bigger arm call 265 00:13:12,530 --> 00:13:10,589 it the SS rms and it's a much bigger arm 266 00:13:14,870 --> 00:13:12,540 much more capable arm in the smaller arm 267 00:13:16,699 --> 00:13:14,880 on the shuttle and here we go we've 268 00:13:20,630 --> 00:13:16,709 rappeling so we're driving the arm into 269 00:13:23,060 --> 00:13:20,640 the grapple fixture and then the the 270 00:13:25,010 --> 00:13:23,070 space station arm goes away goes into a 271 00:13:28,610 --> 00:13:25,020 viewing position and now we're going to 272 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:28,620 install lc2 and it's a very very tight 273 00:13:33,860 --> 00:13:31,050 tolerances very difficult times and it 274 00:13:35,090 --> 00:13:33,870 was a very lot of fun we didn't want to 275 00:13:36,650 --> 00:13:35,100 take an opportunity to give you a little 276 00:13:39,170 --> 00:13:36,660 tour the inside of the station this is 277 00:13:42,019 --> 00:13:39,180 obviously video that sped up quite a bit 278 00:13:43,910 --> 00:13:42,029 little shaky listen to this better patan 279 00:13:45,410 --> 00:13:43,920 yeah this is the Russian segment looking 280 00:13:47,210 --> 00:13:45,420 in the various modules down to the dock 281 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:47,220 apartment up to the newest module called 282 00:13:52,189 --> 00:13:50,850 mr m 2 and then turning around through 283 00:13:54,110 --> 00:13:52,199 the functional cargo block and then see 284 00:13:56,509 --> 00:13:54,120 the guys doing a little work getting 285 00:14:01,700 --> 00:13:56,519 prepped for their spacewalks on through 286 00:14:04,130 --> 00:14:01,710 the lab by the space potty there 287 00:14:05,540 --> 00:14:04,140 see the guys into node 2 getting closer 288 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:05,550 to where we're docked to the station 289 00:14:09,980 --> 00:14:08,130 we'll look right into the Columbus 290 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:09,990 module and then back to the left we're 291 00:14:13,970 --> 00:14:11,370 looking at the Japanese experimental 292 00:14:15,650 --> 00:14:13,980 module then we'll turn our way around 293 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:15,660 and then back through the shuttles 294 00:14:20,060 --> 00:14:17,010 airlock which is where we obviously 295 00:14:22,250 --> 00:14:20,070 docked to the station making a lot of 296 00:14:25,220 --> 00:14:22,260 turns into the mid-deck see our 297 00:14:28,940 --> 00:14:25,230 commander there doing some water ops up 298 00:14:30,770 --> 00:14:28,950 to the flight deck and all told it's 299 00:14:32,300 --> 00:14:30,780 longer than a football field so quite a 300 00:14:37,100 --> 00:14:32,310 quite a lot of ground we cover there in 301 00:14:38,990 --> 00:14:37,110 about 20 seconds three spacewalks for 302 00:14:40,730 --> 00:14:39,000 the mission and you can see us move in 303 00:14:43,490 --> 00:14:40,740 one of those spacewalk suits we call 304 00:14:46,010 --> 00:14:43,500 that an emu a big white suit that we 305 00:14:50,420 --> 00:14:46,020 wear when we go outside into the airlock 306 00:14:53,060 --> 00:14:50,430 and getting ready and then here we are 307 00:14:55,610 --> 00:14:53,070 just about to start suiting up for a VA 308 00:14:57,260 --> 00:14:55,620 number one first spacewalk there's me 309 00:15:00,050 --> 00:14:57,270 get in my suit Bobby's getting his 310 00:15:01,550 --> 00:15:00,060 helmet on there me VA stands for extra 311 00:15:05,690 --> 00:15:01,560 vehicular activity that's what that's 312 00:15:07,610 --> 00:15:05,700 what we call spacewalks so well we get 313 00:15:09,140 --> 00:15:07,620 in these suits and everybody checks to 314 00:15:11,330 --> 00:15:09,150 make sure they're all latched and and 315 00:15:15,590 --> 00:15:11,340 buttoned up real tight and we go outside 316 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:15,600 and on a VA number one our first goal 317 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:18,330 was to take this very antenna that we 318 00:15:22,610 --> 00:15:20,330 had taken up in our payload Bay and 319 00:15:25,780 --> 00:15:22,620 transfer that over to the space station 320 00:15:28,460 --> 00:15:25,790 so that's me down in the payload Bay 321 00:15:30,710 --> 00:15:28,470 taking the loosening the bolts on this 322 00:15:32,660 --> 00:15:30,720 antenna and Bobby's coming over he's 323 00:15:34,820 --> 00:15:32,670 riding the end of the robotic arm there 324 00:15:36,860 --> 00:15:34,830 and he's coming down into the payload 325 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:36,870 Bay so he can take this antenna once 326 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:39,810 it's unbolted and transported over to 327 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:43,290 the space station butch and Leland are 328 00:15:48,710 --> 00:15:44,850 working hard they're on the video game 329 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:48,720 driving him around here's Bobby taken 330 00:15:55,490 --> 00:15:52,610 hold of that thing and moving away and 331 00:15:57,650 --> 00:15:55,500 then I met him over on the other side on 332 00:16:01,670 --> 00:15:57,660 the space station side we bolted it in 333 00:16:03,980 --> 00:16:01,680 and there's a great view of Bobby Aston 334 00:16:10,130 --> 00:16:03,990 Randy was inside kind of directing all 335 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:10,140 of this and coming up on the robotic arm 336 00:16:15,900 --> 00:16:12,970 or we're actually doing some lubing 337 00:16:18,210 --> 00:16:15,910 putting some grease in there so that you 338 00:16:21,300 --> 00:16:18,220 can see the wire mechanism moving there 339 00:16:24,449 --> 00:16:21,310 this gives you a sense of what it looked 340 00:16:26,639 --> 00:16:24,459 like outside it's in outer space it's 341 00:16:28,949 --> 00:16:26,649 actually vacuum so there's no air that's 342 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:28,959 why we have to get into the space suits 343 00:16:36,530 --> 00:16:32,050 for the for the spacewalks it's a really 344 00:16:39,379 --> 00:16:36,540 spectacular view and there I am again 345 00:16:46,290 --> 00:16:39,389 doing the same thing over on another 346 00:16:49,050 --> 00:16:46,300 robotic arm that was the first spacewalk 347 00:16:52,590 --> 00:16:49,060 and then the second spacewalk was a Mike 348 00:16:54,869 --> 00:16:52,600 and I going out my first time and you 349 00:16:56,699 --> 00:16:54,879 see how much effort it takes couple 350 00:16:59,340 --> 00:16:56,709 people to suit us up each time get our 351 00:17:01,949 --> 00:16:59,350 tools on us get prep to go outside the 352 00:17:03,749 --> 00:17:01,959 door our second spacewalk was moving 353 00:17:09,270 --> 00:17:03,759 some antennas around doing some more 354 00:17:12,210 --> 00:17:09,280 work with our Express logistics carriers 355 00:17:15,419 --> 00:17:12,220 we also installed a few other items 356 00:17:18,449 --> 00:17:15,429 outboard the European module so a bunch 357 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:18,459 of external work that allows the station 358 00:17:22,799 --> 00:17:21,490 had better capability in the future you 359 00:17:24,539 --> 00:17:22,809 can see some of these views it's pretty 360 00:17:25,890 --> 00:17:24,549 amazing if you saw my NASA TV the views 361 00:17:27,299 --> 00:17:25,900 from our helmet cams there's a view of 362 00:17:29,700 --> 00:17:27,309 the commander in the window of the space 363 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:29,710 shuttle looking from the EV a person's 364 00:17:33,299 --> 00:17:31,690 point of view and while we call it the 365 00:17:35,070 --> 00:17:33,309 spacewalk and you can see that we don't 366 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:35,080 use our legs for anything except to hold 367 00:17:38,460 --> 00:17:36,610 us in a foot restraint it's really all 368 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:38,470 walking with your hand so you're you're 369 00:17:41,250 --> 00:17:39,850 working with your hands for all your 370 00:17:43,230 --> 00:17:41,260 tools and everything that you're working 371 00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:43,240 with is you also need to walk everywhere 372 00:17:46,500 --> 00:17:45,130 so that's why it does get tiring because 373 00:17:48,630 --> 00:17:46,510 the only thing you're using is your 374 00:17:50,370 --> 00:17:48,640 hands now if the space suit inflated 375 00:17:53,070 --> 00:17:50,380 like it is you're always fighting the 376 00:17:54,810 --> 00:17:53,080 inflation every time you want to close 377 00:17:56,789 --> 00:17:54,820 your hand so that's one of things and 378 00:17:58,980 --> 00:17:56,799 why we train so long and hard for 379 00:18:01,830 --> 00:17:58,990 spacewalks to get in condition for that 380 00:18:03,450 --> 00:18:01,840 can see with no gravity to help you fall 381 00:18:05,399 --> 00:18:03,460 out of the suit you need a little help 382 00:18:07,020 --> 00:18:05,409 from your friends helping to get out and 383 00:18:10,169 --> 00:18:07,030 we call this one kind of like birth in 384 00:18:12,299 --> 00:18:10,179 the baby cow as butch has to stand on 385 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:12,309 Mike's legs and then hold the arms up 386 00:18:17,669 --> 00:18:14,530 and try and push him out because there's 387 00:18:19,799 --> 00:18:17,679 no force ie gravity to help him fall out 388 00:18:22,690 --> 00:18:19,809 there's my upper arms are so muscular 389 00:18:26,570 --> 00:18:25,220 but while spacewalks are going on you're 390 00:18:27,860 --> 00:18:26,580 the host of people you saw the people 391 00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:27,870 inside the reading the script you got 392 00:18:31,970 --> 00:18:29,370 the robotics folks that are moving the 393 00:18:33,620 --> 00:18:31,980 arm you got you know the commander his 394 00:18:35,029 --> 00:18:33,630 job was the overall goalie and keep 395 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:35,039 track of everything that was going on 396 00:18:40,730 --> 00:18:38,330 and also do some other events then 397 00:18:42,470 --> 00:18:40,740 fertile earth at last space walk Mike 398 00:18:44,419 --> 00:18:42,480 took the training wheels off Bobby and I 399 00:18:48,799 --> 00:18:44,429 and we got to go out together Mike was 400 00:18:50,570 --> 00:18:48,809 now the guy inside during the IV while 401 00:18:53,629 --> 00:18:50,580 Bob that I went out there for the last 402 00:18:55,519 --> 00:18:53,639 spacewalk of the flight and the big goal 403 00:18:59,750 --> 00:18:55,529 on this one was after we installed some 404 00:19:02,480 --> 00:18:59,760 science platforms out on one of the big 405 00:19:03,740 --> 00:19:02,490 cargo platforms this big huge 1200 pound 406 00:19:05,509 --> 00:19:03,750 tank you see in front of you we 407 00:19:09,220 --> 00:19:05,519 basically Bobby and I pulled that off 408 00:19:11,659 --> 00:19:09,230 the cargo platform turned it so that the 409 00:19:14,750 --> 00:19:11,669 robotics folks because he could grab it 410 00:19:16,850 --> 00:19:14,760 with the space station arm so that was a 411 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:16,860 pretty pretty neat feat to get this huge 412 00:19:19,250 --> 00:19:18,090 thing that weighs a whole bunch we'd 413 00:19:21,169 --> 00:19:19,260 never be able to pick up here on earth 414 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:21,179 but you'll see how easy it is for Bobby 415 00:19:25,549 --> 00:19:23,250 I just to turn this thing and point the 416 00:19:31,159 --> 00:19:25,559 grapple fixture up so the arm can go 417 00:19:32,570 --> 00:19:31,169 ahead and grab it also when you're 418 00:19:35,570 --> 00:19:32,580 moving something that massive you move 419 00:19:36,919 --> 00:19:35,580 kind of slow and deliberate and Leland 420 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:36,929 and Butch did a great job grabbing it 421 00:19:40,870 --> 00:19:39,450 from us and then our job was to clean up 422 00:19:43,519 --> 00:19:40,880 a few things and then we basically 423 00:19:45,889 --> 00:19:43,529 spacewalk tour there are spaced crawl 424 00:19:48,230 --> 00:19:45,899 back to the airlock so we can meet the 425 00:19:51,259 --> 00:19:48,240 arm with the tank and then it's put it 426 00:19:53,149 --> 00:19:51,269 on its installed position and sort of 427 00:19:55,820 --> 00:19:53,159 throughout all the practice we did in 428 00:19:58,580 --> 00:19:55,830 the neutral buoyancy laboratory in the 429 00:20:00,680 --> 00:19:58,590 virtual reality lab we're able to fly 430 00:20:02,659 --> 00:20:00,690 this thing in space on the robotic arm 431 00:20:04,610 --> 00:20:02,669 within inches of the install position 432 00:20:06,740 --> 00:20:04,620 them using their cameras and also the 433 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:06,750 views from Bobby and my helmet cameras 434 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:09,450 and then Bobby I put it in place for its 435 00:20:13,970 --> 00:20:12,330 fret ability be used on station then 436 00:20:15,980 --> 00:20:13,980 after that spacewalk we got the news 437 00:20:17,690 --> 00:20:15,990 that my daughter Abigail had been born 438 00:20:18,889 --> 00:20:17,700 and I was able to share that good news 439 00:20:22,549 --> 00:20:18,899 with the crew with the traditional 440 00:20:25,820 --> 00:20:22,559 cigars no smoking in space so we had the 441 00:20:28,610 --> 00:20:25,830 bubble gum cigars now we also had a 442 00:20:31,220 --> 00:20:28,620 little time to to play around with the 443 00:20:33,250 --> 00:20:31,230 football that would never happen it was 444 00:20:38,930 --> 00:20:33,260 a great stink 445 00:20:40,540 --> 00:20:38,940 that's why Leland let the NFL and but on 446 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:40,550 the serious side there's a lot of 447 00:20:46,130 --> 00:20:43,770 scientific work that is going on in the 448 00:20:49,340 --> 00:20:46,140 station now we participate in a lot of 449 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:49,350 the experiments you can see you saw some 450 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:50,970 experiments with plants there we also 451 00:20:57,100 --> 00:20:54,210 did some some cell biology experiments 452 00:21:01,070 --> 00:20:57,110 that's what Leland's doing right there 453 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:01,080 and we also did some experiments just 454 00:21:05,810 --> 00:21:03,210 measuring how much taller you get in 455 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:05,820 outer space everybody gets taller when 456 00:21:11,150 --> 00:21:09,330 they go in outer space one of the other 457 00:21:13,220 --> 00:21:11,160 things we do in space is we transfer 458 00:21:14,810 --> 00:21:13,230 items from the station back to the 459 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:14,820 shuttle things that have to come back 460 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:16,290 down like Nicole's shoes and her 461 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:17,370 clothing when she had been in space for 462 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:19,530 three months so here's scorch using his 463 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:21,810 legs there's comrade actually taking a 464 00:21:25,610 --> 00:21:23,610 big payload back over to the station 465 00:21:29,810 --> 00:21:25,620 it's going to do this little Superman 466 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:29,820 maneuver here here we go taking up into 467 00:21:34,100 --> 00:21:32,250 the top of the gym also exercise in 468 00:21:36,380 --> 00:21:34,110 space here's a butch working doing some 469 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:36,390 squats here's course using the same 470 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:38,250 machine to do bench press about ten 471 00:21:43,100 --> 00:21:39,930 pounds i think it's about five pounds i 472 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:43,110 think here's a here's Mike on the cycle 473 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:45,210 ergometer over in the shuttle side and 474 00:21:49,460 --> 00:21:47,250 then here's Jeff running on The Colbert 475 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:49,470 which is a treadmill the bungees help 476 00:21:54,590 --> 00:21:51,650 hold you down like simulating gravity 477 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:54,600 also delicious food from all over the 478 00:21:59,300 --> 00:21:56,490 world we're sitting here having some I 479 00:22:01,640 --> 00:21:59,310 think these are calf cheeks yeah from 480 00:22:02,690 --> 00:22:01,650 Russian delicacy but we're all just kind 481 00:22:04,850 --> 00:22:02,700 of sitting around having a good time 482 00:22:06,830 --> 00:22:04,860 it's a you worked hard during the day 483 00:22:09,020 --> 00:22:06,840 you eat and you play hard at night and 484 00:22:10,490 --> 00:22:09,030 just a really good moment to I reflect 485 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:10,500 on the day and just all the different 486 00:22:14,980 --> 00:22:11,850 cultures and people that we have around 487 00:22:17,780 --> 00:22:14,990 the world helping us do this mission 488 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:17,790 next we had our last transfer item item 489 00:22:23,150 --> 00:22:21,330 9 14 nicole getting transferred over 490 00:22:24,410 --> 00:22:23,160 from the station to the shuttle we're 491 00:22:26,740 --> 00:22:24,420 waving goodbye saying goodbye to 492 00:22:28,970 --> 00:22:26,750 everyone and it was a great moment 493 00:22:30,350 --> 00:22:28,980 coming back in Jeff and the two 494 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:30,360 commanders are saying their final 495 00:22:35,870 --> 00:22:33,330 goodbyes and I coming over with a close 496 00:22:38,220 --> 00:22:35,880 the hatch and get back home 497 00:22:40,289 --> 00:22:38,230 all good things must come to an end so 498 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:40,299 yeah eventually did have to undock but 499 00:22:43,260 --> 00:22:41,770 before we did when we actually close the 500 00:22:44,789 --> 00:22:43,270 hatch had a little fun with water that's 501 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:44,799 what happens with water when you get in 502 00:22:50,010 --> 00:22:46,570 zero g you stick your nose in it and 503 00:22:53,100 --> 00:22:50,020 then Mike showing off his STS 129 504 00:22:54,450 --> 00:22:53,110 ensemble and then just prior to our 505 00:22:56,490 --> 00:22:54,460 undocking counting down the time 506 00:22:58,110 --> 00:22:56,500 everybody is getting ready various roles 507 00:23:00,480 --> 00:22:58,120 this court said earlier it is a team 508 00:23:02,490 --> 00:23:00,490 effort everything we do so obviously 509 00:23:04,230 --> 00:23:02,500 undocking is well I was on the controls 510 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:04,240 but everybody's got a role that they 511 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:07,570 play very important and here we go just 512 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:15,370 about physical separation concocted ccs 513 00:23:23,159 --> 00:23:19,570 is good ok we repeal declare I got out 514 00:23:25,169 --> 00:23:23,169 my legs you fly out directly in front of 515 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:25,179 the station eventually we did a complete 516 00:23:28,380 --> 00:23:26,770 fly around we need to do some photo 517 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:28,390 documentation of the exterior of the 518 00:23:31,950 --> 00:23:30,610 station so we fly completely around the 519 00:23:33,690 --> 00:23:31,960 station here the guys are a little sped 520 00:23:35,789 --> 00:23:33,700 up video see how chaotic it is in the 521 00:23:37,590 --> 00:23:35,799 overhead windows is everybody's grabbing 522 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:37,600 the candidates cameras doing that photo 523 00:23:41,430 --> 00:23:39,610 documentation i just mentioned fly 524 00:23:44,310 --> 00:23:41,440 around the station at about 600 feet 525 00:23:46,409 --> 00:23:44,320 there abouts and you'll see here in the 526 00:23:47,789 --> 00:23:46,419 next shot what the station looks like 527 00:23:50,580 --> 00:23:47,799 from our vantage point and also a little 528 00:23:53,789 --> 00:23:50,590 sped up vide there in the box as we flew 529 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:53,799 around just beautiful beautiful views as 530 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:55,690 the contrasting of the gold of the solar 531 00:23:59,850 --> 00:23:57,250 arrays and the silver the station itself 532 00:24:03,060 --> 00:23:59,860 and the blue earth below with the super 533 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:03,070 black us universe in the background is 534 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:06,130 just just really beautiful miraculous 535 00:24:16,789 --> 00:24:12,250 with beautiful views as we say goodbye 536 00:24:21,659 --> 00:24:19,380 visually we did the burns to leave the 537 00:24:25,409 --> 00:24:21,669 station and got a cut caught a couple of 538 00:24:32,090 --> 00:24:25,419 use of the earth below also a shot of 539 00:24:38,580 --> 00:24:34,230 looking out the windows at the curvature 540 00:24:45,140 --> 00:24:38,590 of the earth so we do some more burns to 541 00:24:49,260 --> 00:24:47,250 again beautiful site that's that's 542 00:24:56,610 --> 00:24:49,270 obviously the border between Tennessee 543 00:24:58,740 --> 00:24:56,620 and Virginia down there and it's also 544 00:25:10,830 --> 00:24:58,750 sticking in space again fun with water 545 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:10,840 and eminem's we've been in space for 546 00:25:16,230 --> 00:25:13,450 about 11 days now it's time to head back 547 00:25:19,050 --> 00:25:16,240 you see gravity started to pick up as 548 00:25:21,210 --> 00:25:19,060 Leland showing he's not dropping his his 549 00:25:23,220 --> 00:25:21,220 list he's actually just letting go of it 550 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:23,230 now it doesn't float in front of him and 551 00:25:30,450 --> 00:25:27,610 actually Falls Mach 25 was the goal and 552 00:25:32,010 --> 00:25:30,460 we we hit that pretty well otherwise you 553 00:25:35,030 --> 00:25:32,020 don't get this really cool blue patch 554 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:35,040 like book butch has on his gesture 555 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:37,570 landing back in Florida is was great we 556 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:40,690 came screaming up the coast of Florida 557 00:25:47,430 --> 00:25:43,890 from south to north to a beautiful 558 00:25:52,860 --> 00:25:47,440 morning day a little little breezy a 559 00:25:56,850 --> 00:25:52,870 little cool but very picturesque landing 560 00:25:59,790 --> 00:25:56,860 went went very well you go from zero g 2 561 00:26:02,160 --> 00:25:59,800 1 g + 1 g seems like 4 g's your face 562 00:26:03,780 --> 00:26:02,170 starts to sag and if i if you had any 563 00:26:06,150 --> 00:26:03,790 wrinkles they go away and zero g but 564 00:26:11,700 --> 00:26:06,160 they come right back as soon as you hit 565 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:11,710 a gravity environment the sad thing 566 00:26:16,860 --> 00:26:13,930 about this whole event here is is right 567 00:26:18,450 --> 00:26:16,870 about entry time is where you think hey 568 00:26:20,490 --> 00:26:18,460 we you know we had this great crew we 569 00:26:23,700 --> 00:26:20,500 had a great time and now it's coming to 570 00:26:25,860 --> 00:26:23,710 an end kind of Enza ends a little page 571 00:26:29,490 --> 00:26:25,870 in your book of true life fun 572 00:26:31,230 --> 00:26:29,500 experiences after after getting in 573 00:26:34,590 --> 00:26:31,240 cleaned up a little bit you get to come 574 00:26:37,740 --> 00:26:34,600 out and see all the guys from the top 575 00:26:39,750 --> 00:26:37,750 down that allowed you to have such a 576 00:26:42,570 --> 00:26:39,760 tremendous experience and then the 577 00:26:44,070 --> 00:26:42,580 unique event here is getting to get 578 00:26:47,460 --> 00:26:44,080 outside the vehicle you've been living 579 00:26:48,810 --> 00:26:47,470 in for 11 days and and seeing what would 580 00:27:00,149 --> 00:26:48,820 held you up there so it's really 581 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:02,440 well that was trying to encapsulate to 582 00:27:09,129 --> 00:27:05,210 12 days in about 20 minutes so there's 583 00:27:11,109 --> 00:27:09,139 and a main thing we tell you to is a you 584 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:11,119 know the flight the flight is just the 585 00:27:18,070 --> 00:27:14,450 the culmination of what had been over a 586 00:27:21,759 --> 00:27:18,080 year's worth of planning and scheduling 587 00:27:23,950 --> 00:27:21,769 and for us about nine months of true 588 00:27:26,109 --> 00:27:23,960 dedicated training together as a group 589 00:27:28,599 --> 00:27:26,119 just to be able to pull off those 12 590 00:27:32,049 --> 00:27:28,609 days and the thing the thing that's 591 00:27:33,609 --> 00:27:32,059 really amazing is you know the flight 592 00:27:35,649 --> 00:27:33,619 itself is over in the blink of an eye 593 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:35,659 but the true life experience is that you 594 00:27:39,580 --> 00:27:38,090 you come to enjoy it's just the the 595 00:27:42,310 --> 00:27:39,590 teamwork and working together as a group 596 00:27:45,369 --> 00:27:42,320 getting ready and then just executing 597 00:27:47,469 --> 00:27:45,379 something as fun as a space flight with 598 00:27:51,039 --> 00:27:47,479 that we'd like to open it up to 599 00:27:53,649 --> 00:27:51,049 questions you guys might have I guess 600 00:27:55,060 --> 00:27:53,659 there are a couple and could we kill dim 601 00:27:59,589 --> 00:27:55,070 these lights just a little bit so we can 602 00:28:09,570 --> 00:27:59,599 see who's asking the questions go ahead 603 00:28:14,619 --> 00:28:12,339 the question was what fabric do they use 604 00:28:17,710 --> 00:28:14,629 to make the spacewalks who sell it my 605 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:17,720 cancer well this those suits are are you 606 00:28:21,849 --> 00:28:19,570 know they have to be their own little 607 00:28:23,739 --> 00:28:21,859 personal space ship basically because 608 00:28:25,839 --> 00:28:23,749 they have to protect us from the vacuum 609 00:28:26,950 --> 00:28:25,849 of space and the extreme temperatures 610 00:28:29,049 --> 00:28:26,960 that we're going to experience out there 611 00:28:32,889 --> 00:28:29,059 so there are multiple layers of fabric 612 00:28:35,229 --> 00:28:32,899 the inner the innermost fabric is sort 613 00:28:37,029 --> 00:28:35,239 of a bladder rubber material to keep the 614 00:28:39,339 --> 00:28:37,039 pressure that we have inside there 615 00:28:41,049 --> 00:28:39,349 inside and then there are layers of 616 00:28:44,999 --> 00:28:41,059 fabric on the outside to protect that 617 00:28:48,249 --> 00:28:45,009 that inner fabric from anything outside 618 00:28:50,259 --> 00:28:48,259 you know we might brush up against but 619 00:28:52,479 --> 00:28:50,269 it is a pretty amazing piece of 620 00:28:55,229 --> 00:28:52,489 equipment provides us the cooling that 621 00:28:57,070 --> 00:28:55,239 we need the oxygen obviously the 622 00:28:58,960 --> 00:28:57,080 communication so that we can talk to 623 00:29:01,989 --> 00:28:58,970 everybody on the ground and and back 624 00:29:08,289 --> 00:29:01,999 inside so pretty neat to pre-meet the 625 00:29:11,889 --> 00:29:08,299 thing odd during the video you mentioned 626 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:11,899 the various modules that there wasn't 627 00:29:18,390 --> 00:29:12,650 space 628 00:29:24,430 --> 00:29:20,830 which ran out of fingers to count our 629 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:24,440 sorry thanks oh how you count the the 630 00:29:27,730 --> 00:29:26,090 Soyuz could be counted as a single 631 00:29:29,530 --> 00:29:27,740 module but it actually has two parts to 632 00:29:31,300 --> 00:29:29,540 it so if you counted both parts as a 633 00:29:35,820 --> 00:29:31,310 separate module I mean you'd come up 634 00:29:40,870 --> 00:29:35,830 with one two three four five six seven 635 00:29:42,370 --> 00:29:40,880 fingers 9 10 11 12 13 14 from Tennessee 636 00:29:48,580 --> 00:29:42,380 can count that's a wag that's a quick 637 00:29:50,470 --> 00:29:48,590 count 14 inch including shuttle it's a 638 00:29:52,630 --> 00:29:50,480 it's a really good question he asked it 639 00:29:54,660 --> 00:29:52,640 and the the thing to mention it's not 640 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:54,670 just modules that come up but it's also 641 00:29:59,530 --> 00:29:57,410 external parts in other words all those 642 00:30:02,470 --> 00:29:59,540 trust pieces like at least in my 643 00:30:03,790 --> 00:30:02,480 experience the first flight we had we 644 00:30:06,430 --> 00:30:03,800 really didn't have much other than a 645 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:06,440 single solar array mounted on top of the 646 00:30:11,650 --> 00:30:09,050 lab actually that that's kind of a lie 647 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:11,660 but essentially that's that's what we 648 00:30:15,940 --> 00:30:14,330 had now over the over the flights in 649 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:15,950 addition to building the modules in the 650 00:30:20,170 --> 00:30:17,930 pressurized volume inside you also had 651 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:20,180 flight after flight to give you all the 652 00:30:23,950 --> 00:30:22,010 power generation thermal rejection 653 00:30:27,130 --> 00:30:23,960 capability and cooling that's required 654 00:30:28,980 --> 00:30:27,140 to keep the the station up and living 655 00:30:32,110 --> 00:30:28,990 and breathing through that whole time so 656 00:30:35,110 --> 00:30:32,120 every every flight that we do is usually 657 00:30:37,180 --> 00:30:35,120 packed with with tens of thousands of 658 00:30:39,790 --> 00:30:37,190 pounds of equipment in our case we had 659 00:30:41,980 --> 00:30:39,800 almost 30,000 pounds that we delivered 660 00:30:43,900 --> 00:30:41,990 to the station so the numerous flights 661 00:30:47,470 --> 00:30:43,910 that we take up you know every one of 662 00:30:49,780 --> 00:30:47,480 them is jam-packed with equipment and 663 00:30:51,010 --> 00:30:49,790 the amazing part of those 14 you know 664 00:30:52,510 --> 00:30:51,020 different items are talking about plus 665 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:52,520 all the extra trusting scorched Emma 666 00:30:56,410 --> 00:30:54,170 they weren't all built in the same place 667 00:30:57,910 --> 00:30:56,420 and so it was like you making something 668 00:30:59,200 --> 00:30:57,920 your school and the kids over here from 669 00:31:00,790 --> 00:30:59,210 another school making something have 670 00:31:02,050 --> 00:31:00,800 gone taking it you know on the other 671 00:31:03,580 --> 00:31:02,060 side of the planet and fitting together 672 00:31:05,230 --> 00:31:03,590 and have it all work and that's the 673 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:05,240 amazing part about the International 674 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:07,250 Space Station that stuff built on the 675 00:31:10,570 --> 00:31:08,330 other side of the planet it's 676 00:31:12,100 --> 00:31:10,580 everybody's doing the same engineering 677 00:31:13,420 --> 00:31:12,110 and taking the drawings and making the 678 00:31:14,950 --> 00:31:13,430 stuff to the exact tolerances that we 679 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:14,960 can go up into space put together and it 680 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:20,570 all works um how many gallons of fuel 681 00:31:27,420 --> 00:31:24,690 does it take to launch the spaceship 682 00:31:30,150 --> 00:31:27,430 you know I don't know the exact number 683 00:31:32,190 --> 00:31:30,160 but I do know that the propellant that 684 00:31:34,290 --> 00:31:32,200 is flowing into the three main engines 685 00:31:36,930 --> 00:31:34,300 from on the back end of the space 686 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:36,940 shuttle every second is about equal to 687 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:39,370 the size of a standard swimming pool so 688 00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:41,050 you've got that much propellant liquid 689 00:31:44,670 --> 00:31:42,910 hydrogen and liquid oxygen flowing at 690 00:31:47,310 --> 00:31:44,680 very very high rates you got 17-inch 691 00:31:48,990 --> 00:31:47,320 valves on each side the hydrogen side 692 00:31:50,670 --> 00:31:49,000 and the oxygen side that is routed to 693 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:50,680 those three engines and it's pretty 694 00:31:54,990 --> 00:31:52,690 remarkable how much propellant does flow 695 00:31:56,100 --> 00:31:55,000 in it and it works fantastic it's over 696 00:31:58,800 --> 00:31:56,110 the eight and a half minutes to orbit 697 00:32:04,520 --> 00:31:58,810 that's about Laura 500 seconds that's 698 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:12,810 what kind of training did you do Wow I'm 699 00:32:16,740 --> 00:32:14,650 trying to think that's it's a that's a 700 00:32:18,540 --> 00:32:16,750 loaded question you don't even you don't 701 00:32:21,930 --> 00:32:18,550 even know how expensive that one is up 702 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:21,940 Bobby you want to try it oh well it 703 00:32:28,550 --> 00:32:24,570 depends on what your role is 704 00:32:33,270 --> 00:32:28,560 specifically is we all work as a team so 705 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:33,280 we divided up the different tasks some 706 00:32:38,220 --> 00:32:36,370 of us of course you know we're 707 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:38,230 responsible for flying the space shift 708 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:41,970 commander and pilot others of us were 709 00:32:48,510 --> 00:32:45,010 basically doing things like spacewalks 710 00:32:49,940 --> 00:32:48,520 others doing the robotic operations and 711 00:32:52,290 --> 00:32:49,950 then there's a whole bunch of other 712 00:32:55,230 --> 00:32:52,300 activities that go on on the spaceship 713 00:32:57,510 --> 00:32:55,240 that different people are responsible 714 00:32:58,800 --> 00:32:57,520 for that you you know you saw some of 715 00:33:00,570 --> 00:32:58,810 that in the movie when we were actually 716 00:33:03,150 --> 00:33:00,580 docking to the space station and 717 00:33:07,140 --> 00:33:03,160 undocking so we trained for all of that 718 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:07,150 stuff all the specific task we also just 719 00:33:13,020 --> 00:33:09,730 do some training just to get used to 720 00:33:15,570 --> 00:33:13,030 each other as a team so it's almost like 721 00:33:18,900 --> 00:33:15,580 to some extent almost like a sports team 722 00:33:21,570 --> 00:33:18,910 getting used to each other get it 723 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:21,580 knowing what you know our strengths 724 00:33:29,850 --> 00:33:24,130 weaknesses are and understanding how to 725 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:29,860 manage everything why equipment you used 726 00:33:44,969 --> 00:33:43,379 what equipment to use to repair we've 727 00:33:47,279 --> 00:33:44,979 for the robotics training we use a lot 728 00:33:50,700 --> 00:33:47,289 of computers in a lot of simulation 729 00:33:52,259 --> 00:33:50,710 because we don't have the actual robotic 730 00:33:53,690 --> 00:33:52,269 arm on the ground because it's too heavy 731 00:33:58,080 --> 00:33:53,700 gravity will pull it down we do have a 732 00:34:00,749 --> 00:33:58,090 simulated arm that is it's it's about 733 00:34:02,820 --> 00:34:00,759 the same size as the the big arm on the 734 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:02,830 space station but all the stuff that we 735 00:34:06,359 --> 00:34:04,330 do is pretty much like a video game like 736 00:34:08,789 --> 00:34:06,369 I mentioned before so that that robotics 737 00:34:11,369 --> 00:34:08,799 training works like that the pool that 738 00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:11,379 they use it's a what is it 50 million 739 00:34:17,789 --> 00:34:15,730 gallon full six million yeah huge pool 740 00:34:21,210 --> 00:34:17,799 for simulating the spacewalk so when 741 00:34:22,619 --> 00:34:21,220 when Bobby and comrade and Mike or 742 00:34:25,109 --> 00:34:22,629 submitting the spacewalks they're in 743 00:34:26,190 --> 00:34:25,119 their white white suits but you can't do 744 00:34:28,049 --> 00:34:26,200 it you know you have to have a 745 00:34:30,149 --> 00:34:28,059 microgravity type environment so you 746 00:34:32,010 --> 00:34:30,159 used neutral buoyancy in the water just 747 00:34:33,119 --> 00:34:32,020 like you float in the water to simulate 748 00:34:37,379 --> 00:34:33,129 that kind of training so that's another 749 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:37,389 facility we use we have a for the ascent 750 00:34:41,069 --> 00:34:39,010 we have like a motion based simulator 751 00:34:42,359 --> 00:34:41,079 it's like a another big video game where 752 00:34:44,519 --> 00:34:42,369 you sit in there and you actually move 753 00:34:46,769 --> 00:34:44,529 like you're doing a launch and then you 754 00:34:48,569 --> 00:34:46,779 land turns down and acts like you're 755 00:34:50,399 --> 00:34:48,579 landing so lots of different facilities 756 00:34:53,010 --> 00:34:50,409 for equipment that we use for our 757 00:34:57,420 --> 00:34:53,020 training the question is that does that 758 00:34:59,130 --> 00:34:57,430 answer your question okay um what parts 759 00:35:08,279 --> 00:34:59,140 to you did you deliver to the 760 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:08,289 International Space Station Oh answer 761 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:11,410 that these are the logistics carriers we 762 00:35:17,099 --> 00:35:14,410 had they were about you know close to 763 00:35:19,859 --> 00:35:17,109 30,000 pounds with with the weight of 764 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:19,869 the carrier and the parts the parts that 765 00:35:26,700 --> 00:35:22,890 we delivered where these bitty real big 766 00:35:28,740 --> 00:35:26,710 replaceable units for items that are 767 00:35:31,349 --> 00:35:28,750 just intended to keep the space station 768 00:35:33,420 --> 00:35:31,359 going for a long period of time we had a 769 00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:33,430 couple control moment jaros for example 770 00:35:39,089 --> 00:35:35,710 that what these things do or their big 771 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:39,099 gyroscopes that they're spun up there's 772 00:35:43,559 --> 00:35:40,770 four of them they're out of 773 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:43,569 intentionally out of alignment so as we 774 00:35:48,030 --> 00:35:47,410 rotate around the earth there's torques 775 00:35:49,860 --> 00:35:48,040 that are import 776 00:35:52,350 --> 00:35:49,870 arted on these gyroscopes to actually 777 00:35:54,300 --> 00:35:52,360 keep the space station in its desired 778 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:54,310 attitude or point in the right direction 779 00:36:00,090 --> 00:35:57,010 which is extremely important for having 780 00:36:01,470 --> 00:36:00,100 things such as thermal conditioning on 781 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:01,480 this station and things getting too hot 782 00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:03,970 too cold but also if you think about the 783 00:36:07,410 --> 00:36:05,770 big solar rays and be able to point them 784 00:36:09,450 --> 00:36:07,420 and have them an orientation where you 785 00:36:11,130 --> 00:36:09,460 can get power during the time that 786 00:36:13,620 --> 00:36:11,140 you're in a light phase and as we go 787 00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:13,630 around New York earth there's you know 788 00:36:18,780 --> 00:36:16,510 what 11 day time cycle is about 90 789 00:36:21,690 --> 00:36:18,790 minutes so we see sunrise sunset 90 790 00:36:24,990 --> 00:36:21,700 minutes we had 15 orbits per day on a 791 00:36:27,780 --> 00:36:25,000 normal day so those those we had we had 792 00:36:30,390 --> 00:36:27,790 pump modules for for cooling we brought 793 00:36:33,090 --> 00:36:30,400 this high-pressure gas tank we had spare 794 00:36:34,950 --> 00:36:33,100 parts for the robotics arms and the list 795 00:36:39,180 --> 00:36:34,960 goes on from there but these were the 796 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:39,190 big big pieces that would be spacewalker 797 00:36:44,430 --> 00:36:42,610 robotic installed if if a certain 798 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:44,440 component was to fail and needed to be 799 00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:47,050 replaced so we were basically stocking 800 00:36:51,300 --> 00:36:49,810 the station externally with big spare 801 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:51,310 parts and then we also had a bunch of 802 00:36:55,590 --> 00:36:53,890 things internally that that Leland was 803 00:36:58,680 --> 00:36:55,600 the master of of making sure that 804 00:37:00,450 --> 00:36:58,690 they're the right spare parts that we 805 00:37:01,980 --> 00:37:00,460 transferred inside got to the right 806 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:01,990 place and we brought the right things 807 00:37:09,240 --> 00:37:06,490 back good question what inspired you to 808 00:37:15,870 --> 00:37:09,250 become an astronaut for NASA little baby 809 00:37:17,850 --> 00:37:15,880 that is a very good question and and 810 00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:17,860 there's many things that I could answer 811 00:37:21,540 --> 00:37:19,570 but I'll just pick a few of the things 812 00:37:24,660 --> 00:37:21,550 that inspired me personally I think 813 00:37:28,650 --> 00:37:24,670 growing up watching the space program it 814 00:37:30,630 --> 00:37:28,660 is definitely unique tasks that we have 815 00:37:33,510 --> 00:37:30,640 the opportunity to do as astronauts and 816 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:33,520 the opportunity to try to strive to be 817 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:35,410 involved and take a take a role in that 818 00:37:39,240 --> 00:37:37,450 never dreaming that I'd actually be one 819 00:37:41,130 --> 00:37:39,250 of the guys sitting on the pointy end of 820 00:37:44,070 --> 00:37:41,140 the rocket when it launches but just to 821 00:37:46,350 --> 00:37:44,080 play a role and and be involved in that 822 00:37:49,230 --> 00:37:46,360 I truly when I was your age I really 823 00:37:51,090 --> 00:37:49,240 enjoyed technology I enjoyed learning 824 00:37:54,900 --> 00:37:51,100 about things I learned in joining how 825 00:37:57,090 --> 00:37:54,910 things worked what made things go I was 826 00:37:59,100 --> 00:37:57,100 very intrigued and I came to learn that 827 00:38:01,140 --> 00:37:59,110 a lot of the things technology wise 828 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:01,150 there's a lot of math involved so I 829 00:38:03,720 --> 00:38:01,690 became 830 00:38:06,180 --> 00:38:03,730 interested in math I truly did and I 831 00:38:09,750 --> 00:38:06,190 enjoyed learning mathematics and getting 832 00:38:11,490 --> 00:38:09,760 on up in the geometry and algebra and 833 00:38:12,750 --> 00:38:11,500 trigonometry and calculus and all of 834 00:38:14,430 --> 00:38:12,760 those things as I went along it was 835 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:14,440 really really intriguing to me so I 836 00:38:18,540 --> 00:38:16,570 think it was the big picture of what 837 00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:18,550 really inspired me was just learning and 838 00:38:22,980 --> 00:38:20,890 taking the opportunity to learn as far 839 00:38:26,990 --> 00:38:22,990 as we possibly can so for me that was 840 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:35,840 what does it feel like in zero gravity 841 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:38,670 have you ever been floating in the bath 842 00:38:42,150 --> 00:38:40,330 where the temperature is about the same 843 00:38:44,250 --> 00:38:42,160 what your body is and you really can't 844 00:38:46,140 --> 00:38:44,260 tell where your body ends in your and 845 00:38:48,690 --> 00:38:46,150 the water starts it's something like 846 00:38:50,580 --> 00:38:48,700 that because there's no forces on your 847 00:38:52,230 --> 00:38:50,590 body and your body just naturally goes 848 00:38:53,970 --> 00:38:52,240 when you're not doing something to a 849 00:38:56,460 --> 00:38:53,980 position that's comfortable for it so 850 00:38:59,370 --> 00:38:56,470 zero gravity I've got to be really 851 00:39:02,610 --> 00:38:59,380 really comfortable once you get used to 852 00:39:03,810 --> 00:39:02,620 it because your body just you know takes 853 00:39:05,130 --> 00:39:03,820 a little bit to adapt to it but then 854 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:05,140 once it's there it's like it was meant 855 00:39:09,690 --> 00:39:07,450 to be there because it's so easy to move 856 00:39:13,380 --> 00:39:09,700 around and the neat part I found was 857 00:39:14,670 --> 00:39:13,390 that it seemed like we're all wired for 858 00:39:16,110 --> 00:39:14,680 and that anybody could do it doesn't 859 00:39:18,990 --> 00:39:16,120 take somebody special or special 860 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:19,000 training because our bodies have these 861 00:39:24,390 --> 00:39:20,890 accelerometers and these David bility to 862 00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:24,400 make understand sensations and so if you 863 00:39:27,420 --> 00:39:25,930 were pushing off somewhere in zero 864 00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:27,430 gravity your eyes were telling you 865 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:28,450 weren't going exactly where you wanted 866 00:39:31,710 --> 00:39:30,010 to go all I need to do is reach out your 867 00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:31,720 hand and your body knew exactly where to 868 00:39:35,460 --> 00:39:33,370 put the vector to push off somewhere 869 00:39:36,990 --> 00:39:35,470 with just a fingertip to redirect you to 870 00:39:38,970 --> 00:39:37,000 fly where you wanted to go so that's 871 00:39:40,350 --> 00:39:38,980 where it really seemed like it was you 872 00:39:41,850 --> 00:39:40,360 didn't have to be an experienced space 873 00:39:43,290 --> 00:39:41,860 fighter to go there because you know his 874 00:39:45,900 --> 00:39:43,300 first time space fighters for a few of 875 00:39:48,630 --> 00:39:45,910 us it was very very natural to you know 876 00:39:50,730 --> 00:39:48,640 for your body to go ahead and do that 877 00:39:51,690 --> 00:39:50,740 and sleeping which is you know so 878 00:39:53,130 --> 00:39:51,700 comfortable because you don't have to 879 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:53,140 worry about a pillow or a hot spot on 880 00:39:56,220 --> 00:39:54,490 the bed or rolling on your side because 881 00:40:02,310 --> 00:39:56,230 he's floated right where your body 882 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:02,320 wanted to be and it was very happy what 883 00:40:09,060 --> 00:40:05,170 could have gone wrong um and liftoff or 884 00:40:12,900 --> 00:40:09,070 um just randomly in space 885 00:40:20,250 --> 00:40:12,910 who's asking that question oh the adult 886 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:20,260 in the back sorry I was curious um you 887 00:40:25,650 --> 00:40:23,770 know it's gonna be three million to be 888 00:40:28,230 --> 00:40:25,660 exact but yeah that's a lot of people 889 00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:28,240 ask you know are you are you afraid or 890 00:40:34,410 --> 00:40:31,810 you do you have any fears as you go up 891 00:40:36,180 --> 00:40:34,420 you're worried about anything and the 892 00:40:38,580 --> 00:40:36,190 biggest the biggest fear that I think 893 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:38,590 collectively I guess I could say that we 894 00:40:43,290 --> 00:40:40,570 all have is just doing something wrong 895 00:40:45,060 --> 00:40:43,300 our selves not worried about what's 896 00:40:46,590 --> 00:40:45,070 going to happen vehicle related or 897 00:40:49,410 --> 00:40:46,600 anything else and there's a myriad of 898 00:40:53,060 --> 00:40:49,420 things that can go wrong it's it's a 899 00:40:57,270 --> 00:40:53,070 it's a risky business but it's a very 900 00:40:59,460 --> 00:40:57,280 worthwhile endeavor and it's a it's it's 901 00:41:02,270 --> 00:40:59,470 total enjoyments sheer pleasure it's 902 00:41:04,980 --> 00:41:02,280 it's teamwork it's excitement it's the 903 00:41:07,860 --> 00:41:04,990 leading edge of technology it's it's 904 00:41:11,250 --> 00:41:07,870 it's a foreign environment it's you know 905 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:11,260 the risks are worth are worth taking for 906 00:41:17,610 --> 00:41:14,890 all of us and we trained extensively in 907 00:41:20,820 --> 00:41:17,620 fact almost too much for things that go 908 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:20,830 wrong and Butch and I and Leland and 909 00:41:25,830 --> 00:41:23,530 comrade it's a flight deck crew spend 910 00:41:29,250 --> 00:41:25,840 all kinds of time going through all 911 00:41:31,980 --> 00:41:29,260 kinds of convoluted twisted cases of 912 00:41:34,950 --> 00:41:31,990 failures of different systems all at the 913 00:41:38,070 --> 00:41:34,960 same time and staggered and interrelated 914 00:41:39,720 --> 00:41:38,080 and confusing and real brain teasers and 915 00:41:41,700 --> 00:41:39,730 there there are a lot of fun to work 916 00:41:46,290 --> 00:41:41,710 through its AIT's a it's a it's exciting 917 00:41:48,570 --> 00:41:46,300 stuff it's real dynamic but in eight and 918 00:41:51,650 --> 00:41:48,580 a half minutes at least half your 919 00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:51,660 training is gone and you haven't even 920 00:41:57,500 --> 00:41:54,730 gotten into orbit or just basically got 921 00:42:00,120 --> 00:41:57,510 into a suborbital trajectory and you're 922 00:42:03,630 --> 00:42:00,130 you know most the time you spent 923 00:42:05,790 --> 00:42:03,640 training is is is finished because those 924 00:42:07,650 --> 00:42:05,800 those scenarios didn't pan out or you 925 00:42:10,230 --> 00:42:07,660 already took care of it and it was no 926 00:42:13,980 --> 00:42:10,240 big deal because you were well trained 927 00:42:16,740 --> 00:42:13,990 but the thing that that that happens 928 00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:16,750 more often than not is this year in on 929 00:42:21,750 --> 00:42:19,210 orbit for 11 days and you're you're 930 00:42:22,289 --> 00:42:21,760 doing one thing after another and 931 00:42:25,109 --> 00:42:22,299 they're all 932 00:42:27,150 --> 00:42:25,119 front and you didn't have extent you 933 00:42:28,499 --> 00:42:27,160 you're trained well but you there's so 934 00:42:30,660 --> 00:42:28,509 much that you need to learn that you 935 00:42:32,579 --> 00:42:30,670 just got to pick it up and do it you're 936 00:42:35,099 --> 00:42:32,589 always more concerned with with doing 937 00:42:37,739 --> 00:42:35,109 something incorrect that way and usually 938 00:42:40,349 --> 00:42:37,749 the impacts aren't so bad but the time 939 00:42:43,979 --> 00:42:40,359 spent there is is not as extensive 940 00:42:46,739 --> 00:42:43,989 because we do very extensively trained 941 00:42:48,779 --> 00:42:46,749 for things to go wrong in our dynamic 942 00:42:52,349 --> 00:42:48,789 phases of flight and we're well well 943 00:42:59,150 --> 00:42:52,359 prepared for that thanks for the adult 944 00:43:05,249 --> 00:43:01,109 any other adults want to ask any 945 00:43:07,289 --> 00:43:05,259 questions what background did you have 946 00:43:11,609 --> 00:43:07,299 to prepare yourselves to apply for the 947 00:43:13,859 --> 00:43:11,619 job of astronaut probably a hundred 948 00:43:15,150 --> 00:43:13,869 astronauts working in Houston in our 949 00:43:17,969 --> 00:43:15,160 astronaut office in a hundred different 950 00:43:21,359 --> 00:43:17,979 backgrounds you know so we each have a 951 00:43:24,419 --> 00:43:21,369 little bit varied background a couple of 952 00:43:29,609 --> 00:43:24,429 us four of us I guess naval aviators 953 00:43:32,489 --> 00:43:29,619 including the two Marines and now that's 954 00:43:36,269 --> 00:43:32,499 not a slight that we we cherish the rink 955 00:43:38,669 --> 00:43:36,279 or a part of the Naval Service but so 956 00:43:43,469 --> 00:43:38,679 four of us us the ride you guys give to 957 00:43:45,479 --> 00:43:43,479 go to war my ship so some of us four of 958 00:43:47,910 --> 00:43:45,489 us came through the flight training 959 00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:47,920 naval flight training and became pilots 960 00:43:51,719 --> 00:43:50,170 and test pilots and and our but our 961 00:43:54,660 --> 00:43:51,729 educational backgrounds are all a little 962 00:43:57,059 --> 00:43:54,670 bit different then we have the two smart 963 00:43:59,959 --> 00:43:57,069 guys Bobby sachar especially here on the 964 00:44:03,029 --> 00:43:59,969 end with his PhD in medical degree and 965 00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:03,039 Leland with his background in the NFL 966 00:44:07,679 --> 00:44:05,650 and then he's actually a fiber optics 967 00:44:09,660 --> 00:44:07,689 expert so you can ask him questions 968 00:44:12,089 --> 00:44:09,670 about how fiber optics work because he's 969 00:44:13,919 --> 00:44:12,099 a he's a world-renowned expert fiber 970 00:44:18,479 --> 00:44:13,929 optics we don't bring that up pretty 971 00:44:20,009 --> 00:44:18,489 much but it's the truth and so we you 972 00:44:22,410 --> 00:44:20,019 know on my first flight we had a 973 00:44:24,179 --> 00:44:22,420 veterinarian for our true medical 974 00:44:27,839 --> 00:44:24,189 officer this time we had a real doctor 975 00:44:29,849 --> 00:44:27,849 but even we even haven't have a 976 00:44:31,499 --> 00:44:29,859 veterinarian astronaut so the 977 00:44:34,130 --> 00:44:31,509 backgrounds you know we have people with 978 00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:34,140 PhDs in chemistry and biology 979 00:44:38,620 --> 00:44:35,930 astrophysics and 980 00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:38,630 and a lot of very smart people there you 981 00:44:47,650 --> 00:44:44,810 know just not very many on this group is 982 00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:47,660 there internet on the International 983 00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:52,970 Space Station yeah well they're they're 984 00:44:56,470 --> 00:44:54,530 actually working on that right now Jeff 985 00:44:58,420 --> 00:44:56,480 Williams and TJ creamer are up there 986 00:45:00,100 --> 00:44:58,430 trying to put together a crew land and 987 00:45:02,590 --> 00:45:00,110 that would allow them to do Twitter 988 00:45:06,700 --> 00:45:02,600 directly from space as well as surf the 989 00:45:10,690 --> 00:45:06,710 internet so that's coming very soon your 990 00:45:13,750 --> 00:45:10,700 question um I'm from store Hobson and 991 00:45:16,330 --> 00:45:13,760 what you said that you going you grow 992 00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:16,340 when you're in space house how tall did 993 00:45:23,830 --> 00:45:19,610 you go I had varies from person to 994 00:45:27,430 --> 00:45:23,840 person but can be up to a few no I was 995 00:45:34,810 --> 00:45:27,440 very sad Bobby actually got a call from 996 00:45:38,650 --> 00:45:34,820 the Washington Wizards it can be up to a 997 00:45:42,550 --> 00:45:38,660 couple of inches and it probably happens 998 00:45:46,180 --> 00:45:42,560 because the disks in your spine actually 999 00:45:48,130 --> 00:45:46,190 kind of they kind of get larger because 1000 00:45:49,810 --> 00:45:48,140 here on the ground of course it's 1001 00:45:52,180 --> 00:45:49,820 gravity and it kind of scrunches 1002 00:45:54,070 --> 00:45:52,190 everything down when you go up in outer 1003 00:45:56,020 --> 00:45:54,080 space all of a sudden you know that 1004 00:45:59,710 --> 00:45:56,030 forces on you so it just allows your 1005 00:46:03,220 --> 00:45:59,720 back to to stretch out and so so that's 1006 00:46:05,100 --> 00:46:03,230 what happens that can actually be a 1007 00:46:07,030 --> 00:46:05,110 little bit painful so I don't know what 1008 00:46:08,650 --> 00:46:07,040 comrades talking about being so 1009 00:46:10,630 --> 00:46:08,660 comfortable sleeping but you know for a 1010 00:46:12,850 --> 00:46:10,640 first few days or so you get some back 1011 00:46:14,260 --> 00:46:12,860 pain because you're you are stretching 1012 00:46:16,450 --> 00:46:14,270 you're getting in positions that are 1013 00:46:19,900 --> 00:46:16,460 you're not really used to and sometimes 1014 00:46:23,740 --> 00:46:19,910 that can be uncomfortable so this is 1015 00:46:28,390 --> 00:46:23,750 like growing pains but growing pains for 1016 00:46:31,240 --> 00:46:28,400 old men how are you going to restock or 1017 00:46:36,100 --> 00:46:31,250 refuel the space station if there are no 1018 00:46:40,240 --> 00:46:36,110 if the specials being retired there's 1019 00:46:42,130 --> 00:46:40,250 actually this space station the space 1020 00:46:45,730 --> 00:46:42,140 station itself has a lot of visiting 1021 00:46:49,130 --> 00:46:45,740 vehicles that are a part of what we call 1022 00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:49,140 a traffic plan or just a scheduled 1023 00:46:55,370 --> 00:46:52,170 land of events of vehicles that come up 1024 00:46:57,079 --> 00:46:55,380 that we have russian progress is what 1025 00:46:59,450 --> 00:46:57,089 they're called they're similar to the 1026 00:47:02,329 --> 00:46:59,460 Soyuz but they they're basically for 1027 00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:02,339 restocking we have a European vehicle 1028 00:47:10,220 --> 00:47:08,130 that's a hard it basically uses the same 1029 00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:10,230 type of mating mechanism that the 1030 00:47:15,099 --> 00:47:11,970 progress does in other words it comes up 1031 00:47:17,750 --> 00:47:15,109 and actually hard mates to the station 1032 00:47:20,630 --> 00:47:17,760 itself and then we will also have a 1033 00:47:22,700 --> 00:47:20,640 Japanese transfer vehicle that comes up 1034 00:47:25,990 --> 00:47:22,710 underneath the space station and and 1035 00:47:28,609 --> 00:47:26,000 just kind of hovers essentially at about 1036 00:47:32,150 --> 00:47:28,619 30 feet and we actually grab it with a 1037 00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:32,160 robotic arm and then attach it and and 1038 00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:34,170 these vehicles have a lot of capability 1039 00:47:41,750 --> 00:47:37,650 for bringing up not only food and 1040 00:47:45,529 --> 00:47:41,760 equipment but also gas for for breathing 1041 00:47:47,779 --> 00:47:45,539 atmosphere and fuel and everything you 1042 00:47:53,450 --> 00:47:47,789 need so we're pretty well equipped that 1043 00:47:56,210 --> 00:47:53,460 way I'm a high schooler from Edmund 1044 00:47:57,769 --> 00:47:56,220 Burke and I was wondering what the 1045 00:48:03,009 --> 00:47:57,779 dangers were when your space walking 1046 00:48:10,579 --> 00:48:07,990 dangerous dangers of space walking up we 1047 00:48:13,069 --> 00:48:10,589 you know we take every precaution and we 1048 00:48:16,339 --> 00:48:13,079 train hours and hours in our pool in 1049 00:48:17,990 --> 00:48:16,349 Houston before we do these spacewalks we 1050 00:48:19,069 --> 00:48:18,000 always remain tethered to the outside of 1051 00:48:21,170 --> 00:48:19,079 the space station I don't know if you 1052 00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:21,180 saw in the video and one scene you could 1053 00:48:27,589 --> 00:48:24,450 actually see Randy's tether it's a it's 1054 00:48:29,329 --> 00:48:27,599 like a steel cable and it is always 1055 00:48:33,170 --> 00:48:29,339 attached to the space station with so we 1056 00:48:35,420 --> 00:48:33,180 we can't float away but you know talking 1057 00:48:37,329 --> 00:48:35,430 about preparing for problems what could 1058 00:48:39,289 --> 00:48:37,339 go wrong we trained quite a bit on 1059 00:48:41,329 --> 00:48:39,299 problems that we could have during our 1060 00:48:43,460 --> 00:48:41,339 space walks and we were pretty lucky I 1061 00:48:46,039 --> 00:48:43,470 think on the whole because we didn't 1062 00:48:48,890 --> 00:48:46,049 have very many problems but Bobby and I 1063 00:48:51,170 --> 00:48:48,900 had a bolt that was a little hard to to 1064 00:48:53,269 --> 00:48:51,180 loosen on on one of the spacewalks and 1065 00:48:55,819 --> 00:48:53,279 you know we're working on stuff out 1066 00:48:57,620 --> 00:48:55,829 there that maybe a boat that was 1067 00:48:59,180 --> 00:48:57,630 tightened five years ago on the ground 1068 00:49:01,160 --> 00:48:59,190 and then launched into space and it's 1069 00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:01,170 been flying up there for a long time and 1070 00:49:06,529 --> 00:49:01,650 go 1071 00:49:08,630 --> 00:49:06,539 around the earth and you know might be a 1072 00:49:11,690 --> 00:49:08,640 little tough to loosen those bolts so we 1073 00:49:13,220 --> 00:49:11,700 prepared quite a bit for problems and we 1074 00:49:18,140 --> 00:49:13,230 were fortunate we didn't have any but 1075 00:49:21,049 --> 00:49:18,150 too many but ok for to kind of see ya on 1076 00:49:24,970 --> 00:49:21,059 top of the cable that we stay tethered 1077 00:49:27,589 --> 00:49:24,980 to we also have a backpack called safer 1078 00:49:30,589 --> 00:49:27,599 which is simplified aid for Evie a 1079 00:49:32,390 --> 00:49:30,599 rescue which is basically a nitrogen 1080 00:49:36,829 --> 00:49:32,400 pack that we wear on our backs and if we 1081 00:49:38,450 --> 00:49:36,839 were to somehow come untethered one of 1082 00:49:40,220 --> 00:49:38,460 our buddies disconnects us or something 1083 00:49:42,710 --> 00:49:40,230 I don't know but how that could happen 1084 00:49:44,779 --> 00:49:42,720 but wouldn't be your buddy after that we 1085 00:49:46,250 --> 00:49:44,789 can actually fly back to the space 1086 00:49:48,170 --> 00:49:46,260 station we have enough nitrogen in this 1087 00:49:49,460 --> 00:49:48,180 backpack to fly us back and that's 1088 00:49:51,410 --> 00:49:49,470 another thing that we train in the 1089 00:49:54,500 --> 00:49:51,420 virtual reality laboratory in Houston we 1090 00:49:56,120 --> 00:49:54,510 put on goggles and and you see you're 1091 00:49:58,519 --> 00:49:56,130 out on the outside of space station and 1092 00:49:59,660 --> 00:49:58,529 they can flip you off and off of the 1093 00:50:01,789 --> 00:49:59,670 space station and you're tumbling 1094 00:50:03,980 --> 00:50:01,799 backwards and then you pull out this 1095 00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:03,990 thing and turn it on and and fly 1096 00:50:11,289 --> 00:50:07,770 yourself back so we we prepare for for 1097 00:50:14,359 --> 00:50:11,299 as many eventualities as we can think of 1098 00:50:17,609 --> 00:50:14,369 okay we have time for three more 1099 00:50:20,500 --> 00:50:17,619 questions so make sure they're good 1100 00:50:26,349 --> 00:50:20,510 how many months of training do you have 1101 00:50:29,829 --> 00:50:26,359 to do before you go into space how many 1102 00:50:33,579 --> 00:50:29,839 months of training to go through the 41 1103 00:50:37,270 --> 00:50:33,589 we gotta sign as a flight in September 1104 00:50:39,039 --> 00:50:37,280 and we did some training that fall and 1105 00:50:40,930 --> 00:50:39,049 like scorch said you know it's really 1106 00:50:43,030 --> 00:50:40,940 nine months before the mission after the 1107 00:50:45,130 --> 00:50:43,040 new year we really got into hot and 1108 00:50:46,900 --> 00:50:45,140 heavy full-blooded training and then we 1109 00:50:49,270 --> 00:50:46,910 launched November so from assignment in 1110 00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:49,280 September to launch in November as you 1111 00:50:55,660 --> 00:50:53,210 can see was basically 14 months there 1112 00:50:58,240 --> 00:50:55,670 used to be you know a period of time 1113 00:51:02,079 --> 00:50:58,250 when our missions were a little less 1114 00:51:04,930 --> 00:51:02,089 complex the minimum they ever used to 1115 00:51:07,180 --> 00:51:04,940 have would be six months but twelve 1116 00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:07,190 months is more desired so I was probably 1117 00:51:15,549 --> 00:51:12,650 simply approximately how many years does 1118 00:51:20,829 --> 00:51:15,559 it take for all the training in all for 1119 00:51:24,250 --> 00:51:20,839 one mission I think the question is how 1120 00:51:27,039 --> 00:51:24,260 many months total for one mission yeah 1121 00:51:36,039 --> 00:51:27,049 basically we're just rounded to a year 1122 00:51:40,780 --> 00:51:36,049 it's pretty easy good question oh what's 1123 00:51:42,130 --> 00:51:40,790 your favorite part of being in space you 1124 00:51:45,130 --> 00:51:42,140 probably have to ask each one of us 1125 00:51:54,410 --> 00:51:45,140 individually I'll just say being with 1126 00:52:01,590 --> 00:51:57,540 see ya all right I got the answer first 1127 00:52:05,580 --> 00:52:01,600 go ahead you can't top that being in 1128 00:52:06,900 --> 00:52:05,590 space is fantastic but I didn't think 1129 00:52:09,450 --> 00:52:06,910 about this ahead of time but we've been 1130 00:52:12,690 --> 00:52:09,460 back since the 27th and November but it 1131 00:52:14,700 --> 00:52:12,700 has been a joy almost as equally as 1132 00:52:16,470 --> 00:52:14,710 enjoyable to share the experience with 1133 00:52:25,380 --> 00:52:16,480 others like we're doing today it's been 1134 00:52:27,030 --> 00:52:25,390 really really great you know there were 1135 00:52:28,620 --> 00:52:27,040 times in the mission when everyone's 1136 00:52:29,910 --> 00:52:28,630 busy running around doing things but 1137 00:52:32,520 --> 00:52:29,920 when you saw that part of the video 1138 00:52:34,230 --> 00:52:32,530 where we're all eating together that was 1139 00:52:36,120 --> 00:52:34,240 one of the best times because we had a 1140 00:52:37,560 --> 00:52:36,130 time to kind of fellowship and get 1141 00:52:39,510 --> 00:52:37,570 together and talk about our families 1142 00:52:42,150 --> 00:52:39,520 talk about the mission and talk about 1143 00:52:44,340 --> 00:52:42,160 the food so the eating part was a really 1144 00:52:54,780 --> 00:52:44,350 really good time we all got together and 1145 00:52:57,090 --> 00:52:54,790 it was just a great moment so after 1146 00:52:59,040 --> 00:52:57,100 being up in space for a while and then 1147 00:53:04,340 --> 00:52:59,050 coming back to earth was difficult 1148 00:53:07,980 --> 00:53:04,350 getting used to gravity again it was uh 1149 00:53:10,680 --> 00:53:07,990 it was pretty neat actually coming back 1150 00:53:11,850 --> 00:53:10,690 and kind of being in a known element 1151 00:53:13,290 --> 00:53:11,860 that you've been in your whole life 1152 00:53:15,390 --> 00:53:13,300 coming back to it and feeling a little 1153 00:53:17,130 --> 00:53:15,400 weird I think you know Bob and I were 1154 00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:17,140 talking about it is you saw us walk off 1155 00:53:20,700 --> 00:53:18,970 the crew transfer vehicle to go walk on 1156 00:53:23,100 --> 00:53:20,710 the space shuttle it felt kinda leaking 1157 00:53:25,350 --> 00:53:23,110 had ankle weights on and just you or 1158 00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:25,360 your shoes were full of sand or 1159 00:53:29,340 --> 00:53:28,210 something like he just gotten wet but so 1160 00:53:31,560 --> 00:53:29,350 you had little bit of a heavy feeling 1161 00:53:33,270 --> 00:53:31,570 and then your inner ear wasn't being 1162 00:53:34,620 --> 00:53:33,280 excited by gravity while you're up there 1163 00:53:37,110 --> 00:53:34,630 the whole time all the fluid in there 1164 00:53:38,730 --> 00:53:37,120 just kind of stopped and so now you can 1165 00:53:40,290 --> 00:53:38,740 start moving around and everything in 1166 00:53:42,300 --> 00:53:40,300 your inner starts moving again kind of 1167 00:53:44,310 --> 00:53:42,310 the would make your body feel a little 1168 00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:44,320 bit strange but that only lasted for a 1169 00:53:49,140 --> 00:53:47,770 few hours and so it was a surprising how 1170 00:53:51,930 --> 00:53:49,150 quickly because your battery already 1171 00:53:54,930 --> 00:53:51,940 knows what 1g is like how quickly your 1172 00:53:56,430 --> 00:53:54,940 body got back to you know basically back 1173 00:53:57,670 --> 00:53:56,440 to where you were before you left it's 1174 00:53:59,830 --> 00:53:57,680 some other funny 1175 00:54:01,750 --> 00:53:59,840 today I remember I remember my first 1176 00:54:05,320 --> 00:54:01,760 after my first flight the first thing I 1177 00:54:06,970 --> 00:54:05,330 remember that was unique was waking up 1178 00:54:09,370 --> 00:54:06,980 the next morning after going to bed not 1179 00:54:10,780 --> 00:54:09,380 really knowing how to get out because I 1180 00:54:12,340 --> 00:54:10,790 was a used to floating out of my 1181 00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:12,350 fleeting bag but I wasn't used to 1182 00:54:15,850 --> 00:54:13,970 getting out of a bed where I'm laying 1183 00:54:17,050 --> 00:54:15,860 down some I'm sitting here thinking at 1184 00:54:18,250 --> 00:54:17,060 least I was thinking about it because 1185 00:54:21,190 --> 00:54:18,260 otherwise it could have been really ugly 1186 00:54:23,350 --> 00:54:21,200 but I thought all right if I try to do 1187 00:54:24,700 --> 00:54:23,360 this I'm going to end up face plant and 1188 00:54:27,580 --> 00:54:24,710 that's not going to be a very good 1189 00:54:29,110 --> 00:54:27,590 dismount from the old bed so that ok I'm 1190 00:54:30,580 --> 00:54:29,120 going to move this leg around guard so I 1191 00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:30,590 had to think about it and other things 1192 00:54:34,240 --> 00:54:31,970 people come back as sometimes you'll 1193 00:54:35,980 --> 00:54:34,250 grab like a coffee cup and instead of 1194 00:54:37,270 --> 00:54:35,990 instead of setting it down on something 1195 00:54:39,100 --> 00:54:37,280 you'll just let go of it because you're 1196 00:54:41,860 --> 00:54:39,110 used to let go of things and instead of 1197 00:54:45,990 --> 00:54:41,870 it floating there just also ok I'm not 1198 00:54:53,050 --> 00:54:49,540 things that he brought up was with let 1199 00:54:55,090 --> 00:54:53,060 the your ballot stuff and nowadays they 1200 00:54:57,100 --> 00:54:55,100 actually do they test this as soon as we 1201 00:54:59,350 --> 00:54:57,110 get off of the shuttle to see our 1202 00:55:03,820 --> 00:54:59,360 balance is like to see if we're safe 1203 00:55:05,710 --> 00:55:03,830 driving or or whatnot because it take it 1204 00:55:08,290 --> 00:55:05,720 actually takes to you know probably a 1205 00:55:10,930 --> 00:55:08,300 total of about two days or so for it to 1206 00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:10,940 completely renormalize but you're 1207 00:55:15,280 --> 00:55:13,490 usually in good enough shape after a few 1208 00:55:18,730 --> 00:55:15,290 hours to where you can do most things 1209 00:55:20,590 --> 00:55:18,740 you normally do it someday we're going 1210 00:55:21,640 --> 00:55:20,600 to leave here we're going to go in geog 1211 00:55:23,470 --> 00:55:21,650 for quite a while go to other places 1212 00:55:24,820 --> 00:55:23,480 like the moon in Mars and other places 1213 00:55:26,410 --> 00:55:24,830 we need to know how to function when we 1214 00:55:27,940 --> 00:55:26,420 get there so if you've been on a 1215 00:55:29,950 --> 00:55:27,950 spaceship for two to three months in 1216 00:55:31,660 --> 00:55:29,960 zero gravity you got to go to Mars well 1217 00:55:33,010 --> 00:55:31,670 can't afford to have you be three days 1218 00:55:34,450 --> 00:55:33,020 for you get the rover start driving 1219 00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:34,460 around so if we can figure out ways to 1220 00:55:38,320 --> 00:55:36,290 combat that kind of stuff while we're in 1221 00:55:42,190 --> 00:55:38,330 zero gravity will be able to land on 1222 00:55:44,410 --> 00:55:42,200 Mars and get right to work I think that 1223 00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:44,420 was our last question and we really do 1224 00:55:50,230 --> 00:55:47,450 appreciate you all being so attentive 1225 00:55:55,450 --> 00:55:50,240 and alert and interesting to to talk 1226 00:55:57,760 --> 00:55:55,460 with it flying two spaces is truly been 1227 00:56:00,090 --> 00:55:57,770 a highlight of my career and I know it 1228 00:56:02,860 --> 00:56:00,100 has been for most people in our office 1229 00:56:09,430 --> 00:56:02,870 but you know the hard work and teamwork 1230 00:56:11,770 --> 00:56:09,440 is really the pinnacle of it all is it's 1231 00:56:14,320 --> 00:56:11,780 not what any one of us gets to 1232 00:56:17,950 --> 00:56:14,330 do or does that really matters it's what 1233 00:56:20,110 --> 00:56:17,960 we collectively do and the space program 1234 00:56:21,730 --> 00:56:20,120 is probably one of the biggest examples 1235 00:56:24,210 --> 00:56:21,740 of that because there's you know not 1236 00:56:26,560 --> 00:56:24,220 just astronauts there's not just mission 1237 00:56:27,910 --> 00:56:26,570 mission ops people in other words of 1238 00:56:30,700 --> 00:56:27,920 flight controllers and us to work 1239 00:56:32,470 --> 00:56:30,710 together it's it's all across the 1240 00:56:33,880 --> 00:56:32,480 country it's it's all the different 1241 00:56:36,640 --> 00:56:33,890 centers it's all the different 1242 00:56:39,220 --> 00:56:36,650 corporations that participate in making 1243 00:56:42,790 --> 00:56:39,230 an endeavor like this happen and is it 1244 00:56:45,340 --> 00:56:42,800 it's a unique experience in total a 1245 00:56:47,050 --> 00:56:45,350 totally unique event and it's a 1246 00:56:49,330 --> 00:56:47,060 extremely worthwhile endeavor and we're 1247 00:56:52,050 --> 00:56:49,340 just honored to be a part of it and help 1248 00:57:02,720 --> 00:56:52,060 them to represent NASA as best we can 1249 00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:04,830 thank you guys for sharing the 1250 00:57:09,900 --> 00:57:07,930 experience of sts-1 29 so for the 1251 00:57:12,740 --> 00:57:09,910 students in the room here who who here 1252 00:57:15,720 --> 00:57:12,750 would like to do a spacewalk and travel 1253 00:57:18,480 --> 00:57:15,730 17,500 miles per hour who would like to 1254 00:57:20,430 --> 00:57:18,490 perhaps command a spaceship to go back 1255 00:57:23,340 --> 00:57:20,440 to the moon or perhaps to Mars or maybe 1256 00:57:25,440 --> 00:57:23,350 be a scientist and analyze data from the 1257 00:57:28,470 --> 00:57:25,450 Hubble Space Telescope well we hope 1258 00:57:30,720 --> 00:57:28,480 you'll follow the activities of NASA we 1259 00:57:33,900 --> 00:57:30,730 have a busy year ahead of us as we speak 1260 00:57:35,460 --> 00:57:33,910 five crew members or from US Russia and 1261 00:57:39,510 --> 00:57:35,470 Japan or up on the International Space 1262 00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:39,520 Station the budget request for 2011 will 1263 00:57:43,230 --> 00:57:41,530 be released on februari one for you 1264 00:57:45,930 --> 00:57:43,240 students that's like our allowance from 1265 00:57:48,210 --> 00:57:45,940 the president we are anxiously standing 1266 00:57:50,100 --> 00:57:48,220 by to hear what the president has in 1267 00:57:52,530 --> 00:57:50,110 mind for the future of NASA's human 1268 00:57:55,590 --> 00:57:52,540 spaceflight program we're getting ready 1269 00:57:56,910 --> 00:57:55,600 for the upcoming launch of sts-1 30 sets 1270 00:57:59,400 --> 00:57:56,920 going to go back to the space station 1271 00:58:02,070 --> 00:57:59,410 we're also preparing for the launch of 1272 00:58:04,620 --> 00:58:02,080 the Solar Dynamics Observatory that will 1273 00:58:06,450 --> 00:58:04,630 reveal how solar activity is generated 1274 00:58:11,400 --> 00:58:06,460 and how it impacts things here on earth 1275 00:58:14,130 --> 00:58:11,410 and a reminder to headquarters employees 1276 00:58:16,440 --> 00:58:14,140 on january 29th you'll have the 1277 00:58:18,630 --> 00:58:16,450 opportunity to participate in the annual 1278 00:58:21,660 --> 00:58:18,640 day of remembrance ceremony and 1279 00:58:23,580 --> 00:58:21,670 Arlington National Cemetery this is our 1280 00:58:25,590 --> 00:58:23,590 chance to pause and reflect and 1281 00:58:28,860 --> 00:58:25,600 recognize the sacrifices that the 1282 00:58:30,480 --> 00:58:28,870 astronauts from Apollo 1 the challenger 1283 00:58:32,340 --> 00:58:30,490 mission and the Columbia mission made 1284 00:58:34,500 --> 00:58:32,350 when they gave their lives for their 1285 00:58:36,980 --> 00:58:34,510 country so stay tuned to announcements 1286 00:58:39,660 --> 00:58:36,990 on NASA inc for further details on that 1287 00:58:40,890 --> 00:58:39,670 meanwhile thanks again to the teachers 1288 00:58:44,370 --> 00:58:40,900 and students from the Congressional 1289 00:58:48,180 --> 00:58:44,380 schools of Virginia from the Edmund 1290 00:58:49,980 --> 00:58:48,190 Burke school of Washington DC and from 1291 00:58:52,290 --> 00:58:49,990 the 1st district community outreach 1292 00:58:55,350 --> 00:58:52,300 youth program thank you all for coming 1293 00:58:57,600 --> 00:58:55,360 today please join us in the lobby to 1294 00:58:59,520 --> 00:58:57,610 meet the astronauts and be sure to pick 1295 00:59:02,130 --> 00:58:59,530 up materials on the table on your way 1296 00:59:04,320 --> 00:59:02,140 out you can learn more about our current 1297 00:59:08,760 --> 00:59:04,330 and future plans and programs by logging 1298 00:59:11,100 --> 00:59:08,770 on to ww mas a govt follow us on our web 1299 00:59:13,530 --> 00:59:11,110 our blogs Twitter accounts at a range of 1300 00:59:15,190 --> 00:59:13,540 traditional and social media thanks for