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thank you for joining us for the u.s.

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astronaut Hall of Fame induction

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ceremony honoring our nation's space

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heroes

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please rise for the presentation of

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colors by Boy Scout Troop 369 from

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Merritt Island Florida followed by our

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national anthem performed by Jennifer

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oh can you see by the dawn's early light

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what so proudly we hailed at the

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twilight's last gleaming whose broad

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stripes and bright stars through the

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perilous fight or the ramparts we

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watched were so gallantly streaming and

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the Rockets red glare the bombs bursting

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in air gave proof through the night that

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our flag was still there oh say does

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that star-spangled banner yet wave

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babe or the land of the free and the

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ladies and gentlemen please welcome the

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chief operating officer of Kennedy Space

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please take your seat thank you welcome

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today Thank You Jennifer for a

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absolutely wonderful rendition of our

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National Anthem on behalf of all of our

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Delaware north company employees around

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the world but especially those crew

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members here at the Kennedy Space Center

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Visitor Complex I would like to welcome

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you to today's induction ceremony

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celebrating the 9th class of space

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shuttle astronauts into the u.s.

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astronaut Hall of Fame thank you all for

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joining us in this wonderful afternoon

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it is a privilege for us to host this

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induction ceremony and to be part of

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this momentous occasion that honors

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leaders and spaceflight community who

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are both deserving of our recognition

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and our respect there is no better place

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on earth to host the celebration than

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right here at the Kennedy Space Center

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the epic center of Space Flight a truly

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special place where you can witness

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history being made

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three weeks ago space shuttle Atlantis

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lifted off pad 39a on her last scheduled

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flight to the International Space

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Station in return last week after a

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successful 12-day mission from launch

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pads a few miles away men were launched

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to the moon robot explorers were spent

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to deep space missions to explore the

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planets of our solar system where each

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one of the legends will stand the stage

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today representing American manned

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spaceflight program from Mercury Gemini

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Apollo to today's space shuttle began

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their legendary journeys I'd like to

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take just a moment to acknowledge a few

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people with us today NASA Administrator

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Charles Bolden and Kennedy Space Center

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Director Robert cabana who'll be joining

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us shortly for the hall of fame

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astronauts as well as my own fellow

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colleague from Delaware North

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vice-president of planning and education

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astronaut John McBride thank you for

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being with us today

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I would also like to take a moment to

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recognize the significant contributions

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to today's ceremony by the astronaut

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Scholarship Foundation their board of

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directors led by Hall of Fame astronaut

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al worden an executive director of

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thank you both and now we'd like to

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welcome to the stage today's master of

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ceremonies throughout his career he has

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turned an outstanding eclectic

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performances in film television and

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stage he initially gained attention in

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1984 on the big screen

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opposite Demi Moore and no small affair

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followed by his iconic performance in an

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enduring misfit in John Hughes popular

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86 film pretty and pink on stage he has

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starred in various production including

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Broadway Neil Simon's Brighton Beach

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memoirs but his talent is not limited to

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dis acting he's also a gifted filmmaker

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as well he co-wrote produced starred and

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two well-known independent films with

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director Richard Shankman who was also

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here in the audience today he recently

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won an Emmy Award for his work with Alan

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Harper in the CBS number one comedy Two

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and a Half Men ladies and gentlemen

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please join me and welcome to stage mr.

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Thank You mr. Moore thank you wow that

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is good afternoon ladies and gentlemen

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that that will probably be the first and

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last time that I am ever introduced to

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the theme of the right stuff it's it's

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exciting when it happens I am thrilled

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to be here today it is truly an honor to

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be surrounded by by so many important

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people you know in titans of industry

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and powerful politicians and genuine

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heroes of space exploration and and me a

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guy on a TV show like many people you're

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probably wondering what I'm doing here

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I'm hosting this event I am an actor yes

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but but unlike legendary performers such

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as Leonard Nimoy or Wil Wheaton I've

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never been on Star Trek I haven't even

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been on Battlestar Galactica so why is

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is TV

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TV's Jon Cryer here perhaps because of

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the fine work that so many people think

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I did on on wargames or in Ferris

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Bueller's Day Off I wasn't actually in

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either of those no I am actually here

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because I am a space geek and I think I

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I have been one all my life and to be

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standing here at the Kennedy Space

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Center is just a fanboy dream come true

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you know Gemini or as all the cool

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people call it Gemini Apollo was here of

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the the mighty Saturn 5 you know it all

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happened right here and from the moment

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I arrived the Cape it has been all of it

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I can do to keep from saying so buzz

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when you were like on the moon and stuff

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was it awesome so see I mean even from

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the time I was a little boy I mean even

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younger than my own son is now you know

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I've watched in awe as NASA progressed

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from you know one miracle to another I

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mean IIIi thrilled as the the mighty

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birds lifted off the pad and and gazed

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at the poetic slow-motion beauty of a

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spacewalk and marvel that at the sight

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of human beings jumping and and driving

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and playing golf on the surface of the

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Moon I mean I held my breath during

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splashdowns and later during the

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majestic graceful descent of the shuttle

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I spent countless hours building scale

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models of our spacecraft making sure

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that decals were on just right you know

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and I have a shelf lined with space

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books I even have the the original GI

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Joe not the little piddly one but the

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the 12-inch ER in his original mercury 7

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spacesuit in the mercury mercury 7 craft

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people okay

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maybe other guys were hanging out with

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girls I had NASA so it thrills me to no

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end to be making my first visit to the

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Kennedy Space Center I have had the

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opportunity to meet some of the

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astronauts whom I have looked up to

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since I was a boy and and though

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astronauts are often referred to as you

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know legends and heroes and and Paragons

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of skills and fortitude and ambition

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they themselves will be the first to

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tell you of their fears flaws and

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foibles no scratch that the first people

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to tell you would be their spouses at

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length until it gets frankly a little

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awkward but but I think that we must

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always remember that it is perhaps

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because they are not perfect you know

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because of their essential humanity that

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what they achieve is so important they

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are the embodiment of human possibility

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and what they do on a daily basis is is

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to remind us that we as a species with

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all our imperfections can achieve

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wonders so I am honored to be here today

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celebrating the men and women who have

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inspired generations to reach higher and

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travel further to wonder and explore and

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create our future so now it is my

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privilege to introduce to you the

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attending members of the u.s. astronaut

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Hall of Fame joining us today okay today

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a founder of the astronaut scholarship

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foundation he is one of the of America's

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original seven astronauts he has the

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distinction of being the first human to

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conduct missions in both outer and inner

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space he flew the second American

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orbital flight piloting his spacecraft

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through three revolutions of the earth

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and later he participated in the Navy's

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man in the sea project as an Aquanaut in

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Sealab 2 program

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on July 20 1969 he and Neil Armstrong

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landed at the Sea of Tranquility

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becoming the first men to walk on the

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moon his first spaceflight was aboard

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Gemini 12 during which he spent more

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than five hours outside the vehicle

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space walking today he is a member of

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he served as the lunar module pilot

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aboard the first manned mission of the

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Apollo program Apollo 7 he later served

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as chief of the Skylab branch of the

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flight crew directorate overseeing

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components of the united states first

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space station today he shares his

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thoughts on spaceflight through periodic

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columns lectures and his book the

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all-american boys Walt Cunningham he was

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a member of the Apollo 13 crew that

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struggled to return to Earth after an

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oxygen tank explosion aborted the

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mission as it approached the moon in

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1970 selected by NASA for its fifth

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class of astronauts in April 1966 he

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later was commander of the space shuttle

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enterprise approach and landing test

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orbited the moon while his crewmates

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explored the surface on the homeward

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journey he took the farthest out

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spacewalk 200,000 miles from the earth

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moving along handrails on the outside of

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endeavour to retreat to retrieve film

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cassettes from to moon ramping cameras

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he became the tenth person to walk on

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the moon aboard Apollo 16 in 1972 during

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three outside excursions over three days

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he and fellow astronaut John Young drove

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a lunar rover sixteen miles and

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collected 213 pounds of lunar rock and

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soil today he is president of the

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Charlie Duke enterprises and as an

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he worked for 59 days in orbit as a

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member of the second Skylab space

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station crew in 1973 in 1982 he

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commanded the third orbital test flight

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of space shuttle Columbia the only

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mission to land at White Sands New

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Mexico he is a retired colonel from the

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he lived in space for 59 days aboard the

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Skylab space station in 1973 during

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which he conducted three spacewalks to

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exchange film and erect a Sun shield to

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cool the orbiting laboratory ten years

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later he returned to space aboard

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Columbia on the first flight of the

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Space Lab laboratory currently he is an

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adjunct professor at the University of

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Alabama in Huntsville Owen Garriott he

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piloted the fourth and final test flight

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of the space shuttle Columbia before

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commanding discovery on its maiden

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voyage in 1984 his last assignment was

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the first planned and controlled mission

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by a foreign customer and the first to

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fly eight crew members later he served

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as vice president of Raytheon aerospace

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a three flight veteran he and fellow

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crew member Bob Crippen were the first

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to fly an orbiter in close proximity to

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a free flying satellite on STS seven

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he went on to command the return to

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flight mission after Challenger was lost

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he left NASA in 1989 and became later

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became president and CEO of axis space

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in Maryland

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Rick how he has flown four Shuttle

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missions piloting the first night launch

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maiden flight of Endeavour he also

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served as chief of NASA astronaut

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astronaut office for five years and is

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currently executive vice president and

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chief operating officer of United Space

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he commanded four of his five Space

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Shuttle missions including the first

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docking of a shuttle with the Russian

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space station Mir he served as chief of

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the astronaut office until September

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1994 and retired from NASA soon

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thereafter he currently spends his time

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giving motivational speeches and setting

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world aviation records in his spare time

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he will be forever remembered by an

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iconic photo taken of him flying freely

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without a tether over the earth on

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mission STS 41 be during the flight he

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tested the manned maneuvering unit a

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jet-powered backpack that allowed him to

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float away from the shuttle six years

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later he returned to space aboard

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discovery to deploy the Hubble Space

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Telescope he currently works for

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Lockheed Martin Space Systems company in

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he flew three Shuttle missions and was a

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member of the first space walking team

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to repair a satellite in orbit he

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launched twice more on the missions

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immediately before and after the loss of

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Challenger he retains the distinction of

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being the only American to test fly the

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Russian manned maneuvering unit

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currently he serves as director of

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science mathematics and technology

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education at Western Western Washington

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University pinky Nelson he commanded two

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space flights and piloted another

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logging 463 hours in space his first

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flight was the maiden voyage of the

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space shuttle Discovery and the first

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shuttle pad abort he went on to command

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the third shuttle mission after the

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Challenger tragic tragedy he is

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currently director of NASA's Johnson

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he has flown three Shuttle missions

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commanding sts-31 to successfully deploy

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the Hubble Space Telescope he went on to

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command STS 46 deploying the European

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retrievable carrier Eureka and the

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Italian tethered satellite from 1997 to

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2000 he held the padishah position of

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deputy director of NASA's Kennedy Space

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Center currently he serves as vice

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president of engineering and integration

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and chief technology officer at United

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he is a veteran of five shuttle missions

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and the first astronaut astronaut to log

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1,000 hours on the shuttle

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he made NASA's first unplanned spacewalk

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and performed three spacewalks during

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the first hubble space telescope repair

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mission he is currently a professor at

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the Massachusetts Institute of

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a four-time Space Shuttle veteran he

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distinguished himself as both commander

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of the first Hubble Space Telescope

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repair mission and as pilot of discovery

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for the shuttle programs return to

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flight mission following the 1986

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Challenger disaster he has recently

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retired as the president and chief

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executive officer for United Space

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his first mission aboard space shuttle

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Columbia was the last to fly before the

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Challenger accident in 1986 he also

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piloted space shuttle discovery on the

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five-day sts-31 mission to deploy the

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Hubble Space Telescope

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he flew twice more logging more than 680

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hours in orbits today he serves as the

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a poor time Shuttle astronaut he

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commanded the first mission to the

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International Space Station he served as

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mission specialist for STS at 27 a

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Department of Defense mission launched

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the Ulysses probe on STS 41 and operated

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the u.s. microgravity payload on STS 52

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he went on to become a civilian engineer

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assigned to the staff of the commander

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Naval Special Warfare command bill

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he flew five Space Shuttle missions and

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one long-duration MIR Space Station

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flight he piloted two flights including

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the third flight following the

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Challenger tragedy he went on to command

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two missions before becoming the third

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American to live aboard the Russian Mir

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Space Station and set an American record

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he is a 4:00 flight veteran piloting his

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first two Space Shuttle missions later

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he command it's STS 65 during which he

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and his crew set a record for the

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longest shuttle mission at that time an

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STS 88 the first space station assembly

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mission he is currently the center

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director right here at NASA's Kennedy

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ladies and gentlemen our Hall of Fame

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and now I would like to welcome to the

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podium Hall of Fame astronaut and

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Kennedy Space Center director mr. Robert

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Cabana well good afternoon and welcome

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to the Kennedy Space Center for today's

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Hall of Fame induction ceremony it's a

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real privilege for me to be here and see

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four of America's finest honored in this

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way my crewmate on STS 53 guy Bluford

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the first African American in space Ken

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Bowersox my running buddy and conscience

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Frank Culbertson my classmate from the

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Naval Academy and Kathy Thornton Kathy

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always had a ready smile for me when

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times were tough together they span the

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full 30 years of the space shuttles

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amazing contributions to America's space

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program and because of their

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accomplishments they're well deserving

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of this honor being bestowed on them

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today there are many changes coming to

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the Kennedy Space Center in the days

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ahead

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as we fly out the remaining Shuttle

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missions transitioned to commercial

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operations in low-earth orbit supporting

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research and astronauts aboard the

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International Space Station and as we

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develop the infrastructure and

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technologies that once again take NASA

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exploring beyond our home planet

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the astronauts being inducted today

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embody the characteristics that have

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made the human space program the success

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that it is

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and they leave a legacy that will

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inspire generations of explorers that

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follow paving the way for our future

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change is never easy in the future

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sometimes scenes uncertain but the one

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thing I can assure you is that the KSC

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team is up to any challenge that the

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future may bring we will continue to be

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a world leader in space we will explore

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beyond our boundaries and we will

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continue to make a difference why

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because of this amazingly talented and

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dedicated team that those of us on this

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stage have been privileged to be a very

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small part of I want to thank you again

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for coming today and welcome you and

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once again my sincere congratulations to

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and now ladies and gentlemen a Hall of

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Fame astronaut and chairman of the

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astronaut scholarship foundation colonel

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al worden Thank You Jon script he can't

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read his script anyway thanks Jon

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the astronaut scholarship foundation has

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been running really strong for the past

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25 years it's founded by the mercury 7

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astronauts in 1984 and its goal was to

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help the United States retain its world

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leadership in science and technology by

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providing scholarships to the top

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college students pursuing degrees in

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these fields in the beginning they

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awarded just a thousand dollars for each

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scholarship and they gave out seven in

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the first year today over 80 astronauts

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from every u.s. space program have

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joined in the effort the foundation now

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disperses this year nineteen $10,000

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scholarships and is awarded nearly three

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million dollars since its inception I've

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got to tell you that just yesterday the

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board approved six more schools so we

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will be giving out $10,000 scholarships

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to 25 schools next year and that's a

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I have to tell you that we kind of pride

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ourselves on the fact that this is the

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largest monetary award given in the

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United States to science and engineering

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students at the undergraduate level

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based solely on merit and this is

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something we're really proud of not only

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does the Foundation provide scholarships

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but we also promote promote the

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importance of science technology and

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space exploration one way we do this is

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by serving as consultant to NASA and

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Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex for

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the u.s. astronaut Hall of Fame where we

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supervise the selection process of the

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new astronauts that are inducted into

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the Hall of Fame to do so we put

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together in outside committee of

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outstanding people

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astronauts aerospace journalists authors

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retired NASA and Industry officials many

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of them are here today the chairman is

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Bob Sieck Bob where are you Bob Sieck is

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the chairman of the selection committee

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and I'd like all the committee that's

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here to stand up and take a bow please

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to do so we put together the see yeah I

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can't read a script John I got ahead of

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myself

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oh well good thing this wasn't last

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night now as most of you know last night

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we held a wonderful gala to celebrate

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the new inductees and what a night it

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was but the evening wouldn't have been

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possible if we'll work for the support

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and really good support of our sponsors

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that being said I'd like to take a

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moment to thank our friends at NASA

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Charlie Bolden Bob Cabana and mike

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coates two directors and the

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administrator of NASA and that's a

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pretty big deal getting them all here at

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like to also thank Bill Moore from

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Delaware North Park Service who heads up

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to Kennedy Center Visitor Complex

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we appreciate your invaluable

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partnership with the foundation I also

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want to talk thank our top induction

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sponsors that's Boeing Company James

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long Lockheed Martin United Space

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Alliance in science applications

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international corporation and to all the

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others who helped support this event

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okay let me turn it back over to John to

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induct this year's class thank you very

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thanks al and now the time has arrived

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the induction of the ninth class of

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space shuttle astronauts into the u.s.

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astronaut Hall of Fame they will be

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introduced in the order in which they

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flew into space our first inductee is

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guy Bluford jr. blue bird flew four

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Shuttle missions during the 15 years he

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was in the astronaut corps as mission

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specialist and a flight engineer aboard

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the first night launch and landing of

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the space shuttle he assisted in

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developing techniques for nighttime

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operations on his second flight he led

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the International on-orbit payload team

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in the training and on-orbit operations

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of 76 experiments in the German d1 space

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lab he launched twice more managing the

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operations of several experiments in the

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support of the DoD Strategic Defense

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Initiative office on the STS 39 followed

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by classified space shuttle flight STS

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53 Bluford retains the distinction of

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becoming the first African American to

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fly in space he currently is the

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president of aerospace technology group

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in Cleveland Ohio let's take a look at a

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ladies and gentlemen astronaut guy

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to present a guy Bluford jr. for

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induction in the u.s. astronaut Hall of

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Fame please welcome Hall of Fame

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astronaut and Johnson Space Center

553
00:32:07,980 --> 00:32:05,070
director Michael coats thanks John

554
00:32:11,070 --> 00:32:07,990
it's a real privilege to be able to

555
00:32:13,050 --> 00:32:11,080
introduce my fellow crewmen and my good

556
00:32:15,390 --> 00:32:13,060
friend guy Bluford into the astronaut

557
00:32:18,780 --> 00:32:15,400
Hall of Fame and it's wonderful to see

558
00:32:21,180 --> 00:32:18,790
guy and Linda here this weekend as you

559
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:21,190
know guy is famous for being the first

560
00:32:26,010 --> 00:32:23,290
African African American astronaut to

561
00:32:29,130 --> 00:32:26,020
fly into space which isn't even

562
00:32:32,730 --> 00:32:29,140
of which we can all be proud notice that

563
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:32,740
correct grammar there Charlie Bolden

564
00:32:41,250 --> 00:32:36,490
told me that's correct grammar and he's

565
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:41,260
a marine so we know it's true in fact

566
00:32:49,260 --> 00:32:46,450
he's my boss so I'm sure it's true but

567
00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:49,270
in fact guys career is a history of

568
00:32:54,990 --> 00:32:52,930
remarkable achievements an airforce f-4

569
00:32:58,010 --> 00:32:55,000
fighter pilot with a hundred and forty

570
00:33:01,200 --> 00:32:58,020
four combat missions in Southeast Asia a

571
00:33:04,350 --> 00:33:01,210
master's degree an MBA degree and a PhD

572
00:33:07,230 --> 00:33:04,360
a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions

573
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:07,240
and an aerospace industry executive

574
00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:09,850
until his retirement is a vice president

575
00:33:15,300 --> 00:33:13,090
at Northrop Grumman and of course guy

576
00:33:19,130 --> 00:33:15,310
was a member of the finest astronaut

577
00:33:28,259 --> 00:33:22,370
just stating the facts there guys

578
00:33:30,630 --> 00:33:28,269
we took a vote we'd win right guy has

579
00:33:31,830 --> 00:33:30,640
some other interesting first as a

580
00:33:34,169 --> 00:33:31,840
shuttle astronaut

581
00:33:35,700 --> 00:33:34,179
including as you saw being a crewman on

582
00:33:39,990 --> 00:33:35,710
the first night launched a night landing

583
00:33:42,470 --> 00:33:40,000
of the shuttle and perhaps being on the

584
00:33:45,810 --> 00:33:42,480
most crowded shuttle missions ever flown

585
00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:45,820
his 61a mission was the only shuttle

586
00:33:51,570 --> 00:33:48,870
mission to launch with eight crewmen

587
00:33:55,139 --> 00:33:51,580
which is a crowd even for the relatively

588
00:33:59,580 --> 00:33:55,149
spacious space shuttle and our STS 39

589
00:34:02,399 --> 00:33:59,590
crew of seven was and it still is the

590
00:34:05,430 --> 00:34:02,409
tallest crew ever to launch averaging

591
00:34:08,190 --> 00:34:05,440
more than six feet in height with the

592
00:34:09,570 --> 00:34:08,200
equivalent of seven six footers working

593
00:34:12,180 --> 00:34:09,580
up in the flight deck at the same time

594
00:34:15,599 --> 00:34:12,190
during the rendezvous it was crowded

595
00:34:17,310 --> 00:34:15,609
even in zero gravity so better than most

596
00:34:19,829 --> 00:34:17,320
shuttle astronauts guy can probably

597
00:34:21,930 --> 00:34:19,839
relate to the crowded confines of the

598
00:34:25,230 --> 00:34:21,940
Apollo and Soyuz capsules that a lot of

599
00:34:27,839 --> 00:34:25,240
folks here had flown in it was our STS

600
00:34:30,570 --> 00:34:27,849
39 mission that most impressed me with

601
00:34:34,500 --> 00:34:30,580
guys abilities guy and I were the only

602
00:34:37,379 --> 00:34:34,510
two veterans on the seven-person crew on

603
00:34:39,990 --> 00:34:37,389
a busy and around-the-clock mission with

604
00:34:43,109 --> 00:34:40,000
complicated and still unique in space

605
00:34:45,990 --> 00:34:43,119
maneuvers and multiple crew intensive

606
00:34:48,119 --> 00:34:46,000
payloads guy was the payload commander

607
00:34:50,129 --> 00:34:48,129
and I was very fortunate to be able to

608
00:34:53,129 --> 00:34:50,139
delegate a tremendous number of tasks

609
00:34:56,430 --> 00:34:53,139
the guy I depended on him to show the

610
00:34:59,190 --> 00:34:56,440
five rookies how to quickly adapt to and

611
00:35:01,349 --> 00:34:59,200
efficiently operate in the strange new

612
00:35:03,690 --> 00:35:01,359
environment of zero-gravity and do what

613
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:03,700
was required to achieve complete mission

614
00:35:09,420 --> 00:35:06,970
success any spacecraft commander looks

615
00:35:10,980 --> 00:35:09,430
for someone on the crew that he can

616
00:35:13,349 --> 00:35:10,990
count on to keep track of the big

617
00:35:16,140 --> 00:35:13,359
picture well working all the countless

618
00:35:18,390 --> 00:35:16,150
details and also make sure that nothing

619
00:35:21,599 --> 00:35:18,400
falls through the crack and guy did that

620
00:35:22,530 --> 00:35:21,609
perfectly for me he's been described as

621
00:35:24,780 --> 00:35:22,540
unflappable

622
00:35:27,750 --> 00:35:24,790
which is something you'd like to see in

623
00:35:30,720 --> 00:35:27,760
your astronauts he was also the type of

624
00:35:31,740 --> 00:35:30,730
capable and reliable crewman that makes

625
00:35:34,140 --> 00:35:31,750
space missions

626
00:35:37,230 --> 00:35:34,150
successful enjoyable and memorable and

627
00:35:39,930 --> 00:35:37,240
guys got the personality that makes it a

628
00:35:42,270 --> 00:35:39,940
joy to train with for many many months

629
00:35:45,870 --> 00:35:42,280
before we go fly and of course to fly

630
00:35:47,870 --> 00:35:45,880
with so I'm very proud to have been in

631
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:47,880
the same astronaut class with guy I'm

632
00:35:52,500 --> 00:35:50,170
proud to have had the opportunity to fly

633
00:35:55,140 --> 00:35:52,510
with guy on a challenging and completely

634
00:35:57,090 --> 00:35:55,150
successful space shuttle mission and I'm

635
00:36:28,650 --> 00:35:57,100
immensely proud to induct guy Bluford

636
00:36:36,180 --> 00:36:32,940
Wow I'm really impressed and I feel very

637
00:36:39,150 --> 00:36:36,190
humbled to be here and very privileged

638
00:36:40,740 --> 00:36:39,160
to have my coats represent me you know

639
00:36:42,930 --> 00:36:40,750
one of the things about flying in space

640
00:36:45,690 --> 00:36:42,940
is that when you come down from flying

641
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:45,700
in space as a team you go around and

642
00:36:50,910 --> 00:36:47,650
thank the people who help make your

643
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:50,920
mission a success and we take a great

644
00:36:54,630 --> 00:36:52,930
deal of pride in that and what I was

645
00:36:57,240 --> 00:36:54,640
going to do this afternoon is to sort of

646
00:37:00,960 --> 00:36:57,250
do a little of that with reference to my

647
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:00,970
career I'm a kid from inner-city

648
00:37:04,410 --> 00:37:03,010
Philadelphia just to give you a feel

649
00:37:07,010 --> 00:37:04,420
grew up on the inner city of

650
00:37:09,270 --> 00:37:07,020
Philadelphia and I was I grew up in the

651
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:09,280
1940s and 50s

652
00:37:15,050 --> 00:37:12,130
I had great role models growing up and

653
00:37:17,490 --> 00:37:15,060
in Philadelphia I had a mother who was a

654
00:37:20,310 --> 00:37:17,500
schoolteacher and a father who was a

655
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:20,320
mechanical engineer I went to great

656
00:37:25,380 --> 00:37:22,690
public schools and in the 40s really my

657
00:37:28,490 --> 00:37:25,390
heroes were the Tuskegee Airmen just to

658
00:37:31,050 --> 00:37:28,500
keep you field I grew up at a time when

659
00:37:33,750 --> 00:37:31,060
aviation was making a lot of changes I

660
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:33,760
went from propeller driven airplanes and

661
00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:35,530
I remember a propeller driven airplane

662
00:37:40,860 --> 00:37:39,100
going from there to Jets to rocket

663
00:37:43,890 --> 00:37:40,870
powered airplanes and I remember as a

664
00:37:47,190 --> 00:37:43,900
kid astronauts were Flash Gordon and

665
00:37:50,330 --> 00:37:47,200
Ming and Buck Rogers you know people

666
00:37:53,940 --> 00:37:50,340
that you saw in the in the comic books I

667
00:37:56,910 --> 00:37:53,950
liked making airplanes and decided as a

668
00:38:00,480 --> 00:37:56,920
kid that I wanted to be an aerospace

669
00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:00,490
engineer my heroes growing up were

670
00:38:07,940 --> 00:38:03,250
people like dick Whitcomb who was a NASA

671
00:38:13,530 --> 00:38:07,950
engineer Jack Northrup of Northrop

672
00:38:16,590 --> 00:38:13,540
aviation and Kelly Johnson of the skunk

673
00:38:19,620 --> 00:38:16,600
works so I was an officiai and Phoenicia

674
00:38:21,870 --> 00:38:19,630
oh so speak of airplanes and so I

675
00:38:25,860 --> 00:38:21,880
decided as a kid that I wanted to be an

676
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:25,870
aerospace engineer so I chased the dream

677
00:38:32,790 --> 00:38:29,650
I've decided to chase the dream and in

678
00:38:35,610 --> 00:38:32,800
1960 I went to Penn State to get a

679
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:35,620
degree in aerospace engineering while I

680
00:38:40,270 --> 00:38:37,970
was there I discovered I had to take

681
00:38:44,740 --> 00:38:40,280
see see which was I didn't notice that

682
00:38:47,230 --> 00:38:44,750
in their catalog so I had to take ROTC

683
00:38:49,839 --> 00:38:47,240
so of course that took airforce and then

684
00:38:51,579 --> 00:38:49,849
I decided I'd go advanced Air Force and

685
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:51,589
at that point I was gonna go in as an

686
00:38:57,010 --> 00:38:55,130
engineer until I discovered between my

687
00:39:00,099 --> 00:38:57,020
junior and senior year that I could fly

688
00:39:03,730 --> 00:39:00,109
airplanes and I thought that sounds cool

689
00:39:07,059 --> 00:39:03,740
and I'll try and do that and so in my

690
00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:07,069
senior year in ROTC the training was

691
00:39:10,930 --> 00:39:09,890
getting a private pilot's license and I

692
00:39:13,780 --> 00:39:10,940
remember

693
00:39:17,740 --> 00:39:13,790
buzzing the campus of Penn State

694
00:39:20,109 --> 00:39:17,750
University with 172 when I graduated

695
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:20,119
from Penn State in 64 I had a degree in

696
00:39:26,319 --> 00:39:22,490
aerospace engineering I had a commission

697
00:39:29,109 --> 00:39:26,329
in the Air Force and a private pilot's

698
00:39:30,819 --> 00:39:29,119
license so I was off and running I went

699
00:39:32,770 --> 00:39:30,829
to pilot training and I was fortunate

700
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:32,780
enough to meet a guy by the name of

701
00:39:39,460 --> 00:39:36,050
chappie James I decided to be a gun

702
00:39:42,370 --> 00:39:39,470
fighter and I was fortunate enough to do

703
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:42,380
that by flying f4 is in Vietnam and then

704
00:39:48,099 --> 00:39:45,050
after Vietnam I was a t-38 instructor

705
00:39:50,109 --> 00:39:48,109
pilot teaching future fighter pilots not

706
00:39:53,170 --> 00:39:50,119
only for the Air Force but for the

707
00:39:55,839 --> 00:39:53,180
German airforce as well but I always

708
00:39:57,609 --> 00:39:55,849
wanted to be an engineer and eventually

709
00:40:00,099 --> 00:39:57,619
I went back to school got a master's

710
00:40:04,900 --> 00:40:00,109
degree and PhD in aerospace engineering

711
00:40:07,839 --> 00:40:04,910
and became an aerospace engineer and I

712
00:40:10,599 --> 00:40:07,849
let a branch at wright-patterson doing

713
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:10,609
leading-edge research in aerospace

714
00:40:14,430 --> 00:40:12,890
engineering so it was really a fabulous

715
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:14,440
job

716
00:40:22,390 --> 00:40:18,170
once again I decided to chase the dream

717
00:40:24,970 --> 00:40:22,400
chase the dream and in 77 I saw this ad

718
00:40:28,230 --> 00:40:24,980
for a flying in space on the shuttle I

719
00:40:30,309 --> 00:40:28,240
wasn't sure that that was for me every

720
00:40:32,859 --> 00:40:30,319
70,000 people who applied for the

721
00:40:35,829 --> 00:40:32,869
program I applied for the program and in

722
00:40:39,010 --> 00:40:35,839
early 78 I got this call from the

723
00:40:44,109 --> 00:40:39,020
strange guy his name was George Abby

724
00:40:48,750 --> 00:40:44,119
okay and it was in the middle of January

725
00:40:50,970 --> 00:40:48,760
and the snow was up to here okay

726
00:40:53,460 --> 00:40:50,980
and he asked me what the weather was

727
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:53,470
like in Dayton and I moaned and groaned

728
00:40:58,140 --> 00:40:55,930
for about five minutes and how I hated

729
00:41:01,610 --> 00:40:58,150
the snow and sleet and sludge for which

730
00:41:04,290 --> 00:41:01,620
George and his monotone voice said hey

731
00:41:07,020 --> 00:41:04,300
it doesn't snow in Houston would you

732
00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:07,030
like to come to Houston and at that

733
00:41:14,010 --> 00:41:10,050
point I realized that I was a member of

734
00:41:16,290 --> 00:41:14,020
the 8th class of astronauts I take great

735
00:41:21,150 --> 00:41:16,300
deal of pride in part being part of the

736
00:41:24,690 --> 00:41:21,160
T FNG but 35 new guys we came on board

737
00:41:26,430 --> 00:41:24,700
in 1978 it was a great experience we

738
00:41:28,740 --> 00:41:26,440
were still learning how to fly the

739
00:41:31,340 --> 00:41:28,750
shuttle so the shuttle was still being

740
00:41:34,170 --> 00:41:31,350
developed at that time we really had

741
00:41:37,070 --> 00:41:34,180
legendary people at the Johnson Space

742
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:37,080
Center everybody from Chris Craft to

743
00:41:43,770 --> 00:41:41,770
then not Glynn Lunney Gene Kranz a lot

744
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:43,780
of those people we also had a legendary

745
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:46,090
people in the astronaut office we had

746
00:41:52,230 --> 00:41:48,970
four people who went to the moon John

747
00:41:56,550 --> 00:41:52,240
Young Alan bean TK Mattingly and Fred

748
00:41:59,760 --> 00:41:56,560
Hayes Skylab people as well as Vance

749
00:42:02,190 --> 00:41:59,770
Brennan who flew on Apollo Soyuz so it

750
00:42:06,150 --> 00:42:02,200
was a great time to come into the

751
00:42:10,710 --> 00:42:06,160
astronaut program in 81 I was at Edwards

752
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:10,720
when kripp and John brought Columbia in

753
00:42:15,330 --> 00:42:12,610
for the first time and I realized when

754
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:15,340
they landed we had our vehicle we really

755
00:42:20,460 --> 00:42:17,370
had something that's really gonna fly I

756
00:42:24,030 --> 00:42:20,470
feel very fortunate I flew on four teams

757
00:42:25,710 --> 00:42:24,040
in the astronaut office and remember

758
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:25,720
when there's a member of each of those

759
00:42:32,310 --> 00:42:29,410
teams up here on the stage okay I flew

760
00:42:34,350 --> 00:42:32,320
with Dan brandenstein and dick truly on

761
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:34,360
STS eight first night launch and first

762
00:42:38,730 --> 00:42:36,370
night landing of the shuttle we work

763
00:42:40,530 --> 00:42:38,740
real hard to maintain our night vision

764
00:42:42,150 --> 00:42:40,540
as we climbed into the cockpit that

765
00:42:45,150 --> 00:42:42,160
evening I remember that was two o'clock

766
00:42:47,580 --> 00:42:45,160
in the morning and when the solid rocket

767
00:42:49,029 --> 00:42:47,590
boosters went off we forget about night

768
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:49,039
vision okay

769
00:42:54,309 --> 00:42:52,130
really quite a run I realized on orbit

770
00:42:56,799 --> 00:42:54,319
how exciting that mission was and I have

771
00:42:59,439 --> 00:42:56,809
to tell you I was hooked on flying in

772
00:43:02,319 --> 00:42:59,449
space that was a great great experience

773
00:43:05,650 --> 00:43:02,329
I was turned back around and flew on

774
00:43:09,039 --> 00:43:05,660
sts-61 alpha I flew with the guy by the

775
00:43:12,579 --> 00:43:09,049
name of Hank Hartsfield and we had a

776
00:43:14,949 --> 00:43:12,589
team of three European astronauts that

777
00:43:17,559 --> 00:43:14,959
joined up with Barney Dunbar we ran a

778
00:43:20,019 --> 00:43:17,569
Space Lab in space and it was an

779
00:43:21,249 --> 00:43:20,029
exciting experience working with Germans

780
00:43:24,009 --> 00:43:21,259
in space and one of the nice features

781
00:43:26,979 --> 00:43:24,019
about Hank Hartsfield was that he was

782
00:43:29,199 --> 00:43:26,989
fluent in German and that was really a

783
00:43:32,140 --> 00:43:29,209
very help when we had to deal with a lot

784
00:43:35,289 --> 00:43:32,150
of German guys I flew with my third

785
00:43:38,849 --> 00:43:35,299
flight or with my coats fabulous guy to

786
00:43:43,150 --> 00:43:38,859
work with we flew it very complicated

787
00:43:45,069 --> 00:43:43,160
very challenging flight on STS 39 the

788
00:43:48,099 --> 00:43:45,079
thing I remember about Mike was Mike and

789
00:43:50,409 --> 00:43:48,109
I were the experienced guys we were

790
00:43:53,189 --> 00:43:50,419
flying for the third time and we had

791
00:43:56,499 --> 00:43:53,199
five rookies and you could tell that

792
00:43:57,789 --> 00:43:56,509
these rookies were all excited about

793
00:44:01,209 --> 00:43:57,799
flying in space

794
00:44:02,909 --> 00:44:01,219
every simulator every sim was exciting

795
00:44:06,729 --> 00:44:02,919
to them and for me and Mike it was

796
00:44:09,699 --> 00:44:06,739
another essence them another one orbits

797
00:44:11,439 --> 00:44:09,709
em okay we gotta taste the space food

798
00:44:14,259 --> 00:44:11,449
again you know but we had these five

799
00:44:16,749 --> 00:44:14,269
guys who were all excited and I had to

800
00:44:21,699 --> 00:44:16,759
remind them that this was a business

801
00:44:23,289 --> 00:44:21,709
trip this is just a business trip we're

802
00:44:25,659 --> 00:44:23,299
only gonna be out of town for eight days

803
00:44:29,199 --> 00:44:25,669
this is a business trip think about it

804
00:44:32,499 --> 00:44:29,209
as a business finally I had an

805
00:44:33,579 --> 00:44:32,509
opportunity to fly honesty is 53 I flew

806
00:44:37,539 --> 00:44:33,589
with Bob Cabana

807
00:44:40,689 --> 00:44:37,549
it was the dog team we decided we'd be

808
00:44:43,689 --> 00:44:40,699
dog team and so we all gate we all had

809
00:44:47,439 --> 00:44:43,699
dog names the commander was Dave Walker

810
00:44:49,959 --> 00:44:47,449
we had a dog mobile we gave our trainers

811
00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:49,969
dog names and we really had a good time

812
00:44:54,309 --> 00:44:52,729
it was a classified DoD flight I'd be

813
00:44:59,079 --> 00:44:54,319
happy to tell you what we did but I'd

814
00:45:02,230 --> 00:44:59,089
have to shoot all of you Bob cabana was

815
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:02,240
named mighty dog you know marine type

816
00:45:14,530 --> 00:45:11,210
my dog name was doggone so in 93 I

817
00:45:19,900 --> 00:45:14,540
decided to once again chase the dream

818
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:19,910
and left NASA I joined a small minority

819
00:45:25,870 --> 00:45:23,210
owned company and had an opportunity to

820
00:45:27,970 --> 00:45:25,880
run the largest a day contract ever

821
00:45:30,940 --> 00:45:27,980
awarded by the federal government 180

822
00:45:33,190 --> 00:45:30,950
million dollar company contract we did

823
00:45:36,839 --> 00:45:33,200
an awful lot of research in air

824
00:45:41,970 --> 00:45:36,849
breathing engines and composite

825
00:45:45,430 --> 00:45:41,980
materials and combustion in space and

826
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:45,440
space powers based communication and we

827
00:45:50,109 --> 00:45:47,210
built experiments that flew on the

828
00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:50,119
shuttle we did that for four years the

829
00:45:54,220 --> 00:45:51,650
company was bought by another company

830
00:45:57,460 --> 00:45:54,230
called federal data

831
00:45:59,710 --> 00:45:57,470
I ran their business for three years

832
00:46:01,930 --> 00:45:59,720
chasing contracts we won a major

833
00:46:04,270 --> 00:46:01,940
contract with the International Space

834
00:46:06,010 --> 00:46:04,280
Station and then I finished up with

835
00:46:09,190 --> 00:46:06,020
Northrop Grumman and I was a vice

836
00:46:13,650 --> 00:46:09,200
president there and I worked on putting

837
00:46:16,030 --> 00:46:13,660
in a payload ops center and building two

838
00:46:19,390 --> 00:46:16,040
racks for the International Space

839
00:46:21,870 --> 00:46:19,400
Station combustion integration rack and

840
00:46:24,099 --> 00:46:21,880
the fluid integration rack two racks

841
00:46:27,849 --> 00:46:24,109
experiment racks that are currently on

842
00:46:29,230 --> 00:46:27,859
destiny I've been very fortunate to be a

843
00:46:30,910 --> 00:46:29,240
kid who grew up in an inner-city

844
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:30,920
Philadelphia who wanted to be an

845
00:46:36,609 --> 00:46:33,770
aerospace engineer but most importantly

846
00:46:44,290 --> 00:46:36,619
I was very fortunate to in my freshman

847
00:47:00,349 --> 00:46:44,300
year met a woman who has been with 50

848
00:47:04,490 --> 00:47:02,090
when I go out and talk to kids all the

849
00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:04,500
time I tell them to work hard aim high

850
00:47:09,470 --> 00:47:07,170
and to chase their dreams and that's

851
00:47:11,690 --> 00:47:09,480
what I wanted that's what I did I want

852
00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:11,700
to congratulate the astronaut

853
00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:14,010
Scholarship Foundation for their

854
00:47:18,230 --> 00:47:15,810
scholarships and for helping other

855
00:47:28,810 --> 00:47:18,240
people chase their dreams thank you very

856
00:47:35,950 --> 00:47:34,750
the u.s. astronaut Hall of Fame before I

857
00:47:38,020 --> 00:47:35,960
go on I actually just won't let you know

858
00:47:40,780 --> 00:47:38,030
obviously I'm using the teleprompter

859
00:47:44,350 --> 00:47:40,790
which is I'm so grateful for because I

860
00:47:47,620 --> 00:47:44,360
can't remember your bees I don't know

861
00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:47,630
those things but there's a guy back

862
00:47:51,460 --> 00:47:48,890
there named Jeff who's running the

863
00:47:54,340 --> 00:47:51,470
teleprompter and he's awesome except

864
00:47:58,930 --> 00:47:54,350
that I talk really fast so the poor guy

865
00:48:02,110 --> 00:47:58,940
I'm seeing this so please forgive me if

866
00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:02,120
occasionally who's my place I'm also if

867
00:48:06,070 --> 00:48:04,370
you guys could do me a favor I can't see

868
00:48:08,770 --> 00:48:06,080
these fantastically well produced videos

869
00:48:11,050 --> 00:48:08,780
that are on so when they're over I don't

870
00:48:15,610 --> 00:48:11,060
know they're over so if you guys could

871
00:48:16,780 --> 00:48:15,620
applaud vigorously yeah

872
00:48:19,170 --> 00:48:16,790
that would help me tremendously

873
00:48:22,720 --> 00:48:19,180
otherwise I'll just hit a parent wait

874
00:48:26,200 --> 00:48:22,730
but I'd like to move on now to our

875
00:48:28,900 --> 00:48:26,210
second induct eight betsy say this is

876
00:48:31,510 --> 00:48:28,910
what jeff has to deal with he's a god

877
00:48:34,930 --> 00:48:31,520
bless him our second inductee today is

878
00:48:36,670 --> 00:48:34,940
Kathy Thornton Thornton flew for Space

879
00:48:38,950 --> 00:48:36,680
Shuttle missions during her 12 years in

880
00:48:40,660 --> 00:48:38,960
the astronaut corps during her second

881
00:48:41,950 --> 00:48:40,670
flight she served as mission specialist

882
00:48:44,700 --> 00:48:41,960
throughout the first and only

883
00:48:46,900 --> 00:48:44,710
three-person spacewalk in May 1992

884
00:48:48,190 --> 00:48:46,910
Thornton's first flight was as a mission

885
00:48:51,220 --> 00:48:48,200
specialist aboard the Department of

886
00:48:52,300 --> 00:48:51,230
Defense STS 33 mission and again aboard

887
00:48:54,340 --> 00:48:52,310
the maiden flight of space shuttle

888
00:48:55,990 --> 00:48:54,350
Endeavour she served as mission

889
00:48:59,020 --> 00:48:56,000
specialist aboard the first Hubble Space

890
00:49:00,820 --> 00:48:59,030
Telescope repair mission sts-61 along

891
00:49:03,220 --> 00:49:00,830
with alongside fellow inductee Ken

892
00:49:04,930 --> 00:49:03,230
Bowersox and later served as the payload

893
00:49:07,720 --> 00:49:04,940
commander on the second United States

894
00:49:09,310 --> 00:49:07,730
microgravity laboratory mission Thornton

895
00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:09,320
has co-authored an elementary science

896
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:11,210
textbook series in partnership with NASA

897
00:49:14,980 --> 00:49:13,010
and currently she serves as the

898
00:49:16,450 --> 00:49:14,990
associate dean for graduate programs at

899
00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:16,460
the University of Virginia School of

900
00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:18,650
Engineering and Applied Science let's

901
00:50:14,180 --> 00:49:19,970
take a look at some video highlights

902
00:50:14,190 --> 00:51:00,160
and Katie we see a good deployed

903
00:51:38,599 --> 00:51:03,560
ladies and gentlemen astronaut Kathy

904
00:51:43,039 --> 00:51:41,089
to present Kathy Thornton for induction

905
00:51:44,809 --> 00:51:43,049
into the u.s. astronaut Hall of Fame

906
00:51:48,700 --> 00:51:44,819
please welcome Hall of Fame astronaut

907
00:51:52,009 --> 00:51:48,710
Dan brandenstein thank you John

908
00:51:54,529 --> 00:51:52,019
well it's certainly my privilege and

909
00:51:56,059 --> 00:51:54,539
honor to introduce Kathy today you've

910
00:51:58,549 --> 00:51:56,069
you've heard all the technical stuff

911
00:52:01,609 --> 00:51:58,559
from John's introduction and from the

912
00:52:04,819 --> 00:52:01,619
video so I'll talk about some of the

913
00:52:06,140 --> 00:52:04,829
other things the when you do something

914
00:52:09,079 --> 00:52:06,150
like this you have to look for reliable

915
00:52:12,650 --> 00:52:09,089
sources and I couldn't find any from her

916
00:52:15,109 --> 00:52:12,660
childhood so so we'll have to pick her

917
00:52:17,599 --> 00:52:15,119
pick it up after that will kind of start

918
00:52:20,660 --> 00:52:17,609
around the round graduating and going to

919
00:52:22,789 --> 00:52:20,670
college she majored in physics at I went

920
00:52:28,430 --> 00:52:22,799
the got her undergraduate at Auburn and

921
00:52:32,120 --> 00:52:28,440
then went alright went on to the

922
00:52:35,299 --> 00:52:32,130
University of Virginia for her for her

923
00:52:37,999 --> 00:52:35,309
master's and PhD later when she was on

924
00:52:38,900 --> 00:52:38,009
one of her assignments after graduating

925
00:52:41,960 --> 00:52:38,910
somebody asked her will

926
00:52:45,759 --> 00:52:41,970
why'd why do you study physics her

927
00:52:48,380 --> 00:52:45,769
answer was well home equus full in

928
00:52:51,289 --> 00:52:48,390
chemistry had to pay for the beakers if

929
00:52:55,220 --> 00:52:51,299
you broke him in the lab and math was

930
00:52:57,109 --> 00:52:55,230
too theoretical so but now she graduated

931
00:52:59,809 --> 00:52:57,119
I think did some research after that but

932
00:53:04,160 --> 00:52:59,819
ended up with a job with the US Army as

933
00:53:06,440 --> 00:53:04,170
an intelligence analyst it was back in

934
00:53:09,339 --> 00:53:06,450
1983 while she was working with these

935
00:53:12,529 --> 00:53:09,349
army guys analyzing intelligence that

936
00:53:13,910 --> 00:53:12,539
the call came for another astronaut

937
00:53:15,349 --> 00:53:13,920
selection and a lot of these army

938
00:53:17,089 --> 00:53:15,359
officers were getting it through the

939
00:53:19,009 --> 00:53:17,099
military chain of command and we're you

940
00:53:21,380 --> 00:53:19,019
know looking to apply for for the

941
00:53:22,519 --> 00:53:21,390
astronaut program and you know so Kathy

942
00:53:25,220 --> 00:53:22,529
kind of asked about that they said well

943
00:53:27,890 --> 00:53:25,230
you're not in the military you know so

944
00:53:29,299 --> 00:53:27,900
she found a different route probably

945
00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:29,309
through NASA I'm sure it was through

946
00:53:34,069 --> 00:53:31,410
NASA and I did in fact put in an

947
00:53:36,079 --> 00:53:34,079
application she was successful with that

948
00:53:38,809 --> 00:53:36,089
had the opportunity to go to Houston and

949
00:53:41,809 --> 00:53:38,819
get interviewed was successful with that

950
00:53:43,489 --> 00:53:41,819
and somewhere down the road she got just

951
00:53:47,269 --> 00:53:43,499
like guys she got a call from this Eddie

952
00:53:50,870 --> 00:53:47,279
guy and wanted to know if she wanted to

953
00:53:51,980 --> 00:53:50,880
come and be an astronaut she said well

954
00:53:54,500 --> 00:53:51,990
she

955
00:53:56,810 --> 00:53:54,510
think about it but but Steve Steve was

956
00:53:58,070 --> 00:53:56,820
over in Europe doing some research and

957
00:54:00,080 --> 00:53:58,080
and you know she wanted to check with

958
00:54:04,430 --> 00:54:00,090
him by the way at to this point she

959
00:54:05,960 --> 00:54:04,440
hadn't even told him about it yet so so

960
00:54:08,359 --> 00:54:05,970
she but she had a lot of resources so

961
00:54:09,710 --> 00:54:08,369
she gave her an hour to say whether or

962
00:54:11,960 --> 00:54:09,720
not she wanted to you know come to

963
00:54:13,670 --> 00:54:11,970
Houston and be an astronaut she had a

964
00:54:16,040 --> 00:54:13,680
lot of resources with that army job so

965
00:54:18,920 --> 00:54:16,050
the army headquarters in Germany had the

966
00:54:20,660 --> 00:54:18,930
MPS out looking for Steve so she could

967
00:54:23,840 --> 00:54:20,670
say hey I got this kind of neat job is

968
00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:23,850
it alright you we go do this and anyhow

969
00:54:30,859 --> 00:54:25,170
they didn't get to him in time so she

970
00:54:33,890 --> 00:54:30,869
accepted anyhow she she arrived in

971
00:54:35,300 --> 00:54:33,900
Houston without Steve because he was

972
00:54:37,790 --> 00:54:35,310
still professor at the University of

973
00:54:40,460 --> 00:54:37,800
Virginia and continued to be that

974
00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:40,470
throughout her career but she did have a

975
00:54:43,790 --> 00:54:42,090
Carol one of her daughters with her at

976
00:54:45,670 --> 00:54:43,800
that point in time and came into the

977
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:45,680
astronaut office in the class of 84

978
00:54:52,040 --> 00:54:48,810
which is kind of a famous class so they

979
00:54:53,780 --> 00:54:52,050
their nickname were the maggots and it's

980
00:54:56,540 --> 00:54:53,790
long stories and a lot of stories

981
00:54:58,370 --> 00:54:56,550
associated with that so you can corner

982
00:55:00,560 --> 00:54:58,380
her later and find out about about all

983
00:55:02,900 --> 00:55:00,570
that after she finished the astronaut

984
00:55:05,359 --> 00:55:02,910
candidate training they decided to

985
00:55:08,359 --> 00:55:05,369
increase their family and and laura was

986
00:55:11,060 --> 00:55:08,369
born and then later she got assigned to

987
00:55:13,370 --> 00:55:11,070
STS 33 and and through that and we'll

988
00:55:15,260 --> 00:55:13,380
talk a little about that later but after

989
00:55:17,030 --> 00:55:15,270
that they decided to increase the family

990
00:55:19,940 --> 00:55:17,040
little bit more and Susan was born and

991
00:55:21,800 --> 00:55:19,950
all this time still retaining and doing

992
00:55:25,460 --> 00:55:21,810
the responsibilities of her job in the

993
00:55:27,290 --> 00:55:25,470
astronaut office katie is is you know it

994
00:55:29,510 --> 00:55:27,300
was a really smart person she kind of

995
00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:29,520
quiet and unassuming but could be very

996
00:55:37,340 --> 00:55:33,810
assertive if was required there's a

997
00:55:39,770 --> 00:55:37,350
chuckle from her family over there she's

998
00:55:42,260 --> 00:55:39,780
she's not she's not real big on protocol

999
00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:42,270
she's just interested in getting the job

1000
00:55:46,910 --> 00:55:44,850
done we'll talk a little bit about some

1001
00:55:49,099 --> 00:55:46,920
of the flight experiences mentioned

1002
00:55:50,270 --> 00:55:49,109
previously STS 33 was a classified

1003
00:55:53,570 --> 00:55:50,280
mission so obviously there not many

1004
00:55:55,220 --> 00:55:53,580
stories about that one I did lean from

1005
00:55:57,530 --> 00:55:55,230
him because wasn't classified apparently

1006
00:55:59,720 --> 00:55:57,540
during reentry the the commander and the

1007
00:56:02,750 --> 00:55:59,730
pilot were having some discussion back

1008
00:56:05,720 --> 00:56:02,760
and forth on some subject and and Katie

1009
00:56:06,800 --> 00:56:05,730
on that for entry was on the mid-deck so

1010
00:56:08,300 --> 00:56:06,810
you couldn't see what was going on all

1011
00:56:11,750 --> 00:56:08,310
she heard was coming across the intercom

1012
00:56:14,870 --> 00:56:11,760
and her response was just make up your

1013
00:56:18,470 --> 00:56:14,880
mind and do it once again that's her get

1014
00:56:20,570 --> 00:56:18,480
it done philosophy then when I had the

1015
00:56:22,970 --> 00:56:20,580
opportunity to fly with with Katie was

1016
00:56:24,680 --> 00:56:22,980
on sts-49 that's what we were supposed

1017
00:56:26,630 --> 00:56:24,690
to go up and do one spacewalk and then

1018
00:56:30,020 --> 00:56:26,640
rescue it'll sad satellite and then do

1019
00:56:33,650 --> 00:56:30,030
three spacewalks to demonstrate space

1020
00:56:35,780 --> 00:56:33,660
station assembly tasks well as you all

1021
00:56:38,300 --> 00:56:35,790
know it didn't quite go that way but

1022
00:56:41,210 --> 00:56:38,310
anyhow by that time there were three

1023
00:56:42,830 --> 00:56:41,220
daughters that Katie was I was hurting

1024
00:56:46,130 --> 00:56:42,840
around her home though they're very

1025
00:56:48,140 --> 00:56:46,140
energetic and adventuresome and one of

1026
00:56:49,670 --> 00:56:48,150
the favorite things for the SDS 49 crew

1027
00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:49,680
where every morning and the training

1028
00:56:55,940 --> 00:56:52,170
session to come in and hear the stories

1029
00:56:58,070 --> 00:56:55,950
of what the younger Thorntons were doing

1030
00:57:00,440 --> 00:56:58,080
in their adventures throughout their

1031
00:57:03,380 --> 00:57:00,450
neighborhood such as walking along

1032
00:57:05,990 --> 00:57:03,390
fences raising various chaos in the

1033
00:57:08,180 --> 00:57:06,000
neighborhood and going so far as writing

1034
00:57:12,500 --> 00:57:08,190
their own excuse notes to their teacher

1035
00:57:15,290 --> 00:57:12,510
to miss classes I think some of this get

1036
00:57:18,410 --> 00:57:15,300
had done philosophy of hers got passed

1037
00:57:20,359 --> 00:57:18,420
on to her kids also we noticed that

1038
00:57:22,970 --> 00:57:20,369
based on those stories about her

1039
00:57:24,740 --> 00:57:22,980
youngsters that the apples probably

1040
00:57:27,050 --> 00:57:24,750
didn't fall very far from the tree

1041
00:57:29,870 --> 00:57:27,060
because there were a lot of similar

1042
00:57:32,210 --> 00:57:29,880
stories about Katie from the her college

1043
00:57:33,590 --> 00:57:32,220
days and their NASA days don't have time

1044
00:57:35,450 --> 00:57:33,600
for a lot of those but one of the most

1045
00:57:38,150 --> 00:57:35,460
memorable ones for our training sessions

1046
00:57:40,820 --> 00:57:38,160
we were down here as a crew for sts-49

1047
00:57:42,830 --> 00:57:40,830
training on escape and rescue you know

1048
00:57:44,390 --> 00:57:42,840
the you go up in mandevilla cone you and

1049
00:57:46,370 --> 00:57:44,400
if you have a big emergency jump in a

1050
00:57:48,470 --> 00:57:46,380
basket slide down a wire you hop in a

1051
00:57:50,930 --> 00:57:48,480
tank and you drive this tank and no

1052
00:57:52,910 --> 00:57:50,940
Katie really really grooved on driving

1053
00:57:57,320 --> 00:57:52,920
that tank it was big armored personnel

1054
00:57:59,900 --> 00:57:57,330
carrier but but the fire rescue guys had

1055
00:58:02,740 --> 00:57:59,910
a new vehicle they were kind of testing

1056
00:58:06,590 --> 00:58:02,750
it out it was an amphibious vehicle and

1057
00:58:08,180 --> 00:58:06,600
they let Katie drive it and she went

1058
00:58:09,349 --> 00:58:08,190
through the swamp through the I mean she

1059
00:58:12,590 --> 00:58:09,359
was testing all the amphibious

1060
00:58:13,940 --> 00:58:12,600
capabilities of this vehicle as she went

1061
00:58:18,349 --> 00:58:13,950
too close to a limb took off the

1062
00:58:19,250 --> 00:58:18,359
windshield and I'm sure that while you

1063
00:58:20,570 --> 00:58:19,260
can see it's a look

1064
00:58:22,340 --> 00:58:20,580
the eye the fire and rescue guys you

1065
00:58:23,660 --> 00:58:22,350
know you know they were terrified the

1066
00:58:26,480 --> 00:58:23,670
rest of the crew riding along were

1067
00:58:27,650 --> 00:58:26,490
terrified and I'm not sure I'd be

1068
00:58:29,240 --> 00:58:27,660
willing to bet that the fire rescue

1069
00:58:32,420 --> 00:58:29,250
could never let another crew person

1070
00:58:35,240 --> 00:58:32,430
drive that vehicle during the mission

1071
00:58:37,490 --> 00:58:35,250
sts-49 as I said we had it took us three

1072
00:58:40,700 --> 00:58:37,500
tries to get the satellite we had three

1073
00:58:42,140 --> 00:58:40,710
guys out doing a spacewalk and Cathy we

1074
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:42,150
referred to hers that the director of

1075
00:58:45,710 --> 00:58:44,610
evey a because when somebody's out doing

1076
00:58:47,750 --> 00:58:45,720
a spacewalk you have somebody inside

1077
00:58:48,830 --> 00:58:47,760
that's really riding herd on and make

1078
00:58:51,710 --> 00:58:48,840
sure they're doing everything in the

1079
00:58:53,030 --> 00:58:51,720
right sequence and and once again that a

1080
00:58:55,130 --> 00:58:53,040
service and get it done

1081
00:58:57,560 --> 00:58:55,140
came through because she was on top of

1082
00:58:59,900 --> 00:58:57,570
him the whole time unfortunately on the

1083
00:59:02,150 --> 00:58:59,910
fourth spacewalk Katie got the her

1084
00:59:04,880 --> 00:59:02,160
chance and that was some of the assembly

1085
00:59:09,140 --> 00:59:04,890
tasks of anyone were wrong and difficult

1086
00:59:11,120 --> 00:59:09,150
tasks really hard work and we had you

1087
00:59:13,400 --> 00:59:11,130
know they had a heart rate monitor so I

1088
00:59:15,350 --> 00:59:13,410
could verify that that she was going

1089
00:59:18,110 --> 00:59:15,360
beat for beat with Tom Akers who was the

1090
00:59:21,740 --> 00:59:18,120
other person doing an e VA and really

1091
00:59:24,350 --> 00:59:21,750
did an outstanding job and when you were

1092
00:59:26,300 --> 00:59:24,360
out on the as we call it a rubber

1093
00:59:28,760 --> 00:59:26,310
chicken circuit you're talking laughs

1094
00:59:31,100 --> 00:59:28,770
and I gotta ask what can women do that

1095
00:59:34,100 --> 00:59:31,110
space stuff and I always should point to

1096
00:59:36,170 --> 00:59:34,110
Katie and based on that performance on

1097
00:59:38,720 --> 00:59:36,180
that spacewalk I said you bet they can

1098
00:59:41,810 --> 00:59:38,730
and then some following that her next

1099
00:59:43,520 --> 00:59:41,820
mission was sts-61 the Hubble repair she

1100
00:59:46,550 --> 00:59:43,530
had an opportunity to do two spacewalks

1101
00:59:48,170 --> 00:59:46,560
on that she repaired and replaced the

1102
00:59:51,200 --> 00:59:48,180
solar arrays and also installed the

1103
00:59:52,340 --> 00:59:51,210
co-star which is corrected the optics of

1104
00:59:53,900 --> 00:59:52,350
the Hubble remembered Hubble went up

1105
00:59:56,240 --> 00:59:53,910
with a problem and they had to correct

1106
00:59:57,530 --> 00:59:56,250
the optics one of her tasks was to take

1107
00:59:59,950 --> 00:59:57,540
what she took the solar array off to

1108
01:00:02,630 --> 00:59:59,960
take the solar array just chuck it and

1109
01:00:04,880 --> 01:00:02,640
ask her about well you know what did it

1110
01:00:07,790 --> 01:00:04,890
feel like tossing a multi-million dollar

1111
01:00:11,900 --> 01:00:07,800
solar array away sure no problem it was

1112
01:00:14,030 --> 01:00:11,910
broke so along with along with the the

1113
01:00:16,340 --> 01:00:14,040
to EBA is that Katie and Tom Akers did

1114
01:00:18,620 --> 01:00:16,350
there were three done by by Jeff Hoffman

1115
01:00:21,290 --> 01:00:18,630
and story members of our Hall of Fame

1116
01:00:23,780 --> 01:00:21,300
and obviously the result of that mission

1117
01:00:26,450 --> 01:00:23,790
was a tremendous success her last

1118
01:00:28,010 --> 01:00:26,460
mission she was was a space of that

1119
01:00:29,780 --> 01:00:28,020
mission it was a six-day mission to

1120
01:00:32,330 --> 01:00:29,790
shift operations essentially working

1121
01:00:32,990 --> 01:00:32,340
around the clock and she was the payload

1122
01:00:35,390 --> 01:00:33,000
command

1123
01:00:36,800 --> 01:00:35,400
on that she was responsible for pulling

1124
01:00:38,060 --> 01:00:36,810
all experiments together and getting

1125
01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:38,070
everything lined up so went smoothly

1126
01:00:42,770 --> 01:00:40,410
on-orbit there were a vast array of

1127
01:00:46,099 --> 01:00:42,780
microgravity experiments on that mission

1128
01:00:47,810 --> 01:00:46,109
and she planned it and and got the rest

1129
01:00:50,210 --> 01:00:47,820
of the crew lined up and an exceedingly

1130
01:00:53,300 --> 01:00:50,220
good job that dedication and hard work

1131
01:00:56,060 --> 01:00:53,310
carried through to up on orbit and the

1132
01:00:58,849 --> 01:00:56,070
result was a very successful mission in

1133
01:01:01,640 --> 01:00:58,859
1996 Katie left the astronaut office

1134
01:01:04,010 --> 01:01:01,650
return to academia but she continues to

1135
01:01:07,700 --> 01:01:04,020
serve the space program when called on

1136
01:01:10,160 --> 01:01:07,710
various review boards and councils her

1137
01:01:16,730 --> 01:01:10,170
family is with here today her husband

1138
01:01:19,280 --> 01:01:16,740
Steve and daughter Carol where's Carol

1139
01:01:22,730 --> 01:01:19,290
and as sitting this and careless Mike

1140
01:01:25,880 --> 01:01:22,740
her fiance there's a wedding next Sunday

1141
01:01:27,200 --> 01:01:25,890
bye though those two are getting married

1142
01:01:33,320 --> 01:01:27,210
was really neat though and then Laura

1143
01:01:36,530 --> 01:01:33,330
and and then you're gonna Susan Susan so

1144
01:01:38,750 --> 01:01:36,540
it's I'm not sure who wrote the notes to

1145
01:01:42,079 --> 01:01:38,760
the teacher but it was one of those

1146
01:01:44,540 --> 01:01:42,089
three okay well to wrap it up you know

1147
01:01:47,500 --> 01:01:44,550
the acid up job is a very high intensity

1148
01:01:49,820 --> 01:01:47,510
stressful job with all the training

1149
01:01:52,190 --> 01:01:49,830
research and development mission support

1150
01:01:54,320 --> 01:01:52,200
and public appearances that are required

1151
01:01:57,650 --> 01:01:54,330
and you can ask any of the guys how

1152
01:01:59,540 --> 01:01:57,660
tough the job is but but to do all this

1153
01:02:01,490 --> 01:01:59,550
while raising three daughters and

1154
01:02:04,280 --> 01:02:01,500
maintaining a household is truly

1155
01:02:06,020 --> 01:02:04,290
phenomenal ladies and gentlemen I'd like

1156
01:02:36,480 --> 01:02:06,030
to introduce the newest member of the

1157
01:02:41,950 --> 01:02:40,120
thank you well I have to say that there

1158
01:02:43,330 --> 01:02:41,960
are some members and members of the

1159
01:02:44,920 --> 01:02:43,340
audience who have some stories from my

1160
01:02:47,260 --> 01:02:44,930
childhood here but I'm glad you didn't

1161
01:02:49,930 --> 01:02:47,270
run into them in time to get any

1162
01:02:51,940 --> 01:02:49,940
information yeah unlike guy I've not

1163
01:02:54,280 --> 01:02:51,950
really had a life's plan my my career

1164
01:02:56,920 --> 01:02:54,290
sort of been a random walk and I'll uh

1165
01:02:59,290 --> 01:02:56,930
oh you know a lot of what I haven't have

1166
01:03:01,150 --> 01:02:59,300
done to opportunities that came along

1167
01:03:03,520 --> 01:03:01,160
and people who made those opportunities

1168
01:03:05,490 --> 01:03:03,530
possible you know first of all my family

1169
01:03:08,160 --> 01:03:05,500
who's been with me through this entire

1170
01:03:11,110 --> 01:03:08,170
incredible journey today we had a

1171
01:03:14,470 --> 01:03:11,120
unforgettable tour of the of it of

1172
01:03:17,710 --> 01:03:14,480
endeavor in the OPF and thank you for

1173
01:03:19,720 --> 01:03:17,720
that Bob my family got to see for the

1174
01:03:21,190 --> 01:03:19,730
first time real flight Hardware even

1175
01:03:23,860 --> 01:03:21,200
though that this has been very much a

1176
01:03:26,260 --> 01:03:23,870
part of their entire lives for for many

1177
01:03:28,060 --> 01:03:26,270
years and I hope got to understand why

1178
01:03:30,790 --> 01:03:28,070
it took me away from them for so much

1179
01:03:33,700 --> 01:03:30,800
time my husband Steve and I have been

1180
01:03:35,920 --> 01:03:33,710
married 31 years last month we got

1181
01:03:38,020 --> 01:03:35,930
married in a very small private civil

1182
01:03:39,430 --> 01:03:38,030
ceremony by the sheriff in

1183
01:03:43,510 --> 01:03:39,440
Charlottesville Virginia wearing a gun

1184
01:03:44,920 --> 01:03:43,520
by the way and but you know when when we

1185
01:03:46,720 --> 01:03:44,930
walked through the read down the red

1186
01:03:48,100 --> 01:03:46,730
carpet last night at the gala I think

1187
01:03:51,250 --> 01:03:48,110
that's the first time he has ever walked

1188
01:03:55,960 --> 01:03:51,260
down an aisle with me I say it's about

1189
01:03:57,390 --> 01:03:55,970
time so they know all my thanks to them

1190
01:04:00,100 --> 01:03:57,400
for staying with me through all this

1191
01:04:02,320 --> 01:04:00,110
thanks especially to Dan who has chief

1192
01:04:04,690 --> 01:04:02,330
of the astronaut office and as commander

1193
01:04:07,930 --> 01:04:04,700
and sts-49 gave me an opportunity to do

1194
01:04:09,850 --> 01:04:07,940
a spacewalk that would have been an

1195
01:04:12,310 --> 01:04:09,860
easier decision to give to someone who

1196
01:04:14,020 --> 01:04:12,320
is less vertically challenged than I but

1197
01:04:16,330 --> 01:04:14,030
he took a chance on me and I'll forever

1198
01:04:18,430 --> 01:04:16,340
be grateful for that I'm also thankful

1199
01:04:20,020 --> 01:04:18,440
to all the guys that I flew with and I

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01:04:23,890 --> 01:04:20,030
say guys because with the exception of

1201
01:04:26,359 --> 01:04:23,900
one they were all guys see John and Jeff

1202
01:04:29,630 --> 01:04:26,369
and story and cubby and day

1203
01:04:32,779 --> 01:04:29,640
and it sucks yeah we all flew together

1204
01:04:35,630 --> 01:04:32,789
they kindly vacated the mid-deck where I

1205
01:04:37,249 --> 01:04:35,640
could bathe and dress they also took

1206
01:04:39,199 --> 01:04:37,259
over the mid-deck and banished me to the

1207
01:04:40,670 --> 01:04:39,209
flight tech while they dressed and then

1208
01:04:43,309 --> 01:04:40,680
forgot about me while they had their

1209
01:04:45,799 --> 01:04:43,319
breakfast and left me up there alone for

1210
01:04:47,329 --> 01:04:45,809
long periods of time but they were they

1211
01:04:49,400 --> 01:04:47,339
were wonderful guys to work with and I

1212
01:04:50,599 --> 01:04:49,410
couldn't have asked for better friends

1213
01:04:53,209 --> 01:04:50,609
and colleagues through all those

1214
01:04:55,009 --> 01:04:53,219
missions and I want to finally thank the

1215
01:04:56,839 --> 01:04:55,019
astronaut Hall of Fame members here for

1216
01:05:00,079 --> 01:04:56,849
letting me be a member of your amazing

1217
01:05:01,670 --> 01:05:00,089
Club and I hope that I can live up to to

1218
01:05:12,350 --> 01:05:01,680
the expectations so thank you all so

1219
01:05:16,800 --> 01:05:14,430
congratulations Kathy Thornton and

1220
01:05:21,510 --> 01:05:16,810
welcome to the u.s. astronaut Hall of

1221
01:05:24,870 --> 01:05:21,520
Fame our next inductee today is Frank

1222
01:05:28,470 --> 01:05:24,880
Culbertson jr. Culbertson joined the

1223
01:05:31,080 --> 01:05:28,480
astronaut corps in 1984 in November 1990

1224
01:05:33,300 --> 01:05:31,090
he piloted STS 38 the first shuttle to

1225
01:05:36,780 --> 01:05:33,310
land at Kennedy Space Center since 1985

1226
01:05:38,720 --> 01:05:36,790
he then commanded STS 51 which concluded

1227
01:05:40,800 --> 01:05:38,730
with the first night landing at KSC

1228
01:05:43,500 --> 01:05:40,810
Culbertson commanded the International

1229
01:05:46,530 --> 01:05:43,510
Space Station for 117 days during his

1230
01:05:48,150 --> 01:05:46,540
final mission on sts-1 o-5 Culbertson

1231
01:05:50,160 --> 01:05:48,160
served in many NASA leadership roles

1232
01:05:52,470 --> 01:05:50,170
including including deputy chief of

1233
01:05:54,690 --> 01:05:52,480
flight crew operations ISS support chief

1234
01:05:57,270 --> 01:05:54,700
of chief of astronaut office mission

1235
01:05:59,970 --> 01:05:57,280
support branch chief of the JSC Russian

1236
01:06:03,750 --> 01:05:59,980
projects manager oh wait manager of the

1237
01:06:07,410 --> 01:06:03,760
shuttle-mir program and finally as ISS

1238
01:06:09,600 --> 01:06:07,420
deputy program manager currently he is

1239
01:06:11,670 --> 01:06:09,610
senior vice president and deputy general

1240
01:06:13,590 --> 01:06:11,680
manager of the advanced programs group

1241
01:06:15,450 --> 01:06:13,600
at orbital sciences corporation and

1242
01:06:17,340 --> 01:06:15,460
oversees all human spaceflight for the

1243
01:07:51,540 --> 01:06:17,350
company let's take a look at some video

1244
01:08:16,549 --> 01:07:54,160
ladies and gentlemen astronaut Frank

1245
01:08:21,979 --> 01:08:20,329
and here to present Frank Culbertson jr.

1246
01:08:24,289 --> 01:08:21,989
for induction into the u.s. astronaut

1247
01:08:26,209 --> 01:08:24,299
Hall of Fame please welcome back to the

1248
01:08:29,660 --> 01:08:26,219
stage Hall of Fame astronaut and NASA

1249
01:08:33,859 --> 01:08:29,670
Administrator Charles Bolden John thank

1250
01:08:35,870 --> 01:08:33,869
you very much and you know it's I am

1251
01:08:39,079 --> 01:08:35,880
going to try not to talk about Frank's

1252
01:08:40,579 --> 01:08:39,089
professional acumen and all of his

1253
01:08:43,399 --> 01:08:40,589
records and everything because you've

1254
01:08:44,959 --> 01:08:43,409
already heard many of them I really want

1255
01:08:46,640 --> 01:08:44,969
to talk a little bit about the man but

1256
01:08:49,910 --> 01:08:46,650
let me say one thing about this class

1257
01:08:51,769 --> 01:08:49,920
because I think it's incredible one of

1258
01:08:54,019 --> 01:08:51,779
the things that is striking to me is

1259
01:08:56,569 --> 01:08:54,029
that in addition to their professional

1260
01:08:59,059 --> 01:08:56,579
prowess they are probably four of the

1261
01:09:00,439 --> 01:08:59,069
most spectacular just downright good

1262
01:09:02,990 --> 01:09:00,449
human beings that I had an opportunity

1263
01:09:04,879 --> 01:09:03,000
to to get to know in my time in the

1264
01:09:07,339 --> 01:09:04,889
astronaut office so congratulations to

1265
01:09:09,079 --> 01:09:07,349
the four of you you know what a little I

1266
01:09:13,189 --> 01:09:09,089
don't know how rare it is to have two

1267
01:09:15,649 --> 01:09:13,199
Hall of Famers soon who are connected

1268
01:09:17,019 --> 01:09:15,659
through two generations but such as the

1269
01:09:19,099 --> 01:09:17,029
case with Frank Culbertson to me

1270
01:09:21,140 --> 01:09:19,109
unbeknownst to either of us while we

1271
01:09:22,519 --> 01:09:21,150
were high school students our mothers

1272
01:09:24,289 --> 01:09:22,529
work together as members of the South

1273
01:09:27,229 --> 01:09:24,299
Carolina human relations council during

1274
01:09:29,149 --> 01:09:27,239
the 1960s in an effort to head off the

1275
01:09:31,010 --> 01:09:29,159
kind of violent activities of the civil

1276
01:09:33,200 --> 01:09:31,020
rights era that was sweeping through the

1277
01:09:34,789 --> 01:09:33,210
segregated south as a first year

1278
01:09:37,309 --> 01:09:34,799
Midshipmen at the Naval Academy I

1279
01:09:39,579 --> 01:09:37,319
visited Frank's school Holly Hill high

1280
01:09:41,919 --> 01:09:39,589
to talk about life at the Naval Academy

1281
01:09:44,450 --> 01:09:41,929
three aha

1282
01:09:46,099 --> 01:09:44,460
three years later Frank arrived at the

1283
01:09:49,910 --> 01:09:46,109
Naval Academy as a member of the class

1284
01:09:52,189 --> 01:09:49,920
of 1971 since then we've been following

1285
01:09:55,250 --> 01:09:52,199
each other around in our professional

1286
01:09:57,830 --> 01:09:55,260
careers the stories of Frank's rise from

1287
01:09:58,700 --> 01:09:57,840
student to astronaut and now industrial

1288
01:10:01,430 --> 01:09:58,710
leader and innovator

1289
01:10:05,180 --> 01:10:01,440
full of humor in spite of Frank's always

1290
01:10:07,430 --> 01:10:05,190
serious demeanor cousin Janet and I

1291
01:10:10,520 --> 01:10:07,440
think Janet's here I know Janet is I

1292
01:10:13,700 --> 01:10:10,530
think but cousin Janet told of how the

1293
01:10:15,799 --> 01:10:13,710
family always quote marveled but were

1294
01:10:18,560 --> 01:10:15,809
never surprised by his singular path

1295
01:10:21,439 --> 01:10:18,570
from Holly Hill to Annapolis to Japan

1296
01:10:23,240 --> 01:10:21,449
into space her pride when they drive

1297
01:10:26,180 --> 01:10:23,250
through the Frank Culbertson interchange

1298
01:10:28,370 --> 01:10:26,190
on i-95 and i-26

1299
01:10:30,500 --> 01:10:28,380
in route from Shaw from Charleston South

1300
01:10:32,899 --> 01:10:30,510
Carolina to Charlotte North Carolina

1301
01:10:35,089 --> 01:10:32,909
always makes them proud all the time

1302
01:10:37,040 --> 01:10:35,099
that Frank broke his arm when he struck

1303
01:10:38,979 --> 01:10:37,050
Janet's brother on the head and ended up

1304
01:10:41,300 --> 01:10:38,989
getting the worst of it

1305
01:10:43,459 --> 01:10:41,310
Naval Academy classmate Frank Fuchs

1306
01:10:45,830 --> 01:10:43,469
reminisced about a Liberty four-way from

1307
01:10:49,010 --> 01:10:45,840
the Academy into DC I know you told me

1308
01:10:50,750 --> 01:10:49,020
not to remediate that's right but they

1309
01:10:54,620 --> 01:10:50,760
were in Frank's or as they called him

1310
01:10:57,709 --> 01:10:54,630
Kobe's car it was a British Hecht

1311
01:10:59,419 --> 01:10:57,719
hatchback and when they got to the bar

1312
01:11:02,000 --> 01:10:59,429
well when they got to the eating

1313
01:11:04,129 --> 01:11:02,010
establishment allegedly there was no

1314
01:11:06,740 --> 01:11:04,139
parking space so they decided to

1315
01:11:09,410 --> 01:11:06,750
physically lift the car up into a spot

1316
01:11:11,240 --> 01:11:09,420
in front of the DC watering hole only to

1317
01:11:14,140 --> 01:11:11,250
find that the car had become quite a bit

1318
01:11:17,149 --> 01:11:14,150
heavier after the evening of drinking

1319
01:11:19,939 --> 01:11:17,159
Frank's time with SIAC brought its share

1320
01:11:22,010 --> 01:11:19,949
of Frank Culbertson law also as Walt

1321
01:11:25,010 --> 01:11:22,020
Hammerstein relayed about Frank's United

1322
01:11:27,439 --> 01:11:25,020
Way team being quote unquote rewarded

1323
01:11:30,109 --> 01:11:27,449
for their superb fundraising performance

1324
01:11:31,939 --> 01:11:30,119
with a solo trumpet performance by Frank

1325
01:11:34,100 --> 01:11:31,949
Frank had been on the D&B

1326
01:11:36,109 --> 01:11:34,110
the drum and bugle corps at the Naval

1327
01:11:39,320 --> 01:11:36,119
Academy as a coronet player I guess they

1328
01:11:41,780 --> 01:11:39,330
were with the coulomb trumpet bugles all

1329
01:11:43,879 --> 01:11:41,790
right all realize that it was a good

1330
01:11:47,660 --> 01:11:43,889
thing that Frank had gone had become an

1331
01:11:50,600 --> 01:11:47,670
aviator because he never would have made

1332
01:11:53,000 --> 01:11:50,610
it as a professional musician Carl walls

1333
01:11:54,229 --> 01:11:53,010
Frank's Frank wants me to ask you one

1334
01:11:57,020 --> 01:11:54,239
thing and he says he wants to know if

1335
01:11:59,600 --> 01:11:57,030
you recall the flight day to ax toss pre

1336
01:12:02,060 --> 01:11:59,610
deploy discovery of the mangled ASE and

1337
01:12:03,770 --> 01:12:02,070
the obvious scorch marks on the MLI at

1338
01:12:05,600 --> 01:12:03,780
the back of the payload bay so he wanted

1339
01:12:08,030 --> 01:12:05,610
to remind you of one exploit from there

1340
01:12:10,879 --> 01:12:08,040
no matter what stories you hear however

1341
01:12:13,120 --> 01:12:10,889
in my estimation there is no question of

1342
01:12:15,500 --> 01:12:13,130
the quality of the man Frank Culbertson

1343
01:12:18,320 --> 01:12:15,510
being inducted into the astronaut Hall

1344
01:12:19,820 --> 01:12:18,330
of Fame today whether as a leader in his

1345
01:12:21,709 --> 01:12:19,830
church our church while we were in

1346
01:12:25,189 --> 01:12:21,719
Houston together and Katie's as a matter

1347
01:12:27,770 --> 01:12:25,199
of fact as a father to his children a

1348
01:12:29,930 --> 01:12:27,780
sibling to his sisters or a friend to

1349
01:12:32,899 --> 01:12:29,940
many whose lives he has touched he is

1350
01:12:35,689 --> 01:12:32,909
truly in a league of his own Jackie and

1351
01:12:37,790 --> 01:12:35,699
I are the proud godparents to Frank's

1352
01:12:40,280 --> 01:12:37,800
and Rebecca's son and daughter Frank and

1353
01:12:41,810 --> 01:12:40,290
Annie and we've watched the girls Wendy

1354
01:12:43,970 --> 01:12:41,820
Amanda and Ashley

1355
01:12:46,190 --> 01:12:43,980
grow up to become beautiful productive

1356
01:12:49,790 --> 01:12:46,200
young women Frank's friendship is

1357
01:12:52,070 --> 01:12:49,800
endless and loyal and his passion about

1358
01:12:53,810 --> 01:12:52,080
the future of human spaceflight and his

1359
01:12:56,000 --> 01:12:53,820
dedication to helping us realize the

1360
01:12:58,280 --> 01:12:56,010
promise of that bright future speak

1361
01:13:01,400 --> 01:12:58,290
volumes to his qualification to be with

1362
01:13:03,830 --> 01:13:01,410
us here today it's my distinct honor as

1363
01:13:06,920 --> 01:13:03,840
a fellow South Carolinian to represent

1364
01:13:38,109 --> 01:13:06,930
to present to you my dear lifelong

1365
01:13:43,669 --> 01:13:40,359
Thank You charlie

1366
01:13:47,330 --> 01:13:43,679
thank you all very much and this is an

1367
01:13:50,450 --> 01:13:47,340
amazing honor and I'd first like to

1368
01:13:53,750 --> 01:13:50,460
thank general Charles Bolden my buddy

1369
01:13:57,009 --> 01:13:53,760
Charlie for those kind words and for his

1370
01:13:59,450 --> 01:13:57,019
leadership my entire life almost and I

1371
01:14:01,040 --> 01:13:59,460
tell you I have to tell you Charlie I

1372
01:14:03,140 --> 01:14:01,050
think has the hardest job in the country

1373
01:14:06,290 --> 01:14:03,150
right now certainly in the space program

1374
01:14:09,680 --> 01:14:06,300
and he is executing that job with with

1375
01:14:12,470 --> 01:14:09,690
courage humility and calmness in a way

1376
01:14:15,799 --> 01:14:12,480
that we all can follow and trust and I

1377
01:14:17,180 --> 01:14:15,809
think will bring us to the future in a

1378
01:14:18,740 --> 01:14:17,190
way that we'll all be very proud and

1379
01:14:29,390 --> 01:14:18,750
Charlie thank you very much for being a

1380
01:14:32,270 --> 01:14:29,400
physician and yes I have followed

1381
01:14:34,069 --> 01:14:32,280
Charlie into many many jobs and careers

1382
01:14:37,700 --> 01:14:34,079
over the years and I am NOT eager to

1383
01:14:41,779 --> 01:14:37,710
follow you into that one believe me but

1384
01:14:43,430 --> 01:14:41,789
I'm happy to help all I can there's a

1385
01:14:45,640 --> 01:14:43,440
lot of people I need to thank today and

1386
01:14:48,560 --> 01:14:45,650
and I will do my best to do that

1387
01:14:50,390 --> 01:14:48,570
I'm still pretty surprised to have ever

1388
01:14:52,370 --> 01:14:50,400
been selected as an astronaut so to be

1389
01:14:57,049 --> 01:14:52,380
here as a part of the Hall of Fame to me

1390
01:14:58,729 --> 01:14:57,059
is just an amazing amazing miracle I've

1391
01:15:00,290 --> 01:14:58,739
always tried to do my best and tried to

1392
01:15:02,629 --> 01:15:00,300
be a great teammate or be a good

1393
01:15:04,910 --> 01:15:02,639
teammate with great teams and try to

1394
01:15:07,729 --> 01:15:04,920
contribute all I can to make sure that

1395
01:15:11,149 --> 01:15:07,739
that everyone is successful as best we

1396
01:15:12,680 --> 01:15:11,159
can be and and I've been fortunate to be

1397
01:15:19,310 --> 01:15:12,690
a part of a lot of really good teams

1398
01:15:20,899 --> 01:15:19,320
starting way back when and I knew if

1399
01:15:22,459 --> 01:15:20,909
Charlie cried a little bit I'd probably

1400
01:15:25,189 --> 01:15:22,469
cry a little bit too so it's gonna be

1401
01:15:27,109 --> 01:15:25,199
hard we're a lot of light but that first

1402
01:15:28,490 --> 01:15:27,119
team is sitting down there and in the

1403
01:15:30,500 --> 01:15:28,500
round the third and fourth rows and

1404
01:15:33,109 --> 01:15:30,510
that's my sisters and I want to thank

1405
01:15:35,540 --> 01:15:33,119
them for putting up with me and and for

1406
01:15:38,240 --> 01:15:35,550
being great sisters and we came from

1407
01:15:39,740 --> 01:15:38,250
really awesome parents who I really wish

1408
01:15:42,470 --> 01:15:39,750
could be here today they would be very

1409
01:15:43,669 --> 01:15:42,480
proud of all of us and and they were

1410
01:15:45,620 --> 01:15:43,679
great supporters of the space program

1411
01:15:47,500 --> 01:15:45,630
and and I know are smiling down on us

1412
01:15:49,760 --> 01:15:47,510
today

1413
01:15:51,800 --> 01:15:49,770
going through the Naval Academy I was a

1414
01:15:53,840 --> 01:15:51,810
part of a terrific company one of my

1415
01:15:56,500 --> 01:15:53,850
former roommate is here Frank Fuchs and

1416
01:15:58,970 --> 01:15:56,510
at least four of my classmates are here

1417
01:16:01,300 --> 01:15:58,980
to him up on the stage here I think

1418
01:16:04,070 --> 01:16:01,310
we're the second Academy class to reach

1419
01:16:08,300 --> 01:16:04,080
a membership of three in the Hall of

1420
01:16:10,520 --> 01:16:08,310
Fame and I think I'm very proud of that

1421
01:16:14,120 --> 01:16:10,530
and I really appreciate being a part of

1422
01:16:16,340 --> 01:16:14,130
that being a member of the Navy team

1423
01:16:18,770 --> 01:16:16,350
throughout my career was was something I

1424
01:16:22,010 --> 01:16:18,780
was also very proud of and and unlike

1425
01:16:24,200 --> 01:16:22,020
Kathy I did have a plan and I had

1426
01:16:26,690 --> 01:16:24,210
planned since I was 11 to be a Navy

1427
01:16:28,690 --> 01:16:26,700
pilot and since I was 12 to be a test

1428
01:16:31,520 --> 01:16:28,700
pilot since I was 13 to be an astronaut

1429
01:16:33,860 --> 01:16:31,530
now that was a long wait between the

1430
01:16:37,610 --> 01:16:33,870
time I had got selected and a lot of

1431
01:16:39,260 --> 01:16:37,620
potential side tracks and side trips but

1432
01:16:40,670 --> 01:16:39,270
I always wanted to do that and I wanted

1433
01:16:42,860 --> 01:16:40,680
to be like these guys on the front row

1434
01:16:44,120 --> 01:16:42,870
here and they were my heroes and I read

1435
01:16:46,190 --> 01:16:44,130
all about him and learned everything I

1436
01:16:51,320 --> 01:16:46,200
could a lot of me gone to the Naval

1437
01:16:53,750 --> 01:16:51,330
Academy sorry buzz but but I did want to

1438
01:16:55,670 --> 01:16:53,760
be a Navy pilot and and I knew that that

1439
01:16:57,560 --> 01:16:55,680
was a path for me that would get me to

1440
01:16:59,180 --> 01:16:57,570
at least close to my dream and if not

1441
01:17:01,550 --> 01:16:59,190
I'd be able to do things that I felt

1442
01:17:05,600 --> 01:17:01,560
would be productive and hopefully

1443
01:17:07,430 --> 01:17:05,610
valuable to the country as I went

1444
01:17:09,020 --> 01:17:07,440
through the my Navy career I had a

1445
01:17:10,730 --> 01:17:09,030
chance to serve with a lot of people I

1446
01:17:13,010 --> 01:17:10,740
applied to the test pilot school four

1447
01:17:15,200 --> 01:17:13,020
times and finally on the fourth try

1448
01:17:16,340 --> 01:17:15,210
after I think getting tired of me

1449
01:17:18,800 --> 01:17:16,350
applying they finally said all right you

1450
01:17:20,840 --> 01:17:18,810
can come in and I managed to get into

1451
01:17:23,330 --> 01:17:20,850
the class of 81 prior to that I had

1452
01:17:27,020 --> 01:17:23,340
applied to the astronaut program in the

1453
01:17:28,910 --> 01:17:27,030
same group that Charlie and and pinky

1454
01:17:30,910 --> 01:17:28,920
and others had applied to and was told

1455
01:17:33,380 --> 01:17:30,920
don't bother you're not a test pilot and

1456
01:17:35,120 --> 01:17:33,390
and so I kept trying to get in and was

1457
01:17:36,680 --> 01:17:35,130
determined that I was going to somehow

1458
01:17:40,390 --> 01:17:36,690
at least give myself the best shot at

1459
01:17:42,770 --> 01:17:40,400
doing that and fortunately in 1984 I was

1460
01:17:46,520 --> 01:17:42,780
selected for an interview in the very

1461
01:17:48,020 --> 01:17:46,530
last group and in that year and very

1462
01:17:52,850 --> 01:17:48,030
late in the process I got a phone call

1463
01:17:54,890 --> 01:17:52,860
from that same mr. Abbey and he said I

1464
01:17:56,930 --> 01:17:54,900
just come back from a air combat

1465
01:17:58,880 --> 01:17:56,940
training flight in the Navy f-14 and he

1466
01:18:00,260 --> 01:17:58,890
said how's it going Frank now first of

1467
01:18:02,360 --> 01:18:00,270
all I'm sorry it was a guy named Wayne

1468
01:18:04,130 --> 01:18:02,370
raus on the phone and Dwayne said hey

1469
01:18:05,840 --> 01:18:04,140
Frank how's it going and I was expecting

1470
01:18:08,150 --> 01:18:05,850
either John or George if I was gonna get

1471
01:18:09,260 --> 01:18:08,160
selected or Dwayne if I wasn't and I

1472
01:18:10,970 --> 01:18:09,270
said well I don't know Dwayne I guess

1473
01:18:13,190 --> 01:18:10,980
not so good he said well can you hold

1474
01:18:17,990 --> 01:18:13,200
for a second for mr. Abbey and I said

1475
01:18:19,280 --> 01:18:18,000
well sure and and and and George asked

1476
01:18:21,080 --> 01:18:19,290
me a couple of questions and they said

1477
01:18:22,400 --> 01:18:21,090
well you know we would really like to

1478
01:18:24,590 --> 01:18:22,410
think about coming down here to work for

1479
01:18:26,740 --> 01:18:24,600
us I was not as quick as Cathy and I

1480
01:18:28,760 --> 01:18:26,750
said oh yeah I'll be right there

1481
01:18:30,290 --> 01:18:28,770
should I said well I think about it a

1482
01:18:34,520 --> 01:18:30,300
little bit but he didn't own a house

1483
01:18:36,410 --> 01:18:34,530
line and and and being a member of the

1484
01:18:38,360 --> 01:18:36,420
maggots is a fantastic team that I'm

1485
01:18:41,930 --> 01:18:38,370
always proud of and and chef thanks for

1486
01:18:43,280 --> 01:18:41,940
awarding us with that name and Cathy

1487
01:18:48,350 --> 01:18:43,290
thanks for putting up with it until you

1488
01:18:53,060 --> 01:18:48,360
finally got used to it fantastic people

1489
01:18:54,560 --> 01:18:53,070
to work with throughout and you know the

1490
01:18:56,690 --> 01:18:54,570
thing about the the intersection in

1491
01:18:58,640 --> 01:18:56,700
South Carolina that Charlie mentioned

1492
01:19:02,090 --> 01:18:58,650
what he didn't mention is he's got about

1493
01:19:05,060 --> 01:19:02,100
11 miles of freeway that are in the

1494
01:19:08,390 --> 01:19:05,070
upper part of the state but but I am

1495
01:19:10,370 --> 01:19:08,400
proud to be a part from that state and a

1496
01:19:11,690 --> 01:19:10,380
friend of Charlie's and and there are a

1497
01:19:15,170 --> 01:19:11,700
number of us from South Carolina in the

1498
01:19:17,090 --> 01:19:15,180
program including Charlie Duke who set

1499
01:19:19,490 --> 01:19:17,100
an example for us in Ron McNair who also

1500
01:19:22,340 --> 01:19:19,500
set a fantastic example for us on the

1501
01:19:25,880 --> 01:19:22,350
Challenger so it's very humbling for me

1502
01:19:27,380 --> 01:19:25,890
to be be a part of that the team that I

1503
01:19:33,500 --> 01:19:27,390
do really have to thank the most though

1504
01:19:35,350 --> 01:19:33,510
is is Rebecca and the kids because all

1505
01:19:37,580 --> 01:19:35,360
of them did put up with a lot and

1506
01:19:40,850 --> 01:19:37,590
Rebecca and I've been been married for

1507
01:19:45,530 --> 01:19:40,860
almost 23 years she's sitting there

1508
01:19:48,290 --> 01:19:45,540
counting thinking is he right and and

1509
01:19:51,140 --> 01:19:48,300
and and she is has done a fantastic job

1510
01:19:54,500 --> 01:19:51,150
of raising all the kids that we have and

1511
01:19:56,210 --> 01:19:54,510
and all the grandkids and and and I set

1512
01:19:58,250 --> 01:19:56,220
an example that that we all love

1513
01:19:59,900 --> 01:19:58,260
following and has always stood beside me

1514
01:20:02,930 --> 01:19:59,910
even when I was gone almost all the time

1515
01:20:05,630 --> 01:20:02,940
or having to sit by myself and learn

1516
01:20:07,820 --> 01:20:05,640
Russian or waiting for airplanes or

1517
01:20:11,630 --> 01:20:07,830
waiting for me to not launch which

1518
01:20:12,860 --> 01:20:11,640
happened on STS 51 five times she had

1519
01:20:14,480 --> 01:20:12,870
the hardest job getting the kids to get

1520
01:20:16,550 --> 01:20:14,490
back on that Prop plane and eat those go

1521
01:20:18,890 --> 01:20:16,560
fish again to get back to Houston so we

1522
01:20:20,840 --> 01:20:18,900
could go back into quarantine again but

1523
01:20:22,670 --> 01:20:20,850
but she did a great job of keeping the

1524
01:20:24,860 --> 01:20:22,680
team together and helping organize and

1525
01:20:26,540 --> 01:20:24,870
and motivating everybody and keeping

1526
01:20:29,330 --> 01:20:26,550
them calm well I notice that she wasn't

1527
01:20:31,130 --> 01:20:29,340
always feeling so calm the toughest time

1528
01:20:34,220 --> 01:20:31,140
for Rebecca I think was on September the

1529
01:20:35,950 --> 01:20:34,230
11th 2001 I happened to be the commander

1530
01:20:38,330 --> 01:20:35,960
of the space station at that time and

1531
01:20:41,030 --> 01:20:38,340
she had to endure all of that without me

1532
01:20:42,470 --> 01:20:41,040
here and and help track down all the

1533
01:20:44,840 --> 01:20:42,480
kids and make sure everybody was alright

1534
01:20:46,400 --> 01:20:44,850
and then made the phone call to me with

1535
01:20:48,020 --> 01:20:46,410
the help of NASA to let me know she had

1536
01:20:52,010 --> 01:20:48,030
found everybody and everybody was okay

1537
01:20:53,270 --> 01:20:52,020
and and and knew what to do and and then

1538
01:20:54,830 --> 01:20:53,280
she had to endure three more months of

1539
01:20:56,330 --> 01:20:54,840
being me being gone while the country

1540
01:21:02,000 --> 01:20:56,340
was changing in the world was changing

1541
01:21:04,040 --> 01:21:02,010
my children I am so proud of they all

1542
01:21:09,950 --> 01:21:04,050
turned out pretty darn good despite me

1543
01:21:11,420 --> 01:21:09,960
and and I am just cannot tell you how

1544
01:21:13,250 --> 01:21:11,430
great it is to have all of you here and

1545
01:21:15,440 --> 01:21:13,260
all those children you're producing we

1546
01:21:18,380 --> 01:21:15,450
have five grandchildren the youngest is

1547
01:21:21,740 --> 01:21:18,390
11 days old and it made the trip here

1548
01:21:24,230 --> 01:21:21,750
and and only two of them are having kids

1549
01:21:28,100 --> 01:21:24,240
so far so I think we got more coming and

1550
01:21:29,840 --> 01:21:28,110
and I'm looking forward to that I really

1551
01:21:32,540 --> 01:21:29,850
want to thank the foundation I want to

1552
01:21:33,950 --> 01:21:32,550
thank the committee that selected us it

1553
01:21:35,000 --> 01:21:33,960
was probably like when they selected me

1554
01:21:36,380 --> 01:21:35,010
for the astronaut office there was

1555
01:21:38,360 --> 01:21:36,390
another guy with a long name they meant

1556
01:21:40,790 --> 01:21:38,370
to get but you know I came up first so I

1557
01:21:42,140 --> 01:21:40,800
managed to get in but this is a

1558
01:21:43,580 --> 01:21:42,150
tremendous honor for me I will do

1559
01:21:46,190 --> 01:21:43,590
everything I can to help the foundation

1560
01:21:47,840 --> 01:21:46,200
in the future and it's a real privilege

1561
01:21:49,820 --> 01:21:47,850
to be a member of this club

1562
01:21:51,710 --> 01:21:49,830
I've always felt privileged to serve the

1563
01:21:53,900 --> 01:21:51,720
country and to be a member of both the

1564
01:21:55,160 --> 01:21:53,910
military and the astronaut corps but

1565
01:21:57,530 --> 01:21:55,170
most of all to be a member of the NASA

1566
01:21:59,270 --> 01:21:57,540
team and the space community because we

1567
01:22:01,700 --> 01:21:59,280
have got one heck of a job ahead of us

1568
01:22:04,250 --> 01:22:01,710
and keeping the leadership of the United

1569
01:22:06,620 --> 01:22:04,260
States in space maintaining our

1570
01:22:08,090 --> 01:22:06,630
technological leadership by ensuring

1571
01:22:09,620 --> 01:22:08,100
that we are educating our children in

1572
01:22:11,660 --> 01:22:09,630
science technology engineering and math

1573
01:22:13,310 --> 01:22:11,670
and by setting the kind of examples of

1574
01:22:14,990 --> 01:22:13,320
leadership that the people up here set

1575
01:22:16,030 --> 01:22:15,000
so that our children know what to do

1576
01:22:19,270 --> 01:22:16,040
when they are in leadership positions

1577
01:22:22,100 --> 01:22:19,280
it's all about that it's all about

1578
01:22:23,390 --> 01:22:22,110
building a future for them and it's all

1579
01:22:25,120 --> 01:22:23,400
about having the courage to make the

1580
01:22:27,380 --> 01:22:25,130
hard decisions to make that happen and

1581
01:22:29,090 --> 01:22:27,390
and being willing to spend

1582
01:22:31,730 --> 01:22:29,100
resources on it and I think there's

1583
01:22:33,550 --> 01:22:31,740
nothing more important than moving the

1584
01:22:36,140 --> 01:22:33,560
frontiers further and further out and

1585
01:22:38,000 --> 01:22:36,150
this is the community that does it this

1586
01:22:40,250 --> 01:22:38,010
is the one that that takes the risk

1587
01:22:42,470 --> 01:22:40,260
whether you fly in space or you make the

1588
01:22:44,600 --> 01:22:42,480
decisions to fly into space or you put

1589
01:22:46,280 --> 01:22:44,610
the wrench to the bolt and tighten it to

1590
01:22:48,140 --> 01:22:46,290
just the right amount it takes a lot of

1591
01:22:50,900 --> 01:22:48,150
courage to do that right and then allow

1592
01:22:53,030 --> 01:22:50,910
somebody or help somebody get into that

1593
01:22:54,680 --> 01:22:53,040
seat and ride that rocket someday we're

1594
01:22:55,940 --> 01:22:54,690
going to go a long long way out into

1595
01:22:57,740 --> 01:22:55,950
space and it's going to get harder and

1596
01:22:59,570 --> 01:22:57,750
harder as we do that and it's going to

1597
01:23:02,630 --> 01:22:59,580
take this next generation following this

1598
01:23:04,850 --> 01:23:02,640
generation and the ones out here who are

1599
01:23:07,010 --> 01:23:04,860
setting a great example to keep that

1600
01:23:08,990 --> 01:23:07,020
going and we need to do that we

1601
01:23:11,000 --> 01:23:09,000
absolutely need to do that so again

1602
01:23:12,800 --> 01:23:11,010
charlie thank you for your leadership al

1603
01:23:14,950 --> 01:23:12,810
and your team thank you very much for

1604
01:23:17,900 --> 01:23:14,960
what you're doing and to the entire

1605
01:23:19,940 --> 01:23:17,910
astronaut Hall of Fame and astronaut

1606
01:23:29,109 --> 01:23:19,950
scholarship foundation thank you so much

1607
01:23:37,240 --> 01:23:31,910
congratulations Frank Culbertson jr. and

1608
01:23:43,910 --> 01:23:41,680
our final inductee today is Ken Bowersox

1609
01:23:45,919 --> 01:23:43,920
Bowersox piloted the precedent-setting

1610
01:23:48,770 --> 01:23:45,929
mission to the crippled hubble space

1611
01:23:50,720 --> 01:23:48,780
telescope in 1993 capturing and

1612
01:23:53,660 --> 01:23:50,730
restoring it to full capability through

1613
01:23:55,310 --> 01:23:53,670
a record five spacewalks he also served

1614
01:23:56,990 --> 01:23:55,320
as pilot aboard the first flight of the

1615
01:23:59,180 --> 01:23:57,000
United States microgravity laboratory

1616
01:24:01,970 --> 01:23:59,190
and the first extended duration orbiter

1617
01:24:03,560 --> 01:24:01,980
flight Bowersox flew three more Shuttle

1618
01:24:06,350 --> 01:24:03,570
missions commanding the laboratories

1619
01:24:07,790 --> 01:24:06,360
second flight four STS 73 and the second

1620
01:24:11,209 --> 01:24:07,800
Hubble Space Telescope maintenance

1621
01:24:12,979 --> 01:24:11,219
mission for STS 82 launching on STS 1 1

1622
01:24:15,890 --> 01:24:12,989
3 he lived aboard the International

1623
01:24:19,550 --> 01:24:15,900
Space Station from November 2002 through

1624
01:24:21,590 --> 01:24:19,560
May 2003 as commander of expedition 6

1625
01:24:23,300 --> 01:24:21,600
the first crew of US astronauts to

1626
01:24:26,540 --> 01:24:23,310
return to Earth in the Russian Soyuz

1627
01:24:28,100 --> 01:24:26,550
spacecraft currently he is SpaceX vice

1628
01:24:31,550 --> 01:24:28,110
president of astronaut safety and

1629
01:24:33,439 --> 01:24:31,560
mission assurance way to go can take a

1630
01:25:15,940 --> 01:24:33,449
look at some video highlights from his

1631
01:25:23,720 --> 01:25:21,740
well it was an exciting career while we

1632
01:25:26,810 --> 01:25:23,730
will reenact all of his launches right

1633
01:25:51,640 --> 01:25:26,820
now on stage come on kit ladies and

1634
01:25:56,620 --> 01:25:55,150
and here to present Ken Bowersox for

1635
01:25:59,410 --> 01:25:56,630
induction into the u.s. astronaut Hall

1636
01:26:09,430 --> 01:25:59,420
of Fame is Hall of Fame astronaut dick

1637
01:26:18,520 --> 01:26:09,440
cubby the only thing between 500 people

1638
01:26:20,050 --> 01:26:18,530
and a cold iced tea is me and socks well

1639
01:26:22,420 --> 01:26:20,060
we almost got to see all the great

1640
01:26:25,060 --> 01:26:22,430
accomplishments of Ken Bowersox on the

1641
01:26:26,290 --> 01:26:25,070
video but it it was four o'clock and I

1642
01:26:28,620 --> 01:26:26,300
think we were supposed to be done at

1643
01:26:33,370 --> 01:26:28,630
4:00 and somebody pulled the plug so

1644
01:26:35,170 --> 01:26:33,380
we're gonna get through this I'm gonna

1645
01:26:38,440 --> 01:26:35,180
try to put as accomplishments in

1646
01:26:41,500 --> 01:26:38,450
perspective though because if you peel

1647
01:26:43,980 --> 01:26:41,510
the onion just a little bit you find out

1648
01:26:49,120 --> 01:26:43,990
that socks is a man of many firsts and

1649
01:26:53,620 --> 01:26:49,130
seconds first socks is a member of the

1650
01:26:56,980 --> 01:26:53,630
xix the first member of the 1987 class

1651
01:27:00,370 --> 01:26:56,990
of astronauts now this class picked up

1652
01:27:01,750 --> 01:27:00,380
the nickname of the gaffers and former

1653
01:27:04,870 --> 01:27:01,760
astronaut friends who don't remember the

1654
01:27:09,310 --> 01:27:04,880
gaff and gaffer standed stood for George

1655
01:27:15,370 --> 01:27:09,320
Abbey's final 15 a lasting legacy

1656
01:27:18,490 --> 01:27:15,380
it is Sox has another first in fact it's

1657
01:27:21,850 --> 01:27:18,500
not just the first it's an only you know

1658
01:27:24,070 --> 01:27:21,860
most of the pilot astronauts wanted to

1659
01:27:27,580 --> 01:27:24,080
fly to space shuttle and command a

1660
01:27:30,160 --> 01:27:27,590
mission and be responsible for the crew

1661
01:27:31,930 --> 01:27:30,170
on orbit and land of thing and and do

1662
01:27:33,790 --> 01:27:31,940
all those piloting stuff but there was a

1663
01:27:36,670 --> 01:27:33,800
couple that actually then went on to

1664
01:27:40,060 --> 01:27:36,680
become Space Station commanders Frank

1665
01:27:40,630 --> 01:27:40,070
Culbertson was one Sox was the other but

1666
01:27:46,630 --> 01:27:40,640
Sox

1667
01:27:50,110 --> 01:27:46,640
space shuttle commander was able to do

1668
01:27:52,150 --> 01:27:50,120
and that was to finagle a space walk on

1669
01:27:54,190 --> 01:27:52,160
either a space shuttle or a space

1670
01:27:57,670 --> 01:27:54,200
station mission so I guess after

1671
01:27:59,980 --> 01:27:57,680
watching 10 spacewalks during his to

1672
01:28:01,990 --> 01:27:59,990
Hubble missions he decided this is

1673
01:28:04,960 --> 01:28:02,000
pretty easy I know how to do it

1674
01:28:05,950 --> 01:28:04,970
and must have thought that spending five

1675
01:28:08,230 --> 01:28:05,960
and a half months on the International

1676
01:28:13,450 --> 01:28:08,240
Space Station with Don Pettit was worth

1677
01:28:15,520 --> 01:28:13,460
a couple of spacewalks socks had the

1678
01:28:17,530 --> 01:28:15,530
misfortune of being on the International

1679
01:28:20,770 --> 01:28:17,540
Space Station when we lost Columbia and

1680
01:28:23,110 --> 01:28:20,780
her crew the subsequent grounding of the

1681
01:28:26,320 --> 01:28:23,120
space shuttle fleet took away his ride

1682
01:28:30,730 --> 01:28:26,330
home until the Russians offered up a

1683
01:28:33,610 --> 01:28:30,740
seat on a Soyuz so then Sox became one

1684
01:28:37,750 --> 01:28:33,620
of the first two US astronauts to return

1685
01:28:41,380 --> 01:28:37,760
to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft the only

1686
01:28:45,370 --> 01:28:41,390
problem was that Sox didn't land where

1687
01:28:48,550 --> 01:28:45,380
he was supposed to and they got lost in

1688
01:28:51,310 --> 01:28:48,560
Kazakhstan but in the process of doing

1689
01:28:55,330 --> 01:28:51,320
that Sox introduced us to the now

1690
01:28:59,080 --> 01:28:55,340
infamous Soyuz ballistic entry another

1691
01:29:02,020 --> 01:28:59,090
first have you noticed that things come

1692
01:29:03,880 --> 01:29:02,030
in duplicates for Sox and you might not

1693
01:29:06,040 --> 01:29:03,890
seen this but peeling the onion a little

1694
01:29:08,110 --> 01:29:06,050
bit either he's really good at what he

1695
01:29:09,610 --> 01:29:08,120
does or the flight crew operations folks

1696
01:29:12,430 --> 01:29:09,620
making assignments wanted to make it

1697
01:29:16,560 --> 01:29:12,440
easy on him so I'll give you an example

1698
01:29:19,330 --> 01:29:16,570
his first commander was dick Richards

1699
01:29:20,110 --> 01:29:19,340
when assigned for a pretty quick turn to

1700
01:29:21,640 --> 01:29:20,120
another mission

1701
01:29:25,090 --> 01:29:21,650
they gave him another commander named

1702
01:29:29,800 --> 01:29:25,100
dick now I think he could have learned

1703
01:29:31,780 --> 01:29:29,810
another commanders name but then it

1704
01:29:33,430 --> 01:29:31,790
would have forever precluded him from

1705
01:29:35,680 --> 01:29:33,440
being able to say that he started his

1706
01:29:45,289 --> 01:29:35,690
astronaut career flying with a bunch of

1707
01:29:45,299 --> 01:29:49,579
right socks

1708
01:29:54,409 --> 01:29:51,379
now you look at the missions that he

1709
01:29:57,739 --> 01:29:54,419
flew the first one was the United States

1710
01:29:59,000 --> 01:29:57,749
microgravity laboratory one and he was

1711
01:30:02,719 --> 01:29:59,010
the pilot on that mission

1712
01:30:05,839 --> 01:30:02,729
his third mission was the United States

1713
01:30:08,239 --> 01:30:05,849
micro lab microgravity laboratory 2 and

1714
01:30:10,429 --> 01:30:08,249
he was the commander his second mission

1715
01:30:13,429 --> 01:30:10,439
he was pilot on the first Hubble

1716
01:30:15,319 --> 01:30:13,439
servicing mission his fourth mission he

1717
01:30:17,989 --> 01:30:15,329
was commander on the second Hubble

1718
01:30:23,899 --> 01:30:17,999
servicing mission come on socks where's

1719
01:30:25,579 --> 01:30:23,909
the challenge now there was something

1720
01:30:29,319 --> 01:30:25,589
that socks did for me that I'll be

1721
01:30:32,629 --> 01:30:29,329
forever grateful for for many years

1722
01:30:37,089 --> 01:30:32,639
Frank Culbertson and I and the crew of

1723
01:30:46,609 --> 01:30:42,799
at the Kennedy Space Center we landed

1724
01:30:50,540 --> 01:30:46,619
with three low level lights on and a lot

1725
01:30:53,599 --> 01:30:50,550
of well let's see a lot of entertaining

1726
01:30:55,309 --> 01:30:53,609
comments from our astronaut buddies well

1727
01:30:59,540 --> 01:30:55,319
when socks and his crew came down for

1728
01:31:01,699 --> 01:30:59,550
STS 82 they had 40 38 and they managed

1729
01:31:05,629 --> 01:31:01,709
to declare emergencies for all four of

1730
01:31:10,940 --> 01:31:05,639
them because I love you.thank socks so

1731
01:31:15,590 --> 01:31:13,250
for a navy guy Sox has an affinity for

1732
01:31:17,180 --> 01:31:15,600
the Air Force now you know if you look

1733
01:31:19,730 --> 01:31:17,190
at his bio and everything you know he

1734
01:31:21,350 --> 01:31:19,740
graduated from the Naval Academy he's

1735
01:31:25,280 --> 01:31:21,360
got a master's degree from Columbia

1736
01:31:28,730 --> 01:31:25,290
University he's not dumb but he couldn't

1737
01:31:31,640 --> 01:31:28,740
get into Navy TPS so the Navy sent him

1738
01:31:32,810 --> 01:31:31,650
to the Air Force test pilot school now

1739
01:31:34,550 --> 01:31:32,820
this is what I think is really

1740
01:31:37,370 --> 01:31:34,560
interesting he works for a company now

1741
01:31:41,630 --> 01:31:37,380
whose rockets are named after the Air

1742
01:31:43,670 --> 01:31:41,640
Force Academy mascot the Falcon I am

1743
01:31:45,380 --> 01:31:43,680
told there's no truth absolutely no

1744
01:31:48,110 --> 01:31:45,390
truth this story that sucks as a

1745
01:31:49,640 --> 01:31:48,120
condition of his SpaceX employment tried

1746
01:31:51,860 --> 01:31:49,650
to get Elon to change the name of the

1747
01:31:59,110 --> 01:31:51,870
rocket to build the goat the Naval

1748
01:32:01,820 --> 01:31:59,120
Academy mascot Sox's lasting

1749
01:32:03,950 --> 01:32:01,830
contribution to show business however

1750
01:32:07,030 --> 01:32:03,960
may be his greatest distinguishing

1751
01:32:09,830 --> 01:32:07,040
accomplishment amongst the astronauts a

1752
01:32:17,960 --> 01:32:09,840
hoot was almost smarter than a 5th

1753
01:32:24,810 --> 01:32:20,760
dan berry got voted off the island and

1754
01:32:27,450 --> 01:32:24,820
survivor and buzz a buzz

1755
01:32:36,750 --> 01:32:27,460
we admire you greatly for Dancing with

1756
01:32:41,670 --> 01:32:36,760
the Stars but socks is the astronaut

1757
01:32:43,830 --> 01:32:41,680
king of sitcom he made three guest

1758
01:32:46,040 --> 01:32:43,840
appearances on a tool time segment of

1759
01:32:48,690 --> 01:32:46,050
home improvement during the mid-1990s

1760
01:32:52,490 --> 01:32:48,700
each time he went with his shuttle crew

1761
01:32:54,930 --> 01:32:52,500
each time a hit show and I can almost

1762
01:32:57,420 --> 01:32:54,940
repeat his lines from the first time

1763
01:33:00,240 --> 01:32:57,430
because they were wonderful and done in

1764
01:33:03,510 --> 01:33:00,250
a style that I think even John would

1765
01:33:04,950 --> 01:33:03,520
have been proud of several years ago

1766
01:33:05,490 --> 01:33:04,960
some friends of mine were in Warsaw

1767
01:33:08,280 --> 01:33:05,500
Poland

1768
01:33:09,810 --> 01:33:08,290
and after returning to their hotel room

1769
01:33:13,440 --> 01:33:09,820
one day they found a rerun of home

1770
01:33:16,770 --> 01:33:13,450
improvement on polish TV it was a socks

1771
01:33:18,810 --> 01:33:16,780
episode when they got back to the states

1772
01:33:20,790 --> 01:33:18,820
they were eager to call me and tell me

1773
01:33:23,550 --> 01:33:20,800
that they thoroughly enjoyed watching my

1774
01:33:25,080 --> 01:33:23,560
friend on the rerun and all of the

1775
01:33:26,730 --> 01:33:25,090
astronauts shenanigans that he brought

1776
01:33:35,530 --> 01:33:26,740
to the show but they were most impressed

1777
01:33:40,010 --> 01:33:38,270
ladies and gentlemen I present the

1778
01:33:43,190 --> 01:33:40,020
newest member of the astronaut Hall of

1779
01:34:14,739 --> 01:33:43,200
Fame a man of many firsts and seconds my

1780
01:34:19,339 --> 01:34:18,109
thanks cubby for the introduction I used

1781
01:34:20,660 --> 01:34:19,349
to call him cubby when we were flying

1782
01:34:22,310 --> 01:34:20,670
together because I didn't want to call

1783
01:34:27,580 --> 01:34:22,320
him dick and confuse him with the other

1784
01:34:31,549 --> 01:34:27,590
guy but it was really great haven't you

1785
01:34:35,089 --> 01:34:31,559
introduced me today I learned a lot from

1786
01:34:36,859 --> 01:34:35,099
from cubby on sts-61 you all may

1787
01:34:39,560 --> 01:34:36,869
remember that there was a lot of

1788
01:34:41,479 --> 01:34:39,570
pressure on the whole NASA team prior to

1789
01:34:45,250 --> 01:34:41,489
that mission the Hubble Space Telescope

1790
01:34:47,839 --> 01:34:45,260
wasn't working as well as we all hoped

1791
01:34:49,370 --> 01:34:47,849
but it was still working pretty well and

1792
01:34:50,540 --> 01:34:49,380
there were a lot of people who were

1793
01:34:54,109 --> 01:34:50,550
worried we were going to make it worse

1794
01:34:56,330 --> 01:34:54,119
instead of better and so we went through

1795
01:34:59,719 --> 01:34:56,340
the training we got on orbit and as

1796
01:35:01,540 --> 01:34:59,729
we're on orbit the EDA crews outside and

1797
01:35:03,589 --> 01:35:01,550
Tom Akers is looking out the window

1798
01:35:06,049 --> 01:35:03,599
talking to the the folks while they're

1799
01:35:07,939 --> 01:35:06,059
working and claude nicollier is over on

1800
01:35:08,779 --> 01:35:07,949
the arm and Katie and I are doing our

1801
01:35:11,239 --> 01:35:08,789
thing

1802
01:35:14,089 --> 01:35:11,249
Akers mentions that cubby sure isn't

1803
01:35:16,669 --> 01:35:14,099
around very much he was down on the the

1804
01:35:18,890 --> 01:35:16,679
mid deck do another useful work that

1805
01:35:21,169 --> 01:35:18,900
needed to be done by the team and so

1806
01:35:23,299 --> 01:35:21,179
when he floated back upstairs we said

1807
01:35:27,109 --> 01:35:23,309
hey cubby this is a really important

1808
01:35:29,540 --> 01:35:27,119
mission you know you're you seem to be

1809
01:35:31,250 --> 01:35:29,550
awfully relaxed about it all he goes hey

1810
01:35:35,229 --> 01:35:31,260
man I'm retiring after this mission you

1811
01:35:43,219 --> 01:35:38,899
but but what I learned from that was a

1812
01:35:45,890 --> 01:35:43,229
great way to succeed as a leader and our

1813
01:35:48,950 --> 01:35:45,900
mission was very successful largely

1814
01:35:51,319 --> 01:35:48,960
because of Cubby's leadership is to

1815
01:35:53,450 --> 01:35:51,329
build your team build a good plan and

1816
01:35:54,739 --> 01:35:53,460
then turn your team loose to accomplish

1817
01:35:57,620 --> 01:35:54,749
the plan to get out of their way and let

1818
01:35:59,870 --> 01:35:57,630
them do their job and and and trust them

1819
01:36:04,759 --> 01:35:59,880
and and Covey did that and and and I'll

1820
01:36:07,489 --> 01:36:04,769
always remember that this is a great day

1821
01:36:09,589 --> 01:36:07,499
for me yesterday was a great day because

1822
01:36:19,580 --> 01:36:09,599
we got to launch a new rocket for the

1823
01:36:26,250 --> 01:36:22,640
and today I get this really neat metal

1824
01:36:29,310 --> 01:36:26,260
and I get to sit up here with folks that

1825
01:36:32,670 --> 01:36:29,320
taught me everything I know about space

1826
01:36:34,350 --> 01:36:32,680
exploration and and and folks that I

1827
01:36:38,220 --> 01:36:34,360
didn't get to work with in the astronaut

1828
01:36:41,010 --> 01:36:38,230
office but who inspired me when I was a

1829
01:36:42,210 --> 01:36:41,020
kid and even if I had never become an

1830
01:36:46,170 --> 01:36:42,220
astronaut which was something I always

1831
01:36:50,720 --> 01:36:46,180
wanted to do helped get me to study

1832
01:36:54,150 --> 01:36:50,730
science and technology in school and and

1833
01:36:58,260 --> 01:36:54,160
learn things that were very important

1834
01:37:00,840 --> 01:36:58,270
for accomplishing my dreams but the best

1835
01:37:02,490 --> 01:37:00,850
part of it all is to see the work that

1836
01:37:06,420 --> 01:37:02,500
these folks are still doing with the

1837
01:37:09,000 --> 01:37:06,430
astronaut scholarship foundation science

1838
01:37:12,780 --> 01:37:09,010
technology education is really important

1839
01:37:16,800 --> 01:37:12,790
for building the future leaders of our

1840
01:37:18,360 --> 01:37:16,810
exploration programs space exploration

1841
01:37:21,330 --> 01:37:18,370
is a team sport and you'll hear this a

1842
01:37:23,130 --> 01:37:21,340
lot very few people get to ride on the

1843
01:37:25,470 --> 01:37:23,140
vehicles that go into space and spend

1844
01:37:27,030 --> 01:37:25,480
time in space and there are thousands of

1845
01:37:29,400 --> 01:37:27,040
people that are required to make it

1846
01:37:32,490 --> 01:37:29,410
possible and without good strong Science

1847
01:37:34,890 --> 01:37:32,500
and Technology education in our country

1848
01:37:38,430 --> 01:37:34,900
space exploration will be something that

1849
01:37:39,990 --> 01:37:38,440
other countries do so it's great for me

1850
01:37:43,380 --> 01:37:40,000
to see what the astronaut Scholarship

1851
01:37:45,980 --> 01:37:43,390
Foundation does to to build our team and

1852
01:37:49,590 --> 01:37:45,990
make exploration possible in our country

1853
01:37:52,440 --> 01:37:49,600
in closing I just want to say thanks to

1854
01:37:54,990 --> 01:37:52,450
my family Annie and my boys Matt Tim and

1855
01:37:58,560 --> 01:37:55,000
Luke for all the support they've given

1856
01:38:00,270 --> 01:37:58,570
me over the years as I worked on a lot

1857
01:38:02,580 --> 01:38:00,280
of different missions in a lot of

1858
01:38:04,830 --> 01:38:02,590
different strange places and I want to

1859
01:38:16,429 --> 01:38:04,840
thank all of you for making this a great

1860
01:38:21,079 --> 01:38:19,169
congratulations Ken Bowersox and welcome

1861
01:38:23,520 --> 01:38:21,089
to the u.s. astronaut Hall of Fame

1862
01:38:26,520 --> 01:38:23,530
ladies and gentlemen I am proud to

1863
01:38:29,129 --> 01:38:26,530
present to you the class of 2010 u.s.

1864
01:38:31,770 --> 01:38:29,139
astronaut Hall of Fame inductees guy

1865
01:38:33,689 --> 01:38:31,780
Bluford junior Kathy Thornton Frank

1866
01:38:53,900 --> 01:38:33,699
Culbertson general junior and Ken

1867
01:39:12,989 --> 01:38:56,120
and all the members of the u.s.

1868
01:39:17,080 --> 01:39:15,429
well it has been my pleasure to be with

1869
01:39:18,850 --> 01:39:17,090
you guys today and on behalf of the

1870
01:39:20,709 --> 01:39:18,860
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and

1871
01:39:22,810 --> 01:39:20,719
the astronaut a Scholarship Foundation

1872
01:39:24,939 --> 01:39:22,820
thank you for joining us for this

1873
01:39:26,589 --> 01:39:24,949
historic ceremony please remain standing