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pation this is CNN radio how do you hear

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me I hear you loud and clear now your

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voice quality is great well we'll get

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going captain Kelly this is a gym nibble

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at CNN radio in Atlanta we have on the

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line Navy captain Scott Kelly who

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happens to be flying right now aboard

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the International Space Station as the

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station commander captain Kelly before

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we get started on the business about the

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space station I got to tell you I'm very

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appreciative as an appearance amateur

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astronomer the fact that you were on

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that 1999 shuttle missions upgraded the

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Hubble Space Telescope and the results

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have been spectacular over the past 11

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years 11 years this month I might add

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you've been on the space station now

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since October a couple of months you

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were there a few years back briefly on a

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shuttle mission how have things changed

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on the space station in that intervening

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time well since I was here here last the

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internal volume has grown over over

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twice the size as it was when i was here

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in the in 2007 there were basically you

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know two russian large russian segment

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modules and two large US segment modules

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the u.s. laboratory module in node one

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additional node modules a japanese

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laboratory module as well as a European

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partners added to research modules to

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their their side of the space station so

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it's grown considerably for those who

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might not have a really good visual

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picture our mental picture of the size

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how might this compare to a house or

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give us some idea of the size well if

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you compared it to a house it'd be a

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very large house as far as you know

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internal volume even square footage is

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concerned I would say you know something

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on the order of something I couldn't

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afford certainly maybe like a five

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that very large home is about how much

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internal volume we have now we have a

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lot of stuff in it because you know we

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don't get resupplied very often so a lot

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of the the internal volume is filled

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with equipment now having said that we

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can utilize the space a lot better than

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you can in in in normal gravity because

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you know we can use all the room above

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our heads because we can you know float

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up to the ceiling and use the volume

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more efficiently wish I could do that in

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my garage now what are some of the goals

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of this current mission we currently are

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running over a hundred and thirty

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different scientific experiments in all

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different types of disciplines but also

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we're trying to position the and posture

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the station for its life post Space

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more Shuttle missions that are going to

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fly the shuttle has been very critical

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station and so you know there's one

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shuttle mission that's going to be flown

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door in this expedition as well as a

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Japanese resupply vehicle a European

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resupply so we have a busy busy traffic

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keeping the keeping us very occupied now

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mean what what what are some of the

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housekeeping we do here on the weekends

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army-navy game but but the schedule

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didn't work out too to permit it but I

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texans games up here sometimes live

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window and taking pictures of of our

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incredible planet Earth yeah that that

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comparatively recently the cupola was

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things i do find most entertaining is

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earth and although the the quality the

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optical quality of the cupola windows

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crew and it's also you know we didn't

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see outside of the space station give

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capturing these flea font free flying

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have many supporting a space station in

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the future just one final question uh

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complement what kind of preparations are

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being made for for that well as soon as

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environment and and and get them

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comfortable enough to where they can

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work up here efficiently you know one of

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reminded of all the safety training

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perspective of being on board here and

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comfortable and ready to work starting

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the following Monday they get here on

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Friday Friday night all right then we

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appreciate it very much Navy captain

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Scott Kelly commander of the

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International Space Station mission this

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current go around and we appreciate you

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talking to us thanks so much and good

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fortune to you thank you and you're very

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welcome station this is Houston ACR that

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concludes the CNN radio portion of the

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event please stand by for a voice check

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from KR IV TV station this is kr IV TVD

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how do you hear me I hear you loud and

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clear excellent the commander Scott

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Kelly is aboard the International Space

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Station left Houston a couple of months

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earth and we're happy to have him on Fox

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26 morning news commander thank you very

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much for taking time uh waved down to

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saw your hand waving let me ask you

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something when you arrived aboard the

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space station you saw your ride leave

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months uh what are your thoughts as you

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it's all interconnected and you're

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fascinating facility and an incredible

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achievement that you know not only our

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explorers and this is the next frontier

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of exploration and if we're going to

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to you about your Twitter geography

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school kids understanding clear laker

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twitter account but i do you know i'm

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the response and it seems a seems very

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positive you know we have a unique

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vantage point here on the space station

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to observe the earth and it's a a great

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way to engage the public i think and let

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the public especially kids learn

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something at the same time and let

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everybody know how interconnected we

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really are yes yeah of course like i

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said you know you know we do have well

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interconnected in a lot of ways you know

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or we're interconnected and that we all

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live on the same planet you know when

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you look out the window

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you know you don't see political borders

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you know it looks like we're all living

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you know in a Harmonists way down there

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on earth and of course that's not always

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the case so you know we're in a

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connected us as human beings and also

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you know technology allows us to stay

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connected i guess you could say i

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understand that you you like to catch

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texans games i don't know if you got to

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watch last night's uh uh game against

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the ravens but you get to play coach

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real real quickly don't tell me please

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don't tell me he he doesn't know how the

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game watched it yet all right well then

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it is uh it it will remain a secret

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until you get to see it let me ask you

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about this shuttle uh we'll move on to

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something non football related how

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bittersweet billets it will it be for

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you having flown aboard the shuttle a

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couple of times to see that fleet uh

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reach the end of its life time and life

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expectancy there you know it is

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bittersweet the shuttle has is an

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amazing spacecraft it has a a capability

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for operating in low earth orbit that

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will probably never be matched in in in

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my lifetime now having said that if

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we're going to do exploration beyond low

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Earth orbit we need a different

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spacecraft the shuttle you know can't go

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to the moon it can't go to the mark to

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Mars no matter how much energy you put

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into it it's not going to go there so we

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have to build something else and the

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fiscal environment where we're living

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under means you know we have no other

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choice but to retire the Space Shuttle

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so although it's a you know bittersweet

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because you know the shuttle has been

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such a capable you know mostly

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successful vehicle it's understandable

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well with that sir uh we will we will

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let you get back to business and leave

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you with a standing invitation when you

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come back to earth to come visit us here

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at the station here in Houston and tell

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about your six months in orbit oh I'd

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love to and love to come and visit and

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sorry to interrupt you about the game

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but it's one of the things I really look

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forward to up here sometimes I get to

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watch them live but since it was on

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Monday Night Football it was recorded

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and I plan on watching it one evening

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here this week as soon as it sent up to

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me you can opine about the Texans once

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you're back to earth with us thank you

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very much commander Kelly to appreciate

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it that's my pleasure station this is

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Houston ACR that concludes the event

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thank you Thank You CNN radio and KR IV