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i'm greg johnson pilot of sts-134

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good morning endeavor

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and a special good morning to you

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roberto that song was for you it was

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feldiosi la matina

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good morning houston uh thank you for

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playing that song

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la martina

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obviously waking up in the morning

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we woke up this morning i flew to the

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russian side and uh

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yeah the carlo dima and caddy have

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they still have not planned and

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we look forward to hear that they are

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well

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it's going to be a good day and thank

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this is mission control houston as

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you've heard the space shuttle endeavour

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crew now awake

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that was a special song played for

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italian space agency astronaut roberto

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kpix tv this is houston please call

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endeavor for a voice check

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endeavor this is kpix tv how do you hear

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me

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sounds good thank you

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so far on your mission we've been up

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calendar days but since we launched at

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the end of our very first day we're on

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flight day nine so we've had eight wake

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the launch

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we've inspected our heat shields we've

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completed two space walks we've

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installed the ams particle detector

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taz installed the elc spare parts for

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the iss and a bunch of other stuff so

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we've we've gotten a lot done in this

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first week

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went on the space walk how was that like

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you know that that was the most intense

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thing i've ever done in my life that was

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really amazing it's you know it's really

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amazing that humans can really do this

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it's not science fiction it's absolutely

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real and uh it was it was amazing it was

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night and the day you know first thing i

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i kind of wanted to do a little like uh

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handrail kind of just leaned back and

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looked at the earth below 220 miles

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below and uh you know what an amazing

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thing to be floating there holding on to

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the space station flying around the

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earth with the earth below like that

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black void and the only thing that you

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that your light your headlamp is

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this endless void that you have no idea

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very surreal very very very interesting

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in all the emotions and the spectacle of

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how all have you had the dream of of

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uh my first dream of being an astronaut

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was when i was seven years old back in

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1969 it was july the 20th and i was in

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central michigan at my grandparents

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house watching the lunar landing

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white tv with my brother and sister mom

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florida um and we got to watch watch the

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of the space program and i used to watch

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that time that's what i want to do and

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all right thank you very much

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endeavour this is houston acr that

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concludes the kpix portion of the event

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please stand by for a voice check from

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thank you for being with us can you hear

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yeah i hear you loud and clear how do

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well we hear you great and i really

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appreciate it uh both of you guys for

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coming on uh tell us what you're doing

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shuttle that will help us back here on

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well i'm up here on the flight deck of

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endeavour here with uh our pilot uh box

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uh greg johnson and um we're having a

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great mission up here so far

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mission although we're really the

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several of us were involved in the

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robotics to install it

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telescopes before that looked at light

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particles and it's going to give us an

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the universe that we just haven't had

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solve some of the mysteries of physics

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the station we have a lot of other

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over 100 experiments going on and and

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big facility uh some of the things that

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to recycling and uh we're recycling

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celebrations and and uh even strongly

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acknowledging the fact that it's the

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final flight is really something you do

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probably have some celebrations and and

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celebration but right now we're just

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doing business as normal thank you both

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for the privilege to talk with you have

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a safe trip back home and good luck with

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the rest of the mission endeavor this is

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kfbk how do you hear me

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we read you loud and clear i think

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that there is but we'll continue on and

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we would like to uh well again greetings

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from planet earth and thanks for taking

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time out of your busy schedule to talk

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with us today we are talking with greg

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and mission specialist greg shamatoff

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who as i understand greg grew up in the

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and i have a lot of family a lot of

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friends there and looking forward to

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seeing them after the mission a lot of

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now question for both of you gentlemen

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to be one of the very few people in the

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world to be able to do something like

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great honor and privilege and i know

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there are a whole bunch of people uh

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cherish every single moment you know

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being in space being weightless is an

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adventure in and of itself everything in

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life is fun sleeping eating working

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joking around with your buddies uh i the

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space station now is huge you can get

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great honor and privilege to be in space

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really an honor and you really feel that

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everything that we do and uh you know

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everything we're doing up here and uh to

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be the one to get to do it it's an

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uh the one thing that we know we feel

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really uh good about doing is getting to

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i wish everybody could be up here

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someday that may be true but uh now what

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experience with everybody and we come

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really look forward to doing that

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all right greg johnson greg shamatoff

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unless there's any chance you can beam

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me up i guess we're finished here

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well we'd love to share this with you

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this is a an outstanding uh spaceship

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we're really honored to be on her last

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voyage uh 25th mission of endeavor and

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then the space shuttle will retire uh we

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have one more space shuttle mission

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after this sts-135

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and everybody be sure to watch that

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endeavor this is houston acr thank you

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thank you california endeavor we are now

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resuming operational audio

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the crew has

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restored

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several

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systems on board with the replacement of

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a failed

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remote power controller module

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remote power controller

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tripped

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that caused the temporary loss of

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some of the equipment on board the

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station that

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was recovered mike fink

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handled the removal and replacement of

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the rpcm

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and

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then the ground

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quickly uh powered it up and

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reconfigured all the systems and they're

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all back where they should be it's

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essentially

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very close to

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having a fuse blow and just having to

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replace that fuse here on the ground

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either in a car or

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if a circuit breaker popped in your home

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resetting that in the case of the

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station it requires a replacement of a

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of a piece of equipment

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and that was done and the systems are

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all back where they were before the

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power

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trip

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also the

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crew is focusing a good bit on today on

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replacing one of the the

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carbon dioxide removal assembly beds

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that basically absorbs carbon dioxide

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and then vents it overboard

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in a continuous recycle

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to remove carbon dioxide from the cabin

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atmosphere of the international space

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endeavor this is houston are you ready

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for the event and it'll be done a lot

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you should be talking to the daily this

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is houston please call endeavor for a

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voice check

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endeavor this is elizabeth saab with the

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daily how do you hear me we've got you

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loud and clear elizabeth how do you hear

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us

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by saying that a lot of the questions

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we'll be asking you were submitted from

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people all over the world

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and many of them before we get started

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just want to say sending you guys well

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wishes for your crew safe return and

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also

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uh commander kelly many well wishes for

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the continuing recovery of your wife

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congresswoman giffords with that i'll

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get into it um luke age seven from

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tennessee wants to know commander kelly

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how fast do you travel on launch and

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return and how fast you guys travel in

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so on liftoff we obviously start on the

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pad and we go from zero to seventeen

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thousand five hundred miles an hour and

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eight and a half minutes

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and then we pretty much stay at that

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speed for us for

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about 16 days and then to get home all

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that energy we put in on liftoff we have

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to take back out but instead of doing an

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eight and a half minutes we'll slow down

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over a period of about 40 minutes or so

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where we'll then glide to a landing in

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florida

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and uh

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from iceland wants to know uh mission

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specialist uh think describe what you

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see in space in one word

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that's great for mission specialist

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chamitov courtney from texas wants to

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know has there ever been a moment in all

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of your space career where all of those

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hours of training

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hadn't quite prepared you for it for

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example the other day when your

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spacewalk was cut short

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you know i think in fact um probably the

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opposite i mean the probably the most

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intense thing i have ever done is that

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spacewalk a few days ago and um you know

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it's such an overwhelming sensation to

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be out there and to see the earth

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between your legs 220 miles below and in

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every other direction you know trillions

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of miles to the next thing uh you know

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unless it's the sun which is a little

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closer

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but um uh you know what the training is

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so good that that you know we just focus

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on

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our next step and we we

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wherever we are we kind of know exactly

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what to do at the next step and uh

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and uh you know with so many things that

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we thought about in terms of

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contingencies uh in fact you know the

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alarm that i got in my suit um it may

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have sounded like a you know something

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of concern to the to you know the the

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audience listening on nasty tv but i was

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expecting that alarm because we already

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knew that that suit had a potential

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problem like that and we knew exactly

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what we were going to do so

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training is really terrific to prepare

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us for everything up here

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and uh the next question for commander

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kelly brandi from oklahoma wants to know

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what's your favorite pastime in space

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that you cannot do here on earth

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well i think it has to be for me is just

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flying

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through the space station

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uh when you leave the airlock of the

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space shuttle from one end of the space

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station to the other takes a couple

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minutes

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you know maybe not that depends on how

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fast you go obviously but

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it's uh really an amazing experience to

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just fly through a module

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so it's it's not described exactly as

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floating i mean you're literally

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you know flying through the air and

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that's you know i could do that all day

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every day have i had the chance

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what does that mean next question for

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mission specialists think who is your

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space hero and why

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well elizabeth i can't pick one i think

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we all stand on the shoulders of giants

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each mission we get

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better we go a little bit farther on in

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exploration so i think my space heroes

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are all the crews that came before us

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and hopefully we can provide adequate

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shoulders for the crews that come after

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well looks like that's all the time we

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have now but thanks so much you guys we

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wish you a safe return home and

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continued exploration in space thanks so

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much again

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endeavour this is news radio 1020 kdka

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how do you hear me

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news radio 1020 kdka this is the space

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shuttle endeavor mike's fink speaking

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howie is doing

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mike it's great to hear your voice from

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space hey you know you finally got the

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opportunity after all your time in space

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to go up there on board the space

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well it was an amazing launch we were

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sitting there in florida the clouds were

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coming over we were wondering if we were

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going to get canceled because of weather

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and then the clouds uh gently dissipated

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and eight and a half minutes later

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with a big kick in the pants we were up

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in space and boy was it amazing

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not everyone who is on board the shuttle

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at the time has a great view out the

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window but i understand you did have a

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yeah i was lucky to sit up on the flight

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deck i was sitting behind pilot box

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johnson and i could see out his window

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and it's different than my earlier

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missions when i flew on the soyuz

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because we were in the payload shroud so

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we couldn't see anything for a long time

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but here we could see the clouds race by

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we could see the beautiful planet get

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smaller and smaller and it was a really

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amazing sight

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you have logged so many hours on

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walks uh you doing any of that this time

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you bet in fact uh we just finished

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getting ready for tomorrow's spacewalk

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our crew so far has done two successful

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spacewalks and we got two more to go and

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i just came back from one two days ago

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and then we get to go out tomorrow it's

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one thing after another on a shuttle

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mission commander mark kelly i gotta ask

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you uh the local boy there from emsworth

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how is uh how's mike fink doing on that

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he's doing great you know it's uh it's

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really nice to have both mike and greg

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who have spent so much time on the space

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station anytime you know i need to find

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something i don't have to go look it up

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i just asked one of them and they've

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both been incredible crew members mike

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on the flight deck for ascent did an

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outstanding job

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and he's going to be on the flight deck

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here again for entry so it's a pleasure

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to have him on board

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hey greg can you give us a perspective

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on what it's like to be part of the

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final mission of endeavour realizing

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that when you all touch down the next

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stop for the endeavor is basically going

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to be a museum

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yeah it's difficult for us to think of

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it that way you know because we're up

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here the space station is uh you know

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basically assembly complete at this

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point and it's almost a million pounds

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of hardware it's huge i just uh kind of

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like did a video tour the other day and

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flew through all the modules there were

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12 crew members on board and all these

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different modules filled with science

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equipment and the shuttle is here and

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and you look at it from the cupola in

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the station and you see this giant space

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shuttle attached at one end it's just

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spectacular you know what we have up

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here and what we've accomplished up here

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and you know the space shuttle looks

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like it belongs

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right where it is you know this is a

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this is a beautiful machine

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it performs beautifully and it gets us

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up here and brings so much so much

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useful uh science and payload orbit and

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uh and then back and uh it's gonna be

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hard for us to you know to uh put it

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away in a museum you know but it'll be

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it's it's the end of an era you know and

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uh there'll be new vehicles to replace

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it and those new vehicles will hopefully

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allow us to go beyond low earth orbit

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and do new and greater things in the

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future so

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you know the time has to come at some

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point mission specialist greg shamatoff

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uh commander mark kelly and mission

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specialist and pittsburgh native

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endsworth native mike fink hey mike next

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time you're back in pittsburgh after the

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flight make sure you drop by the kdka

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absolutely

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we'll certainly

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get back to pittsburgh as soon as i can

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my parents are still there and we love

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coming up it's one of the best cities in

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the entire planet you all have a nice

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day

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endeavor this is houston acr that

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concludes the news radio kdka portion of

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00:22:53,110 --> 00:22:50,799
the event please stand by for a voice

556
00:22:54,870 --> 00:22:53,120
check from ktrk

557
00:22:58,230 --> 00:22:54,880
deborah this is ktrk tv how do you hear

558
00:23:01,270 --> 00:22:59,590
okay you're loud and clear

559
00:23:05,270 --> 00:23:01,280
gentlemen good morning what's it feel

560
00:23:09,590 --> 00:23:07,350
good morning tom well it's always a

561
00:23:11,669 --> 00:23:09,600
great day when you're in orbit around

562
00:23:14,310 --> 00:23:11,679
the earth uh it's been a while you know

563
00:23:16,149 --> 00:23:14,320
for me three years since i was last in

564
00:23:19,190 --> 00:23:16,159
space and really enjoying the flight and

565
00:23:22,470 --> 00:23:21,029
well i know you guys have a lot on tap

566
00:23:23,590 --> 00:23:22,480
for this particular mission with of

567
00:23:25,110 --> 00:23:23,600
course you know you're going to have

568
00:23:26,789 --> 00:23:25,120
another space walk when it comes to

569
00:23:28,710 --> 00:23:26,799
installing that filter inside the the

570
00:23:30,390 --> 00:23:28,720
austin generation system and you've got

571
00:23:32,310 --> 00:23:30,400
a lot of work ahead but is it also kind

572
00:23:33,590 --> 00:23:32,320
of bittersweet knowing that this is it

573
00:23:39,270 --> 00:23:33,600
when it comes to the space shuttle

574
00:23:42,789 --> 00:23:41,430
yeah this is it for endeavor after we

575
00:23:45,830 --> 00:23:42,799
land

576
00:23:47,190 --> 00:23:45,840
back in florida hopefully um

577
00:23:50,870 --> 00:23:47,200
endeavour will

578
00:23:52,870 --> 00:23:50,880
head off to a museum so it's kind of sad

579
00:23:55,029 --> 00:23:52,880
but this mission still i mean we're

580
00:23:57,669 --> 00:23:55,039
halfway through it today

581
00:24:00,230 --> 00:23:57,679
and endeavor has to perform really

582
00:24:02,470 --> 00:24:00,240
really well for us and it has so far

583
00:24:04,710 --> 00:24:02,480
this is an incredible ship we're all

584
00:24:05,510 --> 00:24:04,720
going to be sorry to see them retired

585
00:24:08,230 --> 00:24:05,520
but

586
00:24:11,350 --> 00:24:08,240
we're also looking forward to uh you

587
00:24:13,990 --> 00:24:11,360
know exploration and the united states

588
00:24:15,669 --> 00:24:14,000
and maybe our international partners

589
00:24:17,430 --> 00:24:15,679
going to other destinations like back to

590
00:24:21,269 --> 00:24:17,440
the moon or maybe one day going to mars

591
00:24:24,149 --> 00:24:22,870
well gentlemen we have actually run out

592
00:24:25,590 --> 00:24:24,159
of time this morning we wish you the

593
00:24:27,909 --> 00:24:25,600
best and i know mike you'll be out on

594
00:24:29,590 --> 00:24:27,919
that uh space walk in just a short time

595
00:24:31,029 --> 00:24:29,600
so good luck with that have a great time

596
00:24:34,310 --> 00:24:31,039
in space we'll see when you get back on

597
00:24:38,710 --> 00:24:35,909
all right tom we'll see you then great

598
00:24:42,549 --> 00:24:40,470
endeavor this is the pittsburgh tribune

599
00:24:45,110 --> 00:24:42,559
review how do you hear me

600
00:24:46,390 --> 00:24:45,120
good morning rachel this is uh mike fink

601
00:24:48,230 --> 00:24:46,400
aboard the

602
00:24:51,029 --> 00:24:48,240
space shuttle endeavour we hear you loud

603
00:24:53,669 --> 00:24:51,039
and clear how do you hear us

604
00:24:55,510 --> 00:24:53,679
great hi colonel think i'll start with

605
00:24:57,269 --> 00:24:55,520
you how does it feel to be part of

606
00:25:03,750 --> 00:24:57,279
endeavour's last mission and the second

607
00:25:08,549 --> 00:25:06,310
you know i always you know i was a

608
00:25:09,909 --> 00:25:08,559
little kid back in the berg back in

609
00:25:11,830 --> 00:25:09,919
pittsburgh and i just really always

610
00:25:13,909 --> 00:25:11,840
wanted to fly in the space shuttle and

611
00:25:15,590 --> 00:25:13,919
my nasa career took me to go fly in

612
00:25:17,110 --> 00:25:15,600
space for a whole year

613
00:25:18,710 --> 00:25:17,120
flying with the russians before i had a

614
00:25:20,390 --> 00:25:18,720
chance to fly on the space shuttle and

615
00:25:22,549 --> 00:25:20,400
i'll tell you what it's uh it was worth

616
00:25:24,549 --> 00:25:22,559
the wait endeavour's a beautiful bird

617
00:25:27,029 --> 00:25:24,559
it's taking us

618
00:25:29,510 --> 00:25:27,039
through our mission step by step very

619
00:25:30,789 --> 00:25:29,520
very few problems if any and we're

620
00:25:32,710 --> 00:25:30,799
having a great mission so that's what

621
00:25:34,149 --> 00:25:32,720
i'm concentrating on and sure it's

622
00:25:37,110 --> 00:25:34,159
bittersweet that this is endeavour's

623
00:25:39,909 --> 00:25:37,120
last uh last mission but she's doing

624
00:25:41,669 --> 00:25:39,919
great and she saved her best for last

625
00:25:43,830 --> 00:25:41,679
now i know you've done two space walks

626
00:25:46,149 --> 00:25:43,840
so far um how did they go and can you

627
00:25:48,710 --> 00:25:46,159
tell us a little bit about what you did

628
00:25:51,190 --> 00:25:48,720
certainly our crew has uh done two space

629
00:25:53,830 --> 00:25:51,200
walks so far we have two more to go

630
00:25:55,830 --> 00:25:53,840
the first one we had greg

631
00:25:59,190 --> 00:25:55,840
who's standing right next to me along

632
00:26:02,310 --> 00:25:59,200
with uh with drew feustel and they did

633
00:26:04,549 --> 00:26:02,320
some very important work to take some

634
00:26:06,630 --> 00:26:04,559
science experiments back in and get

635
00:26:09,590 --> 00:26:06,640
ready and help one of our communication

636
00:26:11,990 --> 00:26:09,600
systems uh get an upgrade so to speak

637
00:26:14,230 --> 00:26:12,000
and uh on our second spacewalk we did

638
00:26:16,149 --> 00:26:14,240
some long-term improvements uh for the

639
00:26:18,230 --> 00:26:16,159
space station so that it could last uh

640
00:26:20,390 --> 00:26:18,240
till its planned life of 2020 and

641
00:26:23,669 --> 00:26:20,400
perhaps beyond so tomorrow we're going

642
00:26:25,430 --> 00:26:23,679
to put a uh some some cabling out to

643
00:26:27,750 --> 00:26:25,440
give the russian part of the space

644
00:26:30,950 --> 00:26:27,760
station some more power and on our last

645
00:26:33,590 --> 00:26:30,960
spacewalk dr shamatoff and i will go out

646
00:26:36,070 --> 00:26:33,600
and leave a very long

647
00:26:37,430 --> 00:26:36,080
truss or i guess it's a beam on the

648
00:26:39,750 --> 00:26:37,440
outside that we can pick up with the

649
00:26:41,350 --> 00:26:39,760
robot arm and help inspect the space

650
00:26:43,190 --> 00:26:41,360
station or put a person at the end in

651
00:26:45,029 --> 00:26:43,200
case we need some extra reach so it's

652
00:26:47,909 --> 00:26:45,039
really exciting a lot of things are

653
00:26:51,430 --> 00:26:47,919
going on spacewalks are really tough and

654
00:26:57,110 --> 00:26:51,440
but we got a great crew so we can do it

655
00:27:00,710 --> 00:26:58,789
nice to hear you and a big hello to

656
00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:00,720
everyone back in pittsburgh hey we'd

657
00:27:08,789 --> 00:27:04,799
like to thank the daily news radio kdka

658
00:27:11,510 --> 00:27:08,799
ktrk tv in the pittsburgh tribune review

659
00:27:13,350 --> 00:27:11,520
endeavor we are now resuming operational

660
00:27:15,110 --> 00:27:13,360
audio communications and spanky you

661
00:27:22,070 --> 00:27:15,120
missed a great opportunity to list me as

662
00:27:25,990 --> 00:27:24,230
uh somehow uh scorch that flipped my

663
00:27:27,430 --> 00:27:26,000
mind but you definitely are my hero

664
00:27:29,990 --> 00:27:27,440
you're the you're the wind beneath my

665
00:27:35,669 --> 00:27:32,830
hey i'll be waiting for you when you get

666
00:27:38,230 --> 00:27:35,679
home all right welcome to our flight day

667
00:27:41,110 --> 00:27:38,240
nine highlights uh here's roberto on the

668
00:27:43,110 --> 00:27:41,120
mid deck uh this was a busy day of uh a

669
00:27:45,830 --> 00:27:43,120
lot of work on board the station

670
00:27:46,789 --> 00:27:45,840
and uh here's mark getting some exercise

671
00:27:48,789 --> 00:27:46,799
in

672
00:27:50,789 --> 00:27:48,799
here on the flight deck when uh the

673
00:27:52,630 --> 00:27:50,799
spacewalkers are getting ready for uh

674
00:27:55,269 --> 00:27:52,640
eva the next day

675
00:27:58,149 --> 00:27:55,279
um mark and roberto and i spend a lot of

676
00:28:01,269 --> 00:27:58,159
time this is box talking uh for example

677
00:28:03,830 --> 00:28:01,279
filling cwc there you see a a water bag

678
00:28:07,110 --> 00:28:03,840
it's about a hundred pound water bag now

679
00:28:08,950 --> 00:28:07,120
and it's timed uh to be uh

680
00:28:11,430 --> 00:28:08,960
the fill to be terminated at a

681
00:28:13,990 --> 00:28:11,440
particular time so i'm squeezing out

682
00:28:16,470 --> 00:28:14,000
some video just before the uh the end of

683
00:28:18,950 --> 00:28:16,480
the film

684
00:28:20,950 --> 00:28:18,960
we're uh here you are in from node 2

685
00:28:22,470 --> 00:28:20,960
we're going into the pmm it's a

686
00:28:23,510 --> 00:28:22,480
logistics module

687
00:28:25,269 --> 00:28:23,520
and

688
00:28:27,830 --> 00:28:25,279
this is really conveniently located for

689
00:28:28,950 --> 00:28:27,840
us for uh eva preparation there's mike

690
00:28:31,029 --> 00:28:28,960
and drew

691
00:28:33,110 --> 00:28:31,039
um we're preparing here i was in there

692
00:28:34,789 --> 00:28:33,120
with them earlier this morning this is

693
00:28:36,630 --> 00:28:34,799
greg paz

694
00:28:37,909 --> 00:28:36,640
uh we're setting up free e3 which is

695
00:28:39,750 --> 00:28:37,919
tomorrow

696
00:28:42,070 --> 00:28:39,760
and uh there's a lot of work to prepare

697
00:28:45,430 --> 00:28:42,080
for an evh day the suits have to be

698
00:28:47,669 --> 00:28:45,440
reconfigured and prepared and then we

699
00:28:49,669 --> 00:28:47,679
have a lot of tools to set up and then

700
00:28:51,669 --> 00:28:49,679
all the specific things for the eva uh

701
00:28:53,590 --> 00:28:51,679
this particular spacewalk

702
00:28:55,590 --> 00:28:53,600
uh something that they're handling right

703
00:28:57,909 --> 00:28:55,600
now is setting up

704
00:29:00,549 --> 00:28:57,919
an attachment mechanism for the station

705
00:29:02,470 --> 00:29:00,559
robotic garment uh to be able to to

706
00:29:04,549 --> 00:29:02,480
basically walk off to the russian side

707
00:29:06,789 --> 00:29:04,559
of this uh space station

708
00:29:08,310 --> 00:29:06,799
uh our robotic arm can move from one

709
00:29:11,669 --> 00:29:08,320
place to another

710
00:29:13,590 --> 00:29:11,679
end over end and this will allow us to

711
00:29:15,590 --> 00:29:13,600
use our robotic arm for tasks on the

712
00:29:17,190 --> 00:29:15,600
russian side of the space station so

713
00:29:19,029 --> 00:29:17,200
that's one of the major tasks the other

714
00:29:21,430 --> 00:29:19,039
thing we're doing is setting up some

715
00:29:24,070 --> 00:29:21,440
wiring to give some extra redundancy and

716
00:29:26,630 --> 00:29:24,080
power to the russian side we send power

717
00:29:29,110 --> 00:29:26,640
that direction from our solar rays and

718
00:29:30,630 --> 00:29:29,120
uh some re-wiring will make that uh more

719
00:29:34,149 --> 00:29:30,640
redundant

720
00:29:36,230 --> 00:29:34,159
and box was in there too this morning

721
00:29:38,950 --> 00:29:36,240
yeah roberto and i spent a lot of time

722
00:29:41,430 --> 00:29:38,960
uh milling around among those bags in

723
00:29:42,310 --> 00:29:41,440
the pmm kind of on a reverse easter egg

724
00:29:44,070 --> 00:29:42,320
hunt

725
00:29:46,389 --> 00:29:44,080
we had a big basket of eggs and we're

726
00:29:48,230 --> 00:29:46,399
delivering eggs to the different spots

727
00:29:49,750 --> 00:29:48,240
and i zoomed in on the end cone there

728
00:29:52,470 --> 00:29:49,760
where we were trying to find a real

729
00:29:54,789 --> 00:29:52,480
troublesome bag today there's some two

730
00:29:57,909 --> 00:29:54,799
or three dozen bags in the back of the

731
00:29:59,510 --> 00:29:57,919
pmm and we're able to find it and then

732
00:30:01,029 --> 00:29:59,520
we went across to the other side where

733
00:30:02,789 --> 00:30:01,039
we found taz

734
00:30:04,950 --> 00:30:02,799
busy at work you know he spent six

735
00:30:06,789 --> 00:30:04,960
months on the space station and now he's

736
00:30:10,310 --> 00:30:06,799
using some of his expertise to help the

737
00:30:12,310 --> 00:30:10,320
guys up here while we're visiting

738
00:30:14,070 --> 00:30:12,320
yeah this was a lot of fun uh he's

739
00:30:16,470 --> 00:30:14,080
getting a chance to do some maintenance

740
00:30:18,789 --> 00:30:16,480
get behind the racks i did a lot of this

741
00:30:21,909 --> 00:30:18,799
uh my last expedition

742
00:30:23,830 --> 00:30:21,919
and this particular rack is the ogs

743
00:30:25,590 --> 00:30:23,840
oxygen generation system actually this

744
00:30:28,310 --> 00:30:25,600
is the kind of thing you would use on on

745
00:30:29,750 --> 00:30:28,320
mars uh to the back of the rack as you

746
00:30:32,310 --> 00:30:29,760
can see it's very complicated in there

747
00:30:33,669 --> 00:30:32,320
we uh um here it's giving us back some

748
00:30:36,789 --> 00:30:33,679
additional oxygen

749
00:30:39,110 --> 00:30:36,799
uh we otherwise would be wasting

750
00:30:40,070 --> 00:30:39,120
now you can just see the mid deck

751
00:30:41,350 --> 00:30:40,080
there

752
00:30:43,029 --> 00:30:41,360
the activity going around i think

753
00:30:45,430 --> 00:30:43,039
they've been on the bike now for almost

754
00:30:47,269 --> 00:30:45,440
30 minutes you can see he's starting to

755
00:30:47,990 --> 00:30:47,279
get tired

756
00:30:50,470 --> 00:30:48,000
and

757
00:30:53,350 --> 00:30:50,480
but he is giving instructions even when

758
00:30:56,950 --> 00:30:53,360
he's exercising

759
00:31:00,230 --> 00:30:56,960
completing our uh video of the mid-deck

760
00:31:03,190 --> 00:31:00,240
operations we see mark over here

761
00:31:05,509 --> 00:31:03,200
checking the flight plan on a laptop

762
00:31:07,110 --> 00:31:05,519
and there goes the cwc

763
00:31:09,350 --> 00:31:07,120
the last thing that has to happen is

764
00:31:11,269 --> 00:31:09,360
this thing has to be transferred to the

765
00:31:13,430 --> 00:31:11,279
iss

766
00:31:15,590 --> 00:31:13,440
you see this is technical water with the

767
00:31:16,710 --> 00:31:15,600
green tag

768
00:31:19,990 --> 00:31:16,720
and

769
00:31:21,269 --> 00:31:20,000
off we go to the space station

770
00:31:23,269 --> 00:31:21,279
it's kind of hard to maneuver it with

771
00:31:25,029 --> 00:31:23,279
one hand but there goes the life of a

772
00:31:30,710 --> 00:31:25,039
cwc

773
00:31:37,909 --> 00:31:34,470
and off we go it's kind of a heavy bag

774
00:31:39,509 --> 00:31:37,919
and the arrival of the cwc into the gem

775
00:31:41,750 --> 00:31:39,519
beautiful laboratory oh check out the

776
00:31:43,669 --> 00:31:41,760
keyboard i found the other day

777
00:31:45,190 --> 00:31:43,679
which is a different story

778
00:31:47,110 --> 00:31:45,200
we actually had a band going the other

779
00:31:49,909 --> 00:31:47,120
night before katie left but here's where

780
00:31:52,789 --> 00:31:49,919
the cwc's are and no not down there

781
00:31:55,750 --> 00:31:52,799
you're actually going up here

782
00:31:58,070 --> 00:31:55,760
so thanks drew for the help with the cwc

783
00:31:59,669 --> 00:31:58,080
it's kind of heavy man i'm gonna pass oh

784
00:32:03,110 --> 00:31:59,679
what's that check out this keyboard i

785
00:32:05,509 --> 00:32:03,120
found no you didn't found it i found it

786
00:32:08,870 --> 00:32:05,519
position come on

787
00:32:10,789 --> 00:32:08,880
you haven't played it yet come on

788
00:32:12,630 --> 00:32:10,799
it works though

789
00:32:14,789 --> 00:32:12,640
i've got a couple of good songs that i

790
00:32:15,669 --> 00:32:14,799
uh remembered from before

791
00:32:17,830 --> 00:32:15,679
um

792
00:32:19,350 --> 00:32:17,840
let's see if i can remember ready but

793
00:32:22,549 --> 00:32:19,360
real quickly what happened the other

794
00:32:28,789 --> 00:32:24,870
how's that

795
00:32:30,549 --> 00:32:28,799
that's the preset recording

796
00:32:35,269 --> 00:32:30,559
come on i'm in max q

797
00:32:35,279 --> 00:32:41,269
all right turn off that thing

798
00:32:46,470 --> 00:32:43,750
okay so the other night uh i think we

799
00:32:48,630 --> 00:32:46,480
filmed it uh we had a little concert and

800
00:32:51,029 --> 00:32:48,640
uh box was playing keys katie played the

801
00:32:53,430 --> 00:32:51,039
flute and uh i played guitar and we

802
00:32:54,630 --> 00:32:53,440
played uh brown eyed girl

803
00:32:57,029 --> 00:32:54,640
and i didn't remember a lot of the

804
00:32:58,870 --> 00:32:57,039
chords yeah and and even though i've

805
00:33:00,789 --> 00:32:58,880
sung it for the last 10 years with the

806
00:33:02,950 --> 00:33:00,799
band i forgot the second verse but only

807
00:33:04,870 --> 00:33:02,960
part of it so you know i guess uh that's

808
00:33:06,230 --> 00:33:04,880
what happens in space you know

809
00:33:07,430 --> 00:33:06,240
actually it happens to me on earth too

810
00:33:10,789 --> 00:33:07,440
but

811
00:33:12,950 --> 00:33:10,799
everybody everybody enjoyed it made a

812
00:33:14,870 --> 00:33:12,960
little concert for folks yeah but i

813
00:33:17,990 --> 00:33:14,880
would i was at a loss for where to put

814
00:33:20,950 --> 00:33:18,000
the keyboard and uh so i had it laying

815
00:33:23,110 --> 00:33:20,960
on the deck there on that flat uh

816
00:33:26,549 --> 00:33:23,120
bag and the lap in the lead bag over

817
00:33:28,070 --> 00:33:26,559
there um but uh it was in the way

818
00:33:29,909 --> 00:33:28,080
and so then i realized hey you can put

819
00:33:31,830 --> 00:33:29,919
it on the wall you know and it actually

820
00:33:34,310 --> 00:33:31,840
worked better with those diagonal uh

821
00:33:36,070 --> 00:33:34,320
bungee cords right side down upside

822
00:33:38,710 --> 00:33:36,080
right side up upside down whatever you

823
00:33:40,149 --> 00:33:38,720
want hey fox tell us about this

824
00:33:41,350 --> 00:33:40,159
oh yeah i've been telling them about the

825
00:33:43,269 --> 00:33:41,360
cwc

826
00:33:46,070 --> 00:33:43,279
you know this is the final resting place

827
00:33:47,830 --> 00:33:46,080
place of cwc number six it's full of

828
00:33:50,310 --> 00:33:47,840
water it's full of water man it's got

829
00:33:52,470 --> 00:33:50,320
like 150 pounds of water in it let me

830
00:33:56,389 --> 00:33:52,480
see i can i can that's about what i can

831
00:33:59,590 --> 00:33:56,399
dumbbell it uh yeah yeah that's good

832
00:34:02,310 --> 00:34:00,630
thanks for coming on board the

833
00:34:05,669 --> 00:34:02,320
international space space station on

834
00:34:10,149 --> 00:34:07,430
it's nine a lot of fun you know we uh

835
00:34:11,750 --> 00:34:10,159
the cwc phil's are kind of a mundane

836
00:34:13,109 --> 00:34:11,760
task but it's something that every

837
00:34:14,389 --> 00:34:13,119
shuttle crew gets to do when they come

838
00:34:16,629 --> 00:34:14,399
to the iss

839
00:34:18,550 --> 00:34:16,639
and uh just wanted to glorify the cwc a

840
00:34:19,990 --> 00:34:18,560
little bit today