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fox news radio this is mission control

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houston please call the atlantis crew on

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atlantis iss this is evan brown from fox

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good morning evan we have you loud and

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clear from the international space

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oh good morning dr magnus commander

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ferguson thank you for speaking with me

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this morning firstly

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well this is one of the first days we've

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been able to take a deep breath and uh

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and appreciate what we're doing up here

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we've been really busy for the first

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five six days or so but uh i'd like to

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think it's going really well you know if

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the vehicle is really healthy atlantis

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is doing just wonderfully it's great to

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see our space station friends up here

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and we've got our big cargo module about

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about three quarters or so all

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commander ferguson you mentioned

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atlantis is doing well but how did she

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uh hold up with uh launch and ascent and

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and her journey to the space station and

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uh the thermal protection system and you

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well uh you know like i said uh i did

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she's doing really well um the uh the

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thermal protection system you mentioned

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that we worried about for a few years

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it's one of the cleanest vehicles

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they've ever seen so we're not worried

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about that at all and atlantis is

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purring like a kitten i think she's

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about 25 years or so old but she

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performs just like a newborn she's doing

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and dr magnus it's your first time back

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to the space station since your stay

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late 2008 early 2009 how's the station

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well for one thing it's a lot bigger

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since i've been uh gone they've added a

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three modules and and a cupola and the

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cupola is just spectacular it's

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almost like being on a space walk

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without being in the suit you've got a

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great view of the earth but it really

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uh both of you uh could tell me some

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about uh the mission special tasks and

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some of the things that you're doing

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specifically we know you made a rather

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large delivery to the iss uh how's that

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going and and what's going to be left at

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well uh we are making a rather large

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delivery and a lot of our time is being

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spent moving things onto the station and

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bringing things back into our cargo

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carrier we're leaving behind about a

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year's supply of food and consumables as

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well of about a thousand pounds of

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science equipment and some spare parts

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we're taking back with us some trash and

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part pieces of hardware that need to be

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refurbished on the ground and some other

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consumables that need to go home so it's

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it's keeping us pretty busy but the

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station will be in uh good supply once

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it seems that the the shuttle um

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has been so helpful and able you know

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being able to bring up all these things

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and bring back down the uh the refuse if

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you will how's the station going to get

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by without shuttle being that

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this is the last time shuttle can do

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yeah it's actually a real good question

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uh you know of course uh shuttle has

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been our heavy lifter for uh well for

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the the duration of our space station

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operations which has been about 12 years

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or so if you count the amount of years

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that people have actually been living

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we've slowly been phasing in

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partners both in the united states of

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course the japanese htv and the european

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and not the least of which is the the

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russian progress vehicle they're smaller

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cargo vehicles but there's more of them

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that turnover and material both on the

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way up and then we can pack them full of

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trash and and we release them the one

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big difference of course between the

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shuttle and those other vehicles is the

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shuttle is able to bring bring items

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home intact with the other three

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vehicles i i mentioned we just release

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them and they they burn up and end up in

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the ocean so from a return standpoint

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bringing things back from the space

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station and getting to the earth we're

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well you know the two of you have had uh

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a great vantage point because you've

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been obviously involved in in flying the

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shuttle and building the space station

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what is that like when you you sit down

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and you think about and you go wow i get

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to do this kind of stuff and what do you

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tell your family what do you tell your

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friends about it i mean this is uh an

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amazing adventure that not many people

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get to do and and you two are pretty

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we are indeed very fortunate to have had

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the experiences that we've had and i

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remember a moment when i was up here on

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expedition 18 i was just going about my

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normal routine and in the course of one

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i talked to moscow i talked to germany i

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talked to japan and i talked to our two

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control centers in houston and one in

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huntsville and then i stopped for a

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second and i did have one of those

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moments of realization it's like wow

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look what we did we built this huge huge

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monster laboratory orbiting the earth

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using country you know with cooperation

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and here i am living on it it was just

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one of those moments that you have that

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like you're speaking about it just it's

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it just strikes you that wow this is

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commander ferguson same question

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well uh i'll tell you

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when we rendezvous with the

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international space station we can

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actually see it about six hours before

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we actually dock and you see it as a as

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a spec on the horizon but you know that

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you're you're closing rapidly and as the

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the afternoon of rendezvous progresses

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the station gets progressively larger

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and larger and then we end up in what we

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call the rpm or the rotation pitch

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maneuver and that's where we're poised

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below station and i'll tell you that is

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really it's just an incredibly emotional

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moment for those who are fortunate

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enough to have been in that position and

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look up and see this tremendous space

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station that we've built in space it

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really it's uh it makes me both humbled

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and awestruck at what human beings when

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they put their collective efforts

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across a multinational effort can can

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build in space this this uh this

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orbiting laboratory is absolutely

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tremendous and just to see it from below

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it really leaves you with a like i said

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commander ferguson dr magnus i believe

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our window is closing uh thank you so

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much for spending a few moments uh with

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us and uh have fun up there soak it all

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in and we'll see you back on the ground

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very good we'll see you then and hello

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to everyone in the area that's listening

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we wish you could be here to share this

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atlantis iss this is houston acr that

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concludes the fox news radio portion of

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the event please stand by for a voice

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crews this is ktvi we're coming to you

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in about 10 seconds here last space

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shuttle flight will now get some time

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off yeah the crew of four including

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belleville native sandy magnus will

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squeeze in a little more standby stand

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by the international space station this

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atlantis iss this is ktvi tv do you hear

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we have you loud and clear good morning

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good morning to both of you talking of

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course with sandy magnus there and

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commander chris ferguson and sandy we

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have to start with you i mean what is

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international space station and it feels

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you're having a good hair day sandy

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i did this just for you guys in the st

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louis area because everybody enjoyed it

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and we're gonna float the mic over to

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chris chris any issues in space so far i

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atlantis is absolutely wonderful it's uh

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we haven't it's been a flawless mission

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so far and uh you know it's a it's a 25

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year old spacecraft but it still

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performs like it's right out of the barn

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uh we've had a we've had a wonderful

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mission so far we've of course brought

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up about ten thousand pounds of food and

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station um for about a year to come uh

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uh back to the kennedy space center in

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it's always fun talking to you guys up

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in space and and especially you sandy

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because you're one of us you're from

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belleville i'm curious do you

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you've spent so much time up there do

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i do feel at home it's really amazing

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how quickly i became re-adapted to the

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station after we docked just translating

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and understanding where things are at

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and i've actually run across a few bags

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with my handwriting on it that are still

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remain from expedition 18. it's really

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tell us about this virtual meal today i

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know sandy you had some planning in all

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of this this is going to be great for

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tries very hard to find ways for people

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to participate in the space experience

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and of course when we come back to our

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hometown areas like i have in st louis

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we try and share their experience as

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much as possible because it is such a

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all right before we go i got to see i've

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always wanted to ask you guys to do this

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if you just hold the set the microphone

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down sandy chris could you guys turn a

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right i love it there you go i like the

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chris you're cracking us up

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now see that's the kind of space

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experience i want we're gonna miss right

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there along with all the other great

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work these shuttle missions have done

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over the past 30 years thank you both

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thanks you guys

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bye

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we'll see you back here in st louis

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every kid it's great talking with you

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atlantis iss this is houston acr that

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concludes the ktvi portion of the event

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please stand by for a voice check from

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pop a shower south and southwest of st

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a mix of sun and clouds comfortably warm

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temperatures this afternoon and a nice

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for highs so i don't think we can top

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that compared to where we've been lately

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weather-wise this is nice yes it

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absolutely is another good news is that

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the accident i mentioned earlier on

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westbound 270 has already been cleared

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so that was minor slots out of the way

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you won't have any issues with that

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let's take a look at some travel times

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this morning this is a huge fireball

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client will be coming to you live in

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less than one minute after 11 hours the

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cause is under investigation

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security is tied in mumbai india this

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morning following deadly attacks on

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hear me

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we have new information from the

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transportation security administration

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on security breaches at airports around

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the country the tsa says it has recorded

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more than 25 000 security breaches since

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the september 11th attacks the breaches

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include everything from people who evade

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security to those who accidentally left

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the bag at the security checkpoint a tsa

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represents only a fraction of the 5.5

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billion passengers in the past 10 years

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if you believe

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there's nothing of my save this morning

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the crew of space shuttle atlantis

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received a celebrity wake-up call

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10 seconds that's before man on the moon

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belleville native sandra magnus is one

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of those atlanta's crew members up in

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the iss right now and since she has some

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time off this morning she's able to join

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us live from outer space with atlantis

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commander chris ferguson atlantis iss

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and we have you loud and clear on the

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sandy let's get some personal business

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out of the way is there anybody you want

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yeah i just want to say hello to

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everybody in the area my family and my

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friends it's a really nice time up here

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a lot of conversation about this being

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the final shuttle flight i'm wondering

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is it bittersweet at all pessimists say

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the u.s is in danger of losing its

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leadership in space optimists say

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retiring the shuttle program opens up

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new opportunities tell our viewers why

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they should care about the future of the

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well first of all uh let me address your

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first uh question about retiring the

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space shuttle you know uh space program

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is uh it's uh it's it's a wonderful

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thing that we have united states we're

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committed to it we have the resources to

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do it and i think it's just fantastic

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plus it gives tremendous opportunity for

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young men and women to enter fields in

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science and math

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um you know we're not completely giving

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up on the space program of course we

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still have this international space

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station we're going to have american

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astronauts on it for years and years to

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come retiring the space shuttle does

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give us however some resources so we can

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make the next step to leave low earth

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orbit and perhaps go back to the moon or

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how does being in space affect the aging

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process for astronauts because you two

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well i don't know how it affects the

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aging process but you certainly do feel

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good up here

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it's amazing really i think

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one of the things i found about space

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flight was coming back to earth and

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feeling what gravity is like and how

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much it's just pulling you down to the

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planet and weighing you down and of

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course up here we're in free fall we're

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floating around in zero g and it's it's

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a lot of fun and probably makes us look

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talk a little bit about the life of an

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astronaut on the space shuttle one day

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you're space walking the next day you're

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hauling trash or fixing a toilet you've

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absolutely not the least of which is to

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transfer about ten thousand pounds of

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food and supply over the space station

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let me comment just a little bit on

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sandy of course she was here for about

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four and a half months as a part of

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expedition 18 and one of the first

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things i noticed one of the uh the first

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nights that we we kind of all

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set up our sleeping bags and went to

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sleep was the other three crew members

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they were a little restless they tossed

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they turned they had a hard time

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including myself i looked over at sandy

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she was sleeping soundly all nestled in

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her sleeping bag like she had never left

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she's so incredibly comfortable up here

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and it's just it's great to have her

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here and great to have her part of this

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well we are so sorry we're out of time

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but chris ferguson and sandy magnus

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thank you so much for joining us and

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we certainly shall and uh everyone think

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look st louis thanks for your support

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and keep tuned in to nasa we're going to

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we'll do our time right now 6 17 still

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atlantis iss this is houston acr thank

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thank you fox news radio ktvi tv and

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ksdk tv atlantis crew on the iss we are