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hi my name is mike fossum

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i'm currently serving as the commander

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of expedition 29 on board the

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international space station

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my crewmates are japanese astronaut

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satoshi furukawa

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russian cosmonauts sergey volkov anton

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shkaplerov

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and anatoly ivanishin

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as well as american astronaut dan

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burbank

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today is an important day in the story

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of the international space station

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we are the 29th crew to call this

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marvelous vessel home

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and we've made the best of every minute

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of it

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however our time grows short

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although expedition 29 does not

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officially end

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until we undock from the station

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tomorrow

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we have a change of command ceremony

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today so sergey satoshi and i may

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concentrate on our preparations for

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departure

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dan she'll be your ship in a few minutes

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first

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i'd like to say a few more words

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expedition 29 has been a very

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interesting time

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we were here to be part of the historic

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last space shuttle mission

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it was then our task to transition from

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a focus

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on assembly operations to full

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scientific utilization

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with the loss of the progress cargo ship

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and the delay in launches we spent all

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but the last few days of expedition 29

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as a three-person crew

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yet we achieved every science goal that

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was set before us

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we are the fortunate ones living in

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space with a great view

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in truth we merely serve as the hands

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and eyes for a huge team with the real

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brains the passion persistence

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and patience

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we did work hard

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but our success is really a tribute to

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the mission teams on the ground who

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developed the plans to make it all

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happen

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i think of it as a pyramid with only a

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few at the point

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but they couldn't stand there without

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the rock solid foundation which reaches

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far below

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there are too many individuals to

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mention by name

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but i have to say a few a special thank

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you to our lead flight director in

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houston royce renfrew

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he has been the unflappable quarterback

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calling the perfect plays

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while we scramble to run our patterns so

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finally i'd like to say a few words

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the image we chose was the international

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space station following the path of the

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historic 18th century explorer captain

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james cook

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and his ship endeavour

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during cook's three main voyages he

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explored and mapped a major portion of

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the oceans and coastlines under the

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flight path of the iss

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adding immeasurably to the body of

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knowledge of that time

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as the iss sails the stardust trail

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following the spirit of endeavor sailing

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towards the dark unknown and new

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discoveries

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it enlightens the earth below

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the quest for new discoveries has been a

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significant element of the human

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character through the centuries

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inspiring us to endure hardships and the

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separation of a mission that is greater

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than the individual

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the crew of expedition 29 is proud to

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continue the journey

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in the this greatest of all human

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endeavors

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throughout history the change of command

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for a sailing ship has been a formal

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occasion and we continue that tradition

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today

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we are proud to have served

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and we are humbled by the outstanding

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professionalism and support

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from teams around the planet

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in houston moscow cologne munich scuba

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montreal and huntsville alabama

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not to mention the science and

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engineering teams from numerous agencies

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and universities

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sergey and satoshi

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this was my dream mission

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and you guys have been my dream crew

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i would launch with you guys on another

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mission in a heartbeat

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dan anton and anatoly

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you arrived at our door just a few days

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ago

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well prepared and ready to spring into

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action

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you are ready to take over my only

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regret here is that we had so little

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time to spend together

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but we've made the best of it

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and we're happy to see you continue the

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continuous human presence on board the

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international space station which has

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now surpassed 11

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years

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there are no words to express our

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gratitude to our families who have

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endured much throughout our years of

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training and this mission

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we call home excited about seeing

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countries at night in a blaze of light

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with a flicker of aurora on the horizon

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while they're dealing with kids homework

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and cars which need repairs

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the stuff of real life

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dan i am ready to be relieved

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i relieve you commander

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i stand relieved

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i'd just like to to say thank you for uh

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for handing us over um such a

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magnificent ship space stations

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in uh in perfect condition uh it's an

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honor and a privilege to take the helm

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um on a i guess on a personal note i'd

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really like to recognize

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you and satoshi and sergey for all the

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hard work that you've committed to us in

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the last couple of months um by not

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having

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the two months that we expected to have

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and instead having four months it was um

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it was a heavy load for you at the same

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time that you were operating the entire

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space station keeping the science going

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at about half strength for two months

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and especially i think all of us really

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owe a debt of thanks to all the teams on

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the ground the folks that prepared us

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for this mission the folks that prepared

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all of the crews the previous crews and

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the people in all the control centers

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around the world

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that uh that watch over space station

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systems that fly this vehicle and uh

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that watch over us all the time

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so it's really been a whirlwind but it's

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been a pleasure um

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i can't promise that i won't be calling

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you with questions here and there and uh

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and and i know you'll be there ready to

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help us

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anton and uh anatoly and i look forward

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to carrying on the proud legacy that the

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previous crews have uh have laid before

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us and um and i guess on behalf of the

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three of us we'd like to wish you sergey

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satoshi fairwinds following