1 00:00:00,340 --> 00:00:01,920 Welcome Endeavour! 2 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:05,310 It is a special day for all of us at the Johnson Space Center. 3 00:00:05,310 --> 00:00:11,650 Endeavour’s flyover of the city and its stopover here are a tribute to this community. 4 00:00:11,650 --> 00:00:16,330 This is a great way to recognize, honor and thank the thousands of individuals – from 5 00:00:16,330 --> 00:00:21,570 space shuttle and JSC employees to the people within Houston and our many surrounding communities 6 00:00:21,570 --> 00:00:27,279 -- whose support was key to the space shuttles’ remarkable accomplishments during their unmatched 7 00:00:27,279 --> 00:00:29,870 three decades of service. 8 00:00:29,870 --> 00:00:33,390 Just last week NASA recognized the 50th anniversary of Pres. 9 00:00:33,390 --> 00:00:38,390 Kennedy’s speech at Rice University where he called for the best and brightest to reach 10 00:00:38,390 --> 00:00:43,710 for the moon and forged the future of human space flight, Johnson Space Center and Houston. 11 00:00:43,710 --> 00:00:46,260 We didn’t stop at the moon. 12 00:00:46,260 --> 00:00:48,079 We built a space shuttle. 13 00:00:48,079 --> 00:00:50,149 We built the International Space Station. 14 00:00:50,149 --> 00:00:56,310 And, at this very moment, JSC is preparing to flight test the Orion spacecraft, designed 15 00:00:56,310 --> 00:01:01,290 to carry crew beyond Earth’s orbit -- to an asteroid, or even Mars. 16 00:01:01,290 --> 00:01:03,989 All fantastic vehicles. 17 00:01:03,989 --> 00:01:08,310 The Space Shuttle was a workhorse that could launch, retrieve or repair satellites and 18 00:01:08,310 --> 00:01:10,319 build a space station. 19 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:15,259 It enabled us to achieve incredible accomplishments in space while opening the final frontier 20 00:01:15,259 --> 00:01:19,020 to women, minorities and schoolteachers. 21 00:01:19,020 --> 00:01:20,740 Space Shuttle and Space Station. 22 00:01:20,740 --> 00:01:22,999 Two engineering marvels. 23 00:01:22,999 --> 00:01:27,859 It is easy to see the passion of those who devoted their energies to their success. 24 00:01:27,859 --> 00:01:33,130 \hI see that same energy and commitment today at the Johnson Space Center. 25 00:01:33,130 --> 00:01:38,390 NASA is ushering in an extraordinary chapter in our nation’s story of exploration and 26 00:01:38,390 --> 00:01:41,579 Johnson Space Center is again at the heart of that vision. 27 00:01:41,579 --> 00:01:48,599 JSC is focused on the next great mission: deep space, a place no human has ventured. 28 00:01:48,599 --> 00:01:52,130 As commercial partners work with NASA to take cargo and crew to the 29 00:01:52,130 --> 00:01:57,229 Space Station, JSC is concentrating on the challenges of deep space travel. 30 00:01:57,229 --> 00:01:59,239 And there are many. 31 00:01:59,239 --> 00:02:04,529 Almost everything we’ve learned as we explore beyond Earth, as we send humans on long missions 32 00:02:04,529 --> 00:02:08,659 and take care of them, is applicable to us here on Earth. 33 00:02:08,659 --> 00:02:13,709 Today’s medical offices, emergency rooms and intensive care units are filled with machines 34 00:02:13,709 --> 00:02:18,790 born of necessity during space travel, or were developed with contributions from research 35 00:02:18,790 --> 00:02:20,740 in space. 36 00:02:20,740 --> 00:02:26,019 We even have better golf clubs, athletic shoes, swimsuits and cycling helmets thanks to NASA 37 00:02:26,019 --> 00:02:27,019 studies. 38 00:02:27,019 --> 00:02:28,019 But that’s another story. 39 00:02:28,019 --> 00:02:33,040 You are here today to witness the final ferry flight for the Space Shuttle program. 40 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:40,109 The modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft you see is carrying Endeavour to its new home 41 00:02:40,109 --> 00:02:43,640 at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. 42 00:02:43,640 --> 00:02:50,030 Endeavour flew 25 missions, spent nearly 300 days in space and traveled more than 120 million 43 00:02:50,030 --> 00:02:51,690 miles. 44 00:02:51,690 --> 00:02:56,969 Each of you who worked on this program, who supported this program, who had a family member 45 00:02:56,969 --> 00:03:00,220 or friend you encouraged, should feel very proud. 46 00:03:00,220 --> 00:03:04,750 There’s a reason the first word heard from space is “Houston.”