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ladies and gentlemen please welcome to

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the stage cnn space correspondent john

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good morning everyone and welcome to

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this a very very special occasion for

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those of you

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who are out there and you have not had

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the opportunity yet to get inside and uh

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and see atlantis it is it literally

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there's only one word to describe what

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they have done here uh with uh with this

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uh this museum is wow it is absolutely

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spectacular in fact you know a lot of

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the the astronauts that i've talked to

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uh have said that

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the way atlantis is displayed it is in

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such a way that even they unless they

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were out on a spacewalk never really saw

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it like like it is displayed so it's

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going to be a a real real treat for you

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you know derived from the greek words

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meaning space sailor the term astronaut

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refers to that elite group who launched

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aboard nasa spacecraft bound for orbit

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and beyond it also refers to those

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selected to join the astronaut core

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who makes space sailing their profession

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to be an astronaut is something many of

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us only dream about in fact only

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540 astronauts visited space during

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nasa's 30-year space shuttle program

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we are honored to celebrate in person

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the male and female astronauts who

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represent all 33 missions of the space

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shuttle atlantis collectively all the

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astronauts with us today represent a

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total of 43 space flight missions

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spanning from germany 11 on september

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1966

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sts-135

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in july of 2011.

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let me take a few moments now to

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introduce you to the space sailors

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what an honor to have dick gordon with

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us dick served as pilot for the

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three-day gemini 11 mission in 1966

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during which he walked in space and in

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1969 he orbited the moon as command

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module pilot of apollo 12. inducted into

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the u.s astronaut hall of fame in 1993

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we are also honored to have bob crippen

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here bob piloted the first orbital

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flight of the space shuttle program

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sts-1 which was launched on april 12

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1981 aboard the shuttle columbia

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sts-1 was a 54 and a half hour mission

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u.s astronaut hall of famer dan

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brandenstein flew his first flight on

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august 30th 1983.

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sts-8 was not only dan's first flight

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but with space shuttle challengers first

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and the first to include two women is

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sts-41g

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joining commander bob crippen who's

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already on the stage and mission

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specialist dave listema who will join us

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representing the fifth and last shuttle

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mission of 1984 sts-51a

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please welcome mission specialist anna

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lee fisher

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sts-51a was a space shuttle discovery

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two communication satellites and

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retrieved from orbit to other

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communication satellites

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launched on october 3rd 1985 sts-51j

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was the first flight of the space

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representing sts 51j today is the

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commander of the mission veteran of

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three space shuttle flights u.s

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astronaut hall of famer

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please give a warm welcome to sts 61b

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commander

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and u.s astronaut hall of famer brewster

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sts-61b was launched november 26 1985

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three of whom are here today from

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atlantis mission sts 27 please put your

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hands together for pilot guy gardner and

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astronaut hall of fame mission

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specialist bill shepard mission

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launching on may 4th 1989 was atlantis

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which deployed the venus-bound magellan

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probe into orbit representing sts-30 as

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norm served as a mission specialist

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aboard four space shuttle missions and

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was the first american to occupy

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united states department of defense from

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sts 36 please welcome mission specialist

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we have a few astronauts joining us

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today from the sts-41 mission which had

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the primary objective of launching the

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ulysses probe into space part of the

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international solar polar mission please

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welcome to the stage another u.s

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astronaut hall of famer and current

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director of the kennedy space center bob

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cabana joining bob mission specialist

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bill shepard and stage and bruce melnick

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representing sts 38 please give a warm

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welcome to astronaut hall of famer

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and commander dick covey astronaut hall

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of fame pilot frank culbertson and

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dick is a veteran of four space flights

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while frank and sam each flew on three

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space flights on sts 38 dick frank sam

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and their fellow crew members logged

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more than 2 million miles and 79

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revolutions in a four-day mission which

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representing sts 35 please welcome

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sts-35 was a space shuttle challenger

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mission that launched on december 2nd

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1990 and was devoted to astronomical

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observations with astro one a space lab

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observatory consisting of four

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next please welcome sts-37 pilot ken

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sts-37 was a six-day mission with the

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primary objective of launching the

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of the great observatories which include

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telescope the chandra x-ray observatory

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spacewalks the first since 1985.

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sts-43 was the ninth mission of the

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space shuttle atlantis with the primary

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and data relay satellite here to

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represent sts-43 pilot of the mission

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department of defense here to represent

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this flight please give a warm welcome

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from sts 45 please put your hands

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administrator and astronaut hall of

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famer the honorable charlie bolden pilot

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european retrievable carrier please

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welcome pilot andy allen

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mission specialist of sts 43 marsha

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environment please welcome a veteran of

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six space flights u.s astronaut hall of

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famer kurt brown also joining kurt is

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sts-71 was the first mission to carry

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sts-76 was a mission that traveled

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veteran of two space flights ron sega

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please welcome sts

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bill led his team on a successful

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sts-81 launched on september 19 1996 was

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an exchange of u.s astronauts joining

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please welcome mission specialist marcia

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welcome mission specialist wendy

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sts-101 launched on may 9 2000 was a

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representing sts 106 is pilot scott

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current lyndon johnson director ellen

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ochoa joining her to represent the

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representing sts-112

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a four and a half million mile mission

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that delivered the 28 000 pound

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starboard one truss segment to the iss

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our mission specialist dave wolf was

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already on stage and three-time atlantis

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another three-time atlantis veteran is

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sts-115 pilot chris ferguson who's going

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to join us shortly

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sts-115 successfully delivered

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the second portside trust segment a pair

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of solar arrays and batteries to the iss

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launching on july 8 2007 sts-117

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delivered to the iss the second

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starboard truss segment and its

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associated energy systems joining

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mission specialist j.r riley already on

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stage please give a warm welcome flight

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launching on february 7 2008 the primary

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objective of sts-122

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was to deliver the european columbus

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science laboratory built by the european

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space agency to the international space

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station slow down don't walk any faster

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here to represent sts 122 enjoy your

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bows

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he's the associate administrator for

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joining sts 125 commander scott altman

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who's already on stage our pilots ray j

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johnson and mission specialist mike good

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sts 125 launched on may 11 2009 was the

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fifth and final space shuttle servicing

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sts-129 was launched on november 16

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2009 and focused on staging space

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components outside the international

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space station already on stage and here

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to represent sts-129 mission specialist

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and nasa associate administrator for

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sts-132 launched on may 14 2010 with a

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payload that included the russian

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rosvette mini research module along with

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an integrated cargo carrier vertical

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light deployment to the iss joining mike

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good

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represent the mission please put your

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on july 8 2011 sts-135

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aboard atlantis multi-purpose logistics

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model rafaello and the lightweight

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multi-purpose carrier to the iss with a

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successful landing at the kennedy space

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center on july 21st 2011 atlantis marked

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the final mission of america's space

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shuttle program already on

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we are here to celebrate not only the

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incredible new home for the space

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shuttle atlantis but to also recognize

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the thousands of men and women who have

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made nasa space shuttle program possible

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throughout the years a special thanks to

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all of you goes out to the workers of

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the entire

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space shuttle program throughout the

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so also give a round of applause to the

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support our space shuttle program has

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received from space florida and its

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president and ceo frank de bello and all

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the elected officials joining us today

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certainly without the support of all of

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you the space shuttle atlantis would not

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be here today

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ladies and gentlemen please put your

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hands together one more time for this

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to begin our program here to sing our

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national anthem please rise

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by the dancers

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who's

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in

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oh

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for the land

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right

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so

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i still remember the first space shuttle

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launch on april 12 1981 135 missions and

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32 years later it is uh remarkable to

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think of all the times that i watched

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the launches and the landings here and

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to think of what a remarkable spacecraft

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it was but

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it's the people who of course made it

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made these vehicles remarkable people

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like terry white if you know terry of

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the famous white handlebar mustache

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i saw terry last night and he worked in

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the on the flow of the vehicles and you

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know reminded me of all the friendships

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i've established and the great stories

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over the years and i was talking briefly

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this morning with dick covey and

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reminded me of a story from

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back in the mid 80s or so

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right around the time of return to

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flight late 80s after after uh

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challenger and

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uh dick had autographed a uh uh signed a

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picture to my my young sons at the time

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and

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on the picture he wrote

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when you guys get older

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that's what he wrote in the picture your

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dad's going to say that he knew me

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true but you know that's the kind of

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wonderful people they were

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and are

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beginning with colombia continuing with

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challenger discovery atlantis endeavor

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the space shuttle was humanity's first

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reusable spacecraft

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never take for granted this overriding

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significance humanity's first

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reusable spacecraft

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each year over one and a half million

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people from all over the world visit the

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kennedy space center visitor complex to

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enjoy its many attractions and

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educational programs

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with the exciting new edition of space

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shuttle atlantis that number is sure to

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exponentially grow

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to help ensure nasa's success nasa is

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pleased to work with delaware north

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companies a global leader in hospitality

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and food services leading its team for

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this visitor complex is bill moore

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in addition to his work here bill serves

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on several boards for various community

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organizations ladies and gentlemen

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please give a warm welcome to my friend

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morning everybody

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anybody have trouble finding us this

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morning he put this little icon in back

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of us so you could find your way from

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the front gate to here looks like it

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worked pretty good

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morning to all of you and thanks for

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coming out

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and to atlantis welcome home

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after serving the world for over 30

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years

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space shuttle has earned its place in

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history and has come to a final stop

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just a little less than two years ago

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commander chris ferguson sitting behind

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me today said these words

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after a successful touchdown of the last

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space shuttle flight

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sts-135

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and space shuttle atlantis

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today they're just as appropriate

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as we celebrate atlantis final stop but

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not her final mission here at the

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kennedy space center

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we could not be more proud of having

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atlantis with us today

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and and really looking forward to

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unveiling it for all of you to come see

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her

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as you heard john say we had a little

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soiree last night and the restaurant

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families and those that worked on the

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shuttle and the astronauts and to see

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their faces when we showed them atlantis

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was a memory that will last with all of

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us for a lifetime

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we're going to show atlantis to you

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as way the astronauts saw her in space

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in her finest hours as she just left the

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space station

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just pulling back and ready to begin her

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journey home

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kennedy space center is the only place

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in the world you'll actually see a space

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shuttle tilted to one side it's payload

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bay doors open

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by the way that sounds like a really

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simple thing to do works great in zero g

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gravity not quite the same here on earth

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today joining us in our celebration were

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our partners at nasa with which we could

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not have been where we're standing today

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many other contractors and companies and

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organizations really too numerous to

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mention

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we share in a proud moment with many of

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us here on the space coast who worked

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very hard to keep an orbiter here

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where orbiters have a home where all 135

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missions launch from right here at the

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kennedy space center

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and of course we share it with those

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men and women around the world but

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particularly here in this country who

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built the shuttles

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who processed them who flew them who

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brought them home

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and got them ready to fly again

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we ride on the shoulders of many today

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celebrating the efforts of exactly is

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what we want to do today celebrate the

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vehicles celebrate the people

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pay tribute to those

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and to understand the space shuttle

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program the pride

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and you'll see when you get inside the

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patriotism for this country that

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atlantis represents

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just as the future of our space program

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rise on the shoulders of the shuttle and

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those who flew her and those who worked

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on her

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it's made possible by everyone here

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who shared a dream of manned space

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flight

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they worked tirelessly to make it a

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reality and we will fly men from the

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you know atlantis is an historic icon an

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artifact

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only three in the world are space flown

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and we have one here but we're going to

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put you in a little bit different

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position today when you go in you're

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going to see what it's like to be an

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astronaut

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you can land the shuttle i did it

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yesterday i did the easy version not the

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hard one you can dock to the space

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station

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you can manipulate the shuttle's robotic

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arm

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and if you're really good you can take a

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space walk

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these are just a few of the many

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interactive activities we have for our

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guests to enjoy making this the world's

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most comprehensive most immersive most

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exciting attraction devoted to a space

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shuttle and keep in mind as you're

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walking through today

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it's not funded with a single dollar of

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taxpayer money

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well except for the orbiter of course

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when atlantis landed for the final time

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on july 21st 2011

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it was said that its voyage had come to

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an end

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but we like to think a little

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differently here

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the atlantis voyage has not come to an

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end

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atlantis its new mission is just

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beginning

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and that is to educate

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to inspire

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a whole new generation of the space

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explorers but someone in the audience

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today maybe eight or nine years old

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would be that individual that goes

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beyond low earth orbit goes way out into

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space maybe to a planet maybe to an

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asteroid

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we want them to think about that today

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as they see this magnificent vehicle

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so forgive me commander ferguson but i'm

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going to steal another line from you if

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i can

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last july when chris brought atlanta's

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home for the last time he said the space

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shuttle has changed the way we view the

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world

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and it's changed the way we view the

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universe

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we here at the kennedy space center and

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the visitor complex know that our

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universe will be changed forever

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because of colombia

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challenger

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discovery

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endeavor

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thank you bill also joining us today is

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rick abramson who for eight years served

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as president and chief operating officer

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of the kennedy space center visitor

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complex in 2002 rick joined the ranks of

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some of the most respected members of

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the space program when he earned the dr

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kurt h dibus award from the national

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space club florida

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for his role in educating and inspiring

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the visitor complex's millions of guests

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rick also received nasa's highest

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achievement award for non-government

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employees the nasa public service medal

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please give a warm welcome to president

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of delaware north parks and resorts and

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executive chairman of delaware north

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well good morning and uh welcome

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there's a lot of firsts today you'll be

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the first to be in a crowd of these

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historic heroes behind me and you're

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first of the public to come inside to

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see this

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i only make one

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ask of you

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if you like it tell someone to tell

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someone to tell someone how great nasa

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atlantis and the space program is

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we have this distinct privilege of of

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having this gathering of astronauts here

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today which is all well and good

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but to be able to tell their story and

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00:32:51,909 --> 00:32:49,200
take it the next step is up to you

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when we began this mission of with nasa

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of creating this moving tribute to tell

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the story of the space shuttle program

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00:33:02,549 --> 00:33:00,960
we knew it had to be special

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we knew we had to tell the story of

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00:33:08,789 --> 00:33:06,000
atlantis and the story of the astronauts

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00:33:11,110 --> 00:33:08,799
the astronauts who flew her in a way in

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a special way that we could pay tribute

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to every

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spatial atlantis those men and women who

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flew hurt and the thousands of people

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who work to make the missions possible

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and i can tell you after experience the

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00:33:39,909 --> 00:33:37,519
attraction myself i know the visitors

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00:33:42,870 --> 00:33:39,919
after they see it will be left and awed

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and moved beyond anything

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they might ever expect

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let me take a minute to thank a few

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people that helped bring the space

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shuttle atlantis and all you see at the

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visitor complex to life

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of course one of the commanders of

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atlantis

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our boss and the director of

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the kennedy space center

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and cheryl hurst with nasa

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thank each and every one of you and

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everybody who stood behind you and with

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you and helped you

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and everybody at nasa for your vision

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your partnership

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to bring this whole project to reality

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i really hope we made you proud

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i will tell you

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i got a great job i got a great boss i

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got a great job and i have a great

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fortune of working for one of the most

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00:34:48,389 --> 00:34:46,720
admired companies one of the coolest

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00:34:50,550 --> 00:34:48,399
companies in the world

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00:34:53,270 --> 00:34:50,560
delaware north delaware north is nearly

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00:34:55,909 --> 00:34:53,280
100 years old still owned by the we're

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00:34:59,270 --> 00:34:55,919
only a second generation ceo still owned

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00:35:01,430 --> 00:34:59,280
by the jacobs family since the beginning

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the jacobs family and the family morals

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and

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belief in everything we do here

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i'd really like to thank my boss

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chuck moran

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delaware north's president for it's his

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00:35:23,270 --> 00:35:21,680
leadership and forward thinking attitude

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00:35:24,470 --> 00:35:23,280
that has brought us to where we are

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today

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i also want to thank the entire

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executive team at buffalo for continuing

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00:35:33,109 --> 00:35:30,640
supporting the mission and the vision of

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the visitor complex

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i'd be remiss without thanking probably

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the

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00:35:46,710 --> 00:35:44,320
key person for me here and a big thank

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00:35:48,550 --> 00:35:46,720
you to bill moore and his team and

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hundreds of associates out there you'll

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see today you'll see in here for what

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our people are very dedicated to tell

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the nasa's story past present and future

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but there are hundreds of individuals

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and companies who played a role for this

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new hundred million dollar space shuttle

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atlantis and you will see

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by on anyone's belief

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00:36:15,910 --> 00:36:14,640
this is once

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00:36:17,589 --> 00:36:15,920
in a lifetime you'll be able to have

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00:36:21,910 --> 00:36:17,599
this experience and see this not unless

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00:36:26,069 --> 00:36:23,829
atlantis is greatly going to enhance the

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kennedy space center visitor complex

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00:36:29,910 --> 00:36:28,000
it's going to enhance the landscape of

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00:36:31,990 --> 00:36:29,920
florida for tourism it's going to

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enhance the united states i uh i was at

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00:36:37,349 --> 00:36:34,800
a tourism conference uh about two weeks

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00:36:39,190 --> 00:36:37,359
ago and talking with people from brazil

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00:36:41,349 --> 00:36:39,200
talking with people from china talking

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00:36:43,349 --> 00:36:41,359
with people from japan talking about the

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00:36:44,630 --> 00:36:43,359
shuttle program the international space

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00:36:46,470 --> 00:36:44,640
station and what we're going to have on

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00:36:48,150 --> 00:36:46,480
display people are going to be coming to

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00:36:50,390 --> 00:36:48,160
the united states

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00:36:52,230 --> 00:36:50,400
spending money here good for our economy

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00:36:55,270 --> 00:36:52,240
good for florida good for the space

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00:36:57,430 --> 00:36:55,280
coast and be able to see this must-see

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destination

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i hope you'll see it today i hope you

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enjoy it and love it as much as i do and

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00:37:04,069 --> 00:37:03,200
i just want to ask you one thing if you

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do

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tell someone to tell someone to tell

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00:37:10,550 --> 00:37:08,560
someone to tell someone to come to the

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00:37:19,750 --> 00:37:10,560
space coast and the kennedy base kennedy

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00:37:22,870 --> 00:37:21,349
thanks rick i just want to pick up on

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something that he had said and i think

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that uh

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there are a lot of young people here and

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in the future who will come through

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these doors and under this giant uh

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external tank and solid rocket boosters

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and it it is inspirational and it may be

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00:37:42,550 --> 00:37:40,880
that little girl right over there who's

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yawning on her dad's shoulders in the

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pink

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uh it may be someone else in this crowd

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00:37:49,910 --> 00:37:48,400
and these young people will sit there

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00:37:51,589 --> 00:37:49,920
and they'll look at this and they're

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00:37:53,190 --> 00:37:51,599
going to say you know what

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i can do better

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and that's what everybody here wants

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00:38:03,750 --> 00:37:57,440
that next generation is going to be

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without atlantis and her fellow space

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00:38:09,510 --> 00:38:07,200
shuttles we would not have an

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00:38:12,230 --> 00:38:09,520
international space station the most

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00:38:14,550 --> 00:38:12,240
complex structure ever built in space in

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the centerpiece of today's human space

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flight activities

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in low earth orbit since expedition 1 in

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00:38:26,430 --> 00:38:23,599
2000 the space station has continuous

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human occupation and has been visited by

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204

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among those currently living on the

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00:38:40,150 --> 00:38:36,640
international space station are dr karen

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00:38:43,750 --> 00:38:40,160
nyberg the 50th woman in space and

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00:38:45,670 --> 00:38:43,760
christopher cassidy the 500th person to

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00:38:47,829 --> 00:38:45,680
fly in space

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00:38:53,349 --> 00:38:47,839
just downloaded from the space station

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hello friends at the kennedy space

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center visitor complex i'm karen nyberg

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and this is chris cassidy of expedition

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36 we are thrilled to be a part of this

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00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:03,680
momentous celebration

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00:39:07,750 --> 00:39:05,520
atlantis holds a place near and dear to

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00:39:11,990 --> 00:39:07,760
my heart and this exhibit embodies her

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00:39:15,670 --> 00:39:13,829
without the space shuttle program and

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00:39:17,910 --> 00:39:15,680
the dedicated professionals who made it

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00:39:18,950 --> 00:39:17,920
possible we literally would not be here

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00:39:20,870 --> 00:39:18,960
today

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00:39:23,190 --> 00:39:20,880
in fact atlantis delivered this very

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00:39:25,349 --> 00:39:23,200
module we're speaking to you from

743
00:39:27,990 --> 00:39:25,359
piece by piece this space station was

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00:39:30,870 --> 00:39:28,000
assembled 220 miles above the earth at

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over 17 500 miles an hour

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00:39:35,190 --> 00:39:33,119
atlantis was critical in both assembly

747
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and resupply during her 12 missions to

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our orbiting outposts station is now a

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00:39:41,589 --> 00:39:39,920
convergence of science technology and

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00:39:43,910 --> 00:39:41,599
human innovation that is helping us

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00:39:46,470 --> 00:39:43,920
learn what it means to be a space-faring

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00:39:48,630 --> 00:39:46,480
people by demonstrating new technologies

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00:39:51,670 --> 00:39:48,640
and making research breakthroughs not

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00:39:55,990 --> 00:39:53,589
thank you for allowing us to be a small

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00:40:04,790 --> 00:39:56,000
part of today's celebration welcome home

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00:40:08,870 --> 00:40:06,230
you didn't catch that right she said

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00:40:11,109 --> 00:40:08,880
expedition 36

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00:40:12,710 --> 00:40:11,119
it's kind of hard to believe expedition

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36.

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so

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that let that sink in for a minute

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since its creation in october first 1958

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00:40:25,190 --> 00:40:22,480
nasa has enjoyed a rich history of

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00:40:27,430 --> 00:40:25,200
unique scientific and technological

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achievements in human space flight

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aeronautics space science and space

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applications contributing to that

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history in front of and behind the

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scenes is a long list of men and women

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among them the elite group of astronauts

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with us today

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one of whom bob cabana who was on that

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first assembly mission to the

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international space station a veteran of

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four space flights bob logged 38 days in

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space serving as the pilot of sts 41 sts

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53 and mission commander on sts 65 and

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sts-88

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he's received numerous personal awards

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and decorations distinguished flying

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cross presidential distinguished rank

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award national space club florida and he

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00:41:14,470 --> 00:41:11,839
told me to abbreviate so et cetera et

784
00:41:16,630 --> 00:41:14,480
cetera et cetera et cetera

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00:41:19,109 --> 00:41:16,640
currently serving as the 10th director

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00:41:21,430 --> 00:41:19,119
of nasa's john f kennedy space center

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00:41:27,270 --> 00:41:21,440
please give a very warm welcome to bob

788
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thanks john

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00:41:34,470 --> 00:41:32,079
hey if you think that's impressive just

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00:41:37,109 --> 00:41:34,480
wait till you get inside it is really

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00:41:37,910 --> 00:41:37,119
special what a special weekend this has

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00:41:40,069 --> 00:41:37,920
been

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i i am so proud and

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privileged

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to be part of this amazing team it's

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00:41:47,109 --> 00:41:44,800
been so good to see so many friends and

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00:41:49,109 --> 00:41:47,119
share so many stories

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00:41:51,430 --> 00:41:49,119
this is truly an amazing team it was an

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00:41:55,109 --> 00:41:51,440
amazing contractor civil service nasa

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00:41:57,109 --> 00:41:55,119
team that did so many momentous things

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00:41:58,550 --> 00:41:57,119
with the space shuttle over its 30-year

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00:42:01,030 --> 00:41:58,560
history

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00:42:05,030 --> 00:42:01,040
it was a great partnership between nasa

804
00:42:06,870 --> 00:42:05,040
delaware north pgav uh pinwall to put

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00:42:09,910 --> 00:42:06,880
this exhibit together and i couldn't be

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00:42:12,790 --> 00:42:09,920
more proud of the display of atlantis it

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00:42:14,309 --> 00:42:12,800
truly is special and uh believe me from

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all of us that had the privilege to fly

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in space we think they did it right and

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00:42:20,390 --> 00:42:18,640
i know that you will too

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when i was a small boy we took a trip to

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washington dc and i remember going to

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the smithsonian and seeing the the right

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00:42:28,870 --> 00:42:26,560
flyer in the spirit of st louis hanging

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00:42:32,230 --> 00:42:28,880
from the ceiling and that instilled in

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00:42:35,030 --> 00:42:32,240
me a a goal a desire a dream a passion

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00:42:36,710 --> 00:42:35,040
to fly and uh i was fortunate enough to

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00:42:38,550 --> 00:42:36,720
fulfill that dream

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00:42:40,069 --> 00:42:38,560
and one thing led to another i never

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00:42:41,349 --> 00:42:40,079
dreamed i'd be an astronaut let alone

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00:42:44,870 --> 00:42:41,359
back here as the director of the kennedy

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00:42:47,990 --> 00:42:44,880
space center but it it it initiated that

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00:42:50,550 --> 00:42:48,000
spark it got me going and it's my hope

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that some young boy or girl uh is going

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to see atlantis in there

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during one of their visits and it's

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00:42:59,430 --> 00:42:56,560
going to put that spark in them that

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00:43:02,069 --> 00:42:59,440
spark to say i want to fly i want to be

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00:43:03,670 --> 00:43:02,079
an astronaut i want to explore and

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00:43:05,270 --> 00:43:03,680
that's what nasa is going to do we're

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going to move on we're going to go

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00:43:08,870 --> 00:43:07,280
exploring we are going to leave planet

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00:43:10,950 --> 00:43:08,880
earth we're going to go to asteroids the

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00:43:13,589 --> 00:43:10,960
moon mars and beyond because that's what

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00:43:15,349 --> 00:43:13,599
we do and right now over in the o and c

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building in the high bay over there

837
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we'll building america's next spacecraft

838
00:43:22,230 --> 00:43:20,560
to take astronauts beyond planet earth

839
00:43:24,710 --> 00:43:22,240
and it's flying on a test flight next

840
00:43:27,349 --> 00:43:24,720
year and in 2017 it's going to fly on a

841
00:43:29,190 --> 00:43:27,359
really big rocket and in 2021 we're

842
00:43:31,109 --> 00:43:29,200
going to have crews on board we're

843
00:43:32,870 --> 00:43:31,119
enabling a commercial crew program

844
00:43:35,109 --> 00:43:32,880
that's going to take our astronauts to

845
00:43:36,790 --> 00:43:35,119
our international space station

846
00:43:38,550 --> 00:43:36,800
we are doing great things and we're

847
00:43:40,470 --> 00:43:38,560
going to continue to do great things

848
00:43:42,710 --> 00:43:40,480
because of this amazing team so thank

849
00:43:45,190 --> 00:43:42,720
you for your support please enjoy this

850
00:43:54,470 --> 00:43:45,200
exhibit today it truly is special thank

851
00:44:00,309 --> 00:43:56,710
last night was great the same thing

852
00:44:04,309 --> 00:44:02,470
a man who needs no introduction so he

853
00:44:05,430 --> 00:44:04,319
won't give him one

854
00:44:06,870 --> 00:44:05,440
so

855
00:44:11,670 --> 00:44:06,880
charlie bolden

856
00:44:15,910 --> 00:44:14,309
john thanks very much bob just asked how

857
00:44:17,270 --> 00:44:15,920
come you do what he says and you didn't

858
00:44:19,589 --> 00:44:17,280
do what i said

859
00:44:21,750 --> 00:44:19,599
um i said to bob it's because i'm the

860
00:44:23,829 --> 00:44:21,760
administrator and in nasa nobody ever

861
00:44:25,190 --> 00:44:23,839
listens to me at least john zarrella

862
00:44:27,270 --> 00:44:25,200
does so

863
00:44:28,069 --> 00:44:27,280
thank you john thank you

864
00:44:30,309 --> 00:44:28,079
um

865
00:44:32,069 --> 00:44:30,319
i want to thank the kennedy space center

866
00:44:40,150 --> 00:44:32,079
workforce first of all

867
00:44:45,750 --> 00:44:42,950
i don't um we we're bringing atlanta's

868
00:44:48,309 --> 00:44:45,760
home today publicly uh and i don't know

869
00:44:52,230 --> 00:44:48,319
how many people were around as we got to

870
00:44:54,470 --> 00:44:52,240
this day but you know you have special

871
00:44:56,309 --> 00:44:54,480
people many of whom are standing out

872
00:44:58,710 --> 00:44:56,319
here in this audience you know you have

873
00:45:00,790 --> 00:44:58,720
special people when they know that every

874
00:45:03,829 --> 00:45:00,800
every evolution they do

875
00:45:05,829 --> 00:45:03,839
puts them one day closer to not working

876
00:45:08,950 --> 00:45:05,839
anymore

877
00:45:10,550 --> 00:45:08,960
and yet they work every single day

878
00:45:12,309 --> 00:45:10,560
tirelessly

879
00:45:14,230 --> 00:45:12,319
because they believe in the future and

880
00:45:17,030 --> 00:45:14,240
so when i say i want to thank the

881
00:45:19,589 --> 00:45:17,040
kennedy space center workforce

882
00:45:22,150 --> 00:45:19,599
people of the space coast

883
00:45:24,870 --> 00:45:22,160
today and into the future i really mean

884
00:45:27,109 --> 00:45:24,880
that you all are incredibly special

885
00:45:36,150 --> 00:45:27,119
people in this nation owes you a super

886
00:45:40,390 --> 00:45:38,630
you know it's um it may seem strange to

887
00:45:42,630 --> 00:45:40,400
you that i'm talking to a vehicle when i

888
00:45:44,550 --> 00:45:42,640
say welcome home atlantis but for

889
00:45:46,550 --> 00:45:44,560
everybody sitting on the stage or most

890
00:45:48,630 --> 00:45:46,560
of us sitting on the stage

891
00:45:50,230 --> 00:45:48,640
you know that it's not like a vehicle

892
00:45:52,470 --> 00:45:50,240
it's like a person

893
00:45:54,950 --> 00:45:52,480
uh i think everybody can think back to

894
00:45:56,710 --> 00:45:54,960
when you came down here for tcdt

895
00:45:58,630 --> 00:45:56,720
the terminal countdown demonstration

896
00:46:00,870 --> 00:45:58,640
test and you know you go out to the pad

897
00:46:03,349 --> 00:46:00,880
and it's a vehicle it's not doing

898
00:46:04,790 --> 00:46:03,359
anything it's just there and you get in

899
00:46:06,230 --> 00:46:04,800
it you go through a mock launch and

900
00:46:08,950 --> 00:46:06,240
everything seems okay and then you come

901
00:46:10,870 --> 00:46:08,960
back two weeks later and it is really

902
00:46:20,150 --> 00:46:10,880
really different

903
00:46:24,950 --> 00:46:22,470
and you thought you were okay

904
00:46:27,670 --> 00:46:24,960
until this thing starts talking to you

905
00:46:30,230 --> 00:46:27,680
so when i say welcome home atlantis i

906
00:46:32,230 --> 00:46:30,240
mean welcome home atlantis because for

907
00:46:34,550 --> 00:46:32,240
most of us on this stage it has been a

908
00:46:36,550 --> 00:46:34,560
dear friend it has taken us to places

909
00:46:38,870 --> 00:46:36,560
that we never dreamed and brought us

910
00:46:40,710 --> 00:46:38,880
safely home and so it's very special

911
00:46:42,950 --> 00:46:40,720
it's not far from here atlantis where

912
00:46:45,829 --> 00:46:42,960
you launched so many times

913
00:46:47,910 --> 00:46:45,839
there's no better way to launch nasa

914
00:46:49,990 --> 00:46:47,920
into our new era of human space flight

915
00:46:51,589 --> 00:46:50,000
than to take a moment to salute the men

916
00:46:53,750 --> 00:46:51,599
and women and the flying machines that

917
00:46:55,750 --> 00:46:53,760
have helped our nation lead the world in

918
00:46:57,589 --> 00:46:55,760
space exploration

919
00:47:00,230 --> 00:46:57,599
it's great to see so many former

920
00:47:02,550 --> 00:47:00,240
astronauts here and i know people say

921
00:47:04,150 --> 00:47:02,560
but there's no such thing as a former

922
00:47:05,109 --> 00:47:04,160
yeah we're former

923
00:47:06,790 --> 00:47:05,119
um

924
00:47:09,190 --> 00:47:06,800
and we understand that

925
00:47:11,750 --> 00:47:09,200
uh especially good to see my friend from

926
00:47:13,910 --> 00:47:11,760
from jiminy and apollo

927
00:47:15,349 --> 00:47:13,920
who shall remain nameless and who

928
00:47:16,870 --> 00:47:15,359
promised that if i didn't call his name

929
00:47:22,710 --> 00:47:16,880
he wouldn't say anything bad about me

930
00:47:22,720 --> 00:47:26,150
you come on

931
00:47:31,270 --> 00:47:28,150
you and the men and women here at the

932
00:47:33,670 --> 00:47:31,280
kennedy space center and throughout nasa

933
00:47:35,270 --> 00:47:33,680
who supported you who are true american

934
00:47:38,309 --> 00:47:35,280
heroes

935
00:47:40,710 --> 00:47:38,319
i was proud to serve with all of you i

936
00:47:41,670 --> 00:47:40,720
was proud to fly some of with some of

937
00:47:43,670 --> 00:47:41,680
you

938
00:47:46,710 --> 00:47:43,680
and i stand here today as a lifetime

939
00:47:48,309 --> 00:47:46,720
member of nasa's astronaut core family

940
00:47:50,150 --> 00:47:48,319
i want you to know that everything we're

941
00:47:52,870 --> 00:47:50,160
planning for the future from sending

942
00:47:54,390 --> 00:47:52,880
humans to an asteroid to sending humans

943
00:47:55,829 --> 00:47:54,400
to mars

944
00:47:58,069 --> 00:47:55,839
is only possible because of the

945
00:48:01,030 --> 00:47:58,079
breakthroughs in the groundwork that all

946
00:48:03,030 --> 00:48:01,040
of you laid over the 30-year absolutely

947
00:48:04,470 --> 00:48:03,040
incredible history of the shuttle

948
00:48:06,470 --> 00:48:04,480
program

949
00:48:08,470 --> 00:48:06,480
and the more than 50 years

950
00:48:10,950 --> 00:48:08,480
of human space flight

951
00:48:13,109 --> 00:48:10,960
your accomplishments are amazing

952
00:48:14,230 --> 00:48:13,119
their history upon which great nations

953
00:48:15,670 --> 00:48:14,240
are built

954
00:48:17,270 --> 00:48:15,680
and believe me

955
00:48:18,309 --> 00:48:17,280
we're going to continue in your

956
00:48:20,069 --> 00:48:18,319
tradition

957
00:48:21,750 --> 00:48:20,079
to break new barriers and reach new

958
00:48:23,349 --> 00:48:21,760
frontiers

959
00:48:25,670 --> 00:48:23,359
our newest group of eight astronaut

960
00:48:27,910 --> 00:48:25,680
candidates four men and four women who

961
00:48:30,390 --> 00:48:27,920
were introduced to the world last week

962
00:48:32,950 --> 00:48:30,400
stand on all of your shoulders

963
00:48:35,030 --> 00:48:32,960
just as when i got the call in 1980 that

964
00:48:36,630 --> 00:48:35,040
i was going to join the nasa

965
00:48:38,950 --> 00:48:36,640
astronaut corps

966
00:48:41,990 --> 00:48:38,960
they're full of hope possibility and

967
00:48:44,230 --> 00:48:42,000
pride for the chance to be a part of our

968
00:48:45,829 --> 00:48:44,240
nation's great legacy to space

969
00:48:47,589 --> 00:48:45,839
exploration

970
00:48:51,190 --> 00:48:47,599
space shuttle atlantis

971
00:48:53,510 --> 00:48:51,200
is a critical part of that nasa history

972
00:48:55,270 --> 00:48:53,520
the fourth of our space shuttle

973
00:48:57,190 --> 00:48:55,280
rated space shuttles

974
00:48:58,870 --> 00:48:57,200
atlantis was delivered to kennedy in

975
00:49:00,870 --> 00:48:58,880
1985

976
00:49:03,990 --> 00:49:00,880
and immediately became a workhorse of

977
00:49:04,950 --> 00:49:04,000
the fleet she has 33 missions under her

978
00:49:07,349 --> 00:49:04,960
belt

979
00:49:09,270 --> 00:49:07,359
including nasa's final shuttle mission

980
00:49:12,390 --> 00:49:09,280
that rolled to its final stop here at

981
00:49:14,870 --> 00:49:12,400
the kennedy space center on july 21st

982
00:49:16,710 --> 00:49:14,880
2011.

983
00:49:19,349 --> 00:49:16,720
i will never forget the thrill of

984
00:49:21,910 --> 00:49:19,359
commanding sts 45 and flying with my

985
00:49:25,030 --> 00:49:21,920
shuttle atlantis crewmates brian duffy

986
00:49:27,510 --> 00:49:25,040
kathy sullivan dave liesma c michael

987
00:49:29,109 --> 00:49:27,520
foale baron lichtenberg and kirk from

988
00:49:30,950 --> 00:49:29,119
out

989
00:49:32,950 --> 00:49:30,960
like all shuttle crews

990
00:49:34,630 --> 00:49:32,960
we work together as a team

991
00:49:35,829 --> 00:49:34,640
on some of the cutting edge science of

992
00:49:37,670 --> 00:49:35,839
our day

993
00:49:39,990 --> 00:49:37,680
we help scientists on the ground

994
00:49:41,670 --> 00:49:40,000
understand what we were undergoing in

995
00:49:43,349 --> 00:49:41,680
space

996
00:49:45,190 --> 00:49:43,359
and we

997
00:49:47,589 --> 00:49:45,200
were confident that our work would

998
00:49:48,710 --> 00:49:47,599
advance our nation and improve life on

999
00:49:50,549 --> 00:49:48,720
earth

1000
00:49:52,230 --> 00:49:50,559
while atlantis has flown her last

1001
00:49:53,750 --> 00:49:52,240
mission to space

1002
00:49:55,829 --> 00:49:53,760
she lives on

1003
00:49:57,589 --> 00:49:55,839
to fulfill a new and important mission

1004
00:49:59,430 --> 00:49:57,599
right here on earth

1005
00:50:02,630 --> 00:49:59,440
she'll inspire a new generation of

1006
00:50:05,430 --> 00:50:02,640
explorers who one day may join us on

1007
00:50:08,470 --> 00:50:05,440
missions to mars and other destinations

1008
00:50:10,630 --> 00:50:08,480
not far from here the orion crew capsule

1009
00:50:12,870 --> 00:50:10,640
that will carry them on these missions

1010
00:50:15,190 --> 00:50:12,880
is in preparation for its next its first

1011
00:50:18,549 --> 00:50:15,200
test flight next year

1012
00:50:20,870 --> 00:50:18,559
on a launch pad also not far from here

1013
00:50:23,030 --> 00:50:20,880
industry partners are launching cargo to

1014
00:50:25,430 --> 00:50:23,040
the international space station and will

1015
00:50:27,190 --> 00:50:25,440
once again soon launch astronauts from

1016
00:50:29,109 --> 00:50:27,200
american soil

1017
00:50:31,349 --> 00:50:29,119
i want to congratulate the team here at

1018
00:50:33,430 --> 00:50:31,359
the kennedy visitors complex

1019
00:50:36,630 --> 00:50:33,440
for creating the most comprehensive

1020
00:50:39,430 --> 00:50:36,640
interactive and exciting tribute to the

1021
00:50:42,069 --> 00:50:39,440
30-year phenomenal shuttle program

1022
00:50:44,630 --> 00:50:42,079
this exhibit is powerful reminder of

1023
00:50:47,990 --> 00:50:44,640
nasa's unmatched accomplishments

1024
00:50:51,349 --> 00:50:48,000
during more than 50 years of exploration

1025
00:50:53,990 --> 00:50:51,359
and the great future that lies ahead

1026
00:50:56,710 --> 00:50:54,000
with her payload bay doors wide open

1027
00:50:59,750 --> 00:50:56,720
atlantis is literally reaching out with

1028
00:51:01,750 --> 00:50:59,760
open arms to welcome all visitors

1029
00:51:02,710 --> 00:51:01,760
create our unprecedented achievements in

1030
00:51:05,670 --> 00:51:02,720
space

1031
00:51:08,790 --> 00:51:05,680
and inspire a new generation

1032
00:51:20,069 --> 00:51:08,800
and now bill rick bob come on up and

1033
00:51:20,079 --> 00:51:24,230
this is really scary

1034
00:51:30,150 --> 00:51:25,990
you skipped the part but that's okay

1035
00:51:33,829 --> 00:51:32,150
that's why he has a pilot he said you

1036
00:51:38,630 --> 00:51:33,839
didn't skip any parts up there did you

1037
00:51:42,150 --> 00:51:39,990
we're going to do the countdown now

1038
00:51:46,790 --> 00:51:42,160
gentlemen i think you are ready and the

1039
00:51:48,069 --> 00:51:46,800
final go at t minus 10 and counting ten

1040
00:51:49,030 --> 00:51:48,079
nine

1041
00:51:50,950 --> 00:51:49,040
eight

1042
00:51:51,990 --> 00:51:50,960
seven six

1043
00:51:52,950 --> 00:51:52,000
five

1044
00:51:53,990 --> 00:51:52,960
four

1045
00:51:54,950 --> 00:51:54,000
three

1046
00:52:39,190 --> 00:51:54,960
two

1047
00:52:41,910 --> 00:52:40,630
charlie can you come up here and do that

1048
00:52:44,230 --> 00:52:41,920
breathing thing again and how the

1049
00:52:45,829 --> 00:52:44,240
vehicle breathes you know if it talks to

1050
00:52:49,430 --> 00:52:45,839
you there is therapy for that i

1051
00:52:53,190 --> 00:52:51,190
the time has almost come now to

1052
00:52:55,510 --> 00:52:53,200
experience a space shuttle atlantis in a

1053
00:52:59,270 --> 00:52:55,520
few moments ladies and gentlemen the

1054
00:53:01,109 --> 00:52:59,280
doors will officially open uh before we

1055
00:53:02,549 --> 00:53:01,119
let you all go i just want to say thank

1056
00:53:05,270 --> 00:53:02,559
you to a couple of friends of mine tim

1057
00:53:08,950 --> 00:53:05,280
macy and andrea farmer who for years

1058
00:53:10,950 --> 00:53:08,960
have made my job very very easy

1059
00:53:12,710 --> 00:53:10,960
thank you all for joining us it was my

1060
00:53:16,230 --> 00:53:12,720
pleasure to be here and i hope to see

1061
00:53:18,630 --> 00:53:16,240
you here again and again and again

1062
00:53:19,750 --> 00:53:18,640
because one time will not be enough