1 00:00:12,799 --> 00:00:17,430 foreign 2 00:00:22,630 --> 00:00:19,029 we are reporting we are ready for the 3 00:00:22,640 --> 00:01:11,510 thank you 4 00:01:17,910 --> 00:01:14,469 the crew is reporting 5 00:01:21,350 --> 00:01:17,920 for duty and we are going to see of the 6 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:50,710 we are the backup crew 7 00:01:50,720 --> 00:02:06,230 oh 8 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:33,270 erica 9 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:50,070 is 10 00:02:50,080 --> 00:03:24,229 foreign 11 00:03:24,239 --> 00:04:23,110 um 12 00:04:43,749 --> 00:04:24,950 you look happy 13 00:04:43,759 --> 00:05:35,510 um 14 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:53,029 foreign 15 00:05:53,039 --> 00:06:41,189 okay 16 00:06:41,199 --> 00:06:58,230 foreign 17 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:59,830 here 18 00:08:45,030 --> 00:08:17,430 is 19 00:08:45,040 --> 00:09:14,550 thank you 20 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:38,949 oh 21 00:09:38,959 --> 00:10:10,389 toys 22 00:10:10,399 --> 00:10:19,829 is 23 00:10:19,839 --> 00:10:41,910 what's he doing 24 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:50,470 thank you 25 00:10:50,480 --> 00:11:02,069 dancing partner yeah 26 00:11:02,079 --> 00:11:16,550 yes 27 00:12:47,269 --> 00:11:58,790 foreign 28 00:12:47,279 --> 00:13:00,470 um 29 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:18,470 okay 30 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:40,230 skill 31 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:55,670 yes 32 00:13:55,680 --> 00:14:07,670 foreign 33 00:14:14,550 --> 00:14:09,990 i think i hit the ball to you yeah and 34 00:14:14,560 --> 00:14:22,870 oh yes 35 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:36,389 we're playing rules right now 36 00:14:36,399 --> 00:14:55,350 a single shot now 37 00:14:55,360 --> 00:15:13,350 come on 38 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:30,470 oh 39 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,870 good 40 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:45,189 um 41 00:15:49,509 --> 00:15:47,430 are you excited to go 42 00:15:52,150 --> 00:15:49,519 yeah we're getting closer and closer and 43 00:15:53,590 --> 00:15:52,160 then we're now using this facility to 44 00:15:56,069 --> 00:15:53,600 get used to this 45 00:15:58,550 --> 00:15:56,079 our physiological change in microgravity 46 00:16:01,430 --> 00:15:58,560 preparation is going well so i'm getting 47 00:16:21,990 --> 00:16:01,440 excited and waiting for the launch 48 00:16:25,829 --> 00:16:24,470 well yeah we're very excited for launch 49 00:16:27,509 --> 00:16:25,839 we're ready 50 00:16:28,949 --> 00:16:27,519 it's a very relaxed atmosphere here 51 00:16:30,310 --> 00:16:28,959 we're doing a little bit of training and 52 00:16:32,470 --> 00:16:30,320 a little bit of uh 53 00:16:33,670 --> 00:16:32,480 physiological preparation but uh we're 54 00:16:39,430 --> 00:16:33,680 having a great time we're looking 55 00:16:42,790 --> 00:16:41,110 being the prime crew member is much much 56 00:16:44,790 --> 00:16:42,800 more exciting because we know that we're 57 00:16:45,590 --> 00:16:44,800 not going back to houston next week we 58 00:16:47,430 --> 00:16:45,600 know we're launching to the 59 00:16:56,949 --> 00:16:47,440 international space station so we're 60 00:17:16,829 --> 00:16:59,110 all right 61 00:17:49,750 --> 00:17:18,949 okay oh you got all the dirt that's 62 00:17:49,760 --> 00:18:55,830 thank you 63 00:18:59,830 --> 00:18:59,110 i'm together with my crew members and we 64 00:19:01,990 --> 00:18:59,840 are 65 00:19:04,150 --> 00:19:02,000 i'm very happy that we have such a 66 00:19:06,150 --> 00:19:04,160 tradition in russia do you have the same 67 00:19:08,630 --> 00:19:06,160 tradition in japan 68 00:19:13,909 --> 00:19:08,640 well for example in my 69 00:19:20,549 --> 00:19:17,750 and it happens it is a tradition 70 00:19:22,870 --> 00:19:20,559 but as for a space flight it is the 71 00:19:24,710 --> 00:19:22,880 first time for me 72 00:19:30,230 --> 00:19:24,720 so in the tree that you planted in high 73 00:19:48,070 --> 00:19:31,990 i think it's going to 74 00:19:55,190 --> 00:19:52,310 but i have never planted a secretary 75 00:19:57,990 --> 00:19:55,200 would you be able to take a picture from 76 00:20:00,950 --> 00:19:58,000 space that's a good question when i was 77 00:20:02,230 --> 00:20:00,960 uh on board the station four years ago 78 00:20:03,350 --> 00:20:02,240 i was 79 00:20:04,310 --> 00:20:03,360 looking 80 00:20:07,029 --> 00:20:04,320 for 81 00:20:07,750 --> 00:20:07,039 images of sakura 82 00:20:12,070 --> 00:20:07,760 on 83 00:20:18,310 --> 00:20:16,230 this time maybe i have some hopes 84 00:20:19,990 --> 00:20:18,320 i hope that 85 00:20:45,190 --> 00:20:20,000 we will be able to take pictures of 86 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:49,830 it's not easy to understand 87 00:20:55,830 --> 00:20:52,310 and that was the name of the space 88 00:20:58,149 --> 00:20:55,840 vehicle vostok which is the beast 89 00:21:06,149 --> 00:21:01,830 there are a lot of cultural 90 00:21:08,870 --> 00:21:06,159 philosophic um ideas about 91 00:21:10,870 --> 00:21:08,880 the far east the sun 92 00:21:13,270 --> 00:21:10,880 and it's very symbolic that coach is 93 00:21:14,710 --> 00:21:13,280 from such a country and he did like it 94 00:21:17,430 --> 00:21:14,720 and 95 00:21:20,310 --> 00:21:17,440 when uh when he asked me what was my 96 00:21:23,510 --> 00:21:20,320 call sign i said 97 00:21:27,990 --> 00:21:25,669 what do you think about this call sign 98 00:21:30,710 --> 00:21:28,000 vostok uh the east 99 00:21:34,470 --> 00:21:30,720 and the fact that you are from the 100 00:21:35,830 --> 00:21:34,480 um land of the rising sun 101 00:21:38,149 --> 00:21:35,840 and 102 00:21:41,909 --> 00:21:38,159 i'm very excited that crew members from 103 00:21:43,990 --> 00:21:41,919 various countries are working together 104 00:21:47,990 --> 00:21:44,000 it is not just a crew members 105 00:21:53,190 --> 00:21:50,149 all people on the ground 106 00:21:55,190 --> 00:21:53,200 are working as one team 107 00:21:57,029 --> 00:21:55,200 so i'm very excited 108 00:21:59,750 --> 00:21:57,039 i'm very excited to be a part of the 109 00:22:02,630 --> 00:21:59,760 isis program 110 00:22:06,149 --> 00:22:02,640 are you used to your 111 00:22:07,669 --> 00:22:06,159 title the commander because when i heard 112 00:22:09,029 --> 00:22:07,679 people address you 113 00:22:11,190 --> 00:22:09,039 i 114 00:22:13,350 --> 00:22:11,200 they would usually call you commander 115 00:22:15,430 --> 00:22:13,360 well i would like to correct you if you 116 00:22:17,190 --> 00:22:15,440 allow me 117 00:22:20,630 --> 00:22:17,200 i am 118 00:22:22,710 --> 00:22:20,640 formerly commander of the transportation 119 00:22:24,549 --> 00:22:22,720 vehicle the commander of the expedition 120 00:22:26,870 --> 00:22:24,559 is koichi 121 00:22:28,950 --> 00:22:26,880 please be very careful 122 00:22:29,909 --> 00:22:28,960 with such titles 123 00:22:32,789 --> 00:22:29,919 but 124 00:22:35,029 --> 00:22:32,799 we do have a tradition 125 00:22:36,789 --> 00:22:35,039 and so yeah i do respond to this call 126 00:22:38,390 --> 00:22:36,799 sign 127 00:22:40,710 --> 00:22:38,400 could you tell me whether it's difficult 128 00:22:43,430 --> 00:22:40,720 or not to work in such an international 129 00:22:45,909 --> 00:22:43,440 crew where people are from various parts 130 00:22:48,470 --> 00:22:45,919 of the world how do you find 131 00:22:51,830 --> 00:22:48,480 a common language to understand each 132 00:22:53,270 --> 00:22:51,840 other and to be on the same wave 133 00:22:56,230 --> 00:22:53,280 well 134 00:22:57,990 --> 00:22:56,240 it's not difficult it's very exciting 135 00:22:59,270 --> 00:22:58,000 and interesting and since it's 136 00:23:01,510 --> 00:22:59,280 interesting 137 00:23:03,830 --> 00:23:01,520 the challenge 138 00:23:06,149 --> 00:23:03,840 becomes less 139 00:23:08,630 --> 00:23:06,159 it's very exciting 140 00:23:11,510 --> 00:23:08,640 so what language do you use the most 141 00:23:12,789 --> 00:23:11,520 all of them we don't even think about it 142 00:23:14,390 --> 00:23:12,799 it's just 143 00:23:18,149 --> 00:23:14,400 automatic 144 00:23:23,110 --> 00:23:21,909 could you tell us how you found out 145 00:23:27,350 --> 00:23:23,120 how you can 146 00:23:31,510 --> 00:23:27,360 did you read it in a magazine or 147 00:23:36,390 --> 00:23:33,669 have you read an article 148 00:23:39,510 --> 00:23:36,400 yes i saw an article in a magazine 149 00:23:41,190 --> 00:23:39,520 and i uh answered that uh advertisement 150 00:23:43,830 --> 00:23:41,200 and nine years later i was selected as 151 00:23:54,390 --> 00:23:43,840 an astronaut took a long time just nine 152 00:23:59,110 --> 00:23:56,630 i think that yes anybody who works hard 153 00:24:02,070 --> 00:23:59,120 and studies hard and has a 154 00:24:03,909 --> 00:24:02,080 perseverance and continues to work can 155 00:24:07,430 --> 00:24:03,919 become an astronaut or a cosmonaut in 156 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:11,029 international 157 00:24:11,039 --> 00:24:15,350 sushi 158 00:24:15,360 --> 00:24:28,630 really like caviar 159 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:44,470 and i cannot wait for 160 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:56,149 well i'm very 161 00:24:56,159 --> 00:25:05,750 it's olympic just the same 162 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:18,870 okay 163 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:30,230 um 164 00:25:34,310 --> 00:25:32,549 i think this is a very uh 165 00:25:35,909 --> 00:25:34,320 great tradition of a russian space 166 00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:35,919 program 167 00:25:41,110 --> 00:25:38,480 it's wonderful to see the beautiful 168 00:25:42,549 --> 00:25:41,120 trees of yuri gagarin and our 169 00:25:44,630 --> 00:25:42,559 predecessors 170 00:25:46,549 --> 00:25:44,640 who made it possible for us to work 171 00:25:48,870 --> 00:25:46,559 together on the space station so i'm 172 00:25:53,430 --> 00:25:48,880 glad that i'm participating in this tree