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hi i'm nasa astronaut rick mastracchio

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and i'm mike hopkins from expedition 38

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on the international space station

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people often ask us what it is like to

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be on board iss for the holidays though

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we miss our families it's great to be in

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space as astronauts this is what we

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train for and this is where we want to

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be

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opportunities to fly in space are rare

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so we have to take advantage of them

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whenever they occur

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like mike said we are happy to be up

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here orbiting above the earth if we

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can't be at home with our families

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during the holidays then this is the

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next best place that any of us would

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like to be the six of us up here are

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like a family and we we enjoy many meals

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together

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like most people in the us thanksgiving

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means spending time with my family and

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enjoying a big meal

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and for my family we often travel during

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thanksgiving because our relatives are

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spread out across the us it gives us a

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chance to catch up with loved ones and

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relax

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and even though thanksgiving is a work

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day here on the space station we do plan

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on enjoying a big meal after our work is

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done

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here are a few items we plan to prepare

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we have turkey

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and stuffed bread dressing

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green bean casserole is one of my

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favorites but this is dehydrated and we

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kind of have to mix it together as we

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eat it

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and of course we got the dehydrated

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a few potatoes

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as well as bread but all they have to do

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is be heated up in the oven

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and of course no good meal is done

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without some drinks and a fantastic

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dessert

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so we're all very grateful to be here

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and we are thankful for the ground team

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we are grateful to the men and women in

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the military especially to those who are

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also away from their families on

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deployment

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from the international space station