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ceremony honoring our nation's space

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heroes

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please rise for the presentation of

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colors by titusville high school naval

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followed by the national anthem

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performed by nasa's launch services

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to the night

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ladies and gentlemen please welcome the

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chief operating officer of kennedy space

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thank you very much and thank you

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and shamika wow that was a

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that was some great singing on behalf of

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55 000 delaware north associates

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worldwide including us at kennedy space

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center visitor complex

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we welcome you to today's induction

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ceremony so celebrating the 13th class

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of space shuttle astronauts entering the

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the visitor complex is honored to host

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today's ceremony celebrating the

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achievements of two nasa astronauts

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shannon lucid and jerry ross as they are

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welcomed into an elite group of space

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exploration heroes and that is exactly

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what they are true heroes

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today their spate flight their space

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flight careers

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today's inductees flew aboard the space

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shuttle lantis which is so beautifully

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displayed above us

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for the very first time we get to have

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this event in this location

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this time last year space shuttle

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feet of plastic wrap why we installed

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simulators interactives and graphics

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throughout this entire facility

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in june we celebrate the grand opening

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of atlantis with many of you many of you

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in attendance it is a heartwarming

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experience to watch each and every guest

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and visitors seeing their seeing

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time it's emotional heartfelt

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while they're clapping cheering and even

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tearing up a little bit but there's no

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doubt that they're walking out a little

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taller and a little prouder

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there is nowhere else on earth you can

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see a shuttle so dramatically showcase

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as if it were in orbit

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as only astronauts have had a chance to

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in addition to showcasing atlantis

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kennedy space center visitor complex is

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focused on education all aspects of

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space flight and of science technology

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or an aerospace professional we are so

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excited about the activities the

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educational outreach outreach programs

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that we have in the coming in the very

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near future and currently going on today

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recently we initiated ksc activity

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adventures where children and adults

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alike

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are able to experience and discover the

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logistics to launch and build a water

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rocket to build a land rover and also

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build a super jet car

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we have so many programs being developed

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that are designed to inspire our next

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generation they are the future of our

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continued success and and the growth of

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the u.s space program i'd like to

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recognize the contribution to today's

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ceremony by the astronaut scholarship

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board of directors executive tammy

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executive director tammy knowles her

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team and her staff and volunteers since

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2001 when the first space shuttle class

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was inducted we have we have on we have

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visitor complex i would like to take a

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moment to congratulate you on 30 years

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of dedicated service and thank you for

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and now without further ado i would like

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to welcome to the stage today's master

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of ceremonies for 32 years he was

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miami's correspondent for cnn

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upon joining cnn in 1981 he was a

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having covered such events as john

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curiosity landing on mars and the 1998

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and numerous other space shuttle

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after retiring from cnn john czarella

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has started his own company jay-z media

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he has won two emmy awards and has been

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honored numerous times for his work

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most recently with the national space

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club's harry kokum award memorial news

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john we appreciate all the great

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coverage of nasa the the space shuttle

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program and of course atlantis and now

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that you're retired from cnn we look

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forward to seeing you more around here

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as a guest rather than a correspondent

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so to make sure that happens i want to

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present you with your own very own and

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in your entire family with an annual

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pass so make sure we see you more often

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i can't thank you enough for that that's

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that's terrific i have to tell you that

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you know there's so much to see

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something that i missed the last time so

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no more excuses for missing anything

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plenty of opportunities and i have to

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you and i still have to talk because my

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friends used to always tell me that when

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i left cnn the next job i took was going

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to be a tour bus operator here at ksc

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and it would be a very very special tour

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i would point out ladies and gentlemen

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where the wildlife officers had to pull

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the gator out from under one of the nasa

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and over there is the roach coach where

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we used to go to get our coffee and

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while we stayed out here all night

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over there that's where the nasa swat

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so it'll be a very special tour we'll

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but thank you theron again very much and

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honored to be here once again as your

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our two inductees today who have both

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flown many missions

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he piloted gemini 6 and commanded gemini

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pilot of germany 11 during which he

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module pilot for the ill-fated apollo 13

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backup commander for apollo 16. he went

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longest lunar surface eva and largest

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first space flight aboard sky lab set a

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previous record during which he

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from the orbiter's car payload bay vance

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a night launch and landing he spent 261

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he will be forever remembered by an

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six years later he returned to space

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aboard discovery to deploy the hubble

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he flew three space shuttle missions

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sts-41c 61c and sts-26 and was a member

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of the first spacewalking team to repair

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a satellite in orbit he retains the

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distinction of being the only american

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to test fly the russian manned

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he logged over 770 hours in space over

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the course of five space shuttle

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missions including sts-41d the maiden

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flight of discovery during his third

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flight sts-31 he helped deploy the

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hubble space telescope and assisted in

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its servicing on the next mission steve

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he served as pilot of

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sts-51c and commander of sts-31 which

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deployed the hubble space telescope and

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sts-46 which conducted the first

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tethered satellite system test flight

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from 1997 to 2000 he was deputy director

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of nasa's kennedy space center lauren

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a veteran of five space shuttle missions

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he became the first astronaut to log 1

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000 hours in space on the shuttle and

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made nasa's first shuttle contingency

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spacewalk he has logged 21.5

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a four-time space shuttle veteran he has

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logged over 646 hours in space he

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distinguished himself as both commander

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of the first hubble space telescope

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mission repair mission and as pilot of

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discovery for the shuttle program's

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return to flight mission following the

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she logged more than 1

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200 hours 53 days in space she served as

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mission specialist for sts-61a

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and sts-32 and payload commander on

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sts-89 in 1995 she made space history

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aboard atlantis on sts-71 by docking

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with the russian mir space station

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a veteran of four space shuttle flights

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he piloted sts-61c and sts-31 which

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deployed the hubble space telescope then

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served as commander for sts-45 and

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sts-60 logging more than 680 hours in

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orbit today he serves as nasa's

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he has logged 161 days in space on five

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missions he served as pilot of sts-29

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and sts-33 and commander of sts-43 and

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58. this astronaut became the third

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american to live aboard the russian

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space station mir setting an american

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she has logged over 975

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hours in space including more than 21

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hours of extra vehicular activity she

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flew four space shuttle missions

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including sts 49 the maiden flight of

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space shuttle endeavour

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he is a veteran of four space flights

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and has logged 38 days in space he

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piloted sts-41 and sts-53 and served as

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commander of sts-65 and sts-88 during

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sts-65 he and his crew set a record for

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the longest space shuttle mission at the

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time he's currently the center director

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right here at nasa's kennedy space

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he is a veteran of six space shuttle

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missions logging more than 1

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592 hours in space he was the first

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american to command five space shuttle

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missions aboard sts-63 he positioned

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discovery within 30 feet of the space

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station mir conducting the first u.s

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space shuttle rendezvous with the

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he is a veteran of three space flights

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and has logged more than 146 days in

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space as commander of sts-51 he

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conducted the first shuttle night

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landing at ksc

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on his final mission during expedition 3

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he commanded the international space

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station for

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he is a veteran of six space flights

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during which he logged more than 1

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380 hours 57 days in space he served as

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pilot for sts-47 sts-66

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and sts-76 he served as commander aboard

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he is a veteran of four space flights

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and has logged more than 932

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hours in space he served as mission

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specialist on his first flight sts-55

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during the skylab d2 mission he piloted

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sts-71 the first space shuttle mission

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to dock with the russian space station

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mir he was commander on sts 84 and 91

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marking the conclusion of a highly

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successful joint u.s russia venture

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she is a veteran of four space flights

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logging more than 870 hours around 35

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days in space

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she first made history in 1995 when she

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took the controls of discovery on sts 63

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to become the first woman space shuttle

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pilot she again made history as

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commander of columbia on sts 93. in 2005

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she commanded sts-114

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to test and evaluate new procedures for

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flight safety shuttle inspection and

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he is a veteran of three space shuttle

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missions logging more than 455 hours in

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space he served as pilot of sts-51b

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space lab 3 and was the spacecraft

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commander on sts 33 and sts 44 fred

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gregory

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ladies and gentlemen our hall of fame

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dick gordon gordon's not going to be

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happy he's sitting right behind me again

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i know

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before before we continue i would like

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to

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take a moment

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to mark the passing of four hall of fame

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astronauts since our last astronaut hall

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of fame induction ceremony

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dale gardner

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scott carpenter

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charles gordon fullerton and bill pogue

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these space legends made remarkable

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contributions to the exploration of

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space

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and their legacy lives on

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through their respective educational

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you know ladies and gentlemen you should

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stop and just pause for a moment

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and just reflect on where you are and

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where you were sitting beneath atlantis

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here and with all of these

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great men and women here for many of us

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this may be a once-in-a-lifetime

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opportunity

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so cherish it embrace it enjoy this

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you may never have this opportunity

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again

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and i want to say that this event

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is not just about

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honoring the greatness of the past

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it is also about the promise

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of the future

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and where we go from here

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it is about inspiration dedication and a

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and many of you out there with young

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children it may be your children who

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someday will be sitting up here who

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someday like edgar mitchell may walk on

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the moon or may take those first steps

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on mars

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so remember this is not just about

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honoring

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the legends but it is about looking

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forward to the future

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and now it is my pleasure to welcome to

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the podium hall of fame astronaut and

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thank you very much it's um it's a

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pleasure for me to be here and i want to

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on behalf of the 17 000 plus nasa

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employees

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civil servants and the 40 000 plus

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contractors in the nasa family i want to

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welcome all of you here um it's a

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delight to be here and be a part of this

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celebration i want to congratulate two

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very good friends who are out there

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uh shannon lucid and jerry ross

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they are explorers and pioneers in their

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own very respective ways and you'll hear

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about that later

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as we've always done at nasa we kind of

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do the things that others either don't

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can't or won't

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and we're continuing to do that as we

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embark today on an ambitious journey

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that's going to take us deeper into

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space than humans have ever been before

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and we're really excited about it uh

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some of us had an opportunity or some of

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my my colleagues had an opportunity to

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listen earlier today to the nasa

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scholars

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the way for what we're going to be doing

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in the future that i really think is

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going to dwarf some of the

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accomplishments that you've heard about

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with the introductions of those of us in

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the hall of fame today

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we've transitioned now successfully out

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of out of the the leo access business

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nasa doesn't do that anymore we depend

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on two american companies to take cargo

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to space and and if congress funds uh to

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the maximum amount requested uh within

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the next three years you're going to see

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us return here to launch americans from

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the kennedy space center but it's going

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to be aboard commercial rockets and i'm

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really excited about that

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some of the future hall of famers that

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are out there now as scholars

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are probably going to be among those

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that fly on those commercial rockets out

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of here

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and as as as john mentioned earlier are

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going to be among the first that are

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going to actually set foot on a

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different planet

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than we live today and that planet we

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hope will be mars

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i i want to say that we're continuing to

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expand our science our aeronautics our

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technology development portfolios and

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humans to mars is where we're focused

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right now it's an exciting time for

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anybody in the aerospace business

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it's an exciting time for all of us on

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the stage and i hope it will be an

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exciting time for all of you who have

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come out to join us

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the kids over here there was a little

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kid up there

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in one of the modules that was floating

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through

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and i thought of him as i got ready to

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get up to make my remarks so some mother

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probably looked up there and she's

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scared to death but all i can tell you

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mom if he's yours hang on because

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he's probably going to be doing the same

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kind of thing on mars before you know it

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so thanks again to all of you for coming

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congratulations shannon and jerry for

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thank you charlie

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and now i'd like to welcome to the

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podium hall of fame astronaut and

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kennedy space center director mr robert

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thanks john well good afternoon everyone

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and welcome to the kennedy space center

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it's a real privilege for me to be here

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today for the induction of shannon lucid

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and jerry ross into the u.s astronaut

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hall of fame

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i worked closely with shannon during the

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shuttle mirror program where she

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excelled during a very challenging time

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and i had the privilege of flying with

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jerry on sts-88 where he did three

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spacewalks hooking up the first two

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modules of the international space

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station and

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both of them are very deserving of this

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honor

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today's focus is on history and

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accomplishments of these two

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distinguished astronauts but i want to

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briefly talk about making history not

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remembering it because that's what we're

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doing at ksc today we're making history

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as we transform this storied launch

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complex into a spaceport of the future

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that will once again allow us to explore

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beyond our home planet

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in the onc high bay right now

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the high bay that once prepared apollo

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spacecraft to go to the moon the very

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first orion spacecraft is nearing

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completion for a test flight later later

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00:28:22,470 --> 00:28:20,399
this year aboard a delta iv heavy rocket

557
00:28:24,070 --> 00:28:22,480
exploration flight test one will travel

558
00:28:26,310 --> 00:28:24,080
further from the earth than we've gone

559
00:28:28,470 --> 00:28:26,320
since we went to the moon re-entering at

560
00:28:30,149 --> 00:28:28,480
roughly 80 percent of lunar re-entry

561
00:28:32,549 --> 00:28:30,159
velocity to check out the thermal

562
00:28:34,549 --> 00:28:32,559
protection system and other systems on

563
00:28:36,389 --> 00:28:34,559
the vehicle as well as checking out our

564
00:28:38,789 --> 00:28:36,399
recovery procedures when it touches down

565
00:28:41,350 --> 00:28:38,799
off the coast of california

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00:28:42,950 --> 00:28:41,360
launch complex 39 modifications are on

567
00:28:45,029 --> 00:28:42,960
track for a test flight of the space

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00:28:47,669 --> 00:28:45,039
launch system with orion aboard it in

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00:28:49,909 --> 00:28:47,679
fiscal year 18. the mobile launcher

570
00:28:53,430 --> 00:28:49,919
crawler transporter high bay 3 and the

571
00:28:56,070 --> 00:28:53,440
vab and launch pad 39b are in various

572
00:28:58,470 --> 00:28:56,080
stages of a total upgrade that will one

573
00:29:00,710 --> 00:28:58,480
day in the not too distant future be our

574
00:29:02,549 --> 00:29:00,720
launch point to the planet mars

575
00:29:04,070 --> 00:29:02,559
in the meantime we're enabling a new

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00:29:06,149 --> 00:29:04,080
commercial market

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00:29:08,070 --> 00:29:06,159
utilizing a national capability to

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00:29:10,830 --> 00:29:08,080
ensure that we remain a world leader in

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00:29:13,350 --> 00:29:10,840
space as we transform to a true

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00:29:15,269 --> 00:29:13,360
multi-user spaceport with both

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00:29:17,269 --> 00:29:15,279
government and commercial flights crew

582
00:29:18,870 --> 00:29:17,279
and cargo to and from low earth orbit

583
00:29:21,190 --> 00:29:18,880
and beyond

584
00:29:23,269 --> 00:29:21,200
this fall our commercial crew program

585
00:29:25,350 --> 00:29:23,279
will have a contract with a commercial

586
00:29:27,430 --> 00:29:25,360
company that will enable us to fly our

587
00:29:30,789 --> 00:29:27,440
cruise to our international space

588
00:29:32,630 --> 00:29:30,799
station on a u.s rocket in 2017

589
00:29:34,230 --> 00:29:32,640
relieving our reliance on our russian

590
00:29:36,549 --> 00:29:34,240
partners

591
00:29:39,350 --> 00:29:36,559
spacex has taken over maintenance in

592
00:29:41,830 --> 00:29:39,360
operations of launch pad 39a

593
00:29:45,669 --> 00:29:41,840
boeing plans on bringing their cst 100

594
00:29:47,430 --> 00:29:45,679
spacecraft to the opf bay 3.

595
00:29:50,549 --> 00:29:47,440
sierra nevada is looking to process the

596
00:29:52,870 --> 00:29:50,559
dream chaser in the onc high bay

597
00:29:54,789 --> 00:29:52,880
and space florida is negotiating to take

598
00:29:56,710 --> 00:29:54,799
over the shuttle landing facility to

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00:29:59,350 --> 00:29:56,720
develop a horizontal launch and land

600
00:30:00,389 --> 00:29:59,360
capability for sub-orbital and orbital

601
00:30:02,389 --> 00:30:00,399
flights

602
00:30:04,710 --> 00:30:02,399
all the while we continue to support the

603
00:30:05,909 --> 00:30:04,720
international space station with science

604
00:30:08,070 --> 00:30:05,919
and cargo

605
00:30:10,149 --> 00:30:08,080
in our launch services program continues

606
00:30:12,070 --> 00:30:10,159
to procure the expendable rockets for

607
00:30:14,470 --> 00:30:12,080
our science missions

608
00:30:16,710 --> 00:30:14,480
the kennedy space center is our launch

609
00:30:19,350 --> 00:30:16,720
pad to an exciting future of space

610
00:30:21,430 --> 00:30:19,360
exploration in establishing a human

611
00:30:23,909 --> 00:30:21,440
presence in our solar system with the

612
00:30:27,029 --> 00:30:23,919
goal of putting boots on mars

613
00:30:28,789 --> 00:30:27,039
so again my sincere congratulations to

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00:30:31,110 --> 00:30:28,799
shannon and jerry

615
00:30:32,230 --> 00:30:31,120
and thanks to all of you for your

616
00:30:35,029 --> 00:30:32,240
support

617
00:30:37,190 --> 00:30:35,039
as we continue to make history as our

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00:30:40,870 --> 00:30:37,200
nation's premier launch complex thank

619
00:30:44,470 --> 00:30:42,789
thanks bob and now ladies and gentlemen

620
00:30:46,630 --> 00:30:44,480
please welcome hall of fame astronaut

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00:30:52,630 --> 00:30:46,640
and astronaut scholarship foundation

622
00:30:56,870 --> 00:30:55,110
thank you john good afternoon everyone

623
00:30:58,950 --> 00:30:56,880
as chairman of the astronaut scholarship

624
00:30:59,750 --> 00:30:58,960
foundation let me first say how happy i

625
00:31:01,750 --> 00:30:59,760
am

626
00:31:04,549 --> 00:31:01,760
to be here today and join

627
00:31:07,029 --> 00:31:04,559
you all in welcoming shannon and jerry

628
00:31:09,110 --> 00:31:07,039
into the u.s astronaut hall of fame

629
00:31:11,269 --> 00:31:09,120
now uh i had opportunity to fly with

630
00:31:13,110 --> 00:31:11,279
shannon on 51g

631
00:31:14,549 --> 00:31:13,120
where the crew shared many a peanut

632
00:31:16,950 --> 00:31:14,559
butter sandwich

633
00:31:18,870 --> 00:31:16,960
except shannon she hates peanut butter

634
00:31:20,789 --> 00:31:18,880
and i played a lot of softball with

635
00:31:22,549 --> 00:31:20,799
jerry uh he was an outfielder and he had

636
00:31:24,389 --> 00:31:22,559
a rifle of an arm it was always a joy to

637
00:31:26,310 --> 00:31:24,399
watch him pick people off a second base

638
00:31:28,470 --> 00:31:26,320
from deep in the outfield

639
00:31:30,789 --> 00:31:28,480
the the astronaut scholarship foundation

640
00:31:32,950 --> 00:31:30,799
is celebrating our 30th anniversary this

641
00:31:36,549 --> 00:31:32,960
year it was founded by the original

642
00:31:37,990 --> 00:31:36,559
seven astronauts in 1984 to ensure that

643
00:31:40,389 --> 00:31:38,000
united states would maintain its

644
00:31:42,310 --> 00:31:40,399
leadership in science and engineering by

645
00:31:44,230 --> 00:31:42,320
supporting some of the best science and

646
00:31:47,110 --> 00:31:44,240
engineering students and we've come a

647
00:31:48,710 --> 00:31:47,120
long way since then we started out by

648
00:31:50,950 --> 00:31:48,720
the first year by giving seven one

649
00:31:52,950 --> 00:31:50,960
thousand dollar scholarships

650
00:31:55,110 --> 00:31:52,960
last year we gave out twenty eight ten

651
00:31:57,590 --> 00:31:55,120
thousand dollar scholarships to uh

652
00:32:00,389 --> 00:31:57,600
deserving students and yesterday at our

653
00:32:02,710 --> 00:32:00,399
board of directors meeting we approved

654
00:32:04,549 --> 00:32:02,720
30 scholarships for the upcoming year

655
00:32:13,830 --> 00:32:04,559
and are planning to shoot for 35 the

656
00:32:18,230 --> 00:32:15,830
the astronaut scholarship is uh one of

657
00:32:19,990 --> 00:32:18,240
the most prestigious uh awards given to

658
00:32:21,669 --> 00:32:20,000
undergraduate science and engineering

659
00:32:23,269 --> 00:32:21,679
students in america and it's based

660
00:32:24,870 --> 00:32:23,279
solely on merit

661
00:32:26,830 --> 00:32:24,880
we are very proud of our scholars and

662
00:32:30,310 --> 00:32:26,840
their accomplishments to date we've

663
00:32:32,870 --> 00:32:30,320
awarded over more than 3.7 million

664
00:32:35,269 --> 00:32:32,880
dollars in scholarships to 350 science

665
00:32:37,430 --> 00:32:35,279
and engineering students nationwide

666
00:32:39,110 --> 00:32:37,440
and many of them are here with us today

667
00:32:40,710 --> 00:32:39,120
so with the scholars please stand up

668
00:32:42,789 --> 00:32:40,720
there's some terrific

669
00:32:47,269 --> 00:32:42,799
students and scholars

670
00:32:53,110 --> 00:32:48,789
and ladies and gentlemen you're looking

671
00:32:55,029 --> 00:32:53,120
at the innovation leaders of tomorrow

672
00:32:57,830 --> 00:32:55,039
thank you

673
00:33:00,389 --> 00:32:57,840
of course uh asf could not do it alone

674
00:33:02,710 --> 00:33:00,399
uh we received uh terrific support from

675
00:33:04,549 --> 00:33:02,720
uh all of the astronauts from our

676
00:33:05,590 --> 00:33:04,559
friends at nasa charlie bolden and bob

677
00:33:07,830 --> 00:33:05,600
cabana

678
00:33:08,830 --> 00:33:07,840
and from the kennedy space center uh

679
00:33:11,029 --> 00:33:08,840
theron

680
00:33:13,669 --> 00:33:11,039
pratzy their involvement is truly

681
00:33:15,190 --> 00:33:13,679
appreciated and we thank you very much

682
00:33:17,590 --> 00:33:15,200
and now it's my pleasure to turn it back

683
00:33:19,430 --> 00:33:17,600
to you john and we can introduce

684
00:33:25,190 --> 00:33:19,440
and induct the new class of hall of fame

685
00:33:28,470 --> 00:33:26,509
thanks dan

686
00:33:31,190 --> 00:33:28,480
congratulations to the astronaut

687
00:33:33,029 --> 00:33:31,200
scholarship foundation on 30 remarkable

688
00:33:35,190 --> 00:33:33,039
years

689
00:33:37,269 --> 00:33:35,200
and the time has arrived the induction

690
00:33:39,269 --> 00:33:37,279
of the 13th class of space shuttle

691
00:33:41,350 --> 00:33:39,279
astronauts into the united states

692
00:33:43,830 --> 00:33:41,360
astronaut hall of fame

693
00:33:53,269 --> 00:33:43,840
they will be introduced in the order in

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00:33:57,830 --> 00:33:55,830
shannon lucent a phd is a veteran of

695
00:33:59,669 --> 00:33:57,840
five space shuttle flights

696
00:34:03,389 --> 00:33:59,679
she boarded space shuttle discovery on

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00:34:05,029 --> 00:34:03,399
june 17 1985 for her first mission

698
00:34:06,710 --> 00:34:05,039
sts-51g

699
00:34:08,869 --> 00:34:06,720
on this mission the crew deployed and

700
00:34:10,869 --> 00:34:08,879
retrieved the spartan satellite along

701
00:34:14,790 --> 00:34:10,879
with several other communications

702
00:34:17,349 --> 00:34:14,800
satellites on march 22nd 1996 lucid

703
00:34:18,869 --> 00:34:17,359
launched aboard sts-76

704
00:34:21,990 --> 00:34:18,879
atlantis toward the russian space

705
00:34:24,790 --> 00:34:22,000
station mir she spent 188 days working

706
00:34:27,190 --> 00:34:24,800
as board engineer 2 on life and physical

707
00:34:29,270 --> 00:34:27,200
science experiments lucid is the only

708
00:34:31,270 --> 00:34:29,280
american woman to have served on the

709
00:34:33,510 --> 00:34:31,280
mirror president clinton

710
00:34:36,629 --> 00:34:33,520
presented lucid with the congressional

711
00:34:39,909 --> 00:34:36,639
space medal of honor in december 1996

712
00:34:42,470 --> 00:34:39,919
for her mission to mir marking her as

713
00:34:45,109 --> 00:34:42,480
the first woman to receive this award

714
00:34:48,710 --> 00:34:45,119
lucid's other missions included sts-34

715
00:34:51,030 --> 00:34:48,720
atlantis sts 43 atlantis and sts 58

716
00:34:53,909 --> 00:34:51,040
columbia after serving on mir lucie

717
00:34:56,550 --> 00:34:53,919
became nasa's chief scientist at nasa

718
00:34:58,870 --> 00:34:56,560
headquarters in washington d.c she then

719
00:35:01,190 --> 00:34:58,880
went on to serve as capcom in mission

720
00:35:04,550 --> 00:35:01,200
control helping her fellow astronauts in

721
00:35:07,270 --> 00:35:04,560
space lucid retired from nasa in january

722
00:35:23,349 --> 00:35:07,280
2012. let's take a look at some video

723
00:35:28,069 --> 00:35:25,910
one we have this ignition and liftoff

724
00:35:44,470 --> 00:35:28,079
lift off of discovery and clear the

725
00:35:48,630 --> 00:35:46,710
jl was flying the orbiter and i was

726
00:35:52,550 --> 00:35:48,640
flying the arm but the arm worked as

727
00:35:59,270 --> 00:35:55,190
and ignition and liftoff of atlanta and

728
00:36:02,230 --> 00:35:59,280
the galileo spacecraft bound for jupiter

729
00:36:04,630 --> 00:36:02,240
is released ius is moving up to 58

730
00:36:08,470 --> 00:36:04,640
degrees galileo reports positive

731
00:36:13,670 --> 00:36:11,589
two one and liftoff of the space shuttle

732
00:36:18,870 --> 00:36:13,680
atlantis on a nine-day mission to deploy

733
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:25,670
like a beautiful deploy guy

734
00:36:41,990 --> 00:36:27,670
and liftoff of colombia on a life

735
00:37:05,990 --> 00:36:44,870
mr ignition and liftoff of atlantis on

736
00:37:11,829 --> 00:37:09,510
main gear touchdown nose gear touchdown

737
00:37:13,510 --> 00:37:11,839
wrapping up a 3.9 million mile mission

738
00:37:22,870 --> 00:37:13,520
to bring shannon moose at home after a

739
00:37:39,910 --> 00:37:24,630
ladies and gentlemen

740
00:37:39,920 --> 00:38:06,470
oh

741
00:38:09,990 --> 00:38:08,310
to present shannon lucid for induction

742
00:38:11,750 --> 00:38:10,000
into the united states astronaut hall of

743
00:38:25,589 --> 00:38:11,760
fame please welcome hall of fame

744
00:38:30,310 --> 00:38:28,230
great well good afternoon shannon how

745
00:38:31,589 --> 00:38:30,320
are you doing

746
00:38:32,710 --> 00:38:31,599
super

747
00:38:35,589 --> 00:38:32,720
okay

748
00:38:38,630 --> 00:38:35,599
and good afternoon to everyone who's

749
00:38:41,430 --> 00:38:38,640
here today to see shannon lucid

750
00:38:43,589 --> 00:38:41,440
and jerry ross inducted into the

751
00:38:45,589 --> 00:38:43,599
astronaut hall of fame

752
00:38:47,589 --> 00:38:45,599
wow

753
00:38:49,109 --> 00:38:47,599
let me just tell you a little bit about

754
00:38:54,950 --> 00:38:49,119
shannon

755
00:38:57,990 --> 00:38:54,960
was born in shanghai china

756
00:39:01,430 --> 00:38:58,000
to missionary parents

757
00:39:03,430 --> 00:39:01,440
she grew up in bethany oklahoma general

758
00:39:05,750 --> 00:39:03,440
stafford likes that

759
00:39:08,550 --> 00:39:05,760
being an oklahoma man

760
00:39:11,750 --> 00:39:08,560
and shannon graduated

761
00:39:15,349 --> 00:39:11,760
with a phd in biochemistry from the

762
00:39:18,790 --> 00:39:15,359
university of oklahoma

763
00:39:21,829 --> 00:39:18,800
shannon then married mike lucid

764
00:39:25,510 --> 00:39:21,839
and they now have three children and

765
00:39:31,750 --> 00:39:28,870
shannon worked as a researcher associate

766
00:39:35,190 --> 00:39:31,760
with the oklahoma medical research

767
00:39:39,670 --> 00:39:35,200
foundation until she was selected as an

768
00:39:46,150 --> 00:39:42,630
shannon then was an astronaut for more

769
00:39:47,910 --> 00:39:46,160
than three decades

770
00:39:50,390 --> 00:39:47,920
i don't know if that's a record but

771
00:39:55,030 --> 00:39:50,400
that's a long time

772
00:39:59,430 --> 00:39:55,040
that means people liked her and her work

773
00:40:00,190 --> 00:39:59,440
she flew on five space missions

774
00:40:03,750 --> 00:40:00,200
in

775
00:40:05,030 --> 00:40:03,760
1985 aboard the discovery spaceship she

776
00:40:09,750 --> 00:40:05,040
deployed

777
00:40:10,670 --> 00:40:09,760
and ret retrieved the spartan satellite

778
00:40:12,230 --> 00:40:10,680
in

779
00:40:15,750 --> 00:40:12,240
1989

780
00:40:18,790 --> 00:40:15,760
shannon deployed galileo to jupiter a

781
00:40:23,990 --> 00:40:18,800
very important mission

782
00:40:25,750 --> 00:40:24,000
in 1991 august the 2nd of august

783
00:40:29,750 --> 00:40:25,760
shannon lucid

784
00:40:30,630 --> 00:40:29,760
aboard the discovery lifted off

785
00:40:36,069 --> 00:40:30,640
and

786
00:40:40,069 --> 00:40:36,079
satellite

787
00:40:41,270 --> 00:40:40,079
then in october of 1993

788
00:40:43,030 --> 00:40:41,280
shannon

789
00:40:46,309 --> 00:40:43,040
launched aboard the

790
00:40:49,910 --> 00:40:46,319
columbia and conducted life science

791
00:40:52,710 --> 00:40:49,920
research for 14 days in space

792
00:40:56,390 --> 00:40:52,720
with six other crew members and i can

793
00:40:59,829 --> 00:40:56,400
tell you shannon was instrumental

794
00:41:03,510 --> 00:40:59,839
in the big success of that mission

795
00:41:07,190 --> 00:41:03,520
which nasa management recognized as

796
00:41:11,750 --> 00:41:07,200
their most successful space lab missions

797
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:16,230
nasa was getting tired of shannon

798
00:41:22,950 --> 00:41:19,750
and decided to send her to the russians

799
00:41:25,270 --> 00:41:22,960
in the cosmonaut training center

800
00:41:27,190 --> 00:41:25,280
and so shannon went over to star city

801
00:41:29,829 --> 00:41:27,200
russia

802
00:41:33,270 --> 00:41:29,839
and there i must tell you the story is

803
00:41:36,710 --> 00:41:33,280
she was so popular at the time

804
00:41:37,589 --> 00:41:36,720
that only two other passengers joined

805
00:41:42,470 --> 00:41:37,599
her

806
00:41:45,109 --> 00:41:42,480
to russia

807
00:41:47,349 --> 00:41:45,119
so she was a popular astronaut at that

808
00:41:49,430 --> 00:41:47,359
time

809
00:41:51,750 --> 00:41:49,440
shannon trained at the

810
00:41:54,470 --> 00:41:51,760
at the gregaron cosmonaut training

811
00:41:56,870 --> 00:41:54,480
center for more than a year

812
00:42:01,430 --> 00:41:56,880
her favorite course

813
00:42:03,589 --> 00:42:01,440
was the mere communication system

814
00:42:05,270 --> 00:42:03,599
shannon then launched aboard the

815
00:42:10,710 --> 00:42:05,280
atlantis

816
00:42:13,750 --> 00:42:10,720
in march of 1960 1996.

817
00:42:17,349 --> 00:42:13,760
she flew on mir conducting material

818
00:42:19,030 --> 00:42:17,359
science research for 188

819
00:42:20,630 --> 00:42:19,040
days

820
00:42:23,750 --> 00:42:20,640
during the mission

821
00:42:28,710 --> 00:42:23,760
she communicated a lot with her family

822
00:42:35,030 --> 00:42:31,990
prior to returning to the planet

823
00:42:37,510 --> 00:42:35,040
she told the nasa administrator

824
00:42:41,510 --> 00:42:37,520
that she wanted

825
00:42:42,630 --> 00:42:41,520
m ms when she landed

826
00:42:45,510 --> 00:42:42,640
so

827
00:42:47,910 --> 00:42:45,520
shannon returned and landed out here at

828
00:42:51,430 --> 00:42:47,920
the kennedy space center

829
00:42:53,670 --> 00:42:51,440
and the nasa administrator brought her

830
00:42:54,870 --> 00:42:53,680
the m ms into the mid-neck of the

831
00:42:57,510 --> 00:42:54,880
orbiter

832
00:42:59,589 --> 00:42:57,520
and at this point of course shannon had

833
00:43:03,109 --> 00:42:59,599
set a world

834
00:43:07,270 --> 00:43:03,119
record duration space flight that stood

835
00:43:15,030 --> 00:43:11,109
her popularity though had now soared

836
00:43:18,309 --> 00:43:15,040
she didn't return on a 747 she returned

837
00:43:20,390 --> 00:43:18,319
on a space shuttle to america

838
00:43:21,270 --> 00:43:20,400
and at this point

839
00:43:23,910 --> 00:43:21,280
uh

840
00:43:26,710 --> 00:43:23,920
she went to ellington field in houston

841
00:43:28,950 --> 00:43:26,720
and president clinton met her there her

842
00:43:31,109 --> 00:43:28,960
popularity had really

843
00:43:33,430 --> 00:43:31,119
changed

844
00:43:35,430 --> 00:43:33,440
shannon then worked as nasa's chief

845
00:43:39,030 --> 00:43:35,440
scientist

846
00:43:44,870 --> 00:43:39,040
and then became a capcom

847
00:43:49,670 --> 00:43:47,589
a few quotes from a number of crew

848
00:43:52,950 --> 00:43:49,680
members that i talked to

849
00:43:54,470 --> 00:43:52,960
uh before i was going to do this

850
00:43:56,870 --> 00:43:54,480
pretty significant

851
00:43:58,870 --> 00:43:56,880
these are the human side of shannon

852
00:44:02,710 --> 00:43:58,880
lucid quote

853
00:44:05,190 --> 00:44:02,720
shannon is an extraordinary woman

854
00:44:06,470 --> 00:44:05,200
and scientist

855
00:44:10,150 --> 00:44:06,480
quote

856
00:44:11,670 --> 00:44:10,160
she paved the way for us

857
00:44:14,309 --> 00:44:11,680
quote

858
00:44:16,550 --> 00:44:14,319
i look up to her

859
00:44:19,589 --> 00:44:16,560
these are a number of comments and i got

860
00:44:23,030 --> 00:44:19,599
many more that her peers

861
00:44:25,349 --> 00:44:23,040
passed on to me

862
00:44:28,470 --> 00:44:25,359
shannon and i were crewmates for the

863
00:44:30,950 --> 00:44:28,480
better part of seven years

864
00:44:33,190 --> 00:44:30,960
we trained and flew on two space shuttle

865
00:44:35,750 --> 00:44:33,200
missions together

866
00:44:37,109 --> 00:44:35,760
and then we trained in star city

867
00:44:40,069 --> 00:44:37,119
together

868
00:44:43,190 --> 00:44:40,079
and had an incredible rendezvous for a

869
00:44:44,790 --> 00:44:43,200
five-day length of time on board the mir

870
00:44:47,109 --> 00:44:44,800
space station

871
00:44:48,390 --> 00:44:47,119
where she pulled me aside and said john

872
00:44:52,550 --> 00:44:48,400
come here

873
00:44:57,589 --> 00:44:52,560
let me tell you what's really going on

874
00:45:05,109 --> 00:45:02,069
my observations of shannon lucid

875
00:45:07,349 --> 00:45:05,119
number one without a doubt

876
00:45:10,790 --> 00:45:07,359
her entire priority

877
00:45:13,190 --> 00:45:10,800
she is a loving wife

878
00:45:16,550 --> 00:45:13,200
a wonderful mom

879
00:45:19,670 --> 00:45:16,560
and an incredible grandmother

880
00:45:23,270 --> 00:45:19,680
this is shannon lucid's focus in her

881
00:45:26,150 --> 00:45:23,280
life and it was the entire time i knew

882
00:45:27,750 --> 00:45:26,160
and trained with her

883
00:45:32,829 --> 00:45:27,760
number two

884
00:45:35,750 --> 00:45:32,839
shannon is a great space person

885
00:45:37,670 --> 00:45:35,760
absolutely you would want her on a

886
00:45:41,030 --> 00:45:37,680
mission to mars

887
00:45:47,109 --> 00:45:41,040
i mean this woman was made for space

888
00:45:54,390 --> 00:45:49,109
another observation

889
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:58,829
you can count on her

890
00:46:06,550 --> 00:46:03,030
shannon is willing to help out

891
00:46:07,750 --> 00:46:06,560
when help is needed

892
00:46:09,430 --> 00:46:07,760
shannon

893
00:46:11,349 --> 00:46:09,440
is willing

894
00:46:13,270 --> 00:46:11,359
to sit

895
00:46:17,270 --> 00:46:13,280
on the sidelines

896
00:46:21,190 --> 00:46:17,280
and help others shine

897
00:46:23,030 --> 00:46:21,200
this is a beautiful human being shannon

898
00:46:25,190 --> 00:46:23,040
lucid

899
00:46:29,349 --> 00:46:25,200
ladies and gentlemen

900
00:47:15,430 --> 00:46:29,359
please help us induct shannon lucid into

901
00:47:21,109 --> 00:47:17,349
thank you all so much

902
00:47:22,630 --> 00:47:21,119
it is a real honor to be here

903
00:47:24,309 --> 00:47:22,640
actually it's just a little emotional to

904
00:47:25,910 --> 00:47:24,319
be this close to me or because as john

905
00:47:28,710 --> 00:47:25,920
mentioned

906
00:47:31,030 --> 00:47:28,720
the last time i was this close to mir

907
00:47:33,990 --> 00:47:31,040
mir was talking to me uh

908
00:47:36,390 --> 00:47:34,000
i'm sorry to atlanta

909
00:47:37,990 --> 00:47:36,400
atlanta's was talking tamir and i was

910
00:47:41,109 --> 00:47:38,000
looking out and you'll really count on a

911
00:47:43,589 --> 00:47:41,119
road on the ride home until

912
00:47:45,510 --> 00:47:43,599
you know the shuttle has knocked a

913
00:47:47,430 --> 00:47:45,520
mirror and i was waiting

914
00:47:50,309 --> 00:47:47,440
to see it dock so that

915
00:47:51,510 --> 00:47:50,319
i would think maybe i do have a ride

916
00:47:54,230 --> 00:47:51,520
home

917
00:47:56,710 --> 00:47:54,240
so it's a little emotional anyway thank

918
00:47:59,190 --> 00:47:56,720
you so much john for your introduction

919
00:48:01,430 --> 00:47:59,200
and as any of you who have known and

920
00:48:04,549 --> 00:48:01,440
worked with john you know

921
00:48:07,270 --> 00:48:04,559
that john has a way with words i might

922
00:48:08,150 --> 00:48:07,280
say he exaggerates a little

923
00:48:10,309 --> 00:48:08,160
but

924
00:48:11,430 --> 00:48:10,319
we always appreciate everything he has

925
00:48:13,190 --> 00:48:11,440
to say

926
00:48:16,390 --> 00:48:13,200
and it was john's

927
00:48:18,390 --> 00:48:16,400
way with words that i came to appreciate

928
00:48:21,589 --> 00:48:18,400
most when we were training together in

929
00:48:24,309 --> 00:48:21,599
star city for over a year we lived and

930
00:48:27,270 --> 00:48:24,319
worked together in star city and every

931
00:48:30,710 --> 00:48:27,280
day we would walk from our apartments

932
00:48:32,549 --> 00:48:30,720
over to the training session the section

933
00:48:33,510 --> 00:48:32,559
where we would train

934
00:48:35,510 --> 00:48:33,520
and

935
00:48:37,190 --> 00:48:35,520
all day long all we ever heard was

936
00:48:40,309 --> 00:48:37,200
russian

937
00:48:43,910 --> 00:48:40,319
for so for day in and day out week after

938
00:48:45,910 --> 00:48:43,920
week the only english i ever heard was

939
00:48:48,549 --> 00:48:45,920
when i walked back and forth to the

940
00:48:50,790 --> 00:48:48,559
training with john and believe me

941
00:48:53,349 --> 00:48:50,800
he kept me very fluent in english as i

942
00:48:55,510 --> 00:48:53,359
listened to what he had to say

943
00:49:00,790 --> 00:48:55,520
and i really really appreciate that

944
00:49:06,069 --> 00:49:04,710
as i think back i have so much to be

945
00:49:09,270 --> 00:49:06,079
thankful for

946
00:49:10,390 --> 00:49:09,280
i am very very thankful to my parents

947
00:49:12,790 --> 00:49:10,400
for

948
00:49:16,230 --> 00:49:12,800
encouraging me to learn everything i

949
00:49:18,309 --> 00:49:16,240
possibly could about god's creation i'm

950
00:49:21,430 --> 00:49:18,319
also very thankful to the science

951
00:49:23,589 --> 00:49:21,440
fiction writers of the 40s and the 50s

952
00:49:27,190 --> 00:49:23,599
who wrote about

953
00:49:29,750 --> 00:49:27,200
exploring space and how they inspired

954
00:49:32,230 --> 00:49:29,760
the people and inspired people in our

955
00:49:35,829 --> 00:49:32,240
nation to get ready to think and set

956
00:49:37,670 --> 00:49:35,839
sort of set the stage for when we were

957
00:49:39,829 --> 00:49:37,680
as a nation ready to enter into the

958
00:49:42,390 --> 00:49:39,839
space program

959
00:49:45,990 --> 00:49:42,400
and along that line i am extremely

960
00:49:48,069 --> 00:49:46,000
thankful that our nation decided to do

961
00:49:50,390 --> 00:49:48,079
space exploration because obviously

962
00:49:52,549 --> 00:49:50,400
space exploration was not

963
00:49:54,790 --> 00:49:52,559
part of our nation's goal when i was a

964
00:49:57,430 --> 00:49:54,800
child but we decided as a nation to do

965
00:49:58,390 --> 00:49:57,440
space exploration and i'm extremely

966
00:50:01,829 --> 00:49:58,400
thankful

967
00:50:06,950 --> 00:50:01,839
that i was able to play a small part in

968
00:50:11,829 --> 00:50:09,510
i'm also very very thankful and grateful

969
00:50:14,549 --> 00:50:11,839
to my husband mike and my three children

970
00:50:16,549 --> 00:50:14,559
who supported me and everything i did

971
00:50:18,230 --> 00:50:16,559
without them i never would have had

972
00:50:20,390 --> 00:50:18,240
without their support i never would have

973
00:50:23,030 --> 00:50:20,400
been able to have such a wonderful time

974
00:50:25,349 --> 00:50:23,040
living and working in space

975
00:50:27,190 --> 00:50:25,359
and of course i'm very thankful of being

976
00:50:29,829 --> 00:50:27,200
in the right place at the right time to

977
00:50:32,230 --> 00:50:29,839
be part of the shuttle program

978
00:50:34,950 --> 00:50:32,240
now the shuttle was a very awesome

979
00:50:38,710 --> 00:50:34,960
platform for us as a nation to learn

980
00:50:40,950 --> 00:50:38,720
what it takes to live and work in space

981
00:50:43,109 --> 00:50:40,960
now in hindsight sort of as we look in

982
00:50:44,230 --> 00:50:43,119
the river view mirror at the shuttle

983
00:50:46,470 --> 00:50:44,240
program

984
00:50:48,870 --> 00:50:46,480
i think that there are three gifts that

985
00:50:51,510 --> 00:50:48,880
the shuttle has given us as we plan for

986
00:50:54,150 --> 00:50:51,520
the future plan to go on leave low earth

987
00:50:56,630 --> 00:50:54,160
orbit now if you ask anybody else they

988
00:50:58,230 --> 00:50:56,640
would have a different list but these

989
00:51:00,710 --> 00:50:58,240
are the three things that i think that

990
00:51:02,309 --> 00:51:00,720
the shuttle has given us and i hope that

991
00:51:03,589 --> 00:51:02,319
we build on

992
00:51:06,230 --> 00:51:03,599
the first one

993
00:51:09,589 --> 00:51:06,240
is that the shuttle has enabled

994
00:51:11,030 --> 00:51:09,599
hundreds of people to live and work in

995
00:51:13,430 --> 00:51:11,040
space

996
00:51:15,349 --> 00:51:13,440
and more important than the number is

997
00:51:17,349 --> 00:51:15,359
the great diversity of the group of

998
00:51:18,790 --> 00:51:17,359
people that have been able to live and

999
00:51:21,030 --> 00:51:18,800
work in space

1000
00:51:23,030 --> 00:51:21,040
the shuttles show that the experience

1001
00:51:24,309 --> 00:51:23,040
experience of living and working in

1002
00:51:25,750 --> 00:51:24,319
space

1003
00:51:27,750 --> 00:51:25,760
is not

1004
00:51:31,030 --> 00:51:27,760
limited by gender

1005
00:51:33,750 --> 00:51:31,040
race nationality or even by your

1006
00:51:36,309 --> 00:51:33,760
specific background experience the

1007
00:51:39,109 --> 00:51:36,319
shuttle demonstrated almost with every

1008
00:51:44,390 --> 00:51:39,119
flight that all types of human beings

1009
00:51:47,589 --> 00:51:46,150
the second gift

1010
00:51:49,510 --> 00:51:47,599
was that the shuttle enabled us to

1011
00:51:51,910 --> 00:51:49,520
experience the importance of

1012
00:51:54,150 --> 00:51:51,920
international cooperation for uh space

1013
00:51:56,630 --> 00:51:54,160
exploration this was really brought home

1014
00:51:59,910 --> 00:51:56,640
to me one night on mir when i was there

1015
00:52:01,349 --> 00:51:59,920
with my two crewmates yuri and yuri and

1016
00:52:03,750 --> 00:52:01,359
we were sort of floating around the

1017
00:52:05,750 --> 00:52:03,760
table and we had supper and we were

1018
00:52:07,670 --> 00:52:05,760
talking about our uh

1019
00:52:09,750 --> 00:52:07,680
childhood experiences

1020
00:52:11,349 --> 00:52:09,760
and yuri on honor franco was talking

1021
00:52:13,270 --> 00:52:11,359
about growing up in a small village in

1022
00:52:14,870 --> 00:52:13,280
the ukraine and yuri usa chef was

1023
00:52:17,589 --> 00:52:14,880
talking about a small village that he

1024
00:52:19,750 --> 00:52:17,599
grew up in eastern siberia and not to be

1025
00:52:22,150 --> 00:52:19,760
outdone i was talking about the small

1026
00:52:23,670 --> 00:52:22,160
village i grew up in oklahoma

1027
00:52:29,030 --> 00:52:23,680
and

1028
00:52:31,030 --> 00:52:29,040
that

1029
00:52:32,710 --> 00:52:31,040
when they were children

1030
00:52:34,150 --> 00:52:32,720
their biggest fear

1031
00:52:36,390 --> 00:52:34,160
was that

1032
00:52:37,430 --> 00:52:36,400
an american bomber would fly over their

1033
00:52:40,069 --> 00:52:37,440
village

1034
00:52:40,870 --> 00:52:40,079
and destroy it with atomic bomb

1035
00:52:42,549 --> 00:52:40,880
well

1036
00:52:45,030 --> 00:52:42,559
when i was growing up in bethany

1037
00:52:47,270 --> 00:52:45,040
oklahoma we all knew that we were the

1038
00:52:50,549 --> 00:52:47,280
main target for the russians to come

1039
00:52:52,390 --> 00:52:50,559
over with their atomic bomb i mean in

1040
00:52:53,990 --> 00:52:52,400
school we would have atomic bomb drills

1041
00:52:56,390 --> 00:52:54,000
when we would you know get underneath

1042
00:52:58,870 --> 00:52:56,400
the desk now what that would do for us i

1043
00:53:00,150 --> 00:52:58,880
never figured out but we practiced and

1044
00:53:01,190 --> 00:53:00,160
we were good at getting underneath the

1045
00:53:02,790 --> 00:53:01,200
desk

1046
00:53:04,870 --> 00:53:02,800
and so we sat there and we just sort of

1047
00:53:07,270 --> 00:53:04,880
looked at each other in amazement to

1048
00:53:09,109 --> 00:53:07,280
think that this is

1049
00:53:12,390 --> 00:53:09,119
what we grew up with

1050
00:53:14,549 --> 00:53:12,400
and to then to think that here we were

1051
00:53:16,470 --> 00:53:14,559
living and working together

1052
00:53:18,150 --> 00:53:16,480
daily

1053
00:53:20,470 --> 00:53:18,160
on you know one american and two

1054
00:53:22,309 --> 00:53:20,480
russians on a russian space station now

1055
00:53:24,470 --> 00:53:22,319
no science fiction writer would have

1056
00:53:26,790 --> 00:53:24,480
ever put that in their plot line back in

1057
00:53:28,710 --> 00:53:26,800
the early 60s because it would have been

1058
00:53:31,990 --> 00:53:28,720
too implausible and nobody would have

1059
00:53:34,470 --> 00:53:32,000
ever published that story

1060
00:53:36,390 --> 00:53:34,480
and thirdly i th the

1061
00:53:37,670 --> 00:53:36,400
last gift that i mentioned that the

1062
00:53:39,109 --> 00:53:37,680
shuttle gave us

1063
00:53:41,349 --> 00:53:39,119
is iss

1064
00:53:43,589 --> 00:53:41,359
the international space station is an

1065
00:53:45,910 --> 00:53:43,599
amazing home an amazing

1066
00:53:48,470 --> 00:53:45,920
laboratory in low earth orbit

1067
00:53:51,270 --> 00:53:48,480
many nations are right now every day

1068
00:53:54,870 --> 00:53:51,280
year in and year out learning how to

1069
00:53:57,109 --> 00:53:54,880
live and work in space

1070
00:54:00,710 --> 00:53:57,119
hopefully these three gifts that the

1071
00:54:04,470 --> 00:54:00,720
shuttle uh has given us will within our

1072
00:54:08,069 --> 00:54:04,480
lifetime enable us once again to marvel

1073
00:54:09,190 --> 00:54:08,079
as citizens of earth set foot on other

1074
00:54:16,790 --> 00:54:09,200
worlds

1075
00:54:20,790 --> 00:54:18,950
congratulations shannon lucid and

1076
00:54:24,069 --> 00:54:20,800
welcome to the united states astronaut

1077
00:54:26,390 --> 00:54:24,079
hall of fame

1078
00:54:28,309 --> 00:54:26,400
our second inductee

1079
00:54:30,630 --> 00:54:28,319
is jerry ross

1080
00:54:31,990 --> 00:54:30,640
jerry ross a retired united states air

1081
00:54:33,670 --> 00:54:32,000
force colonel

1082
00:54:35,589 --> 00:54:33,680
entered active duty with the air force

1083
00:54:37,510 --> 00:54:35,599
in 1972

1084
00:54:39,829 --> 00:54:37,520
and became a payload officer flight

1085
00:54:42,390 --> 00:54:39,839
controller at the lyndon b johnson space

1086
00:54:44,870 --> 00:54:42,400
center in 1979

1087
00:54:45,910 --> 00:54:44,880
ross flew as a mission specialist for

1088
00:54:48,789 --> 00:54:45,920
six

1089
00:54:50,390 --> 00:54:48,799
of his record-holding seven

1090
00:54:53,430 --> 00:54:50,400
flights to space

1091
00:54:57,510 --> 00:54:53,440
and logged 1000

1092
00:55:01,030 --> 00:54:57,520
hours in space including 58 hours and 18

1093
00:55:02,870 --> 00:55:01,040
minutes during nine space walks

1094
00:55:06,710 --> 00:55:02,880
ross spent a considerable amount of time

1095
00:55:08,710 --> 00:55:06,720
between 1998 and 2002 working on the

1096
00:55:10,710 --> 00:55:08,720
international space station

1097
00:55:13,990 --> 00:55:10,720
endeavour launched the first iss

1098
00:55:17,430 --> 00:55:14,000
assembly mission sts-88 in december

1099
00:55:20,230 --> 00:55:17,440
1998. it was a 12-day mission during

1100
00:55:22,789 --> 00:55:20,240
which ross completed three spacewalks

1101
00:55:25,109 --> 00:55:22,799
and aided in connecting umbilical cords

1102
00:55:27,750 --> 00:55:25,119
between the u.s unity module and the

1103
00:55:30,390 --> 00:55:27,760
unmanned russian zarya module

1104
00:55:32,950 --> 00:55:30,400
five of ross's seven flights were flown

1105
00:55:34,710 --> 00:55:32,960
on space shuttle atlantis in between his

1106
00:55:38,950 --> 00:55:34,720
first launch into space in november of

1107
00:55:41,589 --> 00:55:38,960
1986 aboard sts-61b atlantis and his

1108
00:55:45,309 --> 00:55:41,599
last on april 8 2002

1109
00:55:50,150 --> 00:55:45,319
with sts-110 atlantis he also flew

1110
00:55:52,069 --> 00:55:50,160
sts-27 atlantis sts 37 atlantis sts 55

1111
00:55:55,670 --> 00:55:52,079
columbia and then back to atlantis on

1112
00:55:58,470 --> 00:55:55,680
74. we get that right

1113
00:56:01,910 --> 00:55:58,480
throughout his career ross received 15

1114
00:56:04,549 --> 00:56:01,920
nasa medals and was awarded the american

1115
00:56:07,270 --> 00:56:04,559
astronomical society's victory pray the

1116
00:56:08,390 --> 00:56:07,280
reward for his numerous spacewalking

1117
00:56:11,030 --> 00:56:08,400
achievements

1118
00:56:14,630 --> 00:56:11,040
from 2003 until his retirement from nasa

1119
00:56:17,349 --> 00:56:14,640
in january 2012 ross served as chief of

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the vehicle integration test office at

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johnson space center

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spacewalker my journey in space and

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faith as nasa's record-setting frequent

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flyer is ross's recently published

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autobiography let's take a look at some

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shuttle and it has pulled the tower

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so

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okay i've got my proposal that we build

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no big deal nice to the right great

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atlantis with the russian docking module

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that a lot of long hours working hard to

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get us ready to go fly just really do

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appreciate it we look forward to getting

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home and sharing all the experiences

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i'd just like to uh thank nasa thank the

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country for the tremendous opportunities

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i've had to serve with them thank you

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ladies and gentlemen astronaut jerry

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gary

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to present jerry for introduction to the

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united states astronaut hall of fame

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please welcome hall of fame astronaut

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thank you

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part of your really special day and

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you know jerry asked me to to take this

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part for him today and then asked me to

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be very gentle and uh

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and then i got to thinking i could be

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gentle but i know a whole bunch of other

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astronauts were going to contribute to

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today's statements about jerry but first

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i want to recognize some very very

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important people here today with jerry

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his lovely wife karen

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and his

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his son

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and his sisters judy and janet

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and karen's mom is here and she just

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turned 90. wilma we're really thankful

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well jerry of course uh has got a number

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of firsts and a number of records and he

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has uh set some really accomplished

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numbers that i'd like to share with you

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today but first

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as a purdue graduate and an air force

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guy i i can identify with jerry in many

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many ways uh as i followed him into my

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career as an astronaut jerry had been at

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edwards as a

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flight test engineer graduate of the

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test pilot school out there and a flight

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test engineer on the b1 bomber when it

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went early into its test work in

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stability and control

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and i followed jerry here almost 10

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years later he was a member of the 80

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class and i came in in 1990 and i had my

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first chance to witness jerry when he

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was preparing for sts-37

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and

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as i mentioned there's some neat stories

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about jerry that come from other folks

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and there's going to be a theme to this

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it's called eva

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spacewalking

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but he has another passion for flying in

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space and it's called ham radio

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and uh his crew steve nagle

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and ken cameron and linda godwin and j

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apt had all gotten their uh ham radio

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licenses so that they could speak with

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kids around the world from on orbit

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and jerry was reluctant he was too busy

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with preparing for his spacewalk and

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ken cameron kept putting this book in

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front of him on his desk saying here's

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you got to get this license here's what

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you got to study to learn ham radio

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license stuff and jerry kept pushing it

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away and every time you come back to the

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office the book would be back in the

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middle of the desk and

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eventually at some point jerry fessed up

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and said okay if we slip a month i'll go

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get my license

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and sure enough the flight slipped so

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jerry had to go do it

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but it gets better because early in the

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days of getting your ham license you had

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to do morse code and if you've ever done

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morse code it's really hard

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well the crew didn't tell jerry that

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they removed that requirement from the

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so that jerry went and worked really

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really hard got his license and they

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didn't tell him for months

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jerry went out on sts-37 and they

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deployed the gamma-ray observatory and

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he conducted spacewalk and became known

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as one of the greatest most prolific and

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most capable of our spacewalkers which

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i'll talk a little bit more about but

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there was a little interlude in that and

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that's when i got to fly with jerry on

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sts-55

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and jerry was downtrodden because he was

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going to be in the laboratory 24 7 365

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with no windows let alone being able to

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go outside

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so he kept asking these questions like

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don't we need to do an experiment

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outside for science with me doing a

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spacewalk

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or or we're going to send all this

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science down by the ku antenna via radio

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transmissions maybe we can break the

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antenna and i can go out and fix it but

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it was not to be so we heard nothing but

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eva can i do an eva throughout the

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training and preparation for the for the

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flight so there was this really

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tremendous photograph that was taken on

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sts-37 of jerry really close to the the

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window at the aft cockpit in the flight

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deck

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and jerry's face is about filling the

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window as it was taken by those

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astronauts at the time his crewmates

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that took the picture it was beautiful

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photo and so we cut it out in the exact

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shape of the window and we put it on the

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aft window of the flight deck

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and it was covered for launch by a cover

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so jerry didn't know the photo was there

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and when we got on orbit it was time for

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us to prepare for orbit activities and

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jerry's job in post insertion or on

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orbit preparation was to go around and

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take all the window covers off and we're

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all looking at jerry wondering what's he

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going to do when the window come cover

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comes off and sure enough off comes the

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window cover he's looking rated himself

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in the face and he this whoop went out

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and he did back splits right there on

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the mid deck

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so we took the photo out of the window

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and took it down to the lab as a

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constant reminder for 10 days while it

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was toiling in the laboratory to see

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himself in the window out through the

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space shuttle but i hope i'm giving you

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a flavor for this man's passion his pure

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raw skill and his integrity and his

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ability to pass on the experience to

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others

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jerry was a tremendous mentor of mine

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and uh and the camaraderie that we

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developed uh went on for many many years

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i mentioned jerry's setting numerous

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firsts as well as records i think a jury

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with the numbers seven eight and nine

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uh when when i became the chief

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astronaut uh jerry had flown six

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missions and there was this belief that

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you no one would ever get past that six

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threshold

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and we had many many conversations about

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that

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and jerry had become a real mentor for

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many of the other younger astronauts as

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we were really ramping up to fly on

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space station and do a lot of ebas and

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he took that with a great passion and

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instilled a lot of experience in the

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junior astronauts at the time but we got

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jerry that opportunity to fly that

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seventh mission

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but it was also a number eight right

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behind it because when we flew together

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on sts-55 we had a main engine cutoff on

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the launch pad we call it miko

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main engine cutoff happened a little bit

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early

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so jerry's had seven space flights but

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eight main engine cutoffs

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which is in itself yet another record

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and then nine of course is his nine

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space walks where he did a tremendous

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job uh getting us all the way through

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numerous experiments on orbit launching

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and deploying satellites but also

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assembling today's marvelous space

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so

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as we look and think about what's going

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to happen in the future we often get

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asked as astronauts to advise young kids

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we all go to school presentations we

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have chance to see younger kids who

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dream of having the same experience that

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we do and they always ask what kind of

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advice

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can you give us about our career when i

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hear that question i always think of

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jerry because of his passion

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his endless

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uh work ethic to get things done and to

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always do things with the utmost of

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skill and and deliberation and getting

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it done right

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and and so he is a model for all of us

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he's been an inspiration to us for many

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many years so we're here today to

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celebrate jerry's latest great

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achievement and from all of us at the

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astronaut scholarship foundation

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congratulations jerry and welcome to the

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wow uh thank you charlie

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i knew i made the right decision when i

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asked you to introduce me instead of

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it is an honor to be here today and i am

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especially delighted that the ceremony

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is being held here

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in the new atlantis facility with my

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favorite space shuttle hanging over our

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heads

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i really do think that the visitor

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center and ksc have done a marvelous job

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and the way they have put this

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tremendous vehicle on display and i'd

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like us all to give them a round of

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thank you theron

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and thank you all for coming today for a

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day of celebration and remembering

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uh first of all i'd want to thank my

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parents don and phyllis ross who are no

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longer with us

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and also my sisters judy and janet who

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are here today

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uh thank you to my wife karen

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daughter amy and son scott

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for all of your support and love over

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the years that have allowed me to do and

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see things that i never hope to be able

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to see in my life they're all so

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incredible and i still smile every day

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when i get up thinking about all the

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things that i've been able to uh to do

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to my granddaughters cassidy katie and

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and thank you also to the rest of my

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extended family who's here and what

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includes what charlie already indicated

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my mother-in-law wilma pearson who

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recently celebrated her 90th birthday

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is bob seek here

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bob

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committee were responsible for the

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selection of shannon and me to be

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inducted this year and bob i just want

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to tell you that i've always liked you

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i've always respected you

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and now i really really like you thank

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you know being selected for the

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astronaut hall of fame is indeed an

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honor and i would like to thank my

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01:09:30,630 --> 01:09:28,960
childhood heroes as well

1387
01:09:32,309 --> 01:09:30,640
that's the original seven mercury

1388
01:09:34,470 --> 01:09:32,319
astronauts who

1389
01:09:36,390 --> 01:09:34,480
uh established and nurtured

1390
01:09:39,189 --> 01:09:36,400
this institution

1391
01:09:41,189 --> 01:09:39,199
as well as the astronaut hall of fame

1392
01:09:43,749 --> 01:09:41,199
it's a real thrill for me to be inducted

1393
01:09:45,990 --> 01:09:43,759
into the hall with my personal heroes

1394
01:09:48,470 --> 01:09:46,000
and indeed heroes of americans and

1395
01:09:50,309 --> 01:09:48,480
peoples all around the world

1396
01:09:52,149 --> 01:09:50,319
it's also an honor for me to join all

1397
01:09:54,390 --> 01:09:52,159
these characters behind me who i had the

1398
01:09:55,990 --> 01:09:54,400
pleasure of working with and flying with

1399
01:09:58,709 --> 01:09:56,000
for many years while i was in the

1400
01:10:00,709 --> 01:09:58,719
astronaut office

1401
01:10:02,390 --> 01:10:00,719
throughout my astronaut career and since

1402
01:10:05,189 --> 01:10:02,400
my speaking engagements

1403
01:10:07,030 --> 01:10:05,199
have concentrated on school children

1404
01:10:08,870 --> 01:10:07,040
and trying to get them to be excited

1405
01:10:11,189 --> 01:10:08,880
about their futures

1406
01:10:12,149 --> 01:10:11,199
to consider what their god-given talents

1407
01:10:14,470 --> 01:10:12,159
are

1408
01:10:15,750 --> 01:10:14,480
and to set goals based upon those

1409
01:10:17,910 --> 01:10:15,760
talents

1410
01:10:19,590 --> 01:10:17,920
than to study hard

1411
01:10:21,430 --> 01:10:19,600
to work hard

1412
01:10:23,669 --> 01:10:21,440
and to not give up too easily in the

1413
01:10:25,430 --> 01:10:23,679
pursuit of their goals

1414
01:10:27,110 --> 01:10:25,440
i am delighted now to have the

1415
01:10:29,430 --> 01:10:27,120
opportunity to encourage our future

1416
01:10:30,950 --> 01:10:29,440
leaders in space exploration

1417
01:10:34,550 --> 01:10:30,960
through the ongoing efforts of the

1418
01:10:35,669 --> 01:10:34,560
astronaut scholarship foundation

1419
01:10:38,149 --> 01:10:35,679
you know when

1420
01:10:40,310 --> 01:10:38,159
dan branstein called me

1421
01:10:41,750 --> 01:10:40,320
back in january to congratulate me on my

1422
01:10:42,870 --> 01:10:41,760
selection into the astronaut hall of

1423
01:10:45,110 --> 01:10:42,880
fame

1424
01:10:48,070 --> 01:10:45,120
the first thing i thought was

1425
01:10:51,110 --> 01:10:48,080
man i really am getting old

1426
01:10:55,510 --> 01:10:53,189
uh but when dan told me that uh shannon

1427
01:10:56,630 --> 01:10:55,520
was the other member of this class i was

1428
01:10:59,750 --> 01:10:56,640
delighted

1429
01:11:00,870 --> 01:10:59,760
that my sister was going to be inducted

1430
01:11:02,310 --> 01:11:00,880
with me

1431
01:11:04,470 --> 01:11:02,320
that's right you heard it correctly

1432
01:11:07,430 --> 01:11:04,480
shannon is my sister

1433
01:11:10,390 --> 01:11:07,440
well at least sort of

1434
01:11:12,149 --> 01:11:10,400
you see shannon and i did a public

1435
01:11:13,510 --> 01:11:12,159
appearance in china quite a few years

1436
01:11:16,790 --> 01:11:13,520
ago now

1437
01:11:18,470 --> 01:11:16,800
and i took my mother along on that trip

1438
01:11:19,910 --> 01:11:18,480
and shannon and my mother hit it off

1439
01:11:22,470 --> 01:11:19,920
right away

1440
01:11:24,550 --> 01:11:22,480
they bonded and it wasn't long before

1441
01:11:27,270 --> 01:11:24,560
they were picking on me just like my two

1442
01:11:29,990 --> 01:11:27,280
sisters do

1443
01:11:31,990 --> 01:11:30,000
so shannon became my other sister

1444
01:11:36,550 --> 01:11:32,000
and frankly shannon i always thought two

1445
01:11:40,870 --> 01:11:38,870
i remembered making scrapbooks about

1446
01:11:42,470 --> 01:11:40,880
launching satellites into space before

1447
01:11:43,590 --> 01:11:42,480
the first satellites were launched into

1448
01:11:45,750 --> 01:11:43,600
space

1449
01:11:47,430 --> 01:11:45,760
i remembered when sputnik 1 was launched

1450
01:11:48,110 --> 01:11:47,440
and i remembered when

1451
01:11:51,510 --> 01:11:48,120
in

1452
01:11:54,149 --> 01:11:51,520
1958 explorer 1 was launched

1453
01:11:55,750 --> 01:11:54,159
it was that same year in 1958 that i

1454
01:11:58,149 --> 01:11:55,760
decided that i was going to go to per

1455
01:12:00,470 --> 01:11:58,159
university in my home state of indiana

1456
01:12:02,070 --> 01:12:00,480
that i was going to become an engineer

1457
01:12:04,790 --> 01:12:02,080
and i wanted to get involved in our

1458
01:12:06,950 --> 01:12:04,800
country space program

1459
01:12:08,470 --> 01:12:06,960
i remembered how excited everyone was

1460
01:12:11,270 --> 01:12:08,480
when the original seven mercury

1461
01:12:13,910 --> 01:12:11,280
astronauts were selected and when they

1462
01:12:15,669 --> 01:12:13,920
started to fly in space

1463
01:12:17,990 --> 01:12:15,679
i remembered pestering my parents when

1464
01:12:21,030 --> 01:12:18,000
we were on a vacation in minnesota

1465
01:12:22,790 --> 01:12:21,040
on july 21 1961

1466
01:12:24,950 --> 01:12:22,800
until they stopped at a roadside

1467
01:12:27,350 --> 01:12:24,960
restaurant so that i could watch gus

1468
01:12:30,149 --> 01:12:27,360
grissom fly his sub over a flight on

1469
01:12:31,830 --> 01:12:30,159
liberty bell 7.

1470
01:12:34,070 --> 01:12:31,840
i remembered my mother allowing me to

1471
01:12:36,149 --> 01:12:34,080
play hooky from school to watch john

1472
01:12:38,870 --> 01:12:36,159
glenn fly three times around the earth

1473
01:12:40,870 --> 01:12:38,880
on friendship seven

1474
01:12:41,990 --> 01:12:40,880
i remembered listening to the radio as

1475
01:12:44,790 --> 01:12:42,000
ed white

1476
01:12:47,110 --> 01:12:44,800
performed the first u.s space walk

1477
01:12:48,950 --> 01:12:47,120
and i had a smile on my face as i

1478
01:12:52,070 --> 01:12:48,960
listened to every word he spoke while he

1479
01:12:55,990 --> 01:12:52,080
was outside and expressed such a glee

1480
01:12:58,229 --> 01:12:56,000
and exhilaration for what he was doing

1481
01:13:00,390 --> 01:12:58,239
my high school senior trip

1482
01:13:03,030 --> 01:13:00,400
was to go to florida

1483
01:13:05,030 --> 01:13:03,040
where i watched an atlas agena launch

1484
01:13:06,630 --> 01:13:05,040
which failed to make orbit

1485
01:13:08,950 --> 01:13:06,640
and so therefore i didn't have the

1486
01:13:10,470 --> 01:13:08,960
pleasure of watching gemiini 9

1487
01:13:12,950 --> 01:13:10,480
with general tom stafford and his

1488
01:13:14,709 --> 01:13:12,960
partner gene cernan launch into space so

1489
01:13:18,870 --> 01:13:14,719
i got to see a launch but i also got to

1490
01:13:23,110 --> 01:13:21,110
i remembered the shock of the apollo one

1491
01:13:25,189 --> 01:13:23,120
fire

1492
01:13:26,550 --> 01:13:25,199
and the excitement of every apollo

1493
01:13:28,709 --> 01:13:26,560
mission

1494
01:13:30,830 --> 01:13:28,719
i especially love the christmas eve

1495
01:13:33,750 --> 01:13:30,840
reading from genesis by the apollo 8

1496
01:13:37,750 --> 01:13:33,760
crew and the triumphant launch

1497
01:13:40,070 --> 01:13:37,760
landing and return of apollo 11.

1498
01:13:42,790 --> 01:13:40,080
i also remembered a candlelight wedding

1499
01:13:44,310 --> 01:13:42,800
in a small country church in indiana

1500
01:13:45,430 --> 01:13:44,320
on a cold

1501
01:13:47,350 --> 01:13:45,440
windy

1502
01:13:49,430 --> 01:13:47,360
evening in january

1503
01:13:57,350 --> 01:13:49,440
where i married my wife and my best

1504
01:14:01,430 --> 01:13:58,709
i remember the births of our two

1505
01:14:03,590 --> 01:14:01,440
children amy and scott

1506
01:14:05,430 --> 01:14:03,600
i also remembered caring telling me when

1507
01:14:07,750 --> 01:14:05,440
i actually looked that i actually looked

1508
01:14:09,669 --> 01:14:07,760
green after my first flight test

1509
01:14:11,669 --> 01:14:09,679
out at test pilot school where i flew on

1510
01:14:16,229 --> 01:14:11,679
a kc-135

1511
01:14:17,830 --> 01:14:16,239
during a mission was called dynamic demo

1512
01:14:20,070 --> 01:14:17,840
i don't know what i was thinking when i

1513
01:14:23,110 --> 01:14:20,080
decided to go fly and i dynamic demo

1514
01:14:24,870 --> 01:14:23,120
flight for my first mission

1515
01:14:26,709 --> 01:14:24,880
i remember the first time i applied for

1516
01:14:29,990 --> 01:14:26,719
the astronaut program

1517
01:14:31,910 --> 01:14:30,000
and was interviewed but not selected

1518
01:14:34,950 --> 01:14:31,920
and i remembered my elation the second

1519
01:14:36,790 --> 01:14:34,960
time when i was

1520
01:14:39,590 --> 01:14:36,800
i remembered brian o'connor's wonderful

1521
01:14:42,390 --> 01:14:39,600
dry sense of humor in 1985

1522
01:14:44,630 --> 01:14:42,400
when on sts-61b the crew was sitting in

1523
01:14:46,229 --> 01:14:44,640
atlantis crew compartment

1524
01:14:48,470 --> 01:14:46,239
and nearing the end of the planned

1525
01:14:50,070 --> 01:14:48,480
20-minute hold

1526
01:14:51,750 --> 01:14:50,080
our commander

1527
01:14:55,750 --> 01:14:51,760
brewster shaw

1528
01:14:57,830 --> 01:14:55,760
was wiping the sweat off of his palms

1529
01:14:59,270 --> 01:14:57,840
brian o'connor a rookie as well as all

1530
01:15:01,830 --> 01:14:59,280
the rest of us on the flight deck except

1531
01:15:04,709 --> 01:15:01,840
for brewster said i wish you hadn't done

1532
01:15:08,950 --> 01:15:06,790
i was feeling pretty good until you did

1533
01:15:11,270 --> 01:15:08,960
that

1534
01:15:13,750 --> 01:15:11,280
you know first john young got off the

1535
01:15:15,910 --> 01:15:13,760
astral van to go fly

1536
01:15:17,910 --> 01:15:15,920
then george abby got off at the launch

1537
01:15:20,149 --> 01:15:17,920
control center

1538
01:15:21,350 --> 01:15:20,159
then the closeout crew strapped us into

1539
01:15:22,830 --> 01:15:21,360
the cockpit

1540
01:15:25,669 --> 01:15:22,840
closed the hatch and

1541
01:15:27,510 --> 01:15:25,679
left i'm wondering if they were trying

1542
01:15:30,550 --> 01:15:27,520
to tell us something

1543
01:15:31,990 --> 01:15:30,560
and we all giggled

1544
01:15:35,510 --> 01:15:32,000
i remember the picture i took of

1545
01:15:37,189 --> 01:15:35,520
brewster shortly after we got into orbit

1546
01:15:39,270 --> 01:15:37,199
i can frankly tell you that you will

1547
01:15:41,590 --> 01:15:39,280
never see a better smile

1548
01:15:43,750 --> 01:15:41,600
than the smile on someone's face

1549
01:15:46,070 --> 01:15:43,760
who has just experienced and survived

1550
01:15:47,669 --> 01:15:46,080
such a ride

1551
01:15:49,590 --> 01:15:47,679
on that flight woody spring and i

1552
01:15:52,550 --> 01:15:49,600
completed two spacewalks investigating

1553
01:15:54,149 --> 01:15:52,560
construction techniques in space and i

1554
01:15:55,590 --> 01:15:54,159
remember woody saying at the end of the

1555
01:15:58,310 --> 01:15:55,600
second spacewalk

1556
01:16:00,790 --> 01:15:58,320
let's go build a space station

1557
01:16:02,870 --> 01:16:00,800
and in fact 13 years later i got to do

1558
01:16:04,950 --> 01:16:02,880
that

1559
01:16:07,990 --> 01:16:04,960
i remember getting worried and cinching

1560
01:16:10,470 --> 01:16:08,000
my t-38 ejection seat straps tighter

1561
01:16:16,709 --> 01:16:10,480
any time one of the pilots would say

1562
01:16:25,030 --> 01:16:18,830
or even

1563
01:16:28,950 --> 01:16:27,189
i remembered my friends on a challenger

1564
01:16:32,390 --> 01:16:28,960
and columbia cruise

1565
01:16:34,510 --> 01:16:32,400
and the other friends we lost as well

1566
01:16:37,510 --> 01:16:34,520
i remember the rivalry between the

1567
01:16:41,110 --> 01:16:37,520
sts-26 return to flight crew

1568
01:16:45,350 --> 01:16:41,120
and our sts-27 classified mission

1569
01:16:47,030 --> 01:16:45,360
avoid all media coverage at all uh costs

1570
01:16:48,390 --> 01:16:47,040
crew

1571
01:16:50,950 --> 01:16:48,400
on a saturday night

1572
01:16:54,310 --> 01:16:50,960
in houston they honored the sts-26 crew

1573
01:16:56,550 --> 01:16:54,320
at a gala black tie event

1574
01:16:58,149 --> 01:16:56,560
they were lifted up from the orchestra

1575
01:17:00,790 --> 01:16:58,159
pit

1576
01:17:04,790 --> 01:17:00,800
uh through a dry ice cloud while lee

1577
01:17:07,030 --> 01:17:04,800
greenwood sang proud to be an american

1578
01:17:10,470 --> 01:17:07,040
of course the 27 crew got this on the

1579
01:17:15,430 --> 01:17:12,630
at the monday morning astronaut office

1580
01:17:18,550 --> 01:17:15,440
meeting the 27 crew recreated the scene

1581
01:17:20,550 --> 01:17:18,560
for everybody's entertainment

1582
01:17:23,430 --> 01:17:20,560
while i played the lee greenwood song on

1583
01:17:26,149 --> 01:17:23,440
my son's boom box

1584
01:17:28,149 --> 01:17:26,159
hoot and guy gardner and bill shepherd

1585
01:17:31,270 --> 01:17:28,159
all dressed in their white tux shirts

1586
01:17:34,149 --> 01:17:31,280
and black bow ties slowly rose from

1587
01:17:38,070 --> 01:17:36,310
as mike mullane was hosing off a carbon

1588
01:17:40,950 --> 01:17:38,080
dioxide fire extinguisher below their

1589
01:17:45,110 --> 01:17:43,189
everybody in attendance in the office a

1590
01:17:47,350 --> 01:17:45,120
meeting laughed they all thought it was

1591
01:17:50,630 --> 01:17:47,360
hilarious

1592
01:17:57,750 --> 01:17:50,640
except for the sts-26 crew

1593
01:18:02,390 --> 01:18:00,630
i remembered wearing pink rubber pink

1594
01:18:04,470 --> 01:18:02,400
pig noses

1595
01:18:06,550 --> 01:18:04,480
and lone ranger masks to the pre-flight

1596
01:18:09,830 --> 01:18:06,560
press conference for our classified

1597
01:18:11,430 --> 01:18:09,840
sts-27 mission

1598
01:18:15,430 --> 01:18:11,440
i also remember that the pentagon didn't

1599
01:18:19,270 --> 01:18:17,430
i remember j apps saying it's all

1600
01:18:21,350 --> 01:18:19,280
downhill from here

1601
01:18:24,830 --> 01:18:21,360
when the compton gamma-ray observatory

1602
01:18:27,270 --> 01:18:24,840
solar arrays successfully deployed on

1603
01:18:29,830 --> 01:18:27,280
sts-37 the rest of the crew told him to

1604
01:18:31,590 --> 01:18:29,840
hush and to not jinx us

1605
01:18:33,590 --> 01:18:31,600
and sure enough

1606
01:18:36,470 --> 01:18:33,600
the next step was to release the antenna

1607
01:18:39,270 --> 01:18:36,480
boom and it didn't deploy

1608
01:18:41,669 --> 01:18:39,280
and you know what dog gone it

1609
01:18:44,630 --> 01:18:41,679
jay and i had to go out on an unplanned

1610
01:18:48,470 --> 01:18:46,550
where we were able to free the antenna

1611
01:18:51,750 --> 01:18:48,480
to lock it into position

1612
01:18:53,350 --> 01:18:51,760
and save the 630 million dollar sister

1613
01:18:54,630 --> 01:18:53,360
observatory to the hubble space

1614
01:18:56,229 --> 01:18:54,640
telescope

1615
01:18:59,350 --> 01:18:56,239
which went on to do some incredible

1616
01:19:01,590 --> 01:18:59,360
science and cause astrophysicists like a

1617
01:19:03,030 --> 01:19:01,600
squared steve hawley back here to

1618
01:19:04,630 --> 01:19:03,040
rethink all their theories about

1619
01:19:07,350 --> 01:19:04,640
gamma-ray and gamma-ray sources

1620
01:19:09,669 --> 01:19:07,360
throughout the universe

1621
01:19:11,510 --> 01:19:09,679
i also remember trying and trying on

1622
01:19:13,590 --> 01:19:11,520
that same flight to make the

1623
01:19:16,310 --> 01:19:13,600
electrically powered cedar cart roll up

1624
01:19:18,070 --> 01:19:16,320
and down the track in a payload bay

1625
01:19:19,910 --> 01:19:18,080
during a spacewalk

1626
01:19:21,430 --> 01:19:19,920
i cranked and cranked the generator's

1627
01:19:23,430 --> 01:19:21,440
handles so hard

1628
01:19:25,189 --> 01:19:23,440
trying to get it to move

1629
01:19:27,030 --> 01:19:25,199
that the rest of the crew told me after

1630
01:19:30,790 --> 01:19:27,040
the spacewalk that i had been shaking

1631
01:19:35,350 --> 01:19:32,470
but it worked a lot better once i

1632
01:19:35,360 --> 01:19:41,830
to release the manual parking brake

1633
01:19:46,310 --> 01:19:43,590
i remembered our pad abort that charlie

1634
01:19:48,550 --> 01:19:46,320
talked about on sts-55

1635
01:19:50,790 --> 01:19:48,560
i also remember taking the entire crew

1636
01:19:52,310 --> 01:19:50,800
to see the movie groundhog day

1637
01:19:54,229 --> 01:19:52,320
where the guy gets up every morning to

1638
01:19:56,149 --> 01:19:54,239
relive the same sequence

1639
01:20:03,750 --> 01:19:56,159
just before we travel back down here to

1640
01:20:07,990 --> 01:20:06,149
i remember floating into the russian mir

1641
01:20:10,229 --> 01:20:08,000
station and actually getting to visit

1642
01:20:12,870 --> 01:20:10,239
other people already orbiting the earth

1643
01:20:14,550 --> 01:20:12,880
in their spacecraft during our sts-74

1644
01:20:16,229 --> 01:20:14,560
mission

1645
01:20:19,110 --> 01:20:16,239
i remembered all the people and all the

1646
01:20:21,030 --> 01:20:19,120
work we did to get the tools

1647
01:20:23,590 --> 01:20:21,040
the training facilities

1648
01:20:25,350 --> 01:20:23,600
the mock-ups the testing

1649
01:20:27,590 --> 01:20:25,360
and the procedures in place that allowed

1650
01:20:30,310 --> 01:20:27,600
us to successfully climb

1651
01:20:32,070 --> 01:20:30,320
the mountain of evas that were required

1652
01:20:34,470 --> 01:20:32,080
to assemble the international space

1653
01:20:36,070 --> 01:20:34,480
station

1654
01:20:37,430 --> 01:20:36,080
i remembered connecting the first two

1655
01:20:39,910 --> 01:20:37,440
elements of the international space

1656
01:20:42,229 --> 01:20:39,920
station on scs 88

1657
01:20:44,390 --> 01:20:42,239
and performing three space walks to make

1658
01:20:46,709 --> 01:20:44,400
electrical connectors and outfit the

1659
01:20:48,229 --> 01:20:46,719
exterior of those two model modules

1660
01:20:50,470 --> 01:20:48,239
which form the cornerstone of the

1661
01:20:52,470 --> 01:20:50,480
international space station

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and i remembered being on the first team

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of astronauts to enter the station on

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i remembered my last flight when we

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added s-zero element to the

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international space station

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my spacewalking partner lee moore and on

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sts-110 and i were the first pair of

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grandparents to do space walks together

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we were affectionately called by the

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rest of the crew

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now i have to tell you they did have

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some other ideas and we picked the

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silver team because it was the least

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abusive of all of them

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it was incredible that in just 17 years

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i had gone from being the junior rookie

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on a crew

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to being the senior member of the silver

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team

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all these are great memories but some of

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the ones that i always cherish the most

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are the memories of all the dedicated

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people

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government and contractor that i met and

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worked with all over the united states

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and all over the world

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and i have to tell you there are several

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of them here today and it's great to see

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them thanks for coming out and i look

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forward to the next time i get down here

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let's go have a brew

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we shared the same love

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dedication

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and excitement about what we were

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collectively doing

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it made each day new

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and never boring

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i always looked forward to getting to

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work

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to see what was next on the

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agenda i thank god for blessing me with

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in so many ways for giving my my family

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and my friends

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and for allowing me to serve our country

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in such exciting and unique ways

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thank you for coming and sharing this

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wonderful celebration

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and my walk down memory road

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congratulations jerry ross and welcome

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to the united states astronaut hall of

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fame

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the 2014 inductees were selected by a

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committee of current hall of fame

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astronauts former nasa officials

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historians and journalists and bob seek

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as we've heard

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the process is administered by the

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astronaut scholarship foundation to be

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eligible an astronaut must have made his

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or her first flight at least 17 years

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before the induction year and must be

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retired at least five years from the

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nasa astronaut corps 17 years that

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candidates must be a u.s citizen nasa

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trained commander pilot or mission

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specialist and must have orbited the

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earth at least once and made significant

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contributions to the study of space

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charlie you know that same kid keeps

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going up and back up there we're going

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to

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find his mother

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ladies and gentlemen i am proud to

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present to you the united states

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astronaut hall of fame class of 2014

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and now all the members of the hall of

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it has been my pleasure to be with you

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today on behalf of the kennedy space

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center visitor complex and the astronaut

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scholarship foundation

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thank you for joining us for this

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historic ceremony please remain standing

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as the hall of fame astronauts make