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hi and welcome to what's new in

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aerospace i'm marty kelsey i host a show

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here at the national air and space

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museum called stem 30 for middle school

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science students and i cannot tell you

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guys how excited i am to introduce our

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guests today they were crewmates on

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expedition 42 and 43. today we have

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samantha christopher reddy who spent 200

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days in space becoming the longest

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single space flight by a female correct

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and we have terry verts who is the pilot

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of sts-130 and the commander of

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expedition 43 on the international space

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station let's give them a round of

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so i want to start off with one of the

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big important questions and that is

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samantha how is the espresso on the

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international space station

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it wasn't bad it wasn't bad at all um it

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was a great improvement over the instant

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coffee i had been drinking for for

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almost six months um and and it was a

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delivery from home so it was uh

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very nice and very appreciated i do have

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to say that terry was with me as well

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one and terry you spent 212 days in

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space with the shuttle and the station

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correct um now you're a big baseball fan

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and i loved the pictures you put on

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twitter of all the stadiums on opening

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day were you able to catch any of the

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games while you're in space

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we did uh that was actually a lot of fun

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to try and get all the baseball stadiums

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the ones on the coast were easy to find

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but the ones in the middle of the

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country were a little bit tougher

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they don't stand out quite as well

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but the ground was able to link up

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spring training games and once the

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season started baseball games and that

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was fun to stay connected with earth and

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awesome now you guys were both very

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active on social media while you were in

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how important is it to connect with

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people on on earth when you're up in

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it's super important we can do events

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like this which are great to

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be live in person talking to folks but

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obviously that's limited in social media

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goes around the globe and i had lots of

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followers in india and the philippines

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and turkey was one of the most popular

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countries following samantha we've had

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many more and so we were able to reach

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and so how about you you you enjoy that

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conversation back to earth when you're

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liked a conversation because uh we do

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it is from from the ground um and so in

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the end i shared a lot i didn't really

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have the chance to maybe answer as many

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questions as i would have liked and

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stuff like that but yes i went into the

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spaceflight with that commitment to

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share as much as possible in fact i had

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almost before we launched in which i

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detailed all the aspects of of training

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to to tell the story and and it's all

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you're ever curious what it is to train

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huge cooperation from many many

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why should the average person on the

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multi-faceted but the most important

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aspect of what we do is science and

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neutral smell um the filters work very

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when a new vehicle comes up and docks

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county okay okay awesome well here in a

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questions before they get into their

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full-on presentation so if you've got a

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those here in just a minute um you can

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forms for you to fill out if you want to

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what was the most surprising thing about

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talked about the view of the earth but i

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of learning how to live in space

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that i knew would be fun but um like you

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flying not flying on an airplane but

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really flying like in space and and all

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of a sudden i could do this for real and

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how much i enjoyed that and kind of

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surprised me i mean it's

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such an enjoyable feeling do you dream

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in weightlessness when you're in space

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i think i dreamt less in space than i do

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now yeah it was interesting people asked

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that all the time and i think we were so

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tired the work there was a pretty busy

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place

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um

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i had some but not that many and it was

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usually of earth and like weather

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rain or

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wind things like that you don't have in

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space and so just we're trying to

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remember earth i got to a point where i

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couldn't remember what it was like to be

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in gravity

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like i was trying to think what is it

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like to stand or to sit or you know i

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had forgotten what that felt like

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wow yeah all right we've got a question

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you know

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i i don't think we did i i didn't

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feel that the place to be claustrophobic

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would have been in the soyuz capsule the

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launch and landing that that is really

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small because there's a seat over here

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you can kind of see how cramped that is

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and um so the claustrophobic that would

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be the time that you would feel that

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would be

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when you're in the spacesuit for launch

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and landing uh thankfully we're only

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there for a few hours but you kind of do

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need to use your mind over matter and go

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all right i'm going to sit here

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everything's fine and i'll be out of

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this in not too long

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but it's more cabin fever i think that

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some astronauts have talked about

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because the station is big you're not

322
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cramped at all but it's like a 747 so

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it's a big area but you can never leave

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you know and even if you do a spacewalk

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you're still holding on to the station

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and that's only a few hours out of the

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six months so

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um i think the cabin fever is a bigger

329
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issue than claustrophobia thankfully i

330
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never really felt that way i was i was

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always happy but i could see that how

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that could happen though as a student i

333
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have lived in a lot more crunch quarters

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on the space station

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but they let you out before 200 days

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elapsed though that was the difference

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yeah

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my second question is

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going up in space is kind of like a

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lifetime achievement pinnacle did you

341
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feel a letdown when you come back down i

342
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mean you're both pretty young do you

343
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feel like oh i achieved this big thing

344
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like what do you do now

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every astronauts favorite mission is

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their next one

347
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so um and you know the old veterans that

348
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have five space flights they would

349
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rather have be a rookie with one in

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front of them than with five behind them

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so i think samantha and i would both

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like to fly again and

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and uh we're gonna enjoy earth i haven't

354
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really had time to be let down yet we've

355
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had a pretty busy few months

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um

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but

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there's nothing like flying in space and

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so you kind of have to mentally prepare

360
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yourself that there's lots of wonderful

361
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things on earth and that your people and

362
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family and friends are here um but you

363
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know space is just unique it's like

364
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winning the world series you know cal

365
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ripken i'm a baseball fan from the

366
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orioles won the world series and when he

367
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was a rookie and played baseball for

368
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another 20 years and never went back

369
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again so there's just some things in

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life that are awesome and when they

371
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happen you need to enjoy them and

372
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realize you may never have a chance to

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do it again hopefully we will but um

374
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and

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i mean being on the space station for

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200 days is a is a good teacher i think

377
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for for the times to come when you come

378
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back because you start out with an

379
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incredible peak experience which is the

380
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launch and arriving to the space station

381
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and the first few days where it's

382
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an amazing experience everything is

383
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exactly exhilarating um but then you are

384
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up there for 200 days so there are some

385
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things that become routine i mean we're

386
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human beings everything becomes routine

387
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after a while but you still enjoy it so

388
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it's not about the peak experience

389
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anymore it's just about

390
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being happy every day and and like what

391
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you do every day you know not as a peak

392
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but just as a baseline of of being

393
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content with with what you do and

394
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i think we tend nowadays to select

395
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astronauts that have a personality that

396
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can live with that you know we're not

397
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necessarily people who want to um race

398
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to the top of a mountain every single

399
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day you know it's really about

400
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um

401
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enjoying what comes every day whether

402
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it's a peak experience or whether it's a

403
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routine

404
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thank you

405
00:14:00,230 --> 00:13:58,550
so going up into space and leaving an

406
00:14:02,710 --> 00:14:00,240
environment in gravity i know there are

407
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lots of concerns with like bone density

408
00:14:08,069 --> 00:14:05,839
muscle strength all that stuff um what

409
00:14:10,310 --> 00:14:08,079
types of things do you guys do up there

410
00:14:12,310 --> 00:14:10,320
like is there a certain exercise regimen

411
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you follow what type

412
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is there certain things that you eat to

413
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keep up

414
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or anything like that and then

415
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um

416
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sorry asking a lot of things but uh also

417
00:14:25,829 --> 00:14:23,920
is there some kind of

418
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gravity compensation like inertial

419
00:14:30,629 --> 00:14:27,680
spinning or something like that on the

420
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space station and then yeah

421
00:14:35,189 --> 00:14:33,279
well that's a good question a big effect

422
00:14:36,790 --> 00:14:35,199
of weightlessness is that you don't use

423
00:14:38,629 --> 00:14:36,800
your bones and your muscles like right

424
00:14:40,150 --> 00:14:38,639
now everybody in here is using muscles

425
00:14:42,230 --> 00:14:40,160
and their bones are getting exercised

426
00:14:44,550 --> 00:14:42,240
just by fighting against gravity and you

427
00:14:46,069 --> 00:14:44,560
don't get that when you're in space and

428
00:14:47,670 --> 00:14:46,079
that's a big concern of ours and so

429
00:14:49,829 --> 00:14:47,680
they've developed a very good protocol

430
00:14:51,350 --> 00:14:49,839
of exercise we have basically a

431
00:14:54,150 --> 00:14:51,360
weightlifting machine that allows you to

432
00:14:56,389 --> 00:14:54,160
do bench press and squats and deadlifts

433
00:14:58,389 --> 00:14:56,399
and a treadmill and a

434
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bicycle and in combination

435
00:15:02,230 --> 00:15:00,800
um we come back in pretty good shape

436
00:15:03,910 --> 00:15:02,240
there is a little bit of bone loss here

437
00:15:08,069 --> 00:15:03,920
and there but overall i didn't lose any

438
00:15:11,110 --> 00:15:08,079
bone density as a entire body um

439
00:15:12,550 --> 00:15:11,120
uh goes and so the space station i think

440
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one of the biggest success stories that

441
00:15:16,310 --> 00:15:14,720
it's had is that we've proven and shown

442
00:15:17,670 --> 00:15:16,320
that people can go into space for a long

443
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period of time

444
00:15:21,509 --> 00:15:19,839
and thrive and work and then come back

445
00:15:23,189 --> 00:15:21,519
to earth in pretty good shape it's not

446
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perfect there's other there's ways we

447
00:15:27,350 --> 00:15:26,000
can improve that but that's a big um

448
00:15:29,189 --> 00:15:27,360
question that's been answered i think

449
00:15:30,790 --> 00:15:29,199
for to go further in places like mars

450
00:15:33,509 --> 00:15:30,800
and beyond in the solar system the

451
00:15:35,350 --> 00:15:33,519
station has shown that that's possible

452
00:15:37,030 --> 00:15:35,360
and there is no centrifuge the second

453
00:15:39,590 --> 00:15:37,040
part of your question like in the movie

454
00:15:41,590 --> 00:15:39,600
2001 so many parts of that movie have

455
00:15:43,030 --> 00:15:41,600
come true and it's amazing how visionary

456
00:15:44,629 --> 00:15:43,040
arthur clark was

457
00:15:46,870 --> 00:15:44,639
but the one thing the space station was

458
00:15:48,710 --> 00:15:46,880
rotating and so there was gravity and in

459
00:15:50,790 --> 00:15:48,720
a lot of hollywood movies it's expensive

460
00:15:52,389 --> 00:15:50,800
to film a movie where they have to float

461
00:15:54,389 --> 00:15:52,399
all the time so there's always grav they

462
00:15:56,550 --> 00:15:54,399
just make gravity happen it saves on the

463
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production costs and um

464
00:16:00,949 --> 00:15:58,800
the uh so we don't have an anti-gra or

465
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gravity machine and there's no real

466
00:16:05,670 --> 00:16:02,800
centrifuge for people we have small

467
00:16:06,829 --> 00:16:05,680
centrifuges for science experiments

468
00:16:14,949 --> 00:16:06,839
but not for

469
00:16:22,069 --> 00:16:16,310
hello

470
00:16:24,710 --> 00:16:22,079
so like the hardest part in training

471
00:16:26,389 --> 00:16:24,720
the hardest part of training

472
00:16:27,749 --> 00:16:26,399
so that's a great question because

473
00:16:29,590 --> 00:16:27,759
there's lots of different things you

474
00:16:31,110 --> 00:16:29,600
need to do and i'll let samantha asked

475
00:16:32,949 --> 00:16:31,120
us i'll say for me it was learning

476
00:16:34,629 --> 00:16:32,959
russian russian language is tough i love

477
00:16:35,990 --> 00:16:34,639
languages i've learned french and german

478
00:16:37,829 --> 00:16:36,000
and other languages but russian was

479
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tough

480
00:16:41,110 --> 00:16:39,360
for me i'd say it was

481
00:16:43,189 --> 00:16:41,120
space walking training we do that

482
00:16:45,350 --> 00:16:43,199
underwater and we prepare to go outside

483
00:16:47,509 --> 00:16:45,360
by simulating that we can work

484
00:16:50,230 --> 00:16:47,519
weightlessly in the three dimensions by

485
00:16:52,629 --> 00:16:50,240
being underwater and we have a wonderful

486
00:16:55,350 --> 00:16:52,639
suit that allows us to do that but it

487
00:16:57,350 --> 00:16:55,360
doesn't come my size and not in yours

488
00:16:58,550 --> 00:16:57,360
too quite yet

489
00:17:00,310 --> 00:16:58,560
either

490
00:17:02,310 --> 00:17:00,320
and so it's you know when you're a small

491
00:17:03,509 --> 00:17:02,320
person like me it's a little bit more

492
00:17:05,110 --> 00:17:03,519
challenging because you have to deal

493
00:17:06,470 --> 00:17:05,120
with a suit that's a little bit bigger

494
00:17:08,069 --> 00:17:06,480
than it should be

495
00:17:09,750 --> 00:17:08,079
and so that that was definitely

496
00:17:12,949 --> 00:17:09,760
challenging but it was also a lot of fun

497
00:17:14,710 --> 00:17:12,959
and i enjoy it good question all right

498
00:17:16,390 --> 00:17:14,720
we've got a video now of you guys

499
00:17:18,549 --> 00:17:16,400
actually up in space should we check

500
00:17:19,990 --> 00:17:18,559
that out yeah let's do it

501
00:18:11,750 --> 00:17:20,000
and then we'll do more questions after

502
00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:21,830
sorry about that

503
00:18:25,990 --> 00:18:23,750
it's the long one okay i think we're on

504
00:18:28,630 --> 00:18:26,000
right now real quick uh samantha and i

505
00:18:30,470 --> 00:18:28,640
started out as expedition 42 we launched

506
00:18:32,230 --> 00:18:30,480
as a three-person crew along with our

507
00:18:34,230 --> 00:18:32,240
russian cosmonaut

508
00:18:37,190 --> 00:18:34,240
anton shkaplerov

509
00:18:39,750 --> 00:18:37,200
we met butch wilmore sasha samokutyaev

510
00:18:40,870 --> 00:18:39,760
and elena sarova in space

511
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and

512
00:18:44,630 --> 00:18:42,400
halfway through the mission

513
00:18:46,549 --> 00:18:44,640
those three came back to earth and scott

514
00:18:47,590 --> 00:18:46,559
kelly misha korenyenko and gennady

515
00:18:50,390 --> 00:18:47,600
padalka

516
00:18:54,390 --> 00:18:50,400
met us in space during expedition 43 and

517
00:18:56,390 --> 00:18:54,400
this is how space station missions go

518
00:18:59,110 --> 00:18:56,400
yeah this was our launch on the soyuz

519
00:19:01,029 --> 00:18:59,120
spacecraft from kazakhstan a wonderful

520
00:19:02,870 --> 00:19:01,039
wonderful night launch as you as you can

521
00:19:05,110 --> 00:19:02,880
see it was the three of us in this

522
00:19:06,789 --> 00:19:05,120
little cramped uh little spaceship which

523
00:19:08,390 --> 00:19:06,799
is a tiny little piece on top of the

524
00:19:10,230 --> 00:19:08,400
rocket the rest of the rocket is just

525
00:19:12,470 --> 00:19:10,240
fewer it's basically the the different

526
00:19:14,789 --> 00:19:12,480
stages the different engine stages and a

527
00:19:15,909 --> 00:19:14,799
lot of fuel and once we've used it

528
00:19:18,070 --> 00:19:15,919
they're just

529
00:19:20,470 --> 00:19:18,080
detached from the rest and we keep on

530
00:19:22,310 --> 00:19:20,480
going until after eight minutes we

531
00:19:24,789 --> 00:19:22,320
finally get to space and it's only us in

532
00:19:26,230 --> 00:19:24,799
our tiny little little capsule

533
00:19:28,549 --> 00:19:26,240
and as i said it takes only eight

534
00:19:30,230 --> 00:19:28,559
minutes to actually get to orbit um

535
00:19:32,390 --> 00:19:30,240
eight minutes in which uh you are

536
00:19:34,390 --> 00:19:32,400
subjected to some acceleration so

537
00:19:35,830 --> 00:19:34,400
basically you you feel a lot of weight

538
00:19:37,590 --> 00:19:35,840
on your chest it's like you all of a

539
00:19:39,510 --> 00:19:37,600
sudden you weigh up to like four four

540
00:19:40,950 --> 00:19:39,520
and a half times your normal weight and

541
00:19:43,029 --> 00:19:40,960
it's all kind of pressing on your on

542
00:19:44,950 --> 00:19:43,039
your chest and then after eight minutes

543
00:19:46,870 --> 00:19:44,960
you get into in weightlessness so you

544
00:19:48,710 --> 00:19:46,880
you move from that feeling of pressure

545
00:19:49,590 --> 00:19:48,720
on your chest to being floating and

546
00:19:52,070 --> 00:19:49,600
light

547
00:19:54,150 --> 00:19:52,080
and after six hours four times around

548
00:19:55,750 --> 00:19:54,160
the earth we went and then finally we

549
00:19:57,430 --> 00:19:55,760
got to our destination which is the

550
00:19:58,390 --> 00:19:57,440
international space station which you

551
00:19:59,669 --> 00:19:58,400
just saw

552
00:20:03,830 --> 00:19:59,679
and

553
00:20:05,350 --> 00:20:03,840
it's our you can see me coming through

554
00:20:07,029 --> 00:20:05,360
and this is my

555
00:20:09,270 --> 00:20:07,039
probably the happiest moment of my life

556
00:20:11,190 --> 00:20:09,280
when i got into the space station and i

557
00:20:14,230 --> 00:20:11,200
got to hug our colleagues were already

558
00:20:16,549 --> 00:20:14,240
up there sasha elena and uh and butch

559
00:20:19,590 --> 00:20:16,559
and here you can see terry coming in

560
00:20:23,270 --> 00:20:21,350
the soyuz vehicle that we launched in

561
00:20:24,870 --> 00:20:23,280
there's a soyuz right here in the air

562
00:20:27,190 --> 00:20:24,880
and space museum and next

563
00:20:28,789 --> 00:20:27,200
room over it's docked with apollo and we

564
00:20:31,029 --> 00:20:28,799
just had the 40th anniversary of apollo

565
00:20:32,390 --> 00:20:31,039
soyuz so you can see the the size of the

566
00:20:33,669 --> 00:20:32,400
capsule and the part that we live in is

567
00:20:35,430 --> 00:20:33,679
just the middle part so when you look at

568
00:20:37,909 --> 00:20:35,440
that it's not quite that big we're just

569
00:20:39,430 --> 00:20:37,919
in a very small middle part science as i

570
00:20:41,350 --> 00:20:39,440
mentioned is a big part of what we do on

571
00:20:43,750 --> 00:20:41,360
the station there's lots of different

572
00:20:45,350 --> 00:20:43,760
types of science that we do

573
00:20:48,950 --> 00:20:45,360
like i talked about material science

574
00:20:50,549 --> 00:20:48,960
combustion science biology

575
00:20:52,230 --> 00:20:50,559
we worked with some pharmaceutical

576
00:20:54,310 --> 00:20:52,240
companies on medicines

577
00:20:57,270 --> 00:20:54,320
and this is very interesting this is a

578
00:20:59,669 --> 00:20:57,280
minus 95 degree celsius freezer that we

579
00:21:00,950 --> 00:20:59,679
put a lot of our biology samples in and

580
00:21:02,870 --> 00:21:00,960
you can see all the smoke coming out

581
00:21:05,590 --> 00:21:02,880
because it's so cold

582
00:21:07,029 --> 00:21:05,600
we work really fast yeah

583
00:21:10,630 --> 00:21:07,039
we're very busy we have to work fast in

584
00:21:14,549 --> 00:21:12,789
yeah this is the microgravity science

585
00:21:16,230 --> 00:21:14,559
glove box so we do all kinds of things

586
00:21:18,390 --> 00:21:16,240
in there terry was actually a resident

587
00:21:19,909 --> 00:21:18,400
expert for this facility but i did get a

588
00:21:22,390 --> 00:21:19,919
chance to work in it a little bit for

589
00:21:25,510 --> 00:21:22,400
the 3d printer this was the first time

590
00:21:27,510 --> 00:21:25,520
we tested the 3d printing for addictive

591
00:21:29,669 --> 00:21:27,520
manufacturing in space and it's very

592
00:21:31,830 --> 00:21:29,679
exciting because it seems like it worked

593
00:21:34,630 --> 00:21:31,840
very well we we printed

594
00:21:36,310 --> 00:21:34,640
things that were printed uh identically

595
00:21:37,350 --> 00:21:36,320
on the ground and then they compare them

596
00:21:39,430 --> 00:21:37,360
and uh

597
00:21:41,430 --> 00:21:39,440
and we even got a little wrench it

598
00:21:42,710 --> 00:21:41,440
wasn't the most complex output that we

599
00:21:44,549 --> 00:21:42,720
printed

600
00:21:46,870 --> 00:21:44,559
and this is a little italian facility

601
00:21:49,350 --> 00:21:46,880
called cubic it's a centrifuge and

602
00:21:51,029 --> 00:21:49,360
incubator and it's uh used to to do life

603
00:21:55,029 --> 00:21:51,039
science so cell cultures and tissue

604
00:21:58,549 --> 00:21:56,789
we talked about centrifuges before this

605
00:22:00,710 --> 00:21:58,559
is a small centrifuge in the japanese

606
00:22:02,630 --> 00:22:00,720
library where we were growing plants and

607
00:22:04,230 --> 00:22:02,640
weightlessness and then

608
00:22:06,310 --> 00:22:04,240
for science sometimes you need control

609
00:22:08,549 --> 00:22:06,320
groups so they would compare what the

610
00:22:10,630 --> 00:22:08,559
plant was doing in 1g and the centrifuge

611
00:22:12,149 --> 00:22:10,640
with what it was doing in weightlessness

612
00:22:14,310 --> 00:22:12,159
one of the most fun things that we did

613
00:22:16,230 --> 00:22:14,320
was deploy satellites and there's an

614
00:22:18,149 --> 00:22:16,240
airlock a small airlock and a japanese

615
00:22:20,230 --> 00:22:18,159
module that you can put things in the

616
00:22:21,990 --> 00:22:20,240
airlock the robotic arm comes in and

617
00:22:23,350 --> 00:22:22,000
takes it out so you can go right from

618
00:22:25,190 --> 00:22:23,360
inside the space station outside the

619
00:22:27,190 --> 00:22:25,200
space station and this is a satellite

620
00:22:29,190 --> 00:22:27,200
that we deployed back in december

621
00:22:30,630 --> 00:22:29,200
um

622
00:22:31,830 --> 00:22:30,640
called spin sat and there are several

623
00:22:32,870 --> 00:22:31,840
different types of satellites that we

624
00:22:33,669 --> 00:22:32,880
deployed

625
00:22:36,230 --> 00:22:33,679
um

626
00:22:37,990 --> 00:22:36,240
nanoracks cubesats is another one uh

627
00:22:39,510 --> 00:22:38,000
this is a mission that samantha did a

628
00:22:40,950 --> 00:22:39,520
lot of work on that was run right out of

629
00:22:42,230 --> 00:22:40,960
goddard here if any of you guys are

630
00:22:44,230 --> 00:22:42,240
familiar with governor's basically a

631
00:22:45,830 --> 00:22:44,240
robotic refueling mission so they were

632
00:22:47,590 --> 00:22:45,840
testing different technology for

633
00:22:49,909 --> 00:22:47,600
potentially when they refueled

634
00:22:52,149 --> 00:22:49,919
satellites robotically

635
00:22:53,909 --> 00:22:52,159
so you can see this is the slide table

636
00:22:55,909 --> 00:22:53,919
that you know this little air look we

637
00:22:58,230 --> 00:22:55,919
make a vacuum we take away all the air

638
00:22:59,110 --> 00:22:58,240
and then the slide table goes out and

639
00:23:00,950 --> 00:22:59,120
then

640
00:23:02,390 --> 00:23:00,960
the robotic arm comes and grabs it and

641
00:23:04,230 --> 00:23:02,400
this is the deployment actually of

642
00:23:06,549 --> 00:23:04,240
cubesats those are really exciting these

643
00:23:07,990 --> 00:23:06,559
are tiny little satellites

644
00:23:10,149 --> 00:23:08,000
they're typically developed by

645
00:23:12,549 --> 00:23:10,159
universities sometimes even high schools

646
00:23:14,470 --> 00:23:12,559
so it's something that maybe you guys

647
00:23:15,590 --> 00:23:14,480
will be involved with one day you know

648
00:23:17,510 --> 00:23:15,600
they're cheap but they still have

649
00:23:18,390 --> 00:23:17,520
significant capabilities and we launched

650
00:23:22,630 --> 00:23:18,400
them

651
00:23:24,789 --> 00:23:22,640
among other things on the space station

652
00:23:26,630 --> 00:23:24,799
this is uh i'm doing some maintenance

653
00:23:28,789 --> 00:23:26,640
work on our bone densitometer one of the

654
00:23:31,270 --> 00:23:28,799
research types we do up there is rodent

655
00:23:33,590 --> 00:23:31,280
research and uh we actually get to do a

656
00:23:35,270 --> 00:23:33,600
density method to check the bone density

657
00:23:42,230 --> 00:23:35,280
of rodents directly up there on the

658
00:23:45,750 --> 00:23:43,990
space walking

659
00:23:47,990 --> 00:23:45,760
is was a pretty important part of this

660
00:23:49,909 --> 00:23:48,000
mission the space station was assembled

661
00:23:51,190 --> 00:23:49,919
over a period of almost a decade but

662
00:23:52,789 --> 00:23:51,200
we're going through a period of

663
00:23:54,710 --> 00:23:52,799
reconfiguration i call it right now

664
00:23:57,029 --> 00:23:54,720
where we're getting it ready for future

665
00:23:59,830 --> 00:23:57,039
american capsules to show up and also

666
00:24:01,510 --> 00:23:59,840
for more cargo vehicles to show up so

667
00:24:02,870 --> 00:24:01,520
we did three space walks these are some

668
00:24:04,710 --> 00:24:02,880
of the tethers that we use to keep

669
00:24:06,230 --> 00:24:04,720
equipment from floating away

670
00:24:07,909 --> 00:24:06,240
and uh

671
00:24:09,269 --> 00:24:07,919
butch walmart and i went outside after

672
00:24:10,870 --> 00:24:09,279
samantha was our

673
00:24:11,990 --> 00:24:10,880
inside person getting us suited up in

674
00:24:13,909 --> 00:24:12,000
the suits

675
00:24:15,590 --> 00:24:13,919
and this is our first spacewalk going

676
00:24:17,029 --> 00:24:15,600
out the hatch for the first time and

677
00:24:19,430 --> 00:24:17,039
that was quite an experience to get

678
00:24:20,710 --> 00:24:19,440
outside and and see the earth while

679
00:24:22,870 --> 00:24:20,720
you're just hanging on with your hands

680
00:24:24,470 --> 00:24:22,880
there out in space

681
00:24:25,510 --> 00:24:24,480
it was pretty amazing

682
00:24:28,149 --> 00:24:25,520
the uh

683
00:24:30,070 --> 00:24:28,159
the spacewalks that we did was mostly

684
00:24:32,549 --> 00:24:30,080
laying cable there's a lot of wiring and

685
00:24:33,669 --> 00:24:32,559
so on that had to go on in order to

686
00:24:36,149 --> 00:24:33,679
prepare

687
00:24:38,070 --> 00:24:36,159
the capsules to be able to dock and so

688
00:24:39,990 --> 00:24:38,080
uh butch and i put down about 400 feet

689
00:24:41,909 --> 00:24:40,000
of cable on

690
00:24:43,190 --> 00:24:41,919
the first two spacewalks

691
00:24:44,549 --> 00:24:43,200
and you can see how big the space

692
00:24:45,909 --> 00:24:44,559
station is and how small we are out

693
00:24:47,909 --> 00:24:45,919
there that gives you an idea of the size

694
00:24:49,830 --> 00:24:47,919
and scope of the space station but we

695
00:24:50,870 --> 00:24:49,840
were running cables down that area to

696
00:24:52,710 --> 00:24:50,880
the front

697
00:24:54,390 --> 00:24:52,720
where the capsule will dock

698
00:24:56,070 --> 00:24:54,400
and then on the third spacewalk we laid

699
00:24:57,350 --> 00:24:56,080
a different set of about 400 feet of

700
00:25:00,310 --> 00:24:57,360
cables

701
00:25:02,470 --> 00:25:00,320
to some antennas and mirrors that the

702
00:25:05,110 --> 00:25:02,480
capsules can use as they

703
00:25:06,310 --> 00:25:05,120
um come up and dock this is a space

704
00:25:09,669 --> 00:25:06,320
selfie

705
00:25:10,789 --> 00:25:09,679
was me upside down and butch's advisor

706
00:25:12,830 --> 00:25:10,799
taking a picture of him but it looks

707
00:25:14,470 --> 00:25:12,840
like a selfie it was one of our favorite

708
00:25:15,830 --> 00:25:14,480
pictures

709
00:25:17,590 --> 00:25:15,840
you can see there's lots of equipment

710
00:25:18,870 --> 00:25:17,600
tethered to you and as samantha was

711
00:25:19,750 --> 00:25:18,880
talking about

712
00:25:21,110 --> 00:25:19,760
um

713
00:25:23,269 --> 00:25:21,120
it's just hard to do a spacewalk it

714
00:25:25,590 --> 00:25:23,279
doesn't matter how big you are even for

715
00:25:27,750 --> 00:25:25,600
big guys it's um it's a lot of work the

716
00:25:30,230 --> 00:25:27,760
suit weighs about 400 pounds and it's

717
00:25:32,310 --> 00:25:30,240
pressurized and you are really worn out

718
00:25:33,269 --> 00:25:32,320
after a training run in the pool or in

719
00:25:34,950 --> 00:25:33,279
space

720
00:25:36,710 --> 00:25:34,960
and we had the opportunity to take out

721
00:25:38,950 --> 00:25:36,720
actually it was a russian gopro camera

722
00:25:41,510 --> 00:25:38,960
and this is some of the footage

723
00:25:43,029 --> 00:25:41,520
this is a gopro selfie and

724
00:25:44,470 --> 00:25:43,039
it captures a little bit and you can

725
00:25:46,149 --> 00:25:44,480
hear the sound if you watch the video on

726
00:25:47,190 --> 00:25:46,159
youtube you can hear the sound of space

727
00:25:49,190 --> 00:25:47,200
which is

728
00:25:51,590 --> 00:25:49,200
uh but here's butch and i showing off

729
00:25:57,750 --> 00:25:51,600
our air force and navy colors there we

730
00:26:01,269 --> 00:25:59,110
and the other thing about the space

731
00:26:03,350 --> 00:26:01,279
station of course is is that it's this

732
00:26:05,350 --> 00:26:03,360
uh the outpost this outpost out there

733
00:26:07,830 --> 00:26:05,360
and we can't like go to the supermarket

734
00:26:10,070 --> 00:26:07,840
and and shop for food when we need it or

735
00:26:12,630 --> 00:26:10,080
you know go to the shop and buy repair

736
00:26:15,190 --> 00:26:12,640
parts so we have to rely on on home

737
00:26:17,510 --> 00:26:15,200
delivery from from planet earth and uh

738
00:26:19,190 --> 00:26:17,520
this home deliveries come up with uh

739
00:26:21,350 --> 00:26:19,200
vehicles that are different ones we have

740
00:26:24,549 --> 00:26:21,360
a russian vehicle called progress and uh

741
00:26:26,310 --> 00:26:24,559
during a stage twice we received a u.s

742
00:26:27,669 --> 00:26:26,320
dragon vehicle that is the one that you

743
00:26:29,669 --> 00:26:27,679
saw in the pictures

744
00:26:31,269 --> 00:26:29,679
and what we do we

745
00:26:32,870 --> 00:26:31,279
you know it comes up and it starts to

746
00:26:34,470 --> 00:26:32,880
fly formation with the space station and

747
00:26:35,909 --> 00:26:34,480
then we go and grab it with a robotic

748
00:26:38,310 --> 00:26:35,919
arm and we attach it to the space

749
00:26:41,669 --> 00:26:38,320
station and then we have five to six

750
00:26:43,110 --> 00:26:41,679
crazy weeks of signs and cargo ups until

751
00:26:44,710 --> 00:26:43,120
we are ready to

752
00:26:46,390 --> 00:26:44,720
um you know at the end of this period

753
00:26:49,029 --> 00:26:46,400
signing to sign it on its way like you

754
00:26:51,510 --> 00:26:49,039
you can see here this was uh one of uh

755
00:26:53,590 --> 00:26:51,520
dragons departing and going home

756
00:26:55,110 --> 00:26:53,600
and this is a

757
00:26:56,950 --> 00:26:55,120
the russian cargo vehicle that i

758
00:26:59,350 --> 00:26:56,960
mentioned the progress

759
00:27:01,430 --> 00:26:59,360
we received we successfully had one dock

760
00:27:05,510 --> 00:27:01,440
during our our mission

761
00:27:10,070 --> 00:27:07,669
and uh and one unfortunately didn't make

762
00:27:11,830 --> 00:27:10,080
it so we uh that was lost it was towards

763
00:27:14,870 --> 00:27:11,840
the end of our mission and this is the

764
00:27:17,190 --> 00:27:14,880
european because that's the atv and uh

765
00:27:18,870 --> 00:27:17,200
it's the very last atv atv five

766
00:27:20,389 --> 00:27:18,880
departing and it's a really cool shot

767
00:27:22,230 --> 00:27:20,399
you can see it like spitting fire and

768
00:27:24,070 --> 00:27:22,240
that's how it holds altitude as it goes

769
00:27:25,990 --> 00:27:24,080
away and this is another really cool

770
00:27:28,710 --> 00:27:26,000
shot the little plume you see up there

771
00:27:33,990 --> 00:27:28,720
is the atv5 burning up in in the

772
00:27:37,830 --> 00:27:36,070
a big part of what we do in space is not

773
00:27:39,830 --> 00:27:37,840
only science but it's a million pound

774
00:27:42,070 --> 00:27:39,840
vehicle and it needs to be maintained

775
00:27:44,070 --> 00:27:42,080
and so we spent quite a bit of effort uh

776
00:27:46,149 --> 00:27:44,080
repairing equipment and keeping things

777
00:27:47,990 --> 00:27:46,159
running this is the bathroom right here

778
00:27:49,190 --> 00:27:48,000
this is the american technique of how to

779
00:27:51,029 --> 00:27:49,200
solve a

780
00:27:52,630 --> 00:27:51,039
uh piece of metal that we had to do our

781
00:27:54,070 --> 00:27:52,640
russian colleagues saw samantha and i

782
00:27:56,070 --> 00:27:54,080
struggling with this thing and he ran

783
00:27:57,830 --> 00:27:56,080
down and got a power saw and came back

784
00:28:00,310 --> 00:27:57,840
and after he came back it took about 20

785
00:28:01,909 --> 00:28:00,320
seconds in the in the pieces sawed off

786
00:28:03,510 --> 00:28:01,919
a fun thing about working in space if

787
00:28:05,669 --> 00:28:03,520
you ever do work on your car you can

788
00:28:07,029 --> 00:28:05,679
just get on the wall and put yourself in

789
00:28:09,590 --> 00:28:07,039
the right attitude or put yourself

790
00:28:12,070 --> 00:28:09,600
upside down um and it's not a problem at

791
00:28:13,430 --> 00:28:12,080
all to get into the hard to reach places

792
00:28:15,510 --> 00:28:13,440
um

793
00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:15,520
here scott kelly and i are working on

794
00:28:20,070 --> 00:28:18,640
some more of the life support equipment

795
00:28:21,990 --> 00:28:20,080
one of the most fun things that we did

796
00:28:23,990 --> 00:28:22,000
was film an imax movie that's coming out

797
00:28:25,750 --> 00:28:24,000
in the spring but there's the imax

798
00:28:27,750 --> 00:28:25,760
camera much easier to handle in space

799
00:28:29,430 --> 00:28:27,760
than it is on earth um that thing

800
00:28:31,510 --> 00:28:29,440
probably weighs 20 or 30 pounds on the

801
00:28:33,510 --> 00:28:31,520
ground and we were up there for so long

802
00:28:35,190 --> 00:28:33,520
we celebrated a lot of holidays this is

803
00:28:37,510 --> 00:28:35,200
christmas we had christmas morning in

804
00:28:39,190 --> 00:28:37,520
space and presents and stockings

805
00:28:41,190 --> 00:28:39,200
and we had thanksgiving this is

806
00:28:43,350 --> 00:28:41,200
samantha's birthday we had some little

807
00:28:45,830 --> 00:28:43,360
candle candles and a lemon curd cake and

808
00:28:51,430 --> 00:28:45,840
a green pouch therefore yeah that was my

809
00:28:55,510 --> 00:28:53,430
talk about water balls waterbolt water

810
00:28:56,830 --> 00:28:55,520
is pretty amazing in space to see

811
00:28:59,350 --> 00:28:56,840
how it

812
00:29:01,669 --> 00:28:59,360
behaves and this is the world famous

813
00:29:02,630 --> 00:29:01,679
espresso machine

814
00:29:03,990 --> 00:29:02,640
and

815
00:29:05,190 --> 00:29:04,000
you can see it basically works with

816
00:29:06,470 --> 00:29:05,200
pouches

817
00:29:08,070 --> 00:29:06,480
you know you have to attach a water

818
00:29:10,070 --> 00:29:08,080
pouch and then the coffee comes out on

819
00:29:14,230 --> 00:29:10,080
the other side and

820
00:29:17,350 --> 00:29:15,510
as i mentioned before we don't have

821
00:29:18,389 --> 00:29:17,360
bread in space but we do have tortillas

822
00:29:19,830 --> 00:29:18,399
and so

823
00:29:21,190 --> 00:29:19,840
uh a lot of astronauts like to put

824
00:29:24,149 --> 00:29:21,200
whatever they have this is scott have it

825
00:29:26,470 --> 00:29:24,159
showing some fish on a tortilla

826
00:29:27,990 --> 00:29:26,480
but uh it's a way to spice up the food

827
00:29:29,750 --> 00:29:28,000
spice is very important to our crewmate

828
00:29:31,909 --> 00:29:29,760
butch he used mustard on i think

829
00:29:34,070 --> 00:29:31,919
everything and he really enjoyed that

830
00:29:35,350 --> 00:29:34,080
this is me making a hamburger here

831
00:29:37,590 --> 00:29:35,360
um

832
00:29:40,310 --> 00:29:37,600
ketchup mustard mayonnaise

833
00:29:42,789 --> 00:29:40,320
a bag of cheese and a rehydrated beef

834
00:29:44,870 --> 00:29:42,799
patty and uh it was pretty good

835
00:29:47,669 --> 00:29:44,880
not

836
00:29:49,830 --> 00:29:47,679
pretty good

837
00:29:51,029 --> 00:29:49,840
and uh yeah it was fun to do that every

838
00:29:55,750 --> 00:29:51,039
once in a while i didn't eat this every

839
00:29:59,350 --> 00:29:57,750
and this is an example of the challenges

840
00:30:01,430 --> 00:29:59,360
you face in zero g right if you have to

841
00:30:03,669 --> 00:30:01,440
move uh in this case mmms from one

842
00:30:05,269 --> 00:30:03,679
ziploc to another on the ground you just

843
00:30:07,269 --> 00:30:05,279
flip one upside down and you're done

844
00:30:09,350 --> 00:30:07,279
right when space doesn't work that way

845
00:30:11,669 --> 00:30:09,360
and so one

846
00:30:12,789 --> 00:30:11,679
get around is to centrifuge and it takes

847
00:30:14,070 --> 00:30:12,799
a little bit of scale i mean that was

848
00:30:15,430 --> 00:30:14,080
towards the end of the mission but you

849
00:30:17,510 --> 00:30:15,440
can you know to spin around and you can

850
00:30:19,029 --> 00:30:17,520
make them go out one ziplock and into

851
00:30:20,470 --> 00:30:19,039
the next one

852
00:30:22,470 --> 00:30:20,480
i prefer to move the m ms from the

853
00:30:23,830 --> 00:30:22,480
ziploc to my mouth usually

854
00:30:25,029 --> 00:30:23,840
after we eat all this food we have to go

855
00:30:27,190 --> 00:30:25,039
weigh ourselves and this is how you

856
00:30:28,870 --> 00:30:27,200
weigh yourself in space it's basically a

857
00:30:30,870 --> 00:30:28,880
spring and it measures how long it takes

858
00:30:32,470 --> 00:30:30,880
you to go up and down in the spring and

859
00:30:34,789 --> 00:30:32,480
based on your mass

860
00:30:36,149 --> 00:30:34,799
is how long that spring takes and then

861
00:30:38,070 --> 00:30:36,159
when you realize you gain too much

862
00:30:39,990 --> 00:30:38,080
weight you get on the treadmill and it's

863
00:30:41,990 --> 00:30:40,000
on the wall and here's the exercise

864
00:30:43,110 --> 00:30:42,000
machine i was talking about earlier

865
00:30:44,630 --> 00:30:43,120
um

866
00:30:46,070 --> 00:30:44,640
exercise is a big part of it and they

867
00:30:47,350 --> 00:30:46,080
schedule us usually for two and a half

868
00:30:48,950 --> 00:30:47,360
hours a day

869
00:30:50,789 --> 00:30:48,960
occasionally the station has to maneuver

870
00:30:53,350 --> 00:30:50,799
itself if there's debris and space that

871
00:30:55,590 --> 00:30:53,360
we have to avoid it will uh climb or

872
00:30:56,870 --> 00:30:55,600
descend and this is what it's like to be

873
00:30:59,029 --> 00:30:56,880
on board the space station when the

874
00:31:01,029 --> 00:30:59,039
rocket engines are firing as you can see

875
00:31:04,389 --> 00:31:01,039
it doesn't move that fast it's a million

876
00:31:06,549 --> 00:31:04,399
pound vehicle and it's a very slow um

877
00:31:07,669 --> 00:31:06,559
climb another part of being a human is

878
00:31:10,070 --> 00:31:07,679
you have to get your hair cut and i'll

879
00:31:11,430 --> 00:31:10,080
tell you as a i'm a combat pilot and

880
00:31:13,350 --> 00:31:11,440
i've done space walks and launched on

881
00:31:15,909 --> 00:31:13,360
the space shuttle the most stressful

882
00:31:17,269 --> 00:31:15,919
thing by far that i've done in space is

883
00:31:19,269 --> 00:31:17,279
this right here

884
00:31:20,230 --> 00:31:19,279
um giving samantha a haircut in space

885
00:31:22,389 --> 00:31:20,240
was very

886
00:31:24,630 --> 00:31:22,399
was uh was a big deal we we had a train

887
00:31:25,909 --> 00:31:24,640
for here on earth the pressure was on i

888
00:31:27,350 --> 00:31:25,919
would have had the wrath of every

889
00:31:28,870 --> 00:31:27,360
italian woman on earth that i messed

890
00:31:30,950 --> 00:31:28,880
that up so that was a

891
00:31:35,990 --> 00:31:30,960
that was a very stressful moment

892
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:44,149
the final product

893
00:31:47,430 --> 00:31:45,830
we got we ended up getting extended by

894
00:31:49,430 --> 00:31:47,440
month samantha mentioned one of the well

895
00:31:51,430 --> 00:31:49,440
several vehicles did not make it in the

896
00:31:52,870 --> 00:31:51,440
last year but uh when one of the russian

897
00:31:54,470 --> 00:31:52,880
vehicles did not make it to space

898
00:31:56,389 --> 00:31:54,480
station they ended up extending us a

899
00:31:58,310 --> 00:31:56,399
month and during that time we got to

900
00:32:00,789 --> 00:31:58,320
move this module from the bottom of the

901
00:32:01,830 --> 00:32:00,799
station to the side and this is a time

902
00:32:03,350 --> 00:32:01,840
lapse

903
00:32:04,950 --> 00:32:03,360
it looks like it's moving very fast but

904
00:32:06,710 --> 00:32:04,960
this actually takes about two orbits so

905
00:32:07,830 --> 00:32:06,720
it's about a three hour long process to

906
00:32:10,470 --> 00:32:07,840
move this

907
00:32:11,830 --> 00:32:10,480
big probably 10 or 15 000 pound module

908
00:32:13,110 --> 00:32:11,840
from one part of the station to the

909
00:32:15,430 --> 00:32:13,120
other

910
00:32:18,310 --> 00:32:15,440
and while we were in space mr leonard

911
00:32:19,430 --> 00:32:18,320
nimoy passed away and

912
00:32:29,750 --> 00:32:19,440
we

913
00:32:34,870 --> 00:32:31,509
returning to earth

914
00:32:36,470 --> 00:32:34,880
yeah so after 200 days they said that we

915
00:32:37,909 --> 00:32:36,480
really had come home there's no way to

916
00:32:40,310 --> 00:32:37,919
stay longer

917
00:32:41,990 --> 00:32:40,320
so this is us saying goodbye to our

918
00:32:43,909 --> 00:32:42,000
friends we're staying behind canada

919
00:32:45,190 --> 00:32:43,919
scott and nisha two of them by the way

920
00:32:47,269 --> 00:32:45,200
are still up there on the space station

921
00:32:49,590 --> 00:32:47,279
they're staying for a whole year

922
00:32:52,470 --> 00:32:49,600
and this is our uh our soyuz

923
00:32:54,230 --> 00:32:52,480
uh departing so that was it

924
00:32:56,389 --> 00:32:54,240
it's time to go home

925
00:32:58,310 --> 00:32:56,399
a few hours of uh not much happening

926
00:32:59,830 --> 00:32:58,320
until we went around the

927
00:33:02,070 --> 00:32:59,840
world a couple of times waiting for the

928
00:33:03,590 --> 00:33:02,080
right moment for the engines to burn so

929
00:33:06,149 --> 00:33:03,600
that we would actually get back to

930
00:33:08,149 --> 00:33:06,159
kazakhstan and not to some unknown place

931
00:33:09,750 --> 00:33:08,159
on the planet and in kazakhstan that's

932
00:33:11,350 --> 00:33:09,760
of course why they were waiting for us

933
00:33:12,789 --> 00:33:11,360
and then a pretty wild ride towards the

934
00:33:15,029 --> 00:33:12,799
end i mean you can see this this was the

935
00:33:16,389 --> 00:33:15,039
view out of our window uh at some point

936
00:33:18,389 --> 00:33:16,399
for a few minutes we were going through

937
00:33:20,470 --> 00:33:18,399
plasma so basically we were in a ball of

938
00:33:22,310 --> 00:33:20,480
fire slowing down

939
00:33:23,990 --> 00:33:22,320
before eventually the parachute opened

940
00:33:25,909 --> 00:33:24,000
which is a pretty violent shock when the

941
00:33:29,269 --> 00:33:25,919
parachute opens and then you're like you

942
00:33:31,190 --> 00:33:29,279
know shaken for for a for a minute or so

943
00:33:32,549 --> 00:33:31,200
and then eventually you hit the ground

944
00:33:34,389 --> 00:33:32,559
like that and that's pretty cool shot

945
00:33:36,470 --> 00:33:34,399
that's just a fraction of a second

946
00:33:39,669 --> 00:33:36,480
before you hit the ground the retro

947
00:33:42,149 --> 00:33:39,679
rockets fire to dampen that impact and

948
00:33:43,590 --> 00:33:42,159
then after about 10-15 minutes the the

949
00:33:45,669 --> 00:33:43,600
guys and girls are there they're ready

950
00:33:49,110 --> 00:33:45,679
to take you out and they they they help

951
00:33:50,230 --> 00:33:49,120
you out of the capsules one by one

952
00:33:53,350 --> 00:33:50,240
you're a little bit dizzy at the

953
00:33:55,750 --> 00:33:53,360
beginning you also feel like you're 500

954
00:33:57,350 --> 00:33:55,760
tons all of a sudden because of course

955
00:34:00,470 --> 00:33:57,360
you know we had been weightless for so

956
00:34:01,669 --> 00:34:00,480
long that our brain was just not used to

957
00:34:03,190 --> 00:34:01,679
handle

958
00:34:05,110 --> 00:34:03,200
weight at all

959
00:34:06,470 --> 00:34:05,120
so we took it easy in those chairs for

960
00:34:08,790 --> 00:34:06,480
for a little while and then they put us

961
00:34:10,790 --> 00:34:08,800
on a helicopter first to the karaganda

962
00:34:12,550 --> 00:34:10,800
airport and then on a plane back to

963
00:34:14,550 --> 00:34:12,560
houston and as soon as we landed in

964
00:34:16,230 --> 00:34:14,560
houston the scientists got hold of us

965
00:34:18,310 --> 00:34:16,240
and they started taking blood and taking

966
00:34:20,629 --> 00:34:18,320
newton and make us do tests and all

967
00:34:23,510 --> 00:34:20,639
kinds of stuff and they haven't stopped

968
00:34:25,990 --> 00:34:25,190
one of the best things to do in space is

969
00:34:29,270 --> 00:34:26,000
to

970
00:34:30,470 --> 00:34:29,280
look at look back on earth and

971
00:34:32,790 --> 00:34:30,480
there's just an

972
00:34:34,470 --> 00:34:32,800
endless

973
00:34:35,909 --> 00:34:34,480
stream of amazing views that we have

974
00:34:38,629 --> 00:34:35,919
this is in the middle east and the

975
00:34:42,470 --> 00:34:38,639
persian gulf the palm islands

976
00:34:43,750 --> 00:34:42,480
um these rivers and indonesia and and uh

977
00:34:45,750 --> 00:34:43,760
are

978
00:34:49,109 --> 00:34:45,760
amazing to see the bahamas there's

979
00:34:51,030 --> 00:34:49,119
definitely on my to-do list now a lot of

980
00:34:52,950 --> 00:34:51,040
shallow beautiful green blue waters

981
00:34:55,109 --> 00:34:52,960
around earth but the bahamas caribbean

982
00:34:56,230 --> 00:34:55,119
and florida that area really stands out

983
00:34:58,230 --> 00:34:56,240
it's unique

984
00:35:00,630 --> 00:34:58,240
we had a chance to see a lot of tropical

985
00:35:02,790 --> 00:35:00,640
storms and hurricanes and cyclones

986
00:35:05,990 --> 00:35:02,800
this one here in particular my sack was

987
00:35:07,510 --> 00:35:06,000
was unbelievable this the eye was so big

988
00:35:09,030 --> 00:35:07,520
i've certainly never seen anything like

989
00:35:10,950 --> 00:35:09,040
that before

990
00:35:12,870 --> 00:35:10,960
this is the cupola module where we do

991
00:35:14,310 --> 00:35:12,880
most of our looking out and it's just

992
00:35:16,710 --> 00:35:14,320
incredible it's a

993
00:35:18,870 --> 00:35:16,720
cool reflection there night times are

994
00:35:21,430 --> 00:35:18,880
amazing especially over africa and

995
00:35:23,589 --> 00:35:21,440
indonesia and south america where the

996
00:35:28,310 --> 00:35:23,599
lightning storms are

997
00:35:33,829 --> 00:35:29,589
view of the middle east going from the

998
00:35:35,510 --> 00:35:33,839
mediterranean over the arabian peninsula

999
00:35:37,030 --> 00:35:35,520
a lot of beautiful places on earth and

1000
00:35:41,109 --> 00:35:37,040
samantha mentioned this earlier today

1001
00:35:43,109 --> 00:35:41,119
that the um you get used to seeing

1002
00:35:44,710 --> 00:35:43,119
earth by colors and you kind of know

1003
00:35:46,069 --> 00:35:44,720
countries by what they look like from

1004
00:35:48,230 --> 00:35:46,079
space now you know countries that i

1005
00:35:50,390 --> 00:35:48,240
really had no idea about before now i

1006
00:35:52,870 --> 00:35:50,400
know what they look like this is an

1007
00:35:54,630 --> 00:35:52,880
example of some african thunderstorms

1008
00:35:57,349 --> 00:35:54,640
and the southern lights

1009
00:35:59,349 --> 00:35:57,359
aurora australis is

1010
00:36:01,109 --> 00:35:59,359
it's kind of unreal i mean it really and

1011
00:36:03,349 --> 00:36:01,119
you can see the

1012
00:36:06,390 --> 00:36:03,359
aurora dancing around this is moon glen

1013
00:36:08,150 --> 00:36:06,400
on the gulf of mexico

1014
00:36:15,750 --> 00:36:08,160
here's a fish eye view through the

1015
00:36:18,790 --> 00:36:16,870
it's hard to say what my favorite

1016
00:36:19,829 --> 00:36:18,800
picture is but i think this was my

1017
00:36:21,510 --> 00:36:19,839
favorite

1018
00:36:24,069 --> 00:36:21,520
um early in the mission seeing the

1019
00:36:26,230 --> 00:36:24,079
northern lights that was the uk

1020
00:36:27,990 --> 00:36:26,240
this is scandinavia norway and sweden

1021
00:36:30,470 --> 00:36:28,000
and denmark and finland

1022
00:36:33,589 --> 00:36:30,480
and then we move on um

1023
00:36:35,349 --> 00:36:33,599
past st petersburg on the moscow you see

1024
00:36:36,950 --> 00:36:35,359
st petersburg there

1025
00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:36,960
moscow really stands out at night it's

1026
00:36:47,750 --> 00:36:38,640
this bright star

1027
00:36:51,270 --> 00:36:49,190
and at nighttime and during the day you

1028
00:36:52,829 --> 00:36:51,280
see a very thin blue atmosphere at night

1029
00:36:55,030 --> 00:36:52,839
time you see this

1030
00:36:57,910 --> 00:36:55,040
upper portion of our atmosphere that

1031
00:37:00,550 --> 00:36:57,920
goes up maybe 100 kilometers or more and

1032
00:37:02,950 --> 00:37:00,560
that brown haze color is real at

1033
00:37:05,589 --> 00:37:02,960
nighttime you see that with your eye and

1034
00:37:08,069 --> 00:37:05,599
it's amazing here's the nile river

1035
00:37:10,230 --> 00:37:08,079
into cairo and alexandria and you can

1036
00:37:11,910 --> 00:37:10,240
see israel is a really small couple

1037
00:37:12,950 --> 00:37:11,920
bright lights there and a lot of the

1038
00:37:18,710 --> 00:37:12,960
middle east

1039
00:37:23,349 --> 00:37:21,750
new zealand on one of the very few

1040
00:37:25,750 --> 00:37:23,359
days there's samantha's favorite it's

1041
00:37:34,310 --> 00:37:25,760
italy

1042
00:37:39,430 --> 00:37:37,510
this is a neat starscape um

1043
00:37:41,030 --> 00:37:39,440
the time lapse makes it move really fast

1044
00:37:42,710 --> 00:37:41,040
of course when you're flying it's not

1045
00:37:45,270 --> 00:37:42,720
moving quite that fast

1046
00:37:46,710 --> 00:37:45,280
but uh you can see the

1047
00:37:48,550 --> 00:37:46,720
one of the magellanic clouds they're

1048
00:37:51,990 --> 00:37:48,560
really small galaxies near our galaxy

1049
00:37:52,710 --> 00:37:52,000
and then the main milky way here

1050
00:37:54,550 --> 00:37:52,720
but

1051
00:37:56,230 --> 00:37:54,560
if you turn all the lights off inside

1052
00:38:08,230 --> 00:37:56,240
you can actually see this with your eyes

1053
00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:18,710
so that's 200 days in 20 minutes

1054
00:38:21,349 --> 00:38:19,670
all right we're going to take some more

1055
00:38:23,190 --> 00:38:21,359
questions but first we've got an online

1056
00:38:24,950 --> 00:38:23,200
question we're going to start with have

1057
00:38:26,950 --> 00:38:24,960
you had the opportunity to follow up on

1058
00:38:30,710 --> 00:38:26,960
science experiments conducted by you on

1059
00:38:35,990 --> 00:38:33,270
some of it yeah uh i i've been in

1060
00:38:38,630 --> 00:38:36,000
contact a lot with the uh

1061
00:38:40,870 --> 00:38:38,640
italian principal investigators um for

1062
00:38:42,550 --> 00:38:40,880
my mission to space because it was a

1063
00:38:44,550 --> 00:38:42,560
ticket let's say of the italian space

1064
00:38:46,550 --> 00:38:44,560
agency then the italian species just

1065
00:38:49,270 --> 00:38:46,560
selected a number of experiments that

1066
00:38:50,870 --> 00:38:49,280
were really tied to this mission um a

1067
00:38:52,150 --> 00:38:50,880
lot of other experiments you know they

1068
00:38:54,230 --> 00:38:52,160
start earlier

1069
00:38:55,510 --> 00:38:54,240
you just just keep on going and so maybe

1070
00:38:56,790 --> 00:38:55,520
you don't have that strong relationship

1071
00:38:58,550 --> 00:38:56,800
with scientists

1072
00:39:00,390 --> 00:38:58,560
plus i was involved from the very

1073
00:39:02,710 --> 00:39:00,400
beginning since the selection in some

1074
00:39:04,870 --> 00:39:02,720
cases i helped out figure out a few a

1075
00:39:07,109 --> 00:39:04,880
few details of the protocol we would do

1076
00:39:09,510 --> 00:39:07,119
and so i've definitely talked to them um

1077
00:39:11,510 --> 00:39:09,520
and of course they they caution and uh

1078
00:39:13,190 --> 00:39:11,520
and and tell you that you know you have

1079
00:39:14,470 --> 00:39:13,200
to be patient with science i mean they

1080
00:39:17,589 --> 00:39:14,480
you know some of them just got their

1081
00:39:19,589 --> 00:39:17,599
samples back uh some of them got data

1082
00:39:23,109 --> 00:39:19,599
but to do a proper analysis of the data

1083
00:39:24,950 --> 00:39:23,119
requires time but um what i can say and

1084
00:39:26,470 --> 00:39:24,960
i'm really happy about that is that we

1085
00:39:28,390 --> 00:39:26,480
were successful in the sense that they

1086
00:39:29,910 --> 00:39:28,400
all got the data that they wanted they

1087
00:39:31,589 --> 00:39:29,920
all got the samples back that they

1088
00:39:33,349 --> 00:39:31,599
wanted so we were very successful

1089
00:39:35,430 --> 00:39:33,359
operationally and then i'm curious

1090
00:39:36,950 --> 00:39:35,440
myself to see maybe in a year time or so

1091
00:39:38,790 --> 00:39:36,960
when they're ready with their analysis

1092
00:39:40,950 --> 00:39:38,800
and they maybe publish something i'm

1093
00:39:42,550 --> 00:39:40,960
very curious to see what will come out

1094
00:39:47,349 --> 00:39:42,560
awesome all right we've got another

1095
00:39:54,150 --> 00:39:51,510
so if we all have emergencies

1096
00:39:55,349 --> 00:39:54,160
like what do you all do how do you like

1097
00:40:00,310 --> 00:39:55,359
that

1098
00:40:02,710 --> 00:40:00,320
we had lots and lots of emergency alarms

1099
00:40:04,230 --> 00:40:02,720
go off i started a scoreboard on the on

1100
00:40:05,750 --> 00:40:04,240
the space station we would make a tick

1101
00:40:08,550 --> 00:40:05,760
mark every day a warning or caution

1102
00:40:09,990 --> 00:40:08,560
would go off luckily and thankfully um

1103
00:40:11,990 --> 00:40:10,000
most of them are false alarms and it

1104
00:40:13,750 --> 00:40:12,000
just gave us some practice but the big

1105
00:40:14,790 --> 00:40:13,760
emergencies that we trained for are

1106
00:40:17,829 --> 00:40:14,800
fires

1107
00:40:20,309 --> 00:40:17,839
and depressurizations and also we call

1108
00:40:21,910 --> 00:40:20,319
it an ammonia leak or toxic atmosphere

1109
00:40:23,430 --> 00:40:21,920
ammonia is a very dangerous chemical and

1110
00:40:24,790 --> 00:40:23,440
it's the coolant that we use on the

1111
00:40:25,910 --> 00:40:24,800
outside of the station so if that leaked

1112
00:40:27,270 --> 00:40:25,920
inside

1113
00:40:28,630 --> 00:40:27,280
that would be a bad day so we spent a

1114
00:40:30,630 --> 00:40:28,640
lot of time training before we launched

1115
00:40:32,470 --> 00:40:30,640
for those emergencies good question fire

1116
00:40:35,030 --> 00:40:32,480
behaves a lot differently in space right

1117
00:40:36,829 --> 00:40:35,040
it does the good news is

1118
00:40:39,430 --> 00:40:36,839
it burns itself out because there's no

1119
00:40:42,069 --> 00:40:39,440
convection so unless you have a fan to

1120
00:40:43,829 --> 00:40:42,079
move the air around if there's a fire it

1121
00:40:45,910 --> 00:40:43,839
should you know burn and then be gone

1122
00:40:48,069 --> 00:40:45,920
shortly so we haven't really had any

1123
00:40:49,430 --> 00:40:48,079
problems with fires thankfully so far on

1124
00:40:51,030 --> 00:40:49,440
the space station

1125
00:40:53,030 --> 00:40:51,040
and the first thing that the vehicle

1126
00:40:55,430 --> 00:40:53,040
does is automatic response if there's a

1127
00:40:57,270 --> 00:40:55,440
fire it turns off all the fans

1128
00:40:58,790 --> 00:40:57,280
so in theory all the airflow should be

1129
00:41:00,550 --> 00:40:58,800
gone and whatever caught on fire should

1130
00:41:01,510 --> 00:41:00,560
put itself out very quickly awesome all

1131
00:41:02,390 --> 00:41:01,520
right we've got another audience

1132
00:41:04,829 --> 00:41:02,400
question

1133
00:41:08,790 --> 00:41:04,839
hi my name

1134
00:41:11,270 --> 00:41:08,800
is what courses do you have to take in

1135
00:41:12,550 --> 00:41:11,280
college to become an astronaut well that

1136
00:41:15,270 --> 00:41:12,560
is a really good question i'll answer it

1137
00:41:17,270 --> 00:41:15,280
real quickly from to be a nasa astronaut

1138
00:41:19,750 --> 00:41:17,280
there's not one set of things that you

1139
00:41:21,750 --> 00:41:19,760
have to do my path was to be a pilot so

1140
00:41:24,470 --> 00:41:21,760
i went to the air force academy and i

1141
00:41:25,829 --> 00:41:24,480
was a math major

1142
00:41:27,670 --> 00:41:25,839
all astronauts have some type of

1143
00:41:29,910 --> 00:41:27,680
technical math or science or engineering

1144
00:41:32,150 --> 00:41:29,920
degree but other astronauts were

1145
00:41:34,950 --> 00:41:32,160
engineers before they became astronauts

1146
00:41:37,270 --> 00:41:34,960
some were medical doctors or pilots like

1147
00:41:38,550 --> 00:41:37,280
i said but

1148
00:41:40,470 --> 00:41:38,560
as long as you have some type of

1149
00:41:43,109 --> 00:41:40,480
technical degree there's lots of

1150
00:41:44,230 --> 00:41:43,119
different paths to the astronaut

1151
00:41:46,550 --> 00:41:44,240
good luck

1152
00:41:48,230 --> 00:41:46,560
all right we've got an online question

1153
00:41:49,829 --> 00:41:48,240
being an astronaut is it

1154
00:41:52,550 --> 00:41:49,839
is it more challenging on the

1155
00:41:56,390 --> 00:41:52,560
physiological side or the physical side

1156
00:42:00,790 --> 00:41:59,030
oh interesting um

1157
00:42:02,550 --> 00:42:00,800
yeah i'm not sure i think there's

1158
00:42:05,349 --> 00:42:02,560
there's different aspects

1159
00:42:09,190 --> 00:42:07,589
yeah i'm not sure that there is a

1160
00:42:10,870 --> 00:42:09,200
psychological challenge that sends out

1161
00:42:12,230 --> 00:42:10,880
as opposed to a physical challenge that

1162
00:42:14,309 --> 00:42:12,240
stands out

1163
00:42:17,030 --> 00:42:14,319
you know the the thing about

1164
00:42:19,270 --> 00:42:17,040
being an astronaut i think that that's

1165
00:42:20,870 --> 00:42:19,280
the biggest challenge and that's how we

1166
00:42:23,829 --> 00:42:20,880
kind of select people to make sure that

1167
00:42:25,589 --> 00:42:23,839
they can face this challenge is that um

1168
00:42:27,510 --> 00:42:25,599
you have to learn a lot of different

1169
00:42:29,910 --> 00:42:27,520
things and be able to switch gears from

1170
00:42:31,990 --> 00:42:29,920
one thing to the next real quick so we

1171
00:42:34,230 --> 00:42:32,000
don't really look for people who are

1172
00:42:36,069 --> 00:42:34,240
really super high achievers in one field

1173
00:42:39,190 --> 00:42:36,079
we're not really looking for like the

1174
00:42:41,990 --> 00:42:39,200
the nobel laureate scientist or the

1175
00:42:43,670 --> 00:42:42,000
olympic athlete or the we we really look

1176
00:42:46,470 --> 00:42:43,680
for people who are not that bad in

1177
00:42:51,430 --> 00:42:48,470
so you know you need to be able to learn

1178
00:42:52,790 --> 00:42:51,440
languages to fly a space vehicle to um

1179
00:42:55,030 --> 00:42:52,800
practice underwater and that's

1180
00:42:57,990 --> 00:42:55,040
definitely physically charged

1181
00:42:58,710 --> 00:42:58,000
to yeah yeah to somehow perform little

1182
00:43:01,109 --> 00:42:58,720
um

1183
00:43:03,030 --> 00:43:01,119
medical procedures on your colleagues to

1184
00:43:06,309 --> 00:43:03,040
to talk to people i hope you i hope you

1185
00:43:07,589 --> 00:43:06,319
enjoy us talking but i mean

1186
00:43:09,589 --> 00:43:07,599
you might think oh my god you guys are

1187
00:43:12,950 --> 00:43:09,599
so bad at it

1188
00:43:14,550 --> 00:43:12,960
um but so um you know i guess that

1189
00:43:17,109 --> 00:43:14,560
that's really the the challenge to be

1190
00:43:19,349 --> 00:43:17,119
able to learn many things quickly

1191
00:43:22,390 --> 00:43:19,359
all right we've got an audience question

1192
00:43:24,630 --> 00:43:22,400
uh my question is how long do it takes

1193
00:43:26,069 --> 00:43:24,640
for you to get out of space

1194
00:43:29,349 --> 00:43:26,079
how long does it take to get to outer

1195
00:43:31,190 --> 00:43:29,359
space right to get to outer space uh

1196
00:43:33,270 --> 00:43:31,200
that launch that we did take took eight

1197
00:43:35,589 --> 00:43:33,280
and a half minutes and then the engine

1198
00:43:37,190 --> 00:43:35,599
shut down and we were floating in space

1199
00:43:39,270 --> 00:43:37,200
for 200 days

1200
00:43:41,430 --> 00:43:39,280
to get back from space

1201
00:43:43,109 --> 00:43:41,440
it takes closer to maybe 30 or 40

1202
00:43:44,790 --> 00:43:43,119
minutes

1203
00:43:46,950 --> 00:43:44,800
your spaceship is undocked from the

1204
00:43:48,630 --> 00:43:46,960
station it turns around backwards and

1205
00:43:50,630 --> 00:43:48,640
fires the engine so instead of

1206
00:43:52,390 --> 00:43:50,640
accelerating and climbing it decelerates

1207
00:43:54,630 --> 00:43:52,400
and slows down

1208
00:43:56,550 --> 00:43:54,640
and then you start coming down and

1209
00:43:58,150 --> 00:43:56,560
that's a slower process if you came back

1210
00:44:00,150 --> 00:43:58,160
in eight minutes

1211
00:44:01,430 --> 00:44:00,160
you the forces would be so strong the

1212
00:44:03,030 --> 00:44:01,440
the capsule would melt and we'd be

1213
00:44:04,950 --> 00:44:03,040
squashed into little pancakes so we we

1214
00:44:06,470 --> 00:44:04,960
come back a little bit slower which i'm

1215
00:44:08,790 --> 00:44:06,480
really happy about because we don't end

1216
00:44:10,710 --> 00:44:08,800
up as pancakes and so coming back takes

1217
00:44:12,790 --> 00:44:10,720
about 30 or 40 minutes

1218
00:44:14,390 --> 00:44:12,800
we've got an online question next

1219
00:44:19,349 --> 00:44:14,400
does the caffeine and coffee have a

1220
00:44:22,790 --> 00:44:20,710
maybe

1221
00:44:23,829 --> 00:44:22,800
i don't think that has been studied so

1222
00:44:26,630 --> 00:44:23,839
um

1223
00:44:28,550 --> 00:44:26,640
just from our perception i guess

1224
00:44:30,150 --> 00:44:28,560
probably not but it's really hard to say

1225
00:44:32,470 --> 00:44:30,160
i mean i don't know how much coffee was

1226
00:44:35,270 --> 00:44:32,480
in the in the coffee we drank and i

1227
00:44:38,550 --> 00:44:35,280
didn't really monitor it specifically um

1228
00:44:40,870 --> 00:44:38,560
so i guess the answer is i don't know

1229
00:44:43,589 --> 00:44:40,880
all right we've got an audience question

1230
00:44:46,150 --> 00:44:43,599
hi my name is courtney and what was the

1231
00:44:47,670 --> 00:44:46,160
hardest thing about being in outer space

1232
00:44:48,630 --> 00:44:47,680
the hardest thing about being in outer

1233
00:44:51,589 --> 00:44:48,640
space

1234
00:44:53,829 --> 00:44:51,599
hi courtney

1235
00:44:55,109 --> 00:44:53,839
it may be when you're there for 200 when

1236
00:44:56,550 --> 00:44:55,119
i was there on a space shuttle mission

1237
00:44:59,349 --> 00:44:56,560
it was such a quick mission it was the

1238
00:45:01,349 --> 00:44:59,359
work and it really was tiring um for 200

1239
00:45:02,550 --> 00:45:01,359
days it's probably just missing home a

1240
00:45:03,589 --> 00:45:02,560
little bit missing your friends and

1241
00:45:06,309 --> 00:45:03,599
family

1242
00:45:08,309 --> 00:45:06,319
and things like that luckily

1243
00:45:09,589 --> 00:45:08,319
we were we had a contact with people on

1244
00:45:10,470 --> 00:45:09,599
earth so we were able to stay in touch

1245
00:45:12,309 --> 00:45:10,480
with them

1246
00:45:13,829 --> 00:45:12,319
and when you're flying in space you

1247
00:45:15,430 --> 00:45:13,839
treat it as such a unique and great

1248
00:45:16,870 --> 00:45:15,440
opportunity and you know you have the

1249
00:45:18,390 --> 00:45:16,880
rest of your life to be on earth so you

1250
00:45:21,190 --> 00:45:18,400
try and enjoy it as much as you can so

1251
00:45:23,990 --> 00:45:21,200
it wasn't too bad but uh that that you

1252
00:45:29,349 --> 00:45:27,270
you got another audience question

1253
00:45:30,870 --> 00:45:29,359
i wonder do you like do your muscles

1254
00:45:32,550 --> 00:45:30,880
ever you know like when you're out of

1255
00:45:35,270 --> 00:45:32,560
space

1256
00:45:36,950 --> 00:45:35,280
muscles hurt and have problems yeah

1257
00:45:39,589 --> 00:45:36,960
you want to talk about that

1258
00:45:41,270 --> 00:45:39,599
um you know i i it kind of it's very

1259
00:45:43,270 --> 00:45:41,280
individual some people have a little bit

1260
00:45:45,190 --> 00:45:43,280
of back pain at the beginning as their

1261
00:45:46,390 --> 00:45:45,200
you know your spine kind of elongates

1262
00:45:48,870 --> 00:45:46,400
and so you might have a little bit of

1263
00:45:52,069 --> 00:45:48,880
muscle pain in your back as your muscles

1264
00:45:54,470 --> 00:45:52,079
kind of adapt and stretch um i i

1265
00:45:56,150 --> 00:45:54,480
personally didn't have that

1266
00:45:57,510 --> 00:45:56,160
you might just injure yourself while you

1267
00:45:59,349 --> 00:45:57,520
work out and that's kind of like the

1268
00:46:01,270 --> 00:45:59,359
same as happens occasionally on earth

1269
00:46:02,950 --> 00:46:01,280
and that actually happened to me so for

1270
00:46:05,670 --> 00:46:02,960
first few days i couldn't work out

1271
00:46:07,510 --> 00:46:05,680
because i had injured a muscle um that

1272
00:46:09,670 --> 00:46:07,520
that's very similar to what happens on

1273
00:46:11,349 --> 00:46:09,680
the ground my muscles really hurt when i

1274
00:46:12,950 --> 00:46:11,359
came back

1275
00:46:15,589 --> 00:46:12,960
i mean you know the

1276
00:46:17,670 --> 00:46:15,599
my my cuffs just from walking because

1277
00:46:19,670 --> 00:46:17,680
you haven't walked for 200 days and all

1278
00:46:21,510 --> 00:46:19,680
of a sudden guess what you have to walk

1279
00:46:23,670 --> 00:46:21,520
and uh and that was really hard so i had

1280
00:46:25,430 --> 00:46:23,680
a really really sore muscles for for

1281
00:46:27,670 --> 00:46:25,440
several days after i came back and that

1282
00:46:29,109 --> 00:46:27,680
was just purely from

1283
00:46:31,270 --> 00:46:29,119
did it take a long time to adjust to

1284
00:46:32,630 --> 00:46:31,280
being back on earth

1285
00:46:34,230 --> 00:46:32,640
yeah everybody's different you know

1286
00:46:36,230 --> 00:46:34,240
there's some guys that it's months later

1287
00:46:38,790 --> 00:46:36,240
they're still having adjustment issues

1288
00:46:40,710 --> 00:46:38,800
and i i personally i really lucked out i

1289
00:46:42,630 --> 00:46:40,720
it took i mean the first day i was

1290
00:46:45,109 --> 00:46:42,640
really dizzy

1291
00:46:46,390 --> 00:46:45,119
but very quickly i was the first day i

1292
00:46:48,309 --> 00:46:46,400
was at the gym for an hour and a half

1293
00:46:49,829 --> 00:46:48,319
and and for me personally the adjustment

1294
00:46:51,670 --> 00:46:49,839
happened a lot faster than i thought it

1295
00:46:54,630 --> 00:46:51,680
would i was kind of surprised

1296
00:46:59,190 --> 00:46:54,640
got another audience question

1297
00:47:00,790 --> 00:46:59,200
excuse me what college did you go to

1298
00:47:02,390 --> 00:47:00,800
that's you got to say college is from

1299
00:47:05,750 --> 00:47:02,400
samantha's case i went to the air force

1300
00:47:07,430 --> 00:47:05,760
academy in colorado springs um

1301
00:47:09,270 --> 00:47:07,440
it's like the naval academy here in

1302
00:47:10,870 --> 00:47:09,280
annapolis it's a little bit better and

1303
00:47:12,470 --> 00:47:10,880
and uh but it's like

1304
00:47:15,190 --> 00:47:12,480
but samantha went to a lot of colleges

1305
00:47:17,430 --> 00:47:15,200
so i'll let her talk about that

1306
00:47:19,510 --> 00:47:17,440
yeah well i i'm european of course so i

1307
00:47:21,670 --> 00:47:19,520
went to the university of munich

1308
00:47:23,270 --> 00:47:21,680
and then as as part of my studies there

1309
00:47:25,510 --> 00:47:23,280
i also studied a little bit in toulouse

1310
00:47:26,870 --> 00:47:25,520
france and a little bit in moscow and

1311
00:47:28,950 --> 00:47:26,880
after that i joined the italian air

1312
00:47:32,390 --> 00:47:28,960
force and so i started again in the

1313
00:47:35,829 --> 00:47:34,069
another audience question

1314
00:47:38,150 --> 00:47:35,839
excuse me what was your favorite

1315
00:47:40,309 --> 00:47:38,160
activity to do in space favorite

1316
00:47:42,549 --> 00:47:40,319
activity in space

1317
00:47:44,470 --> 00:47:42,559
well for me i'll say

1318
00:47:46,549 --> 00:47:44,480
taking pictures i love taking pictures

1319
00:47:48,230 --> 00:47:46,559
of inside of outside of the earth of

1320
00:47:50,150 --> 00:47:48,240
stars i just like taking pictures and

1321
00:47:52,309 --> 00:47:50,160
video of anything

1322
00:47:54,870 --> 00:47:52,319
yeah i i enjoy taking pictures too but

1323
00:47:56,549 --> 00:47:54,880
but really i liked the variety of the

1324
00:47:58,790 --> 00:47:56,559
work you do up there i mean i'm somebody

1325
00:48:00,630 --> 00:47:58,800
who uh and that's not a good thing but

1326
00:48:03,270 --> 00:48:00,640
uh you know i can get bored pretty

1327
00:48:05,430 --> 00:48:03,280
easily and so the fact that up there we

1328
00:48:06,630 --> 00:48:05,440
could do such a big variety of things

1329
00:48:08,230 --> 00:48:06,640
you know one moment you're doing a

1330
00:48:09,589 --> 00:48:08,240
science experiment and then a different

1331
00:48:10,549 --> 00:48:09,599
one and then you're doing maintenance

1332
00:48:12,230 --> 00:48:10,559
and you're really doing something

1333
00:48:13,670 --> 00:48:12,240
hands-on and then you're

1334
00:48:15,510 --> 00:48:13,680
you know maybe talking to students on

1335
00:48:17,510 --> 00:48:15,520
the ground and

1336
00:48:19,589 --> 00:48:17,520
you know it's a big variety of things

1337
00:48:22,069 --> 00:48:19,599
and so it just kept me

1338
00:48:23,750 --> 00:48:22,079
interested and in a way entertained

1339
00:48:25,829 --> 00:48:23,760
although it was a lot of work really

1340
00:48:29,109 --> 00:48:25,839
that we were doing

1341
00:48:31,109 --> 00:48:29,119
we've got an online question next

1342
00:48:33,430 --> 00:48:31,119
for terry how is a space shuttle mission

1343
00:48:35,990 --> 00:48:33,440
different from a soyuz mission

1344
00:48:38,309 --> 00:48:36,000
so the space shuttle uh mission lasted

1345
00:48:41,270 --> 00:48:38,319
about two weeks and it was very scripted

1346
00:48:43,510 --> 00:48:41,280
we i knew every day what i was doing

1347
00:48:45,510 --> 00:48:43,520
uh well in advance i knew they had in

1348
00:48:47,589 --> 00:48:45,520
five minute blocks every minute of your

1349
00:48:49,750 --> 00:48:47,599
of your time was was scripted

1350
00:48:51,510 --> 00:48:49,760
and it was frankly exhausting when i got

1351
00:48:53,109 --> 00:48:51,520
back i slept for 13 and a half hours

1352
00:48:54,390 --> 00:48:53,119
uninterrupted which was

1353
00:48:56,630 --> 00:48:54,400
i hadn't been since i was probably one

1354
00:48:59,030 --> 00:48:56,640
year one years old

1355
00:49:00,549 --> 00:48:59,040
this the soyuz mission if you talk about

1356
00:49:02,309 --> 00:49:00,559
just getting there and back is very

1357
00:49:03,670 --> 00:49:02,319
different because it's really cramped

1358
00:49:05,829 --> 00:49:03,680
and small

1359
00:49:07,430 --> 00:49:05,839
and we got to the station very quickly

1360
00:49:08,710 --> 00:49:07,440
in only six hours the shuttle took two

1361
00:49:10,630 --> 00:49:08,720
days to get there

1362
00:49:12,630 --> 00:49:10,640
and uh coming back was landing in a

1363
00:49:13,750 --> 00:49:12,640
capsule was like kind of like driving

1364
00:49:15,349 --> 00:49:13,760
your car through your neighborhood and

1365
00:49:17,510 --> 00:49:15,359
running into a telephone pole this the

1366
00:49:18,870 --> 00:49:17,520
soyuz landing whereas a shuttle landed

1367
00:49:20,390 --> 00:49:18,880
like an airplane so the soyuz and

1368
00:49:22,150 --> 00:49:20,400
shuttle were different in that way but

1369
00:49:23,910 --> 00:49:22,160
the bigger difference was the soyuz

1370
00:49:25,510 --> 00:49:23,920
mission was

1371
00:49:27,990 --> 00:49:25,520
in conjunction with a station mission so

1372
00:49:29,510 --> 00:49:28,000
it was 200 days and so it was really

1373
00:49:31,270 --> 00:49:29,520
moving to space

1374
00:49:32,470 --> 00:49:31,280
rather than just going on vacation this

1375
00:49:35,270 --> 00:49:32,480
space

1376
00:49:36,470 --> 00:49:35,280
awesome we've got an audience question

1377
00:49:38,069 --> 00:49:36,480
i don't really have a question but i

1378
00:49:39,270 --> 00:49:38,079
just want to say thank you both so much

1379
00:49:40,630 --> 00:49:39,280
for all the work that you've done and

1380
00:49:41,589 --> 00:49:40,640
all the social media engagement you guys

1381
00:49:42,790 --> 00:49:41,599
will do

1382
00:49:44,069 --> 00:49:42,800
i follow you both on twitter and i think

1383
00:49:45,510 --> 00:49:44,079
it's just a really great thing to come

1384
00:49:47,349 --> 00:49:45,520
out to things like this and

1385
00:49:48,069 --> 00:49:47,359
it's it's inspiring so thank you very

1386
00:49:54,230 --> 00:49:48,079
much

1387
00:49:58,230 --> 00:49:55,510
go ahead

1388
00:49:59,670 --> 00:49:58,240
when you came back from space like could

1389
00:50:04,790 --> 00:49:59,680
you walk

1390
00:50:07,670 --> 00:50:04,800
well um i took i think we we took our

1391
00:50:08,950 --> 00:50:07,680
first steps so what happened is like you

1392
00:50:10,630 --> 00:50:08,960
know you sign the movie they they kind

1393
00:50:12,230 --> 00:50:10,640
of take you in this chairs and then

1394
00:50:14,470 --> 00:50:12,240
we'll probably spend about half an hour

1395
00:50:16,790 --> 00:50:14,480
in the chair and then about probably a

1396
00:50:18,710 --> 00:50:16,800
half an hour more in like a field tent

1397
00:50:20,630 --> 00:50:18,720
that they built like a little medical

1398
00:50:22,309 --> 00:50:20,640
tent probably half an hour more so i

1399
00:50:24,549 --> 00:50:22,319
guess between an hour and an hour and a

1400
00:50:27,510 --> 00:50:24,559
half after landing we we took our first

1401
00:50:29,030 --> 00:50:27,520
steps and i guess i could walk but i had

1402
00:50:30,630 --> 00:50:29,040
people on both sides of me like making

1403
00:50:33,030 --> 00:50:30,640
sure that i wouldn't fall over and it

1404
00:50:35,910 --> 00:50:33,040
really felt weird it felt like my body

1405
00:50:37,750 --> 00:50:35,920
was like this giant rock weighing 100

1406
00:50:40,470 --> 00:50:37,760
tons and i was trying to balance this

1407
00:50:43,829 --> 00:50:40,480
rock on tiny little toothpicks that felt

1408
00:50:48,309 --> 00:50:45,750
audience questions hi i have two

1409
00:50:51,270 --> 00:50:48,319
questions um first of all is it

1410
00:50:52,829 --> 00:50:51,280
disappointing when you you are expecting

1411
00:50:55,510 --> 00:50:52,839
the

1412
00:50:57,670 --> 00:50:55,520
resupply ship to come and it doesn't

1413
00:51:00,950 --> 00:50:57,680
come like are you very disappointed by

1414
00:51:02,150 --> 00:51:00,960
that or you just say oh well no big deal

1415
00:51:04,470 --> 00:51:02,160
well i

1416
00:51:05,670 --> 00:51:04,480
of course it was disappointing um

1417
00:51:07,270 --> 00:51:05,680
there's equipment and science

1418
00:51:08,790 --> 00:51:07,280
experiments but samantha and i lucked

1419
00:51:10,309 --> 00:51:08,800
out because our personal life we don't

1420
00:51:12,150 --> 00:51:10,319
take much personal items there's a small

1421
00:51:13,270 --> 00:51:12,160
thing but our personal items were not on

1422
00:51:15,349 --> 00:51:13,280
there that would have really been

1423
00:51:16,950 --> 00:51:15,359
disappointing had we you know little

1424
00:51:19,190 --> 00:51:16,960
jewelry and things we'd had for our

1425
00:51:20,390 --> 00:51:19,200
families so we lucked out and that

1426
00:51:22,630 --> 00:51:20,400
everything that was on there was

1427
00:51:23,990 --> 00:51:22,640
replaceable from our personal point of

1428
00:51:25,910 --> 00:51:24,000
view

1429
00:51:28,230 --> 00:51:25,920
the bigger issue when the russian

1430
00:51:30,710 --> 00:51:28,240
vehicle didn't make it it was a similar

1431
00:51:32,870 --> 00:51:30,720
rocket to what we want the soyuz humans

1432
00:51:34,069 --> 00:51:32,880
launch on and so they had to take some

1433
00:51:35,829 --> 00:51:34,079
time to make sure they were ready for

1434
00:51:37,190 --> 00:51:35,839
the next human launch and therefore

1435
00:51:38,870 --> 00:51:37,200
there was some uncertainty if we were

1436
00:51:41,030 --> 00:51:38,880
going to stay in space for longer or not

1437
00:51:42,710 --> 00:51:41,040
so we had a a period of uncertainty are

1438
00:51:44,230 --> 00:51:42,720
we staying in space or are we going back

1439
00:51:45,670 --> 00:51:44,240
to earth and

1440
00:51:47,910 --> 00:51:45,680
it wasn't so much disappointing as it

1441
00:51:49,430 --> 00:51:47,920
was unknown and we didn't know what what

1442
00:51:51,030 --> 00:51:49,440
the schedule was going gonna you know we

1443
00:51:52,230 --> 00:51:51,040
didn't we couldn't make summer plans yet

1444
00:51:53,829 --> 00:51:52,240
because we don't know if we're gonna be

1445
00:51:56,069 --> 00:51:53,839
in space or not

1446
00:51:59,109 --> 00:51:56,079
my last question i i was just wondering

1447
00:52:02,390 --> 00:51:59,119
how hard is it to get used to sleeping

1448
00:52:04,630 --> 00:52:02,400
in a bag on a wall like

1449
00:52:06,230 --> 00:52:04,640
there's not really on the wall it's once

1450
00:52:07,510 --> 00:52:06,240
you close your eyes you're floating you

1451
00:52:09,349 --> 00:52:07,520
have no idea where you're at and i

1452
00:52:11,910 --> 00:52:09,359
didn't sleep on i didn't velcro or

1453
00:52:14,150 --> 00:52:11,920
bungee myself to the wall i just floated

1454
00:52:16,150 --> 00:52:14,160
in my cabin which was wonderful it i

1455
00:52:17,910 --> 00:52:16,160
mean i think samantha too talks about

1456
00:52:20,309 --> 00:52:17,920
how she just fell asleep instantly and

1457
00:52:23,349 --> 00:52:21,670
all right we've got an online question

1458
00:52:25,270 --> 00:52:23,359
next

1459
00:52:27,109 --> 00:52:25,280
has there been any confirmation as to

1460
00:52:30,549 --> 00:52:27,119
the length of the iss mission will it

1461
00:52:32,470 --> 00:52:30,559
continue beyond 2020

1462
00:52:34,069 --> 00:52:32,480
that's a great question and we're really

1463
00:52:36,150 --> 00:52:34,079
planning on and looking forward to

1464
00:52:37,670 --> 00:52:36,160
extending it uh through at least 2024

1465
00:52:38,870 --> 00:52:37,680
hopefully longer

1466
00:52:40,630 --> 00:52:38,880
um

1467
00:52:42,150 --> 00:52:40,640
it's an international effort and a lot

1468
00:52:43,589 --> 00:52:42,160
of the

1469
00:52:45,510 --> 00:52:43,599
international governments still have to

1470
00:52:46,790 --> 00:52:45,520
decide that for sure but it looks very

1471
00:52:49,670 --> 00:52:46,800
positive that it'll go through at least

1472
00:52:51,510 --> 00:52:49,680
2024. okay got an audience question uh

1473
00:52:52,790 --> 00:52:51,520
yeah so were you guys able to see solar

1474
00:52:54,069 --> 00:52:52,800
and linear eclipses from space and

1475
00:52:56,069 --> 00:52:54,079
hopefully what were they like seeing

1476
00:52:58,150 --> 00:52:56,079
them for the iss what were the eclipses

1477
00:53:03,430 --> 00:52:58,160
like were you able to see

1478
00:53:06,390 --> 00:53:04,870
unfortunately

1479
00:53:09,190 --> 00:53:06,400
we don't really have any equipment on

1480
00:53:12,230 --> 00:53:09,200
the space station to observe safely a

1481
00:53:14,470 --> 00:53:12,240
solar eclipse so what we did see was the

1482
00:53:15,750 --> 00:53:14,480
shadow that was kind of cool actually we

1483
00:53:18,150 --> 00:53:15,760
actually could see the shadow that the

1484
00:53:20,069 --> 00:53:18,160
moon was was casting on on the earth's

1485
00:53:23,190 --> 00:53:20,079
surface i think i took a picture it's

1486
00:53:24,950 --> 00:53:23,200
online somewhere and uh and then when he

1487
00:53:27,190 --> 00:53:24,960
yeah it was over northern planning and

1488
00:53:29,589 --> 00:53:27,200
uh and then when he kind of

1489
00:53:31,109 --> 00:53:29,599
the sun set you know we actually saw

1490
00:53:32,870 --> 00:53:31,119
sunset when the sun was partially

1491
00:53:35,829 --> 00:53:32,880
covered and that's where the point where

1492
00:53:37,349 --> 00:53:35,839
you can actually safely watch and uh and

1493
00:53:40,069 --> 00:53:37,359
that was kind of cool to see you know

1494
00:53:41,829 --> 00:53:40,079
you could see a little bit of it missing

1495
00:53:43,270 --> 00:53:41,839
but i took pictures but i took pictures

1496
00:53:45,589 --> 00:53:43,280
like blind because i couldn't really

1497
00:53:47,430 --> 00:53:45,599
watch it

1498
00:53:49,270 --> 00:53:47,440
well awesome thank you guys so much for

1499
00:53:50,870 --> 00:53:49,280
talking with us today we'd like to thank

1500
00:53:52,549 --> 00:53:50,880
boeing for sponsoring the what's new in

1501
00:53:54,950 --> 00:53:52,559
aerospace we're getting ready to wrap

1502
00:53:56,950 --> 00:53:54,960
this up if you're on uh twitter you can

1503
00:53:58,630 --> 00:53:56,960
go to the air and space twitter feed

1504
00:54:00,150 --> 00:53:58,640
we're getting ready to do a periscope

1505
00:54:02,150 --> 00:54:00,160
interview with terry here in just a few

1506
00:54:03,190 --> 00:54:02,160
minutes afterwards so be sure to tune in

1507
00:54:04,870 --> 00:54:03,200
to that with the link that we're going