1 00:00:48,489 --> 00:01:03,289 YURI FIRST FLEW IN SPACE IN 1994 ON THE MIR 16 MISSION. 2 00:01:03,289 --> 00:01:06,560 THIS CREW WILL SPEND SIX MONTHS ON THE STATION WITH A SCHEDULED 3 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:11,150 LANDING IN MAY OF 2016. 4 00:01:11,150 --> 00:01:16,960 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 5 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:19,221 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AT NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. 6 00:01:19,221 --> 00:01:24,560 WE ARE EXCITED TO BE JOINED BY THE EXPEDITION 46/47 CREW WHO 7 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:26,790 WILL BE HEADING TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WITH 8 00:01:26,790 --> 00:01:32,270 THEIR LAUNCH FROM THE COSMODOME IN KAZAKHSTAN ON DECEMBER 15th. 9 00:01:32,270 --> 00:01:36,950 WITH US, WE HAVE VETERAN ASTRONAUT TIM KOPRA OF NASA WHO 10 00:01:36,950 --> 00:01:40,490 WILL BE THE FLIGHT ENGINEER FOR EXPEDITION 47 AND COMMANDER OF 11 00:01:40,490 --> 00:01:41,750 46. 12 00:01:41,750 --> 00:01:47,470 WE HAVE YURI MALENCHENKO OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY, 13 00:01:47,470 --> 00:01:51,240 THE SOYUZ COMMANDER AS WELL AS FLIGHT ENGINEER FOR EXPEDITIONS 14 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:52,319 46 AND 47. 15 00:01:52,319 --> 00:01:57,869 AND ASTRONAUT TIMOTHY PEAKE OF THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY. 16 00:01:57,869 --> 00:02:02,170 TIM WILL BE THE SECOND BRIT ASTRONAUT TO GO TO SPACE AND THE 17 00:02:02,170 --> 00:02:04,590 FIRST TO FLY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 18 00:02:04,590 --> 00:02:09,479 TIM WILL ALSO BE A FLIGHT ENGINEER FOR EXPEDITION 46/47. 19 00:02:09,479 --> 00:02:10,940 WITH THAT, LET'S TURN TO TIM KOPRA. 20 00:02:10,940 --> 00:02:13,910 TIM, COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MAJOR MILESTONES 21 00:02:13,910 --> 00:02:15,720 THAT YOU'LL HAVE DURING YOUR FIVE MONTHS ON ORBIT? 22 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,130 >> I'D BE HAPPY TO. 23 00:02:17,130 --> 00:02:20,400 BEFORE THAT, I'D LIKE TO SAY HOW HAPPY I AM THAT I GET TO FLY 24 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,760 WITH YURI AND TIM. 25 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,621 YURI HAS BEEN A COMMANDER OF THE MIR SPACE STATION AND THE 26 00:02:25,621 --> 00:02:28,850 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, AND TIM IS AN EXPERIENCED -- 27 00:02:28,850 --> 00:02:32,510 EXPERIMENTAL TEST PILOT, AS WELL AS A FELLOW APACHE HELICOPTER 28 00:02:32,510 --> 00:02:33,510 PILOT. 29 00:02:33,510 --> 00:02:36,100 SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. 30 00:02:36,100 --> 00:02:38,769 IN TERMS OF OUR MISSION, WE'RE GOING TO INTEND FIVE MONTHS ON 31 00:02:38,769 --> 00:02:39,840 BOARD THE SPACE STATION. 32 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:43,090 WE'LL HAVE A PLETHORA OF RESUPPLY VEHICLES. 33 00:02:43,090 --> 00:02:46,790 NOW THEY'RE GETTING ON TRACK AGAIN WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN, AS 34 00:02:46,790 --> 00:02:48,989 WELL AS POTENTIALLY A COUPLE EVAs. 35 00:02:48,989 --> 00:02:53,370 BUT THE PRIMARY JOB WE HAVE IS TO -- FOR THE UTILIZATION OF 36 00:02:53,370 --> 00:02:56,620 SPACE STATION BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE THIS ORBITING LABORATORY 37 00:02:56,620 --> 00:03:02,239 AND INTEND TO DO OUR JOB AND TO PRODUCE GOOD SCIENCE. 38 00:03:02,239 --> 00:03:06,939 SO YURI, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING, AS WELL? 39 00:03:06,939 --> 00:03:20,040 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN] [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] 40 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:42,259 >> Translator: YES, OF COURSE I'M GLAD TO 41 00:03:42,259 --> 00:03:43,420 BE PART OF THE EXPEDITION. 42 00:03:43,420 --> 00:03:45,389 IT WILL BE MY SIXTH SPACEFLIGHT. 43 00:03:45,389 --> 00:03:47,449 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 44 00:03:47,449 --> 00:03:49,680 IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING MISSION. 45 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:53,739 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL EVAs, AND IT'S GOING TO BE AN 46 00:03:53,739 --> 00:03:55,699 INTENSE SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM. 47 00:03:55,699 --> 00:03:58,160 WE'RE COMPLETING TRAINING AND GET COULD READY TO LAUNCH -- 48 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,860 GETTING READY TO LAUNCH SOON. 49 00:04:00,860 --> 00:04:03,180 EVERY SPACEFLIGHT IS A VERY INTERESTING FLIGHT. 50 00:04:03,180 --> 00:04:06,530 IN THIS CASE, IT'S GOING TO BE A PARTICULARLY INTERESTING 51 00:04:06,530 --> 00:04:08,290 MISSION. 52 00:04:08,290 --> 00:04:14,320 >> FOR MYSELF, I CONSIDER MYSELF REALLY THE LUCKY PERSON IN THE 53 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:15,320 ROOM. 54 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:17,989 I THINK NOT ONLY TO HAVE THE WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE OF FLYING TO 55 00:04:17,989 --> 00:04:20,120 SPACE AND REPRESENTING THE U.K. 56 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:24,229 AND EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY BUT ALSO HAVING THE FROIFLG FLY WITH 57 00:04:24,229 --> 00:04:28,040 SUCH AN -- THE PRIVILEGE TO FLY WITH SUCH AN EXPERIENCED TEAM. 58 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,289 WE'VE ALL DONE GREAT TRAINING OVER THE LAST 2.5 YEARS. 59 00:04:31,289 --> 00:04:34,280 OUR GROUND TEAMS AND TRAINING INSTRUCTORS HAVE DONE A 60 00:04:34,280 --> 00:04:35,400 WONDERFUL JOB? 61 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,910 PREPARING US FOR THIS MISSION -- WONDERFUL JOB IN PREPARING US 62 00:04:37,910 --> 00:04:38,910 FOR THIS MISSION. 63 00:04:38,910 --> 00:04:40,809 WE'RE READY TO GO AND GET STARTED. 64 00:04:40,809 --> 00:04:42,470 >> THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. 65 00:04:42,470 --> 00:04:45,020 WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS FOR THE CREW. 66 00:04:45,020 --> 00:04:48,060 WE'LL START WITH MEDIA HERE AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. 67 00:04:48,060 --> 00:04:50,729 THEN WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE REPORTERS ON THE PHONE 68 00:04:50,729 --> 00:04:53,690 BRIDGE, SOME SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT IN 69 00:04:53,690 --> 00:04:54,690 TO US IN HOUSTON. 70 00:04:54,690 --> 00:04:57,010 WE ALSO HAVE SPECIAL GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE FROM THE TEXAS 71 00:04:57,010 --> 00:05:00,130 NATIONAL GUARD, THE WOUNDED WARRIORS, SOME GEORGIA TECH 72 00:05:00,130 --> 00:05:02,919 ALUMNI, AND SOME NASA INTERNS. 73 00:05:02,919 --> 00:05:06,479 TO ASK A QUESTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA, PLEASE USE THE HASH TAG 74 00:05:06,479 --> 00:05:07,819 #ASKNASA. 75 00:05:07,819 --> 00:05:12,210 FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE PHONE BRIDGE, PLEASE PRESS STAR-ONE IF 76 00:05:12,210 --> 00:05:15,370 YOU HAVE A QUESTION AND STAR-TWO TO WITHDRAW YOUR QUESTION IF 77 00:05:15,370 --> 00:05:16,930 IT'S ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED. 78 00:05:16,930 --> 00:05:22,310 DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE ROOM? 79 00:05:22,310 --> 00:05:26,069 >> HI, ROBERT -- WITH REGARDS TO YOUR ARRIVAL ON THE STATION, I 80 00:05:26,069 --> 00:05:29,120 THINK NOW YOU'RE SCHEDULED FOR A DIRECT HAND OVER SO AT THAT 81 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:32,289 STATION WILL HAVE NINE PEOPLE ON BOARD, MAYBE THAT'S NOT CORRECT. 82 00:05:32,289 --> 00:05:36,830 CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THE DIRECT HAND OVER -- IS THERE A 83 00:05:36,830 --> 00:05:42,450 PARTICULAR REASON IN TERMS OF TIME OFFING OR WHERE THE HAND 84 00:05:42,450 --> 00:05:44,759 OFFBEING ARRANGED -- HANDOFF IS BEING ARRANGED THAT WAY? 85 00:05:44,759 --> 00:05:48,249 >> FROM A CREW PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE HAPPY TO GET TIME WITH THE 86 00:05:48,249 --> 00:05:49,249 CREW ON BOARD. 87 00:05:49,249 --> 00:05:50,400 HAVE NINE PEOPLE ON BOARD. 88 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:52,180 IT'S A BIG STATION, AND THERE'S ROOM. 89 00:05:52,180 --> 00:05:54,889 YOU MIGHT AS WELL HAVE A FULL COMPLEMENT. 90 00:05:54,889 --> 00:05:57,300 IN TERMS OF WHY WE'RE DOING A DIRECT HAND OVER, I THINK IT'S 91 00:05:57,300 --> 00:06:00,370 TO GIVE THE CREW THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE LENGTH OF TIME SINCE 92 00:06:00,370 --> 00:06:04,280 THEIR FLY WAS DELAYED INTO JULY. 93 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:07,419 WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE UTILIZATION ON STATION. 94 00:06:07,419 --> 00:06:09,729 WE CAN DO THAT WITH NINE PEOPLE VERY EASILY. 95 00:06:09,729 --> 00:06:10,729 >> MARK? 96 00:06:10,729 --> 00:06:11,729 >> THANK YOU. 97 00:06:11,729 --> 00:06:14,029 MARK FOR AVIATION WEEK. 98 00:06:14,029 --> 00:06:18,340 [ INAUDIBLE ] WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE FLYING 99 00:06:18,340 --> 00:06:20,060 SITUATION TO BE LIKE? 100 00:06:20,060 --> 00:06:24,850 I KNOW YOU'VE STILL BEEN IN THE RECOVERY MODE, BUT DO YOU SORT 101 00:06:24,850 --> 00:06:38,680 OF ANTICIPATE THAT AND CATCH-UP IN ORDER TO MEET THE RESEARCH 102 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:39,680 DEMANDS YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS WHAT'S KIND OF YOUR ANTICIPATION 103 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:40,680 WITH THAT? 104 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:41,680 >> THE ANTICIPATION IN TERMS OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN IS THAT WE'RE 105 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:42,680 ON TRACK. 106 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:44,949 IN FACT, WE JUST HAD A BRIEFING FROM OUR INCREMENT MANAGERS 107 00:06:44,949 --> 00:06:49,120 YESTERDAY TALKING ABOUT THE STOCK LEVEL OF THE SUPPLIES ON 108 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:50,120 BOARD. 109 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,400 SO WE'RE LOOKING REALLY STRONG, ESPECIALLY ONCE WE HAVE THE NEXT 110 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,220 PROGRESS VEHICLE GET ON BOARD. 111 00:06:55,220 --> 00:06:59,169 WE ANTICIPATE OA-4 TO ARRIVE SOON, AS WELL. 112 00:06:59,169 --> 00:07:00,169 >> YES? 113 00:07:00,169 --> 00:07:01,949 >> ERIC WITH "EASTYON CHRONICLE." 114 00:07:01,949 --> 00:07:07,610 TEMPERATURE, COULD YOU TALK -- TIM, COULD YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR 115 00:07:07,610 --> 00:07:12,830 DISAPPOINTMENT IN 2011 AND HOW YOU CAME BACK MENTALLY AND NOW 116 00:07:12,830 --> 00:07:17,270 WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ABLE TO FINALLY FLY AGAIN AFTER THAT 117 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:18,610 ACCIDENT. 118 00:07:18,610 --> 00:07:19,930 >> IT'S A FAIR QUESTION. 119 00:07:19,930 --> 00:07:22,689 YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN PROBABLY IMAGINE, THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A 120 00:07:22,689 --> 00:07:25,539 BIGGER DISAPPOINTMENT, ESPECIALLY FOR AN ASTRONAUT, TO 121 00:07:25,539 --> 00:07:29,229 LOSE A FLIGHT SO CLOSE TO THE LAUNCH DATE. 122 00:07:29,229 --> 00:07:34,449 BUT HAVING SOME TIME SEPARATED BETWEEN THAT EVENT AND THIS 123 00:07:34,449 --> 00:07:39,830 FLIGHT, I THINK I'VE GAINED AN APPRECIATION FOR THE JOB THAT WE 124 00:07:39,830 --> 00:07:40,830 HAVE. 125 00:07:40,830 --> 00:07:43,470 NOT TO SAY THAT I TOOK MY JOB FOR GRANTED BEFORE, BUT I 126 00:07:43,470 --> 00:07:46,439 DEFINITELY AM PROBABLY MORE GRATEFUL FOR THIS FLIGHT 127 00:07:46,439 --> 00:07:48,840 ATTENTION AS A CONSEQUENCE. 128 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:52,449 [ INAUDIBLE ] >> NOPE, TRYING TO LIVE IN 129 00:07:52,449 --> 00:07:54,749 BUBBLE WRAP UNTIL WE LAUNCH. 130 00:07:54,749 --> 00:08:01,630 >> ANY OTHER MEDIA QUESTIONS HERE AT JOHNSON? 131 00:08:01,630 --> 00:08:02,959 WE'LL GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA. 132 00:08:02,959 --> 00:08:06,400 >> WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON TWITTER. 133 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,749 THE FIRST IS FROM SEE ANNEA REGAN FOR TIM KOPRA. 134 00:08:09,749 --> 00:08:12,900 HOW DO YOU FEEL YOUR TRAINING AT WEST POINT HAS HELPED YOUR 135 00:08:12,900 --> 00:08:16,699 CAREER AS AN ASTRONAUT? 136 00:08:16,699 --> 00:08:20,969 >> YOU KNOW, WEST POINT IS A VERY CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT FOR 137 00:08:20,969 --> 00:08:22,319 YOUNG PEOPLE. 138 00:08:22,319 --> 00:08:26,580 THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE STUDENT BODY IS BETWEEN 18 AND 22. 139 00:08:26,580 --> 00:08:28,889 MAYBE SOMEONE HAS FORMER MILITARY EXPERIENCE AND GOES A 140 00:08:28,889 --> 00:08:29,889 LITTLE BIT LATER. 141 00:08:29,889 --> 00:08:32,810 IN GENERAL, IT'S A YOUNG GROUP. 142 00:08:32,810 --> 00:08:35,870 I THINK THE THING THAT YOU LEARN THAT'S MOST VALUABLE FROM THAT 143 00:08:35,870 --> 00:08:40,680 EXPERIENCE IS ABOUT GETTING YOUR JOB DONE AND BEING DISCIPLINED. 144 00:08:40,680 --> 00:08:44,050 THE FACT THAT IT'S A TEAM EFFORT, THE COMMON EXPRESSION AT 145 00:08:44,050 --> 00:08:46,531 WEST POINT IS COOPERATE AND GRADUATE. 146 00:08:46,531 --> 00:08:48,170 I THINK THAT STUCK WITH ME. 147 00:08:48,170 --> 00:08:51,880 THEN FINALLY, PERSEVERANCE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO STICK WITH 148 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,990 IT IN ORDER TO MAKE IT THROUGH. 149 00:08:54,990 --> 00:08:59,279 >> AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE FROM THE DEPUTY BRITISH AMBASSADOR ON 150 00:08:59,279 --> 00:09:02,540 TWITTER WHO WANTS TO KNOW FROM TIMOTHY PEAKE, WHAT WILL YOU 151 00:09:02,540 --> 00:09:07,420 TAKE INTO SPACE TO REMIND YOU OF BRITAIN? 152 00:09:07,420 --> 00:09:10,529 >> WE ACTUALLY HAVE A GOT DELEGATION TO TAKE UP WITH US. 153 00:09:10,529 --> 00:09:13,220 A NUMBER OF THINGS PACKED UP WITH ME. 154 00:09:13,220 --> 00:09:17,220 I THINK IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GOING TO REMIND ME OF BRITAIN IS THE 155 00:09:17,220 --> 00:09:20,330 FACT THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE UP MY CHOICE OF TEA. 156 00:09:20,330 --> 00:09:23,690 I'LL BE HAVING TWO CUPS OF TEA EVERY DAY WHICH WILL DEFINITELY 157 00:09:23,690 --> 00:09:25,560 REMIND ME OF THE U.K. 158 00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:28,850 >> DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 159 00:09:28,850 --> 00:09:29,850 YES? 160 00:09:29,850 --> 00:09:33,459 >> JIM WITH "SPECTRUM" MAGAZINE. 161 00:09:33,459 --> 00:09:47,670 YOU'LL BE ARRIVING, THE FINAL FEW MONTHS OF THE YEAR ON CREW. 162 00:09:47,670 --> 00:09:59,840 I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU ALL AND PARTICULARLY YURI, WITH YOUR 163 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:07,040 EXPERIENCE IN LONG FLIGHTS, WHAT KIND OF THINGS DO YOU WANT TO DO 164 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:17,260 TO HELP THE LONG-TERM CREW GET TO THE FINISH LINE? 165 00:10:17,260 --> 00:10:19,630 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> Translator: INDEED IT'S GOING 166 00:10:19,630 --> 00:10:23,430 TO BE THE FINAL STAGE OF ONE-YEAR MISSION. 167 00:10:23,430 --> 00:10:28,279 BY THE TIME THE CREW OF THE ONE-YEAR MISSION WILL HAVE VERY 168 00:10:28,279 --> 00:10:36,470 EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING ON BOARD THE ISS. 169 00:10:36,470 --> 00:10:42,050 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> Translator: IN A SENSE, IT 170 00:10:42,050 --> 00:10:46,670 WILL BE EASIER FOR US TO WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE CREW 171 00:10:46,670 --> 00:10:49,110 BECAUSE THEY'LL BE VERY EXPERIENCED AND SUPPORTIVE 172 00:10:49,110 --> 00:10:52,320 COLLEAGUES. 173 00:10:52,320 --> 00:11:02,880 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> Translator: AT THE SAME TIME, 174 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,529 FOR A CREW WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON BOARD FOR SUCH AN EXTENSIVE 175 00:11:06,529 --> 00:11:10,770 PERIOD OF TIME, THEY PROBABLY WILL HAVE ACCUMULATED FATIGUE, 176 00:11:10,770 --> 00:11:14,959 AND WE'RE EXPECTING THIS CREW TO HAVE SOME OF THAT, AS WELL. 177 00:11:14,959 --> 00:11:23,279 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> Translator: IN A SENSE, WE'RE 178 00:11:23,279 --> 00:11:27,100 GOING TO BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF EACH OTHER, AND WE'RE GOING TO 179 00:11:27,100 --> 00:11:32,420 BE HELPING EACH OTHER. 180 00:11:32,420 --> 00:11:35,880 >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM JOHNSON SPACE CENTER? 181 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:36,880 YES? 182 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:44,290 >> THIS QUESTION IS FOR ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER. 183 00:11:44,290 --> 00:11:50,040 WHAT DO YOU FIND GIVES YOU THE MENTAL FORTITUDE TO GET THROUGH 184 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:51,040 EVERYTHING? 185 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:56,639 I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME AN ASTRONAUT 186 00:11:56,639 --> 00:11:57,639 TODAY. 187 00:11:57,639 --> 00:11:59,160 SO IS THERE A PARTICULAR MEMORY, OR WHAT DRIVES YOU AND KEEPS YOU 188 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,629 GOING? 189 00:12:01,629 --> 00:12:02,800 >> I CAN START WITH THAT QUESTION. 190 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:05,200 IT'S A GOOD ONE. 191 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,630 IT'S A HARD JOB, BUT IT'S A COOL JOB, TOO. 192 00:12:07,630 --> 00:12:12,470 I MEAN, I THINK ALL OF US HAVE REALLY STRIVED TO GET TO THE 193 00:12:12,470 --> 00:12:14,949 POSITION TO BE ABLE TO FLY IN SPACE. 194 00:12:14,949 --> 00:12:19,570 I THINKING ABOUT SO MOTIVATED TO GET TO THAT PLACE IS REALLY THE 195 00:12:19,570 --> 00:12:22,440 SAME KIND OF DRIVE THAT HELPS YOU GET THROUGH ALL THE TRAINING 196 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:25,040 AND HELPS YOU PERFORM SPACEFLIGHT. 197 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:27,950 I THINK THE MAIN THING IS WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR JOB. 198 00:12:27,950 --> 00:12:29,920 WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. 199 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:32,959 A LOT OF PEOPLE COUNT ON US. 200 00:12:32,959 --> 00:12:35,480 WE'RE MOST VISIBLE PORTION OF HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT, BUT IT IS A 201 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:36,480 HUGE TEAM. 202 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,470 ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE USE SPACE STATION AS AN ORBITING 203 00:12:39,470 --> 00:12:40,470 LABORATORY. 204 00:12:40,470 --> 00:12:43,910 THERE ARE LOTS OF INVESTIGATORS ON THE GROUND, SCIENTISTS ON THE 205 00:12:43,910 --> 00:12:45,779 GROUND SUPPORTING OUR EXPERIMENTS. 206 00:12:45,779 --> 00:12:51,849 I THINK ALL OF US FEEL OBLIGATED TO DO A GOOD JOB FOR THEM. 207 00:12:51,849 --> 00:12:55,130 >> I THINK I WOULD REITERATE WHAT TIM SAID THERE, AS WELL. 208 00:12:55,130 --> 00:12:58,490 AS A FIRST-TIME FLYER, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A HUGE INCENTIVE OF 209 00:12:58,490 --> 00:13:04,230 WANTING TO GET TO SPACE AND VIEW PLANET EARTH, AND ALONG THE 210 00:13:04,230 --> 00:13:07,260 ROUTE, OF COURSE, I'M LEARNING FROM MY EXPERIENCED CREW 211 00:13:07,260 --> 00:13:08,260 MEMBERS. 212 00:13:08,260 --> 00:13:10,330 THAT HELPS ME GET INTO THE CORRECT MINDSET DURING THE 213 00:13:10,330 --> 00:13:13,269 TRAINING OF WHAT I NEED TO LEARN. 214 00:13:13,269 --> 00:13:16,530 ALSO KNOWING WHAT I SHOULD EXPECT ON BOARD AND THE 215 00:13:16,530 --> 00:13:19,389 CONDITIONS THAT I SHOULD EXPECT ON BOARD THE SPACE STATION. 216 00:13:19,389 --> 00:13:23,829 AND WE WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER NOT JUST AS A CREW BUT IN THE WHOLE 217 00:13:23,829 --> 00:13:25,490 ASTRONAUT OFFICE. 218 00:13:25,490 --> 00:13:29,370 THAT'S NOT JUST HOUSTON, THAT'S IN EUROPE AND CANADA, JAPAN, AND 219 00:13:29,370 --> 00:13:30,370 RUSSIA. 220 00:13:30,370 --> 00:13:31,370 WE REALLY HELP EACH OTHER OUT. 221 00:13:31,370 --> 00:13:34,500 AND FOR ME, THAT'S BEEN VERY IMPORTANT IN THE SORT OF MENTAL 222 00:13:34,500 --> 00:13:39,470 PREPARATION FOR GETTING TO SPACE. 223 00:13:39,470 --> 00:13:41,039 >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? 224 00:13:41,039 --> 00:13:44,420 >> I HAVE A QUESTION. 225 00:13:44,420 --> 00:13:47,500 WHEN YOU GO TO SPACE, SAY THERE'S A PARTICULAR AMOUNT OF 226 00:13:47,500 --> 00:13:49,490 EXPERIMENT THAT'S YOU'RE WORKING ON. 227 00:13:49,490 --> 00:13:53,400 IS THERE ANY LIKE EXPERIMENT THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT YOU 228 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:55,420 HOLD A PERSONAL STOCK IN? 229 00:13:55,420 --> 00:13:59,350 LIKE A CURE FOR SOMETHING OR SOMETHING THAT -- AN EXPERIMENT 230 00:13:59,350 --> 00:14:02,829 THAT ANY ONE OF YOU ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE THE 231 00:14:02,829 --> 00:14:04,109 RESULTS OF? 232 00:14:04,109 --> 00:14:05,109 >> SURE. 233 00:14:05,109 --> 00:14:10,100 FOR ME PERSONALLY, I LIKE THE EXPERIMENTS THAT ARE HANDS ON. 234 00:14:10,100 --> 00:14:14,079 SEVERAL OF THE HANDS-ON EXPERIMENTS ARE WHERE WE'RE THE 235 00:14:14,079 --> 00:14:15,079 SUBJECT. 236 00:14:15,079 --> 00:14:18,120 SO THERE'S THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN ZERO GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT THAT 237 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:19,580 WE'RE STILL LEARNING ABOUT. 238 00:14:19,580 --> 00:14:24,699 THERE'S AN EFFECT ON YOUR EYE HEALTH, ON YOUR BONE DENSITY, ON 239 00:14:24,699 --> 00:14:27,430 MUSCLE STRENGTH, AND A LOT OF THE INVESTIGATIONS THAT WE'RE 240 00:14:27,430 --> 00:14:32,060 DOING NOW HAVE A GREAT FORM SOLVE PROBLEMS HERE ON EARTH, 241 00:14:32,060 --> 00:14:34,790 BUT ALSO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE OUR EXPLORATION OF 242 00:14:34,790 --> 00:14:38,100 SPACE BEYOND LOWER EARTH ORBIT. 243 00:14:38,100 --> 00:14:41,420 >> I CAN PICK UP WHERE TIM LEFT OFF. 244 00:14:41,420 --> 00:14:43,050 THE HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY IS GREAT. 245 00:14:43,050 --> 00:14:46,709 IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER EXPERIMENTS I'M 246 00:14:46,709 --> 00:14:48,550 LOOKING FORWARD TO. 247 00:14:48,550 --> 00:14:50,569 ONE OF WHICH IS MEDICAL RESEARCH. 248 00:14:50,569 --> 00:14:53,910 WE'RE GROWING PROTEIN CRYSTALS IN SPACE. 249 00:14:53,910 --> 00:14:57,259 THE REASON WHY WE GO TO SPACE TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO 250 00:14:57,259 --> 00:14:59,590 SEDIMENTATION, NO CONVECTION. 251 00:14:59,590 --> 00:15:03,240 SO YOU CAN GROW LARGE, PURE CRYSTALS. 252 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:08,970 AND WE THEN USE SPECTROCITY TO IDENTIFY THE DRUGS. 253 00:15:08,970 --> 00:15:13,759 THE BEST DRUGS THAT CAN COUNTER THOSE DISEASE-CAUSING PROTEINS. 254 00:15:13,759 --> 00:15:17,399 AND OF COURSE THE BETTER THE PROTEIN CRYSTAL, THE BETTER THE 255 00:15:17,399 --> 00:15:18,399 DRUG. 256 00:15:18,399 --> 00:15:20,629 IT'S LIKE A JIGSAW PIECE MATCHING TOGETHER. 257 00:15:20,629 --> 00:15:23,600 I THINK THAT'S FASCINATING RESEARCH AND HAS, YOU KNOW, HUGE 258 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:24,970 POTENTIAL. 259 00:15:24,970 --> 00:15:28,580 ADDITIONALLY, BEING A PILOT, OF COURSE, I LOVE ENGINEERING AND 260 00:15:28,580 --> 00:15:29,779 TECHNOLOGY. 261 00:15:29,779 --> 00:15:33,329 AND SOME OF THE RESEARCH WITH METAL ALLOYS FOR EXAMPLE, USING 262 00:15:33,329 --> 00:15:37,860 THE ELECTROMAGNETIC LEVITATOR IN THE LABORATORY IS EXCITING 263 00:15:37,860 --> 00:15:38,860 RESEARCH. 264 00:15:38,860 --> 00:15:42,690 >> WE HAVE A FEW MORE FROM SOCIAL MEDIA? 265 00:15:42,690 --> 00:15:43,690 >> YES. 266 00:15:43,690 --> 00:15:46,060 WE HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FROM INSTAGRAM. 267 00:15:46,060 --> 00:15:48,370 RILEY WANTS TO KNOW FOR EACH OF YOU, WHEN DID YOU DECIDE TO 268 00:15:48,370 --> 00:15:50,899 BECOME AN ASTRONAUT, AND WHAT STEPS DID YOU TAKE TO GET WHERE 269 00:15:50,899 --> 00:15:52,310 YOU ARE? 270 00:15:52,310 --> 00:15:53,410 >> I STARTED A LITTLE BIT LATE. 271 00:15:53,410 --> 00:15:55,979 I THINK I WAS ABOUT 6. 272 00:15:55,979 --> 00:15:59,470 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND THANKFULLY, THE PATH THAT 273 00:15:59,470 --> 00:16:02,490 I TOOK NEVER PRECLUDED APPLYING TO BE AN ASTRONAUT. 274 00:16:02,490 --> 00:16:05,379 AT SOME POINT, BECAME MORE EXCITED. 275 00:16:05,379 --> 00:16:08,709 GOING TO THE SCHOOLS THAT I WENT TO, GOING GEORGIA TECH WAS A 276 00:16:08,709 --> 00:16:10,240 GREAT ACADEMIC BACKGROUND. 277 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:12,769 NAVY TUFTS PILOT SCHOOL. 278 00:16:12,769 --> 00:16:15,740 THOSE THINGS HELPED PAVE THE WAY FOR ME. 279 00:16:15,740 --> 00:16:17,209 >> YURI? 280 00:16:17,209 --> 00:16:25,999 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> Translator: FOR ME, THIS 281 00:16:25,999 --> 00:16:33,379 OCCUPATION WAS ALWAYS VERY INTERESTING. 282 00:16:33,379 --> 00:16:41,709 IN SCHOOL, I WAS THINKING IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE AN 283 00:16:41,709 --> 00:16:44,489 ASTRONAUT ONE DAY AND FLY INTO SPACE. 284 00:16:44,489 --> 00:16:57,889 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> Translator: SO I FLY TO THE 285 00:16:57,889 --> 00:17:02,860 ARMENIA PILOT SCHOOL AND WAS ACCEPTED AND TRAINED BY PILOT 286 00:17:02,860 --> 00:17:03,860 SCHOOL. 287 00:17:03,860 --> 00:17:08,750 THAT WAS THE PATH THAT I TOOK TO BECOME A COSMONAUT. 288 00:17:08,750 --> 00:17:12,291 >> AND I THINK IT'S RARE THAT YOU HAVE THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE 289 00:17:12,291 --> 00:17:14,810 GOING TO GIVE YOU THE SAME ANSWER FOR THIS QUESTION. 290 00:17:14,810 --> 00:17:19,829 LIKEWISE, FOR ME, FLYING WAS AN ABSOLUTE PASSION. 291 00:17:19,829 --> 00:17:22,660 AS A YOUNG BOY AND AS A TEENAGER. 292 00:17:22,660 --> 00:17:25,620 I WAS FLYING SOLO BEFORE I COULD DRIVE A CAR. 293 00:17:25,620 --> 00:17:28,660 AND I DECIDED EARLY ON THAT I WANTED A CAREER AS A MILITARY 294 00:17:28,660 --> 00:17:31,400 PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR AND TEST PILOT. 295 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:35,960 THAT PAVED THE WAY BY GOING DOWN THAT SPECIALIZATION TO BECOMING 296 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:39,150 AN ASTRONAUT LATER IN LIFE. 297 00:17:39,150 --> 00:17:42,560 >> WE HAVE ANOTHER ON INSTAGRAM FROM KEVIN -- HOW IS MUSCLE AND 298 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:45,790 BONE MASS AFFECTED IN SPACE, AND WHAT ARE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS YOU 299 00:17:45,790 --> 00:17:49,890 TAKE BEFORE TAKEOFF? 300 00:17:49,890 --> 00:17:53,830 >> SO BEFORE TAKEOFF, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 301 00:17:53,830 --> 00:17:54,830 HEALTHY. 302 00:17:54,830 --> 00:17:58,520 THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE EXERCISE PROTOCOL THAT WE USE ON BOARD, 303 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:02,720 AND THAT'S REALLY THE MAIN WEIGH THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COUNTERACT 304 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,760 THE LOSS OF BONE DENSITY AND MUSCLE MASS. 305 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,840 WE EXERCISE AT LEAST A COUPLE HOURS EVERY DAY, BOTH 306 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:09,840 WEIGHTLIFT:SOUNDS STRANGE TO LIFT -- WEIGHTLIFTING, WHICH 307 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:14,000 SOUNDS STRANGE TO LIFT WEIGHTS IN SPACE, BUT A DEVICE MAKES IT 308 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,410 FEEL JUST LIKE LIFTING WEIGHTS ON PLANET EARTH. 309 00:18:17,410 --> 00:18:19,230 THEN AEROBIC EXERCISE. 310 00:18:19,230 --> 00:18:23,970 BOTH A TREADMILL THAT WE BUNGEE DOWN TO, AND A BICYCLE. 311 00:18:23,970 --> 00:18:27,559 THOSE ARE THE MAIN COUNTERMEASURES WE HAVE. 312 00:18:27,559 --> 00:18:31,539 >> YES, MARK? 313 00:18:31,539 --> 00:18:39,500 >> MARK FROM "AVIATION WEEK." 314 00:18:39,500 --> 00:18:45,679 YOU'LL BE THE FIRST FROM YOUR COUNTRY TO SPEND TIME ON THE 315 00:18:45,679 --> 00:18:46,679 SPACE STATION, I UNDERSTAND. 316 00:18:46,679 --> 00:18:51,580 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THAT TO MEAN ESPECIALLY TO THE PEOPLE OF 317 00:18:51,580 --> 00:18:54,510 GREAT BRITAIN TO SEE SOMEBODY IN SPACE FROM THEIR COUNTRY FOR 318 00:18:54,510 --> 00:18:56,010 THAT AMOUNT OF TIME? 319 00:18:56,010 --> 00:18:59,790 DOES IT SYMBOLIZE THE GROWING INTEREST IN SPACE IN GREAT 320 00:18:59,790 --> 00:19:00,790 BRITAIN? 321 00:19:00,790 --> 00:19:05,240 DOES IT JUST SORT OF CAT LIES THE INTEREST THAT'S THERE? 322 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:08,639 WHAT DO YOU WANT THAT TO MEAN TO YOUR COUNTRY? 323 00:19:08,639 --> 00:19:10,490 >> YES, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 324 00:19:10,490 --> 00:19:15,799 FOR ME, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE'VE TAKEN THIS STEP. 325 00:19:15,799 --> 00:19:16,799 AND OF COURSE THE U.K. 326 00:19:16,799 --> 00:19:18,779 HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THE EUROPEAN 327 00:19:18,779 --> 00:19:20,460 SPACE AGENCY. 328 00:19:20,460 --> 00:19:23,630 ONLY RECENTLY HAS IT BEEN PART OF THE HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT 329 00:19:23,630 --> 00:19:24,660 PROGRAM. 330 00:19:24,660 --> 00:19:26,800 AND THAT REALLY OPENS THE DOOR FOR GREAT BRITAIN. 331 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:31,789 IT OPEN THE DOOR IN TERMS OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, WE CAN NOW 332 00:19:31,789 --> 00:19:33,900 PARTICIPATE IN ENJOYING THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH WE DO ON 333 00:19:33,900 --> 00:19:35,980 BOARD THE SPACE STATION. 334 00:19:35,980 --> 00:19:37,150 OPENS THE DOOR FOR U.K. 335 00:19:37,150 --> 00:19:39,990 INDUSTRY TO BE INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE 336 00:19:39,990 --> 00:19:42,909 ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGICAL WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON BOARD 337 00:19:42,909 --> 00:19:44,040 THE SPACE STATION. 338 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,309 AND YOU WERE ALLUDING TO, AS WELL, THIS ELEMENT OF 339 00:19:47,309 --> 00:19:51,190 EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND INSPIRATION WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL 340 00:19:51,190 --> 00:19:53,840 HAVE A BIG IMPACT IN THE U.K. 341 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:57,789 AND PAVE THE WAY FOR OUR CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT IN HUMAN 342 00:19:57,789 --> 00:20:01,400 SPACEFLIGHT AND EXPLORATION INTO THE NEXT FEW DECADES WHICH ARE 343 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:04,379 LOOKING INCREDIBLY EXCITING. 344 00:20:04,379 --> 00:20:07,030 >> GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK ROW? 345 00:20:07,030 --> 00:20:08,030 >> HEY. 346 00:20:08,030 --> 00:20:09,080 MY NAME IS MUHAMMAD. 347 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:15,559 THIS IS FOR ALL THE CREW. 348 00:20:15,559 --> 00:20:20,159 YOU ALL HAVE VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS -- OF COURSE, I KNEW TIM KOPRA 349 00:20:20,159 --> 00:20:22,740 AT WEST POINT. 350 00:20:22,740 --> 00:20:26,179 AND OF COURSE -- [ INAUDIBLE ] 351 00:20:26,179 --> 00:20:30,840 WHAT IS ONE KEY THING THAT YOU ALL TAKE FROM YOUR EVEN MILITARY 352 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:34,150 BACKGROUND, MILITARY SCHOOLS, THAT KEY VALUE AND TRAIT THAT 353 00:20:34,150 --> 00:20:35,950 HELPED YOU GET HERE AND WHAT YOU STILL HOLD VALUE TO YOU 354 00:20:35,950 --> 00:20:38,759 PERSONALLY IN YOUR FUTURE MISSIONS? 355 00:20:38,759 --> 00:20:42,860 >> I GUESS I COULD START WITH THAT. 356 00:20:42,860 --> 00:20:47,110 I WOULD SAY THE MOST IMPORTANT SKILL SET FOR AN ASTRONAUT IS TO 357 00:20:47,110 --> 00:20:50,140 BE ABLE TO GET ALONG WITH OTHERS, ESPECIALLY NOW LIVING ON 358 00:20:50,140 --> 00:20:51,679 SPACE STATION. 359 00:20:51,679 --> 00:20:56,930 SO DURING ASTRONAUT SELECTION, I THINK THE FOLKS THAT LOOK AT THE 360 00:20:56,930 --> 00:20:59,600 CANDIDATES IN THE BACK OF THEIR MINDS ARE THINKING WHO WOULD I 361 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:02,070 WANT TO GO CAMPING WITH. 362 00:21:02,070 --> 00:21:04,179 YOU WANT PEOPLE WHO CAN GET ALONG. 363 00:21:04,179 --> 00:21:08,280 FRANKLY, ANY TECHNICAL FIELD BENEFITS FROM PEOPLE THAT CAN 364 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,450 GET ALONG WITH OTHERS BECAUSE THE TEAM IS MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE 365 00:21:11,450 --> 00:21:14,420 THAN AN INDIVIDUAL. 366 00:21:14,420 --> 00:21:18,359 >> TIM OR YURI? 367 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:21,480 >> I THINK TIM HAS ANSWERED THE QUESTION PERFECTLY THERE. 368 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:25,280 AND ONE THING THAT WAS NOTICEABLE WITH OUR EUROPEAN 369 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,260 COLLEAGUES WHEN WE WERE SELECTED IN THE CLASS OF 2009, WE CAME 370 00:21:28,260 --> 00:21:31,750 FROM VERY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, ENGINEERING, SCIENTIFIC, 371 00:21:31,750 --> 00:21:34,149 MILITARY, AS WELL. 372 00:21:34,149 --> 00:21:38,260 WE HAD ALL HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WORKING IN A MULTICULTURAL 373 00:21:38,260 --> 00:21:44,090 ENVIRONMENT IN TEAMWORK, FELLOWSHIP-TYPE SCENARIOS. 374 00:21:44,090 --> 00:21:48,070 I THINK THAT WAS A VERY STRONG CHARACTERISTIC THAT THE SPACE 375 00:21:48,070 --> 00:21:55,470 AGENCY WAS LOOKING FOR IN ALL OF THEIR ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES. 376 00:21:55,470 --> 00:22:13,030 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> Translator: I CAN ONLY ADD 377 00:22:13,030 --> 00:22:17,560 THAT I VERY MUCH AGREE WITH THE ANSWERS THAT TIM AND TIM 378 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:18,560 PROVIDED. 379 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:21,850 I SHOULD SAY THAT TRAINING TAKES A LOT OF TIME OF IN A PERSON'S 380 00:22:21,850 --> 00:22:23,820 LIFE. 381 00:22:23,820 --> 00:22:34,429 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> Translator: AND THE TIME THAT 382 00:22:34,429 --> 00:22:38,750 PEOPLE SPEND WORKING AND TRAINING THAT SHAPES PEOPLE TO 383 00:22:38,750 --> 00:22:42,570 HAVE SPECIFIC QUALITIES THAT ASTRONAUTS AND COSMONAUTS ARE 384 00:22:42,570 --> 00:22:58,520 EXPECTED 385 00:22:58,520 --> 00:22:59,759 TO HAVE. 386 00:22:59,759 --> 00:23:03,290 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> TRANSHATER: THIS EXPERIENCE 387 00:23:03,290 --> 00:23:07,120 WORKING TOGETHER AND TRAINING TOGETHER OVER TIME SHAPES 388 00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:08,120 PEOPLE. 389 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:10,960 IN ABOUT TEN YEARS, TO HAVE FOR EACH PERSON SHOULD HAVE THE 390 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:18,690 QUALITIES THAT ARE A GREAT ASSET FOR US AS WE WORK TOGETHER. 391 00:23:18,690 --> 00:23:20,909 >> WE HAVE A CALL ON THE PHONE BRIDGE. 392 00:23:20,909 --> 00:23:21,909 SARAH? 393 00:23:21,909 --> 00:23:25,990 >> HI, THIS IS SARAH LEWIS FROM SPACE.COM. 394 00:23:25,990 --> 00:23:28,940 I WAS WONDERING WHAT'S BEEN THE MOST CHALLENGING ASPECT OF 395 00:23:28,940 --> 00:23:30,840 TRAINING. 396 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:34,779 >> THE MOST CHALLENGING ASPECT OF TRAINING? 397 00:23:34,779 --> 00:23:39,260 YOU KNOW, I THINK FROM A PHYSICAL STANDPOINT, WE TRAIN 398 00:23:39,260 --> 00:23:42,529 REALLY HARD IN NEUTRAL BUOYANCY LAB FOR SPACE WALKS. 399 00:23:42,529 --> 00:23:44,830 IT'S A CHALLENGING JOB. 400 00:23:44,830 --> 00:23:47,710 ALL OF US GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE'RE READY TO GO OUTSIDE AND DO 401 00:23:47,710 --> 00:23:49,670 A REAL SPACE WALK. 402 00:23:49,670 --> 00:23:52,740 IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL TRAINING PACE, IT'S A BIT OF A CHALLENGE 403 00:23:52,740 --> 00:23:56,390 TO DO ALL THE TRAVEL THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOR SPACE 404 00:23:56,390 --> 00:23:57,700 TRAINING, FOR SPACEFLIGHT. 405 00:23:57,700 --> 00:24:00,980 I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN RUSSIA. 406 00:24:00,980 --> 00:24:02,179 TIM HAS, AS WELL. 407 00:24:02,179 --> 00:24:05,580 SPENT A GOOD BIT OF TIME IN JAPAN AND EUROPE. 408 00:24:05,580 --> 00:24:08,330 AND YURI SPENT TIME IN THOSE LOCATIONS, AS WELL. 409 00:24:08,330 --> 00:24:09,880 IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PART OF THE JOB. 410 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:10,880 WE EVENTUALLY GET USED TO. 411 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:11,880 >> OKAY. 412 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:12,880 YES, SIR? 413 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:13,880 >> FOR THE ENTIRE CREW, WHAT ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO -- 414 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:29,760 RECENTLY A LOT OF ASTRONAUTS HAVE BEEN SHARING PHOTOS ON 415 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:30,930 TWITTER. 416 00:24:30,930 --> 00:24:38,600 >> FOR ME AS A ROOKIE ASTRONAUT, IT'S GOT TO BE GOING TO THE 417 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,950 CUPOLA AND LOOKING DOWN ON PLANET EARTH. 418 00:24:40,950 --> 00:24:44,840 AND I DOUBT THAT EXPERIENCE WILL EVER LEAVE YOU. 419 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:46,980 IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT THESE GUYS ARE EQUALLY LOOKING 420 00:24:46,980 --> 00:24:50,070 FORWARD TO, AS WELL, BECAUSE IT IS A UNIQUE PRIVILEGE. 421 00:24:50,070 --> 00:24:53,060 LIVING AND WORKING IN WEIGHTLESSNESS AS WELL IS GOING 422 00:24:53,060 --> 00:24:55,760 TO BE INCREDIBLY EXCITING. 423 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:59,080 I'VE ONLY EXPERIENCED IT BRIEFLY WHEN WE DO OUR PARABOLIC FLIGHT 424 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,919 TRAINING IN THE BACK OF AIRCRAFT. 425 00:25:01,919 --> 00:25:06,000 TO ACTUALLY LET YOUR ENTIRE BODY ADAPT TO THIS NEW ENVIRONMENT 426 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:11,380 AND TO EXPERIENCE SLEEPING AND EATING AND WORKING, THAT'S GOING 427 00:25:11,380 --> 00:25:16,359 TO BE AMAZING. 428 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:17,700 >> ONE MORE OPERATIONAL QUESTION. 429 00:25:17,700 --> 00:25:24,760 WHEN MISSION COMMAND SAID, TIM, YOU DO IT, HOW DO YOU TELL WHICH 430 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:25,760 ONE? 431 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:26,799 DO YOU HAVE DIFFERENT CALL SIGNS? 432 00:25:26,799 --> 00:25:28,700 >> YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE CALL SIGNS. 433 00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:31,450 I THINK THE WAY IT WILL WORK IS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S THE GROUND, 434 00:25:31,450 --> 00:25:34,650 IF THEY WANT OUR ATTENTION, I THINK THEY'LL USE FIRST AND LAST 435 00:25:34,650 --> 00:25:35,650 NAME. 436 00:25:35,650 --> 00:25:36,660 FROM THEN ON OUT IT WILL BE CONVERSATIONAL. 437 00:25:36,660 --> 00:25:38,170 I THINK IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT. 438 00:25:38,170 --> 00:25:39,170 >> ERIC? 439 00:25:39,170 --> 00:25:40,170 >> YEAH. 440 00:25:40,170 --> 00:25:43,500 ERIC BURGER AGAIN WITH "THE CHRONICLE." 441 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:45,090 QUESTION FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TACKLE IT. 442 00:25:45,090 --> 00:25:48,370 YOU ARE GOING TO BE A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES OVER EARTH LOOKING 443 00:25:48,370 --> 00:25:49,730 DOWN. 444 00:25:49,730 --> 00:25:53,020 AND IN THIS COUNTRY THERE'S A BIG DEBATE NOW ABOUT BORDERS AND 445 00:25:53,020 --> 00:25:54,020 FENCES. 446 00:25:54,020 --> 00:25:57,510 IN EUROPE THERE'S A BIG DEBATE ABOUT MIGRANTS AND WAR-TORN 447 00:25:57,510 --> 00:26:01,610 SYRIA THAT INVOLVES RUSSIA, AS WELL. 448 00:26:01,610 --> 00:26:05,769 WHAT -- WHAT MESSAGE DOES THE SPACE STATION AND INTERNATIONAL 449 00:26:05,769 --> 00:26:11,090 PARTNERS COMING TOGETHER IN SPACE, WHAT MESSAGE WOULD YOU 450 00:26:11,090 --> 00:26:16,549 LIKE TO SEE SENT TO THE WORLD I GUESS, WHERE THERE'S A MYRIAD OF 451 00:26:16,549 --> 00:26:17,549 PROBLEMS. 452 00:26:17,549 --> 00:26:22,070 >> YOU KNOW, IN MY OPINION, IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT LOOKING DOWN 453 00:26:22,070 --> 00:26:25,370 ON THE PLANET AND BORDERS OR NOT SEEING BORDERS. 454 00:26:25,370 --> 00:26:31,000 TO ME, THE MESSAGE IS THAT WE HAVE A VERY INTERNATIONAL CREW. 455 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,169 BEHIND EACH OF THOSE CREW MEMBERS IS AN ENTIRE TEAM AND 456 00:26:34,169 --> 00:26:37,169 SET OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORTS THAT CREW MEMBER AND 457 00:26:37,169 --> 00:26:40,029 THE SCIENCE THAT'S BEING CONDUCTED ON BOARD. 458 00:26:40,029 --> 00:26:44,820 SO FOR ME, THE MESSAGE IS THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER IN A VERY 459 00:26:44,820 --> 00:26:47,370 EFFECTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL WAY. 460 00:26:47,370 --> 00:26:55,270 JUST A MATTER OF HAVING THE RESOLVE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 461 00:26:55,270 --> 00:26:57,049 >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE ROOM? 462 00:26:57,049 --> 00:27:01,019 DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, MEGAN? 463 00:27:01,019 --> 00:27:02,019 >> YEAH. 464 00:27:02,019 --> 00:27:04,710 WE HAVE ONE, ANOTHER ONE ON TWITTER FROM KELLY BENTUBO. 465 00:27:04,710 --> 00:27:07,610 WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO DO IN SPACE THAT'S NOT A 466 00:27:13,659 --> 00:27:12,019 MISSION TASK? 467 00:27:13,659 --> 00:27:17,970 I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO JUST CALLING FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND 468 00:27:17,970 --> 00:27:20,620 HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE EXPERIENCE AS MUCH AS 469 00:27:20,620 --> 00:27:21,860 POSSIBLE. 470 00:27:21,860 --> 00:27:25,279 I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO 471 00:27:25,279 --> 00:27:26,279 PEOPLE. 472 00:27:26,279 --> 00:27:29,990 IT'S A TESTAMENT OF HOW FOR THE SPACE STATION HAS COME NOW THAT 473 00:27:29,990 --> 00:27:33,019 WE HAVE THIS GREAT COMMUNICATION LINK TO EARTH THAT WE CAN 474 00:27:33,019 --> 00:27:39,970 ACTUALLY CALL FRIENDS AND FAMILY AT ANY TIME. 475 00:27:39,970 --> 00:27:42,600 >> THEN ANOTHER ONE FROM ALBERTA SCIENCE TEACHER. 476 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:47,039 MY STUDENTS WANT TO KNOW WHAT SCIENCE LAB WOULD YOU DESIGN 477 00:27:47,039 --> 00:27:51,060 ABOARD THE SPACE STATION IF YOU COULD DESIGN ONE? 478 00:27:51,060 --> 00:27:57,580 [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION. 479 00:27:57,580 --> 00:28:03,280 RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 100 U.S.-BASED EXPERIMENTS, 160 THAT 480 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:08,150 ARE INTERNATIONALLY BASED, 50 ARE NOW DURING THIS EXPEDITION. 481 00:28:08,150 --> 00:28:11,559 THAT REALLY COVERS A HUGE GAMUT. 482 00:28:11,559 --> 00:28:16,679 I THINK THAT IT'S MORE OF THE KID INSIDE ME THAN IT IS AN 483 00:28:16,679 --> 00:28:17,679 EXPERIMENT. 484 00:28:17,679 --> 00:28:22,350 IT'S FUN TO PLAY WITH WATER BECAUSE WITH THE SURFACE TENSION 485 00:28:22,350 --> 00:28:25,630 BUT NOT THE GRAVITATIONAL EFFECT, WATER IS A VERY STRANGE 486 00:28:25,630 --> 00:28:27,190 THING IN SPACE. 487 00:28:27,190 --> 00:28:30,920 IT'S FUN TO PLAY WITH AND UNDERSTAND IT BETTER. 488 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:32,549 >> YES, TIM? 489 00:28:32,549 --> 00:28:34,980 >> A FINAL QUESTION. 490 00:28:34,980 --> 00:28:41,860 LEAVING BORDERS BEHIND, WHEN YOU'RE OPERATE MONTH SPACE, IS 491 00:28:41,860 --> 00:28:44,200 THERE ANY OPERATIONAL OR PROCEDURAL CONSTRAINTS THAT ANY 492 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,690 OF YOU WOULD BE IN ANY SECTION OF THE STATION? 493 00:28:47,690 --> 00:28:49,090 >> NO. 494 00:28:49,090 --> 00:28:50,490 NO. 495 00:28:50,490 --> 00:29:01,109 >> I WAS GOING ABOUT THAT AND WANT TO ASK PEOPLE -- THANK YOU. 496 00:29:01,109 --> 00:29:02,109 >> SURE. 497 00:29:02,109 --> 00:29:03,109 >> ANY OTHERS IN THE ROOM? 498 00:29:03,109 --> 00:29:04,109 YES, MA'AM? 499 00:29:04,109 --> 00:29:05,190 >> THIS IS -- [ INAUDIBLE ] 500 00:29:05,190 --> 00:29:07,340 [ LAUGHTER ] >> TIMOTHY PEAKE, I SHOULD 501 00:29:07,340 --> 00:29:08,340 CLARIFY. 502 00:29:08,340 --> 00:29:10,440 I'M A NASA INTERN. 503 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:14,789 AND JUST TO PLAY OFF ANOTHER QUESTION. 504 00:29:14,789 --> 00:29:20,179 BEING A BRIT IN SPACE, IS THERE ANYTHING BESIDES HAVING YOUR 505 00:29:20,179 --> 00:29:24,360 COUPLE CUPS OF TEA A DAY THAT YOU WILL DO ANY DAYS OF 506 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,440 CELEBRATION TO HONOR EVERYBODY BACK HOME? 507 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:29,710 >> YEAH, I MEAN, I'M ENGLISH. 508 00:29:29,710 --> 00:29:31,240 SO THERE WILL BE ST. 509 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,620 GEORGE'S DAY WHICH I WILL CELEBRATE IN 510 00:29:33,620 --> 00:29:34,620 MARCH. 511 00:29:34,620 --> 00:29:37,390 BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY I'M NOT THE FIRST BRIT IN SPACE. 512 00:29:37,390 --> 00:29:39,740 WE HAD HELEN SHARMA FLY IN 1991. 513 00:29:39,740 --> 00:29:43,600 OF COURSE, THE FIRST BRIT REPRESENTED BY THE U.K. 514 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:44,840 GOVERNMENT. 515 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:49,309 OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK OUR HOLIDAYS ARE FAIRLY EQUAL IN 516 00:29:49,309 --> 00:29:53,240 TERMS OF WE'LL OBVIOUSLY CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AND NEW 517 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:54,640 YEAR. 518 00:29:54,640 --> 00:30:00,220 BUT NOTHING SORT OF STANDS OUT OTHER THAN THAT. 519 00:30:00,220 --> 00:30:01,450 >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE ROOM? 520 00:30:01,450 --> 00:30:02,589 YES, SIR? 521 00:30:02,589 --> 00:30:04,299 >> FROM WOUNDED WARRIORS. 522 00:30:04,299 --> 00:30:08,370 I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. 523 00:30:08,370 --> 00:30:10,220 I KNOW YOU CAN'T REALLY HAVE YOUR LAST MEAL RIGHT BEFORE YOU 524 00:30:10,220 --> 00:30:11,860 TAKE OFF. 525 00:30:11,860 --> 00:30:14,669 BUT WHAT MEAL WOULD YOU WANT WHEN YOU GUYS COME BACK? 526 00:30:14,669 --> 00:30:18,419 WHAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR FIRST MEAL TO GO FOR? 527 00:30:18,419 --> 00:30:21,519 AND THEN DO YOU ALSO DIET RIGHT BEFORE YOU GO SINCE YOU'RE GOING 528 00:30:21,519 --> 00:30:23,900 TO BE LIVING ON THAT SPACE FOOD? 529 00:30:23,900 --> 00:30:25,940 THANK YOU. 530 00:30:25,940 --> 00:30:30,720 >> SO BEFORE WE GO, WE'RE VERY WELL FED. 531 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:34,940 WE WENT AS THE BACKUP CREW, WE WERE THERE FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS. 532 00:30:34,940 --> 00:30:36,260 THE FOOD WAS ACTUALLY OUTSTANDING. 533 00:30:36,260 --> 00:30:37,929 IT WASN'T A PARTICULAR DIET. 534 00:30:37,929 --> 00:30:39,539 WE'RE JUST WELL FED. 535 00:30:39,539 --> 00:30:42,330 IN TERMS OF FAVORITE MEAL COMING HOME, I WOULDN'T MIND A GOOD 536 00:30:42,330 --> 00:30:47,040 STEAK AND FRESH SALAD. 537 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,200 >> AND I THINK PIZZA IS SOMETHING THAT THE CREW CRAVES. 538 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:53,690 IN FACT, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE CREW RECENTLY 539 00:30:53,690 --> 00:30:56,150 JUST AS PART OF OUR HAND OVER TRAINING. 540 00:30:56,150 --> 00:30:58,519 THAT WAS SOMETHING, WE SAID IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP 541 00:30:58,519 --> 00:31:01,409 OUT, ANYTHING WE CAN BRING THAT YOU MIGHT NEED. 542 00:31:01,409 --> 00:31:08,460 AND PIZZA WAS THE ONLY REQUEST. 543 00:31:08,460 --> 00:31:09,460 >> YURI? 544 00:31:09,460 --> 00:31:20,830 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> Translator: YOU KNOW, AFTER 545 00:31:20,830 --> 00:31:25,240 FLIGHT, ANY FOOD IS VERY TASTY IF IT'S FRESH. 546 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:28,159 SO ANY FRESH FOOD IS HIGHLY APPRECIATED. 547 00:31:28,159 --> 00:31:30,169 >> YES, SIR? 548 00:31:30,169 --> 00:31:32,179 >> MUHAMMAD AGAIN. 549 00:31:32,179 --> 00:31:39,240 THIS QUESTION TO EACH OF YOU ALL. 550 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:43,880 OF THE EXPERIMENT, IS THERE ANYTHING, ANY EXPERIMENT THAT 551 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:48,139 YOU'RE EXCITED TO WORK ON? 552 00:31:48,139 --> 00:31:54,570 >> WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS JEALOUS. 553 00:31:54,570 --> 00:31:55,960 THE DIFFERENT SCIENTISTS, YOU KNOW. 554 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:57,320 OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE A FAVORITE. 555 00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,250 IT'S LIKE HAVING A FAVORITE CHILD. 556 00:31:59,250 --> 00:32:01,340 >> GOOD ANSWER. 557 00:32:01,340 --> 00:32:05,470 >> I THINK IF YOU THINK ABOUT OUR ROLE ON A SPACE STATION, 558 00:32:05,470 --> 00:32:08,759 WE'RE MORE LIKE A LAB TECHNICIAN AND FACILITY MANAGER MORE OFTEN 559 00:32:08,759 --> 00:32:10,980 THAN WE ARE A SCIENTIST. 560 00:32:10,980 --> 00:32:14,789 BECAUSE FOR ALL THESE EXPERIMENT, THEY REQUIRE LITTLE 561 00:32:14,789 --> 00:32:18,220 BIT OF HELP TO GET IT SET UP, OR PERHAPS THEY'RE EXTERNAL FROM 562 00:32:18,220 --> 00:32:20,080 THE VEHICLE AND WE DON'T HAVE INVOLVEMENT. 563 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:24,169 YOU KNOW, ME PERSONALLY, I LIKE THE THINGS WHERE I CAN SET IT UP 564 00:32:24,169 --> 00:32:26,559 MYSELF AND IT'S HANDS ON. 565 00:32:26,559 --> 00:32:29,860 WE HAVE ONE EXPERIMENT WHERE WE USE ULTRASOUND. 566 00:32:29,860 --> 00:32:32,220 WE HAVE COORDINATION WITH A PERSON ON THE GROUND THAT'S 567 00:32:32,220 --> 00:32:34,190 HELPING GUIDE THE ULTRASOUND DEVICE. 568 00:32:34,190 --> 00:32:35,840 THAT'S PRETTY DARN COOL. 569 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,809 AND THE SAME THING FOR OCULAR HEALTH OR EYE HEALTH. 570 00:32:38,809 --> 00:32:42,110 WE ACTUALLY TAKE PICTURES OF INSIDE OUR EYES REAL TIME. 571 00:32:42,110 --> 00:32:45,080 AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CAPABILITY ON STATION IS PRETTY 572 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:46,750 NEAT. 573 00:32:46,750 --> 00:32:50,970 >> FOR MYSELF, AS WELL. 574 00:32:50,970 --> 00:32:52,460 THE EXPERIMENTS ARE GREAT. 575 00:32:52,460 --> 00:32:55,049 I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF EXPERIMENTS I'M EXCITED ABOUT. 576 00:32:55,049 --> 00:32:58,450 THE PROTEIN CRYSTALS AND THE METAL ALLOY. 577 00:32:58,450 --> 00:33:01,330 ALL THINGS GOING WELL, I'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INSTALL A 578 00:33:01,330 --> 00:33:05,620 FURNACE INTO THE JAPANESE MODULE WHICH IS QUITE A LARGE PIECE OF 579 00:33:05,620 --> 00:33:06,620 HARDWARE. 580 00:33:06,620 --> 00:33:10,330 AND WE'LL SUBSEQUENTLY RUN EXPERIMENTS LOOKING AT FLAME 581 00:33:10,330 --> 00:33:15,990 COMBUSTION AND ALSO MELTING ALLOYS AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS. 582 00:33:15,990 --> 00:33:19,549 THAT'S GREAT WHEN YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY INSTALL 583 00:33:19,549 --> 00:33:36,370 SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY RUN 584 00:33:36,370 --> 00:33:38,399 THE EXPERIMENT. 585 00:33:38,399 --> 00:33:42,870 >> ANY OTHERS IN THE ROOM? 586 00:33:42,870 --> 00:33:46,000 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> Translator: FOR MYSELF, 587 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,039 SHOULD SAY WE RUN WATER EXPERIMENTS ON BOARD. 588 00:33:48,039 --> 00:33:51,110 WE CAN BREAK THEM DOWN INTO RELATIVE GROUPS. 589 00:33:51,110 --> 00:33:59,909 AND I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE GROUP THAT DEALS WITH 590 00:33:59,909 --> 00:34:02,780 OBSERVATIONS OF EARTH FROM SPACE. 591 00:34:02,780 --> 00:34:05,940 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> Translator: IT'S NOT JUST THE 592 00:34:05,940 --> 00:34:09,590 OBSERVATIONS OF EARTH'S SURFACE BUT OF THE EVENTS IN THE EARTH'S 593 00:34:09,590 --> 00:34:34,210 ATMOSPHERE 594 00:34:34,210 --> 00:34:38,359 AND THE IONOSPHERE. 595 00:34:38,359 --> 00:34:41,879 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] 596 00:34:41,879 --> 00:34:46,899 >> Translator: WE ARE USING A LOT OF INSTRUMENTS FOR THE 597 00:34:46,899 --> 00:34:47,899 OBSERVATIONS. 598 00:34:47,899 --> 00:34:51,470 FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE'RE RESEARCHING THE IONOSPHERE 599 00:34:51,470 --> 00:34:54,890 AROUND THE EARTH, WE CAN ARCHIVE DATA AND THEN STUDY LONG 600 00:34:54,890 --> 00:35:00,970 STRETCHES OF TIME AND COMPARE DATA AND SEE HOW IT CHANGE 601 00:35:00,970 --> 00:35:03,710 BEFORE AN EARTHQUAKE, DURING AND AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE. 602 00:35:03,710 --> 00:35:24,530 WE CAN ATTEMPT TO FORECAST THESE EVENTS IN 603 00:35:24,530 --> 00:35:25,530 THE FUTURE. 604 00:35:25,530 --> 00:35:28,200 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> Translator: THE ASTRONAUT HAS 605 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:32,450 AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOS OF THE 606 00:35:32,450 --> 00:35:34,740 EARTH TO LOOK DOWN AND OBSERVE THE EARTH. 607 00:35:34,740 --> 00:35:42,330 AND IT IS A FASCINATING TASK TO BE NOTICING SOME DETAILS DOWN ON 608 00:35:42,330 --> 00:35:44,880 EARTH. 609 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:46,349 >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 610 00:35:46,349 --> 00:35:47,349 YES? 611 00:35:47,349 --> 00:35:50,349 >> YOU SAID YOU HAD YOUR TEA TO REMIND YOU OF BRITAIN. 612 00:35:50,349 --> 00:35:54,790 SINCE YOU TWO UP THERE ARE THE ONLY VETERANS IN SPACE, WHAT 613 00:35:54,790 --> 00:36:00,260 TYPE OF DRINK OR TRADITION DO YOU HAVE TO HELP YOU COPE WITH 614 00:36:00,260 --> 00:36:05,320 OR REMIND YOU OF HOME WHEN YOU GUYS ARE IN SPACE? 615 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:07,760 >> YOU KNOW, WE LIVE INSIDE. 616 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:10,950 AT NIGHT WE SLEEP IN A SMALL CREW QUARTERS, ABOUT THE SIZE OF 617 00:36:10,950 --> 00:36:12,600 A REFRIGERATOR. 618 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:15,490 WHICH SOUNDS REALLY SMALL, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT PERFECT FOR 619 00:36:15,490 --> 00:36:19,250 LIVING FOR THAT TIME PERIOD WHEN IT'S NIGHT AND YOU'RE GOING TO 620 00:36:19,250 --> 00:36:20,250 SLEEP. 621 00:36:20,250 --> 00:36:24,740 AND FOR ME, HAVING PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOUR FAMILY ON THE WALLS AND 622 00:36:24,740 --> 00:36:28,180 THOSE KIND OF MEMORIES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. 623 00:36:28,180 --> 00:36:43,810 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> Translator: YES, AND I WILL 624 00:36:43,810 --> 00:36:49,990 BRING A SMALL NUMBER OF -- SMALL SOUVENIRS THAT REMIND ME OF MY 625 00:36:49,990 --> 00:36:54,000 HOME, OF MY COUNTRY, OF MY FAMILY. 626 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:58,880 >> I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTION? 627 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:03,180 >> WE HAVE ANOTHER FROM -- FROM DANIEL ON INSTAGRAM. 628 00:37:03,180 --> 00:37:07,180 WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO IN YOUR FREE TIME WHILE YOU'RE IN SPACE? 629 00:37:07,180 --> 00:37:08,869 >> FREE TIME IN SPACE? 630 00:37:08,869 --> 00:37:12,319 [ LAUGHTER ] >> YOU KNOW, I THINK TIM HIT ON 631 00:37:12,319 --> 00:37:13,319 THIS. 632 00:37:13,319 --> 00:37:16,160 THAT IS, BEING ABLE TO CALL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. 633 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,250 IT'S PRETTY NEAT TO TALK TO THEM. 634 00:37:18,250 --> 00:37:20,530 BUT I THINK YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY THINK IT'S SPECIAL WHEN 635 00:37:20,530 --> 00:37:23,460 THEY GET A CALL FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 636 00:37:23,460 --> 00:37:26,730 AND THEN BEING ABLE TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PLANET IS AN 637 00:37:26,730 --> 00:37:27,990 AMAZING THING. 638 00:37:27,990 --> 00:37:31,380 I WASN'T THAT INTO PHOTOGRAPHY BEFORE I FLEW, BUT I'M 639 00:37:31,380 --> 00:37:33,020 ABSOLUTELY FASCINATED WITH IT NOW. 640 00:37:33,020 --> 00:37:37,229 I'M SURE I'LL BE TAKING LOTS OF PICTURES. 641 00:37:37,229 --> 00:37:40,109 >> TIM? 642 00:37:40,109 --> 00:37:42,980 >> YEAH. 643 00:37:42,980 --> 00:37:49,410 JUST TO ADD TO WHAT TIM SAID, I THINK TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS IS 644 00:37:49,410 --> 00:37:50,410 GREAT. 645 00:37:50,410 --> 00:37:53,720 LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING THE MISSION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE 646 00:37:53,720 --> 00:37:58,680 INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA, TWEETING PICTURES, AND ALSO IN MY SPARE 647 00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:02,040 TIME, RUNNING A COUPLE OF NEAT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. 648 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:06,560 I'M GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF LITTLE ASTRO PIE COMPUTERS THAT 649 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:08,880 SCHOOLKIDS WILL PROGRAM FOR ME. 650 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:13,119 IT WILL BE INTERESTING. 651 00:38:13,119 --> 00:38:15,520 THEY'VE GOT CAMERAS, ACTION SELL RAMMER ITS, HUMIDITY -- 652 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:18,170 ACCELEROMETERS, HUMIDITY, PRESSURE, THINGS LIKE THAT, AS 653 00:38:18,170 --> 00:38:19,170 WELL. 654 00:38:19,170 --> 00:38:20,529 THAT WILL BE IN MY SPARE TIME. 655 00:38:20,529 --> 00:38:26,480 >> ANY PLANS TO USE AN AMATEUR RADIO AT ALL IN YOUR VIEW? 656 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:27,480 >> SURE. 657 00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:28,480 >> DEFINITELY. 658 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:29,660 >> A FOLLOWUP QUESTION ON THE BEDROOM. 659 00:38:29,660 --> 00:38:34,190 WHERE YOUR SLEEPING, WHEN YOU GET THERE, ALL THE BEDROOMS WILL 660 00:38:34,190 --> 00:38:36,040 BE OCCUPIED, WON'T THEY? 661 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:45,309 WHERE WILL YOU SLEEP UNTIL YOU GET RID OF THE CREW? 662 00:38:45,309 --> 00:38:46,410 >> I THINK WE'LL JUST FIND A PLACE. 663 00:38:46,410 --> 00:38:48,510 IT'S A BIG STATION. 664 00:38:48,510 --> 00:38:52,420 I THINK WE'LL FIND A PLACE TO HANG OUR SLEEPING BAG AND KEEP 665 00:38:52,420 --> 00:38:53,420 PERSONAL STUFF. 666 00:38:53,420 --> 00:38:56,700 AND SOMEPLACE DURING THAT TRANSITION, WE'LL PROBABLY SLEEP 667 00:38:56,700 --> 00:39:02,109 INSIDE OUR CREW QUARTERS AND SEE THEM GO BACK HOME. 668 00:39:02,109 --> 00:39:09,569 >> YURI, AS -- WHERE WILL YOU SLEEP EVEN ONCE THERE'S ROOM? 669 00:39:09,569 --> 00:39:14,840 IS THERE A SMALL BEDROOM IN THE OTHER -- 670 00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:20,190 [ INAUDIBLE ] [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] 671 00:39:20,190 --> 00:39:30,020 >> Translator: WHETHER WE HAVE 672 00:39:30,020 --> 00:39:32,500 NINE PEOPLE ON BOARD, I'M PLANNING TO FIND A PLACE 673 00:39:32,500 --> 00:39:33,500 SOMEWHERE TEMPORARILY. 674 00:39:33,500 --> 00:39:37,970 IT WILL BE FOR ABOUT TEN DAYS. 675 00:39:37,970 --> 00:39:45,230 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> Translator: WE HAVE VAST 676 00:39:45,230 --> 00:39:46,390 EXPERIENCE, PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE. 677 00:39:46,390 --> 00:39:51,220 THERE ARE A LOT OF SPOTS WHERE YOU CAN FIND A COMFORTABLE SPOT 678 00:39:51,220 --> 00:39:53,290 FOR THE NIGHT. 679 00:39:53,290 --> 00:39:54,490 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> Translator: PLACES ARE 680 00:39:54,490 --> 00:40:05,950 AVAILABLE IN THE RUSSIAN SEGMENT AND U.S. SEGMENT AND IN THE 681 00:40:05,950 --> 00:40:07,750 SEGMENTS OF OTHER PARTNERS. 682 00:40:07,750 --> 00:40:09,249 THERE'S A CHOICE. 683 00:40:09,249 --> 00:40:11,579 >> YES, MA'AM? 684 00:40:11,579 --> 00:40:17,390 >> IS SLEEP DIFFERENT IN SPACE? 685 00:40:17,390 --> 00:40:20,880 TOSSING AND TURNING? 686 00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:22,359 >> SLEEP IS DIFFERENT IN SPACE. 687 00:40:22,359 --> 00:40:25,930 YOU KNOW, IN FACT, SOMETIMES I THINK YOU SLEEP BETTER WHEN 688 00:40:25,930 --> 00:40:27,010 THERE'S ZERO GRAVITY. 689 00:40:27,010 --> 00:40:28,060 SOMETIMES YOU DON'T. 690 00:40:28,060 --> 00:40:31,510 A LOT OF CREW MEMBERS TRY TO FIND A POSITION IN QUARTERS 691 00:40:31,510 --> 00:40:34,650 WHERE YOU PUT YOUR BACK IN CONTACT WITH A WALL TO MAKE IT 692 00:40:34,650 --> 00:40:36,060 FEEL MORE NATURAL. 693 00:40:36,060 --> 00:40:38,619 THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN DIFFERENCES. 694 00:40:38,619 --> 00:40:42,180 IN TERMS OF DREAMS, YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME PEOPLE EVENTUALLY 695 00:40:42,180 --> 00:40:44,569 STAY LONG ENOUGH WHERE THEY DREAM IN ZERO GRAVITY. 696 00:40:44,569 --> 00:40:48,520 THAT'S A MAJOR MILESTONE, I THINK. 697 00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:53,339 >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM JOHNSON? 698 00:40:53,339 --> 00:40:54,339 YES, SIR? 699 00:40:54,339 --> 00:40:59,370 >> MY QUESTION IS, YOU GUYS -- YOU'RE THE NEW GUY THERE S. 700 00:40:59,370 --> 00:41:03,829 THERE A RITE OF PASSAGE? 701 00:41:03,829 --> 00:41:07,110 [ LAUGHTER ] >> MAYBE SOME CREWS, BUT NOT SO 702 00:41:07,110 --> 00:41:08,319 MUCH ON OURS. 703 00:41:08,319 --> 00:41:11,260 >> I GUESS I'LL FIND OUT. 704 00:41:11,260 --> 00:41:12,260 >> ANYTHING ELSE IN THE ROOM? 705 00:41:12,260 --> 00:41:13,260 YES, SIR? 706 00:41:13,260 --> 00:41:14,260 >> THIS QUESTION IS TO BOTH TIMS. 707 00:41:14,260 --> 00:41:27,869 I KNOW TIMOTHY PEAKE, THIS IS YOUR FIRST FLIGHT ON THE 708 00:41:27,869 --> 00:41:30,940 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 709 00:41:30,940 --> 00:41:34,410 TIM KOPRA, YOU HAD A FLIGHT BEFORE. 710 00:41:34,410 --> 00:41:39,300 NOW THIS FLIGHT WILL BE FIVE MONTHS, APPROXIMATELY FIVE 711 00:41:39,300 --> 00:41:40,300 MONTHS. 712 00:41:40,300 --> 00:41:51,491 DO YOU THINK -- WHAT OBSTACLES DO YOU SEE IN THE NEAR FUTURE IN 713 00:41:51,491 --> 00:41:52,491 SPACE FOR A LONG DURATION FLIGHT OF TIME? 714 00:41:52,491 --> 00:41:53,491 WHAT OBSTACLES? 715 00:41:53,491 --> 00:41:54,491 >> YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THERE'S SPECIFIC OBSTACLES 716 00:41:54,491 --> 00:41:57,490 BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE FLY, WE'RE EXTREMELY WELL TRAINED. 717 00:41:57,490 --> 00:42:01,450 BOTH FOR GOING UPHILL IN THE SOYUZ FOR ANY CIRCUMSTANCE 718 00:42:01,450 --> 00:42:05,589 THAT'S ON BOARD AND EVEN OFF -- WHERE THINGS COULD POTENTIALLY 719 00:42:05,589 --> 00:42:07,460 GO WRONG ON STATION. 720 00:42:07,460 --> 00:42:09,250 I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST PARTS ABOUT THE 721 00:42:09,250 --> 00:42:10,950 TRAINING TEAM THAT WE HAVE. 722 00:42:10,950 --> 00:42:14,420 AND THAT'S THAT BY THE TIME YOU FLY, YOU'RE READY FOR THE 723 00:42:14,420 --> 00:42:16,180 MISSION. 724 00:42:16,180 --> 00:42:18,720 >> I COMPLETELY AGREE. 725 00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:22,339 I THINK THE ONLY OBSTACLES WE INDUSTRIAL TO OVERCOME ARE THE 726 00:42:22,339 --> 00:42:26,540 ONES WHERE WE'RE WORKING TOWARD THE LONGER SPACE EXPLORATION 727 00:42:26,540 --> 00:42:30,510 JOURNEYS TO MARS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE RADIATION SHIELDING WILL 728 00:42:30,510 --> 00:42:32,080 COME INTO PLAY, COUNTERMEASURES. 729 00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:35,660 WE'RE ALREADY DEVELOPING SOME GREAT COUNTERMEASURES SO THAT 730 00:42:35,660 --> 00:42:38,480 ASTRONAUTS AND COSMONAUTS WHO ARE LANDING TODAY ARE MUCH 731 00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:42,309 FITTER AND HEALTHIER AND ABLE TO WORK MUCH MORE QUICKLY THAN THEY 732 00:42:42,309 --> 00:42:44,240 WERE TEN YEARS AGO. 733 00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:46,980 BUT OF COURSE, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT MARS MISSION, 734 00:42:46,980 --> 00:42:49,770 THEN THE ASTRONAUTS NEED TO ARRIVE IN GOOD SHAPE AFTER A 735 00:42:49,770 --> 00:42:50,770 LONG JOURNEY. 736 00:42:50,770 --> 00:42:53,059 SO THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING TOWARD. 737 00:42:53,059 --> 00:42:56,290 BUT WE'RE OVERCOMING THESE CHALLENGES. 738 00:42:56,290 --> 00:42:59,339 IT'S EXCITING TO BE PART OF THAT PROGRAM, TOO. 739 00:42:59,339 --> 00:43:00,339 >> MARK? 740 00:43:00,339 --> 00:43:03,599 >> I'M MARK FOR "AVIATION WEEK." 741 00:43:03,599 --> 00:43:09,490 ARE YOU SORT OF AT THE END OF YOUR U.S. NATIONAL TRAINING 742 00:43:09,490 --> 00:43:12,630 POINT OR CLOSE TO IT? 743 00:43:12,630 --> 00:43:16,400 WHAT'S OUT THERE FOR YOU -- [ INAUDIBLE ] 744 00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:22,190 >> WE HAVE ONE MORE WEEK OF CREW TRAINING WITH BOTH YURI, TIM 745 00:43:22,190 --> 00:43:25,079 HERE BEFORE THEY GO OFF. 746 00:43:25,079 --> 00:43:28,040 TIM TO EUROPE AND YURI BACK TO RUSSIA. 747 00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:31,690 WE'LL DO SOME EMERGENCY TRAINING ON BOARD THE MOCKUPS IN BUILDING 748 00:43:31,690 --> 00:43:34,260 NINE FOR SPACE STATION. 749 00:43:34,260 --> 00:43:37,560 AFTER THAT, A LOT OF IT IS BASELINE DATA COLLECTION FOR 750 00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:40,079 DIFFERENT EXPERIMENT THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN. 751 00:43:40,079 --> 00:43:43,450 THEN THE NEXT BIG MILESTONE REALLY ARE EXAMS IN RUSSIA. 752 00:43:43,450 --> 00:43:47,420 WHEN YURI AND I HAVE A SET OF EXAMS FOR ME AS LEFT SEAT, YURI 753 00:43:47,420 --> 00:43:48,700 AS COMMANDER. 754 00:43:48,700 --> 00:43:53,319 THEN ALL THREE OF US IN THE SOYUZ SIMULATOR AND THEN SPACE 755 00:43:53,319 --> 00:43:58,760 STATION MOCKUP. 756 00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:00,930 >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 757 00:44:00,930 --> 00:44:02,930 YES? 758 00:44:02,930 --> 00:44:05,319 >> FOR TIM. 759 00:44:05,319 --> 00:44:06,849 YOUR LAST MISSION WAS ON THE SHUTTLE. 760 00:44:06,849 --> 00:44:10,010 AND NOW YOU'RE GOING UP ON THE SOYUZ. 761 00:44:10,010 --> 00:44:16,810 WHAT DID YOU -- CAN YOU EXPLAIN SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 762 00:44:16,810 --> 00:44:17,810 THEM? 763 00:44:17,810 --> 00:44:22,200 >> SO MY ROLE ON THE SOYUZ HAS EXPANDED BY AS A LEFT SEATER, I 764 00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:24,260 WORK ESSENTIALLY AS A CO-PILOT. 765 00:44:24,260 --> 00:44:28,610 BEFORE ON STS 127, I WAS ON THE MID DECK. 766 00:44:28,610 --> 00:44:31,730 SO NOT MUCH OF A ROLE GOING UPHILL OR DOWNHILL. 767 00:44:31,730 --> 00:44:35,700 ON 133 WHICH I TRAINED FOR, I WAS MISSION SPIFT TWO, 768 00:44:35,700 --> 00:44:36,970 ESSENTIALLY THE QUARTERBACK. 769 00:44:36,970 --> 00:44:41,490 SO IN THIS SENSE -- AND I THINK MY ROLE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE 770 00:44:41,490 --> 00:44:42,490 COMPLICATED. 771 00:44:42,490 --> 00:44:45,540 SO IT REQUIRED MORE TIME IN RUSSIA FOR THAT TRAINING. 772 00:44:45,540 --> 00:44:50,869 YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THE SOYUZ VEHICLE. 773 00:44:50,869 --> 00:44:55,059 IT'S BIG ENOUGH, AND IT DOES ITS JOB WELL ENOUGH THAT THEY CAN 774 00:44:55,059 --> 00:44:58,369 MAKE IT THROUGH THE ENTIRE SEQUENCE OF LAUNCH AND LANDING 775 00:44:58,369 --> 00:44:59,710 IN A SAFE MANNER. 776 00:44:59,710 --> 00:45:02,770 YOU KNOW, IN THE SHUTTLE DAYS, THERE WERE SEVERAL ZONES IN 777 00:45:02,770 --> 00:45:06,180 WHICH YOUR LIFE WAS IN PERIL AND THERE WASN'T MUCH YOU COULD DO 778 00:45:06,180 --> 00:45:07,380 ABOUT IT. 779 00:45:07,380 --> 00:45:10,640 WHEREAS THE SOYUZ, ITS DESIGNED -- IT'S DESIGNED SO EVERY 780 00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:14,309 PORTION OF THE LAUNCH AND LANDING HAS CONTINGENCIES WHERE 781 00:45:14,309 --> 00:45:15,710 THE CREW IS REALLY GOING TO BE SAFE. 782 00:45:15,710 --> 00:45:18,450 I REALLY RESPECT THAT. 783 00:45:18,450 --> 00:45:20,050 >> YES? 784 00:45:20,050 --> 00:45:23,240 >> ROBERT AGAIN. 785 00:45:23,240 --> 00:45:26,970 RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE SITTING HERE IN LONDON, THEY'RE HAVING THE 786 00:45:26,970 --> 00:45:30,400 WORLD PREMIERE OF "THE MARTIAN," AND THERE'S THRONGS OF PEOPLE 787 00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:32,770 ACCORDING TO TWITTER UPDATES LINED UP. 788 00:45:32,770 --> 00:45:35,930 WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT SOCIETY THAT THE PUBLIC MIGHT BE MORE 789 00:45:35,930 --> 00:45:39,010 AWARE OF, PAY MORE ATTENTION TO A FICTIONAL JOURNEY TO MARS THAN 790 00:45:39,010 --> 00:45:40,940 WHAT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON IN SPACE? 791 00:45:40,940 --> 00:45:44,460 MAYBE MORE AWARE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MARK WATNEY THAN 792 00:45:44,460 --> 00:45:47,390 THE ADVENTURES OF TIM, TIM, AND YURI? 793 00:45:47,390 --> 00:45:52,130 IS THAT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, OR IS THAT THE 794 00:45:52,130 --> 00:45:56,550 NATURAL PROGRESSION OF SPACEFLIGHT OVER THE LAST 50 795 00:45:56,550 --> 00:45:57,550 YEARS? 796 00:45:57,550 --> 00:45:58,930 >> I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC. 797 00:45:58,930 --> 00:46:02,140 WE'VE HAD A SPATE OF HOLLYWOOD MOVIES WITH "GRAVITY" AND 798 00:46:02,140 --> 00:46:03,950 "INTERSTELLAR" AND NOW "THE MARTIAN." 799 00:46:03,950 --> 00:46:07,579 I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC IS INTERESTED IN SPACE AND SPACE 800 00:46:07,579 --> 00:46:10,230 EXPLORATION IS WONDERFUL. 801 00:46:10,230 --> 00:46:14,290 THEY WILL ALWAYS BE LOOKING AHEAD BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT'S 802 00:46:14,290 --> 00:46:18,720 MOST INTERESTING AND EXCITING TO KIND OF PROJECT TO THE FUTURE. 803 00:46:18,720 --> 00:46:21,300 AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ALSO WORKING ON THAT JOURNEY, BUT 804 00:46:21,300 --> 00:46:24,730 OBVIOUSLY LAGGING BEHIND IN TERMS OF SCIENCE FICTION. 805 00:46:24,730 --> 00:46:27,260 THAT'S BEEN THE CASE FOR SO MANY YEARS. 806 00:46:27,260 --> 00:46:30,940 BUT NO, I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS SO 807 00:46:30,940 --> 00:46:34,060 AWARE OF SPACE AND SPACE EXPLORATION AS A WHOLE. 808 00:46:34,060 --> 00:46:37,740 AND HOPEFULLY WHAT WE CAN DO IS HELP TO USE OUR MISSIONS TODAY 809 00:46:37,740 --> 00:46:41,119 ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE 810 00:46:41,119 --> 00:46:45,660 DOING RIGHT NOW IS ACTUALLY DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THAT 811 00:46:45,660 --> 00:46:51,959 JOURNEY TO ASTEROIDS, TO MOON, AND TO MARS. 812 00:46:51,959 --> 00:46:55,589 >> ANYONE? 813 00:46:55,589 --> 00:46:59,359 >> FOR A PHOTO OP AND SHOW OF HANDS, THERE WAS A TWO-YEAR 814 00:46:59,359 --> 00:47:01,170 RESCUE TO MARS MISSION RIGHT NOW. 815 00:47:01,170 --> 00:47:04,210 WHICH OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO? 816 00:47:04,210 --> 00:47:08,020 >> A TWO-YEAR RESCUE MISSION? 817 00:47:08,020 --> 00:47:12,170 >> WE'LL TAKE ONE LAST QUESTION FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. 818 00:47:12,170 --> 00:47:15,170 >> WE HAVE ONE ON TWITTER FROM REBECCA DAVIDSON. 819 00:47:15,170 --> 00:47:19,040 SO YOU'VE TOLD US WHY YOU WANTED TO BECOME AN ASTRONAUT AND WHEN 820 00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:20,040 YOU DECIDED. 821 00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:22,559 WHAT WAS THE SELECTION PROCESS LIKE, AND WHAT WERE THE MAIN 822 00:47:22,559 --> 00:47:23,559 STAGES? 823 00:47:23,559 --> 00:47:27,470 AND IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT IT THAT PARTICULARLY STOOD OUT TO 824 00:47:27,470 --> 00:47:29,170 YOU? 825 00:47:29,170 --> 00:47:31,700 >> YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS HAS CHANGED OVER TIME. 826 00:47:31,700 --> 00:47:37,560 I'M PROBABLY MOST FAMILIAR WITH THE CURRENT SELECTION PROCESS IN 827 00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:40,710 TERMS OF HOW IT'S EVOLVED. 828 00:47:40,710 --> 00:47:45,619 INTERESTINGLY NOW, WE WENT FROM ABOUT 6,000 DOWN TO THIS LAST 829 00:47:45,619 --> 00:47:50,690 CLASS OF EIGHT PEOPLE WHICH IS AN AMAZING SELECTION PROCESS TO 830 00:47:50,690 --> 00:47:52,050 GET FROM THIS HUGE GROUP. 831 00:47:52,050 --> 00:47:55,630 IT'S DONE IN STAGES WHERE THEY FIND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE -- 832 00:47:55,630 --> 00:47:58,210 THAT MEET THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS, THE BASIC 833 00:47:58,210 --> 00:47:59,609 EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. 834 00:47:59,609 --> 00:48:02,510 AND GETTING DOWN TO A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD INTERVIEW A 835 00:48:02,510 --> 00:48:03,730 HANDFUL OF PEOPLE. 836 00:48:03,730 --> 00:48:05,530 AND NOW THEY HAVE TWO INTERVIEW 837 00:48:05,530 --> 00:48:06,530 PROCESSES. 838 00:48:06,530 --> 00:48:09,980 THE FIRST IS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE MEDICALLY QUALIFIED AND 839 00:48:09,980 --> 00:48:12,520 THAT YOU'D LIKE TO BRING THEM BACK. 840 00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:15,390 THE SECOND ONE AND N LARGE MEASURE IS TO FIND OUT WHAT KIND 841 00:48:15,390 --> 00:48:16,390 OF PERSON THEY ARE. 842 00:48:16,390 --> 00:48:20,630 IS THAT THE PERSON THAT WOULD BE BEST SUITED FOR LONG DURATION 843 00:48:20,630 --> 00:48:25,180 SPACEFLIGHT. 844 00:48:25,180 --> 00:48:26,539 >> TIM OR YURI? 845 00:48:26,539 --> 00:48:30,309 >> I BELIEVE IT'S INTERESTING THAT EACH SPACE AGENCY HAS THEIR 846 00:48:30,309 --> 00:48:34,170 OWN DIFFERENT WAYS OF MANAGING THE SELECTION PROCESS. 847 00:48:34,170 --> 00:48:39,200 BUT ULTIMATELY, THEY END UP EVALUATING THE SAME TYPE OF 848 00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:40,200 CHARACTERISTICS. 849 00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:43,150 CERTAINLY IN THE 2009 CLASS, IT WAS INSTINCT -- AT THE SAME TIME 850 00:48:43,150 --> 00:48:44,809 EUROPE WAS HAVING SELECTION. 851 00:48:44,809 --> 00:48:48,870 CANADA, JAPAN, AND NASA WERE HAVING A SELECTION, AS WELL. 852 00:48:48,870 --> 00:48:51,900 AND ALL GOING THROUGH SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT METHODS. 853 00:48:51,900 --> 00:48:54,299 IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR FROM OUR CANADIAN COLLEAGUES AND HEAR 854 00:48:54,299 --> 00:48:57,230 ABOUT THE FIREFIGHTING SKILLS AND WATER SKILLS. 855 00:48:57,230 --> 00:49:01,349 WE HAD AN INTERESTING TIME IN EUROPE. 856 00:49:01,349 --> 00:49:04,359 WE GOT PUT THROUGH OUR PACES IN TERMS OF THINGS LIKE 857 00:49:04,359 --> 00:49:08,839 PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILING AND SOFTWARE SUCH AS COMMUNICATION 858 00:49:08,839 --> 00:49:12,270 AND TEAMWORK, LEADERSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, THAT KIND OF THING. 859 00:49:12,270 --> 00:49:16,480 LOOKING AMONGST THE WORLDWIDE ASTRONAUT/COSMONAUT CORPS, I 860 00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:19,490 THINK THAT ALL THE AGENCIES DO A VERY GOOD JOB AT THE END OF THE 861 00:49:19,490 --> 00:49:22,530 DAY, NO MATTER HOW THEY GET THERE, OF SELECTING PEOPLE WITH 862 00:49:22,530 --> 00:49:24,600 VERY SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR 863 00:49:24,600 --> 00:49:26,160 SPACEFLIGHT. 864 00:49:26,160 --> 00:49:27,720 >> YURI? 865 00:49:27,720 --> 00:49:31,799 [ SPEAKING RUSSIAN ] >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE 866 00:49:31,799 --> 00:49:32,799 ROOM? 867 00:49:32,799 --> 00:49:36,230 IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE BRIDGE, PRESS STAR-ONE IF YOU HAVE A 868 00:49:36,230 --> 00:49:39,510 QUESTION. 869 00:49:39,510 --> 00:49:45,820 WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING PARTS OF THE EXPEDITION 46/47 CREW 870 00:49:45,820 --> 00:49:47,150 NEWS CONFERENCE. 871 00:49:47,150 --> 00:49:53,750 YOU CAN FIND TIM KOPRA AT ASTRO UNDERSCORE TIM AND TIMOTHY PEAKE 872 00:49:53,750 --> 00:49:57,020 AT ASTRO UNDERSCORE TIM PEAKE. 873 00:49:57,020 --> 00:49:59,670 YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW THE CREW MEMBERS' FLIGHT EXPERIENCES ON 874 00:49:59,670 --> 00:50:05,220 INSTAGRAM AT INSTAGRAM.COM/ISS. 875 00:50:05,220 --> 00:50:08,109 AND FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,