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space news on two we are ready to start

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good morning from the international

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today is a formal event this is the

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formal transfer of authority and

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responsibility

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of the international space station on

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board operations from myself tim coprad

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to jeff williams

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it's also an opportunity for us to give

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our thanks to an incredible

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international team that has allowed us

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to do our job up here and to advance the

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exploration of humans in space

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we've been so privileged to work here on

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board with a huge variety of science

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experiments that we know are going to be

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a stepping stone for human exploration

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and we've demonstrated

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both from the ground and from the crew

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on board together we've demonstrated

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that we have a world-class

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international laboratory

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we've also demonstrated that we can

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sustain this this station we've docked

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actually captured and

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docked and then released a cygnus

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vehicle a dragon vehicle we currently

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have two progress vehicles docked to our

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through the help of the ground teams and

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this great crew we've been able to

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maintain the station in top working

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orders so that we can continue

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our experiments on board and our efforts

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to advance the state of technology

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we've had technology demonstrations

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where we've launched satellites we have

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an inflatable module the first of its

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kind here docked to space station

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and so it's been a privilege for all of

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us to be able to participate in all of

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these different activities on board

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personally i'd like to say that it's

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been a tremendous honor to serve with

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this crew

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with jeff tim

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i can't think of a better group of

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people to spend time with in space and

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to work with

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i'm very very grateful for that

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i'd also like to thank the families

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the families that are back home

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have to uh to endure the fact that we're

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not there to help

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and through their tremendous support

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it keeps us in a good state of mind so

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that we can do our job and what we

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consider to be a very important job here

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bill shepard who is the first commander

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of of the international space station

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brought a bell with him

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and this is a navy tradition

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that signifies uh

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the uh the changing of the watch and

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this is a tradition that's been

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uh part of the navy and and uh with

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as long as as there have been ships at

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and we would like to continue this

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tradition ironically i think because

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both jeff and i are former army officers

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and we'd like to continue this tradition

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of ringing the bell to demonstrate the

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changing of the watch

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and in this case

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the the change of command from myself

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jeff congratulations

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you're now the commander of the

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and finally i'd like to say that uh i i

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know jeff that the station is in great

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i'm proud to be able to pass off this

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thank you very much tim great words

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i would only echo everything you said in

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terms of thanks to the ground teams

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around the world

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as well as the family and our friends

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that support us so well up here

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i'd also like to say a special

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congratulations to yuri to tim and to

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tim for a successful stay on the

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international space station

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the our stay so far alex aulik and i

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and i've always said that the number one

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personal objective that all of us should

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complete a stay on board the

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greatest experiences i've ever had and

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it ought to be a big reward and you've

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made it that way so thank you for that

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record in the world over five flights a

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a space shuttle flight and then uh three

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duration flights so congratulations i

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congratulate you

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peake i've completed 186 days and you

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all 186 days on this flight of course

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and i want to congratulate you tim you

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have represented the european space

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agency very well and of course the

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united kingdom very well

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and it's been a pleasure to get to know

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you obviously we knew each other some

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from training on the ground but we

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until we had the time to spend up here

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so i congratulate you on that as well

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and tim copra of course 276 or 244 days

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you've completed now over two long

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duration flights on board the

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to congratulate you as well the three of

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you have left the ship in good hands to

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alex and olek and i and we uh intend on

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carrying on the good tradition um of uh

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we close this or whatnot and

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this is uh i am honored and oh by the

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way i've learned from experience that i

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need to start out with a piece of gray

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i'm honored to have the

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opportunity to uh give an award a

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special award uh to an individual here

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to tim copra and it's the order of saint

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michael gold award which i will need to

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explain if you could hold that mic

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let me present this award and then i'll

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explain a little bit about it for those

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that don't don't know about it

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tim and i as tim mentioned

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because it's a pretty heavy metal award

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and it will knock your teeth out if you

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don't use the gray tape

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so i'll see if i can uh

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i'll go without them the order of saint

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michael is a very special award for u.s

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army aviators and it's sponsored by the

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army aviation association of america it

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recognizes individuals who have

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promotion of army aviation through a

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lifetime of service to the aviation

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branch these individuals have

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demonstrated the highest standards of

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integrity and moral character display an

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outstanding degree of professional

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competence and serve the united states

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army aviation community with distinction

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and tim you've done that for many

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decades now not only active duty in the

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army in combat and in other

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duty locations in the army but then

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after retiring from the army uh

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continuing your service uh representing

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the army and army aviation

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at nasa and now culminating with a very

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successful command on the international

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the award itself

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there's more words here but i'm not

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going to read them all but the award

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the honorable order of saint michael

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appearing before a most arduous and

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discriminatory committee of tried and

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proven army aviators and aviation

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patriots

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be it known that timothy l copra was

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tested and found worthy of special

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recognition for outstanding

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contributions to the community of army

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aviation and is hereby inducted into the

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honorable order of saint michael gold

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award the archangel saint michael is the

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embodiment of courage justice and

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gallantry so too the affirmation

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individual embodies these qualities and

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represents excellence in aviation

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therefore the president of the army

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aviation association of america

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acknowledges that this patriot is due

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special honor and respect for now and

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prosperity

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signed on this date by general sinclair

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and houston i think that uh concludes uh

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what we had planned up here

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we copy jeff and jeff and tim good job

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uh congratulations for that

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the command handover jeff and we look

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forward to continuing on with you on

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expedition 48 and tim we look forward to