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welcome everybody to the uh what is

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commonly called the change of command

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ceremony as we close out expedition 48

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and open up expedition 49

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but really it's a it's it's more than a

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change of command it's a crew change the

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normal rhythm of life on station which

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you don't really appreciate i think

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until you've gone through it for the

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first time

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four times a year crews change out half

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the crew at a time

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and it's a significant event

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it's uh

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it's a bittersweet time of course

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alex aolick and i are ready to go home

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and be with our families and we've

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enjoyed a great stay up here over the

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almost six months

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five and a half months and

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especially enjoyed our stay

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with

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the entire crew of expedition 48

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but it's the rhythm of life up here on

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station to change out four times a year

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and when we depart now

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tomorrow night

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these three anatoly talk and kate will

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maybe set the tone just a little bit

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different it won't be better won't be

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worse it'll just be different it'll be

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yours and you'll get ready for the the

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next three to show up here in a few

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short weeks and then you'll have your

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own identity

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but i think it's a good and also you

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will enjoy the time now with just three

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of you on board it will be a little more

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not so many people that i have to talk

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to and interact with

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and it'll give you a time to kind of get

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settled in and make it a little bit more

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of your own

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i've been up here with several crews um

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and every one of my crews have been

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great experiences i've really enjoyed

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the the folks that i've been able to fly

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with but this particular crew i think

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you will agree with me has a special

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chemistry about it

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i think surpassed what

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what you would expect from a crew in

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terms of how we work together in terms

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of how we trust each other in terms of

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how we know each other in in terms of

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our friendships

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knowing our families and caring about

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each other and the investments that

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we've made

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so i want to congratulate you on thank

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for for that

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it's really made it a

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we've accomplished a lot during our stay

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during our stay over the last five and a

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half months and in particular we've

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accomplished a lot in expedition

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48 and i won't rehearse all of those

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i think most of the folks out there know

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what that is

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but it's not insignificant this is a a

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very significant time

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going into the full utilization mode

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and just broadening the what is going on

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here on station in ways that

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i had hoped for

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and for a period of time i have to

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i wondered if we were going to see it to

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fruition now i'm very confident that

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we're going to see

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the exploitation of the international

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and take full advantage of the

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opportunities that it gives

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for all humankind on earth

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the success that we've enjoyed in

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expedition 48 could not have happened

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without the great support and the hard

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work and diligent work of the

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international partnership and ops teams

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and program teams around the world in

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houston in huntsville

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munich and scuba and moscow

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and uh we could not have done it without

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you we're probably the most visibly uh

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visible to the public um but we're a

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very small part of the the greater team

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that makes this all possible so on

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behalf of the entire crew i want to

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thank the the teams

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um and particularly the teams that were

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dedicated to expedition 48

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i've got good news for you

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starting tomorrow you'll be able to get

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a break yourselves and to spend more

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time with your families and spend less

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over time and and working nights and and

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off hours it's a well deserved break

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you've supported us well

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we've always felt confident

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that you were looking over our shoulder

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and keeping us safe up here and

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as i had said in an earlier uh

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conference how much i appreciated

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i also want to take a moment on behalf

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of the entire crew to thank our families

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and our friends

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in each of our respective neighborhoods

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we could not have done this without

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their sacrifice and their support and

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their encouragement and for speaking of

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alex alec and i we look forward to

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seeing our families very very soon and

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we know you've been waiting for our

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return for a long time so thank you for

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just a couple of words

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this is i said in the beginning this is

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just about the change of command

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it's really not about the crew either

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and especially for the teams on the

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ground those that are working in the

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control centers around the world and in

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the programs around the world and the

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partnerships i want to remind you that

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this is much bigger than

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you or us

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the international space station now

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spans it occurred to me this last week

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generations

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we're in the second generation

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of uh crew and flight controllers and

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engineers and in all of the disciplines

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that take to to make this work

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forward to another generation perhaps

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uh there's nothing in the history of

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effort especially in the international

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us all to keep that perspective

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it's much bigger than us

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the first time flyers

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nasa patch but i'm sure alex say you

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who have served on the international

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because it's an arbitrary number that uh

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execution of an expedition in our case

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well-deserved

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shared leadership with me on board uh

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being the lead in the russian segment

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the russian segment for t because i know

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between among you guys everything is

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always in order so i go down for tea and

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we visit and i have a good time but i

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i just like to say that we had a

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really great time on board space station

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really enjoyed our being here our work

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to work as a one team and i would like

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to wish new crew to work the same way

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to enjoy their great time on earth orbit

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takers for words right so

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the floor is yours oh yeah

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and i appreciate jfu efforts station

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ensure the success of the expedition

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and now with a successful completion of

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all the tasks you're ready to go home

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i took over the command

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i don't have any experience of being a

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but i'll gain some though

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and i'll take care of the crew and the

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and i promise you

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when you return

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to celebrate your first 1 000 days in

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preparation for undocking

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your families have been waiting for you

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and we'll be missing you here

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what i have left is just

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to wish you

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have fun

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riding through the atmosphere

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enjoy seeing

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soft landing

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best congratulations

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i think that's it