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full

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[Applause]

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it's an exciting time at nasa we have

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two new commercial crew vehicles in

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preparation dragon and cst 100 we had

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the sls rocket getting ready to get

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ready to launch on e-m1 we have orion

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getting ready just a tremendous amount

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of work

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coming together to really move human

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presence into the solar system so we see

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space station and space station is that

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first step in really getting ready to go

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into deep space

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we learn what it's like to live in

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microgravity for an extended period of

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time we've kept our crews on board for

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16 plus years just absolutely amazing

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testimony to the spirit of the human

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race as we do these amazing things when

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you look at this rocket it looks simple

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it looks easy it's not simple it's not

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easy the work the hours the

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the amount of time spent getting this

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ready for the the two crew about ready

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to go fly is just just phenomenal and

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it's an amazing time to be here at the

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launch pad

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dan hartman deputy iss program manager

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here in baikonur dan

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on yuri gagarin's launch pad of soyuz is

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finally here ready to launch in a few

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days

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tell us a little bit about the

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decision-making process in the wake of

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the progress accident back in december

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that has made everybody comfortable that

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you're ready to go sure uh you know

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following 65p uh there was anomaly that

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we the teams quickly determined was on

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the third stage

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the ross cosmos formed a commission we

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we formed a nasa independent team as

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well

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looked at all the data that we had and

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very quickly determined the third stage

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and most likely the turbo pump and so we

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tried to understand the scenarios that

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led to that

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both teams got very comfortable in the

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end

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with what we should do to the upcoming

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engines and how to test those out prior

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to being installed for the next flight

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of both the progress and the soyuz

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we successfully had a 66p

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performance on the third stage uh that

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went beautifully we renewed all that

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data and then we uh

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that's the same batch of engines that'll

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fly on this soyuz that you see behind us

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we had several reviews several exchanges

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of data with our russian counterparts we

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recently went through our flight

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readiness review and we

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we got very comfortable with all the

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information that both teams actually

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presented to us uh the russian side as

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well and so we feel very very

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comfortable that we've got

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a good rocket behind us to go to the

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space station

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dan uh for a couple of months there will

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be five people on station instead of a

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typical six

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but the good news peggy whitson's

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mission extended

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she typically does the work of two or

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three people on board

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how will the time of five people be

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managed by the program and the

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partnership

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and um tell us a little bit about the

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value of whitson's extension down the

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stretch until september sure and that

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was a great recent agreement that we uh

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we reached with ross cosmos to

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uh instead of peggy returning on 49 s in

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early june she'll be returning with this

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group the odor and jack

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on 50s in september time period you know

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with all the you know we had that

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two-month gap in between with our

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indirect handover in the summer time for

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june and july and so this will help us

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fill that gap with certainly three crew

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at that time eventually back up to five

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after that but you know we have a such a

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frantic pace going on with research

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right now with the oa7 launch coming up

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here tomorrow and we'll have a spacex 11

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launch uh into may early june uh there

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are there's a ton of research on there

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that we we need to

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be executed by the crew peggy is a

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perfect person to do all that we've seen

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her in this crew set

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records as far as the number of hours

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per week and the number of hours per

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increment both of those records have

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been set recently uh by this crew on

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board so

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uh with this crew

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the crew of five time period with the

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extension of peggy i'm sure we'll keep

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that pace up for research and then

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obviously when we're in that indirect

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handover period with a crew of three we

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have that backup eva capability in case

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we get into a contingency scenario where

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we need to play that out

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chris cassidy nasa's chief astronaut

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here in baikonur chris

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soyuz rocket behind you ready for

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another journey to the international

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space station tell us a little bit about

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jack fisher's readiness to launch and

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how this two-man crew will do the job of

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well jack's definitely ready i mean he's

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full-time for for quite quite some time

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for this very mission with two with with

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two guys and and having spent some time

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with them in crew quarters these last

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couple days i can tell you they're they

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are absolutely ready to go and uh the

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training team has been you it's been

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some unique challenges with with the

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crew of three there's just a few jobs

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that that that third crew member is

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responsible for but and that they they

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know when

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uh after the engine is cut off and they

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have to come up and kind of divide the

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tasks up but they're ready to go and

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anxious to get going and it's fun to see

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a first time flyer