1 00:00:17,884 --> 00:00:18,451 STATION HOUSTON, ARE YOU 2 00:00:18,518 --> 00:00:20,120 READY FOR THE EVENT? 3 00:00:20,186 --> 00:00:20,987 >> THIS IS STATION. 4 00:00:21,054 --> 00:00:22,956 WE'RE READY FOR ARE THE EVENT. 5 00:00:23,022 --> 00:00:23,623 >> COPY THAT. 6 00:00:23,690 --> 00:00:24,924 THIS IS MISSION CONTROL OF 7 00:00:24,991 --> 00:00:25,460 HOUSTON. 8 00:00:25,460 --> 00:00:28,520 PLEASE CALL STATION FOR VOICE CHECK 9 00:00:34,940 --> 00:00:37,880 (LOCAL NEWS AUDIO FOR AUDIO 10 00:00:37,937 --> 00:00:51,184 CHECK IS PLAYING). 11 00:00:51,251 --> 00:00:51,985 >> MINNESOTA ASTRONAUT MARK 12 00:00:52,051 --> 00:00:54,621 VANDE HEI ARRIVED TWO MONTHSING 13 00:00:54,687 --> 00:00:57,357 A AND LIFE HAS BEEN A WILD RIDE 14 00:00:57,424 --> 00:00:59,492 CONSIDERING THE BSM AND THE 15 00:00:59,559 --> 00:01:01,428 SAINT JOHN GRAD HAS CONDUCTED 16 00:01:01,494 --> 00:01:02,228 TWO SPACEWALKS. 17 00:01:02,295 --> 00:01:04,564 >> HE'S PART OF A FIVE-PERSON 18 00:01:04,631 --> 00:01:05,865 EXPEDITION STATIONED AT THE ISS 19 00:01:05,932 --> 00:01:06,433 RIGHT NOW. 20 00:01:06,499 --> 00:01:07,934 THIS MORNING, WE HAVE THE 21 00:01:08,001 --> 00:01:09,869 PLEASURE OF TALKING TO HIM LIVE 22 00:01:09,936 --> 00:01:10,436 FROM SPACE! 23 00:01:10,437 --> 00:01:15,275 GOOD MORNING, MARK! 24 00:01:15,341 --> 00:01:16,109 >> MARK VANDE HEI: GOOD MORNING! 25 00:01:16,176 --> 00:01:18,945 HOW ARE YOU TODAY? 26 00:01:19,012 --> 00:01:19,879 >> I'M DOING GREAT. 27 00:01:19,946 --> 00:01:21,681 FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE SO THRILLED 28 00:01:21,748 --> 00:01:23,049 THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO US RIGHT 29 00:01:23,116 --> 00:01:23,883 NOW FROM SPACE. 30 00:01:23,950 --> 00:01:25,051 I'M GEEING OUT! 31 00:01:25,118 --> 00:01:26,853 WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW 32 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:27,887 CURRENTLY AND WHAT TIME OF DAY 33 00:01:27,954 --> 00:01:28,922 IS IT THERE FOR YOU? 34 00:01:28,988 --> 00:01:34,294 IS THERE A SENSE OF TIME IN 35 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:34,860 SPACE? 36 00:01:34,861 --> 00:01:35,528 >> MARK VANDE HEI: THAT'S A 37 00:01:35,595 --> 00:01:36,229 GREAT QUESTION WHERE WE ARE. 38 00:01:36,296 --> 00:01:37,564 I DON'T HAVE A WINDOW NEARBY. 39 00:01:37,630 --> 00:01:39,899 I GOT A CREW MEMBER HELPING ME 40 00:01:39,966 --> 00:01:41,401 OUT BY LOOKING IT UP RIGHT NOW. 41 00:01:41,468 --> 00:01:46,439 THE TIME OF DAY IN SPACE IS 42 00:01:46,506 --> 00:01:49,709 ABOUT 10:30 IN THE MORNING. 43 00:01:49,776 --> 00:01:50,176 >> OH! 44 00:01:50,176 --> 00:01:50,543 OKAY. 45 00:01:50,543 --> 00:01:52,278 SO NOT TOO FAR OFF FROM US. 46 00:01:52,345 --> 00:01:55,381 NOT BAD. 47 00:01:55,448 --> 00:01:56,783 >> YOU HAVE TWO SPACEWALKS, 48 00:01:56,850 --> 00:01:57,784 DESCRIBE WHAT THAT FELT LIKE TO 49 00:01:57,851 --> 00:02:00,153 BE OUTSIDE OF THE SPACE STATION? 50 00:02:00,220 --> 00:02:02,322 IT HAS TO BE A LITTLE NERVE 51 00:02:02,388 --> 00:02:04,224 RACKING. 52 00:02:04,290 --> 00:02:04,891 >> MARK VANDE HEI: QUITE 53 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:06,025 HONESTLY, YES, IT WAS A LITTLE 54 00:02:06,092 --> 00:02:07,293 NERVE RACKING, ESPECIALLY THE 55 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:08,094 FIRST TIME. 56 00:02:08,161 --> 00:02:10,129 THE SECOND TIME I WAS MUCH MORE 57 00:02:10,196 --> 00:02:10,597 RELAXED. 58 00:02:10,597 --> 00:02:14,167 ONE OF MY MOST STRIKING EMOTIONS 59 00:02:14,234 --> 00:02:16,336 WAS THE SUNLIGHT POURING INTO 60 00:02:16,402 --> 00:02:18,771 THE AIRLOCK WHERE WE WERE 61 00:02:18,838 --> 00:02:20,440 WAITING FOR THE SPACEWALK TO 62 00:02:20,507 --> 00:02:22,342 START WHEN THE COMMANDER OPENED 63 00:02:22,408 --> 00:02:24,244 THE HATCH IT WAS CLEAR THAT WE 64 00:02:24,310 --> 00:02:25,812 WERE READY TO GO OUTSIDE, KIND 65 00:02:25,879 --> 00:02:28,948 OF LIKE ON A WINTERY SUNNY DAY 66 00:02:29,015 --> 00:02:30,350 IN MINNESOTA WITH ALL OF THE 67 00:02:30,416 --> 00:02:34,454 SNOW REFLECTING OFF OF THE 68 00:02:34,521 --> 00:02:37,223 WHITENESS. 69 00:02:37,290 --> 00:02:38,291 >> I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE. 70 00:02:38,358 --> 00:02:39,626 WE HAVE BEEN SO EXCITED TO TALK 71 00:02:39,692 --> 00:02:40,393 TO YOU. 72 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:42,529 SO HAVE OUR VIEWERS, WE ASKED 73 00:02:42,595 --> 00:02:45,365 THEM WHAT QUESTIONS THEY WANTED. 74 00:02:45,431 --> 00:02:47,433 ONE WANTS TO KNOW, IS ASTRONAUT 75 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:53,506 FOOD AS BAD AS THEY SAY IT IS? 76 00:02:53,573 --> 00:02:55,408 >> WELL, I WOULD SAY WE ALL HAVE 77 00:02:55,475 --> 00:02:58,578 OUR FAVORITES AND DISLIKES. 78 00:02:58,645 --> 00:02:59,512 I DON'T THINK IT IS BAD. 79 00:02:59,579 --> 00:03:01,648 I THINK IT IS ACTUALLY REALLY, 80 00:03:01,714 --> 00:03:02,582 REALLY GOOD. 81 00:03:02,649 --> 00:03:03,750 AGAIN, THERE ARE SOME THINGS I 82 00:03:03,816 --> 00:03:05,752 DON'T ENJOY VERY MUCH AND SOME 83 00:03:05,818 --> 00:03:08,488 THINGS I'M ABSOLUTELY AMAZED 84 00:03:08,555 --> 00:03:08,922 WITH. 85 00:03:08,922 --> 00:03:12,358 WE HAVE SHRIMP COCKTAIL, IT IS 86 00:03:12,425 --> 00:03:13,626 DEHYDRATED BUT WHEN YOU ADD THE 87 00:03:13,693 --> 00:03:14,994 WE'RE IT IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. 88 00:03:15,061 --> 00:03:17,096 >> INTERESTING. 89 00:03:17,163 --> 00:03:17,664 >> YEAH. 90 00:03:17,730 --> 00:03:20,366 >> KIDS IN A MUSIC CLASS AT 91 00:03:20,433 --> 00:03:21,234 PARKER ELEMENTARY WANT TO KNOW 92 00:03:21,301 --> 00:03:22,635 WHAT MUSIC YOU LISTEN TO UP IN 93 00:03:22,702 --> 00:03:26,606 SPACE? 94 00:03:26,673 --> 00:03:27,340 >> MARK VANDE HEI: BEFORE I 95 00:03:27,407 --> 00:03:28,408 ANSWER THAT QUESTION, I WANTED 96 00:03:28,474 --> 00:03:30,476 YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE OVER THE 97 00:03:30,543 --> 00:03:32,645 SOUTHWEST IS UNITED STATES AND 98 00:03:32,712 --> 00:03:33,813 15 MINUTES WE'LL PASS OVER 99 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:34,280 MINNESOTA. 100 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,583 FOR THE TIME OF MUSIC, IT 101 00:03:36,649 --> 00:03:38,217 DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION. 102 00:03:38,284 --> 00:03:39,018 NORMALLY IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY I 103 00:03:39,085 --> 00:03:42,589 HAVE TO LISTEN TO MUSIC AS I'M 104 00:03:42,655 --> 00:03:45,325 RUNNING ON A TREADMILL OR 105 00:03:45,391 --> 00:03:46,960 EXERCISING ON A -- IT IS KIND OF 106 00:03:47,026 --> 00:03:48,328 LIKE A WEIGHT LIFTING MACHINE 107 00:03:48,394 --> 00:03:51,164 THAT USES VACUUMS FOR 108 00:03:51,230 --> 00:03:52,432 RESISTANCE, VACUUM SUCTION FOR 109 00:03:52,498 --> 00:03:53,833 RESISTANCE. 110 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:56,703 I TEND TO LISTEN TO VERY 111 00:03:56,769 --> 00:03:57,704 ENERGETIC MUSIC BECAUSE OF THAT, 112 00:03:57,770 --> 00:04:00,440 I'M TRYING TO KEEP MYSELF 113 00:04:00,506 --> 00:04:02,976 MOTIVATED TO PUSH MYSELF HARD. 114 00:04:03,042 --> 00:04:04,110 >> MARK, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 115 00:04:04,177 --> 00:04:05,578 YOU PREPARED YOUR WHOLE LIFE TO 116 00:04:05,645 --> 00:04:06,946 DO. YOU'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH 117 00:04:07,013 --> 00:04:09,282 YOUR MISSION, ABOUT TWO MONTHS 118 00:04:09,349 --> 00:04:11,150 IN, IT IS A 5 MONTH MISSION, 119 00:04:11,217 --> 00:04:13,453 WHAT ABOUT THIS HAS SURPRISED 120 00:04:13,519 --> 00:04:18,057 YOU MOST TO THIS POINT? 121 00:04:18,124 --> 00:04:18,958 >> MARK VANDE HEI: A COUPLE OF 122 00:04:19,025 --> 00:04:19,359 THINGS. 123 00:04:19,359 --> 00:04:21,294 I WOULD SAY LOOKING OUT THE 124 00:04:21,361 --> 00:04:23,496 WINDOW, SEEING THE BLACKNESS OF 125 00:04:23,563 --> 00:04:26,699 SPACE AS OPPOSED TO A SUN LIT 126 00:04:26,766 --> 00:04:27,967 EARTH AND HOW THIN THE 127 00:04:28,034 --> 00:04:30,470 ATMOSPHERE LOOKS RELATIVE TO THE 128 00:04:30,536 --> 00:04:31,204 SIZE OF THE EARTH. 129 00:04:31,270 --> 00:04:32,872 IT IS REALLY STRIKING HOW 130 00:04:32,939 --> 00:04:35,375 FRAGILE AND DELICATE LIFE ON 131 00:04:35,441 --> 00:04:36,876 EARTH SEEMS WHEN YOU SEE IT FROM 132 00:04:36,943 --> 00:04:44,984 THE PERSPECTIVE OF 250 MILES UP. 133 00:04:45,051 --> 00:04:46,185 >> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE 134 00:04:46,252 --> 00:04:46,686 TREADMILL. 135 00:04:46,686 --> 00:04:48,187 YOU SAID YOU'RE RUNNING ON A 136 00:04:48,254 --> 00:04:48,821 TREADMILL. 137 00:04:48,888 --> 00:04:53,126 HOW DOES THAT WORK IN SPACE? 138 00:04:53,192 --> 00:04:53,793 >> MARK VANDE HEI: GREAT 139 00:04:53,860 --> 00:04:54,227 QUESTION. 140 00:04:54,227 --> 00:04:57,196 SO THE WAY WE DO THAT, WE HAVE A 141 00:04:57,263 --> 00:04:59,632 HARNESS, KIND OF LIKE SHOULDER 142 00:04:59,699 --> 00:05:00,833 PADS WITHOUT THE PLASTIC. 143 00:05:00,900 --> 00:05:02,969 WE USE THAT WITH BUNGEE CORDS TO 144 00:05:03,036 --> 00:05:04,303 HOLD US DOWN. 145 00:05:04,370 --> 00:05:07,473 THE LENGTH OF THE BUNGEE CORD 146 00:05:07,540 --> 00:05:08,207 DETERMINES HOW MUCH FORCE WE 147 00:05:08,274 --> 00:05:09,208 HAVE PULLING US TO THE 148 00:05:09,275 --> 00:05:09,876 TREADMILL. 149 00:05:09,942 --> 00:05:11,210 OTHERWISE, AS SOON AS WE TAKE A 150 00:05:11,277 --> 00:05:15,381 STEP IT PUSHES US AWAY FROM IT. 151 00:05:15,448 --> 00:05:16,416 >> MARK, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE 152 00:05:16,482 --> 00:05:17,283 TO WRAP THINGS UP. 153 00:05:17,350 --> 00:05:19,585 ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF HERE AND 154 00:05:19,652 --> 00:05:20,820 EVERYBODY BACK HERE IN MINNESOTA 155 00:05:20,887 --> 00:05:22,822 WE WANT TO SAY SAFE TRAVELS AND 156 00:05:22,889 --> 00:05:24,424 WE'RE SO, SO PROUD OF YOU, GOOD 157 00:05:24,490 --> 00:05:27,827 LUCK WITH THE REST OF YOUR 158 00:05:27,894 --> 00:05:29,195 MISSION. 159 00:05:29,262 --> 00:05:29,996 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH! 160 00:05:30,063 --> 00:05:47,747 GREAT TALKING TO YOU TODAY! 161 00:05:47,814 --> 00:05:49,415 >> FOX AND FRIENDS, THIS IS 162 00:05:49,482 --> 00:05:51,117 MISSION CONTROL AT HOUSTON, CALL 163 00:05:51,184 --> 00:06:03,730 STATION FOR A VOICE CHECK. 164 00:06:03,796 --> 00:06:23,015 (AUDIO CHECK). 165 00:09:00,573 --> 00:09:02,008 >> SPEAKING OF THE BIG SKY, IN 166 00:09:02,074 --> 00:09:04,110 THE NIGHT SKY, YOU CAN SEE IT. 167 00:09:04,176 --> 00:09:04,610 >> SPACE. 168 00:09:04,610 --> 00:09:06,779 AN OUT OF THIS WORLD MISSION FOR 169 00:09:06,846 --> 00:09:07,947 THE EXPEDITION CREW. 170 00:09:08,014 --> 00:09:08,514 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 171 00:09:08,581 --> 00:09:09,949 THEY'RE IN THE INTERNATIONAL 172 00:09:10,016 --> 00:09:14,720 SPACE STATION, YOU YOU CAN SEE IT 173 00:09:14,787 --> 00:09:16,822 FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE NAKED 174 00:09:16,889 --> 00:09:22,428 EYE. WE HAVE RANDY BRESNIK AND JOE 175 00:09:22,495 --> 00:09:23,562 ACABA AND MARK VANDE HEI FROM 176 00:09:23,629 --> 00:09:24,764 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 177 00:09:24,830 --> 00:09:27,300 WORD OF CAUTION, THERE IS A 178 00:09:27,366 --> 00:09:28,634 6-SECOND DELAY BETWEEN THE TIME 179 00:09:28,701 --> 00:09:30,303 WE FINISH A QUESTION AND THE 180 00:09:30,369 --> 00:09:31,103 TIME THEY ANSWER. 181 00:09:31,170 --> 00:09:33,005 SO IT WILL BE A LITTLE AWKWARD. 182 00:09:33,072 --> 00:09:34,907 THAT'S THE PRICE OF TALKING TO 183 00:09:34,974 --> 00:09:35,608 SPACE. 184 00:09:35,675 --> 00:09:36,609 COMMANDER, LET'S START WITH YOU. 185 00:09:36,676 --> 00:09:37,944 TELL US ABOUT THE MISSION. 186 00:09:38,010 --> 00:09:39,378 WHAT'S THE MISSION FOR YOUR CREW 187 00:09:39,445 --> 00:09:41,247 ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 188 00:09:41,314 --> 00:09:44,984 STATION RIGHT NOW? 189 00:09:45,051 --> 00:09:47,253 >> WE'RE UP HERE ABOARD THE 190 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:48,254 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WITH 191 00:09:48,321 --> 00:09:51,691 AGENCIES FROM RUSSIA, JAPAN, 192 00:09:51,757 --> 00:09:54,593 CANADA AND THE EUROPEAN SPACE 193 00:09:54,660 --> 00:09:55,661 AGENCY, WE'RE DOING SCIENCE IN A 194 00:09:55,728 --> 00:09:57,563 PLACE THAT WE CAN'T DO ON EARTH, 195 00:09:57,630 --> 00:09:59,932 MICRO GRAVITY, DOING SCIENTIFIC 196 00:09:59,999 --> 00:10:04,737 EX PEER.S ON FLUID, COMBUSTION, 197 00:10:04,804 --> 00:10:06,405 GROWING PLANTS, WE'RE FINDING 198 00:10:06,472 --> 00:10:08,174 CURES FOR DISEASES AND VACCINES, 199 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:09,842 WE'RE DOING A LOT EVERY DAY. 200 00:10:09,909 --> 00:10:12,378 WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR THE 201 00:10:12,445 --> 00:10:14,647 LAST 17 YEARS CONTINUOUSLY. 202 00:10:14,714 --> 00:10:16,549 >> MARK, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 203 00:10:16,615 --> 00:10:19,151 YOU HAVE BEEN TO SPACE, TO THE 204 00:10:19,218 --> 00:10:20,353 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, WAS 205 00:10:20,419 --> 00:10:25,925 IT WHAT YOU EXPECTED IT WOULD BE 206 00:10:25,992 --> 00:10:27,360 LIKE? 207 00:10:27,426 --> 00:10:28,227 >> HONESTLY, IT IS HARDER LIVING 208 00:10:28,294 --> 00:10:30,162 IN SPACE THAN I EXPECTED. 209 00:10:30,229 --> 00:10:31,630 AT FIRST IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE 210 00:10:31,697 --> 00:10:33,299 WAS HANGING ME UP BY MY FEET. 211 00:10:33,366 --> 00:10:34,834 I'M HAVING A LOT OF FUN GOING 212 00:10:34,900 --> 00:10:36,535 AROUND CORNERS AND A SENSE OF 213 00:10:36,602 --> 00:10:38,004 BEING ABLE TO DO THINGS AND MOVE 214 00:10:38,070 --> 00:10:39,839 IN WAYS THAT WE COULD NEVER DO 215 00:10:39,905 --> 00:10:45,678 ON THE GROUND. 216 00:10:45,745 --> 00:10:47,346 >> JOE, A QUESTION, WHAT IS YOUR 217 00:10:47,413 --> 00:10:48,481 MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 218 00:10:48,547 --> 00:10:54,387 FROM SPACE? 219 00:10:54,453 --> 00:10:56,155 I WOULD TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 220 00:10:56,222 --> 00:10:58,290 THAT THE AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAM 221 00:10:58,357 --> 00:11:02,695 IS GOING ON AND IT IS VERY, VERY 222 00:11:02,762 --> 00:11:03,095 STRONG. 223 00:11:03,095 --> 00:11:04,397 A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE 224 00:11:04,463 --> 00:11:06,298 WORK WE'RE DOING UP HERE AND ALL 225 00:11:06,365 --> 00:11:08,234 THE WORK WE CONTINUE TO DO AS WE 226 00:11:08,300 --> 00:11:09,635 LOOK TO GET LOWER ORBIT AND GO 227 00:11:09,702 --> 00:11:11,103 ON TO PLACES FURTHER THAN WE 228 00:11:11,170 --> 00:11:13,272 HAVE BEEN BEFORE. 229 00:11:13,339 --> 00:11:16,342 LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE STRONG 230 00:11:16,409 --> 00:11:18,310 AND WE'RE IN SPACE AND WILL 231 00:11:18,377 --> 00:11:21,047 MAINTAIN OUR PRESENCE IN SPACE. 232 00:11:21,113 --> 00:11:22,581 >> THAT IS TERRIFIC. 233 00:11:22,648 --> 00:11:23,449 FELLOWS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 234 00:11:23,516 --> 00:11:24,817 JOINING US TODAY. 235 00:11:24,884 --> 00:11:26,852 AS WE WATCH THE MICROPHONE JUST 236 00:11:26,919 --> 00:11:28,454 FLOAT THROUGH AND DO A LITTLE 237 00:11:28,521 --> 00:11:31,157 TUMBLING RIGHT THERE, GUYS, 238 00:11:31,223 --> 00:11:32,758 SINCE YOU ARE IN A WEIGHTLESS 239 00:11:32,825 --> 00:11:33,759 ENVIRONMENT, WOULD YOU MIND 240 00:11:33,826 --> 00:11:34,827 SHOWING THE FOLKS AS HOME WHAT 241 00:11:34,894 --> 00:11:49,208 YOU CAN DO? 242 00:11:49,275 --> 00:11:51,043 FOLKS AT HOME, DON'T TRY THAT. 243 00:11:51,110 --> 00:11:52,211 THESE ARE PROFESSIONALS IN 244 00:11:52,278 --> 00:11:52,611 SPACE! 245 00:11:52,611 --> 00:11:53,446 THAT'S AWESOME! 246 00:11:53,512 --> 00:11:55,247 >> IS THAT A FIDGET SPINNER? 247 00:11:55,314 --> 00:11:58,017 IS THAT -- THAT'S AMAZING! 248 00:11:58,084 --> 00:11:59,318 >> LOOK AT THAT! 249 00:11:59,385 --> 00:12:01,120 THANK YOU GUYS SO, SO MUCH! 250 00:12:01,187 --> 00:12:02,888 IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU ON 251 00:12:02,955 --> 00:12:03,722 THIS MORNING! 252 00:12:03,789 --> 00:12:05,357 WHAT A COOL SEGMENT! 253 00:12:05,424 --> 00:12:07,560 GOOD LUCK OUT THERE.