1 00:00:00,166 --> 00:00:05,213 [ MUSIC ] 2 00:00:09,801 --> 00:00:10,677 >> I FIRST STARTED SAYING 3 00:00:10,677 --> 00:00:11,636 I WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONAUT 4 00:00:11,636 --> 00:00:13,430 WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD. 5 00:00:13,430 --> 00:00:14,514 WE WERE ASKED TO DRAW A PICTURE 6 00:00:14,514 --> 00:00:15,306 OF WHAT WE WANTED TO BE 7 00:00:15,306 --> 00:00:16,266 WHEN WE GREW UP, 8 00:00:16,266 --> 00:00:17,475 AND I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER 9 00:00:17,475 --> 00:00:18,685 DRAWING AN ASTRONAUT 10 00:00:18,685 --> 00:00:19,978 IN A SPACE SUIT STANDING ON 11 00:00:19,978 --> 00:00:21,187 THE SURFACE OF THE MOON 12 00:00:21,187 --> 00:00:24,023 NEXT TO THE AMERICAN FLAG. 13 00:00:24,023 --> 00:00:25,442 PEOPLE ALWAYS ASSOCIATED 14 00:00:25,442 --> 00:00:26,276 SPACE WITH ME. 15 00:00:26,276 --> 00:00:27,694 THEY CALLED ME SPACE GIRL. 16 00:00:27,694 --> 00:00:28,820 THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS THIS 17 00:00:28,820 --> 00:00:30,864 ULTIMATE PASSION THAT I HAD 18 00:00:30,864 --> 00:00:32,741 AND THIS GOAL. 19 00:00:32,741 --> 00:00:34,451 >> IN THIS HISTORIC MOMENT, 20 00:00:34,451 --> 00:00:35,869 FIRST TIME THAT TWO WOMEN 21 00:00:35,869 --> 00:00:38,037 HAVE DONE A SPACEWALK TOGETHER. 22 00:00:38,037 --> 00:00:38,538 >> I WROTE THIS IN 23 00:00:38,538 --> 00:00:39,748 MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK. 24 00:00:39,748 --> 00:00:41,583 IN-- UNDER FUTURE PLANS, 25 00:00:41,583 --> 00:00:43,376 I SAID, TO GO FOR A SPACEWALK. 26 00:00:43,376 --> 00:00:44,169 I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT MOMENT 27 00:00:44,169 --> 00:00:45,336 COMING OUT OF THE HATCH 28 00:00:45,336 --> 00:00:47,380 AND LOOKING DOWN AND SEEING JUST 29 00:00:47,380 --> 00:00:49,090 MY BOOTS AND THE EARTH BELOW 30 00:00:49,090 --> 00:00:50,467 AND IT WAS SUCH A SPECTACULAR 31 00:00:50,467 --> 00:00:52,260 AND BEAUTIFUL SIGHT. 32 00:00:52,260 --> 00:00:52,886 I PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE 33 00:00:52,886 --> 00:00:54,095 THE MOST TRADITIONAL PATH 34 00:00:54,095 --> 00:00:55,555 OF BECOMING AN ASTRONAUT. 35 00:00:55,555 --> 00:00:57,182 IT WAS BIOLOGY AND UNDERSTANDING 36 00:00:57,182 --> 00:00:58,224 MORE ABOUT ANIMALS 37 00:00:58,224 --> 00:00:59,350 THAT REALLY DROVE ME, 38 00:00:59,350 --> 00:01:01,644 SO THAT'S WHAT I PURSUED. 39 00:01:01,644 --> 00:01:02,520 I'M ALWAYS TELLING PEOPLE, 40 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:03,229 EVERYBODY SHOULD BE 41 00:01:03,229 --> 00:01:04,481 SCUBA DIVERS. 42 00:01:04,481 --> 00:01:05,315 THERE'S THIS WHOLE WORLD 43 00:01:05,315 --> 00:01:06,649 UNDERWATER THAT MOST PEOPLE 44 00:01:06,649 --> 00:01:08,193 DON'T GET TO EXPERIENCE. 45 00:01:08,193 --> 00:01:09,903 AND FOR ME, BEING IN SPACE 46 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:11,613 SHARES A LOT OF THE SIMILARITIES 47 00:01:11,613 --> 00:01:13,239 OF THAT UNDERWATER WORLD. 48 00:01:13,239 --> 00:01:14,532 YOU'RE TRAVELING AROUND 49 00:01:14,532 --> 00:01:16,326 AND MOVING IN A DIFFERENT REALM. 50 00:01:16,326 --> 00:01:17,577 YOU HAVE TO TRUST 51 00:01:17,577 --> 00:01:18,369 IN YOUR HARDWARE, 52 00:01:18,369 --> 00:01:20,079 TRUST IN YOUR EQUIPMENT, 53 00:01:20,079 --> 00:01:21,164 AND TRUST IN ALL THE PEOPLE 54 00:01:21,164 --> 00:01:22,290 THAT HAVE HELPED YOU GET 55 00:01:22,290 --> 00:01:23,792 WHERE YOU ARE. 56 00:01:23,792 --> 00:01:25,001 IN MY EXPERIENCE AS 57 00:01:25,001 --> 00:01:26,753 A SCIENTIST DIVING UNDERWATER 58 00:01:26,753 --> 00:01:27,420 OR WORKING AS 59 00:01:27,420 --> 00:01:29,297 AN ASTRONAUT IN SPACE, 60 00:01:29,297 --> 00:01:30,465 YOU'RE CHALLENGED BOTH 61 00:01:30,465 --> 00:01:31,883 MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY 62 00:01:31,883 --> 00:01:33,259 AT THE SAME TIME, 63 00:01:33,259 --> 00:01:34,844 AND I THINK THOSE ARE THE TIMES 64 00:01:34,844 --> 00:01:36,054 WHEN I HAVE REALLY FELT 65 00:01:36,054 --> 00:01:38,556 THE MOST CONTENT IN MY LIFE. 66 00:01:38,556 --> 00:01:40,058 THE THING IS, IT JUST KEEPS 67 00:01:40,058 --> 00:01:41,810 GETTING BETTER AND BETTER. 68 00:01:41,810 --> 00:01:42,602 FROM THE MOMENT I ARRIVED 69 00:01:42,602 --> 00:01:43,645 ON THE SPACE STATION, 70 00:01:43,645 --> 00:01:44,604 I'VE HAD A HUGE SMILE 71 00:01:44,604 --> 00:01:46,940 ON MY FACE. 72 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:47,857 FOLLOWING YOUR HEART 73 00:01:47,857 --> 00:01:48,483 AND FOLLOWING THE THINGS 74 00:01:48,483 --> 00:01:49,859 THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT, 75 00:01:49,859 --> 00:01:50,735 YOU CAN STILL ACHIEVE 76 00:01:50,735 --> 00:01:52,195 YOUR DREAMS AND YOUR GOALS, 77 00:01:52,195 --> 00:01:52,695 AND THAT'S EXACTLY 78 00:01:52,695 --> 00:01:56,366 WHAT HAPPENED FOR ME. 79 00:01:56,366 --> 00:01:56,908 I THINK I'VE ALWAYS 80 00:01:56,908 --> 00:01:58,076 LOOKED UP AT THE MOON 81 00:01:58,076 --> 00:01:58,701 AND THOUGHT ABOUT 82 00:01:58,701 --> 00:01:59,828 WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE 83 00:01:59,828 --> 00:02:01,287 TO BE THERE. 84 00:02:01,287 --> 00:02:02,205 WE'RE GOING TO THE MOON 85 00:02:02,205 --> 00:02:03,164 TO EXPLORE, 86 00:02:03,164 --> 00:02:04,207 AND WE'RE GOING TO THE MOON 87 00:02:04,207 --> 00:02:05,917 FOR SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. 88 00:02:05,917 --> 00:02:07,085 I DON'T LOOK AT THIS AS 89 00:02:07,085 --> 00:02:08,169 MY OWN ACCOMPLISHMENT 90 00:02:08,169 --> 00:02:09,629 OR SOMETHING JUST FOR ME, 91 00:02:09,629 --> 00:02:11,131 THIS IS OUR MISSION. 92 00:02:11,131 --> 00:02:12,715 THIS IS EVERYBODY'S MISSION. 93 00:02:12,715 --> 00:02:16,427 OUR ENTIRE PLANET'S, REALLY.