1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:04,571 - THE LITTLE RED LIGHT IS ON. 2 00:00:04,571 --> 00:00:06,039 - Producer: WE ARE ROLLING. - Reid Wiseman: ALL RIGHT. 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:08,908 - Producer: MARK IT. 4 00:00:11,211 --> 00:00:12,746 - Producer: CAMERA ONE. 5 00:00:12,746 --> 00:00:18,418 ♪♪ 6 00:00:18,418 --> 00:00:20,487 - Anne McClain: YOU KNOW, MOST KIDS, YOU START THINKING 7 00:00:20,487 --> 00:00:23,690 AT AN EARLY AGE, AS SOON AS YOU LOOK AT THE SKY AT NIGHT 8 00:00:23,690 --> 00:00:26,192 AND YOU SEE STARS, AND YOU THINK, 9 00:00:26,192 --> 00:00:28,862 WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE TO BE UP THERE. 10 00:00:28,862 --> 00:00:30,997 AND NO MATTER WHERE WE GROW UP, EVERYBODY LOOKS UP AT THE SKY 11 00:00:30,997 --> 00:00:33,166 AND SAYS, "WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE?" 12 00:00:33,166 --> 00:00:34,434 - Jessica: Meir: I STARTED SAYING I WANTED TO BE 13 00:00:34,434 --> 00:00:37,303 AN ASTRONAUT WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD, ACCORDING TO MY MOM. 14 00:00:37,303 --> 00:00:38,972 - Alvin Drew: IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF OUR ASTRONAUTS 15 00:00:38,972 --> 00:00:40,340 MAKING THEIR WAY UP TO THE MOON. 16 00:00:40,340 --> 00:00:42,075 I REMEMBER COMING BACK, LIKE, WHAT IS THIS? 17 00:00:42,075 --> 00:00:44,477 YOU KNOW, HOW DO I GO DO THIS? THIS LOOKS LIKE FUN. 18 00:00:44,477 --> 00:00:45,945 - Tracy Dyson: I LOOKED AT WHAT NASA WAS DOING. 19 00:00:45,945 --> 00:00:47,781 I WAS LIKE, "I WANT TO BE AN ASTRONAUT," 20 00:00:47,781 --> 00:00:50,917 SO, IN A NUTSHELL, THAT'S KINDA WHAT HAPPENED. 21 00:00:50,917 --> 00:00:52,852 - Michael Foreman: I GOT INTO NAVY TEST PILOT SCHOOL 22 00:00:52,852 --> 00:00:55,054 AND THEN STARTED TO APPLY TO NASA. 23 00:00:55,054 --> 00:00:57,891 - Don Pettit: THERE WAS, LIKE, 6,000 PEOPLE THAT APPLIED 24 00:00:57,891 --> 00:01:00,727 FOR, YOU KNOW, 15 SLOTS, 25 00:01:00,727 --> 00:01:05,765 AND I INTERVIEWED FOUR TIMES OVER TWELVE YEARS. 26 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:10,236 - Mike Fossum: I APPLIED MULTIPLE TIMES OVER 13 YEARS, 27 00:01:10,236 --> 00:01:13,840 AND INTERVIEWED FIVE TIMES BEFORE I WAS SELECTED. 28 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,242 - Bill McArthur: I DID SUBMIT SEVEN APPLICATIONS 29 00:01:16,242 --> 00:01:17,877 ALONG THE WAY, BUT... 30 00:01:17,877 --> 00:01:19,379 - Michael Foreman: I GOT REJECTED BY NASA SEVEN TIMES, 31 00:01:19,379 --> 00:01:20,914 BUT THE EIGHTH TIME... 32 00:01:20,914 --> 00:01:22,982 - Mike Fossum: AND THE FOURTH TIME, 33 00:01:22,982 --> 00:01:25,652 I GOT A PHONE CALL THAT SAID, IF YOU'RE STILL INTERESTED 34 00:01:25,652 --> 00:01:29,022 IN BEING AN ASTRONAUT, WE'D LIKE YOU TO COME TO HOUSTON. 35 00:01:52,412 --> 00:01:54,547 - Mike Fossum: FINALLY, IT'S LAUNCH DAY. 36 00:01:54,547 --> 00:01:55,849 - David Saint-Jacques: LAUNCHING TO SPACE, OF COURSE, 37 00:01:55,849 --> 00:01:57,717 WAS A MOMENTOUS EXPERIENCE. 38 00:01:57,717 --> 00:02:00,887 - Drew Morgan: YOU SEE THAT THIS ROCKET IS A LIVING, 39 00:02:00,887 --> 00:02:03,623 BREATHING BEAST. THE THING IS ALIVE, 40 00:02:03,623 --> 00:02:05,391 AND IT WANTS TO GO. 41 00:02:05,391 --> 00:02:09,028 - Alvin Drew: IT SUDDENLY FEELS LIKE IT'S REAL. 42 00:02:09,028 --> 00:02:10,864 - Michael Foreman: FIRST THING, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STRAPPED IN 43 00:02:10,864 --> 00:02:13,800 THIS SPACE SHUTTLE ON THE LAUNCH PAD, AND... 44 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,068 - Karen Nyberg: AND I CAN SAY SITTING IN THE ROCKET 45 00:02:15,068 --> 00:02:18,371 GETTING READY FOR LAUNCH, YOU'RE ANXIOUS AND EXCITED. 46 00:02:21,875 --> 00:02:23,877 - Hazza Al Monsouri: AND WAITING FOR COUNTDOWN, 47 00:02:23,877 --> 00:02:25,778 FOCUSING ON DOING YOUR CHECKLIST, 48 00:02:25,778 --> 00:02:27,847 FOCUSING ON YOUR PROCEDURE. 49 00:02:27,847 --> 00:02:30,083 - 10, 9, 8... 50 00:02:30,083 --> 00:02:31,885 - Drew Morgan: AT THE MOMENT OF LAUNCH, 51 00:02:31,885 --> 00:02:35,088 YOU'RE QUITE PREPARED. 52 00:02:35,088 --> 00:02:39,092 [ INDISTINCT CHATTER ] 53 00:02:43,229 --> 00:02:47,367 - AMERICA HAS LAUNCHED. 54 00:02:47,367 --> 00:02:49,769 - Jack Fischer: IT LIGHTS OFF AND YOU FEEL THE RUMBLE, 55 00:02:49,769 --> 00:02:51,271 AND THEN YOU START TO MOVE, 56 00:02:51,271 --> 00:02:54,207 AND THAT CONSTANT SMOOTH ACCELERATION 57 00:02:54,207 --> 00:02:56,242 PULLING YOU BACK IN THE SEAT. 58 00:02:56,242 --> 00:02:57,944 - Michael Foreman: AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE JUST IN A CAR WRECK, 59 00:02:57,944 --> 00:03:00,880 BECAUSE THE SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS LIGHT OFF 60 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:02,749 AND THEY GIVE YOU A KICK IN THE BACKSIDE 61 00:03:02,749 --> 00:03:05,318 LIKE YOU WERE JUST REAR ENDED AT A STOP SIGN, LITERALLY. 62 00:03:06,319 --> 00:03:07,887 - Alvin Drew: IT IS, THERE'S NOTHING SUBTLE 63 00:03:07,887 --> 00:03:10,023 OR NICE ABOUT IT. 64 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:11,491 - David Saint-Jacques: IT WAS THE VIBRATION, THE PRESSURE, 65 00:03:11,491 --> 00:03:15,161 THE ACCELERATION, THE PRESSURE IN YOUR SEAT. 66 00:03:15,161 --> 00:03:25,972 ♪♪ 67 00:03:30,577 --> 00:03:32,045 - Karen Nyberg: I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER THE POINT 68 00:03:32,045 --> 00:03:34,147 WHEN I STOPPED AND THOUGHT, 69 00:03:34,147 --> 00:03:36,316 I DID IT, I'M HERE. MY GOAL WAS TO BE AN ASTRONAUT, 70 00:03:36,316 --> 00:03:38,284 AND NOW I'M IN SPACE. 71 00:03:39,919 --> 00:03:50,196 ♪♪ 72 00:03:50,196 --> 00:03:53,833 - T.J. Creamer: UM, AS A KID YOU MAYBE FANTASIZE ABOUT 73 00:03:53,833 --> 00:03:56,002 SPREADING YOUR ARMS AND FLYING AMONG THE CLOUDS, 74 00:03:56,002 --> 00:03:58,805 AND THAT KINDA STUFF. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. 75 00:03:58,805 --> 00:04:02,575 FLOATING IS VERY COOL. IT'S FUN TO WATCH NEW-- 76 00:04:02,575 --> 00:04:05,244 I MEAN, NEW ASTRONAUTS SHOW UP IN SPACE, TOO, 77 00:04:05,244 --> 00:04:07,614 BECAUSE THEY CREEP AROUND-- WE WOULD JOKE, 78 00:04:07,614 --> 00:04:09,515 LIKE, SPACE MICE. 79 00:04:09,515 --> 00:04:12,151 VERY TIMID, VERY CONTROLLED. 80 00:04:12,151 --> 00:04:14,387 - Reid Wiseman: BEING WEIGHTLESS THE FIRST FEW DAYS IS HORRIBLE. 81 00:04:14,387 --> 00:04:15,989 I MEAN, IT'S REALLY NEAT TO SEE SOMETHING FLOATING 82 00:04:15,989 --> 00:04:17,490 IN FRONT OF YOU. IT'S REALLY HORRIBLE TO FEEL LIKE 83 00:04:17,490 --> 00:04:18,992 YOU'RE GONNA THROW UP ALL THE TIME. 84 00:04:18,992 --> 00:04:21,094 AND THEN, AS YOU START TO GET INTO IT, 85 00:04:21,094 --> 00:04:22,762 YOU START TO REALIZE THAT THE HUMAN IS 86 00:04:22,762 --> 00:04:24,230 AN INCREDIBLY ADAPTABLE MACHINE 87 00:04:24,230 --> 00:04:28,768 AND WEIGHTLESSNESS IS REALLY, REALLY WELL SUITED FOR US. 88 00:04:28,768 --> 00:04:30,403 - Mike Fossum: YOU KNOW, PRETTY SOON YOU'RE GOING 89 00:04:30,403 --> 00:04:32,238 INTO A HATCHWAY, AND YOU COME THROUGH 90 00:04:32,238 --> 00:04:34,273 AND YOU KIND OF PUSH OFF ON BOTH SIDES 91 00:04:34,273 --> 00:04:35,575 AND YOU GO ZIPPING DOWN THE MIDDLE 92 00:04:35,575 --> 00:04:38,478 AND YOU'RE TURNING RIGHT AT THE END, SO YOU REACH OUT, 93 00:04:38,478 --> 00:04:40,647 GRAB A HANDRAIL. 94 00:04:40,647 --> 00:04:42,749 - Alvin Drew: BUT IT ALSO BRINGS OUT YOUR INNER 5-YEAR-OLD, 95 00:04:42,749 --> 00:04:46,552 OR I SAY THAT IT IS THE SOURCE OF ALL STUPID ASTRONAUT TRICKS. 96 00:04:46,552 --> 00:04:48,488 - Jack Fischer: IT'S AS FUN AS YOU THINK IT WOULD BE 97 00:04:48,488 --> 00:04:50,356 ONLY BETTER. 98 00:04:50,356 --> 00:04:52,458 I THINK I TOLD MY WIFE THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS 99 00:04:52,458 --> 00:04:55,328 A BURRITO OF AWESOMENESS SMOTHERED IN AWESOME SAUCE 100 00:04:55,328 --> 00:04:57,430 BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A VERY BIG VOCABULARY, 101 00:04:57,430 --> 00:05:01,100 SO I TRIED TO USE THE BIGGEST, MOST IMPACTFUL WORDS I COULD. 102 00:05:01,100 --> 00:05:02,235 - Mike Fossum: EVERYBODY'S A SUPERHERO. 103 00:05:02,235 --> 00:05:04,537 YOU'RE NOT FLOATING, YOU'RE FLYING. 104 00:05:04,537 --> 00:05:08,841 ♪♪ 105 00:05:08,841 --> 00:05:10,276 - Anne McClain: SO, THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 106 00:05:10,276 --> 00:05:13,880 BEING ONLY 250 MILES ABOVE EARTH, 107 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:15,715 WE CALL IT KIND OF THE PROVING GROUND 108 00:05:15,715 --> 00:05:18,351 FOR A LOT OF SCIENCE. IT IS A NATIONAL ORBITING LABORATORY 109 00:05:18,351 --> 00:05:20,319 FOR THE UNITED STATES, AND WE DO HAVE HUNDREDS 110 00:05:20,319 --> 00:05:23,189 OF SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS GOING ON AT ANY TIME. 111 00:05:25,558 --> 00:05:27,160 - Nicole Stott: WE ARE DOING THIS AMAZING SCIENCE UP THERE. 112 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,430 IT IS ALSO ABSOLUTELY THE MOST WONDERFUL OBSERVATORY. 113 00:05:30,430 --> 00:05:33,900 ♪♪ 114 00:05:33,900 --> 00:05:37,437 AND, UM, CERTAINLY FOR AN EARTH-FACING OBSERVATORY 115 00:05:37,437 --> 00:05:40,106 THE CUPOLA MODULE, THIS BIG BAY WINDOW, YOU KNOW, 116 00:05:40,106 --> 00:05:42,809 THAT WE HAVE FACING EARTH IS THE PLACE TO BE. 117 00:05:42,809 --> 00:05:47,246 ♪♪ 118 00:05:47,246 --> 00:05:49,315 - T.J. Creamer: I GOT VISITED BY THREE SPACE SHUTTLES. 119 00:05:49,315 --> 00:05:51,417 SEVERAL OF THE CREW MEMBERS NEVER LOOKED OUTSIDE 120 00:05:51,417 --> 00:05:53,519 THE CUPOLA BEFORE. 121 00:05:53,519 --> 00:05:55,955 I WOULD BRING THEM ONE AT A TIME TO THE CUPOLA, 122 00:05:55,955 --> 00:05:58,925 TELL THEM TO CLOSE THEIR EYES, OPEN UP ALL THE WINDOWS, 123 00:05:58,925 --> 00:06:00,460 THE SHUTTERS ON THE WINDOWS, 124 00:06:00,460 --> 00:06:03,129 AND THEN TELL THEM TO OPEN UP THEIR EYES. 125 00:06:03,129 --> 00:06:05,465 - Anne McClain: CEREBRALLY, I KNEW THIS WAS GONNA BE 126 00:06:05,465 --> 00:06:07,100 A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE. 127 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:11,471 I KNEW THAT THE VIEW WAS GONNA BE AMAZING. 128 00:06:11,471 --> 00:06:13,005 - David Saint-Jacques: AND, I WILL NEVER FORGET 129 00:06:13,005 --> 00:06:16,275 THAT-THAT SIGHT. 130 00:06:16,275 --> 00:06:18,344 UH, THE THIN BLUE LINE 131 00:06:18,344 --> 00:06:21,114 OF THE ATMOSPHERE, THE CURVE OF THE HORIZON, 132 00:06:21,114 --> 00:06:23,249 AND AT-- THAT'S WHEN IT BECAME REAL, 133 00:06:23,249 --> 00:06:26,986 REALLY, AT A GUT LEVEL, THAT I AM ACTUALLY IN SPACE. 134 00:06:26,986 --> 00:06:29,655 WE ARE IN ORBIT. THIS IS NOT A SIM. 135 00:06:29,655 --> 00:06:33,059 - Mike Fossum: THIS IS MY EYES LOOKING THROUGH GLASS 136 00:06:33,059 --> 00:06:35,695 AT EARTH FROM SPACE. 137 00:06:35,695 --> 00:06:38,097 IT WAS ALMOST OVERWHELMING. 138 00:06:38,097 --> 00:06:40,133 - Jessica Meir: AND SO I THINK IT'S KIND OF OVERLOAD 139 00:06:40,133 --> 00:06:42,602 FOR YOUR BRAIN AND PROCESSING ALL OF THAT AT ONCE, 140 00:06:42,602 --> 00:06:44,704 BECAUSE IT JUST ISN'T USED TO THAT. 141 00:06:44,704 --> 00:06:45,805 - Anne McClain: YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY HARD TO DESCRIBE 142 00:06:45,805 --> 00:06:47,573 SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST CEREBRAL, 143 00:06:47,573 --> 00:06:51,611 IT'S EMOTIONAL. IT'S KIND OF ALL-ENCOMPASSING. 144 00:06:51,611 --> 00:06:53,746 IT WAS-- MY HEART WAS RACING, 145 00:06:53,746 --> 00:06:55,948 YOU COULDN'T WIPE THE SMILE OFF OF MY FACE. 146 00:06:55,948 --> 00:06:58,951 IT WAS REALLY AMAZING. 147 00:06:58,951 --> 00:07:00,953 - Tracy Dyson: I JUST WAS, YOU KNOW, FEELING SOMETHING 148 00:07:00,953 --> 00:07:04,857 AS I WAS STARING AT THIS VIEW OF THE WHOLE THING. 149 00:07:04,857 --> 00:07:08,327 AND, UM, IT MOVED ME TO TEARS UNKNOWINGLY, SO... 150 00:07:08,327 --> 00:07:11,597 ♪♪ 151 00:07:11,597 --> 00:07:13,599 - T.J. Creamer: IN THAT INSTANT, WHEN YOU'RE OVERWHELMED 152 00:07:13,599 --> 00:07:15,935 WITH THAT VISTA. WHEN YOUR EYES SEE NOTHING 153 00:07:15,935 --> 00:07:18,137 BUT THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH, 154 00:07:18,137 --> 00:07:19,839 EVERY SINGLE CREW MEMBER THAT I BROUGHT IN THERE 155 00:07:19,839 --> 00:07:22,041 FOR THAT EXPOSURE CRIED. 156 00:07:22,041 --> 00:07:25,611 IT IS HEART STOPPING. IT IS SOUL POUNDING. 157 00:07:25,611 --> 00:07:27,580 IT IS BREATHTAKING. 158 00:07:28,881 --> 00:07:30,249 - Reid Wiseman: I MEAN, IT WAS RIDICULOUS. 159 00:07:30,249 --> 00:07:32,318 I HAD NEVER IMAGINED IN MY ENTIRE LIFE 160 00:07:32,318 --> 00:07:33,619 GETTING TO SEE SOMETHING THAT BEAUTIFUL. 161 00:07:33,619 --> 00:07:36,322 IT WAS SO FOREIGN FOR THE HUMAN MIND TO LOOK AT THAT, 162 00:07:36,322 --> 00:07:39,192 TO SEE THE EARTH HIGHLIGHTED THAT WAY. 163 00:07:39,192 --> 00:07:40,626 - Nicole Stott: WELL, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING PREPARES YOU 164 00:07:40,626 --> 00:07:44,964 FOR HOW CRYSTAL CLEAR IT IS. 165 00:07:44,964 --> 00:07:46,966 UH, YOU KNOW, I KNEW I KNEW THE COLORS, 166 00:07:46,966 --> 00:07:49,502 BUT THEY JUST SEEMED DIFFERENT TO ME. 167 00:07:49,502 --> 00:07:53,506 THEY SEEMED MORE VIBRANT, MORE TRANSLUCENT. 168 00:07:53,506 --> 00:07:55,308 - Tracy Dyson: I'VE NEVER SEEN THOSE COLORS 169 00:07:55,308 --> 00:07:59,111 HERE ON EARTH. THESE PEARLESCENT YELLOWS 170 00:07:59,111 --> 00:08:01,581 AND PEACHES THAT, UM, 171 00:08:01,581 --> 00:08:04,016 FORM WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A BODY OF WATER 172 00:08:04,016 --> 00:08:06,385 WITH THE SUN ANGLE, IT'S JUST AMAZING. 173 00:08:06,385 --> 00:08:08,487 - Reid Wiseman: I JUST TOOK A PENCIL AND I DREW, LIKE, 174 00:08:08,487 --> 00:08:12,425 15 CURVED LINES, AND I JUST WROTE "LIGHT BLUE, DARKER BLUE, 175 00:08:12,425 --> 00:08:15,394 PINK, PURPLE, DARK PURPLE, DARK DARK PURPLE" 176 00:08:15,394 --> 00:08:17,029 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH 177 00:08:17,029 --> 00:08:19,031 AT SUNSET, BECAUSE THE SCALE 178 00:08:19,031 --> 00:08:22,235 OF LOOKING AT A SUN REFRACTING THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE, 179 00:08:22,235 --> 00:08:24,804 IT BLEW ME AWAY, OKAY? AND NO PICTURE CAPTURES THAT. 180 00:08:24,804 --> 00:08:27,273 THERE'S NO HIGH DEF-- HIGH ENOUGH DYNAMIC RANGE 181 00:08:27,273 --> 00:08:31,711 OF A PHOTO TO CAPTURE WHAT THE HUMAN CAN SEE. 182 00:08:31,711 --> 00:08:34,981 - Tracy Dyson: HOW IN THE WORLD AM I GONNA DESCRIBE THIS? 183 00:08:36,616 --> 00:08:38,951 THERE'S NO-- THERE'S NO WORDS. 184 00:08:38,951 --> 00:08:40,453 THERE'S NO PICTURE I COULD TAKE 185 00:08:40,453 --> 00:08:43,322 TO DO IT JUSTICE. THERE'S NO WATER COLORS 186 00:08:43,322 --> 00:08:46,759 THAT I COULD, UM, PUT ON PAPER 187 00:08:46,759 --> 00:08:50,329 TO COME CLOSE TO THE... 188 00:08:50,329 --> 00:08:52,398 VIVIDNESS, 189 00:08:52,398 --> 00:08:56,402 THE EVER-CHANGING PICTURE THAT I SEE 190 00:08:56,402 --> 00:08:58,537 STARING AT THIS PLANET. 191 00:08:58,537 --> 00:08:59,772 - Nick Hague: AND I THINK THAT'S THE CHALLENGE 192 00:08:59,772 --> 00:09:01,641 OF REALLY TRYING TO EXPRESS 193 00:09:01,641 --> 00:09:03,976 JUST WHAT RAN THROUGH MY MIND WHEN I'D LOOK AT THERE, 194 00:09:03,976 --> 00:09:06,846 BECAUSE MY MIND WOULD JUST RACE. 195 00:09:06,846 --> 00:09:09,849 - Nicole Stott: IT'S LIKE A WORK OF ART OUT THE WINDOW THERE, 196 00:09:09,849 --> 00:09:11,784 AND IT SURPRISES YOU 197 00:09:11,784 --> 00:09:15,321 EVERY TIME YOU LOOK AT IT. 198 00:09:15,321 --> 00:09:16,956 ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THINGS 199 00:09:16,956 --> 00:09:19,191 WAS WATCHING THUNDERSTORMS, YOU KNOW, 200 00:09:19,191 --> 00:09:22,962 STORM ACTIVITY MOVING, UH, AROUND THE PLANET. 201 00:09:22,962 --> 00:09:25,231 - Jessica Meir: YOU CAN SEE ITS PATH PROPAGATING AROUND 202 00:09:25,231 --> 00:09:28,434 AND YOU HAVE THESE BIG FLASHES ALL OVER THE PLACE. 203 00:09:28,434 --> 00:09:30,136 - Nick Hague: YOU KNOW, THIS ONE STORM COVERING 204 00:09:30,136 --> 00:09:33,472 ALL THE U.S., AND LIGHTNING FLASHING OFF 205 00:09:33,472 --> 00:09:36,309 ALL OVER, NONSTOP. 206 00:09:36,309 --> 00:09:39,345 - Nicole Stott: IT'S LIKE WATCHING NEURONS FIRING 207 00:09:39,345 --> 00:09:42,181 IN A BRAIN, I-- YOU KNOW, THESE TENTACLES OF LIGHT 208 00:09:42,181 --> 00:09:45,084 THAT ARE JUST CONNECTING AND TRAVELING. 209 00:09:45,084 --> 00:09:46,452 YEAH, IT MIGHT BE STARTING OVER FLORIDA, 210 00:09:46,452 --> 00:09:48,087 BUT IT'S, LIKE, MOVING ACROSS THE OCEAN 211 00:09:48,087 --> 00:09:51,057 TO AFRICA AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE, 212 00:09:51,057 --> 00:09:54,026 AND THAT WAS-- 213 00:09:54,026 --> 00:09:55,695 I-I MEAN, I REMEMBER FLOATING THERE, 214 00:09:55,695 --> 00:09:59,065 JUST THINKING ABOUT, OH, MY GOSH. 215 00:09:59,065 --> 00:10:01,901 EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED. 216 00:10:01,901 --> 00:10:03,602 - Nick Hague: WE GET TO SEE SOME INTERESTING THINGS 217 00:10:03,602 --> 00:10:06,672 UP THERE, YOU KNOW. ONE WAS HURRICANE DORIAN, 218 00:10:06,672 --> 00:10:09,542 A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, 219 00:10:09,542 --> 00:10:12,378 SUCH A WELL-FORMED EYE. 220 00:10:12,378 --> 00:10:14,480 ♪♪ 221 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,516 WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN AT IT, FLYING OVER IN THE STATION, 222 00:10:17,516 --> 00:10:19,051 IT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE IT'S MOVING, 223 00:10:19,051 --> 00:10:22,121 BUT YOU KNOW THE POWER THAT'S AT THE CENTER 224 00:10:22,121 --> 00:10:24,991 OF THAT STORM, AND WHAT HAVOC 225 00:10:24,991 --> 00:10:29,061 THAT THAT STORM IS WREAKING ON-ON EVERYBODY ON THE GROUND. 226 00:10:29,061 --> 00:10:30,863 - Jack Fischer: YOU LOOK OUT IN TERROR, REALLY, 227 00:10:30,863 --> 00:10:34,800 'CAUSE YOU KNOW ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN DANGER UNDERNEATH, 228 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,970 UM, BUT JUST THE IMMENSITY OF-OF POWER 229 00:10:37,970 --> 00:10:40,539 THAT MOTHER NATURE BRINGS. 230 00:10:40,539 --> 00:10:42,842 - Reid Wiseman: A HURRICANE, A THUNDERSTORM, 231 00:10:42,842 --> 00:10:44,810 EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK THERE IS... 232 00:10:44,810 --> 00:10:47,380 THE ENVIRONMENT DOING SOMETHING CRAZY. 233 00:10:47,380 --> 00:10:48,647 SO WE'RE COMING UP OVER BRAZIL, 234 00:10:48,647 --> 00:10:50,449 ABOUT TO GO ACROSS INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, 235 00:10:50,449 --> 00:10:52,685 AND LOOKING OUT ON THE HORIZON, I SAW, LIKE, 236 00:10:52,685 --> 00:10:54,520 IT LOOKED KINDA BROWN. I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT, REALLY, 237 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:56,188 FROM THE SPACE STATION, AND I-- INSTANTLY, 238 00:10:56,188 --> 00:10:58,157 WHAT DID I THINK? HUMAN INTERACTION POLLUTION, 239 00:10:58,157 --> 00:11:00,493 FOR SURE. IT'S JUST AWFUL-LOOKING, IT'S TERRIBLE. 240 00:11:00,493 --> 00:11:01,727 BUT AS WE WENT OVER THE ATLANTIC, 241 00:11:01,727 --> 00:11:03,996 IT KINDA GOT THICKER AND THICKER AND THICKER. 242 00:11:03,996 --> 00:11:05,831 IT WAS A SAND STORM IN THE SAHARA DESERT 243 00:11:05,831 --> 00:11:08,901 BLOWING THIS HUGE PLUME OF SAND UP INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, 244 00:11:08,901 --> 00:11:11,237 CROSSING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND COMING DOWN IN BRAZIL. 245 00:11:11,237 --> 00:11:12,972 I MEAN, THAT IS CRAZY. 246 00:11:12,972 --> 00:11:15,174 IF THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE WAY THAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE PLANET, 247 00:11:15,174 --> 00:11:17,143 ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WILL. 248 00:11:17,143 --> 00:11:18,544 - Anne McClain: WHAT STRUCK ME WAS WHEN WE LOOKED 249 00:11:18,544 --> 00:11:22,515 AT NATURAL DISASTERS. UH, YOU SEE A FLOOD, 250 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:25,584 AND YOU REALLY CAN'T PICK OUT 251 00:11:25,584 --> 00:11:27,520 WHERE THEY ARE ON EARTH, 252 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,288 BUT WHEN YOU SEE IT FROM SPACE, 253 00:11:29,288 --> 00:11:32,124 YOU REALIZE THAT THE EFFECTS OF THESE NATURAL DISASTERS 254 00:11:32,124 --> 00:11:34,360 REALLY HIT EVERYBODY EQUALLY. 255 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:37,963 AND IT REALLY GIVES YOU THIS PERSPECTIVE THAT, 256 00:11:37,963 --> 00:11:39,298 YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, 257 00:11:39,298 --> 00:11:41,300 WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, UH, 258 00:11:41,300 --> 00:11:45,371 AND THAT THE WORLD IS VERY SMALL. 259 00:11:45,371 --> 00:11:46,872 - David Saint-Jacques: WHAT HAS ALWAYS STRUCK ME, 260 00:11:46,872 --> 00:11:50,409 EVERY TIME I WENT THERE, IS... 261 00:11:50,409 --> 00:11:53,112 HOW BEAUTIFUL THE EARTH IS, 262 00:11:53,112 --> 00:11:55,448 HOW FRAGILE IT LOOKS, 263 00:11:55,448 --> 00:11:58,217 HOW ALIVE IT OBVIOUSLY IS. 264 00:11:58,217 --> 00:12:01,554 WITH THE CLOUDS, THE WATER, IT'S LIKE IT'S BREATHING. 265 00:12:01,554 --> 00:12:04,190 - Don Pettit: WHEN YOU FIRST LOOK AT EARTH, YOU MAY SAY, 266 00:12:04,190 --> 00:12:06,025 "WOW, THAT'S A CONTINENT," 267 00:12:06,025 --> 00:12:09,495 AND THEN YOU LOOK AT IT AGAIN THE NEXT DAY 268 00:12:09,495 --> 00:12:11,330 AND YOU SAY, "WOW, THERE ARE MOUNTAIN RANGES." 269 00:12:11,330 --> 00:12:13,399 AND THEN YOU LOOK AT IT AGAIN THE NEXT DAY, AND IT'S LIKE, 270 00:12:13,399 --> 00:12:17,002 "OH, I CAN SEE SYNCLINES AND ANTICLINES 271 00:12:17,002 --> 00:12:19,004 "IN THE GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE." 272 00:12:19,004 --> 00:12:21,640 ♪♪ 273 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:23,275 - Mike Fossum: YOU CAN SEE THE NILE RIVER 274 00:12:23,275 --> 00:12:24,944 AND THE NILE DELTA SO CLEARLY, 275 00:12:24,944 --> 00:12:27,179 THE RED SEA, AND FOR ME, 276 00:12:27,179 --> 00:12:29,248 THAT WAS JUST AMAZING TO LOOK DOWN. 277 00:12:29,248 --> 00:12:31,517 YOU COULD SEE THE-- THE JORDAN RIVER, 278 00:12:31,517 --> 00:12:33,786 THE SEA OF GALILEE, THE DEAD SEA, 279 00:12:33,786 --> 00:12:36,755 AND I WAS JUST THINKING, THIS IS WHERE ALL THIS TOOK PLACE. 280 00:12:36,755 --> 00:12:40,593 ♪♪ 281 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:42,995 - Jessica Meir: THE COLOR PALETTE IS HARD TO COMPARE. 282 00:12:42,995 --> 00:12:44,730 I MEAN, ALL THESE REDS AND ORANGES, 283 00:12:44,730 --> 00:12:48,367 AND SO THE DUNES ALL OVER IN CENTRAL AFRICA 284 00:12:48,367 --> 00:12:50,336 AND IN SAUDI ARABIA, 285 00:12:50,336 --> 00:12:52,671 YOU HAVE THESE-- SO MANY DIFFERENT TEXTURES. 286 00:12:52,671 --> 00:12:54,406 - T.J. Creamer: AND YOU CAN ALMOST PICK OUT WHERE YOU ARE 287 00:12:54,406 --> 00:12:56,809 OVER THE EARTH BECAUSE AUSTRALIA'S TANS 288 00:12:56,809 --> 00:12:59,245 ARE DIFFERENT THAN AFRICAN TANS. 289 00:12:59,245 --> 00:13:01,080 - David Saint-Jacques: EVERY PIECE OF THE EARTH HAS ITS, UH, 290 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,582 IT'S OWN TONE, UH, IF YOU WANT, 291 00:13:03,582 --> 00:13:06,986 SO YOU BECOME VERY ACQUAINTED WITH THE EARTH AS A-- 292 00:13:06,986 --> 00:13:09,989 FROM THE BIG PICTURE POINT OF VIEW. 293 00:13:09,989 --> 00:13:13,092 Nick Hague: AND YOU SAW THE--THE-- 294 00:13:13,092 --> 00:13:15,561 JUST THE BEAUTY OF THE-- 295 00:13:15,561 --> 00:13:18,297 OF THE LANDSCAPE, AND, AND THE-- YOU KNOW, 296 00:13:18,297 --> 00:13:21,300 THE MOUNTAINS AND THE DESERTS, AND YOU START TO THINK OF 297 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:23,068 HOW THEY WERE FORMED, 298 00:13:23,068 --> 00:13:26,839 YOU REALIZE JUST HOW SPECIAL THE PLACE WE ARE IS. 299 00:13:26,839 --> 00:13:29,542 AND YOU FEEL THAT CONNECTION. 300 00:13:29,542 --> 00:13:31,410 ♪♪ 301 00:13:31,410 --> 00:13:33,245 - Tracy Dyson: SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EARTH 302 00:13:33,245 --> 00:13:34,914 FROM THAT VANTAGE POINT, 303 00:13:34,914 --> 00:13:37,850 YOU-- AND I'M-- I KNOW OTHERS HAVE SAID THIS, 304 00:13:37,850 --> 00:13:39,451 YOU DON'T SEE THE BORDERS. 305 00:13:39,451 --> 00:13:40,953 YOU DON'T SEE POLITICAL BORDERS, 306 00:13:40,953 --> 00:13:43,689 YOU HARDLY SEE GEOGRAPHICAL BORDERS. 307 00:13:43,689 --> 00:13:45,324 - Bill McArthur: YOU KNOW, WE'RE SO USED TO LOOKING 308 00:13:45,324 --> 00:13:48,027 AT MAPS OR GLOBES. 309 00:13:48,027 --> 00:13:51,230 IN LOWER EARTH ORBIT, YOU DON'T SEE A GLOBE. 310 00:13:51,230 --> 00:13:55,301 UM, AND FROM NO DISTANCE 311 00:13:55,301 --> 00:13:59,438 DO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT-- 312 00:13:59,438 --> 00:14:01,240 DIFFERENT COLORS FOR COUNTRIES 313 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,976 SO IT MAKES THEM EASY TO DISTINGUISH. 314 00:14:03,976 --> 00:14:05,878 - Don Pettit: I WAS LOOKING FOR ALL THE LITTLE PINK 315 00:14:05,878 --> 00:14:09,381 AND GREEN COUNTRIES WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT WHERE'S-- 316 00:14:09,381 --> 00:14:11,016 WHERE'S UGANDA? 317 00:14:11,016 --> 00:14:13,953 IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE PINK ON THE ATLAS. 318 00:14:13,953 --> 00:14:14,987 - Jessica Meir: YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T SEE THOSE 319 00:14:14,987 --> 00:14:18,090 GEOPOLITICAL BOUNDARIES. ALL OF THE MANMADE BOUNDARIES 320 00:14:18,090 --> 00:14:20,793 THAT WE HAVE IMPOSED UPON OURSELVES AS HUMANS. 321 00:14:20,793 --> 00:14:23,162 YOU DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT FROM SPACE. 322 00:14:23,162 --> 00:14:25,731 - Jack Fischer: IT'S JUST YOU AND YOUR TEAM. 323 00:14:25,731 --> 00:14:28,100 AND YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE AN IMPACT 324 00:14:28,100 --> 00:14:31,003 ON US EVOLVING INTO SOMETHING MORE. 325 00:14:31,003 --> 00:14:34,273 YOU FORGET ABOUT THE POLITICS, YOU FORGET ABOUT DAILY LIFE, 326 00:14:34,273 --> 00:14:36,842 UH, THAT-THAT, YOU KNOW, PLAGUES US 327 00:14:36,842 --> 00:14:39,812 HERE ON THE GROUND, THAT-- THAT COLORS OUR PERCEPTIONS, 328 00:14:39,812 --> 00:14:42,281 UH, BECAUSE YOU'RE INSULATED FROM IT. 329 00:14:42,281 --> 00:14:44,683 - Jessica Meir: AND YOU JUST FEEL THE SENSE OF COMMONALITY 330 00:14:44,683 --> 00:14:47,453 MORE IN SOMETHING THAT-- THAT UNITES US ALL 331 00:14:47,453 --> 00:14:51,423 AND JUST THAT'S THAT WE'RE ALL HUMAN. 332 00:14:51,423 --> 00:14:53,158 ♪♪ 333 00:14:53,158 --> 00:14:55,261 - Mike Fossum: FLYING OVER AFRICA IN THE DAYTIME 334 00:14:55,261 --> 00:14:57,496 WITH THE INTENSE SUNLIGHT SO MUCH OF THE TIME, 335 00:14:57,496 --> 00:14:59,098 YOU DON'T REALLY SEE MUCH DETAIL, 336 00:14:59,098 --> 00:15:00,566 IT'S SO BRIGHT. 337 00:15:00,566 --> 00:15:01,967 BUT AT NIGHT WHEN IT'S ILLUMINATED 338 00:15:01,967 --> 00:15:03,936 BY STARLIGHT OR MOONLIGHT, 339 00:15:03,936 --> 00:15:07,473 YOU REALLY SEE A LOT AND, UH, IT'S JUST FASCINATING. 340 00:15:07,473 --> 00:15:09,642 - Bill McArthur: AND YOU DON'T QUITE SEE THE SAME TEXTURE, 341 00:15:09,642 --> 00:15:13,412 BUT YOU SEE MANKIND'S INFLUENCE ON THE PLANET. 342 00:15:15,214 --> 00:15:16,682 - Nicole Stott: YOU GET THESE BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW, 343 00:15:16,682 --> 00:15:19,151 TWINKLY CITY LIGHTS. 344 00:15:19,151 --> 00:15:22,054 - Don Pettit: AND THEY REPRESENT HUMAN SPRAWL, 345 00:15:22,054 --> 00:15:24,056 WHICH ISN'T NECESSARILY BAD, 346 00:15:24,056 --> 00:15:26,892 BUT IT IS INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL FROM SPACE. 347 00:15:28,827 --> 00:15:30,596 - Jessica Meir: I LOVE LOOKING AT THE ATMOSPHERE AT NIGHT 348 00:15:30,596 --> 00:15:32,298 WHEN YOU HAVE THAT AIR GLOW, 349 00:15:32,298 --> 00:15:34,033 AND-AND SOMETIMES IT WAS A BIT GREEN 350 00:15:34,033 --> 00:15:36,335 AND THEN YOU HAVE THE AURORA DANCING AROUND. 351 00:15:39,738 --> 00:15:41,573 - Mike Fossum: AND WE WERE FLYING INTO THIS 352 00:15:41,573 --> 00:15:43,609 ASTONISHING AURORA. 353 00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:46,011 THIS RIPPLING, PULSING RIVER OF GREEN 354 00:15:46,011 --> 00:15:48,180 THAT'S DOWN BELOW US, THE RED THAT IS STRETCHING UP 355 00:15:48,180 --> 00:15:51,784 TO OUR ALTITUDE. IT'S LIKE, WHOA. 356 00:15:51,784 --> 00:15:55,421 YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST BREATHTAKING. 357 00:15:55,421 --> 00:15:57,923 - David Saint-Jacques: AURORAS, UH, THE PLACE OF HUMANS 358 00:15:57,923 --> 00:16:00,726 AT NIGHT IS OBVIOUS WITH THE LIGHTS. 359 00:16:00,726 --> 00:16:03,262 BUT IT'S THE DEPTH AROUND THE EARTH 360 00:16:03,262 --> 00:16:07,066 THAT'S STARTLING. HOW THIS BEAUTIFUL, 361 00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:09,868 SHOCKING OASIS OF LIFE IS THERE, 362 00:16:09,868 --> 00:16:12,304 NAKED, IN THE MIDDLE 363 00:16:12,304 --> 00:16:16,008 OF PITCH BLACK DEPTH, 364 00:16:16,008 --> 00:16:17,176 THE VACUUM OF SPACE. 365 00:16:18,911 --> 00:16:21,580 - Mike Fossum: DEFINITELY LOOK UP AND-AND SEE THE STARS 366 00:16:21,580 --> 00:16:23,615 LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE. 367 00:16:23,615 --> 00:16:29,054 ♪♪ 368 00:16:29,054 --> 00:16:31,924 I MEAN, THE MILKY WAY IS JUST STUNNING. 369 00:16:31,924 --> 00:16:35,561 - Don Pettit: THERE'S MANY FADES IN THE COSMOS 370 00:16:35,561 --> 00:16:37,696 TO GAZE AT IT. FOR EXAMPLE, 371 00:16:37,696 --> 00:16:40,432 THE-THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS. 372 00:16:40,432 --> 00:16:43,702 THOSE SHOW UP REALLY BRIGHT AND VIVID 373 00:16:43,702 --> 00:16:46,305 BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ATMOSPHERIC SCATTERING. 374 00:16:48,874 --> 00:16:51,110 YOU CAN SEE ANDROMEDA, 375 00:16:51,110 --> 00:16:53,912 UH, THE SPIRAL GALAXY OF ANDROMEDA. 376 00:16:53,912 --> 00:16:58,217 ♪♪ 377 00:16:58,217 --> 00:16:59,718 - Mike Fossum: OF COURSE, THE LIGHTS DON'T FLICKER, 378 00:16:59,718 --> 00:17:01,186 THEY'RE STEADY, 379 00:17:01,186 --> 00:17:02,521 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT COMING THROUGH THE DUST 380 00:17:02,521 --> 00:17:05,023 AND-AND IT'S COMING THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE. 381 00:17:05,023 --> 00:17:06,925 THEN YOU-- AS YOU REALLY ADJUST, 382 00:17:06,925 --> 00:17:09,161 YOU START TO SENSE THE VERY SUBTLE COLORS 383 00:17:09,161 --> 00:17:12,297 THAT ARE IN THE STARS. A LITTLE BIT OF REDDISH, 384 00:17:12,297 --> 00:17:16,902 A LITTLE BIT OF BLUEISH, BLUE-WHITE. 385 00:17:16,902 --> 00:17:18,704 - Nicole Stott: JUST ALL THE COLORS IN THE LIGHT 386 00:17:18,704 --> 00:17:22,408 COME OUT, YOU KNOW, IN THAT DEPTH OF SPACE AS WELL. 387 00:17:22,408 --> 00:17:25,210 - Tracy Dyson: I COULD, ALL OF A SUDDEN, DETECT DEPTH. 388 00:17:25,210 --> 00:17:26,478 NOW, I COULDN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH, 389 00:17:26,478 --> 00:17:28,680 BUT IT'S LIGHTYEARS, RIGHT? AND-AND IT'S LIKE, WHOA, 390 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,116 I CAN SOMEHOW TELL THAT THAT STAR 391 00:17:31,116 --> 00:17:33,352 IS CLOSER THAN THAT STAR. 392 00:17:33,352 --> 00:17:35,721 AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT KNOCKED MY SOCKS OFF, 393 00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:38,123 AND I THOUGHT, "NOBODY TOLD ME ABOUT THIS!" 394 00:17:38,123 --> 00:17:39,324 - Jessica Meir: I DON'T THINK I HAD THOUGHT 395 00:17:39,324 --> 00:17:42,961 BEFORE GOING UP THERE ABOUT HOW MANY STARS YOU SEE. 396 00:17:42,961 --> 00:17:45,898 YOU KNOW, THE DENSITY OF STARS. 397 00:17:45,898 --> 00:17:47,266 - Reid Wiseman: YOU SEE SO MANY STARS, 398 00:17:47,266 --> 00:17:50,002 IT BECOMES HARD TO PICK OUT CONSTELLATIONS. 399 00:17:50,002 --> 00:17:51,770 PEOPLE ASK IF THERE'S ALIENS, AND I'M LIKE, 400 00:17:51,770 --> 00:17:53,972 "OF COURSE THERE ARE ALIENS, LOOK AT ALL THOSE STARS! 401 00:17:53,972 --> 00:17:56,008 "THERE'S GOTTA BE." 402 00:17:56,008 --> 00:17:57,676 - Tracy Dyson: IT'S JUST SO VAST AND INFINITE 403 00:17:57,676 --> 00:18:01,079 THAT, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. 404 00:18:01,079 --> 00:18:11,590 ♪♪ 405 00:18:11,590 --> 00:18:12,658 - Nicole Stott: I REMEMBER USING, LIKE, 406 00:18:12,658 --> 00:18:15,627 THE 800 MILLIMETER LENS AND JUST REALLY ZOOMING INTO PLACES. 407 00:18:15,627 --> 00:18:17,296 AND, YOU KNOW, YOU STILL CAN'T SEE PEOPLE 408 00:18:17,296 --> 00:18:20,065 WALKING AROUND OR ANYTHING, BUT YOU SEE IMPACTS OF THINGS. 409 00:18:20,065 --> 00:18:22,835 AND YOU REALIZE THAT, 410 00:18:22,835 --> 00:18:25,204 A LOT OF TIMES, WE HAVE TO PULL WAY BACK. 411 00:18:25,204 --> 00:18:26,738 YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO PULL WAY BACK 412 00:18:26,738 --> 00:18:29,975 AND SEE THE BIG PICTURE OF IT. 413 00:18:29,975 --> 00:18:32,511 - Nick Hague: YOU REALIZE JUST HOW SMALL YOU ARE, 414 00:18:32,511 --> 00:18:34,213 'CAUSE IT-- YOU, AT TIMES, 415 00:18:34,213 --> 00:18:37,950 STRUGGLE TO FIND EVIDENCE OF HUMAN ACTIVITY DOWN THERE. 416 00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:41,453 YOU CAN GO OVER MASSIVE SWATHS OF THE EARTH 417 00:18:41,453 --> 00:18:44,723 AND NOT SEE A TRACE OF ANY HUMAN IMPACT. 418 00:18:44,723 --> 00:18:47,059 OR YOU CAN GO OVER OTHER SWATHS, 419 00:18:47,059 --> 00:18:51,663 AND YOU CAN SEE DRAMATIC IMPACT. 420 00:18:51,663 --> 00:18:52,998 - Mike Fossum: FREQUENTLY, IN THE SUMMERTIME, 421 00:18:52,998 --> 00:18:54,566 THERE'S A LOT OF FIRES IN AFRICA. 422 00:18:54,566 --> 00:18:57,336 YOU SEE ALL OF THOSE PLUMES OF SMOKE HEADING WEST 423 00:18:57,336 --> 00:19:01,507 ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. 424 00:19:01,507 --> 00:19:05,377 - Nick Hague: YOU FLY OVER SOUTH AMERICA AND YOU SEE, 425 00:19:05,377 --> 00:19:08,747 YOU KNOW, WIDESPREAD DEFORESTATION, 426 00:19:08,747 --> 00:19:12,017 AND YOU KNOW THE IMPACT THAT THAT HAS. 427 00:19:13,685 --> 00:19:17,489 YOU CAN ALMOST GET, UH, A SENSE OF THE BALANCE 428 00:19:17,489 --> 00:19:19,191 OF, YOU KNOW, 429 00:19:19,191 --> 00:19:21,593 HOW-HOW-HOW NATURE IS TRYING TO BALANCE 430 00:19:21,593 --> 00:19:23,428 ALL THE INPUTS AND THE OUTPUTS 431 00:19:23,428 --> 00:19:26,098 AND-AND HAVE A STABLE SYSTEM. 432 00:19:26,098 --> 00:19:30,702 AND-AND YOU CAN SEE OUR EFFECT ON IT. 433 00:19:30,702 --> 00:19:32,271 - Karen Nyberg: TO ME, IT STARTED TO MAKE ME 434 00:19:32,271 --> 00:19:34,540 UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED. 435 00:19:34,540 --> 00:19:36,608 WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE OCEAN OVER HERE 436 00:19:36,608 --> 00:19:39,845 CAN AFFECT WHAT IS HAPPENING ON LAND OVER HERE, 437 00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:43,882 IT'S JUST ALL ONE BEING-- 438 00:19:43,882 --> 00:19:45,551 [laughing] THING. 439 00:19:45,551 --> 00:19:47,920 AND IT'S ALL INTERCONNECTED. 440 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:52,391 ♪♪ 441 00:19:52,391 --> 00:19:53,759 - Reid Wiseman: YOU CAN SEE COMBAT. I MEAN, 442 00:19:53,759 --> 00:19:56,094 WE WERE VERY-- TWO-- TWO COUNTRIES WHO WERE AT WAR 443 00:19:56,094 --> 00:19:58,697 AND YOU COULD VERY EASILY SEE MISSILES BEING SHOT, 444 00:19:58,697 --> 00:20:01,133 THEY JUST LOOK LIKE LITTLE TINY TRACES OF LIGHT. 445 00:20:01,133 --> 00:20:03,101 YOU-YOU CAN SEE ALL THAT STUFF. SO TO ME, 446 00:20:03,101 --> 00:20:07,072 I DIDN'T SEE ONE UNIFIED HUMAN CIVILIZATION, 447 00:20:07,072 --> 00:20:08,941 YOU CERTAINLY SEE ONE UNIFIED PLANET 448 00:20:08,941 --> 00:20:10,475 CRUISING AROUND THE SUN, AND THAT IS 449 00:20:10,475 --> 00:20:12,277 A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE. 450 00:20:12,277 --> 00:20:18,283 ♪♪ 451 00:20:18,283 --> 00:20:19,551 - David Saint-Jacques: DURING MY, UH, MY TIME 452 00:20:19,551 --> 00:20:22,087 ON THE SPACE STATION, I HAD THE CHANCE TO DO A SPACEWALK. 453 00:20:22,087 --> 00:20:24,156 PUT ON A SPACESUIT AND GO OUTSIDE. 454 00:20:24,156 --> 00:20:26,124 AND, UH, THAT'S A VERY SPECIAL EXPERIENCE 455 00:20:26,124 --> 00:20:28,293 FOR-FOR ANY ASTRONAUT. 456 00:20:28,293 --> 00:20:32,331 ♪♪ 457 00:20:32,331 --> 00:20:33,599 - Bill McArthur: YOU'RE INSIDE THE SPACE STATION 458 00:20:33,599 --> 00:20:36,735 OR THE SHUTTLE, AND NOW YOU PUT ON A SUIT AND GO OUTSIDE. 459 00:20:36,735 --> 00:20:40,672 IT'S LIKE, THERE IS AN ELEVATION IN RISK WHEN YOU DO THAT, 460 00:20:40,672 --> 00:20:43,709 BUT IT IS A BIT THRILLING. 461 00:20:43,709 --> 00:20:47,045 ♪♪ 462 00:20:47,045 --> 00:20:49,548 - Michael Foreman: SPACEWALKS ALWAYS SEEM TO BE VERY, UH, 463 00:20:49,548 --> 00:20:53,852 BUSY AND TASK-FOCUSED EVENTS WHERE I GOTTA DO THIS, 464 00:20:53,852 --> 00:20:56,321 AND I GOTTA MOVE OVER HERE AND DO THIS AND-- 465 00:20:56,321 --> 00:20:58,790 - Mike Fossum: --AND THEN, YOU JUST HAVE TO NOT THINK 466 00:20:58,790 --> 00:21:00,459 ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE. 467 00:21:00,459 --> 00:21:03,462 JUST CONCENTRATE ON GETTING THE JOB DONE, 468 00:21:03,462 --> 00:21:06,331 WHAT'S THE BIG PICTURE. 469 00:21:06,331 --> 00:21:07,499 - Michael Foreman: RARELY DID YOU HAVE A MINUTE 470 00:21:07,499 --> 00:21:11,903 WHERE YOU COULD JUST SAY, AW, JUST TAKE A MINUTE 471 00:21:11,903 --> 00:21:14,072 THERE WERE THOSE MINUTES EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. 472 00:21:14,072 --> 00:21:16,742 AND THE VIEW FROM OUTSIDE THE SPACECRAFT, YOU KNOW, 473 00:21:16,742 --> 00:21:18,777 WITH THAT FULL PANORAMIC, 474 00:21:18,777 --> 00:21:21,013 UH, VISION THROUGH YOUR HELMET VISOR 475 00:21:21,013 --> 00:21:24,383 WAS JUST INCREDIBLE. 476 00:21:24,383 --> 00:21:25,917 - Mike Fossum: IT'S A VERY DISTURBING VIEW LOOKING DOWN 477 00:21:25,917 --> 00:21:29,121 ABOUT 240 MILES AT THE EARTH GOING BY 478 00:21:29,121 --> 00:21:31,556 AT 17,000 MILES AN HOUR. 479 00:21:31,556 --> 00:21:34,159 LIKE, HOO BOY! 480 00:21:34,159 --> 00:21:36,795 - Anne McClain: I JUST WATCHED THE EARTH GOING BY BELOW ME, 481 00:21:36,795 --> 00:21:39,865 AND I'D ONLY HAD THIS, YOU KNOW, THIN VISOR SEPARATING, 482 00:21:39,865 --> 00:21:43,201 UH, ME FROM A VERY UNSURVIVABLE ATMOSPHERE. 483 00:21:43,201 --> 00:21:45,370 AND MY FEET WERE DANGLING, I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, 484 00:21:45,370 --> 00:21:47,639 NOT JUST THROUGH MY VISOR, BUT LOOKING DOWN AND JUST-- 485 00:21:47,639 --> 00:21:49,775 YOU JUST SEE FEET AND THEN EARTH. 486 00:21:49,775 --> 00:21:51,910 YOU KNOW, AND-AND YOU'RE HOLDING ON 487 00:21:51,910 --> 00:21:53,945 TO THE SPACE STATION, AND I MEAN, 488 00:21:53,945 --> 00:21:56,882 IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE. EVERYTHING LOOKED SO LARGE. 489 00:21:56,882 --> 00:22:01,219 ♪♪ 490 00:22:01,219 --> 00:22:03,955 - Jessica Meir: THE COLORS ARE EVEN MORE VIBRANT. 491 00:22:03,955 --> 00:22:06,658 AND I THINK, ALSO, JUST MENTALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY 492 00:22:06,658 --> 00:22:09,061 REALIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS NOTHING 493 00:22:09,061 --> 00:22:12,464 BETWEEN THE-THE VACUUM OF SPACE EXCEPT FOR THIS 494 00:22:12,464 --> 00:22:16,501 SPACESUIT AND YOUR VISOR. 495 00:22:16,501 --> 00:22:18,403 - Nicole Stott: I REMEMBER THINKING THAT... 496 00:22:18,403 --> 00:22:20,806 COMING OUT, LIKE, 497 00:22:20,806 --> 00:22:23,642 THAT THE WORLD WOULD JUST OPEN UP AROUND ME. 498 00:22:23,642 --> 00:22:25,944 AND, UM, AND THE VIEW 499 00:22:25,944 --> 00:22:28,380 FOR SOME REASON SEEMS BIGGER THAN WHAT YOU HAVE 500 00:22:28,380 --> 00:22:30,849 WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOWS OF A-A SPACECRAFT. 501 00:22:33,085 --> 00:22:34,052 - Anne McClain: I MEAN, IT WASN'T LIKE EARTH 502 00:22:34,052 --> 00:22:35,754 IS OVER THERE. IT WASN'T SMALL, IT WAS LIKE 503 00:22:35,754 --> 00:22:38,857 IT TOOK UP YOUR ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, VISOR AND ALL-- 504 00:22:38,857 --> 00:22:40,892 AS FAR AS YOU COULD SEE, AND JUST WATCHING IT 505 00:22:40,892 --> 00:22:43,595 COME OVER EARTH AND JUST HOW LARGE EARTH WAS 506 00:22:43,595 --> 00:22:45,997 COMPARED TO HOW IT WAS FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE. 507 00:22:45,997 --> 00:22:49,301 ♪♪ 508 00:22:49,301 --> 00:22:52,137 - Nicole Stott: BUT, OH, MY GOSH, YOU-- 509 00:22:52,137 --> 00:22:56,274 YOU SEE EARTH AND YOU SEE THE, UH, 510 00:22:56,274 --> 00:22:58,744 GLOWING STATION AROUND YOU. 511 00:22:58,744 --> 00:23:01,546 AND YOU REALIZE, OKAY, 512 00:23:01,546 --> 00:23:04,382 I GOTTA STOP LOOKING AT THIS STUFF 513 00:23:04,382 --> 00:23:06,885 BECAUSE IT BECOMES A DISTRACTION TO THE WORK 514 00:23:06,885 --> 00:23:10,756 THAT YOU'RE DOING OUT THERE. 515 00:23:10,756 --> 00:23:12,090 - Michael Foreman: SO I ALWAYS KID THOSE ASTRONAUTS 516 00:23:12,090 --> 00:23:13,859 THAT DON'T DO THE SPACEWALKS, YOU KNOW, I SAID, 517 00:23:13,859 --> 00:23:15,961 "THE VIEW FROM INSIDE HERE THROUGH THIS FLAT WINDOW 518 00:23:15,961 --> 00:23:17,929 "IS PRETTY GOOD, YOU KNOW. 519 00:23:17,929 --> 00:23:20,532 "THE VIEW FROM OUTSIDE IS JUST AMAZING." 520 00:23:20,532 --> 00:23:26,972 ♪♪ 521 00:23:26,972 --> 00:23:28,340 - Nick Hague: AND-AND THE GREAT THING 522 00:23:28,340 --> 00:23:31,309 ABOUT LIVING ON SPACE STATION, I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. 523 00:23:31,309 --> 00:23:34,112 I-I HAD A COUNTDOWN GOING, BUT IT WAS, "OH NO, 524 00:23:34,112 --> 00:23:36,481 "I ONLY HAVE TWO MONTHS LEFT." 525 00:23:36,481 --> 00:23:38,383 - Jack Fischer: ALL RIGHT. 526 00:23:38,383 --> 00:23:40,852 ALL RIGHT, ONE LAST LOOK AT THE EARTH. 527 00:23:40,852 --> 00:23:43,321 THIS IS SOME GOOD NEWS, THE EARTH IS STILL BEAUTIFUL. 528 00:23:46,091 --> 00:23:49,394 AN EARTH IN CRISIS IS STILL AN EARTH WORTH RETURNING TO. 529 00:23:51,696 --> 00:23:55,000 - Nick Hague: LIFE SEEMS EXTREMELY BUSY AND-AND YOU-- 530 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,802 YOU KNOW, THE DAYS START FLYING BY AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, 531 00:23:56,802 --> 00:23:58,703 IT'S OVER. 532 00:23:58,703 --> 00:24:17,556 ♪♪ 533 00:24:17,556 --> 00:24:19,791 - Michael Foreman: AS IT DREW TO A CLOSE, 534 00:24:19,791 --> 00:24:23,895 I-I THINK I WAS MORE FEELING THE-- AS THOUGH, 535 00:24:23,895 --> 00:24:27,265 DID YOU DO ENOUGH TO CAPTURE THIS 536 00:24:27,265 --> 00:24:31,837 SO THAT YOU CAN SHARE IT, UH, WHEN YOU GET HOME? 537 00:24:31,837 --> 00:24:34,272 AND SO THAT YOU CAN LIGHT THOSE FIRES IN PEOPLE 538 00:24:34,272 --> 00:24:36,174 AS YOU GO AROUND AND TALK ABOUT THIS 539 00:24:36,174 --> 00:24:39,344 AND-AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, 540 00:24:39,344 --> 00:24:41,279 IGNITE THE PASSION IN-IN KIDS 541 00:24:41,279 --> 00:24:44,115 JUST LIKE I HAD IGNITED FOR ME AS A KID. 542 00:24:46,284 --> 00:25:01,433 ♪♪ 543 00:25:03,635 --> 00:25:06,371 - Nick Hague: AND YOU'RE BACK ON THE GROUND AND, UH, 544 00:25:06,371 --> 00:25:08,473 AND SOMEBODY ELSE IS DOING THE JOB UP THERE NOW. 545 00:25:08,473 --> 00:25:10,375 IT-IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, 546 00:25:10,375 --> 00:25:13,278 THIS IS A REALLY BIG THING THAT WE'RE APART OF 547 00:25:13,278 --> 00:25:17,048 AND, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M FORTUNATE TO PLAY MY PART. 548 00:25:20,518 --> 00:25:22,921 - Michael Foreman: IT IS THE FACT THAT GOING TO SPACE 549 00:25:22,921 --> 00:25:25,657 AND SEEING THE EARTH FROM THAT VANTAGE POINT 550 00:25:25,657 --> 00:25:29,527 HAS A LIFE-CHANGING EFFECT ON-ON MOST OF US. 551 00:25:29,527 --> 00:25:31,863 - Tracy Dyson: UH, IT TAKES A LOT OF ENERGY 552 00:25:31,863 --> 00:25:34,399 TO DESCRIBE, UH, 553 00:25:34,399 --> 00:25:36,568 WHAT-WHAT IT'S LIKE UP THERE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH 554 00:25:36,568 --> 00:25:39,371 OF YOUR EMOTION BUILT INTO IT. 555 00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:41,406 - Anne McClain: I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT 556 00:25:41,406 --> 00:25:43,541 IS THAT 557 00:25:43,541 --> 00:25:45,176 YOUR VIEWPOINT CHANGES-- 558 00:25:45,176 --> 00:25:46,544 YOU CAN LOOK AT THE SAME THING, 559 00:25:46,544 --> 00:25:49,114 BUT IT CHANGES THE LENS THROUGH WHICH YOU SEE IT. 560 00:25:49,114 --> 00:25:52,384 - David Saint-Jacques: AND THAT'S-THAT ACUTE REALIZE-- 561 00:25:52,384 --> 00:25:54,786 CONCRETE REALIZATION 562 00:25:54,786 --> 00:25:57,255 THAT, UH, WE BELONG TO EARTH 563 00:25:57,255 --> 00:25:58,857 AND NOT VICE VERSA 564 00:25:58,857 --> 00:26:00,759 IS-IS KIND OF A MENTAL SHIFT 565 00:26:00,759 --> 00:26:03,495 TO SEE THAT THERE IS NOWHERE ELSE WE COULD GO. 566 00:26:03,495 --> 00:26:05,063 - Michael Foreman: I THINK IF YOU'RE NOT A CONSERVATIONIST 567 00:26:05,063 --> 00:26:07,532 BEFORE YOU GO TO SPACE, YOU'RE AT LEAST PARTLY 568 00:26:07,532 --> 00:26:09,267 A CONSERVATIONIST WHEN YOU COME BACK. 569 00:26:09,267 --> 00:26:12,037 BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE HOW THIN THAT ATMOSPHERE IS, 570 00:26:12,037 --> 00:26:14,372 THAT PROTECTIVE LAYER THAT WE HAVE HERE, 571 00:26:14,372 --> 00:26:16,274 YOU THINK, WOW, WE REALLY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS 572 00:26:16,274 --> 00:26:19,210 BECAUSE IT DOES LOOK SO FRAGILE FROM SPACE. 573 00:26:19,210 --> 00:26:21,313 - Jessica Meir: I THINK I FELT THAT NEED TO PROTECT IT 574 00:26:21,313 --> 00:26:24,149 EVEN BEFORE LEAVING IT, BUT IT DEFINITELY DOES 575 00:26:24,149 --> 00:26:27,118 RESONATE EVEN MORE LOUDLY NOW, HAVING SEEN IT MYSELF 576 00:26:27,118 --> 00:26:29,554 AND HOW-HOW STUNNING AND BEAUTIFUL IT IS. 577 00:26:29,554 --> 00:26:31,990 ALL OF THOSE UNIQUE ECOSYSTEMS. 578 00:26:31,990 --> 00:26:33,858 EVERYTHING'S CONNECTED, THE LAND MASSES, 579 00:26:33,858 --> 00:26:35,894 AND THE OCEAN MASSES AND THE ATMOSPHERE, 580 00:26:35,894 --> 00:26:37,996 AND WE ARE ALL IN IT TOGETHER. 581 00:26:37,996 --> 00:26:39,331 WE ARE ALL DOWN THERE. 582 00:26:39,331 --> 00:26:41,633 AND SO, I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING 583 00:26:41,633 --> 00:26:43,335 THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE 584 00:26:43,335 --> 00:26:45,537 TO THINK ABOUT THAT PERSPECTIVE. 585 00:26:45,537 --> 00:26:48,173 - Tracy Dyson: I THINK YOU GET A SENSE OF, UM, 586 00:26:48,173 --> 00:26:51,443 UH, PRESERVATION, OF-OF, 587 00:26:51,443 --> 00:26:52,677 UM, I DON'T WANT THIS TO GO AWAY 588 00:26:52,677 --> 00:26:55,914 AND I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONLY ONE TO SEE THIS. 589 00:26:55,914 --> 00:26:58,383 AND THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT NEED TO SEE IT, 590 00:26:58,383 --> 00:27:01,152 BUT ONLY A HANDFUL WILL IN THIS LIFETIME. 591 00:27:03,321 --> 00:27:04,589 - Alvin Drew: YOU KNOW, I-I REMEMBER COMING BACK 592 00:27:04,589 --> 00:27:06,091 FROM ALL MY MISSIONS WITH THAT SENSE THAT, 593 00:27:06,091 --> 00:27:07,993 YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL CONNECTED, WE'RE ALL PEOPLE. 594 00:27:07,993 --> 00:27:10,161 AND I THOUGHT ABOUT, 595 00:27:10,161 --> 00:27:12,097 WHY IS IT THAT WE DO HAVE CONFLICTS? 596 00:27:12,097 --> 00:27:14,199 WHAT IS IT THAT SEPARATES US FROM ONE ANOTHER? 597 00:27:14,199 --> 00:27:15,367 - Reid Wiseman: IF YOU CAN GET SEVEN BILLION PEOPLE 598 00:27:15,367 --> 00:27:18,470 TO GO UP THERE AND LOOK DOWN FOR JUST EVEN 30 SECONDS 599 00:27:18,470 --> 00:27:20,805 YOU WOULD CHANGE THEM, ALL OF THEM, FOREVER. 600 00:27:20,805 --> 00:27:22,207 THEY WOULDN'T ALL COME BACK AND BE FRIENDS, 601 00:27:22,207 --> 00:27:24,042 THEY WOULDN'T ALL COME BACK AND TEAR DOWN BORDER WALLS 602 00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:25,610 AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT YOU WOULD CHANGE 603 00:27:25,610 --> 00:27:27,846 ALL OF THEM AND YOU WOULD CHANGE THEM ALL FOR THE BETTER, 604 00:27:27,846 --> 00:27:29,647 AND YOU WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE PLANET. 605 00:27:29,647 --> 00:27:32,117 - Mike Fossum: UH, I THINK IF PEOPLE, THEY CAN LIFT 606 00:27:32,117 --> 00:27:35,754 THEIR EYES UP AND SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE, 607 00:27:35,754 --> 00:27:38,556 WHETHER IT'S FROM ORBIT OR EVEN JUST UNDERSTANDING 608 00:27:38,556 --> 00:27:39,991 THE DIFFERENT SIDES, 609 00:27:39,991 --> 00:27:42,227 MAYBE EVEN JUST SPENDING MORE TIME LISTENING, YOU KNOW, 610 00:27:42,227 --> 00:27:43,895 RATHER THAN SHOUTING. 611 00:27:43,895 --> 00:27:45,830 - Nicole Stott: AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT PEOPLE TO FIND. 612 00:27:45,830 --> 00:27:49,667 I ABSOLUTELY FOUND THAT IN THE EXPERIENCE I HAD IN SPACE, 613 00:27:49,667 --> 00:27:53,805 IN THIS-- THE SIMPLE FACTS OF US LIVING ON A PLANET 614 00:27:53,805 --> 00:27:55,774 AND ALL BEING EARTHLINGS, AND... 615 00:27:55,774 --> 00:27:58,877 THE ONLY BORDER THAT MATTERS IS THAT THIN, BLUE LINE.