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Can he see me? Can he hear me?
It is great to see you, Madam Vice President!

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Victor, it is so good to see you!\h\h

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The history-making that you are\h
doing- we are so proud of you.

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It is great to talk to you. Welcome\h
to the International Space Station.

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As we think about the history that you are making\h\h

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as the first African-American to be on the\h
International Space Station for a long duration of\h\h

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time, I want to ask you as you are in\h
the process of making history, how do you\h\h

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think of those upon whose shoulders we\h
stand and how they have inspired your work?

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Actually, I think about that piece often.\h
You know all seven of us up here are\h\h

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a part of an amazing legacy of human space\h
flight. Everything every astronaut or cosmonaut has\h\h

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ever done has led to us being\h
here now in this special time.\h\h

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And so I really appreciate that legacy\h
and I try to work my hardest to honor it.

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I think about right now, and it is a time that\h
we should celebrate and be appreciative of\h\h

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the current state of human spaceflight, but really\h
what I'm most excited about is the future of human\h\h

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space flight and the fact that this is going to\h
be the future. This is what we're going to do\h\h

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for the foreseeable future and so making sure\h
that yeah, that was a first, but it won't be\h\h

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the only time that that's happened. We want to\h
make sure that we can continue to do new things.

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My mother would say to me Kamala, you\h
may be the first to do many things.\h

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Make sure you're not the last.

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So I understand you recently got some\h
fresh air because you went on a space\h\h

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walk outside of the space station for\h
the first time. What was that like?

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One of my colleagues said to me, "to keep\h
your world small - to focus on the thing\h\h

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right in front of you and then slowly widen\h
out that world-view". And that really helped\h\h

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because the first time that I did just\h
sit back and look down at the earth,\h\h

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I just wanted to do that for the rest of\h
the seven hours that I was outside. It was\h\h

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pretty amazing but we had a lot of work to do,\h
so it was also very busy. Busy and beautiful.

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You are seeing Earth\h\h

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from such an incredible view. You have an ability\h
to see the challenges that are facing Earth\h\h

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from space. What do you see as the challenges\h
for Earth based on where you are in space?

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It is just a spectacular thing to see from\h
here and it's very obvious from up here is\h\h

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how thin our atmosphere is and just how\h
special it is for there to be human life\h\h

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on this planet and so it makes me want\h
to do all that I can to protect that.

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You are inspiring us and you are\h
reminding us of what is possible\h\h