1 00:00:38,304 --> 00:00:38,571 . 2 00:00:38,571 --> 00:00:40,840 >> I FEEL THE LIFTOFF. 3 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:42,108 THE CLOCK HAS STARTED. 4 00:00:42,108 --> 00:00:43,143 >> LIFTOFF. 5 00:00:43,143 --> 00:00:45,178 WE HAVE A LIFTOFF. 6 00:00:45,178 --> 00:00:50,450 >> ROGER, ZERO, JAY AND I FEEL 7 00:00:50,450 --> 00:00:50,784 FINE. 8 00:00:50,784 --> 00:00:53,420 >> GODSPEED, JOHN GLENN. 9 00:00:53,420 --> 00:00:55,221 >> HOUSTON, A QUALITY DAY 10 00:00:55,221 --> 00:00:57,123 HERE, THE EAGLE HAS LANDED 11 00:00:57,123 --> 00:00:57,424 HERE. 12 00:00:57,424 --> 00:01:00,026 >> TRANQUILITY, WE COPY ON THE 13 00:01:00,026 --> 00:01:00,393 GROUND. 14 00:01:00,393 --> 00:01:03,963 >> NEW POSSIBILITIES ARE 15 00:01:03,963 --> 00:01:06,232 OPENING UP BETWEEN COUNTRIES. 16 00:01:06,232 --> 00:01:08,568 >> 2, 1, 0, AND LIFTOFF. 17 00:01:08,568 --> 00:01:10,937 >> LIFTOFF, AMERICA'S RETURN 18 00:01:10,937 --> 00:01:14,207 TO SPACE AS DISCOVERY CLEARS 19 00:01:14,207 --> 00:01:15,608 THE TOWER. 20 00:01:15,608 --> 00:01:17,243 >> DISCOVERY. 21 00:01:17,243 --> 00:01:18,645 >> DISCOVERY IS UP. 22 00:01:18,645 --> 00:01:20,547 >> HOUSTON, AND EVERYBODY IN 23 00:01:20,547 --> 00:01:22,182 THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM, THE CREW 24 00:01:22,182 --> 00:01:24,651 IS GO FOR LAUNCH. 25 00:01:24,651 --> 00:01:28,721 >> WE HAVE GOTTEN UP. 26 00:01:28,721 --> 00:01:45,705 ♪ 27 00:09:47,019 --> 00:10:10,776 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 28 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:58,851 [APPLAUSE] 29 00:11:58,851 --> 00:12:00,619 >> WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON. 30 00:12:00,619 --> 00:12:02,855 I'M BOB CABANA AND HAVE THE 31 00:12:02,855 --> 00:12:04,457 PRIVILEGE OF LEADING THIS 32 00:12:04,457 --> 00:12:06,625 AMAZING TEAM AT THE KENNEDY 33 00:12:06,625 --> 00:12:07,393 SPACE CENTER. 34 00:12:07,393 --> 00:12:08,861 A PLEASURE FOR ME TO WELCOME 35 00:12:08,861 --> 00:12:11,464 YOU ALL HERE, TO WELCOME THE 36 00:12:11,464 --> 00:12:14,300 CREW FOR A COMMERCIAL CREW 37 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:15,267 PROGRAM'S CREW-1 MISSION TO 38 00:12:15,267 --> 00:12:16,635 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 39 00:12:16,635 --> 00:12:17,303 STATION, LAUNCHING NEXT 40 00:12:17,303 --> 00:12:18,571 SATURDAY IF EVERYTHING STAYS 41 00:12:18,571 --> 00:12:20,406 ON SCHEDULE, IN THE CREW 42 00:12:20,406 --> 00:12:24,176 DRAGON ABOARD THE SpaceX 43 00:12:24,176 --> 00:12:25,978 FALCON 9 ROCKET LAUNCH PAD 44 00:12:25,978 --> 00:12:26,278 39A. 45 00:12:26,278 --> 00:12:28,114 I TELL YOU, IT IS REALLY 46 00:12:28,114 --> 00:12:28,514 EXCITING. 47 00:12:28,514 --> 00:12:29,915 I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW GREAT IT 48 00:12:29,915 --> 00:12:31,484 IS TO WELCOME A CREW HERE TO 49 00:12:31,484 --> 00:12:32,852 GO TO SPACE AGAIN. 50 00:12:32,852 --> 00:12:35,054 YOU GUYS, I ENVY EACH AND 51 00:12:35,054 --> 00:12:36,822 EVERY ONE OF YOU. 52 00:12:36,822 --> 00:12:39,391 IT'S MY PLEASURE NOW, YOU 53 00:12:39,391 --> 00:12:42,595 KNOW, I'VE GOT TO SAY, THIS 54 00:12:42,595 --> 00:12:45,097 WHOLE EFFORT TO COMMERCIALIZE 55 00:12:45,097 --> 00:12:45,831 LOW-EARTH ORBIT, THIS IS A 56 00:12:45,831 --> 00:12:47,299 GIANT STEP IN MAKING THAT 57 00:12:47,299 --> 00:12:48,400 HAPPEN AND WE'RE GOING TO 58 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,336 CONTINUE WITH THAT, AND I WANT 59 00:12:50,336 --> 00:12:52,972 TO INTRODUCE SOMEBODY A REAL 60 00:12:52,972 --> 00:12:53,939 ADVOCATE FOR THE 61 00:12:53,939 --> 00:12:56,208 COMMERCIALIZATION OF LOW-EARTH 62 00:12:56,208 --> 00:12:57,810 ORBIT, OUR DEPUTY 63 00:12:57,810 --> 00:13:01,380 ADMINISTRATOR JIM MORHARD. 64 00:13:01,380 --> 00:13:01,714 JIM? 65 00:13:01,714 --> 00:13:06,318 >> GUYS, WE WELCOME THESE FOUR 66 00:13:06,318 --> 00:13:06,719 ASTRONAUTS. 67 00:13:06,719 --> 00:13:09,622 THEY ARE THE BEST AMERICA AND 68 00:13:09,622 --> 00:13:12,258 JAPAN HAVE TO OFFER. 69 00:13:12,258 --> 00:13:14,426 WE'RE BRINGING FREE NATIONS 70 00:13:14,426 --> 00:13:16,295 TOGETHER TO ADVANCE THE HUMAN 71 00:13:16,295 --> 00:13:19,965 CONDITION FOR ALL MANKIND, AND 72 00:13:19,965 --> 00:13:21,300 WE'RE DOING SO WITH AMERICAN 73 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:22,635 INGENUITY AND INNOVATION. 74 00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:26,672 WE'RE TALKING REUSABLE ROCKETS 75 00:13:26,672 --> 00:13:29,308 AND REUSABLE SPACE CAPSULES 76 00:13:29,308 --> 00:13:30,743 AND GOING TO THE SPACE STATION 77 00:13:30,743 --> 00:13:32,578 THAT'S ALLOWED US TO DO 78 00:13:32,578 --> 00:13:34,346 RESEARCH THERE FOR 20 YEARS AS 79 00:13:34,346 --> 00:13:36,081 WELL AS KEEP A HUMAN PRESENCE 80 00:13:36,081 --> 00:13:38,951 THERE, WHICH WE NEED TO 81 00:13:38,951 --> 00:13:40,553 CONTINUE. 82 00:13:40,553 --> 00:13:45,925 22 YEARS AGO, BOB CABANA 83 00:13:45,925 --> 00:13:47,793 COMMANDED THE FIRST 84 00:13:47,793 --> 00:13:48,994 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 85 00:13:48,994 --> 00:13:49,728 ASSEMBLY MISSION WHERE THE 86 00:13:49,728 --> 00:13:51,530 STATION WAS ACTIVATED AND 87 00:13:51,530 --> 00:13:53,232 ENTERED INTO A OUR ASTRONAUTS. 88 00:13:53,232 --> 00:13:56,669 SO TODAY, WE HAVE THE 89 00:13:56,669 --> 00:13:58,137 BEGINNING, AND WE HAVE OUR 90 00:13:58,137 --> 00:13:58,470 FUTURE. 91 00:13:58,470 --> 00:14:03,676 AND I'M SO PROUD OF ALL OF 92 00:14:03,676 --> 00:14:04,143 THEM. 93 00:14:04,143 --> 00:14:06,679 NOW, LET ME KICK YOU SOME 94 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:07,913 KNOWLEDGE ABOUT JIM 95 00:14:07,913 --> 00:14:09,348 BRIDENSTINE SO I CAN INTRODUCE 96 00:14:09,348 --> 00:14:10,816 HIM. 97 00:14:10,816 --> 00:14:12,585 HONESTLY, HE'S MY DEAR FRIEND 98 00:14:12,585 --> 00:14:15,588 AND MY BOSS, LET ME INTRODUCE 99 00:14:15,588 --> 00:14:16,121 JIM BRIDENSTINE. 100 00:14:16,121 --> 00:14:20,359 [APPLAUSE] 101 00:14:20,359 --> 00:14:23,996 >> THANK YOU, JIM MORHARD AND 102 00:14:23,996 --> 00:14:26,632 THANK YOU, BOB CABANA FOR 103 00:14:26,632 --> 00:14:27,600 ALWAYS DOING A GREAT JOB AT 104 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:28,400 THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 105 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:29,802 WELCOME TO OUR ASTRONAUTS. 106 00:14:29,802 --> 00:14:30,970 BEFORE WE START TALKING ABOUT 107 00:14:30,970 --> 00:14:33,572 AND TALKING TO OUR ASTRONAUTS, 108 00:14:33,572 --> 00:14:34,607 I WANT TO RECOGNIZE WHAT'S 109 00:14:34,607 --> 00:14:37,409 HAPPENED HERE AT THE KENNEDY 110 00:14:37,409 --> 00:14:38,611 SPACE CENTER. 111 00:14:38,611 --> 00:14:39,511 TRANSFORMATIONAL ACTIVITIES 112 00:14:39,511 --> 00:14:40,713 THAT HAVE RESULTED IN THIS 113 00:14:40,713 --> 00:14:44,550 BEING A MULTIUSER SPACEPORT, 114 00:14:44,550 --> 00:14:45,885 AND COLONEL BOB CABANA HAS 115 00:14:45,885 --> 00:14:47,753 BEEN LEADING THIS EFFORT FOR 116 00:14:47,753 --> 00:14:49,421 OVER A DECADE NOW, AND IT'S 117 00:14:49,421 --> 00:14:51,223 BEEN AMAZING AND THE PARTNERS 118 00:14:51,223 --> 00:14:52,625 THAT WE HAVE WITH SpaceX AND 119 00:14:52,625 --> 00:14:54,994 BOEING AS IT RELATES TO OUR 120 00:14:54,994 --> 00:14:57,496 COMMERCIAL LAUNCHES. 121 00:14:57,496 --> 00:14:59,398 BOB, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL 122 00:14:59,398 --> 00:15:00,966 OF YOUR SERVICE, AND JIM 123 00:15:00,966 --> 00:15:02,001 MORHARD, THANK YOU FOR THE 124 00:15:02,001 --> 00:15:02,434 INTRODUCTION. 125 00:15:02,434 --> 00:15:04,803 I WILL TELL YOU NASA HAS THE 126 00:15:04,803 --> 00:15:06,972 HIGHEST BUDGET IT'S EVER HAD 127 00:15:06,972 --> 00:15:08,641 IN NOMINAL DOLLARS, DOESN'T 128 00:15:08,641 --> 00:15:10,075 HURT TO HAVE A DEPUTY 129 00:15:10,075 --> 00:15:10,743 ADMINISTRATOR FROM THE 130 00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:12,645 LEGISLATIVE ARENA WHO WORKED 131 00:15:12,645 --> 00:15:14,847 IN THE SENATE AND CAN HELP US 132 00:15:14,847 --> 00:15:16,315 ACCOMPLISH THESE BIG THINGS. 133 00:15:16,315 --> 00:15:19,551 THANK YOU TO JIM MORHARD AS 134 00:15:19,551 --> 00:15:19,852 WELL. 135 00:15:19,852 --> 00:15:23,622 SO TODAY WE ARE TAKING ANOTHER 136 00:15:23,622 --> 00:15:25,524 BIG LEAP IN THIS 137 00:15:25,524 --> 00:15:26,825 TRANSFORMATION IN HOW WE DO 138 00:15:26,825 --> 00:15:28,961 HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT AND WHAT 139 00:15:28,961 --> 00:15:31,297 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE 140 00:15:31,297 --> 00:15:32,264 COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE 141 00:15:32,264 --> 00:15:35,834 WHERE NASA IS ONE CUSTOMER OF 142 00:15:35,834 --> 00:15:39,305 MANY CUSTOMERS IN REMARKABLE 143 00:15:39,305 --> 00:15:40,940 MARKETPLACE IN LOW EARTH 144 00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:41,740 ORBIT. 145 00:15:41,740 --> 00:15:43,676 MAKE NO MISTAKE, EVERY FLIGHT 146 00:15:43,676 --> 00:15:45,344 IS A TEST FLIGHT WHEN IT COMES 147 00:15:45,344 --> 00:15:47,179 TO SPACE TRAVEL. 148 00:15:47,179 --> 00:15:50,683 BUT IT'S TRUE WE NEED TO 149 00:15:50,683 --> 00:15:52,751 ROUTINELY BE ABLE TO GO TO THE 150 00:15:52,751 --> 00:15:53,519 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 151 00:15:53,519 --> 00:15:55,020 WE'RE GRATEFUL TO SpaceX FOR 152 00:15:55,020 --> 00:15:56,522 THE FALCON 9 ROCKET AND THE 153 00:15:56,522 --> 00:15:58,824 CREW DRAGON AND GRATEFUL TO 154 00:15:58,824 --> 00:16:00,492 THE NASA TEAM THAT WORKED SO 155 00:16:00,492 --> 00:16:03,562 HARD TO GET ASTRONAUTS READY 156 00:16:03,562 --> 00:16:05,130 AND EXCEPTIONALLY GRATEFUL TO 157 00:16:05,130 --> 00:16:06,765 OUR ASTRONAUTS THEMSELVES. 158 00:16:06,765 --> 00:16:07,666 IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT 159 00:16:07,666 --> 00:16:10,869 BACK IN 2012, WHEN YOU THINK 160 00:16:10,869 --> 00:16:12,938 ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL LAUNCH 161 00:16:12,938 --> 00:16:14,206 INDUSTRY, THE UNITED STATES OF 162 00:16:14,206 --> 00:16:17,009 AMERICA HAD 0% OF THE GLOBAL 163 00:16:17,009 --> 00:16:17,710 MARKET SHARE IN COMMERCIAL 164 00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:18,177 SPACE LAUNCH. 165 00:16:18,177 --> 00:16:21,680 BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENTS OF 166 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:23,582 NASA FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS, 167 00:16:23,582 --> 00:16:25,784 BECAUSE OF THESE INVESTMENTS, 168 00:16:25,784 --> 00:16:27,386 COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY, AND NOW 169 00:16:27,386 --> 00:16:29,955 COMMERCIAL CREW, 70, OVER 70% 170 00:16:29,955 --> 00:16:31,557 OF THE COMMERCIAL LAUNCH 171 00:16:31,557 --> 00:16:34,393 MARKET IS AMERICAN. 172 00:16:34,393 --> 00:16:35,794 THIS IS REALLY ABOUT LAUNCHING 173 00:16:35,794 --> 00:16:36,161 AMERICA. 174 00:16:36,161 --> 00:16:37,096 AND DOING IT IN A WAY THAT IS 175 00:16:37,096 --> 00:16:38,797 COMPETITIVE, WHERE WE CAN GET 176 00:16:38,797 --> 00:16:40,866 THE ABSOLUTE BEST VALUE FOR 177 00:16:40,866 --> 00:16:41,667 EVERY DOLLAR THAT THE AMERICAN 178 00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:43,002 TAXPAYER GIVES US. 179 00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:44,436 SO THIS IS A TRANSFORMATION 180 00:16:44,436 --> 00:16:46,572 THAT IS HAPPENING AND WE'RE 181 00:16:46,572 --> 00:16:48,741 EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT IT. 182 00:16:48,741 --> 00:16:50,576 I WILL SAY WE'RE HERE TODAY TO 183 00:16:50,576 --> 00:16:53,078 RECOGNIZE THE ASTRONAUTS WHO 184 00:16:53,078 --> 00:16:54,613 ARE, OF COURSE, IN QUARANTINE, 185 00:16:54,613 --> 00:16:56,849 AND GETTING READY FOR WHAT 186 00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:58,517 WILL BE ANOTHER HISTORIC 187 00:16:58,517 --> 00:16:59,084 FLIGHT. 188 00:16:59,084 --> 00:17:00,753 I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THE 189 00:17:00,753 --> 00:17:03,122 MISSION COMMANDER, MIKE 190 00:17:03,122 --> 00:17:06,291 HOPKINS, WHO IS AN AIR FORCE 191 00:17:06,291 --> 00:17:08,594 TEST FLIGHT ENGINEER BY TRADE, 192 00:17:08,594 --> 00:17:09,695 AND AEROSPACE ENGINEER FROM 193 00:17:09,695 --> 00:17:11,964 THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. 194 00:17:11,964 --> 00:17:12,798 IN FACT, HE PLAYED FOOTBALL AT 195 00:17:12,798 --> 00:17:14,533 THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, 196 00:17:14,533 --> 00:17:17,469 AND, OF COURSE, GOT A MASTERS 197 00:17:17,469 --> 00:17:18,737 DEGREE IN AEROSPACE 198 00:17:18,737 --> 00:17:21,273 ENGINEERING AT STANFORD AS 199 00:17:21,273 --> 00:17:21,673 WELL. 200 00:17:21,673 --> 00:17:25,110 PLEASE WELCOME MIKE HOPKINS. 201 00:17:25,110 --> 00:17:25,811 [APPLAUSE] 202 00:17:25,811 --> 00:17:28,313 >> THANK YOU, SIR. 203 00:17:28,313 --> 00:17:29,615 AND GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD 204 00:17:29,615 --> 00:17:30,516 AFTERNOON FLORIDA, GOOD 205 00:17:30,516 --> 00:17:31,550 AFTERNOON AMERICA. 206 00:17:31,550 --> 00:17:34,153 IT FEELS REALLY GOOD TO BE 207 00:17:34,153 --> 00:17:34,486 HERE. 208 00:17:34,486 --> 00:17:36,588 I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY JUST 209 00:17:36,588 --> 00:17:38,424 SAYING THANK YOU, ON BEHALF OF 210 00:17:38,424 --> 00:17:40,325 THE CREW OF RESILIENCE, ON 211 00:17:40,325 --> 00:17:42,027 BEHALF OF OUR FAMILIES, WE 212 00:17:42,027 --> 00:17:43,495 WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO 213 00:17:43,495 --> 00:17:46,065 ALL OF THE PEOPLE AT SpaceX, 214 00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:48,500 AT NASA, AND IN THE D.O.D. 215 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:50,169 THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING 216 00:17:50,169 --> 00:17:51,537 TIRELESSLY TO GET US TO THIS 217 00:17:51,537 --> 00:17:51,937 POINT. 218 00:17:51,937 --> 00:17:53,806 IT'S REALLY BEEN AN INCREDIBLE 219 00:17:53,806 --> 00:17:55,307 EFFORT BY AN INCREDIBLE GROUP 220 00:17:55,307 --> 00:17:57,009 OF PEOPLE. 221 00:17:57,009 --> 00:17:59,945 FOR THE CREW, WE'RE READY. 222 00:17:59,945 --> 00:18:02,247 WE'VE SPENT THE LAST COUPLE OF 223 00:18:02,247 --> 00:18:05,284 WEEKS KIND OF FINE-TUNING OUR 224 00:18:05,284 --> 00:18:07,219 TRAINING, AND WE'VE ALSO HAD 225 00:18:07,219 --> 00:18:08,454 AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND A 226 00:18:08,454 --> 00:18:10,422 LITTLE TIME AT HOME WITH OUR 227 00:18:10,422 --> 00:18:11,757 FAMILIES AND WE'RE TRULY 228 00:18:11,757 --> 00:18:14,093 HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS 229 00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:14,526 TRANSITION. 230 00:18:14,526 --> 00:18:16,095 AS THE ADMINISTRATOR SAID, 231 00:18:16,095 --> 00:18:18,297 WE'RE STARTING THIS NEW ERA 232 00:18:18,297 --> 00:18:21,100 WHERE WE'RE GOING TO ROTATE 233 00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:22,034 CREWS TO THE INTERNATIONAL 234 00:18:22,034 --> 00:18:23,569 SPACE STATION FROM AMERICAN 235 00:18:23,569 --> 00:18:24,937 SOILS WITH OUR COMMERCIAL 236 00:18:24,937 --> 00:18:26,405 PARTNERS LIKE SpaceX, SO WE'RE 237 00:18:26,405 --> 00:18:29,741 VERY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF 238 00:18:29,741 --> 00:18:30,075 THAT. 239 00:18:30,075 --> 00:18:32,277 COLONEL CABANA, THANK YOU IN 240 00:18:32,277 --> 00:18:33,612 ADVANCE FOR THE HOSPITALITY 241 00:18:33,612 --> 00:18:34,746 AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE WEEK 242 00:18:34,746 --> 00:18:35,047 AHEAD. 243 00:18:35,047 --> 00:18:35,447 THANK YOU. 244 00:18:35,447 --> 00:18:38,484 [APPLAUSE] 245 00:18:38,484 --> 00:18:40,986 >> AND I GUESS I'M SUPPOSED TO 246 00:18:40,986 --> 00:18:41,954 INTRODUCE THE NEXT CREW 247 00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:42,287 MEMBER. 248 00:18:42,287 --> 00:18:45,390 SO IT'S MY HONOR AS WELL TO 249 00:18:45,390 --> 00:18:46,725 INTRODUCE COMMANDER VICTOR 250 00:18:46,725 --> 00:18:47,559 GLOVER. 251 00:18:47,559 --> 00:18:49,728 VICTOR AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING 252 00:18:49,728 --> 00:18:51,497 HERE TOGETHER FOR THE PAST 253 00:18:51,497 --> 00:18:53,232 COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. 254 00:18:53,232 --> 00:18:56,235 VICTOR IS FROM CAL POLY. 255 00:18:56,235 --> 00:18:58,737 VICTOR ALSO MAY HAVE HAPPENED 256 00:18:58,737 --> 00:18:59,905 TO PLAY FOOTBALL BUT ON THE 257 00:18:59,905 --> 00:19:01,106 OTHER SIDE OF THE BALL. 258 00:19:01,106 --> 00:19:02,841 IT'S DEFINITELY MY HONOR TO 259 00:19:02,841 --> 00:19:04,510 INTRODUCE VICTOR. 260 00:19:04,510 --> 00:19:05,911 YOU WON'T FIND A BETTER 261 00:19:05,911 --> 00:19:07,646 ASTRONAUT OUT THERE, A BETTER 262 00:19:07,646 --> 00:19:09,715 FATHER, A BETTER HUSBAND, A 263 00:19:09,715 --> 00:19:12,584 BETTER PERSON. 264 00:19:12,584 --> 00:19:14,119 VICTOR? 265 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:14,553 [ APPLAUSE ] 266 00:19:14,553 --> 00:19:16,388 >> THANK YOU FOR THE 267 00:19:16,388 --> 00:19:18,056 INTRODUCTION, HOPPER AND THANK 268 00:19:18,056 --> 00:19:19,024 YOU GENTLEMEN FOR THE KIND 269 00:19:19,024 --> 00:19:20,826 WORDS AND WELCOME TO ALL OF 270 00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:21,727 YOU, WELCOME TO THIS VERY 271 00:19:21,727 --> 00:19:23,662 SPECIAL PLACE, THE KENNEDY 272 00:19:23,662 --> 00:19:24,963 SPACE CENTER SHUTTLE LANDING 273 00:19:24,963 --> 00:19:25,364 FACILITY. 274 00:19:25,364 --> 00:19:26,665 I'VE NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY 275 00:19:26,665 --> 00:19:27,733 TO LAND A SPACE SHUTTLE HERE 276 00:19:27,733 --> 00:19:31,436 BUT LANDED THE TRAINING THAT 277 00:19:31,436 --> 00:19:34,273 WE FLY, AND EVERY SINGLE TIME 278 00:19:34,273 --> 00:19:35,174 I KNOW I'M GOING TO COME BACK 279 00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:36,975 AND FLY THE JET OUT OF HERE. 280 00:19:36,975 --> 00:19:38,277 IT'S REALLY SPECIAL TODAY 281 00:19:38,277 --> 00:19:39,511 BECAUSE WE FLEW A PLANE IN 282 00:19:39,511 --> 00:19:40,646 HERE, THE PLAN IS TO LEAVE ON 283 00:19:40,646 --> 00:19:42,114 TOP OF A ROCKET. 284 00:19:42,114 --> 00:19:44,082 THAT'S NEAT, THAT'S AWESOME. 285 00:19:44,082 --> 00:19:45,617 I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU 286 00:19:45,617 --> 00:19:46,151 TO EVERYONE. 287 00:19:46,151 --> 00:19:50,088 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS GREAT 288 00:19:50,088 --> 00:19:50,422 TEAM. 289 00:19:50,422 --> 00:19:51,123 WE HAVE THIS GREAT MISSION 290 00:19:51,123 --> 00:19:52,124 AHEAD OF US AND LOOK FORWARD 291 00:19:52,124 --> 00:19:54,793 TO GETTING ON ORBIT AND DOING 292 00:19:54,793 --> 00:19:56,762 OUR BEST TO MAKE YOU ALL PROUD 293 00:19:56,762 --> 00:19:58,864 OF US, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 294 00:19:58,864 --> 00:20:00,265 SUPPORT AND THANK YOU FOR 295 00:20:00,265 --> 00:20:02,467 BEING HERE TODAY. 296 00:20:02,467 --> 00:20:05,304 GO FALCON, GO DRAGON AND GO 297 00:20:05,304 --> 00:20:06,205 RESILIENCE. 298 00:20:06,205 --> 00:20:08,574 I HAVE THE HONOR OF 299 00:20:08,574 --> 00:20:10,409 INTRODUCING MY CREWMATE, 300 00:20:10,409 --> 00:20:12,144 DR. SHANNON WALKER. 301 00:20:12,144 --> 00:20:13,478 SHE'S A GREAT CREWMATE. 302 00:20:13,478 --> 00:20:15,247 MIKE AND I WERE AT THIS FOR 303 00:20:15,247 --> 00:20:17,482 2 1/2 YEARS, AND SHANNON AND 304 00:20:17,482 --> 00:20:21,086 SOICHI WERE ADDED TO THE CREW 305 00:20:21,086 --> 00:20:23,021 ABOUT SIX, EIGHT MONTHS AGO 306 00:20:23,021 --> 00:20:25,724 AND IT HAS REALLY BEEN AN 307 00:20:25,724 --> 00:20:26,658 AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN 308 00:20:26,658 --> 00:20:29,261 FROM SHANNON AND SOICHI AND 309 00:20:29,261 --> 00:20:31,563 HER EXPERIENCE AT NASA AND HER 310 00:20:31,563 --> 00:20:32,564 EXPERIENCE IN THE ASTRONAUT 311 00:20:32,564 --> 00:20:33,832 OFFICE HAVE BEEN VERY VALUABLE 312 00:20:33,832 --> 00:20:37,135 TO ME, THE ROOKIE ON THE CREW. 313 00:20:37,135 --> 00:20:39,371 SO I AM GREATLY IN DEBT TO 314 00:20:39,371 --> 00:20:40,639 BOTH OF THEM FOR THEIR 315 00:20:40,639 --> 00:20:41,039 EXPERIENCE. 316 00:20:41,039 --> 00:20:42,841 I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP 317 00:20:42,841 --> 00:20:46,044 SHANNON WALKER. 318 00:20:46,044 --> 00:20:46,678 [APPLAUSE] 319 00:20:46,678 --> 00:20:47,679 >> ALL RIGHT. 320 00:20:47,679 --> 00:20:48,480 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 321 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:52,584 IT IS SO EXCITING TO BE HERE. 322 00:20:52,584 --> 00:20:54,953 AS VICTOR SAID I'VE BEEN IN 323 00:20:54,953 --> 00:20:55,687 THE ASTRONAUT OFFICE A LONG 324 00:20:55,687 --> 00:20:55,988 TIME. 325 00:20:55,988 --> 00:20:56,922 I HAD ONE OTHER FLIGHT. 326 00:20:56,922 --> 00:20:58,757 I DID NOT LAUNCH OUT OF 327 00:20:58,757 --> 00:20:59,958 FLORIDA FOR THAT FLIGHT. 328 00:20:59,958 --> 00:21:01,727 I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE IN 329 00:21:01,727 --> 00:21:05,130 FLORIDA GETTING READY FOR THIS 330 00:21:05,130 --> 00:21:05,464 LAUNCH. 331 00:21:05,464 --> 00:21:06,632 THE DIFFICULTY WAS GOING THIRD 332 00:21:06,632 --> 00:21:09,067 IN LINE HERE AS EVERYBODY SAID 333 00:21:09,067 --> 00:21:10,002 THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY, BUT 334 00:21:10,002 --> 00:21:11,870 I'LL ECHO THEIR THANKS TO THE 335 00:21:11,870 --> 00:21:13,438 WHOLE TEAM THAT HAVE GOTTEN US 336 00:21:13,438 --> 00:21:15,607 HERE, OUR TRAINING TEAM, THE 337 00:21:15,607 --> 00:21:17,843 PEOPLE BUILDING THE HARDWARE, 338 00:21:17,843 --> 00:21:20,245 THE SPACE STATION THAT'S READY 339 00:21:20,245 --> 00:21:21,179 FOR US. 340 00:21:21,179 --> 00:21:22,748 IT'S JUST SO EXCITING. 341 00:21:22,748 --> 00:21:24,549 SO THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR 342 00:21:24,549 --> 00:21:25,617 COMING OUT AND SEEING US OFF, 343 00:21:25,617 --> 00:21:27,853 AND WITH THAT, I THINK I'LL 344 00:21:27,853 --> 00:21:31,290 JUST HAND IT OVER TO MY 345 00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:32,491 CREWMATE SOICHI. 346 00:21:32,491 --> 00:21:33,825 SOICHI IS SOMEBODY I HAVE 347 00:21:33,825 --> 00:21:35,460 KNOWN FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 348 00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:38,630 AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, ON HIS 349 00:21:38,630 --> 00:21:40,132 LAST SHUTTLE FLIGHT, HE 350 00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:41,400 ACTUALLY FLEW WITH MY HUSBAND, 351 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:42,734 I HAD ALL THE STORIES ABOUT 352 00:21:42,734 --> 00:21:44,369 SOICHI AND NOW I HAVE THE 353 00:21:44,369 --> 00:21:45,904 PRIVILEGE OF FLYING WITH 354 00:21:45,904 --> 00:21:46,872 SOICHI THIS TIME. 355 00:21:46,872 --> 00:21:48,974 I'M VERY GRATEFUL. 356 00:21:48,974 --> 00:21:52,744 THANK YOU, SOICHI. 357 00:21:52,744 --> 00:21:53,145 [APPLAUSE] 358 00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:55,514 >> THANK YOU, SHANNON. 359 00:21:55,514 --> 00:21:57,983 YOU HAVE TO DO THE SPEECH IN 360 00:21:57,983 --> 00:22:00,118 JAPANESE AND ENGLISH, SO START 361 00:22:00,118 --> 00:22:03,755 OFF WITH JAPANESE. 362 00:22:08,260 --> 00:22:35,020 [ SPEAKING IN JAPANESE ] 363 00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:35,787 >> NOW I'M -- [ APPLAUSE ] 364 00:22:35,787 --> 00:22:37,522 >> THANK YOU, NOW SWITCH TO 365 00:22:37,522 --> 00:22:37,889 ENGLISH. 366 00:22:37,889 --> 00:22:40,125 A NICE FEELING TO HERE, AS A 367 00:22:40,125 --> 00:22:42,060 PRIME CREW, THIS IS THE BEST 368 00:22:42,060 --> 00:22:43,729 PART OF LIFE. 369 00:22:43,729 --> 00:22:45,464 PRIME CREW IN KSC. 370 00:22:45,464 --> 00:22:47,833 I LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY TO 371 00:22:47,833 --> 00:22:49,735 SUPPORT OUR TRAINING THE LAST 372 00:22:49,735 --> 00:22:51,036 EIGHT MONTHS, IT'S BEEN A 373 00:22:51,036 --> 00:22:54,072 TOUGH TIME, A LONG WAIT, BUT 374 00:22:54,072 --> 00:22:55,273 THE CREW IS IN TOWN AND WE ARE 375 00:22:55,273 --> 00:22:58,410 THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN THIS 376 00:22:58,410 --> 00:22:58,744 WEEK. 377 00:22:58,744 --> 00:23:02,414 AND WE GO TO SPACE WITH PRIDE. 378 00:23:02,414 --> 00:23:06,084 OUR NAME IS RESILIENCE. 379 00:23:06,084 --> 00:23:08,487 RESILIENCE IS POWER TO 380 00:23:08,487 --> 00:23:11,790 RECOVER, WILL TO RESTORE, AND 381 00:23:11,790 --> 00:23:14,760 WE STRIVE TO SURVIVE. 382 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,596 OUR HATCH HAS NO NAME ON IT 383 00:23:17,596 --> 00:23:23,301 BECAUSE OUR MISSION IS FOR 384 00:23:23,301 --> 00:23:23,735 EVERYONE. 385 00:23:23,735 --> 00:23:26,171 IN FACT, CREW-1 IS YOU-1, ALL 386 00:23:26,171 --> 00:23:28,573 FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL. 387 00:23:28,573 --> 00:23:29,574 NOW LET'S GO FLY. 388 00:23:29,574 --> 00:23:35,247 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 389 00:23:35,247 --> 00:23:36,915 >> OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN 390 00:23:36,915 --> 00:23:39,184 IT UP TO A FEW QUESTIONS IN 391 00:23:39,184 --> 00:23:39,751 JUST A MOMENT. 392 00:23:39,751 --> 00:23:41,686 BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE HAVE ONE 393 00:23:41,686 --> 00:23:42,754 OTHER PERSON TO INTRODUCE. 394 00:23:42,754 --> 00:23:45,924 WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR 395 00:23:45,924 --> 00:23:47,492 PARTNERS IN JAPAN, THERE ISN'T 396 00:23:47,492 --> 00:23:49,594 A BETTER PARTNER WHEN IT COMES 397 00:23:49,594 --> 00:23:50,962 TO SPACE EXPLORATION IN THE 398 00:23:50,962 --> 00:23:53,398 NATION OF JAPAN, AND WE ARE 399 00:23:53,398 --> 00:23:55,434 GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE 400 00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:57,369 ACTIVITIES, THE ASTRONAUTS, 401 00:23:57,369 --> 00:23:59,204 THE CAPABILITIES THAT JAPAN 402 00:23:59,204 --> 00:24:01,139 HAS PRODUCED, REALLY FOR THE 403 00:24:01,139 --> 00:24:02,841 COMMUNITY OF NATIONS THAT HAVE 404 00:24:02,841 --> 00:24:06,645 BEEN EXPLORING SPACE NOW FOR 405 00:24:06,645 --> 00:24:07,479 DECADES, AND I WANT TO 406 00:24:07,479 --> 00:24:08,814 INTRODUCE SOMEBODY THAT'S VERY 407 00:24:08,814 --> 00:24:15,320 IMPORTANT TO NASA, BUT I WANT 408 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:16,021 TO START BY SAYING THIS -- 409 00:24:16,021 --> 00:24:16,721 WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET FOR 410 00:24:16,721 --> 00:24:17,589 THE UNITED STATES AS IT 411 00:24:17,589 --> 00:24:18,690 RELATES TO SPACE EXPLORATION, 412 00:24:18,690 --> 00:24:21,059 IT IS HIGHER NOW IN NOMINAL 413 00:24:21,059 --> 00:24:22,861 DOLLARS THAN IT'S EVER BEEN, 414 00:24:22,861 --> 00:24:25,263 ON THE RIGHT TRAJECTORY GOING 415 00:24:25,263 --> 00:24:26,498 UP, AND ALSO TRUE IN ANOTHER 416 00:24:26,498 --> 00:24:27,699 NATION, JAPAN. 417 00:24:27,699 --> 00:24:30,402 WHO HAS BEEN AN AMAZING 418 00:24:30,402 --> 00:24:31,870 PARTNER AND SEEN WHAT WE'VE 419 00:24:31,870 --> 00:24:33,772 TRIED TO ACCOMPLISH WITH 420 00:24:33,772 --> 00:24:34,739 ARTEMIS, AND WE'VE SEEN A 421 00:24:34,739 --> 00:24:37,209 BUDGET REQUEST IN JAPAN THAT 422 00:24:37,209 --> 00:24:37,909 INCREASED THEIR BUDGET BY 423 00:24:37,909 --> 00:24:39,978 ABOUT 50%, WHICH IS AMAZING. 424 00:24:39,978 --> 00:24:44,483 WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO OUR 425 00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:45,684 PARTNERS AT THE JAPANESE SPACE 426 00:24:45,684 --> 00:24:49,087 AGENCY AND, OF COURSE, I WOULD 427 00:24:49,087 --> 00:24:51,389 LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE JAPANESE 428 00:24:51,389 --> 00:24:53,692 SPACE AGENCY ISS PROGRAM 429 00:24:53,692 --> 00:24:55,060 MANAGER JUNICHI SAKAI. 430 00:24:55,060 --> 00:25:03,101 [APPLAUSE] 431 00:25:03,101 --> 00:25:05,770 >> THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING 432 00:25:05,770 --> 00:25:06,071 ME. 433 00:25:06,071 --> 00:25:08,974 FIRST OF ALL, ON BEHALF OF 434 00:25:08,974 --> 00:25:11,209 JAXA, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS 435 00:25:11,209 --> 00:25:16,147 MY APPRECIATION TO ALL 436 00:25:16,147 --> 00:25:19,084 ENGINEERS, STAFF AND THE 437 00:25:19,084 --> 00:25:21,052 ADMINISTRATIVE PEOPLE, 438 00:25:21,052 --> 00:25:24,189 ESPECIALLY SpaceX AND THE 439 00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:29,194 OTHER COMPANIES FOR LAUNCHING 440 00:25:29,194 --> 00:25:31,997 OPERATIONS AND NASA. 441 00:25:31,997 --> 00:25:36,401 AND COVID-19 PANDEMIC 442 00:25:36,401 --> 00:25:38,637 SITUATIONS, CREW-1 MISSION 443 00:25:38,637 --> 00:25:44,643 OPENS UP A NEW ERA OF 444 00:25:44,643 --> 00:25:46,678 LOW-EARTH ORBIT 445 00:25:46,678 --> 00:25:47,379 COMMERCIALIZATION. 446 00:25:47,379 --> 00:25:52,083 I'M HONORED TO BE ABLE TO 447 00:25:52,083 --> 00:25:54,753 WITNESS THIS GREAT EVENT. 448 00:25:54,753 --> 00:25:56,888 I'M PROUD THAT JAPANESE 449 00:25:56,888 --> 00:26:01,126 ASTRONAUT DR. NOGUCHI IS 450 00:26:01,126 --> 00:26:02,961 PREPARING HIS RESPONSIBILITY 451 00:26:02,961 --> 00:26:11,770 AS A MEMBER OF THIS EVENT. 452 00:26:11,770 --> 00:26:14,973 TOMORROW, I'M EXPECTING THAT 453 00:26:14,973 --> 00:26:20,946 WE CAN CONFIRM THAT ALL ITEMS 454 00:26:20,946 --> 00:26:24,316 OF FLIGHT READINESS IS THERE, 455 00:26:24,316 --> 00:26:27,185 SO HAVE A NICE TRIP TO THE 456 00:26:27,185 --> 00:26:32,157 ISS, AND SEE YOU SIX MONTHS 457 00:26:32,157 --> 00:26:36,027 LATER AGAIN. 458 00:26:36,027 --> 00:26:36,761 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. 459 00:26:36,761 --> 00:26:41,433 [APPLAUSE] 460 00:26:41,433 --> 00:26:43,034 >> OKAY. 461 00:26:43,034 --> 00:26:45,470 WE'RE READY FOR Q&A, AND 462 00:26:45,470 --> 00:26:47,505 REMEMBER, FOLKS WE ONLY HAVE 463 00:26:47,505 --> 00:26:49,541 ABOUT 15 MINUTES WITH THESE 464 00:26:49,541 --> 00:26:49,908 FOLKS. 465 00:26:49,908 --> 00:26:50,642 CAN YOU TELL THAT THE WEATHER 466 00:26:50,642 --> 00:26:51,576 THAT'S COMING IN. 467 00:26:51,576 --> 00:26:53,144 WE WANT TO BE VERY COGNIZANT 468 00:26:53,144 --> 00:26:55,480 OF THAT FOR YOUR SAFETY AND 469 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,148 EVERYONE ELSE'S. 470 00:26:57,148 --> 00:26:58,483 SO WE'LL START RIGHT HERE AND 471 00:26:58,483 --> 00:27:00,251 AS SOON AS YOU ASK A QUESTION, 472 00:27:00,251 --> 00:27:02,120 WE'LL STEP FORWARD AND Y'ALL 473 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:04,022 KEEP YOUR DISTANCE AND WE'LL 474 00:27:04,022 --> 00:27:05,190 START WITH MARCIA. 475 00:27:05,190 --> 00:27:06,524 PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND 476 00:27:06,524 --> 00:27:08,693 AFFILIATION, IF YOU CAN, AND 477 00:27:08,693 --> 00:27:09,961 DIRECT IT TO WHICH CREW 478 00:27:09,961 --> 00:27:11,997 MEMBER, IF YOU CAN DO THAT 479 00:27:11,997 --> 00:27:13,098 TOO, FOR EFFICIENCY. 480 00:27:13,098 --> 00:27:13,632 GO AHEAD. 481 00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:15,133 >> Reporter: MARCIA DUNN, 482 00:27:15,133 --> 00:27:17,035 ASSOCIATED PRESS FOR COMMANDER 483 00:27:17,035 --> 00:27:17,402 HOPKINS. 484 00:27:17,402 --> 00:27:19,638 WHEN YOU CHOSE THE NAME 485 00:27:19,638 --> 00:27:21,172 RESILIENCE, I KNOW YOU 486 00:27:21,172 --> 00:27:23,775 PRIMARILY WERE THINKING 487 00:27:23,775 --> 00:27:24,809 PANDEMIC, BUT NOW YOUR FLIGHT 488 00:27:24,809 --> 00:27:27,345 IS ON THE HEELS OF A DRAWN-OUT 489 00:27:27,345 --> 00:27:28,279 END TO A VERY DIFFICULT 490 00:27:28,279 --> 00:27:29,814 CAMPAIGN AND ELECTION, SO YOUR 491 00:27:29,814 --> 00:27:31,583 NAME HAS DOUBLE DUTY IN A WAY. 492 00:27:31,583 --> 00:27:33,018 COULD YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT 493 00:27:33,018 --> 00:27:34,786 MESSAGE YOU WANT TO SEND WITH 494 00:27:34,786 --> 00:27:36,988 THE NAME OF YOUR CAPSULE 495 00:27:36,988 --> 00:27:38,123 RESILIENCE, ESPECIALLY IN 496 00:27:38,123 --> 00:27:40,925 LIGHT OF CURRENT EVENTS? 497 00:27:40,925 --> 00:27:42,661 >> CERTAINLY, THANK YOU VERY 498 00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:42,994 MUCH. 499 00:27:42,994 --> 00:27:45,130 YOU KNOW WE SPENT A GOOD 500 00:27:45,130 --> 00:27:46,331 AFTERNOON TALKING ABOUT WHAT 501 00:27:46,331 --> 00:27:47,899 NAME WE WANTED FOR THIS 502 00:27:47,899 --> 00:27:50,235 VEHICLE, AND THERE WERE A LOT 503 00:27:50,235 --> 00:27:53,505 OF REALLY, REALLY GOOD 504 00:27:53,505 --> 00:27:53,872 OPTIONS. 505 00:27:53,872 --> 00:27:55,940 BUT I GUESS I'LL KIND OF 506 00:27:55,940 --> 00:27:57,375 EQUATE IT TO WHEN MY WIFE AND 507 00:27:57,375 --> 00:28:00,645 I NAMED OUR SECOND SON, AND WE 508 00:28:00,645 --> 00:28:03,682 HAD A COUPLE OF NAMES PICKED 509 00:28:03,682 --> 00:28:05,784 OUT, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL 510 00:28:05,784 --> 00:28:07,452 HE WAS BORN WHAT HIS NAME 511 00:28:07,452 --> 00:28:09,187 WOULD BE, AND WHEN HE CAME OUT 512 00:28:09,187 --> 00:28:11,723 IT WAS LIKE, THIS IS LUCAS. 513 00:28:11,723 --> 00:28:13,391 AND SO IT WAS THE SAME THING 514 00:28:13,391 --> 00:28:15,527 FOR US AS WE WERE GOING 515 00:28:15,527 --> 00:28:16,761 THROUGH THESE NAMES, AND WE 516 00:28:16,761 --> 00:28:18,697 HAD THEM ALL WRITTEN OUT ON A 517 00:28:18,697 --> 00:28:20,065 WHITE BOARD AND DID ALL KINDS 518 00:28:20,065 --> 00:28:21,633 OF VOTING AND THIS AND THAT, 519 00:28:21,633 --> 00:28:25,136 BUT AT THE END, IT JUST FELT 520 00:28:25,136 --> 00:28:26,104 RIGHT, AND IT FELT RIGHT 521 00:28:26,104 --> 00:28:27,539 BECAUSE, AS YOU MENTIONED, 522 00:28:27,539 --> 00:28:29,174 THIS HAS BEEN A TOUGH YEAR. 523 00:28:29,174 --> 00:28:30,642 IT'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR FOR 524 00:28:30,642 --> 00:28:33,044 EVERYBODY, FOR A LOT OF 525 00:28:33,044 --> 00:28:36,448 DIFFERENT REASONS, AND WE FELT 526 00:28:36,448 --> 00:28:38,183 LIKE IF THE NAME OF OUR 527 00:28:38,183 --> 00:28:39,984 VEHICLE COULD GIVE A LITTLE 528 00:28:39,984 --> 00:28:42,153 HOPE, A LITTLE INSPIRATION, 529 00:28:42,153 --> 00:28:45,023 PUT A SMILE ON PEOPLE'S FACE, 530 00:28:45,023 --> 00:28:45,790 THEN THAT IS DEFINITELY WHAT 531 00:28:45,790 --> 00:28:46,825 WE WANTED TO DO AND WE FELT 532 00:28:46,825 --> 00:28:48,426 LIKE RESILIENCE WAS THE NAME 533 00:28:48,426 --> 00:28:49,394 THAT DID THAT. 534 00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:50,929 SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING JUST FOR 535 00:28:50,929 --> 00:28:53,164 US AS A CREW, BUT WE THOUGHT 536 00:28:53,164 --> 00:28:55,400 THAT IT ALSO WOULD RESONATE 537 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,436 WITH EVERYBODY, NOT ONLY THAT 538 00:28:58,436 --> 00:28:59,537 FOLLOWS SPACE, BUT EVERYBODY 539 00:28:59,537 --> 00:29:01,973 IN THE COUNTRY, EVERYBODY 540 00:29:01,973 --> 00:29:04,542 AROUND THE WORLD. 541 00:29:04,542 --> 00:29:06,010 THANK YOU. 542 00:29:06,010 --> 00:29:06,444 [ APPLAUSE ] 543 00:29:06,444 --> 00:29:08,179 >> Reporter: HI, I'M IRENE 544 00:29:08,179 --> 00:29:10,348 WITH AVIATION WEEK. 545 00:29:10,348 --> 00:29:13,518 A QUESTION I THINK FOR MAYBE 546 00:29:13,518 --> 00:29:13,885 SOICHI. 547 00:29:13,885 --> 00:29:14,853 SINCE YOU'VE GONE THROUGH 548 00:29:14,853 --> 00:29:15,954 TRAINING ON THREE DIFFERENT 549 00:29:15,954 --> 00:29:20,325 VEHICLES TO GET TO THE ISS, 550 00:29:20,325 --> 00:29:21,793 WHAT DO YOU THINK'S BEEN SOME 551 00:29:21,793 --> 00:29:24,362 OF THE MOST DIFFERENT, MAYBE 552 00:29:24,362 --> 00:29:25,830 THE MOST DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF 553 00:29:25,830 --> 00:29:28,600 NOW BEING PART OF THE SpaceX 554 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:29,934 COMMERCIAL CREW ERA, COMPARED 555 00:29:29,934 --> 00:29:33,371 TO WHAT YOU DID FOR SOYUZ AND 556 00:29:33,371 --> 00:29:38,409 FOR SHUTTLE? 557 00:29:38,409 --> 00:29:39,811 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 558 00:29:39,811 --> 00:29:40,812 QUESTION. 559 00:29:40,812 --> 00:29:43,281 AND, YES, I WAS FORTUNATE 560 00:29:43,281 --> 00:29:44,849 ENOUGH TO EXPERIENCE SPACE 561 00:29:44,849 --> 00:29:47,018 SHUTTLE LIKE COLONEL CABANA 562 00:29:47,018 --> 00:29:49,687 AND SOYUZ LIKE HOPPER AND 563 00:29:49,687 --> 00:29:50,855 SHANNON, AND THIS IS THE GREAT 564 00:29:50,855 --> 00:29:51,756 EXPERIENCE. 565 00:29:51,756 --> 00:29:53,424 BELIEVE ME, THE SpaceX HAS 566 00:29:53,424 --> 00:29:56,161 BEEN A GREAT PARTNER. 567 00:29:56,161 --> 00:29:58,329 I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED 568 00:29:58,329 --> 00:30:01,499 WITH THE WAY THEY HANDLE THE 569 00:30:01,499 --> 00:30:02,734 TRAINING AND PREPARATION FOR 570 00:30:02,734 --> 00:30:03,868 THE FLIGHT, I HAVE FULL 571 00:30:03,868 --> 00:30:05,703 CONFIDENCE FOR THE REST OF THE 572 00:30:05,703 --> 00:30:08,339 MISSION, OUR CREW IS OBVIOUSLY 573 00:30:08,339 --> 00:30:10,909 A VERY NICE CREW. 574 00:30:10,909 --> 00:30:14,579 HOPPER IS GREAT LEADER, AND 575 00:30:14,579 --> 00:30:16,881 MIKE, HAVE GOOD EXPERIENCE 576 00:30:16,881 --> 00:30:18,316 WITH TEST FLIGHT BACKGROUND, 577 00:30:18,316 --> 00:30:22,320 AND SHANNON, WE ARE COLUMBIA 578 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:24,455 SURVIVOR, ALL OF US HAVE GREAT 579 00:30:24,455 --> 00:30:26,257 HISTORY ON THE SPACEFLIGHT AND 580 00:30:26,257 --> 00:30:30,261 OUR CREW IS READY TO GO. 581 00:30:30,261 --> 00:30:32,764 THANK YOU. 582 00:30:32,764 --> 00:30:33,198 [ APPLAUSE ] 583 00:30:33,198 --> 00:30:40,805 >> Reporter: SAM SUZUKI FOR 584 00:30:40,805 --> 00:30:43,308 NHK FOR MR. NOGUCHI. 585 00:30:43,308 --> 00:30:46,644 I'LL ASK THE QUESTION IN 586 00:30:46,644 --> 00:30:55,753 JAPANESE. 587 00:30:55,753 --> 00:30:55,987 . 588 00:30:55,987 --> 00:30:58,756 >> SINCE IT'S A JAPANESE 589 00:30:58,756 --> 00:31:00,859 QUESTION, I WANT TO REPLY IN 590 00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:05,296 JAPANESE. 591 00:31:33,858 --> 00:31:34,092 . 592 00:31:34,092 --> 00:31:34,926 >> Reporter: HELLO STEVEN 593 00:31:34,926 --> 00:31:36,261 CLARK FROM SPACEFLIGHT NOW. 594 00:31:36,261 --> 00:31:38,229 THE QUESTION IS FOR SHANNON 595 00:31:38,229 --> 00:31:38,630 WALKER. 596 00:31:38,630 --> 00:31:41,032 SINCE YOU LAUNCHED FROM 597 00:31:41,032 --> 00:31:43,268 BAIKONUR BEFORE, I WANT TO GET 598 00:31:43,268 --> 00:31:44,302 YOUR THOUGHTS ON DIFFERENT 599 00:31:44,302 --> 00:31:45,536 EMOTIONS, FEELINGS, COMING 600 00:31:45,536 --> 00:31:47,238 DOWN TO THE SPACE COAST TO 601 00:31:47,238 --> 00:31:49,007 LAUNCH FROM AMERICAN SOIL 602 00:31:49,007 --> 00:31:51,175 COMPARED TO YOUR EXPERIENCE 603 00:31:51,175 --> 00:31:52,777 LAUNCHING FROM BAIKONUR? 604 00:31:52,777 --> 00:31:53,177 THANK YOU. 605 00:31:53,177 --> 00:31:54,412 >> YEAH, THANKS. 606 00:31:54,412 --> 00:31:55,380 IT'S REALLY INTERESTING 607 00:31:55,380 --> 00:31:56,915 BECAUSE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN 608 00:31:56,915 --> 00:31:57,749 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 609 00:31:57,749 --> 00:31:59,751 STATION PROGRAM FOR SO MANY 610 00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:01,452 YEARS, AND HAVE HAD THE 611 00:32:01,452 --> 00:32:03,187 PRIVILEGE OF TRAINING AND 612 00:32:03,187 --> 00:32:07,191 WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN 613 00:32:07,191 --> 00:32:08,393 ALL THE COUNTRIES THAT ARE 614 00:32:08,393 --> 00:32:10,595 PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP, WHILE 615 00:32:10,595 --> 00:32:14,265 THERE MAY BE SUBTLE 616 00:32:14,265 --> 00:32:16,567 DIFFERENCES, BASICALLY IT'S 617 00:32:16,567 --> 00:32:17,235 ALL ABOUT THE SAME. 618 00:32:17,235 --> 00:32:20,405 GOING TO BAIKONUR, YOU'RE 619 00:32:20,405 --> 00:32:22,640 GOING TO A DESERT SOMEWHERE, 620 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:23,708 THEY'VE GOT THEIR TRADITIONS 621 00:32:23,708 --> 00:32:24,475 ON LAUNCH PREPARATIONS AND 622 00:32:24,475 --> 00:32:26,110 COMING HERE TO FLORIDA, IN A 623 00:32:26,110 --> 00:32:27,412 LOT OF WAYS IT'S VERY 624 00:32:27,412 --> 00:32:27,812 FAMILIAR. 625 00:32:27,812 --> 00:32:28,513 IT'S THE SAME. 626 00:32:28,513 --> 00:32:33,418 WE DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT 627 00:32:33,418 --> 00:32:35,687 DIFFERENT, CERTAINLY DIFFERENT 628 00:32:35,687 --> 00:32:37,322 COUNTRYSIDE, BUT -- AND IT'S 629 00:32:37,322 --> 00:32:39,724 IN ENGLISH, A NICE BONUS FOR 630 00:32:39,724 --> 00:32:41,960 ME, BUT REALLY THE PREPARATION 631 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,227 LEADING UP TO LAUNCH IS THE 632 00:32:43,227 --> 00:32:44,429 SAME, THE SAME EXCITEMENT, THE 633 00:32:44,429 --> 00:32:46,264 SAME FOCUS, THE SAME 634 00:32:46,264 --> 00:32:47,231 DEDICATION BY THE TEAMS 635 00:32:47,231 --> 00:32:49,767 GETTING YOU READY TO GO, SO I 636 00:32:49,767 --> 00:32:51,002 WOULD SAY THERE'S MORE 637 00:32:51,002 --> 00:32:55,773 SIMILARITIES THAN THERE ARE 638 00:32:55,773 --> 00:32:56,207 DIFFERENCES. 639 00:32:56,207 --> 00:32:57,375 >> Reporter: HI, EMERY KELLY 640 00:32:57,375 --> 00:32:59,210 WITH FLORIDA TODAY. 641 00:32:59,210 --> 00:33:02,480 PERHAPS THIS IS FOR COMMANDER 642 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:08,152 HOPKINS OR MR. BRIDENSTINE. 643 00:33:08,152 --> 00:33:11,823 COMPARE 2 CREW VERSUS 4, HOW 644 00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:13,358 ARE QUARANTINE DIFFERENCES OR 645 00:33:13,358 --> 00:33:15,727 DOUBLED AND HOW IS THAT GOING 646 00:33:15,727 --> 00:33:16,427 FOR YOU? 647 00:33:16,427 --> 00:33:16,828 THANK YOU. 648 00:33:16,828 --> 00:33:18,963 >> THANK YOU, IN TERMS OF 649 00:33:18,963 --> 00:33:20,331 QUARANTINE, I DON'T THINK IT'S 650 00:33:20,331 --> 00:33:21,733 THAT MUCH DIFFERENT. 651 00:33:21,733 --> 00:33:23,634 CERTAINLY WITH THE PANDEMIC, 652 00:33:23,634 --> 00:33:26,838 IT'S CHANGED THINGS A LITTLE 653 00:33:26,838 --> 00:33:27,238 BIT. 654 00:33:27,238 --> 00:33:29,173 WE WENT INTO QUARANTINE STATUS 655 00:33:29,173 --> 00:33:30,475 AT THE THREE WEEK POINT, 656 00:33:30,475 --> 00:33:32,477 VERSUS IN THE PAST, DONE IT IN 657 00:33:32,477 --> 00:33:34,278 TWO WEEKS. 658 00:33:34,278 --> 00:33:35,113 IN GENERAL, FOR THE FOUR OF 659 00:33:35,113 --> 00:33:37,148 US, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE HAD AN 660 00:33:37,148 --> 00:33:38,449 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND A LITTLE 661 00:33:38,449 --> 00:33:41,486 TIME WITH OUR FAMILIES, OUR 662 00:33:41,486 --> 00:33:42,453 FAMILIES WENT INTO QUARANTINE 663 00:33:42,453 --> 00:33:44,288 AS WELL WITH US, WHICH I THINK 664 00:33:44,288 --> 00:33:45,757 HAS BEEN DIFFERENT THAN IN THE 665 00:33:45,757 --> 00:33:46,057 PAST. 666 00:33:46,057 --> 00:33:48,192 BUT OVERALL IT'S WORKED OUT 667 00:33:48,192 --> 00:33:50,728 PRETTY WELL, AND I WILL SAY, 668 00:33:50,728 --> 00:33:52,997 I'LL TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO 669 00:33:52,997 --> 00:33:55,166 JUST THANK FROM NASA AND THE 670 00:33:55,166 --> 00:33:57,435 SpaceX PART, WE'VE BEEN DOING 671 00:33:57,435 --> 00:33:59,203 OUR TRAINING NOW, IN FACT, 672 00:33:59,203 --> 00:34:01,072 SHANNON AND SOICHI CAME ON 673 00:34:01,072 --> 00:34:02,073 BOARD ABOUT THE TIME THE 674 00:34:02,073 --> 00:34:03,674 PANDEMIC STARTED, SO THE 675 00:34:03,674 --> 00:34:05,476 TRAINING FLOW THAT WE'VE DONE 676 00:34:05,476 --> 00:34:07,645 OVER THE PAST SIX, SEVEN, 677 00:34:07,645 --> 00:34:09,447 EIGHT MONTHS HAS BEEN IN THAT 678 00:34:09,447 --> 00:34:10,381 ENVIRONMENT AND I CAN'T SAY 679 00:34:10,381 --> 00:34:12,950 ENOUGH WHAT NASA AND SpaceX 680 00:34:12,950 --> 00:34:15,953 HAS DONE TO KEEP US SAFE, TO 681 00:34:15,953 --> 00:34:17,188 KEEP OUR FAMILIES SAFE 682 00:34:17,188 --> 00:34:18,956 THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TRAINING 683 00:34:18,956 --> 00:34:19,323 PROCESS. 684 00:34:19,323 --> 00:34:20,658 IT HASN'T REALLY JUST BEEN THE 685 00:34:20,658 --> 00:34:22,727 LAST THREE WEEKS, IT'S BEEN 686 00:34:22,727 --> 00:34:25,830 THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS, IT'S 687 00:34:25,830 --> 00:34:28,933 BEEN INCREDIBLE TO SEE. 688 00:34:28,933 --> 00:34:32,303 >> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON, 689 00:34:32,303 --> 00:34:34,305 WELCOME TO THE SPACE COAST. 690 00:34:34,305 --> 00:34:37,308 GREG WITH SPECTRUM NEWS 13. 691 00:34:37,308 --> 00:34:39,043 FIRST SPACEFLIGHT, HISTORIC 692 00:34:39,043 --> 00:34:41,045 FLIGHT, YOU GOT A TWOFER, A 693 00:34:41,045 --> 00:34:41,646 GREAT CREW. 694 00:34:41,646 --> 00:34:43,047 I KNOW YOU'RE EXCITED. 695 00:34:43,047 --> 00:34:44,248 YOUR THOUGHTS. 696 00:34:44,248 --> 00:34:45,450 >> GREG, THANKS FOR THE 697 00:34:45,450 --> 00:34:45,883 QUESTION. 698 00:34:45,883 --> 00:34:47,919 IT'S HARD TO PUT IT INTO 699 00:34:47,919 --> 00:34:48,920 WORDS, REALLY. 700 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,354 THE THOUGHT OF FLYING IN HERE 701 00:34:50,354 --> 00:34:52,390 AND ROCKETING OUT, IT'S 702 00:34:52,390 --> 00:34:52,757 SURREAL. 703 00:34:52,757 --> 00:34:54,692 HARD TO PUT IT INTO WORDS. 704 00:34:54,692 --> 00:34:55,760 I'M EXCITED TO GO TO SPACE. 705 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:57,628 IF WE WERE ON THE STEPS OF 706 00:34:57,628 --> 00:34:59,030 BAIKONUR GOING ON THE SOYUZ, 707 00:34:59,030 --> 00:35:01,265 I'D BE EXCITED, TO LIVE ON THE 708 00:35:01,265 --> 00:35:02,366 SPACE STATION FOR SIX MONTHS, 709 00:35:02,366 --> 00:35:03,367 I'D BE EXCITED. 710 00:35:03,367 --> 00:35:06,504 TO BE A PART OF THIS CREW, WE 711 00:35:06,504 --> 00:35:08,973 HAVE AN AMAZING CREW, IT'S 712 00:35:08,973 --> 00:35:12,910 BEEN A BLAST TO TRAIN IN 713 00:35:12,910 --> 00:35:13,711 QUARANTINE OR NOT. 714 00:35:13,711 --> 00:35:17,048 WE HAVE AN AMAZING SPACE TEAM 715 00:35:17,048 --> 00:35:19,750 WITH KATE, SERGEY AND SERGEY 716 00:35:19,750 --> 00:35:20,785 ALREADY UP THERE. 717 00:35:20,785 --> 00:35:23,187 IT'S HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS. 718 00:35:23,187 --> 00:35:25,423 I'M TRULY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE. 719 00:35:25,423 --> 00:35:35,700 >> Reporter: MARCIA DUNN, AP 720 00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:36,300 AGAIN. 721 00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:37,902 WONDERING THIS UPCOMING WEEK, 722 00:35:37,902 --> 00:35:40,204 HOW MUCH ATTENTION ARE YOU 723 00:35:40,204 --> 00:35:42,507 GOING TO BE PAYING TO STORMS, 724 00:35:42,507 --> 00:35:45,610 WEATHER, AND DO YOU HAVE ANY 725 00:35:45,610 --> 00:35:46,944 NEW TRADITIONS YOU MIGHT BE 726 00:35:46,944 --> 00:35:49,714 STARTING THIS WEEK FOR THIS 727 00:35:49,714 --> 00:35:51,449 NEW ERA? 728 00:35:51,449 --> 00:35:53,217 THANK YOU. 729 00:35:53,217 --> 00:35:54,685 >> YEAH, FROM THE WEATHER 730 00:35:54,685 --> 00:35:56,053 STANDPOINT, YES, WE'RE GOING 731 00:35:56,053 --> 00:35:57,922 TO BE FOLLOWING IT VERY 732 00:35:57,922 --> 00:35:58,289 CLOSELY. 733 00:35:58,289 --> 00:36:00,691 I THINK WE'VE ALREADY STARTED 734 00:36:00,691 --> 00:36:02,393 SEVERAL DAYS AGO ACTUALLY, 735 00:36:02,393 --> 00:36:03,928 GETTING THE WEATHER BRIEFS ON 736 00:36:03,928 --> 00:36:07,165 WHAT WE THOUGHT IT'S GOING TO 737 00:36:07,165 --> 00:36:08,799 LOOK LIKE NEXT WEEKEND. 738 00:36:08,799 --> 00:36:09,834 CLEARLY, POTENTIALLY GOING TO 739 00:36:09,834 --> 00:36:10,801 HAVE AN IMPACT. 740 00:36:10,801 --> 00:36:15,072 I THINK WE MOVED THE STATIC 741 00:36:15,072 --> 00:36:19,310 FIRE FROM TOMORROW TO THE NEXT 742 00:36:19,310 --> 00:36:20,044 DAY BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER 743 00:36:20,044 --> 00:36:20,444 CONDITIONS. 744 00:36:20,444 --> 00:36:21,179 WE'LL ADAPT, WE'LL ADJUST AND 745 00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:21,779 BE READY TO GO WHEN THE 746 00:36:21,779 --> 00:36:23,014 WEATHER IS READY AS WELL. 747 00:36:23,014 --> 00:36:24,182 AS FAR AS TRADITIONS, YOU 748 00:36:24,182 --> 00:36:26,384 KNOW, SHANNON MENTIONED IT, 749 00:36:26,384 --> 00:36:27,218 WHEN YOU LAUNCH WITH THE 750 00:36:27,218 --> 00:36:29,086 SOYUZ, THERE ARE A LOT OF 751 00:36:29,086 --> 00:36:30,087 TRADITIONS THAT THEY'VE BEEN 752 00:36:30,087 --> 00:36:31,289 DOING FOR A LOT OF YEARS, 753 00:36:31,289 --> 00:36:37,995 GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO WHEN 754 00:36:37,995 --> 00:36:38,963 YURI FIRST LAUNCHED. 755 00:36:38,963 --> 00:36:40,898 WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 756 00:36:40,898 --> 00:36:42,934 START A NEW TRADITION FOR US, 757 00:36:42,934 --> 00:36:44,268 WE TOOK IT FROM THE RUSSIAN 758 00:36:44,268 --> 00:36:45,970 SIDE AND HAD DEPARTURE 759 00:36:45,970 --> 00:36:47,371 BREAKFAST WITH OUR FAMILY AND 760 00:36:47,371 --> 00:36:48,306 THE FOLKS IN QUARANTINE THAT 761 00:36:48,306 --> 00:36:49,273 ARE GOING TO BE WITH US. 762 00:36:49,273 --> 00:36:50,641 AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME 763 00:36:50,641 --> 00:36:54,278 WE'VE HAD A CHANCE AS A FAMILY 764 00:36:54,278 --> 00:36:56,714 AND THE LEADERSHIP AND THE 765 00:36:56,714 --> 00:36:57,949 SUPPORT FOLKS TO COME 766 00:36:57,949 --> 00:37:00,284 TOGETHER, IT FIGHT BE THE ONLY 767 00:37:00,284 --> 00:37:01,819 CHANCE WE HAVE, ONCE WE GET IN 768 00:37:01,819 --> 00:37:03,788 THIS WEEK, WE'RE GOING IN A 769 00:37:03,788 --> 00:37:05,356 LOT OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. 770 00:37:05,356 --> 00:37:07,291 THAT WAS A NICE OPPORTUNITY 771 00:37:07,291 --> 00:37:08,960 JUST TO SAY HI, AND THANK YOU, 772 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,796 AND SEE EACH OTHER ONE LAST 773 00:37:11,796 --> 00:37:12,863 TIME BEFORE WE ROCKET OUT OF 774 00:37:12,863 --> 00:37:13,164 HERE. 775 00:37:13,164 --> 00:37:15,833 THANKS. 776 00:37:15,833 --> 00:37:18,102 >> TIME FOR TWO MORE 777 00:37:18,102 --> 00:37:19,136 QUESTIONS. 778 00:37:19,136 --> 00:37:20,304 >> Reporter: STEVEN CLARK, 779 00:37:20,304 --> 00:37:21,205 SPACEFLIGHT NOW AGAIN FOR 780 00:37:21,205 --> 00:37:22,373 COMMANDER HOPKINS. 781 00:37:22,373 --> 00:37:24,141 I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE 782 00:37:24,141 --> 00:37:25,109 SWORN INTO THE SPACE FORCE 783 00:37:25,109 --> 00:37:26,410 WHILE YOU'RE ON THE SPACE 784 00:37:26,410 --> 00:37:27,778 STATION, AND I WANTED TO GET 785 00:37:27,778 --> 00:37:29,013 YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE 786 00:37:29,013 --> 00:37:30,581 SIGNIFICANCE OF BEING THE 787 00:37:30,581 --> 00:37:34,518 FIRST SPACE FORCE ASTRONAUT, 788 00:37:34,518 --> 00:37:37,588 AND THE SYSTEM BACKGROUND HOW 789 00:37:37,588 --> 00:37:38,522 THE SYSTEM WENT. 790 00:37:38,522 --> 00:37:41,259 DID THAT COME DOWN FROM THE 791 00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:42,927 SPACE FORCE OR NOT? 792 00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:43,661 JUST A THOUGHT. 793 00:37:43,661 --> 00:37:45,663 >> I'LL START WITH THAT ONE 794 00:37:45,663 --> 00:37:46,097 IT. 795 00:37:46,097 --> 00:37:47,398 DEFINITELY WAS A REQUEST. 796 00:37:47,398 --> 00:37:50,501 WE'VE HAD A LONG RELATIONSHIP, 797 00:37:50,501 --> 00:37:52,536 NASA HAS HAD A LONG 798 00:37:52,536 --> 00:37:53,971 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE D.O.D. 799 00:37:53,971 --> 00:37:55,106 THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT 800 00:37:55,106 --> 00:37:56,674 RELATIONSHIP AS WE'VE ADDED A 801 00:37:56,674 --> 00:37:58,609 NEW SERVICE, A NEW MILITARY 802 00:37:58,609 --> 00:38:01,312 SERVICE TO THE RANKS, AND SO 803 00:38:01,312 --> 00:38:05,383 AS I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO 804 00:38:05,383 --> 00:38:06,917 WORK WITH WHAT WAS AIR FORCE 805 00:38:06,917 --> 00:38:09,153 SPACE COMMAND THAT 806 00:38:09,153 --> 00:38:10,354 TRANSITIONED INTO THE SPACE 807 00:38:10,354 --> 00:38:12,556 FORCE, SO I WAS ALREADY 808 00:38:12,556 --> 00:38:14,025 WORKING WITH AND TALKING WITH 809 00:38:14,025 --> 00:38:16,227 THE FOLKS IN THAT GROUP, SO 810 00:38:16,227 --> 00:38:19,430 WHEN THE SPACE FORCE STOOD UP, 811 00:38:19,430 --> 00:38:21,499 IT WAS A NATURAL QUESTION TO 812 00:38:21,499 --> 00:38:22,700 ASK, WHAT ARE THE 813 00:38:22,700 --> 00:38:23,601 OPPORTUNITIES TO COME OVER? 814 00:38:23,601 --> 00:38:26,170 I FEEL VERY HONORED TO HAVE 815 00:38:26,170 --> 00:38:28,105 THAT OPPORTUNITY, TO DO THE 816 00:38:28,105 --> 00:38:29,006 TRANSITION, WHILE I AM UP ON 817 00:38:29,006 --> 00:38:31,042 ORBIT, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THAT 818 00:38:31,042 --> 00:38:32,977 JUST RECOGNIZES THE STRONG 819 00:38:32,977 --> 00:38:34,945 RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH 820 00:38:34,945 --> 00:38:36,480 NASA AND THE MILITARY, AND I 821 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,916 THINK IT'S A PRETTY SPECIAL 822 00:38:38,916 --> 00:38:39,550 ONE. 823 00:38:39,550 --> 00:38:40,751 THANK YOU. 824 00:38:40,751 --> 00:38:41,952 >> ONE LAST QUESTION. 825 00:38:41,952 --> 00:38:45,389 >> Reporter: SAM SUZUKI FOR 826 00:38:45,389 --> 00:38:48,693 NHK FOR MR. NOGUCHI AGAIN. 827 00:38:48,693 --> 00:38:54,365 AND AGAIN IN JAPANESE, PLEASE. 828 00:39:00,971 --> 00:39:03,941 >> THANK YOU, AGAIN, I'M GOING 829 00:39:03,941 --> 00:39:28,566 TO REPLY IN JAPANESE. 830 00:39:28,566 --> 00:39:28,799 . 831 00:39:28,799 --> 00:39:30,167 >> OKAY, THANKS, EVERYBODY. 832 00:39:30,167 --> 00:39:32,570 WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE 833 00:39:32,570 --> 00:39:33,537 PHOTO-OP WITH THEM BEFORE THEY 834 00:39:33,537 --> 00:39:34,271 GET AWAY. 835 00:39:34,271 --> 00:39:38,209 LET ME HAND IT OVER TO COLONEL 836 00:39:38,209 --> 00:39:38,542 CABANA 837 00:39:38,542 --> 00:39:39,977 >> THANK YOU, ALL SO MUCH FOR 838 00:39:39,977 --> 00:39:41,479 COMING TODAY TO WELCOME THE 839 00:39:41,479 --> 00:39:43,414 CREW TO FLORIDA FOR THIS 840 00:39:43,414 --> 00:39:43,848 LAUNCH. 841 00:39:43,848 --> 00:39:45,483 IT IS AN HISTORIC DAY, AND 842 00:39:45,483 --> 00:39:48,085 IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU GUYS 843 00:39:48,085 --> 00:39:48,419 HERE. 844 00:39:48,419 --> 00:39:50,755 I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR 845 00:39:50,755 --> 00:39:52,189 ADMINISTRATOR JIM BRIDENSTINE 846 00:39:52,189 --> 00:39:53,591 FOR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND 847 00:39:53,591 --> 00:39:54,892 PASSION FOR AMERICA'S SPACE 848 00:39:54,892 --> 00:39:57,528 PROGRAM THAT GOT US TO THIS 849 00:39:57,528 --> 00:39:58,996 POINT TODAY. 850 00:39:58,996 --> 00:40:01,766 TOMORROW AT 1:15 ON NASA TV, A 851 00:40:01,766 --> 00:40:03,834 LIVE MEDIA EVENT FROM CREW 852 00:40:03,834 --> 00:40:05,369 QUARTERS WITH THE CREWS, SO 853 00:40:05,369 --> 00:40:07,438 TUNE INTO THAT, AND FINALLY 854 00:40:07,438 --> 00:40:10,641 I'LL SAY GO FALCON, GO DRAGON, 855 00:40:10,641 --> 00:40:12,676 GO PERSEVERANCE AND GODSPEED 856 00:40:12,676 --> 00:40:14,645 TO YOU GUYS. 857 00:40:14,645 --> 00:40:15,112 THANK YOU, ALL. 858 00:40:15,112 --> 00:40:17,448 [APPLAUSE]