NASA's learned a
tremendous amount from the International Space Station,
not only from a technological perspective, but from a human side as well.
The ISS is a marvelous
technological platform
for science.
But what we have learned as an international community.
Crossing cultural differences, political differences
to support the men and women who are willing to go into space
for exploration and science on behalf of all humankind,
I think is one of the legacies that we're going to have.
When you go outside at sunset or early in the morning and you track the ice
that's coming over your locale, realizing there are human heartbeats on board
going at five miles per second, it's very special to realize that they are friends,
their families are important to us, and we do everything we can
to maintain all the best of their health and well-being.
I get to help the astronauts launch and return
from the International Space Station.
There's been a lot of learning happening
over the last couple of years.
25 years now.
I wish that everyone would know that the space station
is one of the biggest international collaborations that NASA has.
I think it is the foundation and test
bed of just humanity's effort in space.
The first ever flown in space object I got to
touch was from working on ISS.
Advanced plant Habitat
did an amazing thing where they flew some patches for us on station
and returned them for the team that worked on the Advanced Plant Habitat project.
So as someone who grew up loving space and wanting to work at NASA for more
or less my entire life, that was a pretty impressive memory
and remains something that I hold very dear.
Moving forward. I hope to see more experiments.
More of the science that gives us perspective on the human body
and the workings in zero gravity environment, which will allow us
to understand a microgravity environment like the moon or on Mars.
Happy 25th birthday, International Space Station.
You are absolutely awesome.
Happy 25th anniversary ISS.
Thank you for everything you've given us and everything you continue to do.