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NASA's learned a

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tremendous amount
from the International Space Station,

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not only from a technological perspective,
but from a human side as well.

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The ISS is a marvelous

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technological platform 

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for science.

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But what we have learned
as an international community.

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Crossing cultural differences,
political differences

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to support the men and women
who are willing to go into space

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for exploration and science
on behalf of all humankind,

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I think is one of the legacies
that we're going to have.

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When you go outside at sunset or early
in the morning and you track the ice

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that's coming over your locale, realizing
there are human heartbeats on board

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going at five miles per second, it's very
special to realize that they are friends,

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their families are important to us,
and we do everything we can

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to maintain all the best of their health
and well-being.

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I get to help the astronauts
launch and return

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from the International Space Station.

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There's been a lot of learning happening

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over the last couple of years.

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25 years now.

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I wish that everyone would know
that the space station

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is one of the biggest international
collaborations that NASA has.

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I think it is the foundation and test

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bed of just humanity's effort in space.

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The first ever flown in space object
I got to

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touch was from working on ISS.

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Advanced plant Habitat

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did an amazing thing where they flew
some patches for us on station

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and returned them for the team that worked
on the Advanced Plant Habitat project.

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So as someone who grew up loving space
and wanting to work at NASA for more

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or less my entire life,
that was a pretty impressive memory

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and remains
something that I hold very dear.

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Moving forward.
I hope to see more experiments.

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More of the science that gives us
perspective on the human body

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and the workings in zero
gravity environment, which will allow us

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to understand a microgravity environment
like the moon or on Mars.

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Happy 25th birthday,
International Space Station.

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You are absolutely awesome.

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Happy 25th anniversary ISS.

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Thank you for everything you've given us
and everything you continue to do.