Chris Ferguson/STS-126 Commander: First, let me just say thank you to all the folks who
came out to support the landing at Edwards Air Force Base today.
Kind of a unique opportunity to come out and land at this temporary and narrow runway,
but I think it all worked out in the end very well.
Let me be the first to say that the crew members who are not with us are doing just fine.
Greg Chamitoff, of course, is a six-month space flier and it takes just a little bit longer
for them to re-acclimate to the gravity and re-adapt to being on Earth again.
Don Pettit and Heide Piper are doing just fine as well; they're in keeping a good eye on Greg.
So we just thought we would take advantage of the beautiful weather to come out here and enjoy this gorgeous orbiter,
which seems to have fared entry pretty well. Let me thank all the folks back in Houston and at the
NASA centers throughout who went to support, what I believe, is an extremely successful mission.
It was very ambitious; it was over 15 days long. We were the home improvement mission.
We improved the space station inside and out, of course, with the new water recycling system and then the
Solar Alpha Rotary Joint, which Heide and her team so adeptly managed to repair; from what I've heard is performing very well.
So again, thank you to all throughout the Edwards and NASA communities who supported us today.
It's great to be back on the ground and it's great to be in California. Thank you very much. Alright guys, way to go.