>> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE EVENT?
>> READY FOR THE EVENT.
>> HOUSTON, THIS IS STATION.
WE ARE READY FOR THE EVENT.
I THINK.
>> OVER TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HOUSTON, OK.
COPY.
THANK YOU.
TODAY WE ARE GATHERED HERE FOR
THE CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY.
DURING THE PAST FIVE MONTHS, I
HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO
SERVE AS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION COMMANDER.
DURING THESE FIVE MONTHS, WE HAD
ALL THE EXPERIMENTS, THE SCIENCE
WE DID.
WE HAD MULTIPLE SUCCESSFUL
EVA'S.
A LOT OF CARGO VEHICLES COMING,
GOING.
AND WE HAD A LOT OF MAINTENANCE
AND ALSO UPGRADES.
THANK YOU ALL FOR WORKING
TOGETHER AND MAKING THIS TEAM
SUCH A GREAT TEAM WITH ALL OF
THESE ACHIEVEMENTS.
OLEG, MARK, SHANE, MEGAN AND
THOMAS.
YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING.
I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER THAN BEING
A MEMBER OF THIS TEAM.
SO THANK YOU.
AND FOR THE FOLKS ON THE GROUND,
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU IN
HOUSTON, HUNTSVILLE, MUNICH,
MOSCOW.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP, YOUR
SUPPORT, YOUR HARD WORK AND
DEDICATION.
THROUGHOUT ALL THE AGENTS
SUPPORTING THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION PROGRAM.
WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE SUCH A
GREAT WORK WITHOUT YOUR HELP.
AND SO IT IS MY HONOR TO GIVE
THOMAS PESQUET THE KEY TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THOMAS, YOU HAVE BEEN AMAZING
CREW MATE AND GOING TO BE SUBURB
COMMANDER.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU, AKI.
I THINK THE WHOLE CREW IS GOING
TO JOIN ME FOR TO THANK YOU FOR
EVERYTHING YOU DID DURING THE
FIVE MONTHS IN COME MAN OF
EXPEDITION 65.
YOU LED US EVERY DAY.
ALWAYS SMILING.
ALWAYS BEING POSITIVE.
ALWAYS BEING IN A GOOD MOOD.
YOU CLEARLY, THINK, PRIORITIZED
THE GOALS AND WELL-BEING ABOVE
YOUR OWN AND I THINK YOU LOST
SLEEP IN THE PROCESS.
YOU HAVE THIS UNCANNY ABILITY,
WHENEVER HELP IS NEEDED ON THE
SPACE STATION, YOU MATERIALIZE
OUT OF THIN WHERE ARE, NO MATTER
WHERE WE ARE OR WHAT WE'RE
DOING.
YOU ALWAYS SHOW UP.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE A POSITIVE
ATTITUDE AND RUBBED OFF, RUBBED
OFF ON US AND SOMETIMES THE
FRUSTRATION THAT CAN BUILD UP
WHEN ARE SERVING A DIFFICULT
TASK.
THANKS A LOT FOR THAT.
LIKE YOU SAID, WHICH HAD ALSO A
COUPLE OF CHALLENGING
OPERATIONAL SITUATIONS DURING
EXPEDITION 65.
WENT THROUGH THEM SAFELY.
ARE NO STRANGER TO THAT.
THANKS, AKI.
YOU TOOK A LOT OF PRESSURE OFF
OF ME BY DOING A FANTASTIC JOB
THAT I DON'T HAVE BEEN TO THINK
ABOUT DOING BETTER THAN YOU.
IT IS NOT HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
YEAH.
THANKS FOR BEING AN EXAMPLE AND
INSPIRATION.
I WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT
EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE TEAM
BECAUSE I HAD THE PLEASURE TO
SERVE UNDER THE COMMANDER OF
EGGS EXPEDITION 5 AND OF COURSE
ON THE CREW DRAGON.
OLEG WAS MY COMMANDER ON THE
SOYUZ THE LAST TIME I FLEW TO
SPACE AND MARK AND MEGAN HAVE
HAD THE LEADERSHIP POSITION
WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL OFFICE
SO I LEARNED A LOT YOU FROM GAS
ON THE GROUND AND UP HERE EVERY
DAY.
I AM THANKFUL FOR THAT HONESTLY.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD NOW NICE
TURN TO TRY DID A GOOD JOB TO
KEEP THE MISSION SAFE AND
ACHIEVE OPERATIONAL GOALS THEN
COME BACK TO THE LOVED ONES
HEALTHY AND HAPPY.
SO THOSE ARE OTHER GOALS.
I WANT TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM TO
REPRESENT MY COUNTRY UP HERE.
THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND
THAT MY CAREER PATH AND MY
OPPORTUNITIES OWE A GREAT DEAL
TO THE LEADING AND LEADING ROLE
THEY PLAYED IN AEROSPACE AND
SPACE EXPLORATION IN PARTICULAR.
WHETHER IT IS 62, FRENCH SPACE
AGENCY, FIRST WESTERN EUROPEAN
SPACE AND LOTS OF OTHER FLIGHTS
THEN OF COURSE, SINCE THE
BEGINNING.
[SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE]
LASTLY, BETWEEN IT SAY FEW WORDS
WITH THE TRAINING TEAM, THE
MEDICAL TEAM, ALL THE SUPPORT
FUNCTIONS ON THE GROUND, BECAUSE
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CHANGE
OF COMMAND UP HERE ON THE SPACE
STATION, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF
LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE FLIGHT
CONTROL TEAM.
THERE IS A LOT OF BRAIN POWER,
OBVIOUSLY, ON THE GROUND.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WORK REALLY HARD
EVERY DAY FOR US TO COME UP HERE
AND DO WHAT WE DO.
SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT THE
OTHER DAY AND YOU GUYS ACTUALLY
TRIED TO KEEP US SAFE, MAKE US
SUCCESSFUL, KEEP US HAPPY, SO IT
IS I COULD BE OF THE DEFINITION
OF WHAT IT IS TO LOVE SOMEONE,
BROTHERLY LOVE, LOVE TO CARE
ENOUGH SO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO BE
SAFE WALK SUCCESSFUL AND HAPPY.
IT SEEMS LOOK YOU GUYS LOVE IT
AND MAY FIT THE CULTURAL
STEREOTYPE NOW WITH SURPRISE THE
WORD OF LOVE WOULD COME FROM A
FRENCHMAN FROM SPACE.
WE ALL LOVE YOU BACK.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU ARE
DOING.
THAT WAS A LOT OF WORDS, BUT I
THINK WE HAVE WORK TO DO.
LOOKING FORWARDED TO BEING THE
COMMANDER OF ALL OF YOU AWESOME
INDIVIDUALS AND BRING IT IN AND
BRING EXPEDITION 65 ON 3.
1, 2, 3.
EXPEDITION 65.
>> STATION, MUNICH ON TWO FOR
AKI AND THOMAS.
AKI, I THINK THAT I CAN SPEAK
FOR EVERYBODY WHEN ALL
COMMUNICATORS ARE SAYING IT HAS
BEEN AN HONOR WORKING WITH YOU
THESE MONTHS AND SEEING YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND HOW YOU BROUGHT
YOUR TEAM TOGETHER BOTH ON THE
GROUND AND IN SPACE SO THANK YOU
VERY, VERY MUCH.
IT HAS BEEN REALLY AN HONOR AND
THOMAS, THOMAS--
[SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE]
>> THANKS FOR THE WORDS.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE BEING A FRIEND
AND WILL SEE YOU ON THE GROUND
VERY SOON.
TAKE GOOD CARE.
SEE YOU SOON.
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING.
>> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON ACR.
THAT CONCLUDES THE EVENT.