STATION, HOUSTON ON TWO, ARE YOU
READY FOR THE EVENT?
>> WE ARE READY FOR THE EVENT?
>> STATION, YOU MAY BEGIN THE
AXIOM MISSION FAREWELL EVENT.
TOM, OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELL, IT'S THE END OF A TEN-DAY
MISSION.
IT HAS BEEN REALLY SUPER BUSY,
ACTUALLY, FOR EVERYONE.
WE FEEL HONORED TO BE A PART OF
THIS MISSION IN WHICH THE
AXIOM-1 CREW MATES BROUGHT UP
EXPERIMENTS IN THEIR OWN
CAPABILITY AND COMMODITY.
THE THREW PUT OF SCIENCE OVER
THE PAST TEN DAYS HAS BEEN
AMAZING.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
CENTERS WHO RAMPED UP TO BE
TALKING ABOUT MORE CREW MEMBERS
AND TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE ALL OF
THIS WORKLOAD.
WE HAD TIME, I THINK.
THANKS FOR THE TRAINING.
THANKS FOR THE FORTITUDE AND
BRAVERY IN COMING UP HER AND A
LITTLE HELP FROM THEIR FRIENDS
WE THINK WE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT
UP HERE JUST A FEW WORDS.
THIS IS SUCH A BIG HISTORIC TIME
FOR US SIMPLY BECAUSE THE
AXIOM-1 CREW IS OPENING THE DOOR
AND HOPE A FUTURE PRIVATE
ASTRONAUT MISSIONS WILL CONTINUE
TO OPEN THE DOOR TO MORE
SPACEFLIGHTS, GETTING MORE
PEOPLE INTO SPACE.
GETTING MORE SCIENCE DONE ON THE
SPACE STATION AND WE FEEL LIKE
THIS IS THE WAY THINGS ARE FOR
THE DECADES TO COME AND REALLY
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
THANKS EVERYONE.
THANKS EVERYONE ON THE GROUND.
OVER TO YOU, MIKE.
>> THANKS, TOM.
JUST A COUPLE OF REFLECTIONS,
FIRST OF ALL, SORT OF A CREW
PERSPECTIVE, AT LEAST,
PERSONALLY, I CAN SPEAK FOR ALL
OF US.
IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING
EXPERIENCE.
I MEAN UNIQUE, MAGNIFICENT AND
HUMBLING MORE THAN ANYTHING
REALLY, REALLY REWARDING.
IF WE ZOOM OUT A BIT AND TALK
ABOUT HOW HARD WE WERE WORKING
AND I ECHO THE THANKS AS WELL AS
THE OTHER CENTER AROUND THE
WORLD.
AND WE JUST TO THE FINISHED TAPE
AND STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AFTER
THE SPREAD, BUT YOU KNOW, IT HAS
NOT ONLY BEEN REWARDING FOR US
AS A CREW, BUT I THINK AS TOM
MENTIONED THIS BEGINS A NEW
CAREER OF HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT.
AND ABLE TO FUNCTION IN THE
EUNUCH AND SOMETIMES CHALLENGE
ENVIRONMENT THEN I THINK THAT IS
SORT OF A FIRST STEP TOWARD REAL
DEMOCRATIZATION OF THIS
EXPERIENCE.
IT WILL TAKE AWHILE BECAUSE THE
PRICES ARE QUITE HIGH NOW.
IN THE FUTURE THIS WILL BE
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH
MORE AND MORE PART OF HUMANITY
AND MAKE HUMAN KIND ALL THE
BETTER FOR IT.
WE PASS THAT OVER TO LARRY.
FIRST THANKS TO CREW-3.
THE FACT IS WITHOUT THEIR HELP,
SUPPORT, COACHING, MENTORSHIP,
ABSOLUTELY NO WAY WE WOULD HAVE
BEEN ABLE TOLL ACCOMPLISH THIS
AND WIDE ARRANGE OF EXPERIMENTS
OVER THE LAST EIGHT DAYS.
IT WAS AS MIKE SAID AND
AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE.
FORTUNATELY WE WERE ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH OUR OBJECTIVES AND
HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE TO SOME
GREAT GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH
ALSO, TOO, WE CONDUCTED AS TEAM
OVER 15 EDUCATIONAL TO YOUTH IS
A CROSS THE WORLD NOT JUST IN
THE UNITED STATES, SO HOPEFULLY,
THAT WILL MAKE POSITIVE IMPACT
ON THE NEXT GENERATION.
AND IF YOU ASK ME WHAT IS THE
EXPERIENCE BEEN LIKE?
LASTLY THANKS TO NASA, ALL THE
FOLKS AT HUNTSVILLE WHO ARE
SUPPORTING US.
AGAIN, WITHOUT THEIR KEY
INVOLVEMENT, COACHING,
DIRECTION, THIS WOULD NOT BE
POSSIBLE.
WILL TURN IT OVER TO MARK.
>> MARK YOUR MIC IS OFF.
>> SOUND LAKE BROKEN RECORD HERE
REPEATING A LOT OF THE SAME
THINGS, BUT WHAT AN AMAZING AND
CREDIBLE TEN DAYS HAS IT BEEN,
HAS IT BEEN IT?
HAS BEEN EYE OPENING IN SO MANY
WAYS THAT I THINK WE WILL HAVE A
LASTING IMPACT ON MY LIFE AND I
THINK THE LIVES OF EVERYBODY
AROUND ME AND THE CREW WAS SO
INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US TO
ACHIEVE ALL OF THE SCIENTIFIC
OBJECTIVES SO THANKS TO ALL OF
YOU AND ALSO WANT TO MAKE A
SHOUT OUT TO THE FOLKS HERE AT
NASA AND HUNTSVILLE FOR DEALING
WITH THE MASSIVE INCREASE IN
ACTIVITY WHILE WE ARE HERE AND
DEALING WITH PATIENT AND
PROFESSIONALISM AND GETTING US
THROUGH THAT.
THANKS A LOT.
WELL THAT I WILL HAND IT OVER TO
EYTAN.
>> THANK YOU, ALL.
I WILL SAY A FEW WORDS IN
HEBREW.
[SPEAKING IN HEBREW]
>> I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT
EVERYBODY SAID ABOUT HOW
GRACIOUS AND PATIENT CREW-3 HAS
BEEN WITH US.
THEY SHARED THEIR TIME, WISDOM,
THEIR FOOD, THEIR STORIES.
HONESTLY, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST
COUPLE OF DAYS, WE WOULD NOT
HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH WITHOUT THEM
BAILING US OUT ON MORE THAN ONE
OCCASION.
HAS BEEN A STEADY AND GENTLE
HAND GUIDING US THROUGH THE TEN
DAYS THEN I JUST, NOW WE ARE
GRATEFUL TO YOU, KAYLA, RAJA,
MATTHIAS, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
WE WISH AXIOM CREW GOD'S SPEED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS
WELL.
IT HAS BEEN GREAT TO SEE YOU
BACK HERE AGAIN, AND HOPE TO SEE
YOU LOTS MORE ON MISSIONS IN THE
FUTURE SO SAFE TRAVELS.
YOU HOPE YOU HAVE A SOFT
SPLASHDOWN AND CALM SEAS WHEN
YOU GET BACK HOME.
THANKS, ALSO, TO RUSSIAN CREW
MATES.
THEY PULLED OFF A COMPLEX LONG
ARDUOUS SPACEWALK YESTERDAY,
DIDN'T MISS A BEAT WITH ALL THE
OTHER ACTIVITY OVER HERE AND,
THANKS.
THANKS TO YOU AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON ACR.
THANK YOU.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR EVENT.
>> STATION HOUSTON, WE ARE NOW