>> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON, ARE
YOU READY FOR THE EVENT?
>> STATION, READY FOR THE EVENT.
YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, STATION, THIS IS
LUKE WITH WHP-TVS IN HARRIS
BURGLARY, PENNSYLVANIA, DO YOU
HEAR ME?
>> I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
WELCOME ON BOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> WOW, WHAT AN HONOR.
F. BOB HINES, I HEAR YOU'RE FROM
HARRISBURG, PA, CORRECT?
>> YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
MY ROOTS GO BACK TO HARRISBURG.
MY FAMILY MOVED AROUND A LOT
WHEN I WAS LITTLE.
BUT HARRISBURG WAS KIND OF THE
CENTER OF ALL OF THAT WHILE I
WAS GROWING UP.
>> YOU KNOW, BEING FROM
HARRISBURG, IS ANY PART OF YOUR
UP BRINGING IN THE AREA, HAD A
ROLE IN YOUR CAREER NOW?
LOOK AT YOU, YOU'RE ON THE ISS,
AND THAT IS SO NEAT.
>> YES, IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
I HAVE TO PINCH MYSELF EVERY NOW
AND THEN TO THINK ABOUT IT.
CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, THE HERSHEY
HARRISBURG AREA WHERE MY PARENTS
AND GRANDPARENTS LIVED PRAYED A
HUGE ROLE.
I LEARNED TO FLY THERE.
MY IT CAREER LEAD TO GO TO THIS
WAS AS A TEST PILOT.
I LEARNED TO FLY IN PALMYRA ALL
THE WAY TO HERE.
HERSHEY AND HARRISBURG, IT MADE
ME WHO I AM.
I HAVE MENTORS.
MY OLDEST FRIENDSHIPS GO BACK TO
THERE, AND YOU KNOW, MY
GRANDPARENTS HAVE LIVED THERE.
SO THE ONE CONSTANT IN MY LIFE
HAS BEEN THAT AREA, AND IT'S
MADE ME WHO I AM TODAY.
>> ALL RIGHT, NOW WHAT IS YOUR
EXPERIENCE BEEN LIKE ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION?
IS IT COSY FOR YOU?
DO YOU HAVE WI-FI OR ANYTHING?
>> WE ACTUALLY DO.
HAVING MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS
UNDER MY BELT, THIS HAS BEEN
QUITE AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
WE HAVE REALLY GOOD CONNECTIVITY
UP HERE.
WI-FI IS A LITTLE SLOWER THAN
WHAT WE HAVE BACK HOME.
STREAMING VIDEOS IS A LITTLE BIT
CHALLENGING.
BUT WE CAN MAKE PHONE CALLS AND
TALK TO OUR FAMILIES AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
IT HAS BEEN PRETTY GREAT BEING
UP HERE.
CERTAINLY THE VIEWS ARE AMAZING
GETTING TO LOOK OUTSIDE AND
SEEING THE AMAZING CREATION AS
WE ORBIT THE EARTH AND HOW IT
CHANGES FROM DAY-TO-DAY IS
SPECTACULAR.
>> THIS IS YOUR FIRST FLIGHT
SINCE BEING SELECTED AS AN
OFFICIAL ASTRONAUT.
IF YOU CAN, TALK TO ME ABOUT
YOUR EXPERIENCE IN DOING SO.
>> YEAH, I WAS REALLY FORTUNATE
TO BE SELECTED IN THE CLASS THAT
WAS SELECTED IN 2017, AND SO WE
WENT THROUGH A COUPLE OF YEARS
OF BASIC TRAINING, AND THEN YOU
KNOW, WE KIND OF GET JOBS WITHIN
THE ASTRONAUT OFFICE AFTER THAT.
ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, A YEAR AND
A HALF AGO I GOT A PHONE CALL
FROM THE CHIEF OF THE OFFICE
ASKING IF I WAS BUSY FOR THE
NEXT YEAR OR SO.
OFFERING ME THE FLIGHT
ASSIGNMENT, TO BE THE PILOT ON
THE CREW 4 SPACEX DRAGON.
THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A DREAM COME
TRUE.
ALL THE PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND
MENTORS AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE
HELPED ME ALONG THE WAY ARE PART
OF THAT.
THEY'RE PART OF THIS ACHIEVEMENT
OF ME BEING UP HERE AND THEY'RE
ALL WITH ME IN SPIRIT.
>> SO WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE
BEING IN SPACE?
DOES BEING WEIGHTLESS EVER WEAR
OFF?
DO YOU EVER FORGET THAT YOU'RE
WEIGHTLESS AT ANY MOMENT?
[ CHUCKLING ]
>> YEAH, NO.
I THINK--YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU LIVE
HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, YOU
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADAPT
AND ADJUST.
IT BECOMES VERY NATURAL.
SO SOMETIMES YOU DO FORGET THAT
YOU'RE UP HERE.
THEN YOU STEP BACK AND YOU
REALIZE HOW COOL IT IS TO GET TO
FLOAT EVERYWHERE.
CERTAINLY YOU GO TO THE WINDOW
AND YOU LOOK OUT THE WINDOW.
THAT'S THE BIG REMINDER.
YOU KNOW, THAT HOLY COW WE ARE
INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE
TO BE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING UP
HERE.
IT'S A JOB.
OUR DAYS ARE LONG.
WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD DOING
ALL THE SCIENCE.
WE TOUCH ALL DIFFERENT BRANDS OF
SCIENCE, BOTANY, WE HAVE PLANTS
THAT WE'RE GROWING.
WE HAVE ROBOTICS AND THESE ASTRO
BEADS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH
NEW FORMS OF AUTOMATION AND
ROBOTICS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
JUST GETTING TO DO ALL THAT
STUFF EVERY DAY IS PRETTY
AMAZING.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT ADVICE
WOULD YOU GIVE KIDS WHO ARE
LOOKING--
>> I'M SORRY, YOU BROKE UP ON
THAT ONE.
WOULD YOU MIND REPEATING THAT
QUESTION?
>> WITH A WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU
GIVE TO KIDS WHO ARE LOOKING TO
BECOME A PILOT OR EVEN AN
ASTRONAUT LIKE YOU.
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
DON'T DREAM BIG.
DREAM HUGE.
DON'T BE AFRAID TO HAVE
INCREDIBLY HIGH DREAMS.
AND THEN ENJOY THE JOURNEY.
FIND SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE
PASSIONATE ABOUT AND SET BIG
GOALS.
AND GO AFTER IT.
I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST
THING.
IF YOU FIND SOMETHING THAT YOU
REALLY ENJOY AND YOU GO AFTER
THAT, IT'S NOT AS MUCH ABOUT THE
DESTINATION AS IS IT THE
JOURNEY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE AMAZING THINGS
ABOUT BEING UP HERE.
WHEN I LOOK BACK ON IT, YEAH,
IT'S INCREDIBLE BEING HERE, BUT
THE JOURNEY GETTING HERE IS WHAT
HAS BEEN AMAZING AND SPECIAL TO
ME.
BEING ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH
FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT ALONG THE WAY IS WHAT
IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
BOTTOM LINE, DON'T LIMIT
YOURSELF.
SET HUGE DREAMS AND GO FOR IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO YOU CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION
WITH THIS WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW.
BUT WHAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST
ACCOMPLISHMENT OF YOUR CAREER
THUS FAR?
>> YEAH, THAT'S A HARD QUESTION
FOR ME TO ANSWER.
I TEND NOT TO LOOK AT THINGS AS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, NECESSARILY.
I LOOK AT EXPERIENCES AND I JUST
ALLUDED TO A JOURNEY AND
ENJOYING THE JOURNEY.
THIS IS CERTAINLY AN EXPERIENCE.
RAND THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE
EXPERIENCE BEING UP HERE.
BUT I'VE HAD SEVERAL ALONG THE
WAY THAT WERE JUST AMAZING
EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I'VE BEEN REALLY FORTUNATE TO
GET TO GO TO TEST PILOT SCHOOL.
BEFORE THAT, GRADUATING PILOT
TRAINING IN THE AIR FORCE.
WE'RE ALL JUST AMAZING THINGS.
FOR A LITTLE BOY WHO WANTED TO
BE A PILOT A LONG TIME AGO, EACH
OF THOSE WAS AN ACHIEVEMENT OR
DREAM ACCOMPLISHMENT ALONG THE
WAY.
SO TO BE ABLE TO TESTAMENT
CONTINUE THAT ON AND CULMINATE
THE SPACE FLIGHT HAS BEEN
INCREDIBLE.
BEING HERE JUST WHETS THE
APPETITE FOR WHAT NASA HAS IN
STORE IN THE FUTURE.
GOING TO THE MOON IN THE NEXT
FEW YEARS AND THEN ON TO MARS.
AS AWESOME AS THIS TRIP IS TO
LOWER EARTH ORBIT, I CAN ONLY
IMAGINE THE MOON AND MARS AND
THE SCIENCE THAT IS BEFORE US.
>> WHAT WAS THE TRAINING LIKE TO
BECOME AN ASTRONAUT?
>> YEAH, IT'S PRETTY INTENSE.
IT'S NOT--YOU KNOW, WE STUDY
FIVE BASIC THINGS.
ONCE WE GET SELECTED WE GO
THROUGH TWO YEARS OF BASIC
ASTRONAUT TRAINING.
AND WE'D LEARNING THINGS LIKE
ROBOTICS, THE SPACE STATION
SYSTEMS.
WE HAVE TO LEARN THE RUSSIAN
LANGUAGE.
WE LEARN HOW TO FLY IN THE T-38
AND ALSO SPACE LOCK TRAINING.
ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER, YOU
KNOW, EACH ONE BY ITSELF IS
DEFINITELY MANAGEABLE.
WHAT IS REALLY CHALLENGING IS
THE BREADTH OF TOPICS THAT WE
START COVERING.
THEN WE'RE ALSO HITTING ON THE
DIFFERENT SCIENCE THAT WE MIGHT
SEE IN THE SPACE STATION.
ANYTHING FROM DMA SEQUENTIALING
TO MICROBIOLOGY, METALURGY
THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE CHALLENGING THING FOR ME WAS
TAKING ALL THAT INFORMATION IN
FROM SUCH A WIDE VARIETY OF
SOURCES.
REALLY, TOKER SOMEONE LIKE ME, I
HAD REAL CHALLENGE LEARNING
RUSSIAN.
THAT PROBABLY TOOK THE MOST
EFFORT OF ANYTHING ELSE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
BOB, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
I HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK IN
HARRISBURG SOON, STAY SAFE UP
THERE.
>> WILL DO.
THANKS SO MUCH.
IT WAS GREAT TALKING WITH YOU.
I WANT TO SAY HEY TO MY FRIENDS
AND FAMILY BACK HOME AND THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
IT WAS GREAT TALKING WITH YOU.
>> HOUSTON, STATION, THIS IS
HCR.
THAT IS THE EVENT.
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