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HI, WELCOME TO THE FIRST AND PROBABLY THE ONLY EDITION OF SOME SPACE NEWS.
I'M YOUR HOST, ASTRONAUT CHRIS CASSIDY, LIVE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION FLYING, SOMEWHERE 250 MILES ABOVE OUR BEAUTIFUL PLANET EARTH. LET'S GET
ONTO THE SEGMENTS. I HAVE MY NOTES, WHICH ARE STORED IN A BAG, BUT BECAUSE OF THE
FLAMMABILITY HAZARD OF PAPER WE TAKE SERIOUS SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE, THE CREW, ARE SAFE FROM FIRE HAZARDS.
THEREFORE, MY NOTES ARE STORED INSIDE THIS CARGO TRANSFER BAG, WITH SEVERAL
ITEMS OTHER ITEMS THAT HAVE NO RELEVANCE TO MY NOTES. AND ON TO THE NEWS. “AND WE
HAVE LIFTOFF.” IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF AN HTV CARGO SHIP. CONGRATULATIONS TO
OUR JAPANESE COUNTERPARTS, AS THEY BLAST OFF A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT LAUNCH. WE WATCHED IT
HERE ON BOARD, AS A CARGO SHIP FULL OF SCIENCE EQUIPMENT FOOD SPARE PARTS
EVERYTHING WE NEED LOGISTICALLY TO KEEP THE SPACE STATION RUNNING.
TOPIC NUMBER TWO IS THE ARRIVAL OF MY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES, BOB BEHNKEN AND
DOUG HURLEY ON THE FIRST MANNED SPACEX CREW DRAGON. THIS IS A MOMENTOUS DAY FOR
OUR HISTORY OF MANNED SPACEFLIGHT, AS IT MARKS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE LAUNCHED
PEOPLE AGAIN FROM THE COAST OF FLORIDA SINCE 2011 WHEN WE FLEW THE LAST
SPACE SHUTTLE. DOUG HURLEY WAS ON THAT LAST SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT IN 2011. HE WAS ALSO
MY CREW MATE IN 2009 ON STS-127. SO DOUG AND I HAVE A DEEP HISTORY OF SPACEFLIGHT
TOGETHER, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING BOTH OF THEM ONBOARD AS PART OF
EXPEDITION 63. BY THE WAY EVERYBODY'S PAYING ATTENTION TO THE TECHNICAL STUFF
RELATED TO THAT LAUNCH, BUT ONBOARD HERE WE'RE MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THEIR FOODS
ORGANIZED, THEIR SLEEPING QUARTERS SQUARED AWAY, THEIR CLOTHING IS ALL IN
ORDER, AND THEIR TOOTHBRUSH IS HANGING AT THE BATHROOM. I GOT YOU BOB AND DOUG. SO,
ON THAT NOTE WE'LL SAY I'LL SIGN OFF AND SAY GOOD NIGHT TO THE WHOLE WORLD.
IT'S A PLEASURE GOING AROUND YOU 16 TIMES A DAY. WE LOOK DOWN WITH ENVY, WE
LOOK DOWN WITH PRIDE, AND WE LOOK DOWN WITH FASCINATION AS OUR PLANET IS THERE,
A SPACE SHIP FOR ALL OF US, HOME TO EVERY ONE OF US. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING SOME
SPACE NEWS.
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