>> EXPEDITION 67, WE ARE READY
TO BEGIN THE FAREWELL CEREMONY.
>> EVERYONE, IT IS A PRIVILEGE
TO BE HERE AT THE END OF OUR
STARLINER OPERATIONS AND TO
HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BID
THE STARLINER FAREWELL AS IT
RETURNS TO THE EARTH WITH ITEMS
FROM SPACE STATION, WITH ROSY,
AND WITH THE MANY SUCCESSFUL
TESTS BEHIND IT.
I HAVE TO SAY, IT WAS
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE TO SEE
THE SPACECRAFT APPROACH THE
SPACE STATION, JUST A BRIGHT
POINT OF LIGHT, 15 KILOMETERS
OUT AND TO HAVE IT COME IN AND
THEN HOLD FOR SEVERAL MINUTES
AT 10 METERS.
JUST, THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SEE
THIS BEAUTIFUL NEW SPACECRAFT
AS IT WAS PREPARING TO DOCK
WITH THE SPACE STATION.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET
INTO THE SPACECRAFT, AND WHAT A
PRIVILEGE, AGAIN, TO BE AMONG
THE FIRST TO ENTER THE
BRAND-NEW SPACECRAFT THAT, VERY
SOON, WILL BE CARRYING OUR
COLLEAGUES TO AND FROM THE
SPACE STATION, DURING FUTURE
MISSIONS, AND THIS IS REALLY AN
INCREDIBLE TIME BECAUSE NOT
ONLY DO WE HAVE STARLINER
DOCKED TO NODE 24 BUT HAVE THE
DRAGON VEHICLE ON NODE 2Z AND
TO HAVE TWO COMMERCIAL
SPACECRAFT ATTACHED TO THE
SPACE STATION IS AN AMAZING
THING AND A TESTAMENT TO THE
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM WHERE
WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH
COMMERCIAL COMPANIES TO
LEVERAGE EXPERTISE AND AGILITY
AND TO CREATE SYSTEMS THAT
WE'LL BE CARRYING OUR CREWS TO
AND FROM THE SPACE STATION IN
THE FUTURE.
IT'S TRULY AN AMAZING
MILESTONE, AND IT'S A TESTAMENT
TO THE STRATEGY OF PARTNERING
WITH THESE COMMERCIAL ENTITIES
TO TAKE OVER LOW-EARTH ORBIT AS
NASA DIRECTS ITS ATTENTION TO
THE MOON AND OUTWARD TO MARS AS
WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THE
SOLAR SYSTEM.
>> IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO GET TO
TAKE PART OF THIS, BE PART OF A
TINY COGIN THE WHEEL THAT IS
THE COMMERCIAL PROGRAM AND THE
OPERATIONAL TEAMS, THE DESIGN
TEAM THAT PUT THIS VEHICLE
TOGETHER.
IT WAS COOL TO BE ON THIS END
OF IT, AND WATCH THE
CULMINATION OF ALL OF THOSE
EFFORTS AND ACTIVITIES.
SO HERE'S TO YOU TO ALL THE
PEOPLE THAT PUT THE HEARTS AND
SOULS INTO DESIGNING AND
MAINTAINING AND BUILDING THIS
VEHICLE.
WELL DONE, WE'RE REALLY PROUD
TO RECEIVE IT UP HERE, AND
WE'RE PACKING IT UP AND GETTING
READY TO SEND IT BACK TO YOU
AND SHE'LL BE IN AS GOOD A
SHAPE AS SHE WAS WHEN SHE LEFT.
I PROMISE.
THE FLIGHT TEST IS A GREAT
THING.
IT IS AN AWESOME THING.
WE LEARNED SO MUCH OUT OF THESE
FLIGHT TEST MISSIONS AND WE'RE
EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE TEAM
GLEANS OUT OF THIS TO CONTINUE
TO IMPROVE THE VEHICLE AND GET
IT READY FOR OUR COLLEAGUES,
THAT WILL BE COMING UP HERE IN
THE VERY, VERY NEAR FUTURE
>> CHECK MIC.
>> IT HAS CERTAINLY BEEN AN
HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO HAVE THE
STARLINER UP HERE DOCKED TO
SPACE STATION AS PART OF THE
OFT-2 MISSION, LUCKILY FOR US,
STARLINER BROUGHT A FEW
DIFFERENT GOODIES AND SPECIAL
CARGO FOR US.
ONE REALLY SPECIAL ITEM THAT
CAME UP WITH THE STARLINER WAS
THIS AMERICAN FLAG, AND THIS
AMERICAN FLAG WAS GIVEN TO THE
BOEING TEAM AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM
WHEN THIS ALL STARTED, AND THIS
FLAG WILL REMAIN UP HERE ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
UNTIL OUR CFT COLLEAGUES COME
UP TO THE ISS AND ARE ABLE TO
RETURN WITH IT.
WE'LL KEEP IT IN SAFE KEEPING
AND IT WILL BE A REMINDER TO US
OF THE PRIDE THAT WE ALL SHARE
AND THE NOTION THAT WE ARE ALL
PART OF ONE TEAM WITH ONE GOAL
AND ONE MISSION, AND IT
REQUIRES A TEAM OF PEOPLE WHEN
ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND
EXPERTISE TO COME TOGETHER,
WHEN WE DO THAT, WE CAN
ACCOMPLISH AMAZING THINGS.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS TOKEN
AND SO EXCITED FOR OUR
COLLEAGUES TO COME UP AND
RETRIEVE IT.
>> YES, INDEED.
I THINK THAT IT'S BEEN AN
EXCITING AND EVEN MOVING MOMENT
TO SEE STARLINER DOCK A FEW
DAYS AGO FOR EVERYBODY IN THE
ASTRONAUT CORPS, NOT ONLY NASA
BUT ACROSS THE WORLD, THE
ASTRONAUTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS AND AGENCIES.
ESPECIALLY FIRST TO OUR
COLLEAGUES WORKING ON THE
STARLINER PROGRAM FOR A FEW
YEARS NOW THAT ARE REALLY,
REALLY EXCITED TO JUMP ON THE
VEHICLE AND TAKE THE PLACE OF
ROSY THE ROCKETEER, BUT EQUALLY
EXCITED ALL THE OTHER
ASTRONAUTS WITH NASA AND THE
INTERNATIONAL PARTNER AGENCIES
AND SO A BIG THANK YOU TO THE
TEAM THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE.
ON BEHALF OF THE FUTURE
STARLINER RIDERS AND BIG THANK
YOU ON BEHALF OF THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES AND
THE IDEA OF THE ASTRONAUT ON
BOARD AT THIS TIME, THE ABILITY
OF ROTATING CREWS ON THE SPACE
STATION IS REALLY THE
FOUNDATION OF MAINTAINING THIS
AMAZING FACILITY IN THE
LOW-EARTH ORBIT TO THIS
INCREDIBLE CAPABILITY IT OFFERS
FOR ADVANCING SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT.
>> SO WITH THAT, WE WANT TO
THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR
SUPPORT AND REALLY EVERYONE
THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THE
SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM.
NASA, OUR COMMERCIAL PARTNERS,
BOEING, THE COMMERCIAL CREW
PROGRAM AND INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO
BE A PART OF STARLINER'S
DOCKING TODAY, ITS DEPARTURE
TOMORROW AND THE FUTURE SUCCESS
IT HAS BRINGING CREWS, SCIENCE
AND CARGO TO THE SPACE STATION
IN THE FUTURE.
>> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON
ACR, THAT CONCLUDES THE EVENT.
>> THANK YOU, EXPEDITION 67
CREW.
STATION, WE ARE NOW RESUMING
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