1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,751 THE GREATEST THINGS WE ACCOMPLISH 2 00:00:01,751 --> 00:00:02,711 AS HUMAN BEINGS, 3 00:00:02,711 --> 00:00:03,795 WE DO AS TEAMS. 4 00:00:05,380 --> 00:00:06,923 MY NAME IS STEVE BOWEN, 5 00:00:06,923 --> 00:00:07,799 I AM THE SPACECRAFT 6 00:00:07,799 --> 00:00:09,884 COMMANDER OF NASA'S SPACEX 7 00:00:09,884 --> 00:00:10,760 CREW-6 MISSION 8 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,513 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 9 00:00:13,972 --> 00:00:16,224 I WAS BORN IN COHASSET, MASSACHUSETTS. 10 00:00:16,224 --> 00:00:17,559 IT'S A SMALL TOWN ON THE COAST 11 00:00:17,559 --> 00:00:18,643 JUST SOUTH OF BOSTON. 12 00:00:18,643 --> 00:00:20,020 I HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 13 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:21,479 I WAS THE FIFTH OF SIX, 14 00:00:21,479 --> 00:00:22,397 AND IT WAS 15 00:00:22,397 --> 00:00:24,441 REALLY SORT OF AN IDYLLIC CHILDHOOD. 16 00:00:25,483 --> 00:00:28,194 WHEN I WAS GETTING READY TO CHOOSE, 17 00:00:28,194 --> 00:00:29,904 YOU KNOW, WHERE- APPLYING FOR COLLEGES. 18 00:00:29,904 --> 00:00:31,364 I HAD GOOD ENOUGH GRADES 19 00:00:31,364 --> 00:00:33,158 AND I GOT AN APPOINTMENT TO THE U.S. 20 00:00:33,158 --> 00:00:33,742 NAVAL ACADEMY. 21 00:00:33,742 --> 00:00:35,493 SO I STUDIED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. 22 00:00:38,079 --> 00:00:39,164 I'D DONE A SUMMER CRUISE. 23 00:00:39,164 --> 00:00:40,123 AND THE REASON I ENDED UP DOING 24 00:00:40,123 --> 00:00:41,624 THE SUMMER CRUISE ON SUBMARINES 25 00:00:41,624 --> 00:00:43,501 WAS BECAUSE THE IDEAS INTERESTED ME. 26 00:00:43,501 --> 00:00:45,336 THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF 27 00:00:45,336 --> 00:00:47,505 RUNNING A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT UNDERWATER 28 00:00:47,505 --> 00:00:49,424 AND OPERATING AT SEA. 29 00:00:49,424 --> 00:00:50,884 AND SO AFTER GRADUATION, 30 00:00:50,884 --> 00:00:52,719 I SPENT 14 YEARS IN THE SUBMARINE FORCE 31 00:00:52,719 --> 00:00:55,764 BEFORE I APPLIED TO BECOME AN ASTRONAUT. 32 00:00:57,307 --> 00:00:58,391 I NEVER HAD, 33 00:00:58,391 --> 00:00:58,641 YOU KNOW, 34 00:00:58,641 --> 00:00:59,893 GRAND PLANS OF GROWING UP 35 00:00:59,893 --> 00:01:01,186 AND BECOMING AN ASTRONAUT, 36 00:01:01,186 --> 00:01:02,020 BUT I NEVER DID ANYTHING 37 00:01:02,020 --> 00:01:04,064 TO PRECLUDE THAT EITHER, BASED ON 38 00:01:04,064 --> 00:01:04,647 WHAT I 39 00:01:04,647 --> 00:01:05,732 HOW I MANAGED TO GET HERE 40 00:01:05,732 --> 00:01:08,526 AND IT WAS JUST CURIOSITY AND 41 00:01:08,526 --> 00:01:09,486 ENTHUSIASM. 42 00:01:09,736 --> 00:01:11,029 “ROGER ROLL, ATLANTIS” 43 00:01:11,321 --> 00:01:14,199 I REMEMBER ON STS-132, I THINK IT WAS ON 44 00:01:14,199 --> 00:01:16,076 MY FIRST SPACEWALK ON THAT MISSION. 45 00:01:16,076 --> 00:01:18,328 AND THERE I WAS OVERLOOKING 46 00:01:18,328 --> 00:01:19,120 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 47 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:20,455 STATION, AS WE’RE CIRCLING THE EARTH, 48 00:01:20,455 --> 00:01:22,582 THE WHOLE WORLD SPREAD OUT BELOW ME. 49 00:01:23,166 --> 00:01:25,168 AND ALL I COULD THINK OF IS 50 00:01:25,168 --> 00:01:27,045 “WHAT KIND OF CIVILIZATION IS THIS?” 51 00:01:27,045 --> 00:01:27,253 YOU KNOW, 52 00:01:27,253 --> 00:01:29,255 I GREW UP CARRYING BUCKETS OF CEMENT, 53 00:01:29,255 --> 00:01:30,757 AND HERE I AM ON 54 00:01:30,757 --> 00:01:32,092 TOP OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 55 00:01:32,092 --> 00:01:32,967 STATION, CIRCLING 56 00:01:32,967 --> 00:01:33,259 THE EARTH 57 00:01:33,259 --> 00:01:34,803 AS WE'RE DOING RESEARCH, 58 00:01:34,803 --> 00:01:36,346 YOU KNOW, REALLY TO MAKE THE WORLD 59 00:01:36,346 --> 00:01:37,305 A BETTER PLACE. 60 00:01:37,305 --> 00:01:38,556 AND WE'RE DOING IT AS A TEAM. 61 00:01:38,556 --> 00:01:40,683 WE'RE DOING IT AS AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM. 62 00:01:40,725 --> 00:01:41,726 YOU KNOW, IT WAS EYE OPENING. 63 00:01:41,726 --> 00:01:41,976 I MEAN, IT'S 64 00:01:41,976 --> 00:01:43,019 NOT SOMETHING I DIDN'T 65 00:01:43,019 --> 00:01:43,895 NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND, 66 00:01:43,895 --> 00:01:44,979 BUT IT REALLY BECOMES OBVIOUS 67 00:01:44,979 --> 00:01:45,897 IN A MOMENT LIKE THAT. 68 00:01:45,897 --> 00:01:48,066 AND THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TO ME. 69 00:01:49,192 --> 00:01:50,860 I VIEW MYSELF REALLY AS A ROOKIE 70 00:01:50,860 --> 00:01:52,695 FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 71 00:01:52,695 --> 00:01:54,197 BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS THERE 72 00:01:54,197 --> 00:01:55,824 BASICALLY AS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER. 73 00:01:55,824 --> 00:01:56,699 THIS TIME OF ACTUALLY 74 00:01:56,699 --> 00:01:57,909 GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPERATE 75 00:01:57,909 --> 00:02:00,328 AND TO BE A PART OF THE SCIENCE 76 00:02:00,328 --> 00:02:01,329 AND BE A PART 77 00:02:01,329 --> 00:02:02,705 OF THE ISS OPERATIONS. 78 00:02:02,705 --> 00:02:03,665 THAT'S ALL NEW TO ME, 79 00:02:03,665 --> 00:02:04,916 AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD 80 00:02:04,916 --> 00:02:07,460 TO BEING A PART OF ALL OF THAT. 81 00:02:07,544 --> 00:02:08,378 AND HOPEFULLY 82 00:02:08,378 --> 00:02:10,630 MY BIT OF SPACEFLIGHT EXPERIENCE 83 00:02:10,630 --> 00:02:12,674 THAT I BROUGHT ALONG WITH ME, 84 00:02:12,674 --> 00:02:15,343 I CAN HELP EVERYBODY ELSE SETTLE IN 85 00:02:15,343 --> 00:02:17,679 AND STEP INTO THESE OPERATIONS. 86 00:02:19,305 --> 00:02:21,224 I HAVE THE MOST AMAZING CREW. 87 00:02:21,224 --> 00:02:21,766 I'LL SAY THIS 88 00:02:21,766 --> 00:02:22,809 FOR ALL THREE OF MY CREW MEMBERS, 89 00:02:22,809 --> 00:02:24,060 BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY 90 00:02:24,060 --> 00:02:25,603 ALL PRETTY AMAZING INDIVIDUALS. 91 00:02:25,603 --> 00:02:27,814 THEY EACH HAVE DISTINCT PERSONALITIES 92 00:02:27,814 --> 00:02:29,858 THAT ADD SO MUCH TO THE CREW. 93 00:02:30,066 --> 00:02:31,401 THAT ABILITY TO FUNCTION 94 00:02:31,401 --> 00:02:33,403 AS A GROUP IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. 95 00:02:33,403 --> 00:02:34,904 AND WHEN YOU ACCOMPLISH 96 00:02:34,904 --> 00:02:36,406 SOMETHING AS A TEAM, 97 00:02:36,406 --> 00:02:38,908 THERE IS NO GREATER FEELING.