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The purpose of Commercial Crew
missions is to

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have an opportunity to launch astronauts 

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to Low Earth Orbit
and beyond from American soil.

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We want to have multiple ways
of getting to and from the space station.

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The whole idea of launching 
on a commercial spacecraft

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is so that NASA, ESA, 
and the others

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can focus on further exploration.

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When Crew-12 launches
to the International Space Station,

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our goal is to integrate with the crew
that's already up there

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and be able to operate and maintain
the space station.

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While we’re there, we're going to do 
all sorts of upgrades to the space station.

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We're going to maintain current
experiments, start new experiments.

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We do research on the International Space
Station because it provides

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a very unique and novel environment
that we cannot replicate here on Earth.

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Every experiment
that we've ever done here on Earth

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has this omnipresent factor,
this gravitational vector.

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So you can imagine if you remove
a really large variable like that,

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there might be a wealth
of anticipated outcomes,

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but there also may be some things
that we don't know about.

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And that's the aspect of basic science
that appeals to me so much,

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because the joy of science
is these unexpected outcomes.

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The ultimate goal is to really understand
how the human body works in space,

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and how to build technologies
that are more sustainable

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and more reliable for future exploration.

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All of the results from this research
that we have

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can now be applied
to an even more challenging environment,

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to understand more of what it's
going to be like to live and work

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around the Moon, and hopefully
soon on the surface of the Moon.

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The same is true for Mars.

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International cooperation is so important
because space is really challenging.

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I think one of the great parts
of the International Space Station

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is that we do it all together
as a human race,

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as humanity
pushing forward out into the stars.

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It's like the ultimate potluck dinner.

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Everyone brings its signature
dish, its own expertise,

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and then we're sharing and gathering,
sharing resources, sharing knowledge,

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sharing scientific experiments.

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I think it's part of human nature
that we use this exploration

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to make our lives better here at home,
and then also satisfy

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that natural human curiosity
to see what's over that next hill.

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If we didn't have this within us,
this inherent capacity

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to look around the corner, to go further.
We never would have even uncovered

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all of the continents
or oceans on this planet.

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It pushes us to imagine more,
to find solutions.

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It is about exploration.

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It is about science.

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It is about all of these spinoffs
and potential applications

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that we can bring back to everybody
on Earth.

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Pushing the boundaries...
it’s kind of natural for me.

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Natural, I think, for a lot of people
to want to see where we can go next

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and what is the next thing
that we can develop.

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And for me, it's
all about sharing this mission.

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It's not my mission or Crew-12's
mission.

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It's really a mission for all of humanity
and civilization, for our entire planet.