George Diller/STS-131 Landing Commentator: And here come our STS-131 astronauts,
being greeted by Lori Garver. KSC Director Bob Cabana greeting our commander.
And the director of the Japanese space agency, JAXA.
There's astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, Stephanie Wilson and
Naoko Yamazaki. And the crew under the orbiter usually likes to take a look at the tiles,
landing gear and the tires, some of the flight control elements,
elevons, and just generally see how well Discovery came through the landing.
Poindexter/STS-131 Commander: It's great to be back at the Kennedy Space Center
with Discovery. It was a beautiful entry this morning.
We've got the bonus of coming over the entire United States and it was just absolutely
gorgeous. The entire entry track took us over the Rockies and over the Midwest,
and across the Mississippi Delta. And it was just a fantastic entry.
The landing to get back here at Kennedy Space Center was really nice.
It's a beautiful day and it was a great mission.
And we're just happy to be back here in Florida with Discovery.
I'm going to let the rest of the crew come up and say just a few words.
But thanks to everybody for all of their support.
And we really appreciate it. Thank you.
James P. Dutton Jr./STS-131 Pilot: Well, it was just an incredible mission from start to
finish. The launch, having an orbital sunrise during our ascent into orbit,
it was incredible. We had our share of challenges up there,
but the larger team just did an incredible job supporting us and
we owe them greatly for all they did for us.
So, to them, our thanks.
Rick Mastracchio/STS-131 Mission Specialist: Well, thanks, thanks for being here.
We had a great mission. Like Jim and Dex said, we had our challenges.
We had our EVA challenges where some of the hardware gave us a little bit of trouble.
But I think we got all of the big tasks d one and we're very happy with everything.
Thank you.
Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger/STS-131 ission Specialist: Hi, I'm Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, MS2 for the flight.
And what an incredible morning to be out here. I can't believe that a few days ago we
were looking down on this part of the United States and it was just so beautiful.
And I want to say thanks to all of the people that made this possible.
And we hope that we've made the International Space Station ready for future
exploration. And I just, again, want to say thank you and it's great to be back on Earth.
Stephanie Wilson/STS-131 Mission Specialist: Hi, I'm Stephanie Wilson.
And it's been an incredible journey. We had a great time.
It was a wonderful mission. We enjoyed our time with the International Space Station.
We were able to complete all of the mission objectives.
And so, we're very grateful to all of the teams across our NASA and international partner
centers, especially Johnson Space Center and the Kennedy Space Center.
Thanks so much for readying Discovery for us and making her such a wonderful bird.
Folks here work very hard and we're just very thankful to all of the teams that made this
mission possible. Thank you so much.
Naoko Yamazaki/STS-131 Mission Specialist: Hello, I'm Naoko Yamazaki,
mission specialist of STS-131. It is such a great pleasure to be able to work with
thousands and millions of people during the mission and during the preparation period.
And I'm so glad we could come back home safe. So thank you so much, I really
appreciate it. (Japanese)
Clayton Anderson/STS-131 Mission Specialist: Hi, my name is Clayton Anderson,
and I was MS5 on this flight and EV2, and was fortunate enough to have the opportunity
to go outside three times. We had a lot of adversity, but we overcame it all with some
great teamwork. It's been a wonderful experience for me.
I've had two homecomings this flight. I got to go home to the International Space Station
and now I get to come home to KSC. And to all of you who helped get us up and b ring us
back, thank you so very much. God bless America.