WEBVTT FILE 00:00:01.467.00:00:03.100 -Megan McArthur with the STS-125 crew. 00:00:03.100.00:00:04.800 You're watching NASA TV. 00:00:26.800.00:00:31.567 -When I step into the light 00:00:31.567.00:00:35.900 My arms are open wide 00:00:35.900.00:00:40.100 When I step into the light 00:00:40.100.00:00:44.133 My eyes searching wildly 00:00:44.133.00:00:48.433 Would you not like to be 00:00:48.433.00:00:52.700 Sitting on top of the world with your legs hanging free 00:00:52.700.00:01:01.300 Would you not like to be okay, okay, okay 00:01:01.300.00:01:05.500 When we're walking by the water 00:01:05.500.00:01:09.733 Splish splash, me and you taking a bath 00:01:09.733.00:01:13.600 When I'm walking by the water 00:01:13.600.00:01:16.467 Come up to my toes, to my ankles, 00:01:16.467.00:01:18.400 to my head, to my soul 00:01:18.400.00:01:21.367 I'm blown away 00:01:26.967.00:01:28.167 -Good morning, Atlantis, 00:01:28.167.00:01:30.167 and good morning to you today, Megan. 00:01:32.200.00:01:33.667 -Good morning, Shannon. 00:01:33.667.00:01:35.933 Good morning, Houston, and good morning to my husband, Bob. 00:01:35.933.00:01:39.700 I love you, and I'll see you soon. 00:01:39.700.00:01:42.600 -And we're looking forward to seeing all of you real soon. 00:01:46.633.00:01:47.933 -This is Mission Control Houston. 00:01:47.933.00:01:50.200 Today's wake-up music was "Lie In Our Graves," 00:01:50.200.00:01:51.667 performed by the Dave Matthews Band, 00:01:51.667.00:01:54.567 and it was played for Mission Specialist Megan McArthur, 00:01:54.567.00:01:55.767 who, in just a few hours, 00:01:55.767.00:01:58.033 will release the Hubble Space Telescope 00:01:58.033.00:02:02.167 as the astronauts and all of us take a final look at Hubble 00:02:02.167.00:02:03.867 for the very last time. 00:03:03.967.00:03:06.333 The Hubble Space Telescope now grappled firmly 00:03:06.333.00:03:10.133 by the shuttle's robotic arm, the end effector, 00:03:10.133.00:03:12.833 coming at 5:45 this morning Central Time 00:03:12.833.00:03:15.733 as Atlantis heads towards an equatorial crossing here 00:03:15.733.00:03:19.067 in just a couple of minutes, tracking northeasterly. 00:03:19.067.00:03:22.067 This will take it across Central America, 00:03:22.067.00:03:24.767 Cuba and then out across the Atlantic. 00:03:36.600.00:03:38.567 -Atlantis, Houston for HST unberth. 00:03:48.567.00:03:50.800 -Houston, go ahead for unberth. -Yeah, Scooter. 00:03:50.800.00:03:53.100 Not trying to rush you at all, purely your preference, 00:03:53.100.00:03:58.200 but anytime you're ready, we are go for HST unberth. 00:03:58.200.00:03:59.100 -Okay. 00:03:59.100.00:04:00.100 Copy that. Go for unberth. 00:04:13.233.00:04:16.433 -Houston, we're in HST unberth on page 2-6 now 00:04:16.433.00:04:18.133 ready to go to damp three. 00:04:20.533.00:04:23.167 -We're with you on 2-6, and we're ready for that. 00:04:34.867.00:04:37.133 -Commander Scott Altman now has commanded 00:04:37.133.00:04:38.600 Atlantis into free drift, 00:04:38.600.00:04:42.433 meaning he has inhibited all of the thruster jets 00:04:42.433.00:04:45.467 on the nose and tail of the vehicle 00:04:45.467.00:04:49.267 to prevent them from any inadvertent jet firings 00:04:49.267.00:04:53.300 during sensitive periods such as the release 00:04:53.300.00:04:57.100 or unberthing of the telescope from its Flight Support System. 00:05:15.667.00:05:19.100 The split-screen view indicating that all of the berthing latches 00:05:19.100.00:05:23.067 are open, all three of them. 00:05:23.067.00:05:26.300 The telescope is secured to the Flight Support System 00:05:26.300.00:05:28.933 by the shuttle's robotic arm. 00:05:32.900.00:05:37.033 -And, Houston, here we go to FSS hover. 00:05:37.033.00:05:38.733 -Houston copies, Scooter. 00:06:26.800.00:06:28.400 -Houston, Atlantis, we're at hover. 00:06:28.400.00:06:30.467 Assuming attitude maintenance is not required, 00:06:30.467.00:06:33.200 we'll go to RNS intermediate. 00:06:33.200.00:06:36.067 -That's affirmed, Scooter, not required, so you can press. 00:07:02.100.00:07:04.900 -And the payload deployment and retrieval systems officer, 00:07:04.900.00:07:07.233 the robotic-arm officer here in Mission Control, 00:07:07.233.00:07:11.267 reports that the telescope is now in the release position, 00:07:11.267.00:07:18.633 that call coming at 6:58 this morning Central Time. 00:07:18.633.00:07:23.300 Now that Hubble is in the release position, 00:07:23.300.00:07:25.467 flight-deck crew will 00:07:25.467.00:07:29.000 clean up the shuttle's attitude to put it... 00:07:29.000.00:07:32.200 It's about 80 degrees out of the current 00:07:32.200.00:07:38.200 or the expected or desired position for release of Hubble, 00:07:38.200.00:07:40.567 so they'll clean up the shuttle's attitude 00:07:40.567.00:07:44.300 with a few firings of thruster jets 00:07:46.333.00:07:48.967 and then stand by an attitude hold 00:07:48.967.00:07:52.067 until the deploy or release commands are given. 00:07:52.067.00:07:58.033 -We're ready to go 8:15 auto on the dampen maneuver. 00:07:58.033.00:08:00.200 -We agree, and we're ready for the maneuver. 00:08:30.333.00:08:33.167 -Inside 2 minutes. 00:08:33.167.00:08:34.767 -Thank you. 00:08:34.767.00:08:38.200 -Okay, Ray J, I've got seven plus 94 queued up. 00:08:38.200.00:08:42.967 -Okay. -We've got about 10 seconds. 00:08:53.767.00:08:55.800 There's sunlight. 00:08:55.800.00:08:59.467 -Okay. -Looks like my Item 10. 00:08:59.467.00:09:00.967 -Is that 30 seconds? 00:09:00.967.00:09:03.000 -I would say you could do it prior to that. 00:09:03.000.00:09:04.433 -Okay. -It's on that page but... 00:09:04.433.00:09:05.900 -Yeah. 00:09:05.900.00:09:08.433 -Because I have the 30-second damp three after that. 00:09:08.433.00:09:09.533 -Right. Okay. 00:09:09.533.00:09:10.967 So I'll do one right now and then... 00:09:10.967.00:09:12.667 -And really, it's just saying you want to have 00:09:12.667.00:09:15.700 our state vectors colocated close to release. 00:09:15.700.00:09:18.800 -And to resume that, I'm going to... 00:09:18.800.00:09:20.433 [ Chatter ] 00:09:20.433.00:09:23.067 -And this time, we have the recorders rolling. 00:09:23.067.00:09:25.800 -Exciting. 00:09:25.800.00:09:28.500 -John, you've got to record the time action. 00:09:28.500.00:09:29.633 -Okay. 00:09:29.633.00:09:31.933 Pulse, pulse, pulse, low Z. 00:09:31.933.00:09:34.533 I see that. I got... 00:09:34.533.00:09:36.400 -Looks like it. -...eight... 00:09:36.400.00:09:37.733 -Ten seconds. -...three five. 00:09:37.733.00:09:41.000 Scooter, you got that, I assume. I'm going to select... 00:09:41.000.00:09:42.233 -Five seconds. -...eight seven three five. 00:09:42.233.00:09:43.933 -The mode switch is in auto. 00:09:43.933.00:09:47.567 Three, two, one, release. 00:09:51.667.00:09:52.667 I'm backing away. 00:09:52.667.00:09:57.133 -I see you got it open. 00:09:57.133.00:09:59.633 -Clear the pin. -Clear the pin. 00:09:59.633.00:10:01.333 Mode switch is in off. 00:10:05.067.00:10:06.767 Clear the antenna. 00:10:09.333.00:10:12.600 -Yeah, that's coming out now. 00:10:12.600.00:10:15.467 -Ray J, I'm calling for 10 down pulses 00:10:15.467.00:10:17.133 when we do this in Port [Indistinct]. 00:10:17.133.00:10:19.300 -Right. 00:10:19.300.00:10:22.633 -See you moving away nicely, Meg. 00:10:22.633.00:10:25.067 -We're going to get away from the antenna as well. 00:10:25.067.00:10:31.033 -Okay. -I can... 00:10:31.033.00:10:34.533 Five feet from the telescope, not yet 5 feet from the antenna. 00:10:34.533.00:10:36.300 -And I'll need the time when you do those, Scooter, 00:10:36.300.00:10:37.767 but think I'm going to hear it. 00:10:37.767.00:10:40.500 -You will. -Yeah, and I... 00:10:40.500.00:10:43.700 -I'd call that 5 feet, Megan, so we're go for course if you want. 00:10:48.533.00:10:50.400 -And just verify your flight-control power is on. 00:10:50.400.00:10:51.767 -My control power is on. -Okay. 00:10:51.767.00:10:53.333 Motion is stopped, Scooter. 00:10:53.333.00:10:55.300 -Okay. Here comes the burn. 00:10:55.300.00:10:56.833 Ten down pulses. 00:10:56.833.00:11:02.367 Mark. -Seven. 00:11:02.367.00:11:04.967 Twenty. 00:11:04.967.00:11:10.233 -I think that's 10. -Yep. 00:11:10.233.00:11:11.967 -Okay. -Flight controllers off. 00:11:11.967.00:11:13.033 -Forty. -Okay. 00:11:13.033.00:11:18.800 I need the mic. -Oh, baby, look at that. 00:11:18.800.00:11:21.333 -Houston, Atlantis for this F1 burn [Indistinct] 00:11:21.333.00:11:24.467 eighteen fifty-seven [Indistinct]. 00:11:24.467.00:11:26.700 Twenty-four feet. -Okay, is that the... 00:11:26.700.00:11:27.967 -Copy eighteen fifty-seven [Indistinct]. 00:11:27.967.00:11:30.300 -Keel camera on monitor two for me... 00:11:30.300.00:11:31.900 -Twenty-eight. -...the actual monitor two. 00:11:31.900.00:11:33.200 -Center of HST... -Thirty feet. 00:11:33.200.00:11:34.033 -...bottom half of... -Sorry. 00:11:34.033.00:11:35.567 -...keel, Scooter, in neutral. 00:11:35.567.00:11:37.267 -Thirty-one. -There it is, Scooter. 00:11:37.267.00:11:38.900 -Okay. -Thirty-five. 00:11:38.900.00:11:40.800 -Thank you. -Opening. 00:11:40.800.00:11:43.267 -It's supposed to be at a rep fall of about 65. 00:11:43.267.00:11:44.533 You said 35 opening. 00:11:44.533.00:11:46.267 -Yeah. -Do you have a H dock? 00:11:48.500.00:11:51.000 -Yeah, it's about 65 of the rep fall. 00:11:53.167.00:11:55.333 -Okay. 00:11:55.333.00:11:57.133 -Stand by for your neutral. 00:12:11.067.00:12:16.867 -Yeah, it's just bouncing off the... 00:12:16.867.00:12:18.767 -Eighty-one feet. 00:12:18.767.00:12:21.000 One point two is what it showed, but I think that... 00:12:21.000.00:12:24.133 -Two forty. -Okay. 00:12:24.133.00:12:26.267 That's good. 00:12:26.267.00:12:28.733 -That's good? Two forty is all you need? 00:12:28.733.00:12:30.133 -He had a small launch time. -One point three. 00:12:30.133.00:12:32.900 -Yeah, I'm getting it. -Ray, it's 99 feet. 00:12:35.533.00:12:37.567 -Hundred fifty. -John, how's the sun point? 00:12:37.567.00:12:41.700 -Hundred fifty feet. -Thanks. 00:12:41.700.00:12:43.367 -Receiver two locked. 00:12:43.367.00:12:45.167 -We have receiver two locked. -[Indistinct] 00:12:45.167.00:12:47.800 -[Indistinct] -PCA mode to subpoint. 00:12:47.800.00:12:49.633 -Not yet. 00:12:49.633.00:12:54.800 -Yeah, a little more time. Thank you. 00:12:54.800.00:12:57.133 -About point eight [Indistinct]. 00:12:57.133.00:13:00.400 -Scooter, at 0050 is when I show three plus 30 00:13:00.400.00:13:03.167 to the fifty-seven twenty. 00:13:03.167.00:13:04.867 -Okay. 00:13:07.167.00:13:08.567 Do you have your maneuver ready to go? 00:13:08.567.00:13:11.433 -I'm putting them in now. -You can do the atom 19. 00:13:11.433.00:13:12.833 -Hey, John. -Booster. 00:13:12.833.00:13:13.667 -Yeah? 00:13:13.667.00:13:17.967 -Got this? [ Chatter ] 00:13:17.967.00:13:21.700 -Can you grab this thing? -Yeah. 00:13:21.700.00:13:23.400 -Thanks. 00:13:36.833.00:13:38.533 -Two hundred feet. 00:13:42.100.00:13:44.300 -Twenty seconds, Scooter. 00:13:44.300.00:13:45.700 -Twenty seconds for the maneuver? 00:13:45.700.00:13:46.900 -Brad, I got... -I got 1.4. 00:13:46.900.00:13:50.100 -...one three ninety zero zero omicron zero. 00:13:50.100.00:13:51.733 -Okay. -Tune up the atom 19. 00:13:51.733.00:13:53.867 -Go ahead and give me the atom 19. 00:13:53.867.00:13:56.500 -Okay. Intense in about 8 seconds. 00:13:56.500.00:13:59.300 -For what? -Three plus 30, 00:13:59.300.00:14:03.733 the fifty-seven twenty. Here we go. 00:14:03.733.00:14:05.700 -Just keep shooting. -Yeah, right there. 00:14:05.700.00:14:08.500 -Seven auto burn, Scooter. -Now we've got about 30 seconds. 00:14:22.067.00:14:24.533 -We're getting a look at the imagery 00:14:24.533.00:14:27.833 from the Orbiter Boom Sensor System, 00:14:27.833.00:14:32.033 that boom held by Shuttle Atlantis' robotic arm, 00:14:32.033.00:14:34.000 and has begun the inspection 00:14:34.000.00:14:36.100 of the reinforced carbon-carbon panels 00:14:36.100.00:14:39.400 on the orbiter's starboard wing. 00:14:39.400.00:14:44.233 Atlantis is now flying 190 miles above the Pacific Ocean, 00:14:44.233.00:14:49.033 out in the neighborhood of the Hawaiian islands. 00:14:49.033.00:14:51.800 This morning's orbit-adjust burn was successful, 00:14:51.800.00:14:56.933 and now shuttle is flying in an orbit 351 miles 00:14:56.933.00:15:02.300 on its high point, 184 miles at its lowest point 00:15:02.300.00:15:06.067 following the successful release of the Hubble Space Telescope 00:15:06.067.00:15:09.367 just minutes before 8 o'clock Central Time this morning. 00:16:15.467.00:16:17.900 This display driven by real-time data 00:16:17.900.00:16:20.733 in the telemetry stream from Atlantis 00:16:20.733.00:16:24.067 shows the current position of the robotic arm 00:16:24.067.00:16:25.900 and the Orbiter Boom Sensor System, 00:16:25.900.00:16:32.533 which is in its grasp and being maneuvered into position 00:16:32.533.00:16:34.100 for the start of the survey 00:16:34.100.00:16:38.167 of the reinforced carbon-carbon panels along the port wing. 00:19:26.767.00:19:28.600 The astronauts have already completed 00:19:28.600.00:19:31.600 the planned late inspection 00:19:31.600.00:19:34.633 of the reinforced carbon-carbon panels 00:19:34.633.00:19:37.833 lining both wings and the nose cap. 00:19:37.833.00:19:41.633 We're currently seeing some sequential still video 00:19:41.633.00:19:43.967 of the Orbiter Boom Sensor System 00:19:43.967.00:19:46.667 being returned to its berth on the starboard sill 00:19:46.667.00:19:48.300 of the payload bay. 00:19:48.300.00:19:51.767 That task that had been timelined for tomorrow, 00:19:51.767.00:19:55.467 but Mission Control offered the astronauts 00:19:55.467.00:19:57.233 the opportunity to go ahead 00:19:57.233.00:20:00.733 and do that today since they had completed the inspection 00:20:00.733.00:20:06.100 tasks more than an hour ahead of the schedule in their day. 00:20:06.100.00:20:09.733 Completion of this task would free them up 00:20:09.733.00:20:14.567 for a full day off for everybody tomorrow. 00:20:14.567.00:20:17.567 The payload deployment and retrieval systems officer 00:20:17.567.00:20:22.300 reported that the arm is ready for latch, 00:20:22.300.00:20:26.600 and we're standing by for it to be finally secured, 00:20:26.600.00:20:32.633 and the shuttle astronauts can release the robotic arm's grip 00:20:32.633.00:20:37.267 and return the robot arm to its perch on the port sill. 00:20:55.667.00:20:58.367 -Yesterday, we had our final spacewalk, 00:20:58.367.00:21:01.933 and there was a controversy over who was the last person 00:21:01.933.00:21:05.533 to touch the Hubble Space Telescope. 00:21:05.533.00:21:06.800 Now I was a witness to this, 00:21:06.800.00:21:08.467 and I was watching the whole time. 00:21:08.467.00:21:10.033 -Right. -And John, you know, 00:21:10.033.00:21:11.500 we talked about being the last guy, 00:21:11.500.00:21:13.167 but, Drew, you were out there. 00:21:13.167.00:21:14.667 Did it ever go through your mind 00:21:14.667.00:21:17.733 that maybe while John wasn't looking you should touch it? 00:21:17.733.00:21:19.900 I was thinking maybe we should have Megan take John on the... 00:21:19.900.00:21:21.533 Because John was on the arm, right? 00:21:21.533.00:21:23.100 Get him away from the telescope. 00:21:23.100.00:21:24.700 He's, like, leaning forward, and Megan wouldn't let him 00:21:24.700.00:21:26.400 touch it, and then Drew would go up and grab... 00:21:26.400.00:21:27.767 Did that ever go through your mind? 00:21:27.767.00:21:29.533 Did you...ever tempted to try to sneak that in, like, 00:21:29.533.00:21:32.300 you know, do a Buzz Aldrin before Neil Armstrong 00:21:32.300.00:21:33.767 gets out there or something like that? 00:21:33.767.00:21:36.333 Did you, you know, for this to go down in history? 00:21:36.333.00:21:37.967 Did that ever occur to you maybe? 00:21:37.967.00:21:40.900 -I cannot tell a lie. 00:21:40.900.00:21:44.100 -You were hoping we would come up with something, huh? 00:21:44.100.00:21:46.800 -I tried to be the last one to touch it. 00:21:46.800.00:21:48.267 -But it didn't work. 00:21:48.267.00:21:50.733 -Alas, it was not meant to be. -It was not meant to be. 00:21:50.733.00:21:51.900 Well... 00:21:51.900.00:21:53.033 -Of course, something happened near the end 00:21:53.033.00:21:54.833 that caused us to revisit the telescope. 00:21:54.833.00:21:55.833 -Right. Yeah. 00:21:55.833.00:21:57.200 But Drew tried... 00:21:57.200.00:21:59.533 -Had that not occurred, I believe I would've been... 00:21:59.533.00:22:01.800 -I don't know. -...the last to touch it. 00:22:01.800.00:22:03.733 But see, here's the thing is when I was down putting 00:22:03.733.00:22:06.233 the [Indistinct] in, I said to myself, 00:22:06.233.00:22:08.000 "I don't remember the last time I touched it," 00:22:08.000.00:22:09.600 you know, because John gave it the last shake, 00:22:09.600.00:22:10.333 and I thought... 00:22:10.333.00:22:11.800 -Right. -... 00:22:11.800.00:22:13.100 "I don't even know when it was that I touched it, so I said, 00:22:13.100.00:22:15.167 "I better go touch it so that I can remember." 00:22:15.167.00:22:16.333 -Right. -So when I... 00:22:16.333.00:22:17.000 -Oh, that's right. -...touched it... 00:22:17.000.00:22:18.400 -Right! -... 00:22:18.400.00:22:20.833 I knew I would remember that, and you guys were looking, 00:22:20.833.00:22:22.233 so I knew you would remember. 00:22:22.233.00:22:23.767 -Yeah. -That's why... 00:22:23.767.00:22:25.767 -Oh, yeah, right. -Except you would've bribed us. 00:22:25.767.00:22:27.033 -No, I had that thought. I thought... 00:22:27.033.00:22:28.600 -See too... 00:22:28.600.00:22:30.133 -If you'd given me the hi sign, we could've worked something... 00:22:30.133.00:22:31.467 -Yeah, if you would've... -...out, but I didn't know. 00:22:31.467.00:22:32.800 -If you would have bribed us, Drew, you know, money, 00:22:32.800.00:22:35.400 not even that much, we could've put John on the arm 00:22:35.400.00:22:37.000 and took him away from the telescope. 00:22:37.000.00:22:38.633 -Banking on the arm. He's reaching out. 00:22:38.633.00:22:40.200 -I tell him to go away, and then you could've 00:22:40.200.00:22:41.433 went up there and got the last touch and got... 00:22:41.433.00:22:43.800 -I go, "Hey, John. Watch this." 00:22:43.800.00:22:45.267 -Right, but no, I think you're right. 00:22:45.267.00:22:47.267 You know, it was appropriate for John to be the... 00:22:47.267.00:22:48.367 -He was the last guy. 00:22:48.367.00:22:49.667 -Right, to be the last guy to touch it. 00:22:49.667.00:22:51.633 -And then Megan. -But who was really 00:22:51.633.00:22:54.733 the last astronaut to have an imprint on Hubble? 00:22:54.733.00:22:56.967 -Who let go of the telescope? -Who let go of the telescope? 00:22:56.967.00:22:58.667 -I did let go of it. -It was Megan. 00:22:58.667.00:23:00.233 -You let go of it last. -So Megan truly 00:23:00.233.00:23:01.633 is the last astronaut 00:23:01.633.00:23:02.933 to be touching the Hubble Space Telescope. 00:23:02.933.00:23:04.867 -The middle was spectacular. -That was great. 00:23:04.867.00:23:06.667 -Yeah, what'd you think? What was that like? 00:23:06.667.00:23:08.233 -It was... Well, you know, 00:23:08.233.00:23:10.433 it was just as close to, I guess, as when we grappled it, 00:23:10.433.00:23:13.033 but bringing it up out of the latches 00:23:13.033.00:23:14.433 and bringing it forward, it kind of had... 00:23:14.433.00:23:15.700 It was a little more leisurely, 00:23:15.700.00:23:17.367 so I had more time to sort of look at it, 00:23:17.367.00:23:20.667 and it's just huge, and it was, you know, really close to us, 00:23:20.667.00:23:22.400 and then, of course, when we let go of it, 00:23:22.400.00:23:24.667 and then it's just sitting there for a second until Scooter 00:23:24.667.00:23:25.967 initiates the separation burn, 00:23:25.967.00:23:27.800 and then it goes right over our heads, 00:23:27.800.00:23:30.000 and you can kind of see everybody sort of duck 00:23:30.000.00:23:31.467 down a little bit because it looks so close. 00:23:31.467.00:23:33.967 -How many pulses was that? -Ten. 00:23:33.967.00:23:37.533 -Ten pulses, boom, boom, boom, all in a row, and we're just... 00:23:37.533.00:23:38.833 -With shuttle rockets going. -We're just moving away. 00:23:38.833.00:23:39.733 -Yeah. -I'm like... 00:23:39.733.00:23:40.633 -Yeah. -I was a little bit 00:23:40.633.00:23:41.667 stressed out during that. 00:23:41.667.00:23:43.100 You guys were doing all the work, 00:23:43.100.00:23:44.933 and I was just sitting there stressing out, watching the... 00:23:44.933.00:23:46.900 -It's a big telescope coming right overhead. 00:23:46.900.00:23:48.067 -Yeah. -It's pretty neat. 00:23:48.067.00:23:49.333 -Yeah. Pretty cool. 00:23:49.333.00:23:52.033 But it wasn't as stressful as the rendezvous though, 00:23:52.033.00:23:55.733 going into the...The ungrapple wasn't like the grapple... 00:23:55.733.00:23:57.133 -You know, it's funny... -...last week because... 00:23:57.133.00:23:59.033 -...because the grapple was a lot more stressful in training 00:23:59.033.00:24:00.333 than it was for real. 00:24:00.333.00:24:02.100 You know, it... I think we trained it 00:24:02.100.00:24:04.200 so much that it was actually really smooth, 00:24:04.200.00:24:07.233 and we just didn't train to deploy as many times, 00:24:07.233.00:24:09.800 and so I did have a little bit more feeling of, 00:24:09.800.00:24:11.167 "Okay. We got to get everything right," 00:24:11.167.00:24:13.267 just because we don't train that as much because, 00:24:13.267.00:24:16.567 like you say, it's not maybe as [Indistinct]. 00:24:16.567.00:24:18.100 Still had a heightened awareness, I guess, 00:24:18.100.00:24:19.333 for [Indistinct]. 00:24:19.333.00:24:20.867 -Atlantis, Houston for playback. Current task is... 00:24:20.867.00:24:22.200 -Well, it was a good day. -...in about 3 minutes... 00:24:22.200.00:24:23.433 -It all went well. -...show up. 00:24:23.433.00:24:24.733 If it's okay with you, we'll just... 00:24:24.733.00:24:26.200 -You know what I mean? -...[Indistinct] 4:17 time. 00:24:26.200.00:24:27.033 -The telescope is on its way. -Yeah, Dex, that sounds good. 00:24:27.033.00:24:28.067 -And... 00:24:28.067.00:24:28.933 -We're still configuring ourselves. 00:24:28.933.00:24:30.100 -It's a little sad to see it go 00:24:30.100.00:24:31.033 but very happy to see it go in good shape. 00:24:31.033.00:24:32.033 -Okay. 00:24:32.033.00:24:32.833 Sounds like we'll be in friction? 00:24:32.833.00:24:33.500 -Yeah. -Thanks. 00:24:33.500.00:24:34.733 -It's nice. 00:24:34.733.00:24:36.133 I'm just happy we achieved all the objectives. 00:24:36.133.00:24:37.633 You know, I just still can't believe it. 00:24:37.633.00:24:38.467 We went out and [Indistinct] ... 00:24:38.467.00:24:39.633 -And, Ray J, just for your... 00:24:39.633.00:24:40.900 -...every single task that we... 00:24:40.900.00:24:42.300 -...for your planning purposes... 00:24:42.300.00:24:43.467 -...every single one... -...sounds like we only need 00:24:43.467.00:24:46.167 about a minute from each of those cameras. 00:24:46.167.00:24:48.200 -Okay. Thanks, Dex. -Thanks very much, guys. 00:24:48.200.00:24:49.700 -Wait, wait, wait, wait. -What? Go ahead. What? 00:24:49.700.00:24:51.300 -I got to do a flip for my mom. -All right. Do a flip for... 00:24:51.300.00:24:52.567 -Are you ready? ...Megan's mom. 00:24:52.567.00:24:53.767 Who you doing your flip for, Drew? 00:24:53.767.00:24:55.267 You got to pick somebody. 00:24:55.267.00:24:56.667 Megan is doing it for her mom. Who are you going to do your... 00:24:56.667.00:24:58.233 -I'm going to do it for my kids. -For your kids, go ahead. 00:24:58.233.00:24:59.133 -All right. Here we go. 00:24:59.133.00:25:01.867 -Here we go. 00:25:01.867.00:25:03.667 Oh, this is awesome. 00:25:03.667.00:25:07.167 Don't try this at home because you'll land right on your head. 00:25:07.167.00:25:08.400 That's great. 00:25:08.400.00:25:10.833 -Ta-da! -Thanks, guys. 00:25:10.833.00:25:12.367 -See you. -Bye. 00:25:12.367.00:25:18.233 -Greg Johnson, our pilot, Mike Good, our MS-one guy here, 00:25:18.233.00:25:20.867 mission specialist number one. Yeah, whatever. 00:25:20.867.00:25:23.500 Anyway, so, Mike and Greg... 00:25:23.500.00:25:25.700 -What's your question? [ Chatter ] 00:25:25.700.00:25:27.000 -Greg, you know, just a moment ago, 00:25:27.000.00:25:28.467 we were sitting here having dinner, 00:25:28.467.00:25:30.467 and you said you were sad. 00:25:30.467.00:25:32.300 -Sad [Indistinct]. -And you didn't tell us why, 00:25:32.300.00:25:34.867 so will you tell the viewers of NASA Television, 00:25:34.867.00:25:37.867 however many there may be, why are you sad? 00:25:37.867.00:25:40.133 -Well, I see my crewmates, and they want to know why. 00:25:40.133.00:25:41.467 They want to know why I'm sad 00:25:41.467.00:25:42.867 because usually I'm not sad. -No. 00:25:42.867.00:25:44.867 -Ray J is never sad. -No, he's not sad at all. 00:25:44.867.00:25:46.667 -Why are you sad, Ray J? -He's never sad, right, Megan? 00:25:46.667.00:25:48.533 -Never sad. Never sad at all. 00:25:48.533.00:25:49.600 -Never sad at all. -So why would you... 00:25:49.600.00:25:50.733 -He's our Ray J of sunshine. -Right. 00:25:50.733.00:25:52.067 -He's... What did you say he was? 00:25:52.067.00:25:53.700 -He's our Ray J of sunshine. -Ray J of sunshine. 00:25:53.700.00:25:55.567 So how could... Why are you sad? 00:25:55.567.00:25:56.933 -Because we had to say 00:25:56.933.00:25:58.567 goodbye to Mr. Hubble. -Oh. 00:25:58.567.00:26:02.067 -We had to say goodbye, and that's a little bit sad. 00:26:02.067.00:26:04.167 -And that makes you sad? All right. 00:26:04.167.00:26:06.133 -And then our space flight is going to end. 00:26:06.133.00:26:09.767 Even though we want to see our families, see all children... 00:26:09.767.00:26:11.600 -Right. -...the parents, 00:26:11.600.00:26:12.700 but the space flight is going to end 00:26:12.700.00:26:14.200 because we had to let Hubble go so... 00:26:14.200.00:26:15.333 -Right. -...a little sad... 00:26:15.333.00:26:17.267 -So a little sad. -...coming back... 00:26:17.267.00:26:18.867 -Right. -...getting on the step. 00:26:18.867.00:26:20.000 -Right. -Okay. 00:26:20.000.00:26:21.233 -But you were pretty busy today, too. 00:26:21.233.00:26:22.767 You had a lot of action... -I was busy. 00:26:22.767.00:26:23.900 I was in... -...because you... 00:26:23.900.00:26:25.433 -...the commander's seat... -Yes. 00:26:25.433.00:26:28.133 -...and trying to run the checklist. 00:26:28.133.00:26:29.333 -You were kind of running the show up there, 00:26:29.333.00:26:30.733 and there was a lot going on. 00:26:30.733.00:26:32.400 -Kind of barking out commands. -Right because we had... 00:26:32.400.00:26:34.567 I just said we had to say goodbye to the telescope. 00:26:34.567.00:26:36.067 -Uh-oh. -Wow. 00:26:36.067.00:26:37.333 -So maybe it's good that you were busy barking out commands, 00:26:37.333.00:26:38.633 or else you might have started... 00:26:38.633.00:26:40.233 -That's right. -...to get a little misty. 00:26:40.233.00:26:41.633 -Maybe. -Yeah, and that 00:26:41.633.00:26:42.833 wouldn't have been good, so it's good you had a... 00:26:42.833.00:26:44.100 You know, you had to keep everyone in line. 00:26:44.100.00:26:45.100 You couldn't afford to get... -I kept it down. 00:26:45.100.00:26:46.700 I had a feeling. -Right, excellent. 00:26:46.700.00:26:48.200 Well, you did a great job of handling that. 00:26:48.200.00:26:49.500 There was a lot of action. 00:26:49.500.00:26:52.333 And, Mike, you and I today had to dress up like it 00:26:52.333.00:26:53.700 was going to be a space walk, right? 00:26:53.700.00:26:54.900 -Excuse me. I'm finishing my dinner. 00:26:54.900.00:26:55.933 -Oh, I'm sorry. Go ahead. 00:26:55.933.00:26:57.200 You done yet? What are you eating? 00:26:57.200.00:26:59.433 -No, all you kids out there, eat your vegetables. 00:26:59.433.00:27:01.467 I'm eating some carrots here. They're delicious. 00:27:01.467.00:27:02.567 -Excellent. -All right. 00:27:02.567.00:27:04.300 -Great message. 00:27:04.300.00:27:05.800 We were almost ready to a space walk. 00:27:05.800.00:27:07.533 We were ready to do a space walk if we had to. 00:27:07.533.00:27:10.133 -That's right. -But it wasn't a planned one. 00:27:10.133.00:27:12.333 Right? It wasn't planned. 00:27:12.333.00:27:13.500 Were you a little disappointed 00:27:13.500.00:27:15.500 that we didn't get a chance to do it? 00:27:15.500.00:27:17.133 -I was a little disappointed. 00:27:17.133.00:27:18.667 You know, it's always great to go outside, 00:27:18.667.00:27:23.433 but I was more happy that Hubble deployed successfully, 00:27:23.433.00:27:25.067 and we didn't have to go out and unstick it 00:27:25.067.00:27:26.767 or fix it or do anything, 00:27:26.767.00:27:30.300 so it would've been nice though once it was safely away that, 00:27:30.300.00:27:32.167 you know, Scooter could've said, "Ah, go on out there 00:27:32.167.00:27:34.300 and take a lap around the payload bay area. 00:27:34.300.00:27:35.633 Just go out there, relax a little bit, 00:27:35.633.00:27:37.567 maybe take some lounge chairs just to sit around." 00:27:37.567.00:27:39.000 -Yeah, hang around. -"Thanks for working," 00:27:39.000.00:27:41.567 and, you know, we had our nose in the telescope to look around. 00:27:41.567.00:27:43.533 -Right. -So that all would've been good. 00:27:43.533.00:27:45.067 -Yeah, we were so busy. 00:27:45.067.00:27:46.967 It would've been nice to have, like, a vacation kind of EVA... 00:27:46.967.00:27:48.233 -Right. -...kind of thing. 00:27:48.233.00:27:50.067 -Just relaxing. -Right, but it didn't work out. 00:27:50.067.00:27:51.300 -Nah. -So it would've 00:27:51.300.00:27:52.633 been nice to go out, but it's probably better 00:27:52.633.00:27:53.867 that we didn't because if we would've went out, 00:27:53.867.00:27:55.467 it would've been because something was wrong. 00:27:55.467.00:27:58.100 -I don't think I'm sad, but it was bittersweet watching 00:27:58.100.00:28:01.267 the Hubble fade away there. -Yeah. 00:28:01.267.00:28:02.967 -But he's off doing his work now. 00:28:02.967.00:28:06.167 -Right. -And, you know, it's all good. 00:28:06.167.00:28:07.700 -It's better to say goodbye to him, 00:28:07.700.00:28:11.300 and he's in good shape than say goodbye to him and, you know... 00:28:11.300.00:28:12.367 -That's right. -...not in good shape. 00:28:12.367.00:28:13.100 -He looked beautiful. We tidied... 00:28:13.100.00:28:14.300 -He looked great. 00:28:14.300.00:28:15.400 -...him up, put those new blankets on there, 00:28:15.400.00:28:17.667 all that new stuff inside, new instruments, 00:28:17.667.00:28:19.967 new cameras, new spectrographs. 00:28:19.967.00:28:21.067 -Right. -It's ready to go. 00:28:21.067.00:28:22.567 -Ready to go. All right, guys. 00:28:22.567.00:28:23.733 Well, thanks very much. 00:28:23.733.00:28:25.600 -Thanks, Mike. -Enjoy the rest of your evening. 00:28:25.600.00:28:26.800 -Okay. -Thanks for coming. 00:28:26.800.00:28:30.033 -See you, guys. -John, today was a big day. 00:28:30.033.00:28:31.533 We deployed the telescope. 00:28:31.533.00:28:33.433 You know, yesterday we had the last space walk. 00:28:33.433.00:28:36.567 You got to touch Hubble the last time and send it, 00:28:36.567.00:28:37.967 you know, got that second to maybe say goodbye. 00:28:37.967.00:28:39.267 -Technically, Megan touched it the last time. 00:28:39.267.00:28:42.000 -We talked about that with Megan earlier, yeah, 00:28:42.000.00:28:44.167 but how did you feel... I'm really wondering 00:28:44.167.00:28:46.800 how you felt about deploying the telescope today. 00:28:46.800.00:28:47.833 What was it like for you? 00:28:47.833.00:28:49.867 -You know, it was really so busy, 00:28:49.867.00:28:51.067 I didn't have time to think of it 00:28:51.067.00:28:54.700 until Hubble was about, oh, 400 feet away, 00:28:54.700.00:28:57.067 and we're snapping away at the pictures, 00:28:57.067.00:28:59.500 and everybody is moving around the cabin, 00:28:59.500.00:29:01.733 and you can hear beep-beep as Drew 00:29:01.733.00:29:04.000 was shooting the handheld laser, and all of a sudden, 00:29:04.000.00:29:05.733 I'm looking at Hubble going, and when I turn to Scooter, 00:29:05.733.00:29:08.867 and I say, "You know, this is really momentous. 00:29:08.867.00:29:11.233 You know, we fixed Hubble. We finished it. 00:29:11.233.00:29:16.133 We did it, 3 years in the making, and off it's going. 00:29:16.133.00:29:17.300 -Yeah. 00:29:17.300.00:29:18.767 -And I didn't feel any sadness at all. 00:29:18.767.00:29:24.333 You know, I was afraid I'd say, "Bye, Hubble," but no. 00:29:24.333.00:29:25.533 You know, we did it. -Yeah. 00:29:25.533.00:29:27.367 Well, that's what I felt too, you know. 00:29:27.367.00:29:30.300 It was a little, you know, kind of somewhat sad to see it go 00:29:30.300.00:29:33.367 but really joyous that it's going in such great shape 00:29:33.367.00:29:36.433 and that all the hard work that we did with your leadership 00:29:36.433.00:29:38.233 as our lead space walker, 00:29:38.233.00:29:41.233 you know, keeping us focused and getting everything done 00:29:41.233.00:29:43.100 and coming up with the tools we needed, 00:29:43.100.00:29:45.933 all the training the last couple of years, and so I really... 00:29:45.933.00:29:47.900 It was really a joyous day really to let it go 00:29:47.900.00:29:51.033 and have it go on its way in such great shape 00:29:51.033.00:29:54.300 so anything you want to say to all the astronomers 00:29:54.300.00:29:57.067 and, you know, the space- telescope-science people 00:29:57.067.00:29:58.333 and the Goddard team out there, John? 00:29:58.333.00:30:00.433 Because, you know, they love to hear from you. 00:30:00.433.00:30:02.433 What do you got for them today with the deploy? 00:30:02.433.00:30:04.267 -Well, I think at our last mission 00:30:04.267.00:30:07.167 when you put in the Advanced Camera for Surveys, 00:30:07.167.00:30:11.567 our fellow space walker, Jim Newman, told Adam Reese, 00:30:11.567.00:30:13.733 you know, "We'll do our jobs." 00:30:13.733.00:30:16.267 -[Indistinct]. -Last mission, STS-109, 00:30:16.267.00:30:18.633 Jim Newman told Adam Reese, a young scientist 00:30:18.633.00:30:20.833 at the institute, you know, "We'll do our jobs, 00:30:20.833.00:30:23.367 and then you do yours," and Adam did. 00:30:23.367.00:30:26.067 He was tremendous, and he's just been inducted 00:30:26.067.00:30:27.767 into the National Academy of Sciences 00:30:27.767.00:30:30.633 for his pioneering work in dark energy, 00:30:30.633.00:30:33.467 which is still a huge mystery. 00:30:33.467.00:30:35.433 I'm just very excited about our ability 00:30:35.433.00:30:38.767 to put in the Wide Field DCAS, bring STS back to life, 00:30:38.767.00:30:41.200 bring Advanced Camera for Surveys back to life, 00:30:41.200.00:30:42.900 and we're really looking forward 00:30:42.900.00:30:44.133 to the discoveries that'll be made 00:30:44.133.00:30:46.367 with these very powerful instruments. 00:30:46.367.00:30:48.533 -So now it's time for the astronomers to do their work. 00:30:48.533.00:30:50.133 It's time for... -All right. 00:30:50.133.00:30:52.433 -...the astronomers to do the fun, hard work. 00:30:52.433.00:30:54.000 -All right. John, thanks very much. 00:30:54.000.00:30:56.667 Congratulations, and let's get home safely. 00:30:56.667.00:30:57.933 What do you say? 00:30:57.933.00:30:59.100 -Yep, that's a good idea. -All right, buddy. 00:30:59.100.00:31:01.133 All right. Now we've come to a segment 00:31:01.133.00:31:06.200 in the STS-125 show called "Scooter's Corner." 00:31:06.200.00:31:07.500 -"Scooter's Corner"? -Yes. 00:31:07.500.00:31:09.233 -This is my corner? -I just made that up actually. 00:31:09.233.00:31:10.500 He didn't even know he had a corner. 00:31:10.500.00:31:12.433 -I didn't know. -But this is "Scooter's Corner" 00:31:12.433.00:31:13.500 because he's the commander. 00:31:13.500.00:31:15.300 He's going to summarize, you know, 00:31:15.300.00:31:16.967 how we did today, what happened. 00:31:16.967.00:31:18.300 So what happened? How do you feel? 00:31:18.300.00:31:19.500 What happened today? Today was a big day, wasn't it? 00:31:19.500.00:31:20.733 -Today was a big day. -What happened? 00:31:20.733.00:31:22.200 -You know, we had to inspect this vehicle. 00:31:22.200.00:31:24.400 We've been up here, what, 2 weeks. something like that? 00:31:24.400.00:31:25.600 What do you think? -Has it been that long? 00:31:25.600.00:31:27.300 I thought it was a month, but actually, 00:31:27.300.00:31:29.067 according to my watch, it's been, like, 8 days. 00:31:29.067.00:31:30.833 -This is flight day nine. -Flight day nine. 00:31:30.833.00:31:32.067 -There you go. -That's confusing. 00:31:32.067.00:31:33.367 -We had to look at the vehicle, see if it got 00:31:33.367.00:31:35.267 any space debris hitting it. 00:31:35.267.00:31:38.067 -Right, like, you know, little, mini asteroids, 00:31:38.067.00:31:39.400 bang, hitting it or something like that. 00:31:39.400.00:31:41.400 -So what we used... We had a boom we used for that. 00:31:41.400.00:31:43.867 -We had the boom. -Who got that out? 00:31:43.867.00:31:45.067 -I got it out! -You got it out! 00:31:45.067.00:31:46.033 -I got the boom out. -Yeah, remember? 00:31:46.033.00:31:47.667 -I almost forgot. -Yeah, remember? 00:31:47.667.00:31:48.767 It wasn't that long ago. 00:31:48.767.00:31:49.767 -I thought we were up here for 30 days. 00:31:49.767.00:31:50.900 I thought that was, like, last week, 00:31:50.900.00:31:52.467 but that was only this morning. -Right. 00:31:52.467.00:31:53.933 So we inspected the whole vehicle... 00:31:53.933.00:31:55.300 -The whole vehicle. 00:31:55.300.00:31:56.867 -...basically the front, the important parts, the wings. 00:31:56.867.00:31:57.867 -Right, things we're worried about. 00:31:57.867.00:31:59.133 -We have wings to land. -Right. 00:31:59.133.00:32:01.467 -You want to be able to reenter, have everything go well. 00:32:01.467.00:32:03.467 -Right. -So we inspected the wings, 00:32:03.467.00:32:05.667 the tiles that are going to take a heat load. 00:32:05.667.00:32:07.200 -Right. -You did part of the inspection. 00:32:07.200.00:32:08.633 -Right. -I did part of the inspection. 00:32:08.633.00:32:09.900 -Right. -Megan, everyone helped. 00:32:09.900.00:32:11.033 -Everyone chip in. -Ray J, everybody chipped in. 00:32:11.033.00:32:12.700 -Lot of inspecting. -Lot of inspecting. 00:32:12.700.00:32:13.833 Looks good. 00:32:13.833.00:32:15.233 -Looks great, so the vehicle looks good. 00:32:15.233.00:32:17.367 -Well, we got to have the experts look at the film. 00:32:17.367.00:32:18.900 -The experts got to look at it, but hopefully it looks good. 00:32:18.900.00:32:19.867 -You know, it's like a football game. 00:32:19.867.00:32:21.100 John Madden has got to go through 00:32:21.100.00:32:23.033 and draw the Xs and Os and look at that stuff. 00:32:23.033.00:32:25.133 -All these smart guys are going to be looking and studying. 00:32:25.133.00:32:26.533 -Yeah, see if it's really... -But to us, it looked fine. 00:32:26.533.00:32:27.833 -Looked fine. -It looked fine. 00:32:27.833.00:32:29.233 -I think it's going to be good. -So that's good. 00:32:29.233.00:32:30.567 -And it was supposed to take all day, and what happened? 00:32:30.567.00:32:31.633 -We got...We went quick. 00:32:31.633.00:32:33.367 -You went fast, man. -We went fast. 00:32:33.367.00:32:34.900 -You cruised. -We were really fast. 00:32:34.900.00:32:35.967 -The boom is supposed to be hanging out 00:32:35.967.00:32:36.967 in the breeze tonight. 00:32:36.967.00:32:38.867 -Nope, we put it away. -Put away. 00:32:38.867.00:32:40.633 -The boom is put away. -That's awesome. 00:32:40.633.00:32:43.867 You guys are getting everything done ahead of schedule, on time. 00:32:43.867.00:32:45.200 I'm so impressed. 00:32:45.200.00:32:46.600 -It's about time we started working on schedule. 00:32:46.600.00:32:49.133 -Of course, yeah, you and Bueno, I know, like to go overtime. 00:32:49.133.00:32:50.300 -Well, we want to make sure, you know... 00:32:50.300.00:32:51.600 -Trying to put in that union card... 00:32:51.600.00:32:52.933 -...everything is okay. -...for a little overtime. 00:32:52.933.00:32:54.500 -I thought I was getting paid by the hour, you know, 00:32:54.500.00:32:56.267 with these 8-hour EVAs. -So stay outside. 00:32:56.267.00:32:57.800 -And then I find out it doesn't make a difference. 00:32:57.800.00:32:59.100 -It doesn't make a difference. -They're just going to... 00:32:59.100.00:33:00.833 You know, so I'm a little disappointed about that, 00:33:00.833.00:33:02.167 but what are you going to do? 00:33:02.167.00:33:03.467 -What are you going to do? -What are you going to do? 00:33:03.467.00:33:04.900 And the other thing you talked about yesterday was, 00:33:04.900.00:33:06.167 we did some kind of burn. 00:33:06.167.00:33:08.267 -Oh, yeah, yeah. -So for the kids out there, 00:33:08.267.00:33:09.367 we've got to come home, 00:33:09.367.00:33:10.667 and this burn was to help us come home, 00:33:10.667.00:33:12.833 so can you kind of explain what this burn you did? 00:33:12.833.00:33:13.933 -All right. So we're up in orbit. 00:33:13.933.00:33:15.333 -Right. 00:33:15.333.00:33:17.667 -We're, like, 350 miles up. -That's far away up. 00:33:17.667.00:33:19.267 -Pretty high up. -Yeah, that's up. 00:33:19.267.00:33:20.700 It's not, like, you know, New York to Boston. 00:33:20.700.00:33:21.567 -Look at how much... -It's straight up. 00:33:21.567.00:33:23.133 -...gas we had. -Yep. 00:33:23.133.00:33:24.600 -And we had half of the gas 00:33:24.600.00:33:26.667 that we left with to use to come home. 00:33:26.667.00:33:27.733 -Okay. Makes sense. 00:33:27.733.00:33:29.100 -Okay. 00:33:29.100.00:33:32.333 So we burned about half of that gas to take our orbit 00:33:32.333.00:33:36.933 from 350 miles up to 350 miles up in one part 00:33:36.933.00:33:39.033 and 150 miles up at the other. 00:33:39.033.00:33:41.233 -Okay. -We're in an elliptical orbit. 00:33:41.233.00:33:43.067 -An elliptical orbit, so now we're closer to the Earth 00:33:43.067.00:33:44.367 on one half of the Earth. 00:33:44.367.00:33:45.667 We can, like, wave and see them, 00:33:45.667.00:33:46.867 and then, whoop, we go up high... 00:33:46.867.00:33:48.267 -And go way up high. -...up here. 00:33:48.267.00:33:49.333 Okay. 00:33:49.333.00:33:50.000 -Fortunately, we're low over the US. 00:33:50.000.00:33:51.333 -So we can zip... 00:33:51.333.00:33:53.667 -So as we're zipping by, we look at Houston and Florida. 00:33:53.667.00:33:55.133 It's pretty nice. 00:33:55.133.00:33:56.767 -So wave to us when we come by. We might be able to see it. 00:33:56.767.00:33:58.400 -Yeah, yeah, we'll be looking. -So we come that way, 00:33:58.400.00:34:00.333 and then you're going to do some more burns and... 00:34:00.333.00:34:02.500 -And then when we come back... -Right. 00:34:02.500.00:34:03.900 -...we're going to do one more burn... 00:34:03.900.00:34:04.767 -Right. -...use up 00:34:04.767.00:34:05.733 the rest of the gas... 00:34:05.733.00:34:07.200 -Right. -...and then come in. 00:34:07.200.00:34:09.833 We'll just get low enough to hit the atmosphere, 00:34:09.833.00:34:11.567 and that friction will slow us down. 00:34:11.567.00:34:12.767 -Right. -Next thing you know, 00:34:12.767.00:34:13.767 we're in Florida. -We're in Florida. 00:34:13.767.00:34:15.133 Okay. That's in a couple days? 00:34:15.133.00:34:16.100 -Couple of days. -That's the plan. 00:34:16.100.00:34:17.167 Okay. 00:34:17.167.00:34:18.533 -Tomorrow, we got a chance to relax. 00:34:18.533.00:34:20.000 All right. 00:34:20.000.00:34:21.833 And the last thing I want to ask you about was you've come up 00:34:21.833.00:34:24.067 with these great quotes, and you've been doing this. 00:34:24.067.00:34:25.467 Scooter has been doing this. 00:34:25.467.00:34:27.100 People don't know this. He's been doing this for years. 00:34:27.100.00:34:29.833 When we go to the NBL, he comes in, and, again, 00:34:29.833.00:34:31.667 the NBL is our big pool to practice space walks. 00:34:31.667.00:34:32.900 You come in. 00:34:32.900.00:34:34.667 You give us some kind of quote, you know, ooh, 00:34:34.667.00:34:36.800 and makes us... Keeps us going. 00:34:36.800.00:34:38.900 -Usually, you laugh at my motivational speeches. 00:34:38.900.00:34:40.333 -No, they're very motivational. 00:34:40.333.00:34:41.933 We always get very excited, 00:34:41.933.00:34:44.000 and now today you had a very nice speech you said 00:34:44.000.00:34:46.700 when we deployed Hubble, and I was thinking... 00:34:46.700.00:34:48.867 This is what I was thinking, is that...when you... 00:34:48.867.00:34:51.167 that a lot of these quotes you have are from famous... 00:34:51.167.00:34:52.600 Who's the fella from "300"? What's his name? 00:34:52.600.00:34:53.367 -Leonidas. -Leonidas. 00:34:53.367.00:34:54.467 -King Leonidas. 00:34:54.467.00:34:55.633 -He was like, "King Leonidas from..." 00:34:55.633.00:34:57.067 -Of Sparta. -And that was a long time ago. 00:34:57.067.00:34:58.533 That was how long ago? -Twenty-five hundred years ago. 00:34:58.533.00:35:00.367 -Twenty-five hundred years, and Scooter is talking about... 00:35:00.367.00:35:01.700 What I think is going to happen now 00:35:01.700.00:35:03.500 with the speech you made today, 00:35:03.500.00:35:06.167 that some king or commander of some spaceship, 00:35:06.167.00:35:11.300 you know, 2,500 years ago from now is going to quote Scooter. 00:35:11.300.00:35:12.533 -Oh, yeah. -He's going to go like, 00:35:12.533.00:35:16.100 "Scooter told his crew, you know, this is it." 00:35:16.100.00:35:17.167 So do you have anything to top off our... 00:35:17.167.00:35:19.367 -I got to think of that now. Well... 00:35:19.367.00:35:21.800 -...program for the NASA TV viewers 00:35:21.800.00:35:25.100 who are still awake after listening to us? 00:35:25.100.00:35:27.067 What do you have to say to these guys to inspire them? 00:35:27.067.00:35:31.800 -You know, I worked for almost 3 or 4 minutes 00:35:31.800.00:35:34.300 preparing that speech today, 00:35:34.300.00:35:35.667 trying to figure out what to say. 00:35:35.667.00:35:37.000 -Usually, you prepare less, so today it's shorter. 00:35:37.000.00:35:38.400 It was pretty good. 00:35:38.400.00:35:41.733 -I thought about it before, so I'm kind of peaked. 00:35:41.733.00:35:43.467 What would I saw now? -Yeah. 00:35:43.467.00:35:44.600 -What's the quote? What's the quote? 00:35:44.600.00:35:47.133 -Hubble, prepare for glory. -Excellent. 00:35:47.133.00:35:49.367 Excellent. "Hubble, prepare for glory." 00:35:49.367.00:35:50.767 Thanks, Scooter. -Thanks, Mass. 00:35:50.767.00:35:52.467 -Good night. -And thank you. 00:35:55.000.00:36:04.533 -Good night. -Space: 00:36:11.933.00:36:17.167 the final frontier. 00:36:21.000.00:36:25.033 These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. 00:36:25.033.00:36:29.500 Its 5-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, 00:36:29.500.00:36:33.300 to seek out new life and new civilizations, 00:36:33.300.00:36:36.367 to boldly go where no man has gone before. 00:37:29.733.00:37:31.267 -Good morning, Atlantis, 00:37:31.267.00:37:34.633 to a great crew from your Orbit Three team. 00:37:37.467.00:37:39.133 -Thanks very much, Shannon. 00:37:39.133.00:37:41.500 -That was a great wake-up call for the whole crew. 00:37:41.500.00:37:45.733 I'd just like to say, everyone on the great planet Earth, 00:37:45.733.00:37:47.433 live long and prosper. 00:37:50.500.00:37:52.467 -Good morning. This is Mark Caro, 00:37:52.467.00:37:54.067 and I'm representing AFP, 00:37:54.067.00:37:56.533 and my question is for Scott Altman. 00:37:56.533.00:37:58.900 How would you assess the success of your mission? 00:37:58.900.00:38:00.667 Did you ever think when you lifted off 00:38:00.667.00:38:02.833 that you would accomplish the lowest 00:38:02.833.00:38:04.667 as well as the highest priorities? 00:38:04.667.00:38:06.367 Thank you. 00:38:09.533.00:38:13.367 -Mark, you know, I never imagined actually 00:38:13.367.00:38:18.700 that the flight would go as interestingly as it has. 00:38:18.700.00:38:21.967 You know, it's amazing looking back at how hard things 00:38:21.967.00:38:24.000 looked at a couple of times, 00:38:24.000.00:38:25.867 more difficult than I ever expected, 00:38:25.867.00:38:29.667 but then to overcome and wind up with everything done in the way 00:38:29.667.00:38:32.433 that it was, I think we were very successful, 00:38:32.433.00:38:34.400 and I just continue to thank 00:38:34.400.00:38:36.133 the whole team that's pulled this off. 00:38:36.133.00:38:37.400 It hasn't just been us up here. 00:38:37.400.00:38:41.100 It's been everyone on the ground with us as well, 00:38:41.100.00:38:45.200 working as hard as we have been to make it work. 00:38:45.200.00:38:47.467 -This is Seth Borenstein from the Associated Press 00:38:47.467.00:38:49.000 for John Grunsfeld. 00:38:49.000.00:38:51.600 This is not just the last Hubble repair mission, 00:38:51.600.00:38:54.100 but this is the last scheduled servicing mission 00:38:54.100.00:38:58.833 of any satellite or science instrument in orbit of any... 00:38:58.833.00:39:01.800 at all, and as someone who has done this three times, 00:39:01.800.00:39:05.167 can you tell me, do you think NASA 00:39:05.167.00:39:07.700 will miss anything by not doing this anymore? 00:39:07.700.00:39:10.600 And what are the advantages of being able to service 00:39:10.600.00:39:15.233 in-orbit satellites and science instruments? 00:39:15.233.00:39:16.967 -Well, as you said, this is the last scheduled 00:39:16.967.00:39:19.933 servicing mission of Hubble with the space shuttle, 00:39:19.933.00:39:22.267 and what I think it's demonstrated 00:39:22.267.00:39:26.833 is the extreme utility of having people working in space 00:39:26.833.00:39:29.233 and accomplishing things that are different 00:39:29.233.00:39:30.833 than what was expected. 00:39:30.833.00:39:33.133 I would have to point out, 00:39:33.133.00:39:35.100 I think in a more accurate sense though, 00:39:35.100.00:39:38.100 that every single day on the International Space Station, 00:39:38.100.00:39:40.100 some kind of maintenance is done with people, 00:39:40.100.00:39:42.433 and we do space walks on the International Space Station 00:39:42.433.00:39:46.467 as well, so NASA's mission to further these techniques, 00:39:46.467.00:39:49.100 I think, will only increase with the International Space Station 00:39:49.100.00:39:53.000 as it has on Hubble, and Hubble, in particular on this mission, 00:39:53.000.00:39:55.867 with the STIS repair and the ACS repair that we just did, 00:39:55.867.00:39:58.467 we showed that you can push that technology even further, 00:39:58.467.00:40:01.800 that people can creatively solve problems in real time 00:40:01.800.00:40:05.167 as was more than aptly demonstrated by Mike Massimino 00:40:05.167.00:40:07.300 pulling that handrail off that was, 00:40:07.300.00:40:09.867 you know, something I don't think anybody ever anticipated, 00:40:09.867.00:40:12.567 and as we push further out from low Earth orbit to the Moon, 00:40:12.567.00:40:14.133 Mars and beyond, 00:40:14.133.00:40:16.633 we're going to have to do this kind of work every single day. 00:40:16.633.00:40:19.433 -This is Tariq Malik from space.com and Space News, 00:40:19.433.00:40:22.600 and my question is for perhaps John Grunsfeld 00:40:22.600.00:40:24.833 and whoever would like to answer. 00:40:24.833.00:40:27.167 Yesterday kind of was a milestone for you. 00:40:27.167.00:40:30.667 You let Mr. Hubble go free after your mission, 00:40:30.667.00:40:34.633 and I'm just curious how it felt at the end of of that marathon 00:40:34.633.00:40:38.600 of space walking to kind of, you know, give it a nudge, 00:40:38.600.00:40:40.667 put it back in space and know that no one 00:40:40.667.00:40:42.833 will ever see it again with their own eyes. 00:40:42.833.00:40:45.233 Thanks. 00:40:45.233.00:40:49.233 -Well, when I was coming in with Drew Feustel, you know, 00:40:49.233.00:40:53.633 we both gave Hubble one last hug before coming inside, 00:40:53.633.00:40:56.100 but we knew that Megan was actually going to be the one 00:40:56.100.00:41:00.900 to hold Hubble the last time and send it on its way. 00:41:00.900.00:41:05.300 At that moment, I was, you know, a little bit retrospective 00:41:05.300.00:41:06.733 and thinking about, 00:41:06.733.00:41:10.500 you know, the amazing journey that Hubble is about to undergo, 00:41:10.500.00:41:13.100 and, you know, what I was really thinking about 00:41:13.100.00:41:15.400 and sort of wishing, anthropomorphizing Hubble 00:41:15.400.00:41:19.233 into a living being rather than a satellite was, 00:41:19.233.00:41:20.700 you know, I hope Hubble does well 00:41:20.700.00:41:23.600 and has a long life ahead of it and lots of interesting science, 00:41:23.600.00:41:25.667 and I'm going to hand it off to Megan. 00:41:25.667.00:41:28.133 Mic is hot. 00:41:28.133.00:41:30.533 -I would just like to say that there actually was no nudge 00:41:30.533.00:41:32.500 when we departed Hubble. 00:41:32.500.00:41:35.267 We actually just let go of it, and then Scooter does a burn 00:41:35.267.00:41:39.000 to get us cleanly away, so it felt... 00:41:39.000.00:41:43.200 What I felt the most was just all at the amazing... 00:41:43.200.00:41:45.767 the ingenuity, the human ingenuity 00:41:45.767.00:41:48.233 in creating such an amazing thing. 00:41:48.233.00:41:51.067 It's really huge, and it was so close to us 00:41:51.067.00:41:53.700 and just this feeling of awe that we had these two, 00:41:53.700.00:41:55.767 you know, orbiting vehicles so close to one another, 00:41:55.767.00:41:58.733 such tremendous feats of human ingenuity. 00:41:58.733.00:42:02.733 It just felt really great to be a part of it. 00:42:02.733.00:42:06.500 -Gina Sunseri, ABC News, for the four first-time flyers, 00:42:06.500.00:42:11.300 for Ray J, Drew, Bueno and Megan, before you launched, 00:42:11.300.00:42:13.700 the veterans, Scooter and John and Mass, 00:42:13.700.00:42:16.633 had all said they were looking forward to seeing your faces 00:42:16.633.00:42:18.267 when you first saw Hubble. 00:42:18.267.00:42:20.000 Did it live up to its billing? Would you all... 00:42:20.000.00:42:23.100 Ray, J, would you start with that for me, please? 00:42:23.100.00:42:25.233 -Hubble was far larger than... 00:42:25.233.00:42:27.567 Even though I'd heard it was the size of a bus, 00:42:27.567.00:42:30.900 it was far larger, and as we slipped into place, 00:42:30.900.00:42:32.800 Scooter just maneuvered right into place, 00:42:32.800.00:42:35.367 and Megan grabbed it very delicately 00:42:35.367.00:42:37.167 and put it into the bay. 00:42:37.167.00:42:39.867 I just stood in awe to see Hubble there 00:42:39.867.00:42:43.067 and to realize what we're about to endeavor here 00:42:43.067.00:42:44.833 and replace the instruments, 00:42:44.833.00:42:49.400 so it was certainly a fantastic experience for me, 00:42:49.400.00:42:53.200 and I've got that in my memory bank right now. 00:42:53.200.00:42:55.600 -Gina, when I first saw the telescope, 00:42:55.600.00:42:57.533 it was just a tiny dot on the horizon 00:42:57.533.00:42:59.267 as we worked through the rendezvous procedure 00:42:59.267.00:43:01.200 that morning, and I went downstairs 00:43:01.200.00:43:03.167 to tell the other guys, "Hey, we can see the telescope," 00:43:03.167.00:43:04.867 and they said, "Well, how big is it?" 00:43:04.867.00:43:06.333 And then they said, "Come back when it gets 00:43:06.333.00:43:08.033 a little bit bigger," because they were real busy 00:43:08.033.00:43:11.300 getting their space suits ready to go the next day, 00:43:11.300.00:43:13.333 but it did really feel neat just seeing 00:43:13.333.00:43:15.100 that first dot on the horizon 00:43:15.100.00:43:16.533 and thinking about what was to come, 00:43:16.533.00:43:18.067 so it was a really great day 00:43:18.067.00:43:21.267 and really did live up to all of our expectations. 00:43:21.267.00:43:22.933 -Well, as you know, I've been waiting to see Hubble 00:43:22.933.00:43:25.000 for quite a while now, 00:43:25.000.00:43:27.833 and I've been looking up at it from my driveway 00:43:27.833.00:43:31.900 and out on camping trips, watching it go across the sky, 00:43:31.900.00:43:34.233 and when I finally got to meet it face-to-face, 00:43:34.233.00:43:35.567 it was awesome. 00:43:35.567.00:43:38.833 It was a great experience. 00:43:38.833.00:43:41.067 -Spectacular for me as well, and watching it come in 00:43:41.067.00:43:43.200 for the rendezvous was pretty impressive, 00:43:43.200.00:43:45.167 not like anything we'd seen in the sims. 00:43:45.167.00:43:47.800 It was all sort of make-believe, 00:43:47.800.00:43:49.200 and, you know, when we're doing the sim, 00:43:49.200.00:43:50.733 it's not like we're really doing it, 00:43:50.733.00:43:52.600 but this time we were really doing it, 00:43:52.600.00:43:54.667 and it was very impressive watching it come in, 00:43:54.667.00:43:56.567 and it seemed a little bit surreal 00:43:56.567.00:43:57.900 but pretty special to get out there 00:43:57.900.00:44:00.700 and actually touch it thereafter. 00:44:00.700.00:44:03.267 -This is Rush DeNooyer with PBS NOVA 00:44:03.267.00:44:07.800 for Mass and John and Drew and Bueno. 00:44:07.800.00:44:12.067 With all the hours of practice and training 00:44:12.067.00:44:13.733 and all the runs in the NBL, 00:44:13.733.00:44:17.400 I'm just wondering, what was the single most unexpected 00:44:17.400.00:44:20.433 or surprising moment on your EVAs? 00:44:20.433.00:44:21.667 -Hi, Rush. 00:44:21.667.00:44:25.300 Yeah, we sure trained quite a bit at the NBL. 00:44:25.300.00:44:26.567 The biggest surprise for me, 00:44:26.567.00:44:28.500 and I was expecting it to be difficult, 00:44:28.500.00:44:32.800 but it was even tougher on orbit than I expected 00:44:32.800.00:44:34.600 was shutting the doors after we finally got 00:44:34.600.00:44:36.867 all the right sensor units in there, 00:44:36.867.00:44:38.333 and we were trying to clean it up, 00:44:38.333.00:44:40.800 and, you know, we've got to close those doors, 00:44:40.800.00:44:42.100 or the telescope is not going to work. 00:44:42.100.00:44:43.467 I mean, the light has got to come in the top, 00:44:43.467.00:44:47.067 not through the side door, so, you know, 00:44:47.067.00:44:49.400 Mass and I were working together to close those doors, 00:44:49.400.00:44:51.400 and Mass is telling me to push, and I'm pushing, 00:44:51.400.00:44:54.433 and I feel like I'm pushing the whole orbiter back, 00:44:54.433.00:44:55.967 but we finally got those things shut, 00:44:55.967.00:45:00.800 and it was quite a relief to get those things buttoned up. 00:45:00.800.00:45:02.467 -Yeah, we talked about some of the problems we had 00:45:02.467.00:45:04.900 and how we got over them, but it's always still... 00:45:04.900.00:45:07.233 The difference between the NBL and space flight for me 00:45:07.233.00:45:08.700 is the view, 00:45:08.700.00:45:12.133 and there's nothing that can prepare you for going out there 00:45:12.133.00:45:14.100 and having an unobstructed view 00:45:14.100.00:45:15.867 around your helmet to view the planet, 00:45:15.867.00:45:18.167 and you really can see it as a planet. 00:45:18.167.00:45:19.300 It's just awesome. 00:45:19.300.00:45:20.367 I don't want to talk it up too much 00:45:20.367.00:45:22.067 because my commander gets jealous, 00:45:22.067.00:45:24.300 so, you know, I'll have to tell you when we get back, 00:45:24.300.00:45:26.667 privately maybe, but it really is just so... 00:45:26.667.00:45:28.133 -Not too late. -Not talking. 00:45:28.133.00:45:31.867 And it's just so spectacular to view that. 00:45:31.867.00:45:34.367 The NBL and all the training facilities we have 00:45:34.367.00:45:36.500 and our instructors who do a great job getting us 00:45:36.500.00:45:39.633 ready prepare us for just about everything, even the unexpected 00:45:39.633.00:45:42.400 because we're used to dealing with the unexpected, 00:45:42.400.00:45:45.800 but there's no way to replicate the spectacular view 00:45:45.800.00:45:47.800 that we have around us, and for me, 00:45:47.800.00:45:50.600 that's always the big surprise and the big treat out there. 00:45:50.600.00:45:52.800 -What I really found striking was the view. 00:45:52.800.00:45:53.900 The view was just...Oh, wait. 00:45:53.900.00:45:55.633 We've done that. 00:45:55.633.00:45:58.267 It is a beautiful view. 00:45:58.267.00:46:00.233 We had so many surprises on this mission. 00:46:00.233.00:46:04.200 I think that's what, for me, was rather unexpected. 00:46:04.200.00:46:06.600 You know, I knew there was going to be something 00:46:06.600.00:46:10.600 during each EVA day that would pose a difficulty, 00:46:10.600.00:46:13.267 and to go outside and have everything going really smoothly 00:46:13.267.00:46:16.267 until we got to the very first Hubble task, 00:46:16.267.00:46:18.000 which was to release the A latch, 00:46:18.000.00:46:20.000 the latch that holds the Wide Field Camera 00:46:20.000.00:46:22.400 in on that famous Wide Field Planetary 00:46:22.400.00:46:26.167 Camera 2, to have that be so difficult, at that point, 00:46:26.167.00:46:29.933 I was absolutely heartbroken that, you know, the possibility 00:46:29.933.00:46:32.233 was Drew was going to break that latch, meaning 00:46:32.233.00:46:35.067 Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 would stay in the telescope. 00:46:35.067.00:46:37.733 Now that's not terrible because it was working, 00:46:37.733.00:46:40.567 but, you know, we were really so set on getting that fantastic 00:46:40.567.00:46:42.133 Wide Field 3 into the telescope 00:46:42.133.00:46:44.533 where it is now, and I was just thinking, 00:46:44.533.00:46:46.500 "This can't be really happening," 00:46:46.500.00:46:51.233 and I think that first big event of which we had so many 00:46:51.233.00:46:54.367 was just the biggest shock to me. 00:46:54.367.00:46:57.533 -The task that was supposed to be the most difficult, 00:46:57.533.00:47:00.033 or so it was reported to be, was ACS, 00:47:00.033.00:47:01.667 and yet that went the smoothest. 00:47:01.667.00:47:03.967 For what reason is unknown, but, you know, 00:47:03.967.00:47:05.733 all the other tasks presented challenges. 00:47:05.733.00:47:07.233 Those things that we thought were going to be 00:47:07.233.00:47:09.467 very straightforward were difficult, 00:47:09.467.00:47:12.433 and I think it's just a testament to the whole team here 00:47:12.433.00:47:14.900 as we work together to work through those, 00:47:14.900.00:47:19.833 and I'm impressed, you know, try to be an outsider looking in, 00:47:19.833.00:47:21.467 and it was just a really neat experience 00:47:21.467.00:47:23.800 for all of us to work through those things. 00:47:23.800.00:47:25.133 -Good morning. 00:47:25.133.00:47:27.167 It's Peter King with CBS News Radio for all seven. 00:47:27.167.00:47:28.400 No, I'm only kidding. 00:47:28.400.00:47:31.567 For Commander Altman, with reentry coming up, 00:47:31.567.00:47:32.867 I'm just wondering if you could run us 00:47:32.867.00:47:36.433 through a little bit of your practice run tomorrow 00:47:36.433.00:47:40.067 and how realistic those laptop runs really are, 00:47:40.067.00:47:43.267 and also, how anxious are you all just to get back and unwind 00:47:43.267.00:47:47.933 after this intense 8 or 9 days? 00:47:47.933.00:47:50.433 -Well, just to talk about the laptop program, 00:47:50.433.00:47:51.300 it's called Pilot. 00:47:51.300.00:47:52.833 We have a little control stick, 00:47:52.833.00:47:56.367 and it simulates the reentry profile very nicely. 00:47:56.367.00:47:59.100 Actually, one of the things I really appreciate about it 00:47:59.100.00:48:01.367 is the pacing because we've been up here, 00:48:01.367.00:48:03.467 you know, almost... It'll be almost 2 weeks 00:48:03.467.00:48:06.100 by the time we land, and it's been that long 00:48:06.100.00:48:08.633 since I flew the shuttle training aircraft, 00:48:08.633.00:48:12.100 so practicing that, the rhythm of the calls, 00:48:12.100.00:48:14.000 the inputs that we make, 00:48:14.000.00:48:16.067 this program refreshes us on that 00:48:16.067.00:48:18.667 and gives us a chance to work together and practice 00:48:18.667.00:48:21.433 before we put it all on the line on landing day, 00:48:21.433.00:48:23.533 so I think it's a great rehearsal, 00:48:23.533.00:48:26.067 but the proof is going to be in the pudding when we get back, 00:48:26.067.00:48:28.867 and I'm looking forward to getting it back smoothly. 00:48:28.867.00:48:32.433 I'll let Megan talk about how she feels. 00:48:32.433.00:48:33.800 -Well, it's been a great mission, 00:48:33.800.00:48:35.167 and we've had a lot of fun up here. 00:48:35.167.00:48:37.100 We are, of course, looking forward to getting back home 00:48:37.100.00:48:39.000 and celebrating with everyone that's been a part 00:48:39.000.00:48:41.500 of the tremendous mission success and then of course 00:48:41.500.00:48:43.500 also just unwinding a little bit with our families. 00:48:43.500.00:48:45.000 We've been training for this flight 00:48:45.000.00:48:46.233 for a couple of years now, 00:48:46.233.00:48:48.433 so I know we all feel pretty good 00:48:48.433.00:48:50.700 about what's been accomplished, but we're also looking forward 00:48:50.700.00:48:53.600 to taking a little bit of a break. 00:48:53.600.00:48:55.933 -David Waters from spaceflightnow.com, 00:48:55.933.00:48:58.667 for Mike Massimino, you've been taking a lot of personal videos 00:48:58.667.00:49:00.833 there of the crew, kind of not only doing space 00:49:00.833.00:49:02.633 walking but playing reporter up there 00:49:02.633.00:49:05.400 and getting these personal views for all of us down here. 00:49:05.400.00:49:06.933 Give me your take on the rest of the crew 00:49:06.933.00:49:09.367 there as you've been documenting them here. 00:49:14.067.00:49:15.433 -What do...Hmm. 00:49:15.433.00:49:17.200 What do you want to know? 00:49:17.200.00:49:20.333 -Everybody look at Mass. 00:49:20.333.00:49:24.267 -No, I'll have to answer that question after we land. 00:49:24.267.00:49:25.367 No, it's been a lot of fun. 00:49:25.367.00:49:27.733 I remember doing a couple of them earlier 00:49:27.733.00:49:29.833 and then kind of took some time off 00:49:29.833.00:49:31.300 from doing them during the space walks 00:49:31.300.00:49:33.967 and then the last couple days got back into doing them. 00:49:33.967.00:49:36.067 It's just a fun thing to try to keep everybody loose 00:49:36.067.00:49:38.633 and get our families a chance to see how we're doing 00:49:38.633.00:49:41.567 and everyone on the ground to see what it's like up here 00:49:41.567.00:49:43.600 because it really is just a wonderful experience, 00:49:43.600.00:49:45.700 and I appreciate everyone playing along. 00:49:45.700.00:49:47.167 I think we've all enjoyed it, right? 00:49:47.167.00:49:48.367 -Yep. -It's been fun, you know. 00:49:48.367.00:49:49.800 It's been... 00:49:49.800.00:49:51.933 Anyway, they put up with it well enough, 00:49:51.933.00:49:53.900 but no, it's just been a fun thing to do, 00:49:53.900.00:49:56.400 and everyone seems to at least... 00:49:56.400.00:49:57.667 to enjoy it a little bit at least 00:49:57.667.00:50:01.200 and sometimes a lot too, so it's been fun for us. 00:50:01.200.00:50:03.300 It's been fun for me especially, 00:50:03.300.00:50:04.933 and what we're really trying to do 00:50:04.933.00:50:07.667 is give the folks down on the ground a chance 00:50:07.667.00:50:09.067 to see what it's like to be up here 00:50:09.067.00:50:11.600 and that, you know, we're just, you know, 00:50:11.600.00:50:14.367 regular people who have a really incredible job, 00:50:14.367.00:50:16.900 and not too many people get a chance to see 00:50:16.900.00:50:18.733 and do the things we get to do, 00:50:18.733.00:50:21.767 and any way we can try to share them with folks, we try, 00:50:21.767.00:50:24.100 and this is one of our attempts 00:50:24.100.00:50:26.067 at trying to share what the experience is like, 00:50:26.067.00:50:27.667 and we hope people have enjoyed them. 00:50:27.667.00:50:30.667 It's been fun doing them. -Hi. 00:50:30.667.00:50:33.900 This is Tracee Wilkins of NBC4 in Washington, D.C. 00:50:33.900.00:50:35.100 Hello, everyone. 00:50:35.100.00:50:37.067 I have a question for the crew about the work 00:50:37.067.00:50:39.767 that Goddard did to help with making repairs up there. 00:50:39.767.00:50:41.133 Can you just talk a little bit 00:50:41.133.00:50:45.400 about how important Goddard's help was in the mission? 00:50:45.400.00:50:46.933 -Well, the Goddard Space Flight Center really 00:50:46.933.00:50:48.767 is a center of excellence in a number of areas 00:50:48.767.00:50:52.200 but absolutely prime in this great country 00:50:52.200.00:50:56.033 in human-spacecraft servicing of spacecraft like Hubble. 00:50:56.033.00:50:57.700 They've been doing this for many years, 00:50:57.700.00:50:59.367 as long as Hubble has been around, 00:50:59.367.00:51:02.800 and they trained us in all of the techniques, 00:51:02.800.00:51:05.300 how to take care of Hubble, how to put the instruments in, 00:51:05.300.00:51:07.233 how to put the right sensor units, batteries, 00:51:07.233.00:51:09.033 all the stuff we did. 00:51:09.033.00:51:11.233 They're a huge knowledge base for us, 00:51:11.233.00:51:15.200 and I have only the best things to say about all those folks. 00:51:15.200.00:51:16.900 We absolutely couldn't have done it without them, 00:51:16.900.00:51:19.033 not only in the preflight time period 00:51:19.033.00:51:20.500 but also in real time, 00:51:20.500.00:51:23.067 you know, coming up with the fix for the STIS. 00:51:23.067.00:51:25.600 It was just fantastic, and I know there's a big team 00:51:25.600.00:51:27.667 of folks there, and I think we'd all like to say 00:51:27.667.00:51:30.633 thanks very much for all of that help, 00:51:30.633.00:51:33.400 and we hope you enjoy all the stuff that comes down 00:51:33.400.00:51:38.300 from the newly fixed Hubble at the apex of its career. 00:51:38.300.00:51:43.400 -This is Rush DeNooyer from PBS NOVA for John and Mass. 00:51:43.400.00:51:46.533 There was a time when this mission had been canceled, 00:51:46.533.00:51:50.467 and I believe I've been told you guys did a lot of work 00:51:50.467.00:51:52.633 pursuing the robotic option, 00:51:52.633.00:51:54.233 and I'm wondering now that you've been up there 00:51:54.233.00:51:56.300 and done these jobs 00:51:56.300.00:52:00.167 whether you think robotic would've worked out or now. 00:52:00.167.00:52:02.067 -Well, I think there are two parts to that, 00:52:02.067.00:52:05.467 one of which is many of the things that we did, 00:52:05.467.00:52:10.067 including of course STIS and ACS and the rate-sensor units, 00:52:10.067.00:52:12.867 were not possible robotically. 00:52:12.867.00:52:14.200 I think, you know, Mass and I 00:52:14.200.00:52:16.233 both installed the Wide Field Camera 00:52:16.233.00:52:18.867 robotically with all the delays while we were in Houston 00:52:18.867.00:52:22.067 and the Wide Field was at Goddard. 00:52:22.067.00:52:24.633 You know, the question is, would the robot have had the required 00:52:24.633.00:52:26.400 torque to break the A latch? 00:52:26.400.00:52:28.600 And I think that's the real utility of humans is we're able 00:52:28.600.00:52:31.367 to deal with situations that are the unexpected. 00:52:31.367.00:52:32.933 We do that all day long, 00:52:32.933.00:52:36.167 and that's one of the amazing capabilities of the human brain, 00:52:36.167.00:52:38.967 and, you know, Hubble had enough surprises in here 00:52:38.967.00:52:41.633 that I think a robotic mission would've been very difficult. 00:52:41.633.00:52:44.100 On the other hand, by working that robotic mission, 00:52:44.100.00:52:45.867 it kept the Hubble spirit alive 00:52:45.867.00:52:48.333 so that we were able to get the mission back on 00:52:48.333.00:52:50.133 once the shuttle program 00:52:50.133.00:52:52.200 made all of its fantastic achievements 00:52:52.200.00:52:53.433 to get the shuttle to a point 00:52:53.433.00:52:56.233 where we could safely come up here 00:52:56.233.00:52:59.033 and, you know, manage the risk the way we have, 00:52:59.033.00:53:01.367 so it achieved its goal, 00:53:01.367.00:53:04.233 but I think we were needed on this mission. 00:53:04.233.00:53:08.533 -Robert Pearlman with collectspace.com for Ray J, 00:53:08.533.00:53:10.800 before you launched, you said that shooting IMAX 00:53:10.800.00:53:13.633 was a bigger challenge than you anticipated. 00:53:13.633.00:53:16.133 Now that the last of the film is exposed, 00:53:16.133.00:53:17.467 how would you rate the experience, 00:53:17.467.00:53:19.633 and what's going to be the must-see shot 00:53:19.633.00:53:22.100 that moviegoers are going to line up to see? 00:53:26.233.00:53:27.333 -Good question. -Well, that's 00:53:27.333.00:53:28.733 a wonderful question. 00:53:28.733.00:53:31.900 First of all, it's a little bit like flying. 00:53:31.900.00:53:33.900 You know, everything is going great, 00:53:33.900.00:53:36.000 and then, all of a sudden, you've got to get really busy 00:53:36.000.00:53:38.167 and get a task accomplished, 00:53:38.167.00:53:41.433 and it really was a complete teamwork evolution, 00:53:41.433.00:53:46.933 trying to imagine how many seconds until the next shot 00:53:46.933.00:53:50.733 or whether the lighting was right on the camera, 00:53:50.733.00:53:55.767 knowing you only have 8 minutes of film and 30 seconds a shot, 00:53:55.767.00:53:59.267 so we had Scooter shooting the spot meter on the target. 00:53:59.267.00:54:03.533 I was running the laptop computer, and the IV, 00:54:03.533.00:54:06.733 whether it was John or somebody else, was telling me, 00:54:06.733.00:54:08.667 "Okay. We're getting close to the shoot," 00:54:08.667.00:54:12.500 and then, of course, there's a delay to turn on the IMAX. 00:54:12.500.00:54:15.367 Frankly, I think the money shot 00:54:15.367.00:54:18.667 might be the part of Hubble at the very end. 00:54:18.667.00:54:20.867 I think that was well shot, 00:54:20.867.00:54:23.167 and we did about 39 seconds of that. 00:54:23.167.00:54:25.500 and it'll be a fantastic experience 00:54:25.500.00:54:30.033 to see as Hubble goes away and explores the cosmos. 00:54:34.733.00:54:37.167 -Atlantis, this is the International Station. 00:54:37.167.00:54:40.267 How do you copy? 00:54:40.267.00:54:43.167 -International Space Station, Space Shuttle Atlantis 00:54:43.167.00:54:45.633 copies you loud and clear. 00:54:45.633.00:54:46.700 -Hello, Atlantis. 00:54:46.700.00:54:48.367 This is International Space Station, 00:54:48.367.00:54:50.700 really, really glad to welcome you guys. 00:54:53.933.00:54:57.400 Atlantis... -Hey and greetings to you all. 00:55:01.200.00:55:03.800 -It's very wonderful to talk with you guys. 00:55:03.800.00:55:08.200 Congratulations on the wonderful EVAs and such an extensive 00:55:08.200.00:55:12.200 EVA that you guys did an outstanding job and crew 00:55:12.200.00:55:13.767 on board the International Space Station 00:55:13.767.00:55:18.167 that saw you guys' expedition going out 00:55:18.167.00:55:20.867 Atlantis a couple times during the day, 00:55:20.867.00:55:23.367 and again, you guys did a wonderful job. 00:55:23.367.00:55:25.067 Congratulations. 00:55:30.267.00:55:35.900 -Atlantis, Station, how do you hear us? 00:55:35.900.00:55:40.033 -[foreign] Koichi-sama, arigatou gozaimasu. 00:55:40.033.00:55:43.333 Ogenki, desu ka? 00:55:43.333.00:55:48.800 -It's... -Drew, nice to hear your voice, 00:55:48.800.00:55:54.567 and yeah, like Nemo, this space flight is wonderful, 00:55:54.567.00:55:59.500 and we saw you guys, and you are awesome. 00:55:59.500.00:56:01.200 Outstanding job. 00:56:05.233.00:56:06.500 -Oh, thank you very much. 00:56:06.500.00:56:08.333 Of course, we're here for just a short stay. 00:56:08.333.00:56:13.933 While you are remaining up here, our end is in sight for us soon. 00:56:13.933.00:56:16.933 We've enjoyed being up here in space with you as well. 00:56:21.167.00:56:24.467 -Yeah, we just wanted to say, like Koichi said, 00:56:24.467.00:56:25.767 we've been following your mission, 00:56:25.767.00:56:27.500 and it's just the greatest thing 00:56:27.500.00:56:29.600 to see the two remarkable machines 00:56:29.600.00:56:32.667 made by such remarkable people coming together again, 00:56:32.667.00:56:34.867 this time for the last time. 00:56:34.867.00:56:36.467 We wanted to offer some heartfelt 00:56:36.467.00:56:38.400 congratulations for a job well done, 00:56:38.400.00:56:41.233 and we also know how hard you guys have been training 00:56:41.233.00:56:44.000 and how personally invested in this great telescope 00:56:44.000.00:56:46.933 you've all been, and I guess we all kind of envy 00:56:46.933.00:56:48.967 the chance to touch Hubble one final time 00:56:48.967.00:56:50.233 and get her all commissioned 00:56:50.233.00:56:52.600 for another several years of discovery, 00:56:52.600.00:56:55.767 and, again, we just think you guys have done an awesome job, 00:56:55.767.00:56:58.033 and it's great to hear laughter in the background. 00:56:58.033.00:56:59.800 We know how intensively you've been working 00:56:59.800.00:57:03.700 but sounds like it's magical on board your shuttle just now. 00:57:07.900.00:57:10.133 -Thanks, Mike. We've had a great time up here 00:57:10.133.00:57:11.967 and got a lot of work done. 00:57:11.967.00:57:13.400 We know you guys have been working hard 00:57:13.400.00:57:16.000 and are going to continue to be working hard up here. 00:57:16.000.00:57:18.033 It's really fun to be sharing space with you. 00:57:18.033.00:57:20.467 As you know, we now have four bugs in space. 00:57:20.467.00:57:23.167 I think we officially outnumber everybody else. 00:57:26.200.00:57:29.133 -Yeah, this is the first of the year's records 00:57:29.133.00:57:31.867 that I was really looking forward to, four bugs in space, 00:57:31.867.00:57:33.767 and not too much longer, 00:57:33.767.00:57:35.700 we're going to have four MDs in space, 00:57:35.700.00:57:37.300 and both of those are kind of scary 00:57:37.300.00:57:39.433 but wonderful at the same time. 00:57:43.733.00:57:46.000 -Hey, Mike Barratt. It's Mike Good, and it's... 00:57:46.000.00:57:47.267 I just want to say hello. 00:57:47.267.00:57:50.033 Hope you guys are having a great mission on your end, 00:57:50.033.00:57:51.667 and it's a real honor to be in space with you 00:57:51.667.00:57:56.367 at the same time, fellow classmates. 00:57:56.367.00:57:59.133 -It is great to hear your voice up here, and I agree. 00:57:59.133.00:58:01.033 It's great to see our class get up here 00:58:01.033.00:58:04.200 and fly and do some great things and just have tremendous fun, 00:58:04.200.00:58:07.000 and then we are also having a great time up here. 00:58:07.000.00:58:09.900 So when you guys get all done with your Hubble mission, 00:58:09.900.00:58:12.667 don't forget the long-duration door is always open. 00:58:12.667.00:58:15.833 -Hey, Mike. This is Drew, and yeah, 00:58:15.833.00:58:20.633 we hear the invitation, and maybe if we all hang around, 00:58:20.633.00:58:23.133 we'll be joining you someday up there on space station, 00:58:23.133.00:58:24.867 but go, bugs, 00:58:24.867.00:58:28.400 and it's nice to be up here enjoying this scenery. 00:58:28.400.00:58:29.733 -Hey, Drew. Great to hear you too, 00:58:29.733.00:58:32.500 and you guys have a great remainder of your flight. 00:58:32.500.00:58:38.133 Eat all the food what's left and land softly. 00:58:38.133.00:58:39.767 -Megan, this is Gennady. 00:58:39.767.00:58:42.600 [Indistinct]. 00:58:42.600.00:58:44.000 -Thanks, Gennady. Thanks very much. 00:58:44.000.00:58:46.367 It's fun to be up here at the same time as you are 00:58:46.367.00:58:50.633 and be able to talk with you over the airwaves like this. 00:58:50.633.00:58:53.733 -Yeah, great job, Megan, wonderful grapple 00:58:53.733.00:58:55.800 and a very smooth release, 00:58:55.800.00:59:00.900 and it was very enjoyable to see not only EVA work 00:59:00.900.00:59:05.267 but also the great on work. 00:59:05.267.00:59:08.533 -Gennady and Mike and Koichi, I just want to wish you 00:59:08.533.00:59:11.633 a wonderful expedition time up there. 00:59:11.633.00:59:16.867 I've enjoyed my first flight into space, and from Ray J, 00:59:16.867.00:59:20.733 do good things up there, and we'll see you on the ground. 00:59:20.733.00:59:22.100 -Okay. Thanks, Ray J. 00:59:22.100.00:59:23.767 We're definitely looking forward to getting together 00:59:23.767.00:59:25.633 and swapping the sea stories. 00:59:29.267.00:59:31.167 For us, that'll be only in October, 00:59:31.167.00:59:36.467 but you'll be able to chat with Koichi a little sooner. 00:59:40.500.00:59:43.667 -Gennady, Mike and Koichi, it's Mass. 00:59:43.667.00:59:44.967 Just want to say hi to you guys. 00:59:44.967.00:59:47.333 We're real proud of you and admiring what you guys 00:59:47.333.00:59:50.000 are doing, and it's an honor for us to be up here 00:59:50.000.00:59:53.300 when you guys are and look forward to seeing you guys soon. 00:59:53.300.00:59:55.733 I guess we'll be seeing Koichi a little bit sooner. 00:59:55.733.00:59:57.833 I know everybody is looking forward to getting him back 00:59:57.833.00:59:59.200 and you other two guys as well, 00:59:59.200.01:00:02.467 so good luck with the rest of your mission. 01:00:02.467.01:00:04.167 -Thanks, Mike, and like I say, 01:00:04.167.01:00:05.633 we've enjoyed following you guys, 01:00:05.633.01:00:07.467 and the magic Massimino touch 01:00:07.467.01:00:10.733 is now legendary for getting the Hubble back in shape, 01:00:10.733.01:00:12.633 and for all you guys, you've done a great job, 01:00:12.633.01:00:14.600 but we'll definitely see you back on the ground 01:00:14.600.01:00:16.300 and look forward to it. 01:00:18.767.01:00:21.633 -And we just want you all to know we were thinking of you 01:00:21.633.01:00:24.900 when we decided not to drop any tools on you, 01:00:24.900.01:00:27.667 so you don't have to look out for any flying objects 01:00:27.667.01:00:29.367 coming your way from Hubble. 01:00:32.533.01:00:34.700 -Well, we weren't going to ask, but we were pretty confident 01:00:34.700.01:00:36.500 that everything was in great hands, 01:00:36.500.01:00:38.100 so thank you very much for that. 01:00:38.100.01:00:43.200 -All right. Thank you very much as well. 01:00:43.200.01:00:45.533 -And Gennady mentioned that he only dropped one item, 01:00:45.533.01:00:46.767 and that was Hubble itself, 01:00:46.767.01:00:48.900 so I guess we kept track of everything. 01:00:53.333.01:00:55.767 -Hey, Mike. Mike Good here again. 01:00:55.767.01:00:57.667 I know you've got some time to go on your mission now. 01:00:57.667.01:00:59.300 Just let you know that when I get home 01:00:59.300.01:01:02.033 I'll make sure to give Michelle a big hug for you. 01:01:02.033.01:01:04.167 I know she and your family are really strong 01:01:04.167.01:01:07.833 and really backing you up from the ground. 01:01:07.833.01:01:09.133 -Well, I appreciate that, 01:01:09.133.01:01:12.100 and all the support is always appreciated, 01:01:12.100.01:01:13.800 but the community is really coming together 01:01:13.800.01:01:15.167 behind our families down there, 01:01:15.167.01:01:16.833 and that's been really great to see, 01:01:16.833.01:01:19.733 and yeah, I think we all rack up quite a bill 01:01:19.733.01:01:21.333 with our spouses when we do this, 01:01:21.333.01:01:24.633 so we owe them a lot, and God bless them. 01:01:24.633.01:01:26.800 -Yeah, our whole crew couldn't agree with you more there, Mike. 01:01:26.800.01:01:30.267 That's true stuff. -Well, listen. 01:01:30.267.01:01:32.533 It's been really, really great talking to you guys. 01:01:32.533.01:01:35.967 It's been a great couple of days for the space community 01:01:35.967.01:01:38.533 with our own Scott Parazynski making the summit of Everest 01:01:38.533.01:01:40.767 and with you guys getting Hubble 01:01:40.767.01:01:43.533 back safely in orbit on the same day, 01:01:43.533.01:01:46.200 and we really appreciate the chance to chat with you. 01:01:46.200.01:01:48.033 This has been a history-making mission, 01:01:48.033.01:01:49.633 and like I say, we'll look forward 01:01:49.633.01:01:51.300 to swapping stories on the ground. 01:01:51.300.01:01:53.000 -That sounds great. 01:01:53.000.01:01:54.500 Course you guys have to go back to work. 01:01:54.500.01:01:55.867 This is supposed to be our day off, 01:01:55.867.01:01:58.733 so we'll go back to floating around 01:01:58.733.01:02:00.333 while you guys get back to work. 01:02:00.333.01:02:03.500 Thanks so much for taking time out of your day to talk to us. 01:02:03.500.01:02:07.300 -It is absolutely our pleasure, and you guys enjoy the views. 01:02:07.300.01:02:09.100 You got some big work under your belt now, 01:02:09.100.01:02:11.300 and just have a wonderful and safe landing, 01:02:11.300.01:02:14.467 and have a great reunion with all your families, 01:02:14.467.01:02:16.467 and station out. 01:02:16.467.01:02:19.300 -[Indistinct]. 01:02:19.300.01:02:21.300 You're all Bugs, which means what? 01:02:21.300.01:02:23.600 What does Bug mean? You're Bugs. 01:02:23.600.01:02:26.067 Explain to the people what that means, that you're Bugs. 01:02:26.067.01:02:27.600 -We're all classmates. 01:02:27.600.01:02:30.500 We're all hired at the same time back in the year 2000. 01:02:30.500.01:02:31.600 -2000. 01:02:31.600.01:02:33.433 -And every class typically gets a nickname. 01:02:33.433.01:02:34.633 -Right. 01:02:34.633.01:02:35.667 -You don't get to choose your nickname. 01:02:35.667.01:02:39.067 -No. -So ours was the Bugs because, 01:02:39.067.01:02:42.533 back in the year 2000, there was that Y2K Bug thing. 01:02:42.533.01:02:43.933 -That's right. -So... 01:02:43.933.01:02:45.800 -Everyone was concerned about the bugs in the software, 01:02:45.800.01:02:46.900 so we called you guys the Bugs. 01:02:46.900.01:02:48.600 -Somebody thought that would be funny. 01:02:48.600.01:02:50.367 -Thought it would be funny, and you guys ran with it. 01:02:50.367.01:02:52.367 Now you got all kinds of bugs all over the office. 01:02:52.367.01:02:53.733 -Yeah. -You've got bug... 01:02:53.733.01:02:58.300 Megan has a bug cookie jar and little bug stickers 01:02:58.300.01:02:59.667 and everything else, so you really made it... 01:02:59.667.01:03:01.500 So you guys are the three Bugs. You're very tight... 01:03:01.500.01:03:03.067 -You have to embrace it. -...tightly knit class. 01:03:03.067.01:03:04.667 I've noticed too it's been... You guys were in the office 01:03:04.667.01:03:06.267 for a while, and now you're starting to fly, 01:03:06.267.01:03:08.400 and you guys are all good friends, so it's a pleasure 01:03:08.400.01:03:11.033 to see you guys all together on this flight. 01:03:11.033.01:03:14.267 Now my first question before we get into, you know, 01:03:14.267.01:03:16.600 what space flight is like for you on your first flight 01:03:16.600.01:03:19.900 is for Megan because Megan today... 01:03:19.900.01:03:21.967 It was an off day, right? -Yeah, it's a day off. 01:03:21.967.01:03:23.933 -It was an off day like a vacation kind of thing. 01:03:23.933.01:03:26.067 However, you mentioned that you were 01:03:26.067.01:03:28.133 a little sad today at first. 01:03:28.133.01:03:29.200 You remember at the beginning of the day? 01:03:29.200.01:03:30.233 -I was a little sad today. 01:03:30.233.01:03:31.333 -Why were you a little sad today? 01:03:31.333.01:03:32.433 -Well, as you remember, this morning, 01:03:32.433.01:03:34.167 you and I powered down the RMS... 01:03:34.167.01:03:35.433 -Right. -...for the final time 01:03:35.433.01:03:37.700 on this flight, and so when I went to take 01:03:37.700.01:03:39.533 that select switch to off, 01:03:39.533.01:03:41.667 which meant that there were going to be no more arm ops 01:03:41.667.01:03:42.833 on this flight, I was a little sad. 01:03:42.833.01:03:44.400 -A little sad. -Yeah, probably be the last time 01:03:44.400.01:03:46.500 I fly the shuttle arm, so it was a little... 01:03:46.500.01:03:48.167 -A little sad. -Yeah. 01:03:48.167.01:03:49.533 -But it went away fine, right? -Yep, yep. 01:03:49.533.01:03:50.967 -It worked great. -It worked great. 01:03:50.967.01:03:52.167 -You didn't have any trouble with that thing, did you? 01:03:52.167.01:03:53.767 -It's a champ. It's a great arm. 01:03:53.767.01:03:55.500 It's a great tool for space flight 01:03:55.500.01:03:58.067 and for getting our mission done so yeah. 01:03:58.067.01:03:59.433 -And you... I was trying to figure 01:03:59.433.01:04:00.667 how many hours you must have flown 01:04:00.667.01:04:02.333 that this mission, but you flew it for a long time. 01:04:02.333.01:04:03.967 -I don't know, but, you know, Charlie at the [Indistinct] 01:04:03.967.01:04:05.533 says I flew the arm at the [Indistinct] 01:04:05.533.01:04:06.867 for 250 hours so... 01:04:06.867.01:04:08.333 -Wow. -But, you know, 01:04:08.333.01:04:10.433 what makes me feel really bad is that he and the other guys 01:04:10.433.01:04:12.867 had to sit there and watch me do it for 250 hours, 01:04:12.867.01:04:14.400 so that can't have been very much fun for them but... 01:04:14.400.01:04:15.867 -That's a long time. That's a lot of hours... 01:04:15.867.01:04:18.033 -...big thanks to those guys. -...a lot of hours in space. 01:04:18.033.01:04:20.533 All right. Now for the three of you, 01:04:20.533.01:04:22.367 what do you think of this space gig? 01:04:22.367.01:04:23.600 And be honest now. 01:04:23.600.01:04:24.967 All right? You've been for 10 days now. 01:04:24.967.01:04:27.233 You've had a chance to settle in. 01:04:27.233.01:04:29.067 What do you think? What do you got? 01:04:29.067.01:04:30.433 You like it? You want to come back? 01:04:30.433.01:04:31.600 You've had enough? 01:04:31.600.01:04:33.167 What's the story? 01:04:33.167.01:04:35.067 -I like floating in space. -Yeah. 01:04:35.067.01:04:36.267 -It's been a lot of fun. 01:04:36.267.01:04:37.467 I think we're just getting good at it. 01:04:37.467.01:04:38.533 -Yeah. -I don't know. 01:04:38.533.01:04:39.833 Maybe we're not getting good at it, 01:04:39.833.01:04:40.867 but it feels like we're getting better at it. 01:04:40.867.01:04:42.833 -Yeah. -But it will be nice to get home 01:04:42.833.01:04:46.367 and see the family and have a hot shower, so it'll be nice. 01:04:46.367.01:04:48.133 -Mm-hmm. -But it's a lot of fun. 01:04:48.133.01:04:51.400 -Did you have a favorite thing? I mean, it's not over yet, 01:04:51.400.01:04:53.300 but it's almost winding down here, 01:04:53.300.01:04:55.267 but you had a favorite moment yet? 01:04:55.267.01:04:56.533 -What's really neat for me is... 01:04:56.533.01:04:57.533 -Atlantis, Houston on one for... 01:04:57.533.01:04:58.800 -...getting in the middle of a... 01:04:58.800.01:04:59.567 -...[Indistinct] checkout. -...big opening and 01:04:59.567.01:05:00.733 just sitting still and... 01:05:00.733.01:05:02.333 -Go ahead, Houston. -...not moving at all. 01:05:02.333.01:05:03.767 I mean, that's pretty neat. You know... 01:05:03.767.01:05:05.233 -Plano was working on it earlier. 01:05:05.233.01:05:06.567 -...[Indistinct] just totally silent and not moving it all. 01:05:06.567.01:05:09.100 -And we are ready to proceed. However, we do have... 01:05:09.100.01:05:10.300 -[Indistinct]... -...one number 11 step... 01:05:10.300.01:05:12.000 -Sleeping is a lot of fun. -...prior to... 01:05:12.000.01:05:14.533 -It's very comfortable. -In space or... 01:05:14.533.01:05:15.600 -Yeah. -Okay? 01:05:15.600.01:05:16.700 -In space. That's where we are now! 01:05:16.700.01:05:18.133 -In general, sleeping is a lot of fun. 01:05:18.133.01:05:19.500 -We're not a movie set, right, Mike? 01:05:19.500.01:05:20.533 -That's right. 01:05:20.533.01:05:21.733 -Like the mule coke Peter alpha... 01:05:21.733.01:05:23.233 -We're really doing this. -...power on. 01:05:23.233.01:05:24.033 -Yeah, we're really... -[Indistinct]. 01:05:24.033.01:05:25.000 -...doing this, not the... 01:05:25.000.01:05:27.333 -Alpha. -...at my house at home. 01:05:27.333.01:05:28.567 That'd be awesome. 01:05:28.567.01:05:29.233 -And then perform... -It's a really easy... 01:05:29.233.01:05:30.367 -...step seven... 01:05:30.367.01:05:31.800 -You know, makes everything really easy. 01:05:31.800.01:05:33.067 -...[Indistinct] checkout. -You just can get everywhere. 01:05:33.067.01:05:34.200 You can get to the ceiling, can get to the floor 01:05:34.200.01:05:35.100 and the top of the wall and everything. 01:05:35.100.01:05:35.767 -What about the bruises? -Okay. 01:05:35.767.01:05:36.833 -The bruises, yeah. 01:05:36.833.01:05:37.633 -We'll go to complete through step six. 01:05:37.633.01:05:38.700 -It took me a couple of days 01:05:38.700.01:05:39.700 to adjust to the rate that you move. 01:05:39.700.01:05:40.433 -And then, prior to crew sleep... 01:05:40.433.01:05:41.533 -So stopping yourself... 01:05:41.533.01:05:42.667 -...you'll [Indistinct] Peter A... 01:05:42.667.01:05:43.400 -...sometimes involves bruising yourself. 01:05:43.400.01:05:44.300 -...and then step seven. 01:05:44.300.01:05:45.433 -Yeah. -Very [Indistinct]. 01:05:45.433.01:05:46.567 -Good to be back and sorry [Indistinct]. 01:05:46.567.01:05:47.700 -You learn after a while, don't you? 01:05:47.700.01:05:48.933 -You do. -I mean, you get used to it. 01:05:48.933.01:05:50.400 -You learn to just very... -And you learn how to... 01:05:50.400.01:05:51.867 -Not a lot of force to move yourself around so... 01:05:51.867.01:05:52.767 -All right. 01:05:52.767.01:05:53.900 -Speaking of floating... -Yeah. 01:05:53.900.01:05:54.700 -...you can combine floating and eating. 01:05:54.700.01:05:55.767 -Oh, you got some... 01:05:55.767.01:05:56.600 What do you got? -Wait. 01:05:56.600.01:05:58.700 -Oh, here we go. -Uh-oh. 01:05:58.700.01:06:01.767 -Here we go. -I got this. 01:06:01.767.01:06:03.167 Ah. 01:06:03.167.01:06:06.567 -These are M&M's we have loose in the cabin. 01:06:06.567.01:06:07.633 -M&M's loose. 01:06:07.633.01:06:09.800 -M&M's loose. -Oh. 01:06:11.867.01:06:18.800 -More. -Oh. 01:06:18.800.01:06:21.433 -Great way to eat. -It's a lot of fun. 01:06:21.433.01:06:22.933 -[Indistinct]. -Lot of fun. 01:06:22.933.01:06:25.167 -All right. Well, thanks very much, Bugs. 01:06:25.167.01:06:26.567 You got anything you want to say 01:06:26.567.01:06:28.933 to your Bug classmates who are on the ground? 01:06:28.933.01:06:31.067 You got one Bug classmate up on Space Station, 01:06:31.067.01:06:32.433 but anyone on the ground you want to say hello 01:06:32.433.01:06:36.200 to or say anything to your other classmates? 01:06:36.200.01:06:38.800 -Well, most of them have already been up here, but for those guys 01:06:38.800.01:06:40.733 that haven't, of course you guys are going to love it, 01:06:40.733.01:06:42.600 and we look forward to sharing some stories 01:06:42.600.01:06:44.333 with you back on the ground. -All right. 01:06:44.333.01:06:47.267 Well, thanks very much, Bugs. See you later. 01:06:47.267.01:06:50.333 Greg, you're a first-time flyer guy, 01:06:50.333.01:06:52.800 and I was asking the Bugs earlier what they thought 01:06:52.800.01:06:55.500 about this whole space-flight experience. 01:06:55.500.01:06:56.567 What do you think? 01:06:56.567.01:06:58.767 -It's a pretty good gig, pretty good gig, 01:06:58.767.01:07:00.500 hard to believe you get paid for this. 01:07:00.500.01:07:01.700 -Yeah? -Yeah. 01:07:01.700.01:07:02.933 -Are you getting paid for this? -I think so. 01:07:02.933.01:07:04.000 -You sure? -I haven't checked. 01:07:04.000.01:07:05.067 -Got to check. -Yeah. 01:07:05.067.01:07:06.800 -You fill out your time card? 01:07:06.800.01:07:10.100 -I did in advance, yeah, 8 hours a day whether it was or not. 01:07:10.100.01:07:11.800 -So what do you like about it? I mean, you know, it's... 01:07:11.800.01:07:13.133 -I really like floating. 01:07:13.133.01:07:14.467 -Yeah. -I like doing flips. 01:07:14.467.01:07:16.400 -Yeah. -I like the feeling that there's 01:07:16.400.01:07:18.533 no pressure on your body, and when I got 01:07:18.533.01:07:21.133 on that ergometer, started to work out... 01:07:21.133.01:07:23.033 -Now the ergometer is our exercise bike, right? 01:07:23.033.01:07:24.033 -Yeah, the exercise bike. 01:07:24.033.01:07:26.800 -Right. -I realized... 01:07:26.800.01:07:28.333 -What? -...that there are 01:07:28.333.01:07:30.400 a lot of pressures on your body as soon as you get back, 01:07:30.400.01:07:33.833 but right now, zero pressure, don't feel anything... 01:07:33.833.01:07:35.867 -Yeah. -...floating around, 01:07:35.867.01:07:36.733 doing this... 01:07:36.733.01:07:38.300 -Yeah. -...Feeling good. 01:07:38.300.01:07:39.567 -How about the work part of it? 01:07:39.567.01:07:40.900 Because you were doing some work because you said... 01:07:40.900.01:07:42.833 You told me you wanted to get paid, right? 01:07:42.833.01:07:44.000 And yet... 01:07:44.000.01:07:45.133 -We did work. -...floating around is fun, 01:07:45.133.01:07:46.400 but you're not getting paid to float. 01:07:46.400.01:07:47.567 How'd you like, you know, the working part, 01:07:47.567.01:07:48.733 all the stuff that you did on the flight? 01:07:48.733.01:07:50.700 -I think it was really a great team effort. 01:07:50.700.01:07:53.600 I especially think, on EVA five 01:07:53.600.01:07:55.567 when we had to get out the door early... 01:07:55.567.01:07:56.800 -Right. 01:07:56.800.01:07:57.867 -...or we wouldn't get the whole job done... 01:07:57.867.01:08:00.033 -Right. -...got up early as a team. 01:08:00.033.01:08:02.600 Everybody got ready, got the space walkers out, 01:08:02.600.01:08:04.500 like, an hour early maybe. -Yeah, hour early. 01:08:04.500.01:08:06.667 -Hour early, and we got all three... 01:08:06.667.01:08:08.133 -Got it all done. -...NOBLs done at the very end 01:08:08.133.01:08:10.133 of the space walk, and it was awesome. 01:08:10.133.01:08:11.200 -Great team effort. -Oh. 01:08:11.200.01:08:11.967 -Yeah. -Awesome. 01:08:11.967.01:08:13.400 -That's the best part. 01:08:13.400.01:08:15.633 -Yeah, our flight director, Tony Ceccacci, sent me a note. 01:08:15.633.01:08:16.933 He said, "John, did you 01:08:16.933.01:08:20.167 sleep in your space suit the night before?" 01:08:20.167.01:08:21.833 And I had to fess up that, yes, I did. 01:08:21.833.01:08:23.367 -There you go. That's the only way to do it. 01:08:23.367.01:08:24.433 -Yeah. 01:08:24.433.01:08:26.433 -John, I want to ask you something. 01:08:26.433.01:08:28.167 This is your fifth space flight, right? 01:08:28.167.01:08:31.767 You've spent more time in space than anyone else on this crew, 01:08:31.767.01:08:33.233 and, you know, again, 01:08:33.233.01:08:35.967 you came up four other times, and now you're back. 01:08:35.967.01:08:37.033 How did this one compare? 01:08:37.033.01:08:39.033 Do you get tired of coming... 01:08:39.033.01:08:43.033 Is there anything that is ho-hum about it, or is it still just, 01:08:43.033.01:08:46.067 you know, the greatest thing for you when you come up here? 01:08:46.067.01:08:47.567 -You know, I'd say it was the greatest thing, 01:08:47.567.01:08:50.933 but the fact is, I get really tired of these crew interviews. 01:08:50.933.01:08:52.167 It's just insane. 01:08:52.167.01:08:53.933 -That wasn't my question. -Oh, I'm sorry. 01:08:53.933.01:08:55.200 -I wasn't talking about the... -Space flight. 01:08:55.200.01:08:56.400 -...crew interview. I was talking about the... 01:08:56.400.01:08:57.400 -Space flight. -...space-flight part of it. 01:08:57.400.01:08:59.133 -No, you never get tired of space flight. 01:08:59.133.01:09:00.233 -Mike, what is this? 01:09:00.233.01:09:01.233 Leave the humor to the professionals. 01:09:01.233.01:09:02.000 -That's right. That's right. 01:09:02.000.01:09:05.800 -Tell them. -Good. 01:09:05.800.01:09:07.100 -You never get tired of space flight. 01:09:07.100.01:09:08.900 I love being up here. 01:09:08.900.01:09:10.433 As soon as we get to main-engine cutoff, 01:09:10.433.01:09:12.333 suddenly I get this big grin on my face. 01:09:12.333.01:09:14.233 Usually, it stays the whole flight 01:09:14.233.01:09:16.167 except for some scary moments during EVA 01:09:16.167.01:09:18.267 when people have to break off handrails. 01:09:18.267.01:09:21.200 -Yeah. -The rest of the time, you know, 01:09:21.200.01:09:23.000 I just love being up here. 01:09:23.000.01:09:24.400 -I got to tell you, that was my observation 01:09:24.400.01:09:26.300 flying with you once before, 01:09:26.300.01:09:28.333 and I've known you for a long time. 01:09:28.333.01:09:30.733 You know, we've spent most of our time together on the ground, 01:09:30.733.01:09:32.200 but when I see you come up here, you just... 01:09:32.200.01:09:35.367 It just seems like you are really in your element like you 01:09:35.367.01:09:36.800 are meant to be here, 01:09:36.800.01:09:40.367 that you're very happy, and, you know, you just... 01:09:40.367.01:09:42.167 You're just really at home here, aren't you? 01:09:42.167.01:09:43.400 -Yep, I am. -Yeah. 01:09:43.400.01:09:45.500 -I have to say, you know, John floats around. 01:09:45.500.01:09:48.433 He's not touching anything where some of the rookies 01:09:48.433.01:09:51.900 are like this or like this, stabilizing ourself, 01:09:51.900.01:09:54.567 but John has got his sea legs flying up this high. 01:09:54.567.01:09:55.933 -Yeah, he's got it down, but I think it's... 01:09:55.933.01:09:57.700 It's also, I think, in his heart, too. 01:09:57.700.01:09:59.433 -Oh, yeah. -I mean, you love being here. 01:09:59.433.01:10:00.700 -I love being here. -You love being here. 01:10:00.700.01:10:01.767 -It's just awesome. 01:10:01.767.01:10:03.200 -All right. 01:10:03.200.01:10:06.567 Now it's time for our favorite segment, which is... 01:10:06.567.01:10:08.333 -Good to see you again... -Likewise. 01:10:08.333.01:10:09.633 -...in my corner... -In your... 01:10:09.633.01:10:10.967 Scooter's corner. -...Scooter's corner. 01:10:10.967.01:10:12.633 -And he's actually in his real corner. 01:10:12.633.01:10:13.700 You're in... -This is the... 01:10:13.700.01:10:14.833 -What are you sitting? -...flight... 01:10:14.833.01:10:15.833 Oh, wait a minute. I got gum in my mouth. 01:10:15.833.01:10:16.500 -What are you going to do with that? 01:10:16.500.01:10:17.233 -Got to get rid of that. 01:10:17.233.01:10:18.500 I put it under the dash. 01:10:18.500.01:10:20.967 Maybe the next guy can enjoy it. -There you have it. 01:10:20.967.01:10:23.067 Is there any other gum down there, or you're the first guy? 01:10:23.067.01:10:24.167 -I'm the first. -All right. 01:10:24.167.01:10:25.200 There you go. 01:10:25.200.01:10:26.233 -This is pretty neat. -All right. 01:10:26.233.01:10:27.100 So the next commander of Atlantis, 01:10:27.100.01:10:28.067 don't worry about bringing gum. 01:10:28.067.01:10:29.333 We got some for you. 01:10:29.333.01:10:31.467 Scooter left it for you. Where are you sitting right now? 01:10:31.467.01:10:33.067 That is...We call your... -This is actually... 01:10:33.067.01:10:34.300 -That's your real corner because... 01:10:34.300.01:10:35.433 -...commander seat. 01:10:35.433.01:10:37.533 -The commander seat where you sit for launch 01:10:37.533.01:10:40.133 and where you're going to be landing for entry, right? 01:10:40.133.01:10:41.233 You're going to be... -Yeah. 01:10:41.233.01:10:42.567 This is the control stick right here. 01:10:42.567.01:10:44.133 -That's the control stick for the space shuttle, 01:10:44.133.01:10:45.367 and you've got all your stuff here, 01:10:45.367.01:10:46.800 and you're going to be looking out that window. 01:10:46.800.01:10:48.467 You got a heads-up display, which is covered right now... 01:10:48.467.01:10:49.567 -Protected... -...protected. 01:10:49.567.01:10:50.733 -...from people doing monkey business. 01:10:50.733.01:10:51.733 -Right, like someone 01:10:51.733.01:10:53.300 like me putting gum on it. -Yeah. 01:10:53.300.01:10:54.600 -No, then that'd be bad... -Wouldn't want that to happen. 01:10:54.600.01:10:56.167 -...because you have to be able to see through it, 01:10:56.167.01:10:58.267 and then we'll land. You'll be driving right there. 01:10:58.267.01:10:59.733 This is the actual commander seat. 01:10:59.733.01:11:01.667 -And then, you know, the good thing about gravity, 01:11:01.667.01:11:03.233 you see how I'm floating up in my seat? 01:11:03.233.01:11:04.633 -Right. -When you have gravity, 01:11:04.633.01:11:06.167 I'll be able to sit down, and it'll be easier. 01:11:06.167.01:11:07.267 -It'll be easier for you. I hope so. 01:11:07.267.01:11:08.367 -Be able to get ahold... -Because... 01:11:08.367.01:11:09.433 -...of the stick to land. 01:11:09.433.01:11:10.233 -...we need you to land this thing. 01:11:10.233.01:11:11.533 It's a beautiful spaceship. 01:11:11.533.01:11:12.600 -We want to go home... 01:11:12.600.01:11:13.867 -And you got to come in and land it. 01:11:13.867.01:11:14.900 -...eventually. -We want to be able to go home. 01:11:14.900.01:11:16.100 -There's nothing left in the cargo bay 01:11:16.100.01:11:17.433 to do work with, right? 01:11:17.433.01:11:19.000 -We've done all that. 01:11:19.000.01:11:20.467 We've put everything where it's supposed to be on the telescope. 01:11:20.467.01:11:21.933 Everything is put away, 01:11:21.933.01:11:24.700 and today we actually had a day off, didn't we? 01:11:24.700.01:11:25.800 -Kind of. -Kind of. 01:11:25.800.01:11:27.000 -Yeah. -Yeah. 01:11:27.000.01:11:28.233 -We weren't supposed to have any work to do. 01:11:28.233.01:11:29.800 -But what happened? -Well, we had a few things 01:11:29.800.01:11:31.867 to do plus we take pictures. 01:11:31.867.01:11:33.267 That's pretty busy. 01:11:33.267.01:11:35.200 -We took lots of pictures. We took our crew photo today. 01:11:35.200.01:11:36.633 -Crew photo we did today... -Right, we did our... 01:11:36.633.01:11:37.800 -...one of them. 01:11:37.800.01:11:39.233 -...group photo. -Maybe we'll do another. 01:11:39.233.01:11:40.200 -We do another one, and we had a press conference today... 01:11:40.200.01:11:41.500 -Press conference with the press. 01:11:41.500.01:11:42.700 -...with the press today, so that was... 01:11:42.700.01:11:43.900 -Even call it a... -...great. 01:11:43.900.01:11:45.000 -...press conference. -Right, so that was... 01:11:45.000.01:11:46.300 They asked us questions, and that was good, 01:11:46.300.01:11:47.733 so we did have a few things that we [Indistinct]. 01:11:47.733.01:11:50.900 -Yeah, we did some power down, trying to save a little gas 01:11:50.900.01:11:52.467 so we can stay up a little bit longer 01:11:52.467.01:11:54.633 in case the weather is bad when it's time to land. 01:11:54.633.01:11:56.700 -Oh, okay, so we have a little more. 01:11:56.700.01:11:59.067 We have to stay up an extra day. 01:11:59.067.01:12:00.300 -We could. -We can. 01:12:00.300.01:12:02.167 Now if we do, do we get paid overtime for that? 01:12:02.167.01:12:03.800 -I'm checking, but I don't think so. 01:12:03.800.01:12:05.167 -I got a feeling we aren't going to be paid any overtime. 01:12:05.167.01:12:06.367 -Might as well land. -We might as well land. 01:12:06.367.01:12:07.233 -Might as well land. -Might as well land. 01:12:07.233.01:12:08.467 -That's what I was thinking. 01:12:08.467.01:12:09.433 -We got to see our families a little earlier. 01:12:09.433.01:12:10.467 -Yeah. -So an extra day 01:12:10.467.01:12:11.600 in space [Indistinct]. -Guess what. 01:12:11.600.01:12:12.633 What are our families going to be doing 01:12:12.633.01:12:13.833 if we spend an extra day in space? 01:12:13.833.01:12:15.400 -I don't know. -Hanging out in Florida. 01:12:15.400.01:12:16.967 -Hanging out in Florida waiting for us to come back. 01:12:16.967.01:12:18.100 -You think they're asking for us to land? 01:12:18.100.01:12:19.433 -I got a feeling... -I don't know. 01:12:19.433.01:12:20.333 -...they're the reason we're not coming back. 01:12:20.333.01:12:21.700 We have had enough. 01:12:21.700.01:12:22.933 You know, they probably had a lot of peace and quiet. 01:12:22.933.01:12:24.533 -We want to go to Florida and have a vacation. 01:12:24.533.01:12:25.667 -Right. 01:12:25.667.01:12:26.833 We had family conferences, right, today? 01:12:26.833.01:12:28.300 And I think they kind of... 01:12:28.300.01:12:31.033 You know, they're seeing us then and want to see us again, 01:12:31.033.01:12:34.000 but they don't mind not having us around, you know? 01:12:34.000.01:12:35.767 -Regular day. -Makes a little calmer. 01:12:35.767.01:12:37.933 Things run a little better without us screwing things up, 01:12:37.933.01:12:38.967 at least for you and I anyway. 01:12:38.967.01:12:40.067 -I hear that. -You know? 01:12:40.067.01:12:41.300 -Yeah, I heard that tonight. -So yeah. 01:12:41.300.01:12:42.100 Did you? Yeah. 01:12:42.100.01:12:43.367 Yeah. Okay. 01:12:43.367.01:12:46.167 So we...Now this is your fourth flight, right? 01:12:46.167.01:12:48.667 You've had... Your first one was STS-90... 01:12:48.667.01:12:49.867 -Yes, it was. -...right, Neurolab? 01:12:49.867.01:12:51.033 -Yeah. 01:12:51.033.01:12:52.233 -You're doing brain science and stuff, 01:12:52.233.01:12:53.633 right, that kind of thing? 01:12:53.633.01:12:56.667 The second one was a trip to the space station when it was small, 01:12:56.667.01:12:58.033 before the space station was really big, right? 01:12:58.033.01:12:59.233 -Not as big. 01:12:59.233.01:13:00.600 -One of the very first space-station flights. 01:13:00.600.01:13:02.467 -We're sort of like the finish carpenters come in, 01:13:02.467.01:13:04.300 running the lines, turning on the lights, 01:13:04.300.01:13:05.733 installing the toilet. -Right. 01:13:05.733.01:13:07.300 Okay, so that's what you guys did? 01:13:07.300.01:13:08.600 -Yeah. -All right. 01:13:08.600.01:13:10.100 And then your third flight, of course, was Hubble. 01:13:10.100.01:13:11.233 -Right, up here to Hubble. 01:13:11.233.01:13:12.367 -And then now your fourth one is Hubble. 01:13:12.367.01:13:13.667 -Back to Hubble. 01:13:13.667.01:13:15.800 -So out of those four, what has been your favorite? 01:13:15.800.01:13:17.767 -Well, this is a hard flight to top. 01:13:17.767.01:13:18.433 This has been great. 01:13:18.433.01:13:19.767 -Really? -Yes. 01:13:19.767.01:13:22.400 I mean, each flight has been special in its own way. 01:13:22.400.01:13:23.767 -Right. -But this one, 01:13:23.767.01:13:26.533 getting everything we did done, overcoming challenges, 01:13:26.533.01:13:28.400 watching you guys work while I sat, 01:13:28.400.01:13:30.900 floated around in here, this was great. 01:13:30.900.01:13:32.300 -You did a lot more than float around in here. 01:13:32.300.01:13:33.800 You took good care of us. 01:13:33.800.01:13:35.467 So you really...No kidding, this is your favorite one? 01:13:35.467.01:13:37.267 -This is a good one to go out on. 01:13:37.267.01:13:38.933 -Yeah. Well, I was going to ask you. 01:13:38.933.01:13:40.267 My other question is going to be... 01:13:40.267.01:13:41.900 You still enjoyed it. You had a great time. 01:13:41.900.01:13:43.067 I know it was a lot of work for you. 01:13:43.067.01:13:44.300 I mean, we're kind of... 01:13:44.300.01:13:46.067 Really what happens is, we're playing around, 01:13:46.067.01:13:48.133 and Scooter is doing all the worrying for us. 01:13:48.133.01:13:49.500 All right? 01:13:49.500.01:13:51.133 He's protecting us so we can do our job and have fun, 01:13:51.133.01:13:54.200 and you don't even eat anything at all, do you? 01:13:54.200.01:13:55.733 You're just... You're always running around. 01:13:55.733.01:13:56.867 You're always taking care of us because you're the commander... 01:13:56.867.01:13:57.800 -Houston, Atlantis for [Indistinct]. 01:13:57.800.01:13:59.367 -...and big Papa Bear. 01:13:59.367.01:14:00.833 You know, you're like big Papa Bear. 01:14:00.833.01:14:02.067 You used to be called the Dancing Bear 01:14:02.067.01:14:03.267 when you were in... 01:14:03.267.01:14:04.600 -That was a long time ago. -A long time ago, 01:14:04.600.01:14:06.467 and now you're like Papa Bear now taking care of us. 01:14:06.467.01:14:07.467 -Okay. -So if you had a chance 01:14:07.467.01:14:09.733 to go again, you think you would? 01:14:09.733.01:14:10.767 -I love doing this. 01:14:10.767.01:14:12.833 The shuttle is an amazing vehicle. 01:14:12.833.01:14:13.800 I love being on it. 01:14:13.800.01:14:15.933 I would. -Yeah. 01:14:15.933.01:14:17.300 Just a wonderful experience. 01:14:17.300.01:14:19.100 You know, it's a lot of work. -Are you having fun? 01:14:19.100.01:14:20.433 -Yeah, I mean, it's a lot of work. 01:14:20.433.01:14:21.867 -You're right. It's a lot of work. 01:14:21.867.01:14:24.600 -But it's such satisfying work, and it's interesting. 01:14:24.600.01:14:26.100 -How long did it take us to get here? 01:14:26.100.01:14:28.067 -How do you... What do you mean? 01:14:28.067.01:14:29.367 -Two and a half years at least. 01:14:29.367.01:14:30.567 -Two and a half... -More work done [Indistinct]... 01:14:30.567.01:14:31.667 -Yeah, the training. -...the mission before. 01:14:31.667.01:14:32.867 -Right, but the thing that I... You know, 01:14:32.867.01:14:34.367 what I was thinking today was all the hard work, 01:14:34.367.01:14:35.867 everything from if you go back 01:14:35.867.01:14:37.233 to, you know, going through school 01:14:37.233.01:14:39.333 and applying and becoming an astronaut 01:14:39.333.01:14:41.133 is worth it to get a chance to do this, right? 01:14:41.133.01:14:42.700 -Oh, yeah, no doubt. -To work on Hubble 01:14:42.700.01:14:44.300 and to get a chance to be in this environment, 01:14:44.300.01:14:45.633 work with this crew and look out 01:14:45.633.01:14:46.867 that window every once in a while 01:14:46.867.01:14:48.967 and see the magnificent views that we see, 01:14:48.967.01:14:51.067 it makes it all worth it. You know what I mean? 01:14:51.067.01:14:52.167 -Yeah. -You kind of forget... 01:14:52.167.01:14:53.633 -That's right. -...that, I think, 01:14:53.633.01:14:54.667 when you're on the ground, and you get back here and like, 01:14:54.667.01:14:56.233 "Ooh, this is pretty cool stuff." 01:14:56.233.01:14:57.667 -It is pretty cool stuff. -It's awesome. 01:14:57.667.01:14:58.633 -Yeah. -All right, man. 01:14:58.633.01:14:59.500 -All right. -Thanks, Scooter. 01:14:59.500.01:15:00.733 -Great work. -All right. 01:15:00.733.01:15:01.600 -Nice working with you. -Just a couple days left. 01:15:01.600.01:15:02.500 -Yeah. -All right, buddy. 01:15:02.500.01:15:03.800 -Oh, one more thing. -Yes. 01:15:03.800.01:15:04.867 -Steve Lindsey, I was just kidding about the gum. 01:15:04.867.01:15:06.567 I got it. -Don't eat it again. 01:15:06.567.01:15:07.633 No, you might get sick. -No. 01:15:07.633.01:15:08.600 [Indistinct]. -You never know 01:15:08.600.01:15:09.300 who's been down there. -Thanks. 01:15:09.300.01:15:11.000 All right. -Thanks. 01:15:14.300.01:15:16.000 -Hi. 01:15:24.567.01:15:27.533 I'm Mike Good with the STS-125 Hubble crew, 01:15:27.533.01:15:29.800 and you're watching NASA TV. 01:16:22.767.01:16:25.367 -Good morning, Atlantis. Good morning to the entire crew 01:16:25.367.01:16:28.933 from your very friendly Orbit 3 planning team. 01:16:31.133.01:16:32.833 -Thanks, Diane. We sure appreciate 01:16:32.833.01:16:35.867 all the hard work that the Orbit 3 planning team does. 01:16:35.867.01:16:38.133 We sure appreciate all the hard work and dedication 01:16:38.133.01:16:41.833 to detail you've taken getting the plan right for us overnight, 01:16:41.833.01:16:45.967 and thanks a lot for that loony wake-up song. 01:16:45.967.01:16:49.033 -And you're very welcome. 01:16:49.033.01:16:50.367 -This is Mission Control Houston. 01:16:50.367.01:16:52.600 So begins flight day 11 for the crew of Atlantis 01:16:52.600.01:16:55.867 as they wake up to a song called "The Cantina Band." 01:16:55.867.01:16:57.133 It's from the movie "Star Wars," 01:16:57.133.01:16:58.667 and it was composed by John Williams. 01:16:58.667.01:17:00.967 That song was played for the entire crew. 01:17:00.967.01:17:03.767 The main focus for the crew today will be getting Atlantis 01:17:03.767.01:17:08.267 ready to come home on Friday. 01:17:08.267.01:17:11.667 -Atlantis, please stand by for Senator Barbara Mikulski. 01:17:15.167.01:17:19.467 -Hello to all of our astronauts on Space Shuttle Atlantis. 01:17:19.467.01:17:22.967 You are taking part of something quite historical. 01:17:22.967.01:17:26.267 Not only have you given the Hubble a new life, 01:17:26.267.01:17:29.200 but you're going to give the Senate a new lease on life. 01:17:29.200.01:17:32.033 You are the very first astronauts 01:17:32.033.01:17:36.600 to testify from space at an official hearing. 01:17:36.600.01:17:40.067 I'm joined by my colleague, Senator Bill Nelson, 01:17:40.067.01:17:42.500 a brother astronaut to you. 01:17:42.500.01:17:44.800 I want to lead off the conversation by, 01:17:44.800.01:17:52.100 first of all, thank you for this stunning and successful mission. 01:17:52.100.01:17:56.233 You have...As you close the hatch on the Hubble, 01:17:56.233.01:17:58.733 you have now opened a new door 01:17:58.733.01:18:02.533 to a new era of scientific discovery. 01:18:02.533.01:18:05.000 Hubble is the people's telescope, 01:18:05.000.01:18:08.133 and it wanted to have another chance 01:18:08.133.01:18:12.833 to be able to educate a new generation 01:18:12.833.01:18:15.300 of scientists and schoolchildren. 01:18:15.300.01:18:17.667 What you've done to refocus and recharge 01:18:17.667.01:18:21.033 the Hubble Space Telescope is appreciated. 01:18:21.033.01:18:24.000 We appreciate the daring and the difficult 01:18:24.000.01:18:26.067 and the dangerous things 01:18:26.067.01:18:29.400 that you've done to install the cameras, 01:18:29.400.01:18:33.167 the computers, the batteries and the gyroscopes. 01:18:33.167.01:18:36.267 Hubble is the greatest scientific instrument 01:18:36.267.01:18:40.233 since Galileo, but you're some of the greatest astronauts 01:18:40.233.01:18:42.600 that we could get hooked up with. 01:18:42.600.01:18:47.000 We want to hear from you about what those experiences are like, 01:18:47.000.01:18:50.433 but before I do, Bill, Senator Nelson, 01:18:50.433.01:18:52.000 did you want to say something 01:18:52.000.01:18:55.567 to your brother astronauts in space? 01:18:55.567.01:18:59.067 -Hey, guys. I wish I were up there with you. 01:18:59.067.01:19:00.133 -So tell us. 01:19:00.133.01:19:03.300 What was it like to be up there? 01:19:03.300.01:19:06.167 -Senator, I just say, first of all, we're very honored 01:19:06.167.01:19:10.800 to be able to appear before the committee today. 01:19:10.800.01:19:12.133 It's an honor for us. 01:19:12.133.01:19:15.233 It's also an honor to be part of this mission. 01:19:15.233.01:19:17.400 Many people worked very hard on it, 01:19:17.400.01:19:20.200 including all the folks at Goddard, 01:19:20.200.01:19:22.267 and, of course, your efforts, Senator, keeping 01:19:22.267.01:19:23.967 Hubble alive are much appreciated. 01:19:23.967.01:19:28.367 We're a beneficiary of that vision that you share with all 01:19:28.367.01:19:30.767 Hubble as a part of the spirit of exploration 01:19:30.767.01:19:32.767 that I think is an American dream 01:19:32.767.01:19:35.033 we all share, so thank you so much. 01:19:35.033.01:19:38.067 -Tell us, what was the most... 01:19:38.067.01:19:40.533 For all of you to jump in, what were some 01:19:40.533.01:19:42.900 of the most thrilling moments of the mission? 01:19:42.900.01:19:45.733 What were some of the most nail-biting? 01:19:45.733.01:19:46.933 -Yes, Senator. 01:19:46.933.01:19:48.233 I'll let a couple other astronauts talk, 01:19:48.233.01:19:49.900 but I'll tell you, right from the start 01:19:49.900.01:19:51.600 when we went out on the first EVA, 01:19:51.600.01:19:55.033 our very first prime objective was to install the new camera, 01:19:55.033.01:19:57.633 the Wide Field Camera, and in order to do that, 01:19:57.633.01:19:59.367 you have to take out the old one, 01:19:59.367.01:20:01.600 and when we came to the one bolt that controls 01:20:01.600.01:20:03.333 whether that comes out or not, 01:20:03.333.01:20:05.833 we were right on the edge of breaking it, 01:20:05.833.01:20:09.367 and when I got the call in the cabin that it had broken free, 01:20:09.367.01:20:10.800 the first thing went through my mind 01:20:10.800.01:20:13.033 was that that was broken, and on day one, 01:20:13.033.01:20:16.200 we had already not achieved our primary objective, 01:20:16.200.01:20:19.067 but fortunately it turned out the torque was loosened, 01:20:19.067.01:20:21.133 and everything worked out well from then, 01:20:21.133.01:20:23.367 but it wasn't the last nail-biting moment we had, 01:20:23.367.01:20:24.733 and I'll let a couple other folks talk 01:20:24.733.01:20:26.200 about their experience. 01:20:26.200.01:20:27.567 Mass? 01:20:27.567.01:20:30.200 -On the fourth space walk when Mike and I were outside 01:20:30.200.01:20:32.433 and the rest of the gang inside and everyone on the ground 01:20:32.433.01:20:34.067 trying to help us 01:20:34.067.01:20:35.800 when I wasn't able to get the bolt 01:20:35.800.01:20:38.733 to turn for the handle to take the handle off 01:20:38.733.01:20:41.667 to continue with the repair of the STIS instrument, 01:20:41.667.01:20:45.500 the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, 01:20:45.500.01:20:47.767 and we had practiced this so many times 01:20:47.767.01:20:51.200 as a crew to do this repair and never expected... 01:20:51.200.01:20:53.367 We tried to think of every problem we could come up with, 01:20:53.367.01:20:54.767 and we were prepared, I thought, for everything, 01:20:54.767.01:20:57.900 but we never expected that particular bolt 01:20:57.900.01:21:00.567 to give us trouble, and when it did 01:21:00.567.01:21:03.967 and when we started getting the suggestions from the ground, 01:21:03.967.01:21:05.667 I really thought that we were in trouble. 01:21:05.667.01:21:07.733 I couldn't see how we were going to be able 01:21:07.733.01:21:09.433 to continue the repair at that point, 01:21:09.433.01:21:11.667 but the folks at the Goddard Space Flight Center 01:21:11.667.01:21:13.633 did a great job 01:21:13.633.01:21:15.833 along with the folks at the Johnson Space Center, 01:21:15.833.01:21:17.400 and people from around the country, I'm sure, 01:21:17.400.01:21:18.767 were all involved, 01:21:18.767.01:21:20.333 trying to figure out how we could do this, 01:21:20.333.01:21:21.600 and we didn't have much time 01:21:21.600.01:21:23.767 because we were running late into the space walk, 01:21:23.767.01:21:27.000 but they figured out a way for us to fix it. 01:21:27.000.01:21:28.267 We got the tools we needed, 01:21:28.267.01:21:32.433 and then we were able to get access to the board 01:21:32.433.01:21:34.300 by breaking off the handle in a way that 01:21:34.300.01:21:38.367 we would never have imagined to do it when we launched. 01:21:38.367.01:21:40.200 We never thought we'd have to do that, but we did it, 01:21:40.200.01:21:42.233 and for me, that was such a relief 01:21:42.233.01:21:43.933 that we could continue with the repair, 01:21:43.933.01:21:48.233 and everything else from then kind of went as planned. 01:21:48.233.01:21:52.967 -We were on our way on my first EVA, EVA number two, 01:21:52.967.01:21:56.000 and we went out to replace the rate-sensor units, 01:21:56.000.01:21:58.633 which help point the telescope accurately, which, as you know, 01:21:58.633.01:22:01.133 is so important for the astronomy 01:22:01.133.01:22:02.500 and the pictures that they're, 01:22:02.500.01:22:06.167 you know, trying to accomplish with this telescope, 01:22:06.167.01:22:08.167 and we got through the first one okay. 01:22:08.167.01:22:11.033 We had three to do, and the second one just, 01:22:11.033.01:22:12.567 you know, just wouldn't go on right, 01:22:12.567.01:22:14.467 and we worked through it for a long time 01:22:14.467.01:22:17.433 and ended up having to go to a spare unit, 01:22:17.433.01:22:18.900 finally got it on, 01:22:18.900.01:22:21.500 got the third one done after a little bit more work, 01:22:21.500.01:22:23.700 and then I thought, 01:22:23.700.01:22:25.200 "Wow, that's great, got those done," 01:22:25.200.01:22:26.567 and then I had to close the doors, 01:22:26.567.01:22:29.067 and those also gave us a little trouble, 01:22:29.067.01:22:30.333 really had to push on those hard. 01:22:30.333.01:22:31.800 I started pushing against the arm, 01:22:31.800.01:22:34.667 and I thought I was going to push the whole orbiter back 01:22:34.667.01:22:37.033 and, I don't know, back into the next century, 01:22:37.033.01:22:39.533 but it all worked out, 01:22:39.533.01:22:42.533 real nail-biters out there to be sure. 01:22:42.533.01:22:45.167 -And, Senator Mikulski, this is Greg Johnson, the pilot. 01:22:45.167.01:22:49.467 It too is an honor to testify before your subcommittee. 01:22:49.467.01:22:51.133 I can tell you, from the flight deck, 01:22:51.133.01:22:53.467 Scooter and I and Megan were watching, 01:22:53.467.01:22:56.767 and every single EVA, to me, was a nail-biter. 01:22:56.767.01:22:59.533 I was trying to photodocument them, 01:22:59.533.01:23:02.900 some of it with IMAX, and the two points 01:23:02.900.01:23:06.267 that really come to mind are Bueno closing the door 01:23:06.267.01:23:10.433 when the arm started to slip as he pushed as hard as he could 01:23:10.433.01:23:15.333 and then Mike Massimino going to get contingency tools in areas 01:23:15.333.01:23:17.867 that he hadn't really gone to before 01:23:17.867.01:23:20.833 and then breaking that bolt. 01:23:20.833.01:23:22.933 You should've seen the action out the back window. 01:23:22.933.01:23:25.933 It was...I'm sure it was better up close, but I'm sure, 01:23:25.933.01:23:28.333 from the pilot's perspective, 01:23:28.333.01:23:33.100 I was on the edge of my seat all five EVAs actually. 01:23:33.100.01:23:34.267 -Yes, ma'am. 01:23:34.267.01:23:35.667 Hello, Senator Mikulski and Senator Nelson 01:23:35.667.01:23:37.900 and all of the senators on the committee. 01:23:37.900.01:23:41.500 It's great to be chatting with you today about our experiences. 01:23:41.500.01:23:43.900 I think you've heard a lot about how the EVAs were pretty much 01:23:43.900.01:23:46.267 all nail-biters, and that's certainly true. 01:23:46.267.01:23:48.033 Those guys did great work out there though, 01:23:48.033.01:23:49.900 and we're real proud of them. 01:23:49.900.01:23:53.367 Operating the arm, that was my primary task during the flight, 01:23:53.367.01:23:55.667 and it actually went very nominally, 01:23:55.667.01:23:58.533 very much as we expected and as we had trained, 01:23:58.533.01:24:00.367 which is... It's pretty incredible to me 01:24:00.367.01:24:03.300 to be thinking about this amazing stuff that we're doing, 01:24:03.300.01:24:05.467 moving this giant telescope around in space 01:24:05.467.01:24:07.667 with the robotic arm, and have it be nominal, 01:24:07.667.01:24:09.667 so I just take away that sense of wonder 01:24:09.667.01:24:12.267 at doing the incredible and having it be nominal. 01:24:12.267.01:24:14.233 That's sort of the big impression 01:24:14.233.01:24:16.067 that it has made on me. 01:24:16.067.01:24:17.300 -First of all, thank you. 01:24:17.300.01:24:19.867 It's really exciting to hear you, 01:24:19.867.01:24:26.033 and we really, again, want to salute your daring 01:24:26.033.01:24:29.267 and your bravery and your courage, 01:24:29.267.01:24:30.833 and this takes me to a question 01:24:30.833.01:24:33.400 about all of your work personally. 01:24:33.400.01:24:36.467 You know, you've been training for this now for several years. 01:24:36.467.01:24:38.733 You've had the support of devoted families, 01:24:38.733.01:24:43.700 and we've had delayed takeoffs, setbacks, challenges in space. 01:24:43.700.01:24:45.633 My question to you is, 01:24:45.633.01:24:50.100 when you've literally put your lives on the line 01:24:50.100.01:24:52.200 for this scientific endeavor, 01:24:52.200.01:24:56.700 could you tell me why you wanted to service the Hubble 01:24:56.700.01:25:00.533 and why knowing at times the uncertainty of the risk 01:25:00.533.01:25:01.933 involved here 01:25:01.933.01:25:04.900 that you were willing to risk your lives 01:25:04.900.01:25:07.933 to fix an aging telescope 01:25:07.933.01:25:12.300 who seemed like its best days were behind it? 01:25:12.300.01:25:16.067 -You know, Hubble really has struck a fundamental chord 01:25:16.067.01:25:19.400 in human hearts around the world. 01:25:19.400.01:25:22.900 It would be hard to find a K-through-12 school room 01:25:22.900.01:25:24.433 anywhere in the United States of America 01:25:24.433.01:25:27.267 that doesn't have a Hubble picture up on the wall. 01:25:27.267.01:25:30.733 From a science perspective as you opened the hearing, 01:25:30.733.01:25:33.733 it's probably the most significant scientific 01:25:33.733.01:25:37.267 instrument of all time in terms of its productivity, 01:25:37.267.01:25:38.967 and it tries to answer... 01:25:38.967.01:25:42.633 Astronomers try and answer using Hubble fundamental questions 01:25:42.633.01:25:45.233 that we've had, you know, since the beginning of human history. 01:25:45.233.01:25:47.433 You know, where do we come from? 01:25:47.433.01:25:48.500 Where are we going? 01:25:48.500.01:25:49.667 What's the history of the universe? 01:25:49.667.01:25:51.367 What is the stuff that we're made of? 01:25:51.367.01:25:52.933 You know, how was it made? 01:25:52.933.01:25:54.300 What's the universe made of? 01:25:54.300.01:25:56.767 All these very, you know, deep philosophical questions 01:25:56.767.01:25:59.233 that everybody has a curiosity about, you know, 01:25:59.233.01:26:02.067 that's what Hubble and all of the other basic science 01:26:02.067.01:26:04.600 that we do in this great country is all about, 01:26:04.600.01:26:07.067 and Hubble is at the pointy end of that, 01:26:07.067.01:26:09.367 and so from a perspective of risk, 01:26:09.367.01:26:11.133 we all take risks every day. 01:26:11.133.01:26:14.300 You know, driving up 295, you know, to Baltimore, 01:26:14.300.01:26:17.467 there's a certain risk there every morning in the commute, 01:26:17.467.01:26:19.000 and we don't think about those risks. 01:26:19.000.01:26:21.400 We think about the risks when, you know, the stakes 01:26:21.400.01:26:24.100 are a little bit higher as they are for our space program, 01:26:24.100.01:26:26.300 but when you look at the importance of what we do, 01:26:26.300.01:26:29.433 things like Hubble, the International Space Station, 01:26:29.433.01:26:32.433 our exploration program, our climate observing, 01:26:32.433.01:26:34.500 observing the Earth, the dynamic Earth, 01:26:34.500.01:26:36.933 all of these things are so very important to our country 01:26:36.933.01:26:40.733 and to the world that the risks are definitely worth it. 01:26:40.733.01:26:42.400 -And I would just add quickly 01:26:42.400.01:26:45.533 that we're not leaving an aging telescope. 01:26:45.533.01:26:48.400 We're leaving a newly refurbished telescope 01:26:48.400.01:26:49.833 with new instruments, 01:26:49.833.01:26:51.633 instruments that have been repaired, 01:26:51.633.01:26:56.400 a telescope that is now at the apex of its capabilities 01:26:56.400.01:26:58.633 and will be for a long time to come. 01:26:58.633.01:27:03.967 -Bill, did you have a question? -Hey, guys. 01:27:03.967.01:27:08.900 I just want you to know that you have made the spring 01:27:08.900.01:27:15.767 in the step of every American a little bit bouncier 01:27:15.767.01:27:19.700 by what you all have accomplished, 01:27:19.700.01:27:25.333 and what you said about us understanding this universe 01:27:25.333.01:27:29.567 that we are a part of and where did we come from 01:27:29.567.01:27:33.100 is now going to be better understood 01:27:33.100.01:27:35.667 by the success of your mission, 01:27:35.667.01:27:40.567 so congratulations to all of the team. 01:27:40.567.01:27:44.900 -I too want to conclude this conversation by again 01:27:44.900.01:27:50.700 thanking you for your dedication, your sense of duty, 01:27:50.700.01:27:55.267 and you really... When we talk about the Hubble 01:27:55.267.01:27:59.033 and giving it essentially a new life 01:27:59.033.01:28:02.667 and a new way of going and seeing the universe, 01:28:02.667.01:28:06.933 you've touched our hearts, and you've also made history. 01:28:06.933.01:28:11.633 We want to wish you a very safe landing, 01:28:11.633.01:28:14.867 and we look forward, Senator Nelson and I, 01:28:14.867.01:28:18.767 to welcoming you at the Capitol where we can give you 01:28:18.767.01:28:25.000 a great big Hubble hug and welcome you back home. 01:28:25.000.01:28:27.833 This concludes our part of the conversation. 01:28:30.333.01:28:33.200 -Thank you very much. We've enjoyed it. 01:28:33.200.01:28:35.333 -Let's talk about what Bueno is doing today. 01:28:35.333.01:28:37.833 What are we doing, the big thing for today? 01:28:37.833.01:28:41.033 -In a technical sense, we're checking out the orbiter 01:28:41.033.01:28:43.233 to get it ready to land as a shuttle... 01:28:43.233.01:28:44.800 -Right. -...back home, 01:28:44.800.01:28:46.267 but in reality, it's cleanup day. 01:28:46.267.01:28:47.433 -Cleanup day. -Cleanup. 01:28:47.433.01:28:48.833 -And you're the head cleanup guy. 01:28:48.833.01:28:50.733 -I'm in charge of cleanup just like the old days 01:28:50.733.01:28:52.733 when I used to work in high school as a garbageman... 01:28:52.733.01:28:53.867 -Yeah. -... 01:28:53.867.01:28:55.100 kind of like doing the same thing here... 01:28:55.100.01:28:56.333 -Do the same kind of thing. -...clean up here, 01:28:56.333.01:28:58.400 tidying up the orbiter, putting it back together, 01:28:58.400.01:29:02.167 making it look like an airplane or a shuttle for landing again. 01:29:02.167.01:29:03.533 -Right. 01:29:03.533.01:29:04.600 Because there's a lot of junk around here now, right? 01:29:04.600.01:29:05.467 -There's a lot of stuff around here. 01:29:05.467.01:29:06.733 I wouldn't call it garbage. 01:29:06.733.01:29:07.767 This is all, you know, good stuff that hopefully 01:29:07.767.01:29:09.233 will be used again by other crews, 01:29:09.233.01:29:11.967 so I need to put it away carefully back where... 01:29:11.967.01:29:13.933 We just basically have to put it back where we found it. 01:29:13.933.01:29:15.433 -Right. 01:29:15.433.01:29:16.633 We got to clean up because it's kind of like your parents 01:29:16.633.01:29:18.367 have been away where they let you borrow... 01:29:18.367.01:29:20.300 You know, you're in the house by yourselves, 01:29:20.300.01:29:22.000 and now we got to go back to Kennedy Space Center, 01:29:22.000.01:29:23.267 and all these nice people who work 01:29:23.267.01:29:25.033 on the space shuttle got to come in. 01:29:25.033.01:29:26.633 If we leave the place looking like a frat house 01:29:26.633.01:29:28.867 after a weekend, we're going to be embarrassed, right? 01:29:28.867.01:29:30.233 -That's right. -We got to straighten out, too. 01:29:30.233.01:29:31.500 We got to put all of our stuff away... 01:29:31.500.01:29:32.700 -Time to clean up. -...and tidy up a little bit. 01:29:32.700.01:29:33.967 -[Indistinct]. -So we've been living 01:29:33.967.01:29:35.567 in this place like an apartment now for a while. 01:29:35.567.01:29:37.900 -Right. -It's an efficiency, by the way, 01:29:37.900.01:29:41.233 and one-bedroom efficiency for seven, you know, 01:29:41.233.01:29:44.733 and now we're going to turn it back though into the fine space 01:29:44.733.01:29:47.133 flying machine that it is and get it ready to land. 01:29:47.133.01:29:48.500 -Excellent. 01:29:48.500.01:29:49.700 What are some of the things you're looking forward 01:29:49.700.01:29:52.333 to improving your life with going back home? 01:29:52.333.01:29:54.200 -A warm shower will be nice. 01:29:54.200.01:29:56.267 -A warm shower because how do we shower here? 01:29:56.267.01:29:57.433 -You don't really shower. 01:29:57.433.01:30:00.467 You just kind of wet a washcloth with this. 01:30:00.467.01:30:03.167 This is our water-wetter thing. It's kind of like a garden hose. 01:30:03.167.01:30:06.300 Let me just show you how it works here. 01:30:06.300.01:30:07.667 -You don't normally drink from it, though. 01:30:07.667.01:30:09.100 You don't drink... 01:30:09.100.01:30:11.300 -And you don't always hit your target with it either. 01:30:11.300.01:30:13.467 -Yeah. -How about the food? 01:30:13.467.01:30:15.200 -The food is pretty good, but... 01:30:15.200.01:30:16.333 -Yeah. 01:30:16.333.01:30:17.733 -...you know, it's kind of repetitive. 01:30:17.733.01:30:19.667 We have menus that repeat themselves every couple days, 01:30:19.667.01:30:22.967 so the variety is cut down a little bit compared to at home. 01:30:22.967.01:30:25.500 -And then the classic question that all schoolkids ask us is, 01:30:25.500.01:30:26.833 you know, "How do you go to the restroom?" 01:30:26.833.01:30:28.133 -Yeah. -How do you do that? 01:30:28.133.01:30:29.000 Are you going to miss... 01:30:29.000.01:30:29.833 -Carefully. -Carefully. 01:30:29.833.01:30:30.867 -Very carefully. -Right. 01:30:30.867.01:30:32.067 You have to be really careful here. 01:30:32.067.01:30:33.300 -You do. You do. 01:30:33.300.01:30:34.733 Yeah, no cavalier attitude going into the bathroom. 01:30:34.733.01:30:36.133 -Right. It is a serious business. 01:30:36.133.01:30:37.900 -Yeah. Sometimes, it goes really well. 01:30:37.900.01:30:40.300 Sometimes, there are some challenges, right? 01:30:40.300.01:30:41.667 -Yeah. So we're... 01:30:41.667.01:30:42.733 You're probably not going to be missing that. 01:30:42.733.01:30:43.900 -No. -Right. We won't miss that. No. 01:30:43.900.01:30:45.133 -No. 01:30:45.133.01:30:47.133 -Okay, John, we got a very interesting question 01:30:47.133.01:30:51.200 from my friend, Dava Newman, who's a professor up at MIT, 01:30:51.200.01:30:52.700 and a bunch of her students asked about, 01:30:52.700.01:30:56.167 "What is it like to spin things about different axes?" 01:30:56.167.01:30:58.700 and maybe you can relate that to what makes... 01:30:58.700.01:31:00.467 "Spin things in space amongst different axes, 01:31:00.467.01:31:01.767 what makes Hubble so" 01:31:01.767.01:31:03.700 ...What are the things that makes Hubble so great?" 01:31:03.700.01:31:05.033 -Well, one of the things that makes Hubble such 01:31:05.033.01:31:06.667 a great telescope 01:31:06.667.01:31:09.867 is what you did on this mission with Mike Good, 01:31:09.867.01:31:11.967 is you replaced the Rate Sensor Units, 01:31:11.967.01:31:14.200 and these are little gyros inside of Hubble 01:31:14.200.01:31:18.433 that spin at about 70,000 rpm, and they allow Hubble 01:31:18.433.01:31:23.233 to very carefully sense rotations and then correct them. 01:31:23.233.01:31:24.700 -Right. -To correct them, they have 01:31:24.700.01:31:27.000 gyroscopes inside, big reaction wheels, 01:31:27.000.01:31:30.733 and they spin up and spin down a little bit to torque Hubble 01:31:30.733.01:31:32.867 to cause it to go to different directions. 01:31:32.867.01:31:34.667 It doesn't have any thrusters. -Mm-hmm. 01:31:34.667.01:31:36.600 -You want me to demonstrate some gyroscopic... 01:31:36.600.01:31:37.733 -Yeah. Let's do that, John. 01:31:37.733.01:31:43.333 -Okay. -So we're going to start out... 01:31:43.333.01:31:45.000 -How about the long axis? -...the long axis. 01:31:45.000.01:31:46.533 -The pencil mode. 01:31:46.533.01:31:47.767 Everybody loves to spin a pencil. 01:31:47.767.01:31:49.033 -The long access. All right. 01:31:49.033.01:31:50.433 -Okay. -So I'm just going to go... 01:31:50.433.01:31:51.667 -I'm going to be a pencil. -You're going to be a pencil. 01:31:51.667.01:31:52.633 I'm going to to rotate you this way. 01:31:52.633.01:31:56.000 -Okay. -Slowly. 01:31:56.000.01:32:00.233 -That's pretty stable. -That's not bad at all. 01:32:00.233.01:32:02.467 -Kind of boring. -Had enough? 01:32:02.467.01:32:03.833 -I think I've had enough for now. 01:32:03.833.01:32:04.633 -All right. [ Chatter ] 01:32:04.633.01:32:05.700 -All right. -Great. 01:32:05.700.01:32:07.400 -Now, what are we going to do? -Okay. 01:32:07.400.01:32:08.867 How about a small gyro? 01:32:08.867.01:32:10.467 -Small gyro, let's see if that's a little more stable. 01:32:10.467.01:32:12.500 -Let's see if I can get small. I'm not that small, but... 01:32:12.500.01:32:13.867 -Okay. Head over heels, you ready? 01:32:13.867.01:32:15.800 -All right. -There we go. 01:32:15.800.01:32:17.800 -That's pretty good. 01:32:17.800.01:32:20.800 -Nice and slow but, look, pretty stable. 01:32:20.800.01:32:22.167 -Yeah. [ Chatter ] 01:32:22.167.01:32:23.033 -You hit something, but it's pretty stable. 01:32:23.033.01:32:24.467 Let's keep going. 01:32:24.467.01:32:25.200 -And let's hope the Hubble doesn't hit something. 01:32:25.200.01:32:26.067 -No. It...Yeah. 01:32:26.067.01:32:27.367 That was debris we hit earlier. 01:32:29.533.01:32:30.900 -Hey. You want to see something neat? 01:32:30.900.01:32:32.200 -Go ahead. 01:32:32.200.01:32:35.267 -Conservation of angular momentum. 01:32:35.267.01:32:37.767 -Look at that. -Slows down. 01:32:37.767.01:32:38.567 -Slows you down. -Hey. 01:32:38.567.01:32:40.333 Why are you upside down? 01:32:40.333.01:32:41.400 -You're the one upside down, man. 01:32:41.400.01:32:42.700 I'm right side up. 01:32:42.700.01:32:45.133 -Both of you have very pivotal roles in landing. 01:32:45.133.01:32:46.300 Greg, why don't you tell a little bit about what 01:32:46.300.01:32:47.900 you're going to be doing? 01:32:47.900.01:32:49.067 -I'm going to be watching Scooter. 01:32:49.067.01:32:50.800 -You're going to be watching Scooter? 01:32:50.800.01:32:51.900 -Right. 01:32:51.900.01:32:53.167 -What are you going to be looking for? 01:32:53.167.01:32:53.933 -Well, I'm going to be looking to see that 01:32:53.933.01:32:55.633 all of the milestones 01:32:55.633.01:32:57.867 as we come around the Heading Alignment Cone, 01:32:57.867.01:32:59.933 and you make sure he's on at the 180... 01:32:59.933.01:33:01.533 -Yeah. -...180 degrees from both ways. 01:33:01.533.01:33:03.233 -You're talking about the big turn that we made... 01:33:03.233.01:33:04.467 -The big turn. Once we make a big turn... 01:33:04.467.01:33:06.367 -...before we turned final onto the land... 01:33:06.367.01:33:07.567 onto the runway? 01:33:07.567.01:33:08.900 -He's going to let me fly a little bit, 01:33:08.900.01:33:10.733 and I'll fly around that Cone just a little bit. 01:33:10.733.01:33:12.000 -He is? -Yeah. 01:33:12.000.01:33:12.733 He's going to light it up just a little bit. 01:33:12.733.01:33:14.267 -Okay. All right. 01:33:14.267.01:33:16.933 -But then I'm going to make sure he's on his altitude, you know, 01:33:16.933.01:33:18.300 180 out from the runway... -Right, yeah. 01:33:18.300.01:33:20.233 -...and then 90 degrees out from the runway. 01:33:20.233.01:33:22.000 -Right. -And then as he rolls on final, 01:33:22.000.01:33:23.400 he's all on altitude. 01:33:23.400.01:33:24.833 -Right. -Air speed is right. 01:33:24.833.01:33:25.933 Altitude is right. 01:33:25.933.01:33:27.867 -Right. -We're getting ready to land. 01:33:27.867.01:33:29.633 -And if he's not, you're going to let him know. 01:33:29.633.01:33:31.367 -Then I'm going to give him some sugar calls. 01:33:31.367.01:33:32.400 -All right. Okay. 01:33:32.400.01:33:33.700 Which is... What are sugar calls? 01:33:33.700.01:33:36.033 -A little rise, a little up... -All right. 01:33:36.033.01:33:37.700 -...a little fast, a little slow. 01:33:37.700.01:33:39.367 -Okay. -"You can do it. 01:33:39.367.01:33:40.833 You're the man." -All right. 01:33:40.833.01:33:44.333 You're going to keep him going and keep us on track. 01:33:44.333.01:33:45.533 -That's right. 01:33:45.533.01:33:46.700 -And, Megan, what are you going to be doing? 01:33:46.700.01:33:48.200 -I'm going to be watching as well and... 01:33:48.200.01:33:49.400 -Yeah. 01:33:49.400.01:33:50.267 -...just calling out when different things 01:33:50.267.01:33:51.800 are supposed to be happening 01:33:51.800.01:33:53.767 and make sure that everything happens when it's supposed to, 01:33:53.767.01:33:56.133 different navigational aids are coming in on time, 01:33:56.133.01:33:57.867 and the orbiter is doing what it's supposed to be 01:33:57.867.01:34:00.533 doing automatically at different times. 01:34:00.533.01:34:01.567 -All right. 01:34:01.567.01:34:02.967 So you're running all the systems. 01:34:02.967.01:34:05.300 Ray J is...Greg is going to be keeping an eye on Scooter. 01:34:05.300.01:34:09.100 -And so this is our last installment of 01:34:09.100.01:34:10.533 "Scooter's Corner." 01:34:10.533.01:34:12.867 And now tomorrow is a big day for you, isn't it? 01:34:12.867.01:34:14.533 I mean, you've had all kinds of big days, 01:34:14.533.01:34:16.167 but is tomorrow kind of the biggest day for you? 01:34:16.167.01:34:19.433 -Very beautiful, very special. -And that's because... 01:34:19.433.01:34:20.500 -We're landing. -We're landing. 01:34:20.500.01:34:21.767 -And you know what? 01:34:21.767.01:34:23.467 The robot doesn't wing it. -That's right. 01:34:23.467.01:34:25.367 There's no auto-land system here. 01:34:25.367.01:34:26.800 -People get to land. -Right. 01:34:26.800.01:34:28.867 You get to land, and you've been... 01:34:28.867.01:34:32.033 You were a Navy aviator for how many years? 01:34:32.033.01:34:34.000 -Fourteen years. -Well, you still kind of are, 01:34:34.000.01:34:38.600 but you were flying F-14s and test-pilot school. 01:34:38.600.01:34:40.067 -Yeah. -And the astronaut training, 01:34:40.067.01:34:42.333 and you've done how many shuttle-training aircraft 01:34:42.333.01:34:43.633 runs have you done, you think? [ Chatter ] 01:34:43.633.01:34:46.767 -We only have that business jet that's configured 01:34:46.767.01:34:48.200 to fly like the shuttle... -Okay. 01:34:48.200.01:34:50.933 -...shuttle-training aircraft, and I was looking at my numbers. 01:34:50.933.01:34:53.767 I think I have something like 3,000 dives... 01:34:53.767.01:34:54.733 -Okay. 01:34:54.733.01:34:56.000 -...approaches in that aircraft. 01:34:56.000.01:34:59.500 -Three thousand approaches, and those are all set up 01:34:59.500.01:35:02.133 for the one you're going to do tomorrow, pretty much, right... 01:35:02.133.01:35:03.633 -Pretty much. -...that one? 01:35:03.633.01:35:05.600 So there's a lot of practice that goes into this 01:35:05.600.01:35:09.267 because this is a huge event, and you're flying a spaceship 01:35:09.267.01:35:11.867 and going to land it like a glider, right? 01:35:11.867.01:35:12.800 -Right. -It's not... 01:35:12.800.01:35:13.667 -It's normally a glider. -Right. 01:35:13.667.01:35:15.200 -It just doesn't fly very well. 01:35:15.200.01:35:16.967 You can't catch any lift. -Right. 01:35:16.967.01:35:18.267 -You keep coming down all the way. 01:35:18.267.01:35:19.500 -It's like a brick, right? 01:35:19.500.01:35:20.900 Is that fair to say? -More or less. 01:35:20.900.01:35:22.500 -Kind of like a brick coming down with these small wings, 01:35:22.500.01:35:24.100 compared to the size of the ship coming down. 01:35:24.100.01:35:25.533 -Exactly, right. -And you don't have any engines, 01:35:25.533.01:35:27.867 which means if you don't like what you see... 01:35:27.867.01:35:29.267 -That's a big difference. -Yeah. 01:35:29.267.01:35:30.933 -And in the Navy, every time I came into the ship, sometimes, 01:35:30.933.01:35:33.100 it'd be moving around, or I wouldn't be right. 01:35:33.100.01:35:34.300 -Yeah. 01:35:34.300.01:35:35.600 -And they'd say, "Go around. Try again." 01:35:35.600.01:35:37.833 You got to move the engines up, and you go around. 01:35:37.833.01:35:40.467 In this thing, you know, you're coming down. 01:35:40.467.01:35:41.967 There's no going around. -Right. 01:35:41.967.01:35:43.367 -You're landing. -Right. 01:35:43.367.01:35:44.700 So this is business. 01:35:44.700.01:35:45.733 -You want to make sure you've got the right stuff 01:35:45.733.01:35:47.033 underneath you when you touch down. 01:35:47.033.01:35:48.467 -Very, very important. 01:35:48.467.01:35:49.833 You can't say, "Nah. I'm going to change my mind." 01:35:49.833.01:35:50.933 -No. 01:35:50.933.01:35:51.867 It's going to go over here or there. 01:35:51.867.01:35:52.900 No. You're coming down. 01:35:52.900.01:35:54.033 You've got to be in the right spot. 01:35:54.033.01:35:54.967 -Well, how do you feel about doing this? 01:35:54.967.01:35:55.767 -I feel great. -All right. 01:35:55.767.01:35:56.833 -I feel confident. 01:35:56.833.01:35:58.433 I'm ready to go. -Yeah. 01:35:58.433.01:35:59.700 -Let's go get it. -I got you. 01:35:59.700.01:36:01.167 This is what amazes me. 01:36:01.167.01:36:03.267 I've known you for a long time, and I flew with you on 109, 01:36:03.267.01:36:08.667 and I remember on landing day, on 109, you were just so pumped. 01:36:08.667.01:36:10.033 There was no nervousness. 01:36:10.033.01:36:12.300 There was no, "Oh, my goodness. This is a big deal." 01:36:12.300.01:36:13.800 You were like, "I am ready to go," 01:36:13.800.01:36:17.400 and you were just really acing and ready to go, 01:36:17.400.01:36:19.400 and it was great, the whole way down talking, 01:36:19.400.01:36:22.300 and we all felt very confident about it, so... 01:36:22.300.01:36:23.533 -Well, good. 01:36:23.533.01:36:24.567 -I'm sure it's going to be the same thing tomorrow. 01:36:24.567.01:36:25.633 You've already done it once. 01:36:25.633.01:36:26.900 That was your first time landing, right? 01:36:26.900.01:36:27.900 -That was my first time, and I that was in the middle 01:36:27.900.01:36:29.233 of the night at 4 a.m. 01:36:29.233.01:36:31.633 -Right, real nice, so now, it's the daytime, right? 01:36:31.633.01:36:32.967 It's easier. 01:36:32.967.01:36:35.200 -Planning to land, you know, around the time, 9 a.m. 01:36:35.200.01:36:37.067 -Yeah. -A late breakfast. 01:36:37.067.01:36:39.967 -So it should be no problem, huh? 01:36:39.967.01:36:41.333 -The Sun is up. It should be good. 01:36:41.333.01:36:42.833 -Right. -It will be gorgeous. 01:36:42.833.01:36:45.400 -So as a, you know, a crew member, 01:36:45.400.01:36:47.800 I feel very confident you're going to get us home, 01:36:47.800.01:36:49.033 and it's very meaningful to us 01:36:49.033.01:36:51.100 and to our families to know this, 01:36:51.100.01:36:54.233 that this man is a cool hand and going to get us 01:36:54.233.01:36:56.567 right in there tomorrow with great confidence, 01:36:56.567.01:36:58.667 and so we have the utmost confidence in you, and... 01:36:58.667.01:36:59.967 -Well, you talked 01:36:59.967.01:37:01.233 to Ray J and Megan. -Yes. 01:37:01.233.01:37:02.467 -It's not just me. -Oh, no. 01:37:02.467.01:37:04.667 -You're on the flight deck too, remember that. 01:37:04.667.01:37:06.433 -I'll try not to talk and bother you. 01:37:06.433.01:37:07.633 -All right. 01:37:07.633.01:37:08.600 -I'd better be quiet. -It's a team. 01:37:08.600.01:37:09.333 -It's a team effort. Yeah. 01:37:09.333.01:37:10.200 -Go, team. -Yeah. 01:37:10.200.01:37:11.733 I'll be looking at different... 01:37:11.733.01:37:13.133 If we have anything go wrong, I'll be keeping track, and... 01:37:13.133.01:37:14.067 -You already know 01:37:14.067.01:37:15.200 how we track... [ Chatter ] 01:37:15.200.01:37:16.000 -Right. Had to give you a little brief. 01:37:16.000.01:37:17.000 -Exactly. -My job is to 01:37:17.000.01:37:18.167 give you a brief... [ Chatter ] 01:37:18.167.01:37:19.600 -Make sure we don't miss any nominal stuff too. 01:37:19.600.01:37:20.800 -Don't miss anything, right. We'll make sure we get 01:37:20.800.01:37:22.100 everything right because you guys might be busy. 01:37:22.100.01:37:23.567 -You got a display to look at, track stuff. 01:37:23.567.01:37:24.833 -Right, I've got a computer I can look at that will do that. 01:37:24.833.01:37:26.500 -You're the busiest man on the flight deck. 01:37:26.500.01:37:29.100 -Well, maybe so, but you've got, you know, 01:37:29.100.01:37:30.433 I know you've got us in good hands, 01:37:30.433.01:37:32.600 and I think you guys are busier than I am, 01:37:32.600.01:37:34.000 and I'll just try to help wherever I can. 01:37:34.000.01:37:35.333 -I think we're all a good team. We're a good team. 01:37:35.333.01:37:38.133 -I think we're a good team, but good luck tomorrow. 01:37:38.133.01:37:39.333 -All right. -You've been a great commander. 01:37:39.333.01:37:41.267 It's been a real privilege to fly with you. 01:37:41.267.01:37:43.200 -Well, it's an honor serving with you. 01:37:43.200.01:37:44.500 -It's been a pleasure 01:37:44.500.01:37:46.033 to get to be here with you and train with you 01:37:46.033.01:37:48.900 and looking forward to getting home safely tomorrow with you. 01:37:48.900.01:37:49.967 -All right. -All right, buddy. 01:37:49.967.01:37:51.000 -We'll be on the ground tomorrow. 01:37:51.000.01:37:51.700 -All right, good luck. -Later, man. 01:37:51.700.01:37:54.067 -See you. -Thanks. 01:37:54.067.01:37:56.133 -Atlantis crew, this is Charlie Gibson in New York. 01:37:56.133.01:37:57.133 Good to see all of you, 01:37:57.133.01:37:59.633 and I appreciate your doing this with us. 01:37:59.633.01:38:01.400 Scott, let me start with you. 01:38:01.400.01:38:03.067 Somebody stopped me in the street the other day and said, 01:38:03.067.01:38:06.567 "Why are you giving this all this coverage on ABC? 01:38:06.567.01:38:08.100 Give me a brief answer," he said, 01:38:08.100.01:38:10.967 "as to why I should care about Hubble," 01:38:10.967.01:38:13.567 and I did the best I could, but how would you answer it 01:38:13.567.01:38:15.333 if somebody asked you that question? 01:38:15.333.01:38:18.167 -Well, I say that, "This mission has been an example 01:38:18.167.01:38:20.533 of what the brightest and best of America 01:38:20.533.01:38:23.067 can do working together as a team." 01:38:23.067.01:38:24.367 It's not just us in space. 01:38:24.367.01:38:26.133 It's people all over the country. 01:38:26.133.01:38:28.200 We've had challenge after challenge, 01:38:28.200.01:38:29.533 both before the mission, 01:38:29.533.01:38:31.300 getting ready for it and during it, 01:38:31.300.01:38:33.267 and now, we've been able to work together 01:38:33.267.01:38:34.967 and overcome those challenges. 01:38:34.967.01:38:37.133 Hubble as a scientific instrument 01:38:37.133.01:38:39.933 takes incredible scientific observations 01:38:39.933.01:38:43.467 that are cutting-edge, rewriting the textbooks, 01:38:43.467.01:38:47.033 but at the same time, bringing galaxies 01:38:47.033.01:38:50.000 that are billions of light-years away into our own homes 01:38:50.000.01:38:52.600 and hearts for us to look at and marvel 01:38:52.600.01:38:54.800 at the beauty of this universe. 01:38:54.800.01:38:56.233 -And, John, let me turn to you 01:38:56.233.01:39:00.367 because this is your third trip to Hubble, and I wonder... 01:39:00.367.01:39:02.200 Somebody described you as sort of a Hubble-hugger. 01:39:02.200.01:39:05.667 I wonder if you felt any sort of, 01:39:05.667.01:39:09.233 well, sort of sadness when you let it go. 01:39:09.233.01:39:10.433 -No. 01:39:10.433.01:39:11.700 Actually, I didn't feel any sadness at all. 01:39:11.700.01:39:13.100 I was sort of wondering how I would feel myself 01:39:13.100.01:39:14.333 when the moment came. 01:39:14.333.01:39:17.100 It was a pretty busy time when we did the deploy. 01:39:17.100.01:39:18.833 Of course, Megan was the person 01:39:18.833.01:39:22.733 to actually open up the snares on the robotic arm, 01:39:22.733.01:39:26.167 and Scooter did some pulses, and off Hubble went, 01:39:26.167.01:39:28.533 and we were taking pictures and making radar marks 01:39:28.533.01:39:31.133 and making sure we're getting clear of Hubble, 01:39:31.133.01:39:34.467 and once Hubble was about, oh, 300 or 400 feet away, 01:39:34.467.01:39:36.167 I turned to Scooter and looked at him, 01:39:36.167.01:39:38.333 and I said, "You know, we really did it," 01:39:38.333.01:39:40.167 and, in fact, I felt no sadness at all. 01:39:40.167.01:39:43.233 I felt some sense of satisfaction and joy 01:39:43.233.01:39:44.733 that we left Hubble 01:39:44.733.01:39:48.233 in the best shape of its life with the most scientific power, 01:39:48.233.01:39:50.700 and I thought, "This is really a great day." 01:39:50.700.01:39:52.333 -Mike Massimino, let me turn to you. 01:39:52.333.01:39:55.500 When you were in my office, you said, 01:39:55.500.01:39:56.633 "This is a great crew," 01:39:56.633.01:39:58.267 and you were letting us in on the training. 01:39:58.267.01:40:01.100 You said, "This is a great crew. You'll see that as you watch us 01:40:01.100.01:40:03.233 in our year leading up to the flight," 01:40:03.233.01:40:05.700 and you said, "They're all going to do a great job," 01:40:05.700.01:40:06.967 but let me give you... 01:40:06.967.01:40:09.167 ask you to give a grade to this Massimino guy 01:40:09.167.01:40:11.867 when he was out there with that sticky bolt. 01:40:11.867.01:40:14.733 I think I heard him blast steam a time or two. 01:40:14.733.01:40:22.500 [ Chatter ] -No. 01:40:22.500.01:40:24.000 I would say the opposite, Charlie. 01:40:24.000.01:40:25.867 It's good to talk with you. 01:40:25.867.01:40:27.933 I was praying I was really, 01:40:27.933.01:40:30.100 really praying hard out there 01:40:30.100.01:40:32.400 with that sticky bolt, and you said, 01:40:32.400.01:40:35.133 "What a great crew we had," and we do have a great crew, 01:40:35.133.01:40:39.000 and, well, I remember coming back to the... 01:40:39.000.01:40:41.800 toward the airlock to fetch some tools 01:40:41.800.01:40:44.100 because we couldn't get that bolt to go, 01:40:44.100.01:40:47.200 and I was feeling pretty sad about what was happening 01:40:47.200.01:40:50.033 and concerned if we were going to be able to do the repair, 01:40:50.033.01:40:51.333 and I remember looking up in the window. 01:40:51.333.01:40:53.300 It was dark. I couldn't see anything, really, 01:40:53.300.01:40:55.300 because it was dark out, just my helmet lights, 01:40:55.300.01:40:56.767 and I looked up in the window of the shuttle, 01:40:56.767.01:40:58.800 and I saw my buddy, Drew Feustel, 01:40:58.800.01:41:00.467 and we had been working for years together, 01:41:00.467.01:41:03.267 him inside, me outside, to get that repair done, 01:41:03.267.01:41:05.567 and he was just giving me thumbs up and smiles and telling me... 01:41:05.567.01:41:07.400 No one could hear, but I could read his lips, 01:41:07.400.01:41:08.967 "We're going to be okay. We're going to get it done," 01:41:08.967.01:41:10.833 and sure enough with his ingenuity 01:41:10.833.01:41:12.233 and everyone else's, we were able to do it. 01:41:12.233.01:41:14.767 So this is a great crew, and it's a great team 01:41:14.767.01:41:18.400 on the ground that made the mission successful. 01:41:18.400.01:41:19.433 -Good evening, Fox News. 01:41:19.433.01:41:21.133 We have you loud and clear aboard 01:41:21.133.01:41:22.900 the Space Shuttle Atlantis. 01:41:22.900.01:41:24.533 -Commander, you were a ways 01:41:24.533.01:41:26.567 away from the International Space Station. 01:41:26.567.01:41:30.133 Had something gone wrong, really no place to hide for you. 01:41:30.133.01:41:33.033 Did that weigh on your mind at all? 01:41:33.033.01:41:36.500 -Well, it was part of our plan to balance the risk 01:41:36.500.01:41:38.033 that we would bring enough supplies 01:41:38.033.01:41:40.600 that if anything happened, and we needed a rescue mission, 01:41:40.600.01:41:43.267 we would stay here onboard the Shuttle Atlantis 01:41:43.267.01:41:46.167 and wait for someone to come up from Kennedy Space Center 01:41:46.167.01:41:49.100 to basically rendezvous with us, and then we would transfer 01:41:49.100.01:41:51.633 across to that vehicle in spacesuits. 01:41:51.633.01:41:53.700 So that was our plan. 01:41:53.700.01:41:54.933 It was a contingency. 01:41:54.933.01:41:57.400 We thought it was remote, but it was nice to know 01:41:57.400.01:42:00.433 that we had an option if the worst happened. 01:42:00.433.01:42:01.600 -This is Martha MacCallum. 01:42:01.600.01:42:03.000 We have questions from some kids, 01:42:03.000.01:42:04.033 and I want to get right to those. 01:42:04.033.01:42:05.700 Let's go to this one first. 01:42:05.700.01:42:07.767 This is from Mallory Valcher. 01:42:07.767.01:42:09.300 Listen to this. 01:42:09.300.01:42:11.600 -Does it feel different from when you go 01:42:11.600.01:42:14.700 from Earth's atmosphere to outer space? 01:42:14.700.01:42:16.300 -Mallory, it does feel different, 01:42:16.300.01:42:18.367 and the coolest thing is floating around. 01:42:18.367.01:42:20.133 We don't have to walk at all. 01:42:20.133.01:42:22.333 We can just float wherever we want to go, 01:42:22.333.01:42:23.667 and we just use a little push-off 01:42:23.667.01:42:24.967 to get where we need to go, 01:42:24.967.01:42:27.933 and another really cool thing about being in space 01:42:27.933.01:42:30.533 is that my hair just kind of floats around, 01:42:30.533.01:42:32.300 which is pretty fun, but I have to be careful 01:42:32.300.01:42:34.300 not to get it in everybody's face. 01:42:37.167.01:42:38.933 -There's no volumizer on Earth 01:42:38.933.01:42:41.133 that does that kind of work, Megan. 01:42:41.133.01:42:42.367 Good for you. Let's just...Go ahead. 01:42:42.367.01:42:43.133 We've got another question, right, Chris? 01:42:43.133.01:42:44.433 [ Chatter ] -Yeah. 01:42:44.433.01:42:45.600 The next question comes to us from Layne Goddard. 01:42:45.600.01:42:47.233 Let's play it. 01:42:47.233.01:42:50.367 -What was it like floating in the space shuttle 01:42:50.367.01:42:52.633 and outside of the space shuttle? 01:42:52.633.01:42:57.933 -What's it like to float inside and outside the space shuttle? 01:42:57.933.01:43:01.933 -Well, floating inside the space shuttle is interesting. 01:43:01.933.01:43:04.867 What's neat about that is that it's sort of a smaller volume, 01:43:04.867.01:43:06.900 so we can bounce off the walls 01:43:06.900.01:43:08.933 and grab ahold of things if we let go. 01:43:08.933.01:43:11.400 Floating outside is a little more tricky 01:43:11.400.01:43:14.233 because there's a lot of areas where you can get lost, 01:43:14.233.01:43:16.067 and if you lose your grip, 01:43:16.067.01:43:18.533 you might go a little farther than you want to, 01:43:18.533.01:43:20.900 so we take it easy when we're outside the space shuttle, 01:43:20.900.01:43:23.267 and there also is a lot of delicate instrumentation 01:43:23.267.01:43:25.467 out there that we don't want to bump into. 01:43:25.467.01:43:29.467 So we have to move very slowly, but the feeling is very similar 01:43:29.467.01:43:32.867 to what you feel floating in a swimming pool 01:43:32.867.01:43:34.867 when you're down underneath the water, 01:43:34.867.01:43:35.967 but there's... It makes... 01:43:35.967.01:43:37.767 It's a little bit easier to move in space 01:43:37.767.01:43:41.233 because the water is not there to hold you back. 01:43:41.233.01:43:44.567 -Atlantis has CBS loud and clear. 01:43:44.567.01:43:46.667 -Now, John, take us inside your your spacesuit a little bit. 01:43:46.667.01:43:48.633 You mentioned your partner, Drew Feustel, 01:43:48.633.01:43:50.767 who was a rookie before this mission. 01:43:50.767.01:43:53.967 What did you tell him about that first moment 01:43:53.967.01:43:56.667 stepping out into space, what to expect, 01:43:56.667.01:44:00.667 something his training couldn't prepare him for? 01:44:00.667.01:44:03.133 -Well, as all of the space-walkers know, 01:44:03.133.01:44:06.100 I gave them lots of advice, you know, 01:44:06.100.01:44:09.633 sometimes maybe a little bit overwhelming in the quantity. 01:44:09.633.01:44:12.233 We have a top 10 list of things to do, 01:44:12.233.01:44:16.133 and there's 35 items on that top 10 list. right now. 01:44:16.133.01:44:19.133 and I think the bottom few are really the ones 01:44:19.133.01:44:22.200 that Mike Massimino, the other Hubble veteran, 01:44:22.200.01:44:24.500 and myself emphasize several times, 01:44:24.500.01:44:28.300 and it, you know, "Don't hurry, manage frustration 01:44:28.300.01:44:31.700 and don't get crushed by the arm," that robotic arm, 01:44:31.700.01:44:35.367 but the ones that I think really played the most role 01:44:35.367.01:44:36.767 in the success on this mission 01:44:36.767.01:44:39.167 were the, "Don't hurry," and the, "manage frustration." 01:44:39.167.01:44:42.433 I think we all had more than our fair share of difficulties 01:44:42.433.01:44:44.533 that occurred during every single EVA, 01:44:44.533.01:44:46.400 and it was pretty constant throughout, 01:44:46.400.01:44:48.033 and it was very important outside 01:44:48.033.01:44:50.267 to really just stay relaxed, 01:44:50.267.01:44:53.133 focus on the job, you know, work as a team 01:44:53.133.01:44:55.200 and manage the frustration level. 01:44:55.200.01:44:56.633 -Space Shuttle Atlantis copies 01:44:56.633.01:44:59.133 "NBC News Washington" loud and clear. 01:44:59.133.01:45:01.100 -Drew Feustel, you have a PhD 01:45:01.100.01:45:03.833 in geophysics and geological sciences. 01:45:03.833.01:45:06.667 Are there any unanswered questions you personally 01:45:06.667.01:45:09.700 have about the universe you hope Hubble can answer now, 01:45:09.700.01:45:12.167 maybe as it relates to life beyond our own solar system? 01:45:12.167.01:45:14.400 What are you personally hoping to find out. 01:45:14.400.01:45:16.400 -Hey. That's a great, great question, 01:45:16.400.01:45:18.933 and, you know, Hubble does a lot of amazing things, 01:45:18.933.01:45:21.900 so not only can it look far, far out into the universe, 01:45:21.900.01:45:24.867 but it can also look nearby, at nearby planets for us 01:45:24.867.01:45:26.467 and give us spectacular images 01:45:26.467.01:45:28.333 should we choose to point it in those directions, 01:45:28.333.01:45:33.133 so it's telescopes like Hubble and instruments, 01:45:33.133.01:45:34.733 instrumentation that we have on Hubble 01:45:34.733.01:45:36.067 that teach us about other planets 01:45:36.067.01:45:39.767 that we can't get to as humans, at least not yet, 01:45:39.767.01:45:41.400 so hopefully what Hubble will do 01:45:41.400.01:45:44.133 is show us some more of those secrets, 01:45:44.133.01:45:46.567 raise some more questions for us and help us strive 01:45:46.567.01:45:49.633 to get to those places with manned exploration, 01:45:49.633.01:45:51.800 moving onto the Moon and eventually onto Mars. 01:45:51.800.01:45:55.267 -What's the biggest difference at 350 miles orbit 01:45:55.267.01:45:57.300 versus 220 miles? 01:45:57.300.01:46:00.500 -Well, it is amazing how much more of the planet 01:46:00.500.01:46:04.133 you can see at one time from 350 miles up. 01:46:04.133.01:46:07.200 We only fly as far North as basically Houston, 01:46:07.200.01:46:09.400 but I was looking at Chicago and Illinois, 01:46:09.400.01:46:12.233 my home state, the other day from orbit, 01:46:12.233.01:46:14.333 which normally, at the lower altitudes, 01:46:14.333.01:46:16.300 you can't see all at one time, 01:46:16.300.01:46:20.100 and it's an incredible planet, so beautiful to look at. 01:46:20.100.01:46:21.633 It's too bad we had to work so hard. 01:46:21.633.01:46:22.933 I didn't get to look out the windows 01:46:22.933.01:46:24.900 as much as I would've liked. 01:46:24.900.01:46:27.367 -Greg, tell us about the patch you're carrying with you 01:46:27.367.01:46:29.233 on this mission from the Museum of Flight 01:46:29.233.01:46:33.700 and what it means to you and the folks back home in Seattle. 01:46:33.700.01:46:35.833 -Well, that's a great question. 01:46:35.833.01:46:38.367 We have a few Seattle astronauts, Steven Hawley, 01:46:38.367.01:46:41.800 myself and others, and I talked to Bonnie Dunbar, 01:46:41.800.01:46:45.567 who is the CEO of the Museum of Flight, up there in Seattle, 01:46:45.567.01:46:48.033 and she asked me if I would fly a patch, 01:46:48.033.01:46:49.367 and I said, "Absolutely," 01:46:49.367.01:46:52.000 so I've got a patch of the Seattle Flight Museum 01:46:52.000.01:46:54.900 and, of course, in the Boeing Field area 01:46:54.900.01:46:58.733 and proud to fly that on my flight, so it's... 01:46:58.733.01:47:00.100 -That's where you learned to fly, right? 01:47:00.100.01:47:01.200 -It's where I learned to fly, 01:47:01.200.01:47:03.500 and I used to fly seaplanes up there, 01:47:03.500.01:47:06.633 and then I flew Navy A-6s at Whidbey Island, Washington. 01:47:06.633.01:47:08.500 So it's kind of my hometown, 01:47:08.500.01:47:11.867 and I really wanted to support the Museum of Flight. 01:47:11.867.01:47:14.033 -Megan, you have a doctorate in oceanography. 01:47:14.033.01:47:15.667 You've dedicated your life to understanding 01:47:15.667.01:47:17.133 the oceans and the seas, 01:47:17.133.01:47:20.833 and at 350 miles up on your first mission, what are your... 01:47:20.833.01:47:22.133 I'm sure you've had deep thoughts 01:47:22.133.01:47:23.500 about the oceans below you. 01:47:23.500.01:47:25.133 What are your thoughts, and what are your observations 01:47:25.133.01:47:27.900 as somebody who cares so much about this planet? 01:47:27.900.01:47:30.933 -It's a beautiful view up here as Scott was telling you. 01:47:30.933.01:47:35.167 It's just breathtaking to be able to look out at the world 01:47:35.167.01:47:37.133 and see the oceans, and really, 01:47:37.133.01:47:39.867 so much of our planet is covered by oceans 01:47:39.867.01:47:42.933 that it's a good reminder, you know, that we have so much 01:47:42.933.01:47:45.233 right at home on our own planet to explore, 01:47:45.233.01:47:48.933 and that exploration is ongoing, you know, at my own university, 01:47:48.933.01:47:51.067 the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 01:47:51.067.01:47:53.167 and that's really, you know, 01:47:53.167.01:47:56.033 where a flavor of exploration sort of took hold, 01:47:56.033.01:47:58.867 and, you know, really grateful to have the opportunity to be up 01:47:58.867.01:48:01.600 here in a different mode of exploration, 01:48:01.600.01:48:04.867 helping to carry on the exploration of our universe. 01:48:04.867.01:48:07.133 -We have you loud and clear, CNN. 01:48:07.133.01:48:08.333 -Commander, thanks for your time. 01:48:08.333.01:48:09.633 We really appreciate it, 01:48:09.633.01:48:11.733 and we're in awe of what you've accomplished. 01:48:11.733.01:48:13.833 Scott Altman and the crew are ready to take some questions. 01:48:13.833.01:48:16.567 Let's go with a seventh-grade class in California. 01:48:16.567.01:48:17.633 They're up first. 01:48:17.633.01:48:19.133 -Hi. I'm Emily. 01:48:19.133.01:48:21.267 As seventh graders, we're deciding what we want 01:48:21.267.01:48:22.967 to do for the rest of our lives. 01:48:22.967.01:48:25.367 How old were you when you decided to go up into space, 01:48:25.367.01:48:27.633 and what inspired you to do so? 01:48:27.633.01:48:29.233 -Hi, Emily. This is Mike Good. 01:48:29.233.01:48:30.900 This is my first flight. 01:48:30.900.01:48:33.233 I started thinking about flying in space 01:48:33.233.01:48:35.933 probably when I was back about 7 years old. 01:48:35.933.01:48:37.600 It was 1969, 01:48:37.600.01:48:41.567 and I was watching the first men to land on the Moon, 01:48:41.567.01:48:44.600 and it was just amazing to sit and watch 01:48:44.600.01:48:47.233 that in my living room on my black-and-white TV. 01:48:47.233.01:48:49.933 I can't say that I actually thought about being 01:48:49.933.01:48:51.267 an astronaut, myself, right then, 01:48:51.267.01:48:53.967 but it sure got me interested in the space business, 01:48:53.967.01:48:55.333 and as I went through college 01:48:55.333.01:48:58.100 and got into aerospace engineering at Notre Dame, 01:48:58.100.01:49:00.100 I watched the space shuttle go up 01:49:00.100.01:49:02.367 for the first time in 1981, 01:49:02.367.01:49:03.700 and it was then that I really knew 01:49:03.700.01:49:05.167 that I wanted to be a part of that business, 01:49:05.167.01:49:08.833 whether it was designing and building airplanes and rockets. 01:49:08.833.01:49:11.500 Again, I never really thought I'd be an astronaut, myself, 01:49:11.500.01:49:16.433 but I just kept working at it and persevere and dream big, 01:49:16.433.01:49:18.333 and that's how I made it. 01:49:18.333.01:49:22.167 -I've been hearing so much about how the astronauts and NASA 01:49:22.167.01:49:25.133 are worried about the debris hitting the Shuttle Atlantis, 01:49:25.133.01:49:27.433 the satellite or the astronauts themselves. 01:49:27.433.01:49:29.667 Shouldn't everything be orbiting at the same speed, 01:49:29.667.01:49:32.700 making any impact of debris impossible? 01:49:32.700.01:49:34.633 -Well, I wish that were true. 01:49:34.633.01:49:37.667 Actually, things are orbiting at all different speeds 01:49:37.667.01:49:39.900 and in all different angles. 01:49:39.900.01:49:42.800 We're in one orbit, but an object traveling, 01:49:42.800.01:49:45.367 orbiting in a different inclination 01:49:45.367.01:49:46.867 could impact with us, 01:49:46.867.01:49:49.033 and it doesn't take very much mass 01:49:49.033.01:49:51.633 because the velocities are so huge up here, 01:49:51.633.01:49:53.300 for that to hurt the shuttle, 01:49:53.300.01:49:55.867 penetrate the tiles and cause us damage, 01:49:55.867.01:49:57.633 which is why we're trying to manage that. 01:49:57.633.01:50:00.067 At this altitude, there's more debris. 01:50:00.067.01:50:04.300 At the lower altitudes where the station is and lower, 01:50:04.300.01:50:10.167 there's more atmosphere that clears out some of the debris. 01:50:10.167.01:50:13.100 -In the event of continuing economic turmoil, 01:50:13.100.01:50:15.433 why should the American taxpayer 01:50:15.433.01:50:17.867 continue to fund the space program? 01:50:17.867.01:50:19.667 -Well, first of all, we live in the great country 01:50:19.667.01:50:22.567 of the United States of America, and the space program 01:50:22.567.01:50:24.400 is one of those things that great countries do -- 01:50:24.400.01:50:28.333 exploration, pushing the limits of what we understand 01:50:28.333.01:50:29.867 and what we can do. 01:50:29.867.01:50:33.400 The space program specifically, though, brings us technologies. 01:50:33.400.01:50:34.867 While we're trying to do difficult things, 01:50:34.867.01:50:37.967 we invent new things, the Hubble Space Telescope in particular, 01:50:37.967.01:50:40.433 the technology that was used in some of the optics 01:50:40.433.01:50:42.167 and the instruments that are onboard 01:50:42.167.01:50:45.033 have brought us new techniques for building semiconductors 01:50:45.033.01:50:46.800 that are used out in Silicon Valley 01:50:46.800.01:50:49.600 to make better circuits and have made us competitive 01:50:49.600.01:50:52.000 as a nation in high technology. 01:50:52.000.01:50:56.033 It's also true that doing science experiments 01:50:56.033.01:50:59.633 like the Hubble observations bring inspiration to kids 01:50:59.633.01:51:01.400 that help them learn math, science, 01:51:01.400.01:51:02.900 technology, engineering. Yeah. 01:51:02.900.01:51:05.600 I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a K-12 classroom 01:51:05.600.01:51:07.567 that doesn't have a Hubble image in it. 01:51:07.567.01:51:09.667 There are numerous medical technologies 01:51:09.667.01:51:12.733 that Hubble and other astronomical observatories 01:51:12.733.01:51:14.467 that NASA has produced, 01:51:14.467.01:51:18.000 have generated in imaging for arthroscopic surgery, 01:51:18.000.01:51:20.900 for instance, the lens systems and the techniques, 01:51:20.900.01:51:22.700 for software techniques that we've learned 01:51:22.700.01:51:24.167 by looking at galaxies, 01:51:24.167.01:51:25.867 that have helped in cancer detection. 01:51:25.867.01:51:28.333 The list is very long. 01:51:28.333.01:51:30.800 I wouldn't say, "endless," but it's pretty significant. 01:51:30.800.01:51:32.867 Many estimates have been made for how much we get 01:51:32.867.01:51:35.133 in return on every tax dollar, 01:51:35.133.01:51:36.600 but for every dollar we put into NASA, 01:51:36.600.01:51:39.033 we get many dollars back into our economy. 01:51:42.567.01:51:44.800 -Atlantis, Houston ACR, that concludes the events. 01:51:44.800.01:51:46.300 -Thank you.