WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:06.267 ♪♪ 2 00:00:06.267 --> 00:00:12.334 ♪♪ 3 00:00:13.667 --> 00:00:20.834 ♪♪ 4 00:00:20.834 --> 00:00:23.868 -♪ Fly me to the moon ♪ 5 00:00:23.868 --> 00:00:28.868 ♪ Let me play among the stars ♪ 6 00:00:28.868 --> 00:00:36.834 ♪ Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars ♪ 7 00:00:36.834 --> 00:00:44.934 ♪ In other words, hold my hand ♪ 8 00:00:44.934 --> 00:00:50.801 ♪ In other words, baby, kiss me ♪ 9 00:00:52.868 --> 00:01:01.234 ♪ Fill my heart with song, and let me sing forevermore ♪ 10 00:01:01.234 --> 00:01:09.367 ♪ You are all I long for, all I worship and adore ♪ 11 00:01:09.367 --> 00:01:15.234 ♪ In other words, please be true ♪ 12 00:01:17.501 --> 00:01:23.167 ♪ In other words, I love you ♪ 13 00:01:23.167 --> 00:01:31.601 ♪♪ 14 00:01:31.601 --> 00:01:40.033 ♪♪ 15 00:01:40.033 --> 00:01:48.467 ♪♪ 16 00:01:48.467 --> 00:01:56.901 ♪♪ 17 00:01:56.901 --> 00:02:00.100 ♪ Fill my heart with song ♪ 18 00:02:00.100 --> 00:02:05.167 ♪ Let me sing forevermore ♪ 19 00:02:05.167 --> 00:02:13.200 ♪ You are all I long for, all I worship and adore ♪ 20 00:02:13.200 --> 00:02:21.300 ♪ In other words, please be true ♪ 21 00:02:21.300 --> 00:02:24.033 ♪ In other words ♪ 22 00:02:25.300 --> 00:02:29.968 ♪ In other words ♪ 23 00:02:29.968 --> 00:02:34.467 ♪ I love ♪ 24 00:02:37.300 --> 00:02:38.934 ♪ You ♪ 25 00:02:41.801 --> 00:02:43.400 -Good morning, Columbia, and good morning, Scooter. 26 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:45.701 That was for you from Jill and the boys. 27 00:02:45.701 --> 00:02:48.601 Of course, it was Frank Sinatra singing "Fly Me to the Moon." 28 00:02:48.601 --> 00:02:51.167 And one point of history: According to White Flight, 29 00:02:51.167 --> 00:02:52.968 Gene Kranz, that song was played 30 00:02:52.968 --> 00:02:54.601 during the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, 31 00:02:54.601 --> 00:02:56.701 so we think you're in good company there. 32 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:00.968 -Ah, that was outstanding, Dan. 33 00:03:00.968 --> 00:03:02.834 Thanks so much for playing it. 34 00:03:02.834 --> 00:03:04.367 I think we all enjoyed it. 35 00:03:04.367 --> 00:03:06.434 We're not going quite to the moon, 36 00:03:06.434 --> 00:03:08.701 but I feel like we've reached some real heights 37 00:03:08.701 --> 00:03:10.567 here on this mission, so thanks. 38 00:03:10.567 --> 00:03:12.167 That was great. 39 00:03:14.968 --> 00:03:17.434 -Houston, Columbia, for an Internet question. 40 00:03:20.133 --> 00:03:21.901 -We're ready. 41 00:03:21.901 --> 00:03:24.434 -Mario, this is question comes from Tom Dowling, 42 00:03:24.434 --> 00:03:27.968 New York, New York. 43 00:03:27.968 --> 00:03:31.868 And his message is, "First, great work to all abroad 44 00:03:31.868 --> 00:03:33.634 and at MCC. 45 00:03:33.634 --> 00:03:35.701 I am the webmaster at the New York City 46 00:03:35.701 --> 00:03:38.033 Fire Department, and we all here, 47 00:03:38.033 --> 00:03:42.300 at the FDNY, take pride in your accomplishments. 48 00:03:42.300 --> 00:03:45.567 We are posting updates to our Internet sites, 49 00:03:45.567 --> 00:03:49.667 to keep our uniformed and civilian members current 50 00:03:49.667 --> 00:03:51.667 with your activities. 51 00:03:51.667 --> 00:03:56.000 We are also thrilled to know one of our is on board. 52 00:03:56.000 --> 00:04:00.167 Michael Massimino is the son of the late Mario Massimino, 53 00:04:00.167 --> 00:04:02.267 retired manager and Chief Inspector 54 00:04:02.267 --> 00:04:04.534 from our Bureau of Fire Prevention. 55 00:04:06.634 --> 00:04:08.901 Michael, do you have any messages 56 00:04:08.901 --> 00:04:12.667 for the members here at the FDNY? 57 00:04:12.667 --> 00:04:17.334 All the best to the crew, the MCC and all the staff 58 00:04:17.334 --> 00:04:20.100 supporting these vital missions and programs." 59 00:04:20.100 --> 00:04:23.067 And my answer to Mr. Dowling is, first note, 60 00:04:23.067 --> 00:04:27.234 I am really thrilled to have gotten this note here on orbit. 61 00:04:27.234 --> 00:04:29.234 Just wonderful to know that some people 62 00:04:29.234 --> 00:04:31.334 at the Fire Department are thinking about us, 63 00:04:31.334 --> 00:04:33.601 and you took the time to write this note. 64 00:04:33.601 --> 00:04:35.767 I'm really thrilled to get it. 65 00:04:35.767 --> 00:04:40.167 My father, as mentioned in your note, died a few years ago, 66 00:04:40.167 --> 00:04:42.834 and unfortunately he couldn't be here 67 00:04:42.834 --> 00:04:45.167 to see the launch in person, 68 00:04:45.167 --> 00:04:47.634 but I wanted to do something to commemorate his memory 69 00:04:47.634 --> 00:04:50.234 and kind of bring something of his with me, 70 00:04:50.234 --> 00:04:53.200 and when I talked to my mom about this, she said, 71 00:04:53.200 --> 00:04:55.467 "Well, you know what meant the most to him 72 00:04:55.467 --> 00:04:58.267 and to us was the Fire Department." 73 00:04:58.267 --> 00:05:00.834 So on board with me in my personal kit, 74 00:05:00.834 --> 00:05:02.968 I have my father's Fire Department pin, 75 00:05:02.968 --> 00:05:06.234 and that's really a treasured possession of mine. 76 00:05:06.234 --> 00:05:08.200 It's something that I'm flying not only for my dad, 77 00:05:08.200 --> 00:05:10.567 but in honor of all the folks at the New York City 78 00:05:10.567 --> 00:05:12.434 Fire Department. 79 00:05:12.434 --> 00:05:15.167 And growing up with the Fire Department 80 00:05:15.167 --> 00:05:16.601 being such a big part of our lives, 81 00:05:16.601 --> 00:05:19.934 as when I was a kid and growing up in New York, 82 00:05:19.934 --> 00:05:22.234 it really made an impression of me 83 00:05:22.234 --> 00:05:25.434 of the wonderful work that they do, 84 00:05:25.434 --> 00:05:28.334 how important the work is that they do at the Fire Department. 85 00:05:28.334 --> 00:05:30.501 Some of my best memories are going to work with my dad, 86 00:05:30.501 --> 00:05:31.934 and visiting the fire stations, 87 00:05:31.934 --> 00:05:34.667 and meeting his friends and his colleagues, 88 00:05:34.667 --> 00:05:39.467 and the memory of my dad and those memories of growing up 89 00:05:39.467 --> 00:05:43.267 with the Fire Department are still with me today. 90 00:05:43.267 --> 00:05:46.067 They are my heroes, the people of the Fire Department, 91 00:05:46.067 --> 00:05:48.234 New York City Fire Department, are my heroes. 92 00:05:48.234 --> 00:05:50.033 They were when I was a kid growing up, 93 00:05:50.033 --> 00:05:51.534 and they still are today. 94 00:05:51.534 --> 00:05:54.033 They're an inspiration to me here on this flight 95 00:05:54.033 --> 00:05:56.334 and every day, and I really want to thank them 96 00:05:56.334 --> 00:05:58.968 for thinking about us and for writing this note, 97 00:05:58.968 --> 00:06:01.000 and really hope that I get a chance 98 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:04.234 to keep in touch with them in the years to come as well, 99 00:06:04.234 --> 00:06:06.534 so, Mr. Dowling, thank you very much for your note, 100 00:06:06.534 --> 00:06:09.501 and best wishes to everyone at the FDNY. 101 00:06:12.100 --> 00:06:13.734 -Mike, nice touch. 102 00:06:13.734 --> 00:06:15.133 Fitting way to honor your father, 103 00:06:15.133 --> 00:06:17.667 and a nice salute to the New York Fire Department. 104 00:06:17.667 --> 00:06:19.968 I appreciate that. We'll pass that along. 105 00:06:24.033 --> 00:06:25.667 Columbia, Houston. 106 00:06:25.667 --> 00:06:29.868 Alpha, Yuri, Carl and Dan are standing by for your phone call. 107 00:06:29.868 --> 00:06:31.467 Please, go ahead. 108 00:06:31.467 --> 00:06:35.634 -It's Space Station Alpha. 109 00:06:35.634 --> 00:06:37.234 How are you today? 110 00:06:40.367 --> 00:06:42.133 -Good, good day, Columbia. 111 00:06:42.133 --> 00:06:45.100 How are you today? 112 00:06:45.100 --> 00:06:48.267 -Hey, greetings from the Space Shuttle Columbia 113 00:06:48.267 --> 00:06:50.534 to the International Space Station Alpha. 114 00:06:50.534 --> 00:06:52.300 It's great to be up here in orbit with you. 115 00:06:52.300 --> 00:06:56.968 We're glad to be along, sharing some flight time in space. 116 00:06:56.968 --> 00:06:58.567 How are you doing today? 117 00:07:02.367 --> 00:07:03.767 -Oh, thank you, great. 118 00:07:03.767 --> 00:07:06.167 We just changed our shots, so what about you? 119 00:07:06.167 --> 00:07:08.868 You can see if you have the yellow and green. 120 00:07:08.868 --> 00:07:10.467 Is this correct? 121 00:07:17.434 --> 00:07:21.567 -Yes, hopefully you're getting a good link with us. 122 00:07:25.767 --> 00:07:27.067 -Yeah, you guys look great. 123 00:07:27.067 --> 00:07:31.334 Must be good to be getting out of those space suits 124 00:07:31.334 --> 00:07:34.767 for a change and into some regular clothes. 125 00:07:34.767 --> 00:07:38.734 Looks like you're having a good day. 126 00:07:38.734 --> 00:07:41.534 -It's been a very busy time, but you're right. 127 00:07:41.534 --> 00:07:43.534 We're having a little bit of a kick-back 128 00:07:43.534 --> 00:07:45.334 relaxation time today, 129 00:07:45.334 --> 00:07:47.767 and I think the whole crew is appreciating that. 130 00:07:47.767 --> 00:07:50.334 Let me turn it over to Jim Newman. 131 00:07:52.734 --> 00:07:53.801 -Hey, Dan. 132 00:07:53.801 --> 00:07:55.534 It's good to be talking to you here, 133 00:07:55.534 --> 00:07:57.567 and I just wanted to, from Nancy and I, 134 00:07:57.567 --> 00:08:01.300 fellow classmates to you and Carl, wanted to say hello, 135 00:08:01.300 --> 00:08:03.033 and, in particular, it's good to be back in space, 136 00:08:03.033 --> 00:08:06.501 at least at the same time as you and Carl. 137 00:08:11.367 --> 00:08:13.868 -Yeah, it's great. It's a lot of fun. 138 00:08:13.868 --> 00:08:18.067 This past week has been great following you guys, and, Jim, 139 00:08:18.067 --> 00:08:21.467 we just want to let you know that some things never change. 140 00:08:21.467 --> 00:08:23.834 We still have lots of shrimp cocktail leftover 141 00:08:23.834 --> 00:08:28.734 that Frank left us. -Well, very good. 142 00:08:28.734 --> 00:08:31.434 I was telling some stories about the overdosing 143 00:08:31.434 --> 00:08:34.534 on shrimp cocktail myself on STS-51. 144 00:08:34.534 --> 00:08:37.300 Didn't put quite enough water in one of those, 145 00:08:37.300 --> 00:08:40.934 and that horseradish was a little bit too much dry. 146 00:08:45.467 --> 00:08:47.701 -Yeah, we've been 147 00:08:47.701 --> 00:08:51.434 sort of working at those shrimp cocktails, 148 00:08:51.434 --> 00:08:53.667 and we're trying to whittle them down, 149 00:08:53.667 --> 00:08:55.701 but there's a whole bunch of them. 150 00:08:55.701 --> 00:08:59.834 And, Jim, how did those tools work up there? 151 00:08:59.834 --> 00:09:02.234 Yeah, we had a chance to look at them 152 00:09:02.234 --> 00:09:03.801 I guess about 8 years ago, 153 00:09:03.801 --> 00:09:05.234 and they worked pretty well then. 154 00:09:05.234 --> 00:09:07.801 They still working pretty good? 155 00:09:07.801 --> 00:09:09.801 -Yeah, in fact it is alarming 156 00:09:09.801 --> 00:09:13.200 because I ended up being on the HST PFR, 157 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:18.367 which we tested, and also using the HST PRT 158 00:09:18.367 --> 00:09:21.267 for swapping the big scientific instrument in and out, 159 00:09:21.267 --> 00:09:22.734 the power ratchet tool 160 00:09:22.734 --> 00:09:25.334 and the portable foot restraint, and they both worked great, 161 00:09:25.334 --> 00:09:28.968 as you and I showed those many years ago. 162 00:09:32.868 --> 00:09:38.100 -Well, that's great news, and I am glad that we were able 163 00:09:38.100 --> 00:09:41.901 to work together on that out back on STS-51. 164 00:09:41.901 --> 00:09:45.767 -That was quite a treat, and we have enjoyed following 165 00:09:45.767 --> 00:09:47.767 what you all are doing on the Space Station. 166 00:09:47.767 --> 00:09:49.133 We're very impressed. 167 00:09:49.133 --> 00:09:51.267 Now that we've been up here a little over a week, 168 00:09:51.267 --> 00:09:53.834 we can only marvel the fact that you all have been up there 169 00:09:53.834 --> 00:09:57.567 for over 3 months, and how you guys must be doing, 170 00:09:57.567 --> 00:09:59.634 and how expert you must be at everything you do 171 00:09:59.634 --> 00:10:03.000 because we're still in that first week, 172 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:04.934 second week learning curve, 173 00:10:04.934 --> 00:10:06.934 and, as you know, it goes quickly, 174 00:10:06.934 --> 00:10:08.501 but still we can only imagine 175 00:10:08.501 --> 00:10:11.033 what finesse you all must have in space now. 176 00:10:16.367 --> 00:10:19.601 -Yeah, it's -- We've probably come a long way, 177 00:10:19.601 --> 00:10:24.501 but every so often I have some moments where I -- 178 00:10:24.501 --> 00:10:26.300 Maybe right after I wake up in the morning, 179 00:10:26.300 --> 00:10:28.801 and I'm a little clumsy, but anyways, yeah. 180 00:10:28.801 --> 00:10:30.434 It's been a lot of fun. 181 00:10:30.434 --> 00:10:33.234 We were wondering what the view is like from up that high. 182 00:10:36.133 --> 00:10:39.968 -We just had an incredible pass at night over the US, 183 00:10:39.968 --> 00:10:43.634 and it was so clear we could see from Miami to Boston. 184 00:10:43.634 --> 00:10:45.000 We saw Chicago. 185 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:48.133 We could see well past Houston, and Tim 186 00:10:48.133 --> 00:10:50.567 and I were up here in Scooter's window, 187 00:10:50.567 --> 00:10:55.467 and we just could not believe the incredibly awesome view. 188 00:10:55.467 --> 00:10:57.000 Up here at 315 miles, 189 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:58.968 you're really getting a lot of curvature of the Earth, 190 00:10:58.968 --> 00:11:03.534 and it is just incredible. 191 00:11:03.534 --> 00:11:05.701 -Are you guys -- 192 00:11:05.701 --> 00:11:08.667 It sounded like you guys have an early morning. 193 00:11:08.667 --> 00:11:10.167 Is it going to be a night landing, 194 00:11:10.167 --> 00:11:13.033 or are they shooting for right after sunrise? 195 00:11:15.234 --> 00:11:18.934 -Our first opportunity is at night, we think. 196 00:11:18.934 --> 00:11:22.200 It depends on what they decide to bring us in for. 197 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:25.334 The second opportunity is going to be one of those navy 198 00:11:25.334 --> 00:11:28.634 Pinkies, commander's landing, as we used to say in the Navy, 199 00:11:28.634 --> 00:11:30.601 as I know you remember, Dan. 200 00:11:34.167 --> 00:11:36.834 -Yeah, don't forget to put on your cheaters, Scooter. 201 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:42.834 -Hey, I haven't gotten to that point yet. 202 00:11:42.834 --> 00:11:45.234 [ Laughter ] 203 00:11:45.234 --> 00:11:47.601 Just the hairballs are wearing cheaters. 204 00:11:50.968 --> 00:11:53.067 -Yeah, copy that. 205 00:11:53.067 --> 00:11:55.300 Hey, before I forget, I don't know if you heard it yesterday, 206 00:11:55.300 --> 00:11:57.901 just wanted to say congrats to Digger and Mike 207 00:11:57.901 --> 00:11:59.701 for their first flights, 208 00:11:59.701 --> 00:12:04.901 and congrats to Rick and also Mike, for the first CVAs, 209 00:12:04.901 --> 00:12:07.334 and congrats to all of you again. 210 00:12:07.334 --> 00:12:10.400 I'm sure you heard this too many times, 211 00:12:10.400 --> 00:12:12.834 but you all have had a great mission, 212 00:12:12.834 --> 00:12:17.667 and we wish you all a nice, soft Navy landing. 213 00:12:20.534 --> 00:12:21.934 -Thanks, thanks, man. 214 00:12:21.934 --> 00:12:23.467 It really is a thrill to be up here, 215 00:12:23.467 --> 00:12:25.567 a dream come true. It's been a great flight, 216 00:12:25.567 --> 00:12:28.067 and great to fly with these folks here, 217 00:12:28.067 --> 00:12:32.601 and just a wonderful experience and a great first flight. 218 00:12:35.968 --> 00:12:39.601 -I just wanted to give you all our very best wishes, 219 00:12:39.601 --> 00:12:42.968 our sincere appreciation for what you're doing on Station, 220 00:12:42.968 --> 00:12:44.334 how important we think it is, 221 00:12:44.334 --> 00:12:45.968 and I want you to know you're -- 222 00:12:45.968 --> 00:12:48.868 our hearts and thoughts and prayers will be with you 223 00:12:48.868 --> 00:12:50.467 until you guys return, 224 00:12:50.467 --> 00:12:53.634 and we hope to be waiting there on the ramp when you come back. 225 00:12:53.634 --> 00:12:55.734 All the best for the rest of your mission. 226 00:12:59.567 --> 00:13:01.000 -Okay, same to Columbia. 227 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:03.300 Have a good flight, and see you on the ground. 228 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:10.133 -Hi, this is an answer from Kefren -- 229 00:13:10.133 --> 00:13:12.534 a question from Kefren Hunter from Centreville, Illinois, 230 00:13:12.534 --> 00:13:14.033 age 8. 231 00:13:14.033 --> 00:13:17.100 And the question is, "To pilot Duane Carey. 232 00:13:17.100 --> 00:13:21.033 I noticed you have a pretty cool watch 233 00:13:21.033 --> 00:13:22.634 from the pictures on NASA TV. 234 00:13:22.634 --> 00:13:25.400 Do you need a special kind of watch to fly in space? 235 00:13:25.400 --> 00:13:27.167 What kind of watch do you have, 236 00:13:27.167 --> 00:13:29.634 and do all astronauts have the same watch?" 237 00:13:29.634 --> 00:13:33.934 Well, this is a pretty special watch. 238 00:13:33.934 --> 00:13:36.200 It's made by Omega, 239 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:40.534 and NASA actually gives us choice of a few different kinds 240 00:13:40.534 --> 00:13:43.334 of watches to fly in space, and I chose this one 241 00:13:43.334 --> 00:13:46.133 because it has a lot of features that I like. 242 00:13:46.133 --> 00:13:47.634 It's not my watch. 243 00:13:47.634 --> 00:13:51.000 I'll have to give it back when I'm done with the mission. 244 00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:53.434 What makes it handy to fly in space, Kefren, 245 00:13:53.434 --> 00:13:55.968 is the fact that there are several timers. 246 00:13:55.968 --> 00:13:57.734 I can, with this one watch, 247 00:13:57.734 --> 00:13:59.868 I can see what time it is at the Cape. 248 00:13:59.868 --> 00:14:01.734 I can see what time it is for our mission, 249 00:14:01.734 --> 00:14:03.367 the lapse time on the mission. 250 00:14:03.367 --> 00:14:06.067 I can see what the Greenwich Mean Time is, 251 00:14:06.067 --> 00:14:09.234 and I've also got several timers and alarms I can set up, 252 00:14:09.234 --> 00:14:13.601 and a lot of our tasks on space are tied to certain times. 253 00:14:13.601 --> 00:14:16.334 That -- We have to accomplish them at certain times, 254 00:14:16.334 --> 00:14:19.033 so I can set alarms on my watch to remind me 255 00:14:19.033 --> 00:14:22.033 to do the next job that I'm scheduled to do, 256 00:14:22.033 --> 00:14:24.467 so it's a very handy watch to fly in space. 257 00:14:24.467 --> 00:14:25.901 Yeah, it looks real fancy and everything, 258 00:14:25.901 --> 00:14:27.968 and I really like it, but after the mission, 259 00:14:27.968 --> 00:14:29.300 I'm going to give it back. 260 00:14:29.300 --> 00:14:34.167 Thanks a lot. -Okay, Houston. 261 00:14:34.167 --> 00:14:35.934 Now we have an Internet question here, 262 00:14:35.934 --> 00:14:39.701 and this one is from Nigel Middleton, from England. 263 00:14:39.701 --> 00:14:41.133 The question is actually addressed 264 00:14:41.133 --> 00:14:42.234 to the pilot and commander, 265 00:14:42.234 --> 00:14:44.434 but they said that I could answer it, 266 00:14:44.434 --> 00:14:48.567 since I sit right in the center and just behind them. 267 00:14:48.567 --> 00:14:51.501 And the question is, "When the shuttle takes off, 268 00:14:51.501 --> 00:14:53.701 we see the amount of vibration on film. 269 00:14:53.701 --> 00:14:55.667 How do you cope with this when trying to view 270 00:14:55.667 --> 00:14:59.400 the instruments and press buttons without losing focus?" 271 00:14:59.400 --> 00:15:01.968 And that's actually an excellent question. 272 00:15:01.968 --> 00:15:04.601 We have a whole suite of simulators that we train 273 00:15:04.601 --> 00:15:06.300 in prior to the mission, 274 00:15:06.300 --> 00:15:11.601 and, Nigel, actually the one thing that we really don't train 275 00:15:11.601 --> 00:15:14.033 quite exactly for is the intense vibration, 276 00:15:14.033 --> 00:15:15.334 especially in first stage, 277 00:15:15.334 --> 00:15:17.133 when you're on the solid rocket boosters. 278 00:15:17.133 --> 00:15:19.868 That was probably my biggest surprise on my first mission. 279 00:15:19.868 --> 00:15:21.834 This is my fourth mission as a flight engineer, 280 00:15:21.834 --> 00:15:23.934 and that was really a surprise to me 281 00:15:23.934 --> 00:15:25.968 that it took a little bit of effort 282 00:15:25.968 --> 00:15:28.267 to concentrate on the forward displays, 283 00:15:28.267 --> 00:15:29.767 so I could assist the pilot and commander 284 00:15:29.767 --> 00:15:31.501 in watching over the systems. 285 00:15:31.501 --> 00:15:35.000 And, of course, you can see I wear glasses now, 286 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:36.868 and it's even a little worse when you wear glasses 287 00:15:36.868 --> 00:15:38.901 because they start bouncing around too. 288 00:15:38.901 --> 00:15:40.767 So you can probably see in the camera views, 289 00:15:40.767 --> 00:15:43.200 that are typically located behind us looking forward, 290 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:47.000 that it is shake, rattle and roll in first stage, 291 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:49.767 and then it gets quite smooth after the solid rocket 292 00:15:49.767 --> 00:15:52.367 boosters are away from vehicle, 293 00:15:52.367 --> 00:15:54.701 and second stage is actually quite smooth, 294 00:15:54.701 --> 00:15:56.901 except for the constant acceleration 295 00:15:56.901 --> 00:15:58.734 and the g-forces building up. 296 00:16:02.567 --> 00:16:03.634 -Hey, Nancy, if you don't mind, 297 00:16:03.634 --> 00:16:06.767 I'd like to ask you a quick question. 298 00:16:06.767 --> 00:16:09.133 There is something that we practice numerous times 299 00:16:09.133 --> 00:16:10.934 in the simulator, yet it surprised me 300 00:16:10.934 --> 00:16:13.534 when we finally did it in space, especially after we were up here 301 00:16:13.534 --> 00:16:16.000 a while and got adapted to zero-g. 302 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:19.667 Was the first -- Not the first, but after about 3 days in orbit, 303 00:16:19.667 --> 00:16:22.501 we did a rather large OMS burn, 304 00:16:22.501 --> 00:16:25.133 and something happened that kind of surprised me. 305 00:16:25.133 --> 00:16:28.467 Do you remember that particular incident? 306 00:16:31.133 --> 00:16:35.334 -Well, Digger, I think what was amusing to the crew up here 307 00:16:35.334 --> 00:16:39.534 was to watch the flying MS 2 on the flight deck 308 00:16:39.534 --> 00:16:44.033 during any of the OMS burns, a two-engine OMS burn. 309 00:16:44.033 --> 00:16:49.200 MS 2 went from my position, just hovering over C3 here 310 00:16:49.200 --> 00:16:51.968 in the center panel, as you can see behind me, 311 00:16:51.968 --> 00:16:56.167 to being plastered against the aft wall and the aft windows. 312 00:16:56.167 --> 00:16:57.334 Jim Newman really helped out. 313 00:16:57.334 --> 00:16:58.868 He planted his feet right behind me, 314 00:16:58.868 --> 00:17:01.634 and pushed me back forward, and it's amazing that, 315 00:17:01.634 --> 00:17:03.767 even after just a few days in space, 316 00:17:03.767 --> 00:17:05.534 that acceleration from the OMS burns 317 00:17:05.534 --> 00:17:07.968 lighting up really caught me by surprise. 318 00:17:11.300 --> 00:17:12.467 -As it did me. 319 00:17:12.467 --> 00:17:14.267 As soon as the engine slipped, we were -- 320 00:17:14.267 --> 00:17:15.634 Scooter and I were watching out instruments, 321 00:17:15.634 --> 00:17:16.934 but out of the corner of my eye 322 00:17:16.934 --> 00:17:19.067 I could see Nancy in one instance, 323 00:17:19.067 --> 00:17:22.801 and the next instance she was gone. 324 00:17:22.801 --> 00:17:25.100 And that's all for today. 325 00:17:28.901 --> 00:17:30.968 Columbia currently passing over Houston 326 00:17:30.968 --> 00:17:32.434 and the Johnson Space Center. 327 00:17:32.434 --> 00:17:35.467 The crew, again, enjoying an off-duty period this morning. 328 00:17:35.467 --> 00:17:37.868 A quiet day in orbit for Columbia's astronauts 329 00:17:37.868 --> 00:17:40.100 before they begin the work to prepare to come home 330 00:17:40.100 --> 00:17:42.300 early Tuesday morning to the cape. 331 00:17:50.634 --> 00:17:52.567 -Houston, we have some folks outside. 332 00:17:52.567 --> 00:17:55.434 You're going to have about a 34-degree elevation, 333 00:17:55.434 --> 00:17:59.000 so it should be a good pass as you're going overhead here, 334 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:01.200 and we're also done with the next card 335 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:02.434 in the ProShare machine. 336 00:18:02.434 --> 00:18:03.701 If you have any more, we'll certainly get 337 00:18:03.701 --> 00:18:09.868 to work on it. -Okay, Mario. 338 00:18:09.868 --> 00:18:12.200 This question is from Brian Mindaman 339 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:16.367 of Mosinee, Wisconsin, age 35. 340 00:18:16.367 --> 00:18:18.367 His question is, 341 00:18:18.367 --> 00:18:23.300 "How do the shuttle crews keep from dropping tools in space?" 342 00:18:23.300 --> 00:18:25.434 -Well, Brian that's a really good question, 343 00:18:25.434 --> 00:18:26.767 brings up a good point. 344 00:18:26.767 --> 00:18:30.501 In space, just about anything can get away from you, 345 00:18:30.501 --> 00:18:33.000 including the shuttle if you're out there floating, 346 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:35.634 so for that reason we have tethers on everything 347 00:18:35.634 --> 00:18:38.834 that we take out with us and use, including ourselves. 348 00:18:38.834 --> 00:18:41.200 We're tethered to the orbiter along one side rail, 349 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:45.300 as you might see down the sides of Columbia 350 00:18:45.300 --> 00:18:48.000 where the radiators go out on the payload bay doors. 351 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:52.100 And every piece that we take out with us from the air lock 352 00:18:52.100 --> 00:18:55.334 is tethered to us, or a large tool station back, 353 00:18:55.334 --> 00:18:56.734 so a lot of times when you see us working, 354 00:18:56.734 --> 00:18:58.534 you'll see things floating everywhere, 355 00:18:58.534 --> 00:18:59.968 but if you check really close, 356 00:18:59.968 --> 00:19:02.067 there'll be little tethers coming down, attaching it, 357 00:19:02.067 --> 00:19:06.167 because if you lose it and it's out of your grasp 358 00:19:06.167 --> 00:19:09.100 more than an eighth of an inch, it's gone forever, 359 00:19:09.100 --> 00:19:11.067 and so for that very reason we're very careful 360 00:19:11.067 --> 00:19:13.868 with what we do out there, and everything is tethered. 361 00:19:17.901 --> 00:19:19.934 Okay, my commander brings up another good point. 362 00:19:19.934 --> 00:19:22.934 He asked, "Why didn't I tether to the solar rays?" 363 00:19:22.934 --> 00:19:29.467 And I wanted to, but because it was such a large mass, 364 00:19:29.467 --> 00:19:32.734 it was determined that it would be unsafe to tether to that 365 00:19:32.734 --> 00:19:36.534 because it could actually cause problems 366 00:19:36.534 --> 00:19:39.434 in terms of taking me off the arm with it, 367 00:19:39.434 --> 00:19:43.534 and perhaps damaging the suit and/or the RMS, 368 00:19:43.534 --> 00:19:46.300 the manipulator arm, because of its large mass, 369 00:19:46.300 --> 00:19:48.801 so the only tether in that case were my arms, 370 00:19:48.801 --> 00:19:52.167 and you can bet that I had a death grip on that baby. 371 00:19:55.734 --> 00:19:57.901 -Hey, Rick. 372 00:19:57.901 --> 00:20:01.400 I was curious when you guys were out there, 373 00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:02.901 how do you keep from getting disoriented? 374 00:20:02.901 --> 00:20:05.234 It looks like there's no up side ... 375 00:20:05.234 --> 00:20:06.901 up, no up side, down, no sideways. 376 00:20:06.901 --> 00:20:09.734 How do you keep from getting all turned around out there? 377 00:20:12.601 --> 00:20:14.300 -Well, that's a very good question, Digger, 378 00:20:14.300 --> 00:20:18.133 and the answer is we don't. 379 00:20:18.133 --> 00:20:21.801 The first time I was out there, I came down the payload bay, 380 00:20:21.801 --> 00:20:23.501 and I thought I was all lined up 381 00:20:23.501 --> 00:20:25.501 and everything was looking nice and rosy, 382 00:20:25.501 --> 00:20:26.968 and then when I looked down at the payload bay, 383 00:20:26.968 --> 00:20:30.567 I realized I had lost my frame of reference 384 00:20:30.567 --> 00:20:32.701 and didn't know what was up or down, 385 00:20:32.701 --> 00:20:34.701 and I literally had to take a couple seconds 386 00:20:34.701 --> 00:20:39.434 just to get my brain back, and figure out points in space 387 00:20:39.434 --> 00:20:41.767 where I actually was before I could move. 388 00:20:41.767 --> 00:20:44.267 So you have to be careful when you're moving around out there 389 00:20:44.267 --> 00:20:45.734 that you don't move too fast, 390 00:20:45.734 --> 00:20:47.067 and that you're always watching where you're going 391 00:20:47.067 --> 00:20:49.834 because you can spin your gyros really quick. 392 00:20:53.801 --> 00:20:55.167 -Columbia, Houston, 393 00:20:55.167 --> 00:20:57.200 we've just completed the handover in the Control Center, 394 00:20:57.200 --> 00:21:01.067 so this will be the Orbit One Team's swan song for the flight. 395 00:21:01.067 --> 00:21:04.300 It's been said that one picture is worth 1,000 words, 396 00:21:04.300 --> 00:21:07.133 and that couldn't be more true than in the case of the Hubble. 397 00:21:07.133 --> 00:21:08.901 The words are inadequate to describe 398 00:21:08.901 --> 00:21:10.234 what you have accomplished. 399 00:21:10.234 --> 00:21:12.601 Simply put, and if you'd allow me to turn a phrase, 400 00:21:12.601 --> 00:21:16.767 you have enabled mankind to look where no one has looked before, 401 00:21:16.767 --> 00:21:19.000 and I am certain that in the ensuing weeks and years, 402 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:22.467 the world will marvel at the inevitable discoveries to come, 403 00:21:22.467 --> 00:21:24.367 so rather than a swan song, 404 00:21:24.367 --> 00:21:26.934 this is a new beginning in more ways than one. 405 00:21:26.934 --> 00:21:28.634 God bless you for your reference, 406 00:21:28.634 --> 00:21:31.000 and may he guide you to a safe landing. 407 00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:32.634 And on behalf of the stock at Goddard, 408 00:21:32.634 --> 00:21:36.234 the CSR here in Houston and all the folks at MCC, 409 00:21:36.234 --> 00:21:38.701 we'd like to say: Thanks for the ride. 410 00:21:38.701 --> 00:21:40.634 We'll see you at Ellington. 411 00:21:44.267 --> 00:21:46.000 -Thank you, Mario. 412 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:49.434 Your message was very well received up here. 413 00:21:49.434 --> 00:21:51.267 Of course, we couldn't do it without all the help 414 00:21:51.267 --> 00:21:52.901 from the stock and the back rooms 415 00:21:52.901 --> 00:21:54.934 and the CSR and, of course, 416 00:21:54.934 --> 00:21:57.367 all of the support we've gotten from the Johnson Space Center, 417 00:21:57.367 --> 00:21:59.868 from the Control Room to the engineers, 418 00:21:59.868 --> 00:22:02.067 to everybody who helped prepare all our equipment 419 00:22:02.067 --> 00:22:04.067 for the space walks. 420 00:22:04.067 --> 00:22:06.801 The Hubble -- It's been a real privilege to work on the Hubble. 421 00:22:06.801 --> 00:22:08.300 It's an experience, I think, that's changed 422 00:22:08.300 --> 00:22:10.133 all of our lives up here, 423 00:22:10.133 --> 00:22:12.868 and I know that in the coming months and years, 424 00:22:12.868 --> 00:22:15.534 the beautiful images and data that will come 425 00:22:15.534 --> 00:22:18.400 from the Hubble Space Telescope will change the lives 426 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:21.100 of virtually everybody on planet Earth. 427 00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:22.701 Thanks for your message. 428 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:29.200 -As you're out there and you're walking in space, 429 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:30.667 what are you looking at? What are you seeing? 430 00:22:30.667 --> 00:22:33.434 I mean, aside from your mission, which is working on the Hubble 431 00:22:33.434 --> 00:22:36.100 and getting that back into shape. 432 00:22:36.100 --> 00:22:37.701 What are you seeing around you? 433 00:22:39.901 --> 00:22:42.534 -Oh, this is Mike Massimino. 434 00:22:42.534 --> 00:22:46.033 For me, at times I was really concentrating 435 00:22:46.033 --> 00:22:48.767 on what I was doing, and you're only looking straight ahead, 436 00:22:48.767 --> 00:22:52.167 say into one of the bays of the telescope 437 00:22:52.167 --> 00:22:53.868 and works on an instrument, 438 00:22:53.868 --> 00:22:57.501 or removing an instrument or putting it in, 439 00:22:57.501 --> 00:22:59.400 and you almost forget where you are. 440 00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:02.868 You're -- I felt just like I was in the pool where we trained 441 00:23:02.868 --> 00:23:05.300 because it was very similar to that experience, 442 00:23:05.300 --> 00:23:07.133 but then that time would pass, 443 00:23:07.133 --> 00:23:10.000 and it would be time to move to another location, 444 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:12.901 and you might have a minute, sometimes I had a moment or two 445 00:23:12.901 --> 00:23:17.200 to look at where I was, and it was just amazing. 446 00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:21.033 You'd look out over the shuttle, and at times during the daylight 447 00:23:21.033 --> 00:23:24.901 would see the earth below you, and it was just spectacular. 448 00:23:24.901 --> 00:23:26.334 It was incredible. 449 00:23:26.334 --> 00:23:29.901 The view around you and the suit where you can look all around 450 00:23:29.901 --> 00:23:33.434 and see the Earth going back is just beautiful. 451 00:23:33.434 --> 00:23:36.667 It's amazing. It's hard -- It's really hard to imagine. 452 00:23:36.667 --> 00:23:40.067 I don't think any adjective that I could think of, 453 00:23:40.067 --> 00:23:42.234 or any words I could use, could ever describe it. 454 00:23:42.234 --> 00:23:46.567 It was just an awesome sight, and to be out there 455 00:23:46.567 --> 00:23:48.334 and to look at your friends inside, 456 00:23:48.334 --> 00:23:49.834 who I could see clearly into the shuttle 457 00:23:49.834 --> 00:23:51.834 when I was pointed in that direction, 458 00:23:51.834 --> 00:23:54.000 to see my friends inside working with us, 459 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:58.200 Nancy flying us around on the arm and our other crewmates, 460 00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:59.734 and to also look at my buddy, Jim Newman, 461 00:23:59.734 --> 00:24:01.300 who I was space walking with, 462 00:24:01.300 --> 00:24:03.834 and look into his eyes and see what he was seeing. 463 00:24:03.834 --> 00:24:05.467 It was -- Just though are the memories 464 00:24:05.467 --> 00:24:07.501 I think that will stay with me forever. 465 00:24:10.767 --> 00:24:13.033 -What will you think of when you look back on this, 466 00:24:13.033 --> 00:24:14.234 and how do you feel about being such 467 00:24:14.234 --> 00:24:18.901 an important part of history in the making? 468 00:24:18.901 --> 00:24:21.300 -Well, this is exactly why I wanted to come to NASA. 469 00:24:21.300 --> 00:24:23.300 I wanted to be part of what I believe 470 00:24:23.300 --> 00:24:26.634 is the greatest advantage that mankind has ever undertaken, 471 00:24:26.634 --> 00:24:30.200 however small my part. 472 00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:32.534 Right now I think, when I look back on this mission, 473 00:24:32.534 --> 00:24:34.634 I'm going to have an immense sense of pride 474 00:24:34.634 --> 00:24:39.067 that we took a team of seven folks, including -- 475 00:24:39.067 --> 00:24:40.534 We took a team of seven folks, 476 00:24:40.534 --> 00:24:45.167 and were trained by literally hundreds of people back at JSC 477 00:24:45.167 --> 00:24:47.033 and KSC and Goddard Space Center, 478 00:24:47.033 --> 00:24:49.067 and actually folks all over NASA, 479 00:24:49.067 --> 00:24:50.133 and we were able to, 480 00:24:50.133 --> 00:24:52.167 within about a year's period of time, 481 00:24:52.167 --> 00:24:55.100 get it all together and pull this mission off, 482 00:24:55.100 --> 00:24:57.868 and be able to come back and hold our heads high 483 00:24:57.868 --> 00:25:00.501 that we did everything we said we were going to do. 484 00:25:03.734 --> 00:25:05.634 -Can you give us a little sense of what Hubble can do 485 00:25:05.634 --> 00:25:07.834 in its current state better than what the ground can do, 486 00:25:07.834 --> 00:25:09.534 and what the ground with adaptive optics 487 00:25:09.534 --> 00:25:12.200 and other technologies better than Hubble? 488 00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:14.534 Kind of how they work together to do whatever it is 489 00:25:14.534 --> 00:25:16.133 that you guys are going to do. 490 00:25:18.501 --> 00:25:21.567 -So there's a couple of things that Hubble does really well 491 00:25:21.567 --> 00:25:23.133 that can't be done on the ground yet, 492 00:25:23.133 --> 00:25:25.834 and one of which is that Hubble, being in Earth's orbit, 493 00:25:25.834 --> 00:25:27.634 can observe during the daytime, 494 00:25:27.634 --> 00:25:30.667 and so you're able to point at a single source in the sky, 495 00:25:30.667 --> 00:25:32.868 say some very, very distant galaxy, 496 00:25:32.868 --> 00:25:35.934 and look at it almost around the clock, 497 00:25:35.934 --> 00:25:37.133 and that's something that obviously the 498 00:25:37.133 --> 00:25:38.501 ground observatories can't do 499 00:25:38.501 --> 00:25:40.167 because as soon as the sun starts coming up, 500 00:25:40.167 --> 00:25:43.367 or as soon as the galaxy sets in one horizon or the other, 501 00:25:43.367 --> 00:25:44.934 they have to stop observing. 502 00:25:44.934 --> 00:25:47.200 And so Hubble has that ability to look at an object 503 00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:48.701 for a long period of time. 504 00:25:48.701 --> 00:25:51.634 The pointing system on Hubble is also superb, 505 00:25:51.634 --> 00:25:54.734 and so it is unrivaled in its ability 506 00:25:54.734 --> 00:25:56.501 to be very steady when it looks at a source, 507 00:25:56.501 --> 00:25:58.567 and anytime anybody has taken a photograph 508 00:25:58.567 --> 00:26:01.734 and the camera shakes a little bit and the image is blurred, 509 00:26:01.734 --> 00:26:05.133 that's an inevitable consequence of being on planet Earth. 510 00:26:05.133 --> 00:26:08.934 Now, these very big telescopes, like the Gemini telescopes 511 00:26:08.934 --> 00:26:10.334 and the tech telescopes 512 00:26:10.334 --> 00:26:12.267 and others that are coming online, 513 00:26:12.267 --> 00:26:14.801 are rapidly encroaching on Hubble's territory, 514 00:26:14.801 --> 00:26:16.300 but that's a good thing because 515 00:26:16.300 --> 00:26:19.667 the two types of technologies work very well together. 516 00:26:19.667 --> 00:26:23.300 You can do an initial discovery observation on the Hubble 517 00:26:23.300 --> 00:26:26.701 and then go follow up with one of the big light buckets. 518 00:26:26.701 --> 00:26:29.133 The limitations on the ground-based telescopes now are, 519 00:26:29.133 --> 00:26:32.634 they really only work well in the infrared and red to make 520 00:26:32.634 --> 00:26:35.167 the kind of images that Hubble makes whereas 521 00:26:35.167 --> 00:26:37.467 the Hubble works throughout the entire visible spectrum 522 00:26:37.467 --> 00:26:40.000 and also the infrared and ultraviolet. 523 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:41.968 Now that we've brought the NICMOS back to life, 524 00:26:41.968 --> 00:26:43.934 we can do the infrared again. 525 00:26:43.934 --> 00:26:46.334 Eventually I think the technology will be there 526 00:26:46.334 --> 00:26:47.634 that the ground-based telescopes 527 00:26:47.634 --> 00:26:49.567 will be able to do most of what Hubble does, 528 00:26:49.567 --> 00:26:51.267 but it'll still have a very useful function, 529 00:26:51.267 --> 00:26:53.300 in fact maybe still a leading function, 530 00:26:53.300 --> 00:26:56.200 in helping to expand the discoveries space, 531 00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.300 and so I really have to stress 532 00:26:57.300 --> 00:26:58.901 that the telescopes all work together, 533 00:26:58.901 --> 00:27:02.000 and that's really the wonderful part of all this astronomy. 534 00:27:13.501 --> 00:27:14.701 -This is Mission Control, Houston. 535 00:27:14.701 --> 00:27:18.334 About 4,300 statute miles behind Columbia 536 00:27:18.334 --> 00:27:20.467 is the Hubble Space Telescope. 537 00:27:20.467 --> 00:27:23.400 The Hubble Space Telescope was released from Columbia 538 00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:25.667 yesterday morning, about 4:04 a.m. 539 00:27:25.667 --> 00:27:27.767 -Columbia. No reply required. 540 00:27:27.767 --> 00:27:29.701 We're 3 1/2 minutes to the LOS. 541 00:27:29.701 --> 00:27:33.667 Message 83, 84 are on board. 542 00:27:33.667 --> 00:27:35.300 With the comm situation that we have, 543 00:27:35.300 --> 00:27:36.968 we will bid you a good night now. 544 00:27:36.968 --> 00:27:39.601 We know you have a busy day tomorrow. 545 00:27:39.601 --> 00:27:41.501 We will be listening if you need anything. 546 00:27:41.501 --> 00:27:43.067 Have a great sleep. 547 00:27:47.234 --> 00:27:48.601 -Houston, we'll go ahead and reply. 548 00:27:48.601 --> 00:27:50.000 Thanks for everything. 549 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:52.767 We'll take a look at the message and talk to you later. 550 00:28:09.901 --> 00:28:11.200 -This is Mission Control, Houston. 551 00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:13.734 You're looking at a view of the Galapagos Islands, 552 00:28:13.734 --> 00:28:15.934 from a camera in the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Columbia, 553 00:28:15.934 --> 00:28:18.133 as Columbia orbits over the eastern Pacific Ocean 554 00:28:18.133 --> 00:28:21.200 at an altitude of 350 statute miles.