WELCOME
WELCOME BACK TO GREAT DAY WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. TODAY WE MEET TO ASTRONAUTS WHO
RECENTLY RETURNED TO EARTH
AFTER SIX MONTHS MISSION ON
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> PLEASE WELCOME THE NASA
ASTRONAUTS.
ASTRONAUTS. WE ARE SO EXCITED.
I AM TOTALLY GEEKY ABOUT HAVING
YOU GUYS HERE.
YOU REALLY GOT TO HAVE HER
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. WHAT WAS IT LIKE?
I CAN'T WRAP MY BRAIN AROUND
THE WHOLE ZERO GRAVITY THING.
YOU WERE IN SPACE.
YOU WERE JUST IN THE ROCKET.
YOU WERE IN SPACE.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE BOTH HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEND ABOUT 6 1/2 MONTHS ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
THE ORBITING LABORATORY AND
LOWER ORBIT ABOUT 250 MILES UP.
YOU FLY UP IN A RUSSIAN
VEHICLE.
VEHICLE.
VEHICLE. WE SPENT SIX MONTHS DOING
SCIENCE, REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE,
EARTH OBSERVATIONS.
EARTH OBSERVATIONS. WE GOT TO LIVE IN SPACE.
FOR 20 YEARS THAT SPACE STATION
HAS BEEN CONTINUOUSLY MANNED.
AND WE WERE FORTUNATE TO SPEND
TIME UP THERE.
>> YOU DID A SPACEWALK
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. I SAW SOME PICTURES AND VIDEO.
HOW COOL WAS THAT?
>> IT IS A LIFE-CHANGING
EXPERIENCE.
EXPERIENCE. WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO DO
OUR FIRST SPACEWALK TOGETHER.
NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT TO
EXPECT.
EXPECT.
EXPECT. THE FIRST TIME YOU DO IT IS THE
FIRST TIME.
FIRST TIME. GOING OUT THERE AND WORKING
SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH HER WAS AN
AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
AMAZING EXPERIENCE. >> THIS IS VIDEO OF YOUR
SPACEWALK.
SPACEWALK. YOU GUYS ARE SMILING.
>> THE OBLIGATORY SELFIE.
YOU HAVE TO CAPTURE THAT
MOMENT.
MOMENT.
MOMENT. >> SPACE SELFIE.
>> FUN MOMENTS GETTING TO SEE
YOUR OWN SHADOW.
I REMEMBER LOOKING DOWN AND
SEEING MY SHADOW BEHIND THE
EARTH.
EARTH.
EARTH. AND HERE IS NICK.
THOSE ARE REALLY JUST A COUPLE
OF FUN LITTLE MOMENTS.
BUT A SPACEWALK, WE WERE
OUTSIDE FOR 6 1/2 HOURS.
IT IS AN INTENSIVE PHYSICAL JOB
THAT REQUIRES 100% OF FOCUS.
THOSE FUN MOMENTS A GREAT TO
HAVE, BUT WE WERE VERY PROUD WE
GOT TO UPGRADE SOME OF THE
SYSTEMS ON THE SPACE STATION TO
EXTEND THE LIFE OF IT.
>> IT IS LIKE RUNNING A
MARATHON.
MARATHON.
MARATHON. WHERE IN THOSE SUITS FOR ABOUT
12 HOURS.
12 HOURS.
12 HOURS. >> ARE THEY HEAVY?
>> IN SPACE, IT DOESN'T WEIGH
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING. >> IT SEEMS LIKE SO MUCH.
I DID SOME FIRE JOURNALISM AND
HAD TO PUT ALL ALL THE GEAR.
THAT FLOATING FEELING, I COULD
NEVER GET USED TO THAT.
I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT FOOD ON
MY FACEBOOK PAGE.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T
ASK ABOUT THAT.
>> IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT
THEY DO FOR SOLDIERS WHEN THEY
DEPLOY.
DEPLOY.
DEPLOY. IT IS ALL PRESERVED FOOD . IT
IS AND PACKAGES.
A LOT OF IT IS DEHYDRATED.
WE HAVE TO ADD WATER TO IT TO
TRY TO CONSERVE THE WEIGHT.
SO WE RECYCLE ALL THE WATER UP
THERE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
TO BE HONEST, THE FOOD IS
PRETTY TASTY.
PRETTY TASTY. IT IS NOT AT ALL LIKE THE SPACE
ICE CREAM.
ICE CREAM. >> AS A KID, YOU GET THAT
PACKAGE OF VANILLA AND
CHOCOLATE.
CHOCOLATE. BUT YOU GUYS HAD REAL ICE
CREAM.
CREAM.
CREAM. >>
CREAM. >> WE DO SOMETIMES GET THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GET REAL ICE
CREAM UP THERE.
OUR SCIENTISTS SNEAK UP SOME
EVERY NOW AND THEN.
ACTUALLY WE FLY THE FREEZERS
FOR SCIENCE.
FOR SCIENCE. MOST OF WHAT WE DO IS SCIENCE.
TO PRESERVE SAMPLES, WE SEND IT
OUT IN FREEZERS.
SOMETIMES THEY SEND A LITTLE
ICE CREAM UP ON THE TRIP WITH
US.
US.
US. >>
US. >> YOU DON'T WANT TO SEND UP AN
EMPTY FREEZER.
EMPTY FREEZER. FUNGICIDE, THE WORK AND MISSION
YOU GUYS ARE ON, WHERE ARE WE
IN TERMS OF SENDING SOMEBODY TO
MARS?
MARS?
MARS? WHAT ARE WE STARTING TO SEE?
>> THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM AND
GOING BACK TO THE MOON BY 2024
IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
ON THE SPACE STATION WE ARE
WORKING TO SHAKE OUT SOME OF
THE EQUIPMENT WE ARE GOING TO
END UP USING TO BUILD THE
INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO DO
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. WE
THAT. WE ARE GOING BACK TO THE MOON,
AND THAT WILL HELP US LEARN
WHAT WE NEED TO TO GO ON TO
MARS.
MARS.
MARS. >>
MARS. >> YOU WERE ON A MISSION THAT
HAD TO BE ABORTED.
I WATCHED SOME OF THE VIDEO AND
MY HEART JUST SANK.
I AM SURE YOURS DID AS WELL.
TELL US WHAT IT IS LIKE AND
WHAT IT IS LIKE FOR TRAINING
FOR A MOMENT LIKE THAT WHEN
SOMETHING DOESN'T GO AS
PLANNED.
PLANNED.
PLANNED. >> 95% OF THE TRAINING WE DO IS
TO PREPARE FOR THE THINGS THAT
WE HOPE NEVER ARE GOING TO
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. THE FAILURES.
THE FAILURES. SO THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE
SCENARIOS THAT WE HAD TRAINED
FOR AND PREPARED FOR.
IN THE MOMENT, THE EMOTIONS GET
SET ASIDE AND YOU FOCUS ON THIS
IS THE JOB AND I KNOW MY BEST
CHANCE FOR SURVIVAL IS TO DO
THE PROCEDURES FLAWLESSLY.
SO WORKING TOGETHER WITH MY
COSMONAUTS, THE CREWMATE AND
BEING ABLE TO PULL THROUGH THAT
BY JUST FOLLOWING THE
PROCEDURES AND RIGHT LYING ON
THE GROUND T.
>> WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO BECOME
AN ASTRONAUT?
AN ASTRONAUT? I'M ALWAYS CURIOUS.
>> FOR EVERYBODY IN A LITTLE
BIT DIFFER.
BIT DIFFER. I FIRST TOLD MY MOM I WANTED TO
BE AN ASTRONAUT WHEN I WAS
THREE YEARS OLD.
WHEN I WENT TO PRESCHOOL MY
FIRST DAY I HAD MY LUNCHBOX AND
SAID I'M GOING TO SCHOOL TO
LEARN TO BE AN ASTRONAUT.
I WAS REALLY FORTUNATE THAT NO
ONE TOLD ME IT WAS UNREALISTIC.
I ALWAYS TELL KIDS, HAVE AN
UNREALISTIC GOAL BUT A
REALISTIC PATH TO GET THERE.
FOR US PARENTS, IF A CHILD
TELLS YOU THIS AMAZING DREAM,
TELL THEM THAT YES YOU CAN DO
IT, BUT IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK.
>> WE THINK BOTH OF YOU FOR
BEING UP THERE AND RISKING YOUR
LIVES TO ADVANCE EVERYTHING WE
ARE LEARNING ABOUT SPACE AND
SCIENCE.
SCIENCE.
SCIENCE. WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HOME SAFE AND
SOUND ON SOLID GROUND.
THE SPACE STATION WILL FLY