>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
GLAEGZ, I'M AWFULLY EXCITED BECAUSE MY NEXT GUEST IS A
VETERAN ASTRONAUTS WHO SPEND A RECORD-SETTING 340 CONSECUTIVE
DAYS IN ORBIT.
PLEASE WELCOME CAPTAIN SCOTT KELLY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HEY, SCOTT.
NICE TO MEET YOU IN PERSON.
COME ON UP HERE.
♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: THAT I LIKE.
ISN'T THAT NICE?
WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY GREAT ENOUGH WHERE THEY STILL STAND UP
FOR ASTRONAUTS.
THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE IN AMERICA.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> WE STILL LIVE IN A COUNTRY.
>> Stephen: STILL A GREAT COUNTRY.
NOW, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU AND I HAVE EVER SPOKEN IN
PERSON.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU SEVERAL TIMES WHEN YOU WERE UP
ON THE SPACE STATION, AND I HAVE ACTUALLY SPOKEN WITH YOUR TWIN
BROTHER, MARK.
HE AND I LANDED THE SPACE SHUTTLE SIMULATOR TOGETHER.
>> AND I THINK YOU INVITED HIM HERE BEFORE YOU INVITED ME,
RIGHT?
>> Stephen: I THINK YOU WERE IN SPACE.
I THINK WE WOULD HAVE HAD YOU ON, BUT YOU WERE IN ORBIT.
340 DAYS IN ORBIT.
GIVEN-- GIVEN THE STATE OF THE EARTH, DO YOU EVER WISH YOU WERE
STILL UP THERE.
>> EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY.
>> Stephen: CAN WE SHOW THE VIEW?
( APPLAUSE ) JIM, LET'S SHOW PEOPLE THE VIEW.
SO THOSE ARE-- THOSE ARE YOUR SOCKS RIGHT THERE, RIGHT?
WE'RE LOOKING AT A PICTURE OF-- >> THESE ARE MY SOCKS HERE, TOO.
>> Stephen: THOSE ARE YOUR SOCKS.
>> Stephen: NO, THOSE FEET RIGHT THERE.
>> OH!
>> Stephen: THOSE FEET RIGHT THERE.
THOSE ARE YOUR SOCKS.
>> I SEE THEM.
THE ONES WITH THE HOLES IN THEM.
>> Stephen: ARE THOSE SPECIAL SPACE SOCKS OR ARE THEY LANDS
END SOCKS.
>> I THINK THEY'RE PATAGONIA.
>> Stephen: DID YOU HOLD UP YOUR PATAGONIA SOCKS AND YOU
WERE FLYING OVER PATAGONIA.
>> WE JOKED ABOUT IT.
WE HEAR THERE'S A GIFT SHOP THERE WHERE YOU CAN GET
SWEATERS.
>> Stephen: WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW?
>> IT'S THE BAHAMAS.
I CAN TELL BECAUSE IT'S SO BLUE AND EXPANSIVE, BEAUTIFUL.
>> Stephen: DID YOU EVER GET TIRED OF IT?
LIKE AFTER-- AT WHAT POINT DID YOU GET CRANKY AFTER 340 DAYS?
>> I NEVER GOT TIRED OF THE VIEW BUT THERE WAS ONE DAY TOWARD THE
END WHERE I OPENED UP THE BEHINDO AND I SEE WITHIN A
COUPLE OF SECONDS A PATCH OF SAND THAT I RECOGNIZED
IMMEDIATELY AS A SPOT JUST NORTH OF MOGADISHU IN AFRICA, AND I
WAS LIKE, IT'S TIME TO GO HOME NOW.
>> Stephen: YOU DIDN'T LITERALLY OPEN THE WINDOW,
RIGHT?
>> WELL, NOT TO LET -- >> Stephen: BECAUSE THAT'S A
TERRIBLE IDEA!
>> NOT TO LET THE AIR OUT.
>> Stephen: OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
WHEN YOU'RE UP THERE, WHAT DOES IT SMELL LIKE IN THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
BECAUSE THE SMELLS-- YOU CAN'T GET RID OF THE SMELLS UP THERE.
>> THEY LICKER LONGER WITHOUT GRAVITY.
>> Stephen: DO YOU WEAR COLOGNE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
>> I DIDN'T.
>> Stephen: DO THE RUSSIANS WEAR COLOGNE?
>> POSSIBLY.
I DIDN'T CHECK.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU WORKED WITH THEM, RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
WHAT'S IT LIKE-- >> THEY DIDN'T SMELL ANY WORSE
THAN US.
WE ALL SMELLED.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S IT LIKE SLEEPING IN SPACE?
>> SLEEPING IS HARD.
>> Stephen: WHY?
>> BECAUSE ALL DAY LONG ON EARTH WE ARE OPPOSING GRAVITY, AND
WHEN YOU COME HOME AND SIT DOWN ON THE COUCH TO WATCH YOUR SHOW,
FOR INSTANCE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MORE COMFORTABLE,
AND LATER WHEN YOU GO TO BED YOU'RE MORE COMFORTABLE.
IN SPACE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU'RE FLOATING LIKE THIS
WORKING OR FLOATING LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, DOING A SCIENCE
EXPERIMENT OR WORKING ON THE COMPUTER OR GOING TO SLEEP, SAME
LEVEL OF COMFORT, WHICH MAKES IT HARD TO GO TO SLEEP.
>> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT-- WHAT ABOUT CLOSING YOUR EYES?
I UNDERSTAND, LIKE, THERE ARE GRAYS UP THERE THAT FKD YOU.
>> THERE IS COSMIC RADIATION THAT YOU CAN SEE WITH YOUR EYES
CLOSED, LITTLE FLASHES LIKE FIREWORKS.
AND THEN WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT RADIATION IS ALSO GOING THROUGH
YOUR BRAIN, KIND OF KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT.
( LAUGHTER ) A LITTLE BIT.
>> Stephen: SO WHEN YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES, IT DOESN'T GET DARK.
EVEN IF YOU'RE IN A DARK ROOM WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED THERE ARE
LITTLE SPARKS GOING OFF?
>> OCCASIONALLY, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
>> Stephen: DO YOU GAIN-- DO YOU GAIN HEIGHT IN SPACE?
IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS?
>> I STRETCHED.
>> Stephen: YOU STRETCH.
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT BEING COMPACTED BY GRAVITY?
>> CORRECT.
SO I'M LIKE 5'6" NOW.
MY BROTHER IS STILL THREE FOOT SIX.
I GREW TWO FEET.
>> Stephen: WELL, THAT TAKES ME TO PART OF THE REASONS WHY
YOU WENT UP THERE IS THAT YOU HAVE A TWIN BROTHER, MARK ALSO
AN ASTRONAUT.
THEY HAVE YEARS OF DATA ON YOUR HEALTH AND ON YOUR PHYSICAL
CONDITION.
AND YOU GUYS DID THIS TWIN STUDY.
SO YOU WENT UP THERE FOR NEARLY A YEAR, 340 DAYS.
WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU WHEN YOU CAME
BACK?
WERE THERE MARKED DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, LIKE, YOUR BONE DENSITY
AND HIS?
>> SO A LOT OF THIS STUDY WAS GENETIC-BASED.
SO THE SUSPICION OF THE--, YOU KNOW, THE HYPOTHESIS OF THE
EXPERIMENT WAS I WOULD GO UP IN SPACE AND BE EXPOSED TO
RADIATION, A LOT OF RADIATION, YOU KNOW, HARSH ENVIRONMENT,
STRESS.
I WOULD AGE, AS REFLECTED BY MY TELOMERES AT A FASTER RATE.
THE MERES ARE AN INDICATION OF OUR PHYSICAL AGE.
>> Stephen: THERE'S A COIL OF PROTEIN, CHROMOSOMES.
>> THEY THOUGHT I WOULD GET OLDER, AND THE SUSPICION WAS AS
WE AGED, MAYBE I WOULD LOOK OLDER THAN MY BROTHER.
WHEN WE WOULD GET TO BE 60, HE WOULD LOOK 60 AND I WOULD LOOK
70.
BUT I THINK IF THAT HAPPENS, WHAT REALLY HAPPENS IS MY
BROTHER WOULD GET BOTOX.
SEEMS LIEB THE KIND OF THING HE MIGHT DO.
>> Stephen: DO YOU LORD IT OVER YOUR BROTHER THAT YOU SPENT
MORE TIME IN SPACE THAN HE DID?
>> EVERY CHANCE I GET.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: WELL, HERE YOU ARE-- HERE YOU ARE BEING TAKEN
OUT OF THE CAPSULE WHEN IT LANDED IN KAZAKHSTAN.
WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU GET BACK ON EARTH
AFTER ALL THAT TIME IN SPACE?
>> UM, YOU MEAN, LIKE THE FIRST THING I COULD TELL YOU ABOUT?
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: IT'S NOT A NEWS
SHOW, SIR.
THERE'S-- WE HAVE NO DIGNITY HERE!
>> I WENT HOME AND I JUMPED IN MY SWIMMING POOL.
BECAUSE I HADN'T TAKEN A SHOWER IN A YEAR.
SO I WAS -- >> Stephen: WOW!
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> AND I JUST WANTED WATER -- >> Stephen: THERE WAS CHLORINE
IN THE POOL I HOPE.
>> THERE WAS.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE YOU CAN'T IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE SPACE.
>> FOR A YEAR.
>> Stephen: DO YOU EVER GET TIRED OF BREATHING THAT AIR IN
AND SUCK IT OUT.
EVERY ASTRONAUT WHO GOES UP THERE DOES THAT TRICK FOR US.
>> AND PLAYING WITH YOUR FOOD AND STUFF, THAT GOING TO OLD
AFTER A WHILE.
>> Stephen: UH-HUH, YEAH.
( LAUGHTER ) I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO
SPACE.
IS IT-- IS IT-- WOULD YOU RECOMMEND IT?
>> I WOULD.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE.
IT'S A PRIVILEGE.
IT'S THE-- YOU KNOW, IT WAS A PROFESSIONAL, YOU KNOW, LIKE
ACHIEVEMENT OF MY LIFE BEING ABLE TO SPEND THAT AMOUNT OF
TIME IN SPACE.
ESPECIALLY FOR A KID LIKE ME WHO WAS AS-- GROWING UP THIS KID
THAT COULDN'T PAY ATTENTION IN SCHOOL.
IF I WAS IN SCHOOL TODAY, I WOULD BE THE KID WITH A.D.D., OR
A.D.H.D.
>> Stephen: YOU TALK ABOUT THIS IN YOUR BOOK "ENDURANCE,"
WHICH IS NOT ONLY ABOUT YOUR TIME IN SPACE BUT YOUR LIFE AND
WHAT IT TOOK TO GET THERE.
YOU WEREN'T A GOOD STUDENT.
I THOUGHT YOU HAD TO BE A GOOD STUDENT TO BE AN ASTRONAUT.
>> YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT.
AND THEY THINK THAT--
THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE SMARTEST KID IN THE CLASS
GROWING UP.
BUT I WAS THE EXACT OPPOSITE, LOOKING OUT THE BEHINDO,
DAYDREAMING.
AND IT WASN'T UNTIL I WAS IN COLLEGE AND PICKED UP THE BOOK
"THE RIGHT STUFF," AND IT, YOU KNOW, INSPIRED ME THAT I COULD
DO MORE, IF I COULD ONLY BE A BETTER STUDENT.
>> Stephen: DID YOU END UP MEETING ANY OF THE GUYS WHO WERE
PROFILED IN "THE RIGHT STUFF."
>> YEAHING, ABSOLUTELY OVER THE YEARS, YEAH.
>> Stephen: DID YOU TELL THEM, "THIS IS WHAT INSPIRED ME TO BE
AN ASTRONAUT?" >> NO, I DIDN'T.
I TOLD TOM WOLF, THOUGH.
>> Stephen: YOU TOLD TOM WOLF?
>> I TOLD TOM WOLF.
>> Stephen: SO IF THERE ARE OTHER KID OUT THERE WHO MIGHT BE
A LITTLE A.D.D., WHO MIGHT BE STARING OUT THE WINDOW.
THERE'S HOPE FOR THEM, IF THEY JUST BUCKLE DOWN THEY COULD
STARE DOWN THIS WINDOW, TOO.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Stephen: THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
THANKS FOR GOING THERE.
"ENDURANCE" IS OUT NOW.
CAPTAIN SCOTT KELLY, EVERYBODY.