00:00Pictures on your screen right now and we'll be going straight across to them. Let's take a listen. This is from Axiom 4.
00:30This is not a personal accomplishment. It is a collective achievement of each and every one of you who has been a part of this journey. And to make this part, I really want to thank each one of you. Also to family and friends, you know, your support has mattered so much. This is so much because of all of you guys.
00:48We showed you joy and grace. You know, this is a swan, a great symbol. It looks really cute, but we have a very important swan in our Indian culture.
01:02The swan symbolizes wisdom. It also has the ability to discern what it needs to be focused on and what it does not. So basically, we call it an age of distraction, I would say.
01:17So this means a lot more, not just a zero-g indicator for us. And I think that we all have symbolism in Poland and in Hungary and India as well. So I think this looks like a coincidence, but it is not. It has more meaning than what we are attaching it to it.
01:36So the capsule itself, grace has been very kind. I have been feeling, I was not feeling very great when we, you know, got shot into the vacuum. But since yesterday, I've been told that I've been sleeping a lot, which is a good sign.
01:49So I think that's a great sign. I'm getting used to this quite well, enjoying the views, enjoying the entire experience, learning like a baby, you know, learning the new steps, learning how to walk, learning how to control yourself, everything, learning how to eat, I think.
02:07So it's a new environment, new challenge. And I'm really enjoying this experience with my fellow astronauts here.
02:14And it's good to make mistakes, but it's better to see somebody else do that too.
02:19So it has been a fun time up here. That is all I have to say. Thank you so much, guys, for making this happen.
02:28And I'm sure that we are going to have a great time. And with this, I will hand over to Tibor now.
02:37Okay, you heard there from group captain Shubhanshu Shukla talking about the fun that they're having, really.
02:51Hi, everyone from space.
02:52We had an amazing ride, as Shubh said.
02:59We were actually only a few seconds away from a few more days of quarantine.
03:03So even though we were sitting basically almost three hours in our capsule, our new capsule, and, you know, those times could be sometimes literally boring,
03:13we had those minutes and seconds when it was actually very, very exciting, even before the launch.
03:17When the launch happened, it was a feeling that I could not predict.
03:23We have been trying to prepare for those minutes and seconds for a long time, including the centrifuge training,
03:29including fighter jet trainings as well.
03:33But the rocket launch is completely something else.
03:35I was really, really happy that we could do this finally.
03:40And we also wanted to thank you for basically thanks for everyone around the world and every person, every team who made this beautiful day happen,
03:48because finally our day came.
03:50When it comes to joy, a team that has joy is a team that is healthy.
03:58I think those words resonate with this crew the most.
04:03But it's not only us.
04:04It's all the teams around the world that we have been privileged to work with in the last year.
04:10Every time we look at her, we think of those people as well.
04:14We had so much fun, so much happiness during this year.
04:18All those happy moments are gathered and culminated in one little swan.
04:24And maybe some other words.
04:26This plush is actually a tribute to the one and single son in the crew, Sid,
04:32because he's a son of Shooks and he loves animals.
04:37So every time when I look at joy, I also think about the hopeful future.
04:44Because of that.
04:46And a few words on Grace.
04:48I think we have a very deep connection with her.
04:51She's taking care of us really, really well.
04:54And this is her first time in space.
04:57And also the same goes for the three of us.
04:59So I think this is a deep connection.
05:01We love her.
05:02She's taking care of us.
05:04I want to say before that, you know,
05:07Grace flies pretty loudly.
05:13But that's only true for the first ten minutes.
05:19Ever since then, we have been really, really quiet in space.
05:25When it comes to the first impressions of Earth.
05:28All right.
05:33It's a webcast from space that you just heard.
05:35Let's go back, in fact, to those visuals.
05:37You heard just a few moments ago from group captain Shubhanshu Shukla there.
05:45It's a live conversation with the crew, with the Axiom 4 crew at U-Hard.
05:50In fact, thanking everyone.
05:52Remember, this is a media event, essentially from space.
05:57Grace, we also inaugurated her.
06:00And when it comes to SpaceX Dragon capsule to fly for the first time,
06:06we put our patch in her.
06:09So Peggy will show you that we had our first ceremony as well in Grace.
06:16So we gave her our patch.
06:25And like on our patch, the Earth is in the center of the patch.
06:32This is exactly how we see the view from here, from Grace, from up the orbit.
06:39We all four here represent quite a big chunk of the planet.
06:46That's what we think.
06:50We come from three different continents.
06:52We come from four different countries.
06:54With India, obviously the big country, but the United States.
06:58And as well, both of us representing the European Union and our countries, Poland and Hungary.
07:04Altogether, we represent something around between 25 to 30 percent of the global population.
07:10And that's what drove us and how we look out the window.
07:17We see all of you, all of you back home.
07:20And hundreds of people who were working on the mission,
07:24hundreds of trainers that we met,
07:26hundreds of principal investigators, scientists, technologists, engineers,
07:32and who were working on science complements for our missions,
07:36but as well thousands or millions of students, kids, and adults,
07:43people back home following our missions.
07:44So all this mission is thanks to you, and we represent all of you here in space.
07:50When we met for the first time, we have selected the motto for our mission was space for everyone.
07:59And I really feel that this became even more true now.
08:05But it became true for me when we met for the first time.
08:09It felt like a team from the early beginning,
08:12and we just get better, more, you know, knowing each other in a better way.
08:18And we will try to do our best when we dock to the International Space Station.
08:23So this is the moment we can't wait.
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