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NASA astronaut Don Pettit is scheduled to return to Earth from the International Space Station, completing his 4th mission to the orbital outpost. See some of the science he conducted and photography he captured.

Credit: NASA
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00:01I come alive when I'm in orbit. It's like my being should be in space.
00:09Some people are born to be cowboys and ride a horse. I'm born to ride a rocket and be in
00:17space.
00:17And there is NASA astronaut Don Pettit flying in to the International Space Station.
00:26Science of Opportunity happens on Earth. It happens anywhere.
00:30There are scientists, engineers, uber geeks that are tasked with doing some programmatic work in a laboratory.
00:39And because you are there and you can, you get an idea.
00:44It's not on the script. It's not part of the program, but you get an idea.
00:48So the science of opportunity happens anywhere there are people thinking about advancing our knowledge.
00:56And the same thing happens on space station.
01:01Wow.
01:02That's good.
01:04And then that rogue drop just came in from someplace and then it went someplace.
01:10Whoa. Look at that.
01:14I have been working with ice.
01:18I'm freezing and thawing these crystals and looking at the front between the different crystals.
01:26The kind of research we do on space station is research where gravity has a major factor in the equation.
01:41Looking at Earth's horizon and our atmosphere on edge is truly a unique sight.
01:48You can also point your camera more zenith and you could look at Milky Way structures.
01:58Images from space help tell the story to people on Earth that don't have the opportunity to go into space.
02:07So the photographs help complete the story of what it means for human beings to expand into space and expand
02:18into this frontier.
02:19Well, for now as I stay here.
02:21Bye, I'm happy to see you later.
02:24Bye, I cry.
02:24Bye, and I been...
02:25Bye, I stay high.
02:25Down we all day.
02:27Bye, I stay high.
02:27Rock, high school day.
02:27And I'm I can only sing high, very Strengthen, verse 23,
02:27We've too busy.
02:27boat and I pray.
02:29Bye, all day.
02:29Never Has a great faith in立 뉴� illiterate you.
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