00:00Hey, guys, I know you're busy, so I don't want to take up much of your time here, but
00:04very proud of you.
00:06The world's looking up because of you.
00:08You've reminded millions of people what a crew and a mission and a shared purpose can
00:16really do.
00:17So thank you for taking and carrying the hopes of a nation beyond the horizon.
00:23I think we really needed this at this point in our history.
00:26I really appreciate it.
00:27And Victor, since I'm in John McCain's Senate seat and you are a McCain alum, so this question
00:34is for you.
00:35Just curious, how fast are you going at EI?
00:40What kind of G-profile are you going to be on?
00:43And how sporty of a ride do you expect it to be when those chutes open?
00:54Oh, Mark, thank you.
00:55It's great to hear from you.
00:56Thank you for your continued leadership and support and friendship.
01:01And the ride's been amazing.
01:04Jumping off the pad was awesome.
01:05And a lot of people think about rocket science and staging power versus weight.
01:09Well, slowing down from that speed takes just as much thought and practice.
01:14And so we're going to come into the atmosphere at about almost 40 times the speed of sound.
01:18And then we will slow down to a 20-mile-an-hour touchdown into the Pacific.
01:23But the G-profile will actually be very similar to what it is on launch.
01:28We'll get up into the 3 Gs, just over 3 Gs on the way down for a normal entry.
01:35But if it was a ballistic, we could get up as high as 9, 10 Gs, which is what you
01:40pull in a fighter jet.
01:41But we could be doing that for several minutes, for 8 or 9 minutes.
01:45And so the G-profile is going to be pretty sporty.
01:48But when we touch down, the heat shield and the parachutes are going to get us nice and slow
01:54so that we touch down in a, what did I say, about a 20-mile-an-hour splashdown in the
01:58Pacific.
01:59And we can't wait to see the dive team and the Navy that are going to come and pick us
02:03up.
02:05All right. Thanks, guys.
02:08Well, thank you, Jared.
02:10Integrity, this is Ted, comms check.
02:12It is, I feel very official now.
02:15I will say I feel particularly profound.
02:18This is the first and only time in my life when I've stood next to someone
02:22who is speaking on behalf of the people of Earth.
02:26That's a heck of a statement.
02:28And I know that you guys are, I can only imagine the awe and wonderment you feel,
02:35but I want to just start by saying thank you.
02:37You are inspiring.
02:38That is not hyperbole when Jared speaks about the people of Earth across the planet.
02:45People are watching you and amazed, watching you put food packets away,
02:50as we were doing just a few minutes ago, watching you float around with the floating head,
02:55and you are bringing people together all across our globe.
03:00So thank you.
03:01Thank you for your good cheer.
03:03Thank you for your eloquence.
03:04Thank you for inspiring people.
03:06I have two questions.
03:08Number one, if you could go back in time and talk to yourself at age 10,
03:15what would you tell yourself about going to the moon?
03:19And then question two, if and when they make a movie about this, who do you want to play you?
03:27Well, sir, it's an honor to be with all of you, and please say hello to all of our colleagues
03:31there at Johnson Space Center.
03:33We can't wait to be back.
03:35My 10-year-old self, I recently found some photos of myself on a family vacation at Kennedy Space Center,
03:42and we were posing in front of the Saturn V rocket with me, with my siblings, and my parents.
03:48And if I could have told that little girl who took home a picture of Earthrise and hung it in
03:54her room,
03:54that she would eventually launch from that same place to see that same view,
03:59I'm pretty sure she would not believe it.
04:02But even though I still can't believe it, and she certainly wouldn't believe it,
04:07she chased that dream, and it ended up happening.
04:10It's such an honor to hear that we've inspired.
04:12That's truly one of the top things that we ever wanted to do.
04:17And I am definitely not answering the movie question.
04:19That's going to be for Reed.
04:23Senator Cruz, it's great to talk to you, and thank you for visiting our friends and family there at the
04:27Johnson Space Center.
04:28That is fantastic.
04:30We've thought a little bit about the movie, and I think that's way out of our pay grade.
04:35So we don't know who's going to play us.
04:38That's up to whoever decides.
04:39But one thing we do know for certain is this guy is going to be played by Buzz Lightyear, 100
04:45percent, no doubt.
04:48Hey, everybody.
04:49I know how proud we are in Alabama of the role that Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville has played
04:55in this incredible mission.
04:56So I can't even imagine how unbelievably proud your families are of you and how excited they are to see
05:02you soon and to welcome you back to Earth.
05:04So instead of a question, I want to let each of you just take the next minute to publicly address
05:09your children
05:09and the next generation of space explorers as history-making Spice Flight, this mission, enters its final hours.
05:17So thank you so much for your incredible service and your example.
05:29Thank you very much for this question.
05:30We are in a maneuver right now, so I hope we don't lose the signal briefly, but we just heard
05:34the thrusters firing on the service module to reorient us.
05:37We have a return trajectory correction burn number two coming up in just a little while.
05:42But I just want to look at my daughters, Ellie and Katie, and just say I love you.
05:47And their support has been unbelievable.
05:49I don't think they knew what this mission really meant when we launched, but they have learned through the outpouring
05:54of public support,
05:55their friends' support and family support, really the world has come together.
05:59We have seen it, and we have seen it through their eyes, too.
06:01And it has been a very proud moment for me as their father to see the joy in their expression
06:06and the way they email and communicate when we have private conferences.
06:10It's still on.
06:13For my three children, Devin, Ashley, and Caitlin, you know, I think it's worth pointing out.
06:18I learn as much, maybe more, from you than you learn from me.
06:22But the one thing I'd remind you, and I think is worth reminding ourselves and other youth,
06:28is that all you have to do on any given day is just get up and do your best
06:33and try to find joy in your day and try to contribute in a meaningful and positive way.
06:38And that's it.
06:39And I think we as humans, we put too much pressure on ourselves looking for perfection.
06:44And if you look at what we're doing out here, it is far from perfection.
06:48But we are getting it done.
06:50Wait, that's us.
06:54Genesis, Maya, Joya, and Corinne, as we are on our way back from this dream of a mission,
07:02your mom and I look forward to supporting you, chasing and catching your own dreams.
07:07We spent years coaching you, but we are very much in that transition to being cheerleaders
07:12and just rooting for you in life.
07:14And to the future citizens out there, the same sentiment applies.
07:18I hope this mission is giving you something that you can take and put in your pocket
07:23or in your heart and mind that you keep with you.
07:25But it's not because we want you to see what we've tried to show you.
07:30It's because we want you to take this and build a vocabulary to explain the world to us.
07:35Wow.
07:36Wow.
07:37Why do I ever answer questions around you guys?
07:39That was incredible.
07:41That was incredible.
07:42I'll take this second to say something to my nine nieces and nephews, which is, I love you
07:49and thank you for the amazing letters you wrote me, the amazing pictures you drew me.
07:53You had beautiful Earths and rockets, and they truly touched my mission, and I feel like
07:59you're here with me.
08:01Hi, crew.
08:02This is Congressman Mike Herodopoulos, and I represent Kennedy Space Center in Congress.
08:06And what a thrill to have watched you take off from Kennedy Space Center.
08:10It truly unified America.
08:12I have a question from one of our local voters here in Indy River County.
08:17Her name is Renee, and she said, what were you thinking when you were going around the
08:22moon, the furthest ever from Earth on the dark side of the moon?
08:25And we'd love to hear your thoughts as you made your way around the moon out of radio
08:30contact.
08:45So during the time of the nearest approach to the moon, we were doing so much science.
08:50I took a brief moment to say a short prayer of gratitude for being sent on this mission
08:56and trusted with, you know, bringing back scientifically relevant information.
09:01And I also just felt like I was hoping that people looked up and were watching to see when
09:09we came back into communication and that maybe there was a chance that folks would feel a sense
09:14of togetherness.
09:15You know, we have a moment of silence whenever something is solemn and that requires reverence
09:21or someone that we love has passed away.
09:23But maybe we could call it a moment of togetherness.
09:26As we were in radio silence, I was really hoping that we could just have a sense.
09:29You heard the word together, togetherness, a lot from our crew and really was hoping that
09:34while we were waiting to get back in contact, that people could just feel that sense of togetherness,
09:39that we were all a crew on Spaceship Earth.
09:44Good evening, Artemis II crew.
09:47Indeed, you are inspirational and you make us all proud Americans.
09:51I'm proud to represent the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, North
09:57Carolina, where Dr. Cook attended high school.
10:01With Dr. Cook becoming the first woman and Captain Glover, the first person of color to
10:06travel this far into space, what message do all of you have for the next generation of
10:12explorers who may be seeing themselves in this mission for the first time?
10:26Well, it's such an honor to speak with you and that you represent Durham.
10:30All of my family lives there and they're all flying to Houston right now, hopefully to watch
10:33our splashdown.
10:35So Durham is very near and dear to my heart.
10:38There's a lot to say about that topic.
10:42I feel like for us, we don't necessarily see any one individual as deserving of anything
10:51or accolades for being a first.
10:53What we see is something to celebrate that we are in a time when everyone who has a dream
10:58has to work equally and gets to work equally hard to achieve that dream.
11:02And so my message to those people is, yes, it is wonderful to feel inspiration because
11:08you see yourself in someone.
11:10I had that growing up, you had that growing up.
11:13I think that the message, the takeaway would be, you don't have to focus on just being there.
11:20Focus on excellence.
11:21Focus on being the best that you can be in any team, in any mission, contributing to any
11:28endeavor.
11:29And that will get you not only the fulfillment and meaning of your life, but you'll contribute
11:33the most to the world.
11:34Dude.
11:40Perhaps a passion for you.
11:41I am the one specific type of dream.
11:41Daddy Murph-Olu, youạc When people.
11:42You have to teach that your story about you, son.
11:42What's our own story of life feeling?"
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