00:00Marsha Dunn, Associated Press for URED.
00:03Could you please describe your emotions when Jeremy called down to Mission Control
00:08to ask permission to name a lunar crater after your late wife, Carol?
00:12It was a pretty emotional, powerful moment down here.
00:18Marsha, it was a powerful moment up here as well.
00:21My crewmates approached me when we were at Kennedy in quarantine,
00:27and they said, hey, the three of them had talked, and they would like to do this.
00:31And that was an emotional moment for me, and I just thought that was just a total treasure
00:38that they had thought through this, and they had offered this.
00:41And I said, absolutely, I would love that. I think that's just the best.
00:45And I said, but I can't give the speech. I can't give the talk.
00:49And Jeremy, the kind of guy he is, he said he would do it.
00:52And it was getting emotional there.
00:54And I think when Jeremy spelled Carol's name, C-A-R-R-O-L-L,
00:59I think for me that's when I was overwhelmed with emotion,
01:02and I looked over and Christina was crying.
01:04I put my hand down on Jeremy's hand as he was still talking.
01:07It was right there on that rail.
01:09And I could just tell he was trembling, and we all pretty much broke down right there.
01:14And just for me personally, that was kind of the pinnacle moment of the mission for me.
01:20That was, I think, where the four of us were the most forged, the most bonded,
01:24and we came out of that really focused on that day ahead.
01:27I think that was a very caging moment for the four of us.
01:30Thank you for that question, and it was a great moment.
01:33We'll take our next question in the room here from Joey. Go ahead.
01:37Thanks. Joey Rollett with Reuters.
01:39I'm curious, Reid, and for anyone else who wants to answer it,
01:42how has this mission changed you guys personally in your views of the moon?
01:48These photos make it look kind of intimidating and beastly,
01:51and I'm just curious to hear your thoughts on how you guys have also changed
01:54during this mission personally. Thank you.
01:58I had an opportunity earlier to answer this question from my own perspective,
02:03and we have seen just some extraordinary things,
02:06things that I thought we might see.
02:08They looked similar to what I thought they might look like,
02:11and other things that I just had never even imagined.
02:14And those were different perspectives that we saw these things from,
02:18but I have to say it hasn't changed my perspective or the perspective that I launched with.
02:25The perspective I launched with was that we live on a fragile planet
02:30in the vacuum, in the void of space.
02:32We know this from science.
02:34We're very fortunate to live on planet Earth.
02:38And the other perspective that I've sort of learned from others through life
02:43is that our purpose on the planet as humans is to find joy,
02:49to find the joy in lifting each other up by creating solutions together instead of destroying.
02:55And when you see it from out here, it doesn't change it.
02:59It just absolutely reaffirms that.
03:01It's almost like seeing living proof of it.
03:04Hi, Integrity.
03:05It's so wonderful to speak with you.
03:07This is Jackie Waddles with CNN.
03:10Obviously, there is a huge moment coming up with reentry.
03:14Can you describe your feelings, how you're preparing for that moment mentally and physically?
03:19And then as you prepare for the end of the journey,
03:22what are some moments that you know that you'll take with you for the rest of your life from this
03:26journey?
03:29You know, it started off sounding like an easy question for me to answer,
03:33and then it got really big.
03:34But I guess the entry thing, I'll be honest and say I've actually been thinking about entry
03:40since April 3rd, 2023, when we got assigned to this mission.
03:44And one of the first press conferences we were asked, what are we looking forward to?
03:47And I said, splashdown.
03:48And it's kind of humorous, but it's literal as well that we have to get back.
03:54There's so much data that you've seen already, but all the good stuff is coming back with us.
03:58There's so many more pictures, so many more stories.
04:01And gosh, I haven't even begun to process what we've been through.
04:07We've still got two more days.
04:10And riding a fireball through the atmosphere is profound as well.
04:14So I have to answer that question later.
04:18I'm not sure, but I can tell you it's a lot and lifelong memories.
04:25I'm going to be thinking about and talking about all of these things for the rest of my life, for
04:29sure.
04:30Hi, this is Kelly Malone with the Canadian Press.
04:34There's a lot of excitement about scientific advancements as a result of the mission.
04:38And you just spoke about the data, and I know you've spoken about training on robotics in Montreal.
04:43What are the takeaways from these missions so far that might be applied to robotics or other international tech efforts
04:49in the future?
04:50And on just a quick personal note for Jeremy, I'm told you got a surprise message from your family.
04:55Can you share what it was like to hear from them?
04:57Well, when I think about the Artemis program in general, you are, I mean, we've already seen some investments in
05:06pushing robotic technology.
05:08Forward for deep space that we're going to see put to good use in one way or another.
05:14And this is the beauty of this program that brings an international collaboration, sets big goals, and doesn't just talk
05:21about them, but goes after them and gets it done.
05:23We're going to need the advances in robotics.
05:27It's really hard out here.
05:29We're a long way from home.
05:31We've been learning the entire journey.
05:33We've been watching mission control learn.
05:36You do a lot of testing on the ground, but your final test is when you get this hardware to
05:40space, and it's a doozy.
05:42And our team has just performed.
05:44They've just knocked it out of the park.
05:46But it doesn't mean it might look easy from the outside.
05:48And we can tell they are working so hard on the ground to do this, and we really appreciate them.
05:54And so when we get, you know, these next generation robotics on the surface of the moon and out in
05:59deep space, there's going to be some challenges.
06:02There's going to be some failures along the way, and there's going to be some learning that happens.
06:06On the personal note, yes, I had some videos from all of my family, my three children, Devin, Ashley, and
06:15Caitlin, and my wife, Catherine.
06:16And when you're out in deep space by the moon and you are listening to a video they recorded for
06:22you before you launch, that's something.
06:25We all had it so great.
06:28Okay, our next question is from Micah Maidenberg with the Wall Street Journal.
06:36Hi, good evening.
06:37For anybody who'd like to answer, how do you think the flight has contributed to the broader Artemis program?
06:44Of course, it's not over yet, but what do you think the crew has already brought to the table for
06:48the next couple of missions?
06:50Well, I love this question because part of our ethos as a crew and our values from the very beginning
06:56were that this is a relay race.
06:59In fact, we have batons that we bought to symbolize physically that.
07:03We plan to hand them to the next crew, and every single thing that we do is with them in
07:08mind.
07:09Oftentimes, it's actually easier in human spaceflight, especially on a first mission, to accept some of the things that aren't
07:15working quite right or the operational workarounds.
07:18And we have actually been diligent to try to fix everything, and we're always thinking from the perspective of what
07:25is the next crew going to think about this?
07:28How will this help them to succeed?
07:30So manual piloting the vehicle, making sure that the procedures and the processes for making everything work are all as
07:38they should be.
07:39Then there's the human side of it.
07:41How are our provisions?
07:42How are our food?
07:43How is the human system working in here?
07:45Taking the time to do all of the developmental flight test objectives that have been scheduled.
07:51So both in the vehicle and all in the last three years, we've really just worked to make sure that
07:56they are set up for success.
07:58And that's all of the teams, not just the crew, but the flight control teams, the mission engineering rooms, the
08:06launch teams, everyone.
08:08Hopefully, we've done our best to bring folks together and to make sure that we can be the best they
08:13can be.
08:14Obviously, just testing, putting humans in this vehicle is the easy thing to see.
08:19And we hope that we've capitalized on that and made it as much as it can be for our time
08:24here.
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