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NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander; and Nichole Ayers, pilot; along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov are preparing to head back to Earth.

The crew says farewell in this change of command ceremony aboard the International Space Station.

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00:01Well good morning and good afternoon wherever you are from the International
00:05Space Station on behalf of all of Expedition 73 we are thrilled to have
00:10you join us today for two very special ceremonies here on board. The first thing
00:15we're going to do is start off with a farewell from our crew crew 10 who will
00:20be departing here shortly from the space station at the completion of our mission
00:23and then we'll hand over to the ISS commander currently Takuyo Nishi who
00:29will initiate the change of command ceremony for ISS command to Sergei
00:33Ryukov so to start off crew 10 wanted to say farewell to everybody and as we
00:41complete our mission on space station we really want to lead with gratitude for
00:46the absolute privilege of getting to live and work aboard this amazing
00:50International Space Station all of us are keenly aware that we may never get to
00:54do this again and we've been very pensive over the last days of
00:59understanding what we have all got to be a part of and we know that there's some
01:03tumultuous times on earth and there's some people that are going through
01:07struggles all over all around and we want this mission our mission to be a
01:13reminder of what people can do when we work together when we explore together the
01:20foundations of this mission were laid long before any of us got here this is a
01:25short snapshot in time today in our mission but the International Space Station
01:30this international mission that has been going on for almost 25 years was made
01:35possible by visionaries who years before believed in something this massive I
01:42truly believe that this is one of the biggest feats of cooperation that humans
01:47have ever accomplished it takes people from every country all around the world
01:51every single day showing up to support this mission to make it happen and really
01:56we just get to be we had the privilege of getting to be here for a short period of
02:00that time but if we think back to 40 years ago when this idea was conceived and
02:05the international partnerships started to come together the atmosphere and the
02:11climate politically was very similar to what it is now it there's a lot of
02:15people that would say that's not going to be possible but all it took was
02:19visionaries from all around the world to work together to have a mustard seed of
02:23faith that something like this could be done when we work together crew 10 has had
02:30the absolute privilege of working here for the last four months and we have so
02:33much gratitude for all of the ground teams that showed up every day to make this
02:37possible we truly are very humbled to wreck it to represent humanity and we
02:45hope that we can be a reminder to others of the goodness and humanity and what we
02:50really can accomplish when we work together so for all my friends and family
02:57purse on a personal note friends and family I will see you soon without your
03:02support I could never do this every single day so thank you very much and we'll
03:06see you back soon on the greatest planet in the solar system we've checked we'll
03:11go back to earth here shortly I'm going to pass it off to crew 10 pilot Nicole Ayers
03:22thanks Anne for those wonderful words I think as we leave the International
03:26Space Station I'm reflecting with a heart full of gratitude I think that it's
03:33been an amazing experience I'm grateful for the the ground team that put together
03:39this beautiful place that we call home without all of the flight controllers on
03:44the ground and the massive support system that we have across the entire world this
03:49place would not stay in orbit and so thank you to the ground teams all over the
03:53world for everything you do grateful to our 73s crewmates you guys made it a blast up
03:59here we've had a wonderful time with you and looking forward to seeing what the
04:03rest of what you accomplished during expedition 73 grateful that crew 11 is here
04:07we're excited to see you guys here and we can't wait to pass it off to you and see
04:12all the great things that you guys achieve on your mission and grateful to
04:16crew 10 you guys have made this an amazing experience so we got to accomplish a lot
04:25of really amazing operational things we got to see some amazing views and we have
04:30had some really big belly laughs and a wonderful time together so yeah like I said I think that
04:36leaving with a heart full of gratitude and excited to see where the International Space Station goes
04:41after we get home same as Ann on a personal note grateful for all of my friends and family I
04:48wouldn't be here without your support none of us would be so thank you to everybody at home and yeah
04:55we'll see you soon and I'll pass it off to our mission specialist Kirill Pesco I'd like to say thank
05:03you to the
05:03crew for this wonderful time it was a pleasure staying here and it is a pleasure staying here working
05:09together and spending time together and with that I want to express my deepest gratitude to all the
05:19ground specialists all the workers engineers and scientists all over the world who made this flight
05:26possible not only this one but all the space flights without them we won't be here and I wish that
05:34it will
05:35continue this way for long long time thank you
05:43uh да на такое подсказывает что по-русски тоже было бы неплохо пару слов сказать ну скажу тоже самое
05:51очень рад провести здесь это чудесное время с такими чудесными людьми большое спасибо наземным всем
06:02services, starting from workers and end with constructors, those who made this
06:09flight possible. Thank you very much to all for your work and for the fact that you
06:16can do such great and great things as these flights and all the other
06:29следующие. So as I mentioned, as Anne mentioned, this is a combination of farewell and also the
06:37change of command ceremony. So my speech is going to be the, might be a little bit longer than the
06:42other folks. And it is hard to believe that it is time for us to go home. And it's a
06:50bittersweet
06:51moment to say goodbye to the rest of Expedition 73. And it's been a great time with my crewmates
06:58and also working with the highly professional teams on the ground. I'd like to take this
07:05opportunity to thank all the agencies, flight controllers and instructors and all the other
07:13folks on the ground who support ISS mission. And I would especially like to recognize
07:20our lead Houston flight director, Nicole McElroy, who demonstrated her excellent leadership and she
07:30made our mission so productive despite some changes in the incremental traffic plan. So Nicole, thank you
07:40so much for your dedication to our increment. And I am also very thankful to my crewmates for making my
07:49days
07:49here joyful. Anna, you did a great job in leading USEVA 93 and facilitating the action for mission. Those two
08:01events are the highlights of the first half of Expedition 73. And Nicole, your enthusiasm has had a very
08:12positive effect on all of us and on the mission. And Kirill, having a crew member who has a great
08:22sense of
08:23humor like you means a lot. So you are such a delightful person. And Johnny, you are one of the
08:31most diligent
08:32people I've ever met. So I have 100% trust in you as the next US segment lead. And Alexei,
08:41it was always my
08:43pleasure to talk with you. You are always smiling and you're always joking. So I love to spend time with
08:52you.
08:52So thank you so much for your friendship. And Sergei, as the segment leads, we talked a lot and always
09:01helped each other. So without your help, it would have been much more challenging to be the commander of
09:09the ISS. So thank you very much. And Zeena, Mike and Kimia, Alexei, I wish we could spend more time
09:18together. But you are in good hands. So I'm sure the second half of Expedition 73 will be even better.
09:27And we there are so many things we have we don't have here, but there are so many things we
09:36can only
09:37get here. And the time I spend with you guys is definitely one of those things. So really appreciate
09:44it. And crew 10 is now leaving, but the science will continue here because this place is the outpost
09:54for human beings to advance our technology and to explore further. So now I am very happy to hand over
10:04the command of the ISS to you, Sergei.
10:34Dear friends, dear colleagues, taking responsibility for station commanding. I am full of expression and I would like to
10:49to note that our Expedition 73 took place on an anniversary year. We together celebrated 15th anniversary
11:05of first joint international space flight, Apollo-Soyuz, and first handshake in space.
11:12We are going to celebrate 25th anniversary of international space station flight in man boat.
11:23And history shows that in our beautiful planet, people unfortunately cannot
11:35understand each other anytime. But in space, we can cooperate effectively.
11:45And I'm so thank you, everybody, for this nice four months together. And I wish you have a safe trip
11:59home.
12:02And I would like to say that we will continue the program. We will do it as productive and
12:12fun and safe as possible. And have a safe trip. Expedition 73, go forward. Godspeed. Thank you.
12:34Dear friends and colleagues, I am.
12:38My command of the station.
12:40I would like to mention that our expedition is on the holiday season,
12:46which we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the plane plane,
12:54which we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the plane plane of Apollo,
12:55the first plane of the plane plane in the cosmos.
12:56We are going to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the International Space Station in the pilot mode.
13:08Unfortunately, people on Earth can't often understand each other.
13:14But 50 years of history shows that our cooperation in космос can be effective and productive.
13:26We thank our friends, who spent these amazing 4 months on orbit.
13:35We wish them a good return home.
13:37We try to make the remaining part of the expediation of the maximum effective, interesting, safe and safe.
13:46Good luck.
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