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.
00:00Well 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
01:24short 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
01:41truly 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 of 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
03:11back 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
03:38this 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
03:48world this place would not stay in orbit and so thank you to the ground teams all
03:53over the world for everything you do grateful to our 73 s crewmates you guys
03:58made it a blast up here we've had a wonderful time with you and looking
04:02forward to seeing what the rest of what you accomplished during Expedition 73
04:05grateful that crew 11 is here we're excited to see you guys here and we
04:11can't wait to pass it off to you and see all the great things that you guys
04:14achieve on your mission and grateful to crew 10 you guys have made this an
04:21amazing experience so we got to accomplish a lot of really amazing
04:26operational things we got to see some amazing views and we have had some really
04:31big belly laughs and a wonderful time together so yeah like I said I think
04:36that leaving with a heart full of gratitude and excited to see where the
04:40International Space Station goes after we get home same as in on a personal
04:46note grateful for all of my friends and family I wouldn't be here without your
04:49support none of us would be so thank you to everybody at home and yeah we'll see
04:55you soon and I'll pass it off to our Emission Specialist Kirill Pesco
05:00I like saying thank you to say thank you to the crew for this wonderful time it
05:05was a pleasure staying here and it is a pleasure staying here working together and
05:10spending time together and with that I want to express my deepest gratitude to all
05:18the ground specialists all the workers engineers and scientists all over the
05:24world who made this flight possible not only this one but all the space flights
05:29without them we won't be here and I wish that it will continue this way for a long long time thank you
05:41beautiful
05:43you
05:45so I would like to say that in Russian it would be a good
05:48a couple of words to say that I would like to say that I would like to say that I'm very
05:53happy to have this wonderful time with such wonderful people
05:57I want to thank you to all the people who made this flight possible to our
06:00full-time workers and all the workers and all the workers who made this flight possible to our
06:04workers, end up with the instructors, those who made this flight possible.
06:10Thank you very much to all for your work and for the fact that you make such great and great
06:19things like these flights and all the following.
06:24So as I mentioned, as Ann mentioned, this is a combination of farewell and also the change
06:37of command ceremony, so my speech might be a little bit longer than the other folks.
06:44It is hard to believe that it is time for us to go home, and it's a bittersweet moment
06:51to say goodbye to the rest of Expedition 73.
06:55It's been a great time with my crewmates and also working with highly professional teams
07:03on the ground.
07:04I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all the agencies, flight controllers, and instructors,
07:12and all the other folks on the ground who support ISS mission.
07:17And I would especially like to recognize our lead Houston flight director, Nicole McElroy,
07:27who demonstrated her excellent leadership, and she made our mission so productive despite
07:34some changes in the incremental traffic plan.
07:38So Nicole, thank you so much for your dedication to our increment.
07:44And I am also very thankful to my crewmates for making my days here joyful.
07:51Anna, you did a great job in leading USEVA 93 and facilitating the action for mission.
08:01Those two events are the highlights of the first half of Expedition 73.
08:07And Nicole, your enthusiasm has had a very positive effect on all of us and on the mission.
08:18And Kirill, having a crew member who has a great sense of humor like you means a lot.
08:25So you are such a delightful person.
08:29And Johnny, you are one of the most diligent people I have ever met.
08:35So I have 100% trust in you as the next US segment lead.
08:40And Alexei, it was always my pleasure to talk with you.
08:46You are always smiling and you are always joking.
08:50So I love to spend time with you, so thank you so much for your friendship.
08:54And Sergei, as the segment leads, we talked a lot and always helped each other.
09:02So without your help, it would have been much more challenging to be the commander of the ISS.
09:09So thank you very much.
09:11And Xena, Mike, and Kimia, Alexei, I wish we could spend more time together, but you are in good hands.
09:21So I'm sure the second half of Expedition 73 will be even better.
09:27And there are so many things we have, we don't have here, but there are so many things we can only get here.
09:38And the time I spend with you guys is definitely one of those things, so I really appreciate it.
09:45And Kulten is now leaving, but the science will continue here because this place is the outpost for human beings to advance our technology and to explore further.
10:00So now I am very happy to hand over the command of the ISS to you, Sergei.
10:35Dear friends, dear colleagues, taking responsibility for station commanding, I am full of expression.
10:47And I would like to note that our Expedition 73 took place on an anniversary year.
11:00We together celebrated 50th anniversary of 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.
11:22And history shows that in our beautiful planet people unfortunately cannot understand each other any time, but in space we can cooperate effectively.
11:44And I am so grateful to everyone for this nice four months together and wish you have a safe trip home.
12:00And I would like to say that we will continue the program.
12:07We will do it as productive and fun and safe as possible.
12:15And have a safe trip.
12:16Expedition 73.
12:17Go forward.
12:18Godspeed.
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