We're Looking At Earth Science, Observing Our

Whenever I Do Get To Look Out, It Is Glorious. Even The Stars Have A Special Brightness.

Things Are Going Very Smoothly. As Expected, There Are Some Minor Glitches, And The Eight Minutes That It Took Us To Get To Orbit, We Trained Months And Months For, And Didn't Have To Use Any Of That Preparation, Other Than Being Aware And Ready.

We've Had Such Thorough Training, We've Had An Excellent Team On The Ground. With The Minor Glitches That Have Occurred, We've Been Able To Take Care Of Them. And The Teams On The Ground Are Getting Tons Of Incredible Data.

I Feel Blessed To Be Here Representing Our Country And Carrying Out Th Research Of Scientists Around The World... I Hope You Could Feel The Positive Energy That Beamed To The Whole Planet As We Glided Over.

I've Always Enjoyed Traveling And Having Experience With Different Cultures And Different People. But It's Also A Wonderful Thing To Be Able To Benefit And Enable Research, Not Only In Our Country But Around The World.