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GOOD EVENING. 
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE ON
NASA TV. 
YOU ARE GETTING A LIVE FIELD 
FROM ELLINGTON FIELD DOWN FROM 
THE SPACE CENTER. 
FROM THE JOHNSON STREAM 
AIRCRAFT. 
DOUG HURLEY AND BOB BEHNKEN ON 
BOARD LANDING FROM A 64 DAY 
NATION ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION.
THANK YOU ARE FOR JOINING U I'M 
GARY JORDAN, COMING TO YOU FROM 
DOWN THE STREET IN MISSION 
CONTROL CENTRE, WHERE WE HAVE 
24/7 OPERATION OF THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 
SWITCHING ROOMS DURING THE 
COVID-19 PANDEMIC. 
AS WE ARE AWAITING FOR THE CREW 
TO GET OUT OF THE PLANE. 
THEY ARE WITH THEIR FAMILIES, 
THEY TOUCHED DOWN 6:27 P.M. 
CENTRAL TIME. 
IN ELLINGTON. 
FIVE HOURS AGO THEY WERE IN THE 
GULF OF MEXICO SPLASHING DOWN 
OFF THE POST OF PENCIC OLEA --  
PENSACOLA. 
GETTING GREAT VIEWS FROM THE 
GULF STREAM. 
WE ARE SPECT TO HEAR WORDS FROM 
THEM AS THEY ARE SITUATED.
IN FRONT OF THEM IS A GROUP OF 
VIPS.
BOB BEHNKEN ON THE LEFT. 
DOUG HURLEY ON THE RIGHT.
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>> WE SHOULD HEAR WORD FROM THEM
SHORTLY.
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>> GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU 
ALL FOR COMING. 
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF JOHNSON 
SPACE CENTER, NASA. 
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT 
ELLINGTON FIELD FOR THE RETURN 
OF OUR NASA STRAUTS AFTER A 
STELLAR -- ASTRONAUTS AFTER A 
STELLAR MISSION, DOUG AND BOB, 
WELCOME HOME. 
GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS.
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WE WERE EXCITED TO SEE YOU 
SPLASH DOWN AND HAPPY TO SEE YOU
ON EARTH HERE IN HOUSTON, ON 
BEHALF OF ALL THE EMPLOYEES OF 
NASA AND JSC WE CONGRATULATE YOU
ON YOUR HISTORIC MISSION TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 
MANY OF US HIGHER ARE COMMITTED 
TO THE GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS OF 
HUMAN EXPLORATION, BUT YOU AND 
OTHERS MAKE IT POSSIBLE. 
I DID WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE 
OF PEOPLE TODAY.
IN THE AUDIENCE WE HAVE CATHY 
LEADERS. 
THE NEW HEAD OF OPERATION NATION
DIRECTORATE. 
AND...
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>> AND STEVE, THE PROGRAMME 
MANAGER.
C.C. P PROGRAMME. 
TODAY IS THE CULMINATION OF AN 
INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK BY YOU
AND YOUR TEAMS TO ENABLE THE 
UNITED STATES TO LAUNCH 
ASTRONAUTS FROM THE UNITED 
STATES. 
THAN YOU AND OUR TEAMS VERY 
MUCH.
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ALL RIGHT, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO 
I'D LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO BOB 
AND DOUG FOR COMMENT.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE ARE NOT GOING 
TO STAND RIGHT NOW, FOR THOSE OF
YOU THAT HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, 
YOU KNOW NOT PLEASANT 
STANTING FOR A FEW -- STANDING 
FOR A FEW HOURS AFTER COMING 
BACK. 
FIVE HOURS AGO WE WERE BOBBING 
AROUND IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, 
FEELS GOOD TO HAVE GOT THIS FAR 
IN FIVE HOURS.
THE BIGGEST THING WE'D BOTH LIKE
TO TALK ABOUT IS TO THANK - YOU 
CAN SEE STEVE AND KATHY AND 
ELON, THIS HAS BEEN WIGHT AN 
ODYSSEY -- QUITE AN ODYSSEY THE 
LAST FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT 
YEARS - FIVE YEARS SINCE BOB AND
I STARTED WORKING ON THIS 
PROGRAM. 
AND TO BE WHERE WE ARE NOW, THE 
FIRST FLIGHT OF DRAGON IS 
UNBELIEVABLE.
WE SAID IT BEFORE, A TREMENDOUS 
PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF THE 
PROGRAMME, TO BE PART OF THE 
NASA, AND TO SPEND TWO MONTHS ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
WITH ONE OF THE GREATEST 
OFFICERS, CREW MATES, ASTRONAUTS
CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY - THIS WAS A
PLEASURE FOR BOTH OF US.
I AM SURE BOB WILL TALK ABOUT 
THE SPACE WALKS. 
TO SEE THE TWO WALK ON THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, YOU
WILL NOT SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT 
AGAIN. 
IT'S AMAZING TO BE PART OF THAT.
THE FLIGHT OF DRAGON ON FALCON, 
AND THE RE-ENTRY. 
IT'S A PROCESS, AS I SAID, 
FIVE HOURS AGO WE WERE IN A 
SPACE SHIP BOBBING AROUND MAKING
PHONE CALLS TO WHOEVER WE COULD 
GET A HOLD OF. 
WHICH WAS KIND OF FUN. 
YOU CAN SEND US THE BILL FOR THE
SAT PHONE. 
WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU 
COMING TO SAY HI AND WELCOMING 
US BACK. 
IT'S A LITTLE OVERWHELMING TO 
SEE EVERYONE HERE, CONSIDERING 
THE THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON THE
LAST FEW MONTHS SINCE WE'VE BEEN
OFF-PLANET. 
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING TO 
STAY HIGH. 
AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO
SHARE A LOT OF THIS MISSION WITH
YOU IN A FEW MONTHS HOPEFULLY. 
IF NOT SOONER. 
THANK YOU AGAIN.
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>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR 
EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT TODAY.
I KNOW WITH ALL THE CHALLENGES, 
EVERYONE IS WEARING A MASK. 
IT'S NOT TRIVIAL TO GET THIS 
MANY PEOPLE HERE, TO BE CLOSE 
AND CELEBRATE WHAT WE HAVE 
ACCOMPLISHED.
FOR DOU I, THE THING THAT 
WE ARE MOST EXCITED ABOUT, 
HAVING ACCOMPLISHED WITH THIS 
MISSION IS ON THE SIGN WHERE IT 
SAYS LAUNCH AMERICA, AND LAND 
AMERICA TODAY.
AS WE WENT THROUGH OUR YEARS AS 
ASTRONAUTS HERE AT THE JOHNSON 
SPACE CENTER. 
WE GOT TO LIVE THROUGH A BIG 
CHUNK OF THE SHUTTLE ERA, AND A 
BIG CHUNK OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE
SPACE STATION, WHEN THE SPACE 
STATION RETIRED, WHEN DOUG TOOK 
THE FINAL FLIGHT. 
THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT 
HAVING THAT CAPABILITY TO LAUNCH
AND BRING YOUR OWN ASTRONAUTS 
HOME, AND WE WENT THROUGH A LOT 
OF YEARS WITHOUT THAT 
CAPABILITY, AND WE ARE SUPER 
PROUD TO HAVE BEEN A SMALL PART 
OF THE TEAM THAT ACCOMPLISHED 
BRINGING THOSE FLIGHTS BACK TO 
THE FLORIDA COAST AND BRINGING 
THE CAPABILITY BACK TO AMERICA. 
AS DOUG MENTIONED WHICH HAVE THE
LUXURY OF HAVING A SUPER CREW ON
BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION WITH CHRIS CASSIDY. 
WITH ANATOLY IVANISHIN. 
THEY TOOK WONDERFUL CARE OF US.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING WE 
COULD HAVE HAD MORE IN PLACE AND
READY WHEN WE ARRIVED THAN WHAT 
CHRIS SET UP FOR US.
WE ARE THANKFUL FOR HIM AND HIS 
WORK TO MAKE THINGS LOOK EASY 
FOR US.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FULL 
TRAINING. 
WE HAD AN ABBREVIATED FLOW, AND 
GOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF THE 
SPACE STATION AS WE ACCOMPLISHED
THIS DESTINATION, WE PROUD OF 
THAT, AND HAPPY IT DIDN'T BECOME
A DISTRACTION. 
WE WERE ABILITY ACCOMPLISH -- WE
WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE 
MISSION, GET DRAGONS CERTIFIED 
TO BE READY FOR OUR RETURN HOME 
WHEN THE TIME CAME TO DO THAT. 
SO IT WORKED OUT WONDERFULLY. 
SO TODAY, WHEN WE GOT THE 
WAKE-UP CALLS FROM THE BOYS. 
TELLING US A BIT OF ABOUT WHAT 
WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO, 
WHICH WAS US COMING HOME. 
IN THREO'S CASE GETTING A NEW 
DOG, IT WAS A WONDERFUL MORNING.
AND WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED IT.
AGAIN, I THINK THIS KIND OF 
COMES FULL CIRCLE. 
THE URGE TO GET HERE, WE BROUGHT
THE CAPABILITY BACK TO AMERICA 
AND CAME HOME SAFELY TO OUR 
FAMILIES, IT TOOK A LOT OF 
PEOPLE A LOT OF TIME TO MAKE IT 
HAPPY. 
TO CASE, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
THE RIGHT HAND MAN HISTORY, WE 
APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT 
YOU ALL HAD TO GO THROUGH TO 
ENSURE THAT THE CONTRACTORS, IN 
THIS CASE, THE SPACEX TEAM CAN 
UNDERSTAND NASA, AND WHAT WE 
NEEDED TO HAVE IN PLACE, TO HAVE
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT BE SAFE IN 
THE WAY THAT WE WANTED TO 
OPERATE IT. 
FOR THE SPACEX TAXI. 
WE COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A 
WONDERFUL TEAM TO WORK WITH. 
WE DEFINITELY ARE OLD DOGS, AND 
LIKE SOME OF OUR OLD TRICKS, 
IT'S NOT ALWAYS BECAUSE LAZY, 
SOMETIMES IT'S BECAUSE WE DID IT
BEFORE, WE KNOW THE SOLUTION AND
TRY TO SHARE. 
IT'S ASE GO FORWARD TO FURTHER
ACTIVITIES. 
WHETHER IT'S TO THE MOON OR 
BEYOND, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT 
THE BEST WAY TO SHARE WHAT NASA 
KNOWS WITH A CONTRACTOR TEAM. 
MAYBE WE WERE NOT THERE FIVE OR 
TIX YEARS AGO.
BY -- FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO, BY 
THE TIME WE WERE THERE AND 
RETURNED.
THERE WAS A TIGHT RELATIONSHIP. 
WE WORKED TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH
WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED. 
WITH THAT I WANT TO THANK YOU 
ALL FOR COMING OUT. 
CELEBRATING THIS VICTORY WITH 
DOUG AND I. 
AND RECOGNISING A SMALL PART OF 
WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED.
THANK YOU ALL.
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>> THANKS AGAIN. 
WE'LL SEE YOU AROUND JSC. 
ONE LAST TIME. 
LET'S THANK THESE GUYS FOR THE 
INCREDIBLE MISSION THEY DID FOR 
NASA. 
THANK 
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>> BEN AND DOUG HURLEY 
PROVIDING -- BOB BEHNKEN AND 
DOUG HURLEY PROVIDING BRIEF 
COMMESENTS. 
NASA MEMBERS PRESENT. 
MANY THAT WORKED ON THIS 
MISSION.
BOB BEHNKEN AND DOUG HURLEY WILL
BOARD GROUND TRANSPORTATION, 
MAKING THEIR WAY TO CREW MEDICAL
FACILITIES OR ON THEIR WAY HOME 
TO BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES FOR 
THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
WE HAVE MORE PROGRAMMING TO GET 
BACK TO. 
LIVE AT ELLINGTON FIELD, MORE 
VIPS PRESIDENT. 
SENATE DIRECTOR MARK GUYER. 
HERE WE GO.
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>> I CAN TELL I'M NOT ALLOWED TO
HOLD THE MICROPHONE. 
THAT'S HARD TO DO. 
I'LL TAKE MY MASK OFF FOR A 
FEW SECONDS HERE AND SAY THANK 
YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT 
PARTICIPATED IN THIS. 
WE SAW BOB AND DOUG, ALL OF US 
WILL HAVE MEMBERS FOR THE REST 
OF OUR LIVES WHEN THEY LAUNCHED.
WE'LL HAVE MEMORIES OF THE DAY 
THEY DIDN'T LAUNCH, AND 
THREE DAYS LATER COMING BACK AND
DOING THE WHOLE THING AGAIN. 
NOT KNOWING IF THEY WERE GOING 
TO GO 50/50 ON THE WEATHER, AND 
SURE ENOUGH THE SKY OPENEDED. 
WE LAUNCHED BOB AND DOUG.
I WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT 
WHAT CHAMPIONS THEY ARE. 
BEYOND BEING THE FIRST CREW TO 
FLY ON DRAGON. 
IT GOES BEYOND THAT. 
IT WAS A TEST FLIGHT. 
THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE GOING 
TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING
A LOT OF SEPARATIONS ON THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR 
A PERIOD OF MONTHS, TO INCOMPLUD
WHAT ENDED -- INCLUDE WHAT ENDED
UP BEING FOUR SPACE WALKS, 
SPENDING THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF 
TIME ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION, AND FLYING BACK, 
AMAZINGLY COMING OFF, RIGHT NOW,
AFTER BEING, AFTER 63 DAYS, 
COMING OFF THE JETS, SITTING 
DOWN AND DOING A PUBLIC EVENT. 
I GOTTA TELL YOU I'VE NOT FLOWN 
INTO SPACE, IT'S NOT NORMALLY 
DONE, IT'S DIFFICULT, BUT THEY 
WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO CONNECT WITH THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE ON THIS MOMENTOUS 
OCCASION, AND YOU CAN'T PUT INTO
WORDS HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS FOR 
THE COUNTRY TO HAVE ACCESS TO 
SPACE AGAIN FROM MY OWN SOIL.
AGAIN, I KNOW THEY LEFT. 
COLATIONS TO BOB AND DOUG,
AND THEIR FAMILIES, WHAT AN 
AMAZING DAY FOR THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA. 
I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT WHAT WE 
SAW A THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WILL
BE A WHOLE LOT MORE ACTIVITY IN 
THE FUTURE. 
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMERCIAL 
CREW, WE'LL GO TO THE DRAGONS.
WE'LL GO FROM DEVELOPMENT IN 
OPERATION. 
WE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO LEARN AND
MODIFY. 
THEY CONDUCT TRANSITION FROM 
DEVELOPMENT TO OPERATIONS WILL 
BE A CHALLENGE. 
IF THE NASA TEAM IS UP FOR IT. 
IT GOES BEYOND THAT. 
WE NEED TO GIVE STAR LINER 
FLYING, AND WE HAVE TO GET ORION
FLYING, AND STARSHIP FLY OF 
COURSE, AND WE HAVE TO GET A LOT
OF STARS.
ABSOLUTELY. 
LOOK, THERE IS A LOT TO DO IN 
FRONT OF US.
HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW. 
WE KNOW THAT WHEN MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS COME TOGETHER IN A 
BIPARTISAN WAY AND FUND NASA, 
AMAZING THINGS CAN HAPPEN. 
RIGHT NOW BEFORE THE HOUSE IN 
THE SENATE. 
WE HAVE THE BIGGEST BUDGET 
REQUEST IN NASA HISTORY. 
BY THE WAY, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 
THE BIGGEST BUDGET NASA HAD IN 
NOMINAL DOLLARS.
APOLLO MIGHT HAVE US BEAT. 
WE ARE HEADING IN THE RIGHT 
DIRECTION.
NEXT YEAR, IF WE GET THE BUDGET 
REQUEST BEFORE US, NEXT YEAR, 
WE'LL GO UP IN ORDER OF NAING NI
MAG NI -- MAGNITUDE.
TODAY WE WERE IN THE LOWER 
ORBIT. 
BUT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS WE 
WANT TO FLY TO THE MOON, NOT ONE
OR TWICE, BUT SUSTAINABLY WITH A
PURPOSE. 
WE ARE GOING TO THE MOON 
SUSTAINABLY, WE ARE GOING TO 
LEARN TO LIVE AND WORK ON 
ANOTHER WORLD FOR LONG PERIODS 
OF TIME. 
AND USE THE RESOURCES OF THE 
MOON TO LIVE AND WORK, AND WE'LL
TAKE ALL OF THAT KNOWLEDGE ON TO
MARS.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO 
ACCOMPLISH BECAUSE OF THE 
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN THE HOUSE 
AND THE SENATE. 
FOR THE WGEMENT WE HAVE NOW. 
WHAT I'M ASKING A LOOK AT WHAT 
WE HAVE DONE WITH WHAT WE HAVE, 
IF YOU FIND FUND US AT THE 
BUDGET REQUEST LEX.
WE'LL WE BEEN THE MOON, AND 
SUCCESSFULLY ON THE MAN WITH THE
COMMERCIAL PARTNERS AND 
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS. 
TODAY IS AN AMAZING DAY, AN 
HISTORICAL DAY. 
IT'S BEEN NINE YEARS SINCE 
AMERICA LAWN LAUNCHED AND LANDED
ON THEIR OWN SURFACE.
FOR THE NEXT STEP WE'LL GO FROM 
THE MOON TO MARS. 
THIS IS ABOUT MOMENTUM. 
IT STARTS TODAY. 
AND FINISHES WHEN WE BUT PUTT AN
AMERICAN FLAG ON MARS.
I HAVE THE HONOR OF INTRODUCING 
SOMEONE, HELPING US ACCOMPLISH 
THIS MISSION. 
I SAID IT BEFORE AND I'LL SAY IT
AGAIN, NOOSA IS ONE CUSTOMER OF 
MANY CUSTOMERS IN A ROBUST 
COMMERCIAL PLACE, AND WE WANT TO
HAVE NUMEROUS PROVIDERS THAT 
COMPETE ON COST, INNOVATION AND 
SAFETY. 
THERE WAS A MOMENT, NOT EVEN A 
YEAR AGO - YOU CAN TELL ME HOW 
LONG AGO IT WAS, WHEN THERE WAS 
SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES, WE MIGHT
HAVE HAD DISAGREEMENTS ON 
PARACHUTES, MAYBE WE NEED TO 
CHANGE THE TITANIUM. 
BUS OF ITS REACTIVITY WITH 
NITROGEN TRIS OXIDE.
I SENSED A TWEET. 
WE HAD A NUMBER OF DIALOGUES, I 
SENT A TWEET SAYING IT'S TIME TO
DELIVER, I TWEETED IT AT ELON IN
FACT. 
I WANT TO TELL YOU, YOU 
RESPONDED. 
ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENTLY, AND 
YOU HAVE, IN FACT, DELIVEREDS. 
YOU HAVE DELIVERED BEYOND 
ANYTHING ANY OF US WOULD HAVE 
EXPECTED. 
AND I WOULD SAY THAUL AWE THE 
REPORTS I'M GETTING FROM ALL THE
TEAMS ON THE COMMICIAL CREW IS 
THAT THIS MISSION WENT AS GOOD 
AS WE COULD HAVE HOPED. 
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE TEAM AT 
SPACE E. 
THE GREAT TEAM IN THE PROGRAMME,
AND ALL OF THE OPERATORS HELPING
US TO GET TO THIS POINT. 
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ELON 
MUSK, THE TIME IS YOURS.
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THANK YOU. 
AFTER THOSE GREAT WORDS SPOKEN, 
I'M NOT SURE I HAVE MUCH TO ADD 
AFTER BOB AND JIM. 
I DO THINK WHAT THIS TELLS US 
REALLY FUNDAMENTALLY IS A NEW 
ERA IN SPACE FLIGHT, A NEW ERA 
IN SPACE EXPLORATION, WE'LL GO 
TO THE MOON, HAVE A BASE ON THE 
MOON. 
SEND PEOPLE TO FARCE AND MAKE 
LIFE MULTIPLANETARY, THIS DAY 
HERALDS A NEW AGE OF SPACE 
EXPLORATION.
IT WAS ET RESULTS OF AN -- WAS 
THE RESULT OF AN INCREDIBLE 
AMOUNT OF WORK FROM THE SPACE 
CENTER AND N.A.S.A. - HEY, 
CATHY. 
SO MUCH, 18 YEARS, IT'S BEEN 18 
YEARS TO FINALLY FLY PEOPLE TO 
ORBIT AND BACK. 
THANK GOODNESS I THINK THAT'S MY
ENTIRE ADRENALINE JUST DUMPED. 
THANK GOD.
I'M NOT VERY RELIGIOUS, BUT I 
PRAYED FOR THIS ONE.
ONCE AGAIN, THANKS EVERYWHERE, 
SPACEX, NASA. 
EVERYONE. 
AIR FORCE, THAT PLAYED A ROLE. 
SUPPLIERS. 
THANKS AGAIN. 
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE WHOLE
WORLD CAN TAKE PLEASURE IN AND 
LOOK AT THIS AS AN ACHIEVEMENT 
OF HUMANITY, AND THESE ARE 
DIFFICULT TIMES WHEN - THERE'S 
NOT THIS MUCH GOOD NEW, THIS IS 
ONE EVER THOSE THINGS THAT IS 
UNIVERSALLY GOOD NO MATTER WHERE
YOU ARE. 
THIS IS A GOOD THING, AND I HOPE
IT BRIGHTENS YOUR DAY. 
THANK YOU.
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>> THANK YOU.
. 
THANK YOU JIM AND ELON FOR THOSE
INSPIRING WORDS.
ALL OF US ARE HERE BECAUSE WE 
BELIEVE IN THIS COUNTY, IN 
EXPLORING SPACE. 
WE BELIEVE IN HUMAN TIES, 
EXPLORING THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
THIS IS A PHIAL STONE MOMENT, AN
HONOR TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR  COMING AND THE 
WORK FOR NASA AND THE MISSION 
THAT WE DO. 
THANK YOU.
>> AND THAT WRAPS UP TODAY'S 
WELCOME HOME EVENT. 
BOB AND DOUG, THE SPACE DADS 
BACK IN HOUSTON TO REUNITE WITH 
THEIR FAMILY. 
NOW THAT THEY ARE BACK IN 
HOUSTON, WE WANT TO HEAR WELCOME
HOME MESSAGES THAT YOU HAVE. 
USE THE HASHTAG LAUNCH AMERICA 
ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATT FORMS,
SEND A MESSAGE, WHETHER A VIDEO 
OR A PHOTO. 
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU 
WELCOMING BOB AND DOUG BACK.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, BOB 
AND DOUG WILL ENJOY MUCH-NEEDED 
REST UNTIL WE HEAR FROM THEM IN 
TWO DAYS, AUGUST 4TH, JOIN US 
AGAIN. 
4:30 P.M. EASTERN, 3:30 CENTRAL 
FOR A NEWS CONFERENCE WITH THE 
CREW. 
THAT CONCLUDES OUR COVERAGE, AND
WELCOME HOME CEREMONY, THIS IS 
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON. 
