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# See the Massive Mountain on Dwarf Planet Ceres

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## Jeffrey Kluger


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NASA's Dawn spacecraft spotted this tall, conical mountain on Ceres on Aug. 19, 2015.

NASA's Dawn spacecraft spotted this tall, conical mountain on Ceres on Aug. 19, 2015. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

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## Jeffrey Kluger


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Aug 25, 2015 3:09 PM UTC

Very small worlds can do very big things—providing you’re willing to grade on a curve. Take the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest body in the asteroid belt, which is currently being orbited by the Dawn spacecraft. Ceres is just 591 miles (952 km) across—or 73% of the size of Texas—with only 3% of Earth’s gravity. If you weigh 150 lbs. here, you’d weigh 4.5 lbs. there.

But Ceres has a mountain—and it’s a whopper, as evidenced by this latest image sent home by Dawn, orbiting at an altitude of 915 miles (1,470 km). The mountain stands 4 miles (6 km) tall—a bit shorter than Mt. Everest, which tops out at 5.49 miles (8.83 km). But context is everything. A 4-mile-tall mountain on a tiny world like Ceres is the equivalent of a 49.8-mile-tall (80.1 km) mountain on Earth, or nine times taller than a pipsqueak like Everest. The Ceres mountain is not terribly active—at least as evidenced by the absence of debris at its base—but it is scored by a bright streak running down its side, which suggests some kind of dynamic processes at least in the past.

Every pixel of the Dawn image represents 450 ft. (140 m) of Ceres’ surface, which is already an impressively granular resolution. In the future, the spacecraft will approach the surface at just 25% of its current altitude, improving image detail dramatically. Whatever secrets Ceres is keeping Dawn may soon reveal.

### Here are the Best Photos from Cassini's Mission to Saturn

![The spinning vortex of Saturn's north polar storm resembles a deep red rose of giant proportions surrounded by green foliage in this false-color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Measurements have sized the eye at a staggering 1,250 miles \(2,000 kilo](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt514017a25d027319/69886043e20a87bb8ea8cdc4/saturn-cassini-2013.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

The spinning vortex of Saturn's north polar storm on Nov. 27, 2012\. Taken using a combination of spectral filters sensitive to wavelengths of near-infrared light. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute


![Cassini - Mimas](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2dbcbcc40df06a90/698860468e0601e051461fc7/cassini-mimas-saturn-nasa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Saturn's lonely moon, Mimas on Nov. 30, 2004. AFP/Getty Images

![Cassini Saturn Rings](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54f3e0121ca250dd/69886045524fc04166df4287/cassini-saturn-ring.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

The rings of Saturn captured by Cassini before it entered the orbit on 21 Jun. 2004. SSPL/Getty Images

![Cassini - Dione](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc03d14196f836b89/6988604435ba6f06dfc0ec82/cassini-dione.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A view of Saturn's moon Dione, taken during a close flyby on Jun. 16, 2015. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute


![Cassini Crescent Moon](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf745ef94ff69a863/69886043e20a87cee4a8cdc0/cassini-triple-crescent-moons.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

The moons Titan, Mimas, and Rhea, captured by Cassini in this image released on Jun. 22, 2015. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

![This Cassini narrow-angle camera image -- one of those acquired in the survey conducted by the Cassini imaging science team of the geyser basin at the south pole of Enceladus -- was taken as Cassini was looking across the moon's south pole. At the time, ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0c08e1f3e183886/69886047cf40a8d7f5c3f542/cassini-enceladus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A geyser basin at the south pole of Enceladus on Nov. 30, 2010. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

![Cassini - Saturn - Storm](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7727f044a80f25f/698860470a4a22196c9c5b9f/cassini-saturn-storm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A huge northern storm on Saturn In mid-Sept. 2004. Barcroft Media/Getty Images


![Dione Chasm Cassini](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6e9d823861f3b92a/698860478e0601e8b4461fcc/cassini-dione-chasm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Chasms on Dione. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on April 11, 2015. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

![Cassini - Pandora - NASA](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt313c1408ac749b87/6988604335ba6f49bdc0ec7d/cassini-pandora-nasa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Pandora on the edge of Saturn's ring on Nov. 8, 2009. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

![Cassini - Saturn](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd9b6bd7e68271bd/698860453c1639ded54595b8/cassini-saturn.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

View of Saturn's rings as they surround the planet. Universal History Archive—UIG/Getty Images


![Cassini - Earth - Moon](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltded2ab85d625ff6d/69886047cf40a856f0c3f546/cassini-earth-moon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

The Earth and the moon photographed by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Jul. 19, 2013. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

![Speeding toward pale, icy Dione, Cassini's view is enriched by the tranquil gold and blue hues of Saturn in the distance. The horizontal stripes near the bottom of the image are Saturn's rings. The spacecraft was nearly in the plane of the rings when the](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92c95587f3ca5d91/698860463c163914064595c0/cassini-dione-nasa-saturn.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Pale, icy Dione, taken on Oct. 11, 2005. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute—NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

![Cassini Tethys](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27f83e732463d0f4/698860450b72e362076e579e/cassini-tethys.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Red arcs in the northern area of Tethys on April 2015. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute


![Saturn Aurora Cassini](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3693eacefc3498e/698860470a4a2260379c5ba3/cassini-saturn-infrared.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

An aurora on Saturn. The composite image was made from 65 individual observations by Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer on Nov. 1, 2008\. The observations were each six minutes long. NASA/SSPL/Getty Images

![Saturn cassini polar vortex storm 2013](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66d30787dd563e37/698854cdf887dc8474e90f46/saturn-cassini-polar-vortex-color.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

The Cassini spacecraft captured the storms at Saturn's north pole in this false color image released in April 2013\. The storm appears dark red while the fast-moving hexagonal jet stream framing it is a yellowish green. Low-lying clouds circling inside the hexagonal feature appear in orange. A second, smaller vortex pops out in teal at the lower right of the image. The rings of Saturn appear in vivid blue at the top right. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI

![Saturn's Enceladus - Cassini](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac619be9624e2c3e/69886044428a9e67e0ccebc9/cassini-enceladus-nasa-saturn.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Saturn's moon Enceladus brightly reflects sunlight before a backdrop of the planet's rings. Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty Images


![Cassini - Rhea](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd66c7d7b0dd02b04/6988604435ba6f66d5c0ec86/cassini-rhea.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

The Cassini spacecraft observed three of Saturn's moons set against the night side of the planet in this image from April 2011. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

![Cassini - Phoebe](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9edd64e4f634eb47/6988604635ba6f71b8c0ec8a/cassini-phoebe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Phoebe, captured during Cassini's flyby on Jun. 11, 2004. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

![Five moons -- dominated by Rhea in the foreground -- share this Cassini spacecraft view with Saturn's rings seen nearly edge-on. Rhea \(1,528 kilometers, or 949 miles across\) is largest here and is closest to Cassini. Dione \(1,123 kilometers, or 698 miles](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt739a0320c59fdd0b/698860445f570f7a97b1d06f/cassini-rhea-nasa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Five moons of Saturn dominated by Rhea in the foreground on Jan. 11, 2011. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute—NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute


![Cassini - Iapetus](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96d9a473d4cc373f/698860453c163966174595bc/cassini-iapetus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

The Cassini spacecraft takes one of its last good looks at Iapetus, a Saturnian moon. UIG/Getty Images

![NASA's Cassini imaging scientists processed this view of Saturn's moon Hyperion, taken during a close flyby on May 31, 2015. This flyby marks the mission's final close approach to Saturn's largest irregularly shaped moon.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88d766deba5bff23/69886046cd1bba8bbf6fcd47/cassini-hyperion.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Saturn's moon Hyperion, taken during a close flyby on May 31, 2015\. This flyby marks the mission's final close approach to Saturn's largest irregularly shaped moon. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

![Cassini - Atlas](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5325e59cc2f68f1/69886044524fc0f66adf427f/cassini-atlas-nasa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

The Cassini spacecraft captures a glimpse of the moon Atlas shortly after emerging from Saturn's shadow on Jan. 23, 2014. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute


![Cassini - Mimas](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte223b7710198c2de/69886046196cf447e7037a81/cassini-mimas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Mimas, Dione and Titan on May 27, 2015\. The image is taken using a spectral filter which preferentially admits wavelengths of near-infrared light centered at 728 nanometers NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

![A swing high above Saturn by NASA's Cassini spacecraft revealed this stately view of the golden-hued planet and its main rings on Oct. 10, 2013](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt005aa4b215d2b37c/698851705f570f0493b1ba44/saturn.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A swing high above Saturn by NASA's Cassini spacecraft revealed this stately view of the golden-hued planet and its main rings on Oct. 10, 2013. NASA/JPL


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[00:04] We read you loud and clear .>> Guys
[00:11] its see you, can you tell me a little about where you are in
[00:14] the station right now and what your day has been like so
[00:18] far? Good morning, Jeff. We are in the
[00:22] airlock right now. This is where we get ready for and do our
[00:25] space walks. These are our space suits right here, so, right
[00:28] now Scott and I are not planned to do one. I did one on the
[00:31] last part of my mission with Butch Wilmore, and Scott's
[00:34] gonna do several here in a few months. But we get the
[00:37] equipment and the space suits ready here, and that part of
[00:40] the airlock right there, we close the hatch. Depress all the
[00:43] air out of it and go out in space from there. And
[00:47] where are we your in the cycle of your work day right now?
[00:54] Hey, good morning Jeff, good to talk to you. It is 10: 46
[00:59] in the morning and we are on GMT so we get up around
[01:03] 6 a. m. Out work day starts generally about sometime
[01:07] between 7 and 7: 30. All of us are
[01:11] kind of on, do different activities, sometimes together but a
[01:15] lot of time separately. So far today for me personally I
[01:19] had some exercise. My first of two exercise sessions,
[01:22] running on the treadmill for. About 30 minutes, and
[01:26] then I did some some research. This
[01:32] experiment called fine motor skills is a cognitive
[01:36] experiment to investigate how our cognitive abilities
[01:39] change over the long term. And a few other little odds and
[01:43] ends activities that probably aren't worth going into, but that
[01:45] are very important. For you know, maintaining the
[01:50] space station and, and maintaining our, our lives up
[01:55] here .>> Now you were expecting the docking of the
[01:59] Russian Progress ship, just a couple, a week or so
[02:03] ago, how big a problem, if at all, is it that the ship didn't
[02:06] arrive and is there anything aboard that you guys were
[02:09] especially looking forward to? Any personal items? Well,
[02:15] actually this is a testament to how well stocked this space
[02:18] station is. We did lose the resupply ship but we have
[02:22] enough supplies on board to stay here for many months.
[02:25] Food and water and clothes and that kind of stuff. We're
[02:28] still able to do all our scientific experiments so. It was a loss
[02:32] and of course it it's gonna effect the future but we were
[02:36] able to cope with it, and like I said, there's plenty of margin
[02:39] on board. So there's no immediate danger. That was a
[02:42] Russian ship, so our [ UNKNOWN ] friends, we have a
[02:44] crew of six three of them are Russian [ UNKNOWN ]. So
[02:48] most of the equipment was for them. Most of the food was
[02:50] for them. So we've been sharing as much as we can And,
[02:53] we've had failures in the past of American vehicles, and, of
[02:56] course, they share with us. It's a pretty cool partnership to
[02:58] be able to work together like that. Scott,
[03:03] you're only two months in, less than two months in out of
[03:06] your, your year in space, but can you tell us anything about,
[03:10] any of the biomedical experiments you've done and any of
[03:13] them that, that involve Mark? So
[03:19] you know, there's a lot of research that is involved in my
[03:22] stay up here. You know, like I was sent to the weather
[03:26] channel. I don't know if you were listening, over 400
[03:28] different experiments throughout the, the period of time
[03:31] you're in various disciplines. For me personally,
[03:35] there's the one year research which has a lot
[03:40] of imaging associated with it. Ultrasound of various
[03:44] parts of my body, my heart, arteries and my neck and brain
[03:47] and muscles. And some of that involves
[03:54] the science that is being done with my brother and I that
[03:57] comparative Science which is most cases genetic
[04:01] based. So it's samples, blood, urine, other samples that our
[04:05] bodies give off. And I've done those collections
[04:09] twice and done a bunch of the ultrasound tests
[04:15] Also a lot of tests on my eyes and my vision but the stuff
[04:18] that involves my brother is some of the ultrasound work
[04:20] and a lot of the human samples. And
[04:26] those don't always sound like fun, so what do you guys do
[04:29] for fun? What's the most enjoyable recreational part of your
[04:33] day? Well
[04:38] you know unfortunately there's not a whole lot of time for
[04:40] fun. We have a pretty good work schedule. I
[04:45] don't think people realize, you know, how hard we work up
[04:47] here. And we basically work, at least I do, from
[04:52] the time I get up Until about an hour or so before
[04:56] I go to sleep. And, you know, these other two guys work
[04:59] harder than I do. So, yeah, not a
[05:03] lot of, free time for fun, but we, you know, we have a
[05:06] chance to, you know, watch some movies to. You certainly
[05:09] enjoy the view. To read, although I haven't read anything
[05:13] yet book wise. I need to start that, And you know, a lot
[05:17] of the time is, is spent communicating with folks on Earth.
[05:24] And Terry, how do you recalibrate your emotions when you
[05:27] were just a week or so away from going home, and now
[05:29] the delay's mean it'll be at least another month or so
[05:36] Yeah, that's always a tough one for military folks on
[05:39] deployment. Whenever deployment gets extended at the
[05:41] last minute, that can be tough. The hardest hit
[05:46] people are my family back on earth, it's really tough on
[05:49] them. For me, I just kind of-- I'm here, I'm doing my job.
[05:53] It's more of the same. It's, it's only gonna be a few more
[05:56] weeks. You know we'll be back in June. And so I, I just try
[05:59] not to think about it and just press on with my daily activities
[06:02] and keep on going. The hardest, like I said the hardest I
[06:05] think is for the folks on Earth. Aside
[06:11] from family, family and friends, what do you guys miss most
[06:15] about Earth? If you think about what's going on down there,
[06:18] is there one particular thing that pops into mind? You
[06:22] know, weather. We do not have weather up here. It's
[06:27] sunny and low humidity and 75 every day, and so Just the,
[06:31] the sounds and smell of rain, or snow, or sunny,
[06:35] warm day, you know? We don't get that in. It's an
[06:38] interesting thing. But in a lot of ways, I forgotten what
[06:40] weather's like. And I, I, I really forgot what gravity feels like.
[06:44] I don't, I'll be a in, reintroduced to that here in a few weeks.
[06:47] Scott do you
[06:51] and Masha get to see a great deal of each other?
[06:55] Do you work together on the one year experiment? I know
[06:58] there are two different wings of the station but you guys are
[07:00] both in the in the one year study. You
[07:05] know we do consider ourselves one, one individual crew.
[07:10] And you know for a lot of reasons. You know, we have to
[07:13] respond in an emergency together as a, as a unified team.
[07:16] We you know fly together in the Soyuz. But a lot of our
[07:20] activities are done separately. It's almost like You know,
[07:24] two organizations, sharing two different wings of a
[07:27] laboratory, let's say. So, Misha sleeps in the, the
[07:31] US segment, and, the cosmonauts do some activities down
[07:35] here, but for the most part. You know their workday is spent
[07:39] in the Russian segment and our workday is spent in what
[07:41] is considered the US operational segment, which is not
[07:44] only the US modules but the European Space Agency
[07:48] module and the the two Japanese modules we have up
[07:52] here. So You know we we do see each other a lot but a lot
[07:55] of time its just seeing and passing as he's coming going to
[07:59] and from work in the morning and in the evening and in the
[08:02] other times of day he comes down to his crew quarters to
[08:05] maybe get on the computer or make a phone call or take a
[08:08] little break from his work day so its almost like you know we
[08:10] just kinda wave and passing a lot of the times.
[08:17] [ INAUDIBLE ] in this trip was the the scrubbing of Sarah
[08:20] Brightman's trip to the statement. How big a disappointment
[08:22] was this? You guys were about to get a an international
[08:25] Star up there? Well,
[08:33] I wouldn't say I was disappointed for me. I was kinda of
[08:36] disappointed for her. You know, because I, I had grown to
[08:41] be friendly with her and you know, I know how much she
[08:44] was looking forward to this It's great to get visitors
[08:48] up here, you know. You like the people you're flying with,
[08:51] but you also would like to see new faces. And we're not
[08:54] sure who's gonna be put in that in that seat when
[08:59] the Soyuz launches here in September, now was the
[09:03] original plan. But whoever it is, We will welcome them, just
[09:06] as much as we were, would welcome Sarah Brideman. So,
[09:09] you know on one hand it's, you know I'm sorry she's not
[09:12] going to make it and fulfil her dream of flying in space, but
[09:15] on the other hand, you know, someone else, someone
[09:17] else will and that's a great thing for them. Terry,
[09:23] are there any additional projects you've picked up given
[09:27] that you're going to be there for another month or is the
[09:29] workload such that you never have to worry about busying
[09:33] yourself? Well, yes, for sure, like
[09:37] Scott was saying earlier, a work day is pretty much all day
[09:39] every day. But I think we're in this phase now, we used to
[09:43] be in what we call the assembly phase of station, then
[09:45] we're in utilization. I kinda look at this as a reconfiguration
[09:48] phase. We're moving some modules around. The space
[09:51] walks that I did, and the space walks that Scott are gonna
[09:53] do, are getting ready for future vehicles. And so one of the
[09:56] big projects is to move what's called a PMM module, which
[09:58] is just below the camera And move it, two modules over,
[10:02] basically. And, and, that may be something that we do in
[10:05] this time that we have off. We've picked up some big
[10:08] maintenance on our, on our life support and recycling
[10:11] systems. So we're, we're trying to get ahead on some of
[10:13] the tasks that are gonna be required for the next year.
[10:16] Relocating that PMM module, if it ends up happening, is
[10:18] gonna be a. Kind of a really big task. Gut,
[10:24] you're said to take your first space walk of your career,
[10:27] when is that happening, and how much more training or
[10:31] preparation do you have ahead for that? Well
[10:35] right now, it's a little bit TBD, because the first planned
[10:39] space walk was for Chill Lindgren and, and myself And it's
[10:44] associated with the next Space X. So the
[10:48] next Space X has a hardware component on it that allows
[10:51] commercial vehicles to dock, US commercial vehicles to
[10:55] dock to the International Space Station. And when the
[10:59] Space X gets here we'll pull that piece of hardware out of
[11:02] Space X. It's on the unpressurized. Portion of the
[11:06] vehicle, and then as soon as Chel get up here,
[11:10] some number of days after, we're not sure which. Cuz he
[11:14] was supposed to be here already when that arrived but
[11:16] now that his launch is being delayed we're gonna have to
[11:19] replan that. So I'm not sure, it's probably some time, I would
[11:23] suspect in in August they're supposed to get here.
[11:28] Toward the end of July. Of course, Terry and I could
[11:32] always go out and do an unplanned space walk if
[11:34] something was to break on the space station. So, you
[11:37] know, you have to be prepared for that. As far as training,
[11:40] there is some on board training you do. There's certainly a
[11:43] lot of study and preparation, and I'm sure Terry can attest to
[11:45] that, doing three space walks in a row. So the
[11:49] training never stops. We do on board training, you know.
[11:52] You train for this your whole life and you continue to train
[11:54] and it's you know, you almost think maybe when you get
[11:58] home you'll still be doing training because you know,
[12:00] you're in such a habit of doing it Do
[12:05] you feel-- you've got, I guess, ten and a half months, ten
[12:09] months and a week. How are you pacing yourself? Does
[12:13] that feel like a long haul or are you sort of getting fully in
[12:17] the rhythm? It's one thing I think
[12:21] about every single day. Is that you know, fortunately
[12:25] I had the experience of being up here previously. And I
[12:29] think most people that have been here for six months can
[12:32] tell you that a year is a very long time to live here. Where
[12:36] you can't leave a very closed environment, a
[12:40] very heavy workload, and so I, I think about
[12:44] it all the time. Like I said earlier, you know, we, I work
[12:48] from basically the time I get until right before I go to sleep,
[12:51] so me pacing myself is you know, one of the most critical
[12:55] things I do because I need to have, you know, the same
[12:59] ability and energy and focus and attention to focus at the
[13:02] end of this mission that I do right now. And you know
[13:06] because, you know at anytime we need to be able to
[13:09] respond to an emergency. To stand very long hours if we
[13:12] have to go outside and do a, an emergency space walk for
[13:15] instance. So you know, it's the, the number one thing.
[13:19] Actually safety is first, and the number two thing in my mind
[13:22] is, is pacing myself for the long haul. Wonderful.
[13:30] Gentlemen, thank you so much for giving us this time this
[13:33] morning. And fly safely, and come home to us soon.
[13:38] Thanks Jeff good talking to you this morning. [ BLANK
[13:43] AUDIO ]>>
[13:45] Station, this is Houston ACR. Thank you. That concludes
[13:48] the event. And thank you Weather Channel and Time
[13:52] Magazine. Station, we are now resuming operational audio
[13:55] communication. Thanks.
[14:00] Great
[14:02] job guys.

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