Bill Shepherd
Bill Shepherd
William Shepherdis an American astronaut, commander of the Expedition One crew on the International Space Station...
behalf bigger challenge commend crew endeavour flown great mission technical time tremendous
On behalf of the crew on Alpha, I'd like to commend Endeavour and its crew for the tremendous technical challenge and the great achievements ... I can't think of a mission that we've flown in a long time that's been a bigger challenge.
helps pressure team truly
I really and truly think that my team is not going to feel the pressure because they don't know what to expect. So I think in this case, being young really helps us out.
adapt humans readily space surprising
I think the most surprising thing about space was how readily humans can adapt to it.
anxious arrange captain crew discovery happy home time wife
I know my wife is going to be anxious to see me. I'll be happy to get home on time if Captain Wetherbee and the Discovery crew can arrange that.
adapted biggest flew four life ready station survival training ways
Survival training is one of the biggest ways that we did that. I think four years of that before we flew made us really ready for life on station and we adapted well.
fun glad load ourselves running
We really had to load ourselves down on the treadmill. Running on it was not a lot of fun but I think we're all glad that we did it now that we're back on the Earth.
everybody forward good great job looking
We're having a pretty good day in orbit. We're getting a lot done. Sergei and Yuri are doing a great job as everybody told me, and we're looking forward to a good docking tomorrow.
good ride rocket ship thankful
When you ride a good rocket ship to orbit, you have a lot to be thankful for.