A lot of these things will fly in later forms on the space station themselves, or a later form of that research will, once they kind of find out some of the basics from flying it on shuttle. Linda M. Godwin basicfindfly Change image and share on social
Our shuttle crew is four people, because we're going to transfer a crew up to station, so all the jobs are divided between four people rather than five or six people. So it's been busy. Linda M. Godwin busycrowdivide Change image and share on social
It's really a good feeling to know that we put this up there, that it's working, that all these people's plans that worked so hard came together and things fit and we've got a real space station. Linda M. Godwin feltfitgood Change image and share on social
It definitely helps to have been through the arm training flow before and to have used the arm on orbit, and it also gives me the confidence to know that our training facilities are really good, that when you get up there, you feel like you've been there. Linda M. Godwin armconfidencefacility share on social
As always, we prepare for all sorts of contingencies. And the first few days of the flight up until docking on Day 3 are all spent really in the rendezvous because we launch at a time that puts us in an optimal position to catch up to station. Linda M. Godwin catchcontingencyday share on social
We didn't use the shuttle robot arm before, so this has been a training flow to get ready for that. Linda M. Godwin armflowready Change image and share on social
I'll be the person using the shuttle robotic arm. Linda M. Godwin armpersonrobotic Change image and share on social
We're on the same radius from the Earth, and then we start to swing around to where we're ahead of them on the velocity vector, so we come in relative to the station from this forward velocity position and dock on to the forward end of the Lab. Linda M. Godwin aheaddockearth share on social
There's a lot of interest from the medical community on how things develop in microgravity, and the hope, later, that is expected to apply to what the changes are in humans as well. Linda M. Godwin applycommunitydevelop Change image and share on social
It's very important to know that we packed it right because it is a safety issue for coming home. Linda M. Godwin comehomeimportant Change image and share on social
