Two Maine astronauts in space at same time Chris Cassidy of York is making his third trip to the International Space Station Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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here. Station. Hello. How are you doing, Station, Houston. We just wanted to say congratulations to the entire crew and the teams on the ground that made this all possible. Chris and Anatoly, Congrats on your third successful arrival at the International Space Station and a special special Congrats to Yvonne on his first for free. It was a stunning launch in docking. And while we wish we had everyone to see you off from biking or we know your family and friends and your NASA family were watching the whole way and couldn't be more proud, you were the 500 human in space. Former chief astronaut, upcoming space station commander. And when during Jessica leaving a week. Our lone man on the U. S. Segment. There's nobody better for the job. And the flight control team can't wait to get to work with you. Welcome aboard, Jessica. Thanks a lot. It really means a lot to be back here and, uh, representing all of the Johnson Space Center and all of nasa. Really? To get this mission go, it's gonna be a really exciting year. Um, in our man space history, for all the obvious reasons and we hope to start that off at some point. My welcoming Bob and Doug for today's purposes. The launch was great. We as bandits, always said the spaceship worked beautifully, and, uh, we're just really happy to get your extra kind words, Jessica.

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