 Atlantis Mirror, this is Houston. Are you ready for the event? We are ready. Good morning, America. This is Houston. Please call Atlantis Mirror for a voice check. Atlantis Mirror, this is Good Morning, America. Can you hear me? Good morning, America. We are ready for questions. Loud and clear. Great. Shannon, I'd like to start with you. If I can, you've been up in space for six months. You must be incredibly anxious to come home. I'll be on the right side of the hatch whenever it gets closed. That I take it is where the exit is? Well, it's wherever Bill Leady is. He's the commander that's going to take the shuttle home, and I'm going to be on the shuttle when it gets home. You have admitted in the past to being a bit homesick. What have you missed most while up in space these past six months? Well, I'd better say my family, because they would feel really bad if they thought they came in second to some real gooey dessert. How are you feeling physically after being in space this long? I feel great. I mean, I feel just the same as I did when I left. I couldn't feel any better. The last time somebody spent this much time in space, they lost a lot of weight, that sort of thing. Have you noticed any changes in your body and the way you're feeling at all? No, I haven't noticed any changes. And my clothes are fitting about the same. So unfortunately, I don't think I've lost a whole lot of weight. Ken, can you describe from your living conditions board, Mir, did you have your own private compartment in which to sleep, that sort of thing? Different modules that have come up and been added at different times, which is one of the modules that has been recently added. And so it was just really nice. It was just a real nice place to. How big a space did you have that you could call your own? I didn't call any space my own, because where I slept during the day, people were working. So there's no place that I called my own. It's just that at night, no one was working. You must be anxious to finally have some private space or personal space. As much fun as it may be aboard all these, the space station here with these Russian cosmonauts. It'd be really good to get home, I'll agree with you. If you can, tell me how you do the basic things in life, like take a shower or do your laundry on board a space station. Well, you don't. Since I left, I guess I left when? March 22nd. And the best thing about doing the laundry, you don't have to do it. When your clothes get dirty, you just throw them away. As exciting as it must be to be in orbit for six months on board the space station, there must have been periods of genuine boredom. And truly did not ever get bored. I always had something to do. And in the evenings, if I had time, I had plenty of books to read. And whenever you have a good book, you don't get bored. What have you been eating food-wise? What do you guys eat up there on board the mirror? Oh, I'm sorry. I'm very sorry. I misunderstood. I thought you said, what have you been reading? What have we been eating? We've been eating the mixture of the Russian food and the American food. John Blahaz, you listened to Shannon describe all of this. What are you thinking you're about to embark on a four-month mission of your own up there? Well, actually, Shannon and I, as you know, have known each other a long time. And we trained and flew a couple of place shuttle missions together. And we trained in the Russian language. And we trained at Star City together. So we actually talked about all of this a lot before Shannon left in March. And she's been telling me the same kind of things she's been telling you this morning. I'm looking forward to the stay on mirror. I've had a lot of fun in the last day meeting my crewmates and talking to them and eating with them. So Shannon's given me a check out. I'm looking forward to the stay. Two of you are part of a pretty elite club. What kinds of advice, Shannon, have you given John as you end your mission and he begins his? Well, I told him just to take it day by day and not to worry about anything. It all works out. And just enjoy every day as it comes. Shannon, you did not sign on for a full six months in space. How did you feel when your return to Earth was delayed not once, but twice? I mean, I had been looking forward to coming home when in August. But I fully understand the reasons why the flight was delayed. And I think that was a very good decision. And actually, it was sort of a plus for me as it turned out because I got to see a new crew come up and get to see how crews exchange. And I got to say goodbye to Yuri and Yuri rather than them saying goodbye to me. And it's sort of easier to say goodbye than somebody else leaves. And it is for you to leave if you can understand what I'm saying. So it all worked out. John, you signed on for a four-month mission, the same length of a mission that Shannon originally signed on for. Are you at all, Leary, given her experience an extended stay that the same thing might happen to you? Certainly, it's possible. And again, a number of months ago, Shannon and I talked about the fact that on these types of missions, you need to plan that you may return later than the original plan so that you're psychologically prepared for that. And the Cosmonauts at Star City had told us then during our training there. So to answer your question directly, I hope I'm ready. And I think I'll be able to handle that if we are delayed. The other thing I would add is that I personally, I know Shannon does too, because we've talked about it a lot. I think this is a fantastic program that we're doing with the Russians. This kind of cooperation in space is something the Russians do very well. And we in America do very well at something we both have done well in the past. And so it's a good common meeting ground. And I think it's a good start to an international space station and for space exploration in the future. No, I guess I've been passing all the messages on that I can think of. But I would just like to say thank you to all the great people that have worked on the ground to support this mission because the mission is not just, you know, the astronaut that's visible, but there's been great support. And that's why I've had such a good time is because of all the great support. And I'd also like to thank Yuri and Yuri because they were just super to be in space with. And I just could have asked for two nights or people to work with. And so I just appreciate everybody that worked so hard to make it such a great experience. Planet Space Have Box for ETTF. Yes, sir. Came down here on the ground, it appears to us that it's shut down. You're looking at an event timer of event 29 minute, one, two, six, zero, seconds, 12, and still incrementing. Planet Space Have Box for ETTF. Looks like we just had a little problem with the event timer, everything looks okay now. Well, that's great news. And for, Yuri has finally got a terminate file download command ready for transmit box. So let's take a look at the hourglass. I'll turn okay that and see if I can get out of it this way without rebooting the computer. Okay. Terry, we're looking over your shoulder and we still have the same monochrome video signal we've been seeing all along. Wondered if Carl or anyone had made progress on message 60, which had us routing and one switch through an O-19 to try and solve it. When we switched to the flight deck, we saw no signal. So we're just puzzled and there's no rush at all at your convenience, we know you're busy. And we do, well, let's see, we've got the flight deck camera right now. This is Mission Control Houston here in the flight control room. The Orbit One team of flight controllers remains on station continuing to work with the crew on board, the joined Atlantis Mir spacecraft as the activities on board primarily are focused at the transfer activities between the two spacecraft. Broken sig in on transfer. Yeah, Bill, just thought I'd give y'all an update if you're ready to copy. Go ahead, Tom. Yesterday in my tally I sent down, I forgot to mention we did get the Crater B oven over and installed where the aisle closed and ready for entry. And today we got another big piece of the Cavante B and we've also got all the small pieces of Russian hardware. Got about two thirds of John's science already over on Perota. We'll get started on Shannon's bags coming back pretty shortly.