Sergei Krikalev
Sergei Krikalev
Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalevis a Russian cosmonaut and mechanical engineer. As a prominent rocket scientist, he is a veteran of six space flights and ranks second to Gennady Padalka for the amount of time in space: a total of 803 days, 9 hours, and 39 minutes. He retired from spaceflight in 2007 and is currently working as vice president of Space Corporation Energia...
tasks
We're done with our tasks on the expedition.
affect low overall pressure satellite second space stage
We do not like when it is over dramatized, ... There was low pressure in second stage -- but it did not affect the overall operation. The satellite was inserted into space and into the right position.
thank worked
Thank you very much to those who worked with us.
earth maybe missing normal simple
So nothing fancy, maybe simple stuff..we're missing regular, normal Earth food.
decision
Well it's a pity, we had it planned, I think we could have done it. If the decision is made, the decision is made.
black create destroy helped holes known massive remarkable violence
Massive black holes are usually known for violence and destruction, ... So it's remarkable this black hole helped create new stars, not just destroy them.
shuttle visit
We need another shuttle and many more Soyuz's to visit the station,
against window
We are now against the window and can see there's no one home.
almost course ground isolation nice talking view
I don't think it was really isolation because we were talking to the ground almost each orbit. We were pretty busy, so I actually didn't feel myself isolated. And of course we had a pretty nice view of Earth.
both controls happy mission people sides space station thanksgiving trying
We know a lot of people are working in mission controls on both sides of the ocean, doing the same job, trying to make the space station alive. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.
flight scholars-and-scholarship thank waiting
We want to say thank you, all of you. We are waiting for this flight for very long years, more than two years already.
best bring learning program trying work
We are learning how to work together. We are learning what is different and we are trying to take the best part of each program to bring everything together.
hope mission months six space station trying worked
We worked six months trying to get the space station in better shape. We had a very interesting mission and I hope your mission is interesting as well.