A Public Service along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. Nasa astronaut frank rubio held a News Conference ahead of his Upcoming Mission to the International Space station in midseptember. He and two russian cosmonauts will lift off in a russian spacecraft. This is just under 20 minutes. Frank, how are you feeling about your Upcoming Mission . Good morning. We feel great, we feel ready. Is truly an honor to represent erin nation and the nasa team on this mission. I am excited to be flying with the crew for only a couple of weeks. They are a fantastic crew and im looking forward to becoming a part of their team as we tackle the iss together and its been an honor to be a part of the soyuz 68 in all this mission represents. We have had incredible training and we are excited about the mission. We will take some questions from the media. I think its an incredibly important mission. It has been a good and strong relationship with the russians in
Together, and of course its been an honor to be a part of all the soyuz 68 and all this mission represents. We have had incredible training and we are excited about the mission. We will take some questions from the media. If you have a question, please press star one to ask. Lets start with bill harwood of the cbs news. Good afternoon, morning, evening, whatever it is where you are. I was wondering how has training gone, how are your relations and nasas relations with russia these days . Thats a standard question as things have evolved. Can you explain in laymans terms how important it is to have this partnership where a partner astronaut launches on so use on soyuz or a cosmonaut launches on a boeing star liner . Frank good afternoon, or good morning to you, and thank you for making the time. I think its an incredibly important mission. Our partnership has been going on for a long time and it has been a good and strong relationship. It represents the ongoing effort of the tremendous t
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U.S. Army Colonel Frank Rubio, who holds the record for the longest U.S. spaceflight, recounted the "awesome" experience of re-entering Earth's atmosphere on Thursday during a Pentagon ceremony honoring his achievement. "Colonel Rubio is a stellar example of someone who has made the absolute most of every opportunity," Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said as she…