from space shuttle columbia as columbia continues to orbit the earth at an altitude of about 150 statute miles. columbia, houston, laurel, you re loud and clear on air to ground one. -the second day, i drive in to work kind of euphoric because another launch, another successful launch. you know, the flight director s office and the mission control center in houston is working with them. they re everything s good. i walked into the analysis lab to start reviewing film from the launch. we started the film at the beginning. [ rockets roaring ] we re watching this liftoff. you see the roll maneuvers, beautiful blue sky. we do the normal review, and we start pointing out all the things that we normally see. and we got to 81 seconds, and then we see this object come off of the external tank area. it moved down, and then striked the vehicle and explode into a white cloud. my reaction was, oh, shit. - you ll always find me sunny side up you ll always find me sunny side
so. [ chuckles ] it was really cool to see. -it was our dating anniversary. it was also the anniversary of challenger. we had about 20 or 25 minutes and he shared how the mission was going. -it was so nice to be able to see him, talk to him. and he was having a blast. -i just kept telling him how much i loved him and he said, i love you guys so much. he goes, evelyn, i love you so much. and just kept saying that. those are our last words ever. that was it. -i got a really nice note from evelyn husband
He did all these what he would call stupid astronaut tricks. I think he did different flips and, like, would poke his head out from different angles to make us laugh. And also just to play around with weightlessness. When else are you going to be able to float on camera . So. [ chuckles ] it was really cool to see. It was our dating anniversary. It was also the anniversary of challenger. We had about 20 or 25 minutes and he shared how the mission was going. It was so nice to be able to see him, talk to him. And he was having a blast
The 500 Days of Summer actress, who was previously married twice to film producer Jacob Pechenik and Ben Gibbard, began dating the Canadian TV personality in August 2019.
The British TV personality, who was peviously married to Christina Haack, started dating the actress after they met during the filming of his Discovery+ series Celebrity IOU: Joyride .