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Although some are pilots,
many are engineers...
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...medical doctors and scientists.
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Keep your heels in the water!
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Good job!
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Keep those lines tight!
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Deploy canopy for a release.
:21:24
Release!
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Okay, coming on down.
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Eyes on the horizon.
Put your elbows in tight.
:21:34
- Keep it together.
- There you go.
:21:38
All right, elbows in.
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Once selected, the astronaut
develops specific skills...
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...leading to a flight assignment.
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Then, training for
that mission begins.
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This is James van Hoften,
otherwise known as "Ox".
:21:57
And this is George Nelson,
known as "Pinky".
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Together, they'll attempt
something never done before:
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The capture and repair
of a satellite in space.
:22:12
The satellite, Solar Max, broke down
after its first few months...
:22:17
...and is now rotating in orbit,
partially crippled.
:22:24
Okay, we show a dock.
:22:28
Len, how about if I roll Pinky
upside down and get him back here...
:22:33
They will be assisted
by astronaut T.J. Hart.
:22:36
He's going with a roll.
I'll pick him back up.
:22:40
The shuttle's arm is vital
in the repair...
:22:43
...and "T.J.", as they call him,
is an expert.
:22:48
And back up to the satellite.
:22:54
An astronaut, fully dressed in
a spacesuit, weighs close to 400 Ibs.
:22:59
In space, he'll weigh nothing at all.