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♪ ♪ ♪ -my wife, laurel, was on the shuttle. she was a scientist primarily involved with life sciences. one day during the mission, i was reviewing the notes, and then here's this foam issue. during launch, a large piece of foam had come off the external tank and impacted the left wing. me and my colleague had this discussion of, "hey, you can use a family conference to talk to laurel and find out what she knew." -oh! -you got to remember the hat you're wearing is your flight-surgeon hat, not your family hat. it would have broken protocol for me to bring up an issue to a crew me...

-there's this big countdown clock. i just remember staring at that clock, like, watching every second go down, like, "is it now? is it now?" -i don't know what i expected when i saw that clock -- like, for them to just magically arrive when it reached zero. -iain was very excited. -mom's coming home, and, you know, he's gonna get mom hugs, great meals. you know, life will be back to normal. ♪ -somebody from nasa said, "you'll see the big kind of parachute that pops out of the back." and i think that's probably what i was most excited about [laughs] was watching the parachute come out. ♪ -t...

And were very excited. All the crew kids are just enjoying each other, too, so running up and down the bleachers and just enjoying being there. At the runway, there was just a lot of energy in the air. And so as a kid, you kind of just kind of ride that energy. But all of the waiting just felt like an eternity. Here we go. Theres this big countdown clock. I just remember staring at that clock, like, watching every second go down, like, is it now . Is it now . I dont know what i expected when i saw that clock like, for them to just magically arrive when it reached zero. Iain was very excited. M...