For those of us who have flown before , that was by far the smoothest ascent .

This is really a chance for us to share what we did on the flight.

This is a wonderful moment for all of us to experience.

For many of us it's been four years since we trained for (this mission) and its been a wonderful experience.

She was praying for us -- everybody was praying for us. That's another reason I knew we were safe.

We have definitely accomplished all our mission objectives.