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The first crew started to come together

The Wonderful: Stories from the Space Station

The first crew started to come together, and as I had experience of workingon both Mir and...

The Wonderful: Stories from the Space Station • 2021

The first crew started to come together, and as I had experience of working
on both Mir and the shuttle, I was selected for that first crew. At first, Bill Shepherd and I
were the only ones there. Shortly afterwards,
Yuri Gidzenko was added to our crew. So that was the crew, Bill Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko, and myself. We trained for nearly four years
for that first long-term mission. {\an8}My name is Ginger Kerrick. {\an8}I am currently a division chief
in the Flight Integration Division {\an8}at NASA Johnson Space Center. In the summer of '95,
I took my application and marched it down to the astronaut
selection office, turned it in. They had received over 3,000 applicants
and had selected 120 to interview, and I was one of the 120

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The first crew started to come together,

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and as I had experience of working on both Mir and the shuttle,

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I was selected for that first crew.

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At first, Bill Shepherd and I were the only ones there.

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Shortly afterwards, Yuri Gidzenko was added to our crew.

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So that was the crew,

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Bill Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko, and myself.

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We trained for nearly four years for that first long-term mission.

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{\an8}My name is Ginger Kerrick.

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{\an8}I am currently a division chief in the Flight Integration Division

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{\an8}at NASA Johnson Space Center.

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In the summer of '95, I took my application

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and marched it down to the astronaut selection office, turned it in.

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They had received over 3,000 applicants and had selected 120 to interview,

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and I was one of the 120.

Duration

49 seconds

Views

34

Timestamp in Movie

00:12:54

Uploaded

May 21, 2025

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Production

Dog Star Films,Universal Pictures

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Movie Summary

In unusual circumstances, scientists from different countries work together to achieve a common scientific goal. Locked in their spinning space lab, they are isolated from the world — family and friends - and can only watch from the outside as life on Earth continues without them. The space station is a monument not only to the weaknesses of humanity, but also to its ability to do the impossible for the sake of life in space.