Kathy Sullivan [00:00:01]:

No one ever forgets the moment they get the call, the phone call that changes everything, the call from NASA.

Christina Koch [00:00:07]:

She said, we wanna invite you to come to Houston and join the astronaut corps.

Charlie Bolden [00:00:11]:

He said, you still wanna be an astronaut?

Victor Glover [00:00:19]:

She says, how would you like to move to Houston and start astronaut candidate training?

Kathy Sullivan [00:00:19]:

That call, to become an astronaut and perhaps have the chance to leave this planet and take part in exploration beyond everything you know.

Christina Koch [00:00:29]:

That just stops me in my tracks. Took me a while to process.

Victor Glover [00:00:32]:

On cloud 9, and I don't remember a whole lot about the rest of this conversation.

Charlie Bolden [00:00:41]:

I mean I was stunned, and I just stopped for a moment and, and I said... "Yes sir I do. When, when do I need to be there?

Kathy Sullivan [00:00:47]:

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Christina Koch [00:01:05]:

And then I thought, okay. That really happened.

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