The first expedition on the space station requests permission to take the radio call sign Alpha,

He's young, so he's on one night, off another night. But when he's on, he's really surprised us with what he's capable of doing.

He's really a hard worker. He works his tail off and hopefully he keeps doing that so that we have a better junior and senior on our hands.

I really and truly think that my team is not going to feel the pressure because they don't know what to expect. So I think in this case, being young really helps us out.

I know my wife is going to be anxious to see me. I'll be happy to get home on time if Captain Wetherbee and the Discovery crew can arrange that.

On behalf of the crew on Alpha, I'd like to commend Endeavour and its crew for the tremendous technical challenge and the great achievements ... I can't think of a mission that we've flown in a long time that's been a bigger challenge.

I want them to take that hurt feeling with them. They did not complete something. I want them to think about it all spring and summer, because I'm here to win in March. I never want them to feel this again.

It's good for us. We're happy to stay one more day.

The most bang for the buck is to dress for the season.

This mirror allows us to look at how we do things...and we get to compare this with how other countries approach the same problem and this is hugely valuable. This will be one of the legacies of space station.