i turned to someone tell moses, shannon is going to free you one day. they can find joy, [inaudible] in my mind, i have always been free. free as the wind, thank you so much. much. [applause]. [horns honking] announcer: big dreams and good grades aren't enough to get into college. there are actual steps you need to take. finding someone who can help is the first and most important. for the next steps, go to knowhow2go.org. [music] [applause] good afternoon, everybody. thank you for joining us today. the first thing i will ask you to do is put your hands together in front of our heart and bow slightly and say nanasta it means the good in me greets the good in all of you. who knows where is this is from? india. today we are sharing an form. we are members of the dance company based here in san francisco and we are taught by somebody who has been doing this art form for over 50 years much the ladies including myself we have been studying with him for a long time. you will see different things. lots of sounds with our feet. a little bit of story telling thr

tom shannon who has served as our program manager out at houston for shuttle program. we see our launch director in the background, mike leinbach. and mike mosesalong with mike leinbach. there's our deputy administrator and our administrator, charlie bolden. the singing of happiness as was mixed emotions. here is the atlantis banner that was on atlantis when the hatch was closed. with rex walheim, his picture made with atlantis is banner. barred from the space alliance -- bart from the space alliance. sandy magnus. [no sounds] [no sounds] [no sounds] [no sounds] >> now we're underneath atlantis. the crew is going to be going over to the landing gear and looking at the tiles. there's our administrator charlie bolden again. the pilot doug hurley. doug hurley in the red hat. [no sounds] [no sounds] [no sounds] [no sounds] >> there is sandy magnus. [no sounds] [no sounds] >> and our pilot again and there in the red hat is doug hurley. >> the crew is going back to houston tomorrow afternoon, and as soon as they get back to the astronaut boards very shortly they will have a chance to have a reunion with their immediate family members. they will have

shannon from houston. our launch vehicles. aunchke, our l director. mike moses. there is our deputy administrator. >> they were close. ihe is getting his picture made. it is the space alliance. >> this is the crew back home. i want to salute everyone knew has been involved. it has been a third year journey that has been incredible. all of us stand on the shoulders of some giants. they have become to be known as the final four. they have done an incredible job. they were like resources. they made is very proud. -- race horses. they made us very proud. they should feel incredibly proud of what you did. like me, if they got an opportunity to do it. we of gratitude for degree of gratitude to pokes around the country who made this possible. -- we all gratitude to people around the country who made this possible. the things that we have done have set up for inspiration for the future. i want to salute this crew and let them know how proud we are. >> thank you. we really appreciate those remarks. flying in space is a real dream. it has a lot more to do with who you do i

john shannon who served as our program manager at at houston for the shuttle program. >> our launch director in the background, mike linebaugh. and mike moses along with mike linebaugh. there's laurie, our deputy administrator, our administrator charlie bolden. >> scene of happiness as well as mixed emotions. there's the atlantis banner that was on the hatch of atlantis when the hatch was closed. with rex wallheim, getting his picture made with atlantis' banner. mark knappy from the united states alliance. >> you probably can't hear me out there but i'm going to talk to the mike anyway. it's a great day to be here and welcome the crew back home. i personally want to salute them an everybody who has been involved in this program. it's bn a 30-year journey that's been absolutely incredible. i want to say that all of us stand on the shoulders of some giants, none any better than these. they have come been known as the final four. they did an absolutely incredible job. if you have an opportunity to watch during the mission, they were like racehorses the whole time. they made us very proud. we've been exploring since early in our country's histo