Jeremy Hansen
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So you can actually talk to them just on the phone.
And my dad and my brother were there.
And I inadvertently made my dad tear up.
And it was because I said, you know, Dad, my dad was very worried about the risks of the mission.
I said, Dad, look, I got two amazing kids.
I'm 50 years old.
I got an amazing life.
I am so at peace right now.
When we launched, I have never felt peace in my life like that, never.
And I think that played a huge factor in it.
I was going into space
with three great people and I just felt we were all at peace.
We were all so comfortable with where we were and it helped.
I was much more frightened on my first mission to the International Space Station 10 years earlier because my life wasn't in that state of peace and now I was there and I think that had a hugely foundational part.
So true.
We had all gotten out of our seats.
We were still in the orange suits, but we were all out of our seats, kind of leaning back against the side of the spacecraft and waiting for the teams to get there.
Christina had some peanut M&Ms in her pocket that contraband from the moon, and we ate that.
And it was just like a really nice crew moment.
And you could tell, like, looking back at some of the videos of us in there, we all had adrenaline.