“There weren't any astronauts until I was about 10. Yuri Gagarin went into space …” — John L. Phillips

Since the Columbia accident, the Russian space agency, or the Russian space program, has been literally carrying the load bringing us all the supplies we need on the Progress vehicle, smaller amounts on the Soyuz vehicles.

I think it's going to be a very important, unique data set in terms of measuring the behavior of your lower body in space and trying to figure out what we can do to preserve bone and muscle density.

My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration.