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Me, personally, I was a Mets and Giants fan.
We're fortunate to have football on the space station.
I'll never be done with space. I will always be involved.
Adjusting to space is easier than adjusting to Earth for me.
I would always consider flying in space again, without a question.
I would say that as a government employee, I am subject to the Hatch Act.
By going to Mars one day, we will make things better for us here on Earth.
I believe in the importance of flying in space and the research that we do.
The space station here is a magical place and an incredible science facility.
Flying in space is a privilege, whether it's the first time or the fourth time.
The planet will get better; it's us that won't be here because we'll destroy the environment.
I am not a great sleeper. I don't think I have ever slept 8 hours straight in the last 20 years.
Going to Mars is a bunch of baby steps, and it started off with the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin.
There are few aspects of everyday life that aren't touched by the technologies developed for space travel.
A year is a long time to live without the human contact of loved ones, fresh air, and gravity, to name a few.
We have a lot of systems here on board the space station, and we can't call a repair man when one of them breaks.
I think a good life-work balance is important, and that's even more important in some cases on the space station.
When we do things that are really hard, we can achieve great things - and that has worked as a great model for me.
There's certainly a loss of connection with folks on the ground who I care for and love and I want to spend time with.
If you go on a journey to Mars and get into deep space, there is several hundred times, maybe 300 times the radiation.
I don't mean to say it's not fresh on the space station, but there's nothing like new, cold air coming into the capsule.
It is a little bit surreal to know that you are in your own little spaceship, and a few inches from you is instant death.
On this flight, my fourth spaceflight, I also became the record holder for total days in space and single longest mission.
I think anyone that's in the same building or the same place for a really long period of time, some parts of it become routine.
Leaving the space station was bittersweet - I had been there for a long time and looked forward to leaving, but it is a remarkable place.
We used to have a crew of three on board the space station and even at one time a crew of two people, so it's something we can adjust to.
What we get from building a space station, the economic return, the science return, is very, very important to our nation, to our economy.
The thing I like most about flying in space is not the view. The thing I like about it is doing something I feel very, very strongly about.
Something people don't recognize is that being on the space station is probably a lot like being in some kind of confinement - like isolation.
As far as whether there is life there on Mars or whether there was actually ever life there, I don't know. It would be great to find out, though.
Your arms don't hang by your side in space like they do on Earth because there is no gravity. It feels awkward to have them floating in front of me.
It's a combination of science, maintenance, and general housekeeping. And then, occasionally, robotics activities or a spacewalk you might get to do.
It seems like in the beginning of my flight, the space dreams were rare. And now, almost 150 days into it, the Earth dreams are more of the rare ones.
The majority of astronauts have to change their eyeglasses while in space. They bring eyeglasses with them and typically change a few months into the mission.
The Earth is a beautiful planet. The space station is a great vantage point to observe it and share our planet in pictures. It makes you more of an environmentalist.
We've got to get rid of the stuff on the space station somehow. So we do have a pretty significant capability to bring back stuff on SpaceX that you might not imagine.
The ride to orbit was impressive, as it always is. But once I got on board the space station, it really felt like I was visiting an old home; it felt very comfortable.
I think what most people miss, and what I missed last time, are the people that are important in your life. You know, the relationships you have with people on the ground.
Just like the bones and muscles, the heart is designed to work in one gravity here on Earth, so when you put the heart in space, it operates differently and changes shape.
We had this incredible pass over the Himalayas, and to just see all of that pollution that's riding up against those mountains from the south is just really heartbreaking.
My career with the Navy and NASA gave me an incredible chance to showcase public service to which I am dedicated, and what we can accomplish on the big challenges of our day.
It's for us to take care of the air we breathe and the water we drink. And I do believe we have an impact on that, and we do have the ability to change it if we make the decision to.
When I look at the clouds over the Earth, and I know how high clouds are, I get a sense we are really, really far above those clouds. I wouldn't call it scary, but I am aware I am in space.
We don't do laundry because that requires a lot of water, and water's at a premium up here. Plus, it'd be pretty complicated, I think, to make a space washer, although I guess you could do it.
As far as the sounds on the space station, it's pumps, fans, motors, certain modules are louder than others, but it's generally a pretty nice working environment. It's not too loud or too smelly.
The workouts have positively impacted the astronauts' bones and muscles, and they are coming back in really good shape. But some are losing bone and muscle but not as much as we saw in the early days.
I personally think going to Mars, if it takes two years or two and a half years, that's doable. Certainly, the first people who go there, that's going to be a big motivator, being first getting to Mars.
People do really well on space missions, but it's the physiological, the medical stuff, the stuff like radiation, loss of bone mass and muscle mass and density. It's those things that we need to figure out.
I believe in exploration, and I will miss being on the front lines of that endeavor. On one hand, I look forward to going home, but it's something that's been a big part of my life, and I'm going to miss it.
There are parts of the Earth that are covered with pollution all the time. I saw weather that was unexpected. Storms bigger than we've seen in the past. This is a human effect. This is not a natural phenomenon.