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Hi, Mike!

I saw that you were selected for the astronaut program in 2009. At that time, they still flew the Shuttle. Did you know at the time, that the shuttle would be retired a few years later and that you'd have to fly on the Soyuz?

How much of your training was in Russia, and how long did it take you to get comfortable with the Russian language?

Basically, what I'm wondering about, is, how was it transitioning from American training into a Russian training and launch environment?

I know that most of the Shuttle astronauts that flew missions to ISS had some training in Russia, too, in case they had to fly the Soyuz as a rescue ship to get home, but, yeah.

Thanks!

That makes sense!

The thing about everything being integrated into a single training plan is really interesting, I never knew that! I always imagined there would be overlaps in the Russian and American training.

Thanks so much for your answer!

Which was your favorite piece of film/TV you created within the Entourage universe, and why? I'm thinking of things like the energy drink commercial, the action sequence from Medellín and the pier sequence from Aquaman!