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Bob Ley/ESPN: We'll come back down to Earth in a second.
But let's go back to the stars Bob.
We have communication with outer space!
We believe we have established communication with the International Space Station.
Tracy Caldwell Dyson a member of the three-member crew.
Tracy, it's Bob Ley here, planet Earth in Johannesburg.
Tracy do you have me?
Tracy: I sure do Bob.
Nice talking to you.
Bob Ley/ESPN: Describe the sense of anticipation.
The biggest sporting event on this planet happening down here.
You three have the most unique perspective right now...you and your two Russian colleagues.
Your matched, fit and ready to go.
I'd like to see what you can do with those soccer balls.
Tracy: Well, I'm not much of a soccer player.
But we do have a captain of the soccer team in Star City, Russia onboard with us.
We can see the great country that the sport is being celebrated and played in.
I think that there is a few that would like to be able to see the games in person up here.
Bob Ley/ESPN: We understand you're getting three more crew members in several days.
Will the soccer talk pick up as the Russians
and the Americans begin to talk about world football?
Tracy: Well, we get together every evening for dinner and sit around the TV
and either watch the news or some other fantastic thing that we get uplinked.
I bet you there will be some cheering around the table as we get World Cup Soccer sent up to us.
Bob Ley/ESPN: If the tickets are nearly gone here on planet Earth, you have the best seat
in the house from 200 statute miles in orbit above the planet.
Godspeed on your return when it's your to turn to come back to Earth
as you've got three new crew members coming to you at the International Space Station.
Chris, that's the best seat in the house.