>> WE ARE COMING TO YOU LIVE TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM HERE IN
HOUSTON, TEXAS, WHERE MOMENTS
AGO, ED DID A POLL AROUND THE
ROOM WITH THE NASA TEAMS AND ALL
POSITIONS ARE REPORTED GO FOR
THIS AFTERNOON'S DOCKING.
YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE INSIDE OF
THAT FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM.
VARIOUS FLIGHT CONTROLLERS
LOOKING OVER DIFFERENT SYSTEMS
ONBOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AND GOING TO BE LEAD
INSIDE OF THE ROOM BY THE FLIGHT
DIRECTOR, ED, IN THE BLUE SHIRT
THERE ON THE LOWER PART OF THE
SCREEN.
BELOW HIM IS ONE OF THE NEWER
FLIGHT DIRECTORS DURING THE
DYNAMIC ACTIVITY AND THEN JUST
ABOVE, YOU CAN SEE CAPCOM DIANE,
NEXT TO HER, ANOTHER CAPCOM, DON
PETTIT.
AND AS I JUST MENTIONED, WE'RE
GO FOR DOCKING CURRENTLY
TARGETED TO TAKE PLACE AT
2:45P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
3:45P.M. EASTERN UNDER SIX
HOURS FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSFUL
LAUNCH A LITTLE BIT EARLIER
TODAY.
EVERYONE HERE IN MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON IS GOING TO BE WORKING
IN CONCERT WITH THE TEAM OF
RUSSIAN FLIGHT CONTROLLERS WHO
ED LET KNOW THAT HOUSTON IS A GO
AND THEY ARE OVER IN RUSSIA
OUTSIDE OF MOSCOW.
THEY HAVE BEEN OVERSEEING
FOLLOWING THE INSERTION INTO THE
INITIAL ORBIT.
SO AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ABOUT
53 MINUTES 55 SECONDS COUNTING
FROM THE PLANNED DOCKING TIMES
OF 4:45P.M. CENTRAL, 3:45P.M.
EASTERN.
THERE IS STILL A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT STEPS OR DIFFERENT
MILESTONES STILL ON THE LIST FOR
SOYUZ TO GO THROUGH INCLUDING A
NUMBER OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS
IMPULSE BURNS.
THESE ARE SHORT FIRINGS OF THE
ENGINE ON THE SOYUZ MODULE.
THE BOTTOM PART OF THE SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT TO FINE-TUNE THE
APPROACH TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
UP TO THIS POINT, IT HAS
EXECUTED A NUMBER OF MUCH LARGER
BURNS TO GRADUALLY RAISE ITS
ORBIT FROM THE INITIAL ALTITUDE
UP TO THAT OF THE ISS, WHICH AT
THIS TIMES FLYING 258 STATUTE
MILES OVER PLANET EARTH JUST TO
THE SOUTHEAST OF VIETNAM ABOUT
TO MAKE PASS OVER MALAYSIA,
INDONESIA, EVENTUALLY OVER
AUSTRALIA.
AT THIS POINT, IT IS CLOSING IN
PRETTY RAPIDLY RIGHT NOW.
IT IS JUST UNDER TEN KILOMETERS
AWAY FROM THE STATION.
AND AGAIN CONTINUE TO CLOSE IN.
AGAIN,TREE MORE IMPULSE BURNS
STILL ON THE LIST.
IMPULSE BURNS 4, 5, AND 6
EXPECTING THOSE TO COME IN THE
NEXT ONE COMING UP IN ABOUT TEN
MINUTES OR SO.
ANOTHER ONE ABOUT FOUR MINUTES
AFTER THAT.
THEN THE FINAL RETURN WITH
ANOTHER THREE MINUTES AFTER
THAT.
THOSE TIMES WILL GET FINE-TUNED
AS THE SOYUZ GETS CLOSER JUST
BASED OFF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE
BURNS SO FAR.
ALL OF THE IMPULSE BURNS UP TO
THIS POINT HAVE BEEN PERFORMED
WITHOUT ISSUE.
THEY HAVE GOTTEN GOOD TESTS ON
THE AUTOMATED DOCKING AND
RENDEZVOUS SYSTEM USING THE
ANTENNAS NOT ONLY ON THE SOYUZ
ITSELF BUT ALSO ON THE STATION
AND GETTING GOOD CALLS THAT
THOSE HAVE GONE ACCORDING TO
PLANNED.
SO EVERYTHING BEING CHECKED OFF
SO FAR TODAY WITH OUR DOCKING.
EVERYTHING LOOKING TO BE ON TIME
AGAIN AT 2:45P.M. CENTRAL.
3:45P.M. EASTERN.
OF COURSE THE MOST IMPORTANT
PART, WHO IS ONBOARD THE SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT.
THERE ARE THREE CREWMEMBERS
INSIDE WHO HAVE BEEN TRAVELING
TO THE STATION OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL HOURS.
THEY ARE LEAD BY RUSSIAN
COSMONAUT OLEG SKRIPOCHKA.
THIS IS THE THIRD MISSION TO
SPACE.
SEATED TO THE LEFT, JESSICA
MEIR, THE FIRST FLIGHT AND GOING
TO BE THE 65th FEMALE AND
THE 238th PERSON TO MOVE
ONBOARD THE SPACE STATION.
THEY ARE JOINING HER FELLOW
AFGHAN CLASSMATES DREW MORGAN,
CHRISTINA KOCH AND NICK HAGUE
ALREADY ONBOARD.
ON THE LEFT THERE IS HAZAA ALI
ALMANSOORI.
AN ASTRONAUT FROM THE UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES.
HE WILL BE SPENDING ABOUT EIGHT
DAYS ONBOARD THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AND THEN
EVENTUALLY COMING HOME IN A
SOYUZ WITH CURRENT STATION
RESIDENT ALEXEY OVCHININ AND
NICK HAGUE WHEN THEY RETURN ON
OCTOBER THIRD.
THERE ARE SIX PEOPLE ONBOARD THE
SPACE STATION RIGHT AT THIS
MOMENT.
THEY ARE THE CREW OF EXPEDITION
60.
THE INTERNATIONAL CONTINGENT LED
RIGHT NOW BY ALEXEY OVCHININ IN
THE CENTER OF THIS GROUP PHOTO
HERE.
A VETERAN COSMONAUT ON THE THIRD
FLIGHT.
JUST TO THE VERY TOP LEFT IS
ITALIAN ASTRONAUT LUCA
PARMITANO.
A SECOND-TIME FLYER IN THE
EXPEDITION 61 COMMANDER
FOLLOWING THAT DEPARTURE COMING
UP ON OCTOBER THIRD.
ALSO, IN THE BACK ROW, ON THE
RIGHT IS CHRISTINA KOCH, SHE IS
GOING TO BE REMAINING ONBOARD.
THIS IS THE FIRST FLIGHT, BUT A
LONG ONE, LASTING IN EXCESS OF
300 DAYS AND WILL NOT COME HOME
UNTIL SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.
THEN FRONT ROW, STARTING ON THE
LEFT,
DREW MORGAN, THE FIRST-TIME
FLYER, THEN IN THE MIDDLE THERE
IS NICK HAGUE, ALSO A FIRST
TIMER.
HE IS GOING TO BE WRAPPING UP,
WELL, SECOND TIME COUNTING THE
PREVIOUS SOYUZ ABORT HE MADE
WITH ALEXEY OVCHININ THE FIRST
DURATION STAY.
HE AND OVCHININ SET TO COME BACK
ON OCTOBER THIRD THEN ROUNDING
OUT THE CREW ON THE FAR RIGHT IS
ALEXANDER SKVORTSOV ABOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
SO ONCE THIS CREW DOCKS, WE WILL
HAVE NINE PEOPLE ONBOARD THE
SPACE STATION.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LARGEST
CREW ONBOARD SINCE SEPTEMBER OF
2015 WHEN WE HAD NINE
CREWMEMBERS ONBOARD DURING A
SIMILAR CREW TRANSITION THAT
TOOK PLACE IN THE MIDST OF SCOTT
KELLY'S YEARLONG MISSION.
SO IT IS GOING TO BE VERY BUSY
AND EXCITING TIME TO SEE THIS
MANY PEOPLE IN SPACE AS WELL AS
NOT ONLY HAVING A COUPLE OF
FIRST-TIME FLYERS BUT A
FIRST-TIME FLYER FROM THE
COUNTRY UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ON
TODAY'S SOYUZ MISSION.
>> WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
MEETING YOU GUYS AND WE'RE ALSO
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU.
>> THE CREW IS GETTING A CHANCE
TO TALK TO EACH OTHER.
THIS DAY DID BEGIN SEVERAL HOURS
AGO AS THE SOYUZ ROCKET TOOK OFF
FROM THE BAIKONUR COSMODROME AT
6:57:00P.M. IN THE EVENING OVER
THERE IN BAIKONUR BLASTING OFF
FROM SITE NUMBER ONE, THE
LAUNCHPAD IN BAIKONUR ON THE
FIRST HUMAN INTO SPACE AND THE
LAST SUCH LONGING FROM THAT PAD
FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE WHILE
THEY TAKE TIME TO MODIFY THE PAD
FOR FUTURE FLIGHTS OF THE
UPGRADED 1A BOOSTER.
WAS PICTURE PERFECT LAUNCH INTO
THE NIGHT SKY THERE IN BAIKONUR.
NO ISSUES TRACKED ON THE FLIGHT
UPHILL, THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD
STAGES PERFORMING AS EXPECTED TO
DELIVER THE THREE CREW MEMBERS
INTO THE INITIAL ORBIT.
THE WHOLE TRIP TAKING EIGHT
MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS FROM
START TO STOP AND SETTING UP AND
CHASE DOWN THAT HAS UNFOLDED AT
THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS GETTING
US TO WHERE WE'RE RIGHT NOW.
AS MENTIONED, NOT HAVING ANY
ISSUES SO FAR WITH TODAY'S AND
EVENTUAL CATCH UP TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
AFTER MAKING THAT INITIAL ORBIT
JUST ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER THEY
DID EXECUTE THE FIRST OF FOUR
DELTA VELOCITY BURNS USING THE
ENGINES ITSELF AND THAT BURNS
RAISED THE ORBIT FROM THAT
INITIAL POINT ALL THE WAY UP TO
WHERE THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION SITS ORBITING ABOUT 262
STATUTE MILES OVER THE EARTH'S
SURFACE.
FOR RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, WE ARE 36
MINUTES AND COUNTING AWAY THE
PLANNED DOCKING TIME.
THERE'S STILL A COUPLE MORE
BURNS FOR SOYUZ TO GET THROUGH
BEFORE IT SETS UP TO THE END
GAME PARTS BEFORE IT ACTUALLY
DOCKS SO WE WILL HEAR CALL-OUTS
FOR A NUMBER OF IMPULSE BURNS
THEN EVENTUALLY IN ABOUT 10 TO
15 MINUTES NOW.
WE SHOULD GET TO A POINT WHERE
THEY DO A FLY AROUND SO THE
SOYUZ SPACECRAFT IS GOING TO
EVENTUALLY DOCK TO THE AFT PART
OF THE STATION.
THE VERY BACK PART OF THE
STATION DOCKING TO THE ZVEZDA
SERVICE MODULE PART OF THE
RUSSIAN SEGMENT LOOKING AT THIS
MAKEUP.
THIS IS WHAT THE STATION WILL
LOOK LIKE ONCE THE VEHICLE IS
DOCKED SOYUZ MS-15 SEE IT IN THE
BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER.
IT IS NOT THERE YET BUT IT IS
HEADED OVER THE NEXT 40 MINUTES
OR SO AND GOING TO BE DOCKING TO
THAT AFT PORT OF THE ZVEZDA
SERVICE MODULE AND WILL
EVENTUALLY BEFORE IT GETS THERE
AND WILL DO WHAT IS KNOWN AS A
FLY AROUND AND HEAR THE CALLOUT
FOR FLY-AROUND START EXPECTED TO
COME IN 1600 MINUTES FROM NOW AT
2:24P.M. CENTRAL AND THE CREW
DOES ALWAYS HAVE THE OPTION OF
GETTING A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF
TIME IF THEY START CHECKING THE
MILESTONES QUICKLY BUT THAT IS
THE CURRENT TIMELINE FOR THE
FLY-AROUND TO START.
ONCE THEY EXECUTE THAT
FLY-AROUND, THAT WILL LINE THEM
UP WITH THE DOCKING% AND NEAR
STATION KEEPING WHERE THEY
FINE-TUNE THAT ALIGNMENT BEFORE
BEGINNING THE FINAL APPROACH THE
FINAL APPROACH SLATED TO START
AT 2:35P.M. CENTRAL TIME AND
AGAIN KEEP TABS AS THEY CONTINUE
TO CHECK OFF THE DIFFERENT
MILESTONES EVENTUALLY LEAVING UP
TO DOCKING FOR NOW, THOUGH,
WE'RE STANDING BY FOR IMPULSE
NUMBER
THE FOURTH OF SIXTH EXPECTING TO
SEE AROUND TODAY AND THE FINAL
APPROACH AND THEN THAT DOCKING.
IS NIGHTTIME NOW.
THEY ARE ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE
EARTH AS THEY ARE MAKING A PASS
OVER AUSTRALIA RIGHT NOW, 263
STATUTE MILES IN HEIGHT, ONCE
THEY FINISH SWINGING OUT
UNDERNEATH THE SOUTHEAST OF THE
TRACK RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE GOING
TO PASS TO THE SOUTH OF NEW
ZEALAND.
AS THEY DO THAT,
THEY WILL END NEAR A ORBITAL
DAYTIME AND WE SHOULD GET LIGHT
CASTS AND GETTING VIEWS NOT ONLY
FROM THE STATION BUT THE SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT ITSELF.
RIGHT NOW SOYUZ REPORTED 3.2
KILOMETERS A WAY FROM THE
STATION CONTINUING TO CLOSE IN
AT A RATE OF 8.7METERS PER
SECOND.
THAT FINAL APPROACH SPEED IS
GOING TO DROP DOWN ALL THE WAY
TO ABOUT A TENTH OF A METER PER
SECOND SO A BIT OF A PACE DURING
THE FINAL CHARGE IN TOWARD THE
STATION BUT SLOW AND STEADY
WINNING THE RACE WHEN YOU ARE
BRINGING TWO SPACECRAFT TOGETHER
IN ORBIT TRAVELING AT
17500MILES PER HOUR.
THIS IS A CAMERA SHOT COMING THE
SOYUZ SPACECRAFT ITSELF.
YOU CAN SEE THE LIMB OF THE
EARTH STARTING TO LIGHT UP AS
THEY ARE APPROACHING THAT
SUNRISE.
THAT OTHER VOICE YOU ARE HEARING
IS TRANSLATION OF THE
CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE SOYUZ
COMMANDER ONBOARD OLEG
SKRIPOCHKA AND MISSION CONTROL
MOSCOW UNDER 2.7 KILOMETERS AWAY
FROM THE STATION AT THIS POINT.
>> COPY.
>> ONE CORRECTION, WHERE THIS IS
A VIEW THE DOCKING PORT ON THE
ZVEZDA SERVICE MODULE.
THE AFT PORT OF THE STATION
WHERE THAT SOYUZ SPACECRAFT IS
GOING TO BE DOCKING AND SEE IT
LOOKING TOWARD THE SUNRISE.
>> I CAN SEE THE ISS.
>> COPY.
>> THE CREW REPORTING THEY CAN
SEE THE STATION.
AGAIN, THIS DOCK MANEUVER IS
GOING TO BE AUTOMATED.
THERE IS A SYSTEM ONBOARD THE
SOYUZ SPACECRAFT THAT USES
ANTENNAS AND RADAR TO
AUTOMATICALLY TRACK IN AND DOCK
THE SPACE STATION SHOULD THAT
HAVE ANY ISSUES, THOUGH.
THE COMMANDER ONBOARD, OLEG
SKRIPOCHKA, IS EQUIPPED TO TAKE
OVER AND FLY MANUALLY SHOULD IT
BE REQUIRED.
RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING BEING DONE
AUTOMATICALLY.
THIS IS THE VIEW FROM THE SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT CENTERLINE CAMERA
THAT IS GOING TO GET THE STATION
INTERVIEW THERE.
TWO NUMBER TO KEEP AN EYE ON IN
THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER.
THE 1.724 NUMBER TICKING DOWN.
THAT'S THE RANGE AWAY.
THAT IS KILOMETERS.
THE NUMBER BENEATH IS THE RANGE
RATE.
THE RATE OF CLOSURE BETWEEN THE
STATION THAN THE SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT.
SHOWING THAT THEY ARE GETTING
CLOSER TO THE STATION AT A RATE
OF 2.4METERS PER SECOND RIGHT
NOW.
>> THERE THE STATION NOW WELL
LIT ONE AND A HALF KILOMETERS
AWAY CONTINUING TO CLOSE IN.
>> THE STATION IS AT THE
PERISCOPE AND THE CENTER OF THE
MONITOR SCREEN.
COPY.
>> WE DID GET A GOOD
CONFIRMATION FROM THE VISITING
VEHICLE HERE IN HOUSTON THAT
IMPULSE FOUR BURN WAS CONDUCTED
SUCCESSFULLY AND FOUR OF SIX
THAT
THAT WE ARE EXPECTING.
>> WE WILL STOP RECEIVING THE
VIDEO.
I WILL ASK YOU TO PROVIDE VIDEO
VIA COMMENTARY OF YOUR ACTIONS.
COPY.
AND ONE MORE RECOMMENDATION FOR
YOU GUYS.
THE FINAL APPROACH COMMAND RIGHT
AWAY.
RIGHT AWAY.
YES.
OK.
COPY.
FLY AROUND.
FINAL APPROACH COMMAND COULD BE
ISSUED AT THIS TIME.
COPY.
>> DO YOU SEE THE ISS?
>> YES.
AND THE PICTURE IS VERY CLEAR.
I CAN SEE THE SERVICE MODULE.
COPY.
>> THEY ARE GETTING A
SPECTACULAR VIEW FROM ONE OF THE
ONBOARD HIGH-DEFINITION CAMERAS
ONBOARD THE STATION OF THE
SOYUZ.
JUST TO THE LEFT CENTER OF YOUR
SCREEN.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN PASSING
BY IN THE BACKGROUND.
>> THIS IS THE TIME.
COPY.
AND WE'RE MONITORING THE
PERIMETERS AS WELL.
>> THE SOYUZ CONTINUING
SKRIPOCHKA, JESSICA MEIR
ONBOARD.
830METERS AWAY FROM THE
STATION.
AGAIN, DOCKING TIME 2:45P.M.
CENTRAL.
>> OFF.
FLAG IS ALSO OFF ON THE DISPLAY.
COPY.
>> AND JUST NOW GETTING A
REPORT, IMPULSE NUMBER FIVE BURN
COMPLETE AND LOOKING GOOD.
APPROACHES CONTINUING AS
EXPECTED.
>> COPY.
>> CONFIRMED.
>> COPY.
>> AND AS THE SOYUZ COMES UP ON
560 METERS AWAY.
IMPULSE BURN NUMBER SIX COMPLETE
CONTINUING ON APPROACH.
>> THE CLOSING RATE IS
1.5METERS.
COPY.
THANK YOU.
>> AND THE SOYUZ CONTINUING TO
APPROACH INSIDE 500METERS AWAY
NOW.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE STANDING BY
FOR THEM TO START WHAT IS KNOWN
AS THE FLY-AROUND THAT IS
EXPECTED TO COME IN ABOUT A
MINUTE OR SO, THAT WILL BE
FIRING THE SMALL THRUSTERS AND
OTHER THRUSTER ON THOSE SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT AND BEGIN TO SWING IT
UP AND ALIGN IT PERFECTLY WITH
THE DOCKING PORT.
THE SOYUZ GOING TO BE DOCKING TO
THE ZVEZDA SERVICE MODULE.
THAT WILL BE OUR NEXT MOTION AS
IT SWINGS UP AWAY THE EARTH AND
THEN ALIGNING ITSELF UP WITH THE
DOCKING PORT.
STAND BY FOR THAT IN A MINUTE OR
SO.
>> CONFIRMED.
CONFIRMED.
COPY.
CONFIRMED. COPY.
>> COPY.
>> YOU HEARD THE TRANSLATION
CONFIRMING THE FLY-AROUND HAS
BEGUN.
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME
CHOPPY VIDEO OVER THE NEXT FEW
MINUTES OR SO BUT EVERYTHING
CONTINUING TO MOVE SMOOTHLY WITH
THE APPROACH.
WE'RE KNOWN THE FLYAROUND MODE.
>> PLEASE PROVIDE VERY DETAILED
COMMENTARY.
COPY.
I CONFIRM THE FLYAROUND.
CLOSING RATE IS 0.5.
COPY.
>> EVERYTHING PROCEEDING WITH
TODAY'S DOCKING ON THE TIMELINE
SO FAR WHICH MEANS WE MAY DOCK
AROUND THE TARGET TIME OF
2:45P.M. CENTRAL.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE CONTROL
ROOM RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE WAITING
TO GET HIGH DATA SIGNAL BACK
AND GET THAT VIDEO SHORTLY AND
IT WILL GO IN AND OUT OVER THE
NEXT FEW MINUTES.
BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO GET
AUDIO UPDATES FROM OLEG
SKRIPOCHKA ONBOARD DOWN THE
TEAMS IN THE FLY-AROUND AND
PRETTY SOON THEY WILL ENTER
SPACE STATION TO DO LAST SECOND
OF THE APPROACH AND THE ANGLE
TWO OF THE DOCKING PORT AND TIME
FOR THE FINAL APPROACH.
>> ENJOYING THE VIEW AS THE
SOYUZ CONTINUES TO CLOSE IN.
YOU CAN SEE DOCKED PROGRESS AND
SOYUZ SPACECRAFT IN THE
FOREGROUND OF OUR VIEW.
SOYUZ ARRIVING TODAY WILL BE THE
THIRD SUCH VEHICLE DOCKED TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
BRINGING THE TOTAL POPULATION
ONBOARD ALL THE WAY UP TO NINE.
THE LARGEST, IT HAS BEEN SINCE
SEPTEMBER OF 2015.
>> CONTINUE.
COPY.
>> THAT IS RUSSIAN PROGRESS
VEHICLE IN THE FOREGROUND.
SIMILAR TO THE SOYUZ BUT USED
FOR TRANSPORTING CARGO AND ALSO
FUEL, WATER AND OTHER SUPPLIES
TO THE INTERNATIONAL, TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
APPROACH.
SOYUZ MS-15 CONTINUES TO FLY
AROUND GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE
ZVEZDA SERVICE MODULE DOCKING
PORT SO ON THE AFT END OF THE
STATION.
>> THE RANGE IS 200METERS.
>> THE RATE IS AROUND 0.
THE RANGE IS 208.
THE FLY-AROUND IS CONTINUING.
WE'RE GOING AROUND.
WE START MOVING CLOSER TO THE
DOCKING.
COPY.
WE CAN SEE THE DOCKING NOTE.
CAN YOU SEE THE VIDEO.
>> AT THE MOMENT, YES.
COPY.
>> YOU ARE SEEING THRUSTER
FIRINGS ON THE SOYUZ AS IT
FINISHES UP THE FLY-AROUND
MANEUVER.
CENTRALLY LINING IT RIGHT UP
WITH THE AFT OF THE STATION.
>> WE ARE OVER ALONG THE AXIS.
RIGHT ON TIME.
WE CAN LOSE THE VIDEO SIGNAL.
WE SHOULD GET IT BACK HOPEFULLY
IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES AS WE
CONTINUE TO GET THE CALL-OUTS.
>> COPY.
>> YOU ARE A GO TO START THE
FINAL APPROACH RIGHT NOW.
COPY.
223220 IS THE FINAL APPROACH
INDICATION.
COPY.
WE'RE NOT RECEIVING THE VIDEO
ANY LONGER, OLEG, SO YOUR VERBAL
COMMENTARY IS HIGHLY
APPRECIATED.
COPY.
FIRING IS CONFIRMED.
THE RANGE IS 170.
THE RATE KEEPS INCREASING.
WE RECEIVED INDICATION.
COPY.
>> COPY
>> A MINUTE AGO YOU HEARD THE
CALL FINAL APPROACH.
WE DID HAVE CONFIRMATION.
FINAL APPROACH HAS BEGAN SO
THREE MINUTES AHEAD ON THE
TIMELINE RIGHT NOW.
FINISHING UP THE FLY-AROUND AND
THE STATION KEEPING MANEUVER.
ONE INTERESTING NOTE ABOUT
TODAY'S DOCKING IS THE SPACE
STATION ABOUT 180 DEGREES TAKING
PLACE DURING THE ORBIT ONE SHIFT
LAST NIGHT.
THIS IS JUST TO ENSURE THAT THE
AFT STATION NORMALLY THE
TRAILING END AS THE STATION
FLIES OVER THE EARTH SURFACE THE
FRONT NOW TO SEE GOOD LIGHTING
CONDITIONS FOR THE FINAL
APPROACH AND DOCKING.
AND AFTER SUCCESSFUL DOCKING
TODAY.
THE FOLLOWING SHIFTS ON ORBIT
WILL TURN THE STATION BACK TO
THE USUAL ORIENTATION.
FOR NOW, THOUGH, FINAL APPROACH
HAS BEGUN.
OLEG'S APPROACH WITH JESSICA
MEIR AND HAZZAA ALI ALMANSOORI
CLOSING IN.
>> THE FINAL APPROACH IS
UNDERWAY.
THE RANGE IS AROUND 100METERS.
COPY.
WE STILL DON'T SEE THE VIDEO.
COPY.
VERBALLY THE RANGE IS AROUND
100METERS.
WE'RE LOCATED ALONG THE DOCKING
MODE.
AND I CAN SEE THE CROSS-HAIRS.
COPY.
THE CLOSING RATE IS 138.
COPY ALL.
THE DOCKING PORT IS IN THE
CENTER.
SOYUZ JUST UNDER 70 METES AWAY
NOW CONTINUING TO CLOSE IN.
WE ARE EXPECTING TO GET VIDEO
BACK WITHIN THE NEXT THREE
MINUTES SO AND REQUIRE THAT
PRIOR TO DOCKING BUT THE TEAMS
STILL HERE GO FOR DOCKING
WITHOUT VIDEO.
>> OF COURSE.
I CAN SEE FINAL APPROACH
INDICATION.
THE RANGE IS 60METERS .2 IS THE
RATE.
COPY.
DON'T SEE THE VIDEO.
OLEG.
COPY.
>> SO YOU ARE CONTINUING TO HEAR
TRANSLATING CALL-OUT FOR UNDER
5000 METERS AWAY TWO TENTHS OF A
METER PER SECOND.
>> COPY.
COPY ALL.
>> THE CONSTANT CALLS DOWN THE
RUSSIAN MISSION CONTROL CENTER
AS WE'RE STILL WAITING TO
REACQUIRE THE VIDEO SIGNAL.
IT SHOULD BE JUST ABOUT ANOTHER
MINUTE OR SO THIS WE HOPEFULLY
GET THAT VIEW BACK AND GET THE
VIEWS OF THE SOYUZ DOCKING.
EXTENDED.
THE RATE IS STABLE AT .17.
COPY ALL.
YOU ARE A GO TO CONTINUE WITH
THE FINAL APPROACH.
WHAT IS THE RANGE, OLEG.
>> THE RANGE IS 37.
>> GO AHEAD, MOSS CO.
THE RANGE IS VERBALLY AROUND
2500METERS.
COPY.
THE CROSS-HAIRS ARE ALIGNED.
COPY.
OK.
PLEASE KEEP REPORTING THE RANGE
AND THE RATES.
COPY.
ELIMINATION.
THE RANGE IS AROUND 25METERS.
.14 IS THE RATE.
COPY.
>> AND JUST IN TIME GETTING THAT
VIDEO BACK, LOOKING RIGHT DOWN
TO BUSINESS AND HERE ARE THE
ZVEZDA SERVICE MODULE LOOKING AT
THE DOCKING ON THE SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT ITSELF AND CONTINUES
TO CLOSE IN.
JUST ABOUT 20METERS AWAY.
>> AGAIN SLOW AND STEADY AS THE
SOYUZ APPROACHING ABOUT TENTH OF
A METER PER SECOND.
>> COPY.
I CAN SEA AND ARE ANGLE HERE.
THE CLOSING RATE.
>> COPY.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE VIDEO.
THE TARGET IS SLIGHTLY LOWER.
THE CROSS-HAIRS ARE ALIGNED.
THE ROLL IS CLOSE TO ZERO.
COPY.
.11 IS THE RATE.
>> COMING UP ON TEN METER WAYS.
>> THE CROSS-HAIRS ARE STILL
ALIGNED.
WE ARE.
COPY.
>> COPY.
THE RATE IS 1.
COPY ALL.
WE CAN SEE THAT AS WELL.
THE RANGE IS THREE METERS.
WE'RE STANDING BY FOR CONTACT.
.1 IS THE RATE.
COPY.
STANDING BY FOR CONTACT.
>> STANDING BY FOR CONTACT AND
DOCKING.
>> CONFIRMED.
THE CONNECTION IS AS WELL.
I SEE THAT ON 8.
COPY.
>> AND SOYUZ DOCKING CONFIRMED
AT 2:42P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
3:42P.M. EASTERN TIME WHILE THE
STATION AND SOYUZ WERE FLYING
264 STATUTE MILES OVER THE
SOUTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN OFF THE
WEST COAST OF CHILE.
SO AGAIN, DOCK CONFIRMED
2:42P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
3:42P.M. EASTERN.
THREE CREWMEMBERS NOW DOCKED TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> OK.
LET'S GO TO SIX NOW.
THEY DID MANAGE TO GET THERE
THREE MINUTES AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
AND NOW THOUGH THEY ARE GOING TO
WAIT FOR THE RELATIVE MOTION
BETWEEN THE SOYUZ AND THE
STATION TO DAMPEN OUT FOR A
SERIES OF HOOKS ARE GOING TO
ENGAGE OVER THE NEXT 15 MINUTES
SORE TO SECURE THE SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT IN PLACE FOLLOWING
THAT WILL TAKE OFF IF A SERIES
OF RECHECKS GETTING US DOWN THE
ROAD TO EVENTUALLY GETTING THE
HATCHES OPEN.
AGAIN, DOCKING CONFIRMED
2:42P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
3:42P.M. EASTERN.
>> COPY.
GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, PLEASE.
>> COME AGAIN.
COPY.
WE ARE DEACTIVATING.
COPY.
WE CLOSE ONE FLOW REGULATORS.
>> FIRST UP THE DOCKING PROBE ON
THE SOYUZ IS GOING TO RETRACK
AND PULLS THE SOYUZ EVEN CLOSE
FOR THE DOCKING PORT THEN
SETTING THE STAGE FOR A SERIES
OF HOOKS BOTH THE SOYUZ AND THE
SERVICE MOD TABLE DOCKING PORT
TO MOVE IN AND ENGAGE WHEN
PERFORMING A HARD MIT AND
HOLDING THE SOYUZ ENTIRELY IN
PLACE WHERE IT IS GOING TO
REMAIN FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
>> IF YOU ARE JUST NOW JOINING,
YOU MISSED A FLAWLESS AND
SUCCESSFUL DOCKING.
THE DOCKING COMING AT 2:42P.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
3:42P.M. EASTERN.
2:42:41 TO BE AWHILE THE STATION
FLYING 262 STATUTE MILES OVER
THIS SOUTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN.
FOR NOW, THOUGH, THINK SOYUZ
MOVING INTO A HARD MATE SO THAT
DOCKING FOR RETRACKING HOOKS ON
SOYUZ AND THE SERVICE MODULE
ITSELF ARE GOING TO CLOSE AND
DOES TAKE ABOUT 14 TO 1 A 5
MINUTES SO WE STAND BY WHILE
THAT UNFOLDS THEN IT WILL BE
TIME ANOTHER CREW TO BEGIN
MOVING TO CHECKS AND WE WILL
TAKE A BREAK, ULTIMATELY,
GETTING SETTED UP AND READY FOR
THE HATCH OPENING.
>> BAIKONUR WOULD LIKE TO TALK
TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
>> COPY.
>> WE CAN SEE KABUL.
17 HAS BEEN SENT.
>> COPY.
>> GOOD EVENING.
HOW DO YOU READ MY?
>> LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> GOOD EVENING.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
ARE YOU IN A GOOD MOOD OVER
THERE?
WE'RE FEELING WELL.
EVERYTHING IS NORMAL ONBOARD.
WE'RE FINALIZING.
INAUDIBLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF
EVERYONE WHO IS SEEING YOU OFF
ON THE LAUNCHPAD AND WATCHING
THE LAUNCH HERE IN RUSSIA, THE
UNITED STATES, THE UAE AND LIKE
ALL THE INTERNATIONAL CRAW ON
THE BEGINNING OF YOUR WONDERFUL
MISSION AND ON THE K SUCCESSFUL
DOCKING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
YOU.
>> WE'RE FEELING GREAT.
WE'RE IN GOOD SPIRITS.
WE ARE READY TO CONTINUE.
>> OUR COLLEAGUE HERE.
CAN IT TALK TO YOU AS WELL.
>> THEY WANT TO TALK TO YOU
RIGHT NOW, COPY.
WE ARE EXCITED.
>> WE WATCH THE LAUNCH AND THE
DOCKING AND SIMPLY AMAZING.
I WOULD LIKE TO WISH YOU THE
BEST OF LUCK.
ALL THE BEST GUYS.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE HEARD CALLS FROM TEAMS ON THE
GROUND STILL INCLUDING THE
COSMOS DIMETRY GIVING THE CREW A
CALL FROM BAIKONUR WHERE THEY
HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE EVENTS
UNFOLD AND THE CREWMEMBERS RIGHT
NOW JESSICA MEIR AND THE
ASTRONAUT AND HAZZAA ALI
ALMANSOORI NOW DOCKED AND THAT
DOCKING COMING IN AT 2:42P.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
2:42P.M. EASTERN AND FOR NOW
THEY WILL GET TIME TO GET OUT OF
THE LAUNCH AND ENTRY SUITS THEY
HAVE BEEN WEARING FOR THE LAST
THEN CONDUCTING A SERIES OF LEAK
CHECKS AS THEY PRESSURIZE THE
VESTIBULE THE SPACE THE HATCH
AND THE HATCH ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THERE WOULD BE HATCH ON THE
SOYUZ SIDE THAT WE'LL GET OPEN
AND THEN THE THREE CREWMEMBERS
WERE JOINED AND NINE PEOPLE
ONBOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION SO WE ARE GOING TO BREAK
FOR A LITTLE BIT.
WE'LL BE BACK THAT COVERAGE SO
BE SURE TO TUNE IN AT 4:00 P.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
5:00 P.M. EASTERN AND WE ARE
TRACKING THE HATCH OPENING
AROUND 4:45P.M. CENTRAL AND
5:45P.M. EASTERN AND BUT THAT
IS KNOWN TO GO EARLIER AND A
LITTLE BIT LATER DEPENDING ON
HOW QUICKLY THEY GET TO THE LEAK
CHECKS TO BE SURE THAT TUNE IN
AND FOLLOW LONG AND PRETTY SOON
THEY WILL BE SEEING MORE PEOPLE
ONBOARD THE STATION THAN WE HAVE
SEEN IN FOUR YEARS AND VERY
EXCITING TIME A COUPLE OF FIRST
TIMERS IN INCLUDING JESSICA MERE
GETTING HER FIRST LOOK ONBOARD
THE STATION IN JUST A FEW HOURS.
SO WITH THAT, THOUGH.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SIGN OFF FOR
NOW BE SURE TO JOIN US IN ABOUT
TWO HOURS WE'LL BE BACK WITH
MORE ACTION ONBOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
NOW, THOUGH, THIS IS MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON.