>>> THIS IS MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON.
GOOD MORNING.
YOU'RE GETTING A LOOK AT THE
BALCONY CAMERA FROM THE MISSION
CONTROL CENTER JUST OUTSIDE OF
MOSCOW.
TEAMS HERE IN THE FLIGHT CONTROL
CENTER ARE OVERLOOKING THE
LAUNCH OF THE PROGRESS 73
VEHICLE ABOUT TO LIFT OFF FROM
THE BAIKONUR COSMODROME IN JUST
ABOUT 25 MINUTES FROM NOW.
TEAMS IN MISSION CONTROL MOSCOW
WORKING WITH TEAMS HERE IN
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON, THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM.
TEAMS ARE LOOKING OVER THE
VEHICLE THAT IS THE ULTIMATE
DESTINATION OF PROGRESS TODAY.
TEAMS IN MISSION CONTROL CENTER
HERE ARE LED BY FLIGHT DIRECTOR
ZED SCOVILLE.
ADAM SPRINGER, THE CAMP COM NEXT
TO HIM HAS BEEN COMMUNICATING
WITH THE CREW THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING.
THERE WILL BE A HANDOVER HERE IN
JUST ABOUT AN HOUR.
AT ABOUT THAT TIME, TEAMS WILL
HAND OVER TO THE RENDEZVOUS,
MANAGE THE RENDEZVOUS OF
PROGRESS.
THAT IS MEANT TO MAKE AN
EXPEDITED TRIP TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
PROGRESS IS CURRENTLY SITTING AT
SITE 31 OF THE BAIKONUR
COSMODROME.
NEARLY THREE TONS OF CARGO
INSIDE.
PRECISELY 5,411 POUNDS.
THIS CARGO IS MADE OF
PROPELLANT, OXYGEN, WATER, AND
DRY CARGO.
ALL PREPARATIONS SO FAR ARE
GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN.
PROGRESS IS LOADED WITH ALL THE
NECESSARY CARGO PROPPED UP ON
THE LAUNCH PAD.
SHOULD BE GETTING A FEED HERE
SHORTLY.
LIFTOFF TIME IS 7:10:46 A.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
THAT'S JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THAT'S JUST IN THE EVENING,
BAIKONUR TIME, JUST BEFORE
SUNSET.
AGAIN, PROGRESS IS POISED AT
SITE 31, READY TO TAKE OFF HERE
IN JUST ABOUT 23 MINUTES.
THAT EXPEDITED RENDEZVOUS WILL
BE TWO ORBITS, OR JUST A LITTLE
OVER THREE HOURS, UNTIL IT
REACHES THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, ENTERING INTO A STEEP
INCLINED ORBIT TO CATCH UP WITH
THE ORBITING LABORATORY CIRCLING
THE EARTH AT 17,500 MILES PER
HOUR.
THAT RENDEZVOUS TIME WE'RE
LOOKING AT IS JUST ABOUT 10:35
A.M. CENTRAL TIME.
GREETING THE PROGRESS VEHICLE
WILL BE THE CREW OF EXPEDITION
60.
THERE'S SIX CREW MEMBERS ABOARD.
THREE OF THEM HAVE RECENTLY
ARRIVED JUST 11 DAYS AGO.
CLOCKWISE FROM THE TOP LEFT WE
HAVE COMMANDER OF THE STATION,
WE HAVE NICK HAGUE OF NASA, THEN
AROUND THE CLOCK, OF THE
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY, ANDREW
MORGAN OF NASA, AND CHRISTINA
COOKE OF NASA.
ANDREW MORGAN, LUKA, AND
ALEXANDER JUST ARRIVED TO THE
STATION 11 DAYS AGO AFTER
LAUNCHING ON JULY 20th, THE 50th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAUNCH OF --
OR THE LANDING OF THE APOLLO 11
CREW ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.
CHRISTINA COOK, NICK HAGUE, HAVE
BEEN ON THE STATION SINCE MARCH
OF THIS YEAR.
EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD FOR A
LAUNCH ON TIME TODAY.
AGAIN, TRACKING JUST ABOUT 21
MINUTES FROM NOW AT 7:10 A.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
TEAMS HERE -- TEAMS IN MISSION
CONTROL MOSCOW, YOU CAN SEE HERE
FROM THE CAMERA, AND THAT
MISSION CONTROL CENTER
MONITORING THE LAUNCH.
TEAMS HERE IN MISSION CONTROL
JUST RECENTLY GAVE A GO FOR
LAUNCH.
EVERYTHING'S SET FROM THE SIDE
OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION FLIGHT CONTROL TEAMS.
GETTING OUR FIRST VIEWS OF SITE
31.
PROGRESS SITTING ON TOP OF THE
PAD THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE UMBILICAL STILL
HOLDING THE VEHICLE UP.
THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF
MILESTONES UNTIL THE ACTUAL
LAUNCH OF PROGRESS.
AT THE 5:30-MARK, THE FLIGHT
RECORDERS WILL HAVE BEEN
ACTIVATED.
JUST FOUR MINUTES PRIOR TO
LAUNCH WILL BE A NITROGEN
PERSONAL AND THREE MINUTES, WILL
DRAIN EXCESS PROPELLANT.
TANKS WILL PRESSURIZE,
PROPELLANT TANKS WILL PRESSURIZE
2:45 BEFORE LAUNCH, SO A RAPID
COUNTDOWN AFTER THE TERMINATION
OF THE GROUND PROPELLANT FEED
AND THE SWITCH TO INTERNAL
POWER.
YOU CAN SEE UMBILICAL TOWERS
THERE HOLDING THE PROGRESS UP,
JUST OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE FROM
THIS VIEW YOU'RE SEEING NOW.
BOTH OF THEM WILL RETRACT,
ENGINES WILL THROTTLE UP, AND IT
WILL TAKE OFF FOR AN EIGHT
MINUTE, 45-SECOND ASSENT INTO
ORBIT.
NAVIGATIONAL ANTENNA AND SOLAR
ARRAY WILL DEPLOY AFTER ASSENT,
AND IT WILL BE ON ITS WAY TO
RENDEZVOUS WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE ASSENT OF PROGRESS WILL BE A
SERIES OF MILESTONES THAT TAKE
THAT THREE TONS OF CARGO INTO
ORBIT.
YOU CAN SEE THE FOUR STRAP-ON
BOOSTERS FROM THIS ANGLE RIGHT
HERE.
THAT'S THE FIRST STAGE OF THE
ROCKET WILL BURN FOR ONE MINUTE
AND 58 SECONDS.
THOSE STRAP-ON BOOSTERS WILL
SEPARATE, AND THE CORE STAGE
WILL BURN FOR ANOTHER JUST ABOUT
THREE MINUTES AND 28 SECONDS.
THE FAIRING YOU SEE AT THE TOP
HOLDING THE PROGRESS INSIDE THE
CLAM SHELL FAIRING WILL
SEPARATE.
JUST ABOUT THE TIME OF THAT
IGNITION OF THE CORE STAGE,
RIGHT ABOUT AT THAT ORANGE AREA,
THAT ORANGE STRIPE IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE ROCKET.
THAT WILL BE A HOT FIRE STAGE.
THE THIRD STAGE WILL IGNITE
WHILE THE CORE STAGE IS STILL
BURNING ITS LAST FEW SECONDS AND
IGNITE FOR ANOTHER FOUR MINUTES
AND TWO SECONDS.
AFTER THAT, PROGRESS 73 AND
5,400 POUNDS OF CARGO INSIDE
WILL BE SUCCESSFULLY IN ORBIT.
AGAIN, THOSE SOLAR RAYS WILL
DEPLOY TO DRAW POWER.
AND IT WILL MAKE ITS WAY TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
PROGRESS IS SET TO DOCK TO THE
PIRS DOCKING COMPARTMENT.
JUST TWO DAYS AGO, THE PROGRESS
72 UNDOCKED FROM THAT VERY SAME
COMPARTMENT, BURNING UP IN THE
ATMOSPHERE A FEW HOURS LATER
WITH TRASH.
IT'S A BUSY TIME IN SPACE.
YOU CAN SEE A BUNCH OF THE
VEHICLES ATTACHED TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
PROGRESS 73 WILL GO OVER TO THE
RIGHT THERE OF THE MS-12 FROM
THIS VIEW.
THAT'S THE PIRS DOCKING
COMPARTMENT.
SPACEX'S DRAGON ON THE 18
MISSION JUST ARRIVED AT THE
STATION RECENTLY, JUST LAST
SATURDAY, WITH JUST OVER 5,000
POUNDS OF CARGO.
THE NORTHROP DRUMMOND SIGNIS
WILL DEPART AUGUST 6th.
IT WILL DEPART WITH MORE
PAYLOADS AND SOME TRASH, AND IT
WILL SPEND AN EXTENDED STAY IN
ORBIT BEFORE IT DISPERSES THAT
TRASH TO CONDUCT A SECONDARY
MISSION.
SOYUZ MS-13 IS WHERE THE MOST
RECENT CREW ARRIVED, DOCKING TO
THE AFT END OF THE MODULE,
BRINGING THREE CREW MEMBERS TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
NOW JUST 16 MINUTES TO LAUNCH,
EVERYTHING GOING ACCORDING TO
PLAN SO FAR.
ON THE SAME DAY THAT PROGRESS 72
UNDOCKED TWO DAYS AGO, PROGRESS
73 MADE ITS WAY TO SITE 31.
HERE IT IS ON THE RAIL BEING
PULLED FROM ITS PROCESSING
CENTER OVER TO SITE 31.
TRANSPORTED HORIZONTALLY, THEN
PROPPED UP VERTICALLY.
HERE IT IS PROPPED UP IN ITS
VERTICAL POSITION.
THOSE CLAM SHELL TOWERS ON THE
SIDE RETRACTED AT THE TIME.
THE UMBILICAL TOWERS YOU SEE OFF
IN THE DISTANCE MOVED CLOSER TO
THE VEHICLE.
THEY WILL DETRACT CLOSER TO
LAUNCH.
JUST A FEW SECONDS, REALLY.
THOSE TWO UMBILICAL TOWERS FIRST
WILL BE RETRACTED JUST ABOUT THE
30, 35-SECOND MARK, THEN THAT
LAST ONE ABOUT 12 TO 15 SECONDS.
THERE THE UMBILICAL TOWERS ARE
RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE IN THE EVENING TIME OF
BAIKONUR, EARLY MORNING HERE IN
HOUSTON.
LAUNCH CONDITIONS ARE LOOKING
GOOD FOR PROGRESS.
EVERYTHING TRACKING FOR AN
ON-TIME LAUNCH AT 7:10 A.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
OVER AT THE BAIKONUR COSMODROME,
JUST ABOUT 98 DEGREES FARENHEIT.
A HOT SUMMER DAY THERE.
37 CENTIGRADE.
NOW, TO MAKE A TWO-ORBIT
RENDEZVOUS, THE PROFILE FOR WHEN
THE PROGRESS LAUNCHES IS JUST A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH IS
SCHEDULED TO BE JUST ABOUT 254
STATUE MILES OVER SOUTHWEST
KAZAKHSTAN.
THE SPACE STATION WILL BE 315
MILES BEHIND PROGRESS.
SPACE STATION WILL LEAPFROG OVER
PROGRESS.
AND JUST ABOUT THE TIME PROGRESS
IS INSERTED INTO ORBIT, THE
STATION WILL BE 254 STATUE MILES
OVER SOUTHERN RUSSIA, JUST NORTH
OF THE BORDER OF MONGOLIA.
AT THAT TIME, THE SPACE STATION
WILL BE JUST OVER 1,000 MILES
AHEAD OF THE PROGRESS.
PROGRESS WILL BE INSERTED INTO A
STEEP INCLINATION INTO ORBIT.
THAT WILL HELP IT TO GO ONCE
IT'S INSERTED INTO ORBIT TO
STEEPLY CLIMB OVER THE COURSE OF
TWO ORBITS AROUND THE EARTH OR
JUST A LITTLE OVER THREE HOURS
AND FINALLY CATCH UP WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DUCTING
OF CONDITIONED AIR NORTH OF
LAUNCH IN PREPARATION.
THOSE FOUR STRAP-ON BOOSTERS,
AGAIN, WILL BE THE FIRST STAGE.
THAT WILL IGNITE FIRST.
JUST PRIOR TO LAUNCH AND RAMP
UP, UP TO LIFTOFF.
THOSE FOUR STRAP-ON BOOSTERS
FIRING FOR JUST ABOUT ONE MINUTE
AND 58 SECONDS AS THE SOYUZ ARCS
OUT NORTH OF BAIKONUR, THE
TRAJECTORY TO CATCH UP TO THE
SPACE STATION.
NOW JUST A LITTLE UNDER TEN
MINUTES AWAY FROM LAUNCH.
AT THIS POINT, THERE WILL BE A
SERIES OF INCREMENTAL MILESTONES
TO GET US TO THAT POINT OF
LIFTOFF.
JUST ABOUT THE TEN-MINUTE MARK,
THE GYROS SHOULD BE IN FLIGHT
READINESS, AND THE RECORDERS
WILL HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED.
THIS IS PART OF THOSE PRELAUNCH
OPERATIONS WHICH WILL BE
COMPLETE AT JUST ABOUT THE
SEVEN-MINUTE MARK.
AT SIX MINUTES BEFORE LAUNCH,
THE LAUNCH COUNTDOWN OPERATIONS
WILL BE SWITCHED TO AUTOMATIC,
AND THE VEHICLE WILL BE READY
FOR LAUNCH.
OF COURSE, A SERIES OF
MILESTONES AFTER THAT, INCLUDING
THE NITROGEN PURGE AND THE
DRAINING OF PROPELLANT JUST
BEFORE THE TANK PRESSURIZATION.
EVERYTHING LOOKING STILL ON
TRACK FOR THAT LAUNCH JUST NINE
MINUTES FROM NOW.
JUST EIGHT MINUTES TO LAUNCH AT
THIS POINT.
AGAIN, LOOKING FOR THAT ON-TIME
LAUNCH AT 7:10 A.M. CENTRAL
TIME.
PRECISELY, 7:10 AND 46 SECONDS,
CONFIRMED FROM THE VEHICLE
OFFICE HERE IN MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON, THAT THE COUNTDOWN HAS
BEEN SWITCHED TO AUTOMATIC.
JUST ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES FROM
LAUNCH.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
RIGHT NOW, ABOUT 260 STATUTE
MILES RIGHT OVER THE RED SEA,
CROSSING OVER SAUDI ARABIA.
AGAIN, AT ABOUT THE TIME OF
LAUNCH, THE SPACE STATION IS
SCHEDULED TO BE JUST OVER
SOUTHERN KAZAKHSTAN.
ESSENTIALLY, BEHIND PROGRESS AT
THE TIME OF LAUNCH.
BUT WILL LEAPFROG OVER PROGRESS
AS PART OF THE RENDEZVOUS
PROFILE.
ABOUT TWO ORBITS, OR JUST OVER
THREE HOURS, TO THE RENDEZVOUS
OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION'S PIRS DOCKING
COMPARTMENT.
JUST UNDER SIX MINUTES FROM
LAUNCH.
THE LAUNCH KEY, THE PHYSICAL
KEY, HAS BEEN INSERTED INTO THE
LAUNCH BUNKER.
TRANSITIONS THE LAUNCH SEQUENCE
INTO AUTOMATIC MODE.
FIVE MINUTES TO LAUNCH.
THAT LAUNCH KEY, AGAIN, HAS BEEN
INSERTED A MINUTE AGO, PUTTING
THE LAUNCH SEQUENCE INTO
AUTOMATIC MODE.
SPACE STATION NOW CURRENTLY
FLYING 260 STATUE MILES OVER
IRAQ.
JUST FOUR MINUTES FROM LAUNCH.
THE NEXT MILESTONE WILL BE WHEN
THE FUEL LINES AND OTHER
ELEMENTS OF THE ROCKET ENGINES
ARE PURGED WITH NITROGEN TO FIRE
PROOF THEM BY REMOVING VAPORS OF
FUEL AND OXIDIZER.
TWO MINUTES, 45 SECONDS TO
LAUNCH.
AT THIS TIME, THE BOOSTER TANK
WILL BE PRESSURIZED FOR LAUNCH
AND OPTIMIZED THE FLOW OF FUEL.
HELPS ADD TO STRUCTURAL SUPPORT
FOR THE ROCKET.
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
CURRENTLY FLYING 260 STATUTE
MILES OVER THE CASPIAN SEA.
ONE MINUTE, 30 SECONDS TO
LAUNCH.
AT THIS POINT, THE GROUND
PROPELLANT FEED WILL NOW HAVE
BEEN TERMINATED.
SPACE STATION CURRENTLY FLYING
OVER TURKMENSTAN, ABOUT TO PASS
OVER UZBEKISTAN, THEN
KAZAKHSTAN, THE POSITION OF THE
ISS AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH.
ONE MINUTE TO GO, THE SOYUZ WILL
BE SWITCHING TO INTERNAL POWER.
SOYUZ BOOSTER ON TOP IS THE
PROGRESS VEHICLE.
THERE'S THAT FIRST UMBILICAL
TOWER RETRACTING.
SECOND UMBILICAL TOWER.
IGNITION HAS BEEN STARTED.
ENGINES THROTTLING UP.
AND LIFTOFF.
WE HAVE LIFTOFF OF THE PROGRESS.
PROGRESS 73 ON ITS WAY, IN THE
FAST LANE, TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD SO FAR.
THOSE FOUR STRAP-ON BOOSTERS
PROVIDING THE INITIAL LIFT OF
THE VEHICLE, WILL BURN FOR ONE
MINUTE, 58 SECONDS.
STILL GETTING SOME GREAT VIEWS
ON THIS CLEAR DAY IN IT
BAIKONUR.
EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD SO FAR
DURING THIS FIRST-STAGE ASCENT.
JUST ABOUT 30 MORE SECONDS OF
THIS STAGE.
AT THIS POINT, THE VEHICLE IS
TRAVELING WELL OVER 1,000 MILES
AN HOUR.
CONFIRMED BOOSTER SEPARATION.
NOW SWITCHING TO ANIMATION, THAT
CORE STAGE, WILL BURN FOR
ANOTHER THREE MINUTES, 20
SECONDS.
GOOD REPORTS OF THE SECOND STAGE
SO FAR.
THIS CORE STAGE, AGAIN, WILL
BURN UNTIL ABOUT THE FOUR
MINUTE, 48-SECOND MARK INTO
FLIGHT.
CONFIRMATION OF LAUNCH.
NOW REVEALING THE PROGRESS 73
UNDERNEATH.
THREE MINUTES, 30 SECONDS INTO
THE FLIGHT.
EVERYTHING STILL LOOKING GOOD.
THIS STAGE WILL BURN FOR A
LITTLE MORE THAN ONE MORE
MINUTE.
THIRD STAGE WILL IGNITE A LITTLE
BIT BEFORE THE END OF THE CORE
STAGE IS BURNING.
HOT FIRE TECHNIQUE THAT WILL
HAPPEN AT THE LATTICE STRUCTURE,
BY THAT ORANGE STRIPE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE ROCKET.
STILL LOOKING GOOD.
ABOUT 30 MORE SECONDS OF THIS
CORE STAGE.
GOOD SECOND STAGE SEPARATION AND
THIRD STAGE IGNITION.
GOOD REPORTS FROM THE THIRD
STAGE SO FAR.
AGAIN, THIS STAGE BURNS FOR FOUR
MINUTES, TWO SECONDS.
STARTING TO GET SOME VIEWS FROM
THAT THIRD STAGE.
YOU CAN SEE THIS IS ACTUALLY
FROM THE VIEW OF THE PROGRESS.
THOSE SOLAR ARRAYS AT THE
FORWARD END OF THE SCREEN.
FIVE MINUTES, 50 SECONDS INTO
LAUNCH, EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD
SO FAR.
SIX MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT.
AGAIN, THIS THIRD STAGE WILL
BURN UNTIL EIGHT MINUTES, 45
SECONDS.
THIRD STAGE WILL CUT OFF AND
SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE INTO
AN ORBIT.
SEVEN MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT,
EVERYTHING STILL LOOKING GOOD
FOR THIS THIRD STAGE.
AGAIN, BURNING UNTIL THE EIGHT
MINUTE, 35-SECOND MARK INTO THE
FLIGHT.
SEVEN MINUTES, 45 SECONDS INTO
THE FLIGHT.
JUST ABOUT ONE MORE MINUTE OF
THIS STAGE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THIRD ENGINE CUT
OFF AND THE SEPARATION OF THAT
THIRD STAGE FROM THE PROGRESS
VEHICLE.
A FEW MORE SECONDS AND WE'LL SEE
THAT THIRD STAGE SEPARATE.
AND WE HAVE GOOD THIRD-STAGE
SEPARATION.
THIRD-STAGE SHUTDOWN AND
SEPARATION FROM THE VEHICLE.
AND WE HAVE GOOD CONFIRMATION OF
THE SOLAR RAY DEPLOYMENT AND THE
ANTENNAS HAVE DEPLOYED, AS WELL.
PROGRESS SUCCESSFULLY IN ORBIT,
CATCHING UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION JUST BEHIND, WHICH
HAS LEAPFROGGED IT.
SPACE STATION 261 STATUTE MILES.
JUST AT THE BORDER OF NORTHERN
MONGOLIA AND SOUTHERN RUSSIA.
ABOUT TO CROSS OVER THE WESTERN
BORDER OF THE NORTHERN PART OF
CHINA.
A GREAT ASCENT OF PROGRESS 73
LIFTING OFF ON TIME.
EVERYTHING ABOVE THE ASCENT WENT
PERFECTLY.
PROGRESS IN ORBIT RIGHT NOW.
IT WILL JUST CIRCLE THE EARTH
TWO TIMES BEFORE IT MEETS UP
WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
WE WILL BE BACK ON THE AIR
SHORTLY.
AGAIN, THAT RENDEZVOUS HAPPENING
IN JUST A LITTLE OVER THREE
HOURS.
WE'LL GO ON THE AIR A LITTLE BIT
BEFORE THAT.
THAT RENDEZVOUS TIME, EVERYTHING
GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN SO FAR,
WE'RE LOOKING AT 10:35 A.M.
CENTRAL TIME FOR THAT
RENDEZVOUS.
STAY TUNED FOR OUR COVERAGE OF
THE RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING OF
PROGRESS 73 TO THE PIRS DOCKING
COMPARTMENT ON THE EXPEDITED
TWO-ORBIT FAST-TRACK LANE TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT
BREAK UNTIL THAT TIME OF
RENDEZVOUS.
LET THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS
HANDLE FROM THE BALCONY CAMERA
OF MISSION CONTROL MOSCOW OVER
IN KORYOV, AND THE FLIGHT
CONTROL IN MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON, WATCH OVER THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
SOON TO MEET JUST A LITTLE OVER
THREE HOURS FROM NOW.
UNTIL THEN, THIS IS MISSION