TURBO PUMP UP TO FLIGHT SPEED
AND LIFTOFF.
GOOD AFTERNOON FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM HERE AT THE
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON,
THE TEAM OF FLIGHT CONTROLLERS
BELONGING TO THE ORBIT 2 TEAM
ARE ON CONSUL AFTERNOON READY TO
SUPPORT THEIR RUSSIAN COLLEAGUES
OF THE RUSSIAN MISSION CONTROL
CENTER ACROSS THE OCEAN IN THE
HOMECOMING OF UNPILOTED SOYUZ
VEHICLE.
THE SOYUZ MS-14 WHICH IS
WRAPPING UP 11 DAYS AT THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IN A
TEST FLIGHT THAT WILL PAVE THE
WAY FOR THE USE OF A MODIFIED
SOYUZ VEHICLE AND SOYUZ 1A
BOOSTER TO LAUNCH CREWS TO AND
RETURN FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION BEGINNING NEXT
SPRING.
THE ORBIT 2 TEAM HAS BEEN ON
CONSUL SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING
AND PRESIDE OVER ACTIVITIES OF
THE SPACE STATION TEAM ON ORBIT
260MILES ABOVE THE EARTH AND
THIS TEAM IN THE FLIGHT CONTROL
ROOM THIS AFTERNOON IS LEAD BY
FLIGHT DIRECTOR EMILY NELSON AND
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN
JOINED ON CONSUL TO HER RIGHT BY
SPACECRAFT COMMUNICATOR DIANE
DALEY WILL BE TALKING TO THE
SPACE STATION CREW WHEN REQUIRED
THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE
REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON.
TODAY'S ACTIVITIES TO BRING
THE UNPILOTED SOYUZ SPACECRAFT
IN THE HANDS OF THE RUSSIAN
SPACE CONTROL TEAM AT THE
RUSSIAN MISSION CONTROL CENTER
OUTSIDE OF MOSCOW THEN.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT A LIVE VIEW
FROM BALCONY CAMERA OVERLOOKING
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM AT THE
RUSSIAN MISSION CONTROL CENTER.
THE WEB MONITORING THE SOYUZ FOR
THE AUTOMATED UNDOCKING THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION A
SORT TIME AGO SCHEDULED AT
1:14P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
2:15P.M. EASTERN TIME WRAPPING
THIS WEEK AND A HALF LONG TEST
FLIGHT THAT BEGAN WITH A LAUNCH
IN KAZAKHSTAN.
THE LAUNCH TOOK PLACE ON
AUGUST21st U.S. TIME.
IT WAS A PERFECT LAUNCH THE
FIRST TIME THAT THE TWO 1A
BOOSTER HAS BEEN USED WITH THE
SOYUZ VEHICLE.
IT HAS BEEN USED TO LAUNCH
UNMANNED PROGRESS RESUPPLY SHIPS
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, IT WAS USED FOR THE
FIRST TIME ON AUGUST21st
FOR IN THE CONFIGURATION THAT
WILL BE USED TO LAUNCH CREWS TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FROM SITE 31 AT THE BAIKONUR
COSMODROME BEGINNING NEXT MARCH.
THE CLIMBED ORBIT WAS FLAWless
AFTER LAUNCH THE SOYUZ SEPARATED
FROM THE THIRD STAGE OF THE
SOYUZ BOOSTER AND BEGAN A
TWO-DAY JOURNEY TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
FOR TWO DAYS THE UNPILOTED
SPACECRAFT MAINTAINED A CREW
COURSE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION IN A FLAWLESS
APPROACH UNTIL IT CAME TO LAND
ABOUT 100 METERS OF THE POISK
MODULE ON THE SPACE FACING SIDE
OF THE RUSSIAN SEGMENT OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON
THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 23rd.
THE MORNING, IN THE WEE HOURS OF
THE MORNING AUGUST24th MOSCOW
TIME.
AT THAT POINT, THE SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT WAS UNABLE TO HAVE
THE AUTOMATED RENDEZVOUS SYSTEM
ANTENNA LOCK ON WITH THE
RECEIVING ANTENNA ON THE POISK
MODULE THAT IS USED TO
AUTOMATICALLY GUIDE THE SOYUZ IN
FOR A DOCKING.
THE RENDEZVOUS WAS SUBSEQUENTLY
ABORTED BY RUSSIAN FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS ON THE COMMAND OF
ALEXANDER SKVORTSOV INSIDE OF
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
JOINED BY ALEXEY OVCHININ THE
TWO COSMONAUTS RESIDING ONBOARD
THIS SOYUZ BACKED AWAY TO A SAFE
DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SPACE
STATION AND WENT INTO A
SO-CALLED RACETRACK TRAJECTORY
MOVING NOT ONLY ABOVE THE
STATION BUT BEHIND IT TO ENABLE
RUSSIAN FLIGHT CONTROLLERS TO
BEGIN A PROCESS IN WHICH THEY
DEVISED AN INNOVATIVE PLAN IN
JUST SEVEN HOURS THAT WAS REASON
BY THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP
AND THE INTERNATIONAL MISSION
MANAGEMENT TEAM TO BRING THE
SOYUZ BACK TO A DIFFERENT DOCK
PORT A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, BUT
THAT WHOLE PROCESS BEGAN WITH
THE RELOCATION OF THE SOYUZ
MS-13 SPACECRAFT THAT YOU SEE IN
THE REPLAY ON THE NIGHT OF
AUGUST25th DREW MORGAN,
LUCA PARMITANO, ANDREW MORGAN
BOARDED BACK ON JULY20th
AND THEY MOVED TO A SAFE
DISTANCE BEHIND THE DOCKING PORT
ON THE ZVEZDA SERVICE MODULE,
ROTATED THE SOYUZ THE CORRECT
CONFIGURATION AND FLEW ABOVE THE
STATION FOR A RELOCATED DOCKING
TO THE POISK MODULE YOU SEE ON
THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.
THAT FREED UP THE AFT PORT OF
THE ZVEZDA SERVICE MODULE.
THE RUSSIAN FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM
AND THE RUSSIAN SPECIALISTS
CONCLUDED THAT THE PROBLEM WITH
THE ABORTED DOCKS OF THE
UNPILOTED SOYUZ ON
AUGUST24th WAS DUE NOT
BECAUSE OF ANYTHING WRONG WITH
THE SOYUZ VEHICLE ITSELF BUT A
PROBLEM, A TECHNICAL ISSUE WITH
THE AUTOMATED RENDEZVOUS SYSTEM
THE POISK MODULE, SO WHAT YOU
ARE SEEING HERE THIS IS THE HALF
OF THE SPACE STATION CREW
ONBOARD THIS SOYUZ MS-13
SPACECRAFT THAT ARRIVED IN JULY
RELOCATING TO THE POISK MODULE.
ALEXANDER SKVORTSOV FLEW MANUAL
UNDOCKING AND REDOCKING TO THE
POISK MODULE FREEING UP THE AFT
PORT OF THE ZVEZDA SERVICE
MODULE JUST 24 HOURS LATER ON
THE NIGHT AUGUST THE SOYUZ MS-13
WAS BROUGHT BACK INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IN
THE REPLAY THAT YOU ARE LOOKING
AT AND IT DOCKED WITHOUT PROBLEM
IN A FLAWLESS APPROACH AND
LINKUP TO THE AFT PORT OF THE
ZVEZDA SERVICE MODULE WHERE IT
RESIDES AT THE CURRENT TIME.
SO AT THE MOMENT THE SOYUZ MS-12
SPACECRAFT THAT WILL COME.
WITH NICK HAGUE, ALEXEY
OVCHININ, IT RESIDES AT THE
MODULE ON THE EARTH FACING SIDE
OF THE RUSSIAN SEGMENT OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE POISK MODULE CURRENTLY IS
THE HOME FOR THE MS-13 SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT THAT YOU JUST SAW
RELOCATED TWO WEEKS AGO BY
SKVORTSOV, MORGAN AND PARMITANO
AND THE 14 VEHICLE AT THE AFT
PORT OF THE ZVEZDA SERVICE
MODULE WILL DEPART A SHORT TIME
FROM NOW WITH UNDOCKING COMMAND
ISSUED 20 MINUTES FROM NOW AND
TAKE 90 SECONDS FOR HOOKS TO
OPEN, SPRINGS ON BOTH SIDES WILL
THEN PUSH OFF AGAINST ONE
ANOTHER TO ENABLE THE SOYUZ TO
UNDOCK PHYSICALLY SEPARATE FROM
ZVEZDA AND MOVE TO A SAFE
DISTANCE AWAY FOR THE RETURN TO
EARTH.
THAT AFT PORT OF THE ZVEZDA
SERVICE MODULE WILL BE THE HOME
FOR THE SOYUZ MS-15 SPACECRAFT
THAT IS LAUNCH TO THE BAIKONUR
ON SEPTEMBER25th WE'LL TALK
ABOUT THAT CREW AND THE RECENT
ACTIVITIES IN JUST A MOMENT.
NOPE.
NO HUMAN PASSENGERS FLEW TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON
THE SOYUZ MS-14 BUT A ROBOT THE
CENTER SEAT OF THE SOYUZ VEHICLE
FOR THE RIDE UPHILL AS IS FOR
THE RIDE BACK TO EARTH LATER
THIS AFTERNOON.
THE ROBOT WAS UNSTRAPPED FROM
THE SOYUZ COMMANDER SEAT IN THE
SEAT OF THE SOYUZ VEHICLE AND
BROUGHT INSIDE OF THE RUSSIAN
SEGMENT OF THE STATION AND THIS
VIDEO TAKEN LAST WEEKEND SHOWS
SKVORTSOV AND OVCHININ TESTING
OUT THE ABILITY TO REACT TO
THOSE COMMANDS.
ALL OF THIS TESTING PART OF THE
TEST FLIGHT OF THE SOYUZ VEHICLE
AND THIS PARTICULAR ROBOT.
OTHERS TO THIS ROBOT WILL BE
MADE IN THE FUTURE AND THE
RUSSIAN SPACE OFFICIALS WILL
ANALYZE ITS PERFORMANCE WHILE
ONBOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION BEFORE ANY DETERMINATION
IS MADE FOR A REFLIGHT OF THIS
HARDWARE.
BUT INTERESTING VIDEO HAS JOINED
THE CREW ONBOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR
A FEW DAYS BEFORE RETURNING TO
THE SOYUZ VEHICLE THAT WILL BE
RETURNING TO EARTH IN JUST A FEW
HOURS.
THE TWO COSMONAUTS AS WE
MENTIONED ONBOARD THE STATION,
ALEXEY OVCHININ AND ALEXANDER
SKVORTSOV IN THE ZVEZDA SERVICE
MODULE MONITORING THE DEPARTURE
A SHORT TIME FROM NOW.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT ALL THE ENTRY
MILESTONES HERE IN JUST A
MOMENT.
THOSE TWO COSMONAUTS JOINED BY
THEIR OTHER FOUR CREW MATES,
THREE AMERICANS, NICK HAGUE,
CHRISTINA KOCH, ANDREW MORGAN
AND EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY LUCA
PARMITANO OF ITALY, THE
SIX-PERSON CREW HAS BEEN WORKING
VERY DILIGENTLY ON A VARIETY OF
SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS AND
GEARING UP FOR SPACEWALKS THAT
ARE PLANNED FOR THE LATE
SEPTEMBER EARLY OCTOBER
TIMEFRAME THAT WILL REPLACE
BATTERIES FOR TWO OF THE POWER
CHANNELS ON THE TRUSS OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, THE
FAR PORTS OF THE STATION NEW
LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES ABOARD THE
JAPANESE H2TV THE TRANSPORT
VEHICLE THAT IS SCHEDULED TO
LAUNCH ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM
THE SPACE CENTER IN SOUTHERN
JAPAN ON JAPANESE H2B ROCKET.
THAT LAUNCH IS SCHEDULED FOR
4:33P.M. CENTRAL TIME ON
WEDNESDAY MORNING,
SEPTEMBER11th.
OUR LIVE COVERAGE OF THE LAUNCH
OF THE HTV VEHICLE AS IT IS
CALLED THE JAPANESE WORD FOR
WHITE STORK THE LAUNCH OF THE
CARGO SHIP, THE UNPILOTED CARGO
SHIP IS SCHEDULED FOR OUR LIVE
COVERAGE WILL START AT 4:00 P.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
AGAIN, LAUNCH SCHEDULED AT
4:33P.M. CENTRAL TIME NEXT
TUESDAY AFTERNOON,
SEPTEMBER10th.
FIRST THING IS FIRST THAT IS
DEPARTURE THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION COMING UP A SHORT
TIME FROM NOW.
THE UNDOCKING IS SCHEDULED ONCE
AGAIN AT 1:14P.M. CENTRAL TIME
THIS AFTERNOON AND THE WHOLE
PROCESS OF BRINGING THE SOYUZ
HOME WILL BEGIN WITH THE
PHYSICAL SEPARATION OF THE SOYUZ
FROM THE AFT PORT OF THE ZVEZDA
SERVICE MODULE.
THE UNDOCKING AGAIN BEGINS WITH
SPRINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
DOCKING INTERFACE PUSHING OFF
AGAINST ONE MORE.
THE SOYUZ WILL THEN DEPART FROM
THE STATION WILL SEVERAL
SEPARATION BURNS TO A SAFE
DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STATION.
SOME TWO AND A HALF HOURS AFTER
UNDOCKING THE ORBIT BURN WILL BE
CONDUCTED A THREE MINUTE
RETROGRADE FIRING OF THE SOYUZ
ENGINES AT 3:37P.M. CENTRAL
TIME S DOWN AND ENABLE IT TO
DROP OUT OF ORBIT BACK TO THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
AT 4:06P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
THE THREE SECTIONS OF THE SOYUZ
WILL SEPARATE THROUGH
PYROTECHNICS AND THE MODULE
WHICH IS NORMALLY OCCUPIED BY
THREE-PERSON CREW IS THE ONLY
PORTION OF THE SOYUZ THAT
SURVIVES REENTRY AND IT WILL HIT
THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AT
4:10P.M. WHERE TEMPERATURES
AROUND THE SOYUZ WILL BUILD UP
TO 2500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
DURING THE PLASMA REGIME.
ONCE OUT OF THE UPPER REACHES,
THE CHUTES WILL BE DEPLOYED,
FIRST A MAIN SHOOT AT 4:00P.M.
CENTRAL TIME TO GENTLY GUIDE THE
SOYUZ LANDING ON THE SOUTH
CENTRAL STEP OF KAZAKHSTAN ABOUT
7MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE REMOTE
TOWN JUST AS IF IT WERE A
POPULATED VEHICLE WITH CREW.
THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME
COORDINATES FOR A LANDING SITE
FOR A CRUDE SOYUZ VEHICLE COMING
HOME.
JUST SECONDS OFF THE OF THE
LANDING SITE OF THE LANDING
ENGINES WITH FIRE AND A FINAL
BREAKING MANEUVER AND 4:34P.M.
CENTRAL TIME, THE SOYUZ MS-14
AND THE HUMANOID ROBOT OCCUPANT
WILL BE BACK ON THE EARTH.
THE LANDING IS TAKING PLACE IN
THE DEAD OF NIGHT ON SATURDAY
MORNING IN KAZAKHSTAN AT THE
LANDING SITE WHERE IT WILL BE
3:34A.M. KAZAKHSTAN TIME AND
THE RUSSIAN SEARCH AND RECOVERY
FORCES JUST AS THEY WOULD FOR
CREW LANDING WILL BE ON THE
SCENE WITH HELICOPTERS
ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE AND OTHER
RECOVERY PERSONNEL AND TO SECURE
THE VEHICLE AND THEN BRING IT
BACK TO MOSCOW FOR POST FLIGHT
ANALYSIS.
THIS TEST FLIGHT IS CRUCIAL FOR
THE RUSSIAN SPACE CONTROL TEAM
AND TO TEST THE SOYUZ MODERNIZED
CONTROL SYSTEM AND ENTRY CONTROL
SYSTEM AND NOT ONLY VERIFYING
THE INTEGRATION OF THE SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT WITH THE 1A LAUNCH
VEHICLE THAT WILL BE USED FOR
ALL LAUNCHES BEGINNING NEXT
SPRING FROM THE BAOIKONUR
COSMODROME BUT AID IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF PAYLOAD RETURN
VEHICLE IN THE FUTURE WOULD
ENABLE THE RETURN OF CARGO TO
THE GROUND THE RUSSIAN SEGMENT
OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
THE LANDING AGAIN SCHEDULE AT
4:34P.M. CENTRAL TIME THIS
AFTERNOON.
3:45A.M. ON SATURDAY MORNING
THAT IS THREE HOURS AND 23
MINUTES BEFORE SUNRISE AT THE
LANDING SITE WHICH IS ABOUT 87
MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE
TOWN WHERE THE RUSSIAN SEARCH
AND RECOVERY FORCES WOULD
TYPICALLY DEPLOY FOR A CRUDE
LANDING.
THE NEXT LANDING OF CREW FROM
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER3rd
WHEN THE SOYUZ MS-12 WILL BRING
HOME ALEXEY OVCHININ, NICK HAGUE
AND SPACEFLIGHT PARTICIPANT.
THE FIRST LAUNCH OF THE CREW OF
THE SPACECRAFT AND THE 1A
SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MARCH AS WE
MENTIONED THE LAUNCHES WILL TAKE
PLACE FROM SITE 31 AT THE
BAIKONUR COSMODROME IN
KAZAKHSTAN.
THE SEPTEMBER LAUNCH ON
SEPTEMBER25th OF THE NEXT
CREW TO FLY TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION ON THE SOYUZ MS-15
SPACECRAFT IS THE NEXT LAUNCH IN
THE SERIES AND WILL BE THE LAST
SCHEDULED LAUNCH FROM THE
HISTORIC SITE 1A OF THE BAIKONUR
COSMODROME THE FIRST LAUNCHPAD
THAT LAUNCHED FROM BACK ON
APRIL12th, 1961, TO BECOME
THE FIRST HUMAN TO FLY IN SPACE.
YESTERDAY THE NEXT CREW THAT
WILL FLY TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION JESSICA MEIR OF
NASA ON THE RIGHT ALONG WITH
ALEX THE RUSSIAN SOYUZ COMMANDER
AND BACKUPS THEY STROLLED
THROUGH RED SQUARE IN FRONT OF
THE CATHEDRAL IN THE TRADITIONAL
CEREMONIES THAT TAKE PLACE
PREFLIGHT WHERE THEY LAID
FLOWERS AT THE KREMLIN WALL BY
THE LOCATIONS WHERE RUSSIAN
SPACE ICONS ARE.
THIS CREW WILL DEPART THEIR
TRAINING CENTER AT STAR CITY,
RUSSIA, THE COSMONAUT TRAINING
CENTER NEXT TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER10TH FLY DOWN TO THE
BOIKONUR FOR FINAL PRELAUNCH
TRAIN AND THE LAUNCH SCHEDULED
AT5:00A.M. CENTRAL TIME,
6:57:00P.M. BAIKONUR TIME ON
SEPTEMBER25th AND PLANNED
FOR ORBIT SIX-HOUR TO TAKE THEM
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION WITH THEIR DOCKING
SCHEDULE AT THE AFT PORT OF THE
ZVEZDA SERVICE MODULE THE SAME
DOCKING PORT THAT WILL BE
VACATED TEN MINUTES NOW WITH THE
DEPARTURE OF THE UNPILOTED MS-14
SPACECRAFT.
WE ARE INSIDE TEN MINUTES NOW TO
BEGIN THE PROCESS OF OPENING
THIS UP THE HOOKS THAT HELD THE
SOYUZ MS-14 SPACECRAFT THAT THE
ZVEZDA SINCE ARRIVAL ON
AUGUST26th.
BY THE WAY, OUR LIVE COVERAGE OF
UNDOCKING WILL CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON UNTIL WE NO LONGER
HAVE USABLE VIDEO OF THE SOYUZ
AS IT DEPARTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD
OF THE INTERNATIONAL STATION.
THERE WILL BE NO LIVE COVERAGE
OF THE ORBIT OR LANDING OF THIS
SOYUZ VEHICLE.
WE WILL UPDATE THE PROGRESS OF
THE SOYUZ AS IT RETURNS TO EARTH
ON THE NASA WEBSITE HOWEVER.
ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, THE FLIGHT
DIRECTOR EMILY NELSON POLLED THE
FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM FOR A GO FOR
UNDOCKING OF THIS SOYUZ VEHICLE.
SHE PASSED THAT INFORMATION
ALONG TO HER RUSSIAN FLIGHT
DIRECTOR COUNTERPART AT THE
RUSSIAN MISSION CONTROL CENTER
EVERYTHING IS IN READINESS AS
WE'RE NOW UNDER EIGHT MINUTES
AWAY FROM ISSUANCE OF THE
COMMAND TO OPEN UP THE HOOKS
HOLDING THE SOYUZ MS-14 IN PLACE
AT THE AFT PORT OF THE ZVEZDA
SERVICE MODULE.
UNDER SIX MINUTES FROM THE
ISSUANCE OF THE OPENING OF THE
HOOKS HOLDING THE SOYUZ MS-14 IN
PLACE ONCE AGAIN THIS IS
UNPILOTED SOYUZ SPACECRAFT
ARRIVED AT THE STATION AFTER AN
ABORTED RENDEZVOUS APPROACH ON
AUGUST24th.
IT CAME BACK AROUND FOR A
FLAWLESS DOCKING TO THE ZVEZDA
SERVICE MODULE AFT PORT TWO DAYS
LATER AND SPENT THE PAST 11 DAYS
UNDERGOING TESTS BY RUSSIAN
SPACE SPECIALISTS IN ADVANCE OF
USE OF UPGRADED SOYUZ SYSTEMS ON
FUTURE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT
BEGINNING NEXT SPRING.
JUST AS CREW WERE ONBOARD THE
VEHICLE WILL BACK AWAY TO A SAFE
DISTANCE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION OF THE DEORBIT
BURN THE RETROGRADE ENGINE
FIRING AT 3:36P.M. CENTRAL TIME
THIS AFTERNOON THAT WILL SLOW
THE SOYUZ DOWN AND ALLOW IT TO
DROP OUT OF ORBIT FOR THE ENTRY
BACK TO THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
AND A LANDING AT 4:34P.M.
CENTRAL TIME, 3:34A.M.
KAZAKHSTAN TIME ON SATURDAY
MORNING, WHERE THE RUSSIAN
SEARCH AND RECOVERY TEAMS WILL
BE ON THE SCENE ABOUT 87MILES
TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN
ALMOST THE EXACT SPOT WHERE A
CRUDE SOYUZ VEHICLE WOULD LAND
AND BRING IT BACK TO MOSCOW FOR
FLIGHT ANALYSIS.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
IS CURRENTLY FLYING 258MILES
ABOVE THE EARTH MOVING FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ABOUT TO
CROSS THE NORTHERN BORDER OF
CHINA WITH MONGOLIA.
TWO AND A HALF MINUTES NOW UNTIL
THE UNDOCKING COMMAND.
WHICH ARE UNDER A MACHINE UNTIL
THE COMMAND THAT WILL BEGIN A
SECOND PROCESS TO OPEN THE HOOKS
HOLDING THE SOYUZ MS-14 IN PLACE
AT THE AFT PORT OF THE ZVEZDA
SERVICE MODULE.
THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE SOYUZ
MS-14.
WE'LL BE SEEING INDICATION
MOMENT THE HOOKS BEGINNING TO
GO OPEN.
AND RIGHT ON TIME, THE HOOKS ARE
DRIVING OPEN.
ONCE AGAIN, 90 SECONDS UNTIL THE
HOOKS ARE FULLY OPENED AT WHICH
POINT SPRINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF
THE DOCKING INTERFACE WILL PUSH
OFF AGAINST ONE ANOTHER AND
ENABLING THE SOYUZ TO BE SET
FREE FROM THE AFT PORT OF THE
ZVEZDA.
THE HOOKS CONTINUING TO DRIVE
OPEN.
STANDING BY FOR PHYSICAL
SEPARATION.
AND PHYSICAL SEPARATION COMING
AT 1:14P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
2:14P.M. EASTERN TIME AS THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FLEW
OVER THE BOARDER BETWEEN
NORTHEASTERN CHINA AND
SOUTHEASTERN RUSSIA.
AFTER 11 DAYS OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, THE
UNPILOTED SOYUZ MS-14 IS NOW
FLYING FREE HEADED FOR LANDING
ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL STEP OF
KAZAKHSTAN ABOUT TWO HOURS AND
20 MINUTES FROM NOW.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE DOCK PORT
OF THE AFT END OF THE ZVEZDA
SERVICE MODULE THE SAME DOCKING
PORT WILL CALL HOME AS THE SOYUZ
MS-15 WITH ALEX, JESSICA MEIR OF
NASA SPACEFLIGHT PARTICIPANT OF
THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, THE
AFT PORT OF THE ZVEZDA SERVICE
MODULE ON SEPTEMBER25th.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
ABOUT TO FLY ORBITAL SUNRISE
OVER THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC.
WE ARE ONE MINUTE AWAY FROM THE
FIRST IN A SERIES OF SEPARATION
BURN WILL ACCELERATE THE SOYUZ'S
DEPARTURE RATE FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
AND THE FIRST SEPARATION BURN IS
UNDERWAY.
THIS WAS EIGHT SECOND BURN OF
THE SOYUZ THRUSTERS TO INCREASE
THE OPENING RATE BETWEEN THE
SOYUZ AND THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AT A HALF METER
PER SECOND.
THIS VIEW NOW FROM A CAMERA ON
THE TRUSS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION SHOWING THE SOYUZ
BACKING AWAY FROM THIS ZVEZDA
SERVICE MODULE, PAIN, UNPILOTED
SOYUZ VEHICLE THAT HAS BEEN USED
FOR FLIGHT TO PROVIDE DATA FOR
RUSSIAN SPECIALISTS ON UPGRADES
TO A GUIDANCE GOING AND CONTROL
SYSTEM.
IN THE CONTROL SYSTEM THAT WILL
BE PLAY LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
THE SPACECRAFT COLLECTING DATA
ON ITS COMPATIBILITY FOR LAUNCH
WITH A SOYUZ 1A BOOST THE SAME
CONFIGURATION USED TO LAUNCH
CREWS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION FROM THE BOIKONUR
COSMODROME BEGINNING NEXT
SPRING.
RUSSIAN FLIGHT CONTROLLERS
UPLINKED TO DEORBIT BURN
PERIMETERS AGAIN THE DEORBIT
BURN ITSELF SCHEDULED AT
3:36P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
A 3:53 RETROGRADE FIRING OF THE
SOYUZ ENGINES THAT WILL SLOW THE
VEHICLE DOWN BY SOME 18METERS
PER SECOND ALLOWING IT TO DROP
OUT OF ORBIT FOR ITS RETURN BACK
TO EARTH AND A LANDING IN THE
PREDAWN HOURS SATURDAY
KAZAKHSTAN TIME AND LANDING SITE
ALMOST IDENTICAL TO WHAT IS USED
FOR CREW RETURNS THERE FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN.
A GREAT VIEW ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
SHOWING THE DEPARTING UNPILOTED
SOYUZ MS-14 WHICH MADE AUTOMATED
APPROACH AND DOCKING TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BACK
ON AUGUST 26th IT HAS BEEN
11 DAYS HEAT STATION UNDERGOING
TO ENGINEERING TESTING AND NOW
WILL AUTOMATICALLY RETURN TO
EARTH FOR A LANDING LATER THIS
AFTERNOON OF THE STEP OF
KAZAKHSTAN.
WITH ITS DEPARTURE THE MASS OF
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
IS NOW JUST OVER 916,000POUNDS
AFTER THE JAPANESE CARGO SHIP
THE HTV OR SPACECRAFT ARRIVES AT
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FOR A CAPTURE AND BERTHING ON
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER4th
ASSUMING A LAUNCH NEXT TUESDAY
THE MASS WILL HAVE GROWN TO
ALMOST 51,000POUNDS.
AS WE SHOWED EARLIER THE
ANIMATION OF THE ENTRY SEQUENCE,
THE SOYUZ VEHICLE AGAIN WILL
CONDUCT AUTOMATED DEORBIT BURN
AT 3:37P.M. CENTRAL TIME, 29
MINUTES AFTER THE BURN, THE
ONBOARD COMPUTERS WILL TRIGGER A
SERIES OF PYROTECHNIC ACTIONS TO
ACCEPT FROM THE THREE MODULES
THE THREE SECTIONS OF THE SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT THE UPPER SECTION
BEING THE ORBITAL MODULE THAT
CONTAINS THE DOCKING PROBE AND
OTHER AVIONICS FOR THE
SPACECRAFT THE CENTER SECTION
THE ONLY SECTION THAT RETURNS TO
EARTH FOR A PARACHUTE ASSISTED
LANDING THAT'S THE DECENT STABLE
THE DESCENT MODULE CONTAINS A
CREW STRAPPED INTO THREE
RESPECTIVE SEATS SIDE BY SIDE
THE ONLY OCCUPANTS THE HUMANOID
ROBOT STRAPPED INTO THE CENTER
SEAT OF THE SOYUZ VEHICLE AND
THE DECENT MODULE THE LOWER
SECTION IS THE INSTRUMENTATION
AND THE PROPULSION MODULE THAT
CONTAINS THE SOLAR ARRAYS AND
THE PROPULSION ELEMENTS
INCLUDING THE ENGINES AND THE
PROPULSION LINES IN THE FUEL
TANKS.
THE MODULE SEPARATION SCHEDULE
AT 4:06P.M. CENTRAL TIME ABOUT
FOUR MINUTES BEFORE THE SOYUZ
BEGINS TO ENTER THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE AND THE PLASMA REGIME
WHICH WILL LAST JUST OVER TWO
MINUTES OR SO IN WHICH
TEMPERATURES AROUND THE
SPACECRAFT WILL BEGIN TO BUILD
WITHOUT 2500DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
THE HEAT REPEALED BY THE HEAT
SHIELD ON THE BOTTOM OF THE
DECENT MODULE ITSELF.
ONCE THE SOYUZ LEAVES THAT
PORTION OF THE ENTRY, AT
4:19P.M. THE COMMAND WILL BE
ISSUED TO DEPLOY THE CHUTES ON
THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT A SERIES
FOLLOWED BY LARGE MAIN PARACHUTE
AND FROM THAT POINT IS 15
MACHINES FROM CHUTE DEPLOY A
LANDING ONE FINAL BURST OF SOFT
LANDING ENGINES ON THE BOTTOM OF
THE DECENT MODULE TO OFFER
FINAL BREAKING MANEUVER WITH
TOUCHDOWN EXPECTED AT 4:34P.M.
CENTRAL TIME THIS AFTERNOON
WHICH WILL BE 3:43A.M.
KAZAKHSTAN TIME AT THE LANDING
SITE.
THE SOYUZ HAVE FLOWN INTO
ORBITAL SUNRISE OVER THE
NORTHWEST PACIFIC OCEAN
BEGINNING A TRACK FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST IN ORBIT
INCLINED 51.6DEGREES TO EITHER
SIDE OF THE EQUATOR.
>> THIS VIEW OF THE SOYUZ
VEHICLE FLYING OVER THE TRANQUIL
EARTH BELOW AND THE NORTHWESTERN
PACIFIC OCEAN IN STARK CONTRAST
TO AN OVERFLIGHT THAT THE
STATION MADE EARLIER TODAY ABOUT
SIX HOURS 15 MINUTES AGO-THE
STATION FLEW DIRECTORIALLY OVER
THE BEAUTY OF HURRICANE DORIAN,
WHICH AT THE TIME WAS JUST OFF
THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH
CAROLINA MOVING IN NORTHERLY
DIRECTION.
IT HAS BEEN 15 MINUTES SINCE THE
UNDOCKING OF THE SOYUZ MS-14
UNPILOTED SPACECRAFT FROM THE
AFT PORT OF THE ZVEZDA SERVICE
MODULE CONTINUING TO TRACK ITS
DEPARTURE TO THE SAFE DISTANCE
AWAY FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FLIGHT FLYING
250-MILES OVER THE CENTRAL
PACIFIC OCEAN MOVING FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST.
AGAIN LOOKING AT THE SOYUZ MS-14
SPACECRAFT HAVING UNDOCKED FROM
THE AFT PORT OF THE ZVEZDA
SERVICE MODULE HEADING FOR
DEORBIT BURN OF THE ENGINE ABOUT
TWO HOURS AND SIX MINUTES FROM
NOW THAT WILL BEGIN ITS TREK
BACK TO EARTH IN A LANDING UNDER
PARACHUTES IN SOUTH CENTRAL
KAZAKHSTAN SOME 87-MILES TO THE
SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN.
THIS VEHICLE LAUNCHED FROM THE
BAIKONUR COSMODROME ON A TEST
FLIGHT BACK ON AUGUST21st
U.S. TIME AUGUST22nd
BAIKONUR TIME AND MADE A TWO-DAY
TREK TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION WHERE IT ATTEMPTED
AUTOMATED DOCKING TO THE POISK
MODULE ON THE SPACE FACING SIDE
OF THE RUSSIAN SEGMENT OF THE
STATION THAT APPROACH WAS
ABORTED BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM ON
THE STATION SIDE OF THE POISK
INTERFACE ON THE AUTOMATED
RENDEZVOUS SYSTEM WITH THE
VEHICLE.
THE SOYUZ COMMANDED TO ABORT THE
APPROACH BACKED AWAY TO A SAFE
DISTANCE FROM THE STATION AND
AFTER THE RUSSIAN FLIGHT CONTROL
TEAM DEVISED A PLAN TO HAVE
ALEXANDER SKVORTSOV, DREW MORE
GO GAN AND THROUGH A PARMITANO
FROM THE AFT PORT OF THE ZVEZDA
TO POISK FOR A REDOCKING
EFFICIENT ON THE NIGHT OF
AUGUST25th THIS SOYUZ
VEHICLE UNPILOTED MADE AN
AUTOMATED APPROACH AND A
FLAWLESS DOCKING TO THE AFT PORT
OF THE ZVEZDA THE FOLLOWING
NIGHT AUGUST 2th WHERE IT
SPENT THE PAST 11 DAYS.
THE IN RIFF ACTIVITY WILL
CONTINUE THIS COMING WEEK WITH
SCHEDULED LAUNCH ON TUESDAY
AFTERNOON U.S. TIME OUT OF
JACKSON THE JAPAN AEROSPACE
EXPLORATION AGENCY'S UNPILOTED
CARGO HP THE H2 TRANSFER
VEHICLE, THE EIGHTH IN A SERIES
OF SUCH CARGO SHIPS THAT WILL
CARRY MORE THAN FOUR TONS OF
SUPPLIES EXPERIMENT HARD WHICH
ARE AND SPARE SPARTS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION MOST
NOTABLY, A NEW HALF DOZEN
LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES AND
ADAPTER PLATE ELSE THAT I BE
WITH BE INSTALLED ON THE FAR
PORT TRUSS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION THE P6 TRUSS TO
UPGRADE THE POWER SYSTEMS FOR
TWO OF THE STAGS' POWER
CHANNELS.
THAT LAUNCH ON SCHEDULED TUESDAY
SEPTEMBER10th AT 4:35P.M.
WITH THE COVERAGE ON NASA TV
BEGINNING AT 4:00 P.M. CENTRAL
AND 5:00 P.M. EASTERN.
THE HTV WILL TAKE A FOUR-DAY
TRANSIT THOUGH INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION ARRIVING FOR
CAPTURE AND INSTALLATION TO THE
ETHER FACING PORT OF THE HARMONY
MODULE OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION ON SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER4th.
THE SOYUZ MS-14 TRAVELING AT
FIVE MILES PER SECOND OVER THE
CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN.
YOU CAN TELL IN THE VIEW THE
UPPER PORTION OF THE SOYUZ
CALLED THE ORBITAL MODULE AGAIN
CONTAINS THE DOCKING PROBE AND
OTHER AVIONIC SOYUZ SYSTEMS THE
CENTER SECTION WHICH RESEMBLES A
BELL SHAPED CONFIGURATIONS THE
DECENT MODULE NORMALLY OCCUPIED
BY A THREE-PERSON CREW, IN THIS
CASE, ONLY OCCUPIED BUY A
HUMANOID ROBOT, THAT MADE THE
TRIP TO AND IS RETURNING FROM
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
WHERE IT UNDERWENT ENGINEERING
TESTING AND THE WHITE SECTION OF
THE BOTTOM OF THE SOYUZ WITH THE
SOLAR ARRAYS AT THE
INSTRUMENTATION AND THE
PROPULSION MODULE.
AFTER THE DEORBIT BURN OF THE
SPACECRAFT TO SLOW IT DOESN'T
AND ENABLE IT TO DROP OUT OF
ORBIT IS COMING UP IN TWO HOURS
3:59:37P.M. CENTRAL TIME AND
SOME 29 MINUTES AFTER THE
DEORBIT BURN THERE WILL BE A
COME MACHINE SENT FOR THE
PYROTECHNIC SEPARATION OF THE
THREE SECTIONS OF THE SOYUZ
VEHICLE THE CENTER SECTION AND
THE ONLY SECTION THAT SURVIVES
RE-ENTRY WITH THE HEAT SHIELD
THE FIERY RE-ENTRY BACK TO THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND THEN
DEPLOYING PARACHUTES TO SLOW IT
DOWN FOR A LANDING SOUTH CENTRAL
KAZAKHSTAN THE LANDING SCHEDULED
AT 4:34P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
3:43A.M. KAZAKHSTAN TIME ON
SATURDAY MORNING.
THE SOYUZ MS-14 HAVING CONDUCTED
A PAIR OF SEPARATION BURNS
CONTINUES AWAY FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLYING OVER PACIFIC OCEAN FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST SOON TO
APPROACH THE COAST OF CHILE.
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSETOP
FADING FROM VIEW IN THIS CAMERA
ON THE TRUSS OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS
THE RECEDING IMAGE OF THE SOYUZ
MS-14 WHICH UNDOCKED FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SOME
33 MINUTES AGO AT 1:14P.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
2:14P.M. EASTERN TIME.
WRAPPING UP 11 DAYS AT THE
STATION.
THE UNPILOTED MS-14 FLOWN TO THE
STATION ON A SOYUZ 1A BOOSTER IN
KAZAKHSTAN ARRIVING ON AUGUST
26th FOR TEST FLIGHT AND
ENGINEERING TESTING BY THE
RUSSIAN FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM.
THIS MODIFIED SOYUZ WAS UPGRADED
AT MOTION CONTROL SYSTEMS AND IN
TRY GUIDANCE SYSTEMS WELL THE
SAME TYPE OF SOYUZ IS LAUNCHED
AND SOYUZ 1A BOOSTER TO CARRY
CREWS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION FROM BAIKONUR BEGINNING
NEXT MARCH.
WE'RE APPROACHING THE POINT
WHERE THE SOYUZ HAS TRANSITIONED
FOR OF THE ACTIVITIES INVOLVING
A DEORBIT BURN AND AUTOMATED
THREE MINUTE AND 53 SECOND RETRO
GRADE ENGINE FIRING THAT IS
COMING UP 1:46 FROM NOW THAT
WILL SLOW THE SOYUZ DOWN
LISTENING IT TO DROP OUT OF
ORBIT FOR HIGH SPEED ENTRY TO
THE ATMOSPHERE AND PARACHUTED
ASSISTED LANDING ON KAZAKHSTAN
AT 4:34P.M. AND ON SATURDAY
MORNING WHERE THE RUSSIAN SEARCH
AND RECOVERY FORCES WILL BE
STANDING BY SAFE THE VEHICLE AND
BRING IT BACK TO MOSCOW FOR POST
FLIGHT ENGINEERING ANALYSIS.
SO THE UNPILOTED FLIGHT OF THE
DOW SOYUZ MS-14 TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS
NOW COMPLETE ALL THAT IS LEFT OF
IS REIN TRY AND LANDING BACK ON
THE STEP OF KAZAKHSTAN THAT WILL
NOT BE TELEVISED ON NASA
TELEVISION AND UPDATE THE WEB
THE SOYUZ AS THE DECEP BACK TO
THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND IT IS
EVENTUAL LANDING IN SOUTH
CENTRAL KAZAKHSTAN AND WRAP UP
THE COLLEGE FOR TODAY WITH ONE
PROGRAMMING NOTE.
THE NEXT VEHICLE THAT WILL BE
SENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION THE UNPILOTED HTV
TRANSFER VEHICLE AND NAMED WHICH
IS THE YAP NIECE WORD FOR WHITE
STORK AND IT IS SCHEDULED TO BE
LAUNCHED UNPAY LOTTED CARGO SHIP
OF FOUR TONS OF SIMPLY AND SPARE
PARTS IN CLUEING A HALF DOZEN
NEW LOTHIAN ION BATTERY AND
ADAPTER PLATES FOR THE POWER
SYSTEMS ON THE STATION LUNCH
SCHEDULED TUESDAY
SEPTEMBER10th AT 4:33P.M.
CENTRAL TESTIMONY AND 5:33P.M.
EASTERN TIME WILL BE WITH
6:33:00A.M. IN JAPAN AND ON
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER11th.
LIVE COVERAGE OF THE LAUNCH HAVE
FROM THE SPACE CENTER IN WHY PAN
WILL BEGIN AT 4:00P.M. CENTRAL
AND 5:00 P.M. EASTERN NEXT
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER10 SOTH WE
INVITE YOU TO JOIN US FOR ALL OF
THAT AND ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES
OR THE EXPEDITION 60 CREW ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON
THE WEBSITE AT WWW.NASA.GOV.
FOR NOW, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
THIS IS HIS CONTROL HOUSTON.