>> WELL, IT'S A MILD AFTERNOON,
A SLIGHT BREEZE OVER AT THE
COSMODRONE IN BAIKONUR,
KAZAKHSTAN.
AND SITTING 160 FEET HIGH, SET
TO LAUNCH TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, NASA'S CHRIS
CASSIDY.
AND ANATOLI IVANISHIN, AND IVAN
VAGNER, SET TO BLAST OFF IN
UNDER AN HOUR FROM NOW AT 3:05
CENTRAL TIME.
4:05:00 EASTERN TIME HERE IN THE
US.
THIS IS THE FIRST CREW LAUNCH ON
THE SOYUZ BOOSTER.
LAUNCHING FROM THE COSMODRONE.
IT WAS LAUNCHED DURING AN
UNMANNED MISSION LAST SUMMER IN
PREPARATION FOR TODAY.
AND WILL BE THE FIRST LAUNCH
FROM SITE 31 SINCE OCTOBER 2016,
WHEN NASA'S SHANE KIMBA LAUNCHED
ON SOYUZ 0-2 AS PART OF MISSION
49.
GOOD MORNING, GOOD AFTERNOON,
GOOD EVENING.
ANYWHERE YOU ARE TUNING IN.
I'M COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM THE
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER HERE IN
HOUSTON.
WE'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE
COUNTDOWN OF THE LAUNCH.
THE RIDE UPHILL AND THE JOURNEY
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS.
DOCKING AND ARRIVING AND GETTING
THE CREW UP TO A FULL SIX-PERSON
STRENGTH.
LAUNCH CONTROLLERS ARE WATCHING
THE SYSTEMS ON THE ROCKET,
TALKING TO THE CREW AND LOOKING
AT EVERYTHING ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
NO ISSUES TRACKED NOW.
FUEL AND OXYGEN LOADING FOR THE
SOYUZ BEGAN A FEW HOURS AGO.
ONE OF THE TEAMS ON THE LEFT
THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS IN
RUSSIA, THE CONTROL CENTER,
OUTSIDE IN COMMONWEALTH ORYOV
AND THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION HERE IN HOUSTON, COMING
TO YOU.
WE ARE HOPING BETWEEN CONTROL
ROOMS.
FLIGHT CONTROL REALLY NUMBER
ONE, THE USUAL INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION CONTROL ROOM.
IN MICHIGAN CONTROL THE TEAM
WATCHING OVER THE CURRENT
EXPEDITION CREW.
OUR FLIGHT DIRECTOR IS ANTHONY
VARIER.
HE'LL LEAD THE ORBIT ONE TEAM
AND NEXT TO HIM IS EUROPEAN
ASTRONAUT ANDREA MOGUSEN.
THE CAPCOMM.
THE VOICE COMMUNICATION FOR
EVERYONE ON HOUSTON.
ON BOARD IS JESSICA MEIR AND
ANDREW MORGAN, AND THEY ARE UP
THERE WITH RUSSIAN COSMO NAUGHT
AND SPACE STATION COMMANDER OLEG
SKRIPOCHKA.
ANDREW MORGAN LAUNCHED ON
JULY 20TH LAST SUMMER, 50th
ANNIVERSARY OF HUMANITY'S FIRST
STEP.
JESSICA MEIR FOLLOWED SHORTLY
AFTER, LAUNCH, IN SEPTEMBER.
ONCE THE CREW GETS THERE.
THE CREW WILL BE UP TO SIX.
FOR A WEEK.
ANDREW MORGAN AND OLEG
SKRIPOCHKA MAKE THEIR WAY BACK
TO PLANET EARTH ON APRIL 17TH,
BRINGING THE SPACE STATION DOWN
TO THREE.
AS I MENTIONED A LITTLE EARLIER,
DOCKING FOR THE NEW CREW OCCURS
SEVERAL HOURS FROM NOW, AFTER
COMPLETING THE FOUR ORBIT
FLIGHT.
WE'LL BRING YOU COVERAGE OF THAT
ON NASA TV.
8:30AM CENTRAL TIME FOR DOCKING.
THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO DOCK AND
THE ZONA, NESDA, IT'S KNOWN AS
45 MINUTES AFTER SEEING THE
COVERAGE WE SEE THE DOCKING.
ON THE JOURNEY UP THERE, THE
SOYUZ TRACKING AND TELEMETRY
WILL BE LINKED TO SPACE STATIONS
LINKED TO THE CONTROL CENTER.
THROUGHOUT THE COVERAGE FOR THE
LAUNCH AND THE DOCKING AND HATCH
OPENING LATER.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THAT YOU
WANT TO ASK.
WE'LL TAKE A COUPLE ON TWITTER,
YOU CAN ASK, USING THE HASHTAG
ASK NASA.
WE'LL TRY TO GET THROW A BUNCH
OF THOSE LATER ON.
TODAY'S LAUNCH IS NOTABLE FOR
SEVERAL REASONS.
THE FIRST BEING THAT THIS CREW
UNDER WENT THEIR FINAL SPACE
FLIGHT PREPARATIONS DURING THE
HEALTH EMERGENCY ON THE
COVID-19, CHANGING THINGS TORE
PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE GLOBE,
THIS CREW AND THEIR PREPARATION
NO DIFFERENT.
THINGS LOOKING A LITTLE
DIFFERENT.
LIKE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
YOU SEE THE PERSONNEL TRIMMED TO
THE BARE NECESSITIES.
ALL THE THEY DO EVERYTHING TO
STOP THE CREW WITH SICKNESS.
THEY BEEN QUARANTINED FOR TWO
WEEKS, THEY HAVE BEEN IN
QUARANTINE FOR TWO WEEKS,
LIMITING CONTACT FOR THOSE
CLEARED AND IN QUARANTINE
THEMSELVES.
IT'S STANDARD PROCEDURE, WE WANT
TO KEEP THEM HEALTHY, WE DON'T
WANT THEM TO BRING A COLD OR
ANYTHING SEVERE UP TO THE SPACE
STATION.
THE.
THANKS TO THE PROTOCOL THE CREW
SAFE AND READY TO LAUNCH.
A NOTEWORTHY ASPECT IS DURING
THEIR STAY WE ARE EXPECTING THE
FIRST EVER CREW LAUNCH.
SIMILAR TO A FLIGHT, CURLY WILL
BE LAUNCHING IN.
THEY ARE EXPECTED TO LAUNCH
BETWEEN MID TO LATE MAY.
AND ALL THE TEAMS DOWN HERE ON
THE GROUND CONDITIONING.
ALL CREW FINISHING UP TRAINING
AND EVERYONE HAPPY TO SEE THE
SPACE FLIGHTS RETURNING.
THAT WILL TAKE PLACE DURING
EXPEDITION 63.
THE CREW WILL BE ON BOARD WHERE
WE CELEBRATE THE 20th
ANNIVERSARY.
YOU SEE THE I.S. S 20 AND A
BUNCH OF STUFF OVER NASA TV.
WE ARE MARKING 20 YEARS OF HUMAN
BEINGS LIVING ON BOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
EVERY DAY SINCE NOVEMBER 1,
'99 - NOVEMBER 2000 WE HAVE HAD
MEN AND WOMEN LIVING ON BOARD
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THERE IS AN ENTIRE GENERATION ON
PLANET EARTH THAT AS LONG AS
THEY HAVE BEEN ALIVE.
NOT EVERY HUMAN HAS BEEN ON
EARTH WITH THEM.
WE ARE CELEBRATING THAT
ACCOMPLISHMENT.
THAT TAKES A LOT OF WORK FROM A
LOT OF DIFFERENT TEAMS,
ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENTS AND
DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS.
THEY HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THEM
24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR
AND WE'LL HIT THE 20 YEAR MARK
IN NOVEMBER.
THAT MILESTONE MEANT SOMETHING
SPECIAL TO CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY,
AND HE HAD A COUPLE OF WORDS TO
SHARE.
>> WELL, IT'S SIGNIFICANT FOR
THE SPACE STATION IT'S BEEN
OPERATING BRILLIANTLY FOR THOSE
20 YEARS, FOR ME PERSONALLY,
BILL SHEPHERD WAS THE COMMANDER
OF EXPEDITION 1.
I'M THE COMMANDER OF EXPEDITION
23 AT THE 20 YEAR MARK.
WE HAVE OUR ROOTS IN THE NAVY
SEAL TEAMS, I HAVE A
PARTICULARLY THOUGHT ABOUT HOW
THE NAVY GUISES IN COMMAND AND
THE BEGINNING AND END OF THAT 20
YEAR PERIOD.
IT ALSO SHOWS THAT
THAT WE AS A COLLECTION OF
NATIONS BUILT, SUSTAINED,
OPERATED THE SPACE STATION, AND
ALL THAT WE ARE LEARNING, WILL
HELP US GO TO THE MOON, MARS.
IMAGINE YOUR CAR WORKING FOR 20
YEARS, YOU ARE HAPPY WHEN YOU
GET TO THE 20th YEAR, AND THE
SPACE STATION IS DOING BETTER
THAN YOUR CAR.
>> THEY ARE QUICK WORDS.
WE WANT TO GET TO KNOW THE CREW
ON BOARD THE SOYUZ A LITTLE
MORE.
LET'S LEARN ABOUT NASA'S
CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY.
IN THE RIGHT HANDS SEAT IS
NASA'S ASTRONAUT CHRISTOPHER
CASSIDY.
SELECTED IN 2004, TWO SPACE
FLIGHTS AND SIX SPACE WALKS ON
HIS RESUME, A DECORATED NAVY
SKILL AND CALLS THE CITY OF
NORTH BAY HIS HOME.
HE WAS BORN IN 1970 IN SALEM
MASSACHUSETTS, AND ATTENDED YORK
HIGH SCHOOL.
CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY HOLDS
DEGREES FROM SEVERAL
INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING A
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND
MATHEMATICS FROM THE UNITED
STATES ACADEMY AND A MASTER OF
MOTION AND ENGINEERING FROM THE
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY, HE SERVED AS A NAVY
SEAL FOR 11 YEARS BEFORE BEING
ELECTED AS AN ASTRONAUT.
BEING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN,
AWARDED TWO BRONZE STARS AND
RECOGNITION.
HE BECAME A NAVY CAPTAIN IN 2014
AND NEVER WAS ONE TO BACK DOWN
TO A CHALLENGE.
AS AN ASTRONAUT HE MADE A FIRST
JOURNEY INTO SPACE ON JULY 23,
ABOARD CAPE CANAVERAL ABOARD THE
SHUTTLE.
HE AND THE REST OF THE CREW
ASSEMBLED THE FINAL PARTS.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIMENTS DELIVERED
AND STORED AROUND FOR FUTURE USE
OP THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
AND THIS MISSION WAS A 500th
PERSON HISTORY TO FLY IN SPACE.
CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY FLEW FOR THE
SECOND TIME IN 2013.
AND HIS FIRST LAUNCH.
HE HAS LOGGED 182 DAYS IN SPACE
31 HOURS AND 14 MINUTES SPACE
WALKING TIME.
BACK ON EARTH ME WAS NASA'S
CHIEF ASTRONAUT AND AWARDED AN
EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
HE'LL TAKE OVER AS THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION NEXT
WEEK, AND THE CURRENT
MISUNDERSTANDER OLEG SKRIPOCHKA
HANDS OVER THE KEY FOR THE
CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY.
HE'S JOINED BY TWO COSMONAUTS.
ANATOLY IVANISHIN AND IVAN
VAGNER.
AND WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT TO GET
TO KNOW THEM.
WE ARE 52 MINUTES AND 35 SECONDS
AWAY FROM LAUNCH.
>> SEATED IN THE CAPSULE'S
SECOND SEAT IS SOYUZ MS-16
COMMANDER ANATOLY IVANISHIN.
HE IS A DECORATED RETIRED
RUSSIAN AIR FORCE COLONEL
ASSIGNED IN 2003, COMPLETING HIS
TRAINING AND EXAMINATION IN
2005.
HE WAS BORN IN 1969 IN RUSSIA,
LOCATE IN SIBERIA.
HE WOULD GO ON TO GRADUATE HIGH
SCHOOL IN 1986.
AND AIR FORCE PILOT SCHOOL IN
RUSSIA IN 1991.
HE HOLDS SEVERAL PILOT LICENCES
AND LOGS 550 HOURS FLYING.
HIS FLIGHT MARKS THE THIRD SPACE
FLIGHT OF HIS COSMO NAUGHT
CAREER, HE TRAVELLED TO SPACE IN
NOVEMBER 2011 AS SPACE STATION
EXPEDITION 29 AND 30.
HE RETURNS TO THE STATION IN
JULY 2, 0816.
SERVING AS COMMANDER ABOARD THE
FLIGHTS IN THE M.S. SERIES OF
SPACECRAFTS YOU SEE TODAY.
HE HAS 210 DAYS OF FLIGHTS UNDER
HIS BELT.
AND SEVERAL SPACE RELATED
RECOGNITIONS, INCLUDING THE 50th
ANNIVERSARY, NASA SPACE FLIGHT
MEDAL AND DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC
SERVICE.
TO THE LEFT OF ANATOLY
IVANISHIN, PREPARING FOR HIS
FIRST EVER JOURNEY INTO SPACE IS
COSMONAUT IVAN VAGNER.
HE WAS ASSIGNED IN OCTOBER 2010
AND CERTIFIED AS A 10th
COSMONAUT IN AUGUST 2012.
HE COMES FROM A TOWN LOCATED IN
THE WESTERN REGION OF RUSSIA,
GRADUATING IN 2002 AND WENT ON
TO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ST.
PETERSBURG RUSSIA, EARNING A
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SPACE
ROCKET SHIPS.
HE HELD SEVERAL POSITIONS IN THE
SPACE INDUSTRY INCLUDING WORKING
AS AN ENGINEER EAR.
HAVING SPENT THE PAST FEW WEEKS
TRAINING FOR WARES EXPEDITIONS,
HE IS LOGGING HIS OWN TOTAL TIME
IN SPACE TO A FEW HOURS.
>> AND THAT MUSIC THAT YOU HEAR
IS ACTIVELY PUMPED INTO THE
SOYUZ SPACECRAFT, IT'S COMMON
FOR THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS TO
PUMP IN THE MUSIC TO THE CREW
WHILE THEY ARE STRAPPED IN.
THEY HAVE BEEN ON BOARD THE
SOYUZ FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.
AND NOW WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT
WHAT THEIR PATH WAS LIKE TO GET
THERE.
THE DAY'S ACTIVITIES IN BAIKONUR
BEGAN A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO, THE
CREW AWAKENED 6:00p.m. CENTRAL
TIME ON APRIL 8TH.
IT WAS 4 IN THE MORNING IN
BAIKONUR.
THE CREW, CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY
THERE, WALKING OUT OF THE
COSMONAUT HOTEL.
BEFORE LEAVING THEY WENT THROUGH
THE TIME-HONORED TRADITION OF
SIGNING THE DOORS.
THERE'S A LOT OF TRADITIONS
YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT AND SEE
SEVERAL OF THOSE, THE CREW
SIGNED DOORS AND DID THE WALK
OUT.
USUALLY A LOT MORE CROWDS PACKED
THERE.
AGAIN, IN LIGHT OF THE SITUATION
FEWER PEOPLE TO SEE THEM OFF ON
THEIR WAY.
THEY DEPARTED AND BOARDED A BUS
FOR A 45 MINUTE DRIVE.
THE DESTINATION AT THE FACILITY,
BUILDING 254 ON THE COSMODRONE
GROUNDS.
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX PRIEST ON THE
LEFT.
ANOTHER TRADITION.
THERE TO BLESS THE CREWS IN THE
MORNING, TYPICALLY ONE OR TWO
DAYS BEFORE THE LAUNCH AFTER
IT'S ERECTED ON THE PADS.
HERE WE SEE THEM ARRIVING AT
THEIR FIRST DESTINATION OF THE
DAY, THAT'S THE INTEGRATION,
BUILDING 254 ON THE COSMODRONE.
ONCE THEY GET THERE, EACH OF THE
CREW MEMBER UNDER GOES A MEDICAL
EXAM.
THIS IS THE SUIT YOU CAN SEE
GETTING IN HERE.
THESE ARE SUITS THAT CAN BE
PRESSURISED IN THE EVENT OF
PRESSURE LOST, PROVIDING
PRESSURE, BREATHING GASES FOR
THE CREW MEMBERS, THEY ARE
ASSISTED BY A NUMBER OF SUIT
TEXTS, SOME OF THEM MORE
INTERESTING PARTS ON THE FRONT.
IT'S HOW THEY CAN ADJUST THE
PRESSURE INSIDE OF THE SUIT
ITSELF.
EACH CREW MEMBER FITTED WITH A
COMMCAP, A SNAPPY CAP WITH
MICROPHONES AND EARPIECES INSIDE
TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER
AND THE LAUNCH CONDUCTORS DOWN
THERE, AND ONCE IN ORBIT.
WITH THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS DOWN
ON THE GROUND.
ANATOLY IVANISHIN SUITED UP
FIRST AND JOINED BY IVAN VAGNER,
MAKING A FIRST FLIGHT IN TODAY.
THIS WILL BE ANATOLY IVANISHIN'S
THIRD AND CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY'S
THIRD.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST JOINED BY
CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY, GETTING
INTO HIS SUIT.
TAKING PLACE IN THE SUIT UP AND
INTEGRATION BUILDING ON THE
BAIKONUR COSMODRONE, THEY HAVE
THE FINAL MEDICAL EXAM, TWO
TRAINED TECHNICIANS HELP THEM
GET INTO THE GROUP.
THEY'LL WE ARE THESE FOR THE
DYNAMIC PHASES OF FLIGHT AND FOR
THE SHORT DRIPS, RELATIVELY
SHORT.
SIX HOURS.
TWO DAYS, SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
THEY'LL STAY IN THE SUITS PRETTY
MUCH THE ENTIRE TIME DOCKING AND
GETTING OUT OF THE SUITS AFTER
THEY DOCK TO THE SPACE STATIONS
AND BEFORE THEY OPEN THE
HATCHES.
AFTER THEY SUIT UP THEY MOVE
INTO THE NEXT ROOM, WHICH HAS
PANE OF GLASS, THIS IS TYPICALLY
WHERE WE SEE CREW MEMBERS, AFTER
GOING THROUGH A PRESSURE CHECK,
GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH
FRIENDS, FAMILY THAT WERE ABLE
TO TRAVEL TO THE LAUNCH SITE.
AND ALSO AS PERSONNEL, WE SEE
NASA PERSONNEL THERE, TRISHA
MACK, THE HEAD OF NASA OFFICE IN
MOSCOW, CAUGHT IN ALL THE
ACTIVITIES FOR CREWS FLYING AND
RETURNING FROM THE SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT.
JOHN MCBRIAN HELPING OUT WITH
THE ASTRONAUT OFFICE OVER THERE
AS WELL.
AND THOSE ARE TWO OF THE MAIN
INDIVIDUALS AT THE LAUNCH,
TYPICALLY YOU SEE A LARGER
CONTINGENT.
FAMILY, FRIENDS ABLE TO TRAVEL,
OR NOT ABLE TO DO IT TO
BAIKONUR, WITH THE TRAVEL
RESTRICTIONS.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PURPOSE,
THIS IS WHERE THEY PRESSURE TEST
THE SUIT.
YOU SEE IT PLUGGED IN.
THEY GET INTO A SUIT, A MOCK-UP
OF THE SOYUZ ITSELF.
ANATOLY IVANISHIN IS IN THERE,
AND HIS SUIT PUMPS UP A LITTLE
BIT.
THEY ARE PRESSURISED.
THEY ARE BREATHING GAS.
A SIMILAR COMPOSITION OF WHAT WE
HAVE IN OUR ATMOSPHERE HERE ON
EARTH, FED INTO THE SUITS, AND
ABLE TO PROVIDE PRESSURE.
FOR ALL OF THE PHASES OF THE
FLIGHT.
ALL OF THE ASSETS, RENDEZVOUSES,
AND THEY'LL BE IN THE SAME SUITS
WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR WAY HOME.
AN INTERESTING NOTE ABOUT THE
SUITS, THIS IS A MOCK-UP OF THE
SUITS AND THE SEAT.
EACH OF THE CREW MEMBERS HAS A
SPECIALLY MOULDED SEAT LINER
THAT THEY SIT IN.
A VERSION OF WHAT IVAN VAGNER IS
IN NOW, A PLASTER MOULD IS
POURED AROUND TO CONFORM TO
THEIR BODY, AND THEY HAVE A
SPECIAL SEAT LINER, AND THAT'S
WHY EVERY CREW MEMBER AS AN
ASSIGNED SEAT.
CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY IS IN THE
RIGHT SEAT TODAY.
IN THE LEFT SEAT IS THE BACK UP.
AND THE CENTER SEE, SOYUZ
COMMANDER SITS.
PRIMED FOR ALL OF THE VEHICLES
OPERATIONS, MANUAL CONTROL OF
THE VEHICLE.
THEY HAVE TO TAKE OVER FOR
RENDEZVOUS AT DOCKING OR ANY
OTHER FADES OF THE FLIGHT: ONE
BY ONE THE CREW GOES THROUGH
GETTING A CHANCE TO DO THE
PRESSURE CHECKS.
WE WILL NOT SEE THE INTERACTION
THROUGH THE GLASS, THE MEDIA.
FAMILY AND INDUSTRY OFFICIALS
WERE NOT PERMITTED TO TRAVEL TO
THE LAUNCH ZONE FOR THIS, AGAIN,
KEEPING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF
THE CREW PARAMOUNT IN ALL OF THE
PLANNING.
AGAIN, THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE
ROOM ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN
THE SAME QUARANTINE AS THE CREW
OR WEAR THE P.P.E.
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TO
INTERACT.
THIS IS A STANDARD PROCEDURE FOR
EVERY INTERNATIONAL CREW.
IT'S HEALTH STABILIZATION.
IT'S BEEN AROUND AS LONG AS WE
HAVE BEEN DOING THE FLIGHTS.
>> READY FOR LAUNCH, GOOD LUCK
GUYS, YOU HAVE DONE EVERYTHING
YOU COULD DURING YOUR ADVANTAGE,
EVERYTHING IS ON BOARD.
EVERYTHING WITH THE LAUNCH.
EVERYTHING WILL BE LOGGED.
HI, GUYS.
[ CROWD NOISE ]
IN SPITE EVERYTHING, YOU ARE
KEEPING YOUR COOL.
AND THERE IS NO RUSH.
SLOW AND STEADY TAKES IT.
>> YOU WORKED SO HARD TO GET
HERE.
I HOPE EVERYTHING GOES
PERFECTLY, ENJOY EVERY MOMENT.
ENJOY YOUR KNEW HOME AND KNOW WE
ARE ON THE GROUND.
TAKE CARE.
>> I SUGGEST YOU WEAR SHOULDER
STRAPS.
CREW IS READY TO WALK OUT.
THEY COME OUT.
THEY ARE ON THE RIGHT.
THE CREW RECORDING THAT THEY ARE
READY:
MAINTAINING THE TRADITION ONE
FINAL TIME, DECLARING THEY ARE
READY FOR LAUNCH, AND ON THE WAY
TO THE BUS.
WAVING THERE.
CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY.
THEY RIDE PAST 31.
>> ONCE THE CREW ARRIVE, AND THE
OFFICIALS FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE
AGENCIES, ABLE TO LEAD THEM TO
THE FINAL STEPS BEFORE THEY MAKE
THEIR WAY UP TO THE ELEVATOR,
TAKING THEM TO THE TOP OF THE
SOYUZ BOOSTER.
150 FEET TALL.
SITTING ON TOP OF THE PROTECTIVE
LAUNCH ROUTE.
THEY CLIMB UP AND WAVE GOODBYE
TO THE FINAL WELL-WISHERS,
RIDING THE ELEVATOR TO THE TOP
OF THE SOYUZ.
AS OF THIS MOMENT THEY HAVE BEEN
ON BOARD FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS,
BEFORE WE CAME ON THE AIR AT
ABOUT 1:53AM, THEY WERE GETTING
READY TO GET THROUGH THE CHECK
ON THE SPACE SUITS.
THEY ARE REPORTED THAT THEY
COMPLETED THE LEAK CHECKS.
THE CREW FINISHED OFF, CLOSING
THE ADVISORS AND PRESSURIZING
THE SUITS.
WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF VIEWS
INSIDE THE CABIN THROUGHOUT THE
RIDE UP HILL THIS MORNING.
RIGHT NOW THE CREW, LAST TIME WE
CHECKED IN, HAD THE VIZORS OPEN.
WE'LL SEE THEM CLOSED BEFORE THE
LAUNCH BEGINS.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE ROAD
TO THE LAUNCH HAS BEEN ANYTHING
BUT NORMAL.
A LITTLE UNUSUAL.
IT BEGAN WITH THE COSMONAUTS,
ANATOLY IVANISHIN AND IVAN
VAGNER, THE BACKUP CREW, FINDING
OUT THEY WERE LAUNCHING, THAT
OCCURRED A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE
FINAL TRAINING EXAMS, WHICH
TURNED OUT TO BE GOOD TIMING.
>> OF COURSE IT WAS A SURPRISE.
WE THOUGHT WE'D FLY IN
OCTOBER 2020.
LIFE HAPPENS.
AND ANY BACK UP CREW IS READY TO
BECOME PRIME.
AND SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS AT
BAIKONUR.
WE WERE LUCKY, WE HAD SOME TIME
FOR THE NEWS TO SETTLE IN.
[  ]
>> JUST LIKE MENTIONED.
THEY AND CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY
HAVE BEEN TRAINING FOR THIS
MISSION FOR A FEW YEARS, AND
THEY WERE PREPARED AND READY TO
FILL IN THE ROLES, EVEN UNDER
THE UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
THERE WERE INCREASED HEALTH AND
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS PUT IN PLACE
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
THANKFULLY WE HAVE A ROBUST PLAN
IN PLACE OF NOT TOO MUCH NEEDED
TO CHANGE WHAT THE CREW
THEMSELVES, BUT SOME OF THE
TRADITIONAL PRELAUNCH ACTIVITIES
HAD TO BE RESTRUCTURED OR
REPLACED.
TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD A THOROUGH
QUARANTINE POSITION FOR THE
CREW.
>> IT'S BEEN INTERESTING, LIFE
FOR US IN THE PRELAUNCH PERIOD
IS ALWAYS IN QUARANTINE, I KNEW
I WAS GOING TO BE IN QUARANTINE
FOR THE TWO WEEKS.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT IS EVERYONE
AROUND US IS IN QUARANTINE TOO.
LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD, AND
TO SEE THE IMPACTS ON THAT IN
TERMS OF WHO FROM NASA CAN COME
OVER TO SUPPORT LAUNCH, AND EACH
THE RUSSIAN OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
TEAM IS SMALLER, MY FAMILY WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO COME.
IT WILL BE A SKELETON CALL AT
THE BACK.
COSMODRONE, WHICH WILL BE QUITE
DIFFERENT.
[  ]
>> WE ARE BACK AT THE LAUNCHPAD.
YOU SEE THE GANTRY ARMS PULLING
BACK.
PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE ROCKETS
ITSELF.
ONE OF THE FINAL TASKS DOWN
THERE BEFORE WE ARE READY FOR
LAUNCH.
THE ROCKET THAT YOU ARE LOOKING
AT RIGHT NOW WENT THROUGH ALL
THE STANDARD PREPARATIONS
EARLIER THIS WEEK.
THE SPACECRAFT ITSELF MADE IT TO
THE BOOSTER.
IT'S ALL JOINT TOGETHER.
AND ON MONDAY, THE SOYUZ ROCKET
BEGAN A TREK TO THE LAUNCHPAD
WHERE IT WAS RAISED TO THE
VERTICAL POSITION.
FINAL PREPARATIONS, THIS IS A
VIDEO ON MONDAY.
THE SOYUZ GOING OUT FIRST FROM
THE INTEGRATION FACILITY, AND
IT'S A SHORTER PATH THAN YOU
MIGHT HAVE SEEN FROM PREVIOUS
LAUNCHES THAT WENT FROM PATH
NO.1, WE ARE USING PATH 31 THIS
TIME FROM THE FIRST TIME THE
CREW PUT IN THE CHANGE.
KIMBROUGH LAUNCHING IN
OCTOBER 2016.
ALL THIS BECAUSE WE ARE ON THE
BOOSTER.
UPGRADED VERSION OF THE SOYUZ
ROCKET.
USED TO CARRY CREW MEMBERS INTO
SPACE FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
THE SOYUZ SITTING HIGH ABOVE THE
THREE STAGES OF THE BOOSTER,
WHICH USES KEROSENE.
HIGHLY REFINED VERSION OF
KEROSENE, REFERRED TO ASSESS
ROCKET FUEL.
AND LIQUID OXYGEN AS THE PROPEL
ABLE TO.
THE FIRST STAGE HAS FOUR LIQUID
ENGINES.
THE FIRST STAGES ITSELF HAS FOUR
LIQUID ENGINES STRAPPED TO THE
SIDE OF THE CORE VEHICLE, EACH
ONE OF THOSE WILL BURN FOR ABOUT
1:58 SECONDS BEFORE THEY DROP
AWAY.
>> AND THE CORE ENGINE ITSELF
SERVES AS THE SECOND STAGE.
WE'LL SEE THAT BURN UNTIL 4:37
INTO THE FLIGHT.
AND THE THIRD STAGE HAS A SINGLE
ENGINE, WE'LL SEE IT IGNITE
BEFORE IT SEPARATES FROM THE
SECOND PHASE, THEY DO SOMETHING
CALLED HOT PHASING, THERE'S A
LATTICE WORK STRUCTURE BETWEEN
THE SECOND AND THIRD STAGES
ALLOWING THE EXHAUST TO EXPAND
OUT.
ATTACH TO THE SECOND STAGE, THE
THIRD STAGE WILL HELP TO PUSH IT
AWAY SALE.
THAT WILL BURN UNTIL 8:46 INTO
THE FLIGHT.
AT THAT POINT THE SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT WILL SEPARATE FROM
THE THIRD STAGE, AND IT WILL BE
IN THE PRELIMINARY ORBIT.
AS MENTIONED AT THE START OF THE
SHOW, WE SAID WE'D GET TO YOUR
QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME
NOW.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE
LAUNCH, DOCKING OR HATCH
OPENING.
SEND IT IN ON TWITTER USING
HASHTAG-NASA.
THIS ONE, AT WHAT TIME AFTER THE
LAUNCH WILL THE LAUNCH BE
EJECTED.
>> IT'S 1:54 SECONDS INTO THE
FLIGHT.
THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PIECE OF THE
LAUNCH SYSTEM.
THERE ARE SOLID ROCKET MOTORS ON
THE CAPSULE BEARING ITSELF, THAT
CAN BE USED AFTER THE TOURS
JETTISON.
JUST DON'T PULL THE VEHICLE
AWAY.
THEY WERE USED ON OCTOBER 11TH,
WHEN THE M.S.U. SPACE GRAFT
QUARRYING OLEXY AND ANOTHER
ENCOUNTERED A LAUNCH ESCAPE.
1:54 SECOND, TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION.
>> THE NEXT ONE COMES FROM SI,
WANTING TO KNOW IF THE STATION
CREW GET TO KEEP THEIR PHONES ON
THE I.S.S.
THEY DON'T BRING THE PHONE WITH
THEM.
YOUR CELL PHONE RELIES ON GROUND
STATION TOWERS TO COMMUNICATE.
THEY ARE A LITTLE TOO HIGH UP
FOR THOSE TO WORK.
THEY DO HAVE, BASICALLY, VOICE
OVER IP PHONES, SO A PHONE THAT
USES DATA, USING THE DATA
STREAMS THAT SEND TELEMETRY
DATA, VIDEO, EVERYTHING FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, AND
ARE ABLE TO CALL PEOPLE FROM
EARTH.
IT WORKS LIKE VOICE OVER IP.
AND THEY CAN DIAL CELL PHONE
NUMBERS HERE ON EARTH, AND THEY
CAN CALL YOU FROM SPACE.
AND WE WILL GET TO A LITTLE BIT
MORE A LITTLE LATER IN TODAY'S
LAUNCH.
FOR NOW, LET'S KEEP ON GOING
THROUGH.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT WHICH WE WILL SEE IN
SPACE WHEN IT ARRIVES AT THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
GOING THROUGH QUICK FACTS.
SOYUZ 23.5 FEET LONG, WEIGHING
IN 15,615 POUNDS, COMPRISED OF
THREE DIFFERENT MODULES.
THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE IS THE
DESCENT MODULE.
CONTAINING THE SEATS CONTROLS
AND DISPLAYS NECESSARY FOR
THE FLIGHT SHOULD THE CREW TAKE
CONTROL AND FLY.
GIVING YOU IN TIGHT INTO THE
SYSTEMS ON THE SPACECRAFT AND
THE ROCKET.
AND ALL THE LIFE SUPPORT
SYSTEMS, BATTERIES FOR
RE-ENTRY AND LANDING, AND USED
TO SLOW THE SOYUZ BEFORE TOUCH
DOWN, WHEN THEY LAND IN
KAZAKHSTAN.
THE MODULE WEIGHS 6,393 POUNDS.
AND CAN CARRY 110 POUNDS OF
PAYLOAD RETURNED DOWN TO EARTH
WITH THE MODULE.
BRINGING YOU DOWN SAMPLES,
THINGS LIKE THAT WITH THE CREW
WHEN THEY RETURN, AND THAT IS
MOST IMPORTANTLY THE ONLY
PORTION OF THE SOYUZ THAT HAS
HEAT SHIELDS, SO IT'S ABLE TO
SURVIVE THE FIERY RE-ENTRY
THROUGH EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
THE ORBITAL MODULES ON TOP
CONNECTING TO THE DISSENT
MODULE.
THERE'S A HATCHWAY BETWEEN IF
AND THE DISSENT MODULE.
IT HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF ROOM
INSIDE THAT THEY CAN MOVE
AROUND.
ON THE TOP IT HAS THE DOCKING
MECHANISM.
THE HATCH AND RENDEZVOUS
ANTENNAS.
AND THERE'S A FORWARD-LOOKING
WIND THAT THEY SCAN LOOK OUT.
THEY TAKE MANUAL MEASUREMENTS AS
AN APPROACH TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
THEY CAN USE A LASER RANGE
FINDER IN THE EVENT THEY HAVE
ISSUES.
ON THE BOTTOM IS THE PROPULSION
OF THE IMPLEMENTATION MODULE.
IT HAS OXYGEN TANKS,
COMMUNICATIONS AND CONTROL
EQUIPMENT PROPULSION PORTION OF
THE MODULE HANDLES ALL THE
ORBITAL MANOEUVRES, IT HAS
ENGINES NEEDED FOR THE
RENDEZVOUS AT THE SPACE STATION,
AND A BURN AT THE ENDS OF THE
MISSION.
BEFORE THEY ARE DEPLOYED.
THERE ARE TWO SOLAR ARRAYS
GIVING A WIND SPAN OF 35 FEET.
THEY ARE FOLDED AGAINST THE BODY
OF THE MODULE.
ONCE WE GET INTO SPACE, WE'LL
SEE THEM UNFURL AND PROVIDE
ELECTRO POWER TO THE STATION'S
SYSTEMS.
BOTH THE PROPULSION MODULE AND
THE ORBITAL MODULE SEPARATE FROM
THE DISSENT MODULE AT THE END OF
A MISSION AND ONE UP IN THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
THE SPACECRAFT SEARCHING AS A
TRANSPORT VEHICLE TO AND FROM
THE SPACE STATION AND ACTS AS AN
EMERGENCY RETURN VEHICLE, SHOULD
THE CREW NEED TO LEAVE
UNEXPECTEDLY.
FOR EVERY CREW MEMBER ON BOARD
THERE'S A SEAT IN A SPACECRAFT
FOR THEM DOCKED TO THE SPACE
STATION.
>> JUST CHECKING IN, WE ARE
22:20 SECONDS TO THE LAUNCH.
THE CREW CONDUCTED SUIT LEAK
CHECKS.
THEY ARE STANDING BY AT THIS
POINT UNTIL WE GET TO THE LAUNCH
POINT.
THE CREW GOING THROUGH ALL THE
PRELAUNCH PROCEDURES INSIDE THE
CAPSULE, STILL CONTINUING ON
WITH THIS COUNTDOWN FOR TODAY.
ONCE THEY LEAVE THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE, A LITTLE LATER THIS
MORNING, THIS IS GOING TO BET
THIRD TRIP INTO SPACE FOR NASA'S
CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY.
AND BEFORE HEADING BACK INTO
ORBIT.
HE SPENT A MOMENT SHARING WITH
US THE SPECIAL PERSPECTIVE THAT
HE'S BEEN ABLE TO GAIN ABOUT THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, THE
PLACE THAT HE'S SOON GOING TO
CALL HOME ONCE AGAIN.
[  ]
>> THE SPACE STATION IS BIGGER
THAN YOU THINK.
WHEN YOU TELL PEOPLE YOU ARE
GOING LIVE IN THE SPACE STATION
PEOPLE THING OF CRAMPED PLACES,
CRAMPED SHOULDERS WHEN YOU WALK
THROUGH.
IT'S BIG, AND YOU CAN STAND AND
IN A WHOLE DAY NEVER SEE A CREW
MATE.
THE OTHER THING PEOPLE DON'T
REALIZE IS THE MACHINE, JUST
LIKE YOUR CAR OR HOUSE.
OR YOUR AIRCONDITIONER IS GOING
TO BREAK.
THEY MEAN WHAT DO YOU MEAN NASA
HAS SOMETHING THAT WILL BREAK IN
SPACE
IT'S A MACHINE, IT WILL BREAK,
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, KEEP
IT RUNNING.
END OF THE DAY, THERE'S SEVERAL
THINGS THAT REQUIRES A PERSON TO
TURN AROUND.
ON MY FIRST MISSION, I WAS A
SHUTTLE CREW MEMBER, MY SECOND
MISSION T WE ARE PUSHING THE
SCIENCE SYSTEMS OF THE SPACE
STATION, AND GETTING THE MOST
OUT OF THE ALL OF THE ASSETS
THAT THE SPACE STATION HAS TO
GIVE FOR SCIENCE AND RESEARCH,
NOW WE ARE HUMMING ALONG WITH
THE SCIENCE AND RESEARCH.
THE GREATER COMMUNITY KNOWS HOW
TO RUN THE SPACE STATION SO WE
CAN DEVOTE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF ASTRONAUTS TO SCIENCE.
THE ANNIVERSARY IS SPECIAL TO ME
IN THE SENSE THAT BILL SHEPHERD
WAS THE COMMANDER OF EXPEDITION
1, UNITED STATES NAVY SEAL.
AND I'LL BE THE COMMANDER OF
EXPEDITION 63, 20 YEARS LATER.
UNITED STATES NAVY SEAL.
SO THERE HAS BEEN THREE OF US
SHEP, MYSELF AND JOHNNY, WHO
HAVE COME FROM THE SEAL
COMMANDERS.
I THINK IT'S COOL THAT IT'S THE
BOOKENDS OF THE 20 YEARS OF
STATIONS IS COMMANDED BY SHEP
AND MYSELF.
WHAT AM I LOOKING FORWARD TO
MOST ON THIS MISSION?
THIS IS MY THIRD ONE.
I'M GOING INTO IT WITH THE
MINDSET I'LL CHERISH EVERY DAY
I'M THERE, IT MAY BE THE LAST
DAY I GET TO LOOK OUT THE WIND
AND SEE EARTH.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
APPRECIATING EVERY ONE OF
THOSE DAYS.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO GET BACK TO
EARTH TO BE WITH MY FAMILY, BUT
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
THAT, EACH OF THOSE DAYS.
I'M ASTRONAUT CHRISTOPHER
CASSIDY, THANKS FOR BEING PART
OF EXPEDITION 63.
>> BACK NOW WITH A LIVE VIEW OF
THE SOYUZ ROCKET.
REITERATING THE FINAL SCENE
THERE, IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW
CHRIS HIS MISSION, HE'S SPENDING
SIX MONTHS, FOLLOW HIM AT
INSTAGRAM, HE'S AT ASTR_SEAL.
A QUICK CHECK IN.
WE ARE 17:40 SECONDS AWAY FROM
THE LAUNCH.
TAKE A COUPLE MORE MINUTES NOW,
AND ANSWER A FEW MORE OF YOUR
ASK NASA QUESTIONS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY USE THE HASHTAG
ASK NASA, SEND IN AND WE'LL GO
THROUGH THEM.
WE HAVE ONE FROM ANDREW BORDER
WHO ASKS A QUESTION ABOUT THE
TRAINING THEY'VE GONE THROUGH,
HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN WAITING
FOR THIS DAY.
AND HOW MUCH THRUST HAS THE
ROCKET LET OUT.
CREWS FOR THE SPACE STATION
TRAIN FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS,
THAT'S TO GET FAMILIARISATION ON
ALL OF THE SYSTEMS ON BOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
THAT THEY'LL INTERACT WITH,
FIXING IT, WORKING ON
EXPERIMENTS, IF THEY ARE DOING
SPACE WALKS, THERE'S A LOT OF
KNOWLEDGE TO GATHER AND TRAIN,
AND IT TAKES TWO YEARS TO DO
THAT.
THEY ARE GOING THROUGH
SPACECRAFT SPECIFIC TRAINING FOR
THE CREWS, THEY HAD TO TRAIN ON
THE SOYUZ SYSTEMS, BE ABLE TO
RESPOND IN THE EVENT OF AN
EMERGENCY, FLY THE VEHICLE IF
YOU ARE THE COMMANDER OR THE
BACK UP.
AND THEY DO FINAL EXAMS, IT'S
LIKE GOING BACK TO COLLEGE FOR A
LOT OF THE CREW MEMBERS, IT'S
ABOUT TWO YEARS OF TRAINING, AND
HOW MUCH THRUST DOES THE ROCKET
LET OUT IN THE FIRST STAGE,
DELIVERS ABOUT 930,000 POUNDS OF
THRUST.
[  ]
>> AND THEN THE NEXT ONE COMES
FROM ROBERT GRUZMAN, ARRIVING
WHEN THE ASTRONAUTS COME BACK TO
EARTH IS THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM
WEAKENED BY A STAY IN SPACE.
IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION AND
IT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE HAVE A
LOT OF STUDIES TAKING PLACE.
THE HUMAN BODY ADAPTS QUICKLY TO
NEW ENVIRONMENTS, IT'S A
BLESSING AND A CURSE FOR STUFF
LIKE SPACE FLIGHT.
STARTS TO AFFECT A LOT OF THINGS
LIKE PHONES, MUSCLES AND IMMUNE
SYSTEMS IN THE ASTRONAUTS.
WE SEE THAT IT CAN AFFECT YOUR
IMMUNE SYSTEM.
IT CAN WEAKEN YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
A LITTLE BIT.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MANY
THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND AS WE LOOK TO NOT
ONLY SEND HUMANS FURTHER THAN WE
HAVE EVER GONE BEFORE, GOING
FORWARD TO THE MOON AND
EVENTUALLY ON TO MARS, JUST TO
KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.
WHEN THEY ARE IN SPACE, BUT ALSO
VERY IMPORTANTLY, WHEN THEY COME
HOME.
WE HAVE FOUND THAT A LOT OF
STUFF THAT HAPPENS TO YOUR BODY
WHEN YOU ARE ON THE SPACE
STATION HAS A LOT OF PARALLELS
FOR AILMENTS HERE ON EARTH.
A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO
YOUR BODY, LIKE BONE WASTING AND
MUSCLE LOSS AND THINGS OF THAT
NATURE.
MIMIC A LOT OF THE EFFECTS OF
AGEING, SO WE ARE ABLE TO USE
THE ASTRONAUTS, AND WHILE WE ARE
TRYING TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT
HAPPENS TO THEM WHILE THEY ARE
IN OUTER SPACE, HOW TO GUEST
TAKE CARE OF THEM, A LOT OF
THOSE LESSONS CAN TRANSLATE TO
MAKING LIFE BETTER FOR HUMANS ON
THE GROUND.
WE ARE GOING TO KEEP MOVING ON.
SEND THE QUESTIONS IN, WE'LL DO
A LUNCH LATER TODAY WHEN WE GET
TO THE DOCKING SHOW.
USE THE HASHTAG ASK NASA.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT A COUPLE
OF TIMES, SPACE FLIGHT ALL ABOUT
TRADITIONS, IN KEEPING WITH
THAT, EVERY MISSION, LIKE EVERY
NASA PROGRAMME, EVERY CREW, HAS
GIVEN THEIR OWN PATCH WITH THE
UNIQUE DESIGN THAT HELPS TO
COMMEMORATE THEIR MISSION AND
CREW MEMBERS, AND THIS IS A LOOK
AT THE EXPEDITION 63 PATCH.
IT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF MY
FAVOURITES.
IT'S COOL INTERESTING LOOKING
ONE, AN INTERSECTION OF A NEW
DAWN AND SPACE FLIGHT.
WE CONTINUE TO STAY ON BOARD THE
STATION, WE ARE ABOUT TO
COMMEMORATE 20 YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS FLIGHT.
BUT LOOK AT PUTTING HUMANS ONCE
MORE ON THE MOON, AND GETTING
READY TO NOT TOO FAR AFTER, HEAD
ON TO MARS.
13 OF THE STARS IN THE PATCH
COMMEMORATE THE APOLLO 13th.
CELEBRATING A 50th ANNIVERSARY
DURING EXPEDITION 63.
AND THE PUSH, TEACHER MISSION
THAT WILL GO BEYOND LOW EARTH
ORBIT AGAIN.
AND THE CREW CALL SIGN ORBITING
AROUND A NUKE LEE US, IN THEIR
CASE PLANET EARTH.
AND ANOTHER TRADITION THAT THE
ASTRONAUTS AND COSMONAUTS LIKE
TO TAKE PART THIS IS A 0-G
INDICATOR, WE'LL SEE IT FLOATING
ABOVE THE SECOND SEAT.
SOMETIMES EACH CREW MEMBER HAS
THEIR OWN.
FOR THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR,
ANATOLY IVANISHIN IS TAKING A
TOY, A SIGNIFICANT GIFT FOR HIS
GRANDCHILD ONE DAY.
THAT WILL HANG INSIDE THE SOYUZ
CAPSULE WHEN WE GET THE IN-CABIN
VIEWS, IT'S A 0-G INDICATOR, AND
WE USE IT WHEN YOU START TO SEE
THAT FLOAT, AND THAT HAPPENS
AFTER THEY GET TO THE THIRD
STAGE, THEY ARE EXPOSED TO
MICROGRAVITY, THEMSELVES,
STRAPPED INTO THE SEATS, THEY'LL
NOT BE FLOATING AROUND JUST YET.
ANOTHER SYSTEM COLLECT IN, WE
ARE NOT TRACKING ANY ISSUES WITH
THE VEHICLE, WE ARE 12:25
COUNTING AWAY FROM LAUNCH.
ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE GETTING CLOSER, 11.5 AWAY
FROM LAUNCH, ALL TOLD.
IT WILL BE UNDER A 9 MINUTE RIDE
TO ORBIT FOR THE CREW.
THEY'LL BE LAUNCHING AT 3:05a.m.
CENTRAL TIME 4:05a.m. EASTERN.
WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR A NUMBER OF
MILESTONES THE RIDE UPHILL.
ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR ONES IS
THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM
JETTISON, COMING 1:54 INTO THE
FLIGHT.
THE FIRST STAGE CUTS OFF AND
SEPARATES THE FOUR STRAP-ON
LIQUID FUEL BOOSTERS AT 1:58.
AFTER THAT IS IT DOWN, THE
LAUNCH ROUTE, THE AREA ON TOP,
PROTECTING THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT
FROM AERODYNAMIC FORCES ON THE
RIGHT SEPARATES AT 2:33 SECONDS
INTO FLIGHT.
THE SECOND STAGE WILL SHUT DOWN
AT 4:37 SECONDS.
SEPARATING AT 4:48 SECONDS AS
THAT HAPPENS, THE THIRD STAGE
WILL BEGIN FIRING, DOING A HOT
FIRE TECHNIQUE, AND WE GET A
CLOSE UP AND YOU SEE THE LATTICE
WORK-LIKE STRUCTURE BETWEEN THE
SECOND AND THIRD STAGES OF THE
SOYUZ SPACECRAFT.
ALLOWING THE ENGINE TO FIRE
WHILE THEY ARE ATTACHED.
THE THIRD STAGE COMING AT 4:56.
AND THE FINAL THING THAT WE'LL
LOOK FOR IS GOING TO BE THE
THIRD STAGE SHUTDOWN.
>> LAUNCH LEAD.
PLEASE CLOSE VISORS - L MINUS
5 SECONDS.
>> WE ARE 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM
LAUNCH, THEY'LL CLOSE THE VISORS
.
>> WE CAN CONFIRM VISORS ARE
CLOSED.
COPY.
[  ]
AND WE ARE UNDER 8:30 AWAY FROM
LAUNCH.
ONCE WE HIT THE 7 MINUTE MARK,
PRELAUNCH SEPARATIONS WILL BE
COMPLETE.
PRETTY MUCH GET INTO GAME TIME,
THAT'S WHEN THINGS WILL START TO
PICK UP.
WE'LL GO THROUGH A COUPLE MORE
MANUAL STEPS, INCLUDING
INSERTING THE LAUNCH KEY INTO
THE LAUNCH BUNKER, SOMETHING
THAT NEVER GETS OLD AND ONE OF
MY FAVORITE TITBITS TO SPACE
FLIGHT.
THEY HAVE A LAUNCH KEY, AND IT'S
INSERT AT T MINUS 6 SECONDS.
YOU'LL HERE THE CALL LAUNCH KEY
INSERTED.
YOU'LL HERE AN INTERPRETATION OF
THE CHATTER BETWEEN THE LAUNCH
CONTROLLERS AT BAIKONUR, AND THE
CREW.
YOU HEAR ONE VICE, THE
INTERPRETER'S VOICE, IF IT
SOUNDS LIKE ONE PERSON IS
TALKING TO THEMSELVES, IT'S ONE
PERSON WITH BOTH SIDES OF THE
CONVERSATION.
HERE IS THE VIEW OF CHRISTOPHER
CASSIDY, IN THE RIGHT SEAT.
THIS IS HIS THIRD TRIP INTO
OUTER SPACE.
YOU SEE THEM IN NAIR SEATS.
WE ARE AT L-MINUS ONE MINUTE.
>> I'LL READ OUT THE NUMBERS TO
YOU GUYS.
WE CONFIRM.
L MINUS 1 MINUTE.
>> THROUGHOUT THE OPERATIONS,
THE SOYUZ WILL BE REFERRED TO AS
IRKUT.
THAT IS ANATOLY IVANISHIN'S
LAUNCH SIGN.
>> READY FOR LAUNCH.
>> ANATOLY IVANISHIN REPORTING
EVERYTHING NOMINAL OR NORMAL ON
THE SPACECRAFT.
THEY ARE READY FOR LAUNCH.
WE ARE 6:22 AND COUNTING AWAY
FROM LIFT OFF.
WE JUST START.
>> WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THE
LAUNCH KEY HAS BEEN INSERTED IN
THE LAUNCH BUNKERS,
TRANSITIONING THE LAUNCH
SEQUENCE INTO THE AUTOMATIC
MODE.
THE COMPUTERS ON THE SOYUZ
TAKING COMMAND AND TAKING
PRELAUNCH PROCEDURES AS WE
COUNCIL DOWN THE LAUNCH.
AND JUST A REMINDER ANATOLY
IVANISHIN IN THE CENTER SEAT IS
THE SOYUZ COMMANDER, AND AT THE
TOP OF THE SCREEN IS IVAN
VAGNER, IN THE LEFT SEAT, HE'S
THE BOARD ENGINEER FOR TODAY.
ESSENTIALLY THE BACK UP ROLE
FORE THE COMMANDER ON BOARD THE
SPACECRAFT.
AND WE HAVE A VIEW OF
CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY, SEATED TO
ANATOLY IVANISHIN'S RIGHTS.
WE ARE UNDER FIVE MINUTES AWAY
FROM LAUNCH.
THE ENGINES PURGED WITH
NITROGEN, HELPS TO FIREPROOF
THEM.
REMOVING ANYWAY OXYGEN, FUEL OR
OXIDIZER.
WE ARE UNDER 4 MINUTES AWAY FROM
LAUNCH.
THE FIRST WILL BE SEPARATED FROM
THE BOOSTER 35 SECONDS FROM
LAUNCH, AND THE SECOND AND FINAL
ONE SEPARATES AT 15 SECONDS
BEFORE LAUNCH, ONCE YOU SEE THE
SECOND SEPARATE.
BEGIN COUNTING DOWN FROM 15.
AS WE COME UP ON 2:30 SECONDS,
THE GROUND HAS BEEN TERMINATED
678 FUEL AND OXYGEN NO LONGER
GOING INTO THE VEHICLE.
RIGHT NOW THE BOOSTED FUEL TANKS
ARE PRESSURISED.
IT HELPS TO OPTIMISE AND
FACILITATE THE FLOW OF THE FUEL
AND ADDS SUPPORT TO THE ROCKET
ITSELF.
WE ARE INSIDE 2 MINUTES TO
LAUNCH.
>> AT THIS MOMENT THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
PASSING JUST OVERHEAD.
AT THE MOMENT OF LAUNCH IT WILL
BE 587 STATUE MILES AHEAD OF THE
SOYUZ SPACECRAFT FLYING OVER
NORTH-EAST KAZAKHSTAN, PASSING
OVER PAN 31 AT THE BAIKONUR
COSMODRONE.
1:20 TO LAUNCH.
T MINUS 1 MINUTE.
CONFIRM.
WE SEE THE FIRST UMBILICAL
TOWER SEPARATE OF COURSE, WE ARE
35 SECONDS AWAY FROM LAUNCH.
>> LAUNCH.
>> THERE GOES THE SECOND TOWER,
SO WE ARE 15 SECONDS AWAY FROM
LAUNCH.
WE'LL SEE THE BOOSTERS AT THE
BOTTOM LIGHT UP.
AS THE TRUST BUILDS, THEY
OVERCOME.
AND LIFT OFF.
CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY, ANATOLY
IVANISHIN AND IVAN VAGNER ON
THEIR WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
>> 15 SECONDS.
ALL PARAMETERS.
30 SECONDS.
BOTH PARAMETERS.
40 SECONDS.
930,000 POUNDS OF THRUST FROM
THE BOOSTER AND CORE ENGINES.
THE ALTITUDE OR WHICH IT'S
POINTS, WE HEAR THE STATUS,
NOMINAL.
CONTINUING TO BURN 2 MINUTES
INTO THE FLIGHT.
UNDER A MINUTE TO GO ON THE
FIRST STAGE.
>> 90 SECONDS.
IN THE FLIGHT, THRUSTERS ARE
WORKING NOMINALLY.
WE CONFIRM AND FEELING WELL ON
BOARD.
>> SOYUZ TRAVELLING WELL IN
EXCESS OF 1,100 MILES PER HOUR.
AND SEEING THE STRAP ON BOOSTERS
SEPARATE, THE FIRST STAGE
OPERATING ON TIME.
THEIR JOB DONE, DROPPING 28
STATUE MILES, SOYUZ TRAVELLING
ABOUT 3300 MILES PER HOUR.
>> STABILIZATION IS NOMINAL.
EVERYTHING IS FINE ON BOARD.
IT'S THE FIRST STATEMENT, THE
LAUNCH ESCAPE TOWER JETTISONED
POWERED BY THE SECOND STAGE, THE
CORE STAGE.
>> WE CONFIRM THE JETTISONING.
>> GETTING VIEWS FROM THE SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT LOOKING BACK TO THE
SOYUZ ROCKET.
YOU HAVE A SOLAR ARRAY IN FRONT
OF YOUR VIEW THERE.
THE LAUNCH ROUND HAS BEEN
JETTISONED, SO THE SPACECRAFT
NOW EXPOSED.
WE ARE FEELING WELL ON BOAR.
EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD WITH THE
CORE STATEMENT, THE SECOND
STAGE.
56 FEET IN LENGTH.
13.5 IN DIAMETER, SINGLE ENGINE
WITH FOUR FUEL CHAMBERS,
PROVIDING 178,000 POUNDS OF
THRUST DEPENDING ON THE ALTITUDE
FOR 3:28 SECONDS OF OPERATION.
AGAIN, THE SECOND STAGE WILL
CONTINUE TO BURN, WE ARE LOOKING
FOR SECOND STAGE SHUTDOWN 4:30
AFTER LAUNCH.
>> PARAMETERS ARE NOMINAL.
DOING WELL.
AND IT IS TABLE.
WE CONFIRM EVERYTHING IS NOMINAL
ON BOARD.
>> A LITTLE OVER 4 MINUTES SINCE
LAUNCH AGAIN, LOOKING FOR THE
SHUT DOWN.
SEPARATION COMING UP IN ABOUT
20 SECONDS.
AS THE SEPARATION OCCURS, THE
FIRST STAGE WILL FIRE.
THE HOT STAGE TECHNIQUE, AND THE
THIRD STAGE WILL IGNITE WHILE
THE SECOND IS STILL ATTACHED.
STANDING BY FOR SECOND STAGE
SHUTDOWN.
>> LOOKING FROM SEPARATION OF
STAGE 2.
WE'LL SEE IT AS WELL.
EVERYTHING IS NOMINAL ON BOARD.
COPY.
AND WE HAVE CONFIRMATION SECOND
STAGE SHUT DOWN, THAT WAS THE
THIRD STAGE LOWER SKIRT
JETTISON, TARGETED TO COME OFF
AT 4:56.
WE ARE 5:20 SECONDS.
THIRD STAGE NOW GOING TO
CONTINUE TO BURN UNTIL WE ARE AT
THE IN ASSERTION, THE INITIAL
ORBIT OF THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT
EXPECTED TO COME AT 8:46 AND
SEPARATION FOUR SECONDS LATER.
THRUSTERS ARE WORKING NOMINALLY.
CONFIRM, AND EVERYTHING IS
NOMINAL ON BOARD.
>> THE BEAM PROPELLED INTO ORBIT
BY THE SINGLE ENGINE, PROVIDING
67,000 POUNDS OF TRUST.
AND WILL BURN UNTIL SHUTDOWN.
COMING IN UNDERSTAND SIX FROM
NOW.
>> 360 SECONDS INTO FLIGHT.
PITCH AND ROLL ARE ALL NOMINAL.
COPY.
AND WE ARE FEELING WELL ON
BOARD.
>> STILL GETTING GREAT UPDATES
FROM THE CREW.
ANATOLY IVANISHIN TALKING TO THE
CROWD.
EVERYONE FEELING WELL ON BOARD.
EVERYTHING IS GOING NORMALLY,
ACCORDING TO THE PLAN.
6:35 SINCE LIFT OFF.
>> ALL CENTRAL SYSTEMS FOR THE
VEHICLES ARE WORKING NOMINALLY,
WE ARE FINE ON BOARD.
COPY.
>> 420 SECONDS INTO FLIGHT.
PITCH AND ROLE PARAMETERS ARE
ALL NOMINAL.
COPY.
WE ARE FINE ON BOARD.
WHICH JUST PASSED 7:30 INTO THE
FLIGHT.
SPACECRAFT PHILOSOPHY AROUND
13,500 AN HOUR.
CONFIRM.
WE COPY.
470 SECONDS.
FIRST STAGE THRUSTERS ARE
WORKING NOMINALLY.
EVERYTHING IS WELL ON BOARD.
490 SECONDS.
IN THE FLIGHT.
THE VEHICLE IS STABLE.
>> AND WE ARE STANDING BY OUR
NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE WILL BE THE
SHUT DOWN OF THE THIRD STAGE
COMING 30 SECONDS FROM NOW.
>> 510 SECONDS IN THE FLIGHT.
YOUR PITCH AND ROLE ARE ALL
NOMINAL.
GET READY FOR THE STAGE
SEPARATION.
WE'LL SEE THE ENGINES CUT OFF.
ONCE THE VEHICLE SEPARATES, IT
GIVES THE CREW A BIT OF A JOLT.
WE SEE THE THIRD STAGE
SEPARATING THERE.
YOU SEE IT DROPPING AWAY NOW.
THIRD STAGE SEPARATION
CONFIRMED.
>> CONGRATULATIONS GUYS, YOU ARE
IN ORBIT.
I AM HANDING YOU OVER TO THE
MISSION CONTROL, MOSCOW.
AND AS WE CAN SEE ON THE VIDEO,
THAT SOLAR RAY DEPLOYED.
AND WE HAVE CONFIRMATION ONE ON
THE OTHER SIDE IS DEPLOYED.
ALL OF THE ANTENNAS
WITH THE RENDEZVOUS AND THE
ANTENNAS
DEPLOYED ON THE SPACECRAFT.
>> THEN WE'LL STAND BY FOR THE
MEASUREMENTS, AND PLEASE PROCEED
TO PAGE 39.
M C.C. MOSCOW, THIS IS ENCODER
TWO, I'M READY TO GIVE YOU...
..I'M...
>> WE'LL STICK WITH THE SOYUZ AS
LONG AS WE HAVE THEM.
THEY ARE PASSING OUT OF THE
RANGE FROM THE GROUND STATIONS
WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO GET THE
VIDEO TRANSMITTED DOWN,
EVERYTHING LOOKING LIKE IT WAS
GOOD IN A GOOD INITIAL ORBIT.
ORBITAL PARAMETERS.
THE ORBIT THAT THEY ARE IN,
LOOKING GOOD.
AFTER A SUCCESSFUL COOPERATION
FROM THE THIRD STAGE.
WITH THAT, CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY,
ANATOLY IVANISHIN AND IVAN
VAGNER ARE IN OUTER SPACE.
FOR CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY AND
ANATOLY IVANISHIN, THAT THIRD
TRIP.
FOR IVAN VAGNER, HIS FIRST.
THE CREWS GOING THROUGH A NUMBER
MUCH CHECKOUTS.
ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT WE
LOOK FOR IS GETTING THE SOLAR
RAYS OUT.
WHICH PROVIDE THE ELECTRICAL
POWER TO THE SYSTEMS ON BOARD
THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT AND THE
ANTENNAS BEING DEPLOYED.
AND THEY WERE ALL CONFIRMED TO
BE DONE SUCCESSFULLY.
AND WE GOT A VIEW OF ONE POPPING
OUT AFTER SEPARATION FROM THE
THIRD STAGE.
>> AND WE CONFIRM THAT WE ARE
READY TO ACTIVATE CONTROL PANEL
2.
YOU HAVE TO GO.
CONTROL PANEL TWO IS ACTIVATED.
WE ARE STARTING WITH 2 TESTS.
>> COPY.
>> AND ONE OF THE FIRST TESTS
THAT THEY'LL CARRY OUT IS A TEST
OF THE CHORUS SYSTEM.
THE RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING
SYSTEM THAT THE SOYUZ USES.
THEY'LL FLY AUTONOMOUSLY TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, AND
DOCK TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION THEMSELVES.
THEY ARE RUNNING THROUGH A
CHECKOUT OF THAT SYSTEM.
ONCE THEY GET CLOSER, THEY DO
SYSTEM CHECKS BETWEEN THE SOYUZ
AND THE STATION ITSELF.
BEFORE THEY GET IN CLOSE, FOR
THE STATION KEEPING AND DOCKING
TO THE STATION, AND THEIR
DESTINATION WILL BE THE MODULE,
THE MINI RESEARCH MODULE NUMBER
TWO.
IT'S ON THE SPACE STATION INSIDE
ON THE RUSSIAN SEGMENT.
>> AND PLEASE TURN ON THE INPUT
PANEL AT 12:36.
WE COPY.
>> WE WANTED TO CONFIRM THE TEST
WAS SUCCESS.
AND WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH KOOS
1 ACTIVATION.
ALL SECTIONS SWITCH OVER.
SHOULD BE DONE FOR PAGE 52.
AND THE SWITCH OVER AT 12:10.
WE COPY.
12:10.
AND THE NEXT TIME 11:52 UP TO
12:06.
COPY.
>> AND KOOS 1 ACTIVATION
SUCCESS:
SUCCESSFULLY.
AND DURING THE NEXT SESSION
WE'LL TEST MANUAL CONTROLS.
AND PLEASE SEND COMMAND AT
12:39.00.
>> COPY.
ANATOLY IVANISHIN AT 12:39.
M.T.T. MOSCOW, THIS IS DAKOTA 2.
I HAVE VERIFIED THAT ALL
DISPLAYS ARE WORKING NOMINALLY.
>> WE ARE STANDING BY FOUR FIVE
MINUTE MEASUREMENT.
AND M.T.T. MOSCOW, WE CONFIRM.
N C.C. MOSCOW, THIS IS 2.
MEASUREMENT.
WE ARE RAD.
0-5-8-2-7.
INSTRUMENTATION COMPARTMENTS,
7-2-9.
WE COPY.
>> AND THIS IS MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON, IF YOU ARE JOINING US,
YOU MISSED THE BEST PART.
THE LAUNCH WAS DONE SUCCESSFULLY
ON TIME.
WE'LL BRING YOU LAUNCH REPLACE
IN A LITTLE BIT.
FOR NOW, THE CREW ON ORBIT IN
THE OUTER SPACE IN THE SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT.
CHECKING THROUGH THE SYSTEMS.
DOING A LEAK CHECK, ON THE
SPACECRAFT ITSELF, AND
MONITORING ALL THE TESTS USING
THE COMPUTER DISPLAYS IN FRONT
OF THE COMMANDER'S SEAT.
GUYS, DO YOU COPY ME?
WE READ YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON A
SUCCESSFUL EXERTION INTO ORBIT.
AND LAUNCH.
AND WE SEE IT ON OUR SIDE, ON
G.P.S. IT WAS A SUCCESS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM THAT
WE ARE GOING TO STAY WITH THE
SIX ORBIT.
DOCKING PLAN, ALL IN ALL.
EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD.
JUST SLOW AND STEADY MAKES IT.
WE COPY ALL.
THANK YOU.
AND PLEASE DO AS I TAUGHT YOU
TO.
COPY.
AND ONE IMPORTANT PART FROM THAT
CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE JUST
LISTENING IN ON, THEY ARE
CONTINUING WITH THE SIX HOUR
RONDE VIE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, AND EVERYTHING
LOOKING GOOD WITH THE SPACECRAFT
AND CHECKOUTS.
THEY'LL BE ON TIME FOR DOCKING,
WE ARE TRACKING TO 9:15AM
CENTRAL TIME.
>> MOSCOW.
GO AHEAD.
YOU HAVE A GO TO OPEN YOUR
VISORS.
DEACTIVATE THERMAL SENSORS AND
PERFORM ACTIONS IN THE LOCK ON
PAGE 37.
COPY.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS.
ON SUCH A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH.
GOOD LUCK.
>> TALK TO YOU SOON.
THANK YOU.
>> AND THE CREW JUST GETTING
FINAL CONGRATULATIONS FROM
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS OUTSIDE OF
MOSCOW, AT THE RUSSIAN MISSION
CONTROL CENTER.
THEY'LL TAKE THE LEAVE FOR
OVERSEEING THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT
FOR THE REST OF THE JOURNEY.
WHILE WE STAND BY FOR THE LAUNCH
REPLAYS, WE HAVE IN CABIN VIEWS
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SHOW ON THE
AS SCENT.
THIS, AGAIN, MOMENTS AGO, AFTER
THEY LIFTED OFF.
IT'S BEEN ALMOST 20 MINUTES
SINCE LIFT OFF.
ANATOLY IVANISHIN, THE SOYUZ
COMMANDER IN THE CENTER CEAT THE
TOP OF THE SCREEN.
IVAN VAGNER MAKING A FIRST RIDE
INTO ORBIT.
AT THE TIME OF THE REPLAY THEY
WERE UNDER THE FULL POWER OF THE
SOYUZ FIRST STAGE.
AND YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW SMOOTH
THE RIDE IS UPHILL FOR THE CREW
MEMBERS INSIDE.
AGAIN, JUST OUT OF THE VIEW NASA
ASTRONAUT CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY IN
SPACE FOR THE THIRD TIME NOW.
IF YOU ARE JOINING US, THIS IS
VIDEO OF MINUTES AGO WHEN THEY
LAUNCHED.
THE LAUNCH CAME 21:20 SECONDS
AGO.
IT'S THE IN-IN VIEW LOOKING AT
ANATOLY IVANISHIN LEFT CORNER.
BIG SMILE ON THE FACE MAKING A
FIRST RIDE UP HILL INTO OUTER
SPACE TODAY.
RIGHT NOW THE CREW IS INSIDE THE
SOYUZ CAPSULE.
PERFORMING THE ON-ORBIT
CHECKOUTS.
AT THIS POINTS THEY'VE BEEN
GIVEN THE GO TO OPEN UP THEIR
VISORS OR THEIR SUITS.
AND GETTING REMINDERS TO
DEACTIVATE THERMAL SENSORS ON
THE CRAFT ITSELF, AND GETTING
READY TO DEACTIVATE THE PROBE
AND GOING A HAND CONTROLLER
TEST.
ABLE TO CONTROL THE SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT ITSELF.
IF WE GO FOR THE NOMINAL PLAN
EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE
AUTOMATED.
RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING SYSTEM.
THAT WAS CONFIRMED TO HAVE
DEPLOYED AFTER THE VEHICLE
SEPARATED FROM THE SOYUZ ROCKET,
ALONG WITH THE SOLAR ARRAYS.
STANDING BY FOR A FEW MOMENTS
FOR THE LAUNCH REPLAY, WE SHOULD
BE BRINGING THEM TO YOU SHORTLY.
AND HERE WE GO, THESE ARE
REPLAY, THE LAUNCH ON TIME 3:05
CENTRAL.
4:05:00 EASTERN.
SOYUZ MS-16 TAKING OFF.
THE REPLAYS WILL CYCLE THROUGH A
FEW DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE
ROCKET FOR YOU.
>> AND ANOTHER REPLAY, WE'LL
STAND BY, WE SHOULD HAVE AT
LEAST ONE MORE REPLAY OF THE
LAUNCH, COMING ON TIME AT
3:05a.m. CENTRAL.
25 MINUTES AGO.
STAND BY.
WE GET CONFIRMATION OF THE
DOCKING PROBE.
SO THAT EXTENDS FROM THE VERY
TOP OF THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT OUT
OF THE ORBITAL MODULE.
USED TO DO THE FINAL ALIGNMENT
INTO THE DOCKING COMPARTMENT ON
THE POLICE MODULE WHERE THEY'LL
BE HEADED TODAY.
THAT WAS EXTENDED SUCCESSFULLY
FOR ALL THE HONORARY CHECKOUTS
CONTINUING TO GO PER PLAN.
AND SHOULD BE UNDER 20 MINUTES
AWAY FROM ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR
FIRINGS OF THE ENGINE, ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION MODULE.
KNOWN AS THE NO.1 BURN.
AND THAT WILL BE THE FIRST IN A
SERIES OF FIRINGS THAT GRADUALLY
RAISE THE SOYUZ'S ORBIT UNTIL
IT'S ON THE SAME LEVEL OF THE
SPACE STATION.
AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 257 STATUTE
MILES.
HERE WE GO, ONE MORE LAUNCH
REPLAY FROM JUST ABOUT
26 MINUTES AGO.
SOYUZ LAUNCH - LOOKED LIKE A
PERFECT LAUNCH, AND EVERYWHERE -
WE HAVE A LITTLE...
ALL RIGHT.
THAT WILL DO IT FOR OUR REPLAYS
OF TODAY'S SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH,
WHILE WE GO INTO THE THIRD ONE,
WE HAD A CALL FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
ANDREW MORGAN, A CURRENTS
RESIDENT.
REPORTED THAT THEY WATCHED THE
LAUNCH, AND WITH EVERYTHING
LOOKING GOOD THEY ARE READY TO
RECEIVE THE CREW MEMBERS, AND
MENTIONED HE'LL HAVE DINNER
WAITING FOR THEM.
HE AND JESSICA MEIR AND OLEG
SKRIPOCHKA COMING OUT OF THE
SLEEP PERIOD.
THIS IS BRIGHT AND EARLY IN THE
MORNING FOR THEM.
IN SIX HOURS FROM NOW THEY'LL
HAVE THREE NEW CREW MEMBERS THAT
THEY'LL WELCOME ON BOARD.
WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE A BREAK
FOR NOW.
WHILE THE SOYUZ FINETUNES ITS
PATH.
WE'LL BE BACK FOR LIVE COVERAGE
ONCE WE ARE HERE AND READY FOR
DOCKING, ON NASA TV WE'LL DO A
VIDEO FILE.
ALL THE LAUNCH, AND BE BACK WITH
THE LIVE COVERAGE AT 8:30AM
CENTRAL.
9:30 EASTERN.
FOR A PLANNED DOCKING AT 9:16AM
AFTER A DOCKS, A SERIES OF
CHECKS, AND READY TO OPEN THE
HATCHES AND MOVE INTO THE
STATION, WE'LL BEGIN AT 11AM
CENTRAL.
HATCH OPENING AROUND 11:30a.m..
AND WRAP UP THE COVERAGE WITH A
VIDEO FILE SHOWING ALL OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DOCKING, AND THE
HATCH OPENING AT 2:00p.m.
CENTRAL.
3:00p.m. EASTERN.
SO BE SURE TO TUNE BACK IN THEN.
KEEP SENDING THE QUESTIONS USING
THE HASHTAG ASK NASA ON TWITTER,
WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO
ANSWER THOSE AS WE MOVE THROUGH
THE DOCKING AND HATCH OPENING
LATER THIS MORNING.
I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
STAYING UP LATE OR WAKING UP
EARLY TO TUNE IN TO WATCH THE
LAUNCH.
IT'S A ROUGH TIME FOR
EVERYWHERE, WE APPRECIATE IT.
WITH THAT WE'LL SIGN OFF AND BE
BACK IN A FEW HOURS, THIS IS