>> GOOD MORNING FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM HERE IN
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
WHERE WE ARE WORKING IN TANDEM
WITH RUSSIAN COUNTERPARTS AT THE
MISSION CONTROL CENTER
OVERSEEING THE RELOCATION OF THE
SOYUZ SPACECRAFT TO THE MODULE
ON THE SPACE FACING SIDE.
INSIDE THE SOYUZ MS-17 WHICH
WILL BE THE SPACECRAFT IN ACTION
IS KATE RUBINS, AND RUSSIAN
FLIGHT ENGINEER KUD-SVERCHKOV.
HE WILL FLY THE SOYUZ AWAY FROM
THE STATION TO A POSITION FOR
THE REDOCKING WHICH IS SCHEDULED
FOR 12:07 CENTRAL TIME TODAY.
THE RELOCATION TODAY WILL FREE
UP THE PORT FOR THE DOCKING OF
ANOTHER SOYUZ VEHICLE DESIGNATED
THE MS-18 WHICH WILL CARRY THREE
CREW MEMBERS NEXT MONTH.
THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH TO
THE STATION FRIDAY, APRIL 9,
FROM BAIKONUR.
>> 886 IS IN WORK.
>> AND HALF A WORLD AWAY AT THE
RUSSIAN MISSION CONTROL CENTER
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF MOSCOW, OUR
RUSSIAN FLIGHT CONTROLLERS IN
CONTROL OF TODAY'S ACTIVITY.
THE COMMAND WILL BE ISSUED TO
INITIATE THE OPENING OF THE
HOOKS HOLDING THE SOYUZ TO THE
EARTH'S FACING SIDE OF THE
MODULE WHERE THE SOYUZ MS-17
VEHICLE ARRIVED.
AT 11:38 THE COMMAND WILL BE
ISSUED FOR HOOKS TO OPEN.
THAT'S WHEN SPRINGS PUSH OFF ONE
ANOTHER AND WILL HAVE PHYSICAL
SEPARATION.
>> I AM [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> FOUR MINUTES AFTER, MOVING AT
A RATE OF .2-METER PER SECOND,
THE SOYUZ WILL REACH A DISTANCE
OF 40 METERS FROM THE STATION.
THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF
MINUTES OF STATION KEEPING WHERE
THEY WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH
RYZHIKOV TO MAKE SURE SYSTEMS
ARE OKAY.
THE FLY-AROUND WILL TAKE ABOUT
13 MINUTES TO COMPLETE AND FOR
THE SOYUZ TO ALIGN ITSELF ON THE
SPACE FACING SIDE OF THE
STATION.
THEN AROUND 11:58 THE SOYUZ WILL
PARK ITSELF AND ASSESS THE
ALIGNMENT TO THE DOCKING PORT AT
A DISTANCE OF 40 METERS BEFORE
THE GO IS GIVEN FOR FINAL
APPROACH.
THAT FINAL APPROACH INITIATION
WILL COME AT 12:01 CENTRAL TIME.
IT WILL CLOSE IN AT .1-METER FOR
A DOCKING SIX MINUTES LATER AT
12:07 P.M.
AND ONCE THE HOOKS ARE CLOSED,
THE CREW AND SOYUZ WILL CONDUCT
A SERIES OF LEAK CHECKS.
THEY PLAN TO OPEN UP THE HATCH
AROUND 2:30 P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
THEY WILL REMOVE THEIR SPACE
SUITS AND PLACED BACK ON STATION
POWER.
>> R-9 COMMAND FOR THE VIDEO
CAMERA COMPLETED.
R-8 COMMAND IS ARMED.
R-9 IN WORK, R-8 ISSUED.
AND ON INPUT TO THE FORMAT
CONNECTED S-1 SERVICE.
>> [SPEAKING RUSSIAN]
>> OVERLAY IN PLACE.
OVERLAY IN PLACE.
ACTIVATION MODE.
>> AT THIS HOUR, NASA FLIGHT
ENGINEER KATE RUBINS, SERGEY
RYZHIKOV AND ARE STRAPPED INTO
THEIR SEATS AND LAUNCH AND
INDUSTRY SUITS READY TO TAKE A
SHORT SPIN AROUND THE STATION
THIS MORNING.
>> COPY.
F-7.
F-7 IS ISSUED.
>> THE TOP CONTAINS THE DOCKING
MECHANISM AND THE CREW IN THIS
SOYUZ, KATE RUBINS, COMMANDER
RYZHIKOV AND KUD-SVERCHKOV ARE
CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE PORTION
OF THE DISSENT.
THEY MOVED INSIDE THE MS-17
VEHICLE, CLOSED THE HATCHES AND
BEGAN A SERIES OF LEAK CHECKS TO
MAKE SURE THERE WAS AN AIRTIGHT
SEAL READY FOR TODAY'S
RELOCATION ACTIVITY.
IT WILL FREE UP THE PORT FOR
ANOTHER VEHICLE DESIGNATED MS-18
WHICH WILL CARRY THREE
EXPEDITION 65 MEMBERS.
THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH ON
FRIDAY, APRIL 9 FROM BAIKONUR IN
KAZAKHSTAN.
THE PORT RELOCATION WILL BE THE
15th PORT RELOCATION.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE
AUGUST 2019 WHEN EXPEDITION 60
CREW PERFORMED A SIMILAR
MANEUVER TO THE PLACE MODULE.
AGAIN, THIS VIEW NOW IS A VIEW
FROM THE RUSSIAN MISSION CONTROL
CENTER ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF
MOSCOW AND RUSSIAN FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS ARE IN CONTROL OF
TODAY'S RELOCATION ACTIVITY.
JUST A SHORT TIME FROM NOW AT
11:30 CENTRAL TIME THE COMMAND
WILL BE GIVEN TO OPEN THE HOOKS
FOR THE SOYUZ MS-17 VEHICLE HAS
BEEN PARKED SINCE OCTOBER 14.
>> THE BULKHEAD TWO IS SELECTED.
CONFIRMING.
COPY.
IN ONE MINUTE WE'LL ISSUE A
COMMAND.
>> YES.
>> AND THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION IN ORBITAL NIGHTTIME BUT
IS FLYING OVER CHINA.
>> COPY.
>> IT'S DONE.
>> COPY.
>> AND WE HAVE IT SELECTED.
>> NOW TEN MINUTES AWAY TO
INITIATE THE OPENING OF THE HOOK
OPENING THE SOYUZ ON THE
EARTH-FACING SIDE TO THE MODULE.
>> NOT YET.
>> GET AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT NOW.
UNINTELLIGIBLE.
ARMED.
>> CONFIRMING DSD.
TEN SECONDS BEFORE.
FOUR SECONDS.
FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE.
COMMAND HAS BEEN SENT.
OKAY.
SO THE REMOVAL OF THE INHIBIT.
WE HAVE RYZHIKOV ON THE DISPLAY.
WE HAVE THE MANEUVER.
WE DO NOT NEED IT YET IN
ATTITUDE.
>> THE STATION IS CURRENTLY IN
AN ORBITAL NIGHTTIME AS THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS
FLYING OVER THE NORTHWEST
PACIFIC OCEAN RUNNING THROUGH
SOME OF THE MILESTONES AGAIN
TODAY, JUST A SHORT TIME FROM
NOW AT 11:37 A.M. CENTRAL TIME,
THE COMMAND WILL BE GIVEN TO
INITIATE OPENING OF THE HOOKS.
90 SECONDS LATER AT 11:38, THE
MANNED WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE
HOOKS TO OPEN.
THAT'S WHEN IT WILL PUSH OFF
AGAINST ONE ANOTHER AND HAVE
PHYSICAL SEPARATION.
FOUR MINUTES AFTER PHYSICAL
SEPARATION AT 11:42, MOVING AT
.2 METERS A SECOND, THERE WILL
BE A COUPLE MINUTES OF STATION
KEEPING WHERE THE MISSION
CONTROL CENTER WILL BE IN
CONTACT WITH RYZHIKOV TO MAKE
SURE ALL OF THE SYSTEMS ARE OKAY
BEFORE THE FLY-AROUND AT 11:45.
AND THAT FLY-AROUND WILL TAKE
ABOUT 13 MINUTES TO COMPLETE AND
FOR THE SOYUZ TO ALIGN ITSELF
WITH THE MODULE ON THE SPACE
FACING SIDE OF THE STATION.
THEN AT 11:58 IT WILL ALLOW
RUSSIAN FLIGHT CONTROLLERS TO
ASSESS THE ALIGNMENT.
THE FINAL APPROACH INITIATION
WILL COME AT 12:01 CENTRAL TIME.
DOCKING IS SIX MINUTES LATER AT
12:07.
ONCE THE PORT RELOCATION IS
COMPLETE, THE CREW WILL CONDUCT
A SERIES OF LEAK CHECKS AND OPEN
THE HATCH AROUND 2:30 P.M.
CENTRAL TIME TODAY.
THEY WILL REMOVE SPACE SUITS AND
THE SOYUZ WILL BE PLACED BACK ON
STATION POWER.
>> 19:36 YOU WILL SEND THE
ACTIVATION COMMAND.
>> COPY.
IN TWO MINUTES WE'LL SEND THE
COMMAND.
IT IS BEING ARMED RIGHT NOW.
THE COMMAND IS READY.
>> AGAIN, THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION IS IN AN ORBITAL
NIGHTTIME RIGHT NOW.
YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT THE
MS-17 SOYUZ SPACECRAFT.
INSIDE IS KATE RUBIN, SERGEY
RYZHIKOV AND KUD-SVERCHKOV.
THEY ARE STRAPPED INTO THEIR
SEATS AND ENTRY SUITS READY TO
TAKE A SHORT SPIN AROUND THE
STATION JUST MOMENTS FROM NOW.
>> WE ARE RECEIVING THE IMAGE.
>> COPY.
AFTER THE UNDOCKING.
>> THIS IS A VIEW OF THE
ENGINEERING DATA BEING PROCESSED
THROUGH THE SOYUZ MS-17.
>> THERE IS NO FOREIGN OBJECTS
AND TRANSITION.
>> STANDING BY FOR THE CALL OF
FREE DRIFT IN ONE MINUTE WHICH
IS WHEN THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION WILL BE PLACED IN FREE
DRIFT, ALL THE THRUSTER
ACTIVITIES WILL BE DISABLED FOR
THE TIME BEING.
>> 20 SECONDS BEFORE THE
ACTIVATION BEFORE ASSIST OF THE
POWER.
TEN SECONDS.
FIVE SECONDS, FOUR, THREE, TWO,
ONE.
ACTIVATION.
SS IS POWERED AT 11:15.
>> YES, I CONFIRM.
>> I CONFIRM.
>> S-13.
>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION HAS BEEN PLACED IN FREE
DRIFT, ALL THRUSTER ACTIVITIES
ARE DISABLED.
WE ARE STANDING BY FOR RYZHIKOV
TO ISSUE THE COMMAND TO OPEN THE
HOOK HOLDING THE SOYUZ IN PLACE
ON THE MODULE.
>> THE COMMAND TO OPEN THE HOOKS
IN 37.
TEN SECONDS.
FIVE SECONDS, FOUR, THREE, TWO,
ONE.
GO.
COMMAND DISSCENT.
>> THE COMMAND HAS BEEN ISSUED
TO OPEN THE HOOKS TO THE SOYUZ.
IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 90 SECONDS
FOR THE HOOKS TO OPEN NOW.
>> 11 IS ILLUMINATED.
TRANSFER HATCH IS CLOSED.
COPY.
NOW A COMMAND --
>> YOU ARE GETTING A LIVE LOOK
OF THE ENGINEERING DATA THAT IS
BEING PROCESSED THROUGH THE
SOYUZ MS-17.
AND THE HOOKS ARE DRIVING.
>> INDICATE CONTACT IS NOT
ILLUMINATED ANY MORE.
>> COPY.
>> SEPARATION.
>> AND OF THE SOYUZ HAS
UNDOCKED.
UNDOCKING OCCURRING ON TIME AT
11:38 AS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION FLEW OVER THE WESTERN
PACIFIC.
>> THE CONTROL INAUDIBLE.
>> YOU CAN SEE IT BACKING AWAY
AT .2 METER PER SECOND.
IT WILL REACH A DISTANCE OF
40 METERS.
THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF
MINUTES THAT THEY WILL BE IN
CONTACT TO MAKE SURE ALL SYSTEMS
ARE OKAY BEFORE THEY BEGIN THE
FINAL FLY-AROUND.
>> WE'LL BE TALKING TO YOU FROM
NOW ON.
>> GREETINGS TO YOU.
NOW WE ARE STARTING TO MONITOR
THE SEPARATION.
YES, WE CAN SEE THE DOCKING PORT
FROM THE VEHICLE.
>> COPY.
>> ACTIVATION IS CONFIRMED.
>> COPY.
>> THE RANGE IS ABOUT SIX
METERS.
>> COPY.
>> I CAN SEE THE DOCKING PORT IN
THE PERISCOPE.
THERE ARE NO FOREIGN OBJECTS.
THE TARGET IS RIGHT IN THE
CENTER.
>> COPY.
>> SEPARATION IS BEING
CONTINUED.
>> AGAIN, RYZHIKOV IS BACKING
AWAY TO A DISTANCE OF 40 METERS
BEFORE HE PUTS THE BRAKES ON FOR
A PERIOD OF STATION KEEPING.
>> THE RANGE IS 10 METERS.
>> THE NEXT MILESTONE WILL BE
THE FLY AROUND WHICH WILL BEGIN
AT 11:45 WHICH WILL REPOSITION
THE SOYUZ FROM THE POISK MODULE.
>> SO WHATEVER IMAGE.
>> STANDING BY NOW FOR STATION
KEEPING WHICH IS SET TO BEGIN AT
11:42:30.
>> SEPARATION IS CONTINUING.
THE RANGE IS 14 METERS.
>> COPY.
>> THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE -- THE
TARGET SHOULD BE IN THE CENTER
OF THE PERISCOPE.
TWO SQUARES IS ALLOWED.
>> COPY.
>> SO THE TARGET A LITTLE TO THE
RIGHT AT THE SEPARATION IS GOING
ON.
>> COPY.
>> THE RANGE IS ABOUT 20 METERS
NOW.
>> COPY.
>> ALIGNED.
>> COPY.
>> IN 13 MINUTES WE ARE
EXPECTING INAUDIBLE.
>> THE REST OF THE TARGET ON THE
PERISCOPE SCREEN.
>> YES, I CAN SEE IT CLEARLY.
COPY.
>> THE RANGE IS 25 METERS.
>> COPY.
>> I'M READY.
>> 0.12 METERS PER SECOND.
THE SEPARATION.
>> COPY.
>> THE RANGE IS 30 METERS.
>> COPY.
>> STATION KEEPING MODE.
>> COPY.
>> IS CONFIRMED.
>> THE BRAKES ARE ON.
STATION KEEPING IS NOW UNDER
WAY.
>> SO I'M MONITORING STATION
KEEPING MODE.
>> COPY.
>> IT'S SUNRISE.
WE ARE GOING INTO SUNRISE.
COPY.
>> THE SOYUZ NOW COMING UP ON
ORBITAL SUNRISE.
>> SHOULD BE PREPARED.
SO THE MANEUVER TO THE RIGHT
SHOULD BE 30 METERS.
>> COPY.
>> MANEUVER IS STARTED.
>> COPY.
>> RYZHIKOV IN THE FINAL STEPS
OF THE ROLL MANEUVER THAT WILL
PUT THE SOYUZ IN THE CORRECT
ORIENTATION TO BEGIN THE FLY
AROUND OF THE SOYUZ MS-17.
>> COPY.
>> "UNINTELLIGIBLE."
>> 33 METERS IS THE RANGE RIGHT
NOW.
AND I CONTINUE MANEUVER.
>> COPY.
>> SO WE ARE PERPENDICULAR TO
THE ACCESS OF THE STATION.
I CONTINUE THE MANEUVER.
>> COPY.
>> YOU CAN PREPARE AND SEND THE
COMMAND.
>> YOU MEAN WHICH PROBE
EXTENSION POSITION COMMAND IS
GO?
>> YES, WE CONFIRM IT TO GO.
>> COPY.
>> I'M READY TO SEND THE
COMMAND.
I CAN SEND IT FROM THE DISPLAY.
>> RYZHIKOV ABOUT TO SEND THE
COMMAND TO EXTEND THE DOCKING
PROBE ON THE SOYUZ VEHICLE.
AND THE COMMAND HAS BEEN SENT
FOR PROBE EXTENSION.
>> COPY.
>> WE CONTINUE.
>> "UNINTELLIGIBLE."
WE'LL ASK YOU TO SEND THE
COMMAND EARLIER THAN PLANNED.
>> SO THE ROLL MANEUVER IS
COMING TO AN END.
IT'S BEEN COMPLETED.
>> COPY.
>> RYZHIKOV COMPLETING THE FINAL
STEPS THAT WILL PUT THE SOYUZ IN
THE CORRECT POSITION FOR THE
FLY-AROUND.
>> THE DOCKING OF PORT IS IN THE
CENTER OF THE PERISCOPE.
>> COPY.
>> THE RANGE IS CERTAIN MINUTES
AND THE PLAN OF THE FLY-AROUND
IS READY.
>> COPY.
>> THE ANGULAR RATE SHOULD BE
0.3° PER SECOND.
>> YOU ARE WATCHING LIVE AS THE
SOYUZ MS-17 BEGINS ITS FLY
AROUND UNDER THE COMMAND OF
SERGEY RYZHIKOV.
THIS WILL TAKE ABOUT 13 MINUTES
TO COMPLETE AND FOR THE SOYUZ TO
ALIGN ITSELF WITH THE POISK
MODULE ON THE SPACE SIDE OF THE
STATION.
>> TO MONITOR THE VELOCITY OF
THE FLIGHT AROUND.
>> AND I RECOMMEND FIVE, SIX
SQUARES OF THE MARGIN ON THE
SCREEN FOR THE FLY-AROUND.
>> COPY.
>> SO WE CAN SEE THIS ONE.
>> COPY.
>> SO THE FLY-AROUND ALONG THE
AXIS.
>> COPY.
>> DIAMETER SIX SQUARES ON THE
SCREEN OF THE PERISCOPE.
>> COPY.
>> AND SIGNIS NOW COMING INTO
THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
YOUR SCREEN AS THE SOYUZ
CONTINUES.
>> IT'S THE EDGE OF THE
COMPARTMENT.
AND WE CONTINUE THE FLY-AROUND.
SO I CONSIDER INDICATION OF THE
PROBE EXTENDED AND 1951, THE
PROGRAM IS COMPLETED.
>> COPY.
CONTINUE FLY-AROUND.
RELATIVE TO THE INSTRUMENT
COMPARTMENT.
>> COPY.
>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION NOW FLYING OVER THE
CENTRAL PACIFIC.
>> 25°, 33 METERS IS THE RANGE.
AND WE CONTINUE FLY-AROUND.
>> COPY.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> RYZHIKOV CONTINUES TO
MANUALLY FLY THE SOYUZ MS-17
CRAFT FREEING UP THE DOCKING
PORT FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE
EXPEDITION 64 SPACECRAFT.
NEXT UP, RYZHIKOV WILL PARK THE
SOYUZ TO SAY SAYS THE ALIGNMENT
BEFORE THE FINAL GOAL IS GIVEN
FOR APPROACH AND DOCKING.
>> THE RANGE IS FIVE SQUARES.
FLY-AROUND GOES ON.
>> COPY.
CONTINUE FLY-AROUND.
>> AND YOU CAN SEE 77 PROGRESS
ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN
AS THE SOYUZ IN THE CENTER
CONTINUES ITS FLY-AROUND.
>> 70 DEGREES IS THE MANEUVER.
THE RANGE IS "INAUDIBLE."
I CAN SEE THE VEHICLE.
THE RANGE IS SAFE.
AND WE CONTINUE FLY-AROUND.
>> COPY, CONTINUE FLY-AROUND.
>> THIS VIEW SHOWING THE
CROSS-HAIRED ENGINEERING CAMERA
ON THE SOYUZ MS-17.
>> 93 DEGREES.
I CAN SEE IN THE DISPLAY.
WE CONTINUE FLY-AROUND.
>> COPY.
>> WE ARE CROSSING THE AXIS OF
THE STATION.
IT SHOWS IT TO THE RIGHT.
CONTINUE.
THE RANGE IS "INAUDIBLE."
>> I SEE THE HORIZON.
>> COPY.
>> RANGE IS 515 SQUARES AND WE
CONTINUE THE FLIGHT AROUND.
>> CONTINUE FLY-AROUND.
>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION NOW FLYING OVER THE
SOUTH PACIFIC.
>> 150-DEGREE, COMPLETE AND WE
ARE CONTINUING TO FLY AROUND.
THE CURRENT FLY IS FIVE SQUARES
ON THE SCREEN.
>> PLEASE CONTINUE THE
FLY-AROUND.
>> I HAVE COMPLETED "INAUDIBLE"
THE RANGE OF 5.5 SQUARES.
AND WE ARE CONTINUING THE
FLY-AROUND.
>> COPY.
>> WE ALSO SEE ALL THE IMAGES
AND WE SEE THAT YOU ARE
FINISHING THE FLY-AROUND
CURRENTLY.
>> WE HAVE COMPLETED THE
FLY-AROUND.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE -- WE'LL
CONTINUE THE FLY-AROUND.
>> COPY.
>> I CAN SEE THE DOCKING PORT.
>> COPY.
>> RYZHIKOV REPORTING A GOOD
VISUAL ON THE DOCKING PORT
ITSELF AS HE FINE-TUNES THE
ORIENTATION.
AGAIN, THIS VIEW SHOWING THE
CROSS-HAIRED ENGINEERING CAMERA
ON THE SOYUZ MS-17.
>> WE HAVE REACHED THE RANGE.
AND PHYSICAL POSITION.
>> THE FLY-AROUND IS COMPLETE.
AND AT THIS TIME RUSSIAN FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS ARE ASSESSING THE
ALIGNMENT TO THE DOCKING PORT
BEFORE THE GO IS GIVEN TO FINAL
APPROACH AND DOCKING.
>> CONFIRMED.
THE TARGET IS IN THE CENTER OF
THE PERISCOPE SCREEN.
>> COPY.
>> RANGE 20 METERS AND THE RANGE
RATE IS .2.
YES, I HAVE COMPLETED THE
CURRENT RANGE IS 37 METERS.
THEY ARE ALIGNED AND READY TO
ARM THE COMMAND.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> YES, I'M READY FOR THE
COMMAND.
>> COMMAND SENT.
MONITORING VICTOR 5 COMMAND.
V-5 IS NOW ILLUMINATED.
D-9 ILLUMINATED.
13 ILLUMINATED.
D-17 ILLUMINATED AND D-7 COMMAND
ILLUMINATED.
UPDATE CURRENT POSITION.
>> COPY.
>> SS DOCKING, SYSTEM IS READY.
>> COPY.
>> TARGET IS IN THE CENTER,
CROSS HAIRS ARE ALIGNED.
CURRENT RANGE IS 30 METERS.
VEHICLE IS STABLE AND I NEED
YOUR GO TO PROCEED TO A DISTANCE
OF 20 METERS FROM THE STATION AT
THE RANGE RATE OF .2 METERS PER
SECOND.
>> YES, YOU ARE GO.
>> RANGE RATE SET.
ARM THE COMMAND.
>> IN THE FINAL APPROACH HAS
BEEN INITIATED BY RYZHIKOV.
THE SOYUZ WILL CLOSE IN ON THE
POISK MODULE AT .1 METER PER
SECOND.
THIS FINAL APPROACH WILL TAKE
ABOUT SIX MINUTES.
THE SOYUZ NOW ABOUT 25 METERS
AWAY FROM ITS NEW PORT OF CALL.
>> GETTING CLOSER TO THE RANGE
OF 20 METERS.
AND I'M CURRENTLY DECREASE CAN
THE RANGE RATE TO 0.15.
CONTINUE THE APPROACH TO THREE
METERS.
>> COPY.
>> VEHICLE IS IN POSITION.
>> TARGET IS IN THE CENTER,
CROSSHAIRS ALIGNED.
>> NO OFFSET.
>> COPY ALL.
>> AM I GOING TO SEND THE
COMMAND?
>> YES.
>> COPY.
COMMAND SENT.
>> CLEARED.
AND I AM CONTINUING WITH THE
FINAL APPROACH TO THE RANGE OF
3 METERS.
>> COPY, THREE METERS.
>> NOW IN THE HOME STRETCH OF
THIS RELOCATION ACTIVITY.
>> RANGE 15.
"UNINTELLIGIBLE."
PLEASE CONTINUE FINAL APPROACH.
>> TEN METERS THE CURRENT RANGE.
THE TARGET IS STILL ALL THE
SQUARES.
>> COPY.
>> THE SOYUZ NOW TEN METERS AWAY
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
>> RANGE "INAUDIBLE" AND I'M
READY TO PROCEED TO THE STATION.
>> COPY.
>> I'M IN CURRENT POSITION.
>> COPY.
GOOD TO PROCEED WITH FINAL
APPROACH.
>> UNCERTAIN OF THE DEGREES.
>> COPY.
>> GO TO PERFORM THE STATION AT
THREE METER RANGE.
STATION COMPLETE.
THERE IS NO OFFSET ON THE AXIS.
THE TARGET IS IN THE CENTER,
CROSSHAIRS ALIGNED.
>> COPY.
>> AND THIS IS ONE MORE
OPPORTUNITY FOR STATION KEEPING
TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PROPER
ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE SOYUZ AND
POISK.
>> THE TARGET IS IN THE CENTER,
CROSSHAIRS ALIGNED, NO OFFSET ON
THE AXIS.
READY TO PROCEED WITH THE FINAL
APPROACH.
>> YES, YOU ARE GO FOR THE FINAL
APPROACH.
ATTITUDE, DIGITAL LOOP.
AND PLEASE PROVIDE COMMENTARY
BECAUSE WE ARE NOT RECEIVING THE
VIDEO RIGHT NOW FROM THE TV
SYSTEM.
>> WE ARE IN A PERIOD OF
HANDOVERS BETWEEN SATELLITES AT
THIS TIME, BUT SHOULD BE
REGAINING COMMUNICATIONS HERE
SHORTLY.
>> STANDING BY FOR CONTACT.
>> COPY.
>> PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILED
COMMENTARY BECAUSE WE ARE NOT
GETTING THE VIDEO.
>> STANDING BY FOR CONTACT.
CONTACT CONFIRMED.
>> COPY, COPY.
>> 12:35, THIS IS THE TIME.
>> CONGRATULATIONS WITH THE
SUCCESSFUL DOCKING.
DEACTIVATING.
THE 8 COMMAND.
>> CONTACT CONFIRMED AT
12:12 P.M. CENTRAL TIME,
1:12 EASTERN TIME AND THE SOYUZ
MS-17 FLYING OVER THE SOUTH
ATLANTIC EAST OF ARGENTINA.
>> DEACTIVATING.
COMMAND IS BEING SELECTED AND
SENT.
>> COPY.
>> MANUAL ATTITUDE MODE IS
DEACTIVATED.
>> COPY.
>> D-9 IS NOT ILLUMINATED.
>> COPY.
>> 12:35.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> SECTION 1, 148.
SECTION 2, ESPECIALLY 185.
SHUTDOWN IS 464.
>> COPY.
>> WE ARE NOW ON PAGE 93.
SWITCHING TO WIDE LENS.
MONITORING.
>> ONCE AGAIN, A SUCCESSFUL
DOCKING OCCURRING AT
12:12 CENTRAL TIME, 1:12 EASTERN
TIME AS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AND SOYUZ MS-17 WERE
FLYING OVER THE SOUTH ATLANTIC
EAST OF ARGENTINA.
>> PLEASE SELECT SS DOCKING AND
TRANSFER DISPLAY ON CONTROL
PANEL.
HEADLIGHT ACTIVATED.
>> COPY.
>> ONE VALVE TO CLOSE.
IT IS CLOSED NOW.
PRESSURE IS 757.
>> COPY.
757.
>> THE DOCKING PROBE HAS NOW
BEGUN TO RETRACT.
>> 765.
>> AGAIN, THE SOYUZ MS-17 NOW AT
THE POISK MODULE SETTING THE
STAGE FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE
MS-18 WHICH WILL CARRY THREE
CREW MEMBERS TO THE STATION NEXT
MONTH.
>> MONITORING THE EXECUTION.
MONITORING AXIS ALIGNMENT.
>> COPY.
>> ILLUMINATED AT 12:16:17.
OPEN.
LED IS NOT ILLUMINATED.
>> COPY.
>> AND THE HOOKS ARE STARTING TO
CLOSE TO FORM A HARD MATE
BETWEEN SOYUZ AND POISK.
>> CONFIRM.
D 15 IS ILLUMINATED.
HOOKS CLOSED.
>> WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT THE
HOOKS ARE CLOSED AT 12:18 P.M.
CENTRAL TIME, 1:18 P.M. EASTERN
TIME.
SO WE HAVE A HARD MATE BETWEEN
THE SOYUZ MS-17 AND THE POISK
MODULE.
>> I'M HANDING IT OVER TO THE
JCT.
>> WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT THE
HOOKS ARE CLOSED.
THEY WERE CLOSED AT 12:18 P.M.
CENTRAL TIME, 1:18 P.M. EASTERN
TIME.
SO WE DO HAVE A HARD MATE
BETWEEN THE SOYUZ MS-17 AND THE
POISK MODULE TO WHICH THE SOYUZ
FLEW A SHORT DISTANCE AROUND,
OPENING UP THAT MODULE FOR THE
ARRIVAL OF THE MS-18.
IT WILL CARRY THREE PEOPLE.
THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH TO
THE STATION FRIDAY, APRIL 9,
FROM THE COSMODROME.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SERGEY, I WILL NOT KEEP YOU ANY
LONGER.
ALL THE BEST TO YOU.
GOOD LUCK.
AND GOOD LUCK WITH THE
SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF YOUR
FLIGHT AS WELL.
GOOD LUCK.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE PASS MY GREETINGS TO
EVERYONE.
AND GOODBYE, NOW.
>> AGAIN, INSIDE THE SOYUZ MS-17
SPACECRAFT AT THIS HOUR IS KATE
RUBINS, SERGEY RYZHIKOV AND
RUSSIAN FLIGHT ENGINEER
KUD-SVERCHKOV, NOW UNDOCKED
AFTER TODAY'S ACTIVITY FROM THE
MODULE ON THE EARTH FACING PORT
TO THE SPACE FACING MODULE WHICH
YOU CAN SEE IN THIS GRAPHIC OF
THE STATION.
RUBINS, RYZHIKOV AND
KUD-SVERCHKOV WILL CONDUCT ABOUT
TWO HOURS OF LEAK CHECKS BEFORE
WE HAVE CONFIRMATION OF AN
AIRTIGHT SEAL.
THIS PASSAGE WAY WILL BE
REPRESSURIZED AND THE CREW WILL
OPEN UP THE HATCHES AND THESE
CREW MEMBERS WILL RETURN TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TO
RESUME DAILY ACTIVITIES UNTIL
THEIR RETURN TO EARTH IN THREE
WEEKS IN THE MS-17 THAT CARRIED
THEM TO THE STATION IN
OCTOBER 2020.
AND THAT LANDING WILL WRAP UP
THEIR 185 DAY STAY ABOARD THE
STATION.
>> COMMAND SELECTED AND SENT.
MONITOR, NOT ILLUMINATED.
THE 15 IS NOT ILLUMINATED.
S-11 IS NOT ILLUMINATED.
SS MODE EXECUTED IS NOT
ILLUMINATED AND WE WILL SWITCH
TO PAGE 94 NOW.
AND EIGHT MINUTES REMAINING FOR
THIS FIRST MEASUREMENT OUT OF
THE 15 MINUTES OF THE FIRST
MEASUREMENT.
>> COPY, YES, IN 15 MINUTES.
>> AND WE ARE DEACTIVATING THE
EQUIPMENT NOW WITH YOUR GO AND
SWITCHING TO THE ORIENTATION
POSITION.
>> YES.
>> AGAIN, A FLAWLESS UNDOCKING
AND REDOCKING AT THE CONTROLS OF
SERGEY RYZHIKOV WHO MOVED IT TO
THE POISK MODULE FOR DOCKING AT
12:12 P.M. CENTRAL TIME, SETTING
THE STAGE FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE
MS-18 CARRYING THREE CREW
MEMBERS.
AGAIN, THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO
LAUNCH TO THE STATION FRIDAY,
APRIL 9 FROM THE BAIKONUR
COSMODROME IN KAZAKHSTAN.
MARK WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR
INTERVIEWS PRIOR TO HIS LAUNCH
MARKING HIS SECOND SPACE FLIGHT.
THEY WILL TAKE PLACE AS HE
FINISHES TRAINING IN STAR CITY,
RUSSIA.
AND THOSE WILL AIR LIVE AT
7:00 A.M. CENTRAL TIME,
8:00 A.M. EASTERN TIME ON NASA
TV, THE NASA APP AND THE
AGENCY'S WEBSITE.
WITH THE SOYUZ MS-17 REDOCKED,
THAT WILL WRAP UP OUR COVERAGE
TODAY.