KAZAKHSTAN.
ISM IT IS EARLY EVENING RIGHT 
NOW, WHERE AT THE VERY MOMENT A 
RUSSIAN ASTRONAUT AND RUSSIAN, 
IN A SOYUZ AIRCRAFT, ARE SITTING
IN AIRCRAFT, 160 FEET ABOVE.
6:56 IN THE EVENING OVER IN 
BICONNOR.
AND YOU COULD SEE AT THE TOP 
RIGHT OF THE BOARD, AND THEY ARE
SITTING ON SOYUZ, THE LAUNCH 
SITE IN BICONNOR.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LAST 
LAUNCH FROM THE PAD FOR THE LAST
COUPLE OF MONTHS, WHILE FOR 
FUTURE CREW LAUNCH.
AND IT MADE ITS FIRST FLIGHT 
WITH ANUNFLIGHT SOYUZ, LITTLE 
EARLIER THIS SUMMER, TRAVELLING 
ALL THE WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AND BACK TO 
KAZAKHSTAN.
THE NEXT LAUNCH, 2020, WILL BE 
THE FIRST FLIGHT UP THE SOYUZ, 
THAT'S FROM SIGHT 31 TO 
BICONNOR.
AND ABOARD THE ROCKET, IS FUELLY
FUELED AND READY FOR LAUNCH.
NOT TRACKING ANY ISSUES 
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THE DAY BEGAN WITH FUEL AND 
OBJECTION -- OXIDIZED.
AND WANT TO WELCOME YOU MISSION 
CONTROL HOUSTON.
AND I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU 
THROUGH TODAY'S LAUNCH AS THE 
SOYUZ ARRIVES AT THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION A 
LITTLE BIT LATER THIS EVENING.
AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE IN
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM. HOWEVER, 
THE TEAM WILL BE WATCHING OVER 
THE EXPEDITION 60 CREW AND THE 
SPACE SYSTEMS AND THEY WILL 
A THE ARRIVAL OF THE SOYUZ.
SPACE SHIP POPULATION WILL 
INCREASE FROM 6 TO 9.
NASA ASTRONAUT, JESSICA MEIR ON 
THE RIGHT AND IN THE MIDDLE, 
RUSSIAN COSMONAUT.
AND IN THE LEFT, ALMANSOORI, 
MAKING A SHORT TAXI FLIGHT TO 
THE STATION.
ONCE THEY ARRIVE, IT'S GOING TO 
MARK THE LARGEST THE STATION 
CREW HAS BEEN SINCE SEPTEMBER OF
.
WE ACTUALLY HAD NINE CREW 
MEMBERS ON BOARD DURING A 
SEVEN-DAY PERIOD, DURING THE 
YEAR LONG MISSION.
THESE THREE ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN A
PLAN FOUR ORBIT TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SET 
TO DOCK APPROXIMATELY SIX HOURS 
AVALANCHE AT 2:45 CENTRAL TIME 
TODAY OR 12:45 IN THE MORNING ON
SEPTEMBER 25TH, THURSDAY OVER 
THERE IN BICONNOR, WHERE THEIR 
COLLEAGUES, FRIENDS AND FAMILY 
MEMBERS ARE GOING TO WATCH THE 
EVENTS UNFOLD, RIGHT NOW 
STANDING IN A SITE MILE AWAY 
FROM THE LAUNCH PAD READY TO 
WATCH THEM RIDE INTO ORBIT.
THE SPACECRAFT WILL BE DOCKING 
WITH THE RUSSIAN SEGMENT, TO THE
BACK OF THE STATION, WHAT'S 
KNOWN AS THE VENSA MODULE.
YOU COULD SEE ITN THE BACK, 
SOYUZ MS15.
THEY WILL BE JOINING THE CURRENT
STATION RESIDENTS ON BOARD.
NASA ASTRONAUT, CHRISTINA COOK 
ARRIVED BACK IN FEBRUARY. THEY 
ALSO ON BOARD NASA ASTRONAUT, 
DREW MORGAN AND RUSSIAN 
COSMONAUT, ALEXANDER SKORTSNOFF.
AND LUKE CAPTANNO.
PROMTANNO, WILL BE TING OR 
AS THE EXPEDITION 61 COMMANDER, 
OCTOBER 3RD, WHEN HAIG, 
ACHINNIAN, UNDOCKED AND MADE THE
TRIP BACK HOME ABOARD THE SOYUZ 
12 VEHICLE.
AND FROM HERE IN HOUSTON, WILL 
BE MONITORING THE LAUNCHING THE 
FLIGHT.
AND YOU COULD SEE A FEW MORE 
PEOPLE IN THE ROOM THAN NORMAL.
THE GENTLEMAN, OUTGOING ORBIT 
FLIGHT DIRECTOR.
FLIGHT, HE'S GOING TO BE THE 
FLIGHT DIRECTOR.
JUST ABOVE THEM, THE RED, DIANE 
DALEY.
WE SHOULD BE HEARING HER VOICE A
LITTLE LATER THIS EVENING.
DURING THE SOYUZ'S CLIMB TO 
T TRACKINGND TELEMETRY 
WILL BE GROUNDED IN THE FLIGHT 
PATH.
WE ARE GETTING A LIVE VIEW FROM 
THE CAMERA RIGHT HERE, LOCATED 
OUTSIDE OF MOSCOW.
ONE QUICK FUN NOTE, WE ARE GOING
TO TRY TO TAKE A FEW QUENS 
DURING TODAY'S LIVE LAUNCH 
BROADCAST AND ALSO DURING 
EARLIER.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, GO TO
TWITTER AND USE THE #ASK NASA.
WE WILL T GET AS MANY AS WE
CAN.
AND TODAY'S LAUNCH, NASA 
ASTRONAUT, JESSICA AMEIR AND 
ALMANSOORI, T THIRD FLIGHT FOR
A RUSSIAN ASTRONAUT.
AND FOR NOW, LET'S GET TO KNOW 
OUR CREW.
WE'LL START WITH JESSICA MEIR, 
NASA'S NEXT ASTRONAUT TO FLY 
INTO SPACE.
>> THE THING THAT'S ALWAYS 
DRIVEN A EXCITED ME IS 
EXPLORATION IN GENERAL.
I THINK I'VE ALWAYS BEEN 
ATTRACTED TO THE EXTREME 
ENVIRONMENTS, PLACES WHERE FEWER
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN, WHERE 
CONDITIONS ARE A LITTLE MORE 
HARSH, LITTLE MORE RARE AND 
REALLY EXTREME IN GENERAL.
I WENT TO THE ANTARCTIC FIVE 
TIMES.
FOUR TIMES WAS FOR THE Ph.D 
RESEARCH.
THE WORK WE WERE PURSUING THEN, 
WE WERE BEING LOOING AT THE 
GUIDANCE.
AND THEY USE THIS REALLY BIG 
ICE.L TO CREATE A HOLE IN THE 
YOU ENTER THE WATER THROUGH THE 
HOLE IN THE ICE.
THE FIRST TIME YOU GO DRIVING 
THROUGH THE C.I. POLE, YOU NEVER
REALLY FORGET THE FEELING.
THE WATER THERE IS A CONSTANT 
NEGATIVE 2 CELSIUS, AND YOU 
COULD SEE RAYS OF LHT COMIN 
IN FROM ANY CRAFT OR HOLE OR 
ANYWHERE AROUND THE AREA.
THAT'S WHERE YOU START REALIZING
ALL OF THE COLOR AND THE BEAUTY 
OF THE ANTARCTIC IS.
IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE
AND THE THINGS I SAW UNDERWATER,
WAS THE MOST REMARKABLE AND 
EXCEPTIONAL DIVING I'VEVER 
HAD.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE USE 
FOR TRAINING FOR SPACE FLIGHT 
FOR ASTRONAUTS FROM ALL OF OUR 
PARTNER AGENCIES IS TRAINING IN 
ANALOG.
IF YOU TRY TO THINK, WHAT ARE 
USEFUL TRAINING PLATFORMS ON THE
EARTH.
HOW DO WE REPLICATE ALL THE 
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SPACE 
MISSION.
ONE OF THE ANALOGS IS CALLED THE
CAVE.
IT'S A TECHNICAL CAVING MISSION.
THE CAVE TRAINING MISSION WAS IN
THE VERY EXTRAORDINARY CAVE.
YOU WOULD SOMETIMES SEE CRAWLING
IT, THERE'S NO WAY, YOU COULD  
FIT THROUGH THAT, ONE AT A TIME.
TAKE OFF THE PACKS AND SHIMMY 
THROUGH THE SNAKES THROUGH THE 
TINY HOLE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU WOULD COME 
OUT INTO THE ROOM, THIS 
CATHEDRAL, WITH 100 METER 
GRANITE WALL.
IT WAS REALLY JUST 
EXTRAORDINARY.
WE WOULD GO ON DAILY EXCURSIONS,
EXPLORING, MAPPING THE CAVE AND 
ALL SIMILAR THINGS WE WOULD DO, 
WHEN WE FINALLY GET TO THE POINT
TO EXPLORING OTHER PLANETS, FOR 
EXAMPLE, AN ASTRONAUT.
AND ALL THE THINGS WE GET TO DO 
AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION.
OTHER THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT, 
THE ENVIRONMENTS INVOLVE NATURAL
PHENOMENON.
IT GOES BACK TO THE BIOLOGY, 
ANIMAL KINGDOM WITTHE PREVIOUS
RESEARCH, EXPLORING ALL THE 
AMAZING LANDSCAPES AND 
ECOSYSTEMS ON OUR PLANET AND 
EVENTUALLY, HAVE THE MOST 
EXTOWARD THEY'RY OF ANY VIEW, 
WHEN I'LL BE IN THE SPACE 
STATION IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, 
LOOKING DOWN AND SEEING THE 
MAGNIFICENT PLANET EARTH AND 
 T 
AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING HOW 
SPECIAL IT IS AND HOW FRAGILE 
AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO 
PROTECT IT, TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF
OUR HOME PLANET, TO PROTECT THE 
LAND AND BEING A GOOD STEWART IN
OUR UNIVERSE.
I'M JESSICA MEIR.
I'M A SCIENTIST AND A NASA 
ASTRONAUT.
>> BORN AND RAISED AND CARIBOU, 
MAINE.
MASTERS OF SCIENCE STUDIES, 
DOCTOR RAT OF MARINE BIOGRAPHY 
FROM SCRIPTS.
FROM 2000 HP 2003, SHE WORKED IN
RESEARCH FACILITY, ON SPACE 
STATION AND INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION IN NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE 
CENTER.
DURING THIS TIME, SHE 
PARTICIPATED IN RESEARCH FLIGHT,
NASA'S GRAVITY AIRCRAFT AND 
SERVED AS AQUANOT, FOR THE NEMO 
MISSI
AND AFTERWARD, MEIR'S RESEARCH 
FOCUSED ON THE PHYSIOLOGY WITH 
ANIMALS, Ph.D RESEARCH, STUDYING
OXYGEN EXTENSION, EXAMINING IN 
DIVING SEALS.
AND HER POST DOCTOR RAT RESEARCH
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH 
COLUMBIA, INVESTIGATED, HIGH 
FLYING GOOSE, TRAINING GOOSE TO 
FLY IN THE WIND TUNNELS, WHILE 
OBTAINING MEASUREM.
AND 2005, SHE ACCEPTED THE 
POSITION AT HARVARD MED SCHOOL, 
SHE CONTINUED HER RESEARCH IN 
THE ANIMALS AND EXTREME 
ENVIRONMENTS.
SHE ALSO TOOK PART IN 
SMITHSONIAN DIVING EXPEDITION 
THE ANTARCTIC.
AND COLLECTED, TO BE AN 
ASTRONAUT, AS PART OF NASA'S 
ASTRONAUT CLASS, MEIR COMPLETED 
HER TRAINING IN 2015.
WE WILL BE IN FAMILIAR COMPANY 
WHEN SHE ARRIVES, JOINING THREE 
OF HER FORMER ASTRONAUT 
LASSMATES AND CURRENT 
RESIDENTS, NICK HAIG, CHRISTINA 
MORGAN.
THAT'S MORE ABOUT JESSICA MEIR.
SHE WILL BE SEATED TO THE LEFT 
OF THE SOYUZ COMMANDER AND 
RUSSIAN COSMONAUT ON TODAY'S 
FLIGHT.
COSMONAUT, ALEX IS RETURNING TO 
SPACE FOR THE THIRD TIME.
BORN IN THE RUSSIA, HE WAS A 
MEMBER OF THE YOUNG GRIPE, 
GRADUATING IN19
AFTERWARD, HE ATTENDED, BOMB AND
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, AND WHILE 
AN UNDER GRADUATE, OBTAINED 
EXPERIENCE, AS A TEST SUBJECT 
AND AS A MECHANIC IN THE PROJECT
DEPARTMENT, GRADUATING IN 1993, 
WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN 
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, WITH A 
SPECIALIZATION IN ROCKET, 
SKRIPOCHKA WORKED FROM 
1993-1997, AS ENGINEER, GROUND 
HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING
PROJECT DEPARTMENT.
HE ALSO, AIRST CLASS SKYDIVER 
WITH OVER 300 PARACHUTE JUMPS.
SELECTED IN JULY OF 1997, RSV 
CANDIDATE, SKRIPOCHKA COMPLETED 
SPACE FLIGHT TRAINING, IN THE 
TRAINING CENTER IN 1999,
QUAL AS A COSMONAUT.
HIS FIRST TRIP INTO SPACE WAS 
OCTOBER 2010, AS A FLIGHT 
ENGINEER, DURING SPACE 
EXPEDITION 25 AND 26.
WHILE ABOARD, HE PERFORMED TWO 
SPACE WALKS.
SECOND FLIGHT BEGAN IN MARCH 
2015, SOYUZ 2820M, AS PART OF 
THE EXPEDITION, 47 AND 48.
TO DATE, SKRIPOCHKA'S SPACE WALK
TOTAL, 14 HOURS AND 35 MINUTE
HE SVES AS A COMMANDER AND 
WILL SERVE ABOARD THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, AS 
61 FLIGHT ENGINEER AND LATER AS 
A FLIGHT 62 COMMANDER.
SEATED HIS FIRST RIGHT, UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES, ALMANSOORI.
AND SPENT ALL HIS EARLY YEARS, 
GOING TO SCHOOL IN WESTERN ABU 
DHABI.
HIS PASSION FOR ASTRONOMY.
HE BECAME A CHECK FGHT PILOT 
IN THE F-16B60, AND SPENT THREE 
YEARS TRAINING IN THE AIRCRAFT 
IN THE UNITED STATES, IN 
ARIZONA.
AFTERWARDS, HE RETURNED TO THE 
UAE TO COMPLETE HIS TRAINING.
FOUR YEARS AFTER HIS RETURN, HE
BECAME THE YOUNGEST PILOT, 
QUALIFYING FOR THE AIRCRAFT 
PILOT.
THE UAE ASTRONAUT PROGRAM 
LAUNCHED IN 2017.
TO SEND THEM TO SPACE FOR 
VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC MISSIONS.
FOLLOWING A SERIES OF MENTAL AND
PHYSICAL TESTS, ALMANSOORI WAS 
SELECTED FROM A FIELD OF OVER 
4,000 CANDIDATES.
IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018, ALMANSOORI
STARTED TRAINING WITH THE 
RUSSIAN SPACE TRAINING, AT THE 
SSIAN COSMONAUT TRAINING 
CENTER.
HE WILL BE THE FIRST MEMBER OF 
THE UAE SPACE PROGRAM TO FLY 
INTO SPACE.
>> AND THIS IS SOME RECORDE 
DEO FROM A LITTLE BIT EARLIER 
TODAY, AS THE THREE CREW MEMBERS
GOT PREPARED, WOKE UP IN THE 
COSMONAUT HOTEL AND MADE THEIR 
WAY TO THE LAUNCH SITE.
THE CREWS WERE WOKEN 7:57 
CENTRAL TIME, 9:57 IN BICONNOR.
NINE HOURS PRIOR TO THE LAUNCH.
THEY PARTICIPATED IN ALL OF THE 
PRELAUNCH-ACTIVITIES, AND ALL OF
THAT BEGINS AT THE CREW ORDERS.
AND BEFORE DEPARTING FOR THE 
LAUNCH PAD, THE CREW MEMBERS, GO
THROUGH A RITUAL OF AUTOGRAPHING
THE DOORS OF THE ROOM, THAT THEY
OCCUPIED IN BICONNOR.
YOU COULD SEE IT SET ASIDE.
ALL CREW MEMBERS, GETTING A CANS
TO SIGN THEIR NAME.
SIGNATURES ARE FROM THE CREW 
MEMBERS AND ALL THE 
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS FROM OVER
THE YEARS.
THEY ALSO GET A BLESSING BEFORE 
THEY DEPART IN THE RUSSIAN 
ORTHODOX CHURCH, EARLIER IN THE 
WEEK, GOES OUT TO BLESS THE 
ROCKET ITSELF.
AND VARIOUS PAD MEMBERS AND SOME
MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA THAT WILL 
GENERALLY GATHER TO THE 
LAUNCHES.
FOLLOWING THAT, THEY STROLL TO 
THE COSMONAUT HOTEL DOWN A 
SIDEWALK LINED WITH FRIENDS, 
FAMILY, WELL-WISHERS, PROGRAM 
OFFICIALS FROM THE VARIOUS SPACE
AGENCIES BEFORE THEY MAKE THEIR 
WAY TO A BUS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST SEVERAL 
TIMES THEY GET A CHANCE TO SEE 
ALL OF THE FOLKS BEFORE THEY 
LOAD INTO THE ROCKET.
THEY WALK OUT TO A TRADITIONAL 
SONG THAT'S PLAYED EVERY SINGLE 
TIME AND THE RUSSIAN NAME 
ESCAPES ME AT THE MOMENT.
A LOTF TRADITION SURROUNDING 
THE LAUNCHES.
THEY HAVE BEEN LAUNCHING FROM 
THE AREA SINCE THE 60s THINS 
THEY FIRST MADE THE LEAP INTO 
SPACE.
FROM THE CREW, IT'S ON TO THE 
BUS AND THE BACKUP CREW FOLLOWS 
ANOTHER LARGE BUS.
THEY AR ACCOMPANIED WITH FLIGHT
SURGEONS, DOCTORS.
YOU COULD SEE A LARGE MASS OF 
PEOPLE GATHER OUTSIDE THE 
COSMONAUT HOTEL.
THIS IS TAKING PLACE EARLIER IN 
THE MORNING, 2:57 A.M. CENTRAL 
TIME, 12:57 P.M. IN BICONNOR.
IT'S ABOUT A 40 MINUTE RID FROM
THE HOTEL ACTUALLY ON THE 
COSMODRONE ITSELF.
THEY HEAD ON TO WHAT'S KNOWN AS 
BUILDING 254.
GETTING A CHANCE TO WAVE, OPPOSE
FROM HASA.
YOU COULD SEE A LARGE CROWD.
NASA PUBLIC AFFAIRS, IS GETTING 
A SNEAK PEEK.
GETTING THE FIRST DEPARTURE FROM
THE HOTEL.
AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT 40 MINUTES TO 
THE HOTEL TO THE COSMODRONE, 
SPARSE AREA, AS YOU'RE LAUNCHING
ROCKETS, YOU DON'T WANT A LOT IN
THE AREA.
IT'S A VAST AND OPEN.
AND THEN THEY ARRIVE IN BUILDING
254.
ONCE THEY GET TO THE ACTUAL SUIT
UP IN INTEGRATION FACILITY, IT'S
TIME TO GET IN THE LAUNCH AND 
ENTRY SUITS.
THIS IS CALLED THE SO-CALLE
THITE SUIT.
YOU COULD SEE THEM GETTING INTO 
IT HERE.
THIS IS WORN THROUGHOUT THE 
DIFFERENT DYNAMICS OF FLIGHT.
THEY WILL WEAR IT, EVENT WALL 
DOCKING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION.
THE SUITS THEN GET PUT AWAY AND 
BROUGHT BACK IF THEY ARE FLYING 
THE SOYUZ, FOR RELOCATION OR 
WHEN THEY COME BACK DOWN TO 
EARTH.
THE SUITS ACT LIKE THE ORANGE 
ONE, YOU REMEMBER FROM THE 
SHUTTLE AREA, THEY ARE ABLE TO 
BE PRESSURIZED, ABLE TO PROVIDE 
BREATHING FOR THE CREW MEMBERS, 
SHOULD THE CAPSULE BECOMES 
UNPRESSURIZED.
THEY GET A COMMUNICATIONS CAP 
AND THE FLIGHT CONTROLLER IS 
DOWN ON THE GROUND WHO OVERSEAS 
THEIR FLIGHT ALL THE WAY TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THERE'S SEVERAL SPECIALIS, YOU
WILL SEE INDIVIDUALS WEARING 
MASKS.
THE CREW ARE KEPT IN A 
QUARANTINE PRIOR TO THE MISSION 
TO HELP REDUCE THE CHANCE OF ANY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES OR ANYTHING,
MAKING ITS WAY TO THE SPACE 
STATION.
THEY ARE KEPT IN STRICT 
QUARANTINE PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT.
VERY STRICT ACCESS TO THE CREW 
THEMSELVES AND ALSO IN 
QUARANTINE, LIKE THE BACKUP 
CREW, WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH 
THE PREVENTIVE MEASURES, USUALLY
WEARING MASKS OR DIFFERENT 
PROTECTIVE GEAR.
HERE YOU COULD SEE NASA GETTING 
SUITED UP.
FIRST ALL THREE CREW MEMBERS GET
SUITED UP.
YOU WILL SEE THEM MOVE INTO 
ANOTHER ROOM, WHERE THEY WILL DO
SOME PRESSURE CHECKS ON THE 
SPACE SUIT ITSELF.
JESSICA MEIR PLAYING WITH A 
SMALL BLUE NOBODY.
IT'S USED BY T ASTRONAUT TO 
CONTROL THE PRESSURE LEVEL 
INSIDE THE SUITS.
THE BACKUP CREW RIGHT BEHIND 
THEM, TOM IN THE BLUE SUIT, HE'S
BEEN THE BACKUP FOR THE LAST TWO
FLIGHTS.
BACKUP CREW HELPING, AND THEY 
ARE ALSO ON DECK TO STEP SHOULD 
THE PRIME CREW MEMBERS NOT TO M.
THEY THEN MOVE OVER HERE AND 
THEY GET A MOCK UP AN ACTUAL 
SOYUZ SEAT AND THEY GO THROUGH 
AND TAKE TURNS, ACTUALLY 
PRESSURIZE.
YOU WILL SEE THEM CLOSE THE 
ADVISERS AND THE SUITS 
THEMSELVES, IS GETTI PUFFED 
UP.
THEY ARE FILLED WITH AIR, TO GET
A GOOD LEAK CHECK TO MAKE SURE 
THE SEALS ARE ACTING CORRECTLY.
THIS IS THE FIRST STEPS BEFORE 
THEY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE 
ROCKET.
YOU COULD SEE HIS SUIT A LITTLE 
BIT PUFFED UP.
THAT MEANS IT'S GOING THROUGH 
THE PRESSURE CHECK.
THEY DO THIS AGAIN TO MAKE SURE 
THEIR SUITS ARE FREE FROM LEAKS.
THIS IS ALSO ONE OF THE FINAL 
CHANCES THE CREW MEMBERS GETS TO
SPEAK TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO 
ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 
PROTECTIVE GLASS, TO HELP 
MAINTAIN THE QUARANTINE.
THEN THEY WILL MAKE THEIR WAY 
THROUGH THE PAINTED GLASS, WHERE
THEY ARE ABLE TO SPEAK TO 
FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND ALSO 
PROGRAM OFFICIALS FROM THEIR 
RESPECTIVE SPACE AGENCIES.
AS AL,
IN THE CHAIR, NEXT TO JESSICA 
MEIR, YOU COULD SEE HER USING 
THE NOBODY TO ADJUST THE 
PRESSURIZATION INSIDE, IT LOOKS 
LIKE IT'S INFLATED KIND OF LIKE 
THE BALLOON.
D IT TOCHECK.
NO LEAKS IN THE SUIT AS THE 
SUITS ACT AS PRETTY MUCH THE 
LAST LINE OF DEFENSE FOR THE 
CREW MEMBERS, IF THE CAPSULE 
WERE TO BE UNPRESSURIZED FOR ANY
REASON.
THERE'S ALMANSOORI, FIRST UNITED
EMIRATES ASTRONAUT TO F IN THE
SPACE.
HE'S A SPACE FLIGHT PARTICIPANT.
YOU MAY USE THAT WORD USED.
THAT DIFFERENTIATES HIM AS AN 
EXPEDITIONARY MEMBER, WHO WILL 
SPEND MONTHS.
HIS FLIGHT WILL ONLY LAST 8 
DAYS.
HE WILL HAVE A SCHEDULE 
JAM-PACKED WITH SCIENTIST 
EXPERIMENTS HE WILL BE TAKING 
PART IN BOTH U.S. AND RUSSIAN 
AND ALSO DOING SOME OUTREACH TO 
HIS OWN COTRY, UNITED ARAB 
EMIRATES WHILE HE'S ON BOARD.
AGAIN, WITH ALL THREE CREW 
MEMBERS, ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE 
LEAK CHECKS, THEY MAKE THEIR WAY
OVER TO THE CHAIRS, WHICH HAS 
MICROPHONEN FRONT OF THEM.
THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST FEW 
CHANCES FOR THEM TO TALK TO 
THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS PRIOR TO 
MAKING THEIR WAY OUT TO THE 
ACTUAL LAUNCH PAD.
EACH LIGHT, WE HAVE NEW EMBLEM.
I WAS THINKING, YOU WOULD HAVE A
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THEME.
SO EACH FLIGHT WOULD BE 
DIFFERENT.
AND THE BORDER IS DIFFERENT, 
TOO. 
IS THIS SOMETHING SPECIAL? 
>> NO, THIS IS A NOMINAL GEAR.
ISM JOINING FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
YOU COULD SEE THE DELEGATION 
FROM THE UNITED AIR OF EMIRATES 
>> EVERYTHING IS GOINGDING
TO PLANNED.
AS USUAL, I WISH YOU A 
SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH AND SUCCESSFUL
EXPEDITION AND SUCCESSFUL RETURN
TO THE GROUND.
WE KNOW YOU AND WE ARE SURE YOU 
WILL FIND THE CORRECT SOLUTIONS 
FOR ANY SITUATION.
THE MAIN THING IS FOR YOU TO BE 
A TEAM AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.
>> HAVE A GREAT TIME.
DO A LITTLE BIT OF WORK AND 
WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE.
WHEN YOU COME BACK.
>> WE'RE PROUD OF YOU.
WE HOPE YOU ALL GOOD WISH.
AND PLAN FOR -- AND 
>> TWO OF THE LAST ONE TO SPEAK,
MANAGER AND KEN BAUERSOCK, 
ADMINISTRATOR FOR EXPLORATION.
WITH THAT DONE, IT'S TIME TO DO 
THE LOCKOUT.
YOU COULD SEE THE CREW.
YOU COULD SEE, THEY ARE USUALLY 
IN CONFIGURATION, JESSICA TO HIS
LEFT AND HASADD TO HIS RIGHT.
ONCE THE FINAL SUIT OUT AND 
PRESSURE CHECKS ARE DONE, THEY 
WALK TO THE INTEGRATION 
FACILITY.
ONCE AGAIN, MAKE THEIR WAY TO 
THE BUSES.
YOU COULD SEE A LARGE CROWD 
GATHERED TO SEE THEM ON THEIR 
WAY.
AT THIS POINT, THEY LOAD TO THE 
SAME BUSES THAT TOOK THEM 
THE COSMONAUT HOTEL TO THE 
BUILDING, TO HEAD OUT TO THE 
PAD.
THEY GET A FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO 
WAVE FAREWELL TO FRIENDS AND 
FAMILY AND MAKE THEIR WAY TO 
FLIGHT 254, INTEGRATION BUILDING
OVER TO THE LAUNCH PAD.
THEY BOARDED THE BUS, HEADING 
OVER TO LAUNCH PAD NUMBER 1.
AND THE DRIVE TAKES ABOUT 25 
MINUTES.
THEY ARRIVED AT THE PAD, ABOUT 
6:22 A.M., CENTRAL TIME, 4:22 
A.M. IN BICONNOR.
ONCE THERE, THEY ARE HELPED OFF 
THE BUS, BY SEVERAL OFFICIALS, 
AND ALSO NASA AND THE UNITED 
ARAB SPACE AGENCY THERE IN 
ATTENDANCE WITH THEIR FIRST EVER
ASTRONAU 
>> THE CREW IS READY FOR FLIGHT 
>> AGAIN, YOU COULD SEE IN THE 
MIDDLE, AHEAD OF THE -- AND HE'S
THE ONE, ON THE -- ON THE LEFT, 
APPROACHING TO THE PAD.
TRADITIONAL FOR THE DIFFERENT 
MANAGERS TO HELP THE CREW 
MEMBERS, LAST LEG OF THEIR 
JOURNEY INTO THE ACTUAL ROCKET 
ITSELF.
THEY WILLEAD THEM TO THE A 
STAIRWAY, WHERE THEY WILL GET A 
FINAL WAVE AND RIDE ON TOP, TO 
BOARD THEIR CAPSULE, THAT THEY 
WILL BE ABOARD NOW FOR ABOUT TWO
HOURS.
YOU COULD SEE THEM ONE AT A 
TIME, GOING UP THE STAIRWAY, 
L PAD IEGRATION ENGINEERS 
WILL BE WAITING AT THE TOP TO 
MAKE THE ELEVATOR RIDE UP.
FOR NOW, THEY ARE INSIDE THE 
SOYUZ ROCKET.
>> BE CAREFUL HERE.
TURN ARND.
>> AND WITH THAT, WE'RE BACK TO 
A LIVE VIEW, GETTING THE FIRST 
VIEW OTHE SOYUZ SCECRAFT ON 
LAUNCH PAD AS THE BICONNOR 
COSMODRONE.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE 27 MINUTES, 22 
SECONDS AND COUNTING FOR THE 
PLANNED LAUNCH TODAY OF THE 
THREREWMEMBERS, HEADING TO 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
AND THAT LIFT-OFF SCHEDULE IS 
FOR 8:57 A.M., CENTRAL TIME, 
6:57 P.M. IN THE EVENING OVER 
THERE IN BICONNOR.
>> JUMP OVER AND USE THE #ASK 
NASA.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TAKING
PLACE, WE'LL JUMP OVER A COUPLE 
OF THEM.
THE FIRST ONE COMES FROM JACK.
HE WANTS TO KNOW, HOW MANY 
MINUTES WILL IT TAKE TO DOCK AT 
THE SPACE STATION.
THE TIME LINE, HAS THEM LIFTING 
OFF AT 57 CENTRAL TIME.
THEY ARE SET TO DOCK LATER THIS 
EVENING AT 7:00 -- AT 2:45 P.M.,
SORRY, DOING SOME QUICK TIME 
ZONE CALCULATIONS IN MY HEAD.
FROM THERE, IT'S A FIVE
HOURS AND 48 MINUTES AND 4 
SECONDS PER THE TIME LINE.
THAT TRANSLATES TO 348 MINUTES 
FROM LAUNCH TO DOCKING.
THANKS FOR THE QUESTION, JACK.
NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM MS. 
WHITTAKER, SHE WANTS TO KNOW, IF
SHE HAS HER OWN BEDROOM.
CURRENTLY, THERE'S SIX CREW 
BORDERS.
YOU COULD THINK ABOUT THAT AS 
THEIR BEDROOM.
THEY ARE ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE 
PHONE BOOTH, SMALL CLOSET.
THEY HAVE DOORS, FOUR IN DOOR 
TWO.
HARMONY MODULE AND ALSO IN THE 
RUSSIAN SEGMENT.
THAT ACTS AS THE CREW MEMBER'S 
BEDROOM.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE 
ASKING, WHERE ARE THE OTHER 
PEOPLE GOING TO SLEEP?
THERE ARE NINE OF THEM.
THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL SLEEPING 
BAGS ANDHE CREWS SLEEPS ON 
SCHEDULE.
AND YOU WILL HAVE DIFFERENT CREW
MEMBERS ON THE MODULES FOR THE 
SHORT DURATION, THAT WE DO HAVE 
NINE CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD.
NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM RENE, 
IN PREVIOUS CREW CHANGES, CREW 
LEFT BEFORE THE CREW LAUNCH.
NOW WE WILL BE EXTENDED TO NINE.
IS THIS A ONE TIME THING OR WILL
IT BE STANDARD?
WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT'S 
KNOWN INSIDE OF THE SPACE 
INDUSTRY, DIRECT HANDOVERS.
THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE A VEHICLE 
ARRIHILE THERE'S STILL CREW 
ON BOARD.
IT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.
THE COMMON PRACTICE, EVERY 
SINGLE TIME, WHEN WE ONLY HAD 
THREE ABOARD THE STATION.
AND WHICH, AGAIN, IF YOU'VE BEEN
KEEPING TRACK, WE'VE HAD PEO 
ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE WILL BE CELEBRATING THE 20TH 
STRAIGHT YEAR OF HUMANS ON 
BOARD, STARTING NEXT YEAR IN 
2020.
AND DURING THEN, THE DIRECT 
HANDOVERS WERE MUCH MORE COMMON.
 LITTLE BIT UNCOMMON,
SINCE WE WENT UP TO 6, WHERE YOU
HAVE ONE CREW LAND AND ANOTHER 
ONE LAUNCH.
YOU HAVE A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME,
WHERE YOU ONLY HAVE THREE CREW 
MEMBERS.
FOR NOW, WE WILL BE UP TO 9.
IT'S POSSIBLE, YOU WILL SEE MORE
OF THE DIRECT HANDOVERS,NCE WE
START FLYING NEW COMMERCIAL 
VEHICLES, ALSO KNOWN AS THE 
COMMERCIAL CREW CAPSULES, 
WATCHING ASTRONAUTS ONCE AGAIN 
FROM THE UNITED STATES.
WE'LL DNE MORE FROM RIGHT 
NOW.
WHAT'S THE TOP CREWS, THE CREW 
WILL EXPERIENCE.
THIS ONE FROM CHELSEA.
HOW LONG IS THE CREW GOING TO BE
STAYING AT THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION ONCE THEY ARRIVE?
THANK YOU, CHELSEA.
IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FROM 
ALL THE DIFFERENTREW MEMBERS, 
FOR ALMANSOORI, HE WILL ONLY BE 
THERE FOR NINE DAYS.
HE'S SET TO COME HOME OCTOBER 
3RD, WITH TWO OTHER CREW 
MEMBERS, NASA ASTRONAUT NICK 
HAIG AND CHINNON.
FOR JESS TWILL BE 
STAYING UP TO 200 DAYS OR LITTLE
OVER SIX MONTHS, WILL BE UP 
THERE FOR A LONG DURATION.
IT'S COMMON FOR LONG DURATION TO
BE UP TO SIX MONTHS IN LENGTH.
THAT'S THE COMMON PRACTICE 
THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT 
DURATION SPRINKLED IN 
THROUGHOUT.
NOW A DAYS, ABOUT 200 DAYS IS 
THE COMMON LENGTH.
SOME ARE STARTING TO SURPAES 
THAT.
CHRISTINA COOK WILL BE STAYING 
IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION OVER 300 DAYS.
SHE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE 
SETTING THE RECORD, LONGEST 
SPACE FLIGHT BY A FEMALE 
ASTRONAUT.
SHE WILL BE CLOSE TO A U.S. 
RECORD FOR CONTINUOUS SPACE 
FLIGHT, WITH SCOTT KELLY, DURING
A YEAR LONG MISSION OF 340 DAYS.
ONE MORE FROM RIG W.
THIS IS FROM MATT.
HE WAPTED TO KNOW WHAT THE TOP G
FORCE.
THE EVENT WALL SPEED THEY WILL 
REACH IS THE ORBITAL VELOCITY.T 
NEED TO MAINTAIN TO CIRCLE 
AROUND THE EARTH.
THAT WILL MATCH UP TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
WHICH IS ABOUT 17500 MILES AN 
HOUR.
>> RIGHT NOW, WE'RE 21 MINUTES 
AND COUNTING AWAY FROM THE 
LAUNCH OF THE THREE CREW 
MEMBE
SICA AND HER CREWMATES, 
DESCRIBED THE MISSION OF THEIR 
SOYUZ PATCH IN A RECENT CREW 
CONFERENCE.
WHY DON'T WE HEAR FROM THEM IN 
THEIR OWN WORDS.
>> WELL, IN ARE SOME OF THE KEY 
FEATURES FOR THE SOYUZ PATCH ARE
THE ARCTIC TERMS.
THIS IS THE BIRD THAT MAKES AN 
INCREDIBLE DURATION.
FOR ME IT'S EXTRA SPECIAL 
BECAUSE IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE I 
STUDIED BIRDS.
AND OF COURSE, THE LONG DURATION
FLYING BIRD REPRESENTS OUR 
STRONG DURATION MISSION AND HOW 
SPECIAL THAT IS.
>> ALSO THE COLORS, REPRESENTING
ALSO THE HISTORY OF APOLLO 
LANDING.
ALSO, YOU COULD SEE UA FLAG, 
WITH MY NAME IS ARABIC.
IT'S MY LAST NAME, ALMANSOORI, 
WRITTEN IN ARABIC.
ALSO THE SAME PATCH, FLEW IN THE
FIRST TIME, AND THE FIRST 
MISSION, SAME DESIGN.
>> YES, HAZAZ RED, I WANTED TO 
SHOW SOME CONTINUITY, BETWEEN MY
FIRST FLIGHT.
MY FIRST FLIGHT SHOWS A STORK 
AND MY SECOND ALSO HAD A BIRD IN
IT.
AND THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE THE 
STORK THAT JESSICA MENTIONED, 
ANALSO, WHAVE A SHIP STATION
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING 
ON, AND THE MOON, WHICH IS OUR 
GOAL, AS OUR NEXT STAGE.
ONE PLAN IN DEEP SPACE.
>> BACK WITH THE SOYUZ ROCKET IN
THE PAD.
WE'RE COUNTING DOWN.
80 SECONDS AWAY FROM LIFT-OFF, 
SCHEDULED AT 57 A.M. CENTRAL 
TIME, 6:57 IN THE EVENING OVER 
THERE IN BICONNOR.
SOYUZ STANDS 152 FOOT TALL, 
180,000 POUNDS, CONSISTS OF A 
SPACECRAFT UP THE SD AT THE 
TOP AND THREE STAGE SPACE 
BOOSTER BELOW.
THE SPACECRAFT WAS MADE OF THE 
BOOSTER.
AND 24 HOURS ON MONDAY, THE 
TRACK IF THE INTEGRATION 
FACILITY TO THE PAD, ALWAYS 
OPENING THE DOOR AND STARTING 
THE TRIP AT 7:00 A.M., ARRIVING 
LESS THAN TWO HOURS LATER, IT'S 
RAISED TO THE VERTICAL POSITION.
IT MOVES OUT ON A RAIL CAR FROM 
THE BUILDING TO PAD NUMBER ONE.
THEN THE LAR GANTRY ARM SWING
UP, TO SECURE IT IN PLACE, AND 
OFFER ACCESS TO THE ACTUAL 
SPACECRAFT, INCLUDING THE 
ELEVATOR THAT THE CREW TO BOARD 
THE SOYUZ PRIOR TO LAUNCH.
THE FIRST STAGE OF THE SOYUZ 
ROCKET HASR LIQUID FUELED 
ENGINES THAT IS STRAPPED TO THE 
SIDE OF THE CORE VEHICLE.
EACH OF THOSE WILL BURN FOR 
ABOUT ONE MINUTE AND 58 SECONDS 
BEFORE THEY DROP AWAY.
YOU COULD SEE THE ENGINES IN THE
BIT EARER THIS WEEK.OM A LITTLE 
THEY ARE THE SMALL PARTS OF THE 
BOTTOM THAT ACTUALLY PROTRUDE 
OUT FROM THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT.
A FEW SECONDS PRIOR TO THE 
LIFT-OFF AND BEGIN CARRYING THE 
SOYUZ TO ORBIT.
THIS IS A QUICK ANIMATIO
THE ENGINES WILL START FIRING 
SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE LIFT-OFF.
EVENTUALLY THE FIRE, GRAPPLE 
ARMS HOLDING IT IN PLACE.
ONCE THE THRUST OF THE VEHICLE 
IS STRONG ENOUGH, IT WILL MAKE 
THOSE BREAK AWAY
T WILL LEAP AWAY FROM 
THE STRAP.
FOUR STRAPS, HELP POWER THE 
FIRST STAGE.
THEY BURN FOR JUST ABOUT ONE 
MINUTE AND 58 SECONDS.
AND FIRST, THE ESCAPE TOWER WILL
JETSON, AND FOLLOWED BY THE FOUR
BOOSTERS, DEPENDING IF IT' 
CLEAR ENOUGH DAY, WE MAY BE ABLE
TO GET A VIDEO.
WE MAY GET SOMETHING CALLED THE 
CROSS WHEN THEY BREAK AWAY.
THE LAUNCH PAD, ONCE THE VEHICLE
IS HIGH ENOUGH, WILL DEPART.
THE HORSE STAGE WILL CONTINUE 
BURNING UNTIL IT IS TIME FOR THE
FOURTH STAGE.
THEY ARE SERVING THE SECOND 
BURNING, 4 MINUTES AND 7 SECONDS
INTO THE FLIGHT.
THE FLIGHT STARTS FIRING, BEFORE
THAT FIRST STAGE, CORE STAGE 
DROPS AWAY.
SOMETHING CALLED THE HOT STAGING
TECHNIQUE.
THAT WILLONTINUE TO BURN AND 
THEN AFTER THAT, SOYUZ WILL 
SEPARATE FROM THE TOP OF THE THE
3RD STAGE.
IT WILL BE FLYING FREE AND READY
TO MAKE THE SPACE DOWN INTO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE'RE STILL COUNTING DOWN NOW.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE 15 MINUTES 20 
SECONDS AWAY.
JESSICA MEIR AND ALMANSOORI, 
ASTRONAUT FROM THE UNITED ARAB 
EMIRATES AND RUSSIAN COSMONAUT, 
JUST STRAPPED DOWN.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, 
GO HEAD OVER TO TWITTER, #ASK 
NASA.
WE WILL ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN 
TODAY'S BROADCAST.
WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME 
LATER ON IN THE DOCKING AND 
OPENING SHOWS SO MAKE SURE TO 
KEEP SENDING IT IN.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SOYUZ 
AIRCRAFT, MEASURES 3 1/2 FEET 
LONG, DIPPING THE SCALES OF 
15,350 POUNDS.
THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT IS 
COMPRISED OF THREE DIFFERENT 
MODULES.
ON THE BOTTOM, PROPULSION 
MODULE.
DISSENT MODULE, THAT HAS A 
CUSTOMIZED SEAT LINER INSIDE OF 
THE SEATS, FOR THE CREW MEMBERS,
SEATED IN THE LAUNCH ENTRY AND 
LANDING.
IT CONTROLS THE CONTROLS 
NECESSARY FOR THE FLIGHT.
IT HAS LIGHT SUPPORT SYSTEMS 
BATTERY.
AND THE PARACTES ARE TUCKED 
AWAY, INSIDE THE CREW MEMBER'S 
HEAD.
AND ROCKET AND SOFT LANDING IN 
THE BOTTOM, THAT FIRE TO SLOW 
THE SOYUZ, RIGHT BEFORE IT 
TOUCHES DOWN IN KOZMO STAN.
IT IS USED TO CONTROL THE 
ORBITATION OR ATTITUDE.
GUIDANCE NAVIGATION CONTROL 
SYSTEM TO MANEUVER THE MISSION, 
DURING THE DISSENT PHASE OF THE 
IT HAS A -- IT'S A BIT OF A 
TIGHT FIT.
OVERHEAD, IS THE ORBITAL MODULE 
AT THE VERY TOP.
THIS IS THE PART NOT ONLY 
CONNECTS TO THE DISSENT MODULE, 
BUT IT IS THE PART THAT CONNECTS
 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION.
THE FLIGHT, DURING THE FLIGHT TO
STATION, IS A MUCH MORE 
IMPORTANT SPACE, WHEN THEY WERE 
TAKING TWO SPACE, AS THERE WERE 
ANY ISSUES DURING THE INITIAL 
TRIP.
DOCKING MECHANISM AND THAT 
DOCKING MECHANISM IS USED TO 
CONNECT THE SPACECRAFT TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
RENDEZVOUS, THAT'S USED BY THE 
AUTOMATED DOCKING SYSTEM, AND 
MR
DOCKING AND A FORWARD BEING 
LOOING WINDOW, FOR THE CREW TO 
TAKE MEASUREMENTS OF DISTANCE.
ON THE WAY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE 
SPACECRAFT IS A PROPULSION 
MODULE THAT HAS THE OXYGEN 
STORAGE TANKS, AVIONI AND 
CONTROLLING EQUIPMENT.
THE PROPULSION PORTION OF THE 
MODULE HANDLES THE ORBITAL 
MANEUVERS, INCLUDING THOSE, WITH
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
AND PERFORM AT THE VERY END OF 
THE SPACECRAFT MISSION.
BEFORE THEY ARE DEPLOYED, THE 
SOLAR RAYS, GATHER ON BOARD, ARE
FOLDED AGAINST THE BODY OF THE 
SPACECRAFT.
THOSE ACTUALLY UNFOLD, RIGHT 
AFTER WE GO INTO ORBIT.
THEY DETACH DURING THE FINAL 
DISSENT, AND BURNS IN THE 
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
DISSENT, TO THE MIDDLE PART.
THE ONLY PIECE OF THE SOYUZ THAT
SURVIVES THE FIERY REENTRY.
THE ENTIRE SPACECRAFT, NOT ONLY 
SERVING AS A TRANSCRT VEHIE,
GETTING THEM BACK HOME AT THE 
END, ALSO SERVES AS BASICALLY 
THE ESCAPE CAPSULE.
THOSE ARE USED IN THE EVENT, 
THEY GET TO GET OFF IN THE SPACE
STATION IN A HURRY FOR ANY 
REASON.
THEY USE THE SPACECRAFT AS THE
E.
THERE'S ALWAYS ONE SPACECRAFT 
FOR EACH OF THE MEMBERS ON 
BOARD, RATHER USE SEA UNIT.
WE ARE 10 MINUTES AND 42 SECONDS
COUNTING DOWN TO LAUNCH.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM RUSSIA 
COSMONAUT AND UNITED ARAB 
EMIRATES ARE WATCHING A SHORT 
DISTANCE AWAY.
WE'RE GETTING A LOOK RIGHT NOW 
IN BICONNOR, FOR A QUICK UPDATE 
ON THE ACTIVITIES, LET'S GO TO 
BICONNOR VETERAN, NASA PUBLI 
AFFAIRS, 
>> INTERNATIONAL CREWS STRAPPED 
INSIDE THE SOYUZ MSU SPACECRAFT 
IS SET TO SET THEIR JOURNEY TO 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
FALL IS IN THE AIR IN BICONNOR
SKRIPOCHKA, MEIR AND ALMANSOORI,
ARE ON BOARD.
AND AFTER TODAY'S LIFT-OFF, THE 
ALBEGANY, BEGAN H CAREER, WILL
BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED AND 
MODERNDATION.
THE NASA DELEGATION FOR THE 
LAUNCH IS LED BY THE ACTING 
ADMINISTRATOR, FORMER ASTRONAUT,
KEN BAUERSOX.
ABOUT 1,000 PEOPLE ARE HERE, TO 
WATCH THEIR NATIVE SON, 
ALMANSOORI.
NEAR THE BACKDROP, HUMAN  AS WE 
OCCUPANCY AT THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION.
THAT'S IF FROM THE BICONNOR AT 
KAZAKHSTAN.
>> AND THIS VIEW, YOU ARE SEEING
THE CENTER SEAT.
THAT'S ALEX SKRIPOCHKA.
HE'S SEATED IN THE RIGHT SEAT, 
MAKING HIS F STEP.
THE THIRD IS SKRIPOCHKA.
WE'RE ABOUT 8 1/2 MINUTES AWAY 
FROM THE PLANNED LUNCHTIME.
ASK NASA QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST ONE COMES FROM 
ZIRRIAL.
HE WANTS TO KNOW, WHEN IS THE 
LAST TIME NINE PEOPLE WERE ON 
BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION? GREAT QUESTION.
IT HASN'T BEEN THAT LONG.
SEPTEMBER 2016, WHEN THERE WAS A
SHORT TAXI FLIGHT, WHEN THEY 
BROUGHT UP.
AGAIN, IT WAS REALLY A LONG 
DURATION FLIGHT.
WE HAD A CREW, TAXI FLIGHT, ON 
JUST ABOUT AN EIGHT DAY MISSION.
>>> NEXT QUESTION, IS THERE A 
SIBILITY, THE FLIT PATH 
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE LAUNCH 
THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
>> AND NO, THEY DON'T.
ALL THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS LOOK 
AT VERY CAREFULLY.
THEY WILL NOT BE ARRIVING AT THE
SAME TIME.
 WILL LAUNCH AND DOCK 
TODAY.
THEY GET REALLY CLOSE TO THE 
SPACE STATION UNTIL SATURDAY.
THEN WE WILL DO ONE MORE, THIS 
FROM CASSIDY, WHO WANTS TO KNOW,
WHAT DO THEY EAT? 
>>LE WITH, CASSY, THEY EAT 
QUITE A DIFFERENT THINGS.
THEY GET TO SIT DOWN WITH NASA 
FOOD SCIENTISTS TO.
>> IT'S A MOST DYNAMIC  Y
COULD IMAGINE.
DIFRN.
AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE FREEZE 
DRIED ICE CREAM.
WE ARE ABLE TO SEND REAL ICE 
CREAM.
AND MOST OF THEFOODS, 
DEHYDRATED, SO IT WILL MAINTAIN 
TASTE AND NUTRITION FOR ABOUT 
2-3 YEARS 
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE UNDER 6 1/2 
MINUTES AWAY FROM LAUNCH.
WE HAVE TEAMS HERE IN MISSION 
CONTROL HOUSTON STANDING BY TO 
MONITOR.
THEY ARE MUCH MORE INVOLVED ONCE
THE VEHICLE APPROACHES THE SPACE
STATION, OVERSEEING THE MISSION 
CONTROL MOSCOW IN CORYOFF.
THEY WILL BE TALKING DIRECTLY TO
THE CREW.
AND CONTINUING LOOK IS A LIVE 
VIEW OF THE SOY ROCKE ON THE 
LAUNCH PAD.
AT THIS POINT, THE PRELAUNCH 
OPERATIONS ARE COMPLETE.
AND THE COUNTDOWN, THE FIRST AND
SECOND STAGE ENGINES ARE READY 
FOR LAUNCH.
THEY WILL CONFIRM THEY HAVE 
GOTTEN TELEMETRY, INDICATING
BAC 
SUPPORT.
WE JUST HEARD THE CALL, AND 
THAT'S PROBABLY THE COOLEST 
THINGS ABOUT ONE OF THE 
LAUNCHES.
THEY USE AN ACTUAL KEY, THAT 
TRANSITIONS THE LAUNCH SEQUENCE 
INTO THE AUTOMAT MO.
WE'RE T-MINUS 5 MINUTES, 15 
SECONDS AWAY FROM LAUNCH.
AT THIS POINT, THE RANGE, HAS 
BEEN CLEARED.
THE SOYUZ ROCKET IS READY TO 
BEGIN ITS JOURNEY.
AT THIS POINT, FUEL LINES, 
COMEBUSTIAN CHAMBER TO BLOW OUT 
REMAINING VAPORS, THAT MAY BE IN
THE FUEL LINE.
AT THIS POINT, THE DREW MEMBERS 
HAVE TIRS CLOSED.
AT THIS POINT, THEY ARE READY 
FOR LAUNCH.
READ ME LOUD AND CLEAR.
EVERYTHING IS FINE AND BOARD.
>> HEARING A TRANSLATION BETWEEN
COMMANDER ALEX, AND THE ACTUAL 
LA ENGINEE THERE IN 
BICONNOR, REPORTING EVERYTHING 
ON BOARD.
THE CREW READY TO GO.
 
>> THE SOYUZ IS LIT UP AND READY
FOR -- AND TO KEEP READY FOR 
TODAY'S FLIGHT.
ALL THE SYSTEMS CONTINUING TO ON
BOARD CONTROL.
>> KEEPING AN EYE ON THE VIDEOS,
YOU WILL SEE TWO LARGE TOWERS, 
ARMS CONNECTED TO THE ROCKET 
STILL.
THE TALLER ONE IS THE FIRST 
UMBILLICAL TOWER, WILL SEPARATE 
THE BOOSTER AND WILL INITIATE 
THE START COMING AROUND T-MINUS.
AND WHEN YOU SEE THE SMALLER 
ATTACHED, IT MEANS WE'RE 15 
SECONDS AWAY FROM LAUNCH.
T-MINUS 2 MINUTES FROM LAUNCH.
ONE MINUTE, 30 SECONDS AWAY.
IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE HAVE SOME 
CLOUD COVER.
YOAY SEE IT DISAPPEAR INTO 
THE CLOUD DECK PRETTY QUICKLY.
THE FIRST STAGE WILL LIGHT UP 
THE NIGHT SKY.
IT WILL BURN IN THE FIRST 
SEVERAL MINUTES, BEFORE THE 
BOOSTERS BREAK AWAY.
JUST ABOUT ONE NUTE, 50, EACH 
OF THE FLIGHT.
ONE MINUTE AND COUNTING 
>> ONE MINUTE, TO -- EVERYTHING 
IS FINE AND WE'RE READY FOR 
LAUNCH.
AND ETERNAL POWER 
>> SEE THE FIRST UMBILLICAL 
SEPARATING.
NOW KEEPING AN EYE ON THE ONE A 
LITTLE LOWER DOWN.
ONCE THAT SEPARATES, WE'RE 15 
SECONDS AWAY FROM LIFT-OFF.
.
>> AUTO SEQUENCE START.
T-MINUS, AND YOU COULD SEE THE 
ENGINE STARTING TO FIRE.
THE FIRST STAGE RAMPING UP.
.
>> ON THEIR WAY TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
 WE'RE DOING GREAT.
COPY 
>> AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE 
TO GET THE TRANSLATIONS 
THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT.
EVERYTHING IS SOUNDING GOOD WITH
THE FIRST STAGE.
YOU COULD SEE THE FOUR STRAPS, 
LIGHTING THE NIGHT SKY.
SOYUZ DELIVERING 93000 POUNDS,
BEFORE THE BOOSTERS, END THE 
SINGLE KOREN GIN.
YOU COULD SEE THEM PUNCHING 
THROUGH THE CORE THERE.
FIRST MEASURING, AND BURNING 
LIQUID FUEL TO THE FIRST FEW 
S .
ORIENTATION OF THE VEHICLE.
YOU WILL SEE IT ALOT.
IT MEANS, EVERYTHING IS 
PROCEEDING NORMALLY.
INDICATORS FROM THE SOYUZ.
THINGS LOOKING GOOD INSIDE THE 
CABIN.
YOU COULD SEE JESSICA ON TOP OF 
THE SCREEN MUCH AND IN THE 
COMMANDER SEAT 
>> 1st AND SECOND STAGE BOOSTERS
ARE OPERATING NOMINALLY.
.
>> EVERYTHING CONTINUING TO GO 
WELL WITH THE SOYUZ CREW.
THEY HAVE WELL EXCEEDED OVER 
1100 MILES AN HOUR.
NEXT THING WE ARE LOOKING FOR, 
ESCAPE TOWER JETSON.
AND THEN THE FIRST STAGE, STRAP 
ON BOOSTERS SEPARATING.
THERE, GETTING A GREAT VIEW.
YOU COULD SEE THEM ACROSS THE 
FIRST STAGE, BOOSTERS HAVE 
SEPARATED, ALONG WITH THE TOWER.
THEY WILL USE ALREADY, 28 MILES.
EVERYTHING IS NOMINAL ON BOARD.
WE ARE FEELING GREAT, COP 
>> SOYUZ TRAVELLING EXCESS OF 
330 MILES AN HOUR.
AND SOYUZ POWER, BY THE CORE 
STAGE ENGINE.
WE SEE THE LAUNCH IS CONFIRMED.
>>ND A THE LAUNCH CROWD, 
PROTECTING, DURING THE INITIAL 
CLIMB.
THIS IS THE VIEW FROM OMNI SOYUZ
CRAFTED SELF.
YOU'RE BEING LOOING DOWN AT THE 
FOLDED SOYUZ ARRAYS.
WE'RE OVER 3 MINUTES INSIDE, 
ROCKET ALTITUDE, 48 MILES IN 
HEIGHT.
AT THIS POINT, TRAVELLING 136 
MILES AN HOUR.
>> AND SECOND STAGE, ARE 
OPERATING NOMINALLY.
>> EVERYTHING CONTINUES TO GO 
WELL WITH THE COURSE AGE.
COURSE AGE, 36 FEET I LENGTH, 
13 1/2 FEET IN DIAMETER.
AND IT PROVIDES BETWEEN 170,220 
OF THRUST DEPENDING ON THE 
ALTITUDE.
THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO 
BURN 4 MINUTES, 43 SECONDS INTO 
THE FLIGHT.
SOYUZ WILL USE WHAT IS CALLED 
THE HOT STAGE TECHNIQU.
>> REPORTS EVERYONE DOING WELL 
ON BOARD.
THEY WILL SEE THE THIRD STAGE 
ST TOFIRE, WHILE THE SECOND 
STAGE IS STILL CONNECTED AS 
LATTIS-LIKE STRUCTURE, ALLOWING 
THE EXHAUST TO ESCAPE.
IT ALLOWS THEM TO DROP AWAY, 
WITH THE THIRD STAGE POWERING 
THE SOYUZ INTO THE INITIAL 
ORBIT.
>> LAUNCH VEHICLE IS NOMINAL.
WE'RE STANDING BY.
SECOND STAGE SHUT DOWN.
>> STANDING BY FOR THE 3RD STAGE
IGNITION.
CONFIRMATION, SHUT DOWN.
SOYUZ IS POWERED BY THE THIRD 
STAGE ENGINE.
>> COPY.
OUT OF COMMAND.
WENT THROUGH.
AND EVERYTHING IS NOMINAL ON 
BOARD.
COPY HOLD.
ISM EVERYTHING TO CONTINUING TO 
PROCEED SMOOTHLY.
CORE SEPARATING ABOUT 105 MILES 
IN HEIGHT.
AND NOW BEING PROPELLED BY THE 
SINGLE ENGINE OF THE STAGE.
AND IT WILL BURN A LITTLE OVER 4
MINUTES.
FINAL PHASE OF THE ROCKET 
JOURNEY INTO ORBIT.
>> STAGE ROCKET IS OPERATING 
NOMINALLY.
AGAIN, THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING 
BACK TOWARDS THE END.
THAT WILL BE CUTTING IN AND OUT,
ANIMATION OF WHAT'S TAKING PLACE
RIGHT NOW.
THE THIRD STAGE ENGINE, GOING TO
CONTINUE TO FIRE AND CARRY THE 
VEHICLE INTO ORBIT.
IT IS A VIEW, SEEING THE FOLDED 
SOYUZ ARRAYS, ALONG WITH THE 
SERIES OF ANTENNAS, WILL DEPLOY,
AFTER THE SOYUZ MAKES ITS 
INITIAL ORBIT.
WE'RE STILL 2 MINES AWAY 
OF THE SHUT DOWN OF THE THIRD 
STAGE.
EVERYTHING CONTINUING TO GO 
SMOOTHLY FOR THE RIDE, TAKING 
OFF RIGHT ON TIME, AT 8:57 A.M. 
CENTRAL TIME.
THE THING IS LOOKING GOOD SO FAR
WITH THE CREW.
ALEX APPROACHING ALMANSOORI, 
INSIDE THE SPACECRAFT WELL ON 
THE WAY TO ORBIT.
>> 100 SECONDS.
SPACECRAFT, STABLE.
450 SECONDS INTO THE FLIGHT, THE
FLIGHT IS NOMINAL.
>> WE'RE APPROACHING, 8 MINUTES 
SINCE LIFT-OFF.
AT THIS POINT, THE VEHICLE 
TRAVELLING, VELOCITY, ALMOST 
13,500 MILES AN HOUR.
WE'LL SEE THE ENGINE OF THE 
THIRD STAGE CUT OFF AND 
SEPARATE, INTO THE INITIAL 
ORBIT.
SPACECRAFT IS STABLE.
COPY ALL.
EVERYTHING IS NOMINAL ON BOARD 
AND WE'RE FEELING GREAT, COPY.
500 SECONDS, EVERYTHING IS 
NOMINAL.
 
>> YOU SEE THE THIRD STAGE 
SEPARATE FLY AWAY.
>> WE'RE HANDING YOU OVER TO 
MOSCO 
>> FOR YOUR THIRD STAGE 
SEPARATION.
WORKING FROM 35 TO 30 ALL.
AND WE'RE STANDING BY TO THE 
FIRST MEASUREMENT, STAGE 3 
>> WE ARE GETTING REPORT THAT 
ALL THE SPACE ANTENNAS HAVE 
DEPLOYED.
RUSSIAN COSMONAUT, SKRIPOCHKA 
AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 
ALMANSOORI NOW IN OUTER SPACE, 
BEGINNING THEIR CHASE DOWN OF 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
ONE AND TWO FLOW CENTERS ARE 
CLOSED.
COPY THOSE IS WONDERFUL.
>> OVERSIGHT OF THE SPACECRAFT, 
TRANSFERRING TO THE MISSION 
CONTROL CENTER, OUTSIDE OF 
MOSCOW.
WE DID GET CONFIRMATION, SOLAR 
RAYS AND ANTENNAS HAVE DEPLOYED.
SPACECRAFT IN GOOD HEALTH AND 
ALONG THE WITH CREW, READY TO 
MAKE THE SIX HOUR JOURNEY TO THE
SPACE STATION.
>> WE'RE STANDING BY.
THE FIRST MEASUREMENT, STATION 
26 FROM VIEW.
COW, THIS IS -- AND IN THE 
AIR, WAS NOMINAL AND ON TIME.
COPY.
MOSCOW, THIS IS HERMAN 2.
I'M READY TO PERFORM THE FIRST 
MEASUREMENT.
17, 08, 05.
PRESSURE IS 2, 824.
BULL PRESSURE IS 821.
18, 18 DECIMAL 1.
19.
269, 20, 23, 21.
3, 2, 1.
3, 2, 7.
19.6, 18.1.
9, 800 AND INAUTOMOBILE.
COPY, 2, WE HAVE WRITTEN DOWN 
ALL THE DATA.
FIRST UP WITH AND TWO TASK, WERE
A STEFT FOR UNDER WEIGHT.
AND SOYUZ TEST WAS ALSO UNDER 
WEIGHT.
COPY ALL.
WE ARE BUILDING THE EDGES RIGHT 
NOW.
AND AT THE END OF THE COMP PASS,
17:18.
.
WE WILL DISCUSS, WHAT WE WILL DO
D NEXT COMPASS, WHICH 
WILL START IN 18:59.
THE EXCAV VAT AND EXCAVATE EXITS
FROM THE COT.
AND DON'T FORGET TO SEND 
THEREFORE, 1 COMMAND.
MANUAL CONTROL DESK WILL BE 
PERFORMED DURING THE NEXT 
COMPASS, THAT'S PAGE 45, STEP 
ONE.
AND EKAVE INHIBIT IN THE SAME 
PAGE, AT 183200.
COPY ALL.
ALSO, FOR YOUR INFORMATION, FROM
PAGE 41, SCHEDULE TIME, 18:41 
THROUGH 18, INAUDIBLE.
COME AGAIN, I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH
THAT.
17411801.
THAT'S THEELLITE TIME.
17:41, 18:01.
THAT'S A GOOD COPY.
WE'RE STANDING BY FOR THE NEXT 
MEASUREMENT.
MOSCOW SURMOUNT TWO, READY TO 
REPORT THE NEXT MEASUREMENT FOR 
YOU.
WE'RE READY TO COPY.
INAUTOMOBILE.
PRESSURE IS 82
INAUDIBLE.
25, 47, INAUDIBLE.
COPY ALL.
WE HAVE COPIED ALL THE 
MEASUREMENTS.
EVERYTHING IS NOMINAL, COPY.
MOSCOW SUR MONT ONE.
>> THE CREW NOW IN SPACE.
YOU COULD HEAR THEM RUNNING 
THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 
SYSTEM CHECKS ON BORE THE SOYUZ.
WE WILL TAKE A COUPLE MORE #ASK 
NASA QUESTIONS.
THIS ONE FROM GERMANY, DOES NASA
EVER ANSWER THE #ASK NASA 
QUESTIONS.
I COULD SAY, YES, WE DO.
OUR NEXT ONE, HARVARD 
ELEMENTARY.
WHAT DO ASTRONAUTS LIKE TO DO 
FOR ENTERTAINMENT NOW IN SPACE?
IT'S MUCH CURBIER NOW.
THE ASTRONAUTS HAVE ACCESS TO 
INTERNET WHILE THEY ARE UP 
THERE.
THEY ALSO HAVE BOOKS.
THEY CAN READ THINGS ON-LINE.
WE HAVE TV AND MOVIES MADE
AVAILABLE.
THEY HAVE SEVERAL INSTRUMENTS ON
BOARD THE SPACE STATION.
PLENTY OF WAYS TO STAY 
ENTERTAINED WHILE THEY ARE 
SPENDING LONG DURATIONS IN 
SPACE.
NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM CHRIS.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO TRAIN 
TO GO TO SPACE?
IT DEPENDS ON THE MISSION FOR 
MOST OF  ASTRONAUTS THA ARE 
GOING UP TO DO ABOUT SIX MONTHS 
TO A YEAR IN SPACE.
THEY WILL SPEND ABOUT TWO YEARS 
TRAINING JUST FOR THAT MISSION.
SO TO BECOME AN ASTRONAUT, THEY 
WILL GO THROUGH A FEW YEARS, 
ASTRONAUT, 101 TRAINING.
E YOU GET ASSIGNED, IT TAKES 
ABOUT TWO YEARS.
THAT'S TRAINING NOT ONLY HERE IN
HOUSTON BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THEY WILL SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN
RUSSIA, TRAINING IN THE RUSSIAN 
SYSTEMS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE 
GOING TO FLY IN THE SOYUZ 
SPACECRAFT.
ALSO IN PLACES LIKE JAPAN, 
DIFFERENTOUNTRIES IN EUROPE, 
FOR THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS ON 
BOARD, MANAGED BY THE DIFFERENT 
COUNTRIES.
MRS. MELTRY'S CLASS, WHY THE 
LAUNCH AROUND KAZAKHSTAN.
IT GOES TO WHERE THE U.S. BUILT.
AND WHEN IT BECAME THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION, THEY STILL USE ALL 
THE SAME INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEY
WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF 
THAT'S WHERE THE SUZ LAUNCHES 
IS FROM.
WE DON'T HAVE THE CURRENT 
VEHICLE LAUNCH.
AND THAT'S ABOUT TO CHANGE, ONCE
THE VEHICLE CREW MEMBERS COME ON
LINE, PROVIDING, WITHIN THE NEXT
YEAR.
YOU'LL BE SEEING MORE LAUNCHES 
OF PEOPLE TO THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION, FROM DIFFERENT 
STATIONS THAN EVER BEFORE.
NEXT UP, WE HAVE ONE FROM 
SOPHIA, WHO WANTED TO KNOW, WHAT
MEMORABLE ITEMS ASTRONAUTS ARE 
DIFFERING TO SPACE.
THEY GET SOME ALOTMENT.
MOST OF IT IS KEPT PRIVATE.
WE DO KNOW, INSIDE THE SOYUZ 
SPACECRAFT TODAY, THERE WAS A 0G
INDICATOR.
BASICALLY A SMALL TOY HUNG ABOVE
THE CREW MEMBERS, THAT 
INDICATES, WHERE THEY ARE IN 
IT WAS APLUS, UNIFORM, FROM 
ALEX'S DAUGHTER.
AND ALMANSOORI MAKING HIS FIRST 
SPACE TRIP INTO SPACE, WAS ABLE 
TO SAY HE HAS A SMALL CAMERA 
FROM HIS CHILDREN.
THEY DO GET A SMALL ALOTMENT.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO PACK 
EVERYTHING IN A TIGHT SPACE AND 
ALL THE IMPORTANT STUFF GOES 
FIRST.
NEXT QUESTION, FROM ERIC, WHERE 
ALONG THE JOURNEY, DOES THE 
ROCKET DISINTEGRATE?
NOT ALL THE PIECES OF THE ROCKET
WILL DISINTEGRATE.
SOME WILL MAKE THE REENTRY BACK 
TO THE EARTH'S GROUND.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS, 
RUSS.
THERE'S UNINHIBITED LAND, WHERE 
YOU WILL FIND.
THAT'S WHY IN AMERICA, WE 
TYPICALLY LAUNCH FROM BODIES OF 
WATER, RIGHT NOW FROM THE 
KENNEDY OFF THE COASTF FLORIDA
AND THE FACILITY IN VIRGINIA.
YOU COULD KEEP THE WATER CLEAR.
IT'S GOING TO FALL DOWN INTO THE
OCEAN.
>> ABOUT A CREW OF NINE, ACTING 
AS A REFEREE.
I WOULD SAY THE CHANCES ARE 
PRETTY SLIM.
THEY DO HAVE SOME BALLS ON BOARD
THE STATION.
I KNOW THEY HAVE A SOCCER BALL 
AND TYPICALLY HAVE A FOOTBALL.
YOU NEVER KNOW SOMETIMES WHAT 
THE ASTRONAUTS WILL GET UP TO.
STAYTUNED.
I WILL SAY FOLLOW THE SOCIAL 
MEDIA ACCOUNT, IF YOU WANT TO 
GET INSIDE, WHAT IT IS LIKE TO 
LIVE IN SPACE.
MOST THE ASTRONAUTS AND 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE MEMBERS, 
WHERE THEY HAVE THE FREE TIME, 
BRINGING THE ENTIRE W ALONG
THE JOURNEY WHILE THEY ARE UP 
THERE.
THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM M7,
AND WANTED TO KNOW, IS THERE ANY
FUTURE PLANS TO INCREASE THE 
NUMBER OF CREW ON SOYUZ.
THERE'S NO PLANS TO INCREASE THE
NUMBER OF PLANS ON SOYUZ.
IT IS A THREE SEATER.
T WILL REMAIN 
ONCE WE START FINDING THE 
COMMERCIAL CREW VEHICLES, THOSE 
HOPE FOR.
YOU WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN THE 
TOTAL SIZE OF THE POPULATION ON 
BOARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION FROM SIX TO SEVEN.
WE'RE ALSO, WOULDING ON FINDI 
A NEW PERMANENT SPACE FOR THE 
7TH CREW MEMBER TO SLEEP ONCE 
THEY ARE ON BOARD MUCH WE HAVE 
QUESTIONS, WITH THE SLEEP 
QUARTERS.
WITH THE NINE PEOPLE, SIX WILL 
HAVE THE SLEEP QUARTERS.
AND EVENTUALLY, ONCE WE HEAD TO 
7 CREW MEMBER, THERE'S A 7TH 
CREW MEMBER ADDED ON BOARD THE 
SPACE STATION.
NEXT ONE, COMES FROM CASSIDY.
WHO WANTS TO KNOW, DO THEY SPEAK
THE SAME LANGUAGE ON BOARD?
IS THERE A LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK, 
WHERE THEY CAN ALL COMMUNICATE?
YES, THERE IS, WHILE TY ARE ON
BOARD THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT, THEY
SPEAK RUSSIAN.
THE CREW MEMBERS GO THROUGH THE 
INTENSIVE RUSSIAN TRAINING ALONG
WITH THE INTERNATIONAL 
ASTRONAUTS RIDING ABOARD.
AND THAT'S JUST TO, HAVING TO 
TALKIRECTLY TO RUSSIAN FLIGHT 
CONTROLLERS.
MOST OF THE CREW MEMBERS, WILL 
SPEAK ENGLISH.
THERE'S USUALLY A BEVY OF 
LANGUAGES ON BOARD THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
PRIMARY TO THE RUSSIAN AND 
ENGLISH.
LAST ONE, COMES FROM BUBBLES.
 DO ASTRONAUTS REMAIN FIT IN 
SPACE?
THAT'S FROM AN 8-YEAR-OLD.
8-YEAR-OLD, BUBBLES, THEY GET 
2 1/2 HOURS DURING THE DAY.
LIFT 
9:57 A.M. IN THE EAST COAST.
WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE NEXT DAY 
IN BICONNOR.
>> ALL RIGHT THOSE ARE THE 
LAUNCH REPLAYS.
THE DAY IS NOT DONE.
BE SURE TO TUNE TO NASA TV AS 
THEY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
IT STARTED AT 11:30.
WE WILL HAVE A VIDEO FILE, POST 
LAUNCH INTERVIEWS, WHERE PEOPLE 
BACK IN BICONNOR.
WE WILL BE BACK, FOR DOCKING 
COVERAGE.
DOCNG EXPECTED AT 2:45 P.M. 
CENTRAL.
THREE CREW MEMBERS ARRIVING AT 
THE STATION.
AFTER THAT, WE WILL BREAK FOR A 
FEW HOURS, WE'LL GET READY TO 
OPEN UP THE HATCHETTE AND 
CENTRAL TIME, HATCH OPENING 
ITSELF, 4:45.
WHICH TIME, CREW MEMRS WILL 
MAUR WAY ON BOARD.
WE WILL HAVE NINE PEOPLE ON 
BOARD.
ALL OF THAT WILL BE WRAPPED UP 
AT THE END OF THE DAY, 7:30 
CENTRAL TIME, VIDEO FILE, 
SHOWING THE DOCKET AND OPENING.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TUNING 
IN THIS MORNING.
STEP ONE TO THE JOURNEY TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACETION.
BE SURE TO COME BACK LATER THIS 
AFTERNOON, AS WE GET READY TO 
ADD THREE CREW MEMBERS TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
FOR NOW WE WILL GO AHEAD AND 
SIGN OFF.
THIS IS HOUSTON CONTROL MISSION.
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