>> FLOATING THROUGH, SEEING
GLIMPSES OF THE INTERIOR OF THE
SPACE STATION AFTER HAVING
TRAVELED THROUGH FOR SIX HOURS,
THAT IT ACTUALLY EXISTS FOR
BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY, DOING
SCIENCE AND EXPLORING THAT IT
WAS REAL AND THAT I GOT TO LIVE
HERE, I'M VERY PRIVILEGED TO
HAVE THAT AS ONE OF MY FAV
MEMORIES.
THE SURPRISE THAT I'M UNCOVERED
IS THE HUMAN BODY AND MIND'S
ABILITY TO ADAPT TO ANY
SITUATION.
I SOMETIMES JOKE THAT BEFORE
JESSICA GOT HERE AND BEFORE I
HEARD HER ALL THE TIME
EXCLAIMING ABOUT HOW EXCITING
AND FUN IT W FLOAT, I THINK
I HAD FORGOTTEN THAT I WAS
FLOATING.
THE HUMAN MIND JUST HAS AN
ABILITY TO REALLY ACCOMMODATE
ANY SITUATION AND TO TURN IT
INTO NORMAL.
THE FACT THAT WE CAN WORK ON THE
CEILING LIKE THIS AND NOT EVEN
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
TW
IT'S REALLY BEEN AN EXCITING AND
HUGE SURPRISE TO SEE THAT LIFE
UP HERE CAN ACTUALLY BECOME
NORMAL.
I HAVE TO SAY ANY MEAL THAT WE
SHARE TOGETHER IS A GREAT ONE
AND OF THOSE, SOME OF MY
FAVORITES I WOULD SAY WOULD BE
OUR PIZZA NIGHT.
OUR FOLKS ON THE GROUND SEND UP
CARE PACKAGES 
THEY'LL PUT TOGETHE LITTLE
NONPERISHABLE PIZZA KIT AND
WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY MAKE
PIZZAS IN OUR KIND OF MAKESHIFT
SPACE OVEN USING TINFOIL AND A
LITTLE BIT OF CREATIVITY AND
SEEING WHAT EVERYBODY COMES UP
WITH AND SHARING WITH EACH OTHER
AND JUST SOMETHING A LITTLE
DIFFERENT, A LITTLE BIT OUT OF
THE NORM THAT WE ACTUALLY FEEL
LIKE WE GET TO PREPAREURSELVES
AS OPPOSED TO JUST OPENING UP
OUT OF A PACKET, IT'S REALLY
SPECIAL AND IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
ONE REALLY STRIKING MOMENT WAS
THE FIRST TIME I SAW MY HOMETOWN
IN THE AREA WHERE I GREW UP
WHICH IS COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA,
AND SEEING THOSE OUTER BANKS
COME INTO FOCUS AROUND THE
HORIZON AND SUDDENLY REALIZING
WHAT I WASKING AT WAS A
BREATHTAKING MOMENT.
SOME OTHER FAVORITE THINGS I
HAVE TO LOOK AT WOULD BE
DEFINITELY THE AURORAS, THE
NORTHERN LIGHTS AND THE SOUTHERN
LIGHTS.
I SPENT SO MANY YEARS WORKING IN
THE ANTARCTIC AND THE ARCTIC AND
SEEING THOSE AURORAS FROM BELOW.
AND SO TO SEE THEM ON A
PLANETARY SCALE FROM ABOVE IS
JUST TRULY MIND-BLOWING.
YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THOSE
MEMORIES OF DAY ONE, THERE ARE A
COUPLE FLASHES THAT I'LL JUST
NEVER EVER FORGET.
THE SPACEWALK WITH JESSICA MERE
WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE HONOR AND
THERE WERE TIMES WHEN WE LOOKED
AT EACH OTHER RIGHT WHEN WE CAME
OFF THE HATCH, WE CAUGHT EACH
OTHER'S EYE AND WE KNEW WE WERE
HONORED WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
INSPIRE SO MANY AND HEARING OUR
VOICES TALK TO MISSION CONTROL
AND KNOWING TWO FEMALE VOICES
ARE NEVER BEEN ON THE LOOP
SOLVING THE PROBLEMS TOGETHER
OUTSIDE WAS A REALLY SPECIAL
FEELING.
[ ♪♪♪ ]
[ Cheering ]
>> AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT
ACCOMPLISHED IN 328 DAYS IN
SPACE AND A LOT OF EXCITEMENT
FROM THE TEAM SUPPORTING KOCH
FROM THE GROUND.
THAT LAST CONGRATULATIONS
MESSAGE THERE AT THE END CAME
FROM SOME OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION PROGRAM TEAM
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU POST
YOUR OWN CONGRATULATIONS FOR
CHRISTINA KOCH ON SOCIAL MEDIA
AND YOU CAN DO SO USING THE
HASHTAG CONGRATS CHRISTINA.
WE'LL BE WITH ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THOSE BUT IN THE MEANTIME WE
HAVE ANOTHER CONGRATS MESSAGE
FROM THE PREVIOUS HOLDER OF THE
RECORD THAT KOCH BROKE.
[ ♪♪♪ ]
>> CONGRATULATIONS, CHRISTINA,
ON BREAKING THE SINGLE FLIGHT
RECORD FOR A WOMAN.
I'M VERY HAPPY FOR YOU.
WE ALL KNOW GRAVITY SUCKS.
[ ♪♪♪ ]
>> THAT WAS FORMER NASA
ASTRONAUT PEGGY WOODSON WHO HELD
THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR LONGEST
SPACE FLIGHT BY A WOMAN.
SHE'S CONTINUED RACKING UP MORE
DAYS SINCE THEN.
SHE'LL LAND WITH A TOTAL OF 328,
THE NEW RECORD FOR THE LONGEST
SINGLE SPACE FLIGHT BY A WOMAN,
SECOND LONGEST SINGLE SPACE
FLIGHT BY AN AMERICAN AND
EFFECTIVE ON THE ALL-TIME
ENDURANCE LIST FOR AMERICANS.
THERE ARE SIX AMERICANS WHO HAVE
SPENT MORE TIME IN SPACE THAN
MULTIPLEPACE FLIGHTS TOADE
ACHIEVE THEIR TOTALS, WHILE THIS
WAS KOCH'S FIRST.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEND YOUR
CONGRATULATIONS TO KOCH USING
THE HASHTAG CONGRATS CHRISTINA.
KOCH, PALM TANO AND SCHWARZKOPF
SAID GOODBYE TO THEIR CREW
MATES EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON
WITH LOTS OF FINAL HUGS, PHOTOS
AND WAVES.
BEFORE CLOSING THE HATCHES
BETWEEN THEIR VEHICLE AND THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AT
8:34 P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
THIS IS SOMEEO RECORDED
DURING THOSE FINAL FAREWELLS
EARLIER TODAY.
ANDREW MORGAN COMING INTO THE
SCREENSHOT THERE FOLLOWED HERE
BY JESSICA MEIR.
THERE'S OLEG.
THAT WAS THE LAST VIEW THAT WE
EXPECT TO SEE OF THE EXPEDITION
61 CREW.
KOCH, PARMITA AND SCHWARZKOPF
BEFORE WE SEE THEM COMING OUT OF
THE SOYUZ ON THE GROUND IN
KAZAKHSTAN.
AFTER CLOSING THE HATCHES THEY
WERE ABLE TO GET ALL THE
REQUIRED LEAK CHECKS AND
PREPARATIONS DONE FOR AN ON TIME
UNDOCKING FROM THE SPACE STATION
AT 11:50 P.M. CENTRAL, SETTING
THEM ON THEIR WAY FOR TODAY'S
3:12 A.M. LANDING.
THEY'VE SINCE MOVED INTO
POSITION ABOUT 20 MILES AWAY
FROM THE STATION AND THEY'RE
JUST ABOUT READY TO GO FOR THE
DEEP ORBIT BURN THAT WILL TAKE
JUST NINE MINUTESM NOW.RAL TIME.
>> HERE IN THE CONTROL ROOM,
MIKE LAMMERS IS LEADING THE TEAM
IN HOUSTON AS THEY FOLLOW ALONG
THE NIGHT'S ACTIVITIES.
HE'S ACCOMPANIED BY ONE OF OUR
NEW FLIGHT DIRECTORS MARCO
FLORESITH H TONIGHT AND
STANDING UP THERE IN THE VIEW IS
CAP COM ADAM SPRINGER.
AND IN KAZAKHSTAN ABER OF
OFFICIALS AND VEHICLES ARE
STANDING BY IN PREPARATION FOR
THE LANDING.
A NUMBER OF 12-MI8 VEHICLES,
EIGHT IN KAZAKHSTAN, TWO MORE
WILL BE READY IN A PLACE IN CASE
A BALLISTIC INJURY OCCURRED.
WE DO WANT TO BE PREPARED IN
CASE WE NEED TO BE.
>> PLEASE DEACTIVATE.
COMMAND HAS BEEN SENT.
COMMAND EXECUTED.
COPY ALL.
AND (INAUDIBLE).
COPY.
>> CREW INSIDE THE SOYUZ TALKING
WITH THE TEAM SUPPORTING THEM IN
RUSSIA.
YOU CAN SEE HERE AT THE LANNG
SITE, THEY'RE HEADING FOR TODAY
ABOARD THE HELICOPTERS GOING UP,
THAT NOMINAL LANDING FLIGHT ARE
SEVERAL NASA REPRESENTATIVES
INCLUDING THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
THE SPACE STATION PROGRAM
MANAGER, MEGAN McARTHUR IS IS
THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE
ASTRONAUT OFFICE AND TRISHA
MACK, THE HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT
PROGRAM RUSSIA DIRECTOR AS WELL
AS FLIGHT SURGEONS AND NASA
PHOTOGRAPHER BILL ENGELS AND
NASA SPOKESMAN ROB KNAVEIUS.
ORTUNATELY THE WER THAT
WILL GREET THEM AT THE LANDING
SITE WON'T BE PARTICULARLY
WELCOMING.
TEMPERATURE AROUND 25º
FAHRENHEIT OR -3º CELSIUS.
NOT PARTICULARLY COMFORTABLE.
UNFORTUNATELY THE FORECAST ALSO
CALLS FOR CLOUD COVERAGE WHICH
MEANS WE NOT SEE MUCH VIDEO
OF THE CAPSULE MAKING ITS WAY
DOWN TO THE GROUND AS WE
SOMETIMES DO BUT ONCE THEY'VE
ARRIVED, THE LANDING TEAM WILL
QUICKLY ERECT A MEDICAL TENT AT
THE LANDING SITE TO GET THE CREW
OUT OF THE WEATHER AND KEEP THEM
AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE AS
THEY GO THROUGH THEIR REGULAR
POST-LANDING CHECKOUT.
>> IT IS NOT ELIMINATED AND
COMMAND WAS NOT SENT.
[ Radio Chatter ]
WHEN YOU SEND A COMMAND, COULD
YOU PLEASE CALL US WITH THE
CONFIRMATION.
ONE MORE QUESTION.
SO ONCE WE ACTIVATED, WE'RE
SUPPOSED TO CONFIRM IT.
IS THAT CORRECT?
YES.
THAT'S AFFIRVE.
COPY ALL.
AND OF COURSE I WILL DO IT AS
ALWAYS.
>> AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE
SOYUZ WILL BE ABOUT 20 MILES
AWAY FROM THE STATION AT THE
TIME OF ITS DEORBIT BURN.
THAT BURN WILL START 25 SECONDS
AFTER 2:18 A.M. CENTRAL AND
FINISH FOUR MINUTES AND 39
SECONDS LATER 2:23 A.M.
THE ENGINE FIRING WILL ACT AS
BREAK ON THE SOYUZ WHILE IT'S
STILL 272 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH,
SLOWING IT DOWN BY 128 METERS
PER SECOND OR 286 MILES PER HOUR
TO DROP IT OUT OF ORBIT.
YOU CAN SEE A GRAPHIC ANIMATION
HERE OF WHAT THAT DEORBIT BURN
LOOKS LIKE.
ABOUT 23 MINUTES LATER AT
2:46 A.M. CENTRAL, SOYUZ IS AT
AN ALTITUDE O MILES A
THE EARTH.
THE VEHICLE COMPUTERS WILL
COMMAND THE THREE MODULES OF THE
SOYUZ TO SEPARATE JUST ABOVE THE
FIRST TRACES OF THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE.
YOU CAN SEE DESCENT AS IT MOVES
ON.
THE ORBITAL MODULE ON TOP IS
WHERE THE CREW HAS A SMALL
AMOUNT OF ROOM TO MOVE AROUND IN
DURING ITS FLIGHT TO THE STATION
AFTER LAUNCH AND THE
INSTRUMENTATION AND PROPULSION
MODULE ON THE BOTTOM WHICH
HOUSES THE OXYGEN STORAGE TANKS,
AVIONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS AND
CONTROL EQUIPMENT WILL SEPARATE
FROM THE DESCENT MODULE IN THE
MIDDLE WHERE THE CREW IS SEATED
AND CONTAINS PERSONALLY
CONTOURED SEATS FOR THE CREW
MEMBERS USED DURING LAUNCH AND
LANDING AS WELL AS ALL THE
CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS NECESSARY
FOR CRITICAL FLIGHT ACTIVITIES.
IT ALSO HAS LIFE SUPPORT
PROVISIONS, BATTERIES FOR
RE-ENTRY AND LANDING AND
PARACHUTES FOR SOFT LANDING
ROCKET ENGINES TO SLOW THE
VEHICLE JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN.
THE ORBITAL MODULE AND THE
INSTRUMENTATION AND PROPULSION
MODULE WILL BURN UP IN THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE WHILE THAT
DESCENT MODULE CONTINUES ON WITH
KOCH, PARMITANO AND SKVORTSOV
INSIDE.
THREE MINUTES LATER AT
2:49 A.M., ABOUT 62 MILES ON
326,000 FEET ABOVE THE EARTH THE
SOYUZ WILL BEGOSPHERIC
RE-ENTRY.
SINCE MODULES COMPUTER WILL
ORBIT THE CAPSULE WITH THE HEAT
SHIELD POINTING FORWARD TO
PROTECT IT FROM THE HEAT AS IT
BEGINS TO FLY THROUGH THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND THE CREW
WILL BEGIN TO FEEL THE FIRST
EFFECTS OF GRAVITY AGAIN THAT
WILLLD FOR 2:56 A.M. WHEN
THEY'LL EXPERIENCE THE MAXIMUM
PRESSURE OR G-LOAD FOR THE
DESCENT, THEY'LL PROBABLY FEEL
BRIEFLY FOUR TO FIVE TIMES THE
FORCE OF GRAVITY.
JUST TWO MINUTES LATER, 14
MINUTES BEFORE TOUCHDOWN, WHEN
THE SOY IS 35,000 FEET ABOVE
THE EARTH AND TRAVELING AT A
SPEED OF ABOUT 514 MILES PER
HOUR, THE SOYUZ COMPUTER WILL
COMMAND THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF
PARACHUTES TO DEPLOY.
TWO PILOT PARACHUTES WILL COME
FIRST.
ONE 6.7 SQUARE FEET ANDNE 48.4
SQUARE FEET AND TOGETHER THEY'LL
DRAG OUT THE CHUTE TO
258-SQUARE-FOOT PARACHUTE SHA TT
SLOWS THE SOYUZ DOWN.
IT WILL CREATE A GENTLE SPIN FOR
THE SOYUZ WHICH DANGLES
UNDERNEATH AND HELP STABI
THE CAPSULE IN ITS FINAL MINUTES
BEFORE TOUCHDOWN AND JUST BEFORE
THAT TOUCHDOWN THE DROVE CHUTES
WILL BE JETTISONED TO MAKE WAY
FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE
3,281-FOOT MAIN PARACHUTES AND
IT WILL CONTINUE SLOWING DOWN
THE CAPSULE TO A SPEED OF ABOUT
60 MILES PER HOUR.
AT FIRST THE CAPSULE WILL HANG
BENEATH IT AT A 30º ANGLE TO THE
HORIZON.
BUT AFTER ONE OF THE TWO
HARNESSES CONNECTING THE
PARACHUTES, IT WILL RIGHT ITSELF
SO IT'S IN A VERTICAL POSITION
THROUGH TOUCHDOWN.
WE'RE COMING UP ON THE VIEW OF
THE BURN IN LESS THAN A MINUTE
NOW.
>> COVER IS OPEN.
30 SECONDS REMAINING PRIOR TO
ENGINE FIRING.
COPY.
MONITORING ALL THE PARAMETERS.
COMBINED PROPULSION UNIT
PARAMETERS ARE NOMINAL.
>> TEN SECONDS UNTIL THE DEORBIT
BURN.
>> FOUR ENGINES FIRING.
CONFIRM ENGINE EXECUTION AND
FIRING.
>> CONFIRMING THAT THE DEORBIT
BURN STARTED.
THAT WILL LAST 4:39 UNTIL
 A.M.
THE ENGINE FIRING ACTS AS A
BREAK TO SLOW THE SOYUZ DOWN
WHILE IT'S ABOUT 272 MILES ABOVE
THE EARTH.
THAT WILL DROP IT OUT OF ORBIT
AND SEND IT ON ITS WAY TO THAT
LANDING SOUTHEAST.
>> ACCELERATION 14.1.
0.45.
AND THE BURN VALUE IS 14.1
NOZZLE PRESSURE 12.6.
0.45.
THE CURRENT PRESSURE IS NOMINAL.
ONE MINUTE.
>> ONE MINUTE INTO THE DEORBIT
BURN.
>> THIS IS ACCELERATION.
CONSUMPTION IS 55 KILOGRAMS.
1:15.
INAUDIBLE.
THIS IS NOZZLE PRESSURE.
0.45.
139, 45, INAUDIBLE.
ONE MINUTE AND 30.
39.9.
0.45.
CONSUMPTION.
INAUDIBLE.
1:45.
NOZZLE PRESSURE.
1.6.
IT IS DECREASINGELERATION
0.45.
>> TWO MINUTES NOW INTO THE
BURN.
WE'RE AIMING FOR 4:49.
THAT WILL SLOW SOYUZ DOWN,
DROPPING IT INTO THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE.
AND BRINGING IT HOME.
>> 2:15.
NOZZLE PRESSURE 12.6.
CRITICAL TANKS PRESSURE 122.
0.45.
AND THE CURRENT TIME IS 64.4.
2:30.
67.5.
0.46.
CONSUMPTION 57.
EVERYTHING IS NOMINAL.
2:45.
NOZZLE PRESSURE 12.7.
CRITICAL TANK PRESSURE 170.
ALL PARAMETERS ARE NOMINAL.
0.46.
CURRENT TIME IS INAUDIBLE.
>> THREE MINUTES INTO THE BURN,
1:39 LEFT.
>> 8.5.
0.46.
THIS IS THE DELTA V189.
THIS IS THE DROP CONSUMPTION
VALUE.
AND ALL PARAMETERS ARE NOMINAL.
CRITICAL TANKS PRESSURE, 107,
104, 0.46, AND INAUDIBLE.
3:30.
93.7.
CONSUMPTION IS NOMINAL.
ALL PARAMETERS ARE NOMINAL.
12.7,E PRESSURE.
97.4.
104.9.
>> FOUR MINUTES DOWN NOW.
WE'RE HEARING THE CREW REPORTS
THAT ALL IS LOOKING NOMINAL.
>> 107.9.
0.46.
252.
THIS IS THE PROP CONSUMPTION
EVERYTHING IS NOMINAL.
4:11.
NOZZLE PRESSURE 12.8.
12.5.
CRITICAL TANKS 18.
INAUDIBLE.
>> FIVE SECONDS LEFT.
>> THIS IS THE PROP CONSUMPTION
VALUE.
EVERYTHING IS NOMINAL.
STANDING BY FOR ENGINE
ACTIVATION.
DEACTIVATION.
DEACTIVATION IS CONFIRMED.
THE VALVE IS OPEN.
AND THE SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
BURN VALUE IS 128, 127.99.
PRESSURE IS DECREASING.
COPY.
>> DEORBIT BURN TOOK PLACE AND
WRAPPED UP EXACTLY ON TIME AND
WENT EXACTLY A PLANNED.
THAT MEANS THAT THE SOYUZ CREW
IS DEFINITELY ON THEIR WAY HOME
NOW.
THEY'VE BEEN USING THAT BURN TO
DROP BACK INTO THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE, SLOW DOWN AND BEGIN
THEIR DESCENT.
WHICH WILL LEAD TO THAT
3:12 A.M. CENTRAL TIME LANDING,
JUST SOUTHEAST OF (INAUDIBLE) IN
KAZAKHSTAN.
THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A
WAIT BEFORE THE NEXT BIG
MILESTONE AT 2:46 A.M. WHEN THE
SOYUZ COMPUTERS WILL COMMAND IT.
THE CREW MEMBERS ARE IN THE
ODULE, THEY'LL GET RID THE
MODULES ON EITHER SIDE OF THEM
THAT WILL ENSURE THAT THEIR HEAT
SHIELD IS EXPOSED AND READY TO
PROTECT THEM AND THE PARACHUTES
WILL BE ABLE TO DEPLOY.
AND SLOW DOWN THEIR DESCENT ONCE
THEY ARE JUST A FEW MINUTE
AHEAD OF LANDING.
THAT DEORBIT BURN TOOK PLA
RIGHT ON TIME AND WRAPPED UP
RIGHT ON TIME 4:39 LATER.
>> SIX MINUTES REMAINING
SHOULD BE READY.
NO LATER THAN AT WHAT TIME?
SIX MINUTES PRIOR TO THE
SEPARATION TIME.
YES, WE STILL HAVE TIME.
WE WILL START AT APPROXIMATELY
11:42.
COPY.
ACTUALLY, 11:38.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU
THAT YOU SHOULD PROVIDE
COMMENTARY OF YOUR ACTIONS E
IF THERE IS NO COM.
>> ONCE AGAIN THAT 4:39 DEORBIT
BURN IS THE KEY TO GETTING THE
CREW ON THEIR WAY BACHOME AND
WRAPPING UP THAT WILL BE A
RECORD-SETTING MISSION FOR THE
CREW MEMBERS AND PARTICULARLY
CHRISTINA KOCH, WHO WILL HAVE
SPENT 328 DAYS IN SPACE, THE
LONGEST SINGLE SPACE FLIGHT FOR
ANY FEMALE.
YOU CAN SEE THIS VIDEO FROM HER
LAUNCH BACK ON MARCH 14th IN
2019.
SHE LAUNCHED ACTUALLY WITH NICK
HAGUE AND ALEXEI OCHINNEN.
AS PART OF THE THEN EXPEDITION
59 CREW.
SHE SAW NOT ONLY THAT EXPEDITION
59TO AN END BUT ALSO OF
COURSE EXPEDITION 60 AND THEN 61
WHICH JUST WRAPPED UP WITH HER
DEPARTURE ALONG WITH LUCA
PARMITANO AND ALEXANDER
SKVORTSOV.
THIS LAUNCH SET OFF THE COUNT
THAT EVENTUALLY RACKED UP8
DAYS IN SPACE, SETTING THAT
RECORD.
BUT AT THE TIME OF HER LAUNCH,
CHRISTINA DID NOT KNOW SHE WOULD
BE STAYING IN SPACE FOR QUITE
SUCH A LONG TIME.
SHE HANDLED THE NEWS WELL, SHE
WAS EXCITED TO GET THE EXTRA
TIME IN SPACE AND HAS USED IT TO
ACCOMPLISH QUITE A BIT INCLUDING
SIX SPACEWALKS TOTALING 42:15.
INCLUDING THREE THAT WERE WITH
HER AND JESSICA MEIR.
THE FIRST THREE SPACEWALKS TO BE
UCTED BY AN ALL-FEMALE TEAM.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF HER MISSION HERE,
AGAIN THAT 328 DAYS IN SPACE,
SIX SPACEWALKS FOR 42:15, ALL OF
THAT DONE OVER THE COURSE OF
5,248 ORBITSHE EARTH.
A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 139 MILLION
MILES.
AND THAT NUMBER OF MILES SHE
COULD HAVE GONE TO THE MOON AND
BACK 291 TIMES.
AGAIN, THAT RECORD DOES LEAVE
HER WITH THE LONGEST SIN
SPACE FLIGHT BY A WOMAN AND ALSO
THE SEVENTH LONGEST TIME SPENT
IN SPACE BY A U.S. ASTRONAUT.
THERE ARE SIX U.S. ASTRONAUTS
AHEAD OF HER BUT ALL OF THEM
COMPLETED THEIR TIME OVER MORE
THAN ONE MISSION.
THIS IS OF COURSE HER FIRST
MISSION.
AND SHE RACKED IT UP ALL IN THAT
TIME.
THAT ALSO LEAVES HER 50th ON
THE ALL-TIME ENDURANCE LIST FOR
ALL ASTRONAUTS.
TO GIVE YOU AEA OF WRE SHE
STANDS IN ADDITION TO HAVING THE
LONGEST SINGLE SPACE FLIGHT BY A
WOMAN, SHE IS SECOND ON THE LIST
OF LONGEST SINGLE SPACE FLIGHTS
BY AN AMERICAN.
JUST A FEW DAYS UNDER SCOTT
KELLY'S RECORD OF 340 DAYS A
SHE BEAT PEGGY WOODSON'S
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 288 DAYS
BACK IN DECEMBER.
15 MINUTES BEFORE WE SEE THE
COMMAND FROM THE SOYUZ
COMPUTERS.
THAT WILL COMMAND THE MODULES OF
THE SOYUZ TO SEPARATE.
THAT WILL AGAIN COME AT 2:45 AL
CENTRAL  BUT IN THE
MEANTIME, WE ARE GETTING
CONFIRMATION HERE ON THE GROUND
THAT THE LANDING TEAM THAT WILL
BE MEETING KOCH, PARMITANO AND
SKVORTSOV AT THE LANDING SITE IS
WELL ON THEIR WAY.
TO GO OVER AGAIN THE DIFFERENT
MEMBERS OF THE TEAM WHO WILL BE
MEETING THE CREW WHEN THEY DO
TOUCH DOWN, HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK
AT IT.
A TOTAL OF 12MI8 HELICOPTERS ARE
ON THEIR WAY TO VARIOUS POSSIBLE
LANDING SITES.
EIGHT ARE GOING TO BE AT THE
EXPECTED LANDING SITE SOUTHEAST
OF DZHEZKAZGAN.
TWO MORE WILL BE READY ABOUT 250
MILES AWAY FROM AN AREA WHERE
TOUCHDOWN WOULD TAKE PLACE IF
BALLISTIC ENTRY OD WHICH
WENOT EXPECTING AND THE
FINAL TWO HELICOPTERS MIDWAY
BETWEEN THE TWO.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO ARE
SENDING OUT SIX ALL-TERRAIN
VEHICLES, THREE ANTONOV
AIRPLANES, COMMAND CENTERS AND
THAT'S A LOOK AT THE ALL-TERRAIN
VEHICLE THERE.
THE ANTONOV AIRPLANES WILL ALSO
PROVIDE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
THE CREW AND MOSCOW.
ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE COUNTING DOWN
THE MINUTES UNTIL 2:46 A.M. WHEN
THE MODULES OF THE SOYUZ WILL
SEPARATE FOLLOWING COMMAND FROM
THE SOYUZ COMPUTERS.
THE ORBITAL MODULE ON TOP WHERE
THE CREW HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF
ROOM TO MOVE AROU DURING ITS
FLIGHT TO THE SPACE STATION
AFTER LAUNCH AND THE
INSTRUMENTATION AND PROPULSION
MODULE ON THE BOTTOM WHICH
HOUSES THE OXYGEN STORAGE TANKS,
THRUSTERS, AVIONICS
COMMUNICATIONS AND CONTROL
EQUIPMENT, BOTH OF THOSE
SEPARATE, LEAVING THE DESCENT
MODULE IN THE MIDDLE ON ITS OWN
WITH THE CREW INSIDE.
HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT THE
DESCENT MODULE LOOKS LIKE.
YOU CAN SEE THE SEATS THE CREW
SIT IN, THEY HAVE SEATS MOLDED
ESPECIALLY FOR THEM TO GIVE THEM
AS MUCH CUSHION AS POSSIBLE
DURING LANDING.
IT'S NOT A LARGE AREA BUT THEY
DON'T HAVE TO BE IN IT ALONE FOR
VERY LONG.
A LOOK AT SOME OF THE CONTROLS
THAT THEY HAVE A VIEW OF AS THEY
MAKE THAT DESCENT.
WE SAW A VIEW OF SOME OF THEM
EARLIER DURING UNDOCKING.
IN ADDITION TO THE CONTROLS AND
DISPLAYS AND THE SEATS, IT ALSO
HAIFE SUPPORT PROVISIONS,
BATTERIES FOR RE-ENTRY AND
LANDING AND PARACHUTE AND SOFT
LANDING ROCKETS THAT'S HELPED
SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN JUST
BEFORE TOUCHDOWN TO TRY TO MAKE
IT A LITTLE SOFTER ON THEM.
THE OTHER TWO MODULES, THE
ORBITAL MODULE AND THE
INSTRUMENTATION PROPULSION
MODULE BOTH BURN UP IN THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE WHILE THE
YOU CAN SEE THAT ORBITAL MODULE
HERE, THAT AGAIN PROVIDES THEM A
LITTLE EXTRA SPACE TO MOVE
AROUND IN ON THEIR WAY TO THE
SPACE STATION, BUT ONCE THEY'RE
ON THEIR WAY HOME, THEY DO GET
RID OF THAT, LEAVING JUST THE
DESCENT MODULE HERE IN THE
MIDDLE.
ALSO JETTISONING THE
INSTRUMENTA AND PROPULSIO
MODULE ON THE BOTTOM.
[ Radio Chatter ]
ALL CONTINUING TO GO WELL AS WE
WAIT FOR THE NEXT BIG MILESTONE,
2:46 A.M. CENTRAL TIME WHEN THE
SOYUZ DESCENT MODULE WILL GET
RID OF THE ORBITAL MODULE AND
THE INSTRUMENTATION PROPULSION
MODULE AND ALLOW THE CREW TO
NUE ON ITS JOURNEY
>> WELL, LET'S GET READY, THE
RESCUE AID.
CLOSING THE VISORS.
THERE IS NOTHING IN THE WAY.
OF THE HELMET AND CLOTHING.
AND TWO CLICKS.
NOMINAL ALTITUDE FOR SEPARATION.
COPY.
RELEASING THE PTP.
>> BREAKDOWN HERE OF THE EVENTS
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING
FOR AS THE SOYUZ MAKES ITS WAY
BACK DOWN TO THE EARTH, STARTING
WITH THAT DEORBIT BURN THAT TOOK
PLACE AT 2:18 A.M. CAL TIME
RIGHT ON TIME.
WE'RE HEADING NOW TOWARDS THE
MODULE SEPARATION, THE SECOND
MILESTONE THERE ON THE LIST.
THAT'S COMING UP IN ABOUT SIX
MINUTES NOW.
THAT'S WHEN THE MIDDLE PART OF
THE SOYUZ CARRYING THE CREW WILL
GET RID OF THE OTHER TWO
ENTS SO THAT ALL THE SYSTEMS
THAT IT NEEDS FOR LANDING ARE
EXPOSED AND READY FOR ENTRY.
ONCE WE DO SEE THAT MODULE
HAPPENING PRETTY FAST ATBEGIN
2:49 A.M. CENTRAL, ABOUT THREE
MINUTES LATER, WHILE THE SOYUZ
IS ABOUT 62 MILES ABOVE THE
EARTH, IT WILL BEGIN
EXPERIENCING ATMOSPHERICS ENTRY.
THAT'S WHEN THE DESCENT MODULE'S
COMPUTERS WILL ORIENT THE
CAPSULE WITH ITS HEAT SHIELD
POINTING TOWARDS THE DIRECTION
IT'S TRAVE IN, THE HOT PART,
TO PROTECT IT FROM HEAT AS IT
BEGINS TO FLY THROUGH THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND THE CREW
BEGINS TO FEEL THE FIRST EFFECTS
OF GRAVITY.
THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILDING
THROUGH 2:56 A.M. CENTRAL TIME
WHEN THEY'LL EXPERIENCE THE
MAXIMUM G LOAD OR PRESSURE FOR
ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE TIMES THE
FORCE OF GRAVITY FOR A FEW
MINUTES, OR JUST BRIEFLY.
JUST TWO MINUTES AFTER THAT,
WE'LL START SEEING THE
PARACHUTES BEGIN TO DEPLOY.
REINGERE, THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF THEM.
STARTS WITH TWO PARACHUTES THAT
SLOWS DOWN THE DROVE CHUTE AND
PULLS OUT THE MAIN CHUTES, THE
ORANGE AND WHITE ONE YOU SEE IN
THE GRAPHIC.
BEFORE IT DOCH D ONE
OTHER SYSTEM HELPS THE SOYUZ
SLOW DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT
MORE, THE SOFT LANDING JETS AS
THEY'RE CALLED, ALTHOUGH MOST
ASTRONAUTS WILL TELL YOU IT'S
NOT PARTICULARLY A SOFT LANDING
EVEN WITH THEIR HELP.
THOSE FIRE JUST ABOUT TWO
SECONDS BEFORE TOUCHDOWN TO HELP
LESSEN IMPA OF MEETING THE
EARTH.
>> START OF SEPARATION.
>> WE SHOULD BE COMING UP ON
THAT MODULE SEPARATION HERE IN
JUST A MOMENT.
>> SEPARATION 1:14.
>> THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE SOYUZ
IS ABOUT 87 MILES ABOVE THE
EARTH.
[ Radio Chatter ]
>> PLEASE CONTINUE REPORTING TO
US EVEN IF THERE IS NO TWO-WAY
COM.
>> THE TEAMS ON THE GROUND ARE
REPORTING THAT THE CREW MEMBERS
ARE GOING THROUGHN AREA WHERE
SOME BAD COMMUNICATION WAS
EXPECTED.
POOR COMMUNICATION ABILITY
BETWEEN US AND THIS CREW ON
BOARD THE SOYUZ, SO WE WILL
HOPEFULLY HEAR SOME CONFIRMATION
AS THINGS HAPPEN.
WE SHOULD BE RIGHT ABOUT NOW
SEEING THE SEPARATION OF THE
THREE SOYUZ MODULES.
>> SEPARATION.
>> THERE YOU GO.
SOUND LIKE THEY ARE NOW
SEPARATED.
THAT AGAIN TAKES PLACE WHEN THE
SOYUZ IS 87 MILES ABOVE THE
EARTH.
SENDING T ORBITAL MODULE AND
INSTRUMENTATION AND PROPULSION
MODULE ON THEIR WAY TO BURN UP
IN THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE WHILE
THE CREW MODULE OF THE DESCENT
MODULE HAS LEFT WITH THE CREW
INSIDE, ALONG WITH ITS HEAT
SHIELD AND ITS PARACHUTES THAT
WILL HELP THEM SAFE GET DOWN
TO EARTH.
THE NEXT MILESTONE WE'LL BE
LOOKING FOR IS ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY
COMING UP IN ABOUT TWO MINUTES,
THAT'S WHEN THE CREW BEGINS TO
FEEL THE EFFECTS OF GRAVITY FOR
THE FIRST TIME SINCE THEY LEFT
EARTH.
THAT'S 328 DAYS AGO FOR
CHRISTINA KOCH, 201UCA
PARMITANO AND ALEXANDER
SKVORTSOV.
ALSO ABOUT THIS TIME, DESCENT
MODULE'S COMPUTER WILL ORIENT
THE CAPSULE SO THE HEAT SHIELD
IS POINTING FORWARD, PROTECTING
IT FROM THE HEAT GENERATED AS IT
BEGINS TO EXPERIENCE THE
ATMOSPHERE.
ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE IN A MIDDLE
OF THE PERIOD WHEN THE
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN US AND THE
SOYUZ WAS EXPECTED TO BE A
LITTLE SPOTTY, SO WE MAY NOT
HEAR TOO MUCH FROM THE CREW AS
THEY BEGIN MAKING THEIR WAY HOME
BUT WEID HEAR THAT THEY DID
GET A SUCCESSFUL SEPARATION OF
THE THREE MODULES AND NOW WE'RE
WATCHING FOR THEM TO BEGIN
EXPERIENCING THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
JUST IN THE PAST COUPLE OF
MINUTES, THEY WILL HAVE GONE
FROM 87 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH TO
ABOUT 62 MILES.
AGAIN, THINGS START HAPPENING
PRETTY QUICK NOW.
ONCE THEY DO BEGIN EXPERIENCING
THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, THE
COMPUTERS ON BOARD THE SOYUZ OF
COURSE WILL BEGIN GETTING THE GE
SOYUZ INTO POSITION FOR ITS
LANDING AND SPECIFICALLY THE
ATMOSPHERE.HEIR WAY THROUGH THE
ABOUT THIS TIME THE CREW IS
BEGINNING TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF
GRAVITY AGAIN AND IT'S GOING TO
CONTINUE BUILDING FOR THE NEXT
SIX MINUTES OR SO, WHEN THEY'LL
EXPERIENCE MAXIMUM PRESSURE OR G
LOAD.
THEY CAN EXPECT TO FEEL ABOUT
FOUR TO FIVE TIMES THE FORCE OF
GRAVITY THAT WE EXPERIENCE ON
EARTH, JUST FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
THE EXPEDITION 61 MEMBERS WELL
ON THEIR WAY NOW TO THAT
 EVERYTHING
HAPPENING IN SEQUENCE AND ON
TIME SO FAR, STARTING WITH THE
DAY'S 2:18 A.M. CENTRAL TIME
DEORBIT BURN, EXPEDITION 61 CREW
MEMBERS ON THEIR WAY FOR
3:12 A.M. LANDING.
THEYCURRENTLY RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THAT DESCENT.
COMING UP ON THE MAXIMUM
PRESSURE THAT THE CREW WILL
EXPERIENCE AND IN THE MIDDLE OF
PLASMA INTERFACE, COMING OUT OF
THAT IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES
AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, WE'LL
BEGIN SEEING PARACHUTE DEPLOY.
JUST NOW COMING INTO THAT TIME
WHEN THE CREW MEMBERS WILL BE
EXPERIENCING THE MAXIMUM G
LOADS.
>> WHAT IS THE G LOAD?
WE HAVE 4.28.
RIGHT NOW WE COPY.
INTEGRAL IS 015.
AND WE HAVE AUTOMATIC CONTROL
DESCENT.
AND NOW 30 SECONDS.
>> REPORTS FROM THE CREW MEMBERS
THERE LINING UP EXACTLY AS
THEY WE EXPERIENCINGINT WHEN
MAXIMUM G LOADS.
NOW ABOUT A MINUTE AWAY FROM
WHEN WE WOULD EXPECT THE
PARACHUTES TO BEGIN DEPLOYING
ABOUT 35,000 FEET ABOVE THE
EARTH.
RIGHT NOW THEY'LL BE TRAVELING
RIGHT AROUND 500 MILES PER HOUR.
>> WE HAD O2 SUPPLY, SO THE
PRESSURE IS DIFFERENT NOW.
>> PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT WILL
START WITH THE TWO PILOT CHUTES
THAT PULL OUT THE 258SQUARE
FOOT DROVE CHUTE, THAT SLOWS THE
SOYUZ DOWN TO 178 MILES PER HOUR
IN ONLY 16 SECONDS AND BEGINS
STABILIZING THE CAPSULE.
ONCE IT'S JETTISONED, IT MAKES
WAY FOR THE 3,281-FOOT PARACHUTE
SH SLOWS THE SOYUZ DOWN.
>> STANDING BY.
>> ANIMATION HERE OF THAT
SEQUENCE.
PARACHUTES SHOULD BEGIN
DEPLOYING RIGHT ABOUT NOW, AGAIN
WITH THOSE TWO PILOT CHUTES
FIRST, PULLING OUT A CHUTE THAT
SLOWS THE SOYUZ DOWN TO 178
MILES PER HOUR AND THEN MAKES
WAY FOR THEMAIN PARACHUTE, THE
BIG YELLOW ORANGE AND WHITE ONES
THAT YOU'RE USED TO SEEING, THAT
CONTINUES SLOWING THE SOYUZ DOWN
TO ABOUT 15.6 MILES PER HOUR.
THE MAIN PARACHUTE WILL KEEP THE
SOYUZ SLOWING DOWN STEADILY AS
THEY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE
GROUND FOR MORE THAN T
MINUTES.
THAT AGAIN NOT ONLY SLOWS THEM
DOWN BUT IT ALSO HELPS THEM GET
STABILIZED AS THEY MAKE THEIR
WAY TOWARDS THAT LANDING WHICH
WE ARE EXPECTING AT 3:12 A.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
TWO HARNESSES ON THE MAIN
PARACHUTE HOLD THE SOYUZ AT A
30º ANGLE TO THE HORIZON UNTIL
THE BOTTOM HARNESS IS SEVERED
AND THE SOYUZ IS ABLE TO SWING
INTO A VERTIPOSITION FOR
TOUCHDOWN.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE TEAM IS
SEEING SOME VIDEO OF THE SOYUZ
MAKING ITS WAY DOWN.
ALREADY BENEATH THAT MAIN
PARACHUTE THAT WILL CONTINUE
SLOWING THE SOYUZ DOWN TO 15.6
MILES PER HOUR.
[ Radio Chatter ]
>> NUMBER ONE.
15 FOR THE SECOND ONE.
>> WORKING ON GETTING A BETTER
SHOT OF THAT VIDEO FOR YOU, BUT
THERE IT IS.
THAT IS A GREAT VIEW OF THE
SOYUZ UNDER THE MAIN PARACHUTE.
NOT AS CLOUDY AS PREDICTED, IT
LOOKS LIKE.
A VERY CLEAR VIEW.
>> NO ISSUES.
>> THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST
TIME THAT WE'RE GETTING HD VIDEO
OF THE LANDING, SO IT'S
ESPECIALLY FORTUITOUS THAT WE'RE
GETTING SUCH A CLEAR VIDEO.
DESPITE THE CLOUDY WEATHER
PREDICTIONS.
INSIDE THE CAPSULE THERE,
CHRISTINA K LUCA PARMITANO
AND ALEKSANDR SKVORTSOV, JUST
MINUTES AWAY FROM THEIR
TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO EARTH THAT
SHOULD BE TAKING PLACE AROUND
3:12 A.M. CENTRAL TIME, STILL
ANOTHER TEN MINUTES FOR THEM TO
SLOW DOWN AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY
TOWARDS THE EARTH AS THEY GET
CLOSER, JUST AB TWO SECONDS
BEFORE THEY TOUCH DOWN.
SKVORTSOV WILL GET A NOTICE FROM
THE COMPUTER TO FIRE SIX SOLID
PROPELLENT ENGINES CALLED THE
SOFT LANDING ENGINES TO SLOW THE
SOYUZ DOWN TO FIVE FEET PER
SECOND OR ABOUT 3.5 MILES PER
HOUR.
>> 0.5, 0.3.
[ Radio Chatter ]
>> ONCE AGAIN, THIS VIDEO COMING
FROM HELICOPTERS WHO HAVE MADE
THEIR WAY OUT TO THE LANDING
SITE READY TO MEET THEM.
ABOUT EIGHT HELICOPTERS ARE
GOING TO CONVERGE ON THE LANDING
SITE WITH A NUMBER OF SUPPORT
PERSONNEL FROM NASA AND
ROSCOSMOS.
>> SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO DOT.
ANYTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW.
>> SLIGHT CORRECTION TO WHAT I
SAID THERE.
THIS VIDEO ACTUALLY COMING FROM
THE TEAM WHO ARRIVED ON THE
GROUND READY TO RUSH IN TO MEET
THE CREW ONCE THEY DO TOUCH
DOWN.
HELICOPTERS ALSO CONVERGING ON
THE LANDING SITE TO PROVIDE
THEIR SUPPORT PERSONNEL AS WELL.
[ Beeping ]
[ Radio Chatter ]
THREE MINUTES.
ALTITUDE IS 33 INAUDIBLE.
>> SOYUZ MS13 CONTINUING ITS
SMOOTH DESCENT ON A WAY TO A
3:12 A.M. LANDING IN KAZAKHSTAN.
>> 2800 METERS.
THIS IS THE CORRECT ALTITUDE.
>> ALL LOOKING GOOD SO FAR AS IT
MAKES ITS WAY DOWN.
AGAI GREAT VIEW HERE, THE
FIRST TIME WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
GET HD VIDEO FROM THE LANDING
SITE.
THESE VIEWS COMING FROM THE TEAM
WHO HAVE ALREADY MADE IT TO
WHERE WE EXPECT THE SOYUZ TO
TOUCH DOWN ON THE GROUND.
JUST A FEW MORE MINUTES NOWEFT
IN CHRISTINA KOCH'S
RECORD-BREAKING SPACE FLIGHT,
328 DAYS IN SPACE, JUST ABOUT TO
COME TO AN END WITH THIS
UPCOMING TOUCHDOWN.
>> SOYUZ CREW INAUDIBLE.
PRESSURE INAUDIBLE.
[ Radio Chatter ]
[ Beeping ]
[ Beeping ]
>> CHRISTINA?
YES, GO AHEAD.
[ Beeping ]
>> SOYUZ MS13 CONTINUING TO MAKE
ITS WAY DOWN, JUST A FEW MORE
MINUTES, SCHEDULED TOUCHDOWN IN
TWO MINUTES, ACTUALLY, 3:12 A.M.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT
OF VIDEO BACK.
THERE IT IS, INSIDE, CHRISTINA
KOCH,  PARMITANO AND
ALEKSANDR SKVORTSOV.
 AGAIN, ONE
HERE WILL BE THE FIRINGAPPEN
SOFT LANDING ENGINES.
THAT WILL HAPPEN JUST A COUPLE
OF SECONDS BEFORE THE ACTUAL
TOUCHDOWN WHEN IT'S ABOUT
39 FEET ABOVE THE EARTH.
THAT'S SIX SOLID PROPELLENT
ENGINES THAT ARE INTENDED TO
SOFTEN THE BLOW OF LANDING JUST
A LITTLE BIT.
SOYUZ ALSO HAS SEAT SHOCK
ABSORBERS THAT WILL BE TURNED ON
BY NOW, PREPARED FOR THAT
LANDING.
AND THE SEATS THEMSELVES ARE
CONTOURED TO FIT THE ASTRONAUTS
INDIVIDUALLY.
TO PROVIDE THEM THE SOFTEST
POSSIBLE LANDING, ALTHOUGH ALL
REPORTS ARE IT STILL IS NOT
QUITE SOFT.
>> LANDING SITE.
>> YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE
HELICOPTERS THAT'S BEEN SENT IN
TO MEET THE SOYUZ THERE IN THAT
VIEW AS WELL.
IT LOOKS LIKE SOYUZ MS13
CARRYING CHRISTINA KOCH, LUCA
PARMITANO, AND ALEKSANDR
SKVORTSOV HAS TOUCHEDN
3:12 A.M. CENTRAL TIME RIGHT ON
TIME.
AND NOW AFTER 328 DAYS IN SPACE
AND AT 129 MILLION MILES FOR
CHRISTINA KOCH AND 201 DAYS IN
SPACE, 85 MILLION MILES FOR LUCA
PARMITANO AND ALEKSANDR
SKVORTSOV, THE EXPEDITN 61
CREW IS OFFICIALLY HOME.
THAT LANDING CAME RIGHT AT
3:12 A.M. CENTRAL TIME,
3:12 P.M. KAZAKHSTAN TIME.
FOLLOWING DEORBIT BURN THAT SET
ITS ON ITS WAY AT 2:18 CENTRAL
TIME.
NOW THAT THE SOYUZ HAS TOUCHED
DOWN, WE'LL BEGIN SEEING
HOPEFULLY WITH THIS GREAT VIEW
THAT WE'RE GETTING SOME OF THE
HELICOPTERS BEGIN LANDING AROUND
IT, TEAMS DESCENDING NOW THAT IT
HAS SAFELY MADE IT TO THE GROUND
AND THEY CAN MOVE IN.
A NUMBER OF LANDING SUPPORT
PERSONNEL WILL BE MOVING INTO
PLACE TO HELP THE CREW MEMBERS
OUT OF THE SOYUZ.
WE SHOULD SEE THEM AS WE USUALLY
DO IN THE CHAIRS IN FRONT OF
THEIR VEHICLE BEFORE THEY GET
WHISKED AWAY TO THE MEDICAL
TENT.
FOR THEIR POST-LANDING CHECKUPS.
AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT 25º FAHRENHEIT
IN KAZAKHSTAN HERE AT THE
LANDING SITE TODAY.
SO THEY PROBABLY WON'TINGER
VERY LONG.
BUT AS SOON AS WE ARE ABLE TO
GET YOU A VIEW OF THEM, WE WILL
CERTAINLY DO SO.
ONCE AGAIN, TINA KOCH,
THIS WRAPPED UP A
RECORD-BREAKING MISSION, 328
DAYS, THE LONGEST SINGLE SPACE
FLIGHT FOR A WOMAN, FROM ANY
NATION, AND THE SEVENTH LONGEST
SPACE FLIGHT FOR MAN OR WOMAN
FOR U.S. ASTRONAUTS.
SHE LAUNCHED ON MARCH 14th,
2019, AND HAS BEEN AT THE SPACE
STATION SINCE, SEEING A NUMBER
OF CREW MEMBERS COME AND GO.
HER CURRENT CREWMATES ON BOARD
THE SOYUZ, LUCA PARMITANO AND
ALEKSANDR SKVORTSOV ARRIVED AT
THE STATION ON JULY 20th ALONG
WITH ANDREW MORGAN WHO STAYED
BEHIND AT THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
HE, JESSICA MEIR AND OLEG
SKAPOCKA WILL BE THERE UNTIL
APRIL.
DURING THOSE 328 DAYS ON SPACE,
KOCH TRAVELED 139 MILLION MILES,
THE EQUIVALENT OF 291 ROUND
TRIPS TO THE MOON AND BACK.
FOR LUCA PARMITANO AND ALEKSANDR
SKVORTSOV, THEY SPENT 201 DAYS
IN SPACE, MADE 3,216 ORBITS AND
TRAVELED 85 MILLION MILES.
ALTHOUGH THEY ARE BACK ON EARTH,
THEIR JOURNEY IS NOT QUITE DONE.
THEY'LL NEED TO MAKE THEIR WAY
FOR SKVORTSOV BACK TO STAR CITY.
LUCA WILL BE TRAVELING BACK TO
EUROPE AND CHRISTINA, OF COURSE,
WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE
UNITED STATES.
THEY'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE
JOURNEY AHEAD OF THEM, BUT FIRST
WE'LL WAIT FOR THOSE LANDING
SUPPORT CREW MEMBERS TO MAKE
THEIR WAY TO THE CAPSULE AND
BEGIN GETTING THEM OUT.
 WE ARE
SEEING A LOT OF YOUR
CONGRATULATIONS MESSAGES COME
THROUGH FOR CHRISTINA KOCH USING
THE HASHTAG CONGRATS CHRISTINA.
THOSE ARE GREAT AND WE REALLY
APPRECIATE THEM AND OFOURSE,ER,
WE ARE ALSO AHEAD OF HER LANDING
COLLECTING CONGRATULATIONS
MESSAGES FROM TEAMS THAT SUPPORT
HER HERE ON THE GROUND.
WE HAVE ANOTHER COMING UP HERE
FROM THE JET PROPULSION
LABORATORY HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
>> HEY, CHRISTINA.
MATT BENNETT HERE.
THIS IS THE PROJECT MANAGER AND
PROJECT SCIENTIST AND WE JUST
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL
YOUR INTEREST IN THE PROJECT AND
ALL THE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES YOU
TOOK OF OC03 IN ACTION ON THE
SPACE STATION.
WE'RE REALLY GLAD YOU'RE HOME
SAFELY.
FROM ALL OF US HERE AT JPL,
WELC HOME!
>> IT IS CERTAINLY NOT TOO LATE
TO GET YOUR OWN CONGRATULATIONS
MESSAGES IN.
KEEP THOSE COMING USING THE
HASHTAG CONGRATS, CHRISTINA.
WE'RE STANDING BY AS WE WAIT TO
HOPEFULLY BE GETTING SOME VIDEO
FROM THE LANDING SITE PRETTY
SOON.
WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE VIDEO FROM
THE LANDING SITE TO COME ONLINE,
WE HAVE ONE MORE VIDEO
CONGRATULATING CHRISTINA FROM
THE TEAMS THAT HAVE BEEN
SUPPORTING HER HERE ON THE
GROUND.
[ ♪♪♪ ]
>> (together): WELCOME HOME,
CHRISTINA!
>> IT'S BEEN GREAT SUPPORTING
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WELCOME HOME, CHRISTINA!
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
RECORD-SETTING MISSI FROM YOUR
ISS TEAM.
>> TWO MORE OF THE TEAMS THAT
HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING CHRISTINA
KOCH AND THE OTHER SPACE STATION
CREW MEMBERS FROM THE GROUND,
JUST ONE MORE ER YOU CAN
SEND IN YOUR OWN USING THE
HASHTAG CONGRATS CHRISTINA.
WE'RE STILL WAITING TO RECEIVE
VIDEO FROM THE LANDING SITE BUT
WE DO HAVE PERSONNEL THERE ON
THE GROUND WHO ARE READY TO SEND
US IN SOME REPORTS.
ONE OF THEM IS NASA SPOKESMAN
ROB NAVIAS.
CAN YOU HEAR US?
>> YEAH, I CAN.
REMARKABLE SCENE OUT HERE, THE
JOURNEY ROUGHLY THE EQUIVALENT
OF 291 ROUND TRIPS TO THE MOO
FOR CHRISTINA KOCH, THE SOYUZ
STUCK THE LANDING.
IT IS UPRIGHT.
THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF
BEGINNING TO ERECT A LADDER ON
TOP OF THE HATCH.
A HUNDRED YARDS AWAY (INAUDIBLE)
THERE'S SNOW ON THE GROUND.
[ Audio Difficulties ]
>> ROB, I THINK WE MAY BE
SAYING THERE.OF WHAT YOU'RE
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU SAID THE
SOYUZ DID LAND UPRIGHT, THEY'RE
GETTING THE LADDER INTO PLACE
AND HOPEFULLY SOON THEY'LL BE
GETTING THE CREW MEMBERS OUT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, BRANDY.
THE MS13 LANDED UPRIGHT, THEY'LL
BE ERECTING A LADDERAND BEG
THE PROCESS VERY QUICKLY HERE.
THE SCENE HERE IS ALMOST
SURREALISTIC IN THIS DESOLATE
AREA OF SOUTH CENTRAL
KAZAKHSTAN.
THERE'S SNOW ON THE GROUND.
ALL OF THE RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS
WERE ON THE GROUND WITHIN FOUR
MINUTES OF TOUCHDOWN.
REMARKABLE PINPOINT LANDING FOR
CHRISTINA KOCH, LUCA PARMITANO
AND ALEKSANDR SKVORTSOV.
>> WE SAW GREAT VIDEO OF IT AS
IT WAS COMING DOWN.
NO CLOUDS IN THE WAY THANKFULLY
BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY VIDEO OF
THE SCENE THERE AT THE LANDING
SITE JUST YET SO WE'RE STILL
WAITING ON THAT.
>> HANG IN HERE WITH ME.
THE LADDER IS NOW BEING PUT
AROUND THE TOP OF THE
SPACECRAFT.
THAT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE
OPENING OF THE HATCH BY THE
PERSONNEL THERE, THEY'RE THE
FIRST ONES ON THE SCENE.
THE MEDICAL PERSONNEL CONSISTING
OF NASA FLIGHT SURGEON, EUROPEAN
SPACE AGENCY FLIGHT SURGEON AND
RUSSIA RESPECTIVE NURSE
THEY ARE READY TO ATTEND THEIR
RESPECT SIEVE CREW MEMBERS.
THIS WHOLE PROCESS WILL TAKES
JUST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE EACH
OF THE CREW MEMBERS IS EXTRACTED
FROM THE SOYUZ MODULE.
THEY'LL BE PUT IN CHAIRS.
THAT'S CURRENT PLAN, ALTHOUGH
IT'S PRETTY COLD OUT HERE AND
TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZN
THE MID-20s FAHRENHEIT.
HOW LONG THEY ACTUALLY REMAIN IN
CHAIRS REMAINS TO BE SEEN BEFORE
THEY COULD BE BROUGHT INTO THAT
INFLATABLE MEDICAL TENT FOR
INITIAL MEDICAL TESTING.
>> YEAH, I IMAGINE THEY WON'T BE
WANTING TO LINGER ANY MORE THAN
THEY HAVE TO, READY TO GET
INSIDE THAT MEDICAL TENT AS SOON
AS THEY CAN.
>> IF YOU ARE SEEING YOUR FIRST
IMAGERY FROM THE LANDING SITE,
YOU'RE SEEING SOME OF THE
PERSONNEL AND THE SEARCH AND
RESCUE FORCES.
THEY WILL BEGIN THE PSS
MOMENTARILY OF OPENING THAT TOP
HATCH, THE SOYUZ COMMANDER,
ALEKSANDR SKVORTSOV IN THE
CENTER SEAT OF THE DESCENT
MODULE, HE'LL BE THE FIRST TO BE
EXTRACTED, FOLLOWED IN ALL
LIKELIHOOD BY PARMITANO AND
KOCH.
>> NO VIDEO FOR US YET SO WE'RE
DEPENDING ON YOURES IS
DESCRIPTION FOR A LITTLE WHILE
LONGER.
>> AS IS TYPICALLY THE CASE, THE
FLAGS OF RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN
HAVE BEEN PLANTED IN A PERIMETER
AROUND THE LANDING SITE AGAIN,
JUSTERYURREALISTIC SCENE
IN A SNOW IN EARLY FEBRUARY, A
CREW HOURS AGO WAS IN THE
COMFORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, CHRISTINA KOCH
HAVING COMPL THE SECOND
LONGEST U.S. SPACE FLIGHT IN
HISTORY.
>> YOU HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF
THESE LANDINGS UP CLOSE AND
PERSONAL.
ARE YOU ABLE TO COMPARE THESE TO
OTHER ONES OR RANK THEM IN ANY
WAY?
>> I WOULD TELL THEM THE SPEED
AT WHICH THE HELICOPTERS WERE ON
THE GROUND AND OUR ABILITY TO
SEE THE SOYUZ UNDER THE CHUTES
IN THE FINAL MINUTES BEFORE THE
SOFT LANDING ENGINES FIRED AND
TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED NEVER GET
TIRED OF IT, IT'S JUST A
REMARKABLE SCENE, THE SOYUZ
ITSELF AS IS ALWAYS THE CASE,
ITS OUTER HOLE SCORCHED BY THE
HEAT OF RE-ENTRY BUT THE
PERSONNEL HERE ARE WORKING VERY
QUICKLY TO GET THAT TOP HATCH
OPEN, THE LADDER HAS ALREADY
BEEN ERECTED AND WE'RE EXPECTING
TO SEE THE FIRST ITEMS REMOVED
FROM THE SOYUZ VEHICLE VERY SOON
FOLLOWED BY THE CREW MEMBERS ONE
BY ONE.
>> I SUPPOSE SKVORTSOV WILL BE
FIRST?
>> YES, THE SOYUZ COMMANDER IS
ALWAYS THE FIRST OUT BECAUSE
THAT MAKES THE WAY CLEAR FOR THE
OTHER CREW MEMBERS.
FLIGHT ENGINEER NUMBER TWO HIS
LEFT, NUMBER TWO TWO RIGHT,
THEY'LL BE EXTRACTED AFTER
SKVORTSOV IS BUT THEY HAVE TO
GET THE COMMAND OUT FIRST TO
CLEAR THE WAY FOR THE EXTRACTION
OF THE OTHER CREW MEMBS.
>> WE'RE STILL WAITING TO SEE
MORE VIDEO BUT IN THE MEANTIME
WE ARE HEARING FROM A LOT OF
PEOPLE WATCHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA
SENDING IN THEIR CONGRATULATIONS
TO CHRISTINA USING THE
CONGRATS CHRISTINA.
SO WE HOPE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO
PASS ON THOSE CONGRATULATIONS
WHEN YOU SEE HER AND HER CREW
MATES.
>> WE WILL CERTAINLY DO THAT,
BRANDY.
AS I'M SURE YOU HAVE REPORTED
EARLIER IN THE DAY, ONCE THE
CREW HAS COMPLETED ABOUT AN HOUR
AND A HALF WORTH OF MEDICAL
TESTING IN THAT NEARBY TENT THAT
HAS ALREADY BEEN ERECTED, THEY
WILL BE FLOWN IN THREE
INDIVIDUAL HELICOPTERS.
TWO-HOUR, TEN-MINUTE HELICOPTER
FLIGHT BACK TO THE NORTHEAF
OUR LANDING SITE HERE OF THE
STAGING CITY OF KARAGANDA WHERE
THEY WILL UNDERGO A BRIEF PERIOD
OF ADDITIONAL MEDICAL TESTING
BEFORE KOCH AND PARMITANO BOARD
A NASA JET TO HEAD TO KÖLN,
GERMANY.
ALEKSANDR SKVORTSOV WILL BOARD A
TRAINING CENTER AIRCRAFT TO FLY
BACK TO HIS HOME IN STAR CITY,
RUSSIA.
IT IS IN KOÖLN WHERE THE EUROPEN
ASTRONAUT CENTER IS LOCATED AND
THE NASA PLANE WILL BE DROPPED
OFF, THEY'LL BE GREETED BY
VIPs AT THE KOÖLN AIRPORT, IT'S
ACTUALLY A MILITARY AIRFIELD
ADJACENT TO THE COMMERCIAL PART
OF THE AIRPORT IN GERMANY.
CHRISTINA KOCH WILL UNDERGO SOME
ADDITIONAL MEDICAL TESTING.
THAT WAS THE PLANNED PROTOCOL
BEFORE SHE REBOARDS THE NASA JET
AND HEADS BACK TO HOUSTON.
>> AMAZINGLY THE TRIP FROM SPACE
TO EARTH TAKES LESS TIME FOR THE
TRIP FOR THE CREW MEMBERS BACK
I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HEARD
EARLIER TODAY ABOUT A FEW -- TWO
OR THREE HOURS AGO THAT AFTER
THE CREW HAD CLOSED THE HATCH TO
THEIR SOYUZ SPACECRAFT LEAVING
THE NEW ISS COMMANDER, ALEX
SKRIPOCHKA BEHIND, THAT JESSICA
MEIR REPORTED IT SURE FEELS
LONELY UP HERE BUT THAT WON'T BE
THE CASE FOR VERY LONG.
JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS FROM
NOW,  ANOTHER SOYUZ LAUNCH WILL
BE STAGED FROM THE BAIKONUR
COSMODROME TO THE SOUTHWEST OF
WHERE WE ARE AT THE MOMENT.
THAT LAUNCH IS SCHEDULED FOR
APRIL 9th TO RE-UP THE STATION
CREW TO A FULL SIX-PERSON
COMPLEMENT.
>> THE HUGS ON THE ORBIT THAT WE
SAW DURING THE HATCH CLOSING AND
ALSO THE WORDS FROM LUCA
PARMITANO AS HE WAS HANDING OVER
THE COMMAND OF THE STATION TO
OLEG SKRIPOCHKA WERE ALL VERY
TOUCHING.
YOU COULD SEE THAT THEY WERE
GOING TO MISS EACH OTHER AND
THEY'VE ALSO BEEN TETING AS
THEY LED UP TO THEIR DEPARTURE
ABOUT THAT HOW MUCH THEY'LL MISS
ALL BEING TOGETHER IN SPACE.
STILL NO VIDEO ON OUR END,
UNFORTUNATELY, ROB.
>> I'M SORRY, BRANDY, ARE YOU
RECEIVING VIDEO YET?
>> NO, NO VIDEO YET HERE.
>> OKAY.
YOU SHOULD BE GETTING IT ANYTIME
NOW.
THE CREW WAS VERY CLOSE,
PARTICULARLY JESSICA MEIR AND
CHRISTINA KOCH.
THEY HAD TRAINED TOGETHER, THEY
WERE CLASSMATES IN THEIR
ASTRONAUT CLASS SEVERAL YEARS
AGO AND OF COURSE CONDUCTED A
SERIES OF ALL-FEMALE SPACEWALKS
TO SET YET ANOTHER MARK IN
HISTORY.
AS COUPLE OF RECORDS BEING SET
RING THE COURSE O EXPEDITION
61 WHICH SAW A RECORD NINE
SPACEWALKS TOTALING 61 HOURS
DEAD EVEN.
(INAUDIBLE).
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>> CERTAINLY EARNED A REST AFTER
ALL THEY DID IN SPACE.
I'M SURE THEY'RE EAGER TO GET
HOME AT THIS POINT.
>> THE  PRECISION WHICH THE
SUPPORT PERSONNEL EXECUTE ONE OF
THESE LANDINGS AND SUBSEQUENT
RECOVERIES, WE ARE ACTUALLY
LOOKING OFF BEYOND THE SERIES OF
RUSSIAN MI8 HELICOPTERS TO SOME
LOCAL VILLAGERS THAT ARE RIDING
NATIVE HORSES IN A FOOT SNOW
HERE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART
OF KAZAKHSTAN.
YOU JUST NEVER KNOW, BRANDY.
>> I CAN'T WAIT TO GET THE
VIDEO.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE
REALLY GOOD.
>> IT'S JUST AMAZING.
NO WIND.
TEMPERATURE IS MID-20s.
NATIVES RIDING THEIR NATIVE
HORSES JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A
STROLL ON A THURSDAY.
BY THE WAY, THE RSA PSONNEL
ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEGINNING
TO GATHER UP THE CORDS FOR THE
MAIN PARACHUTE THAT WILL BE
FOLDED UP AND RETURNED FOR
POST-FLIGHT ANALYSIS.
THE TOP HAT NOW BEEN
OPENED, BY THE WAY, THE MS13
SPACECRAFT.
THE LARGE ORANGE AND WHITE
PARACHUTE THAT YOU'RE ACCUSTOMED
TO SEEING FOR LANDINGS AND HERE
AT THE LANDING SITE ITSELF
DURING THE DESCENT OF THE SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT, THAT PARACHUTE IS
GOING TO B GATHERED UP AND
TAKEN BACK FOR ENGINEERS TO DO
POST-FLIGHT ANALYSIS ON.
IT WORKED LIKE A CHARM, WITHOUT
THE HEAT PRESENT OF WINDS TOD
THE SOYUZ LANDED UPRIGHT, THE
PREFERRED ORIENTATION.
THERE IS ANOTHER HATCH AVAILABLE
FOR THE CREW TO BE EXTRACTED.
WE SHOULD BE SEEING ALEKSANDR
SKVORTSOV BEING PULLED OUT OF
THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT HERE ALMOST
ANYTIME NOW.
THE CHAIRS THEY WILL BE PD
IN, VERY WARM BLANKETS TO COVER
THEM, THOSE HAVE BEEN SET UP SO
WE'LL BE EXPECTING TO SEE THE
THREE CREW MEMBERS HERE BEFORE
LONG AND NOW THEY'RE IN THE
PROCESS OF PULLING THE FIRST
CREW MEMBER OUT AND INDEED
ALEKSANDR SKVORTSOV, THE VETERAN
SOYUZ COMMANDER,ITH MORE THA
500 DAYS IN SPACE NOW ON THREE
SPACE MISSIONS, SMILING BROADLY,
A WHOLE FLANK OF PHOTOGRAPHERS
AND TELEVISION CAMERAS HERE AT
THE LANDING SITE.
HE IS RESTING NOW ON THE EDGE OF
THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT AND WILL BE
SWUNG AROUND AND ASSISTE DOWN
THE LADDER AND BE BROUGHT INTO
HIS CHAIR FOR A FEW MINUTES TO
GET HIS EQUILIBRIUM BACK, AND
SOME OF THE PERSONNEL ARE IN THE
PROCESS OF REMOVING HIM FROM HIS
SOYUZ SPACECRAFT.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE
STARTING TO GET VIDEO AT THE
RUSSIAN FLIGHT CONTROL CENTER.
SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE SEEING
IT FOR OURSELVES SOON.
WE'RE SEEING A SMALLER VERSION
OF IT RIGHT NOW.
>> SKVORTSOV IS OUT OF THE
SPACECRAFT.
HE WILL BE HELPED DOWN THE SLIDE
THAT'S PART OF THIS LADDER
APPARATUS AT THE TOP HATCH OF
THE SOYUZ.
HE'S WAVING, SMILING BROADLY.
THUMBS UP, AND HE IS NOW BACK.
>> WE ARE SEEING THAT LIVE NOW,
ROB.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR KEEPING US
INFORMED WHILE WE WAITED.
WE GOT IT JUST IN TIME TO SEE
HIS SMILES AND THUMBS UP.
>> VERY GOOD.
WE'LL HANG HERE, BRANDY, AND
PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO REPOSITION
MYSELF SO I CAN GET ATER
VIEW OF CHRISTINA KOCH ONCE SHE
COMES OUT OF THE SOYUZ.
>> ALEKSANDR SKVORTSOV CERTAINLY
LOOKS LIKE HE'S GLAD TO BE HOME.
SHAKING HANDS, LOTS OF
WELL-WISHERS ON HAND.
ON THIS MISSION, SKVORTSOV
RACKED UP 201 DAYS IN SPACE BUT
HE'S ADDING THAT TO WHAT HE
TOTALED ON TWO PREVIOUS SPACE
FLIGHTS NOW TO COME UP WITH 546
DAYS IN TOTAL THAT HE HAS SPENT
IN SPACE OVER THOSE THREE SPACE
FLIGHTS.
>> BRANDY, IF I MIGHT INTERRUPT,
CHRISTINA KOCH, YOUR RECORD
HOLDER, SHE IS OUT.
TS UP AND A HUGE SMILE.
>> YES, WE ARE SEEING IT
REALTIME.
SHE DEFINITELY LOOKS GLAD TO BE
HOME.
AGAIN, 328 DAYS THAT SHE SPENT
IN SPACE SINCE HER LAUNCH ON
MARCH 14th.
>> CHRISTINA KOCH IS GOING DOWN
THE SLIDE, BRANDY, AND SHE'LL BE
BROUGHT TO HER CHAIR.
>> ALL SMILES.
LOOKING LIKE SHE'S FEELING
GREAT.
>> CAN YOU STILL HEAR ME?
ES, WE CAN STILL HEAR YOU,
ROB.
>> I'M GOING TO MAKE MY WAY OVER
TO CHRISTINA.
>> CHRISTINA, WELCOME HOME!
>> CURRENT RECORD HOLDER FOR
NGEST SINGLE SPACE FLIGHT BY A
WOMAN OF ANY NATIONALITY AND
SEVENTH MOST SPACE FLIGHT TIME
ACCUMULATE BY AN AMERICAN
ASTRONAUT.
>> BRANDY, THEY JUST SCOOTED HER
CHAIR JUST A FEW FEET BACK FROM
WHERE IT WAS TO GIVE THE GROUP
OF PHOTOGRAPHERS AND TELEVISION
CAMERAS HERE A LITTLE BIT MORE
ROOM TO POSITION THEMSELVES.
SHE'S NOW DONNED SUNGLASSES AS
UNDOUBTEDLY YOU CAN SEE.
WE'RE AWAITING THE EXTRACTION OF
LUCA PARMITANO WHO HAS SPENT
MORE DAYS IN SPACE THAN ANY
OTHER EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
ASTRONAUT.
>> WE'RE STANDING BY FOR THAT.
WE'RE STILL AT THE MOMENT SEEING
A VIEW OF ALEKSANDR SKVORTSOV,
STILL LOOKING LIKE HE'S FEELING
PRETTY GOOD AND HAPPY TO BE
HOME.
STILL GIVING THUMBS UP.
>> CHRISTINA KOCH, BY THE WAY,
BRANDY, JUST LOOKED AROUND AT
THE LARGE G OF FOLKS HERE TO
GREET HER AND HER CREW MATES AND
SHE UTTERED THE WORD, WOW.
VERY IMPRESSED AND VERY HAPPY TO
BE BREATHING THIS NICE COLD AIR.
ON THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
SAYING WOW AS WELL.
>> BIG THUMBS UP FOR LUCA
PARMITANO, IF YOU ARE SEEING HIM
BEING HELPED DOWN THE SLIDE.
HE IS NO STRANGER TO SOYUZ
LANDINGS, OF COURSE.
AND KOCH AND SKVORTSOV ARE
GIVING A BIG FIST PUMP TO THEIR
CREW MATES, NUMBER ONE.
>> LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE THREE
HAPPY ASTRONAUTS THERE, GLAD TO
BE BACK TO THE GROUND.
>> LUCA PARMITANO, BIG SMILE,
JUST POINTED AT ME.
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BACK ON EARTH.
>> AS YOU POINTED OUT, HE HAS
MOST DAYS IN SPACE OF ANY ESA
ASTRONAUT AT THIS POINT WITH HIS
TWO SPACE FLIGHTS TOTALING 367
DAYS IN SPACE, THAT INCLUDES THE
201 THAT HE JUST RETURNED FROM.
>> ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES PULLED
UP.
THEY WILL BE DRIVEN FROM THE
MEDICAL TENT TO THEIR RESPECTIVE
HELICOPTERS, TAKING THE JOURNEY
BACK TO THE STAGING CITY OF
KARAGANDA AS WE MENTIONED
EARLIER.
>> WE'RE SEEING ALEKSANDR
SKVORTSOV RIGHT NOW ON THE
PHONE, I ASSUME PROBABLY TALKING
TO SOME FAMILY AND FRIENDS
WATCHING FROM A DISTA
ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS CROWDED THERE
AT THE LANDING SITE FROM THIS
VIEW, IF YOU WERE ABLE TO TURN
THE CAMERA AROUND, IT WOULD BE
JUST EMPTY SPACE ALL AROUND
THEM.
SO THEY'RE REALLY IN THE MIDDLE
OF NOWHERE.
WHICH IS TYPICAL IN ITS LATITUDE
AND LONGITUDE FOR SOYUZ
LANDINGS, NOMINAL SOYUZ LANDINGS
WHICH THIS ONE WAS, IT'S
WIDE-OPEN SPACES.
I'M JUST STRUCK BY THE NATIVES
LANDINGS ON HORSEBACK WHO ARE
JUST A FEW YARDS AWAY FROM US
HERE.
TOTALLY EXTRAORDINARY.
>> THAT'S A LUCKY CHANCE FOR
THEM, GETTING TO SEE THE WELCOME
HOME.
>> BRANDY, I'M EXPECTING IT WILL
BE JUST A FEW MORE MINUTES
BEFORE THEY START TO CARRY THE
CREW MEMBERS ONE BY O TO THE
NEARBY MEDICAL TENT.
WE'LL WAIT HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT
AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THAT
PROCESS BEGINS, IF YOU ARE NOT
ALREADY SEEING IT.
I'M STANDING PROBABLY 15 FEET
AWAY FROM THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT.
SOME OF THE EARLY RETURN ITEMS
ARE BEING UNLOADED FROM THE TOP
HATCH THAT THE CREW WAS
EXTRACTED FROM JUST A FEW
MINUTES AGO.
I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TAKE A
STROLL TAKE OVER HERE TO TAKE A
CLOSLOOK AT THE NATIVES ON
HORSEBACK.
LOCAL KAZAKH RESIDENTS.
THEY'RE TALKING TO SOME OF THE
ENGINEERING PERSONNEL WHO ARE
WORKING THE PARACHUTE, PUTTING
IT IN THE RIGHT CONFIGURATION.
THEY HAVE A DOG WITH THEM, A
LITTLE BIT OF NATURE MIXING WITH
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT OUT HERE
TODAY.
>> YOU'VE BEEN OUT THE
NUMBER OF TIMES.
IS THAT A FIRST FOR YOU?
>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS,
BRANDY.
IT'S REMARKABLE.
I MEAN, THERE ARE SMALL VILLAGES
IN THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THIS
LANDING SITE, NOT IMMEDIATELY,
WITHIN A FEW FEET, OF COURSE OR
A FEW MILES, BUT FOR SOME
AMAZING REASON, THESE FOLKS KNOW
WHEN LANDINGS ARE ABOUT TO OCCUR
AND THIS WORLD OF THE GPS AND
OTHER CAPABILITIES, THEY PRETTY
MUCH KNOW EXACTRE THE
SOYUZ SPACECRAFT IS GOING TO
LAND.
>> I WOULD COME OUT TO SEE IT IF
I WERE NEARBY AS WELL.
>> THE OTHER THING THAT'S QUITE
REMARKABLE IS THE FACT THAT THIS
COLD FRONT BROUGHTENT A FOOT OF
SNOW TO THE REGION IN THE LAST
FEW DAYS, IT BLEW THROUGH RIGHT
ON TIME AND AS PREDICTED, WHEN
WE LEFT THE STAGING CITY EARLIER
THIS MORNING, IT WAS VY, VERY
GRAY, OVERCAST AND IT WAS
SNOWING TO THE NORTHEAST.
AS SOON AS WE GOT AIRBORNE IN
THE HELICOPTERS, HOWEVER, WE
COULD SEE CLEAR SKIES AS FAR AS
THE EYE COULD SEE AND IT'S
TURNED INTO A GORGEOUS WINTER
DAY.
>> WE'RE SEEING SKVORTSOV EAT AN
APPLE RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW THAT CHRISTINA KOCH WAS
CRAVING CHIPS AND SALSA.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S IN HER NEAR
FUTURE?
>> NO QUESTION.
THERE ARE ENOUGH CHIPS AND SALSA
ON THE NASA PLANE HEADING HOME
TO ACCOMMODATE SEVERAL
RESTAURANTS BACK IN HOUSTON, I
WILL TELL YOU, NO SHORTAGE OF
HER FAVORITE DELICACY ON THE WAY
HOME.
>> EVERYONE STILL LOOKING HAPPY,
LOTS OF SMILES.
>> THEY'RE ALL HAPPY, AND OF
COURSE THEY'VE GONE INTO A
PROCESS OF THE TRADITIONAL GROUP
PICTURE.
THE CREW ARE ENJOYING THE FRESH
AIR OUT HERE.
>> SOUNDS LIKE WE LOST ROB
KNAVEIAS THERE, GIVING US THE
PLAY-BY-PLAY FROM ON THE SCENE
IN KAZAKHSTAN BUT W STILL
GOT THE VIDEO SO WE'RE ABLE TO
SEE AS THE ACTIVITIES CONTINUE
THAT THEY SHOULD BE PREPARING TO
MOVE THE CREW INTO THE MEDICAL
TENT SOMETIME PRETTY SOON.
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>> HELLO!
THANK YOU!
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> AMAZING.
>> I'M SO OVERWHELMED AND HAPPY
RIGHT NOW.
OH, MY GOSH.
THERE'S AN ANIMAL.
>> THE DOG CAME TO SAY HI.
>> LOOKS LIKE THAT MOVE TO THE
MEDICAL TENT IS IMMINENT
STARTING WITH ALEKSANDR
SKVORTSOV.
THE LANDING SUPPORT PERSONNEL
WILL CARRY THE CREW MEMBERS INTO
THE TENT JUST SO THEY DON'T HAVE
TO RISK MOVING ON THEIR OWN WHEN
THEIR EQUILIBRIUM MAY STILL BE
ADJUSTING.
FROM THEIR REINTRODUCTION TO
GRAVITY.
[ Conversation Din ]
>> WELCOME HOME.
[ Conversation Din ]
>> WE SAW A VIEW THERE OF
ALEKSANDR SKVORTSOV DISAPPEARING
INTO THE MEDICAL TENT.
THEY'VE GOT SEVERAL POST-LANDING
CHECKUPS THEY'LL GO THROUGH AND
WE ALSO NOW HAVE BACK ONLINE
WITH US ROB NAVIAS WHO IS THERE
ON SCENE.
RO YOU HEAR US?
>> YES, BRANDY.
THEY'RE GETTING OFF THE WILD
HORSES IN KAZAKHSTAN, COULDN'T
KEEP ME AWAY.
I'M BACK WITH YOU.
LUCA PARMITANO JUST STARTED THE
SHORT RIDE BEING CARRIED BY THE
SPACE AGENCY AND RUSSIAN
PERSONNEL TO THAT MEDICAL TENT.
CHRISTINA KOCH WILL FOLLOW IN
VERY SHORT ORDER.
>> YES, WE'RE SEEING LUCA
PARMITANO ON HIS WAY NOW.
>> AND CHRISTINA KOCH IS N
BEING HOISTED BY NASA AND
RUSSIAN PERSONNEL.
AND SHE WILL BE BROUGHT INTO THE
MEDICAL TENT AND BEGIN HER
MEDICAL TESTING.
WE MENTIONED EARLIER IT WILL
TAKE AN HOUR AND A HALF TO
COMPLETE SO WE'LL TAKE ITK
OVER TO YOU, BRANDY AND MISSION
CONTROL IN HOUSTON AND WE'LL BE
TALKING TO YOU LATER AFTER WE
BEGIN THE TRIP BACK TO HOUSTON.
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL THE
GREAT DESCRIPTIONS, ROB.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU CALLING
IN AND PLEASE PASS ON OUR
CONGRATS ACOME HOMES TO
ALL THREE OF THE CREW MEMBERS.
>> WE WILL DO THAT, BRANDY.
AND HAVE A GOOD REST OF THE DAY.
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SPACE STATION
MISSION IN THE BKS.
>> INDEED.
THANKS AGAIN, ROB.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
YOUR PLAY-BY-PLAY HAS BEEN GREAT
TO HAVE.
>> THERE'S CHRISTINA KOCH MAKING
HER OWN WAY INTO THE MEDICAL
TENT.
STILL WITH SMILES AND THUMBS UP
WHILE THE CREW MEMBERS SEEMING
LIKE THEY'RE FEELING PRETTY WELL
FOR HAVING SPENT 201 TO 328 DAYS
IN SPACE.
THE CHECKUPS THAT THE CREW
MEMBERS UNDERGO INSIDE THE
MEDICAL TENT DO TAKE A WHILE SO
THAT WILL BE THE LAST WE SEE OF
THEM FOR OUR LANDING COVERAGE
HERE TODAY.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET
YOU SOME VIDEO AS THEY BEGIN
MAKING THEIR WAY HOME THROUGH
VIDEO FILES COMING UP.
BUT THAT IS PROBABLY THE LAST
WE'LL SEE OF THEM IN KAZAKHSTAN.
YOU CAN SEE THERE SOME OF THE
NEARBY RESIDENTS WHO HAVE COME
OUT TO SEE THE CEREMONY, THE
WELCOME HOME.
AND A GREAT VIEW OF SOYUZ
MS13 HERE.
STILL BEING UNLOADED.
THEY'LL BE GETTING A LOT OF
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS AND DATA OFF
OF THE SPACECRAFT.
IT WILL BE MAKING ITS WAY HOME
ALONGSIDE TSTRONAUTS.
>> ONCE AGAIN WITH THE CREW NOW
INSIDE THE MEDICAL TENT, WE
DON'T EXPECT TO SEE THEM AGAIN
FROM THE LANDING SITE IN
KAZAKHSTAN SO WE DID WANT TO GO
OVER SOME OF THE RECORDS SET AND
THE TOTALS AND STATS FOR THIS
MISSION BEFORE WE DO WRAP UP OUR
COVERAGE.
OF COURSE, FOR LUCA PARMITANO
AND ALEKSANDR SKVORTSOV, THEY
LAUNCHED IN JULY ON JULY 20th
ALONG WITH ANDREW MORGAN FROM
KAZAKHSTAN SO THEY HAVE A TOTAL
OF 201 DAYS IN SPACE FOR THIS
MISSION BUT THIS IS NOT EITHER
OF THEIR FIRST MISSIONS SO THEY
HAVE ADDITIONAL TOTALS TO ADD
THAT TO.
FOR ALEKSANDR SKVORTSOV, HE NOW
HAS RACKED UP 546 DAYS IN SPACE
 THE THREE FLIGHTSE HAS
BEEN A PART OF.
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>> Hi, I'm John Grunsfeld,
NASA astronaut.
>> Hi, I'm Christy Hansen,
Johnson Space Center EVA
task astronaut training lead,
and flight controller.
>> An "EVA" means
exavehicular activity,
which is just another long way
of saying "spacewalk,"
and I got to do eight spacewalks
on the Hubble Space Telescope.
You might wonder,
how did we learn to do
the complex tasks using all
the cool tools that we used
on the Hubble Space Telescope?
Christy, how did we learn
how to do all of that?
>> So as the EVA
task training lead,
one of my big duties
was to work together
with the astronauts,
for about two years,
