>> WELL, IT'S A MILD AFTERNOON, 
A SLIGHT BREEZE OVER AT THE 
COSMO DROME IN KAZAKSTAN. 
AND SITTING 160 F HIGH, 
TO LAUNCH TO THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION, NASA'S CHRIS 
CASSIDY. 
AND ANATOLI, AND EVAN WAGNER, 
SET TO PLAST OFF IN UNDER AN 
HOUR FROM NOW AT 3:05 CENTRAL 
TIME. 
4:05:00 EASTERN TIME HERE IN THE
US. 
THIS IS THE FIRST CREW LAUNCH ON
THE SOYUZ BOOSTER. 
LAUNCHING FROM THE COSMO DROME. 
IT WAS LAUNCHED DURING AN 
UNMANNED MISSION LAST SUMMER IN 
PREPARATION FOR TODAY. 
AND WILL BE THE FIRST LAUNCH 
FROM SITE 31 SINCE OCTOBER 2016,
WHEN NASA'S SHANE KIMBA LAUNCHED
ON SOYUZ 0-2 AS PART OF MISSION 
49. 
GOOD MORNING, GOOD AFTERNOON, 
GOOD EVENING. 
ANYWHERE YOU ARE TUNING IN. 
I'M COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM THE 
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER HERE IN 
HOUSTON. 
WE'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE 
COUNTDOWN OF THE LAUNCH. 
THE RIDE UPHILL AND THE JOURNEY 
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION OVER THE NEXT 
SEVERAL HOURS.
DOCKING AND ARRIVING AND GETTING
THE CREW UP TO A FULL SIX-PERSON
STRENGTH.
LAUNCH CONTROLLERS ARE WATCHING 
THE SYSTEMS ON THE ROCKET, 
TALKING TO THE CREW AND LOOKING 
AT EVERYTHING ON THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 
NO ISSUES TRACKED W. 
FUEL AND OXYGEN LOADING FOR THE 
SOYUZ BEGAN A FEW HOURS AGO.
ONE OF THE TEAMS ON THE LEFT 
THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS IN 
RUSSIA, THE CONTROL CENTER, 
OUTSIDE IN COMMONWEALTH ORYOV 
AND THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION HERE IN HOUSTON, COMING 
TO YOU. 
WE ARE HOPING BETWEEN CONTROL 
ROOMS. 
FLIGHT CONTROL REALLY NUMBER 
ONE, THE USUAL INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION CONTROL ROOM. 
IN MICHIGAN CONTROL THE TEAM 
WATCHING OVER THE CURRENT 
EXPEDITION CREW. 
OUR FLIGHT DIRECTOR IS ANTHONY 
VARIER. 
HE'LL LEAD THE ORBIT ONE TEAM 
AND NEXT TO HIM IS EUROPEAN 
ASTRONAUT ANDREA MOGUSEN. 
THE CAPCOMM. 
THE VOICE COMMUNICATION FOR 
EVERYONE ON HOUSTON. 
ON BOARD IS JESSICA MEIR AND 
ANDREW MORGAN, AND THEY ARE UP 
THERE WITH RUSSIAN COSMO NAUGHT 
AND SPACE STATION COMMANDER OLEG
SKRIPOCHKA. 
ANDREW MORGAN LAUNCHED ON 
JULY 20TH LAST SUMMER, 50th 
ANNIVERSARY OF HUMANITY'S FIRST 
STEP. 
JESSICA MEIR FOLLOWED SHORTLY 
AFTER, LAUNCH, IN SEPTEMBER. 
ONCE THE CREW GETS THERE. 
THE CREW WILL BE UP TO SIX. 
R A WEEK. 
ANDREW MORGAN AND OLEG 
SKRIPOCHKA MAKE THEIR WAY BACK 
TO PLANET EARTH ON APRIL 17TH, 
BRINGING THE SPACE STATION DOWN 
TO THREE. 
AS I MENTIONED A LITTLE EARLIER,
DOCKING FOR THE NEW CREW OCCURS 
SEVERAL HOURS FROM NOW, AFTER 
COMPLETING THE FOUR ORBIT 
FLIGHT. 
WE'LL BRING YOU COVERAGE OF THAT
ON NASA TV.
8:30AM CENTRAL TIME FOR DOCKING.
THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO DOCK AND 
THE ZONA, NESDA, IT'S KNOWN AS M
45 MINUTES AFTER SEEING THE 
COVERAGE WE SEE THE DOCKING. 
ON THE JOURNEY UP THERE, THE 
SOYUZ TRACKING AND TELOMETRY 
WILL BE LINKED TO SPACE 
STATIONSLINGED TO THE CONTROL 
CENTER. 
THROUGHOUT THE COVERAGE FOR THE 
LAUNCH AND THE DOCKING AND HAT
OPENING LATER. 
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THAT 
WANT TO ASK. 
WE'LL TAKE A COUPLE ON TWITTER, 
YOU CAN ASK, USING THE HASHTAG 
ASK NASA. 
WE'LL TRY TO GET THROW A BUNCH 
OF THOSE LATER ON. 
TODAY'S LAUNCH IS NOTABLE FOR 
THE FIR BEING THAT THIS CREW 
UNDER WENT THEIR FINAL SPACE 
FLIGHT PREPARATIONS DURING THE 
HEALTH EMERGENCY ON THE 
COVID-19, CHANGING THINGS TORE 
PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE GLOBE, 
THIS CREW AND THEIR PREPARATION 
NO DIFFERENT. 
THINGS LOOKING A LITTLE 
DIFFERENT. 
LIK A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. 
YOU SEE THE PERSONNEL TRIMMED TO
THE BARE NECESSITIES.
ALL THE THEY DO EVERYTHING TO 
STOP THEW WITH SICKNESS.
THEY BEEN QUARANTINED FOR TWO 
WEEKS, THEY HAVE BEEN IN 
QUARANTINE FOR TWO WEEKS, 
LAMENTING CONTACT FOR THOSE 
CLEARED AND IN QUARANTINE 
THEMSELVES.
IT'S STANDARDPROCEDURE, WE WANT
TO KEEP THEM HEALTHY, WE DON'T 
WANT THEM TO BRING A COLD OR 
ANYTHING SEVERE UP TO THE SPACE 
STATION.
THE. 
THANKS TO THE PROTOCOL THE CREW 
SAFE AND READY TO LAUNCH.
A NOTEWORTHY ASPECT IS DURING 
THEIR STAY WE ARE EXPECTING THE 
FIRST EVER CREW LAUNCH. 
SIMILAR TO A FLIGHT, CURLY WILL 
BE LAUNCHING IN. 
THEY ARE EXPECTED TO LAUNCH 
BETWEEN MID TO LATE MAY. 
AND ALL T TEAMS DOWN HERE ON 
THE GROUND CONDITIONING. 
ALL CREW FINISHING UP TRAINING 
AND EVERYONE HAPPY TO SEE THE 
SPACE FLIGHTS RETURNING. 
THAT WILL TAKE PLACE DURING 
EXPEDITION 63. 
THE CREW WILL BE ON BOARD WHERE 
WE CELEBRATE THE 20th 
ANNIVERSARY. 
YOU SEE THE I.S. S 20 AND A 
BUNCH OF STUFF OVER NASA TV.
WE ARE MARKING 20 YEARS OF HUMAN
BEINGS LIVING ON BOARD THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 
EVERY DAY SINCE NOVEMBER 1, 
'99 -- NOVEMBER 2000 WE HAVE HAD
MEN AND WOMEN LIVING ON BOARD 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THERE IS AN ENTIRE GENERATION ON
PLANET EARTH THAT AS LONG AS 
THEY HAVE BEEN ALIVE. 
NOT EVERY HUMAN HAS BEEN ON 
EARTH WITH THEM.
WE ARE CELEBRATING THAT 
ACCOMPLISHMENT. 
THAT TAKES A LOT OF WORK FROM A 
LOT OF DIFFERENT TEAMS, 
ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENTS AND 
DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS. 
THEY HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THEM 
24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR 
AND WE'LL HIT THE 20 YEAR MARK 
IN NOVEMBER. 
THAT MILESTONE MEANT SOMETHING 
SPECIAL TO CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY, 
AND HE HAD A COUPLE OF WORDS TO 
SHARE.
>> WELL, IT'S SIGNIFICANT FOR 
THE SPACE STATION IT'S BEEN 
OPERATING BRILLIANTLY FOR THOSE 
20 YEARS, FOR ME PERSONALLY, 
BILL SHEPHERD WAS THE COMMANDER 
OF EXPEDITION 1. 
I'M THE COMMANDER OF EXPEDITION 
23 AT THE 20 YEAR MARK. 
WE HAVE OUR ROOTS IN THE NAVY 
SEAL TEAMS, I HAVE A 
PARTICULARLY THOUGHT ABOUT HOW 
THE NAVY GUISES IN COMMAND AND 
THE BEGINNING AND END OF THAT 20
YEAR PERIOD.
IT ALSSHOWSES THAT 
THAT WE AS A COLLECTION OF 
NATIONS BUILT, SUSTAINED, 
OPERATED THE SPACE STATION, AND 
ALL THAT SPEAKER  WE ARE 
LEARNING, WILL HELP US GO TO THE
MOON, MARS. 
IMAGINE YOUR CAR WORKING FOR 20 
YEARS, YOU ARE HAPPY WHEN YOU 
GET TO THE 20th YEAR, AND THE 
SPACE STATION IS DOING BETTER 
THAN YOUR CAR.
>> THEY ARE QUICK WORDS.
WE WANT TO GET TO KNOW THE CREW 
ON BOARD THE SOYUZ A LITTLE 
MORE. 
LET'S LEARN ABOUT NASA'S 
CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY. 
IN THE RIGHT HANDS SEAT IS 
NASA'S ASTRONAUT CHRISTOPHER 
CASSIDY. 
LECTED IN 2004, TWO SPACE 
FLIGHTS AND SIX SPACE WALKS ON 
HIS RESUME, A DECORATED NAVY 
SKILL AND CALLS THE CITY OF 
NORTH BAY HIHOME.
HE WAS BORN IN 1970 IN SALEM 
MASSACHUSETTS, AND ATTENDED YORK
HIGH SCHOOL. 
CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY HOLDS 
DEGREES FROM SEVERAL 
INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING A 
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND 
MATHEMATICS FROM THE UNITED 
STATES ACADEMY AND A MASTER OF 
MOTION AND ENGINEERING FROM THE 
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF 
TECHNOLOGY, HE SERVED AS A NAVY 
SE FOR 11 YEARS BEFORE BEING 
ELECTED AS AN ASTRONAUT. 
BEING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 
AWARDED TWO BRONZE STARS AND 
RECOGNITION. 
HE BECAME A NAVY CAPTAIN IN 20 
SH, AND NEVER -- 2014 AND NEVER 
WAS ONE TO BACK DOWN TO A 
CHALLENGE. N ASTRONAUT HE MADE  
JOURNEY INTO SPACE ON JULY 23, 
'00 THE ABORE CAPE CANNES AV RAL
ABOARD THE SHUTTLE. 
HE AND THE REST OF THE CREW 
ASSEMBLED THE FINAL PARTS. 
ADDITIONAL EXPERIMENTS DELIVERED
AND STORED AROUND FOR FUTURE USE
OP THEERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION. 
AND THIS MISSION WAS A 500th 
PERSON HISTORY TO FLY IN SPACE.
CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY FLEW FOR THE
SECOND TIME IN 2013. 
AND HIS FIRST LAUNCH. 
HE HAS LOGGED 182 DAYS IN SPACE 
31 HOURS AND 14 MINUTES SPACE 
WALKING TIME. ACK ON EARTH ME W 
CHIEF ASTRONAUT AND AWARDED AN 
EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
HE'LL TAKE OVER AS THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION NEXT
WEEK, AND THE CURRENT 
MISUNDERSTANDER OLEG SKRIPOCHKA 
HANDS OVER THE KEY FOR THE 
CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY. 
HE'S JOINED BY TWO COSMONAUTS. 
ANATOLY IVANISHIN AND IVAN 
VAGNER. 
AND WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT TO GET 
TO KNOW THEM. 
WE ARE 52 MINUTES AND 35 SECONDS
AWAY FROM LAUNCH.
>> SEATED IN THE CAPSULE'S 
SECOND SEAT IS SOYUZ MS-16 
COMMANDER ANATOLY IVANISHIN. 
HE IS A DECORATED RETIRED 
RUSSIAN AIR FORCE COLONEL 
ASSIGNED IN 2003, COMPLETING HIS
TRAINING AND EXAMINATION IN 
2005.
HE WAS BORN IN 1969 IN RUSSIA, 
LOCATE IN SIBERIA. 
HE WOULD GO ON TO GRADUATE HIGH 
SCHOOL IN 1986. 
AND AIR FORCE PILOT SCHOOL IN 
RUSSIA IN 1991. 
HE HOLDS SEVERAL PILOT LICENCES 
AND LOGS 550 HOURS FLYING.
HIS FLIGHT MARKS THE THIRD SPACE
FLIGHT OF HIS COSMO NAUGHT 
CAREER, HE TRAVELLED TO SPACE IN
NOVEMBER 2011 AS SPACE STATION 
EXPEDITION 29 AND 30. 
HE RETURNS TO THE STATION IN 
SERVING AS COMMANDER ABOARD THE 
FLIGHTS IN THE M.S. SERIES OF 
SPACECRAFTS YOU SEE TODAY.
HE HAS 2LE # 0 DAYS OF FLIGHTS 
UNDER HIS BELT. 
AND SEVERAL SPACE RELATED 
RECOGNITIONS, INCLUDING THE 50th
ANNIVERSARY, NASA SPACE FLIGHT 
MET MALED AND DISTINGUISHED
PUBLIC SERVICE.
TO THE LEFT OF ANATOLY 
IVANISHIN, PREPARING FOR HIS 
FIRST EVER JOURNEY INTO SPACE IS
COSMO NAUGHT IVAN VAGNER.
HE WAS ASSIGNED IN OCTOBER 2010 
AND CERTIFIED AS A 10th COSMO 
NAUGHT IN AUGUST 2012. 
HE COMES FROM A TOWN LOGHT IN 
THE WESTERN REGION OF RUSSIA, IN
GRADUATING IN 2002 AND WENT ON 
TO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ST. 
PETERSBURG RUSSIA, EARNING A 
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SPACE 
ROCKET SHIPS.
HE HELD SEVERAL POSITIONS IN THE
SPACE INDUSTRY INCLUDING WORKING
AS AN ENGINEER EAR. 
HAVING SPENT THE PAST FEW WEE 
TRAINING FOR WARES EXPEDITIONS, 
HE IS LOGGING HIS OWN TOTAL TIME
IN SPACE TO A FEW HOURS.
>> AND THAT MUSIC THAT YOU HEAR 
IS ACTIVELY PUMPED THE 
SOYUZ SPACECRAFT, IT'S COMMON 
FOR THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS TO 
PUMP IN THE MUSIC TO THE CREW 
WHILE THEY ARE STRAPPED IN. 
THEY HAVE BEEN ON BOARD THE 
SOYUZ FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.
AND NOW WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT 
WHAT THEIR PATH WAS LIKE TO GET 
THERE. 
THE DAY'S ACTIVITIES IN BAIKONUR
BEGAN A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO, THE
CREW AWAKENED 6:00p.m. CENTRAL 
TIME ON APRIL 8TH. 
IT WAS 4 IN THE MORNING IN 
BAIKONUR. 
THE CREW, CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY 
THERE, WALKING OUT OF THE COSMO 
NAUGHT HOTEL. 
BEFORE LEAVING THEY WENT THROUGH
THE TIME-HONORED TRADITIONFUL 
SIGNING THE DOORS -- TRADITION 
OF SIGNING THEDOORS. 
THERS A LOT OF TRADITIONS 
YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT AND SEE 
SEVERAL OF THOSE, THE CREW 
SIGNED DOORS AND DID THE WALK 
OUT. 
USUALLY A LOT MORE CROWDS PACKED
THERE. 
AGAIN, IN LIGHT OF THE SITUATION
FEWER PEOPLE TO SEE THEM OFF ON 
THEIR WAY. 
THEYEPORTED AND BOARDED -- 
DEPARTED AND BOARDED A BUS FOR A
45 MINUTE DRIVE. 
THE DESTINATION AT THE FACILITY,
BUILDING 254 ON THE COSMO DROME 
GROUNDS.
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX PRIEST ON THE 
LEFT. 
ANOTHER TRADITION.
THERE TOSS THE CREWS IN THE 
MORNING, TYPICALLY ONE OR TWO 
DAYS BEFORE THE LAUNCH AFTER 
IT'S ERECTED ON THE 
.
HERE WE SEE THEM ARRIVING AT 
THEIR FIRST DESTINATION OF THE 
DAY, THAT'S THE INTEGRATION, 
BUILDING 254 ON THE COSMODRONE. 
ONCE THEY GET THERE, EACH OF THE
CREW MEMBER UNDER GOES A MEDICAL
EXAM. 
THIS IS THE SUIT YOU CAN SEE 
GETTING IN HERE. 
THESE ARE SUITS THAT CAN BE 
PRESSURE ICED IN THE -- 
PRESSURISED IN THE EVENT OF 
PRESSURE LOST, PROVIDING 
PRESSURE, BREATHING GASES FOR 
THE CREW MEMBERS, THEY ARE 
ASSISTED BY A NUMBER OF SUIT 
TEXTS, SOME OF THEM MORE 
INTERESTING PARTS ON THE FRONT. 
IT'S HOW THEY CAN ADJUST THE 
PRESSURE INSIDE OF THE SUIT 
ITSELF.
EACH CREW MEMBER FITTED WITH A 
COMCAP, A SNAPPY CAP WITH 
MICROPHONES AND EAR PIECES 
INSIDE TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH 
OTHER AND THE LAUNCH CONDUCTORS 
DOWN THERE, AND ONCE IN ORBIT. 
WITH THELIGHT CONTROLLER DOWN
ON THE GROUND.
ANATOLY IVANISHIN SUITED UP 
FIRST AND JOINED BY IVAN VAGNER,
MAKING A FIRST FLIGHT IN TODAY.
THIS WILL BE ANATOLY IVANISHIN'S
THIRD AND CHRISTOPHER 
 
THIRD.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST JOINED BY 
INTO HIS SUIT. SIDY, GETTING 
TAKING PLACE IN THE SUIT UP AND 
INTEGRATION BUILDING ON THE 
BAIKONUR COSMODRONE, THEY HAVE 
THE FINAL MEDICAL EXAM, TWO 
TRAINED TECHNICIANS HELP THEM 
GET INTO THE GROUP. 
THEY'LL WE ARE THESE FOR THE 
DYNAMIC PHASES OF FLIGHT AND FOR
THE SHORT DRIPS, RELATIVELY 
SHORT
SIX HOURS. 
TWO DAYS, VERSAL YEARS AGO. 
THEY'LL STAY IN THE SUITS PRETTY
MUCH THE ENTIRE TIME DOCKING AND
GETTING OUT OF THE SUITS AFTER 
THEY DOCK TO THE SPACE STATIONS 
AND BEFORE THEY OPEN THE 
HATCHES. 
HE SUT UP THEY MOVE INTO 
THE NEXT ROOM, WHICH HAS PANE OF
GLASS, THIS IS TYPICALLY WHERE 
WE SEE CREW MEMBERS, AFTER GOING
THROUGH A PRESSURE CHECK, GET A 
CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH FRIENDS, 
FAMILY THAT WERE ABLE TO TRAVEL 
TO THE LAUNCH SITE. 
AND ALSO AS PERSONNEL, WE SEE 
NASA PEREL THERE, TRISHA 
MACK, THE HEAD OF NASA OFFICE IN
MOSCOW, CAUGHT IN ALL THE 
ACTIVITIES FOR CREWS FLYING AND 
RETURNING FROM THE SOYUZ 
SPACECRAFT. 
JOHN MCBRINE HELPING OUT WITH 
THE ASTRONAUT OFFICE OVER THERE 
AS WELL.
INDIVIDUALS AT THE LAUNCH,  
TYPICALLY YOU SEE A LARGER 
CONTINGENT. 
FAMILY, FRIENDS ABLE TO TRAVEL, 
OR NOT ABLE TO DO IT TO 
BAIKONUR, WITH THE TRAVEL MOSCO 
FAMILY, FRIENDS ABLE TO TRAVEL, 
OR NOT ABLE TO DO IT TO 
BAIKONUR, WITH THE TRAVEL 
RESTRICTIONS. 
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PURPOSE, 
THIS IS WHERE THEYRESSURE TEST
THE SUIT. 
YOU SEE IT PLUGGED IN. 
THEY GET INTO A SUIT, A MOCK-UP 
OF THE SOYUZ ITSELF. 
ANATOLY IVANISHIN IS IN THERE, 
AND HIS SUIT PUMPS UP A LITTLE 
BIT. 
THEY ARE PRESSURISED. 
THEY ARE BREATHING GAS. 
A SIMILAR COMPOSITION OF WHAT WE
HAVE IN OUR ATMOSPHERE HERE ON 
EARTH, FED INTO THE SUITS, AND 
ABLE TOPRESSURE. 
FOR ALL OF THE PHASES OF THE 
FLIGHT. 
ALL OF THE ASSETS, RENDEZVOUSES,
AND THEY'LL BE IN THE SAME SUIT
WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR WAY HOME. 
AN INTERESTING NOTE ABOUT THE 
SUITS, THIS IS A MOCK-UP OF THE 
SUITS AND THE SEAT. 
EACH OF THE CREW MEMBERS HAS A 
SPECIALLY MOULDED SEAT LINER 
THAT THEY SIT IN. 
A VERSION OF WHAT IVAN VAGNER IS
IN NOW, PLASTER MOULD IS 
POURED AROUND TO CONFORM TO 
THEIR BODY, AND THEY HAVE A 
SPECIAL SEAT LINER, AND THAT'S 
WHY EVERY CREW MEMBER AS AN 
ASSIGNED SEAT. 
CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY IS IN THE 
RIGHT SEAT TODAY. 
IN THE LEFT SEAT IS THE BACK UP.
AND THE CENTER SEE, SOYUZ 
COMMANDER SITS. 
PRIMED FOR ALL OF THE VEHICLES 
OPERATIONS, MANUAL CONTROL OF 
THE VEHICLE. 
THEY HAVE TO TAKE OVER FOR 
RENDEZVOUS AT DOCKING OR ANY 
OTHER FADESES OF THE FLIGHT: ONE
BY ONE THE CREW GOES THROUGH 
GETTING A CHANCE TO DO THE 
PRESSURE CHECKS. 
WE WILL NOT SEE THE INTERACTION 
THROUGH THE GLASS, THE MEDIA. 
FAMILY AND INDUSTRYCIALS 
WE NOT PERMITTED TO TRAVEL TO 
THE LAUNCH ZONE FOR THIS, AGAIN,
KEEPING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF
THE CREW PARAMOUNT IN ALL OF THE
PLANNING. 
GAIN, THE INDIVIDUALS -- AGAIN, 
THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE ROOM ARE 
REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE SAME 
QUARANTINE AS THE CREW OR WEAR 
THE P.P.E. 
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TO
INTERACT. 
THIS IS A STANDARD PROCEDURE FOR
EVERY INTERNATIONAL CREW. 
IT'S HEALTH STABILIZATION. 
IT'S BEEN AROUND AS LONG AS WE 
HAVE BEEN DOING THE 
.
>> READY FOR LAUNCH, GOOD LUCK 
GUYS, YOU HAVE DONE EVERYTHING 
YOU COULD DURING YOUR ADVANTAGE,
EVERYTHING IS ON BOARD.
EVERYTHING WITH THE LAUNCH. 
EVERYTHING WILL  LOGGED.
HI, GUYS.
[ CROWD NOISE ]
IN SPITE EVERYTHING, YOU ARE 
KEEPING YOUR COOL. 
AND THERE IS NO RUSH. 
SLOW AND STEADY TAKES IT.
>> YOU WORKED SO HARD TO GET 
HERE. 
I HOPE EVERYTHING GOES 
PERFECTLY, ENJOY EVERY MOMENT. 
ENJOY YOUR KNEW HOME AND KNOW WE
ARE ON THE GROUND. 
TAKE CARE.
>> I SUGGEST YOU WEAR SHOULDE 
STRAPS.
CREW IS READY TO WALK OUT.
THEY COME OUT.
THEY ARE ON THE RIGHT. 
THE CREW RECORDING THATHEY ARE
READY:
MAINTAINING THE TRADITION ONE 
FINAL TIME, DECLARING THEY ARE 
READY FOR LAUNCH, AND ON THE WAY
TO BUS.
WAVING THERE. 
CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY. 
THEY RIDE PAST
.
>> ONCE THE CREW ARRIVE, AND THE
OFFICIALS FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE 
AGENCIES, ABLE TO LEAD THEM TO 
THE FINAL STEPS BEFORE THEY MAKE
THEIR WAY UP TO THE ELEVATOR, 
TAKING THEM TO THE TOP OF THE 
SOYUZ BOOSTER. 
150 FEET TALL
SITTING ON TOP OF THE PROTECTIVE
LAUNCH 
 
THEY CLIMB UP AND WAVE FOOD BUY 
TO THE FINAL WELL-WISHERS, 
RIDING THE ELEVATOR TO THE TOP 
OF THE SOYUZ. 
AS OF THIS MOMENT THEY HAVE BEEN
ON BOARD FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS, 
BEFORE WE CAME ON THE AIR AT 
ABOUT 1:53AM, THEY WERE GETTING 
READY TO GET THROUGH THE CHECK 
ON THE SPACE SUITS. 
THEY ARE REPORTED THAT THEY 
COMPLETED THE LEAK CHECKS. 
THE CREW FINISHED OFF, CLOSING 
THE ADVISORS AND PRESSURIZING 
THE SUITS. 
WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF VIEWS 
INSIDE THE CABIN THROUGHOUT THE 
RIDE UP HILL THIS MORNING. 
RIGHT NOW THE CREW, LAST TIME WE
CHECKED IN, HAD THE VIZORS OPEN.
WE'LL SEE THEM CLOSED BEFORE THE
LAUNCH 
.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE ROAD 
TO THE LAUNCH HAS BEEN ANYTHING 
BUT NORMAL.
IT BEGAN WITH THE COS KNOW 
NAUGHTS, ANATOLY IVANISHIN AND 
IVAN VAGNER, THE BACKUP CREW, 
FINDING OUT THEY WERE LAUNCHING,
THAT OCCURRED A FEW WEEKS BEFORE
THE FINAL TRAINING EXAMS, WHICH 
TURNED OUT TOTIMING.
>> OF COURSE IT WAS A SURPRISE.
WE THOUGHT WE'D FLY IN 
OCTOBER 2020. 
LIFE HAPPENS. 
AND ANY BACK UP CREW IS READY TO
BECOME PRIME. 
AND SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS AT 
BAIKONUR. 
WE WERE LUCKY, WE HAD SOME TIME 
FOR THE NEWS TO SETTLE IN.
[ ♪♪♪ ]
>> JUST LIKE MENTIONED. 
THEY AND CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY 
HAVE BEEN TRAINING FOR THIS 
MISSION FOR A FEW YEARS, AND 
THEY WERE PREPARED AND READY TO 
FILL IN THE ROLES, EVEN UNDER 
THE UNUSU CIRCUMSTANCES. 
THERE WERE INCREASED HEALTH AND 
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS PUT IN PLACE 
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
THANKFULLY WE HAVE A ROBUST PLAN
IN PLACE OF NOT TOO MUCH NEEDED 
TO CHANGE WHAT THE CREW 
THEMSELVES, BUT SOME OF THE 
TRADITIONAL PRELAUNCH ACTIVITIES
HAD TO BE RESTRUCTURED OR 
REPLACED. 
TO ENSURE TAT WE HAD A THOROUGH
QUARANTINE POSITION FOR THE 
CREW.
>> IT'S BEEN INTERESTING, LIFE 
FOR US IN THE PRELAUNCH PERIOD 
IS ALWAYS IN QUARANTINE, I KNEW 
I WAS GOING TO BE IN QUARANTINE 
FOR THE TWO WEEKS. 
WHAT IS DIFFERENT IS EVERYONE 
AROUND US IS IN QUARANTINE TOO. 
LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD, AND 
TO SEE THE IMPACTS ON THAT IN 
TERMS OF WHO FROM NASA CAN COME 
OVER TO SUPPORT LAUNCH, AND EACH
THE RUSSIAN OPERATION ALT 
SUPPORT TEAM IS SMALLER, MY 
FAMILY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COME.
IT WILL BE A SKELETON CALL AT 
THE 
COSMODRONE, WHICH WILL BE QUITE 
DIFFERENT. 
[ ♪♪♪ ]
>> WE ARE BACK AT THE LAUNCHPAD.
YOU SEE THEANTRY ARMS PULLING 
BACK. 
PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE ROCKETS 
ITSELF.
ONE OF THE FINAL TASKS DOWN 
THERE BEFORE WE ARE READY FOR 
LAUNCH. 
THE ROCKET THAT YOU ARE LOOKING 
AT RIGHT NOW WENT THROUGH ALL 
THE STANDARD PREPARATIONS 
EARLIER THIS WEEK. 
THE SPACECRAFT ITSELF MADE IT TO
THE BOOSTER. 
IT'S ALL JOINT TOGETHER. 
AND ON NDAY, THE SOYU ROCKET 
BEGAN A TREK TO THE LAUNCHPAD 
WHERE IT WAS RAISED TO THE 
VERTICAL POSITION.
FINAL PREPARATIONS, THIS IS A 
VIDEO ON MONDAY. 
THE SOYUZ GOING OUT FIRST FROM 
THE INTEGRATION FACILITY, AND 
IT'S A SHORTER PATH THAN YOU 
MIGHT HAVE SEEN FROM PREVIOUS 
LAUNCHES THAT WENT FROM PATH 
NO.1, WE ARE USING PATH 31 THIS 
TIME FROM THE FIRST TIME THE 
CREW PUT IN THE CHANGE. 
KIMBROUGH LAUNCHING IN 
OCTOBER 2016. 
ALL THIS BECAUSE WE ARE OTHE 
BOOSTER. 
UPGRADED VERSION OF THE SOYUZ 
ROCKET. 
USED TO CARRY CREW MEMBERS INTO 
SPACE FOR OVER 50 YEARS. 
THE SOYUZ SITTING HIGH ABOVE THE
THREE STAGES OF THE BOOSTER, 
WHICH USES KEROSENE. 
HIGHLY REFIN VERSION OF 
KEROSENE, REFERRED TO ASSESS 
ROCKET FUEL. 
AND LIQUID OXY ZEN AS THE PROPEL
ABLE TO. 
THE FIRST STAGE HAS FOUR LIQUID 
ENGINES. 
THE FIRST STAGES ITSELF HAS FOUR
LIQUID ENGINES STRAPPED TO THE 
SIDE OF THE CORE VEHICLE, EACH 
ONE OF THOSE WILL BURN FOR ABOUT
1:58 SECONDS BEFORE THEY DROP 
AWAY.
>> AND THE CORE ENGINE ITSELF 
SERVES AS THE SECOND STAGE. 
WE'LL SEE THAT BURN UNTIL 4:37 
INTO THE FL. 
AND THE THIRD STAGE HAS SINGLE
ENGINE, WE'LL SEE IT IGNITE 
BEFORE IT SEPARATES FROM THE 
SECOND PHASE, THEY DO SOMETHING 
CALLED HOT PHASING, THERE'S A 
LATTICE WORK STRUCTURE BETWEEN 
THE SECOND AND THIRD STAGES 
ALLOWING THE EXHAUST TO EXPAND 
OUT. 
ATTACH TO THE SECOND STAGE, THE 
THIRD STAGE WILLPO PUSH IT
AWAY SALE. 
THAT WILL BURN UNTIL 8:46 INTO 
THE FLIGHT. 
AT THAT POINT THE SOYUZ 
SPACECRAFT WILL SEPARATE FROM 
THE THIRD STAGE, AND IT WILL BE 
IN THE PRELIMINARY ORBIT.
AS MENTIONED AT THE START OF THE
SHOW, WE SAID WE'D GET TO YOUR 
QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME
NOW. 
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE 
LAUNCH, DOCKING OR HATCH 
OPENING. 
SEND IT IN ON TWITTER USING 
HASHTAG-NASA. 
THIS ONE, AT WHAT TIME AFTER THE
LAUNCH WILL THE LCH BE 
EJECTED.
>> IT'S 1:54 SECONDS INTO THE 
FLIGHT. 
THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PIECE OF THE
LAUNCH SYSTEM. 
THERE ARE SOLID ROCKET MOTORS ON
THE CAPSULE BEARING ITSELF, THAT
CAN BE USED AFTER THE TOURS 
JETTISON. 
JUST DON'T PULL THE VEHICLE
AW. 
THEY WERE USED ON OCTOBER 11TH, 
WHEN THE M.S.U. SPACE GRAFT 
QUARRYING OLEXY AND ANOTHEREN 
COUNTERED A LAUNCH ESCAPE. 
1:54 SECOND, TO ANSWER YOUR 
QUESTION.
>> THE NEXT ONE COMES FROM SI, 
WANTING TO KNOW IF THE STATION
CREW GET TO EP THEIR PHONES ON
THE I.S.S.
THEY DON'T BRING THE PHONE WITH 
THEM. 
YOUR CELL PHONE RELIES ON GROUND
STATION TOWERS TO COMMUNICATE. 
THEY ARE A LITTLE TOO HIGH UP 
FOR THOSE TO WORK. 
THEY DO HAVE, BASICALLY, VOICE 
OVER IP PHONES, SO A PHONE THAT 
USES DATA, USING THE DATA 
STREAMS THATEND TELEMETRY 
DATA, VIDEO, EVERYTHING FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, AND
ARE ABLE TO CALL PEOPLE FROM 
EARTH. 
IT WORKS LIKE VOICE OVER IP. 
AND THEY CAN DIAL CELL PHONE 
NUMBERS HERE ON EARTH, AND THEY 
CAN CALL YOU FROM SPACE.
AND WE WILL GET TO A LITTLE BIT 
MORE A LITTLE LATER IN TODAY'S 
LAUNCH. 
FOR NOW, LET'S KEEP ON GOING 
THROUGH. 
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE SOYUZ 
SPACECRAFT WHICH WE WILL SEE IN 
SPACE WHEN IT ARRIVES AT THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACEATION. 
GOING THROUGH QUICK FACTS. 
SOYUZ 23.5 FEET LONG, WEIGHING 
IN 15,615 POUNDS, COMPRISED OF 
THREE DIFFERENT MODULES.
THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE IS THE 
DESCENT MODULE. 
CONTAINING THE SEATS CONTROLS 
AND SPLAYS NECESSARY FOR THE -- 
DISPLACE NECES FORHE 
FLIGHT SHOULD THE CREW TAKE 
CONTROL AND FLY.
GIVING YOU IN TIGHT INTO THE 
SYSTEMS ON THE SPACECRAFT AND 
THE ROCKET. 
AND ALL THE LIFE SUPPORT 
SYSTEMS, BATSRIES FOR 
RE-ENTRY -- BATTERIES FOR 
RE-ENTRY AND LANDING, AND USED 
TO SLOW THE SOYUZ BEFORE TOUCH 
DOWN, WHEN THEY LAND IN 
KAZAKHSTAN. 
THE MODULE WEIGHS 6,393 POUNDS. 
AND CAN CARRY 110 POUNDS OF 
PAYLOAD RETURNED DOWN TO EARTH 
WITH THE MODULE.
BRINGING YOU DOWN SAMPLES, 
THINGS LIKE THAT WITH THE CREW 
WHEN THEY RETURN, AND THAT IS 
MOST IMPORTANTLY THE ONLY 
PORTION OF THE SOYUZ THAT HAS 
HEAT SHIELDS, SO IT'S ABLE TO 
SURVIVE THE FIERY RE-ENTRY 
THROUGHRTH'S ATMOSPHERE. 
THE ORBITAL MODULES ON TOP 
CONNECTING TO THE DISSENT 
MODULE. 
THERE'S A HATCHWAY BETWEEN IF 
AND THE DISSENT MODULE. 
IT HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF ROOM 
INSIDE THAT THEY CAN MOVE 
AROUND.
ON THE TOP IT HAS THE DOCKING 
MECHANISM. 
THE HATCH AND RENDEZVOUS 
ANTENNAS.
AND THERE'S A FORWARD-LOOKING 
WIND THAT THEY SCAN LOOK OUT. 
THEY TAKE MANUAL MEASUREMENTS AS
AN APPROACH TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
THEY CAN USE A LASER RANGE 
FINDER IN THE EVENT THEY HAVE 
ISSUES. 
ON THE BOTTOM IS THE PROPULSION 
OF THE IMPLEMENTATION MODULE. 
IT HAS OXYGEN TANKS, 
COMMUNICATIONS AND CONTROL 
EQUIPMENT PROPULSION PORTION OF 
THE MODULE HANDLES ALL THE 
ORBITAL MANOEUVRES, IT HAS 
ENGINES NEEDED FOR THE 
RENDEZVOUS AT THE SPACE STATION,
AND A BURN AT THE ENDS OF THE 
MISSION. 
BEFORE THEY ARE DEPLOYED. 
THERE ARE TWO SOLAR ARRAYS 
GIVING A WIND SPAN OF 35 FEET. 
THEY ARE FOLDED AGAINST THE BODY
OF THE MODULE.
ONCE WE GET INTO SPACE, WE'LL 
SEE THEM UNFURL AND PROVIDE 
ELECTRO POWER TO THE STATION'S 
SYSTEMS.
BOTH THE PROPULSION MODULE AND 
THE ORBITAL MODULE SEPARATE FROM
THE DISSENT IMMEDIATUAL AT THE 
END OF A MISSION AND ONE UP IN 
THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. 
THE SPACECRAFT SEARCHING AS A 
TRANSPORT VEHICLE TO AND FROM 
THE SPACE STATION AND ACTS AS AN
EMERGENCY RETURN VEHICLE, SHOULD
THE CREW NEED TO LEAVE 
UNEXPECTEDLY. 
FOR EVERY CREW MEMBER ON BOARD 
THERE'S A SEAT IN A SPACECRAFT 
FOR THEM DOCKED TO THE SPACE 
STATION.
>> JUST CHECKING IN, WE ARE 
22:20 SECONDS TO THE LAUNCH. 
THE CREW CONDUCTED SUIT LEAK 
CHECKS. 
THEY ARE STANDING BY AT THIS 
POINT UNTIL WE GET TO THE LAUNCH
POINT. 
CREW GOING THROUGH ALLE 
PRELAUNCH PROCEDURES INSIDE THE 
CAPSULE, STILL CONTINUING ON 
WITH THIS COUNTDOWN FOR TODAY.
ONCE THEY LEAVE THE EARTH'S 
ATMOSPHERE, A LITTLE LATER THIS 
MORNING, THIS IS GOING TO BET 
THIRD TRIP INTO SPACE FOR NASA'S
CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY. 
AND BEFORE HEADING BACK INTO 
ORBIT. 
HE SPENT A MOMENT SHARING WITH
US THE SPECIAL PERSPECTIVE THAT 
HE'S BEEN ABLE TO GAIN ABOUT THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, THE
PLACE THAT HE'S SOON GOING TO 
CALL HOME ONCE AGAIN.
[ ♪♪♪ ]
>> THE SPACE STATION IS BIGGER 
THAN YOU THINK. 
WHEN YOU TELL PEOPLE YOU ARE 
GOING LIVE IN THE SPACE STATION 
PEOPLE THING OF CRAMPED PLACES, 
CRAMPED SDERS WHEN YOUALK 
THROUGH.
IT'S BIG, AND YOU CAN STAND AND 
IN A WHOLE DAY NEVER SEE A CREW 
MATE. 
THE OTHER THING PEOPLE DON'T 
REALIZE IS THE MACHINE, JUST 
LIKE YOUR CAR OR HOUSE.
OR YOUR AIRCONDITIONER IS GOING 
TO BREAK. 
THEY MEAN WHAT DO YOU MEAN NASA 
HAS SOMETHING THAT WILL BREAK IN
SPACISM IT'S A MACHINE, IT WILL 
BREAK, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO 
DO, KEEP IT RUNNING.
END OF THE DAY, THERE'S SEVERAL 
THINGS THAT REQUIRES A PERSON TO
TURN AROUND.
ON MY FIRST MISSION, I WAS A 
SHUTTLE CREW MEMBER, MY SECOND 
MISSION T WE ARE PUSHING THE 
SCIENCE SYSTEMS OF THE SPACE 
STATION, AND GETTING THE MOST 
OUT OF THE ALL OF THE ASSETS 
THAT THE SPACE STATION HAS TO 
GIVE FOR SCIENCE AND RESEARCH, 
NOW WE ARE HUMMING ALONGITH 
THE SCIENCE AND RESEARCH. 
THE GREATER COMMUNITY KNOWS HOW 
TO RUN THE SPACE STATION SO WE 
CAN DEVOTE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF ASTRONAUTS TO SCIENCE.
THE ANNIVERSARY IS SPECIAL TO ME
IN THE SENSE THAT BILL SHEPHERD 
WAS THE COMMANDER OF EXPEDITION 
1, UNITED STATES NAVY SEAL.
AND I'LL BE THE COMMANDER OF 
EXPEDITION 63, 20 YEARS LATER. 
UNITED STATES NAVY SEAL.
SO THERE HAS BEEN THREE OF US 
SHEP, MYSELF AND JOHNNY, WHO 
HAVE COME FROM THE SEAL 
COMMANDERS. 
 I THINK IT'S COOL THAT IT'S THE
BOOKENDS OF THE 20 YEARS OF 
STATIONS IS COMMANDED BY SHEP 
AND MYSELF.
WHAT AM I LOOKING FORWARD TO 
MOST ON THIS MISSION?
THIS IS M THIRD ONE.
I'M GOING INTO IT WITH THE 
MINDSET I'LL CHERISH EVERY DAY 
I'M THERE, IT MAY BE THE LAST 
DAY I GET TO LOOK OUT THE WIND 
AND SEE EARTH.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 
APPRECIATING EVERY ONE OF 
THOSE DAYS.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO GET BACK TO 
EARTH TO BE WITH MY FAMILY, BUT 
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 
THAT, EACF THOSE DAYS. 
I'M ASTRONAUT CHRISTOPHER 
CASSIDY, THANKS FOR BEING PART 
OF EXPEDITION 63.
>> BACK NOW WITH A LIVE VIEW OF 
THE SOYUZ ROCKET. 
REITERATING THE FINAL SCENE 
THERE, IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW 
SCPRIS HIS MISSION, HE'S -- 
CHRIS AND HIS MISSION, HE'S 
SPENDING SIX MONTHS, FOLLOW HIM 
AT INSTAGRAM, HE'S AT 
ASTRO-_SEAL. 
A QUICK CHECK IN. 
WE ARE 17:40 SECONDS AWAY FROM 
THE LAUNCH.
TAKE A COUPLE MORE MINUTES NOW, 
AND ANSWER A FEW MORE OF YOUR 
ASK NASA QUESTIONS. 
IF YOU HAVE ANY USE THE HASHTAG 
ASK NASA, SEND IN AND WE'LL GO 
THROUGH THEM.
WE HAVE ONE FROM ANDREW BORDER 
WHO ASKS A QUESTION ABOUT THE
TRAINING THEY'VE GONE THROUGH, 
HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN WAITING 
FOR THIS DAY. 
AND HOW MUCH THRUST HAS THE 
ROCKET LET OUT. 
CREWS FOR THE SPACE STATION 
TRAIN FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS, 
THAT'S TO GET FAMILIARISATION ON
ALL OF THE SYSTEMS ON BOARD THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 
THAT THEY'LL INTERACT WITH, 
FIXING IT, WORKING ON 
EXPERIMENTS, THEY ARE DOING 
SPACE WALKS, THERE'S A LOT OF 
KNOWLEDGE TO GATHER AND TRAIN, 
AND IT TAKES TWO YEARS TO DO 
THAT. 
THEY ARE GOING THROUGH 
SPACECRAFT SPECIFIC TRAINING FOR
THE CREWS, THEY HAD TO TRAIN ON 
THE SOYUZ SYSTEMS, BE ABLE TO 
RESPOND IN THE EVENT OF AN 
EMERGENCY, FLY THE VEHICLE IF 
YOU ARE THE COMMANDER OR THE 
BACK UP. 
AND THEY DO FINAL EXAMS,T'S 
LIKE TO COLLEGE FOR A
LOT OF THE CREW MEMBERS, IT'S 
ABOUT TWO YEARS OF TRAINING, AND
HOW MUCH THRUST DOES THE ROCKET 
LET OUT IN THE FIRST STAGE, 
DELIVERS ABOUT 930,000 POUNDS OF
THRUST.
[ ♪♪♪ ]
>> AND THEN THE NEXT ONE COMES 
FROM ROBERT GRUZMAN, ARRIVING 
WHEN THE ASTRONAUTS COME BACK TO
EARTH IS THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM 
WEAKENED BY A STAY IN SPACE.
IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION AND
IT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE HAVE A 
LOT OF STUDIES TAKING PLACE. 
THE HUMAN BODY ADAPTS QUICKLY TO
NEW ENVIRONMENTS, IT'S A 
BLESSING AND A CURSE FOR STUFF 
LIKE SPACE FLIGHT. 
STARTS TO AFFECT A LOT OF THINGS
LIKE PHONES, MUSCLES AND IMMUNE 
SYSTEMS IN THE ASTRONAUTS. 
WE SEE THAT IT CAN AFFECT YOUR 
IMMUNE SYSTEM. 
IT CAN WEAKEN YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
A LITTLE BIT. 
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MANY 
THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO 
UNDERSTAND AS WE LOOK TO NOT 
ONLY SEND HUMANS FURTHER THAN WE
HAVE EVER GONE BEFORE, GOING 
FORWARD TO THE MOON AND 
EVENTUALLY ON TO MARS, TO 
KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. 
WHEN THEY ARE IN SPACE, BUT ALSO
VERY IMPORTANTLY, WHEN THEY COME
HOME. 
WE HAVE FOUND THAT A LOT OF 
STUFF THAT HAPPENS TO YOUR BODY 
WHEN YOU ARE ON THE SPACE 
STATION HAS A LOT OF PARALLELS 
FOR AILMENTS HERE ON EARTH. 
A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO
YOUR BODY, LIKE BONE WASTING AND
MUSCLE LOSS AND THING OF THAT
NATURE.
MIMIC A LOT OF THE EFFECTS OF 
AGEING, SO WE ARE ABLE TO USE 
THE ASTRONAUTS, AND WHILE WE ARE
TRYING TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT
HAPPENS TO THEM WHILE THEY ARE 
IN OUTER SPACE, HOW TO GUEST 
TAKE CARE OF THEM, A LOT OF 
THOSE LESSONS CAN TRANSLATE TO 
MAKING LIFE BETTER FOR HUMANS ON
THE GROUND. 
WE ARE GOING TO KEEP MOVING ON. 
SEND THE QUESTIONS IN, WE'LL DO 
A LUNCH LATER TODAY WHEN WE GET 
TO THE DOCKING SHOW. 
USE THE HASHTAG ASK NASA. 
AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT A COUPLE 
OF TIMES, SPACE FLIGHT ALL ABOUT
TRADITIONS, IN KEEPING WITH 
THAT, EVERY MISSION, LIKE EVERY 
NASA PROGRAMME, EVERY CREW, HAS
GIVE THEIR OWN PATCH WITH THE 
UNIQUE DESIGN THAT HELPS TO 
COMMEMORATE THEIR MISSION AND 
CREW MEMBERS, AND THIS IS A LOOK
AT THE EXPEDITION 63 PATCH. 
IT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF MIF 
FAVOURITES. 
IT'S COOL INTERESTING LOOKING 
ONE, AN INTERSECTION OF A NEW 
DAWN AND SPACEIGHT. 
WE CONTINUE TO STAY ON BOARD THE
STATION, WE ARE ABOUT TO 
COMMEMORATE 20 YEARS OF 
CONTINUOUS FLIGHT. 
BUT LOOK AT PUTTING HUMANS ONCE 
MORE ON THE MOON, AND GETTING 
READY TO NOT TOO FAR AFTER, HEAD
ON TO MARS. 
13 OF THE STARS IN THE PATCH 
COMMEMORATE THE APOLLO 13th.
CELEBRATING A 50th ANNIVERSARY 
DURING EXPEDITION 63. 
AND THE PUSH, TEACHER MISSION 
THAT WILL GO BEYOND LOW EARTH 
ORBIT AGAIN. 
AND THE CREW CALL SIGN ORBITING 
AROUND A NUKE LEE US, IN THEIR 
CASE PLANET EARTH. 
AND ANO TRADITI THAT THE 
ASTRONAUTS AND COSMONAUTS LIKE 
TO TAKE PART THIS IS A 0-G 
INDICATOR, WE'LL SEE IT FLOATING
ABOVE THE SECOND SEAT. 
SOMETIMES EACH CREW MEMBER HAS 
THEIR OWN. 
TOLY IS TAKE BS -- ANATOLY  ANA 
IVANISHIN IS TAKING A TOY, A 
SIGNIFICANT GIFT FOR HIS GLAIND 
ONE DAY. 
THAT WILL HANG INSIDE THE SOYUZ 
CAPSULE WHEN WE GET THE IN-CABIN
VIEWS, IT'S A 0-G INDICATOR, AND
WE USE IT WHEN YOU START TO SEE 
THAT FLOAT, AND THAT HAPPENS 
AFTER THEY GET TO THE THIRD 
STAGE, THEY ARE EXPOSED TO 
MICROGRAVITY, THEMSELVES, 
STRAPPED INTO THE SEATS, THEY'LL
NOT BE FLOATING AROUND JUST YET.
ANOTHER SYSTEM COLLECT IN, WE 
ARE NOT TRACKING ANY ISSUES WITH
THE VEHICLE, WE  12:25 
COUNTING AWAY FROM 
 
ALL RIGHT. 
WE ARE GETTING CLOSER, 11.5 AWAY
FROM LAUNCH, ALL TOLD.
IT WILL BE UNDER A 9 MINUTE RIDE
TO ORBIT FOR THE CREW. 
THEY'LL BE LAUNCHING AT 
3:05:00a.m. CENTRAL TIME 
4:05a.m. EASTERN. 
WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR A NUMBER OF
MILESTONES THE RIDE UPHILL. 
ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR ONES IS 
THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM 
JETTISON, COMING 1:54 INTO THE 
FLIGHT. 
THE FIRST STAGE CUTS OFF AND 
SEPARATES THE FOUR STRAP-ON 
LIQUID FUEL BOOSTERS AT 1:58. 
AFTER THAT IS IT DOWN, THE 
LH ROUTE, THE AREA ON TOP, 
PROTECTING THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT 
FROM AERODYNAMIC FORCES ON THE 
RIGHT SEPARATES AT 2:33 SECONDS 
INTO FLIGHT. 
THE SECOND STAGE WILL SHUT DOWN 
AT 4:37 SECONDS. 
SEPARATING AT 4:48 SECONDS AS 
THAT HAPPENS, THE THIRD STAGE
WILL FIRING, DOING A HOT 
FIRE TECHNIQUE, AND WE GET A 
CLOSE UP AND YOU SEE THE LATTICE
WORK-LIKE STRUCTURE BETWEEN THE 
SECOND AND THIRD STAGES OF THE 
SOYUZ SPACECRAFT. 
ALLOWING THE ENGINE TO FIRE 
WHILE THEY ARE ATTACHED. 
THE THIRD STAGE COMING AT 4:56. 
AND THE FINAL THING THE'LL 
LOOK FORS GOING TO BE THE 
THIRD STAGE SHUTDOWN.
>> LAUNCH LEAD.
PLEASE CLOSE  VISORSL MINUS 
5 SECONDS.
>> WE ARE 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM 
LAUNCH, THEY'LL CLOSE THE 
.
>> WE CAN CONFIRM VISORS ARE 
CLOSED.
COPY.
[ ♪♪♪ ]
AND WE ARE UNDERSTAND 8:30 -- 
UNDER 8:30 AW FROM LAUNCH. 
ONCE WE HIT THE 7 MINUTE MARK, 
PRELAUNCH SEPARATIONS WILL BE 
COMPLETE. 
PRETTY MUCH GET INTO GAME TIME, 
THAT'S WHEN THINGS WILL START TO
PICK UP. 
WE'LL GO THROUGH A COUPLE MORE 
MANUAL STEPS, INCLUDING IN 
CERTING THE LAUNCH KEY INTO 
THE -- INSERTING THE LAUNCH KEY 
SOMETHING THAT OLD KER, 
AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE TITBITS 
TO SPACE FLIGHT. 
THEY HAVE A LAUNCH KEY, AND IT'S
INSERT AT T MINUS 6 SECONDS. 
YOU'LL HERE THE CALL LAUNCH KEY 
INSERTED.
YOU'LL HERE AN INTERPRETATION OF
THE CHATTER BETWEEN THE LAUNCH 
CONTROLLERS BAIKONUR, AND THE
CREW. 
YOU HEAR ONE VICE, THE 
INTERPRETER'S VOICE, IF IT 
SOUNDS LIKE ONE PERSON IS 
TALKING TO THEMSELVES, IT'S ONE 
PERSON WITH BOTH SIDES OF THE 
CONVERSATION. 
HERE IS THE VIEW OF CHRISTOPHER 
CASSIDY, IN THE RIGHT SEAT.
THIS IS HIS THIRD TRIP INTO 
OUTER SPACE.
YOU SEE THEM IN NAIR SEATS.
WE ARE AT L-MINUS ONE MINUTE.
>> I'LL READ OUT THE NUMBERS TO 
YOU GUYS.
WE CONFIRM. 
L MINUS 1 MINUTE.
>> THROUGHOUT THE OPERATIONS, 
THE SOYUZ WILL BE REFERRED TO AS
IRKUT. 
THAT IS ANATOLY IVANISHIN'S 
LAUNCH SIGN.
>> READY FOR LAUNCH.
>> ANATOLY IVANISHIN REPORTING 
EVERYTHING NOMINAL OR NORMAL ON 
THE SPACECRAFT. 
THEY ARE READY FOR LAUNCH.
WE ARE 6:22 AND COUNTING AWAY 
WET START.OFF. 
>> WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THE 
LAUNCH KEY HAS BEEN INSERTED IN 
THE LAUNCH BUNKERS, 
TRANSITIONING THE LAUNCH 
SEQUENCE INTO THE AUTOMATIC 
MODE. 
THE COMPUTERS ON THE SOYUZ 
TAKING COMMAND AND TAKING 
PRELAUNCH PROCEDURES AS WE 
COUNCIL DOWN THE 
 
AND JUST A REMINDER ANATOLY 
IVANISHIN HE CENTER SEAT IS 
THE SOYUZ COMMANDER, AND AT THE 
TOP OF THE SCREEN IS IVAN 
VAGNER, IN THE LEFT SEAT, HE'S 
THE BOARD ENGINEER FOR TODAY.
ESSENTIALLY THE BACK UP ROLE 
FORE THE COMMANDER ON BOARD THE 
SPACECRAFT. 
AND WE HAVE A VIEW OF 
CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY, SEATED TO 
ANATOLY IVANISHIN'S RIGHTS. 
 ARE UNDER FIVE MINUTES AWAY 
FROM LAUNCH. 
THE ENGINES PURGED WITH 
NITROGEN, HELPS TO FIREPROOF 
THEM.
REMOVING ANYWAY OXYGEN, FUEL OR 
OXIDIZER. 
WE ARE UNDERSTAND 4 MINUTES 
AWAY -- UNDER 4 MINUTES AWAY 
FROM LAUNCH. 
THE FIRST WILL BE SEPARATED FROM
THE BOOSTER 35 SECONDS FROM 
LAUNCH, AND THE SEC AND FINAL
ONE SEPARATES AT 15 SECONDS 
BEFORE LAUNCH, ONCE YOU SEE THE 
SECOND SEPARATE. 
BEGIN COUNTING DOWN FROM
 
AS WE COME UP ON 2:30 SECONDS, 
THE GROUND HAS BEEN TERMINATED 
678 FUEL AND -- TERMINATED. 
FUEL AND OXYGEN NO LONGER GOING 
INTO THE VEHICLE. 
RIGHT NOW THE BOOSTED FUEL TANKS
ARE PRESSURISED. 
IT HELPS TO OPTIMISE AND 
FACILITATE THE FLOW OF THE FUEL 
AND ADDS SUPPORT TO THEOCKET 
ITSELF.
WE ARE INSIDE 2 MINUTES TO 
LAUNCH.
>> AT THIS MOMENT THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
PASSING JUST OVERHEAD.
AT THE MOMENT OF LAUNCH IT WILL
BE 587 STATUE MILES AHEAD OF THE
SOYUZ SPACECRAFT FLYING OVER 
NORTH-EAST KAZAKHSTAN, PASSING 
OVER PAN 31 AT THE BAIKONUR 
COSMODRONE. 
1:20 TO LAUNCH. 
T MINUS 1 MINUTE. 
CONFIRM. 
WE SEE THE FIRST UM BILLICKA 
R -- UMBILICAL TOWER 
SEPARATE OF COURSE, WE ARE 
35 SECONDS AWAY FROM LAUNCH.
>> LAUNCH.
>> THERE GOES THE SECOND TOWER, 
SO WE ARE 15 SECONDS AWAY FROM 
LAUNCH. 
WE'LL SEE THE BOOSTERS AT THE 
BOTTOM LIGHT UP. 
AS THE TRUST BUILDS, THEY 
OVERCOME. 
AND LIFT OFF. 
CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY, ANATOLY 
IVANISHIN AND IVAN VAGNER ON 
THEIR WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION.
>> 15U SECONDS.
-- 15 SECONDS. 
ALL PARAMETERS.
30 SECONDS.
BOTH PARAMETERS. 
40 SECONDS.
8930,000 POUNDS -- 930,000 
POUNDS OF THRUST FROM THE 
BOOSTER AND CORE ENGINES.
THE ALTITUDE OR WHICH WHICH IT'S
POINTS, WE HEAR THE STATUS, 
NOMINAL. 
CONTINUING TO BURN 2 MINUTES 
INTO THE FLIGHT. 
UNDER A MINUTE TO GO ON THE 
FIRST STAGE.
>> 90 SECONDS. 
IN THE FLIGHT, THRUSTERS ARE 
WORKING NOMINALLY. 
WE CONFIRM AND FEELING WELL ON 
BOARD.
>> SOYUZ TRAVELLING WELL IN 
EXCESS OF 1,100 M PER HOUR
AND SEEING THE STRAP ON BOOSTERS
SEPARATE, THE FIRST STAGE 
OPERATING ON TIME. 
THEIR JOB DONE, DROPPING 28 
STATUE MILES, SOYUZ TRAVELLING 
ABOUT 3300 MILES PER HOUR.
>> STABILIZATION IS NOMINAL.
EVERYTH IS FINE ON BOARD.
IT'S THE FIRST STATEMENT, THE 
LAUNCH ESCAPE TOWER JETTISONED 
POWERED BY THE SECOND STAGE, THE
CORE STAGE.
>> WE CONFIRM THEJETTISONING.
 GETTING VIEWS FROM THE SOYUZ 
SPACECRAFT LOOKING BACK TO THE 
SOYUZ ROCKET. 
YOU HAVE A SOLAR ARRAY IN FRONT 
OF YOUR VIEW THERE. 
THE LAUNCH ROUND HAS BEEN 
JETTISONED, SO THE SPACECRAFT 
NOW EXPOSED.
WE ARE FEELING WELL ON BOAR.
EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD WITH THE
CORE STATEMENT, THE SECOND 
STAGE. 
56 FEET IN LENGTH. 
13.5 IN DIAMETER, SINGLE ENGINE 
WITH FOUR FUEL CHAMBERS, 
PROVIDING 178,000 POUNDS OF
THRUST DEPENDING OE ALTITUDE
FOR 3:28 SECONDS OF OPERATION.
AGAIN, THE SECOND STAGE WILL 
CONTINUE TO BURN, WE ARE LOOKING
FOR SECOND STAGE SHUTDOWN 4:30 
AFTER LAUNCH.
>> PARAMETERS ARE NOMINAL.
DOING 
.
AND IT IS TABLE. 
WE CONFIRM EVERYTHING IS NOMINAL
ON BOARD.
>> ATLE OVER MINUTES SINCE
LAUNCH AGAIN, LOOKING FOR THE 
SHUT DOWN. 
SEPARATION COMING UP IN ABOUT 
20 SECONDS.
AS THE SEPARATION OCCURS, THE 
FIRST STAGE WILL FIRE. 
THE HOT STAGE TECHNIQUE, AND THE
THIRD STAGE WILL IGNITE WHILE 
THE SECOND IS STILL ATTACHED. 
STANDING BY
 
SHUTDOWN.
>> LOOKING FROM SEPARATION OF 
STAGE 2. 
WE'LL SEE IT AS WELL.
EVERYTHING IS NOMINAL ON BOARD.
COPY. 
AND WE HAVE CONFIRMATION SECOND 
STAGE SHUT DOWN, THAT WAS THE 
THIRD STAGE LOWER SKIRT 
JETTISON, TARGETED TO COME OFF 
AT 4:56. 
WE ARE 5:20 SECONDS.
THIRD STAGE NOW GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO BURN UNTIL WE ARE AT
THE IN ASSERTION, THE INITIAL 
ORBIT OF THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT 
SPECKED TO COME AT -- EXPECTED 
TO COME AT 8:46 AND SEPARATION 
FOUR SECONDS LATER.
THRUSTERS ARE WORKING NOMINALLY.
CONFIRM, AND EVERYTHING IS 
NOMINAL ON BOARD.
>> THE BEAM PROPELLED INTO ORBIT
BY THE SINGLE ENGINE, PROVIDING 
67,000 POUNDS OF TRUST. 
AND WILL BURN UNTIL SHUTDOWN. 
COMING IN UNDERSTAND SIX FROM 
NOW.
>> 360 SECONDS INTO FLIGHT. 
PITCH AND ROLL ARE ALL NOMINAL.
COPY. 
AND WE ARE FEELING WELL ON 
BOARD.
>> STILL GETTING GREAT UPDATES 
FROM THE CREW. 
ANATOLY IVANISHIN TALKING TO THE
CROWD.
CROWD.
EVERYONE FEELING WELL ON BOARD.
EVERYTHING IS GOING NORMALLY, 
ACCORDING TO THE PLAN.
6:35 SINCE LIFT OFF.
>> ALL CENTRAL SYSTEMS FOR THE 
VEHICLES ARE WORKING NOMINALLY, 
WE ARE FINE ON BOARD.
COPY.
>> 420 SECONDS INTO FLIGHT. 
PITCH AND ROLE PARAMETERS ARE 
ALL NOMINAL. 
COPY. 
WE ARE FINE ON BOARD.
WHICH JUST PASSED 7:30 INTO THE 
FLIGHT. 
SPACECRAFT PHILOSOPHY AROUND 
13,500 AN HOUR. 
CONFIRM. 
WE COPY. 
470 SECONDS.
FIRST STAGE THRUSTERS ARE 
WORKING NOMINALLY. 
EVERYTHING IS WELL ON BOARD.
490 SECONDS. 
IN THE FLIGHT. 
THE VEHICLE IS STABLE.
>> AND WE ARE STANDING BY OUR 
NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE WILL BE THE
SHUT DOWN OF THE THIRD STAGE 
COMING 30 SECONDS FROM NOW.
>> 510 SECONDS IN THE FLIGHT. 
YOUR PITCH AND ROLE ARE ALL 
NOMINAL. 
GET READY FOR THE STAGE 
SEPARATION. 
WE'LL SEE THE ENGINES CUT OFF. 
ONCE THE VEHICLE SEPARATES, IT 
GIVES THE CREW A BIT OF A JOL
WE SEE THE THIRD STAGE 
SEPARATING THERE. 
YOU SEE IT DROPPING AWAY NOW.
THIRD STAGE SEPARATION 
CONFIRMED.
>> CONGRATULATIONS GUYS, YOU ARE
IN ORBIT. 
I AM HANDING YOU OVER TO THE 
MISSION CONTROL, MOSCOW. 
AND AS WE CAN SEE ON THE VIDEO, 
THAT SOLAR RAY DEPLOYED. 
AND WE HAVE CONFIRMATION ONE ON 
THE OTHER SIDE IS DEPLOYED.
ALL OF THE ANTENNAS
WITH THE RENDEZVOUS AND THE 
ANTENN
DEPLOYED ON THE SPACECRAFT.
>> THEN WE'LL STAND BY FOR THE 
MEASUREMENTS, AND PLEASE PROCEED
TO PAGE 39. 
M C.C. SCOW, TS ISNCODER 
TWO, I'M READY TO GIVE YOU...
..I'M...
>> WE'LL STICK WITH THE SOYUZ AS
LONG AS WE HAVE THEM.
THEY ARE PASSING OUT OF THE 
WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO GET THE S 
VIDEO TRANSMITTED DOWN, 
EVERYTHING LOOKING LIKE IT WAS 
GOOD IN A GOOD INITIAL ORBIT.
ORBITAL PARAMETERS. 
THE ORBIT THAT THEY ARE IN, 
LOOKING GOOD. 
AFTER A SUCCESSFUL COOPERATION 
FROM THE THIRD STAGE. 
WITH THAT, CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY, 
ANATOLY IVANISHIN AND IVAN 
VAGNER ARE IN OUTER SPACE.
FOR CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY AND 
ANATOLY IVANISHIN, THAT THIRD 
TRIP. 
FOR IVAN VAGNER, HIS FIRST. 
THE CREWS GOING THROUGH A NUMBER
MUCH CHECKOUTS. 
ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT WE 
LOOK FOR IS GETTING THE SOLAR 
RAYS OUT.
WHICH PROVIDE THE ELECTRICAL 
POWER TO THE SYSTEMS ON BOARD 
THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT AND THE 
ANTENNAS BEING DEPLOYED.
AND THEY WERE ALL CONFIRMED TO 
BE DONE SUCCESSFULLY. 
AND WE GOT A VIEW OF ONE POPPING
OUT AFTER SEPARATION FROM THE 
THIRD STAGE.
>> AND WE CONFIRM THAT WE ARE 
READY TO ACTIVATE CONTROL PANEL 
2. 
YOU HAVE TO GO. 
CONTROL PANEL TWO IS ACTIVATED. 
WE ARE STARTING WITH 2 TESTS.
>> COPY.
>> AND ONE OF THE FIRST TESTS 
THAT THEY'LL CARRY OUT IS A TEST
OF THE CHORUS SYSTEM. 
THE RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING 
SYSTEM THAT THE SOYUZ USES.
THEY'LL FLY AUTONOMOUSLY TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, AND
DOCK TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION THEMSELVES.
THEY ARE RUNNING THROUGH A 
CHECKOUT OF THAT SYSTEM.
ONCE THEY GET CLOSER, THEY DO 
SYSTEM CHECKS BETWEEN THE SOYUZ 
AND THE STATION ITSELF.
BEFORE THEY GET IN CLOSE, FOR 
THE STATION KEEPING AND DOCKING 
TO THE STATION, AND THEIR 
DESTINATION WILL BE THE MODULE, 
THE MINI RESEARCH MODULE NUMBER 
TWO.
IT'S ON THE SPACE STATION INSIDE
ON THE RUSSIAN SEGMENT.
>> AND PLEASE TURN ON THE INPUT 
PANEL AT 12:36. 
WE COPY.
>> WE WANTED TO CONFIRM THE TEST
WAS SUCCESS.
AND WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH KOOS 
1 ACTIVATION. 
ALL SECTIONS SWITCH OVER. 
SHOULD BE DONE FOR PAGE 52. 
AND THE SWITCH OVER AT 12:10. 
WE COPY. 
12:10. 
AND THE NEXT TIME 11:52 UP TO 
12:06. 
COPY.
>> AND KOOS 1 ACTIVN 
SUCCESS:
SUCCESSFULLY.
AND DURING THE NEXTESSION 
WE'LL TEST MANUAL CONTROLS.
AND PLEASE SEND COMMAND AT 
12:39.00.
>> COPY. 
ANATOLY IVANISHIN AT 12:39. 
M.T.T. MOSCOW, THIS IS DAKOTA 2.
I HAVE VERIFIED THAT ALL 
DISPLAYS ARE WORKING NOMINALLY.
>> WE ARE STANDING BY FOUR FIVE 
MINUTE MEASUREMENT.
AND M.T.T. MOSCOW, WE CONFIRM. 
N C.C. MOSCOW, THIS IS 2. 
MEASUREMENT. 
WE ARE RAD. 
0-5-8-2-7. 
INSTRUMENTATION  COMPARTMENTS, 
7-2-9. 
WE COPY.
>> AND THIS IS MISSION CONTROL 
HOUSTON, IF YOU ARE JOINING US, 
YOU MISSED THE BEST PART. 
THE LAUNCH WAS DONE SUCCESSFULLY
ON TIME. 
WE'LL BRING YOU LAUNCH REPLACE 
IN A LITTLE BIT. 
FOR NOW, THE CREW ON ORBIT IN 
THE OUTER SPA IN THE SOYUZ 
SPACECRAFT. 
CHECKING THROUGH THE SYSTEMS. 
DOING A LEAK CHECK, ON THE 
SPACECRAFT ITSELF, AND 
MONITORING ALL THE TESTS USING 
THE COMPUTER DELAY STAY DISPLAYS
IN FRONT OF THE -- COMPUTE 
ISPLAYS IN FRONT OF THE 
COMMANDER'S SEAT. 
GUYS, DO YOU COPY ME?
WE READ YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON A 
SUCCESSFUL EXERTION INTO ORBIT. 
AND LAUNCH. 
AND WE SEE IT ON OUR SIDE, ON 
G.P.S. IT WAS A SUCCESS. 
AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM THAT
WE ARE GOING TO STAY WITH THE 
SIX ORBIT.
DOCKING PLAN, ALL IN ALL. 
EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD. 
JUST SLOW AND STEADY MAKES IT. 
WE COPY ALL.
THANK YOU. 
AND PLEASE DO AS I TAUGHT YOU 
TO. 
COPY. 
AND ONE IMPORTANT PART FROM THAT
CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE JUST 
LISTENING IN ON, THEY ARE 
CONTINUING WITH THE SIX HOUR 
RONDE VIE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, AND EVERYTHING 
LOOKING GOOD WITH THEAFT
AND CHECKOUTS. 
THEY'LL BE ON TIME FOR DOCKING, 
WE ARE TRACKING TO 9:15AM 
CENTRAL TIME.
>> MOSCOW.
GO AHEAD.
YOU HAVE A GO TO OPEN YOUR 
VISORS. 
DEACTIVATE THERMAL SENSORS AND 
PERFORM ACTIONS  THE LOCK ON 
PAGE 37. 
COPY.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS. 
ON SUCH A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH. 
GOOD LUCK.
>> TALK TO YOU SOON. 
THANK YOU.
>> AND THE CREW JUST GETTING 
FINAL CONGRATULATIONS FROM 
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS OUTSIDE OF 
MOSCOW, AT THE RUSSIAN MISSION 
CONTROL CENTER. 
THEY'LL TAKE THE LEAVE FOR 
OVERSEEING THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT 
FOR THE REST OF THE JOURNEY. 
WHILE WE STAND BY FOR THE LAUNCH
REPLAYS, WE HAVE IN CABIN VIEWS 
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SHOW ON THE 
AS SCENT. 
THIS, AGAIN, MOMENTS AGO, AFTER 
THEY LIFTED OFF. 
IT'S BEEN ALMOST 20 MINUTES 
E LIFT OFF. 
ANATOLY IVANISHIN, THE SOEZ 
COMMANDER IN THE CENTER CEAT THE
TOP OF THE SCREEN. 
IVAN VAGNER MAKING A FIRST RIDE 
INTO ORBIT.
AT THE TIME OF THE REPLAY THEY 
WERE UNDER THE FULL POWER OF THE
SOYUZ FIRST STAGE. 
AND YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW SMOOTH 
THE RIDE IS UPHILL FOR THE CREW 
 INSIDE. 
GAIN, JUST OUT OF THE VIEW -- 
AGAIN, JUST OUT OF THE VIEW NASA
ASTRONAUT CHRISTOPHER CASSIDY IN
SPACE FOR THE
 
IF YOU ARE JOINING US, THIS IS 
VIDEO OF MINUTES AGO WHEN THEY 
LAUNCHED. 
THE LAUNCH TH CAME 21:20 SECONDS
AGO.
IT'S THE IN-IN VIEW LOOKING AT 
ANATOLY IVANISHIN LEFT CORNER. 
BIG SMILE ON THE FACE MAKING A 
FIRST RIDE UP HILL INTO OUTER 
SPACE TODAY M RIGHT NOW THE CREW
IS INSIDE THE SOYUZ CAPSULE. 
PERFORMING THE ON-ORBIT 
CHECKOUTS. 
AT THIS POINTS THEY'VE BEEN 
GIVEN THE GO TO OPEN UP THEIR 
VISORS OR THEIR SUITS. 
AND GETTING REMINDERS TO 
DEACTIVATE THERMAL SES ON 
THELF, AND GETTING 
READY TO DEACTIVATE THE PROBE 
AND GOING A HAND CONTROLLER 
TEST. 
ABLE TO CONTROL THE SOYUZ 
SPACECRAFT ITSELF.
IF WE GO FOR THE NOMINAL PLAN 
EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE 
AUTOMATED.
RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING SYSTEM. 
THAT WAS CONFIRMED TO HAVE 
SEPARATED FROM THE SOYUZ ROCKET,
ALONG WITH THE SOLAR ARRAYS.
STANDING BY FOR A FEW MOMENTS 
FOR THE LAUNCH REPLAY, WE SHOULD
BE BRINGING THEM TO YOU SHORTLY.
AND HERE WE GO, SHE IS ARE 
REPLAYS -- THESE ARE REPLAY, THE
LAUNCH ON TIME 3:05 CENTRAL. 
4:05:00 EASTERN. 
SOYUZ M.S.-16 SPACE -- SOYUZ 
MS-16 TAKING OFF. 
THE REPLAYS WILL CYCLE THROUGH A
FEW DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE 
ROCKET
 
>> AND ANOTHER REPLAY, WE'LL 
STAND BY, WE SHOULD HAVE AT 
LEAST ONE MORE REPLAY OF THE 
LAUNCH, COMING ON TIME AT 
3:05a.m. CENTRAL.
25 MINUTES AGO. 
STAND BY. 
WE GET CONFIRMATION OF THE 
DOCKING PROBE. 
SO THAT EXTENDS FROM THE VERY 
TOP OF THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT OUT 
OF THE ORBITAL MODULE. 
USED TO DO THE FINAL ALIGNMENT 
INTO THE DOCKING COMPARTMENT ON 
THE POLICE MODULE WHERE THEY'LL 
BE HEADED TODAY.
THAT WAS EXTENDED SUCCESSFULLY 
FOR ALL THE HONORARY CHECKOUTS 
CONTINUING TO GO PER PLAN. 
AND SHOULD BE INNED 20 MINUTES 
AWAY -- BE UNDER 20 MINUTES AWAY
FROM ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR 
FIRINGS OF THE ENGINE, ON THE 
IMPLEMENTATION MODULE. 
KNOWN AS THE NO.1 BURN. 
AND THAT WILL BE THE FIRST IN A 
SERIES OF FIRINGS THAT GRADULY
SE THE SOYUZ'S ORBIT UNTIL 
IT'S ON THE SAME LEVEL OF THE 
SPACE STATION.
AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 257 STATUTE
MILES.
HERE WE GO, ONE MORE LAUNCH 
REPLAY FROM JUST ABOUT
 
26 MINUTES AGO. 
SOYUZ LAUNCH - LOOKED LIKE A 
PERFECT LAUNCH, AND EVERYWHERE -
WE HAVE A 
.
ALL RIGHT. 
THAT WILL DO IT FORUR REPLAYS 
 
WHILE WE GO INTO THE THIRD ONE, 
WE HAD A CALL FROM THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 
ANDREW MORGAN, A CURRENTS 
RESIDENT. 
REPORTED THAT THEY WATCHED THE 
LAUNCH, AND WITH EVERYTHING 
LOOKING GOOD THEY ARE READY TO 
RECEIVE THE CREW MEMBERS, AND 
MENTIONED HE'LL HAVE DINNER 
WAITING FOR THEM. 
HE AND JESSICA MEIR AND OLEG 
SKRIPOCHKA COMING OUT OF THE 
SLEEP PERIOD. 
THIS IS BRIGHT AND EARLY IN THE 
MORNING FOR THEM. 
IN SIX HOURS FROM NOW THEY'LL 
HAVE THREE NEW CREW MEMBERS THAT
THEY'LL WELCOME ON BOARD.
WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE A BREAK 
FOR NOW. 
WHILE THE SOYUZ FINE  TUPS 
ITS -- FINE TUNE ITS PATH.
WE'LL BE BACK FOR LIVE COVERAGE 
ONCE WE ARE HERE AND READY FOR 
DOCKING, ON NASSA TV WE'LL -- 
NASA TV WE'LL DO A VIDEO FILE.
ALL THE LAUNCH, AND BE BACK WITH
THE LIVE COVERAGE AT 8:30AM 
CENTRAL. 
9:30 STERN. 
OR A PLANNED DOCKING AT 9:16AM.
AFTER A DOCKS, A SERIES OF 
CHECKS, AND READY TO OPEN THE 
HATCHES AND MOVE INTO THE 
STATION, WE'LL BEGIN AT 11AM 
CENTRAL. 
HATCH OPENING AROUND 11:30a.m.. 
AND WRAP UP THE COVERAGE WITH A 
VIDEO FILE SHOWING ALL OF THE 
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DING,ND THE
HATCH OPENING AT 2:00p.m. 
CENTRAL. 
3:00p.m. EASTERN. 
SO BE SURE TO TUNE BACK IN THEN.
KEEP SENDING THE QUESTIONS USING
THE HASHTAG ASK NASA ON TWITTER,
WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO 
ANSWER THOSE AS WE MOVE THROUGH 
THE DOCKING AND HATCH OPENING 
LATER THIS MORNING. 
I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR 
STNG UP LATE OR WAKING UP 
EARLY TO TUNE IN TO WATCH THE 
LAUNCH. 
IT'S A ROUGH TIME FOR 
EVERYWHERE, WE APPRECIATE IT. 
WITH THAT WE'LL SIGN OFF AND BE 
BACK IN A FEW HOURS, THIS IS 
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON. 
d
bad luck from the very
beginning.
13, we have one more item for
you when you get a chance - we'd
like you to stir up your
cryotanks.
It never really converged to the
point
where you felt you really had
total control of what was going
on.
OK, Houston, we have a problem
here.
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