THE THREE CREW MEMBERS.
NASA ASTRONAUT MERE AND RUSSIAN 
CAUSE NO ASTRONAUT ALEX AND 
ANDREW MORGAN.
AFTER UNDOCKING AT 8:53 CENTRAL 
TIME MODULE ABOARD THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
THEY'RE APROEUFPING WHERE IT 
WILL CONDUCT ITS DEORBIT BURN.
TONIGHTLL WE'LL BE LOOKING 
FORWARD TO THE LANDING SCHEDULED
FOR 12:16 A.M. CENTRAL TIME ON 
APRIL 17TH.
I'M LEAH OF NASA ASK WE'RE LIVE 
AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM AT 
NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
LEADS ARE BEING BEING LEAD BY 
FLIGHT D MARCUS FLS.
TO HIS RIGHT YOU CAN SEE ANDREAS
MIKE IS KEEPING TABS OF 
EVERYTHING HAPPENING WITH THE 
SOYUZ VEHICLE NOW ON ITSAY 
HOME.
YOU GOT LIVE LOOK.
THIS IS A TOWN OUTSIDE OF MOSCOW
WHERE THE TEAM WILL BE 
CONTROLLING ALL OF TONIGHT'S 
LANDING OPERATIONS.
BOTH THE HOUSTON AND MOSCOW 
FLIGHT CONTROL TEAMS ARE FULLY 
FOCUSSED ON LANDING OF THE SOYUZ
MS-15 SPACECRAFT ALMOST 19 MILES
AWAY FROM THE S STATN.
INSIDE ARE NASA'S GENTLEMENS 
SAMYR AND ANDREW MORGAN AND OLEG
COP COP.
THEY'RE ARE LANDING TO DEPART 
FROM HELICOPTERS FROM THE AIR 
FIELD IN KAZAKHSTAN.
THE 26 FIXED WING AIRCRAFT THAT 
WILL SERVE AS A COMMAND AND 
CONTROL CENTER RELAYING VOICE 
AND DATA ONCE IT'S IN RANGE HAS 
DEPARTED AND IS EN ROUTE TO THE 
LANDING SITE ABOUT 2.5 HOURS 
AWAY.
 AFTER THE HATCH CLOSES AT 5:44 
CENTRAL TIME TONIGHT, THE CREW 
PERFORMED LEAGUE CHECKS AND 
SYSTEM CHECKS ENSURING THE 
SPACECRAFT WAS READY TO GO AND 
DONNED THEIR LAUNCH AND ENTRY 
SUITS.
AT 8:53:30 THE HOOKS ON THE 
SOYUZ WEREPENED AND TOOK WITH 
IT JESSICA MEIR AND DREW MORGAN 
AND COMMANDER OF THE SPACECRAFT 
OLEG COPE COPE IN THE CENTER 
SEAT.
IT PERFORMED A SUCCESSFUL BURN 
ONE AND NOW IT'S APPROACHING THE
19 MILE DISTANCE NECESSARY FOR 
IT TO EXECUTE THE DEORBIT BURN.
THAT WILL SLOW IT DOWN BY 128 
METERS PER SECOND ALLOWINGO 
DROP OUT OF THE ORBIT AND 
REENTER THE ATMOSPHERE.
AS THE SOYUZ DID HE PARRED 
TONIGHT AT THE MOMENT OF 
UNDOCKING EXPEDITION 63 BEGAN 
WITH ASTRONAUT CHRIS CASSIDY AS 
COMMANDER AND RUSSIAN US A M 
ASTRONAUTS THIS.  CREW HAVING 
ARRIVED LAST WEEK.
THEY'LL BE ABOARD UNTIL LATER 
THIS YEAR IN OCTOBER.
FOR A LOOK AT HOW TO KNIT'S 
EVENTS WILL UNFOLD IT'S LOOK.
WE SAW THE UNDOCKING OF THE
SPACECRAFTM THE MODULE AT 
8:53 P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
THE NEXT THING IS THAT DEORBIT 
BURN SUCCEED YOU'LLED FOR 11:52 
THAT WILL LAST 4 MINUTES AND 41 
SECONDS DROPPING THE SOYUZ OUT 
OF ORBIT AND INTO THE EARTH'S 
ATMOSPHERE.
AT 11:50 THE THREE PORTIONS WILL
SEPARATE AND THE DECENT MODULE 
WILL HAVE ITS HEAT SHIELD FROM 
TRAVEL PROTECTING THE CREW THAT 
IS REACHING
OUTSIDE.
JUST ABOUT TWO SECONDS BEFORE 
THE CREW TOUCHES DOWN ON TO 
KAZAKHSTAN THERE WILL BE A 
SOFTENIN FIRING SLOWING IT DOWN 
JUST A BIT MORE FOR A SOFTER 
LANDING.
THE SOYUZ WILL LAND 92 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF 
GENTLEMEN KA ST
A REDUCED NUMBER ARE SUPPORTING 
LANDING.
SOME WERE IN KAZAKHSTAN TO 
SUPPORT IT LAST WEEK AND WERE 
JOINED BY A SMALL NASA TEAM THAT
FLEW IN ON THE GULF STREAM PLANE
IN CENTRAL KAZAKHSTAN.
BECAUSE THE AIRPORT WAS CLOSED 
BY KAZAKHSTAN AUTHORITIES, THE 
RUSSIAN SEARCH AND RECOVERY 
FORCEREWORKED LOGISTICS AND 
DECIDED TO STAGED LANDING 
OPERATIONS WITH HELICOPTERS AT 
THE AIRPORT.
SINCE THEY WERE ALREADY THERE TO
SUPPORT LAUNCH LAST WEEK IN 
EVENT OF AN CONTINGENCY.
HAVING DEPARTED EARLIER THERE 
WILL BE 8 HELICOPTERS DEPLOYED 
AND TWO TO THE BALLISTIC LANDING
SITE AND 6 ARE IN GENTLEMEN KA 
STAN REFUELLING AND THEY'LL 
DEPART SOON FOR THE LANDING SITE
ABOUT
.
THE HELICOPTERS ARE ALREADY 
HEADING TO THE LANDING SITE.
6 WING AIRCRAFT ARE EMPLOYED.
ONE IS IN THE AREA OF THE 
BALLISTIC SITE AND THETHER AS 
WE MENTIONED IS ALREADY EN ROUTE
TO THE LANDING SITE AND SERVE AS
COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTER 
BETWEEN THE BACK TO RUSH USUAL 
SHA.
THAT WILL REPLAY VOICE AND DATA 
FROM THE SOYUZ TO THE FLIGHT 
CONTROLLERS AT THEIR MISSION 
CONTROL CENTER AND ABLE TO PICK 
UP THAT DATA FROM SOYUZ ONCE IT 
IS IN RANGE.
PUSH PUSH AFTER LANDING THE CREW
WILL RETURN BY RUSSIAN 
HELICOPTERS TO THE RECOVERY TO 
THEY'LL BOARD A NASA PLAIN 
LOCATED THERE FOR A FLIGHT BACK 
TO HOUSTON.
WE'RE EXPECTING GOOD WEATHER.
61 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT WITH WINDS
IN THE SOUTHEAST.
A NICE WELCOME HOME FOR THE CREW
WHO HAS SPENT SO MUCH TIME IN 
SPACE.
YESTERDAY JESSICA MEIR SPOKE 
ABOUT THE EXTENSIVE MEASURES 
NASA HAS DEN.
>> THIS SITUATION HAS 
DRAMATICALLY AFFECTED OUR PLANS.
OUR SUPPORT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
FIGURED OUT TO PICK US UP.
WE LAUNCH OFFED IN THE SOYUZ 
FROM BIKE INNOR AND WE LAND IN 
KAZAKHSTAN AS WELL.
EVEN GETTING THAT NASA AIRCRAFT 
OVERRE WITH ALL THE 
INTERNATIONAL STOPS INVOLVED HAS
BEEN QUITE AN EFFORT.
WE'RE TAKING A SHREUFT PATH.
IT'S A PLANES, TRAINS AND 
AUTOMOBILES SCENARIO.
WE'RE  -- THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
LANDING SO WE'T HAVE 
ANYTHING T COMPARE IT TO.
ONCE WE GET HOME, NORMALLY WE 
HAVE LITTLE BIT OF A QUARANTINE 
PERIOD WHICH HAS  BEEN SOFT IN 
THE PAST.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE HALLMARKS A 
DISCIRCULATION OF THE IMMUNE 
SYSTEM WE CAN CBACK IMMUNO 
COMPROMISE DZ.
SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE 
KEEP US SAFE AND HEALTHY.
SO WE'LL HAVE A MORE STRICT 
QUARANTINE WHERE WE'RE LIVING AT
NASA WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO MAKE
SURE WE REMAIN HEALTHY AS WELL.
>>  NASA ASTRONAUT ANDREW MORGAN
LAUNCHED ON JULY 20, 2015, THE 
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE APOLLO 
11 LUNAR LANDING.
TODAY HE AND JESSICA MEIR AND 
OLEG LANDED 50 YEARS TO THE DAY 
APOLLO 13.
THE CRISIS WAS IN SPACE AS 
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS WORKED TO 
BRING THE APOLLO 13 CREWS SAFELY
HOME.
50 YEARS LATER THINGS ARE A 
LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT ON THIS 
SIDE OF THE ATMOSPHERE AS WE 
NAVIGATE LIFE DURING A PANDEMIC.
IN BOTH CIRCUMSTANCES WE ARE 
UNITED WORLDWIDE AS WE WORK TO 
MOVE FORWARD TO BETTER DAYS.
WE'RE ABOUT 10 MEN'S AWAY FROM 
THAT DEORBIT BURN THAT WILL 
BRING THE SOYUZ SLOWING IT DOWN 
BY 128 METERS PER SECOND.
THAT'S ENOUGH TO DROP IT OUT OF 
THE EARTH'S ORBIT WHICH IS 
EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO BRING IT
HOME SAFELY TOAZAKHSTAN.
THE SOYUZ WILL BE ABOUT 32 
KILOMETERS OR 19 MILLIONS AWAY 
FROM THENTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION.
ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER THAT.
THE MODULE ON TOP OF THE DESCENT
MODULE WHERE THE CREW IS SEATED 
IT WILL BE DEPRESSURIZED AND 
VACUUMED.
ONCE THEY SEPARATE THAT ORBITAL 
MODULE WILL DEPART AT .28 METERS
PER SECOND AND THE PROPULSION 
LEAVING THE DECENT MODULE AND 
THE CREW INSIDE WITH THEIR HEAT 
SHIELD EXPOSED IN THE DIRECTION 
OF TRAVEL.
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE BECAUSE
THE TEMPERATURES AROUND THE 
DECENT MODULE WILL BUILD UP T 
200500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND 
THE HEAT SHIELD WILL PROTECT THE
 ASTRONAUTS INSIDE AND AT THAT 
TIME WE WON'T HAVE ANY 
COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE SOYUZ 
CREW BUT THOSE SHOULD BE 
RESTORED UPON EXIST ONCE THE 
SPACECRAFT IS IN RANGE OF T 
AIRCRAFT.
YOU'LL HEAR A BEACON SIGNAL JUST
BEFORE THE PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT 
AND 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO LANDING.
THE COMMAND SHOULD COME TWO 
MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THAT COMMAND IS TRIGGERED BY A 
BEAR METTIC PRESSURE SENSOR AT 
AN ALTITUDE AT
SECOND THE TKROEG CHUTE HAS BEEN
RELEASED SLOWING IT DOWN TO 80 
METERS A SECOND.
THE MAIN PARACHUTE HAS BEEN 
RELEASED COVERING AN AREA OF 
1,000 METERS.
IT ALLOWS THE SOYUZ TO SLOW TO A
DESCENT RATE OF 7.2 METERS PER 
SECOND.
WE'LL BE COMING UP ON THAT 
DEORBIT BURN AT 11:22 TOO.
AS WE MENTIONED DREW MORGAN IS 
WRAPPING UP A 272 DAY MISSION 
ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION.
HIS FIRST MISSION IN THE FOURTH 
LONGEST SPACEFLIGHT BY A U.S. 
ASTRONAUT.
HESO COMPLETED 7 SPACEWALKS 
ON THIS MISSION WITH OVER 45 
HOURS AND 48 MINUTES OUTSIDE THE
HATCH.
NASA ASTRONAUT JESSICA MEIR WAS 
ON THE FIRST FLIGHT THIS MISSION
RACKING UP 205 DAYS AND THREE 
SPACEWALKS WALK ALL COMPLETED 
WITH NASA ASTRONAUT CHRISTINA 
KOCH FOR THE FIRST FEMALE 
SPACEWALK.
THE COMMANDER OF THE SPACECRAFT 
AND EXPEDITION 62 TOTALLED HIS 
CAREER FLIGHT TIME TO 536 DAYS 
IN SPACE.
ABOUT 86.9 MILLION MILES AROUND 
THE EARTH DURING THEIR FLIGHT.
HOW MUCH WAS USED.
COPY.
ABOUT 5 MINUTES AWAY FROM THAT 
DEORBIT BURN COMMITTING SOYUZ TO
DEORBIT AND ITS JOURNEY HOME.
THOSE THRE SPACE ASTRONAUTS ARE
COMING TONIGHT.
THREE MORE ARE WORKING ON THE 
SPACE STATION 6 MONTHS.
THIS TRIO ARRIVED 8 DAYS AGO 
LASTING UNTIL OCTOBER AND 
THEY'LL SEE THE SpaceX DRAGON.
THE WORLD MAP AS SPACE STATION 
AND SOYUZ CROSS OVER THE
SOUTHERN TIP OF CHILE.
THE SPACE STATION AT TRAVELING 
17,500 MILES PER HOUR.
THE SPACE STATION ORBITS THE 
EARTH EVERY 90 MINUTES SEEING 16
SUN RISES AND SUNSETS EVERY DAY.
JUST TWO MINUTES NOW UNTIL SOYUZ
NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE.
THE DEORBIT BURN FOR 4 MINUTES 
AND 41 SECONDS IN DURATION.
WE'RE ONE MINUTE POP AWAY FROM 
THAT BREAKING MANEUVER.
WE ARE STANDING BY FOR 
ACTIVATION IN 30 SECONDS.
30 SECONDS UNTIL THE DEORBIT 
BURN.
>>  WE COPY.
DEORBIT BURN IS IN PROGRESS.
THAT RETRO GRADE FALLING.
ALLOWING IT TO DROP OUT OF ORBIT
AND BACK INTO THE EARTH'S 
ATMOSPHERE.
 
>>  ONE MINUTE INTO THE DEORBIT 
BURN.
WE USED UP 90.
WE COPY.
>>  TWO MINUTES INTO THE DEORBIT
BURN.
2:40 SECONDS REMAINING.
DEORBIT CREW CONTINUES AND THE 
CREW IS COMMITTED TO THE 
RE-ENTRY OF THE EARTH'S 
ATMOSPHERE.
THE COMMANDER REPORTING DOWN TO 
RUSSIAN MISSION CONTROL THE 
AMOUNT OF FUEL THAT HAS BEEN 
USED SO FAR FOR THE DEORBIT 
BURN.
EVERYTHING PROCEEDING SMOOTHLY.
>>  4 MINUTES.
>> 4 MINUTES INTO THE DEORBIT 
BURN AND 41 SECONDS LEFT.
DEORBIT BURN ALMOST COMPLETE.
11:27 P.M. CENTRAL TIME THAT 
DEORBIT BURN IS COMPLETE AND THE
CREW IS COMMITTED TO DEORBITING 
AND ENTRYING EARTH'S AT HOSPITAL
FEAR.
5 MINUTES FROM NOW THE MODULE ON
TOP OF THE SOYUZ WILL BE 
DEPRESSURIZED PREPARING FOR 
SEPARATION OF THE MODULES.
WITH THAT 5 MINUTES FROM THE 
START OF THE BURN, THE ORBITAL 
MODULE HAS BEEN DEPRESSURIZED TO
VACUUM.
WITH THE DEORBIT BURN COMPLETE 
AND THE PRESSURIZATION OF THE 
MODULE THE NEXT WILL BE THE 
SEPARATION OF THE MODULES.
THAT WILL BE AT 11:50 P.M. 
CENTRAL TIME.
THE ORBITAL MODULE WILL DEPART 
PROPULSION WILL DRT LEAVING  
BEHIND ONLY THE DESCENT MODULE 
IN WHICH THE CREW IS SEATED 
INSIDE.
ALMOST THREE MINUTES AFTER THE 
SEPARATION OF THE MODULE THE 
CREW WILL BEGIN TO FEEL THE 
FIRST PULL OF GRAVITY DURING THE
INTERFACE.
THE FIRST TIME THAT MORGAN WILL 
HAVE FELT IT FOR 9 MONTHS AND 6 
MONTHS FOR JESSICA MEIR AND 
RUSSIA'S COSMONAUT OH HREBG  LEG
SKEURP SKEURP.
JUST ABOUT 20 MINUTES FROM THAT 
SEPARATION OF THE SOYUZ 
EVERYTHING MOVED AS PLANNED 
12:16 A.M. APRIL 17TH, CENTRAL 
TIME.
THE RETURNING SOYUZ MS-15 CREW 
OF NASA ASTRONAUT JESSICA MEIR 
PHA IS IN THE LEFT SEAT OF THE 
DESCENT MODEL AND SHE'S SERVING 
AS BACK-UP OF OLEG SKRIPOCHKA IN
THE MIDDLE SEAT AND ON HIS RIGHT
272 DAYS IN SPACE IN THE RIGHT  
SEAT AS BOARD ENGINEER 2.
MEANWHILE ON THE GROUND, NASA 
AND RUSSIAN SEARCH AND RECOVERY 
FORCES ARE IN THE AIR ABOARD THE
RUSSIAN MI8 HELICOPTERS TO THE 
LANDING SITE ABOUT
AWAY.
IT'S HE ABOUT A 35 MILE FLIGHT 
THEY'LL CIRCLE THE LANDING SITE 
IN A RACE TRACK FASHION AWAITING
FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE VEHICLE.
NEXT MILESTONE WILL BE THAT 
MODULE SEPARATION.
AND FOLLOWING THAT THEY'LL HIT 
THE FIRST TRACES OF THE EARTH'S 
ATMOSPHERE ABOUT 3 MINUTES 
LATER.
THEY'LL THEN ENTER THE PLASMA 
REGIME WHICH LASTS ABO 
MINUTES WHEN TEMPERATURES AROUND
THE SPACECRAFT GO TO 200500 
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
THIS IS THE TIME WE EXPECT TO 
LOSE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE 
SOYUZ AND THE GROUND TEAMS.
BUT THOSE WILL BE RESTORED WHEN 
THAT 26 AIRCRAFT ON ITS WAY TO 
THE LANDING SITE FROM BIKE 
EVERYTHING MOVING ALONG AS 
PLANNED FOR SOYUZ TONIGHT.
SEPARATION. UNTIL MODULE 
YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LIVE VIEW OF
THE RUSSIAN MISSION CONTROL A 
TOWN OUTSIDE OF MOSCOW.
YOU MAY HEAR THIS TEAM REFER TO 
THE SOYUZ MS-15 AS THE CALL SIGN
THAT OLEGPOCHKA CHOSE FOR 
THE SOYUZ.
IT'S BEEN ABOUT 10 MINUTES SINCE
SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE 
BURN AND WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT 40 
MINUTES UNTIL LANDING.
LANDING OF THE CREW TONIGHT 
LITTLE LOOK DIFFERENT AS IT'S 
USUALLY STAGED.
THAT AIRPORT HAS BEEN CLOSED BY 
KAZAKHSTAN AUTHORITIES SO THE 
LANDING IS BEING STAGED OUT OF 
ABOUT A 2.5 HOUR HELICOPTER 
FLIGHT FROM THE LANDING S
AFTER LANDING THE CREW WILL 
RETURN BY RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS TO
THAT STAGING CITY OF BAIKONUR 
AND THEN WE'LL SPLIT UP AND THEN
A THREE HOUR RIDE ON THE GROUND 
TO THE AIRPORT WHERE THEY'LL 
DEPART FOR ELLINGTON FIELD IN 
HOUSTON ON A GULF STREAM 
AIRCRAFT.
MEANWHILE OLEG SKRIPOCHKA WILL 
RETURN TO STAR CITY, RUSSIA.
WHERE ABOUT 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM
MODULE EXCEPT PRAYING.
THINGS WILL START MOVING VERY 
QUICKLY FOR THE SOYUZ CREW AFTER
THAT.
AT 11:53 THEY'LL HIT THE FIRST 
TRACES AND TWO MINUTES LAT 
E INTO THE PLASMA REGIME.
PLASMA REGIME IS WHEN WE EXPECT 
TO LOSE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE 
CREW AND THEN THEY'LL EXIT THAT 
REGIME AT MIDNIGHT CENTRAL TIME,
EXPERIENCING 4 TO 5G'S AT THAT 
IMTOO.
THAT'S THE MAXIMUM G LOAD THEY 
SHOULD FEEL DURING THEIR RETURN.
2 MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT THE 
PARACHUTE WILL BEGIN.
WE'LL SEE THE TWO PILOT 
PARACHUTE AND SECOND WHICH WILL 
DISTRACT THE TKROEG SHOOT.
THAT DISTRACTS THE MAIN KHAOUT 
COVERING AN AREA OF 1,000 MET
AND THAT WLLOW IT TO A 
DESCENT RATE OF 7.2 METERS PER 
SECOND.
IT SLOWS IT TO 1.5 METERS PER 
SECOND.
ONCE AGAIN ARE, LANDING IS 
SCHEDULED FOR 12:16 A.M. CENTRAL
TIME THE 47.19 DEGREES NORTH 
LATITUDE AND 69.34 DEGREES EACH 
LONGITUDE ABOUT 92 MILES AWAY 
FROM JESSICA STAN AND 
KAZAKHSTAN.
THE CREW HAS REPORTED THEY 
CLOSED AS WE ARE PHI MINUTES 
AWAY FROM THE MODULE SEPARATION 
OF THE SOYUZ.
THE ORBITAL MODULE HAS ALREADY 
BEEN DEPRESSURIZED TO A VACUUM 
AND THE SYSTEMS ARE READY FOR 
THE PYROTECHNIC SEPARATION.
SOYUZ APPROACHES ITS MODULE 
SEPARATION HERE ON THE GROUND, 
THE HELICOPTERS ARE AT THE 
LANDING SITE CIRCLING THE 
LANDING ZONE IN RACE TRACK 
FASHION HAVING DEPARTED 
GENTLEMEN KA STAN EARLIER ABOUT 
A 35 MINUTE FLIGHT AWAY.
ONCE THE SPACECRAFT LANDS THE 
HELICOPTERS WILL LAND 
SEQUENTIALLY AND TEND TO THE 
CREW.
COMING UP ON TWO MINUTES UNTIL 
MODULE EXCEPT PRAYING AT 
11:50:44 P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
PAEURPB PARPB
 
MINUTE REMAINS UNTIL THE SOYUZ 
SPACECRAFT IS GUIDED INTO THREE 
PORTIONS.
PREPARING IT FOR RE-ENTRY INTO 
THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
WE HAVE MODULE SEPARATION RIGHT 
ON TIME.
THE DESCENT MODULE APART FROM 
THE ORBITAL MODULE AND 
PROPULSION HOED YOU'LL ON ITS 
WAY BACK TO EARTH.
IN ABOUT THREE MINUTES THE CREW 
WILL HIT THE FIRST TRACES OF 
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
THAT WILL BE THEIR FIRST TIME TO
FEEL GRAVITY IN MONTHS AND 1.5 
MINUTE LATER THEY'LL ENTER THE 
PLASMA REGIME.
THAT'S WHEN WE'LL LOSE 
COMMUNICATION WITH THE CREW FOR 
ABOUT 5 MINUTES.
ABOUT 2 MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT 
THE PARACHUTES WILL DEPLOY.
THE SOFT LANDING ENGINES FIRING 
JUST SECONDS BEFORE LANDING IN 
KAZAKHSTAN.
 BEEN ONE MINUTE AWAY UNTIL THE 
CREW ENTERS THE INTERFACE 
PORTION OF THEIR RETURN AND 
THEY CAN EXPTO FEEL 4-5G'S I
DURING THIS PORTION.
SOYUZ CREW OF ASTRONAUTS ANDREW 
MORGAN AND JESSICA MEIR AND OLEG
SCRIPT SCRIPT SHOULD BE IN THE 
ENTRY PHASE.
AT 11:55 P.M CENTRAL TIME 
THEY'LL ENTER THE PLASMA REGIME.
WHEN THE TEMPERATURES WILL BUILD
TO 200500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT BUT
THE HEAT SHIELD IS PROTECTING 
THE ASTRONAUTS AND COSMONAUT 
INSIDE.500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT B 
THE HEAT SHIELD IS PROTECTING 
THE ASTRONAUTS AND COSMONAUT 
INSIDE.
UPON THE EXIT FROM THE PLASMA 
REGIME THE SOYUZ WILL HAVE THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE 
COMMUNICATION ONCE IT'S IN THE 
RANGE OF THE AIRCRAFT.
WE'LL HEAR A BEACON SIGNAL ONCE 
THAT RETURNS.
THAT'S 2 MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SOYUZ IS NOW IN THAT PLASMA 
REGIME AND IT SHOULD LAST 5 
MINUTES AND THEY FEEL 4 HF 5G, 
THE MOST THEY'LL FEEL UNTIL THEY
RETURN TO EARTH.
ON THE GROUND THE HELICOPTERS 
AND NASA AND RUSSIAN CREWS ARE 
WAITING FOR THE SPACECRAFT TO 
RE-ENTRY THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT IS 20 
MINUTES FROM LANDING.
92 MILES AWAY FROM JESSICA 
.
TWO MINUTES UNTIL THE CREW EXITS
THE PLASMA REGIME.
JUST MOMENTS AWAY FROM THE EXIT 
FROM THE PLASMA ARE REGIME FROM 
THE CREW AND MAXIMUM G'S THEY'LL
FEEL ON THEIR RETURN TO EARTH.
THE CREWS SHOULD BE OUT OF THE 
PLASMA REGIME AND THE SECOND 
STEP IS TO OPEN THOSE PARACHUTE.
THAT SHOULD OPEN UNTIL 12:02:12 
CENTRAL TIME.
WE REGAINED COMMUNICATIONS WITH 
THE CREW AND THEY REPORTED THEY 
ARE FEELING WELL.
THOSE DATA AND FLIGHT VOICE 
BEING RELAYED FROM THE WING 
AIRCRAFT FLYING NEAR THE LANDING
SITE.
IN ABOUT ONE MINUT SOYUZ WILL 
OPEN ITS PARACHUTE AND WE ARE 15
MINUTES AWAY FROM SOYUZ LANDING.
IN THE COMMAND TO OPEN THE 
BE COMING RIGHT ABOUT NOW AS 
IT'S 6.5 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH.
 FIRST OF THOSE PARACHUTE WILL 
BE TWO PILOT PARACHUTE AND 
SECOND OF WHICH EXTRACTS THE 
DROGUE CHUTE.
IT MEASURES 24 SQUARE METERS AND
THAT WILL SLOW THE SAY USE RATE 
FROM 230 METERS PER SECOND TO 
JUST 80 METERS PER SECOND.
OF A THE DROGUE CHUTE IS 
RELEASED THE MAIN PAIR CHUTE 
WILL BE RELEASED AND SLOWS THE 
SAY USE TO A DESCENT RATE TO 7.2
METERS PER SECOND.
THE HARNESS IS ON THE PARACHUTE 
WILL AW THE SOYUZ TO DESEND 
AND SHIFT IT TO A STRAIGHT 
VERTICAL DESCENT.
AT ABOUT 21,321,000 FEET ABOVE 
THE EARTH A BAROMETRIC SENSOR 
TRIGGERS  MOST OF THE LANDING 
EVENTS IN THE SEQUENCE.
UNDER CLEAR BLUE SKY FOR THE 
SOYUZ TODAY.
WE HAVE TYPICALLY BEING SEEING 
SOMETHING CALLED VENTED.
ALL THE VALVES WILL NOT OPEN TO 
VENT THE HYDROGEN PEROXIDE FOR 
THE THRUSTERS AND THE OXYGEN IN 
THE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM TANK.
DUE TO THIS IS A WHITE VAPER IS 
EMITTED.
THATS INTENDED TO SAVE THE 
VEHICLE FROM LANDING SO THERE 
AREN'T ANY HAZARD DOES GASES 
REMAINING IN THE TANK WHEN THEY 
FIRE JUST ABOUT TWO SECONDS 
BEFORE SOYUZ TOUCHES DOWN.
SEARCH AND ROFRY TEAMS ARE IN 
COMMUNICATION WITH THE SOYUZ 
CREW AND CONTINUE TO BE FEELING 
WELL DURING THEIR DESENT TO 
EARTH.
  THE CREW IS NOW ABOUT 10 
MINUTES AWAY FROM SCHEDULED 
LANDING.
YOU SHOULD BE FLOATING UNDER 
CLEAR AND CLOUDLESS BLUE SKIES 
MILES SOUTHEAST TO BE SPECIFIC.
THAT'S 7.2 FOOT WIDE AND 6.9 
FOOT HIGH DESCENT MODULE 
COVERING AN AREA OF 1,000 METERS
AND MAKING THE CAPSULE BELOW IT 
APPEAR PRETTY SMALL.
GROUND TEAMS REPORTING THAT THE 
VEHICLE IS IN          SIGHT.
VEHICLE IS IN      S SISIGHT.
.
WE'RE ABOUT 8 MINUTES AWAY FROM 
THE SCHEDULED LANDING OF THE 
SOYUZ MS-15 NOT CREW.
NASA'S JESSICA MEIR AND ANDREW 
MORGAN AND OLEG SKRIPOCHKA 
MAKING THEIR RETURN TO EARTH.
SEARCH AND RECOVERY FORCES ARE 
CURRENTLY IN AIR IN THE MI-8 
HELICOPTERS CIRCLING THE LANDING
SITE AND AWAITING THE VEHICLE TO
TOUCHDOWN.
 
 VENT AND E HEAT.
CLEAR CLEAR
G
AND EXPEL HEAT.
CLEAR CLEAR
 
SEARCH AND RECOVERY FORCES ARE 
IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CREW 
STILL FLEETING DOWN TO LAND 92 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ZHEZKAZGAN, 
VERY DESOLATE BUT GREAT WEATHER 
TODAY.
61 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
SOYUZ WILL CONTINUE ON WITH ITS 
PARACHUTE.
THE NEXT MILESTONE AND THE LAST 
MILESTONE BEFORE LANDING BEING 
THAT SOFT LANDING ENGINE FIRING:
6 ENGINES WHICH WILL SLOW IT TO 
1.5 METERS PER SECOND WHEN IT'S 
LESS THAN ONE METER ABOVE THE 
GROUND.
THE MI-8 HELICOPTERS HAVE EYES 
ON THE VEHICLE.
THEY ARE NOW FOLLOWING TO THE 
LANDING SITE AND EVERY ONE 
REPORTS THAT THEY ARE FEELING 
WELL.
PAEURPB PARPB
 JUST TWO MINUTES AWAY FROM THE 
SCHEDULED LANDING OF THE SOYUZ 
MS-15.
 WERE ONE MINUTE AWAY THE 
SCHEDULED LANDING OF JESSICA 
MEIR, ALEX  SKRIPOCHKA AND 
ANDREW MORGAN.
PAEURPB
 WE'RE WEIGHTING WAITING OF THE 
CONFIRMATION OF THE LANDING OF 
THE MS-15 CREW.
WE'RE WAITING FOR NOT THE 
CONFIRMATION OF THE RETURN OF 
OLEG SKRIPOCHKA AND JESSICA MEIR
AND ANDREW MORGAN.
WE'RE WAITING THAT CONFIRMATION.
WE NOT CONFIRMED LANDING OF THE 
CREW AT APPROXIMATELY 1:16 A.M. 
EASTERN TIME AND 11:16 COUNTIES 
KAZAKHSTAN TIME.
THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPORTED BY
THE RUSSIAN SEARCH AND RECOVERY 
FORCES TO ON ITS SIDE.
THOSE MI-8 HELICOPTERS SHOULD BE
LANDING SHORTLY TO EXTRACT THE 
CREW FROM THE SOYUZ MODULE.
THEY LANDED AT APPROXIMATELY 
12:16 CENTRAL TIME AND 
11:16 A.M. LOCAL TIME KAZAKHSTAN
TIME.
THE RUSSIAN SEARCH AND RECOVERY 
FORCES REPORTED THAT THE VEHICLE
IS ON IT'S SIDE AND THE MI-8 
HELICOPTERS HAVE NOW LANDED AND 
WILL BEGIN THE RECOVERY PROCESS 
OF THE CREW.
THIS IS A VIEW OF THE RUSSIAN 
MISSION CONTROL CENTER.
TO RECAP, HAVING RANKED AT ITS 
SCHEDULED TIME APPROXIMATELY 
12:16 A.M. CENTRAL TIME.
THE VEHICLE LANDED ON ITS SIDE 
AS REPORTED BY RUSSIAN SEARCH 
AND RECOVERY.
AROUND THE CAPSULE AND ROARKING 
TO RETRIEVE AND EXTRACT THE 
CREW.
THIS AGENCY VIEW FROM THE 
BALCONY OF THE RUSSIAN MISSION 
CONTROL CENTER OUTSIDE OF 
MOSCOW.
THIS IS WHERE LANDING OPERATIONS
WERE CONTROLLED TONIGHT.IS
 
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PAEURPB PAEURPB THEY CONTINUE TO
GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOYUZ 
CREW AFTER TOUCHING AT 
APPROXIMATELY 12:16 A.M. CENTRAL
TIME.
AGAIN, AS WE REPORTED EARLIER, 
RUSSIAN SEARCH AND RECOVERY 
FORCES HAVE REPORTED THAT THE 
SOYUZ ISS SIDE.
NOT UNUSUAL.
IT LANDED AND POTENTIALLY FULLED
PULLED OVER BY ITS ORANGE AND 
WHITE PARACHUTE COVERING AN AREA
OF 1,000 METERS.
WE'RE HOPE TO GET A VIDEO OF THE
LANDING SITE TO SEE FOOTAGE OF 
THE CREW BEING EXTRACTED PRIOR 
TO THEIR DEPARTURE FOR BAIKONUR 
AND RESPECTIVE HOMES IN HOUSTON,
TEXAS AND STAR CITY, OUTSIDE OF 
MOSCOW.
IT WAS REPORTED EARLIER THAT 
THEY'RE ON THE GROUN WITH SOYUZ
HAVING LAND ON THOSE MI-8 
HELICOPTERS.
THEY'LL SAVE THE VEHICLE AND 
THEN EXTRACTING THE CREW.
IT ILL WITH BE THE FIRST TIME 
OUTSIDE IN 6 MONTHS FOR ALEX AND
JESSICA AND 9 MONTHS FOR ANDREW 
MORGAN.
WITH THE FOURTH SINGLE LONGEST 
AMERICAN.ION FOR AN 
WE HAVE VIDEO OF THE LANDING 
SITE.
YOU CAN SEE THE SOYUZ IS ON ITS 
SIDE AND SEARCH AND RECOVERY ARE
WORKING TO EXTRACT THE CREW FROM
THE CAPSULE.
YOU CAN SEE TEAMS WEARING MASKS.
THIS IS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE 
AND PART OF THE PRE PLANNED 
MEASURES IMPLEMENTED BY THE 
RUSSIAN SEARCH AND RECOVERY IN 
ORDER TO PROTECT ALL INVOLVED IN
THE RECOVERY OF THE CREW AND THE
CREW THEMSELVES.
WE'VE GOT A VIEW OF COMMANDER 
OLEG SKRIPOCHKA, FIRST OUT OF 
THE HATCH.
>> WELCOME BACK, GUYS.
PLEASE KEEP THE DISTANCE AS THE 
PRESIDENT HAS TOLD US.
HE PROBABLY CAN'T RECOGNIZE 
ANYBODY WITH ALL THESE MASKS.
AGAIN THAT'S COMMANDER 
SKRIPOCHKA AFTER SPENDING 205 
DAYS BRINGING HIS CAREER TOTAL 
TO 536.
SKRIPOCHKA IS SEATED OUTSIDE OF 
THE CAPSULE AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
DAY AT THE LANDING SITE.
BOUT 61 TKPWRAOEZ FAHRENHEIT.
ONCE ANDREW MORGAN AND JESSICA 
MEIR ARE BROUGHT OUT THEY'LL BE 
ABLE TO SIT DOWN AS WELL TO GET 
EQUILIBRIUM BEFORE BEING MOVED 
TO THE HELICOPTERS.
SKRIPOCHKA DONNINGOME 
SUNGLASSES AFTER NOT 
EXPERIENCING SUNLIGHT LIKE THAT 
FOR OVER 205 DAYS.
AND NOW OUT OF THE CAPSULE NASA 
ASTRONAUT JESSICA MEIR AFTER 
RETURNING 205 DAYS FROM SPACE.
HER FIRST MISSION ABOARD THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
JESSICA MEIR SHARING SMILES 
AFTER DOCTORS CONDUCT A POST 
MEDICAL CHECK.
WE HAVE THE EXTRACTION OF ANDREW
MORGAN AFTER RETURNING AFTER 272
DAYS, ALMOST 9 MONTHS ON HIS 
FIRST MISSION AWAY FROM EARTH.
LANDING AT APPROXIMATELY 12:16 
CENTRAL I'M AND 11:16 KAZAKHSTAN
TIME EARTH REGAINED THREE OF ITS
RESIDENCE OLEG SKRIPOCHKA, 
JESSICA MEIR AND ANDREW MORGAN.
CREW MEMBERS ARE GETTING THE 
CHANCE TO TALK WITH FAMILY 
MEMBERS ON THE PHONE.
THEY'LL SOON HELICPTERS 
IN THEIR WHITE SUITS, THOSE 
SUITS YOU SEE THEM WEARING NOW.
THEY'LL THEN CHANGE INSIDE 
HELICOPTERS FOR A 2.5 FLIGHT TO 
BAIKONUR AND THAT'S WHERE 
THEY'LL SPLIT UP FOR THE FIRST 
TIME IN 6 MONTHS.
SKRIPOCHKA WILL BOARD THE PLANE 
OR TRAINING CENTER IN BAIKONUR.
ASTRONAUT JESSICA MEIR BACK ON 
EARTH AFTER 205 DAYS AND THREE 
HISTORIC SPACEWALKS.
THE FIRST ALL FEMALE SPACEWALK 
WITH HER FRIEND AND CREWMATE 
CHRISTINA KOCH.
AND ANOTHER LOOK AT NASA 
ASTRONAUT DREW MORGAN SMILING 
GETTING HIS FIRST BREATH OF 
FRESH AIR AFTER 9 MONTHS ABOARD 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
NASA DOCTORS CONDUCTING THAT 
POST LANDING MEDICAL CHECK 
ENSURING EVERYTHING IS GOING 
WELL FOR ANDREW MORGAN AND 
JESSICA MEIR AFTER THEIR RETURN 
TO EARTH.
TH SOYU SPACECRAFT HAVING 
TOUCHED DOWN AT 12:16 CENTRAL 
TIME AND 11:16 KAZAKHSTAN TIME.
COMMANDER ALEX SKREURP SKREURP 
WRAPPING UP WITH 536 TOTAL DAYS 
IN SPACE.
NASA AN ASTRONAUT ANDREW MORGAN 
RECLINING IN HIS CHAIR AND 
REGAINING EQUAL EQUILIBRIUM.
THEY'LL CHANGE OUT OF THEIR 
SUITS INTO SOME MORE COMFORTABLE
FLIGHT SUITS ALONG THE WAY 
BEFORE SPLITTING UP UPON LANDING
AND RETURNING TO THEIR 
RESPECTIVE HOMESN STAR CITY, 
MOSCOW AND HOUSTON, TEXAS. 
ONLY 4 HOURS AGO THIS TRIO 
UNDOCKED FROM THE PORT OF THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, THE
SOYUZ PERFORMING WELL ON THE WAY
DOWN AND BRINGING THEM TO LAND 
ABOUT 92 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
ZHEZKAZGAN, KAZAKHSTAN.
THAT LANDING TIME CONFIRMED AT 
11:16 KAZAKHSTAN TIME, ABOUT 5 
HOURS AFTER SUNRISE AT THE 
LANDING SITE.
THE CREW APPEARING TO BE DOING 
WELL AND IN GOOD SPIRITS AND NOW
ANDREW MORGAN SPEAKING ON 
PRESIDENT TELEPHONE LIKELY WITH 
FAMILY MEMBERS.
CLEAR
LEAR MORE SMILES FROM JESSICA 
MEIR AND FIRST PHOTOS AND YOU 
SEE COMMANDER OLEG SKRIPOCHKA TO
ATV'S THAT WILL DRIVE THEM A 
SHORT DISTANCE.
ONCE INSIDE THE HELICOPTERS 
THEY'LL CHANGE OUT OF THEIR 
SUITS INTO MORE COMFORTABLE 
LIGHT SUITS BEFORE RETNING TO 
BAIKONUR.
SKRIPOCHKA ALREADY ON HIS FEET 
AND CLIMBING INTO THE ATV AND 
PREPARING FOR A HELICOPTER RIDE 
FOR ABOUT 2.5 HOURS.
AND JESSICA MEIR NOW BEING MOVED
WAVING AT THE CAMERA ON HERWAY 
TO THE ATV AND THAT WILL DRIVE 
 A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE 
HELICOPTER WAITING NEARBY.
AS WE MENTIONED SUCCESSFUL 
LANDING AT A CONFIRMED 
12:16 A.M. CENTRAL TIME AND 
11:16 A.M. LOCAL TIME AND 5 
HOURS AFTER SUNRISE AT THE 
LANDING SITE.
WE GOT A GOOD CREW OHE THREE 
CREW MEMBERS, ALEX SKRIPOCHKA 
AND NASA ASTRONAUTS ANDREW 
MORGAN AND JESSICA MEIR HAVING 
BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THE SOYUZ 
SPACECRAFT.
IT LANDED AND TILT TO DO ITS 
SIDE AND THE CREW ARE DOING WELL
AND THE NEXT STEP IS TO DROP 
THEIR SUITS AS SOON AS THEY 
RIVE IN THOSE MI-8 
HELICOPTERS.
THOSE HELICOPTERS WILL TAKE THEM
TO A 2.5 HOUR FLIGHT TO BACK 
INNOR AND AFTER LANDING THEY'LL 
SPLIT UP AND NASAM GOING ON 
AN ABOUT THREE HOUR RIDE IN SOME
VEHICLE THAT WILL DRIVE THEM TO 
THE NASA PLANE FOR THEIR FLIGHT 
HOME.
YOU'RE LOOK AT A LIVE VIEW IN 
THE RUSSIAN MISSION CONTROL 
CENTER OUTSIDE OF MOSCOW WHERE 
THE TEAMS CONTROLLED A 
SUCCESSFUL LANDING OPERATION OF 
THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT BRINGING 
WITH IT NASA ASTRONAUT ANDREW 
MORGAN RETURNING FROM 272 DAYS 
FROM SPACE AND HIS FIRST MISSION
IS AS WELL AS NASA ASTRONAUT 
JESSICA MEIR AND COMMANDER OF 
THE SPACECRAFT ALEX SKRIPOCHKA, 
BOTH ACHIEVING 205 DAYS ON THIS 
MISSION.
LANDING WASFUL AND 
TOUCHDOWN AT 12:16 A.M. CENTRAL 
TIME.
THE CREW HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM
THE VEHICLE.
THEY'LL BOARD HELICOPTERS AND 
MAKE THEIR WAY TOWARD THE 
STAGING CITY OF BAIKONUR.
TODAY'S JOURNEYOME FOR THE 
SOYUZ MS-15 AND ITS CREW OF 
ANDREW MORGAN AND OLEG 
SKRIPOCHKA AND JESSICA MEIR 
BEGAN AT 5:45 CENTRAL TIME.
JUST A FEW HOURS LATER THE HOOKS
ON THE SPACECRAFT WERE OPENED 
AND THE SOYUZ MS-15 UKED 
TAKING WITH IT ITS CREW.
ALSO SYSTEMS EXECUTED 
SUCCESSFULLY TONIGHT AND THE 
SOYUZ TOUCHED DOWN ON THE 
KAZAKHSTAN STEPS AT 12:16 A.M. 
CENTRAL TIME, 11:16 A.M. 
KAZAKHSTAN TIME.
THAT BRINGS ANDREW MORGAN'S 
MISSION TO AN END AFTER 272 DAYS
AND HE'S NOW THE HOLDER OF 
TIGHT THE FOR THE FOURTH LONGEST
SINGLE SPACEFLIGHT BY A U.S. 
ASTRONAUT.
JESSICA MEIR'S MISSION ENDED 
AFTER 205 DAYS.
HER FIRST TRIP TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND 
COMMANDER OF THE SOYUZ ALEX 
SKRIPOCHKA ENDED HIS MISSION 
AFTER 205 DAYS.
HIS THIRD FLIGHT NOW TOTALLIN 
536 DAYS IN HIS SPACEFLIGHT 
CAREER.
THE CREW WAS SUCCESSFULLY 
EXTRACTED FROM THE SOYUZ 
SPACECRAFT AND THE NEXT STEPS 
FOR THEM ARE A 2.5 TO 3 HOUR 
HELICOPTER FLIGHT TO BAIKONUR 
AND CHANGE OUT OF THOSE LAUNCH 
AND ENTRY SUITS INTO A MORE 
COMFORTABLE SUITS AND AFTER 
LANDING THEREPLIT UP 
FOR THE TIME IN 6 MONTHS.
ALEX SKRIPOCHKA WILL BOARD BACK 
TO STAR CITY IN HIS HOME WHILE 
THE NASA TEAM WILL MOVE TO 
GROUND VEHICLES THAT WILL TAKE 
THEM BACK TO THEIR FLIGHT BACK 
TO ELLINGTON FIELD BACK IN 
HOUSTON.
WITH THEIR LANDING TONIGHT, 
EARTH REGAINED THREE OF ITS 
RESIDENTS AND THANKS FOR JOINING
US ON OUR JOURNEY.
WE'LL WRAP UP OUR COVERAGE FOR 
THE NIGHT.
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.
