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[Speaking Russian] Translator:
We are online with the station.

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Please go ahead.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
[translator]: Hello dear friends, colleagues.

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Flight Engineer Alexander
Kaleri [translator]: Good day.

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The crew of Expedition 26 to
the ISS is happy to greet you.

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Putin [translator]: I would
like to greet everybody

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at the Mission Control, everybody on orbit.

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I would like to start our conversation today
with the words of the wholehearted condolences.

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Which I would like to express to the
commander of increment 26, Mr. Scott Kelly,

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in relation to the assasination attempt
to the Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

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I would like to assure you that
there are no people in Russia

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who are not touched by this terrible news.

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We know that Mrs. Giffords is the wife
of your brother, a NASA astronaut,

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who has visited Moscow on several occasions.

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We express our deepest condolences
to your family and to all those

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who were touched by this terrible crime.

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Going back to our current
situation, to our ongoing work,

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I would like to wish you a successful mission.

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I am hoping that your flight program will be
completed successfully, that you will be able

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to achieve all your goals and objectives.

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We have gathered here today on the ground to
have a meeting of the organization committee

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for the celebration of the anniversary
of the flight of Yuri Gagarin,

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the first human to venture into space
and to open this road to all of us.

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This year which has been designated the
year of spaceflight in Russia will be marked

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by many events commemorating space
research and human space exploration.

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These will be events that will be spectacular
in nature and designed to spark the interest

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in the space exploration amongst general public.

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Your work is very exciting and important.

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I know that your crew is coming back to
the Earth in the spring and I invite all

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of you to participate in the events.

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All the best to you.

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Commander Scott Kelly [translator]:
Thank you very much.

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Of course I will pass on
your words to my brother.

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Kaleri [translator]: Thank you very much for
your warm words of support and your wishes.

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We will of course complete our mission.

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During the last ten years the
station has grown immensely.

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But we have alot of work.

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The station is run by six-person crew.

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We are incrementing our operations
daily so this work is ongoing.

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Today is a good example.

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We are performing certain
activities on the station systems,

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performing operations with the payloads.

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So it is life as usual onboard the station.

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However, we are talking to you
on the eve of the anniversary

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of the birth of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.

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He was the harbinger of those
momentous achievements

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that we will be celebrating this year.

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Putin [translator]: Let me wish
you all the best one more time.

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Kaleri [translator]: Thank you very much.

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Thank you for your wishes and also thank you
for the support that you have been providing

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to the manned spaceflight program.

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We do feel the support and
we will be worthy of it.

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Putin [translator]: We will be talking on
the ground today with our national programs

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and we will also be talking about those events

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that we will be staging to
commemorate Gagarin's flight.

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Thank you and have a good flight.

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Kaleri [translator]: Thank you very much.