1 00:02:01,416 --> 00:02:04,156 [Commentator:] Thirty-four feet separating the two spacecraft, 2 00:02:04,956 --> 00:02:07,446 both flying in formation south of New Zealand. 3 00:02:07,446 --> 00:02:21,906 [Atlantis:] Houston and Station, Atlantis on the big loop. 4 00:02:21,906 --> 00:02:22,506 We don't see a fly out. 5 00:02:22,506 --> 00:02:27,316 We're initiating final approach. 6 00:02:27,316 --> 00:02:30,356 [Commentator:] ...separating Atlantis from the International Space Station. 7 00:02:30,606 --> 00:02:32,426 Standing by for contact and capture. 8 00:03:29,396 --> 00:03:31,296 Contact. Docking confirmed. 9 00:03:33,016 --> 00:03:47,196 Capture confirmed at 10:07 a.m. Central time. 10 00:03:47,286 --> 00:03:50,606 [Atlantis:] Houston and Station, Atlantis, capture confirmed, and we see free drift. 11 00:03:50,606 --> 00:03:55,436 [CAPCOM:] Station, Atlantis, Houston, station free drift is confirmed. 12 00:03:55,436 --> 00:03:58,856 [Commentator:] Pilot Doug Hurley confirms the arrival of Atlantis. 13 00:04:17,906 --> 00:04:21,346 Everything going very smoothly with the ring retraction 14 00:04:21,346 --> 00:04:27,086 that essentially pulls the International Space Station into a hard mate with Atlantis. 15 00:04:27,176 --> 00:04:32,996 As you can see from these views from cameras on the truss of the International Space Station, 16 00:04:34,236 --> 00:04:41,426 as the two vehicles fly 240 statute miles above the Pacific, moving from southwest to northeast 17 00:04:41,426 --> 00:04:53,926 in an orbit inclined 51.6 degrees to either side of the equator. 18 00:04:54,266 --> 00:04:54,476 [Crew members:] [foreign] Ready? 19 00:04:54,626 --> 00:04:55,196 Ready? Ready? 20 00:04:57,256 --> 00:04:58,916 Mike? Mike? 21 00:04:58,946 --> 00:04:59,276 Ready! 22 00:05:03,226 --> 00:05:05,946 [Commentator:] You see the Expedition 28 crew there taking some pictures. 23 00:05:05,946 --> 00:05:10,386 As you can tell, it's not only a historic event for us here on the ground but also for the crew. 24 00:05:10,386 --> 00:05:15,726 There is Commander Chris Ferguson of STS-135, 25 00:05:15,726 --> 00:05:17,896 making his way on board the International Space Station. 26 00:05:18,116 --> 00:05:21,476 He is greeting the Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko. 27 00:05:21,476 --> 00:05:23,166 [STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson:] Hey, Sergei, how are you? 28 00:05:23,166 --> 00:05:23,566 [Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Sergei Volkov:] I'm good. 29 00:05:23,636 --> 00:05:24,276 How are you? 30 00:05:24,676 --> 00:05:27,576 [Ferguson:] Good to see you. 31 00:05:27,576 --> 00:05:30,826 Oh my goodness, my long-lost Japanese friend! 32 00:05:31,436 --> 00:05:32,976 How you doing buddy? 33 00:05:33,206 --> 00:05:34,966 Big Mike. How [are] you, bud? 34 00:05:34,966 --> 00:05:35,436 [Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Mike Fossum:] Good man. 35 00:05:35,436 --> 00:05:35,626 [inaudible] 36 00:05:35,626 --> 00:05:38,816 [Commentator:] Pilot Doug Hurley making his way on board as well with the camera. 37 00:05:40,436 --> 00:05:45,506 Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus also floating their way up through the hatches as well, 38 00:05:45,506 --> 00:05:51,276 so the entire STS-135 crew now on board the International Space Station. 39 00:05:51,276 --> 00:05:51,343 [crews greeting each other]