1 00:00:02,750 --> 00:00:04,850 Good morning, this is mission control Houston. 2 00:00:04,850 --> 00:00:08,770 We are live from the International Space Station Flight Control Room located 3 00:00:08,770 --> 00:00:10,890 at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. 4 00:00:10,890 --> 00:00:17,330 Here in the space station Flight Control Room the Orbit 2 Team is on duty, 5 00:00:17,330 --> 00:00:20,400 they are early in their shift in supporting the on-orbit activities 6 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:25,030 on the International Space Station and monitoring the sub-systems of the vehicle. 7 00:00:25,030 --> 00:00:26,990 The space station is performing well, 8 00:00:26,990 --> 00:00:32,450 just traveling on a southeasterly track over portions of Africa. 9 00:00:37,180 --> 00:00:39,890 This is a look at the ground track where you can see vehicle, 10 00:00:39,890 --> 00:00:44,060 again just making its way southeasterly over Zambia and Mozambique. 11 00:00:44,060 --> 00:00:46,880 It will continue south of Madagascar. 12 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,820 The vehicle is traveling at an altitude of 204 nautical miles, 13 00:00:50,820 --> 00:00:55,360 the equivalent of 234 statute miles over the Earth. 14 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:57,790 Switching now to a live view from the complex. 15 00:00:57,790 --> 00:01:04,190 On board we have the Expedition 29 crew of Mike Fossum , Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa. 16 00:01:04,190 --> 00:01:07,050 The three are now on their own for the next two months 17 00:01:07,050 --> 00:01:11,460 after following last night's undocking and landing activities. 18 00:01:11,460 --> 00:01:16,500 After spending more than 162 days on board the International Space Station, 19 00:01:16,500 --> 00:01:21,590 Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev, Ron Garan and Andrey Borisenko undocked 20 00:01:21,590 --> 00:01:25,100 from the space station and landed in Kazakhstan last night. 21 00:01:25,100 --> 00:01:29,490 Garan, who is shown here at the far right, is now on route back to the United States 22 00:01:29,490 --> 00:01:32,800 for his return in Houston, concluding his long-duration mission. 23 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,750 All of those activities went smoothly yesterday. 24 00:01:36,750 --> 00:01:39,510 At 4:30 p.m. Central time, the hatches were closed 25 00:01:39,510 --> 00:01:44,470 between the International Space Station and Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft. 26 00:01:44,470 --> 00:01:48,320 After they continued with configurations and leak checks, 27 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:53,990 at 7:38 Central time they began their voyage home with the undocking 28 00:01:53,990 --> 00:01:56,220 of the spacecraft from the space station. 29 00:01:56,220 --> 00:01:59,810 The landing occurred at 11 p.m. Central time. 30 00:02:02,210 --> 00:02:06,090 Again, all of those activities went very smoothly, 31 00:02:06,090 --> 00:02:09,640 and again that marking the start of the Expedition 29. 32 00:02:09,640 --> 00:02:14,210 Now Mike Fossum serving as commander of the International Space Station. 33 00:02:14,210 --> 00:02:17,800 He and his two crewmates are just at the early part of their crew day, 34 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,740 they had an extended sleep period to compensate for the lengthy day 35 00:02:21,740 --> 00:02:24,130 of preparations for the landing activities. 36 00:02:24,130 --> 00:02:29,370 But all of that going on well, and just a short while ago, Mike Fossum checking in here 37 00:02:29,370 --> 00:02:31,780 with the mission control team here in Houston. 38 00:02:31,780 --> 00:02:37,100 Just checking in on the activities, letting them know they are up and about on board. 39 00:02:37,100 --> 00:02:42,110 They generally have an off-duty day today, relaxing a bit after several busy days 40 00:02:42,110 --> 00:02:46,000 of preparations for the landing and return activities. 41 00:02:53,540 --> 00:03:00,640 Even with today's light schedule, the crew will also have the weekend with off-duty time. 42 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:03,770 The routine for weekends includes some housekeeping tasks 43 00:03:03,770 --> 00:03:08,640 and regular conferences, including a family conference. 44 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:12,600 But other than that, it will be an extended a weekend of light-duty time, 45 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:18,080 again following the undocking and return the Expedition 28 crew members.