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>> And our first view
from external cameras

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on the International
Space Station showing the

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Soyuz vehicle.

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You can clearly see
its thruster firings,

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all automatically
commanded as the Soyuz

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and the International Space
Station passed 252 miles

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over Western Algeria.

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Yuri Malenchenko
has begun his fly

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around to precisely align
the forward docking probe

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on the Soyuz with the docking
port of the Rassvet module.

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Again, Rassvet was the
docking module, if you will,

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that was delivered to the
nadir or Earth-facing port

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of the Zarya module of the
International Space Station

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on the STS132 mission
of Atlantis.

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As the Kurs Automated Rendezvous
System positions the Soyuz

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for its precise alignment
to the Rassvet module

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on the Earth-facing
port of the Zarya module

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in the lower portion
of your screen,

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you can see various
elements of the U.S. segment

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of the International
Space Station just right

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at the cross hairs.

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You can see the Quest
airlock just

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on the upper right quadrant.

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That Quest airlock to be used in
late August in just a few weeks

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by Sunni Williams
and Aki Horsehide

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for a U.S.-based space walk

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to replace an ailing main bus
switching unit, a power unit

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on the truss of the
International Space Station

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and to lay some cabling for
the arrival in late 2013

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of the next Russian module
called the Multi-Purpose

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Laboratory module
that will be launched

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to the International
Space Station

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to replace the Pairs
docking compartment.

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>> [talking in foreign
language] we confirm this is the

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[inaudible] everybody's on.

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General approach
parameters are nominal,

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and we are aligned with you.

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>> Now flying over Northwest
Kazakhstan just 40 meters away

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from the International
Space Station,

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the three-section Soyuz vehicle.

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The forward section
is the orbital module

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with the forward docking
probe extended, ready to come

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into contact with the
Rassvet module docking port.

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The crew, Malenchenko,
Williams, and Hoshide are

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in their contoured,
custom-made seat liners

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in the center section, the
descent module, the only portion

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of the Soyuz that returns to
Earth, and at the very back end,

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that white section with
the solar rays is the

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instrumentation and
propulsion module, obviously,

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where the propellant tanks
and the engines are located.

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>> [inaudible] Loud and clear.

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[ Pause ]

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[ Background Talk ]

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>> You can see the Kurs
Automated Rendezvous System,

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the cross hairs and this
engineering view just

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about perfectly aligned
with the docking target

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on the Rassvet module.

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>> [inaudible] With a small
misalignment, but, again,

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everything is within the range.

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It's been compensated.

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Rate is normal.

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Standing by for contact.

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>> Missile.

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>> The target is
almost at the center.

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[Inaudible] Contact confirmed.

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Capture confirmed.

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>> Docking confirmed.

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Docking confirmed at
11:51 P.M. Central Time,

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12:51 A.M. Eastern Time
over Northeast Kazakhstan.

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So on the 37th anniversary of
that famous handshake in space

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by Tom Stafford and Alexei
Leonov during the Apollo-Soyuz