1 00:00:05,349 --> 00:00:03,909 well good morning from mission control 2 00:00:07,590 --> 00:00:05,359 houston and welcome to today's 3 00:00:09,190 --> 00:00:07,600 international space station update 4 00:00:11,110 --> 00:00:09,200 joining us here inside of the flight 5 00:00:12,950 --> 00:00:11,120 control room in houston texas the 6 00:00:15,110 --> 00:00:12,960 johnson space center where the orbit two 7 00:00:16,710 --> 00:00:15,120 teams on console right now monitoring 8 00:00:18,390 --> 00:00:16,720 all the different systems on board this 9 00:00:20,310 --> 00:00:18,400 orbiting laboratory 10 00:00:22,950 --> 00:00:20,320 that team being led today by flight 11 00:00:24,950 --> 00:00:22,960 director tony socce 12 00:00:27,830 --> 00:00:24,960 right now overlooking the activities of 13 00:00:30,310 --> 00:00:27,840 the expedition 34 crew 14 00:00:32,870 --> 00:00:30,320 the astronauts currently up on board the 15 00:00:34,790 --> 00:00:32,880 station uh back down to a three-person 16 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:34,800 compliment following the undocking and 17 00:00:38,229 --> 00:00:36,880 landing uh yesterday of three of our 18 00:00:39,270 --> 00:00:38,239 crew members 19 00:00:40,630 --> 00:00:39,280 uh so 20 00:00:42,470 --> 00:00:40,640 three crew members right now of 21 00:00:45,350 --> 00:00:42,480 expedition 34 all the way on the left 22 00:00:47,510 --> 00:00:45,360 there leading as the commander's nasa 23 00:00:49,750 --> 00:00:47,520 astronaut kevin ford currently on his 24 00:00:52,389 --> 00:00:49,760 second space flight a veteran of one 25 00:00:54,869 --> 00:00:52,399 previous space shuttle mission 26 00:00:57,350 --> 00:00:54,879 he is joined by russian cosmonauts oleg 27 00:00:59,270 --> 00:00:57,360 novitskiy and evgeny tarelkin both on 28 00:01:00,470 --> 00:00:59,280 their very first flights rookie space 29 00:01:01,830 --> 00:01:00,480 fliers but 30 00:01:04,149 --> 00:01:01,840 the three have been on board the 31 00:01:08,390 --> 00:01:04,159 international space station since 32 00:01:12,149 --> 00:01:10,230 they'll be continuing 33 00:01:14,070 --> 00:01:12,159 as a three-person crew until about 34 00:01:15,750 --> 00:01:14,080 december when uh their next three crew 35 00:01:17,670 --> 00:01:15,760 members will launch but 36 00:01:20,390 --> 00:01:17,680 again uh last night 37 00:01:23,270 --> 00:01:20,400 saw the departure of the 38 00:01:26,070 --> 00:01:23,280 former expedition 33 crew members uh 39 00:01:27,910 --> 00:01:26,080 expedition 33 commander suni williams 40 00:01:29,990 --> 00:01:27,920 russian cosmonaut yuri malenchenko and 41 00:01:31,910 --> 00:01:30,000 japan aerospace exploration astronaut 42 00:01:34,630 --> 00:01:31,920 aki hoshide 43 00:01:36,469 --> 00:01:34,640 they had a flawless undocking 44 00:01:41,270 --> 00:01:36,479 deorbit and landing inside of their 45 00:01:43,749 --> 00:01:41,280 soyuz tma-05m spacecraft as they 46 00:01:48,789 --> 00:01:43,759 left the international space station 47 00:01:53,190 --> 00:01:51,749 they set a final farewell around 1 12 pm 48 00:01:55,590 --> 00:01:53,200 central time and 49 00:01:57,990 --> 00:01:55,600 then went through a series of 50 00:01:59,510 --> 00:01:58,000 hat shield hatch seal and leak checks on 51 00:02:01,590 --> 00:01:59,520 board the international space station 52 00:02:02,709 --> 00:02:01,600 also checking out their launch and entry 53 00:02:05,030 --> 00:02:02,719 suits 54 00:02:07,429 --> 00:02:05,040 also verifying all their seals 55 00:02:09,350 --> 00:02:07,439 for integrity and also 56 00:02:11,510 --> 00:02:09,360 getting prepared to undock from the 57 00:02:15,430 --> 00:02:11,520 station that undocking occurring at 58 00:02:18,070 --> 00:02:15,440 about 4 26 pm central time yesterday 59 00:02:20,550 --> 00:02:18,080 following a a number of orbits they then 60 00:02:23,350 --> 00:02:20,560 completed their 4-minute 43 second 61 00:02:24,710 --> 00:02:23,360 deorbit burn at around 703 pm central 62 00:02:26,470 --> 00:02:24,720 time yesterday 63 00:02:29,830 --> 00:02:26,480 finally landing in 64 00:02:31,990 --> 00:02:29,840 the steps of kazakhstan at about 7 56 pm 65 00:02:32,670 --> 00:02:32,000 central time bringing a close 66 00:02:35,030 --> 00:02:32,680 to 67 00:02:36,750 --> 00:02:35,040 125 days on board the international 68 00:02:40,309 --> 00:02:36,760 space station total of 69 00:02:42,869 --> 00:02:40,319 127 days in space for these astronauts 70 00:02:45,910 --> 00:02:42,879 you can see here's some video last night 71 00:02:48,790 --> 00:02:45,920 from the snowy weather out in kazakhstan 72 00:02:50,869 --> 00:02:48,800 where these astronauts touched down 73 00:02:53,670 --> 00:02:50,879 williams who spent 74 00:02:56,070 --> 00:02:53,680 322 days in space on two separate space 75 00:02:57,750 --> 00:02:56,080 missions now ranked sixth all-time in 76 00:03:00,390 --> 00:02:57,760 the u.s endurance list and second 77 00:03:03,190 --> 00:03:00,400 all-time for females 78 00:03:06,149 --> 00:03:03,200 veteran flyer yuri malenchenko has spent 79 00:03:08,309 --> 00:03:06,159 a total of 642 days in space spanning 80 00:03:10,070 --> 00:03:08,319 across five different flights putting 81 00:03:11,910 --> 00:03:10,080 him seventh on the all-time endurance 82 00:03:14,309 --> 00:03:11,920 list 83 00:03:17,270 --> 00:03:14,319 another major milestone to come out of 84 00:03:18,630 --> 00:03:17,280 uh this ex this past expedition was 85 00:03:20,710 --> 00:03:18,640 between 86 00:03:22,869 --> 00:03:20,720 sunny williams and aki hoshide who 87 00:03:25,030 --> 00:03:22,879 completed three space walks 88 00:03:27,030 --> 00:03:25,040 replacing a component to help relay 89 00:03:29,030 --> 00:03:27,040 power from the space station solar rays 90 00:03:31,190 --> 00:03:29,040 to its various systems and also 91 00:03:33,430 --> 00:03:31,200 repairing an ammonia leak that cropped 92 00:03:35,430 --> 00:03:33,440 up on one of the station radiators suni 93 00:03:37,509 --> 00:03:35,440 williams now with 50 hours and 40 94 00:03:39,589 --> 00:03:37,519 minutes of spacewalk time 95 00:03:42,390 --> 00:03:39,599 holds the record for cumulative total 96 00:03:44,789 --> 00:03:42,400 spacewalking time by a female astronaut 97 00:03:47,430 --> 00:03:44,799 and aki hoshide holding his own record 98 00:03:50,630 --> 00:03:47,440 for total time by a jaxa astronaut 99 00:03:52,789 --> 00:03:50,640 standing at about 21 hours 23 minutes 100 00:03:54,949 --> 00:03:52,799 so with their departure down to a 101 00:03:57,509 --> 00:03:54,959 three-person crew for a couple of weeks 102 00:03:59,589 --> 00:03:57,519 today the crew woke up at about 103 00:04:00,710 --> 00:03:59,599 six am central times getting a little 104 00:04:03,429 --> 00:04:00,720 bit of 105 00:04:05,270 --> 00:04:03,439 extra sleeping time to 106 00:04:06,949 --> 00:04:05,280 as they move into a day off they were 107 00:04:09,110 --> 00:04:06,959 working throughout much of the day 108 00:04:12,309 --> 00:04:09,120 yesterday and all the undocking support 109 00:04:13,670 --> 00:04:12,319 activities they'll resume their research 110 00:04:16,069 --> 00:04:13,680 and maintenance work on board the 111 00:04:19,030 --> 00:04:16,079 station on a limited basis tomorrow and