1 00:00:06,289 --> 00:00:04,700 good morning and welcome to Mission 2 00:00:08,450 --> 00:00:06,299 Control Houston in the International 3 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:08,460 Space Station update we're here with the 4 00:00:11,540 --> 00:00:09,690 International Space Station flight 5 00:00:13,820 --> 00:00:11,550 control team inside the International 6 00:00:15,890 --> 00:00:13,830 Space Station flight control room which 7 00:00:19,570 --> 00:00:15,900 has led today by flight director Emily 8 00:00:22,130 --> 00:00:19,580 Nelson Jack Fisher in the role of Capcom 9 00:00:25,189 --> 00:00:22,140 on board space station the three members 10 00:00:27,650 --> 00:00:25,199 of expedition 34 are more than halfway 11 00:00:30,259 --> 00:00:27,660 through their day which began at one 12 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:30,269 a.m. central time this morning currently 13 00:00:34,370 --> 00:00:32,730 orbiting 268 miles above the South 14 00:00:36,110 --> 00:00:34,380 Pacific Ocean and heading toward the 15 00:00:39,139 --> 00:00:36,120 coast of South America they are 16 00:00:40,850 --> 00:00:39,149 commander Kevin Ford nasa and russian 17 00:00:44,660 --> 00:00:40,860 flight engineers oleg novitskiy and 18 00:00:46,220 --> 00:00:44,670 evgeny tarelkin ford novitskiy and 19 00:00:49,090 --> 00:00:46,230 tarelkin invented the space station 20 00:00:51,950 --> 00:00:49,100 since october 25th when their soyuz 21 00:00:53,990 --> 00:00:51,960 tma-06m vehicle docked to the russian 22 00:00:56,060 --> 00:00:54,000 poisk module at the time they were 23 00:00:58,010 --> 00:00:56,070 joining sunny williams aki hoshide and 24 00:01:00,500 --> 00:00:58,020 yuri malenchenko had been there since 25 00:01:02,750 --> 00:01:00,510 July however those three crew members 26 00:01:04,729 --> 00:01:02,760 left last month and Ford novitskiy and 27 00:01:07,100 --> 00:01:04,739 tarelkin have been alone at the station 28 00:01:09,350 --> 00:01:07,110 since then that won't be the case for 29 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:09,360 much longer however next week they'll be 30 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:10,650 joined by the remainder of the 31 00:01:16,100 --> 00:01:13,170 expedition 34 crew Chris Hadfield of the 32 00:01:19,940 --> 00:01:16,110 Canadian Space Agency Tom Marshburn of 33 00:01:22,850 --> 00:01:19,950 NASA and Roman Romanenko of Russia had 34 00:01:24,380 --> 00:01:22,860 build Marsh barn and romanenko her 35 00:01:27,320 --> 00:01:24,390 scheduled launch on December nineteenth 36 00:01:29,469 --> 00:01:27,330 at 612 a.m. central time from the 37 00:01:32,030 --> 00:01:29,479 Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and 38 00:01:34,550 --> 00:01:32,040 they're already there in Kazakhstan 39 00:01:36,260 --> 00:01:34,560 awaiting their departure today they've 40 00:01:39,609 --> 00:01:36,270 been brushing up on their launch to 41 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:39,619 docking flat pan but over the weekend 42 00:01:43,999 --> 00:01:42,090 they also took part in a traditional 43 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:44,009 flying raising ceremony on the grounds 44 00:01:51,310 --> 00:01:45,570 of their crew quarters at the cosmonaut 45 00:01:58,120 --> 00:01:54,310 hadfield marshburn & Romanick goes soyuz 46 00:01:59,650 --> 00:01:58,130 tma Oh 7m will be encapsulated in the 47 00:02:00,960 --> 00:01:59,660 upper stage of their Soyuz booster on 48 00:02:03,610 --> 00:02:00,970 Wednesday at the Baikonur cosmodrome 49 00:02:06,370 --> 00:02:03,620 integration facility before the cruise 50 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:06,380 final unsuited fit check dress rehearsal 51 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:09,050 inside the Saudis on Friday then the 52 00:02:12,220 --> 00:02:10,850 three stages of the Soyuz will be mated 53 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:12,230 together on Sunday and the vehicle 54 00:02:16,330 --> 00:02:13,850 rolled out to the launch pad one week 55 00:02:18,220 --> 00:02:16,340 from today again they're set to launch 56 00:02:20,620 --> 00:02:18,230 on December nineteenth and Dawn to the 57 00:02:22,810 --> 00:02:20,630 space station two days later while they 58 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:22,820 wait for the rest of the cruise arrival 59 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:24,650 Ford Tyrell can and if it's key or 60 00:02:28,900 --> 00:02:27,290 keeping busy in particular for today has 61 00:02:32,470 --> 00:02:28,910 been spending time working with Robonaut 62 00:02:34,449 --> 00:02:32,480 2 the crews robotic crew mate Robonaut 63 00:02:37,690 --> 00:02:34,459 came to the station on board space 64 00:02:40,420 --> 00:02:37,700 shuttle Discovery as part of the sts-133 65 00:02:42,070 --> 00:02:40,430 mission in February of 2011 it's made 66 00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:42,080 its way through its initial check out 67 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:43,310 and today was scheduled to do some work 68 00:02:48,130 --> 00:02:45,650 with its task board working with three 69 00:02:52,750 --> 00:02:48,140 different types of Valve's basically to 70 00:02:54,790 --> 00:02:52,760 check on its hand-eye coordination ford 71 00:02:57,460 --> 00:02:54,800 you can see here inside the Kibo 72 00:02:59,920 --> 00:02:57,470 laboratory was also spending some time 73 00:03:02,289 --> 00:02:59,930 at the aquatic habitat it's home of the 74 00:03:03,910 --> 00:03:02,299 Space Station's fish experiment he was 75 00:03:06,420 --> 00:03:03,920 working to monitor its water quality 76 00:03:10,030 --> 00:03:06,430 make sure that it's providing a good 77 00:03:12,130 --> 00:03:10,040 home for those fish in his Russian crew 78 00:03:14,590 --> 00:03:12,140 made central cannon of its key or 79 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:14,600 unpacking the progress 49 vehicle and 80 00:03:19,150 --> 00:03:16,370 taking inventory of the Russian segments 81 00:03:20,620 --> 00:03:19,160 tools and hardware and for those 82 00:03:22,569 --> 00:03:20,630 interested in nitty gritty space 83 00:03:24,460 --> 00:03:22,579 statistics today also marks the four 84 00:03:26,259 --> 00:03:24,470 year anniversary of the u.s. segments 85 00:03:28,210 --> 00:03:26,269 waste and hygiene compartment of the 86 00:03:29,770 --> 00:03:28,220 space toilet according to flight 87 00:03:31,300 --> 00:03:29,780 controllers has now been used more than 88 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:31,310 twenty six thousand four hundred times