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>> The Soyuz has now
closed to within 500 meters

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of its docking port
at the Rassvet module,

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and we're moments away from
the initiation of the fly

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around that will precisely
align the forward docking probe

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on the Soyuz with the
Rassvet docking port.

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This fly around will take
about seven minutes to execute,

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beginning at a range of 400
meters, concluding at a range

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of 160 meters -- a fly around
angle of just over 57 degrees,

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and as you can see down below,

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255 miles below the
international space station

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and the Soyuz vehicle,
the sands of Mauritania

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in the northwest corner of
the continent of Africa.

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And this view of course
coming from the Soyuz vehicle,

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just a bit jumpy,
but a very good view

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of the international
space station.

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You can see the center
crosshairs.

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That is ultimately what
will align the visual aspect

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of the Soyuz approach
for docking

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for not only Roman Romanenko
on board the Soyuz vehicle,

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but for Oleg Novitskiy
and Evengy Tarelkin

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who are inside the Svevnev
[assumed spelling] service

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module monitoring the approach
of the Soyuz for its linkup

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to the Rassvet docking port.

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>> [Foreign language

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in background] The target
is aligned with crosshairs.

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Everything is normal.

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The range rate is perfect.

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Standing by for contact.

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It's time already.

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Everything is fine.

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Half a meter.

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[Inaudible] shadows.

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Contact them.

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>> Contact and capture.

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Docking confirmed over
northern Kazakstan

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at eight 0 nine am central time,

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six 0 nine pm Moscow time
near the capital of Astana,

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the capital of Kazakstan.

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Docking confirmed.

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The Soyuz sleigh
has pulled into port

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at the international space
station with a holiday gift

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of three new crew members.

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[ Background speech in
Russian followed by silence ]

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>> And the hatch is open.

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Tom Marshburn floating
in for his second visit

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to the international
space station.

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Chris Hadfield [inaudible]
become the first Canadian

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commander of the
international space station,

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returning after 11
and a half years.

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[ Silence ]

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>> And the Soyuz
commander, Roman Romanenko.

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All three crew members

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on the Soyuz now aboard the
international space station

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that has returned to a
six man crew capability.

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[ Silence ]

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>> Never shy for a camera,
the three crew members,

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the Russian crew members on the
international space station,

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posing for photos
before they all move

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into the Svevnev service
module to don headsets

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for their congratulatory
phone calls.

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>> Hey, it's great to
see you guys on orbit.

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As your patch says, off
the earth, for the earth.

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What a great slogan.

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You guys did great things
for us here on the earth

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and we'll think about
you every day up there

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in space enjoying
the space station.

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Take care of the space station.

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Enjoy yourselves.

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Do a lot of great research.

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I'll turn it now over to
the, to Paul from CSA.

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>> Hi [inaudible] crew.

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It's Paul Engle from the CSA
and I, you know, three days ago,

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all of Canada, Canadians
coast to coast to coast tuned

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in to watch that absolutely
picture perfect launch

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and today, three days later,

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a flawless rendezvous
approach and docking.

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Absolutely extraordinary sight
for a [inaudible] technician.

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Wish you all the best.

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There's a lot of fun

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and technology innovation
that's going to deliver benefits

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for all of us here on Earth.