1 00:00:17,189 --> 00:00:13,030 okay all the best to you guys thank you 2 00:00:20,470 --> 00:00:17,199 thank you expedition 23. oh yeah 3 00:00:22,310 --> 00:00:20,480 okay anchorman 23. do your best guys 4 00:00:24,710 --> 00:00:22,320 whoa whoa everything will be fine thank 5 00:00:30,870 --> 00:00:24,720 you thank you so much 6 00:00:35,510 --> 00:00:33,430 undocking occurring right on time at 303 7 00:00:37,830 --> 00:00:35,520 a.m central time 8 00:00:40,069 --> 00:00:37,840 as the soyuz tma-16 and the 9 00:00:42,470 --> 00:00:40,079 international space station parted ways 10 00:00:48,709 --> 00:00:42,480 220 miles over the mongolian russian 11 00:00:48,719 --> 00:01:05,109 yes 12 00:01:09,350 --> 00:01:07,590 tj creamer on board the station ringing 13 00:01:12,390 --> 00:01:09,360 the traditional bell to mark the 14 00:01:14,469 --> 00:01:12,400 departure of the soyuz tma-16 now 15 00:01:16,710 --> 00:01:14,479 beginning the journey that will lead to 16 00:01:20,550 --> 00:01:16,720 its landing on the step of kazakhstan 17 00:01:25,109 --> 00:01:21,749 again 18 00:01:29,030 --> 00:01:25,119 we have visual of the docking port 19 00:01:53,350 --> 00:01:29,040 and we see the uh final approach a plane 20 00:02:00,550 --> 00:01:55,510 this is the power selection 21 00:02:21,190 --> 00:02:02,950 standing by 22 00:02:26,710 --> 00:02:24,229 has initiated the separation burn again 23 00:02:29,270 --> 00:02:26,720 about a 15 second firing of the soyuz 24 00:02:30,309 --> 00:02:29,280 thrusters to initiate an opening rate 25 00:02:32,470 --> 00:02:30,319 that will 26 00:02:34,390 --> 00:02:32,480 enable the soyuz to reach a distance of 27 00:02:37,030 --> 00:02:34,400 about 12 kilometers away from the 28 00:02:40,869 --> 00:02:37,040 international space station for its 4 29 00:02:58,710 --> 00:02:40,879 minute 16 second deorbit burn at 5 33 am 30 00:03:04,630 --> 00:03:01,350 i see the light indicator on the baris 31 00:03:09,110 --> 00:03:07,030 meanwhile in kazakhstan the nasa 32 00:03:11,190 --> 00:03:09,120 delegation that has joined the search 33 00:03:15,030 --> 00:03:11,200 and recovery teams that will greet the 34 00:03:17,350 --> 00:03:15,040 soyuz tma16 on the step of kazakhstan 35 00:03:19,750 --> 00:03:17,360 led by joel montalbano the director of 36 00:03:21,030 --> 00:03:19,760 human space flight programs in russia 37 00:03:23,910 --> 00:03:21,040 joined by 38 00:03:25,270 --> 00:03:23,920 jeff williams flight surgeon dr steve 39 00:03:27,990 --> 00:03:25,280 gilmore 40 00:03:29,910 --> 00:03:28,000 the interpreter ilya schlapikov 41 00:03:31,910 --> 00:03:29,920 mark polansky the veteran astronaut 42 00:03:34,869 --> 00:03:31,920 representing the astronaut office he's 43 00:03:37,270 --> 00:03:34,879 also the director of operations for 44 00:03:40,309 --> 00:03:37,280 u.s crew training at star city russia at 45 00:03:42,630 --> 00:03:40,319 the gagarin cosmonaut training center 46 00:03:43,830 --> 00:03:42,640 nasa public affairs officer josh byerly 47 00:03:45,589 --> 00:03:43,840 and nasa 48 00:03:47,430 --> 00:03:45,599 photographer from headquarters bill 49 00:03:50,470 --> 00:03:47,440 ingles all on 50 00:03:51,670 --> 00:03:50,480 different helicopters 51 00:03:53,750 --> 00:03:51,680 polanski 52 00:03:54,949 --> 00:03:53,760 ingalls and gilmore spent the night in 53 00:03:57,670 --> 00:03:54,959 arcelic 54 00:03:58,869 --> 00:03:57,680 in rather frigid temperatures in a hotel 55 00:04:01,910 --> 00:03:58,879 before 56 00:04:04,070 --> 00:04:01,920 moving on now uh to begin the journey 57 00:04:06,470 --> 00:04:04,080 out to the arkalik airstrip where they 58 00:04:07,750 --> 00:04:06,480 will board their respective russian mi8 59 00:04:10,630 --> 00:04:07,760 helicopters 60 00:04:13,350 --> 00:04:10,640 to uh begin the transit of about 25 61 00:04:16,710 --> 00:04:13,360 minutes down to the landing site 62 00:04:17,670 --> 00:04:16,720 montalbano shlopikov and byerly are in 63 00:04:20,710 --> 00:04:17,680 route 64 00:04:22,790 --> 00:04:20,720 from kustanai the staging site in 65 00:04:24,390 --> 00:04:22,800 northwest kazakhstan just over the 66 00:04:27,189 --> 00:04:24,400 russian border 67 00:04:29,030 --> 00:04:27,199 down to arkalik to refuel their mi-8 68 00:04:30,870 --> 00:04:29,040 helicopters before they 69 00:04:31,990 --> 00:04:30,880 joined their other search and recovery 70 00:04:34,070 --> 00:04:32,000 colleagues