1 00:00:05,590 --> 00:00:02,710 this is mission control houston the 2 00:00:07,990 --> 00:00:05,600 soyuz hooks of uh 3 00:00:10,230 --> 00:00:08,000 almost completed driving open standing 4 00:00:12,709 --> 00:00:10,240 by for physical separation of the soyuz 5 00:00:20,710 --> 00:00:12,719 tma-18 about to depart the international 6 00:00:24,630 --> 00:00:22,470 and now a view from the black and white 7 00:00:28,550 --> 00:00:24,640 external camera on the soyuz vehicle as 8 00:00:47,029 --> 00:00:28,560 we will watch uh physical separation 9 00:00:47,039 --> 00:01:06,469 so 10 00:01:06,479 --> 00:01:25,350 it's prepared 11 00:01:48,310 --> 00:01:27,429 thank you 12 00:02:07,190 --> 00:01:51,270 undocking occurring on time at 902 pm 13 00:02:14,869 --> 00:02:10,070 we almost immediately got the 14 00:02:19,430 --> 00:02:16,470 looking right down the barrel of the 15 00:02:24,150 --> 00:02:21,990 the docking port that is mated to the 16 00:02:25,350 --> 00:02:24,160 space facing side of the zvezda service 17 00:02:38,790 --> 00:02:25,360 module 18 00:02:43,830 --> 00:02:41,830 with undocking expedition 25 officially 19 00:02:46,630 --> 00:02:43,840 underway 20 00:02:56,790 --> 00:02:46,640 also a bad one 21 00:03:03,030 --> 00:02:59,589 how is the docking assembly yes 22 00:03:05,750 --> 00:03:03,040 everything is fine uh i took a look 23 00:03:15,509 --> 00:03:05,760 it remains to be clean and without any 24 00:03:15,519 --> 00:03:18,949 i observed 25 00:03:23,750 --> 00:03:21,750 all the rubber cells are in place okay 26 00:03:25,350 --> 00:03:23,760 thank you this is the uh same docking 27 00:03:27,509 --> 00:03:25,360 port you're looking at on the poisk 28 00:03:30,229 --> 00:03:27,519 module uh that scott kelly alexander 29 00:03:33,589 --> 00:03:30,239 kaleri and alex kuripochko will link 30 00:03:35,830 --> 00:03:33,599 their soyuz vehicle to on october 10th 31 00:03:40,630 --> 00:03:35,840 to re-up the station crew back to a 32 00:03:44,789 --> 00:03:43,110 can it wait literally a few seconds yes 33 00:03:46,390 --> 00:03:44,799 absolutely we're giving you a go in 34 00:03:49,910 --> 00:03:46,400 advance whenever you have a chance you 35 00:03:52,550 --> 00:03:51,190 especially will you go with the other 36 00:03:55,190 --> 00:03:52,560 side thank you 37 00:04:01,509 --> 00:03:55,200 i understand how i can go ahead and 38 00:04:07,030 --> 00:04:04,789 as uh soyuz tma18 pulls away from the 39 00:04:09,190 --> 00:04:07,040 international space station the search 40 00:04:11,670 --> 00:04:09,200 and recovery forces are beginning to fan 41 00:04:14,070 --> 00:04:11,680 out uh towards arcalek 42 00:04:16,150 --> 00:04:14,080 and the landing site 43 00:04:21,670 --> 00:04:16,160 to which the the soyuz will descend to 44 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:26,230 we have depot operation 45 00:04:30,790 --> 00:04:28,629 separation burn now underway this is a 46 00:04:33,350 --> 00:04:30,800 15 second automatic burn of two 47 00:04:35,510 --> 00:04:33,360 thrusters on the soyuz vehicle to induce 48 00:04:38,070 --> 00:04:35,520 an opening rate of about six tenths of a 49 00:04:39,749 --> 00:04:38,080 meter per second enabling the soyuz to 50 00:04:41,909 --> 00:04:39,759 phase away to a distance of 12 51 00:04:44,390 --> 00:04:41,919 kilometers over the next two orbits for 52 00:04:50,790 --> 00:04:44,400 its deorbit burn in preparation for 53 00:04:50,800 --> 00:05:00,390 i've executed the burn nominally 54 00:05:06,230 --> 00:05:03,670 the first uh russian mi8 helicopters are 55 00:05:08,790 --> 00:05:06,240 now wheels up out of jazz cuz gone to 56 00:05:13,110 --> 00:05:08,800 the south of arcalek beginning their 57 00:05:16,710 --> 00:05:15,510 other helicopters already poised in 58 00:05:18,950 --> 00:05:16,720 archelec 59 00:05:21,110 --> 00:05:18,960 some of the helicopters from jez casgan 60 00:05:22,790 --> 00:05:21,120 will be refueling an arcalec on route to 61 00:05:34,790 --> 00:05:22,800 the landing site 62 00:05:38,469 --> 00:05:36,550 soyuz has now passed out of range of 63 00:05:40,710 --> 00:05:38,479 russian ground stations but we had a 64 00:05:43,350 --> 00:05:40,720 great view of undocking