1 00:00:18,260 --> 00:00:15,740 this is Mission Control Houston we are 2 00:00:21,490 --> 00:00:18,270 now receiving live video of the soyuz 3 00:00:25,550 --> 00:00:21,500 tma-03m spacecraft it is descending 4 00:00:28,249 --> 00:00:25,560 elegantly under its chute everything is 5 00:00:31,370 --> 00:00:28,259 on track the weather down at the landing 6 00:00:33,889 --> 00:00:31,380 site mostly sunny skies temperatures in 7 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:33,899 the low 80s light winds out of the north 8 00:00:40,190 --> 00:00:36,290 now descending into a cloudbank 9 00:00:42,619 --> 00:00:40,200 at the time that the final series of 10 00:00:45,229 --> 00:00:42,629 helicopters left karaganda about two 11 00:00:48,500 --> 00:00:45,239 hours ago to begin moving toward the 12 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:48,510 landing site there was some light rain 13 00:00:52,910 --> 00:00:50,730 in the kerrigan de area but that's well 14 00:00:55,459 --> 00:00:52,920 to the north east of the landing site 15 00:00:56,779 --> 00:00:55,469 you can see that the weather at the 16 00:00:59,750 --> 00:00:56,789 landing site or in the close proximity 17 00:01:02,149 --> 00:00:59,760 of the landing site is good landing is 18 00:01:04,070 --> 00:01:02,159 scheduled just 10 minutes from now we 19 00:01:05,870 --> 00:01:04,080 now of course are watching live video 20 00:01:08,090 --> 00:01:05,880 courtesy of Rose cosmos the Russian 21 00:01:11,140 --> 00:01:08,100 Federal Space Agency of the final 22 00:01:35,050 --> 00:01:11,150 minutes of the descent of the soyuz tma 23 00:01:39,710 --> 00:01:37,940 station Houston on one no response 24 00:01:41,900 --> 00:01:39,720 required we know you don't have K you 25 00:01:43,700 --> 00:01:41,910 just wanted to give you an update 29 s 26 00:02:06,160 --> 00:01:43,710 is under shoot now and we're watching 27 00:02:12,130 --> 00:02:09,050 drifting down to its landing site 28 00:02:18,650 --> 00:02:12,140 Oleg Kononenko Don Pettit Andre Kuiper's 29 00:02:22,820 --> 00:02:18,660 under a fully deployed main shoot time 30 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:22,830 to touchdown about nine minutes a dozen 31 00:02:28,550 --> 00:02:26,010 Russian mi-8 helicopters with Russian 32 00:02:30,590 --> 00:02:28,560 search and recovery Force personnel are 33 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:30,600 Essie and Nagi a technical specialists 34 00:02:35,900 --> 00:02:33,570 NASA support personnel and European 35 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:35,910 Space Agency's support personnel now 36 00:02:40,370 --> 00:02:38,250 flying in that race track pattern that 37 00:02:43,070 --> 00:02:40,380 we talked about earlier around the prime 38 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:43,080 landing site so far so good 39 00:02:46,970 --> 00:02:44,970 it looks like the Soyuz vehicle is 40 00:03:49,100 --> 00:02:46,980 headed for an on target bull's eye 41 00:03:55,650 --> 00:03:53,250 everything continuing to look in great 42 00:03:57,270 --> 00:03:55,660 shape with the Soyuz vehicle once again 43 00:03:59,760 --> 00:03:57,280 now you're watching its descent under 44 00:04:01,830 --> 00:03:59,770 its main parachute toward its landing 45 00:04:04,170 --> 00:04:01,840 target - just to the southeast of the 46 00:04:09,810 --> 00:04:04,180 town of Jessica's gone in southeast 47 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:09,820 Kazakhstan the undocking of the soyuz 48 00:04:14,130 --> 00:04:11,650 from the international space station's 49 00:04:16,349 --> 00:04:14,140 Rassvet module occurred on time just 50 00:04:20,580 --> 00:04:16,359 before 11:48 p.m. Central time on 51 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:20,590 Saturday night the Soyuz conducted to 52 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:22,570 separation burns to move to a distance 53 00:04:29,190 --> 00:04:24,610 of 12 kilometers away from the station 54 00:04:30,060 --> 00:04:29,200 at which point at 219 a.m. just under an 55 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:30,070 hour ago 56 00:04:34,890 --> 00:04:32,530 the Soyuz engines fired for four minutes 57 00:04:37,890 --> 00:04:34,900 and 15 seconds and a deorbit burn a 58 00:04:39,330 --> 00:04:37,900 deceleration retrograde maneuver to 59 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:39,340 begin the trip back home into the 60 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:42,130 Earth's atmosphere the three sections of 61 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:44,770 the Soyuz vehicle separated perfectly at 62 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:47,650 2:47 a.m. Central time followed by the 63 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:49,810 deployment of the chutes 15 minutes 64 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:52,810 later setting the stage for what you're 65 00:04:58,640 --> 00:04:55,930 watching as of the Soyuz descends under 66 00:05:01,290 --> 00:04:58,650 mostly clear skies to a landing site in 67 00:05:05,250 --> 00:05:01,300 a very desolate area southeast 68 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:05,260 Kazakhstan search and recovery forces 69 00:05:11,010 --> 00:05:07,930 are flying overhead accompanied by two 70 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:11,020 Antonov fixed-wing aircraft that are 71 00:05:15,900 --> 00:05:13,690 relaying data and telemetry from the 72 00:05:17,340 --> 00:05:15,910 Soyuz spacecraft back to the flight 73 00:07:01,429 --> 00:05:17,350 control team at the Russian Mission 74 00:07:06,889 --> 00:07:04,009 on a Sunday afternoon in Southeast 75 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:06,899 Kazakhstan the view of the soyuz tma-03m 76 00:07:13,219 --> 00:07:10,050 spacecraft continuing to drift gently 77 00:07:15,679 --> 00:07:13,229 back toward earth now just four minutes 78 00:07:18,769 --> 00:07:15,689 away from its scheduled touchdown its 79 00:07:21,169 --> 00:07:18,779 main chute having been deployed on time 80 00:07:22,820 --> 00:07:21,179 a few minutes ago all of the Soyuz 81 00:07:25,279 --> 00:07:22,830 system is in good shape we are not 82 00:07:26,989 --> 00:07:25,289 hearing communications at the moment 83 00:07:30,619 --> 00:07:26,999 from the crew but the search and 84 00:07:34,189 --> 00:07:30,629 recovery forces will be in contact with 85 00:07:36,290 --> 00:07:34,199 the crew momentarily and are continuing 86 00:07:37,639 --> 00:07:36,300 to relay updates to the Russian flight 87 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:37,649 control team of the Russian Mission 88 00:07:44,650 --> 00:08:07,189 so Fusco pavilion piazza maggiore murder 89 00:08:41,030 --> 00:08:12,960 cumulative already hopeful for an ugly 90 00:08:46,980 --> 00:08:43,530 continuing to receive stunning views of 91 00:08:49,590 --> 00:08:46,990 the final minutes of the the flight of 92 00:08:52,230 --> 00:08:49,600 the soyuz tma-03m and the expedition 31 93 00:08:56,610 --> 00:08:52,240 crew oleg kononenko Don Pettit Andre 94 00:08:59,040 --> 00:08:56,620 Kuiper's as they gently descend this 95 00:09:02,670 --> 00:08:59,050 last couple of minutes or so back to 96 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:02,680 their landing site search and recovery 97 00:09:06,630 --> 00:09:04,930 personnel are all in place hovering 98 00:09:08,550 --> 00:09:06,640 around the prime landing site flying in 99 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:08,560 a circular pattern just waiting for that 100 00:09:13,410 --> 00:09:11,170 capsule to touchdown at which point the 101 00:09:15,210 --> 00:09:13,420 Russian mi-8 helicopters will begin to 102 00:10:00,720 --> 00:09:15,220 land in sequential fashion near the 103 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:02,830 we're about a minute and a half away 104 00:10:10,630 --> 00:10:06,410 from touchdown everything continuing to 105 00:10:12,610 --> 00:10:10,640 look good radio beacon signals from the 106 00:10:16,270 --> 00:10:12,620 Soyuz being picked up by the Antonov a 107 00:10:17,980 --> 00:10:16,280 fixed-wing aircraft we haven't had any 108 00:10:22,260 --> 00:10:17,990 voice communication from the crew 109 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:22,270 recently but all reports prior to that 110 00:10:28,270 --> 00:10:25,250 showed an excellent descent everything 111 00:10:53,130 --> 00:10:28,280 nominal also use vehicle functions in 112 00:10:58,170 --> 00:10:56,430 should be approaching touchdown with any 113 00:11:00,600 --> 00:10:58,180 luck at all we may be able to see the 114 00:11:23,060 --> 00:11:00,610 soft landing engines fire just a second 115 00:11:27,660 --> 00:11:25,340 and you can see one of those 116 00:11:30,780 --> 00:11:27,670 search-and-recovery helicopters once 117 00:11:37,610 --> 00:11:30,790 again that helicopter part of a dozen 118 00:11:42,510 --> 00:11:37,620 such Russian mi-8 helicopters touchdown 119 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:42,520 314 and 48 seconds a.m. Central time you 120 00:11:47,250 --> 00:11:44,650 saw the soft landing engines fire just a 121 00:11:49,020 --> 00:11:47,260 split second before the Soyuz hit the 122 00:11:50,690 --> 00:11:49,030 ground southeast of Jessica's gone a 123 00:11:53,730 --> 00:11:50,700 bull's-eye touchdown 124 00:11:55,500 --> 00:11:53,740 landing once again at 3:14 and 48 125 00:11:58,770 --> 00:11:55,510 seconds Central Time 126 00:12:02,070 --> 00:11:58,780 2:14 and 48 seconds p.m. at the landing 127 00:12:04,560 --> 00:12:02,080 site in Kazakhstan the expedition 31 128 00:12:27,980 --> 00:12:04,570 crew Oleg Kononenko Don Pettit Andre 129 00:12:33,230 --> 00:12:30,500 and as you can see from this video 130 00:12:35,150 --> 00:12:33,240 courtesy of Ross cosmos some of the 131 00:12:39,140 --> 00:12:35,160 initial vehicles part of the search and 132 00:12:41,330 --> 00:12:39,150 recovery forces are already making their 133 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:41,340 way toward the spacecraft they will 134 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:45,290 secure the chute so the vehicle is not 135 00:12:57,590 --> 00:12:48,690 dragged along due to any wind conditions 136 00:13:00,470 --> 00:12:57,600 at the surface the the helicopters will 137 00:13:01,850 --> 00:13:00,480 begin landing in sequential fashion to 138 00:13:04,790 --> 00:13:01,860 begin to make their way towards the 139 00:13:19,450 --> 00:13:04,800 spacecraft and begin the process of 140 00:13:29,750 --> 00:13:23,030 Sophia's Moscow station speak to 141 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:29,760 everyone a future go ahead that very 142 00:13:34,490 --> 00:13:31,770 first helicopter that you see landing 143 00:13:36,530 --> 00:13:34,500 contains rse and nergi a personnel 144 00:13:39,260 --> 00:13:36,540 technical specialists who will tend to 145 00:13:41,330 --> 00:13:39,270 the safing of the soyuz vehicle and will 146 00:13:43,940 --> 00:13:41,340 begin the process of erecting an 147 00:13:47,300 --> 00:13:43,950 inflatable medical tent nearby which the 148 00:13:49,550 --> 00:13:47,310 crew members will be brought into in 149 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:49,560 reclining chairs after they've had an 150 00:13:54,770 --> 00:13:52,050 opportunity to adapt to Earth's gravity 151 00:13:58,480 --> 00:13:54,780 for a few minutes cover one mode 152 00:14:02,530 --> 00:13:58,490 activation info 153 00:14:50,250 --> 00:14:02,540 cover one is on the impo o excellent 154 00:14:55,269 --> 00:14:52,960 you're looking at the front screen of 155 00:14:57,579 --> 00:14:55,279 the Russian Mission Control Center in 156 00:15:00,790 --> 00:14:57,589 the center screen the Russian words for 157 00:15:06,250 --> 00:15:00,800 they've landed the landing of the Soyuz 158 00:15:09,579 --> 00:15:06,260 TMA o 3m spacecraft occurring right on 159 00:15:12,819 --> 00:15:09,589 schedule and right on the mark at 3:14 160 00:15:16,050 --> 00:15:12,829 and 48 seconds a.m. Central Time 2:14 161 00:15:20,410 --> 00:15:16,060 and 48 seconds p.m. at the landing site 162 00:15:22,930 --> 00:15:20,420 you saw the descent almost from the time 163 00:15:26,650 --> 00:15:22,940 of chute opening all the way through 164 00:15:28,810 --> 00:15:26,660 cloud layers onto a sunbathed 165 00:15:31,569 --> 00:15:28,820 landing site in southeast Kazakhstan 166 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:31,579 search and recovery forces now moving 167 00:15:36,759 --> 00:15:34,370 toward the vehicle itself to begin the 168 00:17:57,310 --> 00:15:36,769 process of saving the Soyuz and the 169 00:18:04,970 --> 00:18:00,370 this is Mission Control Houston to recap 170 00:18:08,540 --> 00:18:04,980 we were a captive audience to live 171 00:18:11,030 --> 00:18:08,550 television of the Soyuz TMA 3 M vehicle 172 00:18:14,990 --> 00:18:11,040 descending under its main parachute for 173 00:18:18,620 --> 00:18:15,000 a touchdown that occurred on time and on 174 00:18:21,410 --> 00:18:18,630 target at 3:14 and 48 seconds a.m. 175 00:18:25,490 --> 00:18:21,420 Central time about seven minutes ago 176 00:18:27,620 --> 00:18:25,500 that capped off a flawless night of 177 00:18:29,990 --> 00:18:27,630 activities that began with the farewells 178 00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:30,000 and the hatch closure in the mid evening 179 00:18:37,460 --> 00:18:35,370 on Saturday night all of the leak checks 180 00:18:38,780 --> 00:18:37,470 and preparations for undocking went 181 00:18:41,060 --> 00:18:38,790 without a hitch 182 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:41,070 the undocking itself occurring over 183 00:18:47,660 --> 00:18:45,090 China at 11:47 and 50 seconds p.m. 184 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:47,670 Central time on Saturday night just 185 00:18:55,900 --> 00:18:50,130 before 1:00 a.m. Central time Eastern 186 00:19:00,620 --> 00:18:58,610 unlatched itself from the Rassvet module 187 00:19:04,360 --> 00:19:00,630 that it had been attached to since 188 00:19:07,850 --> 00:19:04,370 December 23rd following the launch of 189 00:19:09,290 --> 00:19:07,860 the pettit kononenko and kuipers crew 190 00:19:12,020 --> 00:19:09,300 from the Baikonur cosmodrome in 191 00:19:14,270 --> 00:19:12,030 Kazakhstan two days earlier the 192 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:14,280 undocking was followed by a quick test 193 00:19:20,870 --> 00:19:18,570 of the soyuz digital autopilot system an 194 00:19:24,710 --> 00:19:20,880 engineering analysis test that had been 195 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:24,720 scheduled and pre-plan that enabled the 196 00:19:27,710 --> 00:19:26,610 Soyuz to begin backing away and phasing 197 00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:27,720 away from the international space 198 00:19:32,450 --> 00:19:30,110 station over a period of two orbits 199 00:19:35,540 --> 00:19:32,460 before the deorbit burn of the Soyuz 200 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:35,550 engines at 219 a.m. Central time that 201 00:19:39,650 --> 00:19:37,410 enabled the Soyuz to drop out of orbit 202 00:19:41,900 --> 00:19:39,660 for its descent back into the Earth's 203 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:41,910 atmosphere the three sections of the 204 00:19:47,090 --> 00:19:44,490 Soyuz separated pirate technically from 205 00:19:48,980 --> 00:19:47,100 one another 28 minutes after the deorbit 206 00:19:50,270 --> 00:19:48,990 burn that was followed a few minutes 207 00:19:52,910 --> 00:19:50,280 later by the deployment of the 208 00:19:54,980 --> 00:19:52,920 parachutes and a flawless descent on a 209 00:19:58,580 --> 00:19:54,990 Sunday afternoon for a landing in 210 00:20:00,590 --> 00:19:58,590 southeast Kazakhstan about 145 211 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:00,600 kilometers just to the southeast of the 212 00:20:51,060 --> 00:20:48,870 so at this point as the Ross Aviance 213 00:20:53,340 --> 00:20:51,070 search and recovery forces make their 214 00:20:56,460 --> 00:20:53,350 way in there helicopters and all-terrain 215 00:20:58,830 --> 00:20:56,470 vehicles to the spacecraft again the 216 00:21:00,690 --> 00:20:58,840 helicopters several of them already on 217 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:00,700 the ground others in the process of 218 00:21:07,799 --> 00:21:03,490 descending for a landing in a circular 219 00:21:09,510 --> 00:21:07,809 pattern around the spacecraft itself we 220 00:21:11,100 --> 00:21:09,520 will be standing by for additional 221 00:21:13,110 --> 00:21:11,110 television from the landing site 222 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:13,120 hopefully with the extraction of the 223 00:21:17,310 --> 00:21:15,010 crew from the spacecraft they will be 224 00:21:19,620 --> 00:21:17,320 placed in individual reclining 225 00:21:22,650 --> 00:21:19,630 comfortable chaise lounge type chairs 226 00:21:24,570 --> 00:21:22,660 that to have an opportunity to begin to 227 00:21:26,700 --> 00:21:24,580 readapt Earth's gravity for the first 228 00:21:28,530 --> 00:21:26,710 time in six and a half months before 229 00:21:31,669 --> 00:21:28,540 they are carried in those chairs into 230 00:21:34,140 --> 00:21:31,679 that inflatable medical tent nearby to 231 00:21:37,290 --> 00:21:34,150 get out of there Russian sokol launch 232 00:21:40,380 --> 00:21:37,300 and entry suits and there we have now 233 00:21:43,290 --> 00:21:40,390 television from the landing site and you 234 00:21:49,399 --> 00:21:43,300 can see that the Soyuz vehicle landed in 235 00:21:54,419 --> 00:21:52,080 depending on the conditions out at the 236 00:21:58,080 --> 00:21:54,429 landing site and the wind sometimes the 237 00:22:00,600 --> 00:21:58,090 spacecraft will land and bounce or be 238 00:22:02,789 --> 00:22:00,610 dragged off onto its side in this case 239 00:22:05,899 --> 00:22:02,799 you can see that the Soyuz landed 240 00:22:08,490 --> 00:22:05,909 upright what this means is the 241 00:22:11,159 --> 00:22:08,500 extraction hatches at the top of the 242 00:22:13,649 --> 00:22:11,169 spacecraft a small ladder will be 243 00:22:16,110 --> 00:22:13,659 erected alongside of the spacecraft and 244 00:22:20,430 --> 00:22:16,120 the crew then will be pulled out of that 245 00:22:21,870 --> 00:22:20,440 top hatch one by one in order to make 246 00:22:23,820 --> 00:22:21,880 their way down the ladder and into the 247 00:22:58,390 --> 00:22:23,830 chairs that will be set up a short time 248 00:23:03,160 --> 00:22:59,980 you can see on the right side of your 249 00:23:06,790 --> 00:23:03,170 screen RSC Energia personnel beginning 250 00:23:09,250 --> 00:23:06,800 to bring that extraction ladder to the 251 00:23:11,950 --> 00:23:09,260 side of the soyuz spacecraft which 252 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:11,960 landed upright with touchdown occurring 253 00:23:16,660 --> 00:23:15,050 just 12 minutes ago you can see the 254 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:16,670 rapidity with which the search and 255 00:23:21,780 --> 00:23:18,890 recovery forces attend to the spacecraft 256 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:21,790 that of course aided by what was a 257 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:24,530 bull's-eye landing for the Soyuz vehicle 258 00:23:31,030 --> 00:23:27,770 bringing Alek kononenko Don Pettit and 259 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:31,040 Andre Kuiper's back to Earth after 193 260 00:23:37,390 --> 00:23:34,130 days in space 191 days onboard the 261 00:23:40,900 --> 00:23:37,400 International Space Station back up on 262 00:23:44,530 --> 00:23:40,910 the station 250 miles overhead the newly 263 00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:44,540 comprised expedition 32 crew the new 264 00:23:49,300 --> 00:23:46,370 commander gennady padalka the first 265 00:23:51,190 --> 00:23:49,310 three time station commander along with 266 00:23:53,610 --> 00:23:51,200 nasa flight engineer joe acaba and 267 00:23:57,070 --> 00:23:53,620 russian flight engineer sergei revin 268 00:23:59,230 --> 00:23:57,080 will be going to bed a short time from 269 00:24:01,720 --> 00:23:59,240 now for an extended sleep period Sunday 270 00:24:05,470 --> 00:24:01,730 and Monday we'll both be off-duty days 271 00:24:07,060 --> 00:24:05,480 for the crew onboard the International 272 00:24:09,100 --> 00:24:07,070 Space Station before they resume their 273 00:24:39,130 --> 00:24:09,110 normal complement of activities 274 00:24:48,529 --> 00:24:45,529 once again this latter device is placed 275 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:48,539 around the Soyuz capsule for landings 276 00:24:55,700 --> 00:24:50,250 that occur when the vehicle lands 277 00:25:01,700 --> 00:24:55,710 upright it facilitates the extraction of 278 00:25:03,260 --> 00:25:01,710 the crew out of the top hatch first out 279 00:25:06,370 --> 00:25:03,270 of the vehicle will be the commander 280 00:25:12,470 --> 00:25:10,460 if form holds Don Pettit would be second 281 00:25:14,690 --> 00:25:12,480 to be extracted out of the right seat 282 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:14,700 and the board engineer Andre Kuiper's 283 00:25:20,590 --> 00:25:17,730 from the European Space Agency and the 284 00:25:34,799 --> 00:25:20,600 left seat for today's entry and landing 285 00:25:42,039 --> 00:25:39,010 and once again in stark contrast to the 286 00:25:44,140 --> 00:25:42,049 weather conditions that Kononenko 287 00:25:47,380 --> 00:25:44,150 Kuiper's and Pettit left the planet on 288 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:47,390 back on December 21st minus 22 degrees 289 00:25:51,909 --> 00:25:48,650 Fahrenheit from the Baikonur cosmodrome 290 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:51,919 in Kazakhstan which is to the south west 291 00:25:59,440 --> 00:25:55,250 of where this spacecraft currently is 292 00:26:02,049 --> 00:25:59,450 sitting it is in the low 80s a short 293 00:27:41,880 --> 00:26:02,059 sleeve short sleeve environment for the 294 00:27:48,340 --> 00:27:46,150 the personnel in the blue suits are NASA 295 00:27:49,780 --> 00:27:48,350 support personnel you just saw dan 296 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:49,790 Hartman from the International Space 297 00:27:59,050 --> 00:27:53,330 Station program office representing the 298 00:28:01,030 --> 00:27:59,060 ISS program at the landing site and RSC 299 00:28:04,540 --> 00:28:01,040 energy a personnel now at the top of the 300 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:04,550 extraction table with the ladders to 301 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:06,290 begin the process of opening up the 302 00:29:19,630 --> 00:28:09,410 hatch the precursor to the extraction of 303 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:22,270 just after 2:30 p.m. at the landing site 304 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:26,170 on a Sunday afternoon in Kazakhstan as 305 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:28,610 search and recovery personnel and 306 00:29:36,730 --> 00:29:32,570 Russian technicians begin to work toward 307 00:29:41,350 --> 00:29:36,740 the extraction of the crew the Soyuz 308 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:41,360 landing just about 18 minutes ago within 309 00:29:48,190 --> 00:29:46,610 seconds after touchdown Russian mi-8 310 00:29:50,050 --> 00:29:48,200 helicopters carrying the support 311 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:50,060 personnel began to land in sequential 312 00:29:56,460 --> 00:29:53,890 fashion near the spacecraft to expedite 313 00:30:00,070 --> 00:29:56,470 their extraction they'll be placed in 314 00:30:02,980 --> 00:30:00,080 comfortable chairs reclining chairs to 315 00:30:05,140 --> 00:30:02,990 have an opportunity to get their sea 316 00:30:05,980 --> 00:30:05,150 legs or land legs back as the case may 317 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:05,990 be 318 00:30:15,910 --> 00:30:13,250 they're brought in to a medical tent 319 00:30:18,550 --> 00:30:15,920 nearby that has been inflated and 320 00:30:19,990 --> 00:30:18,560 erected that medical tent is where the 321 00:30:22,270 --> 00:30:20,000 crew will get out of there Russian 322 00:30:24,190 --> 00:30:22,280 ahsoka launch and entry suits and get 323 00:30:28,180 --> 00:30:24,200 into more comfortable clothing before 324 00:30:30,340 --> 00:30:28,190 they are flown back by helicopter each 325 00:30:33,190 --> 00:30:30,350 crew member has its own his own 326 00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:33,200 helicopter to fly back two hours to the 327 00:30:40,930 --> 00:30:35,510 city of karaganda which was the staging 328 00:30:43,420 --> 00:30:40,940 city for this landing today there they 329 00:30:48,750 --> 00:30:43,430 will be greeted by a traditional Kazakh 330 00:30:52,210 --> 00:30:48,760 welcoming ceremony Pettit and Kuiper's 331 00:30:54,730 --> 00:30:52,220 will board a NASA plane to begin the 332 00:30:56,980 --> 00:30:54,740 long flight back to Houston while Alek 333 00:30:58,660 --> 00:30:56,990 Kononenko boards a Gagarin cosmonaut 334 00:31:00,760 --> 00:30:58,670 training center plane to fly back to 335 00:31:36,590 --> 00:31:00,770 Tchaikovsky airfield outside of star 336 00:31:42,899 --> 00:31:40,049 and you can see although somewhat 337 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:42,909 obscured by the hoard of people around 338 00:31:49,010 --> 00:31:46,210 the spacecraft oleg kononenko the soyuz 339 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:49,020 commander is now out of the top hatch 340 00:31:59,639 --> 00:31:54,130 his extraction coming in very very Swift 341 00:32:01,769 --> 00:31:59,649 fashion just about 20 minutes after the 342 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:01,779 touchdown there was Kononenko placed in 343 00:32:06,750 --> 00:32:04,690 the center seat he will be flanked by 344 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:06,760 Pettit and Kuiper's as soon as they are 345 00:32:12,990 --> 00:32:10,330 extracted the removal of the crew 346 00:32:15,210 --> 00:32:13,000 members from the Soyuz vehicle is always 347 00:32:21,049 --> 00:32:15,220 expedited if the vehicle lands upright 348 00:32:21,059 --> 00:32:24,710 the ground one 349 00:32:33,690 --> 00:32:30,480 go ahead of the crew doing have they 350 00:32:36,330 --> 00:32:33,700 extracted them from the capsule are you 351 00:32:47,750 --> 00:32:36,340 getting the imagery so far they only got 352 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:49,860 what's the schedule gonna be like for us 353 00:32:58,590 --> 00:32:56,639 Robocop well as soon as they've 354 00:33:00,810 --> 00:32:58,600 extracted everybody from the descent 355 00:33:10,169 --> 00:33:00,820 module I'll give you a call and then 356 00:33:12,930 --> 00:33:10,179 we'll revisit our timeline okay but I 357 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:12,940 think we won't be able to really go to 358 00:33:17,490 --> 00:33:15,970 sleep until morning them so I'll call 359 00:33:19,409 --> 00:33:17,500 you later in the day and I'll get you 360 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:19,419 all the data on pressure gauge readings 361 00:33:23,630 --> 00:33:21,970 and so on and so forth correct all right 362 00:33:28,370 --> 00:33:23,640 so I used commander Oleg Kononenko 363 00:33:31,030 --> 00:33:28,380 waving as he's being attended to by his 364 00:33:34,020 --> 00:33:31,040 complement of Russian 365 00:33:36,909 --> 00:33:34,030 flight surgeon and nurse personnel 366 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:36,919 everything continuing to proceed on 367 00:33:41,860 --> 00:33:39,770 track the next crew member who should be 368 00:33:43,870 --> 00:33:41,870 extracted should be done headed out of 369 00:33:45,669 --> 00:33:43,880 the right seat of the Soyuz vehicle and 370 00:33:47,650 --> 00:33:45,679 as you heard in that space-to-ground 371 00:33:50,500 --> 00:33:47,660 communication with the Russian Mission 372 00:33:53,010 --> 00:33:50,510 Control Center the new station commander 373 00:33:55,870 --> 00:33:53,020 expedition 32 commander gennady padalka 374 00:33:58,330 --> 00:33:55,880 inquiring about how the crew is doing 375 00:34:00,130 --> 00:33:58,340 and was informed that kononenko is out 376 00:35:08,160 --> 00:34:00,140 and that the rest of the extraction 377 00:35:12,670 --> 00:35:10,810 continuing to receive live television 378 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:12,680 from the landing site in southeast 379 00:35:18,430 --> 00:35:15,770 Kazakhstan Alec Kononenko the Soyuz 380 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:18,440 commander was extracted from the center 381 00:35:25,770 --> 00:35:20,570 seat of the Soyuz which landed upright 382 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:25,780 at 3:14 a.m. Central Time 2:14 p.m. 383 00:35:41,890 --> 00:35:37,810 Kazakhstan time about 24 minutes ago the 384 00:35:44,349 --> 00:35:41,900 recovery process continues in good order 385 00:35:47,980 --> 00:35:44,359 the Soyuz space crafts systems have been 386 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:47,990 saved by RSC energy of personnel once 387 00:35:52,090 --> 00:35:50,450 all three crew members are out they'll 388 00:35:55,240 --> 00:35:52,100 have a few minutes for a photo 389 00:35:58,150 --> 00:35:55,250 opportunity and once again to get their 390 00:36:00,640 --> 00:35:58,160 land legs back a bit as they adapt to 391 00:36:02,940 --> 00:36:00,650 the sensation of Earth's gravity for the 392 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:02,950 first time in six and a half months 393 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:05,090 they'll be brought into a nearby 394 00:36:10,240 --> 00:36:08,330 inflated medical tent to have their 395 00:36:13,210 --> 00:36:10,250 sokol launch and entry suits removed 396 00:36:17,170 --> 00:36:13,220 they'll slip into more comfortable 397 00:36:19,300 --> 00:36:17,180 clothing and if the time line goes as it 398 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:19,310 usually does at the landing site about 399 00:36:23,849 --> 00:36:21,050 an hour and a half from now they should 400 00:36:26,980 --> 00:36:23,859 be wheels up in their respective 401 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:26,990 helicopters for a two-hour flight back 402 00:36:33,820 --> 00:36:30,050 to the staging city of karaganda which 403 00:36:35,830 --> 00:36:33,830 is about 450 kilometres to the north 404 00:37:52,220 --> 00:36:35,840 east of the landing site that you're 405 00:37:57,900 --> 00:37:54,510 this view at the landing site and the 406 00:38:01,020 --> 00:37:57,910 white shirt is Alexy Krasnov who was the 407 00:38:02,490 --> 00:38:01,030 head of piloted programs basically the 408 00:38:08,340 --> 00:38:02,500 head of human spaceflight for the 409 00:38:10,530 --> 00:38:08,350 Russian Federal Space Agency on hand to 410 00:38:12,450 --> 00:38:10,540 witness firsthand the landing of the 411 00:38:14,730 --> 00:38:12,460 Soyuz vehicle the extraction of the crew 412 00:38:17,130 --> 00:38:14,740 and the whole process of the search and 413 00:39:05,620 --> 00:38:17,140 recovery of returning crewmembers from 414 00:39:12,650 --> 00:39:09,320 and European Space Agency flight 415 00:39:14,930 --> 00:39:12,660 engineer andre kuipers now out of the 416 00:39:16,490 --> 00:39:14,940 Soyuz vehicle so they reversed order of 417 00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:16,500 what is normally the extraction process 418 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:19,170 of the crew wipers being helped down 419 00:39:25,490 --> 00:39:21,330 that a slide and will be carried now to 420 00:39:28,460 --> 00:39:25,500 that reclining chair wipers back on 421 00:39:31,190 --> 00:39:28,470 earth the second flight in the books 204 422 00:39:34,970 --> 00:39:31,200 days in space on to missions for Andre 423 00:39:37,100 --> 00:39:34,980 Kuiper's Kononenko that you see on the 424 00:39:41,210 --> 00:39:37,110 left-hand side of your screen now has 425 00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:41,220 completed 392 days in space on his two 426 00:39:47,870 --> 00:39:44,970 flights Kononenko flew four years ago as 427 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:47,880 part of expedition 17 and now is tied 428 00:39:53,060 --> 00:39:50,970 for 14th place on the all-time list for 429 00:39:54,590 --> 00:39:53,070 space endurance and there at the landing 430 00:39:57,380 --> 00:39:54,600 site is the head of the Russian Federal 431 00:40:00,590 --> 00:39:57,390 Space Agency vladimir popov c'n who flew 432 00:40:04,190 --> 00:40:00,600 on one of the Russian mi-8 helicopters 433 00:40:06,530 --> 00:40:04,200 to the landing site to see how the 434 00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:06,540 landing operations occur up close and 435 00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:49,460 and last but not least Don Pettit NASA 436 00:40:55,220 --> 00:40:53,130 flight engineer who has just completed 437 00:40:59,559 --> 00:40:55,230 his second landing in a Soyuz vehicle 438 00:41:02,390 --> 00:40:59,569 and his third flight headed wrapping up 439 00:41:08,599 --> 00:41:02,400 370 days in space now fourth on the 440 00:41:55,350 --> 00:41:08,609 all-time list of US astronauts behind 441 00:41:55,360 --> 00:42:26,560 she's making you park bag 442 00:42:26,570 --> 00:44:37,160 Andrea and their babies 443 00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:40,190 once again you're watching video from 444 00:44:46,150 --> 00:44:42,930 the landing site in Southeast Kazakhstan 445 00:44:50,809 --> 00:44:46,160 where the soyuz tma-03m spacecraft 446 00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:50,819 touched down about 34 minutes ago 447 00:44:56,599 --> 00:44:54,210 right on time and right on target 3:14 448 00:45:00,950 --> 00:44:56,609 a.m. Central Time 2:14 p.m. at the 449 00:45:02,690 --> 00:45:00,960 landing site in Kazakhstan all three 450 00:45:04,849 --> 00:45:02,700 crew members have been extracted from 451 00:45:07,819 --> 00:45:04,859 the spacecraft they are in respective 452 00:45:11,599 --> 00:45:07,829 chairs to have a few minutes to relax 453 00:45:14,930 --> 00:45:11,609 and begin the adaptation back to a 454 00:45:15,940 --> 00:45:14,940 gravity environment andre kuipers there 455 00:45:19,009 --> 00:45:15,950 on the right 456 00:45:35,570 --> 00:45:19,019 Oleg Kononenko in the centre of your 457 00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:39,990 I'm Paris Thomas Connolly ladies patient 458 00:45:55,810 --> 00:45:53,790 Moscoe give a loose gennadi well 459 00:45:58,630 --> 00:45:55,820 everybody's been extracted from the 460 00:46:02,530 --> 00:45:58,640 descent module everybody's down on the 461 00:46:06,100 --> 00:46:02,540 ground everything is normal the works 462 00:46:11,109 --> 00:46:06,110 won then good to hear another mission 463 00:46:16,660 --> 00:46:11,119 completed well in that case we're gonna 464 00:46:21,850 --> 00:46:16,670 go off and get some rest all right you 465 00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:25,120 it's up to you really you know it's your 466 00:46:28,990 --> 00:46:27,650 discretion whenever you want to whenever 467 00:46:30,250 --> 00:46:29,000 you want to give us a call towards the 468 00:46:32,140 --> 00:46:30,260 evening yeah we're gonna give you Colt 469 00:46:33,609 --> 00:46:32,150 or towards the evening gets you the 470 00:46:36,970 --> 00:46:33,619 pressure gauge reading and so on and so 471 00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:36,980 forth well we'll do sounds good talk to 472 00:46:47,240 --> 00:46:45,350 with the landing of this Soyuz crew life 473 00:46:53,330 --> 00:46:47,250 continues onboard the International 474 00:46:56,180 --> 00:46:53,340 Space Station you just saw the as you're 475 00:46:58,610 --> 00:46:56,190 watching Andre Kuiper's at the landing 476 00:47:01,430 --> 00:46:58,620 site Oleg Kononenko next to him Don 477 00:47:03,590 --> 00:47:01,440 Pettit also has been extracted he is in 478 00:47:06,950 --> 00:47:03,600 the reclining chair next to Kononenko on 479 00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:06,960 the other side the new commander of the 480 00:47:14,090 --> 00:47:08,490 International Space Station gennady 481 00:47:17,780 --> 00:47:14,100 padalka padalka calling down to russian 482 00:47:20,180 --> 00:47:17,790 Mission Control and asking how the crew 483 00:47:23,180 --> 00:47:20,190 is doing flight controllers say they're 484 00:47:25,010 --> 00:47:23,190 doing just fine and padalka is saying 485 00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:25,020 we're going to go about our business now 486 00:47:29,360 --> 00:47:27,930 that business being an extended sleep 487 00:47:32,720 --> 00:47:29,370 period onboard the International Space 488 00:47:43,420 --> 00:47:32,730 Station and an off-duty day on Sunday 489 00:47:43,430 --> 00:50:01,590 you 490 00:50:07,930 --> 00:50:04,960 part of the post-landing operations 491 00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:07,940 include an opportunity for some photos 492 00:50:12,250 --> 00:50:09,890 to be taken around the crew members 493 00:50:15,940 --> 00:50:12,260 before they are lifted and there we go 494 00:50:19,660 --> 00:50:15,950 the first crew member soyuz commander 495 00:50:22,840 --> 00:50:19,670 oleg kononenko lifted now andre kuipers 496 00:50:26,650 --> 00:50:22,850 as they are being brought now into the 497 00:50:29,890 --> 00:50:26,660 inflatable medical tent nearby where 498 00:50:31,750 --> 00:50:29,900 they will have their Russian sokol 499 00:50:33,310 --> 00:50:31,760 launch and entry suits removed they'll 500 00:50:36,070 --> 00:50:33,320 be placed into more comfortable clothing 501 00:50:38,380 --> 00:50:36,080 as well Don Pettit of course and be 502 00:50:40,540 --> 00:50:38,390 prepared for a two hour helicopter 503 00:50:43,180 --> 00:50:40,550 flight back to the staging city of 504 00:50:46,140 --> 00:50:43,190 karaganda where the Russian mi-8 505 00:50:49,150 --> 00:50:46,150 helicopters departed from earlier today 506 00:50:51,820 --> 00:50:49,160 to begin to fan out and sequential 507 00:50:53,470 --> 00:50:51,830 fashion in and around the landing zone 508 00:51:02,440 --> 00:50:53,480 awaiting for the arrival of the Soyuz 509 00:51:02,450 --> 00:51:38,019 you 510 00:51:45,339 --> 00:51:43,149 and Don Pettit also being attended to as 511 00:51:48,339 --> 00:51:45,349 he is being carried into that medical 512 00:51:52,119 --> 00:51:48,349 tent all three crew members back on 513 00:51:55,259 --> 00:51:52,129 earth after 193 days in space 191 days 514 00:51:58,449 --> 00:51:55,269 onboard the International Space Station 515 00:52:01,149 --> 00:51:58,459 meanwhile attending to the removal of 516 00:52:03,489 --> 00:52:01,159 some cargo and samples brought back in 517 00:52:05,469 --> 00:52:03,499 the Soyuz vehicle RR SC and nerdier 518 00:52:07,959 --> 00:52:05,479 personnel and other members of the 519 00:52:11,679 --> 00:52:07,969 search and recovery forces the Soyuz 520 00:52:16,779 --> 00:52:11,689 landing at 3:14 a.m. Central Time 2:14 521 00:52:19,779 --> 00:52:16,789 p.m. Kazakhstan time a bull's-eye on