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about uh two and a half hours ago uh the

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six crew members uh gathered uh together

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uh in the small vestibule connecting uh

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the soyuz spacecraft and the poisk

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module for one final opportunity to uh

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say farewell to one another and

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to offer their best wishes to the

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departing crew of ford novitskiy and

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tarelkin before they entered their soyuz

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vehicle to close the hatches and begin

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the preparations for the undocking that

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is coming up shortly leading to a

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landing on the step of kazakhstan at 10

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05 p.m central time tonight as you can

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see uh from this video again the hatches

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between the two spacecraft were closed

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at 3 38 pm central time 4 38 pm eastern

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time

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the final farewells taking place as the

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departing crew made their way into their

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soyuz vehicle to begin their final

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preparations once the hatches were

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closed between the two spacecraft

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the vestibule this uh small passageway

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between the docking interface between

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the soyuz and poisk was depressurized

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leak checks got underway almost

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immediately

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the crew then received approval from

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russian flight controllers at the

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russian mission control center in

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karayof outside moscow to don their

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russian sokol launch and entry suits

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that took about 40 minutes to complete

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they then strap themselves into their

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respective seats in the descent module

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the center-most section of the

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three-compartment soyuz vehicle

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they strap themselves in with tarelkin

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on the left seat uh nowitzki in the

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the suits underwent their own brand of

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leak checks they are airtight as is the

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vestibule and the docking interface

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between the two vehicles

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about

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25 minutes ago the international space

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station maneuvered into the undocking

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orientation uh the crew reported it was

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in great shape and ready to begin the

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journey home for a landing on the step

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once again this is video that was

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recorded about two and a half hours ago

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as uh the crew members uh the departing

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crew of novitskiy tarelkin and ford said

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goodbye to the expedition 35 crew soon

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to be a three-man crew on their own for

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the next two weeks commander chris

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hadfield nasa flight engineer tom

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marshburn and russian flight engineer

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there were final pictures taken as you

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can see

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some final exchanges of words and well

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wishes from uh the remaining crew on

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board of hatfield romanenko and

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the crew entering the soyuz uh in fact

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enters into what is known as the orbital

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module the uppermost compartment of the

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soyuz that contains uh the facilities

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and some leg room

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for the crew members to stretch out a

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bit as well as the forward docking

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mechanism that will be powered up just a

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short time before the undocking here

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once the crew made its way past the

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orbital module they made their way into

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the center most section the descent

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module closed the hatch to the upper

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section the orbital module and then

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began

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that series of leak checks

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as part of the preparations for the

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undocking that is coming up a short time

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as we watch the replay of the farewells

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and hatch closure that took place two

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and a half hours ago the international

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space station is currently flying 254

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statute miles above the earth

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moving uh just off the eastern coast of

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africa in an orbit uh inclined 51.6

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degrees to either side of the equator

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moving from southwest to northeast and

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now you can see the closing of the

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hatches as romano romanenko was assisted

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his crewmate

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and as we said that uh ensued a series

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of leak checks and suit checks as the

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the departing soyuz crew climbed into

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their circle launch and entry suits and

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made their way

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into the descent module to strap

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themselves into their seats over the

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past two and a half hours communications

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checks and systems checks have been

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conducted everything has been found to

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be in good shape with the soyuz vehicle

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in preparation for its return to earth

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the crew in a very upbeat and jovial

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mood often catnapping at times

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relaxing and getting ready for the

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high-speed return to earth that will

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result in a touchdown on the step of

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kazakhstan about 36

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statute miles to the northeast of the