1 00:00:00,000 --> 23:59:59,999 When did you realized something was wrong? 2 00:00:09,300 --> 00:00:00,033 . 3 00:00:09,300 --> 00:00:11,400 support from everybody across the globe has been 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,940 amazing in such a time. And so thank you to... 5 00:00:14,940 --> 00:00:17,540 everybody out there. You know, so back to the 6 00:00:17,540 --> 00:00:19,360 question when do we first know that something... 7 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,080 was wrong? You know it's two minutes into... 8 00:00:22,080 --> 00:00:25,440 launch and everything was going, going per plan. 9 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,960 It was a smooth ride and right around the... 10 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,200 first stage separation everything went a... 11 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:33,660 little awry. And so we were tossed... 12 00:00:33,660 --> 00:00:35,660 back and forth inside the capsule a little bit... 13 00:00:35,660 --> 00:00:38,660 and then thrusted away from the rocket as soon... 14 00:00:38,660 --> 00:00:41,640 as the launch abort system had recognized that... 15 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:44,240 there was a problem with the booster. So the first... 16 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,300 moment that I recognized something, was as we are... 17 00:00:47,300 --> 00:00:49,980 being ripped away from the rocket we had an... 18 00:00:49,980 --> 00:00:52,840 alarm inside the capsule and we had an emergency... 19 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,800 light come on that said that we had a problem with 20 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,420 the booster. And it was at that moment it was... 21 00:00:59,420 --> 00:01:02,120 a pretty crystal clear realization that we... 22 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:04,520 weren't gonna make it orbit that day. 23 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:06,120 So how are you training for facing these kind of... 24 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,060 psychological issues and keeping cool and not 25 00:01:09,060 --> 00:01:11,960 panicking whenever something goes awry. 26 00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:15,580 Right. Sso I've got to thank my... you know my... 27 00:01:15,580 --> 00:01:17,900 career in the Air Force has done a lot to help... 28 00:01:17,900 --> 00:01:20,800 me prepare for stressful situations like this. 29 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:24,360 Whether it's through deployments or my time in... 30 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:27,640 flight tests where we've had to deal with failures... 31 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,280 in aircraft that you're in and having to get down 32 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:31,920 on the ground immediately. So those have been... 33 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,540 stressful situations. You know in terms of... 34 00:01:35,540 --> 00:01:37,840 managing that you really end up falling back to... 35 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,640 your training. You learn over time, over my... 36 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,580 two decades in the Air Force, I've learned that... 37 00:01:42,580 --> 00:01:45,820 in those situations the best thing that you 38 00:01:45,820 --> 00:01:48,240 can do is stay calm and do what you've been... 39 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,800 trained to do. And so we training endlessly to... 40 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:55,160 address those types of situations. I've spent the... 41 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,480 better part of the last two years in Star City,... 42 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,720 Russia inside a descent module where they have... 43 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:04,200 thrown every failure imaginable at us in Alexey... 44 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:08,000 and I have developed the team cohesion that we... 45 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,480 need to be able to respond to those failures. 46 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,760 And we put that to work when that... 47 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:18,280 was thrown our way on Thursday. 48 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:22,540 Your initial reaction, fear or disappointment? 49 00:02:22,540 --> 00:02:25,380 I just remember being this very... 50 00:02:25,380 --> 00:02:30,640 poignant realization that wow we just had a 51 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:32,320 failure of the booster. So there's, a little bit... 52 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,660 of disbelief, because it hasn't happened in 35... 53 00:02:35,660 --> 00:02:38,800 years. So that was a little surprising. But it was... 54 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,260 we just had the failure of the booster and okay... 55 00:02:42,260 --> 00:02:44,680 now we gotta get home. And so we just instantly... 56 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,260 transitioned into executing the procedures that... 57 00:02:47,260 --> 00:02:51,060 we had practiced before and trying to make sure... 58 00:02:51,060 --> 00:02:54,580 that we did them as precise and as effectively... 59 00:02:54,580 --> 00:02:58,080 as we could. And while in the Soyuz upon your... 60 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,020 descent did you feel any temperature or pressure... 61 00:03:00,020 --> 00:03:04,200 changes? Yes. So when we come back... 62 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,620 there are pressure changes. So after the main... 63 00:03:07,620 --> 00:03:11,620 chute opens there is a valve that helps equalize... 64 00:03:11,620 --> 00:03:14,620 with the outside ambient air pressure and 65 00:03:14,620 --> 00:03:18,260 so you feel pressure changes in your ear on... 66 00:03:18,260 --> 00:03:19,880 descent just like you might feel... 67 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,120 in a commercial airliner coming in for a... 68 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,940 landing. Other than that there was no extreme... 69 00:03:25,940 --> 00:03:28,200 temperatures. And if you look at pictures of our... 70 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,280 capsule laying on the the steppes of Kazakhstan,... 71 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,440 you realize that we weren't going fast... 72 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,660 enough for anything to char, to have any of the... 73 00:03:36,660 --> 00:03:39,320 plasma that you would normally have from a... 74 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,340 reentry. We were going slow enough our energy was... 75 00:03:42,340 --> 00:03:45,640 low enough that it was really just aerodynamic... 76 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,760 drag that slowed us down well. If this incident will... 77 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:50,820 keep you away from any fights or does it... 78 00:03:50,820 --> 00:03:53,140 make you more determined to go up in the future? 79 00:03:53,140 --> 00:03:56,980 Yeah, so in terms of determination, personal 80 00:03:56,980 --> 00:04:01,400 perseverance, I'm ready to go and look forward to 81 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:05,460 the next opportunity. You know, we... 82 00:04:05,460 --> 00:04:08,880 collectively, my family, all of my friends, 83 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,280 extended family, everybody has invested and... 84 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,380 sacrificed alot to make this opportunity happen. 85 00:04:15,380 --> 00:04:19,560 And we all realize that it's a very hard... 86 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,900 business that we are part. You're not always... 87 00:04:22,900 --> 00:04:25,840 going to be successful, but you've gotta persevere... 88 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:27,700 because what we're trying to accomplish with... 89 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:30,380 human exploration of space, the things that were... 90 00:04:30,380 --> 00:04:35,120 trying to discover, the expanding of... 91 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,640 the boundaries of human understanding, that's... 92 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,140 what we're trying to do and and it's worth it. 93 00:04:40,140 --> 00:04:43,720 And so yes, I'm ready to go. What will you... 94 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,540 take from this experience that you can use for... 95 00:04:45,540 --> 00:04:47,920 the future and for personal experience and... 96 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:49,920 for sharing information with other astronauts and... 97 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,860 cosmonauts? Yeah, absolutely. You know just yesterday... 98 00:04:53,860 --> 00:04:58,720 we tried to capture as much as we can and I've... 99 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,920 you know, given a statement so that we can get... 100 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,500 all of the insight from my experience and try... 101 00:05:04,500 --> 00:05:07,860 to propagate that towards other crew members so... 102 00:05:07,860 --> 00:05:09,620 that they can learn from my experience. That's... 103 00:05:09,620 --> 00:05:13,580 important. You know, personally I feel... 104 00:05:13,580 --> 00:05:17,140 like this is just another event that has... 105 00:05:17,140 --> 00:05:20,260 happened, that is going to help shape me and make... 106 00:05:20,260 --> 00:05:23,040 me a more effective crew member in the future. 107 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,380 I know that Alexey and I as a crew... 108 00:05:25,380 --> 00:05:27,620 you know, we've experienced this...