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it is early evening right now at the

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baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan where

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at this very moment an american

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astronaut a russian cosmonaut and the

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first ever astronaut from the united

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arab emirates are sitting aboard a soyuz

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spacecraft

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perched 160 feet above a soyuz booster

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and ready to launch less than an hour

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from now at 8 57 a.m central time 6 57

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p.m in the evening over in baikonur

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right now we're going to get you a live

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view or we'll get it to you very soon

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you can see in the top right of that

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and they're sitting on soyuz rocket on

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site number one the launch pad in

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baikonur and that's the historic 1961

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launch site of yuri gagarin the first

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human to ever travel into space this is

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going to be the last launch of a crew

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from bugaran's launch pad for the next

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couple of months while engineers down

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there renovate site one for future crude

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booster that actually made its first

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flight with an uncrewed soyuz a little

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bit later or a little bit earlier this

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summer traveling all the way up to the

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international space station and back

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down to kazakhstan

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the next soyuz launch to the station in

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spring of 2020 is going to be the first

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crude flight on that soyuz 2.18 booster

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and that's going to be launching from

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site 31 down in baikonur today though a

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team of launch controllers are watching

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over the systems aboard the rocket which

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at this very moment is fully fueled and

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ready for launch not tracking any issues

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so far throughout the day and that day

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the way back at 5 52 a.m central time 3

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52 p.m in the afternoon out at the

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launch site in baikonur and that was

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completed just about two hours later i

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do want to say good morning and welcome

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you here to mission control houston i'm

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nasa's dan hewitt and i'm going to be

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taking you through today's launch and

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all the subsequent phases as the soyuz

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arrives at the international space

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station a little bit later this evening

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again we're going to be here in the

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control room where the team's going to

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be watching over the expedition 60 crew

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and all the station systems and they're

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going to be preparing to support the

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arrival of this soyuz ms-15 vehicle

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station population is going to increase

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from six all the way up to nine with the

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addition of our three new crew members

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it's nasa astronaut jessica mirror over

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the commander of the soyuz mission today

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and on the left there is huzzah ali

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amman suri he's an astronaut from the

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united arab emirates and a space flight

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participant making a short taxi flight

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largest the station crew has been since

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these three are about to begin a plan

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the spacecraft is going to be docking

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director advance ice you can see a few

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gentleman standing up there is royce

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the thing that's always driven and

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diving physiology of emperor penguins

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sea ice hole you really never forget the

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looking down and seeing this magnificent

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planet earth and seeing the beauty of

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fragile it is and how important it is to

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protect it to take good care of our home

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planet to protect our oceans to protect

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the land and to be really a good steward

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i'm jessica meer i'm a scientist and a

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born and raised in caribou maine nasa

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astronaut jessica meer holds a bachelor

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of arts in biology from brown university

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a master of science and space studies

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from the international space university

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and a doctorate in marine biology from

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scripps institution of oceanography

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from 2000 to 2003 dr mir worked for

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afterward mir's research focused on the

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physiology of animals in extreme

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environments with her phd research

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studying oxygen depletion and diving

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emperor penguins in the antarctic and in

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california and then her postdoctoral

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research at the university of british

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columbia investigated the high-flying

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bar-headed goose by training geese to

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fly in a wind tunnel while obtaining

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measurements in reduced oxygen

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in 2012 dr mir accepted a position at

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the harvard medical school massachusetts

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general hospital where she continued her

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research on the physiology of animals in

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extreme environments she also took part

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in smithsonian institution diving

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expeditions to the antarctic and belize

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selected in 2013 to become an astronaut

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as part of nasa's 21st astronaut class

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we are completed her training in 2015.

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she'll be in familiar company when she

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arrives at the station joining three of

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her former astronaut classmates current

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station residents nick hague christina

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and that was a little bit more about

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jessica mir the nasa astronaut flying

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today she's going to be seated to the

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left of the soyuz commander and the

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russian cosmonaut on today's flight

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rose cosbos cosmonaut alex krapochka is

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returning to space for the third time

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today

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born into venomous russia scrupochka was

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a member of the young cosmonauts group

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while he was a student at zapporos

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physics and mathematics high school

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number 28 graduating in 1987.

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afterward he attended bauman state

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technical university and while an

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undergraduate he obtained work

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experience at the russian space

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corporation inergia as a test subject

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and as a mechanic in the project

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department graduating in 1993 with a

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bachelor's degree in mechanical

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engineering with a specialization in

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rocket engineering scrapocho worked at

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rsc inarguia from 1993 to 1997 as an

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engineer at the transport and cargo

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vehicles ground hardware development and

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testing project department oleg is also

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a first class skydiver with over 300

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parachute jumps selected in july of 1997

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as an rsc inergia cosmonaut candidate

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skripochka completed basic space flight

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training at the gagarin cosmonaut

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training center in 1999 qualifying as a

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test cosmonaut his first trip into space

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was in october of 2010 as a flight

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engineer during space station

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expeditions 25 and 26 and while aboard

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he performed two spacewalks his second

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flight began in march of 2016 on soyuz

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tma-20m as part of the space station

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expeditions 47 and 48 during which he

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completed his third spacewalk to date

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scarpochka's cumulative spacewalking

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total is 16 hours and 41 minutes spent

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outside the space station scrappock is

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serving as the soyuz ms-15 commander and

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will serve aboard the international

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space station as an expedition 61 flight

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engineer and later as the expedition 62

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commander

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seated to his right is first-time flyer

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united arab emirates space flight

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participant haza ali al-mansuri born in

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all without and spending his early years

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living and going to school in al-dafra

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in western abu dhabi ahmansiri's passion

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for astronomy led him to join the armed

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forces and later become a military pilot

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he became a functional check flight

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pilot for the f-16b60

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and spent three years training on this

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aircraft in the united states in arizona

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afterward he returned to the uae to

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complete his training four years after

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his return azad became the youngest

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emirati military f-16 pilot qualifying

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to be a flight testing and aircraft

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assessment pilot

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the uae astronaut program launched in

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2017 to train and prepare a team of

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emirati astronauts and send them to

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space for various scientific missions

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following a series of mental and

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physical tests in the uae and abroad

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almond surrey was selected from a field

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of over four thousand candidates

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in september 2018 almonziri started

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training with the russian space agency

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rose cosmos at the guerin cosmonaut

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training center in star city russia he

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will be the very first member of the uae

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and this is some recorded video from a

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little bit earlier today as the three

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crew members got prepared woke up in the

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cosmonaut hotel and got ready to make

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their way out to the launch site the

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crews were woken up at about 11 57 pm

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tuesday night central time 9 57 a.m in

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the morning over in baikonur which is

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about nine hours prior to the launch

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they participated in all of their final

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pre-launch activities and all that

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begins at crew quarters what you're

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seeing here is a pretty old tradition of

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before departing for the launch pad the

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crew members

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go through a ritual of autographing some

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of the doors on the rooms that they

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occupied at the cosmonaut hotel in

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baikonur you can see just one set aside

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here all three crew members getting the

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chance to sign their names and all those

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other signatures are from crew members

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both nasa rose cosmos and all the

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international partners from over the

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years they also get a blessing here

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before they depart from a priest of the

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russian orthodox church who earlier in

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the week also takes time to go out and

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bless the rocket itself at the pad and

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the various pad workers and even some of

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the members of the media that will

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generally gather to document these

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launches

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following that they stroll out from the

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cosmonaut hotel down a line

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down a sidewalk lined with friends

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family

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well-wishers program officials from the

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various space agencies before they make

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their way onto a bus

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this is one of the last

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several times that they get a chance to

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see all these folks before they load

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into the rocket they walk out to a

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traditional song that's played every

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single time and the russian name for it

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escapes me at this moment but a lot of

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tradition surrounding all of these

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launches in baikonur is they have again

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been launching from this area since the

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60s when gagarin made that first leap

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into space so for the prime crew it's on

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to one bus the purple one here and then

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the backup crew follows behind in

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another large bus they're accompanied by

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a lot of the flight surgeons and doctors

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again you can see a large mass of people

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there gathered outside of the cosmonaut

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hotel

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this all taking place a little bit

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earlier this morning at about 2 57 a.m

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central time 12 57 p.m over in baikonur

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it's about a 40 minute ride from this

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hotel actually on to the cosmodrome

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itself where they head over to what's

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known as building 254 inside the

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cosmodrome and that's the integration

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and pseudo facility so getting a chance

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to wave a pose there from huzzah

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again you can see a pretty large crowd

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gathered there nasa public affairs

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officer rob navy is sneaking into view

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real quick there

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but getting their first departure from

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this hotel again it's about 40 minutes

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from the hotel onto the cosmodrome it's

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very sparse

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area

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as obviously you're launching rockets

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you don't want a lot in that area it's a

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very vast and open kazakh step then they

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arrive here in building 254 once they

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get to the actual suit up in integration

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facility it's time to get into these

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launch and entry suits and this is

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called the sokol it's the white suit you

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can see

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alex groposhka getting into it here this

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is worn throughout all the different

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dynamic phases of flight so they're

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going to wear it for today's launch and

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the eventual docking with the

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international space station then the

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suits get put away and they get brought

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back out if they're ever flying in that

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soyuz either for a relocation or when

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they actually come back down to earth

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and these suits just act just like the

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large orange ones that you might

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remember from the shuttle era that

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astronauts wear they're able to be

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pressurized and provide additional

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breathing gases and a safe atmosphere

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for the crew members should the capsule

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itself become unpressurized they also

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get a communications cap so they're able

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to not only speak with each other but

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also the flight controllers down on the

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ground who oversee their flight all the

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way up to the space station

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there are several specialists you'll see

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a lot of

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individuals wearing

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masks and other items as the crew are

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kept in a quarantine prior to their

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mission

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to help

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reduce the chance of any dis infectious

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diseases or anything making its way up

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to the space station they're kept in a

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strict quarantine for about two weeks

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prior to their flight very controlled

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access to the crew themselves and then

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any not also in quarantine like the

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backup crew

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we'll have to go through some

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preventative measures usually wearing

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masks or different protective gear

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here you can see nasa's just come here

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also getting suited up first all three

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crew members get suited up and then

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we'll see them move into another room

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where they actually do

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some pressure checks on the spacesuits

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themselves you can see jessica mirror

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playing with the small blue knob that

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actually is used by the astronauts to

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control the pressure level inside of

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the backup crew

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right behind them tom marshburn on the

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right there in the blue suit he's been

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the backup for the last two flights the

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backup crew helping the uh the prime

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crew get ready for their flight and

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they're also on deck to step in should

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the prime crew or any of the prime crew

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members not be able to make the trip

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but again after that initial suit up

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they move over here and then they get

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into actually a mock-up of an actual

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soyuz seat and they go through and take

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turns having their suits actually

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pressurized so they'll you'll see them

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close the visor and the suits themselves

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will actually start to puff up and that

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means they're being pressurized and

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filled with air they do this to get a

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good leak check on the suit make sure

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all of the seals are acting correctly

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and this is one of the final steps

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before they actually make their way out

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to the rocket you can see alex graposca

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there in the seat his suit a little bit

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puffed up that means it's going through

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they do this again to make sure that

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their shoes are free from leaks this is

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also one of the the final chances that

550
00:21:07,350 --> 00:21:04,720
the crew members get to speak to friends

551
00:21:09,190 --> 00:21:07,360
and family that have gathered they're on

552
00:21:11,029 --> 00:21:09,200
the other side of this protective pane

553
00:21:13,190 --> 00:21:11,039
of glass again to help maintain that

554
00:21:14,710 --> 00:21:13,200
quarantine and you'll see them one by

555
00:21:16,470 --> 00:21:14,720
one do the pressure check and then make

556
00:21:18,789 --> 00:21:16,480
their way over to the pane of glass

557
00:21:20,789 --> 00:21:18,799
where they're able to speak

558
00:21:22,310 --> 00:21:20,799
to friends and family and also program

559
00:21:24,549 --> 00:21:22,320
officials

560
00:21:27,110 --> 00:21:24,559
from their respective space agencies so

561
00:21:28,870 --> 00:21:27,120
with alex for approaches job done in the

562
00:21:30,950 --> 00:21:28,880
chair there was next up to jess kamir

563
00:21:32,310 --> 00:21:30,960
you can see her again using that knob in

564
00:21:34,310 --> 00:21:32,320
the front of the suit to adjust the

565
00:21:35,350 --> 00:21:34,320
pressurization inside you can see how

566
00:21:39,029 --> 00:21:35,360
it's

567
00:21:41,029 --> 00:21:39,039
like a balloon that just means the

568
00:21:43,190 --> 00:21:41,039
suit's been pressurized doing this to

569
00:21:44,950 --> 00:21:43,200
check again those seals make sure no

570
00:21:47,350 --> 00:21:44,960
leaks in the suit as

571
00:21:49,430 --> 00:21:47,360
these suits act as pretty much the last

572
00:21:51,270 --> 00:21:49,440
line of defense for the crew members if

573
00:21:52,470 --> 00:21:51,280
the castle were to be unpressurized for

574
00:21:55,190 --> 00:21:52,480
any reason

575
00:21:57,669 --> 00:21:55,200
there's huzzah ali al-mansuri and he's

576
00:21:59,590 --> 00:21:57,679
the first united arab emirates astronaut

577
00:22:01,510 --> 00:21:59,600
set to fly into space he'll be a space

578
00:22:03,430 --> 00:22:01,520
flight participant

579
00:22:04,310 --> 00:22:03,440
on this trip you might see that word

580
00:22:06,630 --> 00:22:04,320
used

581
00:22:10,149 --> 00:22:06,640
that just differentiates him from

582
00:22:12,070 --> 00:22:10,159
an expedition crew member like oleg and

583
00:22:14,390 --> 00:22:12,080
jessica who are going to be spending

584
00:22:16,390 --> 00:22:14,400
several months on board the station i'm

585
00:22:18,149 --> 00:22:16,400
on surrey's first flight only going to

586
00:22:20,630 --> 00:22:18,159
last about eight days

587
00:22:22,630 --> 00:22:20,640
but he'll have a schedule jam-packed of

588
00:22:24,149 --> 00:22:22,640
a couple of different science

589
00:22:27,190 --> 00:22:24,159
experiments that he's going to be taking

590
00:22:28,870 --> 00:22:27,200
part in both u.s and russian

591
00:22:31,350 --> 00:22:28,880
and also doing some

592
00:22:41,510 --> 00:22:31,360
outreach to his home country the united

593
00:22:44,630 --> 00:22:43,190
and again with all three crew members

594
00:22:46,870 --> 00:22:44,640
able to go through those leak checks

595
00:22:48,710 --> 00:22:46,880
they make their way over to the chairs

596
00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:48,720
which have microphones in front of them

597
00:22:53,029 --> 00:22:50,880
this is again one of those last few

598
00:22:55,830 --> 00:22:53,039
chances for them to talk

599
00:23:01,340 --> 00:22:55,840
to their family members prior to making

600
00:23:28,070 --> 00:23:17,170
[Music]

601
00:23:37,510 --> 00:23:30,549
for each flight we have a

602
00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:41,029
but i was thinking

603
00:23:43,909 --> 00:23:42,870
you would have a completely different

604
00:23:46,230 --> 00:23:43,919
theme

605
00:23:52,070 --> 00:23:46,240
for your new flight well it's a bit

606
00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:57,190
and the border is different too

607
00:24:12,470 --> 00:24:04,110
[Music]

608
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:24,630
okay

609
00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:29,430
is this something special

610
00:24:58,390 --> 00:24:31,269
no this is our

611
00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:06,650
foreign

612
00:25:10,870 --> 00:25:08,870
[Music]

613
00:25:12,630 --> 00:25:10,880
again also joining friends and family

614
00:25:15,269 --> 00:25:12,640
our program officials you can see the

615
00:25:16,870 --> 00:25:15,279
delegation from the united arab emirates

616
00:25:19,029 --> 00:25:16,880
and this dimitra goes in the head of

617
00:25:20,710 --> 00:25:19,039
rose cosmos everything is going

618
00:25:22,470 --> 00:25:20,720
according to plan

619
00:25:25,590 --> 00:25:22,480
so as usual

620
00:25:26,950 --> 00:25:25,600
i wish you a successful launch

621
00:25:33,909 --> 00:25:26,960
and

622
00:25:36,230 --> 00:25:33,919
successful return to the ground

623
00:25:37,669 --> 00:25:36,240
we know you and we are sure that you

624
00:25:41,430 --> 00:25:37,679
will find

625
00:25:43,830 --> 00:25:41,440
correct solutions for any situation

626
00:25:45,909 --> 00:25:43,840
the main thing is for you to

627
00:25:48,630 --> 00:25:45,919
be a team

628
00:25:50,390 --> 00:25:48,640
and support one another

629
00:25:53,029 --> 00:25:50,400
showing us what we can do when we work

630
00:25:56,070 --> 00:25:53,039
together and thank you for your service

631
00:25:57,430 --> 00:25:56,080
when you get up there down to the

632
00:25:59,990 --> 00:25:57,440
the whole world's looking up there and

633
00:26:01,269 --> 00:26:00,000
thinking about you have a great time do

634
00:26:03,430 --> 00:26:01,279
a little bit of work but have a great

635
00:26:05,430 --> 00:26:03,440
time while you're up there and we'll see

636
00:26:07,430 --> 00:26:05,440
you back here on the planet uh when you

637
00:26:08,310 --> 00:26:07,440
come back for a soft landing call the

638
00:26:11,750 --> 00:26:08,320
best

639
00:26:13,669 --> 00:26:11,760
we are proud of you and we'll be we will

640
00:26:16,310 --> 00:26:13,679
be with you in this mission

641
00:26:18,710 --> 00:26:16,320
we hope you all the

642
00:26:21,830 --> 00:26:18,720
good wish in this mission

643
00:26:24,310 --> 00:26:21,840
and uh thanks for the backup crew also

644
00:26:26,149 --> 00:26:24,320
you did a very good job and we believe

645
00:26:29,269 --> 00:26:26,159
that all of you is prepared for this

646
00:26:32,149 --> 00:26:29,279
mission i would like to thank also the

647
00:26:36,830 --> 00:26:32,159
two astronauts also and thank you for

648
00:26:40,870 --> 00:26:39,269
support and two of those last three to

649
00:26:42,549 --> 00:26:40,880
speak were kirk shimon the international

650
00:26:45,029 --> 00:26:42,559
space station program manager and ken

651
00:26:46,630 --> 00:26:45,039
bowersox the nasa acting associate

652
00:26:48,549 --> 00:26:46,640
administrator for human exploration

653
00:26:50,310 --> 00:26:48,559
operations but with that done it was

654
00:26:52,310 --> 00:26:50,320
time to do the walk out you can see the

655
00:26:53,750 --> 00:26:52,320
crew and they you'll see that they're

656
00:26:56,149 --> 00:26:53,760
usually in this configuration with the

657
00:26:58,149 --> 00:26:56,159
commander in the middle jessica to his

658
00:26:59,909 --> 00:26:58,159
left and huzzah to his right that is how

659
00:27:02,549 --> 00:26:59,919
they will actually be seated inside the

660
00:27:03,909 --> 00:27:02,559
soyuz so once the final suit up and

661
00:27:06,950 --> 00:27:03,919
pressure checks are done they walk out

662
00:27:08,390 --> 00:27:06,960
of that suit up integration facility and

663
00:27:09,909 --> 00:27:08,400
then once again make their way over to

664
00:27:12,549 --> 00:27:09,919
the buses you can see again a large

665
00:27:14,390 --> 00:27:12,559
crowd gathered to see them on their way

666
00:27:16,310 --> 00:27:14,400
and at this point they load back up into

667
00:27:19,269 --> 00:27:16,320
the same buses that took them from the

668
00:27:21,430 --> 00:27:19,279
cosmonaut hotel to this building to now

669
00:27:22,789 --> 00:27:21,440
head out to the pad so they get a final

670
00:27:25,029 --> 00:27:22,799
opportunity to

671
00:27:27,990 --> 00:27:25,039
wave farewell to friends and family and

672
00:27:31,029 --> 00:27:28,000
then make their way from site 254 that

673
00:27:32,149 --> 00:27:31,039
integration building over to the launch

674
00:27:34,389 --> 00:27:32,159
pad

675
00:27:37,350 --> 00:27:34,399
they boarded that bus at about 5 57 a.m

676
00:27:39,350 --> 00:27:37,360
central time 3 57 p.m baikonur heading

677
00:27:41,909 --> 00:27:39,360
over to launch pad number one also known

678
00:27:44,470 --> 00:27:41,919
as gagarin start that drive takes about

679
00:27:47,830 --> 00:27:44,480
25 minutes they arrived at the pad about

680
00:27:50,149 --> 00:27:47,840
6 22 a.m central time 4 22 p.m in

681
00:27:51,190 --> 00:27:50,159
baikonur once there they're helped off

682
00:27:52,870 --> 00:27:51,200
the bus

683
00:27:55,430 --> 00:27:52,880
by again

684
00:27:57,590 --> 00:27:55,440
several officials both from roscosmos

685
00:27:59,430 --> 00:27:57,600
and also nasa and the united arab

686
00:28:00,870 --> 00:27:59,440
emirates space agency there in

687
00:28:13,830 --> 00:28:00,880
attendance with their first ever

688
00:28:19,430 --> 00:28:16,710
reporting to the panel the crew is ready

689
00:28:22,470 --> 00:28:20,789
again you can see in the middle there

690
00:28:24,310 --> 00:28:22,480
that's the head of rose cosmos dimitri

691
00:28:26,870 --> 00:28:24,320
ragozin he's the one

692
00:28:29,909 --> 00:28:26,880
on the on oleg's left helping screw

693
00:28:31,430 --> 00:28:29,919
poacher get to the pad traditional for

694
00:28:33,190 --> 00:28:31,440
the different managers to help the crew

695
00:28:36,389 --> 00:28:33,200
members the last leg of their journey

696
00:28:38,630 --> 00:28:36,399
into the actual rocket itself

697
00:28:41,269 --> 00:28:38,640
they'll lead them over to a stairway

698
00:28:43,669 --> 00:28:41,279
where the crews will get up do one final

699
00:28:45,750 --> 00:28:43,679
wave and then ride up the elevator to

700
00:28:47,830 --> 00:28:45,760
the top of the soyuz booster to board

701
00:28:50,950 --> 00:28:47,840
their capsule which they've actually

702
00:28:52,870 --> 00:28:50,960
been aboard now for about two hours so

703
00:28:54,230 --> 00:28:52,880
you can see them one at a time going up

704
00:28:55,750 --> 00:28:54,240
the stairway

705
00:28:57,350 --> 00:28:55,760
the final

706
00:28:59,269 --> 00:28:57,360
pad integration engineers will be

707
00:29:02,549 --> 00:28:59,279
waiting for them at the top to make the

708
00:29:08,070 --> 00:29:02,559
elevator ride up and for now they are

709
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:12,470
be careful here

710
00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:21,909
wave your hand carefully

711
00:29:47,269 --> 00:29:22,789
turn

712
00:29:47,279 --> 00:29:58,070
myself

713
00:30:02,710 --> 00:30:00,310
and with that we are back to a live view

714
00:30:05,029 --> 00:30:02,720
getting your first view now of the soyuz

715
00:30:12,950 --> 00:30:05,039
spacecraft out there on the launch pad

716
00:30:17,110 --> 00:30:15,510
right now we are 27 minutes 22 seconds

717
00:30:20,310 --> 00:30:17,120
and counting away from the planned

718
00:30:21,750 --> 00:30:20,320
launch today of these three crew members

719
00:30:22,389 --> 00:30:21,760
heading to the international space

720
00:30:24,870 --> 00:30:22,399
station

721
00:30:28,230 --> 00:30:24,880
getting that liftoff scheduled for 8 57

722
00:30:32,860 --> 00:30:28,240
am central time 6 57 pm in the evening

723
00:30:32,870 --> 00:30:44,470
[Music]

724
00:30:47,750 --> 00:30:46,389
and again we're going to be taking your

725
00:30:49,669 --> 00:30:47,760
questions on twitter throughout the

726
00:30:52,389 --> 00:30:49,679
day's events again just jump over and

727
00:30:54,149 --> 00:30:52,399
use the hashtag ask nasa if you have a

728
00:30:55,669 --> 00:30:54,159
question about anything taking place

729
00:30:57,830 --> 00:30:55,679
we'll go ahead and jump through a couple

730
00:30:59,750 --> 00:30:57,840
of them right now our first one comes

731
00:31:02,070 --> 00:30:59,760
from jack who wanted to know how many

732
00:31:05,430 --> 00:31:02,080
minutes does it take to dock with the

733
00:31:08,149 --> 00:31:05,440
space station well the timeline right

734
00:31:10,230 --> 00:31:08,159
now has them again lifting off at 8 57

735
00:31:11,269 --> 00:31:10,240
a.m central time and they are set to

736
00:31:18,310 --> 00:31:11,279
dock

737
00:31:24,230 --> 00:31:21,509
at 2 45 p.m sorry doing some quick time

738
00:31:26,710 --> 00:31:24,240
zone calculations in my head uh but from

739
00:31:29,029 --> 00:31:26,720
there it's about five hours and

740
00:31:32,149 --> 00:31:29,039
48 minutes and four seconds per the

741
00:31:34,389 --> 00:31:32,159
timeline so that translates to 348

742
00:31:36,950 --> 00:31:34,399
minutes from launch to docking thanks

743
00:31:39,110 --> 00:31:36,960
for the question jack

744
00:31:41,509 --> 00:31:39,120
our next question comes from miss

745
00:31:43,110 --> 00:31:41,519
whitaker's science class she wants to

746
00:31:45,590 --> 00:31:43,120
know or they want to know if each

747
00:31:47,110 --> 00:31:45,600
astronaut has their own bedroom

748
00:31:49,110 --> 00:31:47,120
so there are

749
00:31:50,389 --> 00:31:49,120
currently six crew quarters aboard the

750
00:31:51,830 --> 00:31:50,399
international space station you can

751
00:31:53,110 --> 00:31:51,840
think of that as their bedroom they're

752
00:31:55,269 --> 00:31:53,120
about the size

753
00:31:57,750 --> 00:31:55,279
of a phone booth or a very small closet

754
00:32:00,710 --> 00:31:57,760
and they have doors there are four right

755
00:32:03,029 --> 00:32:00,720
now in node two the harmony module and

756
00:32:05,190 --> 00:32:03,039
also two over on the russian segment and

757
00:32:07,029 --> 00:32:05,200
that's what acts as the kind of crew

758
00:32:08,789 --> 00:32:07,039
members bedrooms i know a lot of people

759
00:32:10,149 --> 00:32:08,799
have been asking well where are the

760
00:32:11,909 --> 00:32:10,159
other people going to sleep there are

761
00:32:14,310 --> 00:32:11,919
nine of them they do have additional

762
00:32:16,070 --> 00:32:14,320
sleeping bags and all of the crew sleeps

763
00:32:17,750 --> 00:32:16,080
on the same schedule so lights can be

764
00:32:19,430 --> 00:32:17,760
turned off in some of the modules and

765
00:32:22,070 --> 00:32:19,440
you'll just have different crew members

766
00:32:24,470 --> 00:32:22,080
in those modules for the short duration

767
00:32:27,430 --> 00:32:24,480
that we do have nine crew members on

768
00:32:32,710 --> 00:32:30,389
our next question comes from renee uh

769
00:32:35,110 --> 00:32:32,720
who's asked in previous crew changes the

770
00:32:36,710 --> 00:32:35,120
crew left before a new crew launch uh

771
00:32:38,630 --> 00:32:36,720
but now we're gonna be extended to nine

772
00:32:40,710 --> 00:32:38,640
for over a week is this a one-time thing

773
00:32:41,750 --> 00:32:40,720
or is this going to be standard that's

774
00:32:43,669 --> 00:32:41,760
actually

775
00:32:45,590 --> 00:32:43,679
we're doing something that is known

776
00:32:48,149 --> 00:32:45,600
inside of the space industry is direct

777
00:32:49,909 --> 00:32:48,159
handover so that's when you have a

778
00:32:52,070 --> 00:32:49,919
vehicle arrive while there are still

779
00:32:53,509 --> 00:32:52,080
crew on board it has been done in the

780
00:32:55,509 --> 00:32:53,519
past it was

781
00:32:57,269 --> 00:32:55,519
the common practice every single time

782
00:32:59,029 --> 00:32:57,279
when we only had three crew members

783
00:33:00,549 --> 00:32:59,039
aboard the station because you would

784
00:33:02,310 --> 00:33:00,559
have three new crew members arrive

785
00:33:04,789 --> 00:33:02,320
before the other three left to maintain

786
00:33:06,470 --> 00:33:04,799
that constant habitation which again if

787
00:33:08,149 --> 00:33:06,480
you've been keeping track we've had

788
00:33:10,950 --> 00:33:08,159
people on board the international space

789
00:33:12,630 --> 00:33:10,960
station every single day since november

790
00:33:14,870 --> 00:33:12,640
2nd of 2000 we're going to be

791
00:33:17,029 --> 00:33:14,880
celebrating the 20th straight year of

792
00:33:18,389 --> 00:33:17,039
humans on board starting next year in

793
00:33:20,230 --> 00:33:18,399
2020

794
00:33:22,470 --> 00:33:20,240
and during then these direct handovers

795
00:33:25,029 --> 00:33:22,480
were much more common it's been a little

796
00:33:27,909 --> 00:33:25,039
bit more uncommon since we went up to

797
00:33:29,590 --> 00:33:27,919
six where you have one crew land and

798
00:33:31,990 --> 00:33:29,600
then another one launched so you have a

799
00:33:33,430 --> 00:33:32,000
short period of time we only have three

800
00:33:35,029 --> 00:33:33,440
crew members

801
00:33:37,590 --> 00:33:35,039
for now though we are going to be up to

802
00:33:40,070 --> 00:33:37,600
nine it's possible you will see more of

803
00:33:42,630 --> 00:33:40,080
these direct handovers once we start

804
00:33:44,630 --> 00:33:42,640
flying new commercial vehicles also

805
00:33:47,029 --> 00:33:44,640
known as the commercial crew capsules

806
00:33:55,269 --> 00:33:47,039
launching astronauts once again from the

807
00:33:57,830 --> 00:33:56,630
and then we'll do one more for right now

808
00:33:59,430 --> 00:33:57,840
this one comes from matt who wants to

809
00:34:01,190 --> 00:33:59,440
know what's the top speed in the g-force

810
00:34:03,110 --> 00:34:01,200
the crew is going to experience or

811
00:34:04,549 --> 00:34:03,120
actually this one's from chelsea sorry

812
00:34:06,789 --> 00:34:04,559
how long is the crew going to be staying

813
00:34:08,310 --> 00:34:06,799
at the international space station once

814
00:34:09,589 --> 00:34:08,320
they arrive

815
00:34:11,669 --> 00:34:09,599
thank you chelsea it's going to be

816
00:34:12,790 --> 00:34:11,679
different for all of these different

817
00:34:14,950 --> 00:34:12,800
crew members

818
00:34:16,470 --> 00:34:14,960
for huzzah ali al-mansuri he's only

819
00:34:18,230 --> 00:34:16,480
going to be up there for about nine days

820
00:34:20,470 --> 00:34:18,240
he's set to come home

821
00:34:23,109 --> 00:34:20,480
on october 3rd with two other crew

822
00:34:25,510 --> 00:34:23,119
members nasa astronaut nick hague and

823
00:34:27,430 --> 00:34:25,520
russian cosmonaut alexei of chenan uh

824
00:34:29,270 --> 00:34:27,440
for jess kamir and alex grapochka

825
00:34:32,230 --> 00:34:29,280
they're going to be staying up to about

826
00:34:33,750 --> 00:34:32,240
200 days or a little bit over six months

827
00:34:36,710 --> 00:34:33,760
on board they're going to be up there

828
00:34:38,790 --> 00:34:36,720
for a long duration it's common for long

829
00:34:41,030 --> 00:34:38,800
duration expeditions to be about six

830
00:34:43,669 --> 00:34:41,040
months in length

831
00:34:45,190 --> 00:34:43,679
that's been the the common practice

832
00:34:47,270 --> 00:34:45,200
throughout the life of the international

833
00:34:49,349 --> 00:34:47,280
space station you do have a couple of

834
00:34:51,909 --> 00:34:49,359
different or a couple of different

835
00:34:54,310 --> 00:34:51,919
durations sprinkled in there throughout

836
00:34:57,109 --> 00:34:54,320
nowadays or over about the last year

837
00:34:59,589 --> 00:34:57,119
about 200 days is the common length but

838
00:35:01,589 --> 00:34:59,599
some are even starting to surpass that

839
00:35:02,630 --> 00:35:01,599
for example nasa astronaut christina

840
00:35:04,390 --> 00:35:02,640
cook

841
00:35:05,990 --> 00:35:04,400
thanks to some seat swapping is going to

842
00:35:08,630 --> 00:35:06,000
be staying on board the international

843
00:35:10,470 --> 00:35:08,640
space station over 300 days

844
00:35:12,069 --> 00:35:10,480
doing a very long duration mission she's

845
00:35:14,150 --> 00:35:12,079
actually going to be setting the record

846
00:35:16,470 --> 00:35:14,160
for the longest single space flight by a

847
00:35:19,270 --> 00:35:16,480
female astronaut and she's going to be

848
00:35:21,349 --> 00:35:19,280
getting very close to the u.s record for

849
00:35:23,109 --> 00:35:21,359
a continuous space flight which scott

850
00:35:34,470 --> 00:35:23,119
kelly set back during the year-long

851
00:35:37,910 --> 00:35:36,470
and one more for right now this one does

852
00:35:39,589 --> 00:35:37,920
come from matt he wanted to know what's

853
00:35:41,109 --> 00:35:39,599
the top speed in g-force the crew is

854
00:35:43,510 --> 00:35:41,119
going to experience

855
00:35:45,670 --> 00:35:43,520
the ride uphill isn't too g-force

856
00:35:48,069 --> 00:35:45,680
intense they'll usually get up to about

857
00:35:49,750 --> 00:35:48,079
three g's on the ascent uh but the

858
00:35:52,150 --> 00:35:49,760
eventual speed they're going to reach is

859
00:35:53,990 --> 00:35:52,160
that orbital velocity that's the

860
00:35:56,390 --> 00:35:54,000
amount of speed they need to maintain an

861
00:35:58,069 --> 00:35:56,400
orbit or a circle around the earth and

862
00:35:59,829 --> 00:35:58,079
that'll eventually match up with that of

863
00:36:01,510 --> 00:35:59,839
the international space station which is

864
00:36:36,390 --> 00:36:01,520
right around 17

865
00:36:40,790 --> 00:36:38,230
well right now we are 21 minutes and

866
00:36:42,790 --> 00:36:40,800
counting away from the launch of these

867
00:36:44,710 --> 00:36:42,800
three crew members jess kamir and our

868
00:36:47,270 --> 00:36:44,720
crewmates did describe the significance

869
00:36:49,430 --> 00:36:47,280
and the symbolism of their soyuz ms-15

870
00:36:51,109 --> 00:36:49,440
patch which you can see here during a

871
00:36:59,510 --> 00:36:51,119
recent crew news conference why don't we

872
00:37:04,550 --> 00:37:01,750
well there were some of the key feature

873
00:37:09,349 --> 00:37:04,560
features for the soyuz patch are the

874
00:37:13,030 --> 00:37:10,950
and this is the

875
00:37:15,349 --> 00:37:13,040
a bird that makes an incredibly

876
00:37:17,190 --> 00:37:15,359
um far-ranging duration for me it's

877
00:37:19,510 --> 00:37:17,200
extra special because in my previous

878
00:37:21,510 --> 00:37:19,520
life as a physiologist i studied birds

879
00:37:23,430 --> 00:37:21,520
and some migrations of birds so i really

880
00:37:25,990 --> 00:37:23,440
like that element of the patch

881
00:37:27,750 --> 00:37:26,000
and of course that long duration flying

882
00:37:29,750 --> 00:37:27,760
bird represents

883
00:37:31,829 --> 00:37:29,760
our long duration mission and how

884
00:37:36,069 --> 00:37:31,839
special that is

885
00:37:41,670 --> 00:37:38,710
yes and also the colors on the edge of

886
00:37:44,790 --> 00:37:41,680
our batch is the resulting the also the

887
00:37:47,990 --> 00:37:44,800
50th anniversary of apollo landing

888
00:37:49,109 --> 00:37:48,000
yes the colors at the edge

889
00:37:52,230 --> 00:37:49,119
and also

890
00:37:54,390 --> 00:37:52,240
you can see also uh uh ua flag with my

891
00:37:56,069 --> 00:37:54,400
name in arabic that's in arabic so if

892
00:37:58,150 --> 00:37:56,079
you're just wondering what's written

893
00:38:00,710 --> 00:37:58,160
there so it's my last name al-mansouri

894
00:38:02,630 --> 00:38:00,720
it's written in arabic and also this

895
00:38:10,260 --> 00:38:02,640
patch is also the same batch

896
00:38:10,270 --> 00:38:16,470
[Music]

897
00:38:29,510 --> 00:38:17,910
words

898
00:38:33,670 --> 00:38:32,470
and my second also had a bird on it and

899
00:38:35,030 --> 00:38:33,680
this time

900
00:38:37,910 --> 00:38:35,040
we have uh

901
00:38:38,710 --> 00:38:37,920
this bird that jessica mentioned also we

902
00:38:40,390 --> 00:38:38,720
have

903
00:38:42,870 --> 00:38:40,400
a ship

904
00:38:44,069 --> 00:38:42,880
station that we're going to work on then

905
00:38:46,790 --> 00:38:44,079
the moon

906
00:38:50,069 --> 00:38:46,800
which is our subsequent goal

907
00:38:53,190 --> 00:38:50,079
as our next stage

908
00:38:55,349 --> 00:38:53,200
one flying in deep space

909
00:39:00,550 --> 00:38:55,359
interstellar area that's it i think

910
00:39:05,589 --> 00:39:03,190
back right now with a live look at that

911
00:39:07,190 --> 00:39:05,599
soyuz rocket on the pad

912
00:39:09,510 --> 00:39:07,200
we are still counting down we are 18

913
00:39:12,790 --> 00:39:09,520
minutes 30 seconds away from liftoff

914
00:39:16,069 --> 00:39:12,800
again scheduled at 8 57 a.m central time

915
00:39:17,270 --> 00:39:16,079
6 57 pm in the evening over there in

916
00:39:20,710 --> 00:39:17,280
baikonur

917
00:39:24,630 --> 00:39:20,720
the soyuz rocket itself stands 162 feet

918
00:39:27,589 --> 00:39:24,640
tall weighing in at 680 000 pounds and

919
00:39:29,510 --> 00:39:27,599
consists of the soyuz ms-15 spacecraft

920
00:39:32,230 --> 00:39:29,520
inside of a protective shroud up at the

921
00:39:34,069 --> 00:39:32,240
very top and the three-stage soyuz fg

922
00:39:36,150 --> 00:39:34,079
booster below

923
00:39:37,990 --> 00:39:36,160
the spacecraft itself was made into the

924
00:39:39,750 --> 00:39:38,000
booster and the three main stages were

925
00:39:42,550 --> 00:39:39,760
joined together earlier this week on

926
00:39:44,550 --> 00:39:42,560
sunday and then just 24 hours later on

927
00:39:46,630 --> 00:39:44,560
monday the soyuz rocket began its track

928
00:39:48,630 --> 00:39:46,640
actually from that integration facility

929
00:39:50,790 --> 00:39:48,640
out to the pad always opening the door

930
00:39:53,109 --> 00:39:50,800
and starting that trip right at 7 00 a.m

931
00:39:54,950 --> 00:39:53,119
baikonur time arriving less than two

932
00:39:57,190 --> 00:39:54,960
hours later where it gets raised to its

933
00:39:59,510 --> 00:39:57,200
vertical position for final pre-launch

934
00:40:01,349 --> 00:39:59,520
preparations it moves out on a rail car

935
00:40:03,750 --> 00:40:01,359
from that building out to the pad number

936
00:40:06,069 --> 00:40:03,760
one and then these large clamshell

937
00:40:08,230 --> 00:40:06,079
gantry arms swing up to secure it in

938
00:40:10,309 --> 00:40:08,240
place and also offer access to the

939
00:40:12,470 --> 00:40:10,319
actual spacecraft including that

940
00:40:16,150 --> 00:40:12,480
elevator that the crew rides up to to

941
00:40:19,589 --> 00:40:16,160
board the soyuz prior to launch

942
00:40:21,589 --> 00:40:19,599
the first stage of the soyuz rocket has

943
00:40:23,349 --> 00:40:21,599
four liquid

944
00:40:26,069 --> 00:40:23,359
liquid-fueled engines that are strapped

945
00:40:27,910 --> 00:40:26,079
to the side of the core vehicle and each

946
00:40:30,230 --> 00:40:27,920
of those is going to burn

947
00:40:33,030 --> 00:40:30,240
for about 1 minute and 58 seconds before

948
00:40:34,150 --> 00:40:33,040
they drop away you can see those engines

949
00:40:35,510 --> 00:40:34,160
in this

950
00:40:37,750 --> 00:40:35,520
shot of that

951
00:40:38,470 --> 00:40:37,760
video from a little bit earlier this

952
00:40:40,309 --> 00:40:38,480
week

953
00:40:42,470 --> 00:40:40,319
they're the the small parts at the

954
00:40:44,309 --> 00:40:42,480
bottom that actually protrude out from

955
00:40:46,710 --> 00:40:44,319
the soyuz spacecraft and we'll see them

956
00:40:48,950 --> 00:40:46,720
light up just a few seconds prior to the

957
00:40:50,150 --> 00:40:48,960
liftoff and begin carrying the soyuz

958
00:40:52,150 --> 00:40:50,160
into orbit

959
00:40:53,910 --> 00:40:52,160
here's a quick animation of how this

960
00:40:55,829 --> 00:40:53,920
ride is going to look so those engines

961
00:40:58,069 --> 00:40:55,839
will actually start firing for several

962
00:41:00,630 --> 00:40:58,079
seconds before liftoff eventually their

963
00:41:02,230 --> 00:41:00,640
power overwhelming the uh the grapple

964
00:41:03,910 --> 00:41:02,240
arms that are holding it in place and

965
00:41:05,750 --> 00:41:03,920
they're actually only held in place by

966
00:41:07,670 --> 00:41:05,760
gravity so once the thrust of the

967
00:41:09,910 --> 00:41:07,680
vehicle is strong enough it will like

968
00:41:12,550 --> 00:41:09,920
it'll make those break away and the

969
00:41:14,870 --> 00:41:12,560
soyuz will leap away from the pad

970
00:41:17,510 --> 00:41:14,880
again four strap-on liquid fuel boosters

971
00:41:21,109 --> 00:41:17,520
help power the first stage and they burn

972
00:41:24,230 --> 00:41:21,119
for just about one minute and 58 seconds

973
00:41:26,230 --> 00:41:24,240
first the escape tower will jettison

974
00:41:28,230 --> 00:41:26,240
followed by those four

975
00:41:29,750 --> 00:41:28,240
boosters depending on if it's a clear

976
00:41:31,349 --> 00:41:29,760
enough day we may be able to get some

977
00:41:34,150 --> 00:41:31,359
video making something called the

978
00:41:35,589 --> 00:41:34,160
coryoff cross when they break away the

979
00:41:37,109 --> 00:41:35,599
launch shroud once the vehicle is high

980
00:41:39,030 --> 00:41:37,119
enough will

981
00:41:40,870 --> 00:41:39,040
depart and then the

982
00:41:43,589 --> 00:41:40,880
core stage continues burning until it's

983
00:41:45,349 --> 00:41:43,599
time for the third stage that core stage

984
00:41:47,910 --> 00:41:45,359
serving his second burning until four

985
00:41:49,670 --> 00:41:47,920
minutes 57 seconds into the flight the

986
00:41:51,990 --> 00:41:49,680
third stage lights and actually starts

987
00:41:54,470 --> 00:41:52,000
firing before the second or the before

988
00:41:56,710 --> 00:41:54,480
that first stage core stage drops away

989
00:41:58,710 --> 00:41:56,720
something called a hot staging technique

990
00:42:01,190 --> 00:41:58,720
that'll continue to burn until about 8

991
00:42:02,870 --> 00:42:01,200
minutes and 45 seconds in a flight and

992
00:42:05,030 --> 00:42:02,880
then after that it's time for vehicle

993
00:42:07,109 --> 00:42:05,040
separation soyuz will separate from the

994
00:42:09,430 --> 00:42:07,119
top of that third stage and it will be

995
00:42:14,150 --> 00:42:09,440
flying free and ready to make its chase

996
00:42:18,950 --> 00:42:15,990
we're still counting down though right

997
00:42:21,670 --> 00:42:18,960
now we are 15 minutes 20 seconds away

998
00:42:24,309 --> 00:42:21,680
from liftoff atop the rocket jessica

999
00:42:25,750 --> 00:42:24,319
muir nasa astronaut hazar ali al-mansuri

1000
00:42:28,150 --> 00:42:25,760
the astronaut for the united arab

1001
00:42:30,390 --> 00:42:28,160
emirates and alex gropochka the russian

1002
00:42:35,190 --> 00:42:30,400
cosmonaut just strapped in and counting

1003
00:42:39,750 --> 00:42:37,829
and again a reminder we are taking those

1004
00:42:42,390 --> 00:42:39,760
questions if you have any hop over to

1005
00:42:44,309 --> 00:42:42,400
twitter and use that hashtag ask nasa

1006
00:42:45,430 --> 00:42:44,319
we'll be using that a little we'll

1007
00:42:47,430 --> 00:42:45,440
answer those questions throughout

1008
00:42:48,870 --> 00:42:47,440
today's broadcast we won't get as many

1009
00:42:50,470 --> 00:42:48,880
today during this pre-launch but we'll

1010
00:42:52,550 --> 00:42:50,480
have plenty of time later on when we're

1011
00:42:54,870 --> 00:42:52,560
in the docking and hatch opening shows

1012
00:42:56,069 --> 00:42:54,880
should so be sure to keep on sending

1013
00:42:57,990 --> 00:42:56,079
those in

1014
00:43:00,710 --> 00:42:58,000
now though let's learn a little bit more

1015
00:43:02,550 --> 00:43:00,720
about the soyuz spacecraft itself

1016
00:43:04,390 --> 00:43:02,560
which measures in at twenty three and a

1017
00:43:06,470 --> 00:43:04,400
half feet long tipping the scales at

1018
00:43:07,990 --> 00:43:06,480
fifteen thousand six hundred and fifty

1019
00:43:10,870 --> 00:43:08,000
pounds and the soyuz itself the

1020
00:43:13,349 --> 00:43:10,880
spacecraft is also comprised of three

1021
00:43:14,950 --> 00:43:13,359
different modules

1022
00:43:16,390 --> 00:43:14,960
at the very top you see the orbital in

1023
00:43:18,069 --> 00:43:16,400
the middle the descent where the crew

1024
00:43:20,790 --> 00:43:18,079
actually is now on the bottom the

1025
00:43:22,630 --> 00:43:20,800
propulsion module the descent module

1026
00:43:24,950 --> 00:43:22,640
situated in the middle of the soyuz

1027
00:43:27,349 --> 00:43:24,960
vehicles that has a customized seat

1028
00:43:28,710 --> 00:43:27,359
liner inside each of the seats for these

1029
00:43:30,950 --> 00:43:28,720
crew members that they're seated in

1030
00:43:32,790 --> 00:43:30,960
during launch entry and landing it

1031
00:43:35,829 --> 00:43:32,800
contains all of the different controls

1032
00:43:38,230 --> 00:43:35,839
and displays necessary for the flight it

1033
00:43:40,710 --> 00:43:38,240
has life support systems batteries for

1034
00:43:42,390 --> 00:43:40,720
re-entry and landing also the parachutes

1035
00:43:44,710 --> 00:43:42,400
are tucked away right behind the crew

1036
00:43:46,470 --> 00:43:44,720
members heads it also has soft landing

1037
00:43:48,630 --> 00:43:46,480
rocket engines in the very bottom

1038
00:43:51,109 --> 00:43:48,640
beneath the heat shield that fire to

1039
00:43:53,430 --> 00:43:51,119
slow the soyuz right before it touches

1040
00:43:55,910 --> 00:43:53,440
down in kazakhstan there's also eight

1041
00:43:57,829 --> 00:43:55,920
hydrogen peroxide thrusters located on

1042
00:44:00,390 --> 00:43:57,839
the module that are used to control its

1043
00:44:02,150 --> 00:44:00,400
orientation or its attitude uh during

1044
00:44:04,150 --> 00:44:02,160
the actual descent until parachute

1045
00:44:05,829 --> 00:44:04,160
deployment deployment it also has

1046
00:44:07,430 --> 00:44:05,839
guidance navigation and control system

1047
00:44:09,670 --> 00:44:07,440
to maneuver the vehicle during that

1048
00:44:12,790 --> 00:44:09,680
descent phase of the mission

1049
00:44:15,270 --> 00:44:12,800
weighs 6 393 pounds has a habitable

1050
00:44:17,589 --> 00:44:15,280
volume of about 141 cubic feet so it's a

1051
00:44:19,990 --> 00:44:17,599
bit of a tight fit just overhead and

1052
00:44:22,230 --> 00:44:20,000
through a hatchway though is the orbital

1053
00:44:24,390 --> 00:44:22,240
module at the very top and this is the

1054
00:44:26,390 --> 00:44:24,400
part that not only can connect to the

1055
00:44:27,589 --> 00:44:26,400
descent module via a pressurized hatch

1056
00:44:29,190 --> 00:44:27,599
but is the part that will actually

1057
00:44:31,190 --> 00:44:29,200
connect to the international space

1058
00:44:32,870 --> 00:44:31,200
station it's got a small amount of room

1059
00:44:34,790 --> 00:44:32,880
for the crew to move around during the

1060
00:44:36,710 --> 00:44:34,800
flight to station was

1061
00:44:38,230 --> 00:44:36,720
much more important space when they were

1062
00:44:39,829 --> 00:44:38,240
taking two days which is still the

1063
00:44:41,589 --> 00:44:39,839
default if there are any issues during

1064
00:44:45,190 --> 00:44:41,599
that initial trip

1065
00:44:46,790 --> 00:44:45,200
but it has about 230 cubic feet of space

1066
00:44:48,790 --> 00:44:46,800
as the docking mechanism hatch

1067
00:44:51,030 --> 00:44:48,800
rendezvous antennas all the very front

1068
00:44:52,950 --> 00:44:51,040
end and that docking mechanism again is

1069
00:44:55,270 --> 00:44:52,960
what's actually used to connect this

1070
00:44:57,510 --> 00:44:55,280
spacecraft to the international space

1071
00:44:59,270 --> 00:44:57,520
station and then the rendezvous antennas

1072
00:45:01,589 --> 00:44:59,280
which are on the very top that are used

1073
00:45:03,430 --> 00:45:01,599
by the automated docking system

1074
00:45:05,109 --> 00:45:03,440
which actually use radar will maneuver

1075
00:45:06,870 --> 00:45:05,119
it towards the station for docking

1076
00:45:09,030 --> 00:45:06,880
there's also a forward-looking window on

1077
00:45:11,030 --> 00:45:09,040
the module for the crew to take manual

1078
00:45:12,630 --> 00:45:11,040
measurements of distance

1079
00:45:14,870 --> 00:45:12,640
all the way on the bottom of the

1080
00:45:16,950 --> 00:45:14,880
spacecraft is the propulsion module that

1081
00:45:18,630 --> 00:45:16,960
has all the oxygen storage tanks the

1082
00:45:20,950 --> 00:45:18,640
main engine the attitude control

1083
00:45:24,230 --> 00:45:20,960
thrusters avionics and communications

1084
00:45:25,910 --> 00:45:24,240
and control equipment propulsion module

1085
00:45:27,589 --> 00:45:25,920
propulsion portion

1086
00:45:29,109 --> 00:45:27,599
of the module handles all the orbital

1087
00:45:30,950 --> 00:45:29,119
maneuvers including those actually

1088
00:45:32,870 --> 00:45:30,960
needed to rendezvous with the action

1089
00:45:34,630 --> 00:45:32,880
with the international space station but

1090
00:45:37,589 --> 00:45:34,640
also perform the deorbit burn at the

1091
00:45:39,270 --> 00:45:37,599
very end of the spacecraft's mission

1092
00:45:41,270 --> 00:45:39,280
and before they're deployed the two

1093
00:45:43,510 --> 00:45:41,280
solar arrays which gather electrical

1094
00:45:44,950 --> 00:45:43,520
energy for the systems on board are

1095
00:45:46,470 --> 00:45:44,960
folded against the body of the

1096
00:45:48,470 --> 00:45:46,480
spacecraft

1097
00:45:50,870 --> 00:45:48,480
and those will actually unfold right

1098
00:45:52,790 --> 00:45:50,880
after we get into orbit the propulsion

1099
00:45:55,109 --> 00:45:52,800
module itself though detaches during

1100
00:45:56,710 --> 00:45:55,119
that final descent and burns up in the

1101
00:45:58,710 --> 00:45:56,720
earth's atmosphere along with the

1102
00:46:00,230 --> 00:45:58,720
orbital module that is sent modules to

1103
00:46:02,309 --> 00:46:00,240
that middle part which has the heat

1104
00:46:06,069 --> 00:46:02,319
shield the only piece of the soyuz that

1105
00:46:08,550 --> 00:46:06,079
actually survives that fiery re-entry

1106
00:46:10,390 --> 00:46:08,560
the entire spacecraft not only serving

1107
00:46:12,150 --> 00:46:10,400
as a crew transport vehicle so getting

1108
00:46:14,870 --> 00:46:12,160
the crew up into space and then getting

1109
00:46:17,349 --> 00:46:14,880
them back home at the end also serves as

1110
00:46:20,150 --> 00:46:17,359
basically their escape capsule so these

1111
00:46:22,069 --> 00:46:20,160
are used in the event that they need to

1112
00:46:24,069 --> 00:46:22,079
get off of the space station in a hurry

1113
00:46:26,550 --> 00:46:24,079
for any reason they use their soyuz

1114
00:46:28,870 --> 00:46:26,560
spacecraft as that emergency descent and

1115
00:46:30,950 --> 00:46:28,880
landing so there is always at least one

1116
00:46:33,109 --> 00:46:30,960
soyu spacecraft for each of the three

1117
00:46:35,030 --> 00:46:33,119
crew members on board or rather there's

1118
00:46:37,190 --> 00:46:35,040
at least a seat in a so used at all

1119
00:46:52,630 --> 00:46:37,200
times for any crew members on board the

1120
00:46:56,710 --> 00:46:54,950
we are 10 minutes and 42 seconds and

1121
00:46:58,950 --> 00:46:56,720
counting down to launch

1122
00:47:00,790 --> 00:46:58,960
representatives from nasa roscosmos and

1123
00:47:02,710 --> 00:47:00,800
the united arab emirates along with

1124
00:47:04,790 --> 00:47:02,720
friends family are all watching just a

1125
00:47:06,710 --> 00:47:04,800
short distance away from the launch pad

1126
00:47:09,670 --> 00:47:06,720
that we're getting a live look at right

1127
00:47:11,750 --> 00:47:09,680
now over in baikonur for a quick update

1128
00:47:13,750 --> 00:47:11,760
on all the activities there why don't we

1129
00:47:17,270 --> 00:47:13,760
go to baikonur veteran and nasa public

1130
00:47:19,430 --> 00:47:17,280
affairs officer rob navies

1131
00:47:21,510 --> 00:47:19,440
dan it is sunset here in the central

1132
00:47:23,829 --> 00:47:21,520
asian desert and the multinational crew

1133
00:47:26,390 --> 00:47:23,839
strapped inside the soyuz ms-15

1134
00:47:27,910 --> 00:47:26,400
spacecraft is set to begin its six-hour

1135
00:47:29,109 --> 00:47:27,920
journey to the international space

1136
00:47:31,109 --> 00:47:29,119
station

1137
00:47:33,109 --> 00:47:31,119
fall is in the air here in baikonur with

1138
00:47:35,829 --> 00:47:33,119
the start of this mission in the offing

1139
00:47:37,589 --> 00:47:35,839
escropoche amir and al-mansuri are

1140
00:47:39,990 --> 00:47:37,599
minutes away from blasting off in their

1141
00:47:41,750 --> 00:47:40,000
soyuz spacecraft in the final crude

1142
00:47:44,630 --> 00:47:41,760
launch of this year

1143
00:47:46,950 --> 00:47:44,640
after today's liftoff the legendary site

1144
00:47:48,790 --> 00:47:46,960
one where yuri gagarin began his journey

1145
00:47:51,349 --> 00:47:48,800
into the history books more than 58

1146
00:47:53,670 --> 00:47:51,359
years ago will be temporarily closed for

1147
00:47:55,510 --> 00:47:53,680
renovation and modernization to

1148
00:47:57,670 --> 00:47:55,520
accommodate future human spaceflight

1149
00:48:00,790 --> 00:47:57,680
launches of the soyuz spacecraft on the

1150
00:48:02,790 --> 00:48:00,800
upgraded 2.1a soyuz booster

1151
00:48:04,549 --> 00:48:02,800
the nasa delegation for this launch is

1152
00:48:06,950 --> 00:48:04,559
led by the acting administrator for

1153
00:48:08,309 --> 00:48:06,960
human exploration former astronaut ken

1154
00:48:10,549 --> 00:48:08,319
bowersox

1155
00:48:12,790 --> 00:48:10,559
about a thousand people from the united

1156
00:48:15,510 --> 00:48:12,800
arab emirates are here to watch their

1157
00:48:17,670 --> 00:48:15,520
native son al-mansuri ride into their

1158
00:48:19,829 --> 00:48:17,680
history books as the first emirati

1159
00:48:21,990 --> 00:48:19,839
citizen to fly in space

1160
00:48:23,829 --> 00:48:22,000
against that backdrop as we near the

1161
00:48:25,430 --> 00:48:23,839
19th anniversary of the start of a

1162
00:48:27,670 --> 00:48:25,440
permanent human occupancy of the

1163
00:48:29,430 --> 00:48:27,680
international space station everything

1164
00:48:32,630 --> 00:48:29,440
is in readiness for a ride into the

1165
00:48:34,549 --> 00:48:32,640
sunset skies from this historic venue

1166
00:48:36,870 --> 00:48:34,559
that's it from the baikonur cosmodrome

1167
00:48:40,150 --> 00:48:36,880
in kazakhstan now back to you at mission

1168
00:48:45,349 --> 00:48:42,309
and thank you rob getting some in cap

1169
00:48:46,710 --> 00:48:45,359
and views now of the soyuz in this view

1170
00:48:49,109 --> 00:48:46,720
in the bottom right corner you're seeing

1171
00:48:51,030 --> 00:48:49,119
the center seat that's alex grapochka

1172
00:48:51,990 --> 00:48:51,040
and then in the center of your screen

1173
00:48:54,630 --> 00:48:52,000
that is

1174
00:48:55,510 --> 00:48:54,640
ali al-mansuri he's seated in the right

1175
00:48:57,589 --> 00:48:55,520
seat

1176
00:49:01,030 --> 00:48:57,599
for today's launch making his first trip

1177
00:49:02,630 --> 00:49:01,040
into space the third for skrapochka

1178
00:49:05,109 --> 00:49:02,640
we're about eight and a half minutes

1179
00:49:07,349 --> 00:49:05,119
away from the planned launch time why

1180
00:49:09,750 --> 00:49:07,359
don't we sneak in a few more ask nasa

1181
00:49:10,950 --> 00:49:09,760
questions our first one

1182
00:49:12,870 --> 00:49:10,960
comes from

1183
00:49:14,549 --> 00:49:12,880
zyriel wanted to know when's the last

1184
00:49:16,710 --> 00:49:14,559
time nine people were aboard the

1185
00:49:19,030 --> 00:49:16,720
international space station great

1186
00:49:21,750 --> 00:49:19,040
question it hasn't actually been that

1187
00:49:23,510 --> 00:49:21,760
long it was september of 2015

1188
00:49:26,630 --> 00:49:23,520
when there was a short taxi flight that

1189
00:49:29,430 --> 00:49:26,640
brought up kozak

1190
00:49:32,230 --> 00:49:29,440
kazakh cosmonaut and that was during the

1191
00:49:34,309 --> 00:49:32,240
one-year mission uh for scott kelly uh

1192
00:49:36,069 --> 00:49:34,319
and mikhail korininko so again it was

1193
00:49:37,510 --> 00:49:36,079
another really long duration flight and

1194
00:49:39,829 --> 00:49:37,520
we had a crew member going up for a

1195
00:49:42,630 --> 00:49:39,839
short we call it a taxi flight just

1196
00:49:44,470 --> 00:49:42,640
about an eight day mission

1197
00:49:45,670 --> 00:49:44,480
our next question comes from good hope

1198
00:49:47,510 --> 00:49:45,680
who wanted to know is there a

1199
00:49:49,589 --> 00:49:47,520
possibility their flight path will be

1200
00:49:52,150 --> 00:49:49,599
affected by the htv-8 launch that just

1201
00:49:53,750 --> 00:49:52,160
happened yesterday no it won't uh this

1202
00:49:55,190 --> 00:49:53,760
is something as you can imagine all the

1203
00:49:57,270 --> 00:49:55,200
different flight controllers look at

1204
00:49:59,030 --> 00:49:57,280
very carefully there's usually some

1205
00:50:00,950 --> 00:49:59,040
constraints around when vehicles are

1206
00:50:03,270 --> 00:50:00,960
arriving but these won't be arriving at

1207
00:50:06,309 --> 00:50:03,280
the same time the soyuz going to launch

1208
00:50:08,710 --> 00:50:06,319
and dock today the hdv8 not set to

1209
00:50:11,430 --> 00:50:08,720
actually get really close to the space

1210
00:50:13,750 --> 00:50:11,440
station until saturday

1211
00:50:15,510 --> 00:50:13,760
and then we'll do one more this one from

1212
00:50:16,630 --> 00:50:15,520
cassidy who wants to know what do they

1213
00:50:20,309 --> 00:50:16,640
eat

1214
00:50:22,309 --> 00:50:20,319
different things each of the crew

1215
00:50:24,390 --> 00:50:22,319
members before they go up at least on

1216
00:50:26,710 --> 00:50:24,400
the nasa side get a chance to sit down

1217
00:50:28,390 --> 00:50:26,720
with nasa food scientists to map out all

1218
00:50:29,670 --> 00:50:28,400
of their likes and dislikes for their

1219
00:50:32,710 --> 00:50:29,680
menu items

1220
00:50:34,470 --> 00:50:32,720
it's much more diverse of a menu than

1221
00:50:36,549 --> 00:50:34,480
you might imagine

1222
00:50:37,349 --> 00:50:36,559
getting everything from shrimp cocktail

1223
00:50:39,430 --> 00:50:37,359
to

1224
00:50:40,470 --> 00:50:39,440
different pork chops things of that

1225
00:50:43,349 --> 00:50:40,480
nature

1226
00:50:44,870 --> 00:50:43,359
food in space not as you might imagine

1227
00:50:45,670 --> 00:50:44,880
they don't have the freeze-dried ice

1228
00:50:47,430 --> 00:50:45,680
cream

1229
00:50:48,790 --> 00:50:47,440
we actually are able to send real ice

1230
00:50:50,549 --> 00:50:48,800
cream sometimes

1231
00:50:52,710 --> 00:50:50,559
and most of their food not coming in

1232
00:50:54,950 --> 00:50:52,720
tubes it's dehydrated and so it actually

1233
00:50:57,270 --> 00:50:54,960
has a we call it a shelf stable life so

1234
00:51:01,510 --> 00:50:57,280
it'll maintain taste and nutrition for

1235
00:51:07,030 --> 00:51:03,670
right now though we are just under six

1236
00:51:09,270 --> 00:51:07,040
and a half minutes away from launch we

1237
00:51:11,190 --> 00:51:09,280
have teams here in mission control

1238
00:51:12,150 --> 00:51:11,200
houston standing by to monitor they'll

1239
00:51:14,230 --> 00:51:12,160
be

1240
00:51:16,150 --> 00:51:14,240
much more involved once the vehicle

1241
00:51:18,230 --> 00:51:16,160
actually approaches the space station

1242
00:51:20,870 --> 00:51:18,240
and then overseeing today's mission

1243
00:51:22,150 --> 00:51:20,880
mission control moscow out and coryoff

1244
00:51:24,630 --> 00:51:22,160
they're going to be talking directly to

1245
00:51:26,390 --> 00:51:24,640
the crew during their flight up to orbit

1246
00:51:29,190 --> 00:51:26,400
and on the right there a continuing look

1247
00:51:31,270 --> 00:51:29,200
at a live view of the soyuz rocket on

1248
00:51:33,750 --> 00:51:31,280
the launch pad we are just six minutes

1249
00:51:36,150 --> 00:51:33,760
away at this point all of the pre-launch

1250
00:51:37,990 --> 00:51:36,160
operations are complete and the

1251
00:51:39,670 --> 00:51:38,000
countdown the first and second stage

1252
00:51:41,270 --> 00:51:39,680
engines are ready for launch they've

1253
00:51:43,510 --> 00:51:41,280
confirmed that they've gotten telemetry

1254
00:51:45,510 --> 00:51:43,520
from the rocket indicating that all the

1255
00:51:58,150 --> 00:51:45,520
primary backup systems are ready to

1256
00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:04,309
great

1257
00:52:07,910 --> 00:52:05,829
and we just heard the call that the

1258
00:52:10,309 --> 00:52:07,920
launch key has been inserted in the

1259
00:52:11,670 --> 00:52:10,319
launch bunker that's probably one of the

1260
00:52:13,589 --> 00:52:11,680
coolest things

1261
00:52:15,589 --> 00:52:13,599
about one of these launches is they do

1262
00:52:17,430 --> 00:52:15,599
use an actual key

1263
00:52:19,750 --> 00:52:17,440
that transitions the launch sequence

1264
00:52:22,470 --> 00:52:19,760
into its automatic mode so we are t

1265
00:52:24,069 --> 00:52:22,480
minus five minutes 15 seconds away from

1266
00:52:25,829 --> 00:52:24,079
launch

1267
00:52:27,910 --> 00:52:25,839
and at this point the range at baikonur

1268
00:52:51,990 --> 00:52:27,920
has been cleared the soyuz rocket ready

1269
00:52:55,670 --> 00:52:53,829
measurement system is activated by run

1270
00:53:04,309 --> 00:52:55,680
one command

1271
00:53:08,069 --> 00:53:06,309
we are t minus four minutes 30 seconds

1272
00:53:10,630 --> 00:53:08,079
at this point fuel lines the combustion

1273
00:53:13,589 --> 00:53:10,640
chamber being purged with nitrogen so

1274
00:53:15,750 --> 00:53:13,599
using a nitrogen gas to blow out any

1275
00:53:19,589 --> 00:53:15,760
remaining vapors of fuel or oxidizer

1276
00:53:20,950 --> 00:53:19,599
that may be in those fuel lines

1277
00:53:23,190 --> 00:53:20,960
at this point the crew member have their

1278
00:53:26,150 --> 00:53:23,200
helmets closed inside the cabin they're

1279
00:53:29,430 --> 00:53:26,160
strapped in and ready for launch

1280
00:53:31,430 --> 00:53:29,440
sorry how do you read me

1281
00:53:33,589 --> 00:53:31,440
uh hello

1282
00:53:36,150 --> 00:53:33,599
loud and clear everything is fine on

1283
00:53:37,910 --> 00:53:36,160
board copy

1284
00:53:40,150 --> 00:53:37,920
you're hearing a translation between the

1285
00:53:41,510 --> 00:53:40,160
commander alex grapochka

1286
00:53:43,430 --> 00:53:41,520
and the actual

1287
00:53:45,030 --> 00:53:43,440
launch engineers there in baikonur

1288
00:53:56,950 --> 00:53:45,040
reporting everything good on board the

1289
00:54:14,390 --> 00:53:58,630
ground measurement system is activated

1290
00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:36,789
safety valves of launch vehicles

1291
00:54:40,950 --> 00:54:38,470
and just passing the three minute mark

1292
00:54:43,430 --> 00:54:40,960
now away from launch all the cockpit

1293
00:54:46,549 --> 00:54:43,440
displays inside the soyuz are lit up and

1294
00:54:49,990 --> 00:54:46,559
ready for cosmonaut alex korpochka

1295
00:54:51,750 --> 00:54:50,000
to keep an eye on during today's flight

1296
00:54:54,470 --> 00:54:51,760
all the onboard systems are switched

1297
00:54:56,390 --> 00:54:54,480
over to onboard control continuing to

1298
00:54:59,829 --> 00:54:56,400
march down two minutes 40 seconds away

1299
00:54:59,839 --> 00:55:07,829
refresh

1300
00:55:13,030 --> 00:55:10,309
and keep an eye on the videos you'll see

1301
00:55:15,270 --> 00:55:13,040
two large umbilical towers or arms kind

1302
00:55:17,349 --> 00:55:15,280
of connected to the rocket still

1303
00:55:19,030 --> 00:55:17,359
the taller one is the first umbilical

1304
00:55:21,109 --> 00:55:19,040
tower that'll separate the booster and

1305
00:55:23,270 --> 00:55:21,119
that will initiate auto sequence start

1306
00:55:24,950 --> 00:55:23,280
that coming right around t minus 35

1307
00:55:26,950 --> 00:55:24,960
seconds and when you see the smaller

1308
00:55:30,230 --> 00:55:26,960
umbilical detach

1309
00:55:37,510 --> 00:55:30,240
that means we are 15 seconds away from

1310
00:55:37,520 --> 00:56:06,710
and t minus two minutes from launch

1311
00:56:10,950 --> 00:56:08,870
one minute 30 seconds away it does look

1312
00:56:13,030 --> 00:56:10,960
like we have some cloud cover there in

1313
00:56:15,270 --> 00:56:13,040
baikonur so you may see it disappear

1314
00:56:16,630 --> 00:56:15,280
into the cloud deck pretty quickly

1315
00:56:18,630 --> 00:56:16,640
that first stage going to light up the

1316
00:56:20,549 --> 00:56:18,640
night sky though it's going to burn for

1317
00:56:22,789 --> 00:56:20,559
the first several minutes

1318
00:56:23,990 --> 00:56:22,799
before those four strap-on boosters

1319
00:56:26,470 --> 00:56:24,000
break away

1320
00:56:36,390 --> 00:56:26,480
at just about one minute and 58 seconds

1321
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:40,789
one minute and counting

1322
00:56:47,030 --> 00:56:44,549
one minute to lift off contact

1323
00:56:47,829 --> 00:56:47,040
everything is fine on board we're doing

1324
00:56:52,150 --> 00:56:47,839
well

1325
00:56:59,829 --> 00:56:54,710
we go to internal power and you see that

1326
00:57:03,430 --> 00:57:01,349
and now keep an eye on the one a little

1327
00:57:23,670 --> 00:57:03,440
bit lower down once that separates you

1328
00:57:27,829 --> 00:57:25,589
auto sequence start second umbilical

1329
00:57:31,270 --> 00:57:27,839
separating t minus 15 seconds you can

1330
00:57:36,230 --> 00:57:31,280
see the engine's starting to fire

1331
00:57:36,240 --> 00:57:49,030
engine turbo pumps at twice these

1332
00:58:06,789 --> 00:57:51,109
start on their way to the international

1333
00:58:11,829 --> 00:58:09,190
everything is fine on board the soyuz

1334
00:58:13,190 --> 00:58:11,839
where you're feeling great coffee

1335
00:58:14,630 --> 00:58:13,200
we're going to continue to get these

1336
00:58:16,069 --> 00:58:14,640
translations throughout the flight

1337
00:58:18,069 --> 00:58:16,079
everything's still sounding good with

1338
00:58:19,670 --> 00:58:18,079
that first stage

1339
00:58:22,630 --> 00:58:19,680
you can see the four strap on boosters

1340
00:58:25,430 --> 00:58:22,640
lighting up the night sky

1341
00:58:27,109 --> 00:58:25,440
so he's delivering 930 000 pounds of

1342
00:58:29,109 --> 00:58:27,119
thrust with that first stage the ford

1343
00:58:30,710 --> 00:58:29,119
boosters and the single core engine you

1344
00:58:33,589 --> 00:58:30,720
can see them punching through the cloud

1345
00:58:37,190 --> 00:58:35,430
the first stage measures 68 feet in

1346
00:58:38,870 --> 00:58:37,200
length 24 feet in diameter burning

1347
00:58:40,950 --> 00:58:38,880
liquid fuel for the first two minutes of

1348
00:58:41,910 --> 00:58:40,960
the flight

1349
00:58:43,829 --> 00:58:41,920
page

1350
00:58:45,510 --> 00:58:43,839
are nominal

1351
00:58:47,430 --> 00:58:45,520
it's a pitchy on roll referring to the

1352
00:58:49,430 --> 00:58:47,440
orientation of the vehicle nominal a

1353
00:58:51,829 --> 00:58:49,440
word you'll hear a lot that just means

1354
00:58:54,549 --> 00:58:51,839
everything is proceeding normally

1355
00:59:05,510 --> 00:58:54,559
continuing to get for good first stage

1356
00:59:08,710 --> 00:59:07,190
things looking good inside the cabin you

1357
00:59:10,950 --> 00:59:08,720
can see jessica mirror at the top of

1358
00:59:12,789 --> 00:59:10,960
your screen alex corporate at the bottom

1359
00:59:15,430 --> 00:59:12,799
there in the commander seat

1360
00:59:18,630 --> 00:59:15,440
first and second stage thrusters are

1361
00:59:20,390 --> 00:59:18,640
operating nominally

1362
00:59:21,910 --> 00:59:20,400
a little over a minute and a half into

1363
00:59:26,150 --> 00:59:21,920
the flight everything continuing to go

1364
00:59:30,309 --> 00:59:28,470
we've already well exceeded over 1100

1365
00:59:32,390 --> 00:59:30,319
miles an hour the next things we're

1366
00:59:34,870 --> 00:59:32,400
going to be looking for is the escape

1367
00:59:36,549 --> 00:59:34,880
tower jettison

1368
00:59:39,510 --> 00:59:36,559
and then the first stage

1369
00:59:41,349 --> 00:59:39,520
strap-on boosters separating

1370
00:59:43,750 --> 00:59:41,359
and they're getting a great view you can

1371
00:59:46,549 --> 00:59:43,760
see that coryoff cross the first stage

1372
00:59:48,549 --> 00:59:46,559
strap-on boosters have separated along

1373
00:59:51,349 --> 00:59:48,559
with that tower now the core engine

1374
00:59:55,510 --> 00:59:51,359
continuing to fire the soyuz already at

1375
00:59:59,349 --> 00:59:55,520
an altitude of about 28 statute miles

1376
01:00:05,829 --> 01:00:01,190
everything is nominal on board

1377
01:00:10,549 --> 01:00:07,589
so at this point the soyuz traveling in

1378
01:00:12,789 --> 01:00:10,559
excess of 3 300 miles per hour

1379
01:00:14,630 --> 01:00:12,799
you can see those four strap-on boosters

1380
01:00:16,789 --> 01:00:14,640
continuing to descend

1381
01:00:18,950 --> 01:00:16,799
the soyuz power now by that core stage

1382
01:00:22,950 --> 01:00:18,960
engine

1383
01:00:26,470 --> 01:00:25,109
we

1384
01:00:28,470 --> 01:00:26,480
see that the launch route jettison is

1385
01:00:30,549 --> 01:00:28,480
also confirmed permitted the launch

1386
01:00:32,230 --> 01:00:30,559
round protecting the soyuz during that

1387
01:00:33,829 --> 01:00:32,240
initial climb through the atmosphere has

1388
01:00:37,510 --> 01:00:33,839
been jettisoned this is actually a view

1389
01:00:39,109 --> 01:00:37,520
from on on the soyuz spacecraft itself

1390
01:00:43,990 --> 01:00:39,119
you're looking down at one of the folded

1391
01:00:49,589 --> 01:00:47,190
we're over three minutes now inside

1392
01:00:53,109 --> 01:00:49,599
rockets altitude already 48 miles in

1393
01:00:58,630 --> 01:00:55,109
at this point traveling in excess of 4

1394
01:01:02,630 --> 01:00:58,640
700 miles per hour

1395
01:01:07,109 --> 01:01:05,430
second stage uh thrusters are operating

1396
01:01:08,549 --> 01:01:07,119
nominally

1397
01:01:10,549 --> 01:01:08,559
so everything continuing to go well with

1398
01:01:12,950 --> 01:01:10,559
that core stage the corsage booster of

1399
01:01:15,109 --> 01:01:12,960
the soyuz 56 feet in length 13 and a

1400
01:01:17,270 --> 01:01:15,119
half feet in diameter has a single

1401
01:01:20,950 --> 01:01:17,280
engine with four fuel chambers it

1402
01:01:23,430 --> 01:01:20,960
provides between 178 and 220 000 pounds

1403
01:01:25,430 --> 01:01:23,440
of thrust depending on the altitude for

1404
01:01:26,789 --> 01:01:25,440
3 minutes and 28 seconds of operation

1405
01:01:28,630 --> 01:01:26,799
that's required this is going to

1406
01:01:31,510 --> 01:01:28,640
continue to burn until about 4 minutes

1407
01:01:33,670 --> 01:01:31,520
43 seconds into the flight and soyuz is

1408
01:01:35,589 --> 01:01:33,680
going to use what's called a hot stage

1409
01:01:37,030 --> 01:01:35,599
technique

1410
01:01:39,510 --> 01:01:37,040
everything is nominal involved we're

1411
01:01:41,270 --> 01:01:39,520
feeling great coffee

1412
01:01:42,950 --> 01:01:41,280
reports everyone doing well on board

1413
01:01:44,390 --> 01:01:42,960
everything continuing to go well again

1414
01:01:46,630 --> 01:01:44,400
that hot stage technique will actually

1415
01:01:48,870 --> 01:01:46,640
see the third stage start to fire while

1416
01:01:51,190 --> 01:01:48,880
the second stage is still connected has

1417
01:01:53,589 --> 01:01:51,200
a lattice like structure between the two

1418
01:01:55,589 --> 01:01:53,599
stages allowing the exhaust to escape

1419
01:01:57,829 --> 01:01:55,599
and that allows then the core stage to

1420
01:01:59,750 --> 01:01:57,839
drop away with the third stage already

1421
01:02:03,190 --> 01:01:59,760
powering the soyuz into its initial

1422
01:02:06,789 --> 01:02:04,710
your launch vehicle control system

1423
01:02:09,430 --> 01:02:06,799
parameters are nominal we are standing

1424
01:02:18,829 --> 01:02:09,440
by for rogue two

1425
01:02:30,630 --> 01:02:21,190
shutdown and standing by for that third

1426
01:02:35,190 --> 01:02:32,950
and confirmation second stage has shut

1427
01:02:42,549 --> 01:02:35,200
down and separated the soyuz now being

1428
01:02:46,630 --> 01:02:44,630
command cutoff command

1429
01:02:50,150 --> 01:02:46,640
went through and everything is nominal

1430
01:02:54,390 --> 01:02:52,309
everything continuing to proceed

1431
01:02:57,670 --> 01:02:54,400
smoothly the core booster separating an

1432
01:03:00,230 --> 01:02:57,680
altitude of about 105 miles in

1433
01:03:02,390 --> 01:03:00,240
height it's about 170 kilometers now

1434
01:03:05,589 --> 01:03:02,400
being propelled by the single engine of

1435
01:03:07,029 --> 01:03:05,599
the third stage it provides about 67 000

1436
01:03:09,430 --> 01:03:07,039
pounds of thrust and is going to burn

1437
01:03:11,510 --> 01:03:09,440
for a little over four minutes it will

1438
01:03:14,069 --> 01:03:11,520
be the final phase of the rocket's

1439
01:03:28,309 --> 01:03:14,079
journey into orbit stage thrusters are

1440
01:03:32,870 --> 01:03:30,309
again this is a view looking back

1441
01:03:35,109 --> 01:03:32,880
towards the end and that'll be cutting

1442
01:03:36,870 --> 01:03:35,119
in and out this an animation of what's

1443
01:03:38,789 --> 01:03:36,880
taking place right now that third stage

1444
01:03:40,710 --> 01:03:38,799
engine going to continue to fire and

1445
01:03:42,069 --> 01:03:40,720
carry the vehicle into orbit it's

1446
01:03:45,270 --> 01:03:42,079
actually a view you're seeing one of the

1447
01:03:47,589 --> 01:03:45,280
folded up solar arrays that along with a

1448
01:03:55,510 --> 01:03:47,599
series of antennas will deploy shortly

1449
01:04:00,390 --> 01:03:57,430
we're still about two and a half minutes

1450
01:04:02,549 --> 01:04:00,400
away from the shutdown and separation

1451
01:04:05,029 --> 01:04:02,559
of the third stage everything continuing

1452
01:04:08,710 --> 01:04:05,039
to go smoothly for this ride

1453
01:04:10,069 --> 01:04:08,720
taking off right on time at 8 57 a.m

1454
01:04:11,990 --> 01:04:10,079
central time

1455
01:04:14,789 --> 01:04:12,000
everything looking good so far with the

1456
01:04:17,430 --> 01:04:14,799
crew alex corporal jess kamir and huzzah

1457
01:04:19,190 --> 01:04:17,440
ali al-mansari inside the spacecraft

1458
01:04:21,670 --> 01:04:19,200
well on their way to orbit

1459
01:05:10,549 --> 01:04:21,680
400 seconds into the flight

1460
01:05:27,190 --> 01:05:13,029
450 seconds into the flight the fight is

1461
01:05:30,950 --> 01:05:28,870
we're approaching eight minutes since

1462
01:05:33,430 --> 01:05:30,960
liftoff at this point the vehicle

1463
01:05:35,109 --> 01:05:33,440
traveling at a velocity of over

1464
01:05:37,430 --> 01:05:35,119
almost thirteen thousand five hundred

1465
01:05:39,829 --> 01:05:37,440
miles an hour we're just under a minute

1466
01:05:41,349 --> 01:05:39,839
away from third stage shutdown and

1467
01:05:43,270 --> 01:05:41,359
separation we'll see the engine on the

1468
01:05:45,349 --> 01:05:43,280
third stage cut off and separate

1469
01:05:48,549 --> 01:05:45,359
delivering the soyuz spacecraft into its

1470
01:05:48,559 --> 01:06:01,190
490

1471
01:06:01,200 --> 01:06:30,150
500 seconds everything is nominal

1472
01:06:34,950 --> 01:06:32,630
look at three commands

1473
01:06:37,750 --> 01:06:34,960
getting a spectacular view there you see

1474
01:06:39,349 --> 01:06:37,760
the third stage separate and fly away

1475
01:06:47,930 --> 01:06:39,359
and sermons congratulations we are

1476
01:06:58,950 --> 01:06:53,500
[Music]

1477
01:07:01,910 --> 01:07:01,029
everything was vulnerable

1478
01:07:05,510 --> 01:07:01,920
and

1479
01:07:07,829 --> 01:07:05,520
we are working from pages 35 through 39

1480
01:07:14,069 --> 01:07:07,839
copyhole and we are standing by for the

1481
01:07:18,150 --> 01:07:15,910
and just like that three new crew

1482
01:07:19,910 --> 01:07:18,160
members now in outer space the third

1483
01:07:22,230 --> 01:07:19,920
stage separating and we did get a good

1484
01:07:24,710 --> 01:07:22,240
report that all the solar arrays and

1485
01:07:27,349 --> 01:07:24,720
antennas have deployed so a spacecraft

1486
01:07:29,589 --> 01:07:27,359
in good health now in orbit around

1487
01:07:31,990 --> 01:07:29,599
planet earth russian cosmonaut alex

1488
01:07:34,390 --> 01:07:32,000
grapochka nasa astronaut jess kamir

1489
01:07:37,510 --> 01:07:34,400
and your united arab emirates astronaut

1490
01:07:39,270 --> 01:07:37,520
hazar ali al-mansuri now in outer space

1491
01:07:49,349 --> 01:07:39,280
beginning their chase down of the

1492
01:07:53,910 --> 01:07:51,589
one and two flow centers are closed copy

1493
01:07:54,789 --> 01:07:53,920
all that's wonderful

1494
01:07:56,549 --> 01:07:54,799
and

1495
01:07:58,230 --> 01:07:56,559
oversight of the spacecraft now i'm

1496
01:07:59,829 --> 01:07:58,240
going to be transferring over to the

1497
01:08:02,390 --> 01:07:59,839
russian mission control center just

1498
01:08:04,789 --> 01:08:02,400
outside of moscow

1499
01:08:06,710 --> 01:08:04,799
it'll be this team right there in the

1500
01:08:08,549 --> 01:08:06,720
room

1501
01:08:10,549 --> 01:08:08,559
again we did get confirmation that both

1502
01:08:13,349 --> 01:08:10,559
solar arrays and all of the

1503
01:08:16,470 --> 01:08:13,359
rendezvous and docking antennas have

1504
01:08:18,789 --> 01:08:16,480
deployed so a spacecraft in good health

1505
01:08:20,550 --> 01:08:18,799
along with the crew now ready to make

1506
01:08:47,510 --> 01:08:20,560
the six hour journey towards the space

1507
01:08:51,590 --> 01:08:49,669
and we're standing by

1508
01:09:30,870 --> 01:08:51,600
for the first measurement for page 36

1509
01:09:30,880 --> 01:09:44,470
copy

1510
01:09:50,400 --> 01:09:45,669
zero eight

1511
01:09:50,410 --> 01:10:00,830
[Music]

1512
01:10:12,630 --> 01:10:02,390
18

1513
01:10:15,430 --> 01:10:13,830
three

1514
01:10:18,630 --> 01:10:15,440
two one

1515
01:10:20,630 --> 01:10:18,640
three two seven

1516
01:10:21,830 --> 01:10:20,640
nineteen decimals six

1517
01:10:24,470 --> 01:10:21,840
eighteen

1518
01:10:25,910 --> 01:10:24,480
decimal one

1519
01:10:28,390 --> 01:10:25,920
nine

1520
01:10:30,670 --> 01:10:28,400
eight hundred and

1521
01:10:44,310 --> 01:10:30,680
inaudible

1522
01:10:50,390 --> 01:10:46,709
we're underway copy all

1523
01:11:10,950 --> 01:10:50,400
and so then test was also underway copy

1524
01:11:18,950 --> 01:11:12,630
what we'll do during the next compass

1525
01:11:18,960 --> 01:11:24,870
deactivate and activate all home assets

1526
01:11:27,510 --> 01:11:26,550
and don't forget to

1527
01:11:33,110 --> 01:11:27,520
send

1528
01:11:37,189 --> 01:11:34,870
control test

1529
01:11:40,470 --> 01:11:37,199
will be performed during

1530
01:11:44,229 --> 01:11:40,480
the next compass that is page 45 step

1531
01:11:51,110 --> 01:11:46,070
and

1532
01:11:55,510 --> 01:11:51,120
inhibit on the same page is at 18 32 0 0

1533
01:11:55,520 --> 01:12:00,310
also for your information for page 41

1534
01:12:05,750 --> 01:12:01,990
satellite attitude

1535
01:12:07,570 --> 01:12:05,760
for satellite time is 18 41

1536
01:12:16,400 --> 01:12:07,580
through 8

1537
01:12:29,830 --> 01:12:18,470
[Music]

1538
01:13:04,100 --> 01:12:31,830
and we're standing by for

1539
01:13:09,270 --> 01:13:07,110
[Applause]

1540
01:13:10,630 --> 01:13:09,280
i'm ready to report the next measurement

1541
01:13:30,550 --> 01:13:10,640
for you

1542
01:13:30,560 --> 01:13:41,189
inaudible

1543
01:13:41,199 --> 01:13:51,189
everything is nominal copy

1544
01:13:54,950 --> 01:13:52,790
so again the crew

1545
01:13:56,630 --> 01:13:54,960
now in space you can hear them running

1546
01:13:59,030 --> 01:13:56,640
through a number of different system

1547
01:14:01,350 --> 01:13:59,040
checks on board the soyuz uh

1548
01:14:03,430 --> 01:14:01,360
we are going to take a couple more

1549
01:14:05,750 --> 01:14:03,440
ask nasa questions this one from german

1550
01:14:07,990 --> 01:14:05,760
wanted to know does nasa ever answer the

1551
01:14:11,110 --> 01:14:08,000
hashtag ask nasa questions and i can

1552
01:14:13,110 --> 01:14:11,120
definitively say yes german yes we do

1553
01:14:15,510 --> 01:14:13,120
our next one comes from harvard

1554
01:14:17,030 --> 01:14:15,520
elementary some fourth grade students

1555
01:14:19,270 --> 01:14:17,040
wanted to know what do astronauts do for

1556
01:14:20,709 --> 01:14:19,280
entertainment while in space it's

1557
01:14:23,270 --> 01:14:20,719
actually

1558
01:14:25,030 --> 01:14:23,280
much cushier now to be an astronaut than

1559
01:14:26,229 --> 01:14:25,040
it was even years ago the astronauts

1560
01:14:27,990 --> 01:14:26,239
have access

1561
01:14:29,270 --> 01:14:28,000
to internet while they're up there so

1562
01:14:32,070 --> 01:14:29,280
they also have books they can read

1563
01:14:34,070 --> 01:14:32,080
things online we have tv and movies made

1564
01:14:35,910 --> 01:14:34,080
available for them they also have

1565
01:14:38,390 --> 01:14:35,920
several instruments usually on board the

1566
01:14:40,630 --> 01:14:38,400
space station so plenty of ways to stay

1567
01:14:43,270 --> 01:14:40,640
entertained while they're spending very

1568
01:14:45,270 --> 01:14:43,280
long durations in space

1569
01:14:46,630 --> 01:14:45,280
our next question comes from chris

1570
01:14:49,110 --> 01:14:46,640
wanted to know how long does it take to

1571
01:14:50,229 --> 01:14:49,120
train to go to space it depends on the

1572
01:14:52,070 --> 01:14:50,239
mission

1573
01:14:54,709 --> 01:14:52,080
for most of these astronauts that are

1574
01:14:56,870 --> 01:14:54,719
going up to do about six months to a

1575
01:14:59,750 --> 01:14:56,880
year in space they'll spend about two

1576
01:15:01,270 --> 01:14:59,760
years training just for that mission

1577
01:15:03,270 --> 01:15:01,280
so to become an astronaut you'll go

1578
01:15:05,590 --> 01:15:03,280
through a few years of kind of astronaut

1579
01:15:07,750 --> 01:15:05,600
101 basic training and then once you do

1580
01:15:09,189 --> 01:15:07,760
get assigned it takes about two years

1581
01:15:10,630 --> 01:15:09,199
and that's training

1582
01:15:12,790 --> 01:15:10,640
not only here

1583
01:15:14,870 --> 01:15:12,800
in houston but all over the world

1584
01:15:16,709 --> 01:15:14,880
they'll spend a lot of time over in

1585
01:15:18,149 --> 01:15:16,719
russia training on the russian systems

1586
01:15:20,310 --> 01:15:18,159
especially if they're going to fly on

1587
01:15:22,630 --> 01:15:20,320
one of these soyuz spacecraft

1588
01:15:24,390 --> 01:15:22,640
but also in places like japan and

1589
01:15:25,910 --> 01:15:24,400
different countries in europe

1590
01:15:28,149 --> 01:15:25,920
for the different systems onboard the

1591
01:15:29,590 --> 01:15:28,159
station managed by those different

1592
01:15:31,430 --> 01:15:29,600
countries

1593
01:15:33,590 --> 01:15:31,440
mrs melcher's class wanted to know why

1594
01:15:35,910 --> 01:15:33,600
is the launch in kazakhstan and not uae

1595
01:15:38,630 --> 01:15:35,920
russia or usa

1596
01:15:41,030 --> 01:15:38,640
well it goes back to where the former

1597
01:15:42,870 --> 01:15:41,040
soviet union built all of their launch

1598
01:15:44,950 --> 01:15:42,880
facilities it was actually built in

1599
01:15:46,950 --> 01:15:44,960
kazakhstan while it was still part of

1600
01:15:48,470 --> 01:15:46,960
that country and

1601
01:15:50,149 --> 01:15:48,480
after that when it became the russian

1602
01:15:52,790 --> 01:15:50,159
federation they still use all of the

1603
01:15:55,110 --> 01:15:52,800
same infrastructure and they work with

1604
01:15:57,270 --> 01:15:55,120
the government of kazakhstan to use it

1605
01:15:59,189 --> 01:15:57,280
and that's where the soyuz launches from

1606
01:16:01,110 --> 01:15:59,199
we don't currently have

1607
01:16:03,750 --> 01:16:01,120
human capable vehicles launching from

1608
01:16:05,510 --> 01:16:03,760
the usa but that's all about the change

1609
01:16:08,790 --> 01:16:05,520
once our commercial crew vehicles come

1610
01:16:10,950 --> 01:16:08,800
online from providers boeing and spacex

1611
01:16:12,470 --> 01:16:10,960
within the next year so you'll be seeing

1612
01:16:13,910 --> 01:16:12,480
more launches of people to the

1613
01:16:17,750 --> 01:16:13,920
international space station from

1614
01:16:19,990 --> 01:16:17,760
different locations than ever before

1615
01:16:21,990 --> 01:16:20,000
next up we have one from sophia who

1616
01:16:24,310 --> 01:16:22,000
wanted to know what memorable items are

1617
01:16:25,830 --> 01:16:24,320
the astronauts bringing into space

1618
01:16:27,990 --> 01:16:25,840
it differs from each of them they do get

1619
01:16:29,910 --> 01:16:28,000
a small allotment typically to bring

1620
01:16:31,510 --> 01:16:29,920
some items up with them to the

1621
01:16:34,149 --> 01:16:31,520
international space station most of

1622
01:16:36,149 --> 01:16:34,159
those are kept private but we do know

1623
01:16:39,110 --> 01:16:36,159
that inside of the soyuz spacecraft

1624
01:16:41,669 --> 01:16:39,120
today there was a zero-g indicator so

1625
01:16:43,750 --> 01:16:41,679
basically a small

1626
01:16:45,750 --> 01:16:43,760
toy hung above the crew members that

1627
01:16:48,070 --> 01:16:45,760
indicates when they're in microgravity

1628
01:16:50,630 --> 01:16:48,080
and it was a plush sparkly unicorn from

1629
01:16:52,870 --> 01:16:50,640
the commander alex krapochka's daughter

1630
01:16:54,630 --> 01:16:52,880
and ahaza ali al-mansuri making his

1631
01:16:56,709 --> 01:16:54,640
first trip into space

1632
01:16:59,030 --> 01:16:56,719
also was able to tell reporters that he

1633
01:17:00,950 --> 01:16:59,040
had a small plush camel from his

1634
01:17:02,870 --> 01:17:00,960
children that he's carrying up into

1635
01:17:05,270 --> 01:17:02,880
space as well so they do get a small

1636
01:17:08,149 --> 01:17:05,280
allotment not a lot as you can imagine

1637
01:17:10,390 --> 01:17:08,159
as it is fairly

1638
01:17:12,630 --> 01:17:10,400
difficult to pack everything into a

1639
01:17:15,030 --> 01:17:12,640
tight space and all of the important

1640
01:17:17,270 --> 01:17:15,040
stuff goes first

1641
01:17:18,790 --> 01:17:17,280
our next question comes from eric wanted

1642
01:17:20,709 --> 01:17:18,800
to know where along the journey did the

1643
01:17:23,189 --> 01:17:20,719
rockets falling debris disintegrate is

1644
01:17:25,350 --> 01:17:23,199
it upon entering the earth's atmosphere

1645
01:17:27,030 --> 01:17:25,360
not all of the pieces of the rockets

1646
01:17:29,590 --> 01:17:27,040
typically disintegrate some will

1647
01:17:31,910 --> 01:17:29,600
actually make the re-entry back down to

1648
01:17:33,189 --> 01:17:31,920
earth's ground that's one of the main

1649
01:17:35,430 --> 01:17:33,199
reasons why

1650
01:17:37,430 --> 01:17:35,440
why the russians chose kazakhstan as

1651
01:17:39,270 --> 01:17:37,440
there are very vast stretches of

1652
01:17:41,430 --> 01:17:39,280
uninhabited land where you're not going

1653
01:17:43,830 --> 01:17:41,440
to have to worry about those rockets

1654
01:17:47,590 --> 01:17:43,840
coming down in anyone's backyard that's

1655
01:17:49,590 --> 01:17:47,600
also why in america we typically launch

1656
01:17:51,510 --> 01:17:49,600
over bodies of water

1657
01:17:53,590 --> 01:17:51,520
right now either from the kennedy space

1658
01:17:55,270 --> 01:17:53,600
center on the coast of florida or even

1659
01:17:57,750 --> 01:17:55,280
from the wallops flight facility in

1660
01:18:00,149 --> 01:17:57,760
virginia as you can keep that water

1661
01:18:02,630 --> 01:18:00,159
clear and then it's just going to fall

1662
01:18:05,350 --> 01:18:02,640
down into the ocean

1663
01:18:07,189 --> 01:18:05,360
our next one comes from matt who wanted

1664
01:18:08,709 --> 01:18:07,199
to know with the station crew about to

1665
01:18:10,550 --> 01:18:08,719
have a crew of nine what are the chances

1666
01:18:12,310 --> 01:18:10,560
of a for a side space football game

1667
01:18:14,550 --> 01:18:12,320
going on with the ninth acting as a

1668
01:18:17,510 --> 01:18:14,560
referee i would say the chances are

1669
01:18:19,110 --> 01:18:17,520
pretty slim but they do have some balls

1670
01:18:20,229 --> 01:18:19,120
on board the station i know they have a

1671
01:18:22,229 --> 01:18:20,239
soccer ball

1672
01:18:24,070 --> 01:18:22,239
and typically have a football so you

1673
01:18:27,270 --> 01:18:24,080
never know sometimes what these

1674
01:18:29,030 --> 01:18:27,280
astronauts will get up to so stay tuned

1675
01:18:31,350 --> 01:18:29,040
i will say follow their social media

1676
01:18:33,110 --> 01:18:31,360
accounts if you want to get really deep

1677
01:18:34,229 --> 01:18:33,120
insights into what it's like to live in

1678
01:18:35,669 --> 01:18:34,239
space

1679
01:18:37,110 --> 01:18:35,679
all of the astronauts most of the

1680
01:18:39,510 --> 01:18:37,120
cosmonauts and the international crew

1681
01:18:41,590 --> 01:18:39,520
members like luca parmitano very active

1682
01:18:43,510 --> 01:18:41,600
on twitter when they have some free time

1683
01:18:47,430 --> 01:18:43,520
bringing the entire world along for

1684
01:18:50,149 --> 01:18:47,440
these journeys while they are up there

1685
01:18:52,470 --> 01:18:50,159
our next question comes from m7 mds 91

1686
01:18:55,750 --> 01:18:52,480
wanted to know is there any future plans

1687
01:18:57,350 --> 01:18:55,760
to increase the number of crew on soyuz

1688
01:18:59,669 --> 01:18:57,360
there's no plans to increase the number

1689
01:19:01,990 --> 01:18:59,679
of crew on soyuz it is a three seater

1690
01:19:03,430 --> 01:19:02,000
and that's what it's going to remain uh

1691
01:19:05,750 --> 01:19:03,440
but once we start flying those

1692
01:19:08,870 --> 01:19:05,760
commercial crew vehicles i talked about

1693
01:19:11,030 --> 01:19:08,880
those hold four so you will see an

1694
01:19:12,630 --> 01:19:11,040
increase in the total size of the

1695
01:19:14,870 --> 01:19:12,640
population onboard the international

1696
01:19:17,590 --> 01:19:14,880
space station from six all the way up to

1697
01:19:19,430 --> 01:19:17,600
seven and we're also working on finding

1698
01:19:21,990 --> 01:19:19,440
a new permanent place for that seventh

1699
01:19:23,189 --> 01:19:22,000
crew member to sleep once they are on

1700
01:19:25,270 --> 01:19:23,199
board so i know we had a lot of

1701
01:19:27,430 --> 01:19:25,280
questions earlier about sleep quarters

1702
01:19:28,950 --> 01:19:27,440
with the nine people today uh six of

1703
01:19:30,709 --> 01:19:28,960
them will have their own sleep quarters

1704
01:19:32,709 --> 01:19:30,719
three will be kind of temporarily

1705
01:19:34,550 --> 01:19:32,719
camping out in different modules but

1706
01:19:36,630 --> 01:19:34,560
eventually once we head up to seven crew

1707
01:19:39,910 --> 01:19:36,640
members there will be a seventh crew

1708
01:19:41,910 --> 01:19:39,920
cabin added on board the station

1709
01:19:43,669 --> 01:19:41,920
our next one comes from cassidy who

1710
01:19:45,350 --> 01:19:43,679
wanted to know do they all speak the

1711
01:19:47,189 --> 01:19:45,360
same language

1712
01:19:48,709 --> 01:19:47,199
on board with or is there a language

1713
01:19:49,990 --> 01:19:48,719
that they speak where they can all

1714
01:19:52,070 --> 01:19:50,000
communicate

1715
01:19:54,470 --> 01:19:52,080
yes there is while they're onboard the

1716
01:19:56,709 --> 01:19:54,480
soyuz spacecraft they all speak russian

1717
01:19:58,470 --> 01:19:56,719
so all of our crew members go through

1718
01:20:01,270 --> 01:19:58,480
some pretty intensive russian language

1719
01:20:03,430 --> 01:20:01,280
training along with the international

1720
01:20:06,709 --> 01:20:03,440
astronauts riding aboard

1721
01:20:10,149 --> 01:20:08,550
they're having to talk directly to

1722
01:20:12,390 --> 01:20:10,159
russian flight controllers most of the

1723
01:20:15,350 --> 01:20:12,400
crew members will also speak english but

1724
01:20:16,790 --> 01:20:15,360
there's usually a bevy of language spoke

1725
01:20:18,950 --> 01:20:16,800
languages spoken onboard the

1726
01:20:21,510 --> 01:20:18,960
international space station the primary

1727
01:20:23,030 --> 01:20:21,520
two are russian and english

1728
01:20:24,870 --> 01:20:23,040
and then our last one for right now

1729
01:20:27,110 --> 01:20:24,880
comes from bubbles wanted to know how to

1730
01:20:28,390 --> 01:20:27,120
astronauts remain fit in space asked by

1731
01:20:29,510 --> 01:20:28,400
an eight-year-old well eight-year-old

1732
01:20:31,350 --> 01:20:29,520
bubbles

1733
01:20:33,750 --> 01:20:31,360
it comes from working out two and a half

1734
01:20:34,790 --> 01:20:33,760
hours every single day for now though

1735
01:20:37,189 --> 01:20:34,800
we're getting the treat we're getting

1736
01:20:39,750 --> 01:20:37,199
some replays from that launch again the

1737
01:20:41,189 --> 01:20:39,760
soyuz lifted off today at 8 57 a.m

1738
01:20:43,830 --> 01:20:41,199
central time

1739
01:20:45,990 --> 01:20:43,840
this morning at 9 57 a.m over on the

1740
01:20:47,990 --> 01:20:46,000
east coast we're actually over in the

1741
01:20:50,110 --> 01:20:48,000
next day

1742
01:21:27,740 --> 01:20:50,120
in baikonur

1743
01:22:07,990 --> 01:21:33,220
[Music]

1744
01:22:08,000 --> 01:22:18,550
this

1745
01:22:18,560 --> 01:23:36,629
so

1746
01:25:22,540 --> 01:24:05,110
foreign

1747
01:25:22,550 --> 01:25:43,350
[Music]

1748
01:25:43,360 --> 01:25:56,390
foreign

1749
01:25:56,400 --> 01:26:12,910
oh

1750
01:26:12,920 --> 01:29:11,750
[Music]

1751
01:29:14,550 --> 01:29:13,030
all right and those were all of our

1752
01:29:16,550 --> 01:29:14,560
launch replays again though the day is

1753
01:29:18,550 --> 01:29:16,560
not done so be sure to continue to tune

1754
01:29:20,470 --> 01:29:18,560
into nasa tv as they make their way to

1755
01:29:22,070 --> 01:29:20,480
the international space station here's a

1756
01:29:24,470 --> 01:29:22,080
quick rundown of all of our upcoming

1757
01:29:26,149 --> 01:29:24,480
events with starting at 11 30 all-time

1758
01:29:27,669 --> 01:29:26,159
central we're going to have a video file

1759
01:29:29,510 --> 01:29:27,679
all of the post-launch views and some

1760
01:29:31,830 --> 01:29:29,520
post-launch interviews with people down

1761
01:29:33,669 --> 01:29:31,840
there at baikonur we will be back at 2

1762
01:29:37,189 --> 01:29:33,679
p.m central time for docking coverage

1763
01:29:39,350 --> 01:29:37,199
docking expected at 2 45 pm central 3 45

1764
01:29:41,110 --> 01:29:39,360
pm eastern with the three crew members

1765
01:29:42,790 --> 01:29:41,120
arriving to the station after that we'll

1766
01:29:44,070 --> 01:29:42,800
break for a few hours while they do leak

1767
01:29:46,310 --> 01:29:44,080
checks and get ready to open up the

1768
01:29:47,750 --> 01:29:46,320
hatches coming back at 4 pm central time

1769
01:29:50,310 --> 01:29:47,760
for hatch opening coverage with hatch

1770
01:29:51,669 --> 01:29:50,320
opening itself at 4 45 at which time the

1771
01:29:53,750 --> 01:29:51,679
three crew members will make their way

1772
01:29:55,590 --> 01:29:53,760
on board we'll have nine people on board

1773
01:29:56,950 --> 01:29:55,600
the international space station all that

1774
01:29:59,189 --> 01:29:56,960
will be wrapped up at the end of the day

1775
01:30:01,030 --> 01:29:59,199
at 7 30 pm central time with a video

1776
01:30:03,189 --> 01:30:01,040
file showing all the docking and hatch

1777
01:30:04,870 --> 01:30:03,199
opening activities i do want to thank

1778
01:30:06,629 --> 01:30:04,880
you for tuning in this morning this is

1779
01:30:08,310 --> 01:30:06,639
just step one in our journey to the

1780
01:30:10,070 --> 01:30:08,320
international space station so be sure

1781
01:30:12,229 --> 01:30:10,080
to come back a little bit later this

1782
01:30:13,669 --> 01:30:12,239
afternoon as we get ready to add three

1783
01:30:15,270 --> 01:30:13,679
new crew members to the international

1784
01:30:17,270 --> 01:30:15,280
space station for now though we are

1785
01:30:24,629 --> 01:30:17,280
going to go ahead and sign off this is

1786
01:30:31,030 --> 01:30:27,830
hey you're watching nasa tv on the air