1 00:00:06,007 --> 00:00:08,207 SCOTT KELLY: Flying in space... 2 00:00:08,209 --> 00:00:10,976 you know, I really miss the rain. 3 00:00:16,050 --> 00:00:17,516 The sound of rain, 4 00:00:17,518 --> 00:00:20,452 and the rain hitting you when you're walking outside. 5 00:00:20,454 --> 00:00:23,155 PRESIDENT OBAMA: In two months Scott Kelly will begin 6 00:00:23,157 --> 00:00:25,824 a yearlong stay in space. 7 00:00:25,826 --> 00:00:32,431 ¶ 8 00:00:32,433 --> 00:00:33,966 [Jimi Hendrix playing All Along the Watchtower] 9 00:00:33,968 --> 00:00:35,801 JEFFREY KLUGER: Everything you know. 10 00:00:35,803 --> 00:00:37,436 Everything you love. 11 00:00:37,438 --> 00:00:40,139 Everything humanity has ever known 12 00:00:40,141 --> 00:00:42,875 is 250 miles below you. 13 00:00:44,412 --> 00:00:45,978 SCOTT: I said to my brother 14 00:00:45,980 --> 00:00:48,247 I'll be in space and flying all the way around the sun 15 00:00:48,249 --> 00:00:49,548 one lap in a year. 16 00:00:49,550 --> 00:00:51,650 And he's like, yeah, so will I. 17 00:00:51,652 --> 00:00:53,385 The rest of us will be doing the same thing 18 00:00:53,387 --> 00:00:54,953 on spaceship Earth. 19 00:00:54,955 --> 00:00:56,321 AMIKO KAUDERER: It's just such a different thing 20 00:00:56,323 --> 00:00:59,391 when there's someone you know, and someone you love, 21 00:00:59,393 --> 00:01:01,660 right there at the pointy tip of that rocket. 22 00:01:01,662 --> 00:01:04,696 CHARLOTTE KELLY: I'd like to wish you good luck on your trip. 23 00:01:04,698 --> 00:01:05,831 I love you, Daddy. 24 00:01:05,833 --> 00:01:07,199 SCOTT: A lot can happen in a year. 25 00:01:07,201 --> 00:01:09,334 REPORTER: The unmanned rocket bound for the station 26 00:01:09,336 --> 00:01:11,870 with much needed food and supplies exploded... 27 00:01:11,872 --> 00:01:14,606 ¶ All along the watchtower ¶ 28 00:01:14,608 --> 00:01:15,908 SCOTT: Yeah, it seems like I've been up here 29 00:01:15,910 --> 00:01:17,509 for a long time already. 30 00:01:17,511 --> 00:01:20,112 ¶ 31 00:01:20,114 --> 00:01:21,780 KLUGER: Scott Kelly is going to do 32 00:01:21,782 --> 00:01:25,050 what no American has ever done before-- 33 00:01:25,052 --> 00:01:28,253 spend an unbroken year in space. 34 00:01:28,255 --> 00:01:29,855 ASTRONAUT: Oh, man. 35 00:01:31,625 --> 00:01:33,258 SCOTT: I feel pretty fortunate 36 00:01:33,260 --> 00:01:36,195 that I get to risk it all one more time. 37 00:01:36,197 --> 00:01:38,630 ¶ 38 00:01:43,938 --> 00:01:45,204 ANNOUNCER: A Year In Space was made possible in part 39 00:01:45,271 --> 00:01:46,305 >> "A YEAR IN SPACE" WAS MADE 40 00:01:46,439 --> 00:01:50,409 POSSIBLE IN PART BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 41 00:01:50,411 --> 00:01:50,976 CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. THANK YOU. 42 00:02:06,427 --> 00:02:21,974 ¶ 43 00:02:21,976 --> 00:02:37,923 ¶ 44 00:02:37,925 --> 00:02:47,699 [rumbling] 45 00:02:50,604 --> 00:02:54,473 [indistinct public address announcement] 46 00:02:54,475 --> 00:03:00,112 [rumbling] 47 00:03:00,114 --> 00:03:04,850 [Russian public address announcement] 48 00:03:04,852 --> 00:03:08,287 [rumbling fades] 49 00:03:08,289 --> 00:03:11,190 [man speaking Russian] 50 00:03:23,404 --> 00:03:26,405 SCOTT KELLY: I used to have a nightmare when I was a kid, 51 00:03:26,407 --> 00:03:31,910 where I was on the rocket launching to...to the moon. 52 00:03:31,912 --> 00:03:36,815 And something bad happened. 53 00:03:36,817 --> 00:03:40,519 I don't remember what the bad thing was. 54 00:03:40,521 --> 00:03:42,654 But it was something for me as a kid 55 00:03:42,656 --> 00:03:44,856 that was quite terrifying. 56 00:04:18,926 --> 00:04:22,294 [beeping] 57 00:04:26,767 --> 00:04:28,367 GENNADY PADALKA: Misha? 58 00:04:47,288 --> 00:04:49,054 MARK KELLY: It is pretty remarkable to see 59 00:04:49,056 --> 00:04:53,292 this pinprick of light over the course of hours 60 00:04:53,294 --> 00:04:55,294 eventually become this space station 61 00:04:55,296 --> 00:04:56,728 that's the size of a football field. 62 00:05:04,305 --> 00:05:17,416 ¶ 63 00:05:17,418 --> 00:05:19,084 MARK: You know, the whole process of rendezvousing 64 00:05:19,086 --> 00:05:20,419 and docking with this thing 65 00:05:20,421 --> 00:05:23,355 that's moving 17,500 miles an hour 66 00:05:23,357 --> 00:05:26,358 is a pretty incredible concept. 67 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,894 So the way you rendezvous with the spacecraft 68 00:05:28,896 --> 00:05:31,697 is you kind of get underneath it and you sneak up on it. 69 00:05:33,267 --> 00:05:35,233 TERRY VIRTS: Do you know where they are right now? 70 00:05:35,235 --> 00:05:37,336 SAMANTHA CRISTOFORETTI: No. [indistinct]. 71 00:05:43,243 --> 00:05:47,512 MARK: Ultimately you have to fly within a couple of inches 72 00:05:47,514 --> 00:05:50,649 to get these two things to come together. 73 00:05:53,554 --> 00:05:55,854 VIRTS: Just a second, let me... 74 00:05:55,856 --> 00:05:58,590 [indistinct conversation] 75 00:06:00,627 --> 00:06:01,960 [metallic clang] 76 00:06:04,565 --> 00:06:06,365 NASA ANNOUNCER: You can see the International Space Station 77 00:06:06,367 --> 00:06:09,234 smack dab in the middle of your view there. 78 00:06:09,236 --> 00:06:12,003 Soyuz craft in view from the International Space Station 79 00:06:12,005 --> 00:06:14,973 on its final approach towards the Poisk module. 80 00:06:18,912 --> 00:06:20,178 MARK: At the end, you know, 81 00:06:20,180 --> 00:06:22,981 there's no computers helping you anymore. 82 00:06:22,983 --> 00:06:26,251 The commander has to manually fly this thing. 83 00:06:26,253 --> 00:06:29,654 RUSSIAN CONTROLLER: 45 meters... point 19 meters to secondary. 84 00:06:29,656 --> 00:06:32,057 NASA ANNOUNCER: Soyuz continuing to close in. 85 00:06:32,059 --> 00:06:34,292 MARK: You're just looking out the window 86 00:06:34,294 --> 00:06:37,229 and using your skills as a pilot. 87 00:06:37,231 --> 00:06:40,665 And you've got to be accurate within about two inches. 88 00:06:40,667 --> 00:06:51,710 [machinery whirring] 89 00:06:51,712 --> 00:06:54,079 CONTROLLER: Antenna is closed. 90 00:06:54,081 --> 00:06:55,680 [speaking Russian] 91 00:06:55,682 --> 00:06:57,382 NASA ANNOUNCER: Getting confirmation 92 00:06:57,384 --> 00:06:59,885 the Kurs antenna has been retracted. 93 00:06:59,887 --> 00:07:05,557 ¶ 94 00:07:05,559 --> 00:07:07,759 We'll be standing by for docking confirmation. 95 00:07:07,761 --> 00:07:09,895 Under ten meters away. 96 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,968 [man speaking Russian] 97 00:07:16,970 --> 00:07:19,337 NASA ANNOUNCER: Coming up on five meters. 98 00:07:19,339 --> 00:07:24,776 ¶ 99 00:07:24,778 --> 00:07:26,545 [click] 100 00:07:26,547 --> 00:07:28,447 CONTROLLER: Contact. 101 00:07:28,449 --> 00:07:32,684 ¶ 102 00:07:32,686 --> 00:07:40,992 ¶ 103 00:07:40,994 --> 00:07:45,163 ¶ 104 00:07:45,165 --> 00:07:46,198 SCOTT: I've been doing risky things 105 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,600 since I was a little kid. 106 00:07:48,602 --> 00:07:51,403 I think it's part of my genetics. 107 00:07:51,405 --> 00:07:55,707 I'm kind of surprised I've made it this far, actually. 108 00:07:55,709 --> 00:07:58,043 MAN: Let me know if you're good to stay in for another hour. 109 00:07:58,045 --> 00:08:00,245 SCOTT: I've been training for this one-year mission 110 00:08:00,247 --> 00:08:02,380 for over two years. 111 00:08:02,382 --> 00:08:05,717 MAN: OK, got my safety tether hooked up. 112 00:08:05,719 --> 00:08:10,255 SCOTT: This being my second time flying a long duration flight, 113 00:08:10,257 --> 00:08:14,392 the training is going well. 114 00:08:14,394 --> 00:08:16,728 You know, a year is a long time. 115 00:08:16,730 --> 00:08:19,898 And a lot can happen in a year. 116 00:08:23,704 --> 00:08:25,303 JEFFREY KLUGER: The biggest justification 117 00:08:25,305 --> 00:08:27,205 for the Year In Space experiment 118 00:08:27,207 --> 00:08:29,941 is to see how well the human body can withstand 119 00:08:29,943 --> 00:08:32,077 long-term space travel. 120 00:08:35,682 --> 00:08:42,621 A trip to and from Mars would take, say, two and a half years. 121 00:08:42,623 --> 00:08:46,658 Getting to Mars requires multiple systems in NASA 122 00:08:46,660 --> 00:08:49,828 to be working at once. 123 00:08:49,830 --> 00:08:53,131 The system that's the most fragile and destructible of all, 124 00:08:53,133 --> 00:08:55,867 however, is the human body. 125 00:08:57,738 --> 00:09:00,105 ¶ 126 00:09:00,107 --> 00:09:02,507 SCOTT: NASA'S doing kind of a comparative study 127 00:09:02,509 --> 00:09:07,746 between my brother Mark and I, since we have very similar DNA. 128 00:09:07,748 --> 00:09:09,414 You know, that we're identical twins. 129 00:09:09,416 --> 00:09:12,417 This is, this thing is not meant to walk around in. 130 00:09:12,419 --> 00:09:14,452 WOMAN: No. 131 00:09:14,454 --> 00:09:16,688 MARK: While twins are born with the same genetic material, 132 00:09:16,690 --> 00:09:18,557 it changes over time. 133 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:20,659 And maybe it changes more rapidly in space 134 00:09:20,661 --> 00:09:22,394 than on Earth. 135 00:09:22,396 --> 00:09:24,930 MAN: You'll get tired soon. SCOTT: Yeah. 136 00:09:24,932 --> 00:09:28,066 SCOTT: Would I fly to Mars? 137 00:09:29,970 --> 00:09:32,804 Well, I wouldn't fly the one-way trip to Mars. 138 00:09:32,806 --> 00:09:36,274 [laughs] 139 00:09:36,276 --> 00:09:38,176 I don't know. 140 00:09:38,178 --> 00:09:40,845 Maybe I like Earth too much. 141 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,253 Yeah, but what you miss is the people. 142 00:09:48,255 --> 00:09:52,524 And then the weather. 143 00:09:52,526 --> 00:09:55,727 It's kind of like, well, it's going outside. 144 00:09:55,729 --> 00:09:59,130 You know, you never-- There's no sun on your face, 145 00:09:59,132 --> 00:10:01,967 you never feel this on my feet, this fire. 146 00:10:01,969 --> 00:10:04,803 You never feel this cool breeze. 147 00:10:04,805 --> 00:10:08,940 It's always exactly the same. 148 00:10:08,942 --> 00:10:10,809 AMIKO KAUDERER: You have your tunes, your headphones? 149 00:10:10,811 --> 00:10:12,510 SCOTT: Mm-hmm. 150 00:10:12,512 --> 00:10:18,617 ¶ 151 00:10:18,619 --> 00:10:20,018 Yeah. 152 00:10:22,923 --> 00:10:25,123 AMIKO: What did you say this morning that was funny, 153 00:10:25,125 --> 00:10:27,525 and I told you don't say that yet? 154 00:10:27,527 --> 00:10:28,460 God. 155 00:10:28,462 --> 00:10:31,496 What were we talking about? 156 00:10:31,498 --> 00:10:35,000 Oh, you said, when you said, "Goodbye, bed." 157 00:10:35,002 --> 00:10:35,934 SCOTT: Goodbye, bed. 158 00:10:35,936 --> 00:10:37,335 AMIKO: Goodbye, bed. 159 00:10:37,337 --> 00:10:40,205 SCOTT: I'm going to miss your silky smoothness. 160 00:10:40,207 --> 00:10:46,945 ¶ 161 00:10:46,947 --> 00:10:48,747 SAMANTHA KELLY: Can we be really quiet 162 00:10:48,749 --> 00:10:49,914 for a sound test real quick? 163 00:10:49,916 --> 00:10:50,849 CROWD: Shhh. 164 00:10:50,851 --> 00:10:53,885 WOMAN: Sound check! 165 00:10:53,887 --> 00:10:55,453 GABRIELLE GIFFORDS: Hello, Scott. 166 00:10:55,455 --> 00:10:59,190 MARK: Hey, Gabby and I just wanted to say "bon vayarge." 167 00:10:59,192 --> 00:11:00,492 How do you say that? 168 00:11:00,494 --> 00:11:02,060 Bon voyage. 169 00:11:02,062 --> 00:11:03,561 And we know you only have a couple more days 170 00:11:03,563 --> 00:11:04,596 here in the US, 171 00:11:04,598 --> 00:11:06,097 and then you're gone 172 00:11:06,099 --> 00:11:08,266 for, I don't know, like five years or something. 173 00:11:08,268 --> 00:11:10,001 CHARLOTTE KELLY: Hi, Dad. 174 00:11:10,003 --> 00:11:14,673 I'd like to wish you good luck on your trip. 175 00:11:14,675 --> 00:11:17,342 It's exciting, and you're going to be working. 176 00:11:17,344 --> 00:11:19,477 But remember to take in the view. 177 00:11:19,479 --> 00:11:21,046 I love you, Daddy. 178 00:11:22,749 --> 00:11:27,118 ¶ 179 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:30,822 [helicopter] 180 00:11:30,824 --> 00:11:34,693 ¶ 181 00:11:34,695 --> 00:11:41,166 ¶ 182 00:11:41,168 --> 00:11:42,967 KLUGER: Ever since the shuttle stood down, 183 00:11:42,969 --> 00:11:47,839 the US has no way to get astronauts into space. 184 00:11:47,841 --> 00:11:49,908 Baikonur is the only way you can get out of town 185 00:11:49,910 --> 00:11:52,510 if what you're talking about is getting off the Earth. 186 00:11:52,512 --> 00:11:58,783 ¶ 187 00:11:58,785 --> 00:12:01,686 If you grew up in the Cold War, 188 00:12:01,688 --> 00:12:05,890 this was as deep into what was perceived as the Death Star 189 00:12:05,892 --> 00:12:07,859 as it was possible to go. 190 00:12:07,861 --> 00:12:14,099 ¶ 191 00:12:14,101 --> 00:12:17,001 It was the place that gave us the Soviet dominance 192 00:12:17,003 --> 00:12:18,603 of the high ground of space, 193 00:12:18,605 --> 00:12:20,872 and it scared the daylights out of us. 194 00:12:20,874 --> 00:12:23,074 ¶ 195 00:12:23,076 --> 00:12:24,809 MAN: You may fire when ready. 196 00:12:29,883 --> 00:12:31,616 SCOTT: You know, at one time, 197 00:12:31,618 --> 00:12:37,088 this was not a place that was acknowledged to exist. 198 00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:40,592 When I was a lieutenant in the US Navy in the early '90s, 199 00:12:40,594 --> 00:12:42,794 I was flying an F-14 Tomcat, 200 00:12:42,796 --> 00:12:46,898 and our primary mission was to shoot down the Russian bomber. 201 00:12:46,900 --> 00:12:48,433 If we ever, you know, went to war, 202 00:12:48,435 --> 00:12:50,301 it was quite possible that we would have been, you know, 203 00:12:50,303 --> 00:12:53,238 fighting against one another. 204 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:59,077 ¶ 205 00:12:59,079 --> 00:13:02,180 The Soyuz, the word in Russian stands for "union," 206 00:13:02,182 --> 00:13:05,917 and we train in this one sometimes. 207 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:07,418 So there's three crew members in here. 208 00:13:07,420 --> 00:13:08,720 The seat I'm sitting in 209 00:13:08,722 --> 00:13:10,755 is for the main flight engineer, Misha Kornienko, 210 00:13:10,757 --> 00:13:12,023 that I'm going to be on the space station 211 00:13:12,025 --> 00:13:13,191 for a whole year with. 212 00:13:32,979 --> 00:13:36,681 SCOTT: You know, I've known him for 15 years, 213 00:13:36,683 --> 00:13:38,716 since I first started coming out here. 214 00:13:38,718 --> 00:13:40,985 I call him my brother from another mother. 215 00:13:40,987 --> 00:13:42,821 [laughs] 216 00:13:42,823 --> 00:13:46,491 And he thinks that's funny. 217 00:13:46,493 --> 00:13:52,063 There is obviously tension between the US and Russia. 218 00:13:52,065 --> 00:13:57,168 But it's not something that the crewmembers ever talk about. 219 00:13:57,170 --> 00:13:58,636 You know, we're not politicians, 220 00:13:58,638 --> 00:14:00,872 and we leave it to the politicians 221 00:14:00,874 --> 00:14:04,042 from our respective countries to do that for us. 222 00:14:04,044 --> 00:14:07,278 [camera shutters clicking] 223 00:14:15,755 --> 00:14:18,489 [camera shutters clicking] 224 00:14:18,491 --> 00:14:28,833 ¶ 225 00:14:28,835 --> 00:14:30,401 KLUGER: Preparing to go to space, 226 00:14:30,403 --> 00:14:32,136 especially for a year, 227 00:14:32,138 --> 00:14:36,374 is an exercise in serial leave-taking. 228 00:14:36,376 --> 00:14:39,377 You go from your home, to Russia, 229 00:14:39,379 --> 00:14:42,881 to the hermetically sealed environment of your spacecraft, 230 00:14:42,883 --> 00:14:46,885 until finally you go to orbit. 231 00:14:46,887 --> 00:14:51,856 Step by step, you decouple from what's familiar on Earth. 232 00:14:51,858 --> 00:14:53,958 Step by step, you decouple 233 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,127 from the world you know. 234 00:14:56,129 --> 00:14:58,796 ¶ 235 00:15:11,711 --> 00:15:13,211 SAMANTHA: I was asking him, I'm like, 236 00:15:13,213 --> 00:15:14,746 are the nerves getting to you, are you getting excited? 237 00:15:14,748 --> 00:15:16,147 And he was like, 238 00:15:16,149 --> 00:15:17,181 "You know, if I'm nervous, 239 00:15:17,183 --> 00:15:18,549 it's not for the launch, 240 00:15:18,551 --> 00:15:20,718 you know, it's for being away for a year, 241 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:22,887 being away from you and your sister and Amiko 242 00:15:22,889 --> 00:15:24,188 and my brother for a year." 243 00:15:24,190 --> 00:15:28,826 ¶ 244 00:15:30,830 --> 00:15:37,335 ¶ 245 00:15:37,337 --> 00:15:39,337 AMIKO: Here they come. MAN: Cameras at the ready. 246 00:15:39,339 --> 00:15:48,012 ¶ 247 00:15:48,014 --> 00:15:52,784 [crowd cheering] 248 00:15:52,786 --> 00:16:03,294 ¶ 249 00:16:03,296 --> 00:16:05,797 [intercom chatter] 250 00:16:05,799 --> 00:16:08,967 ¶ 251 00:16:08,969 --> 00:16:11,102 RUSSIAN ANNOUNCER: Contact. 252 00:16:11,104 --> 00:16:13,204 Everything is fine. 253 00:16:13,206 --> 00:16:15,673 NASA ANNOUNCER: And contact and capture confirmed. 254 00:16:15,675 --> 00:16:17,842 The one year crew has arrived. 255 00:16:17,844 --> 00:16:19,477 [laughter] 256 00:16:19,479 --> 00:16:22,547 VIRTS: Coming in together? Scott, welcome to space, man. 257 00:16:22,549 --> 00:16:30,088 [cosmonauts speaking Russian] 258 00:16:30,090 --> 00:16:36,928 [overlapping conversations] 259 00:16:36,930 --> 00:16:38,963 NASA ANNOUNCER: All crew members now aboard 260 00:16:38,965 --> 00:16:41,199 the International Space Station. 261 00:16:41,201 --> 00:16:55,213 ¶ 262 00:16:55,215 --> 00:17:08,860 ¶ 263 00:17:08,862 --> 00:17:10,762 SCOTT: When I got here, 264 00:17:10,764 --> 00:17:13,431 it almost felt like I had never left. 265 00:17:16,770 --> 00:17:21,773 It's amazing how your body remembers actually being here. 266 00:17:21,775 --> 00:17:26,644 ¶ 267 00:17:26,646 --> 00:17:29,680 KLUGER: Astronauts who have been to the space station before 268 00:17:29,682 --> 00:17:31,382 and come back to it 269 00:17:31,384 --> 00:17:33,151 experience a high at first. 270 00:17:33,153 --> 00:17:34,352 It's a homecoming. 271 00:17:34,354 --> 00:17:36,521 It's a place they feel sentimental about, 272 00:17:36,523 --> 00:17:39,857 even though it's just a gigantic machine. 273 00:17:59,579 --> 00:18:00,578 RADIO ANNOUNCER: Scott, good morning! 274 00:18:00,580 --> 00:18:01,512 SCOTT: Good morning to you. 275 00:18:01,514 --> 00:18:02,413 I'm not sure where you are. 276 00:18:02,415 --> 00:18:04,215 You might be in Los Angeles. 277 00:18:04,217 --> 00:18:07,452 But greetings to you there in the US. 278 00:18:07,454 --> 00:18:10,021 RADIO ANNOUNCER: Washington, DC, Scott! 279 00:18:10,023 --> 00:18:13,224 You won't return to Earth until the spring of 2016! 280 00:18:13,226 --> 00:18:17,895 How far away does that seem to you, Scott? 281 00:18:17,897 --> 00:18:19,163 SCOTT: Well, I'm trying not to think 282 00:18:19,165 --> 00:18:20,498 about how far away that is, 283 00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:24,001 'cause it is pretty far. 284 00:18:24,003 --> 00:18:25,369 A friend of mine suggested 285 00:18:25,371 --> 00:18:27,805 maybe it's better to count up versus counting down. 286 00:18:27,807 --> 00:18:29,941 Haven't started doing that yet, either. 287 00:18:29,943 --> 00:18:31,209 I live and work here now. 288 00:18:31,211 --> 00:18:32,777 I'm going to be here for a long time, 289 00:18:32,779 --> 00:18:36,514 and as such, I just kind of have to pace myself. 290 00:18:36,516 --> 00:18:41,652 ¶ 291 00:18:41,654 --> 00:18:44,222 It was interesting seeing how the space station, 292 00:18:44,224 --> 00:18:47,892 by and large, does not look like it aged four years 293 00:18:47,894 --> 00:18:50,094 since I was here last. 294 00:18:52,832 --> 00:18:54,432 You know, I often try to describe 295 00:18:54,434 --> 00:18:56,601 what this space station is like, 296 00:18:56,603 --> 00:19:01,139 and you know, the engineering miracle that it is. 297 00:19:04,077 --> 00:19:06,210 It's one of the most complicated things 298 00:19:06,212 --> 00:19:08,646 that we as humans have ever built. 299 00:19:08,648 --> 00:19:11,549 CRISTOFORETTI: Sorry, Scott, I'm sorry. 300 00:19:11,551 --> 00:19:12,750 SCOTT: It's a million pounds, 301 00:19:12,752 --> 00:19:15,353 over the size of a football field. 302 00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:21,659 KLUGER: The space station is made principally 303 00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:26,130 of 15 different modules. 304 00:19:26,132 --> 00:19:28,733 There's a US segment at one end, 305 00:19:28,735 --> 00:19:32,837 and a Russia segment at the other end. 306 00:19:32,839 --> 00:19:36,674 But it's all part of a single integrated whole. 307 00:19:36,676 --> 00:19:38,075 MAN: Any words for the camera? 308 00:19:38,077 --> 00:19:40,011 KLUGER: The personnel aboard the space station 309 00:19:40,013 --> 00:19:41,979 is an always changing thing. 310 00:19:45,652 --> 00:19:47,318 KLUGER: Three new people come up. 311 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,987 Three existing people will go down. 312 00:19:54,561 --> 00:19:57,395 The first few days on the space station 313 00:19:57,397 --> 00:20:00,765 an astronaut has to acclimate to the minute-by-minute, 314 00:20:00,767 --> 00:20:03,901 almost nanosecond-by-nanosecond schedule. 315 00:20:03,903 --> 00:20:06,871 ¶ Snap back to reality, oh, there goes gravity ¶ 316 00:20:06,873 --> 00:20:08,439 ¶ Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked ¶ 317 00:20:08,441 --> 00:20:09,640 ¶ He's so mad, but he... ¶ 318 00:20:09,642 --> 00:20:11,842 SCOTT: So far today, for me personally, 319 00:20:11,844 --> 00:20:16,681 I had some exercise, my first of two exercise sessions. 320 00:20:16,683 --> 00:20:19,483 And then I did some research. 321 00:20:19,485 --> 00:20:20,818 MAN ON INTERCOM: There's a point where there's 322 00:20:20,820 --> 00:20:24,555 a certain acceleration where the fluid starts to move. 323 00:20:24,557 --> 00:20:29,060 And that's what we're really interested in. 324 00:20:29,062 --> 00:20:33,931 SCOTT: While I'm here we'll do over 400 different experiments. 325 00:20:33,933 --> 00:20:36,934 The pace of work at times can be hectic. 326 00:20:36,936 --> 00:20:39,003 We're operators of the equipment. 327 00:20:39,005 --> 00:20:41,706 VIRTS: You got a hot trigger? 328 00:20:41,708 --> 00:20:43,140 SCOTT: We're the housekeeper, 329 00:20:43,142 --> 00:20:44,809 the person that cleans the place. 330 00:20:44,811 --> 00:20:46,244 What are you doing there, Terry? 331 00:20:48,514 --> 00:20:51,148 SCOTT: Sometimes you're fixing things. 332 00:20:51,150 --> 00:20:54,619 Sometimes your days might be devoted to a lot of science. 333 00:20:54,621 --> 00:20:57,255 MAN ON INTERCOM: Yeah, we like that plan moving forward, Scott. 334 00:20:57,257 --> 00:20:58,289 SCOTT: This morning I was doing 335 00:20:58,291 --> 00:21:00,124 an experiment called Spheres 336 00:21:00,126 --> 00:21:03,427 that uses these small satellites and control algorithms 337 00:21:03,429 --> 00:21:05,563 that, you know try to understand 338 00:21:05,565 --> 00:21:07,999 how to control satellites in space. 339 00:21:08,001 --> 00:21:17,174 ¶ 340 00:21:17,176 --> 00:21:21,212 The blue satellite returned 101, and the red satellite said OK. 341 00:21:21,214 --> 00:21:22,680 MAN: Great. 342 00:21:22,682 --> 00:21:24,448 We're going to get some great data out of this. 343 00:21:24,450 --> 00:21:26,150 We're good to keep moving forward. 344 00:21:26,152 --> 00:21:28,119 SCOTT: Misha sleeps in the US segment 345 00:21:28,121 --> 00:21:31,088 and the cosmonauts do some activities down here, 346 00:21:31,090 --> 00:21:34,091 but for the most part we just kind of wave in passing. 347 00:21:37,397 --> 00:21:38,829 Are you filming this? 348 00:21:38,831 --> 00:21:40,464 VIRTS: Yeah. SCOTT: OK. 349 00:21:40,466 --> 00:21:42,700 I see we got some creamed spinach, 350 00:21:42,702 --> 00:21:46,837 asparagus, and grilled chicken. 351 00:21:46,839 --> 00:21:48,639 It's going to go on a tortilla. 352 00:21:48,641 --> 00:21:50,341 Go ahead, Samantha. 353 00:21:50,343 --> 00:21:51,475 Yeah. 354 00:21:51,477 --> 00:21:52,343 We have Russian food. 355 00:21:52,345 --> 00:21:53,944 We have some European food. 356 00:21:53,946 --> 00:21:55,579 I have a Japanese crewmember 357 00:21:55,581 --> 00:21:57,014 that will be getting up here next month, 358 00:21:57,016 --> 00:22:02,186 and we'll have some Japanese food when he gets here. 359 00:22:02,188 --> 00:22:04,855 Ah. 360 00:22:04,857 --> 00:22:08,893 Can't let the little droplets get too far. 361 00:22:13,900 --> 00:22:15,866 Surface tension is very important. 362 00:22:15,868 --> 00:22:17,635 If we didn't have surface tension in space, 363 00:22:17,637 --> 00:22:20,538 we'd be in big trouble in a lot of areas. 364 00:22:20,540 --> 00:22:21,972 Am I in this? 365 00:22:21,974 --> 00:22:23,174 VIRTS: You are in this. Yes. 366 00:22:23,176 --> 00:22:25,242 SCOTT: Hmm. 367 00:22:25,244 --> 00:22:29,613 She got the... she got the fancy stuff. 368 00:22:29,615 --> 00:22:31,415 Hers is made by a chef. 369 00:22:31,417 --> 00:22:32,683 CRISTOFORETTI: Yeah. 370 00:22:32,685 --> 00:22:34,885 SCOTT: And is best before July 2016. 371 00:22:34,887 --> 00:22:39,724 This is probably best before July 2013. 372 00:22:39,726 --> 00:22:40,891 [laughs] 373 00:22:40,893 --> 00:22:47,732 ¶ 374 00:22:47,734 --> 00:22:49,200 VIRTS: Stuff. 375 00:22:49,202 --> 00:22:51,168 It's a module full of stuff. 376 00:22:51,170 --> 00:22:52,703 Kind of our basement. 377 00:22:52,705 --> 00:22:55,873 KLUGER: Every single bit of cargo in that spacecraft 378 00:22:55,875 --> 00:22:58,642 is measured down to the ounce. 379 00:22:58,644 --> 00:23:01,545 Every payload that comes up is essential. 380 00:23:01,547 --> 00:23:03,848 VIRTS: Wet trash bags. Disinfectant wipes. 381 00:23:03,850 --> 00:23:07,184 Hygiene towels are what you use to take a shower with. 382 00:23:07,186 --> 00:23:08,886 I need a washcloth. You get one a week. 383 00:23:08,888 --> 00:23:10,588 Come in here and grab a washcloth. 384 00:23:10,590 --> 00:23:13,290 KLUGER: There's not a single piece of equipment, 385 00:23:13,292 --> 00:23:16,627 food, or clothing aboard the International Space Station 386 00:23:16,629 --> 00:23:19,497 that didn't have to get there by a rocket. 387 00:23:21,734 --> 00:23:24,502 You don't know what's going to happen 388 00:23:24,504 --> 00:23:26,337 until that rocket takes off. 389 00:23:26,339 --> 00:23:29,006 There is a real and measurable chance 390 00:23:29,008 --> 00:23:30,674 it won't get there at all. 391 00:23:30,676 --> 00:23:32,543 NASA ANNOUNCER: Good day from the International Space Station 392 00:23:32,545 --> 00:23:35,679 Flight Control Room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. 393 00:23:35,681 --> 00:23:36,847 You are looking live 394 00:23:36,849 --> 00:23:39,550 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, 395 00:23:39,552 --> 00:23:42,753 where a Soyuz booster rocket is poised for launch 396 00:23:42,755 --> 00:23:45,389 to deliver more than three tons of supplies 397 00:23:45,391 --> 00:23:50,494 for the expedition crew aboard the International Space Station. 398 00:23:50,496 --> 00:23:54,098 3...2...1... 399 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:56,500 Maximum thrust, and lift-off. 400 00:23:56,502 --> 00:24:02,807 ¶ 401 00:24:07,346 --> 00:24:09,280 The flight of the Progress 59, 402 00:24:09,282 --> 00:24:11,482 the launch and ascent and climb to orbit 403 00:24:11,484 --> 00:24:13,184 all was nominal. 404 00:24:13,186 --> 00:24:18,556 But a series of telemetry problems were detected... 405 00:24:18,558 --> 00:24:21,959 and no docking attempt will be made. 406 00:24:23,463 --> 00:24:25,262 SCOTT: Initially we were hopeful that, you know, 407 00:24:25,264 --> 00:24:26,764 the Russian Space Agency 408 00:24:26,766 --> 00:24:28,632 was going to be able to figure out the problem 409 00:24:28,634 --> 00:24:35,539 and, you know, get that resupply ship here. 410 00:24:35,541 --> 00:24:38,843 But we plan for these kind of failures. 411 00:24:41,914 --> 00:24:43,948 MARK: There are extra supplies aboard 412 00:24:43,950 --> 00:24:45,616 the International Space Station. 413 00:24:45,618 --> 00:24:51,021 Losing one spacecraft, you know, isn't... 414 00:24:51,023 --> 00:24:52,223 you know, it's a big deal, 415 00:24:52,225 --> 00:24:54,158 but it is not the end of the world. 416 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,760 [speaking Russian] 417 00:24:56,762 --> 00:24:58,195 VIRTS: That was a Russian ship, 418 00:24:58,197 --> 00:24:59,730 so most of the equipment was for them, 419 00:24:59,732 --> 00:25:00,998 most of the food was for them, 420 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,100 so we've been sharing as much as we can. 421 00:25:03,102 --> 00:25:04,802 SCOTT: The one issue, though, is fresh food. 422 00:25:04,804 --> 00:25:07,071 VIRTS: How is it, Anton? ANTON SHKAPLEROV: Oh, very cold. 423 00:25:07,073 --> 00:25:09,540 SCOTT: We don't have things that are fresh very often. 424 00:25:09,542 --> 00:25:11,809 It's only when we get a resupply ship. 425 00:25:11,811 --> 00:25:13,344 And that stuff doesn't last very long. 426 00:25:13,346 --> 00:25:16,747 So we really look forward to that. 427 00:25:16,749 --> 00:25:19,216 We have to keep pressing forward with, you know, 428 00:25:19,218 --> 00:25:20,851 the resources we have, 429 00:25:20,853 --> 00:25:24,488 and that's what we're doing here on board the space station. 430 00:25:24,490 --> 00:25:37,034 ¶ 431 00:25:37,036 --> 00:25:40,871 ¶ 432 00:25:40,873 --> 00:25:43,140 The science that we're doing on Misha and I 433 00:25:43,142 --> 00:25:47,311 is to understand how we can live and work in space 434 00:25:47,313 --> 00:25:52,883 for longer periods of time so we can eventually go to Mars. 435 00:25:52,885 --> 00:25:54,285 When you've been in space a long time, 436 00:25:54,287 --> 00:25:56,820 you can try stuff like this. 437 00:25:59,692 --> 00:26:01,926 We need to understand better 438 00:26:01,928 --> 00:26:07,197 the bone loss, the muscle loss that occurs in microgravity. 439 00:26:07,199 --> 00:26:09,333 Ahh! Almost. 440 00:26:09,335 --> 00:26:10,901 [laughs] 441 00:26:10,903 --> 00:26:13,504 I will make it down to the end one of these days. 442 00:26:13,506 --> 00:26:16,473 You know, sometimes I think I feel completely normal. 443 00:26:16,475 --> 00:26:19,877 But then the next day I think, you know, I don't. 444 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,293 [laughs] 445 00:26:37,763 --> 00:26:40,331 SCOTT: There's effects on our vestibular system, 446 00:26:40,333 --> 00:26:43,167 effects on our brain and our cognition, 447 00:26:43,169 --> 00:26:45,035 and how, you know, what is our ability 448 00:26:45,037 --> 00:26:47,605 to perform very complicated, you know, tasks 449 00:26:47,607 --> 00:26:49,173 that involve a lot of concentration. 450 00:26:49,175 --> 00:26:51,742 How does that change over longer periods of time in space? 451 00:26:51,744 --> 00:26:52,776 When do I stop spinning? 452 00:26:52,778 --> 00:26:54,712 It doesn't really say that. 453 00:26:54,714 --> 00:26:58,349 MAN ON INTERCOM: Two minutes, Scott. 454 00:26:58,351 --> 00:27:01,819 SCOTT: These are ice bricks to keep our human samples, 455 00:27:01,821 --> 00:27:03,787 blood and other things, cold 456 00:27:03,789 --> 00:27:05,923 when we return them back to Earth. 457 00:27:05,925 --> 00:27:07,925 We need to understand better 458 00:27:07,927 --> 00:27:11,328 the effects of radiation on our DNA. 459 00:27:13,833 --> 00:27:16,667 You know, we get a lot of radiation up here, 460 00:27:16,669 --> 00:27:18,769 but hopefully, you know, we'll come to know a lot more 461 00:27:18,771 --> 00:27:21,839 about being in space for a really long time. 462 00:27:23,643 --> 00:27:30,514 ¶ 463 00:27:30,516 --> 00:27:31,915 MARK: The thing that I worry about, 464 00:27:31,917 --> 00:27:33,751 and I think my brother probably thinks about, 465 00:27:33,753 --> 00:27:37,354 "What's the radiation dose?" 466 00:27:37,356 --> 00:27:41,992 What's the impact of that over the next 40 years? 467 00:27:41,994 --> 00:27:43,661 I mean, is that going to result 468 00:27:43,663 --> 00:27:47,798 in him getting some kind of cancer? 469 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,534 It's the big unknown. 470 00:27:50,536 --> 00:27:52,169 But that's a choice he made, 471 00:27:52,171 --> 00:27:55,439 you know, to further science, to further our space program. 472 00:27:55,441 --> 00:27:59,376 I wouldn't normally do this, but the fact that my brother... 473 00:27:59,378 --> 00:28:02,146 Well, this is new. 474 00:28:02,148 --> 00:28:03,714 All right, you're gonna have to give me a little lesson. 475 00:28:03,716 --> 00:28:06,016 MALE VOICE: Push very firmly with a thumb on the plunger 476 00:28:06,018 --> 00:28:07,651 to activate the needle shield. 477 00:28:07,653 --> 00:28:09,286 SCOTT: Hmm. OK. 478 00:28:09,288 --> 00:28:10,587 The stuff that involves my brother 479 00:28:10,589 --> 00:28:12,690 is in most cases genetic-based. 480 00:28:12,692 --> 00:28:14,491 So it's samples, blood, urine, 481 00:28:14,493 --> 00:28:17,394 other samples that our bodies give off. 482 00:28:17,396 --> 00:28:19,963 MARK: You got a little alcohol swab? 483 00:28:24,970 --> 00:28:26,270 SCOTT: Ow. 484 00:28:29,075 --> 00:28:31,241 MARK: Done! 485 00:28:31,243 --> 00:28:32,876 DAN HUOT: If you don't mind, I mean, I'll jump right in. 486 00:28:32,878 --> 00:28:35,679 We've gotten a lot of questions over the last week 487 00:28:35,681 --> 00:28:38,882 obviously in the wake of the loss of the cargo vehicle. 488 00:28:38,884 --> 00:28:41,085 How are the supply levels looking for you guys 489 00:28:41,087 --> 00:28:43,120 on board the International Space Station? 490 00:28:43,122 --> 00:28:44,455 SCOTT: I'm still consciously thinking 491 00:28:44,457 --> 00:28:48,425 about, you know, maybe using all the food we have. 492 00:28:48,427 --> 00:28:52,596 Water, I'm definitely thinking about that. 493 00:28:52,598 --> 00:28:56,233 Um, you know, of course, if we had any further delays 494 00:28:56,235 --> 00:28:57,768 in our resupplies, 495 00:28:57,770 --> 00:29:00,671 then, you know, we'd have some issues. 496 00:29:00,673 --> 00:29:05,776 LAUNCH CONTROLLER: Five, four, three, two, one. 497 00:29:05,778 --> 00:29:09,680 Ignition sequence start... 498 00:29:09,682 --> 00:29:13,617 and lift-off of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. 499 00:29:17,623 --> 00:29:20,457 T plus two minutes. 500 00:29:20,459 --> 00:29:24,027 Altitude, 32 kilometers; speed, one kilometer per second; 501 00:29:24,029 --> 00:29:26,230 down range distance 13 kilometers. 502 00:29:33,706 --> 00:29:39,042 And we appear to have had a launch vehicle failure. 503 00:29:39,044 --> 00:29:42,713 Standing by for some information. 504 00:29:42,715 --> 00:29:52,990 ¶ 505 00:29:52,992 --> 00:29:55,125 MARK: That was a big deal for a number of reasons. 506 00:29:55,127 --> 00:29:57,661 We lost all the food and the supplies. 507 00:29:57,663 --> 00:30:00,697 So now the crew members get into the position 508 00:30:00,699 --> 00:30:04,168 of really having to start to think about, you know, 509 00:30:04,170 --> 00:30:05,602 we're getting to the point 510 00:30:05,604 --> 00:30:07,671 where we might have to start rationing our food. 511 00:30:07,673 --> 00:30:09,840 SCOTT: Creamed spinach... 512 00:30:09,842 --> 00:30:12,576 KLUGER: Scott's now been in space for three months... 513 00:30:12,578 --> 00:30:14,578 VIRTS: A cloud of creamed spinach. 514 00:30:14,580 --> 00:30:16,380 KLUGER: ...and already he's been aboard 515 00:30:16,382 --> 00:30:18,649 for two disasters. 516 00:30:18,651 --> 00:30:22,853 Either Scott's mission is badly snake-bit, 517 00:30:22,855 --> 00:30:28,559 or this was just two unrelated bits of bad luck. 518 00:30:28,561 --> 00:30:31,228 Either way, he's now flying 519 00:30:31,230 --> 00:30:33,964 on a undersupplied space station, 520 00:30:33,966 --> 00:30:37,434 and he has to be aboard for nine more months. 521 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:42,840 CONTROLLER: Station, Houston on two for Scott 522 00:30:42,842 --> 00:30:45,576 with regard to late notice of conjunction. 523 00:30:45,578 --> 00:30:47,211 SCOTT: Go ahead on two, Jay. 524 00:30:47,213 --> 00:30:48,745 CONTROLLER: Scott, we wanted to synch up with you 525 00:30:48,747 --> 00:30:50,747 and the entire crew here. 526 00:30:50,749 --> 00:30:53,283 We'll get you what we have at the moment 527 00:30:53,285 --> 00:30:56,453 in preparation for you closing hatches. 528 00:30:56,455 --> 00:30:57,988 NASA ANNOUNCER: Earlier this morning there was 529 00:30:57,990 --> 00:31:00,390 a late notification of a possible conjunction 530 00:31:00,392 --> 00:31:03,093 with a piece of space debris 531 00:31:03,095 --> 00:31:06,063 identified as an old Russian satellite. 532 00:31:06,065 --> 00:31:07,698 KLUGER: Ever since the first satellite launched 533 00:31:07,700 --> 00:31:09,533 in 1957, 534 00:31:09,535 --> 00:31:12,269 we've been leaving junk in space. 535 00:31:12,271 --> 00:31:15,339 There's now a massive debris belt circling the Earth 536 00:31:15,341 --> 00:31:18,976 made up of millions of particles of various sizes. 537 00:31:18,978 --> 00:31:22,479 NASA tracks the bigger ones, the most dangerous ones, 538 00:31:22,481 --> 00:31:23,914 and is always alert 539 00:31:23,916 --> 00:31:27,351 to when one might be threatening the space station. 540 00:31:27,353 --> 00:31:28,719 MARK: You think the getting there 541 00:31:28,721 --> 00:31:31,521 and the coming back are the most dangerous parts. 542 00:31:31,523 --> 00:31:34,725 And intuitively, it feels like it is. 543 00:31:34,727 --> 00:31:36,226 Statistically for him, 544 00:31:36,228 --> 00:31:39,196 the most dangerous part is while he's in space. 545 00:31:39,198 --> 00:31:41,331 When you're in space for a year, 546 00:31:41,333 --> 00:31:45,168 the risk of having a fire on board, or an ammonia leak, 547 00:31:45,170 --> 00:31:48,505 or having orbital debris hitting the space station, 548 00:31:48,507 --> 00:31:50,874 that's the highest risk. 549 00:31:50,876 --> 00:31:53,543 SCOTT: The space station is fragile. 550 00:31:53,545 --> 00:31:56,613 If it did get hit with something going really fast, very large, 551 00:31:56,615 --> 00:31:58,482 it could do some damage. 552 00:32:03,822 --> 00:32:06,456 How about relative velocity. Any idea? 553 00:32:09,395 --> 00:32:12,696 CONTROLLER: Closing velocity of 14 kilometers per second. 554 00:32:15,467 --> 00:32:19,236 KLUGER: When the space station is in any way facing danger, 555 00:32:19,238 --> 00:32:23,206 the astronauts must shelter in place. 556 00:32:23,208 --> 00:32:26,410 They have to climb inside their Soyuz, 557 00:32:26,412 --> 00:32:28,145 close all the hatches, 558 00:32:28,147 --> 00:32:31,615 and be prepared to bail out if the worst happens. 559 00:32:31,617 --> 00:32:33,850 [speaking Russian] 560 00:32:33,852 --> 00:32:45,429 ¶ 561 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:49,800 NASA ANNOUNCER: Flight controllers standing by 562 00:32:49,802 --> 00:32:51,468 here in Mission Control. 563 00:32:51,470 --> 00:32:54,705 Just 30 seconds to go until the time of closest approach. 564 00:33:03,382 --> 00:33:12,356 ¶ 565 00:33:12,358 --> 00:33:21,298 ¶ 566 00:33:39,885 --> 00:33:53,296 ¶ 567 00:33:53,298 --> 00:33:56,133 SCOTT: I don't know how many days we've been here. 568 00:33:59,838 --> 00:34:02,739 There's a sense of like a loss of freedom, 569 00:34:02,741 --> 00:34:06,143 and you definitely get a sense that, you know, you're here 570 00:34:06,145 --> 00:34:09,279 and you're not leaving for a long time. 571 00:34:09,281 --> 00:34:14,451 ¶ 572 00:34:14,453 --> 00:34:19,122 Last night, we had some incredible aurora outside. 573 00:34:23,128 --> 00:34:25,996 Like none I've ever seen before. 574 00:34:25,998 --> 00:34:33,336 ¶ 575 00:34:33,338 --> 00:34:36,373 So, you know, what's Earth? 576 00:34:36,375 --> 00:34:39,543 I kind of forgot what it's like to live down there, 577 00:34:39,545 --> 00:34:41,645 it seems like. 578 00:34:41,647 --> 00:34:46,049 And I'm being sincere! 579 00:34:46,051 --> 00:34:49,219 There are certain, like, senses and things that I'm, like, 580 00:34:49,221 --> 00:34:52,422 wow, that seems like so, so, long ago. 581 00:34:52,424 --> 00:34:54,324 [splash] 582 00:34:54,326 --> 00:34:55,592 [crowd roars] 583 00:34:55,594 --> 00:34:56,359 OBAMA: Higher wages... 584 00:34:56,361 --> 00:34:57,160 [speaking Russian] 585 00:34:57,162 --> 00:34:58,495 [clock ticking] 586 00:34:58,497 --> 00:35:00,330 SCOTT: And, you know, I also look at it 587 00:35:00,332 --> 00:35:03,900 like I have a long ways ahead of me, too. 588 00:35:03,902 --> 00:35:06,103 LESTER HOLT: Chaos in the streets as riot police... 589 00:35:06,105 --> 00:35:18,448 ¶ 590 00:35:18,450 --> 00:35:20,417 AMIKO: I wake up thinking about him. 591 00:35:20,419 --> 00:35:24,888 I go to bed thinking about him. 592 00:35:24,890 --> 00:35:30,360 I talk to him every day, at least once. 593 00:35:30,362 --> 00:35:31,394 We're in the middle of a conversation. 594 00:35:31,396 --> 00:35:32,696 He goes, "Hey, look." 595 00:35:32,698 --> 00:35:33,597 I should be flying over Houston soon." 596 00:35:33,599 --> 00:35:34,431 And I was like, "Oh, cool." 597 00:35:34,433 --> 00:35:35,799 So I ran outside. 598 00:35:35,801 --> 00:35:37,000 I had my little footies on, you know. 599 00:35:37,002 --> 00:35:38,668 Run outside, and I'm standing on the patio, 600 00:35:38,670 --> 00:35:39,970 and we're just having this conversation, 601 00:35:39,972 --> 00:35:41,905 and I'm looking, looking, and looking. 602 00:35:41,907 --> 00:35:43,473 And then all of a sudden, I see it, 603 00:35:43,475 --> 00:35:45,108 and I'm just jumping up and down, you know, 604 00:35:45,110 --> 00:35:47,010 like "I see you, I see you, I see you!" 605 00:35:50,716 --> 00:35:55,085 I like to take videos-- really short little clips 606 00:35:55,087 --> 00:35:57,988 because I recall certain things that he talked about missing. 607 00:35:57,990 --> 00:36:01,091 I'm in Memorial Park going for a bike ride. 608 00:36:01,093 --> 00:36:02,559 He even talked about this recently. 609 00:36:02,561 --> 00:36:04,694 He was talking about he missed the weather 610 00:36:04,696 --> 00:36:06,129 and he missed the rain. 611 00:36:06,131 --> 00:36:09,866 And so one morning it was just a deluge, 612 00:36:09,868 --> 00:36:13,203 and so I just ran outside, stuck my feet out, 613 00:36:13,205 --> 00:36:14,704 and just recorded the rain. 614 00:36:14,706 --> 00:36:16,873 It's a beautiful rainy day here in Houston. 615 00:36:16,875 --> 00:36:23,413 [rain falling] 616 00:36:32,658 --> 00:36:33,790 CONTROLLER: Station, this is Houston. 617 00:36:33,792 --> 00:36:37,460 Are you ready for the event? 618 00:36:37,462 --> 00:36:39,596 SCOTT: We are ready for the event. 619 00:36:39,598 --> 00:36:40,997 INTERVIEWER: Hey, thanks a lot. 620 00:36:40,999 --> 00:36:43,266 Really appreciate you taking the time to chat with us today. 621 00:36:43,268 --> 00:36:45,835 And, Scott, I think I'm going to start with you. 622 00:36:45,837 --> 00:36:48,538 I mean, how important is tomorrow's Japanese HTV launch 623 00:36:48,540 --> 00:36:51,341 to build up the station's reserves again? 624 00:36:51,343 --> 00:36:54,911 SCOTT: Yeah, it's pretty important. 625 00:36:54,913 --> 00:36:57,113 You know, if for some reason HTV didn't get here, 626 00:36:57,115 --> 00:37:00,050 we'd get pretty low on certain consumables. 627 00:37:02,054 --> 00:37:05,288 So, it is a very important launch for us coming up. 628 00:37:05,290 --> 00:37:06,756 JAPANESE ANNOUNCER: We have a lift-off 629 00:37:06,758 --> 00:37:09,259 of the HTV launch vehicle number 5 630 00:37:09,261 --> 00:37:11,962 at 8:50:49 PM 631 00:37:11,964 --> 00:37:16,099 on August 19, 2015, Japan standard time. 632 00:37:17,336 --> 00:37:26,743 ¶ 633 00:37:26,745 --> 00:37:36,186 ¶ 634 00:37:36,188 --> 00:37:38,888 KIMIYA YUI: OK, everything looks good. 635 00:37:38,890 --> 00:37:41,558 KJELL LINDGREN: The light is essentially centered 636 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:43,193 on the circle, 637 00:37:43,195 --> 00:37:46,396 and the circle is essentially centered on the corridor center. 638 00:37:46,398 --> 00:37:48,198 CONTROLLER: Our capture prep is confirmed, 639 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,634 and we are ready for HTV capture. 640 00:37:50,636 --> 00:37:56,373 ¶ 641 00:37:56,375 --> 00:38:00,644 And three meters and closing. 642 00:38:00,646 --> 00:38:02,045 Capture confirmed. 643 00:38:02,047 --> 00:38:03,446 [cheering] 644 00:38:03,448 --> 00:38:06,516 HTV-5 delivering over four and a half tons of supplies 645 00:38:06,518 --> 00:38:08,818 to the International Space Station. 646 00:38:08,820 --> 00:38:16,693 ¶ 647 00:38:16,695 --> 00:38:19,095 SCOTT: Space has its own unique smell. 648 00:38:21,533 --> 00:38:24,601 Whenever a vehicle docks, the smell of space 649 00:38:24,603 --> 00:38:29,472 when you open up the hatch is very distinct. 650 00:38:29,474 --> 00:38:31,341 [laughter] 651 00:38:32,944 --> 00:38:35,078 SCOTT: It's kind of like a burning metal smell, 652 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:39,616 if you could imagine what that would smell like. 653 00:38:39,618 --> 00:38:43,687 [foil crinkling] 654 00:38:43,689 --> 00:38:47,257 P-106 to J-106 on the node-2 side. 655 00:38:47,259 --> 00:38:48,425 LINDGREN: So node-2 side first. 656 00:38:48,427 --> 00:38:50,827 SCOTT: Yeah. 657 00:38:50,829 --> 00:38:53,063 We just got the new supplies, 658 00:38:53,065 --> 00:38:56,900 and it really helped with regards to our provisioning. 659 00:39:05,477 --> 00:39:07,110 SCOTT: Look up. 660 00:39:07,112 --> 00:39:08,478 LINDGREN: Come on, everybody! 661 00:39:32,637 --> 00:39:34,070 SCOTT: So, I've been craving 662 00:39:34,072 --> 00:39:36,072 a corned beef and cabbage sandwich 663 00:39:36,074 --> 00:39:37,640 from the Carnegie Deli in New York City. 664 00:39:37,642 --> 00:39:39,175 SERGEY VOLKOV: Have you been to that New York Pizza place 665 00:39:39,177 --> 00:39:40,643 down in... 666 00:39:40,645 --> 00:39:42,479 PADALKA: Do you remember that German Restaurant? 667 00:39:42,481 --> 00:39:44,381 SCOTT: You done? 668 00:39:44,383 --> 00:39:46,349 INTERVIEWER: I want to start out by asking you 669 00:39:46,351 --> 00:39:49,586 to what extent do you see your job 670 00:39:49,588 --> 00:39:52,222 as building the case for space exploration? 671 00:39:52,224 --> 00:39:55,058 SCOTT: Well, you know we have a lot of jobs up here. 672 00:39:55,060 --> 00:39:56,760 Being the ambassador for space flight 673 00:39:56,762 --> 00:39:58,595 is also one of them, and it's important. 674 00:39:58,597 --> 00:40:01,731 And we have, you know, a unique perspective up here. 675 00:40:01,733 --> 00:40:03,400 CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Station, this is CNN, 676 00:40:03,402 --> 00:40:04,734 how do you hear me? 677 00:40:04,736 --> 00:40:05,502 SCOTT:e hear you loud and clear... 678 00:40:05,504 --> 00:40:06,035 loud and clear... 679 00:40:06,037 --> 00:40:06,770 loud and clear. 680 00:40:06,772 --> 00:40:07,871 Can you hear me? 681 00:40:07,873 --> 00:40:08,772 AMANPOUR: You are halfway through 682 00:40:08,774 --> 00:40:10,440 nearly a yearlong mission. 683 00:40:10,442 --> 00:40:11,975 REPORTER: What do you guys do for fun? 684 00:40:11,977 --> 00:40:14,110 SCOTT: I watched Hot Tub Time Machine 2 685 00:40:14,112 --> 00:40:15,412 a few weeks ago. 686 00:40:15,414 --> 00:40:16,980 AMANPOUR: Can you flip, can you dance? 687 00:40:16,982 --> 00:40:19,048 REPORTER: Do some party tricks. [laughs] 688 00:40:19,050 --> 00:40:21,384 STEPHEN COLBERT: It's like I am an astronaut right now. 689 00:40:21,386 --> 00:40:22,519 SCOTT: Happy Halloween... 690 00:40:22,521 --> 00:40:23,953 Good evening, Yanni. 691 00:40:23,955 --> 00:40:24,621 MAN: Hey, Mr. Kelly. 692 00:40:24,623 --> 00:40:25,321 MAN: Hi, Scott. 693 00:40:25,323 --> 00:40:26,156 MAN: Hello, Scott. 694 00:40:26,158 --> 00:40:27,090 MAN: What features are important 695 00:40:27,092 --> 00:40:28,458 on an astronaut's watch? 696 00:40:28,460 --> 00:40:29,325 SCOTT: Uh... 697 00:40:29,327 --> 00:40:30,493 OBAMA: Congratulations to you. 698 00:40:30,495 --> 00:40:31,895 How are you feeling, generally? 699 00:40:31,897 --> 00:40:33,329 SCOTT: Yes, sir, I'm feeling great. 700 00:40:33,331 --> 00:40:34,664 It shouldn't be a problem getting to the end 701 00:40:34,666 --> 00:40:39,736 with enough energy and enthusiasm to complete the job. 702 00:40:39,738 --> 00:40:43,339 There's a window right here that looks right down on the Earth. 703 00:40:43,341 --> 00:40:44,407 It's actually open now. 704 00:40:44,409 --> 00:40:45,442 It's dark. 705 00:40:45,444 --> 00:40:47,343 Not sure exactly where we are. 706 00:40:47,345 --> 00:40:50,380 But you definitely feel like you're, you know, you're here, 707 00:40:50,382 --> 00:40:53,450 and everyone else and everything that you care about 708 00:40:53,452 --> 00:40:56,319 and love and, you know, is important to you 709 00:40:56,321 --> 00:40:57,921 is down there. 710 00:40:57,923 --> 00:41:03,927 ¶ 711 00:41:03,929 --> 00:41:06,863 CHARLOTTE: The fact that I know that he's up there 712 00:41:06,865 --> 00:41:09,199 and he might be missing me 713 00:41:09,201 --> 00:41:12,469 kind of makes me feel sad for him. 714 00:41:12,471 --> 00:41:14,704 Because I have friends and family down here 715 00:41:14,706 --> 00:41:19,175 when he only has the other astronauts up there. 716 00:41:19,177 --> 00:41:21,277 Last year I had some experiences 717 00:41:21,279 --> 00:41:23,513 where kids wouldn't even talk to me 718 00:41:23,515 --> 00:41:26,082 until they found out my dad was an astronaut. 719 00:41:26,084 --> 00:41:28,184 And I don't like the idea of being known 720 00:41:28,186 --> 00:41:32,055 for something I never really contributed to. 721 00:41:32,057 --> 00:41:35,058 I'm OK with saying yeah, my dad's awesome; 722 00:41:35,060 --> 00:41:36,526 he's pretty awesome. 723 00:41:36,528 --> 00:41:38,361 But this is my dad's work. 724 00:41:38,363 --> 00:41:40,964 I don't want to take credit for what he's doing. 725 00:41:44,936 --> 00:41:46,769 He's a lot like me in a sense, 726 00:41:46,771 --> 00:41:50,240 where you can't really tell our emotions. 727 00:41:50,242 --> 00:41:51,608 It's always been the folded arms 728 00:41:51,610 --> 00:41:56,212 and the Jedi Knight soldier kind of thing. 729 00:41:56,214 --> 00:41:58,948 Scott Kelly is astronaut guy. 730 00:41:58,950 --> 00:42:01,117 He's very serious. 731 00:42:01,119 --> 00:42:03,353 And then when you get to know my father, 732 00:42:03,355 --> 00:42:07,257 he's kind of goofy and silly... 733 00:42:07,259 --> 00:42:09,726 and very nice. 734 00:42:09,728 --> 00:42:11,995 And it's kind of interesting, 735 00:42:11,997 --> 00:42:13,763 the difference between astronaut guy 736 00:42:13,765 --> 00:42:17,066 and Scott Kelly the person. 737 00:42:17,068 --> 00:42:20,570 ¶ 738 00:42:20,572 --> 00:42:24,507 SCOTT: You know, having this vantage point from space, 739 00:42:24,509 --> 00:42:26,809 we can, you know, see the effects 740 00:42:26,811 --> 00:42:29,646 of our presence on Earth. 741 00:42:35,086 --> 00:42:36,452 There are no political borders 742 00:42:36,454 --> 00:42:40,523 when you look down at the planet. 743 00:42:40,525 --> 00:42:45,028 So it does look like we are all part of one big team. 744 00:42:45,030 --> 00:42:49,465 ¶ 745 00:42:49,467 --> 00:42:52,535 It never gets old looking at the Earth. 746 00:42:52,537 --> 00:42:55,038 The Earth's a very beautiful place. 747 00:42:59,511 --> 00:43:02,779 I like taking very detailed pictures of the Earth. 748 00:43:02,781 --> 00:43:11,654 ¶ 749 00:43:11,656 --> 00:43:13,289 For me it's somewhat of a challenge 750 00:43:13,291 --> 00:43:15,458 to figure out something I want to get a picture of 751 00:43:15,460 --> 00:43:19,729 and have the timing all work out and get a really good shot. 752 00:43:19,731 --> 00:43:27,704 ¶ 753 00:43:27,706 --> 00:43:31,541 KLUGER: Scott's been up there for seven months now. 754 00:43:31,543 --> 00:43:33,910 Coming home is still so far away 755 00:43:33,912 --> 00:43:36,079 that you can't begin looking forward to it. 756 00:43:36,081 --> 00:43:39,749 It's those critical months, months 7, 8, and 9, 757 00:43:39,751 --> 00:43:41,918 that if you are going to find 758 00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:43,987 that your performance has slacked off 759 00:43:43,989 --> 00:43:46,489 and that your mood has taken a nosedive, 760 00:43:46,491 --> 00:43:48,091 that's when it's going to happen. 761 00:43:48,093 --> 00:43:49,592 SCOTT: I'll continue to turn these, 762 00:43:49,594 --> 00:43:53,062 but I've turned them, I don't know, a hundred times, 763 00:43:53,064 --> 00:43:55,098 pushing on the bolts, 764 00:43:55,100 --> 00:43:57,367 and they all seem to behave the same way. 765 00:43:57,369 --> 00:44:00,136 The work we do takes a lot of concentration. 766 00:44:00,138 --> 00:44:03,006 OK, I think I see the problem here. 767 00:44:03,008 --> 00:44:09,012 The stowage note calls out for a 5/32 hex. 768 00:44:09,014 --> 00:44:12,382 OK, I see it, never mind. 769 00:44:12,384 --> 00:44:13,916 You know, for me the hardest thing 770 00:44:13,918 --> 00:44:17,620 has been trying to manage that level of fatigue. 771 00:44:20,358 --> 00:44:22,592 So when I get to the end of this 772 00:44:22,594 --> 00:44:25,028 I have, you know, as much in the tank 773 00:44:25,030 --> 00:44:26,729 as I did in the beginning. 774 00:44:26,731 --> 00:44:28,998 If I was to go to sleep right now, 775 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:32,468 I might be watching a movie or something. 776 00:44:32,470 --> 00:44:35,338 Obviously have to turn these lights out. 777 00:44:35,340 --> 00:44:37,273 Ooh. Oh, boy. 778 00:44:44,082 --> 00:44:48,451 One thing I've never done is a spacewalk. 779 00:44:48,453 --> 00:44:52,555 Kind of curious to see how I'll feel when we open the hatch. 780 00:44:52,557 --> 00:44:57,193 ¶ 781 00:44:57,195 --> 00:45:00,029 You know, if there's a kind of scared of heights aspect to it. 782 00:45:00,031 --> 00:45:01,564 CONTROLLER: Start your buddy checks, head to toe. 783 00:45:01,566 --> 00:45:04,901 Call it out, I'll let you know if you missed anything. 784 00:45:04,903 --> 00:45:07,403 SCOTT: I think the longer you've been up here, 785 00:45:07,405 --> 00:45:10,740 the more prepared you are to go outside. 786 00:45:10,742 --> 00:45:14,477 That's good. 787 00:45:14,479 --> 00:45:16,079 Your ability to move around 788 00:45:16,081 --> 00:45:19,949 and understand how you need to control your body. 789 00:45:19,951 --> 00:45:23,219 YUI: Helmet lights, operational, regular check. 790 00:45:23,221 --> 00:45:25,922 SCOTT: And how the small amounts of force 791 00:45:25,924 --> 00:45:28,958 you use to move and position yourself 792 00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:32,729 is something you really get a good sense for over time. 793 00:45:32,731 --> 00:45:35,398 CONTROLLER: Action and airlock. 794 00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:38,735 ASTRONAUT: The gate is closed, and the slider is locked. 795 00:45:38,737 --> 00:45:40,937 CONTROLLER: Copy that, guys. 796 00:45:40,939 --> 00:45:43,039 Houston, he's on 1. We're go for EVA. 797 00:45:43,041 --> 00:45:45,174 SCOTT: EV-1 copies. LINDGREN: EV-2 copies. 798 00:45:45,176 --> 00:45:46,476 NASA ANNOUNCER: Thanks, guys, 799 00:45:46,478 --> 00:45:47,643 and I'll see you on the other side. 800 00:45:47,645 --> 00:45:51,013 SCOTT: EV-1 copies. LINDGREN: EV-2 copies. 801 00:45:51,015 --> 00:45:52,648 SCOTT: I wasn't sure whether 802 00:45:52,650 --> 00:45:54,183 we were going to open up the hatch 803 00:45:54,185 --> 00:45:55,752 in daylight or darkness. 804 00:45:55,754 --> 00:45:58,421 I wasn't quite sure what time of day it was. 805 00:45:58,423 --> 00:45:59,922 The hatch doesn't have a window in it. 806 00:45:59,924 --> 00:46:02,492 LINDGREN: And, Houston, the hatch is open. 807 00:46:02,494 --> 00:46:15,738 ¶ 808 00:46:15,740 --> 00:46:18,674 SCOTT: You're looking through one pane of glass, 809 00:46:18,676 --> 00:46:21,144 that the helmet visor is, 810 00:46:21,146 --> 00:46:24,547 and your face is kind of up in the visor, 811 00:46:24,549 --> 00:46:29,919 so your field of view is much greater. 812 00:46:29,921 --> 00:46:32,722 It is just a completely different level 813 00:46:32,724 --> 00:46:35,224 of color and brilliance 814 00:46:35,226 --> 00:46:37,426 than we see here looking out the windows. 815 00:46:37,428 --> 00:46:39,395 LINDGREN: Oh, man. 816 00:46:39,397 --> 00:46:42,799 CONTROLLER: Untie that wire tie, just one twist. 817 00:46:42,801 --> 00:46:48,204 And then, working the bag straps one at a time, 818 00:46:48,206 --> 00:46:51,240 take out that portion of the cable that you need. 819 00:46:51,242 --> 00:46:52,975 SCOTT: We're going to run a bunch of cables 820 00:46:52,977 --> 00:46:56,078 that will allow for commercial crew vehicles 821 00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:59,215 to someday dock with the space station. 822 00:47:04,289 --> 00:47:06,322 There's this alpha-magnetic spectrometer 823 00:47:06,324 --> 00:47:07,690 that's having some cooling issues. 824 00:47:07,692 --> 00:47:11,194 We're going to put some insulating blankets on it. 825 00:47:23,141 --> 00:47:25,074 CONTROLLER: Nice work. 826 00:47:28,112 --> 00:47:31,447 SCOTT: Our robot arm has a sticky end effector 827 00:47:31,449 --> 00:47:33,249 that I'm going to lubricate. 828 00:47:33,251 --> 00:47:35,551 So I'm not too confident in that one, 829 00:47:35,553 --> 00:47:38,721 so I'd suggest I put some more grease on the cradle 830 00:47:38,723 --> 00:47:40,156 and try it again. 831 00:47:40,158 --> 00:47:42,525 CONTROLLER: That's how you earn your paycheck today. 832 00:47:42,527 --> 00:47:53,736 ¶ 833 00:47:55,273 --> 00:47:58,441 ¶ 834 00:47:58,443 --> 00:48:00,843 SCOTT: Hey, so how was school today? 835 00:48:00,845 --> 00:48:02,945 CHARLOTTE: It was good. 836 00:48:02,947 --> 00:48:04,413 SCOTT: What else is going on? 837 00:48:04,415 --> 00:48:05,681 CHARLOTTE: Uh, nothing, really. 838 00:48:05,683 --> 00:48:07,483 Just doing Spanish homework. 839 00:48:07,485 --> 00:48:10,720 And after that I'm going to do math. 840 00:48:10,722 --> 00:48:15,258 SCOTT: So you still want the same stuff for Christmas? 841 00:48:15,260 --> 00:48:17,526 CHARLOTTE: What is the same stuff? 842 00:48:19,998 --> 00:48:23,266 SCOTT: Same stuff you always want. 843 00:48:23,268 --> 00:48:25,401 CHARLOTTE: Money? [laughs] 844 00:48:25,403 --> 00:48:27,436 Have you gotten your Christmas presents yet? 845 00:48:27,438 --> 00:48:28,738 SCOTT: I did! 846 00:48:28,740 --> 00:48:31,407 I thank you for the t-shirt. 847 00:48:31,409 --> 00:48:32,341 CHARLOTTE: You're welcome. 848 00:48:32,343 --> 00:48:33,709 SCOTT: I appreciate that. 849 00:48:33,711 --> 00:48:35,344 CHARLOTTE: I think I put like a bell in there 850 00:48:35,346 --> 00:48:38,915 that was like "#1 Dad." 851 00:48:38,917 --> 00:48:41,984 SCOTT: Got the bell and the card, too, yeah. 852 00:48:41,986 --> 00:48:45,888 My third Christmas in space! 853 00:48:45,890 --> 00:48:47,757 CHARLOTTE: Well, Merry Christmas! 854 00:48:52,797 --> 00:48:55,231 SCOTT: So we have... we have Mexican. 855 00:49:06,277 --> 00:49:08,044 SCOTT: Hi, Scott Kelly 856 00:49:08,046 --> 00:49:10,680 aboard the International Space Station. 857 00:49:10,682 --> 00:49:15,651 I want to go and check on my flowers I'm growing here, 858 00:49:15,653 --> 00:49:19,055 with my red camera selfie stick. 859 00:49:19,057 --> 00:49:25,194 It is pretty cool in here-- the color at least. 860 00:49:25,196 --> 00:49:31,033 I have to try to focus this myself. 861 00:49:31,035 --> 00:49:33,035 We were taking care of these 862 00:49:33,037 --> 00:49:36,372 as a kind of a collaboration with the guys on the ground, 863 00:49:36,374 --> 00:49:39,408 but there was too much lag time. 864 00:49:39,410 --> 00:49:45,348 So I started just kind of taking care of them myself. 865 00:49:45,350 --> 00:49:47,717 And, uh... 866 00:49:47,719 --> 00:49:50,553 and they're doing a lot better. 867 00:49:50,555 --> 00:49:52,788 Some of them aren't doing great, but a couple of them-- 868 00:49:52,790 --> 00:49:55,191 one is doing really well, 869 00:49:55,193 --> 00:50:01,030 and the other one is kind of making a comeback sort of. 870 00:50:01,032 --> 00:50:04,867 They should be blooming here pretty soon. 871 00:50:04,869 --> 00:50:08,804 It's kind of nice to have some flowers up here, 872 00:50:08,806 --> 00:50:12,308 when you don't see much that is alive and growing. 873 00:50:12,310 --> 00:50:20,383 ¶ 874 00:50:20,385 --> 00:50:26,555 ¶ 875 00:50:33,130 --> 00:50:38,234 >> YOU KNOW, FOR A LONG TIME I WAS COUNTING UP, SO I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU HOW MANY DAYS WE'VE 876 00:50:38,236 --> 00:50:40,336 WAS COUNTING UP, SO I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU HOW MANY DAYS WE'VE BEEN HERE. 877 00:50:40,338 --> 00:50:43,305 TOLD YOU HOW MANY DAYS WE'VE BEEN HERE. IT'S DEFINITELY OVER 300, BUT I 878 00:50:43,307 --> 00:50:44,340 BEEN HERE. IT'S DEFINITELY OVER 300, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY. 879 00:50:44,342 --> 00:50:47,343 IT'S DEFINITELY OVER 300, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY. I CAN TELL YOU THERE ARE 26 DAYS 880 00:50:47,345 --> 00:50:48,377 CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY. I CAN TELL YOU THERE ARE 26 DAYS LEFT, BUT THAT IS MOSTLY BECAUSE 881 00:50:48,379 --> 00:50:49,311 I CAN TELL YOU THERE ARE 26 DAYS LEFT, BUT THAT IS MOSTLY BECAUSE MY FRIEND MISHA HERE KEEPS 882 00:50:49,313 --> 00:50:50,246 LEFT, BUT THAT IS MOSTLY BECAUSE MY FRIEND MISHA HERE KEEPS REMINDING ME HOW MANY DAYS WE 883 00:50:50,248 --> 00:51:01,357 MY FRIEND MISHA HERE KEEPS REMINDING ME HOW MANY DAYS WE HAVE LEFT. 884 00:51:01,359 --> 00:51:02,358 REMINDING ME HOW MANY DAYS WE HAVE LEFT. SOME OF US GUYS IN THE BLACK 885 00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:03,426 HAVE LEFT. SOME OF US GUYS IN THE BLACK SHIRTS HERE ARE GOING HOME 886 00:51:03,428 --> 00:51:06,362 SOME OF US GUYS IN THE BLACK SHIRTS HERE ARE GOING HOME TOMORROW, WHICH, OF COURSE, IS 887 00:51:06,364 --> 00:51:08,364 SHIRTS HERE ARE GOING HOME TOMORROW, WHICH, OF COURSE, IS ALWAYS BITTERSWEET, WHEN YOU 888 00:51:08,366 --> 00:51:14,370 TOMORROW, WHICH, OF COURSE, IS ALWAYS BITTERSWEET, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS INCREDIBLE PLACE. 889 00:51:14,372 --> 00:51:15,371 ALWAYS BITTERSWEET, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS INCREDIBLE PLACE. THE SPACE STATION IS REALLY A 890 00:51:15,373 --> 00:51:21,377 LEAVE THIS INCREDIBLE PLACE. THE SPACE STATION IS REALLY A MAGICAL PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK. 891 00:51:21,379 --> 00:51:24,413 THE SPACE STATION IS REALLY A MAGICAL PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK. IT IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE 892 00:51:24,415 --> 00:51:25,414 MAGICAL PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK. IT IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE I THINK HUMANS CAN 893 00:51:25,416 --> 00:51:30,486 IT IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE I THINK HUMANS CAN REALLY EXPERIENCE. 894 00:51:30,488 --> 00:51:32,421 EXPERIENCE I THINK HUMANS CAN REALLY EXPERIENCE. AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN YOU ARE 895 00:51:32,423 --> 00:51:36,459 REALLY EXPERIENCE. AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN YOU ARE IN ONE PLACE FOR A REALLY LONG 896 00:51:36,461 --> 00:51:37,293 AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN YOU ARE IN ONE PLACE FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, AFTER A WHILE YOU WANT TO 897 00:51:37,295 --> 00:51:47,303 IN ONE PLACE FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, AFTER A WHILE YOU WANT TO LEAVE. 898 00:51:58,381 --> 00:52:08,357 AND UNDOCKING HAS OCCURR. MIKHAIL KORNIYENKO, SCOTT KELLY, SERGEI VOLKOV, ON THEIR WAY 899 00:52:08,359 --> 00:52:10,326 MIKHAIL KORNIYENKO, SCOTT KELLY, SERGEI VOLKOV, ON THEIR WAY HOME. 900 00:52:10,328 --> 00:52:14,530 SERGEI VOLKOV, ON THEIR WAY HOME. >> COMMAND IS BEING ISSUED. 901 00:52:14,532 --> 00:52:20,636 HOME. >> COMMAND IS BEING ISSUED. >> HAVING BEEN HERE FOR A LONG 902 00:52:20,638 --> 00:52:27,910 >> COMMAND IS BEING ISSUED. >> HAVING BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME, THE THING I'M MOST 903 00:52:27,912 --> 00:52:28,577 >> HAVING BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME, THE THING I'M MOST CONCERNED WITH IS THAT THIS 904 00:52:28,579 --> 00:52:29,278 TIME, THE THING I'M MOST CONCERNED WITH IS THAT THIS WOULD BE THE LAST TIME I WOULD 905 00:52:29,280 --> 00:52:30,045 CONCERNED WITH IS THAT THIS WOULD BE THE LAST TIME I WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THIS KIND 906 00:52:30,047 --> 00:52:33,149 WOULD BE THE LAST TIME I WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THIS KIND OF THING. 907 00:52:33,151 --> 00:52:33,883 HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THIS KIND OF THING. >> STAND BY FOR THE START OF THE 908 00:52:33,885 --> 00:52:37,653 OF THING. >> STAND BY FOR THE START OF THE DEORBIT BURN. 909 00:52:37,655 --> 00:52:39,622 >> STAND BY FOR THE START OF THE DEORBIT BURN. >> WE CONFIRM THAT AT 6:32, THE 910 00:52:39,624 --> 00:52:43,659 DEORBIT BURN. >> WE CONFIRM THAT AT 6:32, THE THRUSTERS HAVE FIRED. 911 00:52:43,661 --> 00:52:46,595 >> WE CONFIRM THAT AT 6:32, THE THRUSTERS HAVE FIRED. >> THE INTENSE HEAT OF REENTRY 912 00:52:46,597 --> 00:52:48,998 THRUSTERS HAVE FIRED. >> THE INTENSE HEAT OF REENTRY THAT BUILDS UP AROUND THE 913 00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:51,700 >> THE INTENSE HEAT OF REENTRY THAT BUILDS UP AROUND THE VEHICLE FORMS A PLASMA. 914 00:52:51,702 --> 00:52:54,703 THAT BUILDS UP AROUND THE VEHICLE FORMS A PLASMA. ALSO ENTERING THE PERIOD OF 915 00:52:54,705 --> 00:52:58,707 VEHICLE FORMS A PLASMA. ALSO ENTERING THE PERIOD OF MAXIMUM G-FORCE LOADS, THE CREW 916 00:52:58,709 --> 00:52:59,708 ALSO ENTERING THE PERIOD OF MAXIMUM G-FORCE LOADS, THE CREW MEMBERS EXPERIENCING FOUR TO 917 00:52:59,710 --> 00:53:02,545 MAXIMUM G-FORCE LOADS, THE CREW MEMBERS EXPERIENCING FOUR TO FIVE TIMES EARTH'S GRAVITY. 918 00:53:02,547 --> 00:53:04,747 MEMBERS EXPERIENCING FOUR TO FIVE TIMES EARTH'S GRAVITY. >> IT IS LIKE GOING OVER NIAGARA 919 00:53:04,749 --> 00:53:07,716 FIVE TIMES EARTH'S GRAVITY. >> IT IS LIKE GOING OVER NIAGARA FALLS IN A BARREL WHILE YOU ARE 920 00:53:07,718 --> 00:53:08,851 >> IT IS LIKE GOING OVER NIAGARA FALLS IN A BARREL WHILE YOU ARE ON FIRE, AND AS SOON AS YOU 921 00:53:08,853 --> 00:53:11,787 FALLS IN A BARREL WHILE YOU ARE ON FIRE, AND AS SOON AS YOU REALIZE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DIE, 922 00:53:11,789 --> 00:53:12,655 ON FIRE, AND AS SOON AS YOU REALIZE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DIE, IT IS THE MOST FUN YOU HAVE EVER 923 00:53:12,657 --> 00:53:17,393 REALIZE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DIE, IT IS THE MOST FUN YOU HAVE EVER HAD. 924 00:54:26,563 --> 00:54:36,639 >> ALL THREE CREW MEMBERS SAFELY OUT OF THE SOYUZ CRAFT, BACK ON EARTH AFTER 340 DAYS IN SPACE. 925 00:54:50,754 --> 00:55:01,030 >N SPACE, I THINK THAT'S OUR FUTURE. 926 00:55:01,032 --> 00:55:02,031 SPACE, I THINK THAT'S OUR FUTURE. ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT 927 00:55:02,033 --> 00:55:04,033 FUTURE. ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT HAVING THE PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE 928 00:55:04,035 --> 00:55:08,037 ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT HAVING THE PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO FLY IN SPACE IS BEING PART OF 929 00:55:08,039 --> 00:55:10,039 HAVING THE PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO FLY IN SPACE IS BEING PART OF SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL IS 930 00:55:10,041 --> 00:55:13,676 TO FLY IN SPACE IS BEING PART OF SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL IS LARGER THAN YOURSELF. 931 00:55:45,075 --> 00:55:48,677 >> "A YEAE POSSIBLE IN PART BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS 932 00:55:48,679 --> 00:55:50,212 POSSIBLE IN PART BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 933 00:55:50,214 --> 00:55:50,729 CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. THANK YOU.