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# Watch Astronauts Dock With the International Space Station

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## Jonathan Woods


Jul 23, 2015 2:29 AM UTC

After a successful launch, three astronauts are slated to dock with the International Space Station at 10:46 p.m. E.T. on Wednesday.

The astronauts launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz rocket at 5:02 p.m. EST. Over six hours, the crew orbited the Earth four times as they caught up with the space station, which orbits the Earth at 17,500 mph.

The three astronauts arriving at the International Space Station include American astronaut Kjell Lindgren and Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui, who are flying for the first time. They are led by Soyuz commander Oleg Kononenko. The crew is slated to stay in space for five months, returning on Dec. 22.

The trio will join Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Gennady Padalka, who have already been in space for 117 days. They launched in the early hours of March 28.

_TIME is following the yearlong mission between American astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko._ [_Click here to watch the series_](http://time.com/space)_, or watch Episode 1, “Leaving Home,” below._


## Transcript

[00:00] Now the Soyuz view again, 1. 6 kilometers from the
[00:04] station. You see that in the lower left quadrant of that
[00:08] overlay of the Soyuz camera 5. 3 meter
[00:12] per second closing rate. [ FOREIGN ]
[00:18] Again the Soyse is positioning itself for the next in the
[00:21] series of rendezvous maneuvers. A small impulse burn
[00:25] about one minute from now. [ BLANK_AUDIO ]
[00:59] For Reference the station's
[01:03] current mass in orbit is 891, 945
[01:09] pounds. The salus will add about 15, 000
[01:13] pounds to that mass upon docking, bringing the
[01:18] station's mass up to a little more than 906, 700
[01:23] pounds The arrangement is 4. 6.
[01:27] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Impulse
[02:12] Maneuver number five has just been completed.
[02:15] Setting the stage for the final impulse burn labeled
[02:20] impulse six that's just under two minutes from now.
[02:24] The targeting points look to be right on track for the
[02:29] fly around to begin just under five minutes from now.
[02:40] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ FOREIGN ] These thrusters have
[02:43] fired. And the range is 990
[02:48] meters, and the range
[03:27] rate is 3. 59. Copy. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ FOREIGN ]
[03:30] Another firing of [ UNKNOWN ]
[03:35] 21, zero, zero. [ FOREIGN ] The range is 770 meters,
[03:37] and the range
[03:53] rate is 2. 9 copy. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ FOREIGN ] So the
[03:55] thrusters are not firing. The range is 720 meters.
[04:00] And the range rate is 2. 11, copy. [ SOUND ]
[04:03] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] And
[04:40] the last of the impulse [ INAUDIBLE ] Maneuvers has
[04:44] been completed. That now sets the stage
[04:48] for the fly around to begin about two and a half
[04:52] minutes from now. As station cameras now capturing
[04:57] the views of the Soyuz, just a little more than
[05:02] Two kilometers away, both station
[05:06] and the sous are tracking toward the southern
[05:10] tip of New Zealand here shortly. The
[05:20] automated rendezvous and docking system
[05:24] determining the targeting points for the fire
[05:29] round mode to begin. As well as the station keeping
[05:34] start which is currently targeted for about 32
[05:38] minutes after the hour. [ CROSSTALK ] is 1. 5, copy.
[05:41] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] The
[05:49] first views of the [ UNKNOWN ] obviously show that only
[05:54] one of its twin solar rays is deployed, but again that
[05:58] has had no issue what so ever on the. Health
[06:02] of the space craft and generating power for all bit
[06:05] systems. And as it chased the station
[06:10] throughout the late afternoon and evening headed
[06:13] toward this rendezvous and docking targeting a
[06:18] docking at 9: 46 pm central, 10: 46 eastern time.
[06:29] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ FOREIGN ] We are expected by.
[06:34] [ FOREIGN ] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] For the [ UNKNOWN ].
[06:35] Prox zone and
[06:42] the range
[06:47] rate is one point three. The rate is
[06:52] zero point four, or 400 meters. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] The
[07:21] size of the International space station is just
[07:26] about that of a US football field from end to end.
[07:30] The station's truss structure and solar
[07:34] array wings extend about 357 feet in
[07:39] length They habitable volume of the station is
[07:44] more than 240 feet long and provides
[07:50] more than 32, 300 cubic feet of volume. So the
[07:54] range is 370 meters and the range rate is 0. 9.
[07:58] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] The
[08:04] visiting vehicle officer here in Mission Control Houston
[08:08] reporting to flight director Deena Cantella that
[08:11] everything is right on track for the tracking of
[08:15] the Soyuz to its target point, the docking
[08:20] Port on the Russian segment of the station, known as
[08:23] the Rassvet module, the mini research module. There
[08:26] are two of those on this station, MRM- 1, the Rassvet
[08:29] module, the port that's empty awaiting
[08:33] this Soyuz's arrival. There's also another MRM, MRM- 2
[08:37] known as Poisk. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] And
[08:54] then. At Poisk docking port is currently occupied
[08:59] by another Soyuz spacecraft, that vehicle that
[09:02] delivered the current three crew members aboard the
[09:05] station to orbit and to the station back on Friday,
[09:09] March 27th.
[09:17] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ FOREIGN ] Though we can see the
[09:25] angle is 43 42. Yes
[09:35] we are all seeing this too. The range rate is 0. 6
[09:39] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] And the
[09:44] range is 290
[09:48] meters, copy? The two spacecraft
[09:52] will be at daylight for another 10 minutes or so before
[09:55] moving into an orbital sunset over the South Pacific.
[10:01] The current distance of the Soyuz from the station is
[10:04] 268 meters, closing
[10:09] at about half a meter per second at this point, but
[10:15] In the near- view as the one of the huge pair of
[10:19] solar rays, the tip of the solar rays that provide the
[10:23] power for all of the station modules and systems.
[10:32] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ FOREIGN ] So the range is 250 and
[10:35] the range rate is
[10:43] 0. 4. Copy. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ FOREIGN ] Could you
[10:45] please monitor car 15? [ FOREIGN ] Yes, we're looking
[10:49] at it. [ BLANK_AUDIO ]
[11:02] The fly around is conducted to
[11:07] allow the Soyuz to line up properly with its
[11:11] target which is that Rassvet module on the station's
[11:14] Russian segment. The, once
[11:19] the alignment is checked,
[11:26] there will be a station keeping period to make sure
[11:29] that all of the systems are still go for the
[11:33] final approach, and the final approach should be
[11:36] initiated in the next five minutes or so. Docking,
[11:42] by the clock's, targeted for a little more than sixteen
[11:45] and a half minutes from now. Still targeting 46 minutes
[11:49] after the hour. [ BLANK
[11:59] AUDIO ] [ RUSSIAN ]
[12:04] I'm sorry, could you please report [ FOREIGN ] range is
[12:13] [ FOREIGN ] 230 meters, and range rate is zero
[12:19] point 12.
[12:24] We are performing the roll maneuver
[12:28] and range rate is 0. 26 and range is
[12:34] 200 meters. 210
[12:40] meters, correction. [ BLANK_AUDIO ]
[13:07] [ FOREIGN ] [ UNKNOWN ] 15. Confirm. And it's 0535.
[13:13] [ INAUDIBLE ] Range is 200,
[13:21] range rate is 0. 2, and we're continuing the roll
[13:25] maneuver. We copy. So the roll maneuver,
[13:29] now that the Soyuz is in the proper location. The roll
[13:33] manuever actually places the vehicle's docking system
[13:37] on target for that [ UNKNOWN ] docking port as well.
[13:42] The two spacecraft 250 miles up above the South
[13:45] Pacific. [ BLANK_AUDIO ]
[14:06] [ UNKNOWN ] Range is 200. Range raise is
[14:10] 0. 16 LV. Still continue with the manuever. We
[14:18] are fly, we are performing the fly around manuever.
[14:28] Copy. [ FOREIGN ] We do not see the station
[14:32] on the video monitor. It's somewhere on the borders of
[14:36] the The [ UNKNOWN ] monitor and the periscope
[14:41] monitor. The range is 0. 9
[15:03] kilometers. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ FOREIGN ] Range rate is
[15:04] 0. 5- 0. 48, and range
[15:10] is 180. Copy. iii The bill confirmed. iii
[15:21] Range is 180, range rate is 006 [ FOREIGN ]
[15:25] [ UNKNOWN ]
[15:27] What angle? [ FOREIGN ]
[15:32] Size, is it as expected? [ FOREIGN ]
[15:40] How many squares is the station away from the
[15:43] crosshairs? Come again? [ INAUDIBLE ] When
[15:47] you look at the SM, how many squares is it away from
[15:51] the center, or the cross- hairs? [ INAUDIBLE ] And what
[15:54] is the diameter of SM? How much, how many squares
[15:57] does the SM take? [ BLANK_AUDIO ]
[16:05] [ FOREIGN ] Right now we
[16:11] see these [ UNKNOWN ] and I think it's around-
[16:18] [ FOREIGN ] One Square and the range is 170. Range
[16:22] rate is 003. We are
[16:26] activating the agency mode. [ FOREIGN ]
[16:30] Copy. And we copy that you're activating the floodlight
[16:32] as well. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Correction,
[16:37] floodlights. [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] Floodlight
[16:41] has been turned on. Range
[16:45] is 170, range rate is 003.
[16:50] We confirm. We show the final
[16:54] approach and we confirm the
[16:58] course. I understand that you have to have nerves of
[17:02] steel to docking like that. [ INAUDIBLE ] We did not
[17:06] hear you quite clearly, you are very hard
[17:11] to understand. I can hear that you are saying
[17:15] something but I cannot discern the words.
[17:20] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ FOREIGN ] [ CROSSTALK ] We show
[17:24] final approach and we are looking at the
[17:31] docking mechanism of MRM1. The range is 170.
[17:38] Copy. And as you heard the final approach has begun.
[17:43] Just about ten minutes to docking. Of course that's It's
[17:48] all up to the vehicles close approach now
[17:53] from currently 153 meters from
[17:57] the station. [ FOREIGN ] Range is 150,
[18:02] range rate is 0. 77,
[18:07] it's at positive grade. We are increasing our speed.
[18:18] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Dipoles, our dipoles thrusters are
[18:21] active. [ FOREIGN ] [ INAUDIBLE ] Please monitor the
[18:23] [ INAUDIBLE ] periscope as well. Of course we are. I'm
[18:28] looking at the crosshairs. [ FOREIGN ] So, range pro
[18:32] Kurs date is 125 range rate
[18:37] is 0. 77.
[19:09] We copy. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ NOISE ] [ FOREIGN ] Yeah,
[19:11] just about 100 meters from the station. 100,
[19:17] 108, 0. 5 And the docking mechanism is at the center
[19:22] of the Zvezda crosshairs. [ UNKNOWN ] We copy
[19:26] [ UNKNOWN ]. [ UNKNOWN ] Range. [ FOREIGN ] 90,
[19:29] range rate is 0. 5.
[19:35] [ FOREIGN ] Please don't forget that you are going to
[19:37] be entering the sunset, it is about one minute. When?
[19:43] In about one minute. [ FOREIGN ]
[19:47] There will be eclipse, we copy, eclipse is in one
[19:51] minute. Range is 0. 8 and range rate is 0. 42.
[19:55] [ UNKNOWN ],
[19:58] do we have activated the floodlights? Did you activate
[20:02] the floodlights? Yes, I did. [ INAUDIBLE ]
[20:07] Range. 0. 75. Ranger rate is 0. 33. [ INAUDIBLE ] We
[20:11] copy. [ INAUDIBLE ] We see the docking
[20:21] mechanism which is one degree. Up from
[20:27] the V'esca crosshairs. We are
[20:34] entering the eclipse. [ INAUDIBLE ] We are in the
[20:38] eclipse, range is 0. 65, range weight is 0. 27 with c
[20:42] the docking mechanism, or c the targets and the
[20:47] crosshairs. And the range is 0. 6, range rate
[20:51] is 0. 27. I see the, we are in the eclipse,
[20:56] and I see the docking mechanism. Just under 60
[20:59] meters now, traveling in toward the station at a very
[21:03] slow 0. 2 meters per second. Obviously
[21:07] lining up there with the crosshairs on the docking port
[21:11] of the International Space Station's Rassvet module in
[21:14] the Russian segment. Yes we are in the eclipse. Range
[21:18] 050. Range rate is 0. 21. And we see the
[21:31] target. It's eliminated. All
[21:37] I have to do is So
[21:43] a mate filter. [ FOREIGN ] No. Range is
[21:47] zero 45, range rate is zero one seven and
[21:52] the target is a little bit to the left one degree off
[21:56] They sent all the crosshairs. Copy it? [ FOREIGN ]
[22:05] Range approximately- [ FOREIGN ]
[22:12] Is 0. 45, range
[22:17] rate is 0. 18, and we see [ UNKNOWN ] 17. We
[22:22] confirm that all the commands are ready. [ FOREIGN ]
[22:29] And we see at the center of the overlay, and the
[22:36] range is approximately about 40 meters. [ FOREIGN ]
[22:41] All around 38.
[22:47] Range rate is 0. 15
[22:52] and [ FOREIGN ] For the final approach, do you see
[22:56] the L To seen, format,
[23:08] indicator, redo. Moscow copies. [ FOREIGN ] We
[23:09] approaching 32 meter range, and we
[23:14] The target is at the center of the crosshairs
[23:18] on the [ INAUDIBLE ]. [ INAUDIBLE ] And it's a little
[23:22] bit, one degree lower from the [ INAUDIBLE ]
[23:24] crosshairs, and a little bit to
[23:31] the left. [ INAUDIBLE ] Range rate is 0. . 16. We are
[23:36] approaching the station. [ FOREIGN ] And the range
[23:40] rate is approximately 0. 32.
[23:57] Range is
[24:03] 0. 32. Very smooth approach, docking
[24:07] should occur in the next four minutes. There are no
[24:10] gaps, range rate is 0. 12. We
[24:14] are approaching the 25 meter mark. I see
[24:18] everything very clearly. On the
[24:30] display. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ FOREIGN ] The crosshairs is
[24:36] The cross is about two degrees lower. The
[24:40] crosshairs are aligned. We are transitioning to the IR
[24:44] base. Bases. We copy.
[24:54] [ SOUND ] [ FOREIGN ] Range is 20 meters.
[25:02] [ SOUND ] Mission. Range, wait. The target is
[25:06] at the center almost at the center. Boris,
[25:12] noisy enough. Range rate is zero point one
[25:17] two. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Closing in. Range is
[25:21] approximately 17
[25:26] meters. Copy, range rate is 0. 12. Less than 20
[25:29] meters now from the station. Slight roll to align
[25:34] properly with the docking target. [ FOREIGN ]
[25:41] The range rate is 0. 13. [ NOISE ]
[25:49] Range is about 13 meters.
[25:57] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ FOREIGN ] Everything's looking fine.
[26:01] Range rate is 0. 1.
[26:08] The crosshairs of the target are aligned, and
[26:12] the range is centimeters. Range rate is
[26:17] 0. 1. the crosshairs are a 1 degree lower than the
[26:25] center of the [ UNKNOWN ]. [ SOUND ] The range is
[26:40] 7 meters approximately. Range read is 0. 11. We see
[26:44] the target clearly and the target and
[26:49] the crosshairs are aligned almost
[26:54] perfectly at the center. Range
[27:04] is approximately 3
[27:08] meters. Now inside, about 3 meters, or about 10 feet.
[27:13] Standing by for contact and capture. Waiting
[27:19] for contact. The range is less
[27:23] than one minute we are standing by for
[27:27] contact. Mission please proceed over. The cross hairs
[27:31] in the target are aligned. range rate is zero zero nine.
[27:35] Range is 0. 1 [ FOREIGN ] We are
[27:40] in the indicator mode. With copy 0. 5, 45
[27:45] and 12
[27:48] seconds. And we have contact and capture, docking of
[27:52] the Soyuse TMA 17 M with the international space
[27:56] station. Docking at 9: 45PM Central Time,
[28:00] 10: 45 this evening Eastern Daylight Time.
[28:07] [ FOREIGN ] All right. Five.
[28:12] [ FOREIGN ] All right, 0. 9. At the time of docking, the
[28:16] International Space Station tracking toward the equator
[28:20] and the coast of Ecuador 250 miles
[28:25] above the Pacific Ocean. [ FOREIGN ] So
[28:30] what's going on with our left probe? Is it extended?
[28:35] It is. The [ UNKNOWN ] parameters have been noted.
[28:39] At contact and capture the stations Propellent left.
[28:43] Thruster system was inhibited so that there wouldn't
[28:47] be any perturbations or movements as the Soyuz
[28:51] probe would then be retracted and locked into place
[28:55] with the hooks and latches between the Soyuz and
[29:00] [ UNKNOWN ] module. [ INAUDIBLE ] [ CROSSTALK ]
[29:01] The [ UNKNOWN ]
[29:07] manual air supply. All right. Air R six command,
[29:11] R six command since. [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] Five
[29:15] hour 43 minute trip from launch to docking at the
[29:18] International Space Station. The Soyuz TMA
[29:22] 17M with three crew members ready to augment the
[29:26] expedition. 44 crew. Returning the station's
[29:30] crew to a six- person crew for- All right.
[29:35] If this repair format is- With these three newest crew
[29:38] members set to stay aboard the station for five
[29:40] months. Please write down the parameters.
[29:44] [ INAUDIBLE ] Alright, we are ready to copy the
[29:47] parameters. There a
[29:54] big hole. Sensitivity. 854. Did you copy what Kimea
[30:00] said? It's our
[30:05] pressure, 800 [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN ] Eight, five,
[30:07] four. [ FOREIGN ]
[30:13] And [ UNKNOWN ] is seven, nine, four.

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