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Kelly, along with Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Gennady Padalka lifted off to the International Space Station on March 27 from Baikonur_ --- Jul 27, 2023 6:05 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko Return To Earth After One Year In Space](/video/TjdGegib/) ### Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko Return To Earth After One Year In Space [Astronaut Scott Kelly talks with TIME](/video/InHEykfT/) ### Astronaut Scott Kelly talks with TIME [Scott Kelly Year In Space Liftoff](/video/OnFKS6Nt/) ### Scott Kelly Year In Space Liftoff --- ## Transcript [ INAUDIBLE ] Less than three, we are ready for the launch. We are happy to hear that. Copy. We are ready for the Launch. Crew reporting they are ready to go. Vehicle on internal power. The first umbilical tower separating from the booster. Just under 30 seconds from launch. Boost. Oh, it does, it's been initiated. The second umbilical now separating from the tower marking less than 15 seconds. The engines igniting. Ramping up. And lift off. A year in space starts now. Kelly, Korniyenko and Padalka on their way towards the International Space Station. [ NOISE ] The thrusters are in- place. [ INAUDIBLE ] Getting good first stage performance, the Soyuz delivering about 930, 000 pounds of thrust through its four strap- on boosters and single engine. The thrusters of the first stage. [ INAUDIBLE ] Copy everything Getting reports, nominal operation. First stage measuring 68 feet in length and 24 feet in diameter. Burning liquid fuel for the first two minutes and six seconds into the flight. [ INAUDIBLE ] copy. [ UNKNOWN ] to the flight stabilization is stable. Continuing to get views from the cabin inside. As you heard, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman. A fairly smooth flight into orbit for these crew members. 60 seconds. [ CROSSTALK ]. [ UNKNOWN ] and roll are all [ UNKNOWN ]. Copy. With you [ CROSSTALK ]. So we come up on 70 seconds into the flight, the velocity will be just around 1100 miles per hour. Continuing to get good data from the Soyuz craft. 80 seconds. All parameters of the control system are on right now. The crew looking good inside, again, [ UNKNOWN ] in the center, [ UNKNOWN ] int he top of your screen. Eight 100 seconds all parameters of this structure on and on. Copy everything is fine on board we are feeling good. [ FOREIGN ] This route has been jettisoned. [ INAUDIBLE ]. The first stage has separated. So at this point, the escape tower and, has been jettisoned, and the four strap on boosters of the first stage have also been jettisoned. Completing their drop, they've dropped a weight in altitude of about 28 statute miles, so you right now traveling at about 33. Fifty miles an hour. Continuing to hear good things from the, mission controllers over in the Russian mission control center in Korolyov. Crew, continuing to feed reports in good health. The vehicle operating flawlessly so far. [ NOISE ] [ UNKNOWN ] At this point, we're over three minutes into launch since launch. [ UNKNOWN ] craft now passing a speed of over 4700 miles an hour. Gonna look now. NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly there on the right seat. [ LAUGH ] Giving a big thumbs up. 200 seconds into the flight, [ INAUDIBLE ] of the second stage of. functioning finally copy, everything is fine on board, we are feeling good . >> So the core stage which makes up the first and the second continuing to perform as expected that core stage, 56 feet in length. 13. 5 feet in diameter. Has one single engine with four fuel chambers. And is able to provide between 178, 000 and 222, 000 pounds of thrust depending on the altitude and the inside pressure. It's gonna fire for 3 minutes and 28 seconds. T. It'll burn until the four minute, 43 second mark, and then the SO- Us will use what's known as a hot stage technique where the third stage will ignite while the second is still burning uhs being the reason for the SO- Us to have that small open area in between the second and third stages. 260 seconds into the flight, the parameters of this structure are nominal. [ NOISE ] Copy. Everything is fine onboard, we are good. Everything still looking flawless for this launch. Getting close now to third stage ignite and second stage shutdown. Second stage separation. [ INAUDIBLE ] Copy. And there you hear it the second stage confirmed to be separated that core booster. Separated in an altitude of about 105 statute miles. Soyuz now being propelled by the single engine of the third stage, providing just a little over 67 thousand pounds of thrust that's going to burn for. Four minutes and two seconds. So, there is the activation of tv systems [ UNKNOWN ]. Yes we observe commander and flight engineer on our monitors. Three hundred and thirty seconds into the flight the thruster of the second stage of functioning nominally. [ UNKNOWN ] Confirm l5c, the automated descent, reconfirm. So just past the six minute mark. Everything continuing to look good from launch all the way now until third stage. Getting nothing but good readings from the. Controllers in over [ UNKNOWN ] and the Russian MCC. Seven sea. Second seed. SO- U's beam propelled by depth third stage right now, which fires for four minutes and two seconds. Expected to fire for about another minute or so or rather two minutes. 400 seconds. [ UNKNOWN ] Into the flight. [ UNKNOWN ] The everything is stable. [ NOISE ] [ NOISE ] [ NOISE ] And Padoka there in that center seat commanding the [ UNKNOWN ] is. Continues to watch over its systems while it makes this flight into orbit. For over seven minutes. 15 seconds now since liftoff. [ INAUDIBLE ] Stage are functioning. Let me know. [ INAUDIBLE ] Copy everything is fine on board. No issues. Inaudible Right about now, the SOUs are already traveling at a speed of, almost 13, 500 miles an hour. Just a little over seven and a half minutes now since liftoff. Everything continuing to look great. These three crew members are well on their way towards their initial orbit. 1260 seconds into the- Once the third stage delivers the craft into orbit the module will be separated and all those preprogrammed on commands will be executed to prepare the Soyuz for all of its orbital operations. And so bring up a number of the systems to be automatically activated by the on- board computers at very precise times. [ NOISE ] And just about 30 seconds or so away from third stage cutoff and separation. 500 seconds into the flight, everything is normal, everything is fine on board as well. [ NOISE ]. [ NOISE ] [ UNKNOWN ]. We have tail one [ INAUDIBLE ] three. And third stage separation confirmed, you can see the snowman giving a view of that microgravity is indeed the new home for these three space flyers. The single liquid fueled engine shutdown on the third stage dropping away of an altitude of about 125 statute miles. It performs a quick avoidance maneuver by opening a valve in it's liquid oxygen tank. Isovu to Moscow. Copy. Soviet's craft now separated. The crew inside safely in orbit. Getting ready to execute all of those pre- programmed commands, deploying the antennas and the solar raise which will provide a power to the batteries onboard the craft throughout its, upcoming chase towards the international space station. Everything is fine onboard. How copy? We copy you up there. 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