Space Station 3D

00:15:58,041 --> 00:16:01,668 and to know that this person next to me, my husband ... 190 00:16:02,170 --> 00:16:04,796 was going to be a part of that history ... 191 00:16:05,423 --> 00:16:08,133 that was a very special time for us. 192 00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:12,220 Shep and his crew will be gone in space for over four months. 193 00:16:17,310 --> 00:16:21,521 The International Space Station is a way for us to learn ... 194 00:16:21,689 --> 00:16:26,401 how we can go to other planets and explore other ways ... 195 00:16:26,569 --> 00:16:28,737 to live outside Earth. 196 00:16:29,489 --> 00:16:32,783 I think that's really exciting. I wanted to go too. 197 00:16:50,093 --> 00:16:53,512 The crew will launch to station aboard a Soyuz rocket ... 198 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,473 the workhorse of the Russian space program. 199 00:17:00,269 --> 00:17:05,190 An unbelievable 406 launches have gone from this pad. 200 00:17:10,613 --> 00:17:14,032 Very unexpected for me, being out on the launch pad ... 201 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:15,450 very foggy day ... 202 00:17:15,618 --> 00:17:18,370 having several hundred people at the base of the rocket ... 203 00:17:18,538 --> 00:17:23,291 which for an American launch would be very unusual and unheard of. 204 00:17:24,001 --> 00:17:28,004 Being able to have such close contact with friends and family who are right there ... 205 00:17:28,172 --> 00:17:31,675 right in the middle of those final moments before you go fly ... 206 00:17:31,843 --> 00:17:34,636 was really exciting, really special. 207 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:37,806 After everything we went through ... 208 00:17:37,974 --> 00:17:40,267 seeing your face on launch day made it all worth it. 209 00:17:40,435 --> 00:17:41,560 Let's go do it! 210 00:17:41,728 --> 00:17:43,228 He was so happy. 211 00:17:45,064 --> 00:17:47,149 Get those shuttles ready. 212 00:17:55,825 --> 00:17:58,535 Imagine, three guys and their gear ... 213 00:17:58,703 --> 00:18:02,664 inside a capsule the size of a Volkswagen Beetle ... 214 00:18:02,915 --> 00:18:04,916 and it's a two-day trip. 215 00:18:06,544 --> 00:18:10,130 The biggest risk is just getting out of the Earth's atmosphere ... 216 00:18:10,298 --> 00:18:12,048 and to a safe orbit. 217 00:18:17,388 --> 00:18:20,432 Once you're at the end of the powered flight ... 218 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,769 and you're floating around in orbit, then you can sit back and say: 219 00:18:23,936 --> 00:18:27,481 "Boy, I'm glad that we have gotten that done successfully." 220 00:18:56,219 --> 00:19:00,555 Sitting in your couch with your knees bent up almost to your chin ... 221 00:19:00,723 --> 00:19:03,308 for hours at a time, it's pretty uncomfortable. 222 00:19:03,476 --> 00:19:05,936 But the Soyuz is very reliable. 223 00:19:06,103 --> 00:19:09,272 It's got a lot of capability to get you up into space ... 224 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,650 and get you back on a bad day. 225 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,863 The house will be dark when they arrive. 226 00:19:17,031 --> 00:19:19,658 They can't be sure what lies in wait for them. 227 00:19:28,584 --> 00:19:31,253 Their job is to open everything up for the first time ... 228 00:19:31,420 --> 00:19:33,380 then get it all working. 229 00:19:33,631 --> 00:19:35,632 Be prepared for the unexpected. 230 00:19:37,927 --> 00:19:39,594 They're set to go. 231 00:19:39,887 --> 00:19:43,306 But after two days in a capsule with your knees in your chin ... 232 00:19:43,474 --> 00:19:45,934 you've got a few other priorities. 233 00:19:53,442 --> 00:19:56,444 Put together an ace Soyuz pilot like Yuri ... 234 00:19:56,612 --> 00:20:00,740 Sergei, a man who's already logged more than a year-and-a-half in space ... 235 00:20:00,908 --> 00:20:03,285 and a Navy SEAL for a commander ... 236 00:20:03,536 --> 00:20:06,288 and you've got the right stuff for the job. 237 00:20:09,083 --> 00:20:12,836 After we got the node open, it started to seem like ... 238 00:20:13,004 --> 00:20:17,132 a really expansive place, because we all have memories ... 239 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:21,887 of being in much more confined spaces like Soyuz and even the shuttle. 240 00:20:27,310 --> 00:20:30,145 When I came to the Zvezda for the first time ... 241 00:20:30,313 --> 00:20:32,063 it looked for me as home. 242 00:20:32,940 --> 00:20:36,735 And that was a place where we stay and live and sleep. 243 00:20:38,821 --> 00:20:40,322 I was thinking we were here .... 244 00:20:40,489 --> 00:20:42,782 It has life-support equipment ... 245 00:20:43,117 --> 00:20:44,743 guidance and navigation ... 246 00:20:44,911 --> 00:20:47,913 jets to control the station, to move it around in space. 247 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,124 If we weren't here, we wouldn't be seeing what we're seeing .... 248 00:2