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FOLLOW DEVELOPMENTS IN
KAZAKHSTAN.
WHERE CANADIAN ASTRONAUT CHRIS
HADFIELD HAS JUST TOUCHED DOWN
MINUTES AGO AND NOW, A LIVE
SHOT, HERE WE ARE STANDING BY TO
WATCH AS THEY OPEN THE CAPSULE
AND I'M JOINED BY MARC GARNEAU.
THE FIRST CANADIAN IN SPACE.
MARC, WHAT ARE REWATCHING?
>> Marc Garneau: WE SEE THE
HATCH THAT IS OPENED AND, I
GUESS WE ARE WAITING TO SEE FOR
THE -- YOU KNOW, WHO WILL COME
OUT THROUGH THE HATCH AND YOU
CAN SEE IT THERE.
AND, THEY ARE JUST PREPARING TO
GET THE CREW OUT OF THERE.
THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY STRAPPED IN
AND WHAT HAVE YOU AND IT MAY
TAKE A WHILE AND IF THEY NEED
ASSISTANCE, WE'LL SEE WHETHER
THAT IS THE CASE.
EVERYBODY IS A BIT DIFFERENT.
SO...
>> Mark: IT IS FUNNY, YOU KNOW,
AFTER SUCH AN INCREDIBLE,
HIGH-TECH ORBITING OF THE EARTH.
THEY COME DOWN, LOOKING IN THIS
THING AND IT LOOKS LIKE A BAG OF
BOLTS BUT THERE IS SOMETHING
INFORMAL ABOUT THE SOYUZ
CAPSULE.
>> Marc Garneau: IT DOES LOOK
RATHER INFORMAL AND PROMPTED
WAY, WAY BACK, PEOPLE -- THERE
IS SOMEBODY WHO IS ALREADY OUT,
ROMAN ROMANENKO.
HE WAS THE RUSSIAN COSMONAUT,
WHO WAS THE COMMANDER AND IS
LOOKING IN GREAT SHAPE.
>> Mark: NO KIDDING, I'M
SURPRISED AS I LOOK AT HIM
THERE, LOOKS LIKE THE GUY HAS
COME BACK FROM AN AIR TRIP.
RATHER THAN THIS INCREDIBLE
146-DAY VOYAGE.
>> Marc Garneau: ABSOLUTELY, HE
HAS A GOOD COMPLEXION AND A
GREAT SMILE ON HIS FACE.
USUALLY, YOU CAN TELL WHEN
PEOPLE ARE FEELING MOTION
SICKNESS THEY LOOK PALE AND ARE
NOT SMILING BUT HE LOOKS LIKE
HE'S IN GREAT SHAPE AND THEY
HAVE TWO SEATS ON EACH SIDE,
WAITING TO GREET CHRIS AND TOM.
>> Mark: NOW, DOWN THERE ON THE
GROUND.
THIS WOULD BE, I GUESS THE
RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY?
WHO IS DOWN THERE?
>> Marc Garneau: ABSOLUTELY, THE
RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY RUNS THIS
PROGRAMME, AND, THEY HAVE SEARCH
AND RECOVERY FORCES WHO ARE THE
ONES THAT SORT OF CAME IN TO BE
READY TO HELP THEM GET OUT, AND,
TO DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE
THEM DOING THERE.
>> Mark: JUST, TO HIGHLIGHT
THERE, AS WE LOOKED AT THE
RUSSIAN, ROMAN ROMANENKO LOOKING
IN GREAT SHAPE, I WANT TO REMIND
OUR VIEWERS, THEY SPEND 144 DAYS
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, 146 DAYS IN SPACE, ALL
TOLD, 2,336 ORBITS AROUND THE
PLANET.
AND THAT IS ABOUT, ALMOST 62
MILLION MILES LOGGED AND I DON'T
THINK THEY GET AIR MILES FOR
THAT, IF NOT THEY'D FLY FREE FOR
THE REST OF THEIR LIVES AND THE
TOLL IT TAKES ON THEIR BODIES.
WHAT DOES ALL THE TRAVEL DO TO
YOUR BODY AND YOU TALK ABOUT
REORBITING BUT THAT KIND OF
TRAVEL AND WEIGHTLESSNESS.
>> Marc Garneau: IT IS CRUCIAL
EVERY DAY THEY DO TWO HOURS OF
EXERCISE, OTHERWISE THEIR
MUSCLES WILL SHRINK AND THEY'LL
HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THEIR BONES,
THEY BECOME BRITTLE AND IT IS
CRITICAL, 7 DAYS A WEEK TO DO
TWO HOURS OF EXERCISE AND, EVEN
SO, YOU DO LOSE MUSCLE MASS AND
YOUR BONES DO BECOME MORE
BRITTLE AND, THEY HAVE THE
ADDITIONAL CHALLENGE, RIGHT NOW,
OF DEALING WITH WHAT IS CALLED
THEIR VESTIBULAR SYSTEM, SENSE
OF BALANCE IN THEIR INNER EARS,
IS PLAYING HAVOC WITH THEM.
>> Mark: YOU CAN SEE A SLOW
WITHDRAWAL HERE, COULD BE CHRIS
HADFIELD, WE'RE NOT SURE, COULD
BE THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT IN
THERE AS WELL AND LET'S LISTEN
IN TO WHAT IS GOING ON THERE.
>> OKAY.
PULL.
PULL A LITTLE BIT.
LET ME PULL.
DID YOU GET -- CAREFUL.
OKAY.
I'LL HOLD YOU UP.
ALL DONE.
HOLD ON.
>> PULLING OUT THE SECOND
CREWMEMBER.
>> A LITTLE BIT MORE.
OKAY.
LET HIM OUT BY HIS HANDS.
HOLD HIS HAND.
HOLD HIS ARM.
OKAY.
RIGHT LEG.
SLOWLY, SLOWLY... PULL HIM.
OKAY.
OKAY.
TURN HIM OVER.
THERE WE GO.
>> SECOND CREWMEMBER OUT OF THE
SOYUZ CRAFT, ASTRONAUT TOM
MASHBURN.
STILL REMAINING ON BOARD,
CANADIAN ASTRONAUT CHRIS
HADFIELD.
>> STAY WITH THIS.
>> CARRIED OVER TO THE SEATS
WHERE THEY CAN RELAX FOR A
MOMENT AS THEY ARE ALL
EXTRACTED.
AND BEFORE EVENTUALLY BEING
MOVED OVER TO THE...
>> Mark: WE'RE WATCHING THE
RETURN TO EARTH OF THE THREE
ASTRONAUTS, WHO HAVE COME BACK
AND THAT IS INTERN, TOM
MASHBURN, JOINED BY MARC
GARNEAU, THE FIRST MAN IN SPACE
AND HE'S LOOKINGWOBBLY.
>> Marc Garneau: AND HE'LL BE
FAMILIAR WITH IT.
HE'S A FLIGHT SURGEON WITH THE
NASA ASTRONAUT CORPS AND I'M
SURE HE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH HIS
SYMPTOMS AND DOES LOOK LIKE HE
IS HAVING SOME OF NEXT OF MOTION
SICKNESS THAT WE ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS.
>> Mark: FORGIVE ME, I DON'T
WANT TO POKE FUN AT THIS.
BUT, THERE IS SOMETHING SO RETRO
ABOUT THESE GUYS BEING PULLED
OUT OF THE TIN CAN THAT DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE THE GLAMOUR OF SPACE
TRAVEL.
>> Marc Garneau: I AGREE.
ACTUALLY THE -- AFTER SEEING
THEM FLOAT IN SPACE THEY ARE
BEING EXTRACTED IN A VERY
UNGAINLY FASHION OUT OF THE
CAPSULE.
>> Mark: THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO
BE A LOT OF DIGNITY ON THEIR
RETURN TO EARTH.
MAYBE THAT IS WHY THE RUSSIAN IS
SMILING SO MUCH.
HE GOT OUT OKAY.
AND WE ARE STANDING BY WITH TWO
ASTRONAUTS AND WE ARE WAITING
FOR CHRIS HADFIELD TO MAKE HIS
RETURN.
TELL ME ABOUT SOMETHING, TOO.
YOUR FIRST BREATH OF AIR.
WHAT IS THAT LIKE?
AFTER BEING IN THAT ARTIFICIAL
ENVIRONMENT?
>> Marc Garneau: WELL, YOU
ACTUALLY ARE BREATHING AIR UNTIL
JUST BEFORE THE BURN AND THEN
YOU GO ON PURE OXYGEN.
SO, YOU HAVE BEEN ON PURE OXYGEN
FOR QUITE A BIT OF TIME AND --
BUT, SYMBOLICALLY, I THINK, THE
FEELING THAT YOU ARE NOW
BREATHING EARTH AIR IS PROBABLY
A BIT OF A SPECIAL FEELING.
YOU ARE NOW REALLY BACK ON
PLANET EARTH.
>> Mark: TAKING A LOOK IN THERE.
AFTER CHRIS HADFIELD, WHO IS
JAMMED IN THERE SOMEWHERE AND...
CRAMPED QUARTERS INDEED.
>> IN THE SUITS, NOT ABLE TO
QUITE MOVE AROUND AS FREELY AS
WOULD BE NICE.
SO, THE RECOVERY FORCES ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THEM OUT
SAFELY.
>> OKAY, I'M GETTING OUT.
>> THERE HE IS.
>> THERE IS NO PLACE FOR THE TWO
OF US.
>> OKAY.
PULL.
PULL FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
>> AND IT WAS IN A DIFFERENT
FORMAT.
UNINTELLIGIBLE.
>> ASTRONAUT TOM MASHBURN IS
SPEAKING WITH THE I.S.S.
PROGRAMME MANAGER, KURT SHIREMAN
WHO IS DOWN ON THE GROUND AS ONE
OF THE NASA SUPPORT PERSONNEL
FOR THE LANDING.
ALSO, THERE WITH HIM, THE DEPUTY
CHIEF OF THE ASTRONAUT OFFICE.
>> LOOKS GOOD DOWN HERE.
[MANY TALKING AT ONCE...]
>> JUST A SECOND.
>> I FEEL GOOD.
>>.
>> Mark: STANDING BY TO SEE
CHRIS HADFIELD AND HIS RETURN TO
EARTH HERE.
HE'S THE THIRD AND LAST
ASTRONAUT TO BE PULLED OUT OF
THE SPACE CAPSULE AND WE ARE
WAITING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
CRAMPED QUARTERS AND WE ARE
MENTIONING, TOO, THE PHYSICAL
TOLL ON THE BODY, NOT ONLY FROM
THE 146 DAYS IN SPACE, BUT,
ALSO, A PRETTY BUMPY RETURN
ABOARD THE SNUG SOYUZ CAPSULE,
AND IT HAS TAKEN A TEAM OF
PEOPLE, IN FACT TO X-RAY
INDICATE HIM FROM THE CAPSULE
AND IHAB HANDED A NOTE FROM THE
PRIME MINISTER.
STEPHEN HARPER WHO SAYS I'M
PLEASED TO SEE COMMANDER
HADFIELD IS BACK ON PLANET
EARTH.
A REMINDER OUR POTENTIAL IS
LIMITLESS WHEN WE AIM HIGH.
>> Interview: [Voice of
Interpreter]: LAST TIME THERE
WAS ALMOST NOBODY AND, THE LAND
WAS COVERED IN ICE.
>> Mark: WANT TO GET BACK TO THE
SORT OF UNGLORIOUS FEELING
THERE, WE WERE JUST SAYING ABOUT
THE -- WATCHING THE LITTLE SOYUZ
CAPSULE, THE CANADIAN SPACE
AGENCY SAYING TRAVELLING IN THE
CAPSULE IS LIKE, QUOTE,
TRAVELLING IN A PHONE BOOTH.
A VERY EXPENSIVE PHONE BOOTH.
>> WAITING FOR CANADIAN CHRIS
HADFIELD...
>> Mark: EXPENSIVE PHONE CALLS.
>> Interview: [Voice of
Interpreter]: HELICOPTER, TAKE
OFF.
>> NEXT A JAUNT OVER TO THE
MEDICAL TENT, 100 YARDS AWAY
FROM THE LANDING SITE, FOLLOWING
WHICH THEY'LL TAKE A HELICOPTER
FLIGHT BACK TO THE AIRPORT AND
FROM THERE WILL, AGAIN GO THEIR
SEPARATE WAYS WITH ROMAN
ROMANENKO BOARDING A COSMONAUT
TRAINING CENTRE AIRCRAFT AND
HEAD BACK TO THE AIRPORT, STAR
CITY, RUSSIA, HIS HOME BASE OF
OPERATIONS.
WHILE HE'S DOING THAT, NASA
ASTRONAUT CHRIS HADFIELD,
CANADIAN, NASA ASTRONAUT TOM
MASHBURN, RATHER AND CANADIAN
ASTRONAUT CHRIS HADFIELD WILL
BOARD A NASA PLANE BOUND FOR
HOUSTON AND HAVE A CHANCE TO BE
REUNITED WITH FAMILY AND
FRIENDS.
>> BLOOD PRESSURE, 74...
>> Mark: WE'RE WATCHING, WE'RE
WATCHING AND WAITING FOR
CANADIAN ASTRONAUT CHRIS
HADFIELD TO GET OUT OF THE SOYUZ
CAPSULE.
TAKING LONGER THAN IT TOOK THE
OTHER TWO ASTRONAUTS TO GET OUT.
NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT IS
HAPPENING ON THE GROUND.
AND THE CAMERA WHICH BEFORE YOU
COULD ACTUALLY SEE HIM, IS NOW
TRAINED ON THE RUSSIAN
COSMONAUT, ROMAN ROMANENKO THERE
WHO SEEMS TO BE ENJOYING A CUP
OF SOMETHING AND I'M JOINED BY
MARC GARNEAU.
WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER THE FST
THING THAT YOU INGESTED, WHEN
YOU WERE BACK TO EARTH?
>> Marc Garneau: TO BE HONEST,
IT WAS A BEER.
>> Mark: GOOD CANADIAN BOY!
>> Marc Garneau: IN FACT, PEOPLE
SAY, WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING
YOU REALLY WANT TO DO AND IT WAS
TO HAVE A SHOWER AND I'M SURE
THEY WILL REALLY FIND THAT A
VERY PLEASURABLE EXPERIENCE
AFTER FIVE MONTHS.
I ACTUALLY HAD MY BEER IN THE
SHOWER.
>> Mark: BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.
AND IT COULD BE A HEARTBREAKER
FOR CHRIS HADFIELD.
HE IS OF COURSE FROM ONTARIO,
GREW UP IN ONTARIO, HUGE TORONTO
MAPLE LEAFS FAN AND SOMEBODY HAS
TO BREAK THE NEWS TO HIM.
>> Marc Garneau: I DON'T THINK
WE SHOULD TELL HIM TONIGHT.
>> Mark: LET HIM ENJOY HIS
RETURN BEFORE WE BURST HIS
HOCKEY BUBBLE.
THE HEARTBREAKING LOSS TO THE
TORONTO MAPLE LEAF WHICH WILL
RESONATE WITH CHRIS HADFIELD
BACK ON EARTH.
WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END
OF OUR HOUR.
AS WE WATCH AND WAIT FOR CHRIS
HADFIELD TO MAKE THAT RETURN.
WATCHING THIS, TOO, I'M CURIOUS
TO KNOW, DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS
HAPPENING THERE?
THEY HAVE BEEN WIPING AWAY AT
TOM MARSHBURN, THE AMERICAN
ASTRONAUT'S HANDS HERE.
>> Marc Garneau: I DO NOT KNOW
WHAT IS BEHIND THAT.
BUT I NOTICED IT AS YOU POINT
OUT, THEY KEEP, PERHAPS, HE
MIGHT HAVE CUT HIMSELF.
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT --
OR PERHAPS HAD SOME TAPE ON HIS
HAND, TAKING OFF THE ADHESIVE.
I DON'T KNOW.
DOESN'T SEEM TO BE SERIOUS.
>> Mark: NO, BOTH ASTRONAUTS
SEEM TO BE -- YOU CAN SEE THE
RUSSIAN WHO IS ALL SMILES THERE.
AND, HE OF COURSE PLAYING TO A
HOME CROWD HERE.
AS THEY LAND IN KAZAKHSTAN AND
HAVE A LOT OF OFFICIALS FROM THE
RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY SURROUNDING
HIM THERE AND WE TALKED A LOT
ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR CANADA
BUT, OBVIOUSLY IT WILL BE A
HOSTAGE DAY FOR RUSSIA AS WELL.
>> Marc Garneau: ABSOLUTELY,
AND, ROMAN ROMANENKO, HAS DONE
THIS BEFORE.
HE HAS COME DOWN IN THE CAPSULE,
AND IS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, ONCE
YOU HAVE DONE IT ONCE YOU KNOW
WHAT IS AHEAD OF YOU AND MAKES
IT EASIER, SO YOU CAN TELL, HE'S
VERY COMFORTABLE.
>> Mark: MAYBE THAT IS THE
EXPERIENCE AND THAT IS THE
DEFERENCE WITH TOM MASHBURN AND
PERHAPS CHRIS HADFIELD.
WHO ARE COMING OUT OF THE
CAPSULE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND
WE ARE WAITING TO SEE WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH CHRIS HADFIELD.
WE'RE FOLLOWING AND HE HAS BEEN
ONE OF THE MOST VISIBLE
ASTRONAUTS EVER, PROBABLY THE
MOST VISIBLE ASTRONAUT EVER, IN
TERMS OF HIS EXPERIENCE IN
SPACE, WITH THE VIDEOS,
EVERYTHING FROM OPENING A CAN OF
NUTS TO RINGING OUT A WET RAG
HAS ATTRACTED MILLIONS OF VIEWS,
HE HAS HAD MORE THAN 800,000
FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER.
AND IS REALLY -- HAS ELEVATED
HIS OWN STATUS AND THE STATUS OF
CANADIAN SPACE -- CANADIAN
ASTRONAUTS AS WELL, GIVING US
THE GLOBAL POSITION NOW.
>> Marc Garneau: UNQUESTIONABLY.
WHAT HE HAS DONE HAS BEEN
METEORIC, IF I CAN PUT IT THAT
WAY, GOING FROM PERHAPS 10,
15,000 FOLLOWERS TO 800,000
DURING THE COURSE OF THIS
FIVE-MONTH TRIP AND ALL OVER THE
WORLD, AS WELL.
>> Mark: TRUE, ATTRACTING
ATTENTION IS REALLY SOMETHING
THE U.K. MEDIA TODAY ABOUT THE
GUY, THAT THEY NEVER HEARD OF
AND NOW THE GUY WHO MADE SPACE
TRAVEL COOL AND IT WAS HIS
ACCESSIBILITY IN DOING EVERY DAY
THINGS UP IN SPACE AND THEY WERE
DOING ALL KINDS OF SCIENTIFIC
EXPERIMENTS UP THERE, BUT IT WAS
THAT KIND OF ACCESSIBILITY.
WE HAVE BEEN STANDING BY HERE
JUST WAITING FOR CHRIS HADFIELD
TO COME OUT.
AND, I JUST WANT TO SAY TO OUR
VIEWERS, WHO ARE WATCHING US
NOW, IN ONTARIO, QUEBEC, THAT WE
WILL BE WRAPPING UP AT THE TOP
OF THE HOUR AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN
HIM BUT IF YOU WANT TO WATCH
WE'LL FOLLOW THE STORY ON CBC,
ON THE "CBC NEWS NETWORK" AND
CONTINUE -- THERE HE IS.
CHRIS HADFIELD, ALIVE AND WELL.
>> BEING LOWERED INTO HIS SEAT,
ALL THREE CREWMEMBERS SAFELY
OUT.
>> WE
>> David: TONIGHT ON "CBCNEWS
OTTAWA AT 11:00".
>> Interview: YOU NEVER THINK
OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEING AN
OUTCOME.
>> David: A 17-YEAR-OLD OTTAWA
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT DIES AFTER
SUFFERING A TRAUMATIC RUGBY
INJURY.
>> Interview: IF THEY GET
DAMAGED BY FROST WE'LL NOT HAVE
A CROP OF APPLES.
>> Ian: I'M IAN BLACK.
FROST WARNINGS TONIGHT.
BUT A WARMUP DOWN THE ROAD.
I'LL TELL YOU WHEN.
>> David: WE BEGIN WITH THE
TRAGIC DEATH OF A 17-YEAR-OLD
GIRL.
SHE DIED AFTER BRAIN INJURY SHE
SUSTAINED WHILE SHE WAS PLAYING
RUGBY LAST WEEK.
HER PARENTS SPOKE OUT ABOUT HER
DEATH.
>> Reporter: SHE WAS BY ALL
ACCOUNTS A VIBRANT SOCIABLE
TEENAGER WHO LOAD SPORTS.
SHE WAS CAPTAIN OF THE SCHOOL
RUGBY TEAM.
KATHLEEN AND GORDON STRINGER ARE
HER PARENTS.
>> Interview: WE KNOW WHAT
TEENAGERS ARE LIKE AND SHE
WANTED TO PLAY THE SPORT SHE
LOVED AND SUPPORT HER TEAM.
>> Interview: SHE ALWAYS CAME
HOME WITH HER BRUISE AS SHE
CALLED THEM HER BADGES OF
HONOUR.
>> Reporter: HER PARENTS SAY
SHE RECEIVED A HIT TO THE HEAD
AND THEN ANOTHER A FEW DAYS
LATER.
>> Interview: SHE TOOK ADVIL
AND THE NEXT DATE WAS COMPLETELY
GONE.
BUTF HIT YOUR HEAD AND HAVE A
HEADACHE THAT MEANS SOMETHING
HAPPENED.
PROBABLY WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
>> Reporter: SHE RECEIVED HER
THIRD AND MOST SERIOUS INJURY
DURING A RUGBY GAME LAST
THURSDAY.
TOM SCHULTZ IS THE PRINCIPAL OF
THE SCHOOL.
>> Interview: AS SHE WENT TO
THE GROUND ON THE TACKLE SHE HIT
THE BACK OF HER HEAD AGAINST THE
GROUND.
IT WAS THE WAY SHE STRUCK THE
GROUND THAT CAUSED THE
UNFORTUNATE INJURY TO HER.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS SHE WAS
BRIEFLY CONSCIOUS ON THE FIELD
BUT SOON FADED.
SHE WAS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AND
NEVER REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS.
>> Interview: WE ALL MOURN FOR
HER, HER TEAM AND CLASSMATES ARE
GRIEVING NOW AND NEED TO BE ABLE
TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
DAVE WILL BE MEAN WHILE HER
PARENTS ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO
PREVENT THIS TRAGEDY FROM
HAPPENING TO ANOTHER FAMILY.
THEY SUSPECT TEENAERS ARE PRONE
TO DOWNPLAYING INJURIES AND WANT
TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE ALL
HITS SERIOUSLY.
>> IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, IT
HAPPENED.
IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT THAT
CAN BE LEARNED OUT OF IT --
>> JENNIFER ADAMS IS DIRECTOR OF
EDUCATION.
>> Interview: OUR COACHES ARE
INVOLVED IN SAFETY COURSES THAT
TEACH THEM TO BE ASKING THOSE
TIMES OF QUESTIONS.
AND WE CERTAINLY FOCUS ON THAT
ASPECT OF SAFETY IN OUR SCHOOLS.
>> Reporter: HOWEVER, SHE
COULD NOT SAY IF ROW WHAT
STRINGER WAS ASKED IF SHE HAD