The Challenge (2023) Movie Script

1
(Mission Control, via radio)
-Guys, how are you holding up?
(Oleg)
-Working.
(Pyotr)
-All good.
-Great. Pyotr, can you take
pictures of the MLM and PHO?
-Yes, of course.
-Oleg, how are you doing?
(Oleg)
-I'm working.
Just finished unlocking the
last lock.
-Acknowledged. Conduct a visual inspection
of the anchor points.
-Acknowledged.
-I've taken the pictures.
Waiting for further instructions.
(Mission Control)
-Thank you.
Can you start the realignment?
-Yes.
The radiator is secured.
The last lock is open.
Petya, let's lift it.
-Copy that.
(Mission Control) -Pyotr, the pitch rise
should not be more than 2-3 revolutions per second.
Lift it to 15 degrees
then swap over to move the whole boom.
-Doing it now.
(Oleg)
-This is a fun ride.
(Pyotr)
-Oleg, this is your reward for your hard work.
Only a select few can say
that they rode on the ISS boom arm.
-That's true.
(Mission Control)
-MCC can hear you.
-MCC always hears everything.
-How long have you known this?
Is there a chance of entering
the red zone?
Minimum approach distance?
At what time will the
maximum approach occur?
Understood.
Konstantin Andreevich, ASPoS has called.
The rocket stage hit an old satellite.
Soon the debris will collide with the station.
-We need to raise the orbit.
-How long until we need evasive maneuvers ?
-Two minutes.
-They won't have time to get inside.
-Oleg, Petya, can you hear me?
-I hear you.
-Yes, I hear you.
-Satellite debris is heading your way.
We'll be performing an evasion maneuver.
-Acknowledged.
-Copy.
-In 90 seconds we'll be firing a thrust pulse
to raise the station's orbit.
You don't have time to get inside.
Oleg, try to reach Petya,
secure yourself there.
-Understood.
-Initiating turn to specified orientation.
-Confirmed. CPU command from Regulus-2 session...
-Petya, try to retract the boom.
-Copy.
(operator)
-Selected. Command is set.
-50 seconds until impulse!
-45 seconds. Oleg, you won't make it
to Pyotr in time.
Secure yourself onto the main part of the boom.
Oleg, do you copy?
-I'll be there soon.
-15 seconds to impulse.
-Impulse in 10 seconds.
Oleg, are you secured?
Oleg, do you understand?
-I've secured one tether line.
The second one is almost there.
-Oleg, secure that second lineFast!
-We need to pulse now to avoid impact.
-Do it.
-Petya, stop the crane motion.
-Stopped.
-Oleg, do you hear me?
Oleg!
Oleg!
The Challenge
-Ah, damn...
Manya, damn it!
Mash! Mash, are you almost ready? I overslept.
Manya!
Marusya
Shoot.
What's going on? Can't you hear me?
Hurry up!
-I'm running late too!
-Yeah, OK. Well, I overslept!
-Get it together, Mom!
-I set the time wrong.
-Manya, please make some coffee.
-Uh huh.
-What's wrong with this? I fixed it.
-After that I had to fix it again.
We just need a new one.
-Manya, where are all the bras?
I can't find a single one.
Where are they?
-Here.
-Whose is this?
-Mine. Yours are all in the wash.
-Where did you get such an immodest bra?
-Grandma gave it to me.
-Grandma?
-I love you too.
-Excuse me, why am I being summoned to your school?
-Huh?
-I have three surgeries today.
-Oh, just forget it, then.
-He has a tension pneumothorax.
Drainage is needed.
-What does that mean?
-We need to let the air out
of the pleural cavity, otherwise he won't survive.
-We need to see what's in the kit.
-Are we preparing for descent?
Prep for emergency descent.
-You can see, he can't breathe.
Without urgent surgery
he'll die right now.
-Then intervene.
-We have protocols.
If he dies during this operation,
we'll all face charges.
-Proceed.
-Understood.
(Doctors)
-Theres nothing in our kit
suitable for an operation like this.
-There is a mini-tracheostomy kit.
We need to install an expander.
-But how exactly do we use it?
-We know exactly what to do, don't we?
-We've never encountered a case like this before.
On Earth, air in the chest cavity
rises up,
but where it is in zero gravity,
is hard to say.
-But air has to come out one way or another.
-Pyotr, get out the mini-tracheostomy kit.
a drainage tube, a clamp...
wipes, bandages.
We're about to make an incision in the chest.
-Should I anesthetize?
-There's no Novocaine.
-Anesthetic won't help anyway.
-Why don't you people have anything?
-Sorry, but we send up healthy cosmonauts after triple health check,
and this situation is abnormal.
-I got it.
-Petya, disinfect your hands. Quickly and thoroughly.
-Roger that.
-Now, get another disinfecting wipe.
-He's gasping.
-Stay calm.
Wipe the skin under the right clavicle,
thoroughly.
Open the kit.
Put on the gloves.
(Zhenya)
-It seems all right.
Like this?
-Lower. A little lower. Good.
Evgeniya Vladimirovna,
close the incision, set the drains.
-Vladislav Nikolaevich.
-Yes?
-Can you release me earlier? I need to run.
-What happened, Zhenya?
-Theyre calling me to Masha's school.
-What's the problem?
-I don't know.
-OK. Give her my greetings.
-Fine.
Scissors.
-Fine. We'll close it up ourselves. Thank you.
You're free to go, Evgeniya Vladimirovna.
-Olya, introduce amiodarone!
-What's happening?
-Pulse disturbance, arrhythmia.
Olya, introduce more.
-Go ahead, Tanya, you're a magician.
You know what to do.
-Not succeeding yet.
And the pressure doesn't hold. One second.
Fibrillation. arrhythmia!
Indirect heart massage.
Olya, introduce 1 milligram of atropine,
1 ampoule of adrenaline.
(Pyotr)
-He's suffocating!
-Oleg, hold on a minute.
You'll feel better soon.
Petya, move down from the collarbone
two finger widths.
Feel the dip? That's the spot.
-I'm there.
-Now take the scalpel.
No, not like that. Remember how you were taught
to do a tracheostomy back on Earth.
Not like a knife, like a pen.
Well done. Now you need to make
an incision at that location.
Approximately one centimeter.
You will feel the air coming out.
-What's the pulse?
-No pulse.
Turn him on his back.
-No, why? There is support from the back.
Is the pulse back?
-No pulse!
Administer norepinephrine.
Increase the dose.
-Is his pulse back?
-No pulse. Continue the massage.
-It's not working. What are we going to do?
-Maybe defibrillation?
-Faster.
-With a stopped heart? The stitches will pop.
-Continue indirect massage?
-It's not working. Think!
-Petya, we don't have time to think.
-Petya, a tied-up girl
has no need for tenderness.
[Crude Russian idiom: Just do it]
OK, Oleg?
Hang on.
-Faster!
-We need to do a direct heart massage.
Enlarge the incision. Open up.
Keep going, my hand won't fit in.
-I can't go any bigger.
-Mine will fit.
One, two, three, four...
-I'm cutting.
-Well done.
Now insert the expander into the incision.
All the way.
(Zhenya)
-One, two...
-It won't start.
-One, two, three, four.
-Do you hear the hissing?
-Yes, I hear it.
-Remove the plunger.
-One, two, three...
-Got it!
Normal pulse. It's back.
-Thank God.
OK, Evgeniya Vladimirovna, thank you.
We'll close up ourselves. You're free to go.
What's the blood pressure?
-A bit low. It'll come up.
-How are you feeling, Oleg?
-I can breathe.
-He has a closed chest injury
with damage to the right lung.
-Will he be OK?
-I'm not sure.
We'll need to consult
with specialists for this one.
(Doctor)
-Take the tube, insert it in the hole
and secure it with a band-aid.
Now take the scissors and gloves,
cut the glove finger about three centimeters...
-Unbelievable.
Have you lost your mind?
-I lost my mind? It's you who ruined that moment for me.
-What moment?
-I was trying to create a true a surgeon.
But it didn't work out.
-The patient almost died in there.
-But nobody died.
And nothing was created, either.
-Sorry.
-Here's Masha's mother.
-Hello, forgive me, please.
-Hello.
-Evgeniya.
-Vitaliy Alexandrovich.
The juvenile affairs officer.
-Come with me.
-What happened?
-Yesterday your daughter
hit Oksana Semyonova in the eye.
The father filed a statement with the police.
Here is the statement and the resulting medical examination.
-Masha is at school right now,
we can discuss this with her.
-Masha is in class. Should I call her?
-Your conversation will not solve the situation.
You can talk later.
-And what will solve it?
-The case is complicated by the fact that Oksana's father is-
the prosecutor of our district.
And he intends to press charges to the full extent.
At best, your daughter will be charged under
Article 6.1.1 of the Administrative Code
of the RF "Assault".
It's only an administrative offense.
-And the worst case?
-In the worst casethe Criminal Code.
Article 111. [Aggravated assault]
So, I recommend that you resolve this
issue with the prosecutor, personally.
-...and also, the situation
with Masha and Timofeev
from the other class worries me some.
-Who is Timofeev?
-You don't know?
What do you ask her about
her romantic life?
-What? What romantic life?
-I understand, it's not easy to
raise a child alone, with your job.
But you might lose sight of her, understand?
At this age it's critical to talk to her.
-Masha!
Hey! Why did you hit Semyonova in the eye?
-She deserved it.
-Do you know that they filed a police report for that?
You're not going to get into university.
-Screw it.
-You'll have to go to vocational school!
...Oksan', hello. How are you feeling?
Can I take a look? Does it hurt?
-I don't need your help.
Take care of your crazy daughter.
-The doctor prescribed you medication for that.
Did you take them both?
Mom!
Let me transfer you some money.
Buy your medicine
and take it as directed!
Are you sure you can only do an upper lobectomy?
What if there is a growth in the lower-lobe bronchus?
-We are prepared for that.
I warned the patient that might happen.
-Will he make it on the right lung?
-He will.
Lisa, my star!
-My name's Katya.
-Can you fill this out? I'm really swamped.
-Vladislav Nikolaevich, I don't know how.
-I'll dictate it over the phone.
Consider it training. Sound good?
-Just do your work yourself. Even the janitor
could fill out that paperwork.
-Good idea.
I could use another assistant.
-Half of the hospital staff are your "assistants".
Just like it was back at medical school.
-It wasn't like that.
-Oh please. I remember your little lectures
to the freshman girls.
-They were juniors.
-Fine, Nikolaev, but you get the idea.
-Maybe I'll talk to Borisovich,
and get you an assistant too?
It would take some work off your plate.
You could spend more time with Masha,
or just have some time for yourself...
-Have you lost your mind, Nikolaev?
Are you suggesting I don't spend enough time with my daughter?
-No...
-Go to hell!
Do you fancy yourself a some sort of Superman scholar?
Are you going to teach me about life?
-Evgeniya Vladimirovna,
Valentin Borisovich is calling you.
-I'm coming.
Can you manage without me?
-What kind of degree does a Superman scholar have?
-Valentin Borisovich, it's me, hello.
-Excellent.
-You called?
-I did.
Come with me.
-Where to?
-To Roscosmos [Russian NASA].
-Why?
-Something happened in space.
-I can't, I have a surgery.
-Vasya will cover for you.
-Valentin Borisovich, I can't go.
I ripped my pants. How can I go like this?
-Seems fine. Let's go, let's go.
-Do rockets take off into space right from here?
-Rockets take off from Baikonur and the East. You're funny.
-Yeah, I know. Just kidding.
-Tell me,
what kind of load do cosmonauts experience during landing?
-Approximately 4 times Earth's gravity in a standard descent.
-Now imagine.
You have one lung not working, a broken rib, a hole in the chest from drainage.
And right on top of all that,
someone slams a log into your chest
with all their might.
-Nevertheless, the cosmonaut says he's ready for descent.
-He's in a lot of pain right now, whatever he tells you.
We need to wait, at the very least,
for his ribs to heal.
-How long will this process take?
-It's not that simple, unfortunately.
We need the acute pain phase to pass,
observe the dynamics for a few days,
then we can give a more precise estimate.
But there is a risk of infection starting.
-Can you estimate the probability,
that the cosmonaut will die during descent?
-Without surgeryone hundred percent.
-Excuse me, who are you?
-Evgeniya Belyaeva, thoracic surgeon.
-Sorry, I did not introduce my guest.
-He won't make it to Earth.
With such extreme forces
he will die from shock.
-We can't just leave Bogdanov
to die in orbit.
-That's why he needs surgery.
But what to doit's up to you.
-We'll decide today.
Valentin Borisovich, tell me,
is the operation complex?
-Of medium complexity.
In principle, any of my students could do it.
But on Earth.
In the operating room,
with anesthesiologists, assistants.
A team of six people in total.
-Can it be done in space?
-In zero gravity, floating around?
Hard to say.
There are too many
unknown factors in space.
There's a chance.
-How much time do we have?
-Two or three weeks. A month at most.
And I understand that the entire surgical team
can't be sent there?
-At best, one doctor.
(Zhenya)
-Hello, I'm Evgeniya, I'm Masha's mom.
I was informed that a conflict occurred
between our girls.
I'm very uncomfortable and ashamed
of my daughter's behavior.
-And what do you want?
-To resolve this peacefully.
Not to take this to court.
-What do you mean?
-I would like to apologize to you.
-Well, apologize.
-Please forgive me,
it won't happen again.
I'll keep an eye on it myself.
-Okay.
-Thank you.
No trial then?
-What do you mean no trial?
You thought you'd apologize and that's it?
Was there an act of assault? There was.
So, we will decide.
And act within the legal field.
-Dad, I want to start with the Room of Fear.
-You screamed there last time.
Maybe we should start with something else?
-Yes, but I still want to.
I also want popcorn, sweet, a big bucket.
-But you'll spill it in the Room of Fear.
These earrings really suit you.
-Earrings from you, Sergey! I like them too.
[Earring sounds like Sergey in Russian]
-I've been thinking: If tighten our belts a bit,
we might be able to get a new car
in seven or eight months.
A newer "Ford", for example? What do you say?
-You can't drink coffee.
[The smoking is apparently fine.]
-Kostya, let's decide already.
I'd take the risk and send him down.
-You heardhe won't make it.
There will be no miracle.
-Death during descent is an understandable accident.
Death at the station
we'll be in the prosecutor's office.
-Didn't they conduct medical experiments in zero gravity?
-They did.
They cut off a rat's tail.
Or half of it, I can't remember exactly.
-Successful?
-Do you want me to check?
-Check it out.
-Uh oh, I got it wrong.
She's not on duty today.
Hide!
Hello.
-Well, hello.
What's happening?
Whose skateboard is this?
-I borrowed it.
-Did you fight over a guy?
-How do you know?
-Principal snitched. Manya!
Is it something serious between you guys?
-Kind of...
-I'm asking you, is it serious?
-It's nothing.
-Nothing?
OK. It's nothing, and it will
continue to be nothing!
-Mom, but I love him!
Don't focus on his height.
He's growing.
He used to be even shorter.
-Yes?
-Valentin Borisovich?
This is Volin from Roscosmos.
-Yes, I'm listening.
-Sorry for calling so late. I have one question.
When will you be able to provide people
ready to fly and operate in space?
-I'm ready to fly.
Nothing ties me to the earth.
-You won't pass the medical examination.
We need younger ones, with good health.
-Yeah, I understand.
I'll talk to the team tomorrow.
-See you tomorrow.
-Nothing ties you to the earth?
-It does, of course, but I meanthey were offering to fly me into space.
-One-way trip to Mars, I hope?
-Let's go to bed.
-Do you want a third Hero of Russia medal?
Is that what this is?
Want to be buried
in the Kremlin?
Next to Gagarin, right?
-Write the order.
-Shall we leave it for tomorrow morning?
"Morning is wiser."
-I need the order in all departments by morning.
-Well, how am I supposed to do it?
There are no helpers. It's midnight.
-Write it yourself.
-To perform an operation,
where there is no gravity!
-Sign with today's date.
-You'd have a better chance
doing a surgery underwater.
-It used to be impossible to fly into space too.
Koralev was taken for a madman.
[1950s Soviet rocket engineer]
Everyone laughed at him.
And in the end, what?
We still fly on his rockets.
-"Assigned as responsible
Volin K. A."
And if your harebrained scheme doesn't work out,
what will you do?
Fall on your sword?
-Sign it.
-You really love being
in the line of fire, Kostya.
-You know, Igor.
If I could help in any way,
I would go myself.
-Get me the president.
-Well, guys... does this smell like a Hero of Russia medal to you?
-Ive wanted to be a cosmonaut since I was a kid.
Maybe nows the time to give it a shot?
-Rostislavych, no offense,
but theres an age limit.
-No offense to you, but go screw yourself.
-Come on, space? Its gotta be some kind of scam.
-No, its the real deal.
But how are they going to decide who goes?
-Alright, colleagueswhats this symposium all about?
Are you ready?
-Ready.
-You?
-I have Marusya. She's due any day now.
-It's not you who's giving birth.
-I wanted to be there.
-I assure you, you won't miss anything good.
We'll put Marusya on conservatory,
everything will be fine.
-Isn't the anesthesiologist supposed to fly?
-The surgeon will.
-They'll operate without an anesthesiologist?
-They are resourceful guys,
they will think of something.
Are you also planning to fly?
-Me? No.
I've got problems up to my ears here on Earth.
-What kind of problems?
-Mashka gave her classmate a black eye,
her daddy filed a police report.
-And who is her daddy?
-The state prosecutor.
Did you want me to fly?
-No, I want you to
to go to the Space Center
and help develop the
zero-gravity procedure,
while the guys are getting
a medical examination.
-I can't.
I'm about to be in court...
-Just text me the full name and phone number
of this prosecutor, and you get packing.
And, colleagues, please:
This is a classified matter
only tell immediate family; no one else.
-Are you looking for these?
-I'm sorry.
-It's okay, don't mention it.
-What would I do without you?
-It's all good.
Can I help with anything else?
Do you want me to punch this prosecutor in the face?
-If I do, I'll tell you.
-Why won't you say where you're going?
-What do you mean?
-Well?
-OK, let's do this.
Write: "Non-disclosure agreement".
What? You're asking "why?" and "where?"
Just write it. But keep this in mind:
the disclosure of state secrets
is punishable by law.
-Why the contract? I'm your mother.
-Mom, they did the same for me.
-Whose a should I put on it?
-In whose name?
Address it to the president.
Right, Manunya...
Oh, by the way, take this.
Make sure grandma doesn't forget to take her meds.
-Yeah-yeah.
-Make sure you know where
they are in the kitchen.
-Hold on with the medicines.
Feel my pulse.
Lately, something's
not quite right with my pulse.
-Hold on, let's go. What's the pulse?
-Mom, are you going out like this?
-What do you have there?
-Mom!
-You smudged your mascara.
-Normal pulse.
-No. It's weak.
-Here.
Mom, put this on.
-Im not going out in something this fancy. I love you.
Mom! Don't be like that.
-Come on.
-Mom, there will be a bunch of guysdoctors and cosmonauts.
-Cosmonauts?
Zhen', in my youth I
was in love with Dzhanibekov.
[Russian Buzz Aldrin]
You need to change clothes.
-Konstantin Andreevich, I have a personal question for you.
Do you have any connections in the in the law?
-Yes. What happened?
-Well...
Nothing happened yet, but it could.
-Will the Attorney General suffice?
-The Attorney General will do.
[Goofy Armenian accent]
-Time flies like crazy!
I'll send this to my mom now, she'll be so happy.
-Yeah, sure...
17 years, dude!
-In the scale of the cosmos,
it's nothing... but still.
Zhenya, hello!
-Rafik! Hello!
What a suit!
-Yes!
-How's Krasnodar City?
-It misses you guys.
When will you come visit?
-As soon as we return from space, straight to you.
-Do they send people to space from here?
-Dear candidates,
please come in.
-Are you hungover?
-How can you always tell?
-There seem to be a lot of candidates.
I thought I was the only one invited.
[humor]
I'm not getting any signal.
-Only "MegaFon" [App] works here.
-So, what do we have? Blunt chest trauma,
rib fracture with injury to the right lung
and as a resultpneumothorax
and possibly hemothorax.
Please, your questions.
-It could be anything in there.
Without x-rays, you can't see the full picture.
-Is there an x-ray on the ISS?
-No, there's no X-ray on the ISS.
Nor CT, unfortunately.
-How do we determine how many ribs are broken?
What is the condition of the ribcage?
-These pictures hardly make anything clear.
-Is he still running a temperature?
-It fluctuates between 37.9 and 38.5.
-What's causing the fever?
-Maybe blood is separating,
or maybe, empyema is starting.
-Then what is this?
Here and here?
-This could easily be an ultrasound error.
-Or a hemothorax clot.
-You cant really diagnose
anything via ultrasound.
-These are blood clots.
They can behave like this in weightlessness.
-And how many blood clots have you seen
in the pleural cavity?
-We assume.
-On Earth, the liquid would have accumulated at the bottom.
In zero gravity, even organs can shift, along with blood and fluids. And then, where is up?
-He was thrown back so hard,
why didn't the spacesuit rupture?
-It's very difficult to puncture a spacesuit, it's like armor.
-I'd like to know, was the was the impact like this...
or like this?
-Oleg, how are you feeling?
-I'm feeling better.
-Oleg, there are seven surgeons next to me,
who have volunteered to fly to the station.
-You're serious?
Are you going to operate on me here?
-We'll see, only if you behave yourself.
They have questions for you. OK?
Please, go ahead.
-Oleg Viktorovich, hello.
-Valentin Borisovich, like this, please.
-Oleg Viktorovich, hello.
I'm Verchinin Valentin Borisovich, the chief surgeon of the thoracic center.
We are interested in the mechanism of injury.
Could you...
-I'm fine.
-You feel like you're okay.
But, judging by the pictures and analysis we have, that's not the case.
-Listen, Kostya.
Bring me down.
Don't change anything.
-Skin is pale.
-Sweating.
-You just won't make it.
-To put it simply, it is like this.
-You're there, I'm here.
I know I'm okay.
Do you decide everything for me?
-Tell me, does his family know about his condition?
-We decided not to tell them just yet.
-One of you will fly to the ISSInternational Space Station.
The ISS is the most technically complex object ever created by mankind.
And, by the way, it's also the most expensive.
It costs 150 billion dollars.
This is a training mock-up
of the Russian part of the ISS.
It's all the same, except this has gravity.
The cargo module is on the left.
To the right is the laboratory module. Brand new. Recently sent to the station.
In front of you is a docking node.
This is where cosmonauts practice what
they will be doing at the station.
And you guys, the same lies ahead.
Here, by the way, is Anton Nikolaevich.
Anton Shkaplerov, cosmonaut and Hero of Russia.
Anton Nikolaevich will show
how the service module is arranged.
Which buttons can be pressed, which ones can't.
What you can touch, what is better not to touch.
Take into account, we won't be able to send the entire operation with you,
only the most necessary.
Wait here, let the candidates look around.
It's cramped in there.
-This is the most spacious module
of the Russian segment.
-This is the most spacious one!?
-Yes.
The other modules are smaller in size
and are loaded with cargo.
In this module, cosmonauts sleep in these cabins.
They exercise on the treadmill.
They eat at this table.
This is the heart of the ISS.
Control is carried out from here
and control of all systems.
-Is this the toilet?
-Yes.
-And how does it work?
Is it true that pee is recycled into water?
What? We need to know about all
these things before we leave.
-The toilet works on a vacuum principle.
And urine being converted back to water?
That's only on the American part.
-Thank God.
-Hello.
-Hello.
Here is everything you asked for.
-Excellent.
-This is a hyperbaric chamber. We simulate
ascent to an altitude of 20,000 meters on it.
With it we test the body's tolerance
to hypoxiaaltitude sickness.
Four thousand.
-Here we have water. The heating element.
-Forty-five hundred.
-We could secure him here,
but I suppose that would be dangerous?
-The central control station is over there.
-Then where can we secure the patient
to ensure a rigid mount?
-The most rigid mounting point is the exercise bike.
-And where is that?
-Right beneath you.
-Let's take a look.
-That's all, thank you very much.
-Thank you.
-Five thousand.
-How are you feeling?
-Fifty-five hundred.
-We need a flat surface,
where we can lay the patient down,
secure him,
and where the doctor can fit as well.
-Six thousand.
-Did you see Gagarin?
-No, I didn't yet.
Everyone says I look like him. Let's go, Dude!
-Sixty-five hundred.
-You can try the floor, you can try the ceiling.
In space, it makes no difference.
-Seven thousand.
-So, does that mean
the doctor could be upside down?
-Eighty-five hundred.
-No, that's too extreme a variant.
Let's try on the table.
Head here, face to me,
legs in this direction.
His feet are hanging.
The platform is very short.
-It's not a problem. There's no gravity up there.
-Yes, but the doctor needs a strong fixture.
-We will figure something out.
-Nine thousand.
-Come on!
-Ninety-five hundred.
-Everything is great.
-Ten thousand. Plateau.
-Stop, I can't take it anymore.
-Descent at 20 meters per second.
-Understood.
-Rafik's test results put him
over the weight limit.
Please perform an abdominal scan on him.
-Suck it in all you want.
If you don't lose five kilosyou won't fly to space.
-Raf!
-Hello, lovely ladies.
-Hey man,
are you and Zhenka not an item?
Why not? After all these years,
you still haven't gotten together?
-It's complicated.
-You are standing in front of the "Soyuz" spacecraft simulator.
It consists only of the habitation module
and the descent module.
In the former, cosmonauts rest,
In the descent module, they work
and eventually return to Earth.
It has enough life-support for 5 days,
but you'll reach the station in only 3 hours.
-we'll need a surgical gown and gloves
Could we store it here?
Is everything about the same there?
-Take note,
you'll be flying in the right seat,
The pilot will be
in the center.
-I think the right seat seems a bit tighter than the left.
Can't we just...
-No, we can't.
-OK, that's fine.
-Too heavy.
-It's just my clothes!
-Pretty much all of the station is draped in fabric.
"Velcro"What you call "hook and loop fastener."
Like this mating strip here...
So, we can stick it right
to the device, like a tape.
Since it doesn't weigh anything,
it can be put basically anywhere.
-And it'll be strong enough?
-Yes.
-OK, you've got a bit of an eye problem.
A cataract is developing.
-The first Armenian cosmonaut.
What do you think about that, Elon Musk?
-What does a spacesuit cost?
-Nine. -Thousand dollars?
-Million rubles.
[120,000 dollars USD]
-How much do the gloves cost?
-...The gloves only come with the spacesuit.
-Zhenya, look. The suit fits.
-It looks good on you.
-Thank you.
Are you guys out?
-Yep. Failed eye pressure.
-Got hypoxia ...kind of.
-Good luck, guys.
-Good luck. Rafik, good luck in space.
-Thanks, guys.
-If you're ever in Krasnodar, give me a call.
-Definitely. Goodbye.
-Hello.
-How are you?
-Thanks. I'm thinking.
What's the best place for a surgeon to be?
The patient is secured...
head there, face to me.
We've got him tied down with belts,
We've hung the monitor,
and hung up the tools.
What do you think?
Feels pretty familiar, doesn't it?
-It's a bit cramped.
What if I stand over there?
Well, there's more space now.
But the video needs to be displayed on this monitor.
-Then we won't be able to see the patient's face.
-It's more convenient for me this way.
-I adore you, Nikolaev, for your self-confidence.
You haven't even been approved yet.
-I will be, though.
-Have you prepared your Nobel acceptance speech, too?
-Yep.
Do you think they might not give it to me,
even if everything works out?
-I think Sergey would be proud of you.
My pencil! It was my last one.
So, Nikolaev, you're a magician too.
Okay, the patient is secure.
What are we going to fasten you to?
-To the floor.
-Sure.
-Cosmonaut Oleg Bogdanov,
Record holder for cumulative time in space914 days.
Hero of the Russian Federation.
Happily married, he spends his time between flights
raising a daughter.
-That's how we fly here, on the vacuum cleaner.
(Zhenya)
-OK. Can you solve this problem for me?
Borya had three apples,
and Yana had four.
-What about Sergey?
-None at all.
-Sergey has none.
How many apples did they have together?
-Six.
-Six?
-How many?
-Seven.
-So six or seven?
-Six. Seven... Six. Seven.
-I love you.
-Marusya!
-Yes.
-Yes?
What's going on?
Understood.
Alright, okay. I'll be there.
The hospital called, I need to go back.
-Can you at least stay for an hour?
-Sergey!
-I'll go later.
-What are you doing? It's urgent.
Marusya, sorry, popcorn's on me.
If you want you can have two.
-Okay.
-Sergey, can you hurry up?
I really need to be there.
-...uncovered the unlawful withholding of income tax
by the clinic's chief physician,
deducted from employee bonuses...
-Hello?
It's me.
-This is a test of your
vestibular system.
We are about to spin you around.
You should sit with your eyes closed, tilting your head from side to side,
Imagine yourself on a rollercoaster.
You like fair rides, don't you?
-No.
-The fever is still holding.
Antibiotics are not working.
-Then, the immediate question:
how much time do we have.
-The main thing is to prevent
irreversible inflammation from setting in.
-How to stretch it? The flight is in two weeks.
-He's stubborn. He'll pull through.
-You see, there are so many worries in lifevarious anxieties, stress.
Wife's pregnant. Dollar exchange rate, again.
I live this every day.
I absolutely don't need,
to spin me on rides until I black out. Understand?
-I understand.
-You can't turn around here. How to operate here?
Alright. What access do we have?
How many ports are we going to install? One, three?
-How do you feel?
We need to work as usualusing three ports.
Well place the camera in one, and operate with the other two.
-You know what? Let's do this:
We'll place the instruments through that one.
They don't weigh anything there, right?
-I'd lower it a little.
-Then place the injector where the instrument is.
-Maybe we should just do it through a single port after all?
Fewer incisions means less risk of bleeding.
-Vasily, how are you feeling?
-I feel nauseous.
-If necessary, I will do it through one.
-But how do you plan to flush out the hemothorax
through a single port?
-I'm saying, if needed.
Why make unnecessary incisions?
I feel refreshed!
-I won't be in town on the weekend.
I won't be able to attend your wedding.
No-no, I can't tell you.
Listen, I signed a confidentiality agreement.
-How are you feeling?
-Normal.
-How are you?
-Like being hungover on a roller coaster.
Anyway, Russians are used to it.
-Well, then so am I.
My ex-wife drained so much blood from me,
I needed a transfusion.
So, now I'm also half Russian by blood.
I was paraphrasing Dovlatov there.
[Russian humorist]
-Colleagues, let's do a single port
under local anesthesia,
insert the camera and look.
If necessary, administer general anesthesia
and insert as many ports as needed.
-Is the height okay with you?
-The table could be a bit lower...
-How tall are you?
-5' 7".
...I mean 5' 10".
There's no duty free where I am! No.
We have two hands each,
who's going to hold the camera?
Who's ventilating the lungs?
-How are you feeling?
-I feel dizzy.
Listen, I can't talk about it now.
Later, you will all be proud of me.
Yes, I'll come later and we'll celebrate.
-I guess we're done?
-How are you feeling?
-Not very good. Can we stop, please?
Four out of five.
-The cosmonaut Pyotr will be holding the ventilation,
And on camerathe cosmonaut coming up with us, Anton.
-Is that safe?
-What option do we have?
OK, Anton.
Imagine this is our patient's chest.
We'll make the first incision here.
We'll set the port.
This will be the main access for the operation.
If necessary, we make two more cuts:
here and here.
And set two more ports.
As a result there are three accesses. Three ports.
We'll put a camera here,
that you, Anton, will hold.
In the other two goes all the tools
that the surgeon uses.
To have direct access to the lung,
we need to spread the ribs
and get direct access to the lung.
I think I got carried away.
-No, it's fine.
That's actually very helpful.
-Tell me, is it true that
Oleg holds the record
for longest time in space?
-Yes. He's a legend.
Inspired many guys to become cosmonauts.
But... sometimes he can be a bit petulant.
-Please eat. Bon apptit.
-Thanks.
You can finish demolishing your chicken, too.
-In zero gravity, most of your muscles will not be engaged. You have to get used to this.
The simplest movements, ones that you don't
even consider here on Earth,
can result in injury in weightlessness.
Blood circulation will be impaired.
Due to the absence of gravity, it will feel
like you're upside down.
This will affect your ability
to orient in space.
In space, it might take you several days,
or even a week, to learn how to move.
Now, you will have ten 25-second intervals
to get a rough idea of
what weightlessness is like
and how to function in it.
-Let's go, Dude!
-Activate!
Five seconds.
Ten seconds.
Fifteen seconds.
Twenty seconds.
Time's up.
Urgent!
Five seconds.
Ten seconds.
Fifteen seconds.
Twenty seconds.
Time's up.
-Hi.
-Hello.
I'm here for Evgeniya Vladimirovna.
-She's not at home.
-And you are her mother?
-Elder sister.
Come in.
Are you a pilot?
-Hello, I wanted to thank you
for the help with the prosecutor.
-Uh-huh. Be careful.
-And I also need to run an idea by you
about rigidly securing the surgeon's
feet to the floorjust like this.
-With skis?
-Yes. Here, let me show you.
Look. Here are these fixturesand here respectively.
We remove the bindings from the skis
and screw them to the floor at the station.
-No. We are not drilling
anything into the floor at the station.
-Well okay, then...
-But, I understood the principle.
Try it on the plane, next time.
-Okay.
Hello!
Cosmonauts train via diving,
so that means, if they land in the water,
they could probably swim to safety, right?
-Well, I suppose, yes.
-You've thought of everything.
-Activate!
Five seconds.
Ten seconds.
Fifteen seconds.
Twenty seconds.
Time's up!
-We weren't taught this at the institute.
-That's for sure.
Activate!
Time's up!
-We need more.
-Yeah, guys, if this is
really what it's like in space,
I'm not surprised they haven't done
any surgeries up there yet.
-You couldn't even remove an appendix like that.
-So, do we tell Borisovich that it can't work,
and let him die there?
-No, no. we can't do that.
Let's think. Let's think.
-And we definitely need to take those
ski boots into space.
-Good job guys, that's progress.
-What, out of seven candidates you're leaving me
with two?
-Vestibular issues, hypoxia.
The third guy has vision problems. He'd come back blind.
-Well, what about the young woman
who flew with us?
-What about her?
-Maybe you should take another look at her?
-What are you trying to say, Mikhalych?
-She's tough.
(Zhenya) -I have read,
that you have done seven spacewalks.
Was it scary the first time?
(Oleg)
-Yep.
-Okay, now down.
Going down, now from bottom to top. Like this.
-Of course, it's scary.
You come out of the hatchand there's infinity.
-Well, aside from the fear, what else?
-I don't know.
You begin to know yourself.
Only you and the cosmos.
Its impossible to put into words; you have to experience it yourself.
-One can only dream about such things.
Now, from the other side.
Oleg!
Oleg?
So, what is actually worrying you?
-Besides looking like
a glass of lemonade with a straw in it?
-Funny.
But seriously?
-I'd like to see
my daughter start first grade.
I feel awkward in front of everyone...
...because of this whole situation.
Tell me, is the operation complicated?
-Medium difficulty.
But that's on Earth.
In space, it's experimental.
Different laws, different rules.
But you know that better than me.
-End of communication session.
-Konstantin Andreevich,
His wife should know
what's happening to him.
You have to understand: right now, he needs to have
his closest loved ones by his side
the people he will hold on for.
Our goal is to ensure he makes it until the doctor arrives.
Call his wife.
-Are you a psychologist?
-No, I'm a surgeon.
-I will deal with psychology. Okay?
-Sorry, I... don't know
much about cosmonauts,
but I understand my patients pretty well
and I know all too well what its like
to live on when you didnt get the chance
to say everything you needed to say to someone.
He has a daughter.
She's six years old.
Lilies of the valley...
[Famous Soviet pop song]
Hello, bright May!...
(Doctor)
-4Gs. How are you feeling?
You shoved a huge dick right under my nose...
[A joke lyric]
-5Gs.
You told me it was a lily of the valley!
-6Gs.
-It's crushing me!
-8Gs, holding.
-Centrifuge stopping.
-How are you feeling?
-Sang my last note.
-The crooner didn't pass.
(technician)
-Starting the movement.
1G.
-1G.
-Two.
-2Gs.
-3Gs.
-3Gs.
-4Gs.
-4Gs.
-Five.
-5Gs.
How are you feeling?
-Good.
-Six.
-6Gs.
-Seven.
-7Gs.
-8Gs, holding.
-8G, and holding.
Breathe with your diaphragm.
How are you feeling?
-Alright.
-End of the hold, stopping.
-We're finishing, Vladislav Nikolaevich,
everything's fine.
You did well.
-Is that all?
I was just starting to enjoy myself.
-I knew he would pass.
I'll go talk to him.
(Technician)
-Three.
(Technician)
-One.
-How do you feel?
-Yeah, I'm fine.
-Well, that's good.
-Want to go for a ride?
-OK, belt.
-Uh-huh.
-Camera here.
Light bulbs around the perimeter.
Yes. Please take off your earrings.
The lights come on when we start.
Here's the push-to-talk switch.
-We're accelerating to three.
-Copy.
Going to three.
Two Gs.
Three, holding.
-Holding at 3Gs.
Evgeniya Vladimirovna, how do you feel?
-My head's a little heavy.
But otherwise I'm fine.
-Let's go to four.
(technician)
-Copy.
4Gs.
-How are you feeling, Evgeniya Vladimirovna?
-Everything is fine.
-Let's go to six.
-She's about to lose consciousness now.
-We're going up to six.
6Gs, holding.
-Did you do sports, Zhenya?
-Played dodgeball at school.
And beach volleyball.
-How is your breathing?
-It's hard.
But tolerable.
The hospital called, I need to go back.
-Can you at least stay for an hour?
I'll go later.
-Sergey, can you hurry up?
I really need to be there.
-Should we stop?
-Evgeniya Vladimirovna, is everything okay?
(Masha)
-Mom!
(Zhenya)
-Masha!
-Mom!
Mom!
Mom...
-Sergey, Sergey! Help!
Help!
-Evgeniya Vladimirovna, is everything okay?
-Yes, everything is fine.
-Go up to eight?
-No, we need to stop.
(technician)
-Centrifuge stopping.
-That's enough for now.
-While were living our quiet lives here, you...
I just want to tell you
that were really looking forward to seeing you.
Summer is almost here, and we're deciding
where we're going for our vacation.
-Well?
Have you figured out all the details?
-I think so, yes.
At least, everything that could be
thought through here on Earth.
-Great.
-Vlad!
Let me show you...
-Why do people strive to go to space?
They spend their lives studying, flying.
Depriving themselves of a normal life on Earth.
In 60 years of flights
humans have traveled
only 400 kilometers from Earth.
Did you know that?
-No.
-That's only about halfway to St. Petersburg.
We can't even figure out anything clearly here on Earth,
Why do we need to go to space?
We can't figure out how to make two people
get along in a two-room apartment,
yet, we're flying into space.
What do you think,
why does a person need to go into space so badly?
-Maybe because a person hopes to find answers
in space, to questions
he can't find answers to on Earth?
I don't know.
[Volin observes creepily]
Remember our professor?
He talked about the first man
who decided to conquer Everest.
Nikolaev, do you remember
or were you sleeping after going to the clubs all night?
(Nikolaev)
-You forgot these in the centrifuge.
(Zhenya)
-See? What am I going to do without you?
-You'll manage.
-I only have one question.
Are you ready to go into space?
-Not right now, but I might do it tomorrow.
[Common ironic Russian phrase]
-I wanted to tell you.
If he starts pulling rank on you there,
Don't listen to him.
Do whatever you need to do.
-I'll strap him to the table,
[Common Russian phrase]
if I have to.
-Evgeniya Vladimirovna, it's time.
-Yes.
-Godspeed.
-Thank you.
-Shall I accompany you to the plane?
-Uh-huh.
-Will you take Barsa with you?
-It's a tradition. I'll be back soon.
-Will you need to keep in touch with your mom?
-If it's possible, I would like to.
She has a heart thing and can't be stressed.
-We'll take care of it.
-Well, give me one, too,
since it's a tradition.
-Godspeed!
-They don't send random people into space.
So, it must be meant to be.
And you need this, too.
You're an excellent surgeon.
If I were in his shoes, I would have chosen you, too.
And don't worry about Masha. I'll keep an eye on her.
-Mash, you're not sleeping?
-I just woke up.
-Oh, they're launching rockets again.
Wasting more money.
They'd be better off raising pensions.
Or student scholarships.
Do you know what your tuition is going to be?
Three thousand a month.
I need to call Zhenechka.
(through the radio)
-Launch control accepted. One.
-Dampers open. All systems on the launch rails are go.
Ready for launch.
-Evgeniya Vladimirovna, your mother is calling.
Are you going to talk?
-Yes. Yes, let's do it.
-Zhen', hello! So, are you coming back?
Hello, Zhenya?
-No, Mom, another business trip
just popped up for me here.
-What business trip? Where to?
-Huh? I can hear...
It's in Irkutsk.
-And why Irkutsk?
-For two weeks.
I'm already on the plane, about to take off now.
-Again with the cosmonauts?
-No,
with divers.
-OK, I see.
Oh, listen, the prosecutor came by again.
He brought flowers for me this time.
Yes, thats exactly what he said, only for me.
He asked where you were. I didn't say anything.
Such an imposing man.
I like him so much.
-Mom?
-She's getting ready to go to Irkutsk.
-Mom, is Barsa with you?
-Yes, he is with me. Hello, Mashulya.
-Are you nervous?
-Yes, a little.
I love you, bye.
-Just try not to worry, okay?
You're not the first woman to fly to...
To Irkutsk.
-Uh-huh.
-You're not telling me something.
-Mom has a weak heart.
-Yes.
-Ignition.
Preliminary.
Intermediate.
Main. Lift off.
-Let's go!
-Ten.
-Lift-off contact passed.
Engines of the central
and side blocks of the carrier rocket
have reached main-stage thrust.
-Twenty.
-Launch vehicle control system
parameters are normal.
-Twenty five.
Thirty.
-First and second stage engines
are operating normally.
-Forty.
-The parameters of the launch vehicle are normal.
-Fifty.
-Stabilization is steady.
-Sixty.
-Pressure in the engine chambers is normal.
-Seventy.
-Pitch, yaw, and roll are normal.
-Eighty.
-Normal flight.
-Break a leg, mom.
-Hundred.
-One hundred and ten.
-The engines of the first and second stages are working normally.
DU-5 jettison confirmed.
-One hundred and twenty.
-initiating disconnection of side boosters.
Side boosters have separated.
-One hundred and thirty.
-The fairing flaps have deployed.
Vehicle stabilization is steady.
-One hundred and forty.
-Launch vehicle structural
parameters are normal.
-Well folks, congratulations! You're in orbit.
-Dim, come here.
-Evgeniya Vladimirovna, how do you feel?
-She's feeling fine. Smile.
(Anton)
-Moscow Mission Control, I read you loud and clear.
The crew is feeling fine.
-Anton, begin the reorientation maneuver for docking.
-We have run the spacecraft
30-minute pressure check.
No anomalies detected; the spacecraft is airtight.
(Anton)
-Copy that.
57 meters range.
Speed within limits.
The docking node is clean.
-Copy. Everything is fine.
-I'm observing a slight roll to the left.
-Copy.
-I'm observing a slight deviation in pitch.
-Copy.
-Range 24 meters.
Range 7 meters. Awaiting contact.
-Copy.
(Anton)
-Awaiting contact.
-Contact confirmed.
-Docking confirmed.
-Congratulations, guys.
(Anton)
-Alignment confirmed. Mechanical connection established.
Connection established. 06:12:55.
-Prepare for the transition to the station.
(Anton)
-Flight "Baikonur ISS" complete.
Get out, stretch your legs.
Let me help you get undressed.
-What, no celebration tea?
-Some tea? Yeah better to drink that at the station.
The toilet here is... well, like this.
-Okay-okay, you convinced me.
Let's skip the tea.
-Be careful.
(Pyotr)
-Evgeniya!
-Hello.
-Anton!
Welcome to the ISS. Make yourself at home.
-Hey there, sky-dweller!
Hey there, space home.
-And where is Bogdanov?
-Come fly with me.
Turn right at the intersection.
-It's cramped in here.
-Yeah, it is.
This is where we wash up.
-Where is the shower?
-It works differently here.
-Do you know what ISS stands for?
-What?
-International Space Storage.
-Straight ahead.
It's straight ahead the whole way.
(Anton)
-Hey there, buddy! How's it going?
-Hello.
-Hi.
-You see for yourself.
-We need to unload the equipment.
I need an x-ray.
-Let's go, we'll unload the ship.
-Hello. I'm Zhenya.
I'm very glad to see you.
Tell me, have you been hunched like this for long?
-Four days.
-I need to examine you.
-Listen, Anton.
X-ray, injector, drainage system.
I trust doctors, of course,
but you saw Oleg.
Don't you think that, given these conditions,
a single doctor won't be able to handle it?
Even with all this equipment.
-But in war zones
the conditions aren't exactly great either.
and yet, they save people.
Our job right now
is to help her.
-What is this?
-Part of the medical equipment.
-I knew it would be you.
How do you find zero gravity?
Isn't your head spinning?
-Please be quiet.
Just... lie still.
or whatever you call it up here.
Anton, I need to talk to the mission control center.
Could you please transmit the images
I took down to Earth?
May I speak with you somewhere else?
(Volin)
-Zhenya, how is Oleg doing?
-The lung damage is extensive;
I'll be operating very soon.
Any delay would be dangerous.
-Will you have enough time to prepare properly?
-Yes, we should.
-How do you feel?
-Tolerable. I would like to talk
to Valentin Borisovich.
-I'll connect you now.
-Yes, Zhenya!
-Did you see the pictures?
-The ribs are in the stage of bone callus formation,
but there is still pathological mobility.
-Valentin Borisovich, I'm scared.
-Well, first of all, calm down.
Yeah, it's not as simple
as it could be. It's infected badly.
-You don't understand,
I can't even move around without bumping into corners.
Let alone cutting into a human being.
-But you'll have to cut.
-Nothing stays put in here.
Everything is flying.
-And what else were you expecting to see in there?
-We'll need to drain his chest cavity.
And if we have to resuscitate himthen what?
-So, you'll be resuscitating. It won't be your first time.
I'll be right there with you; don't worry.
-Okay.
-You're already there, and that's the main thing.
Remember your first operation.
And when were you more scared?
-Evgeniya, we've made lunch.
Hungry?
-Lunch is great, of course,
but let's get the module ready
for the operation first, okay?
We need to thoroughly disinfect all surfaces.
Anton, this is a schematic for you. Just a sec.
Oleg!
We are going to check the temperature now.
I'll check your drainage later.
Just like that.
So, can you grab the handle? Excellent.
You can also hold on here.
Right, excellent.
-Have you ever been...
three millimeters away from death?
-Oleg, I understand that youre
not exactly in high spirits,
but I will do everything
in my power
to put a safe distance
between you and death.
-...We are all at that distance.
You, too, for that matter.
-What are you talking about?
-The thickness of the station walls is
about three millimeters.
Thin wall, right?
-Yes.
Now, how do I stop thinking about that?
They could've made it a bit thicker.
-Didn't have enough money for the thick walls.
-So, what's the temperature?
There, excellent.
So, wait for me here,
I will go check,
if the module is ready for operation.
-Am I to understand that Volin appointed you
crew commander, and I wasn't informed?
-Oleg, I promised your wife I'd strap you down
if you didn't listen to me.
Got it?
-Zhenya?
It's for motion sickness. You need to get some rest.
Otherwise, it will be worse.
-Thank you.
-Follow me.
Climb in.
A hour of sleep here is like two on Earth.
If you need anything, we're right nearby.
-Mm-hmm.
-Straight, left,
at the end of the corridor turn left again.
-Thank you.
-Anton, you did fully plan out
the operation back on Earth, didn't you?
Everything to the smallest detail?
-Don't worry.
I'm going to nap for a couple of hours.
-You know, I haven't been to any war zones.
-Don't let that get you down.
Space needs programmers, too.
You could come up with a program for robots,
so they could perform
surgery in space.
We have a robot, but no program.
Don't write it right now.
Later.
-Mommy.
Where am I?
Oleg!
Oleg, can you hear me? Oleg!
Oleg!
Anton, Pyotr, wake up!
Bogdanov to the service module, immediately.
Let's go.
We put him directly on the table.
Be careful.
Carefully.
Alright. Let's start packing.
Carefully. We turn around.
A little.
Like so.
Secure the legs.
Hand like this. Great.
Secure his hips, too.
Great.
How's the ECG?
We need to attach the electrodes.
Pyotr, monitor the blood pressure.
Anton, monitor saturation.
-Saturation is 80.
-Understood.
Anton, we need to let Earth know
that I'm starting the operation.
-Moscow Mission Control, ISS on channel SG-1.
We urgently need a private comms channel.
And connect with Valentin Borisovich.
(operator) -Copy, we're on it.
-What's the pressure?
-Pressure is 130 over 90.
-OK. Anton, get the adhesive tape ready
and keep an eye on the ECG.
Oleg?
Can you hear me?
Oleg, can you hear me?
-I'm here.
-It's good that you're here.
That's very good, well done.
Clench your fist a few times.
That's it, great.
I'm going to put you under anesthesia now.
We'll meet after the operation.
Start counting out loud.
-Count what?
-I don't know. Maybe you can recite a favorite poem.
-"I have learned that I
Have a vast family.
Both the path and the grove,
Every single ear of grain in the field.
The river, the blue sky
All of this is dear to me.
This is my Motherland.
I love everyone in the world".
-Konstantin Andreevich!
-Yes?
-The operation has started.
Video link in three minutes.
-Have you informed the others?
-Not yet.
-Report.
-Alright.
-That's it, he's asleep. Pyotr, let's get ready to intubate.
Yeah.
Anton, hold me down.
Just like that, excellent.
The pipe.
I see the cords.
I'm going.
Preparing the Ambu bag.
Connecting,
Excellent.
Keep going, Pyotr; we need to keep him breathing.
So.
Disabling the right lung feed.
The right lung is disabled.
Turning onto the left side.
Let's do it carefully. Like this.
Like this.
Pyotr, help me with the hand.
Fastening. Anton, prepare the suit.
Excellent.
We prepare the mounts.
Got contact. Need a second.
Ok. Ready.
We can start fixing it.
Pyotr, Anton, masks and gloves.
I'm going to prepare gloves too.
We need to be covered.
Preparing to cover.
Secure it.
-ISS, respond to MCC Moscow in channel SG-1.
ISS, respond to the MCC in Moscow at the SG-1 channel.
(Zhenya) -Can you hear me?
-We hear you well.
-Is Valentin Borisovich here?
-Yes, I'm here, Zhenya.
-Time is 3:43,
starting the operation.
-Godspeed, girl!
-Anton, thoracoscope.
Valentin Borisovich, do you see?
-I see it.
-Clotted hemothorax.
Blood clots remained
and got infected. Empyema.
The entire lung is completely trapped.
-So far, It's not looking good.
But we assumed that.
-I'm setting up the second port.
Preparing to rinse.
Anton, keep the view steady.
-Hello.
-Good evening.
-Pyotr, the oxygen saturation?
(Pyotr)
-Hello, Valentin Borisovich,
please, come this way.
-The lower and middle lobes of the
right lung have traces of ruptures.
Purulent deposits.
Fibrin and adhesions.
-A dense deposit has formed on the lung,
which prevents the lung from expanding.
-We need to perform a pleurectomy
with decortication of the lung.
-Zhenya, how are you going to do it
without opening him up?
How will you get your hand in there?
-Valentin Borisovich, what do we do?
-Well, under these conditions...
You've washed the pleural cavity
and that's it, theres nothing else you can do.
Insert the drain and close up.
-What does that mean?
Did we fail?
-Unfortunately, we didn't get here in time.
A thick crust has formed on the lung,
preventing him from fully being able to breathe.
The vessels are working, but
almost no air can get into the lung.
It's like in a vacuum.
In order to completely clear the lungs,
On Earth, we could cut the
chest open and clean it by hand.
But in zero gravity, this is impossible.
From this moment on, I believe
that any further actions we take
pose a greater risk to Oleg
than his return to Earth.
I'm sorry.
-We need to abort the operation.
And start preparing for descent.
-What's our time looking like?
-Descent with a landing at the regular range...
-What are you waiting for, Zhenya?
-I can't stop the surgery,
The lung is not expanded.
We need to figure out how to do decortication.
-The only way to decorticate a lung is thoracotomy.
In our case, the operation is impossible.
-I know.
-I'm not a thoracic surgeon, after all.
-I'm thinking. I'll come up with something.
-Anton, prepare for an emergency descent.
-Copy that.
(Zhenya)
-Forceps
-Zhenya, we have follow orders from Earth.
-We can't just abandon him.
Pyotr, monitor the saturation and breathing.
Forceps!
Anton, take the camera.
(Pyotr)
-Saturation is 69.
(Zhenya)
-The clot is loose, it's fragmenting.
Just a second. Just a second...
-Zhenya, you're wasting time.
-Evgeniya Vladimirovna, we need to terminate the operation and prepare for descent.
-He is not ready for the descent.
I can't just leave things like this.
-Can you give her a direct order?
-Zhenya, understand this: there is
very little left we can do now.
-I have to remove the blockage and reinflate his lung.
If everything turns out well,
he will return to Earth alive.
He won't make it back like this.
I can see the state he's in.
-What if it doesn't turn out well?
You are in space.
There is no chance for a second surgery there.
Wrap it up.
-I take full responsibility.
-Zhen'... Evgeniya Vladimirovna!
This is a collective responsibility.
Finish the procedure.
She'll prepare the patient,
then you can bring him back to Earth.
The good news is this makes it slightly safer
than if we had brought him down immediately.
There is a 20 to 25 percent
chance that hell make it.
Then we just
put our faith in God.
-You know, Korolev was right.
Space is not for women.
-Mom! Mom!
-Breathe!
Help! Help!
Breathe! Breathe!
-Mom!
-How many doctors are meeting them there?
-Five people from our side.
-Is an additional team needed?
-Yes, and a medevac helicopter.
-Zhenya! Can you hear me?
I don't know how this will help you,
but Nikolaev asks you to remember,
how you guys got the pencil out of the model for you.
-Is Nikolaev with us?
-He is texting: "Tell Zhenya to remember,
how we retrieved the pencil during training
the one that rolled down between the panels."
-Yes. Thank you.
Is there any wire on the station?
-We'll find something right now.
Petya, check what we've got over there.
-How long does it need to be?
-About this long.
-I'm going to cut now.
-Anton, secure me.
Valentin Borisovich, I know,
how to do the decortication.
-Yes, how?
-I'll make the tools myself.
Pyotr, give me your spoon.
We'll improvise.
-Valentin Borisovich, what's happening?
-She is making an instrument
out of improvised materialsout of wire.
-Does this kind of chaos
happen in your hospital, too?
-That's no hospital up there in space.
She's trying to save a patient's life
under battlefield conditions.
She is doing whatever she can. That is what doctors do.
It's your decision, of course,
but if I were in her shoes, I would have tried, too.
-Do you understand what she intends to do?
-I think I understand.
-According to the emergency descent timeline
They should be in the ship, in their spacesuits
in one hour.
-Evgeniya Vladimirovna.
Evgeniya Vladimirovna.
-Don't make me ruin a man's life,
when there's a chance to save it.
-Evgeniya Vladimirovna!
-Anton, hold this.
-Evgeniya Vladimirovna!
-The chance is small, I fully understand.
-Zhenya!
-I'm going to do it.
I'm going to try it.
I can't deny him that chance!
Now we're going to disinfect.
-Zhenya!
-Could you please stop distracting me?
-Zhenya!
-Yes?
-Continue the operation.
(Zhenya)
-Creating the third access point.
-Hold off on the descent.
-Anton, you'll need to
hold the camera right under my hands now.
-Konstantin Andreevich,
here is a sedative. Have a drink.
-What are we doing about the journalists at the landing site?
-Good question. Keep them on a short leash, and don't tell a word to anyone about this.
We will let you know the results.
Or maybe we won't.
-Understood.
-Valera, how can we make it so...
So that cosmonauts' conversations during descent
aren't intercepted by Kazakh radio amateurs?
-Shall I get you some coffee?
-Yes, please.
-Pyotr, brow.
Valentin Borisovich, I hit a layer.
-Hello?
-Well done.
Be careful.
-Well done.
-The ice has broken.
-Valentin Borisovich, will this take long?
-Well, no less than an hour.
-Your coffee.
[I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue]
-Well?
-Are you going to hit me?
-The thought has crossed my mind.
-Go ahead, then. Hit me.
-Tell me, please,
what did I ever do to you?
I was almost home.
Then Im told youve gone
and cooked something up again.
Pour me a drinkfor courage.
Im about to start hitting people.
What kind of shitty cognac are you drinking?
-Its been sitting around for ages; its gone bad.
-Brow
-Yes?
-Konstantin Andreevich,
Belyaeva's mother is calling. Should I put her through?
-Yes.
Her mother has a heart condition;
I promised to keep her updated.
-Evgeniya, sorry to distract you,
but your mother is calling.
Will you take the call?
-You try not talking to her.
-Okay, connecting you.
(mom)
-Zhen', are you awake?
I have a quick question for you:
do you have any collagen?
Because the stuff I brought
with me has run out.
-No, Mom, I don't.
(Mom)
-Oh! Well, how are things there?
Are you at least getting some rest?
-Uh-huh.
-Did you walk around the city already?
-Yes, a little.
-Well, okay.
If you have timeyou absolutely must go to Lake Baikal.
Okay, Ive put together a list of
things you need to bring back for me.
-Yes, mom.
-Listen up.
So, first: Sera. Thats the chewing resin
from the Siberian larch tree;
strengthens teeth and gums.
-Uh-huh.
-Next. Omul caviar.
Its practically an elixir of life.
It supports heart function...
-Nastya, are you taking notes?
-Uh-huh.
-Write it down. Youre going to
have to get this stuff.
(mom)-...boosts the brain's activity
increases activeness,
supports the immune system,
has a beneficial effect on the nervous system,
It eliminates bad cholesterol.
-Right.
-And prevents plaque formation.
Buy three cans.
-Uh-huh.
-No, better five.
So. Baikal herbal blend,
pine nuts...
and Buddhist amulets.
-What?
-Buddhist amuletswrite that down.
-Got it.
-Oh, listen, our TV broke.
Transfer about three thousand, and I'll call a repairman.
-Alright.
-And everything will work out for you over there in
Irkutsk don't you worry.
Oh, you know, back in my youth, I went to Lake Baikal, too.
I had a fianc there. A diver, too, as a matter of fact.
Well, back then, we called them "frogmen."
Bye!
-Hello? Mom? Hi!
We love you very much and miss you! Alright then.
Come back soon!
-I love and miss you guys, too.
-Okay, kisses!
-Friends! Anyone else want souvenirs from Irkutsk?
Just ask Nastya!
-Anton, you need to hold the camera
in this position.
Alright, let's go.
Pyotr, inflate the lung.
-Done.
-Push some more. Pump.
Saturation?
-Great.
-Very good. Well done.
Now close it up.
-Anton, get the drainage tube ready;
we're going to stitch it.
Anton, prepare suction.
Time is 7 hours 3 minutes.
Operation completed.
This is the first time Ive had cosmonauts assisting me.
Guys, you've done a fantastic job.
Thank you, everyone.
(Anton)
-So what now?
(Zhenya)
-Now we have to wait.
In a few days, well know
whether it worked or not.
The inflammation will subside and the cavity will recover.
Suture.
-Would you like some coffee?
I would like some cognac.
-It's possible. At Konstantin Andreevich's.
-Have you tried Omul caviar?
-I tried.
-Well? Did it help?
-No plaque.
-The operation is essentially complete.
She's stitching up now.
Now, all that's left is to wait.
-How about some cognac?
-I suppose we can now.
-Good cognac. Very good.
-The surgery is only part of it.
Then comes the waiting,
to see if it worked or not.
And that is the hardest part.
(Masha)
-That happens often at Mom's work.
She might not come home for three days at a time.
And the patient might develop an infection...
pulmonary edema... hemorrhaging.
-The cruelest part is that all of this can happen...
even if the surgery itself was a success.
-You just wait for days on end.
You wait... and you hope.
-And that brings a whole host of complications:
thromboembolism...
-Atelectasis, pneumonia.
-They flush it out and pump him full of antibiotics.
And they wait to see if the lung
starts breathing again or not.
-And if it doesn't?
-Another surgery.
But thats here. Up there, I don't know.
(Masha)
-Statistically, up to 7 percent die
from surgical complications.
-7 percent is not much, right?
-Not much, unless it's your patient.
And its on your conscience.
-Hello, Konstantin Lvovich.
No, nobody was informed yet.
You'll be the first to know when he regains consciousness.
Yes, well let your people talk to him. Goodbye.
How did Ernst get my number?
[Russian news personality]
(kids)
-Let's run, faster!
-The temperature is stable, saturation is 92.
No news yet.
-Zhenya? Zhen'!
-Yes?
-Hey.
-What?
-Oleg.
-What?
-Evgeniya, over here.
-Where is he?
-Brothers,
I suddenly have a craving to eat something.
Evgeniya Vladimirovna,
is it alright if I grab a bite?
-Uh-huh.
-Looks good, Konstantin Andreevich.
-Mission Control Moscow to ISS crew, do you read?
-MCC Moscow is listening.
-The lung has fully re-expanded.
The seal is holding.
No exudate in the pleural cavity.
-Yes, Konstantin Andreevich.
-Bogdanov has regained consciousness.
-So, everything went well?
-Turn on the broadcast from the ISS.
(Zhenya) -The temperature is normal.
Tests are within normal limits.
I've removed the drain.
From my observations,
the recurrence risk is minimal.
So it looks like we're going to be home soon.
-Congratulations, Konstantin Andreevich.
-I got a callBogdanov is improving.
-So that's great news!
-Wonderful!
-A little lower.
-Vladislav Nikolaevich,
who is Bogdanov?
-He's a cosmonaut.
Thats it. We can wrap things up.
-I still don't get it.
Why did they choose her instead of you?
-Because...
She's awesome.
-Congratulations!
-Zhenya!
-Yeah?
-Why don't you stay with us for six months?
-Yeah, we were thinking...
it just feels a lot safer having a doctor around.
-Oh, absolutely not. We need to get back to Earthurgently.
Zhenya promised me a khachapuri.
[Georgian cheese bread]
-Uh-huh.
-What, don't they deliver khachapuri
to Heroes of Russia up on the ISS?
-Any minute now.
-Make a list.
We'll arrange express delivery for you via a Soyuz spacecraft.
-Anton, could I ask you for a favor?
On your next spacewalk outside,
Leave these out there.
-We'll figure it out.
Keep them with you for now.
Have you ever been to Australia?
And in Madagascar?
Come fly with me.
Evgeniya Vladimirovna, this is an order.
Come on.
-Alright.
Oh, my God!
What are we currently flying over?
-Lake Baikal.
-Baikal!
-But that's not all, Evgeniya Vladimirovna.
This is your space chariot for this evening.
-The main gift from all of us.
Are you ready?
-Is it even possible to be ready for this?
-Then put it on.
Hurry up, while the MCC can't see us.
-Just a moment.
One second.
This is my favorite dress. Let's go.
-Go ahead.
-And one more thing.
If you see a bright light,
it's probably angels.
(Anton)
-Zhenya, give me your hand.
Don't hold on too tight
your hands will start to hurt.
And nowlet go.
Come on, Come on!
You're not going anywhere.
-Masha, you won't believe where I am now.
"The sky will be dusted with specks of stars,
And the branches will arch with resilience..."
[Anna German"Echo of Love"]
I'll hear you from a thousand miles away.
We echo,
We echo,
We are the lingering echo of one another.
We echo,
We echo,
We are the lingering echo of one another.
[the song continues...]
-Why are they silent?
-Oleg? Oleg, how are you?
Are you breathing?
-Yes. I'm breathing.
Thank you.
-And to you too.
-Why didn't you bring me any flowers?
-Because, you didn't die.
-Got her!
-Watch her legs, watch her legs.
-Have you considered expanding
your professional horizons?
ISS space surgeon.
-That's interesting, I'll think about it.
-Please do, and say hello
to Vladislav, and thank him for the advice.
-I certainly will.
His idea with the wire saved us all.
-That, too. But the main thing is...
his advice to send you, into space.
Take care.
(recalls Nikolaev's words)
You're an excellent surgeon.
If I were in his shoes, I would have chosen you, too.
-Did you find yourself a cosmonaut?
-Hello.
-Hello.
Where are you going?
-How was space?
-I love you.
-I love you.
-Did I really have to fly to space
just to hear you say that?
[Omul caviar]
-Welcome back!
(TV reporter)
-Thoracic surgeon Evgeniya Belyaeva,
after successfully performing
a surgical operation on the ISS,
has returned to Earth.
The injured cosmonaut was saved.
He's currently undergoing rehab
and will return to his family soon.
Tell me, how did you make the decision
to send a surgeon into space
-and a woman, at thatto perform surgery on the ISS,
where there is no gravity?
-You know, anywhere there is a Russian woman,
there is always attraction.
[Gravity joke]