The Beyond

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[SIREN WAILING]

[INDISTINCT VOICE OVER RADIO]

[INDISTINCT VOICE OVER RADIO]

[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

[ALARM SOUNDING]

[GILLIAN] WE COULD NOT HAVE

BEEN MORE WRONG ALL OF THIS.

[MUSIC STOPS]

[GILLIAN] I'M NOT QUITE SURE

WHAT TIME I'LL BE HOME,

MAYBE AROUND...

7:
00 OR 8:00 TONIGHT.

UM...

I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT THIS...

FILMING THING WE GOT GOING ON.

YOU KNOW, I WAS TELLING YOU THEY DO

THESE INTERNAL COMMUNICATION THINGS

AT THE SPACE AGENCY.

ANYWAY, THEY ASKED ME IF, UM,

THEY COULD, SORT OF,

HAVE A DAY IN THE LIFE.

THEY WANT TO DO DAY IN THE LIFE OF SOME

OF THE SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE AGENCIES.

UM, I'M NOT...

SO HOW DOES THIS WORK?

SHOULD... ARE YOU GUYS

ROLLING NOW OR...?

YEAH, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE.

HELLO, EVERYBODY,

WELCOME TO OUR HOME.

UM... THIS IS

MY LOVELY DAUGHTER, MARY.

- HI.

- SHE'S A GOOD GIRL.

SHE'S AT UNIVERSITY.

AND, UH, SHE'S VERY SMAR LIKE HER MOM.

[MARY]

IS IT, LIKE, GOING ON THE TELLY?

MM-MM.

I'M NOT GOING ON TELLY.

NO, IT'S JUST FOR INTERNAL...

COMMUNICATIONS.

- IT'S SO THEY HAVE A KIND OF RESOURCE.

- OKAY.

MM-HMM.

OH, RIGHT, OKAY.

OKAY, I'M GONNA CHANGE.

[GILLIAN]

ALL RIGHT, SWEETIE.

OKAY. SEE YOU IN A BIT.

SHE'S A BIT SHY.

CAN I GET YOU GUYS A COFFEE

OR A TEA OR...?

WELL, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY

SHE'S INCREDIBLY INSPIRING.

UM, I THINK,

ESPECIALLY NOWADAYS,

UH, TO, LIKE,

HAVE A MUM WHO'S

THE HEAD OF, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE

BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL SPACE AGENCIES.

OBVIOUSLY, MY MOM'S CANADIAN,

UM, BUT MY DAD WAS BRITISH.

THEY MET, UH, AT UNIVERSITY.

HE WAS DOING A SEMESTER.

HE WAS VERY SPECIAL,

VERY SPECIAL MAN.

[GILLIAN]

HE WAS A PEACEKEEPER.

YEAH.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

YEAH.

WE DON'T TALK HIM THAT MUCH,

I SUPPOSE.

- AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD.

- [PHONE RINGING]

OH, NO.

UM... I'M REALLY SORRY,

I THINK I HAVE TO GET THIS.

JUST... SORRY,

BEAR WITH ME ONE MOMENT.

HELLO?

WHAT?

YOU'RE KIDDING ME.

UH, NO, I CAN BE THERE

IN ABOUT 25 MINUTES OR SO.

YEAH, YEAH, JUST, UH,

JUST HANG TIGHT.

ASK... YEAH, GET ALEX ON IT.

JUST TELL...

OKAY, GOOD, HE KNOWS.

NO, NO, NO, JUST, UH,

JUST HANG TIGHT.

UM, I'LL BE RIGHT THERE,

HANG ON. OKAY.

I'M SO SORRY, BABE.

UH...

[SNIFFS]

SOMETHING HAS COME UP.

I'M REALLY SORRY.

I HAVE TO GO.

[CHIME]

[MISSION CONTROL OVER COMM]

ISS, BE ADVISED.

THERMAL INCREASE DETECTED

IN NODES TWO AND THREE.

I REPEAT, THERMAL INCREASE

DETECTED IN NODES TWO AND THREE.

[JIM OVER COMM] PERMISSION TO ATTEMP TOP HOVER AND REBOOT OF NODE TWO.

[MISSION CONTROL] ISS, PLEASE

CONFIRM TO MISSION CONTROL

WHEN YOU ARE READY TO PROCEED

WITH THE MODULE RACK REPLACEMENT.

[JIM]

3VA HATCH IN THREE, TWO, ONE.

[BEEP, BOOM]

UNITY NODE,

MODULE VISIBILITY CONFIRMED.

[MISSION CONTROL]

COPY THAT, JIM.

[JIM]

JIM TO FRANCOIS, COME IN.

[FRANCOIS]

READING YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, JIM.

[JIM] GOOD 'CAUSE YOU

OWE ME BIG TIME, OVER.

[MISSION CONTROL]

ISS, COPY THAT.

[JIM] CONNECTING

ADDITIONAL CABLE HARNESSES

FOR ELECTRICAL:

AND DATA SYSTEMS REROUTING.

FLUID LINES CHECK CONFIRMED

FOR THERMAL CONTROL.

[FRANCOIS]

COPY THAT, JIM.

DATA SYSTEMS ROUTING

IS GOOD TO GO.

[JIM]

COPY THAT. MAKING MY WAY BACK...

[DISTORTED TRANSMISSION]

[MISSION CONTROL] RECEIVING INTERFERENCE

WITH YOUR LAST TRANSMISSION.

CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT?

[JIM] CAN YOU CONFIRM

A STRANGE SOUND:

- BEING PICKED UP BY OUR RADIOS?

- [HIGH-FREQUENCY WARBLING]

[MISSION CONTROL] WE DON' RECOGNIZE THAT FREQUENCY BAND.

PLEASE CHECK AND CONFIRM

IF THIS IS A COMMS BREACH.

[JIM]

UH, THAT'S A NEGATIVE.

ALL RADIO FREQUENCY BANDS

ARE NOMINAL.

WHATEVER THAT SOUND IS,

IT'S NOT COMING FROM US.

[JIM GRUNTING]

WHOA.

MISSION CONTROL,

YOU SEEING WHAT I'M SEEING?

[MISSION CONTROL] WE SEEM TO

HAVE LOST YOUR VIDEO UPLINK.

PLEASE ELABORATE ON

YOUR LAST TRANSMISSION.

[JIM] IT LOOKS LIKE SOME KIND

OF SOLAR STORM DISTURBANCE.

FRANCOIS, DO YOU SEE THIS?

[FRANCOIS]

JIM, I SEE IT.

WHATEVER THAT IS, IT'S

DISRUPTING OUR COMMUNICATION.

[JIM] WERE THERE ANY SOLAR STORMS

EXPECTED TO BE COMING OUR WAY?

[MISSION CONTROL]

THAT'S A NEGATIVE, JIM.

NO SOLAR STORMS:

HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

[JIM] IT LOOKS LIKE THE FOURTH

OF JULY UP HERE RIGHT NOW.

HEAVY VIBRATIONS.

I CAN SEE IT ON THE PANELS.

- WHOA!

- [BOOM]

FRANCOIS, ENGAGE THE AIRLOCK.

[JIM PANTING]

[FRANCOIS]

AIRLOCK ENGAGED.

[JIM]

I'M MAKING MY WAY BACK, BUT...

THIS IS SO BRIGHT,

I'M BEING BLINDED RIGHT NOW.

[MISSION CONTROL] JIM, IT LOOKS LIKE

YOUR TETHER IS BECOMING UNSTABLE.

WE SUGGEST YOU USE THE HANDLE

GRIPS TO MANEUVER.

I CAN FEEL TENSION

ON THIS THING.

I'M GONNA HAVE

TO DISENGAGE.

I GOT TO DISCONNECT THIS THING

IF I'M GONNA GET BACK.

[MISSION CONTROL]

JIM...

[JIM] I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING.

MY TETHER...

MY TETHER,

I CAN FEEL IS TENSE.

[FRANCOIS] COME IN, JIM.

TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE.

[JIM YELLING INDISTINCTLY]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[GILLIAN]

IT'S STILL NOT KNOWN EXACTLY

WHAT CAUSED THE POWER OUTAGE

ON THE ISS,

BUT WHAT'S COMPLEXING IS THA ALL OF THE SATELLITES

THAT WERE IN ORBI WERE AFFECTED AT THE EXACT SAME

MOMENT AS WELL.

NOW, OF COURSE,

THE TRAGIC OUTCOME

IS THAT ASTRONAUT JIM MARCELL

IS CURRENTLY MISSING,

PRESUMED DEAD.

AND... IT'S POSSIBLE THA HIS TETHER WAS DISCONNECTED

DURING THE INCIDENT.

UH, WELL, FIRSTLY, I JUST...

WANT TO SAY THAT, UH,

I'VE KNOWN JIM FOR A LONG TIME

SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS

IS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME,

BUT WE'VE...

WE'VE GOT TO GET ON.

WE'VE GOT TO FIND OU WHAT HAPPENED.

UM...

WE HAVE A LOT OF FOOTAGE

THAT'S COME DOWN

FROM, UM, THE ISS.

AND WE'VE GOT A TEAM NOW THAT'S

GOING THROUGH THAT FRAME BY FRAME,

AND WE DON'T KNOW

WHAT IT IS YET.

UH, WE DO KNOW THAT IT'S NO A SOLAR FLARE,

WE KNOW THAT IT'S NO AN ELECTRICAL STORM.

[HIGH-FREQUENCY WARBLING

OVER RADIO]

[ALEX]

THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME

THAT AN ANOMALY HAS APPEARED

ABOVE OUR PLANET.

WE FIRST ENCOUNTERED IT IN 1990.

AND IT WAS VISIBLE

FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS.

BUT BEFORE WE COULD GE ANY FURTHER DATA,

ANY MEANINGFUL DATA,

IT VANISHED,

NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN,

UNTIL NOW.

YEAH, GOOD MORNING.

YEAH.

YEAH, I WILL UPDATE YOU

AS SOON AS I'M IN.

WELL, UM...

BASICALLY, WHEN I GOT THE CALL,

UM, I'D BEEN ASLEEP FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES.

[CHUCKLES]

I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A PROJEC FOR THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS,

UM, SO IT'S BEEN PRETTY INTENSE.

THEY WOULDN'T TELL ME

ANYTHING ON THE PHONE,

SPACE AGENCY PROTOCOL,

ONLY THAT IT WAS

OF A CLASSIFIED NATURE,

WHICH REQUIRES MY EXPERTISE IN

THE FIELD OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES

AND SPACE ANOMALIES.

THE IDEA THAT THIS ANOMALY

IS EMITTING SOME FORM OF

GRAVITATIONAL WAVE SURPRISED US ALL,

AND IT WAS DEFINITELY OUTSIDE

ANYTHING PREDICTED BY SCIENCE.

WHAT COULD CAUSE

SUCH A PHENOMENA?

I DON'T KNOW YET.

THIS MORNING,

THE SPACE AGENCY REPORTED THA ASTRONAUT JIM MARCEL WAS KILLED

BY INCOMING SPACE DEBRIS

WHILST ON A MAINTENANCE MISSION

ON THE ISS.

A SPACE AGENCY SPOKESPERSON

SAID THIS IS A TRAGIC INCIDENT.

BUT JIM MARCELL WAS

PASSIONATE ABOUT HIS JOB,

AND THEIR CONDOLENCES

GO TO HIS FAMILY.

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