An animated white ball that reads "TVO" creates colourful concentric circles. Then, an orange circle that reads "K news" adds to it.

Daniel appears. A moving yellow band at the lower part of the screen reads "TVO Kids News".

He is in his late twenties has short black hair. He wears glasses, a dark red and white TVO Kids hoodie and dark purple trousers.

(background music plays)

Daniel says WELCOME TO
TVOK NEWS.
I'M YOUR NEWS ANCHOR, DANIEL,
AND THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WE ALL KNOW THAT
BEING AN ASTRONAUT
IS ONE OF THE MOST
DANGEROUS JOBS IN THE WORLD.
OR, OUT OF THIS WORLD.

A map of Kazakhstan appears on a small window on the top left corner of the screen. A caption reads "SOYUZ."

He continues LAST WEEK, AN AMERICAN ASTRONAUT
AND A RUSSIAN ASTRONAUT
LAUNCHED IN A ROCKET FROM
A BASE IN KAZAKHSTAN
TO TAKE THEM TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
LIFT-OFF HAPPENED AS SCHEDULED,
BUT DURING THE SECOND STAGE OF
THE LAUNCH,
THE ROCKET FAILED.
THE CAPSULE CARRYING
THE ASTRONAUTS
DETACHED FROM THE BOOSTER,
AND BEGAN TO FALL BACK TO EARTH
AT AN EXTREMELY HIGH SPEED.
IT'S CALLED A
BALLISTIC DESCENT.
WHICH MEANS THAT
INSTEAD OF LANDING LIKE
A PLANE AT AN ANGLE,
IT COMES STRAIGHT DOWN
LIKE A ROCK BEING DROPPED.
CAN YOU IMAGINE DROPPING LIKE
A STONE FROM SPACE?
PRETTY SCARY.
WELL, ASTRONAUTS TRAIN FOR
SITUATIONS EXACTLY LIKE THAT.
THEY TRAIN OVER AND OVER AGAIN
SO THAT THEY'LL KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT TO DO
IN THAT MOMENT.

Pictures of a rocket and astronauts flash by in the window.

Daniel says THESE TWO ASTRONAUTS SURVIVED,
AND AMAZINGLY,
HAVE NO SERIOUS INJURIES.
RESCUERS FOUND THEM,
AND THE CAPSULE,
ABOUT 450 KILOMETRES
AWAY FROM THE LAUNCH SITE.
NOW, BECAUSE SITUATIONS LIKE
THIS ARE SO SERIOUS
AND DANGEROUS,
AN INVESTIGATION HAS TO BE DONE
TO FIND OUT EXACTLY
WHAT WENT WRONG
WITH THE ROCKET
WHEN IT LAUNCHED.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS
DOESN'T HAPPEN
ON FUTURE FLIGHTS.
PROPER INVESTIGATIONS
CAN TAKE A LONG TIME,
SO THAT MEANS THAT
THE NEXT LAUNCH SCHEDULED
FOR THIS DECEMBER WILL
PROBABLY HAVE TO BE POSTPONED.
BUT, GUESS WHAT.
WHEN THE NEXT ROCKET
DOES TAKE OFF,
IT WILL BE CARRYING A CANADIAN,
ASTRONAUT DAVID SAINT-JACQUES.
HE WILL BE SPENDING SIX MONTHS
ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED
ON HIS LAUNCH.
STAY TUNED FOR MORE NEWS,
COMING UP NEXT.