( Intro)

https://youtu.be/a2n0widQ4nA

[Scene: a large rocket standing on a launch platform. The voice of the launch supervisor is heard.]

Colonel Benson: "Attention. Solar control centre to all personnel. 35 minutes to lift-off. Solarnauts will take up boarding positions."

Colonel Benson: "Ground check complete. Solarnauts embarked. Lift-off minus 24 minutes. Solarnauts taking up lift-off positions."

[Cuts to the crew sitting inside the solar module.]

Colonel Harris: "A-OK?"

Solarnaut Camp: "Check."

Solarnaut Asher: "Check."

Colonel Harris: "Solar Module to Solar Control. Commander Solarnaut Harris reporting. Module first check, A-OK."

[Cuts to the Solar Control room.]

Colonel Benson: "Understand. A-OK, Colonel. Radio five by five. Lift-off minus 20 minutes. Clear launch area. Repeat, clear launch area. Thrust checks minus ten seconds. Sounding amber alert. Thrust checks minus five, four, three, two, one... ignition. Seventeen million pound thrust and increasing. Thrust checks green."

[Cuts to the solar module.]

Colonel Harris: "Less than eight minutes to go."

Colonel Benson: "Twenty million pounds thrust and steady. Gantry retraction green. One minute 10 seconds to lift-off. Solar Control to Commander Solarnaut Harris. We're all rooting for you fellas."

Colonel Harris: "Thank you, Solar Control."

Colonel Benson: "Sixty seconds to lift-off. Stand by to release fuel injectors. Stand by, Solar Module. Thirteen seconds. Commencing final countdown. Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, full power! Lift-off."

[The rocket lifts off.]

Colonel Benson: "Lift-off A-OK. She looks good. Project Sun Probe is on!"

( the scean for it taking off)

https://youtu.be/BZbRf-X5XfE

[Scene cuts to Tracy Island. Jeff, Scott, Tin-Tin and Alan are watching the rocket launch on TV.]

Jeff Tracy: "You know, a rocket launching never fails to give me a kick."

Scott Tracy: "Especially that one, father. Just think: a rocket to the sun!"

Alan Tracy: "Hold it a minute!"

[A TV presenter appears on screen.]

Television Reporter: "That film, folks, taken a week ago, showed the launching of the Sun Probe. Within the next hour, we hope to bring you live pictures direct from Sun Probe itself, showing the completion of this daring and important project. We also hope to bring you shots of the rocket in space, via our latest tel-radio cameras. As you all know, the object of the mission is to capture a few fragments of matter released by the sun. With me in the studio is Professor Heinz Bodman, who is going to explain just how the Sun Probe project will operate."

Professor Bodman: "Good evenink."

Kieron: "Say, where's Brains? Doesn't he want to hear all this?"

Sarah: "Ah, this is old stuff to him, father. He's in his workshop playing around with his latest invention."

[Scene cuts to Brains' laboratory. He's talking to a robot.]

Brains: "Now, uh, Braman, I'm gonna test your secretarial characteristics. Now, tell me, what are my appointments for today?"

Braman: "9am - monitor electronic telecast from Cape Kennedy. 11am - check Thunderbird 2 alarm system. 1pm - have supper."

Sarah: "Gee, Brains, your robot is sure improving."

Brains: "Yeah, Sarah , but he's still late with his responses, I'm afraid."

Sarah: "Yeah well, what I came to say was, when you're through, there's a very interesting programme about the Sun Probe on the air."

Brains: "Oh, dear! Braman you have such a lot to learn still! Perhaps if I taught you chess it might improve your mathematical powers."

[Cuts back to Ozpin office at beacon.]

Professor Bodman: "The solarnauts will release a radiation-sealed, refrigerated probe. The probe will then fly through a prominence. Automatically, it will collect particles of matter from ze flare. And so we will have a piece of ze sun."

Television Reporter: "Thank you, Professor. This, then, is the plan. A dangerous mission, yes, but all foreseeable protective measures guard the solarnauts against the sun's immense heat and radiation. 20-foot thick protective walls surround these three brave men in the cramped cabin of the solar module."

Ozpin: hmmmmm

[Scene cuts to the three solarnauts inside the cabin.]

Solarnaut Asher: "It's fantastic! Our instruments are reducing the sun's glare ten million times."

Solarnaut Camp: "Yes, and it's still powerful."

Colonel Harris: "Let's take a look at the limb we're gonna shoot at."

[Camp flicks a switch and the sun appears on a screen in front of them.]

Colonel Harris: "We'll be going into orbit in 38 minutes."

Solarnaut Camp: "That's the tricky bit. If we miss the orbit, we could end up in the sun."

Solarnaut Asher: "Internal temperature rising."

Colonel Harris: "Increase refrigeration two steps."

Solarnaut Camp: "Phew! That's better. It's an awkward thought, but without that little gadget we'd simply melt away."

[After a long panning shot of the rocket exterior, the scene cuts back to Ozpin office at Beacon.]

Ozpin: "They'll be going into orbit soon. Surely the other are looking at this to."

[Scene cuts to Brains' laboratory. He's playing chess with his robot.]

Brains: "Now, if I can only make Braman think quicker."

[Braman makes a move.]

Brains: "Yeah! That's a good move. I'll increase the, uh, megadecibars by, say, 15 degrees."

[Kieron appears at the door.]

Kieron: "Don't you want to watch Operation Sun Probe, Brain?"

Brains: "I'd prefer to fix Braman, Kieron. He's still far too impulsive."

Kieron: "But Brains, they're going into orbit in five minutes."

Brains: "Four and one-quarter minutes, to be precise,Kieron."

Kieron: "Say, you know the Sun Probe routine by heart. You're not as blasé as you act!"

Brains: "Oh, no, sir."

Kieron: "Ha-ha-ha. Well, you could've fooled me!"

[Scene cuts to the Sun Probe Rocket.]

Solarnaut Asher: "Orbital firing, 90 seconds."

Colonel Harris: "Right. How about those radiation figures, Camp?"

Solarnaut Camp: "I have them, Frank. All at phase six."

Colonel Harris: "That's swell. We're gonna be OK."

Solarnaut Asher: "30 seconds to orbital firing."

Colonel Harris: "Stand by to fire retros."

Solarnaut Asher: "Orbital path, ten seconds."

Colonel Harris: "Right. Stand by. Five, four, three, two, one... Retros! Great! We're on correct orbit. Check radiation and temperature levels."

Solarnaut Asher: "Temperature, A-OK."

Solarnaut Camp: "Radiation, A-OK."

Solarnaut Asher: "Twenty seconds to firing time for probe."

Colonel Harris: "All systems on probe are green. Ten seconds."

Solarnaut Asher: "Firing controls are go."

Colonel Harris: "Five seconds. Four, three, two, one... Ignition!"

[Cuts to an exterior shot of the rocket to show the front part separating from the main. It then cuts to the TV reporter on Jeff's screen.]

Television Reporter: "Well, folks, the Sun Probe has been fired. We will give you all the details as they are received from the spaceship. The tension here in the studio mounts as we await further news."

[Scene cuts back to Brains' laboratory. He's still playing chess with his robot, who makes a move.]

Brains: "Hmm.... Yeah. That shows better powers of humanistic reasoning. So if I increase the diffusory isobar rating, Braman here should react a great deal faster. But I guess I shall never succeed in creating a robot with a finer brain than a human. That's checkmate I believe, Braman."

[Scene cuts to the Rocket.]

Colonel Harris: "She's going fine, straight for the prominence. Sun Probe going through flare now."

Solarnaut Camp: "Standing by to fire remote control rockets."

Solarnaut Asher: "Five seconds, four, three, two, one.... Fire!"

[They watch the probe pass through a flare on a screen.]

Solarnaut Asher: "It's coming out! She's turning!"

Colonel Harris: "We've made it."

Solarnaut Camp: "Great. Let's get that probe."

Solarnaut Asher: "And then: back to earth!"

[Cuts to the TV reporter on Kieron screen.]

Television Reporter: "We have just heard that the probe has collected the matter from a prominence. It is now on its way to rendezvous with the main ship. The solarnauts are in excellent condition. Wait, the probe is being collected now. Just look at this tel-radio picture!"

[The picture shows the probe reconnecting with the main body of the rocket.]

Kieron: "Well, they pulled it off. I've got to hand it to them. They're great!"

Brains: "I don't think they're gonna make it."

Kieron: "How's that?"

Brains: "I said, I don't think they're gonna make it."

Kieron: "But everything's going fine."

Television Reporter: "Hold it, folks. Something's gone wrong. In picking up the probe, the main ship has locked its course. The tracking stations report that the spaceship is heading on a collision course with the sun! Stay tuned to this channel for minute to minute information."

Kieron: "What went wrong, Brains?"

Brains: "Well, in collecting the sun probe, the solar ship had to steer on to a collision course with the sun."

Sarah: "Sure, but wasn't that part of the plan?"

Brains: "Yeah, it was. But I suddenly figured that the radiation level at that distance from the sun could interfere with the ship's control system."

Kieron: "So the solarnauts can't fire the retros and break away?"

Brains: "Right. Now, as a safeguard, the Solar Control Centre on earth can send a radio beam to fire the ship's motors by remote control."

Apps: "Then why don't they do it?"

Brains: "They're probably trying that right now, but I have severe doubts whether their beam will penetrate the radiation either."

TV Reporter: "Please stand by for a news flash. We are going over to Colonel Benson at the Solar Control Centre for an important announcement."

Colonel Benson: "All efforts to alter the spaceship's course by firing the retros by radio beam from earth have failed. Now I have a vital request to make. If International Rescue are watching, would they please communicate at once with Solar Control Centre, Cape Kennedy. I repeat, this is vital. International Rescue, we need your help."

Kieron: "Get me Cape Kennedy."

Glynda: "Yes, sir."

[Scene cuts to Kieron talking to Colonel Benson by videophone.]

Kierony: "Very well, Colonel Benson. We'll attempt a rescue, but this is a tough one."

Colonel Benson: "You can say that again. Anyway, good luck."

[Cuts to Sarah, Jonson and Apps. They're watching Brains playing chess with Braman.]

Apps: "Gee whizz! He sits there playing chess while those three guys in that spaceship are heading for disaster. I just don't dig him."

[Scene cuts back to the rocket.]

Solarnaut Asher: "Try the retros again."

Colonel Harris: "It's no use. The circuit's dead."

Solarnaut Camp: "It's the radiation. It's reached an all-time high."

Solarnaut Asher: "Temperature's up around 120 again."

Colonel Harris: "Increase refrigeration."

Solarnaut Camp: "I guess the radiation level is too high for the Earth to get the safety beam through. We're too close to the Sun."

Colonel Harris: "And getting closer every second."

[Cuts to Tracy Island. It's evening.]

Kieron: "Right, let's go over it once again. The Sun Probe rocket is heading straight into the sun. And unless we can fire the retros to make the rocket turn round, those three solarnauts are doomed."

Brains: "Well, Kieron, the only solution is for us to fire the retros by radio beam."

Sarah: "The radio complex on Thunderbird 3 would seem the obvious choice."

Jonson: "But Sarah, the transmission range of Thunderbird 3 isn't powerful enough. I think Thunderbird 2's transmitter would stand a much better chance."

Apps: "Well, that would apply if both craft were at ground level."

Sarah: "Agreed, but we could take Thunderbird 3 into space and get through much more effectively."

Kieron: "What's your opinion, Brains?"

Brains: "Well, Kieron y, I think we may be underestimating the heat and radiation resistances of our spacecraft. But the transmission potential of Thunderbird 2 could certainly be tremendous."

Glynda: "Well, we've got to make up our minds soon. The world is waiting for International Rescue to act, and after three hours, we're no nearer a decision."

Apps: "Let's face it. Both Thunderbird craft have an equal chance of success or failure. Why don't we gamble on one or the other paying off."

Kieron: "Right. Apps hit the nail on the head. We'll launch a two-pronged rescue attempt. First of all, we've got to get Thunderbird 3 launched as soon as possible. When do you think that could be, Brains?"

Brains: "Well, the radio equipment will have to be modified. But I should think launching could take place soon after sun-up."

Kieron: "Right. Go and organise that now, Brains."

Brains: "Yes, Kieron I'm on my way."

Kieron: "Jonson, you'd better go to the computer room and work out what point is best for Thunderbird 2 to project a safety beam towards the Sun Probe. Get Glynda  to organise some auxiliary clothing."

Jonson: "OK, Kieron."

Sarah: "Father, we'll need an extra crew member to operate the safety beam."

Kieron: "All right, Sarah, you'd better take Glynda   along with you. Launching takes place at 0800 hours."

[Cuts to Kieron office the next morning.]

Kieron: "Right, we're ready. You know what to do?"

Sarah: "Yes, father."

Apps: "Let's hope it'll work from that distance."

Kieron: "It's got to. It's as close as we dare go. Good luck, all of you. It's your first mission, Glynda. Make it a successful one."

Glynda: "I'll do my best, Kieron"

[The couch with Glynda, Apps and Kieron on it descends through the floor and makes its way to Thunderbird 3.]

Sarah: "Take up launch positions."

Apps: "FAB."

[ Sarah take a lift up to Thunderbird 3 cockpit and sit at the main controls]

Sarah: "Stand by for blastoff. Lift-off."

[Thunderbird 3 lifts off.]

Sarah: "Blastoff, A-OK. Leaving earth's atmosphere in 10 seconds."

Apps ( on the Radio): "OK, Sarah , I'm coming up. See you later, Glynda  ."

Glynda: "Yes, Apps."

[Apps enters the cockpit.]

Sarah: "OK, Apps, we're clear of atmosphere. Glynda   you'd better get the electronics side lined up. We'll be in the danger zone in about 65 hours."

Glynda ( on Radio): "Yes, Sarah. I've already started."

(Thunderbird 3 take off)

https://youtu.be/wMbgaafwhLk

[Scene cuts back to Tracy Island. Jonson and Brains are loading Thunderbird 2.]

Brains: "Right, auxiliary clothing."

Jonson: "Auxiliary clothing, check."

Brains: "Snow dispersal unit."

Jonson: "Snow dispersal unit, check."

Brains: "No, you'd better make that two. It's gonna be pretty cold out there on the mountain."

Jonson: "Two it is. What about the transmitter truck?"

Brains: "I've already got that in the pod."

Jonson: " FAB any thing more" 

Brains: "Perhaps we'd better take the mobile computer, too, just in case. That's it, right over there."

[He points to a large blue trunk marked KW 147-5.]

Jonson: "Right. Will that be all?"

Brains: "Yeah. That's all. I'd best get straight down to the hangar now. I'll have these fed to the pod by the automatic beltway."

[Scene cuts to the door to Thunderbird 2's hangar opening. Thunderbird 2 exits the hangar.]

Kieron: "All right, Jonson , you've got full clearance for launching."

Jonson: "Thanks, Kieron . So long."

[Thunderbird 2 launches. Scene cuts to the balcony outside Kieron office.]

(Thunderbird 2 take off)

https://youtu.be/qdTBZhNVxco

Kieron: "Well, there he goes. I must admit, to my self, that I was never so unsure of the success of a mission before. Unless Jonson or Sarah gets within transmission radius of Sun Probe, then the three men in that rocket are lost and i pray that there all be ok "

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and that is the end of part 1 all