TEXT: Following a "Previously on The Big Bang Theory" section Scene: A Soyuz Spaceship capsule. Mission Control (in Russian): Launch step twelve reading okay. Cosmonaut (in Russian): Launch step twelve acknowledged. Howard: Hey Mike? Mike Massimino: Yeah. Howard: I changed my mind. I don't want to do this. Mike: Good one. Howard: Yeah, I'm a funny guy. I also have a hysterical bit planned for later where I pretend to cry through the whole launch. Scene: The apartment. Leonard: Sheldon, what channel is NASA TV? Sheldon: 289, right between the Game Show Network at 288 and the East coast feed of the Disney Channel on 290. Amy: I love his eidetic memory, it's so sexy. Sheldon, what are the ingredients in Pringles? Sheldon: Dried potatoes, vegetable oil, corn flower, wheat starch, maltodextrin, salt, and my favourite ingredient of all, uniformity. Amy: The uterus quivers, does it not? Leonard: There's Howard's rocket, live from Kazakhstan. Bernadette: Oh, God, I'm so nervous. I don't think I can watch. Raj: You're nervous? I've been stress-eating for four days. Look at me. I'm wearing my fat pants. Sheldon: Remarkable. In just under a half hour, 200 metric tons of fuel will ignite in a controlled explosion right beneath Howard's keister. And all from a country whose entire contribution to the global economy, has been Tetris and mail-order brides. Bernadette: Give me those damn Pringles. Scene: Soyuz capsule. Cosmonaut (in Russian): Are all of the systems of the ship ready? Mission Control: Da. Mike: Okay, we're in the final countdown. How you doing over there? Howard: Good! Good! Oh, quick question, I missed it in the briefing. How much urine do these suits hold? Credits sequence. Scene: Soyuz capsule. Mike: Hey, Froot Loops, want to hit your fan switch? Howard: Check
SUMMARY:
Howard and his two fellow astronauts Dimitri Rezinov and Mike Massimino are in the Soyuz capsule, awaiting lift-off to the International Space Station from Kazakhstan. Nervous and not looking forward to the launch, Howard begins to reflect on the last couple of days, revealing that he married Bernadette before he left. When Bernadette receives a necklace from Howard with a star pendant on it which he plans to take with him to space, she tells him that they need to get married before he goes to space. They decide to get married in City Hall that very afternoon with only their friends as guests. Amy is devastated that her position as Maid of Honor has been reduced to nothing, but is allowed to wear the dress she bought to City Hall. Unfortunately, they do not get married that day as there are too many other couples in front of them. Raj then suggests that they get married on the roof of Leonard, Sheldon and Penny's apartment building on Sunday morning, which will coincide with the Google satellite taking new photographs of Pasadena, with himself, Leonard, Sheldon, Penny and Amy as ministers. The wedding takes place successfully. While Howard and Bernadette exchange their vows, the camera pulls back from the apartment roof - showing a glimpse of Mrs. Wolowitz - and then pulls back further to a view of the planet Earth. The episode ends with Howard being launched into space. Everyone nervously watches the space launch from Leonard and Sheldon's apartment. Bernadette takes Raj's hand, Penny takes Leonard's hand, and a very surprised Amy has her hand taken by Sheldon who wishes Howard well with the words "Boldly go, Howard Wolowitz".