Follows on from Howard's rocket launch at the end of 5.24. Part 1, T plus 60 seconds.

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Bernadette, Raj, Amy, Sheldon, Leonard and Penny are all sat in apartment 4A to watch the launch of Howard's Soyuz rocket.

Bernadette: Oh, my God, it's happening.

Penny: Did I miss it?

Leonard: No, come on in. Hurry.

Bernadette: I love that man.

Raj: Me, too.

(Bernadette takes hold of Raj's hand).

Penny: I can't believe it. This whole time, a small part of me thought he was lying.

Leonard: This is it.

(Penny takes hold of Leonard's hand).

Sheldon: Boldly go, Howard Wolowitz.

(Sheldon takes hold of Amy's hand).

(Russian countdown ends, rocket takes off)

Howard (voice off): Oy vay!

Sixty seconds after launch the Soyuz rocket exploded in a huge ball of fire!

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T plus 24 hours everyone else is waiting in the hospital for news of Bernadette, who went into shock after seeing her husbands rocket blow up. Finally the medical staff said she was awake and they could go and see her, the other five walked into her room and went to her bedside.

Bernadette: Hello everyone, why am I in the hospital? I had a horrible nightmare that Howie's space rocket blew up

Raj took hold of Bernadette's hand and said with tears in his eyes "we are all incredibly sorry but it wasn't a nightmare."

Leonard: As far as they could determine the third stage of the rocket ignited prematurely when it was still connected to the first and second stages. The whole rocket exploded, the crew didn't have a chance to use the launch escape system, there were no survivors.

Sheldon: Of all the souls that I have met on my travels, Howard's was the most human.