>> WE ARE COMING UP ON THEIR 
WAKE UP IN JUST ABOUT A MINUTE 
OR SO. 
>> BOB AND DOUG JUST DEPARTED 
THE SPACE STATION EARLIER THIS 
MORNING -- ACTUALLY, THIS MIGHT 
HAVE BEEN YESTERDAY AT THIS 
POINT, AND ACTUALLY, AT THIS 
POINT, THEY'RE STILL SLEEPING. 
>> WE'RE TARGETING 4:40 A.M. 
PACIFIC TIME FOR THEIR WAKE UP, 
AND ONCE THEY GET UP, THEY'LL 
HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR TO GO THROUGH
WHAT THEY CALL POST SLEEP, GET 
BREAKFAST, GET READY TO MEET THE
DAY, AND IT'LL BE A COUPLE OF 
HOURS BEFORE THEY GET READY TO 
DETACH THE TRUNK, GET READY FOR 
DEORBIT BURN, AND TARGET THAT 
SPLASH DOWN LATER ON TODAY. 
>> WE'RE EXPECTING THE WAKE UP
CALL TO HAPPEN IN JUST A MINUTE 
OR SO, AND IT'S A REAL EXCITING 
DAY, IT'S SPLASH-DOWN DAY, SO 
WE'RE HAPPY TO GET BOB AND DOUG 
UP TODAY FOR THIS MOMENTOUS 
OCCASION.
>> GOOD MORNING, BOB AND DOUG.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO 
START YOUR DAY 
>> GOOD MORNING, DRAGON 
ENDEAVOR.
I'M HAPPY YOU WENT TO SPACE, BUT
I'M EVEN HAPPIER THAT YOU'RE 
COMING BACK HOME. 
>> RISE AND SHINE, DAD. 
>> WE, LUKE, AND MOMMY CAN'T 
WAIT TO SEE YOU, DADDY. 
>> WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, 
WAKE UP!
DON'T WORRY.
YOU CAN SLEEP IN TOMORROW.
HURRY HOME SO WE CAN GO GET MY 
DOG. 
>> WE LOVE YOU, DAD!
>> GOOD MORNING, JAY, GOOD 
MORNING TO SPACEX, AND GOOD 
MORNING ESPECIALLY TO JACK AND 
TO THEO FOR THAT WONDERFUL 
MESSAGE THIS MORNING.
HOPEFULLY, THE PRESSURE'S ON 
WHOEVER'S MAKING THE WEATHER 
CALL BECAUSE THOSE BOYS SEEM 
EXCITED TO BRING US HOME. 
>> YEAH, WE CONCUR.
IT WAS GREAT HEARING THEM, AND 
HAPPY TO HEAR YOU.
AND LUCKY FOR YOU, WEATHER IS 
LOOKING GREAT AT PENSACOLA.
DRAGON IS ALSO HEALTHY AND 
PROCEEDING TOWARDS THE 
OPPORTUNITY.
WE'RE GOING TO RESUME NOMINAL 
COMMUNICATIONS AT THIS TIME, AND
WE ARE STANDING BY WITH A SYSTEM
UPDATE ONCE YOU COMPLETE YOUR 
POST SLEEP ACTIVITIES.
>> THANK YOU, JAY.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A CALL BACK ONCE 
WE GET THINGS A LITTLE BIT 
TIDIED UP HERE AND BE READY FOR 
THAT SYSTEMS BRIEF. 
>> COPY.
>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR LIVE 
COVERAGE OF THE DEMO 2 MISSION.
I'M KATE TICE, SENIOR ENGINEER 
ANALYST HERE AT SPACEX IN 
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA.
NASA ASTRONAUTS BOB BEHNKEN AND 
DOUG HURLEY ARE BACK HOME TO US.
TODAY'S MISSION ACTUALLY BEGAN 
BACK ON SATURDAY, MAY 30, WHEN 
SPACEX LAUNCHED DRAGON FROM 
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA.
BOB AND DOUG ARRIVED AT THE 
SPACE STATION JUST 19 HOURS 
LATER AND HAVE BEEN THERE EVER 
SINCE.
WHILE ON BOARD AT THE SPACE 
STATION TWO MONTHS, BOB AND DOUG
HAVE DONE OVER 100 HOURS OF WORK
ON MICROGRAVITY SCIENCE 
EXPERIMENTS AND PERFORMED FOUR 
SPACEWALKS WITH FELLOW NASA 
ASTRONAUT AND COMMANDER CHRIS 
CASSIDY.
>> IT'S BEEN A REALLY EVENTFUL 
24 HOURS FOR THE DRAGON CREW FOR
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
JUST FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN 
FOLLOWING THIS MISSION, AS WE 
LITERALLY JUST HEARD, BOB AND 
DOUG NOW AWAKE INSIDE CREW 
DRAGON ENDEAVOR, GETTING A 
SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THEIR SONS 
TO WAKE THEM UP ON THEIR RETURN 
DAY, SO THAT WAS JUST REALLY 
SPECIAL.
THEY'VE BEEN FLYING FREE FROM 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
FOR ALMOST 12 HOURS NOW.
SINCE THEY DEPARTED YESTERDAY, 
THEY WERE ABLE TO GET ON BOARD, 
PACK UP, AND AUTONOMOUSLY UNDOCK
FROM THE SPACE STATION ON 
SATURDAY.
IT BEGAN A SERIES OF DEPARTURE 
BURN TO GET AWAY FROM THE SPACE 
STATION AND OUT IN FRONT, AND 
SETTING IT UP FOR ITS EVENTUAL 
JOURNEY HOME.
WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING YOU 
OUR LIVE COVERAGE.
WE'VE BEEN GOING EVER SINCE 
BEFORE WE GOT INTO DRAGON, ALL 
THE WAY TO SPLASH DOWN.
WE'LL HIT THE SPLASH DOWN THAT 
RIGHT NOW IS TARGETED FOR 11:48 
PACIFIC TIME A.M.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO 
SHOW YOU EVERY STEP OF DRAGON'S 
JOURNEY AS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 
SPORADIC VIEWS OF DRAGON ON 
BOARD AFTER THEY COMPLETE THEIR 
POST SLEEP PERIOD, AND THERE 
WILL BE A BLACKOUT PERIOD IN THE
FINAL PHASES OF REENTRY.
. 
>> AS YOU JUST HEARD, BOB AND 
DOUG ARE NOW AWAKE AND ENTERING 
THEIR POST SLEEP PERIOD, SO 
THAT'S ABOUT AN HOUR LONG PERIOD
WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO GET UP, 
STRETCH THEIR LEGS, HAVE THEIR 
BREAKFAST AND SPLASH DOWN DAY.
REALLY EXCITING DAY. 
>> IT'S GOING TO BE BUSY FOR 
THEM, MORE SO ON THE SECOND SIDE
OF THIS.
THEY HAD TO -- IT'S A 19-HOUR 
JOURNEY FROM SPACE STATION TO 
THAT SPLASH DOWN, AND WE DO THAT
VERY SPECIFICALLY.
WHENEVER A JOURNEY FROM THE 
SPACE STATION TO THE ACTUAL 
SPLASH DOWN IS LONGER THAN SIX 
HOURS, WE HAVE TO BUILD IN SLEEP
TIME FOR OUR CREW MEMBERS, 
OTHERWISE, THEY CAN HAVE AS LONG
AS A 20-HOUR DAY.
IT'S LIKE PILOTS, ANYTHING ELSE,
YOU HAVE THAT VERY STRICT CREW 
DUTY DAY.
SO THEY'RE AWAKE NOW, THEY'VE 
GOT THE POST SLEEP PERIOD, AND 
AFTER THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO 
MONITOR DRAGON BUT IT'S PRETTY 
MUCH GOING TO BE AUTO MATED. 
>> THEY'LL MONITOR TELEMETRY AND
ATTITUDE AND ALL THAT KIND OF 
STUFF.
REALLY EXCITING DAY AS WE 
APPROACH SPLASH DOWN HERE IN A 
MATTER OF A FEW HOURS, WHICH IS 
CRAZY TO THINK THAT THIS ALL 
STARTED TWO MONTHS AGO, AND HERE
WE ARE.
TIME CERTAINLY FLEW BY.
SO WHILE BOB AND DOUG ARE NOW IN
THEIR POST SLEEP PERIOD.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH THE TEAM IN 
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON AND 
NASA'S COURTNEY BEASLEY.
COURTNEY?
>> AS YOU CAN TELL, WE'VE 
CHANGED LOCATIONS SINCE OUR 
TEAMS WERE ON FOR UNDOCKING AND 
DEPARTURE AS PART OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS PROTECTIONS WE HAVE 
IN PLACE TO PROTECT OUR 
CONTROLLERS AT MISSION CONTROL 
HOUSTON.
WE TRANSITIONED OUT OF THE JOINT
OPERATIONS AFTER DRAGON 
APPROACHED THE JOINT ELLIPSOID 
BUT HAVE CONTINUED TO MONITOR 
DOUGS AND BOB'S RETURN HOME.
OUR TOPA OR TRAJECTORY 
OPERATIONS AND PLANNING 
ADMINISTRATOR IS CONTINUING TO 
MONITOR THE WAY AND ANYTHING 
THAT COULD DELAY DRAGON RETURN.
THERE'S ALSO OUR SPACE FLIGHT 
METEOROLOGY GROUP, ACTIVELY 
PROVIDING UPDATES TO OUR TWO 
NASA AND SPACEX TEAMS TOGETHER, 
MAKING SURE THAT THE WEATHER IN 
THE GULF IS CLEAR FOR LANDING 
LATER TODAY.
AND FINALLY, OUR L.S.O. OR 
LANDING SUPPORT OFFICER IS ON 
STAND BY IN THE EVENT THAT WE 
WOULD RUN INTO ANY MAJOR ISSUES 
THAT WOULD CAUSE DRAGON TO BE IN
AN UNSUPPORTED SPLASH DOWN 
LOCATION, WHERE WE WOULD THEN 
CALL FOR HELP FROM OUR 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
COLLEAGUES.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE 
CONDITIONS HERE AT SPACE CONTROL
HOUSTON.
BACK TO YOU, DAN AND KATE. 
>> AS WE SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE 
A COUPLE OF HOURS, ROUGHLY SIX 
HOURS FROM NOW, SO WE'VE STILL 
GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A WAYS 
GO, BUT ONCE WE START GETTING 
READY FOR DRAGON TO COME HOME, 
THERE'S A VERY SPECIFIC SET OF 
MILE STONES THAT'LL TAKE PLACE.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT'LL 
HAPPEN IS DOING A SLEW MANEUVER.
THE TRUNK IS A SPACECRAFT -- 
DRAGON IS TWO PARTS.
YOU HAVE THE CAPSULE, WHICH HAS 
THE CREW AND THE CARGO, AND THE 
TRUNK.
WE GET RID OF THE TRUNK BEFORE 
WE REENTER, AND THAT REVEALS THE
HEAT SHIELD OF THE CAPSULE 
ITSELF.
SO WE'LL FIRST DO A MANEUVER AT 
ABOUT 10:48 A.M. PACIFIC, JUST 
TO GET READY FOR THAT MECHANISM.
AND THEN, THE CLAW WILL 
SEPARATE, FOLLOWED JUST SECONDS 
LATER BY THAT TRUNK SEPARATION. 
>> THEN, WE WILL MANEUVER OR 
SLEW TO DEORBIT BURN.
THE DEORBIT BURN WILL COMMENCE 
AT 10:56 A.M. PACIFIC TIME, AND 
IT'LL LAST FOR ABOUT 11.5 
MINUTES.
THAT DEORBIT BURN IS ESSENTIALLY
PLACING DRAGON ENDEAVOR ON ITS 
FINAL TRAJECTORY TO THE FINAL 
LANDING POINT OFF THE COAST OF 
FLORIDA NEAR PENSACOLA.
AFTER THAT IS COMPLETED AT 11:11
A.M., WE WILL BE CLOSING THAT 
NOSE CONE.
WE WANT TO REUSE THESE CAPSULES,
AND PROTECTING THAT CAPSULE AT 
THE FORWARD HATCH IS ESSENTIAL 
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE CAPSULE
ATTACHES TO THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION, AND THAT'S WHERE 
THE CREW INGRESSES AND EGRESSES,
SO WE WILL PROTECT THAT.
A COUPLE OF MINUTES AFTER THAT, 
THE DRAGON CAPSULE WILL BEGIN TO
REENTER THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
A LOT OF PLASMA WILL BE BUILDING
UP ON THE VEHICLE, AND WE WILL 
BE EXPECTING A COMMUNICATIONS 
BLACKOUT, AND THAT'LL BEGIN AT 
11:36 A.M., AND THAT'LL LAST 
ABOUT SIX MINUTES.
THAT IS WHEN WE WILL HAVE ENTRY 
INTERFACE, AND THAT'S THE REALLY
EXCITING POINT, AND THEN, WE 
WILL GET OUR COMMUNICATIONS BACK
AT 11:42 A.M.
SO ALL OF THAT KIND OF LEADING 
UP TO THE BIG VISUAL FUN PART, 
THE PARACHUTES. 
>> YEAH, AND THE PARACHUTES ARE 
GOING TO COME OUT IN TWO 
DIFFERENT STAGES.
WE'LL START OFF WITH THE DROGUE 
PARACHUTES, WHEN THE CRAFT WILL 
START SLOWING.
WHEN DRAGON HITS THE ATMOSPHERE,
IT'S GOING ABOUT 17,500 MILES 
PER HOUR.
WHEN THE TWO DROGUE CHUTES COME 
OUT, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SLOW 
THE CAPSULE AS IT'S COMING 
THROUGH THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
LESS THAN A MINUTE AFTER THE 
DROGUES ARE DONE, THEY WILL 
JETTISON AND DRAW OUT FOUR MAIN 
PARACHUTES AND DO THE FINAL 
SLOWING OF THE VEHICLE.
THOSE WILL POP OUT ABOUT 
6800 FEET OF ALTITUDE WHEN THE 
VEHICLE IS GOING ABOUT 350 MILES
AN HOUR.
THE CAPSULE WILL BE MOVING AT 
ABOUT 15 OR 16 MILES PER HOUR 
WHEN IT HITS THE SPLASH DOWN, 
AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR THAT 
SPLASH DOWN OFF OF THE COAST OF 
FLORIDA. 
>> AND OF COURSE THE RECOVERY 
TEAM WILL BE THERE AND WAITING 
FOR BOB AND DOUG.
IN PREPARATION FOR THIS SLASH 
DOWN, THE RECOVERY TEAM HAS BEEN
BUSY OVER THE LAST WEEK.
ONE OF THEIR BIG TICKET ITEMS 
HAS BEEN THE FINAL SELECTION OF 
THE LANDING SITE.
TO INCREASE THE OPTION FOR SPACE
STATION DEPARTURE, THE TEAMS 
IDENTIFIED A TOTAL OF SEVEN 
POSSIBLE SPLASH DOWN LOCATIONS.
ALSO, IN ORDER TO MEET NASA'S 
TIMELINE FOR EXTRACTION 
REQUIREMENTS, THE -- THE 
POTENTIAL SPLASH DOWN LOCATIONS 
HAVE TO BE CLOSE TO A PORT AS 
WELL AS MEDICAL FACILITIES, SO 
WITH THAT YOU WILL OF THAT IN 
MIND, ADD THE EVOLVING WEATHER 
CONDITION -- WITH ALL OF THAT IN
MIND, ADD THE EVOLVING WEATHER 
CONDITIONS, AND YOU HAVE A 
TRYING TIME.
THE GO NAVIGATOR IS THE VESSEL 
THAT WE HAVE IN THE GULF OF 
MEXICO, AND TODAY, WE'LL BE 
SPLASHING DOWN JUST OFF THE 
COAST OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. 
>> NOW IN ADDITION TO WEATHER, 
WHICH HAS REALLY BEEN THE KEY 
THING WE'VE BEEN WATCHING OVER 
THE LAST, IT'S KIND OF BEEN A 
THEME TO THIS MISSION THAT WE'VE
BEEN WATCHING SO CLOSELY FOR THE
LAUNCH, AND WE'VE BEEN WATCHING 
IT VERY CLOSELY FOR THIS RETURN.
THE CREW SLEEP SCHEDULE IS A 
REALLY IMPORTANT FACTOR IN HOW 
WE DECIDE HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO
TAKE FOR THEM TO COME HOME AND 
WHICH LANDING OPPORTUNITIES 
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE.
EVERY SINGLE DAY, DRAGON HAS 
MULTIPLE LANDING OPPORTUNITIES 
THAT ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE 
SPACEX TEAM, AND THOSE WILL 
RANGE ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT SIX 
HOURS FROM STATION ALL THE WAY 
IN EXCESS OF 30 HOURS.
WE TRY TO TARGET THE ONES THAT 
ARE IN THAT SWEET SPOT WHERE 
WE'RE NOT GOING 30 HOURS FROM 
THEM LEAVING AND GOING BACK 
HOME, BUT WE'RE GOING ON AN 
APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME TO 
MAKE SURE THEY'RE SLEEPING AND 
RESTED
.
-- NUMBER OF SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO
MAKE SURE THAT BOB AND DOUG 
WON'TING HEATING UP, ALONG WITH 
THE EXTERIOR OF THE CAPSULE.
THEY'RE EXPECTED -- I THINK THE 
INTERNAL OF THE CAPSULE IS 
SUPPOSED TO BE STAYING ABOUT 85º
MAXIMUM, BUT THERE WILL BE COLD 
AREA FLOODING BOB AND DOUG'S 
SUIT DURING THAT PERIOD.
ALSO SOMETHING TO NOTE, THE 
EXTERIOR OF THE CAPSULE, IF YOU 
FOLLOWED ALONG WITH OUR DEMO 1 
RECOVERY, DUE TO THOSE EXTREME 
TEMPERATURES, WE'RE BASICALLY IN
THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS OF 
SEEING DRAGON IN ITS PRISTINE, 
WHITE CONDITION.
WE'LL SEE A LOT OF THE CHARRING 
ON THE EXTERNAL SIDES OF THE 
CAPSULE TO THE PROTECTION 
SYSTEMS THAT ARE BASICALLY BUILT
TO INSULATE THE DRAGON CAPSULE 
AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING 
STAYS SAFE DURING THAT HEATED 
REENTRY PERIOD. 
>> IT'S GOING TO BE A NEW 
EXPERIENCE.
THEY'RE EXPERIENCED ASTRONAUTS, 
BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FOR 
THEM COMING HOME IN A CAPSULE.
THEY WERE USED TO THE LANDING OF
THE SPACE SHUTTLE ONTO A RUNWAY,
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY 
SPLASHED DOWN IN THE OCEAN, AS 
WELL AS THE FIRST TIME THAT 
AMERICANS SPLASHED DOWN IN THE 
OCEAN IN 45 YEARS.
>> -- AND THEY SAID NO, WE'VE 
REHEARSED THIS WITH THE TEAM 
MANY, MANY TIMES, BOTH DIGITALLY
AS WELL AS IN PERSON WITH THE 
RECOVERY TEAM ACTUALLY 
PRACTICING THE EGRESS OPERATIONS
FROM THE CAPSULE, SO 
COINCIDENTALLY, THEY SAID 
THEY'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT.
THEY'RE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE 
HEALTH OF THEIR FAMILY IN THE 
MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC MORE SO 
THAN THE RETURN ITSELF.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE RETURN, I
CAN'T HELP BUT TO THINK OF
 
G-FORCES.
>> -- DURING ALL THE PROXIMITY 
OPERATIONS DURING THE SPACE 
STATION.
THEY'LL BE IN THE SUITS ONCE 
MORE FOR THE ACTUAL SPLASH DOWN 
ITSELF.
THOSE SUITS ARE THERE AS JUST 
ANOTHER LINE OF PROTECTION FOR 
THE CREW MEMBERS.
OBVIOUSLY, THE CAPSULE KEEPING 
THEM IN A VERY PROTECTED 
ENVIRONMENT IN OUTER SPACE OR 
BURNING UP ON REENTRY IN ALL OF 
THAT HEAT, AND THEN, THE SUITS 
ARE JUST ANOTHER LINE OF 
DEFENSE.
THEY'LL BE WEARING THOSE DURING 
THEIR REENTRY.
THEY'LL ACTUALLY DO WHAT'S 
CALLED A SUIT FLUSH JUST BEFORE 
THEY REENTER WHERE THEY FLUSH 
SOME COOLED DOWN NITROX, AND 
BEFORE THEY SUIT UP, THEY'LL DO 
WHAT'S CALLED FLUID LOADING, 
WHICH IS VERY COMMON FOR CREW 
MEMBERS.
YOU CAN GET KIND OF DEHYDRATED, 
AND SO FLUID LOADING CAN HELP 
YOU COMBAT
.
THE HUMAN BODY ADAPTS WHEN 
YOU'RE UP THERE FOR SEVERAL 
MONTHS AT A TIME, SO WHEN YOU 
GET BACK DOWN TO EARTH, IT CAN 
BE A LITTLE BIT JARRING.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A LOT OF 
TRAINED PERSONNEL THERE, READY 
TO HELP THEM OUT OF THE CAPSULE 
THERE AND GET THEM ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE READY FOR THE SYSTEMS 
BRIEF. 
>> YEAH.
AS ED, DRAGON'S IN A HEALTHY
STATE.
WE ARE PROCEEDING TOWARD THE 
PRIMARY LANDING SITE.
YOUR LANDING FORECAST IS LOOKING
GREAT, WITH WINDS AT 1 MILES PER
HOUR.
WE EXPECT THE SHIP TO BE AT THE 
DESIGNATED LANDING SITE, WITH NO
PROBLEMS WITH EGRESS, AND THAT 
IS ALL WE HAVE TO REPORT. 
>> OKAY.
WE COPY ALL.
THAT'S NEWS ABOUT THE WEATHER, 
AND I'M SURE THE FOLKS ON THE 
SHIP WILL GET SOMETHING SORTED 
OUT WITH THE GENERATOR.
THANKS FOR THE UPDATE.
>> AND GOOD READ BACK, AND WE'LL
KEEP YOU POSTED AS WE PROCEED ON
THE TIMELINE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO A QUICK RUNDOWN ON WHERE WE 
STAND RIGHT NOW.
CAPCOM, THAT'S THE SOLE PERSON 
WHO'S THERE TO TALK TO BOB AND 
DOUG AND BE THEIR ADVOCATE FOR 
THEM DOWN ON THE GROUND.
WE'RE LOOKING AT WIND SPEEDS OF 
ABOUT ONE KNOT, SO JUST ABOUT 
1.5 MILES PER HOUR.
WEATHER WAS THE THING WE WERE 
LOOKING FOR.
WE WERE LOOKING FOR WIND SPEEDS 
LESS THAN 10 MILES PER HOUR, SO 
WE'RE WELL UNDER THAT FOR THIS 
SPLASH DOWN TODAY.
WE ENDED UP GETTING PRETTY 
SPECTACULAR WEATHER CONDITIONS 
FOR THIS.
OBVIOUSLY, SOME PRETTY NASTY 
WEATHER AROUND FLORIDA THAT A 
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO DEAL
WITH, AND ACTUALLY, THREE OF OUR
LANDING ZONES ARE IN THE PATH OF
THAT HURRICANE. 
>> ISAIAS WAS CREATING PROBLEMS 
FOR US ON THE EAST COAST OF 
FLORIDA.
THREE OF OUR POTENTIAL LANDING 
SITES WERE THERE ON THE EAST 
COAST, RULED OUT DUE TO 
UNFAVORABLE WEATHER DUE TO THAT 
TROPICAL STORM, BUT THE GULF OF 
MEXICO IS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.
ONE MILE AN HOUR WINDS?
THAT'S NOTHING, AND BOB AND DOUG
WILL BE SAFE ONCE THEY REACH THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN, THE GULF OF 
MEXICO.
THERE'S ALSO A GENERATOR PROBLEM
THAT WE ARE HAVING ON THE 
RECOVERY VESSEL.
THERE ARE TWO GENERATORS, AND 
ONE OF THEM IS DOWN CURRENTLY, 
SO THE TEAM IS WORKING ON 
ANOTHER GENERATOR SO THERE IS NO
SINGLE-POINT FAILURE FROM THE 
ASPECT POINT OF THE RECOVERY 
SHIP.
GOOD NEWS IS THAT EVERYTHING 
WILL BE IN PLACE FOR BOB AND 
DOUG'S SPLASH DOWN, WHICH WE'RE 
ANTICIPATING TO BE AROUND 11:30 
A.M. PACIFIC.
STILL HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S 
SO SOON, BUT SO FAR AWAY. 
>> THE SYSTEM BEING ON THE 
EASTERN COAST OF FLORIDA HAS 
CREATED SOME PRETTY FAVORABLE 
CONDITIONS FOR US IN THE GULF.
WE DO UNDOCK ONLY WHEN WE HAD 
BOTH OUR PRIME AND AN ALTERNATE.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET GOOD 
PAIRINGS.
SINCE THERE ARE SEVEN DIFFERENT 
LANDING ZONES, YOU COULD HAVE 
PENSACOLA AS YOUR PRIME AND 
SEVERAL OTHERS AS YOUR PRIME.
THE ONES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO 
SELECT WAS PENSACOLA FOR OUR 
PRIME AND PANAMA CITY FOR OUR 
ALTERNATE.
IF FOR SOME REASON WE DID HAVE 
TO WAVE OFF TODAY, PANAMA CITY 
WOULD BE OUR ALTERNATE.
WE STILL HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR 
WHERE DRAGON HAS THE ABILITY TO 
CHANGE THAT ALTERNATE MIDFLIGHT 
IF FOR SOME REASON WEATHER MOVED
IN TO PANAMA CITY AND TOOK AWAY 
THAT SITE.
LOOKING GOOD AT BOTH SITES, AND 
MOST IMPORTANTLY, LOOKING GOOD 
AT OUR PRIMARY SITE. 
>> ALL OF THESE SITES ARE 
MENTIONED BASED ON THE FACT THAT
THEY HAVE TO BE ACCESSIBLE, SO 
RELATIVELY CLOSE TO SHORE BY THE
MEDICAL VESSEL AND ALSO CLOSE TO
FACILITIES SO THAT WHENEVER BOB 
AND DOUG ARE TAKEN OFF THE 
VESSEL, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO BE 
CLOSE TO A HOSPITAL, AND MEDICAL
TREATMENT IF NECESSARY, BUT LIKE
WE SAID BEFORE, THERE WERE SEVEN
POTENTIAL SITES, THREE OF THEM 
RULED OUT THANKS TO WEATHER ON 
THE EAST COAST, AND WE ARE NOW 
TARGETING THE GULF OF MEXICO OFF
OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, FOR THE 
LANDING SITE.
>> WITHIN MINUTES, THE TEAMS 
HERE IN MISSION CONTROL 
HAWTHORNE WILL GIVE A REVIEW OF 
THE SYSTEMS ON THE CAPSULE.
THEY'LL PUT FAST BOATS OUT ABOUT
THREE MILES OR SO FROM THE 
SPLASH DOWN SITE.
THEY'LL HIT THE WATER AND MOVE 
TOWARD THE CAPSULE ONCE THEY GET
THE GO.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'LL DO IS 
GO AROUND AND SNIFF AROUND THE 
CAPSULE ITSELF.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR WHAT'S 
CALLED FUMES, AND AS LONG AS 
THAT COMES BACK A NEGATIVE, THEY
CAN COME IN AND START RIGGING 
THE CAPSULE ITSELF TO GET LIFTED
UP, AND I KNOW THAT WILL BE 
SOMETHING PRETTY EXCITING TO 
SEE. 
>> YEAH.
THEY'LL HAVE SOMEONE CLIMBING ON
THE RIGGING.
THAT INDIVIDUAL IS SPECIALLY 
TRAINED FOR THAT OPERATION 
BECAUSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, 
CLIMBING ON TOP OF A SPECIALLY 
SHAPED CAPSULE IN THE OCEAN IS 
WET, AND THEN LIFTING IT ONTO 
THE DECK OF A RECOVERY SHIP, 
THAT'S HARD, AND THAT PERSON HAS
UNDERGONE HOURS AND HOURS OF 
TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT 
PROCEDURE SAFELY.
SO ONCE THAT'S ALL DONE, THE 
CAPSULE WILL BE LIFTED UP, 
HOISTED UP ONTO THE DECK OF THE 
RECOVERY SHIP, AND THEN, THEY'LL
BE PLACED BACK DOWN.
SO FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION OPERATIONS, WE USE THE 
FORWARD HATCH OR THE HATCH ON 
TOP OF THE CAPSULE IN ORDER TO 
INGRESS AND EGRESS.
FOR THIS PARTICULAR OPERATION OF
RECOVERY, THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE 
COMING OUT OF THE SIDE HATCH.
ONCE THAT SIDE HATCH IS OPENED, 
OUR FLIGHT CONTROLLER WILL MAKE 
SURE EVERYTHING IS GOOD, AND BOB
AND DOUG WILL BE HELPED OUT.
>> THERE IS ONE SPECIFIC LANDING
ZONE, WHICH IS THE ONE OFF CAPE 
CANAVERAL, THERE'S A CLOSER ONE 
FOR CRUDE LANDINGS, ONLY ABOUT 
24 MILES OFFSHORE.
FOR ALL OF OUR OTHER LANDING 
ZONES, IT TAKES PROBABLY SEVERAL
HOURS FOR THE BOAT TO GET BACK 
INTO PORT, SO SPACEX DOES HAVE 
THE OPTION TO LAND A HELICOPTER 
ON THE RECOVERY VESSEL ITSELF TO
THEN MOVE THE CREW MEMBERS BACK 
FOR A MUCH QUICKER RETURN TO DRY
LAND, LOADING ONTO THAT NASA 
PLANE, AND RETURNING TO HOUSTON.
WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT 
HOW WE'RE KEEPING THE CREW SAFE,
HOW WE'RE KEEPING THE CREW 
HEALTHY.
WE HAVE STRICT RULES ANY TIME WE
SEND SOMEONE INTO SPACE AND 
BRING THEM HOME.
SPACE CAN BE PRETTY HARSH ON THE
BODY.
DESPITE THE MEASURES THAT WE PUT
IN PLACE, A LOT OF ASTRONAUTS 
WILL COME BACK 
NOCOMPROMISED, SO WE HAVE TO
MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF 
THEM BACK HOME.
ESPECIALLY WITH CORONAVIRUS, 
WE'VE MADE SOME ADDITIONAL 
REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS IN
PLACE FOR ALL WHO ARE GOING TO 
BE ON THE BOAT.
ALL HAVE BEEN THROUGH ISOLATION 
AND TESTING FOR CORONAVIRUS 
BEFORE THEY'RE GOING OUT.
WE'RE MAKING SURE WE HAVE 
COUNTER MEASURES IN PLACE TO 
MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING 
SCREENED AND THE CREW IS BEING 
KEPT HEALTHY. 
>> SO THEY'RE CERTAINLY LOOKING 
FORWARD TO HAVING THEIR FAMILY 
REUNION TODAY.
HOPEFULLY, YOU CAUGHT THEIR WAKE
UP MESSAGE EARLIER THIS MOERK, 
MESSAGES FROM BOTH OF THEIR -- 
THIS MORNING, MESSAGES FROM BOTH
OF THEIR SONS.
SOMETHING ELSE TO NOTE ABOUT THE
RECOVERY PROCESS IS ALL OF THIS 
IS GOING TO TAKE ABOUT AN HOUR 
TO DO.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET
THE CAPSULE OUT OF THE WATER AS 
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT SAFELY,
AS WELL AS OPENING THE HATCH AND
HAVING BOB AND DOUG COME OUT 
INTO THE MEDICAL TENTS THERE.
SO ALL IN ALL, IT'S TAKE ABOUT 
60 MINUTES OR SO, AND WE'RE 
CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 
SEEING ALL OF THAT HAPPEN LIVE, 
BUT BACKING UP A LITTLE BIT TO 
THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE COMING 
UP SOONER, WE WILL BE PERFORMING
A COUPLE OF MANEUVERS IN ORDER 
TO GET THE VEHICLE IN PLACE AND 
READY FOR ITS DEORBIT BURN.
THAT WILL TAKE PLACE, AND THEN, 
WE WILL CLOSE THE NOSE CONE IN 
ORDER TO PROTECT THAT TOP HATCH,
AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE
VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO REENTER 
THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, AND 
THEN, WE'LL HAVE PARACHUTE 
DEPLOYMENT.
ALL OF THAT WILL HAPPEN AROUND 
11:30, SO BE SURE TO STICK WITH 
US FOR THE EXCITING EVENTS OF 
SPLASH DOWN DAY. 
>> WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING YOUR
QUESTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR US, 
JUMP ON TWITTER, USE THE HASHTAG
#ASKNASA.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF HOURS 
UNTIL WE START PICKING UP THE 
OPERATION, SO WE SHOULD GET 
THROUGH QUITE A FEW.
WE'LL TAKE ONE NOW, AND IT'S 
WHAT SPEED ARE BOB AND DOUG 
GOING AT SPLASH DOWN.
IT'S QUITE A SLOW DOWN. 
>> AT THE POINT OF SPLASH DOWN, 
THEY'LL BE GOING ABOUT 15 OR 16 
MILES PER HOUR.
THAT'S ABOUT THE SPEED THAT YOU 
GO IN YOUR CAR WHEN YOU'RE 
DRIVING THROUGH A SCHOOL ZONE, 
SO THAT'S THE SPEED THAT THEY'LL
BE LANDING IN THE GULF OF 
MEXICO.
A SLOW DOWN FROM 350 MILES PER 
HOUR AS THEY ENTER THE EARTH'S 
ATMOSPHERE, AND THAT'S A SLOW 
DOWN FROM 17,500 WHEN THEY WERE 
ORBITING THE EARTH FROM THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE HAVE ANOTHER SORT OF QUESTION
COMING TO US.
IT SAYS, I SAW A VIDEO THAT BOB 
AND DOUG'S SUITS WERE BEING 
PRESSURIZED IN DRAGON.
WILL IT BE PRESSURIZED IN 
REENTRY?
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THE PRESSURIZATION THAT YOU SAW 
WOULD HAVE BEEN DURING A LEAK 
CHECK.
THAT IS THE ONLY POINT IN WHICH 
THE SPACE SUITS ARE PRESSURIZED.
WE DO THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT 
EVERYTHING IS ZIPPED UP PROPERLY
BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS 
SPECIALIZED TO MAINTAIN THAT 
PRESSURIZATION, SO IF YOU'VE GOT
TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS 
ON RIGHT AND IT'S ZIPPED UP, AND
WE APPLY THAT PRESSURIZATION IN 
ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT 
EVERYTHING IS FITTING PROPERLY.
WE THEN DEPRESSURIZE, AND 
THEY'RE ABLE TO LIFT THEIR 
VISORS ONCE AGAIN. 
>> YOU CAN KIND OF THINK ON 
AIRLINES, THEY HAVE PROCEDURES 
THAT IF THE CABIN LOSES 
PRESSURE, THEY GIVE YOU ACTION 
ACTION 
 -- OXYGEN.
SPACE, MUCH MORE BRUTAL.
>>> WE'VE GOT ONE QUESTION WHO 
SAYS, AS SOMEONE WHO NEEDS MY 
MORNING CAFFEINE.
WONDERING IF BOB AND DOUG CAN 
START THEIR DAY WITH A HOT POUCH
OF COFFEE?
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I LIKE MY MORNING COFFEE.
THERE IS NO WAY FOR BOB AND DOUG
TO HEAT FOOD IN THE CAPSULE.
ALL THE FOOD IS PREPACKAGED.
IT'S VACUUM SEALED SO THAT IT'S 
EASY TO STORE AND CONSUME.
IF THEY HAVE COFFEE, IT WOULDN'T
BE ABLE TO BE HOT, BUT SAFE TO 
SAY THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET THEIR
COFFEE IN 24 TO 48 HOURS. 
>> WE DO NEED TO TAKE A MOMENT, 
THOUGH, FOR THOSE OF YOU 
WATCHING ON YOUTUBE, TAKE A LOOK
AT THE COMMENTS SECTION DOWN 
BELOW.
WE'RE GOING TO BE SWITCHING OVER
OUR LINKS.
WE NEED TO STOP THE BROADCAST ON
YOUTUBE AND RESTART TO MAKE SURE
IT GETS ARCHIVED CORRECTLY.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING ON NASA TV, 
NO CHANGES NEEDS.
COVERAGE STAYS ON ALL THE WAY 
THROUGH SPLASH DOWN TODAY.
YOU WON'T NOTICE A THING.
>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO OUR LIVE
COVERAGE OF OUR SPACEX MISSION.
MY NAME IS KATE TICE, A SENIOR 
CERTIFICATIONS ENGINEER, AND IT 
HAS BEEN AN EXCITING 24 HOURS.
BOB AND DOUG LAUNCHED TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION JUST
TWO MONTHS AGO AND DEPARTED THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
YESTERDAY FOR THE TRIP HOME.
A COUPLE OF EVENTS THAT WE HAVE 
UP COMING.
AT 10:46 PACIFIC TIME, WE HAVE 
WHAT'S CALLED SLEW POSITIONING.
WE WILL SEPARATE FROM THE TRUNK,
AND THAT WILL BE OCCURRING AT 
10:51 A.M. PACIFIC TIME.
WE WILL THEN SLEW OR MANEUVER TO
DEORBIT BURN, AND THAT'S GOING 
TO PLACE DRAGON ON ITS FINAL 
TRAJECTORY BACK TO EARTH. 
>> ONCE THAT HAPPENS, DRAGON IS 
COMMITTED TO RETURNING HOME, AND
THAT'S WHAT REALLY ADJUSTS THEIR
ORBIT TO LINE THEM UP STRAIGHT 
WITH THAT SPLASH DOWN ZONE RIGHT
OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA, SO 
WE ARE EXPECTING THAT THE ORBIT 
BURN, TIMES HAVE STAYED PRETTY 
MUCH SOLID THROUGH ALL THE BURNS
THAT DRAGON HAS DONE SINCE IT 
LEFT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION.
WE'RE EXPECTING THAT ABOUT 10:56
PACIFIC TIME.
THAT'S EXPECTED TO LAST 11:22.
IT'S EXPECTED PRIMARILY USING 
THE FORWARD BULKHEAD THRUSTERS 
ON THE TOP OF DRAGON.
THERE ARE FOUR OF THEM, AND 
THEY'LL ALTERNATE BETWEEN A 
COUPLE OF THEM ON THAT ORBIT 
BURN.
ALSO, USING A COUPLE OF DRACOS 
WHILE THOSE ENGINES ARE FIRING.
ONCE THAT'S COMPLETE, THEY ARE 
REENTERING THE EARTH'S AT MOT 
FEAR.
AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THAT 
DEORBIT BURN, DRAGON WILL LOOK 
TO CLOSE UP THE NOSE CONE, AND 
THAT'S JUST TO PROTECT THE VERY 
DROP OF DRAGON, WHERE YOU HAVE 
THE DOCKING RING, SOME GUIDANCE,
NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL CENTERS 
AND THOSE FORWARD THRUSTERS FROM
THE HEAT OF REENTRY.
THISSULE IN PARTICULAR 
ALREADY SLATED FOR ANOTHER 
MISSION.
IT'S GOING TO BE FLYING THE CREW
2 CREW NEXT YEAR.
AFTER WE REALLY START TO REENTER
THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, THINGS 
WILL START HEATING UP, THE 
DRAGON EXPERIENCING TEMPERATURES
UP TO 3800º, AND PLASMA BUILDING
UP ON THE NOSE, RESULTING IN A 
COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT.
THIS IS EXPECTED, AND THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT'S COMMON IN 
SPACECRAFT WHEN YOU'RE 
GENERATING THAT MUCH HEAT, IT 
TENDS TO INTERFERE WITH THOSE 
SENSITIVE RADIO SYSTEMS.
DRAGON WILL CONTINUE FLYING 
ITSELF USING THE THREE THRUSTER 
COMPUTERS AS IT CONTINUES TO ITS
SPLASH DOWN POINT OFF THE COAST 
OF PENSACOLA.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, WE'LL 
HAVE SOMETHING CALLED ENTRY 
INTERFACE.
THAT'S WHEN DRAGON'S LOW ENOUGH 
IN THE ATMOSPHERE THAT IT'S 
EXPERIENCING LIFT DRAG.
AND ONCE THEY GET LOW ENOUGH, 
IT'S TIME FOR PARACHUTES. 
>> FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO EMPLOY 
OUR DROGUE PARACHUTES.
WE'LL HAVE FOUR BEAUTIFUL ORANGE
AND WHITE PARACHUTES, AND THOSE 
WILL CONTINUE TO SLOW THE 
CAPSULE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY, JUST
TO A MERE 15 OR 16 MILES PER 
HOUR AS IT SPLASHES DOWN IN THE 
GULF OF MEXICO.
SPLASH DOWN WILL OCCUR AT 11:48 
A.M. PACIFIC OR 8:48 U.T.C., AND
IT'S -- WE'RE COMING UP TO THAT 
HERE IN A FEW HOURS, SO BE SURE 
TO STICK WITH US AS WE'LL BE 
BRINGING YOU COVERAGE ALL THE 
WAY THROUGH THAT SPLASH DOWN.
FOR LONG TIME SPACEX FANS, THE 
RECOVERY TEAM IS REALLY ONE THAT
WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO 
SHOWCASE REALLY SINCE THE LAST 
DEMO-1 MISSION, AND IT'S GREAT 
TO SEE THEM IN ACTION AND SEE 
THEM PERFORM ALL THE STUFF LIVE 
THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING WITH BOB
AND DOUG THE LAST COUPLE OF 
YEARS. 
>> SPACEX HAD BOTH OF ITS 
RECOVERY SHIPS OUT IN THE 
LANDING ZONE, BOTH THE LANDING 
NAVIGATOR, AND THE GEO-1, THE GO
SEARCHER.
THERE ARE A LITTLE OVER 40 
PEOPLE ON THE SHIPS TO RECOVER 
THE DRAGON AND BOB AND DOUG.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERTS
IN THE DRAGON CAPSULE ITSELF, 
YOU HAVE THE SHIP'S CREW, YOU 
HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM THE
MEDICAL COMMUNITY, DOCTORS FROM 
BOTH SPACEX AND FLIGHT SURGEONS 
FROM NASA, NURSES, AND THEN, YOU
ALSO HAVE CARGO SPECIALISTS AS 
DRAGON'S BRINGING SOME CARGO 
HOME.
>> IF YOU FOLLOWED OUR MISSIONS 
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION, YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD US
REFER TO DRAGON'S MISSION TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AS A
CAREFULLY CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE, 
AND THAT HOLDS TRUE FOR THE 
RECOVERY, AS WELL.
WHILE THERE ARE 40 OR SO PEOPLE 
ON BOARD, THERE WON'T BE 40 
PEOPLE ON DECK.
IT'LL BE A STRICT LIMITATION TO 
THE PERSONNEL THAT ARE IN THE 
ACTIVE RECOVERY OPERATIONS THAT 
WILL BE ON THE DECK, ON THE 
RECOVERY DECK OF THE SHIP AS THE
DRAGON CAPSULE IS BEING LIFTED 
OUT OF THE WATER AND INTO THE 
NEST, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO 
SEE THAT FIRSTHAND.
WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU THAT 
COVERAGE ALL THE WAY THROUGH, 
AND AFTER BOB AND DOUG ARE 
BROUGHT OUT ON THE DRAGON 
CAPSULE, OUR FLIGHT SURGEON WILL
POP HIS HEAD IN AND MAKE SURE 
THAT EVERYTHING IS LOOKING AND 
FEELING GOOD WITH OUR 
ASTRONAUTS, OUR SPACE DADS, AND 
WE WILL THEN HAVE THEM EXIT THE 
CAPSULE THROUGH THAT SIDE HATCH.
WE'LL WHEEL THEM INTO THE 
MEDICAL TENTS, AT WHICH POINT 
THEY WILL HOP ON A HELICOPTER 
AND HEAD BACK TO TEXT. 
>> ALL OF THAT IS SUPPOSED TO 
HAPPEN WITHIN AN HOUR OF SPLASH 
DOWN.
THE DRAGON CAPSULE ITSELF TAKES 
A NUMBER OF AUTOMATIC STEPS AS 
SOON AS IT DETECTS THAT IT 
SPLASHES DOWN.
ONE OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE TO 
DETACH THE PARACHUTES, AND 
THEY'LL BE SITTING THERE, 
FLOATING IN THE WATER.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 
THE CREWS CAN DO IF THE CHUTES 
DON'T DETACH IS RELEASE THEM.
WITHIN TWO MINUTES OF SPLASH 
DOWN, THE CREW WILL GET THE GO 
AHEAD TO MOVE IN CLOSER.
THEY'LL DEPLOY TWO FAST BOATS 
THAT'LL GET TO THE CAPSULE MUCH 
QUICKER.
THE FIRST BOAT WILL MOVE IN AND 
DO A SNIFF CHECK AROUND THE 
CAPSULE, CHECKING FOR ANY FUMES 
OF FUELS, USE OF DRACO THRUSTERS
AROUND THE VEHICLE.
ONCE THEY VERIFY THAT IT'S SAFE 
TO APPROACH, THEY CAN CLIMB ON 
IN.
SOMEONE WILL CLIMB ON THE DRAGON
AND GET IT RIGGED.
THE SECOND FAST BOAT IS A BACK 
UP FOR WHAT THE FIRST ONE IS 
DOING, AND THEN, THEY'RE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR LIFTING THE 
CHUTES UP OUT OF THE WATER. 
>> AT THAT POINT, THE CAP WILL 
BE SET ONTO THE PLATFORM OF THE 
RECOVERY SHIP, AND THEN WE'LL --
LIKE I SAID BEFORE, OUR FLIGHT 
SURGEON WILL DO THE INITIAL 
CHECKPOINTS, THEY'LL PULL BOB 
AND DOUG OUT, AND THEN, THEY'LL 
GO INTO THE MEDICAL TENT.
IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG MORNING,
NIGHT SO FAR.
WE'VE BEEN BROADCASTING FOR A 
FEW HOURS NOW, AND I DON'T KNOW 
ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M STARTING -- 
THE MORE THAT WE TALK ABOUT THE 
PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT AND JUST 
RECALLING WHAT THAT LOOKED AND 
FELT LIKE FOR THE DEMO 1 
BROADCAST, I'M GETTING REALLY 
E
REJUVENATED AND REALLY EXCITED 
TO SEE THAT ON BOARD. 
>> WE HAD TWO SHIPS OUT THERE IN
THE SAME RECOVERY ZONE, SO WE 
WERE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF OUR 
CAMERA ASSETS, SOME THINGS LIKE 
THAT, ON THE OTHER SHIP.
NOW IT'S ALL ON ONE.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE 
SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IS FROM A 
NASA HIGH RESEARCH PLANE.
THEY WERE ABLE TO GET US AN 
INFRARED VIEW OF THE CAPSULE 
DURING THAT REENTRY PERIOD, ABLE
TO SEE THE DROGUE CHUTE DEPLOYS 
AND THE MAIN DEPLOYS, AND THEN, 
WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE SOME CAMERAS
DOWN ON THE BOAT, DOWN ON THE 
WATER, HOPEFULLY GETTING SOME 
GREAT VIEWS OF DRAGON AS IT DID 
HE -- DESCENDS WITH THE 
PARACHUTES.
>> SO IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US,
BOB AND DOUG HAVE COMPLETED 
THEIR EIGHT-HOUR SLEEP SHIFT.
THEY WOKE UP ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, 
1:20 OR SO AGO.
THEY HAD A REALLY NICE GREETING 
FROM THEIR SONS, TELLING THEM TO
WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP.
THEY HAD THIS POST SLEEP PHASE, 
AND THEY RECEIVED THEIR 
INFORMATION JAIL UPDATE FROM THE
CORE HERE AT SPACEX MISSION 
CONTROL HERE IN HAWTHORNE, 
CALIFORNIA, AND SO FAR, 
EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GREAT OR 
GREEN FOR TODAY'S RECOVERY 
OPERATIONS. 
>> AND SO AS WE CONTINUE TO 
MONITOR THE OPERATIONS TODAY, WE
DO WANT TO KEEP TAKING YOUR 
QUESTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE THAT WE'RE 
GOING TO GET THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
REMEMBER, IF YOU WANT TO ASK 
ONE, GET ON TWITTER AND USE THE 
HASHTAG #ASKNASA.
NEXT ONE, IS DRAGON WATERPROOF, 
STAYING AFLOAT EVEN IF IT TAKES 
ON WATER?
>> IF THE CREW HAD TO GET OUT OF
THE CAPSULE BEFORE THEY GET ON 
THE BOAT, THEY HAVE PRACTICED 
THOSE SITUATIONS, AS WELL.
ONE OF THE SITUATIONS WE DO IN 
SPACE FLIGHT IS PRACTICE IF 
THINGS DON'T GO ACCORDING TO 
PLAN.
WE DO THAT THROUGH SIMULATIONS, 
THROUGH PRACTICES IN THE FIELD, 
THROUGH TEST FLIGHTS LIKE WE DID
LAST YEAR.
DRAGON ABLE TO GET THE CREW OUT 
OF THE WATER, BUT THAT'S NOT THE
NOMINAL PLAN.
>> SO OUR NEXT QUESTION, IS HOW 
FAST WILL THE CAPSULE INITIALLY 
ENTER OUR ATMOSPHERE?
>> WELL, THE CAPSULE, WHEN IT 
INITIALLY DEPARTS THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 
IT'S GOING ABOUT 17,500 MILES 
PER HOUR OR THERE ABOUTS.
WHENEVER IT'S ENTERING OUR 
ATMOSPHERE, IT WILL BE SLOWING 
DOWN TO ABOUT 350 MILES PER HOUR
PARTLY DUE TO THE ATMOSPHERE 
ITSELF, AND THAT WILL BRING THE 
TEMPERATURE ON THE NOSE TO ABOUT
3800º FAHRENHEIT.
WE ALSO HAVE, LIKE WE MENTIONED 
BEFORE, THE PARACHUTES, THAT 
WILL ALSO DEACCELERATE THE 
DRAGON TO 15 OR 16 MILES PER 
HOUR WHEN IT HITS SPLASH DOWN.
>> OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES 
FROM -- 
>> IT'LL BE ANOTHER 
INTERNATIONAL CREW HEADING UP ON
THE DRAGON.
OUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL CREW IS 
SLATED TO LAUNCH NO LATER THAN 
THIS SEPTEMBER. 
>> THIS SEPTEMBER, YES.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE TAKING YOUR 
QUESTIONS THROUGH THE HASHTAG 
#ASKNASA ON TWITTER.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS, WHY IS THE
NOSE CONE HATCH STILL OPEN?
GREAT QUESTION, ALSO VERY 
OBSERVANT.
THAT NOSE CONE IS CURRENTLY 
STILL OPEN BECAUSE UNDERNEATH IT
RESTS THE FOUR FORWARD BULKHEAD 
THRUSTERS, BASICALLY MEANING 
THOSE DRACO ENGINES THAT SIT AT 
THE TOP OF THE DRAGON CAPSULE.
WE'LL BE UTILIZING THOSE TO DO 
THE DEORBIT BURN TO PLACE THE 
DRAGON ON ITS FINAL TRAJECTORY 
BACK TO EARTH, SO WE CAN'T CLOSE
THE NOSE CONE UNTIL AFTER WE USE
THE THRUSTERS BECAUSE WE DON'T 
WANT TO DAMAGE THE NOSE CONE.
WE WILL WAIT UNTIL THE DEORBIT 
BURN IS COMPLETED, AND THEN, WE 
WILL CLOSE THEM IN PREPARATION 
FOR REENTRY. 
>> THE NEXT TIME YOU SHOW THE 
ORBIT MAP, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHERE
AND WHAT THINGS ARE, ESPECIALLY 
THE DRAGON?
SO IF WE CAN PULL UP THE GROUND 
TRACK REALLY QUICK, WHAT YOU'LL 
SEE IS PRETTY MUCH TWO LINES, 
AND DRAGON ITSELF IS ON THAT DOT
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 
SCREEN.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT JUST PASSED 
GREECE, ABOUT TO HEAD OUT OVER 
EASTERN EUROPE, RUSSIA, AND 
CENTRAL CHINA.
IF YOU TRACE THE LINE FROM THE 
RIGHT OF DRAGON AND CONTINUE, 
YOU'LL SEE IT EVENTUALLY MEETS 
UP ON THE OTHERWISE OF THE 
EARTH, AND THEN, IT STOPS.
IF YOU WATCH THE POINT WHERE IT 
STOPS, THAT'LL CONTINUE TO FILL 
IN AS THEIR ORBIT CONTINUES TO 
GO, SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY 
SHOWING ABOUT TWO ORBITS OF 
PLANET EARTH, AND YOUR NEXT 
QUESTION MIGHT BE WHY IS IT THAT
WAVY LINE, IS DRAGON FLYING ALL 
OVER THE PLACE?
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE MAP IS 
SPREAD FLAT.
IF YOU WERE TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT 
DRAGON'S PATH ON A GLOBE OF 
EARTH, IT WOULD LOOK FLAT.
EVERY TIME IT COMPLETES AN ORBIT
OF THE EARTH, THE EARTH IS STILL
TURNING, SO IT CONTINUES TO MOVE
SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT, AND IT 
DOES SO EVERY TIME WE ORBIT 
PLANET EARTH.
BY THE TIME IT'S IN THE RIGHT 
ORBIT, IT'LL LINE ITSELF UP 
PERFECTLY WITH PENSACOLA, WHICH 
IS WHERE WE'RE LANDING TODAY. 
>> YOU MIGHT ALSO NOTICE THE 
LINES ARE YELLOW AND RED.
THE YELLOW LINES INDICATE WHERE 
THE CAPSULE IS EXPOSED TO SUN 
LIGHT, AND THE YELLOW LINES 
WOULD INDICATE WHERE IT'S NOT IN
SUN LIGHT, IN ECLIPSE, AS WE 
WOULD REFER TO AS IT.
OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM 
JEFF.
ARE THERE BE ANY LIVE VIEWS 
INSIDE THE CAPSULE DURING 
REENTRY AND SPLASH DOWN.
YES.
WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU VIEWS 
FROM INSIDE THE CAPSULE WHERE WE
CAN.
THERE IS AN EXPECTED LOSS OF 
SIGNAL OR BLACKOUT PERIOD.
WE EXPECT THAT TO LAST ABOUT SIX
MINUTES, BUT HERE AND THERE, WE 
WILL BE ABLE TO BRING YOU 
FOOTAGE FROM THE CAPSULE AS 
WE'RE ABLE TO SEE IT, SO EXCITED
TO SEE BOB AND DOUG ALONG FOR 
THE RIGHT. 
>> AND NEXT, WHAT KIND OF HATCH 
SYSTEM MAKES SURE THE HATCH 
OPENS SAFELY AND PROPERLY. 
>> IT IS A MANUAL HATCH OPEN.
YOU CAN OPEN THE HATCH ON EITHER
SIDE OF THE HATCH ITSELF, AND 
IT'S GOT A NUMBER OF GUARDS AND 
PROCESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT 
YOU'RE NOT ACCIDENTALLY OPENING 
THE HATCH.
YOU'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL
STEPS -- THERE'S NOT JUST A 
HANDLE TO TURN AND OPEN.
YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL 
STEPS TO PHYSICALLY OPEN THE 
HATCH.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 
CONFIGURATIONS ON THE VEHICLE 
YOU CAN DO TO MAKE HATCH OPENING
EASIER.
ONE THING THEY CAN DO IS 
ACTUALLY INCREASE THE PRESSURE 
INSIDE OF DRAGON'S CABIN SO IT'S
A HIGHER PRESSURE THAN WHAT IS 
OUTSIDE OF THE CAPSULE, AND THAT
MAKES THE CREW'S JOB OF OPENING 
THE HATCH MUCH EASIER. 
>> NEXT QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CAPSULE 
SUITS AND THE ONE USED FOR 
E.V.A. OR EXTRA VEHICULAR 
ACTIVITY?
YEAH.
SO THOSE SUITS USED ON THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ARE 
USED FOR SPACEWALKS.
THOSE SUITS ARE DESIGNED TO 
OPERATE IN THE VACUUM OF SPACE, 
WHEREAS OUR FLIGHT SUITS FOR 
INSIDE CREW DRAGON ARE NOT.
HOWEVER, THEY ARE DESIGNED TO 
PROTECT THE CREW IN THE EVENT OF
A DEPRESSURIZATION EVENT.
THE FACE SHIELDS ARE ABLE TO 
COME DOWN AND LOCK, AND WE ARE 
ABLE TO PRESSURIZE THE SUITS 
THEMSELVES IN ORDER TO PROTECT 
THE CREW IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT 
OF A DEPRESSURIZATION.
THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S THE 
PRIMARY DIFFERENCE WHY -- WHY 
THEY'RE BOTH WHITE, AND THEY'RE 
PRETTY GOOD-LOOKING IN THEIR OWN
WAYS, ONE IS MUCH BULKIER, AND 
THOSE SUITS ARE DESIGNED TO DO 
WORK ON THE I.S.S. EXTERN IN 
THE VACUUM OF SPACE. 
>> YEAH.
THEY'RE CARRYING THEIR VACUUM 
WITH THEM.
WITH DRAGON, YOU HAVE THE 
ABILITY TO PLUG YOUR UMBILICAL 
INTO THE SEATS.
IT'S DESCRIBED AS KIND OF A 
SUIT-SEAT SYSTEM, WHERE THE 
SUIT'S ABLE TO DRAW IN ALL OF 
THAT BREATHING GAS AND COOLING 
AIR, WHEREAS THOSE BIG, BULKY 
E.M.U.s, IT'S ALL IN THEIR SUIT.
OUR NEXT QUESTION IS, DO THEY 
CONTROL THE LANDING LOCATION OF 
THE SHIP IN ANY WAY?
IF SO, HOW?
THE ASTRONAUTS THEMSELVES ARE 
NOT AS, AGAIN, DRAGON IS FLYING 
AUTONOMOUSILY, BUT WHAT WE'RE 
ABLE TO DO IS CALCULATE WHERE 
DRAGON WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY 
TO SPLASH DOWN, AND THEN, WE'RE 
ABLE TO GIVE THOSE CALCULATIONS 
TO THE FLIGHT COMPUTER SO THEN 
IT CAN BUILD OUT WHAT'S CALLED A
BURN PLAN.
YOU'VE HEARD US TALKING ABOUT 
THAT QUITE A BIT, WHERE THE 
VEHICLE WILL ITSELF CALCULATE 
WHEN I NEED TO FIRE THESE 
ENGINES AND HOW LONG I NEED TO 
FIRE THEM FOR TO LINE MYSELF UP 
EXACTLY WHERE I WANT TO SPLASH 
DOWN.
IT'S INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED, AND
ONLY PEOPLE LIKE KATE ARE ABLE 
TO DO STUFF LIKE THAT.
THE CREW IS LARGELY OUT OF THE 
LOOP FOR THOSE.
IT'S MOSTLY DONE WITH A LOT OF 
SUPPORT HERE DOWN ON THE GROUND 
AND THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT 
ITSELF. 
>> YEAH.
BOB AND DOUG'S PRIMARY ROLE 
DURING THE REENTRY PHASE WILL BE
TO MONITORING THE REENTRY AND 
TELEMETRY ON THEIR SCREENS.
THEIR SCREENS ARE TOUCH SCREENS,
AND KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE 
QUESTION OF THE SUITS, THEY ARE 
CAPABLE OF INTERACTING WITH THE 
TOUCH SCREEN, SO BOB AND DOUG 
ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE A HIGH TECH 
AND EASY TO USE SCREEN.
THINK BACK, IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN 
THE FLIGHT DECK OF AN AIRPORT OR
IF YOU THINK BACK TO THE FLIGHT 
DECK, THE CONTROL PANELS IN THE 
SPACE SHUTTING WHERE THERE WERE 
A LOT OF BUTTONS AND SWITCHES, 
NOW THAT SCREEN IS FLAT, AND 
WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO SIMPLY ROTATE
THE DATA THAT'S BEING DISPLAYED,
DEPENDING ON WHAT PHASE OF THE 
MISSION WE'RE IN.
SO IT ALSO CUTS DOWN ON THE 
BULKINESS OF THE DISPLAY ITSELF 
BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO CONFIGURE 
AND SPECIALIZE EXACTLY WHAT'S 
BEING SHOWN, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S
GOING ON. 
>> WE'LL GET TO A FEW MORE 
QUESTIONS IN JUST A SECOND.
IF YOU'RE JUST
 
WELCOME.
THE TRUNK SEPARATION IS 
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDED BY THE CLAW
SEPARATION.
WE'RE EXPECTING THE CLAW 
SEPARATION AT ABOUT 10:51 A.M. 
PACIFIC, AND LESS THAN 50 
SECONDS LATER, THE TRUNK ITSELF 
WILL SEPARATE FROM DRAGON, AND 
THAT ACTUALLY BURNS UP IN THE 
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, AND AFTER 
THAT, IT'S ON A DEORBIT BURN. 
>> YEAH, AND THAT BURN WILL LAST
ABOUT 11.5 MINUTES.
IT'S WHAT WILL PLACE THE DRAGON 
ON ITS TRAJECTORY PATH OFF THE 
COAST OF FLORIDA.
ONCE WE PERFORM THE DEORBIT 
BURN, WE WILL THEN CLOSE AND 
LOCK THE NOSE CONE AS WE NO 
LONGER NEED TO EXPOSE THOSE 
FORWARD DRACOS IN ORDER TO 
PERFORM THE DEORBIT BURN.
AFTER THAT, WE WILL HAVE REENTRY
OF THE CAPSULE BACK INTO THE 
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
AT THAT POINT, PLASMA WILL BE 
BUILDING UP ON THE EXTERIOR OF 
THE CAPSULE.
IT'LL BE REACHING AN EXTERNAL 
TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 3,500º.
BOB AND DOUG WILL STAY 
COMFORTABLE WITH A TEMPERATE 
SYSTEM IN THE CAPSULE.
BOB AND DOUG WILL BE GETTING A 
LOT OF COLD NITROX TO MAKE THEM 
COMFORTABLE DURING THE REENTRY 
PHASE.
THE CAPSULE WILL BE SLOWING DOWN
FROM 17,500 MILES PER HOUR TO 
350 MILES PER HOUR WHEN WE 
DEPLOY THE PARACHUTES. 
>> FIRST OUT WILL BE THE DROGUE 
CHUTES, AND THEY WILL DO WHAT'S 
CALLED STABILIZATION OF THE 
DRAGON CAPSULE.
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THEIR 
DETACHMENT, THE MAIN PARACHUTES 
WILL DEPLOY.
THERE'LL BE FOUR MUCH LARGER 
PARACHUTES, AND THEY'LL DO ALL 
OF THE FINAL SLOWING.
THE DROGUE CHUTES WILL COME OUT 
AT ABOUT 350 MILES PER HOUR AND 
18,000 FEET IN
.
>> THEY'LL BE GOING ONLY 15, 16 
MILES PER HOUR WHEN THEY MAKE 
THAT SPLASH DOWN IN THE GULF OF 
MEXICO.
THIS REENTRY PHASE WILL BRING 
THEM ABOUT 4-Gs, AND THEY ALSO 
EXPERIENCE ABOUT 4-Gs DURING THE
ASCENT PHASE OR LAUNCH PHASE OF 
THE MISSION.
BOTH OF THEM BEING TEST PILOTS 
AND BEING ON SHUTTLE MISSIONS, 
BOTH OF THEM HAVE BEEN 
EXPERIENCED WITH THOSE, AS MAKIT
11:48 PACIFIC TIME, SO WE ARE 
EXPECTING THAT TO ALL HAPPEN 
HERE IN LESS THAN SIX HOURS.
>> YEAH, AND THEY ARE AWAKE.
THEY DID GET AN INITIAL KIND OF 
SYSTEMS RUNDOWN FROM MISSION 
CONTROL HAWTHORNE RIGHT BEHIND 
US.
WE'RE NOT TRACKING ANY ISSUES ON
DRAGON.
DRAGON'S BEEN HEALTHY ALL THE 
WAY THROUGH ITS FLIGHT AND 
CONTINUES TO BE HEALTHY FOR THE 
DEORBIT BURN FOR THIS MORNING.
THE ONLY ITEM OF NOTE THAT WE 
HAD IS WITH THE RECOVERY SHIP, 
THE GENERATOR, BUT WE'VE HEARD 
THAT ONE IS ALREADY BEING LOADED
ON, SO ALL GOOD FOR THE REENTRY 
TRIP THIS MORNING.
>> AGAIN, WE ARE CONTINUING TO 
TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS THROUGH THE 
HASHTAG #ASKNASA ON TWITTER.
OUR NEXT QUESTION, HOW LONG WILL
IT TAKE FOR BOB AND DOUG TO BE 
ABLE TO WALK NORMALLY AFTER 
FLOATING FOR SO LONG IN SPACE?
>> IT DEFINITELY VARIES FROM 
ASTRONAUT TO ASTRONAUT.
EVERYBODY IS DIFFERENT, AND 
EVERYBODY TENDS TO REACT TO 
COMING HOME FROM SPACE A LITTLE 
BIT DIFFERENT, AND YOU CAN EVEN 
HAVE DIFFERENCES FROM IF YOU 
FLEW A SHORT DURATION SHUTTLE 
MISSION AND THEN YOU FLY A 
LONGER DURATION, YOUR BODY COULD
REACT DIFFERENTLY, AND IT CAN BE
PRETTY DIFFICULT TO WALK.
YOUR SYSTEM CAN TAKE A HIT WHEN 
YOU'RE GOING FROM A MICROGRAVITY
ENVIRONMENT TO A GRAVITY.
SOME CAN WALK IMMEDIATELY OUT OF
THE CAPSULE.
SOME, IT TAKES A COUPLE OF HOURS
BEFORE THEY GET THEIR FEET 
BENEATH THIS. .
WE'RE EXTREMELY -- BENEATH THEM.
WE'RE EXTREMELY SAFETY ORIENTED,
AND WE ALWAYS HAVE PLENTY OF 
TRAINED PROFESSIONALS THERE TO 
MAKE SURE THEY'RE SAFE FROM 
THEIR TRAVELS FROM SPACE.
[Please stand by]
 YOU JUST REALLY NEVER KNOW.
OUR NEXT QUESTION, WHICH IS MOST
STRESSFUL, LAUNCH DAY OR 
SPLASHDOWN DAY? 
THAT'S KIND OF PERSON QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE USUALLY 
MORE STRESSED ABOUT.
I THINK SPLASHDOWN DAY FEELS 
LIKE IT LASTS LONG.
AND LAUNCH IS OVER SO QUICK.
YOU EITHER -- YOU DID IT OR YOU 
DIDN'T.
SPLASHDOWN DAY WE HAVE A LITTLE 
BIT MORE TIME AND THINGS TAKE A 
LITTLE LONGER AND I DON'T HAVE A
GOOD ANSWER FOR IT.
>> YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING I 
NOTICED IN THE INTERVIEWS THAT 
BOB AND DOUG HAVE BEEN 
PERFORMING FOR THE LAST COUPLE 
OF WEEKS.
THEY'RE NOT STRESSED ABOUT 
ANYTHING.
THEY'RE COOL CATS UP THERE AND 
THAT'S PARTIALLY ATTRIBUTED NOT 
ONLY THEIR PERSONALITIES BUT 
ALSO THE FACT THEY'VE DONE 
EXTENSIVE TRAINING WITH THE NASA
 
FOR EVERY ELEMENT.
EVERYTHING FROM THE PHASES THAT 
YOU GO THROUGH PRIOR TO LAUNCH 
TO LAUNCH ITSELF TO ASCENT AND 
DOCKING AND ALL THE MISSIONS AND
ON STATION AND COMPLETING THE 
MISSION OBJECTIVES FOR THE 
DEMONSTRATION MISSION AND THEN 
OF COURSE UNDOCKING AND 
RE-ENTRY.
THEY'VE DONE IT ALL.
MY PERSONAL RESPONSE WOULD BE 
SIMILAR, SPLASHDOWN IS A LITTLE 
MORE DYNAMIC IN TERMS OF THE 
TOTAL TIMELINE.
ALSO IT'S JUST IT'S SO EXCITING 
KNOWING WE'RE BRINGING OUR GUYS 
HOME TODAY.
>>  OUR NEXT QUESTION, WHAT'S 
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ZERO 
GRAVITY AND MICROGRAVITY.
>>  IT'S A GOOD THING THAT GETS 
PICKED UP ON.
ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, BOB AND DOUG RIGHT NOW 
WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING IS 
MICROGRAVITY.
SO THEY'RE SUBJECT TO THE 
EARTH'S GRAVITY ALMOST THE EXACT
AMOUNT WE ARE.
THE REASON SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING
FLOATS FOR THEM IS BECAUSE 
THEY'RE IN MICROGRAVITY.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A 
CONSTANT STATE OF FREE FALL.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY MIMIC THE EXACT
ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY HAVE JUST 
ON AN AIRPLANE IF YOU FLY IN AN 
EXACT DECELERATION RATE.
IF YOU WERE TO STAND ON A HILL 
AND THROW A BALL AS HARD AS YOU 
COULD, IT WOULD GO OUT AND COME 
DOWN TO EARTH.
THE HARDER YOU THREW IT THE 
FURTHER IT WOULD GO.
IF YOU COULD THROW IT SO FAST IT
WAS ABLE TO KEEP GOING AND GOING
AND GOING THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE 
DOING.
THEY'RE MOVING AT A SPEED SO 
FAST EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE 
FALLING, THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD 
TOO FAST TO EVER HIT THE GROUND.
YOU'RE IN A CONSTANT STATE OF 
FREE FALL.
ZERO GRAVITY WILL BE THE ABSENCE
OF GRAFF I IT.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE MUCH 
FURTHER AWAY FROM SOMETHING LIKE
PLANET EARTH .
>>  WILL THE TRAIL BE VISIBLE IN
DAYLIGHT? 
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THE PLASMA WILL BE BG UP 
ON THE EXTERIOR ON THE CAPSULE 
AS ITS REENTERING EARTH'S'S 
ATMOSPHERE.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT WILL BE 
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE BECAUSE
IT WILL BE SOME DISTANCE FROM 
THE COAST OF FLORIDA.
I'M NOT SURE IF FOLKS ON LAND 
WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
THAT BEING SAID WE'LL CERTAINLY 
HAVE -- WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
VISUAL OF THAT AND HAVE A 
THERMAL CAMERA MOUND ON OUR 
WB-57 PLANE WHICH WILL BE 
BRINGING OUR LIVE VIEWS.
SO WE'LL CERTAINLY BEING SEEING 
THAT PLASMA TAIL FOR SURE.
IN TERMS OF WITH THE NAKED EYE I
DON'T BELIEVE SO.
BECAUSE IT WILL BE OCCURRING IN 
THE DAYLIGHT.
>>  ALL RIGHT.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TAKING THOSE 
QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT.
JUST KEEP USING THE #ASKNASA.
THINGS HAVEN'T PICKED UP YET BUT
BOB AND DOUG ARE AWAKE ON THE 
BRAG DO NOT SHIP ENDEAVOR AND 
WAITING ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT 
ARE COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF 
HOURS.
WE'LL RUNDOWN A COUPLE OF KEY 
TIMES TO KNOW WHEN IT'S TIME TO 
PAY ATTENTION WHEN THINGS ARE 
HEAT BEEN UP.
SO WE'LL START OFF THE OPERATION
A LITTLE BIT LATER TODAY WITH 
OUR TRUNK SEPARATION AND THIS IS
WHEN WE'LL ESSENTIALLY SPLIT 
DRAGON TO DIFFERENT TWO PIECES 
AND THE TRUNK BURNS UP IN THE 
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE  THE 
HEAT SHIELD FOR ITS EVENTUAL 
RE-ENTRY.
BEFORE IT SEPARATES WE NEED TO 
GET IT IN THE APPROPRIATE 
ATTITUDE.
DO SOMETHING CALLED A SLEW, 
WHICH IS JUDGE SUFT A MANEUVER 
TO ORIENT DRAGON FOR THAT TRUNK 
SEPARATION.
JUST A LITTLE UNDER 5 HOURS FROM
NOW.
THEN THE CLAW WILL SEPARATE.
THIS IS WHAT ACTUALLY CONNECTS 
THE TRUNK THROUGH A NUMBER OF 
FLUID AND OTHER QUICK 
DISCONNECTS TO THE DRAGON 
CAPSULE ITSELF.
THAT SEPARATE FOLLOWED BY THE 
TRUNK ITSELF AND THAT'S AT 
10:51 A.M. SPECIFIC AND 17:51 
GMT.
>>  WE'LL THEN POSITION THE 
VEHICLE AND TO THE APPROPRIATE 
ATTITUDE TO BEGIN THAT DEORBIT 
BURN.
THE DEORBIT BURN WILL LAST ABOUT
11.5 MINUTES AND THAT'S WHAT 
WILL BE PLACING DRAGON ON ITS 
FINAL TRAJECTORY POINTING IT 
HOME TO ITS LAND BEEN SPOT OFF 
GULF OF MEXICO.ORIDA AND THE 
ONE THAT BURN IS COMPLETED WE'LL
NOTE THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY THE 
RE-ENTRY PHASE BUT THE 
TRAJECTORY POSITIONING.
IT WILL BE CLOSING AT 
11:11:00 A.M. AND BULK HEAD 
THRUSTERS WILL BEER FORMING THE 
DEORBIT URN ABOUT.
ONCE THEY'RE NO LONGER NEEDED 
THEY'LL BE SAFE AND WE'LL LOCK 
THE NOSE CONE AND MAKE SURE THE 
FORWARD HATCH IS WELL PROTECTED 
FOR THE ARE ENTRY.
THE CAPSULE WILL BEGIN TO 
REENTER EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND 
AT 11:36 A.M. PACIFIC OR 18:36 
UNIVERSAL WE'LL HAVE AN EXPECTED
COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT.
LIKE I SAID THERE WILL BE PLASMA
BUILDING UP ON THE CAN  EXTERIOR
OF THE VEHICLE AND REACHING 
TEMPERATURES OF 3,000 DEGREES 
FAHRENHEIT.
THAT WILL LAST ABOUT 6 MINUTES.
DURING THAT TIME WE WON'T BE 
ABLE TO COMMAND THE VEHICLE OR 
RECEIVE TELEMETRY.
THAT BEING SAID DRAGON IS 
DESIGNED TO BE FULLY AUTONOMOUS.
SO IT'S DRIVING ITSELF ANYWAY.
AT 11:56 IN THE MIDDLE WE'LL 
HAVE ENTRY INTERFACE.
THIS WHEN THE CAPSULE IS 
BEGINNING TO FEEL THE AERO 
DYNAMIC FORCES OF THE EARTH'S 
ATMOSPHERE.
WE'LL GET THOSE COMMUNICATIONS 
BACK AT 11:42 A.M. PACIFIC OR 
18:42 UNIVERSAL.
WE'LL GET THOSE COMMUNICATIONS 
BACK AND WE'LL DO A COM'S CHECK 
WITH BOB AND DOUG AND MAKE SURE 
THEY'RE DOING GOOD AND FEELING 
OKAY.
AT 11:44 PACIFIC WE'LL BEGIN THE
PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT.
WE'LL DEPLOY THE THREE 
PARACHUTES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO 
SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN.
THEY WILL ALSO STABILIZE THE 
VEHICLE SO THAT WE ARE PREPARED 
FOR THE MAIN PARACHUTE DEPLOY.
THOSE CHUTES WILL COME OUT AT 
11:45 A.M. PACIFIC ON THE DOT OR
18:45 UNIVERSAL.
THEY'LL FURTHER DECELERATE THE 
VEHICLE AT 15, 16 MILES AN HOUR 
AND AT THAT POINT WE'LL HAVE 
SPLASHDOWN AND WE'RE LOOKING TO 
CONFIRM THAT.
ONCE IT OCCURREDS THE RECOVERY 
TEAM WILL MOVE INTO PLACE AND 
REALLY HAVE THE MOMENT WHERE WE 
GET TO PULL WELCOME THEM BACK TO
EARTH.
>>  ONLY EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT 
AN HOUR FROM THE MOMENT OF 
SPLASHDOWN UNTIL WE HAVE THEM 
OUT OF THE CAPSULE AND ONTO THE 
BOAT.
A NUMBER OF THINGS HAVE TO 
HAPPEN WITHIN THE FIRST MINUTE 
AND HALF TO 2 MINUTES, THE 
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS BEHIND US 
WILL GIVE THE RECOVERY TEAMS TO 
GO TO PROCEED.
THEY'RE STILL GETTING TELEMETRY 
OR DATA FROM THE SPACECRAFT AND 
ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T 
HAVE ANY FUEL LEEKS OR ANYTHING 
LIKE THAT AND JUST MAKE SURE 
THINGS ARE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE 
FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL 
APPROACHING THE CAPSULE.
THERE WILL BE TWO BOATS THAT GO 
INTO, TWO FAST APPROACH BOATS.
FIRST ONE WILL LOOK AROUND THE 
CAPSULE, AFTER THEY'RE DONE WITH
THAT, THE SECOND BOAT WILL BE 
ABLE TO MOVE IN AND ACT AS A 
REDUNDANT BOAT FOR THE FIRST 
FAST APPROACH BOAT AND 
RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THE 
PARACHUTES OUT OF THE WATER.
FOLLOWING ALL OF THAT WORK 
THEY'LL GIVE THE GO FOR THE MAIN
RECOVERY VESSEL TO MOVE IN.
IT WILL BE WAITING JUST ABOUT 
THREE NAUTICAL MILES AWAY FROM 
THE SPLASHDOWN POINT AND TAKE 
ABOUT 30 MINUTES FOR IT TO 
ARRIVE AT THE CAPSULE.
THEN IT WILL BE TIMED FOR THE 
HOISTING MANEUVERS, SO WHILE THE
BOAT IS APPROACHING, SPACEX 
PROFESSIONAL WILL CLIMB ON TOP 
OF DRAGON TO THE VERY TOP OF THE
CAPSULE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE 
GRAPPLED BY A CRANE, HYDRAULIC 
CRANE ON THE BACK OF THE 
RECOVERY SHIP TO LIFT DRAGON OUT
OF THE WATER AND PUT IT IN THE 
NEST AND THEN IT'S TIME TO MOVE 
IT UNDERNEATH THE HELIPAD AND 
GET THE CREW OUT.
>>  A NUMBER OF CREW WILL OPEN 
THE SIDE HATCH.
OUR FLIGHT SEURPBLG INWILL CHECK
WITH BOB OR DOUG AND MAKE 
THEY'RE FEELING ALL RIGHT AND 
THEN WE WILL HAVE BOB AND DOUG 
EGRESS FROM THE CAPSULE AND THEN
WE WILL CART THEM INTO THE 
MEDICAL TENT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY 
EXCITING MORNING.
JUST A QUICK NOTE AND WHAT YOU 
SAW ON YOUR SCREEN THERE A 
COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO.
WE JUST HAD A SHIFT HANDOVER 
HERE AT MISSION CONTROL 
HEADQUARTERS IN HAWTHORNE, 
CALIFORNIA.
OUR TEAM IS TO GO HOME AND REST.
THEY DESERVE IT AND NOW OUR 
ENTRY TEAM IS IN POSITION AND 
READY TO SUPPORT THE RE-ENTRY 
AND SPLASHDOWN PHASE HERE FROM 
MISSION CONTROL.
>>  WE STILL GOT A COUPLE OF 
HOURS UNTIL WE GET INTO ALL OF 
THAT RIGHT NOW.
UNITED ONCE THEY MAKE THEIR WAY 
BACK TO ELLINGTON AIR FIELD IN 
HOUSTON FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSFUL
SPLASHDOWN TODAY.
THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT 
ACTIVITY AND I KNOW WE JUST HAD 
SOME TEAMS CHANGING OUT INSIDE 
OF MISSION CONTROL HAWTHORNE 
WHICH IS WHY YOU CAN SEE A FEW 
MORE PEOPLE IN THERE.
JUST LIKE CONTROLS ROOMS AROUND 
THE WORLD THEY OPERATE IN THESE 
DIFFERENT SHIFTS.
WHEN YOU HAVE CREW YOU'RE 
SPOPSABLE FOR MUCH WATCHING OVER
THEM AND THE SYSTEMS YOUR 
SPACECRAFT 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAY
AS WEEK SO THEY'LL BE OPERATING 
3 DIFFERENT SHIFTS.
8.5 TO 9 HOURS EACH.
YOU'RE DOING HANDOVER WHEN 
YOU'RE JUST GOING OVER WHAT 
OCCURRED IN THE SHIP BEFORE YOU,
WHAT YOU NEED TO REALLY BE 
LOOKING OUT FOR AND WHAT IS 
COMING UP AND WHAT IS ON YOUR 
SCHEDULE AS IT'S YOUR TURN TO 
TAKE OVER.
>> EXACTLY.
LIKE WE MENTIONED BEFORE, SLEEP 
IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR MORE DIE
TPHAFPLIC ASPECTS OF THE MIX 
LIKE SPLASHDOWN AND RECOVERY.
WE WANT THEM TO BE REALLY ALERT 
AND AWAKE.
SO SCHEDULING SLEEP IS REALLY 
IMPORTANT FOR THE CREW'S 
SCHEDULE.
EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT FOR OUR 
DRAGON CONTROLLERS AND OPERATORS
HERE IN MISSION CONTROL.
SO, THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST SAW ON 
YOUR SCREEN THERE WAS THE 
HANDING OF THE BATON AS THE TWO 
DIFFERENT SHIFTS ARE GETTING 
INTO PLACE AND WORKING TO GET 
READY TO SUPPORT THE REST OF THE
EVENTS FOR TODAY.
>>  WE'LL HAVE PLENTY TO COME UP
FOR US IN A COUPLE OF HOURS.
WE'RE COUNTING DOWN UNTIL WE GET
TO DEORBIT BURN.
THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF STEPS 
BEFORE THAT WITH JETTISON AND 
EVERYTHING LIKE THAT BUT RIGHT 
NOW THEY'RE FLYING OVER PLANET 
EARTH.
WE'RE A LITTLE OVER 5 HOURS 
AWAY, 5.5 HOURS AWAY FROM OUR 
ANTICIPATED FLASH DOWN.
>>  THAT EVENT WE HAVE COMING UP
WILL BE CLAW SEPARATION.
THAT IS IN PREPARATION TO 
JETTISON THE TRUNK AND WE ARE 4 
HOURS AND 38 MINUTES AWAY FROM 
THAT.
SO WE HOPE YOU STICK WITH US AS 
WE CONTINUE TO BRING COVERAGE OF
EVERYTHING ARE HE GOING ON SO 
FAR.
LIKE DAN SAID, BOB AND DOUG ARE 
AWAKE AND THEY ARE COMPLETING 
THEIR POST SLEEP PHASE.
ALTHOUGH I GUESS THEY'RE 
PROBABLY OUT OF IT BY NOW SINCE 
IT'S BEEN MORE THAN AN HOUR 
SINCE THEY'VE BEEN WOKEN UP.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING 
THEM HOME.
>>  WE'RE CONTINUING TO TAKE 
YOUR QUESTIONS ON TWITTER USING 
THE #ASKNASA.
THIS ONE SAYS WILL DRAGON TAKE 
MORE THAN TWO ASTRONAUTS IN THE 
FUTURE? 
IT ABSOLUTELY WILL.
WE'RE ALREADY COUNTING DOWN DAYS
ONCE THIS MISSION IS COMPLETE TO
CREW ONE, THAT WILL BE THE FIRST
OPERATIONAL FLIGHT IN THE CREW 
DRAGON SPACECRAFT AND 4 CREW 
MEMBERS ON BOARD AND OUR FIRST 
MULTINATIONAL CREW TO FLY ON 
THIS NEW CAPABLE VEHICLE.
WE'LL HAVE TO DO SOME WORK 
BETWEEN THE END OF DEMO 2 AND 
THAT FLIGHT TO MAKE SURE 
EVERYTHING'S CERTIFIED AND 
EVERYTHING TO GO.
BUT THAT CREW HAS BEEN IN 
TRAINING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, 
EVEN YEARS NOW A COUPLE OF THEM 
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD AS 
EARLY AS LATE SEPTEMBER.
IT'S INTERESTING.
I'VE BEEN AT SPACEX FOR 5.5 
YEARS NOW AND TO BE ABLE TO SAY 
WE'RE COMING UP TO OUR FIRST 
FULLY OPERATIONAL MISSIONING 
INCREDIBLE.
MY JOB IS TO WORK THE 
CERTIFICATION ELEMENT OF OUR 
HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT WITH NASA, AND
IT'S JUST MIND BOGGLING THAT 
WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE FOR SO 
MANY YEARS WE'VE BEEN GETTING 
READY FOR DEMO 1 AND 2 AND CREW 
1 IS KNOCKING ON OUR DOORSTEP 
ALREADY IS AMAZING.
IT'S REALLY EXCITING.
>>  OUR NEXT ONE COMES FROM 
ANNIE WHO WANTS TO KNOW IS THE 
CREW DRAGON TRUNK REUSABLE?
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
RIGHT NOW IT IS NOT.
IT WOULD BE AMAZING TO HAVE A 
100% REUSABLE VEHICLE.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FLIGHT CREW 
MISSIONS.
UNFORTUNATELY THE TRUNK IS NOT 
SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO 
REUSE.
WE'LL BE REUSING THE DRAGON 
CAPSULES THEMSELVES, BUT AFTER 
DRAGON CAPSULE SEPARATES FROM 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
AS IT PREPARES FOR ARE ENTRY WE 
WILL JETTISON THE TRUNK AND IT 
WILL DISINTEGRATE.
WE NEED TO EXPOSE THE BOTTOM OF 
THE CAPSULE IN ORDER TO HAVE A 
SAFE LANDING AND THE TRUPG IS 
RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING THE 
SOLAR PANELS WHICH PROVIDE POWER
THROUGHOUT THE CAPSULE 
THROUGHOUT FLIGHTS.
EVEN IN THE EVENT OF DELAYING 
AFTER DEPARTURE FROM THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND 
WE HAVE TO DELAY FOR WHATEVER 
THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE 
THE NECESSARY POWER THROUGH 
THOSE SOLAR PANELS.
THE DRAGON TRUNK IS NOT REUSABLE
AT THIS POINT.
>>  GO AHEAD DRAGON WITH THE 
INVENTORY.
>>SO GOOD TO HEAR YOUR VOICE 
THIS MORNING.
LET'S START WITH LOCATION 9, SO 
FROM 204, TWO ADDITIONAL WATERS 
SO BAG 204 IS NOW EMPTY.
>>  FROM LOCATION 10, WE CAN SEE
TWO MORE WATERS FROM 208.
SO BAG 208 IS EMPTY AND ONE 
ADDITIONAL FROM 222207.
207 HAS TWO WATER BOTTLES 
REMAINING.
>>  OKAY.
SPACEX COPY.
BAG 204 TOOK AWAY TWO WATERS 
WHICH IS NOW EMPTY.
BAG 208 TWO WATERS DOWN EMPTY 
AND BAG 207, ONE WATER DOWN AND 
2 REMAINING.
FOR LOCATION 12 FROM BAG 315, 
ONE -- I'M SORRY LOCATION 11 ONE
BREAKFAST AND LOCATION 12, BAG 
319, ONE BREAKFAST.
>>OKAY.
BOB, WE COPY.
ONE BREAKFAST DOWN FROM BAG 315.
AND ONE BREAKFAST DOWN FROM BAG 
319.
AND ALSO GREAT TO HEAR YOU GUYS 
AS WELL.
AND I REQUEST TO COME BACK 
ABOARD WHEN YOU'RE ABLE.
>>OKAY.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A CALL HERE IN 
JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO COME
BACK ON BOARD.
>>  OKAY, FANTASTIC.
THANKS, BOB.
>>  ALL RIGHT.
THAT EXCHANGE RIGHT THERE REAL 
QUICK WAS REALLY JUST AN 
INVENTORY.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT ONE OF THE 
HARDEST THINGS ABOUT SPACEFLIGHT
IS JUST KEEPING TRACK OF 
EVERYTHING, THINGS TEND TO FLOAT
AROUND AND GET LOST IN 
MICROGRAVITY PRETTY EASILY.
THERE ARE STORIES ABOUT WANTED 
POSTERS ABOUT THINGS THAT GO 
MISSING.
AND EVEN ON THE MISSION THEY 
HAVE INTRICATE SYSTEMS TO TRACK 
EVERYTHING AND VERY METICULOUS 
GROUND NOTATIONS READ OFF.
IF A CREW MEMBER EVER GETS IN A 
SITUATION WHERE THEY NEED TO 
FIND OUT YOU HAVE PEOPLE 
DEDICATED HERE ON THE GROUND 
THAT KNOWS WHERE THAT IS.
IT ALWAYS BLOWS ME AWAY, YOU CAN
GIVE THEM AN ITEM AND THEY CAN 
TELL YOU IT'S IN THIS RACK IN 
THIS BAG AND THIS IS ALSO IN 
THAT BAG AND THIS IS EXACTLY 
WHERE YOU'LL FIND IT.
>> THAT WILL BE A VERY EXTENSIVE
LIST.
WHAT THEY WERE REPORTING THERE 
WAS WHAT THEY CONSUMED BOTH 
LIQUID AND FOOD OVER THE LAST 
COUPLE OF HOURS DOCUMENTING 
THEIR FOOD INTAKE AND MEAL 
CONSUMPTION.
FOR PRIVACY REASONS DURING THE 
SLEEP PHASE AND WAKE-UP, THE 
POST SLEEP PHASE AS THEY'RE 
WAKING UP AND STRETCHING THEIR 
LEGS, CAMERAS ARE TURNED OFF FOR
THE CREW PRIVACY.
THAT WAS JUST OUR CORE HERE AT 
MISSION CONTROL REQUESTING TO 
HAVE THOSE CAMERAS TURNED BACK 
ON.
>>  HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME VIEWS 
OVER THEIR SHOULDER OR JUST 
INSIDE THE CABIN IN JUST A 
LITTLE BIT.
BUT AGAIN, FOR BOB AND DOUG 
THEY'RE FINISHING UP THAT POST 
SLEEP PERIOD.
SO, THEY'RE REALLY JUST GOING TO
BE KIND OF GETTING THEIR HOUSE 
IN ORDER AND GETTING DRAGON 
READY FOR THAT ARE ENTRY.
THEY'LL HAVE SOME STEPS JUST TO 
GET SUITED UP AND GET POSITIONED
INTO THE DRAGON WHERE THEY'RE 
GOING TO BE MONITORING THE 
DEORBIT BURN AND ALL THE 
DIFFERENT EVENTS ON THEIR TOUCH 
SCREEN DISPLAYS AND ABLE TO SEE 
CHANGES ORBIT AND VELOCITY AND 
ALL JUST A REALLY CRITICAL BITS 
OF DATA TO TELL THEM HOW THE 
PERFORMANCE OF THESE BURNS AND 
DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES ARE GOING.
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TELL EXACTLY 
WHAT ORBIT THEY'RE ON AND SEE 
WHEN IT LINES UP WITH THE OCEAN 
JUST OVER THE COAST OF 
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, A LITTLE BIT
LATER.
THEY'LL LARGELY BE IN A MONITOR 
BOAT AS DRAGON IS CAN FLY 
AUTONOMOUSLY.
BUT THEY'RE IN THE LOOP WHERE 
THEY CAN JUMP AND BE THE BACK-UP
CAPABILITY.
>>  THEY'LL BE PUTTING THEIR 
SUITS BACK ON HERE SHORTLY.
WE ONLY HAVE THEM WEAR THE SUITS
FOR THE MORE DYNAMIC PHASES, 
WHENEVER THEY ARE INSIDE THE 
CAPSULE.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE WANT THEM TO 
HAVE THAT ON AS THEY REENTER THE
ATMOSPHERE.
THEY'LL PUT IT WELL BEFORE THOSE
DEORBIT SEQUENCES.
THEY WERE ABLE TO SLEEP NOT IN 
THEIR SUITS AND IN THEIR CHAIRS.
A LITTLE MORE WIGGLE ROOM THERE.
SOMETHING ELSE TO NOTE WE HAVE 
COMING UP, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET 
SOME OF THE CAMERA VIEWS COMING 
FROM INSIDE THE CABIN AND 
WE'LL -- LIKE I MENTIONED 
BEFORE, SOMETHING THAT I REALLY 
LIKE BEING ABLE TO SEE IS THE 
SHOT BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM 
LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL DISPLAY 
PANELS THEMSELVES.
WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SEE 
WHAT THEY'RE SEEING ON THEIR 
SCREENS AS THEY ARE MONITORING 
ALL THE TELEMETRY AND DATA AND 
INFORMATION AS THE CAPSULE IS 
REENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO TAKE YOUR 
QUESTIONS THROUGH #ASK NASA.
OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 
CHRISTIAN.
WHAT ENSURES THAT THE CAPSULE 
DOES NOT MELT ON RE-ENTRY.
PLEASE EXPLAIN THE THERMAL 
PROTECTION.
>>  GREAT QUESTION.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE PIECES OF 
HARDWARE ON OUR DRAGON CAPSULES 
THE HEAT SHIELD.
PART OF MY JOB IS TO WORK WITH 
NASA TO CERTIFY THE HEAT SHIELD.
VERY LUCKY THAT I GET TO WORK --
>> DRAGON, 82 YOU ARE  -- YOU'RE
CLEAR TO COME ABOARD ANY TIME.
>>  WELCOME ABOARD.
IN ADDITION, AS ABLE WHEN YOU'RE
READY, REQUEST YOUR GAME PLAN 
FOR FLUID LOADING WATER THAT 
CORRESPONDS TO 34.700.
>>THAT CALL WE HEARD THERE WAS 
INVITING US TO TURN THE CAMERAS 
BACK ON INSIDE THE CAPSULE.
>>  I THINK OUR PLAN IS AS 
PRESCRIBED AND THEN I WILL BE 
DRINKING WATER OUT OF THE OTHER 
CORRESPONDING -- PROBABLY ALL 
THREE OF THOSE BOTTLES AND BOB 
WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO BREAK INTO
HIS CORRESPONDING BAG AS WELL AS
ONE MORE IN 10.
>>OKAY.
COPY, DOUG.
SO BASICALLY YOU'RE SAYING THE 
BOTTLE YOU EXPECT TO REMOVE ARE 
THE ONES YOU JUST SPOKE BEFORE 
DURING BREAKFAST AS WELL AS ONE 
ADDITIONAL ONE IN VOLUME 10, IS 
THAT AN ACCURATE STATEMENT?
>> NEGATIVE.
I THINK IT WILL BE ONE MORE BAG 
FULL FROM EACH SIDE.
>>  OKAY, COPY.
WE'LL PROBABLY TAG UP WITH YOU 
AFTER FLUID LOADING COMPLETE 
JUST SO YOU VERIFY.
THANK YOU.
>>  YEAH.
THAT SOUNDS GOOD, MIKE, I THINK 
THAT'S PROBABLY BEST.
BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE SOMEWHAT 
VARIABLE BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY
ACCURATE.
>>  OKAY, COPY.
THANK YOU.
>>  THAT CONVERSATION THERE 
ABOUT FLUID LOADING, THE 
OFFICIAL SPACE WAY OF SAYING, 
DRINK YOUR WATER.
MAKING SURE THAT BOB AND DOUG 
REMAIN HYDRATED THROUGHOUT THE 
RE-ENTRY PERIOD.
IF YOU FLY ON AIRPLANES, IF YOU 
DO YOUR RESEARCH IT'S IMPORTANT 
TO STAY HYDRATED DUE TO THE 
DIFFERENT PRESSURES YOUR BODY 
TENDS TO LOOSE A LITTLE BIT MORE
WATER SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO 
CONTINUE TO DRINK WATER TO STAY 
HYDRATED.
SAME HERE FOR BOB AND DOUG.
YOU HEARD THEM MENTION -- OH, 
THERE WE CAN SEE THEM IN THEIR 
CAPSULE.
THERE IS DOUG HURLEY THERE 
READING HIS INSTRUCTIONS.
LOOKS LIKE BOB IS THERE TO YOUR 
RIGHT.
LOOKS LIKE HE'S WEARING A BLUE 
SWEAT SHIRT DRINKING SOME WATER.
SO THEY'RE JUST CHECKING TO MAKE
SURE THERE'S THE BACK OF DOUG'S 
HEAD.
JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE 
DRINKING ENOUGH WATER.
YOU HEARD THEM MENTION AS 
PRESCRIBED.
THAT MEANS THAT OUR FLIGHT 
SURGEON IS PRESCRIBING THEM HOW 
MUCH WATER THEY SHOULD BE 
DRINKING AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY
SHOULD BE TAKING SALT TABLETS TO
HELP THEM RETAIN THE WATER AS 
THEY'RE MAKING THEIR JOURNEY 
BACK HOME.
>>  HERE'S THAT VIEW WE TALKED 
ABOUT A COUPLE OF TIMES LOOKING 
DIRECTLY OVER THEIR SHOULDERED.
SO YOU HAVE THOSE THREE MAIN 
TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS AND YOU 
CAN CONFIGURE THEM IN A NUMBER 
MUCH DIFFERENT MODES.
LOOKS LIKE THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE
IS GIVING THEM THE TRAJECTORY 
AND THE RIGHT ON THE RIGHT IS 
LOOKING AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT 
CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEY GET 
EVERYTHING FROM CURRENT VELOCITY
AND ALTITUDE AND DEEP IN THE 
LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND ALL THE 
DIFFERENT THINGS, THOSE DISPLAYS
ARE THOSE WINDOWS INTO IT.
YOU'LL ALSO NOTE I THE COUPLE OF
THE ILLUMINATED BUTTONS 
UNDERNEATH THE TOUCH SCREEN.
SOME OF THE CRITICAL FUNCTIONS 
THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ACTION 
GET A BUTTON DEDICATED TO THEM.
FOR EXAMPLE, THEY HAVE BUTTONS 
FOR A NUMBER OF THE PYROEVENTS 
ON BOARD THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT 
LIKE PARACHUTE DEPLOY OR THE 
ABILITY TO CUT THOSE PARACHUTES 
ONCE THEY SPLASHDOWN IN THE 
WATER.
AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO GET 
THESE CONFIGURED AND THIS IS 
GOING TO BE HOW THEY TRACK THE 
PROGRESS OF THEIR FLIGHT HOME 
TODAY.
>>  YEAH, IF WE GET THAT VIEW 
BACK BETWEEN THEIR HEADS ON THE 
LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN -- 
THERE WE GO -- THE LEFT HAND 
SIDE OF THE SCREEN THE CONTROL 
DISPLAY THEY'LL BE USING FOR THE
DEORBIT BURN.
A NUMBER OF -- THERE IS A BUNCH 
OF INFORMATION DISPLAYED THERE 
BY TRAJECTORY DETAILS AND HOW 
MUCH IS REMAINING BETWEEN 
CURRENT TIME AND WHENEVER THAT 
DEORBIT BURN IS TERMINATED.
ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE WHICH OF THE
4 THRUSTERS ARE FIRING AT ANY 
GIVEN TIME.
SO THAT WILL PROBABLY SEE THAT 
PARTICULAR SCREEN ON BOTH OF 
THEIR SCREENS DURING THIS PHASE 
OF THE MISSION.
GOING BACK TO THE PREVIOUS 
QUESTION THAT WE HAD CAME FROM 
CHRISTIAN, HE ASKED WHAT ENSURES
THE CAPSULE DOESN'T MELT UPON 
RE-ENTRY.
I SAID MY JOB AS SPACEX ENGINEER
I HAVE THE AWESOME COMMUNITY TO 
WORK WITH OUR HEAT SHIELD 
EXPERTS AND USE THE STAMP OF 
APPROVAL TO USE THE HARDWARE FOR
FLIGHT.
IF YOU THINK OF IT LIKE A PIZZA,
BUT THERE IS THE BASE OF THE 
HEAT SHIELD OR THE STRUCTURE AND
THAT'S MADE OUT OF CARBON FIBER 
AND YOU CAN THINK OF THAT AS THE
CRUST.
WE THEN AFLY A COATING TOT 
THAT ALLOWS THE INDIVIDUAL HEAT 
SHIELDS AND TILES OF THE HEAT 
SHIELD TO STICK TO THE STRUCTURE
ITSELF, SO WHAT WE USE TO ADHERE
YOU CAN THINK OF AS THE SAUCE 
AND YOU CAN THINK OF THOSE TILES
AS THE PEPPERONI PIECES ON YOUR 
PIZZA.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A DIFFERENT 
WAY TO EXPLAIN IT, BUT THAT'S 
HOW I LIKE TO THINK OF IT.
IT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING 
THE CAPSULE, THE TEMPERATURES 
WILL GET UP TO 3,500 DEGREES 
FAHRENHEIT.
SO PRETTY TOASTY.
WE WILL I'M SURE HAVE A GREAT 
SHOT OF OUR TOASTED MARSHMALLOW 
BACK ON THE RECOVERY VESSEL BUT 
THAT HEAT SHIELD DOES THE BULK 
OF THE WORK.
THERE ARE OF COURSE PANELS ON 
THE EXTERIOR OF THE DRAGON 
CAPSULE.
THOSE WHITE PANELS WILL BECOME 
BROWN AS IT RE-ENTERS THE 
ATMOSPHERE AS IT CHARS AND HEATS
UP.
WITH ALL THOSE EXTERNAL 
TEMPERATURES GETTING HOT IT'S 
IMPORTANT TO KEEP THEM 
COMFORTABLE.
THERE WILL BE COOL  COOL AEUR /*
/-* AIR RUNNING THROUGH THEIR 
SUIT.
I THINK THE THRESHOLD IS 85 
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT IT WILL PURGE
THE SUIT WITH COOL AIR.
>>  OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
KEVIN WHO WANTED TO KNOW WHEN 
DOES DRAGON START ITS DEORBIT 
BURN?
>> WE CAN GIVE YOU THE EXACT 
TIME DOWN TO THE SECOND WHEN 
IT'S TARGETED.
RIGHT NOW IT'S AT 10:56:45 
PACIFIC AND THEN IF YOU CONVERT 
THAT OVER TO 17:56:45.
>>  JUST UNDER 4.5 HOURS UNTIL 
WE BEGIN THE DEORBIT BURN.
KEVIN, IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO TAKE
A NAP BETWEEN NOW AND DEORBIT 
YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES TO US.
CAN YOU BECOME TALLER AFTER 
SPENDING A LONG TIME IN SPACE.
GREAT QUESTION.
THE ANSWER IS, YES.
DUE TO THE LACK OF STRONG 
GRAVITY PULL ON HUMAN BODY, 
ASTRONAUTS REPORT GROWING IN 
LENGTH DUE TO THE FACT THEIR 
BODY ISN'T BEING COMPRESSED IN 
THIS DIRECTION, VERTICALLY, 
ACCORDING TO OUR ORIENTATION ON 
THE EARTH'S SURFACE BECAUSE 
THERE IS LACK OF GRAVITY 
COMPRESSING THE BODY.
WE SEE REPORTS OF THE ASTRONAUTS
SAYING THEY GOT A LITTLE TALLER 
IN SPACE.
>>  WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, 
WHEN YOU'VE BEEN TOLD YOU'RE THE
TALLEST WHEN YOU FIRST WAKE UP 
BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN HORIZONTAL 
THE WHOLE TIME.
AND IT IS A TEMPORARY GETTING 
TALLER.
ONCE THEY RETURN BACK TO EARTH 
THEY SHRINK BACK DOWN PRETTY 
QUICK.
BUT KEEP SENDING IN YOUR 
QUESTIONS USING THE #ASK NASA.
WE HAVE A FEW MORE HOURS UNTIL 
WE GET TO THE DEORBIT BURN.
JUST TO RUNDOWN A COUPLE OF 
THOSE MILESTONES FOR YOU PRIOR 
TO THE DEORBIT BURN WE HAVE TO 
GET RID OF DRAGON'S TRUNK.
WE'LL BE DOING A MANEUVER TO 
ALTER THE ATTITUDE AND GET IT 
READY FOR THE TRUNK SEPARATION.
THAT'S SCHEDULED TO HAPPEN AT 
10:48 A.M. PACIFIC AND 17:58 
GMT.
AFTER DRAGON IS IN THE CORRECT 
ATTITUDE IT WILL SEPARATE THE 
CLAW FOLLOWED SHORTLY AFTER BY 
THE TRUNK.
TRUNK IS SCHEDULED TO SEPARATE 
AT 10:51 A.M. PACIFIC AND 17:51 
GMT AND AFTER IT'S BEEN 
SEPARATED WE GET INTO THE PROPER
DEORBIT BURN FOR THE FINAL BURN.
>>  THAT BURN WILL LAST ABOUT 
11.5 MINUTES AND WE'LL BE USING 
THE FORWARD BULK HEAD THRUSTERS.
AFTER IT'S COMPLETE WE'LL NO 
LONGER BE ABLE TO FIRE THOSE 
THRUSTERS SO WE'LL CLOSE THE 
NOSE CONE PROFITTING THEM AS 
WELL AS THE FORWARD HATCH FROM 
RE-ENTRY CONDITION.
ABOUT 20 MINUTES AFTER THAT, THE
FUN STUFF BEGINS.
AT 11:36 A.M. PACIFIC OR 18:36 
UNIVERSAL TIME, WE WILL HAVE AN 
EXPECTED LOSS OF SIGNAL.
COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT.
THAT WILL LAST ABOUT 6 MINUTES.
DURING THAT TIME, WE WON'T BE 
ABLE TO COMMAND DRAGON OR 
RECEIVE TELEMETRY OR COMMUNICATE
WITH THE CREW.
DRAGON IS DESIGNED TO BE 
COMPLETELY AUTONOMOUS.
IT'S STEERING ITSELF ANYWAY.
THAT WILL LAST FOR 6 MINUTES.
AFTER A COUPLE AFTER THAT, WE'LL
HAVE WHAT'S KNOWN AS ENTRY 
INTERFACE.
WHEN THE CAPSULE IS BEGINNING TO
ENTER THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND
FEEL THE AERO DYNAMIC FORCES.
WE'LL GET THOSE COMMUNICATIONS 
BACK AT 11:42 A.M. PACIFIC OR 
18:42 UNIVERSAL.
TWO MINUTES AFTER WE GET 
COMMUNICATIONS BACK.
WE WILL HAVE THE DEPLOYMENT.
THREE SMALLER PARACHUTES THAT 
WILL POP OUT AT 11:44 A.M. 
PACIFIC.
THEY'RE DESIGNED TO CONTINUE TO 
SLOW THE CAPSULE DOWN FURTHER 
BEYOND WHAT THE SLOWING OF THE 
CAPSULE FROM THE ATMOSPHERE.
THEY'LL CONTINUE TO SLOW IT 
DOWN.
THOSE DROGUE CHUTES WILL RELEASE
A MINUTE LATER AND WE'LL SEE THE
MAIN PARACHUTE DEPLOY.
THEY'LL CONTINUE TO FURTHER 
DECELERATE THE VEHICLE.
AT THAT POINT IT WILL BE GOING 
FROM 350 MILES PER HOUR.
ORIGINALLY THE VELOCITY DURING 
THE DEORBIT PHASE 17,500 MILES 
AN HOUR, AS IT CONTINUES TO 
ROTATE WILL COME DOWN TO 350 
MILES AN HOUR AS IT REENTERS THE
ATMOSPHERE.
IT WILL FURTHER DECELERATE TO 16
MILES AN HOUR AS IT TOUCHES DOWN
INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT 
SPLASHDOWN TO OCCUR AT 
11:48 A.M. PACIFIC OR 18:48 
UNIVERSAL AND AT THAT POINT IN 
TIME OUR RECOVERY OPERATIONS 
WILL BEGIN AND THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT WE ARE ALL VERY EXCITED TO 
SEE.
>>  YEAH.
I MEAN THE CLOCK STARTS TICKING 
ALMOST FROM THE MOMENT THEY HIT 
THE WATER AND THE TEAMS MOVE TO 
WORK EXTREMELY QUICKLY BUT ALSO 
KEEPING SAFETY AT THE FOREFRONT 
OF EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE 
DOING.
THE FIRST TIME WE RETURN TO CREW
TO A SPLASHDOWN WAS APOLLO.
THE LAST TEST PROJECT BACK IN 
JULY 1975.
IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T DONE 
IN A LONG TIME BUT IT'S 
SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY 
REHEARSED MANY TIMES FOR THIS 
MOMENT, INCLUDING ON OUR 
DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT JUST LAST 
YEAR.
SO THE TEAMS WILL MOVE IN 
EXTREMELY QUICKLY WITHIN THE 
FIRST COUPLE OF MINUTES OF 
SPLASHDOWN.
GO NAVIGATOR IS CURRENTLY MAKING
ITS WAY OUT TO THE SPLASHDOWN 
ZONE SO IT WILL BE READY AND 
WAITING AND 40 PLUS PEOPLE ON 
BOARD STANDING BY TO BRING 
DRAGON OUT ON THE BOAT TO BRING 
THE CREW OUT OF THE CAPSULE.
>>  WE'RE 4.5 HOURS AWAY SO WE 
HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
>>  HEAT EXCHANGE BYPASS.
GOOD GO AHEAD, SPACEX.
>>  IN PREPARATION FOR ENTRY, 
WE'LL BE COMMANDING THE BYPASS 
CLOSE, SO THIS WILL MEAN THAT 
CONTROL OF CABIN THAT COMMANDING
SHOULD COME IN SHORTLY.
>>  THANKS, MIKE.
>>  NO PROBLEM.
IN ADDITION, WE DO NOT EXPECT TO
NEED TO ELEVATE THE .
>>  OKAY, COPY THAT, THANK YOU.
RIGHT THERE, THEY'RE JUST DOING 
A COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING STEPS 
AS THEY'LL BE CONDITIONING THE 
INSIDE OF THE CABIN AND DOUG AND
BOB'S SUITS FOR THAT ACTUAL 
RE-ENTRY.
THEY'LL BE COOLING DOWN AND 
DOING WHAT THEY CALL THE SUIT 
PURGE.
THEY'LL BE DOING A FLUSH WITH 
COOLER AIR.
THEY'RE NOT PRESSURIZED WHILE 
SUITED UP.
THEY'LL LEAVE IT UP A LITTLE 
BIT.
THEY'LL DO SUIT LEAK CHECKS 
WHICH WE'LL SEE THEM PRESSURIZE 
THE SUITS COMPLETELY AS AGAIN 
THOSE SUITS A DESIGN TO PROTECT 
THEM IN THE EVENT THE CABIN 
DEPRESSURIZATION AND ANY CON 
TAPL INABILITIES IN THE 
ATMOSPHERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THEY'LL BE WEARING THEM FOR 
THIS DYNAMIC PHASE.
I KNOW WE HAVE A QUESTION HERE 
FROM NICK WHO HAS WANTED TO KNOW
IF THE SEATS RECLINE TO ALLOW 
THEM TO REPLY FLAT OR SLEEP UP 
RIGHT.
THE SEATS THEMSELVES ARE RIGID 
CARBON FIBER SO THE SEATS DO 
MOVE AS WE SAW ON LAUNCH DAY 
WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO BOTH 
RECLINE AND DECLINE BUT THE 
SEATS THEMSELVES DON'T MOVE.
WHEN YOU'RE IN OUTER SPACE, YOU 
CAN'T GET THE SENSATION OF 
LAYING DOWN SO THE SEATS 
RECLINING DON'T DO MUCH FOR YOU 
WHEN YOU'RE IN MICROGRAVITY.
PR ITY MUCH ANY SURFACE ON THE 
DRAGON SPACECRAFT WILL SERVE AS 
A BED.
SAME THING TRUE ON THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WHERE IF WE HAVE MORE CREW 
MEMBERS THAN CREW 
ACCOMMODATIONS, CREW MEMBERS CAN
CAMP OUT.
IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN ANY OF THE 
PHOTOS FROM BACK IN THE SHUT AND
DAYS WHEN WE 7 PEOPLE IN A 
RELATIVELY SMALL ENCLOSURE YOU 
CAN JUST ESSENTIALLY STRAP YOUR 
SLEEPING BAG TO THE WALL AND 
THAT'S YOUR BED FOR THE EVENING.
IN SPACE YOUR BODY CUSS'NT HAVE 
A REFERENCE TO DETERMINE WHAT IS
UP AND DOWN ASIDE FROM WHAT YOU 
CAN DETERMINE VISUALLY.
WHILE SEATS DO THEY'RE IN LAWN 
POSITION OR LANDING POSITION 
WHERE THE ENTIRE SEAT IS 
BASICALLY MOVING 40 DEGREES THIS
WAY OR THAT WAY, THEY DON'T 
NECESSARILY RECLINE OUT LIKE A 
RECLINER'CHA IRWOULD.
ALTHOUGH I'M SURE THAT WOULD BE 
ALSO VERY COMFORTABLE.
OUR NEXT QUESTION COMING TO US 
FROM TWITTER USING THE #ASKNASA.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE RECOVERY 
SHIP.
THIS IS THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY 
WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE 
THE HIGHLIGHT TEAM.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT TEAM FOR THE 
SECOND TIME ON OUR WEBCAST.
THE RECOVERY SHIP THERE ARE 2 
WOULD OF THEM.
WE HAVE ONE ASSISTING RECOVERIES
ON THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA.
THEY ARE IDENTICAL AND THEY ARE 
ABLE TO BE FAST, FULLY FAST, NOT
ONLY FOR RECOVERY OPERATIONS BUT
FOR MEDICAL AS WELL.
SPACEX COPY.
THE SAMPLE COLLECTION AND WORK.
GOOD LUCK.
SPACEX GOT THE NUMBER
.
WITH WE HAVE TWO IDENTICAL 
RECOVERY SHIPS OR VESSELS 
SPECIFICALLY TO OUR RECOVERY 
TODAY WE ARE UTILIZEINGS BOTH 
NAVIGATOR FOR OUR LANDING IN THE
GULF OF MEXICO.
IN ADDITION TO THE RECOVERY SHIP
ITSELF THERE ARE ALSO TWO FAST 
BACKS.
THEY'LL BE TRANSPORTED TO THE 
GENERAL LOCATION ABOUT 3 
NAUTICAL MILES AWAY FROM THE 
LANDING SITE ITSELF.
THOSE FAST BOATS WILL BE 
DEPLOYED AND MAKE THEIR WAY VERY
QUICKLY TO THE CAPITAL ITSELF.
THEY'LL WAIT A COUPLE OF FEET 
AWAY FROM THE CAPSULE AS THE 
INITIAL TESTS ARE DONE.
THOSE TESTS ARE INTENDED TO 
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT ANY 
FOOL ON BOARD.
WHENEVER YOU PUT THEM IN CONTACT
WITH EACH OTHER THEY IGNITE.
SO IT IS AN IDEAL PROPELLENT USE
IN SPACE BECAUSE YOU DON'T NEED 
AN IING EUGS SOURCE.
YOU JUST COMBINE THE TWO AND YOU
HAVE YOUR REACTION.
SO, THOSE FUMES ARE TOXIC AND SO
THE TEAM WILL MAKE SURE THAT 
THERE AREN'T ANY OF THOSE 
FLOATING AROUND AND MAKE SURE 
THAT IT IS SAFE TO APPROACH.
ONCE THEY GET THAT GO FOR 
APPROACH THEY'LL HEAD OVER TO 
THE CAPSULE AND ESSENTIALLY 
SOMEONE THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED 
TO SEE IN ACTION TODAY WILL 
COVER -- WILL CLIMB ON TOP OF 
THE CAPSULE AND ATTACH THE 
RIGGING EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO 
HOIST DRAGON OUT OF THE WATER 
AND ONTO THE RECOVERY VESSEL.
SO, THAT SHOULD TAKE ABOUT
 
35 MINUTES.
WHY YOU DO I NEED A HEAT SHIELD 
ON ENTRY BUT NOT ON ASCENT.
WHENEVER WE ARE LAUNCHING THE 
DRAGON CAPSULE IT'S POINTING 
UPWARDS AND HEADING TOWARDS THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WHILE THE CAPSULE IS ACTUALLY 
GOING THROUGH THE EARTH'S 
ATMOSPHERE WHICH IS WHERE YOU 
HAVE ATMOSPHERE AND THEREFORE 46
AS YOU'RE MOVING THROUGH THE 
ATMOSPHERE AND THAT'S WHAT 
CAUSES THE CHARRING AS WE SEE 
UPON RE-ENTRY.
THE SHAPE OF THE DRAGON CAPSULE 
IS MORE AERO DYNAMIC AT THE TOP.
WE USE THE ATMOSPHERE TO HELP 
SLOW US DOWN SAFELY.
AS OPPOSED TO WANTING TO ESCAPE 
EARTH'S GRAVITY AS EFFICIENTLY 
AS POSSIBLE.
CASEY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT WILL 
THE CREW BE ABLE TO SEE OUT OF 
THE WINDOW UPON RE-ENTRY.
>>  I THINK BOB ACTUALLY 
ANSWERED THIS EARLIER THIS WEEK.
HE RECALLED WHAT HE SAW DURING 
24E CAN SEE THE ABLATIVE 
MATERIAL OF THE HEAT SHIELD.
IT'S DESIGNED SO ITS PARTS 
REALLY START TO HEAT UP AND THEY
PEEL OFF AND THAT HELPS 
DISSIPATE THE HEAT OR THE MOST 
INTENSIVE PART OF THE HEAT.
SO OUT THERE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO 
SEE SOME BRIGHT ORANGE NOT QUITE
FLAMES BUT SOMETHING THAT LOOKS 
ENERGETIC ASK THAT WILL BE 
THEY'RE MAIN VIEW OUT OF THE 
WINDOW.
THEY'LL HAVE THOSE WINDOWS OPEN 
AND UNCOVERED DURING THE 
RE-ENTRY.
OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM 
JEFF.
WHAT'S THE LONGEST SOMEONE HAS 
BEEN IN SPACE.
I KNOWL CUMULATIVE RECORD HOLDER
IS A RUSSIAN COSMONAUT.
HE'S GOT A LITTLE OVER 800 DAYS 
IN SPACE.
HE'S BEEN A CREW MEMBER NOT ONLY
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION BUT ALSO PREVIOUSLY ON 
THE RUSSIAN SPACE STATION WHICH 
WAS THE HARBINGER OF LONG 
DURATIONING SPACEFLIGHT WHERE 
YOU HAD PEOPLE LIVING THERE 
MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS AT 
A TIME.
I BELIEVE THE CURRENT RECORD 
HOLDER IS IT STILL PEGGY 
WHITSON?
>> PEGGY IS THE AMERICAN RECORD 
HOLDER.
>>  OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
TIMOTHY.
IS THIS THE FIRST SPLASHDOWN 
SINCE THE APOLLO MISSION?
>> YES, IT IS.
THIS IS THE FIRST U.S. 
SPLASHDOWN.
THERE WAS ONE RUSSIAN SOYUZ.
IT TECHNICALLY DID LAND IN A 
FROZEN LAKE.
THIS IS FIRST TIME WE SPLASHED 
DOWN AMERICAN CREW MEMBERS OR 
VERY LEAST OR DONE AN OCEAN 
BASED SPLASHDOWN SINCE APOLLO.
THE LAST ONE BEING APOLLO, SO 
BACK IN JULY OF 1975.
>>  OUR NEXT QUESTION, WHEN WHAT
WIND SPEED DOES IT TAKE FOR THE 
SPLASHDOWN TO GET SCRUBBED?
>> THAT IS A REALLY GOOD 
QUESTION.
I CAN'T RECALL EXACTLY WHAT IT 
IS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
BUT I THINK NOR MORE THAN 15 
MILES AN HOUR.
>> 15 FEET PER SECOND WAS 10 
MILES AN HOUR WHICH WAS THE 
RANGE WE WERE LOOKING TO OBJECT 
UNDER FOR THIS MOTION.
WE HAVE WINDS IN THE SPLASHDOWN 
AREA OF ONLY A MILE AND HALF PER
SECOND.
SO VERY GENTLE WINDS THERE 
TODAY.
BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR MISSION 
IT WAS 15 FEET PER SECOND WHICH 
IS 10 MILES AN HOUR.
OUR NEXT QUESTION IS, LEARNING 
SO MUCH.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR THE 
SPACEX CAPSULE TO BE USED AGAIN 
IN FUTURE MYING OR WOULD IT NEED
A COMPLETE OVERHAUL BEFORE 
HEADING BACK UP?
>>  AWESOME QUESTION.
WHEN WE STARTED REUSING OUR 
DRAGON CARGO CAPSULES, FIGURING 
OUT TO WATERPROOF IT WAS QUITE 
THE CHALLENGE AND ONCE WE 
FIGURED THAT OUT WE WERE ABLE TO
REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF OVERHAUL OR
REFURBISHMENT REQUIRED BETWEEN 
USAGE OF THE CAPSULES.
THAT BEING SAID, THINGS LIKE THE
HEAT SHIELD AND THE TPF OR 
THERMAL PROTECTIVE SYSTEM PANELS
ON THE EXTERIOR THOSE THINGS AS 
OF RIGHT NOW WOULD NOT BE 
REUSED.
BUT THE GUTS AND THE BRAINS OF 
THE CAPSULE MOST DEFINITELY.
THIS PROCESS TRANSFORMS OVER 
TIME THE MORE WE DO IT WE 
UNDERSTAND MORE AND WE LEARN 
MORE FROM DATA AND TESTS AND 
WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE THE PROCESS 
MORE EFFICIENT.
EVENTUALLY WE HOPE TO GET TO NO 
REFURBISHMENT IN ORDER TO REUSE 
THE CAPSULE.
>>  WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO KNOW 
EXACTLY WHAT FOOD AND WATER IS 
CONSUMED DURING RE-ENTRY?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO WE HAVE 
A VERY SET AMOUNT OF FOOD AND 
AGAIN, DRAGON NOT THE BIGGEST 
SPACE, SO PROBABLY HARD TO LOSE 
SOMETHING ON DRAGON BUT WE TRACK
EVERYTHING IN MICROGRAVITY JUST 
SO IF WE ARE IN A SITUATION -- 
BECAUSE REMEMBER TODAY WAS THE 
PRIMARY LANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR 
BOB AND DOUG.
IF FOR SOME REASON WE HAD TO 
WAVE OFF THEY WOULD BE IN SPACE 
FOR ANOTHER 48 HOURS SO WE'RE 
ALWAYS TRACKING WHEN EVERYTHING 
IS INSIDE OF THAT CAPSULE FOR 
MISSION.
NOT ONLY SO IT'S EASY TO FIND.
BUT YOU OF TO GO AND FIND IT.
ANYTHING THAT GETS BROUGHT IN 
THE AIR HAS TO BE TRACKED 
BECAUSE IF SOMETHING IS FOUND 
AND IT HASN'T BEEN TRACKED 
PREVIOUSLY OR IF YOU KNOW YOU 
BROUGHT SOMETHING IN AND YOU 
CAN'T FIND IT, YOU OF TO 
GENERALLY STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING
AND GO FIND IT.
DEFINITELY IMPORTANT TO TRACK 
EVERYTHING ON BOARD, WATER AND 
FOOD WAS JUST THE ITEM OF THE 
DAY THIS MORNING AS THEY WERE IN
POST SLEEP JUST WRAPPING UP 
GETTING THEIR BREAKFAST BEFORE 
THEY BEGAN THEIR DAY.
>>  THERE YOU SEE A LIVE SHOT OF
OUR MISSION CONTROL CENTER HERE 
IN HAWTHORNE, 
.
SO, ENJOY THIS LIVE VIEW OF OUR 
GROUND TRACK.
LITHIUM-ION PAEURPB 
>> HEY, DOUG.
JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, A COUPLE 
OF THINGS SO PER THE PREVIOUS 
MENTION FOR SECTION 1, THE NO 
PASS IS APPLICABLE BECAUSE 
THEY'LL NOT BE ELEVATING LOOP 
SEEDS.
IN ADDITION WHEN WHEN COMPLETING
3.4 PLEASE BE SURE TO UNTETHER 
AND STOW THE  THEM BACK AT 
LOCATION 8.
>>  OKAY.
3.4 YOU WANT US TO TAKE THE 
CAMERA CAPS UNTETHERED AND PUT 
THEM BACK AT LOCATION 8.
I THINK OUR SUGGESTION IS WE'LL 
DO THAT NOW UNLESS YOU HAVE A 
REASON NOT TO.
>>  WE AGREE WITH THAT PLAN AND 
THAT'S A GOOD READ BACK.
APPRECIATE IT.
ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE STILL FOLLOWING ALONG BOB
AND DOUG'S JOURNEY.
EVERYTHING CONTINUE TO PROCEED 
SPHAOUDZLY.
 THEY'VE BEEN AWAKE A COUPLE OF 
HOURS AND EVERYTHING'S REALLY 
FOCUS THE ON THE EVENTS COMING 
UP IN 3 HOURS FROM NOW.
>>  YEAH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF 
THINGS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING AS
DAN SAID WE'RE LOOKING FOR OUR 
EVENTS TO BEGIN THIS 3:42 FISHES
WE'LL HAVE CLAW SEPARATION.
SO THAT IS DEACTIVATING THE 
TRUNK.
IT'S PIECE OF HARDWARE THAT 
DELIVERS POWER AND TELEMETRY AND
OF FLUED I THINK.
IN ORDER TO EXPOSE THE HEAT 
SHIELD IN PREPARATION FOR 
RE-ENTRY WE'LL JETTISON THE 
TRUNK AND IT WILL REENTER THE 
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND 
DISINTEGRATE DURING THAT 
PROCESS.
WE'LL THEN INITIATE A DEORBIT 
BURN AND WILL LAST ABOUT 11.5 
MINUTES AND THAT IS INTEND TO DO
PLACE DRAGON ON ITS TRAJECTORY.
ONES THE DEORBIT BURN HAPPENS 
BOB AND DOUG WILL SIT BACK AND 
CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALL THE 
TELEMETRY AND DATA THEY HAVE ON 
THE SCREEN THAT THEIR PRIMARY 
MISSION FOR TODAY IS AN R  KEEP 
A TAB ON THINGS.
THEY'RE NOT IN THEIR SUITS YET.
THEY'LL WAIT A LITTLE LONGER BUT
THEY'RE MOVING ABOUT THE 
INTERIOR OF CREW DRAGON.
WE WILL PERFORM THAT DEORBIT 
BURN AND LINING UP THE CAPSULE 
FOR THAT FINAL RE-ENTRY AND 
SPLASHDOWN OFF THE COAST OF 
FLORIDA.
AND AFTER WE DO THE REORBIT BURN
WE'LL CLOSE THAT NOSE CONE.
SO IT WILL UTILIZE THE 4 FORWARD
THRUSTERS.
WE'LL NOT NEED TO USE THEM AND 
WE WANT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
MISSION AND WE WANT TO PROTECT 
THAT FORWARD HASH THERE.
THAT'S USED INGRESS AND EGRESS
 
WE ARE PERFORMING THE DEORBIT 
BURN AND THE NOSE CONE WILL 
CLOSE AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN THE 
PROCESS OF REINTO THIRTYING THE 
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
>> THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.
WE JUST SAW BOB KIND OF STOWING 
THEIR SPACE SUIT.
THEY KEEP THEM AT LEAST IN THIS 
MISSION IF THE SEATS AS BOB AND 
DOUG ARE RIGHT THERE IN THE 
MIDDLE.
BUT AFTER THEY'RE ABILITY TO 
SUCCESSFULLY REENTER THE 
AERTDZ'S ATMOSPHERE WE GET TO 
THE PARACHUTE DEPLOY.
FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY THE 4 PAIN 
SHARE SHOOTS WHICH ARE SCHEDULED
TO AEMPLOY RIGHT AROUND 
11:45 A.M. SPAEUFBG.
ALL OF THAT SETS US FOR 
SPLASHDOWN OFF THE COAST OF 
FLORIDA JUST A FEW MILES AWAY 
FROM PENSACOLA.
THAT SPLASHDOWN TIME TARGETED 
FOR 11:48 A.M. SPECIFIC.
THERE TO MEET 24E78 WILL BE THE 
CREW OF THE GO NAVIGATOR WHICH 
HAS LEFT ITS PORT.
IT CONTINUES TO MAKE ITS WAY OUT
TO THE RECOVERY.
IT WAS ABLE TO LEAVE THE PORT 
RIGHT AROUND 9:20 A.M. EASTERN 
TIME THIS MORNING.
AS WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT 
EARLIER, THEY WERE TRACKING AN 
ISSUE WITH ONE OF THE BACK-UP 
GENERATORS ON BOARD THE GO 
NAVIGATOR.
THEY WERE WORKING TO TRY TO GET 
A REPLACEMENT FOR THAT.
BUT WEREN'T ABLE TO GET ON BOARD
QUITE IN TIME.
BUT GO NAVIGATING AS A FULLY 
GENERATOR ON BOARD.
AND NOT HAVING THAT BACK-UP IS 
NOT ANY CONSTRAINT ON NORMAL 
RECOVERY OPERATIONS THIS 
MORNING.
NO NAVIGATOR WILL BE THERE 
SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE SPLASHDOWN.
THEY'LL MAINTAIN A DISTANCE OF 
ABOUT 3 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE 
ANTICIPATED SPLASHDOWN POINT AND
JUST BE READY AND ON STAND BY 
FOR WHEN BOB AND DOUG ARE IN THE
WATER.
>>  AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD 
MENTIONED BEFORE, IT HAS BEEN AT
LEAST OVER THE LAST WEEK THE 
RECOVERY TEAM HAS BEEN REALLY 
BUSY WITH TRYING TO DETERMINE 
WHERE EXACTLY WE WERE GOING TO 
POINT DRAGON FOR ITS RETURN 
HOME.
IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR MULTIPLE 
DEPARTURE TIMES FROM THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, SO 
AGAIN THIS IS JUDGE SRUFT TRYING
TO WOLVERINES UP THINGS LIKE 
CREW'S SLEEP SCHEDULES AND 
WEATHER JUST PHYSICAL LOCATION 
AS IT IS ORBITING EARTH WE WOULD
IDENTIFIED 7 POTENTIAL 
SPLASHDOWN LOCATIONS.
4 ON THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA 
AND 3 ON THE EAST COAST.
AND PRIORITY NUMBER ONE FOR THE 
RECOVERY TEAM TO DETERMINE WHICH
OF THOSE 7 LOCATIONS BOB AND 
DOUG WOULD BE SPLASHING DOWN AT 
WE HAVE A TROPICAL STORM THROUGH
THE AREA.
HAVING THAT STORM ROLL UP THE 
EAST COAST OF FLORIDA SPREAD US 
FROM OBVIOUSLY BEING ABLE TO 
LAND.
WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THE 
WEATHER.
WE GOT PRETTY LUCKY WITH THE 
WEATHER WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY.
WE HAVE WEATHER CRITERIA AND WE 
HAVE TO MEET THOSE TO GET GO 
CONDITIONS TO SPLASHDOWN.
ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WE ARE 
LOOKING AT WAS WIND SPEEDS WHICH
WE'RE LOOKING TO NOT EXCEED 10 
PHAOEUPLZ MILES AN HOUR AND 
WINDS JUST BARELY OVER ONE MILE 
AN HOUR.
GETTING EXTREMELY CALM WINDS AND
CALM SEAS FOR WHAT SHOULD BE A 
STABLE OPERATION FOR THIS 
RECOVERY TODAY.
WE ACTUALLY JUST LOCKED IN 
PANAMA CITY A FEW HOURS AGO.
OUR LAST CHANCE TO LOCK IN AN 
ALTERNATE SITE WAS AND DRAGON 
HAS THE CAPABILITY TO CHANGE 
ALTERNATE SITES ONCE IN FREE 
FLIGHT AND WE HAVE 7 DIFFERENT 
SPLASHDOWN LOCATIONS JUST BASED 
OFF THE WEATHER AND EVERYTHING 
ELSE THAT WE LOOKED AT PANAMA 
CITY CHOSEN AS ALTERNATE FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY AND ALREADY LOOKING 
AS OUR BEST ONE AND THEY LOCKED 
THAT IN A FEW HOURS AGO.
BUT EVERYTHING CONTINUE ON TRACK
FOR THIS PENSACOLA FLASH DOWN.
>>  WE ARE TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS
FROM TWITTER.
WE'LL TRY TO CYCLE THROUGH AS 
MANY OF THEM AS WE GET THERE.
THIS QUESTION COMES FROM TIM.
WHAT'S THE CURRENT DISTANCE TO 
THE ISS?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
SOMETHING THAT I FIND THAT 
PEOPLE OFTEN ASSUME IS THAT THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS 
REALLY, REALLY FAR AWAY AND IT'S
ACTUALLY NOT.
IT IS ABOUT 250-300 MILES ABOVE 
THE EARTH.
I THINK WHEN I SAW A REPORT 
EARLIER OR MAYBE IT WAS LEAH WHO
MENTIONED IT EARLIER, I THINK 
IT'S 263 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH'S
SURFACE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NOT THAT FAR AWAY.
IT'S BASICALLY THE DISTANCE FROM
LOS ANGELES TO SAN FRANCISCO 
IT'S NOT AS FAR AS MANY PEOPLE 
THINK.
THIS IS USING THE #ASKNATION IS 
A.
THIS NEXT QUESTION COMES TO US 
FROM INNIC LAST.
HOW FAR OFF THE COAST WILL THE 
CASTLE LAND AND WILL IT BE 
POSSIBLE TO SEE ANY OF THE 
ACTION FROM THE COASTLINE.
>> TRYING TO FIND OUR EXACT 
DISTANCES VARIES ON WHICH COAST 
THAT WE'RE GOING TO.
WE DO SAY FAR ENOUGH AWAY THAT 
YOU WOULDN'T REALLY BE ABLE TO 
SEE US FROM THE COAST.
OBVIOUS LIST YOU WANT TO BE 
COMING DOWN IN AN AREA PRETTY 
FAR AWAY FROM LAND TO MAKE SURE 
YOU'RE HITTING THE SPLASHDOWN 
ZONE YOU HAVE TO CLEAR AIR ZONES
AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
NO DISTANCE GOING OUT TO SHIPS 
AND NOT TO GO INTO A CERTAIN 
AREA.
BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL KILOMETERS
OR SMILES OFFSHORE.
THE CAPE IS THE CLOSEST ONE.
THAT ONE TYPICALLY IS 24 MILES 
OFFSHORE AND THE OTHER ONES 
RANGE ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 
MILES ALL THE WAY UP TO A FEW 
HUNDRED.
JUST ABOUT 200 OR SO.
SO IT IS DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON 
WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE 
HAVE IN OUR RECOVERY ARSENAL ARE
HELICOPTERS WHERE BOB AND DOUG 
WILL GET RECOVERED BY THE MAIN 
RECOVERY VESSEL AND AFTER 
THEY'RE OUT OF THE CAPSULE AND 
INTO THE MEDICAL FACILITY A 
HELICOPTER WILL COME AND LAND ON
THE DECK AND THEN IT'S ONLY 
ABOUT A 10 MINUTE HELICOPTER 
RIDE FROM THE GO NAVIGATOR BACK 
TO PENSACOLA WHERE THEY'LL BE 
MOVING ON TO A PLANE READY TO 
TAKE THEM OVER TO HOUSTON.
>>  ONE THING TO NOTE, THE 
CAPSULE WILL BE REENTERING 
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND WE'LL 
HAVE DEPLOYMENT STARTING AT
 
18,000 FEET WE ARE WITHIN 4.5 
HOURS OF SPLASHDOWN FOR 
CONTINGENCY PLANNING PURPOSES.
COPY.
>>  4.5 FOR SPLASHDOWN.
>>  OKAY, FOR RECOVERY FORCE, I 
BELIEVE JAY TOLD YOU WE ARE 
WORKING A BACK-UP GENERATOR ON 
THE RECOVERY VESSEL.
UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE UNABLE TO 
GET THAT GENERATOR ABOARD BEFORE
GO NAVIGATOR HAD TO DEPART DUE 
TO TIMING CONSTRAINTS.
HOWEVER GO NAVIGATOR HAS 
DEPARTED AND EXPECTED TO BE ON 
SITE AT 1700UTC.
>>  OKAY.
GO NAVIGATOR WILL BE ON SITE 
HEADED FOR SPLASHDOWN.
>>  GOOD READ BACK AND AS JAY 
MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE DOWN TO 
ONE GENERATOR DUE TO THE LOSS OF
THE OTHER ONE.
>>  YEP, WE 
.
AND THEY TALKED TO THE GENERATOR
ISSUE.
GO NAH GATOR STILL FULLY EQUIP 
TO SAFELY RECOVER THE CREW THIS 
AFTERNOON OR THIS MORNING.
BUT THEY ARE DOWN ONE OF THE 
GENERATORS ON BOARD.
THEY'LL USE THAT HIGH TKROL IING
LIFT AND GET DRAGON UP OUT.
WATER AND ON BOARD.
THE SHIP ITSELF HAS A FULL DECK 
AREA WHERE IT HAS AFRAME ON THE 
BACK OF THE SHIP.
WE'LL GET SOME VIEWS FROM THE 
BOAT THROUGHOUT THE OPERATIONS 
ONCE WE GET A LITTLE CLOSE ERR.
BUT THAT AFRAME USED TO 
PHYSICALLY LIFT DRAGON OUT OF 
THE WATER AND ON TO THE DECK, 
THE CREW STAYS IN THEIR SUITS 
AND SEATS THE ENTIRE TIME 
THEY'RE IN THE WATER AS LONG AS 
EVERYTHING IS FOLLOWING THE 
NOMINAL TIMELINE AND GET PICKED 
UP OUT OF THE WATER AND PUT INTO
THE DRAGON NEST ON THE BOAT 
MOVED UNDER THE HELIDECK YOU 
MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPOT THE MAIN 
PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT AFTER THEY 
INFLATE THOSE.
THEY ARE DEPLOYED AROUND 6,000 
FEET WHENEVER DRAGON IS 
DESENDING WHEN IT HITS 6,000 
FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE 
OCEAN.
THE MAIN PARACHUTE WILL DEPLOY 
AND TAKES A MINUTE OR SO FOR 
THEM TO FULLY DEPLOY OUT INTO 
THEIR LARGER STATE CAPTURING ALL
THE AIR FLOW BUT IT IS POSSIBLE 
I THINK IF YOU'RE IN THE 
PENSACOLA AREA AND YOU HAVE 
REALLY KEEN EYES YOU MIGHT BE 
ABLE TO SPOT THOSE ORANGE AND 
WHITE PARACHUTE OFF IN THE 
DISTANCE.
THE CAPSULE FROM THAT DISTANCE 
WOULD BE PRETTY SMALL, SO NO 
PROBLEMS.
BUT IT MIGHT BE WORTH A LOOK.
IF YOU'RE IN PENSACOLA TAKE A 
LOOK SOUTH AND AROUND 11:48 A.M.
PACIFIC OR 18:48 UNIVERSAL.
>>  IT'S ON WHAT WE CALL AN 
ASCENDING APPROACH.
SO IF YOU'RE AT PENSACOLA 
LOOKING SOUTH THE CAPSULE WILL 
BE HEADING TOWARDS YOU TOWARDS 
THE SOUTH.
IT WILL BE MOVING SOUTH  SO 
IT 
WOULD BRING IT OVER THE U BEFORE
IT SPLASHED DOWN BUT WE ARE ON 
ASCENDING ONE TODAY.
SO IT WILL ARCHLY BE OVER IN THE
GULF THE WHOLE WAY IN DURING 
THAT FINAL VISIT.
>> WE ARE TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS 
THROUGH TWITTER THIS MORNING BE 
SURE TO USE THE #ASKNASA.
WE'LL TRY TO GET TO AS MANY AS 
MANY AS WE CAN.
NEXT QUESTION FROM ANDREW.
WHY CAN'T DRAGON --
>> GO, SPACEX.
>>  YEAH, MIKE, COULD YOU TAKE 
THE INTERIOR CAMERAS DOWN FOR A 
FEW 
.
>>  SO AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THIS
QUESTION FROM ANDREW COMING TO 
US FROM THE #ASKNASA.
WHY CAN'T DRAGON MAKE A STRAIGHT
DOWNWARD DESCENT? 
YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN 
DRAGON IS AT THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION, IT IS AT THE SAME
VELOCITY.
IT IS GOING 17,500 MILES PER 
HOUR AND IT IS ORBITING THE 
EARTH.
IN ORDER TO HAVE IT PERFORM A 
LANDING OF STRAIGHT DOWN, YOU 
WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF 
FORCE TO STOP IT GOING FROM THAT
FAST AND THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE DUE
TO CONSTRAINTS LIKE HAVING THE 
FUEL AND SIZE OF THE CAPSULE AND
ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
SO --
>> WE SHOULD BE EXTERNAL CAMERAS
AT THIS TIME.
>>  THANK, MIKE.
>>  SO THERE WAS THAT 
CONFIRMATION FROM SPACEX CORE 
THAT THE INTERNAL CABIN CAMERAS 
HAVE BEEN SHUT OFF.
DRAGON'S RE-ENTRY CAN'T BE 
STRAIGHT DOWN BECAUSE YOU WOULD 
NEED SOME SORT OF FORCE IN ORDER
TO STOP IT, THANKS TO NEWTON'S 
SECOND LAW.
THAT BEING SAID IN ORBITAL 
RE-ENTRY LIKE WE DO USE IS 
HIGHLY CAL  COUP ABL /-*
FROM TERRY AND THE DOG.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING 15 OR 16 
MILES AN HOUR, WILL BE THE FEED 
WHEN THE CAPSULE TOUCHES DOWN IN
THE GULF OF MEXICO.
WE'RE TARGETING OFF THE COAST OF
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, THAT'S WHERE
GO NAVIGATOR IS IN ROUTE TO.
WHEN THE CAPSULE IS REENTERING 
THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, IT WILL 
SLOW DOWN AND WE WILL DEPLOY 
PARACHUTES TO FURTHER SLOW IT 
DOWN.
BY THE TIME IT HITS THE TOP OF 
THE OCEAN, IT IS GOING, 15, 16 
MILES AN HOUR.
>>  OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
EZEKIEL AND HOW DO WE BUY 
TICKETS TO TRAVEL TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
GOOD TIMING.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING 
AT IN THE NOT TO DISTANT FUTURE 
AND THEY SUPPORT TWO PRIVATE 
ASTRONAUT MISSIONS PER YEAR.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF COMPANIES, 
SPACEX INCLUDED THAT HAS BEEN 
WORKING TO DEVELOP THE 
CAPABILITY TO FLY PRIVATE 
CITIZENS INTO SPACE AND 
POTENTIALLY TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
I SAY FOLLOW THE INDUSTRY AND 
KEEP AN EYE OUT.
THE PRICES WILL BE HIGH AT 
FIRST, ESPECIALLY FOR MOST OF 
US.
THAT REALLY IS A MAJOR GOAL 
RIGHT NOW OF A LOT OF SPACE 
TRAVELERS TO TRY AND OPEN IT UP 
TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY
GOVERNMENT.
THEY HAVE THE BUDGETS TO DO 
THESE THINGS.
WE'VE SEEN BASICALLY AN 
EXPLOSION OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY
IN LOWER ORBIT.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
HAS BEEN THE CORNER STONE OF 
ENABLING THAT ENTIRE MARKET, 
WITH A MARKETPLACE AND A 
CAPABILITY FOR RESEARCH AND 
TRANSPORTATION AND A NUMBER OF 
OTHER THINGS AND WE WANT TO PUT 
A LOT OF PARTNERS IN THE SPACE 
INDUSTRY TO TRY TO GROW THAT 
EVEN MORE.
>>  YEAH.
ANOTHER QUESTION FROM TWITTER, 
HOW AIRTIGHT IS THE ISS.
THE ISS IS COMPLETELY AIRTIGHT, 
GIVEN IT IS ORBITING EARTH IN 
THE VACUUM OF SPACE.
THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE 
SAFE FOR THE CREW.
>>  IT IS AIRTIGHT.
THERE IS ENOUGH THAT YOU'LL GET 
A TINY LEAK SOMETIMES.
SO IT IS NEVER ANYTHING WHERE 
YOU'LL -- YOU'LL BE UP AGAINST 
THE SIDE OF THE HATCH BUT JUST 
BECAUSE MAKING SOMETHING 
PERFECTLY VACUUM PROOF IS HARD, 
ESPECIALLY WITH INTERCONNECTING 
PARTS AND WE HAVE TO 
OCCASIONALLY INJECT ADDITIONAL 
BREATHING GASES IN THE SPACE 
STATION ATMOSPHERE.
WE DELIVER THEM IN THE SUPER 
DENSE SPHERES AND NITROGEN AND 
OXYGEN AND REGENERATION SYSTEMS 
TO TOP OFF THE ATMOSPHERE INSIDE
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
GREAT QUESTION.
LET'S DO ONE MORE FROM ANDREA.
WHY IS SPACECRAFTLY 
PAINTED WHITE.
>>  THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
GENERALLY SPEAKING IT COMES DOWN
TO PREFERENCE.
ALL SPACEX VEHICLES ARE -- 
APPRAISAL VEHICLES ARE BLACK AND
WHITE AND STARSHIP IS CURRENTLY 
SILVER.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT'S 
STILL IN DEVELOPMENT.
OUR OPERATIONAL VEHICLES ARE 
BLACK OR WHITE AND IN THIS CASE,
IT SO HAPPENS THAT -- THAT -- 
THAT IN ORDER TO CONFORM TO THE 
AESTHETIC, THE PAINT WE USE, THE
THERMAL PROTECTIVE PAINT ON TOP 
OF THE CAPSULE.
WE MAKE IT WHITE.
>>  A LOT OF OTHER THINGS ARE 
WHITE EXACTLY FOR THE REASON 
THAT KATE JUST SAID, THOSE 
THERMAL PROPERTIES.
WHEN YOU'RE IN OUTER SPACE, THE 
ONLY WAY TO ABSORB OR REJECT 
HEAT.
IF YOU FEEL HOTTER, YOUR SHIRT 
IS ABSORBING MORE RADIATION.
TO HELP KEEP THINGS KERL, YOU 
PAINT THEM WHITE WITH THE 
REFLECTIVE, OR VERY LOW COATING 
AND THAT CAN HELP MAINTAIN A 
BETTER THERMAL.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS WE CALL 
THERMAL BLANKETS THAT ARE WHITE 
FABRICS THAT COVER UP METALLIC 
AREAS OF THE SPACE STATION THAT 
WOULD ORDINARILY GET HOT AND 
THEY KEEP COOL WITH THAT COLOR.
>>  AGAIN, WE'RE TAKING YOUR 
QUESTIONS THROUGH HASH TAG ASK 
NASA ON TWITTER.
BE SURE TO SUBMIT THOSE AND 
WE'LL GET TO AS MEN AS WE CAN.
WE WATCH BOB AND DOUG.
WE'RE LESS THAN THREE HOURS AWAY
FROM THINGS STARTING TO PICK UP.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR 
ALL OF THOSE EVENTS WE TALKED 
THROUGH AND EVERYTHING IS STILL 
ON TRACK FOR A SPLASHDOWN TODAY.
STAY TUNED.
SPACEX, 4.00.
>>  GO AHEAD, SPACEX.
WE'RE A COUPLE OF MINUTES IN THE
TIME.
WE HAVE 4.00 PREPARATION AND WE 
ARE STANDING BY.
>>  OKAY.
COPY THAT.
WE'RE THROUGH SECTION THREE AND 
WE'LL REPORT THE STATUS IN A FEW
MINUTES AND JUST STATUS FOR 
THAT, WE'VE STARTED 
[INDISCERNIBLE].
>>  OKAY.
SPACEX, COPY, WE LISTEN TO THE 
INVENTORY AND YOU GOT THE 
PERMITS AND GARMENTS AND STARTED
LOADING.
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.
>>  SO WE HEARD A CALL UP TO THE
CREW AS THEY'RE GETTING INTO -- 
INTO SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES TO
GET READY FOR THE DEORBIT.
THEY'RE IN THEIR COMFORT 
GARMENT, THE BLACK ATHLETIC 
CLOTHES THAT THEY WEAR UNDER 
THEIR SUITS AND THEY'RE IN 
COMPRESSION SHORTS AND THAT 
HELPS TO SQUEEZE, TO INCREASE 
THE BLOOD FLOW AS ALL OF THE 
FLUID BEING UP AROUND THEIR 
HEADS AND BEING BACK IN A 
GRAVITY SITUATION WHERE YOUR 
BLOOD AND EVERYTHING POOLS 
AROUND YOUR LEGS JUST DUE TO THE
GRAVITY.
THIS FORCES SOME BLOOD BACK UP 
SO IT IS NOT AS JARRING A 
TRANSITION FROM THE SHIFT 
HAPPENING.
THEY'RE DOING THAT TO PREPARE 
FOR THE GRAVITY AND FLUID 
LOADING AND HELP WITH THE STATIC
INTOLERANCE.
ESSENTIALLY THEY WON'T FEEL AS 
DIZZY OR DISORIENTED WHEN THEY 
GET BACK DOWN.
IT INCREASES PLASMA IN THE BLOOD
FOR WHEN THEY REENTER GRAVITY.
>>  IT IS EXCITING TO HEAR 
THEY'RE BEGINNING TO ENTER THE 
LAST PHASES THEY AS CREW MEMBERS
NEED TO COMPLETE PRIOR TO 
REENTRY.
WE'RE TWO HOURS AND 20 MINUTES 
AWAY FROM THE NEXT PHYSICAL 
MILESTONE IN TERMS OF THE 
VEHICLE ITSELF.
WE HAVE WHAT IS KNOWN AS CLOTH 
PREPARATION AND THAT'S WHERE THE
-- WHERE THE MECHANISM THAT 
BASICALLY CONTAINS THE UMBILICAL
FOR POWER AND FLUIDS BETWEEN THE
TRUNK AND THE TASSEL.
WE WILL SEPARATE THAT IN ORDER 
TO JETSON THE TRUNK AND THE HEAT
SHIELD WILL BE EXPOSED AND 
DRAGON WILL BE READY FOR 
REENTRY.
A COUPLE OF MINUTES AFTER WE 
JETSON THE TRUNK AWAY FROM THE 
CAPSULE, WE'LL MANEUVER IT TO 
PERFORM THE DEORBIT BURN.
THIS WILL BE THE BURN THAT 
PLACES DRAGON ON ITS FINAL 
TRAJECTORY.
WE'RE AIMING FOR THE GULF OF 
MEXICO TODAY OFF THE COAST OF 
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.
AFTER THE BURN COMPLETES AND 
EXPECT THAT TO BE ABOUT 11 1/2 
MINUTES WE WILL THEN CLOSE THE 
NOSE CONE AND LOCK IT AND AFTER 
THAT COMPLETES, WE'LL BEGIN TO 
REENTER THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE 
AND THINGS WILL GET PRETTY HOT.
>>  EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE 
STANDING BY IN THE RECOVERY ZONE
ONCE THEY'RE DONE WITH THAT 
DEORBIT BURN AND REENTRY INTO 
THE ATMOSPHERE AND LANDING WITH 
A PARACHUTE.
THIS IS A LIVE VIEW FROM THE GO 
NAVIGATOR AND STILL MAKING ITS 
WAY TO THE RECOVERY ZONE.
IT LEFT PORT JUST A FEW HOURS 
AGO, JUST ABOUT TWO HOURS AND 
TEN MINUTES AGO, MAKING ITS WAY 
OUT FROM PENSACOLA TO THE 
ANTICIPATED SPLASH DOWN ZONE.
IT IS THREE NAUGHT CALL MILES 
AWAY FROM THE SPLASH DOWN SITE 
AND IT WILL TAKE 30 MINUTES TO 
CLOSE IN ON THE CASTLE FOLLOWING
THE SPLASH DOWN.
AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, THAT 
WAS PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY ISSUE 
CAME UP SO FAR WAS A BACKUP 
GENERATOR ON THE NAVIGATOR.
THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GET A 
REPLACEMENT ONE ON BOARD.
BUT ALL OF THE FLIGHT RULES 
ENABLE US TO GO THROUGH THIS 
APPLICATION AND THE RADAR IS 
STILL CAPABLE OF EFFECTING A 
RECOVERY THIS MORNING.
>>  THAT TIME, WE'RE LOOKING AT 
11:48 A.M. PACIFIC AND 18:48 
UNIVERSAL.
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A NAP, YOU 
HAVE A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE 
THE ACTION KICKS IN.
WE'LL BRING YOU COVERAGE THROUGH
THE MISSION.
WE'LL HAVE MORE GREAT VIEWS FROM
GO NAVIGATOR, OUR RECOVERY SHIP 
MAKING ITS WAY TO THE SPLASH 
DOWN LOCATION.
LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, THE 
RECOVERY VESSEL IS CURRENTLY 
CARRYING ABOUT 40 PEOPLE.
THEY ALL HAVE -- IT IS ACTUALLY 
A COMBINATION OF SPACEX AND NASA
PEOPLE.
THEY ALL HAVE SPECIFIC JOBS AND 
WHENEVER WE'RE PERFORMING THE 
RECOVERY OPERATIONS ONLY A SMALL
HANDFUL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE
ONBOARD BECAUSE SAFETY IS THE 
TOP PRIORITY, NOT ONLY FOR BOB 
AND DOUG BUT FOR THE PERSONNEL 
ON BOARD.
WE'LL MAKE SURE UNNECESSARY 
PERSONNEL ARE AWAY AND IN ONE OF
THE BACK ROOMS WHERE THE 
OPERATIONAL DECK AND THE 
RECOVERY -- DURING ACTIVE 
RECOVERY OPERATIONS WE'LL HAVE 
THE KEY PERSONNEL INVOLVED.
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE -- THE 
DESCENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH 
SPLASH DOWN AS WELL AS THE FAST 
APPROACH, THOSE ARE THE TWO 
SMALLER ONES THAT MAKE THEIR WAY
THROUGH DRAGON AS IT SPLASHES 
DOWN.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE DOING 
THE INITIAL PREPARATION OF THE 
CASTLE, PREPARING IT TO BE 
LIFTED OUT OF THE WATER AND ON 
TO THE RECOVERY VESSEL.
WE HAVE QUITE A BIT COMING UP.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING 
ABLE TO SHOW YOU ALL OF THIS.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE 
RECOVERY TEAM IS A NEWER ONE.
THE WHOLE PROCESS IS NEWER.
IT IS REALLY COOL THAT WE GET TO
SHOW CASE THEM A BIT.
THE LAST TIME WE WERE ABLE TO DO
SO WAS A YEAR AGO, YEAR AND A 
HALF ON THE DEMO ONE MISSION.
BE SURE TO STAY TUNED THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRE RECOVERY PROCESS.
ONCE THE CAPSULE IS OUT OF THE 
WATER AND SECURED TO THE DECK OF
THE SHIP, THAT WILL BE OUR FIRST
OPPORTUNITY TO GET A THUMBS UP 
FROM BOB AND DOUG INDICATING 
THEY'RE FEELING GOOD AFTER THEIR
RETURN.
>>  WE EXPECT IT TO TAKE AN HOUR
FROM SPLASH DOWN TO THEM GETTING
OUT OF THE CAPSULE.
A LOT WILL BE THE INITIAL CHECKS
HAPPENING IN THE OPENING MINUTES
FOLLOWING SPLASH DOWN AND IT 
TAKES 30 MINUTES FOR THE PRIMARY
VESSEL TO GO NAVIGATOR, TO GET 
CLOSE TO THE DRAGON CAPSULE.
IT WILL TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO 
MOVE IT UP ON THE BOAT AND 
TOWARDS THE CREW RECOVERY 
PLATFORM, THE PLATFORM WITH -- 
WITH -- ENOUGH SPACE FOR JUST A 
COUPLE OF PEOPLE, UNDERNEATH A 
HELIPAD.
THE FLIGHT SURGE OWEN WILL GO IN
AND DO A QUICK CHECK ON THEM 
MAKING SURE THEY'RE READY TO 
COME OUT.
IT WILL ASSIST THEM OUT OF THE 
CASTLE AND IMMEDIATELY OVER TO A
MEDICAL FACILITY ON BOARD AND WE
LOOK TO LAND A HELICOPTER ON 
BOARD THE SHIP AND THEY'LL CATCH
A FLIGHT BACK TO PENSACOLA.
>>  AFTER THAT, THEY'LL ALSO BE 
TRANSPORTED BY AIRPLANE BACK TO 
HOUSTON AFTER THEY COMPLETE THE 
CHECKOUTS AT PENSACOLA AIR 
STATION.
THEN THE BEST PART OF THE DAY, 
FAMILY REUNIONS.
I'M SURE BOB AND DOUG ARE 
LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO
GIVE THEIR FAMILY HUGS AGAIN AND
IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS, IF YOU 
WERE TUNED IN EARLIER, YOU MAY 
HAVE CAUGHT THE SPECIAL WAKE-UP 
MESSAGE SENT TO BOB AND DOUG TO 
BRING THEM OUT OF THEIR SLEEP 
PHASE.
IT WAS NOTHING SHORT OF PRECIOUS
AND ADORABLE, A MESSAGE FROM 
BOTH OF THEIR SONS.
THEY EACH HAVE ONE SON.
IT WAS A NICE AUDIO RECORDING 
SAYING DADDY, WAKE UP.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK IT OUT.
IT IS HEARTWARMING AND QUITE A 
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE 
TO SHARE A MOMENT LIKE THAT WITH
THEIR FAMILY FROM FAR AWAY.
>>  GOOD THING WE HAVE WEATHER, 
BECAUSE SOUNDS LIKE THEY EXPECT 
THEIR DAD HOME TODAY.
MOM IS GOING TO GET A DOG SO 
THEY'RE EXCITED.
EVERYTHING HAS GONE SMOOTHLY 
WITH DRAGON'S FLIGHT.
IT STARTED YESTERDAY ON SATURDAY
WHEN THEY LOADED IN AND DEPARTED
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
SINCE THEN WE HAD A SERIES OF 
STEPS, ALL EXECUTED FOLLOW 
THROUGH.
TODAY THIS IS OUR PRIME 
LOCATION, THIS IS OUR PRIME 
OPPORTUNITY.
SO ONCE WE UNDOCK FROM THE 
STATION, DRAGON HAD -- HAD -- 
HAD IDENTIFIED PRIME AND BACKUP,
THE ALTERNATE WHICH WAS SEVERAL 
DAYS LATER.
IF WE WERE UNABLE TO LAND TODAY,
WE WOULD TARGET A DIFFERENT SITE
48 HOURS LATER, IT IS ACTUALLY 
ABOUT 47 HOURS FROM THE INITIAL 
SPLASHDOWN TARGET TO THE 
SECONDARY.
THE SECONDARY WAS LOGGED IN AS 
PANAMA CITY.
EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GREAT WITH
THE WEATHER TODAY.
AS WE TALKED, WE HAD CONSTRAINTS
OF 10 MILES AN HOUR FOR THE WIND
AND OUR INITIAL WEATHER REPORT 
LAST NIGHT, WE WERE A MILE AN 
HOUR AND GOT UPGRADED TO TO 
MILES AN HOUR.
WINDS HAVE DOUBLED BUT WHEN YOU 
GO FROM ONE TO TWO MILES AN 
HOUR, WELL WITHIN THE LIMIT.
STILL LOOKING FORWARD TO IF AND 
SPLASH DOWN.
>>  THE MOST RECENT WEATHER 
REPORT IS THAT THE WAVES ARE 
LOOK REALLY CALM.
THE -- THE THRESHOLD FOR THE 
WAVES IS BASED ON HOW HIGH THE 
WAVE IS GOING TO GET AND HOW 
FREQUENTLY.
WAVES OCCUR IN THIS TYPE OF 
PATTERN.
WE CAN'T HAVE WAVES HIGH VERY 
FREQUENTLY.
THAT MAKES RECOVERY OPERATIONS 
DANGEROUS.
WE'RE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE
LAST INFORMATION WE GOT 
REGARDING THE WEATHER 
ANTICIPATED A SPLASH DOWN ARE 
VERY SMALL WAVES.
PULL IT UP HERE REAL QUICK.
IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE, HERE WE 
GO.
JUST A HALF A FOOT EVERY SECOND.
IT IS IF YOU'RE OCEAN BASELINE 
IS HERE, EVERY SIX SECONDS YOUR 
OCEAN -- IF YOUR OCEAN BASELINE 
IS HERE YOUR WAVE COMES UP HALF 
A FOOT EVERY SIX SECONDS.
IT IS CALM AND WE'RE REALLY 
HAPPY TO SEE THAT WHILE 
UNFORTUNATELY THE -- THE WEATHER
AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN LANDING 
ZONES WAS COOL OPERATING.
WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT THE 
ANTICIPATED WEATHER FOR SPLASH 
DOWN TODAY IS GOING TO BE MILD 
AND BASED ON THE VIEWS THAT WE 
WERE SEEING FROM GO NAVIGATOR 
EARLIER QUITE A PICTURE PERFECT 
DAY.
>>  WE TRACK IT CLOSELY.
IF YOU FOLLOW SINCE MAY, WEATHER
WAS IN THE CONVERSATION AND WE 
HAD TO SCRUB THE FIRST ATTEMPT 
DUE TO BAD WEATHER IN THE AREA.
WE'RE ABLE TO PINPOINT BETWEEN 
CLOUDS FOR THE SECOND LAUNCH ON 
MAY 30th AND THEN, WE WERE 
WATCHING IT EXTREMELY CLOSELY 
TODAY TOO.
OR EVEN IN THE LEADUP TO WHERE 
WE ARE TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE 
WEATHER CHECKPOINTS RIGHT BEFORE
LANDING.
THAT'S THE FINAL OPPORTUNITY.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FROM
TWITTER, JUST A REMINDER, ASK 
NASA ON TWITTER.
THIS ONE, IF THE SPLASHDOWN WAS 
SCRUBBED COULD DRAGON GO BACK OR
COULD THEY BE IN THE ORBIT ON 
THEIR OWN.
FOR THIS MISSION WE DON'T HAVE A
PLAN SOCIALLY TO RERENDEZVOUS.
WE HAD GOOD WEATHER AND 
ALTERNATE AND PRIME LOCATION.
IF FOR SOME REASON WE WAVE OFF 
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO FROM 
PENSACOLA, DRAGON WOULD 
CONTINUE.
IT WOULD MAKE ADJUSTMENTS OVER 
THE NEXT 47 HOURS AND WE WOULD 
HAVE SPLASHDOWN AT PANAMA CITY.
WE HAVE IT LOCKED IN AT THE 
ALTERNATE SITE A FEW HOURS AGO.
UP UNTIL THAT POINT FOR THE 
FIRST -- ABOUT THE FIRST 12 
HOURS OR SO, DRAGON HAS THE 
ABILITY TO CHANGE ALTERNATE 
SITES SO WE COULD HAVE TARGETED 
ONE OF THE OTHER SITES, AND 
POTENTIALLY, TWO DAYS LATER, BUT
WE WERE ABLE TO LOCK IN PANAMA 
CITY.
AND NOT ANTICIPATING TO NEED 
THAT BUT DRAGON HAS THE ABILITY 
TO WAVE OFF AND REATTEMPT A 
SPLASHDOWN TWO DAYS LATER.
>>  AS WE MENTIONED, DRAGON WILL
PERFORM A DEORBIT BURN AND THAT 
WILL LAST 11 1/2 MINUTES.
WE SEND DRAGON ON THE TRAJECTORY
TO THE LANDING ZONE.
THAT MANEUVERING IS PERFORMED A 
LITTLE LESS THAN AN HOUR PRIOR 
TO SPLASHDOWN ITSELF.
LIKE DAN SAID, DEFINITELY 
CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE 
WEATHER UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT.
THERE'S FLEXIBILITY IF WE WAVE 
OFF AND THEY WOULD REMAIN IN THE
CAPSULE.
>>  NEXT QUESTION, BRIAN WANTED 
TO KNOW WHAT WERE BOB AND DOUG 
DOING IN SPACE? 
THEY SPENT 62 DAYS ON BOARD THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AS 
CREW MEMBERS OF EXPEDITION 63.
THEY WERE FULLY FLEDGED CREW 
MEMBERS.
THEY DID THE FULL GAMUT OF 
OPERATIONS, THEY DID EVERYTHING 
FROM EXECUTING SCIENCE, 
CONTRIBUTING MORE THAN 100 HOURS
OF THEIR TIME, EXECUTING SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS FROM PRETTY MUCH 
EVERY DISCIPLINE THERE.
AND TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS TO
JUST LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE 
HUMAN BODY AND HOW IT ADAPTS TO 
SPACEFLIGHT.
BOB WAS PART OF FOUR SPACE WALKS
ALONG WITH CHRIS CASSIDY.
THEY NOW HAVE TEN SPACE WALKS IN
THEIR CAREER AND TIED THEM WITH 
MIKE LOPEZ AND PEGGY.
THEY WERE BUSY ON THE SPACE 
STATION.
I KNOW CHRIS CASSIDY WAS HAPPY 
TO HAVE HELP ON BOARD AND IT IS 
HIM AND THE TWO RUSSIAN 
COSMONAUTS AND THEY'RE BACK IN 
THE SITUATION.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 
CREW ONE COMING UP THIS FALL.
>>  THEY STAY ON THE SPACE 
STATION AND IN ADDITION IT 
SPACEWALK AND PERFORMING SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS.
YOU ALSO HAVE TO EAT.
YOU HAVE TO SLEEP AND YOU HAVE 
TO EXERCISE.
IT IS REALLY EASY TO SEE HOW 
WHENEVER THERE ARE ONLY A COUPLE
OF PEOPLE ON THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION, THAT EXERCISE AND
SEATING AND SLEEPING ARE 
ESSENTIAL.
EXERCISE HELPS TO KEEP THE BODY 
STRONG AND TRY TO PREVENT THE 
EFFECTS THAT MICRO GRAVITY HAS 
ON THE BODY.
IN TERMS WHAT MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN 
SHIFTED OUT, IT IS NOT EXERCISE 
AND EATING AND SLEEPING AND 
HAVING TWO EXTRA HANDS ON BOARD 
AND SPACEWALK PERFORMING SCIENCE
ON BOARD WAS HELPFUL.
THEY COM PLETTED MISSION 
OBJECTIVE WHILE IT WAS DOCKED, 
MAKING SURE THE BATTERY LIFE WAS
AS EXPECTED AND THE SOLAR PANELS
WERE ABSORBING AND GENERATING 
POWER AS EXPECTED.
I'M SURE BY THE TIME THEY GET 
HOME, THEY'LL BE PRETTY TIRED 
NOT JUST FROM THE DYNAMIC OF 
EVENTS HAPPENING TODAY BUT JUST 
FROM THE LAST TWO MONTHS AS A 
WHOLE.
I'M GETTING TIRED JUST THINKING 
ABOUT IT.
>>  READY FOR A BREAK.
YEAH.
>>  OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
PHILIP HARTMAN.
HOW MUCH TRAINING DOES IT TAKE 
TO CONTROL THE TECHNOLOGY ON 
DRAGON AND THINGS ON SPACE 
STATION? 
I CAN TOUCH ON THE SPACE STATION
STUFF.
WE TRAIN CREW MEMBERS FOR ABOUT 
TWO YEARS.
WE HAD A COUPLE THAT KIND OF -- 
KIND OF CRAM IN THE TRAINING A 
LITTLE SHORTER THAN THAT.
BUT TYPICALLY, ABOUT TWO YEARS 
OUT AND SPEND THE ENTIRE TIME 
TRAINING TO DO TASKS ON BOARD 
THE SPACE STATION.
EVERYTHING FROM OPERATING THE 
BASIC FACILITIES LEARNING HOW TO
REPAIR THE HARDWARE AND THE 
THING THAT GENERATES YOUR OXYGEN
AND HAS A WATER RECYCLING SYSTEM
AND THEY GET CRASH COURSES IN 
OPERATING A BUNCH OF SCIENCE 
HARDWARE ON BOARD THE SPACE 
STATION.
YOU HAVE TO BECOME A 
JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES WHEN YOU'RE 
UP THERE.
ONE DAY YOU'RE A MECHANIC AND 
THEN YOUR A PHYSICIST AND THE 
NEXT DAY YOU'RE SPACEWALKING.
THEY GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF 
TRAINING.
IT IS DONE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
>>  CAN'T CALL A HANDYMAN WHEN 
SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
NEXT QUESTION FROM ABBY, THIS IS
THE HASH TAG, ASK NASA ON 
TWITTER.
THIS MAY BE A SILLY QUESTION BUT
IS THERE A TELESCOPE THAT THE 
CREW CAN USE?
>>  THEY DON'T HAVE A TELESCOPE.
THEY DON'T HAVE MANY WINDOWS 
THAT LOOK UP AT THE STARS.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SCIENCE 
EXPERIMENTS THAT ARE ON THE 
SPACE STATION THAT USE ITS 
POSITION OUTSIDE THE EARTH'S 
ATMOSPHERE.
WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE NOT 
NECESSARILY TELESCOPES BUT THE 
SPETRO METRE.
AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR PULL 
SARS THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE.
IT IS A FUTURISTIC VERSION OF 
GPS AND LOOKING FOR A SYSTEM OR 
A MASK WHERE YOU COULD USE PULL 
SARS, THE BRIGHTEST OBJECTS IN 
THE UNIVERSE TO NAVIGATE.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO 
WORRY ABOUT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE 
NOT LEAVING THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
WE'RE LEARNING HOW TO DO THAT 
AND USE THE SPACE STATION TO DO 
IT.
THEY HAVE LENSES FOR THE 
CAMERAS, THOSE ARE GOING DOWN 
TOWARDS IT.
NEXT QUESTION WANTED TO KNOW HOW
DOES THE COMMUNICATION WORK? 
IS IT DONE THROUGH SATELLITES?
>>  YES.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE SPACE 
STATION ORBITING EARTH, IT IS A 
SATELLITE.
AS WELL AS A SPACESHIP.
AND WE HAVE GROUND STATIONS THAT
PROVIDE UPLINKS AND DOWNLINKS AS
WELL AS FROM THE DRAGON CAPSULE 
AS WELL.
WE TRY TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE 
HERE AT MISSION CONTROL FOR 
TRYING TO REDUCE LATENCY AND WE 
GET HIGH QUALITY FEEDS.
WE TRY TO AVOID PING-PONGING AS 
MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS BUT 
GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE GO FROM 
CAPSULE TO GROUND IN SHORT A 
DISTANCE AS POSSIBLE.
>>  DO YOU HAVE A FULL-SIZE 
MOCKUP IN A TRAINING FACILITY?
>>  WE HAVE SEVERAL, ACTUALLY.
WE HAVE A BUILDING CALLED THE 
SPACE VEHICLE MOCKUP FACILITIES 
A THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN 
HOUSTON WHERE WE HAVE A 
FULL-SIZED MOCKUP OF EVERY 
HABITABLE MODULE, THAT'S SAYING 
EVERY MODULE YOU CAN GO INSIDE.
THERE'S A HUGE PART OF THE SPACE
STATION ITSELF THAT IS EXTERNAL 
AND IS NOT PRESSURIZED AND THE 
ASTRONAUTS REALLY ONLY SEE WHEN 
THEY'RE SPACEWALKING.
SO FAMILIARIZE THEM WITH THAT 
PART, WE HAVE THE FULL-SIZE 
MOCKUP IN THE BOTTOM OF OUR 
SWIMMING POOL.
THEY PRACTICE HOW TO SPACEWALK 
AND WE HAVE SEVERAL.
DIFFERENT FIDELITY IS WHAT WE 
CALL THEM.
THEY HAVE REAL RACKS AND SCIENCE
HARDWARE AND REAL OXYGEN 
GENERATION SYSTEM BUILT IN.
THEN YOU HAVE SOME THAT ARE KIND
OF REPRESENTATIVE OF THEM.
THEY'LL BE FULL-SIZED BUT THEY 
MIGHT HAVE LIKE -- LIKE A -- A 
PRINTED POSTER OF WHAT IS ON THE
WALL HERE.
YOU CAN USE THINGS LIKE THAT FOR
EMERGENCY TRAINING.
WE REALLY TRY TO DO TRAINING ON 
THE GROUND AND DRAGON IN 
SOMETHING THAT IS LIFE LIKE FOR 
WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO BE FLYING 
ON ONCE THEY'RE IN SPACE.
BY THE TIME THEY GET THERE, A 
LOT OF ACTIONS FEEL LIKE 
REFLEXES.
>>  AT THIS POINT, WE'RE GOING 
TO CHECK IN ON DRAGON.
IT IS ABOUT TO GO OVER EASTERN 
EUROPE.
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW OUR GROUND 
TRACK HERE AND ALLOW YOU TO 
FOLLOW ALONG.
LET ME CHECK MY TIMER HERE.
WE STILL HAVE TWO HOURS AND ONE 
MINUTE UNTIL OUR MAJOR MILESTONE
BEGINS.
THAT WILL BEGIN THE PREPARATION 
TO JETSON THE TRUNK.
THAT'S COMING UP IN TWO HOURS 
AND ONE MINUTE.
AT 10:51 PACIFIC.
STAY WITH US AND ENJOY WATCHING 
DRAGON BE TRAVERSE THE EARTH.
DRAGON FOR INVENTORY.
DRAGON IS READY AFTER LOADING.
FROM LOCATION 10, TWO ADDITIONAL
MODELS WERE CONSUMED FROM 207 
AND ONE FROM 206.
206 WITH TWO REMAINING.
LOCATION NINE, THREE BOTTLES 
CONSUMED FROM 203.
SO THAT LEAVES 203 AND 204 
EMPTY.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS FOR THE 
PACKING.
>>  THANKS FOR THE UPDATE.
LOOKS LIKE BAG 207 CONSUMED TWO.
208 IS EMPTY.
AND THEN LOCATION, WE COPY TWO 
BOTTLES FROM 203 AND THAT MEANS 
203 AND 204 EMPTY.
THE REST FOR PACKING PLAN.
>>  FROM LOCATION NINE, 203 AND 
204 ARE EMPTY.
AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS PER THE 
PACKING PLAN.
>>  COPY LOCATION NINE, 
CORRECTION, 203 AND 204 EMPTY.
THE REST PER THE PACKING PLAN.
JUST ONE MORE CHECK, CAN YOU 
TELL US THE TOTAL NUMBER OF 
BOTTLES CONSUMED?
>>  TRY TO GET A MATCH FOR MY
NOTES HERE.
>>  I BELIEVE WE CONSUMED 13 
BOTTLES.
>>  COPY, 13 BOTTLES.
WE'LL RECONCILE OUR RECORD DOWN 
HERE AND LET YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>  THANKS.
WE'RE ABOUT TO CLOSE OUT 
LOCATIONS NINE AND TEN AND BE 
SUITED.
SO IT IS -- IT IS NOT GOING TO 
BE PRACTICAL TO GO BACK IN AND 
REINVENTORY EVERYTHING, IF 
THERE'S QUESTIONS AFTER ABOUT 30
MINUTES.
PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU CAN.
>>  OKAY.
WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR LOCATION 
TEN, BAG 206, CAN YOU READ BACK 
THE QUANTITY THERE REMAINING? 
>> IT LOOKS LIKE -- LIKE -- I 
MADE
.
I THOUGHT THEY HAD THREE 
BUFFALOS IN EACH ONE.
ONE WAS REMOVED.
WE'LL GET THE BAG TO COUNT THE 
QUANTITY INSIDE OF 206.
>>  WE HAVE A GOOD REBOUND ON 
THE 206 STARTED AT FIVE BOTTLE.
IF YOU KNOW YOU TOOK TWO OUT OF 
THERE WE WILL CALL THAT THREE.
>>  NOW FROM 206 WE TOOK A 
SINGLE BOTTLE OUT.
LET ME COUNT THEM FOR YOU.
>>  OKAY.
THANKS FOR THAT.
DOUBLE CHECK.
206, FOUR BOTTLES REMAINING.
>>  THANKS THAT MATH MAKES MORE 
SENSE.
APPRECIATE IT.
GOING TO THE FINAL PHASE OF THE 
MISSION.
WE DEPARTED THE SPACE STATION 
YESTERDAY AND IT HAS BEEN A 
SMOOTH RIDE SO FAR.
EVERYTHING KICKED OFF BACK ON 
SATURDAY AS -- ON THEIR 52nd DAY
ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AND 53rd DAY I SPACE, 
BOB AND DOUG GOT THE CAPSULE 
READY FOR THE RIDE HOME.
THEY GOT THE FINAL CARGO IN THE 
DRAGON CAPSULE AND GOT 
THEMSELVES IN AND THEN CLOSED 
THAT HATCH.
CRAWLING IN THROUGH THE TOP 
HATCH AND THE SPACECRAFT, 
GETTING SUITED UP SHORTLY 
THEREAFTER.
THEY CLOSED THE HATCH IN WHAT IS
KNOWN AS THE VESTIBULE AND IT 
WOULD BE EXPOSED AFTER 
UNDOCKING.
WE DREW THE AIR OUT AND 
DEPRESSURIZATION STEP.
BRINGING DOWN THE VACUUM AND 
GETTING IT READY FOR THE 
PHYSICAL SEPARATION OR 
UNDOCKING.
AFTER THAT WAS COMPLETE THE 
TEAMS ON THE GROUND DID A GO GO 
FOR UNDOCKING MAKING SURE 
EVERYTHING WAS GOOD AND SYSTEMS 
ONBOARD DRAGONS AND THE SPACE 
STATION.
FOLLOWING THAT, WE HAD A 
SUCCESSFUL SEPARATION WITH 
DRAGON USING DRACO THRUSTERS 
AROUND THE SERVICE STATION TO 
SEPARATE FROM THE SPACE STATION.
THEY HELD IT IN MACE AND 
EXECUTED THOSE TWO QUICK BURNS.
IT WAS ON TO FOUR DEPARTURE 
BURNS SPREAD OVER A NUMBER OF 
HOURS.
TAKING IT UP AND OVER THE SPACE 
STATION WHICH BROUGHT IT LIND 
AND AFTER IT LOWERED ITS ORBIT 
AND EVENTUALLY BROUGHT IT OUT IN
FRONT.
FOLLOWING THOSE SUCCESSFUL 
DEPARTURE BURNS, IT WAS ABOUT 
TIME FOR THE CREW TO GET SOME 
SLEEP AND ACTUALLY DURING THEIR 
SLEEP PERIOD, WE WERE ABLE TO DO
WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE DEPARTURE 
PHASING BURN.
IT IS A LITTLE OFTEN ON THE 
TIMELINE LEADING UP.
>>  DRAGON, SPACEX, WE HAVE YOU 
LOUD AND CLEAR FOR COM CHECK.
>>  I READ YOU THE SAME.
>>  PAUSING THAT TIMELINE AND 
THE CREW IN THEIR SUITS.
THEY DO A COM CHECK AND THEY RUN
THROUGH THEIR SUITS AND MAINTAIN
CONVERSATION WITH THE GROUND.
WE HEARD A LITTLE CHATTER A FEW 
MINUTES AGO AS THEY FINISHED UP 
THE FLUID LOADING.
THAT'S DONE TO HELP COMBATTING 
STATIC INTOLERANCE.
THERE'S TYPICALLY A RUSH OF 
BLOOD FROM YOUR HEAD ONCE YOUR 
BACK IN GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT AND 
COULD MAKE YOU DIZZY.
FLUID LOADING, YOU HAVE PLASMA 
IN YOUR BLOOD AND THAT JUST 
HELPS KIND OF MINIMIZE THAT.
THEY'RE WEARING WHAT IS KNOWN AS
AN ORTHO STATIC GARMENT.
EVERYTHING IS CONTINUING TO 
PROCEED.
THEY'RE SUITED UP INSIDE DRAGON 
FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE LAST 
24 HOURS AS WE GET READY FOR THE
REORBIT.
>>  WE'RE HERE AT SPACEX 
HEADQUARTERS IN HAWTHORN 
CALIFORNIA, THOSE FOLKS THERE 
ARE DRAGON OPERATORS, ARE 
TECHNICAL EXPERTS TO CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE DATA COMING DOWN 
FROM DRAGON, NOT JUST THE 
VEHICLE BUT THE CREW THEMSELVES 
AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS 
GOING WELL AND MAKING SURE WE'RE
GREEN OR GO TO STEP INTO -- INTO
THE NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE THAT WE
HAVE COMING UP.
AT THIS POINT, WE'RE ABOUT AN 
HOUR AND A HALF AWAY FROM THAT.
THOSE MILESTONES WILL BEGIN WITH
THE CLAW SEPARATION WHICH IS 
WHEN WE INITIATE THE JETSON OF 
THE TRUNK IN ORDER TO EXPOSE THE
HEAT SHIELD UNDERNEATH THE 
CASTLE, WE NEED TO LET THE TRUNK
GO AWAY.
SO WE SEPARATE THE TWO.
THAT TRUNK WILL ACTUALLY REENTER
THE EARTH'S -- EXCUSE ME, THE --
THE TRUNK WILL REENTER THE 
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND IT WILL 
DISINTEGRATE.
>>  WE DID THAT DEPARTURE 
PHASING BURN AND THAT SET US UP 
ON THE PATHWAY TO TODAY.
THEY HAD A SLEEP PERIOD.
THIS IS A 19-HOUR PHASING OR 
19-HOUR TRIP FROM THE STATION TO
THE SPLASHDOWN AND WE'RE ALMOST 
UP TO CLAW AND SEPARATION.
>>  18:51 UNIVERSAL TIME WE'LL 
HAVE THAT CLAW AND SEPARATION 
AND IT WILL EXPOSE THE HEAT 
SHIELD AND PREPARE US TO EXECUTE
DEORBIT BURN.
IT IS INTENDED TO PLACE DRAGON 
ON TO THE LANDING ZONE WHICH AS 
WE MENTIONED BEFORE, IT IS OFF 
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.
IT WILL LAST 11 1/2 MINUTES.
AFTER DOING SO, WE WILL CLOSE 
AND LOCK THE NOSE CONE.
WE DO THIS IN ORDER TO PROTECT 
THE FORWARD HATCH LOCATED THERE 
AT THE TOP OF THE CAPSULE.
WE DO THAT AFTER THE DEORBIT 
BURN BECAUSE THE STRUCTURE IS 
LOCATED THERE IN THE FORWARD 
BULK HEAD ARE WHAT WE USE TO 
ACTUALLY PERFORM THE DEORBIT 
BURN.
ONCE THE NOSE CONE IS CLOSED, WE
ENTER A SIX-MINUTE LONG 
COMMUNICATION BLACKOUT BECAUSE 
WE'RE REENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE 
AND WE ENCOUNTER THAT AND THE 
SYSTEM BUILDS UP AND PLASMA 
BUILDS UP ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE 
CAPSULE CREATING A BARRIER.
IT IS AUTONOMOUS AND DOING FINE 
AND DRIVING ITSELF AT THAT POINT
ANYWAY.
SO WE WILL -- THAT BLACKOUT 
PERIOD LASTS FOR SIX MINUTES.
THEN WE DEPLOY THE PARACHUTES.
THE PARACHUTES ARE USED FOR A 
COUPLE OF REASONS, ONE TO HELP 
SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN FURTHER 
BEFORE WE DEPLOY THE MAIN 
PARACHUTES, AS WELL AS FOR 
STABILIZE THE VEHICLE.
AND THEN AFTER PARACHUTE 
DEPLOYMENT, WE WILL DEPLOY THE 
FOUR MAIN PARACHUTES AND IF YOU 
WATCHED THE DEMO SPLASHDOWN, 
THOSE ARE BIG PARACHUTES AND 
SLOW IT DOWN TO 15, 16 MILES AN 
HOUR.
THAT'S THE SPEED THEY WILL BE 
GOING WHEN THEY SPLASHDOWN IN 
THE GULF OF MEXICO.
WE'RE JUST OFF THE EAST COAST OF
FLORIDA.
ONCE WE CUT THE MAIN PARACHUTES 
AWAY SO THEY DON'T PULL THE 
CAPSULE, RECOVERY OPERATIONS 
BEGIN IMMEDIATELY.
THAT ENTAILS GOING AND GETTING 
THE VESSEL, GETTING THE -- THE 
CAPSULE OUT OF THE WATER AND 
LIFTING IT ON TO THE RECOVERY 
VESSEL.
ONCE THAT IS SECURE, WE OPEN THE
HATCH AND WE GET A FIRST GLIMPSE
OF BOB AND DOUG BACK HERE ON 
PLANET EARTH FOR THE FIRST TIME 
SINCE THEY LAUNCHED IN LATE MAY.
THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT WILL BE 
THE FIRST TIME THEY GET TO 
BREATHE FRESH AIR AND WE LOOK TO
GET A THUMBS UP FROM THEM WHEN 
THEY EXIT THE CAPSULE.
>>  EVERYTHING IS ONLINE.
WE WATCHED THE PROGRESS OF GO 
NAVIGATOR AS IT TAKES IT TO THE 
RECOVERY ZONE.
IT LEFT THE PORT IN PENSACOLA 
JUST A FEW HOURS AGO.
WE'RE TRACKING THAT IT SHOULD BE
ARRIVING ON STATION JUST ABOUT 
THE TOP OF THIS CURRENT HOUR.
SO IT WILL BE THERE IN ADVANCE 
OF ALL OF THE UPCOMING HARDWARE 
MILESTONES WHERE WE GET THE 
STEPS AND IT'LL BE READY WITH 
THE OPERATIONAL TEAM, A LITTLE 
OVER 40 PERSONNEL ONBOARD READY 
TO ASSIST IN THE RECOVERY OF THE
CAPSULE AND GETTING BOB AND DOUG
HOME.
>>  JUST TO MY LEFT CONTINUE TO 
MONITOR DRAGON'S HEALTH, WE 
CONTINUE TO MONITOR TWITTER FOR 
YOUR QUESTIONS.
WE'RE USING THE HASH TAG ASK 
NASA.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH TO 
AS MANY QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE 
THIS MORNING.
THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM 
JACKIE.
THE QUESTION WHAT IS THE NAME OF
THE DRAGON RECOVERY VESSEL THAT 
IS GOING TO THE SPLASHDOWN 
LOCATION.
GOOD QUESTION, WE ACTUALLY HAVE 
TWO.
ONE WE'RE UTILIING TODAY IS GO 
NAVIGATOR.
THIS IS FOR ALL OF OUR WEST 
COAST, EXCUSE ME, ALL OF THE -- 
OF THE -- OF ALL OF THE 
SPLASHDOWN LOCATIONS ON THE WEST
COAST OF FLORIDA SO ANY 
POTENTIAL SPLASHDOWN LOCATION IN
THE GULF OF MEXICO IS SERVICED 
BY GO NAVIGATOR AND FOR THE EAST
COAST LANDING SITES WHICH WE 
WON'T ATTEMPT TODAY, WE USE GO 
SEARCHER.
BOTH GO NAVIGATOR AND GO 
SEARCHER ARE IDENTICAL.
THEY HAVE FULLY FUNCTIONAL 
RECOVERY PLATFORM AS WELL AS 
MEDICAL BASE.
IT IS NICE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO 
ASSIST THE DEPARTURE PROCESS, SO
DEPARTING THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION AND IT IS GREAT WE
ASSIST THAT PROCESS BY ALLOWING 
FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 
DEPARTURE BY HAVING MORE LANDING
SITES.
TODAY WE'RE USING GO NAVIGATOR 
AND IT DEPARTED FOR THE LANDING 
ZONE ABOUT 2 1/2 HOURS AGO AT 
THIS POINT.
IT IS IN ROUTE TO THE DESIGNATED
LANDING ZONE JUST OFF THE COAST 
OF PENSACOLA.
>>  THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
CUTER, WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF
INVENTORY CHECK.
YOU HEARD BOB AND DOUG GOING 
THROUGH INVENTORY CHECKS.
A LOT WAS THEIR FOOD AND , 
PARTICULARLY THEIR WATER, THEY 
COMPLETED FLUID LOADING.
WE HAVE TO METICULOUSLY TRACK 
EVERY ITEM ON THE SPACECRAFT FOR
THE OBVIOUS REASONS LIKE IF AN 
ASTRONAUT NEEDS TO FIND IT, IT 
HELPS TO KNOW WHERE IT IS.
AND FOR LESS OBVIOUS REASONS 
LIKE WE HAVE TO TRACK WHERE 
EVERYTHING IS AND IF SOMETHING 
IS MISSING, YOU HAVE TO MAKE 
SURE YOU FIND IT AND THINGS LIKE
FOOD AND WATER, THAT'S WHAT WE 
CALL A CONSUMABLE, SO THOSE ARE 
ESSENTIALLY RESOURCES THAT YOU 
HAVE A FINITE AMOUNT OF.
FOOD, WATER, THEY HAVE ABOUT 
THREE DAYS OF FOOD AND PLENTY OF
WATER ONBOARD.
AS DISCUSSED IN OUR PRERETURN 
NEWS CONFERENCE, CASH CARBON 
DIOXIDE SCRUBBING FOR THE TRIP 
HOME.
THEY HAVE THREE DAY'S WORTH.
YOU THINK OF THESE DIFFERENT 
ITEMS THAT ARE LIFE SUPPORT 
SYSTEMS, TYPICALLY, THAT'S A 
CONSUMABLE WHEN YOU'RE MAPPING 
JUST HOW MUCH ORBIT TIME YOU 
HAVE.
WE'LL RETURN TODAY OR 47 AFTER 
THAT, SO WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE 
PLENTY FOR THAT SITUATION AND 
THEN HOURS BEYOND THAT AS JUST 
EXTRA MARGIN, WE'RE ALWAYS ABOUT
REDUNDANCY AND BACKUP PLANS AND 
EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
>>  SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER 
WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPORTANCE 
OF INVENTORY, DURING THE REENTRY
PERIOD, WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING 
LOOSE FLYING AROUND.
THAT'S HAZARDOUS TO THE CREW.
AS YOU FLOAT THERE, IT IS EASY 
TO LET GO OF SOMETHING AND IT 
MIGHT DRIFT OFF TO BEHIND THE 
CONTROL PANEL, LIKE DAN SAID 
BEFORE, IT IS EASY FOR THINGS TO
DRIFT OFF ON THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION AND GET LOST.
REALLY HAVING THIS INVENTORY 
ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE IN AREN'T
ANY FOREIGN OBJECTS THAT ARE OUT
WHEN THEY'RE MEANT TO BE STOWED.
INVENTORY IS IMPORTANT FOR A 
NUMBER OF
EVEN THOUGH THE OUTSIDE WILL GET
HOT, BOB AND DOUG WILL BARELY 
BREAK A SWEAT.
>>  AND LUJAN WANTS TO KNOW WILL
THIS BE A BACKUP TO THE 
PARACHUTE.
ONE EARLY DESIGN OF DRAGON DID 
WHAT THEY CALL A PROPULSION 
LANDING AND THEY COME BACK, AN 
EARLY DESIGN HAD IT LANDING AND 
USING THOSE TO TOUCH DOWN ON A 
RUNWAY AND NO LONGER IN DRAGON'S
CONFIGURATION.
THOSE THRUSTERS ARE -- ARE 
COMPLETELY.
THEY ENABLE DRAGON TO DO THAT 
ESCAPE FROM THE PAD ALL THE WAY 
UP SO YOU HAVE THAT EXTRA SAFETY
NET ENTIRE WAY UP HILL.
ONCE THEY'RE IN ORBIT, THOSE 
THRUSTERS ARE DISABLED.
WE'RE ONLY USING THE SMALLER 
DRACO THRUSTERS AROUND THE 
BOTTOM OF THE CAPSULE ITSELF AND
THE FOUR AT THE TOP.
OUR NEXT QUESTION, FROM AMY.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PARACHUTES 
AFTER SPLASHDOWN.
ARE THEY RECOVERED?
>>  YES.
THERE WILL BE SMALLER BOATS THAT
APPROACH THE CAPSULE.
THE FIRST BOAT IS RESPONSIBLE 
FOR DETERMINING THAT THERE 
AREN'T ANY TOXIC VAPORS 
SURROUNDING THE CAPSULE.
THAT'S -- THAT BOAT -- THAT FAST
BOAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR -- 
FOR PREPARING THE CAPSULE FOR 
LIFT OUT OF THE WATER.
THE SECOND BOAT IS USED FOR 
GETTING THE PARACHUTES OUT OF 
THE WATER.
THAT SECOND BOAT IS FOR 
RETRIEVING THE PARACHUTES.
THOSE PARACHUTES ARE 
AUTOMATICALLY CUT SO THERE ISN'T
-- THERE'S NO POTENTIAL THAT IF 
THERE WAS A LITTLE WIND THAT THE
DRAGON CAPSULE WOULDN'T BE MOVED
DUE TO CATCHING THE PARACHUTES.
GREAT QUESTION, BUT SHORT 
ANSWER, THERE ARE CUTS, THEY'RE 
CUT AFTER SPLASHDOWN AND ONE OF 
THE CREWS FROM THE PAST BOATS IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR GOING TO PICK 
THEM UP.
NEXT QUESTION WE HAVE FROM HASH 
TAG ASK NASA ON TWITTER COMES 
FROM NOVACAN.
WHAT WILL BE THE CREW ONE 
MISSION?
>>  IT WILL BE THE FIRST 
OPERATIONAL PLATE.
WHAT WE'RE ON RIGHT NOW IS A 
DEMONSTRATION, A TEST MISSION.
THIS IS WHEN WE PROVE OUT 
DRAGON'S CAPABILITIES AND WATCH 
ALL THE WAY THROUGH SPLASHDOWN.
IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, WE'LL 
SITED DOWN AND GO THROUGH A 
CERTIFICATION PROCESS FOR SPACEX
TO FLY OPERATIONAL MISSIONS.
THIS MEANS THEY'LL FLY REGULAR 
LONG DURATION FLIGHTS.
THE FIRST ONE WILL BE THE FOUR 
PERSON CREW TO LAUNCH AND SIX 
MONTHS ON THE SPACE STATION.
WE HAVE FOUR INDIVIDUALS 
WATCHING DRAGON AND THEN 
SPENDING SIX MONTHS ONBOARD THE 
SPACE STATION, CONDUCTING SPACE 
WALKS AND REPAIRS, EVERYTHING 
THAT A NORMAL EXPEDITION CREW 
DOES, THEY'LL JUST ARRIVE AND 
LEAVE IN A DRAGON.
>>  I THINK COMMANDER CASSIDY 
WILL STILL BE ON BOARD, GIVEN 
THE CURRENT TARGETED CREW ONE 
LAUNCH.
>>  COM CHECK FOR THE TLT.
>>  WE GOT YOU FIVE BY FIVE, 
BOB.
>>  THAT'S BETWEEN US.
PLEASE REPEAT THE LAST FIVE 
SECONDS OF THE CALL.
>>  DRAGON, WE COPY YOU HEARD US
LOUD AND CLEAR, UNFORTUNATELY 
THE REST OF THE MESSAGE WAS 
GARBLED, PLEASE REPEAT ONE MORE 
TIME.
>>  WE GOT A GOOD CONTRACT WITH 
BOTH OF US AND WE'RE COMPLETE, 
COPY.
>>  OKAY.
THAT WAS FIVE BY FIVE.
WE COPY THAT YOU'RE COMPLETE 
WITH SUIT DONNING PROCEDURE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CREW NOW 
SUITED UP.
THEY CONDUCTED THE 
COMMUNICATIONS CHECK AND THE COM
CHECKS WITH THE CORE HERE IN 
HAWTHORN.
THEY'RE THE RESPONSIBLE ENGINEER
AND THE PERSON WHO IS TALKING TO
BOB AND DOUG THROUGHOUT THEIR 
FLIGHT.
THIS IS ROTATED THROUGH A COUPLE
OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS AS 
THEY'RE ON THE THIRD SHIFT OF 
THEIR FLIGHT HOME.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE PERSON 
THAT IS GETTING UPDATES TO AND 
FROM BOB AND DOUG AND BETWEEN 
THE TEAMS ON THE GROUND.
THEY DID THOSE COM CHECKS 
SUCCESSFULLY.
THEY'RE IN THEIR SUITS AND WILL 
STAY IN THEIR SEATS FOR THE REST
OF THE DAY PRETTY MUCH.
LOOKING FOR UPDATE ON SECTIONS 
ONE THROUGH FOUR.
DO PREPARATION WHEN ABLE.
WE'RE COMPLETE WITH SECTIONS ONE
THROUGH FOUR.
LOOK AT SECTION FIVE.
THE ONLY THING LEFT THERE TO DO 
IS -- IS DECIMAL TWO, AS FAR AS 
THE CHECK.
COPY SECTION ONE THROUGH FOUR 
ARE COMPLETE.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE -- 
SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE COMPLETING 
FOOD LOADING AND STAND BY FOR 
THE LEAK CHECK.
>>  COPY.
>>  THANKS.
APPRECIATE IT.
>>  WHAT WE HEARD WAS 
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DRAGON.
>>  I WANTED TO CHECK BACK WITH 
YOU ON THE COM DROPOUT THAT YOU 
HAD ON THE LAST TWO CALLS THAT I
MADE TO YOU.
HOW HAS THIS GONE NOW? 
IS IT EXPLAINABLE AS RANDOM 
DROPOUT OR CONTINUING FROM THE 
POTC?
>>  OKAY.
BOB, WE HAD YOU FIVE BY FIVE 
JUST THEN, MUCH BETTER THAN 
BEFORE.
WE'RE INVESTIGATING ROOT CAUSE 
AND GIVEN THE CLARITY OF THE 
CALL, I SUSPECT YOUR SYSTEM IS 
HEALTHY.
>>  THANK YOU.
>>  WE HEARD THE COMMUNICATION 
CONFIRMING THAT MISSION CONTROL 
WAS ABLE TO READ OR HEAR AS IT 
IS REFERRED TO, BOB AND DOUG, 
CLEARLY AS THEY HAVE PUT ON 
THEIR SUITS.
WE ALSO HEARD THE GO FOR LEAK 
CHECK, SO NOW THAT THE SUITS ARE
ON, WE WILL BE PERFORMING A 
QUICK LEAK CHECK.
WE DO THIS EVERY TIME THE SUITS 
ARE PUT ON OR DONNED AS YOU 
HEARD IT CALLED.
THIS IS WHERE WE PRESSURIZE THE 
SUITS.
IT IS THE ONLY TIME WE 
PRESSURIZE THEM THROUGH THE 
MISSION.
IT IS TO MAKE SURE THE ZIPPERS 
ARE ZIPPED PROPERLY.
ALL IT TAKES IS YOU KNOW, ONE 
SMALL UNZIPPED PIECE TO NOT HOLD
THE PRESSURE.
WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS 
FITTED UP ACCORDINGLY AND IT -- 
IT IS READY TO GO IN CASE OF THE
-- IN CASE OF A NEED TO 
PRESSURIZE THE SUITS LATER IN --
IN THE MISSION.
UNLIKELY BUT IT IS NICE TO KNOW 
JUST FOR THAT -- FOR TESTING 
PURPOSES TO KNOW THAT CAPABILITY
IS THERE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DESIGNED 
FOR.
THAT LEAK CHECK WILL COMMENCE 
AND -- AND AFTER WE GET THAT 
WE'LL PRESSURIZE THE SUITS 
AGAIN.
THEY WILL LIFT THE VISOR ON 
THEIR HELMET.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WILL BE WEARING
DURING THE LAST PHASE OF THEIR 
MISSION AS THEY REENTER THE 
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
SO, A LOT OF GOOD STUFF THERE.
AGAIN, NOPE.
NO CALL THERE.
[LAUGHTER].
LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, WE'RE 
TAKING QUESTIONS THROUGH TWITTER
THIS MORNING, USING HASH TAG, 
ASK NASA.
THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM 
ROBERT.
IS THE U.S. NAVY SUPPORTING 
RECOVERY WITH SHIPS AND 
AIRCRAFT?
>>  THEY ARE NOT.
I SUSPECT THAT QUESTION COMES 
FROM THE LAST TIME WE DID 
SPLASHDOWNS WITH THE U.S. 
SPACECRAFT AND ASTRONAUTS AND WE
HAD THE NAVY ASSISTING FOR THE 
RECOVERY.
THEY'RE NOT ASSISTING IN THIS.
ALL OF THE RECOVERY ASSETS FOR 
THE MISSION ARE SPACEX.
SPACEX OWNS BOTH RECOVERY SHIPS.
THE GO NAVIGATOR AND GO SEARCHER
AND CONTRACT OUT WITH THE 
DIFFERENT HELICOPTER AND O 
ASSETS THAT ARE USED IN THIS 
RECOVERY.
NASA DOES HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE BACKUP IF BOB AND DOUG 
WERE TO SPLASHDOWN ANYWHERE 
OTHER THAN THE SEVEN TYPES THAT 
WE TARGETED AROUND FLORIDA, WE 
HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO CALL THEM
UP TO EFFECT A FAST RESCUE AND 
RECOVERY USING PARA JUMPERS OR 
WHATEVER ASSETS ARE AVAILABLE TO
US.
THEY'RE CALLED UP ON WATCH DAYS 
IN THE EVENT WE HAD AN ABORT 
AWAY FROM ORBIT COMING DOWN IN 
THE ATLANTIC.
FOR NOW, TODAY, EVERYTHING IS 
SPACEX AND NASA.
>>  ANOTHER QUESTION COMING TO 
US, IS THERE TIME TO FLOAT IN 
THE OCEAN BEFORE IT NEEDS TO BE 
RECOVERED.
OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO GET THE 
CREW OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, 
LET THEM GET OUT AND STRETCH 
THEIR LEGS AND BEGIN THE MEDICAL
EVALUATION.
HOWEVER THE CAPSULE WOULD SIT 
THERE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS LIKE 
WE MENTIONED BEFORE.
THERE'S ENOUGH ONBOARD WATER AND
FOOD.
THEY WOULD BE COMFORTABLE, 
ALTHOUGH IF THE WAVES PICK UP, I
WOULD NOT BE COMFORTABLE.
THAT BEING SAID, WE DO STRIVE TO
-- TO RECOVER THEM AS SOON AS 
POSSIBLE.
THIS IS PART OF THE REASON WHY 
WE HAVE NUMEROUS POTENTIAL 
LANDING ZONE SITES AND CRITERIA 
FOR WHERE THEY LAND TO ENSURE 
THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE CREW 
UP AND OUT OF THE WATER AND INTO
THE MEDICAL PHASE ESSENTIALLY 
WITHIN AN HOUR AFTER SPLASHDOWN.
>>  OUR NEXT ONE COMES FROM MARK
WHO QUANTITIES TO KNOW, CAN THEY
TAKE OVER FROM THE COMPUTER AND 
DO A MANUAL SPLASHDOWN IF 
REQUIRED?
>>  THEY CAN.
INITIATING A DEORBIT OR 
EMERGENCY DEORBIT IS ONE OF THE 
CAPABILITIES AVAILABLE TO CREW 
MEMBERS ONBOARD.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE IN AN 
EXTREME SITUATION TO DO THAT.
SOMETHING WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT IN
TODAY AND EVERYTHING GONE 
SMOOTHLY WITH DRAGON.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS 
AVAILABLE TO THEM.
THEY ALSO HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO
STEP IN FOR A NUMBER OF STEPS 
DURING REENTRY, MAINLY FOR ANY 
PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT OR CUTTING 
IT AFTER THEY SPLASHDOWN.
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN 
AUTOMATICALLY, THEY HAVE A 
BUTTON RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM 
WHERE THEY CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
THEY HAVE CAPABILITY TO JUMP IN 
IF REQUIRED.
>>  THAT'S ONE OF THOSE FEW HARD
WIRED BUTTONS ON THE PANEL.
IT IS NOT ONE THAT CAN BE 
TRIGGERED ACCIDENTALLY.
IT IS A TWO-STEP VERIFICATION 
LEVER, ESSENTIALLY, NO NEED TO 
WORRY ABOUT PERFORMING AN 
EMERGENCY DOOR -- EMERGENCY 
DEORBIT ACCIDENTALLY.
NEXT QUESTION COMES TO US FROM 
NASA, PLUS SPACE EQUALS HEART.
WILL THIS CREW DRAGON BE REUSED?
YES, IT WILL.
IT IS INTENDED TO BE REUSED ON 
THE CREW TWO MISSION WHICH WILL 
BE LAUNCHING SOMETIM NEXT YEAR.
WE ALREADY HAVE PLANS FOR IT.
IN FACT THE TEAM AT THE CAPE IS 
ALREADY PREPARING TO BEGIN THOSE
REFURBISHMENT PROCESSES AS SOON 
AS THE CAPSULE LANDS.
THE CAPSULE IS WATERPROOF.
THAT WAS A PROCESS THIS -- THAT 
WE LEARNED HOW TO DO.
OUR PROGRESS WITH THAT PROGRAM 
WITH THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE
DRAGON CAPSULE, ALSO KNOWN AS 
DRAGON ONE, THE PROCESS OF 
MAKING THAT WATERPROOF HAS -- 
HAS -- THAT KNOWLEDGE THAT WE 
LEARNED FROM THAT HAS 
TRANSFERRED OVER TO CREW DRAGON 
CAPSULE AND IT IS SAFE TO SAY IT
IS -- IT IS -- WITH VERY LITTLE 
REFURBISHMENT REQUIRED TO THE 
INTERNAL HARDWARE, THERE'S 
LITTLE REFURBISHMENT REQUIRED 
BECAUSE THERE'S LITTLE EXPOSURE 
TO WATER AND CAUSES CORROSION 
WHICH IS NO GOOD.
SHORT ANSWER IS THAT YEAH, WE'LL
REUSE THIS, AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR
ON THE NASA CREW 2 MISSION.
>>  ALL RIGHT.
THE NEXT ONE FROM LISA, WHAT ARE
BOB AND DOUG BRINGING BACK FROM 
ISS IF ANYTHING? 
THERE'S QUITE A BIT.
THEY HAVE ABOUT 150 KILOGRAMS OR
A LITTLE OVER 330 POUNDS OF 
CARGO, ESSENTIALLY STRAPPED TO 
THE GROUND RIGHT UNDERNEATH 
THEIR SEATS.
THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT IS 
UTILIZATION OR SCIENCE SAMPLES.
A LOT IS COLD STORAGE SAMPLES IN
FREEZERS.
THOSE COMING FROM BIO MEDICAL 
STUDIES.
IT IS PRETTY CAPABLE.
WE EXECUTE A LOT OF SCIENCE, BUT
WE GET IT BACK HER ON EARTH AND 
THEY'RE GOING TO BRING THAT 
DOWN.
THEY'RE ALSO RETURNING SOME 
VEHICLE HARDWARE ITEMS THAT HAVE
GONE PAST THEIR LIFE.
AND A COUPLE OF THEIR PERSONAL 
ITEMS, LIKE SLEEPING BAGS ARE 
COMING BACK WITH THEM.
THEY HAVE SPECIAL ITEMS 
INCLUDING THE DINOSAUR THAT WAS 
CHOSEN BY BOTH OF THEIR SONS AS 
THE INDICATOR LEFT THERE.
THEY HAVE THE FINAL SPACE 
SHUTTLE MISSION COMING HOME.
IT HAS BEEN OUT THERE FOR ABOUT 
NINE YEARS AND IT WILL FLY AGAIN
WHEN WE SEND HUMANS AROUND THE 
MOON IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT 
FUTURE.
I KNOW WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT BUT I 
HAVE HEARD THAT LITTLE EARTH IS 
ALSO COMING BACK.
I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT THAT.
LITTLE EARTH WAS THE INDICATOR 
ON DEMO ONE AT THE STATION AFTER
THAT MISSION AND IT WAS PRETTY 
SURE IT WAS PACKED AWAY TO COME 
HOME.
>>  I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
SO RIGHT NOW, DRAGON IS 
CURRENTLY FLYING OVER THE FAR 
SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.
WE HAVE A NICE LITTLE MAP HERE 
TO SHOW YOU OF OUR BROWN 
TRACKING.
SO THERE YOU CAN SEE IT ON YOUR 
SCREEN.
IF YOU'RE CURIOUS, THE YELLOW 
INDICATES WHERE THE CAPSULE IS 
IN DATE.
THE REST OF IT INDICATES WHERE 
IT GOES INTO ECLIPSE OR WHENEVER
IT IS -- IT IS BASICALLY HIDING 
IN EARTH'S SHADOW.
IT IS IN DAYLIGHT.
BOB AND DOUG GET PRETTY 
SPECTACULAR VIEWS AS THEY 
COMPLETE THE SUIT-UP PROCESS.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK 
BREAK AND LEAVE YOU WITH OUR 
LOVELY GROUND MAP HERE.
>>  COMING BACK ALREADY.
>>  WE'RE READY FOR YOU TO COME 
ABOARD.
>>  IT WORKED.
SPACEX YOU'RE GO.
>>  WE JUST HEARD THE SCREW 
STEPPING INTO SUIT LEAK CHECK AS
WE DESCRIBED A FEW TIMES.
THIS IS WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO 
PRESSURIZE THEIR -- THEIR SUIT 
THAT THEY WEAR FOR LAUNCH AND 
ENTRY AND REALLY ANY DYNAMIC 
PHASES OF THE MISSION.
THEY ZIP UP AND SEAL THE SUITS.
>>  WE'RE READY TO PRESSURIZE.
>>  DRAGON SPACEX, YOU'RE GO TO 
PRESSURIZE.
>>  THEY'RE GETTING READY TO GO 
AND PRESSURIZE THEIR SUITS.
AND IT WILL FLOW IN.
THESE SUITS ARE -- WE HAVE 
CONFIRMATION A LEAK CHECK IS IN 
PROGRESS.
THESE SUITS ARE WORN AS JUST 
ANOTHER LINE OF DEFENSE TO HELP 
PROTECT THE CREW MEMBERS FROM 
THE -- FROM THE -- FROM THE 
HARSH ENVIRONMENT OF OUTER 
SPACE, IF THEY EXPERIENCED A 
CABIN DEPRESSURIZATION AND ANY 
LEAK IN THE ATMOSPHERE, OR A 
FIRE, THESE SUITS ARE DESIGNED 
TO PROTECT FROM ALL OF THOSE 
DIFFERENT INSTANCES.
THE SUIT LEAK CHECK IS STANDARD.
ANYTIME BEFORE WE GET INTO A 
DYNAMIC OPERATION, WE WANT ONE 
MORE CHECK TO MAKE SURE THE SUIT
IS READY TO GO IN CASE IT IS 
CALLED UPON.
THEY'LL PRESSURIZE NOW AND THROW
NITROGEN AND OXYGEN THROUGH 
THEIR SUITS.
THEY'LL LOOK FOR IT TO MAINTAIN 
A CONSTANT PRESSURE AND THEN 
ONCE THAT IS DONE, THEY'LL 
DEPRESSURIZE THE SUITS.
THEY'LL LEAVE THE ZIPPER OPEN --
THEY TYPICALLY LEAVE ONE ZIPPER 
A BIT.
THEY'LL HAVE COOL AIR FLOWING 
THROUGH.
THEY DO A SUIT PURGE BEFORE WE 
DO THE DEORBIT BURN.
THE SAME TIME THEY FLUSH THE 
CABIN ATMOSPHERE ITSELF WITH 
SOME COOLDOWN AREA AIR THEY SEND
COLD AIR THROUGH THE SUIT AND 
REGULATE THE COOLING TEMPERATURE
INSIDE THE CAPSULE TO MAKE SURE 
THE ENVIRONMENT STAYS AT A 
COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE FOR THEM
WHILE THE DRAGON CAPSULE THE 
HEATS UP TO 100 DEGREES 
FAHRENHEIT OUTSIDE.
WE WILL WAIT FOR THE LEAK CHECK 
AND WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO THE 
REORBIT BURN AND REENTRY AND 
SPLASHDOWN.
>>  ONE INTERESTING THING TO 
NOTE, IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE 
GROUND TRACK, YOU'LL START TO 
SEE THE LINE COMING OUT OF THE 
BOTTOM LEFT CORNER AND ENDING IN
THE GULF.
THAT MEANS WE'RE ON OUR FINAL 
ORBIT.
DRAGON IS ON THE LAST LAP AROUND
PLANET EARTH, THE LAST 90 
MINUTES IT WILL SPEND UNTIL WE 
GET TO THE SPLASHDOWN.
YOU KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.
THE LINE IS GOING TO STOP MOVING
WHERE YOU CAN SEE IT TERMINATE 
IN THE GULF.
>>  DRAGON SPACEX, WE SHOW 
NOMINAL LEAK CHECK.
THERE A MINUTE AGO, WE HE A LEAK
CHECK AND THEY RETURN HOME TO 
PLANET EARTH.
UP NEXT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE
SYSTEM IS SAFE AND THAT WE'RE 
ABLE TO PROCEED IN TO THE NEXT 
PHASES OF OUR -- OF OUR DEFENSE 
-- TO THE GULF OF MEXICO.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR SPLASH DOWN 
OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA, 
FLORIDA.
RIGHT NOW OUR RECOVERY SHIP IS 
IN ROUTE TO THAT DESIGNATED 
LOCATION ZONE AND IT WILL BE 
THERE AND READY AND WAITING FOR 
BOB AND DOUG TO SPLASH DOWN.
>>  WE HAVE A LIVE SHOT.
IT IS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND 
YOU COULD GET A FEEL FOR THE 
WAVE ACTION AND CALM LOOKING 
BASED ON THE WAY WE CAN SEE 
THERE IN THE SHOT AND YEAH, SO 
WE'RE -- WE'RE -- WE'RE ABLE TO 
WELCOME BOB AND DOUG BACK HOME 
AND CHECKING MY TIMELINE 
QUICKLY, THEY'RE -- THEY'RE 
LANDING WILL COME UP IN JUST 
UNDER TWO HOURS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT AN HOUR AND 57 
MINUTES.
THAT WILL BE HAPPENING AT 11:48 
A.M. PACIFIC TIME.
BEFORE WE GET TO THEIR WATER 
LANDING WE HAVE TO PERFORM A 
COUPLE OF STEPS PRIOR TO THAT.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG
WITH US THIS MORNING, YOU'RE 
PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
BUT PERHAPS THOSE OF YOU WHO 
HAVE JOINED IN WITHIN THE LAST 
FEW MINUTES, AT THIS POINT WE'RE
EXACTLY AN HOUR AWAY FROM THE --
FROM THE NEXT PHYSICAL MILESTONE
THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED PRIOR
TO DRAGON ENDEAVOR'S RETURN TO 
PLANET EARTH.
THESE ACTIVITIES WILL BEGIN WITH
CLAW SEPARATION.
THE CLAW IS -- IS WHAT IS -- IS 
WHAT CONNECTS THE UMBILICAL, THE
FLUIDS BETWEEN THE DRAGON 
CAPSULE AND ITS TRUNK.
IN ORDER TO EXPOSE THE HEAT 
SHIELD IN PREPARATION FOR THE 
REENTRY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, WE 
THEY'D TO JETSON THE TRUNK AND 
IT WILL DISINTEGRATE ONCE IT IS 
BACK IN THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
ONCE WE DO THAT WE STEP IN TO 
FLU TO DEORBIT BURN.
WE CALL THE HATCH THRUSTERS.
IT WILL LAST ABOUT 11 1/2 
MINUTES.
THAT DEORBIT BURN IS WHAT WILL 
PLACE DRAGON INTO THE EXACT 
LANDING LOCATION.
THAT WOULD BE ABOUT 11 1/2 
MINUTES LONG.
AFTER THAT BURN COMPLETES, WE 
WANT TO -- TO CLOSE IT AND LOCK 
IT UP.
THAT'S WHERE THE FORWARD HATCH 
IS LOCATED.
SINCE THESE CAPSULES ARE 
DESIGNED TO BE REUSABLE, WE WANT
TO PROTECT THE THRUSTERS AND THE
HATCH BECAUSE THAT'S THE HATCH 
WHERE THEY EXIT AND ENTER THE 
CAPSULE.
ONCE WE HAVE THE NOSE CONE 
LOCKED IN IN PLACE, WE THEN -- 
WE BEGIN TO ENTER THE EARTH'S 
ATMOSPHERE.
>>  FIRST UP, TIMING, YOUR 
TIMELINE, ONE MINUTE OR LESS ARE
OUR GROUND ESTIMATES.
COPY.
>>  COPY.
IPAD AND WITHIN A MINUTE.
>>  EVEN BETTER, THE ONBOARD 
COUNTDOWN IN YOUR TIMELINE 
SHOULD BE IN A FEW SECONDS.
THE VEHICLE ENDEAVOR IS LOOKING 
GREAT FOR ENTRY.
THE READY CALM CHECK EARLIER WE 
CONSIDER TEMPORARY AND WE'RE NOT
TRACKING ANY SYSTEM ISSUES.
COPY.
>>  ENDEAVOR IS IN GOOD SHAPE 
AND GOOD TIME FOR THE CLT.
>>  OKAY.
AS FAR AS RECOVERY GOES, GO 
NAVIGATOR IS JUST ABOUT -- JUST 
ABOUT IN POSITION AND WITHIN A 
FEW KILOMETRES AND THEY'RE 
AIRBORNE RECOVERY TEAM IS GO AT 
THIS TIME.
>>  COPY.
>>  ONE QUICK, RECOVERY HAS 
ARRIVED AND THEY'RE ON STATION.
IN ADDITION TO THE WEATHER, I'M 
LOOKING AT THE WEATHER NOW.
AND THE WATER VIDEO FROM GO 
NAVIGATOR.
IT LOOKS LIKE GLASS, IT IS 
AWESOME.
THE LATEST SPLASHDOWN FORECAST 
IS WIND AT 2.5 KNOTS.
IN A SIX SECOND PERIOD.
COPY.
>>  COPY.
>>  THERE WE HEARD THE DEORBIT 
BRIEFING, THE OPPORTUNITY THAT 
THE CORE HERE --
>>  THAT'S ALL WE GOT FOR THE 
BURN BRIEF.
WE'LL TALK TO YOU SHORTLY BEFORE
THE BURN SEQUENCE STARTS.
>>  COPY.
>> CORRECTION THERE, WE'LL GO NO
GO FOR YOU NEXT SHORTLY.
THAT WILL BE THE NEXT STEP.
>>  AS I WAS SAYING, THE BURN 
BRIEFING THERE, MAKING SURE 
EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE, 
AND BOB AND DOUG'S PRIMARY ROLE 
DURING REENTRY IS TO MONITOR 
TIMING AND DATA AND IT IS 
IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THEIR 
ONBOARD TIMERS ARE BASICALLY THE
MOST RECENT SIMULATIONS THAT WE 
GENERATED HERE AND -- AND IN 
MISSION CONTROL.
THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS, JUST 
MAKING SURE THAT -- THAT THEIR 
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS WAS LYING UP 
WITH -- WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING 
DOWN HERE IN MISSION CONTROL.
WE HEARD THE RECOVERY VESSEL, GO
NAVIGATOR IS IN POSITION.
IT IS READY AND WAITING FOR -- 
FOR SPLASHDOWN, LIKE I SAID 
BEFORE, IT WILL OCCUR AT 11:48 
A.M. PACIFIC AND 18:88 
UNIVERSAL.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU DAN, BUT 
AS WE'RE STEPPING INTO THESE 
CHECKS AND WE DID LEAK CHECK AND
WE DONE A COUPLE OF COM CHECKS 
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEORBIT 
BURN, WE'RE GETTING THERE.
>>  STARTING TO FEEL ALERT.
WAKENED BACK UP.
TIME TO BRING THESE GUYS HOME.
HERE IN THE CORE CALL-UP THE 
WATER LOOKS LIKE GLASS.
THAT'S EXACTLY THE TYPE OF THING
WE WANT TO HEAR.
THE WIND HAS PICKED UP A TINY 
BIT.
2.25 KNOTS AND 2.6, UNDER 2.6 
MILES AN HOUR.
WELL WITHIN OUR MARGINS FOR WHAT
WE WERE LOOKING FOR FOR 
ACCEPTABLE SPLASHDOWN WEATHER.
IN BEHIND US AND IN MISSION 
CONTROL, THE TEAMS ARE DOING A 
FINAL GO NO GO.
THAT SHOULD WRAP UP IN THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF MINUTES.
WE CALL THAT UP TO THE CREW 
MEMBERS WHEN WE GET THE GO TO DO
THE DEORBIT BURN.
WE'LL DO ALL THE OTHERS PRIOR TO
THAT AND GET READY FOR DEORBIT 
BURN.
THE NEXT HOUR IS WHERE THINGS 
START TO HAPPEN.
BUT WE DO HAVE A -- A COUPLE OF 
MOMENTS NOW TO GET GINNED BY A 
SPECIAL GUEST.
SPACEX IS GOING FOR THE BURN AND
THE BURN HAS BEEN ENABLED.
THAT'S A GREAT CALL TO HEAR.
TIME TO GO FOR DEORBIT BURN.
WE'RE COUNTING DOWN.
IT IS JUST UNDER AN HOUR FROM 
NOW AND STARTING THE 11 1/2 
MINUTE BURN.
WE'RE GO FOR DEORBIT AND RETURN 
OF BOB AND DOUG.
WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT OVER TO 
THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER REAL 
QUICK, WHERE COURTNEY BEASLEY IS
STANDING BY IN HOUSTON ALONG 
WITH NASA ADMINISTRATOR ALSO 
THERE IN HOUSTON.
>>  THANKS, DAN.
YES, JOINING ME IN STUDIO HERE 
AT THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IS 
NASA ADMINISTRATOR, JIM 
BRYDENSTEIN.
HOW IS THIS MISSION PASSING THE 
WAY FOR THE FUTURE?
>>  IT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
IT REALLY IS ESTABLISHING THE 
BUSINESS MODEL FOR THE FUTURE.
YOU CAN SEE TODAY I'M WEARING MY
ARDMAN SHIRT.
WHEN WE GO TO THE MOON WE'LL GO 
WITH PARTNERS.
NASA'S GOAL, WE DON'T WANT TO 
PURCHASE AND OWN THE HARDWARE 
THE WAY WE USED TO.
WE WANT TO BE ONE CUSTOMER OF 
MANY CUSTOMERS IN A MARKETPLACE 
AND WE WANT NUMEROUS PROVIDERS 
THAT ARE COMPETING AGAINST EACH 
OTHER ON COST AND INNOVATION AND
SAFETY AND -- AND REALLY CREATE 
THIS VIRTUOUS CYCLE -- OF 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND 
CAPABILITY.
THAT'S -- THAT'S WHAT -- THAT'S 
WHAT TODAY'S RETURN IS GOING TO 
REPRESENT.
THIS IS THE NEXT ERA IN HUMAN 
SPACEFLIGHT.
NASA GETS TO BE A GOOD CUSTOMER.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONLY 
ONES WITH HUMANS OPERATING IN 
SPACE.
>>  AND BOB AND DOUG WERE 
CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS AND HOW 
ARE THE EFFORTS BACK HERE ON 
EARTH? 
AND OTHER DISEASES, AND THESE
ARE CAPABILITIES THAT ARE
AVAILABLE TO US BECAUSE OF THE
RESOURCE THAT IS MICROGRAVITY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AS ADVANCED
MATERIALS, VERY PRISTINE
FIBEROPTIC CABLES, THESE ARE ALL
THINGS THAT WE THINK THAT THERE
IS A MARKETPLACE FOR THE FUTURE.
SO, LOOK, RIGHT NOW WE ARE DOING
COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
AS OF TODAY, WHEN BOB AND DOUG
COME HOME SAFELY, WE WILL BE
DOING COMMERCIAL CREW TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE NEXT BIG THING IS WE NEED
COMMERCIAL SPACE STATIONS
THEMSELVES THINK IN ORDER TO
CREATE MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL
SPACE STATIONS WE HAVE TO HAVE
TRANSFORMATION CAPABILITIES THAT
COME FROM MICROGRAVITY
ENVIRONMENT.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE ARE
DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW.
>> AND AS YOU KNOW A BIG DAY FOR
NASA TODAY.
BOW HOW ABOUT A BIG WEEK, THIS
WEEK ALONE WE LAUNCHED MARS 2020
ARTEMIS ONE'S STAGE ONE ADAPTOR
DELIVERED TO KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER AND NOW THE FIRST
COMMERCIAL CREWED MISSION TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
AGENCY AT THIS POINT?
>> MAKE NO MISTAKE, NASA'S
BULLET IS THE HIGHEST IT'S EVER
BEEN IN NOMINAL DOLLARS AND
IT'S, YOU KNOW,
$2,020,000,000,000.
THE BUDGET REQUEST THAT
PRESIDENT TROUBLE P GAVE US
BEFORE THE HOUSE AND SENATE
RIGHT NOW IS $25.2 BILLION.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT STEPPING,
YOU KNOW, CAPABILITIES LIKE
COMMERCIAL CREW, COMMERCIAL
RESUPPLY.
SO IT'S THE UNITED STATES CAN
STAY THE PREEMINENT
SPACE-FAIRING NATION.
IT'S WHY WE CREATED THE ART MISS
PROGRAM TO GO TO THE MOON
SUSTAINABLY WITH COMMERCIAL
PARTNERS AND INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS TO USE THE RESOURCE OF
THE MOON TO LIVE AND WORK FOR
LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
AS YOU MENTIONED ON THURSDAY, WE
LAUNCHED ANOTHER MARS MISSION,
THE MOST SOPHISTICATED ROBOT
NASA HAS EVER DEVELOPED IS ON
ITS WAY TO MARS WE ARE WILL PURE
WE CAN TURN THE ATMOSPHERE OF
MARS IN TO PURE OXYGEN, WE ARE
LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF ANCIENT
LIFE ON MARS.
LITTLE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
MICROBIAL LIFE, BUT LIFE
NONETHELESS.
AND THIS IS REALLY A BRIGHT
MOMENT FOR NASA.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THOUGH, WE
NEED SUPPORT FROM OUR MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND
SENATE.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT
$25.2 BILLION BUDGET THAT WE
HAVE REQUESTED.
AND SO I AM WORKING WITH MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS AND SENATORS ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE EVERY DAY TO
GO DOWN HALL AS CROSS THE
COUNTRY RIM WE ARE IN GREAT
SHAPE.
BUT IN ORDER TO STAY NUMBER ONE
IN THE WORLD, WE ARE GOING TO
NEED THE RESOURCES THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS REQUESTED.
>> JIM, THANKS JOINING US TODAY,
SUCH AN EXCITING DAY.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, JUST
MOMENTS AGO BOTH SPACEX AND NASA
ARE A GO TO DEORBIT BURN, SO
WITH THAT WE SEND IT BACK TO
KATE AND DAN GOT LATEST.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COURTNEY.
GREAT TO HEAR FROM THE
ADMINISTRATOR.
AND WE ARE IN IT NOW.
WE ARE IN THE FINAL STRETCH.
THIS IS WHAT I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE
BEEN WAITING FOR FOR THE LAST
COUPLE OF HOURS.
IT FEELS GREAT TO BE HERE.
>> YEAH, IT CERTAINLY DOES.
IN THE NEXT PHASE OF THE
MISSION, DRAGON HAS A SERIES OF
STEPS TO COMPLETE BEFORE
RETURNING BOB AND DOUG HOME.
AS YOU HAVE HEARD US TALK ABOUT
SO FAR THIS MORNING, DRAGON WILL
MANEUVER TO THE CORRECT ATTITUDE
AND JETTISON ITS TRUNK, WHICH IS
THE CYLINDRICAL UNPRESSURIZED
PART OF THE ASSEMBLY.
WE NEED TO EXPOSE THE HEAT
SHIELD IN ORDER TO PREPARE THE
CAPSULE FOR ATMOSPHERIC REENTRY.
SO WE WILL -- OH, THERE WE GOT A
NICE VIEW OF BOB AND DOUG IN
THEIR SUITS, THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME WE HAVE SEEN THEM IN THEIR
SUITS AND IN THEIR CHAIR THIS IS
MORNING, SO THERE THEY ARE
TAPPING AWAY PREPARING TO
INITIATE THE DEORBIT SEQUENCE.
LET'S TALK -- I AM SORRY GO
AHEAD.
>> IN THE LEAD UP IN THE LAST
COUPLE OF MINUTES WE HEARD GET
GOOD SUIT LEAK CHECKS.
KATE DESCRIBED ONCE THEY ARE
COMPLETE THEY DON'T KEEP THE
SUITS PRESSURIZED THEY'LL HAVE
COOL AIR RUNNING THROUGH THEIR
SUITS AND CABIN AND GETTING
READY FOR THE RIDE.
>> WHENEVER THEY DO REENTER THE
ATMOSPHERE THE EXTERNAL
TEMPERATURE REACHES ABOUT
3,500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
THE INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF THE
CANE, HOWEVER, STAYS AROUND
85 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SYSTEMS IN
PLACE TO KEEP IT COOL AND
COMFORTABLE FOR BOB AND DOUG AS
THEY ARE RETURNING LITTLE LIKE
DAN JUST SAID, THERE WILL BE
SOME COOL AIR FLOWING THROUGH
THEIR SUITS.
THE CABIN ITSELF WILL ALSO BE
PURGED WITH COOLER AIR AS WELL.
ASSISTING IN MAKING SURE THAT
THE TEMPERATURE STAYS TEMPERATE
INSIDE THE CAPSULE.
>> AND, MIND, WE ARE JUST 42
MINUTES AND 50 SECONDS AWAY FROM
THINGS REALLY KICKING UP.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE WHEN WE
REALLY START TO DO THAT FIRST
MANEUVER TO GET READY TO
JETTISON THE TRUNK.
AND THEN WE'LL DO THAT CLAW AND
TRUNK SEPARATION AND THEN IT'S
TIME FOR JUST KIND OF THAT FINAL
FIRING OF THOSE ENGINES THAT
REALLY JUST THAT DOWNHILL RIDE.
>> YEAH, THOSE FORWARD BULKHEAD
THRUSTERS, THERE ARE FOUR OF
THEM.
FORM OF THOSE THRUSTERS, THEY
ARE AT THE TOP OF THE CAPSULE.
NEAR THE NOSE CONE.
THOSE ALREADY UTILIZED TO
PERFORM THE DEORBIT BURN.
THIS BURN IS WHAT WILL
ESSENTIALLY GIVE DRAGON ITS
FINAL TRAJECTORY BACK HOME.
THIS IS THE LAST BURN THAT THE
CAPSULE WILL PERFORM IF YOU HAVE
BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG SINCE
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, YOU KNOW
THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF
BURNS COMPLETED THERE DEORBIT
BURN WILL BE THE FINAL ONE,
LASTING ABOUT 11 1/2 MINUTES
AFTER THAT BURN COMPLETES, WE NO
LONGER NEED TO UTILIZE THOSE
DRACO THRUSTERS AND WE WANT TO
PROTECT THE FORWARD HATCH UP
THERE SO WE CLOSE THE NOSE CONE
AND LOCK IT UP.
WE ARE EXPECTING THAT EVENT TO
HAPPEN AT 11:11 A.M. PACIFIC.
ABOUT 10 -- EXCUSE ME, 20
MINUTES -- 25 MINUTES -- WOW,
MEANT THE MATH ON AIR IS HARD
THINK 25 MINUTES AFTER THAT, THE
CAPSULE WILL BE REENTERING THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE LIKE I
MENTIONED APPROACHING
3,500 DEGREES.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE.
>> WE ARE IN THAT HEAT OF
REENTRY, AND SO THAT'S WHERE
THINGS REALLY HEAT UP FOR BOB
AND DOUG ON THEIR REENTRY AND
THAT'S WHERE WE'LL HAVE THAT
COMS BLACKOUT AND WE HAVE A
TWITTER QUESTION THAT'S GERMANE
TO THIS RIGHT NOW.
WHERE STEPHEN ASKED DURING THE
BLOCKOUT WILL YOU NOT BE ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE WITH BOB AND DOUG
BUT TRACK THEM?
AND IT'S KIND OF A MIX.
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO TALK TO BOB
AND DOUG, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO
SEND OR RECEIVE ANY DATA FROM
THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT.
SO WE WON'T HAVE BASICALLY
TELEMETRY-DRIVEN TRACKING, BUT
WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE
GOING TO BE.
AS THEIR ORBITS HAVE ALREADY
BEEN CALCULATED.
WE HAVE HAD THIS ORBIT
CALCULATED SINCE YESTERDAY
CERTAINLY.
GOTTEN FINE-TUNED AS WE HAVE
DONE THOSE BURNS LITTLE WE'LL
KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE EVEN THOUGH WE
COULDN'T COMMUNICATE DURING THAT
TIME.
>> EXACTLY.
EVEN THOUGH WE WON'T BE ABLE TO
SEND OR RECEIVE SIGNALS OR
COMMANDS OR TELEMETRY.
DRAGON IS DESIGNED TO BE FULLY
AUTONOMOUS AT THAT POINT IT IS
DRIVING ITSELF ANYWAY.
NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
BOB AND DOUG'S PRIMARY FUNCTION
TO MONITOR THE TELEMETRY ON THE
SCREENS AND STAY COMFY.
>> AND ONCE THEY ARE THROUGH
THAT REALLY THAT INITIAL ENTRY,
WE'LL HAVE THAT PART CALLED
ENTRY INTERFACE WHICH WE
EXPLAINED IS WHEN THE CAPSULE IS
EXPERIENCING AERODYNAMICS FLYING
AROUND THE VACUUM OF SPACE NO,
ERRORS, NO LIFT, DRUG, STUFF
LIKE THAT ON THE CAPSULE.
WHERE THEY HIT THE ATMOSPHERE
AND AFFECTING THE CAPSULE AND
WILL CONTINUE TO USE ITS
THRUSTERS ON THE SERVICE SECTION
TO GUIDE IT BACK HOME.
>> EXACTLY.
SPEAKING OF GUIDING IT BACK
HOME, HERE COME THE PARACHUTES
AT 11:44 A.M. PA SIX, OR
18:44 UNIVERSAL TIME, WE ARE
GOING TO BE DELAYING THE
PARACHUTES.
DROAG CHUTES ARE UTILIZED FOR A
COUPLE OF REASONS.
AUTOMOBILE TO STABILIZE IT.
IT WILL EXPERIENCE THE PRESSURES
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE
CAPSULE IS WELL AND STABLE
BEFORE WE DEPLOY THE MAIN
PARACHUTES.
THOSE MAIN CHUTES WILL BE
DEPLOYING AT 11:45 A.M.
AND FOUR OF THEM.
IT MIGHT LOOK FUNNY AT FIRST BUT
WE ASSURE YOU THEY ARE WORKING
IF IT TAKES A COUPLE OF SECONDS
FOR THE AIR TO CATCH IN THEM AND
FULLY EXPAND TO THEIR LARGE,
ROUNDER SHAPE.
IT ONLY TAKES 3 1/2 MINUTES FOR
BOB AND DOUG TO SPLASH DOWN,
THAT WILL BE OCCURRING AT
11:48 A.M. PA SIX,
18:48 UNIVERSAL.
OUR SPLASH DOWN LOW INDICATION
IS OFF THE WHITE SOX IT WERE
COAST OF FLORIDA, WE ARE AIMING
FOR A LOCATION NEAR PENSACOLA.
OUR RECOVERY VESSEL GO NAVIGATOR
IS CURRENTLY IN LOCATION READY
AND WAITING FOR SPLASH DOWN,
THEY WILL WAIT THREE NOT CALL
MILES AWAY FROM THE SPLASH DOWN
POINT.
>> WE GOT THE CALL THEY ARE ON
STATION, WE GOT THE CALL THAT
THE NASA WV57 AIRPLANE IS IN THE
AIR.
AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN A
COUPLE OF BRIEF SPURTS OF VIDEO.
THAT'S THE AIRBORNE ASPECT.
THE HIGH ALTITUDE RESEARCH PLANE
THAT NASA FLIES IT'S OUTFITTED
WITH A NUMBER OF IMAGING CAMERAS
THE MAIN ONE WE'LL SEE IS AN
INFRARED ONE IF YOU WATCHED THE
DEMO ONE SPLASH DOWN WHICH I AM
SURE YOU ALL DID.
YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT FIRST
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A GLIMPSE
OF THAT WB57 CAMERA.
WOMAN GET THERE BACK IF WE
ACQUIRE IT THE SAME TIME.
WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE CAPSULE
IN THAT ATMOSPHERIC REENTRY.
JUST A REALLY BRIGHT LIGHT THAT
LIT UP THE SKY AND THAT WAS THE
FIRST VIEW WE GOT OF DRAGON.
WE'LL USE THAT TO SEE DURING THE
ENTRY AND THEN THE INITIAL
PARACHUTE DEPLOYS AND THEN WE'LL
HAVE A COUPLE MORE AS EXPERTS ON
THE GROUND OR ON THE WATER ON
THE BOAT.
THAT WILL GET A COUPLE OF MORE
VIEWS OF DRAGON AS IT DELIVERS
BOB AND DOUG SAFELY TO THE
OCEAN.
>> SO AS YOU CAN HEAR ALL THE HE
CAN SITE LITTLE WILL BE
HAPPENING IN PRETTY RAPID
SUCCESSION.
WE CAN SEE CLOSEST TO THE CAMERA
WE HAVE DOUG HURLEY, HE IS THE
PILOT OR COMMANDER FOR THIS
PARTICULAR MISSION AND NOW ON
THE CAMERA TO THE TRY, IS NAS
ASTRONAUT BOB.
AND WE ARE VERY FONDLY LOOKING
FOREWARD TO BRINGING OUR SPACE
DADS HOME THIS MORNING.
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WILL BE
HAPPENING IN AN HOUR AND A HALF.
AGAIN TARGETING SPLASH DOWN FOR
11:48 A.M., SPA SPECIFIC, 1848
UNIVERSAL TIME.
BUT LIKE WE MENTIONED BEFORE.
THE ACTION BEGINS AT THE CLAW
SEPARATION MILESTONE SLATED FOR
10:51 A.M. PACIFIC IN ABOUT 38
MINUTES FROM NOW.
SO, AGAIN, WE ARE CONTINUING TO
TAKE QUESTIONS THIS MOPING
THROUGH TWITTER USING THE
#ASKNASA.
OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES TO US
FROM F1 FANATIC, DO THE
ASTRONAUTS NEED TO HAVE FACE
MASKS DOWN DURING REENTRY?
THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
VERY ASTUTE OBSERVATION THAT
THOSE VISORS ARE IN THE UPWARD
POSITION, RIGHT NOW THE SUITS
ARE UNPRESSURIZED AND BOB AND
DOUG ARE BREATHING THE NORMAL
CABIN AIR.
THOSE FACE MASKS, THE VISORS AS
WE REFER TO THEM, DO NEED TO BE
LOWERED AND LOCKED DURING THE
REENTRY PERIOD.
WE NEED THE SPACE SUIT TO BE
FULLY ENCLOSED DURING THE MORE
AND CERTAINLY THE REENTRY PERIOD
IS ONE OF THEM.
SO WE'LL ACTUALLY AT ONE POINT
DURING THE DEORBIT BURN
PREPARATION PHASE, WE WILL
ACTUALLY HEAR COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN GROUND STATION, FROM
GROUND HERE MISSION CONTROL
HEADQUARTERS AT SPACEX TO BOB
AND DOUG JUST TO CONFIRM AND
DOUBLE CHECK THOSE VISORS ARE IN
PLACE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.
OUR NEXT COMES TO US FROM
PHILIP.
WHERE EXACTLY ARE THE PARACHUTES
STORED BEFORE DEPLOYMENT?
>> THEY ARE STORED ON -- IN TWO
SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS ON THE
DRAGON SPACECRAFT.
ON THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE THAT
HAS A DEPLOYABLE PANEL.
THE DROGUE PARACHUTES ARE STORED
IN THE UPPER PART THE UPPER
BULKHEAD DEPLOYED BY TWO DROGUE
MOTORS -- OR MORTARS,
PYROTECHNICS FIRED TO DEPLOY THE
DROGUE PARACHUTES, FURTHER DOWN
THE PANEL, KIND OF AT THE BASE
OF THE SPACECRAFT IS WHERE THE
FOUR MAIN PARACHUTES ARE STORED
THEY GET DRAWN OUT BY THE DROGUE
SHOOTS, THEY ARE REDUNDANT
SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE
THAT IF THE FIRST SET OF MORTARS
DON'T FIRE YOU HAVE BACKUPS TO
GET THE CHUTES DEPLOYED.
WHERE ONCE ON BOTH THE DROGUE
PARACHUTES AND THE MAIN
PARACHUTES, SO ONE OUT OF TWO
DROGUES AND 3 OUT OF FOUR MAINS
IS WHAT THE VEHICLE IS RATED AND
TESTED TO.
SPACEX HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF TESTING EVEN WITHIN
THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS IN THE
LEADUP TO THE MISSION.
OBVIOUSLY A CRITICAL PART.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY
METICULOUSLY PACKED AND
DOCUMENTED BEFORE THE START OF
ANY MISSION.
AND NASA A SITTING SPACEX AS WE
HAVE SOME EXPERTS INVOLVED IN
PARACHUTE MISSIONS FOR DECADES.
THEY ARE STORED UNDER DEPLOYABLE
PANELS AND WE'LL SEE THEM FIRE
OPEN AS THE PARACHUTES COME OUT
AND DEPLOY THE DIFFERENT
ALTITUDES.
>> THOSE PANELS ARE LOCATED
ABOVE AND BELOW THE SIDE HATCH
PAM.
SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE
DRAGON CAPSULE, THE ANCHOR POINT
FOR THOSE PAIR SUITS INSURE THAT
THE SIDE HATCH WILL EFFECTIVELY
BE AS FAR AWAY FROM THE OCEAN
SURFACE AS POSSIBLE.
INSURING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
EXPEDITE THE PROCESS OF HE
OFEGRESSING BOB AND DOUG AND THE
CAP OTHER SEWELL AS A HOLM GREAT
QUESTION.
>> WHAT ARE THE TABLETS NO ON
THEIR LEGS USED FOR WHAT DEVICES
ARE THEY?
>> THEY ARE USING iPADS ON
BOARD.
THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY USER
MANUALS THEY ARE ABLE TO DIAL UP
PROCEDURES AND CHECK LIST THEY
LOOK FOR.
THEY ARE ABLE TO VELCRO THEM TO
THEIR SUITS.
JUST LIKE THE MAIN DISPLAYS THEY
ARE TOUCH SCREEN AND THEY HAVE
THE TOUCH SCREEN ENABLED GLOVES
IN THEIR SUITS.
ET CETERA JUST ANOTHER
INFORMATION SOURCE.
DRAGON DOESN'T HAVE THE BIG
PAPER MANUALS THAT WE WERE USED
TO TO THE SHUTTLE ERA JUST
STREAMLINING EVERYTHING AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE.
>> LIKE WE MENTIONED BEFORE THIS
IS A DEMONSTRATION MISSION, BOB
AND DOUG'S NOBODY IS TO MAKE
SURE EVERYTHING IS WORK AS IT
SHOULD BEING.
A LOT OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS
GOING TO BE MONITORING, NOT
SIMPLY, PAYING ATTENTION CAN BE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS A LOT
GOING ON DYNAMICALLY AROUND YOU,
IS STAYING FOCUSED CAN BE TOUGH.
IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB, THEY WILL
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING
THE DATA AND TELEMETRY ON
SCREENS.
DEBRIEFING ON LAND, IT'S SIMPLY
WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED
IN REALITY THAT YOU WERE NOT
EXPECTING OR DIFFERED FROM WHAT
YOU WERE INSTRUCTED WOULD OCCUR.
MAKING SURE THAT IN THE FUTURE
FULLY OPERATIONAL MISSIONS THAT
WE HAVE, STARTING WITH CREW ONE,
LAUNCHING LATER THIS YEAR, THAT
THOSE CREWS ARE FULLY PREPARED
AND THAT WE MAKE THOSE
ESSENTIALLY THOSE INSTRUCTION
MANUALS THAT THEY DO HAVE ACCESS
TO AS PERFECT AS POSSIBLE.
BECAUSE IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE
HAVE CORRECT INFORMATION.
AND THAT THE CREW IS INFORMED
AND AWARE OF ALL OF THE
OPERATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT
THEY MAY NOT -- THEY ARE NOT THE
ONES NECESSARILY COMMANDING
BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS
AUTONOMOUS, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT THEY DO KNOW WHAT IS GOING
ON.
>> ALL RIGHT.
OUR NEXT QUESTION, COMES FROM
SAM.
WANTED TO KNOW IF BOB AND DOUG
CAN LISTEN TO SPACEX WEBCAST
WHEN THEY ARE IN THE DRAGON
CAPSULE?
I HOPE SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY
HAVE TOO MUCH ELSE ON THEIR
MIND.
>> RIGHT.
>> NO, THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO
LISTEN TO US, BUT ONE FUN FACT
THAT ALWAYS KIND OF MAKES US
GEEK OUT A LITTLE BIT, IS THE
CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD THE SPACE
STATION WILL USUALLY GET NASA TV
PUMPED UP TO THEN ANY TIME THEIR
CREWMATES ARE LAUNCHING OR
LANDING THINK SO THEY ARE ABLE
TO WATCH THEIR FRIEND AND
CREWMATES, SO CHRIS, IF YOU ARE
WATCHING, HI.
>> GREAT QUESTION.
ANOTHER QUESTION, DOES THE RAG
UNCAPSULE HAVE WINDOWS WHERE
THEY CAN LOOK UTE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES THAT
DOUG HAS POSTED WAS ONE OF THE
FIRST PICTURES WE POSTED WAS A
SHOT OF WHAT HE COULD SEE
OUTSIDE OF CREW DRAGON'S
WINDOWS.
IT CERTAINLY WILL PRACTICE HE
DESCRIBED VISUAL CONVERSATION
THAT REENTRY IS HAPPENING.
THEY'LL SEE THE ENERGY THAT'S
BEING -- THAT'S BEING EXPELLED
DURING THE REENTRY PERIOD.
SOME OF THE PIECES OF THE
MATERIAL AS THEY HEAT UP AND ARE
DESIGNED TO FLICKER AWAY.
THEY'LL SEE THAT FROM THE
WINDOWS THEMSELVES IT WILL BE
FIGHT THE FIREWORKS SHOW.
>> OUR NEXT ONE FROM JOE.
DOES THE DRAGON CAPSULE HAVE
NETFLIX?
ANOTHER IMPORTANT QUESTION.
>> YEAH.
THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO.
AS AS OUR VIEWS HERE CYCLING
THROUGH -- AS OUR VIEW CYC
THROUGH WE CAN SEE WHAT THEY
SCREENS LOOK LIKE.
THERE WE GO.
IN THE CENTER SCREEN WE HAVE THE
GROUND TRACKING MAP AS YOU CAN
SEE THERE ACTUALLY MIGHT BE HARD
TO MAKE OUT, BUT DRAGON IS
ACTUALLY IN -- CROSSING OVER THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN.
NOW APPROACHING  WHAT LOOKS LIKE
ENGLAND AND IRELAND.
SO IT WILL BE CROSSING IN TO
EUROPE SOON.
ALSO ON THE SCREENS TO THE LEFT
AND THE RIGHT OF THAT GROUND
TRACK SCREEN WERE THEIR
TELEMETRY SCREENS, THOSE WILL BE
THE INTERFACE THAT THEY USE
DURING THE -- DURING THE DEORBIT
BURN AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL USE
TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS
LOOKING GOOD AND PERFORMING
NOMINALLY.
>> YEAH, THE CENTER SCREEN THAT
YOU JUST SAW, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY
THE SAME MAP THAT WE HAVE BEEN
LOOKING AT THROUGHOUT OUR
COVERAGE HERE TODAY.
THEY ARE LOOKING AT A LOT SAME
DATA THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE
YOU GUYS DOWN HERE ON THE GROUND
JUST WHERE ARE THEY OVER THE
EARTH?
IT CAN BE DISORIENTING TO LOOK
OUT THE WINDOW AND FIGURE IT OUT
QUICKLY.
BUT THEY ARE ABLE TO SEE HOW FAR
ALONG THEIR ORBIT THEY ARE.
WHERE THOSE MILESTONES ARE
COMING UP.
SO THEY CAN JUST, AGAIN, THEY
ARE IN A MONITOR MODE AND READY,
LOCKED AND LOAD TODAY JUMP INCH
IF REQUIRED.
OUR NEXT QUESTION SEVEN-YEAR-OLD
IAN WANTS KNOW WHY IS THE DRAGON
CAPSULE CONE SHAPED?
FOR A VERY SPECIFIC REASON, AND
IT'S WHY A LOT OF -- A LOT OF
SPACECRAFT ARE IN A CAPSULE
SHAPE WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO
REALLY FIGURE OUT THE MOST
EFFICIENT WAY TO REENTER THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, BOTH FROM
HANDLING THE TRAJECTORY, WITHOUT
HAVING WINGS LIKE A SPACE
SHUTTLE, YOU STARTING DID HE
EVER, WHEN THEY WERE FIRST
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEST
SHAPE A SPACECRAFT, TO
EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY
REENTER THEARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
IN THE SAFEST CONFIGURATION,
WHERE THEY LANDED ON WAS A CONE
SHAPE.
ON A CAPSULE SHAPE, THERE WERE
INITIAL DRAWINGS THAT YOU COULD
FIND ALL MANNER OF SPACECRAFT IN
WIND TUNNELS BUT ALL THE WAY
BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS OF SPACE
FLIGHT IN THE MERCURY AND THE
VERY EARLY DAYS, THEY WERE ABLE
TO DETERMINE THAT THE AM CAPSULE
SHAPE IS THE MOST APPRECIATE IT
DISSHEAT THE BEST AND
EASY TO CONTROL AND THE SAFEST
OPTION.
AND PHYSICS HAVE NOT CHANGED
SINCE THE '60s AT LEAST NOT A
GREAT DEAL.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF
CAPSULE SHAPED SPACECRAFT AND
IT'S JUST FOR REENTERING AN
ATMOSPHERE.
GOOD QUESTION.
THERE ON YOUR SCREEN AGAIN WE
HAVE LIVE SHOTS COMING FROM
DRAGON ENDEAVOR AS IT IS MAKING
ITS WAY BACK TOWARDSth.  WE
ARE IN APPROACHING THE FINAL
STEPS OF THE DAY OF THE MISSION
IN FACT.
AND AT 11:48 APP PA SIX,
18:18 A.M. -- OR P.M., EXCUSE
ME.
UNIVERSAL, WE'LL HAVE THE SPLASH
DOWN OF DRAGON ENDEAVOR.
RIGHT NOW BOB AND DOUG ARE
CYCLING THROUGH, PREPARING FOR
WHAT WE CALL DEORBIT TURN
INITIATION.
THE DEORBIT BURN IS WHAT WILL
PLACE DRAGON ON ITS SPECIFIC --
ON ITS FINAL TRAJECTORY TO A
SPECIFIC LANDING LOCATION.
THAT LOCATION HAS -- WAS --
THERE WERE SEVEN POSSIBLE ONES.
WE DETERMINED THE BEST ONE FOR
TODAY'S REENTRY TO BE OFF THE
COAST OF FLORIDA NEAR PENSACOLA.
THE RECOVERY VESSEL GO NAVIGATE
OR IS IN PLACE, READY AND
WAITING.
AND SEEMS LIKE BOB AND DOUG ARE
PRETTY COMFORTABLE THERE.
THEY ARE IN THEIR SPACE SUITS,
THE LEAK CHECK HAS BEEN
PERFORMED AND WE GOT THE CALL
OUT THAT IT WAS NOMINAL.
SO EVERYTHING GOOD THERE.
RIGHT NOW THESE VISORS ARE IN
THE UP POSITION.
THEY WILL BE CLOSED AND LOCKED
IN THE DYNAMIC PORTION UPCOMING.
IN A FEW MINUTES.
CHECKING MY TIMELINE HERE.
>> WE ARE JUST ABOUT 24:20 FROM
THINGS REALLY PICKING UP.
THAT'S WHAT WELL START TO GET IN
TO THE ATTITUDE TO SEPARATE THE
TRUNK.
AND JUST ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES
AFTER THAT, IS WHEN WE'LL START
THE DEORBIT BURN.
AND, AGAIN, THAT WILL BE THE
LONGEST BURN OF DRAGON'S RETURN
JOURNEY.
THE LATEST TIMELINE WE GOT HA IT
LASTING FOR ABOUT 11 MINUTES AND
22 SECONDS.
IT WILL BE THE LAST FIRING OF
THE FORWARD BULKHEAD THRUSTERS,
THE FOUR DRACOS AT THE TOP OF
DRAGON THAT WILL BE COVERED UP
EVENTUALLY BY THE NOSE CONE
FOLLOWING THE DEORBIT BURN, AS
WE SAID BEFORE THAT DEORBIT BURN
COMMITS THEM TO COMING HOME
WHICH THAT HAPPENS THAT CAPSULE
IS REENTERING THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE PUTTING THEM ON A
COLLISION CAN COURSE WITH PLANET
EARTH, LINING UP THEIR ORBIT TO
INTERSECT WITH THE SPLASH DOWN
POINT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.
>> AND WHILE WE HAVE JUST A FEW
MORE MINUTES UNTIL WE GET TO
THAT.
WE STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS
COMING IN.
AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ONE, JUMP
OVER ON TWITTER AND USE THE #ASK
NASA.
THIS ONE COMES FROM SCARE OF
SURVIVOR.
DOES DRAGON LOSE RADIO CONTACT
WITH SATELLITE OR GROUND
STATIONS DURING REENTRY?
AND THE ANSWER IS REALLY
EVERYTHING.
AS THAT PLASMA BUILDS UP AROUND
THE SPACECRAFT IT ESSENTIALLY
PREVENTSES SIGNALS BEING SENT OR
TRANSMITTED OR RECEIVED BY
DRAGON'S AN ARTEMYEV BE 10 A'S
ANTENNAS IT'S BOTH SATSLIGHT ANT
CAN'T COMMUNICATE WITH.
BUT IT CONTINUE FLYING ITSELF.
WE KNOW WHAT ITS ORBIT IS
PLOTTED OUT TO BE WE KNOW WHERE
IT IS AND KNOW THE EXPECTED TIME
OF THAT COM BLACKOUT ABOUT SIX
MINUTES.
IT DOES LOSE CONTACT WITH
EVERYTHING, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO
HEAR FROM BOB AND DOUG UNTIL
THEY ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT
HAVE BLACKOUT AND THEN WE'LL
REESTABLISH COMMUNICATION WITH
DRAGON.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE
FROM NETTY WANT TO GO KNOW HOW
MANY SEATS ARE IN DRAGON?
>> SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR
SCREEN, THERE ARE ACTUALLY -- I
GUESS ONE IS HIPPED, THERE ARE
ACTUALLY FOUR CHAIRS THERE
AVAILABLE.
WE WILL BE UTILIZING ALL FOUR
SEATS ON THE CREW ONE MISSION.
LAUNCHING LATER THIS YEAR.
CURRENTLY TARGETED FOR
SEPTEMBER.
RIGHT NOW, BOB AND DOUG ARE ONLY
OCCUPYING TWO OF THEM, AS THIS
IS A DEMONSTRATION MISSION OF
SO, YEAH, WE WILL BE UTILIZING
ALL FOUR OF THOSE SEATS IN
FUTURE MISSIONS, BUT AS OF RIGHT
NOW, I BELIEVE IT WAS ON THE
LAUNCH PORTION OF THE MISSION,
ONE OF THOSE SEATS WAS OCCUPIED
BY TREMOR, WHO IF YOU HAVE BEEN
FOLLOWING ALONG IS THE SEQUINNED
DINOSAUR THAT WAS VOTED ON BY
THE TWO SONS FROM BOB AND DOUG
AS WHAT SHOULD BE THE 0G
INDICATOR, SO TREMOR WAS
STRAPPED IN TO A SEAT DURING
ASCENT AND WHEN THEY GOT THE
OKAY TO RELEASE HIM, HE STARTED
FLOATING IN TO THE CAPSULE AND,
YOU KNOW, GAVE US ITS SEQUINNED
GLORY THERE IN -- ON THE EDGE OF
SPACE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER TIME
HAKAS WE ARE COMING UP ON THESE.
WE ARE JUST A LITTLE OVER 20
MINUTES FROM THE START OF ALL OF
OUR DEORBIT BURN SEQUENCING
STARRING.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT TO REALLY
PICK UP AT ABOUT PEN 10:48 AS
WE'LL START GETTING IN TO THE
ATTITUDE FOR TRUNK SEPARATION.
AND THEN WE START BASICALLY
EXECUTING A BUNCH OF STEPS THAT
ARE GOING TO COMMIT BOB AND DOUG
TO THE REENTRY.
>> WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
THOSE IT WILL BE QUITE A
JOURNEY.
WITH RESPECT TO THE DEORBIT BURN
BOB AND DOUG WILL REMAIN IN HAIR
SEATS AND STRAP ED IN FOR THE
ENTIRE DURING RAISE, IN FACT,
THEY WON'T BE EXITING THE SEATS
UNTIL THEY ARE BEING -- UNTIL
THEY ARE ABLE TO EGRESS OR EXIT
THE CAPSULE AFTER IT HAS SPLASH
DOWN AND COVERED OUT OCEAN AND
SAFETY RESTING IN THE NEST OF
THE RECOVERY VESSEL.
ALONG THAT NOTE, OUR NEXT
TWITTER QUESTION IS FROM BRETT,
THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE
ORIENTATION OF THE ASTRONAUTS
WHEN SEATED.
AS IN DO THEY FACE THE FRONT OR
THE TOP OF THE CAPSULE AND DO
THEY FIND IT COMFORTABLE.
GREAT QUESTION THERE.
IN THE VIEWS WE HAD A COUPLE OF
MINUTES AGO, THEY WERE, I GUESS
WHAT WE WOULD CALL IN THE
RECLINED POSITION, THEY WERE
FACING TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE
CAPSULE.
DURING THE LAUNCH PORTION,
WHENEVER THEY WERE ACTUALLY
GETTING IN TO THE CAPSULE, BACK
IN LATE MAY, THE SEATS WERE
ACTUATED IN THE DOWN POSITION,
WHERE THEY WERE FACING TOWARDS
THE HATCH.
THE ANGLE OF DIFFERENT IS ABOUT
40 DEGREES BETWEEN THE TWO
POSITIONS.
THEY ACTUATE IN ORDER TO MAKE
SURE THAT WHENEVER THERE ARE --
WHENEVER THERE ARE Gs BEING
EXPERIENCED, THAT IT IS IN THE
MOST COMFORTABLE AND SAFELY
ERGONOMIC WAY POSSIBLY.
THAT'S WHERE SEAT OR ACTION
SITUATION COMES IN HANDS I, ALSO
IT HELPS THEM TO GET IN AND OUT
OF THE CAPSULE.
IT'S A LITTLE TRICKIER WHENEVER
THE SEATS ARE IN THE UP POSITION
OR WHEN THEY ARE RECLINED FACING
UPWARD TOWARD THE TOP OF THE
CAPSULE.
AS FOR COMFORT LEVEL, I HAVE
HEARD THEY FINE IT COMFORTABLE.
>> THE SEATS ARE CUSTOM FIT
TODAY EACH ASTRONAUT DESTINED TO
BE FLYING IT.
WHENEVER A CREW MEMBER IS
ASSIGNED TO A MISSION THEY WILL
BE ASSIGNED A SEAT SPECIFICALLY.
SO THERE WILL BE NO MID FLIGHT
FIRE DRILLS WHERE EVERYONE
SWITCHES SEATS EVERYONE HAS A
DESIGNATED SEAT.
THEY ARE SHAME I SMALL, MEDIUM,
AND LARGE AND THE ARMRESTS ARE
CUSTOMIZABLE DEPENDING ON HOW
LONG THE CREW MEMBER'S FOREARM
IS LITTLE SO WE HAVE TAKEN MANY
STEPS FOR COMFORT AND STYLE.
THE SPACE SUITS ARE SIMILARLY
CUSTOM FIT TODAY EACH INDIVIDUAL
CREW MEMBER.
WITH THE COMBINATION OF THE
CUSTOM FIT OF THE SUIT, AS WELL
AS THE CUSTOM FIT OF THE SEATS,
WE HAVE AIMED TO MAKE IT AS
COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE IN THE
EVENT OF SOME SORT OF SITUATION
WE NEED TO WAIT AN ACTIVITY FOR
UP TO 24 HOURS, EVEN IF YOU ARE
HIGHLY DRAINED IT'S A LONG TIME,
MAKING SURE THEY ARE AS
COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE WHILE IN
THE CABIN WAS HIGH PRIORITY.
>> OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
RICHARD.
THIS DEALS WITH KIND OF HYGIENE
ON THE SPACE STATION, JUST
CURIOUS HOW THE ASTRONAUTS THAT
HAVE BEEN ON STATION A WHILE HOW
DO THEY STAY CLEAN CUT I KNOW
THERE IS NOT A BARBER DO THEY
CUT THEIR HAIR, DO THEY SHOWER,
DO LAUNDRY, HOW DO THEY DO IT?
THEY HAVE TO CUT THEIR OWN HAIR.
AND EVEN CURRENT COMMANDER CHRIS
CASSIDY WHO IS STILL ON BOARD
FAMOUSLY SHAVED HIS HEAD ONCE AS
HIS FELLOW CREW MATE LUCA WAS
ABOUT TO ARRIVE ON SPACE STATION
JUST SO HE HAD SOME BALD COUPLE
OF THEY HAVE TRIMMERS ON BOARD
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
THAT HAVE A VACUUM TOO MUCH
TODAY THEM SO THEY ARE NOT JUST
GETTING HAIR JUST ALL THROUGHOUT
THE CABIN AS LIKE EVERYTHING
ELSE, HAIR WOULD JUST TEND TO
FLOAT AROUND AND GET CAUGHT IN
THE DRAFTS OF THE AIR
CIRCULATION ON BOARD, SO THEY
USE BASICALLY VACUUM CUTTERS IN
ORDER TO GIVE THEMSELVES
HAIRCUTS.
THAT'S HOW THEY ARE ABLE DO IT.
NO PROFESSIONAL STYLIST UP
THERE.
AND STAY LESS SHAGGY.
>> QUICK TIME CHECK, WE JUST
PAST 10:30.
IT'S 10:32 IN CALIFORNIA.
WE ARE LESS THAN 20 MINUTES AWAY
FROM OUR FIRST EVENT HERE ON OUR
LIST AS BOB AND DOUG BEGIN TO
CHECK OFF, CONTINUE TO CHECK OFF
THE BOXES OF THEIR RETURN HOME.
FIRST WE HAVE THE INITIATION OF
TRUNK JETTISON, THAT MEANS THAT
WE WILL NEED TO UNLATCH THE CLAW
FROM THE TRUNK.
THAT IS THE MECHANISM THAT HOLDS
AND CONNECTS THE TRUNK TO THE
CAPSULE, DELIVERS FLUID,
TELEMETRY, POWER, ALL THAT GOOD
STUFF.
WE NEED TO EXPOSE THE TRUNK IN
ORDER FOR THE CAPSULE TO
DEORBIT.
SO WE WILL JETTISON THE TRUNK.
AND THEN WE WILL BEGIN A DEORBIT
BURN A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER
THAT DEORBIT BURN IS SLATED TO
BEGIN AT 10:56 A.M. PACIFIC.
1856 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME.
IN JUST UNDER 23 MINUTES EXPECT
THAT TO START.
ONCE AGAIN IF YOU ARE JOINING
US, WE HAVE LIVE VIEWS INSIDE
THE DRAGON ENDEAVOR CAPSULE.
BOB AND DOUG IN THEIR SEATS AS
THEY ARE MAKING FINAL
PREPARATIONS AND DOING FINAL
REVIEWS AS WE GET READY TO
INITIATE THE DEORBIT SEQUENCE.
CLOSER TO THE CAMERA IS DOUG
HURLEY AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE
CAMERA IS ASTRONAUT BOB BEHNKEN.
THESE ARE TWO INCREDIBLY --
INCREDIBLY WONDERFUL HUMANS.
WE AFFECTIONATELY CALL THEM OUR
SPACE DADS HERE AT SPACEX.
IT'S BEEN SUCH AN HONOR TO BE
ABLE TO FLY THEM, OF COURSE,
DOUG HURLEY WAS ACTUALLY THE
PILOT OF THE FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE
MISSION S IT.
TS135 BACK IN 2011.
HONESTLY WHEN I HEARD THAT HE
WAS ASSIGN TODAY THIS MISSION I
CRIED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, JUST TO
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN
THE PILOT OF THAT FINAL MISSION
TO THE SPACE STATION IN THIS
CAPACITY WAS -- IS
SO COOL.
I HAVE LOVED FOLLOWING THIS
MISSION SINCE THE MOMENT THAT WE
STARTED TRAINING FOR IT HERE IN
HAWTHORNE.
>> WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE READY.
THEY HAVE DONE ALL OF THEIR SUIT
CHECKOUTS EVERYTHING TO GET TO
THIS POINT.
ONCE WE BEGIN THESE EVENTS THEY
ARE GOING TO KEEP A VERY CLOSE
EYE, AGAIN, CREW IS ALWAYS IN
THE LOOP TO STEP IN.
BUT DRAGON GOING TO BE EXECUTING
ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT
MANEUVERS, SEPARATION EVENT
AUTOMATICALLY, VIA A
PREPROGRAMMED TIMELINE.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO COUNTDOWN,
WE'LL HAVE OUR FIRST MANEUVER IN
A LITTLE UNDER 13 MINUTES.
WE ARE A LITTLE OVER 15 MINUTES
FROM THE CLAW SEPARATION.
THAT CLAW CONNECTING THE SERVICE
MODULE TO THE DRAGON CAPSULE IT
HE FEEL IS.
A SERIES OF QUICK DISCONNECTS
WILL CUT OFF FLUID PATH AND DATA
BETWEEN TWO THE TWO A FEW
SECONDS AFTER THAT THE TRUNK
WILL SEPARATE AND THEY'LL BE
JUST LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES AWAY
FROM THAT DEORBIT BURN.
DEORBIT BURN EXPECTED TO LAST 11
MINUTES AND 22 SECONDS.
>> OF COURSE DURING REENTRY, BOB
AND DOUG WILL BE EXPERIENCING A
COUPLE OF Gs, WE ARE
ANTICIPATING THEM TO FEEL ABOUT
4Gs DURING REENTRY.
THIS WILL BE MAIL NICK A LITTLE
DILL FOR THEM TO MOVE THEIR ARMS
ARMED, NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY ARE
DID GO RIGHT NOW IS REVIEWING
ALL OF THE EVENT DETAILS FOR
SLASH DOWN.
MAKING SURE THAT -- I HAVE SAID
THERE BEFORE, THEY HAVE
REHEARSED THIS BOTH VIA -- THEY
HAVE REHEARSED THE SEQUENCE OF
EVENT IN PERSON WITH THE
RECOVERY TEAM AS WELL AS THROUGH
SIMULATIONS HERE AT MICHIGAN
CONTROL -- OR AT SPACEX HEAD
QUARTERS IN HAWTHORNE,
CALIFORNIA.
BECAUSE IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR
THEM TO MAYBE FLIP THROUGH TO
THE EXACT PART OF THE PROCEDURE
THEY MIGHT WANT TO REVIEW DURING
THE ACTUAL REENTRY EVENT ITSELF,
THEY ARE -- THEY ARE REVIEWING
THOSE NOW IN PREPARATION FOR
THAT SLASH DUNE -- OR FOR THE
REENTRY SEQUENCE.
>> WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION IT'S
PRETTY COOL.
IS IT QUIET OR DOES IT SOUND
LIKE AN AIRPLANE.
IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE AN
AIRPLANE AT LST NOT NOW AS
THEY ARE FLYING THROUGH THE
VACUUM OF SPACE THERE NO, SIR
RUSHING OF AIR, GET THAT ONCE
THEY ARE FURTHER DOWN DURING
THEIR DESCENT AND THEY CAN HEAR
WHAT THE DRACO THRUSTERS FIRE.
ONE OF THE COOL THINGS THEY HAVE
DONE TO TRAIN CREW SPACEXs HAD
A NUMBER OF MICROPHONES SPACED
THROUGHOUT THE CABIN DURING DEMO
ONE AND THEY RECORDED WHAT IS
SOUNDED LIKE INSIDE THROUGH ALL
OF THE MAJOR BURNS, THE LAUNCH,
THE DESCENT AND LANDING
EVERYTHING.
AND IN THE TRAINER, UPSTAIRS
HERE AT HAWTHORNE, AT SPACEX
HEAD QUARTERS.
THEY HAVE SPEAKERS SET UP AS
THEY ARE DOING SIMULATIONS OR
PRACTICE RUNS THEY ARE ABLE TO
HEAR WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE, THAT'S
WHAT BOB POINTED OUT DOES THIS
SOUND LIKE I WAS EXPECTING IT
TO.
DOES LOOK LIKE, IS THAT A LIGHT
I AM SUPPOSED TO SEE.
ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT
FOR THEM IS LIKE REFLECTION BY
THE TIME THEY HAVE TRAINED IT
THIS MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, AT THIS MOMENT,
WE ARE LESS THAN 10 MEMBERS AWAY
FROM THIS SEQUENCE STARTING.
WE ARE NINE MINUTES AWAY, IN
FACT.
AND FIRST WE'LL SEE THAT
MANEUVER.
WHERE WE'LL GET IN TO THE PROPER
ATTITUDE OR POINT DRAGON IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THE CLAW AND
TRUNK SEPARATION.
WE'LL DO A 90-DEGREE YAW
MANEUVER TURNING DRAGON SIDEWAYS
TO MAKE SURE THE TRUNK GOES OUT
IN A WAY NOT COMING OUT IN FRONT
OF OR BEHIND THE CAPSULE.
ESSENTIALLY REENTERING THE
ATMOSPHERE WITH THE CAPSULE.
WE'LL AVOID THAT.
AND THEN DRAGON WILL POSITION
ITSELF FOR THE DEORBIT BURN IT,
WILL POINT THOSE FORWARD
BULKHEAD THRUSTERS IN TO THE
DIRECTION THAT IT'S CURRENTLY
TRAVELING.
THIS IS CALLED A RETRO GRADE
MANEUVER AND IT'S DONE
SPECIFICALLY TO -- WE'LL SLOW
THE CAPSULE DOWN, BUT MORE THAN
ANYTHING, WE ARE CHANGING THE
PAIR I DIDN'T OR THE LOWEST
POINT OF THE CAPSULE'S ORBIT.
PUTTING IT UP ON AN INTERSECTION
POINT IN THE SPOT IN THE GULF
WHERE WE ARE COMING HOME.
EIGHT MINUTES, KATE.
>> WE ARE GETTING CLOSE.
>> DRAGON SPACEX FOR DEORBIT
SEQUENCE.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> ALL RIGHT, DOUG, WE ARE FIVE
MINUTES OUT FROM DEORBIT
SEQUENCE START.
IN ADDITION, JUST WANTED TO
INFORM YOU WE ARE EXPECTING SOME
RATTY COM DOUG DEDRUNK DREW TO
ORIENTATION.
>> OKAY, COPY, 445 LEFT FOR THE
SLEW.
AND THEN RATTY C OM DOUG THE
CLAW SEPARATION.
>> GOOD READ BACK, DOUG.
>> OKAY, WE ARE ALMOST FOUR
MINUTES AWAY.
FROM THE STARTING.
>> YEAH, WE JUST HEARD THE CALL
OUT THERE, CONFIRMATION FROM
SPACEX CORE DOWN HERE AT MISSION
CONTROL TO CREW DRAGON NOW UNR
FIVE, AT THE TIME OF THE CALL
FIVE MINUTES WAY FROM DEORBIT
SEQUENCE START.
LIKE WE HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE,
DEORBIT SEQUENCE WILL INVOLVE
SEPARATING FROM THE TRUNK AND
PERFORMING THE DEORBIT BURN.
AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED ON
YOUR -- THE GROUND TRACKING MAP
THAT WE HAVE BEEN SHOWING YOU
BEFORE, BOB AND DOUG WERE IN
THEIR LAST ORBIT AROUND EARTH.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE NUMBER
WAS, BUT YOU QUOTED EARLIER,
DAN, BUT THEY HAVE DONE
THOUSANDS OF ORBITS AROUND EARTH
DURING THEIR 2-MONTH DURATION ON
STATION.
IT'S EXCITING THE LINE THAT WE
SEE ON THE DRAW JECT ARE YOU MAP
IS NO LONGER FULLY AROUND IT,
THEY ARE COMING HOME.
>> WE ARE NOT SEEING TWO LINES
SHOWING WHAT THEIR NEXT ORBIT
WILL BE THEY ARE ON THEIR FINAL
ORBIT OF PLANET EARTH AND THIS
IS THEIR 1,024TH ORBIT AROUND
OUR PLANET SINCE THEY LAUNCHED
BACK IN MAY EARLIER THIS YEAR.
WE ARE COUNTING DONE UNDER THREE
MINUTES AWAY FROM THE FIRST
MANEUVER AND IT WILL BE A SLEW,
AS YOU HEARD DOUG RADIO DOWN,
AND THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WE ARE
CHANGE THE ATTITUDE, USING THE
DRACO THRUSTERS TO ESSENTIALLY
SPIN DRAGON ABOUT 90 DEGREES TO
THE SIDE.
SO QUESTION JETTISON THAT TRUNK.
AND THAT WILL BE DONE IN TUESDAY
TWO STAGES, THE CLAW SEPARATION
AND THEN THE TRUNK SEPARATION.
2:32 AND COUNTING.
THIS IS WHERE THINGS REALLY PICK
UP.
THIS IS WHERE WE COMMIT TO
COMING HOME AND THIS IS WHERE WE
ARE IN KIND OF THE FINAL STAGES
OF BOB AND DOUG'S TRIP IN OUTER
SPOUSE AND PRETTY SOON WE'LL BE
SEEING THEM IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO.
>> THEY ARE STAYING COMFORTABLE
AND IN THE VEHICLE.
BOB AND DUG ARE PREPARING.
IT'S ISOLATING THE THERMAL
CONTROL SYSTEM LOOPS FROM THE
RADIATOR.
IT HELPS KEEP THEM COOL THE
EXTERNAL TEMPERATURE REACH 3,00E
THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM KEEPS
THEM COOL.
ALSO DRAGON IS INITIATING THE
SEPARATION OF THE CLAW MECHANISM
TURN NATING THE DATA, POWER AND
FLUID CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE
CAPSULE AND THE TRUNK.
RIGHT NOW THE VEHICLE IS
PREPARING TO EXECUTE THAT AND WE
ARE ANTICIPATING EXECUTION OF
CLAW SEPARATION IN 3 MINUTES AND
35 SECONDS.
WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 10 HOURS I
THINK AT THIS POINT.
THE WEBCAST AS A WHOLE HAS BEEN
GOING ON FOR LESS THAN 24 HOURS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THE
FINAL MOMENTS HERE AS DRAGON IS
BEGINNING ITS JOURNEY HOME TO
BRING BOB AND DOUG BACK TO
EARTH.
>> THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT
DRAGON IS IN A POSITION TO START
COMING HOME.
THE RECOVERY TEAM IS ALREADY ON
STATION, THEY HAVE BEEN FOR A
WHILE OUT THERE OFF THE COAST OF
PENSACOLA.
WE ARE LESS THAN A MINUTE FROM
STARTING ALL OF THESE CAREFULLY
CHOREOGRAPHED SEQUENCES TO
ACCEPT THAT I SPLIT DRAGON IN
HALF.
GET RID OF THE TRUNK SO WE HAVE
THE CAPSULE, POINT THE HEAT
SHIELD BACK DOWN TOWARDS EARTH
FOLLOWING THE DEORBIT BURN.
AND THEN WE BRING THEM HOME.
WE ARE JUST ABOUT 30 SECONDS
AWAY NOW FROM MANEUVERING DRAG
TOWN GET READY TO GET RID OF
THAT CLAW FIRST.
THEN CLAW SEPARATION, A
35-SECOND DIFFERENCE -- OR
35-SECOND JUMP FROM SEPARATING
THE CLAW TO SEPARATING THE TRUNK
AND WE'LL KEEP OUR EYES ON THE
GROUND TRACK FOR YOU AND MAKE
SURE WE GET AN EXACT LOCATION OF
WHEN THESE SEPARATION EVENT ARE
OCCURRING.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR BOTH THE CLAW
AND THE TRUNK TO SEPARATE
CLEANLY.
AND THEN IT WILL BE LESS THAN
FIVE MINUTES UNTIL WE DO THE
DEORBIT BURN.
>> AND AFTER THAT, IT WILL --
>> DRAGON SPACEX, DEORBIT
SEQUENCE START.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> GREAT NEWS.
>> COPY.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO THE DRACO
THRUSTERS ON DRAGON STARTING TO
FIRE.
NOW MOVING ITS WAY OVER TO THE
TRUNK JETTISON ATTITUDE.
WISHED BE ABOUT TWO MINUTES AWAY
FROM THE CLAW SEPARATION.
>> FOR THOSE OF YOU JUST TUNING
IN, YOU ARE JUST IN TIME AT THIS
POINT IN THE MISSION WE ARE NOW
BEGINNING TO EXECUTE THE FINAL
STEPS OF DRAGON ENDEAVORS RETURN
TO EARTH.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE PERFORMING THE
CLAW SEPARATION SLEW, WHICH
BASICALLY MEANS DRAGON IS
MANEUVERING ITSELF IN TO
POSITION IN TO THE PROPER
ATTITUDE IN ORDER TO SEPARATE
THE DRAGON TRUNK AND THAT WILL
BE INITIATED FIRST BY SEPARATE
OF THE CLAW.
THE CLAW IS THE MECHANISM THAT
ATTACHES THE TRUNK AND THE
CAPSULE TOGETHER.
THE CLAW IS WHAT DELIVERS POWER
AND TELEMETRY AND FLUIDS.
AND WE NEED TO EXPOSE THE HEAT
SHIELD RIGHT NOW THE TRUNK IS
BLOCKING THAT.
SO WE WILL JETTISON THE TRUNK.
AND WE WILL THEN HAVE -- ALLOW
US TO MANEUVER IN TO THE PROPER
ATTITUDE TO PERFORM THE DRBIT
BURN.
WHICH DRAGON PERFORM A NUMBER SO
FAR OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS
MORNING AND THIS WILL BE THE
FINAL VEHICLE HAS TO PERFORM FOR
THIS MISSION.
SOYUZ WE HEARD CONFIRM ACTION
DRAGON IS IN THE PROPER POSITION
AND WE ARE STANDING BY FOR TRUNK
SEPARATION.
>> AND WE JUST HEARD
CONFIRMATION.
CONFIRMATION OF CLAW SEPARATION.
>> AND WITH THE CLAW SEPARATED
WE ARE NOW STANDING BY FOR THE
TRUNK SEPARATION IN LESS THAN 30
SECONDS.
10 SECONDS UNTIL TRUNK
SEPARATION.
>> WE JUST HEARD CONFIRMATION OF
TRUNK SEPARATION.
>> THE TRUNK SEPARATION COMING
AT 10:52 A.M. PACIFIC.
WITH DRAGON FLYING OVER THE
INDIAN OCEAN JUST OFF TO THE
WEST OF AUSTRALIA.
>> DRAGON SPACEX WE SHOW NOMINAL
TRUNK JETTISON.
>> OH, YEAH, WE FELT IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO THE CREW GOT THE CALL.
NOMINAL TRUNK SEPARATION WHICH
IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE LONGING
FOR.
NEXT UP IS THE DEORBIT BURN.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE LONGEST BURN
OF THEIR TRIP HOME.
THIS IS THE LONGEST FIRING OF
THOSE THRUSTERS AND THE LAST
TIME WE ARE USING THOSE FORWARD
BULKHEAD THRUSTERS.
>> EXACTLY.
THOSE FORWARD BULKHEAD THRUSTERS
LIKE JIM SAID, THAT'S WHAT WE
ARE USE TO GO PERFORM THE
DEORBIT BURN, ONCE WE DO THAT --
THAT WILL LAST FOR 11 1/2
MINUTES, ONCE THAT IS COMPLETED,
WE DON'T NEED TO USE THOSE
THRUSTERS ANYMORE, SO WE WILL
CLOSE AND LOCK THE NOSEONE IN
PREPARATION FOR REENTRY.
>> SO WE ARE UNDER 3 1/2 MINUTES
FROM THE START OF THE DEORBIT
BURN.
AGAIN, OUR SEQUENCE OF EVENT HAS
STARTED.
WE ARE ABLE TO SEPARATE THAT
CLAW AT 10:51 A.M. PACIFIC.
17:51 G.M. IT.
OR UNIVERSAL TIME.
AT THE 52:00 A MINUTE LATER THE
TRUNK SEPARATING WHILE DRAGON IS
FLYING OFF TO THE WEST OF
AUSTRALIA.
SO CRAW SEPARATED TRUNK
SEPARATED NEXT UP DEORBIT BURN.
>> RIGHT NOW, DRAGON IS LUNNING
EXCLUSIVELY ON BATTERY POWER NOW
THAT THE TRUNK IS SEPARATED ALSO
RIGHT NOW.
TELEMETRY IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD
FOR THE VEHICLE.
THE NIGH TOX SYSTEM IS PRIME
TODAY CABIN AND SUIT COOLING AND
THE SHEET SHIELD IS EXPOSED AND
READY FOR ATMOSPHERIC REENTRY.
I THE THAT NIGH TOX SYSTEMS
WHICH IS THE AIR THAT WE BREATHE
EVERY DAY DOWN HERE ON EARTH THE
NITROGENS-OXYGEN COMBINATION
MIXTURE IT'S THE SAME THING YOU
GET IN A SCUBA TANK IF YOU ARE A
SCUBA DIVER.
THE SALES TESTIMONY IS USED TO
COOL THE CABIN AND SUIT TO KEEP
THE RUE COMFORTABLE DURING THE
REENTRY PHASE, THEY WILL HAVE
COLD AIR FLOWING THROUGH THE
THROUGH THAT YOU ARE SUITS AND
THE CABIN ITSELF.
A COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE THERE
INSIDE THE CAPSULE.
THE NEXT EVENT IS THE DEORBIT
BURN WE EXPECT THAT TO COMMENCE
IN 1:40.
>> ACCORDING TO THE GROUND
TRACKING MAP THERE, DRAGON IS
APPROACHING THE SOUTHWESTERN
COAST OF AUSTRALIA.
>> WE ARE LESS THAN A MINUTE --
>> WE ARE EXCITED.
>> JINX.
>> WE ARE INSIDE A MINUTE TO
DEORBIT BURN.
ONE MORE TIME.
THIS IS THE LONG ONE.
THIS IS EXPECTED TO LAST 11
MINUTES 22 SECONDS.
THIS IS THAT BURN THAT COMMITS
THE DRAGON TO REENTER IN TO THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND YOU CAN
GET A SENSE OF JUST HOW FAR THEY
ARE GOING TO GO.
BY TIME THEY FIRE THIS BURN,
THEY ARE GOING TO BE OFF TO THE
SOUTHWEST OF AUSTRALIA AND THIS
WILL REALIGN THEIR ORBIT TO
INTERSECT WITH THEIR POINT OFF
THE COAST OF PENSACOLA WHERE
THEY ARE SPLASHING DOWN.
>> THIS IS THE MOMENT WHERE
DRAGON IS FULLY COMMITTED TO THE
REENTRY POINT.
AGAIN, WE ARE AIMING FOR JUST
OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA,
FLORIDA.
OUR RECOVERY SHIP GO NAVIGATOR
IS READY AND WAITING TO BEGIN
THE RECOVERY PROCESS RIGHT AFTER
SPLASH DOWN OCCURS.
IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, WE
ARE NOW IN THE FINAL STEPS OF
THE DEORBIT SEQUENCE.
THE DEORBIT BURN WILL BE
STARTING HERE IN JUST A COUPLE
OF SECOND.
>> WE JUST HEARD CONFIRMATION
DEORBIT BURN HAS BEGUN, COMING
AT 10:56 A.M. PACIFIC.
THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT JUST OFF
THE SOUTH WESTERN COAST OF
AUSTRALIA.
HERE WELLING.
11 MORE MINUTES TO GO.
>> I AM READY.
I AM SURE IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT
BOB AND DOUG ARE READY.
THEY HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF
INTERVIEWS OVER THE LAST FEW
WEEK, WHILE THEY WERE ON
STATION.
AND JUST THE EXCITEMENT AND THE
ENTHUSIASM FOR THE MISSION IS
PALPABLE.
JUST THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE
TO FLY THIS THESE TWO INCREDIBLE
HUMANS TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AND BACK IS SUCH
AN HONOR AND WE ARE JUST REALLY
EXCITED TO GET OUR SPACE DADS
HOME SAFELY.
AND BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THIS DEORBIT BURN THAT WE ARE
CURRENTLY IN, IT WILL LAST 11
MINUTES AND 22 SECONDS.
>> A LITTLE MORE THAN 1:10 IN
COUNTING.
WE HAVE ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO GO.
JUST HEARD A CALL THE PROPULSION
SYSTEM PERFORMING NORMALLY,
THAT'S THE WORD WE WANT TO HEAR,
WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HEAR.
JUST UNDER 10 MINUTES TO GO LEFT
IN THE BURN.
>> AND ALL WITHIN THE LAST AT
THE POINT MINUTES.
AGAIN, IT SEEPED LIKE WE HAD
SLOW PROGRESS OF EVENTS ALL
MORNING AND THEN, BOOM, LAST 10
MINUTES WE HAD A COUPLE OF
THINGS HAPPENING.
DRAGON MANEUVERED ITSELF IN TO
THE APPROPRIATE POSITION TO
JETTISON ITS TRUNK AND IT DID SO
SUCCESSFULLY, NOMINALLY.
AND THEN IT INITIATED THE
DEORBIT BURN A COUPLE OF MINUTES
AGO.
LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS
DEORBIT BURN IS THE LAST TIME
THE FOUR FORWARD DRACO THRUSTERS
WILL FIRE.
FORWARD MEANING AT THE TOP OF
THE CAPSULE.
DRAGON ENDEAVOR HAS NOT YET
ENTERED EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE WILL
YOU BUSCH THIS DEORBIT BURN IS
WHAT WILL LINE THE VEHICLE UP
AND PUT ON ITS FINAL THAT TRAJEY
TO THE LANDING SITE IN THE GULF
OF MEXICO.
WE ARE NOT SEEING IT RIGHT NOW,
BUT BOB AND DOUG ARE USE THEIR
SCREENS TO KEEP TABS ON THE BURN
DURATION, DRACO THRUSTERS
FIRINGS AND TRAJEC DETAILS
SUCH AS ENTRY ANGLES, CAPSULE
PERIGEE AND HOW MUCH DISTANCE IS
REMAINING UNTIL THAT DEORBIT
BURN TERMINATES.
SO DRAGON IS FLYING ITSELF.
SO ALL THEY REALLY HAVE TO DO IS
STAY STRAPPED IN THEIR SEATS AND
KEEP TABS ON THINGS.
>> WHILE THIS BURN IS COMPLETING
AGAIN, WE ARE JUST A FEW MINUTES
IN TO IT LASTS 11:22.
WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE EVENTS
COMING UP AFTERWARD, IN THE --
LET ME CHECK MY TIMELINE HERE
REAL QUICK.
IN 40 -- JUST UNDER 44 MINUTES,
WE WILL HAVE THE INITIAL
PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT.
SO THAT IS ESSENTIAL SALE WHEN
WE WILL BE DEPLOYING THE DROGUE
PARACHUTES, THE SMALL PARACHUTES
DESIGNED TO FURTHER SLOW DOWN
THE CAPSULE AT IT IS REENTERING
THE ATMOSPHERE AS WELL SASS
STABILIZING IT AND THEN THE
DROGUE PARACHUTES TARGETED FOR
18:44 UNIVERSAL.
AND THEN A COUPLE OF MINUTES
AFTER THAT, WE WILL HAVE SPLASH
DOWN.
AGAIN, THAT'S ALL IN JUST UNDER
45, 44 MINUTES.
RIGHT KNEW WE ARE PERFORMING THE
DEORBIT BURN.
>> WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER SEVEN
MINUTES LEFT IN THIS BURN.
AND THE ONLY PERFORMANCE CALL WE
HAVE GOTTEN SO FAR IS EVERYTHING
LOOKING GOOD WITH PROPULSION
SYSTEM ON DRAGON.
ONCE THIS BURNS COMPLETES WE
WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES
ABOUT THREE MINUTES TO CATCH OUR
BREATH BEFORE THINGS PICK RIGHT
BACK UP.
AND WE GET THE NOSE CONE CLOSED.
AND THEN THERE WILL BE A BIT
MORE OF A GAP AND AT THAT POINT,
THEY WILL MANEUVER DRAGON TO ITS
ENTRY ATTITUDE, ESSENTIALLY HEAT
SHIELD POINTED DOWN AND IN TO
THE LINE OF VELOCITY.
AND THAT HEAT SHIELD PROTECTING
THEM FROM THE HEAT OF REENTRY.
TEMPERATURES GETTING UP TO ABOUT
3500 DEGREES.
ON THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT.
EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD, WE ARE
FIVE MINUTES IN TO THE DEORBIT
BURN.
STARTED RIGHT AT 10:56 A.M.
PACIFIC TIME.
17:56:56 G.M. T DRAGON FLYING
260 STATUTE MILES OFF THE
SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF AUSTRALIA.
>> SO RIGHT NOW DURING THIS BURN
THE -- WE JUST HEARD A CALL THAT
WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH THE BURN
AND EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GREAT.
EVERYTHING PERFORMING NOMINALLY.
DURING THIS BURN RIGHT NOW, BOB
AND DOUG ARE CURRENTLY
MONITORING THE DEORBIT TOOL,
WHICH LIKE I SAID EARLIER,
CAPTURES THING LIKE THE PAIR
PERIGEE, REENTRY, -- OR HOW MUCH
DISTANCE REMAINS BEFORE THE BURN
ITSELF IS TERMINATED THEY ARE TE
ALSO MONITORING THE TERMINATION.
AND DRACO THRUSTERS ON FORWARD
BULKHEAD OF THE CAPSULE.
U CAN SEE WHAT BOB AND DOUG
ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS -- THAT COOL ON THE LEFT
AND RIGHT OF THE CENTER SCREEN
IS THE DEORBIT -- THAT IS THE
DEORBIT MONITORING TOOL.
>> JUST PAST SEVEN MINUTES IN TO
THE BURN, A LITTLE OVER FOUR
MINUTES REMAINING.
EVERYTHING IS STILL LOOKING GOOD
WITH DRAGON SHIPPEN DID HE
EVER'S DEORBIT BURN TO COMMIT IT
TO COMING HOME.
EVERYTHING CONTINUING TO BE ON
TRACK FOR OUR SPLASH DOWN.
AGAIN, OUR SPLASH DOWNTIME RIGHT
AT 11:48 AND 24 SECONDS PACIFIC.
WAS THE CALCULATED TIME.
IT WILL BE TYPICAL FOR A COUPLE
OF SECOND FROM EITHER SIDE.
BUT THAT TIME IS 1848 G.M. IT.
OR UNIVERSAL.
BUT WE ARE ALREADY THROUGH HAVE
YOU A REALLY MAJOR STEPS TO
INITIATE THIS REENTRY.
THE CLAW SEPARATED, TRUNK GONE,
THE DEBORE ORBIT BURN HAS BEGUN
AND MORE THAN HALF A WAY THROUGH
A LITTLE UNDER 3 1/2 MINUTES
REMAINING.
>> THERE ON YOUR SCREEN SAY SHOT
OF OUR MISSION CONTROL SPACEX
HEAD QUARTERS IN HAWTHORNE,
CALIFORNIA.
WHERE THE MISSION LEADERS ARE
MONITORING DRAGON'S PROGRESS,
AND CONTINUE TO WATCH THE
PROPULSION DATA AND ALL THE GNC
DATA MAKING SURE THAT EVERG
LOOK HEALTHY AND NOMINAL.
>> JUST ABOUT 2:30 UNTIL THE END
OF THIS BURN.
WE'LL LISTEN TO THE CALL OUT UP
TO THE CREW ON THE PERFORMANCE
OF THE BURN.
AND THEN THEY'LL START MOVING IN
TO THE NEXT STEPS.
AGAIN, WE'LL GET ABOUT A
3-MINUTE BREATHER BEFORE THE
NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE COMES UP
WHEN WE GET READY TO CLOSE THE
NOSE TONE.
THAT PROTECTING THE DOCKING RING
GUIDANCE AND A HALF NATION AND
CONTROL CENSORS AND ALSO THESE
FOUR FORWARD BULKHEAD THRUSTERS
THAT ARE CURRENTLY PERFORMING
THE DEORBIT BURN.
DURING THE ACTUAL REENTRY
PROCESS, SO WE ARE AT JUST UNDER
TWO MINUTES FROM THE CONCLUSION
OF THE DEORBIT BURN.
>> AGAIN, DRAGON IS COMMITTED TO
ITS SPLASH DOWN POINT.
THERE IS NO GOING BACK.
>> YEAH.
WE ALREADY HAVE THE RECOVERY
TEAM READY AND ON STAND BY, THEY
HAVE BEEN THERE FOR QUITE
SOMETIME NOW.
90 SECONDS LEFT IN THE BURN,
WEATHER LOOKING GREAT AT THE
SPLASH DOWN SITEFF PENSACOLA.
WINDS JUST AROUND 2 1/2 MILES
PER HOUR.
SEA BEING DESCRIBED AS LIKE
GLASS BY THE CORE HERE IN
HAWTHORNE RADIOING UP TO THE
CREW.
GETTING FANTASTIC WEATHER FOR
THIS FIRST CREWED SPLASH DOWN OF
DRAGON.
WE ARE ONE MINUTE AWAY FROM THE
END OF DEORBIT BURN.
>> AGAIN, THIS BURN IS PLACING
KRKIC DRAGON ON ITS FINAL
TRAJECTORY TO THE LANDING SITE
OFF OF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA
FLORIDA IN THE GULF OF MEXICO OR
RECOVERY VESSEL DONATED GATOR
AND THE RECOVERY TEAM ARE READY
ANITING TO SEE BOB AND DOUG
COME BACK THROUGH THE
ATMOSPHERE.
LIKE W SAI THE DEORBIT DURING
THIS DEORBIT URN THEYRENOT
ACTUALLY REENTERING THE
ATMOSPHERE JUST YET.
THAT O'T HAPPEN FORBOT
ANOTHER HALF HOUR OR S.
UP DRAGN ON THE RIGHT COURSE TO
THAT SPLASH DOWN IE.
>> STILL IN AN ATTITUDE OF 254
STATE MILESVER PLANET EARTH
WE ARE COMING UP N10 SECONDS
FROM T EN OF THE BURN SO
WE'LL STAND BY AND WAIT FOR THEN
PERFORMANCE.
>> DRAGON, SPACEX DEORBIT
COMPLETE.
PERFORMANCE NOMINAL.
NOSE CONE CLOSURE INITIATED.
>> NOMINAL BURN, NOSE CONE
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> ALL RIGHT.
DEORBIT BURN COMPLETE.
WE HEARD THE CALL NOMINAL BURN,
BOB AND DOUG ARE ON THEIR WAY
BACK HOME.
THIS BURN COMMITS THEM TO
REENTERING THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE, WHEW, ALL WE HAVE
LEFT NOW IS TO WAIT.
THAT WAS REALLY ONE OF THE LAST
MAJOR MOMENTS BEFORE THEY START
REENTERING THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE, WE'LL HAVE THE NOSE
CONE CLOSURE COMING UP NEXT.
THAT SHOULD BE COMING IN JUST A
COUPLE OF MINUTES, AS WE HAD
ABOUT A 3-MINUTE SPAN BETWEEN
THE EDGE OF THE DEORBIT AND THAT
MOMENT.
>> THE NOSE CONE IS ACTUALLY
CURRENTLY IN THE CLOSING
PROCESS.
SO IT DOESN'T JUST SNAP SHUT.
IT DOES SLOWLY CLOSE AND LOCK.
SO RIGHT NOW THAT NOSE CONE IS
IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING BACK IN
TO THE CLOSED POSITION.
AND WE WILL HEAR THE CALL OUT
FOR WHENEVER IT HAS FULLY
CLOSED.
AND WHENEVER THE LATCHES HAVE
SECURED.
>> SEEING DATA, LOOKS LIKE IT'S
ABOUT HALFWAY THERE.
IT'S OPEN MORE THAN 90 DEGREES
THE EXACT COUNT WAS 110 DEGREES.
OPENING RANGE.
OR RANGE OF MOTION FOR THE NOSE
CONE.
LITTLE MORE THAN HALFWAY TO
GETTING THE NOSE CONE CLOSED.
>> I HAVE JUST HEARD THAT WE
HAVE A VISUAL ON NOSE CONE
CLOSURE.
SO TAKE A MINUTE FOR THE HOOKS
TO CLOSE IN.
THE THEY CLOSE IN A SERIES.
SO THE FIRST SERIES WILL CLOSE
AND THEN THE SECOND WILL FOLLOW.
AND THAT WILL TAKE ABOUT A
MINUTE TO COMPLETE.
>> WELL, AS WE JUST WAIT FOR THE
FINISH TO THAT NOSE CONE
CLOSURE, WE'LL HAVE A BIT OF
TIME AGAIN.
WE'LL HAVE 20 MINUTES -- WELL, A
ETTLE OVER 21 FROM NOW UNTIL WE
REALLY START REENTERING THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, EXPECT THAT
GO IN 21 MINUTES.
RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME WE'LL
LOOK FOR THE BLACKOUT WE HAVE
TALKED ABOUT.
WE HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT
WE CALL RATTY COM AT THIS POINT.
SO YOU'LL HEAR KIND OF SPORADIC
INTERRUPTIONS IN THE AUDIO
TRANSMISSIONS JUST BECAUSE OF
HOW DRAGON WAS ORIENTED FOR
THE -- THE TRUNK JETTISON AND
FOR THE ACTUAL DEORBIT BURN.
BUT THAT BLACKOUT PERIOD WILL BE
DUE TO THE LAS PLAYS MARTHA
BUILDS UP AROUND THE CAPSULE
INTERFERING WITH THE ANTENNAS
SENDING OR RECEIVING DATA.
>> I HAVE HEARD THE CALL OUT
THAT THE FIRST SET OF HOOKS FOR
NOSE TONE CLOSURE ARE IN MOTION.
THIS WILL COMPLETE IN TWO SETS.
THE FIRST SET IS NOW IN MOTION.
SO REALLY GOOD NEWS TO HEAR
THAT.
EVERYTHING LINING GOOD SO FAR.
LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE.  IN THE
BACKGROUND DRAGON HAS INHIBITED
THE FORWARD BULKHEAD DRACO
THRUSTERS THAT WE JUST USED TO
COMPLETE THE DEORBIT BURN, THIS
IS TO INNING SURE IT'S SAFE TO
LATCH THE NOSE CONE SHUT FOR
REENTRY.
ALSO THE VEHICLE HAS INITIATED
THE NITROX PURGE, IT'S WHAT WE
BREATHE.
NITROGEN AND OXYGEN IT'S BEING
PURPOSED IN TO THE SYSTEM AND IS
COOLED LITTLE ALLOWING THAT COOL
AIR TO CIRCULATE AROUND THE
CABIN BUT ALSO INSIDE OF BOB AND
DOUG'S SUITS BEING HELPING TO
KEEP THEM COOL AND COMFORTABLE
DURING REENTRY.
WHICH WILL BE COME UP IN ABOUT
20 MINUTES.
WE ARE CURRENTLY TRACKING 23
MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS UNTIL
ENTRY BEGINS.
>> IN CASE YOU ARE JUST JOINING
US AT THIS POINT.
THE NOSE CONE HAS CLOSED.
THE FORWARD THRUSTERS, HAVE BEEN
DISABLED.
AND WE ARE LATCHING THE NOSE
CONE.
CURRENTLY UNDERWAY WITH THE
FIRST SET OF HOOKS.
THE FIRST OF TWO SETS.
WE JUST HAD CONFIRMATION THE
FIRST SET OF HOOKS IS CLOSED.
SO NOW THE SECOND SET WILL BEGIN
TO CLOSE AS WELL.
>> AS WE MENTIONED AFTER THIS
NOSE CONE FULLY CLOSED, WE'LL
HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO
CATCH OUR BREATH AGAIN.
ABOUT 20 MINUTES OR JUST UNDER
20 MINUTES UNTIL DRAGON WILL
START TO MANEUVER ITSELF TO THE
ENTRY ATTITUDE.
ESSENTIALLY POINTING THE HEAT
SHIELD IN THE DIRECTION OF
TRAVEL.
AS IT'S GOING TO BE LEADING THE
WAY THROUGH THEIR HE REENTRY
THROUGH THE EARTH'S HAD THE@PLUS
FEAR, WE'LL LOOK TO RUN IN TO
THAT COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT AT
ABOUT 36 MINUTES AFTER THE HOUR.
EXPECT THAT GO TO LAST FOR ABOUT
SIX MINUTES.
AND THEN WE'LL GET THAT BACK
SHORTLY BEFORE WE DEPLOY THE
DROGUE PARACHUTES, FOLLOWED JUST
LESS THAN A MINUTE LATER BY THE
MAIN PARACHUTES.
AND BY THAT POINT HOPEFULLY WE
SHOULD HAVE SOME VIEWS OF DRAGON
REENTERING THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE AND PARACHUTE TO GO A
SPLASH DOWN IN THE GULF.
>> THERE IN THE FRONT ROW OF
MISSION CONTROL NET CENTER YOU
CAN SEE CEO ELON MUSK AND OUR
PRESIDENT GLEN SITTING SIDE BY
SIDE AT THE CENTER CONSOLES.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE TWO, THE
ROOM IS FILLED WITH DRAGON
OPERATORS AND MISSION LEADERS.
WHO ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR
THE HEALTH AND TELEMETRY OF THE
CREW AND THE CAPSULE.
RIGHT NOW NOSE TONE CLOSURE IS
UNDER WAY.
THE FIRST OF TWO SETS OF HOOK
LATCHING HAS COMPLETED.
AND WE JUST A CALL THAT THE
NOSE --
>> NOSE CONE IS SECURE FOR
ENTRY.
>> COPY, WE SEE IT ON BOARD.
>> GREAT CONFIRMATION THERE FROM
MISSION CONTROL HERE UP TO
DRAGON ENDEAVOR, BOB AND DOUG
HAVE CONFIRMED TO ON THEIR DAYS
PLAYS THAT THE NOSE CONE HAS
CLOSED NOMINALLY AND IT IS
SECURE FOR ENTRY.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO THAT NOSE CONE
CLOSED COMPLETION.
A LOT OF TONGUE TWISTERS COMING
WITH DRAGON STILL FLYING OVER
THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
IT IS ON ITS WAY HOME.
WE ARE GOING TO GRADUALLY START
TO SEE ITS ALTITUDE DIP.
ALREADY ONLY TWO -- 207 MILES
OVER THE EARTH'S SURFACE.
260 WHEN IT WAS ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN OFF
THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF
AUSTRALIA.
WHEN IT FIRED ITS ENGINES FOR
THAT DEORBIT BURN.
SO IT'S ALTITUDE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO DROP.
ONCE IT GETS TO 100 KILOMETRES
IN ALTITUDE OR 62 MILES, IT'S
GOING TO BEGIN WHAT'S KNOWN
ASSENTS ARE YOU INTERFACE AND
THAT'S HAD IT BEGINS TO START TO
FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE, ONCE AGAIN BEING
EXPERIENCING LIFT AND DRAG AS IT
IS NO LONG NEVER THAT NEAR
VACUUM ENVIRONMENT IN LOWER
EARTH ORBIT.
>> WE ARE STEPPING IN TO THE
SECOND HALF.
OF ENTRY.
DRAG SUN NOW BEGINNING TO FLUSH
NITROX IN TO THE CABIN AND
CONTINUING TO TOP IT OFF.
IN BOB AND DOUG'S SUIT AS WELL.
THIS IS COOL AIR, ESSENTIALLY
FLOWING THROUGH THE CABIN AND
THE SUITS THIS, ALLOWS THEM AND
THE CABIN ITSELF TO REMAIN
COMFORT ARM DURING REENTRY WHILE
THE EXTERNAL TEMPERATURES REACH
3500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, DRAGON'S
ORIENTATION IS SUCH THAT THE
HEAT SHIELD IS POINTING FORWARD,
IF YOU WILL, LEADING THE CAPSULE
TOWARD THE LANDING SITE.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS YOU
KNOW THAT WEATHER HATS BEEN A
BIG TICKET ITEM FOR US.
THE RECOVERY TEAM HAS BEEN BUSY
OVER THE LAST WEEK WORKING TO
DETERMINE THE SELECTION OF A
LANDING SITE.
IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE OPTIONS
FOR SPACE STATION DEPARTURES,
THE TEAM IDENTIFIED A TOTAL OF
SEVEN POSSIBLE SPLASH DOWN LOW
INDICATIONS.
IN TOURED MEET NASA'S TIMELINE
REQUIREMENTS FOR CREW RECOVERY,
THEY POTENTIAL SPLASH DOWN LOW
INDICATIONS HAVE TO BE CLOSE TO
A PORT AND THEY HAVE TO BE CLOSE
TO MEDICAL FACILITIES.
SO WITH ALL OF THAT IN MIND, YOU
ADD THE EVER EVOLVING WEATHER
CONDITIONS OF FLORIDA, BUT ALSO
THAT TROPICAL STORM Y SIGH A
THAT WAS MOVING THROUGH, AND
IT'S EASY TO SEE HOW DETERMINE
THAT GO SLANTING SITE IS QUITE A
COMPLEX PROCESS.
SINCE DRAGON IS CAPABLE OF
SPLASH DO YOU THINK ON EITHER
SIDE OF THE FLORIDA PAN HANDLE
WE HAVE TWO VESSEL READY TO
SUPPORT.
ONE WE ARE USING GO NAVIGATOR
AND THE OTHER LOCATED OFF THE
EAST COAST OF FLORIDA, ABLE TO
SERVICE LANDING SITES IN THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN, THAT ONE IS GO
SEARCHER.
ENTER SPLASHING DOWN IN THE GULF
OF MEXICO JUST OFF THE COAST OF
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.
THAT GO NAVIGATOR IS IN PLACE
AND READY AND WAITING FOR BOB
DID DOUG.
THE WB57 PLANE IF IT HAS NOT
TAKEN OFF ALREADY I AM SURE IT
WILL BE SOON.
>> IT'S IN THE AIR.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
THAT'S WHAT WILL PROVIDE OUR
FIRST VIEWS OF DRAGON DURING
REENTRY WE GET A THERMAL CAM OFF
THAT AIRPLANE ALLOWING US TO SEE
THE CAPSULE AS IT IS REENTERING
THE ATMOSPHERE IF YOU TUNED IN
FOR OUR DEMO ONE BROADCAST, IT
WAS BASICALLY A BIG BALL OF
LIGHT COMING AT US.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE CAMERAS ON BOARD
THE RECOVERY VESSEL, SO AS
DRAGON GETS CLOSER WE -- AND IS
DEPLOYING THE PARACHUTES, WE
WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE HOPEFULLY
SOME REALLY CLEAR FOOTAGE OF
THAT ALL OCCURRING AS WELL.
>> DRAGON'S ATTITUDE CONTINUING
TO DIP,.
>> Announcer: NOW 174 MILES OVER
PLANET EVERYTHING, UNDER 11 1/2
MINUTES FROM WHERE WE EXPECT TO
HIT ENTRY INTERFACE, THAT'S
WHERE DRAGON WILL REALLY START
FEELING THE EFFECTS OF BEING IN
A DEFENSIVE ATMOSPHERE.
AND THEN WE ARE STILL TRACK THAT
GO BLACKOUT TO COME RIGHT AROUND
THAT SAME TIME.
WE ARE UNDER 27 MINUTES AWAY
FROM SPLASH DOWN, UNDER 27
MINUTES AWAY FROM BOB EXAMINE
DOUG BEING ON PLANET EARTH FOR
THE FIRST TIME SINCE MAY 30th.
>> TO PUT EVERYTHING IN
PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, THE
DRAGON CAPSULE DEPARTED FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
SEVERAL HOURS AGO.
BUT ACCORDING TO WHAT DAN JUST
SAID, IT'S ESSENTIALLY HALFWAY
HOME JUST BASED ON ALTITUDE
ALONE THINK SO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION IS ABOUT 250 MILES
ABOVE EARTH'S SURFACE.
I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S BETWEEN
250 AND 300.
RIGHT NOW IT'S 263 MILES ABOVE
EARTH'S SURFACE.
SO BASED ON THAT TELEMETRY THAT
DAN JUST READ OFF IS FROM AN
ALTITUDE STANDPOINT.
DRAGON IS HALFWAY HOME.
AND YET THAT SECOND HALF IS
GOING TO BE COVERED IN THE NEXT
27 ISH MINUTES WHILE WE WAIT FOR
SPLASH DOWN AND ROVERY VERSUS
THE SEVERAL HOURS THAT WE HAVE
BEEN COVERING SINCE YESTERDAY.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE ITS
SPEED DROP AS IT'S DROPPING OUT
OF ORBIT, STARTING TO HIT THE
ATMOSPHERE, STARTING TO SLOW
FROM THE EVENINGS OF THAT
FRICTION.
GENERATING THE HEAT ON THE HEAT
SHIELD.
BUILDING UP THE PLASMA
EVENTUALLY AROUND THE
SPACECRAFT.
THE SPEED WILL CONTINUE TO DROP.
IT'S ALREADY BELOW 17,000 MILES
AN HOUR AND IT WILL DROP TO HE
SHAME I A TERMINAL VELOCITY OF
350 MILES AN HOUR RIGHT AS THOSE
DROGUE CHUTES DEPLOY AND THOSE
WILL POP OUT WHEN CENSORS ON THE
DRAGON SPACECRAFT BOTH GPS AND
PRESSURE SENATORS TELL THE
SPACECRAFT IT'S AT THE RIGHT
ALTITUDE AND THEY WILL
AUTOMATICALLY DEPLOY.
THE DROGUES COMING OUT OF THE
TOP SECTION OF THE SPACECRAFT.
USING TWO MORTARS, PYROTECHNICS
ESSENTIALLY, TO DEPLOY THOSE TO
DO THE INITIAL SLOWING AND
STABILIZING OF THE DRAGON
CAPSULE.
>> THEN AFTER THAT THE MAIN
PARACHUTES WILL POP OUT AND
FURTHER DECELERATE IT TO
119 MILES PER HOUR.
AND THEN THAT WILL CONTINUE TO
DECELERATE AND BY THE TIME THAT
THE CAPSULE IS SPLASHING DOWN IN
THE 2K3WU68 OF MEXICO, IT'S ONLY
GOING 15, 16 MILES PER HOUR.
SO SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN
SPEED THERE.
OVER JUST THE COURSE OF A COUPLE
OF MINUTES.
THAT,, OF COURSE, IS A
COMFORTABLE SPEED THE WAY THE
ASTRONAUTS DESCRIBED IT
PREVIOUSLY WITH OTHER TYPES OF
MISSIONS LANDING DOWN, DOING
LAND LANDINGS OF ABOUT THE SAME
RATE THEY SAID IT FEELS LIKE YOU
ARE IN A MINOR FENDER BENDER.
>> YEAH, YOU ARE RUNNING IN TO
SOMETHING.
YOU'LL FEEL IT.
BUT THEY DO A LOT OF WORK WITH
THE SEATS AND THE RESTRAINTS
WITH THESE CREW MEMBERS JUST TO
MAKE SURE WHILE IT MAY BE A
FENDER BENDER, YOU'VE GOT MOURN
A SEE BELT HOLDING YOU IN.
THIS THEY ARE SECURE IN THEIR
SEATS AND SEAT BELTS AND WILL
STAY THERE EVEN AFTER THIS
TOUCHES DOWN, WE'LL HAVE
COMMUNICATION IT WILL STAY
POWERED ON, PROBABLY MOST
IMPORTANTLY THE AIR-CONDITIONING
WILL CONTINUE TO WORK.
NOW IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND
MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES THAN
THEY HAVE SEEN FOR THE LAST
COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THE AND WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO
TALK TO THEM FROM HERE IN
HAWTHORNE AND THE RECOVERY TEAMS
WILL BE ABLE TO AS WELL.
>> YEAH.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE MIGHT
SEE THEM DO DEPENDING ON SEA
SOMETIMES AND EVERYTHING THEY
TOUCHDOWN AND THE CREW
THEMSELVES, THEY'LL HAVE
DEMONSTRATION TASKS CARRY OUT.
THEY HAVE A SATELLITE PHONE IN
THE CAPSULE THAT HAS ITS OWN
SATELLITE ANTENNA INTEGRATED IN
TO DRAGON.
WE MIGHT HEAR THEM DO A TEST
CALL ON THAT TO THE TEAMS HERE
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO HEAR IT, YOU
WILL HEAR THE GO TO DO IT OVER
THE DRAG TOWN GROUND AUDIO THAT
WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING THE EN
ENTIRE TIME.
WE HAVE DEMONSTRATIONS STILL TO
DO.
AGAIN, THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT TO
PROVE OUT THE SYMPTOMS, TO BRING
CREW MEMBERS FROM KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER TO THE SPACE STATION AND
RETURN THEM SAFELY TO EARTH.
WE HAVE HAD SO FAR A FLAWLESS
RIDE DOWNHILL AND COMPLETED THE
DEBURN, DRAGON IS CONTINUING TO
DROP DOWN.
IT'S RIGHT NOW AT THE AT
132 MILES.
OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN, WE'LL
SEE ITS GROUND TRACK CROSS OVER
CENTRAL AMERICA, OUT OVER THE
GULF.
IN THAT SPLASH DOWN IN THE GULF
JUST OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA.
>> DRAGON SPACEX FOR ENTRY
BRIEF.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY, DOUG, WE HAVE NO UPDATE
TO TIMING BECAUSE THE BURN WENT
GREAT AND YOUR VEHICLE IS STILL
LOOKING REALLY GOOD FOR ENTRY.
NO HEALTH ISSUES AT THIS TIME.
>> OKAY, DRAGON COPY, THANK YOU.
>> IN ADDITION, THE RECOVERY
TEAM IS GO AND THE WEATHER IS
STILL GREAT.
WINDS ARE AT TWO KNOTS AND WAVES
ABOUT ONE FOOT FROM THE SHIP.
THEY ARE REPORTING VERY CALM.
COPY.
>> COPY, GOOD WEATHER AT THE
LANDING AREA, THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, AND LAST PIECE IS THAT
WE DO EXPECT SOME ADDITIONAL
RATTY COM DURING ENTRY PREP DUE
TO VEHICLE ATTITUDE.
SO IF YOU CAN GET US YOUR ENTRY
CHECK REPORT A LITTLE PRIOR TO
ENTRY PREP TWO, WE WOULD
APPRECIATE IT.
>> COPY.
WILL DO.
>> OKAY, THANKS, DOUG.
>> WE HAD A BIT OF A BRIEFING TO
MISSION CONTROL AND BOB AND DOUG
UP IN CREW ENDEAVOR.
JUST CONFIRMING WITH THEM THAT
THE DEORBIT BURN WAS GREAT AND
THAT THE TIMING ON THEIR PADS
DOESN'T NEED TO BE UPDATED.
WE ARE ABLE TO UP LOAD NEW
TRAJECTORY CALCULATIONS
INCLUDING TIMES THAT REMAIN LIVE
DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, HOW THE
BURN GOES AND AT THIS POINT IN
TIME, THOSE DON'T NEED TO BE
UPDATED.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THEY DO
REMAIN ACCURATE.
BECAUSE BOB AND DOUG, THEIR
PRIMARY MISSION RIGHT NOW IS TO
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE VEHICLE
STATUS AND TELEMETRY AND DATA
BEING PRESENTED TO THEM ON THEIR
TOUCH -- ON THEIR TOUCH SCREEN
DISPLAYS IN FRONT OF TELL.
AND SO DURING THE MORE DYNAMIC
EVENTS, THEY CERTAINLY WANT TO
BE AWARE WHEN THINGS LIKE
PARACHUTE DEPLOY WILL BE
HAPPENING AND WHEN SPLASH DOWN
IS EXPECTED.
SO MAKING SURE THAT THE TIMELINE
OF EVENTS, THE SEQUENCING, IS
ACCURATE IS CERTAINLY IMPORTANT
IN ORDER FOR THEM TO STAY AWARE
AND UPDATED OF UPCOMING EVENTS.
>> JUST ANOTHER QUICK POSITION
CHECK.
DRAGON STILL OUT OVER THE
CENTRAL PACIFIC.
DOWN TO ABOUT 108 MILES IN
ALTITUDE.
WE ARE EXPECTING THAT ENTRY
INTERFACE TO COME UP IN THE NEXT
FOUR MINUTES OR SO.
AGA THAT POINT DRAGON SHOULD
BE IN AND OUT RIGHT AROUND 62
STATUTE MILES OR ABOUT
100 KILOMETERS AND THAT'S WHEN
IT REALLY STARTS TO FEEL THE
EVENINGS OF THE ATMOSPHERE,
STARTS TO EXPERIENCE THE -- A
LIFT IN DRAG.
AND ANOTHER ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS
IT'S BEEN FREE-FORM WHILE FLYING
IN THE NEAR VACUUM OF LOWER
EARTH ORBIT.
CONTINUE TO BE DROP IN ATTITUDE.
STILL LOOKING FOR AN ON TIME
SPLASH DOWN.
SHOULD JUST BE ABOUT 19 MINUTES
FROM NOW.
JUST A REMINDER WE HAVE THAT
BLACKOUT PERIOD COMING.
AS THEY CONTINUE TO DIP IN THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, AND GET
LOWER AND LOWER, THE ATMOSPHERE
GETS THICKER AND THICKER AND
WILL GENERATE MORE AND MORE
HEAT.
EVENTUALLY HEATING UP THE
OUTSIDE THE DRAGON TO
3500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND AS
IT HITS THAT PEAK HEATING IT
WILL ALSO BE FORMING A PLASMA
AROUND THE SPACECRAFT SO WE DO
EXPECT TO LOSE COM FOR ABOUT SIX
MINUTES.
>> SPACEX DRAGON CREW ENTRY
PREPS ARE COMPLETE.
>> SPACEX COPIES ENTRY PREP
COMPLETE.
THANK YOU.
>> THE CALL FROM SPACECRAFT
COMMANDER DOUG HURLEY, ENTRY
PREPS ARE COMPLETE.
THEY ARE ON BOARD, THURMAN
TOURING, THEY ARE READY TO COME
HOME.
>> AS OF RIGHT NOW ENTRY PREP
SHOULD HAVE CONCLUDE THE TEAM
PREPARATION OF THE FLIGHT SUIT
WE HAVE A QUESTION EARLIER FROM
SOCIAL MEDIA IF THE VISORS ARE
UP DOOR OWN THEY SHOULD BE DOWN
NOW AT THIS POINT AS PART OF THE
ENTRY PREP CHECK.
AND THAT LAST BRIEFING WE HEARD
THAT THE WEATHER IS LOOKING
GOOD.
IN A PREVIOUSLY REPORT THE
PHRASING WAS IF LOOKS LIKE GLASS
AND THAT IS CERTAINLY IDEAL FOR
A WATER SPLASH DOWN.
THAT BEING SAID, THE RECOVERY
TIMELINE, YOU KNOW, BOB AND DOUG
SHOULD BE OUT OF THE CAPSULE
WITHIN AN HOUR AFTER SPLASH
DOWN, GOOD TO HEAR THE WE ARE IS
GOOD AND BLEW SKIES AND A COUPLE
OF WHITE PUFFY CLOUDS AS WE GOT
VIEWS FROM OUR RECOVERY VESSEL
GO NAVIGATE EVERYBODY GLAD TOO
HEAR THAT CONDITIONS ARE
SUSTAINING AND THAT WHIPS ALSO
ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD.
2 TO 2 1/2 MILES AN HOUR, REALLY
GOOD.
>> WE THREADED THE NEEDLE ONCE
AGAIN ALMOST LIKE ON LAUNCH WITH
THE WEATHER TODAY.
THE UPPER LIMITS FOR WIND IS
10 MILES AN HOUR.
>> WE ARE WELL BELOW THAT
THRESHOLD FOR HEY SPLASH DOWN
TODAY.
DRAGON 82 MILES IN ALTITUDE,
CONTINUING TO DIP DOWN WE ARE
EXPECTING THE HE WANT ARE YOU
PHASE TO START SOON WHERE THE
VEHICLE ITSELF HEATS UP, IT WILL
CONTINUE TO USE ITS DRAW CO
THRUSTERS TO MAINTAIN ATTITUDE
AS IT CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND WE'LL
HAVE THAT COM BLACKOUT IN A
COUPLE OF MINUTES AS WELL.
JUST HEARD THE CABIN PURGE HAS
STARTED AGAIN, THIS IS WHEN THEY
ARE GOING FLUSH THE CABIN OF
DRAGON WITH COOLED AIR.
THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO DO A SUIT
PURGE.
RUNNING COOLED NITROX THROUGH
THE SUITS FOR BOB EXAMINE DOUG
TO KEEP THINGS AT A COMFORTABLE
TEMPERATURE FOR THEM.
AS THE CAPSULE GOES THROUGH THE
REENTRY AND STARTS TO HEAT UP.
AND LIKE WE SAID WE ARE
ANTICIPATE A BRIEF BLACKOUT
PERIOD WHERE WE ARE UNABLE TO
COMMUNICATE WITH THE CAPSULE.
THAT'S -- WE ARE EXPECT THAT TO
START IN EXACTLY THREE MINUTES.
THAT WILL LAST FOR SIX MINUTES
TOTAL.
AND DURING THAT TIME, WE WILL BE
UNABLE TO COMMAND THE VEHICLE.
OR RECEIVE TELEMETRY.
THAT BEING SAID, DRAG SUN
DESIGNED TO BE FULLY AUTONOMOUS,
SO IT'S DRIVING ITSELF
AERODYNAMIC FORCES.
THIS IS ALL WHEN A LOT OF THAT
FRICTION WILL BEGIN TO BUILD UP.
AND RAISE THE HE CAN TERM
TEMPERATURES.
>> DRAGON SPACEX WE SHOW TWO
MINUTES UNTIL PREDICTED COM
BLACKOUT.
WE'LL SEE ON YOU THE OTHER SIDE
AT 1842.
SO FOR THESE NEXT SIX MINUTES,
WE ARE ALREADY LESS THAN
60 MILES IN ALTITUDE.
AND THIS IS WHEN THE CAPSULE IS
REALLY HEATING UP DURING THAT
REENTRY, REACHING TEMPERATURES
OF AROUND 3500 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT.
AS, AGAIN, YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY
HITTING THE ATMOSPHERE AT MORE
THAN 17,000 MILES AN HOUR AND
THE FRICTION BUILDING UP THAT
PLASMA AROUND THE SPACECRAFT,
THAT'S WHAT WILL PREVENT US FROM
TALKING TO BOB AND DOUG OR
GETTING DATA BACK FROM THE
SPACECRAFT FOR THE NEXT SIX
MISSION, FLIGHT COMPUTERS ARE IN
CONTROL, THOUGH, IT'S GOING TO
CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN ITS
APPROPRIATE TRAJECTORY AND
ATTITUDE.
HAVING ATTITUDE DETERMINATION
DEVICES ON BOARD THE CAPSULE,
NOT RELIANT ON COMMUNICATIONS
WITH SATELLITES AND IT'S GOING
TO CONTINUE DRAGON DOWN THE
DIRECT PATH FOR THIS SPLASH DOWN
OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA.
SO WE ARE IN THAT BLACKOUT
PERIOD.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
STAND BY.
UNTIL WE GET THEM ON THE OTHER
SIDE.
>> ALL RIGHT, JUST ABOUT TWO
MINUTES AFTER WE GET ACQUISITION
OF SIGNAL, AOS BACK WITH DRAGON,
WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR
THOSE PARACHUTES AND WE SHOULD
BE GETTING VIEWS FROM A COUPLE
OF OUR ASSETS AT THE LANDING
ZONE INCLUDING OUR WB57 HIGH
ALTITUDE RESEARCH PLANE WHICH
WILL BE RELYING ON DRAGON'S
TELEMETRY TO LOCK ONTO IT IN THE
SKY.
AND GIVE US A VIEW OF THE
CAPSULE DURING THE FINAL STAGES
OF REENTRY, WE'LL BE LOOK FOR
THIS DROARG DEPLOYS, TWO DROGUE
CHUTES THAT COME OUT WHEN THE
VEHICLE IS MOVING ABOUT
350 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AT
AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT
18,000 FEET.
COMING OUT AND DOCK INITIAL
SLOWING AND STABILIZATION OF THE
SPACECRAFT AND LESS THAN A
MINUTE LATER THEIL DETACH AND
THE FOUR MAIN CHUTES DEPLOY.
YOU'LL SEE THEM COME OUT AND
LOOK CLOSED UP INITIALLY AND DO
WHAT IS KNOWN AS RECEIVING.
OPENING UP AND REALLY TWO
DIFFERENT STAGES.
JUST TO MINIMIZE THE IMMEDIATE
LOADS ON THE PARACHUTES
THEMSELVES.
THOSE MAIN PARACHUTES COME OUT
AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT
6500 FEET.
WITH DRAGON ALREADY SLOWED DOWN
TO 119 MILES AN HOUR AND THEY DO
THE REST OF THE SLOWING, THE
WHOLE WAY DOWN UNTIL WE SPLASH
DOWN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.
WE CAN BE 10 MINUTES AWAY.
FROM SPLASH DOWN.
>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE GETTING OUR
CAMERAS ON THE WB57 AIRPLANE, IN
THE AREA.
GETTING THOSE CAMERAS READY TO
GIVE US OUR FIRST GLIMPSE.
>> WE SHOULD STILL HAVE BEEN
THREE MINUTES LEFT, A LITTLE
LESS THAN THREE MINUTES UNTIL WE
ANTICIPATE REACQUIRING OUR
SIGNAL.
AND OUR CONNECTION WITH BOB AND
DOUG IN THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT.
>> IN YOU ARE JUST TUNING IN WE
ARE IN A BLACKOUT PERIOD THAT WE
WERE EXPECTING.
IT BLACKOUT PERIOD LASTS A TOTAL
OF SIX MINUTES WE ARE ABOUT
HALFWAY THROUGH THERE NOW.
AT THE MOMENT, DRAGON IS
REENTERING THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE AND DUE TO THE PLASMA
BUILDING OUT EXTERIOR OF THE
VEHICLE, WE ARE UNABLE TO
COMMUNICATE OR SEND COMMANDS.
BUT DRAGON IS FULLY ON TOP MAYS,
IT'S DURING ITS -- STEERING
ITSELF.
AND RIGHT NOW BOB AND DOUG ARE
FLYING HOME.
>> DRAGON SPACEX COM CHECK.
>> WE ARE STILL INSIDE THAT
ANTICIPATED BLACKOUT WINDOW IT,
DOES LOOK LIKE WE ARE GETTING
MAYBE SOME SPORADIC DATA
STARTING TO PEEK THROUGH.
THAT'S WHY YOU HEARD THAT
COMMUNICATIONS CHECK WITH THE
SPACECRAFT.
>> DRAGON SPACEX COM CHECK.
>> WE HEAR YOU CLOUD AND CLEAR,
WE ARE ABOUT [ INAUDIBLE ] Gs.
>> COPY, WE HAVE YOU FIVE BY
FIVE ALSO WELL, DOUG, LOOKING
GOOD AND YOU CAN EXPECTS AN
AUTOMATED CHUTE DEPLOYMENT.
>> COPY.
[ INAUDIBLE ] CHUTE TO DEPLOY.
>> REALLY GOOD NEWS WE HAVE COME
OUT OF THE BLACKOUT PERIOD AND
REESTABLISHED COMMUNICATION WITH
DRAGON ENDEAVOR WITH NASA ASTRO
NODS BOB BEHNKEN AND DOUG HURLEY
ON BOARD.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO REACQUIRE THE
COMMUNICATION A LITTLE EARLIER
THAN EXPECTED.
AND NOW WE ARE JUST WAITING, WE
SHOULD JUST BE ABOUT 2 1/2
MINUTES AWAY FROM THAT INITIAL
DROGUE CHUTE DEPLOY.
>> 2 MINUTES AND 26 SECONDS.
>> AGPS HAS CONVERGES.
>> COPY THAT.
>> YOU MAY HAVE HEARD EARLIER
THAT BOB AND DOUG DOUG ARE
CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING 3.5Gs.
NOT TOO BAD.
THAT'S ABOUT WHAT THEY PULLED
DURING THE A SCENT PHASE.
JUST LIKE A MILD ROLLER COASTER.
THE VEHICLE IS NOW OVER THE GULF
OF MEXICO.
IT IS APPROACHING THE LANDING
ZONE.
OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA NEAR
PENSACOLA AND & THERE WE HAVE
OUR FIRST SHOT!
>> THERE IT IS.
THE FIRST VIEW FROM THE WB57
AIRPLANE.
IT IS DIPPING IN AND OUT A
LITTLE BIT.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN INFRARED
CAMERA SHOWING US DRAGON
REENTERING.
WE HAVE THAT COM BACK WITH BOB
AND DOUG, YOU HEARD AGPS IS
CONVERGING.
DRAGON HAS 3GPS UNITS THAT IT
USES.
ACTUALLY IN THE PARACHUTE
DEPLOYMENT PROCESS.
AS IT HELPS ALONG WITH THE
PRESSURE CENSORS REALLY GIVE A
SOLID ALTITUDE TO THE FLIGHT
COMPUTERS ON WHEN THESE ARE
SUPPOSED TO DEPLOY.
WE ARE STANDING BY FOR THE
DROGUE CHUTE DEPLOYMENT, WE ARE
UNDER FIVE MINUTES AWAY FROM
SPLASH DOWN.
>> PASSING 15 KILOMETERS, BRACE
FOR DROGUE WINDOW.
>> WE ARE BRAISED.
>> JUST ABOUT 14 KILOMETRES IN
ANOTHER TUESDAY.
8.4 MILES CONTINUING TO DESCENT.
>> THERE ON YOUR SCREEN WE HAVE
A SHOT OF THE CAPSULE AS IT IS
PREPARING TO DEPLOY THE INITIAL
PARACHUTES, THE DROGUE
PARACHUTE.
AGAIN, THESE PARACHUTES HELP
SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN.
EVEN FURTHER, AND HELP STABILIZE
IN PREPARATION FOR MAIN CHUTE
DEPLOYMENT.
RIGHT ABOUT NOW THE CAPSULE IS
GOING ABOUT 400 MILES PER HOUR.
DID HE CELEBRATING QUICKLY.
>> AND STANDING BY FOR DROGUE
DEPLOYS.
>> VISUAL TWO DROGUES OUT.
>> THERE ON THE SCREEN WE HAVE
VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF THE TWO
DROGUE DEPLOYMENT.
>> 2 OF 2 THE DROGUES NOW OUT
THEY WILL DO THEIR SLOWING AND
STABILIZING OF THE DRAGON
SPACECRAFT.
THEY SHOULD BE DETACHING IN JUST
A FEW MOMENTS.
AND THEN WE'LL SEE FOUR
PARACHUTES, THE MAIN PARACHUTES
DEPLOYED.
DRAGON UNDER DROGUES.
>> DROGUE DESCENT RATE NOMINAL.
>> THE EXPECTED DECENT RATE.
THE EXPECTED VELOCITY OUT OF THE
DROGUES NOMINAL.
RIGHT AT AROUND 150 MILES AN
HOUR AND DROPPING.
YOU CAN SEE THE DROGUE'S NOW
DETACH.
>> AND THERE WE HAVE
CONFIRMATION OF DEPLOYMENT OF
THE FOUR MAIN PARACHUTES.
>> WE ARE VISUAL ON FOUR CHUTES
OUT.
>> WE ARE VISUAL.
FOUR MAIN PARACHUTES DEPLOYED.
>> SO AT THIS POINT THE MAIN
PARACHUTES HAVE DEPLOYED.
THEY ARE INFLATING AS YOU CAN
SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, CONTINUING
TO SLOW DRAGON DOWN
SIGNIFICANTLY.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING SPLASH DOWN
IN JUST UNDER TWO MINUTES AND 30
SECONDS.
>> WE ARE ALREADY SLOWED THE
VEHICLE DOWN TO ABOUT 16 MILES
AN HOUR.
IT'S ALREADY LESS THAN A
KILOMETER IN ALTITUDE.
>> MAIN CHUTE DESCENT RATE
NOMINAL.
PASSING 3700 METERS.
 -- THROUGH 700 METERS.
>> SO AT THIS POINT DRAGON HAS
SAVED ALL PROPULSION SYSTEMS ON
BOARD.
>> 600 METERS.
>> 600 METERS.
>> AND WE ARE 600 METERS ABOVE
THE GULF OF MEXICO.
>> SHOULD BE APPROXIMATELY A
MINUTE 30 FROM SPLASH DOWN.
>> MISSION CONTROL TEAM HERE IN
HAWTHORNE HAS REPORTED THE
PRECISE LANDING COORDINATES TO
THE RECOVERY TEAM.
THEY ARE STANDING BY, READY TO
GO GET OUR SPACE DADS.
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> WE HAVE JUST PASSED ABOUT 30.
ONE MINUTE UNTIL SPLASH DOWN.
>> 200 METERS.
>> WE ARE BRACED FOR SPLASH
DOWN.
>> COPY, BRACE FOR SPLASH DOWN.
>> SO THERE WE HEARD BOB AND
DOUG REPORTED THAT THEY ARE
BRACING FOR SPLASH DOWN.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE
GULF OF MEXICO HERE AND THE SHOT
JUST MOMENTARILY.
AS WE ARE NOW JUST ABOUT
20 METERS OFF THE OCEAN.
>> SPLASH DOWN.
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
>> AS YOU CAN SEE, ON YOUR
SCREEN, WE HAVE VISUAL
CONFIRMATION FOR SPLASH DOWN.
>> COPY REEL WE SEE SPLASH DOWN
AND MAINS CUT.
>> DRAGON ENDEAVOR HAS RETURNED
HOME.
AND NASA ASTRONAUTS BOB AND
DOUG --
>> ON BEHALF OF THE SPACEX AND
NASA TEAMS WELCOME BACK TO
PLANET EARTH AND THANKS FOR
FLYING SPACEX.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> IT WAS TRULY OUR HONOR AND
PRIVILEGE.
CONGRATS TO EVERYBODY AT SPACEX.
ALL GOOD.
AND WE ARE IN TO SECTION FOUR
DECIMAL 800.
>> THANKS FOR THOSE WORDS, DOUG,
AND WE COPY THAT YOU ARE IN TO
FOUR DEZ NATURAL 800.
>> GREAT NEWS ALL AROUND THERE.
OUR SPACE DADS ARE BACK ON
EARTH.
AFTER A 19-HOUR RETURN JOURNEY
FROM SPACE.
DRAGON ENDEAVOR HAS SPACED
SPLASH DOWN IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO JUST OFF THE COAST OF
PENSACOLA FLORIDA.
AND ON YOUR SCREEN THERE, YOU
CAN SEE OUR TWO FAST BOATS AND
THEY ARE INDEED FAST.
RACING OUT TO GREET DRAGON
ENDEAVOR AS IT SITS THERE.
THE FIRST -- WE CAN SEE A FEW
INSIDE THE CAPSULE.
BOB AND DOUG LOOKING GOOD.
ALTHOUGH THE COMMUNICATION WAS A
LITTLE CHOPPY WE DID HEAR --
>> SPACEX ENDERLE THREE DEZ
KNOWLEDGE ONE WE SHOW OURSELVES
IN STABLE ONE.
>> AND SPACEX COPIES FOR VEHICLE
ASSESSMENT, STEP 3.1 STABLE ONE.
GOOD NEWS.
>> THEIR UP RIGHT IN THE WATER,
STABLE TWO ALSO ANOTHER
POTENTIAL WHERE IT COULD BE ON
ITSY SIDE OR UPSIDE DOWN BUT
DRAGON HAS A WATER BALANCE AT
SYSTEM TO KEEP IT UP RIGHT WHERE
IT'S ABLE TO PUMP SEA WATER IN
TO THE BLATTERS IN THE SERVICE
SECTION OF THE CAPSULES BUT THEY
ARE UP RIGHT WE CAN SEAT THE
FAST POACH APPROACHES.
THEY T DOWN, CAME RIGHT ON
TIME.
AT 11:48 A.M. PACIFIC.
18:48 BOB AND DOUG IN THE WATER
THE RECOVERY OPS HAVE ALREADY
BEGUN, WE CAN SEE THE FAST BOATS
STARTING TO MOVE IN.
WE ARE STILL MAINTAIN THE GOOD
COMMUNICATION BACK WITH BOB AND
DOUG AND THE TEAM HERE IN
HAWTHORNE.
WE WERE BEING GETTING THE GO FOR
MOVE N BEGINNING HYPER AND
WRANGLE UP THE MAYOR PARACHUTES,
WE CAN SEE BOB AND DOUG INSIDE
THE KANSAS SEWELL BACK ON PLANET
EARTH.
>> THE FAST BOATS PERFORM A
SNIFFER TEST TO MAKE SURE THE
AIR AROUND THE VEHICLE DOESN'T
HAVE ANY TOXIN FUELS FROM THE
HYPER GOAL I CAN PROPELLANTS ON
BOARD.
ONCE WE GET THE ALL CLEAR FROM
THERE.
THE WATER RECOVERY LEAD GIVES
THE GO THE FIRST FAST BOAT WILL
APPROACH THE CAPSULE.
HOPEFULLY GIVE A WAVE TO BOB AND
DUG THROUGH THE WINDOW.
ONE OF THE TEAM MEMBERED WILL
ACTUALLY CLIMB ON TOP OF CREW
DRAGON AND BEGIN TO PLACE THE
RIGGING EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO
HOIST DRAGON OUT OF THE WATER.
>> STILL GETTING A VIEW FROM THE
W, THE AIRPLANE FLYING OVERHEAD.
IT GAVE US THOSE GREAT VIEWS,
REALLY OUR FIRST VIEWS OF BOB
AND DOUG REENTER THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE FROM UP ABOVE.
YOU CAN SEE THE FOUR PARACHUTES
IN THE WATER.
WE HEARD THOSE WERE CUT
AUTOMATICALLY.
AS EXPECTED BY DRAGON.
SO FOR NOW, THE CREW JUST
STANDING BY.
AGAIN THEY STAY IN THEIR SUITS
IN THEIR SEATS, WE ARE WAITING
FOR ALL THESE INITIAL CHECKS.
>> DRAGON SPACEX COM CHECK.
>> CLOUD CLEAR.
HOW ABOUT US?
>> LOUD AND CLEAR AS WELL.
JUST WANTED TO VERIFY QUICK COM
RECONFIGURE VAGUE.
THANK YOU.
>> SO WHAT JUST HAPPENED THERE
IS A RECONFIGURE --
>> IF YOU CAN JUST RELAY YOUR
STATUS OF THE FAST BOATS AND
RECOVERY AS YOU GET THEM.
, WE WOULD APPRECIATE.
>> YOU BET, ABSOLUTELY.
DOUG.
WILL DO.
>> WHAT JUST HAPPENED THERE, YOU
HEARD COMS RECONFIGURATION,
LOOPING BOB AND DOUG'S
COMMUNICATION IN TO THE
LAUNCH -- OR IN TO THE RECOVERY
TEAM.
SO THAT IF -- THEY CAN HEAR
FEEDBACK FROM BOB AND DOUG
DIRECTLY AS WELL.
NOW, WE TALKED ABOUT --
>> SPACEX ENDEAVOR YOU CAN LET
BEN AND JAMES KNOW WE ARE DOING
GOOD SO FAR.
>> OKAY, WE'LL LET THE FLIGHT
DOCS KNOW YOU ARE FEELING GOOD
SO FAR.
THATCH FOR THE UPDATE.
>> GOOD NEWS TO HEAR THAT THEY
ARE FEELING GOOD.
AND THEY CAN LET THE FLIGHT
SURGEONS KNOW THAT ALL IS WELL
INSIDE DRAGON ENDEAVOR.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE ONE OF
THE FOLKS ON LOCATION THERE WITH
THE RECOVERY FORCES, NASA'S
BRANDY DEAN, SHE'S BEEN -- SHE'S
JOINING US BY SATELLITE PHONE.
WHAT IS IT LIKE THERE IN THE
WATER IN WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO
WATCH THEM SPLASH DOWN?
>> STAND BY ON THE CONSOLE.
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> OKAY, SPACEX COPY, WE'LL BE
READY FOR THAT IN A COUPLE OF
MINUTES, WE SHOULD HAVE THE GO
FOR YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.
PLEASE STAND BY.
>> I CAN HEAR YOU BUT THERE IS
A --
>> THERE IN THE CENTER OF YOUR
SCREEN, DRAGON CAPSULE AWAITING
FOR THE FAST BOATS TO APPROACH.
AND BEGIN THE RIGGING PROCESS.
AND THERE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE
OF YOUR SCREEN WE CAN SEE THE
SECOND FAST BOAT COME IN TO
VIEW.
>> DRAGON SPACEX, WE ARE GO FOR
RECOVERY PERSONNEL TO APPROACH.
EXPECT PERSONNEL ASIDE --
ALONGSIDE IN JUST UNDER A
MINUTE.
>> THANK YOU, COPY.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO THEY ARE
STARTING TO MOVE IN.
THE FIRST ONE GOES IN AND
MINNESOTA SNIFFS AROUND THE
CAPSULE FOR ANY TRACES OF
HYPERGOLIC.
THE SECOND ONE ROUND UP THE
PARACHUTES WHICH WE ARE GETTING
COOL RUSE HAVE THE TW. B57 STILL
FLYING OVERHEAD LOOK DOWN, YOU
CAN SEE THE PARACHUTES IN THE
WATER AND THE SECOND BOAT STAR
TO GATHER THEM UP.
WALL TRY ONE MORE TIME REAL
QUIBBLE.
WE HAVE NASA'S BRANDY DEAN WITH
THE RECOVERY FORCES IF YOU CAN
HEAR ME, WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO
WATCH THE DRAGON COME DOWN UNDER
PAIR CHUTE.
PARACHUTES.
>> IT WAS AMAZING, A BEAUTIFUL,
GORGEOUS DAY, I WISH EVERYBODY
COULD HAVE NIGH VIEW.
>> WATER IS CALM THE BEST
WEATHER WE COULD ASK FOR LITTLE
AND WE HEARD THE SONIC BOOPS AS
IT MADE [ INAUDIBLE ]-AS THE
PARASITES WERE DEPLOYED EXCITING
FOR EVERYBODY GATHERED HERE.
>> THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS
FROM PEOPLE IF YOU WOULD BE ABLE
TO HEAR THE SONIC BOOM AND WE
WERE NOT SURE LITTLE SO I AM
READ ARE REALLY GOOD YOU
JUSTIFIED ANSWERED THAT FOR US.
WE TALKED SO MUCH ABOUT THE
WEATHER.
IT LOOKS GREAT.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE ON THE WAY OUT
THERE JUST CLEAR SKIES AND SEAS
THE WHOLE WAY?
>> AIM NO SURE IF YOU CAN HEAR
ME RIGHT NOW.
I THINK YOU ARE ASKING ABOUT THE
WEATHER WHETHER IT WAS CLEAR
SKIES JUST A CIRCLE OF CLOUDS
ALONG THE HORIZON VERY LOW, BUT
WE WERE TIME SEE THE CHUTES FAR
ABOVE AND FOLLOW IT WALL THE
WAIT UNTIL IT SPLASH DOWN.
>> WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY VIEWS
ON THE BOAT, SO WHAT KIND OF
ACTIVITY IS TAKING PLACE, SWING
HE HAD FAST BOATS APPROACHING
THE CAPSULE.
WHAT IS EVERYBODY DOING ON THE
BOAT TO JUST KIND OF GET
EVERYTHING READY?
>> THE BOAT IS MAKING ITS WAY TO
THE CAPSULE.
I CAN'T SEE IT WITH MY --
[ INAUDIBLE ] WE ARE GETTING
CLOSER SERVE STANDING BY AND
HOLDING READY POSITIONS FOR
QUITE A WHILE NOW.
[ INAUDIBLE ] WORKING ON THEIR
OWN ACTIVITIES.
>> ALL RIGHT, COPY THAT.
WELL, WE ARE GOING TO KEEP
WATCHING FROM HERE.
THANKS FOR CALLING IN.
AND THANKS FOR BEING OUT THERE
WITH EVERYBODY AND GETTING US
THE GREAT VIEWS, IT'S
INCREDIBLE.
THANKS WE TAUPE TO GET YOU BACK
IN PORT SOON AND WE'LL TALK TO
YOU BACK IN HOUSTON.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THERE ON YOUR SCREEN OH,
CAMERA VIEW CHANGE, THAT IS A
VIEW FROM GO NAVIGATOR THE
RECOVERY VELOCITY.
THE TWO FAST BOATS OUT THERE.
GETTING TO -- GETTING READY TO
BASICALLY -- EXCUSE ME.
INSTALL THE RIGGING EQUIPMENT
REQUIRED TO HOIST DRAGON OUT
WATER.
ONE -- THE OTHER FAST BOAT IS
COLLECTING THE HAIR PARACHUTES
FROM THE WATER.
TO BRING THEM BACK ON BOARD WITH
US.
WE SHOULD SEE ONE OF THE TEAM
MEMBERS CRAWL UP ON TO THE SIDE
OF THE CAPSULE IN ORDER TO
INSTALL THAT -- INSTALL THE
RIGGING LIKE I MENTIONED.
THAT PARTICULAR TEAM MEMBER IS
HIGHLY EXPERIENCED AND HIGHLY
TRAINED.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
CLIMB ON THE GROUND TOP OF AN
ODDLY-SHAPED THING IN, YOU KNOW,
THE OCEAN, COULD BE A LITTLE
TRICKY.
SO THIS PERSON HAS UNDERGONE A
LOT -- HOURS AND HOURS OF
TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION IN
ORDER TO PERFORM THIS VERY
IMPORTANT TASK.
THERE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF
YOUR SCREEN SCREEN WE CAN SEE
THE SECOND FAST BOAT
APPROACHING.
OF COURSE BOTH OF THESE BOATS
NEEDED TO WAIT FOR THEIR CUE
FROM THE WATER RECOVERY LEAD IN
ORDER TO APPROACH DRAGON AFTER
SPLASH DOWN.
AGAIN, THAT WAS JUST TO MAKE
SURE THAT THERE WERE NOT ANY
TOXIC VAPORS IN THE AIR AND NOW
THAT THEY GOT THE ALL CLEAR, WE
DO SEE THEM BEGINNING TO WORK ON
AND AROUND THE DRAGON CAPSULE.
OF COURSE THOUGH THE CAMERA IS
SHAKY THAT WATER LOOKS SUPER,
SUPER DUPER SMOOTH.
ALMOST LIKE CLASS, WHICH IS
CERTAINLY IDEAL FOR A WATER
RECOVERY LIKE TODAY.
>> YEAH, GOT A REMEMBER THIS IS
A VIEW FROM THE MAIN RECOVERY
VESSEL WHICH WAS STILL A FEW
MILES AWAY FROM THE SPLASH DOWN.
>> DRAGON SPACEX WE ARE SHAPER
GOAL I CAN SWEEPS AND NOMINAL.
RIGGER IS ON BOARD THE VEHICLE
ABOUT 25 MINUTES UNTIL CAPSULE
LIFT.
>> COPY THAT.
E
AND GOOD NEWS.
 
HAVE THEM ATTACHED.
AND TWO OF THE FOUR MAIN HAVE 
EYES ON THE OTHER TWO.
THEIR RESPONSIBILITY GETTING 
TOGETHER.
THE MAIN DETECTED AT SPLASHDOWN.
ALL OF THAT HAPPENING RIGHT FOR 
THE TIMELINE.
>>  WE TALKED ABOUT THE HARD 
WIRE BUTTON THAT BOB AND DOUG 
HAVE ON THEIR SEATS AND IN THEIR
CONTROL DISPLAYS AND CUTTING THE
MAIN CHUTES IS ONE OF THE 
BUTTONS IN THE EVENT THEY 
WEREN'T, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD THE
ABILITY TO DO SO.
IF THE WINDS WERE STRONGER AND 
THEY CAUGHT THE PARACHUTES IT 
COULD CERTAINLY CREATE A 
CONDITION WHERE THE CAPSULE 
COULD BE MOVED UNINTENTIONALLY 
BY THOSE DRAGGING PARACHUTES.
DEFINITELY WANT TO AVOID THAT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE FEW BUTTONS 
HARD WIRED IN THE CABIN FOR THE 
CREW.
AGAIN, NOW, WE'RE EXPECTING 20 
MINUTES FOR THE -- FOR THE MAIN 
RECOVERY VESSEL TO GO NAVIGATOR 
TO REACH DRAGON.
BY THAT POINT THE RIGGING WILL 
BE FIXED AND THEY USE AT FRAME 
LIFT ON THE BACK AND THE END OF 
DRAGON UP OUT OF THE WATER.
THEY GOT THEM CLIMBING AROUND 
AND GETTING THAT FIXED.
STILL DOING GOOD FROM ALL OF 
THEIR REPORTS AND WE'RE GOING TO
SEE THE VESSEL CONTINUE TO CLOSE
IN.
IT IS 1.3 NAUTICAL MILES STILL 
AWAY.
YOU SEE THINGS SHARPEN UP AS IT 
DOES DRAW UP CLOSER.
>>  ONE THING I DIDN'T GET TO 
MENTION AS THE SEQUENCE WAS 
HAPPENING, EVERYTHING WAS GOING 
SO QUICKLY, JUST BEFORE THE 
DROVE DEPLOYMENT, THE SEATS 
ROTATED TO 25 DEGREES AND IF YOU
THINK OF BOB AND DOUG WHILE THEY
WERE STILL ON ORBIT AND DURING 
THE ORBIT BURN AND DEPARTURE 
BURNS, THEY WERE LAYING CLOSER 
TO ON THEIR BACKS AND THEY WERE 
ESSENTIALLY LOOKING UP AT THE 
TAP.
THEY WERE AT THE TOP OF THE NOSE
CONE.
NOW THE SEATS WOULD BE ROTATED 
AND THEY'RE IN MORE UPRIGHT 
POSITION AND THAT'S DONE TO 
INSURE THAT THE LOAD IS 
EXPERIENCED FROM LANDING ARE -- 
DOESN'T HURT THEM.
SO AT THIS POINT, THEY'RE NOT 
LAYING ON THEIR BACKS IN THE 
OCEAN, THEY'RE SEATED UPRIGHT 
WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A
BETTER VIEW OF THE TEAM WORKING 
TO -- TO INSTALL THE RIGGING 
EQUIPMENT.
AT THIS POINT WE'RE AT ABOUT 22 
MINUTES UNTIL DRAGON WILL BE 
LIFTED ON TO THE RECOVERY 
VESSEL.
BOB AND DOUG ARE STILL STRAPPED 
INTO THEIR SEATS, LIKE AN 
AIRPLANE.
THEY SAY, DO NOT UNBUCKLE YOUR 
SEATBELT UNTIL THE CAPTAIN 
DETERMINES IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
THEY'LL REMAIN IN THEIR SEATS 
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE RECOVERY 
PROCESS.
ESSENTIALLY UNTIL IT IS TIME TO 
GET THEM OUT.
LIKE I SAID, WE'RE EXPECTING TO 
LIFT DRAGON ON TO THE GO 
NAVIGATOR RECOVERY SHIP IN ABOUT
21 MINUTES.
THEN IN 28 MINUTES, WE WILL BE 
OPENING THAT HATCH AND BEGINNING
CREW EGRESS ALSO KNOWN AS EXIT.
>>  WE DID HEAR THE RIGGING IS 
PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE.
RIGHT AS THEY ARRIVE THERE AT 
THE CASTLE, THE M RECOVERY 
VESSEL WILL GET IT UP OUT OF THE
WATER.
NOW THE RECOVERY VESSEL, GO 
NAVIGATOR IS GETTING CLOSER TO 
DRAGON.
DRAGON POSITION OFF THE COAST OF
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, WE'RE ABLE 
TO SEE IT IN MORE DETAIL.
IT IS CERTAINLY NO LONGER A -- A
BRIGHT SHADE OF LIGHT.
LIKE WE SAID THE EXTERNAL 
3500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, SO THE 
THERMAL PROTECTIVE SYSTEM, 
THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM, 
ENABLED DRAGON TO RETURN WHILE 
KEEPING THE INTERNAL TEMPORARY 
TEMPERATE.
YOU'RE SEEING A FEW MORE BOATS 
THAN EXPECTED.
THE TEAM IS WORKING WITH A FEW 
PRIVATE VESSELS IN THE AREA 
MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET OUT OF
THERE.
NOW WE SEE ONE OF THE SPACEXs 
MOVING IN.
SO WE'RE BEING ADVISED THAT THE 
RECOVERY TEAM IS RADIOING OUT TO
THE VESSELS IN THE WATER NEAR 
CREW DRAGON FOR VACATE THE AREA 
SO WE'RE ABLE TO EXTRACT BOB AND
DOUG SAFELY ALSO FOR THE FOLKS 
IN THE AREA, NOT JUST BOB AND 
DOUG.
>>  THIS IS A DYNAMIC 
OPERATIONS.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DO, 
IS ESSENTIALLY THERE'S IN THE 
POISONOUS FUMES THAT COULD 
ENDANGER THEM.
TO TRY TO GET THEM AWAY SO THEY 
CAN RECOVER THE CAPSULE AND GET 
BOB AND DOUG ON DECK.
WE CAN SEE THEM.
THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER.
WE EXPECT TEN MINUTES BEFORE 
THEY SHOULD BE IN POSITION.
THE RIGGING HAS BEEN AFFIXED ON 
THE DRAGON CAPSULE AND THEY'LL 
USE THE LIFT TO GET DRAGON UP 
AND OUT OF THE WATER.
>> RECOVERY VESSEL, GO NAVIGATOR
IS GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO 
DRAGON ENDEAVOR AS IT AWAITS ITS
RECOVERY -- OR -- OR AS IT 
AWAITS TO BE HOISTED OUT OF THE 
GULF OF MEXICO AND LANDED OFF 
THE COAST OF FLORIDA NEAR 
PENSACOLA.
MAYBE NEXT TIME WE SHOULD 
ANNOUNCE OUR LANDING ZONE.
THERE WE GOT A SHOT FROM THE 
PLANE.
LOOKS LIKE THAT AREA CLEARED OUT
SIGNIFICANTLY.
THAT'S GOOD TO SEE.
WE'RE ALSO HEARING THAT ALL OF 
THE PARACHUTES HAVE BOWIES ON 
THEM.
ALSO GOOD NEWS AS THE RECOVERY 
PROCESS CONTINUES, FOR SPACEX 
DEMO TWO.
DRAGON, SPACEX.
GO AHEAD, MIKE.
>>  WE'RE ABOUT TO RECONFIGURE 
THE LINK.
THAT SHOULD HAPPEN SHORTLY.
>>  CALL BACK.
GETATA BACK.
>>  WILL DO.
SO AS THE MAIN VESSEL GETS 
CLOSER, IT IS GOING TO BACK UP.
THE DRAGON CAPSULE STILL IN THE 
WATER.
WE SHOULD START HOISTING 
OPERATIONS IN THE NEXT TEN TO 15
MINUTES.
IT WILL BE A QUICK LIFT OUT OF 
THE WATER AND INTO THE DRAGON 
NET AND THEN THEY MOVE IT 
UNDERNEATH THE HELIPAD AND INTO 
THE CREW RECOVERY AREA AND THEY 
HAVE A PLATFORM AND OPEN THE 
HATCH.
THEY OPEN THE HATCH AND THAT 
WILL BE THE FIRST ONE THROUGHOUT
DOOR AND ABLE TO DO A QUICK 
CHECK-IN ON THEIR STATUS AND HE 
AND THE OTHER MEDICAL DOCTORS 
AND FLIGHT SURGEONS AND 
TECHNICIANS WILL BEGIN TO HELP 
THEM OUT OF THE CAPSULE.
>>  EARLIER AFTER SPLASHDOWN WE 
HEARD A REPORT THAT THEY WERE 
FEELING GOOD AFTER REENTRY.
THAT WOULD RELATE TO THE FLIGHT 
SURGEON.
GREAT NEWS TO HEAR.
THIS IS A VIEW COMING FROM THE 
WB57 PLANE AS IT IS CIRCLING THE
AREA.
WE CAN SEE DRAGON AWAITING TO BE
PULLED OUT OF THE WATER.
AGAIN, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT 
LIFT TO BEGIN IN JUST UNDER 15 
MINUTES.
WE'RE APPROACHING 14 MINUTES 
HERE.
AND THEN IN 21 MINUTES WE WILL 
HAVE AN OPEN HATCH.
>>  YOU COULD SEE THE MAIN 
RECOVERY VESSEL IN THE TOP 
RIGHT.
THAT'S THE HELIPAD WITH THE BIG 
SPACEX ON TOP.
AND BACKING UP TOWARDS THE 
CAPSULE.
>>  NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH ONE 
OF OUR LANDING JUNCTIONS.
THERE'S A LIVE VIEW OF -- OF 
DRAGON, OF DRAGON FLOATING IN 
WATER THERE IN THE BACKGROUND 
ALONG WITH MANY ONLOOKERS.
FROM A SAFER DISTANCE AT THIS 
POINT.
THIS IS A LIVE SHOT COMING FROM 
GO NAVIGATOR.
OUR PRIMARY RECOVERY VESSEL 
HERE.
IT IS CREW DRAGON IS ACCOMPANIED
BY THE FAST BOATS THAT ARE 
HELPING TO BRING IT IN CLOSER.
AND THERE YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE 
OF THE RECOVERY TEAM MEMBERS ON 
THE DECK AND ALSO BEHIND THEM, 
THE FIRST GOOD VIEW OF THE NEST.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE NEST IN 
THE BACKGROUND THERE.
DRAGON WILL BE HOISTED USING THE
HYDRAULIC LIFT OUT OF THE WATER 
INTO THE NEST.
THAT NEST WILL BE PULLED TOWARDS
THE CAMERA, TOWARDS THOSE 
INDIVIDUALS ON THE UPPER DECK 
THERE.
>>  THAT'S COM CHECK.
>>  CLEAR.
>>  LOUD AND CLEAR AS WELL.
LOOKS LIKE THE BOAT IS ONE 
LENGTH AWAY, FIVE TO TEN METERS 
BACKING UP TO YOU.
>>  COPY THAT AND THANKS FOR THE
UPDATE.
>>  ALL RIGHT.
GOOD NEWS THERE.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO SEE 
DRAGON LIFTED OUT OF THE WATER 
AND INTO THE RECOVERY NEST.
THAT NEST WILL BE PULLED TOWARDS
THE CAMERA, TOWARD THE UPPER 
DECK.
THAT'S WHERE THE STRETCHERS WILL
BE WAITING TO ASSIST THEM IN THE
MEDICAL BASE AFTER CAPSULE 
EGRESS.
>>  ALREADY BEEN -- ALREADY BEEN
25 MINUTES SINCE THEY SPLASHED 
DOWN.
WE WAITED FOR THE LIFTING 
OPERATIONS TO START IN ABOUT 30 
MINUTES.
WE'RE ON THE TIMELINE.
THAT'S A COMMON THING SO FAR 
TODAY.
THIS IS GETTING IN POSITION AND 
START MOVING OUT WITH THE 
ADDITIONAL RIGGING TO AFFIX TO 
THE DRAGON CAPSULE WHERE THEY 
USE AN A-FRAME TO PULL OUT OF 
THE WATER.
WE CAN SEE THE NEST AT THE 
BOTTOM, THAT CIRCULAR OBJECT.
>>  THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE
RECOVERING A CAPSULE WITH CREW 
MEMBERS ONBOARD.
>>  WE GOT A COUPLE OF LINES 
CONNECTED AND RIGGING IS IN 
PROGRESS.
>>  ALL RIGHT.
JUST UPDATING THE CREW THAT THEY
MIGHT FEEL SOME -- SOME MOMENTUM
AS THE LINES, AS A COUPLE OF THE
RIGGING LINES ARE ATTACHED.
THERE WE CAN ACTUALLY.
THERE'S A GOOD SHOT OF THE 
INDIVIDUAL WHO IS -- WHO IS 
PLACING THAT RIGGING EQUIPMENT, 
AGAIN THAT'S SOMEONE HIGHLY 
SPECIALIZED AND WELL TRAINED FOR
THESE OPERATIONS.
AS I WAS SAYING, THE RECOVERY 
TEAM HAS REHEARSED AND PRACTICED
THIS WITH BOB AND DOUG 
THEMSELVES ACTUALLY IN A TEST 
CAPSULE PRACTICING THE EGRESS AS
WELL AS THEY HAVE RECOVERED 
THEIR -- THEY HAVE PRACTICED THE
RECOVERY PROCESS MANY TIMES AND 
ACTUALLY THROUGH THOSE 
PRACTICES, THEY HAVE EFFECTIVELY
CUT THE RECOVERY PERIOD IN HALF 
FROM THE -- FROM THE INITIAL 
DATA ONE MISSION.
IT IS NICE TO SEE THAT THE 
PROCESS ITSELF AFTER BEING 
REHEARSED AND CAREFULLY 
CHOREOGRAPHED IS -- IS GOING 
SUPER EFFICIENTLY.
AGAIN SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE 
PRIORITY.
SO MAKING SURE THAT ONLY -- ONLY
PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN ACTIVE 
RECOVERY OPERATIONS ARE PRESENT 
ON THE DECK.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD US MENTION 
BEFORE THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 40 
PEOPLE ONBOARD TODAY.
WE DON'T WANT ANYONE IN DANGER 
OR TO FALL OVERBOARD.
THAT GUY ESSENTIALLY JUMPED.
SPEAKING OF FALLING OVERBOARD.
>>  SO THE CREW WAS JUST TOLD IN
ABOUT 30 -- IN THE NEXT 30 
SECONDS THEY HAVE THE LINE TO 
FIX AND THEY WILL LIFT THE 
CAPSULE UP OUT OF THE WATER.
AT THIS POINT, THE BASE WE'RE 
GETTING WITH DRAGON IS ACTUALLY 
BEING ROUTED THROUGH THE BOAT 
ITSELF AT THIS POINT.
THERE WE CAN SEE THE LIFT.
DRAGON IS OUT OF THE WATER.
>>  YEAH.
>>  A-FRAME IS GOING TO SWING IT
BACK.
DOWN RIGHT FOR THE NEST AT THE 
BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
WE'RE GETTING A BETTER SHOT OF 
THE POINTS IN WHICH DRAGON IS 
TETHERED TO THE LIFT, INSURING 
IT ISN'T SWINGING FREELY.
THERE WE CAN SEE DRAGON BEING 
CAREFULLY SET DOWN INTO THE 
RECOVERY NEST ON TOP OF GO 
NAVIGATOR.
>>  DRAGON SPACEX, WELCOME 
ABOARD THE RECOVERY VESSEL.
THE PERSONNEL COMPLETING FINAL 
CHECKS AND PREPARING TO TRANSFER
YOU TO THE EGRESS PLATFORM.
>>  FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO 
MONTHS NASA ASTRONAUTS ARE ON 
SOME SORT OF GROUND.
CAN'T CALL IT SOLID BECAUSE IT 
IS A SHIP, HOWEVER, IT IS -- IT 
IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY'RE 
NOT IN SPACE ON A ROCKET OR 
BOBBING IN THE OCEAN.
>>  NOW THEY'RE IN THE NEST, 
THEY'LL TRANSLATE IT FORWARD AND
DRAGON IS GOING TO MOVE INTO THE
HANGAR SECTION BLOAT HELIPAD AND
BACK TO THE RECOVERY PLATFORM WE
SAW A BIT EARLIER.
AT THAT POINT THE -- THE 
SPACECRAFT TECHNICIANS WILL WORK
TO OPEN UP THE HATCH AND IT IS A
MANUAL PROCESS.
A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT 
ATTACHMENTS YOU HAVE TO ENGAGE 
BEFORE THE HATCH CAN BE OPENED.
THEY'LL GET IT OPENED AND THEN 
SPACEX WILL BE THE FIRST ONE 
THROUGH THE HATCHWAY TO CHECK ON
BOB AND DOUG AND GET A HEALTH 
ASSESSMENT AND SEE IF THEY'RE 
READY TO MOVE AND WE'LL ASSIST 
THEM OUT OF THE CAPSULE AND INTO
THE MEDICAL FACILITY ON THE 
BOAT.
AT THIS POINT THE RECOVERY TEAM 
IS DOING FINAL SECURING OF THE 
CAPSULE IN PREPARATION FOR -- 
FOR ACTUALLY MOVE THE RECOVERY 
NEST IN TO -- CLOSER TO THE 
INTERIOR OF THE SHIP.
IT WILL ACTUALLY BE IN A LITTLE 
BIT OF A COVERED DECK THERE.
WE SAW THE CAMERA VIEW EARLIER 
LOOKING STRAIGHT OUT FROM THE 
CENTER OF THE BOAT.
ONCE DRAGON IS SECURED IN THE 
NEST, THE NEST WILL BE 
TRANSLATED FORWARD AND CLOSER TO
THE RECOVERY -- EXCUSE ME, 
CLOSER TO THE POSITION IN WHICH 
WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY OPEN THE 
HATCH.
SO WHILE DRAGON IS ONBOARD 
SAFELY, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO 
THAT JUST YET.
>>  THEY'RE WORKING TO -- TO 
DETACH SOME OF THOSE LINES THAT 
WERE USED TO HOIST IT USING THE 
A-FRAME AND WE HEARD THAT THEY 
SHOULD BE DONE WITH THAT IN A 
MOMENT AND THEN WE'LL START THE 
TRANSLATION.
RIGHT NOW WE CAN SEE THE TEAM 
RELEASING THOSE SECURING LINES 
THAT WERE USED DURING THE -- THE
LIFT OF THE CAPSULE FROM THE 
WATER AND INTO THE NEST.
SO THEY'RE RELEASING THOSE 
SECURING LINES FROM THE SIDES, 
MAKING SURE IT IS SECURE FROM 
THE BOTTOM.
THERE WE SEE DRAGON MOVING 
FORWARD.
>>  LOOK AT THAT.
SMOOTH AS A TESLA, I WOULD SAY.
IT IS INTERESTED TO SEE THE 
SCORCHING MARKS NOW THAT WE GET 
A NICE UP CLOSE DETAIL SHOT OF 
DRAGON.
>>  STANDING BY FOR THE GO FOR 
FIVE HATCH OPEN.
>> THAT ROUNDED SQUARE THERE IN 
THE CENTER OF THE CAPSULE IS 
THAT SIDE HATCH AND ON EITHER 
SIDE ARE THOSE OVAL WINDOWS.
>>  DRAGON SPACEX STAND BY FOR 
SIDE HATCH OPENING AND EGRESS.
>>  CREW GOT THE CALL.
WE'RE GO FOR HATCH OPEN.
>>  IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, 
IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE HATCH, YOU
SEE THE AREA THAT THEY'RE 
WORKING.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE CHUTES 
DEPLOYED FROM.
THE CIRCLES FROM EITHER SIDE 
WHERE THE MORTARS WERE.
THE MAIN PARACHUTES NOW HIDDEN 
BY THE PLATFORM UNDERNEATH THE 
SIDE HATCH.
THE CREW IS IN THE PROCESS OF 
REMOVING THE SIDE HATCH.
WE CAN SEE THAT GO NAVIGATOR IS 
IN TRANSIT.
IT IS MAKING ITS WAY BACK TO THE
PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION.
BOB AND DOUG WILL GET A RIDE 
FROM THE RECOVERY VESSEL VIA 
HELICOPTER.
WE'RE PREPARING TO OPEN THE SIDE
HATCH AND ONCE THAT IS DONE -- 
ONCE THAT IS DONE, THE FLIGHT 
SURGEON WILL POP HIS HEAD IN, DO
AN INITIAL CHECK, SEE HOW BOB 
AND DOUG ARE DOING.
>>  AND DRAGON SPACEX ARE GOING 
TO POINT TO SOME POTENTIAL HITS 
NEAR THE SIDE HATCH.
>>  WE'RE STANDING BY.
THEY'RE STILL CONTINUING AND 
CHECKING FOR VAPORS.
THOSE NDOs AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE,
PRIMARILY CAN GET DETECTED IN 
THE AIR FROM THE BURNING OF 
FUEL.
THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO 
JUST INSPECT AROUND THE CAPSULE 
AND MAKE SURE IT IS SAFE FOR THE
CREW AND SAFE FOR THE RECOVERY 
EXPERT BEFORE THEY GET THE HATCH
OPEN.
WE'RE MOVING ALONG THE SIDELINE 
SINCE THEY SPLASHED DOWN AT 
11:48 A.M. PACIFIC.
SO THEY'RE PAUSING THE 
OPERATIONS FOR A MOMENT AND 
DOING AIR SAMPLING AROUND THE 
SYSTEM.
WE STILL HAVE [INDISCERNIBLE] 
FROM THE VEHICLE.
FLIGHT CONTROLLER HERE IN 
HAWTHORN ABLE TO MONITOR TANK 
PRESSURE AND NOT SEEING ANY 
ISSUES AT THE MOMENT.
AGAIN JUST A SHORT PAUSE IN THE 
OPERATIONS AND AGAIN, THEY'RE 
SNIFFING AROUND THE CAPSULE AND 
MAKING SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY 
READINGS THAT MIGHT INDICATE A 
FUEL LEAK OR ANYTHING AROUND THE
VEHICLE.
THEY DETECTED NDOs FROM NITROGEN
DIOXIDE WHICH ARISING FROM THE 
BURNING OF FUEL.
THEY'RE CONTINUING TO DO AIR 
READINGS BEFORE THEY PROCEED 
WITH THE HATCH OPENING.
UPDATE, WE'RE STILL 
INVESTIGATING, LOOKS LIKE WE'LL 
SET UP A SERVICE SECTION AND 
WE'RE WORKING ON AN ETA FOR YOU.
IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US, NASA 
ASTRONAUT BOB AND DOUG HAVE 
SAFELY RETURNED FROM THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND 
THEY MADE ONTIME SPLASHDOWN OFF 
THE COAST OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA 
AT 11:48 A.M. PACIFIC.
18:48 UNIVERSAL TIME AND THEY'RE
HOISTED ON THE RECOVERY VESSEL 
GO NAVIGATOR.
NOW THE TEAM IS -- IS JUST 
COMPLETING -- THEY DID INITIAL 
CHN AND FOUND THAT THERE 
MAY BE SOME VAPORS WHICH WE 
CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO BE 
AROUND WHEN WE HAVE -- WE HAVE 
BOB AND DOUG COMING OUT OF THE 
CAPSULE.
SO THE TEAM IS WORKING TO -- TO 
PURGE THE SERVICE SECTION IN 
PREPARATION FOR -- FOR CREW 
EGRESS.
A LITTLE COMMENTARY ON THE 
HATCHES THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING 
ABOUT.
WHILE DRAGON'S TOP HATCH IS USED
TO CONNECT TO THE SPACE STATION,
THAT'S LOCATED UNDER THE NOSE 
CONE THAT IS CURRENTLY HIDDEN 
THERE AT THE TOP OF THE CAPSULE.
BEFORE, THIS HATCH IS WHAT IS 
UTILIZED FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS,
BOTH ON THE LAUNCHPAD AS WELL AS
COMING UP HERE ON THE RECOVERY 
VESSEL.
WHEN THE INTERNATIONAL -- WHEN 
-- WHEN THE CAPSULE IS DOCKED TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
THEY WILL USE THE FORWARD HATCH 
TO -- TO EXIT AND ENTER THE 
CAPSULE.
SOMETHING TO NOTE THAT ONCE THE 
SIDE HATCH IS OPENED, IT WILL BE
THE FIRST TIME THAT BOB AND DOUG
HAVE GOTTEN A BREATH OF FRESH 
AIR.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE 
BEEN ABLE TO DO SO IN TWO MONTHS
SINCE THEY BOARDED THE FALCON 
NINE AT THE START OF THE MISSION
BACK ON MAY 30th.
>>  THEN ONTIME SPLASHDOWN, THEY
RETURN WITH 54 DAYS IN SPACE ON 
THIS MISSION, A FEW MINUTES SHY 
OF THAT.
SO I KNOW THEY'RE LOOKING 
FORWARD TO IT.
IN A LITTLE MORE OF STABLE 
CONDITION NOW THAT THEY'RE ON 
THE BOAT AND NOT IN THE WATER.
THE TEAM IS CONTINUING TO STEP 
THROUGH AND THEY'RE REPORTING 
THEY'RE SEEING ALL THE VAPOR 
LEVELS HAVE BEEN DROPPING AND 
THAT'S -- THAT'S DRAGON SPACEX.
WE SHOW LEVELS ARE DECLINING AND
CONTINUING WITH PURGE.
IN ADDITION, JUST SO YOU KNOW, 
WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY -- ANY LEAK
INDICATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE 
THAT.
THESE ARE SMALL LEVELS BUT WE 
NEED TO DO THE PURGE AT THIS 
TIME.
>>  MIKE, WE WERE WONDERING IF 
YOU SAW ANY CASES OF LEAKS OR 
PRESSURE.
SOUNDS LIKE IT IS PART OF THE 
DEAL.
>>  THAT IS GOOD, DOUG.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO GET A VIEW 
DOWN AT THE HATCH OF THE 
CAPSULE.
THEY'RE DETECTING SMALL TRACES 
OF A COUPLE OF THE HYPERDOLS.
NITROGEN DIOXIDE.
THEY'RE AT LOW LEVELS.
OBVIOUSLY NOT -- NOT AT VERY 
HARMFUL LEVEL AS WE HAVE PEOPLE 
IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE 
CAPSULE.
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH WITH A 
PURGE AND NOT SEEING ANY 
INDICATIONS OF A LEAK IN THE 
SERVICE SECTION OF DRAGON.
THAT'S WHERE PRETTY MUCH ALL OF 
THE DIFFERENT FUEL TANKS WITH 
THE HYPERDOLS ARE LOCATED INSIDE
THE CAPSULE.
WE'RE JUST ABOUT 44 MINUTES 
POST-SPLASHDOWN.
STILL AHEAD OF THE TIMELINE AS 
WE WEREN'T EXPECTING TO GET THE 
HATCH OPEN UNTIL SHORTLY BEFORE 
60 MINUTES AND WOULD BRING BOB 
AND DOUG OUT.
THIS -- THIS -- THIS -- THIS 
SPACEX, ANOTHER UPDATE.
THIRD SECTION PURGE SHOULD BEGIN
IN FIVE MINUTES.
WE'RE SHOWING NCO AND 2X OF 
EXPOSURE LIMITS AND WE HOPE ONCE
WE START THE PURGE IT WILL DROP 
DOWN FOR US.
>>  THANKS.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CORRECT 
MYSELF.
IT IS NTO AND THAT'S USED FOR 
POWERING THOSE DISRUPTERS.
SO AGAIN THE SPACEX ENGINEERS 
DETECTING LEVELS OF NTO, 
NITROGEN TETRA OXIDE.
AND LEVELS HIGHER THAN THEY 
WOULD LIKE.
THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY DOING A 
PURGE TO HELP DISSIPATE VAPORS 
AND WHERE THE FUEL TANKS RESIDE 
IN THE CAPSULE AND WE EXPECT 
THAT IN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES OR
SO.
WE'RE STILL EXPECTING THE CREW 
OUT INSIDE AN HOUR AND STILL ON 
THE TIMELINE OR A FEW MINUTES 
AHEAD AND WE SHOULD BE SEEING 
BOB AND DOUG.
ONCE WE SEE THOSE LEVELS 
CONTINUE TO DROP AROUND THE 
CAPSULE, THEY'LL BEGIN TO STEP 
THROUGH THE HATCH OPENING 
PROCESS ONCE AGAIN.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO PURGE THE
SECTION, AND THE LINGERING FUMES
THAT THEY'RE DETECTING GETS 
FLUSHED OUT.
THE SERVICE SECTION IS NOT THE 
INTERIOR CABIN WHERE BOB AND 
DOUG ARE.
IT IS ACTUALLY THE PART OF THE 
CAPSULE THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE 
PLACE WHERE BOB AND DOUG ARE AND
IS EXTERNAL TO THE CABIN.
INSIDE THE CAPSULE ITSELF.
YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS THE SPACE
BETWEEN THE EXTERIOR OF THE 
DRAGON CAPSULE AND THE INTERIOR 
SPACE.
>>  THE AIR PRESSURE 
ESSENTIALLY.
>>  YES.
BOB AND DOUG ARE FINE, THEY'RE 
BREATHING MAKES IT -- THEY'VE 
BEEN GETTING THROUGHOUT THE 
ENTIRE DURATION OF -- OF -- OF 
TODAY'S OPERATION BUT IT WILL BE
ESSENTIALLY THE AREA BELOW THEIR
CABIN COMPLETELY SEALED OFF FROM
THE SERVICE SECTION.
THE SERVICE SECTION IS WHERE 
TELLMETRY AND THE LINGERING 
FUMES ARE SWEPT AWAY.
>>  THEY HAD DETECTED HIGHER 
LEVELS THAN THEY WANT TO SEE OF 
NITROGEN TETRA OXIDE.
ONE OF THE FUELS THAT USED 
DRAGON AND THE OTHER ONE BEING 
HYDROZION.
THOSE FUELS, ESPECIALLY WHEN 
THROWN TOGETHER, EVEN WITHOUT 
IGNITION SOURCE WILL REACT AND 
THAT MAKES HYPERZINE FUELS IN ON
ORBIT SYSTEMS IN SPACECRAFT.
WE'RE STANDING BY.
>>  AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, 
THERE'S ONE CREW MEMBER THAT HAS
KIND OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE A --
>>  DON'T HAVE HUGE UPDATE.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE 
PURGE IS STILL IN THE WORKS.
WE'LL TRY TO GET YOU OUT OF 
THERE SHORTLY.
>>  AS I WAS SAYING, TWO 
INDIVIDUALS ON THE SCREEN, ONE 
WITH A FACE MASK AND WHAT FELT 
LIKE A SCUBA TANK AND CLEAN 
BREATHING AIR.
THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER CREW 
MEMBER WITH THE SAME PERSONAL 
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT OR PPE THAT
WILL COME ON DECK HERE.
THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT, THERE WE
GO.
THAT'S THE KIND OF EQUIPMENT 
THAT IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO 
PERFORM THE PURGE.
AGAIN THE NTO IS THE FUMES FROM 
THAT ARE TOXIC AND OF COURSE WE 
WANT TO KEEP ALL CREW MEMBERS 
SAFE AS WE PREPARE THE -- THE 
SIDE HATCH FOR OPENING IN ORDER 
TO LET --
>>  LOOKS LIKE LIMITS ARE 
DROPPING AND GETTING PRETTY 
GOOD.
WE'RE STILL CONTINUING WITH THE 
PURGE JUST TO BE EXTRA SURE.
>>  OKAY.
SOUNDS GOOD, MIKE, THANK YOU.
WE JUST HEARD THE CALL AND THE 
LIMITS ARE CONTINUING TO DROP ON
THE -- ON THE -- ON THE NTO, 
THAT NITROGEN TETRA OXIDE.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO 
MONITOR THOSE.
DOING A PURGE AND FLUSHING THE 
AIR AROUND THE SERVICE SECTION 
WHERE THE TANKS FOR THOSE 
HYPERGOLIC FUELS ARE.
THEY'RE NOT IN THE PRESSURE 
SECTION.
AND BOB AND DOUG, THEIR 
ATMOSPHERE IS OUTSIDE THE VESSEL
AND STILL INSIDE THE SHELL OF 
THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT.
WE'RE JUST ABOUT 52 MINUTES 
POST-SPLASHDOWN.
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO 
GET GOOD READINGS ON THE LEVELS 
OF ANY VAPORS AROUND THE CAPSULE
AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO STEP BACK 
IN TO THE HATCH OPENING.
WE DID HEAR CONFIRMATION THAT 
THEY HAVEN'T SEEN ANY INDICATION
OF LEAKS FROM THE DRAGON 
CAPSULE.
SPACEX, WE'RE GOING TO PURGE FOR
ONE MORE MINUTE.
THERE WE GO.
SHOULD BE ONE MORE MINUTE.
THEN IF LEVELS HAVE DROPPED 
SUFFICIENTLY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO 
STEP BACK IN TO THE HATCH 
OPENING PROCESS.
>>  BOB AND DOUG WILL GET 
ASSISTANCE FROM THE RECOVERY 
TEAMS WHILE EXITING DRAGON 
ENDEAVOR.
THIS IS THE SAME PROCESS FOR ANY
RETURNING LONG DURATION CREW 
MEMBERS AS RETURNING TO A 
GRAVITY RICH ENVIRONMENT CAN 
WREAK HAVOC FOR THE SYSTEM WHICH
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING 
BALANCE AND MOTION AND YOU HEARD
US SAY MULTIPLE TIMES EARLIER 
SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE 
PRIORITY IN THIS OPERATION.
SO YOU WILL SEE BOTH BOB AND 
DOUG HELPED OUT OF THE CAPSULE.
AND ASSISTED JUST A FEW FEET 
OVER TO THE -- TO THE MEDICAL 
QUARTERS ONBOARD THE BOAT.
>>  IF YOU EVER WATCHED CREWS 
RETURN ON IT, IT IS A SIMILAR 
PROCESS WHERE THEY'RE CARRIED 
OUT OF THE CAPSULE AND PLACED 
DOWN INTO A WAITING CHAIR WHERE 
THEY USUALLY GET INITIAL MEDICAL
CHECKS OUT THERE IN THE FIELD 
BEFORE THEY'RE CARRIED TO -- TO 
INFLATED MEDICAL TENT.
WE DON'T HAVE A TENT, WE HAVE 
QUARTERS AND THEY'RE A LOT 
CLOSER.
THEY'LL JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF 
FEET TO GO FROM THE CAPSULE AND 
INTO THE MEDICAL QUARTERS.
FROM THERE THEY GET CHECKOUT 
FROM THE FLIGHT SURGEONS ON THE 
BOAT AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE 
THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR 
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING BOTH 
BEFOREHAND AND THE PREFLIGHT 
DATA TAKES AND OFFERING THEM 
SUPPORT AND IN THE LEADUP TO 
LAUNCH AND THE ENTIRE TIME WHILE
ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION AND THEY'RE RIGHT HERE 
WITH THE FRONT LINE WITH THE 
RECOVERY TEAM READY TO WELCOME 
THEM HOME.
SO IT HAS BEEN ABOUT A MINUTE 
SINCE WE HEARD THE LAST CALL TO 
THE CREW.
WE SHOULD BE JUST ABOUT DONE 
WITH THE PURGE.
WE'RE GOING TO STAND BY AND 
HOPEFULLY WE'LL RESUME THE HATCH
OPENING OPERATIONS IN JUST A 
MOMENT.
DRAGON SPACEX UPDATE.
WE SEE THREE PARTS PER BILLION 
OF MMH AND THEY'RE ASKING YOU 
DESTOW AND TAKE A SAMPLE INSIDE 
THE CABIN.
[INDISCERNIBLE].
>>  IT WILL BE DETECTORS TWO AND
THREE IN LOCATION 14.
>>  [INDISCERNIBLE].
>>  THANKS DOUG.
SO WE JUST GOT THE CALL OUT OF 
THE CURRENT READINGS.
THE NCO AND THE MONO ETHYL HIDE 
GENE AND PARTS PER BILLION AND 
WE HEARD NEIL THE MEDICAL 
AUTHORITY ON THE BOAT ASKING THE
CREW TO TAKE OUT SOME -- SOME --
SOME AIR DETECTORS THAT THEY 
HAVE INSIDE WITH THEM, JUST TO 
DO QUICK SAMPLING INSIDE THE 
CABIN ITSELF.
SO AGAIN, WE SAID BEFORE, WE'LL 
CONTINUE TO SAY IT THROUGHOUT, 
SAFETY IS A TOP PRIORITY WITH 
THIS OPERATION, SO THE TEAMS ARE
GOING TO BE VERY METHODICAL AND 
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN 
A GOOD SETUP SAFE 
ENVIRONMENT, NOT ONLY FOR THE 
CREW THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO FOR 
RECOVERY FORCES.
FOR NOW, BOB AND DOUG STILL 
INSIDE OF CREW DRAGON.
WE'RE JUST 58 MINUTES 
POST-LANDING.
SPACEX DRAGON.
>>  GO AHEAD.
>>  NRQ DETECTOR TWO AND READS 
0.0.
THERE'S THREE THAT ALSO READS 
0.0 FOR MMH.
>>  OKAY.
0.0 FOR DETECTORS 2 AND 3 AND 
MMH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND EARLY REPORTING ZEROS ACROSS
THE BOARD, NO TRACES OF EITHER 
THE NCO OR THE MMH.
TARGET SPACEX FOR A DATA UPDATE.
CURRENTLY OUR EXPOSURE LIMITS 
ARE BELOW LIMITS BUT THE PURGE 
IS DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
WE SAW NTO GO DOWN TO 1.5 IN THE
LAST FEW MINUTES.
WE THINK WE CAN LET THE PURGE 
RUN FOR A LITTLE LONGER.
WE WANT TO SEE IF YOU'RE OKAY 
CONTINUING WITH THE PURGE AND 
KNOCK OFF.
>>  WE'RE FINE HANGING OUT, 
MIKE.
NO PROBLEM HERE.
>>  THANKS FOR THAT WE KEEP 
WORKING THE PURGE AND THANKS FOR
THAT.
>>  LET'S KEEP IT LIKE THIS, NO 
REASON TO RUSH.
>>  SPACECRAFT COMMANDER DOUG 
HURLEY REPORTING THE CREW IS 
STILL DOING WELL IN DRAGON.
THEY'RE GOOD TO CONTINUE TO HANG
OUT AND MEDICAL AUTHORITY THERE 
RECOMMENDING AS LONG AS THE CREW
IS OKAY AND STILL DOING WELL 
INSIDE DRAGON, WE'LL JUST 
CONTINUE WITH THE PURGE TRYING 
TO GUESS THOSE TRACE READINGS OF
VAPORS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ZERO.
WE WANT TO KEEP THE ASTRONAUTS 
SAFE AND ALL OF THE RECOVERY 
ENGINEERS AND MEDICAL 
PROFESSIONALS AND THEY'RE ON THE
SCENE AS WELL.
THEY WILL CONTINUE THE PURGE AND
DISPELLED AREA AROUND THE 
SERVICE SECTION OF THE DRAGON 
SPACECRAFT SO THIS IS -- THIS IS
REALLY AN AREA OF FUEL TANKS 
OUTSIDE OF THE PRESSURE VESSEL.
SO WHERE BOB AND DOUG ARE INSIDE
THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT, THEY DID 
QUICK READINGS INSIDE THE CABIN 
AND HAD ZEROS ACROSS THE BOARD.
THEY'RE CONTINUING TO LET THESE 
LEVELS DISSIPATE AND BRING IT 
DOWN TO ZERO AND WE'LL RESUME 
HATCH OPERATIONS.
WE'RE A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR NOW,
AN HOUR AND TWO MINUTES 
POSTSPLASHDOWN.
>>  GOOD TO HEAR BOB AND DOUG 
REPORT THEY'RE GOOD HANGING OUT.
THEY'RE FEELING ALL RIGHT.
THEY'RE PRETTY COMFORTABLE 
STAYING INSIDE FOR A COUPLE MORE
MINUTES.
>>  THEY WERE DOING THEIR BEST 
PRIOR TO LEAVING AND SEA 
SICKNESS.
IT IS GOOD TO HEAR THEY'RE DOING
WELL INSIDE THE DRAGON CAPSULE.
>>  DRAGON, SPACEX, WE'RE SEEING
GOOD INDICATIONS FOR THE PURGE 
AND LOOKING FOR ZERO 
INDICATIONS, IF YOU LIKE TO 
SPEED THINGS UP, PLEASE LET US 
KNOW.
>>  WE'RE GOOD.
KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING 
WORKING WITH THE POD.
>>  THANKS, DOUG.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL SETTLE IN AT LEAST ANOTHER
FIVE MINUTES WHILE THEY CONTINUE
TO -- TO DISPERSE ANY TRACE 
REMNANTS OF THE FUEL AROUND THE 
SERVICE SECTION OF DRAGON BEFORE
WE ONCE AGAIN STEP INTO THE 
HATCH OPENING.
WE'RE GOING IT STAY WITH YOU 
UNTIL BOB AND DOUG ARE OUT OF 
THE CAPSULE AND INTO THEIR 
MEDICAL QUARTERS.
>>  AT THIS POINT BOB AND DOUG 
ARE STILL STRAPPED INTO THEIR 
SEATS.
THOSE SEATS HAVE ACWAITED AWAY 
FROM THE POSITION WHERE I GUESS 
AN ORIENTATION THAT YOU SEE THE 
CAPSULE NOW DURING THEIR 
DEPARTURE PHASE EARLIER THIS 
MORNING AND YESTERDAY.
THE ORIENTATION OF THE SEATS 
WERE SUCH THAT -- THIS 
ESSENTIALLY BOB AND DOUG WOULD 
HAVE BEEN LAYING ON THEIR BACKS 
IN THE ORIENTATION WHERE WE SEE 
DRAGON NOW.
CURRENTLY THE SEATS HAVE 
ACWAITED UPWARD SLIGHTLY.
SO THEY ARE NOT -- NOT 
COMPLETELY UPRIGHT, BUT THEY'RE 
RECLINED A BIT, NICE AND COMFY 
THERE.
THEY'RE ABLE TO -- TO SEE IN AND
OUT OF THOSE WINDOWS THAT WE SEE
ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SIDE 
HATCH.
>>  THEN ONCE THEY'RE ABLE TO 
FINISH THE RELEASE, THE EGRESS 
PROCESS AND GETTING BOB AND DOUG
OUT OF THE CAPSULE AND THEY'RE 
IN THE MEDICAL AREA, THEY LOOK 
TO BRING IN THE HELICOPTER AS --
AS BOTH BOB AND DOUG WILL BE 
FLOWN BACK TO PENSACOLA WITH THE
HELICOPTER AND GETTING THEM TO 
THE SHORE IN A MATTER OF MINUTES
WHERE A PLANE IS STANDING BY TO 
THEN LOAD THEM UP AND BRING THEM
HOME TO THE AIRFIELD AT THE 
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON.
>>  DRAGON, SPACEX, TRENDING 
WELL.
WE'RE EXPECTING A READING IN TWO
MINUTES.
WE'RE LOOKING HOPEFULLY TO 
EGRESS YOU SHORTLY.
>>  SOUNDS GOOD.
THANK YOU.
IN LIGHT OF ONE OF THE SOCIAL 
MEDIA QUESTIONS WE WERE ASKED 
EARLIER, SOMEONE ASKED IF BOB 
AND DOUG HAVE NETFLIX AVAILABLE 
ON THEIR HEAD SETS IN THE 
CAPSULE AND THEY -- THEY'VE BEEN
PRETTY BUSY THROUGHOUT THIS 
MISSION MONITORING DATA AND 
K
CHECKING FOR TIMING.
NOW WOULD BE THE TIME THAT THEY 
WANT SOMETHING TO WATCH.
AT THIS POINT THE ONLY JOB LEFT 
TO DO IS GET OUT OF THE CAPSULE.
>>  HAS TO BE A FEELING OF JUST 
SUCCESS FOR THOSE TWO.
TAKING THE FIRST FLIGHT IN A 
BRAND NEW SPACECRAFT, WE KNEW AS
TEST PILOT THIS WAS SOMETHING 
THAT WAS KIND OF THEIR BREAD AND
BUTTER WHEN THEY WERE IN THE 
MILITARY AND DEFINITELY 
SOMETHING THEY LOOKED FOR A 
CHANCE FOR ONCE THEY BECAME 
ASTRONAUTS.
REALLY A PRETTY FLAWLESS FLIGHT 
FOR DRAGON, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL HAVE
ALL OF THE -- ALL OF THE 
POST-FLIGHT REVIEW COMING UP IN 
THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS AS WE -- 
WE CONTINUE TO -- TO ASSESS ALL 
OF THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVED 
THROUGHOUT THE MISSION AND ANY 
DATA STILL RECORDED LOCALLY 
WHILE DRIVING AND SPEND THE NEXT
SEVERAL WEEKS GOING THROUGH AND 
ASSESSING THE MISSION AND 
WORKING THROUGH THE 
CERTIFICATION PROCESS AND WE'RE 
ALREADY TARGETING THE FIRST 
OPERATIONAL FLIGHT CURRENTLY 
PEGGED FOR NO EARLIER THAN LATE 
SEPTEMBER.
DRAGON SPACEX, PURGING IN ONE 
MINUTE AT 19:57.
>>  RIGHT.
WITH THEM STOPPING THE PURGE IN 
ABOUT A MINUTE.
THAT MEANS THE LEVELS HAVE GONE 
DOWN TO WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING 
FOR.
THEN WE BEGIN TO STEP BACK INTO 
THE HATCH OPENING PROCESS AND 
THEN BE ABLE TO GET BOB AND DOUG
EGRESSING OR MOVING OUT OF THE 
DRAGON CAPSULE.
THEY'VE BEEN IN THERE FOR A 
LITTLE MORE THAN 19 HOURS SINCE 
THEY DEPARTED THE SPACE STATION 
ON SATURDAY.
THEY HAD A SLEEP PERIOD, EIGHT 
HOURS OF REST ON THE CAPSULE ON 
THE WAY HOME.
THEY'VE BEEN UP SINCE EARLIER 
THIS MORNING AND THAT WAIT 
COMING AT 4:40 A.M. PACIFIC, A 
LITTLE MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS 
AGO.
AND DRAGON, THE PURGE IS 
COMPLETE AND WE CAN PROCEED WITH
HATCH OPENING.
>>  GOOD NEWS.
>>  THAT'S GOOD NEWS, INDEED.
CONFIRMATION THAT THE PURGE IS 
COMPLETE AND NEAR GOING TO DO 
ONE MORE TEST TO MAKE SURE THAT 
ALL OF THE FUMES OF CONCERN ARE 
AWAY AND THAT IT IS SAFE TO OPEN
THE SIDE HATCH AND RETRIEVE BOB 
AND DOUG.
ONCE THAT SIDE HATCH IS OPEN OUR
FLIGHT SURGEON WILL BE THE FIRST
TO SAY HELLO, GET A QUICK 
MEDICAL CHECK-UP, BUT BASED ON 
THE REPORTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN --
THAT THE CREW HAVE BEEN -- HAVE 
BEEN GIVING US ALONG THE WAY, IT
SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE DOING GREAT,
THEY'RE FEELING GOOD AND THEY'RE
PRETTY COMFORTABLE INSIDE OF 
CREW DRAGON.
DRAGON SPACEX, WE SHOW BEING 
BELOW LIMITS AND PROCEEDING WITH
HATCH OPENING.
>>  OKAY.
GREAT NEWS.
THANKS.
>>  ALL RIGHT.
SO THERE'S THE GREEN LIGHT WE'VE
BEEN WAITING FOR.
AND IN FACT THE GREEN LIGHT 
WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR -- 
FOR MONTHS AT THIS POINT, THIS 
IS OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO SAY 
HELLO TO BOB AND DOUG OUR 
FAVORITE SPACE DADS AS THEY ARE 
NOW ABOUT TO -- TO -- TO EGRESS 
OR EXIT FROM DRAGON CREW 
ENDEAVOR.
THE CULMINATION OF WHAT IS ABOUT
A 19-HOUR JOURNEY HOME, ALL 
STARTING YESTERDAY.
AS THEY DEPARTED THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
IT WILL BE MANUALLY OPENED AND 
FLIGHT SURGEON WILL SAY HELLO 
AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOING ALL 
RIGHT.
AND THEN PROCEED TO ASSIST THEM 
WITH EXITING THE CAPSULE.
WE SEE THE HATCH IS NOW OPEN.
HATCH BEING OPENED AT 12:59 P.M.
PACIFIC PM THE HATCH IS OPEN.
>>  RIGHT NOW THEY'RE GOING TO 
PUT A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN 
THERE THAT -- THAT BASICALLY 
SMOOTHS OFF THE EDGES AND MAKES 
SURE THAT -- THAT IT IS A 
COMFORTABLE EXIT FROM THE DRAGON
CAPSULE, JUST A LITTLE PIECE OF 
STRUCTURE THERE TO INSURE THAT 
THE HATCH WILL REMAIN OPEN AND 
THAT ANY SHARP EDGES AROUND THAT
SIDE HATCH ARE PROTECTED.
BLUE SUIT THERE, ONE OF NASA'S 
SURGEONS, DR. STEVEN HART.
AND THEN THE HATCH OPEN AT 12:59
P.M. PACIFIC AND 19:59 UNIVERSAL
TIME OR GMT.
ONCE AGAIN THE SPACEX RECOVERY 
TEAM IS NOW ASSISTING NASA 
ASTRONAUTS BOB AND DOUG TO EXIT 
THE SPACECRAFT.
WE HAVE THE HATCH OPEN ABOUT TWO
MINUTES AGO.
WE'VE PAUSED FOR A LITTLE WHILE 
AS THEY DETECTED TRACE AMOUNTS 
OF -- OF SOME OF THE HYPERGOLIC 
FUELS.
WE EXECUTED A SERIES OF PURGES 
AND ONCE THOSE WERE DOWN BACK IN
ACCEPTABLE LIMITS WE WERE ABLE 
TO THEN START WITH THE EGRESS.
>>  THERE WE SEE A STRUCTURE ON 
DECK.
THIS IS NORMAL, PART OF THE 
STANDARD RECOVERY PROCEDURE.
IT IS SIMPLY TO INSURE BOB AND 
DOUG REMAIN SAFE.
READJUSTING TO GRAVITY CAN BE 
CHALLENGING.
DIZZINESS CAN OCCUR.
THE STRETCHER WILL BE USED TO --
AS STANDARD PROCEDURE TO MAKE 
SURE THAT THE ASTRONAUTS MAKE IT
OVER TO THE MEDICAL TENT AS 
EASILY AND COMFORTABLY AS 
POSSIBLE.
>>  AS WE DISCUSSED THE 
REINTRODUCTION TO -- TO GRAVITY 
FROM MICRO GRAVITY CAN BE A BIT 
JARRING FOR OUR VESTIBULAR 
SYSTEM AND THEY'RE UNDER WAY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE 
UNDERTAKING ANY POSSIBLE 
PRECAUTION TO INSURE THEIR 
ARRIVAL IS SAFE AND FREE FROM 
ANY INJURY NOW THAT THEY'RE 
HOME.
THEY'RE WORKING TO GET A FEW 
ITEMS FROM THE SEATS OUT OF THE 
WAY FIRST BEFORE THEY BEGIN 
EXTRACTING OUR CREW MEMBERS.
THEY WILL COME OUT ONE AT A 
TIME.
AS WE SAW DURING THE ASSENT 
PORTION OF THE MISSION, THERE'S 
ENOUGH ROOM INSIDE THE CAPSULE 
FOR THEM TO DO A BACK FLIP IN 
MICRO GRAVITY.
HOWEVER, CONSIDERING THERE'S A 
COUPLE OF FOLKS IN THERE FROM 
THE RECOVERY.
>>  GOT YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
>>  COM CHECK THERE BETWEEN 
DRAGON.
>>  THE PLT, I WANTED TO THANK 
YOU GUYS FOR BRINGING US HOME 
SAFE BEFORE WE -- I DISEMBARK.
I'M SURE DOUG WILL HAVE GOOD 
WORDS FOR YOU GUYS AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THE MOST 
DIFFICULT PART AND THE IMPORTANT
PARTS IN THE SPACEFLIGHT AND GET
US INTO ORBIT AND HOME SAFELY.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
>>  THANK YOU, BOB FOR THE 
AWESOME WORDS.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEEN AN HONOR 
AND PLEASURE TO WORK FROM YOU 
FROM THE ENTIRE TEAM, AWESOME.
>>  YOU HEARD HIM.
WE'RE WAITING FOR THEM TO GET 
OUT OF THE CREW DRAGON 
SPACECRAFT.
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