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>>> AND THERE IT IS.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE
AMERICAN-MADE ROCKET ASK
SPACECRAFT THAT WILL RETURN
AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FROM
AMERICAN SOIL FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE THE RETIREMENT OF THE
SPACE SHUTTLE LAST FLOWN NEARLY
NINE YEARS AGO.
TODAY WE ARE GIVING IT ANOTHER
SHOT WITH OUR PARTNERS AT
SpaceX.
WEDNESDAY'S FIRST ATTEMPT WAS
POSTPONED DUE TO THE WILD
WEATHER.
IF ALL GOES WELL TODAY WELET
MARK A FIRST IN NASA'S STORIED
HISTORY AND USHER IN THE FIRST
COMMERCIAL CREW OF SPACE FLIGHT.
AT 3:32 EASTERN TIME THIS
AFTERNOON DOUG HURLEY AND BOB
BEHNKEN WILL LIFTOFF FROM PAD
39A ATOP A FALCON 9 ROCKET.
TODAY WILL MARK SpaceX'S FIRST
FLIGHT WITH CREW AND THE
BEGINNING OF A NEW CHAPTENER
HUMEON SPACE FLIGHT.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME BACK
TO KENNEDY SPACE CENTER HOME OF
THE WILD FLORIDA WEATHER, CHO
SEUNG-HUI ARE INSIDE AGAIN SIDE.
>> I'M A SENIOR DEVELOPMENT
ENGINEER AT SpaceX AND JOINING
US IS RETIRED ASTRONAUT AND MEAT
BALL LOVER, LEYLAND.
>> THE WEATHER WAS WILD LAST
TWO-DAYS AGO, THREE DAYS AGO?
>> YES, IT FEELS LIKE YESTERDAYS
DEPENDING HOW MUCH YOU SLEPT,
COULD BE THE SAME DAY.
I THINK IT WAS WEDNESDAY.
>> DOWN TO T-MINUS 17 AND THE
TEAMS MADE THE RIGHT CALL.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THE
WEATHER AND HAVE SOMETHING
HAPPEN.
WE ARE BACKS TO THE HALLOWED
GROUND, PAD 39A.
MY TIME WAS 2008, 2009 AND NOW
DOUG AND BOB CAN LAUNCH CREW
DRAGON AND GO TO AN
ASSEMBLY-COMPLETE SPACE STATION.
>> WE WERE LOOKING AT IT LAST
NIGHT AND THIS MORNING AND TEAMS
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THINGS AND
IT IS TOUCH-AND-GO, BUT IT WAS
A 50-50 CHANCE AT LAST LOOK.
HOPEFULLY THOSE ODDOOSE ON I
DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL IMPROVE,
BUT 50-50 IS NOT BAD.
IT COULD BE WORSE.
WE HAVE TEAMS ALL OVER THE
ACTION COVERING THE ACTION IN
CALIFORNIA, MISSION CONTROL IN
HOUSTON AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA
DESK IN WASHINGTON.
OF COURSE, RIGHT HERE IN
FLORIDA.
>> TODAY'S MISSION WILL BE CREW
DRAGON'S SECOND TEST FLIGHT AND
FIRST TEST WITH HUMANS ON BOARD.
WE ARE A LITTLE MORE THAN FOUR
HOUR AWAY FROM LIFTOFF AND BOG B
AND DOUG HAVE HAD LUNCH AND
MEDICAL CHECKS.
IN ABOUT 50 MINUTES THEY WILL
TURN IT OVER.
THE FIRST IS SUIT UP.
IT IS LOCATED IN THE NEIL
ARMSTRONG ONC AND THEY WILL HELP
THE ASTRONAUTS PUT ON THEIR
SUITS AND PERFORM KEY SUIT CHECK
OUTS.
THE NEXT STEP IS CREW WALK OUT.
ASTRONAUTS WILL LEAVE THE
BUILDING WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY
BEFORE THEY HEAD TO THE
LAUNCHPAD.
>> FOLLONG FINAL GOODBYES THEY
WILL GET IN A TESLA AND BEGIN
THE ROUGHLY 29 MINUTE DRIVE TO
PAD 39A.
THEY WILL ASCEND THE FIXED
SERVICE STRUCTURE TO BOARD THE
SPACECRAFT IN A PROCESS CALLED
CREW INGRESS.
THE SpaceX TEAM WILL RUN
A SERIES OF CHECKS TO MAKE SURE
THE SUITS, SEATS AND
INTERACTIONS ARE FUNCTIONING
PROPERLY.
>> AFTER THAT IS COMPLETED THE
TEAM WILL CLOSE DRAGON'S HATCH
WITH BOB AND DOUG INSIDE.
THIRTY MINUTES BEFORE LAUNCH THE
CREW ACCESS ARM, THE LONG
SUSPENDED WALK WAY THE
ASTRONAUTS WILL USE TO BOARD
DRAGON WILL RETRACT AWAY,
FOLLOWED BY THE ARMING OF THE
LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM.
>> ONCE THE ARM IS RETRACTED,
LOADING WILL BEGIN FIVE MINUTES
BEFORE LIFT OFTEN AND CONFIGURED
FOR TERMINAL COUNT.
ON BOARD COMPUTERS TAKE CONTROL
OF THE VEHICLE 62 AT T-0 IF ALL
GOES WELL AND THE WEATHER
COOPERATE, CREW DRAGON AND
FALCON 9 WILL LIFTOFF FROM PAD
39A CARRYING ASTRONAUTS BOB
BEHNKEN AND DOUG HURLEY.
ITINGLY ENTERACTIVATION PHASE
AND USE ON BOARD PROPULSION
SYSTEM TO CARRY BOB AND DOUG TO
THEIR DESTINATION, THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
BOB AND DOUG ARE JUST FINISHING
UP THEIR LUNCH AND WE ARE
CURRENTLY AWAITING THEIR ARRIVAL
TO THE SUIT UP ROOM.
>> YOU WILL NOTICE OVER THE
COURSE OF THE BROADCAST WE DO
NOT HAVE CROWDS GATHERED AT
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND THAT IS
PART OF OUR PROTOCOL TO PROTECT
OURSELVES AND OUR TEAM.
WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF GUESTS HERE TO VIEW
THE LAUNCH.
EVEN THOUGH WE COULDN'T HAVE
A LOT OF GUESTS HERE, YOU CAN
JOIN US THROUGH EVERY STEP THE
HISTORIC MISSION FROM WHEREVER
YOU ARE.
WE HAVE A TEAM DEDICATED TO
SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> HEY EVERYONE OUT THERE.
IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE
4.9 MILLION TUNING IN ON
WEDNESDAY, WE ARE SO GLAD TO SEE
YOU HERE AGAIN F. YOU WEREN'T
ABLE TO WITNESS THE PRE-LAUNCH
ACTIVITIES ON WEDNESDAY, YOU ARE
IN LUCK, I'M HERE TO BRING YOU
ALL THE EXCITEMENT ON SOCIAL
MEDIA AROUND THE NATION THIS.
IS A BIG DAY FOR NASA AND
SpaceX AND WE ARE READY FOR
YOU TO BE A PART OF IT.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE ENGAGED
ON WEDNESDAY AND WE WANT TO SEE
IF WE CAN TOP THAT ENERGY TODAY.
WE'LL SHARE YOUR PHOTOS AND
THOUGHTS LIVE ON AIR DURING
TODAY'S BROADCAST.
DON'T HOLDBACK, AND SHOW US HOW
YOU ARE GETTING READY FOR
LIFTOFF.
YOU CAN JOIN THE CONVERSATION
USING THE # LAUNCHAMERICA ON
NASA'S FACEBOOK, TWITTER,
INSTAGRAM AND LINKED IN.
I WILL HOST YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA
POSTS THROUGHOUT THE SHOW.
AND IF YOU TUNED IN BEFORE, WE
HAVE NEW POLLS, SO HEAD OVER TO
NASA TWITTER TO CAST VOTES.
YOU ARE TUNING IN FROM HOME BUT
YOU CAN CHECK OUT NASA'S
INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK FOR THE
AUGMENTED REALITY FILTERS TO
PLACE YOU AT KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER AND YOU CAN SEE THE
FALCON 9 ROCKET LIFTOFF IN
A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES.
HEAD OVER TO NASA'S FACEBOOK TO
JOIN THE GROUP.
WE HAVE NEW SOCIAL BADGES AND
A NICE FRESH PHOTO AND Q & As
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS AND BEHIND
THE SCENE TOURS WITH THE KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA AND AN
AWESOME COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE
EXCITEED TO WITNESS THIS MOMENT.
SO JUST RIGHT HERE IN TRAINING
GETTING READY FOR THE LAUNCH
AMERICA.
IF YOU ARE JUST TUNING IN, TO
GET US STARTED WE HAVE A POLL
FOR YOU ON TWITTER RIGHT NOW.
WE WANT TO KNOW:
HEAD OVER TO NASA'S TWIT TORE
CAST VOTES -- TWITTER TO CAST
THOSE VOTES.
LET'S GO BACK TO LAUEREN.
>> THANK YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO SWAY THE VOTE,
BUT I'M ALL ABOUT THE WORM.
>> MEAT BALL!
>> THE MAIN PURPOSE OF TODAY'S
DEMONSTRATION MISSION IS TO PUT
CREW DRAGON THROUGH THE FINAL
OPERATION TESTS TO OFFICIALLY
CERTIFY THE VEHICLE FOR HUMAN
SPACE FLIGHT.
THE SpaceX AND NASA TEAMS HAVE
PUT YEARS OF WORK IN DEVELOPMENT
AND TESTING AND TRAINING TO GET
US HERE TODAY AND WE ARE JUST
AROUND THE CORNER FROM SEEING
FALCON 9, CREW DRAGON AND BOB
AND DOUG LIFTOFF FOR FIRST TIME
AND DOING IT FROM THE SAME
HISTORIC LIFT PAD THAT FIRST
SENT HUMANS TO THE MOON MORE
THAN 50 YEARS AGO.
>> IT IS GOOD WE ARE INSIDE.
I'M READY TO RUN ACROSS AND TRY
TO HITCH A RIDE TO SPACE ON THE
CREW DRAGON.
THE BEAUTIFUL VEHICLE NASA AND
SpaceX HAVE DONE TOGETHER TO
CREATE THIS BEAUTIFUL ROCKET.
IT MAKES ME WANT TO GET OUT
THERE.
>> YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE
TODAY.
BUT YOU HAVE BEEN NOMINATED BY
A LOT OF FOLLOWERS TO FLY ONE OF
THE FUTURE MISSIONS OF CREW
DRAGON.
>> YEAH!
>> YEAH, LET'S DO THAT.
OKAY!
>> WE ARE JUST ABOUT 3 MILES
FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 39 AUTHORITY
A, DON'T GET IDEA, IT'S NOT THAT
FAR.
THAT IS WHERE LIFTOFF WILL
HAPPEN IN A LITTLE OVER FOUR
HOURS.
WE WANT TO GO TO WHERE THEY ARE
KEEPING AN EAR ON OPERATIONS.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
#TEAMWORM.
I AM DAN HUGHET.
WE ARE HERE FOR ROUND TWO FOR
THIS HISTORIC LAUNCH.
>> WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK
AND HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER IS IN
OUR FAVOR AND IT LOOKS SUNNY AND
NICE.
FINGERS CROSSED.
I'M JESSE ANDERSON AND I'M
A LEAD MANUFACTURING ENGINEER
AND WE ARE SO PROUD TO BE NASA'S
PARTNER IN RETURNING ASTRONAUTS
TO SPACE.
WE SENT THE DRAGON ON ITS FIRST
FLIGHT AND I CAN SPEAK FOR ALL
OF US AT SpaceX WHEN I SAY WE
COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED TO
FINALLY BE SENDING HUMANS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> THIS IS KNOWN AS
DEMONSTRATION MISSION 2 OR
DEMO-2.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
A COMMERCIALLY BUILT SPACECRAFT
WILL LAUNCH PEOPLE TO THE SPACE
STATION.
IT IS AN END TO END FLIGHT-TEST
FROM LAUNCH TO TOUCH DOWN AND
FLASH DOWN IN THE ATLANTIC.
THIS IS THE LAST TEST FOR NASA
TO CERTIFIES SpaceX FOR
FLIGHTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
ON THE SpaceX SIDE THEY HAVE
TEAMS PERFORMING FINAL LAUNCH
DAY CHECK OUTS TO MAKE SURE
DRAGON IS HEALTHY AND GOOD TO
GO.
>> AT LIFTOFF WE'LL TRANSFER TO
MISSION CONTROL TO HAWTHORNE.
THEY WILL HAVE INSIGHT AND
COMMAND OF DRAGON SYSTEMS FOR
THE ENTIRETY OF THE UPCOMING
MISSION.
SINCE DRAGON IS A HIGHLY AUTON
MOUSE VEHICLE, OUR TEAMS WILL BE
CONTINUALLY MONITORING THROUGH
THE DURATION OF THE SKWROURPB JM
LIFTOFF UNTIL DRAGON SPLASHES
DOWN ON EARTH.
>> THE MISSION DIRECTOR IS THE
ONE IN CHARGE AND WHERE THE
SpaceX CORE, CREW OPERATIONS
RESPONSIBLE ENGINEER IS THE
VOICE TALKING TO ASTRONAUTS.
>> DRAGON AND FALCON 9 TOGETHER
HAVE YEARS OF OPERATIONAL
EXPERIENCE OR WHAT WE  REFER TO
AS FLIGHT TERITAGE.
22 FLIGHTS WITH DRAGON INCLUDING
21 TRIPS TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
TO GET US WHERE WE ARE TODAY,
NOT ONLY HAVE WE CONDUCTED
THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF TESTING,
BUT WE HAVE ALSO ENHANCED AND
ADDED A NUMBER OF SAFETY
FEATURES TO DRAGON.
>> ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
SAFETY FEATURE CITIZEN LAUNCH
ESCAPE SYSTEM.
THE HUGE ADVANCEMENT IN THE
SAFETY OF HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT AND
SpaceX COULD DEMONSTRATE IN
TWO IMPORTANT TEST, THE FIRST IN
2015 WITH THE PAD ABOARD TEST WE
ARE WATCHING VIDEO FROM.
AND MORE RECENTLY LAST JANUARY
OF THIS YEAR THE INFLIGHT ABOARD
TEST.
THE DRAGON ESCAPE SYSTEM HAS SIX
SUPER DRACO ENGINES TO ALLOW IT
TO SEPARATE FROM FALCON 9 AND
CARRY ASTRONAUTS TO SAFETY
WHETHER ON THE LAUNCHPAD ALL THE
WAY UP TO ORBIT.
>> SpaceX HAS COMPLETED OVER
80 PARACHUTE TESTS, WHICH
INCLUDES NEARLY 30 TESTS OF JUST
THE UPGRADED PARACHUTES ON THE
VEHICLE TO ENSURE A SAFE LANDING
ON EARTH IN THE UNLUBELY EVENT
ONE OF THE FOUR MAIN PARACHUTES
FAILS.
>> WE CAN'T FORGET THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR FIRST
DEMONSTRATION MISSION JUST LAST
YEAR BUT WITH NO ACTUAL HUMANS
ON BOARD.
LET'S GO TO SpaceX INTEGRATION
ENGINEER FOR OUR FIRST STATUS
UPDATE.
>> GOOD MORNING FROM SpaceX
HEADQUARTERS IN HAWTHORNE,
CALIFORNIA.
I WILL BRING YOU STATUS UPDATES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTDOWN.
WE ARE INSIDE T-MINUS 4 HOURS
9 MINUTES.
THE FIRST ATEMPT WAS SCRUBBED ON
THE 27th.
IN  ATTEMPT THE TEAM PROCEEDED
DEEP INTO THE COUNTDOWN AND WHEN
THERE WAS NO CHANCE OF WEATHER
IMPROVING THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR
STOPPED IT INSIDE TMINUS 17
MINUTES AND IT WAS SCRUBBED SCR.
SINCE THE SCRUB, FALCON 9 HAS
REMAINED VERTICAL ON THE PAD AS
YOU CAN SEE ON THE MONITOR AND
REMAINED POWERED UP.
THE LAUNCH CREW REPORTS NO
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES ON THE FALCON
9.
MINIMAL ACTIVITY ON DRAGON AND
IT WAS TOPPING OFF OXYGEN AND
NITROX.
WE HAVE A 50% CANC OF VIOLATING
CONDITIONS AND 50% GOOD
CONDITIONS.
THE CONCERN IS RAIN AND CLOUDS
IN REHRAEUGSZ TO LIGHTNING.
-- RELATION TO LIGHTNING.
WE ARE WATCHING A SERIES OF
WEATHER PATTERNS THAT LOOK LIKE
THEY ARE GOING TO BE GOOD.
WE ARE CONTINUING INTO THE COUNT
RIGHT NOW.
COMING UP AT T-MINUS 4 HOURS THE
LAUNCH DIRECTOR WILL VERIFY THE
CONDITIONS ARE SAFE AT THE PAD
TO OPEN IT UP TO JUST THE
SUPPORT CREW.
THE SUPPORT TEAM WILL ENTERTHE
AREA AND BEGIN PREPARATIONS FOR
THE ASTRONAUTS AT T-MINUS
3 HOURS.
THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR WILL HAVE
A COUNTDOWN STATUS BRIEFING AND
WE MAY HEAR THAT.
AS THE CLOCK CONTINUES COUNTING
DOWN WE'LL CHECK WITH GARY
JORDAN WITH THE FLIGHT CONTROL
TEAM AT NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE
CENTER IN MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON.
HOW ARE THE TEAMS LOOKING THERE,
GARY?
>> THANK YOU, JOHN.
WELCOME EVERYONE TO MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON.
THE ROOM BEHIND ME IS ONE OF
THREE FLIGHT CONTROL ROOMS AT
THE JOHNSON FLIGHT CENTER, KNOWN
AS FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM ONE WHERE
ALL THE OPERATIONS ARE
MONITORED.
IT IS STAFFED 24 HOURS A DAY,
7 DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR.
TODAY THE TEAM IS FOCUSED ON
MONITORING TODAY'S LAUNCH
OPERATIONS AND MAKING FINAL
PREPARATIONS FOR BOB AND DOUG TO
DOCK WITH THE STATION TOMORROW
MORNING AO *EUFPLT JOINED
REMOTELY BY AN ASTRONAUT ON THE
LAST NIGHT FROM AMERICAN SHORES
NINE YEARS AGO WITH DOUG HURLEY.
REX FLEW ON TWO SHUTTLE MISSIONS
BEFORE THAT AND IS THE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND MISSION
ASSURANCE AT THE JOHNSON SPACE
CENTER.
REX, THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME.
>> MY PLEASURE.
>> WE ARE CLOSING IN ON THE SUIT
UP PROCESS FOR BOB AND DOUG.
WHAT WERE THOUGHTS GOING THROUGH
YOUR HEAD AS PART OF THE CREW
SUITING UP FOR A FLIGHT.
>> YOU PRACTICE IT MANY TIMES,
BUT THIS IS FOR REAL.
YOU NEVER KNOW FOR SURE WHETHER
IT IS FOR REAL.
WE ONLY HAD A 30% CHANCE OF
LAUNCH ON OUR LAUNCH DAY.
YOU THINK IT'S PROOT
GOING TO HAN.
WE HAVE TO BE READY FOR GAME
DAY.
YOU GET SUITED UP AND YOU WALK
OUT THE STORIED CORRIDORS WHERE
NEIL ARMSTRONG WALKED OUT BEFORE
HE WENT TO THE MOON AND HEAD OUT
TO THE LAUNCHPAD.
>> AS I RECALL THE WEATHER WAS
NOT SO FAVORABLE FOR STS-135 IN
THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY AND
STARTED LOOKING BETTER TOWARD
LAUNCH TIME AND YOU GOT OFF THE
PAD AND YOU HAD TO SCRUB A FEW
TIMES BUT IT SEEMS TO BE
A NOWHERAL THING FOR HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT.
>> YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LAUNCH
DAY AND YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED
WHETHER THE VEHICLE MAY HAVE
ISSUES OR THE WEATHER MAY NOT
COOPERATE.
YOU GET READY AND DO THE
COUNTDOWN.
IT DIDN'T LOOK VERY GOOD.
WE HAD ONLY A 30% CHANCE OF GO
AND GOT STRAPPED IN AND WEREN'T
SURE IF IT WAS GO OR NOT AND OUR
COMMANDER SAID I HAVE GOOD NEWS
AND BAD NEWS.
THE BAD NEWS, IT'S RAINING, THE
GOOD NEWS IS IT LOOKS LIKE IT
CLEARING TO THE WEST.
SURE ENOUGH THEY BROUGHT TO
T-MINUS 9 AND CHECKED THE
WEATHER AND DECIDED TO GO AND
BROUGHT IT DOWN TO 31 SECONDS
AND THE CLOCK STOPPED.
AND WE ARE LOOKING AROUND AND
HEARD LAUNCH WAS HALTED DUE TOE
A MALFUNCTION.
WE THOUGHT WHAT KIND?
WE ARE NOT GOING ON LAUNCH FOR
SURE.
31 SECONDS FROM LAUNCH AND HAVE
A MINUTE HOLD TIME AND YOUR MOOD
GOES DOWN & IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE
IT WOULD BE IT, BUT THE TEAM
KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE GASEOUS
OXYGEN ARM HAD MOVED OUT THE WAY
SO IT COULD LAUNCH AND TOOK US
TO COUNT.
HOLY COW, NOW WE REALLY ARE
GOING.
IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU A LOT OF
TIME TO COLLECT THOUGHTS.
T-MINUS 6 ENGINES STARTS UP AND
THEN THE BIG JOLT AND IT'S
TODAY.
YOU GET READY FOR THE MISSION.
>> HERE'S TO HOPING FOR THE BEST
TODAY.
ASTRONAUT REX WALHEIN, THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US.
>> HEY, REX, IT WAS SO GREAT TO
FLIGHT WITH YOU IN STS-122.
I REMEMBER YOU TURNING TO ME
SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT,
YOU ARE GOING TO DO GREAT AND
YOU MADE ME FEEL SO GOOD ABOUT
LAUNCHING INTO SPACE AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND
KINDNESS.
THAT WAS A GREAT MISSION AND I
APPRECIATE YOU, MAN.
>> IT WAS GREAT FUN, LEYLAND.
YOU ARE A BIG GUY AND YOU DIDN'T
LEAVE A LOT OF SPACE SITTING
NEXT TO YOU ON LAUNCH FOR YOUR
BUDDY.
I HAD TO SCRUNCH MYSELF TO THE
SIDE.
I REMEMBER THAT ONE THING WHERE
WE PUT OUR SPACE SUITS ON AND
GOT ALL STRAPPED IN AND YOU
BEING A FORMER NFL PLAYER, THERE
WASN'T A LOT OF ROOM.
I REMEMBER SAYING TO OUR
COMMANDER, HEY, STEVE, NEXT TIME
WE FLY WITH A PROFESSIONAL
ATHLETE, PICK A JOCKEY.
IT WAS A PLEASURE TO FLY WITH
YOU.
>> I WAS WITH YOUR FAMILY AND
REMEMBER A NIGHT LANDING AND I
SAID -- YOUR SON SAID HI, DAD.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE FAMILY AND
YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB FLYING
WITH DOUG ON THE LAST SHUTTLE
MISSION.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU
HAVE DONE.
WE WILL GO LIVE TO CREW QUARTERS
IN A MINUTE AND SEE DOUG AND BOB
SUITING UP.
>> THANK YOU, REX.
MY TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT REX HAD
TO SAY IS YOU ARE TELLING ME
THERE IS A CHANCE.
A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE, ACTUALLY.
FIFTY%, IN FACT.
THE -- 50%, ININ FACT.
AND BOB AND DOUG HAVE BEEN
LIVING IN CREW QUARTERS FOR 10
DAYS THIS.
ROOM WAS 50 USED AS A SUIT UP
ROOM FOR APOLLO SEVEN IN OCTOBE.
FOR EVERY MISSION SINCE THEN
SERVING 400 DIFFERENT ASTRONAUTS
ON A TOTAL OF 150 MISSIONS, THIS
IS THE ROOM WHERE ARMSTRONG,
,ALDREN SUITED UP AND FOR EVERY
SHUTTLE FLIGHT OVER THE LAST 30
YEARS.
EVERY FLIGHT TO THE MOON AND LAB
AND SOYUZ AND SPACE SHUTTLE
FLIGHT STARTED IN THAT ROOM.
I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE
EXPERIENCED SOME FORM OF
QUARANTINE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
MONTHS BUT TWO WEEKS IN
QUARANTINE IN PREPARATION FOR
SPACE FLIGHT ISUN LIKE ANY OTHER
TIME IN YOUR LIFE.
WHAT ARE SOME TRADITIONS.
>> WE WOULD SIT DOWN AND TELL
JOKES AND MAKES THE MOOD LIGHTER
AND REVIEW NOTES AND BRING OUR
FAMILIES IN AND HAVE A CREW MEAL
WITH OUR FAMILIES.
IT WAS TOUCHING.
AND GAMES AND GETTING READY TO
GET READY FOR THE ICONIC MISSION
TO SPACE.
>> EVERYTHING PRIOR WAS
PREPARATION AND EVERYTHING AFTER
IS THE MISSION.
AND PRIOR TO WEDNESDAY'S FIRST
ATTEMPT WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE
SUIT UP ROOM WAS USED FOR THE
LAST SHUTTLE FLIGHT IN BETWEEN .
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF
THE CREW FROM THE LAST AMERICAN
SPACE FLIGHT LAUNCHING FROM
AMERICAN SOIL.
YOU SEE DOUG HURLEY.
HE WAS THE PILOT FOR STS-135.
TODAY HE IS THE COMMANDER OF
DEMO-2, THE SPACECRAFT
COMMANDER.
SUITING UP WAS CHRIS FERGUESON,
SANDY MAGINOUS AND REX WALHEIM
WE JUST HEARD FROM.
WE ARE STANDING BY TO GO IN THE
SUIT UP ROOM.
IT IS JUST BEGINNING NOW.
THERE IS OUR FIRST LOOK IN THE
ROOM.
THERE IS ASTRONAUT DOUG HURLEY
GETTING INTO HIS SPACE SUIT AND
BEING HELPED BY ONE THE SUIT
TECHNICIANS.
THIS IS OUR FIRST LOOK IN THE
ROOM.
DOUG HURLEY HAS FLOWN INTO SPACE
TWO TIMES BEFORE AND WAS A POI
LOT -- PILOT.
BOB IS TO THE RIGHT OF YOUR
SCREEN.
AND HE WAS -- HE ALSO FLEW ON
TWO SHUTTLE MISSIONS.
BOB IS A NATIVE OF ST. ANNE,
MISSOURI, IF YOU ARE WATCHING,
WAVE HI, THERE IS BOB.
AND DOUG IS FROM APPALACHIAN NEW
YORK AND CONSIDER ITS HIS
HOMETOWN.
I KNOW A LOT.
PEOPLE FROM THERE, IF YOU ARE
WATCHING FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK,
SHOUT OUT TO YOU TOO.
THIS MUST BRING BACK MEMORIES.
>> IT DOES.
IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHEN I WAS
SUITING UP.
THEY WERE APOLLO-ERA LAZY BOYS
AND NOW THESE INCREDIBLE SLEEK
SUITS AS THE SEATS ARE THE
SAMEET ZOOS IN THE CREW
DRAGOB -- SAME SEATS IN THE CREW
DRAGON VEHICLE AND THAT'S
AMAZEING.
>> THEY ARE GROUND SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT SEATS AND THE SAME IN
THE VEHICLE PRETTY MUCH.
WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS STRAPPING
THE CREW INTO THE SEATS TO
PREPARE FOR THE TWO BIG CHECK
OUTS THEY ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.
THEY WILL DO A COMS CHECK,
A BI-DIRECTIONAL COMS CHECK AND
MAKE SURE THE MICRO PHONES IN
THE HELMETS THE CREW ARE
WEARING, THEY CAN COMMUNICATE
WITH THEM AND DO A LEAK TEST,
A PRESSURE TEST WITH
A PRESSURIZED SPACE SUIT.
THE SUITS ARE MUCH MORE THAN
JUST FUTURISTIC OUT FITS AND
LOOK LIKE THEY COME FROM
A SCI-FI MOVIE.
THEY PROVIDE COMMUNICATION,
COOLING AND THE ABILITY TO
PRESSURIZE IF NECESSARY.
A MOMENT AGO YOU MAY HAVE SEEN
ONE OF THE SUIT TECHNICIANS
ATTACHING A BIG WHITE UMBILICAL
TO THE LEG OF THE SUIT.
THAT IS THE WAY IN WHICH THE
COMMUNICATIONS AND THE AIR FLOW,
ALL OF THAT IS HAPPENING THROUGH
THE UMBILICAL, WHICH IS
CONNECTED TO THE SEAT.
RIGHT NOW AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE
GETTING, THE TEAM IS GETTING THE
CREW ALL BUTTONED UP IN THEIR
5-POINT HARNESSES AND GETTING
READY FOR CHECK OUTS.
>> THERE IS THAT WORM AGAIN
RIGHT FRONT AND CENTER.
HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?
>> JUST GREAT.
[LAUGHING]
WE HAVE A LOT OF HERITAGE WITH
THE MEATBALL BUT I'M ABLE TO BE
MORE FLEXIBLE NOW.
THEY ARE GETTING READY.
THEY HAVE HAD BREAKFAST, CHANCES
TO TALK TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
IT IS GETTING REAL AGAIN.
A 50-50 CHANCE I'M STAYING
POSITIVE ON 50% CHANCE OF GOING.
SEEING THE SUIT TECHS AROUND
THEM WITH THE FUTURISTIC LOOKING
FLIGHT SUITS VERSUS THE WHITE
SUITS IN THE PAST, IT'S
A TRANSITION FROM THE OLD LEGACY
TO THIS NEW ERA IN SPACE TRAVEL.
I THINK WORKING WITH NASA AND
SpaceX WORKING TOGETHER AS ONE
TEAM LIKE WE DO IN SPACE, WORK
TOGETHER AS AN INTERNATIONAL
TEAM TO GET THINGS DONE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT AND THE TEAM
GETS TO KNOW EACH OTHER WELL.
A WAVE AND THUMBS UP FROM DOUG.
THAT'S SO COOL TO SEE.
THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM GET TO
KNOW BOB AND DOUG REALLY WELL
BECAUSE THEY HAVE REHEARSED IT
SO MANY TIMES, ESPECIALLY THE
SUIT TEXAS.
 TECHS.
THEY MAKE SURE EVERY DETAIL WITH
THE FIT AND FUNCTION IS JUST
PERFECT BEFORE THEY GET READY TO
LAUNCH.
>> THE SUIT TECHS ARE THE
DESIGNERS.
THE SUITS.
ALL THE TRAINING SUITS AND
EVENTS IN HAWTHORNE WHERE THE
CREW IS IN THE CAPSULE
SIMILATER.
AND THE DUMMY THAT FLEW --
>> MANNEQUIN.
>> SORRY.
THE POINT BEING THEY HAVE BEEN
WITH THE SUITS FROM CRADLE TO
GRAVE AND HAVE BEEN WORKING SO
CLOSELY WITH BOB AND DOUG.
>> MAKING SURE EVERYTHING
LOOKSES GOOD.
OVER ALL DRAGON IS HEALTHY AND
READY FOR CREW INGRESS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.
THIS CONCLUDES THE COUNTDOWN
BRIEFING.
>> YOU JUST HEARD IN THE
BRIEFING THEY ARE CONTINUING TO
MOVE FORWARD TOWARD LAUNCH.
AS WE GET A VIEW OF DOUG HURLEY
ADJUSTING HIS VISOR, HE IS THE
SPACECRAFT COMMANDER FOR DEMO-2.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A CLOSER
LOOK AT THE VETERAN MARINE CORPS
FIGHTER PILOT AND SPACE FLIGHT
PIONEER.
>> EXCITED?
>> VERY EXCITED.
YEAH.
VERY EXCITED.
I THINK WE ARE READY.
I THINK WE ARE CERTAINLY READY.
>> JOINING THE SpaceX
DEMO-2 TEST, HE IS A MARINE
CORPS COLONEL AND TEST PILOT AND
SELECTED IN 2000 AND PILOTED
SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOR AND STS-
135.
INTRODUCING NASA ASTRONAUT DOUG
HURLEY.
[CHEERING]
>> IT'S A LIFE-CHANGING PROCESS
IN SO MANY WAYS TO FLY INTO
SPACE.
IT'S OFFER WHELMING IN SOME
ASPECTS.
JUST THE SENSATIONS, THE
RUMBLING, THE SHAKING, THE
ACCELERATION.
WHEN THE ENGINES SHUT OFF AND
YOU GO FROM THE 3 G TO ZERO G
INSTANTANEOUSLY, THINGS START
FLOATING.
I REMEMBER THINKING WHAT JUST
HAPPENED?
TO SEE A ROCKET LAUNCH IN PERSON
IS A PRETTY EMOTIONAL EVENT.
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I SAW
A SHUTTLE LAUNCH AND IT WAS
AMAZING.
AND THEN WHEN I SAW A SHUTTLE
LAUNCH WITH MY WIFE ON IT, THAT
IS QUITE THE EMOTIONAL
EXPERIENCE.
I AM DOUG HURLEY AND I'M THE
SPACECRAFT COMMANDER FOR THE
DEMO-2 MISSION TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> WE ARE DOING THE FIRST CREWED
FLIGHT FOR NASA AND FOR
SpaceX.
THIS IS THE TEST FLIGHT TO PROVE
END TO END FROM LAUNCH TO
DOCKING TO ISS OPERATIONS AND
ENTRY, DESCENT AND LANDING.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THE
DRAGON HAS HAD A CREW ON BOARD.
THERE IS A MYRIAD OF OBJECTIVES
WE WANT TO ACHIEVE FOR THIS
MISSION.
SpaceX HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE
FOR DESIGN AND ESSENTIALLY
MAKING THIS VEHICLE WHAT IT IS.
WHAT THE ASTRONAUTS BRING TO THE
TABLE IS THE CREW VEHICLE
INTERFACE.
WHAT WOULD WORK ON ORBIT, WHAT
MIGHT NOT WORK, WHAT WOULD
DEFINITELY WORK TO BE ABLE TO
JUST HAVE THE ENTIRE INTEGRATED
TEAM THAT IS GOING TO SUPPORT US
GETTING TO AND FROM SPACE
STATION TALKING TOGETHER AND
WORKING THROUGH THE CHALLENGES
CHALLENGESTHAT SIMULATORS THROW.
IT IS AN INCREDIBLE UNDER TAKING
TO SEE WHERE WE HAVE COME IN
JUST THE LAST FIVE YEARS BOB AND
I HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS AND
BE SHORTLY FLYING TO THE STATION
STATION WITH THE CREW DRAGON.
IT OVERWHELMS YOU TO THINK ABOUT
HOW MANY PEOPLE IN SOME WAY,
SHAPE OR FORM HAVE TOUCHED THIS
PROGRAM AND THIS VEHICLE TO GET
US TO THIS POINT.
WE ARE THE LUCKY ONES THAT GET
TO FLY IT.
BUT WE CERTAINLY NOT FOR ONE
SECOND TAKE FOR GRANTED THE
AMOUNT OF EFFORT SO MANY OTHER
PEOPLE HAD TO PUT INTO THIS TO
MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL.
>> DOUG HAS WORKED SO HARD.
THROUGH HIS ENTIRE LIFE TO GET
TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
AS A TEST PILOT THIS WOULD BE
A DREAM TO FLY A NEW VEHICLE.
IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY TO SEE HE
GETS TO BE PART OF THIS MISSION
AS SPACECRAFT COMMANDER AND I'M
GLAD TO SEE HIS HARD WORK AND
HIS DREAM COME TRUE FOR THAT.
>> IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD IN
A LOT OF WAYS FOR NOT ONLY US,
BUT CERTAINLY FOR ALL THE FOLKS
WHO WORK IN THE COMMERCIAL CREW
PROGRAM AND SpaceX NOUR CASE,
JUST WORKING -- IN OUR CASE,
JUST WORKING TO GET TO THIS
POINT.
IT IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF SACRIFICE
AND TIME AWAY FROM HOME BUT THE
FRUITS OF OUR HRAEUB ARE ON ARE
COMING TO FRUITION.
>> WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO WHEN
WE EXPECT TO SEE THE CREW
COMPLETE THEIR SUIT CHECKSES AND
WALK OUT OF THE NEIL ARMSTRONG
OPERATIONS AND CHECK OUT
BUILDING.
>> BEFORE THEY DO, HERE IS AN
INTRODUCTION TO THE JOINT
OPERATIONS COMMANDER FOR DEMO-2.
YOU SEE FORMER AIR FORCE
FLIGHT-TEST ENGINEER BOB
BEHNKEN.
♪
>> WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE
LAUNCH DAY PREPARATION, THERE
ARE A LOT OF MOMENTS THAT STAND
OUT TO YOU.
ONE IS THE CELEBRATORY PIECE OF
IT, THAT YOU ARE WALKING OUT OF
THE SUIT UP ROOM AND GETTING IN
THE VEHICLE THAT WILL TAKE YOU
TO THE LAUNCHPAD.
WHEN YOU CLOSE THE HATCH, THAT'S
REALLY WHEN DOUG AND I ARE IN
THE VEHICLE AND IT'S OUR VEHICLE
AND WE ARE IN CONTROL OF THE
MISSION AT THAT POINT.
>> TEST PILOTS, THEIR TASK
PROVED THAT MAN COULD FLY INTO
ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH AND
RETURN LIVE AND WELL TO TALK
ABOUT IT.
>> THERE IS ALWAYS A BALANCE OF
MANAGING RISK AS YOU GO FORWARD
TO EXECUTE A TEST POINT AND
FIGURING OUT A WAY TO COLLECT
THE DATA.
WE HEAR A SOUND, IS THAT SOUND
AN EXPECTED SOUND?
OR WE SEE A LIGHT, IS IT AN
EXPECTEDGHT?
WHAT IS THE SOURCE?
DOES IT SYNC UP WITH SOMETHING
ELSE OR NOT?
DISSECTING THAT IN REAL TIME IN
YOUR HEAD IS A LOT OF THINGS
HAPPEN HRAOEUBS THAT ON
LAUNCHING OF A VEHICLE.
>> FROM ST. ANNE, MISSOURI,
A FLIGHT-TEST ENGINEER AND FLU
ABOARD ENDEAVOR TWICE,
INTRODUCING NASA ASTRONAUT BOB
BEHNKEN.
>> MY CAREER AT NASA HAS SPANNED
A COUPLE OF DECADES AT THIS
POINT.
I ARRIVED WITH THE CLASS OF 200E
TRAINING PROGRAM FOCUSED ON THE
SPACE SHUTTLE AND INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AND LEARNING THOSE
SYSTEMS AND HAVING LUNCHED
A COUPLE OF TIMES ON VEHICLES
THE SECOND TIME WAS DIFFERENT
THAN THE FIRST TIME.
 CAN FEEL GUILTY OF HEY,
SHOULD I STUDY ONE MORE THING?
IS THERE ONE MORE PIECE OF
INFORMATION I SHOULD GET?
AM I REALLY PREPARED OR NOT?
IT THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE FROM
MY FIRST FLIGHT AND WHERE I AM
NOW.
IT IS REALLY INTERESTING FOR MY
WIFE AND I HAVE TO HAVE GONE
THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SEEING
EACH OTHER LAUNCH IN SPACE.
I HAVE SEEN HER TAKE THAT RISK
AND I HAVE DONE THAT TO HER.
THERE ISING AND DIFFERENT ABOUT
WATCHING A ROCKET LAUNCH WHEN
THERE ARE PEOPLE ON BOARD AND
YOU FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THE
PIT OF YOUR STOMACH.
I CAN ONLY TELL YOU IT IS
MULTIFLIED SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN IT
IS SOMEBODY YOU KNOW AND
A FAMILY MEMBER IT IS MULTIPLIED
MORE.
>> FOR ME, PERSONALLY AS
A SPOUSE, WATCHING EVERYTHING
BOB HAS PUT INTO THIS OVER THE
LAST FIVE YEARS, THE DEDICATION
HE HAS SHOWN AND PERSEVERANCE IS
PRETTY SPECIAL.
FOR BOTH OF US THE WAY OUR MINDS
WORK, IT WON'T BE UNTIL THE
MISSION IS COMPLETE YOU HAVE
A CHANCE TO SAVOR IT AND
CELEBRATE IT.
THIS SIA HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR
AN FAIR FORCE FLIGHT -- AIR
FORCE FLIGHT-TEST ENGINEER TO BE
IN THE MISSION OF A NEW VEHICLE.
IT WILL BE AMAZING.
>> WITHOUT A PARTNER THAT HAS
THAT SAME APPRECIATION, IT CAN
BE CHALLENGING FOR SOME FOLKS.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK AND TYPE
THAT TAKESES FROM FAMILY MY
SPOUSE APPRECIATES AND I LOVE
HER FOR THAT.
REALLY, MY ROLE ON THE
DEMO-2 MISSION IS TO MAKE SURE
WE GET THIS VEHICLE TESTED AND
EVALUATED SO THAT WE CAN MOVE ON
TO MORE OPERATIONAL MISSIONS AT
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OBJECTIVES ON
BOARD THE VEHICLE WE NEED TO
ACCOMPLISH TO REALLY MAKE SURE
IT IS GOOD TO GO.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THE SYSTEMS ARE
WORKING DURING THE TEST FLIGHT
SO FUTURE MISSIONS HAVE THEM
EVEN IF THEY DON'T PLAN TO
UTILIZE THEM.
THROUGH YEARS OF THE NASA TEAM
HELPING SHARE THE EXPERIENCE AND
TEACHING THEM THE LESSONS FROM
GOING THROUGH THIS, THERE IS
ANOTHER CAPEABILITY IN THE U.S.
BESIDES NASA TO OPERATE
ESTIMATION OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
WHEN IS THE LAST TIME AMERICANS
LAUNCHED IN A NEW VEHICLE?
IT'S BEEN SEVERAL DECADES.
NOW WE ARE IN A TIME WE HAVE
MULTIPLE VEHICLES UNDER
DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S A GREAT TIME FROM A SPACE
EXPLORATION TIME FRAME TO SEE IT
HAPPENING AND IT'S BECAUSE OF
THE NURTURING OF THE THE
SRAOEUFRPLT TO BRING IN A WIDER
GROUP OF PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT.
IT'S A SUPER COOL TIME.
ON A DEEPLY PERSONAL LEVEL, I'M
EXCITED MY SON IS GOING TO GET
A CHANCE TO SEE ME LAUNCH INTO
SPACE.
BEING AN ASTRONAUT HAS BEEN
A BIT OF AN ABSTRACTION THING
FOR HIM.
HE HAS SEEN IT IN OLD VIDEOS BUT
HASN'T SEEN ME DO IT FOR REAL
AO *EUFPLT EXCITED FOR HIM -- IM
EXCITED FOR HIM TO SEE THIS
LAUNCH.
I WANT TO THANK THE COMMERCIAL
PROGRAM TEAM THAT WORKED
TOGETHER TO GET TO THIS POINT
WHERE WE HAVE VEHICLES READ TO
HEAD TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
>> AND HERE IS A LIVE LOOK AGAIN
IN THE SUIT UP ROOM AND THE NEIL
ARMSTRONG OPERATIONS AND CHECK
OUT BUILDING.
NASA ADMINISTRATOR JIM
BRIDENSTINE IS CHECKING OUT
OPERATIONS AND WE ARE REALLY
LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU
THIS VIDEO LIVE AS THEY ARE
SUITING UP.
YOU DON'T HEAR THE AUDIO BECAUSE
THAT'S, WE TRY TO GIVE THE CREW
A LITTLE PRIVACY AND SO BEING
ABLE TO TALK FREELY AND SHARE
WHAT IS ON THEIR MINDS WITHOUT
HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT WHO IS
LISTENING IS PART OF THE REASON
YOU DON'T HEAR AUDIO IN THERE.
JIM BRIDENSTINE THERE TALKING TO
THE CREW AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE
ADMINISTRATOR IS ALSO IN THE
ROOM TO THE RIGHT OF YOUR
EN.
>> THESE ARE GREAT MOMENTS TO
GET A LAST CHANCE TO TALKS TO
THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP OF NASA AS
THEY ARE ABOUT TO GO OFF AND
LAUNCH INTO THE COSMOS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW BOB AND
DOUG COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER AND
HOW THE SpaceX SUITS
COMPLEMENT THE ASTRONAUTS TOO
BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE FORM
FITTED AND CUSTOM MADE.
THEY ARE GOING TO DO THE REAL
DEAL.
I THINK THE INTEGRATION OF THE
SUIT AND VEHICLE AND THE SEATS
IS JUST REALLY, REALLY
IMPRESSIVE HOW Y'ALL AT SpaceX
DID THAT.
>> IT'S A PRESSURE SUIT.
THE DRAGON CAPSULE IS ALREADY
PRESSURIZED AND EVEN IN THE
VACUUM OF SPACE THEY ARE SAFE.
IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF AN
ANOMALY WE CAN FLOW OXYGEN OR
NITROX INTO THE SUIT AND KEEP
THEM PRESSURIZED IN FLIGHT.
IT HAS FORM AND FUNCTION AND
SOME STYLE AS WELL.
>> FOR THE KIDS OUT THERE THAT
HAVE 3D PRINTERS OR HAVE PRINTED
THE HELMETS WERE MADE BY 3D
PRINTING.
>> I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT
CONVERSATION MIGHT BE GOING ON.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS
LIGHTHEARTED.
YOU CAN SEE DOUG LAUGHING THERE.
I KNOW MR. BRIDENSTINE HAS SAID
BOB AND DOUG, IF YOU WANT TO
BACK OUT NOW IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
HE MAY HAVE SAID THAT AGAIN.
THEY ARE EAGER AS CAN BE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY HAVE
ANOTHER VISITOR, NO THE
ADMINISTRATOR IS BEING PASSED
SOMETHING THERE.
>> IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, WE
HAVE TRAINED FOR SO LONG, WE
HAVE GONE TO THE MALFUNCTION
PROCESSES.
[LAUGHING]
THE SELFIE.
>> HAVE TO DO THE SELFIE.
>> I WONDER IF HE HAS THE
INSTAGRAM FILTER TO PUT THE
GLASSES ON.
>> YOU CAN TWEET AT HIM AND FIND
OUT.
>> I WILL HAVE TO DO THAT.
THIS IS A GREAT, LIGHTHEARTED
MOMENT TO GET THE GUYS IN A GOOD
MIND SET TO GO OFF IN SPACE IN
A VERY CALM AND COOL AND
COLLECTED WAY.
I THINK HE IS TAKING PICTURES OF
SOME OF THE SUIT TECHS, WHICH IS
FANTASTIC.
IT'S ABOUT BRINGING THE FAMILY
AND TAKEN TOGETHER MAKING
EVERYBODY FEEL COMFORTABLE ON
FLIGHT DAY AND GET TO SPACE
SAFELY.
>> OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A VERY
SERIOUS MISSION.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE TOO MUCH
LIGHT OF IT AND YOU MENTIONED
WEDNESDAY, WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
TO BE ABLE TO JOKE AROUND AND
KEEP THINGS LIGHT AS YOU GET
READY TO GO TO THE LAUNCHPAD.
>> WHEN I WENT UP ON 122 WITH
REX, WE WERE IN THE CARAVAN
GOING TO THE LAUNCHPAD AND
MAKING JOKES.
AS WE WERE SUITING UP WE WILL
LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND HIGH
5 AND SAY ARE YOU READY?
LET'S GO AND DO THIS.
YOU HAVE ALREADY TRAINED AND
KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.
YOU HAVE DONE IT MANY, MANY
TIMES.
THE LIGHTHEARTEDNESS IS GOOD.
WHEN YOU GET IN THE VEHICLE THE
3, 2, 1 LIFTOFF IS WHEN YOU ARE
READY TO GO.
>> THERE ARE THE VISITORS MAKING
THEIR WAY OUT OF THE ROOM.
AS WE MENTIONED DOUG HURLEY AND
BOB BEHNKEN TWO OF THE FINEST AT
WHAT THEY DO AND IT IS STARTING
TO SINK IN THE MISSION IS ON AS
YOU SEE THEM IN THEIR SPACE
SUITS.
>> SEEING THE SUIT SYSTEM SO
INSPIRING TO ME FROM THE FIRST
TIME I SAW THEM AT HAWTHORNE
DURING TRAINING.
IT IS LIKE A SCI-FI FILM BUT
UNLIKE A MOVE I THAT HAS TO LOOK
COOL, THEY ARE DESIGNED TO
MAXIMIZE SAFETY AND
FUNCTIONALITY AND MAINTAINING
STYLE.
HERE ARE TWO MEMBERS OF OUR
SPACE SUITS TEAM TELLING US
ABOUT HOW THE SUIT CAME TO BE.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WAS IMPORTANT IN
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUIT WAS TO
MAKE IT EASY TO USE, SOMETHING
THE CREW HAS TO LITERALLY PLUG
IN WHEN THEY SIT DOWN AND IT
TAKES CARE OF ITSELF FROM THERE.
THE SUIT IS ONE PART OF THE
BIGGER DRAGON SYSTEM.
IT IS PART OF THE VEHICLE.
WE THINK OF IT AS KIND OF
A SUIT-SEE THE SYSTEM WANT THE
SEAT THE CREW IS IN AND THE SUIT
IN A LOT OF WAYS ARE WORKING
TOGETHER.
IT MADE SENSE WE WERE DRAGON TO
DESIGN THE SUIT.
>> IT WAS COMPLETELY DESIGNED
IN-HOUSE.
IT IS IN HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA.
THE SPACE SUIT IS CUSTOM MADE
FOR EACH CREW MEMBER AND THAT IS
TO OPTIMIZE THE FIT FOR THE CREW
MEMBER.
>> WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO
INNOVATE AND WANTED IT TO LOOK
INSPIRING.
FIRST AND FOREMOST WE WANTED IT
TO BE SAFE AND RELIABLE.
THE SUIT'S PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO
PROTECT THE CREW IN THE UNLIKELY
EVENT THE CABIN DEPRESSURIZES.
IT PROVIDES COOLING AND
COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE CREW
INSIDE THE SUIT AND HEARING
PROTECTION.
THE OUTER LAYER IS FLAME
RESISTANT AND PROVIDES FLAME
PROTECTION AS WELL.
WHEN THE CREW GETS IN THE
CAPSULE AND GET IF THEIR SEATS
AND PLUG THE SUIT INTO THE
UMBILICAL OF THE SEAT AND IT
PROVIDES EVERYTHING THE SUIT
NEEDS, THE ELECTRONICS FOR
COMMUNICATIONS, PROVIDING THE
AIR TO COOL THE SUIT AND IT ALSO
PROVIDES GAS NEEDED TO
PRESSURIZE THE SUIT.
IT IS REALLY A SINGLE POINT THAT
LETS THE SUIT DO ALL THE THINGS
IT NEEDS TO DO.
WE DESIGNED THE HELMET IN-HOUSE.
IT IS PROTECTING THE CREWS' HEAD
AND ALSO HOUSES THE MICRO PHONES
AND THE VALVES REGULATING
PRESSURE IN THE SUIT.
WE HAD DESIGNED THE GLOVES SO
THEY WOULD WORK WITH THE TOUCH
SCREEN.
THEY DO A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS
LIKES THE SUIT.
ALL THING HIS TO COME TOGETHER.
IT WI BE AMAZING TO SEE BOB
AND DOUG IN THEIR FLIGHT SUITS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS COOL
ABOUT THE SUIT IT'S NOT JUST
A PIECE OF HARDWARE AND A SUIT,
IT'S PERSONAL, IT'S BOB'S SUIT
AND DOUG'S SUIT.
SEEING THE TWO OF THEM USING
THEIR SUITS IN FLIGHT WILL BE AN
AMAZING THING.
>> YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT
LAUNCH COMPLEX 39A.
THAT IS CREW DRAGON ATOP
A 2-STAGE FALCON 9 ROCKET THAT
WILL HAVE 9 MILLION POUNDS OF
THRUST AT LIGHT OFF.
WE KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED THE
WEATHER COOPERATES.
IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL NOW BUT
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ROLLING IN
LATER AND WE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE
EYE ON THE WEATHER.
WE WILL HEAD TO HAWTHORNE FOR AN
OPERATIONAL UPD
>> WE ARE HERE IN HAWTHORNE.
THAST MOTTES HAVE A CREW
TRAINING FACILITY EQUIPPED WITH
A COCKPIT SIM YOULA
>> THE SpaceX TEAM SHARED THE
SAME ISS SIMULATOR SO YOU CAN
TRY YOUR HAND AT DOCKING THE
ISS.
IF YOU HEAD OVER TO
ISS-SIM.SpaceX.COM, YOU CAN
TRY YOUR HAND AT DOCKING WITH
THE SPACE STATION.
I HAVE TRIED IT ONCE BEFORE.
IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT.
IT LOOKS WAY -- IT IS MORE
DIFFICULT THAN IT ACTUALLY IS, I
THINK.
>> IT IS DECEIVING.
JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU ARE
GOING REALLY SLOW AND EVERYTHING
IS OKAY, THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW
YOU ARE CAREENING INTO THE SPACE
STATION.
IT IS WAY HARDER.
YOU HAVE TO GO WAY SLOWER THAN
YOU THINK.
IT MAY TAKE A COUPLE OF TRY, BUT
IT IS DOABLE.
>> YOU SHOULD CHECK IT OUT AND
SEE IF YOU CAN DO IT.
LET'S CHECK FOR A QUICK UPDATE
ON DRAGON AND FALCON 9.
>> ALL CONTINUES TO GO WELL FOR
TODAY'S LAUNCH.
ON THE LAUNCHPAD FALCON 9 IS
POWERED ON AND CHECKSES LOOKED
GOOD.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE IS
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO TALK
ABOUT ON THE ROCKET RIGHT NOW.
ON TOP OF FALCON 9 IS THE DRAGON
SPACECRAFT BEING PREPARED FOR
THE CREW.
THE PROPELLANT SYSTEM WAS
PRESSURIZED AN HOUR AGO AND WE
HAD THE SUPPORT TEAM ARRIVE IN
T-MINUS 4 HOURS AND WE ARE
WAITING FOR THE CREW TO WALK OUT
OF THE BUILDING AND THEY SHOULD
ARRIVE AT T-MINUS 3 HOURS.
ALL SYSTEMS ARE CURRENTLY GO.
THE AIR FORCE RANGE REPORTS NO
ISSUES AT THIS TIME.
THE RANGE WILL BE MAINTAINING
AIR AND SEA SPACE CLEARANCE
AROUND THE LAUNCHPAD AND SUPPORT
THINGS LIKES PUTTING THE ROAD
BLOCKS UP TO PREVENT ACCESS TO
HAZARD AREAS AT LAUNCH SITE 39A
AND AROUND THE CAPE.
THE BIG QUESTION IS THE WEATHER
BUT SOMETHING WE CAN'T DO
ANYTHING ABOUT.
IT'S 50% PROBABILITY OF GOOD
CONDITIONS.
WE WILL WATCH FOR THE CLOUD,
LIGHTNING, THUNDERSTORMS.
THE SEA BREEZE IS NOT AS STRONG
TODAY AND THAT WILL NOT HELP
PUSH ALL THAT BACK OVER CENTRAL
FLORIDA.
RIGHT NOW THINGS ARE LOOKING
GOOD WITH FALCON 9 AND DRAGON AS
WE COUNTDOWN TO LIFTOFF.
WE WANT TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE
FOLLOWING TODAY'S LAUNCH FROM
AND WE WILL GO TO TAHIRA AT OUR
SOCIAL DESK.
>> THANK YOU, JOHN.
SO GLAD TO HEAR THINGS ARE
LOOKING GOOD FOR THIS LAUNCH.
REALLY HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY.
WE JUST TOOK A LOOK AT NUMBERS
OF VIEWERSHIPS AND THERE ARE
500,000 OF YOU TUNING IN FOR
TODAY'S BROADCAST.
WELCOME, GUYS.
WE ARE SO EXCITEED TO HAVE YOU.
WE HAVE THE TOP CITIES RIGHT NOW
TUNING IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH
CAROLINA; HOUSTON, TEXAS; LOS
ANGELES, NEW YORK AND ORLANDO.
THE EAST COAST IS PULLING
TODAY'S VIEWERSHIP.
LAST TIME CALIFORNIA CAME IN AND
STOLE THE WHOLE SHOW AWAY.
LET'S SEE WHAT IS BEING SHARED
ON LINE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE THIS FUTURE ASTRONAUT
AND I DON'T KNOW WHO HE HAS TO
CALL BUT HE IS IN A SpaceX
SUIT AND TESLA GETTING READY FOR
ROUND TWO.
LET'S TAKE A SECOND LOOK.
WE HAVE A FRENCH BULL DOG TAKING
BOB'S PLACE FOR LAUNCH RIGHT
NOW.
THIS IS SO FUNNY.
WE LOVE TO SEE YOU, GUYS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU TUNING IN, USE
THE # LAUNCHAMERICA ON SOCIAL
MEDIA AND SHOW US HOW YOU ARE
GETTING READY FOR LIFTOFF.
EARLIER IN THE SHOW WE POLLED
USERS TO SEE WHICH NASA LOGO YOU
ARE SPORTING.
THE RESULTS ARE IN:
THE WORM IS FALLING A LITTLE
BEHIND BUT NOW THAT IT IS BACK
MAYBE YOU WILL SPORT IT MORE
OFTEN.
LET'S GO BACK TO MARIE.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE SPIRITED REACTIONS HERE.
WE ARE LOOKS AT THE WALK OUT
DOORS.
LEYLAND THREW UP HIS ARMS IN
VICTORY SEEING MORE PEOPLE
SPORTING THE MEATBALL.
LAUEREN LOOKS LIKES SOMEONE KID
NANNED HER DOG.
>> I'M SHOOK.
>> GO AWAY WORM.
>> OH, WOW.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T PREDICT, YOU
KNOW -- THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF
DIVERSITY OF OPINIONS.
>> AND TRADITION IS A CAR GAME
CALLED POSSOM'S FARGO AND YOU
HAVE TO PLAY ENOUGH SO THE
COMMANDER LOSES BEFORE WE WALK
OUT.
THEY ARE GETTING READY TO HAVE
DOUG LOSE HIS HAND AND COME OUT
AND GET IN THE SPACE SHIP.
>> WE ARE GIVING THEM THAT
MOMENT IN PRIVATE.
I WANTED TO ASK YOU TOO, WE HAD
A SCRUB LATE IN THE COUNT
YESTERDAY AND GOT JUST UNDER
T-MINUS 17 MINUTES AND IT WAS
A COLLECTIVE GROAN ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH A DELAY
ONCE YOURSELF ON A SHUTTLE
FLIGHT.
WHAT DOES IT TAKES TO RE-FOCUS
YOURSELF ON DAY TWO?
DO YOU GO THROUGH THE SAME
PREPARATIONS?
IS THERE SUPERSTITION INVOLVED?
>> NOT REALLY.
WE TRY TO KEEP EVERYTHING THE
SAME WAY.
WE HAVE PRACTICED THIS WAY AND
NOW WE ARE IN THE REAL DAY AND
PLANNING THIS WAY.
IF YOU STAY IN THE SAME FORM AND
FUNCTION YOU HAVE DONE BEFORE,
NOTHING ELSE HOPEFULLY WILL
HAPPEN THAT IS OUT OF CHARACTER
TO YOUR MISSION.
I THINK WE JUST TRY TO STAY THE
SAME WAY.
>> YEAH.
THAT'S GOOD INSIGHT.
I KNOW, YOU KNOW, BOB AND DOUG,
WE HEARD THEM ON THE COMS AFTER
THAT AS THEY WERE DETANKING
FALCON NINE AND WAITING FOR THEM
TO GET OUT OF DRAGON AND THEY
WERE COOL, CALM AND COLLECTED
THANKING THE TEAMS FOR DOING
A GOOD JOB.
NOBODY IS GETTING LAUNCH FEVER.
THEY WILL DO THE SAME THING
TODAY.
THEY WOULD MAKE THE SAME CALL AS
IF NOBODY WAS PAYING ATTENTION.
>> ON MY F FIRST MISSION THERE S
A MISTAKE AND HE SAID HE HAD TO
GET BACK TO GRACE UNDER PRESSURE
TO NOT MAKE A THIRD MISTAKE.
WE TRY TO DO EVERYTHING THE SAME
WAY AND BE DELIBERATE BUT
GRACEFUL, NOT REALLY TRY TO OVER
THINK SOMETHING, BUT TRY TO STAY
SAFE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> AND CALM.
>> YEAH.
THAT'S SO KEY.
NASA TOP OF MIND FOR ALL OF
SpaceX AND NASA TEAMS WORKING
ON THIS TODAY.
WE ARE JUST STANDING BY.
WE EXPECT THE CREW IS GOING TO
BE LEAVING THE SUIT UP ROOM IN
A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
WE ARE GIVING THEM THE LAST FEW
MINUTES IN PRIVATE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PAD HERE.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT
STRUCK ME, WE WATCHED THE VIDEOS
ABOUT BOB AND DOUG.
WHEN I WENT HOME ON WEDNESDAY,
BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO WERE WATCHING
AND MAY BE WATCHING AGAIN TODAY,
SAW THE VIDEOS ABOUT THEM AND
LEARNED ABOUT THEIR MILITARY
BACKGROUND.
MY HUSBAND IS A MARINE AND IS
SUPER PUMPED ABOUT DOUG.
DOUG TWEETED SEMPER FI.
THEY ARE SUPER PUMPED AND AIR
MEN WATCHING BOB, HE IS
REPRESENTING THE AIR FORCE.
IT'S A COOL MOMENT FOR OUR
MILITARY FAMILY AND AS
A MILITARY SPOUSE I FEEL SOME OF
THAT PROUD.
>> I SAW CHARLIE COMING FROM THE
RESTAURANT AND EXCITED ABOUT
DOUG AS A MARINE.
HE IS A MARINE.
SEMPER FI WAS SOMETHING HE SAID.
GOD SPEED, SEMPER FI, GO CREW
DRAGON.
OUR MANAGEMENT PEOPLE ARE HELP
BE WITH LAUNCH AND RECOVERY AND
IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS
OF THE MISSION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE WANT TO TURN OUR ATTENTION
BACK TO THE NEIL ARM STKROPBG AG
OPERATIONS AND CHECK OUT
BUILDING.
THOSE ARE THE DOORS AT THE BACK
OF THE CREW QUARTERS BUILDING
WHERE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND
MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA CAN SHARE
ONE FINAL MOMENT WITH THE CREW
BEFORE LAUNCH.
THE WALK THROUGH THE DOORS
SIGNALS FOR THE LAUNCH SINCE
1968.
IT IS IMMORTALIZED ON FILM AND
VIDEO FOR FOREHUNDRED DIFFERENT
ASTRONAUTS FROM APOLLO THROUGH
SPACE SHUTTLE SERVING 150 TOTAL
MISSIONS AND SOON THE IF THE
WEATHER COOPERATES, MISSION 151
WITH THE FIRST TWO COMMERCIAL
CREW ASTRONAUTS.
THE DOORS CARRY A LEGACY OF
PURPOSE AND ACTION AND TODAY
THEY WILL AMOUNTAINS TO ALL OF
US THE -- ANNOUNCE TO ALL OF US
THE SpaceX DEMO-2 MISSION.
>> YOU SAW MY WALKS OUT FROM
STS-129, MY LAST MISSION.
I REMEMBER HAVING MY FRIENDS AND
FAMILY OUT THERE.
MY CHEMISTRY TEACHER THAT WAS IN
THE CROWD AND GOT ME TURNED ON
TO SCIENCE AND HELPED ME BECOME
AN ASTRONAUT.
I REMEMBER HER BEING IN THE
CROWD SAYING GO LEYLAND!
IT WAS JUST A MEMORABLE MOMENT
FOR ME AND MORE ROCKET FUEL IN
MY VEINS.
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT AA LIVE
PICTURE WHERE WE CAN SEE SOME
FOLKS GATHERED, THE IMMEDIATE
FAMILIES.
A SMALL CONTINGEIENT OF MEDIA
THERE.
NORMALLY IT WOULD BE JAM-PACKED
WITH AS MANY AS WE COULD TO
CAPTURE THAT MOMENT.
WE HAD TO SCALE BACK TO MAINTAIN
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
THERE IS AN EXCITING GROUP OF
PEOPLE WAITING FOR THAT TO
HAPPEN.
>> SO COOL TO SEE THEIR FAMILIES
THERE AND THEY HAD THE MOMENT
WITH THEM PRIOR TO GETTING
INSIDE THE TESLAS.
SEEING THAT THE LAST TYPE WE
MADE THE ATTEMPT WAS AN
INCREDIBLY EMOTIONAL MOMENT.
I KNOW IT WILL BE EMOTIONAL
AGAIN.
YEAH, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT IS
GOING THROUGH THEIR HEADS IN
THAT MOMENT WHEN THEY ARE WAVING
GOODBYE FOR THE LAST TIME BEFORE
FLYING.
I MEAN, LEYLAND, LIKE, WERE YOU
NERVOUS?
>> YOU KNOW, AT THAT MOMENT WE
WERE, WE HAD BEEN JOVIAL AND THE
SUIT UP WALK OUT.
I THINK AT THAT MOMENT WE ARE
THINKING ABOUT OUR FAMILIES AND
AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE GOING TO
DO THIS INCREDIBLE THING FOR
HELPING ADVANCE OUR
CIVILIZATION.
WE ARE WORKING AT A TEAM.
ALL THE OTHER TEAMS WITH
SpaceX AND NASA AND PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD REALLY, YOU
KNOW, RECOVERY AND ALL THESE
THING, HELPING US GET TO SPACE
TO ADVANCE OUR CIVILIZATION.
THOSE MOMENTS ARE REALLY HEART
FELT FOR US, A TEAM OF PEOPLE
HAVE HELPED US GET TO THIS
POINT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE ARE LOOKING AT A LIVE PICTURE
OF BOB BEHNKEN AND DOUG HURLEY
WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY AND THE
ASTRONAUT CREW QUARTERS.
WE SAW DOUG WAVE AT THE SCREEN.
THEY ARE TURNING THE CORNER AND
GETTING IN THE ELEVATOR.
YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM HERE,
THERE IS A BANNER HANGING.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACK A BANNER
HANGING ON THE WALLING OF THE
ELEVATOR WITH THE SIGNATURES OF
THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THIS
MISSION.
IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT STEP TO
HANG IT UP IN THERE SO BOB AND
DOUG COULD SEE IT.
>> WE SEE IT AND THE SIGNATURES
OF PEOPLE WHO HAPPENED US
THROUGH TRAINING, THROUGH FIT
CHECKSES, THROUGH ALL THE
MOMENTS AND GETTING READY FOR
THE COMMISSION AND IT FEELS THEY
ARE GOING ALONG WITH US ON THE
RIDE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AS WE WAIT FOR THE CREW, WE WILL
PAUSE TO HONOR TODAY'S EFFORTS
WITHER NATIONAL ANTHEM.
KELLY CLARKSON BLUE US AWAY
WEDNESDAY AND HERE SHE IS --
BLUE US AWAY WEDNESDAY AND HERE
SHE IS AGAIN.
♪ OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE BY THE
DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT WHAT SO
PROUDLY WE HAILED AT THE
TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING WHOSE
BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS
THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT O'ER
THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED WERE SO
GALLANTLY STREAMING.
AND THE ROCKET'S RED GLARE, THE
BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR, GAVE
PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR
FLAGWAS STILL THERE.
OH, SAY, DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED
BANNER YET WAVE O'ER THE LAND OF
THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE
BRAVE?
♪♪♪
>> I GOT GOOSE BUMPS HR-FRBING
LISTENINGTO THAT.
>> SHE WAS GOING.
>> AMACESING.AMAZING.
>> WE ARE WAITING FOR THE
ASTRONAUTS TO WALK OUT OF THE
NEIL ARMSTRONG OPERATIONS AND
CHECK OUT BUILDING ANY MINUTE
NOW.
WE WILL BE READY TO CUT TO THAT
SHOT JUST AS SOON AS WE GET THE
WORD THEY ARE READY TO WALKS OUT
THE DOORS.
IT HAS BEEN A BEAUTIFUL START TO
THE DAY ON CAPE CANAVERAL.
IT LOOKS IFFY GETTING INTO THE
AFTERNOON LATER TO LAUNCH TIME
WHICH IS 3:22 THIS AFTERNOON.
>> IT BLOWS ME AWAY WHEN I VISIT
FLORIDA, ONE HOUR IT IS
A BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR, GORGEOUS DAY
AND AN HOUR LATER IT IS
A THUNDERSTORM.
>> YOU SAID IT.
WELCOME TO OUR WORLD.
>> AN HOUR LATER BACKS TO CLEAR.
>> YEAH.
SIMILAR TO LAST ATEMPT.
15-20 MINUTES LATER IT WAS GOOD
TO GO.
>> IT HURT MY SOUL.
WE HAVE THIS INSTANTANEOUS
LAUNCH WINDOW.
WE HAVE A SINGLE SECOND TO GET
THIS OFF THE GROUND.
EVERYTHING HAS TO BE JUST RIGHT
AND THE CONDITIONS HAVE TO BE
GREEN AT THIS MOMENT.
>> MOTHER NATURE SHOWING SHE IS
IN CHARGE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE JUST HEARD WE ARE ABOUT LESS
THAN 302NDS FROM SEEING THE CREW
WORK -- 30 SECONDS TO WATCH THE
CREW WALK OUT THOSE DOORS AND
WILL SHOW YOU THAT MOMENT LIVE.
A LIVE LOOK AT THE WALK OUT
DOORS.
>> I THINK MY STS-129 PATCH IS
STILL OVER TOP OF THE DOOR.
A BUNCH OF PATCHES OVER THERE,
UNLESS THEY HAVE REMOVED THEM
AND PUT SPACE STATION PATCHES UP
THERE.
THIS IS A VERY SOLEMN MOMENT FOR
WALKS OUT FROM A STORIED LEGACY.
AND GETTING BACK TO U.S.
ASTRONAUTS LAUNCHING FROM U.S.
SOIL AND WALKING THROUGH THE
DOORS AGAIN.
INOCCURREDIBLE MOMENT IN THE --
INCREDIBLE MOMENT IN THE ERA OF
SPACE TRAVEL.
>> BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS WHEN THEY
WALKED OUT ON WEDNESDAY AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE
AGAIN.
I WAS PERUSING THE DIFFERENT DIT
NEWSPAPERS AND STORIES ON
LINE -- THE DOORS ARE OPENING.
>> HERE THEY COME.
>> THERE THEY ARE.
NASA ASTRONAUTS --
[CHEERING]
>> BIG CHEERS.
>> NASA ASTRONAUTS BOB BEHNKEN
AND DOUG HURLEY, DOUG ON THE
LEFT, BAB ON THE RIGHT.
WAVE -- BOB ON THE RIGHT.
WAVING TO THE CROWD TO CHEER
THEM ON.
[CHEERING]
THERE ARE THEIR FAMILIES RIGHT
IN FRONT OF THEM.
>> THE VIRTUAL HUGS.
A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT.
FIST BUMPS.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO LISTEN TO
MOMMY AND MAKE HER LIFE EASY?
[LAUGHING]
[CHEERING]
>> BYE, GUYS.
>> NOW THEY ARE GETTING INTO THE
TESLA MODEL X TO TAKE THEM TO
THE LAUNCHPAD.
BEING STRAPPED INTO THEIR SEATS.
THEIR SUIT TECHS ARE ATTACHING
THEIR UMBILICALS.
THESE ARE NOT JUST ANY TESLA YOU
CAN BUY OFF THE WEB OR AT
A TESLA DEALERSHIP.
THEY HAVE BEEN OUT FITTED WITH
COOLING UNITS AND THE WHITE
UPBILLICAL SIMILAR TO THE SUIT
ROOM IS CONNECTED TO THE SUITS
TO PROVIDE COOLING AIR ON THE
WAY TO THE PAD.
AND THOSE FALCON WING DOORS ARE
CLOSING.
SUPER SLEEK.
>> A RAPID DEPARTURE FROM THE
ASTRO VAN.
>> I WOULD SAY SO.
>> THE FLIGHT TURGEON IS IN THE
FRONT SEAT TAKING THE JOURNEY
WITH THEM -- FLIGHT SURGEON IS
IN THE FRONT SEAT TAKING THE
JOURNEY WITH THEM.
>> THIS IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT, THE
FAMILIES COMING TOGETHER,
SUPPORTING THE FAMILY, WORKING
TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO MAKE SURE
THEY GET UP THERE SAFELY AND
BACK HOME SAFELY FOR THEIR
FAMILIES.
>> I COULDN'T HEAR EVERYTHING
THEY WERE SAYING, YOU BUT I DID
CATCH BOB TELLING HIS SON TO BE
GOOD FOR MOM AND MAKING HER LIFE
EASY.
AS A PARENT I APPRECIATE THAT.
[LAUGHING]
[CHEERING]
>> AS WE WATCH THE CONVOY BEGIN
THEIR JOURNEY TO PAD 39A TO OUR
SpaceX AND NASA FAMILY WHO
MADE THIS MISSION A REALITY AND
WORKED THIS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN TO
THIS POINT, WE HAVE YOU HERE IN
OUR THOUGHTS WISH EVERY ONE OF
YOU COULD BE HERE TO SEE THIS UP
CLOSE.
BUT WE WANT YOU TO BE PART OF
THIS JOURNEY REGARDLESS OF WHERE
YOU CALL HOME AND WHERE YOU ARE
WATCHING FROM TODAY.
FOR THE NEXT FEW MINUTES WE ARE
GOING TO FOLLOW THE CONVOY, BUT
HIGHLIGHT THOSE WHOSE WORDS AND
HANDS AND THOUGHTS BUILD ALL
THAT WE SEE HERE TODAY.
WE HOPE ALL OF YOU WATCHING CAN
FEEL THE PRIDE EACH OF THESE
NASA AND SpaceX TEAM MEMBERS
HAS FOR THIS DRIVE OUT TO THE
PAD.
>> WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS
HISTORICAL DAY.
CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING A PART
OF THE VERY FIRST MISSION FOR
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT COMMERCIAL
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT EVER.
WE ARE BEHIND YOU BOB AND DOUG
[CHEERING]
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO SpaceX
FOR HITTING ANOTHER MAJOR
MILESTONE AND SAFE TRAVELS TO
BOB AND DOUG.
[CHEERING]
>> BOB AND DOUG, WE HAVE A LOT
OF LAUNCH VEHICLE TEAM HERE TO
WISH YOU A WONDERFUL AND SAFE
RIDE IN THE FALCON 9.
WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR YOU.
LAUNCH AMERICA, IT'S TIME TO
LAUNCH.
LET'S GO.
[CHEERING]
>> WE WANT TO WISH BOB AND DOUG
A SAFE TRIP TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
GO DRAGON!
[CHEERING]
>> NINE YEARS IN THE MAKING.
THIS IS SUCH A HISTORIC TIME AND
OUR TEAM HAS WORKED SO HARD AND
WE ARE VERY EXCITEED TO BE HERE.
>> GO BOB AND DOUG!
[CHEERING]
>> GO BOB AND DOUG, GO NASA AND
GO SpaceX
[CHEERING]
>> BOB AND DOUG, WISHING YOU
A GREAT FLIGHT.
WE WANT TO TELL YOU GOOD LUCK.
[CHEERING]
>> WE ALL WANT TO WISH BOB AND
DOUG SAFE TRAVELS AND GOD SPEED.
YOU ARE BOTH AN INSPIRATION TO
US ALL.
LET'S GO OUT THERE AND LAUNCH
AMERICA.
LET'S DO IT, COME ON!
[CHEERING]
>> I LOVE SEEING THAT GROUP OF
PEOPLE.
I MEAN, WE SAW ALL THE DIFFERENT
GROUPS OF FOLKS FROM NASA AND
SpaceX FROM ALL DIFFERENT
WALKS OF LIFE THAT HAVE COME
TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
THAT WAS JUST A SMALL FRACTION
OF THEM.
LOOK AT THAT SHOT.
THAT IS SO COOL.
>> WOW.
THUMBS UP FROM BOB.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT TOOK
A LITTLE BIT OF CREATIVITY TO
GET THIS SHOT TO HAPPEN.
WE HAVE A CHASE VEHICLE ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT IS
SHUT DOWN TO GET A CAMERA IN
THERE AND FOLLOW THEM OUT.
WE ARE REALLY THANKFUL TO
KENNEDY SPACE PROTECTIVE FORCES
FOR HELPING US MAKE THAT HAPPEN
TO SEE BOB AND DOUG ALL THE WAY
OUT TO THE LAUNCHPAD.
>> MY RIDE OUT WAS DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING
IN THIS TESLA.
WE HAD THE ASTRO VAN HAD BENCH
SEATS ON EACH SIDE AND COULD
LOOK ACROSS AT EACH OTHER AS
DRIVING OUT.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, MOMENTS WHERE
WE WOULD TELL JOKES BUT
SOMETIMES JUST LOOK AT EACH
OTHER AND HAD SUCH GRATITUDE FOR
HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
LAUNCH INTO SPACE AND THINK
ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAD
A HAND IN HELPING US GET IN THAT
VEHICLE TO DRIVE OUT TO THE
LAUNCHPAD, TO GET READY FOR THIS
MOMENTOUS MOMENT.
I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY, EVEN
THOUGH THEY ARE SITTING SIDE BY
SIDE, I THINK THEY ARE PROBABLY
THINKING OF THE GRATITUDE AND
THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HELPED THEM
GET HERE SO THEY CAN BE ON THE
POINTY END OF THE ROCKET TO GET
A CHANCE TO GO UP TO SPACE.
IT'S JUST A MOMENTOUS MOMENT.
>> THEY ARE LISTENING TO TUNES
TOO I HEARD, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, YEAH.
AT LEAST THREE SONGS ON THEIR
PLAY LIST THAT ARE SUPER
INTERESTING.
THE FIRST IS ACDC BACK IN BLACK.
YOU KNOW THAT ONE.
>> WHO DOESN'T?
>> THE OTHER IS THE ELEVATOR
MUSIC FROM THE BLUES BROTHERS
FILM THE GIRL FROM IPANENA.
AND, OF COURSE, THEY ARE
LISTENING TO THE STAR SPANGLED
BANNER THE ARMY FRENCH HORNS
VERSION.
>> WE DIDN'T HAVE TUNES IN THE
ASTRO VAN.
>> NO?
>> I KNOW THE TESLA HAS A REALLY
KICKING STEREO SYSTEM.
>> I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THIS TES
TESLABUT I'M SURE IT IS PRETTY .
>> FOR SOME PERSPECTIVE, YOU
KNOW, THEY LEFT THE OPERATIONS
AND CHECK OUT BUILDING A MINUTE
AGO.
IT'S ABOUT A 9-MILE DRIVE FROM
THERE TO THE LAUNCHPAD.
IT TAKES AROUND 20 MINUTES AND
DEPENDS ON HOW QUICKLY THEY ARE
TRUCKING.
>> THE OTHER THING YOU HEAR AS
YOU ARE IN THE CONVOY IS THE
HELICOPTER FLYING OVERHEAD.
YOU THINK MILITARY, YOU ARE
THINKING REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS
AND IT IS A MOMENT THAT ALSO
SOLIDIFIES IN YOU SOMETHING BIG
IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
.THAT WHOO, WHOO, WHOO OF THE
HUEY IS IN YOUR HEAD AND YOU
THINK OF THE PEOPLE HELPING YOU
GET THERE.
>> I WAS TALKING AND I THINK I
HOPE THAT'S WHAT I THINK IT IS.
>> IT WAS PRETTY LOW, PRETTY
LOUD.
>> YOU COULD FEEL IT.
>> I COULD.
I COULD FEEL IT.
>> I TOOK THIS DRIVE YESTERDAY
IN MY RENTAL CAR.
IT WASN'T IN A MODEL X AND I'M
NOT AN ASTRONAUT.
DRIVING TO 39A AND IMAGINE
MYSELF IN THAT HEAD SPACE, IT
WAS PRETTY AWESOME.
I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET
ON FALCON 9.
>> WE ARE ALL ASTRONAUTS.
YOU JUST HAVE TO GET ON THE
ROCKET.
>> THERE IS A BIG GROUP OF
PEOPLE THAT WANT YOU THERE.
>> I THINK WE SHOULD LISTEN TO
THEM.
[LAUGHING]
>> I'M ALL FOR IT.
WE SHOULD MAKE THAT A POLL
QUESTION.
>> WE SHOULD ALL MAYBE GO TO
SPACE.
>> I AM ON BOARD.
NOT LITERALLY RIGHT NOW.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ON BOARD.
>> WOULD YOU GO WITH US?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> OKAY.
POLL QUESTION.
>> WE HAVE SO MANY WATCHING
ON-LINE, SENDING WELL WISHES TO
BOB AND DOUG.
IT STARTED EARLY THIS WEEK AS WE
WERE RAMPING UP FOR WEDNESDAY
AND I FEEL IT HAS BEEN THIS
BUILD UP OF MOMENTUM BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, WE WERE FOLLOWING
ALONG WEDNESDAY AND NOW WE ARE
ALL FOLLOWING ALONG SATURDAY AND
WE HAVE PEOPLE WATCHING FROM
HOME THAT HOPEFULLY DON'T HAVE
TO WORK TODAY AND CAN REALLY
TUNE IN TO WHAT IS GOING ON
HERE.
>> AND WE, YOU KNOW, AS
ASTRONAUTS TRULY APPRECIATE ALL
THE SUPPORT, ALL THE SOCIAL
MEDIA FEET FEEDS AND THINK ABOUK
ABOUT OUR FAMILIES.
WE SAW MEGHAN AND KAREN WITH
THEIR SONS WISHING DOUG AND BOB
ABOUT WELL WISHES AND GOD SPEED
AS THEY HEAD OFF IN THE TESLAS
TO 39A THAT LAUNCHED THE APOLLO
ASTRONAUTS.
IT IS JUST ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS
WHERE EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY
IS COMING TOGETHER TO WISH THEM
WELL TO GET THEM TO SPACE
SAFELY.
IT'S A REALLY GREAT DAY.
>> THEY ARE JUST NOW ON SATURN
CAUSEWAY AND MADE THE RIGHT TURN
ON SATURN CAUSEWAY.
THAT IS THE OPERATIONS AND
SUPPORT BUILDING TWO AND ON THE
LEFT IS OUT OF VIEW RIGHT NOW,
THE VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING
THAT PROCESSED THE SPACE SHUTTLE
AND SATURN 5 ROCKETS.
>> WHERE THE MOBILE TRANSPORTER
USED TO TAKE OUT THE APOLLO
ROCKETS.
>> IF WE WERE TO RUN OUTSIDE, WE
COULD WAVE.
WE ARE OFF TO THE RIGHT OF YOUR
SCREEN AT THE PRESS SITE WHERE
YOU SEE A GROUP OF MEDIA THERE.
THEY STILL HAVE ABOUT 3 MILES TO
GO FROM HERE.
>> I'LL SEE YOU GUYS LATER.
I'LL BE BACK IN A MINUTE.
>> GOING TO GO HOP IN?
AND IT'S NOT JUST BOB AND DOUG'S
TESLA.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CARS IN
THE CONVOY PROTECTIVE SPACE
FORCES AND SpaceX SECURITY AND
SPACE SURGEON WITH THEM.
WE HAVE SEEN A SPRINKLE OF FOLKS
ALONG THE WAY.
NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE A WHOLE
LOT PEOPLE OUT HERE WATCHING
THIS.
WE APPRECIATE YOU WATCHING
ON-LINE AND FROM HOPE.
WHEREVER YOU ARE.
AT THE BEACH.
WATCHING ON YOUR PHONE, TABLET
AND WE'LL WATCH IT AND TAKE YOU
THROUGH IT MOMENT BY MOMENT.
THERE IS THE WORM.
>> THE SECOND PLACE WORM.
>> LEYLAND WHEN I DRIVE DOWN
THIS ROAD ON THE WAY TO 39A ON
THE LEFT THERE IS THAT AREA
WHERE THE CRAWLER USED TO DRIVE.
COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT THE
CRAWLER?
>> RIGHT THERE YOU CAN SEE THE
KIND OF THE GRAVEL WHERE THE
CRAWLER ACTUALLY CRUSHES THE
GRAVEL INTO ALMOST SAND IT IS SO
HEAVY.
THE APOLLO 5, SATURN 5 ROCKET
WOULD GO OUT AND THIS THING
MOVES AT A GLACIAL RATE TO GET
OUT THERE.
IT HAS A HUGE ROCKET OR SHUTTLE
ON IT.
AND I HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THAT
WHEN MY SHUTTLE WENT OUT AND IT
WAS AN ENORMOUS TRACKS AND
VEHICLE.
YOU GUYS DO IT IN A DIFFERENT
WAY.
YOU DON'T GO OUT OF THE VEHICLE
ASSEMBLY BUILDING, YOU HAVE YOUR
OWN.
>> WE HAVE A HANGAR ON THE PAD
WHERE WE ROLL IT UP THE HILL.
>> LIKE A SOYUZ WHERE YOU RAISE
IT FROM HORIZONTAL TO VERTICAL.
>> AND WE DON'T NEED A LARGE
BUILDING.
WHEN YOU PIN INTO THE PAD AT THE
TOP OF THE HILL YOU RAISE IT
VERTICAL WITH THE TRANSPORTER
ERECTOR.
>> ALL THE EFFICIENCIES CAN GET
PEOPLE TO SPACE FASTER AND
SAFER.
THIS WILL BE THE FUTURE OF SPACE
TRAVEL.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NASA
AND SpaceX WORKING TOGETHER AS
A TEAM TO GET PEOPLE UP.
>> AT THIS POINT THE CONVOY IS
APPROACHING PAD 39A.
THEY ARE ENTERING WHAT IS THE
BDA OR BLAST DANGER AREA.
BEFORE ANY PAD TECHNICIANS,
ENGINEERS OR ASTRONAUTS
ENTERTHAT AREA AROUND THE
LAUNCHPAD THE SpaceX AND NASA
TEAM DOS AN INTERNAL GO-NO GO
POLL TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS
CLEAR.
>> THIS STORIED LAUNCHPAD THE
BEGINNING FOR SO MANY FIRSTS IS
THE PERFECT BACK DROP FOR A NEW
ERA IN HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT.
>> HERE IS A VIEW FROM THE
GANTRY NEAR THE LAUNCH COMPLEX
39A.
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE CONVOY GOING
BY HERE.
TO COUNT UP ALL THE CAMERAS WE
HAVE I WILL BE HERE ALL DAY.
>> TH IS A BEAUTIFUL SHOT
LOOKING AT THE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER AND MERITT ISLAND AROUND
US AND LAUNCH THE ROCKETS OFF TO
SPACE SAFELY.
>> THIS IS A NATIONAL WILD LIFE
RETPAOUPBLG.
REFUGE.
I PASS TURTLES ON THE WAY TO THE
CAR.
>> WE WOULD HAVE TO WATCH OUT
FOR SNAKES AND ALLIGATORS.
>> WE HAD ONE THAT LIVED AT 39A.
AN ALLIGATOR.
>> TWEET AT US IF YOU SEE ANY.
>> DID YOU NAME HIM WORM?
>> OOH.
>> AHEAD OF MY TIME.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW AN ALLIGATOR
WOULD FEEL BEING CALLED WORM.
>> YEAH, WELL.
[LAUGHING]
>> WE HAVE A TON YOU FOLLOWING
ALONG ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
ANOTHER COMMENT:  GOD SPEED AND
GOOD LUCK ASTRO-BEHNKEN AND
ASTRO-DOUG.
YOU SEE THE SpaceX HORIZONTAL
INTEGRATION FACILITY.
WE SAW THE FRONT FROM THE OTHER
ANGLE.
I'M ARE SOY, THERE IT IS.
I WAS -- I'M SORRY, THERE IT IS.
I GOT MY BUILDINGS MIXED UP.
>> THE OTHER ASSEMBLING WHERE
OUR OFFICES ARE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTION.
>> THERE IS THE HANGAR.
THERE ARE BOOSTERS IN THE HANGAR
AND THE ROCKET AND DRAGON ON THE
PAD RIGHT NOW PUT TOGETHER OR
FINALLY INTEGRATED INSIDE THE
HANGAR AND ROLLED OUT TO THE PAD
TO GO UP VOTERICAL.
>> THERE -- VERTICLE.
>> THERE IT IS.
THE SHOT GIVES YOU THE SCALE OF
THE FALCON 9 ROCKET.
THE TESLAS LOOK TINY.
WE WILL THROW IT OVER TO
HAWTHORNE WHERE JESSY AND DAN
ARE WATCHING THE ACTION.
>> THANK YOU, MARIE.
REALLY COOL WATCHING THE TESLAS
PULL UP, DRIVING ON THE
LAUNCHPAD JUST A FEW FEET AWAY
FROM THE VEHICLES.
GETTING REALLY EXCITED OVER 
HERE.
AND WITH US LOOKING AT THE
LAUNCHPAD RIGHT NOW WE HAVE HAD
TO DO A NUMBER OF UPGRADES NOT
ONLY TO THE LAUNCHPAD, BUT
SpaceX MADE CHANGES TO FALCON
STKPHAO *EUPB DRAGON TO ENABLE -
FALCON 9 AND DRAGON.
IT IS THE HIGHLY RELIABLE LAUNCH
SYSTEM CARRYING CREW TO SAFETY
AT ANY POINTURE TKAOING THE
ASCENT OF THE ROCKET.
>> ANOTHER KEY UPGRADE IS THE
DRAGON'S NEW LIFE SUPPORT
SYSTEM.
FLYING HUMANS KEEPING
A HABITABLE ENVIRONMENT
THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT AND
PROVIDING BREATHING AIR, KEEPING
THE CAPSULE AT A SAFE PRESSURE
AND FREE OF CONTAMINANTS AND
REMOVING CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE
AIR AND REGULATES TEMPERATURE
AND HUMIDITY AND THE WASTE
COLLECTION SYSTEM, A.K.A. IS THE
TOILET.
>> THAT SOUNDS IMPORTANT.
IT WAS SMALL BUT MEANINGFUL FOR
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT.
THEY HAD TO PROVE A HIGH DEGREE
OF FAULT TOLERANCE MEANING SMALL
FAILURES WOULD NOT LEAD TO
MISSION FAILURE.
IT WAS ALREADY ABLE TO HANDLE
ENGINE FAILURE BUT NEW EMPHASIS
ON ANY FAILURE THROUGHOUT THE
PHASE OF LAUNCH WOULD NOT MEAN
MISSION FAILURE.
>> WITH THE ASTRONAUTS ON
LOCATION AT PAD 39A WE SWING IT
RIGHT BACK.
TAKES US THROUGH THE CREW MAKING
FINAL STEPS TOWARD THE DRAGON
SPACECRAFT.
>> SURE THING.
WE ARE LOOKING AGAIN AT LAUNCH
COMPLEX 39A.
JUST A FEW SECONDS AGO WE SAW
THE TESLA CARRYING BOB AND DOUG
PULL UP TO THE LAUNCHPAD.
THIS IS A SITE OF SO MUCH
HISTORY WITH PARKSOLO AND SATURN
5 ROCKETS TOOK ASTRONAUTS FROM.
THIS PAD HAS SO MUCH HISTORY.
YOU LAUNCHED FROM THERE,
LEYLAND.
WHAT IS IT LIKE SEEING FALCON
9 AND DRAGON WITH THE PAD AND
CHANGES MADE.
WHAT EMOTIONS DOES IT STIR UP IN
YOU?
>> WHEN WE GOT OUT OF OUR ASTRO
VAN WE LOOKED UP TO SEE THIS
VEHICLE AND IT WAS CREEKING AND
GROANING AND MAKING -- CREEKINGG
AND GROANING AND YOU TAKE
A PICTURE SOMETIMES AND YOU
STAND THERE AND LOOK THERE AND
THINK ABOUT THE TRAINING YOU
HAVE DONE AND THE PREPARATION
AND AGAIN, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT
HAVE HELPED YOU GET THERE.
IT'S JUST A SOLEMN AMAZING
MOMENT FOR ALL OF US.
>> THERE IS ANOTHER AMAZING
DRONE SHOT.
YOU EXPLAINED THIS EARLIER ABOUT
HOW SpaceX BRINGS THE ROCKET
AND CAPSULE VERTICAL.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT AGAIN FOR
THOSE WHO MISSED IT IN.
>> OF COURSE.
DRAGON IS PROCESSED A FEW MILES
DOWN THE ROAD AT AREA 59 OR
DRAGON LAND AS WE CALL IT.
WE PUT IT ON A TRUCK AND DRIVE
IT TO THE HANGAR WHERE THE
ROCKET IS.
AND SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WE
WILL THEN BREAK, WE CALL IT
BREAK OVER, WHERE THE VEHICLE IS
VERTICAL AND TURN IT SIDE WAYS
BECAUSE IT BEING PROCESSED
HORIZONTAL AND LIFT IT AND ROLL
UP THE HANGAR DOORS AND
ESSENTIALLY PULL THE VEHICLE IN
THE TRANSPORTER ERECTOR, THE BIG
WHITE TRUSSED STRUCTURE YOU SEE
THERE.
ALL THE FLUID LINE, ELECTRICAL
LINES ARE CONNECTED TO THE
VEHICLES VIA TE, TRANSPORTER
ERECTOR AND ROLL IT UP THE
RAILS.
YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE THEM.
THE RAILS ROLL THE ENTIRE TE
ROCKET DRAGON ASSEMBLY TO THE
TOP FROM THE PAD & THEN ROLL IT
UP VERTICAL.
>> WE ARE ABOUT T-MINUS 2:57:49
TO GO.
WE WILL HEAR A FORMAL
ANNOUNCEMENT THEY ARE AT THE
PAD.
WE SAW THE TESLAS PULL UP.
THEY HAVE GOTERN OUT OF THE CAR
AND -- GOTTEN OUT OF THE CAR AND
TO THE ELEVATOR THAT WILL CARRY
THEM UP TO THE 255-FOOT LEVEL
AND HAVE A COUPLE STEPS TO GET
UP TO THE LEVEL WHERE THE CREW
ACCESS ARM IS.
>> I HAVE THE AC/DC SONG IN MY
HEAD AS THEY WERE WALKING UP TO.
>> I WAS JAMMING OUT TO Z
Z-TOP'S SHARP DRESSED MAN.
>> THERE THEY ARE TAKING IN THE
SIGHT.
CRANING TO SEE THE TOP OF THE
FALCON 9 ROCKET.
IT IS 230 FEET TALL IF YOU
ROUNDUP.
THE CREW DRAGON IS ANOTHER
27 FEET FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE
TRUNK TO THE TOP OF THE NOSE
CONE.
WHEN YOU ARE OUT THERE IN
PERSON, IT IS REALLY HARD TO
DESCRIBE JUST HOW LARGE IT IS.
>> LOOK AT THEM GETTING EXCITED.
THEY ARE READY TO GET IN THE
VEHICLE AND GET IN THE ELEVATOR
AND MAKE IT TO THE TOP.
PICKING UP FOREIGN OBJECT
DEBRIS.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
>> WEARING FOD COVERS ON THEIR
SHOES BY THE WAY.
DON'T WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY
TRACK OUTSIDE INSIDE THE DRAGON.
THEY WILL REMOVE THE COVERS OFF
THEIR BOOTS OBSERVE THEY ENTER.
>> YOU TAKES FOR GRANTED ALL THE
LITTLE DETAILS LIKE THAT.
ALL THE THOUGHT AND PREPARATION
THAT HAS TO GO INTO LITERALLY
EVERY PIECE OF THIS OPERATION.
>> I LOVE THE MAKE OVER OF PAD
39A WITH THE SLEEK BLACK WITH
THE WHITE TICKING AND THE LINES.
IT IS A VERY FUTURISTIC LOOK FOR
THIS ICONIC LAUNCHPAD.
YOU THINK WHAT HAS BEEN THERE
BEFORE AND NOW THE SpaceX CREW
DRAGON GETTING READY TO LAUNCH
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
ROCKET FUEL STILL GOING THROUGH
MY VEINS.
>> THERE THEY ARE.
A REALLY FAST ELEVATOR.
>> YEAH.
>> IT JUST TOOK THEM UP 255 FEET
IN A MATTER OF SECONDS.
>> THEY ARE REMOVING THEIR FOD
COVERS?
>> CHECKING SOMETHING ON HIS
BOOT OR LEG.
>> WE SHOULD HEAR A CALL ANY
MOMENT THE CREW HAS ARRIVED AT
THE PAD AND ARE HEADED TO THE
CREW ACCESS ARM NOW.
THERE IS THE WORM AGAIN.
POPPING.
>> YOU KNOW IT.
>> MEATBALL.
[LAUGHING]
>> DON'T WORRY THERE IS
A MEATBALL ON CREW DRAGON.
>> THE WHITE A YOU SEE ARE
ESSENTIALLY ELIMINATING THE
WAY -- ILLUMINATING ANYONE UP
THERE TO FIND THE ESCAPE BASKET
IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY THAT
WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO GET FAR
AWAY FROM THE ROCKET AND PAD.
>> THERE IS A PHONE HERE AND I
CAN'T TELL IF IT IS BOB OR DOUG
USING THE PHONE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THAT?
THE SAME PHONE DURING THE
SHUTTLE DAYS.
>> YOU GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO
FRIENDS OR FAMILY IF THEY
COULDN'T COME TO THE LAUNCH.
IN THIS CASE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE.
JUST TO HAVE THE LAST MOMENT TO
TALK TO SOMEONE BEFORE YOU GET
IN THE VEHICLE.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL VIEW.
>> AND WE ARE WATCHING THE CREW.
WHEN THEY ARE DONE USING THE
PHONE THEY WILL MAKE THEIR WAY
INTO THE CREW ACCESS ARM.
COMING UP AT T-MINUS 2:35 THE
ASTRONAUTS WILL INGRESS, A WARDD
WE USE TO DESCRIBE CLIMBING INTO
DRAGON.
THE TIME COULD BE FLEXIBLE.
IT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE
ASSISTANCE OF THE SUIT TECHS AND
THEY WILL GET STRAPPED INTO
THEIR SEATS.
SO WITH THAT COMING UP WE'LL
HEAD OVER TO HAWTHORNE FOR
A PREVIEW OF WHAT IS IN STORE
FOR THE FUTURE IN SPACE TRAVEL.
JESSIE?
>> THANK, MARIE.
SHORTLY AFTER WE BEGIN TO
REGULARLY FLY NASA ASTRONAUTS TO
AND FROM THE SPACE STATION,
SpaceX WILL FLY PRIVATE
PASSENGERS TO STATION AND
BEYOND.
>> NASA IS ENABELING TWO PRIVATE
ASTRONAUT MISSIONS TO VISIT THE
STATION EACH YEAR.
IT IS ONE OF THE MANY WAYS NASA
IS WORKING TO OPEN ACSTOWS OUT I
SPACE FOR COMPANIES TO PH-FRBER
PRODUCTS IN -- MANUFACTURE
PRODUCTS IN MICRO GRAVITY AND TO
ENABLE MORE PEOPLE TO EXPHRO *ER
EXMORE THESTARS FIRSTHAND.
>> AND THE CLOSER WE BECOME TO
BE A MULTI-PLANETARY SPECIES.
LET'S TAKES A PEEK INSIDE THE
SPACECRAFT ITSELF.
[NO AUDIO]
>> TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO AT
ANY GIVEN MOMENT IN TIME.
>> WHEN I THINK ABOUT COMFORT
FOR THE ASTRONAUTS IT IS EVERY
ASPECT OF HOW YOU COULD INTERACT
WITH THE SPACE SHIP THAT COMES
TO MIND.
WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT
SEATSIZES ASK MOLD THE FOAM AROD
THE ASTRONAUT'S BODY SO THERE
ARE NO PRESSURE POINTS AND IT IS
A NICE JOURNEY TO SPACE.
IT'S ABOUT SAFETY AND
RELIABILITIES.
WE DESIGNED IT SO ANY TWO THINGS
COULD FAIL.
I COULD LOSE A FLIGHT COMPUTER
AND THRUSTER AND STILL BRING THE
CREW HOME SAFELY.
WE ADDED A LAUNCH SYSTEM.
IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG THEY CAN
GET AWAY FROM FALCON AND GET
PICKED UP SAFELY.
I HAVE WORKED ON DRAGON SINCE
2012.
WHEN I SEE DRAGON LIFTOFF I WILL
FEEL A BUILD UP OF EMOTION OF
EIGHT YEARS OF WORKING WITH SOME
OF THE BEST ENGINEERS AND
TECHNICIANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
THAT PUT THEIR HEART AND MIND
INTO MAKING THIS INCREDIBLE
MOMENT HAPPEN FOR EVERYBODY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THAT WAS A DETAILED LOOK INSIDE
DRAGON.
HERE IS A LIVE LOOK AT THE TWO
ASTRONAUTS ABOUT TO GET IN.
YOU ARE WATCHING DEMONSTRATION
MISSION 2 OR DEMO-2.
THEY WILL SEND AMERICAN
ASTRONAUTS FROM U.S. SOIL FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS.
THEY ARE JUST ABOUT READY FOR
THEIR RIDE UP TO SPACE.
>> YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE ALREADY
ARRIVED AT PAD 39A, WHERE FALCON
9 WILL LIFTOFF FROM AT
3:22:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME TODAY.
THEY HAVE ASCENTED THE TALL
STRUCTURE TODAY NEXT TO THE
ROCKSET AND CALLED THE FIXED
SERVICE STRUCTURE AND HAVE
WALKED DOWN THE CORRIDOR, THE
CREW ARM, WHAT THEY ARE STANDING
IN NOW.
>> AS THEY PREPARE TO BOARD
DRAGON, THEY HAVE THE ONE FINAL
STOP AND THAT IS THE WHITE ROOM.
THE WHITE ROOM IS LITERALLY
A ROOM AT THE END OF THE CREW
ARM THAT HAS AN OPENING INTO
DRAGON.
IT IS THE LAST PLACE ON PLANET
EARTH BOB AND DOUG WILL STAND
BEFORE THEY STEP INTO DRAGON FOR
THEIR RIGHT TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
>>  THE TERM WRITE ROOM WAS USED
DURING THE GEMINI MISSION WHEN
THE ROOM WAS PAINTED WHITE.
WE HAVE CONTINUED THE TRADITION
PAINTING OURS WHITE AS WELL.
THEY STARTED A NEW TRADITION
SIGNING THE WALL IN THE WHITE
ROOM.
OODLE A FAIRLY SMALL -- IT'S
A FAIRLY SMALL AREA WITH ROOM
FOR THE CREW AND A FEW GROUND
SUPPORT MEMBERS.
AND CREW INGRESS AT T-MINUS 2:35
COMING UP SHORTLY.
INGRESS IS HOW WE REFER TO THE
CREW BOARDING DRAGON.
>> INSIDE THE WHITE ROOM IS
A MOVABLE PLATFORM THAT IS
EXTENDED OUT TO THE CAPSULE TO
MAKE THE BOARDING PROCESS FOR
THE CREW TO CLIMB INTO DRAGON.
IT IS ENVIRONMENTALLY
CONTROLLED.
YOU CAN SEE A BIG SEAL AGAINST
THE SIDE HATCH.
THAT IS DONE SO DRAGON CAN BE
OPEN WHILE KEEPING ALL THE DUST,
DIRT AND FLORIDA HUMIDITY OUT OF
THE CAPSULE MAKING SURE IT IS
PRISTINE FOR THE CREW.
IT WILL STAY IN PLACE UNTIL THEY
RETRACT IT AND GET THE ARM TO
MOVE OUT OF THE WAY AND THE
HATCH WILL BE CLOSED.
>>  THE WHITE ROOM HAS LOTS OF
TOOLS IN ORDER TO OPEN THE SIDE
HATCH, COMPLETE CREW INGRESS AND
PREPARE FOR ANY CONTINGEIENCY OR
EMERGENCY ENCOUNTERED.
>> THEY ARE IN THE WHITE ROOM
AND GETTING A FINAL BRIEFING.
YOU CAN SEE THEM WITH PAD
TECHNICIANS.
EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM HAS
A SPECIFIC JOB.
SOME ARE SUIT SPECIALISTS TO
HELP THEM GET BOB AND DOUG
CONNECT TO THE SEATS AND OTHERS
WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CLOSING
THE HATCH.
AND WE ALSO TYPICALLY HAVE
A PHOTOGRAPHER IN THERE TO
CAPTURE THESE MOMENTS AS THE
CREW GETS READY.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE WATCHING AND WE
CAN SEE THEM START TO LINEUP
THERE.
WE'LL SEE BOB OR DOUG HURLEY GO
IN FIRST.
HE WILL BE THE FIRST THROUGH THE
CAPSULE AND BE INGRESSING.
THAT'S OUR TERM FOR ENTER.
YOU WILL HEAR THESE TERMS AS
THEY MAKE THEIR WAY UP TO ORBIT,
INGRESS GETTING IN, EGRESS
GETTING OUT.
THEY ARE DOING THE FINAL FOD
CHECKS, MAKING SURE THE CREW
DON'T HAVE FOREIGN OBJECTS
DEBRIS, DUST, DIRT OR ANYTHING
THAT CAN INTERFERE WITH THE
SYSTEMS ON DRAGON BEFORE THEY
GET IN.
>> AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY DO
HAVE STUFF ON THEIR SUITS TO
PROTECT FROM FOD.
AND THEY HAVE FOD COVERS ON
THEIR BOOTS AS WELL AS ON THEIR
UMBILICAL PORT ON THEIR SUITS
AND NEEDS TO BE REMOVED BEFORE
THEY CAN INGRESS.
LISTENING AND HEARING UPDATES
LIVE.
ONCE THE FOD CHECK IS COMPLETE,
THEY CAN ENTER, WHICH IS
HAPPENING LIVE ON YOUR SCREEN
RIGHT NOW.
AND AS THEY CLIMB INTO DRAGON,
THEY WILL BUCKLE THEMSELVES IN
AND ATTACH THEIR UMBILICALS TO
THEIR SUITS.
THE SUIT TECHS ARE THERE TO HELP
THEM GET BUCKLED AND SETTLED
INTO THE SEATS.
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE
BROADCAST THE SUIT'S PRIMARY
FUNCTION IS TO PROTECT THE CREW
IN EVENT OF A CABIN
DEPRESSURIZATION.
IT KEEPS THEN COOL AND DELIVERS
NITROX IN CASE THERE IS A SUIT
DEPRESSURIZATION.
>> AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, WE SAW
DOUG HURLEY GO IN FIRST, THE
COMMANDER FOR THE MISSION.
HE ISLOSEST AND BOB BEHNKEN IS
NTO HIM.
THEY WILL GET ASSISTANCE FROM
THE SUIT TEXAS.
THERE ARE FOUR SEATS AND
NUMBERED 1-4 LOOKING FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE OF THE SUIT TEXAS IN
THE HATCH FROM RIGHT TO LEFT.
DOUG HURLEY IS IN SEAT 2, THE
COMMANDER SEAT AND BOB BEHNKEN
IS IN SEAT 3 FOR CREW DRAGON IS
THE PILOT SEAT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY IN SEATS .
CREW DRAGON IS DESIGNED TO CARRY
FOUR ASTRONAUTS ON FUTURE
MISSIONS AND WE'LL SEE THAT ON
CREW 1 WITH 3 NASA ASTRONAUTS
AND ONE FROM OUR PARTNER AGENCY.
ONCE THEIR SEATS GET ROTATED THE
THREE DISPLAYS THAT THEY WILL
USE THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT.
THAT GIVES THEM INSIGHT INTO ALL
OF DRAGON'S SYSTEMS AND AYOU LOS
THEM TO TAKE -- ALLOWS THEM TO
TAKE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND
MANUALLY FLY IT HOPEFULLY WE
ONLY SEE TWICE.
DRAGON IS AUTONOMOUS BUT THEY
CAN TAKE OVER IF THEY NEED TO.
>> THE SEATS ROTATE BACK FOR
LAUNCH POSITION TO EASILY ACCESS
THE DISPLAYS.
COMING UP NEXT THE CREW WILL DO
A COMCHECK WHEN THEY ARE ALL
SETTLED IN.
THAT'S SO THEY HAVE CHECK TO
MAKE SURE THEY CAN HEAR MISSION
CONTROL AND AFTER THAT THEIR
SEATS WILL BE ROTATED INTO
POSITION.
LET'S CHECK WITH JOHN FOR THE
LATEST ON THE HEALTH OF BOTH
VEHICLES.
WHAT IS THE STATUS UPDATE TODAY?
>> WE TISSUE-MINUS 2:43 AND
COUNTS DOWN FOR THE LAUNCH OF
FALCON 9 WITH DRAGON TO THE
SPACE STATION.
THEY HAVE ARRIVED AT THE PAD AND
GOT THERE SHORTLY AFTER T-MINUS
4 HOURS.
OPENED THE SIDE HATCH ON DRAGON
AND GOT READY FOR THE ARRIVAL OF
THE ASTRONAUTS.
WE SAW THE CREW COME UP THE
ELEVATORS, WALK OVER AND
ENTERDRAGON.
AND THEY ARE NOW GETTING
SITUATED INSIDE THE CAPSULE.
THE FLIGHT TEAM IS MONITORING
DATA FROM DRAGON AND THEY HAD
COMPLETED A COMMAND AND TELEEM
TREE CHECK OF THE RADIO
FREQUENCY AND THE TRACKING AND
DATA RELAY NETWORK.
THERE ARE NO ISSUES.
WE WATCH THEM GETTING SITUATED
IN THEIR SEATS IN THE DRAGON
SPACECRAFT.
THE FALCON 9 TEAM IS PREPARING
FOR FINAL CHECK OUTS AND
PROPELLANT LOAD.
TELL BEGIN AT 2-MINUS TWO HOURS
WHEN THE LAUNCH CREW OFFICIALLY
GETS ON THE FIRING ARMAMENT ALL
SYSTEMS ON FALCON 9 ARE
CURRENTLY GO.
THE RANGE CONTINUES TO BE GREEN
ON THE SUPPORT SIDE.
THE AREA AROUND THE PAD
OBVIOUSLY CLEAR EXCEPT FOR THE
FOLKS DOING THE ENTRY INTO THE
CAPSULE.
AIR AND SEA SPACE ARE CHLOR
CLEAR AND WE HEAR A HELICOPTER
TPR * TIME TO TIME.
THE BIG CONCERN IS THE WEATHER
FORECAST.
WE ARE CONTINUING RIGHT NOW AT
A 50% PROBABILITY OF VIOLATION.
THE BIG CONCERNS ARE THICK
CLOUD, PRECIPITATION,
POSSIBILITY OF LIGHTNING.
I MENTIONED EARLIER NORMALLY YOU
GET A STRONG SEA BREEZE FROM THE
OCEAN THAT PUSHES INLAND AND
KEEPS THE CLOUDS FROM CENTRAL
FLORIDA FROM BUILDING UP.
TODAY THE SEA BREEZE IS FAIRLY
WEAK AND WE EXPECT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL GET CLOSER TO
LAUNCHPAD.
WE ARE CHECKING DOWN RANGE
CONDITIONS.
IF THERE IS A CONTINGEIENCY
SPLASH DOWN OF DRAGON WE ARE
LOOKING AT ESSENTIALLY THE WAVE
HEIGHTS, LIGHTNING, RAIN ALONG
THE TRAJECTORY.
RIGHT NOW IT IS MARGINAL, BUT IT
IS STILL GO.
WE EXPECT THAT TO IMPROVE DURING
THE DAY.
FINGERS CROSS THE DOWN RANGE
WEATHER LOOKS GOOD.
RIGHT NOW AT T-MINUS 2:41 THE
CLOCKS CONTINUES TO COUNTDOWN,
ALL SYSTEMS ARE GOING FOR
LAUNCH.
>> THANK YOU, JOHN.
AS WE WATCH BOB AND DOUG GET
BUCKLED IN I'M JOINED BY JESSICA
JENSEN.
WALKS THROUGH EVERYBODY WHAT
MADE DRAGON A 21st CENTURY
SPACECRAFT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN TODAY.
I KNOW YOU HAVE TO COME IN FOR
A LAUNCH.
THAT'S ALWAYS TOUGH.
>> OF COURSE.
>> WALKS THROUGH DRAGON'S LIFE
HISTORY.
WE HAVE ONE IN A CLEAN ROOM
BEHIND US.
HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY
TO HAVE BOB AND DOUG CLIMBING
INTO THE SPACECRAFT.
>> SURE.
SpaceX WAS FOUNDED TO MAKE
LIFE INTER-PLAN TERRY.
WE WERE A SMALL COMPANY FOR
SEVERAL YEARS.
WE HAD TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES
TO HEY, HOW DO YOU GO FROM BEING
A SMALL COMPANY TO PUTTING
PEOPLE INTO ORBIT?
WHEN NASA CAME OUT WITH THE NEED
TO FLY CARGO TO AND FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, WE
JUMPED ONT.
WE SAID HEY, FIRST NOT ONLY IS
CARRYING CARGO TWO AND FROM THE
SPACE STATION COOL, I BET WE
COULD FLY PEOPLE TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
HEY, FOR EIGHT YEARS NOW WE HAVE
BEEN FLYING CARGO AND THEN NOW
WE HAVE TRANSITIONED TO FLYING
CREW AND CARGO TOGETHER.
THAT IS BASICALLY THE EVOLUTION
OF DRAGON AND IT'S BEEN AWESOME.
>> I KNOW WHEN WE SEE FALCON
9 WE GET TO TALKS ABOUT
REUSABILITY AND EVERYBODY IS
FAMILIAR WITH THE FIRST STAGE
COMING DOWN AND HOW COOL THAT
LOOKS.
DRAGON IS DESIGNED WITH
REUSABILITY.
YOU HAVE FLOWN DRAGON MULTIPLE
TIMES TO THE SPACE STATION.
HOW DOES REUSABILITY FACTOR IN?
>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BOTH.
ONE THING I THINK EVERYONE
THINKS ABOUT REUSE ABLTS AND IT
SAVES MONEY OR THAT'S GREAT.
BUT IT ACTUALLY IMPROVES
RELIABILITY.
WHEN WE GET FALCON BACK AND
DRAGON BACK EITHER AFTER ONE
MISSION OR MULTIPLE, WE CAN DO
ALL THE DETAILS INSPECTIONS ON
THEM.
THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE
WHEN YOU FLY A VEHICLE YOU CAN
ONLY HAVE SO MANY SENSORS ON IT.
YOU CAN'T PUT A SENSOR EVERY
INCH OF A ROCKET OR SPACECRAFT.
>> AND ALREADY WAY MORE THAN
ANYBODY REALIZES.
>> EXACTLY.
FOR ROCKETS THAT WIND UP IN THE
OCEAN, SOME DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT THEY ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH.
THE FACT WE GET ALL THE HARDWARE
BACK AND WERE ABLE TO INSPECT
LITERALLY EVERY SQUARE INCH OF
IT AND MAKE SMALL DESIGN CHANGES
THAT IMPROVE RELIABILITY FOR THE
WHOLE FLEET.
EVEN THOUGH BOB AND DOUG ARE ON
A BRAND NEW ROCKET AND A BRAND
NEW SPACECRAFT, THOSE SPACECRAFT
ARE MORE RELIABILITY BASED ON
THE KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE LEARNED
FROM REUSABILITY.
>> WE HAVE WALKED PEOPLE THROUGH
A LOT OF THE NEW SYSTEMS ON
DRAGON.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE COOL THINGS
THAT ARE BENEATH THE SURFACE
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT WITH
DRAGON.
>> ONE OF THE COOL THING IS THE
AUTONOMOUS DOCKING SYSTEM.
WHAT THAT IS, WE HAVE YOU KNOW,
GPS SENSORS ON DRAGON AND HAVE
CAMERAS AND IMAGING SENSORS LIKE
ON THE NOSE CONE OR FRONT PART
AS IT IS APPROACHING THE SPACE
STATION.
ALL THE SENSORS ARE FEEDING
TKATSA BACK TO THE FLIGHTS
COMPUTER TO SAY HOW FAR AM I
AWAY IN WHAT IS MY RELATIVE
VELOCITY TO THE SPACE STATION
AND FEEDS INTO THE FLIGHT
COMPUTER TO SAY BASED HOW FAR
YOU ARE AND RATE, HERE IS HOW
YOU FIRE THE THRUSTERS TO GET TO
THE DOCKING TARGETMENT I THINK
THAT IS SUPER -- TARGET.
I THINK THAT'S COOL.
>> WE ARE WAITING FOR OUR CARS
TO DRIVE THEMSELVES TO WORK AND
FOR BOB AND DOUG THAT'S WHAT IT
IS DOING.
>> EXACTLY.
THE COMPUTER DOES IT FLAWLESSLY.
WHEN I TRIED I FAILED MISERABLE.
I TRIED TO DOCK DRAGON THREE
TIMES AND I FAILED.
THREE TIMES I GOT IT.
ON OUR WEBSITE WE HAVE A DRAGON
ISS SIMULATOR SO YOU CAN TRY
YOURSELF AND MAYBE I'M A BAD
DRIVER BUT IT DID DOES A GREAT
JOB.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO START UP
THE COM CHECKS WITH BOB AND
DOUG.
>> CAN HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> LOUD AND CLEAR
>> UMBELICAL COM-CHECK COMPLETE.
AGAIN WE ARE JUST LISTENING IN.
THEY ARE DOING COM-CHECK,
COMMUNICATION CHECKS.
BOB AND DOUG WILL DO A SERIES OF
CHECK OUTS WITH THE TEAMS ON THE
GROUND.
THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR OUT IN
FLORIDA.
THEY DOLL THIS OVER -- THEY WILL
DO IT OVER DRAGON TO GROUND AND
COUNTDOWN THAT YOU WILL HEAR
GOING OUT.
THEY WILL DO IT THROUGH THEIR
DIFFERENT KHAOUPB INDICATIONS
PATHS.
-- COMMUNICATIONS PATHS.
WE HEARD THE TRACKING DATA AND
RELAY SATELLITES THAT WILL BE
USED TO TALK TO BOB AND DOUG
THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT AND SEND
COMMANDS TO DRAGON AND THROUGH
GROUND STATION.
SpaceX HAS A WORLD-WIDE
NETWORK OF GROUND STATIONS THEY
ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE
VEHICLE AND WE'LL BE USING TO
GET VOIDIO IN THE CABIN -- VIDEO
IN THEIR CABIN ON THE FLIGHT UP
THIS.
IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY
DO IN THE VEHICLE TO MAKE SURE
ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM OF
THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT AND SUITS
AND EVERYTHING ARE WORKING AND
THEY CAN TALK TO AND HEAR
EVERYBODY ON THE GROUND.
>> COM-CHECK.
>> SpaceX DRAGON LOUD AND
CLEAR.
THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE SINGULAR
VOICE TALKING TO THE ASTRONAUTS
THROUGHOUT THEIR FLIGHT.
A POSITION BASE THE HERE IN THAT
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA.
YOU WILL ALSO HEAR DRAGON
SpaceX COMCHECK.
>> SpaceX DRAGON LOUD AND
CLEAR.
>> COM-CHECK COMPLETE.
STAND BY WITH COMCHECKS IN THE
LAUNCH CONFIGURATION.
>> DRAGON MD ON COUNTDOWN.
COP-CHECK.
COM-CHECK.
>> SpaceX LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> COPY LOUD AND CLEAR.
GLAD TO HAVE YOU GUYS ON BOARD.
STAND BY FOR COM-CHECK ON DRAGON
TO GROUND.
DRAGON MD, DRAGON TO GROUND
COM-CHECK.
>> MD DRAGON LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> MD LOUD AND CLEAR.
STAND BY FOR COP-CHECKS WITH LD.
>> LAUNCH DIRECTOR COM-CHECK.
>> GOOD AFTER.
LOUDND CLEAR.
>> I HAVE YOU THE SAME, MAN.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
STAND BY FOR MY COM-CHECK ON
DRAGON TO GROUND.
DRAGON SpaceX ON DRAGON TO
GROUND, COM-CHECK.
>> SpaceX DRAGON LOUD AND
CLEAR.
>> I HAVE YOU THE SAME.
>> DRAGON SpaceX THIS
CONCLUDES OUR LAUNCH
CONFIGURATION COM-CHECKS WANT
REPORT WHEN READY FOR SEATRO SET
ROTATION.
>> DRAGON I'LL PUT THAT IN.
>> COPY.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO ALL THE
COMMUNICATIONS CHECKS WERE DONE
SUCCESS WILLY AND YOU COULD EVEN
SEE, IT'S SO COOL WHEN YOU GET
THE VIEWS IN THE CABIN.
>> SpaceX DRAGON, WE ARE READY
FOR SEAT ROTATION.
>> COPY.
WE WILL REPORT WHEN INITIATING.
>> YOU CAN SEE DOUG HURLEY USING
HIS RIGHT HAND.
HE HAS THE TALK BUTTON BUILT
INTO THE SEAT ITSELF.
JUST, AGAIN, SHOWING YOU ALL OF
THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, HOW THE
SUIT IS INTEGRATED INTO THE SEAT
AND IT'S ALL JUST ONE BIG CIRCLE
FOR THIS WHOLE SPACECRAFT.
REALLY COOL TO SEE THE
COM-CHECKSES LIVE.
JESSICA THANK YOU FOR WALKING US
UP THROUGH THE COOL UPDATES.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE,
WE HAVE THE DRAGON CLEAN ROOM
HERE.
ONE OF THE COOL THINGS IT IS ON
THE MAIN FLOOR OF OUR MAIN
BUILDING.
THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES WALKS BY
AND GET TO SEE DRAGON IN THE
FINAL PROCESSING BEFORE IT GOES
TO THE CAPE.
ON WEDNESDAY IT WAS IN HERE AND
LOOKED ALMOST DONE.
IT IS EMPTY NOW BECAUSE IT WENT
INTO THE SEPARATE TEST
FACILITIES FOR THE FINAL
PROPULSION CHECK.
WE DO THAT IN A SEPARATE
FACILITY BECAUSE IT IS HIGH
PRESSURE TESTING.
THE VEHICLE WILL COME BACK HERE,
GETS IT FINAL THERMAL PROTECTION
SYSTEM PUT ON AND THEN IT WILL
SHIP OFF TO CAPE CANAVERAL.
>> WHEN YOU SEE THE FIRST
INITIAL PRESSURE VESSEL IT'S NOT
LIKE THE FINE THING.
YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT ADD ON AND
ADD ON AND THEN GET TO THE FINAL
SPACECRAFT.
>> YOU LOOK, AT A MACHINE AND
SAY HOW DOES THIS GET BUILT IN
IT IS STEP-BY-STEP, ONE PIECE AT
A TIME AND EACH PIECE HAS
A CRITICAL FUNCTION AND YOU GET
TO SEE THAT BEING BUILT EVERY
DAY YOU COME TO WORK.
>> WE JUST HEARD THE SEAT
ROTATION IS ABOUT TO BEGIN.
JESSICA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> YEAH.
>> COOL FACTS TO LISTEN IN ON.
WE SEE THE SEATS START TO
ROTATE.
SOON THEY WILL BE IN THE LAUNCH
CONFIGURATION AND BE READY TO
GO.
WE CAN SEE THE SEATS SLOWLY
START TO ROTATE.
THEY ARE IN A DOWN POSITION TO
MAKE IT EASIER TO CLIMB INTO
DRAGON.
THEY WILL BE MORE PARALLEL TO
THE GROUND AND MAKES TAKING THE
G-FORCE EASIER FOR THE CREW AND
THE TOUCH SCREENS DIRECTLY IN
FRONT OF THEM.
>> DRAGON SpaceX SEAT TURN TO
LAUNCH POSITION.
>> WE COPY.
>> CONFIRMATION THE SEATS ARE IN
THE LAUNCH POSITION.
LET'S GO TO GARY IN MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON WHERE I KNOW THE
ENTIRE TEAM IS STANDING BY AND
READY TO SEE DRAGON TAKE FLIGHT
TODAY.
OVER TO YOU, GARY.
>> THANK, DAN.
GOOD TO SEE GOOD COM-CHECKS AND
THEIR SEATS ARE IN LAUNCH
POSITION.
THE FLIGHT DIRECTOR SAYS ALL
SYSTEMS ARE GO FOR LAUNCH AND IS
PREPARED TO ARRIVE 19 HOURS
AFTER LUNCH.
CHRIS CASSIDY HAS COMPLETED
PREPARATIONS FOR BOB AND DOUG TO
ARRIVE AND HAS SAID THEY WERE
QUOTE, LOOKING SHARP.
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS WILL MONITOR
THE COUNT DOWN BUT IT'S UP TO
THE TEAMS IN KENNEDY AND
HAWTHORNE TO GET US TO LIFTOFF
AT THIS POINT.
WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS AS
WE CONTINUE TO COUNTDOWN TO
LAUNCH.
LET'S GO TO THE SOCIAL DESK NOW.
TAHIRA?
>> THANK YOU, GARY.
SO GLAD TO HEAR IT IS GO ON YOUR
END AND HOPING THE WEATHER JUST
WORKS OUT GOOD FOR TODAY'S
LAUNCH.
PEOPLE ON THE EDGE OF THEIR
SEATS.
WE JUST CHECKED NUMBERS AND WE
ARE UP TO 1.1 MILLION VIEWERS
RIGHT NOW, ALMOST DOUBLE WHEN WE
CHECKED LAST TIME.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE COLUMBIA,
SUCCESSES SUCCESS, IS LEADING
THE -- COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
IS LEADING VIEWERSHIP.
LET'S TAKE A BROADER LOOK WITH
THIS HEAT MAP OF THE UNITED
STATES.
THIS SHOWS LAUNCH AMERICA OVER
THE PAST WEEK AND CALIFORNIA
LEADING WITH THE MOST MENTIONS
AND I AM VERY SURPRISED.
I THOUGHT THE SPACE COASTED TAKE
E OF COURSE BUT LET'S SEE
HOW THIS CHANGES OVER THE COURSE
OF THE BROADCAST AND SEE WHAT
YOU ARE POSTING ON LINE RIGHT
NOW.
>> CHECK OUT THESE OUT FITS.
I LOVE. LOVE IT.
AND PEOPLE MAKING IT THEIR OWN
AND PUTTING THEIR TOUCH ON IT.
LET'S LOOK AT ANOTHER.
LET'S SEE HOW IT CHANGES OVER
THE COURSE OF THIS BROADCAST.
REALLY FUN TO SEE THE PHOTOS ON
LINE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER SPACE PET.
THESE DO NOT GET OLD.
USE # LAUNCH.
AMERICA ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE HAVE CAST-RO NAUT BORIS READY
TO LAUNCH.
USE THE #, WE'LL LOOK FOR IT
DURING THE SHOW.
WHAT IS THE LATEST AT KENNEDY?
>> THANK YOU.
WE ARE AT T-MINUS 2:26:47 AND
COUNTING FROM LIFTOFF OF THE
FALCON 9 CARRYING DOUG HURLEY
AND BOB BEHNKEN.
YOU SEE THEM ABARD THE SpaceX
CREW DRAGON SPACECRAFT.
IT HAS BEEN AN EXCITING DAY.
THE CREW HAS BEEN UP SINCE 8:00
THIS MORNING AS THEY PREPARE TO
HEAD TO THE STATIONS STATION AS
PART OF THIS DEMO-2 MISSION FOR
NASA.
>> THE ASTRONAUTS AS YOU SAW ARE
INSIDE DRAGON AND HAVE COMPLETED
COM-CHECKS AND CAN COMMUNICATE
WITH CREW ON THE GROUND AND ARE
AT LAUNCH POSITION TO SEE AND
ACCESS THE DISPLAY PANEL.
THEY ARE ABOUT TO INITIATE THEIR
OWN SUIT LEAK CHECKS TO MAKE
SURE IT IS IN PROPER WORKING
CONDITION BEFORE LIFTOFF.
>> AT ABOUT T-MINUS 1:55, COULD
HAPPEN SOONER, WE ARE AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE, WE WILL SEE THE CLOSE
OUT TEAM BEGIN TO CLOSE THE SIDE
HATCH IN PREPARATION FOR FLIGHT.
THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE KEY
VISUAL MILESTONE ON THE TIME
LINE TO LIFTOFF.
NOW, WE WANT TO TAKE YOU TO
A COUPLE OF SPECIAL GUESTS
JOINING US.
THEY ARE AT THE OSB 2 VIEWING
LOCATION NASA ADMINISTRATOR JIM
BRIDENSTINE AND KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER DIRECTOR BOB CADANA IS
THERE WITH -- CABANA IS THERE.
>> WE ARE IN THE PRAEUGSZS AND D
SUPPORT BUILDING WITH A NICE
VIEW OF LAUNCH COMPLEX 39.
WE ARE EXCITEED TO THEM BOTH
HERE.
BOB CABANA THE DIRECTOR OF THE
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND JIM
BRIDENSTINE ADMINISTRATOR FOR
NASAMENT THANK YOU FOR MAKING
THE TIME TO BE HERE.
THE BIG STORY IS THE WEATHER.
LET'S TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THAT.
WE CAN SEE CLOUDS ARE KNOWLEDGE.
 BUILDING.
THAT WAS FORECAST.
YOU TAOBGS PART IN A WEATHER
BRIEFING THIS MORNING.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE
WEATHER AND THE DECISION TO SAY
LET'S GIVE THIS ANOTHER SHOT
TODAY.
>> WHAT GOT US LAST TIME WAS THE
ELECTRICITY IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
TODAY THERE ARE, IN FACT, BUILD
UPS.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE ARE
THUNDERSTORMS AT THIS TIME, BUT
THEY ARE EXPECTED.
THE QUESTION IS WHEN DO THE
THUNDERSTORMS GO AWAY AND WHEN
THEY MATERIALIZE WHERE ARE THEY
LOCATED?
WE ARE PREDICTING ABOUT A 50-50
SHOT OF GOING THIS TIME.
BUT GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE ARE
IN LATE MAY IN FLORIDA, WE HAVE
TO TAKE EVERY SHOT WE CAN GET.
IT'S NOT LIKELY IN A COUPLE DAYS
IT WILL BE ANY BETTER THAN
TODAY.
WE ARE A GO FOR LAUNCH RIGHT
NOW.
AND WE ARE HOPING THAT THE
WEATHER WILL HOLD UP.
WE ALMOST FADED ON WEDNESDAY --
MADE IT ON WEDNESDAY.
THE TREND IS BETTER TODAY THAN
ON WEDNESDAY.
WE'LL SEE.
>> I SAW A FORECAST THAT SAID
THE CLEARING HAPPENS AROUND 3:00
IN THE AFTERNOON.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
LAUNCH AT 3:22.
CLEARING AT THE EARLIEST 3:00,
LATEST 3:30.
DEPENDING WHEN THAT HAPPENS WE
WILL BE GO OR NO-GO.
AGAIN, WE'LL TAKE EVERY SHOT WE
HAVE GOT.
>> AND WATCHING THE DOWN RANGE
WEATHER FOR POTENTIAL RESCUE IN
CASE THERE IS AN ABORT.
>> WE HAVE THE STAGING AREAS.
WHEN WE GO FROM THE FIRST STAGE
TO THE SECOND STAGE, A HIGHER
RISK EVOLUTION.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IN THE CASE
WE HAVE TO EXERCISE THE LAUNCH
ABORT AT THAT POINT THE WEATHER
IS GOOD.
THAT IS OFF THE COAST OF NORTH
CAROLINA.
THE BIG THING THERE IS IT'S
GREAT WE HAVE A LAUNCH ABORT
CAPABILITY.
THE CHALLENGE IS THAT INVOLVES
PARACHUTES AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE THE WEATHER TO
COME DOWN IF THERE ARE
THUNDERSTORMS OR DOWN BURSTS OR
HIGH WINDS, THAT IS PROBLEMATIC
FOR THE PARACHUTE SYSTEM.
>> AND BOB, YOU ARE AN ASTRONAUT
AND KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO HIT
THE RESET BUTTON AND DO IT ALL
OVER AGAIN.
INTO THE SPACECRAFT, GET READY
TO GO ONLY TO BE TOLD NO, WE'RE
NOT GOING TO GO TODAY, WE'LL TRY
IT AGAIN.
WHAT IS THAT LIKE?
TELL ME ABOUT THE MIND SET AS
YOU HAVE TO RESET.
DO YOU FEEL LESS ANXIOUS, MORE
COMFORTABLE THE SECOND TIME
AROUND?
>> FIRST OFF, MY LAST FLIGHT WE
COUNTED DOWN TO 182NDS AND
DIDN'T GO.
WHEN YOU HIT 18 SECONDS YOU ARE
READY.
IT'S THE TRAINING WE GO THROUGH.
THE REPETITION WE GO THROUGH.
WE PRACTICE EVERYTHING,
INCLUDING SCRUBS.
JUST BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T LAUNCH
DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE
SOMETHING TO DO.
YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BACK
UP PROCEDURES AND IT'S DONE
PROFESSIONALLY.
THEN IT WAS OUT OF THE VEHICLE
AND INTO THE ASTRO VAN TO CREW
QUARTERS.
WE HAD A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND
A GOOD NIGHT'S REST AND WENT
THROUGH IT AGAIN.
IT'S A MATTER OF DOING YOUR JOB.
THEY ARE WELL PREPARED.
IT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO.
>> THEY STOPPED THE COUNT AT 17
MINUTES AND YOU HAD IT TO JUST
A FEW SUBS.
>> THE NEXT -- SECONDS.
>> THE NEXT NIGHT EVERYTHING
WENT BETTER.
WHETHER WAS BAD THE FIRST TIME
AND I WAS GLAD WE SCRUBBED AND
THEY SCRUBBED FOR AN ISSUE WITH
A VEHICLE.
AND THE NEXT NIGHT IT WAS JUST
A PERFECTLY SMOOTH LAUNCH COUNT.
EVERYTHING WENT LIKE CLOCKWORK
AND IT SET THE STAGE FOR AN YOU
AWESOME MISSION.
>> YOU TOLD THE PRESS BEFORE YOU
WALKED OUT WE ARE GOING TODAY.
I WONDER WHERE IS THE SOURCE OF
THAT CONFIDENCE COMING FROM?
>> I HAVE A FEELING.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A POSITIVE
ATTITUDE.
VIWATCHED A LOT OF WEATHER WITH
SUPPORTING SHUTTLE MISSIONS.
HOPEFULLY IT KEEPS WEST OF US
AND THE STUFF BUILDING OFFSHORE
IS FAR ENOUGH OFF TO STAY IN AN
OPEN WINDOW AT THE CAPE.
>> WE HAVE YOUR POSITIVE VIBE
GOING AND THAT'S GREAT.
JIM, WHEN YOU WERE IN THE
ASTRONAUT CREW QUARTERS WHEN
THEY WERE SUITING UP GOT
A SECOND CHANCE TO VISIT WITH
THE ASTRONAUTS.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
WHAT WAS THEIR DEMEANOR AND MOOD
TODAY.
>> I THEY SEEMED LOOSE.
THEY WERE LOOSE LAST TIME AND
LOOSE THIS TIME AND ARE READY TO
GO.
THEY ARE EXCITED.
THEY HAVE BEEN WANTING TO GO FOR
A LONG TIME.
ONE THING I THOUGHT WAS
INTERESTING, BOB BEHNKEN WAS
MAKING FUN OF DOUG HURLEY
BECAUSE ON DOUG'S LAST NIGHT THY
THEY SCRUBBED FIVE TIMES BEFORE
LAUNCHING ON THE SIXTH TYPE.
BOB THINKS DOUG IS THE PROBLEM
IN THIS CASE.
TO SEE THEM JOKING ABOUT THAT AS
THEY ARE GETTING SUITED UP READY
TO GO, YES, THEY ARE TRAINED,
THEY ARE READY, BUT ALSO LOOSE.
AND THAT'S GOOD TO SEE BECAUSE
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ON
THEIR GAME WHEN WE LAUNCH.
>> THESIS GUY, PRETTY -- THESIS
GUYS ARE PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
DOUG HURLEY AN INCREDIBLE PILOT
AND BOB BEHNKEN A PH D IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEER.
>> AND A FLIGHT-TEST ENGINEER
HIMSELF.
>> IN YOUR ASSESSMENT WHY ARE
THEY THE RIGHT STUFF?
>> THIS IS A TEST TPWHRAOEUT.
FLIGHT.WE HAVE GREAT ASTRONAUTST
ARE CHEMISTS AND BOTANISTS.
THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT.
FOR A TEST FLIGHT YOU WANT TEST
PILOTS, PEOPLE FOR A LIVING,
HAVE MADE A LIVING THAT HAVE
FLOWN NEW THINGS THAT HAVE NEVER
BEEN FLOWN BEFORE.
THEY ARE THE TWO YOU WOULD WANT
IN A TEST FLIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
>> BOB, YOU'RE A PILOT TOO.
YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN ON DOUG
HURLEY.
HE SEEMS TO HAVE THE RIGHT
MENTALITY.
>> HE SAY MARINE PILOT, TEST
PILOT.
I'M ALL IN.
HE IS A GREAT GUY.
>> AND TELL ME ABOUT IN TERMS OF
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, RIGHT,
YOU HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 2007.
>> 2008.
>> I'M SORRY.
I GREW UP HERE.
MY DAD WORKED FOR NASA, MY UNCLE
WAS A CONTRACTOR WHEN THE WHEEL
STOPPED THE NEXT DAY MY UNCLE
GOT THE LAY OFF AND IT WAS
DEPRESSING.
WE HAD THOUSANDS LAID-OFF.
>> SUPER DEPRESSING.
ATLANTIS LANDED AND TWO-DAYS
LATER UNDERSTAND THISES GOT PINK
SLIPS.
IT WAS THE CLEANEST VEHICLES WE
EVERY FLEW.
>> TAKE ME BACK TO THAT TIME,
A DEPRESSING TIME.
THE FACT THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM WAS
SOMETHING THE GOVERNMENT
COMPLETELY HAD OWNERSHIP OF AND
PAID FOR, NOW WE ARE MOVING INTO
THIS COMMERCIAL CREW YOU HAVE
OVER SEEN MAKING THE TRANSITION.
TELL ME ABOUT THE 9 YEARS WE
MADE THE MOVE.
>> EVERYBODY WAS ATTACHED TO THE
SHUTTLE.
IT DID AN AWESOME JOB.
THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE AND
SATELLITES DEPLIED AND STATIONS
STATION.
I TOLD EVERYBODY THE SHUTTLE
PROGRAM WILL END WE HAVE TO
PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE.
NOBODY WANTED TO HEAR THAT.
HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU GET TO
DEFINE WHAT YOU WANT YOUR FUTURE
TO BE?
WE SET OUT ON A BOLD GOAL TO
SUPPORT BOTH GOVERNMENT AND
COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS.
I HAVE A VERY PERSISTENT TEAM.
THEY WORKED EXTREMELY HARD AND
THROUGH A NUMBER OF AGREEMENT,
YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE
IT HAPPEN.
THIS IS THE FUTURE.
COMMERCIAL SPACE FLIGHT, THE
ADMINISTRATOR SAYS IT ALL THE
TIME WE WANT A COMMERCIAL
ENVIRONMENT IN LOW EARTH ORBIT
TO EXPLORE BEYOND OUR SOLAR
SYSTEM BEYOND PLANET EARTH AND
HAVE A SUSTAINED PRESENCE ON THE
MOON AND GET TO MARS AND HAVE
A SUSTAINED PRESENCE THERE.
WE CAN'T DO THAT IF WE ARE
LOCKED IN LOW EARTH ORBIT AND
WITH SpaceX AND BOEING IS THE
BEGINNING OF A WHOLE NEW ERA OF
SPACE FLIGHT.
>> VERY GOOD.
A QUICK QUESTION.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST COMING
BACK TODAY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES PLANS ON BEING
HERE.
JIM, YOU TOOK HIM AROUND THE
FIRST TIME AROUND.
HOW DID THAT GO?
I THINK I SAW A PICTURE ON
TWITTER HE SIGNED SOME SPACE
HARDWARE.
>> HE LOOKED AT THE ORION CREW
CANCULE FOR ART MISONE IS READY
TO GO.
HE SIGNED A PIECE OF HARDWARE
THAT WILL FLY ON THE CREW
CAPSULE FOR ARTEMIS 2.
AND NOT JUST HIM BUT THE FIRST
LADY AND VICE PRESIDENT AND
SECOND LADY AND IT WILL FLY
AROUND THE MOON ON ARTEMIS TWO,
THAT IS EXCITING.
I WANT TO GIVE COLONEL CABANA
A COMPLIMENT, HE BROUGHT THIS
THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME AND NOW
IT IS A MULTI-USE SPACE PORT.
WE HAVE COMMERCIAL AND IN FACT,
EVEN INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHES HERE
AND WILL HAVE COMMERCIAL CREW
LAUNCHES.
BOB HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB
TRANSFORMING THIS SPACE PORT.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING
COMMERCIAL CREW.
NASA WANTS TO BE ONE CUSTOMER OF
MANY CUSTOMERS AND WE WANT
NUMEROUS PROVIDERS COMPETING ON
COST, INNOVATION AND SAFETY.
DRIVING DOWN COST AND INCREASING
ACCESS.
BETTER TODAY, WHEN I TOOK THIS
JOB JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS AGO,
OUR BUDGET AT NASA WAS AROUND
$19 BILLION.
THE BUDGET REQUEST THE PRESIDENT
GAVE US FOR NEXT YEARS
$25 BILLION.
WE ARE IN A GREAT, GREAT
POSITION BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT
IS COMMITED TO SpaceX
EXPLORATION AND COMMITED TO THE
SPACE FORCE.
WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS MUCH SUPPORT
FOR SPACE SINCE JOHN F. KEN EDYY
AND HAVE HAVE BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO ZOO THE
ARTEMIS PROGRAM BEING SUCCESS
CIVIL AND NOT JUST THE NEXT MAN
BUT FIRST WOMAN ON THE MOON.
>> THE KEY TO IT ALL IS
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND WITH THE
WORK BOB IS DOING, YOU CAN SEE
THE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AROUND
THIS PHRA *EUS.
PLACE.WE WANT TO GET TO QUESTION
SOCIAL MEDIA.
THE FIRST IS FROM JAMES ON
TWITTER.
HE ASKS:  WHAT IS THE HARDEST
PART OF GOING TO SPACE?
WE'LL HAVE TO GIVE THAT QUESTION
TO BOB.
>> th NOING IS HARD IF YOU
PRE-- NOTHING IT IS HARD IF YOU
PREPARE FOR.
IT IT IS STUFF WE DON'T HAVE
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO WHEN WE LEARN
HOW TO BE ASTRONAUTS, WE TRAIN.
YOU SPENT A LONG TIME AS
A CANDIDATE LEARNING AND
PREPARING FOR A COMMISSION.
FOR A INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION MISSION TRAINING AROUND
THE WORLD ON THE MODULES AND TWO
AND A HALF YEARS OF TRAINING
BEFORE YOU GET ON ORBIT FOR THAT
TIME TO ACTUALLY DO YOUR WORK.
I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THE HARDEST
PART IS THE PREPARATION.
YOU ARE SO PREPARED YOU HAVE
TOTAL CONFIDENCE AND KNOW YOU
ARE TRAINED FOR WHAT YOU WILL DO
AND HAVE AN OUT STANDING TEAM ON
THE GROUND SUPPORTING YOU.
THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE
THAT GROUND SUPPORT AS YOU CLIMB
INTO THAT VEHICLE.
YOU KNOW THEY HAVE DONE THEIR
VERY BEST TO ENSURE YOUR SAFETY
AND A SUCCESSFUL MISSION.
AFTER THAT IT'S A PIECE OF CAKE,
EXCEPT NO SIMULATOR ON EARTH CAN
PREPARE YOU FOR WHAT THOSE GUY,
GOING TO FEEL.
>> MAYBE ONE DAY I WILL GET TO
TRY.
COMMERCIALIZATION EFFORT MEANS
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO
FLY INTO SPACE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> A GREAT POINT ABOUT
PREPARATION.
THAT'S NOT THE HIGHLY SWREUZ VIE
PART, THE LAUNCH IS.
IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THE
PREPARATION LEADS TO THE
CONFIDENCE.
THEY ARE GETTING READY TO CLOSE
THE HATCH DOOR.
YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN THERE
THE WORKERS THERE ARE GETTING
READY TO GET THAT CLOSED AND
WORKING ON THAT RIGHT THERE WITH
DOUG HURLY AND BOB BEHNKEN ON
THE INSIDE OF CREW DRAGON.
OUR NEXT QUESTION:  WHAT
OPERATIONS WILL THE ASTRONAUTS
DO BETWEEN LIFTOFF AND DOCKING
WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION?
I KNOW YOU PAY A LOT OF
ATTENTION, JIM, TO THE
OPERATIONS OF THIS MISSION.
>> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS.
THE 50 THING IS WE HAVE EYE --
FIRST THING IS A NUMBER OF BURNS
TO GET IN PHASE WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE HAVE SOME BOOST BURNS AS
WELL.
TALKING ABOUT OPERATING THE
ROCKET ENGINE TO GET IN
ALIGNMENT WITH THE SPACE STATION
WANT THE BIGGEST THING WE NEED
THAST MOTTES TO DO WHEN THEY --
THE ASTRONAUTS TO DO WHEN THEY
GET ON ORBIT AND BEFORE THEY
DOCK IS REST.
WE NEED THEM TO BE PREPARED FOR
DOCKING.
ONCE THEY ARE IN THE RANGE OF
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
THEY WILL START MANEUVERING IT
THEMSELVES.
THEY WILL TEST FLY THIS VEHICLE
TO MAKE SURE IT OPERATING AS
ADVERTISED.
THEN THEY WILL DOCK WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
UNIQUE CAPABILITY HERE IT IS
AUTOMATIC RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING
AS WELL.
>> THAT WILL BE EXCITING TO SEE.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH
US.
JIM BRIDENSTINE ADMINISTRATOR OF
TPHASZA AND BOB CABANA ADMIN
STRAIGHTER OF KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER.
THANK YOU.
>> YOU CAN SEE SOME CLOUDS START
BEING TO GATHER OVER LAUNCH
COMPLEX 39A.
50-50% CHANCE OF LAUNCHING.
WE HEARD THE CREW COMPLETE THEIR
COM-CHECKSES LIVE ON THE AIR.
WE SAW THEIR SEATS ROTATE TO GET
THEM IN A BETTER POSITION TO
INTERACT WITH THE SCREENS IN
FRONT OF THEM.
THEY COMPLETED SUIT LEAK CHECKS.
WE SAW DURES THE INTERVIEW THE
HATCH BEGIN TO CLOSE AND SO
INSIDE THE WHITE ROOM THE PAD
CLOSE OUT TEAM IS IN THERE DOING
WORK.
THE HATCH CLOSE IS NOT AS SIMPLE
AS JUST CLOSING A CAR DOOR.
THERE IS A PROCESS TO SEAL IT
AND CHECK IT AND MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING IS SEALED PROPERLY,
RIGHT LAUREN?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THE NEXT THING WILL BE THE LEAK
CHECK.
THEY WILL ATTACH A PIECE OF
GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT.
THEY DON'T HAVE IT IN THEIR
HANDS RIGHT NOW.
IT HASN'T -- THERE IT IS.
YOU CAN SEE IT THERE.
THE CLOSE OUT NUMBER NUMBER 5 IS
ATACHED TO THE SIDE HATCH MECH
NICHE.
WHAT THEY WILL DO IS, THEY ARE
ESSENTIALLY CHECKING FOR THE
LEAK RATE.
AND THEY WILL HOLD PRESSURE
THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN
TRACK THAT CHANGE IN PRESSURE
OVER TIME TO MAKE SURE IT IS
WITHIN BOUNDS.
MAKING SURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE
ANY ISSUES WITH THE O-RINGS THAT
ARE HOLDING THE PRESSURE.
AND SO ONCE THEY COMPLETE THAT
LEAK CHECK, THEY WILL THEN DO
WHAT IS THE, CALLED THE FINAL
INSTALLATION OF THE SIDE
PRESSURE EQUALIZATION PLUG.
THAT IS A PLUG THAT ONCE THE
CAPSULE SPLASHES DOWN, WHAT YOU
WILL DO IS ACTUALLY REMOVE THAT
AND WHAT IT DOES IS EQUALIZES
PRESSURE ACROSS THE HATCH.
ONCE IT IS PLUGGED IN YOU KNOW
EVERYTHING IS SUPER TIGHT AND
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY LEAKSES
ON ORBIT.
>> ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I
THINK IS COOL ABOUT DRAGON YOU
CAN KIND OF SEE THEM ON THE
EDGES THERE ARE WINDOWS AND IKNO
DRAG KNOW ON.
THE CARGO VERSION BEFORE YOU
MOVED ON TO THE CREW DRAGON
VERSION.
THEY HAD WINDOWS ON THE CARGO
VERSION.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THAT WAS?
>> THE VERY FIRST CARGO DRAGON
WE EVER LAUNCHED HAD A WINDOW
OVER THE SIDE HATCH.
THE REASON IS WE ENVISIONED
DRAGON TO ULTIMATELY BE A CREWED
VEHICLE.
EVEN IN THE BEGINNING FOR THE
VERY FIRST VEHICLE WE MADE THAT
DIDN'T CARRY MUCH CARGO AND IT
SYMBOLIZES WHAT DRAGON'S PURPOSE
IS ALL ALONG.
TAKING THE STEPS AND STARTING
OFF WITH THE CRS PROGRAM AND
RESUPPLYING THE SPACE STATION
WITH EXPERIMENTS AND FOOD AND
CREWROVISIONS TO PUTTING
NASA'S ASTRONAUTS IN OUR OWN
VEHICLE.
IT'S THAT NATURAL PROGRESSION ON
WHAT WE WERE AIMING FOR THE
WHOLE TIME.
>> AND LEYLAND, WHAT IS YOUR
TAKE ON THE TOUCH SCREEN
TECHNOLOGY.
WE SAW SOME ABOUT THAT.
IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF
LOOK THAN WHAT WE SAW DURING
SPACE SHUT SKWRAOEL IT'S THE SH.
>> WE HAD OUR L CD DISPLAYS
ANDVOLVES AND SWITCHES.
THIS NEW NECKNOLOGY WILL
ALLOW -- TECHNOLOGY AND ALLOW US
TO GET THROUGH PROCEDURES MUCH
FASTER.
WE HAD TO TURN TO DIFFERENT
PAGES AND GET TO THINGS.
THIS WILL MAKE IT MUCH MORE
EFFICIENT TO GO THROUGH
FUNCTIONS AND PROCEDURES WITH
THE TOUCH SCREENS.
HAVING THE GLOVES BE ABLE TO
TOUCH THE SCREENS AND WORK
WITHIN THE GLOVES, EVERYTHING IS
SLEEK AND EFFICIENT.
THERE IS NOT A LOT OF WIRES AND
THINGS HANGING OFF.
YOU CAN SEE THE KNEE BOARDS ON
THE LEFT KNEE.
THAT IS FOR EXTRA GOING OVER
THINGS.
THERE IS COMMENTARY.
>> WE ARE READY FOR THE POST
INGRESS BRIEFING WHEN YOU ARE
READY TO, COPY.
>> WE JUST HEARD CONFIRMATION ON
THE LOOP THAT THE HATCH IS
CLOSED.
THAT IS A LITTLE AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE.
WE ARE MOTIVATEED TO GO TODAY.
>> WE ARE READY.
GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY.
ON THE WEATHER, WE STILL HAVE
RAIN SHOWERS MOVING TO THE AREA.
WE ARE PROCEEDING INTO THE
COUNTS.
WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT BOTH PAD
AND THE SEN TREK WEATHER AT
T-MINUS 1
AND THE NEXT DECISION POINT WILL
BE PRIOR TO PROP LOAD.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS EVER NOTE.
-- OF NOTE.
>> WE JUST HEARD THE WEATHER IS
STILL IFFY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WEATHER IS STILL IFFY.
>> CONCLUDES THE POST INGRESS
BRIEF.
READY FOR COM-CHECKS WITH FAULT
CON9 OPERATORS.
-- FALCON 9 OPERATORS.
>> WE ARE READY FOR THE
F-9 OPERATORS.
>> EXPECT THAT SHORTLY.
>> WHEN WE HEAR THE CHATTER PICK
BACK UP WE'LL QUIET DOWN SO YOU
CAN HR-FRB WITH US.
WE HEARD THEM DISCUSS THE
WEATHER BRIEFLY AND KEEPING AN
EYE ON THAT THE NEXT DECISION
POINT IS BEFORE PROP LOAD.
WE WILL EVALUATE BEFORE THEY
START FUELING THE ROCKET.
IN THE MEANTIME FALCON 9 AND
CREW DRAGON ARE HEALTHY AND THE
VEHICLE IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND
A REPEAT FROM WEDNESDAY THAT WE
 JUST KEEPING AN EYE ON THE
WEATHER AT THIS POINT.
>> YOU CAN SEE ON THEIR LEFT
LEGS IN THE PREVIOUS IMAGE.
>> YOU CAN EXPECT IT IN ABOUT
1-2 MINUTES.
>> DRAGON'S READY.
>> ON THEIR LEFT LEGS THERE,
THEY HAVE THE SATCHELS STRAPPED
TO THEIR LEGS WITH CREW
PROVISIONS INCLUDING TABLETS YOU
SEE THEY HAVE DISPLAYED THERE.
>> THOSE ARE TABLETS VERSUS JUST
KNEE BOARDS YOU CAN WRITE ON?
>> THE TABLETS ARE INSIDE.
>> INSIDE, OKAY.
WHEN WOULD THEY PULL THEM OUT TO
USE THEM?
>> DURING THE MISSION, WHILE IN
ORBIT.
>> OKAY.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS COMING,
THE BACKGROUND NOISE IS COMING
THROUGH OVER AIR, WE HEAR THE
RAIN 56ING UP OUTSIDE THE STUDIO
HERE AND WONDER IF THEY HEAR THE
SOUNDS OVER THE PAD.
IT LOOKS PATCHY.
WE WERE FOLLOWING SOME
THUNDERSTORMS THAT LOOK LIKE
THEY MIGHT MAKE THEIR WAY OVER
HERE.
IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKES IT IS
RAINING FROM THAT VIEW.
IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO TELL
THROUGH THE HAZE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LAUNCH IS NOW JUST OVER TWO
HOURS AWAY.
TAHIRA YOU ARE THERE WITH THE
SOCIAL TEAMS AND NOW THAT THE
HATCH IS CLOSED AND THE RAIN IS
PICKING UP AND WE COUNTDOWN I
THINK THINGS ARE GETTING
INTERESTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> HEY, LAUREN, THEY ARE.
SO MANY THINGS ARE GOING ON.
PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHAT WILL
HAPPEN WITH TODAY'S MISSION.
IT IS JUST SCROLLING WITH THE
CONVERSATION EVER PEOPLE AROUND
THE NATION TALKING ABOUT TODAY'S
LAUNCH ATTEMPT.
WE JUST CHECKED VIEWERSHIP AND
ARE UP TO 1.4 MILLION WATCHING
THIS BROADCAST AND REALLY HOPE
THINGS LOOK GOOD WITH WEATHER.
LET'S TAKES A LOOK AT THINGS
BEING SAID ON TWITTER RIGHT NOW:
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE GOD SPEED
AND SAFE TRAVELS FOR BOTH
ASTRONAUTS TODAY.
REALLY DO WISH THEM THE BEST OF
LUX ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT AND
HOPE IT HAPPENS.
SOME THROW BACKS PHOTOS FROM
PEOPLE VISITING NASA CENTERS AND
LET'S DO THIS.
I LOVE THIS CAN DO ATTITUDE AND
PEEP ARE KEEPING THE ENERGY --
PEOPLE ARE KEEPING THE ENERGY
ALIVE FOR TODAY'S LAUNCH.
THERE WERE DISAPPOINTING
REACTIONS TO WEDNESDAY'S SCRUB,
BUT LET'S LOOK AT HOW PEOPLE ARE
GETTING EXCITED FOR TODAY'S
ATTEMPT.
LET'S ROLL.
>> READY FOR TAKES OFF.
>> I'M READY TO LAUNCH AMERICA.
>> 3, 2, 1 ... GO!
[CHEERING]
>> LIFTOFF.
♪
>> TO INFINITY AND BEYOND.
♪
>> I HOPE YOU GUYS MAKES IT SAFE
TO THE SPACE STATION.
♪
>> I MEAN, HOW FUN IS THAT
VIDEO?
I WILL HAVE TO ATTEMPT THE WORM
AFTER THIS.
BUT JUST REALLY GLAD TO SEE
EVERYONE IN GOOD SPIRITS LEADING
INTO TODAY'S SECOND LAUNCH
ATTEMPT.
I REALLY HOPE EVERYBODY WILL
HAVE SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT.
LET'S HEAD BACK TO LAUREN.
>> THANK YOU.
IT LOOKS LIKE PEOPLE ARE PRETTY
STOKESSED.
WE CONTINUE TO JOIN THE
CONVERSATION USING THE
#LAUNCHAMERICA ACROSS ALL SOCIAL
MEDIA CHANNELS.
>> I LOVE SEEING, I REALLY LOVE
SEEING THE LITTLE KIDS GET
EXCITED.
I KNOW MY 3-YEAR-OLD IS SUPER
EXCITED AND HAS AN ASTRONAUT
SLEEPING BAG.
>> REALLY?
>> YEAH.
THE BODY OF THE BAG IS A SPACE
SUIT AND WHEN HE GETS IN LOOKS
LIKE SHE HAS A SPACE SUIT.
>> THAT'S THE INSPIRATION FOR
THE NEXT GENERATION OF
EXPLORERS.
PEOPLE HAVE EXCITED ABOUT THE
WORM AND MEATBALL AND THEY HAVE
THE WORM-BALL.
>> I AM HAVING A HARD TIME
SEEING IT.
WHAT IS THE WORM-BALL?
>> A NASA MEATBALL, WHAT IT
SHOULD BE.
THERE IT IS.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> I NEED A VISUAL.
>> THEY HAVE THE ANGULAR NASA
LOGO AND PUT THE WORM INSIDE THE
MEATBALL.
CAN YOU LIVE WITH THAT?
>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL COMPROMISE.
I'LL TAKE IT.
>> A NICE MARRIAGE OF THE 2.
>> I LOVE YOU, MAN.
[LAUGHING]
>> THERE IS ANOTHER LIVE LOOKS
AT LAUNCH COMPLEX 39A.
WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SHARE WITH YOU A LOT ABOUT THE
SpaceX CREW DRAGON ON TOP OF
FALCON 9.
A LOT ABOUT THE CREWVES
AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TODAY AS
THE OFFICIAL RETURN WE HOPE OF
HUMAN LAUNCH CAPABILITY TO
AMERICAN SHORES.
WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T
EXPLAIN WHY PAD 39 A IS HALLOWED
GROUND.
>> WE ARE GO.
WE ARE GO.
♪
>> MANY OF NASA'S STORIED
MISSIONS BEGAN THEIR VERY
SKWROURPB FRET EXACT SAME
SPOT -- JOURNEY FROM THE EXACT
SAME SPOT ON EARTH, LAUNCH
COMPLEX 39A AT THE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER.
THAT MASSIVE STRUCTURE OF STEEL
AND CONCRETE HAS GUIDED FOR OVER
50 YEARS.
THERE CAN BE NO LAUNCH WITHOUT
A LAUNCHPAD AND THE HALLOWED
GROUND HAS A HISTORY GREATER
THAN ANY OTHER.
HAVING EVOLVED IT IS ALIVE WITH
A HEART BEAT AS STRONG AS THE
FIRST.
LAUNCHPAD 39A CAME TO LIFE TO
RAMP UP TO ACHIEVE UNPRECEDENTED
EFFORTS.
>> WHY THE MOON IN WHY CHOOSE
THIS AS OUR GOAL AND THEY MAY
ASK WHY CLIMB THE HIGHEST
MOUNTAIN?
>> IT SCULPTED THE BASE TO
40 FEET AND -- CONCRETE POURED
TO HOLD IT IN PLACE.
IT WAS THEN LINED WITH HEAT
RESISTANT BRICKS TO DEFLECT
SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION POUNDS
OF EARTH RATTLING THRUST FIRST
FELT ON APOLLO 8.
LESS THAN A YEAR LATER APOLLO
HREFRB LAUNCHED FROM PAD 39
AUTHORITY A AND HUNDREDS OF
MILLION AROUND THE WORLD WATCHED
AS IT LANDED ON THE MOON THREE
DECADES LATER.
IT TOOK CENTER STAGE WITH A NEW
ONE OF A KIND SPACECRAFT, THE
SPACE SHUTTLE.
BILLIONS OF BOUNDS FOR
ADDITIONAL STEEL TRANSFORMED THE
LOOK BUT NOT THE PURPOSE, HUMAN
SPACE FLIGHT.
IN ALL, 82 SPACE SHUTTLES
BLASTED OFF FROM 39A.
UNTIL THE VERY LAST.
>> 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, ENGINES UP AND
BURNING, 2, 1, 0 AND LIFTOFF.
THE FINAL LIFTOFF ON THE
SHOULDERS OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE.
AMERICA WILL CONTINUE TO DREAM.
>> WITH THE FLEET RETIRED
DEMOLITION CREWS REMOVED THE
SHUTTLE-ERA HARDWARE TO CLEAR
THE WAY FOR NASA'S MONUMENTAL
DECISION TO LEASE THIS SITE TO
THE PRIVATE COMPANY SpaceX.
TODAY ITS SLEEK AND MODERN
DESIGN SUPPORTS A FAMILY OF
ROCKETS THAT HAS ADVANCED THE
COMMERCIAL AGE OF AMERICAN SPACE
FLIGHT.
NOW 50 YEARS AFTER IT FIRST SENT
HUMANS TO THE MOON, THIS
HISTORIC SPACE PORT STANDS READY
FOR THE NEXT WAVE OF HUMAN
EXPLORATION.
>> AND WE'RE LOOKING LIVE AGAIN
AT PAD 39A, THE PAD CLOSE OUT
TEAM.
YOU CAN IDENTIFY THEM BY THEIR
NUMBERS AND WE HEARD
CONFIRMATION OF THE HATCH BEING
CLOSED A FEW MINUTES AGO.
THING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
WHEN I SAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE I
DON'T MEAN LAUNCH TIME IS
CHANGING, BUT ON SPECIAL
MILESTONES AND THE TIMES ARE
FLEXIBLE BUT THE LAUNCH WINDOW
IS INSTANTANEOUS AT 3:22 THIS
AFTERNOON.
LEYLAND, WE JUST SAW A PIECE
ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PAD 39A.
>> ALL STATIONS COUNTDOWN 1 FOR
COM-CHECK WITH THE CREW.
>> WE WILL PAUSE FOR THAT
COM-CHECK.
>> FALCON 9 GUIDANCE NAVIGATION
AND CONTROL.
>> COM-CHECK.
>> WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> LOUD AND CLEAR.
STAND BY FOR COMCHECK BY
PROPULSION ENGINEER.
>> COM-CHECK.
>> DRAGON LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> LOUD AND CLEAR.
STAND BY FOR COM-CHECK WITH
AVIONICS ENGINEER.
>> DRAGON AVIONICS ON COUNTDOWN
1 COM-CHECK.
>> AVIONICS DRAGON, LOUD AND
CLEAR.
>> AVIONICS LOUD AND CLEAR.
STAND BY FOR COM-CHECK BY GROUND
SEGMENT ENGINEER.
>> COM-CHECK.
>> COM-CHECK LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> STAND BY FOR COMCHECK BY
LAUNCH CONTROL.
>> DRAGON LAUNCH CONTROL AND
COUNTDOWN 1 COM-CHECK.
>> LAUNCH CONTROL DRAGON LOUD
AND CLEAR.
>> LAUNCH CONTROL LOUD AND
CLEAR.
STAND BY FOR COM-CHECK BY CHIEF
ENGINEER.
>> DRAGON CHIEF ENGINEER ON
COUNTDOWN 1 COM-CHECK.
>> CHIEF ENGINEER DRAGON WE HAVE
YOU LOUD AND CLE
>> CHIEF ENGINEER LOUD AND
CLEAR.
THIS CONCLUDES THE COM-CHECK.
>> WE SAW THUMBS UP.
>> THE MORE PARTNER SHIPS WE
HAVE, THE MORE I'OVATIVE SPACE
EXPLORATION CANmKç60 BE.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING
THIS TRANSPORTATION FROM PRIVATE
COMPANIES.
>> ONE CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE IN
NASA FOR SAFETY AND TO MITIGATE
RISK IS CALLED DISSIMILAR
REDUNDANCY.
WE'RE BRINGING UP A WHOLE SECOND
WAY OF GETTING CREW TO■ç THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
GETTING CARGO, LAST MINUTE
CARGO.
>> WE'RE WATCHING BOB AND DOUG
GO THROUGH THE FINAL PHASES OF
PREPARING FOR THIS LAUNCH.
WHAT'S GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND
SO CLOSE TO LIFTOFF?
>> IT■ç IS SUCH A GREAT DAY
INDEED.
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I THINK
IT'S NOT SO MUCH WHAT'S GOING
THROUGH YOUR MIND, BUT WHAT'S
NOT GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND.
YOU'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING WRONG, YOU'RE THINKING
ABOUT ENABLING SUCCESS.
ON LAUNCH DAY, THE ASTRONAUTS
ARE THE CALMEST PEOPLE IN THE
ROOM.
IT'S EVERYTHING YOU KNOW,
EVERYTHING YOU DREAMED OF COMING
TOGETHER AND YOU'RE■ç FINALLY
GOING TO DO WHAT YOU'RE PREPARED
TO DO, EXECUTE THE MISSION AND
IT BRINGS THIS SENSE OF CALM AND
READINESS.
>> ASTRONAUT CHRISTINA COOK,
ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
>>> THANK YOU.
>> CHRIS CASSIDY WILL BE READY
TO WELCOME THEM ONBOARD, SO IN
ANTICIPATION OF THEIR LAUNCH, HE
HAD THIS MESSAGE FOR THEM.
>> CHRIS■ç CASSIDY, COMMANDER
ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION FLYING 250 MILES ABOVE
THE EARTH.
LIKE YOU, I'M EXCITED ABOUT
TODAY'S LAUNCHING AND THE
POSSIBILITIES IT WILL BRING TO
AMERICA AND TO THE WORLD, BUT
ALSO, I'M VERY EXCITED THAT TWO
CLOSE FRIENDS WILL BE ARRIVING
AMOUNTED JOINING THE CREW.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF FLYING
WITH DOUG HURLEY.
TOGETHER WE CAME TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
HELPS CONSTRUCT THE AMAZING
FACILITY THAT LITTLE TODAY.■ç
ALTHOUGH THIS WILL BE MY FIRST
MISSION WITH BOB IT WAS MY HONOR
TO FOLLOW HIM AS THE CHIEF OF
THE OFFICE TO BEGIN TRAINING FOR
THIS AMAZING MISSION IN 2015.
PERSONALLY, I'VE BEEN VERY
FORTL>xItkÑO FLY TWO:/,c=yRENT'?
WITH THEM, THEY FLEW AN AMERICAç
FLAG, REPRESENTING AMERICA'S
TECHNICAL PROWESS.
THIRTY YEARS■ç LATER, THAT■ç SAE
FLAG WAS FLOWN TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THIS FLAG REMAINS HERE TODAY,
WAITING FOR BOB AND■ç DOUG.
OUR FLAG MEANS SO MANY THINGS TO
OUR COUNTRY, AND THIS SMALL
PIECE OF AMERICA REPRESENTS WHAT
WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE■ç
TOGETHER.
WE'LL NEVER STOP EXPLORING.
AND SO BOB AND DOUG CAN TAKE
THIS VERY SPECIAL FLAG HOME TO
EARTH WHERE IT
JOURNEY TO THE■ç COSMOS.
IN A FEW YEARS, THE FIRST ORION
CREW WILL TAKE THIS FLAG.
I'LL BE■ç WATCHING OUTSIDE THE
WINDOW ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE
IN AMERICA AND AROUND THE WORLD.
I CAN'T WAIT TO LOOK OUT THE
WINDOW AND SEE MY FRIENDS ON
CLOSE■ç APPROACH.
GO FALCON 9, GO DRAGON AND GO
BOB AND DOUG.
I'LL■ç SEE YOU SOON.
>> AND THERE AGAIN IS A LIVE■ç
LOOK AT LAUNCH COMPLEX 39A AND
KENNEDY SPAC;q]'FfJ'oóp:VJFokK■=
35 MINUTES.
IF THE WEATHER OH COOPERATES
TODAY, TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, LELAND, YOU'VE
BEEN THERE TWICE AND I KNOW JUST
FROM WHAT YOU'VE TOLD US, IT'S
THIS LEVIATHON IN SPACE AND THE
SITE OF SO MUCH IMPORTANT WORK.
>> CHRIS CASSIDY IS UP■ç THERE
FLOATING IN THE COLUMBUS
LABORATORY THAT I INSTALLED, A
TEAM OF US INSTALLED ON STS122.
THINK ABOUT USING THIS ROBOTIC
ARM MADE IN CANADA, THE EUROPEAN
SPACE AGENCY LABORATORY AND MY
JOB WAS TO USE THAT ARM AND
ATTACHED IT TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
AS I GOT CLOSER AND CLOSER, THE
MOTION JUST STOPPED.
I AM LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON.
THERE ARE INDICATORS WITH■ç A VY
SLIGHT SPRING FORCE THAT I WAS
MOVING SO SLOWLY WITH THE HAND
CONTROLLER THAT THAT SPRING
FORCE STALLED OUT THE MOTION.
PEGGY LIPTON WAS BEHIND ME AND
SAID --
>> WEATHER UPDATE, I THINK.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> HEY, DOUG, WE'RE STILL
WAITING FORCE A WEATHER UPDATE
EXPECTED AT 18 ZULU.
THEREFORE THE NEXT ASSESSMENT
WILL BE CLOSER TO■2THE PROPELLAT
LOAD TIME.
WE ARE CURRENTLY NO GO ON LAUNCH
WEATHER BUT SHOWING AN EXPECTED
CLEAR OF 18:30 ZULU.
>> OK, COPY ALL, THANKS FOR THE
UPDATE.
>> SO WE JUST HEARD IF THEY WERE
TO LAUNCH RIGHT NOW, THE WEATHER
WOULD BE NO GO, HOWEVER SOUNDS
LIKE THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY
IF THE WEATHER CLEARS AS IT
SOUNDS LIKE THEY EXPECT IT MAY,ç
SO AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
LISTENING AS WE CONTINUE
TALKING.
IF WE START TO HEAR ANY KIND OFz
CHATTEREz ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE
WEATHER, WE'RE GOING TO DO HOUR
BEST TO QUIET DOWN SO WE DON'T
STEP ON THAT AND EVERYONE CAN
HEAR IT WITH US.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE WORK
ON STATION AND PEGGY WAS GETTING
READY TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.
>> THE COLUMBUS LABORATORY
STALLED OUT.■ç
>> WE HAD THIS MEAL WITH PEOPLE
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD,
RUSSIAN, GERMAN, FRENCH,
AFRICAN-AMERICAN, ASIANJúAMERIC.
>> HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THE
FIRST INTEGRATED FLIGHT AT THE
END OF 2021.
I'M TELLING■ç YOU, THAT■ç IS GOG
TO BE A MOMENT.
>> THAT WILL BE EXCITING.
THERE WILL BE A THUNDER,H5Ñ BOOM
RIGHT HERE AT THE KENNEDY SPACEç
CENTER.
HOW DID THAT GET TO THE END
POINT?
>> THAT'S WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT
ABOUT THE ARTEMUS PROGRAM, OUR
LONG TERM VISION IS TO GET TO■ç
MARS.■ç
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ARTEMUS,
EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING AT THE
MOON IS HELPING US LEARN, WORK
THROUGH THE RIGHT MISSION■ç
DURATIONS, UNDERSTAND HOW TO
UTILIZE THE MISSION OF THE MOON
SO THE SCIENCE,■çO:■■ç ARCHITECE
WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER, EACH AND
EVERY PIECE OF IT IS HELPING US
PROOF OUT MORE TO TAKE THAT NEXT
GIANT LEAP TO■ç MARS.
EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING HELPS
PREPARE TO US MOVE ON TO MARS.
>>■ç HOW DOES THAT■ç HELP US FOR
MISSIONS TO THE MOON?
>> I THINK ANYTIME YOU'RE
LAUNCHING HUMANS, YOU'RE÷÷
LEARNING, TAKING WHAT YOU
LEARNED AND MOVING IT■ç FORWARDO
THE NEXT MISSION.
IT'S ABOUT THE BUSINESS CASE.
IT'S■ç NASA MOVING FROM OWNING■ç
HARDWARE TO PROVIDING SERVICE.
A FEW WEEKS AGO, MAN, WE AWARDED
THREE CONTRACTS ON THE HUMAN
LANDING SYSTEM TO COMMERCIAL
COMPANIES, AND SO WE'RE HOPING
THP WE MOVE TO A DAY WHERE
WE'RE ACTUALLY BUYING A SERVICE
TO GET OWr■ ASTRONAUTS BACK AND
FORTH TO THE MOON,■ç ENABLING TE
COMMERCIAL MARKET TO GO ALL THE
WAY OUT TO LUNAR ORBIT.
COMMERCIAL CREW HELPS US PROOF
OUT(TIAT BUSINESS CASE, BUILD
THE PARTNER SHIPS AND FEED
FORWARD TO THE MOON.■ç
THIS MEANS A LOT AS WE MOVE OUT.
>> IT'S EXCITING WHELç YOU TALK
ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT
GOING TO THE MOON AND THOSE
PARTNERS.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE STUDYING
THOSE LANDERS TO SEE IF THEY ARç
VIABLE FOR NASA.
>> YEAH, WORKING THROUEh■ A
TREMENDOUS PROCESS WITH THE
COMMERCIAL PROVIDERS AND NASA
ENGINEERS, GOING
OFFICIAL DESIGNS RIGHT NOW,
LOOKING AT THE CAPABILITIES THEY
PROPOSE AND TRYING TO MAKE
DECISIONS ON WHICH LANDING
SYSTEM GOES EARLY IN 2024, WHICH
PREPARED FOR SUSTAINABILITY■)OUT
IN THE LATER 20'S, SO THAT IS
GOING TO BE AN ONGOING PROCESS
THIS YEAR MOVING ON THROUGH THEç
NEXT.
IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING TO SEE
WHAT COMES OUT, THIS IS THE
LANDER THAT IS GOING TO TAKE THE
FIRST WOMAN AND NEXT MAN TO THE
MOON■ç IN 2024.
>> SINCE THE TIME OF PALO,■ç AND
THAT PROGRAM ULTIMATELY CAME TO
AN END.
THE IDEA HERE, THOUGH, IS TO TRY
TO CREATE■ç SUSTAINABILITY.
>> SUSTAINABILITY, YOU CAN GET
TO SUSTAINABILITY IF YOU HAVE
REUSABILITY.
THAT'S WHAT■ç WE'RE SEEING WITHç
COMMERCIAL CREW WAR SURE.
YOU THINK ABOUT THE LANDING
SYSTEM, A SYSTEM WE PUT■ç OUT.
IT'S GOING BACK AND FORTH, BACK
UP TO GATE WAY, YOU'RE FAMILIAR
WITH THIS, OUR SMALLER STATION.
WE ARE BUILDING■ç AN■ç ARCHITECE
THAT IS GOING TO ENABLE
REUSABILITY AT THE MOON.
APOLLO NEVER HAD TO.■ç
DRIVING DOWN COST, REUSABILITY
AND SUSTAINABILITY OF POLITICAL.
>> YOU GET TO SEE EVERYTHING
FROM A VERY HIGH LEVEL■ç■ç AT N.
WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE HERE TO
WATCH A LAUNCH AND SEE THIS
AMAZING FACILITY WITH ALL OF
THIS HAPPENS?
>> SOMETIMES PEoP$E THINK SINCE
I WORK AT NASA I'M AROUND THIS
STUFF ALL THE TIME.
I'M NOT.
NEARLY AS■ç OFTEN AS I'D■ç LIKE.
IT'S EXCITING, WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT THE HARD WORK OUR TEAM HAS
PUT IN TO THIS DAY TO COME DOWN
AND BE A PART OF IT WITH THEM IS
JUST OVERWHELMINEç AND
INCREDIBLE.
SO, WE'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT
EXCITED.
>> ALL RIGHT.
NASA'S CHIEF OF STAFF, WE■ç
APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US TODAY
AND■ç ENJOY THE LAUNCH.
I CERTAINLY KNOW YOU WILL IF YOU
ARE ABLE TO GET THAT ONE OFF.
WE ARE GOING TO TOSS THIS NOW TO
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA.
>
SPACEX'S FUTURE AMBITION TO
VISIT■ç THE MOON AND MARS, THANS
FOR JOINING US FOR A SECOND
ROUND.■ç
:ñ■ I WORKED FOR MANY YEARS ON
THE■ç SAME THING FOR FALCON, SO
HOPEFULLY TODAY, YOU'LL SEE
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE LANDINGS.
>> AWESOME.
SPEAKING OF THAT, WHAT ROLE■ç DS
REUSABILITY PLAY IN GETTING
PEOPLE TO THE MOON AND■ç MARS IN
THE FUTURE?
>> WELL, IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT
MAKING HUMAN SPACE■ç FLIGHT
AFFORDABLE AND WHAT YOU WANT FOR
THAT IS A 100% REUSABLE ROCKET.
FALCON IS ONLY PARTIALLY■ç
REUSABLE.
THE STARSHIP IS GOING TO BE 100ç
REUSABLE.
WE'VE STARTED WORKING WITH NASA
TO SEND■ç ASTRONAUTS TO THE
SURFACE OF THE MOON FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE 1972.
IT WILL BE REFUELABLE IN ORBIT.
THAT WILL■ç LET US SEND PEOPLE
BASICALLY ANYWHERE IN THE■ç SOLR
SYSTEM WITH MORE PAYLOAD FOR
LESS MONEY THAN PEOPLE HAVE BEEç
CONTEMPLATING.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE CAN
SERIOUSLY TALK ABOUT LUNAR BASES
OR WHAT SPACEX CARES ABOUT MOST,
A SELF■ç SUSTAINING CIVILIZATION
ON MARS.■ç
YOU ARE SAYING I'LL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY SOON TO GET ABOARD
ONE OF THOSE SPACE SHIPS.
>> I CERTAINLY HOPE SO.
>>■ç SPEAKING OF USABILITY AND
LANDING, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED
STARSHIP WILL BE REFUELABLE IN
ORBIT, BUT FALCON DOES COME BACK
WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES WITH
LANDING, ACTUALLY LANDING ON THE
MOON AND LANDING ON A PLANET
LIKE MARS?
>> YEAH, WELL, YOU CAN'T■ç LAND
LIKE A PLANE, BECAUSE THE MOON
AND MARS EITHER HAVE NO
ATMOSPHERE OR HAVE A VERY THIN
ATMOSPHERE AND EVEN IF YOU■ç
COULD,■ç THERE'S NO RUNWAY THAT
SOMEONE'S BUILT FOR YOU.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE DO
LANDING ON■ç FALCON.
WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT PROPULSION
LANDING.
IF YOU HAVE■ç A■ç THICK ALSO MEE
LIKE EARTH, YOU LET THE
ATMOSPHERE SLOW YOU DOWN AS YOU
FLOAT DOWN AND DO A SHORT
LANDING BUT IN MARS, WHICH HAS■A
VERY THIN ATMOSPHERE, YOU DO
SOMETHING IN BETWEEN TWO.
>> THAT SOUNDS REALLY DIFFICULT
AND I'M SURE THERE'S BEEN A LOTç
OF EFFORT PUT INTO THAT.■ç
CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING■ç.
>> FIGURING OUT PROPULSION
LANDING IS A KEY PART OF■ç IT.
WHAT PEOPLE?XSPV NOT REALIZE IS
EVERY TIME WE BRING SOMEONE
BACK.
 
DOOR TO ONE DAY ALLOWING THE
GENERAL PUBLIC TO VISIT PLACES
LIKE THE MOON AND MARS.
AS YOU'VE HEARD THROUGH SEVERAL
INTERVIEWS TODAY, REUSABILITY IS
A REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT PARTç
OF THAT.
IMAGINE IF EVERY TIME YOU FLEW A
PLANE FROM L.A. TO NEW YORK, YOU
THREW IT AWAY AT THE END OF THE
&IGHT.
THAT WOULD MEAN ESSENTIALLY
AIRLINE TRAVEL WOULD■ç BE TOO
EXPENSIVE, COSTING HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A FLIGHT AND
ALMOST NO ONE WOULD BE ABLE TO
THAT'S WHAT SPACEX IS TRYING TO
DO■ç WITH REUSE, ALLOWING NOT JT
A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE TO BE■ç ABLE
TO GO BUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND
OF REGULAR FOR EXAMPLE LIKE YOU
AND ME TO BE ABLE TO GO TO■ç
SPACE.
MYSELF, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE
LIKE ME HAVE A CHANCE TO■ç GO, I
KNOW MY DREAM IS TO LAND ON
JUPITER'S MOON,■ç EUROPA.
SCIENTISTS■ç BELIEVE THERE IS A
LIQUID.
I'M ENTER EXCITED TO GET CLOSE
AND PERSONAL TO MAYBE■ç SHSPACE
FISH.
LELAND, WHAT ABOUT YOU, WHERE
WOULD YOU GO?
>> WOW, THAT'S A PRETTY
INTERESTING DESTINATION.
I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO
MARS.
WE■ç STUDIED MARS SO MUCH AND
LOOKED AT■ç IT AND I THINK MAYBu
HAVING A MARTIAN BASE TO IS DOG
FRIENDLY, BRING THE■ç PUPS ALON,
BECAUSE AS WE EXPLORE, WE WANT
TO■ç TAKE OUR FAMILIES, CULTURE,
TRADITIONS WITH US AND FLYING
WITH DOUG AND BOB IS COOL, BUT
HAVING■ç MORE PEOPLE.
>> THERE'S THE DOG!
>> THE.■ç PUPPERS, TAKING THEM O
SPACE.
>> YOU LOOK■ç READY TO GO.
>> THEY ARE READY TO GO.
WE NEED SPACEX TYPE SUITS■ç FORç
THEM.
THEY TOOK EVERYTHING WITH THEM
AND STARTED THESE NEW
COMMUNITIES AND TRADITIONS.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE DO WITH■ç
SPACE TRAVEL,
>> IT'S MORE AMENABLE FOR
EVERYDAY PEOPLE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND EVENTUALLY BEING ABLE TO
>> WE'RE MAKING HISTORY AGAIN.
THAT'S A PROGRAM.
I'M THERE YOU WITH GUYS IN
SPIRIT.
BOB, DOUG, GOOD LUCK.
I KNOW YOU WILL BE FINE.
I'LL BE WATCHING AND THE GOT
EVERYTHING CROSSED, ARMS, LEGS,
I'M TIED TO A KNOT.
>> IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE
PEOPLE TO SPACE IN NINE YEARS.
IT'S QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.
MORE ROCKETS MEANS MORE
EXPLORATION, MORE PEOPLE IN
SPACE MEANS MORE EXPLORATION,
MORE COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN THE
ENDEAVOR OF SPACE FLIGHT MEANS
MORE EXPLORATION.
THIS IS HOW WE KNOW THE COSMOS
AND OUR PLACE WITHIN IT.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, SPACEX.
HERE'S WISHING YOUR TEAM AND THE
CREW ESPECIALLY A SAFE JOURNEY
AND THE JOY OF DISCOVERY.
LET'S GO!
>> SO GREAT TO HEAR FROM WILLIAM
SHATNER AND BILL NYE, TWO
RECOGNIZABLE FACES FOLLOWING
ALONG ON THE MISSION.
WE WANT TO GO OVER TO DAN AND
JESSE WHERE WE ARE ONE HOUR AND
18 MINUTES FROM LAUNCH.
DAN, JESSE.
>> THANKS, MARIA.
ONE HOUR AND 18 MINUTES.
WE'RE TYING OURSELVES IN KNOTS
JUST LIKE CAPTAIN KIRK.
WE'RE REALLY HOPING THE WEATHER
COOPERATES.
IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES WE MIGHT
CLEAR SO WE'RE GETTING HOPEFUL.
WE'RE GETTING OUR HOPES UP.
>> YES, VERY, VERY EXCITED.
WE'RE T-MINUS ONE HOUR AND 18
MINUTES FROM LAUNCH AND THE
ANTICIPATION IS REAL OVER HERE.
SINCE ARRIVING AT THE
SPACECRAFT, BOB AND DOUG WERE
HELPED BY ENGINEERS TO GET INTO
THEIR SEATS AND ATTACH THEIR
SEATS TO SPECIAL UMBILICALS THAT
PROVIDE BREATHING AIR,
PRESSURIZED, AND THEY CONDUCTED
LEAK CHECKS WHICH WERE
SUCCESSFUL AND COMMUNICATIONS
CHECKS WITH THE CORE HERE IN
HAWTHORNE, THE PERSON WHO WILL
SPEAK TO THEM DIRECTLY
THROUGHOUT THE MISSION AS WELL
AS THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR IN
FLORIDA.
THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE CHECKING
THE GROUND STATIONS AND THE
TRACKING AND DATA RELAY
SATELLITES THAT WE'LL USE TO
TALK TO THE CREW THE ENTIRE WAY
TO THE STATION.
>> AFTER ALL OF THOSE SUIT LEAK
CHECKS WERE SUCCESSFUL, THE
CLOSEOUT TEAM WAS ABLE TO GET
OUT OF THE DRAGON CAPSULE AND
SEAL OFF THAT HATCH WHICH ALSO
GOT ITS OWN LEAK CHECK AND WAS
CONFIRMED SUCCESSFUL.
AT THIS POINT THE CLOSEOUT TEAM
IS OUT OF THE PATH.
THEY'RE AWAY FROM THE BDA, THE
BLAST DANGER AREA, AND WEATHER
OPERATORS ARE ABOUT TO KICK OFF
THEIR FINAL CHECKS ON WIND
SPEEDS AT THE PAD WHICH WILL BE
USED FINAL THE FINAL GO, NO GO
FOR LAUNCH SO WE'RE ALL KEEPING
EYES ON THE WEATHER.
BEFORE WE GET TO THAT FINAL GO,
NO GO, ALL THE VARIOUS TEAMS
WILL DO INTERNAL POLLS MAKING
SURE CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT WITH
FALCON 9, THE DRAGON, THE CREW,
THE RANGE AND THE SPACE STATION
BEFORE THE FINAL GO IS GIVEN.
LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH THE MAN
OVER IN HOUSTON, GARY, FOR A
STATUS ON THE TEAM SUPPORTING
THE SPACE STATION FOR THEIR
READINESS FOR LAUNCH.
>> THANKS, DAN.
THE TEAM HERE IN MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON REMAINS GO FOR LAUNCH,
WE'RE ALSO VERY HOPEFUL ABOUT
THAT WEATHER.
ALL SYSTEMS ON BOARD THE STATION
THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE HEALTHY
FOR THIS MISSION ARE CONTINUING
TO LOOK GOOD, CHRIS CASSIDY IS
WRAPPING UP HIS WORK DAY AND
WILL BE WATCHING BOB AND DOUG
LAUNCH HERE IN JUST UNDER AN
HOUR.
STATION POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEMS ARE NORMAL.
COMPUTERS AND NETWORKS USED FOR
MONITORING DRAGON'S APPROACH
HAVE BEEN CHECKED OUT AND THE
CABINS AND THE STATION CABINS
ATMOSPHERE AND PRESSURE ARE AS
EXPECTED AND READY TO WELCOME
TWO NEW CREW MEMBERS ABOARD.
MISSION CONTROL WILL BE CLOSELY
MONITORING BOB AND DOUG'S FLIGHT
AND CHECKING OFF MILESTONES FOR
MOST OF THE FLIGHT AND THIS VERY
SAME TEAM WILL BE COMING BACK
TOMORROW TO BE READY WHEN DRAGON
GETS IN RANGE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
WE BEGIN INTEGRATED OPERATIONS
AND PREPARE FOR DRAGON'S
DOCKING.
I'LL SEND IT BACK TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TEAM
HERE IS READY FOR LAUNCH.
GO FALCON 9, GO DRAGON AND GOD
SPEED TO BOB AND DOUG.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, GARY.
IF YOU ARE JUST NOW JOINING US,
YOU PICKED A REALLY GOOD TIME,
WE'RE JUST A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR
TO LAUNCH.
WELCOME TO OUR COVERAGE FOR THE
MISSION KNOWN AS DEMONSTRATION
MISSION TWO OR DEMO TWO.
LIFTOFF TIME IS STILL HOLDING
FOR 3:22 P.M. EASTERN.
TRACKING NO ISSUES WITH FALCON 9
OR DRAGON.
EVERYTHING IS GOOD WITH THE RAIN
SO FAR.
WE'RE JUST REALLY KEEPING AN EYE
ON THAT WEATHER.
OVER THE LAST THREE HOURS, OUR
CREW MEMBERS DONNED THEIR SPACEX
SUITS IN THE HISTORIC CREW
QUARTERS SUIT-UP ROOM.
AFTER THAT THEY WALKED OUT OF
CREW QUARTERS JUST AS EVERY NSA
NAUT TO FLY HAS DONE.
THE CREW DRAGON SPACECRAFT WE'RE
LOOKING IN LIVE.
>> TODAY IS A HISTORIC LAUNCH,
THE FIRST TIME A COMMERCIALLY
BUILT SPACECRAFT WILL LAUNCH
PEOPLE INTO ORBITE AND THE FIRST
TIME THE U.S. HAS SENT PEOPLE
TO THE SPACE STATION FROM
AMERICAN SOIL SINCE 2011 WITH
THE RETIREMENT OF THE SPACE
SHUTTLE PROGRAM.
OVER THE NEXT HOUR, WE WILL
CONDUCT A SERIES OF POLLS TO GET
READY FOR LAUNCH, HAVE BOB AND
DOUG ON THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM
AND BEGIN CEILING FALCON 9.
LAUNCH IS SET FOR 3:22 P.M.
EASTERN.
THIS WILL INCLUDE A 12-MINUTE
FLIGHT TO ORBIT AND THEN A
19-HOUR FLIGHT TO DOCK WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
TOMORROW MORNING.
>> TODAY'S MISSION IS THE
CULMINATION OF YEARS OF WORK
BETWEEN TEAMS AT SPACEX AND
NASA.
DEMO 2 WILL BE AN END-TO-END
FLIGHT TEST STARTING WITH THIS
LAUNCH TODAY GOING ON TO DOCK
WITH THE SPACE STATION TOMORROW
AND THEN SPLASHING DOWN AT THE
THE END OF THEIR MISSION.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FINAL
TEST FOR NASA TO CERTIFY SPACEX
FOR REGULAR CREW FLIGHTS TO THE
SPACE STATION.
>> WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LITTLE
BIT FROM THE CREW ON BOARD
DRAGON WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR
RIGHT SCREEN THERE, THEY ARE
CURRENTLY STRAPPED INTO THEIR
SEATS AND ALREADY THROUGH
COMMUNICATIONS AND LEAK CHECKS.
THEY'RE ABLE TO FOLLOW ALL THE
MILESTONES STILL AHEAD ON THE
DISPLAY PANELS JUST ABOVE THEM.
GETTING INSIGHT INTO ALL DRAGON
AND FALCON 9 SYSTEMS AS WE
PROCEED TOWARDS LAUNCH.
SO AT T MINUS ONE HOUR AND 13
MINUTES, LET'S CHECK IN WITH
JOHN FOR A STATUS UPDATE ON THE
VEHICLES.
WHAT'S THE UPDATE, JOHN?
>> THANKS, JESSE.
WELL, NOT MUCH TO ADD TO WHAT
THE DAMAGE JESSE JUST BROUGHT
UP.
WE'VE HAD A SMOOTH COUNTDOWN
THIS AFTERNOON.
THE SPACEX TEAM HAS NO ISSUES AS
THE PACE BEGINS TO PICK UP IN
THE LAST 70 MINUTES.
ON FALCON 9 WE DID GET THE TEAM
ON.
EARLIER YOU HEARD THE CHEX
BETWEEN THE ENGINEERS AND THE
CREW.
THE ENGINEERS WILL BE MAKIN
CALLS FOR THE CREW'S BENEFIT.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY
COULD HEAR THEM BEFORE WE GO.
THE PROPULSION CHECKOUTS OF THE
FIRST AND SECOND STAGES ARE
BEGINNING RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE WATCHING THEM BEGIN TO GO
THROUGH THE PROCESS, OPENING
VALVES.
THAT CHECK WILL GO FOR ABOUT
ANOTHER TEN MINUTES.
AND THAT WILL BE OUR LAST ONE
UNTIL PROPELLANT LOADING.
NOW, THE TEAM WILL ASSESS
READINESS FOR LAUNCH WITH A
FINAL GO, NO GO POLL AT T MINUS
45 MINUTES AND THAT WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY PROPELLANT LOADING
STARTING AT T MINUS 35 MINUTES.
EARLIER TODAY DRAGON OPERATORS
ALSO PERFORMED A SERIES OF
CHECKOUTS OF DRAGON'S FLIGHT
SYSTEMS.
THE SPACECRAFT IS ALSO CURRENTLY
GO FOR LAUNCH.
OUR NASA CREW, ASTRONAUTS DOUG
HURLEY AND BOB BEHNKEN ARE
CURRENTLY INSIDE DRAGON, THE
HATCH IS CLOSED, THE SPACEX
GROUND CREW HAS LEFT THE TOWER.
THE NEXT MAJOR EVENT FOR DRAGON
IS RETRACK TO THE CREW ACCESS
ARM YOU CAN SEE CURRENTLY
ALONGSIDE THE CAPSULE, THAT WILL
HAPPEN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN T MINUS
45 AND T MINUS 42 MINUTES.
THE RANGE IS CURRENTLY CLEAR
FROM -- FOR LAUNCH FROM HISTORIC
PAD 39A.
THE TRACKING DATA AND RELAY
SATELLITES ARE READY AS IT HEADS
INTO ORBIT.
THE WEATHER IS THE ONE CONCERN.
WE'LL GET A WEATHER BRIEFER AT T
MINUS ONE HOUR, 12 MINUTES FROM
NOW.
THE GROUND AND UPPER ALTITUDE
WINDS ARE GO, THAT'S ONE THING
WE CAN CHECK AS GREEN.
AT THE CURRENT TIME, WE DID HAVE
SOME RAIN EARLIER THAT APPEARS
TO HAVE LET UP BUT WE ARE RED ON
CONDITIONS FOR BOTH THE ELECTRIC
FIELD AT SURFACE LEVELS,
LIGHTNING AND CUMULUS CLOUDS.
THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT A
FORECAST THAT WILL BE COMING UP
AT ABOUT T MINUS ONE HOUR ALSO,
MAY GIVE US CLEARANCE OF THOSE
CONDITIONS.
SO EVERYTHING IS FOCUSING NOW ON
THE WEATHER BRIEF AT T MINUS ONE
HOUR.
ALSO WE SHOULD HOPE TO HEAR
ABOUT THE FINAL CHECK ON THE COR
CORRIDOR, THE WEATHER ALONG THE
ATLANTIC SEABOARD IN CASE DRAGON
HAD TO ABORT ON THE WAY TO
SPACE.
THE CONDITIONS THERE HAD BEEN
MARGINAL BUT THE EXPECTATION IS
THAT IT WILL BE GOOD FOR LAUNCH
BUT WE'LL GET ALL OF THAT COMING
UP VERY SHORTLY PRIOR TO
ENTERING PROPELLANT LOAD.
TODAY WE ARE AIMING FOR A LAUNCH
AT 3:22:45 P.M. EASTERN DAYLIGHT
SAVING TIME, 19 HOURS 22 MINUTES
45 SECONDS UNIVERSAL TIME.
ONCE WE BEGIN A LOTTING
PROPELLANT, THERE'S NO
OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE T ZERO.
ONCE PROPELLANT IS LOADING,
WE'RE COMMITTED.
CURRENTLY AT T MINUS ONE HOUR
TEN MINUTES 30 SECONDS,
EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE WEATHER IS
GO FOR LAUNCH.
>> THANKS, JOHN, FOR THAT
DETAILED UPDATE.
WE'VE GOT AN EXTENSIVE HISTORY
NOW OF FLYING FALCON 9 FROM THE
FLORIDA COAST AND JUST LAST YEAR
COMPLETED A TEST RUN OF THE
MISSION WE'RE LESS THAN AN HOUR
FROM BEGINNING HERE TODAY.
>> THE PURPOSE OF THAT MISSION
WAS TO DEMONSTRATE DRAGON'S
CAPABILITY TO SAFELY AND
RELIABLY FLY TO AND FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE SUCCESS OF DEMO ONE WAS A
REALLY EXCITING MOMENT.
LEADING US TO THE MISSION TO
WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE GETTING
READY TO FLY U.S. ASTRONAUTS
FROM U.S. SOIL FOR THE FIRST
TIME SINCE 2011.
>> DRAGON AND FALCON 9 TOGETHER
HAVE YEARS OF OPERATIONAL
EXPERIENCE OR WHAT WE REFER TO
AS FLIGHT HERITAGE.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, SPACEX
HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED 21
FLIGHTS OF DRAGON TO AND FROM
ORBIT SINCE 2010 INCLUDING 20
TRIPS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
NOT ONLY HAVE WE CONDUCTED
THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF TESTING,
WE'VE ALSO ENHANCED AND ADDED A
NUMBER OF SAFETY FEATURES TO
DRAGON.
>> WHAT WAS LEARNED WITH THE
CARGO DRAGON WAS LEVERAGED IN
THE DESIGN OF THIS NEW VEHICLE,
IT'S FULLY -- AUTONOMOUS WHICH
MEANS IT CAN BASICALLY FLY
ITSELF AND ALSO FEATURES THE
MANUAL OVERRIDE CAPABILITY JUST
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.
>> MANY OTHER ENHANCEMENTS HELP
TOWARDS LESS REFURBISHMENT TIME
BETWEEN MISSIONS.
LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
ADVANCEMENTS.
>> 27 FEET TALL FROM THE BOTTOM
OF THE TRUNK TO THE TOP OF THE
NOSE CONE, CREW DRAGON IS
COMPRISED OF TWO MAIN ELEMENTS.
YOU HAVE THE CAPSULE, DESIGNED
TO HOLD CREW AND PRESSURIZED
CARGO AND THE TRUNK WHICH HOLDS
UNPRESSURIZED CARGO AND THE
SOLAR RAY.
>> AND THE GUIDANCE NAVIGATION
CONTROL SYSTEM, GNC.
THE NOSE CONE REMAINS OPEN FOR
DOCKING AND THAT'S UNLIKE THE
PREVIOUS VERSION OF DRAGON AND
THAT HELPS TOWARDS OUR
REUSABILITY EFFORTS.
>> THE NOSE CONE, THE TRUNK HAS
ATTACHMENT POINTS FOR FALCON 9,
THE DRAGON CAPSULE AND IT CAN
HOLD CARGO.
ON THE VERY OUTSIDE OF THE
TRUNK, ONE-HALF CONTAINS A
RADIATOR THAT PROJECTS HEAT FROM
THE ACTIVE THERMAL CONTROL
SYSTEM INTO SPACE, THAT'S THE
WHITE PART AND THAT USES
SPACEX'S NEW TILING TECHNOLOGY.
THE OTHER HALF CONTAINS SOLAR
CELLS USED TO CHARGE THE
BATTERY.
>> THOUGH WE ONLY HAVE TWO
ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD TODAY, THE
SPACECRAFT IS DESIGNED TO
ACCOMMODATE UP TO SEVEN CREW
MEMBERS WITH MODULAR SEATS THAT
CAN BE REMOVED AND REPLACED BY
ADDITIONAL CARGO.
THE SEATS ARE MADE OF CARBON
FIBER AND ARE CUSTOM SIZED FOR
ANY CREW MEMBER FLYING ON BOARD.
>> THE CONTROL PANEL CENTERED
RIGHT BETWEEN THE PILOT AND THE
COMMANDER SEATS HAS THE THREE
TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAYS THAT GIVES
THE CREW INSIGHT INTO DRAGON AND
EVEN THE ABILITY TO OPERATE THE
VEHICLE AND FLY IT MANUALLY.
>> AND FINALLY, OUR SUPER DRACO
LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM GIVES THE
CREW THE ABILITY TO SAFELY
ESCAPE FROM THE TIME OF THE
LAUNCH ALL THE WAY TO ORBIT.
>> AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE
BEYOND THE TEST FLIGHT LATER
THIS YEAR, THE FIRST OPERATIONAL
CREW MISSION FOR NASA WILL TAKE
PLACE.
>> CAPTAIN, REVIEW YOUR LAUNCH
COMMIT CRITERIA AND INDICATE
READINESS AT THE APPROPRIATE
TIME.
54 PROPELLANT LOAD AND LAUNCH.
>> THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.
THAT'S THE DIRECTOR GETTING
READY FOR 45 MINUTES BEFORE
LAUNCH.
BACK TO CREW ONE MISSION, THE
NASA ASTRONAUTS AND THE JAPAN
AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY
WERE CHOSEN TO SUPPORT THIS
MISSION.
>> TODAY DOUG HURLEY IS THE
SPACECRAFT COMMENDER FOR THIS
MISSION.
HE PREVIOUSLY FLEW ON TWO SPACE
SHUTTLE MISSIONS AS A PILOT ON
STF127 AND 135 WHICH WAS THE
FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT DOUG
HURLEY.
[ ♪♪♪ ]
>> EXCITED?
>> VERY EXCITED, YEAH.
VERY EXCITED.
>> FEEL READY, FEEL PUMPED?
>> OH, YEAH.
I THINK WE'RE READY.
I THINK WE'RE CERTAINLY READY.
>> JOINING THE SPACEX DEMO TWO
TEST, HE IS A MARINE CORPS
COLONEL A TEST PILOT.
HE WAS SELECTED AS AN ASTRONAUT
IN 2000.
HE PILOTED SPACE SHUTTLE
ENDEAVOR AND ATLANTA FOR STF135,
THE FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION.
INTRODUCING NASA ASTRONAUT DOUG
HURLEY.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
>> IT'S A LIFE CHANGING PROCESS
IN SO MANY WAYS TO FLY IN TO
SPACE.
IT'S JUST OVERWHELMING IN SOME
RESPECTS.
JUST A SENSATION, THE RUMBLING,
THE SHAKING, THE ACCELERATION.
MY NAME IS DOUG HURLEY AND I'M
THE SPACECRAFT COMMANDER FOR THE
DEMO 2 MISSION TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
IN WILL BE IF FIRST TIME THE
DRAGON HAS A CREW ON BOARD SO
THERE'S A MYRIAD OF OBJECTIVES
WE WANT TO ACHIEVE FOR THIS
MISSION.
WHAT WOULD WORK ON ORBIT, WHAT
MIGHT NOT WORK ON ORBIT, WHAT
WOULD DEFINITELY WORK TO BE ABLE
TO JUST HAVE THE ENTIRE
INTEGRATED TEAM THAT'S GOING TO
SUPPORT US GETTING TO AND FROM
SPACE STATION, IT WAS REALLY
NEAT BEING PART OF IT.
WE ARE THE LUCKY ONES THAT GET
TO FLY IT BUT WE CERTAINLY NOT
FOR ONE SECOND TAKE FOR GRANTED
THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT SO
MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAD TO PUT
INTO THIS TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL.
>> DOUG PERSONALLY, HE'S WORKED
SO HARD.
I MEAN, THROUGH HIS ENTIRE LIFE,
TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT
NOW.
AS A TEST PILOT, THIS WOULD BE
THE DREAM TO FLY A NEW VEHICLE.
SO IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY TO SEE
THAT HE GETS TO BE PARTED OF
THIS MISSION, CRAFT COMMANDER
AND GET TO SEE HIS DREAM COME
TRUE FOR THAT.
>> IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD IN A
LOT OF WAYS FOR NOT ONLY US BUT
CERTAINLY FOR ALL THE FOLKS THAT
WORK IN THE COMMERCIAL CREW
PROGRAM AS WELL AS SPACEX IN OUR
CASE, JUST WORKING TO GET TO
THIS POINT.
[ ♪♪♪ ]
>> WE'RE A LITTLE OVER ONE HOUR,
3 1/2 MINUTES AWAY FROM LAUNCH.
NOW LET'S LEARN A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THE MAN SITTING NEXT
TO DOUG HURLEY INSIDE DRAGON,
NASA ASTRONAUT BOB BEHNKEN.
>> MY CAREER HAS NASA HAS
SPANNED A COUPLE OF DECADES AT
THIS POINT.
I ARRIVED WITH THE CLASS OF
2000, WENT THROUGH THE TRAINING
PROGRAM PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE
SPACE SHUTTLE AND THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
LEARNING THOSE SYSTEMS.
HAVING LAUNCHED A COUPLE TIMES
ON VEHICLES, THE SECOND TIME WAS
DEFINITELY DIFFERENT THAN THE
FIRST TIME.
YOU CAN FEEL A LITTLE BIT GUILTY
OF HEY, SHOULD I STUDY ONE MORE
THING, IS THERE ONE MORE PIECE
OF INFORMATION I SHOULD GET, AM
I REALLY PREPARED OR NOT SO
THAT'S DEFINITELY DIFFERENT
BETWEEN WHERE I WAS ON MY FIRST
FLIGHT AND WHERE I'M AT RIGHT
NOW.
>> FOR ME PERSONALLY AS A
SPOUSE, WATCHING EVERYTHING THAT
BOB HAS PUT INTO THIS OVER THE
LAST FIVE YEARS, THE DEDICATION
THAT HE'S SHOWN, THE
PERSEVERANCE IS PRETTY SPECIAL
FOR BOTH OF US, THOUGH, THE WAY
OUR MINDS WORK, IT WON'T BE
UNTIL THE MISSION IS COMPLETE
THAT YOU HAVE REALLY A CHANCE TO
SAVOR IT AND CELEBRATE IT.
THIS IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT
FOR AN AIR FORCE FLIGHT TEST
ENGINEER TO BE PART OF THE
DEMONSTRATION MISSION OF A BRAND
NEW VEHICLE.
IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING.
>> WITHOUT A PARTNER THAT HAS
THAT SAME APPRECIATION, I THINK
IT CAN BE CHALLENGING FOR SOME
FOLKS.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT
OF TIME THAT TAKES AWAY FROM
FAMILY THAT MY SPOUSE
APPRECIATES AND I LOVE HER FOR
THAT.
ON A DEEPLY PERSONAL LEVEL, I'M
REALLY EXCITED THAT MY SON IS
GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO SEE ME
LAUNCH INTO SPACE.
BEING AN ASTRONAUT HAS BEEN A
LITTLE BIT OF AN ABSTRACTION
THING FOR ME BECAUSE HE'S SEEN
ME DO IT IN OLD VIDEOS BUT HE
HASN'T SEEN ME DO IT FOR REAL
AND I'M EXCITED FOR HIM TO SEE
THIS LAUNCH.
>> REALLY MY ROLE ON THE DEMO 2
MISSION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
GET THIS VEHICLE TESTED AND
EVALUATED SO THAT WE CAN MOVE ON
TO MORE OPERATIONAL MISSIONS AT
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OBJECTIVES ON
BOARD THE VEHICLES THAT WE NEED
TO ACCOMPLISH TO REALLY MAKE
SURE THAT IT'S GOOD TO GO.
WE'LL MAKE SURE ALL THOSE
SYSTEMS ARE WORKING DURING THE
TEST FLIGHT SO THAT THE FUTURE
MISSIONS WILL HAVE THEM
AVAILABLE EVEN IF THEY DON'T
PLAN TO UTILIZE THEM.
THROUGH YEARS OF THE NASA TEAM
HELPING TO SHARE THAT EXPERIENCE
AND TEACHING THEM THE LESSONS
THAT WE'VE LEARNED BY GOING
THROUGH THIS, NOW THERE'S
ANOTHER CAPABILITY IN THE U.S.
BESIDES NASA TO OPERATE
SOMETHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE
COMMERCIAL PROGRAM TEAM THAT'S
WORKED TOGETHER TO GET TO THIS
POINT WHERE WE'VE GOT VEHICLES
IN THE LAUNCHPAD READY TO HEAD
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
[ ♪♪♪ ]
>> IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE
FLYING INTO SPACE, SPACE TOURISM
COMPANY SPACE ADVENTURES CAN FLY
FOUR PASSENGERS ON BOARD DRAGON
AS EARLY AS NEXT YEAR AND IT'S
NASA THAT IS MAKING PRIVATE
ASTRONAUT MISSIONS TO THE SPACE
STATION A POSSIBILITY.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THESE
MISSIONS AND WE HOPE THAT YOU
GUYS ARE ALL TOO.
>> WE ARE JUST 20 SECONDS AWAY
FROM T MINUS ONE HOUR.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY BIG
MOMENT THAT EVERYONE IS GOING TO
WANT TO LISTEN TO.
WE'RE EXPECTING A WEATHER
UPDATE, OBVIOUSLY HOPING THAT
THE WEATHER IS IMPROVING AND SO
WE SHOULD FIND OUT IN THE
EFFECTS TEN SECONDS OR SO.
WE'RE GOING TO STAND BY FOR A
MOMENT AND WAIT FOR THE CORPS TO
GIVE BOB AND DOUGH A CALL.
>> SPACEX, WE'RE AT T MINUS ONE
HOUR.
YOU ARE GO FOR SECTION SIX.
READY TO REPORT GO FOR LAUNCH.
>> THAT RIGHT THERE WAS A CALL
FOR THE CREW TO REFER TO SOME OF
THE PROCEDURES, THEY DO SOME
FINAL CHECKS, CHECKING
HARNESSES, HELMETS, JUST MAKING
SURE THAT THEY'RE STRAPPED IN
AND READY TO GO.
ONCE THEY'RE DONE WITH THAT, THE
CREW WILL REPORT THEIR READINESS
FOR LAUNCH.
>> SPACEX DRAGON IN SIX DECIMAL
FOUR, BOB AND I ARE GO FOR
LAUNCH.
>> COPY.
T MINUS 45.
>> COPY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THE CREW IS GO FOR LAUNCH.
SO WE ARE INSIDE OF ONE HOUR.
STILL WAITING FOR THE WEATHER
UPDATE BUT THIS DAY IS ONE FOR
THE HISTORY BOOKS.
WE'RE RETURNING CREW LAUNCHES TO
STATION FROM AMERICAN SOIL ON
AMERICAN ROCKETS.
IT'S BEEN ALMOST NINE LONG YEARS
SINCE WE RETIRED THE SPACE
SHUTTLE PROGRAM.
I REMEMBER THAT DAY, I'M BEEN A
LONG ROAD TO GET HERE, COUNTLESS
HOURS BY THOUSANDS OF DEDICATED
PROFESSIONALS FROM NASA AND
SPACEX.
>> IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING WEEK
BUT THIS LAST FINAL HOUR IS JUST
SO EXCITING RIGHT NOW.
TODAY'S MISSION WILL BE CREW
DRAGON'S SECOND TEST FLIGHT AND
ITS FIRST TEST WITH HUMANS ON
BOARD.
IT'S BEEN AN AWESOME COUNTDOWN
SO FAR.
WEATHER, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR
THE UPDATE.
IT'S STILL A WATCH ITEM BUT THE
CREW IS GO FOR LAUNCH.
AT T MINUS 45 MINUTES HOPEFULLY
WE'LL GET AN UPDATE ON THAT
WEATHER.
>> WE'VE HAD A REALLY CLEAN
COUNTDOWN SO FAR.
SUIT-UP THREE HOURS AGO, HELPING
BOB AND DOUG PUT ON THEIR SUITS,
INCLUDING AN INITIAL PRESSURE
AND LEAK CHECK BEFORE THEY GOT
TO THE ACTUAL WALKOUT.
ALL OF THAT DONE IN THE
OPERATIONS AND CHECKOUT
FACILITY.
THE CREW WALKOUT WAS WHERE BOB
AND DOUG GAVE THEIR FINAL
GOODBYES TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY
THE OPERATION AND CHECKOUT
BUILDING BEFORE THEY BEGIN THE
RIDE TO PAD 39A, A TOUCHING
MOMENT.
SAYING GOODBYE TO THEIR FAMILY.
THEIR WIVES AND SONS RIGHT IN
FRONT OF THEM.
>> VERY TOUCHING MOMENT.
>> IT'S INCREDIBLE TO BE ABLE TO
WATCH THESE MOMENTS.
>> AS THEY GOT INTO THEIR
TESLAS, WE GOT TO WATCH THEM
RIDE ALL THE WAY TO THE PAD AND
WE GOT SOME GREAT FOOTAGE THERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN,
THIS IS SOME PLAYBACK FROM
EARLIER OF THEM GETTING INTO
THOSE TESLAS ABOUT TO MAKE THAT
DRIVE DOWN TO THE PAD.
ONCE THEY GOT TO THE PAD, THEY
DID TAKE A MINUTE TO TAKE IN IF
SIGHTS AND THEY HEADED UP TO THE
SIXTH SERVICE STRUCTURE TO BEGIN
THE PROCESS CALLED TRUE INGRES
WHERE BOB AN DOUG ENTERED AND
THROUGH CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN
AS THEY'RE COMING THROUGH THE
CREW ACCESS ARM, ENTERING THE
ROOM RIGHT BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE
TO INGRESS INTO THE VEHICLE
THERE.
AGAIN, THIS IS FROM EARLIER.
>> THIS IS ALL FROM EARLIER.
AS WE SAID THAT, WHITE ROOM, THE
LAST PLACE ON PLANET EARTH
THEY'RE STANDING BEFORE THEY
CLIMB INTO DRAGON FOR THE RIDE
UP HILL.
SPACEX CARRYING OVER A TRADITION
NASA HAD.
THAT WAS TRADITIONALLY THE ROOM
FROM GEMINI, APOLLO AND THE
SPACE SHUTTLE, THE LAST PLACE.
ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO.
WE'RE BACK WITH SOME LIVE VIDEO
HERE.
THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO CLOSE
DRAGON'S HATCH WITH BOB AND DOUG
SAFE INSIDE.
WE ARE UNDER AN HOUR TO GO.
THINGS ARE GOING TO PICK UP AS
WE GET CLOSE TO THAT GO, NO GO
TO BEGIN PROPELLANT LOADING AND
ARMING THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM.
>> THE DRAGON PULL FOR PROP LOAD
IS COMING UP HERE IN JUST ABOUT
30 SECONDS AT T MINUS 55
MINUTES.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE
T MINUS 45 MINUTES, WILL BE THE
ENERGY MISSION CONTROL HAWTHORNE
POLL AND THEN THE LAUNCH
DIRECTOR'S POLL FOR PROPELLANT
LOADING.
T MINUS 40 MINUTES, THE CREW
AXIS ARM WILL RETRACT AND THEY
WILL GET THE CALL TO CLOSE THEIR
VISORS AND ARM THE LAUNCH ESCAPE
SYSTEM.
THIS IS THE AUTOMATED SYSTEM IN
PLACE THAT CAN FIRE THE EIGHT
THRUSTERS ON DRAGON TO SEPARATE
ON THE FLIGHT DURING THE RIDE UP
HILL.
>> ONCE WE REACH T MINUS 35
MINUTES PROPELLANT LOADING FOR
THE FALCON 9 WILL BEGIN.
WE GOT THERE ON WEDNESDAY.
WE GOT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 17
MINUTES BEFORE LAUNCH BEFORE WE
HAD TO CANCEL BECAUSE OF
WEATHER.
BUT WE'RE OPTIMISTIC RIGHT NOW.
CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN IMPROVING
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO PRESS
AHEAD ONCE AGAIN INTO LOADING
FUEL ON THE FALCON 9 ROCKET.
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTDOWN WE'VE
BEEN GETTING SOME INCREDIBLE
VIEWS OF THE ASTRONAUTS INSIDE
DRAGON JUST MAKING ALL OF THEIR
FINAL PREPARATIONS, CLOSE-UP
VIEWS OF THEIR SUITS AND ON THE
DISPLAYS AS THEY ARE STRAPPED IN
AND READY FOR LAUNCH.
THE TEAMS OFTEN DESCRIBE THE
SUITS AS AN EXTENSION OF THAT
DRAGON SPACECRAFT.
YOU CAN ALWAYS THINK OF IT AS A
MINI SPACECRAFT INSIDE OF A
SPACECRAFT.
YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THE LIFE
SUPPORT, EVERYTHING THAT THEY
NEED.
>> COUNTDOWN, TECHNICAL POLL IS
COMPLETE.
NO CONSTRAINTS TO PROCEED.
LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM ARMING AND
PROPELLING -- PROPELLANT LOAD.
>> THEY ARE READY TO LOAD ON TO
DRAGON AND WE ARE PUSHING
FORWARD.
WHILE THE SUITS DO LOOK GREAT,
THEY ARE ALSO ENGINEERED TO
CONNECT DIRECTLY INTO DRAGON'S
SEATS TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS,
COOLING AND THE ABILITY TO
PRESSURIZE IF NECESSARY.
>> WE DID GET THE CALL-OUT THAT
THE TECHNICAL TEAMS ON THE
GROUND ARE READY FOR LAUNCH
ESCAPE ARMING AND PROPELLANT
LOADING.
AGAIN, THINGS STARTING TO PICK
UP.
THINGS REALLY STARTING TO FEEL
REAL.
LET'S JUMP DOWN REAL QUICK TO
THE TEAM AT KENNEDY AND SEE IF
YOU GUYS ARE JUST AS EXCITED.
I CAN'T SIT STILL RIGHT NOW.
IT'S STARTING TO FEEL REAL.
>> YEAH, IT'S HARD TO SIT STILL
IN HERE, RIGHT, LEO?
[ Laughter ]
>> ROCKET FUEL GOING THROUGH MY
VEINS STILL.
>> IT'S AWESOME WHEN WE SEE THEM
SITTING THERE IN THEIR SUITS.
WE'RE LESS THAN AN HOUR AWAY
NOW.
SO FAR THINGS LOOK LIKE WE MIGHT
MAKE IT.
WE MIGHT MAKE IT.
SO I WANT TO ASK YOU WHAT IT WAS
LIKE THE FIRST TIME YOU PUT ON A
SPACE SUIT WHEN YOU KNEW YOU
WERE GOING TO SPACE.
>> OH, THAT WAS FEBRUARY OF
2008, WE WERE IN THE ONC
BUILDING GETTING THE PUMPKIN
SUITS ON.
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE
SPACEX SUITS, BUT IT WAS KIND OF
SURREAL.
AND TO THINK OF THIS, IT TOOK ME
TEN YEARS OF TRAINING TO FLY IN
SPACE.
WHEN I GOT IN THE CORPS 1998 TO
FEBRUARY OF 2008, IT WAS A LONG
ROAD TO GET THERE BUT IT WAS SO
WORTH AND IT SO SWEET.
LEARNING HOW TO USE THE GREEN
APPLE, THE CONNECTIONS FOR
OXYGEN FOR COOLING, MUCH
DIFFERENT THAN THESE SUITS WE
HAVE WITH SPACEX.
IT'S A LOT MORE COMPLICATED TO
GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE SERIES OF
THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO
MAKE SURE YOU'RE SAFE IN THE
SUIT BUT WE'RE EVOLVED, WE'RE
READY AND THEY LOOK SO COOL AND
CALM AND COLLECTED IN THERE,
THEIR SUITS AND THE VEHICLE,
THEY'RE FOCUSING AND GETTING
READY TO SUPPLY IN SPACE.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH EXCITEMENT.
YOU GOT A MESSAGE FROM ANOTHER
ASTRONAUTS.
>> SONNY WILLIAMS.
>> SONNY IS AWESOME.
SHE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FOUR
WHO TRAINED WITH BOB AND DOUG
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM.
>> AND SHE WAS ONE OF MY
CLASSMATES.
LOOK AT HER THERE.
WHAT IS HE WEARING?
MEATBALL!
>> HEY, SONNY.
SHE HAD TO WEAR ONE ON WEDNESDAY
SO SHE WORE THE MEATBALL TODAY.
BUT NOW SHE CAN WEAR THE WORM
BALL.
>> SHE CAN MIX IT UP.
SHE'S TRAINING TO FLY ON THE
BOEING STARLINE FROM HER THE NOT
TOO DISTANT FUTURE.
REALLY GLAD SHE'S WATCHING AND
SHOWING SOME LOVE.
THANKS FOR, SONNY, FOR SENDING
THAT NOTE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A LIVE VIEW OF
THE CREW DRAGON ON TOP OF THE
FALCON 9 ROCKET.
THE CREW ACCESS ARM TO THE RIGHT
OF YOUR SCREEN.
THAT'S IS THE HALLWAY BOB AND
DOUG WALKED DOWN TO GET INTO
BEFORE THEY CLIMBED INSIDE
DRAGONMENT LAUNCH COMPLEX OF 39A
WHERE INSIDE AN HOUR FROM
LIFTOFF AND I THINK WE'RE JUST A
COUPLE MINUTES AWAY FROM THE
POLL WE'RE GOING TO HEAR BEFORE
THEY START PROPELLANT LOAD.
AGAIN, A TWO-STAGE ROCKET THERE.
GOSH, YOU GUYS, THE WEATHER
LOOKS NOT THAT BAD.
I MEAN, EVERYTHING OBVIOUSLY
THAT IS NOT AN OFFICIAL FORECAST
BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK QUITE AS BAD
AS IT DID WEDNESDAY.
WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT BETTER
ODDS.
THERE'S THE COUNTDOWN CLOCK.
WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE TO LISTEN
TO THAT COM.
IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, WE
ARE LESS THAN 50 MINUTES FROM
THE SCHEDULED LIFTOFF OF THE
FALCON 9 ROCKET CARRYING CREW
DRAGON.
IF WE START TO HEAR ANY KIND OF
UPDATE ON WEATHER OR POLLING, WE
WILL PAUSE TO LISTEN TO THAT.
WE SHOULD BE HEARING THE LAUNCH
DIRECTOR VERIFY GO FOR
PROPELLANT LOAD ABOUT T MINUS 45
MINUTES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT OVER
TO HAWTHORNE TO CARRY THE BALL.
JOHN OR JESSE, ARE YOU THERE?
>> THE WEATHER IS A GO AT THIS
TIME.
>> DRAGON COPY, GO WEATHER.
>> THERE YOU HEARD THAT CALL
OUT.
SO FAR WE HAVE GOOD WEATHER.
WE ARE GO FOR LAUNCH TODAY.
THIS IS GETTING REALLY EXCITING.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, DAN, MY
HEART IS BEATING PRETTY FAST
RIGHT NOW.
>> WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THOSE
WORDS SINCE WEDNESDAY AND WE DID
HEAR A CALL TO THE CREW JUST IN
CASE YOU MISSED IT THAT THEY
WERE ONLY TRACKING ONE FINAL
WEATHER CONSTRAINT.
IT WAS A CUMULUS CLOUD.
THEY WERE EXPECTING IT TO CLEAR
UP WITHIN TEN MINUTES AND IT'S
CLEARED UP NOW SO WE ARE
CURRENTLY GO ON WEATHER.
>> YES, IT'S BEEN PRETTY
INCREDIBLE TO BE SO CLOSE TO
LAUNCH AND THE ROAD LEADING UP
TO THIS POINT HAS BEEN CREDIT
INCREDIBLE AS WELL.
>> IT HAS BEEN.
IT'S BEEN A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
NASA AND SPACEX.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER
SINCE SPACEX STARTED FLYING
CARGO TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
NOW GETTING READY TO LAUNCH
CREW.
AND WE'VE BEEN REALLY FORTUNATE
TO WORK WITH NOT ONLY A LOT OF
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BUT
A LOT OF...
>> CONTROL ROOM, WE'LL BE
CLOSING DOORS HERE ONCE WE START
WITH PROPELLANT LOAD AND ANY
LAST-MINUTE OUTBREAKS, PLEASE GO
AHEAD AND ACCOMPLISH THOSE IN
THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
>> THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR JUST
GETTING THE TEAMS READY, WE'LL
BE COMING UP ON THAT PROPELLANT
LOAD AND THAT STARTS IN ABOUT 35
MINUTES PRIOR TO LIFTOFF.
SO IN ABOUT 12 MINUTES FROM NOW.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A GO, NO GO
COMING UP REALLY SOON SO LET'S
GO OVER TO OUR MAN, JOHN, FOR
THE LATEST.
>> IT'S T MINUS 47 MINUTES 24
SECONDS.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO COUNT DOWN.
THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR AND THE
LAUNCH TEAM ARE PREPARING FOR
THE READINESS FOR LAUNCH PULL.
THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR IS CHECKING
WITH DRAGON MISSION DIRECTOR AND
NASA LAUNCH MANAGER FOR THEIR
READINESS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODY IS GOOD
THERE.
THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR WILL TELL
HIM THE PULL IS OPEN AND THE
MEMBERS WILL BE ELECTRICITY
PULLED ALL THE WAY TO LAUNCH.
WE'LL HEAR THAT RESULT AND THE
BRIEFING FROM THE LAUNCH
DIRECTOR IN ABOUT T MINUS 45
MINUTES.
THE GOOD NEWS RIGHT NOW IS THAT
THE WEATHER IS GO.
ALL THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE
READ SHORTLY A WHILE AGO, AT T
MINUS ONE HOUR HAVE, CLEARED.
THE WEATHER FORECASTER SAID
WE'RE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC.
>> PULL IS COMPLETE.
WE'RE GO FOR PROPELLANT LOAD.
>> WE GOT AN EARLY CALL-OUT
THERE.
>> RETRACT THE ACCESS ARM.
>> ACCESS ARM RETRACTED, T MINUS
45 MINUTES.
>> GOT AN EARLY CALL FROM SPACEX
LAUNCH DIRECTOR MIKE TAYLOR THAT
THE PULL IS GO.
YOU ALSO HEARD THE DIRECTION
THAT T MINUS 45 MINUTES TO
PREPARE FOR RETRACT OF THE CREW
ARM.
AS WE HEAR MORE DISCUSSION,
WE'LL STOP AND LET YOU LISTEN IN
BUT RIGHT NOW WEATHER FOR
LIFTOFF, GROUND LEVEL WINDS ARE
GOOD.
10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.
WELL WITHIN LIMIT.
UPPER ALTITUDE CONDITIONS ARE
ACCEPTABLE.
THE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE
CLEARED UP, THE LAST ONE BEING
CUMULUS CLOUDS AND THE
PROBABILITY OF VIOLATION IS SET
AT 30% RIGHT NOW SO THAT'S 70%
CHANCE OF GOOD WEATHER.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO WATCH.
THERE IS ABOUT A LESS THAN 10%
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.
WE'RE ALSO WATCHING THE ABORT
CORRIDOR OFF THE ATLANTIC
COASTING IN CASE, FOR EXAMPLE,
OF STAGE SEPARATION DRAGGINGEN
HAD TO ABORT INTO THE OCEAN,
THE CONDITIONS THERE ARE
ACCEPTABLE.
THERE'S NOT BEEN LIGHTNING
LATELY.
THE WEATHER WINDS ARE GOOD.
LIGHT RAIN.
IT IS GO BUT NASA IS GOING TO
CONTINUE TO WATCH THOSE
CONDITIONS.
>> T MINUS 45 MINUTES AND
COUNTING.
REMINDER ON HOLD AND LAUNCH
ESCAPE PROTOCOL FOR NONURGENT NO
GO CONDITIONS, THEY WILL APPROVE
BOARDING LAUNCH OUT OF SEQUENCE
AND PROCEED TO LAUNCH ABORT.
FOR URGENT ISSUES AFFECTING THE
THE SAFETY OF THE OPERATION,
OPERATOR SHOULD CALLED HOLD,
HOLD, HOLD.
OPERATORS SHALL ALSO ADVISE
LAUNCH DIRECTOR WHETHER
STRUCTURAL BREAKUP FIRE IS
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
ON FIRE ALARM INSTRUCTIONS IN
EVENT OF A FIRE ALARM, KEY
OPERATORS PREVIOUSLY BRIEFED
WILL REMAIN AT THEIR POST WHILE
THEIR ALARM IS EVALUATED.
IN THE EVENT THAT PERSONAL
SAFETY IS THREATENED, EVACUATE
TO THE SOUTH EMERGENCY EXIT
WHICH LEADS DIRECTLY OUTSIDE.
AT THIS TIME WEATHER IS GO FOR
LAUNCH.
>> YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN,
WE'RE INSIDE T MINUS 44 MINUTES
FIVE SECONDS.
>> ACCESS ARM RETRACTING HAS
BEGUN.
>> SPACEX LAUNCH DIRECTOR HAS
GIVEN THE FINAL BRIEF TO THE
CREW.
AND WE WILL BEGIN A PROPELLANT
LOADING AT T MINUS 35 MINUTES.
RIGHT NOW AT FALCON 9, WE'RE
READY TO GET INTO PROPELLANT
LOADING.
DRAGON, CREW, GETTING
CONFIGURED, SET UP.
THE AMPLE IS PULLING AWAY.
THE RANGE IS GO FOR LAUNCH.
THEY CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
AREA AND THE SEASPACE.
EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.
WE FINALLY HAVE GOTTEN GREEN
ACROSS THE BOARD ON THE WEATHER
CONDITIONS BUT WE CAN'T TAKE A
DEEP BREATH QUITE YET.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH THE
WEATHER ALL THE WAY DOWN TO T
ZERO FOR US HERE AT KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER AND OUT IN THE
ATLANTIC IN THE ABORT ZONES.
EARLIER WE SAW MANY OF YOU
FOLLOWING THE LAUNCH FROM THE
UNITED STATES ON OUR HOT SPOT
MAP.
NOW THAT WE'RE INSIDE AN HOUR,
WE'RE SEEING LARGE NUMBERS OF
FOLKS LOGGING ON AND TUNING IN
FROM COAST TO COAST AND AROUND
THE WORLD.
IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME WATCHING
A LAUNCH LIVE, NOT COUNTING
WEDNESDAY AND IF NOT, HOW MANY
OF YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE?
TELL US USING THE HASHTAG LAUNCH
AMERICA FROM YOUR FAVORITE
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM.
WITH THAT, T MINUS 42 MINUTES,
50 SECONDS, CONDITIONS ARE GO
AND WE ARE COUNTING DOWN FOR AN
ON-TIME LAUNCH.
LET'S SEND IT BACK OVER TO
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AS THE
ACTION BEGINS TO PICK UP ON THE
PAD.
>> DRAGON SPACEX, YOU ARE GO FOR
SECTION 7, CLOSE VISORS AND ARM
LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM.
>> WE WILL -- SECTION 7, VISORS
COMING CLOSED.
>> THE COUNTDOWN CLOCK IS
CONTINUING TO TICK.
MY HEART IS CONTINUING TO BEAT
5 MILLION BEATS A SECOND, AND WE
ARE GETTING SO, SO CLOSE.
>> DRAGON 7.2, VISORS ARE
CLOSED.
WE'RE ARMING LAUNCH ESCAPE
SYSTEM.
>> COPY.
>> AS YOU JUST HEARD, THE CREW
IS ARMING IF LAUNCH ESCAPE
SYSTEM, THAT IS ONE OF THE
ABSOLUTE LAST BIG MILESTONES
PRIOR TO LIFTOFF, OTHER THAN
NOMINAL FALCON OPERATION.
>> JUST A MINUTE AGO WE SAW THE
CREW ACCESS ARM RETRACT AND
OBVIOUSLY WE JUST HEARD ON THE
COMS BOB AND DOUG ARE GETTING
READY TO ARM THE LAUNCH ESCAPE
SYSTEM.
THAT PROTECTS THEM ALL THE WAY
TO ORBIT.
WHEN FUELING STARTS JUST OVER
SIX MINUTES FROM NOW, THEY WILL
HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO ABORT TO
SEPARATE FROM FALCON 9 NEITHER
ON THE PAD OR EVEN AFTER
LIFTOFF.
THAT'S A CRITICAL SAFETY
CAPABILITY.
AND WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER TO
HAWTHORNE NOW TO TAKE US THROUGH
THESE NEXT MINUTES.
JESSE.
>> WE DID HEAR THAT CALL OUT
THAT THEY ARE ARMING THE LAUNCH
ESCAPE SYSTEM.
THEY DESIGNED IT TO BE THE
SAFEST LAUNCH SYSTEM EVER FLOWN
AND WE BROUGHT BACK SPACEX'S
NICK PICONE.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> HAPPY TO BE HERE, MONITORING
THE LAUNCH WITH OUR RECOVERY AND
GROUND OPERATIONS.
>> AWESOME.
NICK WAS OUR MISSION MANAGER
FOR OUR TEST EARLIER THIS YEAR
AND NOW WORKS ON STARLING TEAM.
ON WEDNESDAY YOU TALKED ABOUT
THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM.
COULD YOU GIVE US A BRIEF
SUMMARY.
>> SURE.
THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM IS OUR
ULTIMATE SAFETY FEATURE TO KEEP
BOB AND DOUG SAFE IN THE EVENT
OF A MAJOR FALCON ANOMALY ON THE
PAD.
THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO
AUTOMATICALLY FIRE THE EITHER
VEHICLE DETECTS A DANGEROUS
CONDITION DEVELOPING.
IF THAT HAPPENS, THE DRAGON WILL
USE ITS SUPER DRAKEO ENGINES TO
PUT THE CAPSULE OFF AND AWAY IN
A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE
FALCON.
THE CAPABILITY IS ABSOLUTELY
CRITICAL.
IT'S WHAT KEEPS THE CREW SAFE
AND WE'RE NOW ACTIVE AND ARMED
ON THE PAD WITH IT PROTECTING
THE CREW.
>> AS YOU MENTIONED, THE LAUNCH
ESCAPE SYSTEM ALLOWS THE DRAGON
TO SEPARATE AND GET AWAY FROM
THE VEHICLE.
I BELIEVE IT GOES INTO THE
OCEAN.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER IT LANDS
SAFELY IN THE OCEAN?
>> CORRECT.
SO FOR MOST OF OUR FAILURE
MODES, THE SUCCESSFUL END STATE
IS DRAGON DEPLOYING PARACHUTES,
SPLASHING DOWN SAFELY IN THE
OCEAN.
THE LAUNCH ESCAPE CAN HAPPEN
WHILE THE VEHICLE IS ON THE PAD
OR ANYWHERE IN SIGHT OF THE
ORBIT, IT COULD BE SPLASHING
DOWN RIGHT OFF THE COAST OF CAPE
CANAVERAL, IT COULD BE SPLASHING
DOWN THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY IN
THE NORTH ATLANTIC.
IF THAT HAPPENS, MAKE SURE WE
CAN GET TO BOB AND DOUG AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THE SPACE FORCE'S 45th SPACE
WING TASK FORCE 45 HAS
PARARESCUE TEAMS STAGED AND
READY ALL AROUND THE WORLD READY
TO DROP IN AND RESCUE BOB AND
DOUG AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> YOU MENTIONED THAT THE LAUNCH
ESCAPE SYSTEM WILL KEEP THEM
SAFE ALL THE WAY UP TO ORBIT.
WHAT OTHER OPTIONS ARE THERE
AFTER DRAGON IS IN ORBIT?
>> SURE.
FOR ANY REASON IF WE'RE UNABLE
TO DOCK TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, WE HAD SEVERAL
PREPLANNED RETURN TRAJECTORIES
WHICH WILL BRING THE CAPSULE
DOWN TO A SPLASH DOWN POINT
CLOSE TO SHORE WHY NASA AND
SPACEX RECOVERY FORCES WILL BE
WAITING TO RECOVER THEM.
IT WILL OTHERWISE LOOK LIKE FOR
A TOTALLY NORMAL RECOVERY
OPERATION.
THIS IS ONE OF TWO IDENTICAL
CREW RECOVERY SHIPS SHIPS.
THE LANDING SITE, WE WANT TO
MAINTAIN AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY AS
POSSIBLE.
THERE COULD BE CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS THAT BRING DOWN ONE
SITE AND LEAVE THE OTHER UP.
WE HAVE TWO IDENTICAL SHIPS, ONE
IN THE ATLANTIC AND ONE IN THE
GULF OF MEXICO.
WE CAN REDIRECT TO WHICHEVER
SITE IS THE SAFEST OPTION FOR
THE CREW AT THAT TIME.
>> WITH THE VEHICLE IN ANY
ALMOST ANY SCENARIO, IT SOUND
LIKE THE VEHICLE WILL LAND INTO
THE OCEAN.
IT MAY LOOK LIKE A GENTLE
LANDING INTO THE OCEAN BUT IT'S
A PRETTY DYNAMIC EVENT
HAPPENING.
YOU MENTIONED THERE ARE TEAMS
READY TO GO AND GO AND RESCUE
THE VEHICLE AND THE ASTRONAUTS
ON BOARD.
HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH SO
MANY DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT
COULD HAPPEN?
>> SURE.
WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE HAD ABOUT A
DECADE OF RECOVERY EXPERIENCE
WITH CARGO DRAGON ONE AND OUR
PREVIOUS TRIPS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THAT ALONG WITH OUR BOOSTER
RECOVERY MISSION, WE'VE GOT A
GREAT TEAM OF RECOVERY OPERATORS
HERE WHO HAVE A LOT OF OFFSHORE
EXPERIENCE WITH OUR SPACECRAFT.
WE TOOK THAT EXPERIENCE, WE
BUILT UP A NEW CREW RECOVERY
SHIP, TWO IDENTICAL CREW
RECOVERY SHIPS, WHICH HAVE A LOT
OF THOSE LESSONS LEARNED BAKED
INTO THE DESIGN OF THAT SHIP AND
THE OPERATION.
THE NEW SHIPS HAVE COMPLETE
MEDICAL FACILITIES AND
OPERATIONAL HELIPAD AND
REDUNDANT COMMUNICATIONS, POWER
AND PROPULSION TO MAKE SURE
THEY'RE ROBUST AND READY FOR
ANYTHING WE ENCOUNTER OFFSHORE.
WE'VE ALSO DONE TONS OF TRAINING
EXERCISES WITH SPACEX TEAM, THE
NASA TEAM AND THE RESCUE FORCES
PRACTICING CAPSULE RECOVERY,
EMERGENCY SCENARIOS WHERE WE
HAVE TO GET THE CREW OUT OF THE
CAPSULE WHILE THEY'RE STILL IN
THE WATER AND THE TAKING OFF AND
LANDING FROM THE PAD MANY TIMES,
SO WE MAKE SURE THE TEAM IS
READY TO DO THAT.
THEY'RE ALL STAGED AND READY.
THEY FEEL READY TO SUPPORT AND
WILL BE READY TO CALL ON US IF
ANYTHING GOES WRONG TODAY.
>> AWESOME.
SOUNDS LIKE BOB AND DOUG ARE IN
REALLY GOOD HANDS AND WILL BE
SAFE NO MATTER WHAT OCCURS ON
THE VEHICLE.
THANK YOU, NICK, FOR JOINING US
AGAIN FOR WALKING US THROUGH ALL
OF THE DETAILS.
I HOPE YOU ARE JUST AS EXCITED
AS WE ARE FOR OUR LAUNCH COMING
UP HERE VERY, VERY SHORTLY NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT OVER TO
KSC TO LORNE.
>> THANK YOU, JESSE.
AS YOU JUST HEARD, FUELING IS
ABOUT TO BEGIN AT T MINUS 35
MINUTES.
WE ARE ABOUT 50 SECONDS AWAY
FROM THAT.
SO WE'RE GETTING REALLY, REALLY
CLOSE TO THE FIRST LAUNCH OF
ASTRONAUTS INTO ORBIT FROM
AMERICAN SOIL SINCE 2011.
THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM IS
ARMED, WHICH AS YOU KNOW HAPPENS
BEFORE FUELING AND DRAGON
PROPELLANT LOAD, THAT'S THE
PROPELLENTS THAT ARE INSIDE THE
DRAGON CAPSULE, NOT THE ROCKET.
PROP LOAD FOR DRAGON TOOK PLACE
WEEKS AGO A FEW MILES DOWN THE
ROAD IN DRAGONLAND, IN THOSE
PROPELLANT, THE FUEL THAT WE
USE, IT'S HYPERGOLIC AND NTO,
NITROGEN TETRAOXIDE, THOSE TWO
COME TOGETHER AND THEY IGNITE IN
SPACE TO PROPEL THE VEHICLEO
IGNITE BECAUSE HYPOGOLLIC
PROPELLENTS DON'T REQUIRE IT.
YOU JUST KEEP THE FUEL AND
OXIDIZE IT.
PROPELLANT LOAD HAS STARTED ON
FALCON 9.
THE SYSTEM FEEDS ALL OF THE
ENGINES ON DRAGON SO DRAGON HAS
12 SERVICE SECTION ENGINES.
THREE IN EACH QUAD.
THREE, THREE, THREE, THREE.
THOSE ARE USED FOR ON-ORBIT
MANEUVERING FOR DRAGON AND
THERE'S FOUR ADDITIONAL
UNDERNEATH THE NOSE CONE FOR
LARGE MANEUVERS THAT THE VEHICLE
PERFORMS.
BUT THE ENGINES ARE SUPER DCACO
ENGINES.
WE HAVE TWO IN EACH QUAD OF THE
VEHICLE SO EIGHT TOTAL AND THOSE
ARE BIGGER ENGINES WITH A HIGH
FLOW PROPELLANT SYSTEM AND THOSE
WHAT ARE LIFT DRAGON OFF A
FALCON 9 IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT
OF AN EMERGENCY THAT REQUIRES US
TO GET OFF OF FALCON.
YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER MERCURY,
APOLLO, SOYUZ, THEY HAVE THE BIG
POINTY TOWER ON TOP.
THAT'S THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM
FOR THOSE VEHICLES.
IT'S ACTUALLY JUST ANOTHER
ROCKET ON TOP OF THE SPACESHIP
THAT LIFTS THE VEHICLE OFF.
IN THE CASE OF DRAGON, OUR
ESCAPE SYSTEM IS INTEGRATED INTO
THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY.
THAT'S ONE LESS THING YOU HAVE
TO JETTISON EVERY SINGLE FLIGHT
BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO HAVE
ESCAPE CAPABILITY FROM THE PAD
BEFORE T ZERO ALL THE WAY
THROUGH TO ORBIT.
EVEN IF AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE
IF WE NEEDED TO GET OFF STAGE
TWO WHILE WE'RE IN SPACE, WE
COULD ACTUALLY ESCAPE TO ORBIT.
THAT'S ESCAPE SYSTEM FOR LITTLE
BABY DRAGON HERE.
>> THANKS FOR WATCHING US
THROUGH THAT BECAUSE I THINK
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT CRITICAL
SAFETY CAPABILITY AND THAT'S THE
WHOLE POINT.
WHEN WE HEAR THAT LAUNCH ESCAPE
SYSTEM IS ARMED, WHAT THAT MEANS
IS THAT IN AN INSTANT, THEY CAN
SEPARATE FROM FALCON 9, SHOOT UP
INTO THE AIR AND SPLASH DOWN
SAFELY IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
UNDER DRAGON'S PARACHUTES.
IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO THAT.
NOW THAT FUELING IS UNDERWAY,
IT'S BEEN GOING ON IF FOR TWO
MINUTES.
THEY HAVE THAT SAFETY CAPABILITY
READY TO GO ON STANDBY IN AN
INSTANT IF THEY NEED IT.
WE WANT TO GO OVER TO HAWTHORNE
NOW FOR AN OPERATIONAL UPDATE.
>> HAD FUEL TRACKING NORMALLY.
>> WE'RE AT T MINUS 32 MINUTES,
COUNTING DOWN THE FINAL MINUTES.
EVERYTHING STILL LOOKING GOOD
FOR FALCON 9 AND DRAGON FOR AN
AN-TIME LAUNCH.
PROPELLANT LOAD AT T MINUS 39
MINUTES AS PLANNED.
WE USE FUEL AND OXIDIZERS ON THE
PROPELLANTS THAT POWER IT.
RP1 IS ROCKET PROPELLANT GRADE
ONE KEROSENE.
THE OXIDIZER IS DENSIFIED LIQUID
OXYGEN, IT IS KEPT MUCH COLDER
THAN TYPICAL FOR LAUNCH
VEHICLES.
THIS ALLOWS FOR MACHINE
OXIDIZERS TO BE LOADED INTO THE
FIRST AND SECOND STAGES.
WITH THE FUEL AND OXIDIZER ON
HAND WE NEED AN IGNITION SOURCE
TO COMPLETE THAT FIRE TRIANGLE.
FALCON 9 USES A FUEL THAT
IGNITES IN THE PRESENCE OF
OXYGEN AND GIVES OFF A GREEN
COLORED FLAME.
IT'S HARD TO SEE ON THE FIRST
STAGE IGNITION DUE THE WATER
SPRAYING ON THE PAD BUT YOU
MIGHT JUST SEE THE GREEN FLARE
AS THE SECOND STAGE ENGINE
IGNITES FOLLOWING STAGE
SEPARATION OVER 2 1/2 MINUTES
INTO FLIGHT.
CURRENTLY FIRST STAGE FUEL TANK
IS ABOUT 10% FULL.
THE FIRST STAGE AS A REMINDER AS
YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF
YOUR SCREEN, THE FIRST STAGE IS
THE LONG WHITE CYLINDER AT THE
BOTTOM TOPPED OFF BY THE BLACK.
WE'RE ALSO LOADING THE LIQUID
OXYGEN INTO THE FIRST STAGE
ALSO.
THE SECOND STAGE WHICH IS THE
TOP ONE-THIRD BETWEEN THE DRAGON
AND THE BLACK CYLINDER, THAT'S
THE WHITE SECOND STAGE, THAT IS
BEING LOADED WITH FUEL RIGHT
NOW.
THAT'S ABOUT 8% LOADED AT THIS
MOMENT.
LIQUID OXYGEN LOADING IS GOING
TO BEGIN ON SECOND STAGE AT T
MINUS 16 MINUTES 30 SECONDS.
LIQUID OXYGEN LOADING WILL
CONTINUE ON BOTH STAGES ALL THE
WAY DOWN TO THE LAST FEW MINUTES
OF THE COUNT.
WE'RE ALSO LOADING HELIUM INTO
PRESSURE VESSELS ON THE STAGES,
THAT'S USE TO PRESSURIZE TANKS
IN FLIGHT AS THE PROPELLANT IS
PULLED OUT BY THE STRONG TURBO
PUMPS.
ON BOARD THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT,
ASTRONAUTS ARE MONITORING
SYSTEMS WHILE THE PROPELLANT IS
LOADED INTO FALCON 9.
WHILE WE MENTIONED WE TRAINED
THEM WITH SOUNDS WE RECORDED ON
BOARD, THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH MOST
OF THE PROPELLANT LOAD AND THEY
ARE NOW EXPERIENCING THOSE
SOUNDS AND VIBRATIONS.
THEY REPORT NO PROBLEMS.
THEY ARE GO TO SUPPORT LAUNCH.
WEATHER, THE LAST OF THE RED
CONDITIONS, CLEARED UP ABOUT 15
MINUTES AGO.
EVERYTHING IS MARGINAL BUT
ACCEPTABLE ON THE WEATHER.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH ALL THE
WAY THROUGH THE COUNTDOWN.
AS A REMINDER, TODAY WE ARE NOW
INTO AN INSTANTANEOUS LAUNCH
WINDOW NOW THAT WE'VE BEGUN
PROPELLANT LEAGUED.
AT THIS POINT IF WE HERE A HOLD
FOR ANY REASON, WE HAVE TO STAND
DOWN AND TARGET A BACKUP LAUNCH
OPPORTUNITY TOMORROW, MAY 31.
>> THANKS, JOHN.
FOR DEMO 2, BOB AND DOUG'S
FLIGHT TO STATION WILL TAKE
ABOUT 19 HOURS AND THEIR JOURNEY
IS FAIRLY SIMILAR TO THE TRIP
OUR CARGO DRAGON MAKES TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BUT
WITH TWO NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCES
AND THAT'S DOCKING AND
SPLASHDOWN.
>> AS WE AWAIT T MINUS ZERO IN
JUST UNDER 29 MINUTES FROM NOW
THE GROUND OPERATIONS TEAMS ARE
DOING A SERIES OF SYSTEM CHECKS
TO MAKE SURE DRAGON AND FALCON 9
ARE BOTH READY FOR LIFTOFF.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO GET LIVE
VIEWS INSIDE THE CAPSULE WITH
BOB AND DOUG AND THEY'RE NOW
ALSO LOOKING INTO FIRE ROOM FOUR
DOWN THERE AT THE CAPE.
>> ONCE WE HIT T ZERO AND A
SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OCCUR WITHS
WE'LL WATCH FALCON 9 AND DRAGON
MAKE THEIR ASCENT UNTIL THE
FIRST AND SECOND STAGE SEPARATES
AND SENDS DRAGON ON ITS WAY TO
THE DRAGON STATION.
>> ON-BOARD OPERATIONS, THE
VEHICLE WILL EXECUTE A SERIES OF
BURNS THAT GRADUALLY RAISES
ORBIT TO ALIGN MORE CLOSELY WITH
THE SPACE STATION AS YOU CAN SEE
IN THIS ANIMATION.
AND JUST AFTER PUTTING DRAGON
INTO THE SAME ORBITAL PLANE AS
THE STATION, THE TEAMS WILL GET
READY FOR DRAGON'S APPROACH AND
DOCKING MANEUVERING.
>> THE NEXT DRAGON WILL MAKE ITS
APPROACH AND ACTUALLY DOCK WHO
THE SPACE STATION.
THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT PROCESS
FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST
WHICH USES A PROCESS CALLED
BERTHING, REQUIRING THE
SPACECRAFT TO APPROACH THE
STATION AND STOP SO THE CREW
MEMBER CAN MANEUVER THE ROBOTIC
ARM TO CAPTURE THE SPACECRAFT.
DOCKING ON THIS VERSION OF
DRAGONNING CAN BE ON THE
AUTONOMOUS WITH NO CREW ON BOARD
THE STATION.
IT'S TYPICALLY A FASTER PROCESS
BUT IT REQUIRES PINPOINT
ACCURACY TO APPROACH.
>> ONCE CAPTURED, THE SPACECRAFT
GETS ATTACHED TO A COMMON
BERTHING MECHANISM.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT SLOWER OF A
PROCESS BUT THE HATCHES ARE
SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER THAN THE
DOCKING PORTS WHICH MAKES IT
PERFECT FOR BRINGING UP BIGGER
CARGO ITEMS.
>> DRAGON WILL SPENT UP TO 120
DAYS DOCKED BEFORE PREPARING TO
RETURN HOME.
FOLLOWING THE CARGO LOADING
OPERATIONS, THE CREW WILL CLOSE
THE CABIN, PERFORM FINAL SYSTEM
CHECKS AND CONFIGURE THE VEHICLE
FOR UNDOCKING.
DRAGON WILL COMPLETE TWO
DEPARTURE BURNS, USING IT AWAY
FROM THE SPACE STATION.
>> NEXT UP ON THE TRIP.
THE ORBIT ENTRY AND LANDING
ORSPLASHDOWN WHICH IS GOING TO
COVER ALL THE OPERATIONS,
INCLUDING TRUNK SEPARATION,
CLOSING OF THE NOSE CONE.
DEORBIT BURN AND EVENTUALLY AS
THEY GET INTO THE ATMOSPHERE,
DEPLOYMENT OF THE PARACHUTES AND
ALL OF THAT ENDS WITH SPLASHDOWN
RIGHT OFF THE FLORIDA COAST.
AT THAT POINT TEAMS FROM SPACEX
WILL MOVE IN WITH THEIR RECOVERY
SHIP, GRAB THE CAPSULE OUT OF
THE WATER AND WORK TO GET BOB
AND DOUG OUT OF THE DRAGON AFTER
A SUCCESSFUL MISSION IN SPACE.
WE ARE 26 MINUTES AWAY FROM
LAUNCH, FUELING OF FALCON 9 IS
CONTINUING.
LET'S CHECK IN ONE MORE TIME
DOWN WITH THE TEAM AT KENNEDY.
>> WE'RE SO PUMPED RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE THINGS HAVE CLEARED UP
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT
ACTUALLY DO THIS TODAY.
WE'RE NOW 25:46 AND COUNTING
FROM THE FIRST LAUNCH OF
ASTRONAUTS FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FROM
U.S. SOIL IN NINE YEARS.
THIS WILL MARK THE BEGINNING OF
A NEW ERA WHERE MORE PEOPLE WILL
BE ABLE TO FLY TO SPACE THAN
EVER BEFORE.
IF YOU COULD GO TO THE MOON,
WOULD YOU RATHER VISIT THE SOUTH
POLE WHERE NO ONE HAS BEEN
BEFORE OR THE APOLLO 11 LANDING
SITE, AND IT WAS A PRETTY EVEN
SPLIT.
WE HAD 46% OF YOU SAY YOU WOULD
GO TO THE MOON'S SOUTH POLE AND
54% OF YOU WOULD GO TO APOLLO 11
LANDING SITE.
I KIND OF SIDE WITH THE LANDING
SITE BECAUSE I'M A HISTORY BUFF
AND I WANT TO SEE WHERE NEIL
ARMSTRONG AND BUZZ ALDRIN SET
FOOT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, LAUREN, WHICH
PLACE WOULD YOU GO?
>> I'M WITH YOU ON THAT.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE FLAG
THERE AND THE FOOTSTEPS, THEY
WOULD STILL THERE BE THERE.
THERE'S NO WIND THERE UP.
>> I THINK I'M WITH BOTH OF YOU.
IT'S JUST LIKE THE MEATBALL.
THE CLASSIC.
GOING TO THE CLASSIC SPOT.
THAT'S WHERE ALL OF IT STARTED.
THAT'S WHERE ALL THAT
WAS AN ANTENNA ENGINEER AND NOT
SEEING IT.
BESIDES THAT, THAT'S HISTORY.
>> HOPEFULLY, MAYBE YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE TO BE ONE OR THE OTHER.
>> EXACTLY.
WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE FROM
GOING WHERE WE'VE NEVER BEEN
BEFORE.
WE NEED TO GO TO THE SOUTH POLE
TOO.
WE ARE THRILLED TO SEE ALL OF
YOU FOLLOWING ONLINE.
THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE
POLL.
TAHIRA IS MONITORING ALL THE
ACTION WITH LESS THAN 25 MINUTES
TO GO.
I'M SURE THINGS ARE HEATING UP
ONLINE.
>> YOU'RE COMPLETELY RIGHT.
NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT GO FOR
LAUNCH, PEOPLE ARE ON THE EDGE
OF THEIR SEAT WAITING ON THIS
HISTORIC MOMENT TO TAKE FLIGHT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, PHOTOS ARE STILL
COMING IN OF JUST EVERYONE
AROUND THE COUNTRY SHOWING THEIR
EXCITEMENT FOR THIS LAUNCH AND
IT'S REALLY BEEN A TOUCHING
THING TO SEE HOW EVERYONE HAS
KEPT THE EXCITEMENT GOING FROM
WEDNESDAY'S FIRST ATTEMPT.
WE JUST TOOK A LOOK AT NUMBERS
AND WE ARE NOW AT OVER 3 MILLION
PEOPLE TUNING IN FOR THIS
HISTORIC LAUNCH.
I JUST WANT TO WISH BOB AND DOUG
THE BEST OF LUCK.
THIS WILL BE MY OWN FIRST TIME
WATCHING HUMANS LIFT OFF TO
SPACE FROM THE UNITED STATES AND
IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A SUPER
EMOTIONAL MOMENT.
FOR THAT, MARIE, BACK TO YOU AT
KENNEDY FOR THE LAST MINUTES
BEFORE LAUNCH.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS.
WE HAVE 23 MINUTES AND SOME
CHANGE TO GO.
WHAT YOU DO YOU THINK BOB AND
DOUG ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW?
>> I THINK THEY'RE VERY CALM,
COOL AND COLLECTED AS TEST
PILOTS BUT I THINK THEY'RE
THINKING ACT WHAT ARE THE STEPS
THEY'LL TAKE IF THERE'S A
MALFUNCTION.
THE NOMINAL STUFF IS ALLATE --
AUTOMATED BUT THEY HAVE TO
INTEGRATE WITH THE TOUCHSCREENS,
THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE THINKING.
>> WEDNESDAY WE WERE FIVE
MINUTES FURTHER IN THE COUNTDOWN
WHEN WE HEARD THE CALL TO SCRUB
AND THE WEATHER WAS STILL VERY
TOUCH AND GO AT THIS POINT ON
WEDNESDAY.
BUT TODAY, AT LEAST FOR RIGHT
NOW, I DON'T WANT TO JINX IT,
I'M AFRAID TO SAY IT OUT LOUD
BUT IT LOOKS BETTER TODAY.
>> YEAH, AND IT FEELS LIKE,
WHOO, I'M FEELING IT A LOT MORE
THAN I DID ON WEDNESDAY.
SPEAKING OF BOB AND DOUG AND
THEM BEING REALLY CALM AND COOL
AND COLLECTED, HAVING HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TO WATCH THEM
TRAIN AND TO ALL OF MY FRIENDS
TO WORK WITH THEM EVERY SINGLE
DAY, THE FEEDBACK IS ALWAYS WHAT
GREAT PEOPLE THEY ARE.
NOT JUST HOW BRIGHT AND SHARP
THEY ARE BUT JUST GOOD PEOPLE.
AROUND THE OFFICE WE OFTEN REFER
TO THEM AS THE DADS.
THEY'RE DADS.
THEY ARE DADS.
AND WE'VE MET THEIR FAMILIES AND
WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE ON THAT VERY
PERSONAL LEVEL, IT STARTS TO
MEAN SO MUCH.
THEY ARE A PART OF OUR TEAM.
THEY'RE NOT A CUSTOMER.
THEY'RE OUR TEAM.
THEY'RE NOT A PAYLOAD.
THEY'RE OUR TEAM.
THEY'RE A FAMILY AND SO WE'RE
JUST SO EXCITED TO SEE THE DADS
UP THERE TODAY.
>> GO DADS!
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO GO SEND IT OVER
TO GARY FOR AN UPDATE FROM
HOUSTON.
GARY?
>> HEY, MARIE.
THE SPACE STATION TEAM HERE IS
FOCUSED.
ALL EYES ARE ON THE SYSTEM
CHECKS THAT ARE HAPPENING ACROSS
THE BOARD AND WE'RE LISTENING IN
AS WE CLOSE IN ON LAUNCH.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THINGS ARE
LOOKING VERY GOOD, CHRIS CASSIDY
WILL BE WATCHING FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
RIGHT NOW FLYING OVER THE
PACIFIC OCEAN, IT'S HEADING TO
CROSS RIGHT OVER THE LAUNCHPAD.
WE MIGHT EVEN GET SOME GOOD
VIEWS FROM THE SPACING, HOPE TO
BE CAPTURING THOSE.
WE'LL HAVE THE LAUNCH VIEW IN
THE BIG SCREEN UP FRONT AND
EVERYONE IS EXCITED TO SEE OUR
TWO CREW MEMBERS ON THE SWAY TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
BEFORE WE GET TO IT, I WANT TO
PASS ON GOOD LUCK FROM THE
ENTIRE FLIGHT OPERATIONS
COMMUNITY HERE IN HOUSTON.
IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING TO BE DOING
SOMETHING WHOLLY NEW AND
HISTORY-MAKING WITH STATION
OPERATIONS AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO
SEE OUR TEAM MEMBERS BOB AND
DOUG IN LOW-EARTH ORBIT AND
HEADING TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
BACK OVER TO TEAM AT HAWTHORNE
FOR THE LATEST HAPPENING THERE.
JOHN.
>> T MINUS 20 MINUTES 30
SECONDS.
WE'RE CONTINUING THE COUNTDOWN.
EVERYTHING IS STILL LOOKING GOOD
FOR LAUNCH OF FALCON 9 AND
DRAGON.
22:45 AFTER THE HOUR.
RIGHT NOW ON THE RIGHT-HAND
SIDE, YOU CAN SEE A LARGE WHITE
CLOUD COMING OFF THE STRONG
BACK.
THAT IS NORMAL AS WE GET READY
TO LOAD THE SECOND STAGE WITH
LIQUID OXYGEN.
WE HAVE TO CHILL IN THE PLUMBING
LINES GOING UP THAT STRONG VAC.
AS WE RELIEVE PRESSURE, THE
MOIST, HUMID, FLORIDA A
CONDENSES AROUND IT AND THAT
GIVES YOU THE CLOUD.
THAT TELLS US THAT THINGS ARE
ACTUALLY ON SCHEDULE.
WE DID BEGIN PROPELLANT LOAD.
FUEL LOADING ON THE SECOND
STAGE.
WE JUST HEARD THE CALL-OUT THAT
IT IS COMPLETE.
FIRST STAGE FUEL LOAD IS
CONTINUING AND RIGHT NOW THAT'S
A LITTLE MORE THAN ABOUT 60% OF
THE WAY FULL.
THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD.
SECOND STAGE IS GETTING READY TO
BEGIN THE LIQUID OXYGEN LOADING
AFTER THEY FINISHED THE LINES,
THEY'LL BEGIN THE LOAD AT T
MINUS 16:30.
THE RANGE RIGHT NOW IS GO.
READY TO SUPPORT.
WEATHER CONTINUES TO BE GO.
AS WE INCH OUR WAY CLOSER, WE'RE
KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED.
WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR IF ANYBODY
CALLS OUT AN ISSUE BUT FOR THE
MOMENT AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE
SCREEN, IT LOOKS GOOD.
ON THE DRAGON SIDE, THE DRAGON
MISSION DIRECTOR AND THE TEAM
THERE ARE REPORTING NO ISSUES,
THEY'VE DONE THEIR
COMMUNICATIONS CHECK.
THE CREW ACCESS ARM HAS
RETRACTED AWAY FROM THE
SPACECRAFT.
THE CREW IS STRAPPED IN AND THEY
ARE READY TO GO.
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE GOING
TO THE CREW AT T MINUS TEN
MINUTES.
THE CREW DISPLAYS WILL BE
CONFIGURED FOR LAUNCH AND THAT
SETUP WILL GIVE ASTRONAUTS BOB
BEHNKEN AND DOUG HURLEY INSIGHT
INTO HOW THE LAUNCH IS
PROCEEDING AND PROVIDE CONSTANT
UPDATES ON VEHICLE HEALTH.
WE'VE ALREADY HEARD THE CREW
GIVE THEIR GO, CLOSE THE VISORS
AND GET READY FOR LAUNCH.
DRAGON WILL ENTER TERMINAL COUNT
AT T MINUS FIVE MINUTES.
WHEN IT TRANSITIONS THE INTERNAL
POWER, WE'LL HEAR CONTINUED
CALL-OUTS ON THE COUNTDOWN NET
AS WE GET CLOSE TO ZERO AND
LIFTOFF BUT RIGHT NOW AT T MINUS
18:15, EVERYTHING CONTINUES TO
BE GO FOR AN ON-TIME LAUNCH.
DAN, JESSE, THANK YOU ARE
LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.
HOW ARE THEY DOING OVER AT YOUR
STAND?
>> THINGS ARE GREAT FROM ABOUT
15 FEET AWAY FROM YOU, AND
HONESTLY, THINGS ARE LOOKING
PRETTY GREAT DOWN AT THE PAD
THERE.
WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE BLUE IN
THE SKY.
GREEN IS THE COLOR WE WANT WHEN
WE'RE TALKING ACT WEATHER AND
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SITTING RIGHT
NOW.
WE ARE UNDER 18 MINUTES AWAY
FROM LIFTOFF.
INSTANTANEOUS LIFTOFF AT
12:22:45 HERE ON THE WEST COAST.
3:22:45 OVER ON THE EAST COAST
THERE IN FLORIDA.
JUST A REMINDER, IT'S GOING TO
BE ABOUT A NINE-MINUTE RIDE UP
TO ORBIT FOR THE FALCON 9 AND
BOB AND DOUG ON BOARD DRAGON.
IT WILL BE A TWO-STAGE FLIGHT.
SO WE'LL SEE THE FIRST STAGE FLY
UNTIL WE HEAR MIEKO, OUR MAIN
ENGINE CUT OFF ABOUT 2 1/2
MINUTES INTO FLIGHT.
AFTER THAT THE SECOND STAGE WILL
TAKE OVER AND CONTINUE TO POWER
THEM THE REST OF THE WAY.
SECOND ENGINE CUT-OFF COMES IN
JUST UNDER NINE MINUTES ABOUT
8:44.
FOLLOWING THAT SECOND STAGE
COMPLETING ITS JOB, IT WILL
CONTINUE TO COAST FOR ABOUT
THREE MINUTES, IT WILL DO A
SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT AND MAKE SURE
IT'S NOT IN ANY KIND OF A SPIN
BEFORE THEY DO SEPARATION.
THAT'S WHEN THE DRAGON
SPACECRAFT WILL PHYSICALLY
SEPARATE FROM THE FALCON 9
VEHICLE AND BOB AND DOUG WILL BE
FLYING FREE.
IT'S ABOUT A 19-HOUR RIDE IF WE
LAUNCH TODAY ON TIME.
BOB AND DOUG WILL GET ON ORBIT.
THEY'LL HAVE A NUMBER OF BURNS,
THE FIRINGS OF THE THRUSTERS
 THEY'LL DO.
>> STAGE TWO STARTED.
>> THE LIQUID OXYGEN LOAD HAS
NOW STARTED ON STAGE TWO.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING A
SERIES OF BURNS ON THE WAY
UPHILL TOWARDS THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, FIVE SPREAD OUT
OVER THE FIRST 16 HOURS OR SO OF
THEIR FLIGHT.
UNTIL THEY GET MUCH CLOSER AND
IT'S TIME FOR THAT APPROACH AND
DOCKING.
AND WE ARE EXPECTING THAT WITH
AN ON-TIME LAUNCH TO HAPPEN
TODAY THAT WILL BE COMING
TOMORROW IN THE AFTERNOON.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW THAT WE'RE UNDER 16 MINUTES
AWAY, WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST
JOINING US.
I'M GOING TO TOSS IT OVER TO
JESSE.
>> WE ARE T MINUS 15:45 FROM
LIFTOFF OF OUR SECOND
DEMONSTRATION MISSION TODAY AND
WE HAVE THE HONOR OF HAVING
SPACEX'S PRESIDENT AND CEO, GWEN
SHOTWELL JOINING US.
THANKS FOR COMING ON AND TAKING
A FEW MINUTES TO CHAT WITH US.
>> THANKS, JESSE.
>> WE KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN ON
CONSOLE.
HOW HAS THE COUNTDOWN BEEN GOING
SO FAR?
>> COUNTDOWN IS CLEAN TODAY JUST
LIKE IT WAS WEDNESDAY.
WE DID CLEAR THE WEATHER HURDLES
SOONER THAN WE DID ON WEDNESDAY
AND THE ONLY THING WE'RE
WATCHING RIGHT NOW IS DOWN-RANGE
WEATHER AND LIGHTNING AT THE
STAGING LOCATIONS BUT WE'LL
CLEAR THAT HURDLE AT T MINUS
SEVEN MINUTES.
>> GREAT.
VERY EXCITING.
NOW I'M GOING TO THROW IT BACK
TO 2012 BECAUSE YOU WERE ON
CONSOLE FOR DRAGON WHEN IT WAS
FIRST MAKING ITS WAY TO THE
SPACE STATION.
HOW DOES THAT EXPERIENCE COMPARE
TO TODAY?
>> I STOPPED GETTING NERVOUS FOR
LAUNCHES.
TODAY I'M NERVOUS AGAIN, SUPER
NERVOUS.
STOMACH IN THROAT.
>> UNDERSTANDABLE.
>> IT'S A FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC
DAY TODAY.
I'M REALLY EXCITED.
THE TEAM HAS PULLED TOGETHER.
IT'S SUCH A PROFESSIONAL
OPERATION.
WHEN I SAY TEAM, I MEAN SPACEX
AND NASA.
THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN WORKING
INCREDIBLY HARD AND HAVE DONE A
FANTASTIC JOB.
>> YES, AND WE ARE ALL SO
EXCITED AND WE KNOW YOU HAVE TO
GET BACK INSIDE OF MISSION
CONTROL BUT IS THERE ANYTHING
YOU WANTED TO SAY BEFORE LIFTOFF
TO NASA AND SPACEX?
>> I WANT TO THANK NASA, OF
COURSE, FOR THEIR GENEROSITY AND
THEIR HELP WITH GETTING TO THIS
PLACE.
I WANT TO THANK ALL THE
SPACEXers WHO HAVE COME
TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS MOMENT IN
HISTORY, AND I WANT TO THANK
ELON FOR HIRING ME.
[ Laughter ]
>> WE THANK ELON FOR HIRING YOU
AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
WE'LL LET YOU GET BACK TO
MISSION CONTROL.
AND GOOD LUCK WITH LAUNCH TODAY.
>> THANKS, JESSE.
AND GOD SPEED, BOB AND DOUG.
>> WE'RE SO EXCITED.
WE'RE JUST A FEW MINUTES AWAY
FROM COUNTDOWN SO WE ARE GOING
TO TURN IT OVER TO DAN AND JOHN
FOR THE FINAL MINUTES AND
TERMINAL COUNT, TAKE IT AWAY,
JOHN.
>> T MINUS 13:30, COUNTING TO
COUNT DOWN.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOAD FUEL ON
TO THE FIRST STAGE.
THAT SHOULD FINISH UP IN JUST
ABOUT SIX MINUTES.
FUEL IS COMPLETELY LOADED ON THE
SECOND STAGE.
THAT'S CLOSED OUT.
AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOAD
LIQUID OXYGEN ON BOTH THE FIRST
AND SECOND STAGE, THE LIQUID
OXYGEN LOAD BEGINNING ON THE
SECOND STAGE JUST ABOUT 3 1/2
MINUTES AGO.
WE ARE ALSO LOADING CRYOGENIC
HELIUM INTO THE STORAGE VESSELS
ON THE FIRST AND SECOND STAGE
GETTING IN THE LAST LITTLE BITS
OF HELIUM WHEN WE KEEP IT
CRYOGENIC, COLD AND LIQUIFIED.
JUST LIKE WITH LIQUID OXYGEN,
THAT'S THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT INTO
THE STORAGE VOLUME SO WE CAN GET
THE MOST PERFORMANCE OUT OF THE
VEHICLE.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN A FAIRLY
QUIET STATE ON THE VEHICLE.
GROUND PUMPS CONTINUING TO PUT
THE PROPELLANT INTO FIRST AND
SECOND STAGES.
NEXT SIGNIFICANT ISSUE CALL-OUTS
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR WILL
PROBABLY BE INSIDE THE T MINCE
TEN MINUTES WHEN THEY TALK TO
THE CREW.
WE'LL LISTEN FOR THAT BUT AT THE
MOMENT, EVERYTHING CONTINUING TO
LOOK GOOD AT T MINUS 12:20.
>> WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE
NOW, JOHN.
IT'S ONLY A LITTLE OVER 12
MINUTES AWAY.
JUST A REMINDER FOR EVERYBODY,
IT'S ABOUT A NINE-MINUTE RIDE
UPHILL.
WE'LL HAVE SOME DUELING BOXES
GOING ON AS THE FIRST STAGE WILL
BE COMING HOME WHILE THE SECOND
STAGE IS CARRYING BOB AND DOUG
INTO ORBIT.
OBVIOUSLY WE'LL BE KEEPING AN
EYE ON OUR NSA NAUTS THE --
ASTRONAUTS THE WHOLE WAY UP
HILL.
PERFORMANCE CALLS OVER THE
DRAGON GROUND THE ENTIRE WAY
UPHILL, YOU WILL HEAR SOME OF
THE SPACEX ENGINEERS CALLING OUT
TRAJECTORIES AND BOOSTER
PERFORMANCE SO WE'RE ALWAYS
LOOKING IF THAT WORD NOMINAL.
I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF JOHN'S
FAVORITE WORDS.
THAT'S ONE OF MINE TOO.
WE WANT TO HEAR NOMINAL AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE ON THE WAY UPHILL.
YOU MIGHT ALSO HEAR NUMBER AND
LETTER COMBINATIONS AND THOSE
CORRESPOND TO DIFFERENT ABORT
ZONES THAT BOB AND DOUG ARE IN
DURING THEIR FLIGHT UPHILL.
THERE'S 1A AND 1B WHICH
SIGNIFIES THEY'RE ON THE FIRST
STAGE.
THOSE CARRY THEM FROM THERE IN
THE CAPE ALL THE WAY UP TO ABOUT
THE VERY TOP OF NORTH CAROLINA
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE 2A THROUGH
TWO 2E OR 2 ECHO AND THAN WILL
BE ON THE SECOND STAGE, NORTH
CAROLINA UP TO THE TIP OF
NEWFOUNDLAND, THE NORTHERN
ATLANTIC AND THERE'S A ZONE OF
THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC WE'RE
GOING TO AVOID UNTIL YOU SHOULD
HEAR THE CALL-OUT BE SOMETHING
SIMILAR FORWARD TO SHANNON AND
THAT JUST REFERS TO SHANNON
IRELAND AND THEY'LL BE GOING OFF
THE COAST OF IRELAND AS THE
LATER STAGES OF THE SECOND STAGE
IF THEY HAVE TO ABORT.
JUST PREPPING YOU NOW FOR SOME
OF THE CALLS.
YOU'RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO HEAR
THE WORD NOMINAL ON THE WAY
UPHILL.
IT WILL PICK UP RIGHT ABOUT TEN
MINUTES.
WE'LL WAIT FOR THE CREW JUST TO
CONFIRM THAT THEIR DISPLAYS ARE
IN ORDER.
THE CREW IS ALREADY STRAPPED IN
IN AND REPORTED THEY ARE GO FOR
LAUNCH AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO
WATCH THE FUEL GAUGES PICK UP ON
THE FALCON 9 VEHICLE UNTIL
FUELING CUTS OFF AT JUST ABOUT
TWO MINUTES PRIOR TO LAUNCH.
>> DRAGON, SPACEX, CONFIRM
DISPLAYS ARE CONFIGURED FOR
LAUNCHED.
>> SPACEX, DRAGON, DISPLAYS ARE
CONFIGURING FOR LAUNCH.
>> COPY.
BOB, DOUG, ON THE BEHALF OF THE
TEAM, IT'S BEEN A HUGE HONOR.
KNOW THAT WE'RE WITH YOU, HAVE
AN AMAZING FLIGHT AND ENJOY
THOSE VIEWS OF OUR BEAUTIFUL
PLANET.
>> THANKS.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY OUR HONOR TO BE
PART OF THIS HUGE EFFORT TO GIVE
THE UNITED STATES BACK IN THE
LAUNCH BUSINESS.
WE'LL TALK TO YOU FROM ORBIT.
THANK YOU.
>> COPY ALL.
THANKS FOR THOSE WORDS.
>> SPACEX CORPS, THE VOICE THAT
WILL BE TALKING TO BOB AND DOUG
THROUGHOUT THEIR MISSION.
CONFIRMING THE CREW DISPLAYS ARE
CONFIGURED FOR LAUNCH.
WE'RE COMING UP ON NINE MINUTES
AND COUNTING.
>> WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH T MINUS
TEN MINUTES WITH THE CREW
DISCUSSIONS.
ACTIVITY IS NOW GOING TO SWITCH
OVER TO FALCON 9.
OUR NEXT MAJOR EVENT COMES AT T
MINUS SEVEN MINUTES, WE BEGIN
WHAT WE CALL ENGINE CHILL.
PREVALVES WILL OPEN.
THOSE CURRENTLY SEPARATE PROPEL
LANTS ON THE FIRST STAGE FROM
GETTING DOWN TO THE MERLIN
ENGINES, WILL OPEN THE PREVALVES
THAT WILL ALLOW FUEL AND LIQUID
OXYGEN TO FLOW TO THE TOP OF THE
PUMPS.
WHEN WE OPEN THE VALVES, THAT
WILL ALLOW US TO BEGIN CHILLING
THE NINE MERLIN PUMPS ON THE
FIRST STAGE ENGINE.
IT WILL TAKE THEM A FEW MINUTES
TO GET THEM COLD ENOUGH WHERE
THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PASS THE
LARGE AMOUNTS OF LIQUID OXYGEN
THROUGH THE PUMPS AND INTO THE
MAIN THRUST CHAMBERS WHEN WE GET
TO ENGINE IGNITION AT T MINUS
TWO SECONDS.
WE DON'T WANT TO TRY TO RUN
HIGHLY CHILLED LIQUID OXYGEN
THROUGH A WARMED PUMP.
YOU WOULD FLASH THAT INTO GAS.
THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE WAITING FOR
T MINUS SEVEN MINUTES, THEY'LL
START THE ENGINE CHILL.
SHORTLY AFTER THAT, WE WILL ALSO
GET THE FUEL SHUTDOWN.
>> LISTENING TO THE SPACEX
LAUNCH DIRECTOR IN THE
BACKGROUND.
THERE AS I MENTIONED, T MINUS
SEVEN MINUTES AS WE START THE
CHILL, WE WILL ALSO GET INTO THE
FINAL TOPPING OFF OF STAGE ONE
FUEL AND THEN THE FUEL LOAD WILL
COMPLETE.
STAGE ONE AND STAGE TWO ENGINE
CHILL HAS STARTED.
>> WE'VE HEARD THE CALL-OUT,
STAGE ONE ENGINE CHILL HAS
STARTED.
THAT'S GONE UP TO THE CREW SO
THEY'VE GOT SITUATIONAL
AWARENESS.
THE PREVALVES ARE OPEN.
AND NOW WE ARE TOPPING OFF FOR
STAGE FUEL GETTING READY TO
FINISH THE FUEL LOAD.
LIQUID OXYGEN LOAD ON FIRST AND
SECOND STAGE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
THE LAST THREE THE TWO MINUTES
OF THE COUNTDOWN.
>> WE SHOULD HEAR THAT CALL-OUT
RP1 LOAD COMPLETE COMING UP IN
SIX MINUTES, THAT DENSIFIED
KEROSENE OR THAT ROCKET FUEL
THAT FALCON 9 IS GOING TO USE TO
POWER BOB AND DOUG TO ORBIT
TODAY.
>> STAGE ONE FUEL.
>> RIGHT ON TIME.
THAT CALL-OUT INDICATES THAT THE
FUEL LOADING ON THE FIRST STAGE
IS COMPLETE, DRAINING BACK THE
LINES NOW.
FIRST STAGE AND SECOND STAGE
FUEL ARE COMPLETE.
LIQUID OXYGEN LOADING IS
CONTINUING ON BOTH STAGES.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE VIEW ON THE
LEFT SIDE OF THE MONITOR THE
CONDENSATION, THE COLD GAS
WRAPPED AROUND THE STAGES AS THE
TANK SKINS ARE CHILLED BY THE
DENSIFIED LIQUID OXYGEN PICKING
UP THE HUMIDITY FROM THE FLORIDA
AIR.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE AT THIS MOMENT
WE'RE A LITTLE MORE THAN 90%
FUEL ON THE OXIDIZER ON THE
FIRST STAGE, TICKING UP TOWARDS
THAT 80% MARK ON THE SECOND
STAGE.
WE'LL BE COUNTING DOWN ALL THE
WAY UNTIL ABOUT TWO OR THREE
MINUTES AS JOHN AND I JUST SAID
UNTIL EVERYTHING IS LOADED.
THEN WE WILL BE GO FOR LAUNCH.
>> DRAGON HAS TRANSITIONED TO
CONFIGURE FOR TERMINAL COUNT.
>> VEHICLE TANKS PRESSING FOR
STRONG VAC RETRACT.
>> PRESSURIZING THE FALCON 9
TANKS.
WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE CLAMP
ARM AROUND THE SECOND STAGE AND
BEGIN TO RETRACT THE STRONG VAC.
WE'LL MOVE BACK ABOUT 2º.
THAT WILL GET US TO LIFTOFF
POSITION AT LIFTOFF.
THE STRONG VAC WILL THEN RECLINE
ABOUT 45º.
>> STAGE TWO RP1.
>> LAUNCH DIRECTOR CALLED OUT
THE STRONG VAC RETRACT HAS
STARTED ON THE LEFT.
YOU WILL SEE IT GO BACK JUS
COUPLE OF DEGREES.
>> STAGE ONE RP1 LEAD.
>> WE ARE JUST FOUR MINUTES AWAY
FROM LIFTOFF.
AGAIN, AT THIS MOMENT, BOB AND
DOUG ARE REALLY JUST LASER
FOCUSED ON THOSE DISPLAYS.
THEY HAVE INSIGHT DIRECTLY INTO
DRAGON AND THE FALCON 9.
THEY ARE ABLE TO SEE WHERE THEIR
FUEL LOADING IS AT, HOW THINGS
ARE PROGRESSING DOWN WITH THE
COUNT.
>> FINAL SETUP STARTED.
>> 3 1/2 MINUTES FROM LAUNCHING.
>> THE STRONG VAC IS NOW
RECLINING AWAY FROM THE
FALCON 9.
FALCON 9.
>> DRAGON HAS TRANSITIONED TO
TERMINAL COUNT AND IS ON
INTERNAL.
>> STAGE ONE, LOCKS LOAD.
>> OKAY.
WE'RE T MINUS 2:42.
STAGE ONE LOCK LOAD IS CLOSED
OUT.
STAGE TWO WILL CONTINUE TO LOAD
FOR ABOUT AER HALF A MINUTE
OR SO.
ONCE WE GET THE COMPLETION OF
STAGE TWO LOCKS LOADING, WE HAVE
TO VENT DOWN THE LINE.
SO YOU WILL SEE ANOTHER LARGE
WHITE CLOUD COMING OFF OF THE
STRONG VAC, THAT WILL BE NORMAL.
THAT WILL HAPPEN AROUND T1:40.
WE'RE GOING ON INTERNAL POWER
NOW.
>> JUST A FEW SECONDS AWAY FROM
THE STAGE TWO LOCKS LOAD BEING
COMPLETE.
IT'S BEEN ALMOST NINE YEARS
SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN THIS
POSITION.
A LOT OF WORK DONE BY THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE TO GET TO THIS POINT.
ALL OUR EYES FOCUSED ON TWO NOW.
>> STAGE TWO LOCKS LOAD IS
CLOSED OUT.
PROPELLANT COMPLETE.
>> DRAGON IS IN AUTO IDLE.
>> STAGE TWO LOCKS LOAD
COMPLETE.
ALL FUEL, ALL OXIDIZER ON
FALCON 9, 1:34 TO GO UNTIL
LAUNCH.
>> CLOSEOUTS STARTING.
>> FALCON 9 IS IN STARTUP.
DRAGON IS IN COUNTDOWN.
FTS IS ARM FOR LAUNCH.
[ Cheering ]
>> UNDER A MINUTE NOW, THE FTS,
THE FLIGHT TERMINATION SYSTEM
HAS BEEN ARMED.
>> DRAGON, SPACEX, GO FOR
LAUNCH.
>> SPACEX, DRAGON, WE'RE GO FOR
LAUNCH.
LET'S LIGHT THIS CANDLE.
>> T MINUS 30 SECONDS.
>> STAGE ONE TANKS PRESSING FOR
FLIGHT.
>> T MINUS 15 SECONDS.
TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX,FI.
ZERO.
IGNITION.
LIFT OF THE FALCON 9 AND CREW
DRAGON!
GO NASA, GO SPACEX, GODSPEED BOB
AND DOUG!
[ Cheering ]
>> AMERICA HAS LAUNCHED.
SO RISE AS NEW ERA OF AMERICAN
SPACE FLIGHT AND AMBITIONS OF
THE NEW GENERATION CONTINUING
THE DREAM.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
20 SECONDS INTO FLIGHT STAGE ONE
PROPULSION IS NOMINAL.
[ Engine Roaring ]
>> 30 SECONDS INTO THIS HISTORIC
MISSION.
FLYING CREW ON BOARD DRAGON AND
FALCON 9 AND LOOK AT 'EM GO!
>> FALCON POWER NOMINAL.
>> M1D THROTTLE DOWN.
>> WE'RE THROTTLING DOWN TO GET
READY FOR THE PERIOD OF MAXIMUM
DYNAMIC PRESSURE.
WE'RE IN THE THROTTLE ROCKET.
>> REPORTS SAY ALL SYSTEMS ARE
GO.
>> VEHICLE SUPERSONIC.
>> WE'RE EXCEEDED MACH 1 ON THE
FALCON 9.
>> M1D THROTTLE UP.
>> WE'RE THROTTLING BACK UP TO
FULL POWER AS WE ARE THROUGH MAX
QUEUE.
>> COPY ONE.
>> WE HEARD THAT ONE BRAVO
CALL-OUT.
THAT'S JUST THE SECOND ABORT
ZONE THAT THEY'RE IN.
THEY'LL CONTINUE TO BE ON THIS
UNTIL THE FIRST STAGE HAS DONE
ITS JOB AND THEY SWITCH OVER TO
THE SECOND.
AT THIS POINT, THEY'RE PULLING
2.3 TIMES THE EARTH'S GRAVITY.
1500 MILES PER HOUR.
>> WE'VE HEARD THE CALL-OUT FOR
M VAC ENGINE NIL.
THAT'S GETTING THE M VAC ENGINE
READY TO LIGHT.
THAT WILL COME ABOUT 2:44 INTO
FLIGHT.
RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING CONTINUING
TO LOOK GOOD.
NEXT MAJOR EVENT COMING UP IS
GOING TO BE THE TRIPLE, WE'LL
HAVE MAIN ENGINE CUT-OFF OF THE
NINE FIRST STAGE, AND SECOND
STAGE ENGINE WILL CONTINUE TO
CARRY ASTRONAUTS INTO ORBIT.
>> COMING UP IN ABOUT 20
SECONDS.
>> M1D THROTTLE DOWN.
>> WE HEARD WE'RE THROTTLING
DOWN THE MERLIN ENGINES ON THE
FIRST STAGE.
WE HAVE MIKO.
>> TWO ALPHA.
>> FALCON STAGE SEPARATION
CONFIRMED.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
>> COPY 2 ALPHA.
>> M VAC IGNITION.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE STAGE SEPARATION
CONFIRMED.
THE FIRST STAGE BEGINNING ITS
FLIGHT BACK.
THE SECOND STAGE BEING POWERED
BY THAT SINGLE MERLIN 1D VACUUM
ENGINE HAS IGNITED AND IS NOW
CARRYING BOB AND DOUG INTO
ORBIT.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON
TO THE POWER OF THE SECOND
STAGE.
>> STAGE TWO PROPULSION IS
NOMINAL.
>> WHICH WILL CUT OFF AT SECOND
ENGINE CUT-OFF IN ABOUT 8:44
INTO TODAY'S FLIGHT.
SO A LITTLE OVER '05 MINUTES TO
GO STILL ON THIS SECOND STAGE.
YOU HEARD THE CALL-OUT 2 ALPHA,
THEY'RE NOW IN THE LONGEST ABORT
ZONE THAT CARRIES THEM ALL THE
WAY FROM NORTH CAROLINA UP THE
EASTERN SEABOARD ALMOST TO
CANADA.
THINGS LOOKING GOOD.
GETTING GOOD CALL-OUTS.
NOMINAL PROPULSION ON THE SECOND
STAGE.
BOB AND DOUG CONTINUING TO MAKE
THEIR WAY INTO ORBIT.
>> DRAGON, SPACEX, NOMINAL
TRAJECTORY.
>> SPACEX DRAGON, NOMINAL
TRAJECTORY.
>> HEARING NOMINAL TRAJECTORY.
SO DRAGON POINTED IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION, CONTINUING TO MAKE
THEIR FLIGHT UPHILL.
WE HEARD ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL
OVER BERMUDA, THAT'S ONE OF THE
OTHER GROUND STATIONS THEY'RE
USING TO GET TELEMETRY AND DATA
BACK.
>> STAGE TWO PROPULSION IS STILL
NOMINAL.
>> A LITTLE OVER 4:40 INTO THE
FLIGHT.
BOB AND DOUG FLYING AT MORE THAN
5600 MILES PER HOUR.
>> NOMINAL TRAJECTORY.
>> 200 MILES DOWN RANGE FROM THE
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
NOMINAL TRAJECTORY CONTINUING.
WHILE THEY CONTINUE UPHILL, IT
LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GETTING A VIEW
OF THE FIRST STAGE AS WELL.
>> ON YOUR RIGHT SCREEN, YOU CAN
SEE THAT FIRST STAGE WITH THE
GRID FINS DEPLOYED.
ITS MAKING ITS WAY BACK TO
ATTEMPT TO LAND ON OUR DRONE
SHIP, OF COURSE, I STILL LOVE
YOU TODAY.
AND WE'RE JUST ABOUT A MINUTE, A
COUPLE MINUTES AWAY FROM THE
ENTRY BURN AND THAT'S WHERE
THREE OF THE NINE MERLIN ENGINES
DO IGNITE TO HELP SLOW THE
VEHICLE DOWN AS IT REENTERS BACK
INTO THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
AND THEN AFTER THE ENTRY BURN
WILL BE THE LANDING BURN WHICH
IS JUST A SINGLE ENGINE BURN.
>> SPACEX NOMINAL TRAJECTORY.
>> YOU HEARD THE CALL-OUT.
THEY ARE STILL ON A NOMINAL
TRAJECTORY ON DRAGON.
STILL ON SECOND STAGE AND THAT'S
THAT M VAC ENGINE ON SECOND
STAGE ON YOUR LEFT SCREEN.
AGAIN ON YOUR RIGHT SCREEN IS
THAT FIRST STAGE BOOSTER COMING
BACK TOWARDS OUR DRONE SHIP, OF
COURSE I STILL LOVE YOU.
WE'RE ABOUT A MINUTE AWAY FROM
ENTRY BURN.
>> MEANWHILE, THAT SECOND STAGE
CONTINUING TO POWER DRAGON INTO
ORBIT.
IF YOU ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE
TIMER, THAT'S GOI CONTINUE
TO BURN UNTIL 8:44 INTO FLIGHT
SO A LITTLE OVER TWO MINUTES
FROM NOW, WE'LL HEAR THE
CALL-OUT SECO.
IT WILL BE A LITTLE OVER THREE
MINUTES UNTIL DRAGON PHYSICALLY
SEPARATES FROM THE SECOND STAGE
OF THE FALCON 9.
>> NOMINAL TRAJECTORY.
>> DRAGON NOMINAL TRAJECTORY.
>> CONTINUING TO CHECK IN WITH
BOB AND DOUG AS THEY ARE ON A
NOMINAL TRAJECTORY.
JUST ABOUT TEN SECONDS AWAY FROM
THE FIRST STAGE, STARTING THAT
ENTRY BURN ON YOUR RIGHT SCREEN.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THAT
VIEW LIVE.
>> STAGE ONE ENTRY BURN STARTUP.
AND THERE IS THAT ENTRY BURN
BEGINNING.
THIS BURN LASTS ABOUT 36 SECONDS
LONG.
>> STAGE TWO FTS IS SAVED.
>> THAT ENTRY BURN CONTINUES,
WE'RE JUST ABOUT A MINUTE AWAY
FROM SECO.
WE'LL HAVE A NUMBER OF EVENTS
ALL HAPPEN IN RAPID SUCCESSION.
IT WILL BE THE SECOND ENGINE
CUT-OFF, AND BEFORE THAT STAGE
ONE LANDING BURN SHORTLY AFTER.
>> ACTUALLY JUST WITHIN A FEW
SECONDS OF EACH OTHER.
SUCH A COOL VIEW ON YOUR LEFT
SCREEN, SEEING BOB AND DOUG ON
DRAGON AND NOW YOU CAN SEE THE
DISPLAYS THAT THEY ARE SEEING
RIGHT NOW THEMSELVES.
>> M VAC.
>> WE ARE COMING UP 25 SECONDS
OR SO AWAY FROM SECO, OR SECOND
ENGINE CUT-OFF.
>> THIS IS ALSO THE POINT WHERE
BOB AND DOUG ARE EXPERIENCING
THEIR HIGHEST G-FORCE.
WE'RE SEEING THE COUNTER TICK UP
TO -- YOU HEARD SHANNON SO THAT
JUST MEANS THEY'RE IN THEIR
FINAL ABORT ZONES.
IF THEY WERE TO ABORT TO THIS
POINT, IT WOULD BE ABORT TO
ORBIT OR LAND OFF THE COAST OF
IRELAND.
STANDING BY FOR SECOND CUT-OFF
CONFIRMATION.
>> M VAC THROTTLE STEP.
M VAC SHUTDOWN.
>> CONFIRMATION OF SECO, SECOND
ENGINE CUT-OFF.
>> NOW WE ARE WAITING FOR OUR
FIRST STAGE TO MAKE ITS WAY TO
OUR DRONE SHIP OF COURSE I STILL
LOVE YOU.
>> NOMINAL ORBITAL INSERTION.
>> CONFIRMATION NOMINAL ORBITAL
INSERTION.
>> WHAT YOU ARE SEEING ON YOUR
SCREEN IS A LIVE VIEW OF OUR
DRONE SHIP.
WHERE OUR FIRST STAGE WILL BE
COMING DOWN.
LOOKS LIKE WE LOST THAT LIVE
VIEW BUT WE'LL WAIT FOR
CONFIRMATION OF THAT LANDING
SHORTLY HERE.
THERE YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN
FALCON 9 HAS LANDED.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
THIS IS THE FIRST FALCON 9 TO
CARRY HUMANS TO ORBIT, SO VERY
EXCITING FOR US.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR RIGHT
SCREEN, BOB AND DOUG ARE STILL
MAKING THEIR WAY TO THEIR
TARGETED ORBIT.
>> RECOVERY ONE.
>> SO EXCITING TODAY!
>> IT DOESN'T STOP.
>> IT DOES NOT STOP.
>> WE DID HEAR AGAIN THAT
CALL-OUT GOOD ORBITAL INSERTION
SO THAT MEANS FALCON 9 AND
DRAGON RIGHT NOW EXACTLY WHERE
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.
>> FRC ON RECOVERY ONE.
>> IT'S RIGHT ABOUT 12 MINUTES
WHEN DRAGON WILL SEPARATE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE SAW ZERO G
INDICATOR FLOATING AROUND THERE.
I KNOW BOB AND DOUG OWE US ABOUT
WHAT EXACTLY THAT IS THEY
BROUGHT UP WITH THEM.
>> BEFORE SEPARATION, BEFORE
DRAGON INITIATES SEPARATION FROM
THE SECOND STAGE, THEY DO MAKE
SURE TO MAKE -- THEY DOAN SURE
SURE -- THEY DO ENSURE THAT THE
VEHICLE IS NOT SPINNING AND IS
IN GOOD CONDITION BEFORE WE
SEPARATE.
>> THE STAGE DOES A SMALL
ATTITUDE MANEUVER USING COLD GAS
THRUSTERS BUILT INTO THE ROCKET
BODY ITSELF.
>> EXACTLY.
SO WE DO EXPECT THAT TO
SEPARATION TO OCCUR IN ABOUT A
MINUTE FROM NOW.
BUT THEY DO WAIT UNTIL THEY HAVE
FULL CONFIRMATION THAT IT IS
READY TO SEPARATE.
SUCH COOL VIEWS.
I CANNOT GET OVER THIS VIEW WE
ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW.
BOB AND DOUG ON THE RIGHT SCREEN
INSIDE OF CREW DRAGON.
OUT IN SPACE.
>> ALREADY 200 KILOMETERS OVER
PLANET EARTH, A LITTLE OVER 124
MILES TRAVELING IN EXCESS OF
27,000 METERS PER SECOND, ABOUT
16,000 MILES PER HOUR.
WE'RE JUST STANDING BY THAT
SEPARATION EVENT SHOULD BE
COMING UP SHORTLY AND WILL BEGIN
A SERIES OF CHECKS ON THE
THRUSTERS THAT WILL BE USED TO
MANEUVER AND THEN POWER DRAGON
ON ITS FLIGHT TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
STANDING BY FOR SEPARATION.
>> EXPECT A LOSS OF SIGNAL.
>> SOUNDS LIKE WE HAD AN
EXPECTED LOS, LOSS OF SIGNAL,
WITH ONE OF THE GROUND STATIONS.
>> DRAGON SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
>> DRAGON SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
>> THERE'S A GREAT VIEW RIGHT IN
FRONT OF YOU OF DRAGON
SEPARATING.
AND THERE'S THAT CALL-OUT.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
DRAGON IS NOW OFFICIALLY MAKING
ITS WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION TODAY.
>> DRAGON SPACEX, SEPARATION
CALL, WE HAVE A FEW WORDS FOR
YOU FROM OUR FALCON 19.
>> STANDING BY.
[ Buzzing ]
>> COPY ALL.
PROUD OF YOU GUYS AND THE REST
OF THE TEAM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU
HAVE DONE FOR US TODAY, PUTTING
AMERICA BACK INTO LOW-EARTH
ORBIT FROM THE FLORIDA COAST.
>> COPY.
GOOD LUCK.
GODSPEED.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO BOB AND DOUG ARE IN SPACE.
>> SPACEX, WE CONFIRM NOMINAL
AND CHECKOUTS ON NOSE CONE
DEPLOYS IN PROGRESS.
>> COPY ALL.
MONITORING.
>> THE CORPS HERE IN HAWTHORNE
GIVING THE CREW A HEADS-UP THAT
WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT THE
NOSE CONE IS DEPLOYING SO AGAIN
THAT NOSE CONE IS GOING TO OPEN
UP A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 90º.
ALSO UP ABOUT 105º AND THAT'S
GOING TO EXPOSE THE ACTUAL
DOCKING RING AND THE HATCH THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING
THROUGH ONCE THEY ATTACH TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
ALSO FOUR OF THOSE DRACO
THRUSTERS, WE CALL THEM THE
FORWARD BULKHEAD THRUSTers
USED FOR THE FIRING OF THE
THRUSTERS TO RAISE THEIR ORBIT
GRADUALLY OVER THE COMING HOURS.
WE HEARD GOOD ACT VACATION OF
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND
LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM.
THAT'S EVERYTHING CONTROLLING
THEIR ATMOSPHERE, JUST KEEPING
DRAGON AT A NICE, SAFE,
HABITABLE ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY
WILL BE LIVING FOR THE NEXT 19
HOURS UNTIL THEY ARRIVE AT THE
SPACE STATION.
>> EXACTLY.
AND FALCON 9'S JOB MAY BE DONE
FOR TODAY BUT THE MISSION IS NOT
OVER.
CREW DRAGON'S JOB IS NOT DONE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, BOB AND DOUG ARE
STILL INSIDE CREW DRAGON, MAKING
THEIR WAY, IT WILL BE A 19-HOUR
TRIP TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION BEFORE THEY DOCK
TOMORROW MORNING.
SUCH COOL VIEWS.
I LOVE THAT WE CAN GET THESE
LIVE VIEWS HERE AND SEE AND
WATCH WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW
THAT THEY ARE IN ORBIT.
>> IT'S INCREDIBLE TO JUST BE
LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDER, TO
BE ALONG FOR THE RIDE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE WITH THEM AND
WE'RE GOING TO BE WITH ALL OF
YOU THE ENTIRE WAY FOR THEIR
JOURNEY TO THE SPACE STATION.
WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING LIVE
THROUGHOUT, BOB AND DOUG WILL
OBVIOUSLY HAVE A SLEEP PERIOD,
WHERE THEY'LL GET ABOUT EIGHT
HOURS OF SLEEP A LITTLE BIT
LATER TODAY BEFORE THEY WAKE UP
FOR ALL OF THEIR FINAL APPROACH,
ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS WE ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS IS GOING TO BE
THEIR FIRST TURN AT THE CONTROLS
SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
USING THOSE TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAYS
TO TAKE CONTROL AND MANUAL
IPILOT DRAGON.
WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THAT
IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND
ASSUMING WE HAVE SOME GOOD
GROUND STATION COVERAGE, WE'LL
BE ABLE TO GET VIEWS FROM RIGHT
INSIDE DRAGON.
LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDER AS
THEY MANIPULATE THE CONTROLS AT
THE DISPLAY.
WE HAD A SMOOTH RIDE UPHILL,
BOTH STAGES OF THE FALCON 9
DOING THEIR JOB, PLACING BOB AND
DOUG INTO ORBIT.
THIS IS A DAY, THIS IS AN
HISTORICAL DAY.
THIS IS US KICKING OFF THAT NEW
ERA OF SPACE FLIGHT WE'VE ALL
BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND LONGING
FOR SINCE THE SPACE SHUTTLE
PROGRAM CAME TO AN END IN 2011.
AND THE WEATHER COOPERATED.
>> YES, SECOND TIME'S A CHARM.
ALL RIGHT.
SO DATE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE LOST
SOME LIVE SIGNAL THERE.
BUT THE MISSION STILL CONTINUES
AND WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT OVER
TO KSC TO CONTINUE BROADCASTING
LIVE.
>> JESSE AND DAN, WE ARE JUST IN
AWE OVER HERE AND I WOKE UP THIS
MORNING AND I LOOKED AT THE
WEATHER FORECAST, I WAS LIKE
MAN, WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK HERE
ON SUNDAY, BUT WE DID IT.
AND THE ROOM CLEARED OUT,
EVERYBODY WAS OUTSIDE WATCHING
AND INSIDE THE LIGHTS WERE
SHAKING, THE CAMERAS WERE
SHAKING, LAUREN CAME BACK IN
WITH TEARS IN HER EYES.
THIS IS REALLY AMAZING.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE I SAW IT WITH
MY OWN EYES.
I'M A LITTLE BIT SPEECHLESS.
JUST SO GRATEFUL WE GOT THEM UP
THERE'S A LOT MORE TO GO BUT I'M
SO HAPPY THEY'RE SAFE RIGHT NOW.
I'M JUST SO HAPPY.
>> LELAND, YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT IT'S AMAZING WHAT WE CAN
DO WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER.
>> YES, AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS,
AMERICAN ROCKET FROM AMERICAN
SOIL SHOWING YOU WHAT AMERICANS
CAN DO WHEN WE COME TOGETHER AS
A TEAM AND BLAST DOUG AND BOB
OFF TO THE COSMOS.
THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT AND
THEIR FAMILIES AND EVERYONE
WORKING TOGETHER TO TAKE THEM UP
TO SPACE SAFELY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
THAT ROCKET FUEL IS IN MY VEINS
AND I WANT TO GET ON THE ROCKET.
>> IT'S TOO LATE NOW.
MAYBE THE NEXT ONE.
>> I KNOW, I KNOW.
>> WE WANT TO GO OVER TO DARRELL
AT OSB 2, HE'S THERE WITH THE
ADMINISTRATOR WHO HOPEFULLY HAS
MORE WORDS THAN WE DO BECAUSE
WE'RE STILL SPEECHLESS.
>> WE'RE HERE AT THE OPERATION
SUPPORT BUILDING WHERE A CHORUS
OF APPLAUSE HAS BEEN HAPPENING
FROM THE BEGINNING OF LAUNCH AND
THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS STAGES,
SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS WERE
HERE TO WATCH IT, THAT INCLUDES
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP,
VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE AND
NASA ADMINISTRATOR JIM
BRIDENSTINE WHO JOINS ME NOW.
YOU WERE WITH THE PRESIDENT AND
THE VICE-PRESIDENT.
AMERICA'S BACK LAUNCHING HUMAN
ASTRONAUTS AGAIN.
TELL ME HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT
AND TELL ME ABOUT THE PRESIDENT
WATCHING THE LAUNCH AND WHAT
HAPPENED THERE.
>> SO THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME
COMING.
IT'S BEEN NINE YEARS SINCE WE'VE
LAUNCHED AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ON
AMERICAN ROCKETS FROM AMERICAN
SOIL AND NOW IT'S DONE.
WE HAVE DONE IT.
IT'S BEEN WAY TOO LONG.
I WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT
TO CHARLIE BOLDEN, HE WAS MY
PREDECESSOR AS THE NASA
ADMINISTRATOR.
HE FOUGHT HARD FOR THIS PROGRAM
AT A TIME WT DIDN'T GET ANY
SUPPORT IN CONGRESS.
WE NOW HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION
THAT IS FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR
SPACE FLIGHT INITIATIVES, NOT
JUST ON THE EXPLORATION
DISCOVERY, GOING TO THE MOON, ON
TO MARS BUT ALSO FROM A SPACE
FORCE PERSPECTIVE.
OUR BUDGETS ARE GOING UP.
THINGS ARE STRONG.
AND TODAY WAS JUST AN AMAZING
DAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THE PRESIDENT
DID RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE WHEN
WE BECAME PRESIDENT, HE CREATED
THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL AND
PUT THE VICE-PRESIDENT AS
CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL SPACE
COUNCIL.
YOU'VE ON THE COUNCIL YOU'VE GOT
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE,
SECRETARY OF STATE, COMMERCE,
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION,
EDUCATION.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT
CHIEFS, ALL THESE DIFFERENT
AMAZING INDIVIDUALS THAT DEAL
WITH SPACE DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE
HOW MANY PARTS OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DEAL WITH SPACE AND
THE VICE-PRESIDENT INVITED THOSE
MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SPACE
COUNCIL HERE AS WELL.
AND THEN WE HAD MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS, BI-PARTISAN MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS, REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
IN SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM FOR A
LONG TIME NOW.
SO I'LL JUST TELL YOU, I'M
BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF BUT I
WILL ALSO TELL YOU, I'M NOT
GOING TO CELEBRATE UNTIL BOB AND
DOUG ARE HOME SAFELY.
TOMORROW THEY'RE GOING TO DOCK
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
TONIGHT I'M HEADING TO HOUSTON
TO BE AT THE JOHNSON SPACE
CENTER WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
IT'S A BIT OF A RELIEF.
THE NOSE CONE IS NOW OPEN.
IT'S NOW DEPLOYED, WHICH MEANS
THAT NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO
SOME OF BURNS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PHASING
BURNS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME
BOOSTING BURNS AND WE'RE GOING
TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN
ALIGNMENT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AS EARLY AS
POSSIBLE HERE BUT ALSO I KNOW
IT'S HARD, BUT THE BIG THING
THAT WE NEED TO DO NOW IS WE'VE
GOT TO GET BOB AND DOUG WHO HAVE
NOW GONE THROUGH THIS EXERCISE
TWICE, THEY NEED TO GET SOME
REST BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU
THERE WILL BE NO REST FOR A GOOD
AMOUNT OF TIME WHILE THEY'RE UP
THERE IN ORBIT.
>> THEY'RE CERTAINLY ON THEIR
WAY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE JOINING
US FOR THIS ENTIRE CELEBRATION
AND WATCHING.
WE JUST HEARD 10 MILLION PEOPLE
WATCHING LIVE AS THIS LAUNCH
HAPPENED.
AND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
BECOMING THE THIRD SITTING
PRESIDENT TO WATCH A LAUNCH LIVE
FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
>> TO BE CLEAR, I THINK HE'S THE
ONLY SITTING PRESIDENT TO WATCH
AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS LAUNCH ON A
BRAND NEW ROCKET THAT HAS NEVER
LAUNCHED BEFORE, AND THAT'S A
BIG RISK.
HE ALSO SAID WE'RE GOING TO THE
MOON BY 2024.
HE'S PUTTING HIMSELF AT RISK
SAYING POTENTIALLY I'M GOING TO
BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE
INITIATIVES I PUT FORWARD AND I
THINK WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT KIND
OF LEADERSHIP FOR SPACE IN A
VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR IT.
>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE WATCHING THE
LAUNCH WITH THE PRESIDENT?
HOW DID HE REACT?
>> I'LL TELL YOU, IT'S OBVIOUSLY
SOMETHING THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR
TO HIM.
HE SAID IT A YEAR AND A HALF
AGO, HE PUT IT IN THE STATE OF
THE UNION SPEECH.
HE SAID WE'RE GOING TO LAUNCH
AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ON AMERICAN
ROCKETS FROM AMERICAN SOIL AND
OF COURSE I WAS LIKE IN MY HEAD,
I'M THINKING WE BETTER GET AFTER
THIS.
AND OF COURSE WE'VE WORKED
OVERTIME TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
WE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BEHIND
SCHEDULE, BUT WE GOT IT DONE AND
WE GOT IT DONE SAFELY.
WE'RE KNOCKING ON WOOD, BUT SO
FAR SO GOOD.
IT'S LOOKING GOOD.
>> YOU PERSONALLY, JIM, AS THAT
ROCKET WAS LIFTING OFF AND YOU
FELT THAT RUMBLE, WHAT DID YOU
EXPERIENCE?
>> WELL, I WAS PRAYING.
I WAS PRAYING FOR BOB AND DOUG
AND I WAS PRAYING FOR THEIR
FAMILIES AND THEIR SAFE RETURN,
EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE JUST GOING
BUT MAN, I'LL TELL YOU, I'VE
HEARD THAT RUMBLE BEFORE BUT
IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT FEELING
WHEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR OWN TEAM ON
THAT ROCKET.
AND THEY ARE OUR TEAM, THEY ARE
AMERICA'S TEAM.
THIS IS LAUNCH AMERICA.
THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT AMERICA
HAS TO OFFER IN ITS PUREST FORM
AND TIMES ARE TOUGH RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS NO DOUBT.
WE'VE GOT THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC, WE HAVE OTHER
CHALLENGES AS A COUNTRY BUT I
HOPE THIS MOMENT IN TIME IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY TO
REFLECT ON HUMANITY AND WHAT WE
CAN DO WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER
WHEN WE DRIVE AND WHEN WE
ACHIEVE.
IF THIS CAN INSPIRE A YOUNG
CHILD TO BECOME THE NEXT ELON
MUSK OR THE NEXT JEFF BEZOS OR
THE NEXT SIR RICHARD BRANSON,
THAT'S WHEN THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
>> OR THE NEXT JIM BRIDENSTINE.
>> I WOULDN'T PUT ME IN THAT
CATEGORY.
>> WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP
FOR THE SPACE AGENCY AT THIS
TIME AND CONGRATULATIONS ON AN
AMAZING DAY AND LAUNCH.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT RIDE.
>> VERY GOOD.
WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN THE
STUDIO.
>> DOUG AND TO BE ARE ON COURSE
TO ARRIVE AT THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION TOMORROW, MAY
31st AT 10:27 A.M. EASTERN
TIME AND WE'LL BE STAYING ON THE
AIR FOR CONTINUOUS LIVE COVERAGE
ALONG THE ENTIRE RIDE TO THE
STATION.
SO THOUGH OUR COVERAGE HERE IS
CONCLUDING, WE WILL TURN IT OVER
TO THE TEAMS IN HAWTHORNE AND
HOUSTON TO TAKE US THROUGH THE
NEXT PHASES OF THE DEMO 2
MISSION, ALL THE WAY THROUGH
HATCH OPENING AND A WELCOME
CEREMONY ON THE SPACE STATION
FOR BOB AND DOUG TOMORROW.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AS YOU FOLLOW ALONG, WE INVITE
YOU TO TUNE INTO A POST-LAUNCH
NEWS CONFERENCE THAT'S HAPPENING
HERE AT 6:30 THIS EVENING,
EASTERN TIME ON NASA TV.
WE'LL HAVE NASA AND SPACEX
LEADERS HERE TO TAKE QUESTIONS
LIVE ON THIS UNPDENTED
ACHIEVEMENT IN HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT.
AND IN ADDITION TO NASA TV, YOU
CAN FOLLOW ALONG ALWAYS ON
TWITTER AT NASA AND NASA.GOV FOR
MISSION UPDATES AS IT
PROGRESSES.
HERE NOW ARE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE
MISSION SO FAR, MAY 30th,
2020, REMEMBER THIS DAY.
YOU WILL HAVE THIS MEMORY
FOREVER.
THE DAY AMERICA RETURNED
ASTRONAUTS TO ORBIT FROM U.S.
SOIL.
[ ♪♪♪ ]
>> WOW.
WE'RE MAKING HISTORY AGAIN.
>> LET'S GO!
[ ♪♪♪ ]
[ Countdown ]
[ ♪♪♪ ]
>> IGNITION, LIFTOFF OF THE
FALCON 9 AND CREW DRAGON, GO
NASA, GO SPACEX, GODSPEED, BOB
AND DOUG!
[ ♪♪♪ ]
[ Cheering ]
>> AMERICA HAS LAUNCHED.
>> A NEW GENERATION CONTINUING
TO DREAM.
>> WE WANT TO THANK MARIE AND
THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR THAT GREAT
LAUNCH.
IT WAS GREAT TO BE WITH YOU THE
WHOLE TIME.
BUT AS WE JUST SAID.
THE MISSION HAS ONLY NOW JUST
GUN.
RIGHT NOW BOB AND DOUG ARE
FLYING FREE INSIDE OF DRAGON
AFTER THAT SUCCESSFUL SEPARATION
FROM FALCON 9.
WE HAVE JUST UNDER 19 HOURS
UNTIL THEY ARRIVE AT THE SPACE
STATION.
WE'LL BE HERE WITH YOU THE
ENTIRE TRIP.
>> IMMEDIATELY AFTER DRAGON
SEPARATED, IT BEGAN WHAT WE CALL
ACTIVATION AND RHONDA VIEW PHASE
OF THE MISSION.
DURING THIS PHASE, DRAGON IS
CONFIGURED FOR ON BOARD
OPERATION.
IT BEGINS AFTER SEPARATION FROM
FALCONINE AND INTENDS WITH THE
COMPLETION OF THE FINAL
CO-ELIPTIC BURN.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE FIVE MAJOR
BURNS THAT WILL BRING IT CLOSE
BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR FINAL
APPROACH MANEUVERS.
THE FIRST ONE IS COMING UP IN A
LITTLE BIT.
AND IT IS THE PHASE BURN.
THE TEAMS ARE GETTING READY FOR
GO, NO-GO TO GET READY FOR THAT.
THAT'S DONE AT THE FIRST APOGEE
OR HIGHEST POINT TO THE PERIGEE.
THE HIGHEST ALTITUDE.
>> BASED ON WHAT OUR ORBITAL
STATUS SHOWS US, THE BOOST WILL
RAISE IT UNTIL IT'S TEN
KILOMETERS LOWER THAN THE SPACE
STATION.
THIS MEANS THAT BOB AND DOUG
WILL BE JUST LOWER THAN THE
SPACE STATION.
THE FOURTH MANEUVER IS THE
TRANSFER BURN WHERE WE RAISE
DRAGON'S APOGEE OR HIGHEST POINT
OF ITS ORBIT TO JUST TWO AND A
HALF KILOMETERS BELOW THE
STATION.
WE ROUND EVERYTHING OUT WITH A
FINAL CO-HISTORIC BURN TO
MAINTAIN A CONSTANT ORBIT
BENEATH THE STATION JUST TWO AND
A HALF KILOMETERS BELOW.
>> AND WE GET INTO THE APPROACH
INITIATION AND FINAL STAGES OF
DRAGON'S RENDEZVOUS.
THIS IS WHERE WE START THE JOINT
OPERATION BETWEEN THE DRAGON
CONTROL TEAM.
AND THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS IN
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.
THE TEAMS WHICH IS ANOTHER BURN
THAT MEANS THAT DRAG SOMEONE
GETTING CLOSE.
DURING THE APPROACH, THE FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS WORK IN TANDEM WITH
THE NASA TEAM TO ACTIVATE AND
TEST OUT A NUMBER OF SYSTEMS ON
DRAGON INCLUDING ESTABLISHING BY
DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION WITH
THE STATION USING A SYSTEM KNOWN
AS C 2 V 2 WHICH STANDS FOR
COMMON EDUCATION FOR VISITING
VEHICLES.
THEY SET UP A DATA STREAM FROM
DRAGON TO THE STATION, GIVING
ANOTHER PATH OF DATA ABOUT ITS
PERFORMANCE TO ASTRONAUTS ON
BOARD THE STATION.
IT WILL MANEUVER DRAGON FOR THAT
VERY SLOW AND METHODICAL.
>> APPROXIMATELY 4:00 A.M.
SPECIFIC TIME.
IT WILL FIRE FOR AT APPROACH
ABOUT TWO AND A HALF KILOMETERS
BEFORE STATION AND JUST ABOUT
SEVEN KILOMETERS BEHIND IT.
IT'S MEASURING ABOUT
4 KILOMETERS TO 2 KILOMETERS.
IT IS CONFIGURED TO BE WHAT IS A
4 HOUR SAFE TRAJECTORY.
THIS MEANS IF DRAGON LOST ALL
CONTROL.
IT WOULD BE 4 HOURS IT'S
TRAJECTORY WOULD MOVE.
>> OKAY, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR
CABIN TO BE BELOW 25 C AND
TRENDING DOWN.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON THE WAY
THERE BUT NOT QUITE.
AND THE SECOND ITEM IS DURING
THE BURN WE MAY HAVE
INTERMITTENT DUE TO POINTING,
THIS IS EXPECTED.
>> THEY'RE STILL WEARING THOSE
SUITS THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN SINCE
THEY SUITED UP SEVERAL HOURS
AGO.
WHEN THE TEMPERATURES COME DOWN
IN THE CABIN THEY'LL GET THE GO
TO TAKE THE SUITS OFF.
WE'RE 12 MINUTES AWAY FROM THAT
PHASE BURN.
ONCE DRAGON ARRIVES JUST
400 METERS BELOW THE STATION, IT
WILL BE KNOWN AS WAY POINT ZERO.
THAT'S THE FIRST CHECK POINT.
THE VEHICLE WILL HOLD AT
400 METERS OR CONTINUE IF ALL
THE STEMS CHECK OUT AND IT WILL
BEGIN THE APPROACH TO WAY POINT
ONE.
AND IT WILL BEGIN THE GO, NO GO,
IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ZONES.
IT'S AN IMAGINARY SPHERE WITH A
RAISOUS OF 200 METERS.
IT'S A CHANCE TO CONFIRM THE
GUIDANCE CONTROL SYSTEMS ARE
WORKING ON DRAGON BEFORE WE MOVE
IN CLOSE TO STATION.
AND IT CARRIES A SIMILAR
REQUIREMENT THAT JESSE TALKED
ABOUT WHERE THE DRAGON LOST
CONTROL OF ITS THRUSTERS.
IT WOULD NOT GO INSIDE OF THAT
SPHERE FOR ORBITS OR SIX HOURS
INSTEAD OF THE 24 HOURS.
>> WE'LL SWING IT UP AND OUT IN
FRONT OF THE STATION, PAUSING AT
A DISTANCE OF 220 METERS.
AT THIS POINT IT WILL BE ON WHAT
WE CALL THE DOCKING ACCESS WHICH
IS ESSENTIALLY MEANS IT IS
DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE DOCKING
POINT.
BOB AND DOUG ARE HEADED TO THE
FORWARD MOST POINT OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE NOSE 2 FORWARD POINT WHERE
DRAGON DOCKED LAST YEAR ON THE
DEMO ONE MISSION AND WHERE ONE
OF THE ONE OF TWO INTERNATIONAL
DOCKING ADAPTERS IS LOCATED.
THESE WERE INSTALLED FOR NEW
SPACECRAFT FLIGHTS AND ANY
SPACECRAFT THAT ALSO USES THE
INTERNATIONAL DOCKING STANDARD.
>> BEFORE MOVING IN TO THE FINAL
WAY POINT THEY WILL CONDUCT
THEIR SECOND MANUAL FLIGHT TEST.
ONLY THEY'LL BE NEAR FIELD WHICH
MEANS THEY'RE CLOSE TO THE
STATION.
IT WILL BE DOUG AND BOB AT THE
CONTROL.
THEY'LL FLY DRAGON TO THE CENTER
LINE OF THE DOCKING APPROACH
PRECISELY LINING IT UP.
THEN THEY'LL DO A NUMBER OF
TRANSITIONAL MANEUVERS.
THEY'LL MOVE IT AROUND THE
DIFFERENT AXIS AND THEN CHECK IN
ON THE GROUND.
AGAIN, TRANSLATIONAL.
MOVING BACKS, FORWARD, SIDE TO
SIDE WHEN WE REFER TO ATTITUDE
MANEUVERS IT'S WHERE THEY'RE
POINTING.
RING AND RETRACTS UNTIL SENSORS
INDICATE IT IS TIME FOR A HOOKS
TO GIVE A HARD CAPTURE AND
SECURE DRAGON TO THE STATION.
THEN IT'S TIME FOR LEAK CHECKS
AND HATCH OPENINGS TO COME TWO
HOURS FOLLOWING DOCKING.
>> WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE WITH
YOU THE ENTIRE WAY.
IT IS BE A TWO-TEAM EFFORT.
ONCE DRAGON GETS CLOSE.
WHY DON'T WE JUMP OVER TO GARY
AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION IN HOUSTON.
IT'S GOT TO BE EXCITING TO SEE
THAT LAUNCH AND KNOW THAT
THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY TO YOU.
HOW IS THE TEAM DOING, GARY?
>> DAN, THERE IS A LOT COMING
INTO THE ROOM.
WE'RE CLOSELY MONITORING
DRAGONS.
A FEW BURNS COMING UP HERE.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB DESCRIBING
SOME OF THOSE.
WE'LL START REALLY KICKING IN
JUST WHEN THE DRAGON, WE'LL
START DOING OUR CHECK OUTS OF
THE SYSTEM OF C 2 V 2, THAT'S
THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM.
IT WILL BE TURNED ON FOR SOME S
BAND CONNECTIONS AS DRAGON MAKES
ITS APPROACH.
WE'LL BE MONITORING THE APPROACH
THROUGH SOME OF THOSE FINAL
THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT NEED
TO BE DONE ON THE ALTITUDE
CONTROL
D
DOUG FOR THOSE FINAL MANEUVERS.
CHRIS WILL BE MONITORING FROM
THE INSIDE.
HE'LL BE MONITORING THE APPROACH
FROM THE INSIDE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
CHRIS, THROUGH THE PAST COUPLE
OF DAYS HAVE BEEN PREPARING THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR
BOB AND DOUG GETTING SOME OF
THEIR BEDS THAT THEY'LL BE
SLEEPING IN ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION READY, PREPARING
SOME OF THE TOOLS THEY'LL USE
FOR THE MONITORING.
AND WHEN DOUG AND BOB ARE CLOSE
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, OPENING UP THE HATCH
AND GETTING SOME AIR RIGHT
BETWEEN THE HATCH WHERE BOB AND
DOUG WILL ENTER THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE SHOULD BE EXPERIENCING LOSS
OF COMMUNICATION.
WE STILL HAVE GREAT VIEWS FROM
BOB AND DOUG AND WE'LL FOLLOW
ALONG UNTIL IT DOCKS 18 HOURS
FROM NOW.
THAT'S IT FROM HOUSTON.
DAN, I'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN
HAWTHORNE.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, GARY.
NOW, JOINING ME HERE IN
HAWTHORNE, WE'LL GIVE HER A
SECOND TO GET PICKED UP, BUT
HERE FOR DEMO ONE.
WE GOT TO DO THE SPLASH DOWN
TOGETHER.
NOW WE'RE DOING THE INITIAL
ORBIT WITH BOB AND DOUG.
>> HI, EVERYONE, I'M KATE,
SENIOR ENGINEER AT SPACEX.
I'M EXCITED TO BE JOINING YOU
FOR THE WEBCAST HERE WITH DAN IN
FRONT OF MISSION HEADQUARTERS
HERE IN HAWTHORNE.
LIKE HE WAS SAYING BEFORE,
DRAGON IS GOING TO BE PERFORMING
A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS
GOING ON IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FIVE MAJOR
BURNS.
BUT AT THE MOMENT WE'RE COMING
UP TO THE FIRST BURN, WHICH IS
THE PHASE BURN.
>> THAT'S THE FIRST FIRING OF
THOSE THRUSTERS.
IT WILL BE USING A FORWARD BULK
HEAD, AND ALSO THE ONES AROUND
THE SERVICE SECTION, AROUND THE
BOTTOM PORTION.
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT OUR
TIMELINE.
IT'S EXPECTED TO LAST 492
SECONDS.
IT'S GOING TO BE A FAIRLY LONG
FIRING.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE
WAITING UNTIL WE'RE AT THE
HIGHEST POINT OF ORBIT OVER THE
EARTH.
AND THEN FIRE UP THE THRUSTERS,
AND THEN CIRCLE EVERYTHING OUT
WITH A CO-ELIPTIC BURN.
THEN IT WILL BE TIME FOR
DOCKING.
>> YEAH, LIKE DAN SAID, SO WE
HAVE A TOTAL OF 12 DRACO
THRUSTERS ON BOARD THE DRAGON.
IN ADDITION OF THE FOUR DRACO
THRUSTERS THAT WE'LL BE USING,
THERE ARE FOUR MORE DRACOS IN
THE SERVICE SECTION, THE AREA OF
THE LOWER PART OF THE DRAGON
CAPSULE.
THESE WILL BE USED IN EVERY BURN
AND ARE PRIMARILY THERE TO
MAINTAIN DRAGON'S ATTITUDE,
WHICH IS IMPORTANT WHEN DOING
THE FINALLY TUNED APPROACH INTO
DOCKING.
THEY CAN ALSO BE USED FOR
TRANSLATIONAL MANEUVERS.
WE'RE APPROACHING THE PHASE
BURN.
THAT SHOULD BE ABOUT THREE
MINUTES.
>> WE'LL CONTINUE TO STAND BY
FOR THAT PHASE BURN.
THEN WE'LL BE STANDING BY.
WE SHOULD BE HAVING THE FIRST
MANUAL FLIGHT TEST COMING UP 50
MINUTES FROM NOW.
THAT WILL BE OUR FIRST CHANCE
ACTUALLY FLY DRAGON.
>> THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY
COOL.
IT'S DESIGN TO FLY ITSELF THE
ENTIRE TIME, BUT THE CREW HAS
THE ABILITY TO STEP IN SHOULD
THEY NEED TO.
AND THIS WILL BE STEPPING IN AND
TAKING CONTROL.
SO THEY'LL BE FLYING BRAND NEW
SPACECRAFT FOR THE VERY FIRST
TIME.
>> YES, SOMETHING THAT I LIKE TO
REMIND MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY AS
WE'VE BEEN LEADING UP TO THIS
LAUNCH FOR THE LAST SEVERAL
DAYS.
THIS IS A DEMONSTRATION MISSION.
LIKE THAT FLIGHT TEST THAT WE'LL
HAVE COMING UP LATER, YOU KNOW,
BOB AND DOUG, THEY'RE TEST
PILOTS.
THIS TYPE OF MISSION IS WHAT
THEY LIVE FOR.
IT WAS 1981, SHUTTLE COLUMBIA
WAS THE LAST TIME WE TESTED A
COMPLETELY NEW VEHICLE.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE
ANYONE HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
DO A TEST FLIGHT LIKE BOB AND
DOG ARE DOING TODAY AND WILL
CONTINUE TO DO FOR THE NEXT 19
HOURS.
>> DRAGON, SPACEX.
>> THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE
CONTROL OF THE DRAGON CAP
ACTUALS IF FOR SOME REASON THEY
NEED TO, THAT'S ONE OF THE
OBJECTIVES.
>> RIGHT NOW THE ENVIRONMENTS
ARE STABLE.
OUR PLAN IS TO GO AFTER THE
PHASE BURN.
WE'RE SEEING DRACO 4 IS A LOW
TEMPERATURE.
WE'RE NOT TRACKING ANY IMMEDIATE
CONCERNS.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE
THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT.
>> THE CREWS ARE GOING TO STAY
IN THEIR SUITS UNTIL AFTER THE
PHASE BURN.
WE'LL HEAR THEM START IN A
MINUTE FROM NOW.
>> WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THE
FIRST BURN IS IN PROGRESS.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE FIRST OF FIVE
MAJOR MANEUVERS.
THIS IS CALLED THE PHASE BURN.
USING THE FORWARD BULK HEAD
THRUSTERS, THOSE FOUR DRAW COAST
UNDERNEATH THE NOSE CONE.
THE MANEUVERS.
JUST BIG CHANGES IN VELOCITY
THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO
GRADUALLY RAISE THIS ORBIT UP IN
THE COMING HOURS.
WE'RE WATCHING THE SCREENS.
WE'RE SEEING THE BURN IN
PROGRESS.
EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL
MINUTES WE'LL KEEP AN EAR OUT
AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GOES
WELL AND WE'LL GET A REPORT OF
HOW THE BURN GOES.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR THOSE
WORDS "GOOD BURN" AFTER IT'S
COMPLETE.
>> LIKE WE SAID, THIS IS THE
FIRST OF FIVE MAJOR BURNS THAT
WE'LL BE PERFORMING OVER THE
COMING HOURS.
SO THIS IS BASICALLY THE FIRST
STEP, FIRST MAJOR STEP IN THE
FREE FLIGHT OF DEMO TWO.
>> WE'RE TWO NINE OUR PHASE BURN
LOOKING GOOD SO FAR.
>> BURN IS NOMINAL SO FAR.
>> WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT
BURN IS NOMINAL THUS FAR.
>> GOING THROUGH THE TOUCH
SCREEN CONTROL PANELS THAT THEY
HAVE IN FRONT OF THEM, THOSE
THREE SCREENS.
WHEN WE GET VIDEO INSIDE, AS
WE'RE DOING THAT MANUAL FLIGHT
TEST YOU'LL GET A CLOSE UP LOOK
HOW THEY HAVE THAT WINDOW INTO
DRAGON ITSELF.
>> IF YOU'RE JUST NOW JOINING,
WE'RE 3:45 INTO THE PHASE BURN,
THE FIRST MAJOR BURN.
YOU'RE GETTING A LOOK INSIDE THE
MISSION CONTROL CENTER HERE IN A
THORN.
--INTO HAWTHORNE.
WE'LL HAVE INTERMITTENT VIDEO
WHEN THERE WE'RE AT GROUND
STATION AND DOING THESE
DIFFERENT MANEUVERS.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE CONTINUING
TO LISTEN IN.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE BURNS
IS CRITICAL MAKING IT TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY QUIET
TIME RIGHT NOW, THRUSTERS ARE
FIRING ON THE SPACECRAFT AS WE
SPEAK.
IT HAS BEEN DOING SO FOR 4.5
MINUTES.
AND EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD
SO FAR.
>> I REMEMBER THE DEMO ONE FLASH
DOWN LEAVES THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION WEBCAST.
WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH
SAYING IT FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING
TO TAKE FOREVER TO DO ANYTHING.
IT'S THE SAME DEAL GOING UP TO
THE ISS.
EVERYTHING IS SUPER CONTROLLED,
VERY PRECISE, AND VERY EXACT IN
TERMS OF TIMING AND ADJUSTMENTS.
SO LIKE DAN SAID, THIS IS A
CRITICAL MOMENT, AND DEFINITELY
ONE OF THE FIRST EXCITING EVENTS
THAT WE HAVE IN DRAGON AS IT I
NOW FREE FLYING.
>> AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, ANY
TIME WE HAVE VIDEO WITH THE CREW
DURING THE FLIGHT, WE'LL DO OUR
BEST TO BRING IT TO YOU.
SO WE'RE JUST GETTING A QUICK
CHECK IN ON THE TEAM AT MISSION
CEREAL IN HAWTHORNE.
THESE ARE T PEOPLE BEHIND THE
SCENES WHO HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO
GET US TO THIS DAY, TAKING PART
IN SIMULATIONS, MISSION PLANNING
WITH THE CREW THEMSELVES.
YOU'RE TALKING COUNTLESS HOURS
TO REHEARSE EVERYTHING FOR THIS
FLIGHT BEFORE WE GET HERE.
AND WE'RE HERE.
>> YES.
>> WE'VE HAD THAT SUCCESSFUL
LAUNCH WHICH WE STILL HAVEN'T
COME DOWN FROM.
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.
EVERYTHING HAS GONE SMOOTHLY.
GOOD INITIAL ORBIT, THE TURN
STARTED RIGHT ON TIME AND IT
SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING ON SO
FAR.
WE'RE SIX MINUTES INTO THE BURN.
IT SHOULD BE A MINUTE OR SO
LEFT.
>> AS YOU HEARD MANY TIMES ON
TODAY'S WEBSITE.
PRIOR TO LAUNCH AND AFTER
LAUNCH, BOB AND DOUG HAS
REHEARSED EVERY PROCEDURE WITH
THIS SPACEX MISSION.
EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE AND
WHAT THEY'VE DONE ALL DAY.
DESPITE THE SCRUB WE HAD EARLIER
IN THE WEEK WAS JUST A PRACTICE
TEST.
THEY HAD REHEARSED EVERYTHING.
AND THE SAME GOES WITH THE
PROCEDURES THAT WE'RE RUNNING
THROUGH NOW AND WE'LL CONTINUE
TO RUN THROUGH THE DURATION OF
THE MISSION.
BOB AND DOUG ARE SUPER FAMILIAR
WITH WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND
WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTED TO DO.
>> AND WE SHOULD BE COMING UP
NEAR THE END OF THE PHASE BURN.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE FIRST IN
FIVE.
THE NEXT MAJOR ONE IS GOING TO
BE THE BOOST BURN THAT WILL
RAISE THEIR ORBIT UP TO TEN
KILOMETERS BELOW THE STATION
ITSELF.
AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO GET
CLOSER AND CLOSER, INCREMENTAL
STEPS.
YOU'LL SEE IN THIS GRAPHIC WHEN
THEY DO THESE BURNS, IT LOOKS
LIKE THE KIND OF DOING A
LITTLE BIT OF A LOOP-DE-LOOP.
THIS GRAPH IS IN RELATION TO THE
SPACE STATION ITSELF.
ON ONE AXIS ON THE Y HOW FAR
FROM EARTH YOU ARE.
AND THEN ON THE X IT'S NOT
EXACTLY TO SCALE.
>> NOMINAL BURN.
>> NOMINAL BURN.
>> WE JUST HEARD THE TWO WORDS
WE'RE HOPING FOR, NOMINAL BURN.
ONE BURN OUT OF FIVE CHECKED.
THE NEXT ONE BOOST BURN.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT MANUAL FLIGHT
TEST WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE
TAKING THE REINS AND TAKING
CONTROL OF DRAGON ITSELF.
>> YES, SO, IN PREPARATION FOR
THAT MOMENT, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE
YOU ALL TO CHECK OUT THE
SIMULATION THAT WE HAVE ON
SPACEX.COM.
IT'S AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR
YOU TO TEST YOUR OWN SKILLS.
>> WE'RE DISABLING CAMERAS, AND
YOU'RE A GO FOR CABIN
CONFIGURATION.
THE CAMERA CAPS ARE CURRENTLY
CONFIGURED.
THE NEXT BURN WILL BE THE BOOST
BURN IN 1:23 MINUTES PER YOUR
TIMELINE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> YEAH, DEFINITELY GIVE THE
CREW DRAGON DOCKING
DEMONSTRATION A TRY.
IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
IT GIVES YOU A PRETTY GOOD
APPRECIATION HOW DIFFICULT IT IS
TO FLY AND MANEUVER IN SPACE
WHEN YOU'RE NOT JUST THINKING
ABOUT GOING FORWARD AND
BACKWARD.
YOU HAVE EVERY AXIS IMAGINABLE.
IT TOOK ME A COUPLE OF TRIES.
THE FIRST COUPLE OF TRIES I GOT
TOO IMPATIENT AND FLEW IN TOO
QUICKLY.
THE SECOND TIME I SPUN OUT OF
CONTROL.
>> I WAS SURPRISED LEVELS OF
CONTROLS THERE ARE, AND HOW
DIFFICULT IT IS TO ACTUALLY GET
THEM ALL TO WORK IN SYNC AT THE
RIGHT SPEEDS OF EVERYONE I'VE
SPOKEN TO THAT TRIED IT OUT
FIRST, IT'S UNANIMOUS.
EVERYONE WENT TOO FAST.
I WAS THE SAME.
BUT BY MY THIRD AND FOURTH TRY,
MY DECADES OF TRAINING FINALLY
PAID OFF, AND I DID--I MANAGED
TO DOCK TO THE STATION AFTER
PRACTICING A FEW TIMES.
>> SPACEX DRAGON.
CHECK.
>> AND DRAGON, YOU'RE A LITTLE
BROKEN BUT I DID COPY YOU.
>> HOW ABOUT THIS TIME ON THE
CABIN MIC.
>> LOUD AND CLEAR ON THE CABIN
MIC.
>> COPY THAT.
>> THE NEXT THING WE'RE GOING TO
BE LOOKING FORWARD TO IS
>> THE FLIGHT COMPUTER ITSELF
WILL STILL CONTINUE FLYING
DRAGON.
AS SOON AS THEY'RE DONE, THEY'LL
HAND CONTROL BACK OVER AND
THEY'LL REORIENT DRAGON AND IT
WILL CONTINUE ON ITS WAY.
IT WILL FLY IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF
DIFFERENT ATTITUDES.
UNLIKE THE SPACE STATION, THE
SPACE STATION ONLY FLIES IN THE
SAME DIRECTION.
THAT'S BECAUSE IT HAS VERY BIG
JOINTS FOR THE SOLAR RAYS TO
ROTATE AROUND.
FOR DRAGON, THEY'LL HAVE TO
MANEUVER THE TRUNK TO CHARGE THE
BATTERIES AND COMMUNICATE WITH
THE DIFFERENT SATELLITES,
DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY'RE USING.
THEY'LL USE THIS IN THIS MANUAL
FLIGHT TEST.
>> YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT FOR
YOURSELF.
>> YES, DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY
GET A CHANCE TO GO PILOT
DRAGGING.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT TOMORROW
MORNING.
IT WAS SURREAL WHEN WE GOT TO
SEE IT ON DEMO ONE.
WE'VE GOT GREAT CAMERAS, IT'S
GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITING TO
SEE THEM COME IN FOR THAT FINAL
APPROACH.
>> DRAGON SPACEX NO RESPONSE
REQUIRED.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ENABLING
BRANCH TWO OF THE HELIUM SYSTEM.
THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE DONE ON
ORBIT.
>> THIS WILL GET YOU BACK ON THE
EXPECTED ORBIT CONFIGURE.
>> DRAGON, COPY.
>> DRAGON.
SPACEX CONFIGURATION IS
COMPLETE.
>> IF YOU'RE JUST NOW TUNING IN,
YOU MISSED THE LAUNCH.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO HEAD ONLINE
AND MAKE SURE YOU CAN GO AND
CHECK THAT OUT.
BOB AND DOUG OUR TWO NASA
ASTRONAUTS ARE FLYING THROUGH
OUTER SPACE AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL
LAUNCH.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU THE
GROUND TRACK.
YOU'LL SEE WHERE DRAGGEN IS OVER
PLANET EARTH.
YOU'LL SEE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
LINES, USUALLY THREE AT A TIME.
THAT IS SHOWING EACH OF THOSE
ORBITS AROUND PLANET EARTH.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S WAVY.
THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING A
GLOBE AND STRETCHING IT OUT
FLIGHT.
THAT'S WHY IT LOOKS LIKE--IT IS
A STRAIGHT LINE IF YOU'RE
LOOKING AT IT AROUND THE GLOBE.
WITH THAT ON TIME LAUNCH,
THEY'VE ALREADY TRAVELED WELL
AWAY FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER.
THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FLY
AROUND PLANET EARTH.
THEY'LL CONTINUE TO RAISE THEIR
ORBIT OVER THE NEXT 19 HOURS.
THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN DOING SO
WITH THEIR FIRST BURN, THE PHASE
BURN.
>> SPACEX DRAGON.
WE STARTED A TIMER FOR FOLKS,
FOUR AND A HALF MINUTES AGO.
IF YOU WANT TO BACK US UP.
>> COPY, TIMER STARTED FOR FOUR
AND A HALF MINUTES AGO.
WE'LL BACK YOU UP.
>> THAT WAS THE DEMO TWO
COMMANDER DOUG HURLEY TALKING TO
US HERE IN MISSION CONTROL
HAWTHORNE.
THEY'VE GOTTEN OUT OF THEIR
SPACE SUITS THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN
SEVERAL HOURS NOW.
THEY HAVE HUNG THEM UP, AND THEY
HAVE A TIMER TO KNOW WHEN IT IS
FINE TO PACK THEM AWAY.
THEY WON'T HAVE TO PUT THOSE
SUITS ON AGAIN UNTIL TOMORROW
WHEN IT'S TIME TO DOCK AT THE
SPACE STATION.
>> I WANT TO COMMENT ON THE VIEW
ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR
SCREEN.
THAT'S A LIVE SHOT WITH PLANET
EARTH ROTATING BELOW IT.
>> THEY'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE
THEIR WAY UP OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS COMING
UP.
WE'RE STILL COUNTING DOWN TO
THAT MANUAL FLIGHT TEST.
THAT SHOULD BE COMING UP IN THE
NEXT HALF HOUR.
IC WE HAVE GROUND STATION TO
COMMUNICATE WITH THE SPACECRAFT.
>> I WANT TO CORRECT MYSELF NOW
THAT I CAN SEE THE IMAGE.
THAT'S A LIVE SHOT FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
FOR A SECOND I THOUGHT IT WAS A
DRAGON TRUNK.
THAT'S THE ISS.
THAT'S WHERE BOB AND DOUG ARE
HEADING.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF
WHAT IS A 19 HOUR JOURNEY FOR
THEM.
THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF STUFF
COMING UP.
LIKE WE'VE BEEN SAYING, THERE
ARE FIVE MAIN BURNS.
WE'VE COMPLETED THE FIRST OF
THOSE FIVE MAIN BURNS.
AND THEY WILL BE GOING TO SLEEP
IN A WHILE.
WELL, THEY'LL EAT FIRST AND THEN
SLEEP.
THAT SLEEP PORTION OF THE
MISSION IS ACTUALLY REALLY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE NEED THEM
TO BE REALLY WELL RESTED AND
COMFORTABLE WHEN THEY START
DOING THE APPROACH PHASES TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
SO THEY GET SCHEDULED EIGHT
HOURS, AND THEN I MEAN, YOU CAN
SEE--WE HAD THE VIEWS INSIDE
DRAGON
.
>> BOB AND DOUG ARE GETTING MORE
COMFORTABLE.
THEY'LL GET INTO THAT MANUAL
FLIGHT TEST IN JUST A LITTLE
WHILE.
THEY HAVE EIGHT HOURS OF SLEEP
SCHEDULED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN SLEEP
ON A DAY LIKE TODAY.
BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WERE
CALM AND COLLECTED AS THEY WERE.
YOU'RE DEALING WITH SPECIAL
PEOPLE WHEN YOU FLY SOMEBODY
INTO SPACE.
>> FOR SURE.
AS WE SAW FROM OUR VIEWS INSIDE
THE CABIN EARLIER, THEY'LL BE
SITTING IN A SITTING POSITION
WHILE THEY'RE SLEEPING.
WHEREAS ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, THEY HAVE A
FLATBED, IF YOU WILL, THAT THEY
GET STRAPPED IN.
THE SLEEPING SITUATION THAT THEY
HAVE FOR THEIR RIDE ON DRAGON IS
DEFINITELY A LITTLE DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT THEY'LL HAVE ON THEIR
LONGER STAY ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
>> WE'RE LOOKING LIVE RIGHT NOW
FROM BOB AND DOUG'S DESTINATION,
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO DOCK
TOMORROW BUT THAT INITIAL
DOCKING COMING AT 7:29:00 A.M.
SPECIFIC TIME.
SO OVER HERE ON THE WEST COAST.
IT WILL BE 10:29:00 A.M. OVER ON
THE EAST COAST.
IT WILL BE 19 HOURS AND 7
MINUTES WHEN THEY DOCK AND
LAUNCH ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT
DOCKING.
IT WILL TAKE FIVE SUCCESSFUL
BURNS TO GET THEM IN CLOSE
PROXIMITY TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FOLLOWED BY A
NUMBER OF SMALLER MANEUVERS IN
THAT FINAL APPROACH SEQUENCE.
IT WILL BE A PRETTY LENGTHY TRIP
FOR THEM TO GET THERE.
LEAVING THE SPACE CENTER AN
HOUR, AND THEY'RE MOVING IN
EXCESS 17,000 MILES AN HOUR AS
THEY GO INTO ORBIT AND CHASE
 THE SPACE STATION.
THERE IS NASA ASTRONAUT, THE
CURRENT COMMANDER, ON THE RIGHT
OF THAT PHOTO.
THEN HE'S JOINED RIGHT NOW BY
TWO RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS.
THEY'VE BEEN ON BOARD SINCE THEY
LAUNCHED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.
RIGHT NOW ONLY A THREE-PERSON
CREW ON BOARD.
THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS
WE WANTED TO GET THIS COMMERCIAL
CREW CAPABILITY ONLINE.
WE'RE NO LONGER FOUR SPACECRAFT
A YEAR.
WE NEED TWO A YEAR.
WE NEED THE BOEING STAR LINER
WILL BE FLYING BIGGER CREWS UP
INTO ORBIT.
DOUG AND BOB WILL BE ON BOARD OF
THE SECTION--
>> GO AHEAD.
>> WE WANT CONFIRMATION THAT
YOU'RE DRYING SUIT TWO ON SEAT
ONE.
>> YES, THAT'S AFFIRMATIVE.
SUIT--MY SUIT FROM SEAT TWO IS
IN SEAT ONE AND IT'S HOOKED UP.
AND WE VERIFIED AIR FLOW.
>> COPY.
THANKS.
AT THIS POINT THE CREW ARE OUT
OF THEIR SUIT.
THEY'RE DRYING THEM.
THEY'RE RECONNECTING THEM TO THE
UMBILICAL THAT THEY'RE NOT
USING.
YOU HEARD THEM CALL SEAT TWO AND
ONE.
SEATS ONE THROUGH FOUR RIGHT TO
LEFT.
DOUG HURLEY IS IN SEAT NUMBER
TWO, BOB IS IN SEAT THREE, THE
PILOT SEAT IN THIS FLIGHT AND NO
ONE IN SEATS ONE AND FOUR.
BUT THEY'RE GETTING THEIR SUITS
CONNECTED TO THE UMBILICAL WHICH
CAN PROVIDE COMMUNICATION WHEN
THE ASTRONAUTS ARE IN THE SUIT,
AND CAN FLOW HAIR AND THREE THEM
OUT.
>> DESPITE THAT AIR FLOW, I CAN
IMAGINE THAT WITH THE ADRENALINE
AND THEIR HEARTS PUMPING, I
IMAGINE IT MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN A
LITTLE SWEATY IN THERE ANY WAY.
>> YES, KIND OF LIKE HANGING
YOUR LAUNDRY IN SPACE ALMOST.
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT OF
THESE SUITS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.
THEY'LL GET MORE COMFORTABLE IN
THE BRAGGEN CAPSULE.
THEY'LL BE WEARING THEM AGAIN
WHEN IT'S TIME TO DOC.
TIPCHY WE HAVE ASTRONAUTS SUIT
UP WHEN THEY'RE IN A DYNAMIC
OPERATION.
>> THESE SUITS ARE CUSTOM MADE
FOR BOB AND DOUG.
THEIR NAMES ARE STITCHED ON IT
FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
BUT THESE SUITS ARE HIGHLY
INTELLIGENT AND FUNCTIONAL.
EVEN THOUGH THEY NATURALLY WILL
BE MORE COMFORTABLE OUT OF THE
SUITS, THE SUITS ARE PRETTY NICE
TO FIT IN, AND AS YOU CAN SEE
FROM TODAY'S EVENTS AND THE
LAUNCH ATTACK THAT WE HAD
BEFORE, THEY DO SPEND QUITE A
BIT OF TIME IN THOSE SUITS.
YEAH, THEY'RE CUSTOM MADE FOR
EACH INDIVIDUAL ASTRONAUT MADE
HERE ON SITE IN HAWTHORNE,
CALIFORNIA.
AND IT'S THE SAME BUILDING THAT
WE BUILT THE ROCKET AND THE SAME
BUILDING THAT WE BUILT THE
SPACECRAFT.
IT'S COOL TO SEE THAT PIECE OF
HARDWARE ITSELF NOW IN SANCTION
FINALLY IN DRAGON.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS SUIT
IS LIKE A MINI SPACECRAFT
ITSELF.
THAT SUIT IS SELF CONTAINED FOR
BREATHING AIR AND THINGS LIKE
THAT IN CASE THEY NEED IT.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE MOST NEEDED
IF YOU HAVE DEPRESSION
IZATION.THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN R
SUITS.
AND THEIR SUIT WILL BE IN A
LOWER PRESSURE.
IF YOU PUT THE SUIT UP TO 14 PSI
IT WOULD BE WHAT WE LOOK AT WHEN
YOU TALK ABOUT WEARING THE LARGE
EMU THAT WE WEAR FOR SPACE
WALKS.
PRESSURING THAT UP TO
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE WOULD BE
YOU IN A GIANT BALLOON WHERE YOU
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MOVE YOUR
ARMS.
SO WHEN YOU'RE IN A SUIT AND
IT'S SPECIALIZED, I'M NOT SURE
WHERE THIS IS AT, BUT THE IT'S
AT FOUR.
THEN YOU HAVE TO UP THE OXYGEN
CONTENT OF WHAT YOU'RE BREATHING
SO YOU CAN GET ENOUGH.
THEY CAN FLOW PURE OXYGEN IF
REQUIRED.
>> IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US,
BOB AND DOUG ARE ON THEIR WAY TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
PROBABLY AN HOUR AND A HALF INTO
WHAT WILL BE AN 19-HOUR JOURNEY
IN CHASING DOWN THE SPACE
STATION.
AND WE ARE APPROACHING WHAT IS
KNOWN AS THE FAR FIELD MANUAL
FLIGHT TEST.
AND THIS IS BASICALLY THE
OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO
TAKE BACK CONTROL OF THE DRAGON
CAPSULE, AND JUST PERFORM THE
ABILITY TO DRIVE IT MANUALLY.
IT DRIVES ITSELF.
IT'S HIGHLY INTELLIGENCE.
THE FLIGHT COMPUTER MAKES ALL
THE CALLS USING THE INPUTS FROM
THE SENSORS AND THE DATA THAT IT
RECEIVES.
REALISTICALLY THIS IS MEANT TO
BE HANDS OFF FLIGHT TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
BUT IF FOR SOME REASON BOB AND
DOUG OR WHOEVER ASTRONAUT IS ON
BOARD, THEY MAY NEED TO TAKE
CONTROL.
>> ON DEMONSTRATION LEVEL ONE WE
DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF
MANEUVERABILITY.
AND WHEN WE WERE ON THAT FINAL
APPROACH AND DOCKING.
BOB AND DOUG ARE PUTTING IT
THROUGH THE RINGER, TO PUT THE
SYSTEMS THROUGH AND CHECK THEM
OUT BECAUSE THIS WILL BE THAT
FINAL TEST BEFORE NASA CERTIFIES
SPACEX.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIX MONTHS
AND YEAR-LONG MISSIONS WHERE
CREW MEMBERS LIVE AND WORK IN
SPACE.
WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT WHEN
WE'RE WRAPPED UP WITH DEMO TWO.
WE'LL NEXT FOR THAT NEXT TO GO
UP.
THREE NASA ASTRONAUTS, AND ONE
FROM THE JAPANESE SPACE
EXPLORATION AGENCY.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT
MISSION THIS QUICKLY.
>> AS A SPACE ENGINEER MYSELF,
PART OF MY JOB IS TO HELP NASA
COME IN AND CERTIFY THE HARDWARE
THAT WE'RE BUILDING.
I'VE BEEN INSIDE THE CAP ACTUAL
THAT IS NOW IN SPACE.
I'VE BEEN INSIDE THE CAPSULE AS
JESSICA MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE
WEBCAST, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS
SPENT THE LAST FIVE YEARS
WORKING FOR THIS MISSION THAT
WE'RE EXECUTING TODAY, IT'S
SURREAL TO BE NOW PERFORMING THE
PARTS OF TESTING AND
DEMONSTRATING WITH THE
ASTRONAUTS.
I REMEMBER HEARING THE COM CHECK
ON WEDNESDAY, PRE-FLIGHTS,
MAKING SURE THAT ALL DIFFERENT
KEY PLAYERS IN THE MISSION WERE
ABLE TO COMMUNICATE BACK AND
FORTH AS WELL AS TO BOB AND DOG.
I JUST GOT CHILLS WHEN I HEARD
THEM COMMUNICATING BACK AND
FORTH THROUGH MISSION CONTROL.
>> IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM GET
OFF THE GROUND.
HOPEFULLY WE SEEM THEM IN TEN
MINUTES DOING THIS FLIGHT TEST.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ALONG.
WE'RE HERE FOR THE DURATION.
>> DRAGON, SPACEX FOR TIMELINE.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> WE HAVE MANUAL FLIGHT
AWARENESS IN TEN MINUTES.
AS SOON AS THAT IS COMPLETE,
WE'LL HAVE YOU STEP INTO YOUR
BEAST BURN AT 21:42.
THOSE THREE EVENTS WILL BE CLOSE
IN SUCCESSION.
>> WE'RE JUST ABOUT CHANGED.
WE'LL LOOK TO COME BACK ON BOARD
IN FIVE MINUTES OR SO.
>> COPY THAT.
WE'LL BE STANDING BY.
AT YOUR DISCRETION YOU CAN
DESTOW THE FLOATER CAMERA.
THIS IS JUST PRIOR TO 22:38.
>> SO THERE YOU HEARD IT.
>> COPY THAT.
>> THE INTERNATIONAL STATION
RIGHT NOW IS FLYING--LET'S GET A
QUICK LOOK AT THE GROUND TRACK.
IT IS FLYING OVER THE PACIFIC
OCEAN OVER THE SOUTHWEST OF
MEXICO.
IT WILL SWING OUT TO THE CENTRAL
PART OF THE UNITED STATES.
AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH IT WAS
RIGHT OVER NORTH CAROLINA.
AND PASSED RIGHT OVER THE CAPE
MINUTES BEFORE FLIGHT.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET A COUPLE OF
PICTURE.
THIS PICTURE IS OF THAT PATH AT
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
THE ROCKET STILL THERE TAKEN TWO
MINUTES BEFORE THE LAUNCH.
>> THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
>> EAGLE EYE FOR CHRIS CASSIDY.
WE GOT THESE DOWN AND WE WANTED
TO SHARE THEM WITH EVERYONE.
IT'S ABOUT TO CROSS OVER THE
UNITED STATES IN THE NEXT COUPLE
OF MINUTES.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CHASING
DOWN.
THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN APPRECIATE
WHY THIS MIGHT TO LONG WHEN
SOMEONE IS MOVING THAT QUICKLY
AROUND PLANET EARTH, IT IS NOT
AS HE IS AS GETTING IN YOUR
CARRY AND GOING A COUPLE OF
MILES.
IT TAKES A LOT OF ENERGY, FUEL
AND TIME TO CATCH UP TO ANOTHER
SPACECRAFT ALREADY IN ORBIT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND KEEPING IN THE FACT THAT IT
IS IN ORBIT, THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AROUND EARTH IS
CRITICAL TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THROTTLING.
BECAUSE IN REALITY, BOB AND DOUG
ARE ONLY GO 250 MILES UP.
THAT IS BANKLY THE DISTANCE FROM
LOS ANGELES TO SAN FRANCISCO.
IT IS GOING SO FAST AND IT HAS
TO GO AROUND PLANET EARTH A
NUMBER OF TIMES TO CHASE IT
DOWN.
BUT IN REALITY, THEY'RE 
NOT--THEY ARE ABOVE EARTH
250 MILES.
WHICH I BELIEVE IS A PRETTY
RELATABLE DISTANCE FOR EVERYONE
IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING JUST
HOW FAR UP THEY GO.
>> WE ARE
.
>> THE CONFIRMATION FOR SUIT
DRYING.
>> CONFIRMATION ON SUIT DRYING.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> WE'RE 23 MINUTES FOR SUIT
DRYING.
IF YOU'RE HAPPY WITH US SHUTTING
OFF THE SUIT FAN.
>> WE CONCUR ON THE TIMER.
>> IT SHOULD BE FIVE MINUTES OR
SO FROM THAT MANUAL FLIGHT TEST.
WE'RE JUST STANDING BY AND
GETTING THOSE VIEWS BACK WITH
BOB AND DOUG SHORTLY.
IF YOU'RE JUST NOW JOINING US,
WE LAUNCHED SUCCESSFULLY, 3 #
2:00 EASTERN TIME.
IT WAS A FLAWLESS RIGHT UP HILL.
WE GOT THEM IN THE INITIAL
ORBIT.
WE DID OUR FIRST OF FIVE MAJOR
BURNS TO GET TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THAT PHASE BURN BEING DONE
SUCCESSFULLY ON TIME.
WE'RE STANDING BY FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF MINUTES.
>> DRAGON, YOU'RE WELCOME BACK
ON BOARD ANY TIME.
>> COPY ALL.
WE'LL BE SETTING UP FOR THE
MANUAL PILOTING DEMO SHORTLY.
>> THAT WAS BOB AND DOUG GIVING
THE OKAY FOR US TO TURN THE
CAMERAS BACK ON INSIDE OF CREW
DRAGON.
I DID HEAR IN ONE OF THE
PREVIOUS COMMANDS EARLIER THAT.
>> JAY, JUST A QUICK TAG, THE
DETECTERS ARE ALL CONFIRMED OFF,
O-F-F.
>> COPY.
CONFIRMED.
>> THEY GOT THE OKAY TO UNSTOW
THE FLOATER CAM.
IF WE'RE LUCKY WE MIGHT GET A
BIT OF A HELLO FROM BOB AND
DOUG.
FINGERS CROSSED.
>> IT WILL BE INCREDIBLE TO SEE
THIS FLIGHT TEST.
IMAGINE IF YOU REMEMBER SITTING
IN THE COCKPIT OF AN F-18 THE
FIRST TIME SOMEBODY FLEW IT.
THESE ARE TEST PILOTS TEST
PILOTING A SPACECRAFT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING RIGHT
OVER THEIR SHOULDER.
THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE FEELING.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS AND BE
WITH THEM THEIR WHOLE FLIGHT UP
TO SPACE.
WE'LL HAVE THIS AND ANOTHER BURN
COMING UP IN A LITTLE LESS THAN
15 MINUTES FROM NOW.
THAT WILL BE THE BOOST BURN TO
RAISE UP THAT ORBIT AS THEY
BEGIN TO CHASE DOWN THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THEN FOR THE REST OF THE DAY THE
CREW DOESN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT.
THEY'LL HAVE THEIR EVENING MEAL,
WHICH WE'LL GO THROUGH IN A
LITTLE WHILE, THEN IT WILL BE
TIME FOR BED.
IT WILL BE EIGHT HOURS SCHEDULED
FOR SLEEP THEN THEY'LL WAKE UP
AND DOCKING TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
IT HAS ALREADY BEEN A LONG DAY
FOR THEM.
THEY ONLY HAVE A FEW MORE
THINGS.
THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO KICKBACK
AND ENJOY OUTER SPACE FOR A
LITTLE BIT.
>> THIS MANUAL FLIGHT TEST THAT
IS COMING UP, IT'S AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM--IT'S THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR BOB AND DOUG TO
TAKE MANUAL CONTROL OF THE
SPACECRAFT, JUST TO DEMONSTRATE
THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO DO SO IN
THE EVENT THAT THEY NEED TO
STEER IT THEMSELVES.
THIS IS A DEMONSTRATION MISS.
SO THIS FAR FIELD MANUAL FLIGHT
TEST IS ONE OF OUR BIG TEST
OBJECTIVES FOR THIS MISSION.
THAT WILL BE REALLY EXCITING TO
SEE.
BUT TOUCHING ON THE POINT THAT
DAN SAID, WHICH BY THE WAY THAT
TEST SHOULD BE COMING UP.
>> DRAGON SPACEX WE'RE BACK ON
BOARD.
>> WELL, THAT'S CONFIRMATION WE
SHOULD BE GETTING CABIN VIEWS
ONCE AGAIN.
THERE WE GOT THEM.
THEY'RE THERE LOOKING AT THEIR
TOUCH SCREENS PREPARING FOR THIS
MANUAL TEST THAT WILL BE COMING
UP IN 30 SECONDS.
>> IF YOU KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE
DISPLAYS,
.
>> WE ARE READY.
>> COPY.
>> I'LL GIVE YOU THE GO AFTER
THE TRANSITION IS VERIFIED.
>> SO AGAIN, THEY'RE GOING TO
PUT DRAGON INTO A FAR FIELD
POINT AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUT
INTO IT A SPECIAL CONFIGURATION
TO LET THE FLIGHT COMPUTER KNOW
THAT HEY, THIS MANUAL FLIGHT
TEST IS HAPPENING, AND THEN IT
WON'T BE TRYING TO FIGHT IT FOR
JUST THE ATTITUDE AT ANY POINT
DURING THIS.
ALL THE INPUT THAT DOUG IS GOING
TO MAKE AS THEY DO MANUAL
FLYING.
THEY WON'T SEND THOSE FLIGHT
COMMANDS TO THE FLIGHT COMPUTER.
WHEN THEY'RE DONE, THEY'LL
CONTINUE FLYING ON THEIR WAY TO
THE STATION.
>> I COULD IMAGINE THEY'RE
EXCITED TO CONDUCT THIS TEST.
THEY'RE TEST PILOTS.
THIS IS WHAT THEY LIVE FOR.
AND FOR THEM TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TEST OUT A
COMPLETELY NEW VEHICLE, THIS UP
COMING TEST IS SOMETHING THAT
I'M SURE THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING
FOOD FORWARD TO.
>> SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO
CONTINUE TO STAND BY.
WE'LL GET THIS TEST STARTED.
WE'LL BE OVER THEIR SHOULDER THE
WHOLE TIME AND WE'LL BRING YOU
THE RESULTS AFTER IT'S
CONCLUDED.
>> YOU'RE A HE GOOD TO PERFORM
THE PILOTING TEST.
THE TEST MUST BE COMPLETED BY
21:26.
>> OKAY, WE COPY.
WE HAVE TO GO FOR 4.042.
WE'LL PUT THAT IN WORK AND
UNDERSTAND THAT THE TEST NEEDS
TO BE COMPLETED BY 2126 ZULU.
>> GOOD READ BACK.
>> FOR A THOSE OF YOU WATCHING
BOB AND DOUG ARE INSIDE THE CREW
DRAGON VEHICLE PERFORMING THE
MANUAL FLIGHT TEST.
YOU CAN MAYBE SEE A LITTLE BIT
ON THE FRONT SCREENS HERE FROM
THE INSIDE CABIN.
BOB AND
 WITH US
YET AGAIN.
IT IS MY PLEASURE AND MY HONOR 
TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, 
THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, MIKE PENCE.
♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪
>>> HELLO, NASA.
HELLO, SPACEX.
AND HELLO AMERICA'S FUTURE IN 
SPACE.
THE GOVERNOR, LEADER McCARTHY, 
MEMBERS OF THE CABINET AND THE 
JOINT CHIEFS, TO JIM BRIDENSTINE
AND THE INCREDIBLE MEN AND WOMEN
OF NASA AND SPACEX IT IS AN 
HONOR AND A JOY FOR ME TO BE 
HERE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES AT KENNEDY SPACE 
CENTER ON THE DAY WE MADE 
HISTORY.
ON THE DAY AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS 
RETURNED TO SPACE ON AN AMERICAN
ROCKET FROM AMERICAN SOIL FOR 
THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY TEN 
YEARS.
YOU DID IT.
YOU KNOW FOR TOO LONG THE 
AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAM WAS 
NEGLECTED AND IGNORED.
THOSE DAYS ARE OVER.
UNDER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP 
NASA IS BACK AND AMERICA IS 
LEADING IN SPACE ONCE AGAIN.
YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 50 
YEARS SINCE OUR NATION FIRST SET
OUT PHOTO -- TO LEAD THIS PLANET
AND SET AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ON 
THE MOON.
TODAY UNDER THIS PRESIDENT WE 
BEGIN A NEW MISSION, TO RETURN 
TO THE MOON AND ULTIMATELY LAND 
AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ON THE FACE 
OF MARS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> WHEN THE APOLLO ROCKETS 
LEAPED INTO THE SKIES IN THE 
1960s, THEY ROSE ABOVE THE 
TUMULT AND THE CLAMOR OF THEIR 
TIMES.
THEY WERE A SYMBOL OF NATIONAL 
STRENGTH AND UNITY.
AND TODAY AS STATES ACROSS THE 
NATION TAKE THEIR FIRST STEPS TO
REOPEN AND RECOVER FROM AN 
UNPRECEDENTED PANDEMIC AND OUR 
NATION REELS FROM THE TRAGIC 
DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD AND 
VIOLENT PROTESTS OF THE PAST FEW
DAYS, I BELIEVE WITH ALL OF MY 
HEART THAT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
TODAY WILL FIND THE SAME 
INSPIRATION AND UNITY OF PURPOSE
THAT WE FOUND IN THOSE DAYS IN 
THE 1960s.
IN AMERICA EVERY LIFE MATTERS.
THERE'S NO TOLERANCE FOR RACISM 
OR VIOLENCE IN THE STREETS OF 
THIS COUNTRY.
AS THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE CLEAR,
WE WILL HONOR THE MEMORY OF 
GEORGE FLOYD.
JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED.
WE WILL HAVE LAW AND ORDER IN 
OUR STREETS AND WE WILL HEAL OUR
LAND AND AS THE PEOPLE OF THIS 
COUNTRY DID SO LONG AGO WE WILL 
PROVE AGAIN THAT EVEN IN THE 
MOST CHALLENGING TIMES AMERICANS
RISE ABOVE.
WE ALWAYS MOVE FORWARD.
WE OVERCOME EVERY OBSTACLE.
WE REACH NEW HEIGHTS AND WE 
REACH THEM TOGETHER.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> AND IN THAT SPIRIT, TODAY WE 
BEGIN A NEW ERA OF HUMAN SPACE 
EXPLORATION AND THE CREDIT GOES 
TO DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN ALL 
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, TO THE 
INGENUITY AND THE HARD WORK OF 
THE ENTIRE NASA TEAM.
AMERICA IS PROUD OF THE MEN AND 
WOMEN OF NASA.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR
HISTORY OUR ASTRONAUTS HAVE 
TAKEN TO THE SKIES ON A 
COMMERCIAL ROCKET BUILT BY 
AMERICA'S PRIVATE SECTOR.
SO JOIN ME IN A VIGOROUS ROUND 
OF APPLAUSE FOR ELON MUSK IS THE
DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN OF 
SPACEX, JOB WELL DONE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> WELL DESERVED.
THANKS, ELON.
ANDF COURSE NONE OF THIS WOULD
HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE 
PERSONAL COURAGE AND THE 
UNFLINCHING SKILL OF TWO 
AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS.
ONE OF THEM IS AN ACTIVE DUTY 
COLONEL IN THE AIR FORCE.
HE, LIKE HIS CREW MATE, WAS 
ACCEPTED IN THE NASA ASTRONAUT 
CORPS IN 2000.
HE WAS THE FIRST MARINE PILOT TO
FLY THE SUPER HORNET.
HE'S LOGGED HOURS IN MORE THAN 
25 AIRCRAFT.
IN FACT HIS SECOND FLIGHT WAS 
THE VERY LAST MISSION OF THE 
FROM AMERICAN SOIL.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN GIVING A ROUND
OF APPLAUSE TO COMMANDER BOB 
BEHNKEN AND COMMANDER HURLEY.
WE ARE PROUD OF OUR AMERICAN 
ASTRONAUTS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> BECAUSE OF THEIR COURAGE AND
YOUR HARD WORK, AMERICA IS 
LEADING IN SPACE AGAIN.
TODAY IS THE CULMINATION OF 
THREE AND A HALF YEARS OF 
LEADERSHIP IN SPACE.
IT'S A TRIBUTE TO OUR ASTRONAUTS
AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF SPACEX.
IT'S ALSO A TRIBUTE TO THE 
VISION OF A PRESIDENT WHO FROM 
THE VERY FIRST DAYS OF THIS 
ADMINISTRATION WAS DETERMINED TO
REVIVE NASA AND AMERICAN 
LEADERSHIP IN HUMAN SPACE 
EXPLORATION.
TODAY IS A TRIBUTE TO THE 
LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> AS THE PRESIDENT SAID IN HIS
INAUGURAL ADDRESS, WE STAND AT 
THE BIRTH OF A NEW MILLENNIUM 
READY TO UNLOCK THE MYSTERIES OF
SPACE.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE 
DOING.
THE PRESIDENT REVIVED THE 
NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL AFTER IT 
LAID DORMANT FOR YEARS.
HE BROUGHT TOGETHER THE BEST 
MINDS IN AND OUT OF GOVERNMENT 
TO REVIVE THE AMERICAN SPACE 
ENTERPRISE.
WE REFORMED THE NATIONAL SPACE 
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WE 
STREAMLINED REGULATIONS.
AND IN 2017 PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE
IT THE POLITY OF THE UNITED 
STATES TO RETURN TO THE MOON BY 
2024 AND ENSURE THAT THE NEXT 
MAN AND THE FIRST WOMAN TO SET 
FOOT ON THE MOON WOULD BE 
AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS.
AND WE'RE ON OUR WAY.
AND AT THE PRESIDENT'S DIRECTION
WE WON'T JUST GO BACK TO THE 
MOON, MISSION ARTEMIS IS GOING 
TO TAKE US TO THE MOON AND THEN 
AMERICA WILL TAKE THE NEXT GIANT
LEAP AND WE'RE GOING TO LAND 
AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ON MARS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> WE'RE LEADING AGAIN.
FOR OUR PROSPERITY, FOR OUR 
EXPLORERS SPIRIT, BUT WE'RE ALSO
LEADING FOR THE SECURITY OF THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AS NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD 
INCREASE THEIR INVESTMENT IN 
SPACE, THIS PRESIDENT ALSO TOOK 
THE DECISIVE STEP TO ENSURE THAT
AMERICA REMAINS AS DOMINANT IN 
SPACE AS WE ARE IN LAND AND AIR 
AND SEA.
WHEN HE CREATED THE FIRST NEW 
BRANCH OF OUR ARMED FORCES IN 
MORE THAN 70 YEARS, THE UNITED 
STATES SPACE FORCE.
SO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN BE 
CONFIDENT AFTER TODAY'S HISTORY 
MAKING LAUNCH THAT WE'RE JUST 
GETTING STARTED.
AND UNDER THIS PRESIDENT'S 
LEADERSHIP WITH THE COURAGE OF 
OUR ASTRONAUTS, THE INGENUITY OF
NASA AND PRIVATE PARTNERS LIKE 
SPACEX, THE COURAGE OF THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND GOD'S GRACE
WE'LL NEVER STOP REACHING FOR 
NEW HEIGHTS TO GO HARDER AND 
FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE.
WE WILL INSPIRE THE WORLD AS 
AMERICA LEADS HUMANITY INTO THE 
VAST EXPANSE OF SPACE FOR 
GENERATIONS TO COME.
AND NOW IT'S MY HIGH HONOR AND 
DISTINCT PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE 
TO YOU THE MAN WHO'S VISION AND 
RELENTLESS LEADERSHIP BROUGHT US
TO THIS HISTORIC DAY, THE 45TH 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA, PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP.
♪ I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN 
♪ WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M 
FREE 
♪ AND I WON'T FORGET THE MEN 
WHO DIED 
♪ WHO GAVE THAT RIGHT TO ME 
♪ AND I GLADLY STAND UP 
♪ NEXT TO YOU AND DEFEND HER 
STILL TODAY 
♪ THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT I LOVE 
THIS LAND 
♪ GOD BLESS THE U.S.A. 
♪ FROM THE LAKES OF MINNESOTA 
TO THE HILLS OF TENNESSEE 
♪ ACROSS THE PLAINS 
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA 
♪ FROM DETROIT DOWN TO HOUSTON 
AND NEW YORK TO L.A. 
♪ WHERE THERE'S PRIDE IN EVERY 
AMERICAN HEART 
♪ AND IT'S TIME WE STAND AND 
SAY 
♪ THAT I'M PROUD TO BE AN 
AMERICAN♪.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE, PLEASE, BIG DAY.
IT'S A BIG DAY.
AND I WANT TO THANK OUR GREAT 
VICE PRESIDENT FOR YOUR FEARLESS
AND TIRELESS COMMITMENT TO 
FULFILLING AMERICA'S DESTINY IN 
SPACE.
THANK YOU, MIKE, GREAT JOB.
GREAT JOB.
WE'RE ALL SO GRATEFUL TO MIKE'S 
WONDERFUL WIFE, KAREN, FOR BEING
HERE AND FOR ALL SHE DOES FOR 
OUR COUNTRY.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, KAREN.
BEFORE GOING FURTHER ON THIS 
EXCITING DAY, FOR ALL AMERICA IN
SPACE, I WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS
ABOUT THE SITUATION IN 
MINNESOTA.
THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD ON THE
STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS WAS A 
GRAVE TRAGEDY.
IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED.
IT HAS FILLED AMERICANS ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY WITH HORROR, ANGER, 
AND GRIEF.
YESTERDAY I SPOKE TO GEORGE'S 
FAMILY AND EXPRESSED THE SORROW 
OF OUR ENTIRE NATION FOR THEIR 
LOSS.
I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A FRIEND 
AND ALLY TO EVERY AMERICAN 
SEEKING JUSTICE AND PEACE.
AND I STAND BEFORE YOU IN FIRM 
OPPOSITION TO ANYONE EXPLOITING 
THIS TRAGEDY TO LOOT, ROB, 
ATTACK, AND MENACE.
HEALING NOT HATRED, JUSTICE NOT 
CHAOS, ARE THE MISSION AT HAND.
THE POLICE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN 
THIS INCIDENT HAVE BEEN FIRED 
FROM THEIR JOBS.
ONE OFFICER HAS ALREADY BEEN 
ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH 
MURDER.
STATE AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES 
ARE CARRYING OUT AN 
INVESTIGATION TO SEE WHAT 
FURTHER CHARGES MAY BE WARRANTED
INCLUDING AGAINST SADLY THE 
OTHER THREE.
IN ADDITION MY ADMINISTRATION 
HAS OPENED A CIVIL RIGHTS 
INVESTIGATION AND I HAVE ASKED 
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE 
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO EXPEDITE 
IT.
I UNDERSTAND THE PAIN THAT 
PEOPLE ARE FEELING.
WE SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS AND WE HEAR THEIR 
PLEAS, BUT WHAT WE ARE NOW 
SEEING ON THE STREETS OF OUR 
CITIES HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH 
JUSTICE OR WITH PEACE.
THE MEMORY OF GEORGE FLOYD IS 
BEING DISHONORED BY RIOTERS, 
LOOTERS, AND ANARCHISTS.
THE VIOLENCE AND VANDALISM IS 
BEING LED BY ANTIFA AND OTHER 
RADICAL LEFT WING GROUPS WHO ARE
TERRORIZING THE INNOCENT, 
DESTROYING JOBS, HURTING 
BUSINESSES, AND BURNING DOWN 
BUILDINGS.
THE MAIN VICTIMS OF THIS 
HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE SITUATION ARE
THE CITIZENS WHO LIVE IN THESE 
ONCE LOVELY COMMUNITIES.
THE MOBS ARE DEVASTATING THE 
LIFE'S WORK OF GOOD PEOPLE AND 
DESTROYING THEIR DREAMS.
RIGHT NOW AMERICA NEEDS 
CREATION, NOT DESTRUCTION, 
COOPERATION, NOT CONTEMPT, 
SECURITY AND NOT ANARCHY.
AND THERE WILL BE NO ANARCHY.
CIVILIZATION MUST BE CHERISHED, 
DEFENDED, AND PROTECTED.
THE VOICES OF LAW-ABIDING 
CITIZENS MUST BE HEARD AND HEARD
VERY LOUDLY.
WE CANNOT AND MUST NOT ALLOW A 
SMALL GROUP OF CRIMINALS AND 
VANDALS TO WRECK OUR CITIES AND 
LAY WASTE TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE MUST DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF 
EVERY CITIZEN TO LIVE WITHOUT 
VIOLENCE, PREJUDICE, OR FEAR.
WE SUPPORT THE OVERWHELMING 
MAJORITY OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO 
ARE INCREDIBLE IN EVERY WAY AND 
DEVOTED PUBLIC SERVANTS.
THEY KEEP OUR CITIES SAFE, 
PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES FROM 
GANGS AND DRUGS AND RISK THEIR 
OWN LIVES FOR US EVERY DAY.
NO ONE IS MORE UPSET THAN FELLOW
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS BY THE 
SMALL HANDFUL WHO FAIL TO ABIDE 
BY THEIR OATH TO SERVE AND 
PROTECT.
MY ADMINISTRATION WILL STOP MOB 
VIOLENCE AND WE'LL STOP IT COLD.
IT DOES NOT SERVE THE INTERESTS 
OF JUSTICE OR ANY CITIZEN OF ANY
RACE, COLOR, OR CREED FOR THE 
GOVERNMENT TO GIVE IN TO 
ANARCHY, ABANDON POLICE 
PRECINCTS, OR ALLOW COMMUNITIES 
TO BE BURNED TO THE GROUND.
IT WON'T HAPPEN.
THOSE MAKING EXCUSES OR 
JUSTIFICATIONS FOR VIOLENCE ARE 
NOT HELPING THE DOWNTRODDEN BUT 
DELIVERING NEW ANGUISH AND NEW 
PAIN.
FROM DAY ONE OF MY 
ADMINISTRATION WE'VE MADE IT A 
TOP PRIORITY TO BUILD UP 
DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES AND 
REVITALIZE OUR CRUMBLING INNER 
CITIES.
WE FOUGHT HARD WITH SENATOR TIM 
SCOTT AND MANY OTHERS TO CREATE 
OPPORTUNITY ZONES, HELPING TO 
DRAW A SURGE OF NEW INVESTMENT 
TO THE PLACES IN OUR COUNTRY 
THAT NEED IT MOST.
WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER AS A 
SOCIETY TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITY 
AND TO CREATE A FUTURE OF 
GREATER DIGNITY AND PROMISE FOR 
ALL OF OUR PEOPLE.
WE MUST FORGE A PARTNERSHIP WITH
COMMUNITY LEADERS, LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, AND THE FAITH 
COMMUNITY TO RESTORE HOPE.
RADICAL LEFT CRIMINALS, THUGS, 
AND OTHERS ALL THROUGHOUT OUR 
COUNTRY AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SET 
COMMUNITIES ABLAZE.
WE WON'T LET IT HAPPEN.
IT HARMS THOSE WHO HAVE THE 
LEAST AND WE WILL BE PROTECTING 
THOSE WHO HAVE THE LEAST.
THE LEADERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL 
GUARD AND THE DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE ARE NOW IN CLOSE 
COMMUNICATION WITH STATE AND 
CITY OFFICIALS IN MINNESOTA AND 
WE'RE COORDINATING OUR EFFORTS 
WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ALL 
ACROSS OUR NATION.
IN AMERICA JUSTICE IS NEVER 
ACHIEVED AT THE HANDS OF AN 
ANGRY MOB.
I WILL NOT ALLOW ANGRY MOBS TO 
DOMINATE, IT WON'T HAPPEN.
IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE PROTECT 
THE CROWN JEWEL OF AMERICAN 
DEMOCRACY, THE RULE OF LAW, AND 
OUR INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OF 
JUSTICE.
EVERY CITIZEN IN EVERY COMMUNITY
HAS THE RIGHT TO BE SAFE IN 
THEIR WORKPLACE, SAFE IN THEIR 
HOMES, AND SAFE IN OUR CITY 
STREETS.
THIS IS THE SACRED RIGHT OF ALL 
AMERICANS THAT I AM TOTALLY 
DETERMINED TO DEFEND AND WILL 
DEFEND.
MY ADMINISTRATION WILL ALWAYS 
STAND AGAINST VIOLENCE, MAYHEM, 
AND DISORDER.
WE WILL STAND WITH THE FAMILY OF
GEORGE FLOYD WITH THE PEACEFUL 
PROTESTERS AND WITH EVERY 
LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN WHO WANTS 
DECENCY, CIVILITY, SAFETY, AND 
SECURITY.
WE ARE WORKING TOWARD A MORE 
JUST SOCIETY, BUT THAT MEANS 
BUILDING UP NOT TEARING DOWN, 
JOINING HANDS NOT HURLING FISTS,
STANDING IN SOLIDARITY NOT 
SURRENDERING TO HOSTILITY.
MOMENTS AGO AS WE WITNESSED THE 
LAUNCH OF TWO GREAT AMERICAN 
ASTRONAUTS INTO SPACE WE WERE 
FILLED WITH THE SENSE OF PRIDE 
AND UNITY THAT BRINGS US 
TOGETHER AS AMERICANS.
THAT SAME SPIRIT WHICH POWERED 
OUR ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON HAS 
ALSO HELPED LIFT OUR COUNTRY TO 
EVER GREATER HEIGHTS OF JUSTICE 
AND OPPORTUNITY THROUGHOUT OUR 
HISTORY.
SO TODAY AS WE MARK A RENEWED 
COMMITMENT TO AMERICA'S FUTURE 
IN SPACE, A TREMENDOUS 
COMMITMENT IT IS, LET US ALSO 
COMMIT TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR 
ALL OF OUR CITIZENS RIGHT HERE 
ON EARTH.
WHEN AMERICANS ARE UNITED, THERE
IS NOTHING WE CANNOT DO.
FROM DAY ONE OF MY 
ADMINISTRATION WE PUT AMERICA 
FIRST.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THIS AFTERNOON I AM DELIGHTED
TO BE WITH YOU AT CAPE CANAVERAL
IN THIS STORIED HOME OF AMERICAN
DARING, ASPIRATION, AND DRIVE.
THIS IS THE FIRST BIG SPACE 
MISSION IN 50 YEARS, THINK OF IT
AND IT IS AN HONOR TO BE 
DELIVERING IT.
TODAY AS WE GATHER IN THIS 
SPECIAL PLACE TO CELEBRATE NOT 
ONLY THE LAUNCH BUT ALSO OUR 
NATION'S BOLD AND TRIUMPHANT 
RETURN TO THE STARS, IT'S A 
SPECIAL DAY.
MOMENTS AGO THE WORLD BORE 
WITNESS TO THE FLIGHT OF THE 
FIRST U.S. MANNED SPACECRAFT IN 
30 YEARS SINCE THE SPACE SHUTTLE
LAUNCHED.
I AM HONORED TO ANNOUNCE THE 
SPACEX DRAGON CAPSULE HAS 
SUCCESSFULLY REACHED EARTH'S 
ORBIT AND THAT OUR ASTRONAUTS 
ARE SAFE AND SOUND.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WITH THIS LAUNCH THE DECADES OF 
LOST YEARS AND LITTLE ACTION ARE
OFFICIALLY OVER.
A NEW AGE OF AMERICAN AMBITION 
HAS NOW BEGUN.
PAST LEADERS PUT THE UNITED 
STATES AT THE MERCY OF FOREIGN 
NATIONS TO SEND OUR ASTRONAUTS 
INTO ORBIT, NOT ANYMORE.
TODAY WE ONCE AGAIN PROUDLY 
LAUNCH AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ON 
AMERICAN ROCKETS, THE BEST IN 
THE WORLD FROM RIGHT HERE ON 
AMERICAN SOIL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THOSE OF US WHO SAW THE 
SPECTACULAR AND UNFORGETTABLE 
LIFT OFF THIS AFTERNOON WATCHED 
MORE THAN AN ACT OF HISTORY.
WE WATCHED AN ACT OF HEROISM.
EVERY TIME OUR ASTRONAUTS CLIMB 
ABOARD A ROCKET WHICH IS MANY, 
MANY STORIES OF ONLY ENGINE AND 
FUEL AND VAULT ACROSS THE SKY, 
THEY DISPLAY BREATHTAKING VALOR.
WHAT COLONEL DOUGLAS HURLEY AND 
COLONEL ROBERT BEHNKEN DID THIS 
AFTERNOON WAS PURE COURAGE.
THEY JOIN THE RANKS OF JUST 
SEVEN PRIOR AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS 
WHO HAVE MADE THE PERILOUS 
MAIDEN VOYAGE TO TEST A NEW LINE
OF SPACECRAFT.
THE NAMES OF HURLEY AND BEHNKEN 
WILL STAND IN THE HISTORY BOOKS 
ALONGSIDE THOSE OF LEGENDS LIKE 
ALAN SHEPARD, JOHN YOUNG, NOW 
THESE BRAVE AND SELFLESS 
ASTRONAUTS WILL CONTINUE THEIR 
MISSION TO ADVANCE THE CAUSE OF 
HUMAN KNOWLEDGE AS THEY PROCEED 
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION BEFORE RETURNING TO 
EARTH.
WE WISH THEM GODSPEED ON THEIR 
JOURNEY.
AND AS ONE PROUD NATION WE 
SALUTE THEIR FEARLESS SERVICE.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> I ALSO WANT TO SEND OUR 
NATION'S GRATITUDE TO THE WIVES 
OF THESE VALIANT ASTRONAUTS, 
BOTH OF WHOM ARE ASTRONAUTS 
THEMSELVES.
KAREN NYBURG AND MEGAN McARTHUR.
WE JOIN THEM IN CHEERING FOR OUR
NATION'S SAFE RETURN.
AS WE USHER IN A NEW ERA IN 
SPACE, WE ARE REMINDED THAT 
AMERICA IS ALWAYS IN THE PROCESS
OF TRANSCENDING GREAT 
CHALLENGES.
OUR NATION IS BLESSED WITH 
LIMITLESS RESERVES, TALENT, 
TENACITY, AND RESOLVE.
THE SAME SPIRIT OF AMERICAN 
DETERMINATION THAT SENDS OUR 
PEOPLE INTO SPACE, WILL CONQUER 
THIS DISEASE ON EARTH.
IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.
NOTHING, NOT EVEN GRAVITY ITSELF
CAN HOLD AMERICANS DOWN OR KEEP 
AMERICA BACK.
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO NASA 
ADMINISTRATOR JIM BRIDENSTINE 
AND DIRECTOR OF KENNEDY SPACE 
CENTER FOR WELCOMING US THIS 
EVENING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GREAT JOB.
GREAT JOB.
COME A LONG WAY IN THREE AND A 
HALF YEARS, HAVEN'T WE, JIM?
FROM THE INCREDIBLE MEN AND 
WOMEN HERE AT NASA AT KENNEDY 
SPACE CENTER TO THE JOHNSON 
SPACE CENTER IN TEXAS, WE LOVE 
YOU TOO, TO NASA IN PLUM BROOK 
STATION IN SANDUSKY, OHIO, THANK
YOU ALL FOR WORKING SO HARD TO 
MAKE THIS DAY A REALITY.
WE HAVE MANY OTHER GREAT DAYS 
ALMOST READY TO HAPPEN.
ALSO WITH US ARE MANY MEMBERS OF
MY CABINET INCLUDING OUR GREAT 
NEW DNI JOHN RADCLIFF.
THANK YOU, JOHN.
WE HAVE A GREAT FRIEND OF MINE, 
VERY SPECIAL MAN, RAN A GREAT, 
GREAT CAMPAIGN, GOVERNOR OF 
FLORIDA RON DESANTIS.
THANK YOU, RON.
THANK YOU, RON.
YOUR SENATORS RICK SCOTT AND 
MARCO RUBIO, THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH.
THANK YOU.
LEADER KEVIN McCARTHY.
KEVIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GREAT JOB YOU DO, KEVIN.
AND REPRESENTATIVES MATT GATES, 
JOHN RUTHERFORD, MICHAEL WALTZ, 
BILL POSEY, DANIEL WEBSTER, RYAN
MAST, BILL FLORES, RYAN BABITT, 
RODNEY DAVIS, ROGER MARSHALL, 
AND STEPHEN POLAZO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHAT A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
THEY'RE WARRIORS.
THEY'RE REALLY WARRIORS.
THEY HELPED SO MUCH GET THIS 
DONE AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS.
WITH US ALSO IS OUR AIR FORCE 
CHIEF OF STAFF, GENERAL DAVID 
GOLDSTEIN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, GENERAL.
THANK YOU.
AND CHIEF OF SPACE OPERATIONS, 
THE FIRST EVER NAMED, AND NOW A 
MEMBER OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF 
STAFF.
BECAUSE WE CREATED THE UNITED 
STATES SPACE FORCE, GENERAL JAY 
RAYMOND.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JAY.
THANK YOU.
AND SENIOR MEMBERS ALSO OF OUR 
GREAT UNITED STATES MILITARY HAS
NEVER BEEN STRONGER THAN IT IS 
RIGHT NOW.
ALSO ATTORNEY GENERAL OF FLORIDA
ASHLEY MOODY AND CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER OF FLORIDA JIMMY 
PATRONUS AND MANY OTHER 
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING 
HERE.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
I ESPECIALLY WANT TO 
CONGRATULATE SOMEONE WHO TRULY 
EMBODIES THE AMERICAN RISK 
TAKING.
AFTER ACHIEVING SUCCESS AS AN 
INTERNET ENTREPRENEUR, HE COULD 
HAVE SPENT HIS FORTUNE DOING 
ANYTHING INCLUDING YACHTING, 
LOTS OF THINGS, HE COULD DO LOTS
OF THINGS.
BUT IN 2002 HE BEGAN POURING 
TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF 
HIS OWN MONEY INTO RESEARCH AND 
DEVELOPMENT FOR A NEW ROCKET.
HE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN A 
LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE.
HE LIKED ROCKETS.
HE ASSEMBLED A CREW OF SOME OF 
THE GREATEST MINDS AND TALENT IN
AMERICAN AEROSPACE.
IN THE YEARS SINCE SPACEX HAS 
BECOME THE FIRST PRIVATE COMPANY
TO DEVELOP ITS SUCCESSFUL OWN 
ROCKET INTO ORBIT, AND OF COURSE
MOMENTS AGO SPACEX BECAME THE 
FIRST PRIVATE COMPANY TO PUT 
HUMANS INTO ORBIT AROUND THE 
ORBIT.
ELON MUSK, CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS, ELON.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANKS, ELON.
FOR ELON AND 8,000 SPACEX 
EMPLOYEES TODAY IS THE 
FULFILLMENT OF A DREAM ALMOST 
TWO DECADES IN THE MAKING.
FOR YEARS ON END THEY HAVE 
WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH NASA 
SCULPTING ALUMINUM, TIGHTENING 
VALVES, TUNING NOZZLES, TESTING 
PARACHUTES AND FILLING MASSIVE 
TANKS WITH THOUSANDS AND 
THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF KEROSENE 
AND LIQUID OXYGEN.
TODAY THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN 
NASA AND SPACEX HAS GIVEN OUR 
NATION THE GIFT OF AN UNMATCHED 
POWER, A STATE OF THE ART 
SPACESHIP TO PUT OUR ASTRONAUTS 
INTO THE ORBIT AT A FRACTION OF 
THE COST OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE.
AND IT'S MUCH BETTER.
FROM NOW ON THE UNITED STATES 
WILL LEVERAGE THE FAST GROWING 
CAPABILITIES OF OUR COMMERCIAL 
SECTOR AND THE FINEST PIECES OF 
REAL ESTATE ON EARTH WHICH YOU 
NEED VERY BADLY TO SEND U.S. 
ASTRONAUTS INTO SPACE.
UNDER NASA'S COMMERCIAL CREW 
PROGRAM WE WILL USE ROCKETS AND 
SPACECRAFT DESIGNED, BUILT, 
OWNED, AND LAUNCHED BY PRIVATE 
AMERICAN COMPANIES AT A FIXED 
PRICE FOR THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER.
TODAY'S LAUNCH MAKES CLEAR THE 
COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY IS THE
FUTURE.
THE MODERN WORLD WAS BUILT BY 
RISK TAKERS AND RENEGADES FIERCE
COMPETITORS.
CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY WHO PURSUED
OPPORTUNITIES NO ONE ELSE SAW 
AND ENVISIONED WHAT NO ONE ELSE 
COULD EVER THINK OF SEEING.
THE UNITED STATES WILL HARNESS 
THE UNRIVALLED CREATIVITY AND 
SPEED OF OUR PRIVATE SECTOR TO 
GO EVEN FURTHER INTO THE 
UNKNOWN.
THIS LAUNCH ALSO MARKS AN 
EXCITING TURNING POINT FOR NASA.
THIS AGENCY WILL NOW FOCUS ITS 
UNMATCHED EXPERTISE LIKE NOBODY 
HAS EVER SEEN AND POWER AND 
INTEGRITY TO DO WHAT NASA DOES 
BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE AND IT'S
NOT EVEN CLOSE, EMBARK ON THE 
MOST DIFFICULT, MOST DARING, 
MOST AUDACIOUS MISSIONS IN THE 
HISTORY OF HUMANKIND.
WHEN I FIRST CAME INTO OFFICE 
THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, NASA
HAD LOST ITS WAY AND THE 
EXCITEMENT, ENERGY, AND THE 
AMBITION AS ALMOST EVERYBODY IN 
THIS ROOM KNOWS WAS GONE.
THERE WAS GRASS GROWING THROUGH 
THE CRACKS OF YOUR CONCRETE 
RUNWAYS.
NOT A PRETTY SIGHT, NOT A PRETTY
SIGHT AT ALL.
THE LAST ADMINISTRATION PRESIDES
OVER THE CLOSING OF THE SPACE 
SHUTTLE AND ALMOST ALL OF THE 
GIANT FACILITY THAT KEEPS SO 
MANY PEOPLE WORKING, SO MANY 
BRILLIANT MINDS GOING, PEOPLE 
WERE CRYING, THEY WERE 
DEVASTATED, BUT NOW IT'S THE 
GREATEST OF ITS KIND ANYWHERE IN
THE WORLD AND WILL GET GREATER 
AND GREATER WITH YEARS TO COME.
I PROMISE YOU THAT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> WE HAVE CREATED THE ENVY OF 
THE WORLD AND WE'LL SOON BE 
LANDING ON MARS AND WE'LL SOON 
HAVE THE GREATEST WEAPONS EVER 
IMAGINED IN HISTORY.
I'VE ALREADY SEEN DESIGNS.
AND EVEN I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
THE UNITED STATES HAS REGAINED 
OUR PLACE OF PRESTIGE AS THE 
WORLD LEADER.
AS HAS OFTEN BEEN STATED, YOU 
CAN'T BE NUMBER ONE ON EARTH IF 
YOU ARE NUMBER TWO IN SPACE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE 
NUMBER TWO ANYWHERE.
NOWHERE IS THIS MORE TRUE THAN 
WITH OUR MILITARY WHICH WE HAVE 
COMPLETELY REBUILT.
UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE 
INVESTED $2.5 TRILLION IN NEW 
PLANES, SHIPS, SUBMARINES, 
TANKS, MISSILES, ROCKETS, 
ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF.
AND LAST YEAR I SIGNED A LAW 
CREATING THE SIXTH BRANCH OF 
THAT ALREADY VERY FAMOUS UNITED 
STATES ARMED FORCES, THE SPACE 
FORCE.
FOR EVERY CITIZEN WHO HAS 
EAGERLY WAITED FOR AMERICA TO 
REIGNITE THOSE ENGINES OF WILL, 
CONFIDENCE, AND IMAGINATION THAT
PUT A MAN ON THE MOON.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TO SAY YOU 
NEED WAIT NO LONGER.
THROUGH NASA'S ARTEMIS PROGRAM 
THE UNITED STATES IS PREPARING 
FOR A MISSION TO MARS.
EARLIER THIS WEEK I SAW THE 
ORIEN CAPSULES BEING WORKED ON 
IN THIS BUILDING AS PART OF THE 
ARTEMIS MOON TO MARS PROGRAM, 
THOSE CAPSULES WILL SOON RETURN 
AMERICANS TO LUNAR ORBIT FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN OVER 50 YEARS, 
HALF A CENTURY.
BY 2024 OUR ASTRONAUTS WILL 
RETURN TO THE LUNAR SURFACE TO 
ESTABLISH A PERMANENT PRESENCE 
AND A LAUNCHING PAD TO MARS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> AND THE FIRST WOMAN ON THE 
MOON WILL BE AN AMERICAN WOMAN 
AND THE FIRST NATION TO LAND ON 
MARS WILL BE THE UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> SINCE I SIGNED THE ORDER TO 
ESTABLISH THESE GOALS SHORTLY 
AFTER TAKING OFFICE, WE HAVE 
MADE RAPID GAINS, A NEW 22,000 
POUND CAPSULE IS ALREADY BUILT.
THE NEXT GENERATION OF 
SPACESUITS ARE ALREADY MADE.
COLOSSAL ROCKETS ARE NOW BEING 
TESTED AND THE CONTRACTS FOR 
THREE SEPARATE LUNAR LANDERS 
HAVE BEEN AWARDED AND SIGNED AND
THEY ARE MAGNIFICENT.
IN THE YEARS AHEAD AMERICA WILL 
GO BIGGER, BOLDER, FURTHER, 
FASTER, AND AMERICA WILL GO 
FIRST.
AMERICA WILL ALWAYS BE FIRST.
TO BE CERTAIN WE WILL MEET THE 
ADVERSITY AND HARDSHIP ALONG THE
WAY.
THERE MAY EVEN BE TRAGEDY 
BECAUSE THAT IS THE DANGER OF 
SPACE, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO
ABOUT THAT.
THE POWER THAT WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT IS UNRIVALLED, THERE'S 
NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT 
PROBLEMS, WE'LL HAVE VERY FEW OF
THEM.
WE WILL CONFRONT ALL OF THOSE 
CHALLENGES KNOWING THAT THE 
QUEST FOR UNDERSTANDING IS THE 
OLDEST AND DEEPEST HOPE IN OUR 
SOULS.
THE INNATE HUMAN DESIRE TO 
EXPLORE AND INNOVATE IS WHAT 
PROPELS THE ENGINES OF PROGRESS 
AND THE MARCH OF CIVILIZATION.
WE WILL PRESERVE AND PERSEVERE 
AND WE WILL BE SURE OF A FUTURE 
OF AMERICAN DOMINANCE IN SPACE.
OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS I 
REESTABLISHED THE NATIONAL SPACE
COUNCIL.
I ISSUED A DIRECTIVE CUTTING RED
TAPE FOR INNOVATIVE SPACE 
COMPANIES SUCH AS SPACEX.
WE CREATED THE WORLD'S FIRST 
COMPREHENSIVE SPACE TRAFFIC 
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
LAST MONTH I SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER ESTABLISHING U.S. POLICY 
FOR THE RECOVERY AND USE OF 
SPACE RESOURCES AND MINERALS.
ADMINISTRATOR BRIDENSTINE 
ANNOUNCED THE ARTEMIS OF COURSE 
TO GOVERN THE FUTURE OF SPACE 
EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT.
TODAY WE WILL ASSERT AMERICA'S 
RIGHTFUL HERITAGE AS THE 
GREATEST SPACE FAIRING NATION ON
THE PLANET AND ALREADY IT'S NOT 
EVEN CLOSE.
SINCE THE UNITED STATES STOPPED 
SENDING ASTRONAUTS DEEP INTO 
SPACE, 1972.
NO OTHER COUNTRY HAS EVER DONE 
IT.
THE REASONS ARE SIMPLE, COST, 
TECHNOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY, AND 
TREMENDOUS DANGER.
FOR INSTANCE I WAS TOLD THAT THE
ROCKET YOU JUST WITNESSED HAD TO
BE LAUNCHED WITHIN ONE SECOND OR
IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR IT TO
HIT ITS TARGET.
AND I WAS HERE TWO DAYS AGO AND 
I SAID TO JIM, JIM, IT'S OKAY 
WHY DON'T YOU WAIT 5 OR 10 
MINUTES.
AND HE SAID, SIR, WE ONLY HAVE A
WINDOW OF ONE SECOND AND I 
WALKED OUT OF HERE SHAKING MY 
HEAD.
IS THAT TRUE, JIM, YES IT'S 
TRUE.
SPACE TRAVEL IS NOT A FEAT OF 
ENGINEERING ALONE.
IT'S ALSO A MORAL ENDEAVOR, A 
MEASURE OF A NATION'S VISION, 
ITS WILL POWER, ITS PLACE IN THE
WORLD.
EXPLORATION IS A TEST OF OUR 
VALUES AND OF OUR FAITH.
AMERICA IS A NATION DEFINED BY 
ITS COMMITMENT TO DISCOVERY.
TO SOLVE MYSTERIES, TO CHART THE
UNKNOWN, TO PRESS THE LIMITS, TO
ACHIEVE THE FULLEST EXPRESSION 
OF LIFE'S POTENTIAL.
AND TO ENSURE THAT AMERICA IS 
THE NATION THAT ALWAYS LEADS THE
WAY AND ESPECIALLY IN SPACE.
THIS EVENING I AM MORE CONFIDENT
THAN EVER BEFORE THAT AMERICA 
STANDS POISED TO THRIVE IN THIS 
GRAND UNDERTAKING.
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
WE ARE A NATION OF PIONEERS.
WE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CROSSED 
THE OCEAN, CARVED OUT A FOOTHOLD
ON A VAST CONTINENT, SETTLED A 
GREAT WILDERNESS AND THEN SET 
OUR EYES UPON THE STARS.
THIS IS OUR HISTORY AND THIS IS 
OUR DESTINY.
NOW LIKE OUR ANCESTORS BEFORE 
US, WE ARE VENTURING OUT TO 
EXPLORE A NEW MAGNIFICENT 
FRONTIER.
IT'S CALLED SPACE.
OUR MOST DARING FEATS, OUR MOST 
EPIC JOURNEYS, OUR BIGGEST 
ADVENTURES AND OUR FINEST DAYS 
ARE JUST BEGINNING.
AMERICA'S PROUDEST MOMENTS ARE 
STILL AHEAD.
WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF OUR MOST 
EXCITING YEARS AND NEXT YEAR MAY
BE THE MOST EXCITING OF ALL, YOU
JUST WATCH.
SO TODAY AS OUR BRAVE AMERICAN 
ASTRONAUTS BLAZE A TRAIL INTO 
THE HEAVENS, WE PROCLAIM FOR ALL
TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE NOT YET 
TESTED THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE 
AMERICAN CHARACTER.
AND THE WORLD HAS NOT YET SEEN 
THE FULL GLORY OF THE AMERICAN 
SPIRIT.
FOR OUR COUNTRY, FOR OUR 
CHILDREN, AND FOR YOUR 
HUMANITY'S MARCH INTO THE STARS,
THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> IT WAS A GREAT HONOR FOR ME 
TO DELIVER THIS SPEECH.
GOD BLESS OUR BRAVE ASTRONAUTS 
NOW SOARING THROUGH THE HEAVENS.
GOD BLESS THE MEN AND WOMEN OF 
NASA AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪♪
>> DRAGON SPACEX FOR THE MEDIA
EVENT.
AND THERMAL ENERGY FLICKERING.
>> DRAGON SPACEX.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> YES, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU
HAD A CHANCE TO GET THE FLOATING
MEDIA CAMERA OUT TO PREP FOR THE
MEDIA EVENT?
>> NO, WE HAVEN'T YET.
BUT WE CAN PUT THAT IN WORK IF
YOU WOULD LIKE US TO.
>> YES, WE WOULD LIKE TO CHECK
IT DURING THE NEXT GROUND
STATION TIME.
>> BOB WILL DO THAT.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
THE NEXT PASS IS IN FIVE 
MINUTES.
DOUG, I HAVE WORDS FOR YOU ON
THE THERMAL ENERGY FLICKERS
WHILE YOU WERE PILOTING.
IF YOU'RE READY FOR THAT.
>> YEAH, GO AHEAD.
>> THIS IS A NOMINAL FEATURE OF
THE CAMERA, AND THE CAMERA IS
DOING A SELF CORRECTION.
AND MEANING THAT THE CAMERAS HAS
NOT YET REACHED EQUILIBRIUM.
IT TAKES TIME FROM POWER ON, AND
WHEN YOU TURN THE POWER ON YOU
CAN EXPECT IT TO FLICKER FOR A
WHILE AS IT REACHES EQUILIBRIUM.
>> OKAY.
THAT ALL SOUNDS GOOD.
>> DOUG, WHEN YOU'RE READY, THE
MEDIA, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO
YOU ABOUT WHICH STEPS YOU WANT
TO COMPLETE ON THE MEDIA EVENT
TIMELINE.
>> OKAY, WE HAVE IT PULLED UP.
>> IF YOU WANT TO DELAY TALKING
ABOUT THIS, IF YOU WANT TO
FINISH YOUR MEAL.
>> YES, GIVE US A COUPLE OF
MINUTES, THEN WE'LL CALL YOU
BACK.
>> AND THE CAMERA IS OUT.
AND SET UP SO IF YOU GUYS WANT
TO DO THE GROUND STATION CHECK
OUT, IT SHOULD BE READY TO GO.
>> COPY.
FOR THE SET UP WE'RE GOING TO BE
CHANGING SOME OF THE LIGHTING
CONFIGURATION.
THAT IS FROM THE GROUND.
>> YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE INSIDE
OF THE SPACE STATION FLIGHT
CONTROL ROOM.
THIS IS ONE OF THREE THAT WE'LL
BE USING TODAY.
WINDING DOWN FOR THE DAY AFTER
OVERSEEING SOME OF THE
PRE-LAUNCH AND LAUNCH ACTIVITIES
AND SOME OF THE INITIAL BURNS OF
THE FLIGHT OF THE DRAGON ON ITS
WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
WE'LL BE CONDUCTING HAND OVER
SHORTLY WITH THE FLIGHT CONTROL
ROOM.
THAT'S ONE OF THREE THAT WE'LL
BE USING.
REBECCA WILL BE LEADING THE TEAM
ON SOME OF THE OVERNIGHT SHIFT
WHILE BOB AND DOUG ARE ASLEEP.
CHRIS CASSIDY ALSO ENTERING HIS
SLEEP PERIOD, GETTING A FULL
NIGHT'S REST BEFORE PREPPING FOR
THE SPACE STATION.
A LOT OF THAT WORK COMPLETED
FROM SOME OF THE PRE-WORK DONE.
EVEN FOR THE FIRST LAUNCH
ATTEMPT ON MAY 27TH, CHECKING
OUT SOME OF THE MONITORING TOOLS
AND THE COMMUNICATION HARDWARE
THAT NEEDS TO BE USED AND
CHECKED OUT PRIOR TO THE LAUNCH
OF BOB AND DOUG A LOT OF THAT
WORK DONE TODAY.
SATURDAY, THE MAIN TASK OF CHRIS
CASSIDY WAS CLEANING THE SPACE
STATION AND HE'S GOT THE ROOMS
PREPPED FOR BOB AND DOUG WON
THEIR ARRIVAL.
WE'RE ENTERING INTO A MEDIA
EVENT.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE VIEWS FROM
INSIDE THE DRAGON.
BOB AND DOUG FINISHING UP THEIR
MEAL.
THEY'RE SHIFTING A LITTLE BIT IN
TERMS OF WHAT CHRIS CASSIDY IS
EXPERIENCING, BUT THEY'LL ALL BE
SYNCED UP WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT
9:30 CENTRAL TIME TOMORROW.
AGAIN, TEAMS WINDING DOWN.
THE FLIGHT DIRECTOR ORBIT TWO
TEAM WILL BE HANDING OVER
SHORTLY TO REBECCA, OVER IN THE
WERE YOU FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM.
UNTIL THEN, WE'LL TOSS IT BACK
OVER TO HAWTHORNE TO TAKE US
THROUGH THE MEDIA EVENT COMING
UP HERE SHORTLY.
>> WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
GETTING OUR FIRST GLIMPSE INSIDE
OUR DRAGON WITH BOB AND DOUG.
WE'VE HAD A SPECTACULAR DAY, AN
ON-TIME LIFT OFF GIVEN THE FACT
THAT WE WERE ONCE AGAIN IFFY ON
THE WEATHER JUST SEEING THE BLUE
SKY COME OUT IN FORCE UPON LIFT
OFF WAS QUITE A SIGHT.
AND JUST REALLY QUICK, I'LL
CHECK THE CLOCK HERE.
WE JUST PASSED THE T-PLUS.
>> I THINK WE JUST LOST YOUR
AUDIO.
WE'LL MAKE SURE SHE CAN KEEP
SAYING IT IN A COUPLE OF
MINUTES.
WE HAVE THAT ON TIME LIFT OFF AT
3:22 EASTERN TIME FROM PAD 39 A
DELIVERING BOB AND DOUG TO THEIR
INITIAL ORBIT.
WE HAVE NOT TRACKED ANY ISSUES
WITH DRAGON SINCE THEY HAVE
ARRIVED IN OUTER SPACE.
WE HAVE COMPLETED TWO OF OUR
BURNS, TWO OF FIVE THAT WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE TO GETTING US TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE DID THAT PHASE BURN JUST A
FEW HOURS AGO.
IT IS WRAPPING UP AT 1:16 P.M.
OVER HERE AT THE WEST COAST.
AND BOB AND DOUG DID THE
CONTROLS FLIGHT TEST.
THEY WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT
OBJECTIVE TEST SUCCESSFULLY AND
PUTTING IT IN A SPECIAL
ORIENTATION.
USING THE EARTH ITSELF AS A
GUIDE TO POSITION THEMSELVES AS
THEY'RE FLYING.
ALSO ABLE TO DO THAT BOOST BURN
SUCCESSFULLY.
THAT WRAPPED UP JUST ABOUT 20
MINUTES AGO.
ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF MINUTE
FIRING OF THOSE DRACO
THRUSTERRERS, THE SECOND OF FIVE
BURNS TO GET US TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> RIGHT NOW, THE CREW IS STILL
ON BOARD DRAGON.
IT'S THE LATTER PART OF THEIR
DAY.
IT'S BEEN A PRETTY LONG DAY.
AT THIS MOMENT THEY'RE WRAPPING
UP THEIR MEAL.
THE FIRST MEAL VIA CREW ON BOARD
DRAGON, WE'LL SEE IF THEY LET US
IN ON WHAT THEYERE EATING WHEN
WE GET INSIDE WITH THEM IN THE
CABIN IN JUST A LITTLE WHILE.
THE NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE COMING
UP IS GOING TO BE THE CLOSE
CO-ELIPTIC BURN.
THIS IS A LITTLE MORE 
CIRCULARIZE OUR ORBIT.
WE'LL BE A CONSTANT TEN
KILOMETERS LOWER THAN THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THAT'S COMING UP IN JUST 21
MINUTES FROM NOW.
ASSUMING THAT BURN GETS DONE
SUCCESSFULLY.
WE'LL BE THREE OF FIVE IN THE
BAG AND WELL ON OUR WAY TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
AND THEN WE SHOULD GET A CHANCE
TO CHECK IN WITH BOB AND DOUG ON
BOARD.
>> I JUST REALLY, REALLY PLEASED
WITH THE MISSION PROGRESS THUS
FAR.
LIKE WE'VE SAID BEFORE LAUNCH
TODAY, YOU KNOW, THAT IS NOT
WHERE IT ENDED.
BOB AND DOUG ARE EN ROUTE TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
BUT EVEN ONCE THEY HOP ON BOARD
THE SPACE STATION, IT'S STILL
NOT DONE, RIGHT?
WE GOT TO GET THEM BACK HOME.
SO JUST AS A REMINDER, WHILE IT
WILL BE A VERY LONG INITIAL DAY
OF THE MISSION, IT CERTAINLY IS
NOT THE CONCLUSION.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN
MIND.
WE WILL BE STAYING LIVE HERE
WITH YOU ON AIR, BRINGING YOU
UPDATES THROUGHOUT BOB AND
DOUG'S JOURNAL TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION OVER
THE NEXT--LET'S SEE, WE HAVE
ANOTHER 15 HOURS LEFT?  15.5
HOURS.
THE ENERGY IN THE BUILDING HERE
AT HEADQUARTERS IS VERY MUCH
ELECTRIC.
YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE SUCCESS OF
THE DAY THUS FAR.
BUT MISSION CONTROL IS RIGHT
NEXT TO ME TO MY LEFT.
WE JUST HAD A SHIFT CHANGE AMONG
THE DRAGON OPERATORS, AND WE'RE
STILL GOING STRONG.
>> THEY'RE ALSO DOING A SHIFT
CHANGE OVER AT MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON.
YOU HAVE TEAMS WORKING AROUND
THE CLOCK THERE IN HOUSTON AND
AROUND THE CLOCK NOW FOR THIS
FLIGHT UPHILL FOR BRAGGEN.
JUST SOME OF THE VOICES YOU'RE
GOING TO BE HEARING THROUGHOUT
E LAUNCH, SO ESSENTIALLY THE
CAP COME HERE IN HAWTHORNE
TALKING TO BOB AND DOUG.
HE HAS SINCE HANDED IT OVER TO
LAURA CRABTREE, WHO IS ON
CONSULT THERE AT MISSION CONTROL
CENTER HERE IN HAWTHORNE.
WE'LL TALK TO BOB AND DOUG
BEFORE THEY GO FOR THEIR EIGHT
HOURS OF SLEEP.
WHEN THEY WAKE UP, WE'LL BE INTO
OUR FIFTH AND FINAL BURN.
AT THAT POINT THEY'LL BE ONLY
ABOUT SEVEN KILOMETERS BEHIND,
THEN THEY'LL EXECUTE A BURN THAT
WILL BRING THEM CLOSE TO THE
SPACE STATION.
BY THAT POINT WE'LL BE GETTING
VIEWS FROM THE STATION, WHICH
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
THERE IS A VIEW ON YOUR SCREEN
ON YOUR RIGHT-HAND SIDE THAT IS
MISSION CONTROL HERE.
IN HAWTHORNE CALIFORNIA.
I BELIEVE ON THE LEFT THERE THAT
THAT IS OUR C
LAURA CRABTREE.
SHE WOULD BE THE PERSON WHO IS
COMMUNICATING BACK AND FORTH ON
EVENTS, AND CONFIRMING PROCEDURE
EVENTS.
IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL DAY.
GETTING BACK TO THE NEXT EVENT
WE HAVE COMING UP IN 20
MINUTES--THEREABOUTS, ALMOST
WE'LL GET TO THE CLOSE BURN.
LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, THAT WILL
PLACE BRAGGEN ON ORBIT.
THAT WILL PLACE DRAGON ON ORBIT.
NOW AS A REMINDER THERE ARE 15
DIFFERENT THRUSTERS.
THE FOUR FORWARD DRACO THRUSTERS
ARE PRIMARILY USED FOR THESE
DELTA VELOCITY MANEUVERS LIKE WE
WOULD BE EXECUTING HERE WITH THE
CLOSE BURN.
THE 12 SERVICE SECTION DRACOS
ARE AROUND DRAGON SPACE.
THOSE ARE USED FOR ATTITUDE AND
LOW IMPULSE TRANSLATIONAL
CONTROL.
THEY HAVE BEEN USED FOR EACH OF
THE BURNS.
WE HAVE REDUNDANCY BUILT INTO
DRAGON IF WE RUN INTO ISSUES
WITH ANY OF THE THUSSERS DURING
THE MISSION.
WE SHOULD BE COMING UP TO THAT
BURN IN 16 MINUTES.
>> WHEN WE GET THERE, IT WILL BE
A FAIRLY LONG ONE.
IT WILL BE A TEN MINUTE FIRING
OF THOSE THRUSTERS.
ONCE IT STARTS WE'LL CONTINUE TO
HEAR.
WE SHOULD GET SOME CHECK-INS
FROM THE CORE TO THE CREW AS
IT'S GOING TO UPDATE THEM.
THEN AT THE VERY END WE'RE
LOOKING OUT FOR THOSE WORDS.
GOOD BURN.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR.
THEY'RE CONTINUALLY ADJUSTING
THE TIMING OF THESE BURNS BASED
OFF OF HOW MUCH DRAGON VELOCITY
CHANGES UPHILL.
WE HAVE SPECIFIC TIMES DOWN TO
THE SECOND WHERE THEY'RE
INITIALLY PLANNED, EVEN DAYS OR
EVEN WEEKS OUT SOMETIMES.
BEFORE THEY LAUNCH.
BUT THEY'RE CONSTANTLY
READJUSTING IN REALTIME JUST HOW
LONG THESE BURNS ARE GOING TO
OCCUR.
AND HOW LONG OR WHEN THEY'RE
GOING TO ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
THIS IS JUST PART OF THE NATURE
OF ORBITAL MECHANICS.
WE'RE TRYING TO HIT ONE SPEEDING
BULLET WITH ANOTHER ONE AS
DRAGON CONTINUES TO RAISE ITS
ORBIT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.
>> WE'RE ABOUT 15 MINUTES OUT
FROM THE CLOSE BURN.
YOU CAN EXPECT A TRANSITION
APPROXIMATELY FOUR MINUTES INTO
THE BURN FROM LANDING TO
ORBITING.
ADDITIONALLY THERE WILL BE A
SWAP DURING THE EVENTS.
AND OR JUST AFTER THE BURN.
BASICS IS GO FOR THE CLOSED
BURN.
>> THAT'S THE BACK AND FORTH WE
HEARD THERE BETWEEN CREW DRAGON
AND CORE HERE AT HAWTHORNE.
WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING THAT
WE'RE GO TO, BEGIN THE CLOSE
CO-ELIP TICK BURN.
WHICH THEY'RE GOING TO BE
RAISING DRAGON'S ORBIT.
>> LITERALLY WHAT THEY WERE
BEING TOLD SOME OF THE DIFFERENT
TANKS THAT ARE FEEDING THESE
DRACO THRUSTERS THEY'RE GOING TO
BE TRANSITIONING BETWEEN.
THEY'LL HAVE A CABIN FAN CHANGE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE
AUDIBLE.
JUST LIKE ON BOARD THE CREW
STATION, THERE IS AMBIENT NOISE
FOR THESE CREW MEMBERS.
THEY CAN HEAR THE CABIN FAN
WHICH IS MOVING THE ATMOSPHERE
INSIDE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE
NATURAL CONVECTION IN MICRO
GRAVITY.
HOT AIR DOES NOT RISE SO YOU
HAVE TO ACTIVELY BE MOVING MA
ATMOSPHERE THE ENTIRE TIME.
THESE CREW MEMBERS ARE TRAINED
TO EXPECT TO HEAR DIFFERENT
SOUNDS, DIFFERENT SITES AS THEY
GO THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT
MANEUVERS.
THEY LIKE TO GET THOSE DIFFERENT
UPDATES FROM THE CORE DOWN HERE
ON THE GROUND SO THEY'RE NOT
CAUGHT OFF GUARD FOR ANYTHING.
>> LIKE WE SAID, THIS WILL BE
THE THIRD OF FIVE MAJOR BURNS
THAT BRAGGEN WILL BE PERFORMING.
IT IS THE LAST BURN THAT WILL BE
OCCURRING BEFORE BOB AND DOUG GO
TO SLEEP.
THEY ALREADY HAVE HAD THEIR
MEAL.
HOPEFULLY THEY'LL GIVE US A TOUR
OF CREW DRAGON IN THE NEXT
SEVERAL MINUTES.
THEN THEY'LL HAVE A QUICK
MEDICAL VALE EVALUATION WITH
THEIR DOCTOR.
AND THEN THEY'LL GET EIGHT HOUR
NAP.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS CLOSE
BURN AND THEN WE'LL DO A LAST
COUPLE OF--
>> SPACEX DRAGON.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> HEY LAURA, WOULD YOU MIND
CHECKING THE CAMERAS FOR A
COUPLE OF MINUTES IF IT IS
CONVENIENT.
>> I DID HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL
QUESTION ON THE BREATHING MASK
WHEN YOU HAVE A MINUTE.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> YES, WE WERE WONDERING IF YOU
HAD PULL THEM OUT AND STOWED
EM.
>> YES, WE HAVE.
THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OF
OUR SEATS.
>> OKAY, COPY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DOUG, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WE
HAVE NO INTERIOR CAMERAS
CONFIGURED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE JUST UNDER
11 MINUTES NOW FROM THAT NEXT
BURN.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN TRACKING ANY
ISSUES WITH DRAGON SO FAR IN
TODAY'S FLIGHT.
WE WILL KEEP THAT UP OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS THEY
MAKE THEIR WAY UP TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LAST
BURN FOR QUITE AWHILE.
WE WON'T DO A FOURTH OF THE
TRANSFER BURN.
IT'S ANOTHER 11 HOURS FROM NOW.
THE DRAGON IS GOING TO STAY IN
THIS ATTITUDE OR ALTITUDE BELOW
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
10 KILOMETERS OR SO CO-ELLIPTIC
WITH IT FOR QUITE AWHILE.
PRETTY MUCH THEIR ENTIRE SLEEP
PERIOD.
THEN RIGHT AFTER THEIR WAKE UP
TIME WE'LL LOOK TO DO THESE
FINAL BURNS.
THEN THEY'LL BE CLOSER, TWO AND
A HALF KILOMETERS BELOW THE
STATION'S ORBIT.
THEY'LL BE SET UP PERFECTLY FOR
THAT FINAL APPROACH AND DOCKING.
>> WE'RE NOW 2.50 HOURS INTO THE
MISSION.
THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING EXTREMELY
WELL.
AND TO THIS POINT, VERY NOMINAL.
>> SPACEX DRAGON, YOU'RE CLEARED
ON BOARD.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
COPY THAT.
>> DRAGON SPACEX WHEN YOU HAVE A
MINUTE.
I WOULD LIKE OH SYNC UP WITH YOU
ON THE MEDIA EVENT.
>> WE'RE AVAILABLE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
>> SO IF YOU HAVE THE PDF OPEN,
I HAVE A COUPLE OF SECTIONS OF
TALKING POINTS.
I WAS THINKING THAT YOU COULD
GET THROUGH A COUPLE OF THOSE
SECTIONS IF YOU HAVE A
PREFERENCE WE ARE OPEN TO WHAT
YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO.
>> YES, I THINK AFTER THE
INTRODUCTIONS AND THE DISPLAYS,
I THINK WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO
FROM THERE WOULD PROBABLY WORK.
>> YES, DOUG, IF YOU WANT TO
SHOW SOME GOOD VIEWS OUT THE
WINDOW THAT WOULD BE COOL FOR
EVERYONE.
>> WE DEFINITELY PLAN TO DO
THAT.
IF WE'RE IN A DAY PATH, THAT
WOULD BE COOL.
>> WE SHOULD HAVE SOME GOOD
VIEWS FOR YOU DURING THAT GROUND
PATH.
>> DOUG, IF YOU CAN GET THROUGH
SECTION A, B, AND MAYBE C AND AS
A REMINDER ABOUT TWO MINUTES
FROM LOS GROUND STATION IF THERE
IS A BREAK IN YOUR COM, I'LL
GIVE YOU A REMINDER OF THAT TWO
MINUTES.
>> OKAY, COPY THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, THIS IS THE TEAM
FROM HAWTHORNE.
WE'RE UNDER TWO AND A HALF
MINUTES FROM THIS NEXT BURN, THE
CO-ELLIPTIC BURN.
THIS IS THE THIRD OUT OF THE
FIVE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO ON
THE WAY UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
THEY'VE DONE TWO SUCCESSFULLY SO
FAR, AND THIS WILL BE THE THIRD.
THIS IS GOING TO RAISE THE
APOGEE OR THE HIGHEST POINT OF
OUR ORBIT TO TEN KILOMETERS
BELOW THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
WE ALREADY DID THAT WITH THE
BOOST BURN.
THIS IS GOING TO CIRCULARIZE OUR
ORBIT SO WE'RE A CONSTANT TEN
KILOMETERS BELOW THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A PRETTY
LONG BURN.
IT WILL BE JUST UNDER TEN
MINUTES.
AND SO WE'LL CHECK IT OUT.
WE'LL HEAR WHEN THE BURN
INITIATES AND WE'LL GET UPDATES
FROM THE TEAMS.
THE CREW ON BOARD, BOB AND DOUG,
THEY SHOULD GET SOME CALLS BASED
ON HOW THE BURN IS GOING.
THEN OF COURSE AT THE VERY END
WE WANT TO BE LOOKING OUT FOR
THE PHENOMENAL BURN OR GOOD
BURN.
COUNTING DOWN WE SHOULD BE ONE
MINUTE AWAY FROM THIS BURN.
30 SECONDS TO THE BURN.
LESS THAN TEN SECONDS SITTING
BY, AND THE BURN HAS STARTED.
>> WE'RE SEEING DATA THAT THE
BURN HAS BEGUN.
THIS WE'RE EXPECTING THESE
ENGINES TO FIRE FOR ABOUT TEN
MINUTES.
LITTLE LESS THAN TEN MINUTES
TOTAL.
THE BURN HAS BEGUN.
WE'LL GET STATUS UPDATES ON IT
THROUGHOUT.
>> RIGHT NOW, DANING IS--DRAGON
IS FIRING BEFORE FORWARD BULK
HEAD DRACO THRUSTERS.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE.
WE USE THESE PRIMARILY TO HELP
DRAGON IN THE VELOCITY MANEUVERS
THAT REQUIRE BIGGER CHANGES.
THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 16 DRACOS
ON DRAGON.
THE OTHER 12--SO WE HAVE THE
FOUR THAT ARE FIRING RIGHT NOW.
THE OTHER 12 ARE LOCATED IN THE
SERVICE SECTION.
THAT'S THE PART OF DRAGON THAT
IS AROUND THE BASE.
THOSE ARE USED FOR ATTITUDE AND
LOW IMPULSE RELATIONAL CONTROL.
>> RIGHT NOW WE'RE COMING UP ON
TWO MINUTES SINCE THE START OF
THE BURN.
WE'RE EXPECTING JUST UNDER TEN
MINUTES.
IF YOU'RE WATCHING ON NASA TV OR
THE NASA CHANNEL WE HAVE OUR
CONFERENCE COMING UP IN A MATTER
OF FIVE MINUTES.
WE'LL HAVE PERSONNEL AT THE
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, WE'LL HAVE
ADMINISTRATOR BRIDENTSTINE AND
LEADERS, AND A REPRESENTATIVE
FROM OUR PARTNERS WITH SPACEX,
AND THE MANAGER OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE PROGRAM.
AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE
COVERAGE ON NASA TV ON THE
PUBLIC CHANNEL, THAT WILL BE
COME UP IN FOUR MINUTES.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE FOLLOWING US
ALONG ON THE SPACEX CHANNEL, OUR
OPERATIONAL COVERAGE WILL
CONTINUE.
WE HAVE OUR BURN STARTED.
IT'S THE THIRD OF OUR FIFTH.
WE'RE PAST 2:50 INTO THIS BURN.
>> IF YOU STAYED WITH US THIS
LONG THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
WEBCAST, WE THANK YOU.
IT'S CERTAINLY BEEN AN EXCITING
DAY.
BUT JUST ANOTHER THING FOR TO
YOU LOOK FORWARD TO, AND ABOUT
TEN MINUTES WE'RE HOPING TO BE
ABLE TO CHAT WITH BOB AND DOUG
AND GET SOME VIEWS FROM THEIR
POINT OF VIEW INSIDE OF DRAGON,
AND HEAR HOW THE ASCENT PHASE
WENT FOR THEM.
>> YES, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HEAR FROM
THEM.
THEY'VE BEEN IN FULLY
OPERATIONAL MODE THE ENTIRE TIME
TALKING ABOUT THE TEAM DOWN HERE
IN HAWTHORNE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BRINGS US UP.
WE HEARD A COUPLE OF THE
EXCHANGES.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BEGIN THE
SUNSET, WHICH WILL BE PRETTY
SPECTACULAR.
WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT AFTER
THIS BURN IS COMPLETE.
WE'RE ALMOST IN FOUR MINUTES
SINCE THE BURN GUN.
THIS IS ALL TOLD THAT WILL LAST
JUST UNDER TEN MINUTES.
ER.
>> WE'RE A LITTLE OVER FIVE AND
A HALF MINUTES IN THIS BURN.
IT WILL BRING THE DRAGON TEN
KILOMETERS BELOW THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THIS BURN IS JUST TO RAISE THE
LOWEST PART OF DRAGONS ORBIT,
THE PERIGEE.
THE ORBIT IS AT A LOWER ALTITUDE
BUT IT MAINTAINS THE SAME LOWER
ALTITUDE AS THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
WE'LL BE ON
N
WE'RE AT A STEDDY TECH KILOMETER
LOWER.
S  THE THIRD OF THOSE FIVE
BURNS.
♪
♪ ♪
>> WOW.
WE'RE MAKING HISTORY AGAIN.
LET'S GO!
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.
IGNITION.
LIFTOFF OF THE FALCON 9 CREW
DRAGON.
GO, NASA.
GO, SPACEX.
GOD'S SPEED BOB AND DOUG.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
>> THE NEW GENERATION CONTINUING
TO DREAM.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
WELCOME FROM KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER.
I AM WITH NASA'S OFFICE OF
COMMUNICATIONS.
WHAT A DAY!
WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS NASA
SPACEX DEMO-2 MISSION AND THE
RETURN OF U.S. SPACE NIGHT FROM
THE AMERICAN SOIL TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
WITHS A.
♪S ROBERT BEN KEN AND DOUGLAS
HURLEY THE CREW SPACECRAFT IN
THE FALCON 9 ROCKET LIFTED TODAY
FROM COMPLEX 39A AT MAS SA'S
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AT
3:22 P.M. BOB AND DOUG ARE
SAFELY ON THE THINK WOULD
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TO
TALK ANOTHER ABOUT THIS HISTORIC
MISSION WE HAVE A GREAT PANEL OF
GUESTS STARTING WITH NASA
ADMINISTRATOR JIM BRIDENSTINE,
ELON MUSK, THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF
SPACEX, KATHY, MANAGER OF THE
NASA COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM AND
KIRK SHIREMAN THE MANAGER OF THE
ISS AND NASA CHIEF ASTRONAUT PAT
FORRESTER.
WE'LL START WITH OPENING
COMMENTS AND PRESENTERS THEN
WE'LL TAKE YOUR QUEENS FIRST
START WITH OUR NASA
ADMINISTRATOR JIM BRIDENSTINE.
JIM:  THANK YOU.
WHAT A GREAT DAZE FOR NASA.
WHAT A GREAT DAY FOR SPACEX.
WHAT A GREAT DAY FOR THE DAY OF
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
IT HAS BEEN NINE YEARS SINCE WE
LARCHED AMERICANS A STREET NOS
ON AMERICAN ROCKETS FROM
AMERICAN SOIL AND NOW WE HAVE
DONE IT AGAIN.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THE MISSION
IS NOT YET OVER.
THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT.
AND SO WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING,
BUT SO FAR, EVERYTHING HAS
PERFORMED VERY, VERY WELL AND
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT
THAT BOB AND DOUG OUR AMERICAN
HEROS ARE SAFELY IN ORBIT AND ON
THE WAY TO T INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION SO I WANT TO SAY
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NASA TEAM
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO KATHY WHO
HAS!  ON THE NASA SIDE LEADING
OUR COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM ALL
ALONG AND YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE
DONE AN ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS JOB
AND, OF COURSE, ELON MUSK, AND
YOUR TEAM AT SPACEX.
THIS, THAT LAUNCH REPRESENTED
THE BEST OF EVERYTHING THAT
AMERICA HAS TO HOV OTHER.
ABOUT IT ALSO RAP REPRESENTS
CONTINUITY OF PURPOSE.
I THINK TO CHARLIE BOLDEN, MY
PREDECESSOR AT AS THE NASA
ADMINISTRATOR GOT THE PROGRAM
OFF THE GROUND WHEN THIS WAS NOT
A LOT OF POLITICAL SUPPORT.
NOW THERE IS A LOFT SUPPORT BUT
IT IS BECAUSE WE HAD SUCCESS
AFTER SUCCESS OF AND SO,   THIS
IS, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
MILESTONE FOR THE NATION AND I
AM SO HONORED AND GRATEFUL TO
HAVE REALLY THIS BRIEF MOMENT IN
MY LIFE TO BE AT THE HEAD OF
THIS AGENCY, SO WHAT AN AMAZING,
AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT
MADE ALL OF THIS HAPPEN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU ADMINISTRATOR.
NEXT, ELON MUSK.
>> WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST,
YEAH, ACKNOWLEDGE THE INCREDIBLE
WORK OF THE PEOPLE AT SPACEX AND
NASA AND EVERYONE IN CREATE THIS
TECHNOLOGY AND WHAT HAS
CULMINATED IN THE INCREDIBLE
LAUNCH TODAY TO GETTING
ASTRONAUTS BACK TO INTO ORBIT
AFTER ALMOST A DECADE.
THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT
SHOULD BE GET PEOPLE IN THE
HEART OF ANYONE WHO IS HAS ANY
EXPLORATION AND THE UNITED
STATES IS AT THE SPIRIT OF
EXPLORATION.
IT APPEALS TO EVERYONE
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WHO HAS
WITHIN.
THE SPIRIT EXPLORATION, 1:00 I
AM QUITE OVERCOME WITH EMOTION
ON THIS DAY, SO IT IS KIND OF
HARD TO TALK, FRANKLY, IT HAS
BEEN 18 YEARS WORKING TOWARD
THIS GOAL, SO IT IS HARD TO
BELIEVE THAT HAPPENED.
OF COURSE WE GET TO BRING BACK
SAFELY AND NEED TO REPEAT THESE
MISSIONS AND HAVE IT BE A
REGULAR OCCURRENCE SO, STILL A
LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT IT IS, IT
IS INCREDIBLE.
THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
EVERYONE , THIS IS A CRAFT MADE
BY HUMANS, YOU KNOW, FOR HUMANS,
LIKE SOMETHING, THINK, HUMANITY
SHOULD BE EXCITED ABOUT AND
PROUD OF OCCURRING ON THIS DAY.
>> THANK YOU, ELON.
NEXT, KATHY.
>> WELL, I WAS NOT REALLY
EXPECTING THIS TODAY, WILL TELL
YOU.
WE WOKE UP THIS MORNING, THINK,
JIM, ACTUALLY CALLED ME THIS
MORNING AND SAID, WHAT   DO YOU
THINK?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
ARE WE GOING TO TRIED?
WITH WHAT DO YOU THINK?
  ARE YOU GOING TO FLY TODAY.
YEAH 6:05 WALK-UP PHONE CALL.
BUT, YOU KNOW --
>> I DIDN'T THINK YOU EVERY
SLEPT?
[LAUGHTER]
>> BUT, BUT, I THINK I AM, YOU
KNOW, JIM STATED.
YOU THINK I WAS REALLY PROUD OF
THE TEAM.
THE TEAM SAT THERE THIS MORNING.
WE LOOKED AT THE WEATHER, IT
DIDN'T LOOK GREAT, BUT WE LOOKED
AT THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT
WERE OUT THERE AND WE REALIZED
HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS FOR US TO
KIND OF STEP THROUGH THIS
CAREFULLY AND WEIGH THE
READINESS OF THE HARDWARE AND
THEN, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE LAUNCH
FEVER BUT TO KAURFULLY ACCESS
THE SITUATION AND BE ABLE TO
CLEAR GATES AND MILESTONES ALONG
THE WHICH AND NASA AND SPACEX
TEAM DID A FABULOUS JOB WITH
THAT AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR
THE WEATHER CLEARING ONE HOUR
BEFORE WE WERE GETTING READY TO
LAUNCH, MAIN, ALL WEATHER
CONSTRAINTS WERE CLEARED ON A
DAY WE WERE NOT REALLY SURE HOW
IT WAS GOING TO WORK OUT.
FOR BOTH OUR ABORT TRACK AND OUR
LAUNCH AREA, WHICH WE HAVE VERY,
VERY TOUGH WEATHER CONSTRAINTS.
BUT LIKE BOTH JIM AND ELON HAVE
SAID.
THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT.
BOB AND DOUG ARE ALREADY UP
THERE ACCOMPLISHING A LOT OF THE
GOALS OF THE TEST MISSION, YOU
KNOW, THEY GOT TO DO THEIR DEMOS
SHALL THEY GOT TO FEEL, NOW I,
WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE ABLE TO
USE THE TOUCH SCREENS WHEN YOU
ARE IN ZERO G.
THEY GOT TO BE ABLE TO, YOU
KNOW, CHECK OUT ALL THE
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SYSTEM
AND, AND, AND LIBERATE THEIR
ZERO G IT CAN'TOR WHICH THINK
YOU ALL HAVE AND PROBABLY HAVE
ON ORDER RIGHT NOW.
AND THEY HAVE A LOT MORE THINGS,
THEY ARE GOING TO GET TO TRY TO
SLEEP, I A A.M. NOT SURE HOW
THEY ARE GOING TO DO THAT BUT
THEY ARE GOING TO TRY SLEEP THEN
TOMORROW MORNING, WE'LL BE
APPROACHING SPACE STATION AND IT
WILL BE SOME OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT DEMONSTRATIONS THAT
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO WORK IN ON
HOW DO WE SAFELY CHECK TO
INTERNATIONAL SPATIAL STATION.
SO I AM SO GRATEFUL AND PROUD OF
OUR NASA AND SPACEX TEAM.
THEY ARE STILL VIGILANT.
THEY ARE STILL ON DONE UL SILL.
'S STAY.
I WILL STAY IN THE LCC THIS THEY
GET DOCKED TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION BECAUSE WE ARE
GOING TO STAY VIGILANT UNTIL WE
BRING THEM SAFELY HOME.
VERY, VERY PROUD OF THIS TEAM.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW HAPPY I AM
AND AMAZED THAT WE'RE HERE
TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> WELL, A A GREAT DAY.
VERY, VERY GREAT DAY FOR HUMAN
SPACEFLIGHT.
BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ELON
MUSK THAN THE SPACEX TEAM AND
JIM BRIDENSTINE AND, AND HIS
LEADERSHIP TOGETHER WITH KATHY
AND THE COMMERCIAL CARGO AND THE
CREW TEAM AND JUST A FANTASTIC
DAY, REALLY, REALLY HAPPY TO BE
A PART OF IT.
A LOT OF THE ISS TEAM COULDN'T
BE HERE IN FLORIDA TODAY, BUY
CAN TELL YOU, THEY WERE WATCHING
IT VIRTUALLY.
THEY HAD A VIRTUAL LAUNCH
WATCHING PARTY AND AND THEY WERE
VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE LAUNCH
AS WELL.
AND FINALLY, OUR INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS I HAD A CHANCE TO GET
CONGRATULATIONSES FROM MANY OF
MY COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE
PARTNERSHIP AND THEY HAVE BEEN A
BIG PART OF COMMERCIAL CREW AND
THE SPACEX EFFORTS ALONG THE WAY
TODAY THEY WERE WATCHING IN A
CAN TELL YOU, THEY ARE ALL
EXCITED ABOUT HAGUE THEIR
CREWMEMBERS FLY IN THE NEAR
FUTURE ON THE DRAGON AND COME UP
TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
TODAY, ONBOARD THE ISS THE THREE
CREWMEMBERS CHRIS CASSIDY, IVAN
VAGNER AND ANATOLY IVANISHIN ARE
GETTING READY.
THEY ARE VERY ARE EXCITED, IN
FACT I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF
THEY DON'T HAVE SOMETHING
SPECIAL COOKEDP FOR THEM WHEN
THEY ARRIVE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
THERE IS LOTS OF TO WORK BE DEN
ON ISS I AND I KNOW BOB AND DOUG
TOGETHER WITH THE FOLKS ON ORBIT
ARE REALLY READY TO GET BUSY.
YOU WHAT SAW TODAY, HOPEFULLY
WHAT YOU SAW TODAY WAS REALLY
SMOOTH.
CALM.
IT IS LIKE A DUCK ON THE WATER
AND LOOKS SMOOTH AND CALM BUT
THERE IS A LOT OF PADDLING GOING
ON UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE.
AND YOU WHAT WILL SEE TOMORROW,
LACKLY, WE CERTAINLY EXPECT
VERY, VERY SMOOTH AND NOMINAL
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW, THOUGH,
IT US VERY, VERY DIF AS A
RESULT.
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EFFICIENT
ON THE PART OF THE DESIGNER, THE
TEST ENGINEERS IN TERMS OF THE
PLANNERS AND THE OPERATORS AND
THE DREW MAKE THAT HAPPEN SO
SMOOTH AND NOMINAL IS ACTUALLY
REALLY, REALLY HARD.
SO, WAIT MIN MUN.
IT HAS BEEN A GREAT DAY.
VERY, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE BOB AND
DOUG ON THE WAY TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
LOOKING FOR TOWARD THE REST OF
THE TEST FLIGHT.
>> PAT?
>> I TELL YOU, I AM VERY HAPPY  
TO BE SITTING HERE IN A POST
LAUNCH PRESS CONFERENCE, AND  
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU HEAR
ME SAY VERY OFTEN.
PROBABLY NOT AS HAPPY AS BOB AND
DOUG ARE RIGHT NOW.
I AM PRETTY HAPPY AND NO DOUBTED
I HAVE A GROUP OF ASTRONAUTS
JUMPING UP AND DO IN HOUSTON
THAT WITH ARE HAPPY, TOO,
BECAUSE WE PROMISED THEM SOME
FLIGHT ASSIGNMENTS AND THOSE ARE
SURE THAT COME ONCE WE GOT BE
ABOUT AND DOUG UP AND   SO I
JUST WANTED TO JUST SAY THANKS
TO THE TEAM FOR BEING ABLE TO DO
THAT AND TO GIVE THE TUNES TO
OUR OTHER CREWMEMBERS.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW, THAT I HAVE
BEEN LIBBING WITH BOB AND DOUG
IN THE RESTAURANT CREW QUARTERS
HERE OVER THE LAST WEEK PLUS AND
NEVER SEEN A CREW SO CALM AND
FOCUSED LEADING UP TO ARCH AS
THESE TWO WERE.
NOW NO CHUTE HAS TO DO WITH THE
EXPERIENCE.
>> IT DO WITH THE TRAINING BUY
THINK IT IS A DEMONSTRATION OF
THE TRUST THAT THEY HAD BOTH IN
THE NASA TEAM AND THE SPACEX
TEAM TO GET THEM SAFELY TO OR
PITT.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE
BEEN IN THE FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM
AS THE CHIEF ASTRONAUT WHILE WE
WERE TRYING TO LAUNCH A CREW, IN
A WILL TELL YOU, ACCEPTING RISK
ON BEHALF OF OTHERS IS A BIG
RESPONSIBILITY.
IS WITH AMAZED WHAT WAS GOING ON
IN THE LOOPS AS KIRK SAID.
THERE WAS A LOT OF PAD LUNG
UNDERNEATH AND WANT EVERYONE TO
KNOW, WE WERE SURROUNDED BY
HEROS ON THE GROUND THAT GOT US
TO WHERE WE WERE TODAY.
WITH THAT, THINK I WILL SAY
THANKS GAIN FORGETTING OUR CREW
SAFELY TO ORBIT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEIN THEM
DOCK TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION TOMORROW.
>> THANK YOU.
SO TODAY WE HAVE MEDIA JOINING
US REMOTELY SO THEY WILL BE ON
THE PHONE AND WATCHING ON NASA
TELEVISION LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
SO TO ENSURE AS MANY PEOPLE
ASEPSESSABLE, OUR REPORT
REMEMBERS CAN ASK ONE QUESTION
TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THEIR
COLLEAGUES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PRESS
CONFERENCE.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME,
AFULLATION, WHOM YOU ARE DIRECT
YOUR QUESTION TO.
THE FIRST QUESTION COMES FROM
MAREIAM KRAMER.
REPORT HI, THANKS SOME OF.
THIS QUESTION IS FOR ELON OR FOR
THE ADMINISTRATOR OR BOTH.
I WAS WONDERING, SO THIS LAUNCH
IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS A MOMENT
OF HOPE FOR THE NATION.
THE BACK DROP OF PROTEST AND
DEMONSTRATION AROUND THE COUNTRY
TODAY, I WONDER WHAT YOU WANT TO
STI THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE
PROTESTING THIS IS LAUNCH FOR
THEM, TOO?
THANKS.
JIM:  WILL BE HAPPY TO FIELD IT
LOOK, THIS LAUNCH IS ALL FOR
AMERICA.
WE HAVE HAD MOMENTS IN TIME IN
AMERICAN HISTORY WHERE WE HAD
CHALLENGES AS NATION.
WE THINK BACK TO THE 1960'S.
WE THINK BILLION THE VIETNAM WAR
AND THE PROTESTS.
WE THINK IN THE 19 60'S THE
CIVIL RIGHTS ABUSES AND CIVIL
RIGHTS PROTESTS.
WE THINK ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF THE
COLD WAR AND YET WE HAVE A
MOMENT IN TIME, JULY 20th,
1969 WHEN ALL OF AMERICA 
STOPPED, LITERALLY, JUST STOPPED
BECAUSE WE HAD AMERICAN
ASTRONAUTS WALKING ON THE
SURFACE OF THE MOON.
THEN, WE REPEATED THAT FIVE MORE
TIMES.
THE CHALLENGE IS, THE APOLLO
PROGRAM EVENTUALLY ENDED BUT
WHAT I THINK IS GREAT ABOUT NASA
IS THAT WE BRING PEOPLE
TOGETHER.
EVERYBODY LOVES EXPLORATION.
AND IT IS NOT JUST POLITICAL
DIVIDES, IT IS ALSO
INTERNATIONAL DIVIDES, AND IT IS
UNIFYING, AND I WOULD HOPE, I
THINK IT HAPPENED TODAY AS A
MATTER OF FACT.
ALL OF AMERICA STOPPED.
I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE NUMBERS,
THE AMOUNT OF VIEWERSHIP ON WHAT
WE ACCOMPLISHED TODAY WAS OFF
THE CHARTS AND 1:00 I AM HOPING
THAT POLL CAN SEE THIS AS
SOMETHING THAT IS BRIGHT,
HOPEFUL, THAT PEOPLE KNOW
TOMORROW IS A MU DAY, A BETTER
DAY, AND WE ARE GOING TO STRIVE
DO BETTER.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
JACKIE WADDLES OF CNN.
REPORTER: THANKS FOR DID THIS.
I WAS CURIOUS -- THIS QUESTION
IS FOR ELON.
IF YOU HAD HEARD FROM PRESIDENT
TRUMP YET AND WHAT HE MIGHT HAVE
TOLD YOU WHAN YOU MIGHT HAVE
SAID TO HIM ABOUT THIS.
THANKS SO MUCH.
ELON:  WELL, I HAVE NOT SPOKEN
ONE-ON-ONE WITH HIM.
I EVENTUALLY HEARD THE PRESS
CONFERENCE ALONG WITH EVERYBODY
ELSE.
WE HAVE NOT EXCHANGED ANY DIRECT
COMMENTS.
JIM:  WE HAD FEW MOMENTS IN THE
FIRING ROOM THERE AFTER THE
LAUNCH.
I WILL TELL YOU, YEAH.
THE PRESIDENT IS EXCITED, PK, HE
CONGRATULATED ELON IN THE SPACEX
TEAM, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS, A
GOOD MOMENT.
ELON:  YEAH.
WITH A W A GROUP OF PEOPLE.
JIM:  SURE SURE.
ELON:  YES.
HE CONGRATULATED EVERYONE
INVOLVED, NASA, THE SPACEX TEAM,
YEAH, I THINK TO ECHO THE NAS
ADMINISTRATOR ECOMMENTS, I THINK
THIS IS A DAY THAT IS, I THINK,
EVERYONE CAN BE PROUD OF, IT IS
A GOOD DAY TO BE -- THIS EVEN IS
SOMETHING THAT ALL OF HUMANITY
CAN GET EXCITED ABOUT.
A FUNDAMENTALLY POSITIVE GOOD
THING.
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED
MORE POSITIVE GOOD THINGS AS
WELL.
>> OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM
JOEY REUTERS.
REPORTER: THANK YOU FOR DOING
THIS.
ONE QUESTION, TWO-PART QUESTION,
FIRST FOR JIM BRIDENSTINE.
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM THE RUSSIAN
COUNTERPARTS?
I KNOW KIRK MENTIONED THAT
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS REACHED
OUT TO NASA WITH THE SUCCESS AND
THE OTHERS FOR ELON MUSK AND
WITH SPACEX'S SUCCESS TODAY.
YOU HAVE HEARD FROM THE BOEING
COUNTER PARTS AND WHAT   WOULD
YOU STI THEM, THANKS?
JIM:  SO DIMITRI IS THE HEAD IN
RUSSIA.
I HAVE NOT TALKED TO HIM.
I HAVE SEEN HIS PUBLIC COMMENTS,
OF COURSE, WAS OVERWHELMINGLY
CONGRATULATORY TOWARD NASA AND
SPACEX AND HE MADE SOME COP
MEANT ABOUT HOW IT IS, IT IS
LIKE FLYING AN iPHONE OR
SOMETHING.
I KNOW I HAVE MADE SIMILAR
COMMENTS AS WELL.
BUT HE DOES, HE DOES, HE DECKS
PRESS THIS IS AN EXCITING DAY,
NOT JUST FOR US, BUT ALSO FOR
THEM.
AND THEY BELIEVE IN THE
PARTNERSHIP, SIGNED THINK IT IS
GOING TO REMAIN STRONG.
ELON.
THE TRAMPOLINE IS WORKING.
[LAUGHTER]
IT IS INSIDE JOKE.
YEAH.
[LAUGHTER]
>> OUR NEXT QUESTION FROM MARSHA
DUNN.
REPORTER: THANKS.
YOUR COMPANY PRESIDENT SAID
BEFORE LIFTOFF SHE WAS SUPER
NERVOUS.
DUKE ABOUT HOW YOU WERE -- YOUR
EMOTIONS, FEELINGS LEADING UP TO
LIFTOFF AND ESPECIALLY SEEING
THEM MAKE IT TO ORBIT SAFELY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WAS THIS FOR ME OR ELON?
I THINK IT WAS FOR ELON.
REPORTER: FOR ELON, PLEASE.
ELON?
>> SPAR, COULD YOU REPEAT THE
QUESTION?
REPORTER: YES.
ELON, SHE SAID BEFORE LIFTOFF,
SHE HAD STOMACH IN HER THROAT
AND SUPER NERVOUS.
I WOULD LAKE TO KNOW HOW YOU
WERE FEELING IN THE MINUTES
LEADING UP TO LIFTOFF TODAY,
YOUR EMOTIONS, YOUR FEELINGS OF
HAVING TO STAND THERE AND WATCH
THAT UNFOLD.
THANK YOU.
ELON:  WELL, I MEAN, JUST
STRAIGHT THE HEART, LIKE
WEDNESDAY, THE FIRST COUNTDOWN,
I WOULD SAY THAT MY ADRENALINE
WAS 100%.
WHEN LAUNCH CALLED OFF IT WENT
TO 0%.
I BASICALLY COLLAPSED AND SLEPT
FOR THE LONGEST TIME I HAVE
SLEPT IN A YEAR.
THEN ODDLY ENOUGH TODAY, I THINK
IT WAS ALIGNED.
I DIDN'T FEEL NERVOUS.
IT FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO
WORK AND THE RIGHT THING WOULD
HAPPEN.
SO FOR WHATEVER REASON I DID NOT
FEEL NERVOUS.
JIM:  CAN I SAY SOMETHING REAL
QUICK IF.
>> SURE.
JIM:  I GOT NOTE MOMENTS AGO,
DOUG HURLEY ANNOUNCED THE CREW
DRAGON IS NAMED ENDEAVOR.
ELON.
COOL.
JIM:  WE ARE GOING TO LOOK
FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THEM
SHORTLY.
ELON:  THEY HAVE PLANNING.
IT IS COOL, ACTUALLY.
THEY TOOK IT OFF AUTOMATIC AND
MANUALLY FLYING THE CRAFT
AROUND.
IT HAS GOT TO BE PRETTY FUN.
ZIPPING AROUND SPACE.
YOU SNOW SPACECRAFT.
>> EVERYONE'S CHILDHOOD DREAM.
ELON:  YEAH.
>> NEXT EMERY KELL LIFE FLORIDA
TODAY.
REPORTER: HI.
THANKS FOR DOING THIS.
I APPRECIATE.
I AM WONDERING WITH THIS BEING
THE FIRST TIME HUMANS HAVE HAD A
CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE FLYING ON A
FALCON 9 AND CREW DRAGON AFTER
ALL OF THESE YEARS OF THEM
FLYING, YOU HAVE GOTTEN ANY
INPUT FROM BOB AND DOUG?
IS IT A SMOOTH RIDE?
WHAT WAS IT LIKE?
THANK YOU.
JIM:  I HAVE NOT HEARD
SPECIFICALLY AS TO HOW IT FLIES.
I DO KNOW WE WILL HEAR FROM THEM
SOON.
I DON'T KNOW AT WHAT POINT THAT
WILL TAKE PLACE, I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION?
>> NO.
ELON:  I THINK A FRIEND OF MINE
WHO IS A FILM MAKER SAID YOU
NEED TO PUTTIC?  THE CRAM TO
MAKE IT LOOK MORE REALISTIC.
[LAUGHTER]
>> OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM
PAUL OF UPI.
REPORTER: YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ELON.
I REALIZE THE MISSION IS NOT
OVER.
IT IS SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT AT
THIS POINT.
WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF SUCCESS
FOR THIS PROGRAM ON SPACEX AS
WHOLE?
INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT OF
STARSHIP?
ELON.
WELL, THINK, OBVIOUSLY, AN
ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR SPACEX IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH NASA AND NUMBER
OF CRITICAL SPIRES IN FACT,
THINK ABOUT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
PEOPLE INVOLVED AND MAKE THIS
MISSION SUCCESSFUL ADDS UP TO
100,000 WAY SO LIKE TO JUST
EXPRESS A WORD OF APPRECIATION
AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO
EVERYONE INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS
SUCCESSFUL.
AND, ACTUALLY, AND JUST A
SPECIAL WORK TO ADMINISTRATOR
KATHY, JUST EVERYONE INVOLVED,
IT IS JUST, IT IS JUST -- WOW.
ANYWAY -- IT IS THAT READY TO
PROCESS.
TO TRY COME UP WITH COHESIVE
SENTENCES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE IS
QUITE DIFFICULT.
I THINK THE FIRST STEP ON A
JOURNEY TOWARD CIVILIZATION ON
MARS AND LIFE BASED ON THE MOON
AND EXPANDED BEYOND AND LIKELY
COMING A MULTI PLANET.
LIVESP!  BILLIONING MULTI
PLANETARY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
THE HUST RIFF EARTH.
HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE F STEP
ON THAT JOURNEY THAT WILL
REQUIRE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF NO
INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE GOING TO
ORBIT AND BEYOND ORBIT ROUTINE
MATTER WHERE THOUSANDS PERHAPS
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE CAN TRAVEL TO
OTHER PLANETS.
THAT BASE WE NEED ACHIEVE OVER
TIME.
THAT IS ACTUALLY VERY DIFFICULT.
THAT SEEMS INCREASINGLY REAL
WITH WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.
GEG PEOPLE TO ORBIT FINALLY
AFTER 18 YEARS.
THEN LIFE CAN BECOME MULTI LAN
TARY.
THIS IS A GOAL WE SHOULD STRIB
FOR.
JIM:FULLY A NASA PERSPECTIVE
WHAT THIS DID FOR STARSHIP AND A
LOT OF OTHERS IS KIND OF
ESTABLISHED THIS IS A SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESS MODEL AND IF WE LOOK AT
HOW WE DID COMMERCIAL RERESUPPLY
OF THE INTERNATIONAL AND
COMMERCIAL CREW OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
THE LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICE
PROGRAM TO DELIVER PAYLOADS TO
THE SURFACE OF THE MOON AND NOW
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1972,
WE HAVE FUNDED A HUMAN LANDING
SYSTEM AND OF COURSE, WE ARE
VERY PROUD THAT SPACEX IS GOING
TO BE A PARTNER IN THAT
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AS WELL.
WE HAVE CONTRACTORS DEVELOPING
THAT HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM SO I
THINK AS FAR AS HOW, HOW THIS
RELATES TO THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM
AND THE NOON MARS PROGRAM, I
THINK, THINK THE BUSINESS MODEL
HAS PROVEN ITSELF VERY
SUCCESSFUL.
WE'RE BRING DOWN COSTS.
WE'RE INCREASING ACCESS.
THAT IS GOING TO TON HAPPEN.
AS WE ONRAMP MORE PARTNERS AND
OF COURSE AS SPACEX AND OTHERS
GO GET MORE CUSTOMERS.
NASA DOESN'T WANT TO BE THE
OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE
HARDWARE AND DON'T WANT TO BE
THE ONLY CUSTOMER.
WE WANT SPACEX AND OTHERS TO GET
CUSTOMERS THATS ARE NOT US.
WHEN ALL OF THAT MATERIALIZES, I
THINK WHAT ELON IS TALKING ABOUT
HERE, THIS VISION FOR HUMANITY,
BEING ABLE TO LIVE ON THE
SURFACE OF THE MOON FOR LONG
PERIODS OF TIME, AND EVENTUALLY,
ON MARS FOR LONG PERIODS OF
TIME, THAT IS, THAT THIS IS
EVENTUALITY OF THE BUSINESS
MODEL THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY
DEVELOPING.
>> THE NEXT QUESTION FROM CHRIS
DAVENPORT OF THE WASHINGTON
POST.
REPORTER: THANKS, GUYS, FOR
TAKING MY CALL.
THANK YOU, ELON, FOR THE
TRAMPOLINE QUOTE.
THAT WAS CLASSIC.
ELON, IF I COULD ASK YOU.
YOU PUT THE WINDOW IN THE CARGO
DRAGON AS SYMBOL OF THE AMBITION
OF FLYING PEOPLE.
I WONDER IF YOU COULD TALK A
LITTLE BIT OVER HOW OVER THE
LONG YEARS, YOU CATCH YOUR TEAM
FOCUSED ON HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT AS
THE ULTIMATE GOAL EVEN THOUGH
THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING ON OTHER
THINGS ALONG THE WAY.
THANKS AND CONGRATSES.
ELON:  YEAH.
HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT WAS ALWAYS THE
GOAL, THE FUNDAMENTAL GOAL OF
SPACEX.
LOOK I SAID, TO CREATE THE
TECHNOLOGIES DID OR HELP CREATE
 TECHNOLOGIES NECESSARY TO
MAKE LIFE SUSTAINABLY MULTI
PLANETARY.
I CANNOT EMPHASIZE THIS ENOUGH.
THIS IS A THING WE NEED DO.
WE MUST TAKE MULTI PLANNARY.
BUT TO EXTEND LIFE BEYOND EARTH
WE A LAV'S AGENT IN THE REGARD
AND ALL THE CREATURANCE THE
PLANTS AND EVERYONE THAT PIX ON
EARTH.
WE CAN BRING THEM TO OTHER
PLANETS AND VERY IMPORTANT WE DO
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE I THINK
WHILE THE WITHIN DOVE
OPPORTUNITY IS OPEN.
THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY IS
OPEN.
I CALL UPON THE PUBLIC TO
SUPPORT THIS GOAL.
TO THINK ABOUT THIS GOAL.
THIS ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.
HOW FUNDAMENTAL IT IS TO THE
FUTURE.
WE GOT TO GET IT DONE.
THE LAUNCHING SATELLITES IS
NICE.
OF COURSE.
IT KEEPS , BRING IN MORE MONEY
THAN WE SPEND.
THIS IS IMPORTANT.
IT IS ULTIMATELY ALL ABOUT LIFE
BEYOND EARTH.
>> WE'LL AWAY TO THE NEXT
QUESTION.
CITY IS ERIC BURGER.
REPORTER: GOOD AFTERNOON.
A WAS HELL OF A THING TO WATCH.
QUESTION FOR JIM, TODAY.
IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE MORE THAN
EIGHT MONTHS SINCE YOU TWEETED
ABOUT SPACEX AND IT TIMES
DELIVER.
JUST WONDERING IF WOULD YOU SAY
THEY HAVE DELIVERED OR NOT.
AND MAYBE DO YOU HAVE PESSAGE
FOR OTHER CONTRACTORS FOR NASA
JIM:  LEAVE IT   TO YOU TO BRING
THIS UP.
WE ARE CELEB HERE A LITTLE
BIT.
WANT TO BE CAREFUL WE ARE NOT
CELEBRATING TO MUCH UNTIL BOB
AND DOUG GET HOME SAFELY.
BUT GLOB,   THAT IS RIGHT.
I KNOW, THERE WAS A TIME, IT A
MONTHS AGO, AS YOU MENTION, WE
WERE HAVING CHALLENGES WITH
PARACHUTES.
I KNOW, WE HAD A CREW DRAGON
THAT HAD STATIC FIRE TEST THAT
ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN THE
CATASTROPHIC LOSS AND, YOU KNOW,
IF WE WOULD HAVE TOLD ME THEN,
WE WOULD BE RIGHT HERE TODAY, II
DON'T KNOW I WOULD HAVE BELIEVED
IT.
THEN, YES, I SENT A TWEET AND
ASKED ELISTEN TO DELIVER.
I WILL TELL YOU, I WILL TELL YOU
THE SAME THING I TOLD THE
PRESIDENT.
I TOLD THE VICE PRESIDENT STATED
IN AUM NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS,
SINCE THAT DAY, ELON MUSK AND
SPACEX HAVE DELIVERED ON
EVERYTHING NASA HAS ASKED THEM
TO DELIVER ON AND AT A SPEED
THAT WE NEVER WOULD HAVE
GUESSED.
MY ENGINEERING TEAM WAS SAYING  
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE ACHIEVED
IN THIS AMOUNT OF TIME.
THE AMOUNT OF PARACHUTE TESTS WE
HAD TO GET DONE AND HOW LONG IT
TALKS TO GET THE PARACHUTE TESTS
DONE.
LOOK.
WE GOT ALL THE PARACHUTE TESTS
DONE.
WE ARE JUST OVERWHELMINGLY
GRATEFUL NOT JUST FOR SPACEX AND
ELON MUSK BUT ALSO AIRBORNE, AND
THE NASA TEAM, THAT REALLY WENT
TO WORK ON GETTING ALL THE TESTS
DONE AND OF COURSE, ALL OF THE,
OW, GETTING CHANGES OUT THE
TITANIUM, ALL OF THAT TOOK TIME,
THEN DOING ALL THE TEST AFTER
THAT, MY GOODNESS, SPACEX REALLY
DELIVERED SOMETHING THAT IS
MAGNIFICENT AND THAT IS SPEED.
WITHOUT QUESTION.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD HAVE
BELIEVED THE SPEED IN WHICH
SPACEX DELIVERED AND THEY DID,
IN FACT, DELIVER.
>> DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING
TO THAT?
>> OH, NO.
I THINK JIM STATED WELL.
WE WENT THROUGH, IT WAS NOT LIKE
WE DIDN'T HAVE ISSUES.
WE HAD THINGS WE HAD TO SOLVE,
RIGHT?
WE HAVE LEARNED A TON.
THAT TEAM, THE SPACEX TEAM, THE
NASA TEAM, TOGETHER, WORKING
HAND AND GLOVE, YOU KNOW, 
TOWING, SOLVES THESE PROBLEMS
TOGETHER, RIGHT?
WE TACKLED THEM.
WE SOLVED THEM.
WE FIGURED OUT HOW WE FLY
TOGETHER.
BUT WITHOUT THE SPACEX FOLKS
MAKING IT UP AND LIKE JIM SAID
SO QUICKLY.
WE WOULDN'T HERE TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT IS LAUREN.
REPORTER: HI.
THANKS FOR TAKE MIGHT QUESTION.
I THINK   THIS IS FOR ANYONE WHO
CAN ANSWER IT.
AM WONDERING IF THERE IS
ANYTHING UNEXPECTED THROUGH
DURING THE LAUNCH TODAY?
I THINK I HEARD SOMETHING ON THE
LIVE STREAM ABOUT COMPONENT
BEING LOWER IN TEMPERATURE THAN
EXPECTED JUST WONDERING IF
EVERYTHING WENT AS PLANNED FOR
YOU HAVE ANY HICK JUBES ALONG
THE WAY.
THANKS.
>> THE COUNT WAS
SPECTACULARRITE.
EVERYONE SAID, YOU KNOW, THEN
PROBABLY WITHIN, AS WE WERE
LOADING THE ROP, THE ONLY THING
WE SAW WAS WE SAW IT WAS, IT WAS
ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE HAVE SEEN
AS WE WERE UNLOADING ON
WEDNESDAY.
WE HAD A SENSOR THAT WAS, THAT
WAS READING IN A WAY THAT WE HAD
TO GO UNDER STAND WHY WAS IT
READING IN THAT PARTICULAR
MANNER.
WE ALSO HAD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
CAN HAP FIT IN FAILS AND IT WAS
IN AN AREA WHERE ACTUALLY, WE,
IT IS DOWNSTREAM OF THE VALVE
AND SO, IT WAS,  YOU KNOW, JIM
TALKED BEFORE ABOUT WHERE DID
THE TEAMS HOW DID THEY WORK
TOGETHER.
ONE OF THINGS THIS WE LEARNED ON
THE MISSION IS TO HOW TO TAKE A
PIECE OF DATA LIKE A SENSOR DATA
AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THAT DATA
TELLING AS YOU AND BEING ABLE TO
CLEAR IT WHICH IS REALLY WHY WE
WERE ABLE TO FLY THROUGH THE
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE ISSUE
WAS, THEN, TURN THAT AROUND AND
IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
WHAT THAT TAKES IS TWO GROUPS OF
FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH EACH OTHER FOR AWHILE AND
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE VEHICLE IS
TRYING TO TEM TELL.
BUT FOY, I THOUGHT, OH MY
GOODNESS SHALL WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE ISSUE AFTER GOING THROUGH
THE THE WEATHER STUFF AND NOW
HAVE THIS ISSUE AND I WAS VERY
IMPRESSED WITH HOW THE JOINT
TEAMS TOGETHER LOOKED AT THE
SENSOR AND UNDERSTOOD IT.
UNDERSTOOD THE PHENOMENAL AND
CLEARED IT AND CONTINUED ON THE
COUNT.
>> NEXT EYE OF AVIATION WEEK.
REPORTER: THANKS.
THAT WAS SUPER IMPRESSIVE TO
SEE.
MY QUESTION NOW IS FOR KATHY BE
A MAYBE FOR ELON.
WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN FROM THIS
POINT ON FOR YOU ALL TO FEEL
CONFIDENT THAT AUGUST 30th
OR EARLY SEPTEMBER LAUNCH OF THE
CERTIFICATION MISSION CAN
HAPPEN, THANKS.
>> WELL, WE WANTED OUR STREAK
GET INTO PROP CHECKOUTS, WHICH
IS REALLY WHERE THE SPACECRAFT
IS ASPEMMED AND KIND OF IN ONE
OF THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE TESTING
MODES LAST NIGHT I GOT E-MAIL
THAT SAID CREW ONE VEHICLE IS IN
PROP CHECKOUTS.
THEY ARE GOING THROUGH.
SOAKING SURE THAT THE
PROPULSION SYSTEMS LEAKED TIGHT
AND OPERATING IN A CRITICAL
MANNER, SO I TELL, YOUS THAT YOU
THE FIRST THING.
THE VEHICLE HAS GOT   TO BE
READY.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DOCK THE
DEMO VEHICLE.
THAT IS TEST FLIGHT AND MAKING
SURE WE TAKE ALL THE LARNING
THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE
DOCKING AND ROLLING INTO A
READINESS FOR CREW ONE.
MAKE SURE WE GET THROUGH LANDING
THEN MAKE SURE WE ARE TAKING
THAT UNDERSTANDING AND ANY
ISSUES WE HAVE WITH THE LANDING
AND THEN ROLLING THAT INTO CREW
ONE.
SO OUR TEAMS GETTING THE VEHICLE
READY AND WE ARE ALSO WATCHING
THE DEMONSTRATION MISSION AND
MAKING SURE OUR LEARNING OUT OF
THIS TEST FLIGHT IS THEN ROLLED
INTO HOW WE'RE FLYING CREW ONE
1:00 KEEP WATCHING ALONG THE WAY
AND LIKE, LIKE, LIKE SAY A
CEREAL.
YOUR AND FOLLOWING ALONG AS WE
LEARN ALONG THE WAY.
THESE TEST FLIGHTS HAVE VERY
IMPORTANT FOR THAT NEXT MISSION.
>> NEXT GRE JEFF.
REPORTER: HI.
THIS IS SPACE NEWS.
ANY ISSUES YOU ARE PARTICULARLY
WATCHING ON THE CREW DRAGON AS
IT APPROACHES THE SPACE STATION?
ANYTHING YOU WILL BE
PARTICULARLY KEEPING YOUR
FINGERS CROSSED OVER THE
REMANAGE HOURS UP THROUGH
DOCKING?
>> SO YOU KNOW, THE BIG THING,
THE NICE THING ABOUT US HAVING
THE UNCREW MISSION IS WE WERE
ABLE TO CHECK OUT A LOT OF
SYSTEMS ON THE UNCREW MISSION
THAT HAD TO DEAL WITH DOCK AND
THINK EVERYBODY SAW LAST SPRING
HOW SUCCESSFUL THE DM KNOW ONE
MISSION WAS AND WENT THROUGH THE
DOCKING PHASE.
BUT YOU ALSO LEARN SOMETHING ON
SPACEFLIGHT AND NOW HAVING THE
CREW ONBARD AND THE HOW THE CREW
OPERATES AS SYSTEM THEN HOW THAT
TOTAL SYSTEM THEN OBVIOUSLY
WORKS WITH US APPROACHING
STATION WILL BE ANOTHER BIG
THING THAT WE'RE LEARNING,
RIGHT?
THENS ONLY, HOW TO DOCK WITH
STATION AND OPERATE WITHIN
STATION IS A BIG PART OF THE
LEARNING NOR GROUP.
  THIS IS OUR FIRST LONG
DURATION MISSION, WHERE WE ARE
GOING TO BE DOING INTEGRATED
OPERATIONS WITH THE SPACE
STATION FOR A LONG PERIOD OF
TIME WHICH IS WHICH IS ALSO
GOING TO BE A HUGE LEARNING
OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
THESE TESTS FLIGHTS ARE VERY,
VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO NOT
ONLY LEARN HOW THE VEHICLE WORKS
BUT HOW WE'RE OPERATING IT AND
WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW TO
TRY FLY WITH WEATHER A HOW TO
OPERATE WITH THESE SYSTEMS AND
IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US NOW GO LEARN
HOW TO OBVIOUSLY DO THE DOCKING
PIECE BUT THEN LEARN HOW TO BE A
PART OF THIS INTEGRATED, YOU
KNOW, BER PRIZE THAT IS
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
HE COULD A ADD.
IT IS VERY COMPLICATED SYSTEM.
>> SURE.
FIRST OF ALL, I PROMISE GOOD
WEATHER TOMORROW, KATHY.
NO RAIN SHOWERS.
MAYBE A SOLAR FLARE THAT WON'T
IMPACT THE OPERATIONS BUT A
SERIES OF TESTS ALONG THE WAY
JUST LIKE ON DEMO ONE, THERE US
ADDITIONAL TESTS, OF COURSE,
DOUG IS GOING TO TALK OVER
FLYING MANUALLY AND THE CREW,
THE CREW ONBOARD THE DRAGON BOB
AND DOUG MONITORING HOW THE
VEHICLE COPS IN AND CHRIS
CASSIDY ONBOARD THE ISS WILL
ALSO BE MONITORING IT SO IT
REALLY IS HOW IS THE VEHICLE
SPER FORM IN THAN CROW IN THIS
HE DRG ON AND CRAW ON
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
HANDLE THAT AND IN THIS OF
COURSE EQUALIZING THE PRESSURES
MAKING SURE THERE IS NO LEAKS
WHEN IT NICE THE ISS AND THEN
FINALLY, JUST TRAINING THE DREW
COME ACROSS THE HATCH AND HOW,
HOW THE ISS WORKS AND BE A PART
OF THAT BIGGER TEAM.
SO I THINK THERE IS TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OFFING THISES TO LEARN
ALONG THE WAY AND WE HAVE VERY,
VERY EXPERIENCED CREW ONBOARD
THE ISS AND VERY, VERY
EXPERIENCED CREW ON DRAGON SANZ
IN IT WILL GO WELL AND I AM SURE
WE WILL LEARN A FEW THINGS ALONG
THE WAY.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION FROM JACKIE
GODDARD OF THE TIMES OF LONDON.
REPORTER: HELLO.
CONGRATULATION.
MY QUESTION IS FOR ELON.
YOU SAID LAST WEEK THAT YOU HAD
TOLD BOB AND DOUG'S TWO LITTLE
BOYS YOU WOULD DO EVERYTHING YOU
CAN TO BRING THEM HOME SAFELY.
THAT MUST STILL WEIGH ON YOU
THROUGHOUT THE MISSION AND I
WONDERED IF YOU COULD SHARE SOME
PERSONAL IN SIGHT INTO WHAT IT
LIKE TO HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY
NOT JUST WITH YOUR SPACEX BUT AS
A DAD.
THANK YOU.
ELON:  WELL, IT REALLY HIT HOME
WITH THE KIDS.
THE VEHICLE THEY ARE
RESPONSIBLE, THEIR LIVES ARE AT
STAKE.
THAT REALLY HITS HOME.
SO YOU FOE, THERE IS STILL -- WE
STILL GOT DOCK WITH SPACE
STATION AND STILL RETURN.
THE RETURN IS MORE DANGEROUS IN
SOME WAYS THAN THE ASSENT SO WE
DONE WANT TO DECLARE VICTORY YET
WE NEED TO BRING THEM HOME
SAFELY AND MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MINIMIZE
THE RISK OF REIN TRY AND RETURN
AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH
THE DEMO 1 VEHICLE SO WE WERE
ABLE TO RETIRE A LOT OF RISK
WITH THE REEN THINK.
THAT IS A BIG DEAL.
YEAH.
ANYWAY.
I GET CHOKED UP HERE.
IT REALLY -- YEAH.
I AM GETTING CHOKED UP.
SORRY.
I AM NOT SURE I CAN ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION MORE THAN THAN.
YEAH.
WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
MAKE SURE THEY GET HOME SAFELY.
>> THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
MARINA.
REPORTER: HI EVERYONE.
MAY LEAN IN WITH THE ATLANTIC.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE LAUNCH.
THIS IS FOR ELON OR JIM.
DO BOB AND DOUG WANT TO DOCK
MANUALLY TO THE IS SINN STEAD OF
LETTING DRAGON DOUBT.
ARE THEY ALLOWED OR ONLY TAKE
OVER IF THERE IS A PROBLEM OR
SOME KIND OF AN EMERGENCY?
JIM.
THE PLAINS FOR AUTOMATIC
RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING.
THAT THIS IS PLAN.
OF COURSE, THEY NEEDED TO DO
SOMETHING MANUALLY.
THEY COULD.
BUT WE ARE PLANNING TO TEST OUT
AUTOMATIC RONDE VAU AND DOCKING.
I WANT TO REITERATE SOMETHING
THAT ELON TALKED ABOUT.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT BOB AND
DOUG ARE ON ELON'S MIND ALL THE
TIME.
BUT   THAT IS NOT JUST ON HIS
MIND.
HE HAS MADE THROUGHOUT THE
CULTURE AT SPACEX.
WE DID, WE DID ASSESSMENT OF THE
CULTURE AT SPACEX AND IT CAME
BACK EXTREMELY STRONG.
AND IT IS ON THE MINDS, BOB AND
DOUG ARE ON THE MUNDS OF
EVERYBODY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO
THE LINE WORKER AND ALL THE WAY
TO THE TOP.
EVERYBODY AT SPACEX KNOWS WHAT,
WHAT IS AT STAKE HERE.
I WILL TELL YOU, I WAS VERY
IMPRESSED WITH WHAT I SAW IN
THAT SAFETY AC STATEMENTS WE
CONDUCTED AND I THINK ALL OF OUR
NASA TEAM WAS IMPRESSED WITH IT
AS WELL.
IT IS NOT JUST ELON.
IT IS THE WHOLE TEAM.
HE MADE THAT GO ALL THE WAY DOWN
TO EVERY PERSON THAT WORKS AT
SPACEX.
>> THEY ARE CALLED THE DADS
WHICH MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THE BUT I CAN SAY
THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE ON ORBIT.
AND A FEW MONTHS BEFORE MAYBE
THEY COME BACK AND CUC ME NOW.
YES.
THEY ARE CALLED THE DM-2 DADS.
>> SHOULD HAVE A DAD JOKE.
[LAUGHTER]
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT
BECAUSE IT PLAYS BACK TO EARLIER
QUESTION ABOUT HOW DID SPACEX
STAY FOCUSED ON HUMAN
SPACEFLIGHT COMING OUT OF CARGO
T. THINK PART OF THAT IS THAT
RELATIONSHIP THAT WAS BUILT.
I KNOW RECENTLY, OVER THE PAST
YEAR, THINK, IT WAS 32 STRAIGHT
WEEKS THAT BOB AND DOUG WERE OUT
THERE AT HAWTHORNE WITH THE
SPACEX TEAM AND REALLY BUILT A
VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP YOU CAN
SEE IT IN THE EYES AND THE
SMILES WHEN THEY SEE EACH OTHER.
THAT GOES A LONG WAY I THINK IN
THIS.
>> THINK WHAT IS REALLY, REALLY
COOL THAT IS THE PART NUMBER FOR
THE SEATS AND THE SUITS HAS
THEIR NAMES UNIT.
EOPP, I THINK, YOU HAVE DEAN
GREAT JOB TO PERSONALIZE.
>> THAT CULTURE IS NOT AUTOS
CITY TO ACHIEVE.
NOT EASY TO GET IT THROUGHOUT
THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION.
THE SAFETY ASSESSMENT THAT WE
DID INDICATED THAT THAT WAS THE
CASE.
>> I WANT TO SAY, THINK WE WOULD
NOT HAVE ACHIEVED THE SAFETY
WITHOUT THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT
FROM NASA AND YOUR TEAM.
SPACE MADE US WAY BETTER THAN WE
WOULD HAVE BEEN AND OBVIOUSLY
COULDN'T HAVE GOT STARTED
WITHOUT NASA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
JIM:  LET'S CELEBRATE SAFETY
WHEN WE GET THEM HOME.
LET'S DO THAT.
IT IS GOOD.
REPORTER: THANK YOU VERY.
A QUESTION FOR ELON MUSK.
COULD YOU EXPAND ON STARSHIP
ABOUT WHEN YOU EXPECT YOU WILL
GO AROUND THE MOON?
ELON.
I AM OPTIMISTIC IN GENERAL.
I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, I GUESS, I WOULD WISH WE
COULD DO IT IN TWO YEARS.
THAT MAY MEAN FOR YOU.
I THINK IT IS NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION IT COULD BE TWO YEARS.
WILL BE SURPRISED IF IT TOOK
MORE THAN FOUR.
>> OK.
THE NEXT QUESTION, PLEASE.
REPORTER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING
ME QUE QUESTION AND
CONGRATULATIONS ON AN AMAZING
LAUNCH.
THIS IS FOR ELON.
YOU HAVE BEEN WORK NOR MOMENT
FOR 18 YEARS AND COUNTERED
RESISTANCE ALONG THE WHICH AND
EVEN FROM NASA AT ONE POINT.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THOSE WHO
SAY THEY COULD DO THIS.
DO YOU HAVE MEASAGE WITH THEM.
THE LAST CONVERSATION WITH BOB
AND DOUG.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOU TALKED
ABOUT, YOU WHAT SAID?
ELON.
THANK YOU.
LET ME SURE I HAVE THE FIRST
QUESTION PROPERLY.
>> CAN YOU REPEAT IT PLEASE.
REPORTER: HAVE YOU BEEN WORK FOR
18 YEARANCE CERTAINLY CORNERED A
LOT OF RESISTANCE ALONG THE WAY
EVEN FROM NASA FROM THE BE
BEGINNING?
WHAT WOULD YOU STI THOSE, DO YOU
HAVES' MUDGE FOR THEM?
WHAT WAS THE LAST CONVERSATION
WITH BE ABOUT AND DOUG LIKE?
WHAT TALK ABOUT IT?
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ELON:  DO I HAVE A MESSAGING FOR
THOSE DOUBT?
OK.
DOUBT.
OK.
MAYBE I BLANK OUT THE WORD
DOUBT.
[LAUGHTER]
TO BE TOTALLY FRANK, I DOUBTED
WITH US, TOO.
MAYBE WE HAD A CHANCE OF REAPING
ORBIT.
TO THOSE WHO DOUBTED US, WELL, I
THINK YOU ARE PROBABLY RIGHT,
YOU KNOW?
I MEAN THERE ARE TIMES THAT I
WAS TOLD, LAKE, WHEN HEARD FROM
PAYPAL AND ROLLING INTO CREATE
SPACEX AND TESLA AND ALL, AND
BOTH COMPANIES WERE BANKRUPT.
2008 WAS TOUGH YEAR.
IT TOOK US FOUR ATTEMPTS TO GET
ORBIT WITH FALCON ONE.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES, PEOPLE WILL
TELL THE JOKE.
HOW DO YOU MAKE A SMALL FORTUNE
IN THE ROCKET INDUSTRY?
I ALREADY HEARD THAT JOKE 12,000
TIMES, YOU KNOW?
[LAUGHTER]
SO ANYWAY, IT ROOM CAME TRUE,
YOU KNOW, WE JUST BAUERLY MADE
IT THERE, THE FOURTH LAUNCH OF
FALCON ONE.
THAT IS ALL THE MONEY WE HAD.
THE FOURTH LAUNCH.
THEN THAT WAS NOT EVEN ENOUGH TO
SAVE THE COMPANY.
THEN WITHIN THE NASA CONTRACT.
THAT CAME A LITTLE BIT LATER OR
TOWARD THE END OF 2008 AND THOSE
ARE THE TWO KEY THINGS THAT
SAVED SPACEX OTHERWISE WE WOULD
HAVE, YOU KNOW, NOT MADE IT,
SO -- YEAH.
THOSE DOUBTERS WERE PROBABLY
CORRECT.
FORTUNATELY, WE HAD SMALE UPON
US AND BROUGHT US TO THIS DAY.
>> PAT, ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT BOB
AND DOUG BEFORE THEY LAUNCHED?
>> THEY WERE CALM AND FOCUSED.
I THAT I THIS WAS CHANCE TO GET
BACK TO SPACE THEMES THEY FELT
LIABILITY WAS PRIVILEGE TO
REPRESENT NASA AND THE ASTRONAUT
CORP IN THIS ENDEAVOR AND THEY,
I GAR REASON TIE YOU, ARE GOING
TO ENJOY THEIR TIME ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
CHRIS JOKED WITH THEM WHEN THEY
DIDN'T GET UP THE FIRST TIME.
THE THE ADMINISTRATOR HEARD
THIS, THEY WERE TRYING TO GET
OUT OF THE WEEKEND CLEANING THAT
WE DO ON THE ISS BUT THEY WILL
BE GLAD TO GET THERE AND GLAD TO
COME BACK.
>> WE'LL TAKE THE LAST QUESTION
FROM SPACE.COM.
REPORT HI.
CONGRATULATIONS ON AMAZING
LAUNCH TODAY.
I AM WONDERING IF COULD TALK
ABOUT WHAT ELSE BOB AND DOUG
WILL BE DOING NOW THEY COMPLETED
THEIR MANUAL FLIGHT TESTS IN A
HEARD THEY ARE GOING TO BE
TALKING IT UP SOME POINT.
WHAT ELSE IS ON THE TO DO LIST
FOR BOB AND DOUG BETWEEN NOW AND
DOCKING?
>> , YOU KNOW, THEY DID THEIR
FIELD DEMO, SO ELON ALREADY
MENTIONED AND GOT TO MANUALLY
FLY THE VEHICLE, THEY WILL BE
DOING ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION A
LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO SPACE
STATION AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
FORGET THAT YOU KNOW THE REASON
WE PICKED OR FOD PICKED BOB AND
DOUG TO FLY THIS BECAUSE OF
THEIR EXPERIENCE AS TEST PILOTS
AND ACTUALLY HAD DEVELOPED THIS
CONCEPT TO HAVE AN EX PIERCED
SET OF PILOTS, CREWMEMBERS,
WORKING WITH THE COMPANIES TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO
HELP THEM AS THEY WERE WORK
THROUGH THE DESIGNS AND
DEVELOPING THEIR SYSTEMS.
THIS IS KIND OF COOL.
BOB AND DOUG GET TO FLY THE WORK
THEY HAVE BEEN HELPING WORK AND
DEVELOP AND SAY FIGURE OUT HOW
IS IT REALLY WORKING ON ORBIT.
THE OTHER THING THEY GET TO DO
IS JUST TO BE ABLE TO BE, POW,
ECOSYSTEMS WORKING, THEY ARE
GETTING TO SEE IT.
ARE THINGS COOLING?
HOW THIS IS SEAT FEEL?
HOW DO THE SUITS FEEL?
CAN YOU GET IN AND OUT OF THE
SUITS WHEN ARE YOU ARE ON ORBIT
AND HOW EASY ARE THOSE FUNCTIONS
GOING TO BE?
WILL NOT TALK ABOUT THE WASTE
FUNCTIONS BUT THAT IS COON OF
PART OF IT.
THEN, THEN, OBVIOUSLY, HOW
APPROACH FEELS WITH I FOE, THAT
JIM WAS ABLE TO USE A SUM LATER
BUT NOW, THEY GOT THIS BIG
SIMMATOR THAT IS INTERNATION AGO
SPACE STATION THEY ARE GOING TO
GET TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY COME
UP TO AND BE ABLE TO DOCK AND
SEE HOW THAT REALLY WORKS AND
HOW IT MATCH BECAUSE ONE OF THE
THANKS IS REALLY IMPORTANT WE
ALL KNOW IT, AND ANYONE YOU
KNOW, IS HOW DOES REAL THING
REALLY APPROXIMATE WHAT YOU HAVE
BEEN PRACTICING ON FOR THE LAST
FEW YEARS SO NOW THEY ARE GOING
TO COME BACK AND HER TO NEXT
CREWS THAT ARE GOING UP, THEY
WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THEM,
HEY, THIS IS HOW IT FELT.
THIS IS HOW THESE SYSTEMS
WORKED.
AND BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT
EXPERIENCE WITH THE CREW ONE
CREW THAT RIGHT NOW IS DOING
THEIR TRAINING, 1:00, SO, THEY
ARE DOING A VERY, VERY, VERY
POSH FUNCTION FOR UPCOMING CREWS
THAT WILL REALLY BE THE LONG
DURATION CREWMEMBERS AND WILL BE
FLYING TO THE SPACE STATION.
>> I CAN PROM MISYOU THE HARDEST
THING THEY WILL DO TOMORROW IS
WHEN THEY ARE DONE FLYING THEIR
MANUAL NEAR FIELD FLYING IS TO
HAND IT BACK OVER TO THE
COMPUTERRANCE NOT DOCK IT.
BECAUSE THEY ARE TEST PILOTS AND
TO ANSWER EARLIER QUESTION, THAT
IS WHAT THEY WOULD ENJOY DOING.
SO TO GIVE IT BACK WILL BE A
LITTLE BIT HARD FOR THEM.
>> I DID NOTICE DOUG WAS GOOD AT
TEACHING JIM HOW TO FLY IT.
YEAH.
YES.
YES.
HE HELPED YOU DOCK, RIGHT?
>> WELL, I MIGHT HAVE.
>> WELL THAT WAS THE LAST
QUESTION.
CLOSING REMARK INTERESTS THE
ADMINISTRATOR.
JIM:  SURE.
IT DOES REPRESENT MANY YEARS OF
WORK.
I WANT TO SAY YOU KNOW, A
QUESTION CAME UP EARLIER ABOUT
DOUBTERS AND PEOPLE THAT DOESN'T
BELIEVE THIS COULD EVER HAPPEN.
THERE WAS DAY WHEN CHARLIE AND
MY PREDECESSOR AT NASA AS THE
ADMINISTRATOR WAS TRYING TO GET
THIS PROGRAM OFF THE GROUND IN A
SIGNIFICANT WAY.
HE HAD MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE THAT
WERE IN OPPOSITION TO IT.
WOULDN'TED A QUATLY FUND IT AND
ULTIMATELY GAVE THEM A HARD TIME
ABOUT IT.
AND GENERAL ARE, NAY REN CORP
GENERAL, CHARLIE, PERSEVERED AND
PUSHED THROUGH.
THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF WHAT
WE ALL GET TO EXPENSE TODAY.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE PAT WAS
TALKING ABOUT HOW THE BOB AND
DOUG WERE JOKING WITH EACH OTHER
EARLIER TODAY WHEN I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH THEM AND
THEY WERE JOKING, DOUG, YOU
KNOW, DOUG HURLEY'S LAST SPACE
SHUTTLE MISSION GOT SCRUBBED
FIVE TIMES BEFORE THEY FINALLY
LAUNCHED ON THE SECTION TIME.
OF COURSE, BOB BEHNKEN IS SAYING
THAT DOUG HURLEYS  THE JINX
HERE, AND THEREFORE, THEY ARE
NOT GOING TO LAUNCH TODAY
EITHER.
TO SEE THEM LOOSE LIKE THAT,
PAT, YOU MENTIONED THEY WERE
LOOSE, AND JOKING AND,  IN FACT,
SEEMINGLY HAVING FUN ON DAVE
LAUNCH.
EVEN THOUGH WHAT THEY ARE DOING
IS SERIOUS.
EVERYBODY INS STEAL.
I MEAN, THESE ARE JUST AMERICAN
HEROS.
>> YEAH.
>> OF COURSE, YOUR TEAM, GOING
BACK TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT A
FEW MINUTES AGO THE FACT THAT AT
SPACEX, YOU DONE CALL THEM BOB
AND DOUG.
YOU CALL THEM THE DADS.
KEEPING THE SAFETY AT THE
FORECOST OF THEIR MINDS.
THIS IS ARTICLE GREAT DAY FOR
ALL OF AMERICA.
I IS A GREAT DAY FOR OUR
COUNTRY.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME.
IT HAS BEEN NINE YEARS SINCE WE
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND OF
COURSE, WE ARE HERE NOW AND
THERE IS, YOU OH, ELON SAID
EARLIER.
THIS IS 10,000 PEOPLE BEHIND
THIS THAT MADE IT HAPPEN.
MAYBE 100 THOUSAND.
WHEN YOU ADD UP SUPPLY PRANCE
EVERYONE.
THINK IT IS CLOSER TO 100,000.
YEAH.
YEAH.
CHILDREN.
YEAH.
RIGHT.
THAT IS RIGHT.
THIS REALLY IS A GREAT DAY FOR
THE UNITED STATES.
IT IS A GREAT DAY FOR OUR
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS.
CREW ONE IS INTERNATIONAL
MISSION ON THE FIRST CREW.
WE WILL HAVE A JAPANESE
ASTRONAUT WITH US.
I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO
EVERYBODY.
WE'RE NOT CELEBRATING YESTERDAY.
WE WILL CELEBRATE WHEN THEY ARE
HOME SAFELY.
CERTAINLY, WE CAN BRING SIZE OF
RELIEF EVERY STEP ALONG THE
WHICH AND THAT WAS WHAT WE'RE
DOING TODAY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO SPACEX AND
ELON MUSK.
CONGRATULATIONS TO KATHY A AND
YOUR NASA TEAM THAT GOT US TO
THIS POSITION AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO SO MANY THINGS AHEAD.
>> GRATEFUL THAT THAT IS GOING
TO WRAP IT UP HERE FOR US HERE
AT THE KENNEDY SPAY SPAES CENTER
AND CONTINUE WATCHING THE LIVE
COVERAGE UNTIL THE ASTRONAUTS
REACH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AND DOCKING AND HATCH
OPENING AND ARRIVAL OF BE ABOUT
AND DOUG AT THE ISS.
DOCK SCHEDULED FOR 10:29 EASTERN
TIME.
RIGHT AFTER THE BROADCAST, WE'LL
TURN IT TO JSC AND HEAR FROM BE
ABOUT AND DOUG DURING A DOWN A
FLING THE CREW DRAGON FROM ORBIT
THE EARTH.
SO WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION.
  PLEASE GO TO NASA.GOV FOR MORE
SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE
COMMERCIAL CREW AND GO SPACEX.
GO NASA.
GO BOB AND DOUG.
GO AMERICA.
THANK.
MIGHT HAVE MORE THAN AN HOUR AS
WE'VE SEEN, THROUGH SOONER THAN
LATER.
SO IF WERE THEY'LL HAVE ABOUT AN
HOUR TO WIND DOWN.
MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY PREPARED
WE REALLY WANT THEM TO BE WELL
WERE WHERE WHENEVER IT BECOMES
TIME TO BEGIN THE INTERGRAYTIVE
OPERATIONS FOR DOCKING.
IT IS REALLY CRITICAL THAT THEY
GET AS MUCH OF THE EIGHT HOURS
AS POSSIBLE TO BE RESTED.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE BEEN WE HAVE
HEARD THREE OF THEM.
BUT WE WON'T PERFORM THE OTHER
ONE UNTIL THE CREW WAKES UP.
WE DON'T WANT TO WAKE THEM UP.
>> YES, I WOULDN'T MIND SOME.
>> EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD SO
FAR WITH PRE-DRAGON.
>> DRAGON SPACEX CO-CHECK.
>> SPACEX DRAGON, WE'VE GOT YOU
LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> WE HEARD SOME WEIRD NOISES.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE
STILL WITH YOU.
>> COPY.
>> WELL, WE'RE ABOUT TO HIT THE
4:20 MARK HERE.
JUST IN CASE IF YOU'RE JOINING
US, WE HAVE A LITTLE REPLAY WE
WANT TO SHOW YOU.
BOB AND DOUG GAVE US A TOUR OF
THEIR CAPSULE JUST A LITTLE BIT
AGO.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SHOW THAT TO
YOU AGAIN IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
BEFORE.
>> WELL, EVERYONE, WELCOME
ABOARD DRAGON.
MY NAME IS DOUG.
NEXT TO ME IS BOB.
YOU PROBABLY KNOW HIM.
WE'RE SOW GLAD TO BE HERE WITH
YOU THIS WE HAVE A COUPLE OF
THINGS THAT TALK ABOUT FIRST
BEFORE WE SHOW YOU AROUND.
BUT FIRST THIS HAS BEEN A
TRADITION THAT WE'VE HAD WITH.
WE--WE'RE GIVEN ITS HONOR TO
NAME THIS CAPSULE.
I KNOW MOST OF YOU AT SPACEX
KNOW IT AS CAP TULE.
WE ALL THOUGHT WE COULD DO A
BILLET BETTER THAT THAT:WE WOULD
LIKE TO WELCOME YOU ON BOARD CAP
ACTUAL ENDEAVOR.
WE SUE.
NOR REASON WHY WE NAMED IT
ENDEAVOR IS MORE PERSONAL TO BOB
AND I.
WE BOTH HAD OUR FIRST FLIGHTS ON
THE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOR.
WE DECIDED TO GO WITH THAT NAME.
AND WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THAT NAME,
AND AGAIN, WELCOME ON BOARD.
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, AND
WELCOME ON BOARD EVERYONE TODAY,
WE PROBE DOUG AND I ARE REALLY
PROUD TO BE A PART OF ITS MUCH
DIFFERENT FROM ITS NAMESAKE IN
THAT IT HAS TOUCH DISPLAY
SCREEN.
SO DOUG POINTS TO THE DISPLAY IN
FRONT OF ME, YOU CAN SEE THE THE
VIEW THAT WE HAD DURING THE
MANEUVERS.
PRIME MINISTER WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO INTERFACE WITH
THE VEHICLE.
THERE IS A BUTTON WITH WHAT THE
COMMANDS ARE WITH OUR DISPLAYS.
ONE THING THAT GET LOST IT OVER
OPPOSITE THIS SIDE.
WE DO HAVE SOME BUTTONS, BUT
THEY'RE PRIMARILY INTERFACING.
NICE NEW MODERN COCKPIT THAT
WE'VE GOT, COMPARED TO OUR NAME
SHAKE, THE SPACE SHUTTLE, AND
MAYBE YOU CAN TELL WHAT CAN BE
SEEN FROM THE.
FROM HIS SEAT WHEN HE'S INSIDE
THE NUMBER YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE
HAVE A WINDOW TO LOOK OUT AND
SEE WHAT IS GOING ON OUTSIDE.
THAT WAS EXCITING FOR US.
YOU SEE THE ARM BREAKGGGING AWAY
FROM THE PAD.
THAT'S WHEN WE KNEW WE WERE
GOING TO LAUNCH TODAY.
I GOT ONE ON MY SIDE AS WELL.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO DEMONSTRATE
SOME OF THE CAPABILITIES THAT WE
HAVE NOW THAT WE ARE HE IN ZERO
GRAVITY.
I WAS REQUESTED TO DO A
BACKFLIP.
I'M GOING TO DO A SIDE SPIN
WHICH IS A PERMUTATION ON THAT
REQUEST.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT IS LIKE TO
FLOAT IN ZERO GRAVITY, AND DOUG
AND I ARE SUPER EXCITED TO BE
ABLE TO DO THIS AGAIN TODAY.
WE DID, IT TURNS OUT, ONE
STOWAWAY ON BOARD OUR VEHICLE
WHEN WE LAUNCHED TODAY.
IT WAS NOT TO DOUG AND I, WE
HAVE AN APATOSAURUS ON BOARD.
OUR BOYS ARE BOTH INTO
DINOSAURS, AND WE ABLE TO BRING
THEIR TOYS WITH US ON BOARD.
I'M SURE THEY WOULD RATHER BE
HERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT
HOPEFULLY THEY'RE PROUD OF THIS
AS WELL.
>> AS WE WORK OUR WAY TOWARDS
ONE OF THE WINDOWS,
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S GETTING A
LITTLE BIT DARK.
I DON'T KNOW IF BOB CAN PAN OVER
HERE.
WE'RE JUST OFF THE COAST OF
NEWFOUNDLAND, AND OVER THE
ATLANTIC RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GET A
GOOD PICTURE OF THAT.
>> WITH THAT I THINK WE'LL WORK
OUR WAY BACK INTO THE SEATS AND
WRAP THINGS UP FOR THIS EVENING.
>> DOUG IS MAKING A BIG SMILE
FOR THE CAMERA.
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE TRIP WITH
US ON BOARD THE DRAGON CAPSULE
ENDEAVOR, AND WITH THE 
APATASAURUS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK NASA AND
SPACEX AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SPACE
FLIGHT FROM THE FLORIDA COAST.
WE'RE LUCKY TO BE PARDON OF
THIS.
WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO
GAVE US THIS OPPORTUNITY AND
WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE THIS
HAPPEN TODAY.
>> SO WITH THAT, I THINK IT WILL
BE GOOD NIGHT FROM CAPITAL
ENDEAVOR.
GOOD NIGHT TO NASA, SPACEX, AND
THE TEAMS, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING
US IN ORBIT.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
CHRIS CASSIDY TOMORROW MORNING.
>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, LEAH,
BUT I WILL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO
WATCH THAT TOUR OF CREW DRAGON
MANY, MANY TIMES.
>> TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE
STAR, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
>> GREAT TO TALK TO YOU.
>> MIKE WILL BE WAKING YOU UP.
WE'LL BID YOU ADIEU, GOOD NIGHT,
A AND WE'LL SEE YOU ON STATION.
>> ALL RIGHT, THERE WE HEARD
SOME ENTERTAINING BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN DRAGON CORE HERE AND
MISSION CONTROL IN HAWTHORNE AND
BOB AND DOUG AS THEY'RE GETTING
THEIR GOOD NIGHT LULLABY.
AND BASICALLY WHAT WE HEARD
THERE IS OUR CONTROL TEAM HERE
IN HAWTHORNE SAYING WE'RE GOING
TO LET YOU SLEEP.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE
CALLS OUT ANYTHING UNNECESSARY
WHILE YOU'RE TRYING TO SLEEP,
BUT WE DID HEAR THERE WAS AN
UPDATE TO THE TIMING OF THE
TRANSFER BURN.
SO WE DID HEAR THAT THAT WILL
TAKE PLACE WHILE THEY'RE
SLEEPING.
BUT WE GAVE THEM THE HEADS UP
THAT IT WILL ONLY LAST 30
SECONDS.
WE WILL NOT GIVE YOU THE CALL
OUT, THE DRAGON CORE MEMBER WILL
NOT GIVE THE CALL OUT.
WE WANT YOU TO KEEP SLEEPING.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE WERE NOT ABLE
TO KEEP THAT OUT OF THEIR SLEEP.
BUT SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS.
THEY'RE AWARE OF IT, AND VERY
PREPARED.
THEY'RE IN PRE-SLEEP.
IT'S FREE TIME, ABOUT AN HOUR
FOR THEM TO DO WHATEVER THEY
WANT AS THEY PREPARE TO GO TO
BED.
>> YES, SO I THINK ALSO ON BOARD
THERE ARE SOME WINDOW COVERS.
IT WOULD BE HARD TO WANT TO
COVER UP THAT AMAZING VIEW, BUT
WE PASS 16 SUN SETS A DAY.
THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT
SOME SHADES ON THE WINDOWS AND
GET SOME REAL DARKNESS IN THE
CABIN.
>> FREQUENTLY ORBITING AROUND
THE EARTH PROVIDES GREAT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREAT VIEWS.
BUT AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, THOSE
CONSTANT SUNSETS AND SUNRISES
WOULD BE DISTURBING TO A SLEEP
ROUTINE.
WE REALLY WANT THEM TO HAVE AS
MUCH--GET AS CLOSE TO EIGHT
HOURS OF SLEEP AS POSSIBLE.
YES, I COULD DEFINITELY IMAGINE
BLACK OUT CURTAINS WOULD BE
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
UNLESS THEY MAYBE HAD FACE
MASKS.
I WOULDN'T MIND AN EYE MASK.
>> EYE MASK.
>> YES, AN EYE MASK--ONE EYE IS
THE MEATBALL, THE OTHER ONE IS
THE WORM.
I CAN SEE IT.
>> WE HAVE TO PLEASE BOTH
CROWDS.
THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A WAR
GOING ON.
>> I ALREADY STATED MY, MY PROUD
SUPPORT OF TEAM WORM.
HOWEVER, I DID SEE THAT LEYLAND
SEND OUT AN VIDEO THAT WAS A
WORM BALL.
>> I LOVE BOTH.
I'M PROUD TO WEAR BOTH.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> WE'VE GOT BOTH ON THE JACKET,
TOO.
WE'RE WELL COVERED WITH NASA
ININSIGNIA.
WE'VE JUST PASSED THE 4:30 MARK.
NOW WE'RE AT 4:32, THIS TRIP TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
WILL SPAN OVER 19 HOURS.
WE'LL BE HERE GIVING COVERAGE
THE ENTIRE TIME.
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A NAP,
THAT'S TOTALLY COOL.
WE'LL BE HERE THROUGHOUT THE
EVENING.
WE HAVE FRIENDS IN OTHER PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY, OTHER PARTS OF
THE WORLD IF YOU'RE BRITISH OR
IF YOU'RE GERMAN OR IF YOU'RE
JAPANESE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT
TIMES OF DAY, EVERYONE IS WAKING
UP.
I THINK ABOUT SOMETHING VERY
COOL ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR
BROADCAST, EVERYONE IN THE WORLD
AT SOME POINT IN THEIR DAY WILL
BE AWAKE FOR THE DEMO 2 MISSION
AND TUNING IN.
YEAH, ON THAT NOTE LET'S DO A
LITTLE BIT OF A MISSION RECAP.
>> YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
>> SO, LAUNCH DAY STARTED EARLY
TODAY.
PREPARATIONS BEGINNING FOR OUR
CREW MEMBERS ABOUT FOUR HOURS
PRIOR TO THEIR LAUNCH.
AFTER THE SUIT UP IN THE NASA
OPERATIONS AND CHECK
OUTBUILDINGS, THE CREW WALKED
OUT.
WE SAW THEM WALK OUT THOSE TWO
FAMOUS TWO DOORS AND WAVE
GOODBYE TO THEIR FAMILIES.
WE SAW AIR HUGS--OH.
>> SO HEART WRENCHING.
>> THAT GETS ME EVERY TIME.
WE SAW SOME OF THAT, TOO AS THEY
SAID FAREWELL TO THEIR FAMILY
OUTSIDE.
THE NEXT DESTINATION TO THE CREW
WAS THE LAUNCH PAD.
THEY BOARDED THEIR TESLAS, AND
IT TOOK 30 MINUTES TO GET THEIR
PAD 39 A.
AND THE SPACECRAFT WAS WAITING
FOR THEM.
THIS MORNING WE GOT UP AND
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A 50% NO-GO
DAY.
AND IT ENDED UP BEING BEAUTIFUL.
>> I WAS TRYING NOT TO GET MY
OPENS UP AGAIN BECAUSE IT WAS
HARD TO TURN AROUND ON WEDNESDAY
AND SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPACE
TODAY.
IT WASN'T UNTIL LIKE THE LAST
TWO HOURS AND 15 MINUTES, OKAY,
WE'RE GOING FOR IT.
I LET MYSELF JUMP INTO THE
EXCITEMENT, BUT I WAS PRETTY
CALM TODAY.
>> YEAH, I GOT SWEPT UP, BUT
AFTER THE CUT OFF FROM
YESTERDAY.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> THE CREW GOT THE LAUNCH PAD
TWO AND A HALF HOURS BEFORE
LAUNCH.
THEY INGRESSED, OR ENTERED THE
LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM WAS
ALLOWING THE CREW DRAGON TO
ESCAPE THE FALCON 9 UPON ASCENT
SHOULD THERE BE ANY ANOMALY.
WHICH WE SAW A SMOOTH RIDE INTO
ORBIT.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH.
THEY BEGAN FILLING THE FUEL
TANKS AND THEN 5 MINUTES BEFORE
LAUNCH DRAGON ENTERED TERMINAL
COUNT AND THEY TOOK CONTROL OF
THE VEHICLE.
>> AT 12:22 PACIFIC, THE ENGINES
IGNITED AND FALCON 9 LIFTED OFF,
ENDING A NINE-YEAR HIATUS OF
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT FROM THE
APOLLO LAUNCH PAD.
BOB AND DOUG BEGAN THEIR JOURNEY
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
AFTER THE T PLUS NINE MINUTE
MARK THEY LANDED ON THE DRONE
SHIP WHICH WAS STATIONED OUT IN
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
NOW A COUPLE OF MINUTES AFTER
THAT WE HAD PAYLOAD SEPARATION.
THAT'S WHEN WE FINALLY SAW
DRAGONFLYING FREE.
DRAGON EXECUTED LATER ON THE
BURN, THE FIRST OF FIVE BURNS
REQUIRED TO MOVE INTO OUTER
ORBIT.
THE CREW COMPLETED THE FAR FIELD
MANUAL FLIGHT TEST.
DRAGON IS FULLY AUTONOMOUS, SO
BASICALLY THE SPACECRAFT DOES
ALL OF THE NAVIGATING AND BURNS
TO GET TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STAIN.
>> IT EXECUTED THE BOOST BURN
THAT RAISE THE AT GEOGEE TO JUST
TEN KILOMETERS LOWER THAN THE
SPACE STATION.
THIS IS THE SECOND OF FIVE MAJOR
BURNS THAT ARE PROPELLING DRAGON
ON ITS MISSION.
IT LASTED SEVEN AND A HALF
MINUTES.
THE THIRD OCCURRED 45 MINUTES
LATER.
THE FIRING OF THE DRACO
THRUSTERS LASTED JUST UNDER TEN
MINUTES AND PLACED DRAGON
CO-ELLIPTIC WITH THE SPACE
STATION.
IT IS NOW MAINTAINING THE SPACE
STATION.
>> WE'VE HAD A SUPER EXCITING
DAY ALREADY.
MORE TO COME CERTAINLY.
>>> SO WE TOOK A LOOK AT 
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED TODAY 
BUT ONCE THE CREW WAKES UP IN 
THE MORNING WE'LL HAVE A NUMBER 
OF EVENTS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY 
LEAD TO THE DOCKING TARGETED FOR
7:29 PACIFIC.
HOWEVER THERE ARE STILL A COUPLE
OF MILESTONES TO OCCUR WHILE THE
CREW DRAGON CREW IS STILL 
ASLEEP.
THE FIRST OF THOSE IS THE SPACE 
STATION CREW WILL WAKE UP.
THIS IS THE HIGHEST POINT OF ITS
ORBIT TO JUST 2.5 KILOMETERS 
BELOW THE STATION.
>> ABOUT 15 MINUTES AFTER THE 
CLOSE CO-ELLIPTIC BURN IT WILL 
BE TIME FOR OUR TWO DADS IN 
SPACE TO WAKE UP.
BE SURE TO TUNE IN HERE ON OUR 
WEBCAST IN A FEW HOURS ABOUT 
EIGHT HOURS NOW IN ORDER TO HEAR
IT FIRST.
>> WE ROUND EVERYTHING OUT WITH 
A FINAL CO-ELLIPTIC BURN TO ONCE
AGAIN MAINTAIN THE CONSTANT 
ORBIT BENEATH THE STATION.
THIS TIME IT WILL BE AT JUST 2.5
KILOMETERS BELOW.
THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE APPROACH
INITIATION AND FINAL STATION OF 
DRAGON'S RENDEZVOUS WITH THE 
SPACE STATION.
THIS IS EXCITING BECAUSE WHEN WE
GET INTO THOSE INTEGRATED 
OPERATIONS WE TRANSFER CONTROL 
FROM MISSION CONTROL HERE IN 
HAWTHORNE OVER TO HOUSTON.
SO THAT TEAM THAT SWITCH OVER 
THOSE TEAMS WILL TRANSITION TO 
INTEGRATED OPERATIONS ROUGHLY 45
MINUTES PRIOR TO APPROACH 
INITIATION.
>> SO DURING THAT APPROACH 
SPACEX CONTROLLERS WILL WORK IN 
TANDEM WITH THE NASA TEAM IN 
HOUSTON AS YOU MENTIONED TO 
ACTIVATE AND TEST OUT A NUMBER 
OF SYSTEMS ON DRAGON INCLUDING 
BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AND
THAT ALSO SETS UP A DATA STREAM 
FROM DRAGON TO THE STATION 
GIVING IT ANOTHER PASS FOR 
DRAGON TO COME TO THE GROUND AND
GIVING ADDITIONAL COMMAND 
CAPABILITY TO ASTRONAUTS ON THE 
STATION.
IT WILL ALSO MANEUVER DRAGON TO 
THE PROPER ALTITUDE AND 
INITIALIZE THE NAVIGATION 
SENSORS USED FOR THE METHODICAL 
APPROACH TO THE STATION.
>> AT APPROXIMATELY 5:27 A.M. 
PACIFIC, DRACO THRUSTERS ON 
DRAGON WILL FIRE WHEN IT IS 
ABOUT 2.5ERS BELOW 
STATION AND JUST ABOUT SEVEN 
KILOMETERS BEHIND IT.
AT THIS POINT THEY'RE GETTING 
CLOSE.
THEY'RE PROBABLY VISIBLE FROM 
THE STATION AT THAT POINT.
THEY CAN EYE CONTACT.
>> AT THAT POINT DRAGON OR 
EXCUSE ME, THAT MANEUVER WILL 
BRING DRAGON UP UNTIL IT IS 
ABOUT 400 METERS OR A QUARTER 
MILE DIRECTLY BELOW THE STATION.
THIS MANEUVER WILL ALSO MOVE 
DRAGON INSIDE 1 OF 2 CHECKPOINTS
AROUND THE STATION THAT REQUIRES
POLLS WITH THE CHECKPOINT TEAM.
THE AE IS AN IMAGINARY SHAPE 
MEASURING FOUR KILOMETERS BY TWO
KILOMETERS BY TWO KILOMETERS.
ESSENTIALLY A THREE DIMENSIONAL 
OVAL.
BEFORE DRAGON IS GIVEN 
PERMISSION TO MOVE ANYWHERE 
INSIDE OF THAT SHAPE THEY'RE 
REQUIRED TO BE ON A 24 HOUR SAFE
TRAJECTORY.
THAT MEANS IF DRAGON LOST ALL 
CONTROL TO ITS THRUSTERS FOR 
SOME REASON THAT IT WOULD BE AT 
LEAST 24 HOURS BEFORE ITS 
TRAJECTORY WOULD MOVE INSIDE.
>> WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR DRAGON 
TO GET THE GO TO MOVE INSIDE 
ANOTHER IMAGINARY CHECKPOINT 
THAT EXISTS WITHIN IN AN 
IMAGINARY SPHERE OF ABOUT 200 
METERS.
SO ABOUT HALF A LAP AROUND A 
TRACK.
CONTROLLERS USE THIS TO MONITOR 
ALL ARRIVING AND RECORDING 
VEHICLES.
IT'S ANOTHER CHANCE TO CONTROL 
ALL OF THE GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION 
AND CONTROL SYSTEMS ARE WORKING 
CORRECTLY ON DRAGON BEFORE 
MOVING CLOSER TO THE STATION.
IT HAS A SIMILAR REQUIREMENT ON 
THE ORBITAL TRAJECTORY THAT IF 
DRAGON WERE TO SOMEHOW LOSE 
CONTROL OF ITS THRUSTERS IT 
WOULD BE SAFE FOR ABOUT SIX 
HOURS RATHER THAN THE 24 HOURS 
REQUIRED.
ONCE DRAGON ARRIVES AT 400 
METERS BELOW STATION IT WILL 
REACH WHAT IS KNOWN AS WAY POINT
ZERO.
THE VEHICLE CAN HOLD HERE AT 400
METERS, BUT IF ALL OF ITS 
SYSTEMS CHECK OUT IT CAN 
CONTINUE TO APPROACH TO WAY .1.
>> DRAGON'S MOVE FROM WAY POINT 
ZERO TO WAY POINT ONE WILL BE 
APPROXIMATELY 220 METERS 
DISTANCE.
AT THIS POINT IT WILL BE ON THE 
DOCKING AXIS WHICH MEANS IT IS 
DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE DOCKING
POINT.
BOB AND DOUG ARE HEADED TO THE 
FORWARD MOST PORT ON THE STATION
NODE TWO FORWARD PORT POINT.
THAT'S WHERE 1 OF 2 
INTERNATIONAL DOCKING ADAPTERS 
IS LOCATED.
AND THAT WAS INSTALLED FOR THESE
COMMERCIAL SPACECRAFT FLIGHTS AS
WELL AS ANY OTHER SPACECRAFT 
THAT WILL USE THE NEW 
INTERNATIONAL DOCKING STANDARD.
>> BEFORE MOVING INTO THE FINAL 
WAYPOINT WHICH IS WAYPOINT 2 
THIS TIME IN WHAT WE CONSIDER 
THE NEAR FIELD WHICH MEANS IT'S 
CLOSE TO THE STATION.
THE CREW WILL COMMAND A HOLD AT 
220 METERS AND THEN CONDUCT A 
SERIES OF MANEUVERS.
FIRST THEY'LL FLY DRAGON TO THE 
CENTER LINE OF THE DOCKING 
APPROACH PRECISELY LINING IT UP 
WITH THE INTERNATIONAL DOCKING 
ADAPTER.
THEN THEY'LL DO A NUMBER OF WHAT
ARE CALLED TRANSLATIONAL 
MANEUVERS.
USING THE DRACO THRUSTERS ON 
DRAGON TO MOVE IT ALONG THE 
DIFFERENT AXIS CHECKING ON THE 
GROUND FOR WHAT PROPELLANT IS TO
BE USED.
DRAGON IS FULLY AUTONOMOUS SO 
THIS IS TO DEMONSTRATE BRAKING 
AND VELOCITY IN RELATIVITY TO 
THE STATION.
THEN THEY WILL RESUME AUTOMATED 
DOCKING.
AFTER THE FLIGHT TEST IS 
COMPLETE, TEAMS IN HAWTHORNE 
HERE AND IN HOUSTON WILL DO A 
QUICK GO, NO GO TO ASSUME THE 
APPROACH AND START TO MOVE IN TO
WAYPOINT TWO.
ONCE DRAGON STARTS MOVING IN 
THEY WILL DO A FINAL GO, NO GO 
FOR DOCKING.
>> ONCE DRAGON IS ONLY 20 METERS
AWAY AT WAYPOINT 2 IT THEN 
ALIGNS ITS DOCKING SYSTEMS WITH 
THE INTERNATIONAL DOCKING 
ADAPTER.
WE MAY HEAR THE CALL OUT CHOP OR
C-H-O-P WHICH STANDS FOR CREW 
HANDS OFF POINT.
AND THAT WILL HAPPEN A LITTLE 
LESS THAN 30 SECONDS BEFORE 
DOCKING.
AT THAT POINT IT MEANS ANY ABORT
THAT HAS TO BE DONE, EXCUSE ME, 
THAT MEANS THAT AT THAT POINT 
ANY ABORT TO THE DOCKING 
PROCEDURE WILL HAVE TO BE DONE 
AUTOMATICALLY BY DRAGON.
>> AND THEN IT IS THE MOMENT 
WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR 
BESIDES LAUNCH TODAY OBVIOUSLY 
WHEN OUR CREW ARRIVES AT THE 
SPACE STATION.
DRAGON WILL FLY IN AND MAKE 
CONTACT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL 
DOCKING ADAPTER GIVING A SOFT 
CAPTURE SO THE WORK ISN'T DONE 
YET.
IT GIVES A SOFT CAPTURE UNTIL 
SENSORS INDICATE IT'S TIME TO 
GIVE A HARD CAPTURE FIRMLY 
SECURING DRAGON TO ITS NEW HOME 
ON THE SPACE STATION.
MEANWHILE THE SPACE STATION CREW
NAMELY CHRIS CASSIDY WILL 
MANUALLY POWERIZE THE DATA 
ESTABLISHED FROM DRAGON.
THEN IT'S TIME FOR HASH OPENING 
WHICH IS ABOUT TWO HOURS 
FOLLOWING DOCKING.
>> GOOD TO KNOW.
AND A LITTLE FUN FACT FOR ALL OF
YOU OUT THERE.
PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE
INTERNATIONAL DOCKING ADAPTER OR
IDA AS YOU MAY HAVE READ ABOUT 
IT, THIS PORT IS ALSO WHERE 
SPACE SHUTTLES USED TO DOCK ON 
THE STATION AS WELL.
SO LIKE I SAID BEFORE DOUG 
HURLEY WAS THE PILOT OF THE VERY
LAST SPACE SHUTTLE MISS
THAT SHUTTLE DOCKED AT THE VERY 
SAME PLACE THAT CREW DRAGON WILL
BE DOCKING TOMORROW MORNING.
THAT MEANS THAT DOUG WHO WAS ONE
OF THE LAST ASTRONAUTS TO DEPART
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
VIA SHUTTLE WILL ACTUALLY BE 
OPENING UP THE VERY SAME HATCH 
HE CLOSED NEARLY A DECADE AGO.
YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK ABOUT 
THAT AND MY HEART RATE STARTS 
GOING UP AGAIN.
SO LIKE WE HAVE SEEN CREW DRAGON
HAS HAD A VERY, CREW DRAGON HAS 
A VERY BUSY MORNING AHEAD.
EVEN IN SPACE IT TAKES TWO TO 
TANGO.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
IS ALSO A FACTOR IN THE MIX FOR 
THIS DANCE LIKE APPROACH 
OPERATION.
AND AS YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY 
BEFORE IT IS A CHOREOGRAPH OF
MANY SORTS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE SIGNAL BACK AND
FORTH BETWEEN HERE IN MISSION 
CONTROL HAWTHORNE TO MISSION 
CONTROL HOUSTON AS WELL.
DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM 
COURTNEY BEASLEY AT MISSION 
CONTROL HOUSTON?
>> HEY, KATE, WE DO INDEED HAVE 
AN UPDATE.
AND AGAIN IT'S SUCH AN EXCITING 
DAY AND I'M HAPPY TO BE JOINING 
THE TWO OF YOU FOR COVERAGE INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FROM JOHNSON
SPACE CENTER.
HERE IN MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON 
THE ORBIT THREE TEAM OF FLIGHT 
CONTROLLERS IS ON CONSOLE TODAY 
LED BY REBECCA WINGFIELD.
AT THIS HOUR THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION CREW IS ASLEEP.
THE TRIO, NASA ASTRONAUT AND 
STATION COMMANDER CHRIS CASSIDY 
AND RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS WENT TO 
SLEEP AROUND 4:30 P.M. CENTRAL 
TIME.
THEY'LL CONTINUE THAT SLEEP 
PERIOD UNTIL JUST ABOUT 
1:00 A.M. CENTRAL TIME ON SUNDAY
MORNING READY TO BEGIN AN 
EXCITING DAY OF WORK.
THEN AROUND 5:35 A.M. CENTRAL 
TIME CASSIDY HAS A RENDEZVOUS 
CONFERENCE WITH GROUND 
CONTROLLERS TO REVIEW RENDEZVOUS
PROCEDURES THAT THE CREW DRAGON 
CREW WILL BE EXECUTING LATER IN 
THE MORNING.
HE WILL THEN MOVE ON TO BEGIN 
SETTING UP TOOLS THAT WILL BE 
USED FOR LINK CHECKS FOR THE 
SPACE STATION AND CREW DRAGON 
AFTER DOCKING AS WELL AS SETTING
UP PHOTO TV EQUIPMENT TO CAPTURE
THE HISTORIC HATCH OPENING LATER
THAT DAY.
AND FROM THERE CASSIDY WILL MOVE
INTO HIS MIDDAY MEAL.
THEN AROUND 8:25 A.M. CENTRAL 
TIME CASSIDY WILL BEGIN 
MONITORING THE APPROACH OF CREW 
DRAGON.
AGAIN ANOTHER MOMENT WE'VE ALL 
BEEN WAITING FOR.
HE'LL BE IN THE WORKSTATION ON 
BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION AS CREW DRAGON BEGINS 
ITS APPROACH INITIATION BURN TO 
BRING IT BELOW THE STATION THEN 
IN FRONT OF THE STATION FOR THE 
FINAL APPROACH BEFORE DOCKING.
ONCE THE HOOKS ARE DRIVEN TO 
FORM A HARD MATE BETWEEN CREW 
DRAGON AND THE STATION WHICH IS 
SCHEDULED FOR 9:44 A.M. CENTRAL 
TIME, CASSIDY WILL THEN WORK IN 
TANDEM WITH BEHNKEN AND HURLEY 
TO EQUALIZE PRESSURE TO ENSURE 
THERE'S A TIGHT FIELD BETWEEN 
CREW DRAGON AND THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
BEFORE THEY OPEN THE HATCH TO 
GREET THEIR CREW MEMBERS WHO 
WILL BECOME MEMBERS OF THE 
EXPEDITION 63 CREW AT THE TIME 
THEY SLOPE THROUGH THE STATION'S
HARMONY MODULE.
AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE ALL 
SYSTEMS A GO ON THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SO 
BACK TO HAWTHORNE FOR AN UPDATE 
FROM YOU GUYS.
>> IT DOES SOUND GOOD OVER 
THERE.
COURTNEY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR 
THAT UPDATE.
AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU 
SHORTLY TO SEE WHAT ELSE IS 
GOING ON ON THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME LET'S WILL 
YOUR HONOR A LITTLE BIT MORE 
ABOUT OUR TWO ASTRONAUTS ABOARD 
THE CREW DRAGON.
DOUG HURLEY IS THE SPACECRAFT 
COMMANDER FOR THIS MISSION.
HE PREVIOUSLY FLEW ON TWO SPACE 
SHUTTLE MISSIONS AS A PILOT ON 
AS WE DISCUSSED SPS135, THE 
FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT.
LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT DOU 
HURLEY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
.
>> IT'S A LIFE CHANGING PROCESS 
IN SO MANY WAYS TO FLY IN SPACE.
IT'S JUST OVERWHELMING IN SOME 
RESPECTS.
JUST THE SENSATION, THE 
RUMBLING, THE SHAKING, THE 
ACCELERATION, WHEN THE ENGINES 
SHUT OFF AND YOU GO FROM IN THE 
CASE OF THE SHUTTLE YOU GO FROM 
3 G'S TO 0 G'S INSTANTANEOUSLY 
AND I REMEMBER THINKING WHAT 
JUST HAPPENED.
TO SEE A ROCKET LAUNCH IN PERSON
IS A PRETTY EMOTIONAL EVENT.
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I SAW 
A SHUTTLE LAUNCH AND IT WAS 
AMAZING.
AND THEN WHEN I SAW A SHUTTLE 
LAUNCH WITH MY WIFE ON IT, THAT 
IS QUITE THE EMOTIONAL 
EXPERIENCE.
MY NAME IS DOUG HURLEY AND I'M 
THE SPACECRAFT COMMANDER FOR THE
DEMO 2 MISSION TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE ARE DOING THE FIRST CREWED 
FLIGHT FOR NASA AND SPACEX.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THE 
DRAGON HAS A CREW ON BOARD AND 
SO THERE'S A MYRIAD OF 
OBJECTIVES WE WANT TO ACHIEVE 
FOR THIS MISSION.
SPACEX HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR 
DESIGN AND ESSENTIALLY MAKING 
THIS VEHICLE WHAT IT IS.
WHAT THE ASTRONAUTS BRING TO THE
TABLE IS THE CREW VEHICLE 
INTERPHASE.
WHAT WOULD WORK ON ORBIT, WHAT 
MIGHT NOT WORK ON ORBIT, WHAT 
WOULD DEFINITELY WORK.
TO JUST HAVE THE ENTIRE 
INTEGRATED TEAM THAT'S GOING TO 
SUPPORT US GETTING TO AND FROM 
SPACE STATIONS, TALKING 
TOGETHER, WORKING THROUGH THE 
CHALLENGES THAT SIMULATORS 
TYPICALLY THROW AT YOU.
IT WAS REALLY NEAT BEING PART OF
IT.
IT'S JUST BEEN AN INCREDIBLE 
UNDERTAKING TO SEE WHERE WE'VE 
COME JUST IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS
THAT BOB AND I HAVE BEEN A PART 
OF THIS AND TO BE SHORTLY FLYING
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION WITH THE CREW DRAGON.
IT OVERWHELMS YOU TO THINK ABOUT
HOW MANY PEOPLE IN SOME WAY, 
SHAPE, OR FORM HAVE TOUCHED THIS
PROGRAM AND THIS VEHICLE TO GET 
US TO THIS POINT.
AND WE ARE THE LUCKY ONES THAT 
GET TO FLY IT.
BUT WE CERTAINLY NOT FOR ONE 
SECOND TAKE FOR GRANTED THE 
AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT SO MANY 
OTHER PEOPLE HAD TO PUT INTO 
THIS TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL.
>> DOUG PERSONALLY HE WORKS SO 
HARD.
I MEAN THROUGH HIS ENTIRE LIFE 
TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT 
NOW.
AS A TEST PILOT THIS WOULD BE A 
DREAM TO FLY IN A NEW VEHICLE.
SO IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY TO SEE 
THAT HE GETS TO BE PART OF THIS 
MISSION, I'M JUST GLAD THAT HE'S
SEEING HIS HARD WORK AND HIS 
DREAM COME TRUE FOR THAT.
>> IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD IN A 
LOT OF WAYS FOR NOT ONLY US BUT 
CERTAINLY FOR ALL OF THE FOLKS 
WHO WORK IN THE COMMERCIAL 
PROGRAM AND SPACEX IN OUR CASE 
JUST WORKING TO GET TO THIS 
POINT.
IT'S BEEN A HUGE AMOUNT OF 
SACRIFICE AND TIME AWAY FROM 
HOME.
BUT THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR ARE 
COMING TO FRUITION.
>> NOW SITTING NEXT TO DOUG 
HURLEY INSIDE OF DRAGON IS NASA 
ASTRONAUT BOB BEHNKEN.
HE IS THE JOINT OPERATIONS 
COMMANDER FOR DEMO-2.
HE PREVIOUSLY FLEW ON TWO 
SHUTTLE MISSIONS, SPS123 AND 
SPS30.
AND HE ALSO SERVED A TOUR A
