>> NOW, AS DARRELL AND MARIE HAD
MENTIONED, THIS DRAGON HAS BEEN 
TO THE STATION TWICE BEFORE.
BIT OF TRIVIA, THIS'LL BE 
THE THIRD TIME THAT A DRAGON 
SPACECRAFT HAS VISITED THE 
SPACEX THREE TIMES.
THE THIRD STAGE HAS ALSO FLOWN 
ONCE BEFORE, ON OUR LAST C.R.S. 
MISSION BACK IN DECEMBER.
AFTER STAGE SEPARATION, WE'LL BE
ATTEMPTING A LANDING AT LANDING 
ZONE ONE IN CAPE CANAVERAL.
THERE IS A PRETTY GOOD CROWD 
BEHIND ME THAT IS EAGERLY 
AWAITING THE 21st TRIP TO THE 
SPACE STATION AND WE'RE ALL 
LAUNCH. FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL 
CK TO YOU, TAMMY. 
>> THANK YOU, SHIVA.
>>> THIS NOVEMBER 2 MARKS 20 
YEARS OF CONTINUOUS HUMAN 
PRESENCE ON THE ORBITING 
LABORATORY, A FANTASTIC 
ACHIEVEMENT, AND CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE PROGRAM.
[♪♪♪]
>> LIFTOFF OF THE ROCKET FROM 
LAUNCH 40 IS TIMED DOWN TO THE 
VERY SECOND, SO THE SPACECRAFT 
IS TIMED TO RENDEZVOUS WITH THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> THE ORBIT THREE TIME IS 
CURRENTLY ON CONSOLE AND THAT'S 
THE LAST SHIFT OF TODAY, BUT THE
E STATION FLIGHT CONTROL 
ROOM IS MONITORED 24-7, 365 DAYS
A YEAR, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE 
KEEPING TABS ON WHAT'S GOING ON 
ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
TONIGHT, THEY ARE LED BY FLIGHT 
DIRECTOR MIKE LAMMERS.
WE HAVE THREE CREW MEMBERS ON 
BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION.
THAT'S ASTRONA JESSICA MEIR 
AND ANDREW MORGAN, AND RUSSIAN 
COSMONAUT ALEK KRPOCHKA.
THE ASTRONAUTS WILL CAPTURE AND 
BERTH THE VEHICLE TO THE SPACE 
STATION HARMONY WEEK ONCE IT 
ARRIVES ON MONDAY AT 4:30 A.M. 
CENTRAL TIME TO WATCH IT ALL 
UNFOLD.
UNTIL THEN, THINGS ARE LOOKING 
AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION CONTROL HERE IN HOUSTON,
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL SEND IT 
BACK TO YOU, TAMMY.
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>>  GOOD.
GETTING READY FOR A ROCKET 
LAUNCH. 
>> TELL US, WHAT'S THE 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PAY LOADS
THAT YOU HANDLES AND THE PAY 
LOADS THAT NASA OVERSEES?
>> SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT NASA,
YOU THINK ABOUT SPACE, BETTER 
UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN 
CONDITIONS SO THAT WE CAN GO TO 
LOW-EARTH ORBIT, HOWEVER, 
THERE'S A CHANCE TO HARNESS THE 
ENERGY OF THE SPACE STATION.
THE EXPERIMENTS THAT WE SPONSOR 
ALL HAVE THIS CAPACITY TO 
BENEFIT LIFE ON EARTH.
THAT'S THE MAIN DIFFERENCE. 
>> WE KNOW YOU'RE FOCUSED ON 
THIS MISSION, BUT TELL US ABOUT 
SOME OF THE THINGS COMING UP ON 
THE HORIZON. 
>> THERE'S SO MANY THINGS 
HAPPENING ON THE SPACE STATION, 
WHETHER IT'S THIS MISSION, BUT 
DOWN THE ROAD, MORE FACILITIES 
ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO THE 
STATION.
INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE N.I.H.s, 
COMPANIES THAT WANT TO TAKE 
ADVANTAGE OF THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION, INCLUDING WITH 
THIS LAUNCH, AS WELL AS THINGS 
HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE. 
>> SKY'S THE LIMIT, PATRICK. 
>> MAYBE EVEN BEYOND THAT. 
>> WELL, THANK YOU.
>>> WE ARE NOW JUST MINUTES FROM
LAUNCH.
LET'S HEAD BACK OVER TO THE 
MISSION DIRECTOR CENTER TO GET 
AN UPDATE FROM MARIE AND 
DARRELL. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
I'M HERE WITH MARIE LEWIS.
I'M DARRELL NAYLE, AND WE ARE GO
FOR LAUNCH ACROSS ALL WEATHER 
CRITERIA, SO THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.
NOW, WE'RE JUST WATCHING AND 
WAITING FOR THE COUNT.
WE'RE SITTING AT 5:22 UNTIL 
LIFTOFF. 
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND, OF COURSE, THE PRIMARY 
OBJECTIVE IS TO GET THAT CARGO 
DRAGON INTO THE CORRECT ORBIT, 
AND IT ACCOMPLISHES THAT ON 
THIS.
THE FALCON HAS NINE MERLIN 
ENGINES THAT PRODUCE 1.6 MILLION
TONS OF THRUST.
THAT'S THE REALLY COOL PART 
ABOUT HOW DRAGON GETS UP TO 
SPACE STATION, BUT THERE'S SOME 
REALLY COOL STUFF HAPPENING IN 
THE MEANTIME BLACK -- BACK 
CLOSER TO EARTH. 
>> YEAH.
YOU CAN SEE THE DRAGON SHOT, 
CLOSER UP WITH THE ROCKET.
IT ACTUALLY HAS TWO 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
BADGES ON IT.
IT'S BEEN TO THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION TWICE, SO PRETTY, 
YOU'LL SEE A THIRD SOON.
RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 
SPACEX MISSION CONTROL CENTER IN
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA, WHERE 
BUT THERE'S THENCH ON THE .
GROUND, AND YOU CAN SEE THE 
GASEOUS OXYGEN AT THE BOTTOM.
THE NEAT THING ABOUT THIS 
BOOSTER IS IT'S COMING BACK TO 
LAND.
AND THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE 
GASEOUS OXYGEN AT THE TOP.
WE'RE SET FOR LAUNCH. 
>> AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE SAW THAT
TOP LUNCH BACK -- LURCH BACK 
EVER SO SLIGHTLY FOR LAUNCH 
BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT THREE 
MINUTES AWAY FROM LIFTOFF.
IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING BECAUSE 
THESE ARE GOING TO BE THE 
HIGHEST WINDS THEY'VE EVER 
RECORDED AT THE LANDING SITE. 
>> IT'S STILL WITHIN LIMITS FOR 
IT TO LAND, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE
BLOWING WHEN IT COMES DOWN.
WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO HAVE 
CAMERAS, SPACEX CAMERAS ON THE 
BOOSTER ITSELF, SO WE'LL BE ABLE
TO SEE ON THE GROUND, IT COME 
CK.
WE'RE 
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SPACEX HAS
BEEN EXCITED ABOUT THEIR 
SPACECRAFT AHEIR ROCKETS.
T-MINUS 1:22 AND COUNTING.
AT THIS POINT, THEY'VE GOT THE 
PROPELLANTS ALMOST FULLY LOADED.
THEY'RE GOING TO PRESSURIZE 
THOSE, AND THEN, THEY'RE GOING 
TO LET THAT FLIGHT COMMAND 
COMPUTER TAKE OVER HERE IN JUST 
>> AND WE SHOULD HEAR THAT GO 
FOR LAUNCH IN JUST ABOUT 15 
SECONDS.
>> DRAGON IS IN START OF.
>> DRAGON IS GO FOR LAUNCH. 
>> SO THERE YOU HEARD IT.
>> T-MINUS 30 SECONDS. 
>> ALL SYSTEMS ARE GREEN.
>> T-MINUS 15 SECONDS.
TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX, 
FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE, 
ZERO.
AND LIFTOFF OF THE FALCON-9 
ROCKET AND CARGO DRAGON OF THE 
FINAL FLIGHT OF THE DRAGON ONE 
SPACECRAFT TO LEAD DISCOVERY AND
CREW CARGO IN SPACE. 
>>OW IT'S GOING TO GET IN 
POSITION FOR ITS PROPER DESCENT 
INTO ORBIT.
THE FALCON-9 IS LOOKING GOOD, 2 
MILLION POUNDS OF THRUST AS IT 
GOES INTO SPACE.
>> COMING UP IN JUST A FEW 
SECONDS, IT WILL EXPERIENCE ITS 
MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FORCE ON THE 
ROCKET.
THAT WILL HAPPEN AT 1:18.
>> FALCON-9 IS SUPER SONIC. 
>> IT'S GOING FASTER THAN THE 
SPEED OF SOUND. 
>> AND ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE 
MAXIMUM DYNAMIC PRESSURE. 
>> IT'S EXPERIENCING MAXIMUM 
DYNAMIC PRESSURE. 
>> AND THERE YOU GO.
BEAUTIFUL SHOT RIGHT THERE AS IT
GOES INTO SPACE.
>> NOW IN LESS THAN A MINUTE, WE
OULD HEAR CONFIRMATION OF MAIN
ENGINE CUTOFF.
SO FAR, LOOKING GREAT. 
>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH.
>> NOW, THERE WILL BE A RAPID 
CONCESSION OF EVENTS COMING UP 
IN JUST A BIT.
AS MARIE NOTED, WE'LLAVE THE 
FIRST STAGE ENGINE CUTOFF, 
FOLLOWED BY A SEPARATION, AND 
THAT SECOND STAGE WILL BE 
STARTING.
THAT WILL ALL HAPPEN IN A MATTER
OF TEN SECONDS OR SO.
>> THERE'S A GREAT SHOT OF THOSE
MERLIN-D ENGINES GETTING READY 
TO SHUT OFF.
AND THERE THEY GO.
>> STAGE SEPARATION CONFIRMED. 
>> ALL RIGHT.
THE FIRST STAGE IS LOOSE, AND IT
IS N FALLING BACK TO EARTH.
AND THERE YOU SEE THE SECOND 
STAGE.
ENGINE HAS STARTED.
>> ANOTHER 210,000 POUNDS OF 
THRUST PROPELLING DRAGON INTO 
ORBIT. 
>> THERE'S A SHOT FROM THE 
BOOSTER AS IT'S FALLING AWAY.
SO FAR, EVERYTHING WITH REGARDS 
TO THIS FLIGHT IS LOOKING 
NOMINAL, WHICH MEANS IT'S 
PERFORMING AS EXPECTED.
YOU SEE THE SPLIT SCREEN ON YOUR
RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
YOU HAVE THE SPLIT STAGE ENGINE.
ON YOUR LEFT SIDE, YOU HAVE THE 
BOOSTER, AND BRIEFLY, I BELIEVE 
WE SAW PART OF THE NOSE CONE 
COMING OUT. 
>> AND AGAIN, THE BOOSTER IS 
HEADED BACK TOWARDS CAPE 
CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, 
WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO ATTEMPT 
TO LAND THIS BOOSTER AT LANDING 
ZONE ONE HERE.
BEGINS IN ABOUTREE MINUTES  
NOW FOR THAT BOOSTER.
AND HERE, WE'RE LOOKING AGAIN AT
THE SECOND STAGE ENGINE 
PROPELLING DRAGON TOWARDS ORBIT.
>> WE WERE REALLY WATCHING 
CLOSELY, LISTENING CLOSELY TO 
THE WEATHER REPORTS TONIGHT, BUT
SO FAR, ALL THINGS NOMINAL. 
THEY HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE 
WIND DOWN ON THE GROUND.
LIFTED RIGHT OFF THERE.
NO PROBLEMS, FIRST STAGE.
NOW, FIRST STAGE IS FALLING BACK
TO EARTH, AND THE SECOND STAGE 
IS CARRYING DRAGON ONWARDS IN 
IISSION TO EVENTUALLY MEET 
UP WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION.
WE ARE NOW 4:45 INTO FLIGHT.
YOU SEE THE SPLIT SCREEN THERE.
EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL FOR 
DRAGON AND THE BOOSTER SO FAR.
>> COMING UP IN JUST A MINUTE, 
THIS'LL BE THE FIRST STAGE ENTRY
BURN.
THIS WILL SLOW THE BOOSTER AND 
GET IT INTO POSITIO SO THAT IT 
CAN LAND. 
>> AND I THINK WE HEARD SHIVA 
SAY EARLIER, IF THEY DO THIS 
SUCCESSFULLY, IT WILL BE THE 
50th LANDING OF A SPACEX 
BOOSTER, WHICH IS A BIG NUMBER. 
>> THEY'VE GOTTEN REALLY 
CONSISTENT AT BEING ABLE TO LAND
THESE BOOSTERS, BUT IT'LL BE 
TEREST.
 -- INTERESTING.
WE KNOW WE'VE GOT 20 TO 25 MILES
PER HOUR WINDS.
AS YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND STAGE 
BURNING THERE, DRAGON IS 
EXPECTED TO RENDEZVOUS WITH THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
RIGHT AROUND MONDAY EVENING.
>> AND THIS'LL BE THE 19th TIME 
THEY'VE LANDED A BOOSTER ON 
LAND.
THE REST OF THE LANDINGS, 
THEY'VE LANDED THEM ON ONE OF 
THEIR DRONE SHIPS OUT AT SEA, SO
AGAIN, HOPING THEY'LL BE ABLE TO
DO THAT EVEN WITH THE WINDS.
WE SHOULD HAVEHAT FIRST STAGE 
ENTRY BEGINNING ANY MOMENT NOW.
>> AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE 
GATHERED LOCALLY, MAKE SURE YOU 
KEEP AN EAR OUT FOR THE DOUBLE 
SONIC BOOM, WHEN THE BOOSTER 
COMES BACK AND BREAKS THE SPEED 
OF SOUND.
ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR 
SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE WINGS 
ARE OUT FOR THE ENTRY LEVEL 
BURN.
SO THEY'VE SHUTDOWN THE ENTRY 
BURN, EVERYTHING LOOKING GREAT 
SO FAR.
OF COURSE THAT WENT ACCORDING TO
MISSION. 
>> ALL RIGHT.
THAT DOES IT FOR OUR PORTION OF 
THE MISSION.
WE'RE NOW GOING TO TOSS IT OVER 
TO SHIVA AT SPACEX HEADQUARTERS 
IN HORNE, CALIRNIA. 
>> THANKS, YS.
SO COMING UP IN ABOUT 15 
SECONDS, WE HAVE OUR LANDING 
BURN.
FALCON-9 STAKES A SERIES OF 
THREE BURNS TO DO THAT LANDING.
[Applause]
>> NOW IT'S COMING UP ON THE 
ENTRY BURN, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE
HAVE GOOD IGNITION.
THIS ONLY LIGHTS UP THE CENTER 
MERLIN ENGINE, AND SHORTLY 
AFTER, THE FOUR LANDING LEGS 
WILL DEPLOY.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT-HAND 
SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN THE GRID 
LEGS.
THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF 
FALCON AS IT'S COMING BACK TO 
LANDING ZONE ONE.
KEEPEYE OUT FOR DEPLOY.
[Cheers and Applause]
>> I'M HEARING A LOT OF SOUNDS 
BEHIND ME.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MAY HAVE 
TOUCHED DOWN.
BEAUTIFUL.
AND THAT IS CONFIRMATION, THAT 
IS THE 50th SUCCESSFUL LANDING 
OF A FALCON-9 FIRST STAGE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE 
SPACEX TEAM.
NOW REAL QUICK HERE, AND YOU CAN
SEE THIS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE,
THE SECOND STAGE IS GOING TO 
HAVE SHUTDOWN OF ITS NVAC 
ENGINE.
SO THERE'S THE CALLOUT.
EXPECTING A CALLOUT ON THE NET 
SHORTLY, AND SHORTLY AFTER, THE 
GUIDANCE TEAM WILL LET US KNOW 
IF THE SECOND STAGE -- AND 
THERE'HAT CALLOUTR THE 
NOMINAL ORBIT INSERTIONS.
THAT MEANS WE'RE READY FOR THE 
NEXT STEP, WHICH IS DEPLOYMENT 
OF DRAGON FROM THE TOP OF THE 
SECOND STAGE.
NOW ONCE DRAGON DEPLOYS FROM THE
SECOND STAGE, THERE'S THAT 
CAMERA VIEW ACTUALLY LOOKING UP 
INTO DRAGON'S TRUNK.
DRAGON CARRIES TWO KINDS OF CAR 
GO, PRESSURIZED AND 
UNPRESSURIZED.
UNPRESSURIZED WITHIN THE CARGO, 
AND PRESSURIZED WITHIN THE 
>> DRAGON ONE SEPARATION 
CONFIRMED.
[Cheers and Applause]
>> THERE IS DRAGON DRAGON FLOAT 
AWAY.
ON THE SIDES OF DRAGON, YOU CAN 
SEE THE PROTECTION OF THE SOLAR 
ARRAYS.
THOSE ARRAYS PRODUCE MORE THAN 
FIVE KILOWATTS OF POWER WHILE 
IT'S MAKING ITS WAY TOWARDS THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH LEAH FOR 
DEPLOY.  OF THE SOLAR ARRAY 
>> THANKS, SHIVA.
CONGRATULATIONS ON 50th.
WE'VE GOT CONFIRMATION AND VIEWS
OF THE SECOND STAGE SEPARATION, 
AND IF YOU LOOK INSIDE DRAGON'S 
TRUNK FLOATING TOWARDS THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, YOU
MAY HAVE GOTTEN A VIEW OF THE 
UNPRESSURIZED PAY LOAD.
THATILL SERVE AS AN EXPERIMENT
PLATFORM, AND IT WILL SIT ON A 
UNIQUE SPOT IN THE SPACE STATION
WHERE IT HAS AN UNOBSTRUCTED FEW
OF EARTH AND SPACE.
AND THE NEXT STAGE WILL BE THE 
SOLAR ARRAY DEPLOY ON TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE'LL SEE 
A SOLAR ARRAY DEPLOY ON DRAGON, 
BECAUSE THE NEW CRS-2 VEHICLE, 
THE SOLAR ARRAYS ARE INSTEAD 
WRAPPED AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF 
THE TRUNK.
ALONG ITS ARRIVAL TO THE SPACE 
STATION, IT WILL JOIN A SOYUZ 
SPACECRAFT AND NORTHROP 
GRUMMAN'S CIGNA TWO SPACECRAFT.
WE ARE GOING TO STAND BY, 
AWAITING FHE CALL.
>> SYSTEM HAS SUCCESSFULLY 
PRIMED, AND ALL SYSTEMS REPORT 
READY FOR FIRING.
>> AND THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE 
SOLAR ARRAYS BEGINNING TO 
DEPLOY.
GS ARE LNG GOOD FOR 
DRAGON.
WE'LL STAND BY FOR AUDIO 
CONFIRMATION.
>> DRAGON'S SOLAR ARRAYS FROM 
SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED AND ARE 
READY FOR ACTIVATION. 
>> AND THERE YOU HAVE IT.
DRAGON WILL BEGIN PULLING ENERGY
FROM THE SUN FOR TRAVEL TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE ARE GOING T TAKE A MOMENT 
 TALK WITH KENNY TODD, 
OPERATIONS AND INTEGRATION 
MANAGER FOR THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, 
KENNY. 
>> IT'S MY PLEASURE.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 
>> SO WE MENTIONED THIS IS THE 
END OF THE CRS-1 CONTRACT.
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THE 
CRS-2?
>> WELL, WE LEARNED A LOT WITH 
THE FIRST CRS SPACECRAFT.
WHEN WE WENT INTO THE FIRST CRS 
CONTRACT, WE BUILT IN SOME 
THINGS WITH ADDITIONAL 
FLEXIBILITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS WITH CRS-2, 
WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER 
LOCKER PAY LOAD CAPABILITY.
A LOT OF SCIENCE, THE HIGH VALUE
SCIENCE WE FLY IS ASSOCIATED 
WITH SOME OF OUR BIOLOGICAL 
SAMPLES, AND OUR ABILITY TO FLY 
MORE OF THOSE ALLOWS US TO 
SUPPORT MORE USERS ON THE GROUND
WITH A LOT MORE INVESTIGATIONS 
IN THE BIOMEDICAL AREA.
AGAIN, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S MORE SCIENCE THAT WE CAN 
GET TO ORBIT TO HELP 
COMMUNITIES, AND MORE SCIENCE 
THAT WE CAN RETURN, TOO.
IN ADDITION, ONE THING THAT 
YOU'LL NOTICE IF YOU'VE WATCHED 
SPACEX DRAGON LAUNCHES AND 
CAPTURES IN THE PAST IS WE WON'T
BE CAPTURING ANYMORE.
THEY'LL BE DOCKING, AND AGAIN, 
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CAPABILITY 
AS T SAME DRAGON 2 SPACECRAFT
ALSO DOCKS TO THE SPACE STATION,
SO AGAIN, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT 
CHANGE IN HOW WE'LL DO OUR 
INTEGRATED OPERATIONS BETWEEN 
THE SPACECRAFT AND THE DRAGON.
AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE 
LANDINGS IN THE PAST, THEY 
HAPPENED IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, 
AND AS A RESULT, IT TAKES ONE, 
SOMETIMES TWO DAYS FOR THE BOAT 
IT RETRIEVE THE DRAGON AND 
ACTUALLY GET IT BACK TO PORT AND
IN THE HANDS OF SOME OF THESE 
INVESTIGATORS.
SO WITH THESE DRAGON TWO, 
THEY'LL LAND IN THE ATLANTIC, 
THAT'LL ALLOW US TO GET THE 
CRAFT BACK IN THE INVESTIGATORS'
HANDS MUCH QUICKER. 
>> DEFINITELY ALL THINGS TO BE 
EXCITED ABOUT, MOVING FORWARD 
AND MAKING THINGS EVEN BETTER.
SO COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY MISSIONS 
AREN'T THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE
WORKING ON WITH SPACEX.
WE ARE ALSO PREPARING TO LAUNCH 
AMERANS FROM AMERICAN SOIL ON 
AMERICAN ROCKETS FOR THE FIRST 
TIME SINCE 2011.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW SPACEX 
HAS HELPED THESE SPACE MISSIONS?
>> SURE.
THE FIRST THING WE HAD TO LEARN 
HOW TO DO WAS HOW TO BUILD A 
SPACECRA AND GET IT IN LOW 
EARTH ORBITING AND GET IT BACK 
ON THE GROUND.
THE FIRST CONTRACT WAS HUGE IN 
HELPING THEM TO ESTABLISH THAT 
CONFIDENCE THAT THEY COULD GET 
THEIR SPACECRAFT, GET IT TURNED 
BACK AROUND AND GET IT ON ORBIT 
AND GET IT HOME AGAIN, SO 
GETTING THAT CADENCE IS VERY 
IMPORTANT.
TO OPERATE, BEING AN OPERATIONS 
HERE JUST LIKE AT MISSION 
CONTROL HOUSTON.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO STANDUP 
THEIR OWN OPERATIONS TEAM, AND 
THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT 
CAPABILITY THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO 
CARRYOVER AS THEY STEP UP TO THE
CREWED MISSIONS.
SO THE -- THE ABILITY JUST TO --
TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN DO THIS 
JOB, THEY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE 
THAT THEY BUI WITH THIS -- 
WITH ALL THESE CARGO MISSIONS, 
AND SO WHILE IT'S A TOTALLY 
DIFFERENT VEHICLE, THERE'S A LOT
OF SIMILARITIES, THERE'S A LOT 
OF THE SAME COMPONENTS THEY'RE 
CARRYING OVER INTO THAT 
SPACECRAFT, AND THEY CAN DO THAT
WITH SOME LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE, 
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE READY 
TO GO. 
>> AND ONCE DRAGON ARRIVES 
MONDAY MORNING, THERE WILL BE 
THREE CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT NEW VEHICLE
EXPLORATIONS ARE GOING TO LOOK 
LIKE WITH THE NEW UNLOADS AND 
THE CREW MEMBERS?
>> SURE.
IT'LL BE A BIT OF A SPRINT FOR 
THE NEXT FEW WEEKS OR SO FOR THE
CREW MEMBERS UNTIL THEY LAUNCH.
WHEN YOU GET A DRAGON ON BOARD, 
IT IS ABOUT A FOUR-WEEK SPRINT 
FROM BEGINNING TO END, BUT WITH 
THREE CREW, IT'S EVEN A LITTLE 
BIT MORE OF A SITUATION WHERE 
THEY'RE HAVING TO MANAGE 
THEMSELVES, WE'RE HAVING TO HELP
MANAGE THE SCHEDULES FOR THEM 
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T, YOU
, TIRE THEM TOO MUCH SO 
THAT THEY'RE READY TO DO ALL OF 
THE THINGS NECESSARY FOR THAT 
PARTICULAR MISSION.
BUT ANY WAY, YEAH, THIS 
PARTICULAR MISSION, TOWARDS THE 
END OF IT, WE'LL ALSO START TO 
FLOW IN SOME OF OUR REGULAR 
ACTIVITIES FOR JESSICA AND DREW.
SO AROUND THE FIRST OF APRIL, 
THINGS ARE GOING TO GET REALLY 
DYNAMIC TO WRAP UP THIS MISSION,
AND GET JESSICA AND DREW READY 
TO COME UP, AND THE NEW MISSION 
WITH CASSIDY WILL BE READY.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, BUT
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THEALL
AND MAKE SURE THE CREW GETS 
RESTED SO THEY CAN GET THE WORK 
THEY NEED TO GET DONE.
FUTURE RESEARCH SITES ARE 
FANTASTIC.
WE ONLY HAVE CERTAIN SITES ON 
THE STATION THAT WE CAN PUT 
EXPERIMENTS ON.
OUR EUROPEAN COLLEAGUES, THEY'RE
STEPPING INTO THE COMMERCIAL 
MARKET WITH THE LAUNCH OF THIS 
PLATFORM, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED 
ABOUT IT FROM AN OVERALL STATION
PARTNERSHIP PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE 
IT BRINGS PARTNERSHIP TO THE 
STATION, BUT WE'RE EXCITED FOR 
OUR EUROPEAN COLLEAGUES BECAUSE 
THEY'RE IESTED IN CONTINUING
THIS GROWTH INTO THIS COMMERCIAL
LOW-EARTH ORBIT ECONOMY THAT 
WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GROW AS 
SPACE-FARING NATIONS AS PART OF 
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
WE THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A 
GREAT THING FOR EVERYONE WHO IS 
INTERESTED IN GETTING LOW-EARTH 
ORBITS ESPECIALLY WITH THIS 
PLATFORM THAT'S ON STATION.
IT'S, AGAIN, ALL-AROUND GOOD FOR
THE PARTNERSHIP AND CERTAINLY 
GOOD FOR THE COLLEAGUES. 
>> AN ALL-AROUND GOOD LAUNCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT, KENNY. 
>> YEAH.
MY PLEASURE. 
>> WE ARE EXPECTING DRAGON TO 
ARRIVE AT THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION VERY EARLY MONDAY 
MORNING.
AS KENNY MENTIONED, IT WILL BE 
THE LAST TIME THAT DRAGON NEEDS 
TO BE GRAPPLED AND JOINED TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WITH ALL OF THAT, WE WILL TOSS 
IT BACK TO TAMMY AT KENNEDY 
SPACE CENTER, EVERYTHING LOOKING
GOOD AT MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.
>> THANKS, LISA.
SHIVA OUT IN CALIFORNIA, YOU 
LOOK PRETTY EXCITED.
CAN YOU TELL US HOW THE LAUNCH 
WENT TONIGHT?
WE HEARD A LOT OF SCREAMS. 
>> YEAH.
THERE'S PROBABLY STILL A GOOD 50
PEOPLE OUT HERE.
THERE WERE M 100 OR 200 
PEOPLE OUT HERE EARLIER.
WE HAD A GOOD LAUNCH AT 11:50 
P.M. EASTERN.
IT LAUNCHED FROM SPACE COMPLEX 
40.
THIS WAS ALSO OUR FINAL CRS 
MISS USINGHE FIRST VERSION 
OF DRAGON, AND BEGINNING WITH 
THE NEXT MISSION, WE WILL BE 
FLYING THE NEW VERSION OF DRAGON
THAT'S CAPABLE OF CARRYING 
PEOPLE ON BOARD.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE MAKING
OUR WAY TOWARDS THE SPACE 
STATION.
WE'RE PLANNING TO ARRIVE AT THE 
STATION ON MARCH 9 AT ABOUT 
7:00 A.ASTERN TIME.
THE ASTRONAUTS ABOARD WILL THEN 
CAPTURE DRAGON IN A PROCESS 
CALLED BERTHING USING THE 
STATION'S ROBOTIC ARM, AND THEN 
ONCE DRAGON IS SAFELY DOCKED 
WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION, THEY'LL UNLOAD ABOUT 
5500 POUNDS OF SUPPLIES AND 
CARGO FOR THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION.
DRAGON IS GOING TO SPEND ABOUT 
FOUR WEEKS THERE BEFORE IT COMES
BACK TO EARTH.
THIS WAS SPACEX'S 50th RECOVERY.
ALL IN ALL, JUST A FANTASTIC 
MISSION.
REALLY WANT TO THANK FRIENDS
AT NASA, AND THE AIR FORCE, AND 
THE FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION, AND ALL OUR 
FRIENDS TONIGHT WHO PUT IN THE 
EFFORT FOR TONIGHT'S LAUNCH.
AND A BIG CONGRATULATIONS FOR 
THE SPACEX AND NASA TEAMS WHO 
DEVELOPED AND SUPPORTED THE 
FIRST VERSION OF DRAGON.
ALL THAT HARD WORK HAS REALLY 
PAVED THE WAY FOR THE UPCOMING 
ASTRONAU LATER ON THIS YEAR.
SO WITH THAT, BACK TO YOU, 
TAMMY. 
>> THANKS, SHIVA, AND 
CONGRATULATIONS.
AND THAT'S GOING TO WRAP UP OUR 
COVERAGE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT 
NASA.GOV/SON OR 
NASA.GOV/SPACEX.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH ANOTHER 
STUNNING LOOK AT TONIGHT'S 
LAUNCH.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, EVERYONE, 
AND GO CRS-20, AND GO 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
GOOD NIGHT.
>> T-MINUS 15 SECONDS.
>> -- EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX, FIVE, 
FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE, ZERO.
AND LIFTOFF OF THE FALCON-9 
ROCKET AND CARGO DRAGON ON THE 
FINAL FLIGHT OF THE DRAGON1 
SPACECRAFT, TAKING LEAD TO 
DISCOVERY AND TAKE CREW AND 
SPACECRAFT TO E.
D
CREW CARGO IN SPACE. 
>> NOW IT'S GOING TO GET IN 
POSITION FOR ITS PROPER DESCENT 
INTO ORBIT.
THE FALCON-9 IS LOOKING GOOD, 2 
MILLION POUNDS OF THRUST AS I
