>>> WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE FROM 
NETTI. HOW MANY SEATS ARE IN 
THERE. 
>> THERE ARE ACTUALLY -- I JUST 
WANT TO HIT IN THERE. FOUR TEARS
THERE AVAILABLE. WE WILL BE 
UTILIZING ALL FOUR SEATS ON THE,
WHAT MISSION, LUNCH LATER THIS 
YEAR. CURRENTLY TARGETED FOR 
SEPTEMBER. RIGHT NOW, BOB AND 
DOUG ARE ONLY OCCUPYING TWO OF
THEM AS THIS IS A DEMONSTRATION 
MISSION. SO YOU, WE WILL BE 
UTILIZING ALL FOUR OF THE SEATS 
IN FUTURE MISSIONS. AT THE RIGHT
NOW, I BELIEVE IT WAS ON THE 
LUNCH PORTION OF THE MISSION ONE
OF THE SEATS WAS OCCUPIED BY 
TREMOR, IF YOU HAVE BEEN 
FOLLOWING ALONG IS THE SECRET 
DINOSAUR THAT WAS VOTED ON BY 
THE TWO. SONS FROM BOB AND DOUG 
AS WHAT SHOULD BE THE ZERO 
INDICATORS. SO TREMOR WAS 
STRAPPED INTO THE A SEAT DURING 
ASCENT AND WHEN THEY GOT THE 
OKAY TO RELEASE HIM, FLOWING 
INTO THE CAPSULE, AND, YOU KNOW,
GIVE US A SECRET GLORY THERE AND
THE EDGE OF SPACE. 
>> ALL RIGHT. WILL, AGAIN, JUST 
ANOTHER TIME HECK AS WE ARE 
COMING UP ON THESE. WE'RE JUST A
LITTLE OVER 20 MINUTES FROM THE 
START OF ALL OF OUR SEQUENCING 
STARTING. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT 
THAT TO PLAY PICK UP IN ABOUT 
248 AS WE WILL START GETTING 
INTO THE ATTITUDE FOR TRUNK 
SEPARATION. AND THEN WE START 
BASICALLY EXECUTING A BUNCH OF 
STEPS THAT ARE GOING TO COME IN.
>> YEAH, WE ARE LOOKING FOR TO 
THOSE. IT WILL BE QUITE THE 
JOURNEY. NOW, OF COURSE, WITH 
RESPECT TO THE ALBERT BURN, BOB 
AND DOUG WILL REMAIN IN THEIR 
SEATS AND STOPPED IN FOR THE 
ENTIRE DURATION. EFFECT, THEY 
WON'T BE ANYTHING TO PROCEED 
UNTIL THEY ARE BEING -- UNTIL 
THEY ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS OR EXIT
THE CAPSULE. AFTER IT HAS/DONE 
AND RECOVERED OUT OF THE OCEAN 
AND SAFELY RESTING IN THE 
BUSINESS OF THE RECOVERY VESSEL.
THAT'S NOT NEXT TO THE QUESTION 
IS FROM BRETT. THE QUESTION IS, 
WHAT IS THE ORIENTATION OF THE 
ASTRONAUTS SEATED IN DO THEY 
FACED THE FRONT OR THE TOP OF 
THE CAPSULE AND TO THEY FIND IT 
COMFORTABLE? RED CRESCENT THERE.
IN THE VIEWS THAT WE JUST HAD A 
COUPLE MINUTES AGO, THEY WERE --
I GUESS WE WILL CALL THE CLIENT 
POSSESSION. THEY WERE FACING 
TOWARD THE TOP OF THE CAPSULE. 
DURING THE LAUNCH VERSION, 
WHENEVER THEY WERE ACTUALLY 
GETTING INTO THE CAPSULE, BACK 
IN LATE MAY, YOU SEE WERE 
ACTUALLY IN THE DOWN POSITION 
WHERE THEY WERE FACING TOWARDS 
THE HATCH.
>> 10, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX, 
FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE. 
ZERO. LIFT OFF. THE FALCON 9 AND
CRUDE DRAGON. 
GODSPEED, BOB AND DOUG.
 7 7
>> TWO. AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ARE 
SCHEDULED TO SPLASH OFF THE 
COAST OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.
BOB BEHNKEN AND DOUG HURLEY ARE 
ABOUT THE SpaceX CREW "DRAGON"  
IT THE DELIVERING AMERICAN 
ASTRONAUTS TO THE ISS. THIS IS 
THE SECOND TEST FLIGHT BEING IN 
THAT WAY FOR NASA TO TESTIFY THE
SpaceX SYSTEM TO CARRY CREWS TO 
THE STATION. IS A SPECIAL -- 
FROM THE "WASHINGTON POST". I'M 
LIBBY CASEY. WELCOME. IT COMES 
WITH A LOT OF  PRESSURE AND 
THINGS TO REMARKABLE SEISMIC. 
GET, SO MUCH OF THE TIME LINE 
DEPENDS ON SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF 
ANYONE'S CONTROL, THE WEATHER. 
THE CAPSULE CAN'T LET IN RAIN OR
LENDING IT CAN'T WENT IF THERE 
ARE BIG WAVES OR EVEN WITH ABOUT
10 MILES PER HOUR. TO GET THIS 
IMAGE. THIS WAS TREATED FROM 
SPACE. IT IS THE PATH OF 
TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS. TROUBLE 
BETWEEN CUBA AND THE BAHAMAS. 
CLOCKING NEARLY 75 MILES AN HOUR
AS IT PASSED PUERTO RICO. 
MERCHANT LOOKING AT YOUR WINDOW 
AND SEEING THAT THE KNOWING 
YOU'RE GOING TO
ATTEMPT A LANDING. NOT TOO FAR 
FROM THAT PATTER TODAY, WE HAVE 
SOME GUESTS WITH US WHO KNOW 
WHAT IT IS LIKE TO LOOK AT THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. THE
REMARKABLE. ON 80 THAT WE ARE 
LOOKING AT THE START OF ONLY 
FITTING THAT WE ARE JOINED BY. 
WITH ME NOW, NASA IS NOT AN 
MEMBER OF THE COMMERCIAL,. ALSO,
ALLEN, DIRECTOR OF THE 
NIXONIAN'S NATIONAL AIR AND 
SPACE MUSEUM. THANKS SO MUCH TO 
THE ALL OF YOU. FOR BEING WITH 
US. SO BOB AND DOUG, WE CALL 
THEM BOB AND DOUG NOW. WE HAVE 
BEEN WATCHING THE LAST FEW 
MONTHS THERE. THE FOOTWORK ON 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE ALL KNOW THEM. YOU ACTUALLY 
DO KNOW THEM YOU HAVE BEEN 
WATCHING ALL THE WORK THEY HAVE 
BEEN DOING IN ANTICIPATION OF 
THE STAY. IS ON YOUR MIND THIS 
MOMENT IS SO HIGH STAKES, NOT 
JUST FOR THE TECHNOLOGY TO BE 
PROVEN BUT FOR THESE TWO 
ASTRONAUTS. 
>> FOR THE QUESTION. DOES, A LOT
THAT WE ARE GETTING READY TO 
COME BACK TO EARTH. [ NO AUDIO ]
IS PROBABLY UNDOCKING MOST OF 
THEM. I'M SURE ON THE WAY DONE. 
ALDERSON, YOU REFOCUS YOUR MIND 
AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU'RE 
GOING TO BE DOING AND MONITORING
THE SPACE CRAFT AND MAKING SURE 
THE SPACECRAFT IS DOING THE 
RIGHT THING, KNOWING THAT, YOU 
KNOW, LIKE YOU SHOWED, THE 
PICTURE THAT DOUG HAD TWEETED, 
YOU KNOW, THE
WEATHER IS A BIG FACTOR AND 
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE 
GROUND HORTHIC ABOUT THEIR FAITH
RETURN AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY
ARE GOING TO GET HOME OKAY YOU 
GOT TO BE ANTICIPATING THINGS 
MAY CHANGE. AT ANY TIME, WENT 
MANAGEMENT ON THE GROUND HAS TO 
MAKE THE HARD CALLS BUT YOU ARE 
READY FOR WELL WHATEVER THAT 
CALL IS. COMING DOWN TODAY AND 
THEN, YOU KNOW, LATER SEEING 
THEIR FAMILY MAYBE -- BUT THEY 
WILL BE READY. YOU KNOW, THEY 
ARE PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED AND 
THEY WILL BE READY TO GO BUT I'M
SURE THEY ARE SITES. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. WILL, WE WILL 
TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE 
BEEN EXPENSE IN THE LAST 24 
HOURS OR SO, WHAT WOKE THEM UP 
THIS MONEY BECAUSE THEY GOT A 
VERY WAKE-UP FIRST, WANT TO DO 
JOINT MIKE COLLEAGUES. JOINING 
US FROM THE "WASHINGTON POST" 
STUDIOS. HE HAS CHRONICLED THE 
RETURN TO SPACE FOR YEARS BUT HE
WROTE ABOUT COMPETITION IN 
SPACE, THIS., GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
YOU KNOW YOU ARE DOING DOUBLE 
DUTY TODAY WORKING WITH 
DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE CHANNEL AS
WELL AS A SPARK I WANT YOU TO 
TAKE US THROUGH WHAT WE ARE 
GOING TO BE WATCHING OVER THE 
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
WHAT ARE THE ASTRONAUTS DOING 
NOW, AND WHAT ARE THE CRUCIAL 
STEP THEY WILL BE GOING TO? 
>> YEAH, A, LA BE. IT IS GREAT 
TO BE WITH YOU. WE'RE BUT 15 TO 
20 MINUTES AWAY FROM TWO. 
SNIFFING MOMENTS. AS YOU MAY 
HAVE HEARD NASA AND SpaceX HAS 
THAT THEY ARE A GO FOR THE 
ALBERT BURN. IS THAT PUT THAT IS
GOING TO COMMIT THEM TO LENDING.
THAT WILL TAKE THEM DOWN AND 
RAPID SUCCESS IN DOWN TO THE 
BOAT LANDING SITES. BEFORE THAT 
HAPPENS, THERE TO ADJUSTED THAT 
DRUNK. THAT IS THE 
UNPRESSURIZED, ALMOST LIKE A 
SERVICE MODULE THAT HAS THE 
SOLAR ARRAYS, PROVIDES POWER AND
AVIONICS. HURTLING THROUGH THE 
ATMOSPHERE, YOU DON'T NEED IT 
ANYMORE. SO THEY ARE GOING TO 
JETTISON THAT AND THAT WILL BURN
UP AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT 
BIG STEP IS THOSE PARACHUTES. 
SpaceX HAS WE STRUGGLE WITH ITS 
PARACHUTES. THAT HAD TO GO AND 
UPGRADE THEM, REINFORCE THEM 
ELON MUSK IN AN INTERVIEW WITH 
HAS TOLD US THAT HE HAD GREAT, 
GREAT AND THOSE PARACHUTES. AND 
THEN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THAT 
WAS THE. AND IT IS NOT AN EASY 
THING TO DO AND WE HAVE NOT DONE
IT, YOU KNOW, SINCE THAT FINAL 
APOLLO MISSION OF HAVING A WATER
LANDING. AS IT TURNS OUT, MY 
STEPDAD WAS -- RETIRED NAVY 
CAPTAIN. HE WAS THE COMMANDING 
OFFICER OF ONE OF THOSE RECOVERY
MISSIONS DURING APOLLO. BUT THAT
SHOWS YOU HOW SERIOUS THEY TAKE 
THE WITH THE HAVE THE U.S. NAVY 
INVOLVED IN HERE YOU HAVE GOT 
THAT SpaceX'S RESPONSIBILITY. IT
IS A TEST OF HOW THEY RECOVER 
THE PEPTO AS WELL. 
>> NO, CHRIS WHAT IS THE POINT 
OF NO RETURN HERE? AT WHAT POINT
DO -- ARE WE COMMITTED TO MOVING
FORWARD? TELL US ABOUT THAT 
ASPECT OF THE TIME LINE. 
>> WE'RE, IT IS THE ORBIT BURN. 
THEY ARE SAYING THEY ARE A GO 
FOR IT. NASA SAID THAT THE WATER
IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WAS LIKE 
GLASS. WINDS ARE SO IF THEY 
PROCEED WITH THAT THE ORBIT BURN
, THAT IS A. THAT IS LEAVE THAT 
POINT OF NO RETURN. THEY ARE 
COMMITTING. THEY ARE LENDING, 
AND THEY ARE COMING BACK. SO I 
WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE 
CHOICES WATER LANDING INSTEAD OF
THE LAND LANDING. AND WHY SpaceX
HAS GONE THAT ROUTE. 
>> WILL, RIGHT SpaceX INITIALLY 
ACTUALLY WANTED TO LAND ON LAND.
IT HAS ITS SUPER BREAK RULE 
THRUSTERS. THAT CAN DO A 
PROPULSIVE LANDING. THAT IS MUCH
MORE DIFFICULT TO DO AND 
OBVIOUSLY THEY DECIDED THAT THEY
WOULD JUST MAN IN THE WATER. 
WITH IT SPILL CAPSULE, THE 
STARLINER, THAT DOES LAND ON 
LAND. IT HAS GOT THE PARACHUTE. 
HAS SOLD OF A MASSIVE, ALMOST 
LIKE A AIRBAG NEEDED. AND SOFTLY
ON THE GROUND. BUT SpaceX IS 
GOING TO BE GOING TO THE WATER 
LANDING WITH THE NEXT GENERATION
VEHICLE, STARSHIP, THEY ARE 
LOOKING AT THAT BEING A 
PROPULSIVE LANDING, MEANING IT 
FIRES ITS ENGINES TO LAND ON THE
GROUND THE WAY IT 
>> THE FIRST STAGES OF ITS 
ROCKET BOOSTERS, WHICH THEY WERE
COVERED WITH A PROPULSIVE 
LANDING, LA BE. 
>> CHRIS, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING 
TODAY SO THE WITH WHAT OF 
ANTICIPATION IN TREPIDATION. 
BECAUSE THE LAST TIME YOU AND I 
TALKED ON AIR WAS FOR THE LAUNCH
OF THIS SPACECRAFT. AND I THINK 
WE ALL CAN VISUALIZE AND 
UNDERSTAND THE INHERENT DANGER 
AND ALSO THE INCREDIBLE 
TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE BEHIND 
THE LAUNCH. WHAT CAN BE WATCHING
FOR TODAY ON REOPENING. 
>> THE LUNCH GETS ALL OF THE 
ATTENTION, RIGHT? IT IS THAT BIG
VERY MOMENT WHERE THE CAPSULE 
EVENTUALLY GOES FROM SITTING ON 
THE LAUNCH PAD TO THE GOING 
17,500 MILES AN HOUR. AND IT 
TAKES AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF 
ENERGY TO THINK THAT FAST. WILL,
BUT IT CAME 
>>, ALL OF THAT ENERGY HAS TO 
COME OUT. AND YOU SEE IT DOING 
THAT IN, YOU KNOW, THE HEART OF 
THE ATMOSPHERE. IT HAS GOING TO 
GENERATE HEAT AS TEMPERATURES AS
MUCH AS 3500 DEGREES SO YOU'LL 
SEE TESTING OF THAT HEAT. 
EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT, BOB AND 
DOUG WILL BE SITTING IN THERE. 
COLE, CALM, AND COLLECTIVE. 
THERE'S, THIS FIREBALL OUTSIDE 
AROUND THEM THAT JUST SHOWS YOU 
HOW DANGEROUS THIS IS. IN FACT, 
THEY WILL LOSE A COMMUNICATIONS 
WITH THE GROUND FOR ABOUT SIX 
MINUTES ALTHOUGH THEY WON'T BE 
ABLE TO COMMUNICATE OR RELATE 
ANY DATA OR TELEMETRY. SO YOU 
LOOK FOR THAT MOMENT WHEN THEY 
CAME OUT OF THAT AND DATE 
REACQUIRE THAT SIGNAL, LIBBY. 
>> OH,, CHRIS DAVENPORT, MY 
COLLEAGUE AT THE "WASHINGTON 
POST". 
SO MUCH. WE WILL CHECK IN WITH 
YOU IN A LITTLE WHILE. THIS GO 
BACK TO MY GUESTS THROUGHOUT 
THIS AFTERNOON. SUNNY WILLAMS, 
NASA IS NOT, MEMBER OF THE 
COMMERCIAL GROUP. ALSO, THE 
DIRECTOR OF THE SMITHSONIAN AIR 
AND SPACE MUSEUM. ALLEN, HOW 
HISTORIC HAS THIS MISSION BEEN? 
HOW HISTORIC HAS THIS DAY BEEN? 
>> YOU KNOW, IT IS PROBABLY 
HISTORIC, THE BEST THAT WE HAVE 
SENT IS NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME 
LAUNCHED BY A COMMERCIAL HAVE 
ANY RATHER THAN THE BUT NASA. 
TWO. SPACEWALKS REALLY EXCITING 
MISSION. BOB AND DOUG HAVE BEEN 
UP AT THIS PETITION. THIS 
LANDING TO ME, IS JUST AS 
EXCITING AS THE LAUNCH. AS CHRIS
WAS TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE THE 
U.S. HAS NOT LANDED HUMANS IN 
THE WATER SINCE 1975. IN FACT, 
LAST WEEK I WAS UP IN OUR CENTER
IN VIRGINIA, WHICH IS NOW OPEN. 
AND -- BUT WE HAVE THE CAPSULE. 
AGAIN, THE LIGHT OF 1975. 45 
YEARS AGO WAS THE LAST TIME WE 
LANDED IN WATER. SO HUMANS AND 
WATER. THAT BEING SAID, SpaceX 
HAS BEEN BRINGING THE BOTH 
DRAGON CAPSULES AND LETTING THEM
IN WATER FOR YEARS NOW. THEY ARE
REALLY EXPERIENCE THAT IT. THEY 
ARE READY TO GO. 
>> WHAT IS VENTURING AND LETTING
LIKE? TICKETS TO THE EXPERIENCE 
OF SOMEONE WHO HAS DONE THIS 
BEFORE. THE REST OF US CAN ONLY 
IMAGINE. WELL, IT IS INTERESTING
HOW IT STARTS OUT WHAT I WOULD 
SAY, YOU KNOW,
A CALM AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE
VIDEO, RIGHT? IT DOES NOT APPEAR
TO BE ANYTHING HAPPENING. AND, 
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BURN AND 
THAT WILL CREATE A FORCE ON THE 
CREW. THEY WILL HAVE THAT 
EXPERIENCED. BUT THEY HAVE BEEN 
A COUPLE OF BURNS, REPULSIVE 
BURNS TO GET THEMSELVES READY 
FOR THIS ANY WAY TO SEPARATE 
FROM THE SPACE STATION. SO YOU 
ARE, YOU KNOW, ALL SUITED UP AND
READY TO GO. BUT IT IS A PRETTY 
WILD RIDE RIGHT FROM THAT LUNCH.
THIS ACTUALLY FEELS VERY, VERY 
GENTLE AT THE BEGINNING. BUT AS 
YOU THEN DESCEND INTO THE 
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND YOU BEGIN
TO EXPERIENCE ARROW CAPTURE 
WHICH MEANS THAT THE ATMOSPHERE 
HAS TAUGHT YOU. YOU ARE NOT 
GOING TO GO BACK OUT INTO SPACE 
OR SKIP OFF. ARE GOING TO -- YOU
ARE COMING HOME. LIKE CHRIS 
SAID, THAT IS THE COMMIT WENT. 
ONCE YOU HAVE DONE THAT, YOU ARE
SLOWING DOWN. THEN YOU START TO 
FEEL THE EFFECTS OF DRAG ON THE 
VEHICLE. AND ACTUALLY IS LIKE 
GRAVITY COMING BACK TO YOU. AND 
THAT IS KIND OF A BUMMER BECAUSE
IT HAS BEEN REALLY AWESOME 
FLOATING AROUND IN MICROGRAVITY.
VACATION FOR YOUR BODY AND IT IS
A LOT OF FUN. AND YOU START TO 
FEEL THAT DRAG AND YOU START TO 
GET PUSHED BACK INTO YOUR SEAT A
LITTLE BIT AS THE DRAG COMES ON 
ON THE VEHICLE. AND THEN ALL OF 
A SUDDEN, IN THE LAST FEW 
MINUTES, IT IS GOING TO GET VERY
EXCITING. NOW, FOR US IN THE 
SPACE SHUTTLE, YOU KNOW, AT 
50,000 FEET OR SO, THE CREW 
WOULD TAKE OVER MANUALLY. THE 
COMMANDER WOULD GRAB THE STICK 
AND TAKE IT OVER FROM THE 
COMPUTER, YOU KNOW, THE SHUTTLE 
WAS DESIGNED THE '70s AND THE 
AUTOPILOT REALLY WAS NOT CAPABLE
OF HANDLING THE RAPID DESCENT IN
THE CHANGES IN WOMEN'S AND OTHER
CONDITIONS. AND SO WE MADLY 
LANDED THE SHUTTLE. DOUG AND BOB
WILL BE MONITORING THE VEHICLE. 
BUT, YOU KNOW, FROM MY 
PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THE BIG 
MOMENT FOR THEM IS GOING TO BE 
WHEN THE PARACHUTES COME OUT. 
AND, OF COURSE, THAT IS THE 
THING THAT MATTERS THE MOST, IT 
IS ESSENTIAL TO A SMOOTH AND 
SOFTER LANDING. AND SO THAT -- 
IT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE GOING 
TO BE DEALING THAT, THOUGH'S 
FORCES. BUT THE JOLT IS GOING TO
COME WHEN THE SHOOTS COME OUT. 
CITY, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR 
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD 
TO WHAT PAM WAS
DESCRIBING ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE
OF RE-ENTRY. 
>> WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THE 
SPACECRAFT IS A LOT SMALLER THAN
THE SHUTTLE. REMEMBER HIM, 
RIGHT. THINGS HAVE BEEN ON A 
SPACE SHUTTLE. ON THE FAR END 
AND YOU CAN HEAR THEM AND YOU 
CAN FEEL THEM. BUT WHEN THEY ARE
CLOSELY I CAN IMAGINE, YOU 
REALLY FELT THE EXPLOSIONS, FOR 
EXAMPLE, WHEN THE SERVICE MODULE
CAME OFF OF THE REST OF THE 
SPACECRAFT, AND THEN, LIKE YOU 
SAID, YOU MENTIONED ALSO THE 
PARACHUTES, WHEN THE PARACHUTES 
OPEN, SHOOTS OPEN, IT IS GOING 
TO SLOW THAT SPACECRAFT THEM 
JUST OF IT. FROM MY EXPENSE, YOU
ARE STUCK IN THAT SEAT AND STRAP
YOURSELF DOWN WHEN YOU START 
FILLING THOSE ARROW FORCES 
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT IS GOING 
TO HAPPEN. I HAVE EQUATED TO 
BEING, YOU KNOW, LIKE A NUT IN A
WALNUT SHELL. AS SOON AS THE 
COACHES CAME OUT AND SORT OF 
TOSSES YOU AROUND, IF YOU WANT 
TO BE MAKE SURE YOU ARE PRETTY 
MUCH STOPPED IN
THERE PRETTY BUT AS SOON AS YOU 
START FEELING THE GRAVITY START 
TO COME ON BECAUSE THAT IS GOING
TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A WILD 
RIDE. ONCE THE MAIN PURCHASE 
CAME UP AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF A
WILD RIDE. FOR A TIME THERE. AND
THAT WILL SETTLE UP. IT WILL 
DISSIPATE AND SO YOU KNOW THAT 
THAT IS A GOOD FEELING BECAUSE 
YOU KNOW YOUR MAIN SHOOTS ARE 
IT. YOU'RE JUST SORT OF 
ANTICIPATING AND WINNING FOR 
THAT -- TODAY,/THEM. AND I'M 
SURE THEY WILL BE READY FOR 
THAT. YOU CAN SEE THEM. THEY 
HAVE HANDLES ON THEIR -- NEXT TO
THEIR BELTS ON THE SIDE THERE 
THAT THEY WILL BE HOLDING ONTO 
THE. I THINK IT WILL BE -- THEY 
WILL BE READY FOR THEM. IT WILL 
BE A LITTLE BIT OF A WILD RIDE. 
I THINK IT WILL BE FINE. BUT A 
REMINDER TO OUR AUDIENCE THAT 
SUNNY WILLAMS IS AND IS NOT AND 
SHE IS A REMEMBER OF THE 
MITCHELL KRUEGER PROGRAM. SUNNY,
YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE 
FOLLOWING SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND 
THAT GUYS WITH THE SpaceX GENE 
JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO, THEM 
INSIDE THE CAPSULE, WEARING THE 
SPACESUITS THAT ARE REALLY SO SO
DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGICALLY THEN 
WE ALL REMEMBER. YOU KNOW, WITH 
PAM PROBABLY REMEMBERS WEARING 
NOT JUST LONG AGO, REALLY. SO 
SUNI, TELL US ABOUT THE SUITS 
THAT WE ARE SEEING AND  BOB AND 
DOUG AND TELL US WHAT YOU WEAR. 
>> AT LEAST IN TECHNOLOGY AND, 
YOU KNOW, PART OF IT, THUS IT 
HAS TO DO THE SAME THING. IT HAS
TO HOLD PRESSURE SO THERE MIGHT 
BE A CASE WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE A
LEAK IN THE PRESSURE AND YOU 
WANT THAT SUIT TO BE YOUR 
BACKUP. VEHICLE
TO HOLD AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU, 
THE HUMAN, ARE OKAY THERE. SO 
THIS IS IT IS DESIGNED JUST LIKE
THE OTHER, WHERE IT IS A 
PRESSURE SUIT. STILL UNDERNEATH 
THIS NICE CLICK OUTER LAYER, 
THERE IS ACTUALLY A PRESSURE 
VEHICLE THAT CONTAINS YOU. THIS 
ONE HAS A COUPLE ZIPPERS. ONE 
THAT GOES FROM ONE ANKLE AROUND 
THE INSIDE OF YOUR LEG TO THE 
OTHER ANKLE. AND THEN THEY COME 
OVER YOUR. IT ALSO HAS ANOTHER 
ZIPPER BY THE HANDS THAT WILL 
YOUR HANDS IN AND THEN IT HAS 
LIKE A MOTORCYCLE HELMET THAT 
WILL COME DOWN AND HOLD YOUR 
HELMET CLOSED. THE SUIT IS A 
LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE THE SUITS 
WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE. YOU CAN SEE
RIGHT NOW IN THE EMIN ANIMATION,
THE ZIPPER THAT CONTAINS THE 
CLOSEST CITY. IT ALSO HAS THE 
UNITED FIBER. THIS SUIT HAS A 
ZIPPER THAT ACTUALLY CLOSES YOUR
VISOR WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT 
DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING THE 
TECHNOLOGY IT DOES NOT A CLINK 
THAT WE USED TO HAVE OR WE HAD 
WITH A HELMET OR HOW THE SpaceX 
SUIT HAS THE CLICK OF THE 
ADVISERS. SO A LITTLE BIT 
DIFFERENT. THEY ARE ALL MADE TO,
AS I MENTIONED, HOLD PRESSURE 
AND KEEP YOU SAFE WITH COOLING 
AND AIR. THEY ARE CONNECTED TO 
THE SPACECRAFT AND THE 
SPACECRAFT IS PROVIDING THOSE 
THINGS FOR YOU. SO THEY ARE 
WONDERFUL SUITS. THEY ARE MADE 
OF NEW MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY 
THAT WE HAVE NOW HAD THAT WE 
HAVE NOT HAD IN THE PAST THERE 
STILL ARE PEOPLE THERE WITH 
SEWING MACHINES WHO ACTUALLY SO 
THESE SUITS AND MAKE SURE THAT 
THEY ARE FITTED TO THE PERSON 
CORRECTLY SO THAT YOU CAN 
OPERATE THEM IN EIGHT NO 
PRESSURIZED AREA AND ALSO, IF 
YOU ARE PURSE RISING, IT WILL BE
THE CASE OF, LIKE WE MENTIONED, 
YOUR SUIT MIGHT POP UP AND YOU 
STILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO 
RECOMMEND
. AND SO THIS IS A TOUGH 
CHALLENGE FOR THESE TWO 
DESIGNERS. BUT THEY HAVE DONE AN
INCREDIBLE JOB BUT I HAVE HAD 
THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH THE
FOLKS AT SpaceX. THEY HAVE BEEN 
TESTING IT. THEY ARE A GREAT 
TEAM BUT IT IS PRETTY COOL TO 
SEE SOMEONE, A COMPANY LIKE 
THAT, BRAND-NEW, COME UP WITH 
THESE NEW SUITS. BOEING IS USING
A WONDERFUL COMPANY ALSO THAT IS
DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME AS 
WELL AS THE MILITARY AND USES 
THAT MATERIAL THAT MAKES IT 
PRETTY COMPARABLE TO GET INTO. 
SO IT IS PRETTY NEAT TO SEE 
THESE NEW SPACE-AGE SUITS OUT OF
THERE. 
>>
SUNI, IT IS INCREDIBLE TO GO 
FROM THE DESIGN AND S.E.C. THEM 
IN YOU SNOW ACCUMULATION ALL THE
HOURS OF TRAINING THAT YOU DO  
BUT TO FINALLY SEE THEM ON THE 
MISSION. SOMETHING TO THE POINT 
AT, WE ARE JUST A FEW MOMENTS 
AWAY THERE FROM THAT THE AUBURN 
SECRETS START. THAT WILL INVOLVE
SEPARATING FROM THE TREND. LET'S
GO BACK TO SUNI TO ASK SUNI TO 
TELL US ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CHRIS 
TALK TO  ABOUT IT HELLO BALL. 
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE 
WATCHING HERE? WHAT ARE THE 
STEPS AND WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE
OF THIS MOMENT? 
>> YEAH, JUST LIKE YOU 
MENTIONED, THE SEQUENCE IS ABOUT
TO START? AT ONCE THE DRUM 
SEPARATES, HE WATCHED FROM. AS 
CHRIS MENTIONED, SOLAR RACE AND 
POWER. ONES THAT GOES AWAY, THEY
ARE PRETTY MUCH JUST IN THEIR 
RETURN CAPSULE. THEIR ENTRY 
CAPSULE. SO THAT IS A BIG DEAL. 
YOU KNOW, THEY ARE GOING TO BE 
WANTING TO COME HOME AND THEN 
THE SECOND THING IS THE ORBIT. 
LIKE MENTIONED, WAS THAT THE 
ORBIT BURNT HAPPENS, YOU ARE 
COMMITTED TO COME HOME BECAUSE 
YOU ARE ON A TRAJECTORY, FOR 
GRAVITY TO TAKE OVER AND BRING 
YOU TO THAT PRECISE LANDING 
SPOT. SO THOSE ARE THE
BIG 1st TO 2 BIG THINGS THAT WE 
-- THEY ARE COMING BACK TO EARTH
TODAY. HERE BEFORE THOSE THINGS 
HAPPEN, PEOPLE CAN CHANGE THEIR 
MINDS AND WE CAN MAYBE COME BACK
TO TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY. 
WHEN THOSE TWO THINGS HAPPEN, WE
ARE COMING BACK TODAY. WHAT WE 
TARGETED A LANDING ZONE. JUST 
LIKE WE CAN IN THE NEXT DYNAMIC 
IF EVENT WHERE YOU ARE SITTING 
ON THE COUCH CAPSULE, YOUR 
FINGERS ARE CROSSED. YOU WANT 
THAT OLD WOOD TO START. YOU WANT
TO FEEL THOSE PURSUITS DEPLOY 
BECAUSE YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT 
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A NICE 
STOCK WHEN.
THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT. AND SO I 
WANT TO GO TO ALLEN TO HEAR 
ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS, WHAT IS THE
SNIPPETS OF HAVING A TEST FLIGHT
BUT IT MIGHT SOUND A LITTLE 
STRANGE WHEN YOU ARE TALKING 
ABOUT HUMAN LIVES AT STAKE HERE,
NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF 
MONEY INVESTED IN THE TECHNOLOGY
BUT HUMAN LIVES. THIS HOWEVER, 
THE EVOLUTION, THE TESTING 
PROCESS TO SHOW THAT SpaceX CAN 
BE CERTIFIED BY NASA TO CRUISE 
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION. 
>> THAT IS RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IS 
BELIEVE LYING ON SpaceX AND 
EVENTUALLY GOING TO THE BE 
BRINGING IT BACK TO THE STATION 
BECAUSE WE NEED
A CRUISE UP THERE TO BE DOING 
THE RESEARCH THAT NEEDS TO BE 
DONE, THE SPACE STATIONS, TO 
HELP US TO GET READY TO RETURN 
TO THE MOON AND SENT HUMANS TO 
MARS. SO WE NEED REGULAR LIGHTS.
FROM BOTH SpaceX AND BOEING. 
THIS HAS TO BE A TEST FLIGHT 
BECAUSE, THIS IS A NEW VEHICLE. 
SO YOU WANT TO TEST OUT ALL THE 
SYSTEM, MAKE SURE THEY WERE THEY
DID THAT WITHOUT CREW. NUMEROUS 
TIMES. IN THE EARTH'S 
ATMOSPHERIC HAVE TESTED AND 
TESTED THE PARACHUTES TO MAKE 
SURE THEY ARE READY TO GO. THEY 
HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE FLYING 
IN DRAGON. NOW WITH THIS, THEY 
HAVE THE UNCOUTH
TEST FLIGHT OF THE CREW VEHICLE 
AND THAT WITH THIS FIGHT, THEY 
ALL HAVE TWO CREW MEMBERS ON 
BOARD. THE ARE REALLY GIVING IT 
THAT FINALLY SHE GOT TO MAKE 
SURE ALL THE SYSTEMS WORK THE 
WAY THEY NEED TO. 
>> AND THE THE ORBIT SEQUENCE 
HAVE BEEN GIVEN. SO WEAR A 
LADDERING THE PROGRESS OF THAT. 
PAM, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOU 
TALK ALSO WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE 
AN IS NOT WHO IS ON TEST 
FLIGHTS. 
>> YEAH, I WAS THEY GET ABOUT 
THAT, LA BECAUSE YOU WERE 
TALKING ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, AS 
MY BACKGROUND IS A TEST PILOT. 
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE 
RESPONSIBILITY THERE IS 
BASICALLY THAT YOU ARE A PILOT 
WHO HAS THE RIGHT ENGINEERING 
DEGREE AND BACKGROUND TO REALLY 
UNDERSTAND THE VEHICLE. TO BE 
ABLE TO HAVE THE INSIGHT IF 
THINGS DON'T GO PERFECTLY. THE 
ABILITY TO ALSO
MAKE OBSERVATIONS. I THINK WHAT 
IS EXCITING ABOUT THIS IS, YOU 
KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HEARD ON 
LUNCH, DOUG AND BOB WERE TALKING
ABOUT, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS 
DIFFERENT. IT WAS A DIFFERENT 
EXPERIENCE. IT WAS A DIFFERENT 
EXPERIENCE THAT THE SPACE 
SHUTTLE LAUNCH. AND SO THOSE
-- THAT KIND OF INFORMATION IS 
ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. AND THAT 
IS WHITE YOU WANT TESTERS ON 
THOSE FLIGHTS. THEY HAVE THOUGHT
THROUGH A LOT OF THOSE THINGS 
BUT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT 
EXPERIENCES AND THEN THEY CAN 
SHARE SO, YOU KNOW, YOU WILL BE 
PUT IN KEYS. WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN
INTO SPACE BEFORE. ON THESE 
VEHICLES. IN THE FUTURE. AND SO 
YOU WANT SOMEBODY WHO HAS GOT 
EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE 
OUT WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO 
OPERATE, YOU KNOW, EVEN SMALL 
THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS 
THE BEST TIME TO GET IN YOUR 
SUIT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, CAN YOU 
WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE? OR 
WAS IT A LITTLE AWKWARD SHOULD 
YOU GET INTO THE SUIT EARLIER? 
OR, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF 
HUMAN ISSUES THAT ONLY SOMEBODY 
WHO IS ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH IT
CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE BEST WAY 
TO DO IT IS. AS ELLEN POINTED 
OUT, THERE'S SO MUCH HERITAGE ON
THIS VEHICLE. AND THAT IS 
WONDERFUL. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN 
SO MANY THINGS ARE DIFFERENT, 
TOO, AND THEY ARE JUST BRINGING 
IT ALL TOGETHER. 
>> WE HAVE CONFIRMATION OF THE 
CLOCK SEPARATION NOW
WE ARE STANDING BY FOR THE TRUCK
SEPARATION. TAKING YOU THROUGH 
THE TIME LINE OF EVENTS, WHAT IS
HAPPENING HERE AS WE WATCH THIS 
PROCESS UNFOLD. NOW, ELLEN, YOU 
KNOW, PART OF THIS HISTORY IS 
REPRESENTED IN THE FLAK THAT WAS
GIVEN BY CHRIS CASSIDY, WHO IS 
THE OTHER ASTRONAUT ON THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 
STILL THERE. THE COMMANDER OF 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
HE PASSED THAT ALONG TO ONE OF 
THE ASTRONAUTS. AND THAT IS 
COMING BACK DOWN TO EARTH WITH 
THEM. DO YOU HAVE THE 
SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT? 
>> NO, ACTUALLY DON'T.
I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT STORY. 
>> WELL, WE WILL TALK YOU 
THROUGH IT. IT HAS PRETTY 
REMARKABLE. IT WENT UP TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 11 
AMERICANS THE FLIGHT UP THERE. 
AND SO NOW IT IS COMING:AND THE 
QUESTION IS, OF COURSE, WHERE 
WILL IT GO NEXT? POSSIBLY TO THE
MOON AS AMERICA HAS ESSENTIALLY 
UNDERTAKEN SPACEFLIGHT AGAIN. 
AND THIS GETS BACK, ELLEN, TO 
WHAT YOU WERE TALKING
EARLIER, THE HISTORIC 
SIGNIFICANT WIND IT HAD BEEN SO 
MANY YEARS SINCE AMERICAN 
ASTRONAUT LET FROM AMERICAN SOIL
TO GO INTO ORBIT. AND OF COURSE,
ALL OF THE REMARKABLE RIGHT NOW 
BECAUSE IT IS THE START OF THE 
COMMERCIAL AND NASA VENTURE 
TOGETHER WHAT IS NASA HAVE ON 
THE LINE HERE? HOW SNIFF GET IS 
IT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 
SEND AMERICAN ASTRONAUT:WITHOUT 
HAVING TO RELY ON OTHER 
COUNTRIES? RUSSIA SPECIFICALLY 
TO GET THEM TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION? 
>> THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY 
IMPORTANT STEP FOR NASA BUT IT 
REALLY IS THAT ABILITY TO LAUNCH
ASTRONAUTS FROM THE U.S. SOIL. 
AND RELY ON MORE CREWS BECOMING 
UP TO THE SAME STATION TO GET 
THE WORK DONE TO GET US READY TO
GET BACK TO THE MOON AND ON TO 
MARS AND SO THAT STEADY RATE OF 
LUNCHES THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO 
BE ABLE TO CONDUCT CONSPIRACIES 
ON THE ISS TO MAKE SURE THE 
RIGHT EQUIPMENT IS UP THERE. IT 
IS AN IMPORTANT STEP FOR NASA. 
IT IS THE SAME TEMP NASA IS ALSO
TURNING ITS FOCUS ON TO THE, 
HOPING TO GET HUMANS BACK ON THE
WOMAN'S SURFACE OF THE MOON IN 
2024. AND KEEP IN MIND, AGAIN, 
LAST SUMMER, WE WERE CELEBRATING
THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 
FIRST LANDING ON THEM WOULD GET 
LESS TIME HUMANS WERE ON THE 
MOON WAS 1972. SO IT IS REALLY 
TIME TO GET BACK. AT NASA IS ON 
THAT PASSED. AND THIS IS JUST 
ONE OF THOSE STEPS THAT WE 
REALLY NEED TO GET STARTED 
BEFORE WE ARE GOING TO SEE NASA 
GOING ON TO THE MOON. THAT'S 
LIKE I WAS JUST MAKING A MOMENT 
AGO, GIVEN TO DOUG HURLEY,  
BECAUSE HE WAS ON THAT LAST 
SHUTTLE MISSIONS I WOULD LOVE TO
GO TO PAM TO HEAR FROM YOU, PAM 
HOW LONG DID YOU THINK THIS 
WOULD TAKE TO COME? OF COURSE, 
WE ARE STILL WAITING TO MAKE 
SURE THAT DOUG AND BOB GET HOME 
SAFELY. BUT AS AN IS NOT SOUGHT 
THE END OF THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM 
AND THEN THIS HUGE GAP IN TIME 
WHERE WE REALLY DID NOT KNOW 
WHAT WOULD BE COMING NEXT, HOW 
DID YOU ANTICIPATE THIS DATE? 
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT IS 
INTERESTING. I THINK AT THE TIME
, I DON'T THINK WE ALL THOUGHT 
IT WAS GOING TO TAKE QUITE THIS 
LONG BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME 
CHANGES, CHANGES IN POLICY. 
THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, BACK IN 
THAT TIME, THERE WERE STILL 
DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER, YOU 
KNOW, ORION WOULD BE GOING TO 
THE SPACE STATION BACK IN 2009, 
AROUND THE TIME THAT I LEFT 
NASA. AND SO JUST
KIND OF SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT 
THAT. BUT I THINK ONE OF THE 
THINGS THAT HAS REALLY EXCITING 
IS THAT THE REAL WORK GOT 
STARTED, YOU KNOW, RELATIVELY 
RECENTLY. AND THAT BEING ABLE TO
EVOLVE A CARGO VEHICLE, I THINK 
HAS PROVEN TO BE A VERY FAST 
APPROACH AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, 
MAYBE FIVE YEARS AGO, WE ALL 
WERE NOT SURE BUT, YOU KNOW, A 
LOT OF PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE. 
SO, YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK IT IS 
FANTASTIC. AND, YOU KNOW, AS 
ELLEN WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE 
IMPORTANCE OF THIS, IT ALSO 
MEANS THAT NASA IS NO CAN FOCUS 
YOUR ATTENTION ON THE MOON. AND 
ALLOWED SpaceX AND BOEING TO DO 
THIS PART OF THE WORK TO TAKE
ASTRONAUTS TO AND FROM THE SPACE
STATION. AS WILL AS CARGO TO AND
FROM THE SPACE STATION. AND, YOU
KNOW, THAT IS A REALLY GOOD 
THING FOR NASA. I THINK IT HAS 
BEEN FASTER AND LESS EXPENSIVE 
TO GO THIS WAY. AND IT IS A MUCH
HARDER THING TO GO TO THE MOON. 
AND TO GET NASA AROUND FOCUSED 
ON THE MOON AND MARS, I THINK IT
IS A GOOD THING. 
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THIS 
MISSION GOT LAUNCHED. "THE 
WASHINGTON POST" INTERVIEW 
SpaceX UNDER ELON MUSK ABOUT 
JUST WHAT HE WAS MOST CONCERNED 
ABOUT. LISTEN TO THIS. 
>> RE-ENTRY PROBABLY. OR ENTRY,
TECHNICALLY. MY CONCERN WOULD BE
THE ENTRY. COMING, THE ROCKET IS
REALLY DOING ALL OF THE SOLAR 
WORK FOR US IN. THE ROCKET HAS 
PLUMBED MANY TIMES. SO THIS 
SHOULD, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE 
ARRIVAL. IT SHOULD WORK. 
OVERALL, I THINK
I DON'T WANT TO SOUND COMPLACENT
OR ANYTHING, BUT I THINK THE 
ASSET BASE SHOULD BE -- SHOULD 
GOOD WELL. WE HAVE A MANEUVER. 
WE HAVE DONE THAT WAS BEFORE. I 
PROBABLY WORRY THE MOST ABOUT 
RE-ENTRY. 
>> THAT THOUGH ORBIT BORN HAS 
BEGUN. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE 
HEARING FROM NASA. LET'S HEAR MY
COLLEAGUE FROM "THE WASHINGTON 
POST." OKAY,
CHRIS, SO WE HAVE GOTTEN TO THIS
POINT. WHERE ARE WE IN THE 
MISSION? 
>> THIS IS THAT HEAT MOMENT, 
LIBBY, THAT FIRED THE THE ORBIT 
FOSTERS. THEY ARE COMING HOME. 
BOB AND DOUG ARE COMING HOME. 
THEY WILL HOPEFULLY LAND SAFELY 
IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. AND UNDER
AN HOUR. THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE 
THAT PLUNGED TO THE ATMOSPHERE, 
THE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO 
GET AS HIGH AS 3500 DEGREES. WE 
WILL SEE YOU THEN TEST OF THE 
HEAT SHIELD.
THEY ARE COMING HOME. 
>> CHRIS, WHAT WILL YOU BE 
WATCHING IN THE COMING HOURS. 
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PARISHES 
EARLIER. WHAT SHOULD BE ALL BE 
AWARE OF AND TO GET ABOUT 
>> FIRST UP, THEY ARE GRANTED 
THIS SIGNAL FOR ABOUT SIX 
MINUTES JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE 
BUILDING ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, AND
I WAS INTERVIEWING JERRY GRIFFIN
FOR A STORY A WEEK AGO. HE WAS A
FLIGHT DIRECTOR DURING THE 
APOLLO ERA. HE ACTUALLY WAS 
TELLING ME ABOUT DURING APOLLO 
13, WHEN THEY WERE READY FOR 
THAT ACQUISITION SO THEY COULD 
COMMUNICATE IT. ACTUALLY WENT ON
TO ANOTHER TWO-MINUTE. AND HE 
SAID, YOU COULD JUST HEAR A PIN 
DROP ADMISSION CONTROL AND I 
THINK THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO 
BE LIKE AT HAWTHORNE SpaceX 
HEADQUARTERS. IT IS GOING TO BE 
QUITE. THEY WILL THE HOLDING THE
POPE BREATH. AND THEN, YOU KNOW,
THERE IS THAT HIGH-ALTITUDE 
PLANE THAT NASA HAS. AN INFRARED
CAMERA CAME TO SEE IF IT COULD 
PICK UP THE HEAT SIGNATURE OF 
THE SPACECRAFT. THAT SHOULD BE 
ONE OF THE FIRST VIEWS WE GET. 
WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO ABOUT 
18,000 FEET, YOU WILL HAVE THOSE
SHOOTS DEPLOYED. IT PUMPS THE 
BRICKS AND THEN THOSE NAMES WILL
BE EMPLOYED, LIBBY. 
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ARE 
WATCHING A SPECIAL REPORT FROM 
THE "WASHINGTON POST" AS WE 
AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF THE CREW 
DRAGON CARING ASTRONAUTS. BOB 
BEHNKEN AND  DOUG HURLEY. STAY 
WITH US. CLINIC  -- 
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU 
FOR BEING WITH US. ALL RIGHT, 
HERE THEY COME. THIS IS 
HAPPENING. 
>> JUST LIKE THEY SAID, THEY ARE
ON THEIR WAY HOME.  SOME OF US 
HAVE EXPERIENCED BEFORE. BUT 
THAT IS YOU KNOW 744 P.M. 
EASTERN TIME IT SHOULD BE OVER. 
OUR FINGERS ARE CROSSED. THEY 
ARE EXPERIENCING IT RIGHT NOW. 
THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY TO COME 
HOME. IT IS EXCITING YOU WILL BE
SEEING PEOPLE ON EARTH BEFORE 
TOO LONG AND THAT HASN'T 
HAPPENED FOR A LITTLE WHILE. AND
ONE OF THE OVERWHELMING VERY 
INTERESTING MANY PEOPLE WHEN I 
GOT BACK HERE. THEY LEFT IN THIS
TIMEFRAME OF THE CORONAVIRUS SO 
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE COMING 
BACK TO PICK IT IS GOING TO BE A
LITTLE BIT SURREAL. BUT IT WILL 
BE AWESOME FOR THEM TO SEE THEIR
FAMILIES. 
>> ONE OF THE MOST SURREAL 
MOMENTS WAS WHEN WE DID SEE THEM
CONNECTED TO THE SPACE STATION. 
THEY WERE GREETED BY CHRIS 
CASSIDY. THERE WERE HUGS, AND IT
WAS ALMOST LIKE THEY ENTERED A 
DIFFERENT PLACE BECAUSE, HERE ON
EARTH AFTER THIS KIND CAN'T EVEN
DO THAT. THEY ARE COMING BACK TO
EARTH IN A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE.
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE COMING 
BACK INTO. YOU KNOW, I WOULD 
LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU WHAT IT'S 
LIKE FROM FAMILIES. AS THEY 
WATCH YOU GROW UP AND HAVE THIS 
INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE.
AND DO THIS WORK FOR THE 
ASTRONAUT PROGRAM. WHAT'S IT 
LIKE FOR THEM. 
>> IT'S FUNNY
BECAUSE WHEN WE GET SUCKED INTO 
OUR OWN WORLD WE DON'T THINK 
ABOUT THAT UNTIL WE HAVE THAT 
CONVERSATION. I WAS SUPER 
EXCITED MY WHOLE FAMILY WAS 
SUPER EXCITED. THEN I SAT AND 
TALKED TO MY HUSBAND A LITTLE 
BIT ABOUT THAT. LIKE HOW WAS IT.
THEN,
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEY HAD 
SO MUCH FIRE. WELL, OF COURSE 
THEY DO. WE ARE USED TO IT.
A NUMBER OF YEARS TO GET READY. 
IT DOES TAKE A VERY BIG TOLL. IT
IS SO STRESSFUL TO SEE YOUR 
LOVED ONES LAUNCH OUT ON THAT 
ROCKET. I DIDN'T CONSIDER THAT 
AS MUCH AS I SHOULD HAVE WITH MY
FIRST FLIGHT OR SECOND FLIGHT. I
TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT 
EVERYBODY WAS AWARE WHAT WAS 
GOING ON. DOUG AND BOB, OF 
COURSE,
THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT 
THEY HAVE THE TWO LITTLE BOYS 
DOING THAT TO MAKE SURE THEY 
UNDERSTAND. EVERYBODY HAS A MOM 
EVERYBODY HAS A DAD. THEY CARE 
ABOUT THEIR KIDS WERE IN THOSE 
ROCKETS. I KNOW TALKING TO MY 
PARENTS ABOUT THAT.
THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT YOU. YOU 
CAN'T ESCAPE THAT EVEN WHEN YOU 
ARE IN YOUR 50s. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. THEY HAD A 
FAREWELL PARTY.
HE SAID SOMETHING THAT STRUCK 
ME. HE SAID THE HARDEST PART WAS
GETTING LAUNCHED BUT THE MOST 
IMPORTANT PART IS BRINGING US 
HOME AND THINKING ABOUT THE TWO 
ASTRONAUTS SONS. ONE OF THOSE 
JOBS IN MISSION CONTROL IS TO 
WAKE UP THE ASTRONAUTS. THEY PUT
ON THESE GREAT SONGS OR MESSAGES
FOR THEIR WAKE UP. THIS MORNING 
THEY CHOSE A MESSAGE VERY CLOSE 
TO HOME. THE VOICES OF THEIR 
SON. 
>> GOOD MORNING DRAGON ENDEAVOR.
I'M HAPPY YOU WENT INTO SPACE 
BUT I'M EVEN HAPPIER THAT YOU'RE
COMING BACK HOME. WE LOVE YOU, 
DADDY. WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU.
WAKE UP. RISE AND SHINE, DAD. 
YOU CAN SLEEP IN TOMORROW. HURRY
HOME SO WE CAN GO GET MY DOG. WE
LOVE YOU, DAD. 
>> THOSE ARE THE VOICES OF HIS 
SON.
YOU CAN CERTAINLY IMAGINE WHAT 
IT'S LIKE TO HEAR THOSE VOICES 
AFTER BEING UP THERE FOR TWO 
MONTHS. WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR 
FAMILY? 
>> WELL, YOU KNOW IT IS A FAMILY
OF COURSE THAT CAN'T HELP 
WORRYING ABOUT YOU. IT'S ALSO 
VERY EXCITING FOR THEM. THEY GET
TO SEE A LAUNCH AND THEY GET TO 
TALK TO PEOPLE IN SPACE.
I'M SURE THAT THEIR SONS ARE 
NEVER GOING TO FORGET THIS 
MORNING AND HAVING THE ABILITY 
TO TALK TO THEIR DADS IN SPACE. 
YOU KNOW, IT IS A FUNNY THING 
ABOUT BEING IN SPACE. YOU SPEND 
ALL THIS TIME TRAINING ON THE 
GROUND. YOU CAN'T WAIT TO GO. 
WHEN YOU GET UP THERE, ALL YOU 
CAN THINK ABOUT IS YOUR FAMILY. 
YOU START THINKING ABOUT
WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET HOME TO
SEE THEM AGAIN. THAT'S A VERY 
SPECIAL MOMENT FOR EVERYBODY. 
>> AS THEY MENTIONED A FEW 
MOMENTS AGO, THEY HAPPEN TO BE 
MARRIED TO PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAVE 
EXPERIENCE IN SPACE. DOUG'S WIFE
RECOLORED FROM THE NASA 
ASTRONAUT CORPS. THIS IS AFTER 
THE OCEANOGRAPHER WAS RECENTLY 
CHOSEN TO PLAN A FIGHT SLATED 
FOR THE SPRING OF 2021. IT SEEMS
SO RECOVERABLE TO SEE THIS 
FAMILY TO SEE THE SPOUSES BEING 
PART OF THE PROGRAM OVER THE 
NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. 
>>
NOBODY KNOWS WHAT AN ASTRONAUT 
IS LIKE EXCEPT FOR ANOTHER 
ASTRONAUT. THE FACT THAT THEY 
MARRIED OTHER ASTRONAUTS ISN'T 
SURPRISING. IT IS A VERY 
DIFFERENT LIFE. YOU HAVE YOUR 
FAMILY UNDERSTANDING THE RISK, 
TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOUR KIDS 
THREAT, I THINK IT'S VERY 
IMPORTANT. OBVIOUSLY, THEY ARE 
FEELING IS FINGERS CROSSED. WE 
WILL SEE THEM COMING OUT THE 
OTHER SIDE. IT IS REALLY 
EXCITING. 
>> YOU CAN SEE THE MISSION 
CONTROL. WE ARE USED TO
SEEING LAUNCH CONTROL AT THE 
SPACE CENTER..COM THIS IS THE 
SHOW BY A LARGE NOW THAT WE ARE 
SEEING. SITTING AND WORKING IN 
HAWTHORNE CALIFORNIA. AS WE 
KNOW, A HUGE DAY, A LOT ALIGNED 
FOR THAT IN PARTICULAR. 
>> HOW DO THEY THINK ABOUT 
CHRONICLING AND ARCHIVING A DAY 
LIKE TODAY. NOT JUST TODAY BUT 
THIS ENTIRE MISSION? 
>>
WE ARE JUST MINING ONLY GALLERY 
FOR THE MUSEUM CALLED THE FUTURE
OF SPACE FLIGHT. REALLY, THINGS 
ARE CHANGING BEFORE FOR YEARS 
NOW, IT'S BEEN BRIGHT PRIMARILY 
GOVERNMENT AND IT'S BEEN THOSE 
FROM VERY FEW NATIONS. OVER THE 
LAST 10 YEARS WE REALLY SEEM
WE SAW THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 
LAUNCHING A HELP MISSION AND OF 
COURSE, NOW YOU HAVE THIS NEW 
MIX REHAB PRIVATE COMPANIES LIKE
BOEING, WE HAVE BLUE ORIGIN 
NETWORK. VIRGIN GALACTIC. THE 
WHOLE LANDSCAPE OF WHO CAN 
PARTICIPATE HAS REALLY BEEN 
CHANGING. AS WE GO FORWARD IN 
THE NEXT FEW DECADES. MAYBE THE 
IDEA OF WHO GETS TO GO INTO 
SPACE WILL CHANGE. IT JUST WON'T
BE THOSE ASTRONAUTS. SO, WE WANT
OUR VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM TO BE
THINKING ABOUT HOW THEY ARE 
CHANGING. WHAT ARE THE 
IMPLICATIONS OF THAT FOR 
EVERYBODY. AND WHO GETS TO BE 
INVOLVED. IT IS AN INCREDIBLY 
EXCITING TIME AND THOSE WHO HAVE
PARTNERED FOR A LONG TIME. IT 
ALSO MEANS WE ARE REACHING OUT 
SAYING, WE NEED YOUR STAFF TO 
HELP THE PUBLIC. 
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AGAIN AT 
HAWTHORNE MICHIGAN CONTROL. THIS
IS VERY CLOSE UP FRONT. ONE OF 
THE KEY PLAYERS ABOUT THIS. FOR 
MORE ON WHAT THE COMPANY HAS 
TODAY, LET'S GO TO CHRISTIAN 
DAVENPORT. WHO COVERS THE SPACE 
INDUSTRY. HE HAD A VISION AND 
EVEN HE SAYS THAT THERE WERE ONE
IN 10 ODDS AT A CERTAIN POINT OF
DOING THIS. JUST TELL US ABOUT 
WHAT HE HAS DONE TO GET THROUGH 
TODAY. 
>> IT WAS A COMPLETE LONGSHOT TO
BE WHERE WE ARE NASA JUST 
CONFIRM THAT THE DEORBIT BURN IS
COMPLETE. AS A HUGE PART OF 
THEIR MISSION THEY ARE LUNGING 
THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE. SO THAT 
IS A HUGE MOMENT. EVERYONE TOLD 
THEM HE COULDN'T START A ROCKET 
COMPANY. THEY SAID, YOU CAN'T 
LAUNCH, WILL NEVER MAKE IT TO 
ORBIT. THEY TOLD HIM, YOU CAN 
NEVER LAND AND REUSE. AND THEY 
TOLD HIM OF COURSE, HE'D NEVER 
BE ABLE TO FLY PEOPLE. SO, HE'S 
GONE UP AGAINST ENORMOUS ODDS, 
TAKING ON HUGE PLAYERS IN THE 
INDUSTRY LIKE THE LOCKHEED 
MARTIN. SO FAR FOR THE MOST PART
HAS PREVAILED. 
>> AS A MENTIONED, IT IS 
COMPLETE. THEY ARE MOVING CLOSER
AND CLOSER TO THAT. 
>> WELL,
SHE HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 2002. 
HOW SIGNIFICANT IS HER ROLE? 
>> SHE'S BEEN THERE AND BY THE 
SIDE FOR THAT. MAYBE LITTLE BIT 
OF A REPUTATION WHERE THEY GET 
BURNED OUT. THEY HAVE A CORE 
GROUP. BUT, THEN PERHAPS AS 
SIGNIFICANT AS GLENN, HE GETS A 
LOT OF THE ATTENTION THERE ON A 
DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. RUNNING THE 
SHOW. HE IS THINKING ABOUT THE 
FUTURE HOW TO GET THERE SHE IS A
REAL TOUGH CHIEF OPERATING 
OFFICER. HAVING ALL THE RENT ON 
TIME.
>> ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE 
COMPETITION BETWEEN THE TWO. 
JUST WHAT GOD IS HERE TODAY. 
WHAT IS A TRAJECTORY OF THIS 
COMMERCIAL CREW EFFORT. 
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT 
CORPORATE RIVALRY STORIES. WHEN 
THESE CONTRACTS WERE AWARDED, 
AND 2014, EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT 
THEY WERE GOING TO FLY FIRST. 
THERE IS A FLAG THAT WAS BROUGHT
UP.
IN 2011. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 
BROUGHT BACK BY THE FIRST CREW 
OF ASTRONAUTS LAUNCHED FROM 
AMERICAN SOIL. EVERYONE THOUGHT 
THAT WAS GOING TO BE BOWLING. 
THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT. THEY HAD 
A SERIES OF THOSE AS WELL.
MEANWHILE,
THIS IS JUST SORT OF LEAPING 
AHEAD. IT'S MOVING SO FAST. HERE
THEY ARE BRINGING BOB AND DOUG 
GOING HOME. THIS IS THE FIRST 
OPERATIONAL MISSION. THIS IS A 
TEST FLIGHT THAT THEY WILL GO 
OVER THE DATA. AND IF EVERYTHING
CHECKS OUT,
IT WOULD HAVE FOUR ASTRONAUTS ON
BOARD AND THAT COULD COME AS 
SOON AS LATE SEPTEMBER. IT'S 
POSSIBLE THAT THEY HAVE TWO 
MISSIONS WITH CREWS BEFORE 
BOEING HAS ITS FIRST. 
>> YOU POINT OUT THAT THAT COULD
HAPPEN AS EARLY AS SEPTEMBER,
AN ASTRONAUT IS GOING TO BE ON 
BOARD.
IT WOULD SLATED FOR FEBRUARY 
2021. ONE OF THEM BOOKED ON THAT
FLIGHT AND MEGAN MacARTHUR WHO 
IS MARRIED TO BOB.
THERE IS A LOT OF PLANNING 
HAPPENING ALREADY. 
>> ON MEGAN'S FLIGHT, IT'S GOING
TO BE THAT PLAN. ON
THE EXACT SAME SPACECRAFT.
AND COMES BACK SAFETY, AND REUSE
IT. THEY WERE GOING 
TO ALLOW THEM TO USE THAT. BUT 
THEY CONVINCED THEM TO REPLY 
THEM. THERE'S A LOT OF JOKING.
TO PICK UP ALL THOSE WRAPPERS 
BEFORE THEY GET ON BOARD. 
>> TELLS ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE 
EXPERIENCING NOW.
>> IF ALL GOES WELL, WE ARE HALF
AN HOUR OR SO AWAY. NOW, 
THEY ARE GOING TO BE ENTERING 
THE EVER THICKENING PART OF THE 
ATMOSPHERE GENERATING THE 
ENORMOUS HEAT. WE ARE GOING TO 
LOOK FOR THE ACQUISITION. SO 
THAT WE CAN HEAR THEM COMING 
THROUGH.
EVEN WHEN THEY SPLASH DOWN, I 
DON'T THINK ANYONE IS GOING TO 
BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF UNTIL 
THEY ARE ON THE BOAT AGAIN SAFE.
>> CHRISTIAN DAVENPORT, WE WILL 
BE ABLE TO CHECK IN WITH YOU AS 
THEY ARE UNFOLDING THAT. THIS IS
CALLING THE SHOTS TODAY. AS THEY
WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT, 
THEY HAVE BEEN BUYING TO GET TO 
PUT PEOPLE THERE FIRST AND GET 
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION. THEY'VE ALSO BEEN 
WORKING THERE AS WELL. LET'S 
LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT RIVALRY. 
>>
BRINGING AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS 
BACK TO EARTH. ANOTHER COMPANY 
IS STILL GETTING READY FOR 
LUNCH. FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, 
BOEING HAS BEEN THE OTHER 
PRIVATE COMPANY IN THE RACE TO 
DESIGN AND BUILD A NEW 
GENERATION OF AMERICAN 
SPACECRAFT TO REPLACE THE SPACE 
SHUTTLE. 
>> THE FINAL LIFT OFF AMERICA 
WILL CONTINUE TO DREAM. 
>> SINCE THEY RETIRED, NASA HAS 
HAD TO RELY ON RUSSIA. IN 2014, 
THEY PARTNERED WITH SPACEX AND 
BOWLING  TO BUILD THE FIRST 
COMMERCIAL SPACECRAFT. 
>> A LOT OF THEM ARE DOING ON 
THE SUCCESS HERE. BECAUSE OF 
WHAT IT MEANS TO NASA BUT WHAT 
IT MEANS TO THAT SPACEFLIGHT. 
>>
FOR A WHILE, IT WAS THOUGHT THAT
THEY WERE AHEAD AND DESIGN. BUT 
THEY NEEDED TO PASS CERTAIN 
TESTS WITH NASA.
LIKE A CAPSULE, AND SUCCESSFULLY
DOCKING WITH THE SPACE STATION. 
SOMETHING THEY WERE ABLE TO DO 
LAST MARCH. 
>>& THE RISE OF STARLIGHT.
SUFFERING TWO MAJOR SOFTWARE 
PROBLEMS. IT WAS NEVER ABLE TO 
DOCK THE SPACE STATION. 
>>
THAT RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE 
BELIEVING THAT SOME TIME IS 
DIFFERENT THAN IT ACTUALLY WAS. 
>> IT LANDED ON SOLID GROUND 
LAST YEAR IN WHITE SANDS, NEW 
MEXICO. IT IS A FEAT THAT THEY 
HAVE YET TO ACCOMPLISH. HAVING 
ONLY LANDED IT IN WATER. 
RENDERING IT UNFIT FOR HUMAN USE
AGAIN. 
>> WHEN IT DOES FLY, CHRIS 
FERGUSON WHO COMMANDED THE FINAL
SHUTTLE FLIGHT WILL BE ON BOARD.
BOEING IS AWAITING A SECOND 
FLIGHT BEFORE THEY WILL TRY WITH
ASTRONAUTS, NEXT YEAR. 
>> WOULD BE A GOOD INDICATION. 
>> IF YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION, 
YOU SAW IN THAT FOOTAGE, YOU SAW
SONNY WILLIAMS. SHE IS PART OF 
THAT NASA CREW. LET'S TALK ABOUT
WHAT YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE
DOING. THERE IS SO MUCH EFFORT 
THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING THROUGH 
DURING THIS TIME.
WHAT IS LIFELIKE AS AN ASTRONAUT
PART OF THIS PROGRAM? 
>> IT IS VERY EXCITING. YOU SAW 
A LOT OF THAT AT THE FIRST OF 
THE MISSION. WE HAVE A SECOND 
COMING UP THIS FALL BEFORE THAT 
TEST THAT WILL TAKE THEM UP TO 
SPACE. IN THE MEANTIME, WE 
RECOGNIZE THAT THE PROBLEM WAS. 
SOME OF THE SOFTWARE CHALLENGES.
MAKING SURE THAT WE AS THE 
PEOPLE INSIDE CAN ALSO BACKUP 
THAT SOFTWARE. IT'S BEEN AN 
EXCITING SPRING AND SUMMER 
WORKING THROUGH THE SOFTWARE NOT
ONLY FOR THE LAUNCH AND GETTING 
INTO ORBIT BUT ALSO FOR ENTRY. 
THEY HAVE A MANUAL CONTROL. 
PEOPLE HAVE USED AND SEEN ON 
OTHER SPACECRAFTS. LIKE THE 
SHUTTLE. IT HAS A CONTROLLER AND
A TRANSLATIONAL HAND CONTROLLER.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
THROUGH ALL OF THE MANUAL WAYS 
THAT YOU WOULD RENDEZVOUS AND 
DOCK TO THE SPACE STATION.
AND HOW YOU WOULD USE THOSE AS 
MANUAL ENTRY IN CASE THERE'S ANY
SOFTWARE IN THE GUIDANCE THAT WE
HAVE ON BOARD. IT'S BEEN REALLY 
BUSY JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE 
SPACECRAFT WILL FLY. THEY ARE 
VERY ROBUST AND THEY WILL BE 
SUCCESSFUL WITH THE LUNCH NEXT 
YEAR. IT HAS BEEN FUN. AND IT'S 
BEEN FUN WORKING WITH THE TEAM. 
THERE ARE UPS, THERE ARE DOWNS. 
WE ARE WORKING HAND-IN-HAND WITH
THEM. I THINK THAT THAT 
EXCITEMENT TRANSLATES TO THE 
TEAM WHO SUFFER THESE HICCUPS. 
THEY WILL GET OVER IT.
WHEN I SAW LIAM, THE THING THAT 
CAME TO MIND WAS THE IS A SOLID 
SPACECRAFTS. THEY CAN TAKE A 
BEATING GOING INTO SPACE AND
EXPERIENCING THIS RIGHT NOW WITH
IT COMING BACK. IT CAN GO BACK 
IN THE CAN DO IT AGAIN. THEY ARE
REALLY REALLY GOOD. WE JUST HAVE
TO WORK ON THAT SOFTWARE.
>> YOU'RE LOOKING AT IMAGES 
THERE HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA. YOU
CAN SEE ELON MUSK AND NEXT TO 
HIM IS THE PRESIDENT OF SPACEX 
AND COO WHO HAS BEEN THE DRIVING
FORCE  BEHIND THE SUCCESS OF THE
MISSION THAT'S GOTTEN US HERE 
TODAY. WE ARE ABOUT 30 MINUTES 
AWAY FROM THE EXPECTED
SPLASHDOWN. YOU ARE WATCHING 
LIVE COVERAGE FROM THE 
WASHINGTON POST, STAY WITH US. 
THIS IS LIVE COVERAGE. LESS THAN
A HALF AN HOUR AWAY. WE ARE 
WATCHING TO SEE THE CREW HIT THE
GROUND. BOB AND DOUG PART OF 
THIS HISTORIC MISSION A 
COMMERCIAL FLIGHT MANNED BY 
MASTER NASA ASTRONAUTS. WHEN 
ELON MUSK TALK TO THEM
HE SAID THAT PARACHUTES ARE WAY 
HARDER THAN THEY LOOK. I HAVE NO
DOUBT THAT THAT'S VERY TRUE. HE 
TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY BEEN
A MORALE ISSUE. YOU WERE GETTING
FRUSTRATED AND TRYING TO FIGURE 
OUT HOW TO ENGINEER THEM. TALK 
TO US ABOUT THE COMPLICATIONS OF
THAT TECHNOLOGY. 
>> EVERYONE SAYS, PARACHUTES 
HAVE AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. 
BUT, PART OF THE THINGS THAT'S 
HARD ABOUT IT IS INTEGRATION 
INTO THE VEHICLE. PEOPLE
HAD LANDED UNDERNEATH PARACHUTES
FOR A LONG TIME WERE GENERALLY 
THERE WERE 250 POUNDS. WE HAVE 
THOSE THAT ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO 
HOLD THAT. BUT THESE VEHICLES 
ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY BIG AND 
PRETTY HEAVY. UPWARDS OF 20,000 
POUNDS. HOW TO GET PARACHUTES TO
COME OUT TO DEPLOY CORRECTLY. 
THEN, TO CONTROL THAT VEHICLE 
DOWN ONTO THE GROUND IN A 
CONTROLLED FASHION. THAT THE 
PEOPLE INSIDE ARE GOING TO BE 
OKAY. ANOTHER COMPLICATION COMES
IN WHEN YOU ADD A NUMBER OF 
THOSE. SO, THAT MEANS THAT THE 
DEPLOY SEQUENCE HAS TO WORK FOR 
A NUMBER OF THOSE. OBVIOUSLY, 
THOSE NUMBER OF PARACHUTES CAN 
GET TANGLED UP. THEN YOU HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF ONE 
OF THEM DOESN'T DEPLOY OR 
THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH ONE OF 
THEM. HOW DOES ACTUALLY ENTER 
THE ATMOSPHERE IS SOMETHING THAT
WE HAD THREE IN THE PAST. AND 
THEY HAVE FOUR PARACHUTES. 
AGAIN, HOW THAT DEPLOYS. ONE OF 
THE BIGGEST THINGS IS WEIGHT. 
SO, IF YOU HAD ALL THE LUXURY IN
THE WORLD, YOU CAN PUT THOSE 
PARACHUTES PERFECTLY IN THE 
PLACE THAT WOULD BE WITHOUT A 
PROBLEM. BUT IT ALSO HAS TO SIT 
AROUND. IS ALL THOSE OTHER 
SYSTEMS THAT ARE GOING ON TO 
THAT SPACECRAFT. IT'S A LITTLE 
BIT HARD TO PASS THOSE IN THAT 
SPACECRAFT. IT'S A BIT HARD TO 
DO THAT CORRECTLY. THAT IS A BIT
HARD TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM HOW 
THOSE WILL INTERACT SO THAT 
PEOPLE ARE OKAY. WE HAVE BEEN 
WORKING WITH THEM HAND-IN-HAND. 
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH 
SOME OF THOSE TRYING TO 
INSTRUMENT THEM AND TO TRY TO 
UNDERSTAND IT. EVEN AFTER 100 
YEARS OF PERISHING MANUFACTURING
YOU ARE STILL LEARNING THAT.
>> LET'S GO TO PAM MELROY. WE 
TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS GETS A LOT
OF ATTENTION. REENTRY IS JUST AS
IMPORTANT. FOR YOU, AS AN ARTIST
OR NOT, WHAT WERE THE BIG 
MOMENTS THAT YOU WERE JUST
GREATLY MADE IT THROUGH. 
GRATEFUL THEY WERE BEHIND YOU. 
ALSO INTERESTED IN WHAT PARTS OF
THIS ARE SOMETHING THAT WE 
REALLY CAN IMAGINE. THERE'S THE 
PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE OF AND LAWN.
>> I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE 
PARACHUTES. HOW INCREDIBLY 
DIFFERENT THEY ARE THEN A 
WEIGHING. SO, WITH THE HARD WING
OF AN AIRPLANE IN THE SHAPE OF 
IT. YOU CAN DO MODELING AROUND 
THE AERODYNAMICS. YOU CAN SAY 
WELL, IF I MOVED THE ROUTER, 
MRS. IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
THEY INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. 
THEY INTERACT WITH THE 
ATMOSPHERE. WE JUST DON'T HAVE 
THE MODELING TO KNOW WHAT TO DO.
THERE IS SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN 
ANY GIVING OPENING SEQUENCE THAT
CAN HAVE A PRETTY BIG IMPACT. 
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE 
UNCERTAINTY. YOU CAN SEE HOW 
BUILDS. THESE ARE THOSE MOMENTS.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU 
WANT BEHIND YOU. OBVIOUSLY, THE 
PRESSURE, STAGING EVENTS, AT THE
SAME THING THIS IS TRUE ON 
ENTRY. YOU CAN SEE US WATCHING 
VERY CLOSELY, THE TRUNK 
SEPARATION. I NOTED EARLIER THAT
THEY PUT UP THAT THIS HAD 
CLOSED. THIS MECHANISM IS 
IMPORTANT TO HAVE BEHIND YOU. IS
ALL ABOUT THE PARACHUTES, GOING 
FORWARD. OF COURSE THEN, HOW 
THOSE ARE PERFORMING.
THEY'RE GOING TO IMPACT THAT 
WATER PEER SO,
THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS. WE 
KNOW GENERALLY THEY ARE GOING TO
BE BIG ENOUGH. INSIDE THAT IS 
PRETTY HIGH. 
>> WE ARE HEARING FROM PAM 
MELROY. INDUCTED INTO THE HALL 
OF FAME. CONGRATULATIONS ON 
THAT. AND SCOTT KELLY. IT WAS 
SORT OF ANTI-CONNECTED. 
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH 
FOR CRACKING ME. BECAUSE OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. IN SUCH AN HOUR 
NONETHELESS. WE TALKED LITTLE 
BIT ABOUT HOW BIG THIS MOMENT 
IS. WHERE WE GOT HERE. WITH THE 
SPACE PROGRAM.
FOR THE COMING YEARS.
ABOUT ALL THESE CHANGES
THEY ARE BEING ABLE TO DO THE 
THINGS THAT THEY ARE DOING. ON 
THIS MISSION
BEFORE IT ALLOWS THE ASSET TO 
FOCUS MORE ON THOSE RESOURCES 
THE DIVISION I SEE AHEAD.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE WAY 
AVIATION IS TODAY
THIS IS WHERE YOU GUYS HAD THE 
CREW MEMBERS WHO FLY THE 
PASSENGER AIRCRAFT.
THEN YOU HAVE THOSE PEOPLE ARE 
PASSENGERS, THEN YOU HAVE THE 
MILITARY AVIATION. WE PUSH THE 
ENVELOPE. THEY ARE SUBJECTED TO 
THOSE ENERGY FORCES, MORE 
DANGEROUS MISSIONS, VERY HIGH 
PERFORMANCE AIRCRAFT
WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW 
WE WILL GO FORWARD WITH 
COMMERCIAL SPACE. IS IT GOING TO
BE THE SAME THING? WE GOING TO 
HAVE THE CAPABILITY FOR PEOPLE 
TO BUY A TICKET AND GO TO SPACE?
LOW, THEN YOU HAVE THE 
PROFESSIONAL CREW. THEN YOU HAVE
THOSE CREWS OPERATING THEM. YOU 
ALSO ASKED IN ASTRONAUTS
PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES DOING THE
THINGS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN DONE
BEFORE. THEY ARE HARDER, MORE 
EXPENSIVE
AND I REALLY PUSHING THE 
BOUNDARIES OF WHAT WE UNDERSTAND
ABOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM, AND 
ABOUT HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. AS I'VE
SEEN IS,
IT IS OPENING UP A NEW ERA THAT 
WILL ALLOW MORE PEOPLE 
>>> WE HAVEN'T LAUNCHED IN A 
CAPSULE ON A ROCKET FOR QUITE 
SOME TIME. IS A NEW EXPERIENCE 
FOR ALL OF US IN THE ASTRONAUT 
OFFICE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE
WONDERFUL FOLKS AROUND ON A 
DAILY BASIS. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD
A COUPLE OF DEBRIEFS TO HEAR 
WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT LUNCH AND 
DOCKING.
THE SOUNDS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE
YOU WANT TO KNOW -- IT IS 
MACHINERY SO YOU WANT TO KNOW 
WHAT THE CORRECT SOUNDS ARE AND 
CORRECT FEELINGS ARE. WHEN IT 
COMES TO G
ONSET AND WHAT YOU SEE AND HOW 
THE SOFTWARE CAN HANDLE IT IN 
THE COMPUTER CAN HANDLE THESE 
DRASTIC CHANGES IN ENVIRONMENTS.
ALL OF THAT IS SOMETHING THEY 
WILL BE ASKING ABOUT. WE'VE HAD 
RECORDING EQUIPMENT ON THE 
UNMANNED SPACECRAFT BUT IT'S 
ONLY RECORDING WHAT WE CAN 
ANTICIPATE.
LIKE WHEN WE HAVE SOMEBODY ON 
MARS, WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO 
FIND NEW THINGS THAT THE HUMAN 
EXCEPT THAT MAYBE WE DIDN'T 
ANTICIPATE
BEFOREHAND. THERE WILL BE 
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE ENTRY 
FELT. BOB AND DOUG MENTIONED THE
LETTER MV AC WAS DIFFERENT
THAN EVERYONE THOUGHT IT WOULD 
BE. THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION FOR 
THE NEXT FOLKS GOING UP ON THE 
NEXT SPACEX DRAGON ON THE FALCON
9. THERE IS SO MUCH TO LEARN. IF
YOU ARE OBSERVING IN A TEST 
PILOT, THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS
WE ARE TRAINED IT TO DO. BE AN 
OBSERVER AND TAKE NOTE OF THE 
THINGS YOU ANTICIPATED. SO YOU 
CAN PASS IT DOWN FOR THE NEXT 
GENERATION. 
>> WE ARE NOW IN THE SIX MINUTE 
LOS LOSS OF SIGNAL. THAT IS THE 
ZONE WE ARE IN. WE WILL WATCH 
CLOSELY TO SEE HOW EVERYONE 
REACTS WHEN THEY ARE ABLE TO GET
COMMUNICATIONS BACK UP AND 
RUNNING.
IT'S INTERESTING TO THINK ABOUT 
THE LOSS OF COMMUNICATION WITH 
THE TECHNOLOGY AND VOICES. WHAT 
IS IT LIKE FOR AN ASTRONAUT WHEN
YOU DO FINALLY RECONNECT? I HAVE
BEEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT IT MUST
BE LIKE FOR MISSION CONTROL BUT 
WHAT ABOUT THE ASTRONAUT? 
>> IF ALL IS GOING WELL WHICH 
I'M SURE IT WILL BE AND IN MY 
SOYUZ FLIGHT WENT WELL , AND YOU
ARE MAKING THOSE CALLS AND YOU 
ARE FINE. YOU'RE JUST GOING IT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN THAT WE ARE 
GOING TO COME ON WHEN WE SLOW 
DOWN ENOUGH. THEN YOU ARE 
ANTICIPATING THE NEXT THING 
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THE LOSS
OF SIGNAL TO US INSIDE THE 
CAPSULE WHEN WE HAVE THE DATA IN
FRONT OF US ON THE SCREENS, IS 
NOT THAT WORRISOME. IT MAY BE A 
LITTLE BIT CONCERNING. IF 
EVERYTHING IS GOING AS WE HAVE 
TRAINED AND PLANNED, THEN IT IS 
NOT THAT CONCERNING. THE ONE 
THING YOU THINK ABOUT IS IF YOU 
DON'T GET -- FOR A LONGER TIME, 
YOU WORRY ABOUT THAT THE RESCUE 
FORCES DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE.
YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT 
CONVERSATION TO KNOW THAT YOU 
ARE WATCHING US AND KNOW WHERE 
WE ARE GOING TO COME DOWN. THAT 
IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS ON
THE BACK OF MY HEAD WHEN WE WERE
LANDING ON THE STEPPES OF 
KAZAKHSTAN. 
>> WAITING FOR THE AOS, 
ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL. THEN TWO 
MINUTES AFTER THAT WE WILL SEE 
THAT SIGNAL. LIVE COVERAGE FROM 
THE WASHINGTON POST. PAM, I WANT
TO REFLECT ON THE WORK DONE ON 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
PRETTY AMAZING TO SEE MESSAGES 
FROM THE ASTRONAUTS AS THEY 
SHARE -- DOUG HURLEY TOOK 
INCREDIBLE PHOTOS THAT THE EARTH
AND WE WERE FOLLOWING THE THAT 
BOB BEHNKEN WAS DOING. WHAT WERE
YOU PAYING ATTENTION TO THERE? 
>> IT IS INTERESTING TO HAVE 
THEM COME UP. IF THEY HAD BEEN 
RICKY'S IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 
HARDER FOR THEM TO SEAMLESSLY 
BLEND WITH THE CREW. WHAT WAS 
IMPRESSIVE TO ME WAS TO WATCH 
BOB GO OUT ON THE SPACEWALK 
BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED. 
SHUTTLE ERA
CREWS WOULD TRAINED FOR 
SPACEWALKS AND THEY DO A MINIMUM
OF SIX OR SEVEN RUNS. THEY 
OPTIMIZE THE TIMELINE AND THEY 
WERE HIGHLY TRAINED FOR EACH 
SPACEWALK. FOR THE STATION WE'VE
HAD TO HAVE A MUCH MORE 
SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAM. IT'S LIKE 
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING. YOU
WON'T BE ABLE TO PRACTICE IT IN 
THE POOL. YOU ARE ON THE STATION
FOR SIX MONTHS. YOU JUST NEED TO
BE FAMILIAR WITH THE TASKS AND 
HAVE GOOD BASIC SKILLS AND OFF 
YOU GO. TO ME, BUT I WAS 
THINKING WAS IS IN YOUR BRAIN 
COMPLETELY FULL WITH THIS 
BRAND-NEW VEHICLE AND NEW 
FLIGHT. YOU HAVE DEBRIEFS AND 
YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT THE PREP 
AND COMING BACK. AND MAKING SURE
YOU HAVE EVERYTHING IN ORDER. 
AND YES, I WILL THROW A 
SPACEWALK IN THERE. THAT 
SURPRISED ME. IT IS SUCH A 
TRIBUTE TO THE INCREDIBLE 
EXPERIENCE OF DOUG AND BOB
THAT THEY CAN HANDLE ALL OF 
THAT, BUT I THINK HOW MUCH WE 
KNOW ALSO ABOUT THE SPACE 
STATION AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE 
EVOLVED THE WAY WE DO THINGS. WE
WILL HAVE TO PUSH FORWARD AND 
EVOLVE TO NEW WAYS OF DOING 
THINGS WHEN WE GO ONTO THE MOON 
AND MARS. 
>>> NASA SAID IT'S OUT OF THE 
BLACKOUT PERIOD AND THEY ARE 
GETTING DATA. COMPS BACK UP AND 
RUNNING. YOU HAVE A HUGE SMILE. 
>> I'M EXCITED. THEY ARE BUSY. 
WE WORRY ABOUT IT. IS TERRIBLE 
NOT TO TALK TO THEM WERE WHAT I 
THINK HURTS THE WORST FOR AN 
AEROSPACE ENGINEER IS LOSING THE
DATA. YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE 
DATA ALL THE TIME AND YOU WANT 
COMPLETE CONNECTIVITY.
I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THEIR FACES
COMING OUT OF THE HATCH. 
>> WE ARE GETTING OUR FIRST 
VIEWS OF THE CREW DRAGON 
CAPSULE. THEY NAMED IT ENDEAVOR.
YOU HAVE MORE THAN 25 YEARS 
EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD. I WOULD
LOVE TO KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE FROM
YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS SOMEONE WITH
THAT BACKGROUND AS A SCIENTIST 
AND SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THE 
TECHNOLOGY AT THIS. WHAT IS IT 
LIKE TO SEE THIS HAPPENING NOW? 
>> IT'S EXCITED. MY DAD WORKED 
FOR NASA AND THESE SUCCESSES ARE
A BIG DEAL. THOSE OF US INVOLVED
IN THE SPACE PROGRAM KNOW IT'S 
HARD. EVERYTHING HAS RISK. WHEN 
YOU KNOW THAT A TEAM HAS WORKED 
SO HARD TO GET EVERY DETAIL 
RIGHT, TO WORRY EVERY DETAIL, OH
MY GOSH, THERE IT IS. THE SPACEX
FOLKS HAVE BEEN WORKING LIKE 
CRAZY AND TO SEE THIS COME TO 
FRUITION IS EXCITING. 
>> SONNY WILLIAMS, WE CAN SEE IT
NOW. 
>>
THE TV IS ON BEHIND ME. I WAS 
POINTING IT OUT TO MY FAMILY. 
IT'S PRETTY COOL. IT IS A NEAT 
VIEW TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE 
ASSETS
WE ARE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING 
ON AND HOW THE SPACECRAFT IS 
COMING IN. SIMPLY INCREDIBLE. 
BEFORE LONG THE DRONES ARE 
COMING OUT AND THEN THE MAIN 
CHUTE. WE SHOULD WITNESS THAT 
FIRST-HAND ON TV. IT'S PRETTY 
COOL. I'M EXCITED FOR THEM. THE 
WILD RIDE IS HAPPENING BUT IT'S 
A GOOD WILD RIDE. 
>>> LIVE IMAGES THERE AT THE 
CREW DRAGON CAPSULE. THE 
ASTRONAUTS NAMED IT ENDEAVOR. WE
HAVE BEEN CALLING IT CREW DRAGON
, THE TEST VEHICLE. YOU CAN SEE 
THERE. THE PARACHUTES DEPLOYING.
A GREAT THING TO SEE. SONNY,  
WHY CALL THIS ENDEAVOR? 
>> EVERY SPACECRAFT HAS A NAME 
AND EVERY SHIP HAS 
A NAME. BOB AND DOUG WERE THE 
ONES WHO DECIDED ENDEAVOR. THIS 
IS A NAME THAT SHOWS WHERE WE 
ARE AND WHERE WE ARE GOING. WE 
ENDEAVOR TO DO THE NEXT STEP AND
THIS IS THE NEXT STEP OF 
SPACEFLIGHT. LIKE ELLEN AND PAM 
HAVE MENTIONED, MY DREAM AND 
MOST PEOPLE'S DREAM IS TO SEE 
EVERYBODY BE ABLE TO HAVE A VIEW
OF EARTH FROM SPACE AND THIS IS 
A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. WE ARE
ENDEAVORING TO TAKE THE NEXT 
BROADER STEPS. FOUR PARACHUTES, 
PRETTY AWESOME. 
>> LET'S WATCH AND WOULD LISTEN 
TO NASA. 
>> AT THIS POINT THE MAIN SHOULD
PARACHUTES HAVE DEPLOYED AND 
THEY ARE INFLATING, CONTINUING 
TO SLOW DRAGON DOWN 
SIGNIFICANTLY. WE ARE 
ANTICIPATING/BROWN -- SPLASHDOWN
IN TWO MINUTES 30 SECONDS. 
>> IT IS NOW LESS THAN A 
KILOMETER IN ALTITUDE. 
>> YOU SEE THE FOUR SHOOTS OUT 
AND SPLASHDOWN MOMENTS AWAY.
A REMARKABLE MOMENT WE HEARD 
EARLIER. ELON MUSK TOLD THE 
WASHINGTON POST THAT PARACHUTES 
ARE TOUGH AND IT WAS A MORALE 
ISSUE AND HARD FOR SPACEX TO 
NAIL THIS. IT WAS A PROBLEM EVEN
WITH THE APOLLO PROGRAM. THIS IS
SOMETHING THEY WORKED HARD ON 
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THE WORK 
PAYING OFF AS THE CHUTES HAVE 
DEPLOYED.  SO MUCH WORK HAS TO 
BE DONE TO SLOW THIS DOWN. TENS 
OF THOUSANDS OF MILES AN HOUR TO
JUST 15 MILES PER HOUR AS THEY 
HIT THE WATER. WE WERE CONCERNED
AT THE TROPICAL STORM FORECAST 
BUT THAT IS ON THE EASTERN COAST
OF FLORIDA. THIS IS HAPPENING IN
THE GULF OF MEXICO OFF THE COAST
OF PENSACOLA. WE HEARD FROM NASA
THAT IT WAS GREAT CONDITIONS ON 
THE WATER.
>> WE JUST PASSED 300 METERS. 
ONE MINUTE UNTIL SPLASHDOWN. 
>> HAWTHORNE MISSION CONTROL 
THERE. AS WELL AS ELON MUSK. 
WATCHING THIS HAPPEN.
>> THEY ARE BRACING FOR A 
SPLASHDOWN, BOB AND DOUG 
REPORTING. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO 
SEE THE GULF OF MEXICO HERE IN 
THE SHOT MOMENTARILY. WE ARE NOW
JUST 20 METERS OFF THE OCEAN.
SPLASHDOWN. AS YOU CAN SEE ON 
THE SCREEN, WE HAVE VISUAL 
CONFIRMATION FOR SPLASHDOWN. 
>> SPACEX CONCURS. MEANS CUT. 
>> CHEERS AT
SPACEX. A DAY THAT WAS LONG 
ANTICIPATED. ELON MUSK TOLD 
CHRIS DAVENPORT THERE WAS A 10 
CHANCE TO GET TO THIS POINT BUT 
CREW DRAGON ENDEAVOR SPLASHDOWN 
IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. A HUGE 
MILESTONE IN THIS. NOW THE 
RETRIEVAL OF THE ASTRONAUTS THAT
WERE ALREADY UNDERWAY. HUGE 
APPLAUSE AS WE HEARD THIS HAS 
HAPPENED SUCCESSFULLY. SONNY 
WILLIAMS, DAVENPORT SAID EARLIER
HE WILL BE REASSURED AND KNOW 
THIS IS A SUCCESS WHEN WE SEE 
THE ASTRONAUTS GET OUT OF THE 
CAPSULE AND ONTO A BOAT. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. THEY HAVE A 
COUPLE OF FAST BOATS THAT WILL 
GET IN THERE QUICKLY AND MAKE 
SURE THE SPACECRAFT IS FINE.
IT LANDED FINE AND EVERYTHING 
ABOUT IT IS FINE. THE NEXT STEP 
IS MAKING SURE IT IS CLEARED FOR
TOXIC GASES. THEN THE RETRIEVAL 
SCHIPHOL, AND GET READY TO PICK 
IT UP WITH ITS A-FRAME AND PUT 
THE CAPSULE ON THE SHIP. IT WILL
DRIVE IT INTO A LITTLE AREA 
WHERE THEY CAN OPEN UP THE IV A 
HATCH WHERE THE NOSECONE IS AND 
GET THE ASTRONAUTS OUT. I THINK 
THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM OUT 
THE SIDE HATCH. I LOST A LITTLE 
ON THAT 
FROM TRAINING. BEFORE LONG, 
WITHIN THE HOUR, THEY SHOULD BE 
ON THE BOAT AND GETTING OUT OF 
THE SPACECRAFT. THERE ARE 40 
PEOPLE FROM SPACEX AND NASA THAT
WILL HELP TO RECOVER THEM AND 
GET THEM OUT OF THERE SPACESUITS
AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE OKAY. WE 
WON'T SEE THEM COME OUT UNTIL 
THEY ARE ON THE SHIP. THAT IS 
THE NOMINAL WAY THEY RECOVERED 
THE ASTRONAUTS. SOMETHING 
HAPPENED IN THE SHIP, THEN THEY 
MAY THINK ABOUT TAKING THEM OUT 
OF THE SPACECRAFT AND THE WATER.
WE WILL SEE THEM WHEN THEY GET 
OUT ON THE BOAT. 
>> WITH SEEN VISUALS INSIDE THE 
CAPSULE SO THAT IS GREAT NEWS. 
PAM MELROY, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE
BOBBING IN THE OCEAN UNTIL THEY 
ARE RETRIEVED. WE ARE HEARING 
FROM SPACEX MEANS STABLE ONE, 
AND INSIDE SHOP THERE. OF THE 
CRAFT. 
>> YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK WHAT 
STABLE TWO IS. IN APOLLO, STABLE
TWO WAS UPSIDE DOWN. STABLE ONE 
IS GOOD TO HEAR. IT MEANS YOU 
ARE UPRIGHT. IF I COULD ASK 
RIGHT NOW WHAT I WOULD BE MOST 
INTERESTED IN IS HOW DOES IT 
FEEL BOBBING UP AND DOWN, 
ESPECIALLY AFTER COMING BACK 
FROM MICROGRAVITY. DO THEY FEEL 
SICK OR IS IT FINE. IS A CALM. 
IT LOOKS LIKE THE WATER IS CALM 
AND STABLE WHICH IS WONDERFUL. 
THAT IS THE KIND OF STUFF I 
WOULD WANT TO KNOW. HOW DID THE 
TOUCHDOWN FEEL. LOOKS LIKE THEY 
HAVE A FEW THINGS TO FOCUS ON. 
IS BETTER WHEN THERE IS 
SOMETHING TO DO THAN TO WORRY 
ABOUT HOW I FELT PHYSICALLY. IT 
GIVES YOU SOMETHING ELSE TO 
FOCUS THE TIME ON. THEY ARE 
DOING THE THINGS THEY NEED TO DO
TO SAVE THE VEHICLE. I'M SURE 
THERE READIER THAN WE ARE TO GET
OUT. 
>> WE SAW MOVEMENT FROM INSIDE 
THE CAPSULE FROM DOUG HURLEY AND
BOB BEHNKEN, EXCELLENT SIGNS. 
NASA SAYS THAT
-- SPACEX SAID STABLE ONE, 
LANDED UPRIGHT. THIS SPLASHDOWN 
HAPPENED EXACTLY ON TIME AT 2:48
PM. THERE IS A STRONG REPORT 
BETWEEN THESE ASTRONAUTS, 
BETWEEN BOB AND DOUG. BOB 
BEHNKEN SAID HE WAS LOOKING 
FORWARD TO SPLASHDOWN AT THE END
OF THE MISSION AND SAID I'M 
EXPECTING VOMITING SO THAT COULD
HAPPEN AT THE END. HE WAS LIKE 
MAYBE WE WILL DO IT TOGETHER. 
MAYBE DOUG AND I WILL DO THAT 
TOGETHER. IT MAY SEEM WEIRD BUT 
I'M LOOKING FOR THAT CELEBRATORY
EVENT TO END THE MISSION. LET'S 
GO TO CHRIS DAVENPORT WHO COVERS
THE SPACE INDUSTRY FOR THE 
WASHINGTON POST. WE ARE SEEING 
THE ASTRONAUTS IN THE CAPSULE 
MOVING. WE SAW THE SPLASHDOWN 
HAPPEN AS SPACEX WAS AIMING TO 
DO.
STABLE ONE LANDING UPRIGHT.
>> BOB AND DOUG WERE IN THERE 
AND YOU COULD HEAR DOUG GOES 
RIGHT INTO THE MANUAL AND 
PROCEDURES. INCREDIBLY COOL 
CUSTOMER. THE THING YOU NOTICE 
ON THE CAPSULE IS THE SCORCH 
MARKS. IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE 
WHITE AND THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS 
LIKE.
THE HEAT FROM THE REENTRY IS SO 
INTENSE.
IT SHOWS YOU HOW DANGEROUS
. THE PARACHUTES WORK PERFECTLY 
AT THE HEAT SHIELD HELD UP. THE 
MAINS WORK FINE.
THE PARENTS CHUTES  WOULD WORK 
PROPERLY IN THE FAST BOATS 
SPRINTED OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE 
THE SPACECRAFT IS STABLE AND 
THEY ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION 
WITH BOB AND DOUG AND GATHER THE
PARACHUTES. THE OTHER THING, A 
LOT OF TALK ABOUT BOB AND DOUG 
COMING BACK FROM A WEIGHTLESS 
ENVIRONMENT AND VESTIBULAR 
SYSTEM OUT OF WHACK. FEELING 
EARTH'S GRAVITY AND THEN LANDING
AT SEA
BOBBING AROUND. THEY WERE 
ANTICIPATING GETTING SICK. LOOK 
AT HOW CALM THE SEA IS. AS 
SMOOTH AS GLASS, REALLY 
SOMETHING. 
>>> THANK YOU, CHRISTIAN 
DAVENPORT
WITH THE WASHINGTON POST. PAM 
MELROY, WE WERE WATCHING HOW THE
TROPICAL STORM WOULD IMPACT THIS
DAY. IN THE CONTROL ROOM WE WERE
NERVOUS AND CONCERNED ABOUT WITH
THIS HAPPEN TODAY AND WOULD IT 
NEED TO BE DELAYED. THE STORM 
WORKED ITS WAY UP THE EAST COAST
OF FLORIDA AND IT MEANT THE GULF
OF MEXICO IS QUITE STILL THIS IS
A NEW THING TO HAVE A SPLASHDOWN
IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. IT OPENS 
UP NEW DOORS. 
>> I LOVE THAT, THE FLEXIBILITY.
FLORIDA OBVIOUSLY IS SO MUCH 
BETTER TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE TO 
FACILITIES IN HOUSTON AND 
FLORIDA.
TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE 
MULTIPLE LANDING SITES, I THINK 
IT'S FANTASTIC AND THE FACT THEY
HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR THAT. 
MAYBE I HAVE LIVED IN HURRICANE 
ALLEY TOO LONG AND SPENT A LOT 
OF TIME IN FLORIDA IN HOUSTON. 
IT IS A FUNNY THING THAT IT 
VACUUMS UP THE WEATHER AROUND 
IT. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE THE HIT 
SOUND FOR THE HURRICANE, THE 
WEATHER IS LOVELY.
IT'S A GREAT SET OF OPTIONS. BY 
THE WAY, THERE WILL BE 
HURRICANES THAT COME TO THE GULF
OF MEXICO, AT WHICH POINT 
LANDING ON THE ATLANTIC OCEAN 
WILL BE BETTER SIDE. THIS IS 
TERRIFIC. 
>> ELLEN, I IMAGINE THE AIR AND 
SPACE MUSEUM WOULD LOVE TO GET A
HOLD OF DRAGON CREW CAPSULE 
NAMED ENDEAVOR. IT'S WORK IS NOT
DONE. SPACEX DOES PLAN TO REUSE 
THIS. THIS IS PART OF THE 
EFFORTS TO NOT JUST HAVE 
DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT OR 
DISPOSABLE TECHNOLOGY. EVEN 
THOUGH WE SEE THE SCORCH MARKS
THERE IS A PLAN FOR LIFE AFTER 
THIS. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT. REUSABILITY 
KEEPS THE COST DOWN AND IT 
IMPROVES ACCESS TO SPACE. ALL OF
THIS IS ABOUT HOW YOU GET THE 
COST OF ACCESS TO SPACE, WHETHER
CARGO, WORK CREW. THE WAY TO DO 
THAT IS REUSABILITY. IT'S GREAT 
FOR COST BUT NOT SO GREAT FOR 
MUSEUMS. THIS IS TRULY A 
HISTORIC MOMENT. WE HAVE 
WITNESSED TODAY AN INCREDIBLE 
EVENT THAT HAS CHANGED THE WAY 
THE UNITED STATES OPERATES THE 
PROGRAM. INCREDIBLY EXCITING. A 
NEW WAY GOING FORWARD. GOOD FOR 
EVERYBODY. 
>> LET'S GO THROUGH SOME OF THE 
HISTORIC MOMENTS. THIS IS THE 
FIRST SPLASHDOWN OF AN AMERICAN 
SPACECRAFT IN 45 YEARS BECAUSE 
SO MANY LANDINGS HAVE BEEN ON 
LAND. THIS IS SIGNIFICANT 
BECAUSE IT IS A COMMERCIAL 
ENDEAVOR BUT CARRYING NASA 
ASTRONAUTS. THIS IS A NASA CREW 
AND A SUCCESSFUL TEST FLIGHT. 
ALL SEEMS TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR 
SPACEX. HELP US PUT THIS INTO 
HISTORIC TERMS. 
>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT
THAT
NASA HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 60 SOME
YEARS. IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO THAT 
WE FIRST LANDED ON THE MOON. ALL
OF A SUDDEN NOW PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO SPACE WITH A COMMERCIAL 
COMPANY AND NOT WITH THE 
GOVERNMENT ENTITY. THE 
GOVERNMENT IS PAYING BUT THEY 
ARE NOT THE ONES DRIVING THIS. 
THIS IS A CHANGE. TO ME WHAT'S 
EXCITING IS IT IS MOVING US INTO
AN ERA WHERE GOING TO SPACE IS 
NOT FOR THE FEW, NOT JUST FOR 
THE GOVERNMENTS, IT IS 
INCREASINGLY GOING TO BE FOR 
EVERYONE. IS THAT GOING TO 
HAPPEN? ARE WE GOING TO GET TO 
SCIENCE-FICTION WORLD WHERE WE 
HAVE HOTELS IN EARTH ORBIT? I'M 
NOT SO SURE. BUT THIS IS THE 
FIRST STEP IN HEADING THAT 
DIRECTION. THE NEXT DECADE IS 
GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITING. 
>> ELLEN, ELON MUSK'S VISION 
STARTED WITH A DESIRE TO GET TO 
MARS. EVERYTHING SEEING PEOPLE 
ON MARS, SOMETHING YOU ARE WELL 
FAMILIAR WITH. FOR ELON MUSK, 
THIS IS ONE STEP IN A LONGER 
JOURNEY.
>> THAT'S 
FIRST YOU HAVE TO GET THE LUNCH 
CAPABILITY AND SHOW YOU CAN TAKE
PEOPLE BACK AND FORTH. WE HAVE 
BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW HE IS NOW
DOING THESE WATER LANDINGS BUT 
WANTS TO MOVE TO LANDING HUMANS 
ON THE GROUND. THINK ABOUT THAT.
ON MARS THERE ARE NO OCEANS YOU 
CAN'T LAND ON WATER. EVERYTHING 
HE DOES IS CALCULATED WITH THAT 
PRIZE IN MIND. LET'S GET HUMANS 
ON THE SURFACE OF THE RED 
PLANET. 
>> 
WHILE THEY WERE THERE IT WAS FUN
. LIKE PAM SAID, WE BUILT
ON A LARGE FOUNDATION TO TAKE 
THE NEXT STEPS BUILDING THE 
SPACE STATION REQUIRED THOSE 
PRACTICE SPACEWALKS SEVEN TIMES 
FOR ONE ORBIT.
BUT THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE
THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES. WE KNOW 
HOW TO TRAIN EACH OTHER AND GIVE
EACH OTHER THE THINGS WE NEED TO
KNOW. SO, YEAH THEY HAD SOME 
TRAINING BEFOREHAND. THEY HAD 
EXPERIENCE AREA WE ARE READY TO 
PASS THOSE SKILLS ONTO THE NEW 
ASTRONAUTS. THEY KNOW HOW TO 
OPERATE. WE KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE 
BEEN DOING AND LOVING
IT. WE HAVE THE NEW SPACECRAFT 
THEY COME HOME WITH A NEW 
SPACECRAFT. WE ARE LOOKING 
FORWARD TO FLYING ON DRAGON. 
PERMIT IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE 
WATCHING,
THEY TELL US WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE 
AND THEY ARE COVERING DRAGON YOU
CAN SEE IT THEY ARE WHITE 
WELL-TRAINED, ATTACHING THE 
RIGGING AND EVEN IF THE CAMERA 
SHAKY THE WATER IS LIKE GLASS. 
IT IS REALLY GOOD CONDITIONS. IT
TURNED OUT TO BE AN IDEAL DAY 
FOR THE SPLASHDOWN. IT IS
20 MINUTES OR SO UNTIL THE 
CAPSULE LEFT WE WILL STICK 
AROUND TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. BAM, 
ALSO WATCHING THIS AND I AM SURE
WITH A LOT OF INTEREST. AND THE 
REST OF THE TEAM ON THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WE 
ARE TALKING ABOUT THE  
COMMANDING OFFICER AND THE 
COSMONAUT. AND
YVONNE WAGNER WHO HAS BEEN THE 
COLLEAGUE OF THESE ASTRONAUTS 
FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
THEY BECAME PART OF THE CREW ON 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
FOR THE 60 OR SO DAYS. AND THE, 
SO YOU KNOW THAT  EVERYBODY ON 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
HAS BEEN WATCHING CLOSELY AND 
CAREFULLY TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS 
GOING OFF  VERY SAFELY, TODAY.
>> AS A VISITING CREWMEMBER, WE 
DATED ON SHUTTLE AND OF COURSE, 
IT IS A WAY OF LIFE NOW.
THREE GO UP, AND YOU KNOW, JOIN 
THREE ON THE STATION THERE IS A 
HANDOVER OF THE COMMANDER AND 
ONE CREW GOES HOME AND ANOTHER 
THREE COME UP. BUT
IT IS SORT OF AN INTERESTING 
FEELING.. ON MY LAST FLIGHT
WE LIVE ABOARD THE SPACE STATION
AND I HAD TO LEAVE THEM BEHIND. 
THAT IS A LITTLE HARD. SO I WAS 
WATCHING VERY CLOSELY WHEN HE 
CAME HOME AND I KNOW HE WAS 
WATCHING US VERY CLOSELY. IT IS 
KIND OF INTERESTING. I THINK 
EVERYBODY IS FASCINATED, BY THIS
WE WANT TO LEARN. EVERYBODY IS 
EXCITED. THEY WONDER IF THE NEXT
FLIGHT WILL BE ON ONE OF THESE 
VEHICLES. THIS IS LIVE COVERAGE 
FROM THE WASHINGTON POST THE 
CREW. THEY ARE BOBBING IN THE 
GULF OF MEXICO. THE PICKUP AND 
DRAGON, ITSELF AND THE BIG 
MOMENT FOR THE ASTRONAUT, WILL 
BE COMING OUT OF THE CAPSULE. 
ULTIMATELY, SEEING THE FAMILIES.
WHAT
ARE THE BIG MOMENT FOR YOU, AS 
AN ASTRONAUTS WHEN YOU COME BACK
TO EARTH? WHAT ARE THE BIG 
MOMENTS THAT TELL YOU YOUR 
MISSION IS COMPLETE AND IT HAS 
BEEN SUCCESSFUL? 
>> THAT IS
AN INTERESTING QUESTION THERE SO
MUCH GOING ON, LIKE I MENTIONED,
BEFORE. IT WAS OVERWHELMING TO 
ME. BUT YOU KNOW, A SUCCESSFUL 
TRIP. IT IS INCREDIBLE. THEY 
HEAR BOATS OUTSIDE. THEY ARE 
SURROUNDED BY THE PEOPLE. THEY 
ARE TALKING
TO THEM. THEY WILL GET THEM OUT 
OF THE CAPSULE AND GETTING OUT 
OF THE CAPSULE AND ONTO THE 
SHIP. OKAY, OUT OF ONE VEHICLE 
AND ONTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. 
GETTING INTO A MEDICAL TENT. 
THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO 
DO. TAKING TIME AND MAKING SURE 
THEY FEEL OKAY. THEY MIGHT THROW
UP. IF THEY ARE STRAPPED
IN THEY ARE OKAY. WHEN THEY GET 
OUT, THEY ARE MOVING HEADS 
AROUND.
THEY MIGHT HAVE A FEELING OF 
NAUSEA. THAT IS THE NEXT STEP. 
THEY WILL FEEL HEAVY.
THE ARMS WILL FEEL HEAVY. THE 
NEXT STEP AFTER THAT, IS GETTING
FROM THE OCEAN IN THE GULF OF 
MEXICO, ONTO DRY LAND. THEY 
COULD TAKE A HELICOPTER BACK. 
ONE THING AT A TIME. THAT IS HOW
I FELT HER AND ONE STEP AT A 
TIME AND ONCE THEY GET ONTO DRY 
LAND, THEN THEY WILL GET ON TO 
AN AIRCRAFT. THEY WILL GO HOME, 
TO HOUSTON. IT WAS 24 HOURS AND 
I CAME HOME. IT COULD BE A 
COUPLE OF HOURS. IT IS 
SPECTACULAR.
LANDING IN-HOME WATER. IT IS ONE
STEP AT A TIME. LIKE I MENTIONED
EARLIER. IT IS PRETTY COOL. 
>> IT IS A COUPLE OF HOURS 
RATHER THAN TRAVELING HALFWAY 
ACROSS THE WORLD YOU'D COME BACK
TO EARTH. WE SEE THIS CAPSULE IN
MORE DETAIL. CHRIS DAVENPORT 
MENTIONED EARLIER. YOU SEE THAT 
BRIGHT LIGHT. THE LAST TIME YOU 
SAW THE CAPSULE WAS
WHITE. THE EXTERNAL TEMPERATURES
REACHED 3000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
YOU'RE EXPECTING THIS I'M SURE. 
IT IS REALLY EVOCATIVE TO SEE, 
JUST WHAT THE CREW DRAGON 
CAPSULE HAS BEEN THROUGH UPON 
REENTRY. 
>> IT DOES NOT SEEM THAT 
IMPRESSIVE. IT BLENDS TOGETHER. 
TO SEE THIS
SPACECRAFT WHITE AND NOW IT 
ASSAULT CHARGE. IT GIVES YOU A 
SENSE OF WHAT HAPPENS TO THE 
SPACECRAFT BACK FROM SPACE. I AM
EXPLAINING THIS TO CHILDREN.
IT GETS THICKER AND THICKER WHEN
IT COMES INTO THE GRAVITY.
IT IS LIKE RUBBING YOUR HANDS ON
A TABLE YOU FEEL THE HEAT AND 
YOU DO IT MORE AND MORE. THIS IS
WHAT WILL HAPPEN. IT IS 
FRICTION.
IT HAS TO COME THROUGH AND THE 
GUYS INSIDE HAVE TO SURVIVE. 
THAT IS THE ENGINEERING 
CHALLENGE TO MAKE SURE THE 
SPACECRAFT SURVIVES BUT 
EVERYBODY INSIDE, HAS TO LIVE 
THERE ALL OF THIS. IT IS 
INNOVATIVE. THE COMPANY HAS TO 
TAKE GO UP TO THE SPACE STATION.
WE ARE ABLE
TO BRING SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS 
HOME AND ALSO BRING HUMAN BEINGS
HOME. IT IS SPECTACULAR. IT IS A
LITTLE SCARY BUT WE CAN DO IT. 
>> YOU SAID IT, SO WELL. HOW 
VISUALLY,
POINTED THIS IMAGE OF THIS 
BLACKENED CAPSULE FOR ALL OF US 
WHO WERE NOT ENGINEERS.
IT REALLY BRINGS IT HOME.
YOU TALK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY. THERE
ARE OTHER BOATS AROUND IT.
THEY ARE CLEARING THE AREA. THEY
ARE MAKING SURE THEY STAY OUT OF
THE WAY. I WANT TO BRING CHRIS 
DAVENPORT IN BRIEFLY. 
>>
EVERY SINGLE MILESTONE HAS BEEN 
SUCCESSFUL. IT IS A HUGE RELIEF.
THE SPLASHDOWN AND PARACHUTES, 
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN WORKING SO 
WELL.
BOB AND DOUG SEEM HEALTHY AND 
FINE. FOR ME, PERSONALLY AND 
PEOPLE I TALK TO YOU WANT TO GET
THEM ON THE BOAT. THEY HAVE 
EMERGENCY
CREWS TO MAKE SURE NOTHING GOES 
WRONG. ONCE THEY ARE ON
THE DECK OF THE RECOVERY SHIP, 
THEN, THEY WILL BE CHECKED OUT 
BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO MAKE 
SURE THEY ARE FINE AND HEALTHY. 
THE NEXT STEP IS THEY WILL BE 
FLOWN TO SHORE BY HELICOPTER. 
THERE WILL BE A PLANE WAITING TO
TAKE THEM HOME. THEY MOCK
. 
>> WE HAD A SWEET
FROM JEFF BEZOS . THEY HAVE A 
COMPANY. IT IS VERY EARLY ON IN 
THE DEVELOPMENT STAGE. BLUE 
ORIGIN WAS A PARTICIPANT. THEY 
HAVE A SUB ORBITAL VEHICLE.
IT GOES UP TO SPACE, AND COME 
STRAIGHT BACK DOWN. THERE HAS 
BEEN SOME RIVALRY. BETWEEN ELON 
MUSK AND JEFF BEZOS 
THEY ARE COMING TOGETHER  AND 
CONGRATULATING EACH OTHER. 
>> THIS WAS A TOUGH MISSION. IT 
WAS TESTED OUT BY THESE TEST 
PILOTS. WHERE DO WE GO FROM 
HERE? 
>> THIS IS DEMO TO DEMO FOR 
DEMONSTRATION. IT IS A TEST OF 
THE ROCKET AND REENTRY. EVILNESS
RECOVERY. THEY WILL TAKE THE 
SPACECRAFT BACK AND DOWNLOAD AND
THEY WILL DO THAT
AS SOON AS THEY GET ON THE BOAT.
THEY WILL RECOVER THE 
INFORMATION ON THE FLIGHT 
COMPUTERS. IF EVERYTHING CHECKS 
OUT THEY WILL GO TO THE FIRST 
OPERATIONAL MISSION WITH A FULL 
CREW OF FOUR ASTRONAUTS.
THAT FLIGHT COULD COME AS EARLY 
AS LATE SEPTEMBER. 
>>
CHRIS DAVENPORT MY COLLEAGUE 
ARTHUR WASHINGTON POST. HE WAS 
TALKING ABOUT THAT RIVALRY. 
LET'S GO BACK. ALAN YOU WERE 
TALKING EARLIER ABOUT THE 
BLACKENED CAPSULE. THESE 
ASTRONAUTS AND WHAT THEY HAVE 
GONE THROUGH. 
>> WE HAD THE COLUMBIA CAPSULE.
IT HAS GOT THAT SAME LOOKS AFTER
50 YEARS. THIS IS TOUGH. BUT, 
FRANKLY HEAT SHIELD TECHNOLOGY 
IS SOMETHING NASA UNDERSTANDS. 
THEY LEARNED THIS, BACK IN THE 
50s. THEY HAVE MORE ADVANCED 
MATERIALS.
THE HEAVIER IT IS THE MORE 
EXPENSIVE IT IS. THE HARDER IT 
IS. SO, THE TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN,
FOR LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS THAT 
CAN WITHSTAND
HIGH HEAT. THERE HAS BEEN 
ADVANCEMENTS OVER THE YEARS. 
BUT, AGAIN PART OF WHAT IS 
EVOCATIVE, IT DOES NOT LOOK ALL 
THAT DIFFERENT.
>> THAT IS INCREDIBLE. RECOVERY 
EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY. THINK 
ABOUT THE INVESTMENT, 
FINANCIALLY OF THE VESSELS TO 
GET THE CAPSULE OUT OF THE WATER
. THAT MAIN RECOVERY VESSEL HAS 
A HELIO PAD ON IT. IT HAS THE 
BIG
SPACEX ON TOP OF IT. YOU CAN SEE
NOW THE RECOVERY UNDERWAY.  THE 
CAPSULE IS NAMED ENDEAVOR. 
COMING FROM THE ASTRONAUTS WHO 
WERE ON BOARD AND AWAKING. THEY 
ARE WAITING TO GREET EVERYBODY 
AND ULTIMATELY, GREET THEIR 
FAMILIES. PAM, LET'S HEAR ABOUT 
WHAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN IN 
TERMS OF RESEARCH. 
>> YEAH, IT IS FASCINATING 
WATCHING THIS. YOU KNOW, I THINK
THERE ARE SOME ADVANTAGES TO 
LANDING IN WATER. IT WILL BE A 
BETTER LANDING. YOU ALSO HAVE A 
MUCH BROADER ACCEPTABLE ENGINE 
AREA. EARLIER, I WAS TALKING 
ABOUT HOW LITTLE WE REALLY CAN 
PROCESS AND MODEL THE PARACHUTE 
BEHAVIOR. HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF
SPREAD OF AREA. FOR A LAND 
LANDING YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE A 
FLAT AREA. THERE MAY BE ROCKS. 
THERE MAY BE TREES AND BUSHES 
AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE ARE 
ADVANTAGES
. I THINK WE WILL LEARN A LOT 
FROM THIS. USING MODERN 
TECHNOLOGY, WHO ELSE WILL TAKE 
ADVANTAGE OF THIS CAPABILITY? WE
ARE AT A TIME WHEN THERE ARE NEW
VEHICLES DESIGNED. NOT ONLY 
HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT, BUT IN OTHER 
KINDS OF SATELLITES. THINGS LIKE
THAT AND WHAT YOU KNOW,
IS THIS GOING TO MAKE 
SPACEFLIGHT EASIER. I GOT TO 
TELL YOU SPACEX MAKES IT LOOK 
EASY, TODAY. 
>> THIS IS OF COURSE, THIS IS A 
NEW EXPERIENCE I AM SURE FOR 
EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
THIS IS THE ACTUAL CAPSULE THAT 
HAS RETURNED TO EARTH AFTER 
DOCKING AT THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION . YOU SAW THAT 
PERSON THERE, WHILE THE PRACTICE
HAS BEEN DONE. THEY HAVE GONE 
THROUGH, THIS IS A BIG MOMENT 
HERE. TO RETRIEVE THIS
CRAP FROM WATER. SONNY WILLIAMS,
EVERYTHING IS GOING OKAY. 
FLAWLESSLY I SHOULD SAY.
THEY MET THIS IS PRETTY AWESOME.
WE HAVE SEEN HOW THEY WORK WITH 
THE A FRAME TO PICK UP A 
CAPSULE. THIS IS A HEAVY LIFTER 
HERE. TWO PEOPLE INSIDE. OTHER 
ENTITIES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE 
DONE THIS. THEY PICK UP
AN A-FRAME. THIS IS HEAVY AND 
BIG.
WE HAVE DONE THIS IN THE EARLY 
PARTS OF THE PROGRAM. SOME 
THINGS THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT 
MAKING SURE ALL OF THE 
MECHANISMS WORK. THESE GUYS WORK
TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE 
REDUNDANCY
. YOU DO NOT WANT A FAILURE 
HERE. THEY ARE EXPERTS ON THIS 
TECHNOLOGY. YOU SAW THE 
GENTLEMAN HE IS ON THERE 
CONNECTING LINES. HE JUMPED IN. 
IT IS A HIGHLY TECHNICAL 
OPERATION
. HE IS DOING HEAVY LIFTING TO 
GET ASTRONAUTS OUT IT IS PRETTY 
COOL. 
>> HEAVY LIFTING, LITERALLY AND 
PSYCHOLOGICALLY,. THIS IS A BIG
MOMENT. THE CREW DRAGON CAPSULE 
IS OUT. YOU CAN SEE IT. IT HAS 
OFFICIALLY BEEN RETRIEVED. THIS 
TOOK LESS TIME
THAN WE WERE ANTICIPATING. 
SPLASHDOWN IS ONLY A HALF AN 
HOUR AGO. 
>> YEAH, THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A 
PROFESSIONAL JOB.
THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT. 
THIS IS A DREAM. YOU KNOW, NOW 
THE CAPSULE IS STEADY. THE NEXT 
STEP IS DONE. LIKE I MENTIONED 
EARLIER, THEY WILL TAKE IT TO A 
PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GET THE 
GUYS OUT. LIKE I MENTIONED, THE 
NEXT STEP IS TO GET OUT. THEY 
WILL WANT TO HELP THEM GET OUT 
SAFELY.
YOU CAN SEE THE SHIP IS 
UNDERWAY. THEY ARE HEADING BACK 
TOWARD THE SHORE, ALREADY. THE 
CAPSULE IS STRAPPED DOWN AND 
MANEUVERING. EVERYBODY IS 
ENJOYING THE MOMENT. IT IS 
PRETTY AMAZING. 
>> THIS MOMENT MEANS SO MUCH. 
THE GLOBE IS ON PAUSE. IT IS 
DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS
. THIS IS A MOMENT OF MOTION 
FORWARD. IT MUST MEAN SO MUCH 
FOR YOU TO WITNESS. THEY ARE 
THINKING ABOUT
PROGRAMMING AND CONTINUING TO 
EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE SPACE 
PROGRAM. 
>> TODAY WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT 
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
SPACE PROGRAM AND COMMERCIAL 
COMPANIES AND WHAT WE ARE DOING.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT SCIENCE. 
THE INSPIRATION AND WE HAVE SEEN
THIS HERE AND LOOKING OUT THAT 
CAPSULE COME UP ON THE SHIP. IT 
IS THIS KIND OF THING THAT MAKES
LITTLE KIDS SAY, I WANT
TO BE AN ASTRONAUT. I WANT TO GO
TO MARS. I WANT TO DESIGN A 
CAPSULE THAT IS EVEN BETTER. 
SPACE IS ABOUT INSPIRATION. WHEN
YOU THINK ABOUT PEOPLE FROM ELON
MUSK AND JEFF BEZOS.  WHO ARE WE
INSPIRING, TODAY?
AND IN THIS TIME OF COVID-19, WE
FEEL A LITTLE BEATEN-DOWN. THE 
SPACE PROGRAM SHOULD REMIND US, 
LOOK WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WHEN
WE PUT OUR MINDS TO IT AREA IT 
PRE-MAC
>>
ELLEN IT IS REMARKABLE TO SEE 
THAT TECHNOLOGY IT RAISES THAT
CAPSULE THAT HEAVY CAPSULE UP 
ONTO THE VESSEL. THAT IN ITSELF 
SHOWS YOU THE REMARKABLE 
TECHNOLOGY AT PLAY HERE. 
>> IT REALLY DOES. I HAVE SEEN 
THINGS LIKE THIS BEFORE I 
WATCHED UNDERSEA EXPLORATION. TO
SEE IT
THIS CAPSULE WAS JUST IN SPACE 
ONE HOUR AGO. NOW IT IS SITTING 
ON THE SHIP PEOPLE ARE ABOUT TO 
GET OUT.
IT IS AWE-INSPIRING. THEY MAKE 
IT LOOK SO EASY. IT IS NOT EASY.
THIS IS REALLY AWE-INSPIRING. 
>> WE ARE WAITING FOR THE HATCH 
TO OPEN. YOU CAN SEE THE CRAFT 
WAS MOVED SORT OF THE BELLY OF 
THE SHIP
. THEY ARE WORKING TO MANUALLY 
OPEN THIS. IT IS REALLY AN 
INCREDIBLE MOMENT TO WITNESS, 
PAM. 
>> I FIND MYSELF THINKING ABOUT 
BOB AND DOUG. WHAT MUST THAT 
FEEL LIKE?
THEY ARE LIFTED AROUND. 
>> ONE THING I THINK I THINK I 
DO KNOW, AND THERE IS A MAGIC 
MOMENT WHEN THE HATCH OPENS.
YOU SUDDENLY SMELL THE SEAWATER.
YOU SMELL THE EARTH AGAIN. IT IS
LIKE WOW, I AM
BACK. YOU REALLY KNOW YOU ARE 
HOME. AND, HERE WE GO. WOW.
WE ARE WATCHING TO SEE THE HATCH
OPEN AND THEY ARE GO FOR THE 
HATCH TO OPEN. WE WILL HOPEFULLY
SEE
BOB BEHNKEN AND DOUG HURLEY IN 
MOMENTS TIME. 
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 
INSPIRATION OF THE SPACE 
PROGRAM. DOUG WAS SENDING OUT 
INCREDIBLE PHOTOS OF THE EARTH 
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION.  HE WAS SHOWING HOW 
FRAGILE AND POTENTIALLY UNIFIED 
THE GLOBE IS. THEY TALKED ABOUT 
HOW LOOKING AT THE EARTH, FROM 
ABOVE IS UNLIKE
ANYTHING. THE REST OF US CAN 
ONLY IMAGINE. 
>> YEAH THAT'S RIGHT. WE CALL IT
THE OVERVIEW AFFECT LOOKING DOWN
AT THE EARTH. GOING COMPLETELY 
AROUND THE EARTH. ANY PLACE YOU 
COULD EVER VISIT.
ANY TYPE OF MUSIC YOU COULD EVER
LISTEN TO. YOU GO COMPLETELY 
AROUND IT, IN 90 MINUTES.
IT IS MOST EVIDENT WHEN WE LOOK 
AT CLOUDS AND WEATHER AND THINGS
LIKE THAT. IT IS REALLY OBVIOUS.
>> THE FLIGHT SURGEON WILL POP 
HIS HEAD IN HE WILL DO AN 
INITIAL CHECK AND SEE HOW BOB 
AND DOUG ARE DOING. 
>> THERE ARE SOME POTENTIAL HITS
NEAR THE SIDE HATCH. COPY.
YOU ARE LISTENING TO AUDIO FROM 
NASA. YOU CAN SEE THE CIRCLES 
ABOVE THE HATS. THOSE ARE THE 
SHIPS THAT CAME OUT AND SLOW 
DOWN THE REENTRY. 
>>
THEY CAN GET AFFECTED FROM THE 
BURNING OF THE FUEL. THERE WILL 
INSPECTOR ON THE CAPSULE.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS 
SAFE FOR THE RECOVERY EXPERT, 
BUT FOR THE CUT THE HATCH OPEN. 
THEY ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG THE 
TIMELINE. THEY HAD SPLASHDOWN AT
11:40.
THAT IS SPECIFIC.
THEY ARE PAUSING
FOR ONE MOMENT. THEY ARE DOING 
SOME ADDITIONAL AIR SAMPLING. WE
STILL HAVE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS 
ABLE TO MONITOR
PROPULSION TANK PRESSURE. THEY 
DO NOT SEE ANY ISSUES WITH 
THOSE, AT THE MOMENT.
>>
THEY ARE PAUSING TO DO SOME MORE
AIR CHECKS. SONNY WILLIAMS, WE 
ARE WAITING FOR THE HATCH TO 
OPEN. I BET YOU CANNOT WAIT TO 
SEE DOUG HURLEY AND BOB BEHNKEN.
ALL OF US WHO HAVE WORKED
WITH THEM, AND SEEN THEM GO 
THROUGH ALL THIS IT IS PRETTY 
EMOTIONAL. KNOWING WHAT THEY 
HAVE JUST GONE THROUGH. YOU ARE 
ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT IT. THEY 
ARE YOUR FRIENDS. THEY ARE YOUR 
BUDDY. LF DAVE DIFFERENT 
IMPRESSION ON ME. WE TALK ABOUT 
IT, ALL THE TIME. IT WILL BE 
PRICELESS TO SEE THEIR SMILING 
FACES.
>> WE ARE WORKING ON AN ETA FOR 
YOU.
>>
IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US, 
ASTRONAUTS HAVE JUST SAFELY 
RETURNED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION . THEY JUST 
RETURNED
OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA, 
FLORIDA. WE ARE WAITING FOR THE 
HATCH
TO OPEN. I HAVE ACTOR NOT SONNY 
WILLIAMS WITH ME. SHE WILL 
HOPEFULLY BE DOING HER OWN 
FLIGHT SOON. THAT WILL BE WITH 
PARTNERSHIP WITH NASA AND 
BOEING.
I HAVE THE DIRECTOR OF THE 
NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM. 
WE ARE WAITING TO SEE BOB AND 
DOUG. WE HAVE COME TO KNOW THEM.
THEY ARE TEST PILOTS WOULD HAVE 
GONE TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION. THEY SPENT TWO MONTHS ,
THEY ARE. THAT IS SUCCESSFUL 
SPLASHDOWN, TODAY.
THEY SPLASHED DOWN AT 2:48 P.M. 
IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.
THEY WERE TARGETING A NUMBER OF 
POTENTIAL LOCATIONS. THEY SAW 
HOW THE TROPICAL STORM IS MOVING
UP THE COAST OF FLORIDA, THEY 
WERE ABLE TO CHOOSE A SPOT IN 
THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS IS THE 
FIRST TIME THEY LANDED ON WATER 
IN OVER 40 YEARS. 
>> ONE COMMENT, LIBBY. YOU KNOW,
I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THE WINDOWS. 
YOU CAN SEE ON EITHER SIDE OF 
THE HAT TO BID WINDOWS. I 
MENTIONED WHEN WE WERE TALKING 
ABOUT ENTRY, THERE IS A FILM 
THAT BURNED OFF. YOU CAN SEE 
THROUGH IT WHEN YOU LAND. THIS 
IS SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT, 
STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU CAN SEE 
INSIDE. YOU KNOW, AS AN OBSERVER
WATCHING THIS, IT BAKES
THE RUBBER HEATING, ON THE WAY 
BACK INSIDE. IT'S ON EITHER SIDE
OF THE HATS, RIGHT THERE. 
>> LET'S GO TO CHRIS DAVENPORT
. HE COVERS THE SPACE INDUSTRY 
FOR THE WASHINGTON POST. WE ARE 
WAITING FOR THE HATCH TO OPEN. 
>> EVERYBODY WANTS THAT. WE WENT
TO SEE BOB AND DOUG WE WANT TO 
KNOW THAT THEY ARE OKAY. THAT 
WILL BE A HUGE MOMENT. THEY WILL
MOVE VERY DELIBERATELY AND VERY 
CAREFULLY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE,
THAT EVERYTHING IS SAFE. THERE 
ARE MEDICAL PERSONNEL STANDING 
BY, THE FIRST THING THAT 
HAPPENED THEY WILL TREAT BOB AND
DOUG AND CHECK THEM OUT.
SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN 
IMMEDIATELY THERE ARE ENGINEERS 
ON BOARD THE SHIP. THAT IS FROM 
SPACEX AND NASA, TO ALMOST 
IMMEDIATELY DOWNLOAD THE DATA 
FROM THE FLIGHT COMPUTERS. THEY 
WANT TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF 
ANALYZING THE DATA.
YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT WHAT A 
PRETTY COOL MOMENT TO SEE THE 
DRAGON ON THE SHIP. 
>> THANK YOU, CHRIS JEN. WE ARE 
HEARING FROM MISSION CONTROL AND
NASA CHECKING FOR THE NITROGEN 
DIOXIDE.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE READINGS 
ARE OKAY BEFORE THEY OPEN THE 
HATCH.
THEY ARE MAKING SURE THE VAPOR 
LEVELS ARE DECLINING. THEY WILL 
OPEN THE HATCH, SHORTLY. SONNY, 
YOU GAVE US SUCH GREAT INSIGHT. 
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT 
WE ARE SEEING ON THE CAPSULE. 
WHAT ELSE ARE YOU NOTICING? 
>> GOSH, LIKE YOU MENTIONED
EARLIER ABOUT THE COLOR OF THE 
SPACECRAFT AND THE WINDOWS THE 
HATCH WHERE THEY ARE WORKING. 
THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE INSIDE
. AND QUICKLY LOOKING AT THE 
OUTSIDE OF THE CAPSULE, THEY ARE
TAKING A LOT OF NOTES AND 
COMPARING THEM TO OTHER 
SPACECRAFT
. THEY ARE LOOKING AT ANY 
DIFFERENCES BECAUSE OF WEIGHT 
AND CG AS VEHICLES CAME IN 
THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE. I WAS 
NURSING HOW AMAZINGLY FAST AFTER
IT GOT UNDER THE SHIP THEY WERE 
ABLE TO GET BOB AND DOUG OUT. I 
NOTICED ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHERS 
AROUND. THEY WANT TO NOTATE HOW 
IT LOOKS IMMEDIATELY AFTER IT 
CAME BACK. THEY WANT TO MAKE ANY
ENGINEERING CHANGES THAT THEY 
NEED TO TO MAKE IT SAFER OR MORE
BETTER.
LIKE YOU KNOW, A NASCAR TEAM.
THE CARS GO INTO THE PIT AND 
THEY ARE WORKING ON IT RIGHT 
AWAY. NO MESSING AROUND. LIKE 
CHRIS SAID, THEY DO NOT WANT TO 
MAKE MISTAKES. THEY DON'T WANT 
TO LOSE ANY DATA. THINGS CHANGE.
THEY ARE TAKEN US MUCH TIME THEY
KNOW THEY ARE IN A STABLE SPACE 
NOW. THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO 
TAKE TIME AND DO THE RIGHT 
THING. 
>>
NASA IS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT
IS HAPPENING. THEY WANT TO GET 
THROUGH PROCEDURES. IT HAS BEEN 
LESS THAN ONE HOUR SINCE 
SPLASHDOWN. YOU ARE NOT ALONE IF
YOU ARE
WAITING FOR THE ASTRONAUTS TO 
COME OUT. WE ARE WAITING FOR THE
MOMENT. IT WAS SO EVOCATIVE
. YOU SMELL THE EARTH. THE
VISUALS AND HOW DISORIENTING IT 
IS. YOUR DESCRIPTION AND EVEN 
JUST THE SMELLS HAVE GOT TO BE A
REMINDER THAT YOU ARE HOME. 
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY. I WAS AT 
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE.
THEY WILL SMELL THE OCEAN. THAT 
IS WHERE THEY ARE. I REMEMBER 
SMELLING SAGE AND GRASS. THAT 
EARTHY SMELL THAT YOU JUST MISS.
WHEN YOU ARE UP ON THE SPACE 
STATION FOUR DAYS, OR WEEKS OR 
MONTHS LIKE THESE GUYS, THEY 
HAVE NOT SMELLED THOSE 
SENSATIONS.
I MISSED WALKING ON THE BEACH. 
THEY WILL FEEL THE WIND. THAT 
WILL
HIT CLOSE TO HOME, RIGHT AWAY. 
THEY ARE HOME. THEY ARE BACK ON 
PLANET EARTH. THEY DID NOT HAVE 
THOSE THINGS. YEAH, IT WILL BE 
OVERWHELMING. THEY WILL GET USED
TO IT, REALLY QUICK. 
>>
TWO MONTHS THESE ASTRONAUTS HAVE
SPENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION. THAT WAS HISTORIC. THE 
FIRST TIME A  COMMERCIAL 
ENDEAVOR SENT ASTRONAUTS
INTO ORBIT. THEY HAD A 
SUCCESSFUL MISSION.
THEY HAD A SUCCESSFUL SPLASHDOWN
AND RECOVERY. THE ASTRONAUTS
BOB BEHNKEN AND DOUG HURLEY. 
THEY ARE FINE, THEY ARE OKAY.  
THEY ARE BACK ON SPACEX 
PROPERTY. THEY MADE IT THERE, 
SUCCESSFULLY. LET'S HEAR FROM 
YOU, ELLEN JUST HOW THIS
CONTINUES THE LEGACY AND 
TRADITION OF AMERICAN 
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE SPACE 
PROGRAM. 
>> WELL, YOU KNOW YOU THINK BACK
TO THE EARLY DAYS. IT TOOK 8 1/2
YEARS
UNTIL WE LANDED PEOPLE ON 
DEMAND. THE SPIRIT OF WITH
THE FRONTIER SPIRIT. THAT 
INVESTMENT THAT WAS MADE IN 
PUSHING TECHNOLOGY FORWARD HAS 
RIPPLE EFFECTS. AND, SO
WHEN YOU SEE COMMERCIAL 
COMPANIES BEING ABLE TO SAY, 
NASA NEEDS
TO GO TO MARS.
THE THINGS THAT NO LONGER ARE SO
INCREDIBLY HARD
. LET'S GIVE THAT TO COMMERCIAL 
COMPANIES. LET'S GIVE THAT TO 
BORROWING AND SPACEX. NASA CAN 
FOCUS ON GETTING HUMANS TO 
DOWNLOAD AND MARS. IT IS A 
CHANGE IN HOW NASA OPERATES. IT 
IS GROUNDED
IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPACE 
PROGRAM. MOVING IT TO THE NEXT 
LEVEL.
>> WELCOME BACK. IT IS GREAT TO 
HAVE THE ASTRONAUTS RETURN TO 
EARTH. THANK YOU. FORMER 
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA POINTING 
OUT THE COMMERCIAL PROGRAM WAS 
LAUNCHED UNDER HIS 
ADMINISTRATION. IT WAS CREATED
TO STRENGTHEN THE U.S. SPACE 
PROGRAM. IT IS GREAT TO SEE IT A
SUCCESS. IT'S GREAT TO SEE WHAT 
AMERICAN INGENUITY CAN COME UP 
WITH.
TRUMP USED A LINE THAT WAS 
CRITICIZED BY DEMOCRATS AND 
ASTRONAUTS. THE WIFE WAS 
FEATURED
IN THE AD WITH HER SON. IT WAS 
NOT TO BE USED FOR PROPAGANDA 
AND HER KNOWLEDGE. THE AD WASN'T
USED AFTER THAT. POLITICS ASIDE,
ELLEN,
THIS IS A BIG MOMENT FOR THE 
COMMERCIAL FLIGHT AND THE U.S. 
SPACE PROGRAM. WHAT DID NASA 
GAIN FROM THIS? 
>> IT TURNED ITS FOCUS FROM THE 
ROUTINE OF GETTING BACK AND 
FORTH.
IT IS MONEY WE DON'T HAVE TO 
SPEND. IT MAKES THE PROGRAM MORE
RESILIENT.
MORE INDEPENDENT AND STRONGER, 
BECAUSE OF THAT. IT ALLOWS NASA 
AGAIN, TO TO SAY, WE NEED TO PUT
OUR FOCUS ON DOING THE NEXT HARD
THING, RATHER THAN DOING THINGS 
THAT CAN BE TURNED OVER TO THE 
COMMERCIAL COMPANIES. 
>>
WE ARE WAITING FOR THE HATCH 
STARTS TO OPEN.
SUNNY, IS IT BACK TO WORK, 
TOMORROW? HOW MUCH OF A BREAK DO
YOU GET? THE LAST TIME WE 
TALKED, YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF 
TRAINING. IS THIS A REGULAR 
WEEK?
>>
I DO WORK TOMORROW, OF COURSE. 
WE DO HAVE A LOT GOING ON, 
OURSELVES. LIKE I MENTIONED, WE 
HAVE MILESTONES COMING FOR 
MANUAL FLYING. WE BACK UP 
SOFTWARE. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING 
CLOSELY ALL SUMMER. WE ARE 
FOCUSING ON
THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE
FILE. THAT IS A BID MILESTONE. 
THAT INTEGRATION, AGAIN WITH 
ANOTHER FLIGHT FOR
SPACEFLIGHTS TO BE INTEGRATED. 
ALL OF THAT IS HAPPENING. WE 
WILL BE PART OF THAT. WE WILL 
LEARN MORE. WE DO HAVE THE 
CONTROL TEAMS, FOR A LITTLE 
WHILE LONGER. WE CAN JUMP ONTO 
ALL THE TRAINING FOR THE FLIGHT 
TEST, IT WILL HAPPEN EARLY IN 
2021.
WE ARE ALSO MAKING SURE, WE ARE 
READY
TO GO AND OPERATE ON THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. THE
LENGTH OF THE SLIDE, YOU KNOW 
CHANGE THE NUMBER OF TIMES.  IT 
IS STARTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION. WE HAVE 
OBLIGATIONS TO UPGRADE.  WE NEED
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALREADY. WE 
NEED TO BE DOING ROBOTIC 
TRAINING. WE NEED TO BE DOING
SPACE FLIGHT TRAINING.
WE ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH NEW 
WAYS TO TRAIN. IT HAS BEEN A 
BUSY SPRING AND SUMMER. LIKE I 
SAID, WE MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE 
BREAK.
WE ARE STARTING TO PREPARE FOR
OST2.  
>>
NASA SAID, THEY COULD CONTINUE 
TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD. THEY 
COULD TAKE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS SO
THE CRUCIAL TEAMS INVOLVED TO GO
FORWARD. HAS COVID-19 IT 
IMPACTED YOUR WORK? 
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE BIG 
PICTURE STUFF, BUT HAS NOT. BUT,
YOU KNOW WE HAVE AMAZING, GREAT 
TECH GUYS WHO HAVE GIVEN US 
AMAZING PROGRAMS.
WE ARE ABLE TO CONNECT TOGETHER.
WE HAVE THE SAME QUALITY 
CONVERSATIONS. WE DO NOT HAVE TO
GET DRESSED UP, AND GO INTO 
WORK. WE HAVE GREAT SECURITY 
SYSTEMS. WE HAVE GREAT 
DATABASES. WE GET INTO TRAINING.
I CAN SIT AT HOME AND WATCH THE 
SIMULATION AND WATCH A PROGRAM.
I CAN SEE THE DATA THAT THE 
SIMULATOR HAS. I CAN MAKE SURE 
ALL OF US CAN GET TRAINED. THERE
IS A LOT OF SELF WORK, THAT GOES
ON. IT ALLOWS US TO REALLY 
CONCENTRATE ON SOME OF THE FINE 
DETAILS THE STAR LINER
FOLKS ARE DOING AND SOME OF THE 
CREWS ARE DOING. WE ARE REALLY 
MAKING SURE ONE FEEDS RIGHT INTO
THE NEXT.
WE HAVE A VERY BUSY CONTROL TEAM
CONDUCTING SIMULATION. WE GET 
READY FOR THE NEXT FLIGHT. WE 
ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN. THE 
CORONAVIRUS HAS IMPACTED US. WE 
ONLY COMMITMENT IS NECESSARY.
WE ARE ALL MONITORED BEFORE WE 
SEE THE REST OF THE CREW. ONE OF
THE FUNNIEST THING IS WHEN YOU 
GET INTO SPACESUITS, YOU ARE IN 
YOUR OWN LITTLE WORLD. YOU'RE 
REALLY UNDER QUARANTINE. THAT 
HAS NOT CHANGED. THE REST OF IT 
WHICH REQUIRES MULTIPLE PEOPLE, 
WE HAVE FOUND WAYS TO SOCIALLY
DISTANCE. EVERYBODY IS SIX FEET 
APART. WE KEEP ALL THE COMPUTERS
AND STUFF, WIPED DOWN AND CLEAN.
OF COURSE THERE IS OVERHEAD. WE 
FIND WAYS AROUND IT. TIME WAITS 
FOR NO MAN. SPICE FLEET
. SPICE. 
>>
WE HAVE THE GOAL OF GETTING BACK
ON THE MOON. SENDING
MEN AND WOMEN TO THE MOON, PAM. 
>> YES. IT IS EXCITING TO THINK 
ABOUT PEOPLE BEING BACK ON THE 
MOON. OBVIOUSLY, WOMEN
AND CREWMEMBERS NOW, THAT IS A 
REASONABLE EXPECTATION.
WE WILL HAVE THAT KIND OF 
REPRESENTATION. YOU CANNOT 
UNDERESTIMATE HOW INSPIRING THAT
IS. I WAS USUALLY INSPIRED BY 
APOLLO. I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE 
LOST MY MIND AS A LITTLE GIRL, 
IF ONE OF THE ASTRONAUTS HAVE 
BEEN A WOMAN AT THE TIME. THINGS
HAVE CHANGED A LOT. IT IS REALLY
COOL. THE IMPORTANT THING 
ACTUALLY IS, YOU KNOW AND SONNY 
SAID IT VERY WELL. LET
NASA WORK ON THE REALLY HARD 
THINGS. IT IS STAGGERINGLY HARD.
THE REENTRY FROM THE MOON
AS OPPOSED TO A MOCK 25 REENTRY.
IT PUTS GREAT STRESS
ESPECIALLY FROM A HEAT LOAD 
STANDPOINT. HAVING THAT 
CAPABILITY AND
IT WAS DESIGNED TO TAKE THAT. 
THE GOAL IS, A SUSTAINABLE HUMAN
PRESENCE BEYOND THE EARTH'S 
ORBIT. THAT'S A MASSIVE 
LOGISTICAL PROBLEM. AND SONNY 
KNOWS THIS. THE AMOUNT OF 
SUPPLIES
IT TAKES TO KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE. 
ALSO IT'S TREMENDOUS TO DO THE 
SCIENCE. NOW WE HAVE TO SHIP IT 
ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE MOON. BUT
THAT IS GREAT. PEOPLE WILL SEE 
THE THINGS HAPPEN.
WE CAN REALLY FOCUS ON SOME OF 
THE VERY TOUGH PROBLEMS AND 
RADIATION. THE SCIENCE IS GOING 
TO BE JUST AMAZING. WHAT WE HOPE
WITH THE PERSEVERANCE WE JUST 
LAUNCHED AND KUDOS TO CHINA FOR 
ALSO LAUNCHING ROVERS. WE NEED 
TO STUDY
MARS A LOT MORE BEFORE WE SEND 
HUMANS THERE. WE GET A CHANCE TO
PRACTICE ON THE MOON. 
>> HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA SPACEX 
IS LOCATED. THEY ARE CALLING THE
SHOTS.
A SYMBOLIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN 
SPACEX AND NASA. HE FINALLY SEE 
BOB AND DOUG. THEY ARE COMING 
OUT OF THE CAPSULE. THEY WILL BE
GETTING HELP AND THAT IS NORMAL.
WE HEAR FROM THE ASTRONAUTS
. DO NOT BE ALARMED IF YOU SEE 
THEM NEEDING HELP, TO GET OUT. 
THEY WILL GET A PHYSICAL EXAM. 
THAT WILL HAPPEN AS PART OF THE 
ROUTINE EFFORT.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT 
STEPS. IT IS HUGE. BRING US BACK
FULL CIRCLE TO ONE OF THE EARLY 
GOALS WHEN IT COMES TO SPACE 
TRAVEL. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT. I MENTIONED THE
LUNAR GATEWAY. THAT WILL BE A 
SMALL STATION, IN ORBIT AROUND 
THE MOON. IT IS LIKE A PRECURSOR
ALL
ABOUT THE MAN. YOU WANT TO MAKE 
SURE YOU CAN PREVENT AIR AND 
ASTRONAUTS CAN BREED. IT DOES 
NOT HAVE TOO MUCH CARBON DIOXIDE
IN IT. IT WILL NOT NEED HUGE 
AMOUNTS OF MAINTENANCE. WE 
RECYCLE 80% OF WATER.
TO GET TO MARS, WE WILL HAVE TO 
RECYCLE SOMEWHERE IN THE MID-90s
LIKE 95%.
OTHERWISE, YOU HAVE TO BRING ALL
OF THAT WATER WITH YOU. THESE 
ARE THE TECHNOLOGIES WE WILL BE 
PUSHING OUT. FRANKLY, SUNNY AND 
PAM CAN TALK ABOUT THIS MORE 
THAN I CAN. YOU WANT TO MAKE 
SURE YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT 
WORKS RELIABLY. WE WILL PRACTICE
THAT ON THE MOON. 
>> THINGS THAT WE TAKE FOR 
GRANTED, ARE INVALUABLE. WE NEED
ALL OF THIS. IT HAS TO BE DONE 
WITH INTENTION. 
>> AMEN. I CANNOT TELL YOU.
I KNOW
I DO KNOW HOW TO FIX THE SPACE 
TOILET. UP ON THE SPACE STATION 
WE HAVE A NEW TOILET. WE ARE 
TRYING IT OUT. WE WANT TO MAKE 
SURE AS MUCH AS WE CAN, THAT WE 
WILL BE READY FOR GATEWAY. WE 
WANT TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE 
PRESENCE ON THE MAIN. WE ARE 
WORKING AS BEST WE CAN. WE WANT 
TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MOVE IN 
CORRECTLY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 
THAT WE CAN GO TO THE LEARNER 
SERVICED REGULARLY. IT IS FUN.
TALKING ABOUT INSPIRATION,
EVERYTHING THAT IT TAKES TO LIVE
HERE, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO 
THAT ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION  OR ON THE MOON OR 
GATEWAY.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN
DRIVE. SO YOU KNOW, EVEN THE 
THOUGHT
OF GOING TO THE MOON OR MARS, IT
MAKES PEOPLE THINK ABOUT OUTSIDE
THE BOX AND BE CREATIVE. HOW 
WILL WE DO IT? ELON MUSK 
MENTIONED THAT. HIS GOAL IS 
GETTING TO MARS. WE HAVE TO TAKE
THE STEP-BY-STEP. WE HAVE TO DO 
IT, CORRECTLY. IT IS PRETTY 
AWESOME. PERSEVERANCE WAS ATTIC
INCREDIBLE LAUNCH. IT IS A LONG 
JOURNEY TO GET TO MARS.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE OPTIMAL
PLACE TO LAUNCH IN THE LAND AND 
LIVE. LET THEM DO THEIR JOB. WE 
WANT TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN A 
HARSH ENVIRONMENT. IF YOU WANT 
TO BE AND IT
ENGINEER OR FIGURE OUT HOW TO 
DESIGN THE CLOTHING OR YOU KNOW,
ALL OF IT. IT IS 
ALL-ENCOMPASSING IN SPACE 
TRAVEL. IT IS PRETTY AWESOME. 
>> IT IS ONE HOUR AFTER 
SPLASHDOWN. HERE IS WHAT WE 
KNOW. THEY ARE GETTING RID OF 
THE VAPORS. THERE IS NO CONCERN 
ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE CREW. 
MISSION CONTROL ASKED THE 
ASTRONAUTS IF THEY ARE DOING 
OKAY.
THEY SAID, NO NEED TO RUSH. IT 
IS THE HURRY UP AND WAIT. IT IS 
PART OF THE MISSION. A REMINDER 
EVEN THOUGH THAT BOB BEHNKEN AND
DOUG HURLEY  HAVE COME DOWN, 
THERE ARE OTHERS ON THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.  
THERE ARE RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS.
I'M SURE THEY ARE WATCHING TO 
SEE THAT BOB AND DOUG COME OUT 
OF THE CAPSULE. NASA SAYS, IT 
WILL TAKE FIVE MINUTES OR SO TO 
DISPERSE THE VAPORS. WE WILL 
CONTINUE WATCHING TO SEE THE 
ASTRONAUTS EMERGE.
ELON MUSK SPENT HUNDRED MILLION 
DOLLARS OF HIS OWN MONEY.
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS 
FOR
DECADES NOW. HOW MUCH DOES THIS 
MEAN TO THE SPACEX TEAM? 
>> IT IS ALL ABOUT HUMAN 
SPACEFLIGHT THAT IS WHY HE HAS 
BEEN WORKING ON THIS, SINCE 
2002.
HE DESIGNED HIS FIRST EXPERIMENT
TO FLY CARGO. IT HAD A WINDOW ON
IT. IT WAS A REMINDER AND 
SYMBOL, TO ALL THE PEOPLE AT 
NASA, THAT
THE ULTIMATE GOAL, WAS TO FLY 
PEOPLE. NOW, THEY HAVE
DONE THIS. WE ARE WAITING FOR 
BOB AND DOUG OBVIOUSLY, TO COME 
OUT. IT SHOWS YOU, HOW CAREFUL 
AND DELIBERATE THEY WILL BE. 
HERE WE ARE WEIGHED IN. WE WENT 
TO SEE BOB AND DOUG AND 
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE BOB AND 
DOUG.
THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE 
AUDIENCE. WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT, 
IS BOB AND DOUG ARE SAFE. THEY 
WILL NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL 
CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR THEM TO
COME OUT.
>> WHERE DOES YOUR REPORTING GO?
YOU HAVE BEEN LITERALLY, WORKING
AROUND THE CLOCK. 
>> IT NEVER
ENDS. THAT'S GOOD FOR ME. FROM 
THIS, WE GO INTO
PROCESSING OF THE CREW. NASA HAS
TO SIGN OFF, MAKE SURE 
EVERYTHING IS GOOD. THEN WE GO 
TO THE OPERATIONAL MISSION.
POTENTIALLY, AT THE END OF 
SEPTEMBER, SOMETIME BY THE END 
OF THE YEAR, BOEING WILL DO THE 
UNCREATED MISSION OF THE STAR 
LINER. THAT WILL BE A BIG DEAL. 
THEN YOU HAVE CREW NUMBER 24 
SPACEX. THAT WILL BE IN THE 
SPRING OF 2021. IF THAT GOES 
WELL BOEING WILL HAVE A 
DEMONSTRATION MISSION WITH NASA 
ASTRONAUTS. THINGS ARE SPEEDING 
UP OF COURSE NASA HAS GOT THE 
ARTEMIS PROGRAM. THEY ARE 
WORKING HARD TO GET BACK TO THEM
MOON. THE GOAL IS 2024
. THEY WON ASTRONAUTS ON THE 
MOON. THAT IS AMBITIOUS. I DO 
NOT KNOW IF THEY WILL MAKE THAT.
THEY ARE MOVING WITH URGENCY. 
THERE IS A LOT GOING ON. 
>> DO YOU ANTICIPATE CORONAVIRUS
SLOWING THIS DOWN? HAS IT 
IMPACTED THEM? HAS ANYTHING BEEN
GRINDING TO A HALT? 
>> IT HAS HAD A BIG EFFECT.
THEY HAVE TO WORK IN CLOSE 
PROXIMITY.
THE SOS ROCKET AND BOEING IS 
BUILDING THAT FOR AN ANSWER. 
THEY HAD TO STOP ON THAT. THERE 
WERE DELAYS, THERE. FOR NASA, 
THEY HAD A SPECIAL DISPENSATION.
THEY KEEP PREPARING FOR THAT. 
BECAUSE, YOU HAVE ASTRONAUTS ON 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
. THAT'S
AN INVESTMENT OF $100 BILLION OR
MAYBE MORE. THEY WANT TO MAKE 
SURE THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS 
A CONTINUOUS PRESENCE. NO DOUBT.
THE VIRUS HAS HAD A HUGE IMPACT.
EVERYTHING SO FAR IS GREAT. IT 
IS TYPICAL OF HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT
YOU WANT THAT MOMENT OF BELIEF 
BUT, YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT. 
THEY WILL BE VERY CAREFUL AND, 
YOU KNOW I AM TENSE. NO REASON. 
EVERYTHING IS FINE
. WE HEARD HAWTHORNE TALKING TO 
BOB AND DOUG. FROM CAUTION, WE 
WILL GO SLOW.
DOUG HURLEY INSIDE THE CAPSULE 
SAID, ABSOLUTELY WE AGREE. THEY 
WILL DO SO WHEN THEY FEEL READY.
>> OUT THERE OF THE SPACE BARON,
WHICH LOOKS
AT THE RACE TO FIGHT AMONG 
COMMERCIAL ENTITIES. THANK YOU. 
WE APPRECIATE IT. 
>> LET'S GO BACK TO OUR GUEST 
AND WE NEED TO WRAP IT UP. WE 
ARE WAITING FOR BOB AND DOUG. 
SUNNY, WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND, AS 
WE WATCHED TO SEE THE HATCH 
OPEN? ARE YOU FEELING RELIEVED? 
ARE YOU EXCITED?
>>
THIS IS A DOOR OPENING TO THE 
NEXT WAVE FOR SPACEFLIGHT. WE 
WANT TO TAKE TIME. WE WANT TO DO
IT RIGHT. THAT IS THE MANTRA OF 
BULLYING. IT IS THE STAR LINER 
PROGRAM. THEY DID NOT WANT TO 
RUSH.
THEY WANT TO GET IT RIGHT THEY 
WANT TO DO IT RIGHT. LET'S NOT 
RUSH, LET'S TAKE OUR TIME. 
BECAUSE WE ARE CHANGING THE 
CHAPTER. WE DO NOT WANT TO 
JEOPARDIZE YOU KNOW THE WAY WE 
ARE DOING THINGS
, JUST BECAUSE WE ARE RUSHING TO
GET TO THE FINISH LINE 1st.
WE WANT TO BE SUSTAINABLE. WE 
WANT TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE GO INTO
SPACE. WE WANT
IT TO BE OPEN TO AS MANY PEOPLE 
AS POSSIBLE. WE WANTED TO BE 
SAFE. SO PEOPLE CAN CHANGE THEIR
MINDS.
IT'S BIGGER THAN OURSELVES. IT'S
BIGGER THAN A COUPLE OF 
ASTRONAUTS. IT'S BIGGER THAN 
NASA.
>> I'M SURE THAT IS SOMETHING 
YOU CAN RELATE TO.
>>
THIS IS JUST A SYMBOL.
>>> HERE THEY COME. IT'S SO NICE
TO SEE.
LIKE IT'S FANTASTIC TO SEE THIS 
GROUP OF SMILING FACES.
MANY OF WHOM YOU KNOW 
PERSONALLY. THEY ARE HERE TO 
HELP YOU TRANSITION BACK TO 
EARTH. I AM A SMILING AS I SEE 
EVERYONE HUDDLED AROUND THE 
HATCH. IT IS A HOMECOMING.
LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED 
VERY HARD. PEOPLE YOU WORKED 
WITH FOR YEARS. ARE HERE TO 
WELCOME YOU BACK HOME TO EARTH. 
BUT THE PERSON IN THE BLUE SUIT 
AS A FLIGHT SURGEON.
DR. STEPHEN HART. WE KNEW THAT 
THERE WOULD BE CREW ON THE 
VESSEL TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE 
HEALTH IS GOOD. AND TO 
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HEALTH IS 
GOOD
. 
>> HERE THEY COME. HAVING THAT 
FLIGHT SURGEON THERE IS GREAT.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING SONNY ? 
>> IT'S NOT A STRAIGHT SHOT 
GETTING OUT OF THAT CAPSULE. 
THERE IS A DROP OFF TO GET OUT 
OF THE CAPSULE WHERE THEIR FEET 
ARE. IT'S NOT LIKE WALKING OFF 
OF AN AIRLINER
. THOSE ARE ONE OF THOSE THINGS 
THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT TO GET 
UNSTRAPPED AND OUT FROM 
UNDERNEATH. AND THEN YOU CAN
JUMP DOWN AND GET THROUGH THE 
HATCH. I'M NOT SURE IF I 
SUMMITTED GOING IN THERE TO HELP
THEM WITH THAT. IT'S A LITTLE 
TRICKY AND THEY'RE PROBABLY 
SENDING OUT THE EQUIPMENT THAT 
THEY HAVE TO CLEAR THE WAY A 
LITTLE BIT BETTER. CLEAR THE 
FOOT RESTS IS PROBABLY WHAT THEY
ARE DOING RIGHT NOW. THE FLIGHT 
SURGEON IS THERE WAITING. YOU 
KNOW NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THEM.
BUT YOUR SYSTEM IS TAKEN A 
LITTLE BIT OF A HIT.
YOU MAY BE A LITTLE DISORIENTED.
IT JUST THAT WEIGHT OF GRAVITY. 
IT'S NICE TO HAVE A HELPING 
HAND. AND THEY ARE ON A SHIP. 
THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF AN 
OCEAN. IT'S NOT STUDY. A HELPING
HAND IS ALWAYS THE WAY TO GO
BUT THAT'S PART OF THE STANDARD 
RECOVERY PROCESS ? 
>> YES THAT IS JUST NORMAL.
BUT HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO 
FIND YOUR EQUILIBRIUM AND GET 
YOUR SEA LEGS SO TO SPEAK? 
>> IT VARIES FROM PERSON TO 
PERSON AND HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN 
IN SPACE AND HOW LONG YOU HAVE 
ADAPTED TO THAT ENVIRONMENT.
I WOULD SAY THAT 24-48 HOURS AND
THEN YOUR BRAIN RECONNECTS WITH 
HOW YOUR BALANCE SYSTEM WORKS. 
YOU DON'T HAVE GRAVITY TO 
INFLUENCE THAT BALANCE 
MECHANISM. AND ALL THE SUDDEN 
GRAVITY IS BACK. THEN YOUR 
MUSCLES HAVE
BEEN IN A RELAXED STATE IN THE 
SPACE. AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN 
TAXED AS MUCH AS THEY WERE ON 
EARTH WITH GRAVITY.
IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT. WE 
HAVE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT. BUT 
SOME OF THOSE SMALLER MUSCLES 
LIKE THE ONES IN YOUR HEAD AND 
IN YOUR CALVES HAVE NOT BEEN 
EXERCISE LIKE THEY ARE HONORED. 
FOR ME IT TOOK ABOUT 30 DAYS 
TILL I WASN'T TIRED
FROM ALL THE RE-ADAPTATION. AND 
A COUPLE DAYS FOR ME TO GET MY 
FAST TWITCH MUSCLES BACK. SO 
THAT I COULD RUN AS FAST AS I 
COULD. I HAD A LONGER MISSION. I
IMAGINE WITH THE EXPERIENCE
YOU COULD BOUNCE BACK A LITTLE 
BIT QUICKER BECAUSE YOUR BODY 
REMEMBERS. IT'S VERY 
FASCINATING. THE MORE TIMES YOU 
GO TO SPACE THE BETTER YOU CAN 
READOPT. BECAUSE YOUR BODY 
SOMEHOW REMEMBERS ALL OF THAT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAIN IT TO DO
IT. IT JUST DOES. I WOULD 
IMAGINE THESE GUYS WILL BE TIRED
INITIALLY. AND THEN THEY WILL BE
IN REHAB WITH PHYSICAL TRAINERS 
IF NOT TONIGHT STARTING 
TOMORROW. IN GETTING BACK TO 
NORMAL IN THE NEXT MONTH.
>> YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON TO 
COMPLETE A MARATHON
IN SPACE. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT 
YOUR MUSCLES ARE READJUSTING YOU
REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING 
ABOUT. YOU HAVE DONE IT ALL. THE
STRETCHER THAT IS THERE. IT'S 
THE SAFEST WAY TO TRANSPORT THE 
ASTRONAUTS SO THEY DON'T
TRY TO LEAP UP AND WALK OUT. 
DON'T BE ALARMED IF YOU SEE THAT
STRETCHER AND YOU SEE THEM 
MOVING IN TO A SAFE PLACE. WE 
ARE HEARING THAT BOB JUST GOT ON
THE COMMUNICATIONS AND SAID 
THANK YOU FOR DOING THE HARD 
PART. MISSION CONTROL IN 
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN 
IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE 
ASTRONAUTS AS THEY ARE WORKING 
ON GETTING THEM OUT.
PERHAPS A FINAL WORD FROM BOB 
BEHNKEN  TO MISSION CONTROL 
BEFORE HE IS REMOVED WITH SOME 
HELP FROM THIS CAPSULE.
>> YOU SHOULD TAKE A MOMENT TO 
CHERISH THIS DAY GIVEN ALL THE 
THINGS THAT HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH, OUR 
FAMILIES CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.
PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS EFFORT 
TO GET
PEOPLE TO AND FROM THE SPACE 
STATION. TO CELEBRATE WITH EACH 
OTHER. HOPEFULLY WE WILL TALK TO
YOU SOON
,  IN PERSON. BUT THAT WAS DOUG 
HURLEY TALKING TO MISSION 
CONTROL.  
>> WE WISH YOU A SAFE JOURNEY 
HOME AND A HAPPY REUNION WITH 
YOUR FAMILY. IT WILL BE GOOD TO 
SEE YOU IN PERSON AS WELL. 
>> SOME VERY NICE WORDS THERE. 
YOU COULD HEAR THE CONVERSATION 
BETWEEN
DOUG AND MISSION CONTROL. 
ECHOING WHAT BOB SAID. 
CHERISHING THAT THIS DAY.  
SHOWING IS APPRECIATION AND 
GRATITUDE FOR THOSE AT MISSION 
CONTROL IN
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA. THE 
SPACEX TEAM
. BOB HAS JUST COME OUT OF THE 
CAPSULE. NOW THEY WILL WORK ON 
GETTING DOUG HURLEY OUT. 
>> HOW ARE YOU FEELING? 
>> THIS
AWESOME. IF THEY ARE THERE, THEY
ARE BOTH FINE. THEY BOTH SAID 
AWESOME WORDS THAT ECHO SO 
STRONGLY WITH THOSE THAT HAVE 
BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS. IT WAS A 
LONG TIME TO GET TO THIS POINT. 
THEY ARE HOME
, AND THEY ARE FINE. AND THAT'S 
THE BIGGEST PART. I HEARD THE 
PROGRAM MANAGER SAYING THAT IT'S
ONE THING TO LAUNCH BUT WE NEED 
TO GET THEM BACK HOME SAFE AND 
SOUND TO THEIR FAMILY. AND WE'RE
99% THERE. IT IS SPECTACULAR. IT
HAS BEEN A SPECTACULAR MISSION. 
THIS HAS BEEN A SPECTACULAR DAY.
IT'S TRULY AWESOME.
>> BOB BEHNKEN OUT OF THE 
CAPSULE ENDEAVOR. AND WE ARE 
WAITING FOR DOUG HURLEY TO COME 
OUT.  YOU HEARD HIM EXPRESSING 
HIS APPRECIATION FOR MISSION 
CONTROL.
PAM IS THIS THE MOMENT YOU HAVE 
BEEN WAITING FOR AS CHRIS 
DAVENPORT AND HAS A
TALK ABOUT. THEY ARE ON EARTH , 
THEY ARE ON A VESSEL IN THE GULF
OF MEXICO AND THEY HAVE RETURNED
HOME. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. WHEN IT SOMEBODY 
YOU CARE ABOUT YOU DON'T BELIEVE
IT TILL YOU SEE IT. AND YOU HAVE
TO SEE IT. WHAT IS FUN IS 
REMEMBERING THAT AT THIS MOMENT 
WHAT A RELIEF. THEY HAVE BEEN 
WORKING VERY HARD. AND NOW
THEY ARE ON SOMEONE ELSE'S SHIP 
AND THEY CAN TAKE A REST. AND 
I'M VERY GLAD FOR THEM. BUT THAT
SUCH A GREAT POINT PAM. THAT 
THEY ARE ON SOMEONE ELSE'S SHIP.
>> SOME ELSE'S AT THE HELM. 
THAT'S RIGHT. BUT BOTH OF THESE 
ASTRONAUTS ARE MARRIED TO WOMEN 
WHO HAVE BEEN ASTRONAUTS. ONE OF
THEM
WILL SEE THEIR SPOUSE GO UP IN 
THE CAPSULE. THERE IS A DOUG 
HURLEY WHO IS JUST COME OUT OF 
THE ENDEAVOR . YOU CAN SEE THE 
TEAM ASSISTING HIM. AND
MISSION CONTROL APPLAUDING. YOU 
CAN SEE ELON MUSK THERE
. AND THE PRESIDENT CEO OF THE 
SPACEX WHO'S BEEN THERE FOR TWO 
DECADES SINCE 2002. WORKING 
ALONGSIDE THE REST OF THE TEAM 
TO GET TO THIS DAY. ELON MUSK 
WITH A GRAND VISION OF HAVING 
HUMANS ON MARS. THIS IS A GREAT 
STEP FOR NASA AND THE COMMERCIAL
CREW PROGRAM. ELON MUSK TAKING 
OFF HIS HEADSET AND JACKET, YOU 
CAN SEE ALL THE APPLAUSE 
HAPPENING THERE. LET'S GO TO OUR
GUEST FOR FINAL THOUGHTS.
A VERY HISTORIC DAY. YOU CAN 
APPRECIATE THAT AS A DIRECTOR OF
THE AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM.
>> TODAY IS CERTAINLY SPECIAL. 
THIS IS REALLY EXCITING
, IT'S REALLY MOVING THE SPACE 
PROGRAM FORWARD IN A WAY THAT 
INSPIRES THE NEXT GENERATION. 
THAT FIRST GIRL WHO WILL WALK ON
MARS
. 
>> YOU CAN SEE ELON MUSK COMING 
IN AND OUT OF THE SCREEN. THANK 
YOU ALAN. LET'S GO FOR FINAL 
THOUGHTS TO SONNY WILLIAMS.
TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY AT WORK.
WHAT AN EXCITING WAY TO START 
YOUR DAY? BUT THE DOOR IS OPEN. 
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS.
>> WE ARE READY WE'RE KEEP 
PRESSING IN GETTING THE NEXT 
CREW READY TO GO
. WE ARE READY TO TAKE THAT 
CHALLENGE AND CARRY THE TORCH. 
THAT LEADS THE WAY TO GO BACK TO
THE MOON AND IT'S GOING TO 
HAPPEN. IT CAN HAPPEN BEFORE WE 
KNOW IT. IT'S PRETTY COOL. BUT 
LET'S GO TO PAM MELROY.
WE WILL SEE IF SOME OF THE 
PEOPLE INVOLVED BECOME PART OF 
THE ASTRONAUT
HALL OF FAME. I'D LOVE TO GET 
YOUR CLOSING THOUGHTS AS WE 
WITNESS HISTORY? SUSPECT THAT'S 
EXACTLY THE WAY WE VIEW IT.
I WONDER IF SOMEBODY WILL BE THE
FIRST PERSON TO SET FOOT ON 
MARS. AND IF I WILL WATCH THEM 
TELLING STORIES AND SHARING 
THEIR EXPERIENCES. THIS IS JUST 
THE BEGINNING. THE DOOR IS OPEN
. ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE
TO FINISH WITH. WE ARE VERY 
EXCITED THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE FIRSTHAND
THEIR SPACE PROGRAM AT WORK. TO 
LAUNCH AND COME BACK TO OUR 
COUNTRY.
ASTRONAUTS HAVE BEEN SAFELY AND 
SUCCESSFULLY GOING TO THE SPACE 
STATION FROM OTHER COUNTRIES FOR
ALMOST 10 YEARS. IT IS SOMETHING
SPECIAL TO SEE YOUR OWN SPACE 
PROGRAM COMING FROM YOUR HOME 
SOIL IT'S A VERY EXCITING MOMENT
BUT THE JOURNEY FOR THESE 
ASTRONAUTS IS NOT QUITE
OVER. THE NEXT STOP IS A 
HELICOPTER TO A PLANE THAT WILL 
GET THEM HOME. WE WILL
CONTINUE TO KEEP TABS ON THEIR 
JOURNEY. IN THE WORDS OF DOUG 
HURLEY AS HE SAW HIS COLLEAGUE  
BOB BEHNKEN BROUGHT OUT OF THE  
SPACECRAFT TO SAFETY. HE SAID TO
MISSION CONTROL. TO ANYONE WHO 
HAS TOUCHED "IN DENVER ENDEAVOR"
YOU SHOULD ENJOY THIS DAY. WHAT 
A REMARKABLE MOMENT IN AMERICAN 
HISTORY. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL 
THAT YOU SPENT IT HERE WITH THE 
WASHINGTON POST. AT THE TIME OF 
A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. IT'S TIME TO 
GATHER TOGETHER AND SHARE 
MOMENTS LIKE THIS WITH HUMAN 
COURAGE AND HARD WORK. THANK YOU
FOR SUPPORTING THE WASHINGTON 
POST. PLEASE BE SURE TO SET 
SUBSCRIBE SO THAT WE CAN BRING 
YOU MOMENTS LIKE THIS. I 
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. I'M 
GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS 
NASA FEED SO YOU CAN WATCH 
THINGS UNFOLD.
MISSION CONTROL JUST WENT BLACK.
IF THAT BEAT IS UP AND RUNNING 
WE WILL BRING THAT TO YOU 
MOMENTARILY. THE MISSION IS 
COMPLETE AND THE EFFORT IS DONE.
WE WILL LEAVE YOU HERE WITH THE 
WASHINGTON POST. THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR JOINING US. AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO KEEP TRACK OF THE 
SPACE PROGRAM AS IT UNFOLDS. 
TAKE CARE. 
