>> WELCOME TO OUR LIVE COVERAGE
OF SPACEX DEMO ONE MISSION.
IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US,
DRAGON ISTS WAY BACK HOME
TO US.
>>> THE MISSION BEGAN ON MARCH d
, WHERE DRAGON LAUNCHED FROM
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN
FLORIDA.
FOLLOWING THAT SUCCESSFUL
LAUNCH, IT ARRIVED AT THE SPACE
STATION AND DOCKED ON MARCH
#RD.
>>> IT WILL MARK THE THIRD
COMPLETION FOR NASA'S COMMERCIAL
CREW PROGRAM.
WHILE THERE ARE NO ASTRONAUTS ON
DRAGON TODAY.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE.
>>> EARLIER TODAY, DRAGON
POWER UP, AND BEGAN PROCEDURES
AND SYSTEM CHECKS.
>> AND AUTONOMOUSLY UNDOCKED
11:32 PACIFIC TIME.
I AM PRETTY SURE IT IS MARCH 8th
 TODAY.
WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU LIVE
COVERAGE OF THE LIVE MISSION, TO
THE DEORBIT BURN ALL THE WAY TO
THE SPLASHDOWN, WHICH WE ARE
EAST OF KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
>>> ONE INTERESTING HISTORICAL
NOTE, IT HAS MATERIALLY BEEN 50
YEARS TO THE DAY, SINCE APOLLO 9
WAS TO SPLASHDOWN IN THE
ATLANTIC, BACK MARCH 13th,
1959.
SO, A PRETTY BIG DAY.
>>> UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO
BLACKOUTS, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE
TO SHOW YOU ALL THE JOURNEY
HOME.
BUT WE WILL SHOWOU DEORBIT
BURN AND TRUNK SEPARATION, AND
WE HAVE BEEN GETTING GOOD VIEWS
OF RECOVERY SHIPS, AND SO WE
SHOULD HAVE GOOD VIEWS OF THE
DRAGON SPLASHING DOWN IN THE
WATER.
>> FIRST, DRAGON WILL -- WHICH
IS THE IS A LYNN CALIFORNIA --
>> THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN
ABOUT 15 MINUTES OR SO.
LIKE WE SAY, WE CAN'T SHOW EVERY
PART OF THIS FOR THE MISSION,
BUT WE WILL BE LISTENING TO THE
FLIGHT CONTROLEAM.
WE HAVE ONE BEHIND US IN
HAWTHORNE, ON THOSE ARE THE ONES
MONITORING DRAGON SYSTEMS, SINCE
IT LIFTED OFF SIX DAYS AGO.
IT HAS FLOWN BY, SO FAR.
WE WILL BE LISTENING AND GIVING
YOU THE UPDATES AS THEY COME
IN.
>> IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING
ALONG THIS MORNING, YOU MIGHT
HAVE SEEN US LAST NIGHT OR THIS
MORNING, IT IS HARD TO TELL, YOU
SAW DRAGON COMPLETE A SERIES OF
BURNS.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF DEPARTURE
BURNS AWAY FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
THAT DRAGON COMPLETED WHICH
ALLOWED THE SPACECRAFT TO MOVE
FURTHER, AND FURTHER AWAY FROM
THE SPACE STATION, IN
CHOREOGRAPHED MANEUVERS.
EVERYTHING WENT WELL.
SO NOW WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR
THE TRUNK SEPARATION, AND AFT
THAT, WE WILL HAVE A PRETTY
EXCITING DEORBIT AND
SPLASHDOWN.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
>> AT THIS POINT, THE DRAGON
WELL BELOW THE SPACE STATION AND
QUITE A FEW KILOMETERS AHEAD OF
IT, AT THIS POINT.
MAKING SURE IT IS NOT ON THE
SAME ORBITAL PLANE, AND THAT
WILL BE THE NEXT STEP COMING
UP.
AND THE DEORBIT BURN, IT WILL BE
A 15-MINUTE FIRING OF THOSE
THRUSTERS ON DRAGON, AND THAT'S
JUST BASICALLY WILL TAKE IT
 ORBIT.
SO, IT WILL FIRE THE THRUSTERS
UNTIL IT IS POINTING DOWN IN THE
OCEAN, IN THE ATLANTIC, AND THIS
IS THE FIRST TIME THING IN 50
YEARS.
THIS WILL BE AN EXCITING
MORNING.
AND WE WILL BRING YOU GREA
VIEWS.
THE SUN IS UP ALREADY OVER ON
THE EAST COAST --
>> AS SOMEONE WHO HAS SEEN THE
SPECIFIC VEHICLE GET BUILT OVER
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IT IS
PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
TO ACTUALLY SEE THE ASTRONAUTS
ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, FLOATING IN AND OUT OF
THE CAPSULE AS THEY WERE OPENING
THE HATCH, THAT WAS EXCITING.
AND UPON THE DEPARTURE BURNS TO
SEE THE IMAGERY, AS DRAGON WAS
LEAVING, IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
WE HAD SOME AMAZING SHOTS.
WE HAVE SEEN THE ARTISTIC
RENDERING, AND TO FINALLY SEE
IT, WAS A WONDERFUL MOMENT IN
TERMS OF THOSE OF US WHO HAVE
HAD SO MANY HOURS PUT INTO THE
SPACECRAFT.
>> IT ALMOST DIDN'T LOOK REAL.
>> YEAH.
[LAUGHTER]
>> WHEN YOU ACTUALLY SAW IT
FLYING OUT THERE.
SINCE PART OF IT HAPPENED IN THE
CREWS' DAY IN THE SPACE STATION,
THEY ACTUALLY WOKE UP ABOUT AN
HOUR BEFORE DRAGON UNDOCKED.
>>> SO, IT WAS EARLY IN THE
MORNING FOR THEM, THEY DID OFFER
GOOD WORDS, AS DRAGON FLEW
AWAY.
SO, ABOUT A KILOMETER AWAY FROM
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
AS KATE SAID, IT EXECUTED ALL
ITS DEPARTURE BURNS, EXECUTED
FOUR DEPARTURE BURNICALLY
TAKING IT OUT IN FRONT, UP
AROUND AND UNDERNEATH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
WHERE IT IS NOW ON ITS ORBIT
AWAITING ITS TRUNK SEPARATION
AND EVENTUALLY THE DEORBIT
BURN.
HISTORY, THIS DEMONSTRATION
MISSION IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT.
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE DRAGON
SPACECRAFT IS HANGING BEHIND ME,
AND HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA IS ITS
HEADQUARTERS, AND SAME MISSION
AS OUR CARGO PAM THAT WE
HAVE BEEN OPERATING FOR NASA, WE
SUPPLY CARGO TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>>> SO, WHO KNOWS IF THE DEMO 1
CAPSULE WILL BE HANGING IN
HAWTHORNE.
BUT IN TERMS WHAT YOU SEE BEHIND
ME, IS SIMILARLY IN TERMS OF
HISTORICAL EVERYONING IN TERMS
OF HISTORICAL MISSION.
>> THAT WILL BE BETWEEN DEMO 1
ICH WE ARE ABOUT TO WRAP UP,
AND DEMO 2, WHERE WE ACTUALLY
HAVE OUR ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD.
THEY WILL BE THE FIRST ONES TO
TAKE DRAGON INTO SPACE.
THAT WILL BE A PRETTY COOL
TEST.
>> I WOULDN'T WANT BE INVOLVED
WITH IT, BECAUSE OF A LOT OF G
FORCES, BUT IMPORTANT FOR US TO
DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY FOR THE
CAPSULE TO LEAVE THE VEHICLE IN
AN URGENT NEED TO DO SO.
WE ARE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO
THE TEST FLIGHT, BECAUSE WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS, AND, YEAH, THAT
SHOULD BE COMING UP IN A COUPLE
OF MONTHS HERE.
>> YOU DID A PADDLE BOARD TEST
WITH THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT.
>> UM-HMM.
>> REALLY PUTTING THE DRAGON
THROUGH ALL ABORT TESTS AND
MISSIONS RIGHT NOW.
ULTIMATELY SENDING HUMANS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON A
DRAGON.
>> SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT
TODAY'S MISSION, IN FACT, THE
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM GOING
FORWARD IN TERMS OF SPACEX'S
APPROACH OF LANDING THE
CAPSULES, WE ARE LANDING THEM IN
THE ATLANTIC LIKE WE MENTIONED
EARLY, WHEREAS THE CARGO KA
CAPSULES HAVE ALL LANDED IN THE
PACIFIC.
WE ARE PUMPED TO BRING YOU
FOOTAGE OF OUR RECOVERY TEAM AS
WE PULL DRAGON OUT OF THE
OCEAN.
IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF FIRSTS
TODAY, AND ALL WEEK.
TO SAY THE ADRENALINE IS PUMPING
TODAY, IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
>> WE HAD A CROWD EARLIER THIS
MORNING, GATHERED DOWN AT THE
CONTROL, AND THERE IS MORE OF A
CROWD NOW.
IT IS 4:30 IN THE MORNING ON THE
WEST COAST.
THE CROWD ISARTING TO GATHE
HERE AT SPACEX HEADQUARTERS.
>>> NORMALLY THOSE CARGO DRAGONS
LANDING IN THE PACIFIC, AND THIS
VEHICLE DESIGNED FOR CREW, ALSO
IS CARRYING SOME CARGO.
IT HAS BEEN PACKED WITH A LITTLE
OVER 300 POUNDS FOR THE RETURN
TRIP HOME.
THAT IS BROKEN OUT ACROSS OF A
COUPLE DIFFERENT AREAS.
>>> ONE OF THE MOSH INTERESTING
ONES, IT IS BRINGING BACK WHAT
UTILIZATION, SOME SCIENCE
SAMPLES.
COOLERS, PACKED WITH THE COLD
BRICK.
THE ONES COMING BACK TODAY, USED
IN SOME OF THE HUMAN RESEARCH
PROJECTS, WE LIKE TO SAY THE
ASTRONAUTS ARE EXPERIMENTS
THEMSELVES.
POKING AND PRODDING TO SEE HOW
THE HUMAN BODY REACTS TO
MICROGRAVITY, AND A LOT OF THE
SAMPLES ARE COMING HOME ON
DRAGON TODAY.
ALSO BRINGING HOME A COUPLE OF
RADIATION MONTHORS.
>>> IT WILL ALSO HAVE A FAN PUMP
ELEVATOR ON IT.
IT IS A -- ELEVATOR ON IT.
WE HAVE SOME SPACEWALKS COMING
UP IN MARCH.
VERY BUSY TIME IN SPACE RIGHT
NOW.
RIGHT NOW, ALL FOCUSED ON
WATCHING THIS DRAGON COME HOME.
>> THE NEXT MILESTONE WE HAVE
COMING UP IN ABOUT SEVEN
MINUTES, IS THE TRUNK
SEPARATION.
WE WILL TAKE A BREAK FOR A FEW
MINUTES, WHILE WE AWAIT THAT, TO
STAY TUNED AND WE WILL SEE YOU
IN A COUPLE.
>> SO, RIGHT N WE ARE WAITING
TO HEAR FROM THE TRUNK
SEPARATION AGAIN.
WE ARE EXPECTING TO GET THE CALL
ON THE INTERNAL ANY MOMENT NOW.
THAT WILL BE THE NEXT MAJOR
MILESTONE, AND THEN IT WILL BE
ON TO DEORBIT BURN.
>> EXACTLY.
SO, WE SHOULD HAVE THE CALL ANY
MINUTE NOW.
AS WE WAIT FOR TANK SEPARATION.
THIS IS THE LAST THING THE
DRAGON HAS TO DO BEFORE IT
REENTERS THE ORBIT ATMOSPHERE
AND SPLASHES DOWN.
>> THE TRUNK NOTOMING HOME,
BUT THE DRAGON MOST IMPORTANT
PART IS COMING HOME.
IT HAS TO CLOSE THE NOSE CONE,
AND WE WILL GET INTO THAT SOON.
BASICALLY THAT NOSE CONE WILL
PROTECT THE TOP PART OF THE
DRAGON SPACECRAFT, AND THE
GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION CONTROL
CENTERS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE LAST
MILESTONES.
>>> THAT NOSE CONE GETS JETTISON
DURING THE LAUNCH PHASE.
WITH CREW DRAGON KEEPING THE
NOSE CONE ALL THE WAY THROUGH,
IT HELPS IN THE REUSABILITY FOR
FUTURE MISSIONS.
>> NOW THAT TRUNK SECTION IS
UNPRESSURIZED AND WE ARE ABLE TO
USE IT TO TRANSPORTATION CARGO
ON THE WAY UP TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
EVERYTHING THAT COMES BACK FROM
STATION IS PUT INTO THE
PRESSURIZED SECTION.
WE ARE ABLE TO SHED THE TRUNK AS
IT IS NO LONGER NEEDED --
>> AND I THINK WE JUST HEARD
TRUNK SEPARATION.
>> HOPING TO BRING YOU VISUALHE.
>> NEXT STOP WILL BE THE
SPACECRAFT USING SOME FORWARD
THRUSTERS TO PERFORM THE DEORBIT
BURN.
THIS IS GOING TO IT BE A REALLY
MAJOR STUFF, BECAUSE ONCE THAT
ISE, YOU ARE COMING HOME AND
RETURN TO EARTH.
THE BURN WILL LAST ABOUT 15
MINUTES ONCE IT STARTS.
WE WILL AGAIN, CONTINUE TO STAND
BY.
THIS IS KIND THE CALM BEFORE THE
STORM, IF YOU WILL, WHERE WE ARE
WAITING FOR THINGS TO REALLY GET
INTO MOTION.
DRAGON WILL PRETTY SOON DO THE
DEORBIT BURN.
FOLLOWING THAT, IT ONLY TAKES 45
MINUTES OR SO, UNTIL IT IS IN
THE WATER AND INTO THE
ATLANTIC.
ONCE AGAIN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO
STAND BY, AND BRING YOU UPDAT
AS THEY COME IN.
>>> ONE MORE MILESTONE DOWN,
JUST A FEW MORE TO GO, AND THEN
DRAGON IS HOME.
>> WE ARE STANDING BY FOR THE
DEORBIT BURN TO START.
WE ARE EXPECTING IT TO START IN
ABOUT A MINUTE OR SO.
>>> AFTER THAT, IT WILL TAKE A
LITTLE OVER 15 MINUTES TO
COMPLETE.
>> YEAH, SO, WE HAVE ALREADY
JETTISON THE TRUNK, AS Y HEARD
US TALK ABOUT A COUPLE MINUTES
AGO.
THAT'S THE LAST THING DRAGON IS
ABLE TO DO BEFORE REENTERING THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
THAT WILL BE ABOUT A 15 MINUTE
BURN, THEN WE WILL HAVE
PARACHUTE DOO DEPLOYMENT AND
SPLASHDOWN AFTER THAT.
LIKE DAP SAID, THIS IS THE CALM
BEFORE THE STORM.
WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITY
COMING UP, ONCE WE PASS THROUGH
THE REENTRY BURN.
>>> AT THIS POINT, WE SHOULD BE
GETTING CONFIRMATION OF THE
DEORBIT BURN IN A COUPLE SECONDS
HERE.
>> OCE THE DEORBIT BURN IS
COMPLETE, IT IS JUST ABOUT -- I
AM TRYING TO DO QUICK MATH IN MY
HEAD -- JUST ABOUT 40 MINUTES OR
SO UNTIL DRAGON IS TO BE DOWN IN
THE WATER.
IT IS A QUICK RIDE FROM BEING IN
OUTER SPACE TO BE -- AND WE JUST
HEARD IT.
>> LIKE WE SAID, THIS WILL LAST
ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
SO, DEORBIT BURN HAS BEGUN, AND
AT THIS POINT, DRAGON HAS BEGUN
TO RETURN TO THETH'S
ATMOSPHERE.
WE ARE EXCITED FOR THIS TO
HAPPEN, AND IT IS THE NEXT
MILESTONE IN ITS JOURNEY HOME.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
ULTIMATE DESTINATION DOWN IN THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN.
BOTH STANDING BY.
WE WILL GO THROUGH THE RECOV
FORCES ON SITE.
THERE IS ONE RECOVERY BOAT, AND
THAT WILL HAVE ALL THE SPACEX
RECOVERY TEAMS RESPONSIBLE FOR
GOING OUT AND PICKING THE
CAPSULE OUT OF THE WATER.
THIS IS A CAMERA VIEW FROME
OF THE OTHER BOATS IN THE AREA,
THE GO NAVIGATE FOR, WHO HAS A
NASA TEAM ON BOARD, AS WELL.
>>> ONCE WE HAVE EVERYONE ON
BOARD, IT WILL TIGHTER
QUARTERS.
YOU HAVE THE SPACEX PEOPLE GO
RECOVER THE CAPSULE, AND BRING
BACK THE FLIGHT DOCKS AND
NURSES, AND IF ANYONE HAS EVER
SEEN A LANDING, ONCE THE CREW
COMES HOME, AFTER ABOUT A
SIX-MONTH PERIOD, D QUICK
MEDICAL CHECK, AND MAKE SURE
EVERYONE IS DOING OKAY, AND HELP
ADAPT TO GRAVITY FOR THE FIRST
TIME AFTER SIX MONTHS OR
LONGER.
>>> WE HAVE TWO BOATS, AND GET
ADDITIONAL VIEWS, HOPEFULLY, AS
WE GET THE WATCH DRAGON DOWN.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN DEORBIT
BURN, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE
MINUTES UNTIL THAT IS COMPLETE,
AND WE ARE ONE STEP CLOSER.
>> WE WILL PAUSE FOR A FEW
MINUTES, UNTIL THE DEORBIT BURNS
COMPLETES, SO BE SUR TO STICK
AROUND AND WE WILL SEE YOU IN A
FEW MINUTES.
>> SO, RIGHT NOW WE ARE HALF-WAY
EXPECT IT TO LAST 15 MINUTES AND
20 SECONDS.
WAS JUST REPORTING TO THE
STATION FLIGHT DIRECTOR, THAT WE
ARE ABOUT HALF-WAY THROUGH.
WE ARE CONTINUE TO GET A COUPLE
VIEWS FROM THE BOATS.
THOSE ARE CAMERAS THAT WILL BE
TRACKING DRAGON ONCE IT COMES
DOWN UNDER THE PARACHUTES.
AND THIS IS A VIEW FROM A WV57
AIRPLANE.
AND, SO, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
ASSETS OUT THERE OFF THE FLORIDA
COAST.
AGAIN, THERE ARE TWO SHIPS, BOTH
WITH TRACKING CAMERAS ON BOARD,
AND NASA ALSO FLYING ITS WV57
AIRCRAFT.
TYPICALLY USED FOR HIGH ALTITUDE
AND WEATHER RESEARCH.
IT HAS A CAMERA ON IT, AND
HOPEFULLY GIVE US SOME VIEWS OF
DRAGON COMING DOWN.
>> THERE ARE YOUR SCREEN, YOU
SEE A BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF GO
SEARCHER.
THERE ON THE FRONT PART OF THE
SHIP, WHAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE
THE CREWS' QUARTERS DURING THE
WAIT.
THEY COULD BE OUT TO SEA,
DEPENDING HOW ROUGH THE WAVES
ARE, TO A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO A
COUPLE OF DAYS.
>>> THEY ARE COMING INTO VIEW ON
THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF CREW
SCREEN.
ON THE TOP, IS ACTUALLY THE
HELLY PAD FOR HELICOPTERS TO
LAND IF WE NEED TO TAKE THE
ASTRONAUTS QUICKER, AND REALLY
SOMETHING THAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE
ABOUT THIS CAPSULE, UNDERNEATH
THAT HELLY PAD ARE MEDICAL
QUARTERS.
SO, WE ARE ABLE TO GET THE
ASTRONAUTS CHECKED OUT
IMMEDIATELY AFTER EGRESSING FROM
THE CAPSULE, AND CHECK THEM OUT
THERE, AND GIVE THEM A WARM
WELCOME.
NOT ON LAND YET, OBVIOUSLY.
S JUST AN INCREDIBLE VEHICLE
THERE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
SUSTAIN SO MUCH ACTIVITY.
WHILE WE ARE WAITING FOR THE
ASTRONAUTS TO SPLASHDOWN, AND
OBVIOUSLY ONCE THEY ARE ON
BOARD.
>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE,
RIGHT NOW THE TEAMS ARE 200 OR
SO, GIVER TAKE, NAUTICAL MILES
OFF THE COAST.
THAT WON'T BE THE CASE WHEN WE
ARE BRINGING CREW MEMBERS BACK.
THAT LANDING WILL BE MORE CLOSER
IN.
IT WILL BE 20 TO 24 NATURE CAL
MILES.
SO THAT GIVES THEM THE
CAPABILITY OF GET INTO WITHIN A
COUPLE OF HOURS, THAN THE DAY IT
LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BRING DRAGON
BACK AFTER THIS MISSION J THERE
WE HAVE SOME VIEWS FROM DRAGON,
AS IT IS REENTERING THE
ATMOSPHERE.
IT IS PRETTY DARK IN SPACE.
>> WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDST OF
THAT DEORBIT BURN.
WE ARE EXPECTING IT TO TAKE FIVE
MORE MINUTES.
SO THAT'S PRETTY UNIQUE GETTING
THAT DEORBIT BURN IS UNDERWAY.E
>>> AGAIN, THIS IS THE FINAL
MANEUVER, OF THOSE THRUSTERS, TO
BRING DRAGON OUT OF ORBIT AND
SET IT UP, TO SPLASHDOWN OVER IN
THE ATLANTIC.
YOU ARE SEEING THE RECOVERY
TEAMS ARE STANDING BY, WAITING
AND READY RECEIVE.
>>> AGAIN, THE DEORBIT BURN
LASTING OR PLANNED TO LAST ABOUT
15 MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS.
THIS IS JUST AN UIMATELY TO
CARRY DRAGON OUT OF ITS CIRCULAR
ORBIT.
RIGHT NOW IT HAS BEEN IN A
CIRCULAR ORBIT FOR THE LAST
SEVERAL HOURS.
THIS DEORBIT BURN IS GOING TO
CHANGE THAT, BASICALLY TO
INTERCEPT BACK DOWN WITH THE
EARTH.
BACK DOWN IN THE WATER, WHERE
THE RECOVERY TEAMS ARE WAITING.
>> NOW THAT WE HAVE A FULL VIEW
OF THE RECOVERY VESSEL ON THE
RIGHT SIDE OF CREW SCREEN, YOU
SEE A PORTION OF THE SHIPS WE
WERE NOT ABLE TO SEE BEFORE.
THAT'S ACTUALLY THE PORTION OF
THE SHIP, ONCE THE DRAGON
CAPSULE IS CLOSE ENOUGH, IT WILL
BE LIFTED UP OUT OF THE WATER BY
THE VERTICAL PIECE YOU SEE
THERE.
IT WILL ACTUALLY ACT WAIT OUT OF
THE WATER, AND LIFT THE DRAGON
CAPSULE OUT OF THE OCEAN, AND
BRING IT BACK ON TO THE BOAT AND
SET IT DOWN ON TO ITS NEST.
PRETTY COOL.
THIS IS NEW.
A NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE
INSTALLED ON THIS SHIP
SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR CREW DRAGON
MISSION.
SO, LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, THIS IS
A DEMONSTRATION MISSION, AND
WHILE OUR RECOVERY TEAM HASEN
PRACTICING FOR RECOVERY
OPERATIONS, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY
THE FIRST TIME THAT WE WILL BE
PRACTICING WITH A VEHICLE COMING
FROM SPACE.
>>> SO, WE ARE ALL EXCITED
BRINGING YOU LIVE COVERAGE AS
THIS UNFOLDS OVER THE NEXT HOUR
OR SO.
THAT RECOVERY PERIOD, IT ISF
EXPECTED TO TAKE A LITTLE UNDER
AN HOUR OR SO, FOR THE TEAMS TO
HAVE THE CAPSULE BACK UP ON THE
BOAT, WHERE THERE IS A SITUATION
THERE IS A CREW ON BOARD,
GETTING THE CREW OUT OF THE
WATER, S THEY CAN DO MEDICAL
CHECKS, AND THINGS WE TYPICALLY
DO AFTER CREW MEMBERS ARE
RETURNING AFTER THESE LONG
MISSIONS.
>>> SO, WITH THE WAVES LOOKING
PRETTY CALM THOUGH, LOOKING LIKE
REALLY GOOD CONDITIONS OUT
THERE, IN THE ATLANTIC.
AGAIN, THERE ARE ARE A LITTLE
OVER 200 NATURE CAL MILES OFF
THE -- NAUTICAL MILES IN
FLORIDA.
THE SPACECRAFT WILL BE BROUGHT
BACK IN, AND THEY WILL BEGIN
PROCESSING, AND GET IT READY TO
TURN IT AROUND.
>> YEAH, WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING
THE RECOVERY WEATHER CONDITIONS
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS, AND
NOW THAT RECOVERY DAY HAS COME
UPON US, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE
BEAUTIFUL SKIES.
AND IN MY UNPROFESSIONAL
NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE, RELATIVELY
CALM SEES, BY MY EYES.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO PREDICT WHAT
THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE LIKE,
VERY FAR IN ADVANCE, SO WE ARE
HAPPY TO HAVE CLEAR IMAGERY FOR
THE RECOVERY TEAM AS WE MAKE
PROGRESS HERE.
>> I FEEL WE LUCKED OUT WITH
FLORIDA WEATHER, SO FAR, ON THIS
MISSION.
>>> WE ARE HERE, AND THERE IS
ABOUT ONE MINUTE LEFT IN THIS
DEORBIT BURN.
JUST ABOUT DONE WITH THAT.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE FINAL
MANEUVER OF BRINGING DRAGON OUT
OF SPACE.
STILL GETTING A COUPLE VIEWS OF
DRAGON SPACECRAFT.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
>>> RIGHT NOW, WE WILL STAND BY
AND LISTEN TO HOW THE DEORBIT
BURN WENT AND WE SHOULD BE
WRAPPING UP MOMENTARILY.
>> SO, WE ARE AWAITING
CONFIRMATION OF THE CONCLUSION
OF THE DEORBIT BURN.
IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE
LAST SEVERAL MINUTES.
LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, DRAGON
DEPARTED SPACE STATION EARLIER
TODAY, PERFORMED A NUMBER OF
DEPARTURE BURNS, AND HOPEFULLY
SEEING THE FINAL BURN, THE
REENTRY BURN.
YOU CAN SEE OUR RECOVERY VESSEL
WAITING THE SPLASHDOWN OF
DRAGON.
>>> ONCE WE EXIT -- ONCE WE EXIT
THE REENTR BURN, WE WILL HAVE
PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT.
THERE WILL BE THE SMALLER CHUTES
THAT SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN, AND
SLOWER VELOCITY AS IT APPROACHES
TO THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN.
>> WE ARE BEING TOLD IT WAS A
NOMINAL BURN.
THE MISSION IS COMPLETE AND
DRAGON IS ON ITS WAY HOME.
>>> THE NEXT THING THAT WILL
HAPPEN, THE NOSE CONE WILL BE
CLOSED.
THEN IT IS TIME FOR DRAGON TO
GET THROUGH THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE, AND ULTIMATELY
SPLASHDOWN.
THAT'S WHERE THE VEHICLE WILL
HEAT UP TREMENDOUSLY.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND,
DRAGON TRAVELINGHOUSANDS OF
MILES PER HOUR NOW, AND WHEN IT
HITS THE THICKER EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE.
THIS IS VIDEO OF THE NOSE CONE
STARTING TO CLOSE ON THE DRAGON
SPACECRAFT.
>>> AGAIN, THAT NOSE CONE CLOSES
TO PROTECT THE TOP PORTION OF
THE VEHICLE FROM ALL OF THE
REENTRY EVENTS.
NOT ONLY THE REENTRY, BUT ALSO
ONCE IT IS DOWN IN THE WATER.
THAT PROTECTS THE GUIDANCE AND
NAVIGATION CONTROL CENTERS ON
TOP OF DRAGON.
ALSO, THAT DOCKING RANGE THAT IT
USES TO ATTACH TO THE SPACE
STATION.
>> AGAIN, WHAT YOU ARE SEEING
RIGHT NOW, IS THE NOSE CONE
CLOSING ON THE SPACECRAFT, AS WE
AWAIT FOR IT TO RE-ENTER THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO, THE NOSE CONE
LOOKS LIKE IT IS JUST ABOUT
CLOSED.
WE WILL AWAIT FOR FINAL
CONFIRMATION THAT EVERYTHING
LOOKS GOOD WITH IT.
PRETTY SOON, WE WILL LOOK AT THE
ENTREE INTERFACE.
THAT IS WHEN DRAGON HITS THE
ATMOSPHERE WHERE IT WILL HEAT
UP.
>>> THE ATMOSPHERE WILL GET
THICKER, AND HEAT THEEHICLE
UP.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE HEAT
SHIELD ON THE SPACECRAFTS.
AND THAT'S WHY THEY ARE IN THE
CONCAL SHAPE.
PHYSICS HAVEN'T CHANGED SINCE
THE 160S.
IT WAS THAT SHAPEOR A REASON.
THAT'S WHY IT IS SO COMMON TO
SEE THIS CAPSULE DESIGN.
WHEN YOU RE-ENTER THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE, IT MAKES SENSE.
>> NOSE CONE HOOKS HAVE BEGUN
SECURING THE NOSE CONE HOOKS
INTO PLACE PRIOR TO REENTRY
BURN.
>> THERE IS AMENTAD TIME WHERE
YOU LOSE SIGNAL WITH THE
SPACECRAFT.
THAT'S BECAUSE AS YOU ARE
REENTERING THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE, PLASMA BUILDS UP ON
THE OUTSIDE OF THE SPACECRAFT.
SO YOU CAN'T SEND OR RECEIVE
SIGNALS.
IT IS VERY COMMON, WHEN PEOPLE
ARE ON BOARD, YOU WILL LOSE
VOICE COMMUNICATIONS AND DATA,
COMING TO THE SPACECRAFT, TO THE
MISSION CONTROL CEN JUST
BEHIND US HERE IN HAWTHORNE.
>>> WE ARE EXPECTING THAT TO
HAPPEN ABOUT 5:33 A.M. PACIFIC.
COMING UP FROM 20 MINUTES FROM
NOW.
>> EXACTLY.
THE PHASE OF THE MISSION,THROUGH
FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE THE
DEPLOYMENT OF THE PARACHUTES AND
SPLASHDOWN.
>>> SO TO RECAP, IN CASE YOU
JUST JOINED US.
WE HAVE -- DRAGON COMPLETED A
SERIES OF FOUR DEPARE BURNS,
IN A SLOWLY CHOREOGRAPHED
MANEUVER.
AND NOW WE HAVE JETTISONED THE
TRUNK OF THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT.
WE HAVE COMPLETED THE DEORBIT
BURN, AND NOW WE ARE JUST
STARTING TO COME BACK DOWN
THROUGH THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE,
AND THE FINAL LEG ON DRAGON'S
WAY HOME.
>> SO THE NOSE CONE IS CLOSED.
WE WILL BE STANDING BY TO WAIT
UNTIL WE GO THROUGH THE ENTRY
INTERFACING, AND THAT WILL BE
ABOUT 20 MINUTES FROM NOW.
ONCE IT IS DOWN FROM THERE, TIME
FOR THE PARACHUTES.
WE WILL HOPEFULLY SEE THOSE
PARACHUTES FROM THE PLANE, AND
ONCE DOWN, WE SHOULD BE BE ABLE
TO SEE THEM FROM THE BOATS THAT
ARE THERE FOR RECOVERY.
>>> CAN YOU THROUGH THE
PARACHUTES REALLY QUICK?
>> YES, WE WILL HAVE THE SMALLER
CHUTES THAT WILL SLOW THE DRAGON
DOWN A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN THE
ORANGE AND WE COLOURING, IF
YOU WATCHED OUR PREVIOUS
SPLASHDOWN FOR OUR CARGO
MISSION.
THAT WILL SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN,
TO HAVE A SPLASHDOWN IN THE
WATER.
>>> ANOTHER FUN FACT ABOUT
DRAGON, IN THE RETURN TO EARTH,
THE SEATS INSIDE THE CAPSULE AT
THIS POINT, HAVE TURNED INTO THE
REENTRY POSITION.
DEPENDING ON WHAT PHASE OF THE
MISSION WE ARE IN, THE SEATS
WILL ACTUALLY ACT WAIT OR ADJUST
THE ANGLE TO MAKE SURE THE G
FORCES TH THE ASTRONAUTS WILL
BE EXPERIENCING ARE IN THE RIGHT
PLACES.
>>> WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE
WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK, AND
ACTIVE OPERATION -- SO, WITH
THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL TAKE A
QUICK BREAK, BE SURE TO STAY
TUNED WITH US, AS WE GO THROUGH
THIS PERIOD OF ANTICIPATED
BLACKOUT WITH THE DRAGON
CAPSULE.
WE WILL BE BACK IN JUST A FEW,
AS WE COME BACK IN ANTICIPATION
OF THE PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT.
STICK AROUND.
>> IF YOU ARE JUST OUT JOINING
US, WE HAVE HAD A SUCCESSFUL
DEORBIT BURN.
THAT WAS A LAST MAJOR MILESTONE.
WE HAVE CONFIRMED THE NOSE CONE
IS CLOSED, THE HOOKS ALL
ENGAGED.
AND NOW WE ARE WAITING FOR THE
DRAGON ENTERING THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE.
>>> IT WAS REPORTED, N ISS
AND DRAGON IS ON ITS WAY HOME.
CONTINUING TO GET SOME PRETTY
GREAT VIEWS OUT THERE IN THE
SPLASHDOWN ZONE.
WE WILL ALSO BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR VIDEO POSSIBLY FROM THE
AIRCRAFT WE HAVE IN THE AREA.
NASA SEAS WV57 PLANE, AND COME
DOWN UNDER THE PARACHUTE.
THERE ARE SOME CLOUDS IN THE
AREA, SO THE BOATS MAY NOT SEE
IT RIGHT AWAY.
ONCE IT IS UNDER THE CLOUD
DECKS, THEY WILL HAVE SOME VIEWS
COMING DO
>> YOU CAN SEE OUR PRIMARY
RECOVERY VESSEL -- OOPS, THERE
IT WENT.
THAT'S OUR RECOVERY SHIP FULLY
EQUIPPED FOR MEDICAL QUARTERS,
ONCE WE COULD HAVE CREW ON BOARD
DRAGON.
FOR OUR UPCOMING MISSIONS, THEY
WILL BE ABLE TO COME OUT OF THE
CAPSULE AND GET AN IMMEDIATE
MEDICAL CHECK-UP.
THERE IS A HELLY PAD OUT THERE,
IN CASE WE WILL BE -- IN CASE WE
NEED TO GET THEM BACK TO PORT.
>>> SO, THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE
RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN
AT THE END OF YOUR THE BOTH,
THAT WILL TAKE DRAGON OUT OF THE
WATER, LIFT IT UP, ANDACE IT
INTO ITS NEST, WHICH IS ITS
OFFICIAL TERM FOR IT.
ON TO THE SHIP.
AND THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED THE
END -- WHEN WE GET TO THAT
POINT, THAT WILL BE THE END OF
OUR WEB CAST TODAY.
>>> AT THIS POINT, WE ARE
WAITING FOR THE PARACHUTES TO
DEPLOY AND THE ENTER RECOVERY
OPERATION.
LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE
RECOVERY TEAM HAS PRACTICED
THIS.
SO, A LOT OF FIRSTS BE SEEING
TODAY, AND EXCITED TO SHARE THAT
FOR YOU.
>> IF YOU MISSED BEFORE, IT HAS
ALMOST 50 YEARS TO THE DAY,
SINCE WE LANDED A SPACECRAFT
DESIGNED FOR HUMANS IN THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN.
THAT WAS APOLLO 9, BACK IN
1969.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO LAND IN THE
PACIFIC, BUT ENDED UP SHOOTING
FOR THE ATLANTIC.
IT WILL BE EXCITING TO SEE THIS
RECOVERY.
SINCE WE STOPPED FLYING TH
SPACE SHUTTLE, THE RUSSIAN SOYUZ
SPACECRAFT.
BUT NOT IN THE TOO DISTANT
FUTURE, WE WILL HAVE CREW
MEMBERS, THEY WILL BE ON THE
DRAGON FOR THE DEMO TWO MON
A LITTLE LATER THI YEAR.
EVERYTHING LOOKING REALLY GOOD,
SO FAR.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAND BY AND
WAIT FOR THE ENTRY INTERFACE.
WE ARE ABOUT 20 MINUTES AWAY TO
ACTUALLY SEE DRAGON UNDER THE
PARACHUTES.
SO, NOT MUCH LONGER, GOOD THINGS
TO CE.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF
ANTICIPATION, AND A CROWD
GROWING BEHIND ME.
OUR MISSION CONTROL CENTER IS
JUST DOWN THERE.
YOU COULD PROBABLY HEAR THE
VOICES IN THE ROOM AROUND US,
AND THE CROWD IS DEFINITELY
STARTI TO GROW.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL
TAKE A QUICK BREAK AS WE AWAIT
FOR DRAGON TO RE-ENTER.
STICK AROUND AND WE WILL BE BACK
IN JUST A FEW.
>> SO, WE ARE GETTING A BIT OF A
TREAT HERE, YOU HAVE A LIVE VIEW
INSIDE THE CAPSULE.
IT IS GETTING CLOSER ANDLOSER,
COMING TOWARDS THE EARTH AS
ATMOSPHERE.
BUT FIRST, WE HAVE A SPECIAL
GUEST, SOMEBODY WHO WILL BE ON
BOARD, NASA ASTRONAUT, BOB.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING A COUPLE OF
MINUTES.
I KNOW YOU ARE FOLLOWING ALONG
WI THE TEAM, HOW ARE YOU
FEELING ABOUT THE MISSION SO
FAR?
>> I THINK I SAID THIS BEFORE,
SUPER EXCITED.
OF COURSE, THIS ONE IS A
PRE-OCCURS CERTIFICATE FOR OUR
MISSION.
WHEN THIS IS DONE SUCCESSFULLY,
WE WILL BE ONE STEP CLOSER.
>> THAT'S AWESOME.
WHAT KIND OF PREPARATIONS DO YOU
HAVE LEFT TO DO?
>> WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF TRAINING WE NEED TO GO
THROUGH.
SO, WE WILL WALK THROUGH ALL THE
VARIOUS STAGES OF FLIGHT.
PRE-LAUNCH, WE WILL DO THAT
HERE, IN HAWTHORNE AND DO SOME
KENNEDY LAUNCH PAD.
AND LEARN ABOUT THE EMERGENCY
ESCAPE, IF WE SHOULD NEED THAT,
BEFORE LAUNCHING INTO SPACE.
>>> AND THEN WE WILL HEAD BACK
OUT HERE AGAIN FOR A COUPLE
>> SO, WE ARE GETTING VIEWS
INSIDE THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT.
THE CAMERA IS OKAY, BUT IT CAN'T
BE DOING IT JUSTICE.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE COMING
BACK IN THE SPACECRAFT AND
EVERYTHING IS HEATING UP.
>> A COUPLE OF PIECES COMING
BACK TO THE ATMOSPHERE.
FIRST, IT IS EMOTIONAL.
IT IS SPECIAL TO GO THROUGH THAT
EXPERIENCE.
IT IS A PHYSICAL THING, AS WELL,
AS YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE LIGHT
FROM THE ATMOSPHERE AS IT HEATS
UP THE EXTERNAL PORTIONS OF THE
SPACECRAFT.
YOU SEE SOME ORANGE LIGHTS
FLICKERING, THE PLASMA GOING
PAST THE WINDOWS.
IT WILL BE NEAR OUR FEET.
IT IS DEFINITELY WE WILL BE ABLE
TO SEE AND KNOW THE OUTSIDE
VEHICLE IS GOING THROUGH
THING PRETTY SEVERE, AND
HOPEFULLY --
>> THAT'S INCREDIBLE, I CAN'T
EVEN IMAGINE WHAT THAT
EXPERIENCE IS LIKE.
>> IT IS PRETTY REMARKABLE.
THERE IS THE PHYSICAL AND
EMOTION, YOU ARE TAKING ALL THAT
ENERGY TO PUT INTO THE VEHICLE,
SO THAT YOU CAN GET BACK TO THE
GROUND SAFELY.
>> IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE YOU
HAVE BEEN IN SPACE, IS THERE
ANYTHING YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD
TO?
WHEN IS YOUR BUCKET LIST ONCE
YOU GET BACK THERE?
>> I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO SEEING IT COMPLETELY
COMPLETE.
I WAS PRETTY CLOSE, WE PUT -- ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
SO, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
GETTING BACK THERE, AND ACTUALLY
EXPERIENCING SUNRISES AND SUN
SETS AGAIN.
THEY ARE REMARKABLE FROM ORBIT.
NOT QUITE THE SAME THEY ARE FROM
THE GROUND AND YOU CAN'T GET
THAT ANY PLACE ELSE.
>> LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, I AM
SURE YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING
ALONG ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU HAVE SEEN -- HE IS NOT
COMING BACK UNTIL YOU BRING HIM
BACK.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE
TO TEACH LITTLE EARTHY.
>> I DIDN'T REALIZE I WILL
EARTHY WAS STAYINGN BOARD.
ONE OF YOUR PEOPLE FROM SPACEX
LET US KNOW.
HEY, WE WILL NEED EARTHY BACK,
SO WE WILL BRING HIM BACK.
I THINK OUR PLAN IS HAVE HIM
TEACH US.
HE WILL WELCOME US.
I THINK THEY TRAINED HIM WELL,
AND HOPEFULLY HE CAN WALK US
THROUGH THE EMERGENCY BRIEF, AND
HE IS A FULL-FLEDGED CREW
MEMBER.
>> HE SHOULD HAVE IT ALL.
>> AND TRANSFER IT TO US.
THAT'S PART OF BEING A CREW
MEMBER AND TAKES ON
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIM COMING
BACK, AS WELL AS YOU AND DOUG IN
A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
IT IT WILL BE VERY EXCITING.
>> VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO
IT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
>> WE WILET BACK TO THE
REENTRY INTERFACE AND
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> SO, WITH THAT, WE ARE
AWAITING THE DEPLOYMENT, OR
EXCUSE ME, THE FINAL PHASE OF
THE REENTRY OF THE DRAGON
SPACECRAFT, AS IT IT IS COMING
THROUGH THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE,
I AM STILL REELING FROM HIS
COMMENTS WHEN IT LIKE TO COME
BARRELING THROUGH THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE.
SOMETHING YOU SEE IN MOVIES, BUT
TO HEAR IT FROM HIM IS PRETTY
COOL.
>>> WE BROUGHT YOU A LIVE VIEW
OF THAT A COUPLE MINUTES AGO.
IT WAS COOL WE WERE ABLE TO GET
THAT SHOT.
PLASMA WILL BE BUILDING UP ON
THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE, SO
THERE IS A BLACKOUT PERIOD THAT
WE WERE EXPECTING:  THAT'S WHERE
WE ARE AT NOW.
>>> WHILE WE CAN'T BRING -- YOU
CAN SEE A VIEW OF OUR RECOVERY
SHIP.
WE CAN NOW SEE THAT THE LIFT
ARMS HAVE ACT WAITED OUT INTO
THE RECOVERY POSITION, IN
ANTICIPATION OF DRAGON BEING
PULLED IN TO POSITION CLOSER TO
THE END OF THE SHIP, AND BEING
LIFTED UP TO THE RECOVERY NETS.
>> YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE THE TEAMS
OUT THERE ON THE OCEAN, ARE
READY FOR THIS TO COME HOME.
200 GIVE OR TAKE NAUTICAL MILES
AT SEA.
THEY HAVE LEFT YESTERDAY.
THEY ARE READY AND WAITING.
A BUNCH OF SPACE TECHNICIANS WHO
WILL BE RESPONSIBLE GOING OUT ON
FAST BOATS TO DEPLOY FROM THE
SHIP, G THE CAPSULE
STABLE, AND HOISTED ON THE
SHIP.
AND ALSO, PARACHUTES GET
JETTISON FROM THE CAPSULE AT THE
MOMENT OF TOUCH DOWN.
WE WILL BE READY TO WATCH ALL
THAT UNFOLD PRETTY SOON.
WE SHOULD BE SG THOSE
PARACHUTES IN ABOUT 10 OR 11
MINUTES NOW, RIGHT AFTER DRAGON
PLUNGES TO THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE.
>>> THINGS WILL REALLY PICK UP
ONCE WE GET TO SEE THE DRAGON
OVER THE ATLANTIC THERE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE ABOUT TEN MINUTES, WHICH
ARE THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE
PARACHUTES.
WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK AS WE
TAKE A LOOK AT DEPLOYMENT.
>> SO, THIS IS A VIEW OF THE
WV57 AIRPLANE.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE DRAGON
STREAKING THROUGH THE SKY,
AIMING FOR A SPLASHDOWN IN JUST
A LITTLE WHILE FROM NOW.
>> IT IS PRETTY EXCITING THAT WE
GET THE SHOT RIGHT NOW, AS IT IS
OUR FIRST VIEW FROM PLANET EARTH
OF THE DRAGON CAPSULE SINCE HE
LIFTED OFF FROM CAPE CANAVERAL
JUST SEVERAL DAYS AGO.
>>  I WILL SAY THIS, THIS IS A
PRETTY RARE TREAT TO BE ABLE TO
SEE THIS HERE.
AGAIN, THIS VIDEO IS COMING FROM
A NASA AIRPLANE THAT TAR FLYING
AROUND THE RECY ZONE, WV57,
COMMONLY USED FOR OTHER SCIENCE
MISSIONS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO
PUT A TRACKING CAMERA ON IT, AND
TRY TO GET THIS REENTRY THROUGH
THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE TODAY.
WE HEAR THAT SHOULD HAVE SIGNAL
BACK WITH THE DRAGON
SPACECRAFT.
RIGHT NOW IT IS ABOUT
64 KILOMETERS IN ALTITUDE.
>> FOR ORIENTATION PURPOSES, IF
YOU HAVE SEEN OUR LAUNCHES
PREVIOUSLY, YOU MIGHT BE
FAMILIAR WITH THENGLING, BUT A
REMINDER THIS IS REENTRY, THE
CAMERA IS BELOW THE SPACECRAFT.
IT LOOKS FROM THE ORIENTATION
FROM THE IMAGINARY THERE, DRAGON
IS GOING UP, BUT IN FACT IT IS
STILL COMING B DOWN TOWARDS
EARTH.
>> AGAIN, KEEPING YOU ON THE
TIMELINE, SO WE ACTUALLY
ACQUIRED A SIGNAL ABOUT A MINUTE
AHEAD WHEN IT WAS EXPECTED.
WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR THOSE
INITIAL CHUTE DEPLOYMENTS.
AFTER DRAGON GETS A LITTLE LOWER
DOWN.
>>> YOU WILL SEE THE CHUTES
INITIALLY, FOLLOWED BY THE FOUR
LARGER PARACHUTES, FOR A MUCH
SOFTER SPLASHDOWN IN THE OCEAN.
>> WE SHOULD BE GETTING THAT
DROVE CHUTE DEPLOYMENT IN ABOUT
TWO MINUTES NOW.
>> JUST HEARD WE ARE DOWN BELOW
30 KILOMETERS.
>>> AS YOU ARE JUST NOW TUNING
IN, THIS IS DRAGON COMING HOME.
IT I FROM A CAMERA ON BOARD A
CHASE PLANE THERE AT THE LANDING
ZONE OVER THE ATLANTIC, ABOUT
200 OR SO NAUTICAL MILES OFF THE
COAST OF FLORIDA.
>>> WE ARE UNDER 30 KILOMETERS,
CONTINUING TO DESCEND.
THE NEXT MILESTONE WE WILL BE
LOOKING FOR IS PARACHUTE
DEPLOYMENT.
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♪♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪♪
>> AND SO O WE WILL TAKE A QUICK
BREAK FROM THE OPERATIONS,
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE JOHN
REID, HE IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE
CREW MANAGEMENT.
CONGRATULATIONS FOR SPLASHDOWN
AND DEMO ONE.
WHA HAS IT BEEN LIKE TO WATCH
THIS MISSION, WHAT ARE YOUR
THOUGHTS?
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD
TO?
HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH
YOUR BREATH?
>> NO.
TO BE HONEST, I AM KIND OF
SHAKING, AND SUPER EXCITED.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY TO
ET TO THIS MOMENT.
THE TEAM HAS DONE AN AMAZING
JOB, BOTH SPACEX AND NASA TEAMS
JOINTLY.
FUNDAMENTALLY, THIS IS A GREAT
DAY FOR THE NATION, FOR SPACEX,
FOR NASA, AND REALLY FOR THE
WORLD.
I THINK IT WAS SAID THIS IS T
T TIME IN 40 YEARS THAT WE
HAVE A SPACECRAFT DESIGNED FOR
HUMANS TO FLY, AND NOT ONLY CAN
THEY FLY, AND DO EVERYTHING THEY
ARE SUPPOSED TO DO, BUT BROUGHT
IT HOME SAFE AND SOUND.
AM'T BELIEVE HOW
 THE WHOLE MISSION HAS
GONE.
I THINK PRETTY MUCH ON EVERY
POINT, PARTICULARLY THIS LAST
PIECE WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE.
PARACHUTE, DEPLOY, SPAR DOWN
HAPPENED PERFECTLY, RIGHT ON
TIME, THE WAY WE EXPECTED IT
TO.
>> RIGHT DOWN TO THE SECOND.
>> IT WAS AMAZING.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS A TEAM, SPACEX,
WE ARE HERE, AND WE ARE HONORED
TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
DONE THIS MISSION, AND WORKED
WITH NASA TO WORK THROUGH THIS.
>>> DEMO ONE IS FUNDAMENTALLY IS
A FIRST MAJOR MILESTONE.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND
EVERYBODY, LIKE THIS IS A WHOLE
SYSTEM.
THERE ARE TWO DRAGS, BUTE
ARE THE FALCONS, AND GROUND MANY
ISES, THE OPERATIONS, OUR ENTIRE
FACTORY AND PRODUCTION.
EVERYTHING WE DO, IS ABLE TO FLY
ASTRONAUTS SAFELY.
THIS IS A HUGE STEP.
>>> TO LOOK BACK OVER WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE LAS TWO DAYS,
SEEMS AMAZING TO ME, TO GET IT
TO THIS DAY.
>>> WE HAD LAUNCH, CREW DRAGON
DEPLOYED.
BEAUTIFUL CREW FLIGHT, AND WHEN
YOU ARE ON THE GROUND, IT IS HOW
FLUIDS WORK IN MICROGRAVITY.
SO THE PROCESS, AND WHAT IS
AMAZING IN THAT, IT WORKED WELL,
JUST PERFECTLY LIKE WE
EXPECTED.
WE GOT TO THE STATION, AND WE
DOCKED.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME IN -- I
THINK IN HISTORY, A COMMERCIAL
VEHICLE AND AMERICAN VEHICLE,
HAD DOCKED AUTONOMOUSLY, SO
THAT'S SUPER COOL.
LOADLOADED TESTS WE DID.
[INDISCERNIBLE]
>> WE GOT TO MEET THE LITTLE
EARTH GUY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> YEAH.
>> SO, THAT WILL BE FOR BOB AND
DOUG TO RETRIEVE.
FREE FLIGHT.G, OF COURSE, MORE
JETTISON TRUNK, CLOSING OF THE
NOSE CONE.
AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID,
BEAUTIFUL PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT.
ALL OF THESE TESTS WE HAVE BEEN
UNDERSTANDING THE AIR DYNAMICS
OF COMING HOME, EVERYTHING IS
WONDERFUL.
>>> THE IMPORTANT THING NOW, WE
TAKE ALL OF THE DATA THAT WE
HAVE LEARNED --
>> WE LOVE DATA.
>> WE LOVE DATA, ULTIMATELY WE
ARE ENGINEER
TAKE ALLHAT GREAT DATA AND
APPLY THAT TO THE NEXT STEP.
>>> SO, WHAT IS COMING UP NEXT,
AND STILL SHAKING AS I AM ABOUT
THE RETURN, THERE IS A LOT MORE
TO DO.
OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO STAFF
SPACE STATIONS.
RISE UP TO SPACE, GIVE THEM A
SAFE PLACE TO IT BE AND SAFE
PLACE TO COME HOME TO.
HOW DO WE GET THERE?
WE FINISHED DEMO ONE, WE TAKE
THE DATA, APPLY IT AND LEARN
FRT.
>>> SO, WEO BACK TO OUR WORK
TESTS, SIMILAR TO THE ONE WE DID
A FEW YEARS AGO.
>>> AND IT IS THE SAME DRAGON WE
FLEW, AND LAUNCH IT.
AGAIN, DO THE SAME THING, BRING
IT HOME SAFELY, AND PLANT IT IN
THE OCEAN.
FROM THERE, AFTER WE GET THAT
DONE, WE GO TO DEMO TWO, AND
THAT'S WOW, THAT'S THE BIG
PRIZE, RIGHT.
AND IT WILL BE BO AND DOUG, OR
ASTRONAUTS, PARTNERS AND
FRIENDS, SENDING THEM ON DRAGON,
TAKING THEM UP, AND BRING THEM
HOME SAFELY.
>>> AND THEN WE WILL GO TO
ROTATION AND START THE SIX-MONTH
ROTATION, WHICH WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT.
>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE A
STEP BACK, AND LOOK AT ALL THE
WORK THAT IT HAS TAKEN TO GET
HERE.
ALL THE SUPPORT WE HAVE HAD FROM
FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
REALLY, THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING, ON BEHALF OF ALL O THE
6,000 HERE AT SPACEX, WE REALLY
WANT TO THANK NASA, SPACE
STATION, INTERNATIONAL PARTNER,
AND THANK THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND
PARTNERSHIP AS WE GO THROUGH
THIS.
>>> WE ARE REALLY PROUD TO BE
PART OF THIS ENDEAVOR.
>> THANK FOR BEING WITH US.
IT IS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING HERE,
IN HAWTHORNE.
FOR THOSE OF US WHO WORK AT
SPACEX, WE STILL HAVE A FULL DAY
OF WORK GOING.
EVEN THOUGH TODAY WAS DEMO ONE
DAY.
YOU, LIKE ME, WILL CONTINUE WORK
ON DEMO TWO.
>> WE WILL START TALKING ABOUT
THE NEXT STEP ON DEMO TWO.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR TEAM, AS
WELL, ON THE SUCCESS OF LAST
WEEK.
REALLY IT HAS BEE AWESOME FOR
US TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THE HARD
WORK WITH SPACEX EMPLOYEES.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK, AS
WE BRING YOU MORE COVERAGE OF
THE RECOVERY OPERATIONS, WHICH
YOU CAN SEE IS ONGOING ON YOUR
SCREEN ON THE LEFT.
>>> SO, STICK AROUND, AND WE
WILL BE BACK IN JUST A COUPLE.
♪♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪♪
♪♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪♪
>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE AWAITING TO
GET THE VIDEO BACK FROM THE
TEAMS OUT THERE IN THE
ATLANTIC.
>>> WE HAVE ANOTHER GUEST FOR
TODAY'S BROADCAST, AD MORTAR JIM
BRIDENSTINE.
HE IS STANDING BY OVER AT NASA
HEADQUARTERS I WASHINGTON, DC.
YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE MISSION
AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR NASA AND
WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO
IN THE FUTURE.
>> ABSOLUTELY, THIS IS AMAZING
ACHIEVEMENT IN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
I SAID IN A PRESS CONFERENCE AT
4:00 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING,
THIS IS A DAWN OF A NEW ERA IN
AMERICAN SPACE FLIGHT AND SPACE
FLIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD,
BECAUSE OF ALL OUR INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS ON OR INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
>>> THIS ACHIEVEMENTPANS MANY
ADMINISTRATIONS, AND MANY NASA
ADMINISTRATORS.
I WANT TO START BY THANKING MIKE
GRIFFIN WHO WAS THE
ADMINISTRATOR WHO GOT THIS
PROGRAM GOING, DURING THE GEORGE
W. BUSH, AND CHARLIE WAS
ADMINISTRATOR FOR EIGHT YEARS,
UNDER OBAMA.
AND MR. LIGHTFOOT PRECEDED ME,
AND HERE WE ARE TODAY WITH THE
AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT.
AND CURRENT PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT
TRUMP, HIS BUDGETS HAS BEEN AS
STRONG AS IT HAS BEEN IN MY
LIFETIME.
THIS SPANS MANY GENERATIONS OF
NASA ADMINISTRATORS.
IN FACT, OVER A DECADE OF WORK
BY THE TEAM.
>>> I WANT TO CONGRATULATE FIRST
OF ALL THE NASA CREW PROGRAM,
ALL OF THE AMAZING ENGINEERS WHO
HAVE BEEN INVOLVED FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING.
I WANT TO THANK SPACEX AND THEIR
TEAM, AND THE DIVISION OFY LOAN
MUSK AND WHATHE HAS DONE TO
RELATIVE REJUVENATE THIS
INSPIRATIONAL MOMENT FOR THIS
NEW ERA IN AMERICAN HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT.
>>> THIS IS REALLY AN AMAZING
ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL OF AMERICA.
BUT IT IS NOT JUST FOR ALL THE
AMERICA RIGHT NOW.
IT GOES BACK IN TIME.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT
DESERVE CREDIT.
AND REALLY WHAT IS UNIQUE NOW,
IS THAT NASA CAN BE A CUSTOMER.
I KNOW THERE IS A LONG WAY TO
GO.
WE LAUNCHED AN UNCREWED
SPACECRAFT HERE.
O COURSE WE HAVE DEMO TWO, WE
WILL BE A CREWED SPACECRAFT
BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
>>> WE HAVE A PADDLE BOARD WE
NEED TO TEST, AS WELL.
THESE ARE ALL CAPABILITIES THAT
ARE LEADING TO A DAY, WHERE WE
ARE LAUNCHING AMERICAN
ASTRONAUTS ON AMERICAN ROCKETS
FROM AMERICAN SOIL.
>>> I HAVE HEARD, WHEN I WAS A
MEMBER OF CRONK GUESS I HAVE
HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN, HOW
DO WE KEEP CONSTANCE SI OF
ADMINISTRATIONS THE NEXT.E
HOW DO WE KEEP CONSTANCE SEE.
THIS IS A PERFECT -- WHEN WE
TALK IT TAKES MANY DECADES TO
ACHIEVE THIS KIND OF CAPABILITY.
THE CONSTANCY OF PURPOSE FOR ALL
THESE YEARS.
NOW NASA CAN BE A CUSTOMER, WE
CAN BE MANY CUSTOMERS OF HUMAN
SPACE FLIGHT, AND WHAT WE
BELIEVE WILL BE A COMMERCIAL
SPACE FLIGHT, AND HAVE CUSTOMERS
FOR COST AND INNOVATION.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW,
ROCKETS ARE BEING REUSED, AND
DRIVE DOWN COSTS AND ACCESS TO
SPACE, JUST AN AMAZING -- THERE
WILL COME A DAY WHERE WE ARE
REUSING ROCKETS.
WE ARE NOT THERE YET, WE HAVE A
LONG WAY TO GO.
BUT, THIS IS AN AMAZING
ACHIEVEMENT, IN THE PAST, FOR
REALLY A SUSTAINABLE RETURN TO
THE MOON.
WHICH IS MY CHARGE THE PRESIDENT
HAS GIVEN ME.
SO, WE ARE DRIVING DOWN COSTS
AND COMMERCIAL RISING LOWER
ORBIT, EVENTUALLY WITH SPACE
STATIONS WITH HUMAN ACTIVITIES,
WHERE NASA CAN BE A CUSTOMER,
AND USE TAKE PRAIRIE SOURCES
THAT ARE BESTOW UPON US.
WE CAN USE THOSE RESOURCES TO GO
FURTHER, AND GO BACK TO THE
MOON, SUSTAINBLY, WHERE WE CAN
STAT THE MOON, AND ULTIMATELY
GO ON TO MARS.
THIS IS AMAZING ACHIEVE.
MENT IN THE HISTORY OF UNITED
STATES OF ER IN.
IT JUST LOOKS TO WHAT WE
ACHIEVE.
>> THANK YOU, ADMINISTRATOR JIM
BRIDENSTINE, JUST JOINING US
FROM NASA HEADQUARTERS IN
WASHINGTON, DC.
>>> WE ARE STILL GETTING TO GET
INFORMATION, BUT BEFORE GET THE
FEEDBACK, WHERE WE HAVE A FEW
MORE FOLKS STANDING BY,
INCLUDING STEVE, WHO IS A DEPUTY
PROGRAM MANAGER FOR NASA'S CREW
PROGRAM.
AND WE HAVE MIKE HOPKINS, AND
ONE OF THE ASTRONAUTS ALREADY
ASSIGNED TO A FUTURE DRAGON
MISSION.
>>> SO, GUYS I WILL SEND IT OVER
TO YOU REAL QUICK.
OFFER YOUR THOUGHTS HOW THIS
MISSION UNFOLDED AND WHAT IS
AHEAD IN THE FUTURE?
>> THANK YOU, DNA.
HEY, IT ISREAT TO BE HERE
REPRESENTING THE COMMERCIAL CREW
PROGRAM.
WHAT AN OUTSTANDING DAY TO BE
PART OF OUR PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE LEFT OUR
CONTRACTS IN 2014, AND SIT HERE
TODAY AND TALK ABOUT DEMO ONE,
AND HOW GREAT THE FLIGHT WENT
AND WHAT WE WILL LEARN FROM IT
IS AMAZING.
>>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
SPACEX TEAM.
OUR WHOLE NASA TEAM THAT WORKED
THE MISSION.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE ENORMITY
WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS FLIGHT AND
ALL THE PREP THAT WENT INTO IT,
GETTING THE FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM
SET UP, GETTING THE VEHICLES
BUILT.
GETTING THE FALCON 9 READY.
ALL THE ANALYSIS AND MISSION
SUPPORT THAT WENT INTO IT.
THE SAMES LEADING UP TO THIS
YEAR, OR SO, DOING A TREMENDOUS
JOB.
>>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED
IS THE GREAT RELATIONSHIP WE
HAVE BETWEEN THE PROGRAM AND
SPACEX.
SEAMLESSLY WORK BACK AND FORTH
WITH SPACEX, HOW WE MANAGED THE
FLIGHT THROUGH THE DRAGON
MANAGEMENT TEAM.
AND WORKING WITH KENNY TODD AND
THE SPACE STATION PROGRAM.
SPACE STATION PROGRAM DID A
PHENOMENAL JOB SUPPORTING OUR
PROGRAM, WHILE DOCD A STATION
ON THE WAY TO STATION, AND THE
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP, AS
WELL.
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS
MISSION.
>>> THE LAST 24 HOURS HAVE BEEN
EXCITING FOR US, WE CLOSED
HATCHES YESTERDAY ABOUT NOON.
DID ALL SMALL SEPARATES TO
GET AWAY FROM STATION.
IF YOU WATCHED THAT ON TV, THAT
WAS FLAWLESS.
>>> DEORBIT BURN ABOUT
6:52 CENTRAL TIME, AND IT LANDED
A FEW MINUTES AGO, 6:45.
THE VEHICLE IS DOING WELL,
RECOVERY CREWS ARE OUT.
THEY ARE ON THE SCREEN.
THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN AROUND
THE SPACECRAFT, AND MADE IT
SECURE FOR PERSONNEL.
IT WAS VERY CALM DAY, AND OF
THE CHUTES LANDED ON THE DRAGON
CAPSULE.
THAT IS GOING REALLY WELL.
IT MIGHT TAKE 30 MINUTES FOR AN
HOUR TO GET IT BACK ON THE
SHIP.
>>> BUT, AS YOU LOOK AT THE
ESS REHEARSAL, HOW TO LOAD THE
VEHICLE AND THINKING FORWARD,
HOW TO PUT THE CREWS ON THE
VEHICLE.
WE PRACTICE THE EXACT PROFILE
THAT MIKE HOPKINS WILL FLY VERY
SOON.
>>E HAD THE CREW EXAMINE
ESCAPE IN DRAGON ENABLED FOR
THIS FLIGHT, AND WE WILL LOOK AT
THAT DATA, HOW IT PERFORMED.
THE POWER PER
THE VLE DID BETTER THAN WE
SCHEDULED, AND THEN THE ENDAY
VIEW DID PHENOMENAL.
THE LINK TO SPACE STATION
WORKED.
COMMAND WATCHING THE VEHICLE
CAME IN.
AND SEEING HOW THE DOCKING DID,
WAS PHENOMENAL.
>>> THE CREW ONE AND OTHER
MISSIONS.
THEN WE DID A ROBERTIC SURVEY OF
THE VEHICLE TO LOOK AT THE
THERMAOTECTION Z. AND OTHER
SYSTEMS.
THIS MISSION WAS AS EVEN
SIX-DAYS LONG, IT WAS A SPRINT
FROM START TO FINISH.
I THINK WHERE WE HAVE BEEN IN
THE SPENT, IT WAS A PHENOMENAL
JOB BY THE TEAM.
>>> TODAY, THE UNTO BEINGING,
WATCHING HOW THOSE PERFORMED,
HOW THE NOSE CONE PERFORMED.
>>>  HOW THE DEORBIT WAS
EXECUTED, AND THE ENTRY WAS
PHENOMENAL.
>>> WE DID HAVE RILEN BOARD,
A TEST DUMMY, AND THAT WILL GIVE
US A LOT OF IMPORTANT DATA, AND
THEN THE
E
PARACHUTES AND LANDING.
SO, WE WILL COLLECT THAT DATA
AND LOOK AT THAT.
>>> OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WE
WILL BE D
E
INTERVIEWS, AND NEXT JUST --
JUST NEXT WEEK WE WILL START
REVIEWING THAT, AND SUBSEQUENTLY
THERE WILL BE REVIEWS WITH
SPACEX, AND THIS MISSION SETS UP
WELL FOR THE REST OF THE
VEHICLE.
THE VEHICLE IN THE WATER WILL BE
THE INBOARD FLIGHT VEHICLE.
SO IT WILL COME BACK TO KFC AND
START GETTING REBUSHED PI GENOME
FOR THE BOARD TEST, WHICH SHOULD
BE IN THE SUMMERTIME FRAME.
>>> AND HAWTHORNE GETTING BUILT,
THAT'S IN PROGRESS AND GOING
WELL.
THAT WORK IS CONTINUED OWL
THROUGH FIGHT.
THEN MOW TLL BE SPACE D, AND
I DON'T THINK WE SAW REALLY
ANYTHING IN THE MISSION SO FAR.
WE HAVE TO DO THE DATA REVIEWS,
THAT WOULD PRECLUDE US, HAVING
THE CREWED MISSION AFTER THIS FE
TEST FLIGHT FOR BOEING.
SO OUR MISSION WILL TRANSITION
AFTER THIS INTERVIEWS, BUT FOR
THE ENTRY TEST FOR BOWING.
THAT WILL BE COME UP IN THE
APRIL TIMEFRAME.
>>> SPACECRAFT THREE IS DOMING
THROUGH IN PROCESSING FACILITY
IS FLORIDA.
THEY ARE IN CRITICAL TESTING, TO
VERIFY THAT SPACECRAFT CAN WORK
SUCCESSFULLY IN SPACE.
>>> AND THEN WE WILL HAVE IT FOR
BOWING.
>>> IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE
APPLICATIONS AND CREWS, IT IS A
SUPER BUS EYE TIME.
WE DID PARACHUTE TESTS, IT IS A
VERY EXCITING TIME.
SO, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR
SPACEX TEAM AND ALL THE NASA
TEAM THAT WORKED SO HARD, AND
WORKED SO MANY YEARS TO SET US
UP WITH THIS FLYER.
IT IS EXCITING TIME TO BE IN
MISSION CREW.
>> BEHALF OF THE OPERATION
OFFICE, AND CREW, I WOULD LIKE
TOO EXTEND OUR GREAT
SPACEX TEAM, COMMERCIAL CREW
TEAM, AND ALL OF NASA, AND TO
EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS MAJOR
MILESTONE ON RETURNING A HUMAN
LAUNCH AND LANDING CAPABILITY, I
THINK THAT IS VERY EXCITING.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE VIDEO OF
THE VEHICLE,RK IS STILL ON
FOCUS.
THE RECOVER PROCESS IS STILL ON
FOCUS.
I AM ANXIOUS TO HEAR HOW THIS IS
GOING, AFTER THEY PULL HER OUT
OF THE CAPTAIN SAUL, AND PUT HER
ON THE ROVERY VLE.
>>> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT WITH
THIS DM-1 MISSION, WAS THE FIRST
TIME WE HAVE SEEN THE TEST.
NOW WE HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER THE
HARDWARE AND PROCESS AND
PROCEDURES, UNFOUGHTEN TO SEE
HOW THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WE
MOVER TOWARDS PUTTING PEOPLE ON
THE VEHICLE.
AS STEVE SAID, WE ARE INTERESTED
IN SEEING THE AT THAT TIME AT
A.
I SUSPECT THERE ARE LESSONS
LEARNING AND CHANGES, PUT THAT
IS AIL PART OF THE TESTING
PROCESS.
>>> SO, FOR ALL THE CREW, BOB
AND DOUG AND CREW ONE, MYSELF, I
KNOW VICTOR GLOVER, WE ARE ALL
FOCUS TO BE FOLLOWING CLOSELY
THE ON FLIGHT, ON FORWARD TEST,
TO GET READY FOR THE DEMO TWO
MISSION.
I FOUND A VERIFICATION TESTS WE
WILL ALLNESS INVOLVED AS TEST
SUBJECTS.
>>> SPECIFILLY FOR BOB AND
DOUG WILL FOCUS MORE ON THAT
TRAINING FOR THE DM2 MISSION.
THEY HAVE A LOT LESS RUNWAY IN
FRONT OF THEM.
SO, IT WILL START MOVING A LOT
QUICKER.
FOR THE CREW ONE, THE TEAM
VICTOR AND I, AND EVEN FOR
CHALLENGE LIS THE PACK-UP, WE
HAVE A LOT OF TRAINING, NOT ONLY
FOR DRAGON B ARE, BUT FOR ISS
PROGRAM WHILE WE ARE THERE.
THAT MEANS WE CAN DO ALL OF THE
TRAINING FOR BEING ABLE TO TO
THE SPACEWALKS AND ABLE TO
MAINTAIN THE ROBERTIC ON AND DID
GO THE SCIENCE FOR THE PAST 20
YEARS.
>>> FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO
EMPHASIZE, THIS AMAZING WEEK
THAT WE HAD IS ONE SMALL STEP IN
THIS VERY METHODICAL BUILD-UP
APPROACH, THAT AT PROGRAM HAS
LAID OUT, THEPLAYED OUT, FOR
PEOPLE TO P ON THESE
VEHICLES.
AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
EXPIRE TEAM APPEAR OVER TO
DENNY.
>> THANK YOU, HOPPER, JUST
BEFORE ANY CONVERSATION YOU WILL
HAVE TODAY, WILL START WITH
CONGRATULATIONS.
I WILL START WITH ME.
JUST A PHENOMENAL EVERY THE, IT
IS NOT EASY WHAT THIS PROGRAM
HAS TO DO IN THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS.
TO FINALLY SEE THE PRODUCT OF
THAT, HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE THIS
WEEK.
ALL OUR FRIENDS, AND THE TEAM
OUT T, WE HAVE BEE WORKING
WITH THEM FOR A BEST PAR THE
PART OF A DECADE.
WE KNOW THAT TEAM.
THEY ARE AS EVEN BIT EXCITED
ABOUT HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT AS WE
ARE.
THEY SHOWS WHENEVER THEY LAUNCH
A VEHICLE, IT SHOWS WHEN THEY
BRING A VEHICLE HOME, AND THERE
IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AROUND
THAT.
ININVIGORATEING.
.
>>> BENATIA PASS ON
CONGRATULATIONS.
>>> BUT, ONE OF THE THINGS IN A
STATION PROGRAM, IS TO CHECK OUT
THE INTERF THAT WE STALL A
FEW YEARS AGO, TO ENSURE OUR
LATCHES WORKED PROPERLY,
INTERFACE WITH THE DRAGON, THAT
WE WERE ABLE TO FLOW PORTLY THE
INTERFACE.
>>> SO, WE FEEL WE ARE IN A
POSITION TO GO THROUGH, AND
DON'T HAVE THINKING, AT LEAST AT
THE FRONT END OF THE PM2.
>>> THIS YEAR WE WILL INSTALL
ANOTHER ADAPT TORE, WHICH WILL
GIVE TWO PORTS TO COMMERCIAL CRY
VEHICLES.
WE ARE EXCITED TO GET ON WITH
THAT ACTIVITY LATER THIS YEAR.
>>>  AS FAR AS.
>>>  THE TEAM, I TALKED TO OUR
TEAM EARLIER THIS WEEK, PROBABLY
IN A WEEK FOR NOW, WE WILL
FORGET WE HAD A DRY DRAGON ON
BOARD BECAUSE WHATLIZE IN FRONT
OF US.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW
CREW COMING UP.
BILLION SEE 58 SOYUZ FROM
BAIKONUR.
THE TEAM IS ALREADY STARTING TO
THERE AND READY TO GO.
>>> WE ARE EXCITING TO GET THE
CREW UP TO THE SIZE OF SIX FEN.
>>> IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY
TO W ON SCIENCE AND W ON THE
BACK LOOK.
>>>
>>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD
BE ATTACKING, A SET OF EVAS.
WE WILL DID THREE OF THEM IN
ABOUT 16 DAYS.
RIGHT AFTER HATCH OPEN
RESIDENTIALS WE WILLN HARD AT
WORK TO TRY TO PUT THE FINAL
WORK.
>>> THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER SPACE D
VEHICLE AND NORTH HALF GROUND
SIG THOUSAND IS COMING UP I AM
VERY EXCITED WHAT HAPPENED THIS
WEEK, AND NEGLIGENCE WEEK WE
WILL TALK CHEMICAL SOME STUFF
COMING FORE.
AS LEAST FOR A DAY.
>>>  A AND THIS WEEKEND,
WINNIPEG TO CELEBRATEHIS FROM
COMMERCIAL CREW POLICEMAN ARE
PROGRAM.
>>>  AND SPACE DNESS AND GO
ALONG WITH THEM.
IT WAS QUITE A FEW DAYS HERE,
DNA.
WITH THAT, WE WILL HAND IT BACK
TO THANK YOU.
>>  THANK YOU, KENNY, MIKE A
STEVE OVER THERE IN HOUSTON.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS.
NOW WE WILL GET BACK TO THE
ACTION.
BETTER GETTING VIEWS OF THE
RECOVERY SPACECRAFT.
THE TEAMS ARE IN PLACE, AND MAKE
>> EXACTLY, NOW THAT INTERESTING
GOD BLESS SPLASHED DO YOU KNOW,
THE RECOVERY TEAM WILL GO
THROUGH A NUMBER OF STUFF.
>>> NOW, IN CASE URGING US, WE
WILL GO QUICK, A LITTLE SHOT OF
DRAGON RECOVERY WITH THE DRAGON
TEAM WING ON THE RECOVERY
OPERATIONS.
>>> IN CASE YOU ARE JUST JOINING
US, THE MISSION HAN SU
SUCCESSSUCCESSFUL
45:00 A.M.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW LATE IT
IS IN THE MORNING, TIME FLIES.
APPROXIMATELY SIX BEFORE FLASH
DOWN, DRAGON UNPLAQUED,
COMPLETED A SERIES OF FINAL BURN
AND AND PLACED ITSELF ON A
TRAJECTORY TOWARDS THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN.
>> THIS IS A REPLAY FROM A HE
WILL ARE LITTLE PIT EARLIER THIS
MORNING.
AT THIS POINT, DRAGON WAS ARE
WERE UNDER THE PARACHUTES, AND
RESPONSIBLE FOR PULLING OTSIDE
THE FOURTH MAIN PARACHUTES, WE
FROM BINGY, THAT THEY WENT
EXACTLY ON THE TIMELINE, TOO.
>>> PUT THAT ALL CAME AFTER
DRAGON SUCCESSFULLY RE-ENTERED
THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, AND MOST
PARACHUTES, AND NOW BETTER ON
PART OF INTERESTING DENY'S
JOURNEY, AS IT WILL SOON LIFTED
OUT OF THE WATER AND ON TO THE
RECOVERY POET.
>> THIS IS A REENTRY AND FLASH
ENTRY BENATIA DESCRIBED A FEW
MINUTES AGO.
>>>
>>> RAILWAY SHOOT AS THE
PARACHUTES ARE SLOWING THE
VEHICLE DO YOU KNOW.
>>>
>> THAT'S WHY 35:45 A.M. PARK,
AND 845 POWERPLAY.
YOU HAVE P 800 MILES TRILLION
AIR NAUTICAL IN ALREADY KNEE WE
TAKEN ARE DON'T HAVE HUMAN ON
BOARD.
>>> SHE HAS LOS ANGELES THE
SENSORS PLACED AROUND THE BOYS,
I IF HE IS YOU WOULD SAY BEING
SO THIS WILL GIVE US COOL DATA,
AND DURING LAUNCH AND
CLOSED-CAPTIONING AND REENTRY.
>>>  HOWEVER AS IT IS ALL SET SO
FAR IN OUR MEMO BUN MIX, THEY
WILL BE RECOVERY AS IF IT WAS A
CREWED MISSION.
>>>
>>> YOU SAW EARLIER THE RECOVERY
WENT VERY QUICKLY TO AT A SPLASH
OINT.
>>> YOU CAN SIGH IN YAW SCREEN
RIGHT NOW.
>>> IT IS A PICTURES PERFECT
DAY.
>>>
>>> WE WILL B ABLE TO GET
LIFTED OUT OF THE OCEAN.
THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL.
>>> SO ERIE OTTERS CRY, AND
THANK YOU, CHECK, SAVED ARE
SAVED ITSELF ENTERING.
TEAM MATES ARE SAFEVA TO APRETTY
MUCH THE INTERESTING FAN SPACE
DRAFT.
>> UPON THE IMMEDIATELY DETEXT
OF INTERESTING UPONS IT REMOVED
ALL THE PARACHUTES, AND THAT
PREVENTS THE THE SPACE --
FOLLOWING THAT SUCCESS, THAT'S
SUCCESSFUL PARACHUTE CUT ABAY,
DRAGON AUTOMATICPACE AND
PERFORM ARM DOM OF INITIAL --
THE ASTRONAUTS IF THEY ARE ON
BURDEN, THEY WOULD SN THEIR
SUITS, BUT THE DRAG UPON
SPACECRAFT HAS AIR CONDITIONING,
AND HELPS KEEP THE ASTRONAUTS IN
CHECK.
AND THE COMMUNICATION ALWAYS
REMAINED POWERED.
THEY STILL HAVE THAT TWO HOUR
COMMUNICATION READY TO PULL THEM
THEM ON THE BOAT.
>> IF I WERE NASA, AND FINDING A
PET.
>>> KIND GOING THROUGH A CAR
WASH, YOU ARE SAFEVA, BUT CAN'T
OPEN THE DOOR AS YET.
>> IT LACK A LITTLE OVER TEN
MINUTES FOR THE CREE TO COMPLETE
SAFETY CHECKS.
AND COMPLETED THEIR PREPARATIONS
AND WE CAN SEE THEY ARE MACING
PRSS TO LIFT INTERESTING GOD
BLESS UP ON INTO THE RYE ERROR
ARE COVER VESSEL.
>>> MEMBER OF THE RECOVERY TEAM,
BUT THAT WAS IN ORDER TO ATTACH
THE SPRINGS AND CONNECTING THE
LINES.
>>> I WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE ABLE
TO TO IT, PUT IT IS RAIL COLURE
PRACTICING TEAM IN ACTION HERE,
AND ABOUT SOME BEAIFUL SHOTS
OF THE ATLANTA I CAN HOSE.
>> THIS IS FROM THE GO
NAVIGATOR, AND COMBINED NASA
TEAMS, WITH MANNERS AND FLIGHT
DOCKS, AND OTHER PERSONNELT
WILL BE INVOLVED, WHEN WE HAVE
CRY ON BOARD THE SPACE DRAFT.
THEY ARE ON THE.
>> ARE GO NAVIGATOR.
-- NAVIGATOR.
>> LIKE WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THE
SHIP HE SEEN THERE, IS FULLY
EQUIPPED FOR MEDICAL CHECK OUTS,
IF WE DID HAVE EGRESSED FROM THE
MEDICAL AND GIVEN AN EXAMPLES
EXAMINATION THAT EVERYBODY IS
TOO.  THERE IS A HELLY PAD,
WHENEVER WE SPLASHDOWN.
SO THE SHIP IS CAPABLE OF THE
RECOVERY CREW FOR A DO YOU MEAN
OF WEEKS, NECESSARILY.
>>> OBVIOUSLY, TO IT BE ON A
SHIP IN MY OPINION.
BY, FULLY EQUIPPED AND I HAVE
BEEN THAT SHIP MYSELF, IT IS
INDREADBLE ARE CREDIBLE ITE AS
SOMEONE WHOA KEEPS MY EYE SCORES
TOWARDS THE SKY.
IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE REICH
THERE IN OUR SLEEP REALLY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FILE
MISSION IS REQUIRED, IT IS GOING
UP AND THEN BACK DID YOU KNOW.
>>>
>> THIS IS ONE OF TWO
NAVIGATORS, WHO TRAVELED DOWN TO
THE SPLASHDOWN ZONE.
ONE OF THE PERSON IS SHANE
KIMBRO, AND PRETTY MUCH
RESPONSIBLE FOR SEEING ALL THE
CREW'S NEEDS, AND ALL THEIR
FOREIGN TEAM BEFORE HE LAUNCH.
HE SAID THEY DINED OF LONG TO
HIGHMORE AND WHILE THEY ARE
GETTING READY.
SHANE, THANKS FOR CALLING IN SO
QUICK.
>>>
>> HI, DNA FREIGHT
O
THANK YOU.
EVERYTHING IS GOING BEAUTIFULLY
BELL.
THE MAIN PARACHUTES AND THEN OF
COURSE THE SPLASHDOWN.
>>>  IT IS GETTING PRETTY CLOSE
TO GET IT ON DECK.
>> AND SO, SHANE, WHAT WAS THE
SHIP OUT THERE LIKE, HAN
ALAINING SOB AN IF I WILL LITTLE
FURTHER AWAY THAN OUR CREW WOULD
BE --
>> EVERYTHING IS GREAT.
IT WAS ABOUT 30 HOURS TO GET IN
THE SPLASH DID YOU KNOW ZONE A
BUT WE WEEK UP TODAY AND NOW IT
IS BEEN REGARD INVOLVED IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF DRAGON NUMBER
ONE.
>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE WATCHING
DRAGOON CRAFT DROP TOWN FROM THE
BOATS.
>>>  EVER ABOUT ARE HAD ABOUT 30
NUNS INTERE -- AND THIS WERE
ALL INDICATED.
FROM MY PERSIANIVE IT LOOKED
ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.
WE HAVE A VERY GOOD DAY AND CALM
SEAS AND COULDN'T ASK FOR BETTER
WEATHER.
>> SHANE, OBVIOUSLY YOU DIDN'T
COME DOWN THIS CAPSULE TODAY.
BUT YOU HAVE COME DOWN ONE ON
LAND.
HOW DOES THAT COMPARE WHEN YOU
TOUCHED OVER OVER IN
KAZAKHSTAN?
>> GOOD QUESTION, AS WE HAVE
BEEN 30 TO 40 MINUTES AT SPLASH
TIME.
PUT THERE IS CREW IN THERE, BUT
THE DRU WILL PROBABLY NOT
FEELING BETTER THIS WEAK, AS
SOON AS WE CAN GET THAT CAN BACK
ON LAND AND THAT WILL HELP THEIR
RECOVERY PROCESS.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO, WE ARE
CONTINUING TO GET THESE VIEWS,
WHAT IS AHEAD FOR I AND THELESS
OF THE TEAMS, I SAID A 30 HOUR
PROGRAM PACK INTO HARSH ART ARE
VARIETY.
>>> I THINK WE WILL BE OUT HERE
AN HOUR OR MAYBE TWO HOURS.
ONCE THINK GIVE US THE IF, WE
WILL START HEADING BACK TO
COURT.
SATURDAY NIGHT IN PORT DA AND A
HALF RAIL.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>>>  SHANE, WE WILL LET YOU GET
BECOME IT WATCHING WATCHING ALL
THE HEARINGS.
I IT REALLY ACTUAL YOU IN FROM
ALOT AND GAVE US A GREAT SLASH
DAWN.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS, AND ENJIRI
VESLEY THE REST OF THE PICTURES
HERE.
TAKE CARE.
>>  ALREADY, THAT WAS ASTRONA
SHAME DIM PRAY, HE IS WATCHING
WHERE THE GALE SUSPECTING, AND
BILLION BILLION SEA IT GO UP IT
THE DRAGON NET.
>> ONCE THE CAPSULE LIFTED IT
OUT OF WATER.
THAT IS THE POSITION WHICH WHICH
THEY WOULDNESS EGRESSING FROM
SUCCESSFUL.
>>> LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GETTING
CLOSE ARE UNCLE'SER TO THE
CAPSULE.
>> IT SHOULD BE BE IN RANGE
SOON.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT, IT IS ABOUT
AN HOUR OR A LIT BEST, BOTH
SPLASHDOWN FOR THE CAPSULE BEING
ON THE BOAT.
YOU HEARD CRUDE OUT THAT HAVE IN
A MORE STABLE ENVIRONMENT.
AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE THE PATTED
UNNOTED HURTING SOMETHING IN
COURT.
THEY WERE AROUND 200 THAT YOU
WILL TALL MILES OUT TO SEA.
ONCE WE HAVE CREW ON BOARD, THAT
WILL NOT BE THE CASE.
ABOUT 24 OR 25 THAT YOU WILL
KNOT TALL MILES.
>>> THERE IS A MEDICAL HI PAD
UNTHE FORWARD RESIDENTIALS SO IF
ANY REASON THEY WANTED TO GET
THE CREW BACK QUICKER, THEY
COULD LUNCHHEM OUT AND BRING
THEM BACK TO DRY LAND THERE.
>>> CERTAIN ARE SOUNDS LIKE
CREWS STARTLING TO PICK UP
HERE.
>>> BENATIA SHOULD
THERE THERE.
IS A
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>> YOU ARE CONTINUING TO WATCH
DRAGON.
AT THIS POINT, THEEAM HAS
HIGHERED AS THEY ARE GETTING
READY TO BRING THAT DRAGON
SPACECRAFT UP, AND SPACEX
DECIDED TO CALL THE NET, AND IT
WILL REMAIN IN THE NET, UNTIL
BACK TO THE COAST, AND IT WILL
REM IN PORT KA AND A HALF AL,
FLORIDA.
FOR THIS MISSION IT WILL TAKE
THAT LONG BECAUSE THEY ARE ABOUT
200 NAUTICAL MILES OUT OF SEA.
THAT'S JUST SPACEX CAN GET THE
RETURNING ASTRONAUTS BACK TO DRY
LAND.
AFTER YOU HAVE BEEN TO
MICROGRAVITY AFTER SIX MONTHS,
YOU WOULD PROBABLY APPRECIATE
THAT.
>>> THE CAPSULE WILL BE LIFTED,
AND CENTER AND ORIENTATE THE
VEHICLES.
THE INTERESTING DONE WILL
EVENTUALLY GET PUT IN THE SHIP,
SO THEY WILL OPEN UP THE HATCH.
WE ARE ALMOST AT THE POINT WHERE
THE RECOVERY TEAM WILL BE
ASSISTING THE CREW TO GET OUT OF
DRAGON.
WE ARE ALMOST THERE.
>>> IN AIR SPACE TERMS, WE --
SPACEX ROOFER TEAM WILL BE
HELPING OUT THE CREW OF DRAGON
WITHIN ONE HOUR OF LANDING.
>> YOU CAN SIGH ON YOUR SCREE
DRAGON IS GETTING CLOSE ARE AND
CLOSE ARE TO THE BACK
INDEPENDENT OF THE RECOVERY
SHIP -- TWO OF THE RECOVERY
SHIPS.
A HUNDRED OR TWO MOMENTS AGO, WE
SAW THE CREW RESPONSIBLE TO THE
ATTACHMENT OF THE RIGGING.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE JUST AGOING
FOR -- WAITING FOR DRAGON TO
LIFT UP, OUT OF THE WATER AND
INTO THE NET.
>> AND THERE IT GOES.
>> SO, THEY ARE FACING US IS
WHAT WHICH SAW THE SIDE PATCH,
THAT'S IF WE HAD ASTRONAUTS ON
BOARD TODAY, WHERE THEY WOULD BE
EXITING.
THE TOP HATCH IS WHAT WE IT'S TO
CONNECT TO ISS AND CURRENTLY
HIDDEN UNDER THE NOSE CONE.
>>> THE ASTRONAUTS WOULD BE
COMING OUT OF THE SIDE HATCH,
AND WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SHOT
THERE.
THE HYDRAULIC LIFT IS COMING
BACK TOWARDS US, AND IS
PREPARATION TO LOWER THE DRAGON
CAPSULE.
>>> LIKE, WE SAID, WE ARE
TRTING THIS MION AS IF
THERE WERE ACTUAL ASTRONAUTS ON
BOARD.
AND BEFORE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO
OPEN THE HATCH, WE WOULD HAVE TO
MAKE SURE THE CABIN PRESSURE IS
EQUALIZED WITH THE OUTSIDE
ENVIRONMENT.
SO, ONCE DRAGON ISEATED --
HOUSTON 2 IS BEHIND ME.
OUR CHEERING WITH THE PLACEMENT
OF DRAGON INTO THE NEST THERE,
AS YOU CAN SEE.
YOU MIGHT ALSO NOTICE THE
THERMAL PROTECTIVE SYSTEM, IF
YOU ARE WATCHING DURING LAUNCH
WAS PRETTY WHITE.
THERE WAS PLASMA OF COURSE AS HE
RE-ENTERED THROUGH EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE, SO WE HAVE A LOVELY
TOASTED MARSHMALLOW SITTING IN
THE NEST OF OUR RECOVERY SHIP.
I THINK IT IS A COOL VIEW, THEY
ARE PRIG THE DRAGON DOWN AND WE
ARE RECOVERING OUR ROCKETS.
>> WE HAD FANTASTIC WORK WITH
THE WEATHER TODAY.
THE FEW STATES WERE RELATIVELY
CALM.
ONLY A COUPLE OF CLOUDS DOTTING
THE SKY.
>>> EVEN BEFORE ITS PARACHUTES,
WE SAW JUST AFTER THAT ENTRY
INTERFACE AND WE ARE GETTING
COOL VIEWS FROM THE WV37
AIRPLANE.
WINNIPEG DRAGON BACK ON THE
BOAT, THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR US.
WE ARE AT THE ABOUT THE ENDF
THIS MISSION.
>>> THERE ARE MEDICAL EXAM ROOMS
ON BOARD, BUT NO CREW ON BOARD.
THEY WILL GETTING BACK ALL THE
DATA BACK, FROM THE TEST DEVICE,
AND GET ALL THE G FORCES AND
EVERYTHING THE CREW WILL
EXPERIENCE, RIPE JUST
EXPERIENCED.
>>>  THIS MISSION STARTED ABOUT
SIX DAYS AGO ON MARCH 7th.
WE HAD A DOCKING AT THEITIS, AND
DID ALL DEMONSTRATIONS AS
EXPECTED.
IT WAS DOCKED FOR THE LAST FIVE
DAYS, AND TESTED POWER STATIONS
AND UNLOADED ABOUT 400 POUNDS OF
CARGO AND LOADED #HUNDRED OF OF
CARGO BACK ON.
>>> AND A SPLASHDOWN IN THE
ATLANTIC, 5:45 FOR US ON THE
PACIFIC COAST.
IT WAS REALLY A FANTASTIC
MIN.
IT HAS BEEN A HUGE HONOR FOR ME
TO BE OUT HERE AND SHARE IT AT
HAWTHORNE.
THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL TESTATES
TEST FLIGHT OF THE COMMERCIAL
SPACE PROGRAM THROUGH TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SP STATION.
>> AS DNA SAYS IT HAS BEEN AN
INCREDIBLE HONOR, AND ALL THE
TEAMS ARE EXCITED WITH SUCCESS,
WHICH PAVES THE FLIGHT FOR OUR
FIRST FLIGHT SPACE FLIGHT HERE.
>>> UNTIL NEXT TIME, SEE YOU
THEN.
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