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>> I KNOW YOU LOVE THE WARM.
>> ALL DAY, 0 YEAH, I'M SORRY I
LOVE THAT THE WORM IS SO RETRO
AND IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT IT'LL
MAKE ITS WAY BACK BRINGING THE
HISTORIC OF NASA'S PAST.
>> I WILL LET YOU HAVE THAT.
BUT THE CHEVRON IN THE MEATBALLS
GO BACK TO THE TRADITION WHEN IT
WAS IN AVIATION AND THAT GET
BACK TO THE HERITAGE.
>> TRUTH -- I FEEL LIKE THIS IS
WHAT'S HAPPENING ONLINE ABOUT
THE WORM BUT THE MEATBALL IS NOT
GOING AWAY, IT'S A WORM MEATBALL
PARTNERSHIP.
THERE IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THE
CROSSWALK WHERE BOB AND DOUG
WILL WALK OUT ANY MOMENT.
OF COURSE THEY'RE GOING TO GET
THERE PHOTO TAKEN BY ALL THE
PAPARAZZI AND WERE JUST STANDING
BY FOR THEM TO WALK OUT.
I WILL CHECK THE TIME.
113, THEY WALK OUT ANY MINUTE
THEY WILL BE RIGHT ONE  SCHEDULE
TO START THEIR FINAL GOODBYES
AND WAVING TO FOLKS AND I'M SURE
THEY WILL PAUSE FOR A PHOTO UP,
THIS IS JUST REALLY AMAZING,
HAVE NOT SEEN THIS SITE SINCE
2011 WITH STS 135 AND OF COURSE
DOUG HURLEY WAS THE PILOT ON
THAT MISSION, THIS IS REALLY AN
INCREDIBLE MOMENT.
>> ONE OF THE CREWMATES THAT WAS
WITH HIM WAS REX AND WE WILL
 HIM LATER, HERE THEY
COME.
HERE THEY COME, AND NASH
THEY MADE THISTWICE BEFORE BUT R
DONE THIS IN A SPACEX SPACESUIT,
THEY'VE NEVER DONE THIS TOGETHER
AND THEY'VE NEVER DONE IT TO A
COMMERCIALLY BUILT ROCKET AND
SPACECRAFT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WERE LOOKING FOR AN ASTRO 
VAN, IT'S A NEW ERA IN SPACE
TRAVEL.
>> THE WRITING INE TESLA MODEL,
THEY HAVE BEEN EQUIPPED, ONCE
THEY SIT INSIDE, THE WHAT I WAS
REFERRING TO EARLIER WILL
CONNECT TO THE SPACESUIT TO
PROVIDE COOLING WEATHER INSIDE
THE VEHICLE.
YOU CAN SEE THEM TALKING AND
WAVING WITH THEIR FAMILIES, WE
SAW THEM DO A VIRTUAL HUG WITH
THEIR SON.
>> THERE'S MADE GETTING KAREN.
>> BLOWING HIS FAMILY A KISS,
DOUG GOT TO TAKE HIS WIFE AND
SON UP TO THE PAD ON THE TOWER
YESTERDAY THEY TWEETED OUT OF
PHOTO, THAT WAS SO COOL.
>> YOU HAD A PROMINENT WORM IN
THE PICTURE.
>> I'M TELLING YOU WORM ALL DAY.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THEY ARE CLIMBING THROUGH THE
DOORS OF THE MODEL X, THIS IS
FROM THE FUTURE.
THEN YOU SEE IN THE FRONT SEAT,
HE IS CLIMBING IN AND THE SUIT
TECHNICIAN, NUMBER 12, HE IS
BUCKLING IN, THEY ARE BUCKLING
BOB IN THE DOUG AND FOR FOLKS
THAT WERE NOT WATCHING OR CANNOT
REMEMBER, WE ARE IN FLORIDA,
IT'S SUPERHOT, SUPER MUGGY, HOW
ARE THEY STAYING COOL.
>> THERE'S A PORTABLE COOLING
UNIT BY THE BUILDING, TWO IN THE
TESLA, TO IN THE ELEVATORS AND
TO IN THE WHITE ROOM WHEN THEY
ARRIVE.
WERE KEEPING THE COOL AIR
FLOWING, THERE BEING INTEGRATED
INTO THE SUITS TO KEEP THEM
COOL, YOU CAN SEE THERE SAYING
GOODBYE TO THEIR FAMILIES.
>> IT IS AWESOME THAT THEIR
FAMILIES GET TO COME UP TO THE
WINDOW AND GET A LITTLE CLOSER
THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
>> THERE'S MEGAN.
>> IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THE
FAMILIES AND WORKING TOGETHER AS
ONE COMMUNITY TO GET DOUG AND
BOB LAUNCHING TO THE SPACE
STATION.
>> ITS EMOTIONAL WASHING THAT.
>> IT REALLY IS.
[APPLAUSE]
NOW AS WE SEE THE CONVOY BEGIN
THE JOURNEY TO THE PAD 39 A, WE
ARE SPEAKING ABOUT EACH AND
EVERY ONE OF YOU, OUR COLLEAGUES
AND FRIENDS AT] SPACEX IN NASA O
SEE THE PROGRAM COME TO LIFE.
>> WE WISH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
YOU CAN BE HERE TO SEE THIS BUT
WE WANT YOU TO BE
 A PART OF THIS
JOURNEY REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU
ARE WATCHING TODAY.
FOR THE NEXT FEW MINUTES WHILE
THEY'RE MAKING H THEIR WAY TO TE
PAD, WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE
PEOPLE WHOSE HANDS AND WORDS AND
THOUGHTS BILL ALTHOUGH WE SEE
HERE TODAY, WE HOPE ALL OF YOU
WATCHING CAN FEEL THE PRIDE THAT
EACH OF THESE NASA AND.
KAT: TEAM MEMBERS HAVE FOR 
TODAY.
>> I AM FROM THE PROGRAM, WE ARE
SO EXCITED ABOUT THEIL HISTORICL
DAY, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING CA
PART OF THE VERY FIRST MISSION
FOR HUMAN SPACE, WE ARE BEHIND
YOU BOB AND DOUG.
[CHEERING]
KAT: IN FLORIDA, CONGRATULATIONS
TO SPACEX FOR HITTING ANOTHER
MAJOR MILESTONE IN SAFE TRAVELS
TO BOB AND DOUG.
[CHEERING]
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR LAUNCH
SPACE PROGRAM TEAM HERE AND IT'S
A QUICK RIDE AND WE ARE
LAUNCHING AMERICA, IT'S TIME TO
GO.
>> HI THIS IS CARLA FROM
HAWTHORNE, WE WANT TO WISH BOB
AND DOUG A SAFE TRIP TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, GOG
DRAGONS.
[CHEERING]
>> THIS IS BEEN NINE YEARS IN
THE MAKING, THIS IS SUCH A
HISTORIC TIME AND HER TEAM IS
WORKED SO HARD, WERE VERY
EXCITED TO BE HERE.
GO BOB AND DOUG.
 D[CHEERING]
>> HI THIS IS SAM FROM TEXAS, GO
BOB AND DOUG, GO NASA, GO
SPACEX.
[CHEERING]
>> I'M FROM THE SPACE CENTER,
WISHING YOUR GREAT FLIGHT AND I
WANT TO TELL YOU GOOD LUCK.
[CHEERING]
>> HI I AM DUSTY WITH NASA
COMMUNITY COMMUNICATION AND WE
ALL WANT TO WISH BOB AND DOUG
SAFE TRAVELS AND GODSPEED.
YOU ARE BOTH AN INSPIRATION TO
US ALL, LET'S GET OUT THERE AND
LAUNCH AMERICA.
LET'S DO IT.
[CHEERING]
>> WE ARE FOLLOWING THE CONVOY
AND I DON'T OR ABOUT YOU GUYS
BUT I AM SO GLAD THAT WE HAD A
CHANCE TO HEAR FROM THE NASA
AND.
KAT: WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'LL ALL TOO
WELL, THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
WORKING NOT ONLY SINCE 2014 WHEN
SPACEX WON THE CONTRACT BUT
WORKING LONG HOURS, LONG
ANREVIEWS, CORONAVIRUS HAPPENS D
THEN THEIR HOMESCHOOLING THEIR
KIDS, STILL TRYING TO GET
THROUGH ALL THE FINAL CHECKOUTS
IN CLOSEOUTS TO GET TO TODAY AND
WE MADE IT.
NOW WERE WAITING ON THE WEATHER
BUT IT'S GREAT THAT THEY GOT A
CHANCE TO WISH BOB AND DOUG GOOD
LUCK.
>> IT IS A BUMMER THAT WE CANNOT
ALL BE HERE IN PERSON BUT TO
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IS PRETTY
COOL AND YOU ARE RIGHT, IT'S
BEEN YEARS OF EXTREMELY HARD
WORK, FORTUNATELY WE HAD LITTLE
MILESTONES ON THE WAY AND ABORT
MISSION, BUT IT WAS ALL LEADING
UP TO THIS AND I SPEAK FOR ALL
OF MY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES
THAT ARE STILL WORKING ON THIS
PROGRAM, TODAY IS A CAREER AND A
HIGH FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE, IT IS
NOT THE PINNACLE.
>> ABSOLUTELY, I KNOW DOUG AND
BOB APPRECIATE THEM SO MUCH, AS
THEY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE PAD,
THE NEXT ASTRONAUTS ARE WATCHING
CLOSELY, NASA ASTRONAUT SHANNON
WALKER, VICTOR AND MIKE HOPKINS
IN JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION
AGENCY AFTER NOT WILL ALSO BE
FLYING, THEY WILL BE IN THE CREW
ONE MISSION A LITTLE LATER THIS
YEAR AND THAT IS AFTER BOB AND
DOUG RETURN HOME.
CREW ONE WILL BE THE SECOND
SPACE FOR WALKER AND HOPKINS WHO
EACH FLEW ON A RUSSIAN AND IT
WILL BE THE FIRST FOR GLOVER IN
THE THIRD FOR HIM AND HE FLEW ON
THE SPACE SHUTTLE PREVIOUSLY.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST IN THE
SERIES OF ROTATIONAL FLIGHTS TO
STATION AFTER DEMO TOO, ONCE
NASA CERTIFIED FOR REGULAR CREW
FLIGHTS.
VICTOR AND MIKE ARE FOLLOWING
ALONG FROM THE JOHNSON SPACE
CENTER IN HOUSTON AND THEY ARE
STANDING BY TO TALK TO NASA'S
DARRELL NAIL.
>> I AM SORRY WE DON'T HAVE
DARRELL, AS WE CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW THE CONVOY, WE HAVE A CAR
FOLLOWING THE CONVOY AND WE WILL
BE TALKING TO VICTOR AND MIKE
FROM HERE.
VICTOR AND MIKE, ARE YOU THERE?
>> WE ARE HERE.
>> I'M GOING TO ASKRY YOU FIRST,
YOU ARE GOING TO BE TWO OF THE
NEXT PEOPLE TO GET ON CREW
DRAGON, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS
AND FEELINGS AS YOU'RE WATCHING
TESLA RIGHT NOW.
>> AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE IS A
LOT OF EMOTION AND WE ARE
EXCITED FOR BOB AND DOUG AND
NASA IN SPACEX AND REALLY THE
WHOLE COUNTRY AND A LOT OF PRIDE
IN WHAT IT'S TAKEN TO GET TO
THIS MOMENT, ALL THE THOUSANDSW?
OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED
TO GET INTO THIS MOMENT BUT
THERE IS A BIT OF C SENSE OF DUY
AND FOR US WE ARE GOING TO BE
WATCHING AND LISTENING AND
LEARNING AND ALL OF THAT TO HELP
US GET PREPARED FOR WHEN IT'S
OUR TURN.
>> YOUR MISSION CALLED CREW
ONE -- I DID NOT MEAN TO CUT YOU
OFF, GO AHEAD.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IT'S
GREAT TO SEE THE MARKET RIGHT
NOW AND SAY GOODBYE TO THEIR
FAMILIES AND DO THE VIRTUAL HUG,
THAT WAS GREAT, THERE IS A LOT
OF EMOTIONS BUT THAT'S PROBABLY
THE BEST ONE.
>> VICTOR AND MIKE, I KNOW YOU
HAD SHEEHAN AND WALKER ALSO
ASSIGNED TO THE CREW ONE MISSION
WITH YOU, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT THEM AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH THEM IN YOUR TRAINING WITH
THEM.
>> I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT CREW
ONE, WE HAVE A VERY EXPERIENCED
CREW, OF COURSE SHANNON HAS BEEN
WITH NASA FOR AROUND 30 YEARS,
SHE HAS BEEN WITH THE OFFICE FOR
MORE W THAN 15 YEARS AND HAS A
LONG DURATION, SHE SEEN A LOT,
HE HAS DONE IT ALL, 1996 WHEN HE
BECAME AN ASTRONAUT SHUTTLED
SPACE STATION, SHORT DURATION,
LONG-DURATION, SPACE WASHING, WE
ARE LATE IN THE GAME AND HAD THE
FULL CREW COMPLEMENT AND IT'S
REALLY HELPED GETTING THEM IN
WITH ALL THE EXPERIENCE, IT'S
REALLY STREAMLINED THE PROCESS
FOR BECOMING MORE COHESIVE AS A
CREW.
>> THEY REALLY HIT THE GROUND
RUNNING, WE SHOWED UP AND IT
FELT LIKE WE HAD DONE IT SEVERAL
TIMES BEFORE.
IT IS GREAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A
LOT TO GET DONE, NOT ONLY LEARN
TO FLY AND OPERATE THE CREW
SPACECRAFT WHICH THEY WILL DO
LATER TODAY GOD WILLING BUT WE
HAVE TO BE READY TO DO ALL THE
THINGS THAT THE CREW ON BOARD
DOES, THE SPACEWALK, THE
RESEARCH, THE UPKEEP OF THE
SPACE STATION AND WE ALSO HAVE
THE TRAINING GOING ON AS WELL,
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR
THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
>> I'VE A SPECIFIC QUESTION FOR
MIKE, I KNOW YOU HAVE FLOWN ON
THE RUSSIAN BUT CAN YOU TALK
ABOUT THE RIGHT OUT THAT WE ARE
SEEING NOW.
>> THE RIGHT OUT, IT'S VERY
SYMBOLIC, IT SYMBOLIC OF THE
TRANSITION FROM MONTHS AND YEARS
OF PREPARATION TO THE ACTUAL
EXECUTION OF THESS MISSION ITSEF
ANSWER FOR THE ASTRONAUTS, BOB
AND DOUG, IT GIVES THEM AN
OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON ALL
THE WORK THAT IT TOOK TO GET TO
THIS MOMENT BUT THEN ALSO GIVES
THEM TIME TO FOCUS ON THE JOB,
TO MENTALLY PREPARE FOR GAME DAY
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR MISSION, THAT IS
SYMBOLIC OF THIS TRANSITION FROM
ALMOST NINE YEARS WHERE WE HAVE
NOT HAD HUMAN LAUNCH CAPABILITY
IN THE U.S. TO A NEW AGE OF
GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL BE
LAUNCHING HUMANS IN THE LOWER
ORBIT AND BEYOND AND THAT IS
HAPPENING RIGHT HEAR FROM THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>> A QUESTION FOR VICTOR, IF ALL
GOES WELL WHEN YOU PLAN CREW
ONE, IT WILL BE YOUR FIRST TRIP
TO SPACE, CAN YOU PUT YOURSELF
IN THE SEA RIGHT NOW IN A CAR
WITH BOB AND DOUG, WALK ME
THROUGH WHAT THAT IS GOING TO
FEEL LIKE KNOWING THAT YOUR
HEADING TO THE LAUNCHPAD AND
YOU'LL BE LAUNCHING IN THE SPACE
FOR THE
 VERY FIRST TIME.
>> IT WILL BE TOUGH -- IT IS
TOUGH TO IMAGINE WHAT THOSE
FEELINGS ARE GOING TO BE LIKE,
WE WERE ABLE TOOUAN STIMULATE TT
AND LAUNCH EXERCISE IN WRITING
TO TESLA TO THE LAUNCHPAD OF THE
ELEVATOR, UP THE SET OF STAIRS
AND OUT THE CREW ARM TO WHERE
THE VEHICLE WOULD BE.
JUST THAT DAY WAS AMAZING TO ME,
WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT WITH THE
FULL CONVOY AND TO SEE WHAT THAT
WOULD BE LIKE, THAT WAS
OVERWHELMING AFTER BEINGOU A KID
WATCHING SOMETHING SIMILAR ON
TELEVISION.
I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT IT WILL
FEEL LIKE ON THE ACTUAL DAY BUT
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND TO
GO BACK TO THAT MOMENT WHERE BOB
AND DOUG HAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO
THEIR BOYS AND KAREN AND MEGAN I
CANNOT WAIT TO SEE MY KIDS
STANDING THERE, SOMETHING I LOOK
FORWARD TOO, IT WILL BE GREAT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE CANNOT
WAIT TO WISH YOU WELL AND CHEER
YOU ALONG ON THAT JOURNEY.
>> THAT WAS SO COOL.
AS YOU ARE WATCHING THIS LIFE
FROM WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU CAN
SEND A SHOUT OUT TO THE CREW
WITH THE LIKE WERE, ON TWITTER
OR INSTAGRAM WOULD LAUNCH
AMERICA AND BE A PART OF THIS
MOMENT.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THE CONVOY IS
HEADED TO THE ASSEMBLY BUILDING,
THEY HAVE PROBABLY ABOUT THREE
MORE MILES TO GO AT THIS POINT,
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING
THROUGH THEIR MINDS RIGHT NOW.
>> I WAS WATCHING SOME VIDEO OF
BOB AND DOUG, THE LIGHTER SIDE
AND I WOULD IMAGINE THE TWO OF
THEM HAVE TRAINED SO HARD,
THEY'RE METICULOUS OF WHAT THEY
DO, THEY MIGHT TELL JOKES LIKE
WE DID WHEN WE WERE IN THE ASKED
HER VAN AND YOU BEEN TOGETHER
FOR SO LONG, YOU KNOW THE SYSTEM
AND YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE
DOING AND WE HAD A MOMENT OF
LEVITY WHERE WE WOULD TELL JOKES
AND WE WOULD NOT TELL THE WHOLE
JOKE, WE WOULD TELL THE WHOLE
NUMBER.
WE WOULD SAY SO MANY TIMES, WERE
HIGH-FIVING, CHEST PUMPING,
GETTINGAD READY MENTALLY BUT IT
WAS A MOMENT WITH ALL THE
PREPARATION AND NOW IT IS GAME
DAY, WERE READY TO GET IN THE
VEHICLE AND GO TO SPACE.
>> NOW WERE GOING TO GO TO
HAWTHORNE FOR THE LAST LEG OF
THE TRUCK TO THE LAUNCHPAD.
>> AT THIS POINT THE CONVOY IS
GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO PAD 39
A, THEY WILL BE ENTERING THE
BLAST DANGER AREA BEFORE ANY PAD
TECHNICIANS AND ENGINEERS ARE
ASTRONAUTS UNDER THE AREA AROUND
THE LAUNCHPAD, SPACEX AND NASA
DO INTERNAL POLES TO MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING IS CLEAR AND YOU
ALREADY SAW PEOPLE ON THE ARMS
AND CREWS MOVING IN EVERYTHING
IS CLEAR.
>> THE STORY LAUNCHPAD WHICH HAS
BEEN THE BEGINNING POINT FOR SO
MANY FIRST IS THE PERFECT
BACKDROP FOR TODAY'S HISTORIC
LAUNCH THAT MARKS A NEW FIRST IN
A NEW ERA IN HUMAN SPACE LIFE.
WITH THE NEW VEHICLES BEING
DESIGNED AND LAUNCH, THIS
REQUIRES MAJOR UPGRADE.
>> ENDERLE IS GOING TO SHOW US A
COUPLE OF THE UPGRADES, WHERE.
KAT: COMPLETED A 21st CENTURY
MAKEOVER TO HELP LAUNCH INTO THE
NEXT CHAPTER OF HUMAN SPACE 
LIFE.
♪♪
>> THIS IS OUR GOAL.
THEY MAY WELL ASK, WHY CLIMB THE
HIGHEST MOUNTAIN.
♪ ♪
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>> WE HAVE TO GET DOWN ♪
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>> NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX,
FIVE.
OPEN BURNING TWO, ONE, 0, LIFT
OFF, THE FINAL LIFT OFF OF THE
SHOULDERS OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE
AMERICA WILL CONTINUE.
>> ROGER ♪
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>> YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN
THEY ARE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO
PAD 39 A, IN ADDITION TO THESE
LAUNCHPAD UPGRADES, THEY ALSO
MADE CHANGES TO BOTH FALCON NINE
AND DRAGON TO ENABLE FLYING
CREW, A KEY UPDATE TO THE LATEST
VERSION IS AN ESCAPE SYSTEM THAT
IS INCAPABLE OF ANY POINT DURING
THE ASCENT OF THE ROCKET.
>> I AM JUST WAITING FOR THAT
PULLBACK MOMENT ON THE CAMERA
WHERE WE WILL SEE THE CARS ROLL
TO THE PAD.
ANOTHER KEY UPGRADE FOR
EVERYTHING TODAY, DRAGON'S NEW
LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM, AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE, THERE WE GO, CREW
ARRIVING AT THE PAD.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE FLYING HUMANS
REQUIRES THE ENVIRONMENT INSIDE
DRAG-AND-DROP THE ENTIRE FLIGHT,
THAT IS EVERYTHING PROVIDING
BREATHING AIR, KEEPING THE SAME
PRESSURE, KEEPING IT FREE OF
CONTAMINANTS, REMOVING CARBON
DIOXIDE, REGULATING TEMPERATURE
AND HUMIDITY IN IMPLEMENTING A
WASTE COLLECTION SYSTEM, THE
TOILET.
>> IT IS SMALL BUT EXTREMELY
MEANINGFUL TO ME THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR HUMAN
SPACEFLIGHT.
AND THEY HAD TO PROVE A HIGH
DEGREE OF FAULT TOLERANCE,
MEANING THAT SMALL FAILURES IN
THE SYSTEM WOULD NOT LEAD TO
MISSION FAILURE.
FALCON NINE BUT THIS IS PUTTING
ON A FAILURE THROUGHOUT ANY
SPACE LAUNCH WOULD NOT MEAN ANY
MISSION FAILURE.
THAT IS A REALLY COOL VIEW ON
YOUR SCREEN WITH BOB AND DOUG
GETTING OUT OF THERE TESLA'S,
THAT IS AMAZING.
AND THIS GOES DOWN ALL THE WAY
TO CONTROL, ELECTRONIC AND
WIRING AND IS SO MUCH MORE TO
KEEP THEM SAFE.
>> WITH ASTRONAUTS ON LOCATION
AT O PAD 39 A, MARIE, TAKE US
THROUGH THE CREW MAKING THE
FINAL STEPS TOWARDS THE
SPACECRAFT.
AND WE CAN SEE THE TESLA IS ON
THE SCREEN AND BOB AND DOUG,
LET'S TAKE A NATURE BREAK BEFORE
THEY MAKE THEIR WAY AND WE ARE
EXPECTING ALL IN JUST UNDER
THREE MINUTES FROM NOW, WE
SHOULD GET A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT THE CREW IS ON THE PAD, WE
WILL QUIET DOWN AND LISTEN TO
THAT WHEN WE GET A LITTLE
CLOSER.
BUT YOU DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO
MENTION WHILE WE ARE DRIVING OUT
THERE, THEY HAVE A REALLY COOL
PLAYLIST.
>> I REMEMBER HIM SAYING WHAT
SHOULD I LISTEN TO ON THE WAY
OUT, HERE'S WHAT THEY CHOSE, THE
FIRST IS AC/DC, BACK IN BLACK, I
THINK HE TWEETED THAT OR 70
RECOMMENDED.
THE REASON BEING, THEY ARE BACK
AND THEY ALSO LISTEN TO THE
ELEVATOR MUSIC FROM THE BLUE
BROTHERS FILM.
I BELIEVE SO.
THEY'VE ANOTHER CAREER, THAT IN
MEATBALL.
IT SYMBOLIZES THE FACT THAT THEY
ARE WAITING IN THE THIRD SONG
WAS THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER,
THE ARMY FRENCH HORN VERSION FOR
VERY OBVIOUS REASONS.
YOU HAVE TO SET THE MOOD AND THE
TONE, YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT.
>> DON'T MAKE ME COME OVER THERH
LAUREN.
SO WE ARE LOOKING ON TOP OF THE
FALCON NINE, THE IMPRESSIVE CREW
ACCESS ARM, THAT IS THE BLACK
AND WHITE HALLWAY THAT YOU SEE,
THAT IS HOW THE CREW MAKES THEIR
WAY OVER TO CREW DRAGON TO CLIMB
INSIDE.
THAT IS FALCON NINE ROCKET THAT
STANDS 230 FEET TALL, THE CREW
DRAGON FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE
TRUMP TO THE TOP, THAT IS
ANOTHER 27 FEET ON TOP, THEN
HERE IN JUST A COUPLE MINUTES
BOB AND DOUG WILL BE MAKING
THEIR WAY UP IN AN ELEVATOR,
THEY DON'T HAVE TO FIND THE
WHOLE WAY, IT'S 10 FEET OF
STAIRS AT THE LAST LEG OF THE
TRIP.
LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE WEIGHING IN
ONTO SOCIAL MEDIA, THIS PERSON
SAID IS HAPPENING AND I CAN'T
READ THE REST OF IT RIGHT NOW
BUT LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE USING THE
# LAUNCHT AMERICA ONLINE IN THEE
WATCHING LIVE RIGHT NOW AND
WISHING US A FANTASTIC LAUNCH,
WE CERTAINLY HOPE SO, LASTIN WE
HEARD WAS A 50/50 CHANCE WITH
THE WEATHER, IT IS GOING TO BE
EXCITING.
IT LOOKS LIKE, I'M NOT SURE IF
THAT IS BOB OR DOUG, I CANNOT
TELLY  FROM THIS VIEW BUT IT LOS
LIKE ONE IS GETTING READY TO GET
OUT OF THE TESLA IN JUST A
MINUTE.
>> ARE SUITS HAD DIFFERENT
COLORS FOR WHAT POSITION --
MISSION POSITION.
DO THEY HAVE SUITS TO DESIGNATE
THE TWOS  ASTRONAUTS?
NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF BUT THEIR
NAMES ARE ON THE SUITS.
BUT IF YOU ARE TRAINED TO FIND
OUT WHICH SUIT THAT YOU HAVE,
IT'S ONLY TWO OF THEM IN SUMMER
IN ASTRONAUTS AND THE DRAGON IS
CAPABLE OF CARRYING SEVEN BUFFER
NASA IT IS FOR.
I'M GOING TO CALL THEM THE
RYDELOREAN DOORS.
>> THAT IS TOTALLY FAIR GAME.
ACKNOWLEDGE INSPIRATION.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BASE LEVEL
AND WE TALKED F ABOUT THIS THE D
LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM THE
SHUTTLED AGE AND HOW IT IS
DIFFERENT NOW, THE FORM IN THE
FUNCTION, THE BLACK PAD WITH A
WHITE TAKING, IT IS REALLY
BEAUTIFUL, IF YOU THINK ABOUT
STEM EDUCATION, THIS IS TOTALLY
STEAM ENTERING ARTS AND
MATHEMATICS, I THINK.
KAT: HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB
OF MAKING THINGS LOOK BEAUTIFUL
AND FUNCTIONAL AND EVERYTHING
FITS PERFECTLY, I THINK WHEN WE
WERE HAVING OUR LAUNCHPAD, THERE
WERE HOSES AND THINGS HANGING
OFF BUT THIS IS A SLEEK AND
ELEGANT AND FUTURISTIC LOOK AT
THE NEXT ERA OF SPACE TRAVEL.
I JUST LOVE SEEING THESE TESLAS
VERSUS THE ASTRO VAN.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO
STRAIN TO SEE THE TOP OF THE
CREW DRAGON.
I DON'T KNOW -- WE CAN SEE IT
BRIEFLY ON THE SHOT BUT THE
LICENSE PLATE SAYS ISS D&B, ISS
BOUND, DO YOU FOLLOW.
AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE
TODAY, WE JUST NEED THE WEATHER,
IT LOOKS PRETTY NICE RIGHT NOW
BUTAU OBVIOUSLY THEY GOTTA THINK
ABOUT DOWNRANGE AND MAKE SURE
IT'S OKAY FOR RECOVERY IF WE GET
INTO A SITUATION LIKE THAT WHICH
IS UNLIKELY.
SO THIS ELEVATOR WILL TAKE THEM
TO 255, NOT 255 FLOORS BUT
255 FEET AND FROM THERE THEY
WILL TAKE -- WANT TO GETRE UP
THERE, THEY WILL GET UP QUICKLY,
THEY WILL GET OUT ANDY WALK UP
ANOTHER FLIGHT OF STAIRS TO
LEVEL 265 AND THAT'S WORLD THEY
WILL GREET THE CREW.
I DON'T KNOW, OBVIOUSLY LELAND
HAS BEEN AN ELEVATOR AND I
PRETTY SURE YOU BEEN UP THEREE
TOO, THE FIRST TIME I WAS LIKE
WELL WERE REALLY MOVING, A
LITTLE BIT OF ADULT.
>> YOU GET USED TO IT.
AND THEN THE JOLT IS A LITTLE
BIT MORE EXTREME.
>> THE DOORS ARE OPENING AND
HERE THEY COME.
>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF ALL
OF THE SURROUNDINGS OF FLORIDA
AND THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE
RETREAT THAT WE HAVE HERE.
, GETTING READY FOR THE BUSINESS
AT HAND AND HEADING TO THE
COSMOS.
THOSE ARE THE STAIRS THAT LAUREN
MENTIONED, THE 255-FOOT LEVEL
AND NOW THEY'RE HEADED UP THE
STAIRS TO THE 265-FOOT LEVEL,
THAT IS THE LEVEL THAT WILL TAKE
THEM TO THE CREW ACCESS IN THE
WHITE ROOM.
THAT IS THE VIEW THAT THEY ARE
LOOKING AT.
WHAT ARE THE CHEVRON'S, THE
WHITE. CHEVRON'S ON THE FLOOR,
WHAT DO THEY LEAD TO.
>> THOSE ARE HIGHLIGHTING THE
EXIT PATH IN THE EVENT THAT
ANYONE UP THERE NEEDED TO GET
AWAY ASAP, THEY FOLLOW THE
ARROWS TO AN ESCAPE BASKET, THEY
WILL HOP IN THEIR AND IT'S LIKE
IS APPLYING, THEY WILL FALL ALL
THE WAY DOWN TO THE SERVICE
STRUCTURE DOWN TO THE GROUND AND
AWAY FROM THE ROCKET.
AT THE TOP RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN
WHERE YOU SEE THEM, THERE IS A
PHONE NEXT TO THE WORM, THERE IS
A WORM BUT YOU WILL SEE THE
PHONE.
>> IT REALLY POPS UP THERE, IT'S
LIKE IT BELONGS OR SOMETHING.
IT IS FUNNY.
TELL US ABOUT THE PHONE, WHAT'S
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PHONE,
YOU CAN CALL FAMILY MEMBERS THAT
YOU WERE ABLE TO COME TO THE
LAUNCH, IN THIS CASE THERE WERE
QUITE A FEW BUT IT'S A LAST
MINUTE TO SAY GOODBYE IN SEO
TALK TO THEM WHEN YOU GET THE
SPACE.
ABSOLUTELY, THEY ARE TAKEN IN
THE SITES BEFORE THEY GO INTOE
THE ROOM AND THE TEAM IS THERE,
YOU CAN SEE THEM, THERE IN BLACK
WITH A WHITE NUMBERS, THEY'RE
ALL MEMBERS OF THE TEAM AND
THEY'RE GONNA HELP THEM WHEN
THEY GET IN AT ABOUT T MINUS TWO
HOURS AND 50 MINUTES RIGHT NOW
IN T MINUS TWO HOURS AND 30
MINUTES, JUST UNDER TWO HOURS
AND 15 MINUTES IS WHEN
ASTRONAUTS WILL INGRESS, THAT IS
CLIMBING INTO DRAGON AND THEY
WILL HAVE THE ASSISTANCE AND GEI
BUCKLED THEN AND WE WANT TO HEAD
OVER TO HAWTHORNE FOR A PREVIEW
OF WHAT IS IN STORE FOR NOT JUST
BOB AND DOUG ABOUT FUTURE SPACE
TRAVELERS.
>> SURELY AFTER WE BEGAN TO
REGULARLY LIE NASA ASTRONAUTS TO
AND FROM THE SPACE STATION,
PHYSICS WILL ALSO BEGIN FLYING
PRIVATE PASSENGERS TO THIS
PATIENT AND BEYOND USING DRAGON.
>> IT WILL BE ENABLING UP TO TWO
PRIVATE ASTRONAUT MISSIONS TO
VISIT THE SPACE STATION EACH
YEAR AS PART OF OUR SUPPORT OF A
BROADER ECONOMY AND LOWER
EXORBITANT.
ONE OF THE WAYS THEY ARE OPENING
ACCESS FOR COMPANIES TO
MANUFACTURE PRODUCTS FOR NEW
COMMERCIAL MODULES AND TO ENABLA
MORE PEOPLE TO EXPLORE THE STARS
FIRSTHAND.
>> THE MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE
EXPLORING THE STARS, THE CLOSER
WE GET TO BECOMING A
MULTI-PLANETARY, EARLIER WE
SHOWED YOU A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT
WHERE YOU WOULD TRAIN IF YOU
WOULD FLY ON BOARD DRAGON BUT
NOW LET'S TAKE A PEEK INSIDE THE
SPACECRAFT ITSELF.
>> WE WANTED TO TAKE DRAGON AND
MAKE A HUMAN RATED.
I THINK WE TOOK A DIFFERENT
APPROACH THAT IS PREVIOUSLY BEEN
DONE.
WE WANTED IT TO FEEL LIKE AWI
21st CENTURY SPACESHIP, WE
WANTED TO INSPIRE ANOTHER
GENERATION OFE  ASTRONAUTS,
EVERYTHING WHEN YOU LOOK AT
DRAGON WAS DRIVEN BY FUNCTION,
WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT EVERYTHING
FROM THE PLACEMENT OF ALL THE
CARGO SUPPLIES TO THE LIGHT RAIL
ON THE TOP, PROBABLY ONE OF THE
BIGGEST FEATURES OF DRAGON OF
THE TOUCHSCREEN ON THE INSIDE,
WE DESIGNED THEM NOT TO BE
FUNCTIONAL BUT WITH THE USER
EXPERIENCE IN MIND, IT'S VERY
INTUITIVE TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED
TO DO AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT IN
TIME.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT COMFORT FOR
THE ASTRONAUT, IT IS REALLY
ASPECT OF HOW YOU CAN INTERACT
WITH A SPACESHIP THAT COMES TO
MIND, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT
SIZES, IT GOES AS FAR AS MOLDING
THE FOAM AROUND THE ASTRONAUTS
BODY BUT THERE'S NOT A PRESSURE
POINT AND IT'S A PLEASURABLE
JOURNEY.
IT'S ALL ABOUT SAFETY AND
RELIABILITY.
WE DESIGNED IT TO BE TOLERANT IN
ANY TWO THINGS COULD FAIL, I
COULD USE A COMPUTER AND A
THRUSTER AND I COULD STILL BRING
THE CREW BACK HOME T SAFELY.
WE ALSO ADDED A CASE SYSTEM IF
ANYTHING GOES WRONG THE CREW
COULD GET AWAY FROM FALCON.
I WORKEDTY ON DRAGON SINCE 2012
AND WHEN I SEE DRAGON LEFT OFF,
I THINK I'M GOING TO FEEL A
BUILDUP OF EMOTION OF EIGHT
YEARS OF WORKING WITH THE BEST
ENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY THAT PUT THEIR HEART
AND MINE INTO MAKING THIS
INCREDIBLE MOMENT HAPPENED FOR
EVERYBODY.
>> WE SEE THEM SIGNING SOMETHING
IN THERE RIGHT NOW.
WE GIVE THEM A BLACK SHARPIE TO
SIGN THE WHITE ROOM, AND
STARTING A NEW TRADITION.
>> WE DID NOT DO THAT.
IT IS NICE.
WHILE WE WERE IN THE VIDEO WE
SAW BOB AND DOUG WALKED DOWN THE
CREW ACCESS, THAT IS A
FUTURISTIC LOOK THAT YOU TALK
ABOUT, WHAT DID YOU THINK SEEING
THAT AND HOW THAT COMPARE AND
CONTRAST WHAT IT WAS LIKE DURING
SHUTTLE.
>> IT IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL, BACK
WHEN I WAS FLYING THE SHUTTLE, I
LOOK AT THE THUMBS UP FROM BOB,
HE'S GETTING EXCITED IN A FEW
PHOTOS AT THE END.
BUT IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT
ERA, THE.
KAT: TEAM IS REALLY LOOKING TO
MAKE SOMETHING FUTURISTIC, IT IS
LOOKING LIKE SOMETHING FROM THE
GEORGE JETSONS OR OTHER MOVIES
YOU SEEN ON TELEVISION AND
MOVIES.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT INSPIRES
OUR COUNTRY AND INSPIRES HER
CHILDREN TO SEE THAT THEY WANT
TO BE THESE ASTRONAUTS, THEY
WANT TO A STUDY HARD AND BE THE
NEXT GENERATION OF EXPLORERS
LAUNCHING FROM CAPE CANAVERAL IN
A.
KAT: ROCKET, WERE WORKING FOR
NASA AND.
KAT: OR ANY OTHER COMPANY THAT
IS TRYING TO GET OFF.
AND I THINK THIS CHANGE IN THE
WAY WERE DOING BUSINESS IS A
REALLY GREAT WAY OF GETTING MORE
PEOPLE TO THE TABLE TO FIND
SPACE.
>> THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT,
DRAGON WE SEE IT AS A 21st
CENTURY SPACESHIP, NEEDS TO LOOK
LIKE A 21st CENTURY SPACE
SHIP.
OF COURSE THE GROUND SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT AND I WONDER WHY ALL
THAT FUTURE FACING TECHNOLOGY
ANESTHETIC IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE THE HANDS
OF MEMBER NUMBER FIVE THAT IS IN
ECS TO COME ON ENVIRONMENTAL
CONTROL SYSTEM A DOCKED WANTS --
WHO JUST WENT IN, WAS THAT DOUG
OR BOB.
>> I THINK THAT WAS DOUG.
>> THAT IS AWESOME.
HE IS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
SOMEBODY TELL HIM TO CLIMB BACK
OUT.
HE IS READY, HE IS LIKELY LYNN.
WE WERE JOKING EARLIER, WE WILL
HAVE TO BUCKLE HIM AND TO KEEP
THEM OUT THERE.
>> IF WE HAD STAYED INSIDE I WAS
GOING TO SWIM ACROSSYE THE MOAT
AND GET IN THE VEHICLE WITH BOB
AND DOUG.
>> THE TECHNICIANS ARE HELPING
THE CREW CLIMB INSIDE AND THEY
ARE HOLDING BACK THE HATCH
FILLED TO PROTECT THE SEALS BUT
MAKE SURE THE CREW DOES NOT HIT
THEIR HEAD OR ANYTHING ON THEND
WAY AND EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE
HELMETS WE DON'T WANT THAT TO
HAPPEN.
THEY CLIMBED IN A COUPLE OF
MINUTES EARLIER THAN WE EXPECTED
THEM TO BUT YOU KNOW.
KAT: HAS REHEARSED THIS OVER AND
OVER AGAIN WITH BOB AND DOUG AND
I'VE HEARD THEM SAY, WE MIGHT BE
A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE,
IT GIVES THEM MORE TIME TO CHECK
THINGS OUT.
RIGHT NOW THE SUIT TECHNICIANS
ARE STRAPPING THE CRUISE FEET
INTO THE RESTRAINTS THAT THE
BOOTS FIT INSIDE OF, THEY WILL
CLOSE THE FIVE-POINT HARNESSES
AROUND THEM, I KNOW YOU TALKED
ABOUT THE HARNESSING THAT YOU
HAD IN THE PAST WITH THE
SHUTTLE.
>> THIS IS A SLEEK DESIGN WHERE
THERE'S ONE POINT TO PLUG-IN FOR
COMMUNICATION AND EVERYTHING AND
WE HAD A FIVE-POINT HARNESS, WE
HAVEOI THESE HOSES AND THINGS AL
OVER THE PLACE BUT I THINK THIS
IS A MUCH MORE STREAMLINED LOOK
INTO THE FUTURE OF SPACE TRAVEL.
SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS GOING ON IN
THE LMC BUILDING, THE SEAT
UMBILICAL IS GOING TO CONNECT TO
THE SPACESUIT, THERE IS A FLUENT
MODULE THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE
SPACESUIT AND THAT PROVIDES
FRESH COOLING AIR AND NIGHT
TRACKS THAT WILL COME UP LATER
BUT THE AUDIO SYSTEM IS GOING
THROUGH THE UMBILICAL.
SO WHILE THE CREW -- THE TECHS
ARE GETTING THE CREW BUCKLE
THEN, THEY ARE GOING TO PERFORM
A CHECK AND THAT IS SIMILAR TO
WHAT WAS DONE AT THE ONC
BUILDING BUT THIS TIME THE
INTEGRATED TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN THE ASTRONAUT AND THEIC
GROUND CREW.
>> WE ARE GOING TO HEAD BACK TO
HAWTHORNE AS WE JUST SAW BOB AND
DOUG ADDRESS CREW DRAGON.
>> IT IS INCREDIBLE TO SEE THEM
INSIDE THE CAPSULE, IF YOU ARE
JUST NOW TUNING IN, GREAT TIME,
YOU'RE WATCHING OUR COVERAGE
KNOWN AS DEMONSTRATION OR DEMO
TOO, TODAY SPACE AND NASA WAS
SENT PEOPLE TO A MISSION TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FORE
THE FIRST O TIME FROM U.S. SOIL
SINCE 2011, BOB BANKING AND
HURLEY ARE THOSE IN THEIR
INSIDE, DOUG HURLEY REALLY CLOSE
TRAY SCREEN AND BOB ON THE
FURTHER STATE AWAY FROM US.
THEY ARE GETTING TO LIFT OFF
FROM PAD 39 A WHERE FALCON NINE
WILL LIFTOFF AT 433 EASTERN TIME
THEY ALREADY ASCENDED THE
STRUCTURE NEXT TO THE ROCKET
WHICH IS THE SERVICE STRUCTURE
AND WALKED ON THE CORRIDOR AS
THE CREW ARM AND NOW THEY'RE
BOARDED INSIDE OF DRAGON.
RIGHT BEFORE THEY GOT IN WE SAW
THEM PAUSE FOR A MOMENT INSIDE
THE WALL, THEY WERE IN THE WHITE
ROOM, IT IS LITERALLY THAT ROOM
AT THE END OF THE CREW ARM,
THAT'S AN OPENING INTO DRAGON,
THE LAST PLACE ONWN PLANET EARTH
WHERE THEY ARE STANDING TO GET
IN DRAGON TO ARRIVE AT SPACE
STATION.
>> WHERE THE ROOM RIGHT BEFORE
IT WAS PAINTEDHE WHITE.
THEY STARTED A NEW TRADITION IT
IS A FAIRLY SMALL AREA THAT HAS
ROOM FOR THE CREW AND THE GROUND
SUPPORT MEMBERS FOR THE CARGO
LOAD AND T MINUS TWO HOURS AND
35 MINUTES.
AND HOW WE REFER TO THE CREW
BOARDING DRAGON.
AND THERE IS A REMOVABLE
PLATFORM THAT GETS EXTENDED OUT
TO BRIDGE THE GAP TO ALLOWING
EASY ENTRY INTO DRAGON.
AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT WE ARE HAVE
A ENVIRONMENTALLY CONTROLLED TO
KEEP IT OPEN AND WERE KEEPING
THE DUST, DIRT, 40 HUMIDITY OUT
OF THE CAPSULE TO MAKE SURE IT'S
PRISTINE FOR T THE CREW, THERE S
A BIG FIELD INFLATED AND
COMPRESSED AGAINST THE CAPSULE
TO HELP MAINTAIN THE CLEAN
ENVIRONMENT.
>> THEY HAVE LOTS OF TOOLS IN
ORDER TO THE SIDE HATCH, AS
THEY'RE DOING NOW TO PREPARE FOR
ANY CONTINGENCY OR EMERGENCY
THAT MAY BE ENCOUNTERED.
>> AS WE HEARD FROM LAUREN AND
MARIE AND THE TEAM, THEY'RE
GETTING INTO THE CAPSULE NOW IN
THEIR SEATS CONNECTED TO THEIR
SUITS VIA THE UMBILICAL THAT
WILL GIVE THEM CONNECTION INTO
AUDIO WHICH WILL COME UP SHORTLY
AND BREATHING GAS AND
PRESSURIZED, THIS WILL BE THE
SECOND TIME THAT THEY'VE DONE
THE G S LEAK CHECKS AS WE CONTIE
TO COUNT ON.
WE ARE WATCHING BOB AND DOUG GET
INTO DRAGON AND GETTING STRAPPED
IN BEFORE THEY CONNECTED THEIR
SUITS TO THE ACTUAL SEAT, THEY
DID SOMETHING CALLED A FOREIGN
OBJECT OF RECHECK OR FOB CHECK
WHICH MEANS THEY GET INSPECTED
FOR ANY SUBSTANCE OR DEBRIS ON
THEIR SUITS THAT CAN INTERFERE
WITH THE SYSTEMS ON DRAGON.
TO HELP PROTECT THEY HAVE COVERS
ON THEIR BOOTS AS WELL AS THEIR
UMBILICAL PORT THAT NEED TO BE
REMOVED BEFORE THEY CAN INGRESS,
THEY HAVE ALREADY REMOVED THOSE
AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE GETTING
STRAPPED IN AND ONCE IT IS
COMPLETE OUR COMMANDER ENTERED
FIRST AND THEN BOB BANKING
FOLLOWED AFTER HIM AND THEY ARE
GETTING BUCKLED IN RIGHT NOW AS
YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN AND
ATTACHING THEIR UMBILICAL'S TO
THEIR SUITS, THE UMBILICAL'S
ALLOW THE CREW TO HAVE IT
THROUGH THEIR SUIT AND DELIVERED
NIGHT TRACKS FOR PRESSURIZATION.
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE
BROADCAST, THE PRIMARY IS TO
PROTECT THE CREW AND IN THE
EVENT OF A CABIN
DEPRESSURIZATION.
JUST WALKING THROUGH THE
INTERIOR A LITTLE BIT, THERE
WERE FOUR SEATS CONFIGURED
INSIDE OF DRAGON, THEY ARE
NUMBERED 1 - 4 FROM RIGHT TO
LEFT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE
SEAT, WE HAD A COUPLE OF VIEWS
FROM THE HATCHWAY AND IF YOU'RE
LOOKING AT THE ANGLE YOU GOG FRM
1 - FOR, DOUG HURLEY IS IN SITU
OR THE COMMANDER SEAT AND BOB
BACON IS IN SEAT THREE AND IT'S
A PILOT SEAT, OBVIOUSLY NOBODY
IS IN SEAT ONE AND FOR TODAY.
CREW DRAGON IS DESIGNED TO CARRY
FOUR ASTRONAUTS ON THE MISSIONS
AND WE MET TWO OF THE MEMBERS
AND HEARD ABOUT THE OTHER TWO
CREW MEMBERS EARLIER.
DIRECTLY IN FRONT OFRE OUR CREW
MEMBERS ARE THREE TOUCHSCREEN
DISPLAYS THAT THEY WILL USE
THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT GIVING
THEM INSIGHT INTO DRAGON
SYSTEMS, SEEING ANY ALERTS OR
ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE AND IF
REQUIRED TAKING CONTROL IN
MANUALLY FLYING DRAGON.
WE CAN SEE DOUG HURLEY
MANIPULATING THOSE DISPLAYS.
>> THE CREW WILL DO A CONTACT TO
MAKE SURE WE CAN HEAR MISSING
CONTROL IN THEIR SEATS WILL BE
ROTATED SO THEY CAN SEE THE
DISPLAY PANELS RIGHT IN FRONT OF
THEM.
SO NOW LET'S CHECK IN WITH JOHN
FOR THE LATEST ON BOTH VEHICLES.
LET'S GO OVER TO YOU JOHN.
>> WERE AT T MINUS TWO HOURS AND
36 MINUTES AND 36 SECONDS FOR
FALCON NINE WITH DRAGON TO THE
SPACE STATION.
DRAGON HAS COMPLETED THEIR MAJOR
ACTIVITIES TO COME.
THE SPACECRAFT OR THE
ASTRONAUTS, CHECKOUTS WITH MAJOR
SYSTEMS IN THE ESCAPE SYSTEM, AS
YOU CAN SEE IT IS WELL UNDERWAY
OF HOOKING THEIR SUITS UP TO THE
VARIOUS CABINH SYSTEMS.
RIGHT NOW ON DRAGON THERE AREASO
ISSUES CONTEXT WILL BE COMING UP
SHORTLY ON THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT
WITH THE CREW AND WE MIGHT BE
ABLE TO HEAR SOME OF THAT AND WE
WILL BRING IT TO YOU AS IT
HAPPENS.
THE FALCON NINE TEAM IS
PREPARING FOR THEIR FINAL CHECK
OUT.
CHECK OUT AND T MINUS TWO HOURS
AND THAT'S WHEN THE MAJORITY
LAUNCH CREW WILL GET ON CONSOLE
OFFICIALLY IN FIRING AT KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER.
CURRENTLY ON FALCON NINE, ALL
SYSTEMS ARE GO, THE AIR FORCE
RANGE CONTINUES AND NO PROBLEMS
WITH SEE SPACE CLEARANCE,
EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD,
ROADBLOCKS ARE UP AROUND THE
LAUNCHPAD, THE WEATHER FORECAST
CONTINUES TO BE ACCEPTABLE BUT
SOMETHING WE WILL WATCH ALL THE
WAY THROUGH.
WE ARE NOT ONLY LOOKING AT
WHETHER AT THE LAUNCH SITE BUT
WERE LOOKING AROUND THE WORLD.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE CONDITIONS
ARE ACCEPTABLE IF DRAGON HAS TO
GO DOWN TO THE ATLANTA IN CASE
OF AN ESCAPE.
WE ARE MONITORING CONTINGENCY
LOCATIONS THAT THE CREW HAD TO
COME BACK BEFORE WALKING DOWN TO
THE SPACE STATION.
RIGHT NOW THOSE CONDITIONS ARE
GETTING BETTER AS WE GO THROUGH
THE DAY AT THE LAUNCHPAD THINGS
CONTINUED TO BE A 50%
PROBABILITY OF VIOLATING THE
CONDITIONS, 40% CHANCE IF YOU'RE
AN OPTIMIST OF GOOD WEATHER.
BUT RIGHT NOW THE CLOCK IS
CONTINUING THE COUNTDOWN, ALSO
SOME T MINUS TWO MINUTES -- TWO
HOURS AND 35 MINUTES.
>> NOW IS BOB AND DOUG FINISH
THEIR PROCEDURES AND GET
COMFORTABLE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO
LOOK FOR THE CALM CHECKS, THEY
SHOULD BE COMING UP IN JUST A
MINUTE.
I AM JOINED BY SPACE JESSICA J
JENSEN AND RUSS BLACKMORE TO
DISCUSS WHAT MAKES DRAGON AND
FALCON NINE AT 21st CENTURY
LAUNCH VEHICLE AND FIRST OFF
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME
TODAY AND JESSICA ALL START WITH
YOU, WALK-THROUGH DRAGONS
HISTORY AND HOW WE ARE TODAY.
DRAGON WAS DESIGNED FROM SCRATCH
12 WEEKS AGO FROM SPACE AND IT
WAS DESIGNED TO CARRY CARGO FROM
TWO AND FROM THE SPACE STATION.
12 YEARS AGO WAS NOT THAT LONG
AGO, WE HAD STATE-OF-THE-ART
MATERIAL, THE STATE OF THE ART
COMPUTER PROCESSORS, REALLY
DRAGON STARTED OFF ALREADY A
MODERN ADVANCED SPACECRAFT,
THERE IS TO OTHER PARTS IN IT
REALLY LED TO COMMERCIAL CREW.
ONE PART THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY
ABLE TO MAN BREAK CARGO DRAGON
IN THE FACILITY OF THE SPACE
TASTE AND AFTER THE SPACE
STATION.
THAT WAS A HUGE LEARNING CURVE
THAT WE HUMAN RATED THE
SPACECRAFT FOR A PORTION OF THE
MISSION AND FOR CREW YOU HAVE TO
EXPANDED TO THE WHOLE MISSION.
. . .
N
AND ATTACH THOUGH SPACE STATION
SO THAT WAS HUGE LEARNING CURVE
THAT SPACECRAFT FOR A PORTION OF
THE MISSION AND THEN FOR CREW
YOU HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY EXPEND
NOTE IT WHOLE MISSION THEN THE
LAST PART WAS
>> VERY COOL, THAT IS JUST ONE
PART OF THE EQUATION, WALK US
THROUGH THE LIGHT HISTORY OF
FALCON NINE AND THE HUMBLE
BEGINNINGS TO WHERE WE ARE
TODAY.
>> FALCON 91st FLEW ALMOST TEN
YEARS AGO TODAY.
EVEN THOUGH THE FIRST VERSION OF
THAT ROCKET CANNOT CARRY HUMANS
FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN WAS MADE WITH
THAT GOAL IN MIND.
OVER THE CLOSE OF 87 LAUNCHES
WE'VE CERTAINLY IMPROVE THE
ROCKET SO NOW IT HAS TWICE THE
PAYLOADS THAT WE STARTED OUT
WITH AND WE CAN LAND AND REUSE
THE FIRST KNOWN WAD AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY FOR TODAY WE HAVE TO
HAVE RELIABILITY SO WHAT IS
INTERESTING IS ABOUT RELIABILITY
HAS COME FROM STEADY UPGRADES
AND ALMOST A DECADE OF FLIGHT
EXPERIENCE BUT IT'S QUITE HARD
TO PROVE RELIABILITY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THE COMMERCIAL
AIRLINE INDUSTRY IS GRAPPLING
WITH FOR DECADES.
JUST LIKE THEM WE RELY ON LOTS
OF TESTING.
FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU TAKE THE
ENGINE THAT HAS TO APPLY FOR
ABOUT SIX MINUTES CONTINUOUSLY
TO GET TO ORBIT AND WE TOOK ONE
OF THOSE AND RAN IT FOR MORE
THAN 250 MINUTES TO GET THE
STATISTICAL PROOF OF RELIABILITY
THAT WE NEED.
IT'S ABOUT TESTING AND LOTS OF
ANALYSIS THAT GIVES US, AND
NASA, THE CONFIDENCE THAT FALCON
ISET READY TO FLY HUMANS FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
>> OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF
ADDITIONAL UPGRADES AND TESTING
HAD TO GO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT
BOTH OF THESE VEHICLES WERE
HUMAN RATED.
WALK US THROUGH THE SPECIFIC
UPGRADES TO MEET THAT CRITERIA.
>> FIRST ONE IS PRETTY OBVIOUS
BID WITH A CARGO DRAGON, LOTS OF
CARGO CUBBIES SO WE TOOK ALL
THOSE OUT AND REPLACED IT WITH
ASTRONAUT, CREW DISPLAYS AND
CREW CONTROLS.
ONE THING PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW IS
A PART OF DRAGON WEAVE FLYING
MICE TO AND FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR
YEARS BUT WHAT THAT MEANT WAS WE
HAD TO DIVINE AND AND BAR MENTAL
CONTROL AND LIVE SPORT SYSTEM
FOR DRAGONS.
OXYGEN, CARBON DIOXIDE AND AMONG
OTHER THINGS CONTROLS
TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE
HUMIDITY.
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS DONE ON A
SMALLER SCALE FOR MICE IT WAS A
LEARNING CURVE ON HOW TO HELP
MAN PUT A SPACECRAFT FOR HUMANS.
>> SAME QUESTION, WHAT SPECIFIC
UPGRADES HAD TO GO INTO TO
CERTIFY DOCKET NINE FOR THE
STATE?
>> I MENTIONED THE RELIABILITY
UPGRADES.
ONE UPGRADE THAT IS PARTICULARLY
INTERESTING IS THE LAUNCH
TRIGGER SO PEOPLE PROBABLY KNOW
THAT DRAGON HAS THE ABILITY IN
MID FLIGHT TO SEPARATE FROM
FALCON AND BOOST THE ASTRONAUTS
AWAY TO SAFETY IN THE CASE THATR
THERE IS SOME KIND OF EMERGENCY
AND THAT COULD BE TRIGGERED BY
THE ASTRONAUTS OR BY THE GROUND
CREW.
WHAT PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT
FALCON ITSELF HAS THE ABILITY TO
CAUSE THAT TRIGGER.
IT WILL DO THAT ENTIRELY
AUTONOMOUSLY USING ALGORITHMS,
SOFTWARE AND SENSORS.
THAT PARTICULARLY IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE -- IT MEANS ABORTING
SAFELY AND IN SOME CASES THEY
CAN DO IT QUICKER AND MUCH
FASTER THAN A HUMAN RESPONSE.
>> PAUSE, WE ARE GETTING, FROM
THE CREW.
>> COMING UP SHORTLY WE WILL
HEAR THESE CAN INDICATION
CHECKS.
BOB AND DOUG WILL BE TALKING TO
SEVERAL POSITIONS IT DOWN ON THE
GROUND AND THEY WILL BE USING
BOTH COMMUNICATION AND SPEAKERS
INSIDE OF DRAGON AND INSIDE
THEIR SUITS IN A SERIES OF
COMMUNICATION CHECKS.
THEY WILL BE DOING THESE CHECKS
OVER A DIFFERENT SATELLITE.
>> LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> POOR, LOUD AND CLEAR.
COM COMPLETE.
STANDSTILL FOR GROUND CHECK.
>> YOU WILL HEAR THEM REFERRED
TO AS CDR, COMMANDER, PLT 
PILOT -- THAT FIRST ONE WE HEARD
WAS THROUGH THE UMBILICAL SO
THAT COMMUNICATION LINKED
DIRECTLY THROUGH THEIR SUIT.
NOW THOUGH DO THE GROUNDS TO
STATIONS AND WE WILL HEAR ONE
OVER THE TRACKING AND DATA RELAY
SATELLITES.
THE SAMEEN SATELLITES WE USE TO
TALK WITH THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AND THAT IS WHAT
WE WILL USE TO TALK AND TRACK
DRAGONS THROUGHOUT ITS ENTIRE
FLIGHT.
>> AGAIN, WAITING FOR A MOMENT
FOR THE TEAMS TO CONTINUE TO
FIGURE EVERYTHING.
THEY WILL DO GROUND CHECKS NOW
AND YOU WILL HEAR THEM TALK
DIRECTLY TO THE CORE, CREW
OPERATION RESPONSIBLE ENGINEER
AND THAT IS ESSENTIALLY AS YOU
FOLLOW NASA MISSIONS IN THE
PAST, THE POSITION RIGHT HERE IN
HAWTHORNE AT SPACEX MISSION
CONTROL WHICH IS A FEW FEET AWAY
FROM US WHERE THE TEAM WILL BE
WATCHING OVER THE ENTIRE FLIGHT
AND THAT IS WHERE THE MAIN
PERSON WHOSE JOB IT IS TO TALK
TO THEM WILL BE SITTING.
WE WILL ALSO HEAR THEM DOING
CHECKOUTS WITH THE LAUNCH OF
DIRECTOR DOWN THERE AT THE CAPE
INSIDE BUYER ROOM FOR.
YOU WILL BE HEARING THOSE VERY
CHARACTERISTIC --
>> DRAGON READABLE.
>> COPY, WE HAVE VIEWED THE
SAME.
STANDBY.
>> JUST TO FURTHER EXPLAIN SOME
OF THOSE VOICE PROTOCOLS YOU
WILL HEAR.
YOU MIGHT BE USED TO HEARING
HOUSTON STATION OR HOUSTON
SHUTTLE OR HOUSTON ENDEAVOR,
BACK WHEN WE ARE FLYING THOSE
SPECIFIC SHUTTLES BUT TODAY YOU
WILL YOUR SPACEX, DRAGON, SPACEX
TEAM CALLING THE DRAGON TEAM ON
ORBITZ AND BOB AND DOUG WILL BE
ABLE TO RESPOND.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO
RECONFIGURE AND WILL GET
CHECKOUT STATIONS MOMENTARILY
AND JUST TO REMIND YOU YOU WILL
HEAR THAT VERY UNIQUE BE BEING A
SOUND CALLED A QUINN JAR AND
THAT IS BEEN SOMETHING THAT IS
BEEN USED THROUGHOUT SPACE TO
GROUNDD. OR AIR TO GROUND
MEDICATIONS THROUGHOUT
SPACEFLIGHT HISTORY AND THAT IS
FOR TEAMS WHO ARE IN MISSION
CONTROL OR SUPPORTING THE LAUNCH
KNOW THAT WHEN YOU HEAR THAT
SOUNDTS IT IS TIME TO LISTEN.
>> DRAGON, SPACEX, GROUND CHECK
CONFIRMATION.
>> DRAGON, LOUD AND CLEAR.
MUCH BETTER PAID.
>> CORE, LOUD AND CLEAR.
GROUND CHECK COMPLETE YOUR
STANDBYE .
>> DRAGON, SPACEX, GROUND CHECK.
DIRECT SPACEX, DRAGON, LOUD AND
CLEAR.
>> STANDBY FOR A CHECK FOR THE
LAUNCH CHECK CONFIGURATION.
>> DRAGON, COM CHECK.
>> LOUD AND CLEAR, HOW ARE YOU
DOING?
>> DOING GREAT BUT HOW ARE YOU
DOING IN THERE?
>> STANDBY FOR COM CHECK.
>> VICTORY.
DRAGON ON THE GROUND.
>> DRAGON, COM CHECK.
>> LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> MD, LOUD AND CLEAR.
STANDBY WITH COM CHECK.
>> COM CHECK.
>> LOUD AND CLEAR, GOOD
AFTERNOON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, GENTLEMEN.
I MAY TRY DRAGON TO GROUND ONE.
DRAGON, DRAGON TO GROUND ONE,
COM CHECK.
>> LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> DRAGON, SPACEX, COM CHECK
COMPLETE.
PROCEED WITH SEAT ROTATION
CHECK.
N][BACKGROUND NOISE]N.
>> WE WILL REPORT WHEN
INITIATING.
>> THAT WRAPS UP THOSE GOOD
INDICATIONS CHECKS EVERYTHING
GOING GOOD WITH SPACECRAFT BOB
AND DOUG TALKING TO THE TEAMS ON
THE GROUND AND THEY WILL GET
THEIR SEATS ROTATED.
BRINGING IT BACK INSIDE
HAWTHORNE I WANT TO THANK THEM
FOR GIVING US THAT GREAT INSIGHT
INTO DRAGON AND FALCON NINE BUT
HOPE YOU GOT A GOOD SPOT STEAK
OUT TO WATCH THE LAUNCH TODAY
BEEN GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON.
>> WE BOTH RIGHT NOW DOWN TO
GARY JORDAN AT MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON WHO I KNOW IS ALSO
FOLLOWING ALONG T, OVER TO YOU
GARY.
>> THANKS, DAN PAID GREAT TO
HEAR GOOD CHECKS FROM BOB AND
DOUG IN THE DRAGON VEHICLE.
HERE AT MR. AND CONTROL HOUSTON,
FLIGHT MASTER HAS PULLED BY
CONTROLLERS AND ALL SYSTEMS ARE
GO FOR LAUNCH.
ESSENTIALLY THE STATION IS
PREPARED FOR DRAGON TO ARRIVE 19
HOURS AFTER LAUNCH.
LIKE CONTROLLERS HERE WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
COUNTDOWN BUT REALLY IT'S UP TO
THE TEAM AND KENNEDY AND
HAWTHORNE TO GET US TO LIFT OFF
AT THIS POINT.
WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS AS
WE CONTINUE TO COUNTDOWN TO
LAUNCH SO LET'S GO TO THE SOCIAL
DOES NOT.
>> THANKS, GARY.
TAKING A QUICK LOOK, TAKING A
QUICK LOOK AT THE NUMBERS RIGHT
NOW THERE ARE 1 MILLION PEOPLE
WATCHING OUR COVERAGE AND IN
LAUNCH AMERICA IS UP TO THE
NUMBER ONE TRENDING # ON
TWITTER.
LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT
IS BEING SAID ONLINE.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ALEXANDRIA AND
IT LOOKS LIKE SHE IS A PERSONAL
SELF-PORTRAIT, COSMIC FORESHORE,
AND HER NASSAU FLIGHT SUIT BUT
THIS IS WHAT I'M LOVING SEEN
ONLINE WITH THE #.
IT IS HOW EVERYONE AROUND THE
NATION IS MAKING THIS LAUNCH IN
A UNIQUELY THEIRS BUT I WANT TO
POINT OUT ONE LINE IN HER POST
THAT SAYS, I BELIEVE NO MATTER
HOW FAR THE FUTURE IS, WE ARE ON
OUR WAY TOWARDS IT.
I CANNOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER
MYSELF.
THAT IS WHAT TODAY REPRESENTS.
LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.
>> OH MY GOODNESS, RIGHT NOW WE
HAVE JESSICA WITH HER SPACE CLUB
GETTING READY FOR LIFTOFF.
I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, WE LOVE TO
SEE IT.
IF YOU HAVE SPACE PETS, USE THE
# LAUNCH AMERICA.
EVERYONE IS THRILLED TO BE A
PART OF THIS LAUNCH TODAY.HT
I KNOW OF ONE SPECIAL GUEST IN
PARTICULAR I AM SO PLEASED TO
WELCOME [INAUDIBLE] OF PHYSICS
GIRL.
DIANA, I HEAR YOU HAVE A BURNING
QUESTION PORT MISSION CONTROL,
GO FOR IT.
>> HELLO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
INCLUDING ME ON THIS INCREDIBLE
SPECIAL DAVID AND DIANA FROM THE
YOUTUBE CHANNEL PHYSICS GIRL AND
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SO FASCINATED
BY SPACE AND ESPECIALLY SPACE
EXPLORATION BECAUSE WE BRING
TOGETHER SO MANY PEOPLE FOR SUCH
A COMPLICATED TASK.
TO SEND A A ROCKET UP INTO SPACE
SO MY QUESTION IS ALONG THE
LINES OF WHAT GOES INTO AIR
MISSION LIKE THAT?
WE ALL KNOW OR ARE FAMILIAR WITH
HOW MUCH PREPARATION AND
TRAINING ASTRONAUTS HAD TO DO
BUT PREPARING FOR A MISSION LIKE
THIS AND MAY BE PREPARED IN THES
FUTURE FOR A MISSION TO THE MOON
OR TO MARS, WHAT KINDS OF THINGS
DID THE WHOLE TEAM HAVE TO DO IN
ORDER TO PREPARE TO LAUNCH A
ROCKET?
>> DIANA, THAT IS SUCH A GREAT
QUESTION BECAUSE SOMETIMES I
THINK IT DOES GET OVERLOOKED
WHAT ALL GOES INTO MAKING A
MOMENT LIKE THIS HAPPEN.
GARY, WHAT HAS THE TEAM THERE IN
MISSION CONTROL BEEN DOING TO
PREPARE FOR THIS HISTORIC
LAUNCH?
>> THANKS.
DIANA, FANTASTIC QUESTION.
THE OPERATIONS HERE ARE NOT JUST
STARTING TODAY.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TRAINING
AND A LOT OF SIMULATIONS THAT
HAVE BEEN GOING INTO PREPARING
FOR THIS MOMENT.
REALLY PREPARING AND GETTING
EVERYONE FAMILIARIZED WITH OUT
EVERY STEP OF PERMISSION FROM
LAUNCH ALL THE WAY TO DOCKING
AND THROWING DIFFERENT SCENARIOS
TO THEM IN CASE SOMETHING WERE
TO HAPPEN.
THEY WILL BE PREPARED TO RESPOND
EFFECTIVELY.
I WANT TO MAKE A SHOUT OUT THAT
IT IS NOT JUST THE FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS HERE IN MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON THAT HAVE
DEDICATED SO MUCH TIME TO THIS
LAUNCH.
IN FACT, I TALKED TO THE FLIGHT
DIRECTOR HERE IN MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON WHO SAID EVEN BEFORE HE
WAS A FLIGHT DIRECTOR BACK IN
2014 THEY WERE WORKING ON SOME
OF THE OPERATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL
CRUDE MISSIONS BUT REALLY THIS
TEAM EXPANDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE
WORKING AT HAWTHORNE AND
FLORIDA, HOUSTON AND IT TAKES AN
INTEGRATED AND DEDICATED TEAM TO
MAKE A MISSION LIKE THIS
POSSIBLE.
DIANE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
QUESTION.
>> THANKS TO EVERYONE IS SENDIN 
IN QUESTIONS AND FOR SHARING IN
THIS HISTORIC ISSUE TODAY.
REMEMBER, AS YOU ARE POSTING TO
USE THE # LAUNCH AMERICA.
I DO WANT TO MAKE A SHOUT OUT TO
THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS HERE IN
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.
IN FACT, TRADITIONAL POWERS HAVE
BEEN SENT TO MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON IN THE STATES EVEN BACK
BEFORE THE SHUTTLE DAYS FOR
EVERY MISSION TO DEDICATE TO THE
OPERATION AND CONTROLLERS HERE
WHO ARE WORKING SO CLOSELY AND
ARE INTEGRATED IN EVERY PART OF
THE MISSION BUT NOW LET'S HEAD
TO HAWTHORNE FOR THE LATEST
STATUS ON THE CREW AND ON
DRAGON.
DAN.
>> THANK YOU, GARY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, BOB AND DOUG, IN
A LITTLE DIFFERENT POSITION AND
THEIR SUITS HAVE BEEN ROTATED T,
THE LAUNCH POSITION SO THIS PUTS
THEIR BACKS A LITTLE MORE
HORIZONTAL WITH THE GROUND
ITSELF OR PARALLEL WITH THE
GROUND ITSELF AND PLACES THOSE
DISPLAYS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF
THEM.
WE MOVED INTO SUIT LEAD CHECK SO
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME BECAUSE
THESE LEAKED CHECKS DONE ON
THEIR SUITS OF PRESSURIZED NIGHT
TRACKS FLOWING INTO THOSE
ENTRIES SUITS THEY WILL BE
BURIED THROUGHOUT THE DYNAMIC
PHASES OF THIS MISSION.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE UNDER TWO HOURS
AND 20 MINUTES FROM LAUNCH, TWO
HOURS, 18 MINUTES AND COUNTING
FROM LIFTOFF OF THE FALCON NINE
FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN
FLORIDA.
THEY WILL CARRY OUR NASA
CREWMEMBERS TODAY, DOUG HURLEY
AND BOB [INAUDIBLE] FOR THOSE
BASE ACTS DRAGON SPACECRAFT.
WE ARE FIGHTING AGAINST OF THE
WEATHER BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO
PRESS ON FOR LAUNCH AND THE CREW
HAS BEEN UP SINCE ABOUT
6:00 A.M. AS A REPAIR TO HEAD TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FOR PART OF THIS DEMOE OCEAN FOR
NASA.
>> AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE JUST
WAITING AND GETTING READY FOR
THIS MISSION TODAY.
IT'S BEEN SUCH AN EXCITING DAY
SO FAR.
AGAIN, AS DAN SAID, THEIR SEEDS
ARE ROTATED A INTO LAUNCH POSITN
SO THEY CAN SEE THOSE SCREENS
THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE LEFT
SIDE, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM.
THERE SUIT LEAKED CHECKS HAVE
 FBEEN DONE, COM CHECKS HAVE BEN
DONE.
THE THOUGHT OVER TO LAUREN.
>> ALRIGHT, DRAGON HATCH CLOSED
IS EXPECTED AT T MINUS ONE HOUR
AND 55 MINUTES.
WE ARE JUST PRETTY CLOSE TO
THAT.
IT'S GETTING READY CLOSE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE FINAL KEY
VISUAL ON THAT TIME LUMP TO LIFT
OFF THE, THE CLOSURE OF THE
HATCH.
WE HAVE A COUPLE SPECIAL GUESTS
JOINING US WITH DARRELL AT THE
OSC TO YOU IN LOCATION AND THAT
IS NASA ADMINISTRATOR AND SPACE
EXIT CHIEF ENGINEER ELON MUSK.
DARRELL.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, LAUREN BID WE
ARE HERE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR AND
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE OUTSIDE
ON THE BALCONY OVERLOOKING THAT
PAD 39 D A BUT HAVE COME INDOORS
DUE TO THE WEATHER BUT WE ARE
HERE WITH TWO TITANS OF SPACE
AND THOUGH IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE
THIS IS A REUNION OF A '90s
BOY BAN IT IS NOT.
WE ARE SOCIALLY DISTANCE FOR
GOOD REASON WE ARE HERE TO TALK
ABOUT SPACE BAR IT I WANT TO
THANK YOU BOTH AND TELL YOU BOTH
IT'S A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO
BE WITH YOU TODAY.
WE WILL START OFF WITH YOU, JIM.
LET'S ASK YOU A COUPLE QUESTIONS
HERE.
I WANT TO ASK YOU FIRST OF ALL,
IT'S BEEN ALMOST THREE YEARS
THAT YOU WERE SWORN IN AS NASA
ADMINISTRATOR.
YOU KNEW FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY
THAT YOU WOULD BE RIGHT HERE AT
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN THIS
MOMENT WHEN A COMMERCIAL PARTNER
WAS READY TO LAUNCH.
TELL ME WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE
LEADING NASA AT THIS VERY
MOMENT?
>> I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I DID NOT
KNOW THAT WHEN I GOT SWORN IN.
I WILL TELL YOU A LOT OF FOLKS
SAID IT CANNOT BE DONE BUT OF
COURSE, AS SOON AS I GOT THENN
JOB, ELON AND I HAVE HAD A
NUMBER OFTE CONVERSATIONS AND HE
COMMITTED THAT THIS WAS
SOMETHING THAT SPACE EXIT COULD
ACHIEVE.
WE HAD CHALLENGES AND SETBACKS.
WE HAVE SEEN CATASTROPHIC LOSSES
OF CAPITALS AND CHALLENGES WITH
PARACHUTES -- ON THE GROUND AND
I WANT TO BE CLEAR BUT THAT IS
WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT SPACEX.
THEY CAN DO THINGS THAT NASA
HISTORICALLY HAS NOT DONE.
THEY TEST AND THEY FAIL AND THEY
FIX AND THEY FLY AND THEY TEST
AND THEY FAIL IN THE FIX AND
APPLY UNTIL THE POINT WHERE WE
ARE TODAY WHERE NOT ONLY IS
SPACEX COMFORTABLE BUT NASA IS
COMFORTABLE AND WE ARE READY TO
GO.
IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME EVEN
TWO YEARS AGO WE WOULD BE RIGHT
HERE I MIGHT HAVE EVEN
QUESTIONED IT THEN.
THIS IS A MONUMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT
AND A HERCULEAN TASK, BY THE
SPACE EXIT TEAM WHICH WE ARE
GRATEFUL FOR AND BY THE NASA
TEAM.
THEY WORKED HAND IN GLOVE WITH
THEM TO GET TO THIS POINT.
>> IT IS GOOD BECAUSE WE HAVE
JIM ANYONE HERE TO FACT CHECK
TOGETHER AND THAT IS GOOD.
>> ELON IN 2002 WHEN HE STARTED
SPACEX MANY IN THE AEROSPACE
INDUSTRY DIDN'T TAKE SPACEX
SERIOUSLY AND YOU REMEMBER WHAT
THAT FELT LIKE MICK HERE YOU ARE
AND YOU JUST SENT TO ASTRONAUTS
IN A CAR MADE BY YOUR CAR
COMPANY TO LAUNCH PAD 39 A WITH
A SPACECRAFT MADE BY YOUR SPACE
COMPANY AND OUT THEY'LL WANT TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
I AM WONDERING, FOR YOU IN THIS
MOMENT, DO JUST PINCH HERSELF
THINKING IS THIS HAPPENING?
>> THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE.
I THINK FOR ME AND EVERYONE AT
SPACEX.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I THOUGHT
WOULD HAPPEN SO WHEN STARTING
SPACEX IN 2002 I DID NOT THINK
THIS DAY WOULD OCCUR.
I EXPECTED 90% CHANCE THAT WE
FAILED TO GETIS TO THE LOWER ORT
WITH A SMALL ROCKET.
SOMEONE TOLD ME IN 2002 IF YOU
HAD TOLD ME THAT THAT I'D BE
STANDING HERE WITH THE
ASTRONAUTS AND THE ADMINISTRATOR
AND W WE WOULD LAUNCH A SPACECRT
ON 39A, THE BEST PAD AND THE
WORLD, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE
THERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
SMOKING BUT IT IT'S NOT BUT NO
WAY.
NO WAY IS UNTRUE.
IT IS -- IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE
BUT I DO NOT EVEN DREAMED THIS
WOULD COME TRUE.
IT IS, I AM INCREDIBLY EXCITED
TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
SPACEX TEAM AND THIS IS A
COMBINATION OF INCREDIBLE AMOUNT
OF WORK BY THE SPACEX TEAM, BY
NASA AND A NUMBER OF OTHER IN
THE PROCESS OF MAKING THIS
HAPPEN.
LOOK AT THIS IS THE RESULT OF
100,000 PEOPLE ROUGHLY WHEN YOU
ADD UP SUPPLIERS, WORKING
INCREDIBLY HARD TOIB MAKE THE SY
HAPPEN.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS
IS REAL.
>> YOU ARE HERE AND IT'S AMAZING
AND MANY OF US HAVE BEEN AMAZED0
AS WE HAVE WATCHED YOU
ACCOMPLISH THESE THINGS OVER THE
YEARS BUT JIM, BACK TO YOU.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE
COMMERCIALIZATION SPACE AND SO
IN THE EARLY GO FOR COMMERCIAL
CREW PROGRAMS IT WASN'T
SOMETHING THAT NASA WAS USED TO.
MERCURY, GEMINI, APOLLO SHUTTLE,
NASA GAVE THE DESIGNS AND THE
CONTRACTORS WENT OUT AND BUILT
IT AND THIS IS DIFFERENT.
THEY'RE BUILDING AND NOW AND
WHAT WERE SOME OF THE HURDLES
THAT YOU HAD TO OVERCOME TO GET
TO THIS POINT?
>> GETTING PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE
THAT WHEN THE GOVERNMENT
PROVIDES BOTH THE DEMAND AND THE
SUPPLY YOU ARE LIMITED IN WHAT
YOU ARE ABLE TO DO RID OF
COURSE, WHEN THIS PROGRAM WAS
INITIATED UNDER GENERAL CHARLIE
OLDEN, ASTRONAUT CHARLIE BOLDEN,
CONGRESS WAS NOT SUPPORTIVE.
THEY DIDVE NOT PROVIDE THE PROPR
FUNDING.
AND YET, HE PERSEVERED AND
PUSHED FORWARD AND NOW I THINK
EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES WE HAVE TO
COMMERCIALIZE SPACE AND HAVE
SUCCESS WITH COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY
OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AND NOW WE'VE GOT
COMMERCIAL CRUISE TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
EVENTUALLY WE NEED COMMERCIAL
SPACE STATION.
WHAT WE ARE USING THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR
RIGHT NOW WE ARE PROVING THAT WE
CAN COMPOUND PHARMACEUTICALS AND
AWAY YOU CANNOT DO ON EARTH.
WE ARE ABLE TO GREAT
IMMUNIZATIONS AND WAIT YOU
CANNOT DO ON EARTH AND PRINTING
HUMAN ORGANS AND THREE-DAY.
RIGHT NOW IT'S TISSUE BUT
EVENTUALLY WE WILL PRINT HUMAN
ORGANS IN 3D USING ADULT STEM
CELLS BUT YOUR SKIN CELLS, YOUR
OWN DNA AND WILL TRANSFORM HOW
WE DO MEDICINE HERE ON EARTH AND
WE WILL CREATE ADVANCED
MATERIALS THAT YOU CAN ONLY
CREATE IN THEM MICROGRAVITY OF
SPACE, THINGS LIKE ARTIFICIAL
RETINA FOR THE HUMAN EYE.
IF YOU HAVE MACULAR DEGENERATION
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LOSE YOUR
EYESIGHT.
BOTTOM LINE IS THIS, THESE
MARKETS ARE THE FUTURE AND WHEN
THEY MATERIALIZE AND THE ART
MATERIALIZING BECAUSE OF THE
WORK OF NASA WE WILL SEE CAPITAL
INVESTMENT, NOT JUST INTO LAUNCH
BUT ALSO IN HABITATION AND THAT
ULTIMATELY WILL BE
TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR COMMERCIAL
SPACE.
>> VERY GOOD GRADE ELON, AND
GETTING ALL OF THAT GOING, ISS,
ACTIVITY THAT TAKES PLACE, IT IS
KEY THAT THIS CRUDE DRAGON
OPERATE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AS A CHIEF ENGINEER WHAT WAS
SOME OF THE BIGGEST HURDLES YOU
HAD TO OVERCOME TO GET YOUR
SPACECRAFT READY TO FLY THIS
MISSION?
>> THE SPACE CRAFT AND ROCKET
I'VE GONE. THROUGH THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF TESTS AND REVIEWS
BY SPACEX AND NASA AND THIRD
PARTIES AND WE HAVE DONE A LOT
OF FLIGHTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK
THAT IS HELPFUL ABOUT THIS
FLIGHT ABOUT WHAT WE ARE ABOUT
TO DO IS THE ROCKET HAS BLOWN IA
MANY TIMES.
ESSENTIALLY THIS CONFIGURATION
HAS GONE ABOUT 20 TIMES.
THAT MEANS WE'VE HAD A WELL
PROVEN RECORD.
WHAT WE HAVE FLOWN TO THE SPACE
STATION SUCCESSFULLY AND BROUGHT
IT BACK AND WE HAVE DONE TESTING
ON THE GROUND AND WE DO THE
TESTING SO THAT YOU ALWAYS PUSH
THE LIMITS.
YOU PUSH IT WAY BEYOND WHAT YOU
EXPECT IN FLIGHT SO SOMETIMES
YOU BREAK IT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO
BREAK IT ON THE GROUND DURING
TESTING TO SEE WHERE THE LIMITS
ARE.
THIS IS A RESULT OF THOUSANDS OF
TESTS AND DESIGN HOURS AND
TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF SMART
PEOPLE WORKING INCREDIBLY HARD
TO MAKE THE STAY HAPPEN.
>> YOU HAVE TWO ASTRONAUTS ON
BOARD NOW.
DO YOU FEEL THAT RESPONSIBILITY?
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
I FELT IT MOST STRONGLY WHEN I
SAW THEIR FAMILY JUST BEFORE
COMING HERE. D
>> DID YOU SAY ANYTHING?
THAT YOU COULD SHARE.
>> WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN
TO MAKE SURE YOUR DADS COME BACK
OKAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT
WITH US.
JIM, YOU HAD WORDS WITH THE
ASTRONAUTS PAID WHAT WAS YOUR
TAKE AND HOW THEY WERE FEELING?
>> I WILL TELL YOU, DOUG, MARINE
CORPS TEST PILOT AND VETERAN OF
MULTIPLE SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS,
BOB, FLIGHT TEST ENGINEER,
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND
AGAIN VETERAN OF MULTIPLE SPACE
SHUTTLE MISSIONS BID THIS IS NOT
NEW TO THESE GUYS PAID ALL I CAN
DO IS CONVEY TO THEM HOW ALL OF
AMERICA APPRECIATES WHAT THEY
ARE DOING.
THE ENTIRE WORLD IS WATCHING AND
JUST HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE AS A
NATION.
I WILL TELL YOU THEIR DEMEANOR
IS LOOSE.
THEY ARE READY TO GO.
THEY WERE JOKING AROUND AND
TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY HAD FOR
BREAKFAST AND HOW IT MIGHT COME
UP LATER.
IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT THEY ARE
IN THEIR ELEMENT AND WE ARE JUST
SO GRATEFUL AND PROUD OF THEM.
>> THAT IS GOOD TO HEAR AND
GIVES YOU GREAT CONFIDENCE I AM
SURE IN YOUR POSITIONS THAT YOU
HEAR.
WE GO TO A SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTION
AND WE HAVE GOT THIS QUESTION
COMING FROM BROOKLYN.
SHE WANTS TO NO, I KNOW CHANGES
IN THE CRUISE SPACE SHOOTS AND
THEY LOOK THINNER AND LIGHTER
SWEAT CHANGES IN THE SPACE
CAPSULE ALLOW TO HAVE THESE
FUTURISTIC SUITS?
>> WHILE WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
DESIGNING THE SPACESUITED ICE
PERSONALLY SPENT TIME ON THE
SPACE SUITS AND IT TOOK US THREE
ALMOST FOUR YEARS TO DESIGN THE
SUITS THAT LOOK GOOD AND WORK
WELL.
YOU CAN SEE THE SPACESUIT IN THE
MOVIE, LOOKS GOOD BUT DOESN'T
WORK.
THEN YOU CAN MAKE A SPACESUIT
THAT WORKS BUT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD
BUT FUNDAMENTALLY IT'S A
PRESSURE SUIT THAT GOES BY A
VACUUM.
IT TENDS TO PUFF UP WHEN IT IS
UNDER PRESSURE AND WILL HAVE TO
HANDLE THAT PRESSURE SO IT TOOK
US MANY ITERATIONS TO GET THE
SUIT AND TO LOOK GREAT.
WE WANTED TO INSPIRE KIDS THAT
SAY ONE DAY YOU WANT TO WEAR
THAT UNIFORM DID THEY WANT TO
WEAR THAT SPACESUIT.
AND GET THEM FIRED UP THAT THEY
WANTED TO BE ON A SPACE FLIGHT.
WHAT TODAY IS ABOUT IS
REIGNITING THE DREAM OF SPACE
AND GETTING PEOPLE FIRED UP
ABOUT THE FUTURE AND EXCITED AND
IT IS ONE THINGS THAT EVERYONE
FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND
POLITICAL SPECTRUM IN THE UNITED
STATES AND ELSEWHERE SHOULD BE
EXCITED THAT THIS IS THE THING
THAT IS MADE BY HUMANS, FOR
HUMANS AND IS A GREAT EXCITING
AND INSPIRING DAY IN ONE OF
THOSE, ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT
MAKES YOU GLAD TO WAKE UP IN THE
MORNING.
>> FUNCTIONAL AND INSPIRING BUT
THERE'S ONE ON THE MODEL RIGHT
OVER THERE AND GOT ME SO EXCITED
AND I MIGHT RUN OVER THERE AND
PUT THAT THING ON, ELON.
>> THEY ARE CUSTOM TAILORED BY
THE WAY.
YOU MIGHT NOT FIT IN THAT ONE
BUT WE COULD MAKE YOU WANT THAT
YOU WOULD FIT IN.
>> I'M 6'8" SO --
>> THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT CAN
TAKE SOMEONE WHO IS 6'8".
>> MY SIZE.
I'M GETTING EXCITED BID I'M
READY TO FLY.
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER SOCIAL MEDIA
QUESTION WE WILL ASK.
ASHTON AND JAY WANTS TO KNOW HOW
YOU THINK LAUNCHING ASTRONAUTS
ON AMERICAN SOIL FOR THE FIRST C
TIME SINCE 2011 WILL
REVOLUTIONIZE FUTURE MISSIONS?
>> WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE IS
UNLIKE WE'VE DONE ANYTHING
BEFORE BUT WE ARE NOT PURCHASING
AND OWNING THE OPERATOR.
RETURNING TO COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY
BUT WHEN BACK TO THE SPACESUIT.
IT'S THE SAME FOR THE ROCKETS,
WE DID NOT TELL INDUSTRY WHAT TO
BUILD BID WE GIVE THEM TOP-LEVEL
REQUIREMENTS BUT WE SAID HERE IS
THE REQUIREMENT FOR PAYLOAD AND
THE REQUIREMENT FOR SAFETY AND
THEN WE LET THE INNOVATORS,
COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY, INNOVATE
AND THEY CAME UP WITH SOLUTIONS
THAT I NEVER BEEN DREAMED OF
BEFORE.
THAT IS THE SUCCESS OF THIS
PROGRAM AND WE ARE
REVOLUTIONIZING HOW WE DO
SPACEFLIGHT AND I THINK WHEN WE
LOOK INTORS THE FUTURE WE WILL E
THESE MODELS OF DOING BUSINESS
WITH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
ARE NOT JUST LOWER OR AVERT
WHICH REST WE ARE DOING TODAY
BUT TAKEN AS MODEL TO THE MOON
AND EVEN ON TO MARS.
>> I HEAR TOM CRUISE SUITING A
MOVIE AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
>> I TELL YOU WHAT I TOLD A LOT
YESTERDAY.
PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT TOM CRUISE
ALL THE TIME AND THE ANSWER IS
YES, WE WOULD LOVE TOM CRUISE TO
FLY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION TO MAKE A MOVIE AND I'M
ALL FOR THAT WE WILL DO WHAT WE
CAN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN BUT YOU
SHOULD KNOW THIS, THERE WAS A
DATE WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL AND I THOUGHT THE MOVIE
TOP GUN AND FROM THE DAY I KNEW
THAT I WOULD BE A NAVY PILOT.ME
IT'S THE WAY IT WAS.
THE GOAL HERE AND THIS IS WHAT
WE ARE DOING TODAY.
ELON IS ALL ABOUT THIS.
GET THE KIDS FIRED UP ABOUT
WEARING THAT SPACESUIT OR GO TO
ORBIT OR THE MOON OR MARS.
REIGNITING THE BASE AND GETTING
ALL WALKS OF LIFE, YOUNG AND
OLD, EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE,
EXCITED ABOUT ANYONE WHO HAS
WITHIN THEM THE SPIRIT OF
EXPLORATION SHOULD LOVE WAS
GOING ON TODAY.
>> IF WE COULD GET TOM CRUISE TO
INSPIRE AN ELEMENTARY KID TO
JOIN THE NAVY AND BE A PILOT,
WHY CAN'T WE GET TOM CRUISE TO
INSPIRE THE NEXT ELON MUSK.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED BID A NEW
GENERATION OF MANY ELON MUSK'S
AND THAT IS WHAT THIS LAUNCHES
ABOUT TODAY BUT I WANT TO SAY
SPEAKING OF THIS INSPIRATION
PIECE IT'S NOT BY CHANCE THAT WE
HAVE THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
HERE.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE NEXT
GENERATION.
IF WE HAVE GREAT SUCCESS IN OUR
GENERATION IS NOT ENOUGH.
HAS TO CONTINUE.
THE CHALLENGE WITH THE APOLLO
PROGRAM IS THAT IT ENDED BUT
WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW IS
SUSTAINABLE AND THAT IS WHY WE
HAVE THE PUBLIC PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMERCIALER
CAPABILITIES THAT ARE COMING
ONLINE.
>> VERY GOOD PAID GOOD NEWS TO
TOM CRUISE, HE DOES A LOT OF HIS
OWN STUNTS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
[INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]
>> YOU WANT TO CAPTURE THE
PUBLIC IMAGINATION AND THEY WANT
TO SEE COOL THINGS HAPPENING IN
REAL ORBITS, AT THE REAL SPACE
STATION AND I WOULD WANT TO
WATCH THAT MOVIE.
[LAUGHTER]
THIS IS LIKE JUST THE BEGINNING
BECAUSE WE WANT TO GO FROM LOWER
ORBIT, BACK TO THE MOON, HAVE A
MOON BASE LIKE A MOON BASE ALPHA
AND BUILD A CITY ON MARS AND
BUILD A CIVILIZATION OUT THERE
AMONG THE STARS.
IT'S A SUPER EXCITING FUTURE AND
THIS IS THE THING WHERE YOU'RE
LIKE YEAH, CAN WAIT FOR IT TO
HAPPEN.
>> IF CAN'T GET EXCITED AFTER
LISTENING TO YOU GUYS, YOU NEED
TO HAVE YOUR PULSE CHECK.
ELON MUSK, SPACEX CEO AND CHIEF
ENGINEER, THANK YOU.
JIM BRYDEN STEIN, WE APPRECIATE
YOU LEAVING AT NASA AND THE
SIGN, ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE
AGENCY AND WE WILL SEND IT BACK.
>> THANK YOU, WE SAW IN THE
MEANTIME WHILE THAT INTERVIEW
WAS GOING ON THE HATCH CLOSED SO
THAT HAPPENED A FEW MINUTES
EARLIER THAN WE EXPECTED.
OUR TIMELINE HAS BEEN HAPPENING
AT T MINUS ONE HOUR, 55 MINUTES
SO A FEW MINUTES AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW WITH THE
HATCH CLOSED AND
 YOU CAN SEE THE
PADDED TEAM THEY'RE WORKING ON
THINGS NOW.
>> YEAH, RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE
WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS -- WHAT
ARE THEY DOING?
THEY PERFORM A LEAK CHECK, A
MECHANISM CALLED THE SITE HATCH
MECHANISM THAT ISOF CLOSES THE
HATCH AND SEALED IT.
WHAT WE WILL DO IS PERFORM A
LEAK CHECK ON THAT FOR A FEW
MINUTES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT
IS NICE AND TIGHT AND THOSE
O-RINGS ARE SEALED REALLY,
REALLY WELL.
AFTER THAT WE WILL INSTALL --
YOU CAN SEE THE LEAK CHECK
GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT THERE
AND THE TECHNICIANS HANDS.
>> WHILE WE ARE WATCHING THIS,
LELAND, WE JUST HEARD THEM TALK
A LOT ABOUT INSPIRING THE NEXT
GENERATION AND YOU ARE A MAN OF
MANY TALENTS BUT I KNOW AFTER
YOUR FLIGHT YOURSELF YOU USE TO
HEAD THE HEAD OF NASA EDUCATION
PAID WHAT DID THAT STIR UP AND
YOU?
>> MARIE, WHAT ELON SAID ABOUT
REIGNITING THE DREAM OF SPACE IT
SO IMPORTANT THAT WE GET OUR
YOUNG KIDS THINKING ABOUT
THEMSELVES BEING IN THESE SEEDSN
WHEN I FIRST BECAME AN ASTRONAUT
IN 1998 I WAS WRITING ON THE
BACK OF A FIRE TRUCK CELEBRATING
JOHN LENZ -- JOHN GLENN'S RETURN
ON SPACE.
THEIR DAD TURNED AROUND TO POINT
TO LOOK AT ME ON THE FIRE TRUCK
AND WAS ALMOST WHEN THEY SAW MY
FACE THEY STARTED LAUNCHING INTO
SPACE WITH ROCKET FUEL BECAUSE
THEY WERE INSPIRED AND THEY
WANTED TO LOOK LIKE THEM.
IF WE CAN REIGNITE THIS DREAM
THROUGH SPACEX LAUNCH IN THE
PARTNERSHIP WITH NASA WE CAN GET
SO MANY KIDS TO BELIEVE IN
THEMSELVES AND KNOW THAT THEY
CAN BE JUST LIKE DOUG AND BOB
FLYING ON THE SPACEX DRAGON.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S REALLY JUST BREATHTAKING TO
SEE THEM THERE IN THEIR SUITS
NOW.
LOOKING AT THE SCREENS AND FRONT
OF THEM.
LAUREN, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT
SPACECRAFT AND HEARD ABOUT THAT
BUT FOR FOLKS THAT MAYBE ARE
JUST JEANINE IN WHAT ARE THEY
LOOKING AT IN FRONT OF THEM NOW?
>> THEY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT
TOUCHSCREENS IN FRONT OF THEM
PRAYED OVER ALL THAT ASSEMBLY
THERE IS CALLED THE CONTROL
PANEL.
HE HAD THOSE THREE LCD
TOUCHSCREENS IN FRONT OF THEM
WHERE THEY HAVE THE DISPLAYS ARE
SHOWING THEM DETAILS ON THE
VEHICLES PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE,
AUDIO CONTROL AND THAT CENTRAL
SCREEN HAS
 THE PROCEDURES THEY
ARE GOING THROUGH TODAY ON DAY
OF LAUNCH.
YOU CAN SEE THE VEHICLES
ATTITUDE AND ITS VELOCITY AND
APOGEE AND INCLINATION AND
DETAILS ON THE STATUS OF THE
HATCH AND THE THERMAL CONTROL
SYSTEM WHICH BASICALLY ALL THE
COOL STUFF THAT HELPS THEM HAVE
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OF THE
VEHICLE AND THAT IS DISPLAYED ON
THOSE DISPLAYS.
ADDITIONALLY THERE ARE ACTUAL
BUTTONS ON THAT BUTTON PANEL
THAT YOU SEE DOWN BELOW.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT
ALLOWED THEM TO DO IS IF THE
CREW NEEDED TO DO ANY MANUAL
OVERRIDE LIKE THAT IN THE MIDDLE
UNDER THAT CENTER SCREEN THAT IS
THE CRUISE ABILITY TO INITIATE
AND ABORT CALLED AN ABORT HANDLE
AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WERE
BOTH CREWMEMBERS COULD USE IT IF
THEY NEEDED TO.
THE AUDIO CONTROLS ARE ALSO ON
THOSE BUTTON PANELS AND WHEN
THEY ARE NOT IN THEIR SUITS
THERE IS SPEAKERS THAT ARE
COMING OFF THE CONTROL PANEL
THAT ALLOW THEM TO HEAR MISSION
CONTROL HERE THE CORE, HERE ISS
WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN THEIR SUITS
WHERE SYSTEMS ARE INTEGRATED.
>> WE SEE THEM USING THE
TOUCHSCREENS NOW.
LELAND, WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON
THIS?
THIS IS GOT TO LOOK TOTALLY
DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU ARE
LOOKING AT DURING SHUTTLE. I
>> TOUCH SCREENS.
WE HAD THESE DISPLAYS AND
BUTTONS AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE
MOMENTS WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS
NOW WHEN I HAD KNEE BOARDS AND
PROCEDURES AND THINGS ON THERE
AND THE PROCEDURES ARE NOW ON
THAT LITTLE SCREEN AND THE
MALFUNCTIONS AND THE THINGS THAT
YOU DO TO MITIGATE PROBLEMS WITH
THE VEHICLE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS
IS ON THE CONTROLLER THERE WITH
THE TWO OF THEM AND SO IT'S A
RADICAL DEPARTURE FROM WHAT WE
DID WITH THE SHUTTLE BUT AGAIN
IT'S USHERING IN THIS NEW ERA OF
SPACE TRAVEL.
>> TO CHECK ON HOW THAT SUIT
AIRFIELDS NOW.
>> WE WILL LISTEN NOW FOR AN
ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT HATCH CLOSER.
>> COPY.
>> TODAY WE ARE NOT CHECKING ANY
ISSUES ON DRAGON AND F9
CURRENTLY.
FOR A WEATHER UPDATE TO THE
WEATHER LINE THAT IS OVERHEAD
WHICH IS WHAT YOU SAW WHEN YOU
WERE IN DRESSING IS NOT MOVING
OFFSHORE.
THE NEXT RADAR RETURN IS A CELL
OVER ORLANDO WHICH IS EXPECTED
TO BE OUR DECISION GATE FOR
TODAY AND THAT IS CURRENTLY
ERODING.HO
>> THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
THANK YOU.
>> ONE ADDITIONAL ITEM, THE
ORBIT SITE REMAINS AS BRIEF TO
SO NO CHANGE THERE.
I DO WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT
THAT IS SLIGHTLY WEST OF CABO
FORGO WEATHER.
TARGET THE LONGITUDE IF NEEDED.
>> OKAY.
DRAGON COPIES PAID SLIGHTLY
WEST, WE WILL TARGET THE
LONGITUDE IN THE SUIT AIR HAS
COOLED OFF SO WE APPRECIATE THAT
AS WELL.
>> COPY.
OUTSTANDING.
LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS AND WE WILL KEEP YOU
POSTED AS WE COMPLETE THE LEAK
CHECKS.
>> TAG AND COPY.
>> WHAT WE HEARD WAS A LITTLE
MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
WEATHER.
STILL LOOKING AT THINGS AND WE
ARE ABOUT ONE MINUTE AWAY FROM
AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT HATCH
CLOSER.
>> IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US
BUT WE ARE AT T MINUS ONE HOUR,
55 MINUTES AND COUNTING AND WE
ARE EXPECTING AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO
CONFIRM HATCH CLOSURE IN JUST A
FEW SECONDS.
>> DRAGON, SPACEX FOR H COM CHES
WITH FALCON NINE.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> WE ARE READY FOR THAT AT THIS
TIME.
IF YOU ARE READY.
>> WE ARE READY.
>> ALL STATIONS UP ON COUNTDOWN
FOR SECTION 54 . 49, RESPONSIBLE
ENGINEER COMMUNICATION CHECK
WITH THE CREW.
START WITH GUIDED NAVIGATION AND
CONTROL.
>> DRAGON GNC, COM CHECK.
>> DRAGON, CLEAR.
>> GNC, LOUD AND CLEAR.
STANDBY FOR THE COM CHECK WITH
THE ENGINEER.
>> DRAGON, COUNTDOWN ONE, COM
CHECK.
>> DRAGON, LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> LOUD AND CLEAR, STANDBY WITH
THE AVIONICS ENGINEER.
>> DRAGON, COM CHECK.
>> AVIONICS DRAGON, LOUD AND
CLEAR.
>> AVIONICS, LOUD AND CLEAR.
STANDBY FOR GROUND CHECK WITH
THE GROUND CREW.
>> INAUDIBLE.
>> LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> LOUD AND CLEAR, STANDBY WITH
LAUNCH CONTROL.
>> DRAGON, LAUNCH CONTROL, COM
CHECK.
>> LAUNCH CONTROL, DRAGON, LOUD
AND CLEAR.
>> LAUNCH CONTROL, LOUD AND
CLEAR,.
>> DRAGON, CHIEF ENGINEER,
COUNTDOWN ONE.
GROUND CHECK.
>> DRAGON HAS YOU LOUD AND 
CLEAR.
>> CHIEF ENGINEER, LOUD AND
CLEAR.
THIS COMPLETES THE COM CHECKS.
DRAGON, CHIEF ENGINEER, DRAGON
TO GROUND.
>> GO AHEAD, SIR.
>> JUST DOING A COM CHECK ON
THIS LOOP.
GOOD LUCK GUYS, BUCKLE IN.
>> THANKS.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE JUST HEARD A SERIES OF
CHECKS THEY ARE AND I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU WANT TO DESCRIBE A LITTLE
MORE ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND
WE HEARD THE ACRONYM GNC, THEY
SAID GUIDANCE NAVIGATION AND
CONTROL REALLY QUICKLY AND THEN
WENT BACK TO THE ACRONYM, GNC.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT
MEANS?
>> LAUNCH CHIEF ENGINEER THEY
THINK HIM TOWARD THE END
INITIATE CONTACT WITH ALL THE W
SUBSYSTEMS THAT THOSE ENGINEERS
THAT ARE ON OPERATORS TODAY AND
TALKING WITHAT CREW AND MAKING
SURE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO
COMMIT A GATE WITH THEM
BIDIRECTIONALLY AND HANDING THAT
CHECK OFF FROM ALL OVER THE
DIFFERENT STATIONS ON CONSOLE
TODAY.
THAT WAS COOL.
WENG DON'T DO THAT AND THIS IS E
FIRST TIME FOR A REAL FLIGHT
THAT WE DONE THAT OPERATION.
VERY AWESOME.
>> AND NOW THAT THE HATCH IS
CLOSED A LOT OF THE WORK OF THIS
TEAM IS DONE BUT THEY ARE
OBVIOUSLY NOT FINISHED OR READY
TO LOSE -- YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THIS
ROOM.
>> THEY SHOULD BE COMPLETING THE
HATCH LEAK CHECK.
THAT IS THE PRESSURIZED AREA
BETWEEN TWO O-RINGS THAT ARE
THERE AND WE WANT TO PRESSURIZE
THAT AREA AND SEE IF IT HOLDS
PRESSURE BUT IT'S VERY SENSITIVE
TEST, VERY HIGH CRITERIA FOR
PASSING GOOD ONES THAT LEAK C
CHECK IS SHOWN TO BE OKAY AND
THE CAPSULE OR O-RINGS ARE ABLE
TO HOLD PRESSURE THE TEAM WILL
GO BACK AND THAT THEY LOVE
ACCESS PANEL AND INSTALL WILL BE
CALLED THE SIDE PRESSURE
EQUALIZATION PLUG.
ONCE THAT IS PLUGGED YOU CLOSE
EVERYTHING UP AND WHEN THE
CRUISE SPLASHES DOWN WHAT THEY
WILL DO IS PULL THAT PLUG TO
EQUALIZE PRESSURE ACROSS THE
HATCH.
THIS IS NOT COLLEGE THE HATCH TO
BUCKLE OR I'M SORRY, THE
CAPSULE, ANY OF THE VEHICLE TO
BUCKLE DUE TO A DIFFERENTIAL
PRESSURE AND THEY WILL COVER UP
THE SIDE HATCH ACCESS PANEL WITH
A THERMAL PROTECTION PANEL,
CLOSE IT UP AND MAKE SURE IT
STAYS SAFE.
>> AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT A
VIEW FROM THE OUTSIDE, TOP OF
FALCON NINE AND CREW DRAGON.
>> WE CONFIRM A GOOD SIDE HATCH
CHECK LEAK.
>> DRAGON, COPIES.
>> WE JUST HEARD CONFIRMATION OF
A GOOD LEAK CHECK.
>> IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FALCON
NINE ROCKET WITH CREW DRAGON
SITTING ON TOP INSIDE THAT
CAPSULE ON TOP WERE NASA
ASTRONAUTS DOUG AND BOB AND THEY
ARE INSIDE TWO HOURS UNTIL
LIFTOFF.
IF THE WEATHER HOLDS UP.
THERE IS ANOTHER STUNNING AERIAL
VIEW OF THE CREW ACCESS ARM
EEXTENDED OUT TOWARD CREW DRAGO.
THAT IS THE FINAL PASS THAT THE
ASTRONAUTS TOOK TO, BOARD DRAGON
BEFORE THEY STRAPPED INTO THEIR
SEATS AND THE HATCH CLOSED.
NO DOUBT BOB AND DOUG ARE
FOCUSED ON THE MISSION AHEAD BUT
WE ALSO HEARD THE ADMINISTRATOR
AND ELON MUSK TALKING ABOUT HOW
THEY HAVE BEEN JOVIAL AND JOKING
AROUND AND LELAND, YOU MENTIONED
TO ME DURING THAT SEGMENT THAT
THAT IS IMPORTANT.
>> IT REALLY IS, MARIE.
WHEN WE WERE IN THE VEHICLE
AFTER WE GOT TO THIS POINT WHEN
THE HATCH WAS CLOSED, WE WERE
ALL GOING BACK TO THOSE MOMENTS
OF OUR TRAINING WE WERE GOING
THROUGH TRAINING AND ENTRY ON
THE SHUTTLE, DIFFERENT PHASES OF
FLIGHT THAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH
ANDN WE WERE THING ABOUT ART
INSTRUCTORS WHO GOT US THERE AND
ARE CREW NOTEBOOKS WE WOULD HAVE
NAMES OF PEOPLE THAT WERE VERY
IMPACTFUL IN MAKING SURE THAT WE
WERE PERFECT IN OUR TRAINING AN-
>> THAT LOOKS LIKE A VIEW OF AIR
FORCE ONE.
THEY ARE FLYING NEAR LAUNCH PAD
39 A FOR A SPECIAL GUEST TO HAVE
A SPECIAL VIEW OF THE ASTRONAUTS
ON THE LAUNCHPAD.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ON BOARD, MAKING
HIS WAY TO KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
TO HOPEFULLY FILE LAUNCH AT 4:3.
THERE THEY ARE.
THEY ARE IN VIEW OF THE
LAUNCHPAD.
NO DOUBT HE'S LOOKING OUT THE
WINDOW AT BOB AND DOUG ON AND
THAT'S GOT TO BE AN AMAZING
SIGHT TO SEE FROM ON BOARD AIR
FORCE ONE.
WE ARE AT T MINUS ONE HOUR 46
MINUTES, 22 SECONDS AND COUNTING
FROM LAUNCH.
GUYS, THE LAST TIME WE DID A
LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ONLY
FOUND OUT THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS
COMING THE LAST PRESIDENT TO
WITNESS A LAUNCH FROM HERE AT
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER WAS BILL
CLINTON AND I WAS BACK IN
OCTOBER, 1998 FOR S TF 95.
IT'S BEEN A MINUTE.
>> WE ARE ABOUT 56 SECONDS AWAY
FROM -- NO WE ARE NOT, WE HAVE
AN HOUR AND 56 SECONDS AWAY.
NEVERMIND, INSTEAD WE ARE ONE
HOUR 45 MINUTES AWAY FROM LAUNCH
INTO HERE YOU ARE THERE WITH THE
SOCIAL TEAMS.
I BET YOU ARE SEEING EXCITEMENT
ON ALL THE THINGS WE JUST SAW ON
THE SCREEN THERE.
>> LAUREN, LIKE YOU SAID, THINGS
ARE RAMPING UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA
OUT RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY SEEINE
THAT HATCH CLOSE AND ALSO
WATCHING THE FLYOVER HAPPENED.
WE ARE UP TO 1.7 MILLION VIEWERS
ACROSS ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA
CHANNELS AND LET'S CHECK OUT
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ON
TWITTER RIGHT NOW.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT MORE
CREATIVITY STILL GOING ON AND
SOME PEOPLE ARE CRYING WITH
PRIDE IN HOUSTON, FEEL IT.
WE EVEN HAVE ELIZABETH BANKS WHO
FROM THE HUNGER GAMES AND THAT
IS AWESOME, WE HAVE GOOD LUCK
AND C WELL WISHES FOR BOB AND DG
ACROSS THESO NATION BUT THIS IS
BEEN A CONSTANT ONLINE TODAY
WHICH IS SO GREAT TO SEE MORE
FUTURE ASTRONAUTS AND KIDDOS
GETTING EXCITED AND WE EVEN HAVE
THE BAN STEEL JEANINE IN FOR
LAUNCH.
LOOKS LIKE MORE PEOPLE STANDING
BY TO WITNESS THIS HISTORIC
LAUNCH TODAY.
GUYS, ON TOP OF WHAT IS BEING
SAID ON SOCIAL MEDIA WE'VE GOT A
LOT OF WELL WISHES FROM EVERYONE
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY SHOWING US
WHAT TO DATE MEANS IN THEIR
CREATIVE WAYS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT VIDEO.
>> [INAUDIBLE] ♪♪
>> I'M AUDREY AND I BUILT THIS.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
>> GUY'S, JUST LOOK AT EVERYBODY
EXCITED FOR TODAY'S LAUNCH.
IF THAT DOES NOT GET YOU PUMPED,
COME ON, LET'S GO.
WE EVEN GOT TO SEE ASTRONAUT SUE
B WHICH IS A PURPOSEFUL AND
FAVORITE OF MINE.
I HAVE MY LUCKY SNOOPY PEN AND
YOU PROBABLY CAN'T SEE IT BUT
HE'S LITERALLY MY SPIRIT ANIMAL
GOOD ANYWAY, GET EXCITED, THE
TIMETH IS ALMOST HERE.
WITH THAT LET'S TALK BACK TO
LAUREN AT KENNEDY.
>> THANK YOU.
SHE LIKES NEWBIE, I LIKE THE
LITTLE GIRL DURING THE WORM.
>> I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE.
>> I DON'T.
[LAUGHTER]
CLEARLY THIS IS CAPTURING THE
ATTENTION OF PEOPLE ALL ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO JOIN THE
CONVERSATION BY USING THE #
LAUNCH AMERICA ACROSS SOCIAL
MEDIA.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE
WITH YOU A LOT ABOUT THE SPACEX
CREW DRAGON VEHICLE THE CREW IS
SITTING IN RIGHT NOW.
A LOT ABOUT THE CREW THEMSELVES
AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TODAY AS
THE OFFICIAL RETURN OF HUMAN
LAUNCH CAPABILITY TO AMERICAN
SHORES AND NOW WE WANT TO TURN
OUR ATTENTION TO WHERE THE CREW
IS GOING.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
FOR THAT LET'S TAKE YOU TO
MISSION CONTROL IN HOUSTON.
TIGARY.
>> THANK YOU, MARIE.
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS
AN INCREDIBLE FACILITY WHOSE
CONSTRUCTION OPERATION AND
ONGOING SCIENCE ALL OF THESE
EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY AN UNPRECEDENTED,
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION.
TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE SPACE
STATION WE HAVE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION CHIEF SCIENTIST
KIRK COSTELLO WITH US.
KIRK, WELCOME.
>> GARY, THANK YOU.
IT'S AN AMAZING DAY TO BE HERE
TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS EXTORT
LAUNCH TO THE ISS.
>> IT REALLY IS GREAT MANY
VIEWERS MAY NOT REALIZE THAT
THERE IS A LABORATORY AND THAT
IS THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD,
250 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH AND IS
BEEN THERE FOR 20 YEARS
CONDUCTING REVOLUTIONARY
SCIENCE.
CAN YOUAL SHARE WITH US MORE ABT
WHAT THE SPACE STATION IS AND
WHAT IT'S ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR.
>> SURE, GARY.
OVER THOSE 20 YEARS WE'VE
CONDUCTED OVER 3100 EXPERIMENTS
ONBOARD THISHA SPACE STATION.
THOSE 3100 EXPERIMENT HAVE BEEN
DONE BY OVER 4100 INVESTIGATORS
AND REPRESENT THE WORK OF OVER
108 REGIONS AND COUNTRIES.
THE WORK GOING ON ON THE SPACE
STATION IS NOT ONLY THERE TO
HELP US WITH OUR EXPLORATION
GOALS OR HOW TO GO FURTHER INTO
SPACE BUT ALSO TO BRING BACK
BENEFITS FOR EARTH.
AND TO PRODUCE A COMMERCIAL
MARKETPLACE IN LOW EARTH ORBIT.
ALL THREE OF THESE OBJECTIVES,
ALONG WITH THE INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION THAT IT TOOK TO
BUILD SUCH AN AMAZING LABORATORY
IN SPACE ARE GREAT EXAMPLES OF
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ISS C
PROGRAM.
>> KIRK, WE KNOW TODAY'S MISSION
IS GOOD TO GO TO PROVIDING US
WITH A STEADY CADENCE OF
OPERATIONAL FLIGHTS.
WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO
HAVE THIS CAPABILITY FROM A
RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE?
>> GREAT QUESTION.
TODAY'S TEST FLIGHT BRINGS US TO
THE BEGINNING OF THE COMMERCIAL
CREW PROGRAM, A COMMERCIAL CREW
PROGRAM WHICH WILL RAISE OUR
OCCUPANCY ON THE U.S. SEGMENT OF
THE SPACE STATION 24 ASTRONAUTS.
THAT FOURTH ASTRONAUT COMES AS A
REAL PREMIUM TO DOING RESEARCH
ON THE SPACE STATION.
THE TASKS DON'T GET PARTICULARLY
MORE INTENSIVE TO DO SYSTEMS AND
MAINTENANCE SO THAT IS FOURTH
ASTRONAUT AND THE TIME BECOMES
DEDICATED TO PERFORMING MORE
SCIENCE.
IN FACT, ENOUGH TIME THAT IT
WILL ESSENTIALLY DOUBLED THE
AMOUNT OF CREW TIME WE HAVE TO
PERFORM EXPERIMENTS ON BOARD THE
SPACE STATION.
THE RETURN TO U.S. SOIL ALSO
BRINGS US THE ABILITY TO RETURN
SAMPLES MORE QUICKLY AND GET
HUMAN SAMPLES BACK DOWN TO THE
GROUND MORE QUICKLY AS WELL.
>> KIRK, YOU TALK ABOUT THIS
GREAT RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC
EXPERIMENTS BUT WHAT WOULD YOU
SAY TO SOMEONE WATCHING THIS AND
THINKING THIS IS NOT RELEVANT TO
ME AND I WILL NEVER GO TO SPACE
OR DO SCIENCE.
WHAT YOU SAY TO THOSE PEOPLE?
>> AGAIN, ONE OF THE FOCUSES ON
THE ISS BENEFITS FOR HUMANITY.
FOR ALL OF US WHO'VE BEEN STUCK
AT HOME DURING THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC WE'VE BEEN WONDERING
WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO HAVE MORE
BANDWIDTH?
WHY IS THE INTERNET SLOWING
DOWN?
SOME OF THE RESEARCH WE ARE
DOING ON BOARD THE SPACE STATION
PARTICULARLY IN THE OPTICAL
FIBER IS USING THE FACT THAT WE
DON'T HAVE SEDIMENTATION INTO
MICROGRAVITY W TO DEVELOP NEW
MATERIALS THAT WILL HELP THOSE
BUILD MORE PERFECT FIBER OPTIC
T.CABLES WHICH WILL ALLOW US FOR
BETTER BANDWIDTH AND LOWER COST
IN IMPLEMENTATION NETWORKS HERE
ON EARTH.
THEN IF YOU ARE NOT A TECH GEEK
MAYBE YOU ARE INTERESTS LIE IN
HUMAN HEALTH AND THEN WE HAVE
MULTIPLE EXPERIMENTS GOING ON TO
HELP US DEVELOP NEW DRUGS, NEW
TREATMENTS ON BOARD THE ISS.
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ARE
WORKING ON METHODS THAT ALLOW US
TO CRYSTALLIZE, PROTEINS IN
SPACE IN A MORE PURE AND MORE
STANDARDIZED METHOD AND THIS
COULD LEAD TO ANTIBODY
SUSPENSION THAT WE CAN TREAT
THROUGH INJECTION INSTEAD OF A
PAINFUL INFUSION.
WE ALSO ARE DEVELOPING STUDIES
INTO OUR CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE
TISSUES AND ORGANS IN SPACE.
AGAIN, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE
SEDIMENTATION THERE IS A
CAPABILITY THERE TO PRODUCE MOR 
REALISTIC TISSUES THAT CAN
SOMEDAY POSSIBLY BE USED TO
PRESENT HUMAN DISEASE?
>> KIRK, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
SOME CARGO GOING UP WITH THEM
BUT I UNDERSTAND THEY PLAN TO
BRING SOME SCIENCE BACK.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, GARY.
A LOT OF THEIR CARGO GOING UP
WITH THEM HAVE BEEN CREW
SUPPLIES AND TO SUPPORT THEM
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DO EVA ON
BOARD BUT THE CARGO THAT WILL
BRING YOU DOWN IS SCIENCE AND IT
COULD COME FROM THE SPECTRUM.UT
GIVE STUDENT EXPERIMENTS IN
SEEDS THAT WILL BE RETURNING
WITH THE CREW DRAGON AND WE ALSO
HAVE A NUMBER OF EXPERIMENTS
THAT ARE DEPENDENT ON THEIR
SAMPLES RETURNING IN FROZEN
LOCKERS ON THE SPACEX DRAGON TO
BE ABLE TO DO THE SCIENCE THEY
ARE.
THOSE INCLUDE RESEARCH TISSUES
FROM THE NATIONAL 17 MISSION AND
ALSO OUR VEGGIE EXPERIMENTS
WHICH ARE EXPERIMENTS AND
GROWING PLANTS IN SPACE THAT
WILL BE NEEDED WHEN WE GO TO
MORE DISTANT LOCATIONS LIKE THE
MOON AND MARS.
>> INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
AND LET'S HEAR FROM ONE OF THE
NEXT ASTRONAUTS TO FLY TO THE
STATION ON A CREW DRAGON TALKING
WITH MARINA.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AM SO HONORED TO BE A PART OF
TODAY'S MOMENTOUS LAUNCH.
MY GUESS IS NO STRANGER TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
WILL RETURN FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN NEARLY A DECADE FOR HIS THIRD
SPACE FLIGHT WITH THE CREW ONE
LAUNCH EXPECTED LATER THIS YEAR.
HAVING LOGGED 177 DAYS IN SPACE
FROM FLIGHTS ON THE SPACE
SHUTTLE DISCOVERY [INAUDIBLE] AS
TO NOT ONLY SPENT MORE TIME AND
SPACE THAN ANYC OF HIS OTHER
CREWMATES.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME HIM
HERE WITH US TODAY BUT THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
[SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE]
>> THAT'S WONDERFUL.
MARINA, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME
TODAY.
THIS IS WONDERFUL.
TODAY WE ARE CELEBRATING THE
LAUNCH.
AM HAPPY TO BE HERE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE WITH US.
I AM SURE YOU HAVE FELT THE
EXCITEMENT FOR TODAY'S LAUNCH
AND YOU WILL BE ON THE NEXT CREW
DRAGON FLIGHT AFTER THIS 100 ARE
YOU EXCITED TO LAUNCH FROM
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AGAIN AND
HOW ARE YOU PREPARING FOR THIS
NEW VEHICLE?
>> YES, WE ARE EXCITED TO GO
BACK TO KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BUT
MY FIRST SPACEFLIGHT WAS FROM
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER ON THAT
DISCOVERY AND THAT WAS 15 YEARS
AGO BUT MY MEMORY IS STILL
FRESH.
I STILL FEEL THE VIBRATIONM OF
THE LAUNCH, THE SAME LAUNCHPADO 
OF 39 A WHICH THEY WILL GO UP
AND WE WILL GO UP WITH CREW ONE.
OUR CREW IS GETTING READY FOR
THE FINAL TRAINING PHASE WHICH
WILL CALM IN THE COMING WEEKS
AND THE MOOD IS HIGH.
WE ARE READY TO GO UP.
>> AS YOU KNOW, THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ANDC
SPACE EXPLORATION IS AN
INTERNATIONAL EFFORT AND HOW YOU
FEEL REPRESENTING THE JAPANESEWH
SPACE AGENCY ONCE AGAIN ON THE
ISS?
>> I THINK THE STRENGTHS OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS
DIVERSITY OF ALL THE
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES AND
ADDING DIVERSITY IS GIVES A
REALITY TO THE PROGRAM.
THE SAME APPLIES TO OUR CREW AND
OUR CREW WE HAVE FOUR OF US BUT
QUITE A DIFFERENT BACKGROUND AND
QUITE A DIFFERENT ETHNICITY AND
DEFINITELY DIVERSITY IS THE KEY
WORD OF OUR SUCCESS TO CREW ONE
BACK I'M SURE IT WILL BE VERY
SUCCESSFUL.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TOE
ONCE YOU GET BACK TO THE ISS?
>> THIS WILL BE MY THIRD VISIT
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MY
COLLEAGUES THAT KEEP SAYING YOU
GOT TO VISIT THE SPACE STATION
AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S GETTING MORE
COMFORTABLE, MORE ROOMY AND I
CANNOT WAIT TO GO BACK TO MY
STATION AFTER TEN YEARS.
>> NOTHING BEATS THAT VIEW, DOES
IT?
>> DEFINITELY.
MY LAST FLIGHT WE INSTALLED THE
BIG WINDOW AND THIS IS THE
NUMBER ONE TIME FOR US AND I AM
READY TO SHOOT AS MANY PHOTOS AS
I CAN.
>> AMAZING.
I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
THOSE PHOTOS.
...
OBVIOUSLY.
THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE TAME FOR
ASTRONORE T?
S AND READY TO SHOOT AS FAR AS I
CAN AS WELL.
AMAZING.
WELL, I WILL LOOK FORND QLOW SEG
THOSE PHOTOS.
 U SURE REMEM
THE LAUNCH EXPERIENCE.
SO I THINK THEY ARE PRETTY
RELAXED AND SO FAR, BENJAMIN
TRAINING I LEARNED THAT MOST OF
THE STEPS BEFORE THE LAUNCH IS
QUITE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE IN
THE SPACE SHUTTLE.
SO A DIFFERENT SUIT,OR DIFFERENT
VEHICLE BUT AND TO GO UP INTO
THE CAPSULE SHOOT SEEM SIMILAR.
>> ACTUALLY ARE.
[SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE].
WE ARE BOTH IN AND THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
MY BIKE.
>> GLITTER LUNCH LULU'S YEAR.
I WAS EXCITED WELCOME I WAS IN
THE BACK TO YOU.
>> I NOW HAVE THE DISTINCT
PLEASURE FROM BEING JOINT WITH A
RECORD-BREAKING ASTRONAUT.
CHRISTINA COOK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE COMING UP ON 20 YEARS
RATED ON THE SPACE STATION, AND
YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE HUMANS.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO SEE THIS
LAUNCH UNFOLD AFTER SO MUCH
HISTORY ALREADY.
>> IS REALLY JUST SUCH AN HONOR.
NOT ONLY ARE WE PUSHING THE
BOUNDARIES OF KNOWLEDGE AND
EXPIRATION.
BUT ALSO ON HOW WE ACCOMPLISH
THAT MISSION.
WE ARE BRINGING IN COMMERCIAL
PARTNERS IN FOSTERING THE SPACE
ECONOMY.
WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
ALWAYS PUSHING FORWARD AND
ALWAYS TAKEN THE NEXT STEP.
I THINK IT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE
TO BE PART OF AN ORGANIZATION TO
RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE NOT
ACTUALLY TAKING A STEP IN
INNOVATING EVERY SINGLE TIME WE
DO THIS, THEN WE ARE NOT TRULY
CALLED TO EXPLORE AND PUSH THOSE
BOUNDARIES.
>> CHRISTINA, UNDER THE BOB AND
DOUG, WHAT ADVICE YOU HAVE FOR
THEM AS A CREWMEMBER.
>> WILL BEING ABLE TO LIVE IN
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
AND WORKED THERE IS SUCH A
PRIVILEGE.
AS SUCH AN AMAZING LABORATORY.
ALSO LEARNING HOW WE CAN PARSE
FURTHER INTO THE UNIVERSE.
IT IS AN HONOR.
THAT IS THE MAIN THING ABOUT HOW
IT FEELS TO BE UP THERE FOR A
LONG DURATION.
IN TERMS OF THE DEVICE, BOB AND
DOUG HAVE BEEN QUITE MENTORS.
THEY HAVE GIVEN ME ADVICE AND
STRAIGHT TO BE THE ONE TO BE IN
THE POSITION TO OFFER THEM
ANYTHING.
BUT I WOULD SAY THAT AS THE
SHUTTLE REQUIRES, THEY WERE
REALLY INTENSE.
LONGER OPERATIONS BASE FLIGHT IS
MORE OF A JOURNEY.
TAKE A MOMENT AND ENJOY IT .
REALLY WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE PART OF YOUR MISSION BE
TAKING IT ALL IN AND SHARING
THAT WITH THE PEOPLE THAT GOT TO
THEIR .
>> THANK YOU AGAIN CHRISTINA.
ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HEAR FROM
YOU.
ONCE AGAIN, BOB INTO, WHEN THEY
ARRIVE AT THE STATION, THEY WILL
BE GREETED BY ASTRONAUT CHRIS
CASSIDY.
THIS TALK TO A BRIEFING.
BEFORE DO THAT.
D
DOUG, ONCE BE ABOUT AND DOUG
ARRIVE.
TH
G WILL BE GREETED BY CHRIS
CASSIDY BUT BEFORE W
[SILENCE].
[SILENCE].
[SILENCE].
HELLO EVERYONE RATED I ASTRONAUT
CHRIS CASSIDY ABOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
250 MILES FLYING ABOVE THE
EARTH.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT TODAY'S LUNCH
AND THE POSSIBILITY IT WILL
BRING FOR AMERICA AND TO THE
WORLD.
BUT ALSO I AM VERY EXCITED TWO)
WILL BE ARRIVING IN JOINING THE
GROUP.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF FLYING
WITH DOUG EARLY IN BOTH OF OUR
SHUTTLE MISSIONS BACK IN 2009.
TOGETHER WE CHANGE THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
HELP CONSTRUCT THE AMAZING
FACILITY THAN IT IS TODAY.
ALTHOUGH THIS WILL BE MY FIRST
MISSION WITH BOB IT WAS MY HONOR
TO FOLLOW HIM AS A CHIEF WHEN HE
LEFT BACK IN 2015 AND BEGAN HIS
TRAINING FOR THIS AMAZING
MISSION.
PERSONALLY, I'VE BEEN VERY
FORTUNATE TO BE PART OF THIS.
LAUNCHING FROM AMERICA ON THE
SHUTTLE MOST RECENTLY LAUNCHING
- BUT I L CAN'T TELL YOU HOW
EXCITING IT IS TO KNOW THAT WE
ARE ONCE AGAIN PLUNGING
AMERICANS FROM THE COAST OF
FLORIDA.
AND FINALLY, HERE'S A STORY I
WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.
BACK IN 1981, JOHN YOUNG MARKED
THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA, THE
VERY FIRST LIGHT MARKEY THE LAST
TIME I FLEW AMERICA'S ON
BRAND-NEW VEHICLES.
WITH THEM, A FLUENT AMERICAN
FLAG REPRESENTING AMERICAN
PROGRESS.
THIRTY YEARS LATER, THE SAME
FLAG WAS FLOWN AT THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE REMAINDER TODAY WAITING FOR
BOB AND DOUG.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS BROUGHT
TO OUR COUNTRY IN THE SMALL
PIECE OF AMERICA REPRESENTS WHAT
WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE
TOGETHER.
WE WILL NEVER STOP EXPLORING.
AND SO BOB AND DOUG CAN TAKE
THIS VERY SPECIAL FLAG FOR THE
NEXT JOURNEY.
IN A FEW YEARS, THE CREW WILL
TAKE THE FLIGHT WITH AND AROUND
THE BONE.
ALL OF THE STARS TODAY.
I WILL BE WATCHING OUTSIDE OF
THE WINDOW ALONG WITH EVERYONE
ELSE IN AMERICA AND AROUND THE
WORLD.
 THEN'T WAIT TO LOOK OUT
WINDOW AND SEE MY FRIENDS AND
THEY APPROACH GRADING GO FALCON
NINE, GO DRAGON AND GO BOB AND
DOUG.
I WILL SEE YOU SOON.
>> THAT WAS A VERY SPECIAL
MESSAGE, RIGHT NOW THE AMERICAN
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
THOUGH HE WILL BE READY AND
WAITING.
WE WELCOME BOB AND DOUG WHEN
THEY ARRIVED TOMORROW.
A LITTLE LATER TOMORROW MORNING.
THE KEPT UP NOW STANDS AT T
MINUS ONE HOUR, 25 MINUTES AND
54 SECONDS AND COUNTING.
UNTIL LUNCH.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU
JUST HOW MUCH IS HAPPENING HERE
AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SINCE
THE LAST TIME WE HAD A CREW ON
THE PAD WATCHING FROM HERE.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THE END OF
THE SHUTTLE ERROR, WAS A
BITTERSWEET MOMENT FOR MANY
PEOPLE ACROSS THIS SPACEPORT.
BUT IN THE END WE KNEW WE WERE
STRIVING FOR THE STATE AND HERE
WE ARE.
JOINING US NOW IS KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER DEPUTY DIRECTOR JANET ON
THE COMEBACK ACROSS FLORIDA'S
COAST.
>> THANK YOU MARIE.
JANET WAS JUST TELLING ME YOU
WEREN'T THERE AS THE CREW WALKED
OUT PRETTY TO ME A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT YOU SAW BETWEEN THE
ASTRONAUTS AND THEIRLT FAMILY.
MARIA: IS VERY HISTORIC IN AN
EMOTIONAL.
SO WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT OFRY
THE DOORS A CHEER WENT UP FROM
EVERYBODY.
THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS THERE
ILANA WAS THERE.
CHRIS FAMILIES WERE THERE.
AND BOB AND MYSELF IN THE CENTER
LEADERSHIP IS THERE TO CHEER
THEM ON.
WHEN THEY CAME OUT, THEN THEY
WENT TO FAMILIES AND BOB SAID, A
VIRTUAL HUG AND HE SHOUTED OUT A
VIRTUAL HUG AND APR THIS MOTION
AND OF COURSE HIS CHILD ALSO DID
THAT VIRTUAL HUG.
THAT IS A TRADITION OF DUTY
VIRTUAL HUG WITH THE FAMILIES.
AND THEN THEY WALKED AND GOT
INTO THE TESLA.
EITHER SITE.
THE FAMILY WALKED RIGHT UP TO
THE WINDOW OF THE TESLA AND WERE
TALKING AND HAVING A PRIVATE
LAST MOMENT WITH HER FATHER.
HAND OF THE WINDOWS.
VERY EMOTIONAL.
HEAD TEARS IN MY EYES.
IT WAS REALLY A SPECIAL
EMOTIONAL MOMENT.
AND EVERYBODY COURSE WAS WISHING
THEM WELL.
A LOT OF I LOVE YOUSE AND GOD
SPEEDS.
TAKEAN CARE, ALL OF THAT.
IT WAS VERY SPECIAL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING
THAT WITH US.
SO IN THE CONTEXT, YOU REMEMBER,
YOU'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2007, YOU
ARE HERE IN 2011 WHEN SHUTTLE
ATLANTA CAME HERE . ATTACK TO,
LAYOFF NOTICES WENT OUT WHAT THE
NEXT DAY WHEN THE SHUTTLE CAME
ATTO A STOP.
IT WAS A VERY SAD TIME.
THE DIRECTOR HERE CALLED IT.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT TIME AND HOW
FAR WE HAVE COME.
JANET: SO AS YOU KNOW, IT WAS
THE END OF A VERY ICONIC
PROGRAM.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SPENT THEIR
ENTIRE CAREER WORKING ON THE
SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM.
SO HUNDRED AND 35 FLIGHTS, ALL
OF THEM WATCHING FROM A A COMPL,
39 AND MANY FROM 39 A AND WHERE
WE WILL BE OUT LUNGING FROM
TODAY.
AND THEN RETURNING BACK.
SO TO ICONIC SONIC BOOM'S WAS
SOMETHING THAT ALL ALONG THE
SPACE COAST, PEOPLE REALLY
RESONATED WITH.
THEY FELT IN THEIR HEARTS.
IT WAS A VERY SAD TIME.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT 30 YEAR
PROGRAM, WE HAD PLANNED FOR IT,
THE WORKFORCE WAS INCREDIBLE.
THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
SPEND THEIR ENTIRE CAREER HERE
AND THEY WANTED TO SAFELY LIKE
THAT SHOVEL OUT.
AND THEN THEYTO RETIRED.
THERE IS ANOTHER LARGE GROUP OF
PEOPLE THAT JUST WANTED TO PUT
ON THE RESUME THAT THEY HAD BEEN
PRIVILEGED TO WORK IN A SPACE
SHUTTLE.
SO THE WORKFORCE WAS INCREDIBLY
PROUD OF.
THEY WERE RESILIENT, DEDICATED,
WE WERE COMMITTED TO SAFELY
FLYING OUT THAT SHUTTLE.
THEY DO NOT SKIP ANY STEPS AND
REGARDLESS, AS YOU SAID, THEY
KNEW THEY WERE GETTING THEIR
LAYOFF NOTICES.
I THINK IT LANDED ON A
WEDNESDAY.
AND THEY GOT IT OFF ON A FRIDAY
AND THEY WORK IN IT UNTIL THE
END TO MAKE SURE WE SAFELY FLEW
IT OUT.
OF COURSE WE WHICH WE HAVE A LOT
FEWER HERE TODAY.
AND OF COURSE OUR OPERATIONS,
YOU REMEMBER THOSE LAST SHUTTLE
FLIGHTS PREDICT EVERYBODY AROUND
THE COUNTRY WANTED TO BE PART OF
THAT EXPERIENCE.
WE REALLY LEANED FORWARD TO
MAXIMIZE HOW MANY PEOPLE WE
COULD GET BOTH ON-SITE AND
NEVERMIND HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE
LINED UP AT THE BEACHES, ALL
ALONG THE RIVER TO WATCH THAT
LAST FLIGHT.
TODAY WITH COVID-19,
UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE NOT ABLE
TO HAVE ON-SITE GAS OPERATIONS
PREDICT THAT WASD PRETTY SAID
THIS HISTORIC FLIGHT.
BUT ALL THAT THERE IS A TEN OF
PEOPLE WATCHING FROM THE BEACHES
AND EVEN FROM THE TV AS WE
LAUNCH HERE TODAY.
>> ATTRIBUTE TO YOUR LEADERSHIP.
AND GETTING THINGS TURN AROUND
HERE AND GETTING THE COMMERCIAL
ENTITIES IN HERE.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THE YOU HAVE
DONE TO GET AND MAKE THAT
HAPPEN.
JANET WE APPRECIATE YOU E HERE.
ALL RIGHT VARY BACK A TO YOU.
MARIE: AND THEY HAVE WORKED FOR
YEARS TO GET TO THIS MOMENT,
TODAY'S MISSION OPENS THE DOOR
TO AN ENTIRE NEW ERA IN HUMAN
SPACEFLIGHT.
NOT ONLY FOR ASTRONAUTS ME BUT
SOMEDAY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC
AS WELL.
FROM THE BEGINNING, AND IS BEEN
OUR MISSION IS BASICS TO HELP
MAKE A MONETARY, WELL, HUMANITY
AND TODAY'S MISSION IS AN
IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS THAT
GOAL.
THE KEY TO OPENING UP SPACE
ACCESS FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND
ME IS USABILITY.
WITHOUT IT TRAVELING IN SPACE IS
JUST FAR TOO EXPENSIVE FOR THE
AVERAGE PERSON TO DO.
AND THAT'S HOW EXPENSIVE A
FLIGHT, LA TO NEW YORK WOULD BE
IF YOU HAD TO THROW THE PLANE
AWAY AFTER A SINGLE TRIP.
[LAUGHTER].
EXACTLY.
IT WOULD COST HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
AND NO ONE COULD EVER AFFORD TO
FLY.
SO THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT AND THE
FALCON NINE ROCKET ARE DESIGNED
TO BE REUSABLE.
BUT NOT ONLY THE LIE RELIABILITY
OF THE VEHICLE.
A FLIGHT PROVEN AGAIN AND AGAIN
BUT ALSO DRIVES DOWN COSTS.
THIS IS ESSENTIAL IN ENABLING
NOT JUST A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE BUT
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
TO GET UP THERE AND TO EXPLORE
THE MOON, MARS, BEYOND.
AND I FOR ONE, IS MY DREAM TO
VISIT JUPITER'S MOON EUROPA.
IT LELAND HAS HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GET OFF THE
PLANET AND GO EXPLORE.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO NEXT.
>> I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO
MARS.
AND BE THERE ABOUT EIGHT HERE ON
THE MARTIAN SURFACE.
BUT ONE CONDITION I WOULD HAVE
TO HAVE, MY PUPS WOULD HAVE TO
GO WITH ME RATED BECAUSE IT'S
ABOUT EXPLORING NEW PLACES AND
TAKING YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU.OU
WE HAVE THESE CREWMATES, THE
PEOPLE YOU GET TO KNOW AND LOVE
OVER THE COURSE OF TRAINING BUT
SOMETHING LIKE HAVING YOUR
FAMILY WITH YOU.
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
WE WILL SEE IN THE FUTURE.
PEOPLE IN OTHER PLANETS.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO SEE
YOUR DOG.
>> WE HAVE SEEN THEM IN A
PORTRAIT.
THE KNOCK SKIN WITH YOU TO TAKE
A PICTURE IN YOUR SWIMMING SUIT
BACK IN THE DAY.
IT IS.
>> NO DOGS ALLOWED IT NASA.
>> THEY HAD THEIR MOMENT.
AND KNOWING THAT THE OPPORTUNITY
TO FLY TO SPACE AS A PRIVATE
CITIZEN, OR MAYBE A PRIMA DOG
ONE DAY.
HIS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
NEW QUESTION FOR YOU ON TWITTER.
IF YOU WERE GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY, WHEN YOU TRAVEL TO
SPACE AND LET US KNOW AND WE
WILL SHARE THE RESULTS OF THE
TWO BIT LATER.  THERE IS NOT A
LOT OF CARGO.
MARIE: THERE'S TWO SPECIAL
PAYLOADS THERE CARRYING EMPTY
SIDE FROM BOB AND DOUG OF
COURSE.
THE FIRST IS A SERIES OF CUSTOM
ART PIECES ENTITLED HUMANKIND BY
LAST ANGELES ARTIST . THESE
INDESTRUCTIBLE, DOUBLE-SIDED
PAINTINGS, ARE MADE FROM GOLD,
BRASS AND ALUMINUM.
ACCELERATE HOW FAR HUMANITY HAS
COME AS FAR AS AND HOW FAR WE
HAVE TO GO.
IT INCLUDES A BEAUTIFUL ROCKET
AS WELL IS NOT TO BOB AND DOUG'S
CURRENT RIGHT TO SPACE.
YOU CAN FIND MORE IMAGES AND
INFORMATION ABOUT THESE PIECES
ON SPACE X SOCIAL CHAT ROOM.
NOW WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE THE
CLASS OF 2020.
FROM KINDERGARTEN ALL OF THE WAY
THROUGH GRADUATE SCHOOL.
SPACE X AND NASA INVITED
STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
TO SOME OF T THE PHONE UP TO PLY
IN
 AMERICANS FIRST HUMAN SPACE
LIGHT IN NEARLY A DECADE.
EACH PHOTO WAS CREATED AS A
MOSAIC WHICH WE . IN A SCENE
BLOWN OVER BOB AND DOUG'S
FLIGHT.
WE RECEIVED NEARLY 100,000
PHOTOS.
SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS
TO ALL OF THE WORLD GRADUATES.
>> I AM SO PROUD OF WHAT WE'RE
DOING TODAY AND I THINK ABOUT
REGULAR PEOPLE FLYING INTO SPACE
ON THE SPACE X ROCKET ONE DAY.
WHEN I FIRST WANT TO SPACE, I
THOUGHT MY PRIMARY TASK OF
INSTILLING THE COLUMBUS
LABORATORYND WOULD BE MY AHA
MOMENT.
SHE SAID YOU GUYS WILL HAVE THE
REHYDRATED VEGETABLES WILL HAVE
THE MEAT.
[LAUGHTER].
WERE HAVING THIS MEAL AND IT'S
WITH AFRICAN-AMERICAN, FRENCH
GERMAN AND RUSSIAN IN THE FIRST
FEMALE COMMANDER.
BREAKING BREAD AT 17500 MILES AM
HOUR.
LGOING AROUND THE PLANET EVERY
NINE MINUTES.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT, LOOKING
OUT THE WINDOW, LINE OVER MY
HOMETOWN, FLYING OVER LEO'S
HOMETOWN OF PARIS.
FLYING OVER RUSSIA.
IT BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER AS AG
CIVILIZATION.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT SPACEFLIGHT
DOES FOR US.
THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PEOPLE TO GO TO SPACE WILL FEEL
LIKE AN INTERNATIONAL FAMILY OF
PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE
GOOD OFVE HUMANITY.
MARIE: ABSOLUTELY AND THAT'S
EXACTLY WHAT THAT PIECE OF ART
IS ALL ABOUT RATED AND FOLLOWING
TODAY'S MISSION, WE WILL BE ONE
STEP CLOSER TO A FUTURE WE CAN
ALL HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE.
WE CAN HAVET THAT ORBITAL
PERSPECTIVE THE ABILITY TO
EXPLORE A NEW WORLD.
AND JUST OVER AN HOUR FOR NOW,
BOB AND DOUG WILL BE THE FIRST
PEOPLE TO LAUNCH ON AN AMERICAN
VEHICLE IN ALMOST A DECADE.
IT IS REALLY HARD TO PUT INTO
WORDS HOW HONORED WE FEEL ABOUT
THE TRUST, THAT BOB AND DOUG
VANESSA PUT INTO HER TEAMS TO
CARRY OUT THIS CRITICAL MISSION.
I WORKED ON THE DRAGON FOR TWO
YEARS AND I COULD JUST IMAGINE
WHAT ALL OF MY FRIENDS AND
COLLEAGUES ARE THINKING RIGHT
NOW.
AS A SIT IN ANTICIPATION AND
EXCITEMENT OF WHAT IS TO COME.
IT'S BEEN THREE IS SPEAKING OF
THOSE WHO HAVE CARRIED THOSE
HOPES AND DREAMS OF SCIENCE AND
EXPIRATION.
WE HAVE A FEW SHOUT OUTS TO
SHARE.
>> WE ARE MAKING HISTORY AGAIN.
THE NASA PROGRAM.
I AM THERE WITH YOU GUYS IN
SPIRIT, BOB AND DOUG, GOOD LUCK.
I KNOW YOU WILL BE FINE.
I WILL BE WATCHING.
YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING CROSS,
ARMS AND LEGS.
I AM TIED IN A KNOT.
I CAN'T WAIT TO YOU GUYS TO GET
BACK INTO SAFETY.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT
IT ROCKET IS BEEN TAKEN PEOPLE
INTO SPACE FOR OVER NINE YEARS.
MORE ROCKETS MEANS MORE
EXPLORATION.
MORE PEOPLE IN SPACE, MEANS MORE
EXPLORATION.
MORE COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN THE
ENDEAVOR SPACEFLIGHT, MEANS MORE
EXPLORATION.
THIS IS HOW WE KNOW THE COSMOS
AND THE PLACES WITHIN IT.
SO CONGRATULATIONS SPACE X,
HERE'S WISHING YOUR TEAM AND
YOUR CREW ESPECIALLY, A SAFE
JOURNEY AND THE JOY OF
DISCOVERY.
LET'S GOIN EXPLANATION MARK.
MARIE: AND A BIG THANKS FOR
THOSE WELL WISHES.
MR BOOKKEEPING AND I ON THE PAD,
IF THAT NAME RINGS A BELL, IT'S
BECAUSE HE FLEW THREE SPACE
SHUTTLE MISSIONS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
INCLUDING THE FINAL ONE BY
ATLANTIS.
HE WAS ONE OF THE LAST FOUR
PEOPLE TO IN SPACE AND HE
CURRENTLY IS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
SAFETY ASSURANCE AT JOHNSON
SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
YOU AND LELAND, ACTUALLY FLEW
TOGETHER.
>> USUAL THE FINAL SHUTTLE
MISSION.
WITH TOOK EFFECT.
WHAT IS LIKE U BEING HERE NOW.
>> IS QUITE PRETTY THIS IS WHAT
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO.
AFTER THE END OF THE SHUTTLE
PROGRAM, IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT
TIME.
WE WANTED TO ALLOW THESE
COMPANIES TO TAKE THEIR
ASTRONAUTS TO THE SPACE STATION.
SO NINE YEARS WE HAVE THIS, WE
LAST LANDED ON ATLANTIS.
WE WORKED HARD FOR THAT.
WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AND
HERE WE ARE, DAY TODAY AND WE
ARE TAKING THAT FIRST STEP IN
THAT NEW ERA.
>> WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER MOST
ABOUT LAUNCH DATE FOR THE 135
MUCH.
>> I THINK IT WAS JUST, YOU FELT
THE WEIGHT OF IT.
IT WAS A STORY PROGRAM.
135 LIGHTS . THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
 THEIR LIVESORTED
INTO THIS PROGRAM.
AND OF COURSE TO BUILD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
SO THE INCREDIBLE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, IF YOU WANTED
TO FINISH STRONG.
AND THEN WHEN IT FINALLY BECAME
THE WASHDAY.
HE WORKED REALLY HARD AND KNOW
IT WAS TIME TO SOAK IT IN.
AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT BOB AND
DOUG ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.
THE CITY OF THE VEHICLE,
LISTENING TO THE SOUNDS AND
TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND
FEELING THE VIBRATIONS.
IT WILL BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE
FOR THEM.
MARIE: HI REX, WHAT IS YOUR TAKE
ON PRIVATE ASTRONAUTS GOING TO
SPACE.
>> I THINK IT IS GREAT.
THE MORE WE CAN DO TO
COMMERCIALIZE SPACE, TO MAKE
ACCESS EASIER, THE BETTER WE ARE
. AND I THINK THAT IS PART OF
THIS WHOLE PROGRAM . TO GET THE
COST DOWN SOME OF MORE PEOPLE
CAN AFFORD IT.
WE COULD DO MORE SCIENCE AND
RESEARCH.
AND TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE TO
FLY IN SPACE IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN
SEE THAT.
WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN ON THE
PLANET, ALL AROUND THE WORLD, IT
GIVES YOU A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE.
THAT WE ARE ALL CREWMATES ON
THIS PLANET EARTH.
HE KIND OF GET THAT NOW WITH
PANDEMIC.
WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
LIST OF THE SPACE PROGRAM DOES.
I WANT MORE PEOPLE TO SEE THE
EARTH FROM THAT VANTAGE POINT I
THINK IT WILL BRING PEOPLE
TOGETHER.
>> VERY SERIOUS QUESTION HERE.
PEOPLE WHICH MARK.
>> THE WORM IS ALSO AWESOME.
IT IS GREAT.
MARIE: THANK YOU VERY MUCH REX,
WE APPRECIATE YOU.
AS WE WATCH BOB AND DOUG THERE
IN THE CAPSULE, WE ARE AN HOUR D
AND TEN MINUTES AND SECONDS AND
COUNTING.
OVER TO JESSE FOR AN UPDATE.
REPORTER: THANKS MARIE, WE ARE
JUST AN HOUR AND 13 MINUTES AWAY
FROM THE LAUNCH AND THINGS ARE
REALLY GETTING READY TO PICK UP
HERE.
THEY WERE HELPED BY A CLOSE UP
ENGINEERS TO GET INTO THEIR
SEATS, ATTACHED THEIR SUITS TO A
SPECIAL UMBILICAL AND
COMMUNICATION LINK TO DRAGONS
SYSTEM.
THEY INDUCTIVELY JACKSON WERE H
SUCCESSFUL.
AND IS THE PERSON WHO WILL SPEAK
TO THEM DIRECTLY THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE MISSION AS WELL AS THE
LAUNCH DIRECTOR IN FLORIDA.
THIS IS WHERE THE CHECKING THE
GROUND STATION AND TRACKING DATA
REALLY SITES THAT WILL USE TO
TALK TO THE CREW THE ENTIRE WAY
TO THE STATION.
>> AND AFTER THOSE SUBJECTS WERE
COMPLETE, THE HATCH GOT THE
CHECK AND THE CLOSEOUT TEAM HAS
IT'S GOOD TO GO.
THEY'VE ALREADY DEPARTED IN
LITHERE ABOUT 25 MINUTES AHEAD F
THEIR SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW WHETHER
OPERATORS WORKING OUT THE FINAL
CHECK ON WIND NEEDS AT THE PAST
WHICH WILLR  BE USED IN THE REAY
IMPORTANT FOR THE FINAL GO OR NO
GO LAUNCH.
BEFORE WE GET TO THAT FINAL GO
OR NO GO, THEY'RE GOING TO DO
SOME INTERNAL THINGS TO MAKE
SURE THAT M CONDITIONS ARE GOOD
WITHOUT BENIGN, THE DRAGON AND
THE CREW . THE RANGE OF THE
SPACE STATION BEFORE THE FINAL
GO IS GIVEN.
SO WE WILL CHECK BACK IN WITH
HOUSTON REAL QUICK FOR A STATUS
ON THE TEAM THERE.
ON THEIR READINESS FOR LAUNCH.
IN WHICH CAN CONTROL THE BIKE
CIVIL HASFO BEEN PULLED AND WE E
GO FOR LUNCH . ALL SYSTEMS ON
BOARD THE STATION THAT S ARE
REQUIRED TO BE PERMISSION ARE
REPORTED GOOD AND WE ARE
STANDING BY.
THE STATION POWER AND
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ARE
LOOKING HEALTHY.
LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEMS ARE NORMAL.
AND THE TRAJECTORY IS RIGHT ON
TRACK TO ENSURE THAT DRAGONS
FLIGHT WILL BE RIGHT UP WITH THE
ORBITING COMPLEX AS PLANNED.
ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, IT IS GOING THROUGH THE
PRE.
AND WILL BECA ABLE TO WATCH THE
LAUNCH OF BOB AND DOUG.
LARGELY IN THE MONITOR MODE FOR
THE FIRST 18 HOURS OF THE
FLIGHT.
IN THE TEAM WILL REALLY JUMP IN
THE MIX TOMORROW WHEN THE DRAGON
GETS INTO THE RANGE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
WE BEGAN INTEGRATED OPERATIONS.
EVERYTHING IS GREEN FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL CENTER.
GODSPEED TO BOB AND DOUG.
>> IF YOU ARE JUST NOW JOINING
US, IS A REALLY GOOD TIME
BECAUSE WE ARE ONE HOUR IN EIGHT
MINUTES AND COUNTING AWAY FROM
LAUNCH.
THIS IS OUR COVERAGE FOR THIS
MISSION.
KNOWN AS DEMONSTRATION TWO.
OR DEMO TWO.
TH4:33 P.M. EASTERN.
AND WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE
WEATHER TO HOPEFULLY COOPERATE.
WERE STILL CHECKING A FEW THINGS
I PURCHASE PRECIPITATION . WE
HOPE THAT CLEARS WITHIN THE NEXT
20 MINUTES OR SO.
OVER THE LAST THREE HOURS ARE
PROOF MEMBERS, DOUG HURLEY AND
BOB, THEY WALKED OUT OF THE CREW
BUILDING JUST AS EVERY
RESTAURANT THAT FLIES WITH
APOLLO SEVEN.
THEY WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE PAD
WITH A GALLAGHER THE CREW DRAGON
SPACECRAFT AND CONTINUING TO
GIVE YOU THE HAVE THEM INSIDE OF
THAT CABIN LIFE.
MARIE: TODAY IS A HISTORIC
LAUNCH, THE FIRST TIME A
COMMERCIAL BUILT SPACECRAFT WILL
PUNCH PEOPLE INTO ORBIT.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE
U.S. AND SET PEOPLE TO THE SPACE
STATION FROM AMERICAN SOIL.
OVER THE NEXT HOUR, WE WILL
CONDUCT A SERIES OF TOLLS, AND
WILL BEGIN FUELING.
LUNCH IS SET FOR 4:33 P.M.
EASTERN BRAIDED THIS WILL
INCLUDE A 12 MINUTE FLIGHT TO
ORBIT AND THEN A 19 HOUR FLIGHT
TO DOCK AT THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AT 11:30 A.M.
EASTERN TIME TOMORROW.
>> TODAY'S MISSION IS THE
CULMINATION OF YEARS OF WORK
BETWEEN THE TEAMS SPACE X AND AT
NASA.
INTO END FLIGHT PATH . START
WITH LUNCH TODAY.
ALL THE WAY TO DOCKING WITH THE
SPACE STATION AND THEN WHENTA BB
AND DOUG COME HOME, THEY WILL
SPLASHDOWN IN THE ATLANTIC.
THIS WILL BE THE FINAL TEST FOR
NASA TO SURVIVE SPACE X FOR
REGULAR CREW FLIGHTS TO THE
SPACE STATION.
MARIE: AND WE BEEN HERE HEARING
A LITTLE BIT FROM THE CREW AND
THEY ARE CURRENTLYOI STUFFED IN
THEIR SEATS AS YOU CAN SEE IN
YOUR RIGHT SCREEN.
THERE ALREADY THROW THEIR
STRAPPED INTO THEIR SEATS, AND
THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS AND LINK
CHECKS.
THERE ABLE TO FOLLOW ALL OF THE
MILESTONES STILL AHEAD AND THOSE
DISPLAYS.
THAT'S JUST ABOVE A THEM .
>> WE ARE GOING TO EQUALIZE THE
PRESSURE JUST TO RAISE THEM A
LITTLE BIT.
SO MOMENTARILY WE WILL DO THAT.
JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW
BRAIDED.
MARIE: THAT IS FINE, WE WILL
TAKE A PAUSE AND LISTEN AND.HE
SO WE WAIT GETTING INSIGHT INTO
THE SPOKEN NINE SYSTEMS AS WE
PROCEED TOWARDS LAUNCH.
AT T MINUS ONE HOUR AND SEVEN
MINUTES, LET'S CHECK IN FOR A
STATUS UPDATE ON BOTH OF THOSE
VEHICLES.
WE HAVE HAD A SMOOTH
COUNTDOWN THIS AFTERNOON.
THERE HAVING NO TECHNICAL ISSUES
ON THE FALCON NINE OR THE
SPACECRAFT . FROM THE FALCON
NINE OPERATORS, ARE ACTUALLY
GOING TO COMPLETE IN A FEW
MINUTES, CHECKOUTS THAT BEING
DONE ABOUT THE FIRST AND SECOND
STAGES.
THE TEAM WILL BE ASSESSING THEIR
LAUNCH READINESS WITH THE FINAL
GO OR NO GO, A T45 MINUTES.
THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED STARTING
IT TEETH ME FIVE MINUTES.
NO EARLIER TODAY, DRAGON
OPERATORS PERFORM A SERIES OF
CHECKOUTS OF DRAGONS FLIGHT
SYSTEMS.
SPACECRAFT IS ALSO CURRENTLY GO
FOR LUNCH.
NOOUR NASA CREW AS YOU CAN SEE
INSIDE OF THE DRAGON CAPSULE
INSIDE OF THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF
THE DISPLAY, CURRENTLY GOING
THROUGH VARIOUS EXPENSES, CIVIL
CHECKS AND THEIR HATCH IS
CLOSED.
IN THE NEXT MAJOR EVENT WILL BE
REAPED TRACK OF THE THE LEFT
MONITOR, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS A
MARK BETWEEN 45 AND 42 MINUTES
BEFORE LIFTOFF.
THE BIG ONE RIGHT NOW IS THE
RANGE.
THE RANGE IS CURRENTLY RED FOR
LAUNCH FROM HISTORIC - 398.
THE OTHER IS CLEAR THE WORLDWIDE
NETWORK AS WELL AS THE TRACKING,
THEY ARE READY TO SUPPORT DRAGON
IS A HEADS INTO ORBIT.
BUT THE RANGERS RUN FOR WEATHER.
WE RECENTLY DID CLAIRE PRAY.
WE WENT GREEN WRITING BUT WE ARE
STILL HIGHLIGHTING SEVERAL
CONSTRAINTS.
RAIN, HUMORLESS CLOUDS.
YOU CANRT ESSENTIALLY TELL THAT
THE ATMOSPHERE IS ENERGIZED
AROUND THE LAUNCH SITE.
WE ARE EXPECTING THAT WE WILL
POSSIBLY FOR THAT.
WE WILL HEARING WEATHER BRIEFING
AT ONE HOUR.
WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THOSE
CONDITIONS MAY CLEAR SHORTLY I
AFTERWARDS.
ALSO WE BEEN RELEASING BALLOONS,
BUT WE ARE SING AT THE UPPER
ALTITUDES, THE CONDITIONS LOOK
GOOD FOR FALCON NINE WITH
DRAGON.
THOUGH CONCERNS HAVE BEEN
EXPRESSED BY THE GMC GUIDANCE
TEAM RIGHT NOW.
AS A REMINDER TODAY, WE HAVE AN.
INSTANTANEOUS LAUNCH WINDOW.
433, 35 EASTERN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
TIME.
JUST PAST 33 MINUTES AFTER THE
UPCOMING POWER.
SO WE GET ONE CHANCE AT IT
TODAY.
BUT CURRENTLY AT T MINUS ONE
HOUR THREE MINUTES.
FALCON NINE, DRAGON, THEY ARE
AGO.
RANGE IS READY TO SUPPORT BUT
NOW WE ARE WAITING ON THE
WEATHER AS WE HAVE BEEN
EXPECTING ALL AFTERNOON.
MARIE: THINKS ON . WE HAVE AN
EXTENSIVE HISTORY NOW OF FALCON
NINE FROM THE FLORIDA COAST
BRAIDED JUST LAST YEAR, A TEST
RUN OF THE MISSION THAT WE ARE
LESS THAN ONE HOURAD FROM
BEGINNING HERE TODAY.
>> THE PURPOSE OF THAT MISSION
WAS TO. DEMONSTRATE DRAGONS
CAPABILITY TO SAFELY AND
RELIABLY FLY TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE SUCCESS OF DEMO ONE WAS
REALLY AN EXCITING MOMENT AND
PAVES THE WAY FOR TODAY'S
MISSION WHERE WE ARE JUST
MOMENTS AWAY TO FULLY FORGET
THAT WHETHER FROM PLAYING USS
ROSS TO U.S. SOIL FROM THE FIRST
TIME SINCE 2011.
MARIE: NEGATIVE FALCON NINE
TOGETHER HAVE YEARS OFS
EXPERIENCE FLIGHT HERITAGE.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY
HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED 21
FLIGHTS TO AND FROM ORBIT SINCE
2010 INCLUDING 26 TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
NOT ONLY HOW WE CONDUCTED
THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF TESTING,
WE HAVE ALSO ENHANCED AND ADDED
A NUMBER OF SAFETY PROCEDURES TO
DRAGON.
>> THE CARGO DRAGON, LEVERAGED
DESIGN.
>> I WANTED TO HEAR IF YOU COULD
HEAR US.
>> WE DID.
WE WERE JUST MAKING A COMMENT
ABOUT THAT.
WE HEARD SOME CLICKING SO
ABSOLUTELY.
>> COPY.
SUMMA AND THEN AGAIN THAT IS THE
CREW TALKING TO THE CORE HERE IN
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA IT WILL BE
TALKING TO THEM.
THEY WERE DUPED INTO DOING JUST
A QUICK CHECK OUT.
AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THEY
COULD HEAR.
SO STILL GOOD AND STILL NO
ISSUES WITH FALCON OR DRAGON.
>> THE FACT OF WHAT WE'RE
TALKING TALKING IS DESCRIBING
THE SYSTEMS, A LOT OF THE SPACE
EXITED WITH CARGO DRAGON HAS
BEEN LEVERAGED INTO THE SCREW
DRAGON.
THE VEHICLE IS DENYING TO BEFI
FULLY AUTONOMOUS.
IT COULD BASICALLY FLY ITSELF.
BUT IT ALSO FEATURES IF THE CREW
NEEDS TO TAKE CONTROL IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY, THEY CAN DO THAT.
MARIE: MANY OF THE OTHER
ENHANCED GOALS OF LESS BETWEEN
MISSIONS.
SO LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT
SOME OF THESE ADVANCES.
>> ALMOST 27 FEET TALL FROM THE
BOTTOM OFE THE TRUNK, THE CREWD
DRAGONS TWO MAIN ELEMENTS.
WE HAVE THE CAPSULE UP TOP WHICH
IS DESIGNED WHOLE THE GROUP IN
ANY PRESSURIZED CARGO AND THEN
AN UNPRESSURIZED SECTION KNOWN
AS THE TRUNK ON THE BOTTOM ..
MARIE: IN THE NOSE CONE AT THE
THE DOCKING SYSTEM AS WELL AS
THE GUIDANCE NAVIGATION CONTROL
SYSTEM.
THE NOSECONE OPENS THE DOCKING
AND REMAINS ATTACHED TO THE CREW
DRAGON SPACECRAFT UNLIKE THE
PREVIOUS VERSION OF DRAGON.
THAT HELPS FOR THE REUSABILITY
EFFORTS.
>> WE ARE T MINUS ONE HOUR AND
WE ARE AGO.
WHEN READY, REPORT GO FOR A
LAUNCH.
OWSO THE COACHES HAD A COUPLE
OF CHECKS BRAIDED WHEN THEY ARE
WEREADY FOR LUNCH, WE WILL HEAR
THE REPORTS THAT THEY ARE AGO
FOR LAUNCH.
CONTINUING TO WALK YOU THROUGH
OPPOSITE OF THAT NOSECONE IS THE
TRUCK BRAIDED WE CAN SEE IN OUR
LEFT-HAND STRING THERE.
IT'S SPLIT AND THE LEFT SIDE
BLACK IN THE RIGHT SIDE WHITE.
THE DRAGON CAPSULE AND CAN CARRY
ANY CARGO UP THERE.
ON THE OUTSIDE, ONE OF THE TRUNK
CONTAINS A RADIATOR AND IS USING
SPACE X IS TECHNOLOGY.
THE OTHER HALF CONTAINS SOLAR
CELLS THAT ARE USED TO CHARGE
THE SPACE CRAFT BATTERY DURING
FLIGHT .
>> BOB AND I ARE GO FOR LAUNCH .
MARIE: YOU HEARD THAT CALL OUT
RIGHT THERE .
>> T MINUS THE 45 .
MARIE: BOB AND DOUG ARE GO FOR
LAUNCH.
MARIE: THIS IS VERY EXCITING.
THE SPACECRAFT IS DESIGNED TO
ACCOMMODATE UP TO SEVEN MEMBERS.
THE SEATS ARENG MADE UP CARBON
FIBER AND WILL BE CUSTOM SIZED
FOR ANY CREWMEMBERS FLYING
ABOARD.
>> TOBETWEEN THE PILOT AND THE
COMMANDER SEES CONSIST OF THREE
TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAYS AND THAT
JUST ALLOWS THE CREW TO OPERATE
THE VEHICLE AND FLY IT MANUALLY.
BUT ALSO LOOK AT ALL OF THEIR
PROCEDURES, RELATIVE TO THE
POSITION OF THE EARTH, THE SPACE
STATION, ANY ALARMS OR ALERTS OR
ANYTHING THAT COULD POSSIBLY
WANT TO DO OND DRAGON.
MARIE: AND LASTLY, OUR LAUNCH
ESCAPE SYSTEM IS A KEY SAFETY
FEATURE OF CREW DRAGON.
GIVING IMPROVE THE ABILITY TO
SAFELY ESCAPE FROM THE TIME OF
LAUNCH ALL OF THE WAY TO ORBIT.
>> THAT LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM WAS
PUT INTO WORK A LITTLE BIT
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE THE
FIRST OPERATIONAL SPACE X
PROBATION WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT
LATER THIS YEAR AFTER BOB AND
DOUG COME HOME.
NASA ANSWER OWNS, AND THE JAPAN
AEROSPACE EXPLORATION WERE
CHOSEN TO SUPPORT THIS MISSION
BEING CALLED CREW ONE.
MARIE: DOUG HURLEY IS THE SPACE
COMMISSION FOR THIS MISSION.
HE WAS THE PILOT ON 127.
AND IT WAS THE FINAL SPACE
SHUTTLE FLIGHT.
>> PLEASE YOU REVIEW YOUR LAUNCH
CRITERIA.
CHECKING THE WEATHER STILL
.ON COUNTDOWN, THAT'S REPORTING
THAT TECHNICAL HAS BEEN
COMPLETED.
ALL SYSTEMS ARE PROCEEDING.
WE ARE MONITORING THE WEATHER.
THERE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT A
LAUNCH ITEM.
THE PRESSURE WILL, BUT MINUS
EIGHT AND 30 SECONDS AND WE WILL
BE ABLE TO, LITTLE CONCERNS AT
THIS TIME.
EVERYTHING IS RATING PHENOMENAL.
BUT WE ARE WATCHING THAT ITEM.
NO OTHER CONSTRAINTS.
T
NI US IN 8 MINUTE AND 30 SECONDS
AND ABLE TO VERIFY THE RATE AND
NO CONCERNS AT.
>> I EVERYTHING IS READING
NOMINAL BUT W
>> STAGE TWO, COMPLETE.
>> STAGE TWO I
[SILENCE].
>> WE JUST CROSSED THE 55 MINUTE
MARK AWAY FROM LAUNCH SITTING
RIGHT NEXT TO DOUG HURLEY THOSE
CLOSEST TO YOUR SCREEN, IS NASA
ASTRONAUT BOB BACON.
HE IS THE JOINT OPERATIONS
COMMANDER FOR DEMO TWO.
IN PREVIOUSLY FLUENT TWO SPACE
SHUTTLE MISSIONS READ 123 AND
130.
AND ALSO SERVED AS CHIEF OF THE
ASTRONAUT OFFICE.
HERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THE MAN WHO HAS BEEN TESTING OUT
A REVENUE SPACE CRAFT AS AN
ASTRONAUT THREE.
♪
♪ ♪♪
WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE LAUNCH
PREPARATIONS, THERE'S A LOT OF
MOMENTS THAT KIND OF STAND UP TO
YOU.
ONE IS KIND OF THE CELEBRATORY
PIECE OF THAT WHICH IS THAT
YOU'RE WALKING OUT OF THE SUIT
UP ROOM AND GETTING INTO THE
VEHICLE THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO
THE LAUNCH PAD.
WHEN YOU CLOSE THE HATCH, NOW
THAT IS REALLY WHEN DOUG AND I
ARE IN THE VEHICLE AND IT'S HARD
VEHICLE.
WE ARE IN CULTURAL OF THE
MISSION AT THAT POINT.
>> TEST PILOTS OVER THEIR TASK,
PROVES THAT MAN CAN FLY INTO
ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH AND
RETURN LIVE IN WELL TO TALK
ABOUT IT.
THERE'S ALWAYS A BALANCE OF
MANAGING RISK AS YOU GO FORWARD
TO EXECUTE A TEST POINT IN
FIGURING OUT A WAY TO COLLECT
THE DATA.
WE HEAR A SOUND, IS THAT SOUND
AND EXPECTED SOUND RATED TO BE
SEE A LIGHT, IS IT EXPECTED.
WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF IT.
IT DOESN'T SYNC UP WITH
SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS GOING ON
OR NOT.
SO HAVING ALL OF THAT IN REAL
TIME IN YOUR HEAD, AS A LOT OF
THINGS HAPPEN LIKE THAT ON
LAUNCHING OF A VEHICLE.
>> AIR FORCE COL., AN ENGINEER,
HE FLEW ABOARD SPACE SHUTTLEIS
ENDEAVOR, TWICE.
NASA ASTRONAUT, BOB BACON.
MY CAREER AT NASA, HAS
SPANNED A COUPLE OF DECADES AT
THIS POINT.
ARRIVED WITH THE CLASS OF 2000.
AND WENT THROUGH THE TRAINING
PROGRAM PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE
SPACE SHUTTLE AND THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
DURING THE SYSTEMS.
HAVING WATCHED A COUPLE OF TIMES
ON VEHICLES, THE SECOND TIME WAS
DEFINITELY DIFFERENT THAN THE
FIRST TIME.
YOU CAN FEEL A LITTLE BIT
GUILTY, SHOULD I STUDY ONE MORE
THING TO HAVE ONE MORE PIECE OF
INFORMATION THAT I CAN GET.
I REALLY PREPARED ARE NOT RATED
THAT'S DEFINITELY THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN WHERE IND WAS MY FIRST
FLIGHT AND WHERE I MESS RIGHT
NOW.
IT'S BEEN REALLY INTERESTING I
THINK FOR BOTH MY WIFE AND I
RATED TO HAVE FUN THROUGH THE
PROCESS OF SEEING EACH OTHER
LAUNCH AND SPACE.
I HAVE SEEN HER TAKE THAT RISK
AND HAD TO BE IN FRONT OF HER.
I HAVE DONE THAT TO HER.
THERE'S JUST SOMETHING DIFFERENT
ABOUT WATCHING A ROCKET LAUNCH
WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE ON BOARD.
YOU FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THE
PITCH OF YOUR STOMACH.
I CAN ONLY TELL YOU IS
MULTIPLIED SIGNIFICANTLY LESS OF
82 NO PRINTING THEN SO MANY OF
COURSE IT'S A FAMILY IT IS EVEN
MULTIPLIED MORE.
>> FOR ME PERSONALLY, AS A SEVEN
WATCHING EVERYTHING ABOVE HAS
PUT INTO THIS OVER THE LAST FIVE
YEARS, THE DEDICATION THAT HE IS
SHOWN IN THE PERSEVERANCE IS
PRETTY SPECIAL FOR BOTH OF US.
THE WAY OUR MINDS WORK.
MOVIE UNTIL THE MISSION IS
COMPLETE, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO
SAY RIGHT ANDT  CELEBRATED.
AND AIR FLIGHT ENGINEER TO BE
PART OF THE DEMONSTRATION
COMMISSION OF A BRAND-NEW
VEHICLE.
IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING.
>> WITHOUT A PARTNER THAT HAS
THAT SAME APPRECIATION, I THINK
HE CAN BE CHALLENGING FOR SOME
FOLKS.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT
OF TIME THAT TAKES AWAY FROM
FAMILY THAT'S MY SPOUSE
APPRECIATES FRIEND AND I LOVE
HER FOR THAT.
REALLY MY ROLE IS TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE GET THIS VEHICLE
TESTED AND EVALUATED SO THAT WE
CAN MOVE ON TO EVEN MORE
OPERATIONAL MISSION ON TREND
MISSIONS AT THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OBJECTIVES ON
BOARD THAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH
TO MAKE SURE IT IS GOOD TO GO.
WE WILL MAKE SURE ALL THE
SYSTEMS ARE WORKING DURING THE
TEST FLIGHT SO THAT THE FUTURE
MISSIONS WILL HAVE THEM
AVAILABLE EVEN IF THEY DON'T
PLAN TO UTILIZE THEM.
THROUGH YEARS OF THE NASA TEAM,
I AM HOPING TO SHARE THAT
EXPERIENCE AND TEACHING THEM THE
LESSONS THAT WE HAVE LEARNED BY
GOING THROUGH THIS.
NOW THERE IS ANOTHER CAPABILITY
IN THE U.S. BESIDES NASA THAT
OPERATES SOMETHING OF THIS
MAGNITUDE.
WHAT IS THE LAST TIME THAT
HUMANS LAUNCHED A NEW VEHICLE,
CERTAINLY ON THE AMERICAN SIDE,
IT'S BEEN SEVERAL DECADES.
NOW THERE ARE MULTIPLE VEHICLES
UNDER DEVELOPMENTS.
IT'S A GREAT TIME, SPACE
EXPLORATION TIMEFRAME IS TO SEE
ALL OF THAT HAPPENING AND IT IS
BECOME OF NURTURING OF THIS
ENVIRONMENT BEING ABLE TO PULL
IN AND GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO CAN
CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE SPACE
FLIGHT.
IT IS A SUPERCOOL TIME.
ON A DEEPLY PERSONAL LEVEL, I AM
REALLY EXCITED THAT MY SON IS
GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO SEE ME
LAUNCH INTO SPACE, BEING AN
ASTRONAUT IS BEEN A LITTLE BIT
OF ABSTRACTION THING FOR HIM.
HE HAS SEEN ME DO IT IN ALL
VIDEOS BUT HE IS NOT SEEN ME DO
IT FOR REAL.
SO I'M EXCITED FOR HIM TO SEE
THIS LAUNCH.
I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM TEAM,
THAT IS WERE TOGETHER TO GET
THIS POINT WERE WE FAST VEHICLES
THE LAUNCH PAD READY TO HEAD TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> WE ARE JUST OVER 49 AND A
HALF MINUTES AWAY FROM LAUNCH OF
THE FALCON NINE CARING GOING
INTO THE SPACE STATION . BUT NOW
THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR AND THE
MACHINE ARE PREPARING FOR THE
READINESS PRETTY MUCH ALL.
THIRTEEN MEMBERS OF THE LAUNCH
TEAM WILL ELECTRONICALLY
INDICATED GO FOR LUNCH WHICH IS
ALSO THE GO FOR THE LOAN.
WE WILL HEAR THAT IN A COUPLE OF
MINUTES.
BUT WHILE WE WAIT, WE ARE
TRACKING AND WATCHING FROM ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY.
PIERCING LARGE NUMBERS OF YOU
LOGGING ON OR TUNING IN FROM
COAST-TO-COAST.
AS WELL AS AROUND THE WORLD.
WE WANT TO KNOW, IS THIS YOUR
FIRST TIME WATCHING A LAUNCHED
LIFE.
IF NOT, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE
SEEN BEFORE.
TILLIS USING THE # WATCH
AMERICA.
WE ARE SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE.
THIS IS NOT MY FIRST ONE.
I'VE SEEN A LOT BUT EVERYONE IS
EXCITED.
NOW COMING UP, WE ARE GOING TO
GO INTO A READY NEST FULL AS I
MENTIONED.
CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW ON THE SPACE
X WATCH DIRECTOR AND CHECKING
THE VERIFIED, THE DRAGON TEAM IS
READY AND THATY  THE NASA
MANAGEMENT TEAM IS READY.
THEY WILL COME BACK IN ABOUT T
MINUS 47 MINUTES WITH
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SPACE
EX-COP IN 19.
TO MAKE THEIR FINAL ASSESSMENT.
AND THEN THEY LOG INTO THE
PROCEDURE, A LITTLE DIFFERENT
THAN THE OLD DAYS WE VERY GO GO
GO.
POSITION BY POSITION ALL OF THE
DOWN THEH ROAD.
IN THIS ELECTRONIC AGE EVERYBODY
JUST CLICKS ON A NO OR A NOVELL.
AND THEN A T MINUS MINUTES THEY
WILL SUMMARIZE THE END OF THE
BALL THEN WILL PROVIDE THE
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SAME.
AND AT THE SAME TIME WE WILL
BEGIN EATING READY FOR THE GROUP
ACCESS ON PROTECTION AND WILL
SHOW YOU THAT ON ONE OF THE
SCREENS THAT WE GOT UP.
.
NOW, CURRENTLY WE ARE CONTINUING
TO BE MONITOR THE
APPARENTLY WE ARE CENSORING THE
MONITORS FOR THE WEATHER.
IT IS READ.
IT IS IMPROVING.
WERE LOOKING BETWEEN HER ASKED
ONESELF.
WE ARE KEEPING OUR FINGERS
CROSSED THAT CONDITIONS WILL
IMPROVE BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE
WATCHING THAT FOR ABOUT ANOTHER
 15 MINUTES.
SO IT LOOKED LIKE WE WILL BE
GOOD ONCE WE HEAR THE POLLS BUT
WE STILL HAVE TO GET THE FINAL
RANGE BRAIN SO THAT WE CAN
ACTUALLY DO THE LAUNCH IN JUST
47 MINUTES FROM NOW.
LET'S LISTEN TO THE COUNTDOWN
FOR A MOMENT.
[SILENCE].
>> RIGHT NOW, COMING UP ON 46
MINUTES ANDCA WE DIDN'T HEAR ANY
SPECIFIC CHATTER.
>> TEMPLATES AND WE HAVE AGO TO
PROCEED.
CONTROL, PROCEED.
>> T MINUS 45 MINUTES.
>> THANK YOU LAUNCH CONTROL.
CONTROL ROOM, PROTOCOL,
SEQUENCE AND NONSUPPORT.
FOR URGENT ISSUES AFFECTING
SAFETY OF THE OPERATION, SCOPE
HOLD HOLD HOLD COUNTDOWN.
IN THAT MUCH DOWN WHICH SHOW OUT
OF SEQUENCE.
AND FIRES, DRAGON MANUAL PLAY
RULES REMAINDER FIRE ALARM
INSTRUCTIONS, FIRE ALARM, KEY
OPERATORS BRIEFLY GREAT, AND
EVALUATED.
AND THEN WE WENT EVACUATE TO THE
EXIT WHICH LEADS DIRECTLY
OUTSIDE.
A FINAL REMINDER THEY WILL BE
LAUNCHING THIS SOON.
PLEASE STATE YOUR SEATS.
>> AND YOU HEARD THE DIRECTOR
GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO THER TEAM
ALSO DISCERNED THAT CALL THE
RETRACTION IS UNDERWAY . GREAT
VIEW FROM THE CAMERA INSIDE OF
THE WHITE ROOM.
AS WE SEE THE ARM MOVING AWAY
FROM THE DRAGON CAPSULE, ONE OF
THE MAJOR EVENTS NECESSARY TO
GET DOWN TO THE NEXT ONE COMING
UP WILL BE ARMING OF THE ESCAPE
SYSTEM ON THE DRAGON PLAQUE
CAPSULE.
NOW RIGHT  NOW THE NEXT PLAN FOR
FALCON NINE, T MINUS 35 MINUTES,
WE WILL BEGIN ONTO THE FIRST AND
SECOND STAGES.
NOW CURRENTLY, FALCON NINE IS
LOOKING GOOD.
DRAGON IS LOOKING GOOD.
THE RAIN CONTINUES TO BE GO FOR
LUNCH IN TERMS OF THE CLEARANCE
AROUND THE LAUNCHPAD, BUT THE
AIR ANDE SEA SPACE LOOKING AT TE
FLIGHT CORRIDOR, THE GROUND
STATIONS, THE NASA TRACKING AND
DATA SATELLITES ARE READY TO
SUPPORT AND WE JUST CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE WEATHER.
OUR TEAM IS GETTING CONSTANT
UPDATES.
WE AREG MONITORING WEATHER AND
DATA SENSORS AROUND THE LAUNCH
SITE RATED LOOKING TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE CAN GET EVERYTHING INTO
THE RIGHT POSITION.
THE ONE THAT WE ARE MOSTLY
LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S HOW
MUCH RAIN WERE GOING TO GET
BETWEEN NOW AND THE LIFTOFF.
WEATHER IS JUST GOING TO BE MILD
PRECIPITATION THAT IS WITHIN THE
RULES.
THAT'S WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS
TCPRETTY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
WATCH THAT.
SO FINGERS CROSSED.
RIGHT NOW COMING UP IS THE TEAM
MINUS 43 MINUTES AND 18 SECONDS
AND COUNTING.
EVERYTHING BUT THE WEATHER IS
AGO.
IN THE WEATHER IS TRENDING IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WE'VE GOT OUR FINGERS CROSSED
HERE.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL SEND IT
BACK TO KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
THE ACTION IS PICKING UP ON THE
LAUNCHPAD.
MARIE: THAT COUNTDOWN CLOCK IS
CONTINUING TO TICK AND WE ARE
MINUTES AWAY FROM LAUNCH.
AND AS YOU JUST SAW THE CREW ARM
REJECTED . THE SENATE LESS
VISUAL MAJOR MILESTONE BEFORE
LIFTOFF.
WE SHOULD BE HEARING SOON
CONFIRMATION THAT THE LAUNCH
SYSTEM IS ARMED.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS, ALL EIGHT OF
THE SUPER VALVES ARE OPEN, WHICH
MEANS THAT THOSE ENGINES CAN
IGNITE .
MARIE: THAT MEANS AT EIGHT
THROTTLE VALVES ARETT OPEN.
OIN ORDER FOR DRAGON TO ESCAPE
OFF OF THE PACK, THEY COULD.
SO THINGS RUNNING JUST A LITTLE
BIT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW.
.
>> NOW WE JUST SAW THE CREW
ACCESS ARM RETRACT 
WE JUST SAW THE CREW ARM RETRACT
JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.
AND WE SAW DOUG HURLEY.
SO WE JUST FOR THE ASTRONAUTS
CONFIRM THAT THEY ARE ABOUT TO
LAUNCH, EXCUSE ME, ARM THE
LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM THAT
HAPPENED JUST BEFORE FUELING
BEGINS WHICH WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN
IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
WE SAW BOB AND DOUG SUIT UP A
LITTLE OVER THREE HOURS AGO.
THEN WE WATCH THEM DRIVE OUT TO
LUNCH COMPLEX 39 A AND THEY WERE
ASSISTED BY THE GRANTING WITH
CREW DRAGON INGRESS . THAT
HAPPENED A LITTLE BIT BEAT
BEFORE 2:00 O'CLOCK THIS
AFTERNOON AND THEN WE SAW THE
SPACECRAFT KEPT CLOSE AGAIN JUST
A MINUTE AGO WE SAW THE CREW
ACCESS ARM RETRACT IMAGES FOR
THIS GROUP ARM THE LAUNCH ESCAPE
SYSTEM IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, WE
ARE GOING TO HEAR THE CALL THAT
THEY HAVE STARTED LOADING.
>> LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM IS
>> ESCAPE SYSTEM IS VERIFIED.
MARIE: SO WE JUST FOR THE
VERIFICATION THAT THE LAUNCH
ESCAPE SYSTEM IS ARMED.
WE ARE GOING TO SEND IT OVER TO
TAKE US THROUGH CHOCOLATEY.
JESSE.
>> FROM PARACHUTES, TO THE
DESIGN TO BE THE VEHICLE LAUNCH
VEHICLE EVER FORM.
AND DURING THIS TODAY, WE HAVE
SPACE X WITH THE CONE IT WAS OUR
MISSION MANAGER.
AND CURRENTLY WORKS ON THE
HURLEY TEAM.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US NICK.
>> JESSE.
I'M HERE AT THE LAUNCH AND
LANDING RECOVERY CENTER WITH A
RECOVERY TEAM.
>> CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT
THE CRITICAL SAFETY FEATURES ON
THIS NEW VERSION OF DRAGON.
>> IT WAS DESIGNED WITH REAL
MULTIPLE LAYERS OF REDUNDANCY.
AND WE ARE WORKING TO DESIGN AND
TEST HIS VEHICLE THE PAST FEW
YEARS.
AND IF WE ENCOUNTER AND
UNPERCEIVED MUSCLE FAILURE,
WHICH PUSHES OUTSIDE OF HER
DESIGN PHASE, WE ALSO HAVE
BACKUP OPERATION CONTROLS
INTENDED TO KEEP BOB AND DOUG
SAFE.
THE SYSTEM IS PRIMARILY BACKUP
SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE FROM THE
MOMENT THE VEHICLE IS HERE TO BE
FUELED.
ALL OF THE WAY UP UNTIL ORBIT.
AT A HIGH LEVEL, LAUNCH ESCAPE
SYSTEM IN THE EVENT OF A MAJOR
FALCONR AND NORMALLY PART
EMERGENCY, WILL SEPARATE DRAGON
FROM FALCON AND WILL USE DRAGON
TO QUICKLY PULL THE VEHICLE AWAY
FROM IT.
>> YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE
LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM.
HOW EXACTLY IS THAT ACTIVATED.
AS AN AUTONOMOUS.
IS IT MANUALLY ACTIVATED .
>> THIS IS AN TO WORK AS ITS
DESIGN, THAT VEHICLE COULD BE
FLYING IN HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS
OF MILES AN HOUR THROUGH THE
LOWER ATMOSPHERE SO IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT IS EXTREMELY FAST
AND HIGHLYO RELIABLE.
THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM
FUNDAMENTALLY IS SET TO LOOK AT
A SET OF THREE PROGRAM CRITERIA
JUST ON BOARD THE DRAGON FALCON
ARE LOOKING AT THINGS LOOKING
FOR VEHICLE DYNAMICS,
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CRITICAL
SYSTEMS . FOR MANUAL COMMAND HE
WAS OUR LUNCH DIRECTOR AND CHIEF
ENGINEER ARE CAPABLE OF SENDING
A MANUAL COMMAND TO DRAGON TO
INITIATIVE LAUNCH ESCAPE BOB
DUGGER ALSO ALWAYS ABLE TO
ACTUALLY LAUNCH ESCAPE HANDLE
AND INITIATE UNWANTED ESCAPE AS
WELL PRETTY NOW THAT IT'S ARMED,
THEY ARE ACTIVE ON THE VEHICLE.
>> THIS SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS A
LOT THAT GOES INTO IT.
WE HAD TWO SETS PRETTY CAN YOU
TELL US WHAT WE LEARNED FROM
THAT.
>> IS POSSIBLY THE MOST CLASS
BOOSTER IN HISTORY.
FULLY TEST USING A FULL FALCON
NINE ROCKET WHICH WE HAD
KNOWINGLY DESTROYED IN ORDER TO
GET THIS FULLY INTEGRATED SYSTEM
. WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE
IT RATED THE VEHICLE:  NORMAL
CREW LAUNCH LAUNCH.
ABOUT A MINUTE AND HALF, WE HAD
THE ESCAPE SYSTEM LAUNCHED.
BASED ON THE TRIGGERS.
AND THANKFULLY WE HAD AND
CONTINUED THROUGH FLIGHT ON HADC
A SUCCESSFUL PARACHUTE
DEPLOYMENT AS MUCH OUT PRETTY
GOOD SEE FALCON RATHER
SPECTACULARLY BLOWUP AFTER TEN
SECONDS OF SEPARATION.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE
THAT ALL THAT HAPPENED FROM 
COMMAND TO ACTUAL SEPARATION OF
THE VEHICLE AND UNDER ONE HALF
OF THE SECOND.
>> AND SOUNDS AMAZING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH NICK FOR
 US AND TALKING US
THROUGH THOSE DETAILS WITH US.
ENJOY THE LAUNCH TODAY.
WE WILLAC IT BACK TO KSP THE
FLOORING.
THANK YOU.
WE ARE ABOUT A MINUTE AND A HALF
AWAY FROM THE LOADED AT T MINUS
35 MINUTES.
WE SHOULD HAVE THE CALL OUT ON
THE PROPELLANT LOAD STARTED.
IT IS ABOUT A MINUTE AND 13
SECONDS AWAY.
SECONDS AWAY.
>> M
>> HEY MARIA AND LAUREN, I AM
GETTING GOOSEBUMPS OVER HERE.
THIS IS AN EXCITING MOMENT.
I'M SITTING IN THE VEHICLE,
TRYING TO OVERLOAD THE, GOING
THROUGH ACCRUED NOTEBOOKS, I WAS
THINKING ABOUT WHAT MIGHT OR
STEP WOULD BE.
THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION BECAUSE
USUALLY EVERYTHING IS
PHENOMENALLY WELL.
YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE
THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE
CARE OF.
THE FIRST STEPS TO TAKE CARE OF.
IN MY MISSION I WAS CALLING OUT
THE ABORTED CALLS.
I CAN WITH BOSTON ENGINE, WHERE
WOULD BE GOOD NEXT.
AND THESE CALLS AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.
I THINK DOES IS A PROBABLY
THINKING ABOUT NOW.
JUST READY TO HAVE THIS MISSION
OFF.
>> WERE ABOUT 20 SECONDS FROM
WHEN WE EXPECT PROPELLANT
LOADING TO START.
THIS FUELING OF THE ROCKETS.
AND WE ARE GETTING CLOSE.
WE SHOULD HEAR THAT CALL OUT ANY
SECOND NOW.
SO LET'S LISTEN IN.
[SILENCE].
>> LOAD HAS STARTED.
>> FAN TESTED.
TOP LOAD HAS STARTED PRETTY
LIQUID OXYGEN ON STAGE WHEN A
STAGE TWO.
AN RP ONE.
AND THAT IS KEROSENE.
NOW THAT WE ARE 34 MINUTES AND
42 SECONDS AWAY FROM THE FIRST
LAUNCH OF ASTRONAUTS INTO ORBIT
FROM AMERICAN SOIL SINCE 2011,
WE KNOW THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM
ISOU ARMED.
AND IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE
FUELING.
DRAGON TOP LOAD HAPPENED WEEKS
AGO ACTUALLY JUST A FEW MONTHS
OR MILES DOWN THE ROAD CALLED
BRUGGEMAN.
IN THOSE ARE, FUEL.
AND NITROGEN TEXTURE OXIDE.
IT'S OUR OXIDIZER.
THOSE NOT ONLYO FEED THE ENGINES
THAT PROPEL DRAGON ON ORBIT BUT
THEY ALSO SUPPLY THE SUPER EIGHT
ENGINES OF THE LAUNCH ESCAPE
SYSTEM.
SO I HAVE ONE RIGHT HERE.
A LITTLE MODEL.
OH DOES NOT COME OFF OF THE
STAND.
AFFECT.
>> DON'T BREAK IT LAUREN.
[LAUGHTER].
>> SO YOU CAN SEE, IT'S ACTUALLY
BROKEN UP INTO FOUR PARTS, THE
DRAGON IS PRETTY EACH ONE HAS
TWO OF THE AGES FOR A TOTAL OF
EIGHT.
AND THEY ARE ENGINES, AND
OXIDIZER . MOST ABORT SYSTEMS
FROM THESE VEHICLES, LIKE
APOLLO, THE HAD A DECAL ON TOP.
... ...
ONE, ONE LESS THING YOU HAVE 
TO JETTISON ON A FLIGHT.
SO THEY ARE PRETTY DORMANT.
"UNLESS THEY ARE USED AN
HOPEFULLY THEY NEVER HAVE TO
BE.
AND YES, THE OTHER THING THAT 
OFFERS YOU IS THE ABILITY TO 
ESCAPE FROM THE PAD ALL THE 
WAY TO ORBIT BECAUSE IF YOU 
JETTISON YOUR ESTATE SYSTEM 
PRIOR TO THAT , YOU COULDN'T 
.
THAT'S THE LITTLE DRAGON 
RIGHT THERE .
THANKS FOR WATCHING US U
THROUGH THAT WITH, LAUREN.
THE LAUNCH SYSTEM IS ARMED.
THAT PROTECTS BOB AND DOUG SO 
THAT IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG 
THEY COULD SHOOT AWAY FROM 
THE ROCKET AND PARACHUTE TO 
SAFETY IN THE OCEAN.
THAT IS SUCH A CRUCIAL SAFETY 
CAPABILITY SO NOW WE WANT TO 
GO OVER TO HAWTHORNE FOR AN 
OPERATIONAL UPDATE WITH JOHN 
>> THANKS MARIE.
WE ARE COUNTING DOWN THOSE 
FINAL MINUTES.
EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD ON 
THE FALCON NINE AND DRAGON 
VEHICLES.
THE WEATHER IS TRENDINGTHE 
WRONG WAY RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE KEEPING OUR EARS OPEN 
IN CASE WE HEAR THAT THE 
WEATHER IS GOING TO BE.
[INDISCERNABLE] FOR THE REST 
OF THE COUNT.
RIGHT NOW COUNTING DOWN AT D- 
32 MINUTES .
THE PROPELLANT LOAD AT T -35 
MINUTES RIGHT ON TIME.
THE PROPELLANTS WE USE ON 
FALCON NINE OR A FUEL WHICH 
IS ROCKET GRADE KEROSENE ALSO 
CALLED RP-1.
THAT'S THE M SUPER CHILL LIQUID 
OXYGEN OR LOX AS WE CALL IT.
THOSE TWO PROPELLANTS COME 
TOGETHER AND WE NEED AN 
EXISTING ADMISSION TCOURSE TO 
COMPLETE THE TRIANGLE AND 
FALCON NINE USES TTEP.
YOU GET A GREEN COLORED FLAME 
AS IT COMES OUT INTO THE T
OXYGEN AND THAT IGNITES THE 
MAIN ENGINE RIGHT BEFORE THE 
ROCKET TAKES OFF FOR THE 
SECOND STAGE INTHE GENERAL 
LIGHT .
RP-1 FUEL IS 10 PERCENT FULL 
ON THE FIRST STATE.
THAT'S THE BOTTOM TWO THIRDS 
OF THE STACK OF THE VEHICLE 
YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT.
THE FIRST STAGE IS THAT LONG 
WHITE CYLINDER AT THE BOTTOM 
PLUS THE BLACK CYLINDER 
CALLED THE INTERSTATE.
AT THE ENTIRE FIRST AID WE 
ARE LOADING WITH KEROSENE, 
THAT'S THE PART THAT COMES 
BACK TO EARTH.
SECOND STAGE JUST ABOVE IT, 
THE LIGHT CYLINDER AND ABOV
THAT WILL BE THE DRAGON TRUNK 
AND THE CASTLE .
CURRENTLY , THE SECOND STAGE 
IS ALSO LOADING FUEL WITH RP 
ONE.
THAT'S ABOUT EIGHT PERCENT 
FULL RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE LOADING LIQUID OXYGEN 
ON THE FIRST STATE.
THE SECOND STAGE OF LICKS AND 
LIQUID OXYGEN LOAD WILL BEGIN EG
AT D- 16 AND A HALF MINUTES 
IF THE WEATHER COOPERATES SO 
LOADING WILL THEN CONTINUE ON 
BOTH THIS FIRST AND SECOND 
PHASE UNTIL THE LAST FEW 
MINUTES OF THE COUNTDOWN.
HELIUM LOADING IS UNDERWAYAND 
THE PRESSURE VESSELS ON THE 
FIRST AND SECOND STAGE.
WE USE THAT TO PRESSURIZE THE N 
TANKS IN-FLIGHT AS THE 
PROPELLANT IS BEING CALLED 
OUT BY THE TURBOPROPS .
DRAGON ONBOARD THESPACECRAFT, 
YOU CAN SEE THE ASTRONAUTS 
ARE MONITORING SYSTEMS WHILE 
PROPELLANT IS LOADED INTO THE 
FALCON NINE .THE FIRST DEMO 
FLIGHT LAST YEAR AND THEN 
IN-FLIGHT ESCAPE TEST EARLIER 
THIS YEAR, THE SOUNDS INSIDE 
THE CASTLE WERE RECORDED.
SO AS PART OF THE TRAINING, 
THE SOUNDS OF THE PROPELLANT
LOADING WERE LAID-BACK TO 
ACCLIMATE THE GROUP TO WHAT 
THEY WERE EXPERIENCING NOW .
WE'RE LISTENING TO SOME 
DISCUSSION ON ONE OF THE BACK 
NET, TRYING TO TRACK WHERE WE 
ARE WITH THE WEATHER CRITERIA
.
WE'RE JUST PASSING ANOTHER 
WHETHER A GATE RIGHT NOW 
TRYING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT 
THE CONDITIONS ARE GO.
IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS WHEN 
THE WEATHER IS
[INDISCERNABLE] YOU HAVE TO 
WAIT 30 MINUTES AND WE ARE 
NOW INSIDE OF 30 MINUTES .
BUT IF THE CLOUD MOVES AWAY, 
IF THE CONDITIONS IMPROVE, WE 
MAY BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE 
COUNTDOWN FOR ANOTHER 14 
MINUTES AND REASSESS SO WE 
WILL WAIT AND SEE WHETHER OR 
NOT WE CAN CONTINUE THE COUNT
.
CURRENTLY WE ARE.
THE RANGE ARE READY TO 
SUPPORT WITH NO PROBLEMS IN 
THE AIR AND SEA SPACE AREA.
BUT THE WEATHER, THAT'S THE 
ONE THAT'S LOOKING BAD AND 
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO 
LISTEN AND AS A REMINDER, 
TODAY WE HAVE ANINSTANTANEOUS 
LAUNCH TIME SO IT THIS POINT 
IF WE HEAR A HALT FOR ANY 
REASON ARE GOING TO HAVE TO 
STAND DOWN AND TARGET OUR 
BACKUP LAUNCH OPPORTUNITY ON 
MAY 30 .
>> FOR DEMO TWO, BOB AND 
DOUG'S FLIGHT STATION WILL 
TAKE 19 HOURS AND THEIR 
JOURNEY IS FAIRLYSIMILAR TO 
THE TRIP OUR CARGO DRAGON 
MAKES BACK AND FORTH TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
WITH 2 NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCES 
.
DOCKING AND SPLASHDOWN.
>> AS WE AWAIT T -0, GROUND 
OPERATION SEEMS TO BE DOING 
THOSE FINAL SERIES OF SYSTEM 
CHECKS MAKING SURE DRAGON AND 
FALCON NINE ARE READY FOR 
LIFTOFF AND KEEPING AN EYE ON 
HETHE WEATHER AND YOU'RE 
CONTINUING TO GET LIVE VIEWS 
OF THE TEAMS.
FALCON NINE AND DRAGON ONYOUR 
LEFT AND BOB AND DOUG ON THE 
RIGHT AS THEY PREPARE FOR 
LIFTOFF .
>> ONCE WE HIT T0 AND A 
SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OCCURS WE 
WILL WATCH FALCON NINE AND 
DRAGON MAKE THEIR ASCENT 
UNTIL FIRST AND SECOND STAGES 
SEPARATE AND SEND DRAGON ON 
ITS WAY TO THE SPACE STATION.
>> ONCE IT GETS ON ORBIT 
MISSION OPERATORS WILL 
PREPARE DRAGON FOR ON ORBIT 
OPERATIONS WHERE DRAGON WILL 
EXECUTE A SERIES OF BURNS 
THAT WILL GRADUALLY RAISE ITS 
ORBIT TO ALIGN MORE CLOSELY 
WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION .
YOU'RE SEEING SOME OF THAT 
TRACK IN THE ANIMATION ONYOUR 
SCREEN .
SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TOGET 
A WEATHER UPDATE REAL QUICK 
FOR THE CREW .
>> WE ARE CURRENTLY 
EVALUATING A CONSTRAINT ON 
THE FIELD NO RULE WHICH LOOKS 
AT LIGHTNING ENERGY 
DISSIPATION.
WE EXPECT TO HAVE ANUPDATE AT 
D- 20 .
AND MORE INFORMATION THERE 
WHETHER WE WOULD BE ABLE TO 
CONTINUE INTO THE UPLOAD OR 
SCRUB AT THAT TIME.>> 
THANKS FOR THE UPDATE, WE 
APPRECIATE IT.
>> MORE WORDS IN ABOUT SIX
MINUTES .
>> OKAY, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE .. 
>> IN SIX MINUTES, I WAS 
REFERRING TO A COUPLE OF 
THOSE WEATHER SITUATIONS 
WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE A 
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, IN 
THIS CASE WITH THE FIELDNOTES 
ABOUT 15 MINUTES SO THEY HAVE 
UNTIL 15 MINUTES AND 30 
SECONDS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE 
GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR 
THAT TO DISSIPATE SO WE'RE 
GOING TO BE LISTENING FOR 
THAT WEATHER UPDATE IN A 
COUPLE OF MINUTES BUT IT IS 
GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING 
TRIP UPHILL FOR THEM ONCE 
THEY GET IN ORBIT.
>> A VERY EXCITING COUNTDOWN 
WITH SIX MINUTES TO FIGURE 
OUT IF WE ARE OLAUNCHING TODAY 
.
BUT TARGETING BACK TO WHAT WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT , NEXT 
DRAGON WILL MAKE ITS APPROACH 
AND ACTUALLY.WITH THE SPACE 
STATION.
THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT 
PROCESS FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN 
WITH DRAGON CARGO DELIVERIES 
IN THE PAST WHICH IS A 
PROCESS CALLED BIRTHING AND 
BIRTHING REQUIRES A 
SPACECRAFT TO APPROACH SO A 
CREWMEMBER CAN MANEUVER THE 
ARM TO CAPTURE THE 
SPACECRAFT.
DOCKING CAN BE DONE 
AUTONOMOUSLY.
WITH NO CREW ABOARD THE 
STATION.
IT'S TYPICALLY A FAST PROCESS 
OF ARRIVING AND LEAVING BUT 
IT DOES REQUIRE PINPOINT 
ACCURACY TO APPROACH SAFELY.
>> ONCE CAPTURED, SPACE X 
GETS ATTACHED TO A COMMON 
BERTHING MECHANISM, THE SAME 
THAT WE USED TO CONNECT 
MODULES TOGETHER AND IT'S AN
SLOWER PROCESS THAN DOCKING 
BUT THE HATCHES ARE 
SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER THAN 
DOCKING PORTS WHICH MAKES 
THEM PERFECT FOR BRINGING UP 
LARGE CARGO ITEMS .
>> DRAGON WILL SPEND 120 
DAYS.BEFORE PREPARING TO 
RETURN HOME.
FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL 
COMPLETION OF DRAGON'S TEST 
OBJECTIVES, THE CREW WILL 
CLOSE OUT THE PCABIN, PERFORM 
FINAL SYSTEM CHECKS AND 
CONFIGURE THE VEHICLE FOR 
UNDOCKING.
ONCE THE UNDOCKING SEQUENCES 
COMPLETE DRAGON WILL COMPLETE 
TWO DEPARTURE BURNS USING ITS 
ENGINES PUSHING IT AWAY FROM 
THE SPACE STATION.
>> AFTER DRAGON DEPARTS THE 
STATION IT'S READY FOR ITS 
TRIP HOME AND THAT WILL HAVE 
ORBIT ENTRY AND LANDING AND 
ANOTHER NUMBER OF OPERATIONS.
IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE WE'RE 
PLAYING THE END ANIMATION WE 
PLAYED ORIGINALLY IN REVERSE 
BUT THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT 
GOES, JUST A LITTLE BIT 
QUICKER.
ALL THE OPERATIONS WILL 
INCLUDE THINGS LIKE TRUNK 
SEPARATION, CLOSING THAT 
NOSECONE, EXECUTING A DEORBIT 
BURN AND ONCE THEY'RE INSIDE 
THE ATMOSPHERE MAIN 
PARACHUTES AND FINALLY 
SPLASHING DOWN OFF OF THE 
FLORIDA COAST AT WHICH TIME 
TEAMS WILL MOVE IN, GET BOB 
AND DOUG OUT OF THE WATER AND 
GET THEM OUT OF THE CASTLE 
ONCE THEY'RE ON THE BOAT.
SO WE HAVE FOUR MINUTES NOW
UNTIL WE GET THAT NEXT 
EXPECTED WEATHER UPDATE.
LET'S GO TO THE TEAM AT 
KENNEDY .
>> THANKS DAN AND IF YOU'RE 
JOINING US WE ARE NOW D- 23 
MINUTES 48 SECONDS FROM THE 
FIRST LAUNCH OF ASTRONAUTS TO 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION FROM US SOIL IN NINE 
YEARS.
WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT IN 
LESS THAN FOUR MINUTES IF THE 
WEATHER LOOKS GOOD AND THIS 
WILL MARK THE BEGINNING OF A 
NEW ERA WHERE MORE PEOPLE 
WILL BE ABLE TO FLY TO SPACE 
AND EVER BEFORE.
WE TOOK A POLL A LITTLE BIT 
EARLIER TO ASK YOU IF YOU HAD 
THE OPPORTUNITY TO FLY TO 
SPACE, WOULD YOU GO?
86 PERCENT OF THOSE WATCHING 
ANSWERED THAT YOU WOULD GO TO 
SPACE.
>> THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE 
NUMBER.
REALIZING YOU DON'THAVE TO BE 
A MILITARY ASTRONAUT OR A 
NASA ASTRONAUT TO FLY IN 
SPACE .
YOU CAN BE JUST A REGULAR 
PERSON GOING OFF TO SPACE SO 
I THINK THAT'S WHY THE 
NUMBERS ARE SOHIGH .
>> WE ARE REALLY REAL TO SEE 
ALL THE FOLKS WATCHING ALONG 
ONLINE.
WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THIS 
IS AGO BUT AGAIN, WE'RE GOING 
TO HEAR A LITTLEBIT OF A 
WEATHER UPDATE IN LESS THAN 
THREE MINUTES .
AND LELAND, I KNOW THEY'RE 
WAITING FOR A WEATHER UPDATE 
AND THEY, ALMOST ALL THE WAY 
DOWN THECOUNT, WHAT DO YOU 
THINK BOB AND DOUG ARE 
THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW ?
>> ON SES 129 WE WERE HAVING 
WEATHER PROBLEMS AND I THINK 
WE WERE GETTING CLOSE TO THE 
COUNTDOWN AND THEN IT SEEMED 
LIKE THE SKY JUST CLEARED UP 
RIGHT ABOVE OUR HEADS.
WE SAW IT AND WE KNEW WE WERE 
GOING AND WE ALWAYS KNOW YOU 
CAN HAVE MANY TYPES OF 
DELAYS.
FUEL, PRODUCT DELAYS, ALL 
KINDS OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN 
BUT WE'VE TRAINED OVER AND 
OVER AGAIN FOR THESE TYPES OF 
SCENARIOS SO WE WANT TO BE 
SAFE.
WE WANT TO BE SAFE FOR OUR 
FAMILIES AND WE WILL DO THIS 
ANOTHER DAY IF IT DOESN'T 
WORK WITH THEWEATHER .
>> I LOVE THAT JOHN AND I 
ALWAYS SAID WEATHER, IT'S 
THAT THING 
EVERYONE TALKS 
ABOUT BUT NO ONE CAN DO 
ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND IT IS 
THIS INTERESTING THING OF 
JUST COMING TO MOTHER EARTH 
THAT SHE'S GOING TO TELL US 
IF WE CAN GO OR NOT TODAY.
IF IT HAPPENS, LOOK AT IT 
THIS WAY.
BOB AND DOUG GOT 
ONE GREAT 
REHEARSAL IN.
>> ALWAYS BEST TO PRACTICE 
AND PRACTICE.
>> WE'RE LESS THAN TWO 
MINUTES NOW FROM THAT WEATHER 
UPDATE THAT IS GOING TO GO 
DIRECTLY TO BOB AND DOUG AND 
WE WILL QUIET DOWN SO WE CAN 
LISTEN IN FOR THAT BECAUSE I 
KNOW WE CAN'T WAIT TO FIND 
OUT WHAT THAT IS AND THOSE OF 
YOU WATCHING THAT HAVE BEEN 
FOLLOWING ALONG, WE ARE 
EAGERLY AWAITING TO HEAR 
WHETHER THE WEATHER IS GOING 
TO BE A SHOWSTOPPER TODAY.
THESE CLOUDS CAN SEEM REALLY 
DECEIVING AT TIMES.
YOU SEE THE BLUE SKIES 
PEEKINGTHROUGH AND YOU THINK 
EVERYTHING IS FINE BUT YOU 
JUST DON'T KNOW.
WE HAVE THOSE LAUNCH WHETHER 
OFFICERS .
>> WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE 
BUT IT'S NOT JUST THEWEATHER 
IN FLORIDA THEY ARE LOOKING 
AT .
IT GOT TO LOOK AT WHETHER 
DOWNRANGE IF THEYWERE TO HAVE 
AN ABORT IN FLIGHT AND THEY 
NEEDED TO COME DOWN SOMEWHERE 
IN THE OCEAN .
THEY NEED TO CONSIDER WHAT 
THE WEATHER IS LIKE OUT THERE 
BECAUSE RECOVERY TEAMS HAVE 
TO GO OUT AND GET THEM IN A 
SITUATION LIKE THAT SO 
THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES AND 
THAT'S WHY NOT JUST WITH THIS 
FLIGHT BUT WITH EVERYHUMAN 
SPACEFLIGHT WE HAD IN THE 
PAST THERE'S ALWAYS A GOOD 
CHANCE OF A SCRUB .
BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE SO MUCH
CRITERIA .
THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET.
AND WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN IN 
NOW.
WE ARE SECONDS AWAY FROM THE 
WEATHER UPDATE.
>> PHASE TO UPLOAD COMPLETE.
>> THAT IS LIQUID OXYGEN YOU 
SEE FENDING OFF THE ROCKET.
THAT'S COMPLETELY NORMAL AND
EXPECTED .
STANDING BY FOR A WEATHER 
UPDATE.
>> UNLESS YOU CAN GIVE US 
ANOTHER 10 MINUTES, I DON'T 
THINK WE ARE GOING TO GET 
THERE ANY OF THE RULES TODAY.
>> WE CAN GIVE YOU 10 MINUTES
.
>> I KNOW THEY'RE 10 MINUTES 
PAST THE ZERO.
16:45 LOCAL AND WE ARE 
PROBABLY CLEAR ON ALL THE 
RULES BUT NOT QUITE GOING TO 
MAKE IT FOR THIS.
>> WE WILL CHECK BACK IN WITH 
YOU AND ABOUT 2 MINUTES AND I 
WILL CALL IT ABOUT 2:17.
>> OKAY.
SOME OF THEM ARE STARTING TO 
COUNTDOWN BUT WEHAVE ONE 
ABOVE 2000 .
>> THAT DIDN'T SOUND GREAT
RIGHT THERE.
THAT WAS THE WEATHER NOT 
GOING OUT BUT WE'RE STANDING 
BY FOR A FINAL DECISION .
... AND WE'RE GOING TO 
CONTINUETO LISTEN IN FOR AN 
UPDATEBUT IN THE MEANTIME WE 
WILL GO TO JOHN AT SPACE X 
HEADQUARTERS IN CALIFORNIA .
>> DRAGON SPACE X ON WHETHER 
.
>> T -18 MINUTES ANDCOUNTING 
.
WE ARE STILL READ ON WHETHER.
WE ARE WAITING IN ABOUT 
 TANOTHER MINUTE FOR ONE FINAL 
CHECK WITHWEATHER .
WE DON'T REALLY EXPECT THAT 
THINGS WILL HAVE IMPROVED.
THE WEATHER OFFICER WAS NOT 
OPTIMISTICTHAT THE WEATHER 
WOULD CLEAR UP THAT RAPIDLY .
WE DID HERE LOOK THE LAUNCH 
DIRECTOR WILL MARK TAYLOR 
JOKED THAT IF WE COULD MOVE 
10 MORE MINUTES PAST THE T0 
WEATHER CONDITIONS MIGHT 
IMPROVE BUT MIKE WAS NOT ABLE 
TO DO THAT AND WE HAVE AN 
INSTANTANEOUS WINDOW TODAY SO 
AT 17 MINUTES WE WANT TO MAKE 
THAT CALL BECAUSE SHORTLY 
AFTER THAT WE WILL BEGIN 
LOADING LIQUID OXYGEN ONTO 
 ATHE SECOND STAGE SO IF WE ARE 
NOT GOING TO HAVE THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO LAUNCH ... 
>> WE CONTINUE TO VIOLATE A 
ADNUMBER OF DIFFERENT WEATHER 
RULES THAT WE DO NOT EXPECT 
TO CLEAR IN TIME FOR LUNCH 
TODAY.
LUNCH OUT OF SEQUENCE AND 
PROCEEDED TO LAUNCH FOR OUT 
OF SEQUENCE.
>> LAUNCH ABORT HAS STARTED.
>> DRAGON SPACE X,
UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE NOT 
GOING TO LUNCH TODAY .
YOU ARE GO FOR 5.100 LAUNCH 
SCRUB.
>> IT WAS A GOOD EFFORT BYTHE 
TEAM AND WE UNDERSTAND AND WE 
WILL MEET YOU BACK .
>> COPY ALL.
>> WE'VE HEARD THE CALL FROM 
THE CREW.
THEY HAVE BEEN INFORMED.
LAUNCH DIRECTOR MARK TAYLOR 
HAS CALLED A SCRUB FOR THE 
DAY AND WE GOT THE FEEDBACK 
WHEN THE DRAGON TEAM INFORMED 
BOB AND DOUG THAT WE GAVE IT 
A GOOD TRY WHICH THEY 
UNDERSTAND AND WE ARE HERE TO 
TRYANOTHER DAY .
SO RIGHT NOW WE DID 
OFFICIALLY HOLD THE CLOCK AT 
LOOKS LIKE IT T -16 MINUTES 
54 SECONDS.
THE CONTROLS, THE FALCON 
NINE, LOADING OF PROPELLANTS 
AND CYCLING OF VALVES, THAT 
HAS ALSO STOPPED.
WE NOW PROCEED INTO WHAT IS A 
 NORMAL SCRUB SEQUENCE FOR US.
WE PRACTICED THIS EVERY 
LAUNCH SO NOW WE MOVE INTO 
SAFELY TAKING THE PROPELLANT, 
THE PRESSURIZATION GAS BACK 
OFF THE FIRST AND SECOND 
STAGES.
SO THAT THINGS GET INTO A 
SEAT CONFIGURATION, THEN WE 
DISARM THE ESCAPE SYSTEM ON 
DRAGON AND HAVE THE CREW COME 
BACK AROUND.
RIGHT NOW WE GOT DOWN TO JUST 
OUTSIDE 17 MINUTES.
THE HARDWARE WAS WORKING VERY 
WELL ON BOTH DRAGON AND THE 
SPACECRAFT.
WE HAD THE FUEL LOADING GOING 
ON, LIQUID OXYGEN LOADING 
GOING ON, EVERYTHING WAS 
SECOND STAGE AND THE WEATHER 
JUST NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE 
TIME TO CLEAR THE CONDITIONS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT TIME 
BECAUSE WE HAD AN 
INSTANTANEOUS WINDOW WITH 
THAT SPACE X LAUNCH DIRECTOR 
HAD TO CALL IT FOR THE DAY 
FOR THE SAFETY RULES THAT WE 
HAD FOR THIS FLIGHT AREA 
RIGHT NOW THE TEAM IS 
UNDERGOING THE POST SCRUB 
OPERATIONS ON BOTH DRAGON AS 
WELL AS FALCON NINE, WORKING 
WITH THE RANGE.
NO ISSUES BEING REPORTED AS 
WE START TO GO THROUGH THAT 
SEQUENCE AREA AND EVERYTHING 
LOOKS GOOD.
AND D,DAN, WE HAD A GOOD 
WEBCAST GOING UNTIL THE VERY 
END.
WE WILL LOOK AT IT AS NOW WE 
HAD ANOTHER GREAT ADRY 
REHEARSAL.
LAST SATURDAY WE DID A DRY 
ONE I SHOULD SAY AND TODAY 
WE'VE DONE A WET DRESS 
REHEARSAL BUT SORRY, WE JUST 
COULDN'T GET THERE, DAN.
>> THANKS JOHN.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T CONTROL 
THE WEATHER.WE CAME RIGHT 
DOWN TO THE WIRE THERE HOPING 
WE COULD SQUEEZE IN BETWEEN 
THOSE CLOUD SYSTEMS TO GET A 
LAUNCH BUT IT WASN'T TO BE.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE ARE DONE
GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER ATTEMPT 
COMING UP IN THREE DAYS SO 
WE'RE DOING THIS ALL OVER 
AGAIN ON SATURDAY .
ON THE 30TH, AND THAT LAUNCH
ATTEMPT IS GOING TO BE COMING 
AT 3:20 2 PM EASTERN TIME SOA 
LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN THE 
DAY.
IT'S GOING TO LOOK LARGELY 
THE SAME TO EVERYTHING WE SAW 
TODAY WITH THE CREW WAKING UP 
GOING THROUGH SUIT UP , 
MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE PAD 
SO WERE GOING TO FEEL A LOT 
OF DCJC VU .
>> STILL EXCITING.
SAFETY IS ALWAYS FIRST SO IF 
WEATHER WAS NOT FOR BEAR FOR 
US TONIGHT IT WILL BE THERE 
FOR US SATURDAY AND WE WILL 
HAVE A SAFE LAUNCH ON 
SATURDAY.
>> THE INITIAL WEATHERREPORT 
AT US AT A 40 PERCENT 
POSSIBILITY OF VIOLATION FOR 
THE WEATHER .
A LITTLE BIT BETTER BUT WE 
ARE STILL ROLLING THEDICE AND 
IT IS FLORIDA IN THE SPRING 
AND SUMMER SO STORMS ARE 
ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY .
>> THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO BE 
IN GREAT HEALTH THROUGH THE 
DAY.
DRAGON AND FALCON NINE SO WE 
DIDN'T HAVE TO SCRUB FOR 
TECHNICAL ISSUES.
WE WILL FOLLOW ALONG WITH BOB 
AND DOUG UNTIL THEY ARE OUT 
OF THAT CAPSULE.
THEY STARTED LOADING FUEL 
ONTO THE ROCKET SO THEY WILL 
HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THAT FUEL 
COMES OFF, DISARM THE LAUNCH 
ESCAPESYSTEM WHICH STAYS 
ARMED BECAUSE THEY ARE 
SITTING ON A PARTIALLY LOADED 
ROCKET AND ONCE THEY ARE ABLE 
TO DISARM THAT LAUNCH ESCAPE 
SYSTEM THE CREW ARM WILL 
SWING BACK OUT AND THEY WILL 
MAKE THEIR WAY ONCE AGAIN 
BACK THE WAY THEY CAME AND 
BACK TO CREW QUARTERS FOR 
ABOUT AND ON FOR A FEW MORE 
DAYS .
IF YOU ARE JUST NOW TUNING IN 
WONDERING WHY WE ARE NOTSTILL 
COUNTING DOWN , WE DIDHAVE A 
LAUNCH SCRUB TODAY .
>> PREDICTING ABOUT A 40 
MINUTE OFFLOAD TIME.
>> THAT CALL OUT, THE LIQUID 
OXYGEN FUEL PUMPING OUT OF 
THE FIRST PAGE OF THEFALCON 
NINE .
EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD WITH 
THAT.
EXPECTING 40 MINUTES FOR ALL 
THAT FUEL TO COME OFF SO ONCE 
THAT COMES OFF BOB AND DOUG 
WILL BE ABLE TO DISARMTHE 
LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM AND THE 
ARM WILL SWING BACK OUT AND 
THEY WILL MAKE THEIR WAY BACK 
DOWN AND OVER TO CREW 
QUARTERS .
UNFORTUNATE SCRUB TODAY 
BECAUSE OF WEATHER.
THAT WAS THE ONE THING WE 
WERE TRACKING FROM THE MOMENT 
WE STARTED TODAY.
WATCHING BOB AND DOUG GET 
SUITED UP FOR THEIR LUNCH.
WE DID ABORT TODAY'S LAUNCH 
BOARD SCRUB TODAY'S LAUNCH 
WITH A LITTLE UNDER 17 
MINUTES TO GO UNTIL OUR T0 
TIME WHICH WAS 4:33 THAT 
MOVES US TO OUR NEXT ATTEMPT 
WHICH IS COMING UP ON 
SATURDAY AND THAT TIME IS 
GOING TO BE 3:20 2 PM EASTERN 
TIME SO A LITTLE BIT EARLIER 
IN THE DAY OR BOB AND DOUG 
AND FOR EVERYBODY ELSE 
WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD.
YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE A 
19 HOUR LIKE TO STATION IF 
THAT'SWHEN WE LAUNCH AND A 
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