NASA Launch Commentator Mike Curie: Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
And liftoff!
The 100th liftoff from
Launch Pad 39A as Falcon and Dragon take flight
to the International Space Station.
Launch controller: First-stage propulsion
nominal.
Stage-one (inaudible) active.
Falcon power and telemetry nominal.
Curie: Everything going according to plan.
Falcon is on target for its rendezvous with
the International
Space Station.
One minute into flight.
Falcon 9 is going transonic at this time.
Standing by for maximum dynamic pressure.
About one minute away from the first-stage
engine cutoff and beginning of the boostback
burn.
Launch controller: Flyback chill started.
Curie: NASA Television will be showing both
the second stage carrying the Dragon to orbit,
and portions
of the return of the Falcon 9 first-stage
engine to Landing Zone 1 at nearby Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station.
