ARE SICK OF IT.
TO FOX 8 NEWS THE MORNING,
NASA IS ABOUT TO USHER IN A
NEW ERA OF HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT
THIS AFTERNOON AMERICAN
ASTRONAUTS WILL ONCE AGAIN.
TRAVEL ON AMERICAN ROCKETS
FROM AMERICAN SOIL TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS
THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE END
OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM
BACK IN 2011. NASA ASTRONAUT
TRACY CALDWELL DYSON JOINS US
NOW TO TALK ABOUT THIS
HISTORIC. AND EXCITING LOTS
TRACY FIRST OF ALL GOOD
MORNING.
GOOD MORNING ELAINE GREAT
TO BE HERE GREAT TO HAVE YOU
TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
TODAY'S LAUNCH WHY IS THIS ONE
SO SPECIAL.
WELL EVERY LAUNCH A SPECIAL
BUT TODAY USHERS IN A NEW ERA
OF SPACEFLIGHT IT'S A GIANT
LEAP FOR OUR PRIVATE INDUSTRY
AS WELL AS THE BEGINNING OF
THE TEST LATE SEASON FOR NASA.
WELL LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW
THIS PARTICULAR LAUNCH WITH
SPACE X IS GOING TO BE
DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER ONES
THAT NASA HAD TOTAL CONTROL
OVER.
WELL A SPACE THOSE
EVERYTHING IN THEIR
CONTROLLING EVERYTHING WITH
NASA OVERSIGHT THEY HAD TO
MEET REQUIREMENTS AND THE GOLF
COURSE OR NASA ASTRONAUTS ON
BOARD AND SO IT'S IT'S THEIR
THEY'RE GOING TO PROVE
THEIR CAPABILITY TODAY.
TALK ABOUT THE CAP. SO I
KEEP THINGS ABOUT THIS THIS
CAPSULE.
THE DRAGON CAPSULE WHOLE
CREW DRAGON AND I'M RIGHT NOW
WE'VE GOT TO. ASTRONAUTS ON
BOARD. BUT I'M I BELIEVE IT
SEATS 4 SO WE'RE HOPING TO OUR
CREW SIZE WITH THOSE TO CARRY
IT TO THE SPACE STATION.
AND FERRY ASTRONAUTS BACK
AND FORTH.
IT'S A REUSABLE CAPSULE
UNDERSTAND.
THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS
WELCOME TALK ABOUT A WHAT
THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING WHEN
THEY GET TO THE SPACE STATION
WHAT'S THEIR ASSIGNMENT. WELL,
THERE'S SIMON IS MAINLY THIS
TEST MISSION AND IT'S AN END
AND TEST THEY'RE GOING ONCE
THEY'RE DOCKED TO THE SPACE
STATION.
THEY'LL BECOME A SPACE
STATION CREW NUMBER AND WITH
THAT ALL SORTS OF WORK IN
TERMS OF SCIENCE AND
MAINTENANCE THERE MIGHT BE
SOME SPACEWALKS A MORONIC ARM
OPERATIONS BUT THEIR MAIN DUTY
IS TO A TEST FLIGHT. THE CREW
DRAGON.
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC GOT
NASA'S IT ADVISING PEOPLE NOT
TO COME DOWN TO CAPE CANAVERAL
TO ACTUALLY SEE THIS LAUNCH.
WHAT ARE THE OTHER OPTIONS
THAT YOU'VE HEARD OF.
YOU CAN TUNE IN LIVE TO
NASA TV COVERAGE BEGINS ABOUT
QUARTER AFTERNOON. THERE ARE
EASTERN TIME. AND OTHERWISE
YOU'VE GOT YOU TO TWITTER
FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM WHICH
LINKED AGAIN THERE'S ALL SORTS
OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
WHERE YOU CAN STAY CONNECTED
EXCELLENT WHAT'S THE FUTURE OF
SPACE TRAVEL NOW THAT WE HAVE
HAVE STARTED ONCE AGAIN.
WELL WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE OUR FLIGHTS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
AND THEN WE HOPE TO BEGIN OUR
FLIGHTS IN THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM
ON BOARD A RYAN AND NESTLE S
AND WE BEGIN OUR JOURNEY TO
THE MOON AND TO MARS ALL
RIGHT.
ASTRONAUT TRACY CALDWELL
DYSON THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. MY GOD
WE THANK YOU ALL RIGHT BY THE
WAY THE LAUNCH IS SET FOR FOR
