AGAIN ON YOUR RIGHT SCREEN IS
THAT FIRST STAGE BOOSTER COMING
BACK TOWARDS OUR DRONE SHIP, OF
COURSE I STILL LOVE YOU.
WE'RE ABOUT A MINUTE AWAY FROM
ENTRY BURN.
>> MEANWHILE, THAT SECOND STAGE
CONTINUING TO POWER DRAGON INTO
ORBIT.
IF YOU ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE
TIMER, THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE
TO BURN UNTIL 8:44 INTO FLIGHT
SO A LITTLE OVER TWO MINUTES
FROM NOW, WE'LL HEAR THE
CALL-OUT SECO.
IT WILL BE A LITTLE OVER THREE
MINUTES UNTIL DRAGON PHYSICALLY
SEPARATES FROM THE SECOND STAGE
OF THE FALCON 9.
>> NOMINAL TRAJECTORY.
>> DRAGON NOMINAL TRAJECTORY.
>> CONTINUING TO CHECK IN WITH
BOB AND DOUG AS THEY ARE ON A
NOMINAL TRAJECTORY.
JUST ABOUT TEN SECONDS AWAY FROM
THE FIRST STAGE, STARTING THAT
ENTRY BURN ON YOUR RIGHT SCREEN.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THAT
VIEW LIVE.
>> STAGE ONE ENTRY BURN STARTUP.
AND THERE IS THAT ENTRY BURN
BEGINNING.
THIS BURN LASTS ABOUT 36 SECONDS
LONG.
>> STAGE TWO FTS IS SAVED.
>> THAT ENTRY BURN CONTINUES,
WE'RE JUST ABOUT A MINUTE AWAY
FROM SECO.
WE'LL HAVE A NUMBER OF EVENTS
ALL HAPPEN IN RAPID SUCCESSION.
IT WILL BE THE SECOND ENGINE
CUT-OFF, AND BEFORE THAT STAGE
ONE LANDING BURN SHORTLY AFTER.
>> ACTUALLY JUST WITHIN A FEW
SECONDS OF EACH OTHER.
SUCH A COOL VIEW ON YOUR LEFT
SCREEN, SEEING BOB AND DOUG ON
DRAGON AND NOW YOU CAN SEE THE
DISPLAYS THAT THEY ARE SEEING
RIGHT NOW THEMSELVES.
>> M VAC.
>> WE ARE COMING UP 25 SECONDS
OR SO AWAY FROM SECO, OR SECOND
ENGINE CUT-OFF.
>> THIS IS ALSO THE POINT WHERE
BOB AND DOUG ARE EXPERIENCING
THEIR HIGHEST G-FORCE.
WE'RE SEEING THE COUNTER TICK UP
TO -- YOU HEARD SHANNON SO THAT
JUST MEANS THEY'RE IN THEIR
FINAL ABORT ZONES.
IF THEY WERE TO ABORT TO THIS
POINT, IT WOULD BE ABORT TO
ORBIT OR LAND OFF THE COAST OF
IRELAND.
STANDING BY FOR SECOND CUT-OFF
CONFIRMATION.
>> M VAC THROTTLE STEP.
M VAC SHUTDOWN.
>> CONFIRMATION OF SECO, SECOND
ENGINE CUT-OFF.
>> NOW WE ARE WAITING FOR OUR
FIRST STAGE TO MAKE ITS WAY TO
OUR DRONE SHIP OF COURSE I STILL
LOVE YOU.
>> NOMINAL ORBITAL INSERTION.
>> CONFIRMATION NOMINAL ORBITAL
INSERTION.
>> WHAT YOU ARE SEEING ON YOUR
SCREEN IS A LIVE VIEW OF OUR
DRONE SHIP.
WHERE OUR FIRST STAGE WILL BE
COMING DOWN.
LOOKS LIKE WE LOST THAT LIVE
VIEW BUT WE'LL WAIT FOR
CONFIRMATION OF THAT LANDING
SHORTLY HERE.
THERE YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN
FALCON 9 HAS LANDED.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
THIS IS THE FIRST FALCON 9 TO
CARRY HUMANS TO ORBIT, SO VERY
EXCITING FOR US.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR RIGHT
SCREEN, BOB AND DOUG ARE STILL
MAKING THEIR WAY TO THEIR
TARGETED ORBIT.
>> RECOVERY ONE.
>> SO EXCITING TODAY!
>> IT DOESN'T STOP.
>> IT DOES NOT STOP.
>> WE DID HEAR AGAIN THAT
CALL-OUT GOOD ORBITAL INSERTION
SO THAT MEANS FALCON 9 AND
DRAGON RIGHT NOW EXACTLY WHERE
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.
>> FRC ON RECOVERY ONE.
>> IT'S RIGHT ABOUT 12 MINUTES
WHEN DRAGON WILL SEPARATE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE SAW ZERO G
INDICATOR FLOATING AROUND THERE.
I KNOW BOB AND DOUG OWE US ABOUT
WHAT EXACTLY THAT IS THEY
BROUGHT UP WITH THEM.
>> BEFORE SEPARATION, BEFORE
DRAGON INITIATES SEPARATION FROM
THE SECOND STAGE, THEY DO MAKE
SURE TO MAKE -- THEY DOAN SURE
SURE -- THEY DO ENSURE THAT THE
VEHICLE IS NOT SPINNING AND IS
IN GOOD CONDITION BEFORE WE
SEPARATE.
>> THE STAGE DOES A SMALL
ATTITUDE MANEUVER USING COLD GAS
THRUSTERS BUILT INTO THE ROCKET
BODY ITSELF.
>> EXACTLY.
SO WE DO EXPECT THAT TO
SEPARATION TO OCCUR IN ABOUT A
MINUTE FROM NOW.
BUT THEY DO WAIT UNTIL THEY HAVE
FULL CONFIRMATION THAT IT IS
READY TO SEPARATE.
SUCH COOL VIEWS.
I CANNOT GET OVER THIS VIEW WE
ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW.
BOB AND DOUG ON THE RIGHT SCREEN
INSIDE OF CREW DRAGON.
OUT IN SPACE.
>> ALREADY 200 KILOMETERS OVER
PLANET EARTH, A LITTLE OVER 124
MILES TRAVELING IN EXCESS OF
27,000 METERS PER SECOND, ABOUT
16,000 MILES PER HOUR.
WE'RE JUST STANDING BY THAT
SEPARATION EVENT SHOULD BE
COMING UP SHORTLY AND WILL BEGIN
A SERIES OF CHECKS ON THE
THRUSTERS THAT WILL BE USED TO
MANEUVER AND THEN POWER DRAGON
ON ITS FLIGHT TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
STANDING BY FOR SEPARATION.
>> EXPECT A LOSS OF SIGNAL.
>> SOUNDS LIKE WE HAD AN
EXPECTED LOS, LOSS OF SIGNAL,
WITH ONE OF THE GROUND STATIONS.
>> DRAGON SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
>> DRAGON SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
>> THERE'S A GREAT VIEW RIGHT IN
FRONT OF YOU OF DRAGON
SEPARATING.
AND THERE'S THAT CALL-OUT.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
DRAGON IS NOW OFFICIALLY MAKING
ITS WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION TODAY.
>> DRAGON SPACEX, SEPARATION
CALL, WE HAVE A FEW WORDS FOR
YOU FROM OUR FALCON 19.
>> STANDING BY.
[ Buzzing ]
>> COPY ALL.
PROUD OF YOU GUYS AND THE REST
OF THE TEAM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU
HAVE DONE FOR US TODAY, PUTTING
AMERICA BACK INTO LOW-EARTH
ORBIT FROM THE FLORIDA COAST.
>> COPY.
GOOD LUCK.
GODSPEED.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO BOB AND DOUG ARE IN SPACE.
>> SPACEX, WE CONFIRM NOMINAL
AND CHECKOUTS ON NOSE CONE
DEPLOYS IN PROGRESS.
>> COPY ALL.
MONITORING.
>> THE CORPS HERE IN HAWTHORNE
GIVING THE CREW A HEADS-UP THAT
WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT THE
NOSE CONE IS DEPLOYING SO AGAIN
THAT NOSE CONE IS GOING TO OPEN
UP A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 90º.
ALSO UP ABOUT 105º AND THAT'S
GOING TO EXPOSE THE ACTUAL
DOCKING RING AND THE HATCH THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING
THROUGH ONCE THEY ATTACH TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
ALSO FOUR OF THOSE DRACO
THRUSTERS, WE CALL THEM THE
FORWARD BULKHEAD THRUSTers
USED FOR THE FIRING OF THE
THRUSTERS TO RAISE THEIR ORBIT
GRADUALLY OVER THE COMING HOURS.
WE HEARD GOOD ACT VACATION OF
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND
LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM.
THAT'S EVERYTHING CONTROLLING
THEIR ATMOSPHERE, JUST KEEPING
DRAGON AT A NICE, SAFE,
HABITABLE ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY
WILL BE LIVING FOR THE NEXT 19
HOURS UNTIL THEY ARRIVE AT THE
SPACE STATION.
>> EXACTLY.
AND FALCON 9'S JOB MAY BE DONE
FOR TODAY BUT THE MISSION IS NOT
OVER.
CREW DRAGON'S JOB IS NOT DONE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, BOB AND DOUG ARE
STILL INSIDE CREW DRAGON, MAKING
THEIR WAY, IT WILL BE A 19-HOUR
TRIP TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION BEFORE THEY DOCK
TOMORROW MORNING.
SUCH COOL VIEWS.
I LOVE THAT WE CAN GET THESE
LIVE VIEWS HERE AND SEE AND
WATCH WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW
THAT THEY ARE IN ORBIT.
>> IT'S INCREDIBLE TO JUST BE
LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDER, TO
BE ALONG FOR THE RIDE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE WITH THEM AND
WE'RE GOING TO BE WITH ALL OF
YOU THE ENTIRE WAY FOR THEIR
JOURNEY TO THE SPACE STATION.
WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING LIVE
THROUGHOUT, BOB AND DOUG WILL
OBVIOUSLY HAVE A SLEEP PERIOD,
WHERE THEY'LL GET ABOUT EIGHT
HOURS OF SLEEP A LITTLE BIT
LATER TODAY BEFORE THEY WAKE UP
FOR ALL OF THEIR FINAL APPROACH,
ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS WE ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS IS GOING TO BE
THEIR FIRST TURN AT THE CONTROLS
SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
USING THOSE TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAYS
TO TAKE CONTROL AND MANUAL
IPILOT DRAGON.
WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THAT
IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND
ASSUMING WE HAVE SOME GOOD
GROUND STATION COVERAGE, WE'LL
BE ABLE TO GET VIEWS FROM RIGHT
INSIDE DRAGON.
LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDER AS
THEY MANIPULATE THE CONTROLS AT
THE DISPLAY.
WE HAD A SMOOTH RIDE UPHILL,
BOTH STAGES OF THE FALCON 9
DOING THEIR JOB, PLACING BOB AND
DOUG INTO ORBIT.
THIS IS A DAY, THIS IS AN
HISTORICAL DAY.
THIS IS US KICKING OFF THAT NEW
ERA OF SPACE FLIGHT WE'VE ALL
BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND LONGING
FOR SINCE THE SPACE SHUTTLE
PROGRAM CAME TO AN END IN 2011.
AND THE WEATHER COOPERATED.
>> YES, SECOND TIME'S A CHARM.
ALL RIGHT.
SO DATE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE LOST
SOME LIVE SIGNAL THERE.
BUT THE MISSION STILL CONTINUES
AND WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT OVER
TO KSC TO CONTINUE BROADCASTING
LIVE.
>> JESSE AND DAN, WE ARE JUST IN
AWE OVER HERE AND I WOKE UP THIS
MORNING AND I LOOKED AT THE
WEATHER FORECAST, I WAS LIKE
MAN, WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK HERE
ON SUNDAY, BUT WE DID IT.
AND THE ROOM CLEARED OUT,
EVERYBODY WAS OUTSIDE WATCHING
AND INSIDE THE LIGHTS WERE
SHAKING, THE CAMERAS WERE
SHAKING, LAUREN CAME BACK IN
WITH TEARS IN HER EYES.
THIS IS REALLY AMAZING.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE I SAW IT WITH
MY OWN EYES.
I'M A LITTLE BIT SPEECHLESS.
JUST SO GRATEFUL WE GOT THEM UP
THERE'S A LOT MORE TO GO BUT I'M
SO HAPPY THEY'RE SAFE RIGHT NOW.
I'M JUST SO HAPPY.
>> LELAND, YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT IT'S AMAZING WHAT WE CAN
DO WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER.
>> YES, AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS,
AMERICAN ROCKET FROM AMERICAN
SOIL SHOWING YOU WHAT AMERICANS
CAN DO WHEN WE COME TOGETHER AS
A TEAM AND BLAST DOUG AND BOB
OFF TO THE COSMOS.
THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT AND
THEIR FAMILIES AND EVERYONE
WORKING TOGETHER TO TAKE THEM UP
TO SPACE SAFELY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
THAT ROCKET FUEL IS IN MY VEINS
AND I WANT TO GET ON THE ROCKET.
>> IT'S TOO LATE NOW.
MAYBE THE NEXT ONE.
>> I KNOW, I KNOW.
>> WE WANT TO GO OVER TO DARRELL
AT OSB 2, HE'S THERE WITH THE
ADMINISTRATOR WHO HOPEFULLY HAS
MORE WORDS THAN WE DO BECAUSE
WE'RE STILL SPEECHLESS.
>> WE'RE HERE AT THE OPERATION
SUPPORT BUILDING WHERE A CHORUS
OF APPLAUSE HAS BEEN HAPPENING
FROM THE BEGINNING OF LAUNCH AND
THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS STAGES,
SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS WERE
HERE TO WATCH IT, THAT INCLUDES
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP,
VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE AND
NASA ADMINISTRATOR JIM
BRIDENSTINE WHO JOINS ME NOW.
YOU WERE WITH THE PRESIDENT AND
THE VICE-PRESIDENT.
AMERICA'S BACK LAUNCHING HUMAN
ASTRONAUTS AGAIN.
TELL ME HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT
AND TELL ME ABOUT THE PRESIDENT
WATCHING THE LAUNCH AND WHAT
HAPPENED THERE.
>> SO THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME
COMING.
IT'S BEEN NINE YEARS SINCE WE'VE
LAUNCHED AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ON
AMERICAN ROCKETS FROM AMERICAN
SOIL AND NOW IT'S DONE.
WE HAVE DONE IT.
IT'S BEEN WAY TOO LONG.
I WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT
TO CHARLIE BOLDEN, HE WAS MY
PREDECESSOR AS THE NASA
ADMINISTRATOR.
HE FOUGHT HARD FOR THIS PROGRAM
AT A TIME WHEN IT DIDN'T GET ANY
SUPPORT IN CONGRESS.
WE NOW HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION
THAT IS FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR
SPACE FLIGHT INITIATIVES, NOT
JUST ON THE EXPLORATION
DISCOVERY, GOING TO THE MOON, ON
TO MARS BUT ALSO FROM A SPACE
FORCE PERSPECTIVE.
OUR BUDGETS ARE GOING UP.
THINGS ARE STRONG.
AND TODAY WAS JUST AN AMAZING
DAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THE PRESIDENT
DID RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE WHEN
WE BECAME PRESIDENT, HE CREATED
THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL AND
PUT THE VICE-PRESIDENT AS
CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL SPACE
COUNCIL.
YOU'VE ON THE COUNCIL YOU'VE GOT
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE,
SECRETARY OF STATE, COMMERCE,
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION,
EDUCATION.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT
CHIEFS, ALL THESE DIFFERENT
AMAZING INDIVIDUALS THAT DEAL
WITH SPACE DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE
HOW MANY PARTS OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DEAL WITH SPACE AND
THE VICE-PRESIDENT INVITED THOSE
MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SPACE
COUNCIL HERE AS WELL.
AND THEN WE HAD MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS, BI-PARTISAN MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS, REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
IN SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM FOR A
LONG TIME NOW.
SO I'LL JUST TELL YOU, I'M
BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF BUT I
WILL ALSO TELL YOU, I'M NOT
GOING TO CELEBRATE UNTIL BOB AND
DOUG ARE HOME SAFELY.
TOMORROW THEY'RE GOING TO DOCK
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
TONIGHT I'M HEADING TO HOUSTON
TO BE AT THE JOHNSON SPACE
CENTER WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
IT'S A BIT OF A RELIEF.
THE NOSE CONE IS NOW OPEN.
IT'S NOW DEPLOYED, WHICH MEANS
THAT NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO
SOME OF BURNS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PHASING
BURNS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME
BOOSTING BURNS AND WE'RE GOING
TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN
ALIGNMENT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AS EARLY AS
POSSIBLE HERE BUT ALSO I KNOW
IT'S HARD, BUT THE BIG THING
THAT WE NEED TO DO NOW IS WE'VE
GOT TO GET BOB AND DOUG WHO HAVE
NOW GONE THROUGH THIS EXERCISE
TWICE, THEY NEED TO GET SOME
REST BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU
THERE WILL BE NO REST FOR A GOOD
AMOUNT OF TIME WHILE THEY'RE UP
THERE IN ORBIT.
>> THEY'RE CERTAINLY ON THEIR
WAY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE JOINING
US FOR THIS ENTIRE CELEBRATION
AND WATCHING.
WE JUST HEARD 10 MILLION PEOPLE
WATCHING LIVE AS THIS LAUNCH
HAPPENED.
AND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
BECOMING THE THIRD SITTING
PRESIDENT TO WATCH A LAUNCH LIVE
FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
>> TO BE CLEAR, I THINK HE'S THE
ONLY SITTING PRESIDENT TO WATCH
AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS LAUNCH ON A
BRAND NEW ROCKET THAT HAS NEVER
LAUNCHED BEFORE, AND THAT'S A
BIG RISK.
HE ALSO SAID WE'RE GOING TO THE
MOON BY 2024.
HE'S PUTTING HIMSELF AT RISK
SAYING POTENTIALLY I'M GOING TO
BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE
INITIATIVES I PUT FORWARD AND I
THINK WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT KIND
OF LEADERSHIP FOR SPACE IN A
VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR IT.
>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE WATCHING THE
LAUNCH WITH THE PRESIDENT?
HOW DID HE REACT?
>> I'LL TELL YOU, IT'S OBVIOUSLY
SOMETHING THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR
TO HIM.
HE SAID IT A YEAR AND A HALF
AGO, HE PUT IT IN THE STATE OF
THE UNION SPEECH.
HE SAID WE'RE GOING TO LAUNCH
AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ON AMERICAN
ROCKETS FROM AMERICAN SOIL AND
OF COURSE I WAS LIKE IN MY HEAD,
I'M THINKING WE BETTER GET AFTER
THIS.
AND OF COURSE WE'VE WORKED
OVERTIME TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
WE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BEHIND
SCHEDULE, BUT WE GOT IT DONE AND
WE GOT IT DONE SAFELY.
WE'RE KNOCKING ON WOOD, BUT SO
FAR SO GOOD.
IT'S LOOKING GOOD.
>> YOU PERSONALLY, JIM, AS THAT
ROCKET WAS LIFTING OFF AND YOU
FELT THAT RUMBLE, WHAT DID YOU
EXPERIENCE?
>> WELL, I WAS PRAYING.
I WAS PRAYING FOR BOB AND DOUG
AND I WAS PRAYING FOR THEIR
FAMILIES AND THEIR SAFE RETURN,
EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE JUST GOING
BUT MAN, I'LL TELL YOU, I'VE
HEARD THAT RUMBLE BEFORE BUT
IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT FEELING
WHEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR OWN TEAM ON
THAT ROCKET.
AND THEY ARE OUR TEAM, THEY ARE
AMERICA'S TEAM.
THIS IS LAUNCH AMERICA.
THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT AMERICA
HAS TO OFFER IN ITS PUREST FORM
AND TIMES ARE TOUGH RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS NO DOUBT.
WE'VE GOT THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC, WE HAVE OTHER
CHALLENGES AS A COUNTRY BUT I
HOPE THIS MOMENT IN TIME IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY TO
REFLECT ON HUMANITY AND WHAT WE
CAN DO WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER
WHEN WE DRIVE AND WHEN WE
ACHIEVE.
IF THIS CAN INSPIRE A YOUNG
CHILD TO BECOME THE NEXT ELON
MUSK OR THE NEXT JEFF BEZOS OR
THE NEXT SIR RICHARD BRANSON,
THAT'S WHEN THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
>> OR THE NEXT JIM BRIDENSTINE.
>> I WOULDN'T PUT ME IN THAT
CATEGORY.
>> WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP
FOR THE SPACE AGENCY AT THIS
TIME AND CONGRATULATIONS ON AN
AMAZING DAY AND LAUNCH.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT RIDE.
>> VERY GOOD.
WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN THE
STUDIO.
>> DOUG AND TO BE ARE ON COURSE
TO ARRIVE AT THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION TOMORROW, MAY
31st AT 10:27 A.M. EASTERN
TIME AND WE'LL BE STAYING ON THE
AIR FOR CONTINUOUS LIVE COVERAGE
ALONG THE ENTIRE RIDE TO THE
STATION.
SO THOUGH OUR COVERAGE HERE IS
CONCLUDING, WE WILL TURN IT OVER
TO THE TEAMS IN HAWTHORNE AND
HOUSTON TO TAKE US THROUGH THE
NEXT PHASES OF THE DEMO 2
MISSION, ALL THE WAY THROUGH
HATCH OPENING AND A WELCOME
CEREMONY ON THE SPACE STATION
FOR BOB AND DOUG TOMORROW.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AS YOU FOLLOW ALONG, WE INVITE
YOU TO TUNE INTO A POST-LAUNCH
NEWS CONFERENCE THAT'S HAPPENING
HERE AT 6:30 THIS EVENING,
EASTERN TIME ON NASA TV.
WE'LL HAVE NASA AND SPACEX
LEADERS HERE TO TAKE QUESTIONS
LIVE ON THIS UNPRECEDENTED
ACHIEVEMENT IN HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT.
AND IN ADDITION TO NASA TV, YOU
CAN FOLLOW ALONG ALWAYS ON
TWITTER AT NASA AND NASA.GOV FOR
MISSION UPDATES AS IT
PROGRESSES.
HERE NOW ARE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE
MISSION SO FAR, MAY 30th,
2020, REMEMBER THIS DAY.
YOU WILL HAVE THIS MEMORY
FOREVER.
THE DAY AMERICA RETURNED
ASTRONAUTS TO ORBIT FROM U.S.
SOIL.
[ ♪♪♪ ]
>> WOW.
WE'RE MAKING HISTORY AGAIN.
>> LET'S GO!
[ ♪♪♪ ]
[ Countdown ]
[ ♪♪♪ ]
>> IGNITION, LIFTOFF OF THE
FALCON 9 AND CREW DRAGON, GO
NASA, GO SPACEX, GODSPEED, BOB
AND DOUG!
[ ♪♪♪ ]
[ Cheering ]
>> AMERICA HAS LAUNCHED.
>> A NEW GENERATION CONTINUING
TO DREAM.
>> WE WANT TO THANK MARIE AND
THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR THAT GREAT
LAUNCH.
IT WAS GREAT TO BE WITH YOU THE
WHOLE TIME.
BUT AS WE JUST SAID.
THE MISSION HAS ONLY NOW JUST
GUN.
RIGHT NOW BOB AND DOUG ARE
FLYING FREE INSIDE OF DRAGON
AFTER THAT SUCCESSFUL SEPARATION
FROM FALCON 9.
WE HAVE JUST UNDER 19 HOURS
UNTIL THEY ARRIVE AT THE SPACE
STATION.
WE'LL BE HERE WITH YOU THE
ENTIRE TRIP.
>> IMMEDIATELY AFTER DRAGON
SEPARATED, IT BEGAN WHAT WE CALL
ACTIVATION AND RHONDA VIEW PHASE
OF THE MISSION.
DURING THIS PHASE, DRAGON IS
CONFIGURED FOR ON BOARD
OPERATION.
IT BEGINS AFTER SEPARATION FROM
FALCONINE AND INTENDS WITH THE
COMPLETION OF THE FINAL
CO-ELIPTIC BURN.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE FIVE MAJOR
BURNS THAT WILL BRING IT CLOSE
BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR FINAL
APPROACH MANEUVERS.
THE FIRST ONE IS COMING UP IN A
LITTLE BIT.
AND IT IS THE PHASE BURN.
THE TEAMS ARE GETTING READY FOR
GO, NO-GO TO GET READY FOR THAT.
THAT'S DONE AT THE FIRST APOGEE
OR HIGHEST POINT TO THE PERIGEE.
THE HIGHEST ALTITUDE.
>> BASED ON WHAT OUR ORBITAL
STATUS SHOWS US, THE BOOST WILL
RAISE IT UNTIL IT'S TEN
KILOMETERS LOWER THAN THE SPACE
STATION.
THIS MEANS THAT BOB AND DOUG
WILL BE JUST LOWER THAN THE
SPACE STATION.
THE FOURTH MANEUVER IS THE
TRANSFER BURN WHERE WE RAISE
DRAGON'S APOGEE OR HIGHEST POINT
OF ITS ORBIT TO JUST TWO AND A
HALF KILOMETERS BELOW THE
STATION.
WE ROUND EVERYTHING OUT WITH A
FINAL CO-HISTORIC BURN TO
MAINTAIN A CONSTANT ORBIT
BENEATH THE STATION JUST TWO AND
A HALF KILOMETERS BELOW.
>> AND WE GET INTO THE APPROACH
INITIATION AND FINAL STAGES OF
DRAGON'S RENDEZVOUS.
THIS IS WHERE WE START THE JOINT
OPERATION BETWEEN THE DRAGON
CONTROL TEAM.
AND THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS IN
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.
THE TEAMS WHICH IS ANOTHER BURN
THAT MEANS THAT DRAG SOMEONE
GETTING CLOSE.
DURING THE APPROACH, THE FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS WORK IN TANDEM WITH
THE NASA TEAM TO ACTIVATE AND
TEST OUT A NUMBER OF SYSTEMS ON
DRAGON INCLUDING ESTABLISHING BY
DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION WITH
THE STATION USING A SYSTEM KNOWN
AS C 2 V 2 WHICH STANDS FOR
COMMON EDUCATION FOR VISITING
VEHICLES.
THEY SET UP A DATA STREAM FROM
DRAGON TO THE STATION, GIVING
ANOTHER PATH OF DATA ABOUT ITS
PERFORMANCE TO ASTRONAUTS ON
BOARD THE STATION.
IT WILL MANEUVER DRAGON FOR THAT
VERY SLOW AND METHODICAL.
>> APPROXIMATELY 4:00 A.M.
SPECIFIC TIME.
IT WILL FIRE FOR AT APPROACH
ABOUT TWO AND A HALF KILOMETERS
BEFORE STATION AND JUST ABOUT
SEVEN KILOMETERS BEHIND IT.
IT'S MEASURING ABOUT
4 KILOMETERS TO 2 KILOMETERS.
IT IS CONFIGURED TO BE WHAT IS A
4 HOUR SAFE TRAJECTORY.
THIS MEANS IF DRAGON LOST ALL
CONTROL.
IT WOULD BE 4 HOURS IT'S
TRAJECTORY WOULD MOVE.
>> OKAY, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR
CABIN TO BE BELOW 25 C AND
TRENDING DOWN.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON THE WAY
THERE BUT NOT QUITE.
AND THE SECOND ITEM IS DURING
THE BURN WE MAY HAVE
INTERMITTENT DUE TO POINTING,
THIS IS EXPECTED.
>> THEY'RE STILL WEARING THOSE
SUITS THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN SINCE
THEY SUITED UP SEVERAL HOURS
AGO.
WHEN THE TEMPERATURES COME DOWN
IN THE CABIN THEY'LL GET THE GO
TO TAKE THE SUITS OFF.
WE'RE 12 MINUTES AWAY FROM THAT
PHASE BURN.
ONCE DRAGON ARRIVES JUST
400 METERS BELOW THE STATION, IT
WILL BE KNOWN AS WAY POINT ZERO.
THAT'S THE FIRST CHECK POINT.
THE VEHICLE WILL HOLD AT
400 METERS OR CONTINUE IF ALL
THE STEMS CHECK OUT AND IT WILL
BEGIN THE APPROACH TO WAY POINT
ONE.
AND IT WILL BEGIN THE GO, NO GO,
IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ZONES.
IT'S AN IMAGINARY SPHERE WITH A
RAISOUS OF 200 METERS.
IT'S A CHANCE TO CONFIRM THE
GUIDANCE CONTROL SYSTEMS ARE
WORKING ON DRAGON BEFORE WE MOVE
IN CLOSE TO STATION.
AND IT CARRIES A SIMILAR
REQUIREMENT THAT JESSE TALKED
ABOUT WHERE THE DRAGON LOST
CONTROL OF ITS THRUSTERS.
IT WOULD NOT GO INSIDE OF THAT
SPHERE FOR ORBITS OR SIX HOURS
INSTEAD OF THE 24 HOURS.
>> WE'LL SWING IT UP AND OUT IN
FRONT OF THE STATION, PAUSING AT
A DISTANCE OF 220 METERS.
AT THIS POINT IT WILL BE ON WHAT
WE CALL THE DOCKING ACCESS WHICH
IS ESSENTIALLY MEANS IT IS
DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE DOCKING
POINT.
BOB AND DOUG ARE HEADED TO THE
FORWARD MOST POINT OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE NOSE 2 FORWARD POINT WHERE
DRAGON DOCKED LAST YEAR ON THE
DEMO ONE MISSION AND WHERE ONE
OF THE ONE OF TWO INTERNATIONAL
DOCKING ADAPTERS IS LOCATED.
THESE WERE INSTALLED FOR NEW
SPACECRAFT FLIGHTS AND ANY
SPACECRAFT THAT ALSO USES THE
INTERNATIONAL DOCKING STANDARD.
>> BEFORE MOVING IN TO THE FINAL
WAY POINT THEY WILL CONDUCT
THEIR SECOND MANUAL FLIGHT TEST.
ONLY THEY'LL BE NEAR FIELD WHICH
MEANS THEY'RE CLOSE TO THE
STATION.
IT WILL BE DOUG AND BOB AT THE
CONTROL.
THEY'LL FLY DRAGON TO THE CENTER
LINE OF THE DOCKING APPROACH
PRECISELY LINING IT UP.
THEN THEY'LL DO A NUMBER OF
TRANSITIONAL MANEUVERS.
THEY'LL MOVE IT AROUND THE
DIFFERENT AXIS AND THEN CHECK IN
ON THE GROUND.
AGAIN, TRANSLATIONAL.
MOVING BACKS, FORWARD, SIDE TO
SIDE WHEN WE REFER TO ATTITUDE
MANEUVERS IT'S WHERE THEY'RE
POINTING.
RING AND RETRACTS UNTIL SENSORS
INDICATE IT IS TIME FOR A HOOKS
TO GIVE A HARD CAPTURE AND
SECURE DRAGON TO THE STATION.
THEN IT'S TIME FOR LEAK CHECKS
AND HATCH OPENINGS TO COME TWO
HOURS FOLLOWING DOCKING.
>> WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE WITH
YOU THE ENTIRE WAY.
IT IS BE A TWO-TEAM EFFORT.
ONCE DRAGON GETS CLOSE.
WHY DON'T WE JUMP OVER TO GARY
AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION IN HOUSTON.
IT'S GOT TO BE EXCITING TO SEE
THAT LAUNCH AND KNOW THAT
THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY TO YOU.
HOW IS THE TEAM DOING, GARY?
>> DAN, THERE IS A LOT COMING
INTO THE ROOM.
WE'RE CLOSELY MONITORING
DRAGONS.
A FEW BURNS COMING UP HERE.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB DESCRIBING
SOME OF THOSE.
WE'LL START REALLY KICKING IN
JUST WHEN THE DRAGON, WE'LL
START DOING OUR CHECK OUTS OF
THE SYSTEM OF C 2 V 2, THAT'S
THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM.
IT WILL BE TURNED ON FOR SOME S
BAND CONNECTIONS AS DRAGON MAKES
ITS APPROACH.
WE'LL BE MONITORING THE APPROACH
THROUGH SOME OF THOSE FINAL
THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT NEED
TO BE DONE ON THE ALTITUDE
CONTROL
D
DOUG FOR THOSE FINAL MANEUVERS.
CHRIS WILL BE MONITORING FROM
THE INSIDE.
HE'LL BE MONITORING THE APPROACH
FROM THE INSIDE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
CHRIS, THROUGH THE PAST COUPLE
OF DAYS HAVE BEEN PREPARING THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR
BOB AND DOUG GETTING SOME OF
THEIR BEDS THAT THEY'LL BE
SLEEPING IN ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION READY, PREPARING
SOME OF THE TOOLS THEY'LL USE
FOR THE MONITORING.
AND WHEN DOUG AND BOB ARE CLOSE
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, OPENING UP THE HATCH
AND GETTING SOME AIR RIGHT
BETWEEN THE HATCH WHERE BOB AND
DOUG WILL ENTER THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE SHOULD BE EXPERIENCING LOSS
OF COMMUNICATION.
WE STILL HAVE GREAT VIEWS FROM
BOB AND DOUG AND WE'LL FOLLOW
ALONG UNTIL IT DOCKS 18 HOURS
FROM NOW.
THAT'S IT FROM HOUSTON.
DAN, I'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN
HAWTHORNE.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, GARY.
NOW, JOINING ME HERE IN
HAWTHORNE, WE'LL GIVE HER A
SECOND TO GET PICKE
