BREATHE.
NITROGEN AND OXYGEN IT'S BEING
PURPOSED IN TO THE SYSTEM AND IS
COOLED LITTLE ALLOWING THAT COOL
AIR TO CIRCULATE AROUND THE
CABIN BUT ALSO INSIDE OF BOB AND
DOUG'S SUITS BEING HELPING TO
KEEP THEM COOL AND COMFORTABLE
DURING REENTRY.
WHICH WILL BE COME UP IN ABOUT
20 MINUTES.
WE ARE CURRENTLY TRACKING 23
MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS UNTIL
ENTRY BEGINS.
>> IN CASE YOU ARE JUST JOINING
US AT THIS POINT.
THE NOSE CONE HAS CLOSED.
THE FORWARD THRUSTERS, HAVE BEEN
DISABLED.
AND WE ARE LATCHING THE NOSE
CONE.
CURRENTLY UNDERWAY WITH THE
FIRST SET OF HOOKS.
THE FIRST OF TWO SETS.
WE JUST HAD CONFIRMATION THE
FIRST SET OF HOOKS IS CLOSED.
SO NOW THE SECOND SET WILL BEGIN
TO CLOSE AS WELL.
>> AS WE MENTIONED AFTER THIS
NOSE CONE FULLY CLOSED, WE'LL
HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO
CATCH OUR BREATH AGAIN.
ABOUT 20 MINUTES OR JUST UNDER
20 MINUTES UNTIL DRAGON WILL
START TO MANEUVER ITSELF TO THE
ENTRY ATTITUDE.
ESSENTIALLY POINTING THE HEAT
SHIELD IN THE DIRECTION OF
TRAVEL.
AS IT'S GOING TO BE LEADING THE
WAY THROUGH THEIR HE REENTRY
THROUGH THE EARTH'S HAD THE@PLUS
FEAR, WE'LL LOOK TO RUN IN TO
THAT COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT AT
ABOUT 36 MINUTES AFTER THE HOUR.
EXPECT THAT GO TO LAST FOR ABOUT
SIX MINUTES.
AND THEN WE'LL GET THAT BACK
SHORTLY BEFORE WE DEPLOY THE
DROGUE PARACHUTES, FOLLOWED JUST
LESS THAN A MINUTE LATER BY THE
MAIN PARACHUTES.
AND BY THAT POINT HOPEFULLY WE
SHOULD HAVE SOME VIEWS OF DRAGON
REENTERING THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE AND PARACHUTE TO GO A
SPLASH DOWN IN THE GULF.
>> THERE IN THE FRONT ROW OF
MISSION CONTROL NET CENTER YOU
CAN SEE CEO ELON MUSK AND OUR
PRESIDENT GLEN SITTING SIDE BY
SIDE AT THE CENTER CONSOLES.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE TWO, THE
ROOM IS FILLED WITH DRAGON
OPERATORS AND MISSION LEADERS.
WHO ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR
THE HEALTH AND TELEMETRY OF THE
CREW AND THE CAPSULE.
RIGHT NOW NOSE TONE CLOSURE IS
UNDER WAY.
THE FIRST OF TWO SETS OF HOOK
LATCHING HAS COMPLETED.
AND WE JUST A CALL THAT THE
NOSE --
>> NOSE CONE IS SECURE FOR
ENTRY.
>> COPY, WE SEE IT ON BOARD.
>> GREAT CONFIRMATION THERE FROM
MISSION CONTROL HERE UP TO
DRAGON ENDEAVOR, BOB AND DOUG
HAVE CONFIRMED TO ON THEIR DAYS
PLAYS THAT THE NOSE CONE HAS
CLOSED NOMINALLY AND IT IS
SECURE FOR ENTRY.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO THAT NOSE CONE
CLOSED COMPLETION.
A LOT OF TONGUE TWISTERS COMING
WITH DRAGON STILL FLYING OVER
THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
IT IS ON ITS WAY HOME.
WE ARE GOING TO GRADUALLY START
TO SEE ITS ALTITUDE DIP.
ALREADY ONLY TWO -- 207 MILES
OVER THE EARTH'S SURFACE.
260 WHEN IT WAS ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN OFF
THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF
AUSTRALIA.
WHEN IT FIRED ITS ENGINES FOR
THAT DEORBIT BURN.
SO IT'S ALTITUDE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO DROP.
ONCE IT GETS TO 100 KILOMETRES
IN ALTITUDE OR 62 MILES, IT'S
GOING TO BEGIN WHAT'S KNOWN
ASSENTS ARE YOU INTERFACE AND
THAT'S HAD IT BEGINS TO START TO
FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE, ONCE AGAIN BEING
EXPERIENCING LIFT AND DRAG AS IT
IS NO LONG NEVER THAT NEAR
VACUUM ENVIRONMENT IN LOWER
EARTH ORBIT.
>> WE ARE STEPPING IN TO THE
SECOND HALF.
OF ENTRY.
DRAG SUN NOW BEGINNING TO FLUSH
NITROX IN TO THE CABIN AND
CONTINUING TO TOP IT OFF.
IN BOB AND DOUG'S SUIT AS WELL.
THIS IS COOL AIR, ESSENTIALLY
FLOWING THROUGH THE CABIN AND
THE SUITS THIS, ALLOWS THEM AND
THE CABIN ITSELF TO REMAIN
COMFORT ARM DURING REENTRY WHILE
THE EXTERNAL TEMPERATURES REACH
3500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, DRAGON'S
ORIENTATION IS SUCH THAT THE
HEAT SHIELD IS POINTING FORWARD,
IF YOU WILL, LEADING THE CAPSULE
TARD THE LANDING SITE.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS YOU
KNOW THAT WEATHER HATS BEEN A
BIG TICKET ITEM FOR US.
THE RECOVERY TEAM HAS BEEN BUSY
OVER THE LAST WEEK WORKING TO
DETERMINE THE SELECTION OF A
LANDING SITE.
IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE OPTIONS
FOR SPACE STATION DEPARTURES,
THE TEAM IDENTIFIED A TOTAL OF
SEVEN POSSIBLE SPLASH DOWN LOW
INDICATIONS.
IN TOURED MEET NASA'S TIMELINE
REQUIREMENTS FOR CREW RECOVERY,
THEY POTENTIAL SPLASH DOWN LOW
INDICATIONS HAVE TO BE CLOSE TO
A PORT AND THEY HAVE TO BE CLOSE
TO MEDICAL FACILITIES.
SO WITH ALL OF THAT IN MIND, YOU
ADD THE EVER EVOLVING WEATHER
CONDITIONS OF FLORIDA, BUT ALSO
THAT TROPICAL STORM Y SIGH A
THAT WAS MOVING THROUGH, AND
IT'S EASY TO SEE HOW DETERMINE
THAT GO SLANTING SITE IS QUITE A
COMPLEX PROCESS.
SINCE DRAGON IS CAPABLE OF
SPLASH DO YOU THINK ON EITHER
SIDE OF THE FLORIDA PAN HANDLE
WE HAVE TWO VESSEL READY TO
SUPPORT.
ONE WE ARE USING GO NAVIGATOR
AND THE OTHER LOCATED OFF THE
EAST COAST OF FLORIDA, ABLE TO
SERVICE LANDING SITES IN THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN, THAT ONE IS GO
SEARCHER.
ENTER SPLASHING DOWN IN THE GULF
OF MEXICO JUST OFF THE COAST OF
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.
THAT GO NAVIGATOR IS IN PLACE
AND READY AND WAITING FOR BOB
DID DOUG.
THE WB57 PLANE IF IT HAS NOT
TAKEN OFF ALREADY I AM SURE IT
WILL BE SOON.
>> IT'S IN THE AIR.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
THAT'S WHAT WILL PROVIDE OUR
FIRST VIEWS OF DRAGON DURING
REENTRY WE GET A THERMAL CAM OFF
THAT AIRPLANE ALLOWING US TO SEE
THE CAPSULE AS IT IS REENTERING
THE ATMOSPHERE IF YOU TUNED IN
FOR OUR DEMO ONE BROADCAST, IT
WAS BASICALLY A BIG BALL OF
LIGHT COMING AT US.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE CAMERAS ON BOARD
THE RECOVERY VESSEL, SO AS
DRAGON GETS CLOSER WE -- AND IS
DEPLOYING THE PARACHUTES, WE
WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE HOPEFULLY
SOME REALLY CLEAR FOOTAGE OF
THAT ALL OCCURRING AS WELL.
>> DRAGON'S ATTITUDE CONTINUING
TO DIP,.
>> Announcer: NOW 174 MILES OVER
PLANET EVERYTHING, UNDER 11 1/2
MINUTES FROM WHERE WE EXPECT TO
HIT ENTRY INTERFACE, THAT'S
WHERE DRAGON WILL REALLY START
FEELING THE EFFECTS OF BEING IN
A DEFENSIVE ATMOSPHERE.
AND THEN WE ARE STILL TRACK THAT
GO BLACKOUT TO COME RIGHT AROUND
THAT SAME TIME.
WE ARE UNDER 27 MINUTES AWAY
FROM SPLASH DOWN, UNDER 27
MINUTES AWAY FROM BOB EXAMINE
DOUG BEING ON PLANET EARTH FOR
THE FIRST TIME SINCE MAY 30th.
>> TO PUT EVERYTHING IN
PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, THE
DRAGON CAPSULE DEPARTED FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
SEVERAL HOURS AGO.
BUT ACCORDING TO WHAT DAN JUST
SAID, IT'S ESSENTIALLY HALFWAY
HOME JUST BASED ON ALTITUDE
ALONE THINK SO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION IS ABOUT 250 MILES
ABOVE EARTH'S SURFACE.
I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S BETWEEN
250 AND 300.
RIGHT NOW IT'S 263 MILES ABOVE
EARTH'S SURFACE.
SO BASED ON THAT TELEMETRY THAT
DAN JUST READ OFF IS FROM AN
ALTITUDE STANDPOINT.
DRAGON IS HALFWAY HOME.
AND YET THAT SECOND HALF IS
GOING TO BE COVERED IN THE NEXT
27 ISH MINUTES WHILE WE WAIT FOR
SPLASH DOWN AND RECOVERY VERSUS
THE SEVERAL HOURS THAT WE HAVE
BEEN COVERING SINCE YESTERDAY.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE ITS
SPEED DROP AS IT'S DROPPING OUT
OF ORBIT, STARTING TO HIT THE
ATMOSPHERE, STARTING TO SLOW
FROM THE EVENINGS OF THAT
FRICTION.
GENERATING THE HEAT ON THE HEAT
SHIELD.
BUILDING UP THE PLASMA
EVENTUALLY AROUND THE
SPACECRAFT.
THE SPEED WILL CONTINUE TO DROP.
IT'S ALREADY BELOW 17,000 MILES
AN HOUR AND IT WILL DROP TO HE
SHAME I A TERMINAL VELOCITY OF
350 MILES AN HOUR RIGHT AS THOSE
DROGUE CHUTES DEPLOY AND THOSE
WILL POP OUT WHEN CENSORS ON THE
DRAGON SPACECRAFT BOTH GPS AND
PRESSURE SENATORS TELL THE
SPACECRAFT IT'S AT THE RIGHT
ALTITUDE AND THEY WILL
AUTOMATICALLY DEPLOY.
THE DROGUES COMING OUT OF THE
TOP SECTION OF THE SPACECRAFT.
USING TWO MORTARS, PYROTECHNICS
ESSENTIALLY, TO DEPLOY THOSE TO
DO THE INITIAL SLOWING AND
STABILIZING OF THE DRAGON
CAPSULE.
>> THEN AFTER THAT THE MAIN
PARACHUTES WILL POP OUT AND
FURTHER DECELERATE IT TO
119 MILES PER HOUR.
AND THEN THAT WILL CONTINUE TO
DECELERATE AND BY THE TIME THAT
THE CAPSULE IS SPLASHING DOWN IN
THE 2K3WU68 OF MEXICO, IT'S ONLY
GOING 15, 16 MILES PER HOUR.
SO SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN
SPEED THERE.
OVER JUST THE COURSE OF A COUPLE
OF MINUTES.
THAT,, OF COURSE, IS A
COMFORTABLE SPEED THE WAY THE
ASTRONAUTS DESCRIBED IT
PREVIOUSLY WITH OTHER TYPES OF
MISSIONS LANDING DOWN, DOING
LAND LANDINGS OF ABOUT THE SAME
RATE THEY SAID IT FEELS LIKE YOU
ARE IN A MINOR FENDER BENDER.
>> YEAH, YOU ARE RUNNING IN TO
SOMETHING.
YOU'LL FEEL IT.
BUT THEY DO A LOT OF WORK WITH
THE SEATS AND THE RESTRAINTS
WITH THESE CREW MEMBERS JUST TO
MAKE SURE WHILE IT MAY BE A
FENDER BENDER, YOU'VE GOT MOURN
A SEE BELT HOLDING YOU IN.
THIS THEY ARE SECURE IN THEIR
SEATS AND SEAT BELTS AND WILL
STAY THERE EVEN AFTER THIS
TOUCHES DOWN, WE'LL HAVE
COMMUNICATION IT WILL STAY
POWERED ON, PROBABLY MOST
IMPORTANTLY THE AIR-CONDITIONING
WILL CONTINUE TO WORK.
NOW IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND
MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES THAN
THEY HAVE SEEN FOR THE LAST
COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THE AND WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO
TALK TO THEM FROM HERE IN
HAWTHORNE AND THE RECOVERY TEAMS
WILL BE ABLE TO AS WELL.
>> YEAH.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE MIGHT
SEE THEM DO DEPENDING ON SEA
SOMETIMES AND EVERYTHING THEY
TOUCHDOWN AND THE CREW
THEMSELVES, THEY'LL HAVE
DEMONSTRATION TASKS CARRY OUT.
THEY HAVE A SATELLITE PHONE IN
THE CAPSULE THAT HAS ITS OWN
SATELLITE ANTENNA INTEGRATED IN
TO DRAGON.
WE MIGHT HEAR THEM DO A TEST
CALL ON THAT TO THE TEAMS HERE
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO HEAR IT, YOU
WILL HEAR THE GO TO DO IT OVER
THE DRAG TOWN GROUND AUDIO THAT
WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING THE EN
ENTIRE TIME.
WE HAVE DEMONSTRATIONS STILL TO
DO.
AGAIN, THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT TO
PROVE OUT THE SYMPTOMS, TO BRING
CREW MEMBERS FROM KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER TO THE SPACE STATION AND
RETURN THEM SAFELY TO EARTH.
WE HAVE HAD SO FAR A FLAWLESS
RIDE DOWNHILL AND COMPLETED THE
DEBURN, DRAGON IS CONTINUING TO
DROP DOWN.
IT'S RIGHT NOW AT THE AT
132 MILES.
OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN, WE'LL
SEE ITS GROUND TRACK CROSS OVER
CENTRAL AMERICA, OUT OVER THE
GULF.
IN THAT SPLASH DOWN IN THE GULF
JUST OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA.
>> DRAGON SPACEX FOR ENTRY
BRIEF.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY, DOUG, WE HAVE NO UPDATE
TO TIMING BECAUSE THE BURN WENT
GREAT AND YOUR VEHICLE IS STILL
LOOKING REALLY GOOD FOR ENTRY.
NO HEALTH ISSUES AT THIS TIME.
>> OKAY, DRAGON COPY, THANK YOU.
>> IN ADDITION, THE RECOVERY
TEAM IS GO AND THE WEATHER IS
STILL GREAT.
WINDS ARE AT TWO KNOTS AND WAVES
ABOUT ONE FOOT FROM THE SHIP.
THEY ARE REPORTING VERY CALM.
COPY.
>> COPY, GOOD WEATHER AT THE
LANDING AREA, THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, AND LAST PIECE IS THAT
WE DO EXPECT SOME ADDITIONAL
RATTY COM DURING ENTRY PREP DUE
TO VEHICLE ATTITUDE.
SO IF YOU CAN GET US YOUR ENTRY
CHECK REPORT A LITTLE PRIOR TO
ENTRY PREP TWO, WE WOULD
APPRECIATE IT.
>> COPY.
WILL DO.
>> OKAY, THANKS, DOUG.
>> WE HAD A BIT OF A BRIEFING TO
MISSION CONTROL AND BOB AND DOUG
UP IN CREW ENDEAVOR.
JUST CONFIRMING WITH THEM THAT
THE DEORBIT BURN WAS GREAT AND
THAT THE TIMING ON THEIR PADS
DOESN'T NEED TO BE UPDATED.
WE ARE ABLE TO UP LOAD NEW
TRAJECTORY CALCULATIONS
INCLUDING TIMES THAT REMAIN LIVE
DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, HOW THE
BURN GOES AND AT THIS POINT IN
TIME, THOSE DON'T NEED TO BE
UPDATED.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THEY DO
REMAIN ACCURATE.
BECAUSE BOB AND DOUG, THEIR
PRIMARY MISSION RIGHT NOW IS TO
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE VEHICLE
STATUS AND TELEMETRY AND DATA
BEING PRESENTED TO THEM ON THEIR
TOUCH -- ON THEIR TOUCH SCREEN
DISPLAYS IN FRONT OF TELL.
AND SO DURING THE MORE DYNAMIC
EVENTS, THEY CERTAINLY WANT TO
BE AWARE WHEN THINGS LIKE
PARACHUTE DEPLOY WILL BE
HAPPENING AND WHEN SPLASH DOWN
IS EXPECTED.
SO MAKING SURE THAT THE TIMELINE
OF EVENTS, THE SEQUENCING, IS
ACCURATE IS CERTAINLY IMPORTANT
IN ORDER FOR THEM TO STAY AWARE
AND UPDATED OF UPCOMING EVENTS.
>> JUST ANOTHER QUICK POSITION
CHECK.
DRAGON STILL OUT OVER THE
CENTRAL PACIFIC.
DOWN TO ABOUT 108 MILES IN
ALTITUDE.
WE ARE EXPECTING THAT ENTRY
INTERFACE TO COME UP IN THE NEXT
FOUR MINUTES OR SO.
AGAIN, THAT POINT DRAGON SHOULD
BE IN AND OUT RIGHT AROUND 62
STATUTE MILES OR ABOUT
100 KILOMETERS AND THAT'S WHEN
IT REALLY STARTS TO FEEL THE
EVENINGS OF THE ATMOSPHERE,
STARTS TO EXPERIENCE THE -- A
LIFT IN DRAG.
AND ANOTHER ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS
IT'S BEEN FREE-FORM WHILE FLYING
IN THE NEAR VACUUM OF LOWER
EARTH ORBIT.
CONTINUE TO BE DROP IN ATTITUDE.
STILL LOOKING FOR AN ON TIME
SPLASH DOWN.
SHOULD JUST BE ABOUT 19 MINUTES
FROM NOW.
JUST A REMINDER WE HAVE THAT
BLACKOUT PERIOD COMING.
AS THEY CONTINUE TO DIP IN THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, AND GET
LOWER AND LOWER, THE ATMOSPHERE
GETS THICKER AND THICKER AND
WILL GENERATE MORE AND MORE
HEAT.
EVENTUALLY HEATING UP THE
OUTSIDE THE DRAGON TO
3500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND AS
IT HITS THAT PEAK HEATING IT
WILL ALSO BE FORMING A PLASMA
AROUND THE SPACECRAFT SO WE DO
EXPECT TO LOSE COM FOR ABOUT SIX
MINUTES.
>> SPACEX DRAGON CREW ENTRY
PREPS ARE COMPLETE.
>> SPACEX COPIES ENTRY PREP
COMPLETE.
THANK YOU.
>> THE CALL FROM SPACECRAFT
COMMANDER DOUG HURLEY, ENTRY
PREPS ARE COMPLETE.
THEY ARE ON BOARD, THURMAN
TOURING, THEY ARE READY TO COME
HOME.
>> AS OF RIGHT NOW ENTRY PREP
SHOULD HAVE CONCLUDE THE TEAM
PREPARATION OF THE FLIGHT SUIT
WE HAVE A QUESTION EARLIER FROM
SOCIAL MEDIA IF THE VISORS ARE
UP DOOR OWN THEY SHOULD BE DOWN
NOW AT THIS POINT AS PART OF THE
ENTRY PREP CHECK.
AND THAT LAST BRIEFING WE HEARD
THAT THE WEATHER IS LOOKING
GOOD.
IN A PREVIOUSLY REPORT THE
PHRASING WAS IF LOOKS LIKE GLASS
AND THAT IS CERTAINLY IDEAL FOR
A WATER SPLASH DOWN.
THAT BEING SAID, THE RECOVERY
TIMELINE, YOU KNOW, BOB AND DOUG
SHOULD BE OUT OF THE CAPSULE
WITHIN AN HOUR AFTER SPLASH
DOWN, GOOD TO HEAR THE WE ARE IS
GOOD AND BLEW SKIES AND A COUPLE
OF WHITE PUFFY CLOUDS AS WE GOT
VIEWS FROM OUR RECOVERY VESSEL
GO NAVIGATE EVERYBODY GLAD TOO
HEAR THAT CONDITIONS ARE
SUSTAINING AND THAT WHIPS ALSO
ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD.
2 TO 2 1/2 MILES AN HOUR, REALLY
GOOD.
>> WE THREADED THE NEEDLE ONCE
AGAIN ALMOST LIKE ON LAUNCH WITH
THE WEATHER TODAY.
THE UPPER LIMITS FOR WIND IS
10 MILES AN HOUR.
>> WE ARE WELL BELOW THAT
THRESHOLD FOR HEY SPLASH DOWN
TODAY.
DRAGON 82 MILES IN ALTITUDE,
CONTINUING TO DIP DOWN WE ARE
EXPECTING THE HE WANT ARE YOU
PHASE TO START SOON WHERE THE
VEHICLE ITSELF HEATS UP, IT WILL
CONTINUE TO USE ITS DRAW CO
THRUSTERS TO MAINTAIN ATTITUDE
AS IT CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND WE'LL
HAVE THAT COM BLACKOUT IN A
COUPLE OF MINUTES AS WELL.
JUST HEARD THE CABIN PURGE HAS
STARTED AGAIN, THIS IS WHEN THEY
ARE GOING FLUSH THE CABIN OF
DRAGON WITH COOLED AIR.
THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO DO A SUIT
PURGE.
RUNNING COOLED NITROX THROUGH
THE SUITS FOR BOB EXAMINE DOUG
TO KEEP THINGS AT A COMFORTABLE
TEMPERATURE FOR THEM.
AS THE CAPSULE GOES THROUGH THE
REENTRY AND STARTS TO HEAT UP.
AND LIKE WE SAID WE ARE
ANTICIPATE A BRIEF BLACKOUT
PERIOD WHERE WE ARE UNABLE TO
COMMUNICATE WITH THE CAPSULE.
THAT'S -- WE ARE EXPECT THAT TO
START IN EXACTLY THREE MINUTES.
THAT WILL LAST FOR SIX MINUTES
TOTAL.
AND DURING THAT TIME, WE WILL BE
UNABLE TO COMMAND THE VEHICLE.
OR RECEIVE TELEMETRY.
THAT BEING SAID, DRAG SUN
DESIGNED TO BE FULLY AUTONOMOUS,
SO IT'S DRIVING ITSELF
AERODYNAMIC FORCES.
THIS IS ALL WHEN A LOT OF THAT
FRICTION WILL BEGIN TO BUILD UP.
AND RAISE THE HE CAN TERM
TEMPERATURES.
>> DRAGON SPACEX WE SHOW TWO
MINUTES UNTIL PREDICTED COM
BLACKOUT.
WE'LL SEE ON YOU THE OTHER SIDE
AT 1842.
SO FOR THESE NEXT SIX MINUTES,
WE ARE ALREADY LESS THAN
60 MILES IN ALTITUDE.
AND THIS IS WHEN THE CAPSULE IS
REALLY HEATING UP DURING THAT
REENTRY, REACHING TEMPERATURES
OF AROUND 3500 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT.
AS, AGAIN, YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY
HITTING THE ATMOSPHERE AT MORE
THAN 17,000 MILES AN HOUR AND
THE FRICTION BUILDING UP THAT
PLASMA AROUND THE SPACECRAFT,
THAT'S WHAT WILL PREVENT US FROM
TALKING TO BOB AND DOUG OR
GETTING DATA BACK FROM THE
SPACECRAFT FOR THE NEXT SIX
MISSION, FLIGHT COMPUTERS ARE IN
CONTROL, THOUGH, IT'S GOING TO
CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN ITS
APPROPRIATE TRAJECTORY AND
ATTITUDE.
HAVING ATTITUDE DETERMINATION
DEVICES ON BOARD THE CAPSULE,
NOT RELIANT ON COMMUNICATIONS
WITH SATELLITES AND IT'S GOING
TO CONTINUE DRAGON DOWN THE
DIRECT PATH FOR THIS SPLASH DOWN
OFF THE COAST OF PENSACOLA.
SO WE ARE IN THAT BLACKOUT
PERIOD.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
STAND BY.
UNTIL WE GET THEM ON THE OTHER
SIDE.
>> ALL RIGHT, JUST ABOUT TWO
MINUTES AFTER WE GET ACQUISITION
OF SIGNAL, AOS BACK WITH DRAGON,
WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR
THOSE PARACHUTES AND WE SHOULD
BE GETTING VIEWS FROM A COUPLE
OF OUR ASSETS AT THE LANDING
ZONE INCLUDING OUR WB57 HIGH
ALTITUDE RESEARCH PLANE WHICH
WILL BE RELYING ON DRAGON'S
TELEMETRY TO LOCK ONTO IT IN THE
SKY.
AND GIVE US A VIEW OF THE
CAPSULE DURING THE FINAL STAGES
OF REENTRY, WE'LL BE LOOK FOR
THIS DROARG DEPLOYS, TWO DROGUE
CHUTES THAT COME OUT WHEN THE
VEHICLE IS MOVING ABOUT
350 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AT
AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT
18,000 FEET.
COMING OUT AND DOCK INITIAL
SLOWING AND STABILIZATION OF THE
SPACECRAFT AND LESS THAN A
MINUTE LATER THEIL DETACH AND
THE FOUR MAIN CHUTES DEPLOY.
YOU'LL SEE THEM COME OUT AND
LOOK CLOSED UP INITIALLY AND DO
WHAT IS KNOWN AS RECEIVING.
OPENING UP AND REALLY TWO
DIFFERENT STAGES.
JUST TO MINIMIZE THE IMMEDIATE
LOADS ON THE PARACHUTES
THEMSELVES.
THOSE MAIN PARACHUTES COME OUT
AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT
6500 FEET.
WITH DRAGON ALREADY SLOWED DOWN
TO 119 MILES AN HOUR AND THEY DO
THE REST OF THE SLOWING, THE
WHOLE WAY DOWN UNTIL WE SPLASH
DOWN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.
WE CAN BE 10 MINUTES AWAY.
FROM SPLASH DOWN.
>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE GETTING OUR
CAMERAS ON THE WB57 AIRPLANE, IN
THE AREA.
GETTING THOSE CAMERAS READY TO
GIVE US OUR FIRST GLIMPSE.
>> WE SHOULD STILL HAVE BEEN
THREE MINUTES LEFT, A LITTLE
LESS THAN THREE MINUTES UNTIL WE
ANTICIPATE REACQUIRING OUR
SIGNAL.
AND OUR CONNECTION WITH BOB AND
DOUG IN THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT.
>> IN YOU ARE JUST TUNING IN WE
ARE IN A BLACKOUT PERIOD THAT WE
WERE EXPECTING.
IT BLACKOUT PERIOD LASTS A TOTAL
OF SIX MINUTES WE ARE ABOUT
HALFWAY THROUGH THERE NOW.
AT THE MOMENT, DRAGON IS
REENTERING THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE AND DUE TO THE PLASMA
BUILDING OUT EXTERIOR OF THE
VEHICLE, WE ARE UNABLE TO
COMMUNICATE OR SEND COMMANDS.
BUT DRAGON IS FULLY ON TOP MAYS,
IT'S DURING ITS -- STEERING
ITSELF.
AND RIGHT NOW BOB AND DOUG ARE
FLYING HOME.
>> DRAGON SPACEX COM CHECK.
>> WE ARE STILL INSIDE THAT
ANTICIPATED BLACKOUT WINDOW IT,
DOES LOOK LIKE WE ARE GETTING
MAYBE SOME SPORADIC DATA
STARTING TO PEEK THROUGH.
THAT'S WHY YOU HEARD THAT
COMMUNICATIONS CHECK WITH THE
SPACECRAFT.
>> DRAGON SPACEX COM CHECK.
>> WE HEAR YOU CLOUD AND CLEAR,
WE ARE ABOUT [ INAUDIBLE ] Gs.
>> COPY, WE HAVE YOU FIVE BY
FIVE ALSO WELL, DOUG, LOOKING
GOOD AND YOU CAN EXPECTS AN
AUTOMATED CHUTE DEPLOYMENT.
>> COPY.
[ INAUDIBLE ] CHUTE TO DEPLOY.
>> REALLY GOOD NEWS WE HAVE COME
OUT OF THE BLACKOUT PERIOD AND
REESTABLISHED COMMUNICATION WITH
DRAGON ENDEAVOR WITH NASA ASTRO
NODS BOB BEHNKEN AND DOUG HURLEY
ON BOARD.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO REACQUIRE THE
COMMUNICATION A LITTLE EARLIER
THAN EXPECTED.
AND NOW WE ARE JUST WAITING, WE
SHOULD JUST BE ABOUT 2 1/2
MINUTES AWAY FROM THAT INITIAL
DROGUE CHUTE DEPLOY.
>> 2 MINUTES AND 26 SECONDS.
>> AGPS HAS CONVERGES.
>> COPY THAT.
>> YOU MAY HAVE HEARD EARLIER
THAT BOB AND DOUG DOUG ARE
CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING 3.5Gs.
NOT TOO BAD.
THAT'S ABOUT WHAT THEY PULLED
DURING THE A SCENT PHASE.
JUST LIKE A MILD ROLLER COASTER.
THE VEHICLE IS NOW OVER THE GULF
OF MEXICO.
IT IS APPROACHING THE LANDING
ZONE.
OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA NEAR
PENSACOLA AND & THERE WE HAVE
OUR FIRST SHOT!
>> THERE IT IS.
THE FIRST VIEW FROM THE WB57
AIRPLANE.
IT IS DIPPING IN AND OUT A
LITTLE BIT.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN INFRARED
CAMERA SHOWING US DRAGON
REENTERING.
WE HAVE THAT COM BACK WITH BOB
AND DOUG, YOU HEARD GPS IS
CONVERGING.
DRAGON HAS 3GPS UNITS THAT IT
USES.
ACTUALLY IN THE PARACHUTE
DEPLOYMENT PROCESS.
AS IT HELPS ALONG WITH THE
PRESSURE CENSORS REALLY GIVE A
SOLID ALTITUDE TO THE FLIGHT
COMPUTERS ON WHEN THESE ARE
SUPPOSED TO DEPLOY.
WE ARE STANDING BY FOR THE
DROGUE CHUTE DEPLOYMENT, WE ARE
UNDER FIVE MINUTES AWAY FROM
SPLASH DOWN.
>> PASSING 15 KILOMETERS, BRACE
FOR DROGUE WINDOW.
>> WE ARE BRAISED.
>> JUST ABOUT 14 KILOMETRES IN
ANOTHER TUESDAY.
8.4 MILES CONTINUING TO DESCENT.
>> THERE ON YOUR SCREEN WE HAVE
A SHOT OF THE CAPSULE AS IT IS
PREPARING TO DEPLOY THE INITIAL
PARACHUTES, THE DROGUE
PARACHUTE.
AGAIN, THESE PARACHUTES HELP
SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN.
EVEN FURTHER, AND HELP STABILIZE
IN PREPARATION FOR MAIN CHUTE
DEPLOYMENT.
RIGHT ABOUT NOW THE CAPSULE IS
GOING ABOUT 400 MILES PER HOUR.
DID HE CELEBRATING QUICKLY.
>> AND STANDING BY FOR DROGUE
DEPLOYS.
>> VISUAL TWO DROGUES OUT.
>> THERE ON THE SCREEN WE HAVE
VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF THE TWO
DROGUE DEPLOYMENT.
>> 2 OF 2 THE DROGUES NOW OUT
THEY WILL DO THEIR SLOWING AND
STABILIZING OF THE DRAGON
SPACECRAFT.
THEY SHOULD BE DETACHING IN JUST
A FEW MOMENTS.
AND THEN WE'LL SEE FOUR
PARACHUTES, THE MAIN PARACHUTES
DEPLOYED.
DRAGON UNDER DROGUES.
>> DROGUE DESCENT RATE NOMINAL.
>> THE EXPECTED DECENT RATE.
THE EXPECTED VELOCITY OUT OF THE
DROGUES NOMINAL.
RIGHT AT AROUND 150 MILES AN
HOUR AND DROPPING.
YOU CAN SEE THE DROGUE'S NOW
DETACH.
>> AND THERE WE HAVE
CONFIRMATION OF DEPLOYMENT OF
THE FOUR MAIN PARACHUTES.
>> WE ARE VISUAL ON FOUR CHUTES
OUT.
>> WE ARE VISUAL.
FOUR MAIN PARACHUTES DEPLOYED.
>> SO AT THIS POINT THE MAIN
PARACHUTES HAVE DEPLOYED.
THEY ARE INFLATING AS YOU CAN
SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, CONTINUING
TO SLOW DRAGON DOWN
SIGNIFICANTLY.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING SPLASH DOWN
IN JUST UNDER TWO MINUTES AND 30
SECONDS.
>> WE ARE ALREADY SLOWED THE
VEHICLE DOWN TO ABOUT 16 MILES
AN HOUR.
IT'S ALREADY LESS THAN A
KILOMETER IN ALTITUDE.
>> MAIN CHUTE DESCENT RATE
NOMINAL.
PASSING 3700 METERS.
 -- THROUGH 700 METERS.
>> SO AT THIS POINT DRAGON HAS
SAVED ALL PROPULSION SYSTEMS ON
BOARD.
>> 600 METERS.
>> 600 METERS.
>> AND WE ARE 600 METERS ABOVE
THE GULF OF MEXICO.
>> SHOULD BE APPROXIMATELY A
MINUTE 30 FROM SPLASH DOWN.
>> MISSION CONTROL TEAM HERE IN
HAWTHORNE HAS REPORTED THE
PRECISE LANDING COORDINATES TO
THE RECOVERY TEAM.
THEY ARE STANDING BY, READY TO
GO GET OUR SPACE DADS.
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> WE HAVE JUST PASSED ABOUT 30.
ONE MINUTE UNTIL SPLASH DOWN.
>> 200 METERS.
>> WE ARE BRACED FOR SPLASH
DOWN.
>> COPY, BRACE FOR SPLASH DOWN.
>> SO THERE WE HEARD BOB AND
DOUG REPORTED THAT THEY ARE
BRACING FOR SPLASH DOWN.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE
GULF OF MEXICO HERE AND THE SHOT
JUST MOMENTARILY.
AS WE ARE NOW JUST ABOUT
20 METERS OFF THE OCEAN.
>> SPLASH DOWN.
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
>> AS YOU CAN SEE, ON YOUR
SCREEN, WE HAVE VISUAL
CONFIRMATION FOR SPLASH DOWN.
>> COPY REEL WE SEE SPLASH DOWN
AND MAINS CUT.
>> DRAGON ENDEAVOR HAS RETURNED
HOME.
AND NASA ASTRONAUTS BOB AND
DOUG --
>> ON BEHALF OF THE SPACEX AND
NASA TEAMS WELCOME BACK TO
PLANET EARTH AND THANKS FOR
FLYING SPACEX.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> IT WAS TRULY OUR HONOR AND
PRIVILEGE.
CONGRATS TO EVERYBODY AT SPACEX.
ALL GOOD.
AND WE ARE IN TO SECTION FOUR
DECIMAL 800.
>> THANKS FOR THOSE WORDS, DOUG,
AND WE COPY THAT YOU ARE IN TO
FOUR DEZ NATURAL 800.
>> GREAT NEWS ALL AROUND THERE.
OUR SPACE DADS ARE BACK ON
EARTH.
AFTER A 19-HOUR RETURN JOURNEY
FROM SPACE.
DRAGON ENDEAVOR HAS SPACED
SPLASH DOWN IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO JUST OFF THE COAST OF
PENSACOLA FLORIDA.
AND ON YOUR SCREEN THERE, YOU
CAN SEE OUR TWO FAST BOATS AND
THEY ARE INDEED FAST.
RACING OUT TO GREET DRAGON
ENDEAVOR AS IT SITS THERE.
THE FIRST -- WE CAN SEE A FEW
INSIDE THE CAPSULE.
BOB AND DOUG LOOKING GOOD.
ALTHOUGH THE COMMUNICATION WAS A
LITTLE CHOPPY WE DID HEAR --
>> SPACEX ENDERLE THREE DEZ
KNOWLEDGE ONE WE SHOW OURSELVES
IN STABLE ONE.
>> AND SPACEX COPIES FOR VEHICLE
ASSESSMENT, STEP 3.1 STABLE ONE.
GOOD NEWS.
>> THEIR UP RIGHT IN THE WATER,
STABLE TWO ALSO ANOTHER
POTENTIAL WHERE IT COULD BE ON
ITSY SIDE OR UPSIDE DOWN BUT
DRAGON HAS A WATER BALANCE AT
SYSTEM TO KEEP IT UP RIGHT WHERE
IT'S ABLE TO PUMP SEA WATER IN
TO THE BLATTERS IN THE SERVICE
SECTION OF THE CAPSULES BUT THEY
ARE UP RIGHT WE CAN SEAT THE
FAST POACH APPROACHES.
THEY TOUCHED DOWN, CAME RIGHT ON
TIME.
AT 11:48 A.M. PACIFIC.
18:48 BOB AND DOUG IN THE WATER
THE RECOVERY OPS HAVE ALREADY
BEGUN, WE CAN SEE THE FAST BOATS
STARTING TO MOVE IN.
WE ARE STILL MAINTAIN THE GOOD
COMMUNICATION BACK WITH BOB AND
DOUG AND THE TEAM HERE IN
HAWTHORNE.
WE WERE BEING GETTING THE GO FOR
MOVE N BEGINNING HYPER AND
WRANGLE UP THE MAYOR PARACHUTES,
WE CAN SEE BOB AND DOUG INSIDE
THE KANSAS SEWELL BACK ON PLANET
EARTH.
>> THE FAST BOATS PERFORM A
SNIFFER TEST TO MAKE SURE THE
AIR AROUND THE VEHICLE DOESN'T
HAVE ANY TOXIN FUELS FROM THE
HYPER GOAL I CAN PROPELLANTS ON
BOARD.
ONCE WE GET THE ALL CLEAR FROM
THERE.
THE WATER RECOVERY LEAD GIVES
THE GO THE FIRST FAST BOAT WILL
APPROACH THE CAPSULE.
HOPEFULLY GIVE A WAVE TO BOB AND
DUG THROUGH THE WINDOW.
ONE OF THE TEAM MEMBERED WILL
ACTUALLY CLIMB ON TOP OF CREW
DRAGON AND BEGIN TO PLACE THE
RIGGING EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO
HOIST DRAGON OUT OF THE WATER.
>> STILL GETTING A VIEW FROM THE
W, THE AIRPLANE FLYING OVERHEAD.
IT GAVE US THOSE GREAT VIEWS,
REALLY OUR FIRST VIEWS OF BOB
AND DOUG REENTER THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE FROM UP ABOVE.
YOU CAN SEE THE FOUR PARACHUTES
IN THE WATER.
WE HEARD THOSE WERE CUT
AUTOMATICALLY.
AS EXPECTED BY DRAGON.
SO FOR NOW, THE CREW JUST
STANDING BY.
AGAIN THEY STAY IN THEIR SUITS
IN THEIR SEATS, WE ARE WAITING
FOR ALL THESE INITIAL CHECKS.
>> DRAGON SPACEX COM CHECK.
>> CLOUD CLEAR.
HOW ABOUT US?
>> LOUD AND CLEAR AS WELL.
JUST WANTED TO VERIFY QUICK COM
RECONFIGURE VAGUE.
THANK YOU.
>> SO WHAT JUST HAPPENED THERE
IS A RECONFIGURE --
>> IF YOU CAN JUST RELAY YOUR
STATUS OF THE FAST BOATS AND
RECOVERY AS YOU GET THEM.
, WE WOULD APPRECIATE.
>> YOU BET, ABSOLUTELY.
DOUG.
WILL DO.
>> WHAT JUST HAPPENED THERE, YOU
HEARD COMS RECONFIGURATION,
LOOPING BOB AND DOUG'S
COMMUNICATION IN TO THE
LAUNCH -- OR IN TO THE RECOVERY
TEAM.
SO THAT IF -- THEY CAN HEAR
FEEDBACK FROM BOB AND DOUG
DIRECTLY AS WELL.
NOW, WE TALKED ABOUT --
>> SPACEX ENDEAVOR YOU CAN LET
BEN AND JAMES KNOW WE ARE DOING
GOOD SO FAR.
>> OKAY, WE'LL LET THE FLIGHT
DOCS KNOW YOU ARE FEELING GOOD
SO FAR.
THATCH FOR THE UPDATE.
>> GOOD NEWS TO HEAR THAT THEY
ARE FEELING GOOD.
AND THEY CAN LET THE FLIGHT
SURGEONS KNOW THAT ALL IS WELL
INSIDE DRAGON ENDEAVOR.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE ONE OF
THE FOLKS ON LOCATION THERE WITH
THE RECOVERY FORCES, NASA'S
BRANDY DEAN, SHE'S BEEN -- SHE'S
JOINING US BY SATELLITE PHONE.
WHAT IS IT LIKE THERE IN THE
WATER IN WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO
WATCH THEM SPLASH DOWN?
>> STAND BY ON THE CONSOLE.
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> OKAY, SPACEX COPY, WE'LL BE
READY FOR THAT IN A COUPLE OF
MINUTES, WE SHOULD HAVE THE GO
FOR YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.
PLEASE STAND BY.
>> I CAN HEAR YOU BUT THERE IS
A --
>> THERE IN THE CENTER OF YOUR
SCREEN, DRAGON CAPSULE AWAITING
FOR THE FAST BOATS TO APPROACH.
AND BEGIN THE RIGGING PROCESS.
AND THERE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE
OF YOUR SCREEN WE CAN SEE THE
SECOND FAST BOAT COME IN TO
VIEW.
>> DRAGON SPACEX, WE ARE GO FOR
RECOVERY PERSONNEL TO APPROACH.
EXPECT PERSONNEL ASIDE --
ALONGSIDE IN JUST UNDER A
MINUTE.
>> THANK YOU, COPY.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO THEY ARE
STARTING TO MOVE IN.
THE FIRST ONE GOES IN AND
MINNESOTA SNIFFS AROUND THE
CAPSULE FOR ANY TRACES OF
HYPERGOLIC.
THE SECOND ONE ROUND UP THE
PARACHUTES WHICH WE ARE GETTING
COOL RUSE HAVE THE TW. B57 STILL
FLYING OVERHEAD LOOK DOWN, YOU
CAN SEE THE PARACHUTES IN THE
WATER AND THE SECOND BOAT STAR
TO GATHER THEM UP.
WALL TRY ONE MORE TIME REAL
QUIBBLE.
WE HAVE NASA'S BRANDY DEAN WITH
THE RECOVERY FORCES IF YOU CAN
HEAR ME, WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO
WATCH THE DRAGON COME DOWN UNDER
PAIR CHUTE.
PARACHUTES.
>> IT WAS AMAZING, A BEAUTIFUL,
GORGEOUS DAY, I WISH EVERYBODY
COULD HAVE NIGH VIEW.
>> WATER IS CALM THE BEST
WEATHER WE COULD ASK FOR LITTLE
AND WE HEARD THE SONIC BOOPS AS
IT MADE [ INAUDIBLE ]-AS THE
PARASITES WERE DEPLOYED EXCITING
FOR EVERYBODY GATHERED HERE.
>> THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS
FROM PEOPLE IF YOU WOULD BE ABLE
TO HEAR THE SONIC BOOM AND WE
WERE NOT SURE LITTLE SO I AM
READ ARE REALLY GOOD YOU
JUSTIFIED ANSWERED THAT FOR US.
WE TALKED SO MUCH ABOUT THE
WEATHER.
IT LOOKS GREAT.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE ON THE WAY OUT
THERE JUST CLEAR SKIES AND SEAS
THE WHOLE WAY?
>> AIM NO SURE IF YOU CAN HEAR
ME RIGHT NOW.
I THINK YOU ARE ASKING ABOUT THE
WEATHER WHETHER IT WAS CLEAR
SKIES JUST A CIRCLE OF CLOUDS
ALONG THE HORIZON VERY LOW, BUT
WE WERE TIME SEE THE CHUTES FAR
ABOVE AND FOLLOW IT WALL THE
WAIT UNTIL IT SPLASH DOWN.
>> WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY VIEWS
ON THE BOAT, SO WHAT KIND OF
ACTIVITY IS TAKING PLACE, SWING
HE HAD FAST BOATS APPROACHING
THE CAPSULE.
WHAT IS EVERYBODY DOING ON THE
BOAT TO JUST KIND OF GET
EVERYTHING READY?
>> THE BOAT IS MAKING ITS WAY TO
THE CAPSULE.
I CAN'T SEE IT WITH MY --
[ INAUDIBLE ] WE ARE GETTING
CLOSER SERVE STANDING BY AND
HOLDING READY POSITIONS FOR
QUITE A WHILE NOW.
[ INAUDIBLE ] WORKING ON THEIR
OWN ACTIVITIES.
>> ALL RIGHT, COPY THAT.
WELL, WE ARE GOING TO KEEP
WATCHING FROM HERE.
THANKS FOR CALLING IN.
AND THANKS FOR BEING OUT THERE
WITH EVERYBODY AND GETTING US
THE GREAT VIEWS, IT'S
INCREDIBLE.
THANKS WE TAUPE TO GET YOU BACK
IN PORT SOON AND WE'LL TALK TO
YOU BACK IN HOUSTON.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THERE ON YOUR SCREEN OH,
CAMERA VIEW CHANGE, THAT IS A
VIEW FROM GO NAVIGATOR THE
RECOVERY VELOCITY.
THE TWO FAST BOATS OUT THERE.
GETTING TO -- GETTING READY TO
BASICALLY -- EXCUSE ME.
INSTALL THE RIGGING EQUIPMENT
REQUIRED TO HOIST DRAGON OUT
WATER.
ONE -- THE OTHER FAST BOAT IS
COLLECTING THE HAIR PARACHUTES
FROM THE WATER.
TO BRING THEM BACK ON BOARD WITH
US.
WE SHOULD SEE ONE OF THE TEAM
MEMBERS CRAWL UP ON TO THE SIDE
OF THE CAPSULE IN ORDER TO
INSTALL THAT -- INSTALL THE
RIGGING LIKE I MENTIONED.
THAT PARTICULAR TEAM MEMBER IS
HIGHLY EXPERIENCED AND HIGHLY
TRAINED.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
CLIMB ON THE GROUND TOP OF AN
ODDLY-SHAPED THING IN, YOU KNOW,
THE OCEAN, COULD BE A LITTLE
TRICKY.
SO THIS PERSON HAS UNDERGONE A
LOT -- HOURS AND HOURS OF
TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION IN
ORDER TO PERFORM THIS VERY
IMPORTANT TASK.
THERE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF
YOUR SCREEN SCREEN WE CAN SEE
THE SECOND FAST BOAT
APPROACHING.
OF COURSE BOTH OF THESE BOATS
NEEDED TO WAIT FOR THEIR CUE
FROM THE WATER RECOVERY LEAD IN
ORDER TO APPROACH DRAGON AFTER
SPLASH DOWN.
AGAIN, THAT WAS JUST TO MAKE
SURE THAT THERE WERE NOT ANY
TOXIC VAPORS IN THE AIR AND NOW
THAT THEY GOT THE ALL CLEAR, WE
DO SEE THEM BEGINNING TO WORK ON
AND AROUND THE DRAGON CAPSULE.
OF COURSE THOUGH THE CAMERA IS
SHAKY THAT WATER LOOKS SUPER,
SUPER DUPER SMOOTH.
ALMOST LIKE CLASS, WHICH IS
CERTAINLY IDEAL FOR A WATER
RECOVERY LIKE TODAY.
>> YEAH, GOT A REMEMBER THIS IS
A VIEW FROM THE MAIN RECOVERY
VESSEL WHICH WAS STILL A FEW
MILES AWAY FROM THE SPLASH DOWN.
>> DRAGON SPACEX WE ARE SHAPER
GOAL I CAN SWEEPS AND NOMINAL.
RIGGER IS ON BOARD THE VEHICLE
ABOUT 25 MINUTES UNTIL CAPSULE
LIFT.
>> COPY THAT.
YEP, WE SEE THEM WALKING OUTSIDE
AND GOOD NEWS.
 
HAVE THEM ATTACHED.
AND TWO OF THE FOUR MAIN HAVE 
EYES ON THE OTHER TWO.
THEIR RESPONSIBILITY GETTING 
TOGETHER.
THE MAIN DETECTED AT SPLASHDOWN.
ALL OF THAT HAPPENING RIGHT FOR 
THE TIMELINE.
>>  WE TALKED ABOUT THE HARD 
WIRE BUTTON THAT BOB AND DOUG 
HAVE ON THEIR SEATS AND IN THEIR
CONTROL DISPLAYS AND CUTTING THE
MAIN CHUTES IS ONE OF THE 
BUTTONS IN THE EVENT THEY 
WEREN'T, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD THE
ABILITY TO DO SO.
IF THE WINDS WERE STRONGER AND 
THEY CAUGHT THE PARACHUTES IT 
COULD CERTAINLY CREATE A 
CONDITION WHERE THE CAPSULE 
COULD BE MOVED UNINTENTIONALLY 
BY THOSE DRAGGING PARACHUTES.
DEFINITELY WANT TO AVOID THAT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE FEW BUTTONS 
HARD WIRED IN THE CABIN FOR THE 
CREW.
AGAIN, NOW, WE'RE EXPECTING 20 
MINUTES FOR THE -- FOR THE MAIN 
RECOVERY VESSEL TO GO NAVIGATOR 
TO REACH DRAGON.
BY THAT POINT THE RIGGING WILL 
BE FIXED AND THEY USE AT FRAME 
LIFT ON THE BACK AND THE END OF 
DRAGON UP OUT OF THE WATER.
THEY GOT THEM CLIMBING AROUND 
AND GETTING THAT FIXED.
STILL DOING GOOD FROM ALL OF 
THEIR REPORTS AND WE'RE GOING TO
SEE THE VESSEL CONTINUE TO CLOSE
IN.
IT IS 1.3 NAUTICAL MILES STILL 
AWAY.
YOU SEE THINGS SHARPEN UP AS IT 
DOES DRAW UP CLOSER.
>>  ONE THING I DIDN'T GET TO 
MENTION AS THE SEQUENCE WAS 
HAPPENING, EVERYTHING WAS GOING 
SO QUICKLY, JUST BEFORE THE 
DROVE DEPLOYMENT, THE SEATS 
ROTATED TO 25 DEGREES AND IF YOU
THINK OF BOB AND DOUG WHILE THEY
WERE STILL ON ORBIT AND DURING 
THE ORBIT BURN AND DEPARTURE 
BURNS, THEY WERE LAYING CLOSER 
TO ON THEIR BACKS AND THEY WERE 
ESSENTIALLY LOOKING UP AT THE 
TAP.
THEY WERE AT THE TOP OF THE NOSE
CONE.
NOW THE SEATS WOULD BE ROTATED 
AND THEY'RE IN MORE UPRIGHT 
POSITION AND THAT'S DONE TO 
INSURE THAT THE LOAD IS 
EXPERIENCED FROM LANDING ARE -- 
DOESN'T HURT THEM.
SO AT THIS POINT, THEY'RE NOT 
LAYING ON THEIR BACKS IN THE 
OCEAN, THEY'RE SEATED UPRIGHT 
WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A
BETTER VIEW OF THE TEAM WORKING 
TO -- TO INSTALL THE RIGGING 
EQUIPMENT.
AT THIS POINT WE'RE AT ABOUT 22 
MINUTES UNTIL DRAGON WILL BE 
LIFTED ON TO THE RECOVERY 
VESSEL.
BOB AND DOUG ARE STILL STRAPPED 
INTO THEIR SEATS, LIKE AN 
AIRPLANE.
THEY SAY, DO NOT UNBUCKLE YOUR 
SEATBELT UNTIL THE CAPTAIN 
DETERMINES IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
THEY'LL REMAIN IN THEIR SEATS 
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE RECOVERY 
PROCESS.
ESSENTIALLY UNTIL IT IS TIME TO 
GET THEM OUT.
LIKE I SAID, WE'RE EXPECTING TO 
LIFT DRAGON ON TO THE GO 
NAVIGATOR RECOVERY SHIP IN ABOUT
21 MINUTES.
THEN IN 28 MINUTES, WE WILL BE 
OPENING THAT HATCH AND BEGINNING
CREW EGRESS ALSO KNOWN AS EXIT.
>>  WE DID HEAR THE RIGGING IS 
PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE.
RIGHT AS THEY ARRIVE THERE AT 
THE CASTLE, THE MAIN RECOVERY 
VESSEL WILL GET IT UP OUT OF THE
WATER.
NOW THE RECOVERY VESSEL, GO 
NAVIGATOR IS GETTING CLOSER TO 
DRAGON.
DRAGON POSITION OFF THE COAST OF
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, WE'RE ABLE 
TO SEE IT IN MORE DETAIL.
IT IS CERTAINLY NO LONGER A -- A
BRIGHT SHADE OF LIGHT.
LIKE WE SAID THE EXTERNAL 
TEMPERATURES WERE REACHING UP TO
3500 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, SO THE 
THERMAL PROTECTIVE SYSTEM, 
THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM, 
ENABLED DRAGON TO RETURN WHILE 
KEEPING THE INTERNAL TEMPORARY 
TEMPERATE.
YOU'RE SEEING A FEW MORE BOATS 
THAN EXPECTED.
THE TEAM IS WORKING WITH A FEW 
PRIVATE VESSELS IN THE AREA 
MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET OUT OF
THERE.
NOW WE SEE ONE OF THE SPACEXs 
MOVING IN.
SO WE'RE BEING ADVISED THAT THE 
RECOVERY TEAM IS RADIOING OUT TO
THE VESSELS IN THE WATER NEAR 
CREW DRAGON FOR VACATE THE AREA 
SO WE'RE ABLE TO EXTRACT BOB AND
DOUG SAFELY ALSO FOR THE FOLKS 
IN THE AREA, NOT JUST BOB AND 
DOUG.
>>  THIS IS A DYNAMIC 
OPERATIONS.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DO, 
IS ESSENTIALLY THERE'S IN THE 
POISONOUS FUMES THAT COULD 
ENDANGER THEM.
TO TRY TO GET THEM AWAY SO THEY 
CAN RECOVER THE CAPSULE AND GET 
BOB AND DOUG ON DECK.
WE CAN SEE THEM.
THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER.
WE EXPECT TEN MINUTES BEFORE 
THEY SHOULD BE IN POSITION.
THE RIGGING HAS BEEN AFFIXED ON 
THE DRAGON CAPSULE AND THEY'LL 
USE THE LIFT TO GET DRAGON UP 
AND OUT OF THE WATER.
>> RECOVERY VESSEL, GO NAVIGATOR
IS GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO 
DRAGON ENDEAVOR AS IT AWAITS ITS
RECOVERY -- OR -- OR AS IT 
AWAITS TO BE HOISTED OUT OF THE 
GULF OF MEXICO AND LANDED OFF 
THE COAST OF FLORIDA NEAR 
PENSACOLA.
MAYBE NEXT TIME WE SHOULD 
ANNOUNCE OUR LANDING ZONE.
THERE WE GOT A SHOT FROM THE 
PLANE.
LOOKS LIKE THAT AREA CLEARED OUT
SIGNIFICANTLY.
THAT'S GOOD TO SEE.
WE'RE ALSO HEARING THAT ALL OF 
THE PARACHUTES HAVE BOWIES ON 
THEM.
ALSO GOOD NEWS AS THE RECOVERY 
PROCESS CONTINUES, FOR SPACEX 
DEMO TWO.
DRAGON, SPACEX.
GO AHEAD, MIKE.
>>  WE'RE ABOUT TO RECONFIGURE 
THE LINK.
THAT SHOULD HAPPEN SHORTLY.
>>  CALL BACK.
GET DATA BACK.
>>  WILL DO.
SO AS THE MAIN VESSEL GETS 
CLOSER, IT IS GOING TO BACK UP.
THE DRAGON CAPSULE STILL IN THE 
WATER.
WE SHOULD START HOISTING 
OPERATIONS IN THE NEXT TEN TO 15
MINUTES.
IT WILL BE A QUICK LIFT OUT OF 
THE WATER AND INTO THE DRAGON 
NET AND THEN THEY MOVE IT 
UNDERNEATH THE HELIPAD AND INTO 
THE CREW RECOVERY AREA AND THEY 
HAVE A PLATFORM AND OPEN THE 
HATCH.
THEY OPEN THE HATCH AND THAT 
WILL BE THE FIRST ONE THROUGHOUT
DOOR AND ABLE TO DO A QUICK 
CHECK-IN ON THEIR STATUS AND HE 
AND THE OTHER MEDICAL DOCTORS 
AND FLIGHT SURGEONS AND 
TECHNICIANS WILL BEGIN TO HELP 
THEM OUT OF THE CAPSULE.
>>  EARLIER AFTER SPLASHDOWN WE 
HEARD A REPORT THAT THEY WERE 
FEELING GOOD AFTER REENTRY.
THAT WOULD RELATE TO THE FLIGHT 
SURGEON.
GREAT NEWS TO HEAR.
THIS IS A VIEW COMING FROM THE 
WB57 PLANE AS IT IS CIRCLING THE
AREA.
WE CAN SEE DRAGON AWAITING TO BE
PULLED OUT OF THE WATER.
AGAIN, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT 
LIFT TO BEGIN IN JUST UNDER 15 
MINUTES.
WE'RE APPROACHING 14 MINUTES 
HERE.
AND THEN IN 21 MINUTES WE WILL 
HAVE AN OPEN HATCH.
>>  YOU COULD SEE THE MAIN 
RECOVERY VESSEL IN THE TOP 
RIGHT.
THAT'S THE HELIPAD WITH THE BIG 
SPACEX ON TOP.
AND BACKING UP TOWARDS THE 
CAPSULE.
>>  NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH ONE 
OF OUR LANDING JUNCTIONS.
THERE'S A LIVE VIEW OF -- OF 
DRAGON, OF DRAGON FLOATING IN 
WATER THERE IN THE BACKGROUND 
ALONG WITH MANY ONLOOKERS.
FROM A SAFER DISTANCE AT THIS 
POINT.
THIS IS A LIVE SHOT COMING FROM 
GO NAVIGATOR.
OUR PRIMARY RECOVERY VESSEL 
HERE.
IT IS CREW DRAGON IS ACCOMPANIED
BY THE FAST BOATS THAT ARE 
HELPING TO BRING IT IN CLOSER.
AND THERE YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE 
OF THE RECOVERY TEAM MEMBERS ON 
THE DECK AND ALSO BEHIND THEM, 
THE FIRST GOOD VIEW OF THE NEST.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE NEST IN 
THE BACKGROUND THERE.
DRAGON WILL BE HOISTED USING THE
HYDRAULIC LIFT OUT OF THE WATER 
INTO THE NEST.
THAT NEST WILL BE PULLED TOWARDS
THE CAMERA, TOWARDS THOSE 
INDIVIDUALS ON THE UPPER DECK 
THERE.
>>  THAT'S COM CHECK.
>>  CLEAR.
>>  LOUD AND CLEAR AS WELL.
LOOKS LIKE THE BOAT IS ONE 
LENGTH AWAY, FIVE TO TEN METERS 
BACKING UP TO YOU.
>>  COPY THAT AND THANKS FOR THE
UPDATE.
>>  ALL RIGHT.
GOOD NEWS THERE.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO SEE 
DRAGON LIFTED OUT OF THE WATER 
AND INTO THE RECOVERY NEST.
THAT NEST WILL BE PULLED TOWARDS
THE CAMERA, TOWARD THE UPPER 
DECK.
THAT'S WHERE THE STRETCHERS WILL
BE WAITING TO ASSIST THEM IN THE
MEDICAL BASE AFTER CAPSULE 
EGRESS.
>>  ALREADY BEEN -- ALREADY BEEN
25 MINUTES SINCE THEY SPLASHED 
DOWN.
WE WAITED FOR THE LIFTING 
OPERATIONS TO START IN ABOUT 30 
MINUTES.
WE'RE ON THE TIMELINE.
THAT'S A COMMON THING SO FAR 
TODAY.
THIS IS GETTING IN POSITION AND 
START MOVING OUT WITH THE 
ADDITIONAL RIGGING TO AFFIX TO 
THE DRAGON CAPSULE WHERE THEY 
USE AN A-FRAME TO PULL OUT OF 
THE WATER.
WE CAN SEE THE NEST AT THE 
BOTTOM, THAT CIRCULAR OBJECT.
>>  THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE
RECOVERING A CAPSULE WITH CREW 
MEMBERS ONBOARD.
>>  WE GOT A COUPLE OF LINES 
CONNECTED AND RIGGING IS IN 
PROGRESS.
>>  ALL RIGHT.
JUST UPDATING THE CREW THAT THEY
MIGHT FEEL SOME -- SOME MOMENTUM
AS THE LINES, AS A COUPLE OF THE
RIGGING LINES ARE ATTACHED.
THERE WE CAN ACTUALLY.
THERE'S A GOOD SHOT OF THE 
INDIVIDUAL WHO IS -- WHO IS 
PLACING THAT RIGGING EQUIPMENT, 
AGAIN THAT'S SOMEONE HIGHLY 
SPECIALIZED AND WELL TRAINED FOR
THESE OPERATIONS.
AS I WAS SAYING, THE RECOVERY 
TEAM HAS REHEARSED AND PRACTICED
THIS WITH BOB AND DOUG 
THEMSELVES ACTUALLY IN A TEST 
CAPSULE PRACTICING THE EGRESS AS
WELL AS THEY HAVE RECOVERED 
THEIR -- THEY HAVE PRACTICED THE
RECOVERY PROCESS MANY TIMES AND 
ACTUALLY THROUGH THOSE 
PRACTICES, THEY HAVE EFFECTIVELY
CUT THE RECOVERY PERIOD IN HALF 
FROM THE -- FROM THE INITI 
DATA ONE MISSION.
IT IS NICE TO SEE THAT THE 
PROCESS ITSELF AFTER BEING 
REHEARSED AND CAREFULLY 
CHOREOGRAPHED IS -- IS GOING 
SUPER EFFICIENTLY.
AGAIN SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE 
PRIORITY.
SO MAKING SURE THAT ONLY -- ONLY
PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN ACTIVE 
RECOVERY OPERATIONS ARE PRESENT 
ON THE DECK.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD US MENTION 
BEFORE THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 40 
PEOPLE ONBOARD TODAY.
WE DON'T WANT ANYONE IN DANGER 
OR TO FALL OVERBOARD.
THAT GUY ESSENTIALLY JUMPED.
SPEAKING OF FALLING OVERBOARD.
>>  SO THE CREW WAS JUST TOLD IN
ABOUT 30 -- IN THE NEXT 30 
SECONDS THEY HAVE THE LINE TO 
FIX AND THEY WILL LIFT THE 
CAPSULE UP OUT OF THE WATER.
AT THIS POINT, THE BASE WE'RE 
GETTING WITH DRAGON IS ACTUALLY 
BEING ROUTED THROUGH THE BOAT 
ITSELF AT THIS POINT.
THERE WE CAN SEE THE LIFT.
DRAGON IS OUT OF THE WATER.
>>  YEAH.
>>  A-FRAME IS GOING TO SWING IT
BACK.
DOWN RIGHT FOR THE NEST AT THE 
BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
WE'RE GETTING A BETTER SHOT OF 
THE POINTS IN WHICH DRAGON IS 
TETHERED TO THE LIFT, INSURING 
IT ISN'T SWINGING FREELY.
THERE WE CAN SEE DRAGON BEING 
CAREFULLY SET DOWN INTO THE 
RECOVERY NEST ON TOP OF GO 
NAVIGATOR.
>>  DRAGON SPACEX, WELCOME 
ABOARD THE RECOVERY VESSEL.
THE PERSONNEL COMPLETING FINAL 
CHECKS AND PREPARING TO TRANSFER
YOU TO THE EGRESS PLATFORM.
>>  FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO 
MONTHS NASA ASTRONAUTS ARE ON 
SOME SORT OF GROUND.
CAN'T CALL IT SOLID BECAUSE IT 
IS A SHIP, HOWEVER, IT IS -- IT 
IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY'RE 
NOT IN SPACE ON A ROCKET OR 
BOBBING IN THE OCEAN.
>>  NOW THEY'RE IN THE NEST, 
THEY'LL TRANSLATE IT FORWARD AND
DRAGON IS GOING TO MOVE INTO THE
HANGAR SECTION BLOAT HELIPAD AND
BACK TO THE RECOVERY PLATFORM WE
SAW A BIT EARLIER.
AT THAT POINT THE -- THE 
SPACECRAFT TECHNICIANS WILL WORK
TO OPEN UP THE HATCH AND IT IS A
MANUAL PROCESS.
A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT 
ATTACHMENTS YOU HAVE TO ENGAGE 
BEFORE THE HATCH CAN BE OPENED.
THEY'LL GET IT OPENED AND THEN 
SPACEX WILL BE THE FIRST ONE 
THROUGH THE HATCHWAY TO CHECK ON
BOB AND DOUG AND GET A HEALTH 
ASSESSMENT AND SEE IF THEY'RE 
READY TO MOVE AND WE'LL ASSIST 
THEM OUT OF THE CAPSULE AND INTO
THE MEDICAL FACILITY ON THE 
BOAT.
AT THIS POINT THE RECOVERY TEAM 
IS DOING FINAL SECURING OF THE 
CAPSULE IN PREPARATIO FOR -- 
FOR ACTUALLY MOVE THE RECOVERY 
NEST IN TO -- CLOSER TO THE 
INTERIOR OF THE SHIP.
IT WILL ACTUALLY BE IN A LITTLE 
BIT OF A COVERED DECK THERE.
WE SAW THE CAMERA VIEW EARLIER 
LOOKING STRAIGHT OUT FROM THE 
CENTER OF THE BOAT.
ONCE DRAGON IS SECURED IN THE 
NEST, THE NEST WILL BE 
TRANSLATED FORWARD AND CLOSER TO
THE RECOVERY -- EXCUSE ME, 
CLOSER TO THE POSITION IN WHICH 
WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY OPEN THE 
HATCH.
SO WHILE DRAGON IS ONBOARD 
SAFELY, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO 
THAT JUST YET.
>>  THEY'RE WORKING TO -- TO 
DETACH SOME OF THOSE LINES THAT 
WERE USED TO HOIST IT USING THE 
A-FRAME AND WE HEARD THAT THEY 
SHOULD BE DONE WITH THAT IN A 
MOMENT AND THEN WE'LL START THE 
TRANSLATION.
RIGHT NOW WE CAN SEE THE TEAM 
RELEASING THOSE SECURING LINES 
THAT WERE USED DURING THE -- THE
LIFT OF THE CAPSULE FROM THE 
WATER AND INTO THE NEST.
SO THEY'RE RELEASING THOSE 
SECURING LINES FROM THE SIDES, 
MAKING SURE IT IS SECURE FROM 
THE BOTTOM.
THERE WE SEE DRAGON MOVING 
FORWARD.
>>  LOOK AT THAT.
SMOOTH AS A TESLA, I WOULD SAY.
IT IS INTERESTED TO SEE THE 
SCORCHING MARKS NOW THAT WE GET 
A NICE UP CLOSE DETAIL SHOT OF 
DRAGON.
>>  STANDING BY FOR THE GO FOR 
FIVE HATCH OPEN.
>> THAT ROUNDED SQUARE THERE IN 
THE CENTER OF THE CAPSULE IS 
THAT SIDE HATCH AND ON EITHER 
SIDE ARE THOSE OVAL WINDOWS.
>>  DRAGON SPACEX STAND BY FOR 
SIDE HATCH OPENING AND EGRESS.
>>  CREW GOT THE CALL.
WE'RE GO FOR HATCH OPEN.
>>  IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, 
IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE HATCH, YOU
SEE THE AREA THAT THEY'RE 
WORKING.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE CHUTES 
DEPLOYED FROM.
THE CIRCLES FROM EITHER SIDE 
WHERE THE MORTARS WERE.
THE MAIN PARACHUTES NOW HIDDEN 
BY THE PLATFORM UNDERNEATH THE 
SIDE HATCH.
THE CREW IS IN THE PROCESS OF 
REMOVING THE SIDE HATCH.
WE CAN SEE THAT GO NAVIGATOR IS 
IN TRANSIT.
IT IS MAKING ITS WAY BACK TO THE
PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION.
BOB AND DOUG WILL GET A RIDE 
FROM THE RECOVERY VESSEL VIA 
HELICOPTER.
WE'RE PREPARING TO OPEN THE SIDE
HATCH AND ONCE THAT IS DONE -- 
ONCE THAT IS DONE, THE FLIGHT 
SURGEON WILL POP HIS HEAD IN, DO
AN INITIAL CHECK, SEE HOW BOB 
AND DOUG ARE DOING.
>>  AND DRAGON SPACEX ARE GOING 
TO POINT TO SOME POTENTIAL HITS 
NEAR THE SIDE HATCH.
>>  WE'RE STANDING BY.
THEY'RE STILL CONTINUING AND 
CHECKING FOR VAPORS.
THOSE NDOs AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE,
PRIMARILY CAN GET DETECTED IN 
THE AIR FROM THE BURNING OF 
FUEL.
THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO 
JUST INSPECT AROUND THE CAPSULE 
AND MAKE SURE IT IS SAFE FOR THE
CREW AND SAFE FOR THE RECOVERY 
EXPERT BEFORE THEY GET THE HATCH
OPEN.
WE'RE MOVING ALONG THE SIDELINE 
SINCE THEY SPLASHED DOWN AT 
11:48 A.M. PACIFIC.
SO THEY'RE PAUSING THE 
OPERATIONS FOR A MOMENT AND 
DOING AIR SAMPLING AROUND THE 
SYSTEM.
WE STILL HAVE [INDISCERNIBLE] 
FROM THE VEHICLE.
FLIGHT CONTROLLER HERE IN 
HAWTHORN ABLE TO MONITOR TANK 
PRESSURE AND NOT SEEING ANY 
ISSUES AT THE MOMENT.
AGAIN JUST A SHORT PAUSE IN THE 
OPERATIONS AND AGAIN, THEY'RE 
SNIFFING AROUND THE CAPSULE AND 
MAKING SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY 
READINGS THAT MIGHT INDICATE A 
FUEL LEAK OR ANYTHING AROUND THE
VEHICLE.
THEY DETECTED NDOs FROM NITROGEN
DIOXIDE WHICH ARISING FROM THE 
BURNING OF FUEL.
THEY'RE CONTINUING TO DO AIR 
READINGS BEFORE THEY PROCEED 
WITH THE HATCH OPENING.
UPDATE, WE'RE STILL 
INVESTIGATING, LOOKS LIKE WE'LL 
SET UP A SERVICE SECTION AND 
WE'RE WORKING ON AN ETA FOR YOU.
IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US, NASA 
ASTRONAUT BOB AND DOUG HAVE 
SAFELY RETURNED FROM THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND 
THEY MADE ONTIME SPLASHDOWN OFF 
THE COAST OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA 
AT 11:48 A.M. PACIFIC.
18:48 UNIVERSAL TIME AND THEY'RE
HOISTED ON THE RECOVERY VESSEL 
GO NAVIGATOR.
NOW THE TEAM IS -- IS JUST 
COMPLETING -- THEY DID INITIAL 
CHECK IN AND FOUND THAT THERE 
MAY BE SOME VAPORS WHICH WE 
CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO BE 
AROUND WHEN WE HAVE -- WE HAVE 
BOB AND DOUG COMING OUT OF THE 
CAPSULE.
SO THE TEAM IS WORKING TO -- TO 
PURGE THE SERVICE SECTION IN 
PREPARATION FOR -- FOR CREW 
EGRESS.
A LITTLE COMMENTARY ON THE 
HATCHES THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING 
ABOUT.
WHILE DRAGON'S TOP HATCH IS USED
TO CONNECT TO THE SPACE STATION,
THAT'S LOCATED UNDER THE NOSE 
CONE THAT IS CURRENTLY HIDDEN 
THERE AT THE TOP OF THE CAPSULE.
BEFORE, THIS HATCH IS WHAT IS 
UTILIZED FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS,
BOTH ON THE LAUNCHPAD AS WELL AS
COMING UP HERE ON THE RECOVERY 
VESSEL.
WHEN THE INTERNATIONAL -- WHEN 
-- WHEN THE CAPSULE IS DOCKED TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
THEY WILL USE THE FORWARD HATCH 
TO -- TO EXIT AND ENTER THE 
CAPSULE.
SOMETHING TO NOTE THAT ONCE THE 
SIDE HATCH IS OPENED, IT WILL BE
THE FIRST TIME THAT BOB AND DOUG
HAVE GOTTEN A BREATH OF FRESH 
AIR.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE 
BEEN ABLE TO DO SO IN TWO MONTHS
SINCE THEY BOARDED THE FALCON 
NINE AT THE START OF THE MISSION
BACK ON MAY 30th.
>>  THEN ONTIME SPLASHDOWN, THEY
RETURN WITH 54 DAYS IN SPACE ON 
THIS MISSION, A FEW MINUTES SHY 
OF THAT.
SO I KNOW THEY'RE LOOKING 
FORWARD TO IT.
IN A LITTLE MORE OF STABLE 
CONDITION NOW THAT THEY
