1 00:00:22,172 --> 00:00:23,606 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:23,606 --> 00:00:32,949 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:32,949 --> 00:00:39,055 ♪ 4 00:00:39,055 --> 00:00:41,691 ALL STATION ON DRAGON, GET 5 00:00:41,691 --> 00:00:43,827 READY FOR TERMINAL COUNT. 6 00:00:43,827 --> 00:00:44,694 ♪ 7 00:00:44,694 --> 00:00:49,599 >> YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS. 8 00:00:49,599 --> 00:00:59,642 >> ♪ 9 00:00:59,642 --> 00:01:03,580 ♪ 15 SECONDS. 10 00:01:03,580 --> 00:01:09,686 >> DRAGON IS ON COUNT DOWN. 11 00:01:09,686 --> 00:01:13,623 >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 12 00:01:13,623 --> 00:01:17,594 >> IGNITION. 13 00:01:17,594 --> 00:01:23,700 >> YOU ARE LOOKING AT A LIVE 14 00:01:23,700 --> 00:01:28,071 VIEW OF SPACEX'S FIRST DRAGON 15 00:01:28,071 --> 00:01:31,307 SPACECRAFT ON TOP OF THE ROCKET 16 00:01:31,307 --> 00:01:32,675 WAITING FOR TAKEOFF AS PART OF 17 00:01:32,675 --> 00:01:36,212 THE FIRST CREW MISSION TO THE 18 00:01:36,212 --> 00:01:37,647 SPACE STATION FOR NASA. 19 00:01:37,647 --> 00:01:38,848 GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE 20 00:01:38,848 --> 00:01:41,050 LIVE BROADCAST OF NASA AND 21 00:01:41,050 --> 00:01:42,919 SPACEX'S FIRST CREW MISSION TO 22 00:01:42,919 --> 00:01:43,520 THE SPACE STATION. 23 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:45,922 MY NAME IS DAN HEWITT, PUBLIC 24 00:01:45,922 --> 00:01:48,625 AFFAIRS OFFICER WITH NASA AND 25 00:01:48,625 --> 00:01:50,393 VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE FOR 26 00:01:50,393 --> 00:01:50,860 TODAY'S LAUNCH. 27 00:01:50,860 --> 00:01:52,896 >> AND IT IS SO AWESOME TO HAVE 28 00:01:52,896 --> 00:01:53,296 YOU HERE. 29 00:01:53,296 --> 00:01:54,497 >> IT IS AWESOME TO BE HERE. 30 00:01:54,497 --> 00:01:55,732 >> THANK YOU FOR COMING. 31 00:01:55,732 --> 00:01:58,568 >> MY NAME IS LAUREN THE SENIOR 32 00:01:58,568 --> 00:02:00,103 FLIGHT RELIABILITY ENGINEER AT 33 00:02:00,103 --> 00:02:01,938 SPACEX AND AS YOU CAN SEE, NASA 34 00:02:01,938 --> 00:02:03,807 AND SPACEX HAVE PARTNERED ON 35 00:02:03,807 --> 00:02:07,510 BOTH THE DEMO-1 MISSION AND, WE 36 00:02:07,510 --> 00:02:09,512 WILL BRING YOU LOI COVERAGE FROM 37 00:02:09,512 --> 00:02:11,314 HERE IN HEADQUARTERS IN 38 00:02:11,314 --> 00:02:13,183 HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA BUT ALSO 39 00:02:13,183 --> 00:02:14,717 NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN 40 00:02:14,717 --> 00:02:16,152 FLORIDA AS WELL AS THE JOHNSON 41 00:02:16,152 --> 00:02:17,620 SPACE STERN IN HOUSTON, AS MANY 42 00:02:17,620 --> 00:02:18,888 OF YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW THE 43 00:02:18,888 --> 00:02:41,411 PURPOSE OF TODAY 44 00:03:20,550 --> 00:03:20,717 45 00:03:20,717 --> 00:03:21,050 46 00:03:21,050 --> 00:03:22,952 THE TIME PERIOD IS LONGER THAN 47 00:03:22,952 --> 00:03:23,720 WE ANTICIPATE ONCE PEOPLE ARE ON 48 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:24,420 BOARD FOR BUT FOR THIS MISSION 49 00:03:24,420 --> 00:03:25,121 IT IS NECESSARY TO DEMONSTRATE 50 00:03:25,121 --> 00:03:25,788 ALL OF THE DEMOS BEFORE THE 51 00:03:25,788 --> 00:03:26,456 FIRST DOCKING WITH THE CREW 52 00:03:26,456 --> 00:03:26,789 STATION. 53 00:03:26,789 --> 00:03:27,523 >> ONCE DRAGON ARRIVES AT THE 54 00:03:27,523 --> 00:03:29,325 STATION IT IS EXPECTED STAY FOR 55 00:03:29,325 --> 00:03:30,460 ABOUT FIVE DAYS DURING WHICH 56 00:03:30,460 --> 00:03:32,161 TIME IT WILL UNDERGO A SERIES OF 57 00:03:32,161 --> 00:03:34,230 CHECKOUTS OF MANY OF THE NEW 58 00:03:34,230 --> 00:03:36,432 SYSTEMS AS WELL AS THE ISS 59 00:03:36,432 --> 00:03:36,900 INTERROGATION. 60 00:03:36,900 --> 00:03:38,101 WHILE DOCKED IT WILL DELIVER 61 00:03:38,101 --> 00:03:39,135 CARGO TO THE SPACE STATION WE 62 00:03:39,135 --> 00:03:41,504 LAUNCHED BUT ALSO BRING SOME 63 00:03:41,504 --> 00:03:43,606 CARGO BACK THAT THE CREW WILL 64 00:03:43,606 --> 00:03:45,241 PACK UP ON DRAGON ON THE WAY 65 00:03:45,241 --> 00:03:45,541 HOME. 66 00:03:45,541 --> 00:03:47,977 AT THE OWNED THE FIVE-DAY DOCK 67 00:03:47,977 --> 00:03:50,046 PERIOD IT WILL DEPART FOR A 68 00:03:50,046 --> 00:03:51,481 SPLASHDOWN WILL THE ATLANTIC 69 00:03:51,481 --> 00:03:54,584 OCEAN WHERE IT WILL BE MET BY 70 00:03:54,584 --> 00:03:55,451 CREWS AND TRANSPORTED BACK TO 71 00:03:55,451 --> 00:04:04,527 THE SITE. 72 00:04:04,527 --> 00:04:06,229 YOU CAN SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS 73 00:04:06,229 --> 00:04:10,867 ASK NASA ON TWITTER. 74 00:04:10,867 --> 00:04:11,367 ASK NASA ON TWITTER. 75 00:04:11,367 --> 00:04:13,069 THIS IS SUCH AN EXCITING DAY 76 00:04:13,069 --> 00:04:14,971 WITH JUST UNDER AN HOUR TO 77 00:04:14,971 --> 00:04:15,338 LIFT-OFF. 78 00:04:15,338 --> 00:04:17,140 LET'S CHECK OVER ON THE TEAM 79 00:04:17,140 --> 00:04:18,675 FROM FLORIDA BROADCASTING LIVE 80 00:04:18,675 --> 00:04:19,409 FROM KENNEDY SPACE STERN. 81 00:04:19,409 --> 00:04:21,311 >> THANK YOU, LAURA AND DAN. 82 00:04:21,311 --> 00:04:23,346 >> I AM A FALCON INTEGRATION 83 00:04:23,346 --> 00:04:25,949 TEST ENGINEER AT SPACEX, AND 84 00:04:25,949 --> 00:04:29,319 STEPHANIE MARTIN WITH NASA CREW 85 00:04:29,319 --> 00:04:30,887 PROGRAM AND LIVE HERE AT 86 00:04:30,887 --> 00:04:31,254 KENNEDY. 87 00:04:31,254 --> 00:04:32,322 >> JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM 88 00:04:32,322 --> 00:04:34,090 THE ICONIC VEHICLE ASSEMBLY 89 00:04:34,090 --> 00:04:35,625 BUILDING AND JUST OVER 3 MILES 90 00:04:35,625 --> 00:04:37,026 AWAY FROM OUR LAUNCH SITE. 91 00:04:37,026 --> 00:04:38,194 NOW, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 92 00:04:38,194 --> 00:04:40,163 MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA AT CAPE 93 00:04:40,163 --> 00:04:41,731 KENNEDY TO CAPTURE TODAY'S 94 00:04:41,731 --> 00:04:43,733 HISTORIC LAUNCH FROM THE EQUALLY 95 00:04:43,733 --> 00:04:47,236 HISTORIC LAUNCH COMPLEX 39 A OR 96 00:04:47,236 --> 00:04:48,805 LC 39 A WHICH HAS BEEN A CENTRAL 97 00:04:48,805 --> 00:04:51,140 PART OF THE AMERICAN HUMAN 98 00:04:51,140 --> 00:04:52,208 SPACEFLIGHT STORY. THIS IS THE 99 00:04:52,208 --> 00:04:54,978 HOME TO BOTH THE APOLLO AND SAYS 100 00:04:54,978 --> 00:04:55,945 SHUTTLE PROGRAM. 101 00:04:55,945 --> 00:04:57,480 BEHIND US YOU CAN SEE THE FALCON 102 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:59,182 9 AND DRAGON PREPARED TO LAUNCH 103 00:04:59,182 --> 00:05:01,484 FROM THIS HISTORIC LAUNCHPAD. 104 00:05:01,484 --> 00:05:03,853 SPACEX LAUNCH COMPLEX, 39 A AND, 105 00:05:03,853 --> 00:05:05,254 IN 2014 AND AFTER RETROFITTING 106 00:05:05,254 --> 00:05:06,356 IT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 107 00:05:06,356 --> 00:05:08,458 SUPPORT BOTH FALCON NINE AND 108 00:05:08,458 --> 00:05:11,160 FALCON HEAVY LAUNCHES REGULARLY, 109 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:11,561 SINCE 2017. 110 00:05:11,561 --> 00:05:12,595 >> YEAH, ACTUALLY THERE IS A 111 00:05:12,595 --> 00:05:14,797 GREAT SHOT ON YOUR SCREEN OF OUR 112 00:05:14,797 --> 00:05:16,699 TWO STAGE LAUNCH VEHICLE, THE 113 00:05:16,699 --> 00:05:18,368 FALCON 9, AND ACTUALLY THE CREW 114 00:05:18,368 --> 00:05:20,303 ARM IS ATTACHED TO IT, ACTUALLY, 115 00:05:20,303 --> 00:05:21,738 THERE THE CREW ARM IS SEPARATING 116 00:05:21,738 --> 00:05:25,408 AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE AND THIS 117 00:05:25,408 --> 00:05:27,777 TEST IS -- RUNNING THIS THE TEST 118 00:05:27,777 --> 00:05:29,679 THE SAME WAY WITH ASTRONAUTS ON 119 00:05:29,679 --> 00:05:30,947 BOARD, THAT'S ONE OF THE STEPS 120 00:05:30,947 --> 00:05:33,449 AS WE PREPARE TO GO INTO TODAY'S 121 00:05:33,449 --> 00:05:33,883 LAUNCH. 122 00:05:33,883 --> 00:05:37,320 NOW, FALCON 9 IS, FALCON NINE'S 123 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:39,989 FIRST STAGE WILL FIRE ITS NINE 124 00:05:39,989 --> 00:05:40,957 ENGINES TO PROPEL THE VEHICLE TO 125 00:05:40,957 --> 00:05:42,592 THE EDGE OF SPACE. 126 00:05:42,592 --> 00:05:44,694 ONCE IT BURNS THROUGH BOTH MOST 127 00:05:44,694 --> 00:05:47,597 OF ITS PROPEL ATLANTA THE IT 128 00:05:47,597 --> 00:05:50,066 WILL TRY TO ATTEMPT TO DOCK WITH 129 00:05:50,066 --> 00:05:50,666 THE DRONE SHIP. 130 00:05:50,666 --> 00:05:52,635 THE SECOND STAGE WILL FIRE ITS 131 00:05:52,635 --> 00:05:54,670 SINGLE HIGH EFFICIENCY MERLIN 132 00:05:54,670 --> 00:05:56,739 VACUUM ENGINE TO PROPEL DRAGON 133 00:05:56,739 --> 00:06:00,076 TO ITS TARGET ORBIT ABOUT 134 00:06:00,076 --> 00:06:01,077 200 KILOMETERS ABOVE THE EARTH. 135 00:06:01,077 --> 00:06:02,545 FROM THERE DRAG GONE WILL 136 00:06:02,545 --> 00:06:05,381 CONTINUE WITH ITS FIRST JOURNEY 137 00:06:05,381 --> 00:06:06,949 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 138 00:06:06,949 --> 00:06:07,316 STATION. 139 00:06:07,316 --> 00:06:08,618 >> TWO MAIN STRUCTURES, THE 140 00:06:08,618 --> 00:06:12,321 CAPSULE WHERE WE FLY PRESSURIZED 141 00:06:12,321 --> 00:06:13,990 CARGO AND SOON OUR ASTRONAUTS 142 00:06:13,990 --> 00:06:15,825 THAT CAN'T BE EBBS POSED TO THE 143 00:06:15,825 --> 00:06:17,460 VACUUM OF SPACE AND THE SECOND 144 00:06:17,460 --> 00:06:20,863 IS A TRUNK WHERE WE CAN CARRY 145 00:06:20,863 --> 00:06:23,399 LARGE UNVACUUMED CARING CAN GO. 146 00:06:23,399 --> 00:06:24,467 IT IS EIGHT SUPER -- 147 00:06:24,467 --> 00:06:27,470 >> THESE SUPER DRACOS WILL POWER 148 00:06:27,470 --> 00:06:28,905 THE ASTRONAUTS TO SAFETY IN THE 149 00:06:28,905 --> 00:06:30,273 EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. 150 00:06:30,273 --> 00:06:32,975 CREW DRAGON'S TRUNK ALSO 151 00:06:32,975 --> 00:06:34,277 FEATURES NEW SOLAR ARRAYS YOU 152 00:06:34,277 --> 00:06:35,478 CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT 153 00:06:35,478 --> 00:06:35,778 NOW. 154 00:06:35,778 --> 00:06:37,146 THEY PROVIDE POWER TO THE 155 00:06:37,146 --> 00:06:40,083 SPACECRAFT AS IT MAKE ITS WAY TO 156 00:06:40,083 --> 00:06:40,850 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 157 00:06:40,850 --> 00:06:43,352 >> THE TRUNK HAS NEW AERODYNAMIC 158 00:06:43,352 --> 00:06:44,520 FINS WHICH PROVIDE STABILITY IN 159 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:46,923 THE EVENT OF THAT EMERGENCY 160 00:06:46,923 --> 00:06:47,723 ABORT AS WELL AS MORE SURFACE 161 00:06:47,723 --> 00:06:49,125 AREA FOR THOSE SOLAR ARRAYS. 162 00:06:49,125 --> 00:06:50,827 >> NOW THAT WAS A QUICK OF VIEW 163 00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:52,662 OF THE FALCON 9 AND CREW DRAGON 164 00:06:52,662 --> 00:06:54,797 HERE AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 165 00:06:54,797 --> 00:06:56,365 HOWEVER, LET'S GO QUICKLY OVER 166 00:06:56,365 --> 00:06:58,201 TO DARRELL WHO HAS A SPECIAL 167 00:06:58,201 --> 00:06:59,702 GUEST AT THE OPERATIONS AND 168 00:06:59,702 --> 00:07:00,203 SUPPORT BUILDING. 169 00:07:00,203 --> 00:07:01,571 >> THAT'S RIGHT, STEPHANIE, I AM 170 00:07:01,571 --> 00:07:03,206 ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THAT 171 00:07:03,206 --> 00:07:04,841 BUILDING WHICH GIVES US AN 172 00:07:04,841 --> 00:07:06,409 ELEVATED VIEW OF THE LAUNCHPAD 173 00:07:06,409 --> 00:07:08,811 AND YOU CAN SEE, WE CAN SEE THE 174 00:07:08,811 --> 00:07:10,646 ROCKET FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, 175 00:07:10,646 --> 00:07:11,848 INCLUDING THE FLAME TRENCH, IT 176 00:07:11,848 --> 00:07:13,416 IS A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OUT HERE. 177 00:07:13,416 --> 00:07:14,784 AND THEN WE STRETCH OUT A LITTLE 178 00:07:14,784 --> 00:07:16,786 FURTHER AND YOU SEE THE GUESTS 179 00:07:16,786 --> 00:07:18,087 THAT HAVE GATHERED IN THE 180 00:07:18,087 --> 00:07:20,123 INFIELD STLERKS QUITE A VIEW AS 181 00:07:20,123 --> 00:07:20,423 WELL. 182 00:07:20,423 --> 00:07:21,557 THIS BUILDING IS ALSO RIGHT NEXT 183 00:07:21,557 --> 00:07:24,360 TO THE ICONIC VEHICLE ASSEMBLY 184 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:25,928 BUILDING SWAY PERFECT BACKDROP 185 00:07:25,928 --> 00:07:29,298 FOR OUR GUESTS AS YOU MENTIONED, 186 00:07:29,298 --> 00:07:30,500 ADMINISTRATOR JIM BRIDENSTINE, 187 00:07:30,500 --> 00:07:31,667 THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 188 00:07:31,667 --> 00:07:32,635 THANKS, DARRELL, GREAT TO BE 189 00:07:32,635 --> 00:07:32,935 HERE. 190 00:07:32,935 --> 00:07:34,203 >> TELL US WHAT THIS LAUNCH 191 00:07:34,203 --> 00:07:34,804 MEANS TO YOU. 192 00:07:34,804 --> 00:07:35,705 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO THE 193 00:07:35,705 --> 00:07:36,172 COUNTRY? 194 00:07:36,172 --> 00:07:37,673 SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE 195 00:07:37,673 --> 00:07:39,509 GOING TO LAUNCH AMERICAN 196 00:07:39,509 --> 00:07:41,210 ASTRONAUTS ON AMERICAN ROCKETS 197 00:07:41,210 --> 00:07:43,045 FROM AMERICAN SOIL, THE FIRST 198 00:07:43,045 --> 00:07:44,547 TIME SINCE THE RETIREMENT OF THE 199 00:07:44,547 --> 00:07:46,315 SPACE SHUTTLES IN 2011. 200 00:07:46,315 --> 00:07:50,620 SO THIS IS REALLY A SIGNIFICANT 201 00:07:50,620 --> 00:07:53,222 ACHIEVEMENT IN THE HISTORY OF 202 00:07:53,222 --> 00:07:55,458 DERROLL .. IN, SIGNIFICANT 203 00:07:55,458 --> 00:07:57,260 ACHIEVEMENT IN AMERICAN 204 00:07:57,260 --> 00:07:57,960 SPACEFLIGHT. WE WANT TO MAKE 205 00:07:57,960 --> 00:07:59,295 SURE WE KEEP OUR PARTNERSHIP 206 00:07:59,295 --> 00:08:00,163 WITH RUSSIA WHICH HAS BEEN VERY 207 00:08:00,163 --> 00:08:01,464 STRONG FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME 208 00:08:01,464 --> 00:08:03,866 GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 209 00:08:03,866 --> 00:08:06,068 APOLLO SOYUZ AREA BUT MAKE SURE 210 00:08:06,068 --> 00:08:07,703 WE HAVE OUR OWN CAPABILITY TO 211 00:08:07,703 --> 00:08:08,638 GET BACK AND FORTH TO THE 212 00:08:08,638 --> 00:08:09,405 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SO 213 00:08:09,405 --> 00:08:10,540 WE CAN HAVE THIS STRONG 214 00:08:10,540 --> 00:08:11,541 PARTNERSHIP WHERE THEY CAN 215 00:08:11,541 --> 00:08:12,708 LAUNCH ON OUR ROCKETS AND WE CAN 216 00:08:12,708 --> 00:08:14,277 LAUNCH ON THEIR ROCKETS. 217 00:08:14,277 --> 00:08:15,811 BUT I THINK ANOTHER BIG 218 00:08:15,811 --> 00:08:16,979 MILESTONE HERE IS THE IDEA THAT 219 00:08:16,979 --> 00:08:19,515 WE ARE NOT AS AN AGENCY, AS NASA 220 00:08:19,515 --> 00:08:20,883 WE ARE NOT PURCHASING, OWNING 221 00:08:20,883 --> 00:08:23,152 AND OPERATING OUR OWN ROCKETS AT 222 00:08:23,152 --> 00:08:23,553 THIS POINT. 223 00:08:23,553 --> 00:08:25,321 WE ARE LOOKING TO A FUTURE WHERE 224 00:08:25,321 --> 00:08:27,623 WE CAN BE A CUSTOMER, ONE 225 00:08:27,623 --> 00:08:29,192 CUSTOMER OF MANY CUSTOMERS IN A 226 00:08:29,192 --> 00:08:31,827 VERY ROBUST COMMERCIAL 227 00:08:31,827 --> 00:08:34,096 MARKETPLACE IN LOW EARTH ORBIT 228 00:08:34,096 --> 00:08:36,432 AND NOT ONE CUSTOMER BUT MANY 229 00:08:36,432 --> 00:08:38,134 CUSTOMERS THAT DRIVES DOWN THE 230 00:08:38,134 --> 00:08:40,503 COSTS AND HAVING MULTIPLE 231 00:08:40,503 --> 00:08:42,238 PROVIDERS COMPETING ON COST AND 232 00:08:42,238 --> 00:08:45,208 INVASION THAT ENABLES US TO HAVE 233 00:08:45,208 --> 00:08:46,342 TRANSFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGY THAT 234 00:08:46,342 --> 00:08:47,877 ALLOW US TO DO MORE THAN EVER 235 00:08:47,877 --> 00:08:48,945 BEFORE. THIS IS A BIG DEAL. 236 00:08:48,945 --> 00:08:51,347 >> ONE OF THOSE KEY CUSTOMERS, 237 00:08:51,347 --> 00:08:52,014 SPACEX WHICH IS LAUNCHING 238 00:08:52,014 --> 00:08:52,815 TONIGHT AND HERE FOR THIS 239 00:08:52,815 --> 00:08:53,149 LAUNCH. 240 00:08:53,149 --> 00:08:55,651 YOU GOT TO TOUR AROUND WITH 241 00:08:55,651 --> 00:08:57,520 SPACEX CEO ELON MUSK, HOW WAS 242 00:08:57,520 --> 00:08:57,820 THAT? 243 00:08:57,820 --> 00:09:01,324 >> IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HE 244 00:09:01,324 --> 00:09:04,260 REMINDED ME HE BEGAN THIS 245 00:09:04,260 --> 00:09:05,595 PROCESS 18 YEARS AGO, IF YOU CAN 246 00:09:05,595 --> 00:09:06,829 IMAGINE THAT, BACK IN 2001, AND 247 00:09:06,829 --> 00:09:08,831 AT THE TIME, YOU KNOW, THE 248 00:09:08,831 --> 00:09:11,601 INTENT WAS TO PUT A LITTLE 249 00:09:11,601 --> 00:09:13,436 GREENHOUSE ON MARS AND HE WAS 250 00:09:13,436 --> 00:09:16,305 GOING TO, YOU KNOW, PURCHASE AN 251 00:09:16,305 --> 00:09:18,441 EXCESS ICBM FROM RUSSIA, OF 252 00:09:18,441 --> 00:09:20,009 COURSE HE MADE SURE TO MAKE 253 00:09:20,009 --> 00:09:22,945 CLEAR IT WAS WITHOUT THE NUCLEAR 254 00:09:22,945 --> 00:09:23,579 WARHEAD. 255 00:09:23,579 --> 00:09:25,414 BUT WHAT WAS FASCINATING IS FROM 256 00:09:25,414 --> 00:09:27,450 THAT IDEA, WHERE HE WANTED TO 257 00:09:27,450 --> 00:09:29,385 PUT ON MARS A LITTLE GREENHOUSE, 258 00:09:29,385 --> 00:09:30,720 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THREE FEET 259 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,522 BY THREE FEET, JUST A SMALL 260 00:09:33,522 --> 00:09:34,724 GREENHOUSE, AND FROM THAT HE 261 00:09:34,724 --> 00:09:37,693 TRIED TO BUY THIS EXCESS ICBM 262 00:09:37,693 --> 00:09:39,395 BUT IT WAS $20 MILLION AND HE 263 00:09:39,395 --> 00:09:41,397 SAID, I CAN'T AFFORD THAT, TO 264 00:09:41,397 --> 00:09:42,965 ACHIEVE WHAT I AM 32 TOYING 265 00:09:42,965 --> 00:09:44,767 ACHIEVE, AND SO HE CAME UP WITH 266 00:09:44,767 --> 00:09:48,371 THE IDEA OFFAL CON, THE FALCON 267 00:09:48,371 --> 00:09:48,838 1. 268 00:09:48,838 --> 00:09:50,873 AND AFTER A NUMBER OF FAILED 269 00:09:50,873 --> 00:09:52,775 LAUNCHES HE STUCK WIT AND BY 270 00:09:52,775 --> 00:09:54,477 FALCON 4 IT WAS IS SUCCESSFUL 271 00:09:54,477 --> 00:09:55,645 AND THEN OF COURSE THE 272 00:09:55,645 --> 00:09:57,380 PARTNERSHIP WITH NASA AND, YOU 273 00:09:57,380 --> 00:09:58,414 KNOW, A LONG PARTNERSHIP THAT 274 00:09:58,414 --> 00:09:59,415 HAS BEEN DEVELOPING FOR A LONG 275 00:09:59,415 --> 00:10:01,917 TIME AND HERE WE ARE ON THE 276 00:10:01,917 --> 00:10:02,985 PRECIPICE OF RETURNING TO 277 00:10:02,985 --> 00:10:04,820 SPACEFLIGHT FROM AMERICAN SOIL. 278 00:10:04,820 --> 00:10:06,956 SO IT IS GREAT TO HAVE THAT 279 00:10:06,956 --> 00:10:08,791 OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR HIS 280 00:10:08,791 --> 00:10:10,593 PERSPECTIVE AND THIS IS REALLY, 281 00:10:10,593 --> 00:10:12,295 YOU KNOW, A BIG DAY FOR NASA AND 282 00:10:12,295 --> 00:10:14,697 A BIG DAY FOR SPACEX, ELON MUSK 283 00:10:14,697 --> 00:10:16,899 AND THE ENTIRE TEAM, BOTH TEAMS, 284 00:10:16,899 --> 00:10:17,500 NASA AND SPACEX. 285 00:10:17,500 --> 00:10:18,968 >> AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO 286 00:10:18,968 --> 00:10:20,569 A LAUNCH TONIGHT AND APPRECIATE 287 00:10:20,569 --> 00:10:21,737 WOW COMING OUT AND VOYAGE US, IT 288 00:10:21,737 --> 00:10:23,472 IS GOING TO BE AN EXCITING NIGHT 289 00:10:23,472 --> 00:10:24,974 AND WANT TO TOSS IT BACK TO NOW 290 00:10:24,974 --> 00:10:27,310 TO TOM WHO IS IN SPACEX 291 00:10:27,310 --> 00:10:28,511 HEADQUARTERS IN HAWTHORNE, 292 00:10:28,511 --> 00:10:29,312 CALIFORNIA. 293 00:10:29,312 --> 00:10:29,612 TOM. 294 00:10:29,612 --> 00:10:33,049 >> THANKS, DERROL, MY NAME IS 295 00:10:33,049 --> 00:10:34,450 TOM, A SOFTWARE ENGINEER HERE AT 296 00:10:34,450 --> 00:10:36,185 SPACEX, AND HANGING RIGHT BEHIND 297 00:10:36,185 --> 00:10:38,587 ME AT SPACEX HEADQUARTERS IN 298 00:10:38,587 --> 00:10:39,855 HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA IS THE 299 00:10:39,855 --> 00:10:42,058 VERY FIRST DRAGON SPACECRAFT 300 00:10:42,058 --> 00:10:43,592 THAT THEY LAUNCHED BACK IN 2010. 301 00:10:43,592 --> 00:10:45,761 AND NOW HERE WE ARE ALMOST, JUST 302 00:10:45,761 --> 00:10:46,862 LESS THAN 40 MINUTES FROM 303 00:10:46,862 --> 00:10:49,265 LAUNCHING OUR FIRST CREW DRAGON 304 00:10:49,265 --> 00:10:50,199 SPACECRAFT TO THE SPACE STATION. 305 00:10:50,199 --> 00:10:52,802 IT IS CURRENTLY T MINUS 38 306 00:10:52,802 --> 00:10:54,103 MINUTES AND 40 SECONDS AND 307 00:10:54,103 --> 00:10:55,805 SPACEX TEAM IS WORKING NO ISSUES 308 00:10:55,805 --> 00:10:56,205 FOR LAUNCH. 309 00:10:56,205 --> 00:10:58,007 HERE IS WHERE WE STAND ON THE 310 00:10:58,007 --> 00:10:59,742 ROCKET, THE SPACECRAFT AND THE 311 00:10:59,742 --> 00:11:00,076 RAUNCH. 312 00:11:00,076 --> 00:11:01,577 FOR THE FALCON NINE, THE 313 00:11:01,577 --> 00:11:04,113 CRITICAL GO, NO GO PULL WAS HELD 314 00:11:04,113 --> 00:11:06,282 T MINUS 45 MINUTES WHEN THE 315 00:11:06,282 --> 00:11:07,683 SPACEX LAUNCH DIRECTOR PULLED 316 00:11:07,683 --> 00:11:09,185 THE TEAMS TO ASSESS THE 317 00:11:09,185 --> 00:11:10,152 READINESS FOR LAUNCH. 318 00:11:10,152 --> 00:11:11,854 ALL TEAMS ARE CURRENTLY GO FOR 319 00:11:11,854 --> 00:11:15,224 LAUNCH AND BEGINNING PROPEL 320 00:11:15,224 --> 00:11:16,892 ATLANTA LOADING. 321 00:11:16,892 --> 00:11:18,728 IN 25 MINUTES. 322 00:11:18,728 --> 00:11:20,062 IN THE BACKGROUND YOU MAY HEAR 323 00:11:20,062 --> 00:11:26,836 THEM ARE PO FOR AND THE CAPSULES 324 00:11:26,836 --> 00:11:28,804 ALSO CURRENTLY GO FOR LAUNCH. 325 00:11:28,804 --> 00:11:30,473 IF THIS WERE AN OPERATIONAL 326 00:11:30,473 --> 00:11:32,141 MISSION, LATE LOAD CARGO WOULD 327 00:11:32,141 --> 00:11:33,209 ALREADY HAVE BEEN LOADED ON 328 00:11:33,209 --> 00:11:34,410 DRAGON THE DAY OF LAUNCH WHICH 329 00:11:34,410 --> 00:11:35,177 WOULD HAVE BEEN EARLIER TODAY 330 00:11:35,177 --> 00:11:37,046 AND THE CREW WOULD ALREADY HAVE 331 00:11:37,046 --> 00:11:39,081 BOARDED VIA THE CREW ACCESS ARM. 332 00:11:39,081 --> 00:11:41,016 ONCE EVERYONE IS SAFELY ON 333 00:11:41,016 --> 00:11:42,351 BOARD, SPACEX WOULD RETRACT OR 334 00:11:42,351 --> 00:11:43,953 YOU SAW SPACEX JUST RETRACT THE 335 00:11:43,953 --> 00:11:45,688 CREW ACCESS ARM, WHICH ACTIVATES 336 00:11:45,688 --> 00:11:47,990 THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM, AND IS 337 00:11:47,990 --> 00:11:49,225 ALLOWS THE INITIAL EDUCATION OF 338 00:11:49,225 --> 00:11:53,129 A -- ESCAPE IN THE EVENT OF AN 339 00:11:53,129 --> 00:11:53,662 EMERGENCY. 340 00:11:53,662 --> 00:11:55,531 THE RAKE CURRENTLY IS SUPPORTING 341 00:11:55,531 --> 00:11:56,565 US FOR A LAUNCH TODAY, NO ISSUES 342 00:11:56,565 --> 00:11:58,300 WITH THAT, WITH WEATHER THERE 343 00:11:58,300 --> 00:12:00,136 ARE THREE MAIN CATEGORIES OF 344 00:12:00,136 --> 00:12:01,937 WEATHER, THINGS THE SPACEX AND 345 00:12:01,937 --> 00:12:03,906 LOOK FOR, ONE OF THOSE IS UPPER 346 00:12:03,906 --> 00:12:05,374 LEVEL WINDS, THE OTHER IS GROUND 347 00:12:05,374 --> 00:12:07,676 LEVEL WINDS AND THE OTHER IS THE 348 00:12:07,676 --> 00:12:09,612 ANVIL CLOUD AND LOIGHT RULES, 349 00:12:09,612 --> 00:12:10,946 RIGHT NOW THERE ARE TO WEATHER 350 00:12:10,946 --> 00:12:12,348 CONSTRAINTS FOR LAUNCH TODAY. 351 00:12:12,348 --> 00:12:13,883 SO AS THE TEAM MENTIONED THERE 352 00:12:13,883 --> 00:12:15,518 ARE NO PEOPLE ON BOARD DRAGON 353 00:12:15,518 --> 00:12:17,753 TODAY BUT WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE 354 00:12:17,753 --> 00:12:19,488 ONE SPECIAL PASSENGER FLYING AND 355 00:12:19,488 --> 00:12:20,790 THE NAME IS RIPLEY. 356 00:12:20,790 --> 00:12:22,024 YOU ACTUALLY SEE HER SITTING 357 00:12:22,024 --> 00:12:24,527 THERE IN LIVE VIEWS WE HAVE FROM 358 00:12:24,527 --> 00:12:24,860 DRAGON. 359 00:12:24,860 --> 00:12:26,796 GETTING READY FOR LAUNCH, RIPLEY 360 00:12:26,796 --> 00:12:27,897 WILL BE GATHERING VERY IMPORTANT 361 00:12:27,897 --> 00:12:29,632 DATA FOR US IN ADVANCE OF OUR 362 00:12:29,632 --> 00:12:31,066 FIRST CREW MISSIONS AND ALSO 363 00:12:31,066 --> 00:12:33,335 TAKING UP A ZERO GRAVITY 364 00:12:33,335 --> 00:12:34,170 INDICATOR IN THE SHAPE OF THE 365 00:12:34,170 --> 00:12:35,671 EARTH WHICH GO YOU SEE THE BLUE 366 00:12:35,671 --> 00:12:36,939 EARTH FIGURE RIGHT NEXT TO HER 367 00:12:36,939 --> 00:12:38,908 IN THE SEAT CLOSEST TO THE 368 00:12:38,908 --> 00:12:39,241 CAMERA. 369 00:12:39,241 --> 00:12:40,342 ONCE WE ARE CLEAR OF THE EARTH'S 370 00:12:40,342 --> 00:12:42,545 PARAGRAPH AT THIS THAT ZERO G 371 00:12:42,545 --> 00:12:43,879 INDICATOR WILL BE FREE TO MOVE 372 00:12:43,879 --> 00:12:45,247 ABOUT THE CABIN. 373 00:12:45,247 --> 00:12:47,183 LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT 374 00:12:47,183 --> 00:12:49,718 RIPLEY'S ROLE ON HER TRIP TO THE 375 00:12:49,718 --> 00:12:50,653 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 376 00:12:50,653 --> 00:12:52,888 >> AS A PART OF OUR 377 00:12:52,888 --> 00:12:53,622 DEMONSTRATION 1 MISSION WE HAVE 378 00:12:53,622 --> 00:12:55,524 A SPECIAL PASSENGER ON BOARD. 379 00:12:55,524 --> 00:12:56,992 THE TECHNICAL TERM FOR OUR 380 00:12:56,992 --> 00:13:00,095 SPECIAL PASSENGER IS 381 00:13:00,095 --> 00:13:03,299 ANTHROPOMORPHIC TEST DEVICE OR 382 00:13:03,299 --> 00:13:05,768 APT BUT WE WILL JUST CALL HER T, 383 00:13:05,768 --> 00:13:08,304 I AM SENIOR DINAH PICK ENGINEER 384 00:13:08,304 --> 00:13:08,971 HERE AT SPACEX. 385 00:13:08,971 --> 00:13:10,506 >> RIPLEY'S I DON'T KNOW IS TO 386 00:13:10,506 --> 00:13:11,707 GOAL EVERYTHING THAT AN 387 00:13:11,707 --> 00:13:13,409 ASTRONAUT WILL FEEL WHEN THEY 388 00:13:13,409 --> 00:13:14,643 FLY ON DRAGON. 389 00:13:14,643 --> 00:13:17,046 HE IS ESSENTIALLY FULL OF 390 00:13:17,046 --> 00:13:18,380 SENSORS ACROSS THEIR BODY, 391 00:13:18,380 --> 00:13:20,783 INCLUDING THE HEAD, NECK AND 392 00:13:20,783 --> 00:13:21,116 SPINE. 393 00:13:21,116 --> 00:13:22,284 FOR THIS MISSION, RIPLEY IS 394 00:13:22,284 --> 00:13:25,321 GOING TO USE 10 OUT OF HER 30 395 00:13:25,321 --> 00:13:26,388 SENSORS TO GIVE US AT ALL 396 00:13:26,388 --> 00:13:27,456 INFORMATION WE NEED ABOUT THE 397 00:13:27,456 --> 00:13:29,325 MOST SENSITIVE PARTS OF IN HER 398 00:13:29,325 --> 00:13:29,625 BODY. 399 00:13:29,625 --> 00:13:30,893 HE IS GOING TO GIVE US INFORMS 400 00:13:30,893 --> 00:13:32,795 ABOUT HER BODY LOADS AND HEAT 401 00:13:32,795 --> 00:13:34,063 LOADS AND WE ARE GOING USE ALL 402 00:13:34,063 --> 00:13:35,898 OF THAT INFORMATION TO OUR 403 00:13:35,898 --> 00:13:37,166 ALLIES TO MAKE SURE OUR 404 00:13:37,166 --> 00:13:37,900 PREDICTIONS ARE CORRECT TO 405 00:13:37,900 --> 00:13:40,536 DESIGN TESTS AND UNDERSTAND 406 00:13:40,536 --> 00:13:41,837 EXACTLY HERE ON THE DRAGON. 407 00:13:41,837 --> 00:13:44,406 FROM LIFTOFF, TO SPLASHDOWN 408 00:13:44,406 --> 00:13:45,274 ESSENTIALLY SHE IS GOING TO TELL 409 00:13:45,274 --> 00:13:46,609 US HOW SHE GOALS DURING THE 410 00:13:46,609 --> 00:13:47,343 WHOLE MISSION. 411 00:13:47,343 --> 00:13:49,144 WE ALSO HAVE A MICROPHONE ON HER 412 00:13:49,144 --> 00:13:50,779 EARS SO WE ARE GOING TO HEAR 413 00:13:50,779 --> 00:13:53,249 WHATEVER SHE HEARS. 414 00:13:53,249 --> 00:13:54,884 >> THE GOAL OF THIS MISSION IS 415 00:13:54,884 --> 00:13:56,151 TO MAKE SURE THE CREW ARE GOING 416 00:13:56,151 --> 00:13:57,453 TO BE SAFE, COMFORTABLE AND 417 00:13:57,453 --> 00:14:01,056 ENJOY THE RIDE ON THE DRAGON. 418 00:14:01,056 --> 00:14:02,658 DURING A NO, MA'AM AL ASCENT, 419 00:14:02,658 --> 00:14:04,059 THEY WILL FELL LIKE THEY ARE 420 00:14:04,059 --> 00:14:07,830 RIDING ON AN EXCITING ROLLER 421 00:14:07,830 --> 00:14:09,164 COASTER RIDE T CREW WILL FEEL 422 00:14:09,164 --> 00:14:10,332 LIKE THEY ARE DIVING INTO A 423 00:14:10,332 --> 00:14:12,301 SWIMMING POOL ON THE WAY DOWN. 424 00:14:12,301 --> 00:14:13,102 INTERESTINGLY, THIS IS NOT THE 425 00:14:13,102 --> 00:14:14,436 FIRST TIME WE ARE USING THIS 426 00:14:14,436 --> 00:14:15,504 TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 427 00:14:15,504 --> 00:14:16,572 CREW ARE GOING TO BE SAFE. 428 00:14:16,572 --> 00:14:19,041 THE FIRST TIME WAS IN 2015 ON 429 00:14:19,041 --> 00:14:20,342 THE -- TEST. 430 00:14:20,342 --> 00:14:21,844 IN ADDITION, TO THESE TESTS WE 431 00:14:21,844 --> 00:14:23,279 ARE DOING A LOT MORE TESTING TO 432 00:14:23,279 --> 00:14:25,781 MAKE SURE ALL OF THE SCENARIOS 433 00:14:25,781 --> 00:14:26,949 ARE UNDERSTOOD, THE CREW ARE 434 00:14:26,949 --> 00:14:29,552 GOING TO BE SAFE AND ALL OF THE 435 00:14:29,552 --> 00:14:30,719 METRICS ARE WITHIN LIMITS. 436 00:14:30,719 --> 00:14:32,888 WE ARE GOING TO BE USING THE 437 00:14:32,888 --> 00:14:33,822 PSYCHOLOGIST AGAIN IN THE 438 00:14:33,822 --> 00:14:34,156 FUTURE. 439 00:14:34,156 --> 00:14:35,624 IN FACT RIPLEY WILL BE FLYING IN 440 00:14:35,624 --> 00:14:37,259 OUR INFLIGHT BOARD TEST LATER 441 00:14:37,259 --> 00:14:38,727 THIS YEAR. 442 00:14:38,727 --> 00:14:40,195 WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET 443 00:14:40,195 --> 00:14:41,630 REAL-TIME DATA FOR THIS MISSION. 444 00:14:41,630 --> 00:14:43,766 ONCE RIPLEY COMES BACK HOME SHE 445 00:14:43,766 --> 00:14:45,100 WILL GIVE US ALL THE DATA AND 446 00:14:45,100 --> 00:14:47,469 THAT WILL GET US ONE STEP CLOSER 447 00:14:47,469 --> 00:14:51,807 TO SPACE FLIGHT FOR EVERYONE. 448 00:14:51,807 --> 00:14:54,009 >> 449 00:14:54,009 --> 00:14:56,612 >> 450 00:14:56,612 --> 00:14:59,048 T MINUS 34 MINUTE. 451 00:14:59,048 --> 00:15:02,418 LET'S LISTEN IN FOR THAT CALLOUT 452 00:15:02,418 --> 00:15:06,055 ON THE NET. 453 00:15:06,055 --> 00:15:29,912 >> FOR THOSE VIEWERS JUST 454 00:15:29,912 --> 00:15:31,380 VIEWING US, WE ARE JUST WAITING 455 00:15:31,380 --> 00:15:34,583 FOR CALLOUT, FOR GETTING 456 00:15:34,583 --> 00:15:37,620 PROPELLENT LOAD ON THE DRAGON 457 00:15:37,620 --> 00:15:37,987 9 ROCKET. 458 00:15:37,987 --> 00:15:40,022 IT IS COMING UP IN JUST A FEW 459 00:15:40,022 --> 00:15:43,926 MINUTES, STAND BY. 460 00:15:43,926 --> 00:15:49,965 >> SO WHILE WE ARE WAITING FOR 461 00:15:49,965 --> 00:15:51,300 CALLOUT FOR THAT PROP LOAD WE 462 00:15:51,300 --> 00:15:54,169 WILL GO OVER TO MCMANIS TO GET A 463 00:15:54,169 --> 00:15:55,304 SENSE OF HOW THE FEELING IS AT 464 00:15:55,304 --> 00:15:55,904 THE CAPE. 465 00:15:55,904 --> 00:15:57,606 HOW IS IT GOING OVER THERE? 466 00:15:57,606 --> 00:15:58,941 >> EVERYTHING IS LOCKING PATRIOT 467 00:15:58,941 --> 00:16:00,376 OUT HERE, TOM. 468 00:16:00,376 --> 00:16:02,277 AND WE WISH RIPLEY ALL THE BEST 469 00:16:02,277 --> 00:16:04,813 OF LUCK ON HER INCREDIBLE, 470 00:16:04,813 --> 00:16:05,347 INCREDIBLE JOURNEY. 471 00:16:05,347 --> 00:16:07,650 I AM MCMANIS WOOD END AT KENNEDY 472 00:16:07,650 --> 00:16:09,351 SPACE STERN, PARTICULARLY I AM 473 00:16:09,351 --> 00:16:12,087 HERE AT THE BANANA CREEK VIEWING 474 00:16:12,087 --> 00:16:13,922 AREA WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE 475 00:16:13,922 --> 00:16:17,359 WAY FROM THE SATURN 5 CENTER. 476 00:16:17,359 --> 00:16:18,861 NOW, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS 477 00:16:18,861 --> 00:16:21,130 ABOUT THIS VIEWING AREA HERE AT 478 00:16:21,130 --> 00:16:24,133 BANANA EXREEK IS YOU HAVE AN 479 00:16:24,133 --> 00:16:25,768 UNFILTERED PAM ARE A, PAN RAMIK 480 00:16:25,768 --> 00:16:27,369 VIEW OF FIVE LAUNCHPADS. 481 00:16:27,369 --> 00:16:28,570 NOW THE PAD WE WILL BE LOOKING 482 00:16:28,570 --> 00:16:30,472 AT TONIGHT IS PAD 39 A, WHICH 483 00:16:30,472 --> 00:16:32,741 YOU ALREADY HEARD SO FAR IN THE 484 00:16:32,741 --> 00:16:35,577 PROGRAM HAS QUITE A HISTORICAL 485 00:16:35,577 --> 00:16:36,011 SIGNIFICANCE. 486 00:16:36,011 --> 00:16:38,580 12 APOLLO LAUNCHES AND 82 487 00:16:38,580 --> 00:16:40,983 SHUTTLE LAUNCHES TOOK PLACE AT 488 00:16:40,983 --> 00:16:42,785 PAD 39 A AND WE ARE HOPING THAT 489 00:16:42,785 --> 00:16:45,087 SPACEX IS ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT 490 00:16:45,087 --> 00:16:47,122 HISTORY TONIGHT. 491 00:16:47,122 --> 00:16:48,357 NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CROWD, 492 00:16:48,357 --> 00:16:49,591 THEY ARE STARTING TO STILL 493 00:16:49,591 --> 00:16:51,860 FILTER IN, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT 494 00:16:51,860 --> 00:16:53,562 ROUGHLY SEVEN TONE HUNDRED IN 495 00:16:53,562 --> 00:16:54,997 ATTENDANCE TONIGHT, THE VAST 496 00:16:54,997 --> 00:16:56,432 MAJORITY OF THEM ARE FROM HERE 497 00:16:56,432 --> 00:16:59,301 IN AMERICA, SO THE SENTIMENT OF 498 00:16:59,301 --> 00:17:01,170 AN AMERICAN BUILT ROCKET BEING 499 00:17:01,170 --> 00:17:03,839 LAUNCHED FROM AMERICAN SOIL AND 500 00:17:03,839 --> 00:17:05,607 WITH THE ANTICIPATION OF 501 00:17:05,607 --> 00:17:06,975 AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS LATER THIS 502 00:17:06,975 --> 00:17:08,877 YEAR BEING FLOWN ON THAT ROCKET 503 00:17:08,877 --> 00:17:09,978 IS PRETTY HIGH. 504 00:17:09,978 --> 00:17:11,513 BUT THAT IS NOT TO SAY IT IS A 505 00:17:11,513 --> 00:17:13,782 COMPLETE HOME TEAM TYPE OF A 506 00:17:13,782 --> 00:17:14,083 GAME. 507 00:17:14,083 --> 00:17:15,818 WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW 508 00:17:15,818 --> 00:17:17,152 REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER 509 00:17:17,152 --> 00:17:19,188 FOREIGN COUNTRIES THAT BRING A 510 00:17:19,188 --> 00:17:20,355 UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO THIS 511 00:17:20,355 --> 00:17:21,724 LAUNCH, BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT IT 512 00:17:21,724 --> 00:17:24,226 FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE. 513 00:17:24,226 --> 00:17:26,495 SO JUST IMAGINE, IF YOU WILL, 514 00:17:26,495 --> 00:17:28,063 SOMEBODY IN THIS AUDIENCE 515 00:17:28,063 --> 00:17:29,865 TONIGHT HAS THE ABILITY AT SOME 516 00:17:29,865 --> 00:17:32,167 POINT IN TIME IN THEIR LIVES TO 517 00:17:32,167 --> 00:17:35,404 BOARD A ROCKET, FLY TO SPACE, 518 00:17:35,404 --> 00:17:37,973 AND THEN LOOK DOWN AT THE EARTH 519 00:17:37,973 --> 00:17:39,641 INSTEAD OF THROUGH THE LENS OF A 520 00:17:39,641 --> 00:17:40,943 NASA PHOTO WHICH WE HAVE ALL 521 00:17:40,943 --> 00:17:43,178 BECOME SO ACCUSTOMED 0 TO, BUT 522 00:17:43,178 --> 00:17:44,713 WITH THEIR VERY OWN EYES. 523 00:17:44,713 --> 00:17:47,683 SO WITH THAT IN MIND, THOSE TWO 524 00:17:47,683 --> 00:17:49,351 ARE THE MAIN TALKING POINT THAT 525 00:17:49,351 --> 00:17:51,353 I HAVE HAD WITH MANY OF THE 526 00:17:51,353 --> 00:17:54,156 FOLKS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, SO 527 00:17:54,156 --> 00:17:56,125 AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE 528 00:17:56,125 --> 00:17:57,426 ANTICIPATION AND THE ENERGY IS 529 00:17:57,426 --> 00:17:58,127 QUITE STRONG. 530 00:17:58,127 --> 00:17:59,728 BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, EVERYONE IS 531 00:17:59,728 --> 00:18:01,330 STARTING TO SETTLE IN TO THEIR 532 00:18:01,330 --> 00:18:02,965 SEATS AND THEY ARE GETTING READY 533 00:18:02,965 --> 00:18:04,433 TO ENJOY THIS AMAZING LAUNCH, SO 534 00:18:04,433 --> 00:18:06,135 WITH THAT IN MIND LET'S GO AHEAD 535 00:18:06,135 --> 00:18:07,870 AND SEND IT BACK TO THINK HAVE A 536 00:18:07,870 --> 00:18:09,838 AND STEPHANIE RIGHT DOWN THE 537 00:18:09,838 --> 00:18:10,906 ROAD AT OUR STUDIO. 538 00:18:10,906 --> 00:18:13,542 >> MCMANUS THAT'S AN AWESOME 539 00:18:13,542 --> 00:18:15,344 CROWD OUT THERE AND LET YOU KNOW 540 00:18:15,344 --> 00:18:17,479 .. PROPELLENT LOADING HAS BEGUN 541 00:18:17,479 --> 00:18:18,814 ON THE FALCON 9. 542 00:18:18,814 --> 00:18:21,316 NOW, ALSO, IT IS A A REMINDER 543 00:18:21,316 --> 00:18:22,985 TODAY'S LAUNCH IS A TEST FLIGHT 544 00:18:22,985 --> 00:18:24,286 AND WILE SPACEX HAS BEEN 545 00:18:24,286 --> 00:18:26,889 TRANSPORTING CARGO TO AND FROM 546 00:18:26,889 --> 00:18:28,056 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 547 00:18:28,056 --> 00:18:30,159 SINCE 2012, THIS FLIGHT IS THE 548 00:18:30,159 --> 00:18:31,727 FIRST TIM THAT WE WILL BE 549 00:18:31,727 --> 00:18:33,061 LAUNCHING A CREW DRAG GONE WITH 550 00:18:33,061 --> 00:18:35,063 THE UPGRADES TO FALCON 9 AND 551 00:18:35,063 --> 00:18:36,665 DRAGON THAT ALLOWS US TO FRIDAY 552 00:18:36,665 --> 00:18:37,065 ASTRONAUTS. 553 00:18:37,065 --> 00:18:38,767 >> NOW WE HAVEN'T LAUNCHED 554 00:18:38,767 --> 00:18:41,003 ASTRONAUTS FROM THE U.S. SOIL TO 555 00:18:41,003 --> 00:18:41,737 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 556 00:18:41,737 --> 00:18:43,405 SINCE THE SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS 557 00:18:43,405 --> 00:18:44,940 LANDED IN 2011. 558 00:18:44,940 --> 00:18:46,608 TODAY'S LAUNCH IS A MAJOR TEST 559 00:18:46,608 --> 00:18:48,577 TO HELP US RESTORE THAT 560 00:18:48,577 --> 00:18:50,112 CAPABILITY TO AMERICA WITH THE 561 00:18:50,112 --> 00:18:52,281 IDEA THAT ONE DAY SPACE SHUTTLE 562 00:18:52,281 --> 00:18:54,449 WON'T JUST BE FOR NASA 563 00:18:54,449 --> 00:18:55,150 ASTRONAUTS. 564 00:18:55,150 --> 00:19:00,055 >> STAGE 2, READY FOR FLIGHT. 565 00:19:00,055 --> 00:19:00,889 >> GROUND CREW -- 566 00:19:00,889 --> 00:19:02,291 >> GO FOR LAUNCH. 567 00:19:02,291 --> 00:19:03,926 >> THE FROG OF THE COMMERCIAL 568 00:19:03,926 --> 00:19:06,261 CREW PROGRAM IS TO RETURN TO OUR 569 00:19:06,261 --> 00:19:09,431 NATION THE CAPABILITY TO FLY OUR 570 00:19:09,431 --> 00:19:10,499 ASTRONAUTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL 571 00:19:10,499 --> 00:19:14,837 SPACE STATION. 572 00:19:14,837 --> 00:19:16,438 5, 4, 3 -- 573 00:19:16,438 --> 00:19:18,607 >> COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM, IS 574 00:19:18,607 --> 00:19:20,976 AN ENTIRELY NEW ERA. 575 00:19:20,976 --> 00:19:21,810 >> LIFTOFF. 576 00:19:21,810 --> 00:19:23,712 >> 577 00:19:23,712 --> 00:19:26,081 >> ASTRONAUTS TAKING FLIGHT ONCE 578 00:19:26,081 --> 00:19:27,716 MORE FROM AMERICAN SOILABLE AS 579 00:19:27,716 --> 00:19:29,251 THE NATION BEGINS A NEW CHAPTER 580 00:19:29,251 --> 00:19:30,986 OF SPACE EXPLORATION. 581 00:19:30,986 --> 00:19:32,955 >> UP UNTIL NOW IT HAS BEEN 582 00:19:32,955 --> 00:19:34,156 GOVERNMENT THAT HAVE SENT PEOPLE 583 00:19:34,156 --> 00:19:35,157 INTO SPACE AND, YOU KNOW, 584 00:19:35,157 --> 00:19:36,925 WORKING WITH OUR NASA PARTNERS 585 00:19:36,925 --> 00:19:38,060 WERE ON THE DOORSTEP OF BEING 586 00:19:38,060 --> 00:19:39,661 ABLE TO OPEN IT UP TO A MUCH 587 00:19:39,661 --> 00:19:41,296 GREATER POPULATION. 588 00:19:41,296 --> 00:19:42,865 >> IT IS NOT OFTEN THAT YOU GET 589 00:19:42,865 --> 00:19:45,200 TO BE PART OF DEVELOPING A 590 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,136 SPACECRAFT FROM SCRATCH THAT 591 00:19:48,136 --> 00:19:49,438 COMES ALONG AFTER MANY DECADE. 592 00:19:49,438 --> 00:19:52,507 >> BOTH 0 OF OUR COMPANIES, 593 00:19:52,507 --> 00:19:55,878 BOEING AND SPACEX ARE INCREDIBLY 594 00:19:55,878 --> 00:19:56,411 CAPABLE COMPANIES. 595 00:19:56,411 --> 00:19:58,046 >> IT IS GREAT TO SEE THE 596 00:19:58,046 --> 00:19:59,014 HARDWARE COME TOGETHER AND SEE 597 00:19:59,014 --> 00:20:00,349 THE EXCITEMENT OF THE 598 00:20:00,349 --> 00:20:02,217 TECHNICIANS AND OF THE 599 00:20:02,217 --> 00:20:03,585 ENGINEERS, IT IS GOING TO BE 600 00:20:03,585 --> 00:20:05,520 WONDERFUL TO SEE THE CROWDS COME 601 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:08,523 BACK. 602 00:20:08,523 --> 00:20:09,091 >> 603 00:20:09,091 --> 00:20:11,760 >> THIS IS GREAT, TO GET THE 604 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:13,562 PUBLIC KIND OF REENGAGED ON 605 00:20:13,562 --> 00:20:14,830 HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT AGAIN. 606 00:20:14,830 --> 00:20:17,366 >> TRANSPORTATION TO LOW EARTH 607 00:20:17,366 --> 00:20:18,567 ORBIT IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO 608 00:20:18,567 --> 00:20:19,835 HUMANS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THAT IS 609 00:20:19,835 --> 00:20:20,936 WHERE WE ARE OPERATING AND DOING 610 00:20:20,936 --> 00:20:23,138 A LOT OF OUR WORK IN SPACE. 611 00:20:23,138 --> 00:20:23,906 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 612 00:20:23,906 --> 00:20:25,274 ONE OF THE NATION'S GREAT ASSETS 613 00:20:25,274 --> 00:20:27,509 FOR RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY IS IN 614 00:20:27,509 --> 00:20:28,310 LOW EARTH ORBIT. 615 00:20:28,310 --> 00:20:30,145 >> THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM 616 00:20:30,145 --> 00:20:32,180 WILL PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO 617 00:20:32,180 --> 00:20:34,950 ISS TO SUPPORT THAT FIRST STEP 618 00:20:34,950 --> 00:20:36,318 AS A GATEWAY TO SPACE. 619 00:20:36,318 --> 00:20:37,586 I THINK WE WILL HAVE A LOT MORE 620 00:20:37,586 --> 00:20:38,720 OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE 621 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:39,922 EXPLORATION RESEARCH THAT WE 622 00:20:39,922 --> 00:20:41,657 NEED TO GET US TO THE MOON AND 623 00:20:41,657 --> 00:20:44,359 TO MARS AND BEYOND, THERE IS A 624 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:45,560 LARGER GROUP OF US THAT ARE 625 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:47,362 DREAMING THAT POTENTIALLY COULD 626 00:20:47,362 --> 00:20:48,697 HAVE A RIDE SOME DAY AND BE 627 00:20:48,697 --> 00:20:50,866 WORKING IN SPACE:IT IS A HUGE 628 00:20:50,866 --> 00:20:53,335 POLL, A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR 629 00:20:53,335 --> 00:20:55,537 BOTH THE PARTNERS, NASA, AND THE 630 00:20:55,537 --> 00:20:57,906 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 631 00:20:57,906 --> 00:20:59,775 >> THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. 632 00:20:59,775 --> 00:21:04,046 >> I KNOW THE GREATEST EVENT IN 633 00:21:04,046 --> 00:21:05,714 SPACE EXPLORATIONS HAVE NOT 634 00:21:05,714 --> 00:21:07,049 HAPPENED YET AND THAT OUR 635 00:21:07,049 --> 00:21:11,386 DESTINY LOWS ABOVE US. 636 00:21:11,386 --> 00:21:16,325 >> 637 00:21:16,325 --> 00:21:18,327 >> ON THE TRADITIONAL NASA 638 00:21:18,327 --> 00:21:19,995 PROGRAMS WE GAVE VERY 639 00:21:19,995 --> 00:21:21,163 PRESCRIPTIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR 640 00:21:21,163 --> 00:21:23,598 COMMERCIAL CREW, NASA SET HIGH 641 00:21:23,598 --> 00:21:25,300 LEVEL REQUIREMENTS BASED ON OUR 642 00:21:25,300 --> 00:21:27,302 50 YEARS OF HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT 643 00:21:27,302 --> 00:21:28,337 EXPERIENCE FOR BOEING AND SPACEX 644 00:21:28,337 --> 00:21:29,538 TO MEET. 645 00:21:29,538 --> 00:21:31,239 OUR PARTNERS TOOK THOSE HIGH 646 00:21:31,239 --> 00:21:32,641 LEVEL REQUIREMENTS AND 647 00:21:32,641 --> 00:21:34,343 INTRODUCED A TECHNOLOGIES, 648 00:21:34,343 --> 00:21:37,079 PROCEDURES AND OUT OF THE BOX 649 00:21:37,079 --> 00:21:38,313 THINKING WE HAVE COME TO EXPECT 650 00:21:38,313 --> 00:21:39,815 IN THE AMERICAN AEROSPACE 651 00:21:39,815 --> 00:21:40,182 INDUSTRY. 652 00:21:40,182 --> 00:21:41,283 >> SPACEX IS ONE OF THE 653 00:21:41,283 --> 00:21:42,751 COMPANIES THAT NASA ULTIMATELY 654 00:21:42,751 --> 00:21:44,753 CHOSE TO ACHIEVE GOAL AND WE 655 00:21:44,753 --> 00:21:46,588 HAVE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INTRODUCE 656 00:21:46,588 --> 00:21:47,556 INNOVATIVE IDEAS IN 657 00:21:47,556 --> 00:21:49,024 COLLABORATION WITH NASA AND 658 00:21:49,024 --> 00:21:50,292 TOGETHER WE HAVE FIND CREW DRAG 659 00:21:50,292 --> 00:21:51,960 BONN TO BE ONE OF THE SAFEST 660 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,730 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT SYSTEMS EVER 661 00:21:54,730 --> 00:21:55,030 FLOWN. 662 00:21:55,030 --> 00:21:56,498 DRAGON AND FALCON 9 TOGETHER 663 00:21:56,498 --> 00:21:58,233 HAVE YEARS OF OPERATIONAL 664 00:21:58,233 --> 00:21:59,601 EXPERIENCE OR WHAT WE REFER TO 665 00:21:59,601 --> 00:22:00,802 AS FLIGHT HERITAGE. 666 00:22:00,802 --> 00:22:02,938 THE CREW DRAG GONE BUILDS ON OUR 667 00:22:02,938 --> 00:22:04,539 CARGO DRAGON 17 SUCCESSFUL 668 00:22:04,539 --> 00:22:07,142 FLIGHTS TO AND FROM ORBIT SINCE 669 00:22:07,142 --> 00:22:09,177 2010, INCLUDING 16 TRIPS TO THE 670 00:22:09,177 --> 00:22:10,879 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 671 00:22:10,879 --> 00:22:12,180 NOT ONLY HAVE WE CONDUCTED 672 00:22:12,180 --> 00:22:13,548 THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF TESTING, 673 00:22:13,548 --> 00:22:16,051 WE HAVE ALSO ENHANCED AND ADD 674 00:22:16,051 --> 00:22:17,519 ADD NUMBER OF SAFETY FEATURES. 675 00:22:17,519 --> 00:22:20,122 AS AN EXAMPLE, DRAGON NOW HAS 676 00:22:20,122 --> 00:22:21,456 ENHANCED AND ADDITIONAL 677 00:22:21,456 --> 00:22:22,124 PARACHUTES, WE USED TO HAVE 678 00:22:22,124 --> 00:22:24,126 THREE AND WE ADDED A FOURTH ONE 679 00:22:24,126 --> 00:22:27,162 FOR A REDUNDANCY ONE OF THE MOST 680 00:22:27,162 --> 00:22:28,096 IMPORTANT FEATURES ON CREW 681 00:22:28,096 --> 00:22:29,564 DRAGON IS OUR LAUNCH ESCAPE 682 00:22:29,564 --> 00:22:31,266 SYSTEM WHICH IS A HUGE 683 00:22:31,266 --> 00:22:32,300 ADVANCEMENT IN THE SAFETY OF 684 00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:33,835 HUMAN SPACE PLIGHT. 685 00:22:33,835 --> 00:22:35,504 IN 2015, WE DEMONSTRATED THE 686 00:22:35,504 --> 00:22:37,572 SYSTEM DURING OUR PAD ABORT 687 00:22:37,572 --> 00:22:38,874 TEST, NOW THE LAUNCH ESCAPE 688 00:22:38,874 --> 00:22:41,076 SYSTEM IS OUTFITTED WITH EIGHT 689 00:22:41,076 --> 00:22:44,579 SUPER DRACO ENGINES DIRECTLY 690 00:22:44,579 --> 00:22:46,381 INTEGRATED INTO THE SPACECRAFT 691 00:22:46,381 --> 00:22:48,750 BODY ENABLES THEM TO MAINTAIN 692 00:22:48,750 --> 00:22:49,818 ESCAPE CAPABILITY FROM THE 693 00:22:49,818 --> 00:22:51,219 LAUNCHPAD ALL THE WAY TO ORBIT A 694 00:22:51,219 --> 00:22:52,687 FEATURE NO OTHER SPACECRAFT IN 695 00:22:52,687 --> 00:22:54,056 HISTORY HAS EVER POSSESSED. 696 00:22:54,056 --> 00:22:56,024 >> NOW FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF 697 00:22:56,024 --> 00:22:58,193 THIS IN ADDITION BUT BEFORE DEMO 698 00:22:58,193 --> 00:23:00,829 2, SPACEX WILL CONDUCT AN 699 00:23:00,829 --> 00:23:02,664 INFLIGHT ABORT TEST WHICH WILL 700 00:23:02,664 --> 00:23:03,932 IMPROVE THE ESCAPE CAPABILITIES 701 00:23:03,932 --> 00:23:05,901 DURING ASCENT, THIS WILL TELL US 702 00:23:05,901 --> 00:23:07,102 NOT ONLY HOW DRAG GONE WILL 703 00:23:07,102 --> 00:23:08,503 PERFORM BUT WHAT THE ASTRONAUTS 704 00:23:08,503 --> 00:23:09,671 WILL ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE IF 705 00:23:09,671 --> 00:23:11,940 THERE WERE AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY. 706 00:23:11,940 --> 00:23:14,443 AFTER THESE TESTS, THE NASA AND 707 00:23:14,443 --> 00:23:15,710 SPACEX TEAM WILL REVIEW ALL OF 708 00:23:15,710 --> 00:23:17,546 THE DATA AND VERIFY ALL OF THE 709 00:23:17,546 --> 00:23:20,749 SYSTEMS ABOARD HAVE OPERATED AS 710 00:23:20,749 --> 00:23:21,650 DESIGNED. 711 00:23:21,650 --> 00:23:22,918 THIS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT STEP 712 00:23:22,918 --> 00:23:24,586 ALLOWS NASA TO VERIFY THAT 713 00:23:24,586 --> 00:23:26,054 SPACEX IS MEETING OUR 714 00:23:26,054 --> 00:23:27,222 REQUIREMENTS AND CAN BE 715 00:23:27,222 --> 00:23:28,490 CERTIFIED TO CARRY OUR 716 00:23:28,490 --> 00:23:30,258 ASTRONAUTS SAFELY TO AND FROM 717 00:23:30,258 --> 00:23:31,793 THE SPACE STATION. 718 00:23:31,793 --> 00:23:33,495 THE FIRST TWO CREW MEMBERS WHO 719 00:23:33,495 --> 00:23:35,230 WILL FLY ABOARD CREW DRAGON WILL 720 00:23:35,230 --> 00:23:38,667 BE NASA ASTRONAUTS BOB BY THE BD 721 00:23:38,667 --> 00:23:43,538 BOB HURLEY ON THE DEMO 722 00:23:43,538 --> 00:23:43,972 2 SPACECRAFT. 723 00:23:43,972 --> 00:23:45,841 >> AND THEN THE NEXT CREW DRAGON 724 00:23:45,841 --> 00:23:48,443 MISSION WITH TWO INTERNATIONAL 725 00:23:48,443 --> 00:23:49,744 PARTNER CREW MEMBERS WHO HAVE 726 00:23:49,744 --> 00:23:50,745 NOT YET BEEN ANNOUNCED. 727 00:23:50,745 --> 00:23:52,647 >> THESE NASA ASTRONAUTS WILL 728 00:23:52,647 --> 00:23:54,416 NOT ONLY BE THE FIRST TO FLY ON 729 00:23:54,416 --> 00:23:55,884 CREW DRAG GONE, BUT THEY ARE 730 00:23:55,884 --> 00:23:57,819 ALSO CONTINUING THE MISSION OF 731 00:23:57,819 --> 00:23:59,087 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 732 00:23:59,087 --> 00:24:00,822 WHICH IS OUR PREHER ORBITAL 733 00:24:00,822 --> 00:24:01,223 LABORATORY. 734 00:24:01,223 --> 00:24:02,624 >> IT PROVIDES AN ENVIRONMENT TO 735 00:24:02,624 --> 00:24:03,825 REALLY LEARN WHAT IT TAKES FOR 736 00:24:03,825 --> 00:24:06,328 HUMANS TO LIVE IN SPACE FOR LONG 737 00:24:06,328 --> 00:24:07,362 PERIODS, FOR LONG PERIODS THAT 738 00:24:07,362 --> 00:24:09,331 WE WILL NODE TO DO WHEN WE GO 739 00:24:09,331 --> 00:24:10,398 BEYOND LOW EARTH ORBIT. 740 00:24:10,398 --> 00:24:11,666 >> LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT 741 00:24:11,666 --> 00:24:13,502 THE HISTORY OF THE SPACE STATION 742 00:24:13,502 --> 00:24:15,470 AND ITS ROLE IN FURTHERING HUMAN 743 00:24:15,470 --> 00:24:17,239 SPACE EXPLORATION. 744 00:24:17,239 --> 00:24:20,041 >> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 745 00:24:20,041 --> 00:24:22,110 STATION, A FOOTBALL FIELD SIZED 746 00:24:22,110 --> 00:24:24,546 MILLION POUND LABORATORY FLYING 747 00:24:24,546 --> 00:24:27,349 AROUND PLANET EARTH AT 748 00:24:27,349 --> 00:24:28,383 17,500 MILES PER HOUR. 749 00:24:28,383 --> 00:24:30,719 >> IT IS OUR HOME IN LOW EARTH 750 00:24:30,719 --> 00:24:31,920 ORBIT AND THE BRIDGE TO 751 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:33,488 EXPLORING THE FAR REACHES OF OUR 752 00:24:33,488 --> 00:24:35,090 SOLAR SYSTEM. 753 00:24:35,090 --> 00:24:37,092 A PLACE TO LEARN WHAT IT TAKES 754 00:24:37,092 --> 00:24:41,630 TO LIVE, TO WORK, TO THRIVE IN 755 00:24:41,630 --> 00:24:41,963 SPACE. 756 00:24:41,963 --> 00:24:44,299 >> THANKS TO SPACE AGENCIES 757 00:24:44,299 --> 00:24:45,033 REPRESENTING MORE THAN A DOZEN 758 00:24:45,033 --> 00:24:46,968 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, IT 759 00:24:46,968 --> 00:24:48,537 WENT FROM THE DRAWING BOARD TO 760 00:24:48,537 --> 00:24:50,805 LIFTOFF WHEN THE FIRST PIECE 761 00:24:50,805 --> 00:24:52,974 FLEW INTO SPACE IN TAKEN FIN 762 00:24:52,974 --> 00:24:53,275 EIGHT. 763 00:24:53,275 --> 00:24:56,244 THAT KICKED OFF OVER A DECADE OF 764 00:24:56,244 --> 00:24:57,179 CONSTRUCTION, HAULING THE 765 00:24:57,179 --> 00:24:59,247 STATION TO ORBIT PIECE BY PIECE 766 00:24:59,247 --> 00:25:01,016 ON NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE AND 767 00:25:01,016 --> 00:25:01,883 RUSSIAN ROCKETS. 768 00:25:01,883 --> 00:25:04,519 >> AND AFTER THE FIRST CREW RIDE 769 00:25:04,519 --> 00:25:07,556 IN NOVEMBER 2000, WE STARTED AN 770 00:25:07,556 --> 00:25:09,891 UNBROKEN STREAK OF HUMANS 771 00:25:09,891 --> 00:25:11,226 WORKING AND LIVING IN SPACE. 772 00:25:11,226 --> 00:25:13,695 BUILDING ON THE LEGACY OF PAST 773 00:25:13,695 --> 00:25:18,333 OUTPOSTS LIKE SKY LAB AND MUIR 774 00:25:18,333 --> 00:25:19,100 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 775 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:21,236 BEGAN THE TRAINING GROUND FOR 776 00:25:21,236 --> 00:25:23,205 HUMANITY'S NEXT GREAT JOURNEY, 777 00:25:23,205 --> 00:25:24,439 LIVING, LEARNING TO LIVE IN 778 00:25:24,439 --> 00:25:25,774 SPACE FOR EXTREME PERIODS 779 00:25:25,774 --> 00:25:27,576 OVERTIME, BUILDING AND 780 00:25:27,576 --> 00:25:29,444 PERFECTING THE TECHNOLOGIES 781 00:25:29,444 --> 00:25:31,179 NECESSARY TO TRAVEL TO OUR 782 00:25:31,179 --> 00:25:32,280 NEIGHBORS IN THE SOLAR SEASONAL, 783 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:34,316 IT GAVE US A PLACE ON OUR 784 00:25:34,316 --> 00:25:35,517 DOORSTEP TO PREPARE FOR NEXT 785 00:25:35,517 --> 00:25:36,785 GIANT LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN. 786 00:25:36,785 --> 00:25:38,353 AND THANKS TO THE STATION, A NEW 787 00:25:38,353 --> 00:25:41,523 ERA IN OUTER SPACE IS UNFOLDING. 788 00:25:41,523 --> 00:25:43,425 WHAT WAS ONCE THE DOMAIN OF ONLY 789 00:25:43,425 --> 00:25:45,860 NATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS IS NOW 790 00:25:45,860 --> 00:25:47,028 POPULATED BY A BROGUE SPACE 791 00:25:47,028 --> 00:25:49,931 FLEET FROM AMERICAN INDUSTRY. 792 00:25:49,931 --> 00:25:51,366 PRIVATE SPACECRAFT TO ANY CAR 793 00:25:51,366 --> 00:25:54,269 KNOW/FOE AND CREW MEMBERS, NEW 794 00:25:54,269 --> 00:25:55,637 HABITATS AND TECH NOZZLE FOR 795 00:25:55,637 --> 00:25:57,672 FUTURE SPACE MISSIONS AND AN 796 00:25:57,672 --> 00:26:00,842 OPEN DOOR FOR COMPANIES RESEARCH 797 00:26:00,842 --> 00:26:01,943 INSTITUTIONS AND EVEN STUDENTS 798 00:26:01,943 --> 00:26:04,312 AROUND THE WORLD TO DO RESEARCH 799 00:26:04,312 --> 00:26:06,982 IN SPACE THAT HAVE NEVER HAD THE 800 00:26:06,982 --> 00:26:08,516 OPPORTUNITY BEFORE. 801 00:26:08,516 --> 00:26:10,418 >> ALL LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR 802 00:26:10,418 --> 00:26:13,255 A ROBUST ECONOMY IN SPACE. 803 00:26:13,255 --> 00:26:16,091 >> THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF 804 00:26:16,091 --> 00:26:18,660 EXPERIMENTS, HUNDREDS OF 805 00:26:18,660 --> 00:26:20,495 SPACEWALKS, ENDLESS HOURS OF 806 00:26:20,495 --> 00:26:22,530 CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES, ALL 807 00:26:22,530 --> 00:26:24,599 TONE BY HUMANS HAILING FROM 808 00:26:24,599 --> 00:26:26,901 COUNTRIES AROUND THE GLOBE. 809 00:26:26,901 --> 00:26:27,669 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 810 00:26:27,669 --> 00:26:29,471 IS WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE AS A 811 00:26:29,471 --> 00:26:30,705 PLANET WHEN WE COME TOGETHER TO 812 00:26:30,705 --> 00:26:32,907 DO THE THINGS THAT ARE HARD. 813 00:26:32,907 --> 00:26:35,744 AND THE WORK ISN'T FLOWING DOWN. 814 00:26:35,744 --> 00:26:37,412 BECAUSE WE ARE READY FOR THE 815 00:26:37,412 --> 00:26:38,813 NEXT JOINT LEAP. 816 00:26:38,813 --> 00:26:41,283 BECAUSE WE ARE READY TO GO 817 00:26:41,283 --> 00:26:41,650 FARTHER. 818 00:26:41,650 --> 00:26:42,851 BECAUSE WHAT WE DO AND LEARN 819 00:26:42,851 --> 00:26:45,987 ALONG THE WAY IS FOR THE BENEFIT 820 00:26:45,987 --> 00:26:49,824 OF ALL OF HUMAN KIND. 821 00:26:49,824 --> 00:26:51,826 >> WE CLEARLY HAVE AN AMAZING 822 00:26:51,826 --> 00:26:53,428 RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTINUE THIS 823 00:26:53,428 --> 00:26:54,996 RESEARCH ON THE INTERNATIONAL 824 00:26:54,996 --> 00:26:56,097 SPACE STATION AND THAT'S WHAT 825 00:26:56,097 --> 00:26:57,532 DROVE THE CREATION OF THE 826 00:26:57,532 --> 00:26:58,199 COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM. 827 00:26:58,199 --> 00:27:00,835 >> AND RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ABOUT T 828 00:27:00,835 --> 00:27:02,070 MINUS 22 MINUTES AND 30-SECONDS 829 00:27:02,070 --> 00:27:03,271 AWAY FROM SEEING OUR FIRST 830 00:27:03,271 --> 00:27:05,273 LAUNCH AS PART OF COMMERCIAL 831 00:27:05,273 --> 00:27:05,573 CREW. 832 00:27:05,573 --> 00:27:07,475 SO LET'S CHECK IN WITH LAUREN 833 00:27:07,475 --> 00:27:08,743 AND DAN TO HEAR MORE ABOUT 834 00:27:08,743 --> 00:27:12,180 TODAY'S MISSION. 835 00:27:12,180 --> 00:27:14,082 >> THANK YOU, GUYS. 836 00:27:14,082 --> 00:27:16,818 SO FOR DEMO-1, DRAGON'S ROUGH 837 00:27:16,818 --> 00:27:18,053 TRIP IS ROUGHLY SIX DAYS IN A 838 00:27:18,053 --> 00:27:21,389 YOUR HONOR THINK THAT IS -- 839 00:27:21,389 --> 00:27:24,659 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 840 00:27:24,659 --> 00:27:24,893 >> 841 00:27:24,893 --> 00:27:26,861 >> THE CROWD IS GETTING INTO IT. 842 00:27:26,861 --> 00:27:29,831 AS WE AWAIT THAT T MINUS ZERO IN 843 00:27:29,831 --> 00:27:31,399 JUST ABOUT 22 MINUTE, THE GROUND 844 00:27:31,399 --> 00:27:32,467 OPERATIONS TEAMS ARE GOING TO BE 845 00:27:32,467 --> 00:27:34,269 DOING A SERIES OF SYSTEM CHECKS, 846 00:27:34,269 --> 00:27:36,171 JUST TO MAKE SURE BOTH DRAGON 847 00:27:36,171 --> 00:27:37,906 AND FALCON 9 ARE READY FOR 848 00:27:37,906 --> 00:27:38,273 LIFTOFF. 849 00:27:38,273 --> 00:27:41,409 THE MOMENT WE HIT T MINUS ZERO 850 00:27:41,409 --> 00:27:43,912 AND A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OCCURS 851 00:27:43,912 --> 00:27:45,447 WE WILL WATCH THEM MAKE THEIR 852 00:27:45,447 --> 00:27:46,748 ASCENT IN FIRST AND SECOND 853 00:27:46,748 --> 00:27:48,083 STAGES SEPARATE AND SEND DRAGON 854 00:27:48,083 --> 00:27:49,718 ON ITS WAY TO THE SPACE STATION. 855 00:27:49,718 --> 00:27:52,487 >> THE AT THIS TIME, THE 856 00:27:52,487 --> 00:27:54,122 OPERATORS WILL PREPARE ORBIT AND 857 00:27:54,122 --> 00:27:55,590 DRAG GONE WILL EXECUTE A SERIES 858 00:27:55,590 --> 00:27:57,792 OF BURNS THAT GRADUALLY RAISE 859 00:27:57,792 --> 00:27:59,427 THE ORBIT TO ALIGN FOR CLOSELY 860 00:27:59,427 --> 00:28:00,395 WITH THE SPACE STATION. 861 00:28:00,395 --> 00:28:01,696 AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE ANIMATION 862 00:28:01,696 --> 00:28:03,098 RIGHT HERE ON THE SCREEN A 863 00:28:03,098 --> 00:28:04,899 DRAGON APPROACH ISS IT WILL PULL 864 00:28:04,899 --> 00:28:07,102 A FEW TIPS BEFORE MAKING ONE 865 00:28:07,102 --> 00:28:08,536 FINAL PUSH TOWARD THE SPACE 866 00:28:08,536 --> 00:28:09,971 STATION, PUTTING DRAGON INTO THE 867 00:28:09,971 --> 00:28:12,607 SAME ORBITAL PLANE AS IT 868 00:28:12,607 --> 00:28:13,608 PREPARES FOR DOCKING MANEUVERS. 869 00:28:13,608 --> 00:28:15,176 >> NEXT DRAGON WILL MAKE ITS 870 00:28:15,176 --> 00:28:16,644 APPROACH AND ACTUALLY DOCK WITH 871 00:28:16,644 --> 00:28:18,179 THE SPACE STATION. 872 00:28:18,179 --> 00:28:19,247 IT IS GOING TO BE A VERY 873 00:28:19,247 --> 00:28:20,048 DIFFERENT PROCESS FROM WHAT WE 874 00:28:20,048 --> 00:28:22,150 HAVE SEEN WITH DRAGON CAR POE 875 00:28:22,150 --> 00:28:23,051 DELIVERIES THIS THE FAST WHICH 876 00:28:23,051 --> 00:28:25,954 USED A PROCESS CALLED BERTHING 877 00:28:25,954 --> 00:28:27,355 WHICH REQUIRES SOMEBODY TO BE ON 878 00:28:27,355 --> 00:28:29,691 THE STATION TO GRAB IT WITH A 879 00:28:29,691 --> 00:28:30,325 ROBOTIC ARM. 880 00:28:30,325 --> 00:28:31,693 WITH DOCKING NOT NECESSARY IT 881 00:28:31,693 --> 00:28:34,596 WILL FLY IN ON ALL ON ITS OWN. 882 00:28:34,596 --> 00:28:36,765 DRAG GONE WILL SPEND FIVE DAYS 883 00:28:36,765 --> 00:28:40,001 ON THE ISS BEFORE RETURNING 884 00:28:40,001 --> 00:28:40,301 HOME. 885 00:28:40,301 --> 00:28:41,803 AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION 886 00:28:41,803 --> 00:28:42,837 OF THE CARGO LOADING OPERATION 887 00:28:42,837 --> 00:28:44,773 IT IS ISS CREW ON BOARD WILL 888 00:28:44,773 --> 00:28:47,842 CLOSE TOUT KABOB, PERFORM FINAL 889 00:28:47,842 --> 00:28:48,910 SYSTEM CHECKS AND PREPARE 890 00:28:48,910 --> 00:28:50,145 VEHICLE FOR UNDOCKING. 891 00:28:50,145 --> 00:28:51,913 ONCE THE UNDOCKING SEQUENCE IS 892 00:28:51,913 --> 00:28:55,216 CROAT, DRAGON WILL GO THROUGH 893 00:28:55,216 --> 00:28:57,152 DEPARTURE BURNS USING ON BOARD 894 00:28:57,152 --> 00:28:58,286 DRACO ENGINE PUSHING IT AWAY 895 00:28:58,286 --> 00:28:58,920 FROM THE SPACE STATION. 896 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:02,090 >> NEXT OF ITS TRIP HOME IS 897 00:29:02,090 --> 00:29:03,525 ORBIT, ENTRY AND SPLASHDOWN AND 898 00:29:03,525 --> 00:29:05,059 THAT IS GOING TO COVER ALL 899 00:29:05,059 --> 00:29:07,228 OPERATIONS FOLLOWING THE FINAL 900 00:29:07,228 --> 00:29:09,063 DEPARTURE MANEUVER, INCLUDING 901 00:29:09,063 --> 00:29:11,299 THE TRUMPING SEPARATION, CLOSURE 902 00:29:11,299 --> 00:29:14,102 OF THE NOSE COHEN, DELOITTE OF 903 00:29:14,102 --> 00:29:16,337 THE MAIN PARACHUTE AND SPLASH 904 00:29:16,337 --> 00:29:19,307 DOWN AT WHICH TEAMS FROM SPACEX 905 00:29:19,307 --> 00:29:21,142 WILL MOVE IN AND RECOVER DRAG 906 00:29:21,142 --> 00:29:22,210 GONE FROM THE WATER. 907 00:29:22,210 --> 00:29:23,178 WHAT WE CAN EXPECT ON THIS 908 00:29:23,178 --> 00:29:24,112 MISSION WITHOUT CREW, IT IS 909 00:29:24,112 --> 00:29:25,447 IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE 910 00:29:25,447 --> 00:29:27,282 ENTIRE OPERATION IS ALSO A 911 00:29:27,282 --> 00:29:29,083 TRAINING OPPORTUNITY. 912 00:29:29,083 --> 00:29:29,884 WHEN WE HAVE ASTRONAUTS ON 913 00:29:29,884 --> 00:29:33,087 BOARD. SO LET'S GO NOW TO 914 00:29:33,087 --> 00:29:34,589 JENNIFER AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 915 00:29:34,589 --> 00:29:35,690 ON MORE OF WHAT IS GOING ON 916 00:29:35,690 --> 00:29:39,494 BEHIND THE SCENES. 917 00:29:39,494 --> 00:29:39,794 >> . 918 00:29:39,794 --> 00:29:41,763 THANK YOU, LAUREN, RIPLEY MAY BE 919 00:29:41,763 --> 00:29:42,831 THE ONLY PASSENGER ON BOARD THIS 920 00:29:42,831 --> 00:29:45,066 TIME BUT OUR NASA AND SPACEX 921 00:29:45,066 --> 00:29:46,401 TEAMS ARE TREATING THIS LAUNCH 922 00:29:46,401 --> 00:29:48,636 AS IF BOB AND DOUG HURLEY ARE 923 00:29:48,636 --> 00:29:50,071 FLYING IN CREW DRAGON, BECAUSE 924 00:29:50,071 --> 00:29:52,440 NEXT TIME THEY WILL BE. 925 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:55,043 >> ON LAUNCH DAY, WITH THE 926 00:29:55,043 --> 00:29:56,110 COMMERCIAL PARTNERS, AS SOON AS 927 00:29:56,110 --> 00:29:57,879 THE CREW WALKS INTO THIS ROOM, 928 00:29:57,879 --> 00:30:00,281 THE SUIT ROOM, I OFFICIALLY HAND 929 00:30:00,281 --> 00:30:02,283 THEM OVER TO THE PARTNERS OF 930 00:30:02,283 --> 00:30:04,252 SPACEX AND BOEING, OFFICIALLY 931 00:30:04,252 --> 00:30:05,386 TAKES CHARGE OF THE CREW AT THAT 932 00:30:05,386 --> 00:30:05,687 POINT. 933 00:30:05,687 --> 00:30:08,223 >> AS NASA VEHICLE INTEGRATION 934 00:30:08,223 --> 00:30:10,124 TEST OFFICE CHIEF, VETERAN 935 00:30:10,124 --> 00:30:12,160 SHUTTLE ASTRONAUT, SHANE 936 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,128 KIMBROUGH PLAYS A BIG PART THE 937 00:30:14,128 --> 00:30:15,530 INSTILL LAYING THE CREW BEFORE 938 00:30:15,530 --> 00:30:15,864 LAUNCH. 939 00:30:15,864 --> 00:30:17,565 AS TEAMS HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR 940 00:30:17,565 --> 00:30:19,501 ON CREW DEMO ONE PLIGHT THEY 941 00:30:19,501 --> 00:30:21,436 HAVE BEEN SITTING UP AND 942 00:30:21,436 --> 00:30:22,270 REHEARSING WITH SUPPORT TEAMS 943 00:30:22,270 --> 00:30:26,574 WHAT THEY WILL DO FOR DEMO 21 IS 944 00:30:26,574 --> 00:30:27,876 DUSTING OFF THE QUARANTINE 945 00:30:27,876 --> 00:30:28,243 PLAYBOOK. 946 00:30:28,243 --> 00:30:29,677 WE DIDN'T HAVE TO QUARANTINE THE 947 00:30:29,677 --> 00:30:31,946 CREW NEXT TIME BUT FOR DEMO 948 00:30:31,946 --> 00:30:33,281 2 THERE IS A LOT OF WORK MAKING 949 00:30:33,281 --> 00:30:35,216 SURE THE CREW IS PROTECTED FROM 950 00:30:35,216 --> 00:30:36,684 ANY THREAT THREAT TO THE 951 00:30:36,684 --> 00:30:37,819 PHYSICAL HEALTH LEAD LEADING UP 952 00:30:37,819 --> 00:30:40,054 TO LAUNCH, IT TAKES METICULOUS 953 00:30:40,054 --> 00:30:41,122 PLANNING TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE 954 00:30:41,122 --> 00:30:42,690 WHO COMES THE CONTACT WITH THE 955 00:30:42,690 --> 00:30:43,625 ASTRONAUTS IS MEDICALLY CLEARED 956 00:30:43,625 --> 00:30:44,325 TO DO SO. 957 00:30:44,325 --> 00:30:46,895 >> LAUNCH DAY OPERATIONS, WHILE 958 00:30:46,895 --> 00:30:48,663 THE CREW IS IN QUARANTINE, I 959 00:30:48,663 --> 00:30:50,431 CONTROL THE CREW PRETTY MUCH, SO 960 00:30:50,431 --> 00:30:54,002 FROM L MINUS 14 TO LAUNCH AT A, 961 00:30:54,002 --> 00:30:55,770 THEY ARE NINE, SO TO SPEAK AND 962 00:30:55,770 --> 00:30:56,804 MAKE SURE WE RUN THE SCHEDULES 963 00:30:56,804 --> 00:30:58,907 AND KEEP THEM IN A QUARANTINED 964 00:30:58,907 --> 00:31:00,341 SITUATION, QUARANTINED AND OTHER 965 00:31:00,341 --> 00:31:01,543 PEOPLE ARE NOT COMING UP TO THEM 966 00:31:01,543 --> 00:31:02,844 ON LAUNCH DAY IN PARTICULAR AND 967 00:31:02,844 --> 00:31:03,912 MAKING SURE THEY ARE UP AND 968 00:31:03,912 --> 00:31:05,480 MOVING ALONG, ACCORDING TO THEIR 969 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:06,781 TIMELINES, SO THEY DON'T GET 970 00:31:06,781 --> 00:31:07,115 BEHIND. 971 00:31:07,115 --> 00:31:08,383 >> AND MAKING SURE THEY HAVE A 972 00:31:08,383 --> 00:31:09,918 CHANCE TO CONNECT WITH THEIR 973 00:31:09,918 --> 00:31:12,921 FAMILIES BEFORE THEY HEAD TO THE 974 00:31:12,921 --> 00:31:14,122 LAUNCHPAD, ONE LAST LOOK AT YOUR 975 00:31:14,122 --> 00:31:15,690 FAMILY AND ONE LAST TIME TO TALK 976 00:31:15,690 --> 00:31:17,559 TO THEM AND TELL THEM YOU LOVE 977 00:31:17,559 --> 00:31:17,859 THEM. 978 00:31:17,859 --> 00:31:19,027 AND YOU WILL BE BACK SEEING 979 00:31:19,027 --> 00:31:20,361 TOADS KIND 0 OF THINGS. 980 00:31:20,361 --> 00:31:22,163 RIGHT NOW THE DEMO 2 CREW IS 981 00:31:22,163 --> 00:31:24,198 CLOSELY MONITORING THE PRELAUNCH 982 00:31:24,198 --> 00:31:25,833 MILESTONES INSIDE OF SPACEX'S 983 00:31:25,833 --> 00:31:27,969 LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER. 984 00:31:27,969 --> 00:31:29,137 INCLUDING PROPELLENT LOADING 985 00:31:29,137 --> 00:31:30,705 THAT FAN JUST A SHORT TIME AGO. 986 00:31:30,705 --> 00:31:32,140 THE CREW IS USING THIS MORNING 987 00:31:32,140 --> 00:31:35,209 TO TRAIN FOR WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON 988 00:31:35,209 --> 00:31:35,877 DEMO 2. 989 00:31:35,877 --> 00:31:36,878 EVERYTHING FROM STRAPPING INTO 990 00:31:36,878 --> 00:31:38,980 THEIR SEATS, TO BEING PREPARED 991 00:31:38,980 --> 00:31:40,515 TO ABORT IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT 992 00:31:40,515 --> 00:31:44,652 OF AN EMERGENCY. 993 00:31:44,652 --> 00:31:46,654 >> THESE KIND REHEARSALS ARE NOT 994 00:31:46,654 --> 00:31:48,556 NEW TO THE TEST SCENES BUT THIS 995 00:31:48,556 --> 00:31:49,691 MORNING'S UNCREWED LAUNCH IS 996 00:31:49,691 --> 00:31:50,925 MORE THAN JUST A STIMULATION, IT 997 00:31:50,925 --> 00:31:52,660 IS THEIR FIRST CHANCE TO 998 00:31:52,660 --> 00:31:54,062 PRACTICE A REAL THING, WE HAVE 999 00:31:54,062 --> 00:31:55,163 TOUCHED ON ALL OF THE 1000 00:31:55,163 --> 00:31:56,397 PREPARATION LEADING TO THIS 1001 00:31:56,397 --> 00:31:56,931 MOMENT. 1002 00:31:56,931 --> 00:31:58,366 LET'S TALK ABOUT WHERE THE CREW 1003 00:31:58,366 --> 00:31:59,434 IS HEADING, THE INTERNATIONAL 1004 00:31:59,434 --> 00:32:01,169 SPACE STATION. 1005 00:32:01,169 --> 00:32:02,971 JOINING ME TO DISCUSS THIS IS 1006 00:32:02,971 --> 00:32:04,672 DAVID BRADY, HE IS A SCIENTIST 1007 00:32:04,672 --> 00:32:05,807 WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 1008 00:32:05,807 --> 00:32:06,541 STATION PROGRAM. 1009 00:32:06,541 --> 00:32:07,408 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 1010 00:32:07,408 --> 00:32:08,943 >> YOU'RE WELCOME, JENNIFER. 1011 00:32:08,943 --> 00:32:10,378 >> OUR VIEWERS HAVE BEEN 1012 00:32:10,378 --> 00:32:12,080 SUBMITTING QUESTIONS ON SOCIAL 1013 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:15,016 MEDIA USING THE HASHTAG ASK 1014 00:32:15,016 --> 00:32:15,316 NASA. 1015 00:32:15,316 --> 00:32:19,053 LET'S CHECK THEM OUT. 1016 00:32:19,053 --> 00:32:19,354 OKAY? 1017 00:32:19,354 --> 00:32:21,589 >> FLIP FLOP LIFE 83 SAYS, I 1018 00:32:21,589 --> 00:32:22,657 CAN'T IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT THE 1019 00:32:22,657 --> 00:32:23,625 SCIENCE YOU BUSINESS ACCOMPLISH 1020 00:32:23,625 --> 00:32:25,059 UP THERE. 1021 00:32:25,059 --> 00:32:26,894 DO YOU THINK THAT THIS WILL HELP 1022 00:32:26,894 --> 00:32:27,996 PROLONG SPACE STATION MISSIONS? 1023 00:32:27,996 --> 00:32:28,963 >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. 1024 00:32:28,963 --> 00:32:30,698 AND IT IS SO EXCITING TO SEE THE 1025 00:32:30,698 --> 00:32:32,266 FOLKS INVOLVED IN THIS, THAT ARE 1026 00:32:32,266 --> 00:32:32,767 OUT THERE. 1027 00:32:32,767 --> 00:32:33,968 THEY ARE SO INTERESTED IN THE 1028 00:32:33,968 --> 00:32:35,036 SCIENCE BECAUSE AFTER ALL, WE 1029 00:32:35,036 --> 00:32:36,938 ARE ALL HERE TO CELEBRATE THE 1030 00:32:36,938 --> 00:32:38,272 HOW, BUT WE NEED TO TALK A 1031 00:32:38,272 --> 00:32:39,774 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WHY, AND 1032 00:32:39,774 --> 00:32:42,443 THE WHY IS, THAT SPACE STATION 1033 00:32:42,443 --> 00:32:44,012 EXISTS AS A WORLD CLASS PAT TO 1034 00:32:44,012 --> 00:32:45,146 DO RESEARCH IN SPACE. 1035 00:32:45,146 --> 00:32:47,515 SO WE ARE HOPING THAT OUR CCP 1036 00:32:47,515 --> 00:32:48,282 CAPABILITY IS GOING TO DOUBLE 1037 00:32:48,282 --> 00:32:49,584 THE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH THAT WE 1038 00:32:49,584 --> 00:32:51,319 CAN DO IN TERMS OF TIME. 1039 00:32:51,319 --> 00:32:52,954 NOW YOU MIGHT ASK, HOW CAN YOU 1040 00:32:52,954 --> 00:32:55,056 DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH BY 1041 00:32:55,056 --> 00:32:56,157 ADDING ONE CREW MEMBER. 1042 00:32:56,157 --> 00:32:57,725 WELL AS YOU KNOW, THE CREW 1043 00:32:57,725 --> 00:32:59,327 SPENDS A LOT OF TIME MAINTAINING 1044 00:32:59,327 --> 00:33:00,728 THE VEHICLE, THEY ALSO HAVE TO 1045 00:33:00,728 --> 00:33:02,363 BE AVAILABILITY FOR SPACEWALKS, 1046 00:33:02,363 --> 00:33:03,865 AND TO EVERY VISITING VEHICLE 1047 00:33:03,865 --> 00:33:06,434 THAT COMES AND GOES THEY ARE AN 1048 00:33:06,434 --> 00:33:07,268 INTEGRAL PART OF THAT. 1049 00:33:07,268 --> 00:33:09,070 ONCE ALL OF THAT IS COVERED, 1050 00:33:09,070 --> 00:33:10,271 ADDING AN OFFICIAL CREW MEMBER 1051 00:33:10,271 --> 00:33:11,839 CAN PROVIDE THE CAPACITY TO DO 1052 00:33:11,839 --> 00:33:13,141 NOTHING ADDITIONAL OTHER THAN 1053 00:33:13,141 --> 00:33:14,676 RESEARCH SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED 1054 00:33:14,676 --> 00:33:15,777 OF THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT 1055 00:33:15,777 --> 00:33:16,744 BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD 1056 00:33:16,744 --> 00:33:18,813 TO EVEN MORE DISCOVERIES, 1057 00:33:18,813 --> 00:33:20,782 ENABLING MORE EXPLORATION, 1058 00:33:20,782 --> 00:33:22,083 DISCOVERING THINGS THAT WILL 1059 00:33:22,083 --> 00:33:23,384 HELP COMMERCIAL COMPANIES AND 1060 00:33:23,384 --> 00:33:24,786 ALSO BENEFITING PEOPLE ON EARTH. 1061 00:33:24,786 --> 00:33:25,420 >> IT IS SO EXOITING. 1062 00:33:25,420 --> 00:33:26,754 >> OH, YES, IT IS REALLY COOL. 1063 00:33:26,754 --> 00:33:28,056 >> LET'S SEE WHAT OUR NEXT 1064 00:33:28,056 --> 00:33:28,856 QUESTION IS. 1065 00:33:28,856 --> 00:33:32,493 >> AT JCS, ALMA DORA ASKS WILL 1066 00:33:32,493 --> 00:33:34,962 ANY CARGO BE RETURNING FROM ISS 1067 00:33:34,962 --> 00:33:36,297 WITH CREW DRAGON BACK TO EARTH? 1068 00:33:36,297 --> 00:33:38,166 >> WE ARE EXPECTING TO BE ABLE 1069 00:33:38,166 --> 00:33:39,867 TO FLY OUT ABOUT 200 POUNDS OF 1070 00:33:39,867 --> 00:33:40,768 CAR KNOW/FOE. 1071 00:33:40,768 --> 00:33:43,104 AND ALSO FLY BACK 100 POUNDS OF 1072 00:33:43,104 --> 00:33:44,605 CARGO, WHICH MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A 1073 00:33:44,605 --> 00:33:46,040 WHOLE LOT BUT ONE OF THE THINGS 1074 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:47,375 THAT IT WILL BE USEFUL FOR IN 1075 00:33:47,375 --> 00:33:49,444 THE RESEARCH AREA IS THAT, AM, 1076 00:33:49,444 --> 00:33:52,113 WE DO A LOT OF LIFE SCIENCE 1077 00:33:52,113 --> 00:33:53,781 RESEARCH AND THAT LIFE SCIENCE 1078 00:33:53,781 --> 00:33:55,049 RESEARCH IS DEPENDENT ON 1079 00:33:55,049 --> 00:33:56,484 BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES, SO AS YOU 1080 00:33:56,484 --> 00:33:57,919 MIGHT IMAGINE IF YOU ARE A 1081 00:33:57,919 --> 00:33:59,854 RESEARCHER THAT DOES BIOLOGICAL 1082 00:33:59,854 --> 00:34:00,555 RESEARCH, YOU ARE LOOKING 1083 00:34:00,555 --> 00:34:01,656 FORWARD TO GETTING YOUR SAMPLES 1084 00:34:01,656 --> 00:34:03,624 BACK AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE, SO 1085 00:34:03,624 --> 00:34:05,093 YOU HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN DOING 1086 00:34:05,093 --> 00:34:07,762 YOUR RESEARCH, SO THE NEW CCP 1087 00:34:07,762 --> 00:34:08,429 CAPABILITY, THAT IS ANOTHER 1088 00:34:08,429 --> 00:34:09,697 THING THAT IT WILL PROVIDE FOR 1089 00:34:09,697 --> 00:34:09,964 US. 1090 00:34:09,964 --> 00:34:10,798 >> THAT'S GREAT. 1091 00:34:10,798 --> 00:34:12,767 THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE, 1092 00:34:12,767 --> 00:34:13,534 UNFORTUNATELY, THANK YOU SO MUCH 1093 00:34:13,534 --> 00:34:14,669 FOR SHARING YOUR INSIGHTS WITH 1094 00:34:14,669 --> 00:34:15,103 OUR VIEWERS. 1095 00:34:15,103 --> 00:34:16,204 >> YOU ARE WELCOME. 1096 00:34:16,204 --> 00:34:17,972 >> LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH 1097 00:34:17,972 --> 00:34:20,908 STEPHANIE AND SHIVA FOR AN 1098 00:34:20,908 --> 00:34:21,342 UPDATE. 1099 00:34:21,342 --> 00:34:22,577 >> .. 1100 00:34:22,577 --> 00:34:23,745 >> THANKS, BUSINESS. 1101 00:34:23,745 --> 00:34:25,413 WE REALLY LOVE HEARING THE 1102 00:34:25,413 --> 00:34:26,280 QUESTIONS FROM THE FANS OF 1103 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:27,882 TODAY'S LAUNCH. 1104 00:34:27,882 --> 00:34:29,283 IT IS REALLY AWESOME TO HEAR 1105 00:34:29,283 --> 00:34:29,584 THOSE. 1106 00:34:29,584 --> 00:34:31,085 NOW, WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE 1107 00:34:31,085 --> 00:34:32,653 DIDN'T TELL YOU ABOUT THE 1108 00:34:32,653 --> 00:34:33,821 STORIED LAUNCHPAD THAT FALCON 1109 00:34:33,821 --> 00:34:35,256 FIN WILL LIFT OFF FROM TODAY 1110 00:34:35,256 --> 00:34:37,458 WHICH IS LAUNCH COMPLEX 39 A. 1111 00:34:37,458 --> 00:34:39,494 IT IS ALSO CALLED PAD A HERE IN 1112 00:34:39,494 --> 00:34:41,596 FLORIDA, AND IT IS THE SITE OF 1113 00:34:41,596 --> 00:34:42,263 MANY HISTORIC LAUNCHES. 1114 00:34:42,263 --> 00:34:44,065 >> IT IS WHERE NASA ASTRONAUTS 1115 00:34:44,065 --> 00:34:47,869 LAUNCH TO THE MOON AND AS DERROL 1116 00:34:47,869 --> 00:34:49,437 IS GOING TO TELL US, IT IS WHERE 1117 00:34:49,437 --> 00:34:51,205 THEY COMPLETED 21ST CENTURY 1118 00:34:51,205 --> 00:34:52,373 MAKEOVER, THE LAUNCH PAD, 1119 00:34:52,373 --> 00:34:53,474 LAUNCHING US INTO THE NEXT 1120 00:34:53,474 --> 00:34:55,810 GENERATION OF HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. 1121 00:34:55,810 --> 00:34:58,346 >> IN THE 1960S, NASA NODED A 1122 00:34:58,346 --> 00:35:01,682 NEW BIGGER AND BETTER LAUNCHPAD, 1123 00:35:01,682 --> 00:35:02,483 ONE CAPABLE OF SENDING 1124 00:35:02,483 --> 00:35:04,051 ASTRONAUTS ON HISTORIC JOURNEYS 1125 00:35:04,051 --> 00:35:06,788 TO THE MOON AND BACK. 1126 00:35:06,788 --> 00:35:07,255 >> ♪ 1127 00:35:07,255 --> 00:35:09,490 >> TO GET THERE, THAT NEW PAD 1128 00:35:09,490 --> 00:35:10,424 NEEDED TO BE CAPABLE OF 1129 00:35:10,424 --> 00:35:11,859 LAUNCHING THE POST POWERFUL 1130 00:35:11,859 --> 00:35:14,762 ROCKET OF ITS TIME, THE MIGHT AT 1131 00:35:14,762 --> 00:35:17,298 THIS SATURN 5. 1132 00:35:17,298 --> 00:35:21,369 >> AND SO IN 1962, NASA BEGAN 1133 00:35:21,369 --> 00:35:24,806 BUILDING THE ANSWER, LAUNCH 1134 00:35:24,806 --> 00:35:28,442 COMPLEX 39 A. AT THE BOTTOM, A 1135 00:35:28,442 --> 00:35:29,777 FLAME TRENCH ONE AND A HALF 1136 00:35:29,777 --> 00:35:31,145 FOOTBALL FIELDS LONG AND ABOVE 1137 00:35:31,145 --> 00:35:32,914 IT, A LAUNCH TOWER CONNECTING TO 1138 00:35:32,914 --> 00:35:38,286 A NEW CONCEPT AT THE TIME, 1139 00:35:38,286 --> 00:35:39,821 VOCALIZED PLATFORMS, WITH HIGHLY 1140 00:35:39,821 --> 00:35:41,823 EXPLOSIVE ROCKET FUEL NEARBY AN 1141 00:35:41,823 --> 00:35:43,157 EMERGENCY ESCAPE SYSTEM WAS 1142 00:35:43,157 --> 00:35:44,792 ADDED, NASA ENGINEERS DESIGNED A 1143 00:35:44,792 --> 00:35:47,228 HIGH SPEED ELEVATOR AND A 1144 00:35:47,228 --> 00:35:49,096 200-FOOT LONG ESCAPE TUBE, DOWN 1145 00:35:49,096 --> 00:35:52,667 TO A BLAST RESISTANT BUNKER, 1146 00:35:52,667 --> 00:35:55,002 40 FEET UNDERGROUND. 1147 00:35:55,002 --> 00:35:55,236 >> 1148 00:35:55,236 --> 00:35:58,739 >> IN NOVEMBER OF 1967, NASA 1149 00:35:58,739 --> 00:36:00,508 LAUNCHED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL 1150 00:36:00,508 --> 00:36:03,244 TEST FIGHT OF AN UNMANNED SATURN 1151 00:36:03,244 --> 00:36:05,646 5 ROCKET THERE PAD 39 A. 1152 00:36:05,646 --> 00:36:07,582 HISTORIC MISSIONS TO THE UPON 1153 00:36:07,582 --> 00:36:09,350 FOLLOWED AND ANOTHER PAD, 39 B 1154 00:36:09,350 --> 00:36:11,552 WAS ADDED. 1155 00:36:11,552 --> 00:36:14,155 >> DECADES LATER, 39 A AND B 1156 00:36:14,155 --> 00:36:16,224 WERE MODIFIED TO SUPPORT A SPACE 1157 00:36:16,224 --> 00:36:17,825 SHUTTLE PROGRAM. 1158 00:36:17,825 --> 00:36:19,393 >> LIFTOFF. 1159 00:36:19,393 --> 00:36:22,263 THE FINAL LIFTOFF OF -- THE 1160 00:36:22,263 --> 00:36:23,965 1980S, ALL THE WAY TO THE LAST 1161 00:36:23,965 --> 00:36:27,435 LAUNCH, IN JULY OF 2011. 1162 00:36:27,435 --> 00:36:27,668 >> 1163 00:36:27,668 --> 00:36:30,872 >> AFTER THAT, THE PADS WENT 1164 00:36:30,872 --> 00:36:31,806 DARK. 1165 00:36:31,806 --> 00:36:34,642 >> THROW YEARS LATER, PAD 39 A 1166 00:36:34,642 --> 00:36:37,044 GOT A NEW LESS ON LIFE, YOU SEE, 1167 00:36:37,044 --> 00:36:38,613 NASA NO LONGER NEEDED TWO 1168 00:36:38,613 --> 00:36:41,849 LAUNCHPADS SO THEY UPGRADED IT 1169 00:36:41,849 --> 00:36:44,352 AND IN 2014 SPACEX SIGNED A 20 1170 00:36:44,352 --> 00:36:45,620 YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT TO LAUNCH 1171 00:36:45,620 --> 00:36:47,321 THEIR OWN ROCKETS FROM HERE AS 1172 00:36:47,321 --> 00:36:48,789 WELL ASS THOUGHTS, AND THEY WILL 1173 00:36:48,789 --> 00:36:50,925 BE LIFTING OFF FROM THE EXACT 1174 00:36:50,925 --> 00:36:53,361 SAME PLACE, THE SHUTTLE AND AM 1175 00:36:53,361 --> 00:36:54,862 APOLLO ASTRONAUTS ONCE DID. 1176 00:36:54,862 --> 00:36:56,364 >> FIRST SPACEX NEEDED TO 1177 00:36:56,364 --> 00:36:58,399 UPGRADE THE PAD. 1178 00:36:58,399 --> 00:36:59,467 MASSIVE ROTATING SERVICE 1179 00:36:59,467 --> 00:37:01,102 STRUCTURE USED TO LOAD CAR 1180 00:37:01,102 --> 00:37:02,003 KNOW/FOE INTO THE SPACE SHUTTLE 1181 00:37:02,003 --> 00:37:04,939 WAS REMOVED, AND THE MOST RECENT 1182 00:37:04,939 --> 00:37:05,306 EDITION? 1183 00:37:05,306 --> 00:37:07,208 A NEW CREW ACCESS ARM, A MODERN 1184 00:37:07,208 --> 00:37:08,776 FIZZED STEEL AND ALUMINUM 1185 00:37:08,776 --> 00:37:10,311 STRUCTURE SO NASA ASTRONAUTS CAN 1186 00:37:10,311 --> 00:37:12,013 BRIDGE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE 1187 00:37:12,013 --> 00:37:15,116 LAUNCH TOWER AND THE DRAGON CREW 1188 00:37:15,116 --> 00:37:15,516 CAPSULE. 1189 00:37:15,516 --> 00:37:17,318 JUST UNDER SIX YEARS AFTER THE 1190 00:37:17,318 --> 00:37:20,221 LAST STATION LAUNCH FIRING SMOKE 1191 00:37:20,221 --> 00:37:22,523 RETURNED TO 39 A, WHEN SPACEX 1192 00:37:22,523 --> 00:37:24,792 LAUNCHED NASA'S TENTH CARGO 1193 00:37:24,792 --> 00:37:26,027 RESUPPLY MISSION TO THE 1194 00:37:26,027 --> 00:37:27,728 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 1195 00:37:27,728 --> 00:37:29,697 AND A YEAR LATER, SPACEX SHOWED 1196 00:37:29,697 --> 00:37:32,099 OFF THE PAD'S VERSATILITY LAUNCH 1197 00:37:32,099 --> 00:37:34,001 AGO TRIPLE BOOSTER FALCON HEAVY 1198 00:37:34,001 --> 00:37:36,570 ROCKET ON A TEST FLIGHT. 1199 00:37:36,570 --> 00:37:38,739 >> AND THAT HELPED PROPEL THE 1200 00:37:38,739 --> 00:37:40,107 NUMBER OF LAUNCHES HERE OVER THE 1201 00:37:40,107 --> 00:37:43,277 CENTURY MARK AND NASA AND SPACEX 1202 00:37:43,277 --> 00:37:44,812 HAVE A CONTRACT TO SEND 1203 00:37:44,812 --> 00:37:46,781 ASTRONAUTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL 1204 00:37:46,781 --> 00:37:47,982 SPACE STATION HALF A DOZEN TIMES 1205 00:37:47,982 --> 00:37:49,884 AND THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT FROM 1206 00:37:49,884 --> 00:37:53,220 RIGHT HERE AT PAD 39 A. 1207 00:37:53,220 --> 00:37:54,855 >> THE INTER SPACEX TEAM THE 1208 00:37:54,855 --> 00:37:56,424 TRULY HONORED WE ARE GOING TO BE 1209 00:37:56,424 --> 00:37:57,858 LAUNCHING ASTRONAUTS AGAIN FROM 1210 00:37:57,858 --> 00:37:58,259 PAD 39 A. 1211 00:37:58,259 --> 00:37:59,927 >> AND A LITTLE OVER 11 MINUTE, 1212 00:37:59,927 --> 00:38:01,629 LET'S GO BACK TO THIS TEAM IN 1213 00:38:01,629 --> 00:38:03,297 SPACEX HEADQUARTERS IN HAWTHORNE 1214 00:38:03,297 --> 00:38:06,267 FOR AN UPDATE. 1215 00:38:06,267 --> 00:38:06,500 >> 1216 00:38:06,500 --> 00:38:09,136 >> THANKS, USE GUYS. 1217 00:38:09,136 --> 00:38:12,239 >> SPACEX WAS DESIGNED -- 1218 00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:12,840 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 1219 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:17,278 >> EVERYBODY IS REALLY EXCITED. 1220 00:38:17,278 --> 00:38:19,981 >> -- 2010 IN ORDER TO TRANSPORT 1221 00:38:19,981 --> 00:38:21,515 CREW WE HAD TO MAKE KEY UPGRADES 1222 00:38:21,515 --> 00:38:22,049 TO THE VEHICLE. 1223 00:38:22,049 --> 00:38:23,317 SO IN A SECOND HERE WE WILL GET 1224 00:38:23,317 --> 00:38:25,019 AN IMAGE, OF THE INSIDE OF 1225 00:38:25,019 --> 00:38:25,353 DRAGON. 1226 00:38:25,353 --> 00:38:26,721 ALL RIGHT. SO SOME OF THE 1227 00:38:26,721 --> 00:38:30,291 EASIEST TO SPOT -- DRAGON -- 1228 00:38:30,291 --> 00:38:32,093 FIRST NOTICE THE WHITE COMPOSITE 1229 00:38:32,093 --> 00:38:32,460 PANELS. 1230 00:38:32,460 --> 00:38:35,629 THOSE ARE THERE TO CLOSEUP THE 1231 00:38:35,629 --> 00:38:37,765 HABITABLE CABIN SPACE AS WELL AS 1232 00:38:37,765 --> 00:38:41,068 THE COMPONENT BEHIND THOSE 1233 00:38:41,068 --> 00:38:41,402 PANELS. 1234 00:38:41,402 --> 00:38:42,737 ANOTHER VERY NOTICEABLE CHANGE 1235 00:38:42,737 --> 00:38:44,905 IS THAT WE ADDED CARBON FIBER 1236 00:38:44,905 --> 00:38:46,073 SEATS, WHICH ARE CUSTOM SIZED 1237 00:38:46,073 --> 00:38:47,508 FOR EACH CREW MEMBER. 1238 00:38:47,508 --> 00:38:50,077 CREW DRAG GONE SEVEN ASTRONAUTS 1239 00:38:50,077 --> 00:38:51,612 BUT OUR FIRST CREW FLIGHT WILL 1240 00:38:51,612 --> 00:38:53,781 HAVE TWO ASTRONAUTS, FOLLOWED BY 1241 00:38:53,781 --> 00:38:55,082 OPERATIONAL MISSIONS WHICH WILL 1242 00:38:55,082 --> 00:38:55,516 CARRY FOUR. 1243 00:38:55,516 --> 00:38:57,251 EACH OF THEM WEARING A SPACEX 1244 00:38:57,251 --> 00:38:58,652 DESIGNED SPACE SUIT. 1245 00:38:58,652 --> 00:39:00,221 AN AS YOU CAN ALSO SEE IN THE 1246 00:39:00,221 --> 00:39:02,923 VIDEO THERE ARE ALSO TOUCH 1247 00:39:02,923 --> 00:39:04,058 SCREENS CONTROLLED -- WHILE 1248 00:39:04,058 --> 00:39:06,727 DRAGON IS FULLY AUTONOMOUS, THEY 1249 00:39:06,727 --> 00:39:09,130 ADDED -- SO THAT THE CRUISE WILL 1250 00:39:09,130 --> 00:39:10,598 NAVIGATE THE SPACECRAFT MANUALLY 1251 00:39:10,598 --> 00:39:11,799 IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. 1252 00:39:11,799 --> 00:39:13,334 >> AND THOSE NASA ASTRONAUTS 1253 00:39:13,334 --> 00:39:14,735 HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SPACEX 1254 00:39:14,735 --> 00:39:16,303 FROM EARLY ON TO PROVIDE INPUT 1255 00:39:16,303 --> 00:39:17,872 INTO CREW DRAGON'S DESIGN, RIGHT 1256 00:39:17,872 --> 00:39:18,806 NOW THEY ARE FINISHING THEIR 1257 00:39:18,806 --> 00:39:20,174 TRAINING ON ALL OF THE FEATURES 1258 00:39:20,174 --> 00:39:22,443 OF THE SPACECRAFT AND THE SPACE 1259 00:39:22,443 --> 00:39:23,878 SUITS USING STIMULATORS AND 1260 00:39:23,878 --> 00:39:25,479 OTHER EXERCISES IN ADVANCE OF 1261 00:39:25,479 --> 00:39:26,947 THAT FIRST CREWED MISSION. 1262 00:39:26,947 --> 00:39:29,550 JUST LIKE THE SEATS THE, IT IS 1263 00:39:29,550 --> 00:39:30,918 INDIVIDUALLY FITTED FOR EACH 1264 00:39:30,918 --> 00:39:31,819 ASTRONAUT DESIGNED TO COMPLETELY 1265 00:39:31,819 --> 00:39:33,454 PROTECT THEM FROM THE VACUUM 1266 00:39:33,454 --> 00:39:34,688 ENVIRONMENT OF SPACE. 1267 00:39:34,688 --> 00:39:35,790 WHILE THE SPACECRAFT OBVIOUSLY 1268 00:39:35,790 --> 00:39:36,957 IS THE PRIMARY MEANS OF 1269 00:39:36,957 --> 00:39:38,893 PROTECTING THE AS MOTHERS, THE 1270 00:39:38,893 --> 00:39:40,594 SUITS ACT AS CRITICAL BACKUP IN 1271 00:39:40,594 --> 00:39:41,829 THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 1272 00:39:41,829 --> 00:39:44,398 ONE FINAL INTERESTING POINT FOR 1273 00:39:44,398 --> 00:39:45,800 CREW DRAGON ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE 1274 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:47,301 WINDOWS GONE SPACECRAFT, WHERE 1275 00:39:47,301 --> 00:39:49,370 THE CREW CAN LOOK OUT INTO SPACE 1276 00:39:49,370 --> 00:39:50,204 DURING THE FLIGHT PROVIDING NOT 1277 00:39:50,204 --> 00:39:51,672 ONLY FULL VIEWS BUT ALSO HELPING 1278 00:39:51,672 --> 00:39:53,641 THEM TO VIEW THE STATION AND 1279 00:39:53,641 --> 00:39:55,443 ORIENT DRAGON DURING MANUAL 1280 00:39:55,443 --> 00:39:55,810 PILOTING. 1281 00:39:55,810 --> 00:39:57,611 NOW LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT 1282 00:39:57,611 --> 00:39:58,012 FALCON 9. 1283 00:39:58,012 --> 00:39:59,713 THE DESIGN OF OUR ROCKET IS JUST 1284 00:39:59,713 --> 00:40:01,582 AS CRITICAL FOR THE DEMO ONE 1285 00:40:01,582 --> 00:40:02,950 MISSION AS A SPACECRAFT. 1286 00:40:02,950 --> 00:40:05,853 WE HAVE BEEN LAUNCHING FALCON 1287 00:40:05,853 --> 00:40:07,488 9 SINCE 2010 TO CARRY THE CARGO 1288 00:40:07,488 --> 00:40:10,691 TO DRAG GONE AS WELL AS -- THE 1289 00:40:10,691 --> 00:40:12,259 ROCKET ITSELF FROM THE VERY 1290 00:40:12,259 --> 00:40:14,061 BEGINNING WITH ULTIMATE GOAL OF 1291 00:40:14,061 --> 00:40:15,329 CARRYING PEOPLE IN MIND. 1292 00:40:15,329 --> 00:40:17,565 THE SIMPLE CONFIGURATION -- 1293 00:40:17,565 --> 00:40:19,867 SEPARATION -- IN THIS NINE PER 1294 00:40:19,867 --> 00:40:22,269 STAGE -- FALCON 9 CAN 1295 00:40:22,269 --> 00:40:23,104 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE ITS 1296 00:40:23,104 --> 00:40:25,206 MISSIONS EVEN IN THE EVENT OF AN 1297 00:40:25,206 --> 00:40:26,240 ENGINE SHUT DOWN. 1298 00:40:26,240 --> 00:40:28,109 THEY ARE DESIGNED TO BE 1299 00:40:28,109 --> 00:40:31,779 REUSABLE, SPACEX HAS SIX DRAGONS 1300 00:40:31,779 --> 00:40:34,515 AND 19 FIRST -- FOLLOWING 1301 00:40:34,515 --> 00:40:36,016 TODAY'S LAUNCH WE WILL ATTEMPT 1302 00:40:36,016 --> 00:40:39,186 TO LAUNCH FALCON 9, AND -- IN 1303 00:40:39,186 --> 00:40:41,155 THE ATLANTIC OCEAN SO THAT CAN 1304 00:40:41,155 --> 00:40:43,324 BE BE USED ON FUTURE FLIGHT. 1305 00:40:43,324 --> 00:40:45,226 >> ALSO INTENDS TO REUSE THIS 1306 00:40:45,226 --> 00:40:46,927 DRAGON IF MISSIONS ARE SET TO BE 1307 00:40:46,927 --> 00:40:50,364 THE INFLIGHT ABORT TEST 1308 00:40:50,364 --> 00:40:52,066 HAPPENING LATER THIS YEAR. 1309 00:40:52,066 --> 00:40:53,234 NOW FOR THE NINE MINUTES LET'S 1310 00:40:53,234 --> 00:40:54,735 CHECK IN WITH TOM ON THE STATUS 1311 00:40:54,735 --> 00:40:55,669 OF TODAY'S LAUNCH. 1312 00:40:55,669 --> 00:40:58,239 >> THANKS, TOYS, WE ARE AT EIGHT 1313 00:40:58,239 --> 00:40:59,974 MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS UNTIL 1314 00:40:59,974 --> 00:41:01,442 LAUNCH, THE EXCITEMENT HER AT 1315 00:41:01,442 --> 00:41:03,277 SPACEX HEADQUARTERS IS PALPABLE. 1316 00:41:03,277 --> 00:41:04,445 JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE 1317 00:41:04,445 --> 00:41:06,013 STATUS OF THE ROCKET AND THE 1318 00:41:06,013 --> 00:41:06,347 DRAGON. 1319 00:41:06,347 --> 00:41:08,382 THE STAGE 1 AND STAGE 2 ARE 1320 00:41:08,382 --> 00:41:10,050 ALMOST FULLY FUELED WITH RP 1321 00:41:10,050 --> 00:41:11,852 1 AND OXIDIZER THE RANGE IS GOOD 1322 00:41:11,852 --> 00:41:12,353 TO GO. 1323 00:41:12,353 --> 00:41:14,221 WE ARE MONITORING THE WEATHER 1324 00:41:14,221 --> 00:41:15,489 ALL LOOKING GOOD TO GO FOR 1325 00:41:15,489 --> 00:41:18,826 LAUNCH, NO ISSUES OF UPPER LEVEL 1326 00:41:18,826 --> 00:41:20,194 OR LOWER LEVEL WINDS. 1327 00:41:20,194 --> 00:41:23,831 THE WEATHER IS GOD AT THE CAPE. 1328 00:41:23,831 --> 00:41:26,734 AS JOHN, THE WEATHER IS THE ONE 1329 00:41:26,734 --> 00:41:28,502 THING WE TALK ABOUT BUT CAN'T 1330 00:41:28,502 --> 00:41:28,836 CONTROL. 1331 00:41:28,836 --> 00:41:29,803 THANKFULLY IT IS LOCKING GOOD 1332 00:41:29,803 --> 00:41:30,471 FOR LUNCH TODAY. 1333 00:41:30,471 --> 00:41:31,472 WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO 1334 00:41:31,472 --> 00:41:32,806 MONITOR AND GO OVER TO KENNEDY 1335 00:41:32,806 --> 00:41:34,475 SPACE STERN AND SEE HOW THE 1336 00:41:34,475 --> 00:41:36,043 SPACE STATION TEAM IS DOING WITH 1337 00:41:36,043 --> 00:41:36,644 GARY JORDAN. 1338 00:41:36,644 --> 00:41:39,513 HOW IS IT GOING OVER THERE, 1339 00:41:39,513 --> 00:41:39,813 GARY? 1340 00:41:39,813 --> 00:41:42,616 >> HEY, TOM, WELCOME TO MISSION 1341 00:41:42,616 --> 00:41:44,185 CONTROL, HOUSTON, RIGHT HERE THE 1342 00:41:44,185 --> 00:41:45,452 TEAMS BEHIND ME ARE LOOKING 1343 00:41:45,452 --> 00:41:46,854 AFTER THE SYSTEMS OF THE 1344 00:41:46,854 --> 00:41:47,588 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 1345 00:41:47,588 --> 00:41:49,623 WHICH IS OF COURSE THE ULTIMATE 1346 00:41:49,623 --> 00:41:50,724 DESTINATION OF DRAG GONE 1347 00:41:50,724 --> 00:41:52,259 LAUNCHING TODAY. 1348 00:41:52,259 --> 00:41:52,493 0. 1349 00:41:52,493 --> 00:41:54,828 >> OVER THE NEXT DAY, WE WILL BE 1350 00:41:54,828 --> 00:41:56,263 MONITORING DRAGON THROUGH ITS 1351 00:41:56,263 --> 00:41:57,565 APPROACH TO THE INTERNATIONAL 1352 00:41:57,565 --> 00:41:58,566 SPACE STATION AND THAT'S WHEN 1353 00:41:58,566 --> 00:41:59,767 THINGS WILL REALLY START TO PICK 1354 00:41:59,767 --> 00:42:01,268 UP WHEN IT IS JUST A FEW 1355 00:42:01,268 --> 00:42:02,136 KILOMETER AWAY. 1356 00:42:02,136 --> 00:42:03,537 THREE CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD THE 1357 00:42:03,537 --> 00:42:04,238 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 1358 00:42:04,238 --> 00:42:07,441 RIGHT NOW, NASA AND MCCLAIN -- 1359 00:42:07,441 --> 00:42:11,779 CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY, AND -- OF 1360 00:42:11,779 --> 00:42:13,781 ROSKOSMOS, THEY HAVE BEEN 1361 00:42:13,781 --> 00:42:15,449 REVIEWING A LOT OF PREVIEWS FOR 1362 00:42:15,449 --> 00:42:17,418 THE DOCKING OPERATIONS AND THE 1363 00:42:17,418 --> 00:42:19,086 INGRESS OPERATIONS THAT'S WHEN 1364 00:42:19,086 --> 00:42:20,421 THEY ACTUALLY ENTER THE VEHICLE. 1365 00:42:20,421 --> 00:42:21,388 TODAY, THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE 1366 00:42:21,388 --> 00:42:23,424 MUCH GOING ON, A BIT OF AN OFF 1367 00:42:23,424 --> 00:42:24,458 DUTY DAY PAUSE TOMORROW THAT'S 1368 00:42:24,458 --> 00:42:26,193 WHEN THEY EXECUTE ALL OF THESE 1369 00:42:26,193 --> 00:42:27,861 PROCEDURES, JUST OVER A DAY FROM 1370 00:42:27,861 --> 00:42:29,997 NOWABLE WHEN DRAG GONE DOCKS TO 1371 00:42:29,997 --> 00:42:30,898 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 1372 00:42:30,898 --> 00:42:31,966 SCHEDULE THAT IS 6:00 A.M. 1373 00:42:31,966 --> 00:42:33,500 EASTERN TIME. 1374 00:42:33,500 --> 00:42:34,835 THIS IS A GREAT TIME, A BLAST 1375 00:42:34,835 --> 00:42:36,403 FROM THE PAST, THE LAST TIME 1376 00:42:36,403 --> 00:42:38,038 THAT A VEHICLE DOCTOR THIS PART 1377 00:42:38,038 --> 00:42:39,773 OF THE STATION, WAS A SPACE 1378 00:42:39,773 --> 00:42:41,809 SHUTTLE BACK IN 2011. 1379 00:42:41,809 --> 00:42:43,477 AGAIN, OUR JOB REALLY PICKS UP 1380 00:42:43,477 --> 00:42:44,812 WHEN DRAGON IS JUST A FEW 1381 00:42:44,812 --> 00:42:46,413 KILOMETER AWAY FROM NOW, 1382 00:42:46,413 --> 00:42:48,549 EVERYTHING IS LOCKING POD ON THE 1383 00:42:48,549 --> 00:42:51,819 STATION, STATION NOW 255 STATUTE 1384 00:42:51,819 --> 00:42:53,654 POLICIES OVER CENTRAL EUROPE, AT 1385 00:42:53,654 --> 00:42:55,222 THE TIME OF LAUNCH, STATION IS 1386 00:42:55,222 --> 00:42:56,991 SCHEDULED TO BE OVER CENTRAL 1387 00:42:56,991 --> 00:42:58,292 IRAQ, THAT'S HOW FAST THIS THING 1388 00:42:58,292 --> 00:43:00,294 IS TRAVELING, DRAGON WILL SPEND 1389 00:43:00,294 --> 00:43:02,296 SOME TIME CHASING IT DOWN. 1390 00:43:02,296 --> 00:43:05,032 >> BUT THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME. 1391 00:43:05,032 --> 00:43:06,634 WE HAVE NEW VEHICLES COMING ON 1392 00:43:06,634 --> 00:43:08,869 RYAN TO LAUNCH HUMANS TO THE 1393 00:43:08,869 --> 00:43:09,637 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, OF 1394 00:43:09,637 --> 00:43:11,605 COURSE MORE HUMANS MEANS MORE 1395 00:43:11,605 --> 00:43:13,507 SCIENCE WHICH IS THE -- ONE OF 1396 00:43:13,507 --> 00:43:14,742 THE GOALS OF THE INTERNATIONAL 1397 00:43:14,742 --> 00:43:16,944 SPACE STATION, DOING SCIENTIFIC 1398 00:43:16,944 --> 00:43:17,911 RESEARCH AND HOW TO EXPLORE 1399 00:43:17,911 --> 00:43:18,679 FURTHER ON. 1400 00:43:18,679 --> 00:43:19,913 WE ARE WORKING WITH COMMERCIAL 1401 00:43:19,913 --> 00:43:21,882 PROVIDERS AS WELL, NOT JUST 1402 00:43:21,882 --> 00:43:24,184 SPACEX, SPACEX ALSO PROVIDING 1403 00:43:24,184 --> 00:43:25,719 CAR BOW TO THIS SPACE STATION, 1404 00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:27,888 BUT WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH 1405 00:43:27,888 --> 00:43:29,223 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS. 1406 00:43:29,223 --> 00:43:30,791 BUT FROM HERE IN MISSION CONTROL 1407 00:43:30,791 --> 00:43:31,825 HOUSTON WE ARE GOING TO SIT BACK 1408 00:43:31,825 --> 00:43:33,460 AND HAVE A VIEW OF THE PAD ON 1409 00:43:33,460 --> 00:43:34,762 THE FRONT SCREEN OF MISSION 1410 00:43:34,762 --> 00:43:35,229 CONTROL. 1411 00:43:35,229 --> 00:43:36,096 TOM, WE WILL TAKE IT BACK TO YOU 1412 00:43:36,096 --> 00:43:37,898 TO TAKE US TO THE FINAL MOMENTS 1413 00:43:37,898 --> 00:43:41,468 BEFORE LAUNCH. 1414 00:43:41,468 --> 00:43:44,805 >> WE ARE JUST MOMENTS AWAY FROM 1415 00:43:44,805 --> 00:43:47,041 OUR LAUNCH OF THE FIRST CREW 1416 00:43:47,041 --> 00:43:48,509 DEMONSTRATION MISSION TO THE 1417 00:43:48,509 --> 00:43:49,610 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 1418 00:43:49,610 --> 00:43:51,779 THE FALCON 9 ENGINE CHILL IS 1419 00:43:51,779 --> 00:43:53,447 UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW AND GETS THE 1420 00:43:53,447 --> 00:43:54,782 TURBO PUMPS COLD ENOUGH TO PUMP 1421 00:43:54,782 --> 00:43:57,685 THE LIQUID OXYGEN AND RP 1 FUEL 1422 00:43:57,685 --> 00:43:59,453 TO THE 9 MERLIN ENGINES AT THE 1423 00:43:59,453 --> 00:44:01,455 BOTTOM OF THE ROCKET. 1424 00:44:01,455 --> 00:44:03,857 STRONG BACK RETRACTIBLE START IN 1425 00:44:03,857 --> 00:44:06,160 T MY US IN FIVE PUNTS, 30 1426 00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:07,761 SECONDS FROM NOW AND THE CREW 1427 00:44:07,761 --> 00:44:09,930 ACCESS IS ALREADY IN THE LAUNCH 1428 00:44:09,930 --> 00:44:10,297 POSITION. 1429 00:44:10,297 --> 00:44:11,865 AROUND T MINUS ONE MINUTE YOU 1430 00:44:11,865 --> 00:44:13,400 WILL HEAR THE CALLOUT FALCON 1431 00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:16,270 9 IS IN STARTUP THAT FALCON 1432 00:44:16,270 --> 00:44:19,473 9 HAVE GONE IN STARTUP MODE AND 1433 00:44:19,473 --> 00:44:21,308 AUTONOMOUSLY CONTROL TING THE, 1434 00:44:21,308 --> 00:44:22,776 CONTROLLING THE REST OF THE 1435 00:44:22,776 --> 00:44:23,177 COUNTDOWN. 1436 00:44:23,177 --> 00:44:24,812 THE FLIGHT COMPUTER WILL IGNITE 1437 00:44:24,812 --> 00:44:25,879 ENGINES AND CHECK THE POWER ON 1438 00:44:25,879 --> 00:44:27,681 THOSE ENGINES FOR A LIFT-OFF AT 1439 00:44:27,681 --> 00:44:29,450 T MINUS ZERO WHEN THE HOLD DOWN 1440 00:44:29,450 --> 00:44:30,718 IS RELEASED JUST A REMIND THEY 1441 00:44:30,718 --> 00:44:33,187 ARE IS AN INSTANTANEOUS LAUNCH 1442 00:44:33,187 --> 00:44:34,555 WINDOW TONIGHT IF YES A HOLD FOR 1443 00:44:34,555 --> 00:44:35,522 ANY REASON WE WILL HAVE TO SCRUB 1444 00:44:35,522 --> 00:44:36,757 FOR TONIGHT. 1445 00:44:36,757 --> 00:44:38,659 BUT WE DO HAVE A BACKUP WINDOW 1446 00:44:38,659 --> 00:44:41,161 MARCH 5TH AT 1:38 A.M. EASTERN 1447 00:44:41,161 --> 00:44:41,462 TIME. 1448 00:44:41,462 --> 00:44:43,163 >> THE DRAL GONE TEAM GAVE US 1449 00:44:43,163 --> 00:44:44,765 THE THUMBS UP FOR, THE 1450 00:44:44,765 --> 00:44:45,999 SPACECRAFT IS READY TO GO, THE 1451 00:44:45,999 --> 00:44:48,168 RANGE IS ALSO GREEN, AND WE ARE 1452 00:44:48,168 --> 00:44:49,370 LOOKING GOOD, LIKE I SAID 1453 00:44:49,370 --> 00:44:50,537 EARLIER THE WEATHER IS LOOKING 1454 00:44:50,537 --> 00:44:51,872 FANTASTIC AT THE CAPE FOR BOTH 1455 00:44:51,872 --> 00:44:53,640 LAUNCH AND RECOVERY. 1456 00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:55,776 WITH JUST ABOUT FOUR MINUTES AND 1457 00:44:55,776 --> 00:44:57,811 30 SECONDS LEFT BEFORE LIFTOFF, 1458 00:44:57,811 --> 00:44:59,079 LET'S LISTEN IN TO THE FINAL 1459 00:44:59,079 --> 00:45:04,284 COUNT DOWN ON THE LAUNCH. 1460 00:45:04,284 --> 00:45:42,756 >> 1461 00:45:42,756 --> 00:45:50,497 ARMS ARE OPEN. 1462 00:45:50,497 --> 00:45:55,102 >> FINAL SETUP STARTED. 1463 00:45:55,102 --> 00:46:37,744 >> STAGE 1 HAS CLOSED UP. 1464 00:46:37,744 --> 00:46:43,250 >> CHART ANGLE IS 88.1 DEGREES. 1465 00:46:43,250 --> 00:46:56,730 >> 1466 00:46:56,730 --> 00:47:01,401 >> VERIFICATION, STAGE 1. 1467 00:47:01,401 --> 00:47:35,869 >> DRAGON CLOSEOUT. 1468 00:47:35,869 --> 00:47:42,075 >> STAGE 2 LOCKS, CLOSING UP. 1469 00:47:42,075 --> 00:48:07,668 >> CLOSEOUT STARTING. 1470 00:48:07,668 --> 00:48:35,562 >> FALCON 9 IS IN STARTUP. 1471 00:48:35,562 --> 00:48:40,801 >> GROUND GUSTS -- IS COMPLETE. 1472 00:48:40,801 --> 00:48:48,008 >> 1473 00:48:48,008 --> 00:48:49,509 >> GO FOR LAUNCH. 1474 00:48:49,509 --> 00:48:55,616 >> STAGE 2, PRESSING FOR FLIGHT. 1475 00:48:55,616 --> 00:49:07,628 >> T MINUS 30 SECONDS. 1476 00:49:07,628 --> 00:49:17,571 >> STAGE 1, PRESSING FOR FLIGHT. 1477 00:49:17,571 --> 00:49:22,209 >> T MINUS 15 SECONDS. 1478 00:49:22,209 --> 00:49:31,418 >> 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1479 00:49:31,418 --> 00:49:31,652 1. 1480 00:49:31,652 --> 00:49:33,220 >> ZERO. 1481 00:49:33,220 --> 00:49:33,920 IGNITION. 1482 00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:36,923 LIFTOFF. 1483 00:49:36,923 --> 00:49:42,996 >> 1484 00:49:42,996 --> 00:49:44,965 >> VEHICLE IS PITCHING 1485 00:49:44,965 --> 00:49:47,334 DOWNRANGE. 1486 00:49:47,334 --> 00:49:53,373 >> STAGE 1 PROP IS IS NOMINAL. 1487 00:49:53,373 --> 00:50:04,551 >> 1488 00:50:04,551 --> 00:50:07,788 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 1489 00:50:07,788 --> 00:50:20,033 >> STAGE 1 -- 1490 00:50:20,033 --> 00:50:22,969 >> POWER AND TELEMETRY NORMAL. 1491 00:50:22,969 --> 00:50:26,440 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 1492 00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:29,042 >> FOR THOSE OF YOU JUST JOINING 1493 00:50:29,042 --> 00:50:30,410 US YOU WATCHING A LIVE VIEW OF 1494 00:50:30,410 --> 00:50:32,479 THE FALCON 9 ROCKET AS IT 1495 00:50:32,479 --> 00:50:34,014 ASCENDS THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE 1496 00:50:34,014 --> 00:50:36,316 CARRYING THE SPACEX DRAGON TO -- 1497 00:50:36,316 --> 00:50:36,850 >> 1498 00:50:36,850 --> 00:50:38,485 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 1499 00:50:38,485 --> 00:50:40,654 >> THE VEHICLE JUST PASSED 1500 00:50:40,654 --> 00:50:43,223 THROUGH MAX Q WHICH IS THE POINT 1501 00:50:43,223 --> 00:50:45,325 OF MAXIMUM DIAMETRIC PRESSURE ON 1502 00:50:45,325 --> 00:50:46,526 THE VEHICLE AS YOU CAN HEAR IN 1503 00:50:46,526 --> 00:50:48,995 THE BACKGROUND THE EXCITEMENT AT 1504 00:50:48,995 --> 00:50:50,397 SPACEX HEADQUARTERS IS 1505 00:50:50,397 --> 00:50:51,531 UNBELIEVABLE HERE. 1506 00:50:51,531 --> 00:50:55,569 >> PASSING THROUGH MAX Q. 1507 00:50:55,569 --> 00:50:57,671 >> YOU HEARD THAT CALLOUT FROM 1508 00:50:57,671 --> 00:50:59,539 MAX Q. 1509 00:50:59,539 --> 00:51:01,641 THE FALCON 9 ACTUALLY THROTTLES 1510 00:51:01,641 --> 00:51:04,144 DOWN NINE MERLIN ENGINES TO 1511 00:51:04,144 --> 00:51:08,548 REDUCE THE DYNAMIC LOAD ON THE 1512 00:51:08,548 --> 00:51:08,915 VEHICLE. 1513 00:51:08,915 --> 00:51:10,016 IT IS NOW THROTTLING THOSE 1514 00:51:10,016 --> 00:51:12,419 ENGINES BACK UP. 1515 00:51:12,419 --> 00:51:14,688 >> COMING UP AT T PLUS 1516 00:51:14,688 --> 00:51:16,256 TWO-MINUTE AND 35 SECONDS, IT IS 1517 00:51:16,256 --> 00:51:18,692 GOING TO BE A KEY EVENT, QUICK 1518 00:51:18,692 --> 00:51:19,559 SUCCESSION IS THE FIRST ONE WILL 1519 00:51:19,559 --> 00:51:21,728 BE THE MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF OR 1520 00:51:21,728 --> 00:51:23,864 MICO WHEN THE NINE NEVER LYNN D 1521 00:51:23,864 --> 00:51:25,532 1 ENGINES YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN 1522 00:51:25,532 --> 00:51:27,901 RIGHT NOW WILL CUT OFF, SHORTLY 1523 00:51:27,901 --> 00:51:30,203 BEFORE A STAGE SEPARATION AT TWO 1524 00:51:30,203 --> 00:51:32,539 MINUTES AND 38 SECONDS. 1525 00:51:32,539 --> 00:51:34,541 >> SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE 1526 00:51:34,541 --> 00:51:35,542 MERLIN VACUUM ENGINE ON THE 1527 00:51:35,542 --> 00:51:36,510 BOTTOM OF THE SECOND STAGE OF 1528 00:51:36,510 --> 00:51:38,545 THE FALCON 9 WILL IGNITE, AND 1529 00:51:38,545 --> 00:51:40,413 WHAT WE CALL SECOND ENGINE START 1530 00:51:40,413 --> 00:51:43,784 OR SES TWO-MINUTES AND 46 1531 00:51:43,784 --> 00:51:44,117 SECONDS. 1532 00:51:44,117 --> 00:51:47,020 >> SO STAND BY FOR MAIN ENGINE 1533 00:51:47,020 --> 00:51:48,054 CUTOFF, STAGE SEPARATION AND 1534 00:51:48,054 --> 00:51:50,257 SECOND ENGINE START COMING UP IN 1535 00:51:50,257 --> 00:51:54,694 JUST ABOUT 20 SECONDS FROM NOW. 1536 00:51:54,694 --> 00:52:22,856 >> 1537 00:52:22,856 --> 00:52:26,259 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 1538 00:52:26,259 --> 00:52:30,997 >> 1539 00:52:30,997 --> 00:52:32,399 >> AS YOU CAN HEAR FROM THE 1540 00:52:32,399 --> 00:52:34,334 CHEERING HERE AT SPACEX 1541 00:52:34,334 --> 00:52:36,536 HEADQUARTERS, WE DID HAVE A 1542 00:52:36,536 --> 00:52:38,305 SUCCESSFUL MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF, 1543 00:52:38,305 --> 00:52:39,906 STAGE SEPARATION, AND AS YOU CAN 1544 00:52:39,906 --> 00:52:41,107 SEE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF 1545 00:52:41,107 --> 00:52:43,777 YOUR SCREEN, THAT SECOND STAGE 1546 00:52:43,777 --> 00:52:46,346 ENGINE IS CURRENTLY STARTED AND 1547 00:52:46,346 --> 00:52:47,447 ACCELERATING DRAGON TOWARDS 1548 00:52:47,447 --> 00:52:48,849 ORBIT ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF 1549 00:52:48,849 --> 00:52:49,783 YOUR SCREEN THAT'S THE VIEW FROM 1550 00:52:49,783 --> 00:52:51,918 THE FIRST STAGE AS IT MAKES ITS 1551 00:52:51,918 --> 00:52:53,353 WAY BACK DOWN TOWARD THE EARTH. 1552 00:52:53,353 --> 00:52:54,554 LET'S GO DOWN TO LAUREN AND DAN 1553 00:52:54,554 --> 00:52:56,723 FOR UPDATES ON THAT FIRST STAGE 1554 00:52:56,723 --> 00:52:58,325 RECOVERY. 1555 00:52:58,325 --> 00:52:58,592 >> 1556 00:52:58,592 --> 00:52:59,593 >> ALL RIGHT. 1557 00:52:59,593 --> 00:53:02,262 SO AS YOU CAN SEE WE LIFTED OFF 1558 00:53:02,262 --> 00:53:04,164 AND HAD AN AWESOME LIFTOFF OF 1559 00:53:04,164 --> 00:53:06,499 STAGE 1 AND STAGE 2 IS BURNING 1560 00:53:06,499 --> 00:53:08,335 BEAUTIFULLY. 1561 00:53:08,335 --> 00:53:10,804 STAGE 1 ALSO HAS -- PERFORMING 1562 00:53:10,804 --> 00:53:11,872 RIGHT NOW. 1563 00:53:11,872 --> 00:53:14,107 GETTING READY TO COME BACK AND 1564 00:53:14,107 --> 00:53:14,507 LAND. 1565 00:53:14,507 --> 00:53:16,076 STAGE 1 WILL EXECUTE TWO BURNS 1566 00:53:16,076 --> 00:53:18,211 BEFORE LANDING ON THE DRONE 1567 00:53:18,211 --> 00:53:19,679 SHIP, WITH THE ENTRY BURN STARTS 1568 00:53:19,679 --> 00:53:22,449 WHICH IS STARTING AT -- SEVEN 1569 00:53:22,449 --> 00:53:24,951 MINUTES, 48 SECONDS, 1570 00:53:24,951 --> 00:53:25,952 APPROXIMATELY, THAT IS WHERE 1571 00:53:25,952 --> 00:53:28,989 THREE OF THE M 1-D ENGINES WILL 1572 00:53:28,989 --> 00:53:30,790 REIGNITE, AND WHAT THAT BURN 1573 00:53:30,790 --> 00:53:33,360 DOES IS IT SLOWS DOWN STAGE 1574 00:53:33,360 --> 00:53:35,228 1ABLE IN THE UPPER PART OF THE 1575 00:53:35,228 --> 00:53:36,429 EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE IF WE DIDN'T 1576 00:53:36,429 --> 00:53:39,366 DO THAT THE AERODYNAMIC 1577 00:53:39,366 --> 00:53:41,768 REHEATING, IT WOULD HEAT UPSTAGE 1578 00:53:41,768 --> 00:53:43,370 1 AND IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BREAK 1579 00:53:43,370 --> 00:53:44,704 IT APART SO WE HAVE TO SLOW IT 1580 00:53:44,704 --> 00:53:47,107 DOWN. FROM THERE, STAGE 1 IS 1581 00:53:47,107 --> 00:53:49,042 GOING TO COAST ITS WAY BACK 1582 00:53:49,042 --> 00:53:50,543 DOWN, USING THE HANDS TO HELP 1583 00:53:50,543 --> 00:53:52,479 STEER IT AND HELP EXECUTE THE 1584 00:53:52,479 --> 00:53:54,881 LANDING BURN, THAT'S GOING TO 1585 00:53:54,881 --> 00:53:57,717 HAPPEN AT -- THAT IS WHEN WE ARE 1586 00:53:57,717 --> 00:54:00,153 GOING REIGNITE THE CENTER 1587 00:54:00,153 --> 00:54:01,922 ENGINE, AND HOPEFULLY BRING 1588 00:54:01,922 --> 00:54:06,660 STAGE 1 DOWN IN A BEAUTIFUL SPOT 1589 00:54:06,660 --> 00:54:07,027 ON THE -- 1590 00:54:07,027 --> 00:54:07,594 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 1591 00:54:07,594 --> 00:54:08,561 AND WHILE ALL OF THAT IS 1592 00:54:08,561 --> 00:54:09,496 HAPPENING THE SECOND STAGE, 1593 00:54:09,496 --> 00:54:11,898 WHICH WROTE YOU SEE GLOWING 1594 00:54:11,898 --> 00:54:13,967 BRIGHT HERE CONTINUING TO POWER 1595 00:54:13,967 --> 00:54:15,035 DRAGON AND WILL CONTINUE BURNING 1596 00:54:15,035 --> 00:54:16,336 UNTIL JUST ABOUT NINE MINUTES 1597 00:54:16,336 --> 00:54:16,870 AFTER LAUNCH. 1598 00:54:16,870 --> 00:54:19,239 SO IN EIGHT MINUTES AND 59 1599 00:54:19,239 --> 00:54:20,807 SECOND IT IS WHERE IT IS 1600 00:54:20,807 --> 00:54:21,908 TARGETED TO CUT DOWN. 1601 00:54:21,908 --> 00:54:24,678 DOWN TO A SINNABLE ENGINE, OVER 1602 00:54:24,678 --> 00:54:26,212 200,000-POUND OF THRUST TO CARRY 1603 00:54:26,212 --> 00:54:27,047 DRAGON THROUGH THE UPPER PARTS 1604 00:54:27,047 --> 00:54:28,748 OF EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, NOT AS 1605 00:54:28,748 --> 00:54:31,184 MUCH RESISTANCE, ONCE YOU ARE UP 1606 00:54:31,184 --> 00:54:33,186 THIS HIGH AND GOING GET DRAGON 1607 00:54:33,186 --> 00:54:34,521 INTO THE INITIAL ORBIT AND STILL 1608 00:54:34,521 --> 00:54:36,423 GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED 1609 00:54:36,423 --> 00:54:37,590 KILOMETER TO MEET THE STATION 1610 00:54:37,590 --> 00:54:39,159 AND THEN TURNED OVER TO 1611 00:54:39,159 --> 00:54:41,328 THRUSTERS ON DRAGON ONCE IT 1612 00:54:41,328 --> 00:54:42,529 SEPARATES FROM THE SECOND STAGE 1613 00:54:42,529 --> 00:54:44,898 TO BEGIN THE CHASE DOWN OF THE 1614 00:54:44,898 --> 00:54:46,733 ORBITING LABORATORY, FIVE 1615 00:54:46,733 --> 00:54:48,234 MINUTES, 11 SECONDS AND COUNTING 1616 00:54:48,234 --> 00:54:48,835 PAST LAUNCH. 1617 00:54:48,835 --> 00:54:50,870 ALL OF THE CALLS SO FAR 1618 00:54:50,870 --> 00:54:51,972 INDICATING NOMINAL PERFORMANCE. 1619 00:54:51,972 --> 00:54:53,640 WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE GREAT 1620 00:54:53,640 --> 00:54:56,543 STUFF SO FAR FROM BOTH STAGES OF 1621 00:54:56,543 --> 00:54:58,912 THE FALCON NINE. 1622 00:54:58,912 --> 00:54:59,713 >> OKAY. 1623 00:54:59,713 --> 00:55:02,349 WE ARE HEARING THAT IT IS 1624 00:55:02,349 --> 00:55:03,083 PERFORMING NOMINALLY. 1625 00:55:03,083 --> 00:55:06,219 IT IS LOOKING GOOD ON POWER. 1626 00:55:06,219 --> 00:55:08,722 TEMPERATURES ARE GOOD. 1627 00:55:08,722 --> 00:55:10,223 STAGE 1 CONTINUES TO COME BACK 1628 00:55:10,223 --> 00:55:11,458 NOMINALLY OVER THERE ON THE LEFT 1629 00:55:11,458 --> 00:55:12,826 ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU SEE THAT 1630 00:55:12,826 --> 00:55:15,695 PICTURE OF RIPLEY IN THAT ZERO G 1631 00:55:15,695 --> 00:55:16,730 INDICATOR. 1632 00:55:16,730 --> 00:55:17,931 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 1633 00:55:17,931 --> 00:55:19,499 KEEP AN EYE OUT, AS LONG AS WE 1634 00:55:19,499 --> 00:55:22,602 HAVE THE VIEW, AS SOON AS DRAGON 1635 00:55:22,602 --> 00:55:23,903 SEPARATED THEN ESSENTIALLY IT IS 1636 00:55:23,903 --> 00:55:25,472 IN FREE FLIGHT MODE. 1637 00:55:25,472 --> 00:55:27,507 YOU GOING TO SEE LITTLE PLANET 1638 00:55:27,507 --> 00:55:29,476 EARTH START TO FLOAT UP, SO KEEP 1639 00:55:29,476 --> 00:55:31,277 AN EYE OUT ONCE WE SEPARATE 1640 00:55:31,277 --> 00:55:32,412 DRAGON IN JUST A COUPLE OF 1641 00:55:32,412 --> 00:55:33,446 MINUTES FROM NOW. 1642 00:55:33,446 --> 00:55:37,617 SIX MINUTES PAST LAUNCH. 1643 00:55:37,617 --> 00:55:44,491 >> TRAJECTORY CONTINUES TO BE 1644 00:55:44,491 --> 00:55:48,428 NOMINAL IN STAGE 2. 1645 00:55:48,428 --> 00:55:59,205 >> 1646 00:55:59,205 --> 00:56:00,440 WE HAVE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF 1647 00:56:00,440 --> 00:56:02,409 MORE MINUTE LEFT OF THIS BURN. 1648 00:56:02,409 --> 00:56:08,181 AT WHICH POINT THE BACK ROLL 1649 00:56:08,181 --> 00:56:09,049 WILL SHUT DOWN. 1650 00:56:09,049 --> 00:56:11,051 >> WE ARE JUST UNDER A MINUTE 1651 00:56:11,051 --> 00:56:13,486 AWAY FROM THAT ENTRY BURN ON 1652 00:56:13,486 --> 00:56:35,075 STAGE 1 THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE. 1653 00:56:35,075 --> 00:56:36,376 SECOND STAGE BURN CONTINUES TO 1654 00:56:36,376 --> 00:56:38,111 BURN NOMINALLY. 1655 00:56:38,111 --> 00:56:39,846 >> WE ARE OVER SEVEN MINUTES 1656 00:56:39,846 --> 00:56:40,613 SINCE LIFTOFF. 1657 00:56:40,613 --> 00:56:42,849 IT FEES LIKE IT WAS 30 SECONDS 1658 00:56:42,849 --> 00:56:43,249 AGO. 1659 00:56:43,249 --> 00:56:45,452 >> CONTINUING TO CARRY DRAGON 1660 00:56:45,452 --> 00:56:45,718 UP. 1661 00:56:45,718 --> 00:56:47,520 IT IS GOING TO MAKE IT TO THAT 1662 00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:48,922 INITIAL ORBIT AFTER IT 1663 00:56:48,922 --> 00:56:49,789 SEPARATES, SEPARATION COMING 1664 00:56:49,789 --> 00:56:51,224 ABOUT A MINUTE AFTER THE SECOND 1665 00:56:51,224 --> 00:56:53,660 STAGE CUTOFF. 1666 00:56:53,660 --> 00:56:57,897 >> STAGE 2 PROPELLENT TANK 1667 00:56:57,897 --> 00:56:59,199 PRESSURES ARE LOOKING GOOD. 1668 00:56:59,199 --> 00:57:00,400 THE BURN CONTINUES TO BE 1669 00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:03,436 HEALTHY. 1670 00:57:03,436 --> 00:57:10,510 >> NOW COMING UP IN ABOUT TEN 1671 00:57:10,510 --> 00:57:11,411 SENDS, SECOND ENTRY BURN IS 1672 00:57:11,411 --> 00:57:12,412 GOING TO START. 1673 00:57:12,412 --> 00:57:13,980 HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE ON BOARD 1674 00:57:13,980 --> 00:57:16,449 VIDEO AND BE ABLE TO WATCH. 1675 00:57:16,449 --> 00:57:20,086 >> LET'S LISTEN IN ON CALLOUT. 1676 00:57:20,086 --> 00:57:24,491 >> STAGE 1, STAGE 1, ENTRY BURN 1677 00:57:24,491 --> 00:57:25,692 IS STARTED. 1678 00:57:25,692 --> 00:57:28,895 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 1679 00:57:28,895 --> 00:57:35,869 >> STAGE 1 ENGINE REIGNITING. 1680 00:57:35,869 --> 00:57:37,904 BURN WILL CONTINUE ON FOR ABOUT 1681 00:57:37,904 --> 00:57:40,039 ANOTHER 15 OR 22NDS. 1682 00:57:40,039 --> 00:57:44,310 >> 20 SECONDS. 1683 00:57:44,310 --> 00:57:45,812 >> AND SO A LITTLE BACK-TO-BACK 1684 00:57:45,812 --> 00:57:47,947 ACTION NOW AS WE SEE STAGE 1685 00:57:47,947 --> 00:57:49,182 1 COMING BACK DOWN TOWARDS 1686 00:57:49,182 --> 00:57:49,716 EARTH. 1687 00:57:49,716 --> 00:57:51,551 STAGE 2 STILL MAKING ITS WAY UP 1688 00:57:51,551 --> 00:57:53,386 INTO OUTER SPACE. 1689 00:57:53,386 --> 00:57:55,155 DRAGON ON TOP GETTING READY -- 1690 00:57:55,155 --> 00:57:57,590 >> STAGE 1 ENTRY BURN SHUT DOWN. 1691 00:57:57,590 --> 00:58:00,493 >> THERE YOU SEE THE END OF THE 1692 00:58:00,493 --> 00:58:03,696 STAGE 1 BURN. 1693 00:58:03,696 --> 00:58:05,231 >> SO STAGE 1 IS GOING TO 1694 00:58:05,231 --> 00:58:07,667 CONTINUE TO COAST. 1695 00:58:07,667 --> 00:58:12,472 ITS WAY DOWN USING -- ADDED TO 1696 00:58:12,472 --> 00:58:14,641 CONTROL. 1697 00:58:14,641 --> 00:58:17,977 >> A POLICY STONE -- 1698 00:58:17,977 --> 00:58:19,512 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 1699 00:58:19,512 --> 00:58:25,418 >> COME UP IN ABOUT TEN SECONDS. 1700 00:58:25,418 --> 00:58:29,889 >> 1701 00:58:29,889 --> 00:58:32,792 >> IMPACT THROTTLING DOWN FOR 1702 00:58:32,792 --> 00:58:35,929 SICO. 1703 00:58:35,929 --> 00:58:40,867 >> 1704 00:58:40,867 --> 00:58:42,268 >> STAGE 1 -- 1705 00:58:42,268 --> 00:58:45,705 >> AND WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL 1706 00:58:45,705 --> 00:58:46,072 SHUTDOWN. 1707 00:58:46,072 --> 00:58:48,908 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 1708 00:58:48,908 --> 00:58:54,480 >> 1709 00:58:54,480 --> 00:58:56,049 >> AT THE START OF THAT BURN 1710 00:58:56,049 --> 00:58:59,118 STAGE 1 WILL BE TRAVELING AT 275 1711 00:58:59,118 --> 00:59:00,086 -- PER SECOND. 1712 00:59:00,086 --> 00:59:01,087 THAT SINGLE ENGINE BURN WILL 1713 00:59:01,087 --> 00:59:05,758 BRING THAT FROM 275 TO ZERO. 1714 00:59:05,758 --> 00:59:08,728 >> WE DID JUST HEAR THAT THE 1715 00:59:08,728 --> 00:59:12,665 BURN HAS STARTED. 1716 00:59:12,665 --> 00:59:19,439 >> ALL RIGHT. 1717 00:59:19,439 --> 00:59:22,542 LET'S SEE IF WE GET IT. 1718 00:59:22,542 --> 00:59:23,042 >> 1719 00:59:23,042 --> 00:59:26,412 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 1720 00:59:26,412 --> 00:59:55,441 >> 1721 00:59:55,441 --> 00:59:57,343 >> ABOUT 500 KILOMETERS AWAY 1722 00:59:57,343 --> 00:59:59,312 FROM WHERE IT LAUNCHED FROM. 1723 00:59:59,312 --> 01:00:02,682 THE VEHICLE WILL NOW UNDERGO ITS 1724 01:00:02,682 --> 01:00:04,784 SAFE PROCEDURES AND THE RECOVERY 1725 01:00:04,784 --> 01:00:06,352 TEAM WILL MAKE SURE IT IS 1726 01:00:06,352 --> 01:00:07,553 STRAPPED DOWN AND MAKE ITS WAY 1727 01:00:07,553 --> 01:00:10,556 BACK TO EARTH -- I AM SORRY, TO 1728 01:00:10,556 --> 01:00:12,825 CAPE CANAVERAL. 1729 01:00:12,825 --> 01:00:14,961 >> SO THERE IS STILL A LOT MORE 1730 01:00:14,961 --> 01:00:16,062 TO GO HERE. 1731 01:00:16,062 --> 01:00:17,864 WE HAVE DRAGON SEPARATION COMING 1732 01:00:17,864 --> 01:00:18,131 UP. 1733 01:00:18,131 --> 01:00:20,266 LET'S GO BACK TO TOM TO COVER 1734 01:00:20,266 --> 01:00:21,901 THE NEXT BIG MILESTONE. 1735 01:00:21,901 --> 01:00:23,870 >> WOW, WHAT A LANDING, COMING 1736 01:00:23,870 --> 01:00:25,905 UP VERY SHORTLY IN JUST ABOUT 1737 01:00:25,905 --> 01:00:28,274 22ND SECONDS HERE THE DRAGON 1738 01:00:28,274 --> 01:00:29,008 SPACECRAFT WILL SEPARATE FROM 1739 01:00:29,008 --> 01:00:33,813 THE TOP OF THE FALCON 9 ROCKET. 1740 01:00:33,813 --> 01:00:35,281 >> 1741 01:00:35,281 --> 01:00:36,616 >> SEPARATION SHOULD BE 1742 01:00:36,616 --> 01:00:38,318 OCCURRING AROUND 11 MINUTE AND 1743 01:00:38,318 --> 01:00:39,185 FIVE SECONDS. 1744 01:00:39,185 --> 01:00:39,986 JUST ABOUT NOW. 1745 01:00:39,986 --> 01:00:41,587 LET'S WAIT FOR CONFIRMATION. 1746 01:00:41,587 --> 01:00:46,526 >> DRAGON, SEPARATION CONFIRMED. 1747 01:00:46,526 --> 01:00:49,095 >> 1748 01:00:49,095 --> 01:00:50,663 >> AND THERE IT IS! 1749 01:00:50,663 --> 01:00:51,230 >> 1750 01:00:51,230 --> 01:00:54,500 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 1751 01:00:54,500 --> 01:00:56,803 >> YOU ARE LOOKING AT A VIEW 1752 01:00:56,803 --> 01:00:58,338 FROM THE TOP OF THE SECOND STAGE 1753 01:00:58,338 --> 01:01:01,140 OF A FALCON 9 ROCKET, AND HARD 1754 01:01:01,140 --> 01:01:03,042 TO MAKE OUT IN THE SHADOW OF THE 1755 01:01:03,042 --> 01:01:05,945 EARTH, BUT THAT IS THE DRAGON 1756 01:01:05,945 --> 01:01:06,979 2 SPACECRAFT FLYING IN SPACE FOR 1757 01:01:06,979 --> 01:01:10,350 THE FIRST TIME AFTER A 1758 01:01:10,350 --> 01:01:13,152 SUCCESSFUL SEPARATION. 1759 01:01:13,152 --> 01:01:14,721 >> THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR 1760 01:01:14,721 --> 01:01:16,656 EVERYONE HERE AT SPACEX AND 1761 01:01:16,656 --> 01:01:16,956 NASA. 1762 01:01:16,956 --> 01:01:19,425 LET'S TO BACK OVER TO FAIR 1763 01:01:19,425 --> 01:01:20,893 JOHNSON AND SEE HOW THEY ARE 1764 01:01:20,893 --> 01:01:21,694 HANDLING IT OVER THERE. 1765 01:01:21,694 --> 01:01:23,763 IT IS KIND OF CRAZY OVER HERE. 1766 01:01:23,763 --> 01:01:27,433 HOW IS IT OVER THERE, GARY? 1767 01:01:27,433 --> 01:01:28,568 >> THANKS, TOM. 1768 01:01:28,568 --> 01:01:30,203 WE WERE DEFINITELY ENJOYING 1769 01:01:30,203 --> 01:01:31,571 HEARING SOME OF THE CHEERS FROM 1770 01:01:31,571 --> 01:01:32,939 OVER YOU GUYS, WHERE YOU CAN 1771 01:01:32,939 --> 01:01:34,540 ACTUALLY SEE BEHIND US WE HAVE 1772 01:01:34,540 --> 01:01:35,975 QUITE A NUMBER OF VIEWERS HERE 1773 01:01:35,975 --> 01:01:36,943 IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 1774 01:01:36,943 --> 01:01:38,077 STATION FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM, 1775 01:01:38,077 --> 01:01:40,646 VERY EXCITING TIME WE HAVE, NOW 1776 01:01:40,646 --> 01:01:42,582 THEY ARE WAVING. 1777 01:01:42,582 --> 01:01:44,150 SO THIS IS, FOR US HERE IN 1778 01:01:44,150 --> 01:01:45,351 MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON THIS IS 1779 01:01:45,351 --> 01:01:47,487 JUST THE BEGINNING NOW THAT 1780 01:01:47,487 --> 01:01:50,089 DRAGON IS IN ORBIT. 1781 01:01:50,089 --> 01:01:52,625 WE HAVE JUST OVER A DAY UNTIL 1782 01:01:52,625 --> 01:01:53,960 DRAGON IS SCHEDULED TO BE DOCKED 1783 01:01:53,960 --> 01:01:54,627 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 1784 01:01:54,627 --> 01:01:54,961 STATION. 1785 01:01:54,961 --> 01:01:56,863 THERE IS A LOT OF MILESTONES TO 1786 01:01:56,863 --> 01:01:58,531 GET THROUGH, THE YOU HAVE BEEN 1787 01:01:58,531 --> 01:02:00,133 AGAIN, VIEWING THEIR PROCEDURES, 1788 01:02:00,133 --> 01:02:02,301 GETTING READY FOR SOME OF THOUGH 1789 01:02:02,301 --> 01:02:03,369 MOMENTS, AGAIN, MONITORING THE 1790 01:02:03,369 --> 01:02:05,004 APPROACH AND EVEN PERFORMING 1791 01:02:05,004 --> 01:02:06,572 SOME COMMANDS WHILE THE DRAGON 1792 01:02:06,572 --> 01:02:08,040 IS CLOSE ENOUGH. 1793 01:02:08,040 --> 01:02:09,409 BUT AGAIN, THERE IS A LOT OF 1794 01:02:09,409 --> 01:02:11,043 WORK TO. DO WE HAVE DOCKING 1795 01:02:11,043 --> 01:02:12,845 SCHEDULED FOR 6:00 A.M. 1796 01:02:12,845 --> 01:02:13,212 TOMORROW. 1797 01:02:13,212 --> 01:02:15,148 WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR 1798 01:02:15,148 --> 01:02:16,315 DRAGON DURING THAT TIME. 1799 01:02:16,315 --> 01:02:18,751 IN THE MEANTIME WE WILL TOSS TO 1800 01:02:18,751 --> 01:02:19,819 LAUREN AND DAN TO WITNESS SOME 1801 01:02:19,819 --> 01:02:22,054 OF THESE FINAL MILESTONES OF 1802 01:02:22,054 --> 01:02:23,823 DRAGON NOW IT IS IN ORBIT. 1803 01:02:23,823 --> 01:02:26,025 BACK TO YOU. 1804 01:02:26,025 --> 01:02:28,694 >> THANK YOU, FAIR. 1805 01:02:28,694 --> 01:02:32,565 NOW FOR -- 1806 01:02:32,565 --> 01:02:35,968 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 1807 01:02:35,968 --> 01:02:42,642 >> 1808 01:02:42,642 --> 01:02:46,646 >> AS TOM JUST MENTIONED THE 1809 01:02:46,646 --> 01:02:50,216 MOST MOST, NOSE COHEN WILL OPEN 1810 01:02:50,216 --> 01:02:54,687 AND THE NAVIGATING MECHANISM AND 1811 01:02:54,687 --> 01:02:56,756 THE GRADUAL LINE OF BURNS TO 1812 01:02:56,756 --> 01:02:58,257 LINE UP MORE CLOSELY WITH THE 1813 01:02:58,257 --> 01:03:00,827 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 1814 01:03:00,827 --> 01:03:03,529 >> WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF 1815 01:03:03,529 --> 01:03:06,499 STAGE 1 AND DRAGON, OF COURSE. 1816 01:03:06,499 --> 01:03:08,468 THE LAND ON THE VIDEO SHIP. 1817 01:03:08,468 --> 01:03:10,036 YOU GET TO CHECK OUT THE VIDEO. 1818 01:03:10,036 --> 01:03:11,437 DRAGON SEPARATED AND ACTIVATED 1819 01:03:11,437 --> 01:03:13,372 AND NOW ON ITS MISSION. 1820 01:03:13,372 --> 01:03:14,907 ON BEHALF OF SPACEX AND NASA, 1821 01:03:14,907 --> 01:03:16,509 THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TODAY'S 1822 01:03:16,509 --> 01:03:16,909 BROADCAST. 1823 01:03:16,909 --> 01:03:17,677 THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN 1824 01:03:17,677 --> 01:03:20,279 THE MISSION, AND A BIG THANK YOU 1825 01:03:20,279 --> 01:03:22,148 TO EVERYBODY FOR MAKING TODAY'S 1826 01:03:22,148 --> 01:03:22,615 LAUNCH POSSIBLE. 1827 01:03:22,615 --> 01:03:25,551 >> CREW DRAGON MISSION FAR FROM 1828 01:03:25,551 --> 01:03:27,153 OVER AND IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO 1829 01:03:27,153 --> 01:03:28,721 IT WILL GO TO THE SPACE STATION 1830 01:03:28,721 --> 01:03:30,756 AND ARRIVE AND DOCK JUST BEFORE 1831 01:03:30,756 --> 01:03:31,891 6:00 A.M. EASTERN TOMORROW A 1832 01:03:31,891 --> 01:03:33,359 GOING TO SPEND FIVE DAYS 1833 01:03:33,359 --> 01:03:35,161 ATTACHED. TO GET THERE IT IS 1834 01:03:35,161 --> 01:03:37,296 GOING TO BEGIN THE PHASE OF 1835 01:03:37,296 --> 01:03:39,465 BURNS TO RAISE THE ORBIT JUST BE 1836 01:03:39,465 --> 01:03:40,500 NEAT SPACE STATION WHERE YOU 1837 01:03:40,500 --> 01:03:41,601 BEGIN THE SLOW AND STEADY 1838 01:03:41,601 --> 01:03:45,238 APPROACH TO DOCKABLE DOCKING W 1839 01:03:45,238 --> 01:03:47,740 HE BROADCAST THE DOCKING LIVE ON 1840 01:03:47,740 --> 01:03:49,609 NASA TV, OUR COVERAGE WILL BEGIN 1841 01:03:49,609 --> 01:03:51,077 AT 3:30 A.M. EASTERN TIME. 1842 01:03:51,077 --> 01:03:53,179 SO BE SURE TO FOLLOW SPACEX AND 1843 01:03:53,179 --> 01:03:54,413 NASA ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR 1844 01:03:54,413 --> 01:03:55,248 REAL-TIME UPDATES. 1845 01:03:55,248 --> 01:03:56,549 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WATCHING. 1846 01:03:56,549 --> 01:03:58,117 AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL JOIN US 1847 01:03:58,117 --> 01:04:01,787 FOR DOCKING. 1848 01:04:01,787 --> 01:04:08,828 >> T MINUS FEBRUARY 2NDS -- T 1849 01:04:08,828 --> 01:04:10,129 MINUS 15 SECONDS. 1850 01:04:10,129 --> 01:04:18,538 TEN, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 1851 01:04:18,538 --> 01:04:19,972 >> ZERO. 1852 01:04:19,972 --> 01:04:24,010 IGNITION, LIFTOFF. 1853 01:04:24,010 --> 01:05:39,435 >>