>> YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT A
FALCON 9 ROCK 9 ON THE LAUNCH
PAD IN FLORIDA.
AT 6:01 A.M. P.M. SpaceX WILL
LAUNCH A DRAGON CARGO SPACECRAFT
ON A NASA MISSION TO RESUPPLY
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME
EVERYONE TO NASA'S KENNEDY PACE
CENTER FOR OUR LIVE COVERAGE OF
THE LAS VEGAS OF THE 18TH
RESUPPLY MISSION FOR SPACE-X.
I'M YOUR HOST, JENNIFER. WE ARE
ABOUT 16 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE
PLANNED LYFT OFF OF THE FALCON
ROCKET OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA,
TO FLY MUCH-NEEDED ASTRONAUT
SUPPLIES UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATIONMENT.
WE HAVE A TEAM OF CORRESPONDENTS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY HELPING TO
COVER ALL THE ANGLES OF THIS
LAUNCH.
WE WILL HEAD TO THE MISSION
DIRECTOR CENTER TO GET
INFORMATION ON THE WEATHER AND
THE COUNTDOWN, AND HEAD TO
SPACE-X HAWTHORN, CALIFORNIA,
AND CHECK IN AT MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
WE ALSO HAVE A CORRESPONDENT
HERE WITH ONE OF THE AGENCY'S
TOP ENGINEERS. FIRST, HERE ALL
SOME QUICK FACTS ABOUT TODAY'S
LAUNCH.
SPACE-X TRANSPORT THE FALCON
NINE ROCKET OUT TO THE LAUNCH
PAD AND LEFTED IT TO VERTICAL
LAUNCH POSITION FOR THE CARGO
REAPPLY MISSION TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE PLAN IS TO KEEP THE SPACE
CRAFT DOCKED TO STATION FOUR
WEEKS BEFORE BRINGING IT BACK TO
EARTH. THIS IS THE THIRD FLIGHT
FOR THE DRAGON PACE CRAFT AND
THE SECOND TIME THIS FALCON
BOOSTER HAS BEEN FLOWN.
DRAGON WILL DELIVER MORE THAN
5,000-POUNDS OF ASTRONAUT
SUPPLIES AND PAY LOADS TO THIS
ORBITING LABORATORY.
LET'S BRING IN NASA'S DARRYL,
WHO'S THE MISSION DIRECTOR
CENTER JUST A FEW MILES AWAY
FROM THE LAUNCH PAD.
>> WEATHER IS IMPROVING, THAT
WAS A CONCERN YESTERDAY, AND THE
CAUSE OF A SCRUBBED LAUNCH ON A
24 HOUR HOLD, AND NOW HERE WE
ALL BACK AGAIN TRYING IT AGAIN,
AND WE HAVE SOME WEATHER
ISSUESISM.
AS YOU HOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR
ANGLE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S
A CLOUD DECK OFF IN THE DISTANCE
THAT IS A CONCERN. WE JUST
LIFTED THE THICK CLOUD LAYER
RULE WHICH IS A CONSTRAINT THAT
PREVENTS LAUNCH IN THE CASES OF
VERY THINK CLOUDS.
THEN YOU LOOK AT THIS ANGLE AND
YOU CAN SEE NOTHING BUT BLUE
SKIES AS WE LOOK OUT TOWARDS THE
EAST AND THE NORTH.
SO IT IS A DYNAMIC SITUATION,
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A
COAL FRONT THAT HAS STALLED OUT
OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE RADAR.
YOU SEE HOW THE CLOUDS AROUND
THE GREEN AND THE BLUE MOVING
FROM WEST TO EAST OVER FLORIDA,
SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX 40, THE
SPOT WE'LL BE LAUNCHING THE
ROCKET.
AS YOU SEE THOSE CLOUDS MOVING,
AND THAT RAIN MOVING TO THE
EAST, IT HAS BEEN DISSIPATING A
LITTLE.
EARLIER TODAY WE HAD ISSUES WITH
DISTURBED WEATHER, AND THINK
THICK CLOUDS BUT WEATHER
OFFICERS JUST LIFTED THE THICK
CLOUD RULE AND JUST ABOUT AN
HOUR AGO LIFTED THE DISTURBED
WEATHER.
WINDS 8 TO 12-MILES PER HOUR OUT
OF THE WEST NORTHWEST,
TEMPERATURE LOW 80SISM.
WE ARE 50% GO BECAUSE OF THOSE
LINGERING CONDITIONS AROUND THE
PATH.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S GOOD
NEWS. WE ARE GO FOR LAUNCH IN
TERMS OF THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW.
THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR NOT WORKING
ANY OTHER ISSUES WITH REGARDS TO
THE PATH, THE ROCKET, OR THE
SPACE CRAFT, THAT'S GOOD NEWS,
SO EVERYTHING'S LOOKING GO AT
THE MOMENT.
WE ARE COUNTING DOWN, THEY ARE
FUELING UP THE ROCKET, AND WE'LL
HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU IN JUST A
LITTLE BIT.
WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN THE
STUDIO, JEN.
>> THANKS, DARRYL.
WE'LL CHECK BACK WITH YOU A
LITTLE LATER.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE ABOUT T-MINUS
13 MINUTES AND COUNTING.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH SPACE-X
HEADQUARTERS IN CALIFORNIA.
JOIN US FROM SPACE-X'S MISSION
CONTROL CENTER.
VIRGIL, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT DRAGON'S HISTORY AND
REUSABILITY?
>> SURE THING, JENNIFER.
TODAY WE'LL BE LAUNCHING A
DRAGON SPACE CRAFT.
THIS LAUNCH IS ALSO PARTICULARLY
EXCITING AS IT WILL BE THE FIRST
TIME WE'VE FLOWN DRAGON FOR A
THIRD MISSION.
THIS VEHICLE VISITED THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
PREVIOUSLY IN APRIL 2015, AND
FOR CRS13 IN DECEMBER 2017.
BOTH FALCON 9 AND DRAGON WERE
DESIGNED WITH REFLIGHT IN MIND
SO THE VEHICLE HARDWARE IS BUILT
TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE MISSIONS
WITH MINIMAL REFURBISHMENT IN
BETWEEN. THIS DRAGON HAS FLOWN
TWICE BEFORE, WHILE THE BOOSTER
YOU'LL SEE HAS BEEN FLOWN ONCE.
WE'LL BE BRINGING IT BACK TO
LAND AT LANDING ZONE ONE SO IT
CAN BE REUSED ON FUTURE
MISSIONS.
A HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, IN
2010, SpaceX BECAME THE FIRST
PRIVATE COMPANY TO SEND A SPACE
CRAFT TO ORBIT AND RETURN IT TO
EARTH.
DRAGON WITH CAME THE FIRST
PRIVATELY DEVELOPED SPACE CRAFT
IN THE STATIONISM.
OUR DRAGON SPACE CRAFT HAVE BEEN
FLYING FOR NEARLY SEVEN YEARS
THOU, AND TODAY IS ONE OF THE
FEW VEHICLES DELIVERING CARGO TO
THE I, S, THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN
DELIVER CARGO FROM IT.
UNDER CONTRACT WITH NASA FOR A
TOTAL OF 26 OF THESE CARGO
RESUPPLY MISSIONS.
WITH THAT, BACK TO YOU JENNIFER.
>> THANKS, VIRGIL.
TODAY'S ROCKET FROM LAUNCH
COMPLEX 40 IS RIGHT DOWN TO THE
VERY SECOND. THE REASON FOR
THIS, SPACE-X NEEDS TOGET THEIR
CARGO SPACE CRAFT LINED UP TO
RENDEZVOUS WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONISM.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH JOHNSON
SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON, LEA?
>> THANKS, JENNIFER.
WELCOME TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FLIGHT CONTROL
ROOM IN HOUSTON.
THIS IS A TEAM OF FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS AND EACH OF THEM ARE
EXPERTS ON A SPECIFIC SYSTEM.
THEY'RE BEING LEAD TODAY BY
GREG.
WE ALSO HAVE SIX ASTRO
NOTESBOARD THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION; THAT'S CHRISTINA
COOKE, ALEXIA, AND NICK HAGUE
WHO ALL ARRIVED IN MARCH.
THEY'RE JOINED BY LUCA,
ALEXANDER, AND ANDREW MORGAN WHO
JUST ARRIVED ON THE 50TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE APOLLO 11
MOON LANDING THIS PAST SATURDAY,
JULY 20.
WE'RE NEARING THE 10:00 A.M.
HOUR SO THE ASTRONAUTS ARE OF
DUTY AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE WATCHING THE
LAUNCH THIS AFTERNOON.
ONCE DRAGON LAS VEGASES TODAY T
WILL ARRIVE AT THE SPACE STATION
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 27.
THERE WILL BE A PROCESS OF NICK
HAGUE ENTERING THE MODULE AND
HE'LL USE THE ARM TO REACH OUT
AND GRAPPLE THE SPACE SCRATCH.
CONTROLLERS ON THE GROUND WILL
YEAH CONTINUE USING THE CANADA
ARM TO REPOSITION THE SPACE
CRAFT, BRING IT UP TO THE SPACE
STATION'S HARM EN MODULE, WHERE
IT WILL REMAIN FOR ABOUT A MUCK.
THOSE ARE THE PROCESSES AND THE
MILESTONES WE'LL BE LOOKING
FORWARD TO THIS SATURDAY,
JULY 27.
YOU CAN TUNE INTO OUR LIVE
COVERAGE BEGINNING AT 7 THIRTY
A.M. CENTRAL TIME.
FOR NOW WE'RE JUST LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE LAUNCHISM.
BACK TO YOU, JENNIFER.
>> THE DRAGON SPACE CRAFT WILL
BE FILLED WITH CRITICAL
MATERIALS TO SUPPORT SCIENCE AND
RESEARCH THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
A NEW INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENT
ADAPTER IS ONE OF SIERRA 18'S
PRIMARY PAY LOADS. THE ADAPTER
WILL PROVIDE A CONNECTING POINT
FOR SPACE CRAFT DESIGNED TO
CARRY ASTRO NOTES FOR NASA'S
COMMERCIAL PROGRAM, AS WELL AS
NON-NASA MISSIONS. THE ADAPTERS
ARE BUILT TO THE INTERNATIONAL
DOCKING SYSTEM STANDARDS, WHICH
MEANS ANY SPACE CRAFT DESIGNED
USING THESE MEASUREMENTS CAN USE
THE ADAPTER.
THE BIOFABRICATION FACILITY IS
DESIGNED TO PRINT ORGAN-LIKE
TISSUES.
ER.
HUMAN ORGANS HAS PROVEN
DIFFICULT TO ACCOMPLISH IN AN
EARTH GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT.
LONG-TERM PLAN TO EVENTUALLY
MANUFACTURE WHOLE HUMAN ORGANS
IN SPACE. ANOTHER KEATING PAY
LOAD IS THE BIOROCK
INVESTIGATION. WITH BIOROCK, WE
HOPE TO GAIN INSIGHTS INTO
MICHROBES GROW IN SPACE. WE ARE
NOW ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES FROM
LAUNCH.
LET'S HEAD BACK OVER TO THE
MISSION CONTROL CENTER TO GET AN
UP TATE FROM DARRYL.
>> WE'RE HERE AT HANGAR WHERE
THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD
WEATHER-WISE.
THEY WEREN'T EARLIER TODAYISM AS
YOU KNOW, WE HAD RAIN THROUGHOUT
THE AREA THAT ROLLED OVER THE
SPACE PORT HERE BUT THE RAIN HAS
STOPPED.
YOU SEE A PATCH OF BLUE SKY IN
THE PREVIOUS ANGLE AND RIGHT
THERE YOU SEE A WHOLE BUNCH OF
BLUE SKY.
THE WEATHER HAS BEEN IMPROVING
AS WE'VE GONE ALONG TODAY.
GOING FROM 70 PERCENT NO-GO TO A
50-FIFTY SHOT OF GOING.
IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE
CONDITIONS FROM SOME OF THESE
CAMERAS, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE
SOME SUN LIGHT SHINING THERE ON
THE ROCKET, WE KNOW OVER HEAD
IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD.
WEATHER OFFICERS ARE CONCERNED
WITH A 10-MILE RADIUS AROUND THE
LAUNCH PAD, AS WELL AS 20-MILES
OUT FROM THE PADMENT THIS WOULD
BE DOWN RANGE WHERE THE ROCKET'S
GOING.
YOU CAN SEE HERE ON OUR WEATHER
RADAR, WHERE SPACE LAUNCH
COMPLEX 40 IS IN REGARDS TOTHIS
MAP.
WE'VE HAD GOOD SIGNS FROM THIS
RIGHT HERE.
YOU SEE THE WEATHER, THE BLUE,
THE GREENIC KIND OF DISSIPATING
AS IT GOES ALONG.
THAT'S SHOWING THE RAIN. THAT'S
GOOD NEWS BECAUSE THEY LIFTED
THAT DETURNED WEATHER RULE
EARLIER TODAY.
AND YOU CAN CERTAINLY SEE WHY.
BUT AS FAR AS THE THICK CLOUDS,
THAT IS SOMETHING THEY ARE STILL
KEEPING AN EYE ON.
NOW, WE JUST HEARD THAT THEY ARE
CHILLING THE ENGINES NOW, AS YOU
GET A BEAUTIFUL PANORAMIC SHOT
OF LANDING ZONE ONE WHERE THE
BOOSTER WILL BE COMING BACK TO
LAND. WE WANT TO TALK A LITTAL
BIT ABOUT THE ROCKET, AND THE
SPACE CRAFT ON THIS PARTICULAR
MISSION. RIGHT THERE IS THE
FIRST TIME THE BOOSTER CAME
BACK, THE ONE THAT'S ON THE PAD
TODAY, AND A BEAUTIFUL LANDING,
STUCK IT RIGHT THERE IN THE
CENTER.
THAT PARTICULAR BOOSTER FLEW ON
CRS-17, CAME BACK DOWN TO LAND
RIGHT HERE IN CAP CUFF NAV RL
AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF A
BEAUTIFUL OCEAN, THE ATLANTIC.
IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL SCENE AS
THE ROCKET ENGINES FIRED TO
BRING IT DOWN TO A VERY
BEAUTIFUL LANDING.
AND THEN THE SPACE CRAFT AT THE
TOP OF THE ROCKET.
YOU CAN SEE A LIVE LOOK AT
LIQUID OXYGEN IS VENTING OFF
FROM THE SIDES.
A CLOSE UP LOOK AT THE SIDES
SHOWS YOU JUST HOW IT'S BEEN IN
SPACE. THE TWO BADGES MARK THE
TWO PREVIOUS MISSIONS THAT THIS
DRAGON HAS FLOWN ON, CRS-13, AND
CRS-6, NO STRANGER TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
BOTH GREATLY SUCCESSFUL
MISSIONS, AND NOW IT IS BACK FOR
A THIRD MISSION, WHICH MARKS A
RECORD FOR SPACE-X.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, JUST
UNDERNEATH THE X, YOU CAN SEE
THE WORD APOLLO, 50TH, AND THAT
WAS A NICE BADGE THAT SPACE-X
PUT ON THERE TO HELP US
COMMEMORATE APOLLO'S FIFTIETH
ANNIVERSARY FOR APOLLO 11, WHICH
WE JUST WRAPPED UP A WEEK OF
ANNIVERSARY EVENTS FOR APOLLO
11, THE RETURN OF NEIL
ARMSTRONG, BUZZ ALDRIN, AND
MICHAEL COLLINS FROM SPACE ON
THAT HISTORIC MISSION TO THE
MOON.
IN FACT, YESTERDAY WOULD MARK 50
YEARS TO THE DAY THAT THEY
RETURNED IN A SPLASH DOWN OUT
THERE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
NOW YOU'LL NOTE THAT TOP TO
BOTTOM YOU SEE WATER VAPOR ON
THE ROCKET, STREAMING OFF THE
SIDE.
AND THEN UP NEAR THE BLACK
PORTION OF THE ROCKET, YOU SEE
IT VENTING SOME OF THAT LIQUID
OXYGEN, AND THAT'S JUST ALLOWED
THAT PRESSURE RELIEF TO GO
THERE, AND THAT ROCKET THERE IS
SO COLD AND THE AIR AROUND IT IS
SO HUMID, THAT'S WHAT CREATE
THAT WATER VAPOR THAT YOU SEE
COMING OFF THE FALCON NINE
ROCKET.
WE'RE HEARING FROM THE LAUNCH
DIRECTOR, HE'S TALKING TO HIS
CREW, AND SO FAR EVERYTHING'S
LOOKING GOOD.
WE PROCEEDED PRETTY GOOD FOR
THIS COUNT, NO MAJOR ISSUES WERE
WORKED DURING THE COUNT. WE'RE
SITTING AT FOUR MINUTES NOW, AND
COUNTING UNTIL LAUNCH, AND
WEATHER IS GO.
THAT'S A GOOD THING.
AS WE LOOK AT THE ROCKET THERE,
YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE WE'VE GOT A
BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKY ABOVE.
YESTERDAY WE HAD SOME ISSUES IF
YOU FOLLOWED THE LAUNCH
YESTERDAY WE HAD 70% NO-GO.
WE GOT RIGHT UP TO30 SECONDS,
AND THEY CALLED IT OFF BECAUSE
THE WEATHER CONSTRAINTS WOULDN'T
ALLOW IT TO GO.
AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT, 12
MINUTES LATER, THE RANGE WENT
GREEN, THE WEATHER WENT GREEN,
SO SIMILAR TO TODAY, IN THAT WE
HAD WEATHER THAT WAS LOOKING A
LITTLE DICEY IN THE EARLY GOING,
BUT THEN JUST STEADILY IMPROVED.
RIGHT, WITH THREE MINUTES AND 21
SECONDS NOW AND SO THINGS ARE
STARTING TO RAMP UP HERE IN
TERMS OF THE COUNT.
THEY'RE SENDING UP SOME WEATHER
BALLOONS TO MAKE SURE THE UPPER
LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE
STILL GOOD TO GO.
USER IN THIS SHOT THEY'RE STILL
WORRIED ABOUT THICK CLOUDS SO
THEY'VE GOT WEATHER BALLOONS
GOING UP TO CHECK THAT.
AND WE'RE JUST NOW HEARING THEY
CLOSED OUT THE LOCKS FOR THE
LIQUID OXYGEN.
>> TRACKING EARLIER TODAY - - .
>> LET'S LISTEN IN - - .
>> EVALUATION OF DRAGON ON THE
TRUNK SECTION, T-MINUS TWO
MINUTES 30 SECONDS ENCOUNTING.
>> SO A GOOD SIGN THERE, FROM
THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR.
JUST ABOUT 60 SECONDS AND
THEY'LL PUT THE FALCON 9 IN
START UP, AS WELL AS THE DRAGON
SPACE CRAFTMENT.
RIGHT ABOUT THE SAME TIME,
THEY'LL COMMAND THE FLIGHT
COMPUTER FOR THE FINAL
PRE-LAUNCH CHECKS.
>> LOCK LOADS CLOSED UP.
[NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
>> SOME BEAUTIFUL VIEWS AROUND
THE CAPE AS WE ALL GO FOR
LAUNCH, IN TERMS OF THE WEATHER
WE'RE NOW LISTENING FOR THE
LAUNCH DIRECTOR, WHETHER THEY
ARE GO FOR LAUNCH FROM HIS TEAM.
AND THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN JUST
ABOUT 45 SECONDS.
YOU SEE THERE ALL THE VENTING
BOTH ON THE ROCKET, AND ON THE
GROUND, LIQUID OXYGEN.
IT'S FUELED UP, READY TO GO.
>> FALCON 9 TO START UP.
>> START UP.
>> RIGHT NOW WE'RE LISTENING FOR
THAT GO FOR LAUNCH.
>> GO FOR LAUNCH.
>> AND THERE IT IS.
THE FINAL SECONDS NOW.
ABOUT 18 SECONDS THEY'RE GOING
TO NEED THE PAD WITH WATER.
>> T-MINUS 30 SECONDS.
>> THAT'S ASANAS LEG.
THAT'S A SOUND SUPPRESSION.
IGNITION IS AT THREE SECONDS.
AND THEN THEY LET IT GO.
>> T-MINUS 15 SECONDS.
>> AND THE FINAL SECOND - - .
>> 8, SEVEN, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
0.
IGNITION.
AND LIFT OFF OF THE FALCON 9
ROCKET AND THE DRAGON SPACE
CRAFT ON THE HEELS OF THE
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO
11'S RETURN FROM THE MOON, WE
SEND MORE SCIENCE AND SUPPLIES
UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
>> FLIGHT OPERATIONS, PROPULSION
NOMINAL.
>> VEHICLE IS PITCHING DOWN
RANGE.
>> LOOKING BEAUTIFUL SO FAR.
>> POWER ON THE TREE NOMINAL.
>> WE'RE APPROACHING MAX Q, THE
PRESSURE ON THE ROCKET.
>> VEHICLE AT SUPER SONIC.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO QUICKLY
THROTTLE BACK.
>> VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING
MAXIMUM AERODYNAMIC PRESSURE.
>> ENGINE CHILL.
>> SO THEY BEGIN CHILLING THE
ENGINE ON THE SECOND STAGE, TO
GET IT READY TO GO.
ABOUTFUL SHOT THERE, LOOKING AT
THE TAIL END OF THE ROCKET.
AND THERE'S THE CAPE GETTING
SMALLER AND SMALLER.
APPROACHING MAIN ENGINE CUT OFF
WITH SEPARATION JUST A LITTLE
BIT, RIGHT AFTER THE ENGINE'S
CUT OFFISM.
AND DOWN THEY GO.
IT GO.
>> THERE IT IS.
PHASE SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
>> THERE GOES THE BOOSTER.
WHICH IS COMING BACK TO LAND
HERE AT THE CAPE.
>> STAGE ONE BOOST BACK START
UP.
>> AND THERE IT IS, GREAT SHOT
OF THAT BOOSTER COMING OFF, AS
IT PERFORMS THE BOOST BACK BURN.
YOU COULD SEE IT CLEAR AS DAY N
THE SUN.
THAT'S THE FIRST OF THREE BURNS,
AS THAT BOOSTER GETS READY TO
COME BACK DOWN.
WHAT A GREAT SHOT.
AND THERE'S THE SECOND STAGE.
INTO SPACE.
>> STAGE ONE BOOST SHUT DOWN.
>> THESE VEHICLES ARE FOLLOWING
NOMINAL - -
BOTH VEHICLES ARE FOLLOWING
NOMINAL TRAJECTORIES.
>> YOU SEE THE GRID BEING
DEPLOYED, HELP STEAR THE BOOSTER
BACK DOWN TO EARTH.
[NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
>> SO YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE
EXHAUST THERE THAT IS STEERING
THAT BOOSTER BACK DOWN.
AND THAT'S FROM INSIDE SECOND
STAGE.
STILL GOT A SHOT OF THAT BOOSTER
COMING DOWN, NOW IT'S VERTICAL.
THAT'S A GREAT SHOT.
AND IT IS FALLING FAST.
>> BOTH VEHICLES CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW NOMINAL TRAJECTORIES.
>> SO SPACEX CONFIRMING THAT
EVERYTHING'S LOOKING GOOD FOR
BOTH THE BOOSTER THAT'S FALLING
BACK, AS WELL AS SECOND STAGE
SPACECRAFT. THEY'RE GETTING
READY TO ENTER ORBIT.
IT'S LADDER TO - -
IT'S HARD TO KEEP A TRACK ON
THAT BOOSTER BECAUSE IT IS
FALLING FAST. THAT'S A GREAT
SHOT, THOUGH.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO
TOSS IT OVER TO SPACEX AND LET
THEM TAKE IT FROM HERE FOR THE
LANDING OF THE FIRST STAGE AS
WELL AS THE REST OF THE MISSION
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, DARRYL.
IN ORDER TO MAKE ITS WAY BACK TA
OUR LANDING ZONE, THE FIRST
STAGE IS GOING TO EXECUTE A
SERIES OF THREE BOONER BURNSISM.
THE FIRST IS A BOOST BACK BURN
MEANT TO SLOW THE ROCKET DOWN
AND/OR YN IT FOR REENTRY.
AS YOU SEE THE GRIP BEING
DEPLOYED AS THE FINS LOCATED
NEAR THE TOP OF THE FIRST STAGE,
DEPLOYED TO HELP GUIDE THE
ROCKET DURING THE SET.
FOLLOWING THE BOOST BACK BURN,
EXECUTES AN ENTRY BURN WHICH IS
COMING UP SHORTLY, TO SLOW IT
DOWN ANY DUST PART OF THE
ATMOSPHERE.
LASTER OF THE LANDING BURN
HAPPENS JUST BEFORE TOUCHDUNE TO
PROVIDE THE BOOSTER THE SOFTNESS
TO LAND.
YOU JUST HEARD THE CALL OUT FOR
THE STAGE ONE ENTRY BURN, THAT
WILL GO FOR ABOUT 10 TO 15
SECONDS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> PHASE ONE ENTERS BURNER SHUT
DOWN.
>> AT THIS POINT BOTH THE BOOST
BACK BURN AND IN3 BACK BURN HAVE
BEEN COMPLETED SO WE'RE JUST
WAITING ON THAT FINAL LANDING
BURN COMING UP IN ABOUT 10 TO 15
SECONDSISM.
LET'S KEEP AN EYE ON THE SCREEN
TO SEE IF WE CAN SEE THAT
ENGINE'S LIGHTS. SHOULD BE
COMING UP IN ABOUT 10 SECONDS.
[NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
>> STAGE ONE ENTRY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> IF YOU HEAR THE LANDING BURN
JUST STARTED, YOU HEARD THE CALL
OUTS WATCH FOR THE LANDING
DEPLOY COMING UP SHORTLY.
>> PHASE TWO NOMINAL GUIDANCE.
>> THE LANDING BOOST DEPLOYED.
AND TOUCHDOWN OF THE FALCON NINE
OUR LANDING ZONE ONE IN CAPE CU
NOVEMBER RLISM.
IF YOU CAN HEAR ME,
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE HERE
AT SpaceX FOR ANOTHER SPECIAL
LANDING, THIS SECONDARY MISSION
IS ANOTHER PART OF OUR
COMMITMENT TO THE VEHICLE'S
REUSABILITY.
THUS MARKS THE 44TH SUCCESSFUL
SPACE FIRST RECOVERY. THAT'S
ANOMIASING SHOT.
NOW BACK TORR PRIMARY MISSION,
CONTINUING WITH OUR SECOND STAGE
ON ITS WAY TO DESIRE ORBIT, - -
THE MERLYN ENGINE AS YOU SEE ON
SCREEN SHORTLY IS PREPARING TO
POWER DOWN AS EXPECTED.
THE SECOND ENGINE CUT OFF IS
COMING UP SHORTLY.
LET'S LISTEN IN FOR THAT.
AT THIS POINT THAT WAS A CALL
OUT OF A GOOD MOSHER ORBIT, UP
NEXT IS DRAGON FROM THE SECOND
STAGISM.
WE WILL GET THE FIRST GLIMPSE
INSIDE ITS TRUNK.
THE DRAGON CARRIES TWO PARTS OF
CARGO, UNPRESSURIZED AND YER AND
UNPRESSURIZED.
AT THIS POINT WE'RE ABOUT TWO
SECONDS OR SO FROM DRAGON
SEPARATION SO LET'S LISTEN IN
FOR THE CALL OUT ON THE NETTISM.
THAT SHOULD BE VERY SOON.
>> DRAGON SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
>> THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL
DEMAUEMENT OF THE DRAGON SPACE
CRAFT WITH DRAGON DEPLOYED THE
NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE WILL BE
DEPLOYMENT OF THE CONTROLLER
ARRAY AS THE DRAGON MAKES ITS
WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
>> THAT'S COMING IN UP IN JUST
ABOUT TWO MINUTES. NOW LET'S
PASS IT OFF TO LEA FOR COVERAGE
OF THE SOLAR RAY DEPLOY.
>> THAT IS SO EXCITING TO SEE
NOT ONLY A LAUNCH, BUT AN
AWESOME RETURN, AND ALSO WE ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SOLAR
ARRAY DEPLOYED THE NEXT PART OF
DRAGON'S MISSION.
THAT OCCURS ABOUT 12 MINUTES
AFTER LAUNCH AND DURING LAUNCH
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
WAS FLYING ABOUT 2 FIFTY FOUR
STATUTE MILES NEAR THE ARABIAN
SEA.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE JUST A
MOMENT AND WAIT FOR THAT CON
FIRMATION OF THE SOLAR ARRAY
DEPLOY.
[NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
>> THIS IS DRAGON CC, ALL
THRUSTERS REPORT READY FOR
FIRING.
[NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
>> THERE'S DRAGON CC ON
COUNTDOWN ONE, DRAGON IS
DEPLOYING ITS SOLAR RAYS.
>> A GREAT SHOT THERE OF DRAGON
BEGINNING ITS SOLAR ARRAY
DEPLOY.
[NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
>> OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT A GREAT
VIEW OF THOSE SOLAR ARRAYS, AND
JUST GOT THE CONFIRMATION OF
SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT, SO SOUNDS
LIKE THEY ARE PROVIDING POWER TO
THE DRAGON OVER ITS TWO-DAY
JOURNEY TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
DRAGON WILL BEGIN FIRING ITS
THRUSTERS TO BRING IT UP TO THE
SAME LEVEL AT THE SPACE STATION,
WHICH IS TRAVELING 17,000 FIVE
HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR.
WHEN IT ARRIVES ON JULY 27, IT
WILL BE THE FIFTH VISITING
VEHICLE ON THE SPACE STATION.
WHEN IT ARRIVES, IT HAS A FEW
CHECKPOINTS THAT IT WILL MEET.
FIRST, IT WILL COME UPON THE
APPROACH OF LIPSODE, AN
INVISIBLE LINE ABOUT A KILOMETER
AROUND.
THAT'S WHEN JOINT QUEST BEGINS.
250-METER HOLD POINT WHERE A
SERIES OF CHECKS WILL BE DONE ON
THE DRAGON, AND THEN KLOSS THE
200 MEATER KEEP OUT SPHERE,
ANOTHER INVISIBLE LINE. IT WILL
MOVE UP TO A THIRTY METER HOLD
POINT AND THE CREWS WILL
CONTINUE TO DO SOME CHECKS ON
THE VEHICLE TO MAKE SURE IT'S
READY FOR CAPTURE. IT WILL BE
ABOUT 10 TO 12-METERS AWAY WHEN
NICK HAGUE TAKES THE CONTROL OF
THE CANADA ARM 2 BACKED UP BY
CHRISTINA COOKE, REACHES OUT AND
GRAPPLES THIS PACE CRAFT.
AS MENTIONED, HE WILL TURN THOSE
CONTROLS OVER TO ROBOTICS
CONTROLLERS ON THE GROUND, WHO
WILL USE THE CANADA ARM TO
MANEUVER DRAGON INTO A BIRTHING
POSITION UP AT THE HARMONY
MODULE ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION. THE CREW WILL
BEGIN TO ACCESS THE CARGO OVER
THE NEXT MONTH, WHILE DRAGON
REMAINS ATTACHED, BEFORE
RELOADING IT WITH SUPPLIES,
SCIENCE THAT'S BEEN CONDUCTED ON
THE SPACE STATION, AND SENDING
IT BACK FOR A SPACE SPLASH DOWN.
BUT FIRST, WE'RE JUSTER LOOKING
FORWARD TO DRAGON ARRIVAL.
SO AFTER THAT SUCCESSFUL SOLAR
ARRAY DEPLOY, AND NOW YOU KNOW
WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT, YOU CAN
JOIN US FOR THE LIVE COVERAGE ON
SATURDAY MORNING AT SEVEN THIRTY
A.M. CENTRAL TIME. WITH ALL OF
THAT, THANK YOU, JENNIFER, AND
BACK TO YOU AT KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER.
>> , THANKS, HE UH. JOIN US
NOW, SpaceX'S VIRGIL - -
CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT HOW LAUNCH WENT TONIGHT
SNUB BE MY PLEASURE, JENNIFER.
WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH AT
SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX 40 TODAY
AND ALSO A RELANDING AT LANDING
ZONE ONE.
THIS WAS OUR SEVENTH MISSION
TOLAUNCH A FLIGHT-PROVEN DRAGON
TO THE SPACE STATIONISM.
I CAN CONFIRM DRAGON IS IN GOOD
ORBIT, THE SOLAR ARRAYS DEPLOYED
ON TIME, AND THE GNC BAY DOOR
OPENING SHOULD BE UNDER WAY
SHORTLY.
DRAGON IS ON ITS WAY TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON
TRACK FOR CAPTURE ON SATURDAY
MORNING AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00
A.M. EASTERN DAY LIGHT TIME.
AFTER BIRTHING, THE ASTRONAUTS
TEABOARD THE I, S, UNLOAD THOSE
5,500-POUNDS OF CLUE SUPPLY AND
PAY LOADS AND DRAGON WILL RETURN
TO EARTH.
ALL AROUND IT'S BEEN A
SUCCESSFUL MISSION SO FAR, AND
WITH THAT I WANT TO THANK YOU,
NASA, THE AIR FORCE, THE FAA,
AND ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS FOR
THEIR SUPPORT, AND HARD WORK TO
INSURE TODAY'S LAUNCH WAS A
SUCCESS.
BACK TO YOU, JENNIFER.
>> THANKS, VIRGIL. ALONG WITH
ALL THE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
FOR THE ASTRONAUTS ABOARD THE
SPACE STATION, THERE'S ALSO A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SCIENCE.
HERE'S A LOOK AT THOSE
INVESTIGATIONS.
>> DRAGON IS ON ITS WAY TO THE
SPACE STATION WITH PLENTY OF
SCIENCE ON BOARD FOR EX PU DIGGS
60 AND BEYOND. THERE'S ALSO
SOMETHING TRAVELING IN DRAGON'S
TRUNK. LET'S GO TO NASO'S LAURA
AGUILAR WHO CAN EXPLAIN THIS
CARGO.
>> THANK YOU.
NASA HAS BEEN SETTING THE
STANDARD FOR SPACE EXPLORATION,
AND JOINING ME NOW IS JASON
AUGUST, A PROJECT MANAGER
OFFENSE UH DOCKING SYSTEMSISM.
TELL S WHAT'S IN DRAGON'S TRUNK?
>> WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE
INTERNATIONAL DOCKING CAPTOR OR
ITA, THIS IS ITA-3 THAT WE'LL BE
FLYING.
WE'VE PREVIOUSLY FLOWN A DOCKING
ADAPTER TO THE SPACE STATION,
IDA2, AND THIS PARTICULAR
DOCKING ADAPTER WILL BE
INSTALLED ON TOP OF NODE TWO, IN
THE NODE TWO ZENITH LOCATION.
>> WHEN DRAGON GETS TO THE SPACE
STATION, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
>> WELL, DRAGON WILL BE BIRTHING
TO THE BOTTOM OF NODE TWO AT THE
NODE TWO NADER LOCATION.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THE SSR OR
THE ROBOTIC ARM WITH THE SPDM OR
SPECIAL PURPOSE DEXTERO SEXER
MUN P I'MER WILL GRAPPLE THE
ITA, AND EXTRACT THAT FROM THE
TRUNK.
IT WILL MANEUVER TO A POSITION
WHERE IT CAN THREAD THE NODAL
BETWEEN THE GEM MODULE AND THE
PMM, AND GO ALL THE WAY TO THE
TOP OF THE SPACE STATION AT NODE
2 ZENITH LOCATION AND THEN IT
WILL INTERFACE THE IDA WITH THE
PRESSURIZED MATING ADAPTER,
PMPMA THREE.
>> OKAY, SO, UM, WHY DO WE HAVE
TWO ADAPTERS?
>> WE NEED TWO ADAPTERS BECAUSE
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE THAN
ONE DOCKED VISITING VEHICLE AT
THE SPACE STATION AT ANY GIVEN
TIME. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO
COMMERCIAL PROVIDERS THAT WILL
BE CARRYING CREW TO AND FROM THE
STATION, SpaceX AND BOWING,
AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE FUTURE
CARGO MISSIONS THAT WILL DOCK TO
THE SPACE STATION AS WELL.
WITH ALL OF THAT TRAFFIC, WE
CAN'T HANDLE THAT WITH JUST ONE
PORT SO WE NEED TWO DOCKING
POINTS.
>> JASON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE SOMETHING
TO LOOK FORWARD TO ON THIS
MISSION. BACK TO YOU.
>> THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION US NATIONAL LABORATORY
IS SPONSORING MORE THAN 50
EXPERIMENTS THAT JUST LAUNCHED
TODAY.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT
RESEARCH.
>> INVESTIGATIONS SPONSORED BY
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
U.S. NATIONAL LABORATORY OR ARE
PRIMED FOR LAUNCH ON THE MISSION
ORBITING LABORATORY.
THIS LAUNCH IS PACKED WITH
RESEARCH, WE MEAN IT. THIS
LAUNCH HAS MORE PAY LOADS WE
HAVE EVER SEPTUM ON A SINGLE
MISSION.
PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES,
ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS, STEM
PROJECTS, LIFE IN PHYSICAL
SCIENCES, ALL ON THIS MISSION.
LET'S GET AN IDEA ABOUT SOME OF
THE PAY LOADS LAUNCHING ON
SpaceX, CRS-18.
THE GOOD YEAR TEAR AND RUBBER
COMPANY IS SENDING WHAT THEY
HOPE IS THE FIRST OF MANY
INVESTIGATIONS TO THE ISS
NATIONAL LAB.
THIS INITIAL EXPERIMENT WILL
EVALUATE THE FORMATION OF SILIK,
CA PARTICLES IN MICROGRAVITY.
SILICA AND RUBBER ARE MATERIALS
THAT DON'T EASILY BOND.
CAN THE MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT
OF THE SPACE STATION ALLOW
GOODYEAR TO FIND SILICA MORPHING
THAT COULDN'T HAPPEN ON EARTH?
THE SPACE STATION IS AN
EVER-EVOLVING RESEARCH PLATFORM
AND NASA AND THE ISS SPONSORING
NEW FACILITIES ON THE ORBITING
LABORATORY TO INCREASE THE
CAPACITY FOR INNOVATIVE
RESEARCH.
THIS LAUNCH, AMERICA'S FIRST
AUTOMATED BIOPRINTER FOR USE IN
SPACE, WILL MAKE ITS WAY TO THE
STATION.
DEVELOPED BY TECH SHOT, THIS
BIOPRINTER WILL INITIALLY SEEK
TO PRINT CARDIAC-LIKE TISSUE.
THE PRINTED TISSUES WILL REMAIN
ON STATION UNTIL THEY'RE STRONG
ENOUGH TO RETURN AND BABBLIZED
ON EARTH.
WHILE THE ABILITY TO MANUFACTURE
HUMAN ORGANS IS MANY YEARS AWAY,
THIS COULD LEAD TO UNIQUE
METHODS OF DEVELOPMENT MOTORIALS
FOR PATIENT CARE ON EARTHISM.
>> PART OF THE ROLE OF THE ISS
NATIONAL LAB IS TO INSPIRE AND
EDUCATE THE NEXT GENERATIONISM.
WHAT BETTER WAY TO DO THAT THAN
BY FORMING FUN AND EXCITING
COLLABORATIONS WITH UNIQUE
PARTNERS?
NOT MANY YOUNG STUDENTS
UNDERSTAND THE TERM - -
JUST ABOUT EVERY YOUNGSTER
FAMILIAR WITH NICKELODEON AND
ITS ICONIC SLOT.
ON THIS MISSION, NICKELODEON'S
IN SPACE WILL MAKE US WAY TO
EDUCATE STUDENTS ON THE BASIC
CONTENTS OF FLUID FLOW AND
MICROGRAVITY COMPARED WITH
NORMAL GRAVITY CONDITIONS ON
EARTH.
SO THERE YOU HAVE IT.
ADVANCED MU ORIELS, INDUSTRIAL
BIOMEDICINE, EDUCATION PAY
LOADS, NEW FACILITIES, AND
REPEAT FLIGHT PARTNERS. THIS
REPRESENTS THE DEMAND IT
CONTINUES TO BUILD AS MORE
COMPANIES RECOGNIZE THE UNIQUE
POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED R AND D
IN MICROGRAVITY.
TO LEARN MORE, AND HOW TO BECOME
PART OF THE SPACE STATION
RESEARCH COMMUNITY, VISIT IHS
NATIONAL LAB DOT ORG.
>> JOINING MENO IS PATRICK
O'NEIL AT THE NATIONAL LAB.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME.
>> YOU SHARED SOME INFORMATION
ABOUT THE LAB IN THE VIDEO, CAN
YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THE RESEARCH?
>> I'M NOT SURE IF I COULD DO AS
GOOD A JOB AS THE GUY IN THE
VIDEO RIGHT NOW.
IT'S ALWAYS AWESOME TO SEE A
ROCKET GO UP AND TO KNOW THERE'S
AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF SCIENCE
EQUALLY GOING UP ON THAT
VEHICLE.
SO ABOUT THE RESEARCH THAT'S
GOING UP AND SPONSORED BY THE
NATIONAL LABORATORY, WE JUST SAW
THAT VIDEO WHERE WE FOCUSED ON A
COUPLE OF PAY LOADS, ONE OF THEM
FROM GOOD YEAR, ONE OF THEM FROM
TECH SHOT SENDING A BIOPRINTER
UP, AND ONE OF THEM FROM
NICKELODEON DOING A SERIES OF
STEM DEMONSTRATIONS.
ALL OF THAT'S TERRIFIC, BUT SOME
OF THE OTHER INVESTIGATIONS, AS
I MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO, WE'RE
SENDING MORE PAYLOADS ON THIS
LAUNCH THAN WE HAVE EVER SENT
FOR A NATIONAL LAB MISSION TO
THE SPACE STATION, SO THAT'S
EXCITING IN AND OF ITSELF.
I THINK IT'S EQUALLY EXCITING
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF
COMPANIES INVOLVED.
WE HAVE 17 SEPARATE
INVESTIGATIONS, OR PAY LOADS I
SHOULD SAY, THAT ARE PRIVATE
SECTOR RELATED.
THAT SHOWS THAT THERE IS A
CONTINUOUS DEMAND FOR COMMERCIAL
RESEARCHERSER PRIVATE SECTOR
UTILIZATION OF A SPACE STATION.
ON TOP OF THAT, THE TYPES OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE USING IT.
BIG PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES.
ASTRO ZENICA FOR INSTANCE, THAW
THIS IS THEIR SECOND MISSION TO
THE SPACE STATION, WHICH IS
SOMETHING THAT IS ALSO AN
EXCITING TRENDISM.
IT'S NOT JUST HAVING ONE
EXPERIMENT, BUT THE FACT
COMPANIES ARE DOING MULTIPLE
INVESTIGATIONS AND ITERATING ON
THE SCIENCE THEY'RE DOING, IT
DEMONSTRATES THEY SEE THE VALUE
OF LEVERAGING THIS ORBITING
PLATFORM.
WE ALSO HAVE OTHER SMALLER
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES THAT
ARE LOOKING TO USE THE SPACE
STATION AS A WAY OF ENHANCING
THEIR BUSINESS MODELS.
BUT THEN OUTSIDE OF SOME OF
THESE COMMERCIAL COMPANIES WE
HAVE NON-PROFIT ENTITIES.
SO WE HAVE THE NATIONAL STEM
CELL FOUNDATION, WHICH IS
LOOKING AT AN INVESTIGATION
DEDICATED TOWARDS PARKINSON'S
DISEASE AND MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.
WE HAVE 40 SEPARATE MICE GOING
UP ON THIS MISSION THAT ARE
GOING TO HELP US BETTER
UNDERSTAND AGING CHARACTERISTICS
SO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE OUR LIVES
AS WE CONTINUE TO AGE GRACEFULLY
HERE ON EARTH.
THAT JUST KIND OF A BASIC SNAP
SHOT.
AND THEN ALSO WE DID TALK ABOUT
NICKELODEON. THERE'S MORE THAN
40 STUDENT EXPERIMENTS IN TOTAL
GOING UP ON THIS MISSION. SO
IT'S JUST JUST FOR BIG
COMPANIES, IT'S NOT FOR MALL
COMPANIES, IT'S NOT JUST FOR
NON-PROFITS, BUT IT'S ALSO FOR
USING THE SPACE STATION AS A WAY
OF ENHANCING AND EXCITING THE
NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS
AND ENGINEERS.
>> THAT'S LEGAL FASCINATING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO TELL
US ALL ABOUT THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO
NASA'S DARRYL WHO HAS A SPECIAL
GUEST.
DARRYL?
>> THANKS, JEN, THAT'S RIGHT
WE'RE HERE WITH BILL, THE DEPUTY
MANAGER OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION TRANSPORTATION
INTEGRATION OFFICE AT NASA.
BILL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE A BEAUTY FROM
WHERE WE WERE WATCHING.
YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY WATCHING IN A
VERY OFFICIAL CAPACITY, WHAT'S
THE OFFICIAL WORD FROM YOU?
>> IT WAS A GREAT LAUNCH. WE
WERE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE
WEATHER CLEAR OUT THE WAY IT
DID.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT TOUCH AND GO
AFTER YESTERDAY AND CONTINUING
TO WATCH THE FORECAST AS WE
WENT, BUT THE CLOUDS CLEARED
OUT, AND WE GOT TO SEE A GREAT
LOVER.
>> YEAH, IT WAS 70% NO-GO
YESTERDAY.
GOT ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 624
LAUNCH POINT AND HAD THE WEATHER
DEMAYS SO COULDN'T COO IT, BUT
12 MINUTES LATER IT CLEARED.
>> YES.
>> IT COULD HAVE LAUNCHED.
TODAY, SAME SET UP, 70%, THEN
THE WEATHER STARTED TO CLEAR
JUST IN TIME ABOUT AN HOUR ALL
THOSE WEATHER CONSTRAINTS LIFTED
AND IT HIT RIGHT ON TIME AT 601,
RIGHT WHEN YOU NODE IT TO.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S AN INSTANTANEOUS LAUNCH WEB
SO TO GET TO ISS FOR THIS, SO
THEY HAVE TO GET THAT TIME
FRAME.
THAT'S WHY WE COULDN'T GO
YESTERDAY, EVEN THOUGH IT
CLEARED OUT SO QUICKLY
AFTERWARDS YOU CAUGHT UH GO
RIGHT ON TIME TO CATCH UP WITH
THE SPACE STATION THE WAY YOU
NEED TO.
>> DID YOU WATCH THE LAUNCH LIVE
OUTSIDE?
>> WE WERE OVER AT THE SpaceX
LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER AND WE
WERE WATCHING, WE RAN OUTSIDE TO
GO WATCH IT BECAUSE YOU GOTTA
TAKE A LOOK AT IT OUTSIDE.
YOU DON'T REALLY GET THE EFFECT
WHEN YOU'RE IN THE BUILDING
WATCHING ON THE MONITORS.
>> IT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL
LAUNCH ALL THE WEATHER OFFICERS
FROM START TO FINISH.
IT.
>> IT'S IMPRESSIVE EVERY TIME
YOU SEE IT.
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THIS ONE
LAND SUCCESSFULLY, BECAUSE WE
FLEW THIS BOOSTER ON OUR
PREVIOUS MISSION, AND THIS IS
ONE THAT WE'VE USED BEFORE AND
PROBABLY USE AGAIN.
>> THE DRAGON FLYING FOR THE
THIRD TIME NOW TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
5,000-POUNDS OF SUPPLIES AND
SCIENCE THAT ALL GOING UP?
>> YOU KNOW, THERE'S DOZENS OF
NEW INVESTIGATIONS GOISH UP ON
THIS FLIGHT, I CAN'T WAIT FOR IT
TO GET UP THERE, AND FOR THEM TO
GET STARTED ON IT.
A COUPLE OF REALLY INTERESTING
ONES THAT CAUGHT MY EYE, THEY'RE
LOOKING AT A SPACE MOSS
EXPERIMENT, LOOKING AT GROWING
MOSS IN SPACE, AND SEEING HOW IT
DEVELOPS DIFFERENTLY THAN IT
DOES ON EARTH.
THAT HAS APPLICATIONS AS YOU'RE
LOOKING FOR GROWING PLANTS AND
HOW THINGS GO.
ANOTHER ONE THAT CAUGHT MY EYE,
ANOTHER ONE FOR TOUGHERREST RL
USE, GOOD YEAR TIRE HAS AN
INVESTIGATION LOOKING AT SILICA
FILLERS THAT CAN IMPROVE TIRE
PERFORMANCE, IMPROVE GAS
MILEAGE, AND EFFICIENCY FOR OUR
VEHICLES.
>> WITH SPACE STATION ON
SATURDAY?
>> SATURDAY MORNING, YES.
THEY'LL UNLOAD EVERYTHING INTO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
UM, YOUR THAT'S GOING TO 4 - - .
>> YOU DON'T REMEMBER THOUGHTS
FOE GOING FORWARD, AN
INTERNATIONAL DOCKING ADAPTER
ALSO GOING UP, BIRTHING NOW WITH
THE CURRENT DOCKING ADAPTER.
IT'S THE SAME ADAPTER BUT NOW
YOU'LL HAVE TWO PLACES WHERE THE
CARGO SPACE CRAFT CAN DOCK?
>> THIS VEHICLE GOES TO THE
BOTTOM PORT, THE NADER PORT OF
THE HARMONY NODE, WHICH IS A
BIRTHING MECHANISM EN THIS CASE
OF THIS VEHICLE.
THE DOCKING MECHANISM WE'RE
BRINGING UP WILL GO ON THE TOP.
AND MATCHES THE ONE THAT WE HAVE
ON THE FORWARD OF THE SPACE
STATION THAT WE DOCKED THE
SpaceX DEMO ONE MISSION TO.
AND SO THIS WILL ENABLE US TO
NOW HAVE TWO DOCKED VEHICLES TO
THE U.S. SIDE OF THE STATION AT
THE SAME TIME, ALLOWING US TO DO
CLUE HAND OVERS MORE
EFFICIENTLY, AND ALLOWING THEM
TO TALK TO EACH OTHER AS THEY'RE
EXCHANGING THINGS THAT ARE GOING
ON FOR ONE CREW THAT'S GOING UP,
AND ANOTHER CREW THAT'S LEAVING
TO HELP REALLY FAMILIARIZE THEM
WITH THE VEHICLE AND EVERYTHING
THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CURRENT
STATUS LIVE FACE TO FACE.
>> HOW ARE YOU FEELING AFTER
THIS LAUNCH?
>> IT FEELS GREAT.
IT FEELS REALLY GOOD.
THIS IS THE 18TH ONE FOR
SpaceX UNDER THE CRS CONTRACT.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE UNDER CRS-1,
THEN IT'S ON TO OUR CRS-2
MISSIONS.
WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO GETTING IT
GOING.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> POLICE ATE IT.
>> NO PROBLEM.
>> THAT'S FOING TO WRAP IT UP
FOR US HERE AT HANGAR AE, WE'LL
TOSS IT BACK TO JEN.
>> THANKS, DARRYL.
THAT'S GOING TO WRAP UP OUR
COVERAGE. FOR MORE INFORMATION
VISIT NASA DOT GOV/STATION.
FOR EVERYONE HERE, THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL
LAUNCH AND LANDING OF SpaceX'S
FALCON 9 ROCKET.
WE LEAVE YOU NOW WITH ANOTHER
LOOK AT TODAY'S LAUNCH.
HAVEHAVE A GREAT DAY, EVERYONE.
>> T-MINUS 15 SECONDS.
>> FINAL SECONDS NOW.
>> 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.
IGNITION.
AND LIFT OFF OF THE FALCON 9
ROCKET AND THE DRAGON SPACE
CRAFT ON THE HEELS OF THE
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO
11'S RETURN TO THE MOON, WE SEND
MORE SCIENCE AND SUPPLIES UP TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> PROPULSIONS NOMINAL.
VEHICLE IS PITCHING DOWN RANGE.
>> BEAUTIFUL SO FAR.
GREAT SHOT.
WOW.