1 00:00:39,155 --> 00:00:47,430 [♪♪♪] 2 00:00:47,430 --> 00:00:50,567 >> AND YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT A 3 00:00:50,567 --> 00:00:58,541 ROCKET ON THE CAPE CANAVERAL 4 00:00:58,541 --> 00:01:00,043 ROCKET. 5 00:01:00,043 --> 00:01:01,544 GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME, 6 00:01:01,544 --> 00:01:03,179 EVERYONE, TO NASA'S KENNEDY 7 00:01:03,179 --> 00:01:04,848 SPACE CENTER FOR THE COVERAGE OF 8 00:01:04,848 --> 00:01:08,551 THE LAUNCH OF THE 19th RESUPPLY 9 00:01:08,551 --> 00:01:09,853 MISSION FOR SPACEX. 10 00:01:09,853 --> 00:01:16,259 I AM YOUR HOST, JENNIFER 11 00:01:16,259 --> 00:01:16,626 WOLFINGER. 12 00:01:16,626 --> 00:01:17,927 THE MISSION? 13 00:01:17,927 --> 00:01:19,763 TO BRING MUCH NEEDED SUPPLIES UP 14 00:01:19,763 --> 00:01:22,499 TO THE ASTRONAUTS AT THE 15 00:01:22,499 --> 00:01:23,633 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 16 00:01:23,633 --> 00:01:27,537 AND WE HAVE A TEAM OF EXPERTS 17 00:01:27,537 --> 00:01:29,005 ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO HELP 18 00:01:29,005 --> 00:01:31,040 US COVER THE LAUNCH. 19 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:32,609 WE'LL HEAD WEST TO SPACEX 20 00:01:32,609 --> 00:01:34,444 HEADQUARTERS IN HAWTHORNE, 21 00:01:34,444 --> 00:01:36,079 CALIFORNIA, AND CHECK IN AT 22 00:01:36,079 --> 00:01:38,681 MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON AT 23 00:01:38,681 --> 00:01:39,649 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. 24 00:01:39,649 --> 00:01:42,085 BUT FIRST, HERE'S SOME QUICK 25 00:01:42,085 --> 00:01:44,053 FACTS ABOUT TODAY'S LAUNCH. 26 00:01:44,053 --> 00:01:53,062 SPACEX TRANSPORTED THE FALCON 9 27 00:01:53,062 --> 00:01:53,797 LAUNCH FOR THE 19th RESUPPLY 28 00:01:53,797 --> 00:01:56,699 MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL 29 00:01:56,699 --> 00:01:57,133 SPACE STATION. 30 00:01:57,133 --> 00:01:58,568 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS 31 00:01:58,568 --> 00:02:01,938 FALCON BOOSTER HAS BEEN FLOWN. 32 00:02:01,938 --> 00:02:03,940 DRAGON WILL DELIVER MORE THAN 33 00:02:03,940 --> 00:02:10,280 9,000 POUNDS OF SUPPLIES AND PAY 34 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:11,748 LOUDS ON THE LAUNCH TODAY. 35 00:02:11,748 --> 00:02:13,149 SPACEX MUST LAUNCH AT THE EXACT 36 00:02:13,149 --> 00:02:15,084 SECOND OF THE LIFTOFF OR PLAN 37 00:02:15,084 --> 00:02:16,219 FOR ANOTHER DAY. 38 00:02:16,219 --> 00:02:20,356 THE PLAN IS TO KEEP THE DRAGON 39 00:02:20,356 --> 00:02:22,225 DOCKED AT THE SPACE STATION FOR 40 00:02:22,225 --> 00:02:26,896 ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE BRINGING IT 41 00:02:26,896 --> 00:02:27,997 BACK TO EARTH. 42 00:02:27,997 --> 00:02:33,002 DRAGON WILL CARRY THE CONFINED 43 00:02:33,002 --> 00:02:33,970 COMBUSTION INVESTIGATION WHICH 44 00:02:33,970 --> 00:02:37,307 STUDIES THE FLAME AS IT SPREADS 45 00:02:37,307 --> 00:02:39,676 TO DIFFERENT SPACES IN 46 00:02:39,676 --> 00:02:40,109 MICROGRAVITY. 47 00:02:40,109 --> 00:02:42,111 UNDERSTANDING HOW FIRE BEHAVES 48 00:02:42,111 --> 00:02:44,047 IN SPACE IS CRUCIAL FOR 49 00:02:44,047 --> 00:02:45,081 UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROLLING 50 00:02:45,081 --> 00:02:46,249 FIRE HERE ON EARTH. 51 00:02:46,249 --> 00:02:53,590 ANOTHER EXCITING PAY LOAD IS THE 52 00:02:53,590 --> 00:02:56,693 HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SUITE, 53 00:02:56,693 --> 00:03:04,500 DEVELOPED BY THE JAPANESE 54 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:04,901 GOVERNMENT. 55 00:03:04,901 --> 00:03:08,905 THE MIGHTY MICE IN SPACE, OR 56 00:03:08,905 --> 00:03:11,841 RODENT RESEARCH 19 INVESTIGATION 57 00:03:11,841 --> 00:03:15,078 WILL RESEARCH MUSCLE DEGRADATION 58 00:03:15,078 --> 00:03:17,447 TO INVESTIGATE SKELETAL AND BONE 59 00:03:17,447 --> 00:03:18,481 LOSS DURING SPACE FLIGHT AND THE 60 00:03:18,481 --> 00:03:19,482 RETURN TO EARTH. 61 00:03:19,482 --> 00:03:20,683 THIS COULD ALSO SUPPORT THE 62 00:03:20,683 --> 00:03:22,652 DEVELOPMENT OF THERAPIES FOR A 63 00:03:22,652 --> 00:03:24,120 WIDE RANGE OF CONDITION THAT 64 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:25,188 CAUSE MUSCLE AND BONE LOSS. 65 00:03:25,188 --> 00:03:27,857 LATER IN THE SHOW, WE'LL BE 66 00:03:27,857 --> 00:03:31,527 JOINED BY A STATION'S NATIONAL 67 00:03:31,527 --> 00:03:35,431 LAB EXPERT WHO WILL SHARE MORE 68 00:03:35,431 --> 00:03:36,699 DETAILS ABOUT THE EXPERIMENTS 69 00:03:36,699 --> 00:03:39,168 THAT ARE TAKING PLACE ON THE 70 00:03:39,168 --> 00:03:39,502 STATION. 71 00:03:39,502 --> 00:03:41,471 NOW LET'S BRING IN JOSHUA MOOR 72 00:03:41,471 --> 00:03:51,180 WHO IS JUST A FEW MILES OUT FROM 73 00:03:51,180 --> 00:03:51,681 THE LAUNCH PAD. 74 00:03:51,681 --> 00:03:57,954 >> HEY, THIS IS JOSHUA MOOR FROM 75 00:03:57,954 --> 00:03:58,955 THE SPACE COAST. 76 00:03:58,955 --> 00:04:00,023 WE'RE BACK HERE TODAY. 77 00:04:00,023 --> 00:04:01,791 THE WEATHER'S LOOKING GREAT. 78 00:04:01,791 --> 00:04:05,828 WE HAVE ACTUALLY -- WE JUST GOT 79 00:04:05,828 --> 00:04:07,430 A RECENT UPDATE THAT THE 80 00:04:07,430 --> 00:04:09,465 VIOLATION IS DOWN TO 10%. 81 00:04:09,465 --> 00:04:10,800 THE WEATHER EVEN IMPROVING 82 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:11,401 TODAY. 83 00:04:11,401 --> 00:04:12,936 WE'VE GOT NICE SKIES OUT THERE. 84 00:04:12,936 --> 00:04:14,137 THERE ARE SOME CLOUDS THAT ARE 85 00:04:14,137 --> 00:04:17,173 COMING THROUGH THE GENERAL AREA, 86 00:04:17,173 --> 00:04:19,442 BUT ULTIMATELY, WE'RE HEARING 87 00:04:19,442 --> 00:04:21,644 THAT THOSE AREN'T GOING TO COME 88 00:04:21,644 --> 00:04:28,551 UNTIL AFTER OUR LAUNCH TODAY. 89 00:04:28,551 --> 00:04:29,919 WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE 90 00:04:29,919 --> 00:04:31,321 TECHNICAL SIDE, AS WELL, AND IT 91 00:04:31,321 --> 00:04:34,657 HAS BEEN A REALLY QUIET MORNING 92 00:04:34,657 --> 00:04:35,358 FOR THE COUNT DOWN, AS WELL. 93 00:04:35,358 --> 00:04:40,663 THAT'S GOOD NEWS. 94 00:04:40,663 --> 00:04:44,767 THERE HAVE BEEN NO ISSUES. 95 00:04:44,767 --> 00:04:50,106 OUR INSTANTANEOUS WINDOW IS SET 96 00:04:50,106 --> 00:04:53,042 AT 12:29:24. 97 00:04:53,042 --> 00:04:56,145 THAT'S THE WINDOW WE'RE LOOKING 98 00:04:56,145 --> 00:04:58,982 AT LAUNCHING TODAY. 99 00:04:58,982 --> 00:05:01,284 THIS CAR GO DRAGON WAS 100 00:05:01,284 --> 00:05:02,318 ORIGINALLY FLOWN IN 2014. 101 00:05:02,318 --> 00:05:04,120 YOU CAN SEE HERE A BEAUTIFUL 102 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:05,888 NIGHT LAUNCH LIGHTING UP THE SKY 103 00:05:05,888 --> 00:05:07,457 AND DELIVERING RESEARCH AND 104 00:05:07,457 --> 00:05:08,658 CARGO BACK IN 2014. 105 00:05:08,658 --> 00:05:14,597 AND THEN, ACTUALLY, THE FIRST 106 00:05:14,597 --> 00:05:19,836 CARGO DRAGON TO BE USED IN 107 00:05:19,836 --> 00:05:22,038 ANOTHER MISSION, SO A VERY 108 00:05:22,038 --> 00:05:22,939 EXCITING ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR 109 00:05:22,939 --> 00:05:26,509 THEM, AND THIS, ANOTHER EXCITING 110 00:05:26,509 --> 00:05:29,245 ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THEM, WITH 111 00:05:29,245 --> 00:05:33,282 THIS CARGO DRAGON FLYING FOR 112 00:05:33,282 --> 00:05:35,418 THEM. 113 00:05:35,418 --> 00:05:36,219 IT'S AMAZING, SO EXCITING TO 114 00:05:36,219 --> 00:05:36,919 HAVE THAT. 115 00:05:36,919 --> 00:05:37,787 ANOTHER GROUND BREAKING 116 00:05:37,787 --> 00:05:40,490 ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE C.R.S. 117 00:05:40,490 --> 00:05:41,457 PROGRAM AND JUST THE LIFE OF THE 118 00:05:41,457 --> 00:05:42,458 SPACE STATION. 119 00:05:42,458 --> 00:05:44,360 SO JENNIFER, WE ARE UNDERWAY 120 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,030 WITH FUELLING, AGAIN, TARGETING 121 00:05:47,030 --> 00:05:48,531 THE INSTANTANEOUS WINDOW, SO FOR 122 00:05:48,531 --> 00:05:50,700 US HERE, NOW WE'RE GOING TO SEND 123 00:05:50,700 --> 00:05:53,102 IT BACK OVER TO YOU AND WE'LL 124 00:05:53,102 --> 00:05:55,638 TOUCH BACK WITH YOU IN A FEW 125 00:05:55,638 --> 00:05:56,005 MINUTES. 126 00:05:56,005 --> 00:05:57,006 >> THANK YOU, JOSHUA. 127 00:05:57,006 --> 00:06:00,176 RIGHT NOW, HERE AT T-29 MINUTES 128 00:06:00,176 --> 00:06:03,613 AND COUNTING. 129 00:06:03,613 --> 00:06:11,721 LET'S GO OUT TO HAWTHORNE, 130 00:06:11,721 --> 00:06:13,022 CALIFORNIA, WHERE THE DRAGON IS 131 00:06:13,022 --> 00:06:14,090 CONTROLLED AND BUILT. 132 00:06:14,090 --> 00:06:16,192 >> THIS MISSION MARKS SPACEX'S 133 00:06:16,192 --> 00:06:19,195 12th LAUNCH OF 2019, AND TODAY, 134 00:06:19,195 --> 00:06:25,134 WE'RE GOING TO BE LAUNCHING THIS 135 00:06:25,134 --> 00:06:25,535 SPACECRAFT. 136 00:06:25,535 --> 00:06:31,474 AS JOSHUA MENTIONED, WE'VE 137 00:06:31,474 --> 00:06:33,342 LAUNCHED THIS VEHICLE TWICE 138 00:06:33,342 --> 00:06:34,210 BEFORE. 139 00:06:34,210 --> 00:06:35,745 WHILE THIS DRAGON HAS FLOWN 140 00:06:35,745 --> 00:06:38,514 BEFORE, THE BOOSTER THAT WE'RE 141 00:06:38,514 --> 00:06:40,249 FLYING TODAY IS ACTUALLY 142 00:06:40,249 --> 00:06:41,451 BRAND-NEW. 143 00:06:41,451 --> 00:06:43,986 WE'LL BE LANDING OUR FIRST PHASE 144 00:06:43,986 --> 00:06:46,856 OUT IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN SO IT 145 00:06:46,856 --> 00:06:48,357 CAN BE FLOWN ON FUTURE MISSIONS. 146 00:06:48,357 --> 00:06:50,226 THE VEHICLE HARDWARE IS BUILT TO 147 00:06:50,226 --> 00:06:52,995 SUPPORT MULTIPLE MISSIONS WITH 148 00:06:52,995 --> 00:06:56,132 MINIMAL REFURBISHMENT IN 149 00:06:56,132 --> 00:06:56,833 BETWEEN. 150 00:06:56,833 --> 00:07:00,103 OUR DRAGON SPACECRAFT HAS BEEN 151 00:07:00,103 --> 00:07:01,671 FLYING FOR ALMOST NINE YEARS 152 00:07:01,671 --> 00:07:08,845 NOW, AND IT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT 153 00:07:08,845 --> 00:07:11,881 CAN DELIVER SPECIFIC CARGO FROM 154 00:07:11,881 --> 00:07:12,348 IT. 155 00:07:12,348 --> 00:07:14,717 SPACEX BECAME THE FIRST PRIVATE 156 00:07:14,717 --> 00:07:16,385 COMPANY TO SEND A SPACE VEHICLE 157 00:07:16,385 --> 00:07:18,754 INTO ORBIT AND RETURN IT TO 158 00:07:18,754 --> 00:07:19,088 EARTH. 159 00:07:19,088 --> 00:07:26,329 JUST TWO YEARS LATER, DRAGON 160 00:07:26,329 --> 00:07:28,531 BECAME THE FIRST VEHICLE TO GO 161 00:07:28,531 --> 00:07:30,333 TO THE SPACEX. 162 00:07:30,333 --> 00:07:31,901 TODAY'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT 163 00:07:31,901 --> 00:07:35,338 THE 20th TRIP TO THE 164 00:07:35,338 --> 00:07:36,105 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, AND 165 00:07:36,105 --> 00:07:36,839 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A 166 00:07:36,839 --> 00:07:37,840 SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH DAY. 167 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:40,109 WITH THAT, BACK TO YOU, 168 00:07:40,109 --> 00:07:40,476 JENNIFER. 169 00:07:40,476 --> 00:07:42,145 >> THANKS, ANDY. 170 00:07:42,145 --> 00:07:47,450 WE ARE COMMEMORATING THE 20th 171 00:07:47,450 --> 00:07:51,654 YEAR OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 172 00:07:51,654 --> 00:07:52,155 STATION. 173 00:07:52,155 --> 00:07:57,026 OCTOBER 20, 2020 MARKS 20 174 00:07:57,026 --> 00:07:58,427 CONTINUOUS YEARS IN SPACE. 175 00:07:58,427 --> 00:08:00,696 THE SPACE STATION IS A 176 00:08:00,696 --> 00:08:01,898 CONVERGENCE OF SCIENCE, 177 00:08:01,898 --> 00:08:04,100 TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN INNOVATION. 178 00:08:04,100 --> 00:08:05,835 IT IS ONE OF THE MOST CRUCIAL 179 00:08:05,835 --> 00:08:08,037 STEPPING STONES FOR NASA'S PLAN 180 00:08:08,037 --> 00:08:10,773 TO LAND HUMANS ON THE MOON IN 181 00:08:10,773 --> 00:08:19,882 2024 THROUGH THE ARTIMUS 182 00:08:19,882 --> 00:08:20,149 PROGRAM. 183 00:09:03,626 --> 00:09:07,463 >> LIFTOFF OF TODAY'S ROCKET 184 00:09:07,463 --> 00:09:09,832 FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 40 IS TIMED 185 00:09:09,832 --> 00:09:12,668 RIGHT DOWN TO THE VERY SECOND. 186 00:09:12,668 --> 00:09:17,039 SPACEX NEEDS TO GET ITS CARGO 187 00:09:17,039 --> 00:09:19,375 LINED UP WITH THE INTERNATIONAL 188 00:09:19,375 --> 00:09:20,009 SPACE STATION. 189 00:09:20,009 --> 00:09:26,782 WITH MORE, LET'S CHECK IN WITH 190 00:09:26,782 --> 00:09:28,851 DAN AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER AT 191 00:09:28,851 --> 00:09:30,319 MISSION CONTROL IN HOUSTON. 192 00:09:30,319 --> 00:09:30,686 DAN? 193 00:09:30,686 --> 00:09:35,858 >> YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE, 194 00:09:35,858 --> 00:09:38,861 CHRISTMAS HAS ARRIVED IN MISSION 195 00:09:38,861 --> 00:09:41,397 CONTROL, LED TODAY BY FLIGHT 196 00:09:41,397 --> 00:09:44,433 DIRECTOR ALLISON BOLLINGER, WHO 197 00:09:44,433 --> 00:09:46,435 JUST ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO PULLED 198 00:09:46,435 --> 00:09:49,905 THE TWO TEAMS AND INFORMED THE 199 00:09:49,905 --> 00:09:51,741 SPACE STATION THAT DRAGON IS GO 200 00:09:51,741 --> 00:09:53,075 FOR TODAY'S LAUNCH. 201 00:09:53,075 --> 00:09:55,444 RIGHT NOW, THE SIX-PERSON CREW 202 00:09:55,444 --> 00:09:57,179 OF EXPEDITION 61 IS GOING 203 00:09:57,179 --> 00:10:00,182 THROUGH A DAY, PREPARING FOR 204 00:10:00,182 --> 00:10:02,485 THIS EVENTUAL ARRIVAL. 205 00:10:02,485 --> 00:10:07,490 THEY'RE LEAD BY LUCA PARMITANO, 206 00:10:07,490 --> 00:10:11,027 GOING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, NASA 207 00:10:11,027 --> 00:10:27,610 ASTRONAUT, ANDREW MORGAN, AND 208 00:10:27,610 --> 00:10:34,150 JESSICA MEIR AND KRISTINA KOCH. 209 00:10:34,150 --> 00:10:36,886 THEY'RE GOING TO USE THE 210 00:10:36,886 --> 00:10:39,955 CANADARM2 TO REACH OUT AND 211 00:10:39,955 --> 00:10:42,925 GRAPPLE THE DRAGON ONCE IT 212 00:10:42,925 --> 00:10:45,594 ARRIVES RIGHT OUT OF SPACE, THEN 213 00:10:45,594 --> 00:10:47,530 THEY'LL TURNOVER CONTROL DOWN TO 214 00:10:47,530 --> 00:10:52,001 TEAMS ON THE GROUND TO ACTUALLY 215 00:10:52,001 --> 00:10:54,804 INSTALL DRAGON, AND WE'LL BE 216 00:10:54,804 --> 00:10:57,039 BRINGING YOU COVERAGE ON SUNDAY 217 00:10:57,039 --> 00:10:59,108 WHEN THAT ARRIVES RIGHT AROUND 218 00:10:59,108 --> 00:11:00,643 5:00 A.M. CENTRAL TIME, 219 00:11:00,643 --> 00:11:01,344 6:00 A.M. EASTERN. 220 00:11:01,344 --> 00:11:04,613 AS YOU SAW, THERE'S ABOUT 6500 221 00:11:04,613 --> 00:11:08,651 POUNDS OF CARGO COMING UP. 222 00:11:08,651 --> 00:11:10,019 JENNIFER WALKED YOU THROUGH SOME 223 00:11:10,019 --> 00:11:11,454 OF THE RESEARCH, AND WITH THESE 224 00:11:11,454 --> 00:11:13,856 SPACEX MISSIONS, THEY REALLY 225 00:11:13,856 --> 00:11:16,892 KICK OFF A FAST AND FURIOUS 226 00:11:16,892 --> 00:11:19,095 COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR THE CREW 227 00:11:19,095 --> 00:11:20,596 ONCE THEY ARRIVE AS THERE'S A 228 00:11:20,596 --> 00:11:24,500 LOT OF SORTIE SCIENCE THAT HAS 229 00:11:24,500 --> 00:11:26,268 TO COME BACK DOWN WITH DRAGON 230 00:11:26,268 --> 00:11:28,938 ONCE IT LEAVES. 231 00:11:28,938 --> 00:11:31,507 THE CREW JUST WRAPPED UP SOME 232 00:11:31,507 --> 00:11:35,911 SPACEWALKS, GETTING READY TO GET 233 00:11:35,911 --> 00:11:38,447 INTO SOME EXPERIMENTS WITH THE 234 00:11:38,447 --> 00:11:39,181 DRAGON LAUNCH. 235 00:11:39,181 --> 00:11:40,883 WE'RE GETTING READY ON THE 236 00:11:40,883 --> 00:11:43,152 LAUNCH SIDE, I'M GOING TO SEND 237 00:11:43,152 --> 00:11:45,888 IT BACK TO YOU, JENNIFER. 238 00:11:45,888 --> 00:11:47,923 >> THANK YOU. 239 00:11:47,923 --> 00:11:51,794 HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT THE 240 00:11:51,794 --> 00:11:55,231 RESEARCH GOING ON IN 241 00:11:55,231 --> 00:11:56,899 LABORATORIES TO EVENTUALLY MAKE 242 00:11:56,899 --> 00:12:03,105 IT -- THAT WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE 243 00:12:03,105 --> 00:12:06,142 IT UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 244 00:12:06,142 --> 00:12:06,475 STATION. 245 00:12:06,475 --> 00:13:39,502 . 246 00:13:39,502 --> 00:13:41,904 >> JOINING ME NOW IS PATRICK 247 00:13:41,904 --> 00:13:44,940 O'NEIL, AN EXPERT ON THE 248 00:13:44,940 --> 00:13:46,041 INTERNATIONAL LAB. 249 00:13:46,041 --> 00:13:47,309 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 250 00:13:47,309 --> 00:13:49,178 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 251 00:13:49,178 --> 00:13:52,615 THAT VIDEO WAS A GREAT 252 00:13:52,615 --> 00:13:53,415 ENCAPSULATION ON EVERYTHING THAT 253 00:13:53,415 --> 00:13:56,018 WAS GOING ON IN THIS MISSION. 254 00:13:56,018 --> 00:13:59,455 BUDWEISER IS SENDING MORE BARLEY 255 00:13:59,455 --> 00:14:00,222 INTO THE SPACE STATION, AND THEN 256 00:14:00,222 --> 00:14:02,091 ON TOP OF THAT, WE'RE ALSO 257 00:14:02,091 --> 00:14:03,592 LOOKING AT FIRE IN CONFINED 258 00:14:03,592 --> 00:14:04,860 SPACES, SO I THINK THE VIDEO 259 00:14:04,860 --> 00:14:06,695 KIND OF TOUCHED ON SOME OF THOSE 260 00:14:06,695 --> 00:14:14,169 ELEMENTS, BUT THERE'S ALSO 261 00:14:14,169 --> 00:14:18,207 CUBESATELLITES THAT ARE FLYING 262 00:14:18,207 --> 00:14:20,242 ON THIS MISSION. 263 00:14:20,242 --> 00:14:22,044 WE HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF 264 00:14:22,044 --> 00:14:26,015 DIVERSITY THAT IS ON THIS 265 00:14:26,015 --> 00:14:28,884 MISSION, AND IT REALLY 266 00:14:28,884 --> 00:14:31,820 ENCAPSULATES WHAT'S GOING ON IN 267 00:14:31,820 --> 00:14:32,388 THIS MISSION. 268 00:14:32,388 --> 00:14:34,924 >> ALL OF THAT SOUNDS REALLY 269 00:14:34,924 --> 00:14:36,425 AMAZING, WHICH MAY MAKE IT HARD 270 00:14:36,425 --> 00:14:37,960 FOR YOU TO ANSWER IF QUESTION. 271 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:39,828 WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER TO BE SOME 272 00:14:39,828 --> 00:14:40,829 OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR? 273 00:14:40,829 --> 00:14:42,898 >> WELL, I THINK THIS YEAR HAS 274 00:14:42,898 --> 00:14:44,500 JUST BEEN A BANNER YEAR FOR THE 275 00:14:44,500 --> 00:14:47,136 SPACE STATION IN ITS ENTIRETY, 276 00:14:47,136 --> 00:14:49,038 WHETHER THAT BE FROM A NATIONAL 277 00:14:49,038 --> 00:14:51,707 LAB PERSPECTIVE OR NASA. 278 00:14:51,707 --> 00:14:53,809 SPEAKING OF NATIONAL LABORATORY, 279 00:14:53,809 --> 00:14:56,278 THIS HAS BEEN A BANNER YEAR TO 280 00:14:56,278 --> 00:14:56,645 DATE. 281 00:14:56,645 --> 00:14:58,380 WE'VE SENT MORE EXPERIMENTS ON 282 00:14:58,380 --> 00:14:59,515 THE SPACE STATION THAN EVER 283 00:14:59,515 --> 00:15:00,149 BEFORE. 284 00:15:00,149 --> 00:15:03,953 WE'VE HAD ASTRONAUTS WORKING ON 285 00:15:03,953 --> 00:15:05,588 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 286 00:15:05,588 --> 00:15:09,091 THAN EVER BEFORE, AND I THINK IT 287 00:15:09,091 --> 00:15:12,227 SETS THE STAGE FOR RESEARCHERS 288 00:15:12,227 --> 00:15:16,198 TO ENHANCE THIS UNIQUE ORBITING 289 00:15:16,198 --> 00:15:16,599 LABORATORY. 290 00:15:16,599 --> 00:15:17,166 >> ALL RIGHT. 291 00:15:17,166 --> 00:15:18,901 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SEE FOR 292 00:15:18,901 --> 00:15:19,201 2020? 293 00:15:19,201 --> 00:15:20,903 >> WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO BE 294 00:15:20,903 --> 00:15:22,071 SEEING MORE OF IT. 295 00:15:22,071 --> 00:15:25,307 THE IDEA IS WE'RE GOING TO BE 296 00:15:25,307 --> 00:15:26,075 SENDING MORE RECOGNIZABLE 297 00:15:26,075 --> 00:15:27,876 COMPANIES AND BRANDS IN USING 298 00:15:27,876 --> 00:15:29,578 THE SPACE STATION TO ENHANCE 299 00:15:29,578 --> 00:15:31,113 PRODUCTS, THERAPISTS, AND LIFE 300 00:15:31,113 --> 00:15:32,247 ON EARTH. 301 00:15:32,247 --> 00:15:35,551 WE'RE GOING TO SEE A VARIETY OF 302 00:15:35,551 --> 00:15:37,286 PARTNERS, LIKE THE N.I.H. AND 303 00:15:37,286 --> 00:15:40,089 THE I.S.F.s OF THE WORLD, 304 00:15:40,089 --> 00:15:42,925 LOOKING TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE TO 305 00:15:42,925 --> 00:15:43,726 SPACE-BASED ACTIVITY AND 306 00:15:43,726 --> 00:15:46,161 BRINGING IT BACK HERE ON EARTH. 307 00:15:46,161 --> 00:15:48,631 >> I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY 308 00:15:48,631 --> 00:15:52,401 TO START A NEW DECADE. 309 00:15:52,401 --> 00:15:54,970 MEASURING THE WEIGHT OF OBJECTS 310 00:15:54,970 --> 00:15:57,973 IN A MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT 311 00:15:57,973 --> 00:16:00,409 CAN BE DIFFICULT. 312 00:16:00,409 --> 00:16:02,444 HERE'S A VIDEO OF HOW ASTRONAUTS 313 00:16:02,444 --> 00:16:07,249 DO THAT IN A PLACE WHERE SCALES 314 00:16:07,249 --> 00:16:07,650 DON'T WORK. 315 00:16:07,650 --> 00:16:10,185 >> AT HOME, MANY PEOPLE CAN AND 316 00:16:10,185 --> 00:16:13,322 DO WEIGH THE FOOD THEY EAT. 317 00:16:13,322 --> 00:16:16,392 IT'S AS EASY AS PUTTING IT ON A 318 00:16:16,392 --> 00:16:17,826 SCALE, BUT SCALES DON'T WORK 319 00:16:17,826 --> 00:16:18,994 WITHOUT GRAVITY. 320 00:16:18,994 --> 00:16:29,905 SO HOW DO ASTRONAUTS MEASURE 321 00:16:29,905 --> 00:16:33,575 ITEMS WHERE SCALES DON'T WORK IN 322 00:16:33,575 --> 00:16:35,411 THAT ENVIRONMENT? 323 00:16:35,411 --> 00:16:37,780 MASS IS THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE 324 00:16:37,780 --> 00:16:43,986 SIZE OF AN OBJECT. 325 00:16:43,986 --> 00:16:47,890 >> THEY USE THE NEWTON'S SECOND 326 00:16:47,890 --> 00:16:49,058 LAW OF MOTION WHICH HAS FORCE 327 00:16:49,058 --> 00:16:49,625 AND ACCELERATION. 328 00:16:49,625 --> 00:16:52,361 >> UNDER THE LAW OF FORCE, AN 329 00:16:52,361 --> 00:16:55,130 OBJECT WITH MORE MASS WILL 330 00:16:55,130 --> 00:16:56,932 ACCELERATE LESS, SO TO APPLY 331 00:16:56,932 --> 00:17:01,003 THIS IN SPACE, ASTRONAUTS USE A 332 00:17:01,003 --> 00:17:02,838 MASS MEASUREMENT DEVICE, M.M.D., 333 00:17:02,838 --> 00:17:04,840 WHICH LAUNCHED TO THE SPACE 334 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:05,441 STATION IN 2017. 335 00:17:05,441 --> 00:17:10,079 >> THEY THEN PUT THESE PLANT 336 00:17:10,079 --> 00:17:13,782 SAMPLES INSIDE LITTLE ZIPLOC 337 00:17:13,782 --> 00:17:14,083 BAG. 338 00:17:14,083 --> 00:17:17,119 >> THE M.M.D. APPLIES A KNOWN 339 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:18,954 ACCELERATION TO THE SAMPLE AND 340 00:17:18,954 --> 00:17:20,689 MEASURES THE RESULTING FORCE, 341 00:17:20,689 --> 00:17:22,057 ALLOWING THE SYSTEM TO DETERMINE 342 00:17:22,057 --> 00:17:23,892 ITS MASS. 343 00:17:23,892 --> 00:17:27,629 IT CAN MEASURE BETWEEN ONE AND 344 00:17:27,629 --> 00:17:31,600 100 GRAMS AND HAS AN ACCURACY 345 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:32,234 OF .1 GRAM. 346 00:17:32,234 --> 00:17:33,268 >> IT'S GREAT. 347 00:17:33,268 --> 00:17:36,472 IT'S REALLY, REALLY ACCURATE TO 348 00:17:36,472 --> 00:17:40,275 MEASURE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE. 349 00:17:40,275 --> 00:17:41,143 >> THERE ARE A VARIETY OF 350 00:17:41,143 --> 00:17:42,911 MEASUREMENT DEVICES ON THE SPACE 351 00:17:42,911 --> 00:17:44,079 STATION, MONITORING EVERYTHING 352 00:17:44,079 --> 00:17:46,982 FROM THE ASTRONAUTS HEALTH TO 353 00:17:46,982 --> 00:17:54,757 THE VEGETABLES HARVESTS FROM THE 354 00:17:54,757 --> 00:17:55,858 HARVESTING SPACE CHAMBER. 355 00:17:55,858 --> 00:17:57,226 SKBL WE ARE NOW ABOUT 12 MINUTES 356 00:17:57,226 --> 00:17:58,494 AWAY FROM LAUNCH. 357 00:17:58,494 --> 00:17:59,895 LET'S HEAD BACK OVER TO THE 358 00:17:59,895 --> 00:18:01,363 MISSION DIRECTOR CENTER TO GET 359 00:18:01,363 --> 00:18:08,103 AN UPDATE FROM NASA'S JOSHUA 360 00:18:08,103 --> 00:18:08,437 SANTORA. 361 00:18:08,437 --> 00:18:10,472 HEY JOSHUA, HOW ARE THINGS 362 00:18:10,472 --> 00:18:10,806 LOOKING? 363 00:18:10,806 --> 00:18:13,776 >> THINGS ARE LOOKING GREAT. 364 00:18:13,776 --> 00:18:16,078 AGAIN, THE WEATHER IS LOOKING 365 00:18:16,078 --> 00:18:17,179 REALLY POSITIVE, THINGS ARE 366 00:18:17,179 --> 00:18:18,213 PROGRESSING WELL. 367 00:18:18,213 --> 00:18:19,648 YOU SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL ROCKET ON 368 00:18:19,648 --> 00:18:20,516 THE PAD. 369 00:18:20,516 --> 00:18:24,386 THIS SHOT, A SPECIAL THANKS TO 370 00:18:24,386 --> 00:18:25,020 OUR DRONE TEAM OUT THERE. 371 00:18:25,020 --> 00:18:27,489 THEY'RE FLYING OUT A U.A.V., 372 00:18:27,489 --> 00:18:29,291 TAKING SHOTS FOR US. 373 00:18:29,291 --> 00:18:32,561 WE'RE TARGETING THE 374 00:18:32,561 --> 00:18:37,299 INSTANTANEOUS WINDOW AT 12:29:24 375 00:18:37,299 --> 00:18:39,635 SECONDS EASTERN TIME, SO WE'RE 376 00:18:39,635 --> 00:18:44,673 ABOUT 11.5 MINUTES AND COUNTING. 377 00:18:44,673 --> 00:18:58,453 YOU SEE THE GASEOUS FOG THERE. 378 00:18:58,453 --> 00:19:01,857 TODAY, THE GOAL IS TO GET THE 379 00:19:01,857 --> 00:19:04,293 DRAGON INTO ORBIT AND ON ITS WAY 380 00:19:04,293 --> 00:19:05,661 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 381 00:19:05,661 --> 00:19:05,994 STATION. 382 00:19:05,994 --> 00:19:07,262 YOU SAW SOME OF THOSE GREAT 383 00:19:07,262 --> 00:19:08,797 STATS FROM DAN AS FAR AS THE 384 00:19:08,797 --> 00:19:10,532 AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING 385 00:19:10,532 --> 00:19:13,302 UP, THE WEIGHT THERE, BUT VOLUME 386 00:19:13,302 --> 00:19:16,705 WISE, THE DRAGON CAN CARRY ABOUT 387 00:19:16,705 --> 00:19:19,274 25 CUBIC METERS OF THINGS. 388 00:19:19,274 --> 00:19:21,143 RESEARCH, MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, 389 00:19:21,143 --> 00:19:23,779 RESOURCES, AND SO IT'S ABOUT 11 390 00:19:23,779 --> 00:19:26,215 CUBIC METERS IN THE CAPSULE 391 00:19:26,215 --> 00:19:30,085 ITSELF AND 14 IN THE TRUNK. 392 00:19:30,085 --> 00:19:38,360 THE TRUNK IS THE CYLINDERICAL 393 00:19:38,360 --> 00:19:43,866 THING THAT YOU SEE ON THE 394 00:19:43,866 --> 00:19:44,233 VEHICLE. 395 00:19:44,233 --> 00:19:47,569 IF YOU TAKE SIX MINIVANS 396 00:19:47,569 --> 00:19:48,971 TOGETHER AND THE STORAGE 397 00:19:48,971 --> 00:19:51,840 CAPACITY IN THOSE SIX MINIVANS, 398 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:55,110 THAT'S ROUGHLY THE SAME CAPACITY 399 00:19:55,110 --> 00:19:56,678 IN THE DRAGON, VERY EFFICIENTLY 400 00:19:56,678 --> 00:19:58,013 USED SPACE IN THERE. 401 00:19:58,013 --> 00:20:01,350 EVEN UP UNTIL A COUPLE DAYS AGO, 402 00:20:01,350 --> 00:20:02,351 LATE INTO TUESDAY, THEY WERE 403 00:20:02,351 --> 00:20:04,319 ACTUALLY DOING THEIR LATE LOADS. 404 00:20:04,319 --> 00:20:05,120 THERE ARE CERTAIN PORTIONS OF 405 00:20:05,120 --> 00:20:06,622 THE SUPPLIES THAT THEY WANT TO 406 00:20:06,622 --> 00:20:08,557 HAVE AWAY FROM THE LABORATORY 407 00:20:08,557 --> 00:20:09,892 FOR AS LITTLE TIME AS POSSIBLE, 408 00:20:09,892 --> 00:20:12,094 SO THERE'S ABOUT 700 POUNDS THAT 409 00:20:12,094 --> 00:20:14,263 THEY LOADED UP ON TUESDAY. 410 00:20:14,263 --> 00:20:16,598 THAT, COMBINED WITH THE OTHER 411 00:20:16,598 --> 00:20:21,503 500 POUNDS THAT WERE ON THERE, 412 00:20:21,503 --> 00:20:27,609 YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 5700 POUNDS OF 413 00:20:27,609 --> 00:20:28,010 CARGO. 414 00:20:28,010 --> 00:20:30,112 THAT DRAGON IS BEING CARRIED BY 415 00:20:30,112 --> 00:20:31,580 THAT FALCON ROCKET THAT YOU SEE 416 00:20:31,580 --> 00:20:32,214 THERE. 417 00:20:32,214 --> 00:20:36,652 IT IS A TWO-STAGE ROCKET, ABOUT 418 00:20:36,652 --> 00:20:39,821 230 FEET LONG AND ABOUT 9 FEET 419 00:20:39,821 --> 00:20:40,155 WIDE. 420 00:20:40,155 --> 00:20:41,390 THAT FIRST STAGE, LIKE WE HEARD 421 00:20:41,390 --> 00:20:43,625 FROM ANDY, THEY'RE GOING TO 422 00:20:43,625 --> 00:20:45,560 ATTEMPT TO LOAD IT ON THEIR 423 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:55,037 DRONE SHIP ABOUT 985NAUTI CAL 424 00:20:55,037 --> 00:20:57,139 MILES OFF THE COAST OF 425 00:20:57,139 --> 00:20:57,606 JACKSONVILLE. 426 00:20:57,606 --> 00:21:01,076 THAT SECOND STAGE DOES HAVE ITS 427 00:21:01,076 --> 00:21:06,315 OWN MERLIN V ONE VACUUM ENGINE. 428 00:21:06,315 --> 00:21:07,983 WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR THAT 429 00:21:07,983 --> 00:21:08,984 PERFORMANCE, AS WELL. 430 00:21:08,984 --> 00:21:12,354 OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A MULTISTAGE 431 00:21:12,354 --> 00:21:14,222 ROCKET, SO THERE'S A LOT OF 432 00:21:14,222 --> 00:21:15,424 PERFORMANCE REQUIRED TO GET US 433 00:21:15,424 --> 00:21:23,565 TO THE RIGHT ORBIT. 434 00:21:23,565 --> 00:21:25,367 NOW TO TALK TO THE WEATHER A 435 00:21:25,367 --> 00:21:25,801 LITTLE BIT. 436 00:21:25,801 --> 00:21:26,702 WE ARE LOOKING GREAT. 437 00:21:26,702 --> 00:21:28,770 YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF PARTLY 438 00:21:28,770 --> 00:21:30,572 CLOUDY IN THE BACKGROUND, AND 439 00:21:30,572 --> 00:21:32,207 WEATHER HERE FORECAST AGAIN, 440 00:21:32,207 --> 00:21:33,709 WE'VE UPDATED THAT GRAPHIC FOR 441 00:21:33,709 --> 00:21:35,911 YOU. 442 00:21:35,911 --> 00:21:36,578 WE'VE GOT SOME WINDS. 443 00:21:36,578 --> 00:21:39,414 YOU SEE THE GASEOUS OXYGEN. 444 00:21:39,414 --> 00:21:41,450 TEMPERATURES, AGAIN, IT'S A 445 00:21:41,450 --> 00:21:42,617 REALLY NICE MORNING HERE ON THE 446 00:21:42,617 --> 00:21:43,318 SPACE COAST. 447 00:21:43,318 --> 00:21:44,453 THE POTENTIAL FOR CLOUDS TO BE 448 00:21:44,453 --> 00:21:47,155 IN THE WAY IS THE MAIN THING WE 449 00:21:47,155 --> 00:21:49,891 WERE LOOKING AT, BUT AS YOU CAN 450 00:21:49,891 --> 00:21:53,395 SEE, LESS THAN 10% CHANCE OF 451 00:21:53,395 --> 00:21:54,363 THAT HAPPENING THIS MORNING. 452 00:21:54,363 --> 00:21:56,098 WE SHOULD BE SEEING MORE CALLS 453 00:21:56,098 --> 00:21:58,300 COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW 454 00:21:58,300 --> 00:21:59,634 MINUTES, COMPARED TO THE 455 00:21:59,634 --> 00:22:00,469 PREPAREDNESS OF THE ROCKET AND 456 00:22:00,469 --> 00:22:01,903 THE SPACECRAFT. 457 00:22:01,903 --> 00:22:03,205 ULTIMATELY, THAT'S WHAT'S 458 00:22:03,205 --> 00:22:04,973 HAPPENING IN THESE NEXT FEW 459 00:22:04,973 --> 00:22:05,340 MINUTES. 460 00:22:05,340 --> 00:22:07,843 SPACEX DOES A LATE FUEL. 461 00:22:07,843 --> 00:22:12,014 THEY LIKE THE LATE FUEL TO BE AS 462 00:22:12,014 --> 00:22:16,918 LATE AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW THE 463 00:22:16,918 --> 00:22:21,356 CRYO GENICS TO BE AS COLD AS 464 00:22:21,356 --> 00:22:23,258 POSSIBLE TO ALLOW THEM TO PACK 465 00:22:23,258 --> 00:22:27,095 AS MUCH FUEL IN THERE AS THEY 466 00:22:27,095 --> 00:22:27,629 CAN. 467 00:22:27,629 --> 00:22:29,131 WE'RE ABOUT 7.5 MINUTES AWAY 468 00:22:29,131 --> 00:22:31,266 FROM LIFTOFF, AND RIGHT NOW, THE 469 00:22:31,266 --> 00:22:32,901 SPACE STATION IS FLYING OVER THE 470 00:22:32,901 --> 00:22:36,405 SOUTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN, HEADED 471 00:22:36,405 --> 00:22:41,510 UP ON A PATH THAT WILL TAKE IT 472 00:22:41,510 --> 00:22:46,014 OVER EASTERN CENTRAL AMERICA AND 473 00:22:46,014 --> 00:22:51,019 OVER THE MIDDLE PART OF THE 474 00:22:51,019 --> 00:22:53,355 UNITED STATES. 475 00:22:53,355 --> 00:22:54,956 IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE 476 00:22:54,956 --> 00:22:56,258 VOLUME, THINK ABOUT A 477 00:22:56,258 --> 00:22:58,226 SIX-BEDROOM HOUSE. 478 00:22:58,226 --> 00:23:00,929 THAT'S ABOUT THE VOLUME THAT THE 479 00:23:00,929 --> 00:23:01,530 ASTRONAUTS HAVE. 480 00:23:01,530 --> 00:23:03,265 BECAUSE THEY'RE IN ZERO GRAVITY, 481 00:23:03,265 --> 00:23:05,534 THEY CAN USE THE WALLS AND THE 482 00:23:05,534 --> 00:23:07,702 CEILING, SO MAYBE EVEN FEELS 483 00:23:07,702 --> 00:23:11,606 BIGGER THAN A SIX-BEDROOM HOUSE. 484 00:23:11,606 --> 00:23:16,812 IT'S ROUGHLY 33,000 SQUARE FEET, 485 00:23:16,812 --> 00:23:19,648 IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE 486 00:23:19,648 --> 00:23:19,981 NUMBERS. 487 00:23:19,981 --> 00:23:23,752 THIS IS A MASSIVE EFFORT, AS 488 00:23:23,752 --> 00:23:26,354 WE'VE SAID, A VERY EXCITING 489 00:23:26,354 --> 00:23:30,926 TIME, CELEBRATING THE 20 490 00:23:30,926 --> 00:23:33,328 CONTINUOUS YEARS IN SPACE. 491 00:23:33,328 --> 00:23:38,166 WE'RE TREMENDOUSLY PROUD OF 492 00:23:38,166 --> 00:23:38,633 THAT. 493 00:23:38,633 --> 00:23:39,801 LOOKING AHEAD TO SOME OF THE 494 00:23:39,801 --> 00:23:40,936 ACTIVITIES, THINGS WE'RE GOING 495 00:23:40,936 --> 00:23:43,472 TO HEAR, WE'LL START TO HEAR 496 00:23:43,472 --> 00:23:47,409 ABOUT THINGS LIKE ENGINES BEING 497 00:23:47,409 --> 00:23:55,717 CHILLED AND PREPARED TO HANDLE 498 00:23:55,717 --> 00:24:19,207 CRYOGENIC FUELS. 499 00:24:19,207 --> 00:24:23,378 JUST TO RECAP A LITTLE BIT THE 500 00:24:23,378 --> 00:24:24,679 HIGHLIGHTS, SOME OF THE THEM 501 00:24:24,679 --> 00:24:26,414 THAT WE HEARD -- SOME OF THEM 502 00:24:26,414 --> 00:24:29,184 THAT WE HEARD IN THE PRELAUNCH 503 00:24:29,184 --> 00:24:31,686 BRIEFING A FEW DAYS AGO, THEY'LL 504 00:24:31,686 --> 00:24:33,622 BE RETURNING HOME ABOUT 48 505 00:24:33,622 --> 00:24:35,457 RESEARCH PROJECTS, SO IT'S NEVER 506 00:24:35,457 --> 00:24:37,192 JUST ABOUT WHAT'S GOING UP, IT'S 507 00:24:37,192 --> 00:24:39,227 ALSO ABOUT WHAT'S COMING DOWN, 508 00:24:39,227 --> 00:24:40,595 BECAUSE THAT BENEFIT OF 509 00:24:40,595 --> 00:24:41,997 EVALUATING THINGS ON THE GROUND 510 00:24:41,997 --> 00:24:43,765 AFTER THEY'VE BEEN IN SPACE IS A 511 00:24:43,765 --> 00:24:51,273 HUGE BENEFIT. 512 00:24:51,273 --> 00:24:53,542 OVER THE COURSE OF OUR 20 YEARS 513 00:24:53,542 --> 00:24:56,044 IN SPACE WITH SUSTAINED HUMAN 514 00:24:56,044 --> 00:24:58,780 PRESENCE, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 2900 515 00:24:58,780 --> 00:25:00,048 INVESTIGATIONS FROM ABOUT 100 516 00:25:00,048 --> 00:25:00,815 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 517 00:25:00,815 --> 00:25:03,385 SO WHEN WE SAY WE'RE AN 518 00:25:03,385 --> 00:25:05,220 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, WE 519 00:25:05,220 --> 00:25:08,590 MEAN IT AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT, 520 00:25:08,590 --> 00:25:09,324 AS WELL. 521 00:25:09,324 --> 00:25:11,193 SO IN JUST A FEW SECONDS, YOU'RE 522 00:25:11,193 --> 00:25:17,732 GOING TO SEE THE CLAMP JUST 523 00:25:17,732 --> 00:25:18,466 BENEATH THE CLAMP OF THE DRAGON, 524 00:25:18,466 --> 00:25:21,603 THE TOWER THAT'S NEXT TO THE 525 00:25:21,603 --> 00:25:22,971 FALCON WILL ACTUALLY TILT BACK. 526 00:25:22,971 --> 00:25:24,940 IN JUST A FEW SECONDS, YOU 527 00:25:24,940 --> 00:25:26,808 SHOULD SEE THAT CLAMP BEGIN TO 528 00:25:26,808 --> 00:25:29,578 EXPAND AND THAT TOWER WILL TIP 529 00:25:29,578 --> 00:25:32,347 BACK SLIGHTLY JUST A FEW 530 00:25:32,347 --> 00:25:34,182 DEGREES, AND IT WILL TIP BACK 531 00:25:34,182 --> 00:25:45,660 LATER AT LIFTOFF. 532 00:25:45,660 --> 00:26:00,108 >> THERE YOU SEE THE CLAMP 533 00:26:00,108 --> 00:26:02,911 OPENING. 534 00:26:02,911 --> 00:26:07,649 AND IT WON'T MOVE VERY FAR, BUT 535 00:26:07,649 --> 00:26:08,850 YOU SHOULD SEE THAT TOWER NEXT 536 00:26:08,850 --> 00:26:15,156 TO THE ROCKET TILT BACK A FEW 537 00:26:15,156 --> 00:26:16,524 DEGREES, RESPONSIBLE FOR 538 00:26:16,524 --> 00:26:18,360 DELIVERING FUEL TO THE VEHICLE. 539 00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:21,229 THAT'S A GREAT SHOT OF WATCHING 540 00:26:21,229 --> 00:26:42,317 THAT TOWER TILT BACK. 541 00:26:42,317 --> 00:26:44,619 >> SO AFTER THAT WE DO HAVE 542 00:26:44,619 --> 00:26:46,121 LIFTOFF THIS MORNING, YOU'LL 543 00:26:46,121 --> 00:26:50,792 HEAR AVIONICS AND ENGINEERS ALL 544 00:26:50,792 --> 00:26:52,260 MAKING THEIR CALLS AS WE TRACK 545 00:26:52,260 --> 00:26:53,862 WITH THIS ROCKET UPHILL. 546 00:26:53,862 --> 00:26:56,564 THE FIRST JOB IS TO PRIMARILY 547 00:26:56,564 --> 00:27:00,068 GET US OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE, 548 00:27:00,068 --> 00:27:04,005 AND THE SECOND STAGE IS TO 549 00:27:04,005 --> 00:27:05,874 DELIVER THE DRAGON TO ORBIT. 550 00:27:05,874 --> 00:27:08,977 THERE'S A LIQUID OXYGEN CLOSEOUT 551 00:27:08,977 --> 00:27:09,210 CALL. 552 00:28:10,672 --> 00:28:12,907 SO WE HEARD THAT CALL. 553 00:28:12,907 --> 00:28:14,909 THAT WAS THE FIRST STAGE 554 00:28:14,909 --> 00:28:18,380 CLOSEOUT, AND THAT WAS THE 555 00:28:18,380 --> 00:28:20,081 SECOND STAGE CLOSEOUT. 556 00:28:20,081 --> 00:28:21,483 LOOKING FOR POTENTIAL COLLISIONS 557 00:28:21,483 --> 00:28:22,283 UPON LAUNCH. 558 00:28:22,283 --> 00:28:22,917 IT'S CLEAR. 559 00:28:22,917 --> 00:28:24,753 NO CONCERNS THERE, SO EVERYTHING 560 00:28:24,753 --> 00:29:18,506 IS LOOKING LIKE WE ARE A GO FOR 561 00:29:18,506 --> 00:29:18,907 LAUNCH. 562 00:29:18,907 --> 00:29:21,843 THERE WE HAVE THE CALL, GO FOR 563 00:29:21,843 --> 00:29:22,410 LAUNCH. 564 00:29:22,410 --> 00:29:24,412 YOU ALSO MAY SEE WATER FLOODING 565 00:29:24,412 --> 00:29:25,613 THE LAUNCH PAD ABOUT 18 SECONDS 566 00:29:25,613 --> 00:29:27,215 TO GO. 567 00:29:27,215 --> 00:29:31,786 THAT'S NORMAL, ALL PART OF THE 568 00:29:31,786 --> 00:30:05,186 ENGINEERING LAUNCH. 569 00:30:05,186 --> 00:30:05,887 TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX, 570 00:30:05,887 --> 00:30:07,455 FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE, 571 00:30:07,455 --> 00:30:10,792 ZERO, LIFTOFF OF THE SIRIUS 572 00:30:10,792 --> 00:30:22,971 DRAGON, COORDINATING LIFTOFF AND 573 00:30:22,971 --> 00:30:25,340 RESEARCH PROJECTS INTO DEEP 574 00:30:25,340 --> 00:30:25,573 SPACE. 575 00:31:15,356 --> 00:31:19,494 >> VEHICLE HAS REACHED MAXIMUM 576 00:31:19,494 --> 00:31:20,261 AERODYNAMIC PRESSURE. 577 00:31:20,261 --> 00:31:22,797 >> COUPLE BIG CALLS THERE. 578 00:31:22,797 --> 00:31:24,799 AGAIN, ALL NORMAL, ALL NOMINAL 579 00:31:24,799 --> 00:31:26,768 AND PROGRESSING AS EXPECTED, 580 00:31:26,768 --> 00:31:29,003 FLYING THROUGH THE DENSEST PART 581 00:31:29,003 --> 00:31:30,171 OF THE ATMOSPHERE. 582 00:31:30,171 --> 00:31:45,653 >> RECOVERY, A.U.S. 583 00:31:45,653 --> 00:32:56,257 >> IT'S A CALL FOR CHILLING THE 584 00:32:56,257 --> 00:32:58,993 SECOND-STAGE ENGINE. 585 00:32:58,993 --> 00:33:00,695 >> SUCCESSFUL SEPARATION OF THE 586 00:33:00,695 --> 00:33:01,929 FIRST STAGE FROM THE SECOND 587 00:33:01,929 --> 00:33:02,230 STAGE. 588 00:33:02,230 --> 00:33:04,065 THE SECOND STAGE YOU SEE THERE 589 00:33:04,065 --> 00:33:05,700 ON SCREEN WITH THE RED HOT 590 00:33:05,700 --> 00:33:06,034 ENGINE. 591 00:33:06,034 --> 00:33:09,170 THAT IS NOW ACTIVE AND TAKING 592 00:33:09,170 --> 00:33:11,739 DRAGON TOWARDS ITS CORRECT 593 00:33:11,739 --> 00:33:16,577 ORBIT, AND WE SAW THE DRAGON 594 00:33:16,577 --> 00:33:26,554 HEADED TOWARD THE COAST, AS 595 00:33:26,554 --> 00:33:26,854 WELL. 596 00:33:26,854 --> 00:33:29,791 >> RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE SEEING THE 597 00:33:29,791 --> 00:33:31,192 CAMERA KIND OF FLIPPING, AND 598 00:33:31,192 --> 00:33:34,062 ESSENTIALLY, YOU'RE SEEING TWO 599 00:33:34,062 --> 00:33:34,829 CAMERA VIEWS. 600 00:33:34,829 --> 00:33:37,799 YOU JUST SAW THE NOSE CONE GO 601 00:33:37,799 --> 00:33:40,568 PAST THERE. 602 00:33:40,568 --> 00:33:47,408 THAT'S A NOMINAL JETTISON OF THE 603 00:33:47,408 --> 00:33:51,979 NOSE CONE. 604 00:33:51,979 --> 00:33:55,817 THAT'S TO HELP HYPERSONICALLY 605 00:33:55,817 --> 00:34:07,161 STEER THE ROCKET TOWARDS 606 00:34:07,161 --> 00:34:07,595 TRAJECTORY. 607 00:34:07,595 --> 00:34:10,598 SO ON THAT CAMERA VIEW, YOU'RE 608 00:34:10,598 --> 00:34:14,135 SEEING TWO ROCKET VIEWS, ONE ON 609 00:34:14,135 --> 00:34:16,738 EITHER SIDE OF THAT ENGINE. 610 00:34:16,738 --> 00:34:18,773 IT'S A GREAT SIDE BY SIDE. 611 00:34:18,773 --> 00:34:21,242 AGAIN, THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS 612 00:34:21,242 --> 00:34:24,345 TO GIVE DRAGON TO ITS PRIMARY 613 00:34:24,345 --> 00:34:25,780 ORBIT, AND THE SECOND IS TO 614 00:34:25,780 --> 00:34:35,923 RECOVER THAT BOOSTER, OF COURSE, 615 00:34:35,923 --> 00:34:41,763 ABOUT 180 NAUTICAL MILES OFF THE 616 00:34:41,763 --> 00:34:47,769 COAST OF JACKSONVILLE. 617 00:34:47,769 --> 00:34:53,407 THE ROCKET VIEW IS THE FIRST OF 618 00:34:53,407 --> 00:34:54,375 THAT, SO YOU'RE GETTING KIND OF 619 00:34:54,375 --> 00:34:56,611 A VIEW OF THAT. 620 00:34:56,611 --> 00:34:59,781 >> WE USE THE TERM "NOMINAL," 621 00:34:59,781 --> 00:35:01,716 AND IT ESSENTIALLY JUST MEANS 622 00:35:01,716 --> 00:35:03,284 WE'RE WITHIN THE EXPECTED AND 623 00:35:03,284 --> 00:35:04,118 APPROPRIATE RANGE THAT WE SHOULD 624 00:35:04,118 --> 00:35:04,385 BE. 625 00:35:04,385 --> 00:35:06,354 ALL THAT MEANS IS EVERYTHING IS 626 00:35:06,354 --> 00:35:30,044 GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN. 627 00:35:30,044 --> 00:35:31,045 ALL RIGHT. 628 00:35:31,045 --> 00:35:33,181 SO A LOT MORE WORK TO GO, A LOT 629 00:35:33,181 --> 00:35:34,081 MORE TO DO. 630 00:35:34,081 --> 00:35:39,453 WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A 631 00:35:39,453 --> 00:35:42,590 LOT, BUT THAT IS GOING TO DO IT 632 00:35:42,590 --> 00:35:45,126 FOR US. 633 00:35:45,126 --> 00:35:45,927 IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE BEING WITH 634 00:35:45,927 --> 00:35:48,696 YOU TODAY. 635 00:35:48,696 --> 00:35:50,698 THANK YOU SO MUCH, SO I'M GOING 636 00:35:50,698 --> 00:35:52,633 TO SEND IT OVER TO ANDY AT 637 00:35:52,633 --> 00:35:54,268 SPACEX HEADQUARTERS IN 638 00:35:54,268 --> 00:35:55,870 HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA. 639 00:35:55,870 --> 00:35:56,170 ANDY? 640 00:35:56,170 --> 00:35:57,572 >> THANKS, JOSHUA. 641 00:35:57,572 --> 00:36:02,276 IN ORDER TO LAND OUR DRONE SHIP 642 00:36:02,276 --> 00:36:05,880 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, DRAGON 643 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,549 NEEDS TO DO A SERIES OF THREE 644 00:36:08,549 --> 00:36:08,850 BURNS. 645 00:36:08,850 --> 00:36:12,820 THE FIRST IS TO SLOW IT DOWN FOR 646 00:36:12,820 --> 00:36:13,187 REENTRY. 647 00:36:13,187 --> 00:36:19,594 NEXT IS ENTRY BURN TO SLOW DOWN 648 00:36:19,594 --> 00:36:26,200 BEFORE DRAGON HITS THE OUTER 649 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:26,901 ATMOSPHERE. 650 00:36:26,901 --> 00:36:28,636 THE THIRD AND FINAL BURN IS THE 651 00:36:28,636 --> 00:36:30,404 LANDING BURN, AND THERE'S THE 652 00:36:30,404 --> 00:36:32,173 SHOT OF THE ENTRY BURN. 653 00:36:32,173 --> 00:36:35,943 THE THIRD AND FINAL BURN IS THE 654 00:36:35,943 --> 00:36:40,314 LANDING BURN, WHICH HAPPENS JUST 655 00:36:40,314 --> 00:36:40,815 BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. 656 00:36:40,815 --> 00:36:41,782 THIS IS ALSO WHEN THE FOUR 657 00:36:41,782 --> 00:36:44,886 LANDING LIGHTS ARE DEPLOYED. 658 00:36:44,886 --> 00:36:46,153 WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT A MINUTE 659 00:36:46,153 --> 00:36:47,622 AWAY FROM BEGINNING THAT LANDING 660 00:36:47,622 --> 00:36:48,122 BURN. 661 00:36:48,122 --> 00:36:49,891 LET'S KEEP AN EYE ON THE SCREEN 662 00:36:49,891 --> 00:36:53,427 TO SEE IF WE CAN SEE THOSE 663 00:36:53,427 --> 00:36:54,562 ENGINES RELIGHT. 664 00:36:54,562 --> 00:36:58,399 FOR THIS FINAL BURN, FALCON 9 665 00:36:58,399 --> 00:37:01,402 USES JUST A SINGLE MERLIN 666 00:37:01,402 --> 00:37:03,037 ENGINE, THE CENTER ENGINE, 667 00:37:03,037 --> 00:37:06,007 ENGINE NUMBER 9. 668 00:37:06,007 --> 00:37:09,810 ON THE LEFT-HAND SCREEN, YOU SEE 669 00:37:09,810 --> 00:37:10,511 A SHOT OF THE SECOND STAGE, 670 00:37:10,511 --> 00:37:12,113 CONTINUING ITS JOURNEY INTO 671 00:37:12,113 --> 00:37:14,282 ORBIT, AND ON THE TOP IS A VIEW 672 00:37:14,282 --> 00:37:17,051 FROM THE FIRST STAGE. 673 00:37:17,051 --> 00:37:18,419 THESE ARE HELPING TO GUIDE THE 674 00:37:18,419 --> 00:37:20,187 FIRST STAGE BACK TO A TARGETED 675 00:37:20,187 --> 00:37:56,424 LANDING. 676 00:37:56,424 --> 00:37:59,327 LOOKS LIKE WE MAY HAVE LOST THE 677 00:37:59,327 --> 00:38:01,429 LINK OF THE FOOTAGE. 678 00:38:01,429 --> 00:38:03,331 >> STAGE ONE HAS LANDED. 679 00:38:03,331 --> 00:38:03,731 [Applause] 680 00:38:03,731 --> 00:38:07,468 >> AND TOUCHDOWN OF FALCON 9 ON 681 00:38:07,468 --> 00:38:09,170 OUR DRONE SHIP. 682 00:38:09,170 --> 00:38:11,105 OF COURSE, THEY STILL LOVE YOU. 683 00:38:11,105 --> 00:38:13,407 YOU CAN CERTAINLY HEAR THE 684 00:38:13,407 --> 00:38:15,076 EXCITEMENT HERE AT SPACEX. 685 00:38:15,076 --> 00:38:16,310 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SPACEX 686 00:38:16,310 --> 00:38:18,612 TEAM FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL 687 00:38:18,612 --> 00:38:18,946 LANDING. 688 00:38:18,946 --> 00:38:20,781 THIS IS FIRST STAGE RECOVERY 689 00:38:20,781 --> 00:38:21,482 NUMBER 46. 690 00:38:21,482 --> 00:38:25,252 BACK TO OUR PRIMARY MISSION, THE 691 00:38:25,252 --> 00:38:26,687 SECOND STAGE IS STILL CONTINUING 692 00:38:26,687 --> 00:38:29,056 ITS JOURNEY INTO THE DESIRED 693 00:38:29,056 --> 00:38:29,357 ORBIT. 694 00:38:29,357 --> 00:38:33,494 WE SHOULD BE HEARING THE CALLING 695 00:38:33,494 --> 00:38:53,647 FOR SECOND ENGINE SHUT OFF VERY 696 00:38:53,647 --> 00:38:55,750 SHORTLY. 697 00:38:55,750 --> 00:38:58,719 >> NOW WE'RE WAITING FOR A GOOD 698 00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:01,555 CALL OUT FOR ORBIT. 699 00:39:01,555 --> 00:39:04,291 IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DO HAVE INDEED 700 00:39:04,291 --> 00:39:05,693 A GOOD ORBIT. 701 00:39:05,693 --> 00:39:11,399 UP NEXT IS THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE 702 00:39:11,399 --> 00:39:14,869 DRAGON FROM THAT SECOND STAGE. 703 00:39:14,869 --> 00:39:20,574 DRAGON CARRIES TWO TYPES OF 704 00:39:20,574 --> 00:39:29,383 PRESSURIZED CARGO, BOTH IN ITS 705 00:39:29,383 --> 00:39:30,217 COMPARTMENT AND ITS TRUNK. 706 00:39:30,217 --> 00:39:33,621 AT THIS POINT, WE ARE ABOUT 20 707 00:39:33,621 --> 00:39:36,290 SECONDS -- TEN OR 20 SECONDS 708 00:39:36,290 --> 00:39:38,893 AWAY FROM DRAGON SEPARATION, SO 709 00:39:38,893 --> 00:39:42,229 LET'S LISTEN IN FOR THE CALLOUT. 710 00:39:46,100 --> 00:39:46,467 [Applause] 711 00:39:46,467 --> 00:39:49,937 >> AND THERE IT IS, SUCCESSFUL 712 00:39:49,937 --> 00:39:51,505 DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRAGON 713 00:39:51,505 --> 00:39:51,906 SPACECRAFT. 714 00:39:51,906 --> 00:39:56,877 THERE IS A VIEW INSIDE THE 715 00:39:56,877 --> 00:40:02,750 UNPRESSURIZED CARGO OF DRAGON'S 716 00:40:02,750 --> 00:40:03,284 FRONT. 717 00:40:03,284 --> 00:40:06,053 NOW LET'S PASS IT OFF TO DAN FOR 718 00:40:06,053 --> 00:40:08,422 COVERAGE OF THE SOLAR ARRAY 719 00:40:08,422 --> 00:40:08,756 DEPLOY. 720 00:40:08,756 --> 00:40:10,691 >> HEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 721 00:40:10,691 --> 00:40:11,058 ANDY. 722 00:40:11,058 --> 00:40:14,428 GREAT TO SEE DRAGON IN ORBIT AS 723 00:40:14,428 --> 00:40:15,896 ALWAYS, THAT FIRST STAGE TOUCH 724 00:40:15,896 --> 00:40:17,765 BACK DOWN ON THE DRONE SHIP. 725 00:40:17,765 --> 00:40:19,733 YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING A REALLY 726 00:40:19,733 --> 00:40:25,573 COOL VIEW INSIDE THE TRUNK OF 727 00:40:25,573 --> 00:40:25,906 DRAGON. 728 00:40:25,906 --> 00:40:31,245 THESE ARE PAY LOADS ALREADY 729 00:40:31,245 --> 00:41:42,449 EXPOSED TO THE OTHER SPACE 730 00:41:42,449 --> 00:41:42,917 STATIONS. 731 00:41:42,917 --> 00:41:48,088 >> STILL STANDING BY FOR SOLAR 732 00:41:48,088 --> 00:42:26,927 ARRAY DEPLOY. 733 00:42:26,927 --> 00:42:28,929 >> WE DID GET SOME AUDIO 734 00:42:28,929 --> 00:42:30,698 CONFIRMATION THAT THE SOLAR 735 00:42:30,698 --> 00:42:50,818 ARRAY DEPLOY HAS BEGUN. 736 00:42:50,818 --> 00:42:53,187 >> AND THERE WE GO, NOW GETTING 737 00:42:53,187 --> 00:42:55,256 A VIEW OF THE ONE SET OF SOLAR 738 00:42:55,256 --> 00:42:56,557 PANELS DEPLOYING. 739 00:42:56,557 --> 00:42:59,226 AGAIN, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF 740 00:42:59,226 --> 00:43:01,228 DRAGON'S TRUNK, GIVEN A WING 741 00:43:01,228 --> 00:43:04,665 SPAN OF ABOUT 54 FEET ONCE FULLY 742 00:43:04,665 --> 00:43:06,367 DEPLOYED, PROVIDING ALL OF THE 743 00:43:06,367 --> 00:43:07,668 ELECTRICAL POWER TO DRAGON 744 00:43:07,668 --> 00:43:09,803 SYSTEMS AS IT MAKES ITS CHASE 745 00:43:09,803 --> 00:43:15,909 DOWN OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 746 00:43:15,909 --> 00:43:17,311 STATION. 747 00:43:17,311 --> 00:44:03,691 EVERYTHING LOOKING SMOOTH. 748 00:44:03,691 --> 00:44:05,693 WE JUST NOW HEARD IT, THE SOLAR 749 00:44:05,693 --> 00:44:10,030 ARRAYS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED 750 00:44:10,030 --> 00:44:10,464 SUCCESSFULLY. 751 00:44:10,464 --> 00:44:13,334 THE PROPULSION SYSTEM ON DRAGON 752 00:44:13,334 --> 00:44:17,604 GOING TO BE RAISED FOR FIRING'S. 753 00:44:17,604 --> 00:44:20,441 IT'S GOING TO BE RAISING ITS 754 00:44:20,441 --> 00:44:22,276 ORBIT OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS 755 00:44:22,276 --> 00:44:23,277 UNTIL IT ARRIVES AT THE 756 00:44:23,277 --> 00:46:10,184 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 757 00:46:10,184 --> 00:46:11,852 >> ALL RIGHT. 758 00:46:11,852 --> 00:46:14,588 AGAIN, DRAGON IN ORBIT. 759 00:46:14,588 --> 00:46:20,561 GREAT TO SEE ANOTHER MISSION ON 760 00:46:20,561 --> 00:46:22,596 THE WAY TO THE SPACE STATION. 761 00:46:22,596 --> 00:46:23,764 IT WAS A GREAT LAUNCH TODAY. 762 00:46:23,764 --> 00:46:25,532 HOW IS THE TEAM FEELING WITH 763 00:46:25,532 --> 00:46:27,868 WHAT THEY SAW SO FAR? 764 00:46:27,868 --> 00:46:30,204 >> WELL, WE'RE VERY EXCITED. 765 00:46:30,204 --> 00:46:37,478 LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING -- 766 00:46:37,478 --> 00:46:40,347 GETTING THE DRAGON ON BOARD HERE 767 00:46:40,347 --> 00:46:43,016 IN A COUPLE DAYS. 768 00:46:43,016 --> 00:46:45,219 THIS REALLY DOES KIND OF LAY OUR 769 00:46:45,219 --> 00:46:47,321 PATH FORWARD THROUGH THE END OF 770 00:46:47,321 --> 00:46:50,023 DECEMBER ON INTO THE FIRST WEEK 771 00:46:50,023 --> 00:46:51,124 OF JANUARY NOW. 772 00:46:51,124 --> 00:46:52,359 AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF SCIENCE 773 00:46:52,359 --> 00:46:55,429 NOW COMING ON BOARD, OVER 5,000 774 00:46:55,429 --> 00:46:57,197 POUNDS OF NEW HARDWARE COMING ON 775 00:46:57,197 --> 00:46:58,699 BOARD, SO THE CREW OVER THE NEXT 776 00:46:58,699 --> 00:47:00,767 COUPLE OF DAYS, THEY'LL FINISH 777 00:47:00,767 --> 00:47:01,902 OUT THEIR TRAINING FOR BEING 778 00:47:01,902 --> 00:47:04,171 ABLE TO DO THE CAPTURE AND THE 779 00:47:04,171 --> 00:47:06,874 GRAPPLE AND GETTING THE DRAGON 780 00:47:06,874 --> 00:47:08,075 BERTHED, AND THEN AFTER THAT, 781 00:47:08,075 --> 00:47:10,010 WE'LL BE OPENING THE HATCH 782 00:47:10,010 --> 00:47:10,744 SHORTLY THEREAFTER. 783 00:47:10,744 --> 00:47:13,914 WE'VE GOT SOME SCIENCE THAT WE 784 00:47:13,914 --> 00:47:16,416 NEED TO GET ACROSS THE HATCH AND 785 00:47:16,416 --> 00:47:18,051 GET UP AND RUNNING, SO THAT'S 786 00:47:18,051 --> 00:47:20,120 GOING TO BE THE FIRST COUPLE OF 787 00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:22,155 DAYS THAT WE GET UP AND RUNNING. 788 00:47:22,155 --> 00:47:24,124 >> AND IT'S SCHEDULED TO GET 789 00:47:24,124 --> 00:47:24,625 THERE SUNDAY. 790 00:47:24,625 --> 00:47:25,058 >> CORRECT. 791 00:47:25,058 --> 00:47:27,861 WE HAVE A SCHEDULED TIME, ABOUT 792 00:47:27,861 --> 00:47:31,598 5:00 OR SO ON SUNDAY THAT WE DO 793 00:47:31,598 --> 00:47:32,499 THE CAPTURE. 794 00:47:32,499 --> 00:47:33,867 USUALLY BY MID-MORNING, WE'LL 795 00:47:33,867 --> 00:47:35,435 HAVE IT BERTHED, AND DEPENDING 796 00:47:35,435 --> 00:47:37,170 ON HOW THINGS HAVE GONE DURING 797 00:47:37,170 --> 00:47:39,039 THE DAY FOR THE CREW, WE'LL 798 00:47:39,039 --> 00:47:41,642 EITHER GET THE HATCH OPEN OR 799 00:47:41,642 --> 00:47:44,278 WE'LL WAIT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING 800 00:47:44,278 --> 00:47:45,312 DAY WITH A CLEAN, FRESH DAY AND 801 00:47:45,312 --> 00:47:48,248 GET GOING ON THE SCIENCE. 802 00:47:48,248 --> 00:47:49,116 >> OKAY. 803 00:47:49,116 --> 00:47:50,017 THANK YOU. 804 00:47:50,017 --> 00:47:53,854 OBVIOUSLY, THIS TEAM GOING TO BE 805 00:47:53,854 --> 00:47:55,322 VERY INVOLVED WITH SPACEX 806 00:47:55,322 --> 00:47:56,890 HEADQUARTERS OUT IN HAWTHORNE. 807 00:47:56,890 --> 00:47:58,492 BE SURE TO WAKE UP ON SUNDAY 808 00:47:58,492 --> 00:48:00,394 MORNING AND JOIN US AS WE GET 809 00:48:00,394 --> 00:48:02,296 READY TO BRING ONE MORE VEHICLE 810 00:48:02,296 --> 00:48:03,096 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 811 00:48:03,096 --> 00:48:03,430 STATION. 812 00:48:03,430 --> 00:48:09,670 WITH THAT, THAT'LL DO IT TO US 813 00:48:09,670 --> 00:48:29,556 FROM HOUSTON. 814 00:48:29,556 --> 00:48:32,859 -- THAT'LL DO IT FOR US FROM 815 00:48:32,859 --> 00:48:33,894 HOUSTON. 816 00:48:33,894 --> 00:48:39,866 LET'S SEND IT BACK DOWN TO 817 00:48:39,866 --> 00:48:40,233 JENNIFER. 818 00:48:40,233 --> 00:48:40,634 [Inaudible] 819 00:48:40,634 --> 00:48:42,603 >> DRAGON IS ON ITS WAY TO THE 820 00:48:42,603 --> 00:48:43,770 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR 821 00:48:43,770 --> 00:48:46,173 CAPTURE ON DECEMBER 8 AT 822 00:48:46,173 --> 00:48:47,007 APPROXIMATELY 3:00 A.M. PACIFIC 823 00:48:47,007 --> 00:48:50,243 TIME OR 11:00 A.M. COORDINATED 824 00:48:50,243 --> 00:48:50,944 UNIVERSAL TIME. 825 00:48:50,944 --> 00:48:53,914 AFTER BERTHING, THE ASTRONAUTS 826 00:48:53,914 --> 00:48:55,949 ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 827 00:48:55,949 --> 00:48:59,786 STATION WILL UNLOAD ABOUT 5700 828 00:48:59,786 --> 00:49:01,288 POUNDS OF PAY LOADS. 829 00:49:01,288 --> 00:49:02,823 ALL-AROUND, IT'S BEEN A 830 00:49:02,823 --> 00:49:04,391 SUCCESSFUL MISSION SO FAR. 831 00:49:04,391 --> 00:49:10,230 I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO 832 00:49:10,230 --> 00:49:12,499 THANK OR -- OUR FRIENDS AT NASA, 833 00:49:12,499 --> 00:49:14,067 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 834 00:49:14,067 --> 00:49:17,170 THE AIR FORCE, AND ALL OF OUR 835 00:49:17,170 --> 00:49:18,872 FRIENDS FOR A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH. 836 00:49:18,872 --> 00:49:20,474 >> AND THAT'S GOING TO WRAP UP 837 00:49:20,474 --> 00:49:21,642 OUR COVERAGE. 838 00:49:21,642 --> 00:49:26,780 FOR MORE, VISIT 839 00:49:26,780 --> 00:49:33,654 NASA.GOV/STATION, OR 840 00:49:33,654 --> 00:49:34,121 NASA.GOV/SPACEX. 841 00:49:34,121 --> 00:49:39,159 WE LEAVE YOU NOW WITH ANOTHER 842 00:49:39,159 --> 00:49:39,760 LOOK AT TODAY'S LAUNCH. 843 00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:40,794 HAVE A GREAT DAY, EVERYONE.