1 00:09:57,446 --> 00:10:01,384 >> NOW, AS DARRELL AND MARIE HAD 2 00:10:01,384 --> 00:10:02,151 MENTIONED, THIS DRAGON HAS BEEN 3 00:10:02,151 --> 00:10:02,818 TO THE STATION TWICE BEFORE. 4 00:10:02,818 --> 00:10:03,552 FUN BIT OF TRIVIA, THIS'LL BE 5 00:10:03,552 --> 00:10:05,688 THE THIRD TIME THAT A DRAGON 6 00:10:05,688 --> 00:10:10,793 SPACECRAFT HAS VISITED THE 7 00:10:10,793 --> 00:10:11,394 SPACEX THREE TIMES. 8 00:10:11,394 --> 00:10:12,161 THE THIRD STAGE HAS ALSO FLOWN 9 00:10:12,161 --> 00:10:13,796 ONCE BEFORE, ON OUR LAST C.R.S. 10 00:10:13,796 --> 00:10:16,766 MISSION BACK IN DECEMBER. 11 00:10:16,766 --> 00:10:17,600 AFTER STAGE SEPARATION, WE'LL BE 12 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:37,787 ATTEMPTING A LANDING AT LANDING 13 00:10:37,787 --> 00:10:38,487 ZONE ONE IN CAPE CANAVERAL. 14 00:10:38,487 --> 00:10:39,221 THERE IS A PRETTY GOOD CROWD 15 00:10:39,221 --> 00:10:39,855 BEHIND ME THAT IS EAGERLY 16 00:10:39,855 --> 00:10:40,556 AWAITING THE 21st TRIP TO THE 17 00:10:40,556 --> 00:10:41,257 SPACE STATION AND WE'RE ALL 18 00:10:41,257 --> 00:10:46,195 LOOKING FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL 19 00:10:46,195 --> 00:10:46,529 LAUNCH. 20 00:10:46,529 --> 00:10:47,096 BACK TO YOU, TAMMY. 21 00:10:47,096 --> 00:10:49,198 >> THANK YOU, SHIVA. 22 00:10:49,198 --> 00:10:56,505 >>> THIS NOVEMBER 2 MARKS 20 23 00:10:56,505 --> 00:10:57,206 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS HUMAN 24 00:10:57,206 --> 00:10:57,840 PRESENCE ON THE ORBITING 25 00:10:57,840 --> 00:10:58,474 LABORATORY, A FANTASTIC 26 00:10:58,474 --> 00:11:03,779 ACHIEVEMENT, AND CONGRATULATIONS 27 00:11:03,779 --> 00:11:22,431 TO THE PROGRAM. 28 00:11:22,565 --> 00:11:49,258 [♪♪♪] 29 00:11:58,934 --> 00:11:59,735 >> LIFTOFF OF THE ROCKET FROM 30 00:11:59,735 --> 00:12:04,740 LAUNCH 40 IS TIMED DOWN TO THE 31 00:12:04,740 --> 00:12:05,508 VERY SECOND, SO THE SPACECRAFT 32 00:12:05,508 --> 00:12:27,329 IS TIMED TO RENDEZVOUS WITH THE 33 00:12:27,329 --> 00:12:28,030 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 34 00:12:28,030 --> 00:12:28,731 >> THE ORBIT THREE TIME IS 35 00:12:28,731 --> 00:12:29,465 CURRENTLY ON CONSOLE AND THAT'S 36 00:12:29,465 --> 00:12:34,370 THE LAST SHIFT OF TODAY, BUT THE 37 00:12:34,370 --> 00:12:35,104 SPACE STATION FLIGHT CONTROL 38 00:12:35,104 --> 00:12:41,644 ROOM IS MONITORED 24-7, 365 DAYS 39 00:12:41,644 --> 00:12:42,311 A YEAR, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE 40 00:12:42,311 --> 00:12:43,045 KEEPING TABS ON WHAT'S GOING ON 41 00:12:43,045 --> 00:12:43,779 ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 42 00:12:43,779 --> 00:12:44,113 STATION. 43 00:12:44,113 --> 00:12:44,847 TONIGHT, THEY ARE LED BY FLIGHT 44 00:12:44,847 --> 00:12:52,555 DIRECTOR MIKE LAMMERS. 45 00:12:52,555 --> 00:12:53,322 WE HAVE THREE CREW MEMBERS ON 46 00:12:53,322 --> 00:12:54,056 BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 47 00:12:54,056 --> 00:12:54,390 STATION. 48 00:12:54,390 --> 00:12:58,494 THAT'S ASTRONAUTS JESSICA MEIR 49 00:12:58,494 --> 00:13:04,366 AND ANDREW MORGAN, AND RUSSIAN 50 00:13:04,366 --> 00:13:21,016 COSMONAUT ALEK KRPOCHKA. 51 00:13:21,016 --> 00:13:23,686 THE ASTRONAUTS WILL CAPTURE AND 52 00:13:23,686 --> 00:13:29,458 BERTH THE VEHICLE TO THE SPACE 53 00:13:29,458 --> 00:13:30,192 STATION HARMONY WEEK ONCE IT 54 00:13:30,192 --> 00:13:32,561 ARRIVES ON MONDAY AT 4:30 A.M. 55 00:13:32,561 --> 00:13:35,331 CENTRAL TIME TO WATCH IT ALL 56 00:13:35,331 --> 00:13:35,664 UNFOLD. 57 00:13:35,664 --> 00:13:39,134 UNTIL THEN, THINGS ARE LOOKING 58 00:13:39,134 --> 00:13:44,773 AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 59 00:13:44,773 --> 00:13:46,108 STATION CONTROL HERE IN HOUSTON, 60 00:13:46,108 --> 00:13:46,909 AND WITH THAT, WE'LL SEND IT 61 00:13:46,909 --> 00:13:59,221 BACK TO YOU, TAMMY. 62 00:13:59,221 --> 00:13:59,822 >> HOW ARE YOU DOING? 63 00:13:59,822 --> 00:14:00,256 >> I'M GOOD. 64 00:14:00,256 --> 00:14:01,524 GETTING READY FOR A ROCKET 65 00:14:01,524 --> 00:14:01,857 LAUNCH. 66 00:14:01,857 --> 00:14:02,558 >> TELL US, WHAT'S THE 67 00:14:02,558 --> 00:14:03,626 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PAY LOADS 68 00:14:03,626 --> 00:14:05,895 THAT YOU HANDLES AND THE PAY 69 00:14:05,895 --> 00:14:13,569 LOADS THAT NASA OVERSEES? 70 00:14:13,569 --> 00:14:14,403 >> SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT NASA, 71 00:14:14,403 --> 00:14:23,412 YOU THINK ABOUT SPACE, BETTER 72 00:14:23,412 --> 00:14:24,013 UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN 73 00:14:24,013 --> 00:14:24,747 CONDITIONS SO THAT WE CAN GO TO 74 00:14:24,747 --> 00:14:25,381 LOW-EARTH ORBIT, HOWEVER, 75 00:14:25,381 --> 00:14:26,181 THERE'S A CHANCE TO HARNESS THE 76 00:14:26,181 --> 00:14:30,386 ENERGY OF THE SPACE STATION. 77 00:14:30,386 --> 00:14:31,186 THE EXPERIMENTS THAT WE SPONSOR 78 00:14:31,186 --> 00:14:32,755 ALL HAVE THIS CAPACITY TO 79 00:14:32,755 --> 00:14:33,322 BENEFIT LIFE ON EARTH. 80 00:14:33,322 --> 00:14:34,023 THAT'S THE MAIN DIFFERENCE. 81 00:14:34,023 --> 00:14:40,429 >> WE KNOW YOU'RE FOCUSED ON 82 00:14:40,429 --> 00:14:41,230 THIS MISSION, BUT TELL US ABOUT 83 00:14:41,230 --> 00:14:45,467 SOME OF THE THINGS COMING UP ON 84 00:14:45,467 --> 00:14:45,901 THE HORIZON. 85 00:14:45,901 --> 00:14:46,569 >> THERE'S SO MANY THINGS 86 00:14:46,569 --> 00:14:50,673 HAPPENING ON THE SPACE STATION, 87 00:14:50,673 --> 00:14:53,042 WHETHER IT'S THIS MISSION, BUT 88 00:14:53,042 --> 00:14:55,878 DOWN THE ROAD, MORE FACILITIES 89 00:14:55,878 --> 00:14:59,448 ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO THE 90 00:14:59,448 --> 00:14:59,782 STATION. 91 00:14:59,782 --> 00:15:06,922 INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE N.I.H.s, 92 00:15:06,922 --> 00:15:07,590 COMPANIES THAT WANT TO TAKE 93 00:15:07,590 --> 00:15:09,124 ADVANTAGE OF THE INTERNATIONAL 94 00:15:09,124 --> 00:15:14,163 SPACE STATION, INCLUDING WITH 95 00:15:14,163 --> 00:15:15,397 THIS LAUNCH, AS WELL AS THINGS 96 00:15:15,397 --> 00:15:16,031 HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE. 97 00:15:16,031 --> 00:15:17,366 >> SKY'S THE LIMIT, PATRICK. 98 00:15:17,366 --> 00:15:18,233 >> MAYBE EVEN BEYOND THAT. 99 00:15:18,233 --> 00:15:19,802 >> WELL, THANK YOU. 100 00:15:19,802 --> 00:15:26,141 >>> WE ARE NOW JUST MINUTES FROM 101 00:15:26,141 --> 00:15:26,475 LAUNCH. 102 00:15:26,475 --> 00:15:35,384 LET'S HEAD BACK OVER TO THE 103 00:15:35,384 --> 00:15:36,118 MISSION DIRECTOR CENTER TO GET 104 00:15:36,118 --> 00:15:36,752 AN UPDATE FROM MARIE AND 105 00:15:36,752 --> 00:15:37,119 DARRELL. 106 00:15:37,119 --> 00:15:37,586 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 107 00:15:37,586 --> 00:15:38,220 I'M HERE WITH MARIE LEWIS. 108 00:15:38,220 --> 00:15:52,101 I'M DARRELL NAYLE, AND WE ARE GO 109 00:15:52,101 --> 00:15:52,868 FOR LAUNCH ACROSS ALL WEATHER 110 00:15:52,868 --> 00:15:53,636 CRITERIA, SO THAT'S A GOOD SIGN. 111 00:15:53,636 --> 00:15:54,336 NOW, WE'RE JUST WATCHING AND 112 00:15:54,336 --> 00:15:54,903 WAITING FOR THE COUNT. 113 00:15:54,903 --> 00:15:55,571 WE'RE SITTING AT 5:22 UNTIL 114 00:15:55,571 --> 00:15:55,938 LIFTOFF. 115 00:15:55,938 --> 00:15:56,372 >> ABSOLUTELY. 116 00:15:56,372 --> 00:15:57,039 AND, OF COURSE, THE PRIMARY 117 00:15:57,039 --> 00:16:02,277 OBJECTIVE IS TO GET THAT CARGO 118 00:16:02,277 --> 00:16:04,813 DRAGON INTO THE CORRECT ORBIT, 119 00:16:04,813 --> 00:16:09,318 AND IT ACCOMPLISHES THAT ON 120 00:16:09,318 --> 00:16:11,754 THIS. 121 00:16:11,754 --> 00:16:21,997 THE FALCON HAS NINE MERLIN 122 00:16:21,997 --> 00:16:25,567 ENGINES THAT PRODUCE 1.6 MILLION 123 00:16:25,567 --> 00:16:26,435 TONS OF THRUST. 124 00:16:26,435 --> 00:16:30,072 THAT'S THE REALLY COOL PART 125 00:16:30,072 --> 00:16:31,373 ABOUT HOW DRAGON GETS UP TO 126 00:16:31,373 --> 00:16:37,212 SPACE STATION, BUT THERE'S SOME 127 00:16:37,212 --> 00:16:37,980 REALLY COOL STUFF HAPPENING IN 128 00:16:37,980 --> 00:16:40,049 THE MEANTIME BLACK -- BACK 129 00:16:40,049 --> 00:16:41,550 CLOSER TO EARTH. 130 00:16:41,550 --> 00:16:41,884 >> YEAH. 131 00:16:41,884 --> 00:16:44,153 YOU CAN SEE THE DRAGON SHOT, 132 00:16:44,153 --> 00:16:45,821 CLOSER UP WITH THE ROCKET. 133 00:16:45,821 --> 00:16:49,758 IT ACTUALLY HAS TWO 134 00:16:49,758 --> 00:16:50,492 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 135 00:16:50,492 --> 00:16:55,197 BADGES ON IT. 136 00:16:55,197 --> 00:16:56,365 IT'S BEEN TO THE INTERNATIONAL 137 00:16:56,365 --> 00:17:04,006 SPACE STATION TWICE, SO PRETTY, 138 00:17:04,006 --> 00:17:05,474 YOU'LL SEE A THIRD SOON. 139 00:17:05,474 --> 00:17:08,277 RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 140 00:17:08,277 --> 00:17:13,615 SPACEX MISSION CONTROL CENTER IN 141 00:17:13,615 --> 00:17:14,383 HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA, WHERE 142 00:17:14,383 --> 00:17:15,117 THEY ARE COMMANDING THE LAUNCH. 143 00:17:15,117 --> 00:17:16,218 BUT THERE'S THE LAUNCH ON THE 144 00:17:16,218 --> 00:17:33,435 GROUND, AND YOU CAN SEE THE 145 00:17:33,435 --> 00:17:35,070 GASEOUS OXYGEN AT THE BOTTOM. 146 00:17:35,070 --> 00:17:35,738 THE NEAT THING ABOUT THIS 147 00:17:35,738 --> 00:17:36,472 BOOSTER IS IT'S COMING BACK TO 148 00:17:36,472 --> 00:17:36,772 LAND. 149 00:17:36,772 --> 00:17:37,473 AND THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE 150 00:17:37,473 --> 00:17:40,909 GASEOUS OXYGEN AT THE TOP. 151 00:17:40,909 --> 00:17:43,312 WE'RE SET FOR LAUNCH. 152 00:17:43,312 --> 00:17:49,518 >> AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE SAW THAT 153 00:17:49,518 --> 00:17:51,553 TOP LUNCH BACK -- LURCH BACK 154 00:17:51,553 --> 00:17:55,924 EVER SO SLIGHTLY FOR LAUNCH 155 00:17:55,924 --> 00:17:57,326 BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT THREE 156 00:17:57,326 --> 00:18:01,163 MINUTES AWAY FROM LIFTOFF. 157 00:18:01,163 --> 00:18:01,964 IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING BECAUSE 158 00:18:01,964 --> 00:18:16,111 THESE ARE GOING TO BE THE 159 00:18:16,111 --> 00:18:16,812 HIGHEST WINDS THEY'VE EVER 160 00:18:16,812 --> 00:18:28,791 RECORDED AT THE LANDING SITE. 161 00:18:28,791 --> 00:18:29,525 >> IT'S STILL WITHIN LIMITS FOR 162 00:18:29,525 --> 00:18:30,292 IT TO LAND, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE 163 00:18:30,292 --> 00:18:30,959 BLOWING WHEN IT COMES DOWN. 164 00:18:30,959 --> 00:18:31,660 WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO HAVE 165 00:18:31,660 --> 00:18:32,394 CAMERAS, SPACEX CAMERAS ON THE 166 00:18:32,394 --> 00:18:33,128 BOOSTER ITSELF, SO WE'LL BE ABLE 167 00:18:33,128 --> 00:18:36,298 TO SEE ON THE GROUND, IT COME 168 00:18:36,298 --> 00:18:36,632 BACK. 169 00:18:36,632 --> 00:19:38,794 WE'RE 170 00:19:38,794 --> 00:19:39,561 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SPACEX HAS 171 00:19:39,561 --> 00:19:45,133 BEEN EXCITED ABOUT THEIR 172 00:19:45,133 --> 00:19:51,406 SPACECRAFT AND THEIR ROCKETS. 173 00:19:51,406 --> 00:19:54,009 T-MINUS 1:22 AND COUNTING. 174 00:19:54,009 --> 00:19:58,380 AT THIS POINT, THEY'VE GOT THE 175 00:19:58,380 --> 00:20:00,315 PROPELLANTS ALMOST FULLY LOADED. 176 00:20:00,315 --> 00:20:01,583 THEY'RE GOING TO PRESSURIZE 177 00:20:01,583 --> 00:20:03,118 THOSE, AND THEN, THEY'RE GOING 178 00:20:03,118 --> 00:20:05,654 TO LET THAT FLIGHT COMMAND 179 00:20:05,654 --> 00:20:07,322 COMPUTER TAKE OVER HERE IN JUST 180 00:20:07,322 --> 00:20:08,123 A FEW SECONDS. 181 00:20:08,123 --> 00:20:09,791 >> AND WE SHOULD HEAR THAT GO 182 00:20:09,791 --> 00:20:10,959 FOR LAUNCH IN JUST ABOUT 15 183 00:20:10,959 --> 00:20:13,528 SECONDS. 184 00:20:13,528 --> 00:20:17,799 >> DRAGON IS IN START OF. 185 00:20:35,050 --> 00:20:38,153 >> DRAGON IS GO FOR LAUNCH. 186 00:20:38,153 --> 00:20:40,622 >> SO THERE YOU HEARD IT. 187 00:20:40,622 --> 00:20:42,891 >> T-MINUS 30 SECONDS. 188 00:20:42,891 --> 00:20:43,458 >> ALL SYSTEMS ARE GREEN. 189 00:21:01,743 --> 00:21:10,819 >> T-MINUS 15 SECONDS. 190 00:21:10,819 --> 00:21:11,520 TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX, 191 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:12,220 FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE, 192 00:21:12,220 --> 00:21:12,721 ZERO. 193 00:21:12,721 --> 00:21:16,525 AND LIFTOFF OF THE FALCON-9 194 00:21:16,525 --> 00:21:22,030 ROCKET AND CARGO DRAGON OF THE 195 00:21:22,030 --> 00:21:28,003 FINAL FLIGHT OF THE DRAGON ONE 196 00:21:28,003 --> 00:21:32,474 SPACECRAFT TO LEAD DISCOVERY AND 197 00:21:32,474 --> 00:21:34,776 CREW CARGO IN SPACE. 198 00:21:34,776 --> 00:21:37,813 >> NOW IT'S GOING TO GET IN 199 00:21:37,813 --> 00:21:42,985 POSITION FOR ITS PROPER DESCENT 200 00:21:42,985 --> 00:21:45,787 INTO ORBIT. 201 00:21:45,787 --> 00:21:49,524 THE FALCON-9 IS LOOKING GOOD, 2 202 00:21:49,524 --> 00:21:53,962 MILLION POUNDS OF THRUST AS IT 203 00:21:53,962 --> 00:21:59,334 GOES INTO SPACE. 204 00:21:59,334 --> 00:22:02,838 >> COMING UP IN JUST A FEW 205 00:22:02,838 --> 00:22:04,840 SECONDS, IT WILL EXPERIENCE ITS 206 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:06,675 MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FORCE ON THE 207 00:22:06,675 --> 00:22:07,009 ROCKET. 208 00:22:07,009 --> 00:22:08,443 THAT WILL HAPPEN AT 1:18. 209 00:22:20,122 --> 00:22:23,625 >> FALCON-9 IS SUPER SONIC. 210 00:22:23,625 --> 00:22:26,561 >> IT'S GOING FASTER THAN THE 211 00:22:26,561 --> 00:22:27,295 SPEED OF SOUND. 212 00:22:27,295 --> 00:22:28,930 >> AND ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE 213 00:22:28,930 --> 00:22:30,232 MAXIMUM DYNAMIC PRESSURE. 214 00:22:30,232 --> 00:22:32,734 >> IT'S EXPERIENCING MAXIMUM 215 00:22:32,734 --> 00:22:33,301 DYNAMIC PRESSURE. 216 00:22:33,301 --> 00:22:35,237 >> AND THERE YOU GO. 217 00:22:35,237 --> 00:22:36,738 BEAUTIFUL SHOT RIGHT THERE AS IT 218 00:22:36,738 --> 00:22:37,706 GOES INTO SPACE. 219 00:22:37,706 --> 00:22:39,975 >> NOW IN LESS THAN A MINUTE, WE 220 00:22:39,975 --> 00:22:42,144 SHOULD HEAR CONFIRMATION OF MAIN 221 00:22:42,144 --> 00:22:42,911 ENGINE CUTOFF. 222 00:22:42,911 --> 00:22:44,012 SO FAR, LOOKING GREAT. 223 00:22:44,012 --> 00:22:44,613 >> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH. 224 00:22:51,386 --> 00:22:53,321 >> NOW, THERE WILL BE A RAPID 225 00:22:53,321 --> 00:22:57,025 CONCESSION OF EVENTS COMING UP 226 00:22:57,025 --> 00:22:58,760 IN JUST A BIT. 227 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:01,630 AS MARIE NOTED, WE'LL HAVE THE 228 00:23:01,630 --> 00:23:02,864 FIRST STAGE ENGINE CUTOFF, 229 00:23:02,864 --> 00:23:05,534 FOLLOWED BY A SEPARATION, AND 230 00:23:05,534 --> 00:23:07,035 THAT SECOND STAGE WILL BE 231 00:23:07,035 --> 00:23:07,402 STARTING. 232 00:23:07,402 --> 00:23:08,170 THAT WILL ALL HAPPEN IN A MATTER 233 00:23:08,170 --> 00:23:08,670 OF TEN SECONDS OR SO. 234 00:23:23,952 --> 00:23:27,789 >> THERE'S A GREAT SHOT OF THOSE 235 00:23:27,789 --> 00:23:30,425 MERLIN-D ENGINES GETTING READY 236 00:23:30,425 --> 00:23:30,759 TO SHUT OFF. 237 00:23:33,161 --> 00:23:38,333 AND THERE THEY GO. 238 00:23:38,333 --> 00:23:40,102 >> STAGE SEPARATION CONFIRMED. 239 00:23:40,102 --> 00:23:40,602 >> ALL RIGHT. 240 00:23:40,602 --> 00:23:42,170 THE FIRST STAGE IS LOOSE, AND IT 241 00:23:42,170 --> 00:23:45,107 IS NOW FALLING BACK TO EARTH. 242 00:23:45,107 --> 00:23:47,442 AND THERE YOU SEE THE SECOND 243 00:23:47,442 --> 00:23:47,809 STAGE. 244 00:23:47,809 --> 00:23:52,981 ENGINE HAS STARTED. 245 00:23:52,981 --> 00:23:56,985 >> ANOTHER 210,000 POUNDS OF 246 00:23:56,985 --> 00:23:59,387 THRUST PROPELLING DRAGON INTO 247 00:23:59,387 --> 00:23:59,721 ORBIT. 248 00:23:59,721 --> 00:24:01,223 >> THERE'S A SHOT FROM THE 249 00:24:01,223 --> 00:24:02,557 BOOSTER AS IT'S FALLING AWAY. 250 00:24:13,668 --> 00:24:16,771 SO FAR, EVERYTHING WITH REGARDS 251 00:24:16,771 --> 00:24:19,174 TO THIS FLIGHT IS LOOKING 252 00:24:19,174 --> 00:24:20,342 NOMINAL, WHICH MEANS IT'S 253 00:24:20,342 --> 00:24:22,010 PERFORMING AS EXPECTED. 254 00:24:22,010 --> 00:24:23,645 YOU SEE THE SPLIT SCREEN ON YOUR 255 00:24:23,645 --> 00:24:24,813 RIGHT-HAND SIDE. 256 00:24:24,813 --> 00:24:28,783 YOU HAVE THE SPLIT STAGE ENGINE. 257 00:24:28,783 --> 00:24:31,186 ON YOUR LEFT SIDE, YOU HAVE THE 258 00:24:31,186 --> 00:24:32,787 BOOSTER, AND BRIEFLY, I BELIEVE 259 00:24:32,787 --> 00:24:35,390 WE SAW PART OF THE NOSE CONE 260 00:24:35,390 --> 00:24:35,857 COMING OUT. 261 00:24:35,857 --> 00:24:38,994 >> AND AGAIN, THE BOOSTER IS 262 00:24:38,994 --> 00:24:41,396 HEADED BACK TOWARDS CAPE 263 00:24:41,396 --> 00:24:42,664 CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, 264 00:24:42,664 --> 00:24:44,332 WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO ATTEMPT 265 00:24:44,332 --> 00:24:46,468 TO LAND THIS BOOSTER AT LANDING 266 00:24:46,468 --> 00:24:47,369 ZONE ONE HERE. 267 00:24:47,369 --> 00:24:48,970 THAT FIRST STAGE ENTRY BURN 268 00:24:48,970 --> 00:24:50,172 BEGINS IN ABOUT THREE MINUTES 269 00:24:50,172 --> 00:24:53,308 NOW FOR THAT BOOSTER. 270 00:24:53,308 --> 00:24:54,409 AND HERE, WE'RE LOOKING AGAIN AT 271 00:24:54,409 --> 00:24:59,281 THE SECOND STAGE ENGINE 272 00:24:59,281 --> 00:25:23,038 PROPELLING DRAGON TOWARDS ORBIT. 273 00:25:23,038 --> 00:25:24,773 >> WE WERE REALLY WATCHING 274 00:25:24,773 --> 00:25:25,941 CLOSELY, LISTENING CLOSELY TO 275 00:25:25,941 --> 00:25:29,778 THE WEATHER REPORTS TONIGHT, BUT 276 00:25:29,778 --> 00:25:31,513 SO FAR, ALL THINGS NOMINAL. 277 00:25:31,513 --> 00:25:32,013 >> YEAH. 278 00:25:32,013 --> 00:25:33,748 THEY HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE 279 00:25:33,748 --> 00:25:35,317 WIND DOWN ON THE GROUND. 280 00:25:35,317 --> 00:25:36,751 LIFTED RIGHT OFF THERE. 281 00:25:36,751 --> 00:25:39,955 NO PROBLEMS, FIRST STAGE. 282 00:25:39,955 --> 00:25:41,289 NOW, FIRST STAGE IS FALLING BACK 283 00:25:41,289 --> 00:25:43,024 TO EARTH, AND THE SECOND STAGE 284 00:25:43,024 --> 00:25:53,468 IS CARRYING DRAGON ONWARDS IN 285 00:25:53,468 --> 00:25:55,904 ITS MISSION TO EVENTUALLY MEET 286 00:25:55,904 --> 00:25:57,939 UP WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 287 00:25:57,939 --> 00:26:00,075 STATION. 288 00:26:00,075 --> 00:26:02,043 WE ARE NOW 4:45 INTO FLIGHT. 289 00:26:02,043 --> 00:26:05,247 YOU SEE THE SPLIT SCREEN THERE. 290 00:26:05,247 --> 00:26:07,882 EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL FOR 291 00:26:07,882 --> 00:26:08,550 DRAGON AND THE BOOSTER SO FAR. 292 00:26:30,171 --> 00:26:32,707 >> COMING UP IN JUST A MINUTE, 293 00:26:32,707 --> 00:26:35,010 THIS'LL BE THE FIRST STAGE ENTRY 294 00:26:35,010 --> 00:26:35,310 BURN. 295 00:26:35,310 --> 00:26:36,544 THIS WILL SLOW THE BOOSTER AND 296 00:26:36,544 --> 00:26:38,413 GET IT INTO POSITION SO THAT IT 297 00:26:38,413 --> 00:26:38,880 CAN LAND. 298 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,284 >> AND I THINK WE HEARD SHIVA 299 00:26:42,284 --> 00:26:44,919 SAY EARLIER, IF THEY DO THIS 300 00:26:44,919 --> 00:26:45,820 SUCCESSFULLY, IT WILL BE THE 301 00:26:45,820 --> 00:26:48,256 50th LANDING OF A SPACEX 302 00:26:48,256 --> 00:26:49,491 BOOSTER, WHICH IS A BIG NUMBER. 303 00:26:49,491 --> 00:26:50,792 >> THEY'VE GOTTEN REALLY 304 00:26:50,792 --> 00:26:53,561 CONSISTENT AT BEING ABLE TO LAND 305 00:26:53,561 --> 00:26:59,367 THESE BOOSTERS, BUT IT'LL BE 306 00:26:59,367 --> 00:27:00,902 INTEREST. 307 00:27:00,902 --> 00:27:01,836 -- INTERESTING. 308 00:27:01,836 --> 00:27:04,973 WE KNOW WE'VE GOT 20 TO 25 MILES 309 00:27:04,973 --> 00:27:06,174 PER HOUR WINDS. 310 00:27:06,174 --> 00:27:08,343 AS YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND STAGE 311 00:27:08,343 --> 00:27:09,844 BURNING THERE, DRAGON IS 312 00:27:09,844 --> 00:27:15,417 EXPECTED TO RENDEZVOUS WITH THE 313 00:27:15,417 --> 00:27:16,084 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 314 00:27:16,084 --> 00:27:25,727 RIGHT AROUND MONDAY EVENING. 315 00:27:25,727 --> 00:27:29,564 >> AND THIS'LL BE THE 19th TIME 316 00:27:29,564 --> 00:27:30,432 THEY'VE LANDED A BOOSTER ON 317 00:27:30,432 --> 00:27:30,732 LAND. 318 00:27:30,732 --> 00:27:32,534 THE REST OF THE LANDINGS, 319 00:27:32,534 --> 00:27:35,737 THEY'VE LANDED THEM ON ONE OF 320 00:27:35,737 --> 00:27:37,806 THEIR DRONE SHIPS OUT AT SEA, SO 321 00:27:37,806 --> 00:27:39,374 AGAIN, HOPING THEY'LL BE ABLE TO 322 00:27:39,374 --> 00:27:41,476 DO THAT EVEN WITH THE WINDS. 323 00:27:41,476 --> 00:27:43,478 WE SHOULD HAVE THAT FIRST STAGE 324 00:27:43,478 --> 00:27:44,145 ENTRY BEGINNING ANY MOMENT NOW. 325 00:27:52,420 --> 00:27:53,788 >> AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE 326 00:27:53,788 --> 00:27:55,957 GATHERED LOCALLY, MAKE SURE YOU 327 00:27:55,957 --> 00:27:58,293 KEEP AN EAR OUT FOR THE DOUBLE 328 00:27:58,293 --> 00:28:00,729 SONIC BOOM, WHEN THE BOOSTER 329 00:28:00,729 --> 00:28:05,233 COMES BACK AND BREAKS THE SPEED 330 00:28:05,233 --> 00:28:06,267 OF SOUND. 331 00:28:06,267 --> 00:28:07,702 ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR 332 00:28:07,702 --> 00:28:09,270 SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE WINGS 333 00:28:09,270 --> 00:28:15,310 ARE OUT FOR THE ENTRY LEVEL 334 00:28:15,310 --> 00:28:15,610 BURN. 335 00:28:15,610 --> 00:28:17,979 SO THEY'VE SHUTDOWN THE ENTRY 336 00:28:17,979 --> 00:28:22,350 BURN, EVERYTHING LOOKING GREAT 337 00:28:22,350 --> 00:28:27,455 SO FAR. 338 00:28:27,455 --> 00:28:37,499 OF COURSE THAT WENT ACCORDING TO 339 00:28:37,499 --> 00:28:37,866 MISSION. 340 00:28:37,866 --> 00:28:38,466 >> ALL RIGHT. 341 00:28:38,466 --> 00:28:39,734 THAT DOES IT FOR OUR PORTION OF 342 00:28:39,734 --> 00:28:40,668 THE MISSION. 343 00:28:40,668 --> 00:28:42,237 WE'RE NOW GOING TO TOSS IT OVER 344 00:28:42,237 --> 00:28:45,507 TO SHIVA AT SPACEX HEADQUARTERS 345 00:28:45,507 --> 00:28:47,308 IN HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA. 346 00:28:47,308 --> 00:28:47,876 >> THANKS, GUYS. 347 00:28:47,876 --> 00:28:50,011 SO COMING UP IN ABOUT 15 348 00:28:50,011 --> 00:28:53,047 SECONDS, WE HAVE OUR LANDING 349 00:28:53,047 --> 00:28:53,815 BURN. 350 00:28:53,815 --> 00:28:57,485 FALCON-9 STAKES A SERIES OF 351 00:28:57,485 --> 00:29:00,622 THREE BURNS TO DO THAT LANDING. 352 00:29:00,622 --> 00:29:00,989 [Applause] 353 00:29:00,989 --> 00:29:03,091 >> NOW IT'S COMING UP ON THE 354 00:29:03,091 --> 00:29:05,560 ENTRY BURN, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE 355 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:07,262 HAVE GOOD IGNITION. 356 00:29:07,262 --> 00:29:09,831 THIS ONLY LIGHTS UP THE CENTER 357 00:29:09,831 --> 00:29:11,533 MERLIN ENGINE, AND SHORTLY 358 00:29:11,533 --> 00:29:13,968 AFTER, THE FOUR LANDING LEGS 359 00:29:13,968 --> 00:29:14,903 WILL DEPLOY. 360 00:29:14,903 --> 00:29:18,440 YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT-HAND 361 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,408 SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN THE GRID 362 00:29:20,408 --> 00:29:20,775 LEGS. 363 00:29:20,775 --> 00:29:22,243 THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF 364 00:29:22,243 --> 00:29:26,514 FALCON AS IT'S COMING BACK TO 365 00:29:26,514 --> 00:29:27,882 LANDING ZONE ONE. 366 00:29:27,882 --> 00:29:32,253 KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR DEPLOY. 367 00:29:32,253 --> 00:29:32,821 [Cheers and Applause] 368 00:29:32,821 --> 00:29:34,422 >> I'M HEARING A LOT OF SOUNDS 369 00:29:34,422 --> 00:29:37,091 BEHIND ME. 370 00:29:37,091 --> 00:29:38,693 IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MAY HAVE 371 00:29:38,693 --> 00:29:39,727 TOUCHED DOWN. 372 00:29:39,727 --> 00:29:40,495 BEAUTIFUL. 373 00:29:40,495 --> 00:29:41,296 AND THAT IS CONFIRMATION, THAT 374 00:29:41,296 --> 00:29:43,631 IS THE 50th SUCCESSFUL LANDING 375 00:29:43,631 --> 00:29:46,067 OF A FALCON-9 FIRST STAGE. 376 00:29:46,067 --> 00:29:47,702 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE 377 00:29:47,702 --> 00:29:48,436 SPACEX TEAM. 378 00:29:48,436 --> 00:29:50,205 NOW REAL QUICK HERE, AND YOU CAN 379 00:29:50,205 --> 00:29:53,341 SEE THIS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, 380 00:29:53,341 --> 00:29:55,877 THE SECOND STAGE IS GOING TO 381 00:29:55,877 --> 00:29:58,713 HAVE SHUTDOWN OF ITS NVAC 382 00:29:58,713 --> 00:29:59,047 ENGINE. 383 00:29:59,047 --> 00:30:02,283 SO THERE'S THE CALLOUT. 384 00:30:02,283 --> 00:30:06,120 EXPECTING A CALLOUT ON THE NET 385 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,389 SHORTLY, AND SHORTLY AFTER, THE 386 00:30:08,389 --> 00:30:10,124 GUIDANCE TEAM WILL LET US KNOW 387 00:30:10,124 --> 00:30:12,494 IF THE SECOND STAGE -- AND 388 00:30:12,494 --> 00:30:16,464 THERE'S THAT CALLOUT FOR THE 389 00:30:16,464 --> 00:30:17,098 NOMINAL ORBIT INSERTIONS. 390 00:30:17,098 --> 00:30:17,899 THAT MEANS WE'RE READY FOR THE 391 00:30:17,899 --> 00:30:20,969 NEXT STEP, WHICH IS DEPLOYMENT 392 00:30:20,969 --> 00:30:22,070 OF DRAGON FROM THE TOP OF THE 393 00:30:22,070 --> 00:30:23,004 SECOND STAGE. 394 00:30:23,004 --> 00:30:25,740 NOW ONCE DRAGON DEPLOYS FROM THE 395 00:30:25,740 --> 00:30:27,408 SECOND STAGE, THERE'S THAT 396 00:30:27,408 --> 00:30:29,577 CAMERA VIEW ACTUALLY LOOKING UP 397 00:30:29,577 --> 00:30:33,348 INTO DRAGON'S TRUNK. 398 00:30:33,348 --> 00:30:36,751 DRAGON CARRIES TWO KINDS OF CAR 399 00:30:36,751 --> 00:30:39,787 GO, PRESSURIZED AND 400 00:30:39,787 --> 00:30:47,295 UNPRESSURIZED. 401 00:30:47,295 --> 00:30:52,200 UNPRESSURIZED WITHIN THE CARGO, 402 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,637 AND PRESSURIZED WITHIN THE 403 00:30:55,637 --> 00:30:56,604 CABIN. 404 00:30:56,604 --> 00:31:00,642 >> DRAGON ONE SEPARATION 405 00:31:00,642 --> 00:31:05,113 CONFIRMED. 406 00:31:05,113 --> 00:31:05,680 [Cheers and Applause] 407 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:09,350 >> THERE IS DRAGON DRAGON FLOAT 408 00:31:09,350 --> 00:31:09,651 AWAY. 409 00:31:09,651 --> 00:31:13,054 ON THE SIDES OF DRAGON, YOU CAN 410 00:31:13,054 --> 00:31:15,423 SEE THE PROTECTION OF THE SOLAR 411 00:31:15,423 --> 00:31:16,691 ARRAYS. 412 00:31:16,691 --> 00:31:21,863 THOSE ARRAYS PRODUCE MORE THAN 413 00:31:21,863 --> 00:31:26,434 FIVE KILOWATTS OF POWER WHILE 414 00:31:26,434 --> 00:31:29,837 IT'S MAKING ITS WAY TOWARDS THE 415 00:31:29,837 --> 00:31:31,372 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 416 00:31:31,372 --> 00:31:34,008 LET'S CHECK IN WITH LEAH FOR 417 00:31:34,008 --> 00:31:39,480 COVERAGE OF THE SOLAR ARRAY 418 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:39,814 DEPLOY. 419 00:31:39,814 --> 00:31:42,383 >> THANKS, SHIVA. 420 00:31:42,383 --> 00:31:45,086 CONGRATULATIONS ON 50th. 421 00:31:45,086 --> 00:31:47,155 WE'VE GOT CONFIRMATION AND VIEWS 422 00:31:47,155 --> 00:31:49,424 OF THE SECOND STAGE SEPARATION, 423 00:31:49,424 --> 00:31:52,460 AND IF YOU LOOK INSIDE DRAGON'S 424 00:31:52,460 --> 00:31:54,762 TRUNK FLOATING TOWARDS THE 425 00:31:54,762 --> 00:31:56,297 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, YOU 426 00:31:56,297 --> 00:31:59,601 MAY HAVE GOTTEN A VIEW OF THE 427 00:31:59,601 --> 00:32:01,336 UNPRESSURIZED PAY LOAD. 428 00:32:01,336 --> 00:32:03,738 THAT WILL SERVE AS AN EXPERIMENT 429 00:32:03,738 --> 00:32:07,141 PLATFORM, AND IT WILL SIT ON A 430 00:32:07,141 --> 00:32:08,309 UNIQUE SPOT IN THE SPACE STATION 431 00:32:08,309 --> 00:32:10,678 WHERE IT HAS AN UNOBSTRUCTED FEW 432 00:32:10,678 --> 00:32:15,316 OF EARTH AND SPACE. 433 00:32:15,316 --> 00:32:19,921 AND THE NEXT STAGE WILL BE THE 434 00:32:19,921 --> 00:32:24,292 SOLAR ARRAY DEPLOY ON WAY TO THE 435 00:32:24,292 --> 00:32:25,593 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 436 00:32:25,593 --> 00:32:27,695 THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE'LL SEE 437 00:32:27,695 --> 00:32:35,503 A SOLAR ARRAY DEPLOY ON DRAGON, 438 00:32:35,503 --> 00:32:38,473 BECAUSE THE NEW CRS-2 VEHICLE, 439 00:32:38,473 --> 00:32:41,509 THE SOLAR ARRAYS ARE INSTEAD 440 00:32:41,509 --> 00:32:44,946 WRAPPED AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF 441 00:32:44,946 --> 00:32:45,313 THE TRUNK. 442 00:32:45,313 --> 00:32:52,053 ALONG ITS ARRIVAL TO THE SPACE 443 00:32:52,053 --> 00:32:55,189 STATION, IT WILL JOIN A SOYUZ 444 00:32:55,189 --> 00:33:02,497 SPACECRAFT AND NORTHROP 445 00:33:02,497 --> 00:33:04,932 GRUMMAN'S CIGNA TWO SPACECRAFT. 446 00:33:04,932 --> 00:33:05,600 WE ARE GOING TO STAND BY, 447 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:06,100 AWAITING FOR THE CALL. 448 00:33:53,681 --> 00:33:56,084 >> SYSTEM HAS SUCCESSFULLY 449 00:33:56,084 --> 00:33:56,818 PRIMED, AND ALL SYSTEMS REPORT 450 00:33:56,818 --> 00:33:57,251 READY FOR FIRING. 451 00:34:49,370 --> 00:34:51,739 >> AND THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE 452 00:34:51,739 --> 00:34:53,441 SOLAR ARRAYS BEGINNING TO 453 00:34:53,441 --> 00:34:53,941 DEPLOY. 454 00:34:53,941 --> 00:34:56,110 THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD FOR 455 00:34:56,110 --> 00:34:56,444 DRAGON. 456 00:34:56,444 --> 00:34:57,078 WE'LL STAND BY FOR AUDIO 457 00:34:57,078 --> 00:34:57,445 CONFIRMATION. 458 00:35:14,896 --> 00:35:18,266 >> DRAGON'S SOLAR ARRAYS FROM 459 00:35:18,266 --> 00:35:24,305 SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED AND ARE 460 00:35:24,305 --> 00:35:27,775 READY FOR ACTIVATION. 461 00:35:27,775 --> 00:35:33,414 >> AND THERE YOU HAVE IT. 462 00:35:33,414 --> 00:35:35,249 DRAGON WILL BEGIN PULLING ENERGY 463 00:35:35,249 --> 00:35:42,690 FROM THE SUN FOR TRAVEL TO THE 464 00:35:42,690 --> 00:35:59,106 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 465 00:35:59,106 --> 00:36:00,408 WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT 466 00:36:00,408 --> 00:36:02,643 AND TALK WITH KENNY TODD, 467 00:36:02,643 --> 00:36:03,811 OPERATIONS AND INTEGRATION 468 00:36:03,811 --> 00:36:05,513 MANAGER FOR THE INTERNATIONAL 469 00:36:05,513 --> 00:36:05,980 SPACE STATION. 470 00:36:05,980 --> 00:36:08,449 THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, 471 00:36:08,449 --> 00:36:08,783 KENNY. 472 00:36:08,783 --> 00:36:11,819 >> IT'S MY PLEASURE. 473 00:36:11,819 --> 00:36:12,420 THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 474 00:36:12,420 --> 00:36:16,724 >> SO WE MENTIONED THIS IS THE 475 00:36:16,724 --> 00:36:19,727 END OF THE CRS-1 CONTRACT. 476 00:36:19,727 --> 00:36:22,330 WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THE 477 00:36:22,330 --> 00:36:22,630 CRS-2? 478 00:36:22,630 --> 00:36:24,832 >> WELL, WE LEARNED A LOT WITH 479 00:36:24,832 --> 00:36:27,368 THE FIRST CRS SPACECRAFT. 480 00:36:27,368 --> 00:36:30,771 WHEN WE WENT INTO THE FIRST CRS 481 00:36:30,771 --> 00:36:32,373 CONTRACT, WE BUILT IN SOME 482 00:36:32,373 --> 00:36:34,008 THINGS WITH ADDITIONAL 483 00:36:34,008 --> 00:36:34,408 FLEXIBILITY. 484 00:36:34,408 --> 00:36:37,278 ONE OF THE THINGS WITH CRS-2, 485 00:36:37,278 --> 00:36:40,014 WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER 486 00:36:40,014 --> 00:36:42,250 LOCKER PAY LOAD CAPABILITY. 487 00:36:42,250 --> 00:36:46,420 A LOT OF SCIENCE, THE HIGH VALUE 488 00:36:46,420 --> 00:36:47,154 SCIENCE WE FLY IS ASSOCIATED 489 00:36:47,154 --> 00:36:50,024 WITH SOME OF OUR BIOLOGICAL 490 00:36:50,024 --> 00:36:54,262 SAMPLES, AND OUR ABILITY TO FLY 491 00:36:54,262 --> 00:36:55,863 MORE OF THOSE ALLOWS US TO 492 00:36:55,863 --> 00:36:57,665 SUPPORT MORE USERS ON THE GROUND 493 00:36:57,665 --> 00:36:58,933 WITH A LOT MORE INVESTIGATIONS 494 00:36:58,933 --> 00:37:00,635 IN THE BIOMEDICAL AREA. 495 00:37:00,635 --> 00:37:04,272 AGAIN, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 496 00:37:04,272 --> 00:37:06,440 THAT'S MORE SCIENCE THAT WE CAN 497 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:07,942 GET TO ORBIT TO HELP 498 00:37:07,942 --> 00:37:08,743 COMMUNITIES, AND MORE SCIENCE 499 00:37:08,743 --> 00:37:10,611 THAT WE CAN RETURN, TOO. 500 00:37:10,611 --> 00:37:11,913 IN ADDITION, ONE THING THAT 501 00:37:11,913 --> 00:37:14,782 YOU'LL NOTICE IF YOU'VE WATCHED 502 00:37:14,782 --> 00:37:16,083 SPACEX DRAGON LAUNCHES AND 503 00:37:16,083 --> 00:37:18,219 CAPTURES IN THE PAST IS WE WON'T 504 00:37:18,219 --> 00:37:19,654 BE CAPTURING ANYMORE. 505 00:37:19,654 --> 00:37:22,423 THEY'LL BE DOCKING, AND AGAIN, 506 00:37:22,423 --> 00:37:25,593 THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CAPABILITY 507 00:37:25,593 --> 00:37:29,397 AS THIS SAME DRAGON 2 SPACECRAFT 508 00:37:29,397 --> 00:37:31,098 ALSO DOCKS TO THE SPACE STATION, 509 00:37:31,098 --> 00:37:33,067 SO AGAIN, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT 510 00:37:33,067 --> 00:37:36,737 CHANGE IN HOW WE'LL DO OUR 511 00:37:36,737 --> 00:37:40,908 INTEGRATED OPERATIONS BETWEEN 512 00:37:40,908 --> 00:37:42,209 THE SPACECRAFT AND THE DRAGON. 513 00:37:42,209 --> 00:37:43,778 AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE 514 00:37:43,778 --> 00:37:45,246 LANDINGS IN THE PAST, THEY 515 00:37:45,246 --> 00:37:46,814 HAPPENED IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, 516 00:37:46,814 --> 00:37:48,816 AND AS A RESULT, IT TAKES ONE, 517 00:37:48,816 --> 00:37:53,187 SOMETIMES TWO DAYS FOR THE BOAT 518 00:37:53,187 --> 00:37:55,423 IT RETRIEVE THE DRAGON AND 519 00:37:55,423 --> 00:37:57,391 ACTUALLY GET IT BACK TO PORT AND 520 00:37:57,391 --> 00:38:00,695 IN THE HANDS OF SOME OF THESE 521 00:38:00,695 --> 00:38:05,700 INVESTIGATORS. 522 00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:09,270 SO WITH THESE DRAGON TWO, 523 00:38:09,270 --> 00:38:11,238 THEY'LL LAND IN THE ATLANTIC, 524 00:38:11,238 --> 00:38:14,875 THAT'LL ALLOW US TO GET THE 525 00:38:14,875 --> 00:38:17,912 CRAFT BACK IN THE INVESTIGATORS' 526 00:38:17,912 --> 00:38:18,479 HANDS MUCH QUICKER. 527 00:38:18,479 --> 00:38:20,014 >> DEFINITELY ALL THINGS TO BE 528 00:38:20,014 --> 00:38:20,848 EXCITED ABOUT, MOVING FORWARD 529 00:38:20,848 --> 00:38:23,751 AND MAKING THINGS EVEN BETTER. 530 00:38:23,751 --> 00:38:25,920 SO COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY MISSIONS 531 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:27,421 AREN'T THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE 532 00:38:27,421 --> 00:38:32,693 WORKING ON WITH SPACEX. 533 00:38:32,693 --> 00:38:33,461 WE ARE ALSO PREPARING TO LAUNCH 534 00:38:33,461 --> 00:38:37,398 AMERICANS FROM AMERICAN SOIL ON 535 00:38:37,398 --> 00:38:38,132 AMERICAN ROCKETS FOR THE FIRST 536 00:38:38,132 --> 00:38:40,368 TIME SINCE 2011. 537 00:38:40,368 --> 00:38:43,404 CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW SPACEX 538 00:38:43,404 --> 00:38:45,573 HAS HELPED THESE SPACE MISSIONS? 539 00:38:45,573 --> 00:38:46,741 >> SURE. 540 00:38:46,741 --> 00:38:49,110 THE FIRST THING WE HAD TO LEARN 541 00:38:49,110 --> 00:38:52,113 HOW TO DO WAS HOW TO BUILD A 542 00:38:52,113 --> 00:38:54,615 SPACECRAFT AND GET IT IN LOW 543 00:38:54,615 --> 00:38:56,751 EARTH ORBITING AND GET IT BACK 544 00:38:56,751 --> 00:38:57,618 ON THE GROUND. 545 00:38:57,618 --> 00:38:58,919 THE FIRST CONTRACT WAS HUGE IN 546 00:38:58,919 --> 00:39:00,087 HELPING THEM TO ESTABLISH THAT 547 00:39:00,087 --> 00:39:02,823 CONFIDENCE THAT THEY COULD GET 548 00:39:02,823 --> 00:39:04,625 THEIR SPACECRAFT, GET IT TURNED 549 00:39:04,625 --> 00:39:07,895 BACK AROUND AND GET IT ON ORBIT 550 00:39:07,895 --> 00:39:09,363 AND GET IT HOME AGAIN, SO 551 00:39:09,363 --> 00:39:13,134 GETTING THAT CADENCE IS VERY 552 00:39:13,134 --> 00:39:13,501 IMPORTANT. 553 00:39:13,501 --> 00:39:14,268 ADDITIONALLY, JUST LEARNING HOW 554 00:39:14,268 --> 00:39:15,569 TO OPERATE, BEING AN OPERATIONS 555 00:39:15,569 --> 00:39:16,504 HERE JUST LIKE AT MISSION 556 00:39:16,504 --> 00:39:17,471 CONTROL HOUSTON. 557 00:39:17,471 --> 00:39:19,340 YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO STANDUP 558 00:39:19,340 --> 00:39:21,075 THEIR OWN OPERATIONS TEAM, AND 559 00:39:21,075 --> 00:39:22,176 THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT 560 00:39:22,176 --> 00:39:24,445 CAPABILITY THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO 561 00:39:24,445 --> 00:39:26,480 CARRYOVER AS THEY STEP UP TO THE 562 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:28,416 CREWED MISSIONS. 563 00:39:28,416 --> 00:39:32,019 SO THE -- THE ABILITY JUST TO -- 564 00:39:32,019 --> 00:39:34,321 TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN DO THIS 565 00:39:34,321 --> 00:39:35,523 JOB, THEY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE 566 00:39:35,523 --> 00:39:37,491 THAT THEY BUILT ON WITH THIS -- 567 00:39:37,491 --> 00:39:39,960 WITH ALL THESE CARGO MISSIONS, 568 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:41,862 AND SO WHILE IT'S A TOTALLY 569 00:39:41,862 --> 00:39:43,097 DIFFERENT VEHICLE, THERE'S A LOT 570 00:39:43,097 --> 00:39:45,299 OF SIMILARITIES, THERE'S A LOT 571 00:39:45,299 --> 00:39:47,802 OF THE SAME COMPONENTS THEY'RE 572 00:39:47,802 --> 00:39:48,869 CARRYING OVER INTO THAT 573 00:39:48,869 --> 00:39:50,571 SPACECRAFT, AND THEY CAN DO THAT 574 00:39:50,571 --> 00:39:51,872 WITH SOME LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE, 575 00:39:51,872 --> 00:39:53,574 THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE READY 576 00:39:53,574 --> 00:39:54,875 TO GO. 577 00:39:54,875 --> 00:39:57,611 >> AND ONCE DRAGON ARRIVES 578 00:39:57,611 --> 00:40:00,114 MONDAY MORNING, THERE WILL BE 579 00:40:00,114 --> 00:40:05,419 THREE CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD THE 580 00:40:05,419 --> 00:40:06,987 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 581 00:40:06,987 --> 00:40:09,690 CAN YOU TELL US WHAT NEW VEHICLE 582 00:40:09,690 --> 00:40:11,859 EXPLORATIONS ARE GOING TO LOOK 583 00:40:11,859 --> 00:40:13,394 LIKE WITH THE NEW UNLOADS AND 584 00:40:13,394 --> 00:40:14,395 THE CREW MEMBERS? 585 00:40:14,395 --> 00:40:15,096 >> SURE. 586 00:40:15,096 --> 00:40:16,864 IT'LL BE A BIT OF A SPRINT FOR 587 00:40:16,864 --> 00:40:20,468 THE NEXT FEW WEEKS OR SO FOR THE 588 00:40:20,468 --> 00:40:22,002 CREW MEMBERS UNTIL THEY LAUNCH. 589 00:40:22,002 --> 00:40:24,772 WHEN YOU GET A DRAGON ON BOARD, 590 00:40:24,772 --> 00:40:26,974 IT IS ABOUT A FOUR-WEEK SPRINT 591 00:40:26,974 --> 00:40:28,876 FROM BEGINNING TO END, BUT WITH 592 00:40:28,876 --> 00:40:31,145 THREE CREW, IT'S EVEN A LITTLE 593 00:40:31,145 --> 00:40:32,913 BIT MORE OF A SITUATION WHERE 594 00:40:32,913 --> 00:40:34,048 THEY'RE HAVING TO MANAGE 595 00:40:34,048 --> 00:40:37,284 THEMSELVES, WE'RE HAVING TO HELP 596 00:40:37,284 --> 00:40:37,985 MANAGE THE SCHEDULES FOR THEM 597 00:40:37,985 --> 00:40:40,421 AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T, YOU 598 00:40:40,421 --> 00:40:41,689 KNOW, TIRE THEM OUT TOO MUCH SO 599 00:40:41,689 --> 00:40:44,325 THAT THEY'RE READY TO DO ALL OF 600 00:40:44,325 --> 00:40:45,359 THE THINGS NECESSARY FOR THAT 601 00:40:45,359 --> 00:40:46,093 PARTICULAR MISSION. 602 00:40:46,093 --> 00:40:49,196 BUT ANY WAY, YEAH, THIS 603 00:40:49,196 --> 00:40:50,064 PARTICULAR MISSION, TOWARDS THE 604 00:40:50,064 --> 00:40:57,905 END OF IT, WE'LL ALSO START TO 605 00:40:57,905 --> 00:40:59,840 FLOW IN SOME OF OUR REGULAR 606 00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:01,542 ACTIVITIES FOR JESSICA AND DREW. 607 00:41:01,542 --> 00:41:03,878 SO AROUND THE FIRST OF APRIL, 608 00:41:03,878 --> 00:41:08,349 THINGS ARE GOING TO GET REALLY 609 00:41:08,349 --> 00:41:12,186 DYNAMIC TO WRAP UP THIS MISSION, 610 00:41:12,186 --> 00:41:14,221 AND GET JESSICA AND DREW READY 611 00:41:14,221 --> 00:41:16,924 TO COME UP, AND THE NEW MISSION 612 00:41:16,924 --> 00:41:18,893 WITH CASSIDY WILL BE READY. 613 00:41:18,893 --> 00:41:21,395 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, BUT 614 00:41:21,395 --> 00:41:22,463 AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE GOING TO 615 00:41:22,463 --> 00:41:24,465 HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THE BALL 616 00:41:24,465 --> 00:41:27,201 AND MAKE SURE THE CREW GETS 617 00:41:27,201 --> 00:41:29,470 RESTED SO THEY CAN GET THE WORK 618 00:41:29,470 --> 00:41:40,347 THEY NEED TO GET DONE. 619 00:41:40,347 --> 00:41:42,183 FUTURE RESEARCH SITES ARE 620 00:41:42,183 --> 00:41:42,583 FANTASTIC. 621 00:41:42,583 --> 00:41:44,151 WE ONLY HAVE CERTAIN SITES ON 622 00:41:44,151 --> 00:41:47,922 THE STATION THAT WE CAN PUT 623 00:41:47,922 --> 00:41:48,722 EXPERIMENTS ON. 624 00:41:48,722 --> 00:41:51,859 OUR EUROPEAN COLLEAGUES, THEY'RE 625 00:41:51,859 --> 00:41:52,626 STEPPING INTO THE COMMERCIAL 626 00:41:52,626 --> 00:41:55,863 MARKET WITH THE LAUNCH OF THIS 627 00:41:55,863 --> 00:41:56,597 PLATFORM, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED 628 00:41:56,597 --> 00:41:59,934 ABOUT IT FROM AN OVERALL STATION 629 00:41:59,934 --> 00:42:01,402 PARTNERSHIP PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE 630 00:42:01,402 --> 00:42:03,370 IT BRINGS PARTNERSHIP TO THE 631 00:42:03,370 --> 00:42:04,939 STATION, BUT WE'RE EXCITED FOR 632 00:42:04,939 --> 00:42:07,274 OUR EUROPEAN COLLEAGUES BECAUSE 633 00:42:07,274 --> 00:42:10,878 THEY'RE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING 634 00:42:10,878 --> 00:42:13,380 THIS GROWTH INTO THIS COMMERCIAL 635 00:42:13,380 --> 00:42:14,915 LOW-EARTH ORBIT ECONOMY THAT 636 00:42:14,915 --> 00:42:20,221 WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GROW AS 637 00:42:20,221 --> 00:42:23,524 SPACE-FARING NATIONS AS PART OF 638 00:42:23,524 --> 00:42:24,191 THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. 639 00:42:24,191 --> 00:42:25,659 WE THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A 640 00:42:25,659 --> 00:42:27,895 GREAT THING FOR EVERYONE WHO IS 641 00:42:27,895 --> 00:42:31,098 INTERESTED IN GETTING LOW-EARTH 642 00:42:31,098 --> 00:42:34,435 ORBITS ESPECIALLY WITH THIS 643 00:42:34,435 --> 00:42:35,402 PLATFORM THAT'S ON STATION. 644 00:42:35,402 --> 00:42:37,204 IT'S, AGAIN, ALL-AROUND GOOD FOR 645 00:42:37,204 --> 00:42:38,806 THE PARTNERSHIP AND CERTAINLY 646 00:42:38,806 --> 00:42:41,442 GOOD FOR THE COLLEAGUES. 647 00:42:41,442 --> 00:42:43,777 >> AN ALL-AROUND GOOD LAUNCH. 648 00:42:43,777 --> 00:42:46,247 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US 649 00:42:46,247 --> 00:42:46,914 TONIGHT, KENNY. 650 00:42:46,914 --> 00:42:47,848 >> YEAH. 651 00:42:47,848 --> 00:42:48,649 MY PLEASURE. 652 00:42:48,649 --> 00:42:52,186 >> WE ARE EXPECTING DRAGON TO 653 00:42:52,186 --> 00:42:53,754 ARRIVE AT THE INTERNATIONAL 654 00:42:53,754 --> 00:42:55,389 SPACE STATION VERY EARLY MONDAY 655 00:42:55,389 --> 00:42:55,723 MORNING. 656 00:42:55,723 --> 00:42:58,425 AS KENNY MENTIONED, IT WILL BE 657 00:42:58,425 --> 00:43:01,595 THE LAST TIME THAT DRAGON NEEDS 658 00:43:01,595 --> 00:43:07,201 TO BE GRAPPLED AND JOINED TO THE 659 00:43:07,201 --> 00:43:07,901 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 660 00:43:07,901 --> 00:43:10,137 WITH ALL OF THAT, WE WILL TOSS 661 00:43:10,137 --> 00:43:12,339 IT BACK TO TAMMY AT KENNEDY 662 00:43:12,339 --> 00:43:13,941 SPACE CENTER, EVERYTHING LOOKING 663 00:43:13,941 --> 00:43:17,144 GOOD AT MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON. 664 00:43:17,144 --> 00:43:20,614 >> THANKS, LISA. 665 00:43:20,614 --> 00:43:22,783 SHIVA OUT IN CALIFORNIA, YOU 666 00:43:22,783 --> 00:43:23,651 LOOK PRETTY EXCITED. 667 00:43:23,651 --> 00:43:26,787 CAN YOU TELL US HOW THE LAUNCH 668 00:43:26,787 --> 00:43:27,221 WENT TONIGHT? 669 00:43:27,221 --> 00:43:27,955 WE HEARD A LOT OF SCREAMS. 670 00:43:27,955 --> 00:43:29,590 >> YEAH. 671 00:43:29,590 --> 00:43:31,792 THERE'S PROBABLY STILL A GOOD 50 672 00:43:31,792 --> 00:43:33,394 PEOPLE OUT HERE. 673 00:43:33,394 --> 00:43:35,763 THERE WERE MAYBE 100 OR 200 674 00:43:35,763 --> 00:43:37,231 PEOPLE OUT HERE EARLIER. 675 00:43:37,231 --> 00:43:41,568 WE HAD A GOOD LAUNCH AT 11:50 676 00:43:41,568 --> 00:43:43,270 P.M. EASTERN. 677 00:43:43,270 --> 00:43:52,513 IT LAUNCHED FROM SPACE COMPLEX 678 00:43:52,513 --> 00:43:52,780 40. 679 00:43:52,780 --> 00:43:54,982 THIS WAS ALSO OUR FINAL CRS 680 00:43:54,982 --> 00:43:56,550 MISSION USING THE FIRST VERSION 681 00:43:56,550 --> 00:43:59,219 OF DRAGON, AND BEGINNING WITH 682 00:43:59,219 --> 00:44:01,488 THE NEXT MISSION, WE WILL BE 683 00:44:01,488 --> 00:44:05,526 FLYING THE NEW VERSION OF DRAGON 684 00:44:05,526 --> 00:44:06,827 THAT'S CAPABLE OF CARRYING 685 00:44:06,827 --> 00:44:08,028 PEOPLE ON BOARD. 686 00:44:08,028 --> 00:44:11,532 I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE MAKING 687 00:44:11,532 --> 00:44:12,566 OUR WAY TOWARDS THE SPACE 688 00:44:12,566 --> 00:44:12,900 STATION. 689 00:44:12,900 --> 00:44:14,735 WE'RE PLANNING TO ARRIVE AT THE 690 00:44:14,735 --> 00:44:16,937 STATION ON MARCH 9 AT ABOUT 691 00:44:16,937 --> 00:44:17,971 7:00 A.M. EASTERN TIME. 692 00:44:17,971 --> 00:44:22,276 THE ASTRONAUTS ABOARD WILL THEN 693 00:44:22,276 --> 00:44:24,678 CAPTURE DRAGON IN A PROCESS 694 00:44:24,678 --> 00:44:26,814 CALLED BERTHING USING THE 695 00:44:26,814 --> 00:44:29,016 STATION'S ROBOTIC ARM, AND THEN 696 00:44:29,016 --> 00:44:31,618 ONCE DRAGON IS SAFELY DOCKED 697 00:44:31,618 --> 00:44:32,753 WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 698 00:44:32,753 --> 00:44:36,657 STATION, THEY'LL UNLOAD ABOUT 699 00:44:36,657 --> 00:44:42,029 5500 POUNDS OF SUPPLIES AND 700 00:44:42,029 --> 00:44:44,565 CARGO FOR THE INTERNATIONAL 701 00:44:44,565 --> 00:44:44,998 SPACE STATION. 702 00:44:44,998 --> 00:44:47,434 DRAGON IS GOING TO SPEND ABOUT 703 00:44:47,434 --> 00:44:49,870 FOUR WEEKS THERE BEFORE IT COMES 704 00:44:49,870 --> 00:44:52,272 BACK TO EARTH. 705 00:44:52,272 --> 00:44:55,876 THIS WAS SPACEX'S 50th RECOVERY. 706 00:44:55,876 --> 00:44:58,278 ALL IN ALL, JUST A FANTASTIC 707 00:44:58,278 --> 00:44:58,612 MISSION. 708 00:44:58,612 --> 00:44:59,947 REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR FRIENDS 709 00:44:59,947 --> 00:45:03,951 AT NASA, AND THE AIR FORCE, AND 710 00:45:03,951 --> 00:45:07,187 THE FEDERAL AVIATION 711 00:45:07,187 --> 00:45:07,888 ADMINISTRATION, AND ALL OUR 712 00:45:07,888 --> 00:45:08,689 FRIENDS TONIGHT WHO PUT IN THE 713 00:45:08,689 --> 00:45:09,823 EFFORT FOR TONIGHT'S LAUNCH. 714 00:45:09,823 --> 00:45:10,924 AND A BIG CONGRATULATIONS FOR 715 00:45:10,924 --> 00:45:12,526 THE SPACEX AND NASA TEAMS WHO 716 00:45:12,526 --> 00:45:14,228 DEVELOPED AND SUPPORTED THE 717 00:45:14,228 --> 00:45:17,264 FIRST VERSION OF DRAGON. 718 00:45:17,264 --> 00:45:17,998 ALL THAT HARD WORK HAS REALLY 719 00:45:17,998 --> 00:45:19,967 PAVED THE WAY FOR THE UPCOMING 720 00:45:19,967 --> 00:45:21,735 FIRST CREW FLIGHT WITH NASA 721 00:45:21,735 --> 00:45:23,170 ASTRONAUTS LATER ON THIS YEAR. 722 00:45:23,170 --> 00:45:27,508 SO WITH THAT, BACK TO YOU, 723 00:45:27,508 --> 00:45:27,841 TAMMY. 724 00:45:27,841 --> 00:45:29,643 >> THANKS, SHIVA, AND 725 00:45:29,643 --> 00:45:30,110 CONGRATULATIONS. 726 00:45:30,110 --> 00:45:33,914 AND THAT'S GOING TO WRAP UP OUR 727 00:45:33,914 --> 00:45:34,281 COVERAGE. 728 00:45:34,281 --> 00:45:42,289 FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT 729 00:45:42,289 --> 00:45:48,195 NASA.GOV/STATION OR 730 00:45:48,195 --> 00:45:48,662 NASA.GOV/SPACEX. 731 00:45:48,662 --> 00:45:49,396 WE LEAVE YOU WITH ANOTHER 732 00:45:49,396 --> 00:45:50,864 STUNNING LOOK AT TONIGHT'S 733 00:45:50,864 --> 00:45:51,198 LAUNCH. 734 00:45:51,198 --> 00:45:53,167 HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, EVERYONE, 735 00:45:53,167 --> 00:45:55,803 AND GO CRS-20, AND GO 736 00:45:55,803 --> 00:45:56,503 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 737 00:45:56,503 --> 00:45:56,837 GOOD NIGHT. 738 00:45:58,005 --> 00:46:01,208 >> T-MINUS 15 SECONDS. 739 00:46:01,208 --> 00:46:07,514 >> -- EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX, FIVE, 740 00:46:07,514 --> 00:46:08,515 FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE, ZERO. 741 00:46:08,515 --> 00:46:12,352 AND LIFTOFF OF THE FALCON-9 742 00:46:12,352 --> 00:46:15,722 ROCKET AND CARGO DRAGON ON THE 743 00:46:15,722 --> 00:46:21,628 FINAL FLIGHT OF THE DRAGON1 744 00:46:21,628 --> 00:46:24,865 SPACECRAFT, TAKING LEAD TO 745 00:46:24,865 --> 00:46:26,033 DISCOVERY AND TAKE CREW AND 746 00:46:26,033 --> 00:46:26,500 SPACECRAFT TO SPACE. 747 00:46:26,567 --> 00:46:28,735 LEAD DISCOD 748 00:46:28,735 --> 00:46:31,038 CREW CARGO IN SPACE. 749 00:46:31,038 --> 00:46:34,074 >> NOW IT'S GOING TO GET IN 750 00:46:34,074 --> 00:46:39,246 POSITION FOR ITS PROPER DESCENT 751 00:46:39,246 --> 00:46:42,049 INTO ORBIT. 752 00:46:42,049 --> 00:46:45,786 THE FALCON-9 IS LOOKING GOOD, 2 753 00:46:45,786 --> 00:47:08,926 MILLION POUNDS OF THRUST AS IT