>> HELLO AND WELCOME NASA'S
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER FLORIDA
WHERE THE PRELAUNCH COVERAGE OF
SPACEX'S COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY
MISSION.
AM YOUR HOST JASMIN HOP KINS
WITH NASA COME-CALLINGS HERE AT
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO SHARING THE
EXCITEMENT WITH YOU.
THIS FLIGHT WILL BE THE FIRST
MISSION UNDER SPACEX UNDER THE
CONTRACT WITH NASA AND CARRY
WITH IT VALUABLE CARGO, SUPPLIES
AND SCIENTIFIC EXPERIENCEMENTS
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, THE UNPACKED BY THE
EXPEDITION 64 CREW.
I HAVE WITH ME TODAY SEVERAL
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS WHO ARE
EAGER TO TALK BUT TO THIS
MISSION.
FIRST WE'RE JOINED BY KENNY
TODD, DEPUTY PROGRAM MANAGER FOR
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
PROGRAM.
KIRK COST STILL LOW, CHIEF
SCIENTISTS FOR THE NATION
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
PROGRAM, VAR WALKER, DIRECTOR OF
THE DRAGON MISSION MANAGEMENT AT
SPACEX, AND MELODY LEVIN, LAUNCH
AND WEATHER OFFICER FOR THE
46th SPACE U.S. SPACE FORCE.
THEY LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING
YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT FIRST, WE
ARE GOING TO GIVE THEM EACH A
MOMENT FOR OPENING REMARKS AND
KENNY, WE WILL START WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JASMIN.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
I HOPE EVERYBODY IS DOING WELL.
WISH WE WERE IN THE SAME ROOM
BUT HOPE MY, HOPEFULLY SOON,
AGAIN, I HOPE EVERYBODY IS DOING
WELL.
I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR
EVERYBODY UP HERE.
IT SAYS WE ARE ALL EXCITED ABOUT
THIS SPACEX 21 MISSION BUT I CAN
GUARANTEE YOU, NO ONE MORE THAN
EXCITE THAN THE 64 CREW ONON
ORBIT.
SY KIND OF EXPLAINED TO IT THE
TEAM, WE GOT BASICALLY A SET OF
DOM KNOWS LINED UP NOW AND OUR
JOB THROUGH THE NEXT FEW MONTHS
IS TO KNOCK THEM OVER ONE BY ONE
AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE HAD
THE FIRST DOMINO FALL WITH THE
ARRIVAL OF THE SPACEX CREW
DRAGON, JUST A FLAWLESS MISSION
GETTING THE NEW CREW TO THE
SPACE STATION, AGAIN,
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE
SPACEX FRIENDS AND VERY WELL
DONE MISSION AND EXCITED TO BE
AT THIS POINT WHERE WE HAVE FIVE
USOS CREW ONBOARD THE FIRST TIME
WE HAD LONG DURATION CREW OF
THIS SIZE, SO EVERYBODY IS DOING
WELL ALONG ORBIT.
THE CREW IS INTEGRATED EXTREMELY
WELL AND FUNCTIONING AT WHAT WE
WOULD ALL CONSIDER A VERY, VERY
HIGH PACE AT THIS POINT, SO VERY
EXCITED TO BE AT THIS POINT IN
THE PROGRAM WHERE WE ARE UP TO
SEVEN CREW ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
THAT NEXT DOMINO IN LINE IS
EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK
ABOUT TODAY WHICH IS THE SPACEX
21 MISSION AND AS JASMIN
MENTIONED THE FIRST FLIGHT AND
THE SECOND COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY
CONTRACT SO AGAIN, JUST NICE TO
GET UNDERWAY THAT CONTRACTORS
AND THERE IS NINE FLIGHTS WE
CONTRACTED WITH FOR SPACEX TO
BRING THIS NEW CARGO DRGSON
LET'S GET ON WITH IT.
THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH
THIS MISSION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT.
ITS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE A
COUPLE OF DRAGONS YO! ONBOARD.
WE HAVE A CREW DRAGON AND CARGO
DRAGON.
AGAIN, DRAGON EVERYWHERE YOU
LOOK.
IT WILL BE A LOT OF FUN.
SO THIS PARTICULAR DRAGON IS
GOING TO BRING 2,000 WITH IT
WHICH IF YOU KNOW CALL IT
RUBINS, THIS IS THE ULTIMATE
CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR KATE.
SHE, I THINK, THE ONE CHALLENGE
WE HAVE TRIESING TO GET HER TO
PLAY WITH HE NEW TOYS.
WE'LL SEE THU GOES.
ANYWAY BELIEVE IT EXCITEMENT
ONBOARD AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD
TO GETTING THAT MISSION GOING
HERE PRETTY QUICK.
ONCE WE GET THE DRAGON ONBOARD
AROUND 35 DAYS AND YOU CAN LOOK
FOR IF WE GET OFF THIS WEEKEND
SOMEWHERE AROUND THE TENTH OF JN
LAIR GIVE OR STAKE DAY ONCE WE
GET THE DRAGON YORE BOARD,
AGAIN, LOOK AT A 35-DAY MISSION
TO GET THE CRITICAL SCIENCE DONE
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THIS
FLIGHT.
IN A DIGS TO THE 2000 KILOGRAMS
OF RESEN ONBOARD, WE'RE BRIDGE
UP A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT NEW
CAPABILITY.
ITS THE FIRST COMMERCIAL AIRLOCK
BEING BROUGHT TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
BUILT BY NANOR EXANIA GAIN, A
MUCH NEEDED BOOST TO OUR CAPPING
ON ORBIT FOR OUR DEPLOYABLES
BUSINESS OVER THE COURSE OF THE
PROGRAM AND WE HAVE SEEN THIS
NUMBER OF DEPLOYMENTS OFF OF
SPACE STATION AND TON GO UP.
WE HAVE BEENING THAT IS JAPANESE
AIRLOCK TO DO THAT FAR NUMBER OF
YEARS AND WHAT WE HAVE SCENES
THE DEMAND IS CONTINUING TO GRE
AND SO, AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS,
YOU KNOW, WE CAN BRING
COMMERCIAL CAPABILITIES TO DO
THAT TO THIS OF THE STATION AND
PARTNERING WITH THE AIRLOCK AND
ON THE JAPANESE SEGMENT AS WELL.
THAT WILL HELP US TO BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE TO MEET THE NEED OF OUR
CUSTOMERS WHEN IT COMES TO
DEPLOYING SMALL SATELLITE AND
OTHER ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO GET
OFF THE STATION.
SO ANYWAY, ARE EXCITED ABOUT
THAT AND VERY HAPPY THEY ARE
COMING ONBOARD AND ONCE WE GET
DONE WITH THIS MISSION AND AFTER
THE 35 DAYS, WE WILL GO INTO
ANOTHER PERIOD AND ANOTHER PHASE
AND ANOTHER DOMINO IF YOU WILL
AND WE'LL LOOK AT STRING OF EV
SEA AND SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TWO
AND FOUR THAT WE HAVE BEEN
CONSIDERING AND WE WILL, WE WILL
TRY TO MAKE THAT, YOU KNOW,
DECISION ONCE WE SEE EXACTLY HOW
MUCH TIME WE HAVE AND WITH!
ONCE THE SPACEX DRAGON LEAVES
AND AHEAD WHAT WILL BE THE NEXT
CARGO VEHICLE TO COME IN WHICH
WHICH IS A CYGNUS MODULE WE
REFER TO IT AS AND WILL ARRIVE
AROUND THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY,
THE MIDDLE TO THE END OF
FEBRUARY TIME PERIOD.
WE HAVE A WINDOW IN THERE WITH
WHERE WE GET EV SEA DONE WE WE
HAVE A GRAU CREW TO MAKE THAT
HAPPEN.
AGAIN, WE GOT THAT CUED UP AS
WELL.
ONCE WE GET TO NG15 TIMEFRAME
THAT WILL COOP THE CREW BUSY UP
UNTIL YOU KNOW THE MIDDLE OR THE
END OF MARCH TIMEFRAME ANDED A
THAT POINT WE ARE BEARING
DOESN'T ON THE END OF THE
UNCRIMENT AND DOING A LOT OF
FINAL CLEANINGS FOR THE RETURN
OF KATE RUBINS AND HER CREW MATE
ON THE SOYUZ THEN IMMEDIATELY ON
THE HEELS OF THAT WE'LL LOOK TO
BRING CREW ONE AND OUR CREW BACK
DOWN, SOB SAY GAIN, I SEE THE
NEXT FEW AS BEING A BIT OF A
SPRINT AND IN THERE AGAIN AND
AND WE REGOINGING TO AND WITH
REGARD TO THE NEXT SPACEX POINT
STANDPOINT WE GOT THREE
OPPORTUNITIES AND WE'LL TRY
TOMORROW, SUNDAY AND THEN AGAIN
ON TUESDAY.
THAT WILL BE BASICALLY THE FRONT
END OF THIS WINDOW.
ONCE WE GET TO THE EIGHTH IF WE
HAVE NOT LAUNCHED WE'LL EN NEAR
A PERIOD WHERE WE REFER TO AS
HIGH BETA PERIOD FROM ON ORBIT
PERFECTIVE, IF THIS IS NOT A
GOOD, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ANGLE
OF THE SUN ON THE STATION, UM,
THERE IS, IT PUTS US IN A
SITUATION WE HAVE CHALLENGES TO
KEEP ALL THE RIGHT SYSTEMS
POWERED AND KEEP THINGS THEY
WERELY CONDITIONED WHEN THE SUN
ISING THAT US TO.
IT IS BEST TO ALLOW US TO FOCUS
ON MANAGE THROUGH THE TIMEFRAMES
AND NOT BE DEALING WITH VISITING
VEHICLES SO THAT IS A GROUND
RULE WE DON'T DO VEHICLE TRAFFIC
IN THAT TIMEFRAME.
AND THEN WE PICK BACK UP AND AND
WE'LL PICK BACK UP ON THE
2,781st AND THAT TIMEFRAME AND
START TRYING TO GET THE DRAGON
TO STATION, SO THAT IS THE NEAR
TERM PLAN WE'RE LOOK FRAT THE
SPACEX LAUNCH STANDPOINT AND HOW
IT INTEGRATES WITH THE PROGRAM
ON ORBIT.
WELL REGARD TO OVERALL ISS
READINESS.
THIS MORNING WE DID A MISSION
MANAGEMENT TEAM MEETING WITH ALL
THE DIFFERENT PLAYERS AND OUR
SPACEX TEAMMATES AS WELL AS THE
OTHER TEAMS THAT THE STATION GO
DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
WE HAD UNANIMOUS GO NOR LAUNCH
AND DOCKING, AND SO ARE EXCITED
TO GET ON WITH IT AND SEE HOW
THINGS PLAY OUT OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
HOPEFULLY, BY THE MIDDLE OF THE
WEEK, WE HAVE A DRAGON ON THE
WAY US TO IF NOT ALREADY ATTACK
ARE TAPPED TO US. THAT I WILL
HAND IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, KENNY.
TOMORROW IS A GREAT DAY FOR ISS
SCIENCE.
WE ISS IS RECEIVING ITS FIRST
SPACEX UPGRADE CARGO 2 VEHICLE.
WHICH BRINGS WITH IT SEVERAL NEW
CAPABILITIES TO ENHANCE THE
CAPABILITIES OF DOING SCIENCE
ONBOARD.
IT INCREASES THE NUMBER OF
POWERED LOCKERS AVAILABLE FOR 6
TO 12 SO IT DOUBLES THAT
CAPABILITY.
IT ADDS WITH IT THE CAPABILITY
TO SUPPORT PAYLOAD WHILE IT US
ON ORBIT, SO WE WILL HAVE FOUR
LOCKERS OF PAYLOADS.
THESE ARE OUR STOWAGE UNIT
ONBOARD AND OPERATING THROUGHOUT
THE MISSION.
AND IT ALSO INCREASE OUR
CAPABILITY FOR RAPID RETURN OF
SAMPLE AND BASED ON WHERE IT
LANDS IN THE ATLANTIC AND THE
CAPABILITY OF THE HELICOPTER OF
THE RETURN VEHICLE WERE ABLE TO
RETURN SAMPLES BOTH WITHIN THE
LANDING PLUS FOUR-HOUR TIMEFRAME
AND THE LANDING PLUS NINE-HOUR
TIMEFRAME, WHICH IS REALLY
CRITICAL CAPABILITY FOR
BIOLOGICAL PAYLOAD WHICH WE'LL
BE FLYING.
THE SPACEX DRAGON CAR DOE
MISSIONS ARE ALWAYS GREAT FOR
ADDING SCIENCE AND WE CAN DONE
ON ISS WHEN IT COMES TO THE LIFE
SCIENCES AND THIS MISSION IS A
REAL HEAVYWEIGHT WHEN COMES TO
THAT IF I HAD TO DESCRIBE THIS
MISSION IN MY OWN WORDS IT MAY
BE CELL, TISSUES, ORGAN, OH MY
MY.
WHILE THE LARCH IS SET FOR
TOMORROW, THE WHOLE PROCESS OF
GETTING SCIENCE READY IS REALLY
MORE THAN FULL-TIME JOB.
THISAR THE COVID PANDEMIC HAS
MADE THAT EVEN TOUGHER INSOME OF
THE AS MOST OF USES ARE COMING
OFF OF A HOLIDAY BREAK AND
GETTING READY FOR THE NEXT ONE,
LET'S TAKE THE BEHIND THE SCENES
LOOK AT HOW SOME OF SOUR
RESEARCHES HAVE BEEN WORK HERE
AT CARR SC ACROSS THE NATION TO
GET THE SCIENCE READY TO GO ON
THIS MISSION.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND ROLL THE
VIDEO.
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>> THANKS FOR THAT.
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A LOT OF
SCIENCE GETTING PREPPED AND
GETTING TOSHED LAUNCHED
TOMORROW.
WELL TAKE ABOUT THOSE
INVESTIGATIONS IN JUST A MOMENT.
PHYSICIAN THAT WHETS YOUR AND AT
THIS TIME AN INTERESTED IN MORE
HOW WE GET SCIENCE READY TO FLAY
ON THE ISS.
I ENCOURAGE TO GOOGLE NASA
EXPLORERS SERIES ON GOOGLE AND
LOOK FOR SEASON FOUR WHICH
TRACKS SOME OF THE RESEARCHES
THROUGH AN ENTIRE DEPLOYMENT OF
THAT IR THEIR SCIENCE PRON!
ONBOARD THE ISS.
SO OK.
TON THE SCIENCE.
IN THOUGH ORDER YOU SAW THEM IN
THE VIDEO.
WE TALK ABOUT THESE
INVESTIGATIONS COMING UP ON
SPACEX 21 AND THE FIRSTS THE
INVESTIGATION WHICH IS THE NEW
TECH DIPOLE TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL
ALLOW US TO DO WHITE BLOOD DREL
COUNT ON ORBIT FOR ALL THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF WHITE BLOOD
CELLS THIS ALLOWS THE USER TO
UNDERSTAND IF THE HUMAN IMMUNE
SYSTEM IS REACTING TOAR N
INFECTION VIA BACTERIAL VIRAL
OTHERWISE.
THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A DESIGN
OF THIS PAYLOAD AND ENSURE IT
CAN PRAISE OPERATE IN A
MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT THE
HOPE IS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO
USE IN THIS THE EXTENDED
DURATION MISSION TO HELP US
ENDURE OUR ASTRONAUT'S HEALTH
AND THE NEXT INVESTIGATION IN
THE VIDEO WAS MICRO14 AND THIS
INVESTIGATION FOCUSES ON THE
GROWTH OF MICROGRAVITY OF A
PATHOGEN.
AND BE THIS YEAST IS BEING
LOOKED AT TO EVALUATE HOW IT
RESPONDS, HOW THE GENETIC
EXPRESSION CHANGES IN POX SHALL
SURE THAT MICROBRAVE TOY
UNDERSTANZ HOW THAT YEAST
CHANGES ON ORBIT.
WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT
PROCESS ON THE GROUND FROM
FUNDAMENTAL BIOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVE.
THENS VIDEO WAS BACTERIAL
ADHESION ANCHOR ROWINGS IN THE
INVESTIGATION, SPONSORED BY
BOEING, THEY WILL BE USING TEST
PATCHES OF COMMON AEROSPACE
MATERIAL PLACED IN THE CABIN
THEN TOUCHED BUY OUR
CREWMEMBERS, THE PATCHES ARE
COVERED IN ANTIMICROBIAL COATING
AND AFTER SIX MONTHS THE PATCHES
WILL BE RETURNED AND ANALYZED ON
THE GROUND.
TO UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE
BACTERIAL POPULATIONS HAVE
CHANGED AND WHETHER THE
ANTIMICROBIAL COATING IS GOOD
FOR KEEPING SURFACES CLEAN ON
THE INTERIOR OF SPACECRAFT.
AND THE NEXT INVESTIGATION IS
ONE OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCE
INVESTIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE AND
THAT'S THE BRAINS INVESTIGATION.
IT STANDS FOR BRAZING IN SPACE
AND THIS INVESTIGATION IS
LOOKING AT THE PROCESS OF
BRACING WHICH IS JOINING METAL
ALLOYS NOT THROUGH WELDING, BUT
THROUGH BRACING WHICH MELTS JUST
THE JOINING MATERIAL AND NOT THE
UNDERLYING BASE LAYER SO ALLOWS
US TO LOOK AT A PROCESS FOR
JOINING MATERIALS IN SPACE THAT
DOESN'T HAVE TO USE AS HIGH OF A
TEMPERATURE OR MELTING POINTS AS
WELDING OR CENTERING ON ORBIT.
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE PROCESS
WITHIN THE MICROGRAVITY SCIENCE
GLOVE BOX AND TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND THE STRENGTH OF THOSE
WELDS AND WHETHER OR NOT IT
ISABLE FOR FUTURE USE.
AND THE NEXT INVESTIGATION WE
SAUG THE MAJOR EXTERNAL PAYLOAD
GOING UP AT THIS TIME AND THE
BISHOP AIRLOCK.
THIS IS GREAT FOR SCIENCE IN TWO
WAYS.
ONE IT ALLOWS US TO DIRECTLY
DEPLOY BIGGER PAYLOADS AND THAN
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BEFORE IN
TERMS OF SMALL SATELLITE AND
CUBE SATELLITE AND THE AIRLOCK
VOLUME IS ABOUT FIVE TIMES THAT
OF THE GYM AIRLOCK WHICH WE
TELEPHONELY PERFORM MOST OF
THOSE ACTION THEN, ADDITIONAL I,
AS WE MIGHT HAVE HEARD EARLIER
TODAY.
LIGHTS US TO DISPOSE SO SOME
TRASH CAN BE PLACED IN THE AIR
LONG THEN RELEASED INTO SPACE
AND THEN AGAIN, IT OILE ALOES US
TO ACCOMMODATE MORE SCIENTIFIC
PAYLOAD ON ORBIT WHEN WE LAUNCH
AND THE BISHOP AIRLOCK ALSO HAS
CAPABILITIES TO HOST INTERNAL
AND EXTERNAL PAYLOADS AND THOSE
WILL BE THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPER NOW.
THE NEXT INVESTIGATION WAS THE
CARDINAL HEART INVESTIGATION
WHERE A TEAM OF RESEARCHES FROM
STANFORD UNIVERSITY IS LOOKING
AT HOW ENGINEERED HEART TISSUE
RESPONDS IN SPACE.
1:00 THIS IS A GROUP OF CARDIO
CELLS AND CARDIAC BLASTS ALL
JOINED TOGETHER INTO A TISSUE.
THEY WILL BE PERFORMING AN
ANALYSIS AND GENETIC ANALYSIS TO
DETERMINE THE GENE EXPECT FROM
THE HARD TISSUES AND COMPARING
THAT TO SAMPLES ON THE GROUND.
WHAT WE HOPE TO UNDERSTAND THIS
INVESTIGATION IS THE DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN CARDIC DYSFUNCTION THAT
WE MIGHT BE DUE TO MY GROW
GRAVITY STRESSORS THAN THAT WE
SEE ON EARTH BOTH IN HEALTHY
ANDY SEES TISSUE WE'LL BE TRYING
TO UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE IN
SPACE, IT GOOD KNOW WHETHER OUR
ASTRONAUT'S HEALTH COULD BE
COMPROMISED BY EXTENDED DURATION
EXPOSURE TO MICROGRAVITY.
THIS IS THE FIRST IN A LINE OF
INVESTIGATIONS THE NEXT LINE
WE'LL STUDY IS THERAPEUTICS FOR
HEART DISEASE THAT COULD BE
TESTED IN MICROGRAVITY
ENVIRONMENT THEM NEXT
INVESTIGATION WAS MVP AND THIS
TISSUE INVESTIGATION GROWING BE
TISSUES OF KNEE CART LIG AND
FLUID AND THIS INVESTIGATION IS
LOOKING AT THE DISEASED POST
TRAUMATIC OSTEOART RITE IT IS
AND THESE SAMPLES WERE TAKEN
FROM DONOR HUMAN SAMPLES AND
BEING FLOWN INTO SPACE AND WEED
DIDDED IN SPACE BECAUSE THEY TEN
TO GROW BETTER 3D LIKE STRUCTURE
UNORGANIZED MODEL TO GIVE AS YOU
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS
GOING ON IN THE BIOLOGY OF THAT
SYSTEM SOL LOOKING AT THESE
SAMPLES AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE
IF THERATION DISEASE PRESENCE IN
THE SAMPLES AND THEN HOW THEY
RECOVER OVER TIME BASED ON
EXPOSURE TO THERAPEUTICS.
HOPEFULLY THIS SOME DAY WILL
LEAD TO BETTER THIS PIS OR
GROUND PATIENCE WITH THIS
DISEASE.
THE LAST INVESTIGATION WAS
BRAIN, SMALL LIVING MASSES OF
CELLS THAT INTERACT AND GRE AND
THESE ARE FORMS OF NEURON AND
OTHER BRAIN TISSUE AND THEY WERE
PREPARED ON THE GROUND AND BEING
FLOWN TO SPACE AND THEY ARE
DEVELOPED ENOUGH TOLL WHERE THEY
RESPOND TO SENSOR RY AND STRESS
STIMULI SO THE INVESTIGATION
ITSELF IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW
BASIC BIOLOGICAL FACTORS IMPACT
BEHAVIOR IN THESE.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE
INVESTIGATIONS BUT AS YOU CAN
SEE, THERE ARE A TON OF
BIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS GOING
ON ONBOARD AND WE HAVE
INVESTIGATIONS FROM OUR
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS AND
FLYING SPACE AND AGAIN LOOK AT
THE DEVELOPMENT OF TISSUES AND
VARIOUS DIFFERENT STAGES AND
BEING DEVELOPED ON ORBIT AND THE
ES EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCIES
FLYING AN INVESTIGATION LACKING
AT BUY OH MINING ASTEROIDS SO
USING BIOLOGICAL MICROBES TO
OBTAIN USEFUL SAMPLES OR USEFUL
MATERIALS FROM ASTEROIDS SAMPLES
AND LOOK AT EXTRACTING MAGNESIUM
AND IRON FROM THOSE AND MAY BE
SOMETHING WE USE IN THE FUTURE
EXPLORATION SOME DAY TO HELP US
GAIN M SECURE REFORS YOU WANT TO
LEARN ANYTHING MORE ABOUT IT
GOING UP TOP ISS PLEASE GO TO
NASA. GOV/ISS AND SEE DEA TALLS
ON ALL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
TODAY.
THANK YOU.
SARAH, OVER TO YOU.
THANK YOU.
OOP WELL, AGAIN, MY NAME IS
SARAH WALK THE DIRECTOR OF
MISSION MANAGEMENT DRAGON
MISSION MANAGEMENT FLOOR AT
MISSION SPACEX AND THRILLED TO
BE HERE TODAY AND EXCITED ABOUT
THE LAUNCH THIS WEEKEND OF THE
NEWEST UPGRADED VERSION OF THE
CARGO DRAGON SPACECRAFT AND THE
FIRST OPPORTUNITY IS TOMORROW AT
1:40 A.M. OFF OF LAUNCH COMPLEX
39A AND WILL TURN AROUND AND
LAND ON OUR DRONESHIP JUST A
LITTLE BIT OUT TO SEA AND FUN
TRIVIA FACT FOR YOU.
FOR ABLE TO LAUNCH TOMORROW IF
THE WEATHER HOLDS THE THIRD YEAR
IN A ROW WE WILL LAUNCH ON 125
SO CROSSING OUR FINGERS AND GIVE
US UPDATE ON THE WEATHER IN A
MINUTE AND IF NEED BE WE HAVE A
BACKUP AVAILABLE ON 12-6 AT
11:17 EASTERN TIME AS THE BACKUP
TUNE AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE
FOURTH NIGHT OF THIS BOOSTER AND
IT FLU ON ANOTHER NASA MISSION
THE DEMO-2 MISSION EARLIER YEAR
AND COMMERCIAL VISION AND THE
STAR LINK MISSION AND HERE WE
ARE ON THE FOURTH FLIGHT AND IT
IS VERTICAL IN THE PAD NU AND
SPACEX CREW IS LOADING THE LAST
OF THE NASA TIME CRITICAL
SCIENCE ONBOARD THROUGH THE CREW
ACCESS ARM THERE AT THE TOP OF
THE TOWER ON LC39A SO THE
OPERATION IS UNDERWAY.
I THINK I HAVE A PICTURE FOR
YOU.
THIS IS A VEHICLE THAT IS THE
FIRST FLIGHT HERE OF OUR CARGO
DRAGON UPGRADED CARGO DRAGON AT
THED IN A WAS TAKE AND NEW
FIGHTS AGO WHEN IT WENT VIR
VERTICAL A COUPLE OF DAYS
EARLIER THIS WEEK AND REALLY
EXCITED YEAR FOR THE DRGSON
PROGRAM SAN 2020 HAS BEEN A HARD
YEAR IN A LOT OF WAYS.
WE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF REALLY
CRITICAL MILESTONES AND HONORED
AND BLESSED TO BE A PART OF THE
SUCCESS WE HAVE SEEN WITH THE
DRAGON PROGRAM AND YOU MAY
REMEMBER IN JANUARY WITH WE HAD
OUR IN FLIGHT ABORTED TEST FOR
THE CREW PANEL SO WHEN THE
ROCKET IF ANYTHING WERE TO HAP
BEN THE ROCKET IN FLIGHT WE
DEMONSTRATED OUR SPACECRAFT IS
ABLE IN THAT SCENARIO TO
SEPARATE ITSELF SAFELY AND
PARACHUTE THE CRAW BACK TO
SAFETY SO REALLY IMPORTANT
FLIGHT TESTS THERE IN APRIL WE
HAD THE 20 MISSION SO ANOTHER
CARGO RESUPPLY MISSION AND THE
LAST PLIGHT OF THE DRAGON AND OF
THE FIRST VERSION OF DRAGON AND
AS I MENTIONED THE FIRST FLIGHT
OF THE NEXT UPGRADED VERSION OF
DRAGON IN THE NEXT MONTH IN MAY.
WE FLEW THE DEMO-2 MISSION SO
THAT WAS THE FIRST MISSION WITH
CREW ONBAR AND BOB BEHNKEN AND
DOUG HURLEY WENT UP TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
RETURNED THE SPACEFLIGHTING TO
THE U.S. SOIL FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN NAR LAY DECADE SO INCREDIBLE
MONUMENTAL MOMENT FOR US AND
STAYED UP THERE FOR A MNT OR TWO
AND CAME BACK LAUT ARE THE
SUMMER AND BRINGS US TO A COUPLE
OF WEEKS AGO WHEN WE LARCHED THE
CREW ONE MISSION WHICH HAD
NUMBER FOUR ASTRO FOUGHTS THAT
WENT UP TO THE SPACE STITIAL AND
UP THERE NOW EAGERLY AWAY IT
WAITING THIS HUGE SHIPMENT OF
SCIENCE THAT WE ARE SITTING UP
TO THEM THIS WEEKEND.
AND I THINK ALSO NOTE WHEN IT
ARRIVES THE FIRST TIME THERE ARE
TWO DRAGON ON THE SPACE STATION
SIMULTANEOUSLY AND SHALLERS IN A
SEASON OF CONTINUOUS DRGSON
PRESENCE FOR THE NEAR FUTURE AND
IN THE OF 2021 SO EXCITED ABOUT
AL THE MISSIONS I WILL BE FLYING
FOR THE PROGRAM FOR CAR GE AND
CREW AND HONOR TO BE A PART OF
THAT.
SO ANOTHER PICTURE FOR YOU HERE
THIS IS THE INTERIOR OF THE
UPGRADED CARGO DRAGON SPACECRAFT
AND YOU WILL SEE COMPARED WHAT
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN WITH THE CREW
ONE LAUNCH AND THE DISPLAYS AND
TOUCH SCREENS FOR THE CREW ONBAR
AND THIS VEHICLE HAS ELABORATE
SYSTEM OF ROCKS AND STRAPS TO
MAKE A LARGE AMOUNT OF CAR GE TO
FRAN THE SPACE STATION UP TO
6400-KILOGRAMS LAUNCHING BEEN
THE SECTIONS AND THEN THE
CAPSULE RETURNS TO EARTH WITH
4400 POUNDS OF CARGO SO REALLY
BIG VEHICLE TAKE IS A LOFT
SCIENCE UP AND A LOT OF UPGRADES
OVER THE PREVIOUS DRAGON
INCLUDING 20% MORE VOLUME AND
DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF POWERED
CARGO WHICH IS WHERE THE LAV
SCIENCE AND TIME CRITICAL
CARGOES UP IN THOSE LOCKERRANCE
STAYS ON STATION FOR 75 DAYS
TWICE AS LISTENING AND IT IS
CERTIFIED FOR REUSE UP TO FIVE
TIMES VERSUS WHAT WE FLEW THE
PREVIOUS VERSION AND THREE TIMES
AND ONE MORE INCREMENTAL STEP
FORWARD FOR REUSABILITY AND
LASTLY IT SPLASHES DOWN IN THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN WHISKEY FOR US TO
MEET SOME OF THE STRICT TIGHT
SCIENCE TIMELINES THAT CUTTER
WAS MENTIONING AND ABLE TO GET
SCIENCE FROM SPLASHDOWN TO THE
HANDS OF RESEARCHERS WITHIN
HOURS AND THEN IT IS A HUGE
ADVANTAGE FOR SPACEX BECAUSE WE
DO MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLES
TO GET THEM READY FOR THE NEXT
FLIGHT HERE AT CAPE A AND A HALF
VAL AND STILL SPLASHING DONE IN
THE ATLANTIC ALLOWS US TO GET
THE VEHICLES BACK TO WORK ON
THEM AGAIN VERY QUICKLY.
2:00 AND THE COUNTDOWN FOR
TOMORROW'S LAUNCH IS SIMILAR TO
THE PAST MISSION AND KICK OFF 35
MINUTES PRIOR TO LAUNCH WITH
PROPELLANT LOAD AND SEE PROGRESS
THROUGH VARIOUS MAILSTONE AND
THEN ONCE DRAGON IN PREFLIGHT IT
WILL BE IN WHAT WE CALL PHASING
AND WHICH IS BASICALLY CATCHING
UP TO THE SPACE STATION IN
PREFLIGHT AND IT WILL BE FOR 24
HOURS IF WE LAUNCH ON THE FIFTH
AND LIKE 27.5 HOUR FOR THE SPACE
OPPORTUNITY AND SPEN DAY
CATCHING UP TO THE SPACE STATION
AND LAV RIFE AND DOCK FOR THE
FOLLOWING DAY AND STAY UP THERE
FOR OVER A MB AND THAT TIMEFRAME
IS REALLY DRIVE BEEN THE SAVING
SCIENCE ONBOARD AND HOW LONG
NASA NEEDS US UP THERE AND THEN
WE'LL BRING THEM SAFELY BACK TO
EARTH SO I WANT TO CONCLUDE MY
REMARKS BY JUST SAYING THANKS TO
NASA PARTNERS.
YOU HAVE AGUYS HAVE BEEN
WONDERFUL PARTNERS WITH US AND
THE SPACE WING AND THE SPACEX
TEAMMATES THAT DEVELOPED THIS
VEHICLE AND GOTTEN HERE TO
LAUNCH DAY TOMORROW.
SO THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT WHICH GO TO MELODY.
>> HI.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
I WISH I HAD A MORE OR SIMPLER,
A SIMPLE WAY OF EXPLAINING THE
WEATHER PATTERNS FOR TOMORROW.
TWO WORDS IS COMPLICATED.
ESSENTIALLY, THE TREND IS
STARTING TO BE OUR FRIEND THOUGH
SO LET'S TALK BIT.
WE HAVE A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
THAT IS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
CENTRAL GULF COAST AND IT IS
GOING TO SWEEP THROUGH THE DEEP
SOUTH TOMORROW AND WITH THAT IT
IS GOING TO BRINGING A COLD
FRONT AND THAT COLD FRONT IS
GOING TO SLIDE DOWN THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA TOMORROW.
PREVIOUSLY, IT LOOKED LOOK THE
COLD FRONT WOULD BE PASSING
RIGHT DURING THE LAUNCH WINDOW
BUT THE TREND FRIENDS AND THE
MODELS BRINGING THE COLD FRONT
THROUGH PRIOR TO THE LAUNCH
WINDOW BECAUSE OF THAT WE EXPECT
THE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE
COLD FRONT TO BE PRETTY MUCH
DONE FOR THE LAUNCH WINDOW OPENS
UP AND ONE COMPLICATED SCENARIO
WITH THE COLD FRONT MOVING
THROUGH IS WE ARE NOT SURE WHEN
THE CLOUDS ARE GOING TO CLEAR
OUT OF THE WAY FOR US AND SON WE
ARE HOPING THE EARLIER COLD
FRONT WILL PASS THE MORE
CLEARING WE'LL GET AND SO WE DID
PREV OS IN THERE WEEK HAVE PRONG
OF VIOLATION OF 60 PERCENT AND
DROPPED THAT TO 50% TODAY AND I
AM HOPING TOMORROW WHEN WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER IN THE
MORNING WELL HE BE A ABLE TO
DROP THAT EVEN FURTHER, EVEN
FURTHER.
S' GO TO THE WEATHER SLIDE.
AND YOU CAN SEE 50% THE MAIN
CONCERNS FOR TOMORROW ARE THE
CLOUD RULE AND THE THICK CLOUD
LAYER RULE AND ONE THING TO NOTE
FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE BOOSTER
THAT AREA IS IN A GALE WARNING
DUE THOUGH LOCATION OF THE LOW
PRESSURE CENTER BUT WE'RE HOPING
THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO CLEAR
OUT THAT WARNING OR AT LEAST
IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS FOR THE
AREA AND THIS IS REALLY GOING TO
BE DEPENDENT ON THE LOW PRESSURE
MOVING OUT OF THE WAY.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SUNDAY'S
WEATHER.
SUNDAY IS THAT FRONTAL BOUNDARY
SHOULD BE POSITION AID ROSS THE
EXTREME SOUTHERN FLORIDA SO
WE'RE NOT EXPECTING ANY ANYTHING
IN THE WAY OF SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS FOR SUNDAY.
WE DO HAVE WEAK HIGH PRESSURE IN
THE AREA AND ONE COMPLICATION
WITH SUNDAY, THOUGH, IS THERE IS
GOING TO BE ANOTHER FORMING LOW
PRESSURE CENTER THIS TABLE
WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTION OF
THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THAT LOW
PRESSURE CENTER EVEN THOUGHT IS
NOT GOING TO BE GIVING US ANY
RAIN AND LIKELY GOING TO BE
PRODUCING A MID-LEVEL CLOUD
SHIELD AND BASICALLY MOVING
ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE
PLAINTIFF DAR AND ON SUNDAY AND
WE DON'T REALLY LIKE MID-LEVEL
CLOUDS FOR OUR WEATHER RULE
BECAUSE THEY TEND TO BE ABOVE
THE FREEZING LEVEL AND THAT
SOMETIMES OR OFTEN MAKES THINGS,
MAKES THE CLOUDS LEC IF ID
WHICH IS A BIG NO NO FOR THE
ROCKET AND FOR OUR LAUNCH
WEATHER CRITERIA SO LET'S GO HEY
HED AND LOOK AT THE FORECAST FOR
SUNDAY.
AND ROOTING OW, WE ARE STAYING A
30% CHANCE OF PROBABILITY OF
VIOLATION WHICH IS 7% GO FOR
SUNDAY'S WEATHER WITH AND I
DON'T WANT TO MENTION HAS CREPT
UP THOUGH AND WE HAD 20% SO
TODAY WE PUMPED UP TO 36% DUE
THOUGH FACT THE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER IS LIKELY GOING TO FORM
AND ONCE AGAIN, OUR MAIN
CONCERNS ARE THE THICK CLOUD
LAYER ARE RULE AND THE CUMULUS
CLOUD RULES AS WELL.
AND ONE THING TO NOTE, THOUGH,
THE JURY WEATHER SHOULD BE MUCH
IMPROVED FOR A LAUNCH ATTEMPT ON
SUNDAY AND BUT GOING TO GIVE IT
THE BEST TRY TO GO TOMORROW AND
I WILL DO WHAT I CAN TO GOT THE
WEATHER FOR YOU, VAR.
FOR ME, ENJOY THE LAUNCH.
>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU ALL SO
MUCH FOR THE ROPE OPENING
REMARKS WE KNOW YOU BT A LOT OF
WORK TO GET TO THIS POINT AND WE
HAVE PEOPLE WHOLE ARE WATCHING
WHO WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS
MISSION SO WE'LL OPEN UP THIS HE
LINES FOR QUESTIONS AND FOR
THOSE WATCHING AT HOME PLEASE
REMEMBER YOU CAN JOIN IN THE
CONVERSATION AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA
USING #ASKNASA.
AS TO THE FIRST QUESTION FROM
THE LINE COMES FROM MARSHA DUNN
WITH "THE ASSOCIATED PRESS."
REPORTER: REPORT YES YES, HIGH
HIGH.
THIS IS NEW ENHANCED CARGO
VERSION OF THE DRAGON IS IT THE
SAME SIZE AS THE CREW DRAGON SAN
TRYING TO MAKE SURE HOW MUCH
BIGGER IT REALLY IS AND FOR
KENNY.
I KNOW THAT KATE LOVES THE
SCIENCE BUT ANY PERSONAL GOING
UP FOR THE CREW, THANKS?
>> THANK FORCE THE QUESTION,
YES.
SPAR.
THE CRU AND CARGO DRAGON THE
DRAGON 2 LEER THE SAME SIZE.
YOU WHAT SEE ON THE OUTSIDE THE
EXTERIOR IS REALLY THE SAME
LINE.
THE VEHICLES ARE THE SAME SIZE
AND TRADED OUT FOR THE DIFFERENT
SPACES.
>> HI, SHARMA.
WE WERE LAUGHING EARLIER.
I THINK I HAVE DONE ALL THE
PRESS CONS FRIENDSES HERE BEFORE
CHRISTMAS AND SO I ANTICIPATE
THIS QUESTION EVERY YEAR SO
THANKS FOR HOLDING STEADY YEAR
OVER YEAR.
THANKS.
OK.
ALL RIGHT.
IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW, THE CREW
IS GOING TO AT LEAST GET FOOD ON
ORBIT AND CHRISTMASSY KIND OF
FOOD AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT
WILL BE ANY SURPRISE TO THEM BUT
ANYTHING MUCH MORE THAN THAT AND
YOU KNOW, JUST IN GENERAL I
DON'T LIKE TO GET OUT IN FRONT
OF SANTA CLAUS BECAUSE I FEAR IT
WOULD MESS UP MY OWN CHRISTMAS
SO ANYWAY, WE'LL SWEEP MEANS
WHEN THEY OPEN THE HATCH BUT
ANYWAY, I AM OPTIMISTIC.
>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.
THE NEXT QUESTION FROM EILEEN
WITH AVIATION WEEK.
REPORT THANKS VERY MUCH.
I HAVE TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST IS RECOVERY PART OF
THE LAUNCH CRITERIA?
>> THE RANGE RULE SO THAT IS NOT
INCLUDED IN THE PERCENTAGE OF
PROCT OF VIOLATION BUT TO TALK
MORE ABOUT THAT I CAN PASS THAT
OVER TO YOU.
>> YEAH.
SOMETHING WE WATCH CLOSELY GOING
TO THE COUNT HERE SO IT IS
IMPORTANT TO US TO RECOVER THESE
BOOSTERS ON HOUSTON AGAIN AND SO
WE DO WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY.
>> FROM NASA PERSPECTIVE WE WORK
JOINTLY WITH THE SPACEX TEAM,.
>> , TO BUILD THE SET OF LAUNCH
CRITERIA FOR EVERY LAUNCH AND
THE REALITY IS THE DEEP BOOST
PERS ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT TO US
AS THEY ARE IN SPACEX AND IT IS
IMPORTANT WE KNOW THEY HAVE A
MODEL THAT THEY USE IN TERMS OF
TRYING TO FLY THE FLIGHTS NOT
JUST NASA BUT THE OTHER FLIGHTS
AND THESE BOOSTERS ON A CASE BY
CASE ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US
AND VERY IMPORTANT TO NASA SO
THAT IS, THAT IS A NOBODY
ONGOING DIALOGUE THAT HAPPENS ON
EVERY PLIGHT WHERE WE SIT DOWN
AND LOOK AT THE NEEDS FOR THOSE
BOOST PER AND WHAT THE FOLLOW
JOHN REQUIRE AM ARE WHAN IT
MEANS TO SPACEX AND WHAT IT
MEANS TO NASA SO YOU KNOW, THAT
IS ONGOING DIALOGUE FOR EVERY
FLIGHT.
>> OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM
STEVEN CLARK WITH SPACEFLIGHT
NOW.
REPORTER: HI, STEVEN CLARK FROM
SPACEFLIGHT NOW.
TWO QUESTIONS FOR ME AS WELL.
FIRST COCONFIRM THE EX AC LAUNCH
TIME TOMORROW WELL THE SECOND IF
POSSIBLE.
AND THEN ALSO GOING FORWARD ON
THE FUTURE DRAGON 2 CARGO
MISSIONS AND FLON FLY ALL THE
MISSIONS OWL OFF OF 38A GIVE IN
THE ABILITY TO DO CAR GE ON THE
CREW ACCESS ARM OR FLEXIBILITY
TO FLY THE MISSIONS OFF OF 40
GOING FORWARD AS WELL?
THANK YOU?
>> YES, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.
SO TWO SECOND OPPORTUNITY
TOMORROW IS AT 11:46:19 EASTERN
TIME AND THE BACKUP OPPORTUNITY
IS 11:17 AND 44 AND YES WE ARE
DID HE SOONED TO GO OUT OF LC39A
NER UPGRADED CARGO DRAGON FLIGHT
AND A HUGED A TRAGIC FOR US TO
PERFORM CARGO BILE WHILE THE
VEHICLE IS VERT CAN AND ALLOWS
US TO DO IT CLOSER.
SO WE'RE DID HE SOONED TO GO OUT
OF LC39A.
A ALRIGHTY THE NEXT QUESTION IS
COMING FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM TWITTER
ASKING WHAT ARE THE NEW FEATURES
ADDED THE UPGRADED DRAGON CARGO
SPACECRAFT?
>> SURE.
I MENTIONED AUM COV THEM.
IT IS BIGGER ON THE INSIDE AND
HOLD BILLION 20% MORE CARGO AND
IT HOLDS A LOT MORE POWER LOCK
HES WHICH ENABLES SOMEFUL THAT
LIFE SCIENCE AND TIME CRITICAL
CAR GE AND DEA SOONED TO BE UP
IN SPACE ON THE SPACE STATION
ABOUT TWICE AS LONG AND LET'S
SEE IT CAN BE REFLOWN MORE TIMES
AND CAN BE REFLOWN UP TO FIVE
TIMES AND IT ALSO SPLASHES DOWN
INSIDE OF THE PACIFIC WHICH
GIVES US A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY TO
DO RAPID RETURN OF SCIENCE FOR
NASA FOR THE SCIENTIST AS WELL
AS ENABLES US TO GET THE
VEHICLES BACK TO START
PERFORMING A ON THEM FOR THE
NEXT FLIGHT AND LOTS OF KEYED A
TRAGIC FOR DRG ON.
THAT THAT ABILITY TO GET SCIENCE
BACK QUICKLY IS SO IMPORTANT FOR
SPACE BIOLOGY BECAUSE WE WANT TO
UNDERSTAND WHERE EFFECTS WE ARE
TRYING TO MEASURE ON ORBIT ARE
DUE TO THE MICROGRAVITY
CONDITIONS OR DUE TO THE STRESS
THAT PARTIES PAN MIGHT OR SAMPLE
MAY BE ON LAND SOG HAVING THOSE
RETURN TO THE CAP QUICKLY IS A
GREAT NEW CAPABILITY.
ALL RIGHT THANKS SO MUCH FOR
THAT.
OUR NEXT QUESTION ON THE LINE
COMES FROM KEN KRAMER WITH SPACE
UP CLOSE.
HI, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK FOUR TAKING MY QUESTION
AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE GOOD
LUCK WITH THE WEATHER.
MY QUESTION IS ABOUT ORBIT MODE
ORBIT.
WHAT THE CAPABILITIES IF ANY OF
THE CARGO DRAGON AND DON'T HAVE
ANY THERE AND THERE WAS FLIGHT
AND THE PAYLOAD DIDN'T MAKE TO
IT ORBIT BECAUSE IT COULDN'T
ABORT SO THE CARGO COULD NOT BE
SAVED AND WHAT ARE THE
POSSIBILITIES HERE?
THANK FOR THE QUESTION.
YEAH.
IT IS REALLY UPGRADE STRUCTURE
DRAGON FOR CREW MISSIONS AND SO
THAT IS AVAILABLE ON THE CARGO
DRAGON SPACECRAFT BUT REPRESENTS
A HUGE STEP FORWARD FOR
SPACEFLIGHT IN GENERAL AND TO BE
ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT LAUNCH
APPORT CAPABILITY FO ASTRONAUTS
20 ALL THE WAY THROUGH GETTING
THEM SAFELY TO ORBIT.
>> WONDERFUL.
ALL RIGHT.
OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM CAMDEN
HALL FROM NASHVILLE NEWS.
REPORTER: YEAH, THANKS FOR
TAKING MY QUESTION I WAS
WONDERING WITH THE LAUNCH
TOMORROW WILL THERE BE MORE
BURNS THAT WILL OCCUR IN ORBIT
TO DOCK WITH THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION OR WILL THERE BE
ANY BURNS, THANKS?
>> I COULDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION.
>> CAN YOU REPEAT PLEASE.
REPORTER: WILL THERE BE A SERIES
OF BURNS TO DOCK WITH THE ISS
AND WILL THERE BE MORE ON THIS
CARGO MISSION THAN THERE ARE SAY
ON CREW MISSIONS?
>> OH, I SEE, THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION.
YES.
THERE IS A SERIES OF BURNS AND
IT IS SOMETHING WE CALL PHASING
WHERE DRAGON INSERTED IN A THE
INJECTION ORBIT THEN FORMERS A
SERIES OF BURNS TO RAISE
ALTITUDE AND SPEED UP AS IT IS
CATCHING UP WITH THE SPACE
STATION AND ALSO ORBITING.
>> THANK NUR.
THE NEXT QUESTION FROM MARK
SCOTT HISTORICAL AEROSPACE NEWS.
>> SURE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
THANK FOR THE VERY INFORMATIVE
BRIEFING.
CUE TELL ME THIS?
WITH THE NEWLY ARRIVED CREW ONE
ASTRONAUTS LOOK AGENT THE
DURATION OF THIS DAY AT THE ISS
AS LONG AS SIX MONTHS WOULD YOU
BE DOING MORE EXTENSIVE TESTING
OF THEIR CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
THEIR MUSCLES ET CETERA AND
LOOKING AT THIS I AM THINKING
GOING FORWARD TO THE MISSIONS OF
ORION GOING TO MARS IN THE
FUTURE THAT SAID TO BE THAT SIX
MONTHS AND WHEN YOU LOOK AND
EXPECT YOUR FINDINGS COULD HAVE
A GREAT AFFECT ON THOSE MISSIONS
OF OH-OH RYE IN THERE FUTURE.
THANK FOR THE QUESTION.
OUR RESEARCH CONTINUES TO LOOK
AT SIX MONTH INCREMENTS AND THE
HUMAN RESEARCH PROGRAM HAS A
NUMBER OF STUDIES THAT MEASURE
BASELINE CAPABILITIES AND
FUNCTIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY OVER
THE SIX MONTHS AND AS WE DID
DURING THE ONE-YEAR MISSION,
WITH SCOTT KELLY, WE ARE ALSO
INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT FUTURE
ONE-YEAR MISSIONS IN THE
CAPABILITY TO EXTEND THE
DURATION OF OUR STUDIES AND
UNDERSTAND IN THAT SIX MONTHS TO
ONE YEAR TO POTENTIALLY LONGER
MISSIONS WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS ON
OUR CREW HEALTH?
SO YES WE'RE ADDING TO THE DATA
WE HAVE ON SIX MONTH CREWMEMBERS
AND IN THE FUTURE HERE LOOKING
TO ALSO ADDITIONALLY ADD ONE
YEAR.
>> THANK HU THE LAST QUESTION IS
GOING TO COME FROM SOCIAL MEDIA
AND IT IS FOR MR. TODD.
IT SAYS SPACE STATION STATUS
QUESTION FROM MR. TODD.
CAN YOU PROVIDE UPDATE ON THE
DEPARTURE DATE FORS THE
SPACECRAFT CURRENTLY DOCKED TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION?
BOTH THE PROGRESS SPACECRAFT AND
THE CYGNUS SPACECRAFT.
THANK YOU.
>> WELL THE CYGNUS SPACECRAFT
STARTING THERE FIRST AND IT WILL
DEPART THE PLAN NOW IS TO DEPART
AROUND THE 16th OF DECEMBER
THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE
CONTINUING TO LOOK AT IN WE HAVE
A PLAN IN PLACING NOW IT IS WHAT
I WILL A CALL A BACKUP PLAN IN
THE EVENT THAT WE DON'T GET OFF
THE GROUND ON THE A AND WE ARE
CONSIDERING WHETHER IT MAKES
SENSE TO DO A COUPLE OF E'S
WHILE WE'RE IN THIS HIGH BEAT
PERIOD IF WE DO THAT WE'LL TAKE
THE DEPARTURE WITH THAT CYGNUS
MODULE AND MOVE TO IT THE RATING
A LITTLE BIT TO OPEN UP A WINDOW
DO THE EVA'S IN THERE AND JUST
BECAUSE IS TOO MUCH IN THE
TARGETED EV SEA TO GET A VEHICLE
PREPPED A Z WITHLE.
I WOULD SAY THERE IS A BIT OF A
QUESTION MARK AND THE EVENT WE
DO GET DRAGON YONK BAR AND FOLE
LOW THE PRIMARY PLAN WE HAVE
LAID OFF THE 16th OF
DECEMBER.
AS FAR AS THE ROSS PRAGUE
PROGRESS THERE IS A COUPLE OF
PROGRESSES ON NOW RIGHT NOW
THINK 75 ON THE PART OF THE
SERVICE MODULE NOW WILL DEPART
SOMEWHERE IN EARLY FEBRUARY AND
I AIL APPROXIMATELY GUISE 76B
AND DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP
OF MY HEAD WHEN IT I GOING TO
DEPART BUT I CAN GET YOU THAT.
>> THANK SOPS.
WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ON THE
LOON AND GOING TO GO TASMAR
SMITH WITH SPACE POLICY ON-LINE.
>> THANKS.
I HAD QUESTION FOR VAR I AM
CURIOUS WHAT THIS IS LARGEST
ITEM THAT YOU CAN FIT INSIDE OF
CARGO DRAGON IN TERMS OF THE
PHYSICAL SIZE AND THE MASS IF
YOU HAD ONE ON JEK HOW BIG COULD
IT BE.
>> SURE.
SO THE SIZE OF THE CARGO IS
DRIVE BIN THAT DOCKING ADAPTER
THAT IS USED AND STANDARD
INTERFACEP IN THE SPACE STATION
AND DESIGNED TO MATCH IT AND SO
IT HAS TO GET THROUGH THE
FORWARD HATCH THERE AND THE
ITEMS ARE BIG DO IN KNOW THE DY
HELPING ON ORDER OF A COUPLE
HUNDRED POUND AND RELATIVELY
LARGE SO YES WE HAD A COUPLE OF
CARGO ITEMS THIS MISSION THAT
WERE WITHIN AN OB OR TWO AND WE
CAN USE OUR GROUND SUPPORTIVE
EQUIPMENT TO GET LARGE ITEMS
THROUGH THAT HOLE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT FINAL
QUESTION.
THAT IS GOING TO CONCLUDE OUR
COVERAGE FOR THE PRELAUNCH NEWS
CONFERENCE AND I WANT TO THANK
ALL THE PALE INS WHO JOINED US
HERE TODAY AND GAVE IS A LOFT
INFORMATION AND EXCITEMENT FOR
CRS21.
THIS MISSION IS TARGETED TO
LAUNCH TOMORROW WHICH IS
SATURDAY DECEMBER 5th AT
11:40 A.M. AND WE HOPE YOU WILL
JOIN US GAIN HER ON NASA TV FOR
THE PRELAUNCH COVERAGE STARTING
AT 1:15 A.M. YOU CAN WATCH THAT
ON NASA TV OR NASA. GOV/LIVE.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN THERE.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US AGAIN TODAY.
GO SPACEX.
GO NASA.
GO CRS21.