1 00:00:36,586 --> 00:01:05,815 ♪ MUSIC PLAYING♪ 2 00:01:05,815 --> 00:01:08,284 >> TWO LAUNCH, A NASA MISSION TO 3 00:01:08,284 --> 00:01:09,986 DELIVER CRITICAL SUPPLIES AND 4 00:01:09,986 --> 00:01:10,653 RESEARCH TO THE ASTRONAUTS 5 00:01:10,653 --> 00:01:13,323 LIVING AND WORKING ABOARD THE 6 00:01:13,323 --> 00:01:14,224 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 7 00:01:14,224 --> 00:01:15,992 LIFT OFF IS SCHEDULED FOR 8 00:01:15,992 --> 00:01:18,128 11:17 A.M. EASTERN TIME. 9 00:01:18,128 --> 00:01:20,597 GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO KENNEDY 10 00:01:20,597 --> 00:01:22,665 SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA. 11 00:01:22,665 --> 00:01:25,001 I AM TORI WITH A PUBLIC AFFAIRS. 12 00:01:25,001 --> 00:01:26,970 WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE YOU JOIN 13 00:01:26,970 --> 00:01:27,804 US DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON TO 14 00:01:27,804 --> 00:01:29,672 WATCH THE NEWLY REDESIGNED CARGO 15 00:01:29,672 --> 00:01:31,975 DRAGON SPACECRAFT BEGIN ITS 16 00:01:31,975 --> 00:01:33,610 DEBUT FLIGHT. 17 00:01:33,610 --> 00:01:34,511 TODAY KICKS OFF A NEW SERIES OF 18 00:01:34,511 --> 00:01:36,513 RESUPPLY MISSIONS TO THE SPACE 19 00:01:36,513 --> 00:01:38,348 STATION. 20 00:01:38,348 --> 00:01:39,082 THE ORIGINAL DRAGON ONE 21 00:01:39,082 --> 00:01:40,083 SPACECRAFT COMPLETED ITS 20th 22 00:01:40,083 --> 00:01:43,052 AND FINAL CARGO RESUPPLY MISSION 23 00:01:43,052 --> 00:01:43,620 EARLIER THIS YEAR. 24 00:01:43,620 --> 00:01:47,290 NOW THE UPGRADED DRAGON 2 WILL 25 00:01:47,290 --> 00:01:48,491 CARRY THE TORCH WITH MORE 26 00:01:48,491 --> 00:01:50,059 CAPACITY FOR SCIENCE PAYLOADS. 27 00:01:50,059 --> 00:01:52,562 WE WILL LIFT OFF ON A SpaceX 28 00:01:52,562 --> 00:01:56,499 FALCON 9 CRS-21 FROM LAUNCH 29 00:01:56,499 --> 00:01:58,268 COMPLEX 39A. 30 00:01:58,268 --> 00:02:00,203 WE HAVE TEAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 31 00:02:00,203 --> 00:02:02,005 FOLLOWING TODAY'S OPERATIONS. 32 00:02:02,005 --> 00:02:04,040 FROM SpaceX HEADQUARTERS IN 33 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:04,674 HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA. 34 00:02:04,674 --> 00:02:06,643 TO MISSION CONTROL, IN HOUSTON 35 00:02:06,643 --> 00:02:07,610 AND RIGHT HERE IN FLORIDA. 36 00:02:07,610 --> 00:02:12,549 WE WILL ALSO HAVE EXPERTS TALK 37 00:02:12,549 --> 00:02:13,283 WITH HIM ABOUT THE SCIENCE ON 38 00:02:13,283 --> 00:02:17,220 THIS MISSION. 39 00:02:17,220 --> 00:02:17,887 THERE IS A LIVE VIEW AS WE 40 00:02:17,887 --> 00:02:18,188 SPEAK. 41 00:02:18,188 --> 00:02:21,858 WE ARE NOW AT T MINUS 30 MINUTES 42 00:02:21,858 --> 00:02:24,894 AND COUNTING. 43 00:02:24,894 --> 00:02:25,929 AS WITH ALL MISSIONS TO THE ISS, 44 00:02:25,929 --> 00:02:27,697 THE LAUNCH WINDOW TODAY'S 45 00:02:27,697 --> 00:02:28,698 INSTANTANEOUS. 46 00:02:28,698 --> 00:02:30,233 THAT MEANS THE ROCKET MUST 47 00:02:30,233 --> 00:02:32,435 LAUNCH AT THE EXACT SECOND OF 48 00:02:32,435 --> 00:02:34,571 THE PLAN LIFTOFF IN ORDER TO 49 00:02:34,571 --> 00:02:35,738 REACH THE CORRECT ORBIT TO GET 50 00:02:35,738 --> 00:02:36,706 TO THE SPACE STATION. 51 00:02:36,706 --> 00:02:38,408 CARGO DRAGON WILL DOCK TO THE 52 00:02:38,408 --> 00:02:41,311 STATION AT ABOUT 1:30 P.M. 53 00:02:41,311 --> 00:02:44,581 EASTERN TIME TOMORROW, AND 54 00:02:44,581 --> 00:02:46,449 DRAGON IS OF COURSE PACKED WITH 55 00:02:46,449 --> 00:02:47,450 CRITICAL SUPPLIES AND RESEARCH, 56 00:02:47,450 --> 00:02:50,019 BUT ALSO A FEW ITEMS TO HELP 57 00:02:50,019 --> 00:02:51,221 MAKE THE CREW FEEL A LITTLE MORE 58 00:02:51,221 --> 00:02:53,423 AT HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. 59 00:02:53,423 --> 00:02:54,390 WE WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT 60 00:02:54,390 --> 00:02:56,092 THE SCIENCE ON BOARD. 61 00:02:56,092 --> 00:02:59,062 BUT FIRST, HERE ARE SOME BASICS. 62 00:02:59,062 --> 00:03:00,296 THIS WILL BE THE FIRST LAUNCH 63 00:03:00,296 --> 00:03:05,501 FOR SpaceX UNDER NASA'S 64 00:03:05,501 --> 00:03:06,169 COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY SERVICES 65 00:03:06,169 --> 00:03:06,970 CONTRACT AND THE COMPANY'S 66 00:03:06,970 --> 00:03:08,238 21st MISSION OF ITS KIND. 67 00:03:08,238 --> 00:03:08,972 THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH FLIGHT 68 00:03:08,972 --> 00:03:11,741 FOR THE FALCON 9 THAT WILL ONCE 69 00:03:11,741 --> 00:03:15,278 AGAIN RETURN TO EARTH TO BE 70 00:03:15,278 --> 00:03:16,479 REFURBISHED FOR ITS NEXT 71 00:03:16,479 --> 00:03:16,813 MISSION. 72 00:03:16,813 --> 00:03:17,447 IT WILL DELIVER MORE THAN 73 00:03:17,447 --> 00:03:18,815 6400 POUNDS OF RESEARCH AND 74 00:03:18,815 --> 00:03:21,050 SUPPLIES TO THE ASTRONAUTS ON 75 00:03:21,050 --> 00:03:23,486 BOARD, AND THIS WILL BE THE 76 00:03:23,486 --> 00:03:24,220 FIRST FLIGHT FOR THE UPGRADED 77 00:03:24,220 --> 00:03:26,856 CARGO DRAGON THAT WILL PERFORM 78 00:03:26,856 --> 00:03:29,559 AUTOMATED RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING 79 00:03:29,559 --> 00:03:31,661 WITH THE SPACE STATION. 80 00:03:31,661 --> 00:03:32,428 SIERRA 21 IS UNIQUE IN SO MANY 81 00:03:32,428 --> 00:03:33,663 WAYS. 82 00:03:33,663 --> 00:03:34,931 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT MAKES 83 00:03:34,931 --> 00:03:36,366 THIS CARGO MISSION STAND APART 84 00:03:36,366 --> 00:03:41,971 FROM THE REST. 85 00:03:41,971 --> 00:04:28,918 ♪ MUSIC PLAYING♪ 86 00:04:28,918 --> 00:04:47,603 ♪ MUSIC PLAYING♪ 87 00:04:47,603 --> 00:04:50,707 >> WE ARE ABOUT T MINUS 27 88 00:04:50,707 --> 00:04:51,374 MINUTES AWAY FROM LIFTOFF. 89 00:04:51,374 --> 00:04:54,877 JOINING MAIN NOW IS JOSHUA AND 90 00:04:54,877 --> 00:04:55,545 MARIA WITH AN UPDATE ON THE 91 00:04:55,545 --> 00:04:56,746 LAUNCH. 92 00:04:56,746 --> 00:04:59,248 GIVE US SOME GOOD NEWS. 93 00:04:59,248 --> 00:05:00,984 >> YES, WE DO HAVE GOOD NEWS. 94 00:05:00,984 --> 00:05:02,485 WE HAVE INCREASINGLY IMPROVING 95 00:05:02,485 --> 00:05:03,019 WEATHER CONDITIONS. 96 00:05:03,019 --> 00:05:05,288 AND JOSHUA, JOINED BY MARIE 97 00:05:05,288 --> 00:05:07,523 LEWIS. 98 00:05:07,523 --> 00:05:08,024 >> THANK YOU. 99 00:05:08,024 --> 00:05:08,691 I KNOW IT IS EXCITING TO BE 100 00:05:08,691 --> 00:05:09,359 HERE. 101 00:05:09,359 --> 00:05:11,494 WE HAD A WAVE OFF YESTERDAY 102 00:05:11,494 --> 00:05:13,129 BECAUSE A WEATHER AT A BOOSTER 103 00:05:13,129 --> 00:05:14,297 RECOVERY SITE WAS LOOKING GREAT. 104 00:05:14,297 --> 00:05:16,232 THINGS ARE LOOKING BETTER TODAY. 105 00:05:16,232 --> 00:05:18,067 >> LET'S LOOK AT THIS GRAPHIC, 106 00:05:18,067 --> 00:05:19,669 WE HAVE A 70% CHANCE OF A GOOD 107 00:05:19,669 --> 00:05:23,439 WEATHER CONDITIONS. 108 00:05:23,439 --> 00:05:24,841 WE HAVE A 30 PERCENTAGE OF 109 00:05:24,841 --> 00:05:25,508 VIOLATION OF THOSE WEATHER 110 00:05:25,508 --> 00:05:25,908 CONSTRAINTS. 111 00:05:25,908 --> 00:05:30,213 SOME THICK CLOUDS MOVING THROUGH 112 00:05:30,213 --> 00:05:30,880 THE AREA QUICKLY PRAYED THAT 113 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,150 SPEED IS REALLY HELPING US. 114 00:05:34,150 --> 00:05:37,153 THE LAUNCH PROCESS AND 115 00:05:37,153 --> 00:05:38,388 COUNTDOWN, THINGS ARE PROCEEDING 116 00:05:38,388 --> 00:05:38,688 WELL. 117 00:05:38,688 --> 00:05:39,589 WE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO HAVE ANY 118 00:05:39,589 --> 00:05:41,024 OF THOSE THICK CLOUD POCKETS IN 119 00:05:41,024 --> 00:05:42,191 THE AREA. 120 00:05:42,191 --> 00:05:44,627 WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE OF THAT. 121 00:05:44,627 --> 00:05:45,395 COMING FROM OUR LAUNCH WEATHER 122 00:05:45,395 --> 00:05:49,999 OFFICER. 123 00:05:49,999 --> 00:05:51,067 WE APPRECIATE THOSE FINE FOLKS 124 00:05:51,067 --> 00:05:52,802 TAKING GOOD CARE OF US. 125 00:05:52,802 --> 00:05:56,773 >> FEELING BEGAN AT T MINUS 35 126 00:05:56,773 --> 00:05:57,106 MINUTES. 127 00:05:57,106 --> 00:05:57,807 IT'S WELL UNDER WAY NOW, THAT 128 00:05:57,807 --> 00:06:01,878 ARE P1, WHICH IS ROCKET GRADE 129 00:06:01,878 --> 00:06:02,612 KEROSENE, LIQUID OXYGEN FEELING 130 00:06:02,612 --> 00:06:03,613 ON THE FIRST STAGE IS WELL 131 00:06:03,613 --> 00:06:06,215 UNDERWAY. 132 00:06:06,215 --> 00:06:07,450 T MINUS 16 MINUTES, ABOUT 10 133 00:06:07,450 --> 00:06:08,184 MINUTES FROM NOW, WE WILL HEAR 134 00:06:08,184 --> 00:06:09,585 THAT LIQUID OXYGEN LOADING HAS 135 00:06:09,585 --> 00:06:15,024 BEGUN ON THE SECOND UPPER STAGE. 136 00:06:15,024 --> 00:06:15,858 >> YEAH, WE HAVE A FULL STAFF ON 137 00:06:15,858 --> 00:06:17,794 BOARD TODAY FROM COAST-TO-COAST 138 00:06:17,794 --> 00:06:18,428 HERE AT THE KENNEDY SPACE 139 00:06:18,428 --> 00:06:19,996 CENTER. 140 00:06:19,996 --> 00:06:21,297 WE ARE TRACKING THIS OURSELVES, 141 00:06:21,297 --> 00:06:22,498 AS WELL THERE IS A SPACEX TEAM 142 00:06:22,498 --> 00:06:25,368 HERE AND SUPPORT FROM NASA AS 143 00:06:25,368 --> 00:06:27,103 WELL WITH IT TELEMETRY AND 144 00:06:27,103 --> 00:06:28,604 COMMUNICATION OUT AND HOUSTON, 145 00:06:28,604 --> 00:06:29,305 TEXAS AT THE JOHNSON SPACE 146 00:06:29,305 --> 00:06:32,975 CENTER WE HAVE TEAMS FROM NASA'S 147 00:06:32,975 --> 00:06:34,077 MISSION CONTROL WHOSE SUPPORT 148 00:06:34,077 --> 00:06:34,644 SPACE STATION THERE. 149 00:06:34,644 --> 00:06:35,812 AND THEN IN CALIFORNIA COME ON 150 00:06:35,812 --> 00:06:39,449 THE WEST COAST AT HAWTHORNE, THE 151 00:06:39,449 --> 00:06:40,316 SpaceX HEADQUARTERS ON MISSION 152 00:06:40,316 --> 00:06:41,651 CONTROL AS WELL. 153 00:06:41,651 --> 00:06:43,119 TEAMS ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON 154 00:06:43,119 --> 00:06:43,886 THINGS AND THEY ARE LIKING WHAT 155 00:06:43,886 --> 00:06:46,956 THEY ARE SEEING SO FAR. 156 00:06:46,956 --> 00:06:47,490 >> ABSOLUTELY. 157 00:06:47,490 --> 00:06:48,424 THINGS ARE LOOKING GREEN. 158 00:06:48,424 --> 00:06:49,225 THE RANGE IS GREEN AROUND THE 159 00:06:49,225 --> 00:06:49,792 PAD. 160 00:06:49,792 --> 00:06:51,294 THE AREA DOWNRANGE, THE ROCKET 161 00:06:51,294 --> 00:06:53,229 IS HEALTHY. 162 00:06:53,229 --> 00:06:56,466 WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANY 163 00:06:56,466 --> 00:06:56,999 SIGNIFICANT ISSUES. 164 00:06:56,999 --> 00:06:57,633 YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, THE 165 00:06:57,633 --> 00:07:01,003 BOOSTER LOOKS LIKE IT HAS SEEN 166 00:07:01,003 --> 00:07:02,105 BETTER DAYS. 167 00:07:02,105 --> 00:07:03,139 THAT IS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN READ 168 00:07:03,139 --> 00:07:05,274 SO MANY TIMES. 169 00:07:05,274 --> 00:07:06,843 >> THIS WILL BE ITS FOURTH 170 00:07:06,843 --> 00:07:07,877 FLIGHT WHICH WE ARE EXCITED FOR 171 00:07:07,877 --> 00:07:08,611 PAGES THAT CAPABILITY TO USE A 172 00:07:08,611 --> 00:07:11,047 FLIGHT PROVEN BOOSTER. 173 00:07:11,047 --> 00:07:12,615 THERE YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, 174 00:07:12,615 --> 00:07:14,884 THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH FLIGHT 175 00:07:14,884 --> 00:07:15,585 IF ALL GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN 176 00:07:15,585 --> 00:07:19,088 TODAY, DEMO 2, BOB AND DOUG USED 177 00:07:19,088 --> 00:07:21,390 THE SAME BOOSTER EARLIER THIS 178 00:07:21,390 --> 00:07:23,426 YEAR. 179 00:07:23,426 --> 00:07:26,496 HERE WE GO FOR NUMBER FOUR. 180 00:07:26,496 --> 00:07:27,463 >> YEAH, THIS BOOSTER HAS BEEN 181 00:07:27,463 --> 00:07:29,599 PUT THROUGH ITS PACES. 182 00:07:29,599 --> 00:07:30,766 THE CARGO DRAGON ON TOP IS THE 183 00:07:30,766 --> 00:07:33,202 NEW UPGRADE. 184 00:07:33,202 --> 00:07:35,905 THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM IS 185 00:07:35,905 --> 00:07:36,639 WATCHING -- WILL BE WATCHING 186 00:07:36,639 --> 00:07:39,609 THIS MISSION CLOSELY TO SEE HOW 187 00:07:39,609 --> 00:07:40,910 THIS CARGO DRAGON PERFORMS 188 00:07:40,910 --> 00:07:41,477 BECAUSE IT HAS SO MANY 189 00:07:41,477 --> 00:07:42,879 SIMILARITIES TO THE CREW DRAGON 190 00:07:42,879 --> 00:07:47,884 THAT JUST LAUNCHED THAT LAUNCHED 191 00:07:47,884 --> 00:07:48,818 BOB AND DOUG EARLIER THIS YEAR. 192 00:07:48,818 --> 00:07:50,453 HE WAS SEE ON THE BOTTOM PART OF 193 00:07:50,453 --> 00:07:53,856 THE CAPSULE WHERE THE SUPER 194 00:07:53,856 --> 00:07:54,624 DRACO'S WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR THAT 195 00:07:54,624 --> 00:07:56,292 LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM FOR THE 196 00:07:56,292 --> 00:07:59,862 DREW -- CREW DRAGON DOESN'T 197 00:07:59,862 --> 00:08:01,631 EXIST ON THE CARGO DRAGON. 198 00:08:01,631 --> 00:08:02,798 THERE IS NO SEATS, BECAUSE IT IS 199 00:08:02,798 --> 00:08:04,333 PACKED WITH FOOD INSTEAD OF 200 00:08:04,333 --> 00:08:09,438 PEOPLE. 201 00:08:09,438 --> 00:08:12,408 >> OBVIOUSLY THE PURPOSE OF THIS 202 00:08:12,408 --> 00:08:14,343 MISSION TODAY IS TO GET CARGO 203 00:08:14,343 --> 00:08:14,977 AND SUPPLIES TO THE SPACE 204 00:08:14,977 --> 00:08:17,613 STATION. 205 00:08:17,613 --> 00:08:19,582 THE DRAGON IS BROKEN APART INTO 206 00:08:19,582 --> 00:08:19,949 TWO PARTS. 207 00:08:19,949 --> 00:08:20,850 THERE IS A CAPSULE WHICH IS 208 00:08:20,850 --> 00:08:22,385 PRESSURIZED AND HOLDS 9.3 CUBIC 209 00:08:22,385 --> 00:08:26,122 METERS OR 328 OF CUBIC FEET 210 00:08:26,122 --> 00:08:28,291 STORAGE SPACE. 211 00:08:28,291 --> 00:08:29,025 IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE 212 00:08:29,025 --> 00:08:29,992 SIZE OF A MINIVAN. 213 00:08:29,992 --> 00:08:32,662 THAT IS ROUGHLY TWO MINIVANS 214 00:08:32,662 --> 00:08:34,597 PACKED FULL OF STUFF. 215 00:08:34,597 --> 00:08:38,668 AND THEN THE TRUNK, HAS TAKEN 216 00:08:38,668 --> 00:08:39,769 GOOD USE OF THE VACUUM STORAGE 217 00:08:39,769 --> 00:08:43,072 SPACE. 218 00:08:43,072 --> 00:08:45,341 THAT IS ABOUT 37 CUBIC METERS, 219 00:08:45,341 --> 00:08:47,977 OR 1300 CUBIC FEET. 220 00:08:47,977 --> 00:08:48,678 A COUPLE OF OTHER NOTEWORTHY 221 00:08:48,678 --> 00:08:51,747 THINGS, WE WILL NOT SEE SOLAR 222 00:08:51,747 --> 00:08:52,381 RAYS DEPLOYED DURING THIS 223 00:08:52,381 --> 00:08:52,715 FLIGHT. 224 00:08:52,715 --> 00:08:54,350 THAT IS NOT PART OF THE DRAGON 2 225 00:08:54,350 --> 00:08:55,585 OPERATION. 226 00:08:55,585 --> 00:08:57,887 IT MAKES UP HALF OF THE TRUNK IS 227 00:08:57,887 --> 00:08:59,956 THE SOLAR ARRAY. 228 00:08:59,956 --> 00:09:02,858 AND THEN THE NOSE CONE WILL BE A 229 00:09:02,858 --> 00:09:03,593 MILESTONE FOR US ON OUR FLIGHT 230 00:09:03,593 --> 00:09:03,960 TODAY. 231 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:06,429 THAT NOSECONE BEING OPEN. 232 00:09:06,429 --> 00:09:08,231 AS WE NEED TO DOCK WITH STATION, 233 00:09:08,231 --> 00:09:10,299 WE NEED A SPACE TO BE ABLE TO 234 00:09:10,299 --> 00:09:11,467 DOCK WITH STATION AND IT IS 235 00:09:11,467 --> 00:09:14,036 UNDERNEATH HIS NOSECONE. 236 00:09:14,036 --> 00:09:16,005 >> YOU CAN SEA WHEN THEY SHOT 237 00:09:16,005 --> 00:09:16,839 THE CREW ACCESS ARM THAT HAS 238 00:09:16,839 --> 00:09:20,543 RETRACTED ARRAY -- AWAY FROM 239 00:09:20,543 --> 00:09:20,977 CARGO DRAGON. 240 00:09:20,977 --> 00:09:22,078 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SpaceX 241 00:09:22,078 --> 00:09:25,248 HAS USE THAT ARM TO LOAD CARGO. 242 00:09:25,248 --> 00:09:25,982 THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY USED BEFORE 243 00:09:25,982 --> 00:09:27,483 FOR THE CREMATIONS. 244 00:09:27,483 --> 00:09:28,251 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE 245 00:09:28,251 --> 00:09:31,320 USED THAT ARM TO LOAD CARGO FOR 246 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:33,055 A CARGO RESUPPLY MISSION. 247 00:09:33,055 --> 00:09:34,790 WE ARE NOW AT T MINUS 23 MINUTES 248 00:09:34,790 --> 00:09:36,792 AND COUNTING. 249 00:09:36,792 --> 00:09:38,060 WE HAVE AN INSTANTANEOUS LAUNCH 250 00:09:38,060 --> 00:09:43,466 WINDOW AT 11:17 EASTERN TIME. 251 00:09:43,466 --> 00:09:44,166 SPACEX WILL ATTEMPT TO LAND IS 252 00:09:44,166 --> 00:09:45,568 AT FIRST STAGE BOOSTER A FOURTH 253 00:09:45,568 --> 00:09:47,003 TIME. 254 00:09:47,003 --> 00:09:47,670 THIS TIME OVER THE ATLANTIC 255 00:09:47,670 --> 00:09:50,072 OCEAN ON THE OF COURSE I STILL 256 00:09:50,072 --> 00:09:52,375 LOVE YOU DRONE SHIP. 257 00:09:52,375 --> 00:09:54,343 WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT 258 00:09:54,343 --> 00:09:55,845 ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES AFTER 259 00:09:55,845 --> 00:09:56,178 LAUNCH. 260 00:09:56,178 --> 00:09:57,246 FOR NOW, TORI, WE WILL SEND THAT 261 00:09:57,246 --> 00:09:58,881 BACK TO YOU. 262 00:09:58,881 --> 00:10:00,416 >> THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. 263 00:10:00,416 --> 00:10:01,083 IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYTHING IS 264 00:10:01,083 --> 00:10:04,987 LOOKING GOOD SO FAR. 265 00:10:04,987 --> 00:10:05,921 CARGO RESUPPLY MISSIONS FROM 266 00:10:05,921 --> 00:10:06,589 U.S. COMPANIES LIKE THE ONE 267 00:10:06,589 --> 00:10:08,524 TODAY ENSURE A NATIONAL 268 00:10:08,524 --> 00:10:10,893 CAPABILITY TO DELIVER CRITICAL 269 00:10:10,893 --> 00:10:11,594 SCIENCE RESEARCH TO THE SPACE 270 00:10:11,594 --> 00:10:12,995 STATION. 271 00:10:12,995 --> 00:10:14,630 THIS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES 272 00:10:14,630 --> 00:10:17,400 NASA'S ABILITY TO -- CONDUCT NEW 273 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:18,034 INVESTIGATIONS IN A MIXED 274 00:10:18,034 --> 00:10:19,935 ENVIRONMENT. 275 00:10:19,935 --> 00:10:22,838 THE ONLY LABORATORY IN SPACE. 276 00:10:22,838 --> 00:10:23,939 THE ISS NATIONAL LEVEL GIVES US 277 00:10:23,939 --> 00:10:24,807 A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME OF THIS 278 00:10:24,807 --> 00:10:28,244 GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH. 279 00:10:28,244 --> 00:10:30,279 >> SpaceX'S 21st RESUPPLY 280 00:10:30,279 --> 00:10:32,248 MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL 281 00:10:32,248 --> 00:10:34,250 SPACE STATION IS READY TO LAUNCH 282 00:10:34,250 --> 00:10:34,917 FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 283 00:10:34,917 --> 00:10:37,086 THIS MISSION WILL BRING CRITICAL 284 00:10:37,086 --> 00:10:38,321 CARGO, RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 285 00:10:38,321 --> 00:10:39,055 DEMONSTRATION PAYLOADS TO THE 286 00:10:39,055 --> 00:10:42,024 ORBITING LABORATORY. 287 00:10:42,024 --> 00:10:42,758 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 288 00:10:42,758 --> 00:10:43,559 LABORATORY IS PROUD TO SPONSOR 289 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:44,126 MORE THAN 15 PAYLOADS 290 00:10:44,126 --> 00:10:45,194 REPRESENTING DOZENS OF 291 00:10:45,194 --> 00:10:48,664 EXPERIMENTS TO FURTHER 292 00:10:48,664 --> 00:10:49,799 FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED RESEARCH 293 00:10:49,799 --> 00:10:51,334 AND TO ENGAGE THE NEXT 294 00:10:51,334 --> 00:10:52,034 GENERATION OF RESEARCHERS AND 295 00:10:52,034 --> 00:10:53,302 EXPLORERS. 296 00:10:53,302 --> 00:10:54,036 HERE'S A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF 297 00:10:54,036 --> 00:11:01,077 THE PAYLOADS ON SpaceX CRS-21. 298 00:11:01,077 --> 00:11:01,711 A LEADING PHARMACEUTICALS 299 00:11:01,711 --> 00:11:03,045 COMPANY IS LAUNCHING A PROTEIN 300 00:11:03,045 --> 00:11:05,448 CRYSTALLIZATION AIMED AT 301 00:11:05,448 --> 00:11:08,884 IMPROVING DELIVERY FOR PATIENTS. 302 00:11:08,884 --> 00:11:10,252 IN THIS EXPERIMENT, THE TEAM 303 00:11:10,252 --> 00:11:12,221 WILL STUDY THE CRYSTALLIZATION 304 00:11:12,221 --> 00:11:13,723 OF ANTIBODIES AND SPACE TO 305 00:11:13,723 --> 00:11:14,423 IMPROVE THEIR CRYSTALLIZATION 306 00:11:14,423 --> 00:11:18,828 BACK ON THE GROUND. 307 00:11:18,828 --> 00:11:19,829 LAB CREATED PROTEINS DESIGNED TO 308 00:11:19,829 --> 00:11:21,430 INTERACT WITH A SPECIFIC TARGETS 309 00:11:21,430 --> 00:11:22,198 CALLED ANTIGENS WERE USED IN THE 310 00:11:22,198 --> 00:11:23,733 TREATMENT OF SEVERAL DISEASES 311 00:11:23,733 --> 00:11:26,035 INCLUDING CANCER. 312 00:11:26,035 --> 00:11:27,737 THREE PROJECTS ON THIS MISSION 313 00:11:27,737 --> 00:11:28,404 ARE FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL 314 00:11:28,404 --> 00:11:29,004 INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. 315 00:11:29,004 --> 00:11:32,174 THROUGH ITS JOINT INITIATIVES 316 00:11:32,174 --> 00:11:34,410 WITH THE ISS NATIONAL LAB. 317 00:11:34,410 --> 00:11:36,045 THEY ARE SMALL DEVICES 318 00:11:36,045 --> 00:11:37,313 ENGINEERED TO GROW HUMAN CELLS 319 00:11:37,313 --> 00:11:38,247 ON ARTIFICIAL SCAFFOLD TO MODEL 320 00:11:38,247 --> 00:11:39,348 THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF 321 00:11:39,348 --> 00:11:40,383 HUMAN TISSUES. 322 00:11:40,383 --> 00:11:43,319 STUDYING TISSUE CHIPS IN SPACE 323 00:11:43,319 --> 00:11:44,887 MAY ACCELERATE PATHWAYS TO 324 00:11:44,887 --> 00:11:45,521 UNDERSTANDING DISEASE AND 325 00:11:45,521 --> 00:11:46,722 DEVELOPING NEW TREATMENTS FOR 326 00:11:46,722 --> 00:11:49,658 USE ON EARTH AND BEYOND. 327 00:11:49,658 --> 00:11:51,060 TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL ISS 328 00:11:51,060 --> 00:11:51,727 SPONSORED RESEARCH ON THIS 329 00:11:51,727 --> 00:11:55,498 MISSION PLEASE VISIT ISSNATIONAL 330 00:11:55,498 --> 00:11:58,934 LAB.ORG. 331 00:11:58,934 --> 00:12:00,069 >> AMONG ALL OF THIS 332 00:12:00,069 --> 00:12:01,937 LIFE-CHANGING SCIENCE, THE HEART 333 00:12:01,937 --> 00:12:02,705 TISSUE CHIPS EXPERIMENT IS QUITE 334 00:12:02,705 --> 00:12:04,740 FASCINATING. 335 00:12:04,740 --> 00:12:05,508 JAZMINE HOPKINS IS STANDING BY 336 00:12:05,508 --> 00:12:06,208 WITH A SPECIAL GUEST WHO CAN 337 00:12:06,208 --> 00:12:09,412 TELL US MORE. 338 00:12:09,412 --> 00:12:11,046 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 339 00:12:11,046 --> 00:12:11,981 I AM JASMINE HOPKINS. 340 00:12:11,981 --> 00:12:13,382 JOINING ME TO TALK TO US MORE 341 00:12:13,382 --> 00:12:14,250 ABOUT THE CARDINAL HARDSHIP 342 00:12:14,250 --> 00:12:17,119 INVESTIGATION IS DOCTOR THOMAS 343 00:12:17,119 --> 00:12:19,755 FROM THE STANFORD CARDIOVASCULAR 344 00:12:19,755 --> 00:12:20,122 INSTITUTE. 345 00:12:20,122 --> 00:12:22,091 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 346 00:12:22,091 --> 00:12:24,493 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 347 00:12:24,493 --> 00:12:25,227 >> CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THIS 348 00:12:25,227 --> 00:12:30,266 INVESTIGATION IS ABOUT? 349 00:12:30,266 --> 00:12:30,933 >> COLLABORATION BETWEEN 350 00:12:30,933 --> 00:12:31,767 STANFORD CARDIOVASCULAR 351 00:12:31,767 --> 00:12:34,437 INSTITUTE,. 352 00:12:34,437 --> 00:12:39,241 [INAUDIBLE] 353 00:12:39,241 --> 00:12:39,975 THE RESEARCH IS FUNDED BY THE 354 00:12:39,975 --> 00:12:40,676 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 355 00:12:40,676 --> 00:12:44,313 AND THE NATIONAL CENTER OF 356 00:12:44,313 --> 00:12:45,848 TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES. 357 00:12:45,848 --> 00:12:50,419 WE ARE A PART OF THE -- IT'S ONE 358 00:12:50,419 --> 00:12:51,120 OF THE LEADING CARDIOVASCULAR 359 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,222 GROUPS IN THE NATION. 360 00:12:53,222 --> 00:12:56,125 INTERESTED IN HOW HEART DISEASE 361 00:12:56,125 --> 00:12:57,726 DEVELOPS AND HOW WE CAN USE 362 00:12:57,726 --> 00:13:01,330 BETTER MEDICATIONS TO TREAT THEM 363 00:13:01,330 --> 00:13:02,064 THE HARD EXPERIMENT LAUNCHING ON 364 00:13:02,064 --> 00:13:05,201 THE ISS, WE ARE TYPICALLY 365 00:13:05,201 --> 00:13:06,135 INTERESTED IN MICROGRAVITY AND 366 00:13:06,135 --> 00:13:06,769 HOW IT AFFECTS THE HEART. 367 00:13:06,769 --> 00:13:08,904 WE ARE DOING SO USING AN 368 00:13:08,904 --> 00:13:09,638 ENGINEERED HEART TISSUE THAT IS 369 00:13:09,638 --> 00:13:11,106 GROWN IN THE LAB WHICH IS 370 00:13:11,106 --> 00:13:14,977 BASICALLY A SMALL MUSCLE STRIP 371 00:13:14,977 --> 00:13:15,778 OF YOUR HEART THAT BEATS 372 00:13:15,778 --> 00:13:17,213 SPONTANEOUSLY. 373 00:13:17,213 --> 00:13:17,980 YOU MAY ASK WHY IS THIS RESEARCH 374 00:13:17,980 --> 00:13:20,015 IMPORTANT? 375 00:13:20,015 --> 00:13:20,916 SO, ON EARTH WE KNOW THAT OUR 376 00:13:20,916 --> 00:13:24,687 HEART TAKES THE SHAPE OF THE V. 377 00:13:24,687 --> 00:13:26,489 IN MICROGRAVITY IT TAKES THE 378 00:13:26,489 --> 00:13:27,523 SHAPE OF THE L. 379 00:13:27,523 --> 00:13:30,125 THE REASON BEING, IT'S 380 00:13:30,125 --> 00:13:30,693 MECHANICAL UNLOADING. 381 00:13:30,693 --> 00:13:35,598 MEANING, OUR HEART HAS TO WORK 382 00:13:35,598 --> 00:13:36,665 HARD AGAINST GRAVITY TO PUSH ALL 383 00:13:36,665 --> 00:13:37,399 OF THAT BLOOD THROUGHOUT OUR 384 00:13:37,399 --> 00:13:40,636 BODY. 385 00:13:40,636 --> 00:13:41,704 IT IS THAT EXERCISE THAT KEEPS 386 00:13:41,704 --> 00:13:43,472 THE HEART HEALTHY AND FIT. 387 00:13:43,472 --> 00:13:44,573 WHEN YOU TAKE THAT EXERCISE AWAY 388 00:13:44,573 --> 00:13:47,643 FROM THE HEART, IN MICROGRAVITY, 389 00:13:47,643 --> 00:13:49,578 AND HAS TO WORK LESS. 390 00:13:49,578 --> 00:13:51,280 AS A RESULT, OVER TIME, LONG 391 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:52,014 DURATIONS OF TIME IT CAN GET 392 00:13:52,014 --> 00:13:54,817 WEAKER AND LEAD TO A CONDITION 393 00:13:54,817 --> 00:13:56,886 CALLED HEART FAILURE. 394 00:13:56,886 --> 00:13:58,721 IN THE UNITED STATES, THERE'S 395 00:13:58,721 --> 00:13:59,388 ABOUT 6.2 MILLION ADULTS WHO 396 00:13:59,388 --> 00:14:00,556 SUFFER FROM THIS CONDITION OF 397 00:14:00,556 --> 00:14:02,358 HEART FAILURE. 398 00:14:02,358 --> 00:14:03,259 WE WANT TO USE MICROGRAVITY AS A 399 00:14:03,259 --> 00:14:06,562 PLATFORM TO STUDY HOW THIS 400 00:14:06,562 --> 00:14:11,033 PHENOMENON OCCURS AND TEST A NEW 401 00:14:11,033 --> 00:14:12,201 DRUG THAT ARE FDA APPROVED TO 402 00:14:12,201 --> 00:14:15,104 REVERSE THE EFFECTS OF THE AGING 403 00:14:15,104 --> 00:14:17,239 , AND CARDIAC 404 00:14:17,239 --> 00:14:17,706 COMPLICATIONS. 405 00:14:17,706 --> 00:14:21,110 NOT ONLY THAT, THE RESEARCH WILL 406 00:14:21,110 --> 00:14:23,312 PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO HOW THE 407 00:14:23,312 --> 00:14:24,980 HEART MAY FUNCTION DURING 408 00:14:24,980 --> 00:14:28,851 LONG-TERM SPACE EXPEDITION FOR 409 00:14:28,851 --> 00:14:30,486 ASTRONAUTS AND SPACE EXPLORERS. 410 00:14:30,486 --> 00:14:32,488 >> THAT IS FASCINATING. 411 00:14:32,488 --> 00:14:33,756 WE KNOW OUR TEAM IN SPACE IS 412 00:14:33,756 --> 00:14:34,456 EAGER TO GET THEIR HANDS ON 413 00:14:34,456 --> 00:14:35,057 RESEARCH. 414 00:14:35,057 --> 00:14:36,258 CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR TEAM 415 00:14:36,258 --> 00:14:37,059 ON EARTH THAT HELPED YOU DEVELOP 416 00:14:37,059 --> 00:14:38,594 IT? 417 00:14:38,594 --> 00:14:40,796 >> ABSOLUTELY. 418 00:14:40,796 --> 00:14:42,865 WE ARE THRILLED TO BE A PART OF 419 00:14:42,865 --> 00:14:43,732 THE SPACE BIOLOGY COMMUNITY. 420 00:14:43,732 --> 00:14:46,201 IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING TO BRING 421 00:14:46,201 --> 00:14:46,969 THE RESEARCH FROM THE LAB IT THE 422 00:14:46,969 --> 00:14:48,671 LAUNCHPAD. 423 00:14:48,671 --> 00:14:50,973 ME AND MY TEAM HAVE COME TO AN 424 00:14:50,973 --> 00:14:56,645 APPRECIATION FOR HOW PROCESS IS 425 00:14:56,645 --> 00:14:57,846 UNABLE TO MOVE THIS RESEARCH TO 426 00:14:57,846 --> 00:14:59,782 THE ISS. 427 00:14:59,782 --> 00:15:01,016 I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY 428 00:15:01,016 --> 00:15:04,186 TEAM SO WE CAN BRING UP MY TEAM. 429 00:15:04,186 --> 00:15:19,068 HERE IS A PHOTO OF MY TEAM. 430 00:15:19,068 --> 00:15:20,035 TO CELEBRATE THE TEAMWORK THAT 431 00:15:20,035 --> 00:15:21,370 WE HAVE PUT INTO THIS CARDIAC 432 00:15:21,370 --> 00:15:23,672 EXPERIMENT. 433 00:15:23,672 --> 00:15:24,773 WE HAVE DESIGNED A MISSION PATCH 434 00:15:24,773 --> 00:15:26,208 WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN 435 00:15:26,208 --> 00:15:28,944 THAT SHOWS ALL OF OUR 436 00:15:28,944 --> 00:15:29,712 COLLABORATORS ON THIS PARTICULAR 437 00:15:29,712 --> 00:15:30,879 PROJECT. 438 00:15:30,879 --> 00:15:31,513 AT THE CENTER YOU SEE THE 439 00:15:31,513 --> 00:15:33,983 CARTOON HEART TISSUE THAT WE ARE 440 00:15:33,983 --> 00:15:35,618 SENDING UP TO THE SPACE STATION. 441 00:15:35,618 --> 00:15:36,218 WE ARE SUPER EXCITED AND 442 00:15:36,218 --> 00:15:37,620 THRILLED. 443 00:15:37,620 --> 00:15:43,325 GO NASA, GO SpaceX, GO DRAGON! 444 00:15:43,325 --> 00:15:43,792 >> AWESOME. 445 00:15:43,792 --> 00:15:44,460 WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE YOUR 446 00:15:44,460 --> 00:15:45,594 SCIENCE LAUNCH TO SPACE. 447 00:15:45,594 --> 00:15:47,429 LET'S GO BACK TO TORI AND THE 448 00:15:47,429 --> 00:15:49,131 STUDIO FOR A LAUNCH UPDATE. 449 00:15:49,131 --> 00:15:51,700 >> WE ARE NOW AT T MINUS 16 450 00:15:51,700 --> 00:15:52,334 MINUTES AND COUNTING. 451 00:15:52,334 --> 00:15:55,471 LET'S CHECK IN WITH SpaceX IN 452 00:15:55,471 --> 00:15:56,238 HAWTHORNE WHERE THE COMPANY 453 00:15:56,238 --> 00:16:01,877 DESIGNED AND BUILT ITS FALCON 9. 454 00:16:01,877 --> 00:16:06,682 HOW'S IT GOING ON THE WEST COAST 455 00:16:06,682 --> 00:16:07,449 >> MISSION CONTROL TEAMS ARE 456 00:16:07,449 --> 00:16:08,951 MONITORING THE VEHICLE HEADING 457 00:16:08,951 --> 00:16:11,220 INTO LAUNCH. 458 00:16:11,220 --> 00:16:11,920 LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DRAGON 459 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:13,589 SPACECRAFT. 460 00:16:13,589 --> 00:16:15,624 DRAGON DEBUTED IN 2012 IS THE 461 00:16:15,624 --> 00:16:16,291 FIRST PRIVATE SPACECRAFT IN 462 00:16:16,291 --> 00:16:18,060 HISTORY TO VISIT THE 463 00:16:18,060 --> 00:16:18,727 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 464 00:16:18,727 --> 00:16:21,630 SINCE THEN, DRAGONS HAVE MADE 23 465 00:16:21,630 --> 00:16:23,265 TRIPS TO AND FROM PREY TODAY IS 466 00:16:23,265 --> 00:16:25,034 ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FEW VEHICLES 467 00:16:25,034 --> 00:16:25,734 THAT CAN DELIVER SIGNIFICANT 468 00:16:25,734 --> 00:16:27,836 CARGO TO THE SPACE STATION AND 469 00:16:27,836 --> 00:16:29,138 THE ONLY VEHICLE THAT CAN 470 00:16:29,138 --> 00:16:30,906 DELIVER CARGO FROM THE STATION. 471 00:16:30,906 --> 00:16:32,241 WE HAVE REFRESHED AND UPDATED 472 00:16:32,241 --> 00:16:34,410 DRAGONS DESIGNED TO FLY PEOPLE 473 00:16:34,410 --> 00:16:35,678 PRAYED WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE THAT 474 00:16:35,678 --> 00:16:37,746 TWICE THIS YEAR ON OUR DEMO 2 475 00:16:37,746 --> 00:16:40,115 AND CREW ONE MISSIONS. 476 00:16:40,115 --> 00:16:41,050 TODAY'S MISSION MARKS ANOTHER 477 00:16:41,050 --> 00:16:41,784 FIRST FOR DRAGON AND THAT IS THE 478 00:16:41,784 --> 00:16:43,719 FIRST FLIGHT OF THE CARGO 479 00:16:43,719 --> 00:16:44,420 VERSION OF OUR UPDATED DRAGON 480 00:16:44,420 --> 00:16:46,455 DESIGN. 481 00:16:46,455 --> 00:16:47,423 DRAGON WAS DESIGNED FROM THE 482 00:16:47,423 --> 00:16:49,892 BEGINNING TO BE REUSED. 483 00:16:49,892 --> 00:16:51,026 TODAY WE HAVE ACTUALLY FLOWN 484 00:16:51,026 --> 00:16:52,761 NINE DRAGON MISSIONS WITH REUSED 485 00:16:52,761 --> 00:16:54,863 VEHICLES. 486 00:16:54,863 --> 00:16:56,899 THIS NEW VERSION CAN SUPPORT UP 487 00:16:56,899 --> 00:16:58,267 TO FIVE FLIGHTS TO AND FROM THE 488 00:16:58,267 --> 00:16:59,535 SPACE STATION AS OPPOSED TO 489 00:16:59,535 --> 00:17:01,103 THREE ON OUR PREVIOUS DESIGN. 490 00:17:01,103 --> 00:17:04,273 IT'S ABOUT 20% LARGER. 491 00:17:04,273 --> 00:17:05,007 DOUBLED THE POWERED LOCKERS ON 492 00:17:05,007 --> 00:17:07,643 BOARD. 493 00:17:07,643 --> 00:17:09,645 THE SPACE FOR POWERED SCIENCE 494 00:17:09,645 --> 00:17:11,146 EXPERIMENTS, BIOLOGICAL LIFE 495 00:17:11,146 --> 00:17:12,047 SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS AND IT ALSO 496 00:17:12,047 --> 00:17:12,748 SPLASHES DOWN IN THE ATLANTIC 497 00:17:12,748 --> 00:17:15,451 OCEAN WHICH ALLOWS US TO RETURN 498 00:17:15,451 --> 00:17:16,919 THE SCIENTIFIC PAYLOADS WITHIN A 499 00:17:16,919 --> 00:17:18,821 FEW HOURS AFTER LANDING. 500 00:17:18,821 --> 00:17:20,222 ON THE OUTSIDE, THIS VEHICLE 501 00:17:20,222 --> 00:17:21,023 LOOKS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU MAY 502 00:17:21,023 --> 00:17:23,092 HAVE SEEN ON OUR DEMO 2 AND CREW 503 00:17:23,092 --> 00:17:24,993 ONE MISSIONS. 504 00:17:24,993 --> 00:17:26,261 THIS VEHICLE IS CONFIGURED 505 00:17:26,261 --> 00:17:27,429 DIFFERENTLY SINCE WE DON'T HAVE 506 00:17:27,429 --> 00:17:28,997 PEOPLE ON BOARD. 507 00:17:28,997 --> 00:17:29,832 IN THE PRESSURE SECTION WHICH IS 508 00:17:29,832 --> 00:17:32,067 THE TOP PORTION THERE. 509 00:17:32,067 --> 00:17:33,802 WHAT WE HAVE SWAPPED OUT THE 510 00:17:33,802 --> 00:17:35,003 SEEDS AND CREW DISPLAYS FOR 511 00:17:35,003 --> 00:17:36,105 CARGO RACKS AND STRAPS. 512 00:17:36,105 --> 00:17:38,941 WE'VE ALSO REMOVED THE SUPER 513 00:17:38,941 --> 00:17:39,675 DRACO ENGINES, ONLY BEING USED 514 00:17:39,675 --> 00:17:41,110 TO CARRY ASTRONAUTS AWAY FROM 515 00:17:41,110 --> 00:17:45,447 THE FALCON 9 IN THE UNLIKELY 516 00:17:45,447 --> 00:17:46,548 EVENT OF A PAD OR A LAUNCH 517 00:17:46,548 --> 00:17:48,250 ABOARD. 518 00:17:48,250 --> 00:17:49,418 THE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM HAS 519 00:17:49,418 --> 00:17:50,886 BEEN REDUCED IN SIZE AND 520 00:17:50,886 --> 00:17:51,620 COMPLEXITY SINCE WE DON'T HAVE 521 00:17:51,620 --> 00:17:53,455 PEOPLE ON BOARD. 522 00:17:53,455 --> 00:17:54,089 FLYING NASA ASTRONAUTS AND 523 00:17:54,089 --> 00:17:56,425 KEEPING THE SPACE STATION FULLY 524 00:17:56,425 --> 00:17:57,126 OPERATIONAL IS A TOP PRIORITY 525 00:17:57,126 --> 00:17:58,794 FOR SpaceX. 526 00:17:58,794 --> 00:17:59,595 THIS MISSION IS THE FIRST 527 00:17:59,595 --> 00:18:01,363 OPERATIONAL RESUPPLY AS PART OF 528 00:18:01,363 --> 00:18:04,233 NASA'S COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY 529 00:18:04,233 --> 00:18:06,602 SERVICES CONTRACT AND WE ARE ON 530 00:18:06,602 --> 00:18:07,336 CONTRACT TO PROVIDE SUPPLIES 531 00:18:07,336 --> 00:18:08,971 THROUGH 2024. 532 00:18:08,971 --> 00:18:09,671 THE WHOLE TEAM HERE IS SUPER 533 00:18:09,671 --> 00:18:12,541 EXCITED TO SEE THIS DRAGON 534 00:18:12,541 --> 00:18:13,208 ARRIVE AT THE SPACE STATION 535 00:18:13,208 --> 00:18:14,209 TOMORROW PRAYED FOR THE FIRST 536 00:18:14,209 --> 00:18:16,145 TIME EVER TO SEE TWO DRAGONS 537 00:18:16,145 --> 00:18:18,113 ATTACHED TO THE INTERNATIONAL 538 00:18:18,113 --> 00:18:20,182 SPACE STATION. 539 00:18:20,182 --> 00:18:23,252 BACK TO YOU, TORI. 540 00:18:23,252 --> 00:18:23,752 >> THANK YOU. 541 00:18:23,752 --> 00:18:24,453 THESE UPGRADES TO THE CARGO 542 00:18:24,453 --> 00:18:27,356 DRAGON BRING TREMENDOUS EFFORT 543 00:18:27,356 --> 00:18:29,258 TO NASA AND ITS ABILITY TO 544 00:18:29,258 --> 00:18:29,992 RESUPPLY THE SPACE STATION AND 545 00:18:29,992 --> 00:18:32,027 CONDUCT CRITICAL RESEARCH. 546 00:18:32,027 --> 00:18:36,331 JOINING US NOW IS LEAH AT 547 00:18:36,331 --> 00:18:37,132 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON 548 00:18:37,132 --> 00:18:37,800 TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS 549 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,636 MISSION. 550 00:18:40,636 --> 00:18:41,436 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 551 00:18:41,436 --> 00:18:43,906 WELCOME TO THE INTERNATIONAL 552 00:18:43,906 --> 00:18:45,040 SPACE STATION FLIGHT CONTROL 553 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,476 ROOM HERE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS AT 554 00:18:47,476 --> 00:18:48,777 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. 555 00:18:48,777 --> 00:18:50,078 THIS IS CURRENTLY THE ORBIT 2 556 00:18:50,078 --> 00:18:50,846 TEAM OF FLIGHT CONTROLLERS. 557 00:18:50,846 --> 00:18:52,314 THEY ARE MONITORING THE SYSTEMS 558 00:18:52,314 --> 00:18:53,882 ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 559 00:18:53,882 --> 00:18:57,519 STATION 24/7, 365 DAYS PER YEAR. 560 00:18:57,519 --> 00:19:01,089 TODAY THEY ARE LED BY FLIGHT 561 00:19:01,089 --> 00:19:01,590 DIRECTOR, PAUL. 562 00:19:01,590 --> 00:19:02,257 THEY WOULD JUMP INTO ACTION 563 00:19:02,257 --> 00:19:06,128 TOMORROW AS CARGO DRAGON 564 00:19:06,128 --> 00:19:06,795 APPROACHES THE INTERNATIONAL 565 00:19:06,795 --> 00:19:07,863 SPACE STATION AND ENTERS THE 566 00:19:07,863 --> 00:19:10,599 APPROACH ELLIPSOID. 567 00:19:10,599 --> 00:19:11,266 THAT IS AN IMAGINARY SPHERE 568 00:19:11,266 --> 00:19:13,001 AROUND THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 569 00:19:13,001 --> 00:19:14,536 STATION THAT HELPS US MONITOR 570 00:19:14,536 --> 00:19:16,305 VEHICLES AS THEY ARRIVE AND 571 00:19:16,305 --> 00:19:19,474 DEPART, AS WELL. 572 00:19:19,474 --> 00:19:20,075 CURRENTLY LIVING ON THE 573 00:19:20,075 --> 00:19:20,809 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WE 574 00:19:20,809 --> 00:19:22,211 HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE. 575 00:19:22,211 --> 00:19:23,378 THAT CONSIST OF TWO RUSSIAN 576 00:19:23,378 --> 00:19:24,046 COSMONAUTS, 577 00:19:24,046 --> 00:19:25,514 SERGEY RYZHIKOV 578 00:19:25,514 --> 00:19:25,914 , AND 579 00:19:25,914 --> 00:19:27,382 SERGEY KUD-SVERCHKOV 580 00:19:27,382 --> 00:19:27,783 AS WELL AS 581 00:19:27,783 --> 00:19:28,851 KATE RUBINS 582 00:19:28,851 --> 00:19:29,685 , 583 00:19:29,685 --> 00:19:30,853 MICHAEL HOPKINS 584 00:19:30,853 --> 00:19:31,687 , 585 00:19:31,687 --> 00:19:33,622 SHANNON WALKER 586 00:19:33,622 --> 00:19:35,123 VICTOR GLOVER 587 00:19:35,123 --> 00:19:35,824 AND 588 00:19:35,824 --> 00:19:40,195 SOICHI NOGUCHI 589 00:19:40,195 --> 00:19:41,396 ONCE CARGO DRAGON ARRIVES TO THE 590 00:19:41,396 --> 00:19:42,898 SPACE STATION IT WILL JOIN THE 591 00:19:42,898 --> 00:19:43,665 CREW DRAGON AS WELL AS FOR THEIR 592 00:19:43,665 --> 00:19:45,167 VEHICLES. 593 00:19:45,167 --> 00:19:47,169 THAT WILL BE TWO RUSSIAN 594 00:19:47,169 --> 00:19:48,237 PROGRESS RESUPPLY SPACECRAFT, 595 00:19:48,237 --> 00:19:55,344 ONE RUSSIAN SPACECRAFT. 596 00:19:55,344 --> 00:19:56,011 CARGO DRAGON WILL REMAIN ON 597 00:19:56,011 --> 00:19:57,446 BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 598 00:19:57,446 --> 00:19:59,982 STATION FOR ABOUT A MONTH. 599 00:19:59,982 --> 00:20:01,149 BEFORE BEING PACKED UP WITH 600 00:20:01,149 --> 00:20:02,985 CRITICAL SCIENCE AND SUPPLIES 601 00:20:02,985 --> 00:20:03,619 AND SPLASHING DOWN IN THE 602 00:20:03,619 --> 00:20:06,388 ATLANTIC OCEAN DELIVERING THAT 603 00:20:06,388 --> 00:20:07,022 SCIENCE TO THE ANALYZED ON 604 00:20:07,022 --> 00:20:09,391 EARTH. 605 00:20:09,391 --> 00:20:10,259 WHEN CARGO DRAGON ARRIVES 606 00:20:10,259 --> 00:20:10,959 TOMORROW, THE CREW ABOARD THE 607 00:20:10,959 --> 00:20:12,895 I.S.S. WILL NOT CAPTURE IT AS 608 00:20:12,895 --> 00:20:15,664 THEY HAVE PREVIOUSLY USING THE 609 00:20:15,664 --> 00:20:18,066 CANADA ARM 2, BUT INSTEAD NASA 610 00:20:18,066 --> 00:20:18,767 ASTRONAUTS, 611 00:20:18,767 --> 00:20:19,902 KATE RUBINS 612 00:20:19,902 --> 00:20:20,636 AND 613 00:20:20,636 --> 00:20:23,639 VICTOR GLOVER 614 00:20:23,639 --> 00:20:25,540 WILL MONITOR THE ARRIVAL OF 615 00:20:25,540 --> 00:20:26,074 CARGO DRAGON. 616 00:20:26,074 --> 00:20:26,875 EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD HERE. 617 00:20:26,875 --> 00:20:28,944 WE ARE EXCITED FOR A TODAY. 618 00:20:28,944 --> 00:20:29,578 IT WAS SENT BACK TO YOU AT 619 00:20:29,578 --> 00:20:31,813 KENNEDY. 620 00:20:31,813 --> 00:20:34,249 >> WE ARE EXCITED FOR TWO LAUNCH 621 00:20:34,249 --> 00:20:34,616 AS WELL. 622 00:20:34,616 --> 00:20:35,350 LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME 623 00:20:35,350 --> 00:20:37,419 OF THE RESEARCH THE EXPEDITION 624 00:20:37,419 --> 00:20:40,956 64 CREW WILL BE CONDUCTING. 625 00:20:40,956 --> 00:20:41,924 >> BIO ASTEROID IS AN EXPERIMENT 626 00:20:41,924 --> 00:20:42,991 TO STUDY WHETHER WE CAN USE 627 00:20:42,991 --> 00:20:45,060 MICROORGANISMS, BACTERIA OR 628 00:20:45,060 --> 00:20:47,896 FUNGI TO EXTRACT ECONOMICALLY 629 00:20:47,896 --> 00:20:48,530 INTERESTING ELEMENTS FROM 630 00:20:48,530 --> 00:20:50,365 ASTEROID MATERIAL. 631 00:20:50,365 --> 00:20:51,099 IT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE WOULD 632 00:20:51,099 --> 00:20:53,368 CALL A BIO MINING EXPERIMENT. 633 00:20:53,368 --> 00:20:57,839 OTHERWISE MINING IS A HUMAN 634 00:20:57,839 --> 00:20:58,540 EXPIRATION AND SETTLEMENT OF 635 00:20:58,540 --> 00:21:01,843 SPACE. 636 00:21:01,843 --> 00:21:02,511 JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION 637 00:21:02,511 --> 00:21:03,245 AGENCY IS A MINIATURIZED VERSION 638 00:21:03,245 --> 00:21:06,281 OF DEVELOPING HUMAN BRAIN. 639 00:21:06,281 --> 00:21:07,482 IT REALLY MIMICS THE EARLY 640 00:21:07,482 --> 00:21:08,083 STAGES OF A HUMAN BRAIN 641 00:21:08,083 --> 00:21:08,784 DEVELOPMENT. 642 00:21:08,784 --> 00:21:10,285 BEING ABLE TO PERHAPS ACCELERATE 643 00:21:10,285 --> 00:21:13,088 THESE BRAIN ORGANIZE COULD HELP 644 00:21:13,088 --> 00:21:19,828 US MAKE BETTER HUMAN MODELS. 645 00:21:19,828 --> 00:21:21,563 WE DON'T HAVE ANY TREATMENTS OR 646 00:21:21,563 --> 00:21:21,863 CURES. 647 00:21:21,863 --> 00:21:23,699 >> IF YOU GO TO A HOSPITAL, OR A 648 00:21:23,699 --> 00:21:24,433 CLINIC, AND YOU HAVE A MEDICAL 649 00:21:24,433 --> 00:21:26,301 PROBLEM I CAN INFECTION YOU 650 00:21:26,301 --> 00:21:28,470 OFTEN GET A BLOOD TEST CALLED A 651 00:21:28,470 --> 00:21:31,807 WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT. 652 00:21:31,807 --> 00:21:32,574 THAT IS THE CAPABILITY WE DO NOT 653 00:21:32,574 --> 00:21:39,848 HAVE RIGHT NOW. 654 00:21:39,848 --> 00:21:41,917 WE TEST OUT THIS DEVICE IN SPACE 655 00:21:41,917 --> 00:21:42,751 SO THAT ASTRONAUTS CAN DIAGNOSE 656 00:21:42,751 --> 00:21:43,418 AND TREAT THEIR OWN MEDICAL 657 00:21:43,418 --> 00:21:47,756 PROBLEMS. 658 00:21:47,756 --> 00:21:49,157 >> JAZMINE IS JOINING US AGAIN. 659 00:21:49,157 --> 00:21:50,759 THIS TIME WITH AN EXPERT FROM 660 00:21:50,759 --> 00:21:51,994 THE I.S.S. NATIONAL LAB. 661 00:21:51,994 --> 00:21:54,296 >> THANK YOU. 662 00:21:54,296 --> 00:21:56,064 YES, HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT 663 00:21:56,064 --> 00:21:57,099 THE U.S. NATIONAL LAB IS PATRICK 664 00:21:57,099 --> 00:21:57,766 O'NEILL. 665 00:21:57,766 --> 00:21:58,467 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 666 00:21:58,467 --> 00:22:00,335 HERE. 667 00:22:00,335 --> 00:22:01,236 CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE 668 00:22:01,236 --> 00:22:04,740 AMAZING -- 669 00:22:04,740 --> 00:22:06,308 >> RIGHT NOW WE ARE SLATED TO 670 00:22:06,308 --> 00:22:13,682 HAVE 15 INVESTIGATIONS ON THIS 671 00:22:13,682 --> 00:22:14,783 CARGO DRAGON THIS IS A LIFE 672 00:22:14,783 --> 00:22:15,350 SCIENCE RICH MISSION. 673 00:22:15,350 --> 00:22:17,953 HE IS SPOT ON WITH THAT. 674 00:22:17,953 --> 00:22:19,287 FROM OUR'S PERSPECTIVE WE ARE 675 00:22:19,287 --> 00:22:20,322 SEEING A WIDE ARRAY OF LIFE 676 00:22:20,322 --> 00:22:21,023 SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS ON THIS 677 00:22:21,023 --> 00:22:21,356 MISSION. 678 00:22:21,356 --> 00:22:24,192 I BELIEVE WE JUST SAW A VIDEO 679 00:22:24,192 --> 00:22:26,995 FROM A GROUP OVER AT UC SAN 680 00:22:26,995 --> 00:22:32,200 DIEGO. 681 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:32,901 WE HAVE INVESTIGATIONS BONDED 682 00:22:32,901 --> 00:22:35,370 WITH THE CENTERS ASSOCIATED WITH 683 00:22:35,370 --> 00:22:36,038 THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF 684 00:22:36,038 --> 00:22:36,371 HEALTH. 685 00:22:36,371 --> 00:22:37,372 WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT 686 00:22:37,372 --> 00:22:37,806 THAT. 687 00:22:37,806 --> 00:22:38,640 THERE IS SOME MICROBIAL RESEARCH 688 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,075 THAT WILL BE HAPPENING. 689 00:22:40,075 --> 00:22:42,511 WE ALSO HAVE SOME BIG 690 00:22:42,511 --> 00:22:43,278 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES SENDING 691 00:22:43,278 --> 00:22:44,679 INVESTIGATIONS ON THIS MISSION. 692 00:22:44,679 --> 00:22:45,380 IT DOES SHOWCASE THE DIVERSITY 693 00:22:45,380 --> 00:22:48,383 WE HAVE WITHIN THE LIFE/SCIENCE 694 00:22:48,383 --> 00:22:49,084 COMMUNITIES AND THE TYPE OF 695 00:22:49,084 --> 00:22:50,852 RESEARCH POSSIBLE ON THE SPACE 696 00:22:50,852 --> 00:22:52,854 STATION. 697 00:22:52,854 --> 00:22:54,723 >> WE KNOW THE U.S. NATIONAL LAB 698 00:22:54,723 --> 00:22:55,490 IS MANAGING 15 PAYLOADS ON THIS 699 00:22:55,490 --> 00:22:58,093 MISSION WHICH IS A PRETTY BIG 700 00:22:58,093 --> 00:22:58,393 LIFT. 701 00:22:58,393 --> 00:22:59,127 IS THERE ANYTHING THAT STICKS 702 00:22:59,127 --> 00:23:01,663 OUT TO YOU? 703 00:23:01,663 --> 00:23:02,631 >> WHAT I WOULD SAY, WE ARE 704 00:23:02,631 --> 00:23:03,598 SEEING A LOT OF INVESTIGATIONS 705 00:23:03,598 --> 00:23:04,766 THAT ARE GOING UP FOR THE SECOND 706 00:23:04,766 --> 00:23:06,601 OR THIRD TIME. 707 00:23:06,601 --> 00:23:08,837 IT IS THE IDEA OF ITERATION. 708 00:23:08,837 --> 00:23:10,338 WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO SEE OUT OF 709 00:23:10,338 --> 00:23:11,239 THIS IS THEY ARE LEARNING 710 00:23:11,239 --> 00:23:11,973 SOMETHING THE FIRST TIME THEY 711 00:23:11,973 --> 00:23:12,240 FLY. 712 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:13,942 BUT NOW THEY ARE ABLE TO 713 00:23:13,942 --> 00:23:15,043 EXTRAPOLATE THAT AND TAKE IT 714 00:23:15,043 --> 00:23:16,845 INTO THEIR NEXT INVESTIGATIONS 715 00:23:16,845 --> 00:23:18,213 MAY MAYBE THAT LEADS TO APPLIED 716 00:23:18,213 --> 00:23:18,914 APPLICATIONS ONE DAY DOWN THE 717 00:23:18,914 --> 00:23:19,614 ROAD. 718 00:23:19,614 --> 00:23:21,383 THEN A FITTING LIFE ON EARTH OR 719 00:23:21,383 --> 00:23:22,084 SETTING THE FOUNDATION FOR A 720 00:23:22,084 --> 00:23:25,120 ROBUST AND THRIVING ECONOMY. 721 00:23:25,120 --> 00:23:27,722 WHAT I WOULD SAY, TOO. 722 00:23:27,722 --> 00:23:28,957 WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENT 723 00:23:28,957 --> 00:23:29,658 INVESTIGATIONS FLYING ON THIS 724 00:23:29,658 --> 00:23:30,092 MISSION. 725 00:23:30,092 --> 00:23:32,294 THAT IS ONE OF THE REALLY 726 00:23:32,294 --> 00:23:33,028 EXCITING ASPECTS OF THE NATIONAL 727 00:23:33,028 --> 00:23:34,229 LABORATORY. 728 00:23:34,229 --> 00:23:35,864 THE FACT THAT WE ARE OPENING 729 00:23:35,864 --> 00:23:36,631 ACCESS TO ALL TYPES OF RESEARCH 730 00:23:36,631 --> 00:23:37,999 PRIDE WHETHER YOU ARE A SEASONED 731 00:23:37,999 --> 00:23:38,567 RESEARCHER OR A YOUNG 732 00:23:38,567 --> 00:23:41,236 RESEARCHER. 733 00:23:41,236 --> 00:23:41,937 THE NOTION THAT THE SPACE 734 00:23:41,937 --> 00:23:42,671 STATION IS AVAILABLE FOR 735 00:23:42,671 --> 00:23:45,507 EVERYONE TO INCLUDE THE YOUNG 736 00:23:45,507 --> 00:23:46,141 WHIPPERSNAPPERS AS WELL. 737 00:23:46,141 --> 00:23:47,442 WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO 738 00:23:47,442 --> 00:23:48,977 HOST MORE THAN 30 STUDENT 739 00:23:48,977 --> 00:23:50,745 INVESTIGATIONS ON THIS MISSION. 740 00:23:50,745 --> 00:23:51,580 >> THAT IS FANTASTIC. 741 00:23:51,580 --> 00:23:54,082 WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT WHAT YOU 742 00:23:54,082 --> 00:23:58,620 MANAGE VERSUS WHAT NASA MANAGES? 743 00:23:58,620 --> 00:23:59,855 >> NASA IS FOCUSED VERY MUCH SO 744 00:23:59,855 --> 00:24:00,655 ON EXPIRATION, LIVING AND 745 00:24:00,655 --> 00:24:02,724 WORKING IN SPACE. 746 00:24:02,724 --> 00:24:03,525 THE HUMAN CONDITION SO WE CAN GO 747 00:24:03,525 --> 00:24:05,861 TO PLACES LIKE THE MOON OR MARS. 748 00:24:05,861 --> 00:24:07,095 THE NATIONAL LABORATORY IS TRULY 749 00:24:07,095 --> 00:24:09,131 OPENING UP THAT UNIQUE SPACE 750 00:24:09,131 --> 00:24:11,133 ENVIRONMENT OF THE SPACE STATION 751 00:24:11,133 --> 00:24:11,833 TO RESEARCHERS THROUGHOUT THE 752 00:24:11,833 --> 00:24:13,935 UNITED STATES ARE YOU LOOKING AT 753 00:24:13,935 --> 00:24:16,037 ANY TYPE OF RESEARCH DISCIPLINE 754 00:24:16,037 --> 00:24:17,672 THAT MIGHT BRING VALUE BACK TO 755 00:24:17,672 --> 00:24:18,440 OUR NATION OR SET THE FOUNDATION 756 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,442 FOR A THRIVING LOWER ORBIT 757 00:24:20,442 --> 00:24:23,145 ECONOMY. 758 00:24:23,145 --> 00:24:24,880 >> PATRICK, THAT IS FANTASTIC! 759 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:26,481 WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE ALL OF 760 00:24:26,481 --> 00:24:28,016 THIS SCIENCE LAUNCHED INTO SPACE 761 00:24:28,016 --> 00:24:28,316 TODAY. 762 00:24:28,316 --> 00:24:29,484 LET'S GO BACK TO TORI FOR 763 00:24:29,484 --> 00:24:31,253 ANOTHER LAUNCH UPDATE. 764 00:24:31,253 --> 00:24:32,020 >> I AM SURE THE ASTRONAUTS ON 765 00:24:32,020 --> 00:24:33,655 BOARD INTERNATIONAL SPACE 766 00:24:33,655 --> 00:24:34,456 STATION ARE EAGERLY AWAITING 767 00:24:34,456 --> 00:24:35,323 THEIR DELIVERY. 768 00:24:35,323 --> 00:24:36,191 IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WON'T HAVE TO 769 00:24:36,191 --> 00:24:36,725 WAIT MUCH LONGER. 770 00:24:36,725 --> 00:24:39,895 WITH JUST ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES TO 771 00:24:39,895 --> 00:24:42,097 GO BEFORE MARCH. 772 00:24:42,097 --> 00:24:44,065 LET'S HEAD BACK OVER TO JOSHUA 773 00:24:44,065 --> 00:24:44,766 AND MARIE TO TAKE US THROUGH 774 00:24:44,766 --> 00:24:48,270 LEFT OFF. 775 00:24:48,270 --> 00:24:48,937 >> GOOD NEWS TO REPORT. 776 00:24:48,937 --> 00:24:49,738 WE HAVE HEARD VERY LITTLE 777 00:24:49,738 --> 00:24:53,675 CHATTER. 778 00:24:53,675 --> 00:24:54,242 NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS. 779 00:24:54,242 --> 00:24:55,110 THE ROCKET IS HEALTHY. 780 00:24:55,110 --> 00:24:57,879 AS YOU SAID, WE ARE INSIDE EIGHT 781 00:24:57,879 --> 00:25:03,418 MINUTES RIGHT NOW, T MINUS 7:40. 782 00:25:03,418 --> 00:25:04,786 >> YOU GET ANXIOUS WITHOUT MUCH 783 00:25:04,786 --> 00:25:05,086 QUIET. 784 00:25:05,086 --> 00:25:05,820 LIKE YOU SAID, IT IS A GOOD 785 00:25:05,820 --> 00:25:06,821 THING. 786 00:25:06,821 --> 00:25:07,689 WE ARE EXCITED TO HEAR FOR THIS 787 00:25:07,689 --> 00:25:08,957 TODAY. 788 00:25:08,957 --> 00:25:10,458 WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR A FEW 789 00:25:10,458 --> 00:25:10,959 THINGS COMING UP. 790 00:25:10,959 --> 00:25:13,328 ONE OF THEM A CALL FOR INTERNAL 791 00:25:13,328 --> 00:25:16,131 POWER, THAT WOULD BE THE DRAGON 792 00:25:16,131 --> 00:25:18,300 MOVING TO INTERNAL POWER. 793 00:25:18,300 --> 00:25:19,501 MEANING IT IS PRIMED AND READY 794 00:25:19,501 --> 00:25:20,268 TO LIVE ON ITS OWN. 795 00:25:20,268 --> 00:25:21,002 WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR THE 796 00:25:21,002 --> 00:25:22,704 ENGINE SHIELD TO BEGIN IN JUST A 797 00:25:22,704 --> 00:25:24,306 MINUTE. 798 00:25:24,306 --> 00:25:28,710 ACTUALLY IN ABOUT 15 SECONDS, WE 799 00:25:28,710 --> 00:25:29,211 SHOULD HEAR THAT. 800 00:25:29,211 --> 00:25:30,045 THAT IS THE COOLING OF THE 801 00:25:30,045 --> 00:25:33,048 MERLIN ONE ENGINES IS THE BASE 802 00:25:33,048 --> 00:25:33,548 OF THE FIRST AGE. 803 00:25:33,548 --> 00:25:35,750 THAT IS TO PREPARE THEM TO 804 00:25:35,750 --> 00:25:36,184 RECEIVE FUEL. 805 00:25:36,184 --> 00:25:37,786 YOU DON'T WANT TO RUN 806 00:25:37,786 --> 00:25:38,486 TEMPERATURES OF NEGATIVE 333 807 00:25:38,486 --> 00:25:43,458 DEGREES AND TWO AT TEMPERATURE 808 00:25:43,458 --> 00:25:45,260 -- -- ATMOSPHERIC 809 00:25:45,260 --> 00:25:47,062 TEMPERATURES. 810 00:25:47,062 --> 00:25:48,029 >> WE JUST HEARD THAT CALL FOR 811 00:25:48,029 --> 00:25:54,135 THE ENGINE SHOW. 812 00:25:54,135 --> 00:25:54,836 LESS THAN TWO MINUTES FROM NOW 813 00:25:54,836 --> 00:25:56,938 WE SHOULD HEAR THAT THE RP ONE, 814 00:25:56,938 --> 00:26:00,008 THAT IS NOT ROCKET GRADE 815 00:26:00,008 --> 00:26:00,942 KEROSENE FEELING WILL BE 816 00:26:00,942 --> 00:26:01,309 COMPLETE. 817 00:26:01,309 --> 00:26:02,077 AND THEN THE ACTION WILL REALLY 818 00:26:02,077 --> 00:26:03,545 START TO PICK UP AFTER THAT 819 00:26:03,545 --> 00:26:04,212 POINT. 820 00:26:04,212 --> 00:26:07,415 THE TRANSPORTER STRONG BACK 821 00:26:07,415 --> 00:26:08,917 WHICH PROVIDES A FLUID, POWER 822 00:26:08,917 --> 00:26:09,951 AND COMMUNICATION TO THE ROCKET 823 00:26:09,951 --> 00:26:13,288 WILL OPEN ITS CLAMP AND TILT 824 00:26:13,288 --> 00:26:15,657 BACK SLIGHTLY IN PREPARATION FOR 825 00:26:15,657 --> 00:26:16,558 LEFT OFF. 826 00:26:16,558 --> 00:26:20,128 THIS IS THE FIRST CARGO DRAGON 827 00:26:20,128 --> 00:26:22,030 THAT WILL DOCK, NOT JUST DOC, 828 00:26:22,030 --> 00:26:23,164 BUT DOC AUTONOMOUSLY TO THE 829 00:26:23,164 --> 00:26:25,900 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 830 00:26:25,900 --> 00:26:26,835 TOMORROW AFTERNOON, IT WILL BE 831 00:26:26,835 --> 00:26:27,669 APPROACHING, AND THEN TALKING TO 832 00:26:27,669 --> 00:26:31,039 THE ZENITH PORT. 833 00:26:31,039 --> 00:26:31,940 THAT HAPPENS TO BE THE SAME PORT 834 00:26:31,940 --> 00:26:35,043 THAT THE CARGO DRAGON RESILIENCE 835 00:26:35,043 --> 00:26:38,413 WILL LOCATE TO AFTER THIS TREND 836 00:26:38,413 --> 00:26:39,147 DEPARTS IN JANUARY. 837 00:26:39,147 --> 00:26:41,216 THAT WILL CLEAR THE FORWARD PORT 838 00:26:41,216 --> 00:26:44,319 FOR CREW 2 ARRIVAL IN THE 839 00:26:44,319 --> 00:26:44,653 SPRING. 840 00:26:44,653 --> 00:26:46,688 IF YOU REMEMBER THAT GRAPHIC 841 00:26:46,688 --> 00:26:47,889 THAT LEAH SHOWED WHILE SHE WAS 842 00:26:47,889 --> 00:26:48,223 TALKING. 843 00:26:48,223 --> 00:26:48,990 HE REMINDED ME OF A FULL PARKING 844 00:26:48,990 --> 00:26:51,826 LOT. 845 00:26:51,826 --> 00:26:53,361 THAT IS A GOOD THING. 846 00:26:53,361 --> 00:26:54,596 A LOT OF VISITING VEHICLE 847 00:26:54,596 --> 00:26:58,833 TRAFFIC AT THE SPACE STATION. 848 00:26:58,833 --> 00:26:59,901 JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, 849 00:26:59,901 --> 00:27:01,936 WE'VE OBVIOUSLY MENTIONED THAT 850 00:27:01,936 --> 00:27:03,438 THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF DOZEN 851 00:27:03,438 --> 00:27:04,139 MISSIONS WITH THE DRAGON TO 852 00:27:04,139 --> 00:27:07,042 SPACE STATION. 853 00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:09,010 THEY DIDN'T DOCK. 854 00:27:09,010 --> 00:27:09,778 THERE IS A DIFFERENCE THERE. 855 00:27:09,778 --> 00:27:14,282 JUST TO MAKE THAT POINT. 856 00:27:14,282 --> 00:27:15,483 THE STAR OF THE SHOW HERE IN 857 00:27:15,483 --> 00:27:16,484 ABOUT 5.5 MINUTES IS GOING TO BE 858 00:27:16,484 --> 00:27:18,153 THE FALCON. 859 00:27:18,153 --> 00:27:20,288 IT IS A TWO STAGE ROCKETS, 860 00:27:20,288 --> 00:27:20,989 230 FEET TALL, 12 FEET IN 861 00:27:20,989 --> 00:27:21,990 DIAMETER. 862 00:27:21,990 --> 00:27:24,292 AT THE BASE OF THE ROCKET, YOU 863 00:27:24,292 --> 00:27:25,026 HAVE NINE ENGINES THAT WILL 864 00:27:25,026 --> 00:27:27,495 PRODUCE ROUGHLY 865 00:27:27,495 --> 00:27:28,263 1.7 MILLION POUNDS OF THRUST AT 866 00:27:28,263 --> 00:27:29,497 LIFT OFF. 867 00:27:29,497 --> 00:27:30,999 THE FIRST TWO THIRDS OF THE 868 00:27:30,999 --> 00:27:31,766 ROCKETS, THE NEXT SEGMENT IS A 869 00:27:31,766 --> 00:27:34,536 VERY DARK BLACK ENTER ADAPTER 870 00:27:34,536 --> 00:27:35,503 THAT IS CONNECTING THE FIRST AND 871 00:27:35,503 --> 00:27:38,173 SECOND STAGE. 872 00:27:38,173 --> 00:27:39,774 IT ACTUALLY HOUSES THE MERLIN 873 00:27:39,774 --> 00:27:40,642 VACUUM ENGINE WHICH WILL POWER 874 00:27:40,642 --> 00:27:41,376 THE SECOND STAGE TO THE CORRECT 875 00:27:41,376 --> 00:27:45,246 ORBIT. 876 00:27:45,246 --> 00:27:46,247 DRAGON IS IN TERMINAL COUNT. 877 00:27:46,247 --> 00:27:48,283 THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. 878 00:27:48,283 --> 00:27:51,720 WE ARE PROGRESSING FORWARD HERE. 879 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:52,120 THERE WE GO. 880 00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:52,821 THERE IS THE INTERNAL POWER 881 00:27:52,821 --> 00:27:55,290 CALL. 882 00:27:55,290 --> 00:27:58,026 WE ALSO HAVE SLIGHT PART -- 883 00:27:58,026 --> 00:27:59,461 HYPERSONIC GRID FENCE AT THE TOP 884 00:27:59,461 --> 00:28:00,228 OF THE FIRST STAGE AS WELL AS 885 00:28:00,228 --> 00:28:03,698 CARBON LANDING FLAGS THAT WILL 886 00:28:03,698 --> 00:28:04,366 HELP US PLAN FOR THE FOURTH 887 00:28:04,366 --> 00:28:06,301 TIME. 888 00:28:06,301 --> 00:28:07,202 >> THAT WILL BE REALLY EXCITING 889 00:28:07,202 --> 00:28:08,436 TO SEE. 890 00:28:08,436 --> 00:28:09,237 WE HAVEN'T HEARD IT JUST YET. 891 00:28:09,237 --> 00:28:10,405 IF WE DO MOMENTARILY I WOULD 892 00:28:10,405 --> 00:28:12,107 JUST STOP TALKING. 893 00:28:12,107 --> 00:28:12,707 I MAY STOP MIDSENTENCE. 894 00:28:12,707 --> 00:28:14,676 WE EXPECT TO HEAR THAT THE 895 00:28:14,676 --> 00:28:17,278 TRANSPORTER ERECTOR WILL AT 896 00:28:17,278 --> 00:28:18,012 LEAST SEE THAT CLAMP BEGINNING 897 00:28:18,012 --> 00:28:21,015 TO OPEN IN PREPARATION TO TILT 898 00:28:21,015 --> 00:28:22,717 BACK BEFORE LEFT OFF. 899 00:28:22,717 --> 00:28:23,418 THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING ANY 900 00:28:23,418 --> 00:28:25,120 MOMENT NOW. 901 00:28:33,595 --> 00:28:34,596 >> WHILE WE ARE WAITING. 902 00:28:34,596 --> 00:28:36,030 WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO SPACE 903 00:28:36,030 --> 00:28:37,031 STATION PRAYED WE TALKED ABOUT 904 00:28:37,031 --> 00:28:37,699 THAT A GOOD BIT. 905 00:28:37,699 --> 00:28:40,468 THE SPACE STATION IS ACTUALLY 906 00:28:40,468 --> 00:28:42,170 OVERTOP THE INDIAN OCEAN HEADED 907 00:28:42,170 --> 00:28:43,471 ON A WEST TO EAST TRACK ABOUT 908 00:28:43,471 --> 00:28:46,174 TWO ROUND THE SOUTHERN PORTION 909 00:28:46,174 --> 00:28:47,642 OF AUSTRALIA. 910 00:28:47,642 --> 00:28:48,309 WE ARE ROUGHLY ON A 24 HOUR 911 00:28:48,309 --> 00:28:51,946 INTERCEPT PACE TO GET THERE. 912 00:28:51,946 --> 00:28:53,782 THAT'S A QUICK UPDATE FOR YOU. 913 00:28:53,782 --> 00:28:57,252 >> AGAIN, WIN DRAGON DOCS IT 914 00:28:57,252 --> 00:28:59,687 WILL BE TOMORROW, DECEMBER 7, AT 915 00:28:59,687 --> 00:29:00,422 APPROXIMATELY 1:30 P.M. EASTERN 916 00:29:00,422 --> 00:29:03,792 TIME. 917 00:29:03,792 --> 00:29:05,160 YOU SEE THE TRANSPORTER ERECTOR 918 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:06,294 WHEN YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT OF 919 00:29:06,294 --> 00:29:07,395 YOUR SCREEN, IT IS TILTING BACK 920 00:29:07,395 --> 00:29:09,197 EVER SO SLIGHTLY. 921 00:29:09,197 --> 00:29:12,700 THAT AGAIN IS WHAT HAPPENS IN 922 00:29:12,700 --> 00:29:19,274 PREPARATION FOR LIFTOFF. 923 00:29:19,274 --> 00:29:28,883 THAT TILT IS CONTINUING. 924 00:29:28,883 --> 00:29:31,619 IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS COMPLETE. 925 00:29:31,619 --> 00:29:33,254 JUST A GORGEOUS SKIES 926 00:29:33,254 --> 00:29:35,490 SURROUNDING THE LAUNCH PAD NOW. 927 00:29:35,490 --> 00:29:36,257 >> THE CLOUDS LOOK AS IF THEY 928 00:29:36,257 --> 00:29:38,793 ARE STAYING OFFSHORE. 929 00:29:38,793 --> 00:29:39,527 THINGS ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD 930 00:29:39,527 --> 00:29:41,996 AT THE MOMENT. 931 00:29:41,996 --> 00:29:42,497 >> ALL RIGHT. 932 00:29:42,497 --> 00:29:44,933 WE ARE JUST INSIDE T MINUS THREE 933 00:29:44,933 --> 00:29:45,266 MINUTES. 934 00:29:45,266 --> 00:29:47,302 UNLESS THEN A MINUTE WE SHOULD 935 00:29:47,302 --> 00:29:48,570 HEAR THAT THE RANGE IS GO AND 936 00:29:48,570 --> 00:29:53,608 STAINS CHOOSE LOCKS ARE CLOSED. 937 00:29:53,608 --> 00:29:56,077 >> THAT WAS STAGE ONE, LIQUID 938 00:29:56,077 --> 00:29:57,779 OXYGEN CLOSE UP ARE THE FEET -- 939 00:29:57,779 --> 00:30:03,251 THE FIRST STAGES FIELD. 940 00:30:03,251 --> 00:30:04,819 YOU CAN SEE THE CONDENSATION 941 00:30:04,819 --> 00:30:06,521 AROUND THE ROCKET, THAT IS A 942 00:30:06,521 --> 00:30:07,455 MATTER OF THE CRYOGENIC 943 00:30:07,455 --> 00:30:08,122 TEMPERATURE OF THE VEHICLE. 944 00:30:08,122 --> 00:30:09,557 THE FUEL MIXING WITH THE 945 00:30:09,557 --> 00:30:17,031 WEATHER. 946 00:30:17,031 --> 00:30:18,266 WE FUEL AS CLOSE TO ZERO AS 947 00:30:18,266 --> 00:30:20,101 POSSIBLE. 948 00:30:20,101 --> 00:30:21,436 THAT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE USING 949 00:30:21,436 --> 00:30:22,737 DENSIFY THE LIQUID OXYGEN. 950 00:30:22,737 --> 00:30:25,106 TRYING TO PACK AS MUCH AS THEY 951 00:30:25,106 --> 00:30:25,840 CAN IN THERE TO MAXIMIZE THE 952 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:26,608 PERFORMANCE OF THE VEHICLE TO 953 00:30:26,608 --> 00:30:30,545 SUPPORT THE CUSTOMER'S NEEDS. 954 00:30:30,545 --> 00:30:31,379 >> WE ARE CLOSING IN ON T MINUS 955 00:30:31,379 --> 00:30:33,314 TWO MINUTES AND EXPECT TO HEAR A 956 00:30:33,314 --> 00:30:36,184 COUPLE OF CALLS MOMENTARILY. 957 00:30:55,103 --> 00:30:55,803 THERE IS THE STAGE TWO LOCKS 958 00:30:55,803 --> 00:31:05,980 CLOSEOUT CALL. 959 00:31:05,980 --> 00:31:08,917 WE ARE NOW A MINUS 1:33 AND 960 00:31:08,917 --> 00:31:12,220 COUNTING. 961 00:31:12,220 --> 00:31:13,321 FALCON 9 SHOULD BE AT START UP 962 00:31:13,321 --> 00:31:42,951 IN LESS THAN 30 SECONDS. 963 00:31:42,951 --> 00:31:43,952 >> FALCON 9 STARTED. 964 00:31:43,952 --> 00:31:48,756 >> DRAGON COUNTDOWN. 965 00:31:48,756 --> 00:31:51,392 >> WE ARE AT T MINUS 0:50 AND 966 00:31:51,392 --> 00:31:56,831 COUNTING. 967 00:31:56,831 --> 00:32:00,768 >> COUNTDOWN ONE, GO FOR LAUNCH. 968 00:32:00,768 --> 00:32:01,603 >> THERE IS THAT GO FOR LAUNCH 969 00:32:01,603 --> 00:32:03,004 CALL WE LOVE TO HEAR. 970 00:32:03,004 --> 00:32:06,174 T MINUS 0:38. 971 00:32:06,174 --> 00:32:12,246 AT T MINUS 0:18 WE WILL SEE THE 972 00:32:12,246 --> 00:32:13,314 SYSTEM BEGIN TO FLOOD THE PAD 973 00:32:13,314 --> 00:32:18,252 JUST BEFORE LEFT OFF. 974 00:32:18,252 --> 00:32:31,032 -- LIFTOFF. 975 00:32:31,032 --> 00:32:37,872 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, FOUR JIK, 3, 976 00:32:37,872 --> 00:32:46,014 2, ONE, AND LIFT OFF OF THE 977 00:32:46,014 --> 00:32:46,748 FALCON 9 UPGRADED CARGO DRAGON. 978 00:32:46,748 --> 00:32:49,283 THE FIRST CARGO CAPSULE TO TALK 979 00:32:49,283 --> 00:32:51,319 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 980 00:32:51,319 --> 00:33:30,958 STATION. 981 00:33:30,958 --> 00:33:38,866 >> POWER AND TELEMETRY NOMINAL. 982 00:33:38,866 --> 00:33:54,882 >> FALCON 9 IS SUPERSONIC. 983 00:33:54,882 --> 00:33:57,819 >> A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT CALLS. 984 00:33:57,819 --> 00:33:58,720 SUPERSONIC IS EXCEEDING THE 985 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,355 SPEED OF SOUND AND MAXIMUM 986 00:34:01,355 --> 00:34:02,356 AERODYNAMIC PRESSURE FROM 987 00:34:02,356 --> 00:34:04,592 PASSING THROUGH AN ATMOSPHERE 988 00:34:04,592 --> 00:34:05,426 THAT IS STILL FAIRLY THICK WHILE 989 00:34:05,426 --> 00:34:08,196 INCREASING SPEED TRAUMATICALLY. 990 00:34:08,196 --> 00:34:09,497 THEY THROTTLE BACK SLIGHTLY TO 991 00:34:09,497 --> 00:34:11,265 BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 992 00:34:11,265 --> 00:34:12,633 VEHICLE CAN HANDLE THOSE LOADS. 993 00:34:12,633 --> 00:34:14,702 THEY WILL ACCELERATE BACKUP. 994 00:34:14,702 --> 00:34:15,369 A BEAUTIFUL SHOT ON SCREEN. 995 00:34:15,369 --> 00:34:17,438 YOU CAN SEE THE PLUME COMING 996 00:34:17,438 --> 00:34:20,241 OFF. 997 00:34:20,241 --> 00:34:22,243 IT IS COMING OFF OF THE BASE OF 998 00:34:22,243 --> 00:34:23,411 THAT FIRST STAGE WHERE THE NINE 999 00:34:23,411 --> 00:34:25,046 ENGINES ARE FIRING. 1000 00:34:25,046 --> 00:34:26,547 WE HEARD THE CHILL CALL FOR THE 1001 00:34:26,547 --> 00:34:28,449 VACUUM ENGINE TO BEGIN AS WELL 1002 00:34:28,449 --> 00:34:29,617 PREPARING NOT TO TAKE THE SECOND 1003 00:34:29,617 --> 00:34:31,953 STAGE TO THE CORRECT ORBIT. 1004 00:34:31,953 --> 00:34:34,355 COMING UP IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS, 1005 00:34:34,355 --> 00:34:36,724 WE WILL HEAR AND SEE A RAPID 1006 00:34:36,724 --> 00:34:39,060 SUCCESSION OF THINGS HAPPENING. 1007 00:34:39,060 --> 00:34:39,927 WE WILL HEAR A CALL FOR THE MAIN 1008 00:34:39,927 --> 00:34:41,929 ENGINE CUT OFF. 1009 00:34:41,929 --> 00:34:42,864 IT IS COMPLETING ITS JOB OF 1010 00:34:42,864 --> 00:34:45,700 GETTING THE SPACECRAFT OUT OF 1011 00:34:45,700 --> 00:34:47,835 THE ATMOSPHERE. 1012 00:34:47,835 --> 00:34:49,504 WE WILL ALSO FOLLOW THAT UP WITH 1013 00:34:49,504 --> 00:34:50,338 THE FIRST STAGE BEING SEPARATED 1014 00:34:50,338 --> 00:34:54,709 FOLLOWING TRAJECTORY BACK 1015 00:34:54,709 --> 00:34:55,343 TOWARDS THE DRONE SHIP. 1016 00:34:55,343 --> 00:34:56,077 SHORTLY AFTER THAT WILL BE THE 1017 00:34:56,077 --> 00:34:58,813 SECOND STAGE ENGINE START. 1018 00:34:58,813 --> 00:34:59,781 THAT IS THAT MERLIN VACUUM 1019 00:34:59,781 --> 00:35:18,432 ENGINE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. 1020 00:35:18,432 --> 00:35:22,036 >> STAGE SEPARATION CONFIRMED. 1021 00:35:22,036 --> 00:35:23,571 >> YOU SEE A BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF 1022 00:35:23,571 --> 00:35:32,213 THE FIRST STAGE OF FALLING AWAY. 1023 00:35:32,213 --> 00:35:34,882 >> THAT MVAC CONFIRMED. 1024 00:35:34,882 --> 00:35:36,350 YOU CAN SEE THAT A NEW SCREEN. 1025 00:35:36,350 --> 00:35:38,419 YOU WILL SEE THAT ENGINE 1026 00:35:38,419 --> 00:35:39,420 INCREASINGLY GET MORE OF THAT 1027 00:35:39,420 --> 00:35:41,923 BEAUTIFUL ORANGE COLOR TO IT. 1028 00:35:41,923 --> 00:35:42,957 WE'RE JUST INCREASING THE HEAT 1029 00:35:42,957 --> 00:35:45,092 AND PICKING UP THE PACE. 1030 00:35:45,092 --> 00:35:47,428 THE CAMERA ANGLES YOU SEE ON ON 1031 00:35:47,428 --> 00:35:49,263 REVERSE SIDE OF THAT ENGINE. 1032 00:35:49,263 --> 00:35:49,997 YOU'RE SEEING THE SINGLE ENGINE 1033 00:35:49,997 --> 00:35:52,633 JUST FROM OPTION -- OPPOSITE 1034 00:35:52,633 --> 00:35:59,807 DIRECTIONS. 1035 00:35:59,807 --> 00:36:02,743 >> A BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH TODAY. 1036 00:36:02,743 --> 00:36:04,078 ALL CALLS HAVE BEEN NOMINAL UP 1037 00:36:04,078 --> 00:36:04,946 TO THIS POINT. 1038 00:36:04,946 --> 00:36:07,548 ALL THINGS ARE LOOKING GREAT. 1039 00:36:07,548 --> 00:36:08,482 >> YOU SEE THAT FIRST STAGE 1040 00:36:08,482 --> 00:36:10,484 CONTINUING ON. 1041 00:36:10,484 --> 00:36:11,819 THOSE WILL NOT BE USABLE UNTIL 1042 00:36:11,819 --> 00:36:13,154 THEY REENTER THE ATMOSPHERE 1043 00:36:13,154 --> 00:36:13,821 QUITE OBVIOUSLY WITHOUT THE 1044 00:36:13,821 --> 00:36:16,691 ATMOSPHERE THAT KIND OF 1045 00:36:16,691 --> 00:36:18,226 DIRECTION HE ISN'T HELPFUL. 1046 00:36:18,226 --> 00:36:19,393 ONCE THEY ENTER THE ATMOSPHERE 1047 00:36:19,393 --> 00:36:20,428 YOU WILL SEE THOSE BEGIN TO MOVE 1048 00:36:20,428 --> 00:36:22,930 TO BE ABLE TO TARGET THAT 1049 00:36:22,930 --> 00:36:25,566 PINPOINT LANDING ON OF COURSE I 1050 00:36:25,566 --> 00:36:29,470 STILL LOVE YOU, THE DRONE SHIP. 1051 00:36:29,470 --> 00:36:30,171 >> WE HAVE LESS THAN FIVE 1052 00:36:30,171 --> 00:36:36,677 MINUTES. 1053 00:36:36,677 --> 00:36:38,479 >> A COUPLE OF GREAT NOMINAL 1054 00:36:38,479 --> 00:36:38,980 CALL OUT THERE. 1055 00:36:38,980 --> 00:36:40,815 JUST PREVIEWING WHAT IS AHEAD. 1056 00:36:40,815 --> 00:36:41,582 IN ABOUT 6.5 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT 1057 00:36:41,582 --> 00:36:43,951 , WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE 1058 00:36:43,951 --> 00:36:47,889 ENTRY BURN FOR THE FIRST STAGE 1059 00:36:47,889 --> 00:36:51,659 HEADED TOWARDS THE DRONE SHIP. 1060 00:36:51,659 --> 00:36:53,327 THAT IS JUST A COMMUNICATION 1061 00:36:53,327 --> 00:36:53,628 CALL. 1062 00:36:53,628 --> 00:36:54,395 YOU MIGHT HEAR MORE OF THOSE AS 1063 00:36:54,395 --> 00:36:56,297 WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TODAY. 1064 00:36:56,297 --> 00:36:58,866 THAT IS JUST A MATTER OF GROUND 1065 00:36:58,866 --> 00:36:59,533 STATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD, 1066 00:36:59,533 --> 00:37:01,535 LITERALLY THAT HELP PICK UP 1067 00:37:01,535 --> 00:37:03,070 TRACK THE VEHICLE AS WE SEND 1068 00:37:03,070 --> 00:37:05,640 TELEMETRY DATA BACK TO THE 1069 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:07,108 CONTROLLERS TO BE ABLE TO 1070 00:37:07,108 --> 00:37:08,876 MONITOR PROGRESS AND ENSURE 1071 00:37:08,876 --> 00:37:09,510 EVERYTHING IS PROCEEDING 1072 00:37:09,510 --> 00:37:11,512 NOMINALLY. 1073 00:37:11,512 --> 00:37:12,480 >> REALLY KNOW WHERE THEY, JUST 1074 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,716 LAUNCHED HIS FOURTH PAYLOAD INTO 1075 00:37:15,716 --> 00:37:17,685 SPACE. 1076 00:37:17,685 --> 00:37:18,419 ONE OF THOSE ACTUALLY WAS MORE 1077 00:37:18,419 --> 00:37:20,655 SIGNIFICANTLY THAN A PAYLOAD, 1078 00:37:20,655 --> 00:37:22,123 BOB AND DOUG EARLIER THIS YEAR, 1079 00:37:22,123 --> 00:37:24,025 THAT SAME BOOSTER LAUNCHED TWO 1080 00:37:24,025 --> 00:37:25,626 HUMANS INTO SPACE. 1081 00:37:25,626 --> 00:37:28,796 AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT THE 1082 00:37:28,796 --> 00:37:29,897 SAME BOOSTER HAS BEEN REUSED FOR 1083 00:37:29,897 --> 00:37:34,201 A FOURTH TIME. 1084 00:37:34,201 --> 00:37:34,902 >> TRAJECTORY IS NOMINAL. 1085 00:37:34,902 --> 00:37:38,139 >> AFTER RE- GET THAT ENTRY BURN 1086 00:37:38,139 --> 00:37:39,440 WE WILL HAVE SECOND STAGE ENTRY 1087 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,443 CUT OFF THE WILL PUT US AT 1088 00:37:42,443 --> 00:37:43,244 HAVING A ROUGHLY SIX MINUTE BURN 1089 00:37:43,244 --> 00:37:48,449 OF THE SECOND STAGE. 1090 00:37:48,449 --> 00:37:49,483 WE ARE EXPECTING THE FIRST STAGE 1091 00:37:49,483 --> 00:37:50,584 OF PLANNING TO OCCUR. 1092 00:37:50,584 --> 00:37:52,353 IF YOU MINUTES WHERE WE WILL SEE 1093 00:37:52,353 --> 00:37:53,387 THE SEPARATION OF THE DRAGON 1094 00:37:53,387 --> 00:37:54,822 FROM THAT SECOND STAGE. 1095 00:37:54,822 --> 00:37:56,223 WE HAVE SEEN SOME BEAUTIFUL 1096 00:37:56,223 --> 00:37:57,191 SHOTS THIS MORNING IN 1097 00:37:57,191 --> 00:37:58,626 PREPARATION FOR LAUNCH. 1098 00:37:58,626 --> 00:37:59,493 HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET TO BRING 1099 00:37:59,493 --> 00:38:01,028 YOU THAT TO LIVE, AGAIN, 1100 00:38:01,028 --> 00:38:01,929 BEAUTIFUL TO SEE THAT DRAGON 1101 00:38:01,929 --> 00:38:04,565 JUST SEPARATE WHAT FEELS LIKE SO 1102 00:38:04,565 --> 00:38:09,036 GENTLY AT A COOL 17500 MILES PER 1103 00:38:09,036 --> 00:38:13,074 HOUR. 1104 00:38:13,074 --> 00:38:13,841 >> YOU KNOW WHAT IS REALLY 1105 00:38:13,841 --> 00:38:14,475 EXCITING TO LOOK BACK AND 1106 00:38:14,475 --> 00:38:18,145 REALIZE, YOU KNOW, THAT DRAGON 1107 00:38:18,145 --> 00:38:19,547 IS ON ITS WAY TO THE SPACE 1108 00:38:19,547 --> 00:38:20,247 STATION FOR THE FIRST OF NINE 1109 00:38:20,247 --> 00:38:23,150 CARGO RESUPPLY MISSIONS UNDER 1110 00:38:23,150 --> 00:38:24,885 THIS BRAND-NEW CONTRACT. 1111 00:38:24,885 --> 00:38:26,253 IT JUST SO HAPPENS, ON THIS DAY 1112 00:38:26,253 --> 00:38:28,055 IN HISTORY 22 YEARS AGO BEGAN 1113 00:38:28,055 --> 00:38:29,223 THE ASSEMBLY OF THE 1114 00:38:29,223 --> 00:38:31,625 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 1115 00:38:31,625 --> 00:38:32,793 >> TRAJECTORY NOMINAL. 1116 00:38:32,793 --> 00:38:39,066 >> OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE USHERING IN 1117 00:38:39,066 --> 00:38:41,369 THE ERA OF HAVING COMMERCIAL 1118 00:38:41,369 --> 00:38:42,069 COMPANIES CONTRIBUTE TO THAT 1119 00:38:42,069 --> 00:38:43,471 COLLABORATION. 1120 00:38:43,471 --> 00:38:44,939 WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO BE A 1121 00:38:44,939 --> 00:38:47,141 PART OF THIS PORTION OF HISTORY, 1122 00:38:47,141 --> 00:38:48,009 OF THE SPACE STATION AND OUR 1123 00:38:48,009 --> 00:38:49,810 EXPLORATION. 1124 00:38:49,810 --> 00:38:50,578 NOT ONLY TO LOWER ORBIT BUT DEEP 1125 00:38:50,578 --> 00:38:54,115 SPACE. 1126 00:38:54,115 --> 00:38:54,949 >> 22 YEARS LATER FROM THE VERY 1127 00:38:54,949 --> 00:38:56,017 BEGINNINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL 1128 00:38:56,017 --> 00:38:58,919 SPACE STATION, NOW THEY ARE 1129 00:38:58,919 --> 00:39:00,187 HAVING TO MOVE SPACECRAFT AROUND 1130 00:39:00,187 --> 00:39:01,589 TO OPEN UP PORTS FOR ALL OF THE 1131 00:39:01,589 --> 00:39:03,791 NEW VISITING VEHICLES. 1132 00:39:03,791 --> 00:39:06,394 IT IS REALLY, REALLY AN AMAZING 1133 00:39:06,394 --> 00:39:06,827 ACHIEVEMENT. 1134 00:39:06,827 --> 00:39:08,162 RESULTS OF THE COOPERATION OF SO 1135 00:39:08,162 --> 00:39:10,664 MANY NATIONS OF GOVERNMENT 1136 00:39:10,664 --> 00:39:13,067 WORKING TOGETHER. 1137 00:39:13,067 --> 00:39:13,934 >> PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU WITH ME. 1138 00:39:13,934 --> 00:39:16,504 IT HAS BEEN FUN. 1139 00:39:16,504 --> 00:39:17,905 WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT FOR US 1140 00:39:17,905 --> 00:39:18,205 HERE. 1141 00:39:18,205 --> 00:39:18,806 WERE GOING TO STAY WITH 1142 00:39:18,806 --> 00:39:21,142 SUPPRESSED -- REST OF THE 1143 00:39:21,142 --> 00:39:26,247 PROCESS. 1144 00:39:26,247 --> 00:39:27,214 A GREAT LAUNCH. 1145 00:39:27,214 --> 00:39:27,948 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT FEW 1146 00:39:27,948 --> 00:39:31,652 MILESTONES. 1147 00:39:31,652 --> 00:39:32,186 >> THANKS, GUYS. 1148 00:39:32,186 --> 00:39:33,220 IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE SHOT 1149 00:39:33,220 --> 00:39:35,823 OF THE VEHICLE. 1150 00:39:35,823 --> 00:39:36,824 WE ARE JUST IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR 1151 00:39:36,824 --> 00:39:37,658 ENTRY BURN. 1152 00:39:37,658 --> 00:39:39,160 THAT IS WHERE WE IGNITE THREE OF 1153 00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:42,463 THE MERLIN ENGINE SPREAD WE ARE 1154 00:39:42,463 --> 00:39:45,566 SLOWING DOWN THE FIRST STAGE. 1155 00:39:45,566 --> 00:39:47,334 WE JUST SHUT THAT DOWN. 1156 00:39:47,334 --> 00:39:49,837 THAT BURN LASTING ABOUT 30 1157 00:39:49,837 --> 00:39:50,271 SECONDS. 1158 00:39:50,271 --> 00:39:51,005 FROM HERE ON OUT, YOU CAN SEE 1159 00:39:51,005 --> 00:39:54,208 THE ATTITUDE CONTROL THRUSTERS 1160 00:39:54,208 --> 00:39:55,242 FIRING THOSE LITTLE PLUMES OF 1161 00:39:55,242 --> 00:39:56,710 WHITE GAS. 1162 00:39:56,710 --> 00:39:58,746 THE GRID FINS, AS WE GET MORE 1163 00:39:58,746 --> 00:40:00,648 AND MORE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE ON 1164 00:40:00,648 --> 00:40:01,415 THE VEHICLE WILL GUIDE THE FIRST 1165 00:40:01,415 --> 00:40:03,984 STAGE TOWARDS OUR DRONE SHIP 1166 00:40:03,984 --> 00:40:07,321 NAMED, "OF COURSE I STILL LOVE 1167 00:40:07,321 --> 00:40:08,089 YOU" PRAYED LOOKING AT THE DATA 1168 00:40:08,089 --> 00:40:09,390 FOR THE SECOND STAGE, DRAGON IS 1169 00:40:09,390 --> 00:40:12,693 RUNNING RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF 1170 00:40:12,693 --> 00:40:13,360 THE PROJECTED ORBIT ON THE 1171 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:15,296 SECOND STAGE GOING FOR A ROUGHLY 1172 00:40:15,296 --> 00:40:21,936 CIRCULAR ORBIT. 1173 00:40:21,936 --> 00:40:22,670 ABOUT 11.5 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT 1174 00:40:22,670 --> 00:40:24,405 WE WILL SEE DRAGON SEPARATION. 1175 00:40:24,405 --> 00:40:26,474 AT THIS POINT, THE NEXT EVENT 1176 00:40:26,474 --> 00:40:28,109 COMING UP ON OUR SCREEN RIGHT 1177 00:40:28,109 --> 00:40:29,877 NOW, IS OUR SHOTS OF THE SECOND 1178 00:40:29,877 --> 00:40:30,177 STAGE. 1179 00:40:30,177 --> 00:40:31,879 THE NEXT EVENT COMING UP FOR THE 1180 00:40:31,879 --> 00:40:35,149 FIRST STAGE, FALCON 9'S LANDING 1181 00:40:35,149 --> 00:40:35,449 BURN. 1182 00:40:35,449 --> 00:40:38,352 THAT IS ABOUT 30 SECONDS AWAY. 1183 00:40:38,352 --> 00:40:39,587 WE WILL IGNITE A SINGLE CENTER 1184 00:40:39,587 --> 00:40:41,522 MERLIN ENGINE. 1185 00:40:41,522 --> 00:40:42,490 SHORTLY AFTER THAT, DEPLOYED THE 1186 00:40:42,490 --> 00:40:44,859 LANDING LEGS AND ATTEMPT A SOFT 1187 00:40:44,859 --> 00:40:47,361 TOUCHDOWN ON OUR DRONE SHIP 1188 00:40:47,361 --> 00:40:48,062 NAMED, "OF COURSE I STILL LOVE 1189 00:40:48,062 --> 00:40:49,663 YOU", STATIONED OUT IN THE 1190 00:40:49,663 --> 00:40:50,097 ATLANTIC. 1191 00:40:50,097 --> 00:40:53,367 10 SECONDS OUT TO HER LANDING 1192 00:40:53,367 --> 00:40:55,302 BURN ON THE FIRST STAGE. 1193 00:40:55,302 --> 00:40:56,003 SECOND STAGE IS CONTINUING TO 1194 00:40:56,003 --> 00:41:00,875 LOOK NOMINAL. 1195 00:41:00,875 --> 00:41:03,177 A CALL FROM THE PROP TEAM. 1196 00:41:03,177 --> 00:41:07,348 THIS BURN EXPECTED TO LAST ABOUT 1197 00:41:07,348 --> 00:41:07,648 0:25. 1198 00:41:07,648 --> 00:41:08,382 IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS WE WILL 1199 00:41:08,382 --> 00:41:09,049 HAVE SHUTDOWN OF THE SECOND 1200 00:41:09,049 --> 00:41:13,687 STAGES MVAC ENGINE. 1201 00:41:13,687 --> 00:41:14,755 COMING UP IN JUST A FEW SECONDS 1202 00:41:14,755 --> 00:41:16,423 FROM NOW. 1203 00:41:16,423 --> 00:41:18,826 >> STAGE ONE LANDING LEGS 1204 00:41:18,826 --> 00:41:21,962 DIPLOID. 1205 00:41:21,962 --> 00:41:23,464 >> HOPEFULLY STICK THE LANDING. 1206 00:41:23,464 --> 00:41:24,498 THERE IS A SHOT FROM OUR DRONE 1207 00:41:24,498 --> 00:41:29,436 SHIP. 1208 00:41:29,436 --> 00:41:32,606 [APPLAUSE] 1209 00:41:32,606 --> 00:41:33,741 THERE IS THE FOURTH A SUCCESSFUL 1210 00:41:33,741 --> 00:41:36,410 LANDING OF THIS FALCON 9. 1211 00:41:36,410 --> 00:41:37,611 EXCITING NEWS, AS WELL. 1212 00:41:37,611 --> 00:41:38,746 THIS IS THE 100th SUCCESSFUL 1213 00:41:38,746 --> 00:41:41,715 FLIGHT OF FALCON 9. 1214 00:41:41,715 --> 00:41:44,185 IT IS OUR 68th SUCCESSFUL 1215 00:41:44,185 --> 00:41:44,618 FIRST STAGE. 1216 00:41:44,618 --> 00:41:45,319 YOU HEARD THAT CALL OUT THERE 1217 00:41:45,319 --> 00:41:47,621 FOR NOMINAL ORBITAL INSERTION. 1218 00:41:47,621 --> 00:41:50,991 THAT MEANS DRAGON IS IN THE 1219 00:41:50,991 --> 00:41:51,892 TARGET ORBIT STILL ATTACHED TO 1220 00:41:51,892 --> 00:41:53,827 OUR SECOND STAGE. 1221 00:41:53,827 --> 00:41:56,163 100 SUCCESSFUL LANDINGS OF 1222 00:41:56,163 --> 00:41:56,530 FALCON 9. 1223 00:41:56,530 --> 00:41:59,333 THE FOURTH LANDING WHICH FIRST 1224 00:41:59,333 --> 00:42:02,937 FLEW BOB AND DOUG TO SPACE. 1225 00:42:02,937 --> 00:42:05,139 COMING UP NEXT, IN ABOUT TWO 1226 00:42:05,139 --> 00:42:08,676 MINUTES FROM NOW, WE WILL EXPECT 1227 00:42:08,676 --> 00:42:13,347 TO SEE DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRAGON 1228 00:42:13,347 --> 00:42:14,014 SPACECRAFT FROM THE SECOND 1229 00:42:14,014 --> 00:42:14,982 STAGE. 1230 00:42:14,982 --> 00:42:17,184 IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, WE 1231 00:42:17,184 --> 00:42:22,690 HAD AN ON-TIME LIFT OFF AT 11:1. 1232 00:42:22,690 --> 00:42:23,824 SUCCESSFULLY RECOVERED THE FIRST 1233 00:42:23,824 --> 00:42:24,592 STAGE WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR 1234 00:42:24,592 --> 00:42:25,960 SCREEN. 1235 00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:27,461 DRAGON ATTACHED TO THE SECOND 1236 00:42:27,461 --> 00:42:28,229 STAGE IN ORBITS COME AROUND THE 1237 00:42:28,229 --> 00:42:29,563 PLANET. 1238 00:42:29,563 --> 00:42:30,831 SECOND STAGE DOING SOME CHECKS 1239 00:42:30,831 --> 00:42:31,198 RIGHT NOW. 1240 00:42:31,198 --> 00:42:34,201 VERIFYING THAT IT'S ATTITUDE IS 1241 00:42:34,201 --> 00:42:34,768 APPROPRIATE FOR DRAGON 1242 00:42:34,768 --> 00:42:37,137 SEPARATION SHORTLY. 1243 00:42:37,137 --> 00:42:38,339 ALL IN ALL A VERY NOMINAL 1244 00:42:38,339 --> 00:42:39,873 MISSION SO FAR. 1245 00:42:39,873 --> 00:42:42,676 JUST WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. 1246 00:42:42,676 --> 00:42:43,844 WITH THAT, I THINK WE CAN 1247 00:42:43,844 --> 00:42:46,046 ACTUALLY CHECK IN WITH THE 1248 00:42:46,046 --> 00:42:49,283 FLIGHT CONTROLLERS AT NASA'S 1249 00:42:49,283 --> 00:42:49,984 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER WHO HAVE 1250 00:42:49,984 --> 00:42:52,519 BEEN MONITORING THE MISSION. 1251 00:42:52,519 --> 00:42:53,254 HOW ARE THINGS GOING OVER THERE 1252 00:42:53,254 --> 00:42:56,490 GULF THANK YOU. 1253 00:42:56,490 --> 00:42:57,858 AN AMAZING LAUNCH, AND THINGS 1254 00:42:57,858 --> 00:43:04,164 ARE GOING WELL OVER HERE, TOO. 1255 00:43:04,164 --> 00:43:05,966 AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY 1256 00:43:05,966 --> 00:43:06,634 WILL BEGIN JOINT OPERATIONS 1257 00:43:06,634 --> 00:43:09,570 TOMORROW ONCE CARGO DRAGON 1258 00:43:09,570 --> 00:43:10,137 ENTERS THE APPROACH OF 1259 00:43:10,137 --> 00:43:15,042 ELLIPSOID. 1260 00:43:15,042 --> 00:43:17,411 IT IS 4 KILOMETERS BY 1261 00:43:17,411 --> 00:43:18,646 2 KILOMETERS BY 2 KILOMETERS IT 1262 00:43:18,646 --> 00:43:19,413 HELPS US MONITOR THE APPROACH OF 1263 00:43:19,413 --> 00:43:21,782 DEPARTURE OF EXISTING VEHICLES. 1264 00:43:21,782 --> 00:43:23,117 WE HAVE SEEN A SECOND STAGE 1265 00:43:23,117 --> 00:43:25,319 OPERATION. 1266 00:43:25,319 --> 00:43:26,520 OBVIOUSLY THAT FIRST STAGE 1267 00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:28,055 LANDING ON THE DRONE SHIP READ 1268 00:43:28,055 --> 00:43:29,123 THE NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE WILL BE 1269 00:43:29,123 --> 00:43:30,157 LOOKING FOR A SECOND CUT OFF AND 1270 00:43:30,157 --> 00:43:32,693 THEN EVENTUALLY SECOND STAGE 1271 00:43:32,693 --> 00:43:34,028 SEPARATION FROM THE CARGO DRAGON 1272 00:43:34,028 --> 00:43:36,864 WIN CARGO DRAGON WILL BEGIN 1273 00:43:36,864 --> 00:43:43,937 FLYING FREE ON ITS OWN. 1274 00:43:54,081 --> 00:43:54,648 WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR 1275 00:43:54,648 --> 00:43:58,819 SEPARATION TO COME IN ABOUT 0:3. 1276 00:43:58,819 --> 00:44:00,621 SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THERE WILL 1277 00:44:00,621 --> 00:44:04,024 BE SOME CHECKOUTS PERFORMED ON 1278 00:44:04,024 --> 00:44:05,059 THE SERVICE SECTION DRACO 1279 00:44:05,059 --> 00:44:15,002 THRUSTERS ON THE VEHICLE. 1280 00:44:15,002 --> 00:44:16,937 AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH TODAY, THE 1281 00:44:16,937 --> 00:44:17,671 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WAS 1282 00:44:17,671 --> 00:44:21,075 FLYING TUNA 57 STATUTE MILES 1283 00:44:21,075 --> 00:44:23,477 OVER THE SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN 1284 00:44:23,477 --> 00:44:24,812 WEST OF AUSTRALIA. 1285 00:44:24,812 --> 00:44:26,280 AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE 1286 00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:27,481 A FULL HOUSE ABOARD THE 1287 00:44:27,481 --> 00:44:28,248 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION OF 1288 00:44:28,248 --> 00:44:30,818 SEVEN PEOPLE AND FIVE VISITING 1289 00:44:30,818 --> 00:44:31,585 VEHICLES THAT WILL TURN INTO SIX 1290 00:44:31,585 --> 00:44:34,054 TOMORROW. 1291 00:44:34,054 --> 00:44:35,055 A FULL PARKING LOTS, HOME FOR 1292 00:44:35,055 --> 00:44:52,373 THE HOLIDAYS. 1293 00:44:52,373 --> 00:44:53,907 WITH SECOND STAGE SEPARATION 1294 00:44:53,907 --> 00:44:57,478 CONFIRMED, CARGO DRAGON IS 1295 00:44:57,478 --> 00:44:58,045 FLYING FREE ON ITS OWN 1296 00:44:58,045 --> 00:44:59,613 CONTINUING ITS JOURNEY TO THE 1297 00:44:59,613 --> 00:45:08,922 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 1298 00:45:08,922 --> 00:45:09,723 NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE COMING UP 1299 00:45:09,723 --> 00:45:10,457 IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS WE WILL 1300 00:45:10,457 --> 00:45:13,927 BEGIN THE NOSECONE DIPLOID 1301 00:45:13,927 --> 00:45:16,230 BEGINNING THOSE BULKHEAD 1302 00:45:16,230 --> 00:45:16,897 THRUSTERS UNDERNEATH. 1303 00:45:16,897 --> 00:45:17,631 THOSE WILL BE USED FOR SOME OF 1304 00:45:17,631 --> 00:45:20,501 THE BURNS THROUGHOUT CARGO 1305 00:45:20,501 --> 00:45:21,869 DRAGON'S NEXT 24 HOURS AS IT 1306 00:45:21,869 --> 00:45:23,203 BEGINS ITS APPROACH TO THE 1307 00:45:23,203 --> 00:45:45,592 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 1308 00:45:45,592 --> 00:45:48,562 WE HAVE HEARD CONFIRMATION OF 1309 00:45:48,562 --> 00:45:49,696 NOSECONE DIPLOID AND SOME GOOD 1310 00:45:49,696 --> 00:45:50,898 CHECKOUTS OF THOSE THRUSTERS. 1311 00:45:50,898 --> 00:45:52,766 NEXT UP WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST, 1312 00:45:52,766 --> 00:45:56,203 THE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION OFFICE 1313 00:45:56,203 --> 00:45:57,604 MANAGER OF THE INTERNATIONAL 1314 00:45:57,604 --> 00:45:58,739 SPACE STATION IS STANDING BY TO 1315 00:45:58,739 --> 00:46:00,507 TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 1316 00:46:00,507 --> 00:46:01,308 TODAY'S MISSION. 1317 00:46:01,308 --> 00:46:02,810 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 1318 00:46:02,810 --> 00:46:06,013 US, JEFF. 1319 00:46:06,013 --> 00:46:08,649 >> MORE THAN HAPPY TO JOIN YOU. 1320 00:46:08,649 --> 00:46:09,416 >> I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR 1321 00:46:09,416 --> 00:46:09,683 YOU. 1322 00:46:09,683 --> 00:46:12,653 THE CARGO DRAGON IS NOW ON ITS 1323 00:46:12,653 --> 00:46:15,022 WAY TO THE STATION, CAN YOU 1324 00:46:15,022 --> 00:46:15,689 EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES AND 1325 00:46:15,689 --> 00:46:17,825 SIMILARITIES WITH THIS VEHICLE 1326 00:46:17,825 --> 00:46:18,892 WITH THE CREW DRAGON VEHICLE WE 1327 00:46:18,892 --> 00:46:21,195 SAW ARRIVE AT THE STATION LAST 1328 00:46:21,195 --> 00:46:21,495 MONTH. 1329 00:46:21,495 --> 00:46:22,262 ANY SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES 1330 00:46:22,262 --> 00:46:24,264 IN THE RENDEZVOUS PROFILE FOR AN 1331 00:46:24,264 --> 00:46:25,966 AUTOMATED DOCKING? 1332 00:46:25,966 --> 00:46:26,733 >> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TALK TO 1333 00:46:26,733 --> 00:46:31,672 THAT. 1334 00:46:31,672 --> 00:46:34,007 IF YOU LOOK AT THE VEHICLE, THE 1335 00:46:34,007 --> 00:46:35,442 OUTER LINE IS ESSENTIALLY THE 1336 00:46:35,442 --> 00:46:36,076 SAME, THERE IS SOME MINOR 1337 00:46:36,076 --> 00:46:36,643 DIFFERENCES. 1338 00:46:36,643 --> 00:46:39,613 THE AVERAGE I WOULD NOT PICK UP 1339 00:46:39,613 --> 00:46:40,314 THAT THERE IS ANY DIFFERENCE 1340 00:46:40,314 --> 00:46:44,351 BETWEEN THE CARGO AND THE CREW 1341 00:46:44,351 --> 00:46:46,253 VERSION OF THE VEHICLE. 1342 00:46:46,253 --> 00:46:48,155 AT THE SAME TIME, PROBABLY ONE 1343 00:46:48,155 --> 00:46:50,390 OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS 1344 00:46:50,390 --> 00:46:51,825 THAT FROM AN I.S.S. CREW AND 1345 00:46:51,825 --> 00:46:54,094 VEHICLE SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, THE 1346 00:46:54,094 --> 00:46:56,530 VEHICLES ARE IDENTICAL. 1347 00:46:56,530 --> 00:46:57,865 THEY ARE EQUALLY SAFE VEHICLES 1348 00:46:57,865 --> 00:47:00,400 FOR CARGO AND CREW. 1349 00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:01,735 ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES, ONE OF 1350 00:47:01,735 --> 00:47:03,871 THE BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CREW 1351 00:47:03,871 --> 00:47:07,040 AND CARGO IS THERE IS NO SUPER 1352 00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:10,544 DRACO'S ON THE CARGO VEHICLE. 1353 00:47:10,544 --> 00:47:11,612 THERE IS NO NEED FOR A LAUNCH 1354 00:47:11,612 --> 00:47:13,714 ESCAPE SYSTEM TO PROTECT THE 1355 00:47:13,714 --> 00:47:16,483 CREW. 1356 00:47:16,483 --> 00:47:17,184 THAT IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST 1357 00:47:17,184 --> 00:47:19,953 DIFFERENCE FROM AN OVERALL 1358 00:47:19,953 --> 00:47:23,290 SAFETY POINT OF VIEW. 1359 00:47:23,290 --> 00:47:23,991 THIS VEHICLE IS A LITTLE BIT 1360 00:47:23,991 --> 00:47:27,461 MORE CAPABLE, FROM A POWERED 1361 00:47:27,461 --> 00:47:28,495 LOCKER POINT OF VIEW, WHICH 1362 00:47:28,495 --> 00:47:29,196 HELPS US A LOT ON SCIENCE AND 1363 00:47:29,196 --> 00:47:30,030 RESEARCH. 1364 00:47:30,030 --> 00:47:32,666 WE HAVE EIGHT POWERED LOCKER 1365 00:47:32,666 --> 00:47:36,436 GOING UP, 12 COMING HOME FOR THE 1366 00:47:36,436 --> 00:47:37,804 DESCENT CARGO WHERE THE CREW 1367 00:47:37,804 --> 00:47:42,209 VEHICLE ONLY HAS ABOUT 4 POWERED 1368 00:47:42,209 --> 00:47:43,744 LOCKERS ON THE WAY HOME. 1369 00:47:43,744 --> 00:47:45,746 OBVIOUSLY A BIG PIECE IS WE HAVE 1370 00:47:45,746 --> 00:47:47,414 TO REMOVE THE CREW 1371 00:47:47,414 --> 00:47:52,986 ACCOMMODATIONS FROM THE CREW 1372 00:47:52,986 --> 00:47:54,855 DRAGON IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE 1373 00:47:54,855 --> 00:47:57,925 THE CARGO SCIENCE RESEARCH, 1374 00:47:57,925 --> 00:47:58,659 VEHICLE SYSTEMS, AND ALL OF THAT 1375 00:47:58,659 --> 00:48:01,028 KIND OF HARDWARE IN THE CARGO 1376 00:48:01,028 --> 00:48:04,898 VERSION OF THE VEHICLE. 1377 00:48:04,898 --> 00:48:05,299 LET ME SEE. 1378 00:48:05,299 --> 00:48:07,868 YOU ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE 1379 00:48:07,868 --> 00:48:09,269 RENDEZVOUS PROFILE. 1380 00:48:09,269 --> 00:48:14,474 THE RENDEZVOUS PROFILE IS 1381 00:48:14,474 --> 00:48:15,409 ESSENTIALLY THE SAME. 1382 00:48:15,409 --> 00:48:17,678 BETWEEN THE TWO VEHICLES, 1383 00:48:17,678 --> 00:48:18,779 INDEPENDENT OF WHICH PORT THEY 1384 00:48:18,779 --> 00:48:19,880 GO TO, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY 1385 00:48:19,880 --> 00:48:20,714 ARE THE SAME. 1386 00:48:20,714 --> 00:48:22,382 THE BIG DIFFERENCE FOR THIS 1387 00:48:22,382 --> 00:48:28,155 MISSION IS SpaceX 21, IS GOING 1388 00:48:28,155 --> 00:48:30,924 TO THE ZENITH PORTS. 1389 00:48:30,924 --> 00:48:31,692 BASICALLY EVERYTHING IS THE SAME 1390 00:48:31,692 --> 00:48:33,794 , THROUGH WHAT I WOULD CALL 1391 00:48:33,794 --> 00:48:38,765 INTERCEPT TO TAXIING WHERE IT 1392 00:48:38,765 --> 00:48:42,836 INTERCEPTS THE VELOCITY VECTOR 1393 00:48:42,836 --> 00:48:43,570 ON SPACE STATION. 1394 00:48:43,570 --> 00:48:45,405 AT THAT POINT WAS, THE VEHICLE 1395 00:48:45,405 --> 00:48:50,077 WILL BE ABOUT 220 METERS OUT. 1396 00:48:50,077 --> 00:48:51,712 RATHER STOPPING ON THE V BAR 1397 00:48:51,712 --> 00:48:53,080 THIS VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE, 1398 00:48:53,080 --> 00:48:57,618 90-DEGREE ROTATION ABOVE I.S.S. 1399 00:48:57,618 --> 00:48:59,720 SO, IT WILL BE A SICKLY ON THE 1400 00:48:59,720 --> 00:49:05,592 MINUS BAR ABOUT 200 METERS OUT. 1401 00:49:05,592 --> 00:49:06,326 FROM THERE, THE VEHICLE WILL 1402 00:49:06,326 --> 00:49:09,496 TRANSLATE FROM ITS FINAL WAVE BY 1403 00:49:09,496 --> 00:49:15,702 FOZ, WHICH WE CALL WAVE 2, WHICH 1404 00:49:15,702 --> 00:49:16,203 IS 20 METERS OUT. 1405 00:49:16,203 --> 00:49:17,838 FROM THERE, IT WILL PROCEED TO 1406 00:49:17,838 --> 00:49:27,014 DOCKING. 1407 00:49:27,014 --> 00:49:30,517 >> ONCE CARGO DRAGON DOCS WE 1408 00:49:30,517 --> 00:49:32,119 WILL HAVE TWO DRAGONS FOR THE 1409 00:49:32,119 --> 00:49:32,853 FIRST TIME AT ADJACENT PORTS ON 1410 00:49:32,853 --> 00:49:35,222 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 1411 00:49:35,222 --> 00:49:36,356 HOW WILL NASA AND SpaceX TEAMS 1412 00:49:36,356 --> 00:49:37,858 HANDLE THE OPERATIONS OF BOTH 1413 00:49:37,858 --> 00:49:40,560 VEHICLES FROM A TIMELINE A 1414 00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:42,863 COMMUNICATION LOOP STANDPOINT? 1415 00:49:42,863 --> 00:49:43,730 >> THAT IS A REALLY GOOD 1416 00:49:43,730 --> 00:49:44,097 QUESTION. 1417 00:49:44,097 --> 00:49:49,202 IT TURNS OUT THAT YOU CALLED IT 1418 00:49:49,202 --> 00:49:50,437 DUELING DRAGONS BUT I DON'T KNOW 1419 00:49:50,437 --> 00:49:51,271 IF I'VE ACTUALLY HEARD THAT 1420 00:49:51,271 --> 00:49:51,571 TERM. 1421 00:49:51,571 --> 00:49:53,473 THAT'S INTERESTING. 1422 00:49:53,473 --> 00:49:55,208 WE'VE KIND OF HAD TO PRACTICE -- 1423 00:49:55,208 --> 00:49:56,910 OF THE TEAMS HAVE HAD QUITE A 1424 00:49:56,910 --> 00:49:57,611 BIT OF PRACTICE WHAT I WOULD 1425 00:49:57,611 --> 00:49:59,479 CALL DUELING DRAGONS, EVEN 1426 00:49:59,479 --> 00:50:00,647 BEFORE THE LAUNCH. 1427 00:50:00,647 --> 00:50:04,551 THAT WAS REALLY IN PREPARATION 1428 00:50:04,551 --> 00:50:05,018 FOR THE LAUNCH. 1429 00:50:05,018 --> 00:50:06,053 THERE IS A FAIR BIT OF 1430 00:50:06,053 --> 00:50:08,855 COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE 1431 00:50:08,855 --> 00:50:13,226 SpaceX TEAM AT HAWTHORNE, AND 1432 00:50:13,226 --> 00:50:14,661 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 1433 00:50:14,661 --> 00:50:16,596 AND AT TIMES WITH I.S.S. 1434 00:50:16,596 --> 00:50:21,535 EVEN BEFORE WE LAUNCHED HERE, 1435 00:50:21,535 --> 00:50:27,040 WITH THE CARGO DRAGON ON THE PAD 1436 00:50:27,040 --> 00:50:27,741 AND AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, 1437 00:50:27,741 --> 00:50:28,442 THERE WERE SOME PREPARATIONS 1438 00:50:28,442 --> 00:50:29,109 THAT WE NEEDED TO DO. 1439 00:50:29,109 --> 00:50:29,776 THEY NEED TO CONFIGURE THEIR 1440 00:50:29,776 --> 00:50:30,944 CONSOLES. 1441 00:50:30,944 --> 00:50:34,014 SET UP THE COMMANDING AND VIEW 1442 00:50:34,014 --> 00:50:35,449 THEIR TELEMETRY. 1443 00:50:35,449 --> 00:50:36,383 MAKE SURE THEY ARE COMMUNICATING 1444 00:50:36,383 --> 00:50:41,154 TO CARGO DRAGON, AND NOT TO THE 1445 00:50:41,154 --> 00:50:42,589 CREW DRAGON ON I.S.S. 1446 00:50:42,589 --> 00:50:50,697 LIKEWISE, THE CREW DRAGON EVERY 1447 00:50:50,697 --> 00:50:51,565 30 DAYS OR SO, WE WAKE IT UP 1448 00:50:51,565 --> 00:50:55,335 WHICH IS BASICALLY ON QUIET MODE 1449 00:50:55,335 --> 00:50:57,671 WHEN IT IS ON I.S.S. 1450 00:50:57,671 --> 00:50:59,139 EVERY 30 DAYS WE DO A HEALTH AND 1451 00:50:59,139 --> 00:51:00,207 STATUS CHECK ON THE VEHICLE. 1452 00:51:00,207 --> 00:51:03,243 AGAIN, SpaceX AND 13, AND THE 1453 00:51:03,243 --> 00:51:06,279 NASA TEAM NEEDS TO RECONFIGURE 1454 00:51:06,279 --> 00:51:06,847 THEIR COMMANDING AND 1455 00:51:06,847 --> 00:51:10,117 COMMUNICATION METHOD WHICH -- 1456 00:51:10,117 --> 00:51:12,052 WITH EACH OF THE VEHICLES SO IT 1457 00:51:12,052 --> 00:51:14,321 ACTUALLY NOW TALKS TO THE CREW 1458 00:51:14,321 --> 00:51:18,859 DRAGON AND NOT THE CARGO DRAGON. 1459 00:51:18,859 --> 00:51:19,760 THEY GET SOME PRACTICE ON THAT, 1460 00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:22,996 EVEN BEFORE SpaceX 21 WILL 1461 00:51:22,996 --> 00:51:24,264 SHOW UP TO I.S.S. 1462 00:51:24,264 --> 00:51:29,836 AS I EAT TO, THE CREW DRAGON WE 1463 00:51:29,836 --> 00:51:31,905 BASICALLY PUT IT IN NON- QUIET 1464 00:51:31,905 --> 00:51:37,611 SENT MODE, OR EXCUSE ME IN A 1465 00:51:37,611 --> 00:51:39,446 QUIET MODE WHEN IT'S NOT IN 1466 00:51:39,446 --> 00:51:39,780 ORBIT. 1467 00:51:39,780 --> 00:51:40,480 AS SOON AND CARGO DRAGON SHOWS 1468 00:51:40,480 --> 00:51:42,349 UP, IT BASICALLY GETS THE FULL 1469 00:51:42,349 --> 00:51:45,118 ATTENTION OF THE CREW AND THE 1470 00:51:45,118 --> 00:51:49,055 FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM. 1471 00:51:49,055 --> 00:51:49,790 MUCH OF ITS CARGO NEEDS TO BE 1472 00:51:49,790 --> 00:51:51,625 REMOVED WITHIN HOURS, IF NOT 1473 00:51:51,625 --> 00:51:54,995 DAYS. 1474 00:51:54,995 --> 00:51:56,396 WITH ALL OF THOSE SCIENCE AND 1475 00:51:56,396 --> 00:51:59,132 RESEARCH ON BOARD, PRETTY MUCH 1476 00:51:59,132 --> 00:52:00,967 IT GETS OUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION 1477 00:52:00,967 --> 00:52:03,336 AND THE CREWS UNDIVIDED 1478 00:52:03,336 --> 00:52:04,004 ATTENTION FROM A TIMELINE 1479 00:52:04,004 --> 00:52:07,107 PERSPECTIVE. 1480 00:52:07,107 --> 00:52:08,642 >> THAT IS GREAT TOO. 1481 00:52:08,642 --> 00:52:09,409 ALWAYS PREPARED. 1482 00:52:09,409 --> 00:52:10,544 I LOVE IT. 1483 00:52:10,544 --> 00:52:11,611 WE DISCUSSED THE UPGRADE TO THIS 1484 00:52:11,611 --> 00:52:12,379 VEHICLE AND HOW IT IS VERY 1485 00:52:12,379 --> 00:52:15,649 SIMILAR TO CREW DRAGON CARRYING 1486 00:52:15,649 --> 00:52:16,817 AN INCREASED AMOUNT OF RESEARCH, 1487 00:52:16,817 --> 00:52:18,451 HARDWARE AND OTHER PAYLOADS. 1488 00:52:18,451 --> 00:52:19,519 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE 1489 00:52:19,519 --> 00:52:21,888 ASTRONAUTS ON STATION? 1490 00:52:21,888 --> 00:52:24,958 >> IN A WORD, THEY ARE GOING TO 1491 00:52:24,958 --> 00:52:25,559 BE LIKE EXTREMELY BUSY. 1492 00:52:25,559 --> 00:52:29,863 [LAUGHTER] 1493 00:52:29,863 --> 00:52:31,364 THIS VEHICLE IS BRINGING ALMOST 1494 00:52:31,364 --> 00:52:32,399 A METRIC TON OF RESEARCH, 1495 00:52:32,399 --> 00:52:36,002 SCIENCE, AND JUST ALL 1496 00:52:36,002 --> 00:52:38,705 UTILIZATION ITEMS ABOUT A METRIC 1497 00:52:38,705 --> 00:52:41,041 TON WORTH OF CARGO. 1498 00:52:41,041 --> 00:52:41,675 MUCH OF WHICH NEEDS TO BE 1499 00:52:41,675 --> 00:52:45,011 EXERCISED, WITHIN THE 30 DAY 1500 00:52:45,011 --> 00:52:48,849 MISSION, OR THEREABOUTS, I CAN'T 1501 00:52:48,849 --> 00:52:50,851 REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW MANY DAYS 1502 00:52:50,851 --> 00:52:52,919 WERE PLANNED FOR THIS VEHICLE. 1503 00:52:52,919 --> 00:52:53,620 28-31 IS WHAT I WOULD GUESS. 1504 00:52:53,620 --> 00:52:55,822 BUT MOST OF THAT WORK NEEDS TO 1505 00:52:55,822 --> 00:52:59,025 BE DONE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS 1506 00:52:59,025 --> 00:53:01,962 THERE. 1507 00:53:01,962 --> 00:53:03,630 THEY ONLY HAVE THE 30 DAYS OR SO 1508 00:53:03,630 --> 00:53:05,265 TO GET EVERYTHING OFF, 1509 00:53:05,265 --> 00:53:07,167 EVERYTHING EXERCISED, ALL OF THE 1510 00:53:07,167 --> 00:53:08,602 RESEARCH COMPLETED AND THEN THEY 1511 00:53:08,602 --> 00:53:13,240 NEED TO PACK IT, THE EXERCISE 1512 00:53:13,240 --> 00:53:14,274 RESEARCH, THEY NEED TO PACK THAT 1513 00:53:14,274 --> 00:53:15,842 TO COME HOME SO WE CAN QUICKLY 1514 00:53:15,842 --> 00:53:17,811 TURN IT AROUND AND GET IT TO THE 1515 00:53:17,811 --> 00:53:21,014 LABS ON THE GROUND HERE. 1516 00:53:21,014 --> 00:53:21,882 SO YEAH, THEY ARE GOING TO BE 1517 00:53:21,882 --> 00:53:23,450 SUPER BUSY IS WHAT I WOULD TELL 1518 00:53:23,450 --> 00:53:25,452 YOU. 1519 00:53:25,452 --> 00:53:26,219 >> I AM SURE THEY ARE LOOKING 1520 00:53:26,219 --> 00:53:27,854 FOR IT TO YOU. 1521 00:53:27,854 --> 00:53:42,869 -- TO IT. 1522 00:53:42,869 --> 00:53:44,271 >> THE BISHOP AIRLOCK WAS 1523 00:53:44,271 --> 00:53:47,274 CONCEIVED, DESIGNED, AND BUILT 1524 00:53:47,274 --> 00:53:49,943 BY NANO RACKS TO MEET THE NEEDS 1525 00:53:49,943 --> 00:53:50,877 OF ITS CUSTOMERS. 1526 00:53:50,877 --> 00:53:52,846 NANO RACKS RETAINS THE OWNERSHIP 1527 00:53:52,846 --> 00:53:54,648 OF THIS AIRLOCK. 1528 00:53:54,648 --> 00:53:55,782 THEY ARE REALLY DRIVEN TO FIND 1529 00:53:55,782 --> 00:53:59,486 PAYING CUSTOMERS IN ORDER TO 1530 00:53:59,486 --> 00:54:00,587 MAKE THE COMMERCIAL MODULE 1531 00:54:00,587 --> 00:54:01,588 PROFITABLE. 1532 00:54:01,588 --> 00:54:03,556 THESE USERS WILL LIKELY BE 1533 00:54:03,556 --> 00:54:06,559 COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS, AND THESE 1534 00:54:06,559 --> 00:54:07,093 BUSINESS TO BUSINESS 1535 00:54:07,093 --> 00:54:08,962 TRANSACTIONS, WE ARE HOPING, AND 1536 00:54:08,962 --> 00:54:11,031 I THINK THEY WILL WILL INCREASE 1537 00:54:11,031 --> 00:54:12,365 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOWER 1538 00:54:12,365 --> 00:54:14,067 ORBIT. 1539 00:54:14,067 --> 00:54:20,540 IN THE PAST, WHAT WE CALL THE 1540 00:54:20,540 --> 00:54:23,243 JAPANESE EXPOSED MODULE AIRLOCK 1541 00:54:23,243 --> 00:54:24,277 HAS SOMETIMES BEEN A BOTTLENECK 1542 00:54:24,277 --> 00:54:27,047 FOR US TO DO MATERIAL SCIENCE, 1543 00:54:27,047 --> 00:54:30,216 AND MATERIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH, 1544 00:54:30,216 --> 00:54:33,286 CERTAINLY ALL OF THE VARIOUS 1545 00:54:33,286 --> 00:54:33,987 SATELLITES THAT WE HAVE BEEN 1546 00:54:33,987 --> 00:54:35,422 PUTTING OUT. 1547 00:54:35,422 --> 00:54:36,556 THIS IS A LARGER VOLUME, IT 1548 00:54:36,556 --> 00:54:38,825 GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO 1549 00:54:38,825 --> 00:54:40,794 MORE DEPLOYS. 1550 00:54:40,794 --> 00:54:46,032 A LARGER GROUP AT A TIME IT 1551 00:54:46,032 --> 00:54:46,967 PROVIDES FLEXIBLY FOR OVERUSE 1552 00:54:46,967 --> 00:54:54,140 THAT WE CANNOT BRING INSIGHT. 1553 00:54:54,140 --> 00:55:03,917 TO ME IT IS AN EXCITING TIME. 1554 00:55:03,917 --> 00:55:05,852 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JEFF, FOR 1555 00:55:05,852 --> 00:55:06,553 JOINING US TODAY AND SHARING 1556 00:55:06,553 --> 00:55:07,954 THAT INFORMATION WITH A MISSION 1557 00:55:07,954 --> 00:55:11,358 WITH A SPREAD ARE STILL HERE 1558 00:55:11,358 --> 00:55:12,025 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 1559 00:55:12,025 --> 00:55:13,460 FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM IN HOUSTON. 1560 00:55:13,460 --> 00:55:14,260 FLIGHT CONTROLLERS ON MONITORING 1561 00:55:14,260 --> 00:55:14,928 THE STATUS OF THE STATION 1562 00:55:14,928 --> 00:55:16,496 ITSELF. 1563 00:55:16,496 --> 00:55:17,230 WHAT YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO 1564 00:55:17,230 --> 00:55:19,132 TOMORROW WILL BE THE ARRIVAL OF 1565 00:55:19,132 --> 00:55:21,534 CARGO DRAGON TO THE 1566 00:55:21,534 --> 00:55:22,235 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 1567 00:55:22,235 --> 00:55:24,104 ONCE IT CROSSES THAT APPROACH 1568 00:55:24,104 --> 00:55:24,804 ELLIPSOID, TEAMS WILL BEGIN 1569 00:55:24,804 --> 00:55:27,040 JOINT OPERATIONS WITH THE 1570 00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:27,607 SpaceX IN HAWTHORNE, 1571 00:55:27,607 --> 00:55:28,975 CALIFORNIA. 1572 00:55:28,975 --> 00:55:29,876 NASA ASTRONAUTS, 1573 00:55:29,876 --> 00:55:31,644 VICTOR GLOVER 1574 00:55:31,644 --> 00:55:35,682 , AND KATE RUBINS WILL MONITOR 1575 00:55:35,682 --> 00:55:37,650 THE APPROACH ON ARRIVAL OF CARGO 1576 00:55:37,650 --> 00:55:38,818 DRAGON AS IT MAKES THE FIRST 1577 00:55:38,818 --> 00:55:40,120 DOCKING BY A CARGO DRAGON TO THE 1578 00:55:40,120 --> 00:55:42,088 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 1579 00:55:42,088 --> 00:55:43,857 THEY WILL BEGIN WORKING TO GET 1580 00:55:43,857 --> 00:55:46,693 THE HATCH OPEN ON CARGO DRAGON 1581 00:55:46,693 --> 00:55:47,560 PAIR THAT WOULD TAKE A COUPLE OF 1582 00:55:47,560 --> 00:55:48,261 HOURS BECAUSE IT INCLUDES 1583 00:55:48,261 --> 00:55:50,330 PRESSURIZING THE SPACE BETWEEN 1584 00:55:50,330 --> 00:55:53,800 THE HATCHES ON THE INTERNATIONAL 1585 00:55:53,800 --> 00:55:54,968 SPACE STATION AND ON CARGO 1586 00:55:54,968 --> 00:55:55,402 DRAGON ITSELF. 1587 00:55:55,402 --> 00:55:57,203 FOR RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING IS 1588 00:55:57,203 --> 00:55:57,937 LOOKING GREAT WITH A BEAUTIFUL 1589 00:55:57,937 --> 00:55:58,838 LAUNCH TODAY. 1590 00:55:58,838 --> 00:56:00,073 WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 1591 00:56:00,073 --> 00:56:01,975 ARRIVAL TOMORROW. 1592 00:56:01,975 --> 00:56:03,009 THAT IS OUR REPRESENTATIVE HERE 1593 00:56:03,009 --> 00:56:04,144 IN HOUSTON. 1594 00:56:04,144 --> 00:56:04,844 BACK TO YOU AT KENNEDY SPACE 1595 00:56:04,844 --> 00:56:08,481 CENTER. 1596 00:56:08,481 --> 00:56:10,050 >> WHAT A BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH AND 1597 00:56:10,050 --> 00:56:10,383 LANDING. 1598 00:56:10,383 --> 00:56:11,451 BY FAR, ONE OF MY FAVORITE 1599 00:56:11,451 --> 00:56:12,318 THINGS ON THE SPACE COAST. 1600 00:56:12,318 --> 00:56:16,489 THE RUMBLE NEVER GETS OLD. 1601 00:56:16,489 --> 00:56:17,957 CARGO DRAGON IS NOW ON ITS WAY 1602 00:56:17,957 --> 00:56:18,591 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 1603 00:56:18,591 --> 00:56:19,225 STATION. 1604 00:56:19,225 --> 00:56:20,160 WITH THE HELP OF U.S. COMPANIES 1605 00:56:20,160 --> 00:56:22,662 LIKE SpaceX, AND OUR 1606 00:56:22,662 --> 00:56:24,764 ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE LIKE THE 1607 00:56:24,764 --> 00:56:27,333 EXPEDITION SAFETY FOR CREW, NASA 1608 00:56:27,333 --> 00:56:28,935 IS USING THE STATION TO CONDUCT 1609 00:56:28,935 --> 00:56:30,103 CUTTING AND -- EDGE RESEARCH AND 1610 00:56:30,103 --> 00:56:32,172 DEVELOPMENT AND PREPARATION TO 1611 00:56:32,172 --> 00:56:33,239 SEND THE FIRST WOMAN AND THE 1612 00:56:33,239 --> 00:56:36,843 NEXT MAN TO THE MOON IN 2024. 1613 00:56:36,843 --> 00:56:39,446 AND THEN WE WILL USE WHAT WE 1614 00:56:39,446 --> 00:56:41,181 LEARNED THERE TO TAKE THE NEXT 1615 00:56:41,181 --> 00:56:42,582 GIANT LEAP TO SEND ASTRONAUTS TO 1616 00:56:42,582 --> 00:56:42,882 MARS. 1617 00:56:42,882 --> 00:56:44,717 YOU CAN TURN INTO DOCKING 1618 00:56:44,717 --> 00:56:46,719 COVERAGE ON NASA TV TOMORROW 1619 00:56:46,719 --> 00:56:47,454 STARTING AT 11:30 A.M. EASTERN 1620 00:56:47,454 --> 00:56:50,824 TIME WITH DOCKING AT 1:30 P.M. 1621 00:56:50,824 --> 00:56:51,624 THAT IS GOING TO WRAP UP OUR 1622 00:56:51,624 --> 00:56:54,494 COVERAGE. 1623 00:56:54,494 --> 00:56:57,163 FROM EVERYONE HERE AT NASA'S 1624 00:56:57,163 --> 00:56:57,864 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND OUR 1625 00:56:57,864 --> 00:56:59,132 COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 1626 00:56:59,132 --> 00:57:00,767 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 1627 00:57:00,767 --> 00:57:01,034 US. 1628 00:57:01,034 --> 00:57:01,734 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS 1629 00:57:01,734 --> 00:57:07,474 MISSION VISIT NASA.GOV/STATION. 1630 00:57:07,474 --> 00:57:10,844 WE LEAVE YOU NOW WITH ANOTHER 1631 00:57:10,844 --> 00:57:12,479 LOOK AT TODAY'S SPECTACULAR 1632 00:57:12,479 --> 00:57:12,812 LAUNCH. 1633 00:57:12,812 --> 00:57:13,746 HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE. 1634 00:57:13,746 --> 00:57:22,222 GO SpaceX CRS-21! 1635 00:57:22,222 --> 00:57:22,989 >> 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1636 00:57:22,989 --> 00:57:33,233 1, 0. LIFT OFF OF THEIR FALCON 1637 00:57:33,233 --> 00:57:35,568 9, AN UPGRADED CARGO DRAGON. 1638 00:57:35,568 --> 00:57:37,971 THE FIRST CARGO CAPSULE TO DOCK 1639 00:57:37,971 --> 00:57:41,107 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.