1 00:05:36,869 --> 00:05:40,673 >> DRAGON COUNTING. 2 00:05:40,673 --> 00:05:42,475 IN START-UP. 3 00:05:42,475 --> 00:05:47,080 >> DRAGON, SpaceX, GO FOR 4 00:05:47,080 --> 00:06:09,035 LAUNCH. 5 00:06:09,035 --> 00:06:11,971 >> WE ARE ABOUT 24 MINUTES AND 6 00:06:11,971 --> 00:06:14,040 COUNTING FOR LIFTOFF FOR NASA 7 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,377 AND SpaceX'S COMMERCIAL 8 00:06:17,377 --> 00:06:18,277 RESUPPLY MISSION. 9 00:06:18,277 --> 00:06:21,647 THE SPACECRAFT WILL FLY MORE 10 00:06:21,647 --> 00:06:23,082 THAN 5800 POUNDS OF SCIENCE, 11 00:06:23,082 --> 00:06:26,652 SUPPLIES AND FOOD. 12 00:06:26,652 --> 00:06:28,721 GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR 13 00:06:28,721 --> 00:06:31,557 JOINING ME FOR LIVE LAUNCH 14 00:06:31,557 --> 00:06:31,924 COVERAGE. 15 00:06:31,924 --> 00:06:36,028 YOU JUST SAW FALCON 9 AND DRY 16 00:06:36,028 --> 00:06:39,532 GONE RIGHT BEHIND ME AT KENNEDY 17 00:06:39,532 --> 00:06:40,833 SPACE CENTER. 18 00:06:40,833 --> 00:06:42,568 FUELING BEGAN 10 MINUTES AGO. 19 00:06:42,568 --> 00:06:46,072 WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LAUNCH 20 00:06:46,072 --> 00:06:47,106 AT 8:44 P.M. EASTERN TIME. 21 00:06:47,106 --> 00:06:48,508 THEY ARE IMPORTANT. 22 00:06:48,508 --> 00:06:50,042 NASA AND ITS INTERNATIONAL 23 00:06:50,042 --> 00:06:57,150 PARTNERS CAN CONTINUE TO CONDUCT 24 00:06:57,150 --> 00:06:58,584 MICRO-GRAVITY RESEARCH. 25 00:06:58,584 --> 00:07:00,853 THEY HAVE LED TO SCIENTIFIC 26 00:07:00,853 --> 00:07:02,622 ADVANCEMENTS RIGHT HERE ON 27 00:07:02,622 --> 00:07:03,055 EARTH. 28 00:07:03,055 --> 00:07:05,057 TODAY MORE THAN TWO DOZEN 29 00:07:05,057 --> 00:07:08,227 EXPERIMENTS ARE PACKED ANNOY 30 00:07:08,227 --> 00:07:12,165 DRAGON AWAITING LAUNCH. 31 00:07:12,165 --> 00:07:15,134 WE HAVE MORE ABOUT THE MISSION. 32 00:07:15,134 --> 00:07:17,437 NASA AND SpaceX WERE TARGETING 33 00:07:17,437 --> 00:07:20,540 LAST MONTH TO LAUNCH. 34 00:07:20,540 --> 00:07:20,907 >> THANKS. 35 00:07:20,907 --> 00:07:22,809 IT'S GREAT TO BE COVERING 36 00:07:22,809 --> 00:07:24,210 TODAY'S MISSION IN PARTNERSHIP 37 00:07:24,210 --> 00:07:25,011 WITH NASA. 38 00:07:25,011 --> 00:07:26,779 WE SPENT THE LAST FEW WEEKS 39 00:07:26,779 --> 00:07:28,414 WORKING THROUGH AN ISSUE ON 40 00:07:28,414 --> 00:07:31,384 DRAGON AFTER TEAMS DISCOVERED A 41 00:07:31,384 --> 00:07:31,884 SMALL VAPOR LEAK. 42 00:07:31,884 --> 00:07:34,921 WE HAVE COMPLETED THOROUGH 43 00:07:34,921 --> 00:07:36,923 INSPECTIONS AND REPLACED 44 00:07:36,923 --> 00:07:38,257 COMPONENTS AND WE HAVE BEEN 45 00:07:38,257 --> 00:07:39,992 WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH NASA 46 00:07:39,992 --> 00:07:41,194 THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. 47 00:07:41,194 --> 00:07:43,229 NOW WE ARE READY TO LAUNCH. 48 00:07:43,229 --> 00:07:46,165 THIS YEAR ALSO IS THE TEN YEAR 49 00:07:46,165 --> 00:07:47,800 ANNIVERSARY OF DRAGON BECOMING 50 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,102 THE FIRST PRIVATE SPACECRAFT IN 51 00:07:50,102 --> 00:07:51,571 HISTORY TO VISIT THE 52 00:07:51,571 --> 00:07:52,338 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 53 00:07:52,338 --> 00:07:53,973 DELIVER CARGO AND RETURN TO 54 00:07:53,973 --> 00:07:54,273 EARTH. 55 00:07:54,273 --> 00:07:57,176 FIVE YEARS AGO WAS OUR FIRST 56 00:07:57,176 --> 00:07:58,411 REFLIGHT OF THE DRAGON. 57 00:07:58,411 --> 00:08:00,246 SINCE THEN WE HAVE MADE 31 58 00:08:00,246 --> 00:08:02,348 FLIGHTS TO THE SPACE STATION 59 00:08:02,348 --> 00:08:07,587 WITH 14 REFLIGHTS OF DRAGON. 60 00:08:07,587 --> 00:08:09,689 TODAY'S MISSION WILL MARK OUR 61 00:08:09,689 --> 00:08:11,791 THIRD DRAGON FLIGHT THIS YEAR 62 00:08:11,791 --> 00:08:20,233 FOLLOWING THE CRUDE LAUNCHES OF 63 00:08:20,233 --> 00:08:20,900 AXIUM 1. 64 00:08:20,900 --> 00:08:23,302 THE CAPSULE FLYING TODAY IS OUR 65 00:08:23,302 --> 00:08:26,372 FIRST THIRD FLIGHT OF A NEW 66 00:08:26,372 --> 00:08:30,810 CARGO DRAGON WHICH SUPPORTED THE 67 00:08:30,810 --> 00:08:32,245 21 AND 23 MISSIONS. 68 00:08:32,245 --> 00:08:34,981 IT'S CERTIFIED FOR UP TO FIVE 69 00:08:34,981 --> 00:08:38,651 FLIGHTS AND WILL JOIN THE CREW 4 70 00:08:38,651 --> 00:08:39,051 SPACECRAFT. 71 00:08:39,051 --> 00:08:42,255 MOVING DOWN IS OUR FALCON 9, OUR 72 00:08:42,255 --> 00:08:43,689 REUSABLE TWO STAGE ROCKETS. 73 00:08:43,689 --> 00:08:46,459 THAT LOWER PART IS THE FIRST 74 00:08:46,459 --> 00:08:46,759 STAGE. 75 00:08:46,759 --> 00:08:49,095 THE UPPER THE SECOND STAGE. 76 00:08:49,095 --> 00:08:52,031 IT WILL BE FLYING FOR THE FIFTH 77 00:08:52,031 --> 00:08:52,331 TIME. 78 00:08:52,331 --> 00:08:54,133 IT HAS NINE ENGINES AT THE 79 00:08:54,133 --> 00:08:55,535 BOTTOM OF THE FIRST STAGE. 80 00:08:55,535 --> 00:08:57,303 THEY ARE WHAT ACCELERATE THE 81 00:08:57,303 --> 00:08:58,871 VEHICLE THROUGH THE EARTH'S 82 00:08:58,871 --> 00:09:00,940 ATMOSPHERE AND TO THOSE VARIOUS 83 00:09:00,940 --> 00:09:01,807 ORBITS IN SPACE. 84 00:09:01,807 --> 00:09:03,376 WE HAVE A GREAT PHOTO OF THOSE 85 00:09:03,376 --> 00:09:05,678 NINE ENGINES BEFORE WE ROLLED 86 00:09:05,678 --> 00:09:07,313 THEM OUT TO THE PAD ON TUESDAY 87 00:09:07,313 --> 00:09:07,647 MORNING. 88 00:09:07,647 --> 00:09:14,787 WE ARE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO 89 00:09:14,787 --> 00:09:16,389 RECOVER THIS OUT OFF THE COAST 90 00:09:16,389 --> 00:09:19,125 OF FLORIDA. 91 00:09:19,125 --> 00:09:20,660 THE BLACK STAGE IS THE SECOND 92 00:09:20,660 --> 00:09:22,595 STAGE, THE STAGES SEPARATE ABOUT 93 00:09:22,595 --> 00:09:23,863 TWO AND A HALF MINUTES INTO THE 94 00:09:23,863 --> 00:09:26,832 FLIGHT AND THAT SECOND STAGE 95 00:09:26,832 --> 00:09:29,435 IGNITES ITS VACUUM ENGINE. 96 00:09:29,435 --> 00:09:31,537 A LITTLE LATER ON IN THE SHOW 97 00:09:31,537 --> 00:09:33,506 WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW DRAGON 98 00:09:33,506 --> 00:09:34,707 NAVIGATES TO THE STATION AFTER 99 00:09:34,707 --> 00:09:36,776 WE SEPARATE FROM FALCON. 100 00:09:36,776 --> 00:09:39,645 FOR NOW, I WILL TURN IT BACK TO 101 00:09:39,645 --> 00:09:39,912 YOU. 102 00:09:39,912 --> 00:09:42,415 >> IN ADDITION TO SpaceX, NASA 103 00:09:42,415 --> 00:09:44,250 TEAMS HERE IN FLORIDA AND 104 00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:45,518 HOUSTON ARE MONITORING TODAY'S 105 00:09:45,518 --> 00:09:45,851 LAUNCH. 106 00:09:45,851 --> 00:09:47,920 YOU WILL HEAR FROM SANDRA JONES 107 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,756 WHO YOU SEE INSIDE WITH MISSION 108 00:09:50,756 --> 00:09:51,223 CONTROL. 109 00:09:51,223 --> 00:09:54,026 BUT FIRST, LET'S CHECK IN WITH 110 00:09:54,026 --> 00:09:54,360 DARRYL. 111 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:56,028 >> EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD SO 112 00:09:56,028 --> 00:09:58,764 FAR HERE FROM HANGER AE AT THE 113 00:09:58,764 --> 00:10:00,299 SPACE FORCE SIDE OF THINGS. 114 00:10:00,299 --> 00:10:04,203 YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THE DATA 115 00:10:04,203 --> 00:10:07,373 AND TELEMETRY FLOW THROUGH THIS. 116 00:10:07,373 --> 00:10:08,507 OUT TO THE ROCKET WE GO. 117 00:10:08,507 --> 00:10:10,676 YOU CAN SEE IT IS TWILIGHT HERE 118 00:10:10,676 --> 00:10:13,346 ON THE EASTERN COAST OF FLORIDA 119 00:10:13,346 --> 00:10:16,349 AT HISTORIC LAUNCH COMPLEX 39 A. 120 00:10:16,349 --> 00:10:18,618 YOU CAN SEE THE ROCKET IS BEING 121 00:10:18,618 --> 00:10:20,586 TANKED, THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR GAVE 122 00:10:20,586 --> 00:10:25,658 THE GO AROUND 8/06 AND THAT RP 1 123 00:10:25,658 --> 00:10:28,394 IS FLOWING INTO THE FIRST STAGE 124 00:10:28,394 --> 00:10:30,463 AND SECOND STAGE. 125 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:33,366 ALONG WITH THE LIQUID NITROGEN. 126 00:10:33,366 --> 00:10:35,901 YOU CAN SEE THE FILL LINE, WHERE 127 00:10:35,901 --> 00:10:37,903 IT'S AT, AT THE PART THAT'S 128 00:10:37,903 --> 00:10:38,270 CHILLING. 129 00:10:38,270 --> 00:10:40,039 WE HAVE A SMALL ISSUE WITH THE 130 00:10:40,039 --> 00:10:40,373 WEATHER. 131 00:10:40,373 --> 00:10:42,575 WE ARE CURRENTLY 70% GO. 132 00:10:42,575 --> 00:10:44,076 BUT THE LAUNCH WEATHER OFFICER 133 00:10:44,076 --> 00:10:46,946 FOR THE SPACE FORCE BRIEFED 134 00:10:46,946 --> 00:10:47,647 SpaceX'S LAUNCH TEAM ABOUT 135 00:10:47,647 --> 00:10:48,781 THIS RIGHT HERE. 136 00:10:48,781 --> 00:10:51,384 YOU CAN SEE THIS IS SOME WEATHER 137 00:10:51,384 --> 00:10:53,152 IMAGERY THAT WE HAVE HERE. 138 00:10:53,152 --> 00:10:54,587 STORMS ARE BUBBLING UP REALLY 139 00:10:54,587 --> 00:10:56,589 HEAVY ALONG THE CENTER PART OF 140 00:10:56,589 --> 00:10:57,156 THE STATE. 141 00:10:57,156 --> 00:10:59,291 YOU CAN SEE IT'S ALL PUSHING TO 142 00:10:59,291 --> 00:11:01,160 THE WEST WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE 143 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:03,929 THERE IS SOME EASTERLY FLOW. 144 00:11:03,929 --> 00:11:05,898 HOWEVER, THE SPACE FORCE IS ABLE 145 00:11:05,898 --> 00:11:08,634 TO MONITOR WHAT'S CALLED AN 146 00:11:08,634 --> 00:11:10,269 OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT IS COMING 147 00:11:10,269 --> 00:11:11,837 BACK TO THE EAST AND IS 148 00:11:11,837 --> 00:11:14,674 SCHEDULED TO BE HERE AT THE 149 00:11:14,674 --> 00:11:17,343 LAUNCH SITE AROUND T-0. 150 00:11:17,343 --> 00:11:19,011 AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ARE HOLDING 151 00:11:19,011 --> 00:11:21,947 THE PERCENTAGE GO AT 70%. 152 00:11:21,947 --> 00:11:24,583 NORMALLY THIS TIME IT WOULD BE A 153 00:11:24,583 --> 00:11:25,651 LITTLE BIT HIGHER. 154 00:11:25,651 --> 00:11:28,788 BUT THEY ARE GOING TO HOLD IT AT 155 00:11:28,788 --> 00:11:29,055 70%. 156 00:11:29,055 --> 00:11:32,658 THE CONCERNS ARE CUMULUS CLOUD 157 00:11:32,658 --> 00:11:32,958 RULE. 158 00:11:32,958 --> 00:11:34,660 WINDS ARE 15 TO 20 MILES PER 159 00:11:34,660 --> 00:11:34,960 HOUR. 160 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,296 OTHER THAN THAT, WE ARE LOOKING 161 00:11:37,296 --> 00:11:38,631 GOOD TO GO. 162 00:11:38,631 --> 00:11:42,001 LET'S JOIN SANDRA FOR MORE. 163 00:11:42,001 --> 00:11:43,703 >> GOOD EVENING. 164 00:11:43,703 --> 00:11:46,906 I'M NASA'S SANDRA JONES HERE 165 00:11:46,906 --> 00:11:47,707 INSIDE THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 166 00:11:47,707 --> 00:11:48,774 STATION FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM AT 167 00:11:48,774 --> 00:11:50,409 THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN 168 00:11:50,409 --> 00:11:51,510 HOUSTON, TEXAS. 169 00:11:51,510 --> 00:11:53,379 MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON IS THE 170 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:55,648 NERVE CENTER FOR SPACE STATION 171 00:11:55,648 --> 00:11:57,083 OPERATIONS AND OUR FLIGHT 172 00:11:57,083 --> 00:11:59,185 CONTROL TEAM IS ON CONSOLE AND 173 00:11:59,185 --> 00:12:01,353 READY TO SUPPORT TODAY'S CARGO 174 00:12:01,353 --> 00:12:01,821 LAUNCH. 175 00:12:01,821 --> 00:12:03,456 LEADING THE TEAM IN MISSION 176 00:12:03,456 --> 00:12:05,758 CONTROL IS NASA FLIGHT DIRECTOR 177 00:12:05,758 --> 00:12:07,960 SCOTT STOVER. 178 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:09,929 YOU SEE HIM ON YOUR SCREEN. 179 00:12:09,929 --> 00:12:12,598 WHEN DRAGON ARRIVES TO THE 180 00:12:12,598 --> 00:12:14,266 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON 181 00:12:14,266 --> 00:12:17,436 SATURDAY, IT WILL DOCK TO THE 182 00:12:17,436 --> 00:12:18,437 FORWARD PORT. 183 00:12:18,437 --> 00:12:21,073 BOB HINES AND JESSICA WATKINS 184 00:12:21,073 --> 00:12:24,343 WILL BE ON TAP TO MONITOR THAT 185 00:12:24,343 --> 00:12:24,944 APPROACH. 186 00:12:24,944 --> 00:12:26,779 DRAGON IS SLATED TO SPEND ABOUT 187 00:12:26,779 --> 00:12:28,147 ONE MONTH ATTACHED TO THE 188 00:12:28,147 --> 00:12:28,814 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 189 00:12:28,814 --> 00:12:32,184 BEFORE IT RETURNS TO EARTH WITH 190 00:12:32,184 --> 00:12:34,053 RESEARCH AND RETURN CARGO. 191 00:12:34,053 --> 00:12:35,755 FOR NOW, EVERYTHING CONTINUING 192 00:12:35,755 --> 00:12:37,356 TO LOOK GOOD ON THE STATION SIDE 193 00:12:37,356 --> 00:12:38,557 FOR TODAY'S LAUNCH. 194 00:12:38,557 --> 00:12:41,393 SO BACK OVER TO YOU, MEGAN. 195 00:12:41,393 --> 00:12:47,366 >> WE ARE ABOUT 17 MINUTES 196 00:12:47,366 --> 00:12:49,568 BEFORE COUNTDOWN AND LIFTOFF. 197 00:12:49,568 --> 00:12:50,703 LET'S CHECK OUT SOME OF THE 198 00:12:50,703 --> 00:12:53,372 SCIENCE FLYING ON THIS MISSION. 199 00:12:53,372 --> 00:13:01,614 ♪ 200 00:13:01,614 --> 00:13:11,257 ♪ 201 00:13:11,257 --> 00:13:20,833 ♪ 202 00:13:20,833 --> 00:13:38,884 ♪ 203 00:13:38,884 --> 00:13:59,638 ♪ 204 00:14:53,092 --> 00:14:54,793 >> A LOT OF IMPACTFUL RESEARCH 205 00:14:54,793 --> 00:14:56,562 GOING UP WITH TODAY'S LAUNCH. 206 00:14:56,562 --> 00:14:58,397 LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME 207 00:14:58,397 --> 00:15:01,734 OF THOSE STARTING FIRST WITH 208 00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:05,771 EMIT, EARTH SURFACE MINERAL DUST 209 00:15:05,771 --> 00:15:06,572 SOURCE INVESTIGATION. 210 00:15:06,572 --> 00:15:07,907 JOINING ME IS ROB GREEN. 211 00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:10,976 WE ALSO HAVE NASA'S SENIOR 212 00:15:10,976 --> 00:15:13,946 CLIMATE ADVISER. 213 00:15:13,946 --> 00:15:15,347 >> WONDERFUL TO BE HERE. 214 00:15:15,347 --> 00:15:17,850 >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME 215 00:15:17,850 --> 00:15:18,150 VIDEO. 216 00:15:18,150 --> 00:15:20,052 IT'S GOING TO BE ATTACHED TO THE 217 00:15:20,052 --> 00:15:21,320 OUTSIDE OF THE SPACE STATION. 218 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:23,322 IT'S GOING TO STUDY MINERAL 219 00:15:23,322 --> 00:15:23,622 DUST. 220 00:15:23,622 --> 00:15:25,157 WHAT IS MINERAL DUST? 221 00:15:25,157 --> 00:15:27,426 >> THEY ARE THE TINY PARTICLES 222 00:15:27,426 --> 00:15:31,063 OF ROCKS IN THE DRY LAND REGIONS 223 00:15:31,063 --> 00:15:32,831 THAT UNDER CONDITION OF HIGH 224 00:15:32,831 --> 00:15:34,900 WIND ARE LAUNCHED IN THE 225 00:15:34,900 --> 00:15:35,301 ATMOSPHERE. 226 00:15:35,301 --> 00:15:36,535 THEY CAN BE DIFFERENT 227 00:15:36,535 --> 00:15:37,536 COMPOSITION, THEY CAN HEAT OR 228 00:15:37,536 --> 00:15:40,072 COOL OUR PLANET, PLAY A ROLE IN 229 00:15:40,072 --> 00:15:42,074 CLOUD FORMATION AND MANY OTHER 230 00:15:42,074 --> 00:15:42,408 IMPACTS. 231 00:15:42,408 --> 00:15:44,543 RIGHT NOW WE KNOW ABOUT MINERAL 232 00:15:44,543 --> 00:15:46,845 DUST BY 5,000 DIFFERENT 233 00:15:46,845 --> 00:15:48,847 MEASUREMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN 234 00:15:48,847 --> 00:15:49,548 ANALYZED. 235 00:15:49,548 --> 00:15:51,417 BY THE TIME WE ARE DONE, WE'LL 236 00:15:51,417 --> 00:15:53,919 HAVE A MILLION OBSERVATIONS TO 237 00:15:53,919 --> 00:15:56,055 ADVANCE THE SCIENCE OF HOW 238 00:15:56,055 --> 00:15:58,457 MINERAL DUST CAN HEAT OR COOL 239 00:15:58,457 --> 00:15:59,091 OUR PLANET. 240 00:15:59,091 --> 00:16:00,592 >> IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND 241 00:16:00,592 --> 00:16:06,031 THAT WE ARE NOT JUST FOCUSED ON 242 00:16:06,031 --> 00:16:07,066 THESE ARID REGIONS. 243 00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:10,736 YOU CAN SEE A DUST STORM FROM 244 00:16:10,736 --> 00:16:11,103 AFRICA. 245 00:16:11,103 --> 00:16:12,838 WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO 246 00:16:12,838 --> 00:16:13,973 UNDERSTAND HOW THEY MIGHT HEAT 247 00:16:13,973 --> 00:16:14,907 OR COOL THE EARTH? 248 00:16:14,907 --> 00:16:18,944 >> IT'S A GLOBAL PHENOMENA ON 249 00:16:18,944 --> 00:16:21,780 EVERY CONTINENT EXCEPTION 250 00:16:21,780 --> 00:16:23,182 PERHAPS ANTARCTICA. 251 00:16:23,182 --> 00:16:26,352 IT CAN TRAVEL FROM AFRICA, TO 252 00:16:26,352 --> 00:16:27,686 FLORIDA TO TEXAS. 253 00:16:27,686 --> 00:16:29,888 AND HEATING OR COOLING, WHEN YOU 254 00:16:29,888 --> 00:16:32,992 HAVE A GLOBAL PHENOMENA, ARE 255 00:16:32,992 --> 00:16:34,893 THOSE DUST PARTICLES ABSORBING 256 00:16:34,893 --> 00:16:38,831 ENERGY, HEATING OUR PLANET, OR 257 00:16:38,831 --> 00:16:41,600 SCATTERING LIGHT BACK INTO SPACE 258 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,902 AND COOLING THE PLANET. 259 00:16:43,902 --> 00:16:44,937 WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S 260 00:16:44,937 --> 00:16:47,339 HAPPENING NOW AND INTO THE 261 00:16:47,339 --> 00:16:47,673 FUTURE. 262 00:16:47,673 --> 00:16:49,508 >> SO, KATE, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S 263 00:16:49,508 --> 00:16:51,643 GOING TO BE A REAL TOOL FOR US 264 00:16:51,643 --> 00:16:53,412 WHEN WE ARE STUDYING CLIMATE 265 00:16:53,412 --> 00:16:55,414 CHANGE AND THE EARTH'S CLIMATE. 266 00:16:55,414 --> 00:16:58,050 IT'S NO SURPRISE IT'S ONE OF A 267 00:16:58,050 --> 00:17:01,153 FLEET OF EARTH'S OBSERVING 268 00:17:01,153 --> 00:17:01,553 SPACECRAFT. 269 00:17:01,553 --> 00:17:04,690 >> ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 270 00:17:04,690 --> 00:17:07,760 MISSIONS IS THE STUDY OF EARTH. 271 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:11,997 WE CAN SEE THINGS LIKE CAR BOB 272 00:17:11,997 --> 00:17:14,333 DIOXIDE, VEGETATION, CHANGES IN 273 00:17:14,333 --> 00:17:16,535 THE ICE SHEET AND ONCE IT'S PUT 274 00:17:16,535 --> 00:17:18,737 ON TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 275 00:17:18,737 --> 00:17:21,040 STATION, IT WILL JOIN THAT 276 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:21,340 FLEET. 277 00:17:21,340 --> 00:17:22,941 >> THERE IS ALSO A LOT OF 278 00:17:22,941 --> 00:17:24,009 RESEARCH BEING DONE ON THE 279 00:17:24,009 --> 00:17:24,343 GROUND. 280 00:17:24,343 --> 00:17:25,778 WHEN YOU CONSIDER THIS WHOLE 281 00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:27,112 PORTFOLIO OF CLIMATE RESEARCH WE 282 00:17:27,112 --> 00:17:29,415 ARE DOING, HOW WILL THIS HELP US 283 00:17:29,415 --> 00:17:30,382 ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE? 284 00:17:30,382 --> 00:17:34,319 >> THE MORE WE KNOW ABOUT THE 285 00:17:34,319 --> 00:17:36,755 PLANET, WE CAN LOOK TO DECISION 286 00:17:36,755 --> 00:17:38,323 MAKERS AND PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT'S 287 00:17:38,323 --> 00:17:39,391 HAPPENING ON EARTH. 288 00:17:39,391 --> 00:17:40,559 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 289 00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:44,730 I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 290 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:47,599 EM IT ISN'T THE ONLY THING. 291 00:17:47,599 --> 00:17:49,535 STUDENTS FROM M.I.T. BUILT WHAT 292 00:17:49,535 --> 00:17:51,770 YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE ON THE 293 00:17:51,770 --> 00:17:52,104 SCREEN. 294 00:17:52,104 --> 00:17:55,074 THIS IS CALL BEAVER CUBE NAMED 295 00:17:55,074 --> 00:17:57,609 AFTER THE SCHOOL'S MASCOT. 296 00:17:57,609 --> 00:18:02,014 IT'S A SATELLITE ABOUT THE SIZE 297 00:18:02,014 --> 00:18:02,948 OF A SHOEBOX. 298 00:18:02,948 --> 00:18:05,784 IT WILL MEASURE OCEAN 299 00:18:05,784 --> 00:18:10,155 TEMPERATURE AND COLOR. 300 00:18:10,155 --> 00:18:14,693 T MINUS 11 MINUTES UNTIL THE 301 00:18:14,693 --> 00:18:15,994 COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY SERVICES 302 00:18:15,994 --> 00:18:17,563 MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL 303 00:18:17,563 --> 00:18:21,867 SPACE STATION. 304 00:18:21,867 --> 00:18:23,068 >> THANKS. 305 00:18:23,068 --> 00:18:24,937 DRAGON IS CAPABLE OF 306 00:18:24,937 --> 00:18:26,405 TRANSPORTING PEOPLE AS WELL AS 307 00:18:26,405 --> 00:18:27,606 ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE CARGO 308 00:18:27,606 --> 00:18:29,608 TO AND FROM EARTH ORBIT LIKE WE 309 00:18:29,608 --> 00:18:31,343 ARE ON TODAY'S MISSION. 310 00:18:31,343 --> 00:18:32,878 STARTING FROM THE TOP OF THE 311 00:18:32,878 --> 00:18:34,313 NOSE CONE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE 312 00:18:34,313 --> 00:18:36,415 TRUNK, IT STANDS ABOUT 27 FEET 313 00:18:36,415 --> 00:18:36,715 TALL. 314 00:18:36,715 --> 00:18:39,918 MADE UP OF TWO MAIN SECTIONS. 315 00:18:39,918 --> 00:18:42,121 THE PRESSURIZED CAPSULE AND 316 00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:47,326 TRUNK USED FOR UNPRESSURIZED 317 00:18:47,326 --> 00:18:47,626 CARGO. 318 00:18:47,626 --> 00:18:50,762 AFTER SEPARATING FROM FALCON 9, 319 00:18:50,762 --> 00:18:53,065 DRAGON WILL MAKE ITS WAY TO THE 320 00:18:53,065 --> 00:18:53,866 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 321 00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:56,835 USING ITS NAVIGATION SENSORS AND 322 00:18:56,835 --> 00:18:57,169 ENGINES. 323 00:18:57,169 --> 00:18:59,771 THE CAPSULE HAS 16 ENGINES USED 324 00:18:59,771 --> 00:19:01,373 TO GET THE SPACECRAFT FROM ONE 325 00:19:01,373 --> 00:19:02,541 PLACE TO THE NEXT. 326 00:19:02,541 --> 00:19:04,910 WE HAVE GOT 12 OF THOSE SERVICE 327 00:19:04,910 --> 00:19:07,846 SECTION DRACOS NEAR THE BOTTOM 328 00:19:07,846 --> 00:19:11,984 OF THE CAPSULE AND FOUR NEAR THE 329 00:19:11,984 --> 00:19:13,619 TOP BULKHEAD. 330 00:19:13,619 --> 00:19:16,321 THEY ARE PRIMARILY USED FOR HIGH 331 00:19:16,321 --> 00:19:20,559 THRUST MANEUVERS LIKE THE ORBIT 332 00:19:20,559 --> 00:19:23,662 MANEUVERS NEEDED TO GET TO SPACE 333 00:19:23,662 --> 00:19:23,996 STATION. 334 00:19:23,996 --> 00:19:26,532 THEY ARE CAPABLE OF GENERATING 335 00:19:26,532 --> 00:19:28,967 ABOUT 90 POUNDS OF FORCE IN THE 336 00:19:28,967 --> 00:19:30,169 VACUUM OF SPACE. 337 00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:32,404 THE SERVICE SECTION IS USED FOR 338 00:19:32,404 --> 00:19:34,039 POINTING AND PRAGUES IN 339 00:19:34,039 --> 00:19:35,974 PROXIMITY TO THE SPACE STATION, 340 00:19:35,974 --> 00:19:37,943 YOU CAN SEE THEM FIRING HERE IN 341 00:19:37,943 --> 00:19:39,444 THESE CLIPS TAKEN FROM THE 342 00:19:39,444 --> 00:19:40,779 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON 343 00:19:40,779 --> 00:19:42,181 VARIOUS DIFFERENT DRAGON 344 00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:43,348 MISSIONS AS THEY WERE 345 00:19:43,348 --> 00:19:45,017 APPROACHING THE ORBITING 346 00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:45,817 LABORATORY. 347 00:19:45,817 --> 00:19:47,920 JUST LIKE THOSE MERLIN ENGINES 348 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:58,697 ON FALCON, WE USE THE DRACO 349 00:19:58,697 --> 00:19:59,565 THRUSTERS ONCE THEY RETURN TO 350 00:19:59,565 --> 00:20:00,132 EARTH. 351 00:20:00,132 --> 00:20:03,769 THEY ARE READY TO SUPPORT THE 352 00:20:03,769 --> 00:20:05,637 ON-TIME LIFTOFF. 353 00:20:05,637 --> 00:20:07,673 >> TWO PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT 354 00:20:07,673 --> 00:20:09,708 TODAY'S LAUNCH ARE NEXT TO ME. 355 00:20:09,708 --> 00:20:13,111 WE HAVE CLAIRE GREEN AND 356 00:20:13,111 --> 00:20:13,645 BENJAMIN WHITFIELD. 357 00:20:13,645 --> 00:20:15,480 THEY HAVE AN EXPERIMENT ON BOARD 358 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,115 AND ARE ABOUT TO TELL US ABOUT 359 00:20:17,115 --> 00:20:17,382 IT. 360 00:20:17,382 --> 00:20:18,617 GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. 361 00:20:18,617 --> 00:20:20,852 >> NICE TO BE HERE. 362 00:20:20,852 --> 00:20:22,621 >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE 363 00:20:22,621 --> 00:20:22,955 SCREEN. 364 00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:24,923 WE HAVE PICTURES OF WHEN THE 365 00:20:24,923 --> 00:20:26,258 TEAM WAS HERE EARLIER A COUPLE 366 00:20:26,258 --> 00:20:28,460 OF WEEKS AGO, YOU WERE PREPPING 367 00:20:28,460 --> 00:20:29,828 YOUR EXPERIMENT. 368 00:20:29,828 --> 00:20:30,862 WHAT ARE YOU STUDYING? 369 00:20:30,862 --> 00:20:35,267 >> WE ARE STUDYING THE UNIQUE 370 00:20:35,267 --> 00:20:38,136 ABILITY TO BREAK DOWN THIN 371 00:20:38,136 --> 00:20:48,947 PLASTIC INTO A NON-POLLUTIVE 372 00:20:48,947 --> 00:20:49,314 PROPERTY. 373 00:20:49,314 --> 00:20:51,049 >> WHY DO YOU WANT TO SEE IF 374 00:20:51,049 --> 00:20:53,185 THIS HAPPENS IN MICROGRAVITY? 375 00:20:53,185 --> 00:20:55,520 >> WELL, THE APPLICATION OF 376 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,023 BREAKING DOWN PLASTICS IS 377 00:20:58,023 --> 00:20:58,991 BENEFICIAL ANYWHERE. 378 00:20:58,991 --> 00:21:00,959 IT'S A PROBLEM THAT WE ARE 379 00:21:00,959 --> 00:21:03,929 LEARNING HOW TO DEAL WITH. 380 00:21:03,929 --> 00:21:05,797 IF WE CAN LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH 381 00:21:05,797 --> 00:21:08,800 IT ON EARTH AND IN THE SPACE 382 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,303 STATION, THEN WE CAN EXTRAPOLATE 383 00:21:11,303 --> 00:21:13,739 THAT TO OTHER ENVIRONMENTS. 384 00:21:13,739 --> 00:21:16,341 >> WHY ARE YOU GUYS INTERESTED 385 00:21:16,341 --> 00:21:19,077 IN TO SEE HOW THIS WILL REACT IN 386 00:21:19,077 --> 00:21:19,378 SPACE? 387 00:21:19,378 --> 00:21:21,413 IS IT BECAUSE WE AS AN 388 00:21:21,413 --> 00:21:22,547 ORGANIZATION, WE ARE THINKING 389 00:21:22,547 --> 00:21:24,416 ABOUT GOING FARTHER THAN WE HAVE 390 00:21:24,416 --> 00:21:24,750 BEFORE. 391 00:21:24,750 --> 00:21:28,954 >> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. 392 00:21:28,954 --> 00:21:34,593 WE ARE PROPOSING THIS AS A LONG 393 00:21:34,593 --> 00:21:37,763 TERM TRAVEL WASTE SYSTEM. 394 00:21:37,763 --> 00:21:39,564 >> I KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST 395 00:21:39,564 --> 00:21:40,799 LAUNCH FOR BOTH OF YOU. 396 00:21:40,799 --> 00:21:42,134 TAKE A LOOK AROUND. 397 00:21:42,134 --> 00:21:45,203 THERE IT IS ON THE LAUNCH PAD, 398 00:21:45,203 --> 00:21:47,172 FALCON 9 AND DRAGON. 399 00:21:47,172 --> 00:21:49,174 INSIDE DRAGON IS YOUR 400 00:21:49,174 --> 00:21:49,574 EXPERIMENT. 401 00:21:49,574 --> 00:21:50,742 HOW ARE YOU FEELING? 402 00:21:50,742 --> 00:21:54,646 >> IT IS SURREAL. 403 00:21:54,646 --> 00:21:56,615 IT FEELS LIKE A DREAM. 404 00:21:56,615 --> 00:21:59,251 AND IT'S ABOUT TO BE A DREAM 405 00:21:59,251 --> 00:22:00,852 COME TRUE, NOT JUST FOR MYSELF 406 00:22:00,852 --> 00:22:04,089 AND CLAIRE, BUT FOR OUR WHOLE 407 00:22:04,089 --> 00:22:06,191 TEAM, FOR STUDENTS AT STANFORD, 408 00:22:06,191 --> 00:22:08,827 WHO ALSO HAVE AN EXPERIMENT 409 00:22:08,827 --> 00:22:10,929 GOING UP AND FOR ALL THE 410 00:22:10,929 --> 00:22:13,465 STUDENTS WHO ASSISTED US IN OUR 411 00:22:13,465 --> 00:22:14,032 CITIZEN SCIENCE. 412 00:22:14,032 --> 00:22:16,768 >> I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU 413 00:22:16,768 --> 00:22:17,369 DISCOVER. 414 00:22:17,369 --> 00:22:18,270 ENJOY THE LAUNCH. 415 00:22:18,270 --> 00:22:20,138 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 416 00:22:20,138 --> 00:22:21,973 >> WE HAVE ANOTHER STUDENT 417 00:22:21,973 --> 00:22:22,841 EXPERIMENT ON BOARD. 418 00:22:22,841 --> 00:22:24,509 THESE GUYS ARE IN COLLEGE, BUT 419 00:22:24,509 --> 00:22:26,978 WE HAVE A HIGH SCHOOLER HERE. 420 00:22:26,978 --> 00:22:32,751 YOU SEE SALINE. 421 00:22:32,751 --> 00:22:36,555 SHE DESIGNED A NEW METHOD OF 422 00:22:36,555 --> 00:22:39,024 DETECTING WATER CONTAMINANTS. 423 00:22:39,024 --> 00:22:42,361 IT CAN BE USED TO DETECT WATER 424 00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:47,866 QUALITY IN SPACE AND IN REMOTE 425 00:22:47,866 --> 00:22:51,236 PARTS OF THE EARTH. 426 00:22:51,236 --> 00:22:52,604 ALL RIGHT. 427 00:22:52,604 --> 00:22:56,174 WE ARE JUST UNDER SIX MINUTES. 428 00:22:56,174 --> 00:22:56,541 OH, 6:56. 429 00:22:56,541 --> 00:23:01,446 I'M HAVING A HARD TIME. 430 00:23:01,446 --> 00:23:05,684 LET'S BRING BACK DARRYL TO WALK 431 00:23:05,684 --> 00:23:07,686 US THROUGH THE FINAL MOMENTS OF 432 00:23:07,686 --> 00:23:09,087 THE COUNTDOWN. 433 00:23:09,087 --> 00:23:10,155 TAKE IT AWAY. 434 00:23:10,155 --> 00:23:11,456 >> THANKS. 435 00:23:11,456 --> 00:23:14,059 THE SpaceX TEAM IS NOT WORKING 436 00:23:14,059 --> 00:23:17,028 ANY SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH THE 437 00:23:17,028 --> 00:23:18,764 FALCON OR DRAGON AT THE MOMENT. 438 00:23:18,764 --> 00:23:21,032 THE WEATHER, I HOPE IT CONTINUES 439 00:23:21,032 --> 00:23:21,733 TO TREND WELL. 440 00:23:21,733 --> 00:23:24,169 WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON CLOUDS 441 00:23:24,169 --> 00:23:26,571 AND POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION. 442 00:23:26,571 --> 00:23:28,306 WE'LL KEEP OUR EAR OUT TO THE 443 00:23:28,306 --> 00:23:31,543 LOOPS TO MAKE SURE WE REMAIN 444 00:23:31,543 --> 00:23:31,877 LAUNCH. 445 00:23:31,877 --> 00:23:34,146 IT DOES REMAIN GO FOR LAUNCH AT 446 00:23:34,146 --> 00:23:34,780 THIS TIME. 447 00:23:34,780 --> 00:23:37,649 AT THIS POINT THE ROCKET 448 00:23:37,649 --> 00:23:40,318 PROPELLANT FUEL IS LOADED ON THE 449 00:23:40,318 --> 00:23:42,287 SECOND STAGE AND NEARLY FULLY 450 00:23:42,287 --> 00:23:44,790 LOADED ON THE FIRST STAGE. 451 00:23:44,790 --> 00:23:47,526 LIQUID OXYGEN IS COMPLETE AT 452 00:23:47,526 --> 00:23:49,628 ABOUT T MINUS 2 MINUTES TO 453 00:23:49,628 --> 00:23:49,961 LAUNCH. 454 00:23:49,961 --> 00:23:52,798 WE ARE ALSO LOADING HELIUM GAS 455 00:23:52,798 --> 00:24:01,139 INTO THE STAGES. 456 00:24:01,139 --> 00:24:03,041 THE LOAD BEGAN BEFORE THE 457 00:24:03,041 --> 00:24:04,042 BROADCAST WENT LIVE. 458 00:24:04,042 --> 00:24:06,445 IT WILL CONTINUE TO TOP UP UNTIL 459 00:24:06,445 --> 00:24:10,415 A MINUTE AND A HALF BEFORE THE 460 00:24:10,415 --> 00:24:10,749 LAUNCH. 461 00:24:10,749 --> 00:24:13,485 >> MAKE SURE ENGINE START-UP 462 00:24:13,485 --> 00:24:15,887 GOES WELL, THEY PERFORM AN 463 00:24:15,887 --> 00:24:16,688 ENGINE CHILL. 464 00:24:16,688 --> 00:24:18,990 THIS WILL HAPPEN, HAS HAPPENED 465 00:24:18,990 --> 00:24:23,161 AT T MINUS 7 MINUTES, FLOWED A 466 00:24:23,161 --> 00:24:25,464 SMALL AMOUNT INTO THE TURBO 467 00:24:25,464 --> 00:24:25,764 PUMPS. 468 00:24:25,764 --> 00:24:28,433 THIS IS DONE TO AVOID A THERMAL 469 00:24:28,433 --> 00:24:31,169 SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM WHEN THAT 470 00:24:31,169 --> 00:24:33,805 FLOW OF SUPER CHILLED OXYGEN 471 00:24:33,805 --> 00:24:35,674 HITS THE PROP SYSTEM. 472 00:24:35,674 --> 00:24:38,977 IT BEGAN ITS START-UP SEQUENCE 473 00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:41,847 AT T MINUS 35 MINUTES. 474 00:24:41,847 --> 00:24:43,482 DRAGON NOW UNDERGOING VEHICLE 475 00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:45,784 HEALTH CHECKS WITH THE NEXT BIG 476 00:24:45,784 --> 00:24:48,186 STEP JUST BEFORE LIFTOFF, THE 477 00:24:48,186 --> 00:24:50,856 CARGO SPACECRAFT TRANSITIONS TO 478 00:24:50,856 --> 00:24:53,024 INTERNAL BATTERY POWER. 479 00:24:53,024 --> 00:24:59,731 >> DRAGON IS IN TERMINAL COUNT. 480 00:24:59,731 --> 00:25:03,468 >> WE JUST HEARD THAT CALL-OUT. 481 00:25:03,468 --> 00:25:07,072 THAT'S PERFECT TIMING. 482 00:25:07,072 --> 00:25:07,806 THAT LARGE SUV STRUCTURE IS 483 00:25:07,806 --> 00:25:13,645 CALLED THE TRANSPORTER ERECTOR. 484 00:25:13,645 --> 00:25:16,882 IT PULLS AWAY IN PREPARATION FOR 485 00:25:16,882 --> 00:25:18,250 LIFT-OFF. 486 00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:20,385 WE'LL SEE THE CLAMP ARMS START 487 00:25:20,385 --> 00:25:21,620 TO RETRACT AND THEN SHORTLY 488 00:25:21,620 --> 00:25:23,488 AFTER THAT, THE WHOLE STRUCTURE 489 00:25:23,488 --> 00:25:26,324 PULL AWAY FROM FALCON 9. 490 00:25:26,324 --> 00:25:28,560 IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, FALCON 491 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:30,695 9 IS PERFORMING A SET OF FINAL 492 00:25:30,695 --> 00:25:37,502 HEALTH CHECKS ON ITS PRIMARY 493 00:25:37,502 --> 00:25:38,203 COMMUNICATION AND PROPULSION 494 00:25:38,203 --> 00:25:40,038 SYSTEM IN PREPARATION FOR 495 00:25:40,038 --> 00:25:40,405 LIFTOFF. 496 00:25:40,405 --> 00:25:43,808 WE'LL CONTINUE TO HEAR CALL-OUTS 497 00:25:43,808 --> 00:25:45,810 THROUGHOUT AS THE ENGINE 498 00:25:45,810 --> 00:25:47,879 SUFFICIENTLY CHILLS AS WE GET 499 00:25:47,879 --> 00:25:49,748 CLOSER TO LIFT-OFF. 500 00:25:49,748 --> 00:25:52,117 YOU CAN SEE THOSE CLAMP ARMS 501 00:25:52,117 --> 00:25:53,885 BEGINNING TO OPEN AROUND THE 502 00:25:53,885 --> 00:25:55,453 SECOND STAGE IN BETWEEN SOME OF 503 00:25:55,453 --> 00:25:57,556 THAT COOLING OF THE FLORIDA AIR 504 00:25:57,556 --> 00:25:59,424 AROUND THE SECOND STAGE AND 505 00:25:59,424 --> 00:26:02,761 SHORTLY AFTER WE'LL SEE THE 506 00:26:02,761 --> 00:26:03,528 WHITE TRUSS STRUCTURE ON THE 507 00:26:03,528 --> 00:26:05,263 RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE BEGIN 508 00:26:05,263 --> 00:26:16,908 TO PULL AWAY FROM FALCON 9. 509 00:26:16,908 --> 00:26:18,343 THERE YOU CAN START TO SEE 510 00:26:18,343 --> 00:26:20,845 MOTION OF THE TRANSPORTER 511 00:26:20,845 --> 00:26:22,080 ELECTOR AWAY. 512 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,182 IT WILL RECLINER A BIT BEFORE WE 513 00:26:24,182 --> 00:26:27,385 STEP FURTHER INTO THE LIFT-OFF. 514 00:26:27,385 --> 00:26:30,055 >> COMING UP IN JUST ABOUT A 515 00:26:30,055 --> 00:26:31,189 MINUTE. 516 00:26:31,189 --> 00:26:33,892 CHECKOUTS OF THE SECOND STAGE 517 00:26:33,892 --> 00:26:35,760 ACTION TO AATORS. 518 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,129 THIS IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE 519 00:26:38,129 --> 00:26:39,598 ENGINE WIGGLE TEST. 520 00:26:39,598 --> 00:26:44,569 THIS IS WHEN SpaceX MOVES THE 521 00:26:44,569 --> 00:26:46,972 THRUST NOZZLE SLIGHTLY TO MAKE 522 00:26:46,972 --> 00:26:49,207 SURE THE THRUST HARDWARE IS GO 523 00:26:49,207 --> 00:26:49,975 FOR FLIGHT. 524 00:26:49,975 --> 00:26:53,945 THAT'S A VIEW OF THE TRANSPORTER 525 00:26:53,945 --> 00:26:55,947 ERECT TORE TILTING BACK. 526 00:26:55,947 --> 00:26:58,183 SpaceX DOES THE SAME CHECKOUTS 527 00:26:58,183 --> 00:27:00,485 OF THE FIRST STAGE ENGINES. 528 00:27:00,485 --> 00:27:03,888 THAT HAPPENS JUST SECONDS BEFORE 529 00:27:03,888 --> 00:27:06,992 IGNITION. 530 00:27:06,992 --> 00:27:13,264 AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH, 8:44:22, 531 00:27:13,264 --> 00:27:13,999 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 532 00:27:13,999 --> 00:27:19,471 WILL BE OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN, 533 00:27:19,471 --> 00:27:25,677 267 STATUE MILES IN ALTITUDE. 534 00:27:25,677 --> 00:27:28,413 >> WE ACTUALLY HEARD JUST ABOUT 535 00:27:28,413 --> 00:27:30,148 30 SECONDS AGO THAT LIQUID 536 00:27:30,148 --> 00:27:31,783 OXYGEN LOADING IS COMPLETE ON 537 00:27:31,783 --> 00:27:32,951 THE FIRST STAGE. 538 00:27:32,951 --> 00:27:35,186 AND COMING UP HERE, JUST UNDER 539 00:27:35,186 --> 00:27:37,789 20 SECONDS, WE'LL HEAR A SIMILAR 540 00:27:37,789 --> 00:27:39,991 CALL-OUT ON THE SECOND STAGE. 541 00:27:39,991 --> 00:27:42,494 THAT WILL WRAP UP LOADING ON 542 00:27:42,494 --> 00:27:45,096 FALCON 9 IN PREPARATION FOR 543 00:27:45,096 --> 00:27:45,697 LAUNCH. 544 00:27:45,697 --> 00:27:47,632 DRAGON IS PORTLANDING ITS FINAL 545 00:27:47,632 --> 00:27:49,167 HEALTH CHECKS TO MAKE SURE WE 546 00:27:49,167 --> 00:27:51,670 ARE READY TO GO FOR RENDEZVOUS 547 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:53,538 WITH THE SPACE STATION ABOUT 38 548 00:27:53,538 --> 00:27:54,539 HOURS FROM NOW. 549 00:27:54,539 --> 00:27:55,940 I LOVE THIS SHOT OF THE PAD. 550 00:27:55,940 --> 00:28:00,111 YOU CAN SEE THE CLOUDS FORMING 551 00:28:00,111 --> 00:28:04,249 AROUND FALCON 9. 552 00:28:04,249 --> 00:28:06,918 THERE'S A CALL OUT FOR LOAD 553 00:28:06,918 --> 00:28:07,285 COMPLETE. 554 00:28:07,285 --> 00:28:11,256 YOU CAN HEAR OR SEE THE WATER 555 00:28:11,256 --> 00:28:14,759 VAPOR CONDENSING AROUND FALCON 556 00:28:14,759 --> 00:28:14,993 9. 557 00:28:14,993 --> 00:28:16,828 >> YOU SURE CAN. 558 00:28:16,828 --> 00:28:19,364 JUST A FEW MINUTES LEFT IN 559 00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:19,731 TWILIGHT. 560 00:28:19,731 --> 00:28:22,567 A LITTLE BIT OF ILLUMINATION 561 00:28:22,567 --> 00:28:25,236 MAKES IT NICE. 562 00:28:25,236 --> 00:28:27,739 AT T MINUS 1 MINUTE, THEY WILL 563 00:28:27,739 --> 00:28:31,376 TRANSITION TO INTERNAL POWER. 564 00:28:31,376 --> 00:28:33,144 THEY WILL GUIDE THE ROCKET 565 00:28:33,144 --> 00:28:37,482 THROUGH THE LAST SECONDS BEFORE 566 00:28:37,482 --> 00:28:53,331 LIFTOFF. 567 00:28:56,568 --> 00:28:58,069 >> FALCON 9 IS IN START UP. 568 00:28:58,069 --> 00:29:01,773 >> DRAGON IS IN COUNTDOWN. 569 00:29:01,773 --> 00:29:04,609 >> BOTH STAGES ARE NOW 570 00:29:04,609 --> 00:29:06,578 PRESSURIZING FOR LAUNCH. 571 00:29:06,578 --> 00:29:11,282 >> GO FOR FALCON 9. 572 00:29:11,282 --> 00:29:21,526 >> RANGE IS GO, WEATHER IS GO. 573 00:29:21,526 --> 00:29:32,504 >> T MINUS 30 SECONDS. 574 00:29:32,504 --> 00:29:34,005 >> BEAUTIFUL TIME OF DAY TO 575 00:29:34,005 --> 00:29:34,806 WATCH THIS LAUNCH. 576 00:29:34,806 --> 00:29:36,808 IF YOU ARE OUT ON THE BEACH. 577 00:29:36,808 --> 00:29:37,809 >> T MINUS 15. 578 00:29:37,809 --> 00:29:40,178 >> AND HERE WE GO. 579 00:29:40,178 --> 00:29:49,821 >> 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 580 00:29:49,821 --> 00:29:50,688 1. 581 00:29:50,688 --> 00:29:54,192 ENGINE IGNITION. 582 00:29:54,192 --> 00:29:56,928 AND LIFT-OFF. 583 00:29:56,928 --> 00:29:59,497 LIFT-OFF OF SpaceX'S FALCON 9 584 00:29:59,497 --> 00:30:01,566 ROCKET LAUNCHING DRAGON ON THE 585 00:30:01,566 --> 00:30:03,902 25th MISSION TO REFLY THE 586 00:30:03,902 --> 00:30:04,669 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WITH 587 00:30:04,669 --> 00:30:06,805 COOL SCIENCE AND A NEW ADVANCED 588 00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:08,673 INSTRUMENT TO MORE EFFECTIVELY 589 00:30:08,673 --> 00:30:22,720 STUDY OUR PLANET'S CLIMATE. 590 00:30:38,436 --> 00:30:46,077 >> POWER AND TELEMETRY NOMINAL. 591 00:30:46,077 --> 00:30:48,112 >> WE ARE 50 SECONDS INTO 592 00:30:48,112 --> 00:30:50,515 FLIGHT, SUCCESSFUL LIFT-OFF FROM 593 00:30:50,515 --> 00:30:53,451 THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 594 00:30:53,451 --> 00:30:55,787 FALCON 9 IS HEADING TOWARD THE 595 00:30:55,787 --> 00:30:59,057 POINT OF MAXIMUM AERODYNAMIC 596 00:30:59,057 --> 00:31:02,227 PRESSURE. 597 00:31:02,227 --> 00:31:05,630 THE POINT OF HIGHEST STRESS THE 598 00:31:05,630 --> 00:31:07,065 VEHICLE WILL EXPERIENCE. 599 00:31:07,065 --> 00:31:10,935 THERE'S THE CALL-OUT FOR MAXIMUM 600 00:31:10,935 --> 00:31:12,003 DYNAMIC PRESSURE. 601 00:31:12,003 --> 00:31:13,771 FROM HERE THE STRESSES WILL GET 602 00:31:13,771 --> 00:31:14,739 LOWER AND LOWER. 603 00:31:14,739 --> 00:31:17,275 COMING UP, WE GOT FIVE EVENTS 604 00:31:17,275 --> 00:31:18,309 BACK TO BACK. 605 00:31:18,309 --> 00:31:21,713 THE FIRST WILL BE MAIN ENGINE 606 00:31:21,713 --> 00:31:22,080 CUTOFF. 607 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:23,815 THAT'S WHERE ALL NINE ENGINES ON 608 00:31:23,815 --> 00:31:27,051 THE FIRST STAGE WILL SHUT DOWN. 609 00:31:27,051 --> 00:31:29,254 FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE STAGE 610 00:31:29,254 --> 00:31:30,688 SEPARATION, THE FIRST AND SECOND 611 00:31:30,688 --> 00:31:32,023 STAGES WILL SEPARATE. 612 00:31:32,023 --> 00:31:34,759 THE FIRST STAGE WILL FLIP AROUND 613 00:31:34,759 --> 00:31:37,862 TO MAKE SURE IT'S HEADING BACK 614 00:31:37,862 --> 00:31:39,597 TOWARDS THE LANDING SITE. 615 00:31:39,597 --> 00:31:41,900 AND THEN THE SECOND STAGE WILL 616 00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:44,769 IGNITE THE VACUUM ENGINE TO 617 00:31:44,769 --> 00:31:47,272 BOOST DRAGON INTO LOWER EARTH 618 00:31:47,272 --> 00:31:48,306 ORBIT. 619 00:31:48,306 --> 00:31:51,142 YOU HEARD THE CALL OUT FOR 620 00:31:51,142 --> 00:31:52,610 ENGINE CHILLING. 621 00:31:52,610 --> 00:31:55,246 THE LAST EVENT IS THE BOOST BACK 622 00:31:55,246 --> 00:31:57,782 BURN, TO REDUCE THE VELOCITY OF 623 00:31:57,782 --> 00:32:00,218 THAT VEHICLE AS WE PREPARE FOR 624 00:32:00,218 --> 00:32:02,086 ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY. 625 00:32:02,086 --> 00:32:04,689 ALL OF THOSE EVENTS HAPPEN OVER 626 00:32:04,689 --> 00:32:05,556 45 SECONDS. 627 00:32:05,556 --> 00:32:07,859 THEY ARE MAIN ENGINE CUT OFF, 628 00:32:07,859 --> 00:32:11,062 STAGE SEPARATION, FLIP, ENGINE 629 00:32:11,062 --> 00:32:13,698 START AND BOOST BACK BURN START. 630 00:32:13,698 --> 00:32:16,000 ALL THOSE HAPPENING IN JUST 631 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:24,509 ABOUT FIVE SECONDS. 632 00:32:24,509 --> 00:32:27,111 >> STAGE SEPARATION CONFIRMED. 633 00:32:27,111 --> 00:32:30,548 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 634 00:32:30,548 --> 00:32:40,625 >> FANTASTIC SIGHT. 635 00:32:40,625 --> 00:32:42,660 >> AND NOW THE BOOST BACK BURN 636 00:32:42,660 --> 00:32:43,528 IS UNDER WAY. 637 00:32:43,528 --> 00:32:46,597 THE SHOT ON OUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW 638 00:32:46,597 --> 00:32:47,865 IS OF THE MERLIN VACUUM ENGINE 639 00:32:47,865 --> 00:32:49,534 ON THE SECOND STAGE. 640 00:32:49,534 --> 00:32:51,736 AS THIS VIEW TOGGLES, YOU MAY 641 00:32:51,736 --> 00:32:53,938 CATCH THE FIRST STAGE. 642 00:32:53,938 --> 00:32:56,708 IT'S FIRING ITS ENGINES THAT 643 00:32:56,708 --> 00:33:00,445 BURN ON THE FIRST STAGE LASTING 644 00:33:00,445 --> 00:33:00,945 ABOUT 30 SECONDS. 645 00:33:00,945 --> 00:33:05,216 YOU CAN SEE THE PLUME ON THE 646 00:33:05,216 --> 00:33:09,087 FIRST STAGE AS WE DO THE BOOST 647 00:33:09,087 --> 00:33:11,556 BACK BURN. 648 00:33:11,556 --> 00:33:14,525 >> STAGE ONE BOOST BACK 649 00:33:14,525 --> 00:33:14,892 SHUTDOWN. 650 00:33:14,892 --> 00:33:17,996 >> SUCCESSFUL SHUTDOWN OF THE 651 00:33:17,996 --> 00:33:19,931 FIRST STAGE MERLIN ENGINE. 652 00:33:19,931 --> 00:33:21,232 SECOND STAGE ENGINE CONTINUING 653 00:33:21,232 --> 00:33:21,733 TO BURN. 654 00:33:21,733 --> 00:33:23,801 THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BURN UNTIL 655 00:33:23,801 --> 00:33:27,405 THE T PLUS 8 MINUTES AND 40 656 00:33:27,405 --> 00:33:31,376 SECONDS MARK INTO THE MISSION. 657 00:33:31,376 --> 00:33:33,244 IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, 658 00:33:33,244 --> 00:33:35,913 WELCOME TO OUR 25th COMMERCIAL 659 00:33:35,913 --> 00:33:38,816 RESUPPLY MISSION TO THE 660 00:33:38,816 --> 00:33:39,517 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 661 00:33:39,517 --> 00:33:41,519 YOU ARE WATCHING OUR 30th 662 00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:42,987 MISSION OF 2022. 663 00:33:42,987 --> 00:33:47,058 AND THE THIRD DRAGON FLIGHT TO 664 00:33:47,058 --> 00:33:48,226 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 665 00:33:48,226 --> 00:33:49,193 THIS YEAR. 666 00:33:49,193 --> 00:33:50,495 LIFTED OFF JUST ABOUT FOUR 667 00:33:50,495 --> 00:33:52,630 MINUTES AGO FROM THE KENNEDY 668 00:33:52,630 --> 00:33:55,700 SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA. 669 00:33:55,700 --> 00:33:56,901 ON YOUR SCREEN ARE VIEWS OF 670 00:33:56,901 --> 00:34:01,172 FIRST STAGE ON THE LEFT SIDE. 671 00:34:01,172 --> 00:34:02,640 CONTROLLING ATTITUDE TO MAKE ITS 672 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:03,641 WAY BACK HOME. 673 00:34:03,641 --> 00:34:07,145 ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS A SHOT OF 674 00:34:07,145 --> 00:34:08,780 THE MERLIN VACUUM ENGINE ON THE 675 00:34:08,780 --> 00:34:10,181 SECOND STAGE PERFORMING ITS 676 00:34:10,181 --> 00:34:10,481 BURN. 677 00:34:10,481 --> 00:34:12,750 IT WILL CONTINUE TO BURN FOR 678 00:34:12,750 --> 00:34:15,186 ABOUT ANOTHER FOUR MINUTES TO 679 00:34:15,186 --> 00:34:22,460 TAKE DRAGON UP TO LOWER EARTH 680 00:34:22,460 --> 00:34:23,027 ORBIT. 681 00:34:23,027 --> 00:34:24,762 SPEAKING OF THE ENTRY SEQUENCE 682 00:34:24,762 --> 00:34:26,631 ON THE FIRST STAGE TO MAKE ITS 683 00:34:26,631 --> 00:34:29,700 WAY BACK TO THAT DRONE SHIP. 684 00:34:29,700 --> 00:34:32,203 IT WILL HAVE TO EXECUTE TWO MORE 685 00:34:32,203 --> 00:34:32,670 BURNS. 686 00:34:32,670 --> 00:34:35,406 FIRST IS THE ENTRY BURN, WE'LL 687 00:34:35,406 --> 00:34:37,075 IGNITE THREE OF THE ENGINES. 688 00:34:37,075 --> 00:34:41,946 THAT SLOWS DOWN. 689 00:34:41,946 --> 00:34:44,015 FOLLOWING THAT IS THE LAND CAN 690 00:34:44,015 --> 00:34:44,315 BURN. 691 00:34:44,315 --> 00:34:47,952 THEY WILL IGNITE A SINGLE MERLIN 692 00:34:47,952 --> 00:34:49,387 ENGINE THAT WILL BRING THE 693 00:34:49,387 --> 00:34:51,355 VEHICLE SPEED DOWN TO ZERO FOR A 694 00:34:51,355 --> 00:34:53,324 SOFT TOUCHDOWN ON THE DRONE 695 00:34:53,324 --> 00:34:53,925 SHIP. 696 00:34:53,925 --> 00:34:56,727 WE GOT SOME GREAT SUNLIGHT ON 697 00:34:56,727 --> 00:34:59,397 THE VEHICLE AND YOU ARE 698 00:34:59,397 --> 00:35:00,832 PERIODICALLY SEEING PLUMES OF 699 00:35:00,832 --> 00:35:01,299 WHITE. 700 00:35:01,299 --> 00:35:04,702 THAT'S FROM THE NITROGEN GAS 701 00:35:04,702 --> 00:35:05,069 THRUSTERS. 702 00:35:05,069 --> 00:35:08,673 THEY ARE KEEPING THE FIRST STAGE 703 00:35:08,673 --> 00:35:11,742 ORIENTED, ENGINES. 704 00:35:11,742 --> 00:35:15,913 ONCE WE GET THROUGH THAT ENTRY 705 00:35:15,913 --> 00:35:17,582 BURN, THE FANS WILL TAKE OVER 706 00:35:17,582 --> 00:35:20,251 CONTROL AS WE START TO GET 707 00:35:20,251 --> 00:35:20,852 ATMOSPHERIC AUTHORITY. 708 00:35:20,852 --> 00:35:23,020 AND THEN THE FIRST STAGE WILL 709 00:35:23,020 --> 00:35:25,957 ONLY USE THOSE GRID FINS TO 710 00:35:25,957 --> 00:35:28,392 STEER BACK TOWARDS OUR DRONE 711 00:35:28,392 --> 00:35:28,693 SHIP. 712 00:35:28,693 --> 00:35:31,696 BURN EXPECTED TO START TEN 713 00:35:31,696 --> 00:35:33,898 SECONDS FROM NOW. 714 00:35:33,898 --> 00:35:37,602 JUST TAKING A QUICK LOOK IN, 715 00:35:37,602 --> 00:35:41,205 STAGE 2 ENGINE PERFORMANCE. 716 00:35:41,205 --> 00:35:41,572 NOMINAL. 717 00:35:41,572 --> 00:35:42,573 CONTINUING TO BURN. 718 00:35:42,573 --> 00:35:47,011 WE GOT ABOUT THREE MORE MINUTES. 719 00:35:47,011 --> 00:35:53,284 >> ENTRY BURN STARTUP. 720 00:35:53,284 --> 00:35:57,989 >> YOU CAN SEE THE VELOCITY ON 721 00:35:57,989 --> 00:36:00,825 THE LEFT SIDE, RAPIDLY SLOWING 722 00:36:00,825 --> 00:36:01,225 DOWN. 723 00:36:01,225 --> 00:36:03,995 THAT BURN ONLY LASTING ABOUT 15 724 00:36:03,995 --> 00:36:04,362 SECONDS. 725 00:36:04,362 --> 00:36:08,533 NOW WE ARE DOING A QUICK 726 00:36:08,533 --> 00:36:09,934 ATTITUDE CORRECTION TO MAKE SURE 727 00:36:09,934 --> 00:36:12,503 WE ARE POINTING THE HEAT SHIELD 728 00:36:12,503 --> 00:36:13,437 DOWN. 729 00:36:13,437 --> 00:36:22,613 AND THAT ENTRY BURN, DEPOSITING 730 00:36:22,613 --> 00:36:24,415 CARBON LOOK. 731 00:36:24,415 --> 00:36:26,417 FALCON 9 ALSO HAS FOUR LANDING 732 00:36:26,417 --> 00:36:30,054 LEGS MADE OF CARBON FIBER. 733 00:36:30,054 --> 00:36:31,822 PLACED AROUND THE BASE OF THE 734 00:36:31,822 --> 00:36:32,156 ROCKET. 735 00:36:32,156 --> 00:36:34,458 THEY WILL DEPLOY JUST PRIOR TO 736 00:36:34,458 --> 00:36:36,227 LANDING DURING THE LANDING BURN. 737 00:36:36,227 --> 00:36:38,963 IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN 738 00:36:38,963 --> 00:36:43,234 RECOVERING FALL TON 9, IT WILL 739 00:36:43,234 --> 00:36:46,103 MARK THE 130th LANDING OVERALL 740 00:36:46,103 --> 00:36:50,708 OF A FALCON 9 INCLUDING FALCON 741 00:36:50,708 --> 00:36:53,911 HEAVY MISSIONS. 742 00:36:53,911 --> 00:37:04,855 LANDING BURN COMING UP SHORTLY. 743 00:37:04,855 --> 00:37:07,858 KEEP AN EYE OUT ON THE SPEED. 744 00:37:07,858 --> 00:37:10,294 WE'LL SEE THAT COME ALL THE WAY 745 00:37:10,294 --> 00:37:11,229 DOWN TO ZERO. 746 00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:13,831 ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE DRONE 747 00:37:13,831 --> 00:37:14,165 SHIP. 748 00:37:14,165 --> 00:37:17,034 ALSO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR LANDING 749 00:37:17,034 --> 00:37:22,740 LEG DEPLOY. 750 00:37:22,740 --> 00:37:31,449 >> STAGE 1 LANDING LEG DEPLOY. 751 00:37:31,449 --> 00:37:33,751 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 752 00:37:33,751 --> 00:37:37,455 >> PEOPLE EXCITED BEHIND ME. 753 00:37:37,455 --> 00:37:42,927 RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, FIFTH 754 00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:47,098 LANDING, 130th LANDING 755 00:37:47,098 --> 00:37:47,431 OVERALL. 756 00:37:47,431 --> 00:37:50,101 BEAUTIFUL SIGHT TO SEE. 757 00:37:50,101 --> 00:37:52,637 COMING UP NEXT, SECOND ENGINE 758 00:37:52,637 --> 00:37:53,771 CUTOFF NUMBER ONE. 759 00:37:53,771 --> 00:37:56,507 WE'LL EXPECT THE MERLIN VACUUM 760 00:37:56,507 --> 00:37:58,909 ENGINE TO STOP FIRING ABOUT 30 761 00:37:58,909 --> 00:38:02,980 SECONDS FROM NOW. 762 00:38:02,980 --> 00:38:05,483 THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT TO ITS 763 00:38:05,483 --> 00:38:10,321 ORBIT AROUND OUR PLANET. 764 00:38:10,321 --> 00:38:13,190 AFTER WE COMPLETE SECOND ENGINE 765 00:38:13,190 --> 00:38:16,060 CUTOFF, WE'LL DO A QUICK CHECK 766 00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:19,430 TO MAKE SURE WE ARE IN THE 767 00:38:19,430 --> 00:38:20,765 TARGETED ORBIT. 768 00:38:20,765 --> 00:38:23,634 YOU HEAR THAT CALLED OUT AS A 769 00:38:23,634 --> 00:38:27,471 NOMINAL ORBIT INSERTION OR GOOD 770 00:38:27,471 --> 00:38:37,148 CALL OUT. 771 00:38:37,148 --> 00:38:41,852 >> SHUTDOWN. 772 00:38:41,852 --> 00:38:49,226 >> SO YOU HEARD A CALL OUT THE 773 00:38:49,226 --> 00:38:51,762 LOOPS FOR A SHUT DOWN ON THE 774 00:38:51,762 --> 00:38:52,563 VACUUM. 775 00:38:52,563 --> 00:38:54,332 THERE'S NOMINAL ORBITAL 776 00:38:54,332 --> 00:38:54,732 INSERTION. 777 00:38:54,732 --> 00:38:56,133 THE GROUND TEAM HAVE ASSESSED 778 00:38:56,133 --> 00:38:58,202 THE ORBIT AND STAGE 2 IS RIGHT 779 00:38:58,202 --> 00:38:59,737 WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE. 780 00:38:59,737 --> 00:39:01,539 THAT ALSO MEANS THAT DRAGON IS 781 00:39:01,539 --> 00:39:03,741 RIGHT WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE 782 00:39:03,741 --> 00:39:06,177 SINCE IT'S BEEN ARRIVING ON THE 783 00:39:06,177 --> 00:39:07,812 SECOND STAGE THIS WHOLE TIME. 784 00:39:07,812 --> 00:39:09,780 IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, WE 785 00:39:09,780 --> 00:39:14,618 ARE ABOUT T PLUS 9:20 INTO THE 786 00:39:14,618 --> 00:39:14,985 MISSION. 787 00:39:14,985 --> 00:39:19,290 ON THE SCREEN NEXT TO ME IS A 788 00:39:19,290 --> 00:39:20,291 VIEW OF THE MERLIN VACUUM 789 00:39:20,291 --> 00:39:20,624 ENGINE. 790 00:39:20,624 --> 00:39:23,060 THE SECOND STAGE HAS ONE MAJOR 791 00:39:23,060 --> 00:39:25,463 TASK REMAINING, COMMANDING 792 00:39:25,463 --> 00:39:27,231 SEPARATION OF THE DRAGON 793 00:39:27,231 --> 00:39:28,532 SPACECRAFT A FEW MINUTES FROM 794 00:39:28,532 --> 00:39:28,799 NOW. 795 00:39:28,799 --> 00:39:31,736 WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE VIDEO OF 796 00:39:31,736 --> 00:39:33,704 SEPARATION FROM THE TOP. 797 00:39:33,704 --> 00:39:36,006 WE GOT A QUICK GLIMPSE BEFORE. 798 00:39:36,006 --> 00:39:38,209 WE HAVE A CAMERA THAT LOOKS UP 799 00:39:38,209 --> 00:39:40,644 INTO THE TRUNK OF DRAGON AND 800 00:39:40,644 --> 00:39:44,448 GIVES US A PEEK AT SOME OF THE 801 00:39:44,448 --> 00:39:45,750 CARGO WE ARE TAKING IN THAT 802 00:39:45,750 --> 00:39:46,650 UNPRESSURIZED SECTION. 803 00:39:46,650 --> 00:39:48,619 YOU CAN SEE THAT PAYLOAD THERE 804 00:39:48,619 --> 00:39:51,088 ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. 805 00:39:51,088 --> 00:39:55,159 THE CRS CAPSULE WILL BE JOINING 806 00:39:55,159 --> 00:39:59,363 THE CREW 4 FREEDOM. 807 00:39:59,363 --> 00:40:01,399 THEY WILL DOCK AT THE 808 00:40:01,399 --> 00:40:02,166 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 809 00:40:02,166 --> 00:40:05,169 IT WILL BE HEADED TO THE FORWARD 810 00:40:05,169 --> 00:40:08,339 HAR NON-ANY PORT ON NODE 2 811 00:40:08,339 --> 00:40:11,075 EXPECTING IT TO ARRIVE ON THE 812 00:40:11,075 --> 00:40:11,542 16th. 813 00:40:11,542 --> 00:40:13,744 THERE IT WILL SPEND ABOUT ONE 814 00:40:13,744 --> 00:40:16,514 MONTH ATTACHED AT THE 815 00:40:16,514 --> 00:40:17,214 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 816 00:40:17,214 --> 00:40:19,850 AS FOR THE CARGO, WE ARE 817 00:40:19,850 --> 00:40:21,619 DELIVERING MORE THAN 5800 POUNDS 818 00:40:21,619 --> 00:40:23,788 OF SCIENCE RESEARCH, CREW 819 00:40:23,788 --> 00:40:25,823 SUPPLIES AS WELL AS VEHICLE 820 00:40:25,823 --> 00:40:27,792 HARDWARE TO THE ORBITING LAB AND 821 00:40:27,792 --> 00:40:29,126 ITS CREW. 822 00:40:29,126 --> 00:40:31,529 AMAZING, MORE VIEWS INSIDE THE 823 00:40:31,529 --> 00:40:31,862 TRUNK. 824 00:40:31,862 --> 00:40:34,432 AT THIS POINT THE SECOND STAGE 825 00:40:34,432 --> 00:40:36,167 IS PERFORMING ITS FINAL CHECKS 826 00:40:36,167 --> 00:40:38,836 TO ENSURE WE ARE NOT IMPARTING 827 00:40:38,836 --> 00:40:41,038 ANY UNNECESSARY MOMENTUM OR SPIN 828 00:40:41,038 --> 00:40:43,140 TO THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT. 829 00:40:43,140 --> 00:40:45,876 ONCE THOSE CALCULATIONS ARE 830 00:40:45,876 --> 00:40:47,945 COMPLETE, DRAGON AND SECOND 831 00:40:47,945 --> 00:40:49,180 STAGE WILL COMMAND SEPARATION 832 00:40:49,180 --> 00:40:50,915 AND SHORTLY FOLLOWING 833 00:40:50,915 --> 00:40:52,383 SEPARATION, DRAGON WILL CONDUCT 834 00:40:52,383 --> 00:40:56,320 A SERIES OF HEALTH CHECKS ON ITS 835 00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:56,887 THRUSTERS. 836 00:40:56,887 --> 00:41:01,459 CAB BIN, THERMAL AND SOLAR 837 00:41:01,459 --> 00:41:02,960 SYSTEM NAVIGATION FOR THE 838 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:11,635 UPCOMING MISSION TO THE SPACE 839 00:41:11,635 --> 00:41:11,969 STATION. 840 00:41:11,969 --> 00:41:13,737 GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS TO GO. 841 00:41:13,737 --> 00:41:15,272 IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US. 842 00:41:15,272 --> 00:41:17,141 WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SECOND 843 00:41:17,141 --> 00:41:18,409 STAGE. 844 00:41:18,409 --> 00:41:21,045 COMING UP REAL SHORTLY TO DRAGON 845 00:41:21,045 --> 00:41:22,580 SEPARATION, THIS PARTICULAR 846 00:41:22,580 --> 00:41:25,850 DRAGON PARKING ITS THIRD FLIGHT 847 00:41:25,850 --> 00:41:30,187 AND IT'S ALSO THE FIRST THIRD 848 00:41:30,187 --> 00:41:32,556 REUSE OF THE CARGO VEHICLE. 849 00:41:32,556 --> 00:41:34,692 THIS VIEW LOOKING INTO THE TRUNK 850 00:41:34,692 --> 00:41:39,463 OF THE DRAGON CAPSULE, THE 851 00:41:39,463 --> 00:41:40,598 UNPRESSURIZED PORTION OF THE 852 00:41:40,598 --> 00:41:42,566 VEHICLE THAT HAS SOME OF THE 853 00:41:42,566 --> 00:41:45,302 PAYLOAD WE ARE TAKING UP TO THE 854 00:41:45,302 --> 00:41:46,003 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 855 00:41:46,003 --> 00:41:50,274 >> DRAGON SEPARATION CONFIRMED. 856 00:41:50,274 --> 00:41:51,909 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 857 00:41:51,909 --> 00:41:57,615 >> PHENOMENAL. 858 00:41:57,615 --> 00:42:00,885 FLOATING AWAY FROM FALCON 9 859 00:42:00,885 --> 00:42:01,886 SECOND STAGE. 860 00:42:01,886 --> 00:42:06,490 AGAIN, COMING UP NEXT, WE GOT 861 00:42:06,490 --> 00:42:09,894 SOME SERVICE SECTION DRACO 862 00:42:09,894 --> 00:42:11,896 CHECKOUTS AS WELL AS NOSE CONE 863 00:42:11,896 --> 00:42:12,997 OPENING. 864 00:42:12,997 --> 00:42:14,131 THAT WILL COMPLETE MY COVERAGE. 865 00:42:14,131 --> 00:42:16,467 I WILL PASS IT OVER TO SANDRA TO 866 00:42:16,467 --> 00:42:22,706 CHECK IN WITH THE TEAM THERE. 867 00:42:22,706 --> 00:42:23,040 SANDRA. 868 00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:24,241 >> THANKS. 869 00:42:24,241 --> 00:42:25,910 WELCOME BACK INTO THE 870 00:42:25,910 --> 00:42:26,577 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 871 00:42:26,577 --> 00:42:27,711 FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM. 872 00:42:27,711 --> 00:42:29,647 THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH FROM 873 00:42:29,647 --> 00:42:31,749 HERE IN MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON. 874 00:42:31,749 --> 00:42:33,250 RIGHT NOW WE ARE JUST STANDING 875 00:42:33,250 --> 00:42:36,020 BY FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE NOSE 876 00:42:36,020 --> 00:42:38,422 CONE DEPLOYMENT. 877 00:42:38,422 --> 00:42:40,758 AND WE DID JUST GET CONFIRMATION 878 00:42:40,758 --> 00:42:43,527 THAT THE NOSE CONE WAS 879 00:42:43,527 --> 00:42:44,862 SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED. 880 00:42:44,862 --> 00:42:47,197 THAT COVERS THE DOCKING 881 00:42:47,197 --> 00:42:49,166 HARDWARE, THE RENDEZVOUS CENTER 882 00:42:49,166 --> 00:42:53,270 AND THE BULKHEAD FORWARD DRACOS. 883 00:42:53,270 --> 00:42:55,806 THE NOSE CONE WILL STAY OPEN 884 00:42:55,806 --> 00:42:57,141 UNTIL AFTER THE MISSION AND 885 00:42:57,141 --> 00:43:00,210 PRIOR TO REENTRY. 886 00:43:00,210 --> 00:43:03,347 IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, NASA 887 00:43:03,347 --> 00:43:06,917 AND CASE X'S 25th COMMERCIAL 888 00:43:06,917 --> 00:43:09,386 REPLY MISSION LAUNCHED IN 889 00:43:09,386 --> 00:43:13,090 FLORIDA AT 7:44 P.M. CENTRAL, 890 00:43:13,090 --> 00:43:14,558 8:44 P.M. EASTERN TIME THIS 891 00:43:14,558 --> 00:43:16,860 EVENING AND IS CURRENTLY IN 892 00:43:16,860 --> 00:43:18,529 ORBIT HEADING TO THE 893 00:43:18,529 --> 00:43:19,763 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 894 00:43:19,763 --> 00:43:22,533 DRAGON IS STILLED WITH OVER 895 00:43:22,533 --> 00:43:24,368 5,800 POUNDS OF CARGO AND 896 00:43:24,368 --> 00:43:25,803 SUPPLIES, INCLUDING SCIENCE 897 00:43:25,803 --> 00:43:30,608 VARYINGS, HARDWARE AND FRESH 898 00:43:30,608 --> 00:43:36,547 FOOD SUCH AS APPLES, ORANGES, 899 00:43:36,547 --> 00:43:38,182 CARROT, CHEESE. 900 00:43:38,182 --> 00:43:39,183 ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 901 00:43:39,183 --> 00:43:41,685 STATION RIGHT NOW IS THE SEVEN 902 00:43:41,685 --> 00:43:43,988 PERSON EXPEDITION 67 CREW WHO 903 00:43:43,988 --> 00:43:45,856 I'M SURE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO 904 00:43:45,856 --> 00:43:47,191 THESE FRESH FOODS. 905 00:43:47,191 --> 00:43:51,261 THE CREW INCLUDES BOB HINES, 906 00:43:51,261 --> 00:44:00,404 EUROPEAN ASTRONAUT. 907 00:44:00,404 --> 00:44:16,854 AS WELL AS JESSICA WATKINS AND 908 00:44:16,854 --> 00:44:20,524 CHAULINDGRIN. 909 00:44:23,594 --> 00:44:24,361 AND WE ARE JUST CONTINUING TO 910 00:44:24,361 --> 00:44:28,899 STAND BY ON THAT NOSE CONE 911 00:44:28,899 --> 00:44:38,942 DEPLOYMENT CHECKOUT. 912 00:44:38,942 --> 00:44:41,412 DRAGON IS SLATED TO DOCK TO THE 913 00:44:41,412 --> 00:44:43,047 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON 914 00:44:43,047 --> 00:44:45,416 SATURDAY AT APPROXIMATELY 915 00:44:45,416 --> 00:44:46,950 10:20 A.M. CENTRAL TIME. 916 00:44:46,950 --> 00:44:49,553 NASA ASTRONAUTS BOB HINES AND 917 00:44:49,553 --> 00:44:50,988 JESSICA WATKINS WILL BE 918 00:44:50,988 --> 00:45:01,165 MONITORING THE APPROACH OF 919 00:45:01,165 --> 00:45:01,732 DRAGON. 920 00:45:01,732 --> 00:45:03,934 EARLIER THIS WEEK NASA 921 00:45:03,934 --> 00:45:06,036 RESTAURANT BOB HINES AND JESSICA 922 00:45:06,036 --> 00:45:09,106 WATKINS SPENT TIME REVIEWING 923 00:45:09,106 --> 00:45:10,340 PROCEDURES ON A COMPUTER AHEAD 924 00:45:10,340 --> 00:45:13,077 OF THE RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING. 925 00:45:13,077 --> 00:45:15,179 AND THE TWO FLIGHT ENGINEERS 926 00:45:15,179 --> 00:45:18,582 WERE HIMSELF JOINED BY NASA 927 00:45:18,582 --> 00:45:20,751 ASTRONAUT WHO HELPED STAGE CARGO 928 00:45:20,751 --> 00:45:23,687 THAT WILL BE RETURNED INSIDE 929 00:45:23,687 --> 00:45:26,824 DRAGON AT THE END OF ITS MONTH 930 00:45:26,824 --> 00:45:36,900 LONG MISSION AT THE ORBITAL LAB. 931 00:45:36,900 --> 00:45:38,769 AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO STAND 932 00:45:38,769 --> 00:45:40,871 BY FOR CONFIRMATION THAT THE 933 00:45:40,871 --> 00:45:54,585 NOSE CONE CHECKOUTS ARE 934 00:45:54,585 --> 00:46:43,634 COMPLETE. 935 00:46:43,634 --> 00:46:45,369 AND WE DID HEAR THAT THE FIRST 936 00:46:45,369 --> 00:46:47,671 SET OF HOOKS IS ALREADY DRIVEN 937 00:46:47,671 --> 00:46:50,908 AND THE SECOND SET OF HOOKS IS 938 00:46:50,908 --> 00:46:54,745 DRIVING FOR THAT NOSE CONE 939 00:46:54,745 --> 00:47:01,251 DEPLOYMENT. 940 00:47:01,251 --> 00:47:32,015 ALL HOOKS ARE NOW OPEN. 941 00:47:32,015 --> 00:47:33,917 EVERYTHING CONTINUING TO GO 942 00:47:33,917 --> 00:47:34,284 SMOOTHLY. 943 00:47:34,284 --> 00:47:36,353 WE SHOULD HAVE CONFIRMATION HERE 944 00:47:36,353 --> 00:47:39,790 SHORTLY THAT THE NOSE CONE IS 945 00:47:39,790 --> 00:48:39,750 SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED. 946 00:48:39,750 --> 00:48:41,919 AND WE SHOULD HAVE CONFIRMATION 947 00:48:41,919 --> 00:49:24,161 HERE SHORTLY. 948 00:49:24,161 --> 00:49:26,463 AND AGAIN, THIS NOSE CONE COVERS 949 00:49:26,463 --> 00:49:36,173 THE DOCKING HARDWARE AS WELL AS. 950 00:49:36,173 --> 00:50:17,848 AND THE FORWARD BULKHEAD DRACOS. 951 00:50:17,848 --> 00:50:21,351 >> WE ARE CONTINUING TO STAND BY 952 00:50:21,351 --> 00:50:38,635 FOR NOSE CONE DEPLOYMENT. 953 00:50:38,635 --> 00:50:42,672 AND WE DID JUST HEAR 954 00:50:42,672 --> 00:50:44,574 CONFIRMATION THAT NOSE CONE 955 00:50:44,574 --> 00:50:46,376 DEPLOYMENT IS COMPLETE. 956 00:50:46,376 --> 00:50:48,345 WITH DRY NONE NOW SAFELY ON ITS 957 00:50:48,345 --> 00:50:49,079 WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 958 00:50:49,079 --> 00:50:51,348 STATION AND THE NOSE CONE 959 00:50:51,348 --> 00:50:52,582 SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED. 960 00:50:52,582 --> 00:50:56,219 THAT WILL DO IT FOR US AT 961 00:50:56,219 --> 00:50:57,354 MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON. 962 00:50:57,354 --> 00:50:58,989 THANKS FOR JOINING TONIGHT. 963 00:50:58,989 --> 00:51:01,191 I HOPE YOU WILL TUNE IN FOR 964 00:51:01,191 --> 00:51:03,060 DOCKING COVERAGE ON SATURDAY 965 00:51:03,060 --> 00:51:06,229 BEGINNING AT 9:00 A.M. CENTRAL, 966 00:51:06,229 --> 00:51:06,797 10:00 A.M. EASTERN. 967 00:51:06,797 --> 00:51:11,134 I WILL SEND IT BACK TO KENNEDY 968 00:51:11,134 --> 00:51:12,669 SPACE CENTER AND MEGAN. 969 00:51:12,669 --> 00:51:14,971 >> THANK YOU. 970 00:51:14,971 --> 00:51:19,342 THAT WILL DO IT FOR THE COVERAGE 971 00:51:19,342 --> 00:51:22,312 OF DRAGON, ON ITS WAY TO DOCK AT 972 00:51:22,312 --> 00:51:23,647 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 973 00:51:23,647 --> 00:51:28,118 IT'S SET TO DOCK AT 11:20 A.M. 974 00:51:28,118 --> 00:51:29,486 EASTERN TIME. 975 00:51:29,486 --> 00:51:31,154 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN 976 00:51:31,154 --> 00:51:33,356 TRACKING ONE OF THE 977 00:51:33,356 --> 00:51:36,193 EX-PAIRMENTS, YOU CAN DO THAT BY 978 00:51:36,193 --> 00:51:41,865 SCANNING THIS QR CODE. 979 00:51:41,865 --> 00:51:50,006 THAT'S JPL.NASA.GOV/EMIT. 980 00:51:50,006 --> 00:51:51,341 THANKS FOR JOINING US. 981 00:51:51,341 --> 00:51:55,078 WE LEAVE YOU WITH A REPLAY OF 982 00:51:55,078 --> 00:51:56,513 TONIGHT'S SPECTACULAR LAUNCH. 983 00:51:56,513 --> 00:51:59,182 ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR EVENING. 984 00:51:59,182 --> 00:52:07,591 >> 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 985 00:52:07,591 --> 00:52:11,495 1, ENGINE IGNITION. 986 00:52:11,495 --> 00:52:16,233 AND LIFT-OFF. 987 00:52:16,233 --> 00:52:19,536 LIFT-OFF OF SpaceX'S FALCON 988 00:52:19,536 --> 00:52:23,306 ROCKET ON THE 25th MISSION 989 00:52:23,306 --> 00:52:34,251 WITH COOL SCIENCE TO STUDY OUR 990 00:52:34,251 --> 00:52:38,054 PLANETS CLIMATE.