>>> Good morning.
This is mission control Houston
on Monday, June 3, 2019.
We are live here in the
international space station
flight control room with a live
view of the Spacex dragon cargo
craft in the grasp of the
robotic armament we are bringing
you live coverage of the release
of dragon for its return to
earth with MORE than 4200 pounds
of research and return cargo.
The release window opens 11:00
a.m. central time and shortly
after dragon is released it will
have three DEPARTURE burns to
move a a safe distance from the
space station ending in
a parachute assisted splash down
in the PACIFIC ocean SOUTHWEST
longbeach California this
afternoon.
Today the release success
controlled by ground controllers
here in the international space
station flight control room.
You will hear Lloyd talking to
the station crew from time to
time as they go through the
procedures for dragon's release
today.
On the console is officer TROY
Mccracken.
He will send commands to open
the snares ON THE end EFFECTor
on the robotic arm to allow
dragon to be set free for its
return to earth.
And space x mission director is
leading teams in the Spacex
control room in Hawthorne,
California.
They will take over operations
once it departs the VICINITY of
the international space station
to its splash down in the
PACIFIC ocean later this
AFTERNOON.
Dragon's journey to the
international space station
began on May 4 when the
spacecraft launched from the
Cape Canaveral air station in
FLORIDA.
The rocket lifted off over the
FLORIDA coast with about
5500 pounds of NASA cargo and
science investigations to begin
its 2-day journey to the
international space station.
Dragon arrived on May 6th.
As NASA nick hague monitored
systems.
A few hours after CAPTURE dragon
was installED TO the earth
facing port of the harmony
module.
We are taking another look AT
the Spacex dragon cargo craft.
The station is flying over
Europe 260 statute miles over
the earthLET dragon is returning
to earth later today with MORE
than 4200 pounds of reS*EFRP and
return cargo.
Five hours after dragon departs
it will conduct a deorbit burn
that will last 12 minutes and 45
seconds and take 30 minutes to
reenter the earth's ATMOSPHERE
for its parachute assisted
splash down, 203 miles SOUTHWEST
of Long Beach, California, later
this afternoon 4:55:00 p.m.
Central.
earlier this morning AT
7:30:00 a.m. TPHRAO*EUT
controllers here in mission
control Houston used space
station's Canada arm to detach
dragon from the earth-facing
side of the harmony module and
maneuver the vehicle into
release position.
back here in mission control
Houston the flight control
director is taking a final go-no
go poll from here around the
room to make sure all systems
are go before the release of
dragon.
Again, the release window opens
up AT 11:00 a.m. central time.
Robotics officer TROY
Mccracken will send commands
to open the snares on the end
effector on the robotic arm to
allow dragon to be set free for
its return to earth.
Dragon will conduct three
DEPARTURE burns or firings of
its main ENGINE to move a safe
distance from the station and
ENTERthe approach elliptoid the
cone around the station called
the neighborhood, if you will,
of the international space
station.
NASA's tasks will be complete as
flight controllers in the Spacex
mission control in Hawthorne,
California, take over operations
from there.
this is another view of the
dragon cargo craft still
attachED TO the Canada arm 2 as
it will be for the next few
minutes before it is released
for return to earth later today
with MORE than 4200 pounds of
research and cargo.
we are hearing internally both
mission control Houston and
Spacex mission control in
Hawthorne are go for
DEPARTURELET -- DEPARTURE.
>> We are still go for dragon
DEPARTURE on time.
Begin monitoring for release for
steps 3 and 4 of 1.62.
>> On time starting to monitor
for release.
For all crew this begins the no
exercise constraint.
>> And copy, Houston.
We are off the EXERCISE.
>> Thank, nick.
>> Moments ago you heard from
brandon Lloyd CONfirming all
systems are a go for DEPARTURE.
>> Station Houston, issTHUFRT Is
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