>> GOOD MORNING, THIS IS MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON.
WE'RE LIVE IN THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FLIGHT CONTROL
ROOM WITH A LIVE VIEW OF THE
SPACE X DRAGON CARGO CRAFT IN
THE ARM TWO OF THE ROBOTIC ARM.
THIS MORNING, WE'RE GIVING YOU
LIVE COVERAGE, FOR ITS RETURN TO
EGG WITH ALMOST 2700 POUNDS OF
RESEARCH AND RETURN CARGO.
>> TO ACCOMMODATE FOR BETTER
LIGHTING CONDITIONS, DRAGON'S
DEPARTURE WAS PUSHED BACK LITTLE
MORE THAN 20 MINUTES.
THE RELEASE WINDOW IS EXPECTED
TO OPEN AT 9:59 A.M. CENTRAL
TIME.
SHORTLY AFTER DRAGON IS
RELEASED, IT WILL CONDUCT THREE
FIRE BURNS, TO MOVE A SAFE
DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SPACE
STATION AND EXIT THE APPROACH,
FOR THE RETURN BACK TO EARTH
ENDING IN PARACHUTE ASSISTANCE
SPLASH DOWN OFF THE COAST OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.
WE'LL BE TAKING SOME ASK NASA
QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE
BROADCAST THIS MORNING.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, BE SURE
TO SUBMIT IT, AND WATCH TO ASK
YOUR QUESTIONS BE ANSWERED
DURING OUR COVERAGE TODAY.
>> BACK HERE IN THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM, TODAY'S
RELEASE IS BEING CONTROLLED BY
GROUND CONTROLLERS HERE.
TEAMS ARE BEING READ BY FLIGHT
DIRECTOR TJ KRAMER.
JOINED ON CONSULT TO HIS RIGHT,
BY CAP CON TRAVEL FITZGERALD.
YOU'LL HEAR FITZGERALD TALKING
TO THE CREW FROM TIME TO TIME,
AS TEAMS GO THROUGH THE
PROCEDURES FOR DRAGON'S RELEASE.
ON THE ROBOTICS'S CONSUL, HE'LL
BE THE ONE TO SEND THE COMMANDS
IN THE END EFFECTER TO ALLOW
DRAGON TO BE SET FREE FOR ITS
RETURN TO EARTH TODAY.
IN HAWTHORNE CALIFORNIA, SPACE X
DIRECTOR CHRISTIAN RAMIREZ IS
LEADING TEAMS IN THE SPACE X
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM.
TEAMS WILL BE TAKING OVER
DRAGON'S, ONCE IT ARRIVES THE
DISSENT, ALL THE WAY TO THE
PACIFIC OCEAN LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.
DRAGON'S JOURNEY TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
BEGAN ON JULY 25TH, WHEN THE
SPACE X LAUNCHED FROM THE FALCON
9 ROCKET AT CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE
STATION IN FLORIDA.
THE SPACECRAFT LIFTED OFF THE
FLORIDA COAST WITH ABOUT 5,000
POUNDS OF SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS
AND SUPPLIES TO BEGIN ITS
TWO-DAY JOURNEY TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
DRAGON THEN ARRIVED TO ITS
CAPTURE POINT ABOUT TWO DAYS
LATER ON JULY 27TH WITH
EXPEDITION FLIGHT ENGINEER NICK
HAIG AT THE CONTROLS ROBOTIC ARM
FOR CAPTURE AS NASA ASTRONAUT
CHRISTINA COOK BACKED HIM UP.
FEW HOURS AFTER CAPTURE, DRAGON
WAS INSTALLED IN THE PORT OF THE
HARMONY MODULE.
A KEY ITEM IN DRAGON'S
UNPRESSURIZED CARGO SECTION WAS
THE INTERNATIONAL DOCKING CARGO
3, WHICH WAS INSTALLED BY NASA
ASTRONAUT NICK HAIG AND ANDREW
MORGAN.
AND IDA3 WILL SERVE AS SECOND
PORT OF CALL FOR ARRIVALS OF
COMMERCIAL CREW VEHICLES.
TAKE ANOTHER LIVE LOOK AT THE
CARGO CRAFT IN THE GRAFT OF THE
ROBOTIC ARM, DRAGON IS RETURNING
TO EARTH WITH ABOUT 2700 POUNDS
OF RESEARCH AND RETURN CARGO.
ABOUT FIVE HOURS AFTER DRAGON
DEPARTS, IT WILL CONDUCT A D
ORBIT BURN WHICH WILL LAST ABOUT
24 SECONDS.
IT WILL REENTER THE EARTH'S AT
MONTHS SPHERE FOR THE FLASH DOWN
ABOUT 300 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 3:00 P.M.
CENTRAL.
AND EARLIER THIS MORNING AT 7:25
A.M. CENTRAL TIME FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS HERE IN MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON USED THE SPACE
STATION'S CANADA ARM TWO ROBOTIC
ARM TO DETACH DRAGON FROM THE
EARTH FACING SIDE OF THE SPACE
STATION'S HARMONY AND MAP NEVER
IT TO ITS POSITION WHERE YOU SEE
IT NOW.
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
>> TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT THE
SPACE X CARGO CRAFT AS THE
DRAGON CARGO CRAFT AND
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HEAD
TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF AFRICA.
>> AGAIN, DRAGON RIGHT NOW IN
ITS RELEASE POSITION READY TO GO
TODAY.
ONCE THE RELEASE WINDOW OF
DRAGON, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO
TAKE PLACE 9:59 CENTRAL TIME, HE
WILL SEND COMMANDS ON THE CANADA
ARM TWO ROBOTIC ARM TO ALLOW
DRAGON TO BE SET FREE FOR ITS
RETURN TO EARTH.
DRAGON WILL CONDUCT A SERIES OF
THREE DEPARTURE BURNS OR
FIRINGINGS OF THE MAIN ENGINE
AND EXIT WHAT IS CALLED
ELLIPSICS THAT'S REFERRED TO AS
THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
ONCE IT EXITED NASA'S TASK WILL
BE COMPLETE.
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS IN THE SPACE
X MISSION CONTROL CENTER IN
HAWTHORNE CALIFORNIA TAKE OVER
OPERATIONS OF THE DRAGON CARGO
CRAFT FROM THERE.
DRAGON
>> AGAIN DRAGON IS STILL
ATTACHED TO THE CANADA ARM 2 AS
IT WILL BE FOR THE NEXT 30
MINUTES BEFORE ITS RELEASE FOR
ITS RETURN TO EARTH CARRYING
ABOUT 2700 POUNDS OF RESEARCH
AND RETURN CARGO.
AMONG THE RESEARCH AND RETURN
CARGO ARE SAMPLES, HARDWARE AND
DATA FROM COMPLETED
INVESTIGATIONS.
ONE OF THE INVESTIGATIONS IS
SPACE MOSS WHICH IS RETURNING ON
DRAGON TODAY COMPARING MOSS'S
GROWN ON THE SPACE STATION, TO
DETERMINE HOW MICRO GRAVITY
EFFECTS EARTH AND OTHER
FEATURES.
THEY USED CHEMICAL FIXATION BAG,
IN STORE OF LIVE FIXATION TODAY.
WE'RE GETTING A VIEW WHAT'S
CALLED A CUCKOO WORKSTATION.
THIS IS THE SAME VIEW NASA
ASTRONAUT CHRISTINA COOK IS
GETTING NOW AS SHE MONITORS
SYSTEM AND BACKS GROUND
CONTROLLERS HERE IN MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON.
YESTERDAY MARKED THE HALFWAY
POINT OF COOK'S LONG DURATION
MISSION AND SHE'S SLATED TO SET
THE RECORD FOR THE LONGEST
SINGLE SPACE FLIGHT BY A WOMAN
WITH AN EXPECTED TOTAL OF 328
DAYS IN SPACE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE OUR FIRST
ASK NASA QUESTION FROM PIERRE.
DO THE ASTRONAUTS HAVE ACTIONS
WITH DRAGON OR IS IT ALL
CONTROLLED FROM EARTH?
>> SINCE DRAGON IS, CRAFT,
ASTRONAUTS DO TAKE PART OF THE
CAPTURE AND INSTALLATION AS WELL
AS DEPARTURE AS I JUST MENTIONED
CHRISTINA COOK IS ON BOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR DEPARTURE
TODAY.
AGAIN, WE'LL BE TAKING SOME ASK
NASA QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE
BROADCAST TODAY.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, BE SURE
TO SUBMIT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA
USING THE #ASK NASA AND BE SURE
TO STAY TUNED IN TO SEE IF YOUR
QUESTION GETS ANSWERED ON AIR
TODAY.
TAKING A LIVE LOOK NOW INSIDE
THE SPACE X FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM
IN HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA.
TEAMS THERE WILL BE TAKING OVER
DRAGON'S OPERATIONS ONCE IT
DEPARTS THE FACILITY OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ALL
THE WAY THE SPLASH DOWN IN THE
PACIFIC OCEAN LATER THIS
AFTERNOON
>> AGAIN DRAGON IS STILL
ATTACHED TO THE CANADA ARM TWO,
UNTIL THE WINDOW OPENS UP AROUND
9:59 CENTRAL TIME THIS MORNING.
BEFORE ITS RETURN TO EARTH,
CARRYING ABOUT 2700 POUNDS OF
RESEARCH AND RETURN CARGO.
>> BEING NEWLY INSTALLED, SERIAL
NUMBER IS 46.
>> WE COPY.
THANKS, NICK.
>> GETTING ANOTHER LIVE LOOK ON
WHAT CALLED THE CUCKOO SPACE
STATION, INSIDE THE KUPULA, THIS
IS THE SAME VIEW NASA ASTRONAUT
CHRISTINA IS SEEING NOW, AS SHE
BACKED HERE IN MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON.
>> FLIGHT DIRECTOR TJ KRAMER IS
TAKING A NO GO, FROM FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS AROUND THE ROOM IN
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON BEFORE
IT'S A GO BEFORE DRAGON THIS
MORNING.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ANOTHER
ASK NASA QUESTION, THIS COMES
FROM FELIX.
HE ASKS HOW LONG DRAGON RETURNS
TO EARTH.
ABOUT FIVE HOURS AFTER DRAGON
DEPARTS, IT WILL CONDUCT A
DEORBIT BURN WHICH WILL LAST 12
MINUTES AND 25 SECONDS AND IT
TAKES 12 MINUTES TO ENTER INTO
THE ATMOSPHERE, ABOUT 300 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LONG BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, LATER THIS
AFTERNOON, AROUND 3:20 P.M.
THE RELEASE OF DRAGON TODAY, IT
WILL TAKE ABOUT 5 1/2 HOURS FOR
DRAGON TO SPLASH DOWN.
.
>> AGAIN WE'LL TAKE SOME ASK
NASA QUESTION THROUGHOUT THE
BROADCAST THIS MORNING.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, BE SURE
TO SUBMIT YOUR QUESTION USING
THE #ASKNASA.
>> HOUSTON IS GO.
FIRST DOT 2.5.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BACK IN THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FLIGHT CONTROL
ROOM, TY KRAMER IS TAKING A NO
GO FLOW, TO MAKE SURE ALL
SYSTEMS ARE A GO BEFORE THE
RELEASE OF DRAGON THIS MORNING.
>> TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT THE
SPACE X FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM OVER
IN HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA.
.
>> NUMBER IS 1254.
>> HOUSTON SPACE GROUND FOR
CHRISTINA, WE'RE GO FOR DRAGON
CONFIGURATION PERFORM SET 2, AND
DRAGON RELEASE AND DEPARTURE
MONITORING.
>> STATION COPIES, 1.2 AND 1 SET
2.
>> YOU JUST HEARD FROM COP CAM,
LETTING CHRISTINA ON BOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
STATION GO, THAT DRAGON IS A GO
ON ON TIME DEPARTURE TODAY.
>> STATION ON 2, STEP 2 ON 1.602
FOR DRAGON RELEASE.
I COULD VERIFY THAT LYTLE ONE IS
INDICATED AS LIGHT SENSOR AND
THE LIGHT IS VISIBLE AND THE CC
IS AS EFFECTIVE.
>> HOUSTON COPIES.
GOOD REPORT.
>> AGAIN GROUND CONTROLLERS HERE
IN HOUSTON, AND HAWTHORNE
CALIFORNIA, ARE BOTH REPORTING A
GO THIS MORNING.
>> THIS COMES FROM SPACE X1 AND
ASKING WHERE SPACE DRAGON WILL
LAND.
THE DRAGON ASSISTED SPLASH DOWN
IS SCHEDULED TO HAPPEN 3:20 P.M.
CENTRAL TIME, ABOUT 300 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LONG BEACH,
CALIFORNIA.
.
>> GETTING INSIDE THE STATION ON
BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
THIS IS THE SAME VIEW THAT NASA
ASTRONAUT CHRISTINA COOK AS SHE
BACKS DOWN GROUND CONTROL IN
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.
WE'RE NOW ABOUT 10 MINUTES OUT
FROM THE RELEASE OPENING.
>> AGAIN STANDING BY NOW FOR THE
RELEASE WINDOW TO OPEN SLATED TO
HAPPEN AT 9:59 A.M. CENTRAL
TIME.
AFTER THE RELEASE WINDOW OPENS,
OFFICER IN, WILL OPEN UP THE
CANADA ARM 2, TO ALOU DRAGON TO
BE SET FREE FOR ITS RETURN TO
EARTH.
DRAGON WILL CONDUCT A SERIES OF
THREE DEPARTURE BURNS, TO MOVE A
SAFE DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE
SPACE STATION.
AND IT IS REFERRED TO AS THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AS THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
ONCE DRAGON HAS EXITED THE
ELLIPSEOID, NASA STAFF, MISSION
WILL BE COMPLETE AS SPACE X, IN
HAWTHORNE CALIFORNIA, WILL TAKE
OVER OPERATIONS O OF THE DRAGON
CARGO CRAFT.
AGAIN THE DRAGON CARGO CRAFT
STILL ATTACHED TO THE CANADA ARM
2 FOR THE NEXT FEW MINUTES
BEFORE ITS RELEASE TO EARTH,
CARRYING ABOUT 2700 POUNDS OF
RESEARCH AND RETURN CARGO.
ANOTHER INVESTIGATION RETURNING
TO EARTH ON DRAGON IS THE
GOODYEAR TIRE INVESTIGATION
WHICH EVALUATES THE CREATION OF
SILICON FILLERS USING
TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES BUT IN
MICRO GRAVITY, POTENTIALLY
YIELDING RESULTS NOT POSSIBLE ON
EARTH.
AFTER PROCESSING THE 6 SAMPLES,
VIA COLD STOWAGE TO THE GOOD
YEAR FACILITY FOR ANALYSIS.
>> ALSO RETURNING ON DRAGON IS
THE PILOTS STUDY WITH THE CREW
INTERACTIVE MOBILE COMPANION AND
OBSERVATION STUDY THAT AIMS TO
OBTAIN THE FIRST IMPACTS ON
CREWS SUPPORT BY ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE.
THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
COULD PROVIDE SUPPORT THAT
REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF WORKLOAD
ON HUMAN CREW MEMBERS.
AGAIN, THESE ARE ONLY A FEW OF
THE SCIENCE INVESTIGATION
RETURNING TO EARTH ON DRAGON FOR
FURTHER ANALYSIS AND RESULTS.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
CONTINUES TO SERVE AS AN
ESSENTIAL TEST BED FOR PEOPLE ON
EARTH AND IN ORBIT AS WE
CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD,
PLACING THE FIRST WOMAN AND THE
NEXT MAN ON THE MOON AND
EVENTUALLY MARS.
>> YOU JUST HEARD FROM CAP COME
FITZGERALD, DRAGON IS A GO FOR
DEPARTURE ON TIME TODAY.
AND WE'RE ABOUT TWO MINUTES OUT
NOW FROM THE RELEASE WINDOW
OPENING.
>> WE'RE ONE MINUTE NOW FROM THE
RELEASE WINDOW OPENING
>> ASSESS ARE IB HEBTED.
NEXT CALL WILL BE FROM ROBO.
ISM MISSION COPY.
WE'RE READY.
>> WE'RE NOW OFFICIALLY IN THE
RELEASE WINDOW ITSELF, EXPECTING
AN ON TIME RELEASE AT 9:59 A.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
>> MISSION COPY.
>> RELEASE COMMANDED.
>> COPY.
>> SNARS OPEN, BEGIN MONITORING
FOR DRIFTOUT.
>> SNARS ARE NOW OPEN AND
RELEASE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AT
9:59 A.M., INTERNATIONAL SPACE
DRAGON WAS FLYING 259 MILES
ABOVE THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
>> STATION ON 2 FOR DRAGON.
THE PEN HAS EXIT FOR RELEASE.
>> COPIES.
PROCEEDING WITH BACKOFF.
>> BACK AWAY CALL FROM NASA
ASTRONAUT CHRISTINA COOK IN THE
KUPULA ON BOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
SHE WILL MANEUVER THE ROBOTIC
ARM TO BACK AWAY FROM THE
VICINITY OF DRAGON.
SETTING THE STAGE FOR A SERIES
OF THREE DEPARTURE BURNS.
>> M COPIES.
>> STATION ON 2 FOR DRAGON, 1.5
METERS.
>> HOUSTON COPIES.
.
>> YOU COULD SEE THE ARM SLOWLY
BACKING AWAY FROM DRAGON NOW.
>> SENSATION ON 2 FOR DRAGON.
PROCEEDING WITH THE PART METER,
STEP 4.
>> HOUSTON COPIES.
>> NOW STANDING BY FOR THE FIRST
IN A SERIES OF THREE DEPARTURE
BURNS TO BEGIN.
>> DEPART ONE HAS STARTED.
>> STATION DEPART, COMMANDED.
>> HOUSTON COPIES.
>> HOUSTON STATION ON 2
DEPARTURE BURN 11 COMPLETE.
DEPARTURE BURN 2, MONITOR STEP 5
AND 1 DECIMAL 02.
>> MISSION COPIES.
>> STATION HOUSTON ON 2, BACK
AWAY COMPLETE.
>> MISSION COPIES.
>> YOU JUST HEARD THE FIRST BURN
IS NOW COMPLETE.
THAT WAS ONLY A 6 SECOND BURN.
THE SECOND OF THREE BURNS IS
PLANNED FROM NOW.
THAT WILL BE A LITTLE OVER 11
MINUTES IN DURATION IN SECONDS.
>> AND STATION HOUSTON SPACE
GROUND 2, IS THRUSTERS ARE
ENABLED.
ISM MISSION COPIES.
>> THE SECOND OF THREE BURNS IS
NOW UNDER WAY.
>> STATION HOUSTON, SPACE GROUND
DEPARTURE BURN 2 IS COMPLETE.
DEPARTURE THREE, IN SEVEN
MINUTES, 1 DECIMAL 602.
>> MISSION COPIES.
>> AND YOU HEARD CONFIRMATION,
THAT WAS A GOOD BURN.
>> THE THIRD IN THE SERIES OF
BURNS TO COMPLETE DRAGON'S
DEPARTURE FROM THE STATION IS
PLANNED ABOUT 7 MINUTES FROM
NOW.
THAT WILL BE A LITTLE LONGER IN
DURATION, ABOUT 21 SECONDS,
COMPLETING THE OPENING RATE FOR
DRAGON TO DEPART THE
ELLIPSELLOYD.
>> DRAGON HAS ONE MORE BURN TO
DEPART THE VICINITY OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
AFTER THAT SHORT BURN, DRAGON
WILL BE A SHORT DISTANCE FROM
THE STATION AROUND 3:00 P.M.
CENTRAL TIME THIS AFTERNOON.
THAT WILL BE A 20 SECOND
BREAKING MANEUVER BY DRAGON'S
ENGINE, AND TO PARACHUTED SPLASH
DOWN IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN ABOUT
300 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONG
BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
>> DRAGON IS RETURNING TO EARTH
LATER TO DAY ABOUT 2700 POUNDS
OF RESEARCH CARGO.
SOME ARE EXPERIMENTS AND OTHER
EQUIPMENT TO BE REFURBISHED AND
RETURNED TO THE STATION AT LATER
DATE.
ONCE DRAGON SPLASHES DOWN LATER
THIS ARCH, IT WILL BE RECOVERED
BY THE SPACE X RECOVERY TEAM,
ABOUT 300 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
AGAIN, WE'RE COMING UP ON THE
THIRD DEPARTURE BURN BY DRAGON.
THAT THIRD BURN WILL BE ABOUT 21
SECONDS IN DURATION.
>> DEPART 13 HAS STARTED.
>> AND THE THIRD BURN IS
COMPLETE.
>> STATION HOUSTON, DEPARTURE
BURN IS COMPLETE.
>> THAT WAS CAP CON FITZGERALD
CONFIRMING THE THIRD STAGE BURN
IS COMPLETE AND DRAGON IS NOW
OUTSIDE THE KEY SPHERE.
>> NOW JUST FIVE MINUTES AWAY
FROM DRAGON, THAT SERVES AS A
MYTHICAL CONE REFERRED TO AS THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, OPERATIONS BETWEEN
THE FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM HERE IN
HOUSTON AND THE SPACE X CONTROL
TEAM IN HAWTHORNE WILL BE
COMPLETE.
AT THAT POINT, NASA'S TASK,
JOINT MISSION OPERATION WILL BE
COMPLETE AS FLIGHT CONTROLLERS
IN THE MISSION CONTROL CENTER IN
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA, WILL TAKE
OVER OPERATIONS OF THE DRAGON
CARGO CRAFT.
JUST TO RECAP SOME OF THE
MILESTONES OF OUR COVERAGE SO
FAR TODAY, DRAGON WAS RELEASED
FROM THE CANADA ROBOTIC ARM AT
9:59 A.M. CENTRAL TIME.
IT CONDUCTED A SERIES OF THREE
DEPARTURE BURNS TO MOVE AWAY
FROM THE SAFE DISTANCE AWAY FROM
THE STATION.
ROBOTIC'S OFFICER DAVID GRUNT IN
HOUSTON, WORKED WITH CHRISTINA
COOK, ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION TO BACK AWAY FROM
THE ARM OF DRAGON.
DRAGON IS NOW ON ITS WAY TO EXIT
THE ELLIPSELLOYD.
IT WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE SAFE
STATION FOR ITS DEORBIT BURN AND
PARACHUTE ON THE ASSISTED SPLASH
DOWN LATER TODAY
>> STATION HOUSTON FOR SPACE
GROUND 2 FOR NICK, AND RECYCLED
TANKER.
.
>> NIC WE'RE NOT SEEING A GOOD
FLOW OF THE RECYCLED FLOW DRAIN.
WE'D LIKE TO SEE IF YOU COULD
CHECK THE CAP IN 2.8.5 OF THAT
PROCEDURE
>> VIEWS WE'RE GETTING NOW ARE
DARK AS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AND DRAGON FLY THROUGH
AN ORBITAL NIGHTTIME.
BECAUSE THE STATION ORBITS THE
EARTH THROUGHOUT THE DAY,
THERE'S POINTS IN THE BROADCAST
WHERE IT WILL BE IN DIRECT LIGHT
OF THE SUN AND OTHER TIMES WHERE
IT WILL BE DARK AS THE STATION
MOVES IN DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME.
>> AGAIN STANDING BY NOW FOR
DRAGON TO DEPART THE ELLIPSEOID.
ISM STATION HOUSTON FOR
CHRISTINA, DRAGON IS ON
ELLIPSEOID.
WITH THAT WE'RE DONE WITH YOUR
ACTIVITY RELATED TO THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
.
>> STATION COPIES.
WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF A
SUCCESSFUL DRAGON MISSION AND IT
WAS OUR PLEASURE TO PARTICIPATE
AND WE WERE GLAD TO CONDUCT ALL
THE EXCELLENT SCIENCE AS PART OF
THE MISSION.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE IN THE
FUTURE.
.
>> HOUSTON COPIES AND CONCURS.
>> THAT WAS COP CON FITZGERALD
CONFIRMING DRAGON IS OUTSIDE THE
ELLIPSEOID AND FAREWELL TO
DRAGON.
AND DRAGON WILL BE, IN MISSION
CONTROL CENTER IN HAWTHORNE,
CALIFORNIA, TO EXECUTE A 12
MINUTE 45 SECOND DEORBIT BURN
AROUND 12:30 CENTRAL TIME TODAY.
THAT WILL FLOAT IT, ALLOWING IT
TO ORBIT BACK TO THE EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE IN A PARACHUTED
ASSISTED SPLASH DOWN, ABOUT 300
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONG BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, AROUND 3:20 P.M.
CENTRAL TIME TODAY.
RECAPPING SOME OF THE EVENTS
FROM TODAY, EARLIER THIS
MORNING, ATS 7:25 A.M. CENTRAL
TIME, FLIGHT CONTROLLERS IN
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON, USED
THE SPACE STATION CANADA ARM 2
ROBOTIC ARM TO DETACH DRAGON
FROM THE EARTH FACING SIDE OF
THE HARMONY MODULE AND MANEUVER
THE VEHICLE INTO ITS RELEASE
POSITION.
DRAGON WAS SET FREE AT 9:49
CENTRAL TIME, AS THEY WERE
TRAVELLING 222 STATUTE MILES
ABOVE THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
ROBOTIC CONTROL, SENT COMMANDS
TO OPEN UP THE SNARES IN THE END
EFFECTER ON THE CANADA 2 ROBOTIC
ARM, AFTER IT WAS MANEUVERED FOR
RELEASE POSITION FROM ITS
DEPARTURE EARLY THIS MORNING.
DRAGON THEN EXECUTE ADD SERIES
OF THREE DEPARTURE BURNS TO MOVE
AWAY FROM THE STATION, WHERE IT
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE ITS
DEORBIT AT 3:22 CENTRAL TIME
LATER THIS ARCH.
THE SPLASH DOWN IS SCHEDULED TO
HAPPEN 3:20, ABOUT 300 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LONG BEACH,
CALIFORNIA.
THE SPACE X RECOVERY TEAM IS ON
THE RECOVERY ZONE READY TO
RETRIEVE DRAGON AND NEARLY 2700
POUNDS OF CARGO AND SCIENCE
INVESTIGATIONS.
AND DRAGON WILL MAKE ITS NEARLY
48 HOUR TRIP BACK TO THE PORT
FOR ITS RESEARCH AND RETURN
CARGO.
AND WITH DRAGON NOW SAFELY ON
ITS WAY BACK TO EARTH, THAT WILL
WRAP UP OUR RELEASE COVERAGE FOR
TODAY.