>> IGNITION SEQUENCE.
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♪ ♪
♪
>> GOOD MORNING.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON, WHERE THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM IS WORKING
WITH THE EXPEDITION 63
CREWMEMBERS, AS THEY GET SET TO
GREET ARRIVAL OF THE TWO NEW
CREWMEMBERS DUE TO ARRIVE SOON
ON A NEW SPACESHIP.
COMMANDER CHRIS CASSIDY AND
RUSSIAN CREW MATES ARE STANDING
BY WITH THE REST OF THEM TO SEE
TWO OF THE NASA COLLEAGUES RIDE
A SPACEX CREW DRAGON VEHICLE TO
ORBIT FROM A FLORIDA LAUNCHPAD
AND OPEN A NEW ERA IN SPACE
EXPLORATION.
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♪ ♪
♪
>> WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND.
I AM SARAH.
ALL OF NASA AND SPACEX ARE
GEARING UP FOR WHAT IS GOING TO
BE ANOTHER HISTORIC DAY IN HUMAN
SPACEFLIGHT.
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♪ ♪
♪ ON SATURDAY, MAY30th,
NASA AND SPACEX WILL LAUNCH TO
THE ISS INSIDE OF THE AMERICAN
VEHICLE FROM THE FLORIDA
COASTLINE.
AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF
DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, OTHER
PREPARATIONS, THE DEMO-2 MISSION
WILL KICK OFF WITH A LAUNCH FROM
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 36A
CARRYING NASA ASTRONAUTS, DOUG
HURLEY AND BOB BEHNKEN.
3:22P.M. EASTERN.
THE CREW DRAGON WILL TRAVEL TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
CHECKING OUT MANY OPERATIONS
ALONG THE WAY BEFORE BEGINNING
THE RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING
PROCEDURES AND SCHEDULED TO DOCK
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
SUNDAY MORNING.
♪ THE CONTINUOUS COVERAGE OF THE
MISSION WILL LAST UNTIL THE
DRAGON HATCH IS OPEN AND THE
CREW TAKES PART IN A
WELL-DESERVED WELCOME CEREMONY
AND DEALING WITH SPACESHIP
COMMANDER CHRIS CASSIDY AND IVAN
VAGNER AND ANATOLY IVANISHIN AND
YOU CAN WATCH IT ALL ON OUR
SOCIAL MEDIA.
IN ADDITION TO PREPARING, THE
CURRENT SPACE STATION CREW IS
BUSY CAPTURING A SPECIAL
DELIVERY.
♪ THE AEROSPACE EXPLORATION
CARGO CRAFT WAS CAPTURED BY THE
CREW USING THE SPACE STATION'S
CANADAARM2.
IT WAS INSTALLED TO THE MODULE
SHORTLY AFTER ROBOTIC ARM
OPERATOR MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON
WILL REMAIN ON THE SPACE TWO
MONTHS BEFORE BEING RELEASED.
THE FINAL MISSION FOR THE
SPACECRAFT.
KEEP SENDING YOUR #ASKNASA AND
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
HISTORIC LAUNCH OF THE CREW
DRAGON FROM FLORIDA USING THE
HASHTAG LAUNCH AMERICA.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
♪
♪ ♪
♪
>> THE NEW EXPEDITION 3
CREWMEMBERS WILL INCLUDE ONE OF
THE ASTRONAUTS WHO WAS ON THE
LAST SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION,
WHICH FLEW TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION ALMOST NINE YEARS
AGO.
NASA ASTRONAUT DOUG HURLEY IS
COMMANDING THE FIRST SPACEX CREW
DRAGON FLIGHT WITH ASTRONAUTS
ONBOARD AND LISTEN TO HIM TALK
ABOUT THE PLANS FOR THE FLIGHT.
HIS CAREER AS AN ASTRONAUT AND
THE KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL
SPACEFLIGHT AND THE TEAM NEEDED
TO MAKE THE FLIGHT A SUCCESS.
>> HI, MY NAME IS DOUG HURLEY.
I AM THE SPACECRAFT COMMANDER TO
THE DEMO-2 MISSION TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
♪
♪ ♪
♪ THIS MISSION, THIS IS CREW
TEST FLIGHT FOR THE SPACEX CREW
DRAGON, SO EVERY PORTION OF THE
FLIGHT.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THE
CREW DRAGON WITH THE CREW
ONBOARD AND SO THERE IS A MYRIAD
OF OBJECTIVES WE WANT TO
ACHIEVE, OBVIOUSLY, THE FIRST
PART IS TO LAUNCH.
♪
♪ ♪
♪ THE DOCKING PHASE, AND THEN,
WE'LL SPEND SOME TIME ONBOARD
THE SPACE STATION AND DO DOCKING
ACTIVITIES WITH THE VEHICLE AND
THEN AT SOME POINT, 30 TO 90
DAYS LATER, WE WILL UNDOCK AND
DO ENTRY AND LANDING IN THE
ATLANTIC OFF THE COAST OF
FLORIDA.
♪
♪ ♪
♪
>> IT IS A STORY, 127, MY FIRST
FLIGHT, I THINK WE SCRUBBED ON
THE ORDER OF SIX TIMES OVER THE
COURSE OF ABOUT A MONTH.
IT WAS LITERALLY GROUNDHOG DAY
TRYING TO GET INTO SPACE.
OF COURSE, IT IS YOUR FIRST
FLIGHT, SO YOU ARE REALLY,
REALLY WANTING TO GO.
WE HAD TECHNICAL CHALLENGES FOR
THE FIRST TWO OR THREE LAUNCH
ATTEMPTS THEN HAD TO SCRUB FOR
WEATHER A NUMBER OF TIMES BEFORE
WE FINALLY GOT TO GO, AND THAT
IS WHY YOU GOT TO GO, YOU GOT TO
GET IN THE VEHICLE, BECAUSE YOU
NEVER KNOW WHEN THE WEATHER WILL
CLEAR.
IT NOW IT IS THE BEST OF STORIES
BUT I THINK BACK SO FONDLY ON
THAT MISSION.
WE WORKED REALLY HARD FOR 16
DAYS BUT IT WAS GREAT MISSION
ONCE WE GOT AIRBORNE.
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♪ ♪
♪
♪ WE GOT DOWN TO KENNEDY.
WE GOT EVERY CHECKLIST OUT.
EVERY RESPONSIBILITY THAT EACH
ONE OF US HAD, WE KIND OF ALMOST
TABLE TOPPED IT FOR THE FIRST
COUPLE OF DAYS.
WHEN YOU SEE THAT IN SPORTS
TEAMS.
YOU SEE THAT SPEND THAT EXTRA
TIME AFTER PRACTICE AND AT NIGHT
REVIEWING FILM, AND GOING OVER,
FILMS WITH THE OTHER TEAM, THINK
THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IN A
SPACEFLIGHT.
YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
GOING TO DO, ALMOST
INSTINCTIVELY, IF NOT COMPLETELY
BY HEART, THEN GO FROM THERE.
I THINK IT SETS YOU UP FOR A
SUCCESS.
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♪
♪ WITH THE SHUTTLE YOU ARE ON
YOUR BACK FOR ALMOST FOUR HOURS
WAITING TO LAUNCH.
PART OF IT LET'S GET OVER WITH
AND GET GOING.
THEN THE ENGINE LIGHTS, YOU KNOW
YOU ARE GOING.
YOU ARE NO I ARE GOING SOMEWHERE
FAST AND YOU GO FROM IN THE
OCCASION OF THE SHUTTLE, 3G TO
0G'S INSTINCTIVELY.
THINKS START FLOATING.
I REMEMBER THINKING WHAT JUST
HAPPENED EIGHT AND A HALF MINUTE
AS I WAS ON EARTH AND NOW IN
SPACE AND OBVIOUSLY WITH FALCON
9 AND DRAGON THE FIRST TIME
HUMANS ON FALCON 9 EVEN THOUGH
IT HAS FLOWN MANY, MANY TIMES
THIS THE FIRST STAGE IS SIMILAR
LIKE THE SHUTTLE.
WE HAD TWO AND A HALF MINUTE
FIRST STAGE, THE DIFFERENCE
GOING TO BE WITH FALCON 9, THE
ENGINE YOU KNOW, YOU SEPARATE
FROM THAT PART OF THE ROCKET AND
THE ENGINE FOR THE FIRST STAGE
SO YOU GET A WEIGHTLESSNESS
THERE OR LACK OF ACCELERATION
THERE FOR A SPLIT SECOND OR TWO,
SO THAT PART OF IT IS GOING TO
BE DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT, WE CAN
EXPERIENCE ON THE ORDER OF
4-PLUS G'S WHERE A SHUTTLE WE
WERE LIMITED TO JUST 3G'S.
♪
♪ I THINK OUR CONCENTRATION HAS
MOSTLY BEEN ON, YOU KNOW, THE
PROFILE, THE CREW VEHICLE,
INTERFACE.
YOU KNOW, JUST HOW THE DRAGON
WILL WORK FOR THE CRUISE GOING
FORWARD.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE GOING TO DO
THIS FLIGHT NOW TO PROVE WHAT WE
THINK IT WILL DO.
IDEALLY, IT WILL DO EXACTLY WHAT
WE EXPECTED IT TO DO.
♪
♪ THE FIRST SIMULATOR WHERE WE
INTEGRATED THE CONTROL TEAM WAS
A HUGE MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO JUST
HAVE THE ENTIRE INTEGRATED TEAM
THAT IS GOING TO SUPPORT US
GETTING TO AND FROM SPACE
STATION TALKING TOGETHER,
WORKING THROUGH THE CHALLENGES,
I THINK, THAT WAS PROBABLY FOR
ME THE FIRST BIG HIGHLIGHT AND
THAT WAS NOT THAT LONG AGO.
IT OVERWHELMS TO YOU THINK ABOUT
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE IN SOME
WAY, SHAPE, FORM, TOUCHED THIS
PROGRAM AND THIS VEHICLE TO GET
US TO THIS POINT.
YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY, IN A LOT
OF WAYS ARE THE LUCKY ONES WHO
GET TO FLY IT.
BUT WE CERTAINLY NOT FOR ONE
SECOND TAKE FOR GRANTED THE
AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT SO MANY
OTHER PEOPLE HAD TO PUT INTO IT
TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL AND KNOW
WE'LL DO OUR PART TO MAKE IT
SUCCESSFUL AND TO GET BACK HERE
AND CELEBRATE WITH EVERYBODY IN
A FEW SHORT MONTHS.
VERY EXCITED.
YEAH.
VERY EXCITED.
YEAH.
VERY EXCITED.
>> FOR MORE THAN 19 AND A HALF
YEARS NOW, THERE HAVE BEEN
ASTRONAUTS AND COSMONAUTS
WORKING ONBOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TO
ADVANCE ITS MISSION OF PREPARING
FOR FUTURE SPACE EXPLORATIONS,
PROVIDING BENEFITS TO PEOPLE ON
EARTH, FOSTERING INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION AND COMMERCIALIZING
SPACEFLIGHT AND SPACE RESEARCH
EXPANDING SCIENTIFIC FRONTIERS.
THE MEN AND WOMEN,WHO WILL COME
TO THE STATION ON THE NEW
COMMERCIAL SPACE VEHICLES WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO THAT LEGACY.
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♪ ♪
♪
♪ ALL THE EXPERIMENTS THAT
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
CREWMEMBERS WORK ON ARE THE
BRAIN CHILDREN OF SCIENTISTS ON
THE GROUND, MEN AND WOMEN WHO
CAME UP WITH A HYPOTHESIS TO
TEST, DESIGN, DEVELOP
EXPERIMENT.
IN THE EPISODE OF THE NEW SEASON
OF THE NASA EXPLORERS SERIES, WE
WATCH AS THE SCIENTISTS WORK
THROUGH THE LAST STAGE OF
GETTING THEIR EXPERIMENT LOADED
ON A SPACEX CARGO SHIP FOR THE
TRIP TO ORBIT.
>> YEAH.
WE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT KIND OF
DATA WE COLLECT FROM THIS
PERSONAL PROJECT.
ANY DATA WE GET IS GOING TO BE
BRAND-NEW INFORMATION FOR US,
AND FOR--
[LAUGHTER]
♪
♪ ♪
♪
>> 3, 2, 1, 0.
AND LIFTOFF OF THE FALCON 9
ROCKET AND THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT
LOADED WITH SCIENCE AND SUPPLIES
FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
WE WERE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO
BE ON SPACEX 14 FOR WEEK BEFORE
LAUNCH AND GOT CANCELED FROM
THAT LAUNCH BECAUSE OF ISSUES
WITH THE CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT.
SCIENCE AND SPACE CAN BE
COMPLEX.
SO MATTER HOW METICULOUSLY
THINGS ARE PLANNED AND EXECUTED,
SOMETIMES THE COMPLEXITIES GET
IN THE WAY TO LAUNCH ON TIME,
WHEN IT IS NOT PECK IF FOR THE
FINAL PREFLIGHT TEST, THERE IS
NO CHOICE PUSH IT TO LATER
FLIGHT TO ENSURE MISSION'S
SUCCESS.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, UM, IT WAS
DEVASTATING.
WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
LAUNCH, UP TO THAT POINT, IT
TOOK US TWO YEARS TO GET THERE.
ONE MORE TIME TO REEVALUATE AND
INSTITUTE MORE GROUNDWORK TO
PREPARE FOR THE LAUNCH IN
DECEMBER OF 2018 OF SPACEX,
2016.
AFTER THE SETBACK TO BEING MOVED
TO A LATER LAUNCH, THE TEAM HAS
DAYS LEFT BEFORE THE EXPERIMENT
WILL BE LOADED INTO A SPACEX
DRAGON CAPSULE THAT WILL CARRY
IT TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
THE COFOUNDERS OF BIOMEDICAL
START-UPS ARE GNAT SA'S KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER, READYING THE
RESEARCH FOR MICROGRAVITY.
THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT ON THE
STATION, THE FIRST TIME WORKING
AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, SO
IT HAS BEEN EXCITING MOMENT TO,
YOU KNOW, SEE THE VISITOR'S
CENTER AND LOOK AT THE THINGS.
THEN ALSO, GET PAST SECURITY
GATE AND INTO THE INTERNATIONAL
LABORATORIES.
WHILE SOME EXPERIMENTS ARE
LOADED INTO DRAGON IN THE WEEKS
LEADING UP TO LAUNCH.
OTHERS HAVE MORE TIME SENSITIVE
COMPONENTS.
THESE REPORTERS HAVE LOADED IN
THE DAYS BEFORE LIFTOFF.
FOR THOSE, LABORATORIES AT THE
KENNEDY SPACE SENOR THAT ARE
PART OF THE PROCESSING FACILITY
OR SSTS BECOME A HOME AWAY FROM
HOME.
HERE, THEY CAN CARRY IT TO THE
CRITICAL LAST STEPS OF PREPARING
THEIR EXPERIMENTS FOR DELIVER
TROY THE SPACE STATION.
SO, YEAH.
HERE ON THURSDAY AND CURRENTLY,
SUNDAY, AND A BIG DAY YESTERDAY
AND GETTING FOR A HANDOVER AT
7:30A.M. ON MONDAY.
I HAD A LAUNCH ON TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
>> ONCE ARRIVE HERE, YOU KIND OF
GET INTO THE OTHER TIMES AND IT
IS TIME, WHERE EVERYTHING IS NOW
L BASED.
L MINUS 72.
L MINUS 48.
L MINUS 24 AND BUILDING UP TO
THE ACTUAL LAUNCH TIME.
>> THE TEAM IS PREPPING THEIR
PLACE FOR MICROGRAVITY.
MICROPLATES ARE USED IN LABS ON
EARTH BUT THESE WERE ESPECIALLY
DESIGNED TO BE SELF-CONTAINED.
>> MY THROWN PROJECT WAS TO
DESIGN THE ACTUAL PLACE.
AND THE CHALLENGE ON ORBIT,
THOUGH, IS THAT GENERALLY
EXPERIMENTS HAVE TO BE CONDUCTED
IN THE GLOVE BOX.
THE GLOVE BOX IS TIME-LIMITED.
IS CURRENT AND SO WE HAVE
DESIGNED THIS SELF CONTAINED
MICRO FLAYS COULD BE OPERATING
OUTSIDE OF THE BOX VAN THE
CONTAINS AND TO KEEP INSIDE.
>> SO WE HAVE MORE TO DO AND WE
WANT MICROGRAVITY.
SO THE CONCERN WE HAVE IS THAT
WE HAVE A BUBBLE THAT MAYBE
DIFFICULT FOR THE SPACE READER
TO BE ABLE TO READ THE AMOUNT
CORRECTLY AND BE ABLE TO LACK AT
THE WATER.
>> ONCE IT FINISHES FILLING THE
PLATE, I WILL TAKE OVER AN SEAL
THEM UP COMPLETELY.
ONCE THAT IS DONE, WE'LL A AD
THE LABEL TONS THE MICROPLATES
AND PUT THEM IN SELF-CONTAINED
LOG SO THEY WILL ACTUALLY TRAVEL
TO THE SPACE STATION ON.
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♪ ♪
♪
>> IT ALSO GOES FROM THERE AND
THE NEXT TIME WE SEE THEM IT
WILL BE ON ORBIT.
>> STOWAGE IS THE TEAM RESPONSE
FOR MAKING SHORE THE RESEARCH
STAYS AT THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE
ON ITS JOURNEY TO THE LAB ON THE
EARTH TO THE LAB IN SPACE.
THIS HANDOFF IS ONE OF THE LAST
STEPS BEFORE BEING LOADED TON
THE ROCKET.
THE STOW AGE TEAM WILL TAKE AN
EXPERIMENT AND KEEP IT SAFE AND
SOUND BEFORE IT IS LOADED FOR
LAUNCH.
>> DOES IT FEEL LIKE RELIEF?
>> WELL, NOT UNTIL WE ACTUALLY
SITE TAKE OFF.
THEN FINALLY ARRIVES.
YEAH.
IT WILL BE OFFICIALLY OUT OF OUR
HANDS OFF THE EARTH'S SURFACE.
THAT WILL BE THE MOMENT WE'RE
FINALLY DONE.
THEN WE GET PROCESS IT.
>> SO NOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW,
WE HAND THEM OVER TO NASA AND
NASA WILL DRIVER AND THE LAUNCH
WILL HOPEFULLY HAPPEN TOMORROW
AT 13:38 THEN SINCE THE BEGAN
GOING, APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS
AGO, IT HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD,
BUT LIKE EVERYTHING, IT IS A LOT
OF WORK.
IT IS WORTH IT.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HELP.
>> WE'LL GET A LOT OF DATA FROM
JUST THIS ONE PROJECT.
THAT MEANS A LOT TO US.
[LAUGHTER]
>> IT IS LITTLE WINDY OUT HERE.
IT IS WINDY.
IT IS ALWAYS AWESOME, AMAZING,
SPECIAL.
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♪ ♪
♪
>> THE NEW ASTRONAUTS ARE DAY IS
A WAY FROM JOINING THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW
ARE BOTH VET VETERANS OF
PREVIOUS STATION VISITS.
IN THE FEATURE, NASA ASTRONAUT,
BOB BEN TALKS ABOUT HOW THE AIR
FORCE BACKGROUND PREPARED AM HIM
FOR THE FIRST OF ITS KIND
EXPERIMENT.
>> HI, I AM BOB BEHNKEN, THE
JOINT OPERATION MISSION
COMMANDER FOR NASA'S SPACEX
DEMO-2 MISSION.
♪
♪ ♪
♪
>> SO DOUG HURLEY ABOUT TO TAKE
NASA SPACEX DEMO-2 MISSION,
DURING THAT MISSION WE'LL CHECK
OUT EVERYTHING FROM RESPONSE A
FIRE ONBOARD, TO FLYING CLOSE TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
MANUALLY AND MAKE SURE ALL OF
THOSE SYSTEMS ARE WORKING DURING
THE TESTER FLIGHT SO THE FUTURE
MISSIONS WILL HAVE THEM
AVAILABLE EVEN IF THEY DON'T
PLAN TO UTILIZE THEM AND
HOPEFULLY THAT FUTURE CREWS ON
DRAGON VEHICLES HEADED TO NASA
SPACE STATION AREN'T CURSING OUR
NAMES BECAUSE WE ACCEPTED SOME
FEATURE THAT WAS COMPLICATED,
HARD TO RAIN, IN THE END, HARD
TO OPERATE.
♪
♪ ♪
♪
♪ YOU KNOW IN THE AIR FORCE
FLIGHT TEST ENVIRONMENT, THERE
IS ALWAYS A BALANCE OF MANAGE
RISKS AS YOU GO FORWARD TO
EXECUTE A TEST POINT IN FIGURING
OUT A WAY TO COLLECT THE DATA
AND DO THAN THE CALM, COOL,
COLLECTED KIND OF TEST
ENVIRONMENT WITH THE EX
EXPERIENCED FOLKS BEFORE, YOU
KNOW, A PILOT ENDS UP SOMEPLACE
A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED
ABOUT THE A LOT LESS RESOURCES,
MY ROLE FOR A SPACE MUGS IS VERY
MUCH THE SAME.
♪
♪ ♪
♪ YOU KNOW MY CAREER AT NASA HAS
SPANNED A COUPLE OF DECADE
THAT'S POINT.
I ARRIVED WITH THE CLASS OF
20000, WENT THROUGH THE TRAINING
PROGRAM PRIMARILY KNOW FOCUS ON
THE SPACE SHUTTLE AND LETTING
THOSE SYSTEMS THROUGH THE
ASSEMBLY PROCESS, WHICH WAS A
LITTLE BIT LIKE WHERE WE WITH
DRAGON IN THE EARLY DAYS BECAUSE
SPACE STATION KEPT CHANGING AND
HAWED TO STAY UP WITH IT.
A AFTER THIS I WAS ASSIGNED TO A
SERIES OF KIND OF TRAINING
ACTIVITIES BOTH THE LONG
DURATION CREW MEMBER THEN
FLOPPED OVER AND BLUE COUPLE OF
SHUTTLE MISSIONS ON ENDEAVOR.
AFTER THIS, I CAME BACK AND KIND
OF WORKED UP TO LEADERSHIP
CHANGE THROUGH THE STATION
OPERATIONS AND DEPUTY CHIEF THEN
CHIEF OF THE ASTRONAUT OFFICE,
ONE OF THE DOLE GOALS WAS TO TRY
GET AS MANY ASTRONAUTS OFF TO
KAZAKHSTAN SO THEY WOULD
APPRECIATE THE DAY WHEN WE GOT
TO LAUNCH AGAIN FROM THE FLORIDA
COAST.
♪
♪ ♪
♪
>> PROBABLY TO THINGS THAT
JUMPED OUT TO ME AS BIG WINCE
MUCH ONE IS ASSOCIATED WITH
HAVING TRAINING PERSPECTIVE.
BOTH DOUG IN A CAN SIT IN A
CAPSULE, WE CAN PUT ON SUITS, WE
CAN GO THROUGH A SITUATION OR
SCENARIO WHERE THE SUITS WILL
INFLATE TO TRY TO PROTECT US
FROM WHATEVER SITUATION IS
DEVELOPING.
THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST
ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS TOOL TO BE
ABLE TO PLAN OUR OWN WAY OUT OF
ORBIT BACK TERRAIN WE HAD TO
COME UP WITH A WAY THAT DIG
BREAK THE SOFTWARE ALLOCATION
THAT WAS OUT THERE WEANED HAD TO
HAVE THE BIG PICTURE.
OK.
HOW DOES THE CREW GET HOME IF
THEY END UP IN THIS SITUATION.
HOW DOES THE CREW GET HOME WHEN
THEY WERE ABLE TO FLIP THAT
SWITCH AND NOT COUNT HOW MANY
FAILURES IT TOOK TO GET THERE
BUT LET'S FIGURE OUT THE EASIEST
WAY TO PROVIDE THAT CAPABILITY
AND THEN, THEY GOT ONBOARD WITH
IT.
WAS THE MOMENT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAVE THE
MISSION THE CREW, BUT NEED TO
SAVE THE YEW THE CREW, IT IS THE
MINDSET THAT WE HAVE PUT OUT
THERE.
♪
♪ ♪
♪ IT WAS A DESIGN THAT LAUNCH
DAY IS KIND OF RELAXED.
SO WE GET UP, HAVE A LITTLE BIT
OF EXERCISE, PROBABLY OR
BREAKFAST THEN EXERCISE TO BE
ABLE TO DO SOME LAST MINUTE
PHONE CHANCE PROBABLY HAVE LUNCH
REVIEW AND WEATHER BRIEFING OF
SOME SORT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
WEATHER IS GOING TO LOOK LIVE
LIKE AND HEAR ANYTHING
ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE, THE
TECHNICAL DETAILS-WISE AND GET
EARLY READ ON THAT BEFORE THE
FORMAL PROCESS OF GETTING A SUIT
ON, THEN, HEADING OUT TO THE
LAUNCHPAD.
FOR ME, YOU KNOW, HAVING
LAUNCHED A COUPLE OF TIMES ON
THE VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, THE
SECOND TIME WAS DEFINITELY
DIFFERENT THAN THE FIRST TIME IN
TERMS OF RELAXATION ASSOCIATED
WITH THE MISSION AND WE ARE
DOING THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME
YOU CAN FEEL A LITTLE BIT YOU
GUILTY.
SHOULD I STUDY ONE MORE THING
AND ONE MORE PIECE INFORMATION I
SHOULD GET AND DIFFERENT ARE
WHERE I WAS AND WHERE I AM AT
RIGHT NOW.
♪
♪ ON DEEPLY PERSONAL LEVEL, I AM
REALLY EXCITED THAT MY SON IS
GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO SEE ME
LAUNCH INTO SPACE AND BEING AN
ASTRONAUT?
HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF
ABSTRACT THING FOR HIM BECAUSE
HE HAS SEEN ME DO IT IN OLD
VIDEOS BUT I HE HAS NOT SEEN ME
DO IT FOR REAL.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE U.S. TO
CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE EXCITE
THINGS THROUGHOUT FROM A
TECHNICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
CHALLENGE PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE IT
HAS MOTIVATED KNOW GO TO THE
CAREER AND MOTIVATES OTHER
CHILDREN, SO I AM EXCITED TO
BRING IT BACK TO THE FLORIDA
COAST OR BE A PART OF BRINGING
IT BACK AND ONE PIECE OF A MULTI
THOUSAND MEMBER TEAM THAT IS
GOING TO HOPEFULLY PULL THIS OFF
IN SHORT ORDER AND INSPIRING TO
ME AND I AM JUST EXCITED TO BE A
PART OF IT.
>> BOB BEHNKEN IS JUST ONE AMONG
THE MANY ASTRONAUTS, WHO
REPORTED FEELINGS OF AWE AND
WONDER WHEN THEY GOT THE FIRST
LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PLANET EARTH
FOR FROM ORBIT.
HERE FORKER ASTRONAUT TALKS
ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LAKE TO REALLY
DEVOTE SOME TIME TO OBSERVATION
FROM THAT PERCH 250MILES UP.
♪
♪ ♪
♪
>> I HAVE TAUGHT ASTRONOMY IN
BOY SCOUTS FOR MOST OF MY ADULT
LIFE AND THE SUMMER STARS IN
PARTICULAR THE BACK OF MY HAND.
LIVED IN THE MOJAVE DESERT FOR
EIGHT YEARNS GO AWAY FROM THE
LIGHTS THERE AS BIG AS THEY MAY
BE TO LAY ON TOP OF A CAR AND
JUST, JUST SWIM, YOU FOE, IN THE
UNIVERSE.
I HAVE LOVED THE NIGHT SKY AND
THE STARS, SO ON THE FIRST
SHUTTLE FLIGHT, BOTH KNIFE
SHUTTLE FLIGHTS, WE TOOK SOME
TIME THE CREW TO TURN OFF ALL
THE LIGHTS IN THE COCKPIT, AND
LET OUR EYES ADAPT, AND SIT
THERE PERCHED IN THE WINDOW.
WE WERE ALL IN DIFFERENT
WINDOWS.
CUE SEE THE MILKY WAY, IT IS
JUST STUNNING.
♪
♪ ♪
♪ OF COURSE THE LIGHTS DON'T
FLICKER.
THEY ARE STEADY AND NO NOT
COMING THROUGH THE DUST AND COME
THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE.
AS YOU ADJUST.
YOU START TO SENSE THE VERY
SUBTLE COLORS IN THE STARS.
A LITTLE BIT OF
BLUISH-BLUE-WHITE.
THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, REALLY NEAT
FOR ME TO SEE.
THE SPACE SHUTTLE WAS INCREDIBLY
BUSY TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOWS.
I WAS HAVING A DOWNTOWN, SO YOU
WORK REALLY HARD, I MEAN, MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY, IT WAS BLUR.
WORKING LATE, YOU LIVING AT
WORK.
THERE IS ALWAYS MORE TO DO.
AND THEN, WE CAN HAVE SOME WORK,
WORKOUT AND HAVE A
VIDEOCONFERENCE WITH THE FAMILY
BUT DO YOU HAVE TIME FOR
PROJECTS FOR LOOKING OUT THE
WINDOWS, THEN I REALLY GOT INTO
PHOTOGRAPHY IN PARTICULAR WHICH
FAIRLY NEW CAMERAS AND IT LOOKS
GOOD.
CAPTURING IMAGERY IN A WAS UP
THERE DURING THE LAST SPACE
SHUTTLE MISSION, 135 ATLANTIS
DOCKED ON THE SPACE STATION AND
I GRABBED A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.
SHE WAS ON THE CREW.
SHE HAD LOOKED ON THE SPACE
STATION A FEW YEARS BEFORE AND
IT WAS USED AND SHE WAS THERE
ALL THEY HAD WAS SINGLE WINDOWS
TO LOOK STRAIGHT DOWN AND THERE
YOU ARE BUNCHED AT FIVE MILES A
SECOND YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED OUT
THE CUPOLA YET.
NO, COME WITH ME.
NO, SANDY, YOU HAVE GOT SEE
THIS.
WE WENT IN THERE.
WE CRANKED THE SHUTTERS OPEN.
WE WERE FLYING INTO THE
ASTONISHING AURORA.
THE SOUTHERN LIGHTS.
RIPPLING RIVER OF GREEN THAT IS
DOWN BELOW US, THE RED
STRETCHING UP TO OUR ALTITUDE,
IT WAS BREATHTAKING.
AND I HAD NOT PRACTICED
PHOTOGRAPHY UP TO THIS POINT.
I KNEW RIGHT THEN, THAT I HAD TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO CAPTURE THIS
SO I STARTED WORKING ON THAT AND
I CALLED THE PHOTOGRAPHY EX
PERSON THE GROUND, OK, WHAT ARE
THE SETTINGS TO GET STARTED WITH
THIS.
PART OF IT WAS EXPERIMENTAL.
I STARTED TRYING.
WE SAW LITTLE BIT OF THE GREEN
AURORA OUT TO THE SIDE THEN A
PICTURE OF ATLANTIS' PLASMA
TRAIL AND CAME OVER THE YUCATAN
HEADED TOWARD FLORIDA.
THE MORE YOU LOOK, THE MORE YOU
START TO SEE, SEE THE STARS LIKE
YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE.
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>> IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET
ANOTHER LOOK AT ANY OF THE
STORIES FEATURED TODAY, CHECK US
OUT ON YOUTUBE AND FACE BOOK.
THERE ARE THE ADDRESSES.
BE SURE THAT LOOK AROUND.
THERE IS LOTS OF OTHER COOL YOU
CAN FIND ABOUT NASA AND
AMERICA'S HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT
PROGRAM.
IF YOU ARE OUT ON THE INTERNET,
YOU COULD ALSO CHECK OUT HOUSTON
WE HAVE A PODCAST.
IT IS WHERE WE TALK TO FOLKS
ABOUT THEIR ALL AS PECKS OF
SPACE EXPLORATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN TODAY'S NEW
POST, GARY JORDAN TALKS TO TWO
OF THE DIVER INTERESTS THE
NEUTRAL BUOYANCY LAB THEIR WORK
HELPING TO TRAIN OUR ASTRONAUTS
FOR THE SPACEWALKS THEY DO ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
GO TO NASA.GOV SLASH PODCAST FOR
THIS WEEK'S HE! EPISODE WHERE
YOU WHERE YOU WILL ALSO FIND THE
PREVIOUS EPISODES IN THE FULL
LIBRARY OF THE NASA PODCAST AL
OF WHICH YOU CAN LISTEN TO ON
SOUNDCLOUD, GOOGLE PODCAST.
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