>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THATCH FOR JOINING US TODAY AT
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
WE'RE TARGETING NO EARLIER THAN
FEBRUARY 26th 2:07 A.M.
EASTERN TIME.
THEY'LL BE ON A LONG MISSION TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE'RE JOINED TODAY BY PANELIST
TO DISCUSS THE MISSION.
>> THIS WEEK IS OFTEN SOLEMN AND
THOUGHTFUL TIME FOR US IN THE
NASA FAMILY WITH THE
TWENTIESth ANNIVERSARY OF
COLUMBIA YESTERDAY.
MULTIPLE REMINDERS FOR US, WE
NEED TO REMAIN VIGILANT AND
CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE
ARE KEEPING THE SAFETY OF THE
CREW IN OUR HANDS.
WE'RE HEADED IN A CRITICAL TIME
NOW IN OUR JOINT OPERATIONS.
WE'RE HEADING INTO ONE OF THE
BUSIEST INCREMENTS IN THE
HISTORY OF STATION.
WE HAVE A STRING OF CRITICAL
MISSIONS COMING UP WITH FLIGHT
AS A REPLACEMENT SOYUZ.
OUR CREW-6 LAUNCH.
OUR CREW-5 RETURN.
ALL THAT WORK WILL BE PREPARING
US WITH THE CREW COMPLIMENT TO
SUPPORT THE CRITICAL SCIENCE
THAT WE'LL BE CONDUCTING.
THEN OUR BOEING CREW FLIGHT
TEST.
I LOOK AT THE PATCH AND THIS
PANEL EXEMPLIFIES TO ME THE ISS
COLLABORATION.
HERE WE ARE WITH OUR ISS PROGRAM
AND OUR COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM
TEAM.
OUR PARTNERSHIP HERE WITH
SPACEX, OUR PROFESSIONAL
RELATIONSHIP AND CONTINUED
RELATIONSHIP, TEAMWORK WITH
COSMOS PARTNER.
WE'RE GETTING A NEW FACE.
I WANT TO WRAP UP BY SAYING THIS
TEAM HERE KNOWS THAT THEY NEED
TO FOCUS ON US DOING THIS RIGHT
AND US CAREFULLY WORKING THROUGH
EACH OF THESE MISSIONS TO ENSURE
THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
ONGOING OPERATIONS THERE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS IT'S AN HONOR TO BE
HERE TO REPRESENT THE COMMERCIAL
CREW PROGRAM TEAM TODAY.
THIS IS A TIME OF YEAR FOR ME TO
STEP BACK AS WE HAVE OUR
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM DAY AND
ACTIVITIES TOMORROW TO THINK
ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND THE
DILIGENCE IT TAKES TO PUT EVERY
MISSION TOGETHER, THE CARE OF
EVERY EVERY DECISION WE MAKE
RELATIVE TO ANALYSIS.
SPACE FLIGHT IS CHALLENGING.
IT'S CHALLENGING HERE IN 2023.
WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY IN
COMMERCIAL CREW AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO A SAFE MISSION WHEN
WE'RE READY TO FLY.
IT'S EXCITING TO BE GETTING
READY FOR CREW-6 AS WE GET INTO
THAT FINAL PHASE.
LOT OF HARDWARE IS ALREADY AT
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
THE CREW WILL GO DOWN AND DO A
CHECK OUT OF THAT SPACECRAFT
THIS WEEKEND AND LOOK AT THE
INTERIOR AND SYSTEMS ON THE
SPACECRAFT.
WE HAVE ALMOST ALL THE FALCON 9
HARDWARE ON THE CAPE FOR THE
FLIGHT.
WE STILL HAVE THE FIRST STAGE
GETTING ITS FINAL PROCESSING IN
McGREGOR, TEXAS.
IT WILL SHIP DOWN AROUND
FEBRUARY 4th.
WE'LL HAVE THE HARDWARE DOWN FOR
THE FINAL PIECES TOGETHER.
OUR NASA SPACEX TEAMS DOING THE
FINAL VIEWS.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING
OUT OTHER MISSIONS.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING
THAT.
EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE TEAM THAT
WE HAVE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD THROUGH
THE HOLIDAY AND NEW YEAR AND
GETTING READY FOR CREW-6.
AS CATHY SAID, WE HAVE A BUSY
SPRING IN FRONT OF US.
WE'LL TAKE EACH SESSION ONE STEP
AT A TIME.
THE LAUNCH DATE IS
FEBRUARY 26th, NICE, EARLY IN
THE MORNING, 2:07 EASTERN LAUNCH
TIME.
WE'LL BE READY WHEN THE VEHICLE
AND ALL THE HARDWARE IS READY TO
GO AND THE ALL THE OTHER THINGS
IT TAKES TO EXECUTE THE HUMAN
SPACE FLIGHT MISSION.
FOLLOWING THAT, WE'LL HAVE A
FIVE-DAY HANDOVER AND BRING THE
CREW-5 DRAGON HOME.
WE'LL DO AN INSPECTION OF THAT
VEHICLE BEFORE WE BRING IT BACK.
THAT WILL BE AROUND MARCH 4th,
UNDOCK AND LAND.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
JOE MULTIMONO.
>> WE TAKE A TIME OUT THIS WEEK
IN THE SPACE STATION PROGRAM AND
REFLECT ON THE LESSONS LEARN AND
MAKE SURE WE'RE CARRYING THOSE
FORWARD.
IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE LOOK AT
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT THAT WE LEARN
FROM THE PAST AND WE NEVER
FORGET AND BRING THOSE LESSONS
WITH US.
THESE MISSIONS ARE WHAT WE DO.
THEY ARE WHAT WE CAN TAKE
TOGETHER AND SHOWCASE THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WITH THIS CREW, WITH STEVE, THIS
WILL BE HIS FOURTH MISSION.
COMBINATION WITH STEVE AND FRANK
ON ORBIT.
THEY'LL HELP THE FIRST FLIERS
GET GOING.
THIS EXHIBITION WILL BE ANOTHER
EXAMPLE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THIS CREW WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR
250 EXPERIMENTS FOR RESEARCH.
THEY'LL BE DOING TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT FOR EXPLORATION AS
WELL AS COMMERCIAL LOWER EARTH
ORBIT ACTIVITIES.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO INTEGRATE
CREW EXCHANGE THAT WE STARTED
LAST YEAR IN THE FALL.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER COSMONAUT ON
THE MISSION.
WE'LL HAVE UNITED EMIRATES CREW
MEMBER ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
HE WAS A BACKUP FOR HAZAH ON THE
SOYUZ.
HE'S FAMILIAR WITH OUR PROGRAM
AND EXCITED TO HAVE ANOTHER
ASTRONAUT ON BOARD AND EXCITED
TO EXPAND HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT
ACROSS THE GLOBE.
THIS MISSION WILL LAUNCH ON
FEBRUARY 26th. WE'LL HAVE A
START HANDOVER WITH THE CREW-5.
THEY'RE NOT SLOWING DOWN.
THEY HAVE ABOUT A MONTH TO GO.
WE'LL BE EXCITED ONCE THEY ARE
BACK ON EARTH.
THOSE GUYS ARE FULLY SUBSCRIBED.
WE'RE KEEPING THEM BUSY WITH THE
SCIENCE ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
JUST FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THE 26
LAUNCH, THEY WILL LAUNCH ON CREW
SOYUZ ON FEBRUARY 20th.
WE'RE EXCITED.
CATHY MENTIONED, HOW BUSY THE
TIME FRAME IS.
JUST TO LAY OUT, WE HAVE A
LAUNCH OF A PROGRESS VEHICLE IN
EARLY FEBRUARY.
WE HAVE THE SOYUZ THAT I
MENTIONED.
THE RIGHT AFTER CREW-6 WE'LL
HAVE THE SPACEX 27 BY THE
NORTHROP GRUMMAN MISSION.
THAT'S JUST THE FIRST PART.
YOU KEEP GOING, WE HAVE ANOTHER
SPACEX CARGO DRAGON MISSION,
NORTHROP GRUMMAN MISSION.
SOYUZ EXCHANGE.
JUST ROCKING AND ROLLING.
WITH THAT, HUGE THANKS TO OUR
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, HUGE
THANKS TO SPACEX AND ALL
DOMESTIC PARTNERS.
WITH THAT, LET ME HAND IT OVER
TO SARAH.
>> I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED TO
START TALKING ABOUT CREW-6
MISSION WITH ALL OF YOU.
THIS IS OUR FIRST HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT MISSION IN 2023.
IT'S AN EXCITING YEAR FOR
DRAGON.
CREW-6 IS SPACEX'S SPACE FLIGHT
MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AND THE 34th
DRAGON MISSION.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH
STEVE.
I KNOW THERE'S INTEREST IN
SPECIFIC VEHICLES USED.
THIS IS THE FIRST LAUNCH FOR THE
FALCON 9 BOOSTER.
THIS SPECIFIC DRAGON IS NAMED
ENDEAVOR.
WE BLEW IT FOR THE DEMO 22 MIX.
WE GOT OUR CREW EQUIPMENT
INTERPHASE TEST COMING UP IN A
WEEK.
WE LIKE TO CALL IT THE DRAGON
TEST DRIVE.
IT'S A CHANCE FOR THE CREW TO
GET IN THE FLIGHT SUITS AND
CONNECT EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND
GET THAT FINAL FEEL BEFORE THEIR
LAUNCH DAY THAT EVERYTHING IS
WORKING WELL TOGETHER.
THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING ME
TODAY'S BRIEFING.
THANKS FROMMAL OF US HERE AT
SPACEX.
>> OUR NEXT OPENING REMARKS WILL
GO TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT PROGRAMS FOR
COSMOS.
>> THIS IS THE SECOND TIME
RUSSIA WILL FLY ON SPACEX.
GOING TO FLY ON CREW-6 AND JOIN
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> THANK YOU, SERGEY.
JUST BEFORE WE GO TO OUR
QUESTION, WE ARE GOING TO TURN
IT OVER TO THE DIRECTOR GENERAL
OF MOHAMMED RASHEED SPACE CENTER
FOR THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HELLO EVERYBODY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD EVENING
FROM DUBAI.
IT'S AN HONOR AND PLEASURE TO BE
HERE.
TODAY, I THOUGHT I GIVE A QUICK
INTRODUCTION TO THE SPACE
CENTER.
MAY BE LOT OF LISTENERS ARE NOT
AWARE OF THE CENTER.
WE ESTABLISHED A GOVERNMENT
ENTITY BASED IN DUBAI IN 2006.
CLOSE TO 20 YEARS.
WE HAVE FOUR MAIN AREAS WE ARE
WORKING IN CURRENTLY.
THE SECOND PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE
IS OUR MARS EXPLORATION PROGRAM,
WHERE WE LAUNCHED WITH IS THE
SPACE AGENCY.
IT WAS LAUNCHED IN 2020.
THAT'S AN EXCITING PROGRAM THAT
WE'RE WORKING ON.
WE ARE PLANNING OUR SECOND AND
THIRD AS WE SPEAK NOW.
FOURTH PROGRAM, WE'LL GET MORE
DETAILS ON, WHICH IS OUR UAE
ASTRONAUT PROGRAM.
THIS WAS KICKED OFF IN 2017.
THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, WE
LAUNCHED SELECTION PROCESS.
WE SELECTED OUR FIRST TWO
ASTRONAUTS WHO'S A MEMBER OF THE
CREW-6 TODAY.
WE HAVE 4000 THAT APPLIED TO
THAT PROGRAM.
WE SELECTED THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN.
WE HAD OUR FIRST MISSION TO THE
ISS THROUGH AN AGREEMENT WITH
ROSCOSMOS.
IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL
MISSION.
WE HAD HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
STUDENTS AND LOT OF OUTREACH
THAT WAS DONE TO THAT MISSION AS
WELL AS SCIENCE.
THIS WAS REALLY A PUSH FROM THE
UAE TO SAY WE WANTED TO BE A
LONG-TERM PLAYER IN HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE
PLAYERS THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT.
TODAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR
SECOND FLIGHT.
BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THAT, I WILL
SAY THAT AFTER THAT FLIGHT, WE
SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH NASA TO
TRAIN OUR TWO ASTRONAUTS AND TWO
ADDITIONAL ASTRONAUTS.
AFTER THAT, WE THEN SELECTED TWO
MORE ASTRONAUTS FIRST FEMALE
ASTRONAUT.
ALL OF THOSE FOUR ASTRONAUTS
HAVE BEEN TRAINING IN NASA.
TODAY, OF COURSE, HE'S A CAPABLE
ASTRONAUT.
HE'S BEEN TRAINING AT NASA FOR
THE LAST THREE YEARS.
HE'S GOT FIVE YEARS OF TRAINING.
HE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE
PROCESS OF THAT TYPE OF MISSION.
HE'S ALSO CAPABLE AND FULLY
TRAINED IN OPERATIONS OF THE
ISS.
WE HOPE HE CAN HAVE A VERY
ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THIS
FLIGHT.
IF WE LOOK AT WHAT WE WILL BE
DOING IN THIS FLIGHT, WE HAVE
OVER 20 SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS FROM
UAE INSTITUTIONS THAT HE'LL BE
CONDUCTING ON THE FLIGHT AS WELL
AS OVER 15 EVENTS WITH THE
UNIVERSITIES, STUDENTS,
LEADERSHIP, VARIOUS PARTS FROM
HERE IN THE UAE AND GLOBALLY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF EDUCATION
ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS AND LOT
OF DIFFERENT OPERATION ELEMENTS
THAT WE WILL COORDINATE WITH
NASA.
THAT'S ALL I LIKE TO SAY FROM MY
SIDE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR BRIEFERS
THAT ARE JOINING US TODAY.
WE'LL MOVE INTO THE QUESTION AND
ANSWER PORTION OF THE BRIEFING.
AGAIN, PLEASE LIMIT YOURSELF TO
ONE QUESTION.
WE HAVE LOT OF INTEREST TODAY.
PLEASE DIRECT TO WHOM YOUR
QUESTION IS ADDRESSED AND STATE
YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION.
IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE LINE WITH
US, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND BY
PRESSING STAR ONE AND LOWER IT
BY STAR TWO IF YOUR QUESTION HAS
BEEN ANSWERED.
WE'LL START HERE IN THE ROOM.
>> MARK, I'M WITH THE AVIATION
SPACE TECHNOLOGY.
I BELIEVE THIS IS FOR CATHY AND
JOE.
HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS TO THIS
POINT THE WAY THE SPACE STATION
PARTNERSHIP IS DEALT WITH THE
SOYUZ LEAK COOLANT LEAK AND THE
SORTS OF ISSUES IT RAISED AND
JUST PLANNING FOR CERTAIN EVENTS
AND REACHING MILESTONES BEYOND
THAT EVENT ITSELF?
>> AS ALWAYS, THE TEAM PULLS
TOGETHER INTERNATIONALLY AND
DOMESTICALLY TO ADDRESS ANYTHING
WE HAVE ANY TIME WE HAVE A
PROBLEM ON ORBIT.
ROSCOSMOS HAS BEEN FULLY OPEN
WITH US.
KEN BOWERSOX WAS WORKING WITH
THE CONTRACTOR AND SPACEX HAS
BEEN AN AWESOME PARTNER AS WE
LOOKED AT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH
THE DRAGON TO HELP US PROTECT
CONTINGENCIES.
FROM A PARTNERSHIP STANDPOINT,
BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND
DOMESTICALLY, TEAM HASN'T MISSED
A BEAT.
THIS IS HOW WE DO DAY-TO-DAY
OPERATIONS.
>> I THINK IT'S ALSO REALLY
IMPORTANT TO SHOW HOW THAT
INTEGRATED CREW AND THAT
INTEGRATED CREW STRATEGY AND
PLANNING HELPED US REALLY BE
ABLE TO WORK ON HAVING THE MOST
ROBUST STRATEGY POSSIBLE WORKING
THROUGH THIS.
WE'RE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER
DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND WORK
DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO BE ABLE
TO DEAL WITH WHAT WAS VERY LOW
PROBABILITY EVENT.
WE ALWAYS PLAN FOR THE BEST AND
THE WORST, SOMETIMES.
IT'S WHY WE LOOK AT THAT
STRATEGY AND HAVING THAT
RESILIENT STRATEGY THAT ALLOWS
US TO HAVE THE STRONGEST,
LOGISTICAL POSTURE AS A JOINT
TEAM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'LL TAKE IT ON THE PHONE.
WE HAVE ROBERT WITH COLLECT
SPACE.
>> JUST TO KEEP -- JUST TRYING
TO UNDERSTAND WITH THE EXTENSION
OF THE MS22 CREWS STAYING ON THE
ISS AND THE ARRIVAL OF CREW-6 IS
WHEN DO EXPEDITION 69 BEGIN?
>> ROBERT, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT
QUESTION.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT
THIS WEEK.
AS YOU KNOW, SHOULD YOU JUST
CHANGE OVER EXPEDITIONS WITH THE
NEW SOYUZ?
WHICH IS WHAT WE DO.
WE'RE PROBABLY A WIKE OR SO AWAY
IN DECIDING WHICH PATH WE'RE
GOING TO GO.
>> NEXT QUESTION IS FROM MARSHA
DUNN WITH AP.
>> MAY BE ALONG THE SAME LINES.
JOEL, HOW LONG DOES THIS
MISSION, CREW-6, HOW LONG ARE
THEY EXPECTED TO BE UP THERE?
FOR SPACEX, I'M WONDERING IF THE
SOYUZ LEAK IMPACT STRIKE.
WAS THAT A WAKEUP CALL FOR YOU?
COULD SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN
DRAGON WHILE IT'S PARKED A THE
SPACE STATION?
THANK YOU.
>> I'LL TAKE THE FIRST PART.
IT'S ABOUT SIX-MONTH MISSION.
180 DAYS S WHAT WE'RE PLANNING
FOR CREW-6.
>> I CAN START OUT WHAT WE'VE
DONE AND SARAH CAN JUMP IN.
THE DRAGON, FIRST OF ALL, WE
HAVE DESIGNED THAT VEHICLE TO
HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
SHIELDING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
ALREADY AROUND CRITICAL SYSTEMS
LIKE THE PROPELLANT TANKS AND
OTHER AREAS.
WE WENT IN WITH THE DESIGN
KNOWING THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE
HIGHEST RISK AREAS.
WE PUT THAT SHIELDING IN PLACE.
WE DO, OBVIOUSLY, INSPECT THE
VEHICLE BEFORE THE VEHICLE
RETURNED.
WE'LL DO AN INSPECTION IN COUPLE
OF WEEKS PRIOR TO UNDOCK.
JUST YESTERDAY AT THE PROGRAM
CONTROL BOARD, WE STARTED TO
TALK ABOUT IS THERE ANYTHING WE
CAN DO.
COULD WE PUT IN ADDITIONAL
SHIELDING.
WE'LL GO WORK WITH SARAH AND THE
SPACEX TEAM TO GO LAY THAT IN
AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING
ELSE WE CAN DO.
WE UNDERSTAND IT'S A BIG RISK.
WHEN I WORKED ON THE SPACE
SHUTTLE PROGRAM, IT WAS OUR
HIGHEST RISK.
WE HAD ONE FLIGHT, WHERE WE
ALMOST HAD SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO
A RADIATOR.
WE CONTINUE TO WATCH CAREFULLY
AND KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
HAVE TO MANAGE VERY CAREFULLY
FOR THE MISSIONS.
>> WE DID HAVE SARAH ON.
SHE WAS MUTED.
YOU LOOKING TO ADD ANYTHING?
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY ALL THE
SAME THINGS YOU JUST SAID.
WE DO CONTINUE SET DRAGONS.
WE PERFORM THESE WEEKLY
CHECKOUT.
WE DO MONTHLY WAKEUPS.
WE'VE PERFORMED BOTH OF THOSE
ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
WE DO PERFORM VIDEO INSPECTION
USING ISS'S ROBOTIC ARM TO LOOK
AROUND THE EXTERIOR DRAGON.
THAT WAS OUR NOMINAL PROCESS TO
SURVEY ANY INDICATION MODD
IMPACTS.
WE DO ALSO PLAN TO ASK THE CREW
TO DO A VISUAL INSPECTION OF
DRAGON'S WINDOWS TO ENSURE THERE
WAS NO EFFECTS OF THE COOLANT
LEAKS.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM BILL
HARWOOD WITH CBS NEWS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I GOT A QUESTION FOR JOEL AND
STEVE.
LOOKING AT THE CONTINGENCY PLAN
WHERE YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT
MOVING THE SEAT LINER OVER TO
THE CREW DRAGON.
CAN YOU GIVE US DETAILS HOW THAT
WORKS?
HOW DID YOU ACCOMMODATE THAT?
WHAT KIND OF STRAP PROCEDURES
YOU HAVE?
HOW WOULD THAT WORK?
RELATED TO THAT, I KNOW YOU GUYS
LOOKED AT THE POSSIBILITY.
WHERE DOES THAT STAND WITH
SPACEX?
>> I'LL START AND THEN STEVE CAN
JUMP IN.
FRANK WILL BE RETURNING AGAIN IF
WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY AND IF WE
HAVE TO EVACUATE SPACE STATION.
HE'LL BE IN THE CARGO AREA.
AN AREA WHERE WE NORMALLY BRING
CARGO BACK ON THE CREW DRAGONS.
HE WILL NOT HAVE A SUIT.
WE BROUGHT OVER A SEAT LINER.
THE COME CAT WAS BROUGHT OVER
NOT FOR COMMUNICATION BUT HELP
KEEP HIS HEAD IN POSITION.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE SET UP.
>> I WOULD SAY, JOEL SAID IT
VERY WELL.
WHEN THIS FIRST HAPPENED, WE
STARTED LOOK AT WHAT IS
AVAILABLE, WHAT COULD WORK.
WE FIGURED OUT THIS CARGO AREA,
WE MIGHT BE ABOUT THE RIGHT SEAT
LINER IN.
WE ANALYZED ALL THE DIFFERENT
THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE IN
PLACE.
AIR FLOW IS ACCEPTABLE, CAN WE
MAINTAIN CARBON DIOXIDE
SCRUBBING, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH
OXYGEN AND SUPPLIES.
WE FIGURED THAT WAS OUT.
YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT HOW WOULD
WE POSITION THE SEAT LINER IS
PERFECT TO RESTRAINING THE CREW
MEMBER IN THIS AREA TO KEEP
FRANK SAFE.
WE LOOKED TAKING SOME CARGO
STRAPS FROM THE CRS26 VEHICLE.
WE LOOKED AT IS IT GOING OKAY TO
LAND IN THESE CONFIGURATIONS.
THOSE ALL CAME BACK ACCEPTABLE.
WE CONVINCED OURSELVES IT'S A
GOOD POSTURE TO BE IN FOR THIS
CONTINGENCY AS JOEL SAID IF WE
WOULD HAVE TO EVACUATE ISS.
WE COULD ACCOMMODATE TWO MORE
CREW MEMBERS IN THIS CARGO AREA
IF WE NEEDED TO.
WE'RE READY TO DO THAT IF WE
NEEDED TO.
I THINK IN THIS SITUATION, IT
WAS A GOOD COMPROMISE TO BRING
ONE CREW MEMBER OVER AND HAVE
THE SOYUZ AVAILABLE
>> NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
STEPHEN CLARK WITH SPACE FLIGHT
NOW.
>> THANK YOU.
STEPHEN CLARK.
I THINK MY QUESTION MAYBE
PARTIALLY FOR JOEL AND STEVE
STITCH.
YOU TALKED ABOUT REASSESSING THE
SCHEDULE FOR FUTURE UPCOMING
CREW CARDINAL FLIGHTS.
AFTER THE CHANGES TO THE
SCHEDULE, NEEDED TO REPLACEMENT
SOYUZ.
CAN YOU WALK THROUGH THE FIRST
HALF OF THE YEAR THE SCHEDULE
FOR THE CREW AND CARDINAL
MISSIONS GOING UP TO ISS.
YOU HAVE TARGET DATES YOU CAN
SHARE AS WELL.
ONE OF THOSE I KNOW IS CFT STAR
LINER.
HOW IS THAT COMING ALONG?
>> I'LL START.
BOTH MYSELF AND SERGEY MENTIONED
THE PROGRESS ON FEBRUARY 9th.
THE SOYUZ ON THE 20th.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE CREW-6 ON
THE 26th.
ABOUT 12 DAYS OR SO LATER, WE'LL
HAVE SPACEX 27.
THAT WILL HAVE TO MOVE IF WE
HAVE ANY SLIPS IN THE CREW-6 OR
THE CREW-5 UNDOCK.
THEN IN EARLY APRIL, WE'RE
PLANNING THE NORTHROP GRUMMAN
MISSION.
LIKE I SAID, THE SECOND QUARTER
OF THE YEAR FOR THE AXIOM
MISSION.
>> I'LL TALK ABOUT CFT.
IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TIME FRAME
RELATIVE TO CFT.
THE CREW MODULE AND THE SERVICE
MODULE FOR THAT MISSION HAVE
BEEN MADE.
THAT OCCURRED OVER THE LAST
WEEK.
WE HAVE COMPLETED WHAT WE CALL
MISSION REHEARSAL OF THE FLIGHT
SOFTWARE IN A HIGH FIDELITY LAB
WHICH HAS ALL THE FLIGHT
SOFTWARE.
THAT'S END-TO-END FROM LAUNCH
ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF
THE FLIGHT.
THAT'S GONE WELL.
WE'VE HAD THE CREW DOWN FOR LOT
OF TRAINING.
THEY ARE STARTING THEIR FINAL
PHASE OF THE TRAINING.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME
FINAL SOFTWARE TESTING, KIND OF
SCENARIOS IN THAT SAME FACILITY.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING PRETTY
GOOD.
ONE THING WE HAVE TO DO THAT'S
DIFFERENT IS, IS CLOSE OUT LOT
OF CERTIFICATION WORK FROM THAT
FLIGHT.
WE'RE WORKING HAND-IN-HAND WITH
BOEING.
WE'LL TAKE OUR TIME AND WORK
THROUGH THAT CERTIFICATION.
WE'LL WORK THROUGH THE VEHICLE,
PROCESSING THE FINAL TESTING OF
THE FLIGHT SOFTWARE.
WE'LL GO FLY IN APRIL IF WE'RE
READY.
SUNNY AND BUTCH ARE EXCITED.
>> NEXT QUESTION IS FROM JACKIE
WITH CNN. ARE YOU ON THE LINE?
WE CAN COME BACK.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO JESS FAUST WITH
SPACE NEWS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
QUESTION FOR EITHER JOEL OR
KATHY.
WHAT'S THE LONG-TERM OUTLOOK FOR
INTEGRATED CREWS GOING INTO THIS
FALL AND BEYOND?
YOU STILL PLANNING SWAPS ON THE
SOYUZ CREW-7 MISSION THIS FALL.
THANKS.
>> RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STILL
WORKING WITH ROSCOSMOS ON THE
SWAP IN THE FALL THIS YEAR.
MY GOAL IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO
INTEGRATE CREWS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS AS
KATHY MENTIONED EARLIER, FOR THE
PROGRAM AND FOR HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT.
WE'RE NOT FINALIZED YET.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK IN
THAT DIRECTION.
>> NEXT, LAUREN WITH BLOOMBERG.
CAN CAN YOU HEAR US?
WE WILL CHECK BACK IN.
WE'LL GO TO MICHAEL SHEETS WITH
CNBC.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TIM WITH
COURTS.
>> HELLO, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY
QUESTION.
THIS IS FOR SARAH OR MAY BE
KATHY.
I'M CURIOUS DRAGON DRAIN FOR
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUT.
HOW DOES THAT PERCEIVE?
WE HEARD FROM THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL LAST WEEK, THERE WAS
SOME ISSUES WITH COOPERATION
WITH JAPANESE ASTRONAUTS
ARTEMIS.
THANK YOU.
>> WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO TRAIN
A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL
PARTNER ASTRONAUTS.
WE HAD NUMBER OF THEM GO THROUGH
TRAINING.
FRANCE, GERMANY, RUSSIA AND
ITALY.
WE HAVE SIMILAR RULES IN PLACE
FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND ANY
VISITOR FACILITIES.
WE STAY IN LOCK STEP WITH OUR
EXPORT COMPLIANCE TEAM.
THEY STAY SUPER TIGHT WITH MY
TEAM TO ENSURE WE'RE ABLE TO
TRAIN OUR ASTRONAUTS FULLY FOR
THEIR MISSION.
>> WE'RE LUCKY WE HAVE THE
FRAMEWORK OF OUR -- UNDER WHICH
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
WAS ESTABLISHED.
THAT KIND OF ESTABLISHED THE
EXPORT ENVIRONMENT IN OUR
RELATIONSHIP.
THAT WHOLE FRAMEWORK WAS
OBVIOUSLY ALSO COORDINATED WITH
HEADQUARTERS AND THE OTHER
AGENCIES AS WE BROUGHT ON OUR
COMMERCIAL PARTNERS.
>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY
QUESTION.
WITH THIS BEING THE FOURTH
LAUNCH CREW DRAGON ENDEAVOR, HOW
MANY MORE LAUNCHES YOU HAVE
LEFT.
IS THERE ANY PLAN TO EXPAND THE
FLEET THAT IN PLAY?
WHAT EFFORT ARE BEING MADE TO
ENSURE THE SAME LEVEL OF HUMAN
SAFETY ON CREW DRAGON
REPLACEMENT STAR SHIP.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
WE HAVE ONE MORE CREW DRAGON
VEHICLE IN EARLY STAGESFUL
PRODUCTION NOW.
WE EXPECT IT TO COME ONLINE AND
ENTER THE FLIGHT ROTATION LATE
NEXT YEAR.
THAT WILL BRING US TO A FLEET
TOTAL OF THREE CARGO VEHICLES
AND FIVE CREW VEHICLES.
THOSE ARE ALREADY CERTIFIED FOR
FIVE FLIGHTS EACH.
WELL UNDER WAY THROUGH THE
QUALIFICATION CAMPAIGN TO EXPAND
THAT MUCH FURTHER.
WE EXPECT 15 FLIGHTS FOR MOST
COMPONENTS.
>> NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
ABOUT SPACE TODAY.
>> JUST ONCE AGAIN, THE LAUNCH
TIME SOMEBODY TO VERIFY THAT.
IF WE DON'T LAUNCH ON THE
26th, WHAT'S THE NEXT
AVAILABLE DATE AND LAUNCH TIME?
ANOTHER QUESTION FOR SERGEY, ON
THE RETURN OF THE 22 VEHICLES,
DO YOU EXPECT ANY INTERIOR
DAMAGE FROM THE HEAT?
>> I CAN ADDRESS THE LAUNCH TIME
QUESTION.
THE LAUNCH TIME FOR THE 26th
IS 2:07 A.M.
THAT'S EASTERN TIME.
THEN, WE'RE WELL SET UP FOR
THREE LAUNCH OPPORTUNITIES IN A
ROW THAT WOULD SATISFY THE
REQUIREMENTS TO DOCK AT A
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE LAUNCH TIME FOR THE NEXT
DAY, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT
TIME, WILL BE ABOUT 23 OR 24
MINUTES EARLIER.
>> WE ARE GOING TO RETURN BACK
BASICALLY NORMAL MODE.
WE HAVE SEVERAL BACKUP
OPPORTUNITIES USING DIFFERENT
EQUIPMENT.
WE EXPECT -- CREW COMPARTMENT
WILL BE HIGHER THAN NORMAL.
WE THINK THAT TEMPERATURE WILL
EXCEED THE LIMITS THAT COULD
DAMAGE IT.
EVEN IF SOME OF THE CREW MEMBERS
WILL NOT WORK IN THE PROPER WAY,
WE STILL HOPE VEHICLES WILL BE
IN CONTROL ROAD.
WE'LL USE IS AS ANOTHER TEST
OPPORTUNITY.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM JOEY
ROULETTE FROM REUTERS.
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M
UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY.
IF THERE'S A STATION EMERGENCY
BEFORE MS23 ARRIVALS.
FRANK RUBIO WILL GO INTO THE
CREW 5 VEHICLE.
IF SO, WHY WOULDN'T RUBIO GO
INTO MS22?
FOR SARAH, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR
HOW SPACEX WORKED ON THIS,
PARTICULARLY, HOW YOU GUYS WILL
BE ABLE TO FIT SEVEN CREW
MEMBERSES IN CREW DRAGON IF THAT
WAS NECESSARY.
THANKS.
>> WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS HELP
REDUCE THE HEAT LOAD IN THE
SOYUZ.
BY REMOVING RUBIO FROM THE
SOYUZ, YOU TAKE AWAY ONE THIRD
OF THE HUMAN HEAT LOAD.
WE WORKED WITH ROSCOSMOS.
THERE WAS ONE OTHER ITEM WE
MOVED OVER TO THE DRAGON.
SUCH THAT REDUCE THE HEAT LOAD
AND SOYUZ AND ROSCOSMOS LOOKED A
THE SOYUZ AND EXPEDITED
UNDOCKING.
JUST REMINDER, YOU ONLY HAVE TO
DO THIS IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY
ON BOARD AND IT'S DETERMINED BY
THE CREW OR THE FLIGHT CONTROL
TEAMS THAT THE EMERGENCY IS SUCH
THAT YOU CAN'T STAY ON BOARD.
THE FIRST THING YOU'LL DO IN THE
EMERGENCY, IS ADDRESS THAT
EMERGENCY WHICH CREWS ARE
TRAINED BOTH THEY GET TRAINED IN
HOUSTON.
THEY GET TRAINED IN RUSSIA IN
ORDER TO ADDRESS THE
EMERGENCIES.
ONLY IF THEY HAVE TO EVACUATE.
>> I THINK LOT OF GOOD WORDS HAS
BEEN SAID ALREADY.
THE TEAM DID AN EXTRAORDINARY
JOB WORKING THROUGH ANALYSIS
THAT CAREFULLY EXAMINED THE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION, THE
ASTRONAUT PROTECTION ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS EMERGENCY RETURN AND
WE MET TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND
DETERMINED THAT DRAGON WOULD
SUPPORT A SAFE RETURN.
ESPECIALLY UP TO SEVEN CREW
MEMBER.
IN THE EARLY DAYS OF DEVELOPING
THE CREW DRAGON VEHICLE
INTERIOR, WE LAID OUT THE
INTERIOR TO ACCOMMODATE UP TO
SEVEN INDIVIDUALS.
THAT WAS LATER ADJUSTED TO
CONVERT THREE SEATS TO SPACES
THAT COULD BE USED AS CARGO
STORAGE AREA.
THE CURRENT -- CONTINGENCY
PREPAREDNESS SET UP.
I THINK IT WAS SAID THAT DRAGON
PLENTY WITH RESPECT TO LIFE
SUPPORT MODULES.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT THE DRAGON
VEHICLE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE
CREW WITHOUT THE SUIT.
THE SUITS ARE THERE FOR
ADDITIONAL PROTECTION IN THE
EVENT OF AN INFLIGHT CONTINGENCY
EVENT.
THE NOMINAL RETURN OF DRAGON
DOES NOT REQUIRE FLIGHT SUITS.
>> NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM WILL
ROBINSON SMITH WITH SPECTRUM
NEWS ORLANDO.
>> HI, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE
TIME.
QUESTION FOR STEVE AND SARAH.
YOU TALKED ABOUT ABOUT THE
PROGRESS ON UPGRADING PAT 40 OUT
HERE AT CAPE CANAVERAL STATION
TO SUPPORT CARGO AND CREW
MISSION.
WHEN YOU EXPECT TO LAUNCH THE
FIRST CARGO TEST FROM THAT PAD.
QUESTION FOR JOEL, IS THERE ANY
SCIENCE LAUNCHING BOARD CREW-6
MISSION?
>> I CAN START OFF ON PAD 40.
SPACEX AND THE NASA TEAM HAVE
DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB LAYING
OUT THE CREW AND CARGO
CAPABILITY FROM PAD 40.
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH A
NUMBER OF PRELIMINARY DESIGN
REVIEWS ON THAT PAD.
THEN, ALSO, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A
NUMBER OF THE NEXT LEVEL, THE
FIRST LEVEL CRITICAL DESIGN
REVIEW ON SYSTEMS OF THE PAD.
RECENTLY, THEY'VE STARTED --
SPACEX STARTED GROUNDBREAKING ON
THAT PAD.
THE INITIAL WORK TO CLEAR THE
SITE AND THEN POUR THE PILINGS
FOR THE CREW TOWER.
I WILL LET SARAH FINISH AND
COMMENT ON WHEN THAT CAPABILITY
MIGHT BE AVAILABLE.
>> WE'RE EXCITED.
WE THINK IT ENABLES GREATER
FLEXIBILITY TO DRAGON CUSTOMERS.
YOU MENTIONED THE WORK THAT WE
STARTED.
OUR PRIMARY FOCUS WILL BE TO
ALLOW CARGO MISSIONS TO LAUNCH.
39A AND 40.
WE'LL ADD IN THE FINAL
CERTIFICATION ELEMENTS FOR HUMAN
SPACE FLIGHT CAPABILITIES AFTER.
WE'RE SEEING GOOD PROGRESS
TOWARDS READINESS IN THE FALL.
WE EXPECT TO BE FLYING DRAGON
MISSION OR HAVE THE OPTION TO DO
IF 39A IF IT'S A BETTER BALANCE
FOR THE MANIFEST TO FLY OFF 40
BY LATE FALL.
>> FROM THE SCIENCE STANDPOINT.
WE'LL CONTINUE.
LOT OF THE EXPERIMENTS WITH THE
CREW-6 THAT WE STARTED, CREW-5,
WE'LL CONTINUE THE HUMAN
RESEARCH WORK THAT WE DO.
AS FAR AS THE DETAILS OF THE
EXACT SCIENCE, WE HAVE A
BRIEFING COMING UP AS WE GET
CLOSER TO LAUNCH.
WE'LL GO OVER ALL THE ADDITIONAL
SCIENCE WE'LL DO IN DETAIL FOR
THE EXPEDITION.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU EVERYONE.
WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION IN THE
ROOM.
>> I WANTED TO ASK, IS THERE ANY
DIRECT COOPERATION BETWEEN
SPACEX AND ROSCOSMOS.
SPACEX WILL GO TO MARS BEFORE
2030.
IS IT SOLELY SPACEX?
THANK YOU.
>> SARAH, YOU WANT OTAKE THE
SPACEX PART?
I'LL TALK ABOUT SPACEX NASA
COLLABORATION?
>> SURE.
SPEAKING FOR SPACEX, WE'RE
EXCITED TO TRAIN THE CREWS THAT
ARE GIVEN TO US FOR OUR
VEHICLES.
IT'S BEEN AN AN HONOR TO TRAIN
TO COSMONAUTS NOW OFF CREW-5 AND
NOW FOR CREW-6.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED
PARTNERSHIP.
>> WITHIN NASA, WE'RE REALLY
EXCITED, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN
LAYING OUT OUR MOON TO MARS
STRATEGY AND HOW WE'RE LAYING
THAT IN AND HOW WE'RE WORKING
THROUGH THAT.
WE ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING IN AN
ARCHITECTURE REVIEW THIS WEEK.
LAYING OUT THE PLANS.
I SAY I DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANY
SPOILER ALERTS TO FURTHER NEWS
THAT JIM WILL BE BRINGING OUT.
STAY TUNED.
WE'LL KIND OF KEEP THIS FOCUS ON
THE CREW-6 PIECE.
I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE
OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN NASA AND
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS.
THERE WILL BE COLLABORATIONS AS
WE'RE MAKING THESE REALLY
CRITICAL STEPS TO GO TO THE MOON
AND PREPARE OURSELVES AND TO GO
TO MARS.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO JOINED
TODAY IN PERSON AND ON THE PHONE
OF COURSE A MAJOR THANK YOU TO
OUR BRIEFERS AND ALL THE
QUESTIONS.
WE ARE NOW DONE TODAY.
CREW NEWS CONFERENCE IS COMING
UP AT 1:00 P.M. CENTRAL TIME.
WE HOPE YOU WILL TUNE IN FOR
THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CREW-6
LAUNCH NO EARLIER THAN
FEBRUARY 26th.
THAT WRAPS IT UP FOR US THIS
MORNING.