>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.
I AM NASA'S SANDRA JONES, AND WE
ARE BRINGING YOU LIVE COVERAGE
OF TODAY'S HATCH CLOSURE
OPERATION AS AXIOM 2, THE SECOND
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL MISSION TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
PREPARES TO UNDOCK WRAPPING UP
THEIR MISSION IN SPACE.
THIS CREW, WHICH INCLUDES PEGGY
WHITSON, JOHN SHOFFNER, ALI
ALQARNI AND RAYYANAH BARNAWI.
THE TEAM HERE IN MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON ARE BEING LED BY FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS.
>> OK, STATION.
COPY.
GOOD INTERCOM CHECKS.
CAN YOU REPEAT THE SECOND HALF
OF THAT LAST--
>> AND YOU DID HEAR THE
COMMANDER OF AXIOM 2 MISSION,
PEGGY WHITSON, DOING SOME
COMMUNICATION CHECKS AHEAD OF
THE HATCH CLOSURE AND UNDOCKING
PREPARING HERE SHORTLY, SO THE
TEAM OF-- SO AGAIN, THE TEAM
HERE IN MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON
IS WORKING THROUGH THOSE
COMMUNICATION CHECKS WITH THE
CREW OF AXIOM 2.
RIGHT NOW, THERE IS SOME
RECONFIGURATION GOING ON WITH
THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WE DO
EXPECT THAT RECONFIGURATION TO
BE WRAPPED UP SHORTLY, THEN WE
WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM THE
AXIOM 2 CREW ONCE AGAIN.
>> DRAGON, SPACEX DRAGON THE BIG
LOOP, I HAVE YOU FIVE BY FIVE.
COPY.
>> NOW AS THE CREW CONTINUES TO
STEP THROUGH THE COMMUNICATION
CHECKS, WE ARE-- EVERYTHING IS
LOOKING GOOD THIS MORNING AS FAR
AS WEATHER IS CONCERNED FOR THE
PRIME SPLASHDOWN ZONE.
>> STATION, DRAGON, HOW DO YOU
HEAR ME?
>> STATION, DRAGON, HOW DO YOU
READ?
>> DRAGON, SPACEX DRAGON TO
GROUND, COM CHECK.
>> SO THE CREW IS CONTINUING TO
STEP THROUGH THE COMMUNICATION
CHECKS, AND THE TEAM HERE IN
MISSION CONTROL, AS WELL AS
MISSION CONTROL HAWTHORNE, ARE
CONFIGURING WHAT IS CALLED THE
BIG LOOP.
THIS IS INTEGRATED COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN THE NASA AND SPACEX AND
THE AXIOM TEAMS TO THE SPACE TO
GROUND LOOPS WILL BE FULLY
EXAMINER INTEGRATED WITH THE
COMMUNICATION ONBOARD THE SPACEX
DRAGON FREEDOM.
AND YOU ARE GETTING A GREAT VIEW
RIGHT NOW FROM INSIDE OF CREW
DRAGON FREEDOM.
THAT'S THE COMMANDER, PEGGY
WHITSON, AS SHE WORKS TO PUT HER
GLOVES ON AND STEP THROUGH THE
PROCEDURES AHEAD OF HATCH
CLOSURE.
>> THE CREW DID GET SUITED UP IN
THE LAUNCH AND IN THE SPACESUITS
EARLY THIS MORNING.
THE SPACESUITS ARE WORN DURING
ALL OF THE DYNAMIC OPERATIONS
INCLUDING LAUNCH, LANDING,
UNDOCKING AND SPLASHDOWN.
FOLLOWING HATCH CLOSURE, LEAK
CHECKS WILL OCCUR THEN WE'LL
LOOK AHEAD TO UNDOCKING AT
10:05A.M. CENTRAL TIME THIS
MORNING.
WE WILL BE ABOUT A 12-HOUR
JOURNEY FOR THE AXIOM 2 CREW.
THERE ARE SEVERAL LANDING SITES
THAT THE TEAMS ARE MONITORING
FOR WEATHER AND A PRIME LANDING
SITE THIS MORNING IS PANAMA
CITY.
>> STATION HOUSTON ON TWO.
WE ARE STANDING BY ON .5.
>> HOUSTON, COPY.
>> AND THAT WAS THE VOICE OF
NASA ASTRONAUT STEVE BOWEN, WHO
IS GOING TO TAKE THE PRIME
RESPONSIBILITY FOR MONITORING
THE DEPARTURE OF DRAGON.
>> DRAGON, HOUSTON, WE HAVE YOU
ON THE BIG LOOP.
>> PEGGY WE ARE CONFIGURING ON
OUR END, SO IT WILL BE ANOTHER
10-15 MINUTES OR SO BEFORE YOU
CAN TALK TO ISS FROM DRAGON.
>> OK, COPY.
THANKS.
WE ARE AT 2.10 FOR DEPARTURE.
>> HOUSTON, COPY.
SO AGAIN, THE CREW IS WORKING
THROUGH THOSE PROCEDURES AHEAD
OF THE HATCH OPENING AND PART OF
THAT INCLUDES MAKING SURE THE
INTEGRATED BIG LOOP IS
CONFIGURED PROPERLY.
ONCE THAT IS CONFIGURED
CORRECTLY, WE WILL HAVE THE
COMMUNICATION CHECKS ONBOARD.
>> AND WE ARE WORKING 2.8 RIGHT
NOW.
>> COPY.
PEGGY, GOOD TO HEAR FROM
YOU.
I THINK I COPIED YOUR
LAST, YOU ARE THROUGH
2.10 CABIN
CONFIGURATION.
IS THAT A GOOD READ?
>> ACTUALLY, WE
COMMUNICATED 2.8.
>> OK.
WE WILL BE BACK WITH YOU
IN 2.10.
>> COPY.
>> WE ARE CONTINUING TO
GET GOOD VIEWS INSIDE OF
CREW DRAGON FREEDOM.
PEGGY WHITSON, AS YOU
SEE THERE IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE SCREEN, IS THE
COMMANDER OF CREW DRAGON
FREEDOM.
THIS IS HER FOURTH
SPACEFLIGHT, AND BY THE
TIME SHE SPLASHES DOWN
LATER TODAY, SHE WILL
HAVE 674 DAYS SPENT IN
SPACE.
AND TO THE RIGHT OF
PEGGY IS THE PILOT, JOHN
SHOFFNER.
THIS IS HIS FIRST
SPACEFLIGHT.
>> ALONGSIDE THE CREW,
FREEDOM IS ALSO BRINGING
HOME ABOUT 300 POUNDS OF
SCIENCE AND HARDWARE AND
OVER 20 SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS THAT THE
AXIOM 2 CREW WORKED ON
THROUGHOUT THEIR STAY
ONBOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME
THAT CREW DRAGON HAS
BEEN TO SPACE.
THE FIRST WAS LAST YEAR
AS PART OF THE CREW-4
MISSION.
TO THE LEFT OF JOHN
SHOFFNER'S HEAD, YOU CAN
SEE THE MISSION PATCH
FOR THAT CREW-4 MISSION.
AND WE ARE GETTING
ANOTHER VIEW OF ONE OF
THE CREW MEMBERS INSIDE
OF FREEDOM.
THAT IS RAYYANAH
BARNAWI.
THIS IS ALSO HER FIRST
SPACEFLIGHT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE
CREW IS STEPPING THROUGH
AND REVIEWING PROCEDURES
ON THE TABLETS THAT THEY
HAVE ON THEIR LEG.
>> SPACEX DRAGON, WE ARE
READY.
DRAGON 7 SET.
COMPLETE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> COPY.
DRAGON 2.10.
AT THIS TIME, YOU A GO
FOR 2.103, ALL OF
SECTION 3 FOR TEARDOWN
AND HATCH CLOSURE.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE YOU
UNSEAL AND REINSTALL
CARTRIDGE ONE IN THE
ACTIVE SLOT.
COPY.
>> WE COPY.
COPY.
DRAGON, I WANT TO MAKE
SURE YOU COPY CARTRIDGE
ONE.
CARTRIDGE ONE.
OK, DRAGON.
ONE MORE SET OF
INSTRUCTIONS, WHEN YOU
ARE COMPLETE WITH
SECTION 3, PICK UP IN
THE HATCH CLOSED EVENT
DETAIL AND COMPLETE.
>> COPY.
>> YOU GOT IT, PEGGY,
THANKS.
>> AND YOU JUST HEARD
PEGGY WHITSON TALKING TO
THE SPACEX MISSION
DIRECTOR ABOUT THE
PROCEDURES INCLUDING
CANISTERS, THAT IS
LITHIUM HYDROXIDE
CANISTERS WHICH ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR
SCRUBBING CARBON DIOXIDE
THROUGHOUT THE TRANSIT
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION BACK TO
EARTH.
AGAIN, FOR THIS
UNDOCKING, THE TRANSIT
TIME IS A LITTLE MORE
THAN 12 HOURS AND WE ARE
TARGETING OFF THE COAST
OF PANAMA CITY FOR
TODAY'S SPLASHDOWN.
HERE IN MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO
TRACK AS AXIOM WORKS THE
WAY THROUGH THE
PROCEDURES WE WILL COVER
LIVE ON AIR THROUGH
HATCH CLOSURE THIS
MORNING AND TAKE A BRIEF
BREAK WHILE LEAK CHECKS
OCCUR AND BE BACK ON THE
AIR WITH THE SPACEX FOR
UNDOCKING COVERAGE.
SPACEX, DRAGON ON THE
BIG LOOP AT 16-16.
CARTRIDGE ONE WAS
INSTALLED.
>> SPACEX COPY.
CARTRIDGE ONE INSTALLED
AT 13-16.
YOU ARE STILL A GO FOR
TEARDOWN AND HATCH
CLOSURE.
>> DRAGON, COPY.
WE WILL CONTINUE.
3.5.
>> GOOD CALL-OUTS WITH
THE INSTALLATION OF THE
LITHIUM HYDROXIDE
CANISTER AND THAT SCRUBS
CARBON DIOXID FROM THE
DRAGON DURING THE
12-HOUR TRANSIT.
THIS IS REQUIRED BECAUSE
ONCE THE HATCHES ARE
CLOSED BETWEEN DRAGON
AND THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, AND THE
UMBILICALS DISCONNECT,
AND THE DRAGON VEHICLE
UNDOCKS.
THE DRAGON FREEDOM WILL
NO LONGER BE ABLE TO
RELY ON THE ATMOSPHERE
FROM INSIDE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
THEY ARE UP TO THE
DRAGON FREEDOM
ENVIRONMENTAL CELL AND
LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR
THE JOURNEY HOME.
AND WE ARE BEGINNING TO
SEE THE HATCH CLOSE
THERE ON THE SCREEN.
ALI ALQARNI CONTINUING
TO WORK ON GETTING THAT
HATCH CLOSED.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, HE
IS NOT QUITEE SUITED UP
IN THE LAUNCH AND
RE-ENTRY SUIT YET AND
ONCE THE HATCH IS
CLOSED, HE WILL WORK ON
GETTING THAT SPACESUIT
ON.
ONCE THE HATCHES ARE
CLOSED, IT WILL TAKE AN
HOUR FOR THE LEAK CHECKS
TO OCCUR AND A THUMBS UP
FROM ALI.
>> SPACEX DRAGON, DRAGON
HATCH IS CLOSED.
COPY, DRAGON.
HATCH CLOSED.
WE GOT A COMMAND HERE
THAT WE'LL SEND TO
TRANSITION THE STATE
MACHINE REFERENCE THE
HATCH CLOSED EVENT
DETAIL, AND I THINK YOU
ALREADY KNOW THIS,
BUT CONTINUE SUIT
DONNING.
>> AND WE JUST HEARD
CONFIRMATION FROM THE
AXIOM 2 COMMANDER, PEGGY
WHITSON, THE HATCHES ARE
CLOSED.
THE HATCHES BETWEEN
SPACEX DRAGON FREEDOM
AND THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION ARE CLOSED
AT 8:20A.M. CENTRAL
TIME THIS MORNING.
NOW A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
WILL OCCUR IN BETWEEN
OUR COVERAGE WHICH WE
ARE GOING TO WRAP UP
HERE SHORTLY.
>> ON THE LIG LOOP FOR
COM CHECK.
>> ON THE BIG LOOP FOR
COM CHECK.
>> I HAVE YOU LOUD AND
CLEAR, HOUSTON.
>> WE HAVE YOU LOUD AND
CLEAR AS WELL.
WE HAVE CONFIGURED
COMMUNICATIONS AND WOULD
LIKE YOU TO INITIATE COM
CHECKS WITH ISS AND
SPACEX AT THIS TIME.
>> COPY.
STATION, DRAGON HOW DO
YOU HEAR ME?
DRAGON, STATION.
I HAVE YOU LOUD AND
CLEAR.
>> I HAVE YOU LOUD AND
CLEAR, TOO.
SPACEX DRAGON.
HOW DO YOU READ?
DRAGON SPACEX, WE GOT
YOU SIDE-BY-SIDE.
>> WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND
CLEAR AS WELL.
>> SO AGAIN, THE.
ON THE CREW DRAGON
FREEDOM WAS CLOSED THIS
MORNING AT 8:20A.M.
CENTRAL TIME.
BUT THERE IS ONE MORE
HATCH THAT NEEDS TO
CLOSE ON THAT IS ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION SIDE.
NASA ASTRONAUT STEVE
BOWEN WILL BE WORKING TO
GET THIS HATCH CLOSED
AND CALLED THE HATCH.
SO THAT MAKES SURE TO
TAKE SOME PHOTOS OF THE
HATCH ONCE IT IS CLOSED
TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO
FOREIGN OBJECT DEBRIS TO
ENSURE THAT THE HATCH
HAS AIRTIGHT SEAL BEFORE
HE CONTINUES TO
METHODICALLY STEP
THROUGH THE PROCESS TO
GET THE HATCH CLOSED
THEN WORK THROUGH THE
DEPRESSURIZATION
SEQUENCE.
ONCE THE TWO HATCHES ARE
CLOSED, IT IS GOING TO
CREATE AN IN-BETWEEN THE
TWO HATCHES, WHICH WE
CALL THE VESTIBULE.
ONCE THAT VESTIBULE IS
IMMEDIATELY CREATED, IT
WILL BE AT SPACE STATION
PRESSURE ABOUT 14POUNDS
PER SQUARE INCH, BUT WE
DO NEED TO GET THAT
VESTIBULE DOWN TO ZERO.
COPY.
HOUSTON.
THANK YOU.
SO IN ORDER TO GET THE
VESTIBULE DOWN TO
VACUUM, WE WILL
DEPRESSURIZE IT.
THAT PROCESS DOES TAKE
ABOUT AN HOUR.
WE WON'T BE ON AIR
MONITORING THAT THIS
MORNING, BUT WE WILL
COME BACK ON FOLLOWING
THE DEPRESSURIZATION
AHEAD OF UNDOCKING.
EVERYTHING STILL LOOKING
GOOD THIS MORNING FOR
ON-TIME UNDOCKING AT
10:55A.M. CENTRAL.
>> JUST A QUICK
CORRECTION ON THE
SPLASH.
IT WAS CARD 11-10.
WE COPY.
11:10.
IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING
US THIS MORNING, YOU ARE
GETTING A LIVE VIEW
INSIDE OF THE SPACEX
CREW DRAGON FREEDOM
WHICH HAS PRIVATE
ASTRONAUTS ONBOARD.
THE HATCH TO CREW DRAGON
FREEDOM IS CLOSED AND WE
ARE AWAITING HATCH
CLOSURE ON ONBOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AHEAD OF
UNDOCKING LATER THIS
MORNING.
AXIOM 2 LAUNCHED ON
SUNDAY MAY20st FROM
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
IN FLORIDA AND DOCKED TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION FOLLOWING DAY ON
MAY22nd.
DURING THE NINE DAYS IN
SPACE, THE CREW HAS BEEN
WORKING ON OVER 90
DIFFERENT EXPERIMENTS.
DRAGON, SPACEX ON THE
BIG LOOP FOR CABIN
TEMPERATURE CONTROL.
PEGGY, JUST SOME
AWARENESS, WE COMMANDED
THE BYPASS TO ALLOW
CONTROL NOW.
IT IS ON THE MAXIMUM
COOLING SETTING AND
REMINDER THAT THE TEMP
CONTROL IS ALLOWED WITH
4.80 PRIOR TO DEORBIT.
>> GOOD COPY.
>> AND YOU ARE LOOKING
AT A VIEW FROM THE
INSIDE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AS NASA
ASTRONAUT STEVE BOWEN
WORKS THROUGH THE
PROCEDURES TO GET THE
HATCH CLOSED ON THE
SPACE STATION SIDE.
ONCE THAT IS DONE, IT
WILL CREATE THE SPACE WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT
EARLIER THE VESTIBULE
WHICH WILL BE
DEPRESSURIZED BEFORE WE
CAN HAVE OUR UNDOCKING
LATER THIS MORNING AT
10:05A.M. CENTRAL.
AS WE MOVE,
IT'S THE CAMERA
SLIGHTLY, YOU CAN SEE A
NOOD VIEW OF ONE OF THE
SPACESUITS ONBOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
THAT IS THE EXPLORATION
MOBILITY UNIT OR EMU.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A
SPACEWALK COMING UP ON
JUNE9th WITH STEVE
BOWEN AND WOODY HOBURG.
THEY WILL BE WORKING TO
INSTALL AN UPGRADED
IROSA OR INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION ROLLOUT
SOLAR ARRAY ON THE 1A
POWER CHANNEL.
>> AND YOU JUST SAW
WOODY HOBURG FLOATING BY
ON THE SCREEN THERE AS
WELL.
YOU ARE ALSO SEEING A
VIEW OF NASA ASTRONAUT
FRANK RUBIO IN THE
SCREEN THERE.
FRANK RUBIO IS IN THE
MIDST OF A LONG DURATION
SPACEFLIGHT AS ARE ALL
THE CREW ONBOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
HOWEVER, WHEN RUBIO
LANDS IN SEPTEMBER, HE
WILL HAVE SPENT A TOTAL
OF 371 DAYS IN SPACE,
THIS IS THE LONGEST
CUMULATIVE TIME FOR ANY
NASA ASTRONAUT.
CREW ONBOARD IS
CONTINUING TO CONFIGURE
EVERYTHING AHEAD OF THE
HATCH CLOSURE.
THE BAG THAT YOU SEE
BOWEN ZIPPING UP NOW IS
WHAT WE CALL A CARGO
TRANSFER BAG.
AND THIS SHOT FROM
INSIDE OF CREW DRAGON
FREEDOM.
AGAIN THIS IS THE CREW
CONTINUING TO STEP
THROUGH THOSE PROCEDURES
THE HATCH IS CLOSED ON
DREW DRAGON FREEDOM, BUT
WE ARE WATCHING THE
HATCH TO BE CLOSED ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION SIDE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CREW
IS SUITED UP IN THEIR
SPACESUITS.
THE LAUNCH AND ENTRY
SPACESUIT WHICH IS WORN
DURING ALL THE DYNAMIC
PHASES OF THE MISSION
INCLUDING LAUNCH,
DOCKING, UNDOCK,
RE-ENTRY AND SPLASHDOWN.
>> SPACEX DRAGON.
>> COPY, DRAGON, WE ARE
SUITED WITH GOOD
INTERCOM CHECKS.
AT THIS TIME YOU ARE A
GO FOR SUIT LEAK CHECK.
WE'LL MEET YOU IN 2.2.
AND YOU DO SEE THE CREW
INSIDE OF FREEDOM
PUTTING THEIR VISORS
DOWN.
THIS IS GOING TO BE PART
OF THE PROCEDURES TO
STEP THROUGH THE SUIT
LEAK CHECKS.
THIS IS A PRECAUTIONARY
MEASURE JUST TO ENSURE
THAT EVERYTHING IS
WORKING GOOD ON THE
SPACESUITS AHEAD OF
UNDOCKING.
THE SPACESUITS DO
PROVIDE AN EXTRA LAYER
OF PROTECTION DURING THE
MISSION.
IT WILL BE A 2-HOUR
TRANSIT FROM UNDOCKING
TO SPLASHDOWN TODAY.
THE CREW WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE
THOSE SPACESUITS TO GET
A LITTLE BIT MORE
COMFORTABLE FOLLOWING
UNDOCKING.
AND AGAIN, WE ARE
TARGETING SPLASHDOWN OFF
THE COAST OF FLORIDA
NEAR PANAMA CITY.
EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD
FOR AN ON-TIME
SPLASHDOWN THIS MORNING
AT 10:05A.M. CENTRAL.
AND ANOTHER--
>> SPACEX, DRAGON, WE
REREADY.
STEP 2.2.
>> COPY, DRAGON.
WE ARE WITH YOU.
YOU ARE A NO TO INITIATE
SUIT LEAK CHECKS.
YOU ARE A GO TO INITIATE
SUIT LEAK CHECKS.
>> GOOD WORK.
SO JUST A QUICK RECAP OF
WHERE WE ARE NOW.
EARLIER THIS MORNING AT
8:20A.M. CENTRAL, THE
HATCH TO CREW DRAGON
FREEDOM WAS SUCCESSFULLY
CLOSED.
AT THIS TIME, WE ARE
AWAITING THE CLOSURE OF
THE.
ONBOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION SIDE, THE HATCH
YOU SEE STEVE BOWEN
CONTINUING TO WORK
THROUGH PROCEDURES AHEAD
OF THAT HATCH CLOSURE.
FOLLOWING THIS,
VESTIBULE WILL BE
DEPRESSURIZED.
THIS PROCESS TAKES ABOUT
AN HOUR.
THEN, ASSUMING ALL GOES
WELL, CREW DRAGON
FREEDOM WILL UNDOCK AT
10 A.M. CENTRAL TIME
THIS MORNING.
WE ARE TARGETING A
SPLASHDOWN OFF THE COAST
OF PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA,
THIS EVENING AROUND
10:04P.M. CENTRAL.
AS STEVE BOWEN CONTINUES
TO WORK THROUGH THOSE
PROCEDURES FROM THE
HATCH CLOSED THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION--
>> SPACEX, DRAGON,.
>> COPY, DRAGON.
WE SEE THE SAME.
THE NEXT UP IS VESTIBULE
DEPRESS.
STAND BY JUST A FEW
MINUTES WHILE GROUND
CREWS CONFIRM WE ARE
READY FOR THAT.
>> COPY.
STAND BY.
>> AND HEARING FROM
AXIOM 2 COMMANDER PEGGY
WHITSON THAT FOUR GOOD
SUIT LEAK CHECKS
OCCURRED INSIDE OF THE
CREW DRAGON FREEDOM.
AGAIN STEVE BOWEN IS
CONTINUING TO STEP
THROUGH THE PROCEDURES
TO GET THE SPACE CLOSED.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION IS FLYING OVER
THE PACIFIC OCEAN JUST
OFF THE COAST OF NEW
ZEALAND.
>> AND CONTINUING TO GET
A VIEW INSIDE OF
FREEDOM.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT
COMMANDER PEGGY WHITSON
AND TO HER RIGHT IS
PILOT JOHN SHOFFNER.
ALSO ONBOARD ARE ALI
ALQARNI AND RAYYANAH
BARNAWI.
BOTH OF WHOM ARE
REPRESENTING THE KINGDOM
OF SAUDI ARABIA.
WE ARE GETTING A
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SHOT
FROM INSIDE OF CREW
DRAGON.
THIS IS OF RAYYANAH
BARNAWI ON THE LEFT AND
PILOT JOHN SHOFFNER TO
HER LEFT.
>> AND WE ARE CONTINUING
TO AWAIT THE GO FOR THE
HATCH CLOSURE.
WE ARE IN A BRIEF
EXPECTED HANDOVER
BETWEEN SATELLITES, BUT
WE'LL REGAIN VIDEO AND
COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION HERE SHORTLY.
ONCE STEVE BOWEN HAS A
GO TO CLOSE THE HATCH,
WE WILL STEP THROUGH THE
PROCEDURES TO GET THAT
COMPLETED.
FOLLOWING THIS CLOSURE
OF THE HATCH, HE WILL
TAKE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF
THE HATCH TO ENSURE THAT
THERE IS NO FOREIGN
OBJECT DEBRIS.
AND ONCE THIS IS COMET,
THEY HAVE A GO TO BEGAN
THE DEPRESSURIZATION
PROCESS.
AGAIN THAT PROCESS TAKES
ABOUT AN HOUR AND BRINGS
THAT SPACE BETWEEN THE
CREW DRAGON FREEDOM AND
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION HATCHES THAT
CREATED THE VESTIBULE
DOWN TO VACUUM.
THIS IS REQUIRED BEFORE
THE CREW DRAGON UNDOCKS
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
STILL TARGETING ON-TIME
DOCKING THIS MORNING AT
10:05A.M. CENTRAL.
>> AND YOU ARE GETTING A
VIEW FROM THE FLIGHT
CONTROL ROOM HERE IN
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
>> DRAGON TO GROUND.
>> WE WILL GET BACK TO
OW IN THE BIG LOOP HERE
SHORTLY FOR VESTIBULE
DEPRESS.
>> COPY.
>> AND THAT WAS THE
VOICE OF PILOT JOHN
SHOFFNER SPEAKING TO THE
GROUND A QUICK UPDATE
THAT THEY ARE STILL
WORKING TO GET THE HATCH
CLOSED ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION SIDE AND
FOLLOWING THAT STEP
THROUGH THE PROCEDURES
FOR THAT
DEPRESSURIZATION.
>> AND AS WE LOOK AHEAD
TO UNDOCKING AT
10:05A.M. CENTRAL, IT
IS A FIVE MINUTE
SEQUENCE ONCE THE COME
MAN IS INITIATE.
ONCE THE COMMAND IS SET,
IT BEGAN.
IT'S THE RETRACTION OF
UMBILICALS THAT HAVE
BEEN PROVIDING POWER AND
COMMUNICATION STATUS
IN-BETWEEN THE CREW
DRAGON FREEDOM AND THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
RIGHT NO I THE DRAGON IS
BEING HELD BY A HARD
MATE OF 12 HOOKS.
THOSE WILL BE RELEASED
SIX AT A TIME TO RELEASE
ANY FRICTION AND WHAT
THEY WILL DO IS HAVE A
COUPLE OF UNDOCKING
BURNS THESE ARE SHORT
PULSES TO ACTUALLY
PHYSICALLY ACCEPT PRATT
THE DRAGON FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
PHYSICAL SEPARATION
SCHEDULED FOR 1:00 A.M.
CENTRAL TIME THIS
MORNING.
CONTINUING TO GET A VIEW
INSIDE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION FLIGHT CONTROL
ROOM, THE TEAM HERE IS
WORKING WITH BOTH AXIOM
AND SPACEX TO OVERSEE
THE OPERATIONS THAT WE
ARE COVERING RIGHT NOW.
FOLLOWING THE APPROACH
OF ELLIPSOID THE
CONTINUING OPERATIONS
WILL DISCONTINUE AND IT
WILL BE UP TO SPACEX AND
AXIOM TO GET CREW DRAGON
FREEDOM HOME FROM THERE.
>> AND YOU ARE SEEING
SPLASH THERE AS NASA
ASTRONAUT STEVE BOWEN
GATHERS IMAGERY OF THE
HATCH.
AGAIN, HE IS CHECKING TO
MAKE SURE THERE IS NO
FOD OR FOREIGN OBJECT
DEBRIS THAT COULD POSE A
PROBLEM PRIOR TO
UNDOCKING.
AND WE ARE GETTING A
VIEW BACK INSIDE OF CREW
DRAGON FREEDOM.
YOU SEE RAYYANAH BARNAWI
THERE AS WELL AS PILOT
JOHN SHOFFNER.
ONBOARD SPACE STATION
NASA ASTRONAUT STEVE
BOWEN IS CONTINUING TO
STEP THROUGH THE
PROCEDURES TO GET THE
APAX HATCH CLOSED HERE
SHORTLY.
ONCE HE GOES THAT, THAT
WILL WRAP UP OUR
COVERAGE, OUR SOLO
MISSION COVERAGE HERE IN
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON
BUT WE'LL BE BACK ON THE
AIR TO COVER UNDOCKING
AS WELL AS THE-- TO
COVER UNDOCKING WITH
SPACEX AND AXIOM.
>> STATION, HOUSTON, ON
THE BIG LOOP, THIS IS
FOR STEVE, ARE A GO IN
5.3 TO CLOSE'S PATCH
HATCH WHEN YOU GET
THERE.
>> STATION, I JUST
COMPLETED THE HATCH SEAL
AND I AM A GOING TO
CLOSE THE HATCH.
WE COPY.
>> AND HEARING THAT
STEVE BOWEN HAS
INSPECTED THE HATCH
CLOSURE, AND HAS THE GO
FROM THE GROUND TO GO
AHEAD AND CLOSE UP THAT
HATCH.
ONCE THE HATCHES ARE
CLOSED BETWEEN FREEDOM,
WHICH IS ALREADY CLOSED
AND THE HATCH WILL
CREATE THE VESTIBULE FOR
THE SAME PRESSURE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
JUST ABOVE 14POUNDS PER
SQUARE INCH.
WE DO NEED TO GET IT
DOWN TO VACUUM.
THIS DEPRESSURIZATION IS
A VERY MAAED TO THE CALL
PROCESS WHICH TAKES
ABOUT AN HOUR.
HERE IN MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON WE'LL CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THAT WHILE WE
ARE OFF THE AIR.
AND YOU DO SEE THAT
HATCH IS NOW CLOSED.
WE ARE STILL ON TRACK
FOR ON TIME UNDOCKING
TODAY AT 10:05A.M.
CENTRAL THIS MORNING.
SO WITH BOTH THE CREW
DRAGON FREEDOM HATCH
CLOSED AND THE HATCH,
THAT WILL DO AT THIS
TIME FOR US FOR NOW HERE
IN MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON BUT WE'LL BE
BACK ON THE AIR JOINED
BY SPACEX AND AXIOM 4
FOR UNDOCKING COVERAGE
AT 9:40 A.M. CENTRAL, SO
STAY TUNED FOR OUR
COVERAGE OF THAT.
WE ARE COVERING THE
OPERATION AS THE
UNDOCKING OCCURS AND
AXIOM 2 HEADS BACK HOME
AFTER A NINE DAY MISSION
IN SPACE.
SO UNTIL THEN, THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US FOR HATCH
CLOSURE COVERAGE.
AND WE'LL SEE YOU SOON
FOR UNDOCKING COVERAGE.
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL