1 00:00:02,706 --> 00:00:04,656 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:05,226 --> 00:00:07,356 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I AM LEAH CHESHIER. 3 00:00:07,716 --> 00:00:11,086 THIS WEEK, ASTRONAUTS WELCOMED A BRAND NEW SPACECRAFT ABOARD THE 4 00:00:11,086 --> 00:00:12,356 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 5 00:00:15,616 --> 00:00:19,326 THE SPACEX CREW DRAGON LAUNCHED FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 6 00:00:19,326 --> 00:00:21,016 ON SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 2ND. 7 00:00:21,496 --> 00:00:24,296 ONE DAY LATER, IT DOCKED TO THE VERY FRONT OF THE SPACE STATION. 8 00:00:25,126 --> 00:00:28,536 EXPEDITION 58 CREWMEMBERS ANNE MCCLAIN, DAVID SAINT-JACQUES, 9 00:00:28,536 --> 00:00:31,276 AND OLEG KONENENKO OPENED THE HATCH AND WENT INSIDE, 10 00:00:31,746 --> 00:00:34,066 THE FIRST TIME THE CREW DRAGON WAS ENTERED IN SPACE 11 00:00:34,206 --> 00:00:36,356 AND THE FIRST TIME THE FORWARD HATCH WAS OPENED 12 00:00:36,426 --> 00:00:39,926 SINCE THE SPACE SHUTTLE LAST DOCKED IN 2011. 13 00:00:39,926 --> 00:00:42,766 LATER THEY MADE SOME OPENING REMARKS TO WELCOME THE VEHICLE 14 00:00:42,766 --> 00:00:44,846 AND CONGRATULATE THE TEAMS THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE, 15 00:00:45,226 --> 00:00:47,166 THEN FLOATED INSIDE TO SHOW THE WORLD. 16 00:00:47,426 --> 00:00:48,446 "WELCOME TO THE CREW DRAGON." 17 00:00:49,406 --> 00:00:52,756 AFTER OUTFITTING DRAGON FOR ITS 5-DAY STAY ON THE SPACE STATION, 18 00:00:52,786 --> 00:00:55,626 THE CREW SPENT SOME TIME TRANSFERRING ABOUT 400 POUNDS 19 00:00:55,626 --> 00:00:58,596 OF CARGO FROM THE VEHICLE, AND EVEN PUT SOME CARGO BACK 20 00:00:58,596 --> 00:01:00,566 IN DRAGON, KNOWING IT WOULD SAFELY RETURN 21 00:01:00,566 --> 00:01:01,796 TO EARTH LATER IN THE WEEK. 22 00:01:01,856 --> 00:01:05,886 THE CREW DRAGON COMPLETED ITS STAY ON FRIDAY WHEN IT UNDOCKED 23 00:01:05,886 --> 00:01:08,846 AND HEADED FOR A SPLASHDOWN IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN OFF THE COAST 24 00:01:08,846 --> 00:01:10,036 OF FLORIDA, WRAPPING 25 00:01:10,036 --> 00:01:13,106 UP A SUCCESSFUL DEMONSTRATION MISSION ONE FOR SPACEX 26 00:01:13,166 --> 00:01:14,956 AND NASA'S COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM. 27 00:01:16,036 --> 00:01:18,996 MEANWHILE, IN BAIKONUR, THREE NEW CREW MEMBERS ARE GEARING 28 00:01:18,996 --> 00:01:21,086 UP FOR LAUNCH TO THE ORBITING LABORATORY. 29 00:01:22,396 --> 00:01:25,766 NASA'S CHRISTINA KOCH AND NICK HAGUE AS WELL AS ALEXEY OVCHININ 30 00:01:25,766 --> 00:01:29,266 OF ROSCOSMOS ARE IN THEIR FINAL MOMENTS BEFORE LIFTING OFF 31 00:01:29,266 --> 00:01:32,696 IN THEIR SOYUZ VEHICLE ON MARCH 14TH, WRAPPING UP THEIR TRAINING 32 00:01:32,696 --> 00:01:34,736 AND PARTAKING IN THEIR PRE-LAUNCH TRADITIONS. 33 00:01:35,866 --> 00:01:37,186 BE SURE TO TUNE IN LIVE 34 00:01:37,226 --> 00:01:40,256 TO WITNESS THESE SPACE-FARERS TAKE THE TRIP TO THEIR NEW HOME 35 00:01:40,256 --> 00:01:41,706 IN SPACE NEXT THURSDAY.