1 00:00:04,671 --> 00:00:05,672 >> NASA'S COMMERCIAL CREW 2 00:00:05,672 --> 00:00:07,006 PROGRAM IS READY FOR LAUNCH. 3 00:00:08,108 --> 00:00:08,942 >> DID YOU KNOW 4 00:00:08,942 --> 00:00:09,876 THE LAST TIME WE LAUNCHED 5 00:00:09,876 --> 00:00:11,478 ASTRONAUTS FROM AMERICA 6 00:00:11,478 --> 00:00:13,713 WAS IN 2011? 7 00:00:13,713 --> 00:00:14,714 >> NASA IS WORKING WITH 8 00:00:14,714 --> 00:00:16,449 COMPANIES BOEING AND SPACEX 9 00:00:16,449 --> 00:00:17,317 TO TAKE ASTRONAUTS TO 10 00:00:17,317 --> 00:00:18,585 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 11 00:00:18,585 --> 00:00:20,820 FROM AMERICA ONCE AGAIN. 12 00:00:20,820 --> 00:00:21,755 LET'S LOOK AT 13 00:00:21,755 --> 00:00:23,656 HOW THIS WILL HAPPEN. 14 00:00:23,656 --> 00:00:24,758 >> LOOK AT THE SPACECRAFT 15 00:00:24,758 --> 00:00:26,226 ON TOP OF THE ROCKET. 16 00:00:26,226 --> 00:00:27,160 THIS IS WHERE HUMANS 17 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:28,795 WILL BE SITTING. 18 00:00:28,795 --> 00:00:29,729 THE ASTRONAUTS WILL BE 19 00:00:29,729 --> 00:00:31,264 BUCKLED INTO A SPACECRAFT 20 00:00:31,264 --> 00:00:32,866 STACKED ON TOP OF THE ROCKET 21 00:00:32,866 --> 00:00:34,834 AS IT IS LAUNCHED INTO SPACE. 22 00:00:34,834 --> 00:00:36,369 THE ROCKET HOLDS ALL OF THE FUEL 23 00:00:36,369 --> 00:00:38,605 NEEDED TO GET TO SPACE. 24 00:00:38,605 --> 00:00:39,739 >> IT TAKES A LOT OF ENERGY 25 00:00:39,739 --> 00:00:40,673 TO LIFT THE ROCKET 26 00:00:40,673 --> 00:00:41,708 OFF THE GROUND, 27 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:42,675 WITH GRAVITY CONSTANTLY 28 00:00:42,675 --> 00:00:43,910 PULLING IT DOWN. 29 00:00:43,910 --> 00:00:45,044 WHICH IS WHY MOST OF THE ROCKET 30 00:00:45,044 --> 00:00:46,613 IS FILLED WITH FUEL. 31 00:00:46,613 --> 00:00:47,380 DURING THE ROCKET'S 32 00:00:47,380 --> 00:00:48,381 CLIMB TO SPACE, 33 00:00:48,381 --> 00:00:49,582 IT WILL INCREASE IN SPEED, 34 00:00:49,582 --> 00:00:50,717 WHICH MEANS ITS ENERGY 35 00:00:50,717 --> 00:00:52,685 WILL ALSO INCREASE. 36 00:00:52,685 --> 00:00:53,853 ONCE THE ROCKET HAS MADE IT 37 00:00:53,853 --> 00:00:55,755 PAST EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, 38 00:00:55,755 --> 00:00:58,158 THE ENGINE WILL FINALLY CUT OFF. 39 00:00:58,158 --> 00:00:59,225 THE ROCKET AND THE SPACECRAFT 40 00:00:59,225 --> 00:01:00,727 WILL SEPARATE AND THE ASTRONAUTS 41 00:01:00,727 --> 00:01:01,561 WILL MAKE THEIR WAY 42 00:01:01,561 --> 00:01:02,896 TOWARD THE STATION 43 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:03,797 WHERE THEY WILL BE WORKING ON 44 00:01:03,797 --> 00:01:04,864 SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS 45 00:01:04,864 --> 00:01:06,433 AND ENGINEERING PROJECTS. 46 00:01:06,433 --> 00:01:08,168 >> WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN 47 00:01:08,168 --> 00:01:09,202 WHEN THE SPACECRAFT TRAVELS 48 00:01:09,202 --> 00:01:10,904 BACK TO EARTH? 49 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:11,871 >> BOEING HAS MADE 50 00:01:11,871 --> 00:01:13,506 THE STARLINER CST-100 51 00:01:13,506 --> 00:01:14,841 TO KEEP ASTRONAUTS SAFE 52 00:01:14,841 --> 00:01:15,842 AS THEY TRAVEL TO 53 00:01:15,842 --> 00:01:17,577 AND FROM THE STATION. 54 00:01:17,577 --> 00:01:18,545 IT'S DESIGNED TO TOUCH DOWN 55 00:01:18,545 --> 00:01:19,913 SAFELY ON LAND 56 00:01:19,913 --> 00:01:22,048 IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. 57 00:01:22,048 --> 00:01:23,583 STARLINER HAS PARACHUTES 58 00:01:23,583 --> 00:01:24,784 IT WILL USE AS IT 59 00:01:24,784 --> 00:01:26,186 PREPARES FOR LANDING, 60 00:01:26,186 --> 00:01:27,921 BUT WILL ALSO HAVE LARGE AIRBAGS 61 00:01:27,921 --> 00:01:29,389 EXPANDING UNDER THE SPACECRAFT 62 00:01:29,389 --> 00:01:30,757 TO CUSHION THE LANDING 63 00:01:30,757 --> 00:01:31,658 FOR THE ASTRONAUTS 64 00:01:31,658 --> 00:01:33,660 BEFORE STOPPING COMPLETELY. 65 00:01:33,660 --> 00:01:34,994 >> SPACEX'S CREW DRAGON WAS 66 00:01:34,994 --> 00:01:36,663 ALSO CREATED TO SEND ASTRONAUTS 67 00:01:36,663 --> 00:01:38,798 TO AND FROM THE SPACE STATION. 68 00:01:38,798 --> 00:01:39,599 AS THE SPACECRAFT 69 00:01:39,599 --> 00:01:40,700 COMES BACK TO EARTH, 70 00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:41,701 THE OUTSIDE WILL EXPERIENCE 71 00:01:41,701 --> 00:01:42,702 TEMPERATURES OVER 72 00:01:42,702 --> 00:01:44,404 3000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. 73 00:01:44,404 --> 00:01:45,338 THE CREW DRAGON HAS BEEN 74 00:01:45,338 --> 00:01:46,639 DESIGNED TO KEEP THE ASTRONAUTS 75 00:01:46,639 --> 00:01:47,774 INSIDE COMFORTABLE 76 00:01:47,774 --> 00:01:49,576 DURING THEIR RIDE HOME TO EARTH. 77 00:01:49,576 --> 00:01:50,243 ONCE THEY ARE BACK 78 00:01:50,243 --> 00:01:51,211 IN THE ATMOSPHERE, 79 00:01:51,211 --> 00:01:52,312 THE SPACECRAFT WILL RELEASE 80 00:01:52,312 --> 00:01:53,379 FOUR MAIN PARACHUTES 81 00:01:53,379 --> 00:01:54,414 TO SLOW DOWN THE SPEED 82 00:01:54,414 --> 00:01:55,915 AND ENERGY OF THE VEHICLE 83 00:01:55,915 --> 00:01:57,350 BEFORE IT SPLASHES DOWN 84 00:01:57,350 --> 00:01:58,551 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN 85 00:01:58,551 --> 00:02:01,521 OR GULF OF MEXICO. 86 00:02:01,521 --> 00:02:02,489 THESE SPACECRAFT 87 00:02:02,489 --> 00:02:03,890 ARE EXCITING SNEAK PEEKS 88 00:02:03,890 --> 00:02:05,492 AT THE FUTURE OF SPACE TRAVEL. 89 00:02:05,492 --> 00:02:06,493 >> AND NASA'S 90 00:02:06,493 --> 00:02:07,894 COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM.