1 00:00:00,210 --> 00:00:05,380 Dan Huot: You are looking at a live view of SpaceX’s first Crew Dragon spacecraft atop 2 00:00:05,380 --> 00:00:10,980 a Falcon 9 rocket awaiting liftoff in just under an hour from now as part of the first 3 00:00:10,980 --> 00:00:14,139 crew demonstration mission to the International Space Station for NASA. 4 00:00:14,139 --> 00:00:19,039 Good evening, and good morning, and welcome to the live broadcast of NASA and SpaceX’s 5 00:00:19,039 --> 00:00:21,640 first crew demo mission to the space station. 6 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:25,189 My name is Dan Huot, and I’m a public affairs officer with NASA, and I’m really excited 7 00:00:25,189 --> 00:00:29,039 to be here at SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California, for today’s launch. 8 00:00:29,039 --> 00:00:32,070 Lauren Lyons: Dan, it is so awesome to have you here. 9 00:00:32,070 --> 00:00:33,489 Dan: It’s awesome to be here. 10 00:00:33,489 --> 00:00:34,489 Lauren: Thank you for coming. 11 00:00:34,489 --> 00:00:37,851 My name is Lauren Lyons, and I’m a senior flight reliability engineer here at SpaceX, 12 00:00:37,851 --> 00:00:44,390 and as you can see, NASA and SpaceX have partnered on both the Demo-1 mission and today’s broadcast. 13 00:00:44,390 --> 00:00:49,170 We’ll be bringing you live coverage from not only here at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, 14 00:00:49,170 --> 00:00:53,690 California, but also NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as well as the Johnson 15 00:00:53,690 --> 00:00:55,129 Space Center in Houston. 16 00:00:55,129 --> 00:00:59,550 Dan: As many of you probably already know, the purpose of today’s mission is to demonstrate 17 00:00:59,550 --> 00:01:03,899 the ability of the SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and the Crew Dragon vehicle to carry people 18 00:01:03,899 --> 00:01:07,190 safely to and from the International Space Station. 19 00:01:07,190 --> 00:01:11,500 Today’s mission is a test flight, while there are no actual humans on board, we’re 20 00:01:11,500 --> 00:01:14,950 going to be executing every step of this mission as if there were. 21 00:01:14,950 --> 00:01:19,500 Lauren: It’s worth noting that for the purposes of this broadcast, we’ll be using the terms 22 00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:24,930 Crew Dragon and Dragon interchangeably to refer to this next iteration of this spacecraft. 23 00:01:24,930 --> 00:01:29,430 The Dragon we fly for our CRS missions has already made 16 visits to the International 24 00:01:29,430 --> 00:01:33,869 Space Station, but this is the first time that Crew Dragon is making that journey. 25 00:01:33,869 --> 00:01:38,210 Dan: From start to finish, this mission will last approximately six days. 26 00:01:38,210 --> 00:01:41,710 It’s going to start with liftoff just under an hour from now. 27 00:01:41,710 --> 00:01:46,000 Once Flacon 9 has lifted Dragon into orbit, the spacecraft will make its way to the space 28 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,149 station for a period of approximately 27 hours. 29 00:01:49,149 --> 00:01:53,580 This time period is a little bit longer than we anticipate once people are actually on 30 00:01:53,580 --> 00:01:57,729 board, but for this mission, it allows ample time to conduct all the necessary testing 31 00:01:57,729 --> 00:02:03,030 and demos prior to SpaceX’s first docking of Crew Dragon with the space station. 32 00:02:03,030 --> 00:02:07,930 Lauren: Once Dragon arrives at station, it’s expected to stay for about five days, during 33 00:02:07,930 --> 00:02:12,030 which time it will undergo a series of checkouts of many of the new systems as well as the 34 00:02:12,030 --> 00:02:14,350 ISS interfaces. 35 00:02:14,350 --> 00:02:17,760 While it’s docked, it will deliver some cargo to space station that we’ve launched, 36 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:22,670 but it will also bring some cargo back that the crew will pack up in Dragon on the way 37 00:02:22,670 --> 00:02:23,670 back home. 38 00:02:23,670 --> 00:02:27,720 At the end of that five-day dock period, Dragon will depart the ISS for its splashdown in 39 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:32,220 the Atlantic Ocean, where it will be met by recovery crews and transported back to our 40 00:02:32,220 --> 00:02:33,560 site at Cape Canaveral. 41 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,360 Dan: For everybody watching and following along at home, if you have a question about 42 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,940 this mission or any of the upcoming crewed missions, we’d love to answer them later 43 00:02:40,940 --> 00:02:41,960 in this broadcast. 44 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,170 You can send them in using the hashtag ask NASA on Twitter. 45 00:02:45,170 --> 00:02:50,220 Lauren: This is such an awesome and exciting day for the teams, both at NASA and SpaceX.