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three two one zero the Commercial Crew

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program is focused on launching humans

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safely to the International Space

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Station with our partners Boeing and

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SpaceX if you take a look above you you

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might see the station flying overhead

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today we're going to tour some of the

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facilities and tools that are being used

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to help prepare astronauts for the next

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generation of spacecraft hi i'm rachel

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power and today we're in building nine

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at the Johnson Space Center in Houston

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Texas this building is known as the

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space vehicle mock-up facility which is

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why you can see an impressive number of

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realistic space related vehicles here if

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you take a look down here on this side

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of the building this is the forward

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section of the station where you can see

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that Japanese the American and the

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European modules and over here on the

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other side of the building just out of

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you are the Russian modules let's head

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out and take a closer look at some of

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the other training tools that are used

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by our partners let's go we're making a

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quick stop here so you can see what the

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outside of the Starliner looks like this

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is a full-size mock-up of Boeing's

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brand-new space capsule

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although space capsules tend to look

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similar each one is extremely unique

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so mock-ups like this one allow

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astronauts to get acclimated to the

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physical elements of a spacecraft

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because you wouldn't want to get to

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launch day and not know how to get to

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your seat let's head inside now that

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you've seen what the outside of the

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Starliner looks like we are sitting

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inside Boeing's mission simulator part

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of the realistic atmosphere is you may

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hear reaction control jets firing as

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technology advances on earth it does in

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space as well a touchscreen has never

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been used on a spacecraft as a major

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instrument in the past and it certainly

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is a modern approach but you'll also

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notice there are still physical controls

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and these are used for critical systems

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that you wouldn't want to rely on a

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digital screen for especially in case of

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emergency

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now while the astronauts do receive

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plenty of training on the systems here

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each astronaut will also receive

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extensive training on the spacesuit that

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they'll wear while operating these

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systems Boeing's spacesuit is a

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brand-new custom design major features

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include advanced designs at the joints

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for flexibility a soft helmet with a

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zipper enclosure and lightweight and

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comfortable boots the astronauts will

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receive plenty of support while they're

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training so we're going to head down the

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hall where we can see where the trainer

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said this area is sometimes referred to

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as the bridge where a team of engineers

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and technicians will support astronauts

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while they're operating the training

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devices this team is able to monitor the

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instrumentation the systems and the

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astronaut movements the data gathered

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will help improve the hardware the

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software the interfaces the overall

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quality of the training process and the

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actual Starliner in addition to helping

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the astronauts become familiar with the

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basics and gain confidence with using

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the systems this is also a great

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opportunity to simulate when things

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don't go well so the operators are able

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to throw in failures and hazards into

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the simulation so that astronauts can be

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prepared for when things don't go

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according to plan now that we've had a

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closer look at Boeing's tools for

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training let's head over to Hawthorne

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California where SpaceX is preparing

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astronauts for their crew Dragon

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one of the best ways to help train and

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plan for operating a brand new system or

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technology is to build a replica of it

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this is a simulator of the crew dragon

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with a fully functioning avionics system

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inside here the trainers and astronauts

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will be able to walk through an entire

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cycle of suiting up climbing on board

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getting seated strapping in and walking

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through the entire check-out launch and

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orbital procedures the control interface

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is streamlined with many of the

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operations taking place on touch screens

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there are still those physical buttons

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that are essential to flight operations

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the things that you wouldn't want to

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lose the ability to do if your display

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went down the spacesuits that the

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astronauts will wear aboard the crew

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dragon they may look like something out

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of a science-fiction movie but they are

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designed to meet the rigorous standards

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set by NASA to protect the astronauts

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wearing them they combine the ability to

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pressurize with flexibility of movement

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which is key to astronaut safety the

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plan is always the spacesuit is a backup

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which contains basic life support and

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communications in case of an emergency

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now let's head over to Mission Control

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where SpaceX teams will monitor the

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Dragon spacecraft and the crew aboard

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throughout its mission to space and

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return to Earth we're standing in front

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of SpaceX's Mission Control prior to any

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launch the flight control team will

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undertake a significant amount of

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training in order to prepare for an

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actual mission just as training helps

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astronauts better understand the systems

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the flight controllers get a ton of

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great experience training and working

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with the people who will be using their

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systems while in space both the

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astronaut and flight control teams will

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have an opportunity to become familiar

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with how the other operates learning

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their tendencies and preferences

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understanding each other

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is a beneficial experience all around

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now it's said that practice makes

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perfect and that's what we count on at

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NASA whether it's training in a pool a

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classroom or a full-size space craft

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simulator we train hard so when it comes

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time for the real thing we're ready now

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that just about does it for today and

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we've only covered a fraction of it

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there's always more astronaut training

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is a process that constantly evolves and

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as we better understand new techniques

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we work to put them into practice so

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just like you we never stop working and

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never stop learning we'll see you next

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time as we prepare to launch America

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hello I'm Cathy leaders Commercial Crew

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program manager thank you for taking a