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liftoff in five four three two one zero

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welcome to the sunny east coast of

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Central Florida take a look around you

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back here you can see part of the mobile

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launcher over here is the crawler and

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back behind you that's the Vehicle

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Assembly Building formerly the home of

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the Space Shuttle this facility is now

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called the Commercial Crew and cargo

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processing facility or c3 PF and it has

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been repurposed by Boeing we're proud to

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have them so close as they prepare to

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launch humans in support of the

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Commercial Crew program the Commercial

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Crew program or CCP is focused on

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launching humans safely to the

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International Space Station with our

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partners Boeing and SpaceX hi i'm rachel

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power and today we're going to get an

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up-close look at the cst-100 Starliner

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Boeing's crew capsule CST stands for

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crew space transportation and the 100

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refers to the carbon line that's the

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common reference to the point where

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you've left earth and here now in space

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100 kilometers up now let's go take a

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look inside this is the location where

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we once processed and stored Space

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Shuttle main engines and now it's being

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used for the Starliner service module

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these engineering masterpieces come

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together piece by piece starting with a

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giant metal cylinder waiting just beyond

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that wall once they make their way in

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here the process includes installing and

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testing all of the systems needed to

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support Starliner flight this includes

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electrical life-support systems

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communications fuel systems the actual

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capsule which we'll go take a look at in

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a minute we'll eventually be attached to

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the top of this element the two will

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stay connected through docking at the

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space station and then separate before

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the capsule enters Earth's atmosphere to

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return home we're gonna go take a look

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in the high bay to see if we could look

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at another service module that's further

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along and processing we are inside the

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high bay where the crew capsule

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are assembled and if you take the peak

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behind you you might get to see some of

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that but first let's take a look over

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here because this is a service module

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that is currently undergoing testing on

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the outside you might notice some pink

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wrapping those are rocket nozzles and

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these are used to steer a spacecraft

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wallets in space in orbit there's no up

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or down there's no left or right you

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can't turn a wheel or steer like you'd

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drive a car or ride a bike you have to

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actually use another physics principle

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you remember for every action there's an

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equal but opposite reaction so if I want

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my spacecraft to go that way I fire a

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small burst of propellant in the

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opposite direction so if the action is

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to fire that way the reaction is the

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spacecraft shifts this way you might

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also see underneath the spacecraft it's

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actually kind of hard to tell from this

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angle but there are four larger nozzles

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these make up the launch abort system if

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there's an emergency before or during

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flight prior to reaching orbit these

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ignites producing nearly 40,000 pounds

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of thrust each to safely move the crew

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away from the rocket the capsule then

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deploys parachutes to return the crew

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safely to Earth by integrating the

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launch abort system into the service

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module we actually don't carry any extra

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weight and fuel if the fuel is needed

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for an abort then you're not going to

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need it on orbit and if it's not then

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it's used for the orbital maneuvering

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system rockets the thrusters you see on

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the side now we're gonna take a look

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over on the other side of the high bay

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to see how these crew capsules come

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together take a moment to look around

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you at all of this cool space hardware

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you have the back shelves over here

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behind you is the NASA docking system

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the airbags the forward heat shield

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what's important to remember is that the

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Starliner crew capsule isn't just used

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to bring astronauts into space that's

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only half the job the same capsule must

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also be used to bring the astronauts

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home safely one of the final steps in

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preparation is installing the Boeing

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lightweight of later

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especially design heat shield used to

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disperse the heat by going through a

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phase change from solid to liquid this

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creates a buffer from the high

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temperatures of reentry which can reach

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up to four thousand degrees Fahrenheit

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the heat seal will not be reusable but

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it does protect the capsule and

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everything and everyone inside after it

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goes through the hottest part of reentry

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the space capsule has slowed

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considerably from its initial speed of

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almost 17,000 miles per hour then a

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series of parachutes will deploy

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designed to gradually slow the descent

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to about the speed of its ascent a

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descending elevator the final stage of

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landing is inflating giant air bags the

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ones behind you which will help to

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cushion the landing even further

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once the astronaut crew is safely on the

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ground at one of our five landing

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locations across the western United

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States crews will drive out to help them

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safely egress from the capsule barring

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any unforeseen circumstances the capsule

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will be able to be reused up to ten

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times part of the reason the Starliner

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is reusable is that it was designed to

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land on land it's the first and only

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American orbital capsule which is able

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to do so afterwards the capsule is

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brought back here to the Kennedy Space

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Center where it will be readied for

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flight again it's docked to one of the

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service modules move to that back room

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again where we sealed off and fueled for

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flight it's just a few short miles out

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to the launch pad and that's where its

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journey for the space station begins

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we're gonna leave you with one final

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look inside the Starliner mock-up

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trainer at the Kennedy Space Center

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Visitor Complex you're getting a chance

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to feel what the astronauts will

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experience when they strap in and

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prepare to blast off into space Alan

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Shepard unlocked a new frontier by being

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the first American to fly into space Bob

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Crippen and John Young unlocked a

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30-year legacy

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of living and working in space by being

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the first astronauts to fly aboard the

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space shuttle and this this is where we

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unlock the future of commercial space

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travel we'll see you next time as we

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prepare to launch America hi my name is

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Steve stitch I'm the deputy program

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manager for Commercial Crew program