1 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:02,780 hi I'm NASA Kennedy's Joshua Santora the 2 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:04,890 NASA public affairs and I'm outside 3 00:00:10,610 --> 00:00:08,610 Cayce taking you inside KSC the rocket 4 00:00:11,839 --> 00:00:10,620 that will launch NASA's SpaceX crew one 5 00:00:14,330 --> 00:00:11,849 mission to the International Space 6 00:00:15,829 --> 00:00:14,340 Station has arrived in Florida this will 7 00:00:17,050 --> 00:00:15,839 be the first operational mission for the 8 00:00:19,609 --> 00:00:17,060 agency's Commercial Crew program 9 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:19,619 following certification of SpaceX's 10 00:00:23,900 --> 00:00:21,810 crewed transportation system the company 11 00:00:25,700 --> 00:00:23,910 successfully flew NASA astronauts Robert 12 00:00:27,410 --> 00:00:25,710 bankin and Douglas Hurley to the 13 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:27,420 orbiting laboratory in May as part of 14 00:00:30,500 --> 00:00:29,010 their demo to test flight but the 15 00:00:32,659 --> 00:00:30,510 transportation system won't be fully 16 00:00:34,639 --> 00:00:32,669 certified until bankin and Hurley have 17 00:00:36,110 --> 00:00:34,649 safely returned to Earth NASA and SpaceX 18 00:00:38,299 --> 00:00:36,120 are working toward a date for the 19 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:38,309 astronauts return for crew 1 the spacex 20 00:00:42,020 --> 00:00:39,690 falcon 9 rocket topped with the 21 00:00:43,729 --> 00:00:42,030 company's crew dragon spacecraft will 22 00:00:46,310 --> 00:00:43,739 lift off from the Kennedy Space Center's 23 00:00:48,229 --> 00:00:46,320 launch complex 39a delivering a crew of 24 00:00:50,330 --> 00:00:48,239 four to the International Space Station 25 00:00:52,100 --> 00:00:50,340 for a full duration mission inside crew 26 00:00:54,049 --> 00:00:52,110 dragon will be NASA astronauts Victor 27 00:00:56,139 --> 00:00:54,059 Glover Michael Hopkins and Shannon 28 00:00:59,840 --> 00:00:56,149 Walker and Japan aerospace exploration 29 00:01:01,400 --> 00:00:59,850 agency astronaut Zoey G Noguchi arriving 30 00:01:03,290 --> 00:01:01,410 from McGregor Texas the rocket will now 31 00:01:05,420 --> 00:01:03,300 undergo pre-launch processing inside a 32 00:01:08,210 --> 00:01:05,430 SpaceX facility on Cape Canaveral Air 33 00:01:10,250 --> 00:01:08,220 Force Station this month marks the 45th 34 00:01:12,649 --> 00:01:10,260 anniversary of NASA's apollo-soyuz test 35 00:01:14,210 --> 00:01:12,659 project the project was the first and 36 00:01:16,399 --> 00:01:14,220 only time that spacecraft from two 37 00:01:19,130 --> 00:01:16,409 different countries achieved rendezvous 38 00:01:22,969 --> 00:01:19,140 docking and undocking in space on July 39 00:01:24,859 --> 00:01:22,979 15 1975 the Soviet Union's Soyuz 19 40 00:01:27,469 --> 00:01:24,869 spacecraft and rocket launched into 41 00:01:29,990 --> 00:01:27,479 space launching that same day from 42 00:01:32,569 --> 00:01:30,000 kennedy's launch complex 39b was the 43 00:01:34,370 --> 00:01:32,579 Apollo 18 capsule carried atop a Saturn 44 00:01:36,410 --> 00:01:34,380 1b rocket two days later 45 00:01:38,270 --> 00:01:36,420 apollo docked with soyuz the two 46 00:01:40,460 --> 00:01:38,280 spacecraft remain docked for 44 hours 47 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:40,470 marking the successful testing of a 48 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:42,570 universal docking system and paving the 49 00:01:46,580 --> 00:01:45,090 way for future joint experiments this 50 00:01:48,679 --> 00:01:46,590 mission would be the last time US 51 00:01:50,300 --> 00:01:48,689 astronauts would journey to space until 52 00:01:53,149 --> 00:01:50,310 the first launch of the agency's space 53 00:01:54,620 --> 00:01:53,159 shuttle program in 1981 American 54 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:54,630 astronauts and Russian cosmonauts 55 00:01:59,480 --> 00:01:57,210 wouldn't fly together again until 1994 56 00:02:01,740 --> 00:01:59,490 three years after the fall of the Soviet 57 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:01,750 Union 58 00:02:07,050 --> 00:02:04,450 the more inside KSC check us out on