1 00:00:05,210 --> 00:00:02,690 you're looking live at the crew Dragon 2 00:00:07,430 --> 00:00:05,220 spacecraft on top of a Falcon 9 rocket 3 00:00:09,470 --> 00:00:07,440 set to launch three astronauts and one 4 00:00:11,810 --> 00:00:09,480 Cosmonaut to the International Space 5 00:00:14,270 --> 00:00:11,820 Station in a little more than three 6 00:00:18,349 --> 00:00:16,250 and welcome to the Kennedy Space Center 7 00:00:20,929 --> 00:00:18,359 in Florida for live coverage of NASA and 8 00:00:23,750 --> 00:00:20,939 spacex's launch of cruise six now 9 00:00:26,450 --> 00:00:23,760 streaming in 4K resolution I'm NASA's 10 00:00:28,670 --> 00:00:26,460 Daryl nail and with me is NASA astronaut 11 00:00:30,650 --> 00:00:28,680 rajachari great to have you here Colonel 12 00:00:32,150 --> 00:00:30,660 super happy to be here Daryl and what a 13 00:00:33,530 --> 00:00:32,160 beautiful night for a launch other than 14 00:00:35,870 --> 00:00:33,540 some mosquitoes you know something 15 00:00:37,430 --> 00:00:35,880 interesting about uh Raja being here 16 00:00:39,590 --> 00:00:37,440 besides the mosquitoes which are a 17 00:00:42,709 --> 00:00:39,600 little bit of a bother is he is actually 18 00:00:44,450 --> 00:00:42,719 never witnessed a launch firsthand yeah 19 00:00:46,670 --> 00:00:44,460 so Kayla and I are our first launch was 20 00:00:48,110 --> 00:00:46,680 being on the rocket and so Kayla got to 21 00:00:49,670 --> 00:00:48,120 see one now I get to see one live myself 22 00:00:52,069 --> 00:00:49,680 so looking forward to seeing it from the 23 00:00:53,690 --> 00:00:52,079 outside we enjoy we are going to enjoy 24 00:00:55,729 --> 00:00:53,700 seeing seeing and hearing it through 25 00:00:57,110 --> 00:00:55,739 your perspective as you watch it for the 26 00:00:58,850 --> 00:00:57,120 first time but you were you were in The 27 00:01:00,709 --> 00:00:58,860 Rock and that's why you're here to give 28 00:01:02,170 --> 00:01:00,719 us all of that uh I don't get a whole 29 00:01:04,969 --> 00:01:02,180 lot of pity when I tell people 30 00:01:07,190 --> 00:01:04,979 no not at all well let's talk about 31 00:01:09,109 --> 00:01:07,200 Cruise six they are already getting 32 00:01:10,969 --> 00:01:09,119 suited up and we've got a little bit of 33 00:01:13,609 --> 00:01:10,979 video that was recorded earlier less 34 00:01:16,730 --> 00:01:13,619 than an hour ago of crew six in that 35 00:01:18,649 --> 00:01:16,740 historic astronaut crew quarters suit up 36 00:01:21,649 --> 00:01:18,659 room and there you see the commander 37 00:01:25,010 --> 00:01:21,659 Stephen Bowen in his seat it is exactly 38 00:01:27,170 --> 00:01:25,020 as the seats are inside the dragon 39 00:01:29,030 --> 00:01:27,180 there's Woody hoberg the pilot for today 40 00:01:30,109 --> 00:01:29,040 yep that's exactly how the foam the 41 00:01:31,550 --> 00:01:30,119 fittings and everything like that are 42 00:01:33,230 --> 00:01:31,560 exactly there's Sultan one of the 43 00:01:35,210 --> 00:01:33,240 mission Specialists and so what they do 44 00:01:37,130 --> 00:01:35,220 is two by two they pressurize them up 45 00:01:38,090 --> 00:01:37,140 check the Comm system uh and basically 46 00:01:39,710 --> 00:01:38,100 are checking to make sure there's no 47 00:01:41,390 --> 00:01:39,720 malfunctions in the suit because you'd 48 00:01:42,289 --> 00:01:41,400 rather fix that there than out on the 49 00:01:45,109 --> 00:01:42,299 pad 50 00:01:47,270 --> 00:01:45,119 absolutely and so they're also connected 51 00:01:48,890 --> 00:01:47,280 up there right with those umbilicals 52 00:01:50,210 --> 00:01:48,900 they are just like they are in the 53 00:01:51,830 --> 00:01:50,220 spacecraft so they're checking out the 54 00:01:52,969 --> 00:01:51,840 the suit side umbilical connection make 55 00:01:54,530 --> 00:01:52,979 sure the cooling is working make sure 56 00:01:55,850 --> 00:01:54,540 the comms working 57 00:01:56,990 --> 00:01:55,860 um they take them up to pressure just 58 00:01:58,730 --> 00:01:57,000 like they would in the suit pressure 59 00:01:59,990 --> 00:01:58,740 checks and make sure that they there's 60 00:02:01,249 --> 00:02:00,000 two layers of the suit there's a 61 00:02:02,450 --> 00:02:01,259 pressure garment and then restraint 62 00:02:04,130 --> 00:02:02,460 garment so they're making sure all the 63 00:02:05,630 --> 00:02:04,140 zippers for both those layers are