1 00:00:00,667 --> 00:00:05,505 [ MUSIC ] 2 00:00:05,505 --> 00:00:07,040 >> HI MY NAME IS STEVE GADDIS 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:07,907 AND I AM PREPARING 4 00:00:07,907 --> 00:00:09,609 TO LAUNCH AMERICA 5 00:00:09,609 --> 00:00:11,177 BY COMPLETING CERTIFICATION 6 00:00:11,177 --> 00:00:12,712 FOR FLIGHT READINESS 7 00:00:12,712 --> 00:00:14,414 AND CLOSING AND RESOLVING 8 00:00:14,414 --> 00:00:17,117 TECHNICAL ISSUES FOR LAUNCH. 9 00:00:17,117 --> 00:00:18,985 GO USA! 10 00:00:18,985 --> 00:00:20,019 GO NASA! 11 00:00:20,019 --> 00:00:20,754 >> HI, MY NAME IS 12 00:00:20,754 --> 00:00:21,955 MIRANDA HOLTON. 13 00:00:21,955 --> 00:00:23,690 I AM THE MAIN PROPULSION SYSTEM 14 00:00:23,690 --> 00:00:24,724 SUBSYSTEM MANAGER FOR 15 00:00:24,724 --> 00:00:26,526 THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM. 16 00:00:26,526 --> 00:00:27,594 I WORK WITH AN OUTSTANDING 17 00:00:27,594 --> 00:00:28,762 TEAM OF ENGINEERS 18 00:00:28,762 --> 00:00:29,562 TO REDUCE THE RISK 19 00:00:29,562 --> 00:00:30,663 TO ASTRONAUTS FLYING TO 20 00:00:30,663 --> 00:00:32,365 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 21 00:00:32,365 --> 00:00:34,167 ON COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. 22 00:00:34,167 --> 00:00:35,335 WE AND OUR COMMERCIAL PARTNERS 23 00:00:35,335 --> 00:00:36,236 HAVE WORKED VERY HARD 24 00:00:36,236 --> 00:00:37,937 TO MAKE THIS LAUNCH A SUCCESS. 25 00:00:37,937 --> 00:00:39,005 AND I'M VERY EXCITED 26 00:00:39,005 --> 00:00:40,073 TO SEE ASTRONAUTS LAUNCH 27 00:00:40,073 --> 00:00:41,708 FROM U.S. SOIL AGAIN. 28 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:43,376 >> HI, EVERYONE, I'M WILL BRYAN. 29 00:00:43,376 --> 00:00:44,310 A WEBSITE EDITOR 30 00:00:44,310 --> 00:00:46,312 AND WRITER FOR NASA. 31 00:00:46,312 --> 00:00:47,414 I'M PREPARING TO LAUNCH AMERICA 32 00:00:47,414 --> 00:00:47,981 BY PULLING OUT 33 00:00:47,981 --> 00:00:49,449 MY FAVORITE JACKET. 34 00:00:49,449 --> 00:00:50,083 NOW I JUST NEED TO FIND 35 00:00:50,083 --> 00:00:53,219 SOME ROOM FOR ANOTHER PATCH. 36 00:00:53,219 --> 00:00:55,789 GODSPEED, DOUG, BOB, AND DM-2. 37 00:00:55,789 --> 00:00:57,824 WE'LL SEE YOU WHEN YOU GET HOME. 38 00:00:57,824 --> 00:00:59,592 >> HELLO, I'M NATHANIEL STEPP 39 00:00:59,592 --> 00:01:00,660 AND I'M PREPARING 40 00:01:00,660 --> 00:01:02,829 TO LAUNCH AMERICA BY, ONE, 41 00:01:02,829 --> 00:01:04,130 WEARING MY FAVE-- FAVORITE 42 00:01:04,130 --> 00:01:06,266 NASA MEATBALL TEE SHIRT. 43 00:01:06,266 --> 00:01:07,867 UH, TWO, UH, SETTING UP 44 00:01:07,867 --> 00:01:09,035 A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE ROOM 45 00:01:09,035 --> 00:01:10,003 TO EXPERIENCE THE LAUNCH 46 00:01:10,003 --> 00:01:11,271 WITH, UH, MY CLOSEST 47 00:01:11,271 --> 00:01:12,539 FAMILY AND FRIENDS. 48 00:01:12,539 --> 00:01:16,109 AND THREE... 49 00:01:16,109 --> 00:01:17,410 DRESSING UP MY CAT 50 00:01:17,410 --> 00:01:18,878 IN A SPACE HELMET. 51 00:01:18,878 --> 00:01:20,246 WHICH HE REALLY HATES! 52 00:01:20,246 --> 00:01:22,015 [ LAUGHING ] 53 00:01:25,251 --> 00:01:27,387 >> HI, MY NAME IS MAGGIE FREEMAN 54 00:01:27,387 --> 00:01:28,221 AND I'M FROM MARSHALL 55 00:01:28,221 --> 00:01:29,589 SPACE FLIGHT CENTER. 56 00:01:29,589 --> 00:01:30,457 I'M EXCITED FOR 57 00:01:30,457 --> 00:01:31,925 THE DEMO-2 LAUNCH BECAUSE 58 00:01:31,925 --> 00:01:32,992 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 59 00:01:32,992 --> 00:01:34,561 IN MY GENERATION 60 00:01:34,561 --> 00:01:35,128 THAT WE HAVE LAUNCHED 61 00:01:35,128 --> 00:01:36,529 AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS 62 00:01:36,529 --> 00:01:37,931 ON AN AMERICAN VEHICLE 63 00:01:37,931 --> 00:01:39,699 FROM AMERICAN SOIL. 64 00:01:39,699 --> 00:01:40,967 GOOD LUCK TO BOB AND DOUG, 65 00:01:40,967 --> 00:01:42,869 AND GREAT WORK, COMMERCIAL CREW. 66 00:01:42,869 --> 00:01:44,204 >> HI, I'M ADAM BUTT 67 00:01:44,204 --> 00:01:45,205 AND I AM EXCITED ABOUT 68 00:01:45,205 --> 00:01:46,272 THE DEMO-2 MISSION 69 00:01:46,272 --> 00:01:47,774 FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. 70 00:01:47,774 --> 00:01:48,575 I'VE BEEN WORKING ON 71 00:01:48,575 --> 00:01:49,509 THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM 72 00:01:49,509 --> 00:01:50,877 FOR NEARLY TEN YEARS, 73 00:01:50,877 --> 00:01:51,744 FOCUSING ON THE PROPULSION 74 00:01:51,744 --> 00:01:53,146 SYSTEMS FOR DRAGON 2 75 00:01:53,146 --> 00:01:54,414 AND OTHER COMMERCIAL SPACECRAFT 76 00:01:54,414 --> 00:01:55,548 FOR THE FIRST HALF 77 00:01:55,548 --> 00:01:56,583 AND THE FALCON 9 ROCKET 78 00:01:56,583 --> 00:01:58,051 FOR THE SECOND HALF. 79 00:01:58,051 --> 00:01:59,419 WORKING WITH OUR PARTNER SPACEX, 80 00:01:59,419 --> 00:02:00,420 WE'VE COME A LONG WAY 81 00:02:00,420 --> 00:02:01,588 OVER THE YEARS 82 00:02:01,588 --> 00:02:02,155 AND HAVE MADE IT THROUGH 83 00:02:02,155 --> 00:02:03,690 MANY HIGHS AND LOWS. 84 00:02:03,690 --> 00:02:04,457 WE'VE WORKED HARD TO 85 00:02:04,457 --> 00:02:05,592 EARN EACH OTHER'S TRUST 86 00:02:05,592 --> 00:02:06,292 AND REALLY COME UP WITH 87 00:02:06,292 --> 00:02:07,760 A JOINT SOLUTION THAT WE BELIEVE 88 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:08,928 IS AN EXCELLENT COMBINATION 89 00:02:08,928 --> 00:02:10,897 OF INGENUITY, RELIABILITY, 90 00:02:10,897 --> 00:02:12,532 AND SAFETY. 91 00:02:12,532 --> 00:02:13,166 IT'S BEEN AN HONOR 92 00:02:13,166 --> 00:02:14,000 AND A LOT OF FUN TO WORK WITH 93 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:15,235 SUCH A DIVERSE TEAM OF 94 00:02:15,235 --> 00:02:16,469 TALENTED, HARD WORKING, 95 00:02:16,469 --> 00:02:18,137 AND SELF-MOTIVATED PEOPLE 96 00:02:18,137 --> 00:02:19,072 THAT I CANNOT WAIT TO 97 00:02:19,072 --> 00:02:21,007 SHARE THIS EXPERIENCE WITH. 98 00:02:21,007 --> 00:02:22,475 GO, DEMO-2!