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we are looking live at a falcon 9 rocket

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on the launch pad at the cape canaveral

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air force station in florida

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at 11 50 tonight the aerospace company

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spacex will launch a dragon cargo

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spacecraft on a nasa mission to resupply

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the international space station

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happy friday evening everyone and

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welcome to nasa's john f kennedy space

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center for live launch coverage of

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spacex's commercial resupply mission 20

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for the international space station

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what a fantastic way to start the

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weekend with smoke and fire i'm your

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host tammy long and we are but 19

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minutes away from the planned liftoff of

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a falcon 9 rocket from the beautiful

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coast of florida

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the crs-20 mission will fly much needed

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astronaut supplies and research

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experiments up to the international

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space station which at launch time will

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be orbiting

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statute miles above our earth

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back here on earth our team of

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correspondents are reporting from across

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the country to cover this thrilling

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we'll head to the mission director

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center here on the space coast for

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updates on the weather and the countdown

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then we'll head west to spacex

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headquarters in hawthorne california and

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of course we'll check in with mission

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control houston at johnson space center

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so let's get fired up

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by reviewing some quick facts about

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crs 20 is the third flight of this

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dragon spacecraft and the last

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commercial resupply mission to utilize

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the dragon one vehicle

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the spacecraft includes more than 4

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500 pounds of astronaut supplies and

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payloads for science research

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tonight's launch window is instantaneous

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meaning that spacex must launch at the

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exact second of the planned liftoff or

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try again on another day

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as planned the dragon spacecraft stays

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docked to the international space

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station for about a month before

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returning to terra firma

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not only will crs-20 resupply the iss

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it's also delivering important science

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experiments some of which will impact

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directly humanity's quality of life

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so let's take a deeper dive into the

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payloads

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bartolomeo is an external payload

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platform operating up to 12 active

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payload sites on the station

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the airbus platform hosts commercial and

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institutional payloads

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offers unlimited opportunities for new

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space missions and

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enables the growth of the commercial

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space marketplace and next is a payload

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that seeks out of this world performance

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that is adidas boost

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the shoe and apparel giant is using

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space to test its tiny foam sphere

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technology to improve foot performance

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crs crs-20 also carries a droplet

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formation study delta faucet is sending

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up an experiment that could help reduce

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water without sacrificing the

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performance of shower heads and the mvp

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cell03 investigation is looking at

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helping your heart

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it will look at stem cells that could

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treat cardiovascular disease or heart

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abnormalities caused by space flight

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a little later patrick o'neill is

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joining us live in studio with more

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details about the exciting research

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heading to station

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joining us now are nasa's marie lewis

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and daryl nail they are live in the

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mission director center just a few miles

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away from the launch pad hi marie hi

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daryl what's the latest

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hi tammy i'm marie lewis and daryl nail

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here daryl nail here excuse me that's

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right a tongue twister for me

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we've been uh monitoring the weather

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pretty closely um and watching the

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rocket on the pad yeah the launch

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director just about a half hour ago gave

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the go for fueling up and so right now

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we're about halfway uh filled with fuel

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at the uh out at the launch pad for the

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spacex falcon 9 rocket he gave that go

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ahead right around 11

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uh this evening and we are set of course

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for a liftoff at 11 50 and 31 seconds

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and so the rocket looking good here of

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course they had to make some adjustments

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marie in order to make this happen

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that's right we were actually originally

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week but then during those uh pre-flight

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flight so that's past all pre-flight

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inspections and so technically we

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the real area of threat right now is the

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weather right it really is and that's

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something that they've been watching

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particular areas of concerns is liftoff

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winds and as you're looking at the

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of the weather and as you can see off to

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general direction so we're pushing right

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we are okay we are go for liftoff winds

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liftoff that instantaneous window as a

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dragon um you can see it on your screen

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by side so excited to see this third and

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cargo dragon so a big moment tonight if

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situation as you look at the rocket

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there you can see about how much has

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situation until then though we'll toss

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it back to the studio to tammy

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thanks marie and daryl we'll check back

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a little later right now we are t minus

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12 minutes and counting let's check in

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crew dragon were designed and built

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shiva bharadvaj is joining us live hello

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california tell us about the history of

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yeah thanks tammy now today's mission is

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spacex's fifth launch of 2020 and it

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also marks the last flight of the first

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version of our dragon vehicle which

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we've been operating for nine years now

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um dragon made its debut in 2012 as the

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first spacecraft in excuse me first

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private spacecraft in history to visit

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the international space station and

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since then it's actually made 20 trips

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to and from the national lab today it's

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one of the few vehicles that can deliver

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significant cargo to the station and the

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only vehicle that can deliver cargo from

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missions and starting with crs 21 will

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dragon spacecraft that'll also be

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capable of flying people

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both falcon 9 and dragon were designed

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with re-flight in mind and the hardware

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with minimal refurbishment and tonight's

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now as daryl and marie had mentioned

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will be the third time that a dragon

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future missions and if that landing is

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successful it'll mark our 50th

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now there is a pretty good crowd behind

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that are eagerly awaiting this 21st trip

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to the space station and we're all

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really looking forward to a successful

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launch tonight so back to you tammy

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thanks shiva

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we also want to commemorate the

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international space station's 20th year

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continuous human presence on the

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orbiting laboratory a fantastic

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what with the iss excuse me for more

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in with nasa's leah cheshire who is live

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thanks tammy and welcome to the

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these people keeping tabs on what's

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going on aboard the international space

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tonight they are led by flight director

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mike lammers he's gathering the

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controllers and overseeing the team

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throughout their tasks

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we have three crew members on board the

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international space station right now

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that's nasa astronauts jessica mir and

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andrew morgan and in the center of your

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screen roscosmos cosmonaut oleg

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skripochka

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they'll be eagerly anticipating the over

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4 000 pounds of experiments equipment

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supplies and maybe even more that are

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arriving to the international space

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station scheduled for this monday march

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9th however they are still in the last

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hour or so of their sleep for the night

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as the space station operates in gmt or

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greenwich mean time

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the astronauts will capture and birth

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the vehicle to the space station's

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harmony module once it arrives on monday

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morning march 9th and will be live for

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that at 4 30 a.m central time to watch

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it all unfold until then things are

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looking good here in the international

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space station flight control room in

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houston and with that we will send it

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patrick o'neill joins us live in studio

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he is with the u.s national lab an

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organization that acts as a conduit for

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science experiments to the iss hey

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patrick tammy how you doing i'm good you

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you're getting ready for getting ready

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for a rocket launch so i'm pretty

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excited i know it's a great friday night

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it is so tell us what's the difference

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between the payloads that you handle and

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the payloads that nasa oversees yeah so

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the biggest difference so when you think

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about nasa you think about exploration

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living and working in space better

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understanding the human conditions so

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that we can go to places beyond low

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earth orbit whether that be the moon

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mars etc however there's an opportunity

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for researchers to leverage this unique

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microgravity environment of the space

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station to ultimately benefit life on

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earth and that's where the us national

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lab comes into play so the experiments

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that we sponsor all have this capacity

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to benefit life on earth that's the main

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difference that's awesome so we know

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you're focused on this mission but tell

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us some of the exciting things coming up

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on the horizon well i would say first

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and foremost there's so much science

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that's going to be happening on station

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whether that be from this launch where

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we have more than 20 payloads that are

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launching from a myriad of scientific

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disciplines but then also down the road

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it's just more science more new

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facilities are going to be going to

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station uh

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more commercial companies are going to

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be leveraging this microgravity

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environment and institutions like the

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nih is the nss of the world all of them

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wanting to take advantage of that unique

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space-based environment of the space

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station so there's going to be an awful

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lot of activity on the station whether

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that be right now from this launch as

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well as things are going to be happening

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down the road for the foreseeable future

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and we're really excited about the

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promise of the potential of what the

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microgravity environment of the space

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station brings sky's the limit patrick

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well maybe even beyond that well thank

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you

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we are now just minutes from launch

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let's head back over to the mission

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director center to get an update from

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marie and darrell

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thank you tammy and that's right i'm

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here with marie lewis i'm daryl nail and

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the falcon 9 rocket is nearly filled

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with fuel the first stage that is and

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then they'll begin second stage fueling

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we are go for launch across all weather

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criteria so that's a good sign um now

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we're just watching and waiting for the

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count we're sitting at five minutes and

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22 seconds until liftoff absolutely and

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of course the primary objective is to

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get that cargo dragon into the correct

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orbit and it accomplishes that on this

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two-stage falcon 9 rocket

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it stands 230 feet tall 12 feet in

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diameter and falcon 9 has nine merlin

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engines that combined produce about 1.7

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million pounds of thrust at liftoff and

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then after that point uh the second

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stage takes over and gets its own merlin

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1d vacuum engine producing another 210

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000 pounds of thrust and the vacuum of

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space to push dragon into its correct

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orbit so that's the really cool part

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about how it gets dragging up to space

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uh dragging up to space station but

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there's some really cool stuff happening

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uh in the meantime back here closer to

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earth yeah absolutely right now you're

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looking at that shot you can see the uh

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the dragon capsule at the top of the

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rocket it actually has two uh

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international space station badges on it

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because it's been to space as you've

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heard uh throughout the broadcast it's

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been to the international space station

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twice and this will be its third time so

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it's got a couple markings up there on

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the capsule at the very top and pretty

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soon we're going to see that strong back

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retract off from the rocket so you want

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to look closely when we take that rocket

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shot again right now you're looking at

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spacex mission control center in

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hawthorne california where they are

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commanding the launch but there's the

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shot from the ground and you can see the

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gaseous oxygen mixing around down the

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bottom that's because they're

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pre-chilling the engines

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before liftoff so

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that's why you see that

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that kind of smokey look at the bottom

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it's really just gaseous oxygen but a

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neat thing about this booster is it's

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coming back to land and there you can

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see some of that uh that gaseous oxygen

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at the top and certainly the winds are a

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factor we talked about that we're go for

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winds but it kind of shows you how the

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wind's coming across that rocket yep and

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it looked like we started to just see

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that strong back just tip back ever so

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slightly in preparation for launch

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because we're inside of three and a half

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minutes now

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but

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after liftoff about six minutes after

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liftoff we should see on the beginning

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of the booster starting to return back

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to land and it's going to be pretty

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interesting because they've never uh

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they'll this will be the highest wins

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they've ever landed that booster and if

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it goes well right they were clocking

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winds between 20 and 25 miles per hour

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at the landing site lz1

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and so that's still within limits for it

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to land but it's going to be windy when

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it comes down so it should be

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interesting to see what happens we will

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certainly have cameras spacex has

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cameras on the booster itself as well as

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the second stage so we'll be able to see

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and on the ground we'll be able to see

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it come down which is uh certainly an

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exciting time for

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that part of the mission but again we're

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t minus two minutes and 33 seconds and

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counting until launch of the spacex uh

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falcon 9 rocket and dragon spacecraft

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and as we mentioned we're going to get a

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double sonic boom when that landing

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stage comes down and it's actually going

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to ring in our saturday because it's

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going to happen right around midnight

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yeah so it should uh we got to celebrate

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the weekend somehow right i mean we're

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working on friday night let's start with

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the bank well we got a rocket launch so

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that's pretty exciting um

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but uh as we get closer of course marie

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this will be your first launch countdown

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which we're looking forward to

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you'll uh count us on into the the

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liftoff which is an exciting personal

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accomplishment your first ever yeah and

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an honor to do it on the last flight of

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dragon one absolutely gonna retire

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dragon one and uh no decision on what

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the future holds for that spacecraft but

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they're moving on to dragon 2 and it has

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a higher reusability rate so that's

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something that spacex has often

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been very excited about reusing their

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their spacecraft and their rockets and

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this will only help that

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so t minus one minute and 28 seconds and

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counting

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pretty soon what you're going to hear is

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the launch director give the go for

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launch that'll happen around t minus 45

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seconds so keep an ear for that

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at this point

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they've got the propellants uh almost

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fully loaded they're going to pressurize

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those and then they're going to let that

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command flight computer take over here

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so we should have hear that go for

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dragon isn't started

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let's listen in as the launch director

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gives the go for launch

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so there you heard it

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all weather conditions are green

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t-minus 15 seconds

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ten

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nine eight

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seven

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six

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five

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four

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one

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zero

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and liftoff of the falcon 9 rocket and

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cargo dragon on the final flight of the

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dragon one spacecraft taking research

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designed to improve life on earth and

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lead discovery in space

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[Music]

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pitching downrange

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falcon 9 is looking good

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2 million pounds of thrust as it goes

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coming up in just a few seconds it will

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experience its maximum amount of force

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on the rocket

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that'll happen at one minute and 18

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seconds

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aerodynamic

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pressure vehicle experiencing maximum

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so you hear the call

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beautiful shot right there as it goes

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now in less than a minute we should hear

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confirmation of main engine cut off

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so far looking great it's a beautiful

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now though there will be a rapid

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succession of events coming up in just a

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bit as marie noted um we'll have the

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first stage main engine cut off it'll be

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followed by a separation

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and then um that second stage will start

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that'll all happen within a matter of

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there's a great close-up shot of those

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merlin d engines

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and there they go

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stage separation confirmed

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all right the first stage is loose and

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it is now falling back to earth

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and there you see the second stage

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another 210 000 pounds of thrust

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propelling dragon into orbit

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there's a shot from the booster is it uh

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so far everything with regards to this

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flight is looking nominal which means

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it's it's performing as expected

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you see the split screen there on your

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right hand side you have the second

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stage engine

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on the left hand side the booster and

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just briefly believe we saw uh part of

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and again the booster is headed back

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towards cape canaveral air

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00:24:43,510 --> 00:24:41,120
air force station

557
00:24:44,870 --> 00:24:43,520
where they are going to attempt to land

558
00:24:47,350 --> 00:24:44,880
this booster

559
00:24:50,230 --> 00:24:47,360
at landing zone one here that first

560
00:24:53,190 --> 00:24:50,240
stage entry burn begins in about three

561
00:24:54,310 --> 00:24:53,200
minutes now for that booster

562
00:24:56,630 --> 00:24:54,320
and here we're looking again at the

563
00:25:01,830 --> 00:24:56,640
second stage

564
00:25:09,110 --> 00:25:01,840
engine propelling dragon towards orbit

565
00:25:09,120 --> 00:25:21,990
acquisition of signal in bermuda

566
00:25:26,310 --> 00:25:24,630
so we were really watching closely

567
00:25:28,710 --> 00:25:26,320
listening closely to the weather reports

568
00:25:30,789 --> 00:25:28,720
tonight but so far all things nominal

569
00:25:32,070 --> 00:25:30,799
yeah it had no problem with the winds

570
00:25:34,710 --> 00:25:32,080
down on the ground

571
00:25:36,789 --> 00:25:34,720
lifted off right through there no no

572
00:25:39,029 --> 00:25:36,799
issues at all the first stage conducted

573
00:25:40,710 --> 00:25:39,039
its burn and now that first stage is

574
00:25:43,350 --> 00:25:40,720
falling back to earth and the second

575
00:25:45,190 --> 00:25:43,360
stage is carrying dragon onwards to get

576
00:25:57,190 --> 00:25:45,200
into that orbit to meet up with the

577
00:26:01,830 --> 00:25:59,830
we are now four minutes and 45 seconds

578
00:26:03,110 --> 00:26:01,840
into flight you see the split screen

579
00:26:05,110 --> 00:26:03,120
there

580
00:26:06,710 --> 00:26:05,120
everything is going well

581
00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:06,720
for dragon

582
00:26:30,470 --> 00:26:28,230
coming up in just about a minute

583
00:26:32,149 --> 00:26:30,480
we'll get the first stage entry burn

584
00:26:35,350 --> 00:26:32,159
will begin this will

585
00:26:37,750 --> 00:26:35,360
this burn will allow it to slow down the

586
00:26:39,590 --> 00:26:37,760
booster and get it into position so that

587
00:26:41,430 --> 00:26:39,600
it can land

588
00:26:43,750 --> 00:26:41,440
and i think we heard shiva say earlier

589
00:26:45,510 --> 00:26:43,760
if they do this landing successfully it

590
00:26:48,149 --> 00:26:45,520
will be the 50th

591
00:26:49,669 --> 00:26:48,159
landing of a spacex booster um which is

592
00:26:51,350 --> 00:26:49,679
that's a big number they've gotten

593
00:26:52,950 --> 00:26:51,360
really consistent at being able to land

594
00:26:54,630 --> 00:26:52,960
these boosters uh but it'll be

595
00:26:58,230 --> 00:26:54,640
interesting because we know we've got 20

596
00:26:59,990 --> 00:26:58,240
to 25 mile per hour winds um elon musk

597
00:27:02,390 --> 00:27:00,000
ceo of spacex tweeting it'll be the

598
00:27:06,310 --> 00:27:02,400
greatest wins uh that this boosters face

599
00:27:08,390 --> 00:27:06,320
it'll be interesting to see what happens

600
00:27:09,990 --> 00:27:08,400
this uh as you look at the second stage

601
00:27:12,070 --> 00:27:10,000
burning there

602
00:27:14,230 --> 00:27:12,080
dragon is expected to rendezvous with

603
00:27:21,750 --> 00:27:14,240
the international space station right

604
00:27:26,389 --> 00:27:23,990
and this will be the

605
00:27:29,110 --> 00:27:26,399
19th time they've landed a booster back

606
00:27:30,950 --> 00:27:29,120
on land uh the rest of those uh

607
00:27:35,269 --> 00:27:30,960
landings have been on their drone ship

608
00:27:37,029 --> 00:27:35,279
one of their two drone ships out at sea

609
00:27:38,389 --> 00:27:37,039
so again really hoping

610
00:27:40,710 --> 00:27:38,399
they're able to do that even with the

611
00:27:43,430 --> 00:27:40,720
winds going on and we should have that

612
00:27:50,070 --> 00:27:43,440
first stage entry burn beginning

613
00:27:55,430 --> 00:27:52,549
and for those who are gathered locally

614
00:27:57,110 --> 00:27:55,440
make sure you keep an ear out for uh the

615
00:27:58,870 --> 00:27:57,120
double sonic boom

616
00:28:00,630 --> 00:27:58,880
when the booster comes back and breaks

617
00:28:03,510 --> 00:28:00,640
the speed of sound there you can see

618
00:28:05,669 --> 00:28:03,520
that that burn that entry burn has begun

619
00:28:07,269 --> 00:28:05,679
on the left hand side of your screen you

620
00:28:10,149 --> 00:28:07,279
can see the grid fins are out for the

621
00:28:12,950 --> 00:28:10,159
first stage booster and down it comes

622
00:28:15,430 --> 00:28:12,960
stage one entry burn shutdown

623
00:28:18,789 --> 00:28:15,440
so they shut down that entry burn

624
00:28:20,389 --> 00:28:18,799
everything looking great so far

625
00:28:22,149 --> 00:28:20,399
of course the burn helped illuminate the

626
00:28:23,750 --> 00:28:22,159
picture you can't see much when it's not

627
00:28:25,510 --> 00:28:23,760
burning but uh

628
00:28:27,990 --> 00:28:25,520
but it's a good sign that it uh

629
00:28:32,230 --> 00:28:28,000
completed its first burn stage one fps

630
00:28:36,230 --> 00:28:33,990
all right that's going to wrap up our

631
00:28:38,230 --> 00:28:36,240
coverage for this portion of the mission

632
00:28:40,710 --> 00:28:38,240
thanks for joining us we're now going to

633
00:28:42,549 --> 00:28:40,720
toss it over to shiva at spacex

634
00:28:45,430 --> 00:28:42,559
headquarters in hawthorne california

635
00:28:47,430 --> 00:28:45,440
shiva

636
00:28:50,389 --> 00:28:47,440
yeah thanks guys so coming up in just

637
00:28:53,430 --> 00:28:50,399
about 15 seconds we have our landing

638
00:28:55,669 --> 00:28:53,440
burn um falcon 9 is takes a series of

639
00:28:57,110 --> 00:28:55,679
three burns to do that landing first is

640
00:28:59,110 --> 00:28:57,120
the boost back burn that you guys that

641
00:29:00,710 --> 00:28:59,120
everyone has watched and the entry burn

642
00:29:01,669 --> 00:29:00,720
to reduce the aerodynamic loads on the

643
00:29:05,350 --> 00:29:01,679
vehicle

644
00:29:07,430 --> 00:29:05,360
uh now is coming up on the entry burn

645
00:29:10,149 --> 00:29:07,440
it looks like we have good ignition this

646
00:29:12,149 --> 00:29:10,159
only lights up the center merlin engine

647
00:29:14,549 --> 00:29:12,159
and shortly after the four landing legs

648
00:29:15,830 --> 00:29:14,559
will deploy

649
00:29:17,269 --> 00:29:15,840
you can see on your screen that left

650
00:29:18,789 --> 00:29:17,279
hand side the grid fins there's a

651
00:29:22,389 --> 00:29:18,799
beautiful shot of falcon 9 as it's

652
00:29:23,830 --> 00:29:22,399
coming back towards landing zone one

653
00:29:29,269 --> 00:29:23,840
keep an eye out here for landing like

654
00:29:33,190 --> 00:29:31,669
i'm hearing a lot of cheers behind me

655
00:29:36,590 --> 00:29:33,200
there's

656
00:29:38,070 --> 00:29:36,600
it sounds like we may have touched down

657
00:29:40,230 --> 00:29:38,080
[Applause]

658
00:29:42,870 --> 00:29:40,240
beautiful and that that is confirmation

659
00:29:46,310 --> 00:29:42,880
that is the 50th successful landing of a

660
00:29:49,350 --> 00:29:46,320
falcon 9 for stage um congratulations to

661
00:29:51,029 --> 00:29:49,360
the entire spacex team now real quick

662
00:29:52,950 --> 00:29:51,039
here and you can see this on your right

663
00:29:56,549 --> 00:29:52,960
hand side the second stage is going to

664
00:29:58,470 --> 00:29:56,559
have shut down of its mvac engine

665
00:30:00,470 --> 00:29:58,480
so there's the call out you can see seco

666
00:30:06,950 --> 00:30:00,480
there

667
00:30:12,789 --> 00:30:08,950
and uh shortly after the guidance team

668
00:30:14,149 --> 00:30:12,799
will let us know if uh the second stage

669
00:30:15,830 --> 00:30:14,159
there's that call out for the nominal

670
00:30:17,430 --> 00:30:15,840
orbit insertion so that means that we're

671
00:30:19,750 --> 00:30:17,440
ready for the next step which is

672
00:30:21,990 --> 00:30:19,760
deployment of dragon from the top of the

673
00:30:24,789 --> 00:30:22,000
second stage

674
00:30:26,149 --> 00:30:24,799
now once once uh dragon deploys from the

675
00:30:28,070 --> 00:30:26,159
second stage we'll actually get a

676
00:30:30,630 --> 00:30:28,080
there's that camera view actually

677
00:30:32,389 --> 00:30:30,640
looking up into dragon's trunk

678
00:30:34,870 --> 00:30:32,399
dragon carries two types of cargo

679
00:30:36,710 --> 00:30:34,880
pressurized and unpressurized cargo

680
00:30:39,909 --> 00:30:36,720
unpressurized cargo in the trunk portion

681
00:30:42,789 --> 00:30:39,919
and pressurized within the capsule

682
00:30:44,070 --> 00:30:42,799
so shortly here we should have dragon

683
00:30:45,510 --> 00:30:44,080
deploy

684
00:30:57,430 --> 00:30:45,520
we'll hear that on the launch nets

685
00:31:02,389 --> 00:30:59,830
there is dragon gently floating away

686
00:31:04,789 --> 00:31:02,399
people behind me are ecstatic to see

687
00:31:06,389 --> 00:31:04,799
uh this this final dragon space dragon

688
00:31:08,870 --> 00:31:06,399
one spacecraft heading off to the

689
00:31:11,190 --> 00:31:08,880
international space station um on on the

690
00:31:14,070 --> 00:31:11,200
sides of dragon you can actually see the

691
00:31:15,830 --> 00:31:14,080
fairings that protect these solar arrays

692
00:31:18,070 --> 00:31:15,840
those solar arrays produce more than

693
00:31:19,909 --> 00:31:18,080
five kilowatts of power that helped

694
00:31:21,990 --> 00:31:19,919
recharge dragon as it makes its way

695
00:31:23,909 --> 00:31:22,000
towards the international space station

696
00:31:26,149 --> 00:31:23,919
we're expecting the solar rays to deploy

697
00:31:28,230 --> 00:31:26,159
around t plus 12 minutes

698
00:31:30,549 --> 00:31:28,240
and uh why don't we check in with leah

699
00:31:34,549 --> 00:31:30,559
at johnson space center for coverage of

700
00:31:38,310 --> 00:31:36,470
thanks shiva a great launch and of

701
00:31:40,149 --> 00:31:38,320
course really exciting always to see

702
00:31:42,230 --> 00:31:40,159
that first stage landing congrats on the

703
00:31:43,909 --> 00:31:42,240
50th one of those

704
00:31:46,149 --> 00:31:43,919
we are seeing live views and got

705
00:31:47,830 --> 00:31:46,159
confirmation of the second stage

706
00:31:49,990 --> 00:31:47,840
separation and if you looked inside

707
00:31:50,789 --> 00:31:50,000
dragon's trunk which you can kind of see

708
00:31:52,389 --> 00:31:50,799
now

709
00:31:54,470 --> 00:31:52,399
floating toward its destination of the

710
00:31:56,710 --> 00:31:54,480
space station you might have gotten a

711
00:31:59,110 --> 00:31:56,720
glimpse of the bartolomeo platform as an

712
00:32:01,029 --> 00:31:59,120
unpressurized payload that's a payload

713
00:32:03,430 --> 00:32:01,039
by the european space agency which will

714
00:32:05,190 --> 00:32:03,440
serve as an experiment platform and it

715
00:32:06,950 --> 00:32:05,200
will sit at a unique spot on the station

716
00:32:09,269 --> 00:32:06,960
where it has an unobstructed view of the

717
00:32:10,870 --> 00:32:09,279
earth and into space

718
00:32:12,710 --> 00:32:10,880
and as you mentioned the next milestone

719
00:32:14,789 --> 00:32:12,720
for dragon is the solar array deployed

720
00:32:16,710 --> 00:32:14,799
to occur at 12 minutes after launch

721
00:32:18,870 --> 00:32:16,720
providing power to the spacecraft over

722
00:32:20,630 --> 00:32:18,880
its journey for the next two days

723
00:32:22,630 --> 00:32:20,640
believe it or not the wingspan of dragon

724
00:32:25,830 --> 00:32:22,640
once those solar arrays unfurl is about

725
00:32:27,990 --> 00:32:25,840
54 feet but this is actually the last

726
00:32:30,710 --> 00:32:28,000
time we'll see a solar array deploy on

727
00:32:32,630 --> 00:32:30,720
dragon because the new crs2 vehicle is

728
00:32:33,669 --> 00:32:32,640
switching to a little bit of a different

729
00:32:35,430 --> 00:32:33,679
style

730
00:32:37,750 --> 00:32:35,440
the same as the crew dragon vehicle

731
00:32:43,110 --> 00:32:37,760
where the solar panels are instead

732
00:32:47,190 --> 00:32:44,870
upon its arrival to the space station

733
00:32:49,750 --> 00:32:47,200
spacex dragon will be the fourth vehicle

734
00:32:52,230 --> 00:32:49,760
parked joining a soyuz spacecraft one

735
00:33:01,029 --> 00:32:52,240
russian progress resupply craft and

736
00:33:05,590 --> 00:33:03,110
we expect to see those solar arrays

737
00:33:50,630 --> 00:33:05,600
deploy shortly and we are going to stand

738
00:33:53,669 --> 00:33:51,990
dragging the propulsion system has

739
00:34:48,069 --> 00:33:53,679
successfully primed and all thrusters

740
00:34:51,990 --> 00:34:50,310
and there you can see those solar arrays

741
00:34:55,109 --> 00:34:52,000
beginning to deploy

742
00:35:13,910 --> 00:34:55,119
things are looking good for dragon

743
00:35:21,109 --> 00:35:15,829
dragon solar arrays have successfully

744
00:35:25,510 --> 00:35:23,349
and there we have it with the successful

745
00:35:27,910 --> 00:35:25,520
deployment of the solar arrays dragon

746
00:35:30,710 --> 00:35:27,920
will begin gathering energy from the sun

747
00:35:32,710 --> 00:35:30,720
on its two-day two-day journey to the

748
00:35:35,030 --> 00:35:32,720
international space station once it

749
00:35:37,109 --> 00:35:35,040
reaches the space station on march 9th

750
00:35:38,790 --> 00:35:37,119
astronaut jessica muir will enter the

751
00:35:40,710 --> 00:35:38,800
cupola of the

752
00:35:42,710 --> 00:35:40,720
international space station that window

753
00:35:44,550 --> 00:35:42,720
area where she'll have a great view to

754
00:35:46,390 --> 00:35:44,560
reach out and capture the spacecraft

755
00:35:47,910 --> 00:35:46,400
with the canada arm 2.

756
00:35:49,510 --> 00:35:47,920
she'll then turn the controls over to

757
00:35:51,990 --> 00:35:49,520
the ground who will then reposition the

758
00:35:53,829 --> 00:35:52,000
spacecraft and install it to the

759
00:35:58,950 --> 00:35:53,839
station's harmony module where it will

760
00:36:03,589 --> 00:36:01,510
but before then we are going to take a

761
00:36:05,670 --> 00:36:03,599
moment and talk with kenny todd

762
00:36:07,670 --> 00:36:05,680
operations and integration manager for

763
00:36:09,190 --> 00:36:07,680
the international space station thanks

764
00:36:10,950 --> 00:36:09,200
so much for joining us kenny yeah it's

765
00:36:12,550 --> 00:36:10,960
my pleasure thanks for having me

766
00:36:15,430 --> 00:36:12,560
so we mentioned this is the end of the

767
00:36:17,670 --> 00:36:15,440
crs-1 contract what can we look forward

768
00:36:20,390 --> 00:36:17,680
to with crs-2

769
00:36:22,390 --> 00:36:20,400
well the crs-2 you know we learned a lot

770
00:36:23,910 --> 00:36:22,400
with this first 20 flights with with

771
00:36:26,630 --> 00:36:23,920
spacex and so

772
00:36:28,870 --> 00:36:26,640
um we were able to step back when we

773
00:36:30,390 --> 00:36:28,880
went to the crs 2 contract take a look

774
00:36:32,790 --> 00:36:30,400
at those things how to flow in some

775
00:36:34,310 --> 00:36:32,800
additional flexibility so um one of the

776
00:36:36,630 --> 00:36:34,320
things we'll have with crs2 we'll have a

777
00:36:37,829 --> 00:36:36,640
little bit more power payload locker

778
00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:37,839
capability

779
00:36:40,630 --> 00:36:38,640
and

780
00:36:43,589 --> 00:36:40,640
that'll help us with being able to put

781
00:36:45,270 --> 00:36:43,599
on more payloads a lot of the a lot of

782
00:36:47,990 --> 00:36:45,280
the science the high value science we

783
00:36:51,510 --> 00:36:48,000
fly is associated with uh some of our

784
00:36:53,589 --> 00:36:51,520
biological samples and our ability to

785
00:36:55,349 --> 00:36:53,599
fly more of those allows us to to

786
00:36:58,069 --> 00:36:55,359
support more users here on the ground

787
00:36:59,750 --> 00:36:58,079
with a lot of investigations in the

788
00:37:01,510 --> 00:36:59,760
biomedical area so

789
00:37:04,069 --> 00:37:01,520
we're excited about that again that's

790
00:37:05,750 --> 00:37:04,079
more more science we can get to orbit to

791
00:37:08,550 --> 00:37:05,760
support those communities and more

792
00:37:10,069 --> 00:37:08,560
science we can return to in addition to

793
00:37:12,069 --> 00:37:10,079
that um

794
00:37:14,150 --> 00:37:12,079
you'll uh one thing you'll you'll notice

795
00:37:16,390 --> 00:37:14,160
if you've watched spacex uh dragon

796
00:37:18,390 --> 00:37:16,400
launches and captures uh

797
00:37:21,190 --> 00:37:18,400
in the past is we won't be capturing

798
00:37:23,510 --> 00:37:21,200
anymore they'll be docking and

799
00:37:26,390 --> 00:37:23,520
again that's an important capability as

800
00:37:28,310 --> 00:37:26,400
as this same uh dragon two spacecraft

801
00:37:30,630 --> 00:37:28,320
the crude version of that also docked to

802
00:37:32,310 --> 00:37:30,640
the space station so uh again that's a

803
00:37:34,950 --> 00:37:32,320
significant change in the way we'll do

804
00:37:36,630 --> 00:37:34,960
uh our our integrated operations between

805
00:37:39,910 --> 00:37:36,640
station and the dragon

806
00:37:41,270 --> 00:37:39,920
and uh and finally um if you uh if

807
00:37:42,950 --> 00:37:41,280
you're familiar with

808
00:37:45,109 --> 00:37:42,960
the dragon landings in the past they've

809
00:37:46,390 --> 00:37:45,119
happened in the pacific ocean and as a

810
00:37:48,550 --> 00:37:46,400
result of that

811
00:37:50,710 --> 00:37:48,560
sometimes it takes one maybe two days

812
00:37:52,310 --> 00:37:50,720
for for the boat to retrieve uh the

813
00:37:53,990 --> 00:37:52,320
dragon and actually get it back to port

814
00:37:56,710 --> 00:37:54,000
and get some of our samples in the hands

815
00:38:00,150 --> 00:37:56,720
of of these uh of these investigators so

816
00:38:01,190 --> 00:38:00,160
um with the dragon dragon 2 spacecraft

817
00:38:03,349 --> 00:38:01,200
they're actually going to land in the

818
00:38:05,910 --> 00:38:03,359
atlantic so when they do that they'll be

819
00:38:07,270 --> 00:38:05,920
a matter of hours from the from the port

820
00:38:08,950 --> 00:38:07,280
and so they'll allow us to get this

821
00:38:10,150 --> 00:38:08,960
critical science back in the in the

822
00:38:12,310 --> 00:38:10,160
investigation

823
00:38:14,390 --> 00:38:12,320
investigators hands much much quicker so

824
00:38:16,230 --> 00:38:14,400
that's all pluses and we're excited

825
00:38:19,109 --> 00:38:16,240
about about moving them forward into the

826
00:38:20,710 --> 00:38:19,119
crs2 contract absolutely definitely all

827
00:38:21,910 --> 00:38:20,720
things to be excited about moving

828
00:38:24,230 --> 00:38:21,920
forward and

829
00:38:25,750 --> 00:38:24,240
making things even better so commercial

830
00:38:28,710 --> 00:38:25,760
resupply missions aren't the only thing

831
00:38:30,870 --> 00:38:28,720
we're working on with spacex we are also

832
00:38:32,390 --> 00:38:30,880
preparing to launch crews from american

833
00:38:34,870 --> 00:38:32,400
soil for the first time on american

834
00:38:36,150 --> 00:38:34,880
rockets since 2011. can you talk a

835
00:38:38,230 --> 00:38:36,160
little bit about how these commercial

836
00:38:40,710 --> 00:38:38,240
resupply missions have paved the way for

837
00:38:42,150 --> 00:38:40,720
those uh those crew missions

838
00:38:44,870 --> 00:38:42,160
sure um

839
00:38:46,310 --> 00:38:44,880
you know spacex when we set up the crs

840
00:38:48,310 --> 00:38:46,320
one contract with them the first thing

841
00:38:50,150 --> 00:38:48,320
they had to learn to do was how to build

842
00:38:52,390 --> 00:38:50,160
a spacecraft and how to certify it and

843
00:38:53,990 --> 00:38:52,400
how to how to get it into low earth

844
00:38:56,630 --> 00:38:54,000
orbit and get it get it back on the

845
00:38:59,190 --> 00:38:56,640
ground again and so the the very first

846
00:39:00,950 --> 00:38:59,200
uh you know contract was huge and and

847
00:39:02,470 --> 00:39:00,960
helping them to establish that

848
00:39:04,069 --> 00:39:02,480
confidence that they could that they

849
00:39:05,990 --> 00:39:04,079
could get their spacecraft get it turned

850
00:39:07,829 --> 00:39:06,000
back around and get it get it on orbit

851
00:39:09,349 --> 00:39:07,839
and get it back home again and so

852
00:39:10,390 --> 00:39:09,359
getting in that cadence is very

853
00:39:12,950 --> 00:39:10,400
important

854
00:39:15,430 --> 00:39:12,960
uh additionally um just learning how to

855
00:39:17,829 --> 00:39:15,440
operate being an operations team just

856
00:39:19,589 --> 00:39:17,839
like here in mission control in houston

857
00:39:21,670 --> 00:39:19,599
you know they had to stand up their own

858
00:39:23,510 --> 00:39:21,680
operations team and so that's a very

859
00:39:25,750 --> 00:39:23,520
important capability that they they're

860
00:39:27,589 --> 00:39:25,760
able to carry over as they as they step

861
00:39:29,030 --> 00:39:27,599
up to the crude missions

862
00:39:30,230 --> 00:39:29,040
uh so the

863
00:39:32,790 --> 00:39:30,240
the uh

864
00:39:34,870 --> 00:39:32,800
the ability just to uh to uh to know

865
00:39:36,950 --> 00:39:34,880
that they can do this job they have the

866
00:39:39,109 --> 00:39:36,960
experience that they they built on with

867
00:39:41,589 --> 00:39:39,119
uh with this uh with all these cargo

868
00:39:43,750 --> 00:39:41,599
missions and and so while it's a totally

869
00:39:45,430 --> 00:39:43,760
um different vehicle there are a lot of

870
00:39:47,109 --> 00:39:45,440
similarities there are a lot of the the

871
00:39:49,510 --> 00:39:47,119
same components they're carrying over

872
00:39:51,670 --> 00:39:49,520
into into that spacecraft and and they

873
00:39:53,430 --> 00:39:51,680
can do some with some some level of

874
00:39:55,270 --> 00:39:53,440
confidence that they're going to be

875
00:39:57,670 --> 00:39:55,280
ready to go

876
00:39:59,829 --> 00:39:57,680
and once dragon arrives monday morning

877
00:40:01,589 --> 00:39:59,839
there will be three crew members on the

878
00:40:02,950 --> 00:40:01,599
international space station can you tell

879
00:40:05,190 --> 00:40:02,960
us a little bit about what station

880
00:40:06,710 --> 00:40:05,200
operations are going to look like with a

881
00:40:09,030 --> 00:40:06,720
new vehicle all the science and

882
00:40:10,550 --> 00:40:09,040
experiments and supplies to unload and

883
00:40:13,109 --> 00:40:10,560
our three crew members

884
00:40:15,430 --> 00:40:13,119
sure um uh it'll be

885
00:40:18,390 --> 00:40:15,440
a bit of a a sprint for the next four

886
00:40:20,230 --> 00:40:18,400
weeks or so i tell all the crews before

887
00:40:21,349 --> 00:40:20,240
before they launch that uh you know

888
00:40:22,470 --> 00:40:21,359
especially the new folks who haven't

889
00:40:24,870 --> 00:40:22,480
been there before when you get when you

890
00:40:26,710 --> 00:40:24,880
get a dragon on board it's gonna it is a

891
00:40:29,430 --> 00:40:26,720
about a four week sprint uh from

892
00:40:32,710 --> 00:40:29,440
beginning to end um but with three crew

893
00:40:34,390 --> 00:40:32,720
it's even a little bit more of uh of a

894
00:40:36,230 --> 00:40:34,400
situation where they're they're having

895
00:40:37,670 --> 00:40:36,240
to manage themselves we're having to

896
00:40:39,829 --> 00:40:37,680
help manage the schedules for them and

897
00:40:42,150 --> 00:40:39,839
make sure that we don't you know tire

898
00:40:43,910 --> 00:40:42,160
them out too much and so that so that

899
00:40:45,589 --> 00:40:43,920
they're ready to do all of the all the

900
00:40:48,950 --> 00:40:45,599
things necessary for that particular

901
00:40:50,790 --> 00:40:48,960
mission but anyway um yeah the this uh

902
00:40:54,069 --> 00:40:50,800
this particular mission uh towards the

903
00:40:56,630 --> 00:40:54,079
end of it uh we'll also start to to flow

904
00:40:58,790 --> 00:40:56,640
in some of our return activities for for

905
00:41:00,470 --> 00:40:58,800
jessica and drew so

906
00:41:02,230 --> 00:41:00,480
about the first week of april or so

907
00:41:04,950 --> 00:41:02,240
things are gonna kind of get really

908
00:41:06,390 --> 00:41:04,960
really dynamic as we as we look to wrap

909
00:41:08,710 --> 00:41:06,400
up this particular mission plus get

910
00:41:11,430 --> 00:41:08,720
ready for jessica and drew uh to come

911
00:41:13,349 --> 00:41:11,440
home uh the new the new soyuz with chris

912
00:41:16,309 --> 00:41:13,359
cassidy will be arriving in that same

913
00:41:18,630 --> 00:41:16,319
same time frame so um it'll be a busy

914
00:41:20,150 --> 00:41:18,640
place at station and uh and so we're

915
00:41:21,349 --> 00:41:20,160
looking forward to it but at the same

916
00:41:22,550 --> 00:41:21,359
time we're going to have to cure keep

917
00:41:24,950 --> 00:41:22,560
our eye on the ball and make sure the

918
00:41:26,630 --> 00:41:24,960
crews stay rested and and able to to get

919
00:41:28,230 --> 00:41:26,640
the work done that they need to get done

920
00:41:30,870 --> 00:41:28,240
and they always seem to

921
00:41:33,109 --> 00:41:30,880
so uh the bartolomeo facility also

922
00:41:34,630 --> 00:41:33,119
launched on this dragon spacecraft what

923
00:41:36,230 --> 00:41:34,640
does that mean for future station

924
00:41:38,550 --> 00:41:36,240
research opportunities

925
00:41:41,430 --> 00:41:38,560
oh it's fantastic you know we only have

926
00:41:43,829 --> 00:41:41,440
so many sites uh external to the station

927
00:41:45,349 --> 00:41:43,839
that we can put science and research on

928
00:41:47,030 --> 00:41:45,359
and you know there it's it's a

929
00:41:48,870 --> 00:41:47,040
competitive resource

930
00:41:50,710 --> 00:41:48,880
and so our our european colleagues

931
00:41:52,870 --> 00:41:50,720
they're they're stepping out into the

932
00:41:54,710 --> 00:41:52,880
into the into the commercial market with

933
00:41:57,670 --> 00:41:54,720
this with this launch of this platform

934
00:41:59,430 --> 00:41:57,680
and so uh we're excited uh about it from

935
00:42:00,870 --> 00:41:59,440
an overall station partnership

936
00:42:02,630 --> 00:42:00,880
perspective because it brings capability

937
00:42:04,790 --> 00:42:02,640
to this station but we're also excited

938
00:42:06,309 --> 00:42:04,800
for for our european colleagues because

939
00:42:09,109 --> 00:42:06,319
again you know they're they're

940
00:42:10,950 --> 00:42:09,119
interested in and uh and and continuing

941
00:42:12,950 --> 00:42:10,960
this growth into this commercial low

942
00:42:16,309 --> 00:42:12,960
earth orbit economy that we're that

943
00:42:18,390 --> 00:42:16,319
we're all trying to grow uh as a as a

944
00:42:20,470 --> 00:42:18,400
you know space faring nations uh part of

945
00:42:22,150 --> 00:42:20,480
the international space station so uh

946
00:42:24,309 --> 00:42:22,160
this uh we think is gonna be a great

947
00:42:26,790 --> 00:42:24,319
thing for for everybody out there who

948
00:42:28,790 --> 00:42:26,800
who is interested in getting uh getting

949
00:42:31,030 --> 00:42:28,800
access to low earth orbit especially on

950
00:42:32,630 --> 00:42:31,040
the external platform

951
00:42:34,950 --> 00:42:32,640
that's on that's on station and this

952
00:42:36,150 --> 00:42:34,960
just adds to that capability so it's a

953
00:42:37,670 --> 00:42:36,160
again all around good for the

954
00:42:39,829 --> 00:42:37,680
partnership and it's certainly good for

955
00:42:41,510 --> 00:42:39,839
easy colleagues an all-around good

956
00:42:43,190 --> 00:42:41,520
launch and and great views we had

957
00:42:45,670 --> 00:42:43,200
tonight thank you so much for joining us

958
00:42:48,230 --> 00:42:45,680
kenny it's my pleasure we are

959
00:42:49,910 --> 00:42:48,240
we are now expecting a dragon to arrive

960
00:42:52,150 --> 00:42:49,920
to the international space station

961
00:42:54,870 --> 00:42:52,160
monday morning very early and you can

962
00:42:56,870 --> 00:42:54,880
join us live at 4 30 a.m central time

963
00:42:59,030 --> 00:42:56,880
for the arrival of dragon as kenny

964
00:43:00,790 --> 00:42:59,040
mentioned it will be the last time that

965
00:43:02,470 --> 00:43:00,800
dragon needs to be grappled and birthed

966
00:43:04,630 --> 00:43:02,480
to the international space station in

967
00:43:07,030 --> 00:43:04,640
the future it will dock so join us for

968
00:43:08,630 --> 00:43:07,040
that last bit of mission coverage for

969
00:43:10,390 --> 00:43:08,640
dragon

970
00:43:12,150 --> 00:43:10,400
with all of that we will toss it back to

971
00:43:13,750 --> 00:43:12,160
tammy at kennedy space center everything

972
00:43:15,190 --> 00:43:13,760
looking good here in mission control

973
00:43:16,710 --> 00:43:15,200
houston

974
00:43:19,910 --> 00:43:16,720
thanks leah

975
00:43:21,670 --> 00:43:19,920
shiva out in california you guys look

976
00:43:23,990 --> 00:43:21,680
pretty excited can you tell us a little

977
00:43:27,190 --> 00:43:24,000
bit about how the launch went tonight we

978
00:43:28,950 --> 00:43:27,200
heard a lot of screaming yeah actually

979
00:43:30,710 --> 00:43:28,960
there's a there's probably still a good

980
00:43:33,670 --> 00:43:30,720
like 50 people out here maybe they're

981
00:43:35,670 --> 00:43:33,680
about 100 or 200 earlier and you know we

982
00:43:38,550 --> 00:43:35,680
had a beautiful on-time launch tonight

983
00:43:41,349 --> 00:43:38,560
at about 11 50 eastern that just lit up

984
00:43:43,349 --> 00:43:41,359
the florida east coast um it launched

985
00:43:45,829 --> 00:43:43,359
from space launch complex 40 this

986
00:43:47,270 --> 00:43:45,839
evening and you know this was our 21st

987
00:43:49,109 --> 00:43:47,280
launch to the international space

988
00:43:50,790 --> 00:43:49,119
station and our ninth launch ever with a

989
00:43:53,829 --> 00:43:50,800
flight proven dragon

990
00:43:56,069 --> 00:43:53,839
so this was also our final crs mission

991
00:43:58,150 --> 00:43:56,079
using the first version of dragon and

992
00:43:59,670 --> 00:43:58,160
beginning with crs-21 we are going to be

993
00:44:01,589 --> 00:43:59,680
flying an upgraded version of the

994
00:44:04,470 --> 00:44:01,599
spacecraft that will be capable of

995
00:44:06,390 --> 00:44:04,480
flying people aboard um i can confirm

996
00:44:09,030 --> 00:44:06,400
now that dragon is in a good orbit the

997
00:44:11,190 --> 00:44:09,040
solar is deployed on time the guidance

998
00:44:12,950 --> 00:44:11,200
bay door should be opening shortly and

999
00:44:15,270 --> 00:44:12,960
we're making our way towards the space

1000
00:44:18,150 --> 00:44:15,280
station uh we're planning to arrive at

1001
00:44:19,430 --> 00:44:18,160
the station on march 9th at about 7 a.m

1002
00:44:21,829 --> 00:44:19,440
eastern time

1003
00:44:23,829 --> 00:44:21,839
the astronauts aboard will then

1004
00:44:26,950 --> 00:44:23,839
capture dragon in a process called

1005
00:44:29,109 --> 00:44:26,960
birthing using the station's robotic arm

1006
00:44:30,870 --> 00:44:29,119
and then once dragon is safely docked to

1007
00:44:33,589 --> 00:44:30,880
the international space station they'll

1008
00:44:35,190 --> 00:44:33,599
unload the about 4 500 pounds of cargo

1009
00:44:38,230 --> 00:44:35,200
and crew supplies and scientific

1010
00:44:40,390 --> 00:44:38,240
payloads that are aboard the spacecraft

1011
00:44:42,150 --> 00:44:40,400
dragon's going to spend about four weeks

1012
00:44:44,550 --> 00:44:42,160
at the space station before it comes

1013
00:44:46,870 --> 00:44:44,560
back to earth and

1014
00:44:49,349 --> 00:44:46,880
you know all in all a successful day for

1015
00:44:51,750 --> 00:44:49,359
for dragon awesome day for falcon 2.

1016
00:44:54,630 --> 00:44:51,760
this was our 50th recovery of a first

1017
00:44:57,190 --> 00:44:54,640
stage so really just a fantastic mission

1018
00:44:59,030 --> 00:44:57,200
for the entire spacex team

1019
00:45:01,510 --> 00:44:59,040
really want to thank the

1020
00:45:03,430 --> 00:45:01,520
our friends at nasa and at the air force

1021
00:45:05,109 --> 00:45:03,440
and the federal aviation administration

1022
00:45:07,190 --> 00:45:05,119
and of course all of our customers for

1023
00:45:08,790 --> 00:45:07,200
the support and hard work they put into

1024
00:45:10,470 --> 00:45:08,800
tonight's launch

1025
00:45:13,430 --> 00:45:10,480
and a big congratulations to both the

1026
00:45:15,589 --> 00:45:13,440
spacex and nasa teams that developed and

1027
00:45:17,270 --> 00:45:15,599
supported the first version of dragon

1028
00:45:19,829 --> 00:45:17,280
all that hard work has really paved the

1029
00:45:21,910 --> 00:45:19,839
way for the upcoming first crew flight

1030
00:45:24,870 --> 00:45:21,920
with nasa astronauts aboard later on

1031
00:45:27,589 --> 00:45:24,880
this year so with that back to you tammy

1032
00:45:30,069 --> 00:45:27,599
thanks shivan congratulations

1033
00:45:32,950 --> 00:45:30,079
and that's going to wrap up our coverage

1034
00:45:36,069 --> 00:45:32,960
for more information visit nasa.gov

1035
00:45:39,670 --> 00:45:36,079
forward slash station or nasa.gov

1036
00:45:42,069 --> 00:45:39,680
forward slash spacex i'm tammy long and

1037
00:45:44,550 --> 00:45:42,079
from everyone here at nasa's kennedy

1038
00:45:47,589 --> 00:45:44,560
space center thank you for being part of

1039
00:45:50,230 --> 00:45:47,599
the successful launch of crs 20.

1040
00:45:52,790 --> 00:45:50,240
we leave you with another stunning look

1041
00:45:56,069 --> 00:45:52,800
at tonight's launch have a great weekend

1042
00:45:59,270 --> 00:45:56,079
everyone and go crs 20 and go

1043
00:46:01,430 --> 00:45:59,280
international space station good night

1044
00:46:02,550 --> 00:46:01,440
eight seven

1045
00:46:03,510 --> 00:46:02,560
six

1046
00:46:04,550 --> 00:46:03,520
five

1047
00:46:05,670 --> 00:46:04,560
four

1048
00:46:06,710 --> 00:46:05,680
three

1049
00:46:07,589 --> 00:46:06,720
two

1050
00:46:09,349 --> 00:46:07,599
one

1051
00:46:12,390 --> 00:46:09,359
zero

1052
00:46:15,109 --> 00:46:12,400
and liftoff of the falcon 9 rocket and

1053
00:46:17,910 --> 00:46:15,119
cargo dragon on the final flight of the

1054
00:46:19,829 --> 00:46:17,920
dragon one spacecraft taking research

1055
00:46:23,990 --> 00:46:19,839
designed to improve life on earth and

1056
00:46:39,990 --> 00:46:26,710
so the vehicle begins pitching downrange

1057
00:46:53,750 --> 00:46:42,630
falcon 9 is looking good 2 million

1058
00:46:53,760 --> 00:47:15,360
coming up in just a few seconds